The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers 8 ————————— ————————— The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers 8 ————————— ————————— The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers © 2000 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Limited All rights reserved. Discovery House Publishers is affiliated with RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Requests for permission to quote from this book should be directed to: Permissions Department, Discovery House Publishers, P.O. Box 3566, Grand Rapids, MI 49501, or contact us by e-mail at [email protected] Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chambers, Oswald, 1874–1917 [Works. 2000] The complete works of Oswald Chambers / by Oswald Chambers. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ix) and index. ISBN 978-1-57293-841-0 1. Christian life. 2. Spiritual life. I. Title. BV4501.2 .C462 2000 242--dc21 00-060118 Printed in the United States of America Tenth printing in 2013 Contents 8 ————————— ————————— Introduction .........................................................................................vii A Word about Oswald Chambers ...........................................................ix Approved unto God ...........................................................................1 with Facing Reality .......................................................................24 Baffled to Fight Better ......................................................................43 Biblical Ethics ...................................................................................87 Biblical Psychology ..........................................................................133 Bringing Sons unto Glory ...............................................................217 Called of God ..................................................................................245 Christian Disciplines, Volume 1 .....................................................266 Christian Disciplines, Volume 2 .....................................................305 Conformed to His Image ................................................................341 Disciples Indeed ..............................................................................383 God’s Workmanship .......................................................................412 He Shall Glorify Me .......................................................................468 The Highest Good ..........................................................................524 with The Pilgrim’s Song Book ...................................................524 The Highest Good .............................................................539 Thy Great Redemption ......................................................556 If Thou Wilt Be Perfect . . . ............................................................568 If Ye Shall Ask ................................................................................606 Knocking at God’s Door .................................................................635 The Love of God ............................................................................653 a combined volume including: The Love of God ................................................................655 The Ministry of the Unnoticed ..........................................661 The Message of Invincible Consolation .............................669 The Making of a Christian .................................................675 Now Is It Possible ..............................................................682 The Graciousness of Uncertainty .......................................687 The Moral Foundations of Life ......................................................691 My Utmost for His Highest ............................................................733 Not Knowing Whither ....................................................................862 Our Brilliant Heritage .....................................................................914 with Grow Up into Him ............................................................929 As He Walked ....................................................................943 Our Portrait in Genesis ...................................................................957 The Place of Help ...........................................................................982 The Psychology of Redemption .....................................................1059 The Philosophy of Sin ....................................................................1105 Run Today’s Race ..........................................................................1136 The Shadow of an Agony ...............................................................1155 Shade of His Hand ........................................................................1191 The Servant as His Lord ................................................................1246 So Send I You ................................................................................1286 Workmen of God ...........................................................................1338 Notes on Isaiah ..............................................................................1367 Notes on Jeremiah ..........................................................................1389 Studies in the Sermon on the Mount .............................................1438 Notes on Ezekiel ............................................................................1473 Bibliography ....................................................................................1487 Index ...............................................................................................1489 Introduction 8 ————————— ————————— The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers Contents General Index For the first time, all the published books of Oswald A general index of people, places, and terms is pro- Chambers have been collected in one volume. Also vided for those wishing to locate specific information included are notes on Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel contained in this volume. previously unpublished in book form. The editors have not attempted to reference every Each book is prefaced by a brief introduction, appearance of words such as Holy Spirit, obedience, noting the time and place when the lectures were prayer, sanctification, and so on. That would require given and a history of their publication. a concordance almost as large as the book itself! The text of the books in this volume is taken Those readers possessing the PDF version of this from the editions published in the United Kingdom volume can easily locate all occurrences of words in by the Oswald Chambers Publications Association. Chambers’ books by using their computer’s search British spelling has been retained throughout. function. Footnotes Bibliography Oswald Chambers urged his students at the Bible This complete list of the books in this volume, with a Training College to read and study with a dictionary brief summary of content, will aid readers in search- at hand. “Never intend to look up a word,” he said. ing for Chambers’ teaching on various themes such as “Do it now.” prayer, sanctification, ethics, and others. In the spirit of Chambers and his philosophy of education, we have not robbed the reader of the Publication Information opportunity to learn by personal effort. In the years before tape recording, it was common for If a name, word, or term appears in Merriam sermons and speeches to be taken down in shorthand Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition, it is by stenographers, then published in newspapers and not footnoted. In some cases, a person not fully iden- magazines. Chambers’ early messages in Britain and tified in the text has been footnoted. the U.S. would have been recorded in this way. After his marriage in 1910, virtually all of his lectures and Scripture Index sermons were recorded in shorthand and transcribed The publisher has made a PDF of the Complete for publication by his wife, Biddy. Works available for download. Using this resource, The following periodicals are mentioned through- readers may trace any verse or passage of Scripture out this volume: throughout the teaching of Chambers. See the final • God’s Revivalist and Bible Advocate, published page of this book for downloading instructions. by God’s Bible School, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (1900–present). This publication was originally Poetry and Other Quotations called The Revivalist and published by Martin Many of the quotations from poetry and other writ- Wells Knapp prior to his founding of God’s Bible ings were not identified in the original text. The edi- School in 1900. tors have provided some identification of sources that did not appear in the books as originally published by For information on this publication, contact Mrs. Chambers. God’s Bible School, 1810 Young Street, Cincin- nati, OH 45210, USA. vii viii The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers: Introduction • Tongues of Fire, published by the Pentecostal Mrs. Chambers saw this publication primarily as a means of keeping in touch with the hundreds League of Prayer. In 1916, the magazine changed of people whose lives had been touched dur- its name to Spiritual Life. ing their ministry, many of whom were serving Tongues of Fire, numbers 1–300, January 1891– as missionaries overseas. It began as a monthly December 1915 publication, but wartime restrictions and paper shortages caused the change to a bimonthly and Spiritual Life, numbers 301–692, January 1916– finally quarterly journal. Although subscriptions December 1950 were sold, Mrs. Chambers generously provided A complete set of this publication is held in the scores of complimentary copies. British Newspaper Library, Colindale, London. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, many of the • The Bible Training Course (B.T.C.) Monthly Jour- Oswald Chambers works first appeared in article form and upon completion of the series were nal (April 1932–March 1952) published as books. Since the Bible Training Published by Mrs. Chambers as “A Journal for College ceased to exist in 1916, Mrs. Chambers the continuance of the teaching given by Oswald used the familiar initials B.T.C., simply changing Chambers, as Principal of the Bible Training the last word to reflect the new phase of continu- College, Clapham, London, 1911–1915; and in ing her husband’s teaching in this way. the Y.M.C.A. Huts Zeitoun, etc., Egypt, 1915– A complete set of this publication is held in the 1917.” British Library, St. Pancras, London. A Word AbouT osWAld ChAmbers 8 ————————— ————————— Oswald Chambers was not famous during his lifetime. • Y.M.C.A. chaplain to British Commonwealth sol- At the time of his death in 1917 at the age of forty- diers in Egypt, 1915–17 three, only three books bearing his name had been pub- He died in Cairo on November 15, 1917, of compli- lished. Among a relatively small circle of Christians in cations following an emergency appendectomy. The Britain and the U.S., Chambers was much appreciated complete story of his life is told in Oswald Chambers: as a teacher of rare insight and expression, but he was Abandoned to God (1993), available from Discovery not widely known. House Publishers. Chambers was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in During the seven years of their marriage, his wife, 1874, the youngest son of a Baptist minister. He spent Gertrude (Biddy) Hobbs, took verbatim shorthand his boyhood years in Perth, then his family moved to notes of nearly all his lectures and sermons. After his London when Oswald was fifteen. Shortly after the death, she spent the rest of her life publishing her move to London, Oswald made his public profession husband’s spoken words. His best-known book, My of faith in Christ and became a member of Rye Lane Utmost for His Highest, has been continuously in print Baptist Church. This marked a period of rapid spiritual since it was first published in 1927. growth, along with an intense struggle to find God’s From the earliest days of publication following will and way for his life. World War I, Mrs. Chambers was advised and assisted A gifted artist and musician, Chambers trained at by a small group of personal friends. In later years, this London’s Royal Academy of Art, sensing God’s direc- group became known as the Oswald Chambers Publi- tion to be an ambassador for Christ in the world of cations Association, which was incorporated in 1942, art and aesthetics. While studying at the University of and exists today as a Registered British Charity. It Edinburgh (1895–96), he decided, after an agonizing oversees the publication and distribution of Oswald internal battle, to study for the ministry. He left the Chambers’ material around the world. university and entered Dunoon College, near Glasgow, Through the years, one of the Association’s goals where he remained as a student, then a tutor for nine has been to keep all of Oswald Chambers’ books in years. print. This has often meant the amalgamation of In 1906, he traveled to the United States, spending smaller books and booklets into single volumes for six months teaching at God’s Bible School in Cincin- greater cost efficiency. The publication of this volume nati, Ohio. From there, he went to Japan, visiting the fulfills a goal held by Mrs. Chambers and the Associa- Tokyo Bible School, founded by Mr. and Mrs. Charles tion. By presenting the Complete Works in a single Cowman. This journey around the world in 1906–7 volume, it is hoped to preserve Chambers’ words for marked his transition from Dunoon College to full- future generations. time work with the Pentecostal League of Prayer. We commend this work to the reader with the During the last decade of his life, Chambers served prayer that you will be spiritually strengthened and as: encouraged as you encounter the person of Jesus • Traveling speaker and representative of the League Christ through the words of His servant, Oswald of Prayer, 1907–10 Chambers. • Principal and main teacher of the Bible Training College, London, 1911–15 ix