Godliness

Godliness

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GODLINESS.
BEING
REPORTS OF A SERIES OF ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT
JAMES'S HALL, LONDON, W., During 1881,
BY
MRS. CATHERINE BOOTH.
_INTRODUCTION BY DANIEL STEELE, D.D._

PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.
In giving this volume to our American readers, we are assured that we
are doing a special favor to all the lovers of "Christianity in earnest."
"Aggressive Christianity," from the same talented author, has met with
unusual favor, and has been the means of much good. We are confident
that the present volume is in all respects equal to the former, and that
no one can read it without great spiritual profit.
The Introduction, by Dr. Daniel Steele, is a forcible presentation of the
main doctrines of the book, and is creditable to the head and heart of
the writer, and a commendation which all intelligent readers will highly
esteem.
Our object in publishing these sermons, is, that their perusal may kindle
a flame of revival in the hearts of believers, which may result in many
turning unto the Lord.
MCDONALD & GILL
BOSTON, MASS.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
In presenting another volume of reports of my Addresses, I have only
to repeat what I have said with respect to similar books before-- Read,
for the sake of getting more light and more blessing to your soul, and
you will, I trust, partake of the good which many have professed to
receive at the West-End services, wherein most of these words were
first spoken.
I am well aware that, in such imperfect reports of, for the most part,
extemporaneous utterances, often most hurriedly corrected, there may
be found abundant ground for criticism; but, if this book may be the
means of leading only a few souls to devote themselves more fully to
God and to the salvation of men, I shall be more than compensated for
any unfriendly criticism with which it may meet.
I have not sought to please any but the Lord, and to His fatherly
loving-kindness I commend both the book and its readers.
CATHERINE BOOTH.
_London, Nov._ 10, 1881.

INTRODUCTION.
The sermons of Mrs. Booth already re-published under the title of
"Aggressive Christianity," came to American Christians as a tonic to
their weakness, and a stimulant to their inertness.
The sermons in the present volume are a much-needed prophylactic, a
safeguard against several practical errors in dealing with souls; errors
which lead them into Egyptian darkness, instead of the marvelous light.
The sermon on Repentance is a most faithful showing up of spurious
repentance, the vain substitute for a downright abandonment of every
form of sin, and right-about facing towards the Lord. In directness and
point, it is a model for earnest revival preaching,--rather, for all
preaching to unsaved souls, outside the church, or within it. All of these
will be found in some subterfuge, which must be ruthlessly torn down,
before it will be abandoned for the cleft Rock.
The sermon on Saving Faith is next in order. The disastrous
consequences of what, for the want of a better description, maybe
styled an Antinomian faith, an unrepentant assent of the intellect to the
historic facts of the Gospel, which too many evangelists and other
religious teachers are calling saving faith, are clearly set forth and

plainly labeled, POISON. This spurious trust in Christ following a
superficial repentance, which has never felt the desperate sinfulness
and real misery of sin, has furnished our churches with a numerous
class of