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WATCHMAN NEE
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITIONPREFACE TO THE BRITISH EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
The author of these studies, Mr. Watchman Nee (Nee To-sheng) of Foochow, a true bondservant of Jesus Christ, placed a great many of us inhis debt when, on a visit to Europe in 1938 and 1939, he set forth so lucidlyin his ministry to many groups of young workers and others the foundationprinciples of the Christian life and walk.Several of the addresses forming the material from which this book hasbeen compiled have already been published independently and have beenthe means of blessing to many. Others, covering similar but wider ground,have existed for long in manuscript or note form. It is with the conviction
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that their message merits a wider circulation at the present time that I haveundertaken the editing of the available material to form this larger book.Being deprived of personal contact or communication with the author, Ihave myself to take full responsibility for the work of editing. This hasinvolved the bringing together of matter from a number of sources to forma logical sequence within the framework provided by two of the originalseries of studies. Due to the wide variety of this material, includingverbatim records of spoken English addresses, private notes of Biblereadings and personal conversations, and a few translations from theChinese, liberties, perforce, have had to be taken with the literaryarrangement -- not, of course, with the doctrine -- making the hand of theeditor more evident that I would have wished. But the privilege of closepersonal contact with Mr. Nee during 1938, and the help and criticism of others who enjoyed his ministry or who have worked with him, and whoknew him better than I, have combined, in the few places whereinterpretation was necessary, to make faithfulness to his thought the morecertain.Work on this book has been a searching experience. It goes out now withthe prayer that its strong emphasis upon the greatness of Christ and upon thefinality and sufficiency of His work may be used of God to bring Hischildren to a place of greater spiritual effectiveness and thus of increasingvalue to Him.Angus I. KinnearBangalore, India1957
PREFACE TO THE BRITISH EDITION
A new edition has made possible further revision and occasional slightexpansion of the text with the aid of fresh source material. An index isnow provided.The reader is again reminded that the author's message in this collectedform had its origin as spoken ministry. It is therefore not wholly systematic.On none of the subjects dealt with is it to be regarded as exhaustive. It
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