The Keswick movement in precept and practise 1903

by Arthur Tappan Pierson

THE KESWICK MOVEMENT; In Precept and Practice is a brilliant work written by Dr. Arthur T. Pierson. The Keswick Movement was written to highlight the Keswick ministries earliest beginnings. Dr. Pierson traces how Keswick movement began from a grass roots following who desired a more intimate walk with God.

Paperback

First published December 10, 2013

About the author

Arthur Tappan Pierson (March 6, 1837 – June 3, 1911) was an American Presbyterian pastor, early fundamentalist leader, and writer who preached over 13,000 sermons, wrote over fifty books, and gave Bible lectures as part of a transatlantic preaching ministry that made him famous in Scotland and England. He was a consulting editor for the original "Scofield Reference Bible" (1909) for his friend, C. I. Scofield and was also a friend of D. L. Moody, George Müller (whose biography 'George Muller of Bristol' he wrote), Adoniram Judson Gordon, and C. H. Spurgeon, whom he succeeded in the pulpit of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London, from 1891 to 1893. Throughout his career, Pierson filled several pulpit positions around the world as an urban pastor who cared passionately for the poor.

Reviews

[W. Austin · Rating 3 out of 5]

book is ok but not great

[deane.rule · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good summary

This short book is the best I have read on the history and principles of the Keswick Convention. It was helpful to me.

[Lauren Noel Ottwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

reading at Keswick 2017