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This is the first of Steele's "Holiness books" and serves as an excellent introduction to his thought — and to the teachings of the Methodist Holiness movement in the Nineteenth Century.
The page of "Definitions" alerts the reader to the distinctive way certain terms are defined and used by advocates of Christian Perfection.
Chapter nine is a very helpful discussion of John Fletcher's doctrine of Dispensations — quite a bit different than the doctrine currently known as "Dispensationalism." Understanding Fletcher's doctrine of Dispensations also helps to explain why the Methodists commonly referred to "Entire Sanctification" as the "Baptism in the Holy Spirit."
This is from the 1908 edition, which contains an additional essay entitled “Love as a Principle and Love as a Passion.”
For this digital edition, I have added a short autobiography, which was written in 1888.
It can be found here: Love Enthroned.
For those who might be wondering: my old web site is coming down sometime at the end of November or the beginning of October. The Holiness books that I have hosted there will be unavailable after that time, but digital downloads like this will be available — but not for free! I am learning the digital formats and hope to make the books available in EPUB and AZW3 at some point in the near future.
