C.H. Watson

By C. H. WATSON, Former President of the General Conference

Articles by C.H. Watson

A Personal Letter from Elder Watson to You

April 1931

Dear Brethren and Sisters:

Greetings! Many of our ministers have written us expressing deter­mination to co-operate in every way possible in world-wide soul winning. Many others are reporting successes that are appearing where churches…

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Our Supreme Need as Ministers

January 1936

The Bible clearly teaches that the wrath of Satan will reach its greatest inten­sity against the remnant people. Be­cause of this, we are admonished to humble ourselves, to be trustful in God, and so to order our lives before the Lord that…

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A Study in Leadership

September 1949

The book of Esther is the story of an acute crisis in the experience of God's people. It reveals, as do many other stories of the Bible, that God is with His people under all conditions. When a great leader for…

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The Requisites of True Ministry—No. 2

July 1936

My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power." 1 Cor. 2:4.

Let us keep Paul's statement in our hearts whenever…

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Two Trends Calling for Correction

September 1936

[Foreword: In this issue of the Ministry appears the address by Pastor C. H. Watson, delivered in a meeting of the Ministerial As­sociation at the recent General Conference session. Those privileged to hear this…

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This Period of Pressure

October 1933

The splendid loyalty of our conference la­borers and church members through these past few years of unusual difficulty has been the strong factor which, under God, has en­abled us to carry on the world work in the face of so very many situations…

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The Foundation of the Gospel

December 1933

When we turn in the New Testament to the Gospel according to John, we dis­cover that John makes an approach to the atoning work of Christ altogether different from that used by the other Gospel writers. He begins at the…

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Clear Mandate Essential

January 1931

This document, or call, to the world field, which is under consideration, comes to you as a suggestive recom­mendation from the officers of the Gen­eral Conference, after they had given the question most earnest and careful…

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The Teacher As a Spiritual Leader*

January 1935

Text: "Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher come from God." John 3:2.

Whatever misconceptions Nicodemus had of Jesus, he knew that Jesus was a teacher, and that He was a teacher of…

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Personal Relationship Foundational

February 1931

It appears to me that one of the first essentials in the consideration of this problem is to make absolutely sure, from the standpoint of leadership, that "greater spirituality, piety, and usefulness"…

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Personal Power Our Primary Need

February 1935

While this is a council of evangelists from certain parts of the North American Di­vision, its influence will be felt to the ends of the earth in our evangelistic work. Every mis­sionary in every division will…

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The Coming of the Comforter

March 1935

First Bible Study on the Holy Spirit*

"Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is ex­pedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but…

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The Designated Work of the Spirit

April 1935

"Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is ex­pedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you." John 16:7.

The coming…

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Youthful Recruits Must Augment Our Ministry

February 1932

His chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter." Jer. 48:15. These words were used in the long ago to indicate the utter hopelessness of the situation of Moab. Other calamities had befallen that people, but this…

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Filled, Led, and Empowered

May 1935

Three times we are assured in the Gospels that Jesus came to His work of earthly ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit. After His baptism, as He returned from the Jordan, He was led by the Spirit; then as…

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The Outflow of the Spirit

June 1935

The idea of personal service for others was in the mind of the Holy Spirit when He through the prophets had it recorded that a Pentecost would take place. It is not at all difficult for us, in reading the record of Pentecost,…

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The Supreme Task of the Church*—No. 1

July 1935

"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Mark 16:15.

From the very moment that Jesus uttered  these words, the winning of souls has been the supreme task of the church. Our…

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A Change in Association Leadership

June 1931

Elder Evans Succeeds Elder Daniells

By C.H. Watson

A few months ago the College of Medical Evangelists lodged a very earnest request that the services of Elder…

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The Supreme Task of the Church—No. 2

August 1935

We have been less than a century at our task. Like the early church, we faced, at the beginning, a whole world of need unreached by the message that we were to bear to all. Silver and gold we had none. Organization we…

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The Supreme Task of the Church—No. 3

September 1935

Concerning the quality of our mission  work I have the voluntary testimony of an Australian anthropologist, and since it is the statement of a man wholly from the out­side, not only of our work but of all Christian mission…

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Be Ye Also Ready

June 1932

Jesus knew that an attitude of heedlessness, of carelessness, on the part of the flock at the time of His coming would be fatal. In Matthew 24: 40, 41, we read: "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.…

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Bible Evangelism

October 1931

In Paul's statement to Timothy (2 Tim. 2:1, 2) a principle is enunciated which I has been purposed of God to be a ruling factor in the ministry of His church: "Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in…

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The Requisites of True Ministry—No.1

June 1936

In the first epistle to the Corinthians, Paul is really proclaiming his burden of heart for those who have already been won by his preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They have been brought into church fellowship,…

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The Spirit of the Council

June 1933

The leading actions of the Spring Coun­cil appear in the columns of the Re­view, together with a general report of the proceedings by the Secretary of the General Conference. But in this and succeeding issues…

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The Abiding Presence of the Spirit

February 1934

Pentecost was a wonderful reality to the believers in Christ who were gathered in the upper chamber where the Holy Spirit came upon them. One important thing that should be no­ticed is that the Spirit, when He came upon them, filled all…

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