Purity of Heart: Letters to Salvation Army Officers
Overview
The pure heart described in Matthew 5:8 is a key theme in Salvation Army culture. Purity of Heart is assembled from addresses William Booth delivered at weekly meetings for “Salvation Soldiers.” It is rich with General Booth’s practical and direct philosophy of Christian living.
Top Highlights
“By a Pure Heart we do not mean a Heart that cannot sin” (source)
“As the heart which palpitates in your bosom is the great driving-force of the Natural Man, so the heart we are talking about is the great driving force of the Spiritual Man.” (source)
“Does not God bestow this wonderful deliverance from sin on the soul at conversion? Does He not sanctify and make it good and holy at the same time that He pardons its sins?’ No, I reply; although a great work is done for the soul at conversion, its deliverance from sin at that time is not complete. It is true, that He does a great deal for a man when He makes that remarkable change. He destroys the bondage in which sin holds the transgressor; but the destruction of sin out of the heart and out of the life is not entire.” (source)
“you not only possess the ability to live the kind of life that He desires, but that you actually do live it.” (source)
“It is the Heart that decides on the particular line of conduct to be pursued” (source)
- Title: Purity of Heart: Letters to Salvation Army Officers
- Author: William Booth
- Publisher: N.P.
- Print Publication Date: n.d.
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Holiness; Salvation Army
- Resource ID: LLS:PURITYHEART
- Resource Type: text.monograph.letters
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:18:37Z