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George Ridout

      George Whitefield Ridout was born in St. John's Newfoundland. He went to Boston, Massachusetts, as a young man and was educated at Temple University. He served as Professor of Theology at Upland, Indiana. He served as Chaplain with the 38th Regiment in France during World War I. Following the war he accepted the Chair of Theology as Asbury College where he remained until 1927.

      Following his teaching service at Asbury, Dr. Ridout, entered missionary and evangelistic work and traveled extensively in Japan, China, India, Africa, and South America. He was widely known in the holiness camp meetings and churches of the United States. For more than thirty years he wrote a weekly page for the Herald (Pentecostal Herald), published at Louisville, Kentucky. His writings also appeared in other holiness papers including the Advocate. He wrote several books, among them "The Cross and the Flag," "Amazing Grace," and "The Power of the Holy Spirit." He was a member of the British Philosophic Society and a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.

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George Ridout

How A State Of Entire Sanctification May Be Retained

The following is quoted from the book "Perfect Love" by Rev. J. A. Wood: "There are many who once enjoyed the blessing of perfect love who have now lost it. Some have received it several times, and, after all, are now without it. "The conditions of retaining perfect love, like the conditions of reta... Read More
George Ridout

The Beauty Of Holiness Is The Beauty Of Christlikeness

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me. Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ in the fort, Christ in the chariot seat. Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me. Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me, Chris... Read More
George Ridout

The Beauty Of Holiness Is The Beauty Of Consecration

Consecration does not mean the giving up of our sins or vices or depraved appetites, or forbidden indulgences; these things we renounce, cut out, abjure. It is that state in which all ourransomed powers are devoted, dedicated, consecrated to God. The language of consecration isthus put by a certain ... Read More
George Ridout

The Beauty Of Holiness Is The Beauty Of Divine Union

In Divine Union the soul is brought into a sweet and mysterious nearness and union with God. It would hardly be too much to say that the soul has, in some important sense, changed its locality. It has not only withdrawn its affections from the world, which separated it for so long a time from its Cr... Read More
George Ridout

The Beauty Of Holiness Is The Beauty Of Humility

"Where there is holiness there is Humility. It is a Christian grace hard to define, but which implies at least a quiet and subdued, a meek and forbearing spirit. Whatever may be our supposed gifts and graces, whatever may be internal pleasures and raptures, they are far from furnishing evidence of c... Read More
George Ridout

The Beauty Of Holiness Is The Beauty Of Love

"Love is the one kind of holiness existing in different degrees in various believers, " said an old writer. Holiness has been described as Perfect Love -- "The loving God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength, this implies that no wrong temper, none contrary to love, remains in the soul and th... Read More
George Ridout

The Beauty Of Holiness Is The Beauty Of Perfection

"The unceasing and steady aim of every Christian should be perfection -- perfection in all things and in his submission to the will of God. No man can be a Christian who does not sincerely desire it, and who does not constantly aim at it No man is a friend of God who can acquiesce in a state of sin ... Read More
George Ridout

The Beauty Of Holiness Is The Beauty Of Purity

As pure Light is composed of seven colors, so the holiness of the perfect Christian character is composed of a number of distinct and beautiful virtues and purity is not the least among them. "Blessed are the pure in heart. " "I wait till he shall touch me clean, Shall life and power impart, Give me... Read More
George Ridout

The Deadly Fallacy Of Seventh Day Adventism

THE DEADLY FALLACY OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM By George Ridout CONTENTS 01 Seventh Day Adventism 02 Prophets And The Prophetess Of Seventh Day Adventism 03 The Absurd Claims Of Seventh Day Adventism Examined 04 In Conclusion SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM Like other cults and fallacies Seventh Day Adventism wa... Read More
George Ridout

The Witness Of The Spirit

In these closing days of the Church Age, surrounded by a fearful "falling away" from Bible standards and the teaching of the early Christian church, we are prone to forget or neglect to hold rigidly to the foundation doctrines that were blessed to the fathers. We have an unchanging God, who says, "M... Read More
George Ridout

Henry Clay Morrison -- Prophet, Warrior, Orator

By George Whitefield Ridout OUTSIDE BACK COVER TEXT Those men who are clamoring for a new theology, new truth, and a new gospel, do not know in their hearts, the power of the old theology, the old truth, the old gospel. The revelation contained in the Scriptures, the laws of Moses, the history of Is... Read More
George Ridout

The Black Prophet Harris of Africa

A Second Sammy Morris By George Whitefield Ridout INSIDE FRONT-BACK COVER TEXT The Black Prophet Harris Of Africa The man who, without any training or earthly calling, obeyed the call of God to preach and evangelize among the tribes of Africa. Wins 50,000 souls for Christ. This is a special authenti... Read More
George Ridout

The Deadly Fallacy of Russellism or Millennial Dawnism

By George Whitefield Ridout RUSSELLISM REVEALED AS A COUNTERFEIT OF CHRISTIANITY It: (R)-obs Christ of His Deity, ("Studies in the Scriptures," Vol. V., pages 84 and 88). (U)-nblushingly contradicts His plain statements concerning the eternal punishment of the wicked. ("Where are the Dead?" by Pasto... Read More
George Ridout

The Deadly Fallacy of Seventh Day Adventism

Its Fanaticism Exposed Its Absurd Claims Examined Its Methods Investigated Its False Teachings Denounced SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM Like other cults and fallacies Seventh Day Adventism was conceived in ignorance and born of presumption. William Miller was reared in the backwoods and received only the poo... Read More
George Ridout

The Witness of the Spirit: Introduction & Foreward

By George Whitefield Ridout Cor. Editor of the Pentecostal Herald INTRODUCTION We need a revival of the doctrines of the "Witness of the Spirit" and "Entire Sanctification." This book sets forth important aspects of these experiences, and I believe it will stir many professing Christians to examine ... Read More
George Ridout

The Witness of the Spirit: Part 1 - The Witness of the Spirit

In these closing days of the Church Age, surrounded by a fearful "falling away" from Bible standards and the teaching of the early Christian church, we are prone to forget or neglect to hold rigidly to the foundation doctrines that were blessed to the fathers. We have an unchanging God, who says, "M... Read More
George Ridout

The Witness of the Spirit: Part 2 - How a State of Entire Sanctification may be Retained

The following is quoted from the book "Perfect Love" by Rev. J. A. Wood: "There are many who once enjoyed the blessing of perfect love who have now lost it. Some have received it several times, and, after all, are now without it. "The conditions of retaining perfect love, like the conditions of reta... Read More

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