By William Huntington.
The Fountain of Life.
By William Huntington.
Dedication
This work is dedicated to all those who value experimental religion not in the letter, but in the Spirit.
As Joseph Hart wrote…
“True religion is more than notion,
something must be known and felt.”
From the Preface of the Fountain of Life:
HIS work largely comprises six addresses taken from the works of William Huntington.
It is the publisher’s hope that by re-printing these works in a modern paper-back format, in a smaller, more affordable volume than previously available, that the writings of the Lord’s servant William Huntington might become more widely known and appreciated amongst God’s people.
William Huntington’s ministry was unique. His preaching was soul-searching, experimental, man abasing and Christ exalting. So steeped in scripture was Huntington that his writings are full of the word of God. Only now and then does God raise up men whom He so teaches by His Spirit and so uses for the good of His Church. Huntington was one such man, the like of which we may rarely see again.
J.C. Philpot had the following to say about Huntington’s ministry:–
“HUNTINGTON closely and faithfully discriminated between taking the mere lamp of profession in the hand and the vital necessity, upon which he insisted, of possessing the oil of God’s grace in the heart if ever we are to enter heaven. (Matt. 25:. 1-13.) This it was which especially made him obnoxious to the professing world as well as to the profane.
You may take away almost anything from a man but his religion. To pronounce his faith a delusion, his hope a falsehood, and his love a lie; to sift his profession till nothing is left but presumption or hypocrisy; to withstand his false confidence, and declare it to be worse than the faith of devils; to analyse his religion, beginning, middle, and end, as thoroughly and unreservedly as a chemist analyses a case of suspected poisoning, and declare the whole rotten, root and branch – can this be done without giving deadly offence? But this was the work that Huntington had to do.”
William Huntington S.S. (Sinner Saved) wrote extensively during his many years of ministry, yet the treasure troves of his writings have been oft-neglected by professors of religion in the past two hundred years. This may be put down to various reasons including the fact that Huntington came from a poor, illiterate background and also because of the bad report which was put about by some of Huntington’s opponents during and after his lifetime. Nevertheless God greatly blessed the ministry of the ‘Coalheaver’ by granting him much fruit for his labours and Huntington’s writings remain very much as fresh and relevant today as when they were first written.
We trust that what is contained herein will prove a blessing and encouragement to those of this day and generation whom the Lord has given eyes to see and ears to hear.
May the Lord bless His word.
In Christ Our Saviour,
Ian Potts.
Table of Contents:
Chapter One…………….The Dimensions of Eternal Love
Chapter Two…………….The Destruction of Death by the Fountain of Life
Chapter Three………….The Eternal Setting of the Sun
Chapter Four……………The Saint’s Seed-time and Harvest
Chapter Five…………….An Innocent Game for Babes in Grace
Chapter Six………………The Broken Cistern & The Springing Well
Appendix A
The Ministry of William Huntington (1745-1813)
Appendix B
A Sinner Becomes a Saint: Huntington’s Conversion
Appendix C
Writings of William Huntington