1895 Spiritual Book Enoch Signed Bible Genre Christian Jesus Entire Sanctification Rev W. Jones

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• Vintage from the 19th century

A very rare and genuine triple date-stamped 1885 hand-signed first edition first printing in very good condition, and it is now 141 years old. Exceedingly scarce and the only surviving 1885 first edition known to exist, with zero listed by any institution or library.

Had he kept the law of his probation and walked with God during the period of his trial, he would have pleased God, as Enoch afterward did, and might have obtained as honorable a transfer from earth to heaven. Adam was a physical being, and, as such, was subject to the specific laws of life and health;

Discussed: The divine architect, spirituality, Enoch, the divine government, the soul and immortality, spiritual realms, The Holy Bible, Eden, The Gospels, Jesus the Christ, The divine element, Spiritual Alchemy, Prayer, Growth and purity, Christianity, Divine Law, and more

"Its streams the whole creation reach, So plenteous is the store, Enough for all, enough for each, Enough forever more."

The overall condition of this book is very good despite being printed over 140 years ago. It has some normal age-related wear but is well-preserved. This books bears the author's name (hand signed). I am by no means a signature analyst; however, I assume it is from his own hand. Sold as a signature attributed to the author.

This is a beautiful and incredibly scarce volume and, as stated, the only known 1885 edition listed anywhere. Only one other surviving 19th-century edition is cataloged; it is, however, a later printing. To top it off, this volume is hand-signed "W. Jones," the author being Reverend William Jones. It also has a handwritten poem above the signature. Hand-signed by the author himself—"W. Jones"—on the title page, with a delicate handwritten poem inscribed above the signature, this volume whispers of personal devotion. From its opening pages, the book invites the reader into Eden's lost garden and the soul's redemptive journey. Rev. Jones contemplates Adam's probation, Enoch's walk with God, the divine architect's plan, spiritual alchemy, prayer's transforming power, and the gospel's rainbow promise in light of humanity's tragic fall. He explores the Holy Bible, the Gospels, Jesus the Christ, divine law, growth in purity, and the soul's immortality—rejecting errors that diminish the atonement or the Holy Ghost's work, and affirming salvation as a personal covenant encounter with the Savior, not mere evolution or culture. As he writes in the introduction: "The gospel throws the 'rainbow of promise' over the scene, dispels the darkness from man's environed pathway, and 'brings life and immortality to light.'" And in poetic close: "Its streams the whole creation reach, So plenteous is the store, Enough for all, enough for each, Enough forever more."This is more than a book—it is a relic of a time when seekers pursued entire sanctification with fervent mysticism: the cleansing from inbred sin, the filling with perfect love, the restoration to holy fellowship with God. In our hurried modern world, it evokes a nostalgic longing for that deeper, quieter pursuit of the divine. A treasure for collectors of rare Holiness imprints, Wesleyan theology, 19th-century American religious history, or those drawn to the mystical heart of Christianity. Ideal for scholars, pastors, or anyone who senses the eternal call to holiness. Ships securely packaged to preserve its legacy. Serious inquiries welcome—happy to provide additional photos of the signature, poem, title page, and condition details. May this volume find a home where its message of redeeming grace continues to echo, as it has for over a century.



Introduction:
"The Bible reveals the fact that God created man in His own likeness and image, and endowed him with almost unlimited capabilities, surrounded him with objects of beauty and attractiveness, supplied every legitimate desire with its corresponding objects of gratification, and provided for his happiness and growth with a gorgeousness that overwhelms the finite mind. But while yet in a whirl of bewilderment from the contemplation of man's Edenic surroundings, it surprises us with the story of his apostasy and alienation.
Aside from the light the Bible pours upon the pathway of humanity, the history of man is a dark and inexplicable tragedy. It appears as a pure and limpid stream bursting out on the mountainside, to linger a moment amid Edenic beauties, and plunge forever into the morass of wretchedness and woe.
But the gospel throws the "rainbow of promise" over the scene, dispels the darkness from man's environed pathway, and "brings life and immortality to light."
The gospel has to do with man only as a sinner, but as a redeemed sinner. It brings to our ears the glad tidings that, although born a sinner, possessed of sinful tendencies, and surrounded with sinful influences, all the people are under the gracious possibilities of a redemptive scheme, which, if improved, will give them a complete victory over the farthest-reaching influences and ultimate sequences of the fall.
The subject of holiness is inseparable from man. No one can write or think of man's origin or destiny without considering him in his relation to the subject of personal holiness. Holiness was man's heritage in his primeval state, and holiness will be his restored condition when, with the seraphic throng, he shall compass the eternal throne. And holiness must be his condition in this life if he would actuate the possibilities of the remedial plan.
The force of all the redemptive agencies focuses on the Divine effort to restore man to a life of holiness and fellowship with God, that shall secure to him a destiny of holy delights.
As a well-defined view of man in Eden, and man fallen and redeemed, and a just conception of the gracious agencies of the gospel are essential to the salvation of every sinner and the symmetrical growth and usefulness of every believer, we devote these pages to the subject of holiness in its doctrinal and philosophical aspects.
This unpretentious volume seeks to glorify God by honoring the Lord Jesus Christ as the Saviour of men. It aims to refute the insidious errors that have manifested themselves, more or less clearly, in many sections of the church on this subject.
It rejects the doctrine "that sin is a part of the original plan" of the Divine Being with regard to the world; or that sin, having made its appearance, "it is utilized by the Lord and made tributary to His glory." We repudiate all theories that encroach upon the atoning merit or personality of the Son of God, or in any way supersede the personality and office of the Holy Ghost in the salvation of men.
These pages give prominence to the fact that salvation, being a covenant work, is an event that must transpire between the covenanting parties, the Savior, and the saved; consequently, it can neither be by the process of evolution nor culture, by attrition nor growth, but that God saves all that come unto Him through the gospel of the Son of God."
W. JONES.:
Sedalia, Mo.