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• Parbar Westward: A Bible-Teaching Ministry—HOME PAGE
• Why the Strange Name Parbar Westward?
• Parbar Westward Production Schedule: upcoming articles and audio messages in the works.

New Jim Kerwin Material

• NEW!  Jim Kerwin looks at “walking in the light” in the Bible Study in 1 John: Session 3: 1 John 1:6-10.  Posted on 10 May.
• NEW!  In our second Bible study in John’s First Epistle, Pastor Jim Kerwin looks at 1 John 1:4-5 and ponders the meaning of the revelation that “God is Light.”  Listen to Bible Study in 1 John: Session 2: 1 John 1:4-5.  Posted on 14 Apr.
• NEW BOOK Sunnyside Papers: Inspirational Sketches from God’s “Book of Nature” by Rev. Isaiah Reid (a collection of some of Reid’s beloved and best nature pieces and devotional material; compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim and Denise Kerwin) 

New Percy Gutteridge Material

• NEW!  Pastor Percy Gutteridge expounds a key principle of spiritual warfare, the truth of God’s overruling Lordship in earth’s events from the beginning of creation until the end of time— Action, Reaction, Counteraction.  God’s original action always seems to be thwarted by the adversary’s reaction, but the Most High turns this to a greater blessing and His glory by His counteraction.  This message will be a new revelation to you and a great comfort in the battle.  Posted on 10 Apr.

New Material by Isaiah Reid

• NEW!  We celebrate the 172^nd birthday of Isaiah Reid with a another chapter from his book Soul-Help Papers.  Demanding our own way from God can be very costly to us in terms of our natural and spiritual circumstances, and can send “leanness” to our souls, as Reid aptly points out in his devotional entitled Tarshish Ships: Permission, or Approval of God?  Posted on 16 Apr.

New in Parbar Poetry

• NEW!  What some of only dimly grasp about being channels of God’s blessings, Mary E. Maxwell unfolds eloquently in her wonderful hymn, How I Praise Thee, Precious Saviour.  Posted on 1 May.
• NEW!  Few poems speak so clearly of practical holiness, prayer, and Christian service as William D. Longstaff’s beloved Take Time To Be Holy.  Posted on 13 Apr.
• NEW!  What the Apostle Paul touches on when he writes “We have this treasure in earthen vessels” (2 Corinthians 4:7), Emma Frances Bevan expresses even more fully and eloquently in her moving hymn God in Heaven Hath a Treasure.  Posted on 5 Apr.

Bible Teaching by Jim Kerwin

• Brief Background on Jim and Denise Kerwin
• The Rejected Blessing
• “And Joseph Was Brought Down...”
• A Book Unsealed
• Who Was the Angel of the LORD?
• That Uncomfortable Word—Conviction!
• Getting In or Letting In?  Have We Got the Gospel Backwards?
• That Treasure Trove of Truth: “Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing”
• We Will Reap, IF…
• The Hearing God Series:
  • Part 1: God's Plan, Our Privilege
  • Part 2: Why Many Christians Can't Hear God
• Evangelical Myths Series:
  • “Simon, Do You Love Me?”—The Myth of “Agapao” and “Phileo”
• Books authored or edited by Jim Kerwin
  • The Rejected Blessing: An Untold Story of the Early Days of the Pentecostal Movement (foreword by Dr. Vinson Synan)
  • Boyhood Memories and Lessons by Rev. Isaiah Reid (autobiographical accounts of Reid’s Covenanter childhood compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim Kerwin)
  • Sunnyside Papers: Inspirational Sketches from God’s “Book of Nature” by Rev. Isaiah Reid (a collection of some of Reid’s beloved and best nature pieces and devotional material; compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim and Denise Kerwin)
• Audio files of messages by Jim Kerwin:
  • Forgiveness Is Conditional
  • Importunity—Being a Pain in the Neck
  • The Disciple Jesus Loves
  • The “Rejected Blessing“ Interviews on WAVA-AM (three audio messages)
  • The Seven Words from the Cross
  • Bible Study in First John
    • 1 John 1:1-3
    • 1 John 1:4-5
    • 1 John 1:6-10
• Short Background Articles:
  • An Overview of the Life of Isaiah Reid
  • A Short Biography of Pastor Percy Gutteridge
  • A Short Biography of Evangelist Thomas Cook
  • A Brief History of the Apocrypha
  • Powerful Poetry

Jim Kerwin Material in Process and Planning

• Upcoming Audio Files
  • 1 John Bible Study—Session 4: 1:8—2:2 (June 2008)
  • 1 John Bible Study—Session 5 (2008)
  • 1 John Bible Study—Session 6 (2008)
  • 1 John Bible Study—Session 7 (2008)
• A Watered Garden (2008)
• Accepted in the Beloved (2008)
• Evangelical Myths Series:
  • The Gates of Hell (2008)
• The Hearing God Series:
  • Part 3: God’s Prescription for a Noisy Generation—Quiet! (2008)
  • Part 4: How to Get Quiet and Listen (2008)
  • Part 5: How to Avoid “Going off the Deep End” (2009)

Bible Teaching by Percy Gutteridge

• Short Biography of Pastor Percy Gutteridge
• Book: Faith Is Substance
  • Foreword by Dr. Robert C. Frost
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Author and Foundation of Faith
  • Chapter 2: Faith's Conditions
  • Chapter 3: The Nature of Faith
  • Chapter 4: The Practice and Problems of Faith
  • Chapter 5: The Perfecting of Faith
  • Chapter 6: The Life and Growth of Faith
  • Chapter 7: Preparing the Man of Faith
  • Chapter 8: The Certainties of Faith
  • Chapter 9: The Inheritance of Faith
  • Chapter 10: The Triumph of Faith
• The Black Hole
• The Gospel of the Glory
• The Holy Spirit as Former and Latter Rain (article)
• Audio files of messages preached by Percy Gutteridge:
  • Action, Reaction, Counteraction
  • The Gospel of the Glory
  • The Impotent Man
  • As A Little Child
  • The Father of Lights
  • The Temptations of Christ
  • Why Revival Tarries
  • Victory in the Kingdom
  • The Holy Spirit Series:
    • The Seven-Fold Nature of the Holy Spirit
    • The Supernatural Character of New Testament Christianity
    • The Double Portion of Elisha
    • The Emblems of the Holy Spirit Sub-series:
      • The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Burning
      • The Holy Spirit as Wind
      • The Holy Spirit as Dew
      • The Holy Spirit as Fire
      • The Holy Spirit as Salt
      • The Holy Spirit as Former and Latter Rain

Percy Gutteridge Material in Process and Planning

• Article: From the proposed Gutteridge Centennial Book, covering some of Pastor Percy Gutteridge’s teaching on the Holy Spirit, we anticipate posting the article entitled The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Burning, transcribed by Lance Montgomery.  (June 2008)
• Book: The Re-release of Pastor Gutteridge’s book Faith Is Substance, with profits (if any) going to one of pastor’s favorite orphange charities. (September 2008)
• The Emblems of the Holy Spirit Series transcribed into articles (beginning Summer 2008)
• The Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ: an eleven-part overview of the Book of Revelation (begins late 2009)

Bible Teaching by Thomas Cook

• A Short Biography of the Author, Evangelist Thomas Cook (by Jim Kerwin)
• Book: New Testament Holiness
  • Frontispiece of the Original 1902 Edition of New Testament Holiness
  • Preface to New Testament Holiness
  • Epigraph to New Testament Holiness by John Wesley
  • Chapter 1: Blameless, Not Faultless
  • Chapter 2: Holiness and Temptation
  • Chapter 3: Sin Not A Necessity
  • Chapter 4: The Double Need and the Double Cure
  • Chapter 5: The New Birth and Entire Sanctification
  • Chapter 6: Purity and Maturity
  • Chapter 7: The Present Tense of Cleansing
  • Chapter 8: A God-Possessed Soul
  • Chapter 9: Perfect Love
  • Chapter 10: Evangelical Perfection
  • Chapter 11: The Fulness of the Spirit
  • Chapter 12: A Living Sacrifice
  • Chapter 13: Walking with God
  • Chapter 14: Beulah Land
  • Chapter 15: Soul Rest
  • Chapter 16: Christ's Legacy to the Church
  • Chapter 17: Joy in the Holy Ghost
  • Chapter 18: Power for Service
  • Chapter 19: Vessels unto Honour
  • Chapter 20: Consecration
  • Chapter 21: Sanctifying Faith
  • Chapter 22: Address to Seekers
  • Chapter 23: How to Retain the Blessing
  • Chapter 24: The Arbiter of the Heart
  • Chapter 25: Testimony

Bible Teaching by John Wesley

• Book: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection:
  • A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (Part 1 of 5)
  • A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (Part 2 of 5)
  • A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (Part 3 of 5)
  • A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (Part 4 of 5)
  • A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (Part 5 of 5)

Bible Teaching by Isaiah Reid

Books by Isaiah Reid

• Boyhood Memories and Lessons (autobiographical accounts of Reid’s Covenanter childhood, compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim Kerwin)
• Sunnyside Papers: Inspirational Sketches from God’s “Book of Nature” (a collection of some of Reid’s beloved and best nature pieces and devotional material; compiled, edited, and annotated by Jim and Denise Kerwin)

Bible Teaching Articles by Isaiah Reid

• Daffodil Days (an Easter message)
• God’s Way to Holiness
• Help Through Unexpected Channels
• Seeking Promotion
• The Beautiful Snow
• The Passing of the Frost: An Easter Meditation
• What Is Worship?

Online Books by Isaiah Reid

• Soul-Help Papers
  • Introduction: Prefatory Note
  • Chapter 1: Tarshish Ships: Permission, or Approval of God?
  • Chapter 17: Spoiled Pastures

Historical Articles by Isaiah Reid

• The Founding of the Iowa Holiness Association

Isaiah Reid Material in Process and Planning

• Chapters from the book Soul-Help Papers (2008-2009):
  • 2: Our St. Bernard’s Passes or Open Doors (May 2008)
  • 3: His Way or My Way? (June 2008)
  • 4: Concerning Taking All from God (July 2008)
  • 5: We Make and Carry the Light We See By (2008)
  • 6: “As Thy Day” (2008)
• X-mas Tide (December 2008)

Powerful Poetry,
an introduction 
to Classical Christian verse

A

• A Mind at Perfect Peace with God by Catesby Paget
• All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name by Edward Perronet
• All Thanks to the Lamb by Charles Wesley
• All Things Are Possible to Him by Charles Wesley
• Amazing Grace by John Newton
• Arise, My Soul, Arise by Charles and John Wesley
• At the Name of Jesus by Caroline M. Noel

B

• Blessed Lord, In Thee Is Refuge by Herbert Booth
• Blest Are the Humble Souls that See by Isaac Watts
• Blest Are the Humble Souls that See by Isaac Watts.  (This is a presentation of the hymn that parallels Watts’ verses with the text of Matthew 5:2-12.)
• Blest Spirit! from the Eternal Sire by John Wesley
• Burial of Moses (also known by its first line, By Nebo's Lonely Mountain) by Cecil Frances Alexander

C

• Church of God, Beloved and Chosen by Frances Ridley Havergal
• Come, All Ye Chosen Saints of God by Joseph Hart
• Come, Holy Ghost, All Quickening Fire [version 1] by Charles and John Wesley
• Come, Holy Ghost, All Quickening Fire [version 2] by Charles and John Wesley
• Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare by John Newton
• Come, O My God, The Promise Seal by Charles Wesley
• Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown by Charles Wesley (also known as Wrestling Jacob)
• Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Robert Robinson
• Come, Ye that Love the Lord by Isaac Watts and Robert Lowry (also known as We’re Marching to Zion)

D

• Dear Lord and Father of Mankind by John Greenleaf Whittier
• Desire_Of_God by Frederick W. Faber
• Dwelling in Beulah Land by C. Austin Miles

E

• Enslaved to Sense, to Pleasure Prone by Charles and John Wesley
• Even Me by Elizabeth H. Codher

F

• Faith of Our Fathers by Frederick W. Faber
• Far Away the Noise of Strife by C. Austin Miles
• Father, I Dare Believe by Charles Wesley
• Father of Jesus Christ My Lord by Charles Wesley
• Fed Upon the Finest of the Wheat by Frederick A. Graves (also known by its first line, Hungry, Lord, for Thy Word of Truth)

G

• Get The Flame! (Anonymous; from the Azusa Street Revival)
• Gethsemane by Joseph Hart
• Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken by John Newton
• Glory to God and Praise and Love by Charles Wesley (a hymn more popularly known today as O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing)
• God Moves in a Mysterious Way by William Cowper
• God in Heaven Hath a Treasure by Emma Frances Bevan
• God of All Power, and Truth, and Grace by Charles Wesley

H

• Hallelujah! What a Savior! by Philip P. Bliss
• Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing by Charles Wesley
• Help, Lord, the Busy Foe by Charles Wesley
• Holy As Thou, O Lord, Is None by Charles Wesley
• Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! by Reginald Heber
• How Happy Is the Pilgrim's Lot! by Charles and John Wesley
• How I Praise Thee, Precious Saviour by Mary E. Maxwell
• How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds by John Newton
• Hungry, Lord, for Thy Word of Truth by Frederick A. Graves (also known by its title, Fed Upon the Finest of the Wheat)
• Hymn to Be Sung on the Anniversary of One's Birth by Charles Wesley (a hymn more popularly known today as O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing)

I

• I Am Coming to the Cross by William McDonald
• I Am Thine, O Lord by Fanny J. Crosby
• I Believe Jesus Saves by Francis Bottome
• I Gave My Life for Thee by Frances Ridley Havergal
• I Know Not Why God’s Wondrous Grace (better known by its chorus as I Know Whom I Have Believèd) by Daniel Webster Whittle
• I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord! by Timothy Dwight
• I Want a Principle Within by Charles Wesley
• I Worship Thee, Sweet Will of God by Frederick W. Faber
• I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath by Isaac Watts
• I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath by Isaac Watts.  (This is a presentation of the hymn that parallels Watts’ verses with the text of Psalm 146.)
• Infinite, Unexhausted Love! by Charles Wesley
• It Passeth Knowledge, That Dear Love of Thine by Mary Shekelford

J

• Jesu, Come, My Hope of Glory by Charles Wesley
• Jesu, Thou Strength of All That Turn by Charles Wesley
• Jesu, Thy Blood and Righteousness by Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf (Count) von Zinzendorf (translated by John Wesley)
• Jesus Hath Died that I Might Live by Charles Wesley
• Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting by Jean Sophia Pigott
• Jesus Shall Reign by Isaac Watts
• Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me by Paul Gerhardt, translated by John Wesley
• Joy in the Holy Ghost by John Mason

K

• King Solomon and the Ants by John Greenleaf Whittier

L

• Let Earth and Heaven Combine by Charles Wesley
• Let Us Sing of His Love Once Again by Francis Bottome
• Light of Life, Seraphic Fire by Charles Wesley
• Like A River Glorious by Frances Ridley Havergal
• Lo! I Come With Joy To Do by Charles Wesley
• Lord, Her Watch Thy Church Is Keeping by Henry Downton
• Lord, I Believe A Rest Remains by Charles and John Wesley
• Lord, I Believe Thy Work of Grace by Charles Wesley
• Lord, I Hear Showers of Blessing by Elizabeth H. Codher
• Lovely Lamb, I Come to Thee by Charles Wesley

M

• “Man of Sorrows,” What a Name! by Philip P. Bliss
• Marching to Zion by Isaac Watts and Robert Lowry
• Master, Speak! Thy Servant Heareth (also known as Master, Say On!) by Frances Ridley Havergal
• My Goal Is God Himself by Frederick Brook
• My God, How Wonderful Thou Art! by Frederick W. Faber
• My Soul and I by John Greenleaf Whittier
• My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord by John Mason

N

• New Every Morning Is the Love by John Keble
• None Is Like Jeshurun's God by Charles Wesley
• Now in a Song of Grateful Praise by Samuel Medley

O

• O Beulah Land by Edgar Page Stites
• O for a Closer Walk with God by William Cowper
• O For A Heart To Praise My God by Charles Wesley
• O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing by Charles Wesley, or, as known by its original title, Hymn to Be Sung on the Anniversary of One's Conversion
• O Glorious Hope of Perfect Love by Charles Wesley
• O God, Our Help in Ages Past by Isaac Watts
• O God, What Offering Shall I Give by Joachim Lange and translated by John Wesley
• O How the Thought of God Attracts by Frederick W. Faber
• O Jesus, Make Thyself to Me by Charlotte Elliott
• O Joyful Sound of Gospel Grace! by Charles Wesley
• O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art! by Charles Wesley
• O Perfect Love by Dorothy Gurney
• O Sacred Head, Now Wounded by Bernard of Clairvaux and Paul Gerhardt (translated by James W. Alexander)
• O Saviour, Precious Saviour by Frances Ridley Havergal
• O Soul, Are You Weary and Troubled? otherwise known as Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus by Helen Lemmel
• O the Bitter Shame and Sorrow by Theordore Monod
• O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus! by Samuel Trevor Francis
• O Thou Who Camest From Above by Charles Wesley
• O Worship the King! by Robert Grant
• O Zion, Haste! by Mary Ann Thomson
• Of Him Who Did Salvation Bring by Bernard of Clairvaux
• Oh for Freedom, for Freedom in Worshipping God by Frederick W. Faber
• On Our Way Rejoicing! by Frances Ridley Havergal

P

• Prisoners of Hope, Arise by Charles Wesley

R

• Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It! by Fanny J. Crosby
• Rejoice, the Lord Is King by Charles Wesley
• Rock of Ages by Augustus M. Toplady

S

• Saviour, Like A Shepherd Lead Us by Dorothy Thrupp
• Saviour from Sin, I Want to Prove by Charles and John Wesley
• Send the Fire! by William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
• Since the Son Hath Made Me Free by Charles and John Wesley
• Sinners, Obey the Gospel-Word! by Charles Wesley
• Sound the Battle Cry! by William Sherwin
• Speak, Lord, in the Stillness by E. May Grimes
• Spirit of Faith, Come Down by Charles Wesley
• Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart by George Croly
• Sunday by Frederick W. Faber
• Sweeping Through the Gates of the New Jerusalem by Tullius Clinton O'Kane

T

• Take My Life And Let It Be by Frances Ridley Havergal
• Take Time To Be Holy by William D. Longstaff
• Talk With Us, Lord by Charles Wesley
• Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand by Henry Alford
• The Babes in Christ Should Nothing Know by Charles Wesley
• The Brewing of Soma by John Greenleaf Whittier
• The Church’s One Foundation by Samuel J. Stone
• The Galilean Fishers Toil by Christopher Wordsworth
• The God of Abraham Praise by Thomas Olivers
• The Mystic’s Christmas by John Greenleaf Whittier
• They Who Know the Saviour by Mrs. C. H. Morris
• This Is My Father's World! by Maltbie Babcock
• This Same Jesus by Frances Ridley Havergal
• Thou Christ of Burning, Cleansing Flame by William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
• Thou Hidden Love Of God by Gerhard Tersteegen and translated by John Wesley
• Thou Lamb of God by Christian Friedrich Richter and translated by John Wesley
• Thou Whose Name Is Called Jesus by Jean Sophia Pigott
• Through All the Changing Scenes by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady
• Time Speeds Away by Vicesemus Knox
• ’Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies by Charles Wesley
• To the Haven of Thy Breast by Charles and John Wesley
• Truehearted, Wholehearted, Faithful and Loyal by Frances Ridley Havergal
• Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus otherwise known as O Soul, Are You Weary and Troubled? by Helen Lemmel

W

• Walk in the Light by Bernard Barton
• What Am I, O Thou Glorious God by Charles Wesley
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross by Isaac Watts
• When Spring Unlocks the Flowers by Reginald Heber
• When the Great Sun Sinks to His Rest by Maltbie Babcock
• Where Is My God, My Joy, My Hope? by Charles Wesley
• While the Fire of God Is Falling (Anonymous)
• Who Is On The Lord’s Side? by Frances Ridley Havergal
• Wise Men Seeking Jesus by James T. East
• With Gladness We Worship by George Rawson
• Workman of God by Frederick W. Faber
• Wrestling Jacob by Charles Wesley (also known as Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown)

Y

• Ye Ransomed Sinners, Hear by Charles Wesley