The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1966, volume 1

Book excerpt: The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1966, volume 1, contains messages and fellowship given by Brother Witness Lee from January through August 1966. For the first three months of the year, Brother Lee remained in Los Angeles, except for a brief visit to San Francisco in late February. From the end of March through the middle of April, he visited Mineral Wells, Waco, Tyler, and Plainview, Texas. From Texas he proceeded to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then he returned to San Francisco at the end of April. He spent the month of May in Los Angeles. From mid-June to mid-July he visited a number of cities in the Midwest, including Indianapolis, Indiana; Mansfield and Warren, Ohio; East Peoria, Illinois; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The only record of his visit to these cities consists of four messages given in Warren, Ohio. In the middle of July, Brother Lee returned to Los Angeles and remained there through the end of September. The contents of this volume are divided into twelve sections, as follows: 1. Eight messages given in Los Angeles, California, from January 30 through March 20. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Lord's Day Meetings in Los Angeles. 2. Four messages given in Los Angeles, California, from February 4 through March 18. These messages are included in this volume under the title Messages on Matthew. 3. Four messages given in Los Angeles, California, from February 17 through 20. These messages have been previously published under the title Christ Our Portion. 4. Four messages given in San Francisco, California, on February 22 through 25. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Lord's Recovery of the Church. 5. Five messages given in San Francisco, California, from April 29 through May 1. These messages are included in this volume under the title Enjoying Christ as Our Feast to Be His Fruit-bearing Branches. 6. One message given in Tyler, Texas, on April 10. This message is published in this volume under the title Exercising Our Spirit in Our Daily Life for the Meeting Life. 7. Four messages given in Plainview, Texas, on April 15 through 18. They were previously published in The Stream, volume 4, number 4, November 1966, under the title God's High Calling. 8. Seven messages given in Los Angeles, California, on May 10 through 31. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship on Life, Building, and Fruit-bearing. The last two messages were combined into one chapter. 9. Five messages given in Los Angeles, California, from May 13 through 28. These messages are published in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Messages in Los Angeles. 10. Six messages given in Los Angeles, California, from May 8 through July 17. They are included in this volume under the title Various Lord's Day Meetings in Los Angeles. 11. Four messages given in Warren, Ohio, on June 24 and 25. These messages are included in this section under the title Conference in Warren, Ohio. 12. Eighteen messages given in Los Angeles, California, from July 24 through August 28. These messages have been previously published under the title The Priesthood.