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Notes
[1] Bible Training College (BTC): residential school near Clapham Common in southwest London, sponsored and operated by the League of Prayer from 1911 until it closed in 1915 because of World War I. Oswald Chambers was principal and main teacher; Biddy Chambers, his wife, was lady superintendent.
[2] Pentecostal League of Prayer: founded in London in 1891 by Reader Harris (1847–1909), prominent barrister and friend and mentor of Oswald Chambers.
[3] Zeitoun (zay TOON), Egypt: six miles northeast of Cairo; site of a YMCA camp, the Egypt General Mission compound, and, from 1916 to 1919, the Imperial School of Instruction, training base for British, Australian, and New Zealand troops during World War I.
[4] Bible Training Course Monthly Journal: published from 1932 to 1952 by Mrs. Chambers, with help from David Lambert.
[5] Reader Harris (1847–1909): prominent British barrister, founded the Pentecostal League of Prayer in 1891; friend and mentor to Oswald Chambers.
[6] spooned meat: liquefied food that requires no chewing or effort; baby food.
[7] Millennial Dawnism: another name for Russellism or the Jehovah’s Witnesses, founded by Charles Taze Russell.
[8] mean: as used here, something or someone ordinary, common, low, or ignoble, rather than cruel or spiteful.
[9] Robert Murray McCheyne (1813–1843): Scottish minister whose short but intense life left a great impact on Scotland.