by T. Austin-Sparks

The book entitled "The Release of the Lord" was first published in 1929. It contained 7 chapters which were subsequently edited by Mr Sparks and republished as 5 chapters in the AWAT magazine in 1945, then again as 3 editorials in 1957. In later years he rewrote the remaining chapters. Of the original 7 chapters, chapters 1-4 were republished as a series of 3 editorials in 1957 (these are chapters 1-3), chapter 5 was republished in 1969 (now chapter 4), chapter 6 in 1970 (now chapter 5), and chapter 7 (now chapter 6) in 1962. Since all the chapters of the book were eventually re-written and republished by Mr Sparks, we have presented them once again as a complete collection of messages. We have also included his concluding chapter from the 1945 version which was not in the original 1929 publication.