In the year 1939 we published two volumes on The Stewardship of the Mystery. Volume 1 covered wider ground ... Volume 2 was more specific in relation to Paul’s ministry and the Church. ...There has been a growing burden to put into writing the essence of that particular ministry of “The Mystery” and, under this pressure which we believe to be of God, we have written this volume ... a concentration of that “Revelation” to the Apostle. In the overwhelming presence of so great an unveiling it would be an impossible thing to give an adequate presentation ... We can do no more than “cast this bread upon the waters” and trust that it may reach some prepared hearts as a message from God in a timely way. It is not an exposition that is needed, but a revolution similar to that which took place in the Apostle when “it pleased God to reveal His Son in him.” May the prayer in Ephesians 1:17–21 be answered in the case of many readers. T. Austin-Sparks Forest Hill, London. 1966
