The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1955, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee in May through September 1955. Historical information concerning Brother Lee's travels and the content of his ministry in 1955 can be found in the general preface that appears at the beginning of volume 1 in this set. The contents of this volume are divided into six sections, as follows: 1. Eight messages given in Baguio, Philippines, on May 7 through 12. These messages are included in this volume under the title Reward and Punishment. 2. Seven messages given in Baguio, Philippines, on May 8 through 15. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Living and Principles of the Kingdom People and are included in this volume under the same title. 3. Twenty-one messages given in Manila, Philippines, on May 22 through September 11. Chapters 8 through 21 of this section were previously published in a book entitled The Way for a Christian to Mature in Life. During the compilation of the messages for The Collected Works of Witness Lee, five more messages were discovered and were added to the beginning of this section. In addition, two chapters were moved from the previously published book entitled How to Be Useful to the Lord and inserted at the beginning of this section. The resulting twenty-one chapters are included in this volume under the title The Way for a Christian to Mature in Life. 4. Twelve messages given in Manila, Philippines, in June and July. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Central Work of God and Proper Spiritual Experience and are included in this volume under the same title. 5. Five messages given in Manila, Philippines, on June 29 through August 31. These messages are included in this volume under the title Concerning How to Lead the Meetings of the Church. 6. Twenty messages given in Manila, Philippines, on July 2 through September 5. These messages are included in this volume under the title Concerning How to Enter into Fellowship with the Lord.
