G D Watson was born in Virginia, USA in 1845 to Methodist parents and came to conversion at the age of 18 as a soldier in the Civil War.
His various books are inspiring, honest, and exhaustive in exploring the possibilities, problems, prospects, and perils of the crucified and Spirit-filled life. Any seeker after God's best can profit much by reading and digesting as many as possible of his works. Though in poor health after the war, he felt called to preach the Gospel and he evangelized throughout the country and abroad in England and the Far East... In his last years, though frail in body, his inner spirit remained unquenchable, when in 1923 he went to be with the Lord Whom he sought so constantly to know and serve on earth.' (Extracts from They Knew Their God, Volume 2, Harvey and Tait Publishers)

George Douglas Watson was a faithful preacher by word and pen and was indeed an Apostle to the Sanctified. As he himself states, "many have dealt
with the subject of Christian holiness from man's side; how to obtain it, what to expect from it, etc., but scarcely any have shown God's side. Few have begun to grasp our Father's provision, His great desire, His patient pursuit and His faithful application of providence that we might mature and be pleasing in His sight.