Gordon Beattie Watt was born in 1865 in Scotland to a preacher and his wife at the parsonage. He earned a Masters Degree and became a minister in High Kirk, Scotland. It took 15 years in the ministry before he learned that he must come to an end of himself and just let the Lord work through him, making God his "All in all." He joined the Keswick movement in England and became one of the better known and respected preachers, and soon was asked to come to several American meetings to speak, which he did several times, and was enthusiastically received. He died in 1928 in Edinburg.