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I want you to know wllal (;otl can d o for the most faith I I e took me into a little village of Canada.
rigid Presbyterian. T h e Presbyterians were the One day we were without fuel hut T said, "l,ord.
first people in Sort11 Tndia to cstal)lisl~ Chris- \'nu will not let us suffer with cold. You will
lia11 missions antl they are doing a noble work. scnd the wcmd;" straightway came a rap a1 t h r
'I'hcy ;trc nol)lc men and women living in hard door and there stood a dear good neighbor with
l!laces antl opcning ul) a work that will stand, \vootl. So God leads us on to trust llini morc
ivilling to lay down their lives for the llonor and a11d more. Many arc the precious answers to
glo,ry o f ( h d . 13ecause of this, one longs for [)sayer in these three years I)otli in healings, thc
lhem tu have this blessed Pentecost. need of a home and food, and the giving of lov-
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I he 1,ord sent a I>entecostal woman to my ing friends, as well a s a share in opening-really
Indian home who told me how to wait on God founding-a Home for homeless girls in Berlin,
and keep under the Mood of Jesus. After six Canada. Tt is called "The Bethany Rest I-Iomc
weeks of waiting, when 1 had retired one Sun- for Girls." W h a t marvels the 1,ord waits to d o
day nigltt, I was awakencd I)y the 1)owcr of God t h r t ~ ~ tl~ose
g l ~ who dare to helieve and 11ut Tlim
conling dowlt U ~ O I I lrlc as a cloud and I was L( I the test !
taken possession of by the Holy Gllosl. 1 knew
So11 111 God gee, forlth to war,
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something wonderful had happened. An Indian kingly crown to galin.
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friend wlio was sleeping in the house heard me 111s I)lootl red I)nnncr streams afar
cry out and came into my room to help me. T \Vho follows i n l l i s train?"
said. "Jesus is here." F o r an hour she was on I,et us listen to His call and then be it yours
her f;~ccweeping hefore the T ~ r d . T got out of 2nd mine to say, "Here am I , T,ord, scnd me!"
I 11' question of missionary service s h ~ n c111 a I)la/e I f you are really loyal to Jesus
in ;t foreign land \\.;is I)rouglit to Christ you will pro\.e your loyalty by ol~ediencc
ni!. attention \\.lien ;t student i : ~ to (;otl's command antl will go with the Gospel
.\mIierst College. 'I'he c~1)ligation messagc. where Christ has not I~eennamed. I
I to evangelize the lleatlien was lully rntended a s a Christian to be loyal to Jesus
presented to me sumewhat as fol- who had redeemed m e ; thus T received my call
lows: "Go ye into all the world In the command, "Go ye."
1 and preach the Gospel to every I \\ant to say a few words to encourage somc.
creature" is a cotnmand. Jesus said, "If ye love of the young people in this audience who may he
Me ye will keep My commandments." T h e tite ending to go abroad as foreign missionaries
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LJnited States is already evangelized. It has I he conservative mission boards do not want
I m n computed that there is onc cl~urchmember I 'entecostal missionaries, the majority of whom
t o every five of the population. Contrast Tndia ,ire lctl to depend upon the 1,iving (:od for their
with the IJnited States, and consider the millions dally supplies. Ilear young 1)cople. l ~ eencour-
In Ilintlustan who have never cven heard the '
aged I f you are sure of your call, t l ~ rI,ord will
(;osl)el ! T i you remain as a Christian worker in surely keep His promises ant1 fully sulq~lyall
~ t wlJnitc(l Stales, it will I)(. likc letting yuur ligl~t I W I In J;muar). 1010, 1 c;rtne l o t l ~ rt . l ~ t l
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of my patrimony, having spent the last dollar
realized on the last acre of land I had possessecl.
1;roni sheer necessity 1 was, f o r a period of two t h e 1101 season, while superintending sonic
years and ten months, cast upon the Lord for my n o r k un a t)uilding near the I~ordersof Nepal,
daily I)rcatl. :;c)tl alone Ivas my contitlant antl Irom \.arious reasons I got run down and,
n it11some trem1)ling I ventured on H i s promises. [ilough not ill, was over-tired. -1fter ~ . a i t i n gon
( )ne day in January 1 received a letter from a (lie I,ortl I lc intlicatcd that I le desired me to go
Iasiness man in New l ~ n g l a n dwho stated that to Ih)ml)ajr. I had n o money for the journey, so
early in the rnorning when engaged in prayer, saitl, "l,ortl, if this is really ).our will, send me
the 1,ord had 1)rought me vividly to his mind. A bomc n~one).." .L f e clays ~ later a letter was
cheque for ten dollars was enclosed in his letter.. I-eceivcd f r o m a relative in the Lnited States,
1 lo\\. 1 did praise the Lord for l i i s faithfulness! saying. " I am sending you a draft fur twenty dol-
One day, later, it seemed necessary to take a lars, \rliicli is the e q u ~ \ . a l c i ~oft tour- gold pieces
journey and yet my funds were insufficient. \ \ hich Iielonged to my sister and which have been
\ \ ' M e walking on the rnuidun 1. said to the Lord, laid in a tlran.er for ten years. Recently, I felt
"l.ord, \'ou must help me out!" Keturning to 111)~sister would I)e pleased to havc you use this
the bungalow, while sitting with my Bible in money for your own comfort." l l o w I praised
hand in a n attitude of expectation, a fellow- the 1,ord ! I l e had caused those four gold pieces
Christian came into tlie room a n d after a pause l o I)e put into circulation at the very time 1 need-
said, with a little embarrassment, "1 don't know ed them. I'wo 01- three clays later came another
\\.hy, but I must give you some money; it may remittance for thirty-six rupees from a nlerchant
Le that you have thousands, but 1 feel 1. must in Ikntnark whom I had never- seen. 'I'he IL,orcl
give you these sixty rupees" (twenty dollars). thus providcd overilowing al)utldance in view o i
1 knew perfectly well why h e felt h e had to give my journey.
nw tllis money. \\.bile I was talking to the I d r d 'L'lie Spirit ~tniolcletl 10 mc ;I l)ronlise w l ~ i c l ~
on the tntridizn about my need the 1,ord was mov- was an itlespressit)le cornf(~rtat this time. l ' h e
ing upon this Lrother's heart. promise is, "Thc I,cml, o i 1 lis gootlness, hat11
.\fter awhile the tests k a m e more severe and l~rx)vitletlfor the 1)oor." Xow, when 1 come to
I got dow11 to my last rupee. Standing one clay 1)rrakfast at .iOlO I'rairie .\venue, cvhere I am a
in the railway station, I took out my pocket Bi- guest, I have no respunsil)ility touching the prep-
ble and, opening it to the fourth chapter of Phil- aration of the meal ; the responsil~ilityrests upon
ippians, 1 said to the Lord, "Lord, this is Your others, and all I have to d o is to eat what , i s
l,romise," and then I read to H i m these words: placed before me and l)e thankful. J u s t s o touch-
" l iut my God shall supply all your need accord- ing the supl)ly of our daily needs in a foreign
ing to I fis riches in glory by Christ Jesus." I land, it is entirely unnecessary to worry o r be
told I lim my need was money to pay my dhobi anxious or to take matters into our own hands,
and I knew I le would honor His promise. lie- because everything we need has heen provided
tiwning to the bungalow, a brother w h o was vis- I)eforehantl I,y o u r loving I lcavenly I;ather, who
iting the station placcd five rupees in my hand. is "rich unto all w h o call upon Llim in faith."
O n e day a fellow-missionary a n d myself de- In the present day the 1~)i-dis thrusting out
cided to go to 1:asti c~)nsome business concerning I'entecostal missionaries into tlie pioneer sla-
land. \\'e 1)urposely omitted to inform the rajah lions. I t was my 1)rivileg.e early in I013 to see
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i intended visit and quietly went to the dtrk something o f the I ,ortl'.s work in tlle Northwest
Imngalo~v in Ilasti, and shortly after arrival I;roritier I'rovinces and to stay for a time at tlte
called to see the rajah. . i f t e r stating o u r h s i - I~osl)it;~l~le 111)nleo f I'astor ant1 Mrs. Sorwctotl at
rless t o him, he saitl to us, "1 regret that you did .\l~l)ottat)atl.\vllicll is t l ~ eIleatlquartet-s of t11c
~ ! o tinform me o f your intended .visit so that I Central .\sia llission. 'I'hc I,ot-d laid i t upon tile
could havc arranged to entertain you at the pal- I:earts o i a felloc\,-nlissionat-)I and myself to visit
ace ; then he motioned to his secretary who placed tlie nati\.e state o f I'uncll, nrliicl~lies adjacent to
;I I-ouleau of silver coins in my hand, saying, liashmir. . \ I I'ri we found that our friends hat1
" 1 'lease accept this money for traveling ex- heat p ( ~ 1 i e w i t . ia . S ~ C ( I to meet us antl we coni-
1,enses." .\fterwards my companion who kept menccd tlie ascent of an exceedingly high moun-
tlie account of o u r joint expenses said to me. tain 1'3% wllicli separates ttvo nati\re states. 'l'he
"\\'e are lo\v in funds and the rajah's gift helps ;,scent was rendered difficult as the narrow. 1)ritlle
us out I)eautifully." I had not known that our 1)ath was in some 1)laces almost entirely \vashc(l
f ~ t n d swere so low ; but the liord knew and if ;l\\.ay by tlle tumultuous descent of tnout~taitltor-
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rcl~tsand in other places the ialling of t ~ i ctrunks hack u o ~ ~ cl.l e promptly proceedccl tu close tile
ox lluge trees oostrucLecl our way. ' 1 1 nlontll
~ ~i sc~iool,I x ~ tup to tlle present time he has toler-
May in lrlclia 1s called on tlie plains " burrilng &Leu Llleli- pi-eserlcc witllin 111s boruers. 1 lie
May," but on this loity nwuntam lielgllt we louncl I ,urd has prospcreo tlw lnlnlsLry ot tllesc smers
patclles o i snow and euelwelss ( t w t exquislwy aud they have been enabl d not only to vislt tlie
Deautiiul flower, wulcn grows also on tile snow- dark lionles oi kasllmm women arid others 111
capped ranges oi tne r\lps ln Switzerland) arid L I ~ C lnimedlate vicinity, but have also ltnleratctL
we were glad to liasten our descent Into l'uncli 111 the outlying dlstrlcts. l'unch is a very mouu-
as the winds wllicll swept that bleak pass were t;urlous country. 1 he n~ountams rlse preclplt-
chilly. 1 ' he rajah s Kest llouse ln tne clly oi ously tllousanus oi teet In licigllt and tlle homes
l'unch was open to us and we enjoyed his ~lospl ot tile people are percwd on great ledges ot roLK
Lality ior the SIX days oi our stay, llavmg tellow- at altitudes which make tliem difficult oi access.
s ~ l i pwith two missionary ladies In anotner part ,bornellow the rnissionarles have managed to get
oi the town in wllose llumble lloine lneetlngs Into those homes. bometmes thelr hves liavc
were daily held for the men of the place. We been threatened but tney liavc not yet been as-
praised our God, whose name is Wonderful, as saulted. On one occaslon Miss lilrschner ielL
wc heard irom the lips oi our slster, i\l~ssl<irsch- she narrowly escaped death. Ll ~\lohammedan
ner, the following story of the opening oi l'uncli : wonlan pretended to be seeking salvation and in
fi few years ago a Lhrlstian wllo was resident order to have a qulet talk slle persuaded the mls-
at Calcutta received an appointment as Civil b n - slonal-y to walk Lo a remote spot; but as they
gineer to the liajah of l'unch, which contains drew near the edge of a steep cliii the Spirit
lens of thousands o i 1~1ollammeclansand llindus. warned her of danger and she hastily retraced
'lhis civil engineer promptly refused to do any her steps. She believes that her Nlohammedan
work on the Lord's day and periodically lie gath- companion intended to push her over the cliil.
ered the clerks of his office for instruction in the l'unch is a inalarious district and these ladies arc
Word of God. As time passed on the 1Cajah subject both to sickness and deprivations and en-
manifested his dislike for this civil engineer be- dure many hardships ; they have little C h r i s t i a ~ ~
cause of his Christian principles; but he was fellowship, but they count it all joy to witness
popular with the British residents and so skillful for Jesus in so isolated and needy a place. As a
a man that the Rajah found it inconvenient to rule the women are friendly and many are opell
dispense with his services. The Rajah strongly minded concerning the Gospel. One of the great-
objected to the Gospel in Punch. h few years est helps ~ h r i s t i a n sin the homeland can render
ago one of the l'lymouth .Brethren attempted to missi~onaries, particularly those in pioneer dis-
preach in the street in Punch and a mob of angry tricts, is to write, occasionally, hearty letters of
natives with lathis drove him out of the place. Christian fellowship.
About three years ago the engineer had occasion On our return from Punch we passed through
to revisit Calcutta and in a gathering of mission- a portion of lovely Kashmir, the Switzerland of
ary ladies there he made an appeal for workers India. Only at Srinagar, in the N'orth, are mis-
who would bring the light of the Gospel to the sionaries tolerated. The Maharajah has sanc-
native women who were living in dense dark- tioned the work of the C. M. S. at Srinagar be-
ness, literally sitting in the shadow of death in cause of medical and educational advantages
the zenanas in l'unch. Two Eurasian sisters, which the C. M. S. give in that station to tlie
Miss Uaker and Miss IGrschner, heard God's call people On our way South we stopped af L ) w
and with heaven-born wisdom sent a polite notc male and rested for the night.
to the Rajah saying-not "will you allow us to A government official, it was announced, was
I come?" but-"we are corning." Uefore this on his way to Dowala; and in anticipation of his
prince had summoned resolution to forbid their arrival numhers of educated men were strolling
entrance into his state they had marched over on the river side apparently waiting for an op-
the border with their household goods and estab- portunity to greet this official. With tracts antl
lished themselves in a room in the bazaar. 1,ater Scripture portions in my pocket I passed from
they rented a little native, mud-plastered house group to group, grateful for the opportunity to
which, with some alterations, has been rendered speak of Jesus to these intelligent young men.
even homelike. Having gotten settled in their On the following morning we discovered that the
own home they began to gather the children of horse we had engaged was unfit for- travel, and
the neighborhood for instruction antl sent a sec- seeking the Jard's face I-Ie impressed it upon
ond note to the Rajah informing him what they our hearts to visit a town near by. We called on
the chief official in the place, a llindu, who 11aharajall's policy is similar to that of the Czar
q m c ~ put ~ y US in the way of reaching the people. o f I < ~ ~ s s ifor
a ; in Nel)al tlicre is the censorship of
\ e securect the services of the town crier, a lad the press and the common people a r e kept in a
o r 111~eei1, wllo went t l ~ r o u g hthe principal lanes state o f i g ~ ~ o r a n c e\vhilc
, tlie weall11 of t.he coun-
a ~ l ustreers txating a d r u m vigorously and a t in- try is monopolized by the rulers and the families
1t.r-va~scalling out in a shrill voice that two sa- ~ ) the
f aristocracy. I Ion. cruel is the yoke under
I I I I J S had come to town a n d that evening, in the which these millions of Nepalese toil and suffer !
C ~ I L ~ ~ , OotU Itile
L C village
I school, would hold a I :ut surely there are L'rovitlential indications that
!;ospel servlce to which all were invited. 'I'he : I ~ c i rhour o f tlcliveraticc is near at Ilantl; for
people responded quickly a n d we had a n audi- ~ ~ L I I the
C I 1,ort1 lay t ~ i ct)urrlcn of Sel)al ullon the
erice of about two hundred men a n d boys, a few liearts of so many missionaries if I le did not in-
oi wlion~sat on benches. These men had come tend to open t l ~ ecountry in some way to thc
trom their shops and farms, a few, perhaps, were ;ospel?
panclits. I n memory 1 see them now, the sky L'raise God for so much missionary spirit man-
hack of the semi-circular group gl,oriously red ifested in tlie lives c ~ f .\merican C'hr~stiarls at
with the setting sun-a quiet company of grave- home; and yet there is a power riot yet fully
looking men and serious-faced lads who were realized in our assem1)lics. 1 mean the power of
hearing glad tidings of great joy for the first prevailing prayer. Oh, that the Spirit might so
time. Dear l'aterson spoke with tender earnest- touch thc hearls of ;I little compariy in Stone
ness on John 3 :16, and how the people did listen Church that they will pray until they pray
-oh, so eagerly I a n d with intense attention as if through and these high of r~pl~osiiton fall
fearing t o lose a single word. Even though the down and tlie I,ord's people I x permitted to en-
(:ospel is by n o means welcomed by the Maha- ter with the Gospel ! "'l'lie things that are im-
rajah, in many towns of Kashmir such opportu- [)osil)le with men are possil)le with Cod." "All
nities might be seized by the children of God. things are possible to Iiini that 1)elievetli."
1 had a most cheering letter the other day from
Lirother \\'ill Xorton, of Eahraich, who stated
that he Iiad been studying Nepali with a teacher
who is a Sepalese a n d that h e now felt he would
I I ~enabled to declare the simple truths of the
Gospel to the people living in the interior oi
S e p a l and furthermore that he intended to go
into Sepal a t the risk of his life. I t is a most im-
pressive fact that the Spirit has been during these
past few years, leading various groups of mis-
sionaries to station themselves near the borders
o f this closed land. Mrs. Denny has a band of
workers at Kanpara, which is only a n hour's ride
by train from the border o f Nepal, and recently
she has acquired property directly on tlie
border at Rupidiya. 'I'lie late Miss Ahrams, o f
gracious memory, established a mission at LJska,
Iiasti District, which is less than twenty miles
from the closed kingdom, a n d while she had n o
call to tlie Nepalese exclusively, in the provi-
dence of God her workers a r e settled close to
their covmtry. Quite recently Miss Laura (Gard-
ner with ten workers has started for the S o r t h
of India having Sepal on her heart. Surely the
I ,ord has a distinct purpose in directing the sen1-
ice of so many of I-lis children to the people of
Sepal. 'I'lie Maharajah of Nepal is strongly op-
posed to the Gospel and is fearful lest England
should encroach upon the trade of his country
whicli, it llas heen said, is four huntlred years
1;ehind the more enlightened parts of India. ?'he
vi\ al tlic~rc11;~sI rwu in the hearts of many, u l ~ o n
wliom .(;otl has laic1 llis liancl, a deep dcsirc for
I lil~lcstndy and training for the missiou fcltl---
w l r c r l ~ rat Ilomc o r al~road. A riutnl)er of out-
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The wondrocls gift i s y i v e ~ ~ ! I1;rc this issue of T h e k;vangel reaches o u r
So G o d i m p a r t s t o h u ~ n a nh e a r t s
'1:( b l c s s i n g o f His h c a v r ~ i . rcatlers, I!rotlier and Sister Neeley will be sail-
N o car m a y hear Ilis c o i n i n g ; ing across the water cn rocltc to I,iberia, West
13t1t in c h i s w o r l d of s i n ,
.\frica. 'I'hcy sail with 1:rother William J o h n -
G V l ~ c r c' m c c k souls w i l l rcccivcs I li111 'till.
'J%c tlc;ir C h r i s t c n t c r s i n .
so11 oil t h o S t o a i l ~ e rCeltic, I ) c c e ~ n b w1 1 t h . A f -
ter five years 0.f faitl~fulness, God is leading
tllctn into a new field. We have every confi-
tlcrice they will I)e equally faithful in :\frica as
with us and we commend them to ( h l and the
Word of .Ilk grace. I\ little over a tnontll ago
there was not a penny i t 1 hand for this long
journey ; ~ ~ ict lwas in fear and trembling that
~Iicymade their plans t o go ; I)ut Cod was in tlie
plans, a n d willing llat~dsc.ontril)utetl joyfully, so
'I rllc Str~nc*C'hurcll, tncctings ; ~ r cin l ~ r o g -
A sta\\ nightly I gootl intcrcsl ;111tl
that \vlle~it l ~ cday came to start tllerc was n o
lack. I1r;ry for tllese outgoing missionaries ; ~ n d
for I ~ s o I l ~ cjohnson.
s Mrs. Johnson, who is
c.lr;u-cr~ls;~lv;~tions tlusing tllc, 1)ast nmntll, and
s t a y i ~ l gin Ihc. Ilorneland for the ~)rcsc.nt,zl.5c.r
tllt.sc. II;ILC' illso 1,ce11sonic clclinitc hcalings. 'l'llc
needs o u r 1)rayet-s. Sllc writes i t is 1i;~rdcrto
stay at Iionlc than i t would I,e to go.
looked a t it 1 saw it contained the very experi- goad but l l e will have His work done. We must
ence of the soldier lad a t Calcutta who had writ- submit, obey at any cost, and then when the toil
ten to me. So God just put all those little expe- comes we will find a true Yoke-fellow with us.
riences together and showed me it was His hand. l l i s yoke is easy and His burden is light. I n
When 1 returned to lndia this lady had sent me 1912 we had to cut away from the old commit-
month by month the paper called "Confidence." tee. 'I'here was I, my wife and five children, and
1 didn't read it but just cast it aside, for the most two fellow missionaries. W e didn't know what
part, unopened. I had to go away from the to do. I hadn't yet this blessed experience t l l a ~
heat to the hills and there we dropped down lifts one so rapturously near the Lord that one
among these Pentecostal people. I t was extra- is entranced with l l i m and does not mind how
ordinary. We had never met them at the hill- hard the trial is. S o it was all dark, but I saw
station before, and in the very house where we l l i s hand leading us to cut away from the old
were staying, a sister came along from 1Cama- committee, and we did-two of my fellow mis-
bai's home to tell the people what was happening sionaries joining with me. That meant, of course,
at Mukti. And before she had left Brother the severance of many ties in the homeland;
h'lassey came to the very same station and en- but friends heard of what happened, and gath-
larged upon what she had said. H e had such ered around us, and were the means in the
wonderful stories to tell I simply couldn't be- Lord's hands of encouraging us and enabling us
lieve them. H e told of a child who had curva- to go forward. They had no reason, humanly
ture of the spine. T h e child was incurable and speaking, to help us, but God I-Iimself laid the
the doctor gave no hope lie would ever have Ijurden upon them. I tell you this to show you
power in his limbs; lie would sit helpless with how the Lord was interested in us, and how H e
his legs dangling. 'L'he father was a man of God had in His Great heart of love, purposes for Cen-
and walked with llim, and one day the l n r d tral Asia, for the millions there in darkness,.
spoke to him, "I can heal your boy." The father without a ray of light o r a ray of hope.
went home, took the 1)oy on his knees and After this separation the way opened for me
prayed, laying his hand on the lad's back. As to take an itinerary along one of the mountain
he prayed he felt the bones move under his hand, valleys of the I-Iimalayas. I t was called t h ~
the spine strengthened and the child was able to Kaghan Valley. I marched up this valley for
run about. I thrill with joy as Z repeat that, or,e hundred and twenty miles and crossed a
and I realize now it was true, but then 1 just pass 13,000 feet high into the lands beyond our
laughed at it. In my unbelief what a little Jesus frontier. On the way I preached in the villages,
I had! distributed the Word of God and sought to lead
In the meantime things began to go wrong at souls to Christ. O n the way back the Spirit of
the mission in which I was working. I had or- the 1,ord dealt with me and finally hrought me
ganized the mission myself for this field, Ceti- to a decision. As 1 retraced my steps along
lral Asia, and this disturbance, coupled with m). the same roads over which 1 had gone, the Sl)ir-
own consciousness of weakness in my life, and it said to me, "Look a t St. Paul, how he canlc
with no victory in service-practically speaking hack all along the line, strengtl~ening the
no results-all these things began to make life churches he had founded. It was a march of
scarcely worth living. T h e home department of conquest for him, antl when he got lmck he could
our mission began binding the lease, the commit- :ell them what great things the I ,ord hat1 dont ,
tee I had called into existence wanted to control Imt what can you tell? You have riot a convert.
the work on the field, and yet not one had been y o u have ncd a church ; you have the same (:os-
a missionary; they were unacquainted with the 1x1 I'aul had. , You are a failure, failure," and
work but held the source of funds; they had me :[)at word rang in my cars like a bell as I
in their power as they thought. This troul~le marched back those one hundred and twenty
caused me to take a trip to England in 1910. miles, I ~ I \ I L U R I ~until
! when 1 got l ~ a c kto hhbot-
I h r i n g 1911 things went from bad to worse ; I al)ad I was ready to admit I was a failure. Tlien
didn't understand them, but it was God stirring I said to my companions, "We will start a pra!.-
up the nest. H e had tried to get in one way antl ~ r m e c t i n gand have some Iiible study clefinitel!.
1 would not have it, so I3e was taking another to see what is wrong with us. W e must have
way. H e must use the rod. T h e Lord said to more power in our work." So we started a
Saul of Tarsus as he fell on the road to Damas- prayer-meeting, but I could not st011 work. I
cus, "It is hard fior thee to kick against the don't think you would wonder at that ii y o u
pricks." The Lord is not pleased to use the knew the condition of things. Just imagitlc o~l::,.
Lwenty Cl~ristiansin Chicago, wit11 its teemitig
Inilliolk; imagine yourself one of the twenty
\Vouldn't you just fall o n your face and plead
\ \ ' c began o ~ t spr;~yessand ordered llie liours
lor supernatural strength to carry the message
oi our nieals so we could fast a s well as pray
LU these multitudes? I n o u r district 1 heard oi
lor liours togctller and instead of talking to God
a man who died near us. 1 d o not know that
\\.c go1 clown a i d were silent beforc Him. 1 had
Ile had even lieard of the Gospel, but for twentj-
never bee11 in \vaiting meetings, but o u r prayer
lour llours that man struggled against death.
limes naturally clcvcloped into waiting nieet-
I Ie would I)ecomc unconscious and his friends
i1lfi.s. ' l ' h t : ~ ~I~cgarl thc real. work oT scclii~lg
around him would thinli lie had passed away,
my baptism. 1 I~eganwithout believing in ton-
I ~ u tagain he cvoulcl struggle back into life, fran-
gues, but the first week of my waiting the Spirit
tically clutch a t the air and scream out in his
o i God brouglit scripture after scripture befort
own language, "I will nut g o ! 1 will not go!
me sv that my objection to anything that Pente-
r e ! r e ! ! lire !!! l l e fell over tlie preci-
cost meant, tongues as well, simply vanished,
pice of time into the boundless depths of eter-
and I confessed to Urutlier Paterson in the pres-
nity screamitig in agony. I l e had to go, and
ence of otlicrs that 1 had been wrong. 1 never
that is what 1 realizetl-they were going! 'Shere
d r c a ~ n e dof waiting longer than a week o r a
is nothing to stop the awful Hood of human lives
fortnight, but it went on week aftcr week, and
going dow11. 1 hear people say, "'Shere are
I I)cgatl to get anxious. At the same time 1
heathen riglit here a t o u r doors." Quite true,
c ~ u l dnut go Lack to the old way. I t would have
but. here from almost every street you have the
I ) e w n,l)rsc tll;cn in former days. .L remember
life-line llimg out into the stream, antl those
aftc:r 11avi11~ w;~itecl for several weeks 1 was
who a r e Iloating down to destruction may catch
quirt L~cfot-c:tlir I,oscl and the words came from
hold of the life line if they will; but over there
j01111 1-1 :I.?, "\'eriIy, verily, 1. say unto you, l i e
they cannot, and the great black strcam of hu-
t11i1t I~clicvctl~ uri N e , tltc w ~ k that
s 1 tlo sliall
manity goes on and on drifting i t ~ t oeternity.
IIC tlo alsu; and greater works tlian these shall
he tic); 1,ecause 1 go unto My 1;ather." 1 liatl
11een doing nletlical work for ten years antl was
keenly interested, l ~ u tthis word camc to me, and
you know how tlie Spirit brings you face to face
wit11 w l ~ a tI l e wants to teach you. The ques-
tion came, ".l)o you believe?' and 1 was about
Whcu l ~mlixoclthosc thiilgs 1 could not stay
tc, say, "Uf course," when the Spirit again said,
shut in. 1 felt we had to g o on with the work,
" ' I le that I~elievetll,the works that .l do shallhe
l~ut:a t the same time 1 didn't want to continue
(lo also.' I)u you do tliesr: works?" and I had to
as we had been doing. 1 determined we would
say, "No." 'I'lien there was just an argument.
itinerate to just the nearest villages so we could
"l)o y o u l~elieve?" .L would not adniit 1 did not
come in to 1 [eadquarters a d continue o u r pray-
Ixlieve, and 1 could not say 1. did the works that
e r - u ~ x : t i n g s ;h u t a.lthot~ghthe scason was the
Jcsus did. . \ t last .I said, "J,ord, I do believe."
right time for itinerating, we could not gct a1
'S'hcn camc the wvrtls like a flash, "Theti what
the men. I n one village they would be out do-
;LIY y o t ~ cloing \\'it11 medicine?" Hut the poor
ing something in the fields, in another they
l~eol)lrI I ; ~ Iwcn so helped I J tile ~ medical work
would be away I ) I I a law case, and so it went 011
I coultl not thinl< of giving. it up, ;uid the I , ~ r d
until in the last village we could not get two
tlitln't 1)wss tJ~c~ ~ ~ a t ttl1c.11.
c r - I;or two or- t h r w
rnen together, ant1 1 just tusnccl .;iround to my
days i t tlsopl)rtl out of my mind. 'I'IICII again
I~!I~ N J I ~sa.itl, W(: will
c:olloagqt!, I ~ I Y ) ~ . ~ I'cit.c!~w)~~, ( (
wl~ilr I \V;LS waiting., 1101 thinking. of tl~is,the
shut down and go Ilome, antl c l i ~only the neces-
sanlc. nlcSss;~gcwas I~rouglitto me I J t~l ~ eSpiril,
sary work around the station, and we will wait
;mtl I said, "\'cry well, I ,ortl. rT11at will go too
U ~ J O I I (:otl until 11c does give us w l ~ a twe need."
i f necessary, ;md t l l ~ h illcdicinc wcnt, 1)oth 10s
Ijut I wasn't I~elicving in Ir'cntecost. 1 argued
myself ant1 For others, and the I ,ord from tha.;
with lirotl~cr1'atcrsot1 and said, the one thing
time I ~ a s1)cc.n my Ilealcr. 'I'his is not speaking
1 woulcl not Ilicvc was tongues. I I e had received
just tlteoreticallp. He has he;cletl me of clefinitc
l ~ i sbaptism in 1910, Imt. knowing how opposed
troul~le.
I W;LS to it IIC didn't tell me. Ile hid liis light;
11ut i t 1 1011, when he had gone home, Ile got
such at1 rtplilt at. Sunderland he wrote me and
a ~ . o i n ttllc-m \\.it11 o i l , ant1 I had to sent1 the poor l ~ c ~ l ~4111r ~ of r ~ ~~~ e : iI rr ~ n ~ c ~ n i;;di~lg
~ atllis I , t ~ ~i .l l t o
peol)lc an.;ly \\-it11thcir troul)les. I knew 1 could 111). little stud). t r H ' the vc:randa, :I littl,, r c ~ o ~tell i~
help them o n curdinar) lines, I)ut the 1,ord had feel square, ancl I got down before t h I,ortI ~ ant1
laid I lis hand on it a ~ i di t h i d 11, I)c 1)ut away. toid I lim I simply could not go o n u ~ ~ l c s Is Ic
\\.c \vent o l i waiting from ( kto11cr 10 ('liristnlas, \voultl mect me. :\s I knelt tlicr. I I~c.c.;ci~rc V ~ I I
antl j i ~ s t I)eforc Christmas ;I w~mderful thing I. c.ious o f some ont: clst: in the 1.1~ 1 1 1 1 , a~itl thih
1ialq)cticd which i1lumin;itctl (';llv;iry to me, and I'r(~scticc l ) t ~ 3 1 1 1 to 11c my 'l'eaclicr. S ( . r i p t t ~ r ~
I krio\\. Calvary I I ~ U .as I never knew it Iwfore. after scril)turc \\.it11 1)erfcc.t scclllcJnce w:as
I hatl Icen \\-siting with others for ;I Ior~gtime in t~rot~.gllt to my mintl. and the ~vliolcI,urdcn O C
a little north room of the I~ungalo\\~. Icverything the scripture was, "lklieve! Iklieve!" l'he last
\.\.as quiet, and while I do not know that 1 had a verse of the third chapter of I J e b r e n ~ sstood out
\,ision 1 seemed to have a mental picture o f Cal- clear before me, "l'hcy could not enter in I)e-
\ w y , and the incidents that preceded it. I saw cause of ~~nhelie/"-sul)tlc unbelief, just like a
tlie Master in (:ethsemanc sweating great drops great I)arricr, stood I)et\vcen them and the 1)rorn-
o f blood that fell to the ground. 1 sa\\- I-lini ised land. I cried out to ( h d , "Oh, take away
taken I)y the crowd to the I ligh I'ricbst's hall ant1 tlic unl)elicf," and 1 \\-as so conscious of l l i s
witnessed tlic indignities Iic:il)ctl ul)on I4im presence 11y me I knew the unhelief would go.
there, and I s;i\,v llim dri\ren along thc road to 'I'licn su.tltlenly just as tliough 1 had I~eena little
I'ilate and hack again after tlic crown of thoriis child. everything I~ecamc perfectly simple. I t
Iiatl 1)een presscd on Iris 1)row. Things came to \\.;is the easiest thing in tlic world to believe and
my mind then that 1 liad never thought of he- the words of Mark 11 :21 came, "IVhat tllings
fore. One event was tlie scene in the Ilastern soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
streets, the cruelty and the marks o f tlie cruelty. receive them, and ye shall have them." The
N o water had been given to the Master to Spirit said. "There is 110 need to put any dis-
cleanse H i m s e l f ; there I-le \\,as with tlic I)lootl t a ~ i c cI)et\vc.cn "helievc. yc. ha\.e" antl "ye shall
trickling do\vn l lis face from the c . r o \ \ ~ ( t i Ilavc.." It can 11e simultaneous. T said. "Well.
t l i o r ~ s . I sa\\- I lim takc.11 t o Calvary'.; Ijro\!- anll 1,ortl. \'IN ktiocv what I desire more than any-
cast u[)on that cross. ; ~ n d I seemetl 11)!!car- r!ic thing else \vhen I pray. I desire this I~aptismin
vel-y i r a ~ l lof the 1i;inimer as the s~ll?licr,(lrtrvv the 1Toly (;host. You say I have it, and so T
those nails through Ilis Iiantls. '['hen the dark- have," and I hegan to praise the T,ord that I had
ness that spread over the earth was esl)lainecl this l q ~ t i s m ,and tlie words were on my lips.
to me. I liad ne\,er ktio\\-n it Ijeforc Imt the "l,aml) of (hcl, glory Ix to Wry I Tnly Name."
Spirit said to me as I S;LM.\vliat \,.as \icing t l ( ~ ~ i t ' and stopl)ctl. My tongue began to move. N o
to that I\-o~ltlerfulSOITo f (;oil, tile Son c ~ f Iiis sound camc at first, an0 tlie~l1 glorified Cc!d
love. "Could there Iw jo). in Ilea\.en u.hilc that other tongues, and 1 et~tled my 1)raycr in IHII-c
was going on ': Could the light of heaven shine ITrdu. It was the Spirit of God Ilimself cominr:
t h e n ? Could the Father's heart IK glad \vhilc t o control. Immediately the dc\.il said. "You
TTis Son \\-as heing l)ut to death?" 'I'hc iron I ~ l a s ~ ~ l i c n i c dYou . mimicked thc ~vorli of tlir
must enter I lis ow11 heart, so t o speak, and the I Iol!. (:host." I t n . ~ sso eas! : e\~cr!~thing \\.as
darkness o\,cr [lie face o f the earth \r.as juht ;I so cluiet. :\I1 the time 1 was conscioi~s I couI~I
reflection o f tlle sadness and the gloom that had check it if T \vished to. l ~ u It was in such a stall;
spread over heaven. I t taught me tlic unit!. o i o f simplicity there was no desire to check it, ant1
God \,.it11 H i s Son in suffering for our sin>. that gave the handle to the devil. 1 was just
Tust as 1 realized that. I seemed to feel my l d y thinking T liad comtnitted this awful sin, wlie!i
reeling and I \\-cnt out into ;illother room. this little sentencc came : "That is tlic devil." 1
Rrother J'aterson came and said \.cry quietl\. was just a little child. 7'1ien he changed his tac-
"Did you feel the room shake? I)id ):ou feel t l : ~ tics and said. "What a fool you have been." l i l ~ t
earthquake?' T kneu- tlien that what liad coitlr now T recognized hiin and T said. "T;ools for
to me \vas not a subjective experience, ?jut n Christ's sake." and again the Spirit took m v
~narvelous manifestation of tlie Spirit of (kid, tongue arid sl)oke througll n ~ e .and thus i l l that
and a most \vontlcrful jo! tlirillctl t l . ~ r o ~ ~ n'!, < l i cluict \vajr I rcceivetl my 1)aptism.
Ixing. .\lmost immediately all tlie joy left me, but T
S o t long after tli;~tmy wife llatl to Iea:~. i(11. rose and wcnt out antl told the Imtliren. TIIc!
I h g l a ~ ~ cant!
l our Ivaiting 111ectings \\-ere i n l ~ ~ - telcgraplictl
- Iiomc to Ihglantl I had I)ccn ha11-
rul'tctl, I,ut to\v;i1-(1the cntl of J;lllllilry I 1111-11(Y1 1 I I l o l o s t . ,111c I
nest (lay d a ~ ' l l t ' ( ~
I I I i d I f I I I 0 1 1 ~ I I C tI l ~ e wW;IS 110 io\l1 ; I I I ~ it was 111aiI;la!{ ~ I I ~ I I
I had to write home to England. Z got into that singlc missionary i n their midst. We prayed as
same littlc room and 1 faced the devil and said, w c cntcrcd upon our labors this year, for twen-
" I am going to witness I have been baptized w~til ty-four new workers. 'I'wo have come and arc
the TToly Ghost and fire," and with that tltc joy in thc field; another has offered. W e want an-
came and if has been with me ever sinre. My other twenty-one to make up that twenty-four.
life has been lifted on to a higher plane altogcth- Alp hopc is that ('rod will lay on others a burden
er. I a m just living near to my I,ord. If means o f prayer they will not he able to shift and that
not only victory in life 1)ut it hrings more power it will grow heavier and heavier as they plead
in service. with God for these souls, for it is by the prayers
Since thcn souls have t~een converted, and o f the saints of Cod at home that the work in the
openly confessed Christ, antl now some of tlicsc field is going to I)e accomplished. l'ray tlirougll
dear ones are seeking the baptism in the T-Toly for the missionaries ; pray the Ileathen tl~rough
(;host. O u r mission is now a Pentecostal Mis. from darkness into light, and as you get that
sion. Hut coming into Pentecost has meant wonderful joy of the Spirit filling your heart, get
something else too. Dear friends who had hem the consciousness of victory, you will know you
praying for us for years that we tnigl~t I,c are sharing in the fight and that the time will
equipped for service, faithful friends, now that conir when you will unite with us and we shall
their prayers havV I m n answered, have turned sing together:
away. rsn't that strange? lkcause we liavc
more of Jesus we have to have less of earthly "IJpliftctl a r c the gates of l~nass,
fricnds. Iiut the Pentecostal people in Rnghrltl 'The bars of iron yield;
I~clioltl the King of glnry cotnes,
have very lovingly opened their arms to us. T f ' T l ~ c C!rr~.rs11;~sW ~ I ltl~c field."
has been a wonderful lesson to me, a lesson 911 .. , - I
tllc unity and fellowshil) of thc Spirit. 'I'hc time is coming when the Cross of Jesus
'l'n.clvc. million souls in tlarkncss without a sllall win the field.
l'rlss Ellc<~l)ctllSlssoll
A V E they a n y ? Some children o i 14, the Word of God states their use :*
God can see no significance ill lst, W e that speaketh in a tongue edifietll
them and are impatient of them (1)uildeth u p ) himself."
Rut they must have been of iise 2nd, 'We that speaketh in a tongue speaketh
on the day of Pentecost else Cod n~ysterics" (Weymouth. "secret truths.")
would not have given them. FTence 3rd, "TTe that speaketh in a tongue speaketh
by logical deduction we may unto God."
know they have a place in the TX- I t h , "'l'ongues are a sign to him that believeth
vine scheme: 11ot.')
1st) Ikcause they were inaugurated by Cod. 'T'lius God deigns to answer our question,
Acts 2 :1-4, "What is the use of tongues?) by telling us that
znd, they were directly under ]]ivirlr tllis operation of the Spirit is for the personal
control, "they began to speak with tongue, ~1)iritual upbuilding, o r edification, of the believ-
as the Spirit gave them utterance." er. W e have no better reason given in Scripture
3rd) Recause they were part of that Ihvine 01)- f o r private Prayer, o r daily meditation on the
eration, the i(llaptism of the ~~l~ G I ~ for Word,
~ ~ ~ " o r for Christian work. ("He that water-
\,.hi,-~, J~~~~has bidden the disciples to uw;r.it,p eth shall himself also be watered.") Objection:
Acts 1 :4, and to "tarry," Luke 24 :49. "Rut nobody understands what they say." That
4t11, Recause the "tonguesu were part oi that i k Part of the plan. "He that speaketh in a
wllicll ITe Ilad promised they h n b c ',not foWUe speal~ethmysteries" Perhaps there is
many days hence," Acts 1 :5, and concernin? " ~ t h i % in the economy of God that SO puts a
\! llicll f>eter ha(] said, "the promise is untn youa'
"()$$ 0" the intellect hoth of the speaker and
and to all surcerding generations, Acts 2 :39, alld Ileare' as speaking in tongues. Nothing makes
w ~ l l c ~T~~~~
, ha(] said was - ~ ~ 16 :!7,
~ lthc person
< opcratetl upon so sliamefaced in pres-
wllich shoultl follow faith.
"As alsn rcgulatcs t h e i r abuse. S c e n1.y tract,
'I'l~eref~orc,Gon being so n i ~ ~ cin
l l Ilie matter, l . ~ l . o l l a u e s I,ropllccy,n
J a y S,ly N C w
we must infer there was a use for them. In Col-. / , o n d o n , , ~ o ~ l l . I
rnce of Reason. Like David under the demon ( h d ' s operations in Grace, making use of its two
stration o f the Spirit in dancing "1)efore tll?. marked rain epochs-the "former" for the ger-
I,ord" the): are "base in [their] own sight." 2 mination of the seed and the "latter" for the per-
Sam. 625. This speaking in tongues has tlie fection of the harvest. Of these two rain epochs
deep m a r k of the cross upon it. Jesus was cruci- God says, "I have given you the former rain
tied in "the place of tn skttll": so, t o ;I considera- n~oderately. I will cause to come down upon
hle extent is everyone who has any mentality, you the former and latter rain in one month."
when speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives ut- T h u s showing His plan of not only starting the
terance. Possibly this is a reason why the h u p Church as H e did in Jerusalem on the day of
,I)le and illiterate come so much more easily into Pentecost with the copious rain of the Spirit, ac
tongues, and through them God demonstrates companied with mighty rushing wind and Spirit-
"The last shall be first and the first last." Thus, given utterance in tongues, but in the end of the
this also becomes a part of Jesus' joy that "Thou Gospel age t o repeat this Holy Spirit phenome-
hast hid these things from the wise and prudent non for the maturing of His Grain through ['lat-
and hast revealed them unto babes." Cad knew ter rain" with "former rain" and that not after
what H e was about when T-lc made this arrange- the "moderate" measure of the Acts of the Apoz-
ment. "Casting down imaginations (margin, tles" but in the f a r more exceeding measure o f
reasonings) and every high t11ing that exaltetli "latter rain" (which was always double o r treble
itself against the knowledge of God." 2 Coy. the "former" in the Palestine climate) and
10 :5, F o r some moments a t least the mind must "former" in the rapid work all over the earth of
Imw in silence before God, till H e Himself-- "one month." This brings us to today's historv
through the speaker o r some other person- - with the "latter rain" falling all over the earth
comes forth with the interpretation. and the tongues accompaniment. By this Joel
"He that speaketh in a tongue speaketh untc? 2 :23 statement of God two things are fixed : 1st.
God." H e has ceased to conmune (if in an as- that H e would mature His Church grain as the
sembly) with his neighbor, o r (if alone) w i t l ~ Palestine climate matured its natural grain. 2nd.
himself, he is brought for the time being into the that H e would put a sign in prophecy that, in its
immediate presence of Gmod. There comes a fulfillment, would fix, the nearing time of the
pause in the thought-life and the creaturely ac- end of the Church age. Thus so necessary would
tivitirs and he is speaking-he knows not what. 11e "tongues" that prophecy could not be fulfilled
hut consciously through "the Spirit's uttcrancc" without them and, moreover, since it was His
-tn God ! plan of procedure to repeat the Jerusalem G r a w
\Ye all know the value to the individual ,l~eliev- with its descent of the Spirit, and tlie Spirit-giv.-
e r of these three things : T h e profit of spiritual en tongue utterance, to mature His golden grain
development (edif cation 1 : the profit of I~eitig for harvesting, the grain could not otherwise he
hrought out of mind operations in prayer, in ~nntured. This is a view of the use of tongue?
d o r a t i o n . in delivering messages, into pure spir- that many fail to take. Let no false inference
it operations hy the T-Toly Spirit, and the profit of 'he made that it has been taught that none will
being hrought into the immediate presence of he caught away t o the I,ord in the air who have
God. And since the Church of God is a collec- not spoken in tongues. O h , no! oh. n o ! T h c
tion of individual believers the building up of t l ~ e natural inference from this prophecy, 11oweve1-.
Church o r Body of Christ is by "that which ev- ir-. that God will not ,be able to mature His
ery joint supplieth." Hence how z&rZ is all that grain, or-to drop the figure-make ready His
is given for the edification, the enrichment of the people for that event, without a great outpour-
humhlest member of that ,body. Objection: ing of His Spirit according to the old Jerusalem
"Cut the use of tongues has passed away: it was pattern, accompanied with tongues. Does H e
given only for the inauguration nf the Church." not teach us that, as the "latter rain" was neces-
Truly it was given for the inauguration of the sary for the ripening of the Palestine crops, sts
Church : ,hut was it only for that inauguration? Cod in His sovereign purpose has made salva-
The Corinthian epistles were given for usc tion's scheme dependent on latter rain grace in
t h r ~ u g h o u t the Christian age. Among other His harvesting? Not that every individual Chris-
things they contain instruction for the tlse a11c1 tian must necessarily he found, before the catch-
regulation of tongues in the assembly. Agai~i, ing away, speaking in tongues. P o r various dis-
God tliro~vssome light ttpon the almvc objection ciplinary purposes God. might permit sirme o f
when in Joel's prophecy f Joel 2 :23) the climak 1Tis precious ones to he "hackened" from t l i a ~
o f Palestine is taken up as a para,hltj in nature I J ~ experience for awhile; yea, possibly come into
. \ g ; ~ i n ;l
, y o u ~ l ghypnotist 11;ttl I~oastedthal he.
cc~ultlgo into ;L certain "l,attev ICain" meeting
; I I I ~1 1 ~ ~ ) 1 1 o ~ ilst i x1c;~tler
e i111rI s11mv liitn the devil.
'1'11 on(: of tI1e: meetings he c a n ~ c;tud sat in
[ I - O I II I I a~ lc;~(lctr lion^ lie 1 1 x 1 never see11 a r ~ l
I I no r I I . 'I.'he yotung l~ypliot-
izc.1- s~nilc(l011 Ilim I)ut tlu: lcackr (lid nlnt smile :
i~-o\vnctlon Ilini .I~trllie (lid not frown. At last
Illis C'llristiam Iu-otllcr was made aware of the
1.1 sit!, his gaze ;md the power going forth from
t l ~ cotllrr, I)ut with it came the divine assuranct?,
"(;~.catrris I le tllat is in you than lie that is in
tlic world," I John 4 :-I, and realizing that there
u ;IS ;I ll~attleon I11t the victory assured, he he/>!
out o/ th(7 htrttlr ( 2 Chron. 20:15, 17) antl wa!:
S I O I I ~-cjl)i<ing ~uitlcrthe power of t l ~ cSpirit and
.-l!caking in f (lngucs. ( Yo11 cannot speak t bus
\I hen worried, careful o r flurried). T h e young
1:yl)notist I~ccame clisconcerted and interpene-
trated with gloonn. .\t tlic close of the n~eeting
Ilt* said to its leader, "\'nu a r e a German." "011,
I I O , a plain American." "llut you can speak
( k r n i a n ? " '(Not a sentence." Said the scoffer,
"I know (ierman well, a m of ( k r m a n descent,
; L ~ ~you tl talked German in this meeting today."
.\I1 tkly long I I C groanc.tl, "I'our ~ ) o w e is r gre;~tc:r
I I I w e . T co~11dhave 110 1)ower O V C I -
!,.~u." .I little later 11c, too, sur-rendered to tlic
I.U\YC'I- of Cod and I)ecame I [is happy child. Tn-
c.itlcnts like these could he greatly multiplied.
,>
I hese arc I)ut illustrati\re serving to show what
(:eel can ( I 0 wit11 "tongties," ~ I l e t lTTe chooses.
' I ' l l t ~ gifl i l l tlle Ila~ldsof the Church is only in its
I 1 1 1 ,l< tllc Sl)irit \\';I, Iwing ~)ourctl tl!is ju~icturcRlr. :mtl Mrs. (;art- appeared
out in 1,alter Rain wit11 the sign of illCalcutta, Iia\,ing comc direct from T,os All-
tonguc.s ulxui a company o f lowly gelcs, sent, they said by the Spirit of God, Wit11
people in I ,oh \ngclcs, California, 1 joy :uid Imldness they witnessed to Pentecost.
was crossing the ocean from New York to llng- connected witli tlic I~eaven-horn,Spirit-inspired
land on a trans-Atlantic liner. 'I'liis was in April utterance in tongues. T h e members of the group
lC)O6. 1 did not hear of the outpouring until who liatl 1)een waiting on God daily, received the
srvcriil months later. Shortly after my arrival witness ccliicli tllese friends I)rouglit, except the
in 1,ondotl T was awakened to an intensc hunger lcatler, wlio rcjrctcd it.
for more of tlic Spirit of Jesus and wai con- A I-csidcnt of Calcutta said t40 me, "MI- and
victed of utilikct~essto Tlirn I remcmlwr that 111-5 C a r r artBcarnest 1)eoplc I~utthey are a little
I wrotc ;I Irttcr to the moil ipiritually-mindcd off thc lincs : yoit takc your Tlihlc and go and
nlan in 1,ontlon that 1 knew, entreating him to p u t lhcm straight." S o J called on thcm, hut
])ray for me. I t has occurred to me since then. wlien Rrother Carr and T got down t o pray tlic
that wit11 this marvelous outpouring of the Tidy Spirit gave him utterance in tongues which was
Ghost as on the Day of Pentecost, the members accompanied with such a manifestation of the
of the Iiody of Christ scattered throughout thc glorious presence of o u r Omnipotent God that
entire world must have felt a thrill of life. onc felt like Jacot) at Tlethel when lie cxclaimed.
T h e following .4ugust, when in C'oloml~o,Ccy- '"['his is tlic Gate of TTeaven." T came away
Ion, a missionary told me that someone it1 Cal- feeling T had made a mistake and that 1 was the
ifornia had spoken in tongues and l said, "Tf this one who needed to get on New Testament lines!
is true, tllc gift of tongues will bccomc the lier- Amongst tlic nunihcr of seekers was Pastor
itage of the C h u r c l ~just as in tlic latter part o f I look of the Carey naptist Chapel in ]<ow Ra-
the Nineteenth Century divine healing lxcame 7aal-. William Carey had preached in this
tlic hcritage of the Churcl~." At tliat time it chapel one hundred years ago and M r . and Mrs.
had not occurrcd to me tliat there is a Scriptural Garr werc invited to hold meetings in this his-
connection Ixtween the Pentecostal haplism o f toric huilditig, which was situated in a beautiful
the Holy Ghost and the sign of tongues. grove: imtnediately in the rear of the chapel was
During the Christmas holidays in 1906 a coni- the parsonage. T had never up to this time
pany of missionaries and Christian workers as- witnessed such manifestations of God's presence
sembled in Calcutta from North and West and and power as were given in this series of meet-
South and a few came who were resident in ings. Tn one of the earlier ones of the series.
Ceylon. T h e ohject of this gathering was to after a quiet Rihle talk given by Rrother Garr,
wait on the 1,ord for more spiritual power for a spirit of intense conviction seized some who
service. Pastor Otto Stockmayer was our lead- were present. A young Rritish soldier was sud-
e r and he expounded the 13ihle daily to a com- denly made conscious of a dishonorable transac-
pany of hungry waiting people, wliosc Iiungcr tion many years I)eforc, and after confessing a
w;1s riot iati<ficcl at tlic closc o l tlicsc waiting wrong he hat1 tlonc ant1 1)romisitig tlic T,ord to
(lays early in ] a ~ i u a r y . And yet it hat1 Iwen make restitution. Ilc dropped suddenly on the
I)rofital)lc to wail in tlir Spirit of prayer day floor a s if lie had I~censhot. A lady missionary
,ifLel- clay. was seen to grow palc as s l ~ cniade a Iiumiliilti~i~
confession. A young man, a n Indian, confessecl Ijut thc meetings did not s t o p : o n the con-
;Is i l ' h i s hcart h a d 1)een w r u n g , t o a sin r.cvol!.- trary ( h t l ' s people went from strength l o strengtll
antl from victory to victory. I Lowever, so persis-
ing as well as shocking in its wickedness. Con- tent were the attempts to frustrate the plans o f
fession of sin was a marked feature of these (;od that it was considered wise to change to a
early meetings. '4 middle-aged man confessed place of meeting where things could be kept more
that he had deserted from the British Army as completely under control. ;\ccortlingly, in F e l ~ r u -
a r y a commodious house in Creek R o w was
a lad: his conscience gave him no rest until he hired and though enemies followed us even to
had confessed to Government Neadquarter~,and this private house, several of the seekers came
llad offered to make restitution. through into Pentecost with the sign of tongues ;
O n one occasion the Spirit was felt in tlie the spirit of prayer a n d praise increased antl tllc
Carey Chapel like a rushing, mighty w i n d ; antl (:ospel message cotitinued to be rung out.
I'arly in March 1907 most of the seekers out-
night after night scenes were witnessed which side o f Calcutta returned to their respective sta-
reminded one of what one had read of the tions, and gradually the fire spread to nearly all
ministry of the Wesleys and Whitefield and Jon- the provinces of the Empire. T h e r e have been
athan lldwards during the lligllteenth Century. witnesses to Pentecost amongst those resident in
I'eople scrramed and groaned under the preac11- Yengal, 130mljay Presidency, Madras Presidency,
Central l~'rovinces,United Provinces, Orissa and
ing they heard, and some acted as if they tllought
the North-West 1:rontier Province. About ten
tlie judgment day had actually come and as times as many Indians as Anglo Saxons I ~ a v ere-
tllougll they saw flames bursting forth from the ceived the baptism. Amongst lndians who have
I~ottomlesspit. At other times solxi and groans, received are those helonging to various countries
\\ailing a n d weeping, were mingled with trium- whose vernaculars are : JSengali, Oriyan, 'Tamil.
'I'elegu, Radaga, J W l Rilalayalam. Kanaresr.
phant shouts and sounds of hallelujahs, and these Alarathi, Cujerathi, I-lintli and I~lintlustani.
sounds blending simultaneously made the tlin "And 1 I~eheld, and lo, in the midst of tlie
terrific. throne and of tlie four living. creatures and in
l iynins of praise were mainly sung and llyuins the midst of the elders stood a Lamb a s it had
\vhicli exalted the I 'ersnn o f Jesus rathrr than heen slain . . . . h i d they sung a new
song, saying 'l'llou a r t worthy to take the book
hymns of experience to which most of us had and to open the seals thereof: for 7'11ou wast
I~een habituated. Many confessed to having slain and hast redeemc;l us to God by T h y Blood
found peace through believing, and there were out o f every kindred and tongue antl people antl
some marked supernatural manifestations. 1 re- nation."
member to have seen a sister in the meeting en-
veloped in rose colored light while she sang a
hymn whose melody was s o unearthly in its sweet-
ness that it seemed t o come from hea\/en.
Ih-eams were related of a prophetic character
and visions of Jesus were granted to a favored
few.
'l'l~e band of seekers waited on from day to
(lay expecting the "promise of the I:atller" antl
they were not disappointed. Crowds of people
visited the Carey ,Chapel, many of whom came to
scoff and to criticize. T h e persecution which at-
tended this work of grace was severe antl unre-
lenting; a n d alas! opposition a n d persecution
proceeded from individuals who hore the namc
of Christian. U n d e r the operation s f the bleswd
lloly Spirit seekers would Le prostrated ancl
others would lie in a trance, while tlie preacl~ing
continued at intervals. I have seen visitors u,alk
around the room and stare a t seekers, acting likc
people in a theatre who hold their lorgnettes to
their eyes as they view the shifting scenes of
comedy. O n one occasion the criticism was
audible, when a Churcll of I'ngland clergyman
in the midst of a meeting suddenly annouuct.tl,
"This thing is unscripitural and must stop!"
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