Smith Wigglesworth, The Complete Collection of his Life Teachings

Compiled By Roberts Liardon

Foreword
I am privileged to be the granddaghter of the !apostle of faith," my grandfather, the late Smith
Wigglesworth# I remember him as a stately old gentleman immaclately dressed# $is shoes were
specially made % si&e si' % and were always highly polished#
In the home, (randfather was gentle and wold weep as the yonger grandchildren came in to
greet him after one of his preaching tors in Britain or abroad# $e wold sit in his easy chair with a
rg over his )nees and the *ew Testament in his hand# $e broght each of s a *ewbry Bible and
wrote on the front page+ !Trsting that this will be the choicest of all boo)s to yo#"
,n Wednesday evenings my father, who was (randfather-s eldest son, and Father-s two
yonger brothers, .rnest and $arold, wold meet to sit and listen to (randfather e'pond the
Scriptres# $e wold recont some of his e'periences concerning his healing ministry abroad# I was
privileged to be present at some of these sittings# The presence of the Lord was so intense that I
wold prefer to leave the hose /ietly and wal) throgh the 0ar), ta)ing the /iet road home, in
order not to meet people and by conversation brea) the holy presence of (od#
1t the age of seventeen (randfather as)ed me to stand by his chair and said, !If yo srrender
yor life to (od, $e will send yo all over the world#" I am srprised in loo)ing bac) over my life
now to find how many contries I have actally visited % inclding *ew 2ealand# In that beatifl
contry I reali&ed my grandfather-s greatness in (od, throgh the testimonies being given# 3any
healings had ta)en place, and after forty years the privileged people were still well# 1 nmber of
people wanted to give me a hg becase they were so thrilled to meet the offspring of Smith
Wigglesworth % the man of (od#
(randfather died as he lived, withot complaint, leaving s all a legacy of tried faith# It is my
heart-s desire that all who read this e'cellent boo) will be inspired to have the same fervent faith in
(od#
1lice Berry *ee Wigglesworth (randdaghter of Smith Wigglesworth
Introdction
4r# Lester Smrall once told me a personal story abot Smith Wigglesworth that illstrates his
bold and nashamed personality# $e told me how Wigglesworth wold fre/ently travel with his
daghter 1lice# She had a hearing problem and wold often sit and listen to her father-s sermons with
a !hearing horn#" ,nce, a man yelled from the adience+ !Wigglesworth5 If yo are sch a healer in
the power of (od, then why does yor daghter need a hearing horn6" 7nsha)en by the /estion,
Wigglesworth loo)ed to the man and said, !When yo can tell me why .li8ah was bald, I-ll tell yo
why 1lice needs a hearing horn#"
Smith Wigglesworth never minced his words, and he was never sha)en by religios
persection# I admire that /ality in Smith Wigglesworth# In fact, I-ve always loved his ministry# I am
continally blessed by the mi'tre of his boldness, his faith, and his compassion# 1s I-ve traveled
throghot the world, I-ve fond that others have never grown tired of his ministry# Smith
Wigglesworth had a tre 0entecostal ministry with no man9made strings attached# Wal)ing in an
astonding measre of anointing, Wigglesworth never waited for special camp meetings to show the
power of (od# Instead, he daily demonstrated the boo) of 1cts, prodcing contless salvations and
miracles in his ministry#
While on earth, we will never have the opportnity to sit in a Wigglesworth meeting# That-s
one reason I am pblishing this boo)# I want yo to e'perience how it wold have been to be a part of
the congregation and receive the Word and the Spirit from Wigglesworth# I have prposely left these
manscripts in their original form# Wigglesworth-s ministry shoo) nations and became world9
renowned for the incredible strength, anointing, and insight he carried#
3any of these sermons from my private collection were recorded in shorthand by
Wigglesworth-s stenographers, and we-ve translated them into this form for pblication# This boo) is
comprised of messages that were preached in many contries arond the world, inclding the 7nited
States, .rope, Soth 1frica, and 1stralia#
In this boo) yo will e'perience Smith Wigglesworth-s actal ministry# :o will notice that
many times throghot his sermons he wold inspirationally sing ot melodies that came from the
strength of his spirit#
,ther times, he wold begin to spea) in tonges and then interpret what the Spirit of (od
spo)e throgh him# $e had a wonderfl habit of sbmitting to the $oly Spirit and yielding to the gifts
of the Spirit# Thogh manifestations sch as these are repeatedly illstrated in the *ew Testament,
they are specifically mentioned in ; Corinthians ;<#
In my boo), (od-s (enerals+ Why They Scceeded and Why Some Failed, I tell
Wigglesworth-s story in a condensed, yet very dramatic manner# In that boo), his particlar chapter
thoroghly e'plains his character ma)ep and the challenges he faced in that generation#
*ot long ago, I was in Soth 1frica where I met with Wigglesworth-s granddaghter and
great9granddaghter# They are both in the ministry with their hsbands, and I ministered at their
chrch# I told them abot the npblished manscripts I had in my possession and offered his family
my complete collection for their own rights and pblication sage# Recogni&ing my genine love for
their grandfather, and seeing the anointing (od had given me to minister abot these (enerals, they
told me to pblish the sermons myself#
With their blessing and spport, I dedicate these sermons, which have never been pblished in
one boo) volme, to the Wigglesworth family and to ftre generations of bold, aggressive reformers
whose tre citi&enship is in heaven# 3ay yo trn the world pside down with the =ingdom of (od#
Roberts Liardon
Figre ; !,nly melted gold is minted#"
The Confidence That We $ave in $im, 1gst ;>;?
In ; @ohn A+;?,;A, I read a very wonderfl word+
1nd this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we as) any
thing according to his will, he heareth s+ and if we )now that he
hear s, whatsoever we as), we )now that we have the petitions
that we desired of him#
It is necessary that we find or bearings in this Word# There is nothing that will bring to yo
sch confidence as a life that is well9pleasing to $im# When 4aniel-s life pleased (od he cold as)
to be )ept in the lions- den# Bt yo cannot as) with confidence ntil there is a perfect nion between
yo and (od, as there was always perfect nion between (od and @ess# The fondation is
confidence in and fidelity to (od# Some people thin) that @ess wept becase of the love that $e had
for La&ars, bt that cold not be# @ess )new that these people who were arond the grave, and even
3artha, had not come to the reali&ation that whatever $e wold as) of the Father $e wold give $im#
Their nbelief broght bro)enness and sadness to the heart of @essB and $e wept becase of this# The
moment yo pray yo find that the heavens are opened# If yo have to wait for the heavens to be
opened something is wrong#
I tell yo what ma)es s lose the confidence is disobedience to (od and $is laws# @ess said
it was becase of them who stood arond that $e prayedB bt $e )new that $e heard $im always#
1nd becase $e )new that $is Father heard $im always, $e )new that the dead cold come forth#
There are times when there seems to be a stone wall in front of s, as blac) as midnight, and there is
nothing left bt confidence in (od# There is no feeling# What yo mst do is to have a fidelity and
confidence to believe that $e will not fail, and cannot fail# We shall never get anywhere if we depend
pon or feelings# There is something a thosand times better than feelings, and it is the na)ed Word
of (od#
There is a divine revelation within yo, that came in when yo were born from above, and this
is a real faith# To be born into the new )ingdom is to be born into a new faith# 0al spea)s of two
classes of brethren, one of whom are obedient, and the other disobedient# The obedient always obey
(od when $e first spea)s# It is the people of (od that $e will se to ma)e the world )now that there
is a (od# The 8st shall live by faith# :o cannot tal) abot things which yo have never e'perienced#
It seems to me that (od has a process of training s# :o cannot ta)e people into the depths of (od
nless yo have been bro)en yorself# I have been bro)en and bro)en and bro)en# 0raise (od that $e
is near to them that are of a bro)en heart# :o mst have a bro)enness to get into the depths of (od#
There is a rest of faith, there is a faith that rests in confidence on (od# (od-s promises never
fail, !###faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of (od" CRomans ;D+;EF# The Word of (od
can create a resistless faith, a faith that is never danted, a faith that never gives p, and never fails#
We fail to reali&e the largeness of or Father-s measre, and we forget that $e has a measre
which cannot be e'hasted# It pleases $im when we as) for most# !$ow mch more#" It is the mch
more that (od shows me# I see that (od has a plan of healing# It is on the line of perfect confidence in
$im# The confidence comes not from or mch spea)ing, bt it comes becase of or fellowship with
$im# There is a wonderfl fellowship with @ess# The chief thing is to be sre that we ta)e time for
commnion with $im# There is a commnion with @ess that is life, and that is better than preaching#
If (od tells yo definitely to do anything, do it, bt be sre it is (od that tells yo#
I sed to wor) with a man, who had been a Baptist minister for twenty years# $e was one of
the sweetest sols I ever met# $e was getting to be an old man, and I sed to wal) by his side, and
listen to his instrction# (od made the Word in his hand as a two9edged sword to me, and I sed to
say, !:es, Lord#" If the sword ever comes to yo, never straighten yorselves p against it, bt let it
pierce yo# :o mst be yielded to the Word of (od# The Word will wor) ot love in or hearts, and
when practical love is in or hearts there is no room to vant orselves# We see orselves as nothing
when we get lost in this divine love# This man of (od sed to prne and prne me with the sword of
(od, and it is 8st as sweet to me today as it was then# I praise (od for the sword that cts s, and for
a tender conscience# ,h, for that sweetness of fellowship with @ess that when yo hrt a brother by
word or act yo cold never let it rest ntil yo ma)e it right# First, we need to be converted and to
become as little children, and to have the hard heart ta)en awayB to have a heart that is bro)en and
melted with the love of (od#
The man of whom I have been spea)ing came to me and said, !The doctor says that this is the
last day that my wife has to live#" I said, !,h, 3r# C#, why don-t yo believe (od6" $e replied, !I
have loo)ed at yo when yo tal)ed, and have wept, and said, GFather, if :o cold give me this
confidence, I wold be so happy#-" I said, !Cold yo trst (od6" I felt that the Lord wold heal her#
I sent to a man and as)ed if he wold come with me to a dying woman, and I believed that if two of s
wold go and anoint her according to @ames A+;?,;A she wold be raised p# This man said, !,h,
why do yo come to me6 I cold not believe, althogh I believe the Lord wold be sre to heal her if
yo wold go#" Then I sent to another man and as)ed him to go with me, and told him that whatever
his impression was to be sre to go on and pray right throgh# We entered the hose# I as)ed this man
to pray firstB he cried in his desperation, and prayed that this man might be comforted after he was left
with these little motherless children, and that he might be strengthened to bear his sorrow5 I cold
hardly wait ntil he had finishedB my whole being was moved, I thoght what an awfl thing to bring
this man all this way to pray that )ind of a prayer# What was the matter with him6 $e was loo)ing at
the dying woman instead of loo)ing at (od# :o can never pray !the prayer of faith" if yo loo) at the
person who is needing itB there is only one place to loo) and that is to @ess#
The Lord wants to help s this afternoon to learn this trth and to )eep or eyes on $im# When
this man had finished, I said to 3r# C#, !*ow yo pray#" $e too) p the thread where the other man
left off, and went on with the same )ind of prayerB he got so down beneath the brden I thoght he
wold never rise again, and I was glad when he got throgh# I cold not have borne it mch longer, it
all seemed the most ot of order of anything I ever heardB my sol was stirred# I was an'ios for (od
to get a chance to do something and to have $is way# I did not wait to pray bt rshed p to the bed
and tipped p the oil bottle, poring nearly the whole contents on the woman, and I saw @ess 8st
above the bed with the sweetest smile on $is face, and I said to her, !Woman, @ess Christ ma)es yo
whole#" 1nd she was not only healed, bt was raised p in that very hor#
,h, beloved, may (od help s this afternoon to get or eyes off the conditions and symptoms,
no matter how bad they may be, and get them fastened pon $im, and then we shall be able to pray the
prayer of faith#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
The Spirit of the Lord is pon me, September ;>;?
Trn with me to the forth chapter of L)e, verse ;H+
The Spirit of the Lord is pon me, becase he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poorB he hath sent me to heal the
bro)enhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
brised#
@ess too) p the boo) in the temple and read these words, and impressed the fact becase of
the manifestation of the wor) $e was doing# I believe (od is bringing s to a place where we )now
the Spirit of the Lord is pon s# If we have not got to that place, (od wants to bring s to the fact of
what @ess said in @ohn ;?, ### I will pray the Father, and he shall give yo another Comforter, that he
may abide with yo for ever" Cv# ;IF# Becase the Spirit of the Lord came pon $im who is or head,
we mst see to it that we receive the same anointing, and that the same Spirit is pon s# The devil
will case s to lose the victory if we allow orselves to be defeated by him# Bt it is a fact that the
Spirit of the Lord is pon s, and as for me I have no message apart from the message $e will give,
and I believe then the signs $e spea)s of will follow# I believe that @ess was the !Sent forth" ,ne
from (od, and the propitiation for the sins of the whole world, and we see the manifestation of the
Spirit resting pon $im so that $is ministry was with power# 3ay (od awa)en s to the fact that this
is the only place where there is any ministry of power#
In as)ing the Lord what to say to this people, it came to me to arose them to the fact that the
Comforter has come# $e is comeB and $e has come to abide forever# 1re yo going to be defeated by
the devil6 *o, for the Comforter has come that we may receive and give forth the signs which mst
follow, so that we may not by any means be deceived by the wiles of the devil# There is no limit as to
what we may become if we dwell and live in the Spirit# In the Spirit of prayer we are ta)en from
earth right away into heaven# In the Spirit the Word of (od seems to nfold in a wonderfl way, and it
is only in the Spirit that the love of (od is shed abroad in s# We feel as we spea) in the Spirit that
the fire which brned in the hearts of the two men on their way to .mmas, when @ess wal)ed with
them, is brning in or heart# It is sre to come to pass when we wal) with $im, or hearts will brnB
it is the same power of the Spirit# They cold not nderstand it then, bt a few hors later they saw
$im brea) the bread, and their eyes were opened#
Bt, beloved, or hearts oght to always brn# There is a place where we can live in the
nction and the clothing of the Spirit, where or words will be clothed with power, !###be not drn)
with wine### bt be filled with the Spirit" C.phesians A+;HF# It is a wonderfl privilegeB and I see that
it was necessary for @ohn to be in the Spirit on the Isle of 0atmos for the revelation to be made clear
to him#
What does it mean to this generation for s to be )ept in the Spirit6 1ll hman reasoning and
all hman )nowledge cannot be compared to the power of the life that is lived in the Spirit# We have
power to loose, and power to bind in the Spirit# There is a place where the $oly (host can pt s
where we cannot be anywhere else bt in the Spirit# Bt if we breathe $is thoghts into or thoghts,
and live in the nction of the $oly Spirit as $e lived, then there will be evidences that we are in $imB
and $is wor)s we will do# Bt it is only in the Spirit#
*ow I read in 3atthew-s gospel of a power which we have not yet claimed, and we shall not
be able to claim this manifestation of the Spirit nless we live in the Spirit# $e says, !I will give yo
power to bind and I will give yo power to loose#" When are yo able to bind and able to loose6 It is
only in the Spirit# :o cannot bind things in the hman or with the natral mind# This power was
never off from @ess# I feel as I preach to yo tonight that there is a great lac) of it in most of s# (od
help s5 !The Spirit of the Lord is pon me#" Beloved, there was a great prpose in this Spirit being
on $im, and there is a special prpose in yor being bapti&ed in the Spirit# We mst not forget that we
are members of $is body and by this wonderfl baptismal power, we are parta)ers of $is divine
natre#
In the revelation it came this way, that I saw 1dam and .ve driven ot of the (arden and a
flaming sword at every side to )eep them from entering into the (arden# Bt I saw that all arond me
was a flaming sword )eeping me from evil, and it seemed this wold be tre if I wold claim it, and I
said, !Lord, I will#" The flaming sword was arond abot me delivering me from the power of hell#
So we are preserved from evil# $e is li)e a wall of fire arond abot sB then why shold we fear6
What a wonderfl salvation5 What a wonderfl deliverer5
*otice .&e)iel chapter JE# The only need of .&e)iel was to be in the Spirit, and while he was
in the Spirit it came to him to prophesy to the dry bones and say, !, ye dry bones, hear the word of
the Lord" C.&e)iel JE+?F# 1nd as he prophesies according to the Lord-s command he sees an
!e'ceeding great army" rising p abot him# The prophet obeyed (od-s command, and all we have to
do is e'actly this, obey (od# What is impossible with man is possible with (od#
I pray (od that yor spirit, sol and body may be preserved holy, and that yo may be always
on fire, and always ready with the nction on yo# If this is not so we are ot of divine order, and we
oght to cry to $im ntil the glory comes bac) pon s#
!The Spirit of the Lord is pon me#" There mst have been a
reason why it was pon $im# First of all, it says here, !###becase he
hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poorB he hath sent me
to heal the bro)enhearted###" What a (ospel5 !###to preach
deliverance to the captives####" What a wonderfl Spirit was pon
$im5 !###and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them
that are brised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord" CL)e
?+;H,;>F#
:o missionaries who are going to India and 1frica and China and other places have a
wonderfl (ospel to ta)e to these people who )now nothing abot (odB a (ospel of salvation and
healing and deliverance# If yo want to )now how it wor)s, loo) at 0al among the BarbariansB when
the viper came ot of the fire and lit on 0al-s hand, they watched to see him swell p and die, bt
when he neither swelled p nor died, they said, !These are gods#" When yo go forth to these dar)
lands where the $oly (host has sent yo to preach the nsearchable riches of Christ, to loose the
bands of Satan and set the captives free, be sre yo can say, !The Spirit of the Lord is pon me," and
remember that Christ is made nto s not only salvation bt wisdom and redemption# !Filled with
(od, yes, filled with (od, pardoned and cleansed and filled with (od#" Filled with (od leaves no
room for dobting or fearing# We have no idea of all that means, to be filled with (od# It means
emptied of self# 4o yo )now what it means to be filled with (od6 It means yo have no fear, for
when yo are filled with (od yo are filled with love, and perfect love casts ot fear#
I want to )now more abot this manifestation of the power of the $oly Spirit# Let s follow
0al fartherB here we find the chief of the island had the bloody fl', and when 0al ministered to him
he was healed, and they laded 0al with everything to ta)e away# When we thin) the chrch is so poor
and needy, we forget that the spirit of intercession can nloc) every safe in the world# What did (od
do for the children of Israel6 $e too) them to vineyards and lands flowing with mil) and honey, and
all they did was to wal) in and ta)e possession# If we will only live in the Spirit and the nction of
the Spirit, there will be no lac)# There is only lac) where faith is not sbstance, bt the Word says
faith is the sbstance, and whatsoever is not of faith is sin# Things will srely come to pass if yo will
believe this# :o have not to try to bring $im downB $e is downB yo have not to try to bring $im
hereB $e is here# If we will obey the Lord there is nothing $e will not give s since $e has given s
@ess# The Spirit will have to reveal to s that fact that, becase $e has given s @ess, $e has given
s all things#
!The Spirit of the Lord is pon me#" It is tre, we mst be filled with the Spirit# Father, teach
s what that means5 It was only becase $e had a )nowledge of it that $e cold stand and say before
those men, to the demon, !Come ot of him#" Who is the man that is willing to lay down all that he
may have (od-s all6 Begin to see) and don-t stop see)ing ntil yo )now the Spirit of the Lord is
pon yo# !I than) Thee, Father, Tho hast hid these things from the wise and prdent, and revealed
them nto babes#" If yo are in the babe class tonight, the Spirit mst have revealed to yo yor lac)#
We need to see) with all or hearts# We need to be made flames of fire#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
What Wilt :o $ave 3e 4o6 ,ctober ;>;?
Read 1cts ;>#
1s soon as 0al saw the light from heaven above the brightness of
the sn, he said, !Lord, what wilt tho have me to do6" C1cts >+IF#
1nd as soon as he was willing to yield he was in a condition where
(od cold meet his needB where (od cold display $is powerB
where (od cold have the man# ,h, beloved, are yo saying today,
!What wilt tho have me to do6" The place of yieldedness is 8st
where (od wants s#
0eople are saying, !I want the baptism, I want healing, I wold li)e to )now of a certainly that
I am a child of (od," and I see nothing, absoltely nothing in the way e'cept nyieldedness to the plan
of (od# The condition was met which 0al demanded, and instantly when he laid hands on them they
were filled with the Spirit and spa)e in other tonges and prophesied C1cts ;>+IF# The only thing
needed was 8st to be in the condition where (od cold come in# The main thing today that (od wants
is obedience# When yo begin yielding and yielding to (od $e has a plan for yor life, and yo come
in to that wonderfl place where all yo have to do is to eat the frits of Canaan# I am convinced that
0al mst have been in divine order as well as those men, and 0al had a mission right away to the
whole of 1sia#
Brothers and sisters, it is the call of (od that conts# 0al was in the call of (od# ,h, I
believe (od wants to stir somebody-s heart today to obedienceB it may be for China or India or
1frica, bt the thing (od is loo)ing for is obedience#
!What wilt tho have me to do6" C1cts >+IF#
###(od wroght special miracles by the hands of 0al+ so that from
his body were broght nto the sic) hand)erchiefs or aprons, and
the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went ot of
them# 1cts ;>+;;,;<
If (od can have $is way today, the ministry of somebody will beginB it always begins as soon
as yo yield# 0al had been bringing many people to prison, bt (od broght 0al to sch a place of
yieldedness and bro)enness that he cried ot, !What wilt tho have me to do6" C1cts >+IF# 0al-s
choice was to be a bondservant for @ess Christ# Beloved, are yo willing that (od shall have $is
way today6 (od said, !I will shew him how great things he mst sffer for my name-s sa)e" C1cts
>+;IF# Bt 0al saw that these things were wor)ing ot a far more e'ceeding weight of glory# :o
people who have come for a toch from (od, are yo willing to follow $imB will yo obey $im6
When the prodigal son had retrned and the father had )illed the fatted calf and made a feast
for him, the elder brother was angry and said, !###tho never gavest me a )id, that I might ma)e merry
with my friends," CL)e ;A+<>F bt the father said to him, !###all that I have is thine" Cv# J;F# $e cold
)ill a fatted calf at any time# Beloved, all in the Father-s hose is ors, bt it will come only throgh
obedience# 1nd when $e can trst s, we will not come behind in anything#
!###(od wroght special miracles by the hands of 0al" C1cts ;>+;;F# Let s notice the
hand)erchiefs that went from his bodyB it means to say that when he toched and sent them forth, (od
wroght special miracles throgh them, and diseases departed from the sic), and evil spirits went ot
of them# Is it not lovely6 I believe after we lay hands on these hand)erchiefs and pray over them, that
they shold be handled very sacredly, and even as the one carries them they will bring life, if they are
carried in faith to the sffering one# The very effect of it, if yo only believed, wold change yor
own body as yo carried it#
1 woman came to me one day and said, !3y hsband is sch a trial to meB the first salary he
gets he spends it in drin), and then he cannot do his wor) and comes homeB I love him very mch,
what can be done6" I said, !If I were yo I wold ta)e a hand)erchief and wold place it nder his
head when he went to sleep at night, and say nothing to him, bt have a living faith#" We anointed a
hand)erchief in the name of @ess, and she pt it nder his head# ,h, beloved, there is a way to reach
these wayward ones# The ne't morning on his way to wor) he called for a glass of beerB he lifted it to
his lips, bt he thoght there was something wrong with it, and he pt it down and went ot# $e went
to another saloon, and another, and did the same thing# $e came home sober# $is wife was gladly
srprised and he told her the storyB how it had affected him# That was the trning point in his lifeB it
meant not only giving p drin), bt it meant his salvation#
(od wants to change or faith today# $e wants s to see it is not obtained by strggling and
wor)ing and pining, !###the Father himself loveth yo###" C@ohn ;I+<EF# !###$imself too) or
infirmities, and bare or sic)nesses" C3atthew H+;EF# !Come nto me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give yo rest" C3atthew ;;+<HF#
Who is the man that will ta)e the place of 0al, and yield and yield and yield, ntil (od so
possesses him in sch a way that from his body virte shall flow to the sic) and sffering6 It will
have to be the virte of Christ that flows# 4on-t thin) there is some magic virte in the hand)erchief or
yo will miss the virteB it is the living faith in the man who lays the hand)erchief on his body, and the
power of (od throgh that faith# 0raise (od, we may lay hold of this living faith today# !The blood
has never lost its power#" 1s we get in toch with @ess, wonderfl things will ta)e placeB and what
else6 We shall get nearer and nearer to $im# There is another side to it# !###e'orcists, too) pon them
to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord @ess, saying, We ad8re yo by @ess
whom 0al preacheth### and the evil spirit answered and said, @ess I )now, and 0al I )nowB bt who
are ye6" C1cts ;>+;J,;AF# I beseech yo in the name of @ess, especially those of yo who are
bapti&ed, to awa)en p to the fact that yo have power if (od is with yoB bt there mst be a
resemblance between yo and @ess# The evil spirit said, !###@ess I )now, and 0al I )nowB bt who
are ye6" C1cts ;>+;AF# 0al had the resemblance#
:o are not going to get it withot having $is presenceB $is presence changes yo# :o are
not going to be able to get the reslts withot the mar)s of the Lord @ess# The man mst have the
divine power within himselfB devils will ta)e no notice of any power if they do not see the Christ#
!@ess I )now, and 0al I )nowB bt who are ye6" The difference between these men was they had not
the mar)s of Christ, so the manifestation of the power of Christ was not seen#
:o want power+ don-t ta)e the wrong way# 4on-t ta)e it as power becase yo spea) in
tonges, and if (od has given yo revelations along certain lines don-t ta)e that for the powerB or if
yo have even laid hands on the sic) and they have been healed, don-t ta)e that for the power# !The
Spirit of the Lord is pon me###" CL)e ?+;HFB that alone is the power# 4on-t be deceivedB there is a
place to get where yo )now the Spirit is pon yo, so yo will be able to do the wor)s which are
wroght by this blessed Spirit of (od in yo, and the manifestation of $is power shall be seen, and
people will believe in the Lord#
What will ma)e men believe the divine promises of (od6 Beloved, let me say to yo today,
(od wants yo to be ministering spirits, and it means to be clothed with another power# 1nd this
divine power, yo )now when it is there, and yo )now when it goes forth# The baptism of @ess mst
bring s to have a single eye to the glory of (odB everything else is wasted time and wasted energy#
Beloved, we can reach itB it is a high mar) bt we can get to it# :o as) how6 !What wilt tho have
me to do6" That is the plan# It means a perfect srrender to the call of (od, and perfect obedience#
1 dear yong Rssian came to .ngland# $e did not )now the langage, bt learned it /ic)ly
and was very mch sed and blessed of (odB and as the wonderfl manifestations of the power of
(od were seen, they pressed pon him to )now the secret of his power, bt he felt it was so sacred
between him and (od he shold not tell it, bt they pressed him so mch he finally said to them+
!First (od called me, and $is presence was so precios, that I said to (od at every call I wold
obey $im, and I yielded, and yielded, and yielded, ntil I reali&ed that I was simply clothed with
another power altogether, and I reali&ed that (od too) me, tonge, thoghts and everything, and I was
not myself bt it was Christ wor)ing throgh me#" $ow many of yo today have )nown that (od has
called yo over and over, and has pt $is hand pon yo, bt yo have not yielded6 $ow many of yo
have had the breathing of $is power within yo, calling yo to prayer, and yo have to confess yo
have failed6
I went to a hose one afternoon where I had been called, and met a man at the door# $e said,
!3y wife has not been ot of bed for eight monthsB she is paraly&ed# She has been loo)ing so mch for
yo to come, she is hoping (od will raise her p#" I went in and reb)ed the devil-s power# She said,
!I )now I am healedB if yo go ot I will get p#" I left the hose, and went away not hearing anything
more abot her# I went to a meeting that night, and a man 8mped p and said he had something he
wanted to sayB he had to go to catch a train bt wanted to tal) first# $e said, !I come to this city once a
wee), and I visit the sic) all over the city# There is a woman I have been visiting and I was very mch
distressed abot herB she was paraly&ed and has lain on that bed many months, and when I went there
today she was p doing her wor)#" I tell this story becase I want yo to see @ess#
We had a letter which came to or hose to say that a yong man was very ill# $e had been to
or 3ission a few years before with a very bad footB he had no shoe on, bt a piece of leather
fastened on the foot# (od healed him that day# Three years after, something else came pon him# What
it was I don-t )now, bt his heart failed, and he was helplessB he cold not rise or dress or do
anything for himself, and in that condition he called his sister and told her to write and see if I wold
pray# 3y wife said to go, and she believed (od wold give me that life# I went, and when I got to this
place I fond the whole contry was e'pecting meB they had said that when I came this man wold be
healed# I said to the woman when I arrived, !I have come#" !:es," she said, !bt it is too late#" !Is he
alive6" I as)ed, !:es, 8st alive," she said# I went in and pt my hands pon him, and said, !3artin#"
$e 8st breathed slightly, and whispered, !The doctor said if I move from this position I will never
move again#" I said, !4o yo )now the Scriptre says, G(od is the strength of my heart, and my
portion for ever-6" C0salm EJ+<IF# $e said, !Shall I get p6" I said, !*o#"
That day was spent in prayer and ministering the Word# I fond a great state of nbelief in that
hose, bt I saw 3artin had faith to be healed# $is sister was home from the asylm# (od held me
there to pray for that place# I said to the family, !(et 3artin-s clothes readyB I believe he is to be
raised p#" I felt the nbelief# I went to the chapel and had prayer with a nmber of people arond
there, and before noon they too believed 3artin wold be healed# When I retrned I said, !1re his
clothes ready6" They said, !*o#" I said, !,h, will yo hinder (od-s wor) in this hose6" I went in to
3artin-s room all alone# I said, !I believe (od will do a new thing today# I believe when I lay hands
on yo the glory of heaven will fill the place#" I laid my hands on him in the name of the Father, Son,
and $oly (host, and immediately the glory of the Lord filled the room, and I went headlong to the
floor# I did not see what too) place on the bed, or in the room, bt this yong man began to shot ot,
!(lory, glory5" and I heard him say, !for Thy glory, Lord," and that man stood before me perfectly
healed# $e went to the door and opened it and his father stood there# $e said, !Father, the Lord has
raised me p," and the father fell to the floor and cried for salvation# The yong woman broght ot of
the asylm was perfectly healed at that moment by the power of (od in that hose#
(od wants s to see that the power of (od coming pon people has something more in it than
we have yet )nown# The power to heal and to bapti&e is in this place, bt yo mst say, !Lord, what
wilt tho have me to do6" :o say it is for months before the harvest# If yo had the eyes of @ess
yo wold see that the harvest is already here# The devil will say yo can-t have faithB yo tell him he
is a liar# The $oly (host wants yo for the prpose of manifesting @ess throgh yo# ,h, may yo
never be the same again5 The $oly Spirit moving pon s will ma)e s to be li)e $im, and we will
trly say, !Lord, what wilt tho have me to do6"
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
Spirital (ifts, *ovember ;>;?
See the twelfth chapter of First Corinthians# !*ow concerning spirital gifts, brethren, I
wold not have yo ignorant" Cv# ;F# *ow when the $oly (host says that, $e e'pects s to
nderstand what the gifts are, and $e wants s to nderstand that the chrch may be able to profit
thereby#
!###no man can say @ess is the Lord, bt by the $oly (host" C; Corinthians ;<+JF# Whenever I
have come in toch with people who have ac)nowledged the Lord @ess, I have )nown whether they
)new anything abot the Spirit of (od, for every spirit which is of (od testifies of @ess, and yo will
always be able to tell by that their spirital condition# If they do not confess that @ess was manifested
in the flesh, yo may )now that they have not the Spirit of (od# Beloved, on the contrary, we find ot
that every spirit that confesses that @ess is the Lord, is by the $oly (host#
###there are diversities of operations, bt it is the same (od which
wor)eth all in all# Bt the manifestation of the Spirit is given to
every man to profit withal# ; Corinthians ;<+I,E
.veryone who has received the $oly (host has within him great possibilities and nlimited
powerB also great possessions, not only of things which are present, bt also of things which are to
come# The $oly (host has power to e/ip yo for every emergency# The reason people are not ths
e/ipped is that they do not receive $im and do not yield to $imB they are timid and dobt, and in the
measre that they dobt, they go down# Bt if yo yield to $is leadings and do not dobt, it will lead
yo to sccess and victoryB yo will grow in grace and will have not only a controlling power, bt
yo will have a revealing power of the mind and prposes which (od has for yo# I see where all
things are in the power of the $oly (host, and I mst not fail to give yo the same trth#
We mst remember that we have entered into the manifestation of the glory of (od, and in that
is great power and strength# 3any might be far ahead of where they are this morning bt they have
dobted# If by any means the enemy can come in and ma)e yo believe a lie, he will do so# We have
had to strggle to maintain or standing in or salvation, for the enemy wold beat s ot of that if
possible# It is in the closeness of the association and oneness with Christ where there is no fear, bt
perfect confidence all the time# The child of (od need not go bac) a day for his e'perience, for the
presence of the Lord is with him and the $oly (host is in him and in mighty power, if he will believeB
and I see that we shold stir one another p and provo)e one another to good wor)s#
The 0entecostal people have a !)now" in their e'perience# We )now that we have the Spirit
abiding within and if we are not moved pon by the Spirit, we move the SpiritB that is what we mean
by stirring p the Spirit# 1nd yet it is not we, bt the living faith within s, it is the Spirit who stirs
$imself p# Where are we living6 I do not mean in the natral order# We are a spirital people, a
royal priesthood, a holy people#
If we find that there is nbelief in s we mst search or hearts to see why it is there# Where
there is a living faith, there is no nbelief, and we go on from faith to faith ntil it becomes as natral
to live there as can be# Bt if yo try to live faith before yo are 8st, yo will fail, for !the 8st shall
live by faith," CRomans ;+;EF and when yo are 8st, it is a natral conse/ence for yo to live by
faith# It is easyB it is 8oyflB it is more than that, it is or life, and spirital inheritance#
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdomB to another the
word of )nowledge by the same Spirit# ; Corinthians ;<+H
If the Spirit can stir yo p this morning, yo will come short in no gift# (od wants yo to see
that we need not come behind in any gift, and wants to bring s to a place where we will be on fire
becase of what $e has called s to# We oght always to move the tent every nightB we cannot stay in
one placeB the land is before sB there are wonderfl possessions# $e says, !They are yorsB go in and
claim them#"
0al prayed that we might be !able to comprehend with all saints," C.phesians J+;HF and I see
that place where 0al was in the $oly (host and I believe that (od is calling s today to comprehend
as mch as 0al comprehended# It is in the perfect will of (od that we shold possess the needed
gifts, bt there mst be nity between (od and yo# When the gifts are in evidence, the whole chrch
is bilt p, Christ being the head# @ess said, !I come to do Thy will, , my (od5" and as we
srrender in that way (od will be delighted to hand to s the gift which is necessary# The more we
reali&e that (od has frnished s with a gift, the more completely we will be nited with @ess, so
that people will be conscios of $im rather than of $is gift#
,h, beloved, if it is not all of the $oly (host and if we are not so lost and controlled in the
ministry of the gift, that it is only to be @ess, it will all be a failre and come to naght# There was
none so self9conscios as they who said, !In Thy name we have cast ot devils#" They were so
controlled by the natral and the thoght that they had done it all, that (od was not in it# Bt when $e
comes forth and does it, it is all right#
There is a place in the $oly (host where we will not allow nbelief to affect s, for (od has
all power in heaven and earth# 1nd now that I am in the secret )nowledge of this power I stand in a
place where my faith is not to be limited, becase I have the )nowledge that $e is in me and I in $im#
Some of yo come from yor homes with bro)en hearts, yo have a longing for something to
strengthen yo in conditions which e'ist there, and a power to ma)e these conditions different# :o
say yo are ne/ally yo)ed together# :o have a mighty power that is greater than all natral power#
:o can ta)e victory over yor homes, and yor hsbands, and children and yo mst do it in the
Lord-s way# Sppose yo do see many things that oght to be differentB if it is yor cross yo mst
ta)e it and win the victory for (odB it can be done, for greater is $e that is in yo than all the power
of hell# I rec)on that any man filled with the $oly (host is e/al to a legion of devils any day#
1 man in (lasgow got p and said, !I have power to cast ot devils#" 1 man fll of devils got
p and came to him, and this man did everything he cold, bt cold not cast ot the devils# 4o yo
want to cast ot devils6 :o be sre it is the $oly (host that does it# :o )now that spirit of
divination followed 0al three days# The $oly (host has $is dwelling place within me and is stirring
p my heart and life to adore @ess# ,ther things mst be left behindB I mst adore $im#
(od says, !.very one that as)eth receiveth#" What do yo as) for6 What is the motive6 In the
forth chapter of @ames we read that they as)ed amiss, that they might consme it on their own lsts#
There is a need for the gifts, and (od will reveal to yo what yo oght to have, and yo oght never
to be satisfied ntil yo receive it# It is important that we )now we can do nothing of orselvesB bt
we may )now that we are clothed with the power of (od so we are not in the natral man in a sense,
bt as we go forth in this power things will ta)e place as they too) place in the days of the disciples#
When I received the new birth at eight years of age it was so precios and lovelyB I have never lost
the )nowledge of my acceptance with (od since that time# Brothers and sisters, there was a wor) that
(od wroght in me when I tarried for the baptism, which has been wonderfl# I was in a strange
positionB I had testified to having received the baptism of the $oly Spirit for si'teen years and had the
anointing of the SpiritB I cold not spea) withot it# 3y wife wold come to me and say, !They are
waiting for yo to come ot and spea) to the people#" I wold say, !I cannot and will not come
withot the anointing of the Spirit#" I can see now I was calling the anointing the baptismB bt when
the $oly Spirit came into my body ntil I cold not give satisfaction to the glory that was in me, (od
too) this tonge, and I spo)e as the Spirit gave tterance which broght perfect satisfaction to me#
When $e comes in $e abides# I then began to reach ot as the $oly (host showed me#
In the call of .lisha (od saw the yong man-s willingness to obey# The twelve yo)e of o'en,
the plow and all soon came to naght and all bridges had to be brned behind him# Brother, the Lord
has called yo# 1re yo separated from the old things6 :o cannot go withot# 1s .lisha went on
with .li8ah, he heard the wonderfl things of his ministry, and he was longing for the time when he
wold ta)e his master-s place# The time was coming# $is master said to him, !I am going to (il gal
today, I want yo to remain here#" !3aster," he said, !I mst go with yo#" I find that other people
)new something abot it for they said to him, !4o yo )nowK the 3aster is going to be ta)en away
from yo today6" $e said, !$old yor peace, I )now it#" Later on the master said, !I want to go on to
BethelB yo stay here#" Bt .lisha says, !*o, I will not leave thee" Csee < =ings <F# Something had
been revealed to .lisha# 0erhaps (od is drawing yo to do somethingB yo feel it# Then .li8ah said,
!The Lord hath sent me to @ordanB yo stay here#" It was the spirit of the old man that was stirring p
the yong man# If yo see &eal in somebody else, get on a stretch for itB it is for yo# I am recogni&ing
that (od is wanting all the members of $is body 8oined togetherB and $e ma)es s feel in these days
when a person is failing to go on with (od, we mst have that member#
When they came to the @ordan .li8ah switched his mantle over it, and they passed over, and no
dobt .lisha said, !I mst follow his steps#" 1nd when they had gone over, the old man said, !:o
have done well, yo wold not stay bac)B what is the real desire of yor heart6 I feel I am going to
leave yoB as) what yo li)e now before I leave yo#" !3aster," he says, !I have seen all that yo
have doneB 3aster, I want twice as mch as yo have#" I believe it is the fainthearted that do not get
mch# 1s they went on p the hill down comes the chariot of fire, nearer and nearer, and when it
lights, the old man 8mps in, and the yong man says, !Father, Father, Father," and down comes the
mantle# What have yo as)ed for6 1re yo satisfied to go on in the old way now when the $oly Spirit
has come to give yo an nlimited spply of power, and $e says, !What will yo have6"
We see 0eter so filled with the $oly (host that his shadow falling on sic) people heals them
C1cts A+;AF# What do yo want6 $e as)ed and he got it# .lisha comes down and he says, !I don-t feel
any different," bt he had the )nowledge that feelings are not to be conted for anythingB some of yo
people are loo)ing at yor feelings all the time# $e came to the waters as an ordinary man, then in the
)nowledge that he possessed the mantle Cnot in any feelings abot itF he said, !Where is the (od of
.li8ah6" and he pt his feet down# When yo pt yor feet down and say yo are going to have a
doble portion, yo will get it# 1fter he had crossed, there were the yong men again Cthey always
come where there is powerF and they said, !The spirit of .li8ah doth rest pon .lisha#"
:o are to have the gifts, and claim them, and the Lord will certainly change yor life and yo
will be new men and women# 1re yo as)ing for a doble portion this morning6 I trst that no one
shall come behind in any gift# :o say, !I have as)edB do yo thin) (od will be pleased to have me
as) again6" :es, do before $imB as) again, and we may this morning go forth in the Spirit of the
mantle, and it shall be no longer I, bt the $oly (host, and we shall see and )now $is power becase
we believe#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
Tho 1rt the Christ, *ovember ;>;?
I need not say how pleased I am to be among yo again# We are coming in contact this
afternoon with a living Christ# It is pon this Roc) (od is bilding $is Chrch, and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it C3atthew ;I+;HF# We are more confident today than we were yesterday#
(od is bilding s p in this faith, so that we are living in great e'pectation# $e is bringing s into a
place with $imself where we can say, !I have seen (od#" I have been as)ing (od to send s $is
Word that is on fireB something that will live in or hearts, that will abide with s forever# It is
important that every day we shold lay some new fondation that can never be prooted# ,h, for a
living toch from (od, and a new inspiration of power, and a deeper sense of $is love5 I have been
thin)ing abot the si'teenth chapter of 3atthew, and 0eter-s answer to @ess when $e as)ed $is
disciples the /estion, !Whom say ye that I am6" C3atthew ;I+;AFB and 0eter answered saying, !Tho
art the Christ, the Son of the living (od" Cv# ;IF#
Beloved friends, do yo )now $im this afternoon6 $as this revelation come to yor heart6 4o
yo call $im Lord6 4o yo find comfort in the fact that $e is yors6 !Whom say ye that I am6" The
3aster )new what was in their thoghts before $e as)ed them# This fact ma)es me long more and
more to be really treB (od is seeing right into my heart and reads my thoghts# There is something in
what @ess said to 0eter that is applicable to s this afternoon+
Blessed art tho, Simon Bar8ona+ for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it nto thee, bt my Father which is in heaven# 3atthew
;I+;E
If yo can call @ess Lord this afternoon, it is by the $oly (host# 1nd so there oght to be
within s this afternoon a deep response that says, !Tho art the Christ#" When we can say this from
or hearts it ma)es s )now that we are not born of flesh and blood, bt of the Spirit of the living
(od# If yo will go bac) to the time when yo first had the )nowledge that yo were born of (od, yo
will see that there was within yo a deep cry for yor FatherB yo fond yo had a heavenly Father# If
yo want to )now the real sccess of any life it will be becase of this )nowledge, !Tho art the
Christ#" This )nowledge is the roc) fondation, !and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it#
1nd I will give nto thee the )eys of the )ingdom of heaven" C3atthew ;I+;H,;>F#
It is abot this roc), this blessed fondation9trth, that I want to spea) this afternoonB this
)nowledge of or personal acceptance with (odB this life of faith that we have come into# It is
becase of this roc) fondation that we have this living faith, and that fondation cannot be
overthrown# $e has given s power to bind and loose# .veryone that has come down to this roc)
fondation oght to be in this position# I want yo to go away from this meeting )nowing that yo are
on this roc) fondation and able to bind and able to looseB and to have that living faith that yo can
pray and )now yo have the answer becase of (od-s promises, and the fact that @ess said, !If ye
believe#" It is on this roc) that or faith mst be based, and this will never failB (od has established it
forever#
From that time forth began @ess to show nto his disciples, how
that he mst go nto @ersalem, and sffer many things### and be
)illed, and be raised again the third day# Then 0eter too) him, and
began to reb)e him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord+ this shall
not be nto thee# Bt he trned, and said nto 0eter, (et thee
behind me, Satan### Then said @ess nto his disciples, If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and ta)e p his cross, and
follow me# 3atthew ;I+<;9<?
We find the fndamental trths of all the ages were planted right in the life of 0eter# We see
evidences of the spirital power to which he had attained, and we also see the natral power
wor)ing# @ess saw that $e mst sffer if $e wold reach that spirital life which (od intended $im
to reach# So @ess said, !I mst go forwardB yor words, 0eter, are an offense to 3e#" So if yo see)
to save yorself it is an offense to (od# (od has been impressing it pon me more and more that if I
see) at any time favor of men, or earthly power, I shall lose favor with (od, and I cannot have faith#
@ess said, !$ow can ye believe if ye see) honor one of another6" (od is spea)ing to s, every one,
and trying to get s to ct the shore lines# There is only one place where we can get the mind and will
of (odB it is alone with (odB if yo loo) to anybody else yo cannot get it# If we see) to save
orselves we shall never reach the place where we will be able to bind and loose# There is a close
companionship between yo and @ess that nobody )nows abot, where every day yo have to choose
or refse# It is in the narrow way that yo get the power to bind and the power to loose# I )now that
$e was separated from $is own )ith and )in, and the l'ries of life $e was deprived of# It seems to
me that (od wants to get every one of s separated to $imself in this holy war, and we are not going
to have faith if we do not give orselves wholly p to $im# Beloved, it is in these last days that I
cannot have the power I want to have nless I am willing to shear myselfB it is a narrow way#
Beloved, yo will not be able to bind and loose if yo have sin in yo# There is not a person
within the hearing of my voice that is able to deal with the sins of others if he is not free himself,
!###he breathed on them, and saith nto them, Receive ye the $oly (host" C@ohn <D+<<F# $e )new the
$oly (host wold give them a revelation of themselves, and also a conception of (od# $e mst
reveal to yo yor depravity# In L)e <<+<>,JD, we read+
1nd I appoint nto yo a )ingdom, as my Father hath appointed
nto meB that ye may eat and drin) at my table in my )ingdom, and
sit on thrones, 8dging the twelve tribes of Israel#
4o yo believe that the Father in heaven wold ma)e yo a 8dge over a )ingdom if there was
anything croo)ed in yo6 4o yo believe yo will be able to bind nless yo are free yorself6 Bt
every man that hath this living Christ within him hath the power that will pt to death all sin# With
@ess- last words on earth $e gave the disciples a commissionB the discipleship has never ceased#
The chrches are wea) today becase Christ the roc) is not abiding in them in the manifestations of
the power of (od# This is not becase it is a special gift % this power to loose and to bind % bt it
is whether yo have the roc) fondation in yo# In the name of @ess yo will loose, and in the name
of @ess yo will bind, and if $e is in yo it oght to bring forth evidences of that power#
,ne can see that 0eter had great sympathy in the natral, and he did not want @ess to be
crcifiedB it was perfectly natral for 0eter to say what he did, bt @ess said, !###(et thee behind
me###" C3atthew ;I+<JF# $e )new $e mst not be trned aside by any hman sympathy# The only way
we can retain or hmility is )eeping on this narrow line, and saying, !(et thee behind me, Satan#" If
yo try to go the easy way yo cannot be @ess- disciple# Beloved, we are now living in the
e'perience of the fact that @ess is the Roc)# It ma)es me glad becase we are in the reach of
wonderfl possibilities becase of this Roc)# Ta)e a stand on the fact this afternoon that this Roc)
cannot be overthrown#
1 woman came to a meeting where I was, who was paraly&ed and was seventy9seven years
old# Bt the power of (od came into her, and she was so strengthened and blessed after prayer she
rshed p and down in a marvelos way# Brothers and sisters, what I see in this woman-s healing is
an illstration of what (od will do# I am trsting that we shall all be so strengthened today in the
power of (od that we shall not allow any dobt or fear to come into or heartsB bt yo will )now
that yo are created anew by a living faith, and there is in that faith within yo power to accomplish
wonderfl things for (od# I want to say that the most wonderfl and marvelos faith is the simple faith
of a little child# It is also the faith that dares# There is a boldness that comes and we say, !:o shall
be healed#"
1 man broght his son to my meeting, and he was all drawn to one side from having fits for
years# The father said, !Can yo do anything for my son6" and I said, !In the name of @ess, yes, he
can be healed"B and I )new it was becase of the Roc) it cold be done# There is a Spirit that dwells
within s, and this is nothing less than the life of $im who gave $imself for s, for $e is the Roc)9
life in s# I wonder if yo wait ntil some mighty power sweeps over yo before yo have power to
bindB that is not the power# The Roc) is within yo, yo have power to bind and power to loose
becase yo consist of that Roc)# What yo have to do is to stand on that fact and se the power# Will
yo do it6
I said, !Father, in the name of @ess, I bind the evil spirit in this yong man#" ,h, that name of
@ess5 We ma)e too little se of that name# .ven the children cried !$osanna#" If we wold let
orselves go, and praise and praise and praise $im, (od wold give s the shot of victory# The ne't
meeting the father broght the yong man again, and yo did not need to as) if he was deliveredB the
brightness of his face, and the shining of the father-s face told the story# I said, !Is it all right now6"
and he said, !:es#" ,h, I see it is needed so mch, this power to bind and power to loose# Brothers
and sisters, wherever yo are yo can set people free# (od wants to change yor name this afternoon
from dobting Thomas to prevailing Israel#
1 yong woman was broght to me who had a cancerB she had gotten very low# 0eople need
cheering p# This yong woman was cast down# I said to her, !Cheer p"B bt I cold not get her to
cheer p, so in the name of @ess I bond this evil power, and then laid hands on her and said, !Sister,
yo are free#" Then she arose and as)ed if she might say something, and she rbbed the place where
the cancer had been and said, !It is all gone#"
,h, brothers and sisters, I want yo to see that power is yors# (od is delighted when we se
the power $e has given s# I believe every child of (od has a measre of this power, bt there is a
fller manifestation of the power when they get so filled that they spea) in tonges# I want yo to
press on till yo get the flness# We mst send these people home, 3rs# 3ontgomery, with a loaf of
bread and a flagon of wine, as 4avid did those people C< Samel I+;>F#
When shall we see all the people filled with the $oly (host, and the things done as they were
in the 1cts of the apostles6 It will be when all the people shall say, !Lord, tho art (od#" I want yo
to come into a place of sch relationship with (od that yo will )now yor prayers are answered,
becase $e has promised#
I dropped into a cobbler-s shop one morning, and there was a man who had his eyes covered
with a green shade, and they were so inflamed he was sffering terribly# $e said, !I cannot rest
anywhere#" I did not as) him what he believed, bt laid down my Bible, and pt my hands on those
poor sffering eyes in the name of @ess# $e said, !This is strangeB I have no painB I am free#" 4o yo
thin) the hman mind can do that6 I say, !*o#" We do these things with a consciosness that (od will
answer, and $e is pleased with that )ind of service#
1 boy came into the meeting on crtchesB he had a bro)en an)leB several of s 8oined in
prayer, and with 8oy I saw that boy so healed that he pt his crtches nder his arm and wal)ed away#
Beloved, @ess is coming soonB there are so many things that seem to say, !$e is at the door#"
Will yo se the power of the Roc) within yo, for $is glory6
1ddress given in ,a)land, California
Sons and @oint9$eirs, Febrary ;>;A
I want to spea) abot the eighth chapter of Romans, beginning with the eleventh verse# I sed
to have a hard heart, and (od had to brea) and brea) and brea) me# I sed to be critical of people
who preached divine healing, and did certain things which I thoght they shold not do# Then (od
began to pt me throgh a testing and to brea) meB I went down before (od, and then the hardness was
ta)en away and all bitterness# I believe (od wants to get all the grit and hardness ot of s#
###if the Spirit of him that raised p @ess from the dead dwell in
yo, he that raised p Christ from the dead shall also /ic)en yor
mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in yo# Romans H+;;
The power of (od here is dealing with or !mortal bodies," bt I see the power of the Spirit
today wants to /ic)en s both in spirit and body#
###If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die+ bt if ye T$R,7($ T$.
S0IRIT do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live# For as many
as are led by the Spirit of (od, they are the sons of (od# For ye
have not received the spirit of bondage again to fearB bt ye have
received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, 1bba, Father###
1nd if children, then heirsB heirs of (od, and 8oint9heirs with
Christ#### Romans H+;J9;A,;E
The thoght that specially comes to me today is that of sonship# The Spirit brings s to a place
where we see that we are sons of (od# 1nd becase of this glorios position we are not only sons bt
heirs, and not only heirs, bt 8oint9heirs# 1nd becase of that, I want yo to see that all the promises of
(od are yea and amen to yo throgh @ess in the $oly (host# If the Spirit of (od that raised @ess
from the dead is in yo, that power of the Spirit is going to /ic)en yor mortal body# 1nd it brings
me into a living place to believe that as an adopted child I may lay hold of the promises# I see two
wonderfl things+ I see deliverance for the body, and I see also the power of the Spirit in sonship is
raising me p, and pressing me onward to translation throgh faith in the Lord @ess Christ#
I want to read two verses in the seventeenth chapter of @ohn+
These words spa)e @ess, and lifted p his eyes to heaven, and
said, Father, the hor is comeB glorify thy Son, that thy Son also
may glorify thee+ 1s tho hast given him power over all flesh, that
he shold give eternal life to as many as tho hast given him# 1nd
this is life eternal, that they might )now thee the only tre (od,
and @ess Christ, whom tho hast sent# Lerses ;9J
It is no small thing to be broght into fellowship with the Father throgh @ess Christ# The
Spirit that is in yo not only pts to death all other power, bt $e is showing s or privilege and
bringing s into a faith that we can claim all we need# The moment a man comes into the )nowledge of
Christ he is made an heir of heaven# By the Spirit he is being changed into the image of the Son of
(od, and it is in that image that we can definitely loo) into the face of the Father and see that the
things we as) for are done#
###if children, then heirsB heirs of (od, and 8oint9heirs with ChristB if
so be that we sffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together# For I rec)on that the sfferings of this present time are
not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in
s# Romans H+;E,;H
1nd the glory is not only going to be revealed, bt it is already revealed in s# We are being
changed from glory to glory# I want yo to go away from this camp meeting in the )nowledge of yor
sonship# I want yo to go away )nowing that the Spirit which raised p @ess from the dead is
dwelling in yor mortal body, and ma)ing yo a son# !###we shall be li)e himB for we shall see him as
he is" C; @ohn J+<F# It does not mean that we shall have faces li)e @ess, bt have the same Spirit#
When they loo) at s and see the glory, they will say, !:es, it is the same Spirit," for they will see the
lstre of the glory of @ess Christ# Beloved, we are being changed#
For the earnest e'pectation of the creatre waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of (od# Romans H+;>
.very one of s who is born of (od, and has the power of the $oly Spirit in him, is longing
for the manifestation of the sonship# :o say, when shall these things come forth6 So 0al gets into the
e'pectation of it and says+
###the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together ntil
now### even we orselves groan### waiting for the adoption, to wit,
the redemption of or body# Romans H+<<,<J
Brothers and sisters, within me this afternoon, there is a cry and a longing for deliverance#
0raise (od, it is coming5 There is a tre sense even now in which yo may live in the resrrection
power# The $oly Spirit is wor)ing in s and bringing s to a condition where we )now $e is doing a
wor) in s# I never felt so near heaven as last night when the hose was sha)ing with an earth/a)e,
and I thoght my Lord might come# 3ore than crossing the sea and seeing my children, I wold rather
see @ess# !For the creatre was made sb8ect to vanity###" CRomans H+<DF# 0raise (od, we are
delivered by the power of the Spirit#
Becase the creatre itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corrption into the glorios liberty of the children of
(od# Romans H+<;
4o not say, how can this be and that be6 The sovereign grace and power of (od are e/al to
all these things# I changed by the power of the $oly Spirit, that I )now there is a bigger man in me
than the natral man#
1nd not only they, bt orselves also, which have the firstfrits of
the Spirit, even we orselves groan within orselves, waiting for
the adoption####
Brothers and sisters, are yo really waiting6 The baptism of the $oly Spirit lin)s heaven to
earth, and (od wants s to be so filled with the Spirit, and wal) in the Spirit, that while we live here
on earth or heads will be right p in heaven# Brothers and sisters, the Spirit can give yo patience to
wait# The baptism in the $oly (host is the essential power in the body which will bring rest from all
yor weariness, and give yo a hopefl e'pectation that each day may be the day we go p with $im#
We mst not be foolish people folding or hands and giving p everything# I find there is no time li)e
the present to be p and active, !###the Spirit also helpeth or infirmities###" CRomans H+<IF# We have
need for or infirmities to be helped by the Spirit, in order that the body shold not be ta'ed ot of
measre# The $oly Spirit $imself will pray throgh yo and bring to yor remembrance the things yo
oght to pray for, according to the mind of the Spirit# Is there a person in this place who says I have
no need of the $oly (host6
1 yong man came into the meeting last night and I as)ed him where he stood# $e said, !I am
satisfied#" I said, !:o are in a sad conditionB there is nothing anywhere for a man who is satisfied# It
is only the hngry and thirsty that (od says shall receive and shall be filled#" !Blessed are they which
do hnger and thirst after righteosness+ for they shall be filled" C3atthew A+IF#
The highest prpose (od has for s is that we shall be transformed into the image of $is Son#
We have seen in a measre (od-s prpose in filling s with the Spirit, that $e might bring abot in s
the image of $is Son#
For whom he did fore)now, he also did predestinate to be con9
formed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
among many brethren# 3oreover whom he did predestinate, them
he also called+ and whom he called, them he also 8stifiedB and
whom he 8stified, them he also glorified# Romans H+<>,JD
Where are yo this afternoonB are yo standing on that6 I believe there are two classes of
people, the whosever will and the whosever won-t# I want yo to e'amine yorselves this afternoon
and see where yo stand, and if yo stand on these trths which (od has given, yo will be ama&ed to
see how (od will ma)e everything move so that yo may be conformed to the image of $is Son#
Bt when it pleased (od, who separated me from my mother-s
wombB and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I
might preach him among the heathen#### (alatians ;+;A,;I
It is a sad thing today to see how people are astonished at the wor)ings of (od# 3illions of
years ago $e prposed in $is heart to do this mighty thing in s# 1re yo going to refse it, or are yo
going to yield6 I than) (od $e predestinated me to be saved, and it is a case of whosever will, and
whosoever will not believe# :o see it is a mystery, bt (od prposed it before the fondation of the
world# 1nd if yo yield, $e will pt in yo a living faith, and yo cannot get away from the power of
it# ,h, brothers and sisters, let s come a little nearer# $ow ama&ing it is that we can be so
transformed that the thoghts of Christ will be first in or minds# $ow blessed that when everybody
arond yo is interested in everything else, yo are thin)ing abot @ess Christ# Brothers and sisters,
let s get a little nearer still#
I want to say this afternoon it is the prpose of (od that yo shold rise into the place of
sonship# 4on-t miss the prpose (od has in $is heart for yo# It yo cold only reali&e that (od
wants to ma)e of yo the firstfrits, and separate yo nto $imself# (od has lifted some of yo p
over and over again# It is ama&ing how (od in $is mercy has restored and restored, !###and whom he
called, them he also 8stified+ and whom he 8stified, them he also glorified" CRomans H+JDF# The
glorification is still going on, and is going to e'ceed what it is now#
Within yor heart this afternoon there srely mst be a response to this call# !What shall we
then say to these things6 If (od be for s, who can be against s6" CRomans H+J;F# It does not matter
who is against s# If there are millions against yo, (od has prposed it and will bring yo right
throgh to glory# !What shall we say then to these things6" Cv# J;F# $man wisdom has to stand still#
It is with the heart that man believeth nto righteosness#
$e that spared not his own Son, bt delivered him p for s all, how
shall he not with him also freely give s all things6 Romans H+J<
Brothers and sisters, what do yo want6 That is the /estion# What
have yo come here for6 We have seen (od wor) in horribly
diseased bodies# ,r (od is able to heal and to !###freely give s all
things--- Cv# J<F#
!Who shall lay any thing to the charge of (od-s elect6" CRomans H+JJF# I tell yo, it is a bad
bsiness for the man who pts his hand pon (od-s anointed# !Who is he that condemneth6" Cv# J?F#
$ow mch of that there is todayB brother condemning brother, everybody condemning one another#
:o also go abot condemning yorself# The devil is the accser of the brethren# Bt there is power
in the blood to free s and )eep s and to bring s healing# 4o not let the enemy cripple yo and bind
yo# Why don-t yo believe (od-s Word6 There is a blessed place for yo in the $oly (host# Instead
of condemning yo, Christ is interceding for yo#
For I am persaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creatre, shall be able to
separate s from the love of (od, which is in Christ @ess or
Lord# Romans H+JH,J>
Beloved, yo are in a wonderfl place# I want yo to ta)e home this afternoon the )nowledge
that becase (od has called yo and chosen yo, $e wants yo to )now today that yo have power
with $im, and becase yo are sons, and 8oint9heirs, yo have a right to healing for yor bodies, and
to be delivered from all the power of the enemy#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
The 0ower of the (ospel, @ly ;>;A
I am convinced that there is nothing in the world that is going to convince men and women of
the power of the (ospel li)e the manifestation of the Spirit with the frits# (od has bapti&ed s in the
$oly (host for a prpose, that $e may show $is mighty power in hman flesh, as $e did in @ess,
and $e is bringing s to a place where $e may manifest these gifts#
###no man spea)ing by the Spirit of (od calleth @ess accrsed+ and
no man can say that @ess is the Lord, bt by the $oly (host# ;
Corinthians ;<+J
.very man who does not spea) the trth concerning this Word, which is @ess, ma)es $im the
accrsedB so all we have to do is to have the revelation of the Word in or hearts and there will be no
fear of or being led astray, becase this Word is nothing else bt @ess# In the gospel of St# @ohn yo
read that the Word was (od, and $e became flesh and dwelt amongst s and we beheld $is glory, the
glory of the only begotten Son of the Father# So it is revealed that $e is the Son of (od % the Word
of (od# This Word Cpointing to the BibleF is nothing else than the Word of (od, and everything that
confesses it not yo can pt down straight away, withot getting mi'ed p at all, that it is not of the
$oly (host and conse/ently yo can wipe ot all sch things# There is no difficlty abot saving
yorselves, becase the Word of (od will always save#
*ow there are diversities of gifts, bt the same Spirit# 1nd there
are diversities of administrations, bt the same Lord# 1nd there
are diversities of operations, bt it is the same (od which wor)eth
all in all# Bt the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man
to profit withal# ; Corinthians ;<+?9E
3y heart is in this bsiness# I am broght face to face with the tact that now the $oly (host is
dwelling within me, that $e is dwelling in my body, and as @ohn says in his epistle, the nction of the
$oly ,ne is within# The nction of the $oly ,ne is the $oly Spirit manifested in s# So we see that
straight away within s there is the power to ma)e manifest and bring forth those gifts which $e has
promised, and these gifts will be manifested in proportion as we live in the nction of the Spirit of
(od# Ths we shall find ot that those gifts mst be manifested#
3y brother here C3r# 3oserF was sffering from want of sleep# $e had had no fll night of
sleep for a long time# I said last night, !I command thee in the name of @ess to sleep#" When he came
this morning he was well, he had had a good night-s sleep# 1 man came to me in Toronto and said he
had not had a night-s rest for three years and that he had lost the power to sleep# $e also said he had
lost his bsinessB what cold we do for him6 I said, !I command yo in the name of the Lord @ess to
go home and sleep#" Withot /estioning me frther he went home, and at eight o-cloc) the ne't
morning he rng me p and said, !Can I see yo6 I want to see yo soon# I have been sleeping at
night#" So he came, and then said, !Can yo give me power to get my bsiness bac)6" I said, !Come
to the meeting tonight#" $e said, !I will#" $e came, and the power of the Lord filled the place#
Conviction settled pon that man# 1 call was made to the altar# $e came, bt fell on the way# (od
saved him, and that was the trning point in his life and for his bsiness# Beloved, the power of the
$oly (host is within s to profit withal# $e says,
To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdomB to mother the
word of )nowledge by the same SpiritB to another faith by the same
SpiritB to another the gifts of healing by the same SpiritB to another
the wor)ing of miraclesB to another prophecyB to another
discerning of spiritsB to another divers )inds of tongesB to another
the interpretation of tonges+ Bt all these wor)eth that one and
the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will# ;
Corinthians ;<+H9;;
0al distinctly says that it is possible for any one man not to come behind in any gift according
to the measre of faith as he receives of the Lord @ess# *o dobt some of yo present have
sometimes thoght what a blessed thing it wold be if yo had been the Lirgin 3ary# Listen, !Blessed
is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which tho hast sc)ed# Bt he said, :ea rather, blessed are
they that hear the word of (od, and )eep it" CL)e ;;+<E,<HF# :o see a higher position than 3ary-s
is attained throgh simple faith in what the Scriptres say#
If we receive the Word of (od as it is given to s, there will be power in or bodies to claim
the gifts of (od, and it will ama&e the world when they see the power of (od manifested throgh
these gifts# I believe we are coming to a time when these gifts will be more distinctly manifested#
What can be more convincing6 1ye, $e is a lovely @ess# $e went forth from place to place, reb)ing
demons, healing the sic), and doing other wonderfl things# What was the reason6 (od was with $im#
Wherever there is a child of (od who dare receive the Word of (od and cherish it, there is
(od made manifest in the flesh, for the Word of (od is life and spirit and brings s into a place
where we )now that we have power with (od and with men, in proportion to or loyalty of faith in
the Word of (od#
*ow, beloved, I feel somehow that we have missed the greatest principle which nderlies the
baptism of the $oly Spirit# The greatest principle is that (od the $oly (host came into my body to
ma)e manifest the mighty wor)s of (od and that I may profit withal# *ot one gift alone, bt as (od the
$oly (host abides in my body I find $e fills it, and then one can trly say it is the nction of the $oly
,ne# It so fills s that we feel we can command demons to come ot of persons possessedB and when I
lay hands on the sic) in the name of the Lord @ess I reali&e that this body is the oter coil merely and
that within is the Son of (od# For I receive the Word of Christ and Christ is in me, the power of (od
is in me, and the $oly (host is ma)ing that Word a living Word, and the $oly (host ma)es me say,
!Come ot5" It is not Wigglesworth# It is the power of the $oly (host that ma)es manifest the glorios
presence of Christ#
0blished in Flmes of Fire
The 0lace of Lictory, @anary ;>;I
I am led this afternoon to deal with some important things that will be helpfl for s
afterwards# The thoght that has been pressing pon my mind for some time is the thoght of !abiding"
and the 8oy of being at that place where we can always cont pon being in the presence of power,
where we )now (od-s presence is with s, leading to the place where victory is assred## That is the
important trth I have been led to thin) of, and we are here to get hold of the thoght that if we )eep in
the right place with (od, (od can do anything with s#
I am going to trn to two or three passages of Scriptre# The first is L)e ?, first verse+
1nd @ess being fll of the $oly (host retrned from @ordan, and
was led by the Spirit into the wilderness#
3ar) spea)s abot being driven by the Spirit# Whatever either 3ar) or L)e means, there is
one thing certain, and that is this, there is a power, a ma8esty, falling on @ess, and $e is no longer the
same man % $e has now received this mighty anointing power of (od and in this place $e reali&es
that the only thing for $im to do is to sbmit, and as $e sbmits $e is more and more covered with
the power, and led by the Spirit# The $oly Spirit ta)es $im away into the wilderness, with its
dar)ness and great privations# For forty days $e was withot food, bt becase of the presence and
the power within and on $im, $e is certain of victory# With this power $e faces the wild beasts of
the wilderness and the privations as to every hman sstenance, and then at the end of forty days, in
that holy attainment, $e is broght into a state of persection and trial sch as probably has never
attac)ed a man before# 1nd in that place where $e is, (od sstains $im mightily# With what6 With
this holy % and I want yo to thin) abot it % this holy, blessed nction which is pon @ess, and
which so brings prophecy to bear pon Satan that @ess is li)e the pen of a ready writer, and slays
Satan every time with prophecy#
###@ess retrned in the power of the Spirit into (alilee+ and there
went ot a fame of him throgh all the region rond abot# 1nd he
taght in their synagoges, being glorified of all# L)e ?+;?,;A
I want yo to nderstand that after the trials, after all the temptations, and everything, $e came
ot more fll of (od, more clothed with the Spirit, more ready for the fight# The endement with
power had sch an effect pon $im that other people saw it and floc)ed to hear $im, and great
blessings came to the land# $e is among $is )insfol) and relations, and in the spirit of this )ind of
holy attainment $e goes into the synagoge# There was delivered to $im a roll of the boo), and $e
read+
The Spirit of the Lord is pon me, for he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor#### L)e ?+;H
I want yo to )eep before yo where the anointing came from# $ow was $e anointed6 $ow
did it come to $im6 :o )now how that was# 1nd in 8st the same manner I see that the $oly (host
also fell pon the disciples at 0entecost# I see that they were anointed with the same power, and I see
that they went forth and sccess attended their ministry ntil the power of (od swept throgh the
whole earth# I want yo to see that it was becase of this nction, this power, that when 0eter and
@ohn spo)e to the lame man at the gate of the temple, he was able to rise and leap for 8oy# The $oly
(host, coming pon an individal, is capable of changing him, and fertili&ing his spirital life, and
filling him with sch power, and grace, that he may not be able to say what cold not happen# What
can happen, what is possible, if we reach this place and )eep in it % abide in it6
Some people have an idea that they have to be doing something# I beseech yo, by the power
of the $oly (host today, that yo see that there is one thing only that is going to accomplish the
prposes of (od, and that is being in the Spirit# I don-t care how dry the land isB I don-t care how
thirsty the land is, or how many vessels or how few, that are rond abot, I beseech yo in the name
of @ess, that yo )eep in the Spirit# That-s the secret#
!Son of man, can these bones live6 1nd I answered, , Lord (od, Tho )nowest" C.&e)iel
JE+JF# When yo are in the Spirit and the dry bones are rond abot yo, and barren conditions all
abot yo, and yo thin) everything is e'actly opposite to yor desires, and yo can see no
deliverance by hman power, then, )nowing yor condition is )nown to (od and that (od wants men
and women who are willing to sbmit and sbmit, and yield and yield to the $oly Spirit ntil their
bodies are satrated and soa)ed with (od, yo reali&e that (od yor Father has yo in sch a
condition that at any moment $e can reveal $is will to yo#
*ow I want yo to nderstand that there is something more in it# I want yo to see that (od is
everything to s, and I believe that we have come to a place where we have to sbmit orselves to the
mighty nctioni&ing power of (od and where we shall see we are in the will of (od# 1nd I pray (od
the $oly (host that if $e does one thing among s this afternoon, it will be to show s or leanness,
or farness from this place# *ot that we are not in the rnning for it, bt what we want is a great
hnger and thirst for (od# $e said, !, ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord" C.&e)iel JE+?F# I
wold li)e yo to nderstand that (od spea)s first, and $e spea)s so lod and clear and so distinct
that this man who was filled with the Spirit hears every word# I want yo to nderstand that there is
not a move in the valleyB ntil the word of the Lord is ttered, the bones are as dry as at the beginning#
Bt what is the matter6 (od has spo)en and the message has gone forth# What is it6 1h5 it is only that
the Word of (od has gone forth throgh $is servant the prophet# The world has to be broght to a
)nowledge of the trth, bt that will only be broght abot throgh hman instrmentality, and that will
be when the hman instrment is at a place where he will say all that the $oly Spirit directs him to
say#
The man rose p, and clothed with divine power, he began to spea), he began to prophesyB
then there was a rattling among the bonesB bone to bone at the voice of the man filled with the Spirit of
the living (od# (od had given him the victory# (od in li)e manner wants to give s the victory# What
does the Word say6 !Be still, and )now that I am (od," C0salm ?I+;DF the place of tran/ility, where
we )now that $e is controlling and moving s by the mighty power of $is Spirit#
Beloved, that is the place which we reach# This prophecy is for s# Trly (od wants to begin
this in s# There are many dry places, what is that to do with yo6 The Lord-s hand is not shortened
that it cannot save# It is man-s e'tremity that (od finds to be $is opportnity, and it is for $is Word to
awa)en, !###all things are possible to him that believeth" C3ar) >+<JF# Bt if we are to do the will of
(od at the right time and place, we mst get into the Spirit and so give (od a fair chance#
!So I prophesied as I was commanded###" C.&e)iel JE+EF# $e 8st did what he was told to do#
It ta)es more to live in that place than any other I )now of% to live in that place where yo hear
(od-s voice# It is only by the power of the $oly Spirit that yo can do as yo are told /ic)ly, !###and
as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a sha)ing, and the bones came together, bone to his
bone" C.&e)iel JE+EF#
There is something worth yor notice in this# It is only the Spirit that can ma)e the croo)ed
straight# ,nly yield so that $e may have fll control of all yo are# We mst get to that place where
we shall see (od and )now $is voice when $e sends s with a message that brings life, power, and
victory, !###and MtheyN stood p pon their feet, an e'ceeding great army" C.&e)iel JE+;DF#
0blished in flames of Fire
The 3ight of the Spirit, September ;>;I
Shall we trn to the first chapter of the 1cts of the apostles6
The former treatise have I made, , Theophils, of all that @ess
began both to do and teach, ntil the day in which he was ta)en p,
after that he throgh the $oly (host had given commandments
nto the apostles whom he had chosen+ To whom also he shewed
himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs### 1nd,
being assembled together with them, commanded them that they
shold not depart from @ersalem, bt wait for the promise of the
Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me# For @ohn trly
bapti&ed with waterB bt ye shall be bapti&ed with the $oly (host
not many days hence# When they therefore were come together,
they as)ed of him, saying, Lord, wilt tho at this time restore again
the )ingdom to Israel6 1nd he said nto them, It is not for yo to
)now the times or the seasons, which the Father hath pt in his own
power# Bt ye shall receive power, after that the $oly (host is
come pon yo+ and ye shall be witnesses nto me both in
@ersalem, and in all @daea, and in Samaria, and nto the
ttermost part of the earth# 1cts ;+;9H
This morning I nderstand that or sb8ect is 0ower for Service, and 0ower in Service# It is a
very wonderfl sb8ect, and possibly we shall not be able today to define all its lines# Bt there is so
mch in it that we are comprehending now what was once blan)B there is mch now that we )now
abot, that we are not feeling after, not thin)ing abot, not spea)ing so mch abot as something not
yet /ite clearB bt we are spea)ing the things we do )now, and testifying to the things which we have
seen# *ow we are on the Roc)# We are nderstanding now what 0eter received on that memorable
day when or Lord said to him, !###tho art 0eter, and pon this roc) I will bild my chrchB and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against it" C3atthew ;I+;HF#
We are standing now on the fondation, the Roc), Christ, the Word, the living Word# The
power is contained in sbstance there# Christ is the sbstance of or faith# $e is the hope of or
inheritance, $e is the sbstance and sm of or whole convention, and otside that we are altogether
otside the plan of the great ideal of this convention# Christ the centre, !###ye shall receive power,
after that the $oly (host is come pon yo###" C1cts ;+HF# @ess was living in the )nowledge of the
power# The Spirit of the Lord was pon $im#
These are some of the important lines that I want, (od breathing throgh me, to deal with
today % the fact of power being there, the fact of a )nowledge of the power, the fact of the sbstance
being there, the fact of that which is being created, or breathed in, or formed by (od $imself in the
individal# We have come into a new order, we are dwelling in a place where Christ is the whole
sbstance, where man is bt the carcass or the clay, and the Word of (od the temple# Within the
temple there is a living principle laid down of roc), the Word of the living (od, formed in s, and a
thosand times more mighty than !me," in thoght, in langage, in activity, in movementB there is an
nction, a force, a power mightier than dynamite, more strong than the mightiest gn that has ever been
made, and able to resist the greatest pressre that the devil can bring against it# 3ighty power has no
might against this almighty power# When we spea) abot evil power, we spea) abot mighty powerB
when we spea) abot almighty power, we spea) abot a sbstance of roc) dynamite diffsing throgh
the hman, displaying its might and bringing everything into insignificance#
I want yo to thin) well ot what I am saying# I want s this morning to be able to lay
everything down on the Word# They that !###)now their (od shall be strong, and do e'ploits" C4aniel
;;+J<F# The $oly (host has come with one definite prpose, to reveal nto s the Father and the Son
in all Their different branches of helpflness to hmanity, displaying almighty power that the wea)
may be made strongB bringing sic)ness into sch a display of the revelation of the blood of Christ, of
the atonement on Calvary, that the evil power of disease is con/ered and cleared ot#
There is in this baptism of the $oly (host a holy boldnessB not sperstition, bt a boldness
which stands nflinchingly and really on what the Word of (od says# To have holy boldness is to live
in the $oly (host, to get to )now the principles that are wor)ed ot by $im# It says that !@ess began
to teach#" $e did not have to begin to teach in order that they might nderstand $is plan, bt $e began
to teach# Then I mst nderstand that as $e lived in this blessed, sweet fellowship with $is Father,
and wor)ed and operated becase $is Father wor)ed, therefore I mst learn that the blessed
principles of divine order are in me, and that I am e'isting only for $im, so long as I am not# $e is,
and oght to be always in preeminence# Then there is no fear# 0erfect love, perfect )nowledge of
(od, of @ess, brings me to the state where there is no fear# *ow there is another order which is
Christ wor)ing in me and bringing every thoght into sb8ection, every desire into a divine plan of
desire, and now I am wor)ing on a new plan % Christ performing, and !me" ceasing, and the wor)
accomplished#
:o say !$ow6" I am going to mention a few things for the helpflness of or morning# :o
cannot have holy boldness withot yo )now (odB and do not attempt to e'ercise it withot yo )now
$im# 4aniel wold never have entered into the lions- den if he had not )nown (od# What did the )ing
say6 The )ing said this+ !4aniel### is thy (od, whom tho servest continally, able to deliver thee6"
C4aniel I+<DF# !, )ing, live for ever# 3y (od hath sent his angel, and hath sht the lions- moths, that
they have not hrt me###" C4aniel I+<;,<<F# The moths of the lions were not sht in the denB and yet
they were# The lions- moths were sht when the decree was signed# :o will always find that
victory is at the moment when yo open the door of yor heart to believing#
I landed one day in a place where there was a great deal of strife and friction# I had a letter of
introdction to a stranger, and did not )now a single person in the place# I broght a letter to this man
and he read it, and he said, !This letter is from Ma brother in the LordN of Cleveland# I )now him# The
letter mentions mch abot yo# There will be an open door for yo here# Instantly after that he said,
!(o ot and visit these different people" % he gave me their names % !and then come bac) to
dinner#" 1s soon as I got bac) a little bit late, he said, !I am sorry yo are late for dinner, we have
had dinner, and for this reason+ 1 yong man has been here heartbro)en# $e was going to marry a
beatifl yong woman# She is dying, and the doctor is by her side and cannot help her# That yong
man has promised to be here and will be here in a minte# :o better get ready#" !I am ready now#"
@st as I commenced my dinner, in came this man bro)enhearted# I did not /estion him# I went with
him, and we got to the hose# The mother met me at the door bro)enhearted# I said to her, !Cheer p#
Shew me the girl, ta)e me to herB it will be all right in a minte or two# I was ta)en right into the
hose pstairs, and there in bed the yong woman lay# She was 8st a travailing, poor sol# I said to
her, !It will be all right in a minte or two#" Then I said, !Come ot5" 1nd instantly she was healed#
$oly boldness5 What do yo mean by holy boldness6 We may say that there is a divine position
where the hman may dwell, and where he has sch a )nowledge of (od that he )nows (od will not
fail him# It is not a miracle, thogh it seems sometimes almost as if it has a measre of it# It does not
act sometimes e'actly as the hman mind wold have it to act# (od does not act that way# It is very
often in /ite an opposite line altogether# What I want yo to )now is this % (od has a plan for $is
child# What came ot of that case that I have 8st mentioned6 There is the secret#
The doctor came a short time after that girl had been healed, and cold not nderstand it# $e
saw this yong woman, and she was dressed and downstairs in ten mintes after having been made
well# While she was dressing, other for people were definitely healed# What was (od-s prpose6
That yong doctor had been investigating this power of healing, and he cold not find a single person
who was able to heal ths# $e said to the yong woman, !1re yo down6" !:es#" !Come here# 1
yong man" % she called me a yong man % !from .ngland has been broght, and I was instantly
healed#" !Come here," and then he too) her and pressed his long finger into the soft of that tmor# It
wold have made her scream had she still had appendicitis# Bt he cold not feel any symptom, and
he said, !This is (od, this is (od#"
1nything else6 :es# They had bilt a new place there, and they had not it fll# Bt the leader
said, !I am going to prophesy that or place won-t hold the people#" *either wold it# 1nything else6
:es, (od healed over two hndred people in that place# Brothers and sisters, it is not we# I am as
conscios as anything that it is 8st as @ess said in the forteenth chapter of @ohn-s gospel+
###the words that I spea) nto yo I spea) not of myself+ bt the
Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the wor)s# @ohn ;?+;D
Is not that beatifl6 @st thin) of it, some of yo people who have been so bsy in arranging
plans for preaching# Thin) how wonderfl it is when the $oly (host comes and ta)es possession, and
8st tters throgh yo sch things as are needed#
Some people say, !4o these things last6" 0raise (od, $is trth never fails to lastB it goes on
lasting# I had a letter the other day from 1lbany, abot seventy miles from ,regon# This person had
never written to me since I was there# The letter ran li)e this+ !:o remember my ta)ing yo to my
wife-s brother who had lost all power of reason and everything#" 4rin) and the power of the devil
had laid hold on him# !3y brother has been perfectly whole ever since, and has never tasted
alcohol#" !:e shall have power#" (lory to (od5 I reali&e this+ that if I will be still, (od can wor)B if
I will be sre that I pay the price, and not come ot of the divine order, (od will srely wor)#
Let me say a word to yor hearts# 3ost of s here this morning are diligently see)ing (od-s
best# We feel that we wold pay any price for $is best# (od )nows my heart# I have not an atom of
desire otside the perfect will of (od, and (od )nows that# Bt Wigglesworth, li)e everybody else,
occasionally has to come to this+ !What is p with me6 I do not feel the nctionB" and if there is
anything to repent of, I get right down before (od and get it ot# :o cannot cover sins over, or cover
falts overB they mst be gotten to the bottom of# :o cannot have the nction, and the $oly (host
power, and the life of Christ, and the manifest glory % it cannot come e'cepting throgh self9
abasement, complete rennciation of self, with (od only enthroned, and Wigglesworth dead# It mst
be of (od, and if he will only e'amine the conditions and act pon them, I tell yo things wold come
off wonderflly#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The deliverances of the Lord are as high as the
righteosness of heavenB the prity of $is saints as white as the linenB and the divine principles of $is
gracios will can only flow ot when $e is enthroned within# Christ first, last, always Christ#
Throgh Christ and by the name of @ess, whatever yo shall as) in 3y name I will do#"
I repeat, people sometimes say, !4o these things last, is this thing permanent6" The baptism of
the $oly (host in my life is as a river flowing on# .ight years ago, and the tide rises higher and
higher# $oliness, prity of heart, divine thoghts and revelations of (od, are far in advance of what
they were even a short time ago# We are living in a divine place where the Lord is blessedly having
$is way# I want yo to hear what I have got to say abot one or two things# Some people can have
things rbbed ot, bt I want (od 1lmighty to do something now that cannot be rbbed ot# We are
definitely told in the Word of (od that if we as) of the $oly Spirit, $e will give# We hear people
give that ot /ite easily, bt I find that many people who dwell pon that do not get it# I )now when a
man is bapti&ed of the $oly (host# There is a )indred spirit with a person who is bapti&ed of the $oly
(host that there is not in any other person# The $oly (host is given to those who obey#
That obey what6 What @ess said# What did @ess say6 !Tarry, till ye receive#" Is not that
clear6 That is Scriptre# :o need not have anything more scriptral than that#
*ow the reason why (od the $oly (host brings me into this place this morning is becase I
love the chrch of (odB and when I hear men and women who are saved as mch as I am % when I
hear them on a line that I )now is not according to the Spirit of (od, I )now e'actly what spirit they
are of# (od save s from bilding p on or own imagination# Let s bild p on what the Word of
(od says# We shall never be strong e'cept as we believe what (od says# If (od tells me that 0al
was the chiefest of sinners, I say I will believe it, I will believe it forever# Whatever the $oly (host
says throgh $is Word, I believe it, and )eep to it, and I will not move from it# 1nd the $oly (host
says I will have power after $e comes pon me throgh @ess#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !They that fear the Lord and they that )eep $is
commandments shall have the goodness of the landB and they that will do $is will shall )now the
doctrine, and (od will declare nto their hearts the perfectness of $is way# For there is a way that
seemeth right nto a man, bt the way of that is deathB bt the way of righteosness bringeth to pass
that (od-s Word is tre#"
I am so pleased becase there is a thoght coming into my heart that yo oght all to )now# I
believe there is a great need today of finding or place in the $oly (host# It wold save s from sch
a lot of brdens and many things# I am going to give yo a little illstration# There is a dear woman at
or hose who loo)s after my affairs# .verlastingly she becomes a real slave servant# I often thin) she
does so mch that is not needed# She is a slave servantB that is her disposition# There are many of
them# We have a lot in or place that (od has been blessing, and who have come ot to spea) for $im
in different places# She thoght she oght to do the same# There were many invitations, and she too)
one of these invitations on# She loo)ed timid and said she had to ta)e this service# I got p with the
needed boldness and set to wor) to strip away that which was casing this timidity# With her heart
fll, she went ot and got someone else, and instantly she fond relief# She came bac) with her face
beaming# !What-s p6" I as)ed# She said, !I-ve got relieved#" The brden was gone#
Some people, 8st becase they have been bapti&ed with the $oly (host and with fire, thin)
they have to go and be preachers# It is a thosand pities that it is so# It is good that that desire is in
yor heart, bt it may not be (od-s prpose for yo# If yo wold get to )now yor place in the $oly
(host, it wold save yo from strggles and brdens, and relieve the whole sitation# (et to )now
yor place in the $oly (host and (od will bless yo#
There are hearts here crshed becase they are not able to sing li)e or Welsh brother# Bt it
wold not do for s all to be li)e him# We shold be brea)ing all the pots in the hose if we were all
li)e him# We have all to get to )now or position in the $oly (host# (od can wor) it so beatiflly,
and harmoni&e it so that there will not be a thing ot of order# (od will pt yo in the place yo are to
occpy, if yo will as) and trst $im for itB and yo will live in the $oly (host so that $is glory shall
be always pon yo# If yo miss it, say, li)e 4avid, !Lord, restore nto me the 8oy of thy salvation"
C0salm A;+;<F# If yo feel ot of toch with (od, get bac) to Calvary, )eep near the crossB let the (od
of glory glorify $imself in yo#
It is marvelos how all the gifts of the Spirit may be manifested in some people# .verybody
ac/ainted with me )nows that I was short of speech and slow at everything, and all ot of order# 3y
wife sed to preach, and I carried the babies and the boots and everything# Then there came a time
when my wife cold not be there and I was forced to roll in somehow, and I rolled in, and was very
glad to roll ot many a time# Bt it is marvelos now# 1s a vocation (od has allowed every one of
the nine gifts to be ministered throgh me# There is not a single gift bt what has been ministered
throgh me# What I mean is this# :o won-t hear me say that I have got these gifts, bt living in the
$oly (host, yo are in a place in which (od can manifest anything at any needed moment# :o may
live in that glorios attitde, and then it is heaven to live, it is heaven to eat, it is heaven to sleep, it is
heaven all the timeB and when heaven comes it will never be a brea)ing of the cas)et, bt only more
flness, for already the )ingdom of heaven is within#
3y speech is a heart speech this morning# It is no good my spea)ing withot I spea) from the
heart# I have pt my hands to this wor), and I feel that (od the $oly (host has done something, and I
want 8st to spea) abot it in closing# I )now yo will believe it, I )now it is tre# (od has helped me
to go into different places and bring abot revivals# ,ver and over again, revivals begin with people
who are bapti&ed, and (od does great things# Last night there was in one of these rooms a preacher#
There he was# $e )nelt down# $e was a stiff as a board# :o want to have discernment to see
whether there is reality# $e was frightened to let go# I said, !Come, brother, receive the $oly (host#"
!I cannot#" !:o are not in earnest, yo are not realB there is no bsiness abot yo, yo mst begin to
move# Receive the $oly (host#" Then with a )nowledge that he was being really stirred p,
according to (od-s divine order, I pt my hands on him and said, !Receive the $oly (host," and (od
the $oly (host shoo) him from top to bottom, inside ot, and what a wonderfl baptism he had5
Brothers and sisters, do yo want the $oly (host6 Some hymns are sng abot the breath of
the $oly (host# We read that !@ess breathed pon them," and they received the nction in the
breathing# 1s people breathe in the $oly (host they become so possessed with the power of (od that
they have no possessions in themselvesB they simply fall into (od, and (od ta)es possession of
everything % hands and feet and body and tonge for the glory of (od# 3y heart yearns for yo to be
so filled with the divine power of the $oly (host that yo will go bac) from these meetings into yor
own meetings and assemblies in the order of (od % not ta)ing notice of yor flness, bt having the
fact remaining in yo that yo have power, and letting the Word of (od so act pon the power that
(od will let it flow throgh yo to others# By what6 $is way# :o cannot bapti&e people, bt $is
way can do it# $ow6 Receive ye the $oly (hostB let $im have $is way#
0blished in Flames of Fire
The Way to ,vercome### Believe5 ;>;E
First @ohn A# The greatest wea)ness in the world is nbelief# The greatest power is the faith
that wor)eth by love# Love, mercy, and grace bind faith# There is no fear in love and no /estion as to
being caght p when @ess comes# The world is filled with fear, torment, remorse, and bro)enness,
bt faith and love are sre to overcome# !Who is he that overcometh the world, bt he that believeth
that @ess is the Son of (od6" C; @ohn A+AF# (od hath established the earth and hmanity on the lines
of faith# 1s yo come into line, fear is cast ot, the Word of (od comes into operation and yo find
bedroc)# The way to overcome is to believe @ess is the Son of (od# The commandments are
wrapped p in it#
When there is a fidelity between yo and (od and the love of (od is so real that yo feel yo
cold do anything for @ess, all the promises are yea and amen to those who believe# :or life is
centered there# 1lways overcoming what is in the world#
Who )eepeth the commandments6 The born of (od# !:e are of (od, little children, and have
overcome them+ becase greater is he that is in yo, than he that is in the world" C; @ohn ?+?F# They
that believe, love# When did $e love s6 When we were in the mire# What did $e say6 Thy sins are
forgiven thee# Why did $e say it6 Becase $e loved s# What for6 That $e might bring many sons
into glory# $is ob8ect6 That we might be with $im forever# 1ll the pathway is an edcation for this
high vocation and calling# This hidden mystery of love to s, the ndeserving5 For or sins the doble
blessing, !###whatsoever is born of (od overcometh the world+ and this is the victory### even or
faith" C; @ohn A+?F# $e who believeth % to believe is to overcome# ,n the way to .mmas @ess,
beginning from 3oses and all the prophets, interpreted to them in all the Scriptres the things
concerning $imself CL)e <?+<EF# $e is the root5 In $im is life# When we receive Christ, we receive
(od and the promises C(alatians J+<>F, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit throgh faith# I
am heir to all the promises becase I believe# 1 great heirship5 I overcome becase I believe the
trth# The trth ma)es me free#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is (od who e'alteth, (od who ma)eth rich# The
Lord in $is mighty arms bears thee p % it is the Lord that encompasseth rond abot thee# When I
am wea), then I am strong#"
*o wavering5 This is the principle# $e who believes is definite, and becase @ess is in it, it
will come to pass# $e is the same yesterday, today, and forever C$ebrews ;J+HF# They that are poor
in spirit are heirs to all# There is no limit to the power, for (od is rich to all who call pon $im# *ot
the will of the flesh, bt of (od C@ohn ;+;JF# 0t in yor claim for yor children, yor families, yor
co9wor)ers, that many sons may be broght to glory C$ebrews <+;DF, for it is all on the principle of
faith# There is nothing in my life or ambition e/al to my salvation, a spirital revelation from heaven
according to the power of (od, and it does not matter how many flashlights Satan sends throgh the
hman mindB roll all on the blood# Who overcomes6 $e who believes @ess is the Son C; @ohn A+AF#
(od calls in the person with no credentials, it-s the order of faith, $e who believeth overcometh %
will be caght p# The $oly (host gives revelation all along the line# $e that is not against s is for
s, and some of the most godly have not toched 0entecost yet# We mst have a good heart especially
to the hosehold of faith# !###If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him" C; @ohn
<+;AF# The root principle of all trth in the hman heart is Christ, and when grafted deeply there are a
thosand lives yo may win# @ess is the way, the trth, and the life C@ohn ;?+IF, the secret to every
hard problem in the world#
:o can-t do it5 @oseph cold not5 .verything depends on the principles in yor heart# If (od
dwells in s the principle is light, it comprehends dar)ness# If thine eye be single, thy whole body
shall be fll of light, brea)ing throgh the hardest thing# !$erein is or love made perfect, that we may
have boldness in the day of 8dgment+ becase as he is, so are we in this world C; @ohn ?+;EF % for
faith has fll capacity# When man is pre and it is easy to detect dar)ness, he that hath this hope
prifieth himself C; @ohn J+JF#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od confirms in s faith that we may be refined in
the world, having neither spot nor blemish nor any sch thing# It is all on the line of faith, he that hath
faith overcomes % it is the Lord Who prifieth and bringeth where the fire brns p all the
dross, and anoints with fresh oilB see to it that ye )eep pre# (od is separating s for $imself#
!###I will give yo a moth and wisdom, which all yor adversaries will not be able to gainsay
nor resist" CL)e <;+;AF# The $oly Spirit will tell yo in the moment what yo shall say# The world
will not nderstand yo, and yo will find as yo go on with (od that yo do not nderstand flly# We
cannot comprehend what we are saved to, or from# *one can e'press the 8oy of (od-s indwelling#
The $oly Spirit can say throgh yo the need of the moment# The world )noweth s not becase it
)new $im not#
!Who is he that overcometh the world, bt he that believeth @ess is the Son of (od6" C; @ohn
A+AF# 1 place of confidence in (od, a place of prayer, a place of )nowledge, that we have what we
as), becase we )eep $is commandments and do the things that are pleasing in $is sight# .noch
before his translation had the testimony, he had been well9pleasing nto (od# We overcome by
believing#
0blished in Flames of Fire
Faith Is the Sbstance5 Febrary ?, ;>;E
$ebrews ;;# Faith is the evidence, the assrance that the word that (od hath said is tre# It is
the gift of (od#
7ncloded faith has entered in to prove all things and believe all things#
!###all men have not faith" C< Thessalonians J+<F# Those of faith in (od are determined that no
man shall ta)e their crown# They see the promise# See the thing there and claim it from (od# It is
always more than one can carry5 It not only helps yo, bt all who believe the report# 1 living Word,
/ic)ened by a living faith, brings forth the evidence, which thogh not seen is there# 3en of grace
have fond glory begn below#
(od roc)ed in a man ma)es a man roc)ed in (od and so sbmitted to (od that there is no
careflness# 3oses with his face9to9face commnion cold say, !If these men die the common death
of all men### then the
Lord hath not sent me" C*mbers ;I+<>F % 8stice against all morners, grmblers and
nbelievers# (od can so fill a man with $is Spirit that he can lagh and believe in the face of a
thosand difficlties# @osha dealt with the wedge of gold and the Babylonish garment, bt sin had to
be removed and the saints mst ever say 1men5 to the 8dgments of (od which wor) ot $is prpose#
$e spa)e and it was done, for faith is a sbstittionary wor) of grace and an impted righteosness#
!They that trst in the Lord shall be as mont 2ion, which cannot be removed, bt abideth for ever"
C0salm ;<A+;F, becase they have )ept $is Word# =eep $is Word at all costs# Faith5 The sbstance
of faith wroght ot by the will of (od within yo, a living faith given by (od# We are so saved that
all things are possible# *othing of this world e'isted, it was broght forth by the Word of (od# Faith
is creative# The walls of @ericho will fall, 1bel offered his offering on the lines that (od approved# If
we have any faith it is throgh the blood of @ess# (od has respect to the blood# Will not (od avenge
$is own elect CL)e ;H+EF6 :ea, I tell yo, $e will avenge them speedily Cv# HF# Who are they6
Blood9boght ones % greater than @ohn % by faith .noch pleased (od % 0eter on the mont said,
!###let s ma)e three tabernacles### there was a clod that overshadowed them### they saw no man any
more, save @ess only###" C3ar) >+A,E,HF# @ess is all we need# Faith is loyalty to @ess, belief on the
basis of the blood# Becase of this testimony of faith (od moved with @ess#
*oah was a preacher of righteosness ;<D yearsB he never wavered or lost the reality of (od#
There was no sea near, bt (od had said $e wold send a flood, it was sfficient# The fear of (od
has a principle in it which brings peace# Real faith has perfect peace and 8oy and a shot at any time#
It always sees the victory# Real faith bilt the ar), bt real faith did not sht the door# (od did that# $e
does what yo cannot do# When they were all in, (od sht the door# When (od shts no man can
open# When yo are all sht in, it is sre to come to pass# 1s the large ship on the ocean roc)s in the
storm, the natral man says fearflly, !4o yo thin) we shall ever land6" bt to the man of (od %
peace# $e holdeth the sea in the hollow of $is hand#
0eace, perfect peace, in this dar) world of sin, in the world triblation, bt in 3e, peace# The
men of grace have fond glory begn below# Throgh all the nrest of the times6 :es5 !Tho wilt
)eep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee###" CIsaiah <I+JF# !###perfect
love casteth ot fear### C; @ohn ?+;HF# 0erfect love, perfect peace#
(od said to 1braham+ !(o" and he went# $e was a stranger in the land, bt (od broght him
into possession becase he believed# 1ll this is for s, for them it was natral lives, for s spirital
progress, and we are both to be perfected together# The Word of the Lord endreth forever# 4id they
get in6 :es5 $ave yo6 When they believed (od wor)ed ot a plan# Bt now they desire a better
contry, wherefore (od is not ashamed to be called their (od, $e hath prepared for them a city# 1
baptism of the $oly (host according to the Word#
The 8st shall hold constant commnion with (od and be so wroght pon by the SpiritB and
by the Spirit shall wor)s of righteosness be manifested from strength to strength, 8dging all things
and holding fast that which is good# !###.ye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which (od hath prepared for them that love him# Bt (od hath revealed them
nto s by his Spirit+ for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of (od" C; Corinthians
<+>,;DF# 1 sbstance of faith beyond all that has gone before % they desire a better contry % that is,
a heavenly# They saw % were persaded % embraced % confessed, i#e#, they lived in the power of
them# Trly, beloved, (od hath prepared for s wonderfl things#
1ddress given at Rowland Street 3ission
*ot 4rn) bt Filled, 1pril ;>;E
.phesians A+;H9<D#I mst see to it that I am filled with the $oly Spirit-s power and be carefl
not to rest in any gift# We have here the contrary spectacle in a man drn) with wine# What are the
special characteristics of a man so possessed6
$e is not carefl, he is nder the control of another spirit managing him and believes# We mst
be carefl not to choose bt to let (od-s $oly Spirit manage or lives, not to smooth down and
e'plain away, bt to stir p the gift and allow (od-s Spirit to distrb s and distrb s and distrb s
ntil we yield and yield and yield and the possibility in (od-s mind for s becomes an established
fact in or lives, with the rivers in evidence meeting the need of a dying world# The drn)en man is
not carefl what people thin) or who sees him or what langage he tters%he is nder the control of
another# So let s be carefl not to ta)e control# (od-s Spirit which is pon me, filling me, is better
than my best, and will press me on to a &eal for (od as was manifested in my Lord# $is disciples
remembered it was written !###the &eal of thine hose hath eaten me p###" C0salm I>+>F#
,h5 to be pressed on ths# 7nreserved for (od, to se my moth, my brain, my all5 To be
filled with the $oly (host# Is it for me6 ,h, yes5 !###the promise is nto yo, and to yor children, and
to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord or (od shall call" C1cts <+J>F# ,ne passion mst
possess me%to be filled with the $oly Spirit# 1re we so thoghtfl5 thoghtless5 for (od to have s
all to $imself# !Spea)ing to yorselves in psalms and hymns and spirital songs, singing and ma)ing
melody in yor heart to the Lord" C.phesians A+;>F# 1 drn)en man has his thoghts, his moth, his
body, nder the control of another# So my thoghts, my moth, my body, mst be nder the control of
(od-s $oly Spirit# Is it not lovely6 Spirital songs % the tonge of the learnedB we cannot rest ntil
we are /ite fll#
What has the $oly (host come to do6 To reprove the world of sin# !###when he is come, he
will reprove the world of sin###" C@ohn ;I+HF# *ow5 Throgh $is indwelling pressre in the hearts of
$is children, !###)now ye not that yor body is the temple of the $oly (host### therefore glorify (od in
yor body###" C; Corinthians I+;>,<DF# We cannot reprove the world of sin nless we )eep in the
place where $e can rest in $is love and 8oy over s with singing# !$e broght me to the ban/eting
hose, and his banner over me was love" CSong of Solomon <+?F# !(iving than)s always for all things
nto (od and the Father in the name of the Lord @ess Christ" C.phesians A+<DF# If we are filled with
the Spirit, in the hard place where the test comes li)e the three $ebrew children % or testimony is,
!###we are not carefl to answer thee in this matter### or (od whom we serve is able to deliver s
from the brning fiery frnace, and he will deliver s###" C4aniel J+;I,;EF# :o cannot give than)s
nder sch circmstances nless yo are filled with the Spirit# :e are not yor own#
3other5 3other5 3other5 3y brother has bro)en the basin pstairs % all the hose in a
tmlt5 :o can /ieten them in the Spirit and still give than)s# 0al said, !I )now both how to be
abased, and I )now how to abond###" C0hilippians ?+;<F, !###as having nothing, and yet possessing all
things" C< Corinthians I+;DF# $e had no need to draw on the ban) when he had something, bt to have
nothing is a rich place, it is a wonderfl process5 % it only comes to drn)en people# $ere is a
drn)en man singing, mttering, tal)ing, what is it6 It is another spirit# So the spirital man can rest in
the $oly (host and give than)s#
,h5 beloved, to have nothing and yet to possess all things# 0oor, yet when I feel so, it trns me
on to the resorces of (od % to ma)e many rich5 What a condition to be in, to grow in# :o )now a
man at first ta)es one glass, then twenty glasses, bt when seasoned with the grace of (od, ta)ing in,
ta)ing in, ntil we can re8oice in the hard corner, grace increasing in s from the bondless, endless
sorce, it-s wonderfl5 ,nly those can give than)s whom (od has in control# $e abideth a /ic)ening
spirit, an increasing power when once the Lord has laid hold of s, bringing s to a place of rest in
$im# Let s re8oice, giving than)s all the time % this is the will of (od#
What is (od-s will towards me+ when $e gave me @ess $e gave me all# Lay me down a law
where it will always wor)5 Contine to believe @ess is the Son of (od# Can yo ma)e yorself
drn)6 We can believe5 Simplicity will do it % yieldedness will do it % faith will assist it# The man
drn) with wine says everybody is drn) bt him# 3ay (od the $oly (host ma)e me so nconscios
of my condition in the Spirit, so hngry, so thirsty, that I see everyone has more than me# (od can do
it, it means mch# @ess says % !I give yo 3y life, it is to become in yo a prodction of what I am#"
!###be not drn) with wine### bt be filled with the Spirit" C.phesians A+;HF#
0blished in Flames of Fire
,r Living $ope, 3ay 9 @ne ;>;E
1ccording to his abndant mercy hath begotten s again nto a
lively hope by the resrrection of @ess Christ from the dead# ;
0eter ;+J
In ; Corinthians ;A we read of the glorios fact of Christ the firstfrits# 1 farmer goes over
his land eagerly scanning the first ears of corn that show themselves above the soil becase he )nows,
as the first beginnings, so may the harvest be# 1nd 8st in the measre as @ess Christ is risen from the
dead, so are we# !###as he is, so are we in this world" C; @ohn ?+;EF# Christ is now getting the chrch
ready for translation# $ere we read in 0eter, we are !### begotten### again nto a lively hope by the
resrrection of @ess Christ from the dead#" ,h, to be changed % a living fact in the body# @st as in
the flesh @ess trimphed by the Spirit# ,h, to be li)e $im5 What a living hope it is5
0al and 0eter were very little together, bt both were inspired to bring before the vision of
the chrch this wonderfl trth of the living being changed# If Christ rose not, or faith is vain, we are
yet in or sins, it has no fondation# Bt Christ has risen and become the firstfrits, and we have now
the glorios hope that we shall be so changed# We who were not a people are now the people of (od#
Born ot of de time, ot of the mire, to be among princes# Beloved, (od wants s to see the
preciosness of it# It will drive away the dllness of lifeB it is here set above all other things# @ess
gave all for this treasre# $e prchased the field becase of the pearl, the pearl of great price % the
sbstratm of hmanity# @ess prchased it, and we are the pearl of great price for all time# ,r
inheritance is in heaven, and in ; Thessalonians ?+;H we are told to comfort one another with these
words#
What can yo have better in the world than the hope that in a little while the change will come#
It seems sch a short time since I was a boyB in a little while I shall be changed by $is grace and be
more than a con/eror in an inheritance incorrptible, ndefiled, that fadeth not away C; 0eter ;+?F#
The inheritance is in yo, something that is done for yo, accomplished by (od for yoB a wor) of
(od wroght ot for s by $imself, an inheritance incorrptible# When my daghter was in 1frica she
often wrote of things !corroding#" We have a corrptible natre, bt, as the natral decays, the
spirital man is at wor)# 1s the corrptible is doing its wor), we are changing#
When will it be seen6 When @ess comes# 3ost beatifl of all, we shall be li)e $im# What is
the process6 (race5 What can wor) it ot6 Love5 Love5 Love5 It cannot be rendered in hman
phrases# (od so loved that $e gave @ess#
There is something very wonderfl abot being ndefiled, there in the presence of my =ing to
be ndefiled, never to change, only to be more beatifl# 7nless we )now something abot grace and
the omnipotence of $is love, we shold never be able to grasp it# Love, fathomless as the sea# (race
flowing for yo and for me#
$e has prepared a place for s, a place which will fit in beatiflly, with no fear of anyone
else ta)ing itB reserved# When I went to certain meeting I had a seat reserved and nmbered# I cold
wal) in any time# What is there in the reserving6 $aving a place where we can see $imB the very seat
we wold have chosen# $e )nows 8st what we want5 There will be no bro)enness or 8ar or wish to
have come sooner# $e has made s for the place# The beginning of all 8oys# $e loved me soB no 8ar
throghot all eternity# Will yo be there6 Is it possible for s to miss it6 We are )ept by the power of
(od, throgh faith, nto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time C; 0eter ;+AF#
What is there pecliar abot it6 The flness of perfection, the ideal of love % the beatitdes
wor)ed in# The poor in spirit, the morners, the mee), the hngry and thirsty, the mercifl, the pre %
all ready to be revealed at the appearing of @ess Christ C; 0eter ;+I,EF# :o cold not remain there
bt for the prifying, the perfecting, the establishingB wor)ing ot $is perfect will when ready5
Refined enogh, yo will go# Bt there is something to be done yet to establish yo, to ma)e yo
prer# 1 great price has been paid# The trial of yor faith is more precios than gold that perisheth#
C3en are losing their heads for gold#F 1nd we mst give all, yield all, as or (reat Refiner pts s
again and again in the melting potB what for6 To lose the chaff, that the pre gold of $is presence is so
clearly seen and $is glorios image reflected# From glory to glory even by the Spirit of the Lord# We
mst be steadfast, immovable, ntil all $is prposes are wroght ot#
0raising (od on this line in a meeting is a different thing to the time when yo are faced with a
hard careerB there mst be no perishing thogh we are tried by fire# What is going to appear at the
appearing of @ess6 Faith5 Faith5 The establishing of yor heart by the grace of the Spirit, not to crsh,
bt to refineB not to destroy, bt to enlarge yo# ,h, beloved, to ma)e yo )now the enemy as a
defeated foe, and @ess not only con/ering bt displaying the spoils of con/est# The pre in heart
shall see (od# If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be fll of light# What is it6 Loyalty to the
Word by the power of the blood# :o )now yor inheritance within yo is more powerfl than all that
is withot# $ow many have gone to the sta)e and throgh fiery persection6 4id they desire it6 Faith
tried by fire had power to stand all ridicle, all slander# The faith of the Son of (od who, for the 8oy
that was set before $im, endred the cross# ,h, the 8oy of pleasing $im# *o trial, no dar)nessB
nothing too hard for me# If only I may see the image of my Lord in it again and again# $e removes the
s)immings ntil in the melting pot $is face is seen# When it reflects $im, it is pre# Who is loo)ing
into or hearts6 Who is the refiner6 3y Lord# $e will only remove that which will hinder# ,h, I )now
the love of (od is wor)ing ot in my heart a great prpose of reality#
I remember going to the Crystal 0alace when (eneral Booth had a review of representatives
of the Salvation 1rmy from all nations# It was a grand sight as company after company with all their
pecliar characteristics passed a certain place where he cold view them# It was a wonderfl scene#
We are going to be presented to $im# The trials are getting s ready for the procession and the
presentation# We are to be a 8oy to loo) at, to be to $is praise and glory# *o one will be there bt the
tried by fire# Is it worth it6 :es, a thosand times# ,h, the ecstasy of e'alted pleasre# (od ths
reveals $imself to or hearts#
Lerse << Mof ; 0eter ;N spea)s of nfeigned faith and nfeigned love# What it means to have
nfeigned faith5 When ill9sed, pt to shame, or whatever the process, it never alters, only to be more
refined, more li)e nto $im# 7nfeigned love fll of appreciation for those who do not see eye to eye
with yo# !Father, forgive them#" Remember Stephen+ !###lay not this sin to their charge###" C1cts
E+IDF# 7nfeigned love is the greatest thing (od can bestow on my heart#
Lerse <J M; 0eter ;N shows we are saved by a power incorrptible % a process always
refining, a grace always enlarging, a glory always increasing, ths we are made neither barren nor
nfritfl, in the )nowledge of or Lord @ess Christ# The spirits of 8st men made perfect are
garnered in the treasry of the 3ost $igh# 0rified as sons# To go ot no more# To be as $e is %
holy, blameless# Throgh all eternity to ga&e pon $im with pre, nfeigned love# (od glorified in the
midst as the whole company of heaven cries ot+ !###$oly, holy, holy, Lord (od 1lmighty###"
CRevelation ?+HF# !###1nd this is the word which by the gospel is preached nto yo" C; 0eter ;+<AF#
$ow can we be sad, or hang or heads, or be distressed6 ,h, if we only )new how rich we
are5 Blessed be the name of the Lord#
1ddress given at Bowland Street 3ission, 3arch ;>;E 0blished in Confidence
,r (reat *eed, 0al-s Lision and the Baptism in the $oly (host, *ovember 9
4ecember ;>;E
I want to spea) this afternoon of 0entecost and the flness of the Spirit, and of what (od is
able to do with any man who is yielded to $im# We are here today for one prpose, and that is to
)indle one another with a holier &eal than ever has possessed s before# I believe there is a greater
need for s today in the world than ever# There is a more bro)en spirit abroad in or land than for a
long time past, and no one can meet the need today bt the man filled with (od# (od has promised to
fill s# :o may be filled with the mighty power of (od, and yet in a way not reali&e it, and yet )now
that yo are being sed by a power apart from yorself, a power that )eeps yo from self9e'hibition#
@st as the sn by its mighty power brings certain resorces to natre, so I believe the power of (od
in the hman sol, the power filling it with $imself, is capable, by living faith, of bringing
abot what otherwise cold never be accomplished# 3ay (od by $is Spirit this afternoon
prepare s for what $e has to say#
0art I
I want to draw yor attention to 1cts <I+;<9;>, where we are told of the light from heaven
and the voice which arrested 0al on his way to 4amascs, and of his conversion, and of the
commission given to him to go nto the (entiles to trn them from dar)ness to light, and from the
power of Satan nto (od, and of the fact that he was not disobedient nto the heavenly vision# :o
remember how it is stated in 1cts >, that for three days after this vision 0al was blindB he was in a
state in which he cold not see, in a state of bro)en heartedness, I sppose# 1nd then (od had him#
It is a wonderfl thing when (od gets yo# :o are not mch good for anything ntil (od gets
yo# When (od gets yo, yo are loose and yo are bondB yo are free, bt yo can act only as $e
wills for yo to actB and when yo act only for $im, there is in the process that which brings ot
something mighty for all time#
Well, 0al had first to come to this time of crying, weeping, contrition, heart9meltedness,
yieldedness# $e had done all he cold in the natral, bt the natral had only broght him to a bro)en
place, to blindness, to helplessness, and this mst come ot of 0al-s life before he cold have the life
of (od# When we have altogether parted with or own, as it were, then there is a possibility of (od-s
li)eness being made manifest in s, of the water of life filling s, and not only fertili&ing or own life,
bt
Flowing From 7s 1s 1 River
that will toch othersB and no one can tell what a river can do when it is set a flow by (od,
becase when (od is in the plan, everything wor)s mightily and harmoniosly# I pray (od the $oly
(host that at all times I shold cease from anything e'cept that thing which (od wants to bring ot,
and not I#
There are so many wonderfl things abot a life filled with the $oly (host that one feels
almost as if one were a machine and cold never stop spea)ing of them# There are so many
opportnities and sch greater forces that can never come along any other line# When @ess has come
to a place where $e will not ma)e bread for $imself, I find that $e reaches a place where $e can
ma)e bread for thosands# 1nd when I come to a place where I will not do anything for myself, then
(od will do something for me and
I Will (ladly 4o 1nything For $im
that $e may desire me to do# That is in the order of the baptism# It is when we cease to clothe
orselves that (od clothes s, and it is the clothing wherewith $e clothes s that covers all or
na)edness#
In his helplessness and bro)enness 0al cries+ !Lord, what wilt Tho have me to do6" That
cry reached to heaven, and as a reslt there came a holy man, toched with the same fire and &eal that
filled his 3aster, and he laid his hands pon 0al and said, !Receive thy sight, and be filled with the
$oly (host#"
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The living toch of the river of the life of (od is
that which ma)es all things a)in, and brings a celestial glory into the hman heart, and phrases that
meet the )indled desire therein#"
When (od moves a man, his body becomes a)in with celestial glory all the time, and the man
says things as he is led by the $oly (host who fills him# When we are filled with the $oly (host we
go forth to see things accomplished that we cold never see otherwise# First of all, 0al has a vision#
There is always a vision in the baptism of the Spirit# Bt visions are no good to me e'cept I ma)e
them real, e'cept I claim them as they come, e'cept I ma)e them my ownB and if yor whole desire is
to carry ot what the Spirit has revealed to yo by vision, it will srely come to pass# Lots of people
lac) the power becase they do not )eep the vision, becase they do not allow the fire which has
come to infse into them and contine to brn# There mst be
1 Continos Brning ,n The 1ltar
$oly (host power in a man is meant to be an increasing force, an enlargement# (od has never
anything of a diminishing type# $e is always going on# 1nd I am going on# 1re yo going on6 It is
necessary, I tell yo, to go on# :o mst not stop in the plainsB there are far greater things for yo on
the hilltops than in the plains#
@ess too) particlar care of 0alB $e did not rsh him throgh the bsiness# Some people
thin) that everything oght to be done
In 1 Tremendos $rry#
With (od it is not so# (od ta)es plenty of time, and $e has a wonderfl way of developing
things as $e goes along# *othing that yo nderta)e will fail, if only yo do not forget what $e has
told yo, and if yo act pon it# :o really cannot forget that which the $oly (host brings right into
yor heart as $is prpose for yo# 1 man bapti&ed by the $oly (host is no longer a natral manB he is
forced by the Spirit, he is trned into another man# @osha and Caleb cold not say anything less than
that !(od, who has ta)en s and let s see the land, $e will srely give s the land#"
Where are yo fi'ed6 Is (od the $oly (host arranging things for yo, or are yo arranging
things according to yor own plan6 1 man filled with the $oly (host has ceased to be, in a senseB he
has come to a rest, he has come to where (od is wor)ing, to a place where $e can !stand still and
see the salvation of the Lord#" What do I mean6 I mean that sch a man has ceased from his own
wor)s and abilities and associations# $e will not trst his own heartB he relies only on the omnipotent
power of the 3ost $igh, he is girded with 1nother# The man bapti&ed with the $oly (host will
always
=eep In Toch With The 3aster
in the passing crowd, or wherever he may be# $e has no room for anything that steps lower
than the nction that was on his 3aster, or for anything that hinders him from being abot his 3aster-s
bsiness# If yo are bapti&ed by the $oly (host, yo have no spirital food apart from the Word of
(od, yo have no resorces bt those that are heavenlyB yo have been !planted" with Christ, and
have !risen with $im," and yo are !seated with $im in heavenly placesB yor langage is a heavenly
langage, yor sorce of inspiration is a heavenly tochB (od is enthroned in yor whole life, and yo
see things !from above," and not from below#
1 man who is bapti&ed with the $oly (host has a @ess mission# $e )nows his vocation, the
plan of his life# (od spea)s to him so definitely and really that there is no mista)ing abot it# Than)
(od for the )nowledge which fi'es me so solidly pon (od-s Word that I cannot be moved from it by
any storm that may rage# The revelation of @ess to my sol by the $oly (host brings me to a place
where I am willing, if need be,
To 4ie ,n What The Word Says#
The three $ebrew children said !###we are not carefl to answer thee in this matter" C4aniel
J+;IFB and when a man of (od by the Spirit is /ic)ened he never moves toward, or depends pon,
natral resorces# The frnace !one seven times more" heated is of no conse/ence to the men who
have heard the voice of (odB the lions- den has no fearflness for the man who opens his windows
and tal)s to his Father# The people who live in the nction of the Spirit are ta)en ot of the world in
the sense that they are )ept in the world withot being defiled by the evil of the world#
0art II
Bt let s come bac) to this wonderfl vision that 0al had# I want yo to see how careflly
the Lord deals with him# !Bt rise, and stand pon thy feet+ for I have appeared nto thee for this
prpose, to ma)e thee a minister and a witness both of these things which tho hast seen, and of those
things in the which I will appear nto thee" C1cts <I+;IF# 4o not yo see how careflly the Lord
wor)s6 $e shows 0al the vision as far as 0al can ta)e it in, and then $e says+ !There are other
things in the day which I will again appear nto thee#" 4id $e ever appear nto 0al after that6
Certainly $e did# Bt 0al never lost this visionB he )ept it p, so to spea)# What was there in the
vision that held him in sch close association with @ess Christ that he was ready for every activity to
which he was led by the $oly (host6 There were certain things he had to do# Loo), for instance, at
(alatians ;+;A,;I# There yo will find a very wonderfl word % a word that has had a great
impression pon me in relation to the sb8ect of
The Contination ,f The Baptism#
!## #when it pleased (od, who separated me from my mother-s womb, and called me by his
grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathenB immediately I conferred not
with flesh and blood#" *ow read together the words+ !Therefore I was not disobedient to the
heavenly vision," and !I conferred not with flesh and blood#"
There is no man here this afternoon who can be clothed in the Spirit, and catch the fire and
&eal of the 3aster every day and many times in the day, withot he ceases in every way to be
connected with the !arm of flesh" which wold draw him aside from the power of (od# 3any men
have lost the glory becase they have been ta)en p with the natral# If we are going to accomplish in
the Spirit the thing (od has prposed for s, we can never trn again to the flesh# If we are Spirit9
filled, (od has ct s short and broght s into relationship with $imself, 8oined s to 1nother, and
now $e is all in all to s# :o may have
1 Lision ,f The Lord
all the time yo are in a railway train, or in a tram car, or wal)ing down a street# It is possible
to be lonely in the world and to be a Christian, withot what6 Withot yo cease to be a natral man# I
mean that the Christian oght to have sch an nction as to reali&e at any moment, whether in the
presence of others or alone, that he is with (od# $e can have a vision in the tram car, or in the
railway train, even if he has to stand with others in front or behind himB or he can have a vision if he
is there alone#
*ehemiah stood before the )ing becase of troble in @ersalem which had nigh bro)en his
heart# $e was sorrowfl, and it affected his contenanceB bt he was so near to (od that he cold say+
!I have commned with the (od of heaven#" 1nd if we believers are to go forth and flfill (od-s
prpose with s, the $oly Spirit mst be constantly filling s and moving pon s ntil or whole
being is on fire with the presence and power of (od# That is the order of the baptism of the $oly
(host# The man is then ready for every emergency#
*ow it is a most blessed thoght % it strc) me as I was reading at or assembly on Snday
morning % that in the holy, radiant glory of the vision that was filling 0al-s sol C1cts <DF the
people became so hngry after it that ntil midnight they dran) in at the fontain of his life, and as he
was poring forth a yong man fell down from the third loft, and 0al, in the same glorios fashion, as
always, went down and embraced him and pressed the very life from himself into the yong man, and
broght him bac) to life# 1lways e/ipment for emergency, a blessed, holy e/ipment by (od5
Someone calls at yor door and wants to see yo particlarlyB bt yo
Cannot Be Seen Till :o 1re Throgh With (od#
Living in the $oly (host, wal)ing in the divine li)eness, having no confidence in the flesh, bt
growing in the grace and )nowledge of (od, and going on from one state of glorios perfection nto
another state of perfection % that is it# :o cannot compare the $oly (host to anything less, bt
something more, than ever yo thoght abot with all yor thoghts# That is the reason why the $oly
(host has to come into s to give s divine revelations for the moment# The man that is a !parta)er of
the divine natre" has come into a relationship where (od imparts $is divine mind for the
comprehension of $is love and of the fellowship of $is Son# We are only powerfl as we )now that
sorce, we are only strong as we behold the beatitdes and all the wonderfl things and graces of the
Spirit#
0art Iii
It was a necessity that @ess shold live with $is disciples for three years, and wal) in and
ot amongst them and manifest $is glory, and show it forth day by day# I will show yo why it was a
necessity# Those men believed in (od# Bt this 3essiah had continally, day by day, to bring $imself
into their vision, into their mind, into their very natre# $e had
To 0R.SS $I3S.LF
right into their life to ma)e them a sccess after $e had ascended to heaven# $e had to show
them how wonderflly and graceflly and peaceflly $e cold move the crowds# :o remember that
the hose to which they broght the sic) of the palsy, and in which $e was spea)ing to the people,
was so crowded that they cold not come nigh nto $im e'cept by ncovering the roof and dropping
the man throgh# The way to the cities was so pressed with the people who were following @ess and
$is disciples, that $e and they cold hardly get along, bt $e always had time to stop and perform
some good deed on the 8orney thither# What $e had to bring home to the minds and hearts of the
disciples was that $e was trly the Son of (od# They never cold accomplish what they had to
accomplish ntil $e had proved that to them, and ntil $e had soared to the glory# They cold only
manifest $im to others when $e had imparted $is life into
The Lery Core ,f Their *atre
and ma)e others confess that they were astonished, and that !we never saw things li)e this#" It
was the Son of (od travelling in the greatness of $is strength to manifest before those disciples the
)eynote of trth that no one cold gainsay# They had been with $im and seen $is desire, $is craving,
$is lst to serve (od# :es, $e lsted to be li)e (od in the world, manifesting $im so that they might
see what 0hilip had missed when @ess said to him, !$ast tho not seen the Father6" $e wanted them
to be clothed with the Spirit, bapti&ed by the Spirit#
Some people get a wrong notion of the baptism# The baptism is nothing less than the third
person of the blessed Trinity coming down from the glory, the e'ective Spirit of the trine (od
indwelling yor body, revealing the trth to yo, and casing yo sometimes to say !1h5" till yor
bowels yearn with compassion, as @ess yearned, to travail as $e travailed, to morn as $e morned,
to groan as $e groaned# It cannot be otherwise with yo# :o cannot get this thing along a merely
passive line# It does not come that way# Bt, glory be to (od, it does come# , that (od might bring
from or hearts the cry for sch
1 4elge ,f The Spirit
that we cold not get away till we were ready for $im to flfill $is prpose in s and for s#
I had a wonderfl revelation of the power of (od this last wee)# If there is anything I )now
abot this baptism it is this+ that it is sch a force of conviction in my life that I am carried, as it were,
throgh the very depths of it# Sometimes we have to thin)B at other times we have not time to thin),
and it is when we are at or wits- end that (od comes and brings deliverance# When yo are at yor
wits- end, and yo throw yorself on the omnipotent power of (od, what a wonderfl transformation
there is in a moment#
1n Incident
I went to a hose where they were very mch distressed# It is a pecliar thing, bt it is tre,
that the Spirit of the Lord pon one either binds people together or ma)es them tremendosly fidgety
or restless, that they have to come to some place of decision# I )now nothing li)e the mighty power of
the SpiritB it wor)s so harmoniosly with the will of (od# I was tal)ing to the people in that hose,
and a yong woman was there, and she said, !,h, father, I oght to have relief today# I am sitting here
and I do )now what to say, bt somehow I feel that this whole troble oght to go today#" !What
troble6" I said# !For si' years I have not been able to drin)# I cannot drin)# I go to the tea table and
cannot drin)# 3y body has gone down#" I )new what it was# It was
1 4evil In The Throat
:o say, !:o mst be very carefl#" Well, I don-t care whom I affront by saying thatB I
believe the devil is the root of all evil, and it is a serios thing for a beatifl yong woman who had
perfect health, otherwise to be, as a reslt of that one thing, so disorgani&ed in her mind and body# I
)new it was the power of Satan# $ow did I )now6 Becase it attac)ed her at a vital point, and it got
her mind on that point, and when it got her mind on that point she went downhill, and she said, !I dare
not drin)B if I do I shall cho)e#"
I as)ed the father and mother to go ot, and then I said to the yong woman, !:o will be free
and yo will drin) as mch as yo want as soon as I have done with yo, if yo will believe# 1s sre
as yo are there yo will drin) as mch as yo want#" ,r brethren are going ot into the streets
tonight, and I may be amongst them, and they will be preaching, and they will say definitely,
!.veryone that believeth can be saved#" They will mean, everyone that believeth can be healed# The
same trth# They will emphasi&e it over and over again# They have no more right to emphasi&e that
than I have a right to say, !$e was wonded for my transgressions, $e was brised#" So I said to her,
!*ow, dare yo believe6" !:es, I believe that in the name of @ess yo can cast the evil power ot#" I
then laid my hands pon her, and I said+
!It-s 4oneB :o 4rin)#"
She went laghingly, !0raise (od," and drew the first glass of water and dran)# !3other5
father5 brother5" she said, !I-ve drn) one glass5" There was 8oy in the hose# What did it6 It was the
living faith of the Son of (od# ,h, if we only )now how rich we are, and how near we are at the
fontain of life5 !###all things are possible to him that believeth" C3ar) >+<JF#
When .neas, who had )ept his bed eight years, was told by 0eter to !1rise and ma)e thy
bed," and he arose immediately, what did it6 1 life clothed with the Spirit#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The living water is falling and ma)ing manifest
the Christ mission to those who will enter in by a living faith# *othing can hinder the life9flow to
those who believe, for all things are possible to them that believe#"
I wonder how many people there are here this afternoon who have missed the point# If I tal)ed
to yo for a short time yo wold probably say to me, !I had a wonderfl vision when I was
bapti&ed#" I want yo to notice that this vision that @ess gave to 0al was right on the threshold of his
baptism# 1n inspired life is always on the very open door of the /ic)enings of that life by the Spirit#
I want yo to notice also that when a man is born of (od, or when, as it were, (od is born into the
man, and he becomes a /ic)ened sol to carry ot the convictions of the life of the Spirit of (od in
him % when he is born of (od, instantly on the threshold of this new birth there comes a vision of
what his life is to be# The /estion is whether yo dare go throgh with it, whether yo are going to
hold on to the very thing the $oly (host broght to yo, and never lose sight of it, bt press on in a
life of devotion to (od and of fellowship and nity with $im#
1 Warning
That is what 0al did, that is what @ess did, and that is what we all have to do# In this
connection I want to say advisedly that when we are bapti&ed with the gift of tonges, we mst not
allow tonges to entertain s, nor be entertained with spea)ing in tonges# When yo have
accomplished one thing in the prpose of (od for yo, $e means yo to go forward and accomplish
another# 1s soon as yo accomplish one thing, it is, so to spea), no more to yo, and (od will enlarge
yo and fit yo for the ne't thing $e wants yo to do#
When I Was Bapti&ed In The $oly (host
there was the nfolding of a new era of my life, and I passed into that and re8oiced in the fact
of it, and others with me# Bt the moment I reached that, (od had been ready with another ministry for
me# If yo are carefl to watch for (od, (od is always caring for yo# @ess said, !If yo honor 3e
here, I will honor yo yonder#" Whatever it may be that yo are wor)ing ot for (od here, $e is
wor)ing ot a far greater, a divine, glory for yo# :o have no need to be constantly tal)ing of what
yo are going to appear li)e in the glory# The chief thing yo are to watch is that yo reali&e within
yorself a deeper manifestation of the power of (od today than yesterday, that yo have something
more clear today of the mind of the Spirit than yo had the day before, that nothing comes between
yo and (od to clod yor mind# :o are to see a
Lision ,f The (lory ,f (od
more today than yesterday, and to be living in sch a state of bliss that it is heavenly to live#
0al lived in that ecstasy becase he got into a place where the $oly (host cold enlarge him more
and more# I find that, if I continally )eep my mind pon (od, $e nfolds things to me, and if I
obediently wal) before (od and )eep my heart pre and clean and holy and right, $e will always be
lifting me higher than I have ever e'pected to be#
0art Iv
$ow does it come6 ,n this line# In Romans ;<+;, 0al spea)s abot a certain place being
reached % he spea)s abot an altar on which he had laid himself# When he had e'perienced the
mercies of the Lord, he cold do no other than ma)e a presentation of his body on the altar, and it was
always to be on the altar and never to be ta)en off# 1s soon as he got there he was at the place where
the $oly (host cold bring ot of him !things new and old," and, as we read in his epistles, !things"
which 0eter said were !hard to be nderstood#" $ow was that6 Becase he so lived in the Spirit that
(od broght $is mind into 0al-s mind, so that the apostle cold write and spea), as an oracle of the
$oly (host, things which had never been in print before, things portraying the mind of (odB and we
read them today and drin) them in as a river, and we come ot of the epistles, as it were, clothed with
mighty power, the power of (od $imself# $ow does it come6 It comes when we are in
1 0lace Low .nogh,
and where (od can por in, por in, por in# 0al cold say that not one thing that (od had
spo)en of him had failed# In 1cts <I, and Romans ;A, yo will find that he accomplished the whole of
what @ess said he wold accomplish, when he was reorgani&ed, or filled, or infilled by the mighty
power of (od# (od wants to do the same for yo and for me, according to the gifts $e has bestowed
pon s# Shall we stop short of what $e says we oght to be % shall we cease to come into line with
the 3ind which is always thin)ing for or best % shall we cease to hmble orselves before $im
who too) the way of the cross for s % shall we cease to withhold orselves from $im who cold
weep over the doomed city, from the Lord @ess Christ who !trod the winepress alone#" Shall we
cease to give $im or all6 To what profit will it be if we hold bac) anything from $im who gives s
a thosand times more than ever $e as)s from s6 In $ebrews < $e says $e is going to bring many
sons to glory# It means that $e is going to clothe them with $is glory# Let that be yor vision# If yo
have lost the vision, $e is tender to those who cry to $imB from the bro)en heart
$e *ever Trns 1way,
and they that see) $im with a whole heart will find $im#
1s I spea) to yo this afternoon I feel somehow that my heart is very mch enlarged, that my
compassion for my Lord is intensified, that nothing is too hard# The people in the days of the apostles
too) 8oyflly the spoiling of their goods, and I feel there is a measre of grace given to the man who
says, !I will go all the way with @ess#" What is that measre of grace6 It is a girding with
hopeflness in pressing forward to the goal that (od wold have s reach# Bt it is important that we
forget not 0al-s words, !###that no man ta)e thy crown" CRevelation J+;;F# $e saw there was a
possibility lest any man who had been the means of sowing the good seed of the (ospel shold lose
that for which (od had apprehended him#
In closing, let me remind yo that the $oly (host has broght s here# For what prpose has
$e broght s6 Can anyone have come here, either see)er or spea)er, withot a cry to (od to ma)e
some men today, as it were, flames of fire6 3y passion is that (od shall ende this convention with
sch an nction and cry that yo won-t be satisfied ntil yo feel the very members of yor body all on
fire with a Spirit )indled nity# It is not too late to don the girdle today, it is not too late to pt on the
armor of (od, to pt on the shield, to
0t ,n The Sandals
better than ever before# This afternoon (od wants me to )now, and yo to )now, that
e'perimentally we have only toched the very frill, the very edge, of this otporing of the Spirit# If
we do not allow (od to fill s with $imself $e will choose somebody else# If we do not fall into line
with the will of (od, there will be somebody else who will# (od is able to raise p men to carry ot
$is behests# The children were crying ot one day, and the disciples reb)ed them# !*o," $e said, !if
these were to hold their peace, the very stones," of which $e cold ma)e bread % $e cold ma)e
them cry ot#
I $ave 1 @ess Li)e That,
who can spea) the word, and the thing is doneB I have a @ess indwelling me and vitali&ing me
with a faith that believes it is treB I have a @ess within me who has never let me get faint9hearted or
weary# Let s press on in faith along the line of (od-s will, and the otporing which we have longed
to see will come# Cheer p, hold on, never let go the visionB be sre it is for yo 8st as mch as for
anybody else, and (od will srely ma)e it come to pass# *ever loo) down, becase then yo will
only see the grond and miss the vision# 1ll blessings come from aboveB therefore )eep yor eye on
@ess# *ever weary# If yo do not fall ot by the way, $e will be with yo to strengthen yo in the
way# $allel8ah5
1ddress given in =ingsway $all, London, 3ay <H,;>;E 0blished in Confidence
.'ceedingly 1bove 1ll :o Can 1s) or Thin), @anary 9 3arch ;>;H
Read .phesians J careflly# This is a lovely chapter on 0al-s mission to the (entiles# (od
has grafted s C(entilesF in# In other ages Cvv# A,IF it was not made )nown that the (entiles shold be
fellow heirs, whereof he was made a minister by the effectal wor)ing of $is power Cv# EF# This
power in 0al wroght a very effectal wor), it wor)ed in him to sch effect that he was the least of
all saintsB that to him was given this grace of mystery and revelation# It came forth as a living reality
of a living sbstance indwelling him#
To the intent that now nto the principalities and powers in
heavenly places might be )nown by the chrch the manifold wisdom
of (od# .phesians J+;D
Wisdom
This wisdom of (od is only revealed in the depths of hmiliation where the $oly (host has
fll charge# There alone it is that the vision comes to all $is saints# We are now in the process of
revelation# :o mst let the $oly (host have $is perfect office# 1 new order of breathing# First a
calclation of the mind % I can go no frther, I give myself to a new order, the manifold wisdom of
(od !in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him" C.phesians J+;<F#
Boldness brings s into a place of access, confidence, laying hold, ta)ing all off the table and ma)ing
it ors# The $oly (host in the hman body nfolding the mystery that we might )now and have the
revelation according to the will of (od# The flesh broght to a place of none'istence, that in the life
of this man shold come ot the mighty power of (od to sward# 0al can get no frther# $e says %
!###I bow my )nees nto the Father###" C.phesians J+;?F#
0rayer
@de also spea)s of praying in the $oly (host# There is no natral line of thoght here, not one
point in particlar pon which the mind can rest, bt that which is predicted from the throne of glory,
then the tonge, then all the divine attribtes are displayed above all, e'ceedingly above all, that the
glory of (od may be revealed in the face of @ess# :e are $is wor)manship, created for $is glory#
(od cannot display the greater glory e'cept throgh those co9e/al in the glory# The $oly (host is the
ideal and brings ot the very essence of heaven throgh the hman sol# ,h, the need of the baptism of
the $oly (host C0al was held in the Spirit+ may it be so in or caseF % there is no differenceB he
was willing for all things, bond in the spirit % here we have the greatest liberty that can come to
hmanity, all the liberty of heaven open, the family in heaven and earth C.phesians J+;AF# I love that
thoght that the veil is so thin that the tie is closer than ever, Christ with them, they with s# ,ne is on
earthB what a loftiness, a reverence, a holiness5 1 wonderfl thing is this wedloc) and fellowship in
the Spirit % now an infinite mind of flfillment and glory# !1re they not all ministering spirits6"
C$ebrews ;+;?F# Who can help s as those tried with s6 1s the body is so fitly framed together by
the effectal wor)ing of $is power, we are all one, nothing separates s, bt we loo) for the
appearing of @ess# $e is there in the glory, they are with $im# !For the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shot### and the dead in Christ shall rise first+ then we which are alive and remain
shall be caght p together with them in the clods, to meet the Lord in the air+ and so shall we ever
be with the Lord" C; Thessalonians ?+;I,;EF#
We can only pray as the $oly (host gives tterance# $ere the $oly (host gives the highest
principles throgh this prayer that the prposes of salvation are a continos wor)ing and an
increasing power all the time# The day that is coming will declare all things# Strengthened by the
Spirit according to the riches of $is glory#
(lory
What is the glory6 1ll the glory that ever comes is from $im# :o have the glory in the
measre that yo have the Son of glory in yo# If yo are filled with @ess, yo are filled with the
glory# When we have the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the )nowledge of $im, there is nothing to
hinder the $oly (host having the control of the whole being# !That Christ may dwell in yor hearts by
faith###" C.phesians J+;EF# Faith is the prodction of all things# The $oly (host indwelling and
enlarging ntil the whole body is filled with Christ, and we are coming there in a very remar)able
way# 4id the $oly (host ever tter a prayer that no power cold answer6 In @ohn ;E+<; @ess says,
!That they all may be oneB as tho, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in s####"
What wor)s in s throgh being one with $im, rooted and gronded6 0erfect love, and perfect love
has 8stice wrapped p in it, and the day is coming when
The Saints Will Say !1men"
to the 8dgments of (od# @stice will do it# 1ll the wood, hay, and stbble mst be destroyed,
bt, rooted and gronded in the Word, I am a prodction of what (od is forming and I can stay the
gates of hell and lagh in the face of calamity and say, !###all things wor) together for good to them
that love (od###" CRomans H+<HFB rooted and gronded in love# So9and9so may leave me, bt if I am
gronded, it is for my good and nothing can be against me bt myself# We live for the glory of (od#
The Lord, it is $e that establisheth, strengtheneth and pholdeth, ma)ing strong that which is wea) and
enabling them to stand in the difficlty, and in the day of battle# (od is with thee to do far e'ceeding
above all yo can as) or thin)#
Faith
1re we children of circmstances, or children of faith6 If we are on natral lines, we are
trobled at the wind blowing, as it blows it whispers fearflnessB bt if yo are rooted and gronded
yo can stand the tests, and it is only then that yo prove what is the breadth and length and depth and
height, and )now the love of Christ C.phesians J+;H,;>F# It is an addition sm to meet every
missionary-s needs, to display (od-s power, enlarging that which needs to be /ic)ened# Breadth+ the
whole man seeing (od is sfficient in every state# The length of things+ (od is in everything# ,h, the
depths5 Bt (od is in the depths5 The heights5 (od is always lifting yo, and the revelation of the
mind in that verse is enogh for any in any circmstances to trimph, able to do e'ceedingly
abndantly above all that yo can as) or thin) Cv# <DF, not according to the mind of 0al bt according
to the revelation of the Spirit Cv# ;>F# Filled nto all the flness of (od# The natral capacity when
filled with simplicity has within it an enlargement of itself, bt this flness is an ideal power of (od
in the hman solB every part of yo is enlarged by the Spirit# (od is there instead of yo to ma)e yo
fll, and yo are fll as yor faith reaches ot to the measre# !Filled nto all the flness of (od#"
The power of the Lord was present to heal, flness of power pressed ot of them nto others#
In 1cts ; we see a power of the $oly (host filling @ess# $e became lighter and lighter ntil
$e Was Lifted Bac)
to where $e was before, in the presence of (od# @ess Christ manifest in the flesh, the power
of (od in hman form# The flness of the (od9head bodily manifested in @ess# @ohn says $e was the
light of life, increasing in flness ntil wafted away entirely, in sbstance the flness of (od#
.'ceedingly abndantly above all we can as) or thin) Cv# <DF# $ow can it be flfilled in me, yo say6
It is filled there in the glory5 Bt it-s a tremendos thing5 (od will have to do something5 Beloved, it
is not according to yor mind at all, bt according to the mind of (od, according to the revelation of
the Spirit# 1bove all yo cold as) or thin)5 The blood has been pored ot#
The $oly (host $as Been Sent 4own
Lerily, we are not worthy, bt $e is worthy5 It-s above all yo can as)5 $ow can it be
possible6 (od pts it in yor heart5 $e can do it#
We have been hearing mch abot war loan and interest, bt if yo will follow on, (od will
add and enlarge and enlarge and lift yo all the time, adding compond interest# Five percent5 *o5 1
thosand percent, a million percent5 If tho wilt, if holiness is the prpose of yor heart, it shall be,
for (od is in $is place# Will yo be in the plan according to the power that wor)eth, wor)ing in yo6
Cv# <DF# Whatever yo are at any time, it will be by $is effectal power, lifting, controlling, carrying
yo in constant rest and peaceB it is according to the power that wor)eth in yo# !7nto him be glory in
the chrch by Christ @ess throghot all ages, world withot end# 1men" Cv# <;F#
0blished in Confidence
1cts <D, Febrary ?, ;>;H
In days gone by (od-s people have been persected, hnted# In $ebrews ;;+JH we read of
those of whom the world was not worthy, they wandered in deserts and montains and wilderness and
caves of the earth# We live in golden days in comparison# 4ays of snshine, prosperity, and
hopeflness#
1 *ew 0lane
Those who have passed on before wore sch beatifl crowns in sch times of strain and
stress# Tidal waves of blessing come as the $oly (host has $is way in these hman bodies and
prodces in s an eternal wor)ing# The baptism of the $oly (host is a new plane, a covering with the
divine presence, a power brning in or very bones# It is very wonderfl to be in the place where the
trths of the $oly (host are so advanced# The day will soon dawn and the 4aystar appear, and or
one regret will be or lost opportnity of witnessing for (od# 3ay (od ma)e s a worthy people
embracing every opportnity# For 0al had determined to sail by .phess, becase he wold not
spend the time in 1sia, for he hasted if it were possible for him to be at @ersalem the day of
0entecost# $e remembered the days of 1cts > verse J when as he 8orneyed % sddenly there shined
rond abot him a light from heaven and the Lord saying nto 1nanias, !1rise, and go into the street
which is called Straight, and en/ire in the hose of @das for one called Sal, of Tarss+ for, behold,
he prayeth" Cv# ;;F# !1nd 1nanias went his way, and entered into the hoseB and ptting his hands on
him said, Brother Sal, the Lord, even @ess, that appeared nto thee in the way as tho earnest, hath
sent me, that tho mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the $oly (host# 1nd immediately there
fell from his eyes as it had been scales+ and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was bapti&ed"
Cvv# ;E,;HF#
0al was stirred as he remembered this mighty baptism in the Spirit, the victory that it had
broght him into, the power to preach the (ospel nlimited, nhindered, effectally wor)ing in s#
The mighty nction of the $oly Spirit abode pon him# So at Troas,
###0al preached nto Mthe chrchN, ready to depart on the morrowB
and contined his speech ntil midnight# 1nd there were many
lights in the pper chamber, where they were gathered together#
1nd there sat in a window a certain yong man named .tychs,
being fallen into a deep sleep+ and as 0al was long preaching, he
sn) down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was
ta)en p dead# 1nd 0al went down, and fell on him, and embracing
him said, Troble not yorselvesB for his life is in him# When he
therefore was come p again, and had bro)en bread, and eaten,
and tal)ed a long while, even till brea) of day, so he departed# 1nd
they broght the yong man alive, and were not a little comforted#
1cts <D+E9;<
Ths 0al with the nction of the Spirit pon him went down and fell on the yong man,
embracing him in the power of the Spirit, he retrns and finishes his address#
The day of 0entecost# The day of 0entecost, near at hand# ,h, what memories it had for 0al5
We are all loo)ing forward to .aster to when the $oly (host fell as at the beginning, where the cross
of Calvary made an open door for all hearts to be saved, a few days afterward the resrrection of or
Lord, then the wonderfl descent of the $oly (host, to enlarge the hearts of all the people to live so in
the Spirit, that there shold be new vision, new revelation, new e/ipment, new men# The baptism of
the $oly (host means a new creation after the order of the Spirit#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !For the Lord descended $imself by the power of
the Spirit# $e shall not spea) of $imself, and $e will show yo things to come# The baptism of the
$oly (host is to flfill in these bodies a new order % to everyone by a new power, to change from
one state of grace to another % even by the Spirit of the Lord# So 0al !###hasted, if it were possible
for him, to be at @ersalem the day of 0entecost" Cv# ;IF#
$is 0romise To Fill The $ngry
Remember, beloved, many of the people living remembered the falling of the power in 1cts <#
There is a wonderfl nctioni&ing force when all the people of (od bapti&ed with the $oly (host
come together# What are conventions for6 They are for the meeting of the need of the hngry and the
thirsty after (od# ,h, this longing cry in the hearts of the people that cannot be satisfied bt with more
of (od# ,n that memorable 8orney from @ersalem to 4amascs, 0al had seen the risen Christ, and
by the anointing of the Spirit became the greatest missionary enterpriser the world has ever seen#
,h yes5 There is something in nity, there is something in fellowship, there is something in
being of one accord5 Is the chrch today at sch a place to receive6 *o5 Bt (od is in sch a place to
give# Who to6 ,nly to thirsty sols, the hngry# $e has promised to fill the hngry with good things#
Then it will be always# Convention, what is it5 1 condition of not falling asleep, a condition of
continal longing after (od for a real otporing of $is Spirit# So 0al hastened if it were possible
for him, to be at @ersalem the day of 0entecost Cv# ;IF# They e'pected wonderfl things when they
were once more in the pper room# 0al had seen @ess by revelation on the road to 4amascs by he
wanted to meet with those who had seen $im as $e wal)ed the streets, as $e healed the sic) and
raised the dead# Wold yo not li)e to tal) with anyone that had seen $im6 What was $is face li)e6
What was $is manner6 $ow did $e spea)6 !###*ever man spa)e li)e this man" C@ohn E+?IF# Lots of
people had seen $im arond the table and in the roadways and cold testify to $is wonderfl wor)s#
*o wonder# 0al hastened if it were possible for him to be at @ersalem the day of 0entecost#
What was the plan as the disciples gathered together6 0reaching and telling the marvelos
things that had happened# !###.ye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which (od hath prepared for them that love him# Bt (od hath revealed them nto s
by his Spirit###" C; Corinthians <+>,;DF# The $oly (host revealing# The $oly (host strengthening all
the time# Bac) to 0entecost all the time#
1n old man once stood p in a meeting and was referring to one and another who had passed
on# $e said, !1ll the good people are gone now#" 1nother brother standing p e'claimed % !Than)
(od that-s a lie#" ,h yes5 There are lots of people on the earth today, and in or meeting tonight that
have seen @ess# 1nd if we wait ntil .aster we shall see many more who will have seen @ess# @ess
by the power of the $oly (host is ma)ing me nderstand we are only in the beginnings of 0entecost
yet# (et bac) to 0entecost# =eep in the nction# 0al hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at
@ersalem the day of 0entecost# 0entecost, the place where (od can bestow sch a measre of $is
love, withot limit, $e giveth not the Spirit by measre C@ohn J+J?F#
Separating Force
1nd now, behold, I go bond in the spirit nto @ersalem, not
)nowing the things that shall befall me there+ save that the $oly
(host witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions
abide me# Bt none of these things move me, neither cont I my life
dear nto myself, so that I might finish my corse with 8oy, and the
ministry, which I have received of the Lord @ess, to testify the
gospel of the grace of (od# 1cts <D+<<9<?
The baptism of the $oly (host is not only the great essential power for victorios life and
service, it is a separating force# @ess said a man-s foes shold be oftentimes those of his own
hosehold C3atthew ;D+JIF# It means separation as sre as yo live, if yo follow the narrow way
that leadeth nto life# It means persection, bt if yo follow holy, yo will have no room for any bt
@ess % bond in the Spirit % on, on, on# 1nother side+ the world narrows p to yo# There are
thosands of believers which mean well, do not see the need of the baptism of the $oly (host# So in
the first place the old company has no room for yo, bt in the second place the $oly (host binds yo#
:o have no room, only to go the way of the Spirit, in conformity to the will of (od, yo are bond to
go the narrow way# I have never seen the $oly (host change $is position# Simplicity in living,
nonconformity to the world# :o will not find (od begin in the Spirit and leading bac) to the flesh#
:o have no liberty to go bac)6 If yo want to trn bac), as) yorself where yo are going to# What
does 0al say6 I go bond in the Spirit nto @ersalem-s bonds, afflictions % none of these things
move me, neither cont I my life dear nto myself# That I might finish my corse with 8oy and the
ministry which I have received of the Lord @ess to testify the (ospel of the grace of (od# The way,
the way of the cross % separation from the flesh, nonconformity to the world % bt with an ever
deepening and enlarging in that abonding flness of life that flows from the throne of (od#
:o mst be in the order of seeing $im who is invisible C$ebrews ;;+<EF, yor mind
operated by the Spirit, yor desires nder the control of the Spirit, yor plans narrowed down by the
Spirit C4aniel ;DF Comeliness trned into corrption# Then it is a wonderflly broad way, very
broad, a perfection of order# 1n entrenchment in the living (od, bond in the Spirit5 Can we ta)e it
in6 There are depths we cold fathom, I )now it means bonds and afflictions C1cts <D+<JF# Shall I
draw bac)6 I cannot# 4o yo not see in 0al-s willingness @ess in a new form6 @ess again on the
earth6 This is the way we are bond to go# 0al calls himself the bondslave of @ess Christ# Bt we
are not obeyed5 We cold throw all over5 Cold I6 :es, I cold5 Bt I cannot5 Separated bondslave,
yo cannot go bac)# It costs mch to come, bt it costs a thosand times more to retreat#
,h, it-s a costly thing to follow @ess# ,nce having tasted the hidden manna, once having seen
$is face# It cost yo yor life to go ot# !###to whom shall we go6 tho hast the words of eternal life"
C@ohn I+IHF#
The Lord is that Spirit, which has not only come in, bt has embraced yo and called yo trly
in the Spirit, that yo might be a choice virgin betrothed to another, even Christ#
4evoted $earts
Shall we come ot6 *o5 4o yo want to be nclothed6 What a dreadfl thing if na)edness is
seen# What is it to be na)ed6 To have a name5 To be5 1nd not to be5 Lord, save s# ,h, for hearts that
throb after the divine call# I love my 3aster# I will not go ot free#
This is no mean meetingB the $oly (host gently falls pon s# The Spirit of the Living (od
yearns over s with tender compassion# (od the $oly (host overshadows s# Some may say, !I want
to get so near5 I-ll pay any price to come in to this holy place5" 4ear ones, yo cannot ta)e off yor
filthy garments# Christ nclothes5 $e clothes pon5 ,h, breathe every breath in the $oly (host# The
old ta)en away % the bringing in of another % to never lose the fragrance of the divine presence, to
fan and fan and fan ntil the $oly (host ma)es s living flames of fire carrying salvation everywhere,
healing everywhere, the baptism of the $oly (host everywhere# ,n fire, bond forever, (od thrilling
the life#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the Lord $imself which has the choice of my
heart, prning to bring forth to $is glory an eternal harvest gathered in forever#"
There is something beatifl in the gift of tonges with interpretation % 8oyflness e'perience
% sweet harmony 9 establishing, 8oy 9 lifting and ma)ing or hearts strong in $imself# The day is not
far distant when we may have to stand very firm to what (od is ta)ing s on to# War, pestilence,
famineB the order has not been altered since the world began#
These are trying times for the believer, the world wants less of (od# There is a great deal of
trial of faith# 1re we going to be fond faithfl6 Two lines will help yo# Faith5 Baptism of the $oly
(host5 1n establishment against shot or shell or evil wind from any sorce#
So established that we are ready and willing to be tried when the day comes, whichever side
the Spirit presses# There is always the thoght,
@ess may come before that day so that one is li)ely as the other# (od will strengthen thy heart
in the trial, in the evil day# $e will never leave $is own# .very man brned at the sta)e for the faith
has been a seed, a light, a torch, bringing in a new order# Let s )eep the vision clear % pre in heart,
pward, onward, heavenward, ntil the day brea) and the shadows flee way CSong of Solomon <+;EF#
@ess is the loveliest on earth# The $oly (host clothes $im# $e met the need of all# :o
belong to the chrch of the firstborn, the establishment of that wonderfl place in the glory# Will yo
promise (od nothing shall come between yo and the throne % the heart of (od and the mind of the
Spirit# (od has a choice for everyone who swears to his own hrt and changes not# 1 pressing right
in#
Is not @ess beatifl6 Cold anything clod that brow6 $e has the 8oy of heaven for s# From
victory nto victory# :or faces are a pictre of what they will be in the glory % let s be 8ealos#
Setting to or seals that (od is tre, ntil that day when we shall abide with $im forever# Set thine
hose in order, tho mst go yor wayB follow $im# The bilding is going p# The top stone mst be
pt on# (race, grace nto it#
1ddress given at Bowland Street 3ission
*ew Wine, 1pril 9 @ne ;>;H
It is a settled thing in the glory that in the flness of time the latter rain has to be greater than
the former#
Some of or hearts have been greatly moved by the former rain, bt it is the latter rain we are
crying ot for# What will it be when the flness comes and the heart of (od is satisfied6
###and MtheyN began to spea) with other tonges, as the Spirit gave
them tterance# 1cts <+?
What a lovely thoght that the $oly (host had sch partiality that the Word was all $is5 We
are having to learn, whether we li)e it or not, that or end is (od-s beginning# Then it is all (od, and
the Lord @ess stands forth in the midst with sch divine glory and men are impelled, filled, led so
perfectly# *othing else will meet the need of the world# There is something beatifl abot 0eter and
@ohn when we read that people too) )nowledge of them, that they had been with @ess# There was
something so real, so after the order of the 3aster#
*ow when they saw the holiness of 0eter and @ohn, and perceived
that they were nlearned and ignorant men, they marvelledB and
they too) )nowledge of them, that they had been with @ess# 1cts
?+;J
3ay all in the temple glorify @essB it can be so#
The one thing mar)ed more than anything else in the life of @ess was the fact that the people
glorified (od in $im, and when (od is glorified and gets the right of way and thoghts of $is people,
everyone is as $e is, filled with (od# Whatever it costs it mst be# Let it be so# Filled with (od5 The
only thing to help people is to tell ot the latest thing (od has given s from the glory# There is
nothing otside salvation# We are filled, immersed, clothed ponB there mst be nothing felt, seen,
spo)en abot, bt the mighty power of the $oly (host# We are new creatres in Christ @ess, bapti&ed
into a new natre#
$e that believeth on me### ot of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water# @ohn E+JH
The very life of the risen Christ in everything, moving s to do $is will#
There is something not toched yet, bt praise (od for the thirst to be in this meeting5 0raise
(od, the thirst is of (od, the desire is of (od, the plan is of (od, the prpose is of (od# (od-s plan,
(od-s thoght, (od-s vessel, and (od-s servant# In the world to meet the needB bt not of the world or
of its spirit#
(od incarnate in hmanity# 0arta)ers of the divine natre to manifest the life of @ess to the
world#
,thers moc)ing said, These men are fll of new wine# 1cts <+;J
That is what we want, yo say6 !###*ever man spa)e li)e this man" C@ohn E+?IF# !*ew wine"+
a new order, new inspiration, new manifestation# *ew, new, new, new wine# 1 power all new of
itself, as if yo were born, as yo are, into a new day, a new creation#
It has a freshness abot it5 It has a beaty abot it5 It has a /ality abot it5 To create in others
the desire for the same taste# Some saw5 Bt three thosand felt, tasted, and en8oyed# Some loo)ed on5
,thers drin)ing with a new faith never before seen % a new manifestation, a new reali&ation all
divine, a new thing straight from heaven, from the throne of the glorified Lord# It is (od-s mind to fill
s with that wine, to ma)e s ready to brst forth with new rivers, fresh energy, no tired feeling#
(od manifest in the flesh % that is what we want, and it is what (od wants, and it satisfies
everybody# 1ll the people said, !We have never seen anything li)e it#" The disciples re8oiced in it
being newB others were bro)enhearted, crying ot, !###said nto 0eter and to the rest of the apostles,
3en and brethren, what shall we do6" C1cts <+JEF#
Then 0eter said nto them, Repent, and be bapti&ed every one of
yo in the name of @ess Christ for the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gift of the $oly (host# For the promise is nto
yo, and to yor children, and to all that are afar off even as many
as the Lord or (od shall call# 1nd with many other words did he
testify and e'hort, saying, Save yorselves from this ntoward
generation# 1cts <+JH9?D
What shall we do6 3en and brethren, what shall we do6 Believe5 Stretch ot5 0ress on5 Let
there be a new entering in, a new passion to have it# We mst be beside orselvesB we mst drin)
deeply of the new wine, that mltitdes may be satisfied and find satisfaction too#
The new wine is to have a new bottleO % the necessity of a new vessel# If anything of the old
is left, not pt to death, destroyed, there will be a rending and a brea)ing# The new wine and the old
bottle will not wor) in harmony# It mst be new wine and a new wines)in, then there will be nothing
to drop off when @ess comes#
For the Lord, himself shall descend from heaven with a shot, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trmp of (od+ and the
dead in Christ shall rise first+ then we which are alive and remain
shall be caght p together with them in the clods, to meet the
Lord in the air+ and so shall we ever be with the Lord# ;
Thessalonians ?+;I,;E
The body being so operated by the Spirit in the process of changing ntil we are li)e nto
$im#
Who shall change or vile body, that it may be fashioned li)e nto
his glorios body, according to the wor)ing whereby he is able even
to sbde all things nto himself# 0hilippians J+<;
I desire yo to be all so filled with the Spirit at this ConventionB so hngry, so thirsty, that
nothing will satisfy s bt seeing @ess# (etting more thirsty every day, more dry every day, ntil the
floods come, and the 3aster passes by, ministering nto s and throgh s, and throgh s the same
life, the same inspiration, that as $e is, so are we in this world#
$e was straitened, bt it was accomplished# It meant strong crying and tears % the cross man
ward, bt the glory heavenward# (lory descending on a cross5 Lerily, great is the mystery of
godliness# $e cried, !It is finished#" Let the cry never be stopped ntil the heart of @ess is satisfied,
ntil $is plan for hmanity is reached in the sons of (od being manifested and the earth filled with the
)nowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea# 1men# 1men# 1men#
OThe wine in 0alestine was )ept in wines)ins, which in time lost their elasticity, and so
wold split when the new wine fermented# *ew wine mst be in new wines)ins#
0blished in Confidence
The Bradford Convention,
Bowland Street 3ission, 3anningham Lane, 1pril 9 @ne ;>;>
From 1pril ;Hth C(ood FridayF for ten days is to be held C4#L the Bradford .aster#F
4evotional Convention# Brother
Smith Wigglesworth is, of corse, to be the Convener# 3eetings+ ;D+JD, J+DD, and E+DD#
S0.1=.RS+
3r# Thomas 3yerscogh C0restonF 3r# Bolton C$llF
0astor @eays CCheltenhamF
3iss 3orrell 3rs# Crisp CLondonF
3r# and 3rs# Walshaw C$alifa'F Rev# W# Reed C(lasgowF Brother Reef (riffiths CWalesF
Brother @ames Tetchner C$ordenF
0robably there will also be present other brethren and missionaries# Brother Wigglesworth
writes+ !There are many en/iries for rooms, and there is great interest in many /arters, and all
seem fll of e'pectation# We are bidding well for a PADD offering, and there seems every evidence
that by faith we shall reach this amont# I am being mch sed, and (od is helping me to reb)e the
Gfl- demons# 3any are healed who apparently were dying#"
1ddress+ Bro# Smith Wigglesworth, ED Lictor Road, 3anningham, Bradford#
1nnoncement pblished in Confidence
1 Straightened 0lace Which Revealeth The Face ,f (od, 1pril 9 @ne ;J;>
1nd @acob was left aloneB and there wrestled a man with him ntil
the brea)ing of the day# (enesis J<+<?
1s we loo) bac) over or spirital career we shall always see there has been a good deal of
or own day, and that the end of or day was the beginning of (od-s day# !Can two wal) together,
e'cept they be agreed6" C1mos J+JF# !###flesh and blood cannot inherit the )ingdom of (odB neither
doth corrption inherit incorrption C; Corinthians ;A+ADF, and we cannot enter into the deep things of
(od ntil we are free from or own ideas and ways#
@acob5 The name means spplanter, and when @acob came to the end of his way (od had a
way# $ow slow we are to see that there is a better day# Beloved, the glory is never so wonderfl as
when (od has $is plan and we are helpless and throw down or sword and give p or athority to
another# @acob was a great wor)er, and he wold go throgh any hardship if he cold have his way# In
many ways he had his way, and in ignorance how gloriosly (od preserved him from calamity# There
is a good and there is a better, bt (od has a best, a higher standard for s than we have yet attained#
It is a better thing if it is (od-s plan and not ors#
@acob and his mother had a plan to secre the birthright and the blessing, and his father agreed
to his going to 0adanaram, bt (od planned the ladder and the angels, !###the land whereon tho liest,
to thee will I give it### I am with thee, and will )eep thee in all places whither tho goest, and will
bring thee again into this landB for I will not leave thee, ntil I have done that which I have spo)en to
thee of- C(enesis <H+;J,;AF# What a good thing for the lad, in the midst of the changes, (od obtained
the right place# The planning for the birthright had not been a nice thing, bt here at Bethel he fond
(od was with him#
3any things may happen in or lives, bt when the veil is lifted and we see the glory of (od,
$is tender compassion over s all the time, to be where (od is, how wonderfl it is# Bethel was the
place where the ladder was set p twenty9one years before# Twenty9one years of wandering and
fighting and strggling# Listen to his conversation with his wives, !###yor father hath deceived me,
and changed my wages ten timesB bt (od sffered him not to hrt me" C(enesis J;+EF# To his father9
in9law+ !.'cept the (od of my father### had been with me, srely tho hadst sent me away now empty#
(od hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands###" C(enesis J;+?<F# @acob had been ot in
the bitter frost at night watching the floc)s# $e was a thrifty man, a wor)er, a planner, a spplanter#
We see the whole thing arond s in the world today % spplanters# There may be a measre of
blessing, bt (od is not first in their lives# We are not 8dging them, bt there is a better way, better
than or best % (od-s way# (od first5
There is a way that seemeth right nto a man, bt the end thereof
are the ways of death# 0roverbs ;I+<A
Bt there is a way that (od establisheth, and I want s to )eep that way before s this morning
% the way that (od establisheth# In or own natral planning and way we may have mch blessing, of
a )indB bt oh, beloved, the trials, the hardships, the barrenness, the things missed which (od cold
not give s5 I reali&e this morning by the $oly (host, I reali&e by the anointing of the Spirit that there
is a freshness, a glow, a planning in (od where yo can )now that (od is with yo all the time# Can
we )now that (od is with s all the time6 :es5 :es5 :es5 I tell yo there is a place to reach where all
that (od has for s can flow throgh s to a needy world all the time#
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than yor ways, and my thoghts than yor thoghts# Isaiah
AA+>
!1nd @acob was left aloneB and there wrestled a man with him ntil the brea)ing of the day"
C(enesis J<+<?F# ,h, to be left alone5 1lone with (od5 In the conte't we read that several things had
gone on# $is wives had gone on, his children had gone on, all had gone on# $is sheep and o'en had
gone on, his camels and asses had gone on, all had gone on# $e was alone# :o will often find yo
are alone# Whether yo li)e it or not, yor wives will go on, yor children will go on, yor cattle will
go on# @acob was left alone# $is wife cold not ma)e atonement for him, his children cold not ma)e
atonement for him, his money was seless to help him#
!1nd @acob was left aloneB and there wrestled a man with him ntil the brea)ing of the day"
C(enesis J<+<?F# What made @acob come to that place of loneliness, wea)ness, and )nowledge of
himself6 The memory of the grace with which (od had met him twenty9one years before, when he
saw the ladder and the angels and heard the voice of (od+ !1nd, behold, I am with thee, and will
)eep thee in all places whither tho goest, and will bring thee again into this landB for I will not leave
thee, ntil I have done that which I have spo)en to thee of- C(enesis <H+;AF# $e remembered (od-s
mercy and grace#
$ere he was retrning to meet .sa# $is brother had become very rich, he was a chief, he had
been blessed abndantly in the things of this world, he had athority and power to bind all @acob had
and to ta)e vengeance pon him# @acob )new this# $e )new also that there was only one way of
deliverance# What was it6 The mind of (od# !*o one can deliver me bt (od#" (od had met him
twenty9one years before, when he went ot empty# $e had come bac) with wives and children and
goods, bt he was lean in sol and impoverished in spirit# @acob said to himself, !If I do not get a
blessing from (od I can never meet .sa," and he made p his mind he wold not go on ntil he )new
that he had favor with (od# @acob was left alone, and nless we get alone with (od, we shall srely
perish# (od interposes where strife is at an endB the way of revelation is plain, and the $oly (host-s
plan is so clear, that we have to say it was (od after all#
@acob was left alone# $e )nelt alone# The pictre is so real to me# 1lone5 1lone5 1lone5 $e
began to thin)# $e thoght abot the ladder and the angels# I thin) as he began to pray, his tonge
wold cleave to the roof of his moth# @acob had to get rid of a lot of things# It had all been @acob5
@acob5 @acob5 $e got alone with (od and he )new it# If yo get alone with (od, what a place of
revelation5 1lone with (od5 @acob was left alone, alone with (od# We stay too long with or
relations, or camels, and or sheep# @acob was left alone# It wold be afternoon# $or after hor
passed# $e began to feel the presence of (od# Bt (od was getting disappointed with @acob#
If ever (od is disappointed with yo when yo tarry in $is presence, it will be becase yo
are not white9hot# If yo do not get hotter, and hotter, and hotter, yo disappoint (od# If (od is with
yo and yo )now it, be in earnest# 0ray5 0ray5 0ray5 Lay hold5 !###hold fast the confidence and the
re8oicing of the hope firm nto the end" C$ebrews J+IF# If yo do not, yo disappoint (od#
@acob was that way# (od said, !:o are not real enoghB yo are not hot enoghB yo are too
ordinaryB yo are no good to 3e nless yo are filled with &eal % white hot5" $e said, !Let me go,
for the day brea)eth#" @acob )new if (od went withot blessing him, .sa cold not be met# If yo are
left alone % alone with (od % and yo cannot get to a place of victory, it is a terrible time# :o
mst never let go, whatever yo are see)ing % fresh revelation, light on the path, some particlar
need % never let go# Lictory is ors if we are in earnest enogh# 1ll mst pass on, nothing less will
please (od# !Let me go, the day brea)eth5" $e was wrestling with e/al strength# *othing is obtained
that way#
:o mst always master that which yo are wrestling with# If dar)ness covers yo, if it is
fresh revelation yo need, or yor mind to be relieved, always get the victory# (od says yo are not in
earnest enogh# !,h," yo say, !the Word does not say that#" Bt it was (od-s mind# In wrestling the
strength is in the nec), chest, and thighB the thigh is the strength of all# So (od toched his thigh# That
strength gone, defeat is sre# What did @acob do6 $e hng on# (od means to have a people severed by
the power of $is power, so hold fastB $e will never leave go# 1nd if we do leave go, we shall fall
short#
@acob said, !###I will not let thee go, e'cept tho bless me" C(enesis J<+<IF# 1nd (od blessed
him# !###Thy name shall be called no more @acob, bt Israel###" C(enesis J<+<HF# *ow a new order is
beginning, sons of (od# $ow wonderfl the change of @acob to Israel5 Israel5 Lictory all the timeB
(od bilding all the timeB (od enogh all the time# 0ower over .sa, power over the world, power
over the cattle# The cattle are nothing to him now# 1ll is in sb8ection as he comes ot of the great
night of trial# The sn rises pon him# ,h, that (od may ta)e s on, the sn rising, (od spplanting all5
What after that6 Read how (od blessed and honored him# .sa meets him# *o fighting now %
what a blessed state of grace5 They )issed each other# !When a man-s ways please the Lord, he
ma)eth even his enemies to be at peace with him" C0roverbs ;I+EF# !What abot all these cattle,
@acob6" !,h, it-s a present#"
!,h, I have plentyB I don-t want yor cattle# What a 8oy it is to see yor face again5 What a
wonderfl change5 Who wroght it6" !(od#"
!###when he saw that he prevailed not against him###" C(enesis J<+<AF# Cold he hold (od6
Can yo hold (od6 % it is irreverent to say so % oh, yes, yo can# Sincerity can hold $im,
dependence can hold $im, wea)ness can hold $im# When yo are wea), then are yo strong C<
Corinthians ;<+;DF# I-ll tell yo what cannot hold $im# Self9righteosness cannot hold $im, pride
cannot hold $im, assmption cannot hold $im, high9mindedness cannot hold $im % thin)ing yo are
something when yo are nothing, pffed p in yor imagination# *othing bt sincerity5 :o can hold
$im in the closet, in the prayer meeting, everywhere# !###if any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sp with him, and he with me" CRevelation J+<DF#
Can yo hold $im6 There may be a thoght, sometimes, that $e has left yo# ,h, no5 $e does
not leave @acob, Israel# What changed his name6 The wrestling6 What changed his name6 The holding
on, the clinging, the bro)enness of spirit6 If yo do not help me, I am no good, no good for the world-s
need# I am no longer salt# @acob obtained the blessing on two lines+ the favor of (od, and a
yieldedness of will# (od-s Spirit was wor)ing in him to bring him to a place of helplessness % (od
co9wor)ing to bring him to Bethel, the place of victory# @acob remembered Bethel, and throgh all the
mischievos conditions he had )ept his vow#
When we ma)e vows and )eep them, how (od helps s# We mst call pon (od and give $im
accont of the promise# !1nd @acob called the name of the place 0eniel+ for I have seen (od face to
face, and my life is preserved" C(enesis J<+JDF# $ow did he )now6 4o yo )now when (od blesseth
yo, when yo have victory6 Bt twenty years afterwards the vision of the ladder and the angels5
$ow did he )now6
We mst have a perfect )nowledge of what (od has for s# $e )new that he had the favor of
(od, and that no man cold hrt him# Let s in all or see)ing see we have the favor of (od, wal)ing
day by day beneath an open heaven# =eeping $is commandments, wal)ing in the Spirit, tender in or
hearts, lovable, appreciated by (odB if so, we shall be appreciated by others and or ministry will be
a blessing to those who hear# (od bless yo# (od bless % for @ess- sa)e#
0blished in Confidence
Faith Based 7pon =nowledge, ,ctober 9 4ecember ;>;>
Then said they nto him, What shall we do, that we might wor) the
wor)s of (od6 @ess answered and said nto them, This is the
wor) of (od, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent# @ohn
I+<H,<>
!This is the wor) of (od, that ye believe#" *othing in the world glorifies (od so mch as
simple rest of faith in what (od-s Word says# @ess said, !###3y Father wor)eth hitherto, and I wor)"
C@ohn A+;EF# $e saw the way the Father did the wor)sB it was on the grond9 wor) of )nowledge, faith
based pon )nowledge# When I )now $im, there are any amont of promises I can lay hold of, then
there is no strggle, !For MheN that as)eth receivethB and he that see)eth findethB and to him that
)noc)eth it shall be opened" C3atthew E+HF#
@ess lived to manifest (od-s glory in the earth, to show forth what (od was li)e, that many
sons might be broght to glory C$ebrews <+;DF# @ohn the Baptist came as a forernner, testifying
beforehand to the coming revelation of the Son# The Son came, and in the power of the $oly (host
revealed faith# The Living (od has chosen s in the midst of $is people# The power is not of s, bt
of (od# :es, beloved, it is the power of another within s C$ebrews ;D+;JF#
@st in the measre we are clothed and covered and hidden in $im, is $is inner wor)ing
manifested# @ess said, !###3y Father wor)eth hitherto, and I wor)" C@ohn A+;EF# ,h, the 8oy of the
)nowledge of it5 To )now $im# We )now if we loo) bac) how (od has ta)en s on# We love to shot
!$allel8ah," pressed ot beyond measre by the Spirit, as $e brings s face to face with reality, $is
blessed $oly Spirit dwelling in s and manifesting the wor)s# I mst )now the sovereignty of $is
grace and the manifestation of $is power# Where am I6 I am in $imB $e is in (od# The $oly (host,
the great Revealer of the Son# Three persons dwelling in man# The $oly Spirit is in s for revelation
to manifest the Christ of (od# Therefore be it )nown nto yo, $e that dwelleth in (od doeth the
wor)s C@ohn ;?+;DF# The law of the Spirit of life having made s free from the law of sin and death
CRomans H+<F#
The Spirit wor)ing in righteosness, bringing s to the place where
1ll 7nbelief Is 4ethroned,
and Christ is made the head of the Corner, !###this is the Lord-s doing, and it is marvellos in
or eyes" C3atthew <;+?<F# It is a glorios fact, we are in (od-s presence, possessed by $imB we are
not or own, we are clothed with 1nother# What for6 For the deliverance of the people# 3any can
testify to the day and hor when they were delivered from sic)ness by a spernatral power# Some
wold have passed away with inflen&a if (od had not intervened, bt (od stepped in with a new
revelation, showing s we are born from above, born by a new power, (od dwelling in s
sperseding the old# !If ye shall as) any thing in my name, I will do if C@ohn ;?+;?F# 1s) and receive,
and yor 8oy shall be fll, if ye dare to believe C@ohn ;I+<?F# !###What shall we do, that we might
wor) the wor)s of (od6 This is the wor) of (od, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent" C@ohn
I+<H,<>F# (od is more an'ios to answer than we are to as)# I am spea)ing of faith based pon
)nowledge#
1 Testimony
I was healed of appendicitis, and that becase of the )nowledge of itB faith based pon the
)nowledge of the e'perience of it# Where I have ministered to others, (od has met and answered
according to $is will# It is in or trst and or )nowledge of the power of (od % the )nowledge that
(od will not fail s if we will only believe, !###spea) the word only, and my servant shall be healed"
C3atthew H+HF# @ess said nto the centrion, !(o thy wayB as tho hast believed, so be it done nto
thee# 1nd his servant was healed in the selfsame hor" C3atthew H+;JF#
1n Instance
In one place where I was staying a yong man came in telling s his sweetheart was dyingB
there was no hope# I said, !,nly believe#" What was it6 Faith based pon )nowledge# I )new that
what (od had done for me $e cold do for her# We went to the hose# $er sfferings were terrible to
witness# I said, !In the name of @ess come ot of her#" She cried, !3other, 3other, I am well#" Then
I said that the only way to ma)e s believe it was to get p and dress# 0resently she came down
dressed# The doctor came in and e'amined her careflly# $e said, !This is of (odB this is the finger of
(od#" It was faith based pon )nowledge# If I received a chec) for P;DDD, and )new only imperfectly
the character of the man that sent it, I shold be carefl of the man that sent it, I shold be carefl not
to rec)on on it ntil it was honored# @ess did great wor)s becase of $is )nowledge of $is Father#
Faith begets )nowledge, fellowship, commnion# If yo see imperfect faith, fll of dobt, a wavering
condition, it always comes of
Imperfect =nowledge#
@ess said,
Father# ##I )new that tho hearest me always+ bt becase of the
people which stand, by I said it, that they may believe that tho
hast sent me### he cried with a lod voice, La&ars, come forth#
@ohn ;;+?;9?J
1nd (od wroght special miracles by the hands of 0al+ so that
from his body were broght nto the sic) hand)erchiefs or aprons,
and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went ot
of them# 1cts ;>+;;,;<
For or conversation is in heaven from whence also we loo) for the Savior#
Who shall fashion anew the body of or hmiliation that it may be conformed to the body of
$is glory, according to the wor)ing whereby $e is able to sbde all things nto $imself6 $ow (od
has cared for me these twelve years, and blessed me, giving me sch a sense of $is presence5 When
we depend pon (od how bontifl $e is, giving s enogh and to spare for others# Lately (od has
enabled me to ta)e victory on new lines, a living9in9$oly (host attitde in a new way# 1s we meet,
immediately the glory falls# The $oly (host has the latest news from the (odhead, and has designed
for s the right place at the right time# .vents happen in a remar)able way# :o drop in where the
need is#
There have been several mental cases lately# $ow difficlt they are natrally, bt how easy
for (od to deal with# ,ne lady came, saying, !@st over the way there is a yong man terribly
afflicted,
4emented,
with no rest day or night#" I went with a very imperfect )nowledge as to what I had to do, bt
in the wea) places (od helps or infirmities# I reb)ed the demon in the name of @ess, then I said,
!I-ll come again tomorrow#" *e't day when I went he was with his father in the field and /ite well#
1nother case# Fifty miles away there was a fine yong man, twenty9five years of age# $e had
lost his reason, cold have no commnication with his mother, and he was always wandering p and
down# I )new (od was waiting to bless# I cast ot the demon9power, and heard long after he had
become /ite well# Ths the blessed $oly Spirit ta)es s on from one place to another# So many
things happen, I live in heaven on earth# @st the other day, at Coventry, (od relieved the people#
Ths $e ta)es s on and on and on#
4o not wait for inspiration if yo are in needB the $oly (host is here, and yo can have
perfect deliverance as yo sit in yor seats#
I was ta)en to three persons, one in care of an attendant# 1s I entered the room there was a
terrible din, /arreling, sch a noise it seemed as if all the powers of hell were stirred# I had to wait
(od-s time# The $oly (host rose in me at the right time, and the three were delivered, and at night
were singing praises to (od# There had to be activity and testimony# Let it be )nown nto yo this
3an Christ is the same today# Which man6 (od-s 3an Who has to have the glory, power, and
dominion# !For he mst reign, till he hath pt all enemies nder his feet" C; Corinthians ;A+<AF# When
$e reigns in yo, yo )now how to obey, how to wor) in con8nction with $is will, $is power, $is
light, $is life, having faith based pon )nowledge, we )now $e has come# !## #ye shall receive
power, after that the $oly (host is come pon yo###" C1cts ;+HF# We are in the e'perience of it#
Sometimes a live word comes nto me, in the presence of a need, a revelation of the Spirit to
my mind, !Tho shalt be loosed#" Loosed now6 It loo)s li)e presmption, bt (od is with the man
who dares to stand pon $is Word# I remember, for instance, a person who had not been able to smell
anything for for years# I said, !:o will smell now if yo believe#" This stirred another who had not
smelled for twenty years# I said, !:o will smell tonight#" She went abot smelling everything, and
was /ite e'cited# *e't day she gave her testimony# 1nother came and as)ed, !Was it possible for
(od to heal her ears6" The drms were removed# I said, !,nly believe#" She went down into the
adience in great distressB others were healed, bt she cold not hear# The ne't night she came again#
She said, !I am going to believe tonight#" The glory fell# The first time she came feelingB the second
time she came believing#
1t one place there was a man anointed for MaN rptre# $e came the ne't night, rose in the
meeting saying, !This man is an impostorB he is deceiving the people# $e told me last night I was
healedB I am worse than ever today#" I spo)e to the evil power that held the man and reb)ed it,
telling the man he was indeed healed# $e was a mason# *e't day he testified to lifting heavy weights,
and that (od had met him# !###with his stripes we are healed" CIsaiah AJ+AF# $e hath made to light on
$im the ini/ity of s all# It was the Word of (od, not me he was against# !###What shall we do, that
we might wor) the wor)s of (od6 @ess answered and said nto them, This is the wor) of (od, that
ye believe on him whom he hath sent" C@ohn I+<H,<>F# 1nything else6 :es# $e too) or infirmities
and healed all or diseases# I myself am a marvel of healing# If I fail to glorify (od, the stones wold
cry ot#
Salvation is for all,
$ealing is for all#
Baptism of the $oly (host is for all#
Rec)on yorselves dead indeed nto sin, bt alive nto (od#
Figre < !The world has to be broght to a )nowledge of the trth, bt that will only be
broght abot throgh hman instrmentality# "
By $is grace get the victory every time# It is possible to live holy# $e brea)s the power of
canceled sin,
$e sets the prisoner freeB
$is blood can ma)e the folest clean,
$is blood avails for me#
### What shall we do, that we might wor) the wor)s of (od6 @ess
answered and said nto them, This is the wor) of (od, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent# @ohn I+<H,<>#
0blished in Confidence
*ow5 *ow5 *ow5 ;><;
We are glad of cathedrals and chrches, bt (od does not dwell in temples made by hands bt
in the fleshly tables of the heart#
Where Christ Reigns5
$ere is tre worship# (od is a Spirit+ and they that worship him mst worship him in spirit
and in trth % the Father see)eth sch to worship $im C@ohn ?+<J,<?F# The chrch is the body of
ChristB its worship is a heart worship, a longing to come into the presence of (od# (od sees or
hearts and will open or nderstanding# The Lord delighteth in $is people# $e wants s to come to a
place of ndistrbed rest and peace % an ndistrbed position % it is only in (od5 ,nly simplicity
will bring s there# @ess said when $e plifted the baby, !.'cept ye be converted, and become as
little children, ye shall not enter into the )ingdom of heaven" C3atthew ;H+JF# It is not to have the
child-s mind, bt the child-s spirit+ mee)ness, gentleness# It is the only place to meet (od# $e will
give s that place of worship#
$ow my heart cries ot for a living faith with a deep vision of (od# The world cannot
prodce it# 1 place where we see the Lord % that when we pray we )now (od hears# 1s)ing (od
and believing for the answer, having no fear bt a living faith to come into the presence of (od# In
$is presence is flness of 8oy and at $is right hand are pleasres forevermore C0salm ;I+;;F#
(od is loo)ing for a people $e can reveal $imself in# It is wonderfl for me to be here# I sed
to have a tremendos temper, going white with passion# 3y whole natre was otside (od that way#
(od )new $is child cold never be of service to the world nless he was wholly sanctified# I was
difficlt to please at the table# 3y wife was a good coo), bt there was always something wrongB bt
after (od sanctified me I heard her testify in a meetingB from that time I was pleased with everything#
I had men wor)ing for me CI wanted to be a good testimony to themF, and one day they waited
after wor) was over and said, !we wold li)e that spirit yo have#" It is or hman spirit that has to
be controlled by the $oly Spirit# There is a place of death and life where Christ reigns in the body#
Then all is well# This Word is fll of stimlation# It is by faith, into a place of grace, that all may see
s new# Behold5 Behold5 Behold5 What is it6 The $oly (host arosing or attention# $e has
something special to say# Behold, if yo will believe yo can be sons of (od in li)eness % character,
spirit, longings, acts ntil all )now yo are a son of (od#
*ow the Spirit of (od can change or natre# (od is Creator# $is Word is creative, and if
yo believe today % a creative power changing the whole natre# Sons of (od# :o cannot reach this
altitde only by faith# *o man can )eep himself# The (od of almightiness spreads $is covering over
yo, saying, !I am able to do all things, and all things are possible to him that believeth#" The old
natre is so difficlt to manage# :o have been ashamed of it many a time, bt the Lord $imself will
come# $e says, !Come nto me, and I will give the rest, peace, strength# I will change yo# I will
operate pon yo by 3y power, ma)ing yo a new creation if yo will believe#" Leave it there, leave
it there# Ta)e yor brden to the Lord and leave it there# Learn of 3e, for I am mee) and lowly in
heart, and ye shall find rest nto yor sols# The world has no rest, it is fll of troblesB bt in 3e a
peace which passeth nderstanding with an inward flow of divine power changing yor natre ntil
yo can live, move and act in the power of (od# Therefore the world )noweth yo not becase it
)new $im not#
What does it mean6 I have lived in one hose fifty years# I have preached from my own
doorstep % all arond )now me# They )now me when they need someone to pray, when there is
troble, when they need a word of wisdom# Bt at Christmas time when they call their friends, wold
they call me6 *o5 Why6 They wold say, !$e is sre to want a prayer meeting, bt we what to finish
p with a dance#"
Wherever @ess came, sin was revealed and men don-t li)e sin revealed# Sin separates from
(od forever# :o are in a good place when yo weep before (od, repenting over the least thing# If
yo have spo)en n)indly, yo reali&ed it was not li)e the Lord# :or )een conscience has ta)en yo
to prayer# It is a wonderfl thing to have a )een conscience# When everything is wrong, yo cry nto
the Lord5 It is when we are close to (od that or hearts are revealed# (od intends s to live in prity,
seeing $im all the time# $ow can we6
Beloved, now are we the sons of (od, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be+ bt we )now that, when he shall appear, we shall
be li)e himB for we shall see him as he is# 1nd every man that hath
this hope in him prifieth himself, even as he is pre# ; @ohn J+<,J
What 1n ,ffering5
It is the hope of the chrch, as the Bridegroom to the bride, or Lord Who has died for s, the
Lamb of (od, Who became poor for s that we might be made rich# What an offering5 $e has sffered
for s, been bried for s, risen for s, 8ealos for s# $ow we love $im# $e is coming again# I am
praying (od will create sons in this meeting# !To as many as believe on $im, to them gave $e power
to become sons of (od#" When we believe, we receive $im# When yo receive $im anything may
ta)e place# !1ll things are possible to him that believeth#" 0al says of some that they came behind in
no gift, comprehending with all saints over sin, clean and pre, having a boldness in hmility, a place
in (od in sobriety#
When I am leaving anywhere by train or ship, people come to see MmeN offB I preach to them# It
is (od-s plan to meB it is an order# The captain hearsB the stewards hear# !,h5" they say# !1nother on
board#" The world thin)s there is something wrong with yo if yo are fll of &eal for (od#
1 yong man came and as)ed me to ta)e part in a sweep# I said, !I am preaching on Snday#
Wold yo come if I did6" $e said, !*o#" Later, there was an entertainment# I said I wold ta)e part#
It was the strangest thing for me# I said I wold sing# I saw men dressed as clergy entertaining the
people with foolishness# I was trobledB I cried to (od# Then came my trn 8st before the dance# 1
yong woman came to ta)e my boo)B she was half dressed# She said, !I cannot play that#" I said,
!*ever worry#" I said, !,h5 If I cold only tell yo how I love $im5 I am sre that yo wold ma)e
$im yors today#" There was no dance# They began weeping, and si' yong men gave their hearts to
(od in my cabin#
The world does not )now s, bt we are sons of (od with power# @ess is the chance, and as
we loo) for $im or life is changed# $e is (od-s Son# What is the ob8ect of my ministry6 *o man that
sins has power# Sin ma)es a man wea) % ta)es away his dignity and power# With 8oy in the $oly
(host % filled with 8oy# It is (od-s plan# $eaven open# *o condemnation# If yo pray, yo )now $e
hears# If yo read the Word of (od, it is all alive# Remember this+ sin dethrones, bt prity
strengthens# Temptation is not sin, bt the devil is a liar and tries to ta)e away peace# :o mst live
in the Word of (od# There is now no condemnation# Who is he that can condemn yo, Christ that
died555
$e won-t condemn yo# $e died to love yo# 4on-t condemn yorself# If there is anything
wrong, come to the blood#
###if we wal) in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of @ess Christ his Son cleanseth s
from all sin# ; @ohn ;+E
@ess was manifested to destroy the wor)s of the devil# :o can come this morning into a new
e'perience of (od# 1ll fear (od, and (od creates in or hearts sch a love for @ess that we are
living in a new realm % sons of (od with power, filled with all the flness of (od# If or hearts
condemn s not, we have confidence towards (od, and whatsoever we as) we receive of $im,
becase $e )eeps $is commandments and does those things that are pleasing in $is sight# $ereby we
)now that $e abideth in s by the Spirit which $e has given s#
0al went to impart some spirital gifts# 4id 0al give gifts6 *o5 The $oly (host gives gifts,
and @ess gives gifts# *o man can give a gift#
I am here ministering faith on the line of an act# Before leaving home I received a wire, wold
I go to Liverpool# There was a woman with cancer and gallstones down with mch discoragement# If
I )now (od is sending me, my faith rises# The woman said, !I have no hope#" !Well," I said, !I have
not come from Bradford to go home with a bad report#" (od said to me, !.stablish her in the fact of
the new birth#" When she had the assrance that her sin was gone and she was born again, she said,
!That is everything to me# Cancer is nothing now# I have got @ess# The battle was won# (od
delivered her, and she was free and p and dressed and happy in @ess#
When (od spea)s, it is as a nail in a sre place# Will yo believe that (od ma)es yo $is
sons6 Life and immortality are ors in the (ospel# This is or inheritance throgh the blood of @ess
% life forevermore# Believe, and the Lord will transmit life right throgh yo, that yo may be
waiting for $is coming witnessing nto $im#
1ddress given in Colombier, Swit&erland
Immersed in the $oly (host, 3ay ;><;
The baptism of the $oly (host is a great beginning# I thin) the best word we can say is, !Lord,
what wilt Tho have me to do6" The greatest difficlty today with s is to be held in the place where
it shall be (od only# It is so easy to get or own mind to wor)# The wor)ing of the $oly (host is so
different# I believe there is a mind of Christ, and we may be so immersed in the Spirit that we are all
the day as)ing, !What wilt Tho have me to do6"
This has been a day in the $oly (host# The last three months have been the greatest days of my
life# I sed to thin) if I cold see sch and sch things wor)ed I shold be satisfiedB bt I have seen
greater things than I ever e'pected to see, and I am more hngry to see greater things yet# The great
thing at conventions is to get s so immersed in (od that we may see signs and wonders in the name
of the Lord @essB a place where death has ta)en place and we are not, for (od has ta)en s# If (od
has ta)en hold of s we will be changed by $is power and might# :o can depend on it, the .thiopian
will be changed# I find (od has a plan to trn the world pside down, where we are not#
When I have been at my wit-s end, and have seen (od open the door, I have felt I shold
never dobt (od again# I have been ta)en to another place that was worse still# There is no place for
s, and yet a place where (od is, where the $oly (host is 8st showing forth and displaying $is
gracesB a place where we will never come ot, where we are always immersed in the Spirit, the glory
of (od being seen pon s# It is wonderfl5 There is a power behind the scenes that moves things#
(od can wor) in sch a marvelos way####
I believe we have yet to learn what it wold be with a 0entecostal Chrch in .ngland that
nderstood trly the wor) of intercession# I believe (od the $oly (host wants to teach s that it is not
only the people on the platform who can move things by prayer# :o people, the Lord can move
things throgh yo# We have to learn the power of the breath of the $oly (host# If I am filled with the
$oly (host, $e will formlate the word that will come into my heart# The sond of my voice is only
by the breath that goes throgh it# When I was in a little room at Bern waiting for my passport, I fond
a lot of people, bt I coldn-t spea) to them# So I got hold of three men and plled them nto me# They
stared, bt I got them on their )nees# Then we prayed, and the revival began# I coldn-t tal) to them,
bt I cold show them the way to tal) to Someone else#
(od will move pon the people to ma)e them see the glory of (od 8st as it was when @ess
wal)ed in this world, and I believe the $oly (host will do special wonders and miracles in these last
days# I was ta)en to see a yong woman who was very ill# The yong man who showed me the way
said, !I am afraid we shall not be able to do mch here, becase of her mother, and the doctors are
coming#" I said, !This is what (od has broght me here for," and when I prayed the yong woman
was instantly healed by the power of (od# (od the $oly (host says in or hearts today that it is only
$e who can do it# 1fter that we got crowds, and I ministered to the sic) among them for two hors#
The secret for the ftre is living and moving in the power of the $oly (host# ,ne thing I
re8oice in is that there need not be an hor or a moment when I do not )now the $oly (host is pon
me# ,h, this glorios life in (od is beyond e'pressionB it is (od manifest in the flesh# ,h, this
glorios nction of the $oly (host % that we move by the Spirit# $e shold be or continal life# The
$oly (host has the last thoghts of anything that (od wants to give# (lory to (od for the $oly (host5
We mst see that we live in the place where we say, !What wilt Tho have me to do6" and are in the
place where $e can wor) in s to will and to do of $is good pleasre#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
Faith, Romans ?, ;><<
The Lord give s patience to ta)e in this Word# It is a very marvelos Word, and (od wants
s to flly comprehend the flness of what it means to s all# The great plan of (od-s salvation is
redemption in its flness#
There are things in this chapter that will bring a revelation of what (od means for the man
who believes# While I )now prayer is wonderfl, and not only changes things bt changes yo, while I
)now the man of prayer can go right in and ta)e the blessing from (od, yet I tell yo that if we grasp
this trth that we have before s, we shall find that faith is the greatest inheritance of all#
3ay (od give s faith that will bring this glorios inheritance into or heartsB for, beloved, it
is tre that the 8st shall live by faithB and do not forget that it ta)es a 8st man to live by faith, and may
the Lord reveal to s the flness of this trth that (od gave to 1braham#
That Blessed 0lace
Twenty9five years 1braham had the promise that (od wold give him a son# Twenty9five
years he stood face to face with (od on the promise, e'pecting every year to have a son# There was
Sarah becoming wea)er, his own stamina and body becoming more frail, and natral conditions so
changing both Sarah and him that, so far as they cold see, there was no sch thing as seeing their
bodies bring forth frit# 1nd, if they had loo)ed at their bodies as some people do theirs, they wold
probably have remained li)e they were forever# Bt 1braham dared not loo) either at Sarah or
himself in that respect# $e had to loo) at (od# :o cannot find anywhere that (od ever failed# 1nd
$e wants to bring s into that blessed place of faith, changing s into a real sbstance of faith, till we
are so li)e9minded that whatever we as) we believe we receive, and or 8oy becomes fll becase
we believe# I want yo to see how (od covered 1braham becase he believed#
$ear what (od said to 1braham, and then see how 1braham acts# $e was amongst his own
people and his own )indred, and (od said to him, !Come ot, 1braham, come ot5" 1nd 1braham
obeyed, and came ot, not )nowing whither he was going# :o say, !$e was the biggest ass that ever
(od had nder $is hands#" :o will never go throgh with (od on any lines e'cept by believing
$im# It is, !Ths saith the Lord" every timeB and yo will see the plan of (od come right throgh
when yo dare believe# $e came right ot of his own contry, and (od was with him# Becase he
believed (od, (od overshadowed him# I am as confident as possible that if we cold get to the place
of believing (od, we need not have a dog in the yard or a loc) on the door# 1ll this is nbelief# (od
is able to manage the whole bsiness# It doesn-t matter how many thieves are abotB they cannot brea)
throgh nor steal where (od is#
I want, by the help of (od, to lead yo into the trth, for there is nothing bt the trth can set
yo free, bt trth can always do it# It is impossible, if (od covers yo with $is righteosness, for
anything to happen to yo, contrary to the mind of (od#
When (od sets $is seal pon yo, the devil dare not brea) it# $e dare not brea) in where yo
are# :o )now what a !seal" is, don-t yo6 *ow, then, when (od pts $is seal pon yo, the devil
has no power there# $e dare not brea) that seal and go throghB and (od pts $is seal pon the man
that believes $im# There are two )inds of righteosness# There is a righteosness which is according
to the law, the )eeping of the lawB bt there is a better righteosness than that# :o as), !What cold
be better than )eeping the law"6 The righteosness that sees (od and obeys $im in everything5 The
righteosness that believes that every prayer ttered is going to bring the answer from (od# There is a
righteosness which is made )nown only to the heart that )nows (od# There is a side to the inner man
that (od can reveal only to the man that believes $im#
We have any amont of scriptral illstrations to show s how (od wor)ed with those people
who believed $im# I have any amont of definite instances in my life where (od came, where (od
was, where (od wor)ed, where (od planned# 1nd here is one of the greatest plans of all, where (od
wor)s in this man C1brahamF e'actly opposite to hman natre# There were many good points abot
Sarah, bt she had not reached the place# She laghed, and then denied having done so, and when they
waited a time and she saw that their bodies were growing frailer, she said+ !*ow it will be 8st as
good for yo to ta)e $agar for a wife and bring forth a son throgh her#" Bt that was not the seed of
1braham that (od spo)e abot, and that cased a great deal of troble in the hose of 1brahamB and
there are times when yo dare not ta)e yor wife-s advice# The man who wal)s with (od can only
afford to ta)e (od-s leadings, and when $e leads yo it is direct and clear, and the evidence is so
real that every day yo )now that (od is with yo nfolding $is plan to yo# It is lovely to be in the
will of (od# T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(lory to (od5 $e is the Lord of $osts Who
cometh forth into the heart of the hman life of man, and spea)s according to $is divine plan, and as
yo live in the Spirit, yo live in the process of (od-s mind, and act according to $is divine will#"
1 $igher ,rder
1nd so there is a higher order than the natral man, and (od wants to bring s into this higher
order, where we will believe $im# In the first place, (od promised 1braham a son# Cold a child be
born into the world, e'cept on the line of the natral law6 It was when all natral law was finished,
and when there was no sbstance in these two persons, that the law of the Spirit broght forth a son# It
was the law of faith in (od Who had promised#
1nd then we are broght to the time when or blessed Lord was conceived# I hear 3ary
saying to the angel, !Lord, be it nto me according to thy word" CL)e ;+JHF, so that the man Christ
@ess was broght forth on the same lines# Tonight I see before me faces I )now, and I can see that
these men are born, not of blood, neither by the will of the flesh, bt of (od# We have the same law in
or midst tonight# Born of (od5 1nd sometimes I see that this power within s is greater when we are
wea) than when we are strongB and this power was greater in 1braham day by day than when he was
strong#
Loo)ing at him, Sarah wold sha)e her head and say+ !I never saw any9body so thin and wea)
and helpless in my life# *o, 1braham, I have been loo)ing at yo, and yo seem to be going right
down#" Bt 1braham refsed to loo) at his own body or that of SarahB he believed the promise that it
shold be# Some of yo people have come for healing# :o )now as well as possible that, according
to the natral life, there is no virte in yor body to give yo that health# :o )now also that the
ailment from which yo sffer has so drained yor life and energy that there is no help at all in yoB
bt (od says that yo shall be healed if yo believe# It ma)es no difference how yor body is# It was
e'actly the helplessness of Sarah and 1braham that broght the glorios fact that a son was born, and
I want yo to see what sort of a son he was#
$e was the son of 1braham# The seed of the whole, believing chrch % his seed as
innmerable as the sands pon the seashore# (od wants yo to )now tonight that there is no limitation
with $im, and to bring s to a place where there will be no limitation in s# This state wold be
broght abot by the wor)ing of the ,mnipotent in the hman bodyB wor)ing in s continally %
greater than any science or any power in the world % and bringing s into the place to comprehend
(od and man#
I want yo to see tonight that Romans ?+;I has a great toch for s all# :o loo) at it+
!Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by graceB to the end the promise might be sre to all the seedB
not to that only which is of the law, bt to that also which is of the faith of 1brahamB who is the father
of s all#" Thin) abot those words, !Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace#" Some of yo
wold li)e a toch in yor bodiesB some wold li)e a toch in yor spiritB some wold li)e to be
bapti&ed in the $oly (hostB some want to be filled with all (od-s power# There it is for yo#
That the blessing of 1braham might come on the (entiles throgh
@ess ChristB that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
throgh faith# (alatians J+;?
*ow come on the lines of faith again# I want yo to see tonight that yo can be healed if yo
will hear the Word# *ow there are some people here for healingB maybe some want salvation, maybe
others want sanctification and the baptism of the Spirit# This Word says it is by faith, that it might be
by grace# (race is omnipotenceB it is activity, benevolence, mercy# It is trth, perfection, and (od-s
inheritance in the sol that can believe# (od gives s a negative side# What is it6 It is by faith# (race
is (od# :o open the door by faith, and (od comes in with all yo want, and it cannot be otherwise,
for it is !of faith, that it might be by grace#" It cannot be by grace nless yo say it shall be so#
This is believing, and most people want healing by feeling# It cannot be# Some even want
salvation on the same lines, and they say, !,h, if I cold feel I was saved, brother5" It will never
come that way# There are three things that wor) together# The first is faith# Faith can always bring a
fact, and a fact can always bring 8oy, and so (od brings yo into this meeting to hear the Scriptres,
which can ma)e yo wise nto salvation, which can open yor nderstanding and ma)e yo so that if
yo will hear the trth, yo will go ot with what yo want# So that yo have power to sht the door,
and power to open the door# Let s now ta)e another verse more mighty still, step by step, and yo
will find it is very wonderfl#
(od Is
$ere is Sarah % her body is dead % and 1braham % his body is dead# !1s it is written, I
have made thee a father of many nations### CRomans ?+;EF# !*ow," says 1braham, !(od has made me
a father of many nations, and there is no hope of a son according to the natral law % no hope
whatever#" Bt here (od says, !I have made thee a father of many nations," and yet he has no son, and
dring the past twenty years of waiting, conditions have grown more and more hopeless, and yet the
promise was made# *ow how long have yo been with yor rhematism and believing6 $ow long
have yo been waiting for the promise and it has not come6 $ad yo need to wait6 Loo) here5 I want
to tell yo that all the people who are saved are blessed with faithfl 1braham# 1braham is the great
sbstance of the whole )eynote of Scriptre % a man that dared for twenty9five years MtoN believe
(od when everything went worse every day# ,h, it is lovely# It is perfect# I do not )now anything in
the Scriptres so marvelos, so far9reaching, and so fll of the sbstance of living reality, to change
s if we will believe (od# $e will ma)e s so different# This blessed incarnation of living faith
which changes s and ma)es s )now that (od is, and that $e is a rewarder of them that diligently
see) $im# (od is a reality# (od is tre, and in $im there is no lie, neither shadow of trning# ,h, it is
good5 I do love to thin) abot sch trths as this#
,h, beloved, there is not a sb8ect in the whole Bible that ma)es my body aflame with passion
after (od and $is righteosness as this# I see $e never fails# $e wants the man to believe, and then
the man shall never fail# ,h, the loveliness of the character of (od5
!The father of many nations5" :o tal) abot yor infirmities### loo) at this5 I have never felt I
have had an infirmity since I nderstood this chapter# ,h (od, help me# I feel more li)e weeping than
tal)ing tonight# 3y cp rnneth over as I see the magnitde of this living (od# !C1s it is written, I
have made thee a father of many nations,F before him whom he believed, even (od, who /ic)eneth
the dead, and calleth those things which be not as thogh they were#" !I won-t loo) at my body# I
won-t loo) at my infirmities# I believe (od will ma)e the whole thing right# What matter if I have not
heard for over twenty years6 I believe my ears will be perfect#" (od is reality, and wants s to )now
that if we will believe it shall be perfect# !Who /ic)eneth that which is dead, and calleth those
things which be not as thogh they were#" *o limitation of possibility# Then (od tested them still
frther than that# ,h, it is blessed to )now yo are tested# It is the greatest thing in the world to be
tested# :o never )now what yo are made of till yo are tested# Some people say, !,h, I don-t )now
why my lot is sch a heavy one," and (od pts them into the fire again# $e )nows how to do it# I can
tell yo, $e is a blessed (od# There is not sch a thing as a groan when (od gets hold of yo# There
is no sch thing as want to them who trst the Lord# When we really get in the will of (od, $e can
ma)e or enemies to be at peace with s# It is wonderfl#
Brothers, I wonder if yo really believe that (od can /ic)en that which is dead6 I have seen
it any amont of times# The more there was no hope, 1braham believed in hope# Sometimes Satan
will blr yor minds and interfere with yor perception that wold bring right in between yo and
(od the obscre conditionB bt (od is able to change the whole position if yo will let $im have a
chance# Trn yor bac) on every sense of nbelief, and believe (od# There are some who wold li)e
to feel the presence of the toch of (odB (od will bring it to yo# *ow, I wish people cold come to
this place# ,h, 1braham had a good timeB the more he was s/ee&ed, the more he re8oicedB and being
not wea) in faith, he considered not his own body, which was now dead, when he was abot ;DD
years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah-s womb# $e staggered not throgh nbelief, bt was
strong in faith, giving (od the glory CRomans ?+;>,<DF# (od )nows# $e has a plan# $e has a way#
4are yo trst $im6 $e )nows#
I am here % saved by the power of (od becase of the promise that (od made to 1brahamB
as the contess sands pon the seashore and as the stars in mltitde and glory, the seed of thy son
shall be5 It is for s tonight, beloved# The Scriptre says to s that the delaying of the promise and the
testing of 1braham was the seed of all the world to be who believed in (od# 1nd, being flly
persaded that that which $e had promised $e was able to perform# Therefore, it was impted nto
him for righteosness, and not to him only, bt to all the people who will believe (od CRomans ?+<;9
<?F#
The Seed ,f The 0romise 1nd The Seed ,f The Flesh
We have another place in the Scriptres, and I want to toch this now# Isaac was born# 1nd
yo find that, right in that hose where Isaac was and where Ishmael was, there was the seed of
promise and the seed of fleshB and yo find there is strife and troble right there, for Ishmael was
teasing Isaac# 1nd yo will find, my dear friends, as sre as anything, there is nothing that is going to
hold yo e'cept the Isaac life % the seed of 1braham# :o will find that the flesh9life will always
have to be cast ot# !1nd Sarah said, Cast ot $agar and her son#" It was very hard to do, bt it had to
be done# :o say, !$ow hard5" :es, bt how long had it to be6 Till sbmission came5 There will
always be 8ealosy and strife in yor hearts and lives till flesh is destroyed % till Isaac controls and
rles in athority over the whole bodyB and when Isaac 9 power reigns over yo, yo will find that the
whole of yor life is fll of peace and 8oy# 1nd then comes the time when this son grew p a fine
yong man, perhaps twenty years of age % we are not told % bt then came another test#
(od says to 1braham, !Ta)e thy son Isaac, and offer him to 3e pon the mont that I will
shew thee#" 4o yo thin) that 1braham told anybody of that6 *o, I am sre he didn-t# $e was near to
his heart, and (od said he had to offer him on the altar, and there he was % Isaac, the heart of his
heart % and (od said he was to be the seed of all living# What had he to do bt to believe that, 8st as
miraclosly as Isaac came into the world, (od cold even raise him thogh he were slain# 4id he
tell Sarah abot the thing6 *o, I am certain he did not, or else he wold not have got away with that
boy# There wold have been sch a trial in the home# I believe he )ept it to himself# When (od tells
yo a secret don-t tell anyone else# (od will, perchance, tell yo to go and lay hands on some sic)
one# (o, do it, and don-t tell anyone#
,ne thing I )now is that Satan does not )now my thoghtsB he only )nows what I let ot of my
moth# Sometimes he sggests thoghts in order to get to )now, bt I can see that (od can captivate
my thoghts in sch a way that they may be entirely for $im# When (od gets pon yor hearts yo will
see that every thoght is captive, that everything is broght into obedience, and is broght into a place
where yo are in dominion becase Christ is enthroned in yor life C< Corinthians ;D+?,AF# Some
people (od reveals deep and special things to# =eep yor consel before (od#
*ow, beloved, I see this+ 1braham cold offer Isaac# *ow tell me how# I believe in this
meeting that (od wants me to tell yo how, in order that yo may )now something abot yor trials#
Some thin) they are tried more than other people# If yo )new the vale of it, yo wold praise (od
for trial more than for anything# It is the trial that is sed to prify yoB it is in the fiery frnace of
affliction that (od gets yo in the place where $e can se yo# The person that has no trials and no
difficlties is the person whom (od dare not allow Satan to toch, becase he cold not stand
temptationB bt @ess will not allow any man to be tempted more than he is able to bear# The
Scriptres are the strongest evidence of anything yo can have# Before 1braham offered Isaac he was
tried, and (od )new he cold do it# 1nd before (od pts yo throgh the frnace of afflictions, $e
)nows yo will go throgh# *ot one single temptation cometh to any man more than he is able to bearB
and with the temptation (od is always there to help yo throgh# 4on-t yo see that was e'actly the
position in the case of 1braham6
If yo )now yo need the baptism of the $oly Spirit, and yo )now it is in the Scriptres,
never rest till (od gives it MtoN yo# If yo )now it is scriptral for yo to be healed of every
wea)ness, never rest ntil (od ma)es it yors# If yo )now that the Scriptres teach holiness, prity,
and divine li)eness % overcoming nder all conditions % never rest till yo are an overcomer# If
yo )now that men have gone in and have seen the face of (od, who have had the vision revealed,
have had the whole of the Scriptres made life in their lives, never rest till yo come to it# :o say,
!$ave yo a Scriptre to prove it6" :es, the Scriptre says, !That ye may apprehend with all saints
what is the depth, length, breadth and height of the love of (od#"
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !,h, hallel8ah5 This blessed inheritance of the
Spirit is come to profit withalB teaching yo all things, and ma)ing yo nderstand the will of (od
cometh not by observationB bt holy men of old spo)e and wrote as the Spirit gave them power and
tterance, and so today the $oly (host mst fill s with this same initiative of (od#"
We mst live in the fireB we mst hate sinB we mst love righteosnessB we mst live with
(od, for $e says we have to be blameless and harmless amidst the croo)ed positions of the world#
Beloved, I loo) at yo tonight, and I say (od is able to confirm all I have been spea)ing abot trials
and testings, which are the greatest blessings yo can have# (od wants to ma)e sons everywhere li)e
nto @ess# @ess was a type of the sonship that we have to attain nto# I don-t )now how I feel when I
am spea)ing abot the loftiness of the character of @ess, Who was a first9 frit to ma)e s pre and
holy# 1nd I see @ess going abot clothed with power# I see li)ewise, every child of (od in this place
clothed with power, and I see every detail# @ess was 8st the firstfrit % and I )now that is the
pattern of (od#
(od has not given s a pattern which it wold be impossible to copy# Beloved, $e hated sin
% which is the greatest l'ry we can have in or lives# If I have a hatred for sin, I have something
which is worth millions of ponds# ,h, the blood of @ess Christ, (od-s Son, cleanseth s from all
sin# Beloved, I feel somehow that that is the hope of the chrch for the ftre % being prified, made
li)e nto @ess, pre in heart, pre in thoght# Then when yo lay yor hands pon the sic), Satan has
no
power# When yo command him to leave, he has to go# What a redemption5 What a baptism5
What an nction5 It is ecstasies of delight beyond all e'pression for the sol to live and move in $im
Who is or being#
1ddress given at (ood *ews $all 3elborne, 1stralia
Filled With (od, Romans H, ;><<
Romans H# For a short time I want specially to spea) to the people in this meeting who are
saved# (od wants s to be holy# $e wants s to be filled with a power that )eeps s holy# $e wants
s to have a revelation of what sin and death are, and what the Spirit and the life of the Spirit are#
*o Condemnation
Loo) at the first two verses# They are fll of matter % sfficient to )eep s for two hors
tonight, bt we mst move on in order to help everybody# Bt loo) at these verses for a moment+
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ @ess, who wal) not after
the flesh, bt after the Spirit#
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess hath made me free
from the law of sin and death# Romans H+;,<
!*o condemnation#" This is the primary word for me tonight becase it means so mch % it
has everything within it# If yo are withot condemnation yo are in a place where yo can pray
throgh % where yo have a revelation of Christ# For $im to be in yo brings yo to a place where
yo cannot bt follow the divine leadings of the Spirit of Christ, and where yo have no fellowship
with the world# 1nd I want yo to see that the Spirit of the Lord wold reveal nto s this fact, that if
yo love the world yo cannot love (od, and the love of (od cannot be in yo# So (od wants a
straight ct tonight# Why does (od want a straight ct6 Becase if yo are !in Christ" yo are a !new
creation#" :o are in $im, yo belong to a new creation in the Spirit# Therefore yo wal) in the Spirit
and are free from condemnation#
So the Spirit of the Lord tonight wants yo withot condemnation, and desires to bring yo
into revelation# *ow what will it mean6 3ch every way, becase (od wants all $is people to be
targets, to be lights, to be li)e cities set on a hill which cannot be hidB to be so !in (od" for the
world-s redemption that the world may )now that ye belong to (od# That is the law of the Spirit#
What will it do6 The law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess will ma)e yo free from the law of sin
and death# Sin will have no dominion over yo# :o will have no desire to sin, and it will be as tre
in yor case as it was in @ess- when $e said+ !Satan cometh, bt findeth nothing in 3e#" $e cannot
condemnB he has no power# $is power is destroyed in the tenth verse# What does it say6 !###the body
is dead becase of sinB bt the Spirit is life becase of righteosness#" To be !filled with (od" means
that yo are free % fll of 8oy, peace, blessing, endement, strength of character, molded afresh in
(od and transformed by $is mighty power till yo live# :et not yo, bt !1nother lives in yo,"
manifesting $is power throgh yo as sons of (od#
*otice these two laws+ the law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess ma)ing yo free from the
law of sin and death# The same law is in yo as was in yo before, bt it is dead# :o are 8st the
same man, only /ic)ened % the same flesh, bt it is dead# :o are a new creation % a new
creatre# Created in (od afresh after the image of Christ# *ow, beloved, some people come into line
with this bt do not nderstand their inheritance and go downB bt instead of yo being wea) and
going down, yo have got to rise trimphantQ it# :o say, !Show s the law#" I will, (od helping me#
It is fond in the seventh chapter of Romans, the last verse+
I than) (od throgh @ess Christ or Lord# So then with the mind I
myself serve the law of (odB bt with the flesh the law of sin#
Is it a sin to wor)6 *o, it is not a sin to wor)# Wor) is ordained by (od# It is an honor to
wor)# I find that there are two ways to wor)# ,ne way is wor)ing in the flesh, bt the child of (od
shold never allow himself to come into the flesh when (od has ta)en him in the Spirit# (od wants to
show yo that there is a place where yo can live in the Spirit and not be sb8ect to the flesh# Live in
the Spirit till sin has no dominion# Sin reigneth nto deathB bt Christ reigns, and so we reign in
Christ, over sin and death CRomans A+<D,<;F# Reigning in life#
Blessed Redemption
There is not a person here who, if he is sic), is reigning in life# There is satanic power
reigning there, bt (od wants yo to )now that yo have to reign# (od made yo li)e $imself, and
@ess boght bac) for s in the (arden of (ethsemane everything that was lost in the (arden of .den,
and restored it to s in $is agony# $e boght that blessed redemption# When I thin) of !redemption," I
wonder if there is anything greater than the (arden of .den, when 1dam and .ve had fellowship with
(od, and $e came down and wal)ed with them in the cool of the evening# Is there anything greater6
:es, redemption is greater# $ow6 1nything that is local is never so great# When (od was in
the (arden, 1dam was localB bt the moment a man is born again he is free, and lives in heavenly
places# $e has no destination e'cept the glory# Redemption is greater than the (arden, and (od wants
yo to )now that $e wants yo to come into this glorios redemption, not only for the salvation of
yor sol, bt also yor body % to )now that it is redeemed from the crse of the law, to )now that
yo have been made free, to )now that (od-s Son has set yo free# $allel8ah5 Free from the law of
sin and death5 $ow is it accomplished6 The third and forth verses tell s# Let s loo) at them# These
are master verses+
For what the law cold not do, in that it was wea) throgh the
flesh, (od sending his own Son in the li)eness of sinfl flesh, and
for sin, condemned sin in the flesh+ that the righteosness of the
law might be flfilled in s, who wal) not after the flesh, bt after
the Spirit#
Righteosness flfilled in s5 Brother5 Sister5 I tell yo there is a redemption# There is an
atonement in Christ % a personality of Christ to dwell in yo# There is a (od 9 li)eness for yo to
attain to % a blessed resemblance of Christ in yo, if yo will believe the Word of (od# The Word is
sfficient for yo# .at itB devor it# It is the living Word of (od#
@ess was manifested to destroy the wor)s of the devil# (od so manifested $is flness in
@ess that $e wal)ed this earth glorified and filled with (od# In the first place, $e was with (od and
was called !the Word#" In the second place, $e and (od became so !,ne" in their operation that they
said it was !(od#" Then the cooperation of oneness was so manifest that there was nothing done
withot the other# They cooperated in the wor)ing of power# Then yo mst see that before the
fondation of the world this plan of redemption was all completed, and set in order before the fall#
*otice that this redemption had to be so mighty, and to redeem s all so perfectly, that there shold be
no lac) in the whole redemption# Let s see how it comes abot# First, $e became fleshB then $e was
filled with the $oly (hostB then $e became the voice and the operation of the Word by the power of
(od throgh the $oly (host# $e became !the 1thority#"
Let me go frther# :o are born of an incorrptible power % the power of (od-s Word % by
$is personality and $is natre# :e are begotten of (od and are not yor own# :o are now
incarnatedB and yo can believe that yo have passed from death nto life and become an heir of (od,
a 8oint9heir with Christ, in the measre that yo believe $is Word# The natral flesh has been changed
for a new orderB the first order was the natral 1damic order, the last order is Christ % the heavenly
order# 1nd now yo become changed by a heavenly power e'isting in an earthly bodyB a power that
can never dieB it can never see corrption, and it cannot be lost# If yo are born of (od, yo are born
of the power of the Word and not of man# I want yo to see that yo are born of a power which e'ists
in yo, a power of which (od too) and made the world that yo are in# It is the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ @ess that ma)es s free from the law of sin and death# 4id yo accept it6
I want yo all to see that what I have been preaching for two wee)s in this place is all
biblical# 4ivine life, divine healing, satanic powers# If yo will only believe it yo are secre, for
there is a greater power in yo than in all the world# 0ower over sinB power over death#
There are two laws# Let s loo) at the law withot the Spirit % the law of sin# $ere is a man
tonight who has never )nown regeneration, he is led captive by the devil at his will# There is no
power that can convert men e'cept the power of the blood of @ess# 3en try withot itB science tries
withot itB all have tried withot itB bt all are left sha)ing on the brin) of hell % withot it# *othing
can deliver yo bt the blood of the Lamb# !Free from the law of sin and death by the Spirit of life in
Christ @ess#" Clean hearts, pre lives#
Brothers, the carnal life is not sb8ect to the will of (od, neither indeed can be# Carnality is
selfishness % ncleanness# It cannot be sb8ect to (odB it will not believeB it interferes with yoB it
binds and )eeps yo in bondage# Bt, beloved, (od destroys carnality# $e destroys the wor) of the
flesh# $ow6 By a new life which is so mch better, by a peace which passes all nderstanding, by a
8oy which is nspea)able and fll of glory# It cannot be told# .verything that (od does is too big to
tell# $is grace is too big# $is love is too big# Why, it ta)es all heaven# $is salvation is too big to be
told# ,ne cannot nderstand# It is so vast, mighty, and wonderfl % so !in (od#" (od gives s the
power to nderstand it# :es, of corse, $e does# 4o yo not )now that ors is an abndant (od6 $is
love is far e'ceeding and abndant above all that we cold as) or thin) C.phesians J+<DF# $ear5 1fter
ye were illminated % (lory to (od % ye were /ic)ened by the Spirit, loo)ing forward to a day of
raptre, when yo will be caght p and lifted into the presence of (od# :o cannot thin) of (od on
any small line# (od-s lines are magnitde%wonderfl, glorios# (od can manifest them in or hearts
with a greater flness than we are able to e'press# Let me toch an important pointB Christ @ess has
borne the cross for s % there is no need for s to bear it# $e has borne the crse, for !crsed is
every one that hangeth on a tree" C(alatians J+;JF# The crse covered everything# When Christ was in
the grave, the Word says that $e was raised from the grave by the operation of (od throgh the Spirit#
$e was /ic)ened by the Spirit in the grave, and so the same Spirit dwelling in yo shall /ic)en
yor mortal bodies# @ess rose by the /ic)ening power of the $oly (host, !Bt if the Spirit of him
that raised p @ess from the dead dwell in yo, he that raised p Christ from the dead shall also
/ic)en yor mortal bodies###CRomans H+;;F#" What does it mean6 *ow, it is not an immortal body
yo have got# Immortality can only be obtained in resrrection order# $e will /ic)en yor mortal
body#
If yo will allow @ess to have control of yor bodies, yo will find that $is Spirit will
/ic)en yo, will loose yoB $e will show yo that it is the mortal body that has to be /ic)ened#
Tal) abot divine healing5 :o can-t get it ot of the Scriptres for they are fll of it# I see this#
.veryone who is healed by the power of (od % especially believers % will find their healing an
incentive to ma)e them prer and holier# If divine healing was only to ma)e yo whole, it wold be
worth nothing# 4ivine healing is a divine act of the providence of (od coming into yor mortal
bodies and toching them with almightiness# Cold yo remain the same6 *o# Li)e me, yo will go
ot to worship and serve (od# That is why I am here in 1stralia % becase of the healing of (od in
this mortal body# I am not here to bild new orders of things# I see the fact that (od wold have me
preach so that everyone who hears me shold go bac) to his own home with energy and power of (od
and the revelation of Christ# It is fact that the more yo are held in bondage, the more yo sht yor
eyes to the trth, the Bible becomes a blan) instead of life and 8oy# The moment yo yield yorself,
the Bible becomes a new Boo)B it becomes revelation, so that we have the flness of redemption
going right throgh or bodies in every way# Filled with all the flness of the (odhead bodily#
Filled with (od5 :es, filled with (od,
0ardoned and cleansed and filled with (od#
Filled with (od5 :es, filled with (od,
.mptied of self and filled with (od5
4ead To Self
1 yong mon) came one day to his father sperior and as)ed+ !Father, what is it to be dead to
self6" The father replied+ !I cannot e'plain it nowB bt I have a dty for yo to perform# Brother
3artin died last wee) and is bried in the chrchyard of or order# (o to his grave, standing close
beside it, repeat in a lod voice all the good things yo ever heard of him# 1fter this, say all the
flattering things yo can inventB and attribte to him every saintly grace and virte, withot regard to
trthB and report the reslt to me#"
The yong mon) went to do his bidding, wondering what all this cold mean# Soon he retrned
and the father as)ed him what had transpired# !Why, nothing," replied the yong man# !I did as yo
told me and that was all#" 4id Brother 3artin ma)e no replay6" as)ed the sperior# !,f corse he did
not, for he was dead," said the mon)# The elder shoo) his head thoghtflly, saying+ !That is very
strange# (o again tomorrow at the same hor, and repeat at the graveside all the evil yo ever heard
concerning Brother 3artin# 1dd to that the worst slander and calmny yor mind can imagine,
and report the reslt to me#"
1gain the yong man obeyed, and broght bac) the same report# $e had heaped nlimited
abse on the head of Brother 3artin and yet had received no reply# !From Brother 3artin yo may
learn," said the father, !what it is to be dead to self# *either flattery nor abse has moved him, for he
is dead# So the disciple who is dead to self will be insensible to these things, hearing neither voice of
praise nor retaliation bt all personal feeling will be lost in the service of Christ#"
1ddress given in 3elborne, 1stralia 0blished in 0entecostal Testimony
Love, ;><<
I want to trn this morning to the last verse of the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians, and
the first three verses of the forteenth chapter# I want yo to see that the primary thoght in this
passage is that when love is in perfect progress, other things will wor) in harmony, for prophetic
tterances are of no vale nless perfectly covered by divine love#
@ess was so fll of love to $is Father and love to s that that love never failed to accomplish
its prpose# It wor)s in s and throgh s by the power of the Father-s love in $im# This is what mst
come into or lives# Christ is to be the all9in9all of all things# 1ll or doings, sayings, wor)ings mst
be in $im and nto $im# Then or prophetic tterances will be well9pleasing to (od# 0entecostal
people sometimes ma)e prophetic tterance a side isse# They thin) they are obliged to rise p and
spea) becase the Spirit is pon them# That is not tre % and again it is tre# If they are in the right
place % hidden away in Christ, satrated with $is love % they will have sch nction as to be
balanced and always have spirital tterance that pleases $im# It will all be to edification#
!Follow after charity MloveN, and desire spirital gifts, bt rather that ye may prophesy" C;
Corinthians ;?+;F# 3oses said, I wold !###that all the Lord-s people were prophets, and that the Lord
wold pt his spirit pon them5" C*mbers ;;+<>F# 1nd this is to me a revelation that (od wold
have s in sch a spirital, holy place that $e can ta)e or words and so fill them with divine power
that we spea) in the Spirit right along in prophetic tterance# Beloved, there is hman langage on the
hman plane, and there is a divine incoming into the same langage so that it is changed by spirital
power and made to live to those who hear# That divine toch of prophetic tterance will never come
on any line e'cept being filled with the Spirit# If yo wish to be anything for (od, do not miss the
plan# :o cannot afford to be on ordinary lines# :o mst reali&e that within yo there is a power of
the Spirit that is forming everything yo re/ire#
0erhaps yo have not heard what or e'perience was in the early days of the Christian
3ission in .ngland which trned ot to be the Salvation 1rmy# I have never seen anything li)e it in
my life# The power of (od rested pon the worst characters and they were saved# It reached every
class# 4rn)ards were saved right and left and the ne't day when they were pt p for testimony their
testimony thrilled the place so that the power of (od fell pon others who in trn became witnesses to
the salvation of Christ# There was no sch thing as a bilding large enogh to hold the wor)# The
meetings were in open mar)etplaces, and they pt big wagons there for platforms# The people who
were saved the night before wold spea) and the power of (od wold fall#
I maintain that we are in a different order and a higher, yet we lac)# We have too mch
preaching and too little testifying# :o can never get a live 0entecostal chrch with a preacher every
night preaching, preaching, preaching# The people become weary of preaching# Bt they never tire of
the whole place being on fire# Therefore I can nderstand the e'hortation !that ye may prophesy#" :o
mst awa)e ot of yor lethargy# There is no room for a man in the 0entecostal 3ovement who has
settled on his less# If yo come to a 0entecostal meeting and sit throgh it nmoved, yo are not in the
Spirit, and dearth will fall on the chrch#
When the $oly (host comes in $is flness $e comes into a man to move him so that he )nows
he has to spea) now in a different way# !###when he, the Spirit of trth, is come, he will gide yo into
all trth###" C@ohn ;I+;JF# The $oly (host is inspiration, revelation, manifestation, operation# When a
man comes into the flness of the $oly (host he is in perfect order, bilt on a scriptral fondation# I
have failed to find any man who nderstood the ;<th, ;Jth and ;?th chapters of First Corinthians
nless he had been bapti&ed in the $oly (host# When a man gets bapti&ed with the $oly (host, he
spea)s from a deep inward conviction, by the power of the Spirit, a revelation of that Scriptre#
(od wants to ma)e s on fire in the Spirit, spea)ing brning words# $e wants to ma)e all that
a man has so prophetic in all its bearings that he will always spea) as an oracle of (od# There oght
to be something within him that shines throgh him with a vital power that ma)es men )now he has
seen (od, and they feel (od has come into their midst# ,ne day in a railroad carriage I was drawing
near to Cardiff and washed my hands and face becase I )new the moment I 8mped off the train I
shold have to rsh to get to the meeting# I had 8st a little season of prayer while washing#
3eanwhile the carriage had filled p with people who got on at *ewport# When I retrned there were
two ministerial gentlemen with the accstomed white collars# These two parsons cried ot nder
conviction of sin, and in ten mintes- time the whole place was bathed in prayer and conviction#
We shold be filled with the $oly (host to sch an e'tent it wold always be so# To be filled
with the $oly (host and fire is a higher order different from anything else# I often )neel before (od
thin)ing, !*ow what is the brden of my heart6" The Lord )nows more than I do abot the brden,
and the moment I )neel down I lose all my .nglish# I am in the presence of (od and $e ta)es me right
on to victory# Tal) abot this praying in the $oly (host, there is nothing li)e it5 There is a secret
abot it# It is a secret between yo and (od# It is prely a $oly (host tterance# Let me tell yo an
incident of what it does# It does sch marvelos things#
Brother Brton, who is associated with my son9in9law in 1frica, has a wonderfl wor) going
on in the Congo# When they were going there to brea) p the new grond they lost one man on the
way, and then Brton was laid low# $e seemed dead, and they started on bro)en9 heartedly# Bt
loo)ing arond they saw him coming on 8st as lively as thogh he had never had a toch of fever#
!What has happened6" they shoted# !Tell s5" $e said, !From my head right down there came a
warmth of life throgh my body, and here I am perfectly well#"
1fterwards Brton visited .ngland and when he was at a meeting a woman said to him, !4o
yo )eep a diary6" !:es," he answered# !I wish yo wold loo) at yor diary," she contined, !and
tell me what happened on a certain day," Cgiving the dateF# While he was loo)ing it p she went on, !I
saw yo lying as one dead, and I was bro)en down before (od in yor behalf and was praying for
yo when the Spirit filled me and there I was spea)ing in an n)nown tonge, and when I got throgh I
saw yo loo)ing perfectly well#" Brton fond in his diary that it was the very hor of his recovery#
What we need is more of the $oly (host# ,h, let it be no longer we bt the Spirit who prays5
Two 1frican boys were broght to s from the Congo, and my daghter said to me, !Father,
will yo ta)e the boys arond6" Well, it was a 8ob becase they cold not spea) a word of .nglish#
When I was wal)ing with these boys I )ept saying, !0raise the Lord, 1men#" 1fter a while they
caght on to it# So when I said, !0raise the Lord," they wold say, !1men#" We boarded a car which
was fll of people and the boys were at one end and I at the other# They wold shot, !0raise the
Lord5" and I wold respond, !1men," and we )ept it p throgh the town# The boys were having a
great time# When they soght the baptism of the $oly (host we had a glorios time# By the way, these
!boys" were thirty years old# The $oly (host fell on them and gave them a new langage, so different
from their own# It was wonderfl# They were fll of the Spirit and 8oyfl beyond words# They said,
!When we were saved it was good, very goodB bt now it is more good, more so5" , beloved5 I )now
(od wants s all to have this !more so" salvation# It is not a measre bt a pressed down measreB
and not only a pressed down measre bt a measre sha)en together and rnning over# The baptism of
the Spirit is an overflowing cp# 0raise the Lord5
0eople who are bapti&ed in the $oly (host can have a wonderfl time in song# I have seen it,
especially in .ngland# If we only nderstood it better we shold have greater chorals than ever were
sng, far better than man ever made# I have heard singing in the Spirit with sch rarity of msic as I
have never heard elsewhere, msic from the deepest bass to octaves higher than yo ever hear in the
natral# 1ll is in perfect harmony and it ma)es yo thin) of a big organ, only more massive, more
beatifl# .veryone gets to weeping and re8oicing and is solemni&ed by the presence of (od, so that
there is nothing in the flesh# The people are melted down at sch times# I pray (od we may all come
to nderstand this in its flness#
3essage given at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
,rdination, ;><<
: have not chosen me, bt I have chosen yo, and ordained yo,e
that ye shold go and bring forth frit, and that yor frit shold
remain+ that whatsoever ye shall as) the Father in my name, he
may give it yo# @ohn ;A+;I
:or 0osition
(od wants, by the power of the Spirit, to reveal nto s or position in Christ# We see @ess
foreshadowing blessings that were to come# 3ost of $is ministry was a type of what the believer was
to enter into# Let s see what (od had in $is mind to do throgh $is Son for s# ,h, to reali&e the fact
of !ordination"5 What will bring itB shall we stand before (od6 $e wants s to be right p to date in
everything, and the Spirit of the Lord shall be able to bring before or minds, this morning, what is the
mind of the Spirit concerning s, so that we may step into all the privileges# (od wants a strong
people# Remember the charge (od gave @osha# $e said+ !Be fll of corageB be neither dismayed
nor discoraged" % and then $e gave him the charge# If (od forecasts anything for yo, $e will give
the power to carry it throgh# So, after $e had given @osha the word, $e said+ !*ow it will depend
pon yor living, day and night meditating pon the Word of (od#" 1s yo come into this blessed
state of holy reverence for the Word of (od, it will bild yo p also, and ma)e yo strong#
!Then tho shalt have good sccess#" 1nd $e told @osha that, in this state of grace, whenever
he pt his foot down, not to let it slide bac) bt to pt the other foot ready for going forward# The
devil brings bac) to people-s minds those things which they did so long ago, and there they are,
thin)ing abot them day and night5 There are two things certain, and a third thing which is more
valable than either of the two# ,ne is that yo never forget themB and the third is that (od has
forgotten them# The /estion is whether we are going to believe (od, or the devil, or orselves# (od
says they are passed, cleansed,gone;# :o cannot go on with (od till yo stand on $is Word as
!cleansed," with the heart made pre# Standing on this blessed Roc), yo can step forward and ma)e
inroads into the devil-s camp, and overthrow all his tactics, and bring desolation to his power as yo
reali&e that yor sin is done and finished with#
(od has ordained s# Then people allow Satan to say to them+ !:es, that was the disciples-
order#" I tell yo, this morning, beloved, that (od-s order is for the chrch# What $e said to the
disciples, $e says to s# If yo can believe, (od has ordained by the $oly (host to fill s and clothe
s till we )now we are the chosen of (od, precios in $is sight to bear the vessels of the Lord, to be,
not only co9wor)ers with $im, bt to stand in or lot in the way, dividing the powers of Satan# This
salvation is too big and great for any mind to ta)e in# It is only the flash of eternity, the divine light of
heaven, the Spirit of the living (od with that infinite mind, that can flash into the caverns of the hman
sol, till we see the whole heaven, and are changed by $is power till there is not a wea) point, not an
nbelieving attitdeB becase the Word has so changed s that we are a perfect pattern of the new
covenant of Christ#
The ordination was finished, bt there was a lac) of power# The credentials were all right, bt
the power was not there# !I have ordained yoB I have chosen yo that yo shold go and bring forth
frit, and that yor frit shold remain, that whatsoever ye shall as) the Father in 3y name, $e may
give it yo#" I believe (od wants s to )now that or frit has to remain# Beloved, we shold
recogni&e that or prayers are in vain nless we really e'pect what we as) to be granted to s#
!The Word profited nothing, not being mi'ed with faith in them that heard it"B bt, tonight, may
(od give s the word of faith, and yo shall )now for a fact that there is a great change in yo# .ven
the preacher himself will be changed as he reads and preaches the Word# The Word /ic)ens the
preacher, the hearer, and everybody# The Word giveth life, and (od wants it to be so live in yo that
yo will be moved as it is preached# ,h, it is lovely to thin) that (od can change in a moment, and
can heal in a moment# When (od begins, who can hinder6 Sometimes a thing comes before me, and I
reali&e that nothing bt the Word of (od can do it# I meet all classes of people % people who have
no faith % and I find the Word of (od /ic)ens them, even those who have no )nowledge of
salvation# :o often notice hoardings with advertisements which wold ma)e it appear as if the thing
advertised wold cre everything# ,h, the (ospel of the Lord @ess Christ does cre everything# ,ne
day in Toronto, at the close of the service, I saw one of the leaders rsh ot as thogh something had
happened, and when I got home, I fond he had broght a man to me who was in a very strange way#
$e was a man of fine physi/e, and loo)ed /ite all right# Bt his nerves were shattered throghot,
and he as)ed me if I cold do anything for a man who had not slept properly for three years# $e said+
!I have a bsiness, a beatifl ranch and home % it is all going# 3y whole nervos system is 8st in
an awfl state, and withot something happening, I shall lose everything#" $e stood in front of me, and
as)ed for help# I said+ !(o home and sleep#" $e remonstrated, bt I insisted that, withot frther
remonstration, he mst obey my command and go# $e went home, got into bed, fell asleep, and slept
all night# In fact, he told me afterwards that his wife had to wa)e him#
$e came along to see me again, and said+ !I have slept all nightB I am a new man# The whole
sitation is changed now# I want to as) yo another /estion# Can yo get my money bac)6 3y
bsiness bac)6 Can yo get my hose pt in order again6" I said, !:es % everything# :o shan-t lose
a thing# :o be at the meeting tonight#" I )new this man was a perfect stranger to salvation and )new
nothing abot it# $e was in the adience and I preached % not to him, for (od has a better plan than
for me to preach to any one person in a meeting# If (od spea)s, the whole thing will be done# $e
finishes the wor), and I have come here tonight only to spea) for (od# I am not see)ing what to say to
yo, am not trying to thin) of stories to tell yo# (od is the operator of my mind, and I am telling yo
all that $e tells me to tell yo# I am chargeable to $im for yo and mst be faithfl to yo#
I preached the (ospel, which is the power of (od nto salvation and as I preached, this man
became very neasy and as I preached on, he became more and more restlessB seemed as thogh he
cold not bear to sit in his seat, and as I gave the altar call, he came rshing forward for salvation and
for healing, and as he started to come he fell in the way, the shot had gone so deeply into him that he
cold not get away#
,h, it is lovely# !3en and brethren," they said, !What shall we do6" It mst be something
more mighty than moving yor brain# .'cept it moves yor hearts it is no good# $e mst bring into
yor hearts a real longing for $imself, yo cannot be saved by feelings, or on the lines of e'citement#
:o can only be saved by the Word of the Lord# 1nd this man fell there by the way, and I said+
!*obody toch him5 *o one spea) to him# =eep yor hands off the man# (od has him in hand#" ,h,
(od made a fine 8ob of him, and if yo go to Toronto today, yo will find that man worshipping the
Lord, and a wonderfl citi&en, ot of the cltches of Satan, everything s/ared p# ,h, when (od
begins to move, everything is soon in order#
See) 1nd Find
Bt see) ye first the )ingdom of (od, and his righteosnessB and
all these things shall be added nto yo# 3atthew I+JJ
!1nd, behold, there came a man named @airs###" CL)e H+?;F# I wold li)e yo to notice this
man and his wife tonight# They have a daghter whose needs nothing can meet# They have heard /ite
a lot abot @ess, and I fancy I hear the woman say to her hsband+ !There-s only one thing leftB if yo
cold see @ess, or daghter wold live#" 3y brother, my sister, tonight I tell yo+ !If yo see @ess,
yo will live# :o willB and yo can see $im here tonight# (od can so reveal $im to yor hearts that
while yo are in this place yo will be able to see @ess# $e is in the midstB the power of (od is over
s# *o man can say after this meeting, G*o man shewed me the way#- The $oly (host will shew yo
the way of salvation, and oh, it is a wonderfl way#"
Thin) abot $im# 4id yo ever thin) abot $im6 Tal) abot love5 There is no love li)e $is5
$is love has never changed# $e loved s while we were yet sinners, and then $e died for s# *obody
is saved when they are good, they are always saved when they are bad# (od has a way of revealing
or hearts to s, and when we see orselves as sinners $e applies the balm# Is it possible for anybody
to see) @ess and not find $im6 Is it6 @airs went to see) @ess# It is not possible for yo to see) @ess
in this meeting withot finding $im# They that see) $im find $im 8st the same as this man did# (lory
to (od5 There is nothing in the world so lovely as the )nowledge that (od reaches ot, and those who
see) $im find $im and $e finds them# Remember there are always two see)ers# The moment yo
begin, yo will find (od begins# When the prodigal began to trn home, the Father trned towards
him# 0raise the Lord5
1nd he fond $im in the way, and he said nto $im+ !###3y little daghter lieth at the point of
death### come and lay thy hands on her### and she shall live" C3ar) A+<JF, and @ess said+ !I will
come#"
,h, I do wish I was li)e @ess# When I thin) that we left behind s at 3elborne over ;DD
who were invalid and helpless and cold not come to the meetings, and we had no time to go to them#
,h, how my heart aches for those circmstanced li)e them5 @ess said, !I will come#" .h, it is lovely5
Brother, yo never need be afraid that $e will not find yo if yo see) $im# I tell yo, my dear ones,
it is impossible for (od to fail yo# If yo hear the Word of (od tonight, it will so stimlate yo that
yo will )now as sre as yo live tonight that (od will bring yo ot of this condition# It is
impossible to )now the Word of (od withot )nowing that $e will meet yo#
1nd 8st as they were travelling along the road toward the hose of @airs, and there was a
great pac) of people all arond @ess, then we read abot this woman CL)e H+?JF# $ers is rather an
interesting case# There is a little bit of arithmetic here I wold li)e yo to notice# The woman had an
isse of blood for twelve years, and when she began to be sic) she had money# The physicians too)
all her money, and left her worse than they fond her5 *ow, I believe that doctors oght to be paid
when they cre their patients % and not before# :o may all go on the same game and finish p 8st
where this woman did, and so there oght to be a fresh arrangement# I am not against the doctors#
They have a wor) that no one else in the world has to do# 1part from salvation they have a great
sffering world of trials and sic)ness and sorrow to help# The world is fll of troble, and they are in
the midst of it, for !In the world is triblationB" bt @ess says+ !In 3e there shall be peace," and
there is no peace where there is disease, so if yo get $is peace, yo will be free from disease5 !In
the world % triblationB bt in 3e, peace5"
I can 8st imagine some of those people had been saying to this woman+ !,h, if yo had only
been with s today5 We have seen sch wonderfl thingsB we are sre yo wold have been healed# I
thoght abot yo#" 1nd as they told this woman all abot what @ess had done that day, she said+
!,h, if I was only able to toch $is garment, I believe I shold be whole also#" Is it possible6 This
woman was worse than she had been twelve years before# Beloved, I tell yo it is impossible for a
single sol in this meeting to have an inward desire of seeing and meeting with @ess, bt what they
will both see and feel and )now $im#
(od-s Word is tre# !They that see) 3e shall find 3e#" 1nd this woman was so moved pon
by these stories, that day by day she longed to see @ess, and glory to (od, the day came# There was a
great cry+ all the people were thronging and srronding $im on all sides and rshing ot of the
hoses and saying, !,h, there $e is5" She pshed her way in and toched $im, and the toch did it#
(od wants reality in yor hearts tonight, bringing yo into the same determination to toch @ess5
@ess )new that if $e left the congregation in that position and ascended on high, no one in
1delaide wold have been satisfied that they cold be healed nless they cold !toch $im," so $e
changed the order of it, and trned rond and said+ !Who toched 3e6" 1nd 0eter said+ !That-s a
nice thing to say, why, all the people are leaning pon yoB everybody-s leaning on yo#" !:es," he
says, !Bt somebody toched 3e#"
,h, there-s a difference5 :o may learn abot all yor livesB bt one atom of faith will do it#
Come ot of yorselves tonight# *o longer have an imaginary faith % get a reality, believe, and (od
will do it5 So 0eter said+ !What do :o mean, Lord6" 1nd $e says, !Someone has toched 3e5" 1nd
then the woman trned rond and said+ !:es, it was IB bt I am so different now, the moment I toched
:o, I was made whole55" 1h5 $e answered her, !(o in peace, thy faith hath made thee whole#"
*otice, not !thy toch," !thy faith," and brother, tonight it is faith#
4ivine 0ossibility
,h, blessed be (od, !a living faith#" :o say, !,h, tell me how to get it#" Brother, yo can
have it for Id# What6 !The BibleB the Word of (od#"
It is faith# It is the living principle of faith# $is Word was the athority of faith# !If tho canst
believe#" Believe what6 Believe what the Word says# They came and as)ed $im, saying+ !Tell s
how we may wor) the wor)s of (od#" $e said+ !This is the wor) of (od, that ye believe $im whom
(od hath sent#" This is the wor) of (od# ,h, beloved, I shold be a poor man withot the Word of
(odB bt I am rich+
!3y heavenly Ban), my $eavenly Ban),
The $ose of (od-s treasre and storeB
I have plenty p there % I-m a real millionaire,
1nd I will go poor no more#"
,h, the Word of (od % the living Word % the precios, precios, Word of (od# @ess said,
!Search the scriptres, for in them ye thin) ye have eternal life+ and they are they which testify of me"
C@ohn A+J>F# $allel8ah5 1nd 8st when everyone was getting to see that @ess was everything, into the
midst of the throng the devil came# :es, he always comes at a bsy time# For or five people rshed
from the hose of @airs right into the presence of @ess, and too) hold of @airs and said, !Loo) here5
4on-t troble @ess anymoreB yor daghter is dead# $e can do nothing for a dead daghter," bt @ess
said, !,nly believe5" 1nd (od, help s tonight to believe# ,nly to believe5 ,h, what blessing it is if
we believe# 1llow (od to divest yo of everything tonight, beloved# 1llow the Word to sin) into
yor heart# 1llow it to drive away everything else# There is eternal life here tonight for yo who will
believe#
:or faces are an inspiration, as I loo) at yo and see yor eternal destiny and I see that (od,
the $oly (host, can ma)e every person in the meeting withot e'ception !heirs and 8oint9heirs" with
$im tonight# :o can be saved by the power of the faith that I am spea)ing to yo abot# ,nly believe#
:o cannot save yorself# The more yo try in yor own strength, the more yo get fi'ed pB bt oh, if
yo will believe (od will save yo, $e will do it# :o shall )now tonight that (od saves# ,h, bless
the Lord, oh, my sol, and all that is within me bless $is holy name5
Sometimes we are tested on the lines of faith# For twenty9five years 1braham believed (od#
$e said to him, !Thy wife shall have a son#" .very year his wife grew wea)er# $e saw the wrin)les
and her pny wea) condition# 4id he loo) at it6 *o % he loo)ed at the promise# For twenty9 five
years (od tested himB bt he gave glory to (od, and considered neither Sarah-s body nor his own and
as he did so, (od said+ !:es, 1braham#" $ear)en what the Word says+ !*ow it was not written for
his sa)e alone### bt for s also###MwhoN believe on him that raised p @ess or Lord from the deadB
who was delivered for or offences, and was raised again for or 8stification" CRomans ?+<J9<AF#
1ll who believe are blessed with faithfl 1braham and (od wants to show s tonight that
nothing is impossible to those who believe# I wold li)e (od to reveal $imself to s tonight# 0eople
say to me, !$ow long will it be before I am healed6" 1nd I as)+ !$ow long will it be before yo
believe (od6" I wold li)e yo to see those ten lepers# Loo) at them for a moment# :o never saw
sch a regiment in yor life# Some were blindB some lame and maimedB and there they were, all
wanting to get to @ess5 They saw $im and shoted at $im, for they were not allowed to go near, and
they shoted and said, !@ess, Tho Son of 4avid, have mercy pon s#" 1nd $e shoted and
answered them ths+ !(o, shew thyself to the priest#" Was it an impossibility6 :es, hmanly
spea)ingB bt the lame were helped by those who were not lame, and the blind by those who cold
see, and the whole regiment went their way, and as they went they were healed# 1s they believed,
they were healed# $allel8ah5 1nd one said+ !I-m not going any fartherB I-m not going to see the priestB
I-m going bac) to see the man who did it," and he trned bac), and said+ !I-m one of the ten#" !Well,"
said @ess, !Where are the other nine6 1re yo the only one coming to give (od glory6" That is the
way with people today# They get saved and healed and they don-t tell it ot for the glory of (od# $ow
is it that people don-t tell what (od has done for them6
The Lord told $is disciples to proclaim everywhere,
The (ospel of redemption to hearts o-erwhelmed with care#
!Bt tarry at @ersalem till pow-r from heaven descend,
1nd lo, will I be with yo, even till the world doth end#
These signs shall follow them that believe pon 3y name % (o, preach ye the (ospel, then
will I confirm the same#
1ddress given in 1delaide
The Bible .vidence of the Baptism of the Spirit, 3ay <E,;><<
There is mch controversy today as regards the genineness of this 0entecostal wor), bt there
is nothing so convincing as the fact that over fifteen years ago a revival on $oly (host lines began
and has never ceased# :o will find that in every clime throghot the world (od has pored ot $is
Spirit in a remar)able way in a line parallel with the glorios revival that inagrated the chrch of
the first centry# 0eople, who cold not nderstand what (od was doing when $e )ept them
concentrated in prayer, wondered as these days were being broght abot by the $oly (host, and
fond themselves in e'actly the same place and entering into an identical e'perience as the apostles
on the day of 0entecost#
,r Lord @ess said to $is disciples,
###behold, I send the promise of my Father pon yo+ bt tarry ye in
the city of @ersalem, ntil ye be ended with power from on high#
L)e <?+?>
(od promised throgh the prophet @oel, !###I will por ot my spirit pon all flesh### pon the
servants and pon the handmaids in those days will I por ot my spirit" C@oel <+<H,<>F# 1s there is a
widespread misconception concerning this receiving of the $oly Spirit, I believe the Lord wold
have s e'amine the scriptres on this sb8ect#
:o )now, beloved, it had to be something on the line of solid facts to move me# I was as
certain as possible that I had received the $oly (host, and was absoltely rigid in this conviction#
When this 0entecostal ot9poring began in .ngland I went to Snderland and met with the people
who had assembled for the prpose of receiving the $oly (host# I was continosly in those meetings
casing distrbances ntil the people wished I had never come# They said that I was distrbing the
whole conditions# Bt I was hngry and thirsty for (od, and had gone to Snderland becase I heard
that (od was poring ot $is Spirit in a new way# I heard that (od had now visited $is people, had
manifested $is power and that people were spea)ing in tonges as on the day of 0entecost# When I
got to this place I said, !I cannot nderstand this meeting# I have left a meeting in Bradford all on fire
for (od# The fire fell last night and we were all laid ot nder the power of (od# I have come here
for tonges, and I don-t hear them % I don-t hear anything#"
!,h5" they said, !when yo get bapti&ed with the $oly (host yo will spea) in tonges#" !,h,
is that it6" said I, !When the presence of (od came pon me, my tonge was loosened, and really I
felt as I went in the open air to preach that I had a new tonge#" !1h no," they said, !that is not it#"
!What is it, then6" I as)ed# They said, !When yo get bapti&ed in the $oly (host % #" !I am
bapti&ed," I inter8ected, !and there is no one here who can persade me that I am not bapti&ed#" So I
was p against them and they were p against me#
I remember a man getting p and saying, !:o )now, brothers and sisters, I was here three
wee)s and then the Lord bapti&ed me with the $oly (host and I began to spea) with other tonges#" I
said, !Let s hear it# That-s what I-m here for#" Bt he wold not tal) in tonges# I was doing what
others are doing today, confsing the twelfth chapter of ; Corinthians with the second chapter of 1cts#
These two chapters deal with different things+ one with the gifts of the Spirit, and the other with the
baptism of the Spirit with the accompanying sign# I did not nderstand this and so I said to the man,
!Let-s hear yo spea) in tonges#" Bt he cold not# $e had not received the !gift" of tonges, bt the
baptism#
1s the days passed I became more and more hngry# I had opposed the meetings so mch, bt
the Lord was gracios, and I shall ever remember that last day % the day I was to leave# (od was
with me so mch that last night# They were to have a meeting and I went, bt I cold not rest# I went to
the Licarage, and there in the library I said to 3rs# Boddy, !I cannot rest any longer, I mst have these
tonges#" She replied, !Brother Wigglesworth, it is not the tonges yo need bt the baptism# If yo
will allow (od to bapti&e yo, the other will be all right#" !3y dear sister, I )now I am bapti&ed," I
said# !:o )now that I have to leave here at ? o-cloc), please lay hands on me that I may receive the
tonges#"
She rose p and laid her hands on me and the fire fell# I said, !The fire-s falling#" Then came
a persistent )noc) at the door, and she had to go ot# That was the best thing that cold have
happened, for I was alone with (od# Then $e gave me a revelation# ,h, it was wonderfl5 $e
showed me an empty cross and @ess glorified# I do than) (od that the cross is empty, that Christ is
no more on the cross# It was there that $e bore the crse, for it is written, !###Crsed is every one that
hangeth on a tree" C(alatians J+;JF# $e became sin for s that we might be made the righteosness of
(od in $im, and now, there $e is in the glory# Then I saw that (od had prified me# It seemed that
(od gave me a new vision, and I saw a perfect being within me with moth open saying, !Clean,
Clean5 Clean5" When I began to repeat it I fond myself spea)ing in other tonges# The 8oy was so
great that when I came to tter it, my tonge failed, and I began to worship (od in other tonges as the
Spirit gave me tterance#
It was all as beatifl and peacefl as when @ess said, !0eace, be still5" and the tran/ility of
that moment and the 8oy srpassed anything I had ever )nown p to that moment# Bt, $allel8ah5
These days have grown with greater, mightier, more wonderfl divine manifestations and power# That
was bt the beginning# There is no end to this )ind of beginning# :o will never get an end to the $oly
(host till yo are landed in the glory % till yo are right in the presence of (od for ever# 1nd even
then we shall ever be conscios of $is presence#
What had I received6 I had received the Bible evidence# This Bible evidence is wonderfl to
me# I )new I had received the very evidence of the Spirit-s incoming that the apostles received on the
day of 0entecost# I )new that everything I had had p to that time was in the natre of an anointing
bringing me in line with (od in preparation, bt now I )new I had the Biblical baptism in the Spirit# It
had the bac)ing of the Scriptres# :o are always right if yo have the bac)ing of the Scriptres, and
yo are never right if yo have not a fondation for yor testimony in the Word of (od#
For many years I have thrown ot a challenge to any person who can prove to me that he has
the baptism withot spea)ing in tonges as the Spirit gives tterance % to prove it by the Word that
he has been bapti&ed in the $oly (host withot the Bible evidence, bt so far no one has accepted the
challenge# I only say this becase so many were li)e I was, they have a rigid idea that they have
received the baptism withot the Bible evidence# The Lord @ess wants those who preach the Word to
have the Word in evidence# 4on-t be misled by anything else# $ave a Bible proof for all yo have,
and then yo will be in a place where no man can move yo#
I was so fll of 8oy that I wired home to say that I had received the $oly (host# 1s soon as I
got home, my boy came rnning p to me and said, !Father, have yo received the $oly (host6" I
said, !:es, my boy#" $e said, !Let-s hear yo spea) in tonges#" Bt I cold not# Why6 I had received
the baptism in the Spirit with the spea)ing in tonges as the Bible evidence according to 1cts <+?, and
had not received the gift of tonges according to ; Corinthians ;<# I had received the (iver of all
gifts# 1t some time later when I was helping some sols to see) and receive the baptism of the Spirit,
(od gave me the gift of tonges so that I cold spea) at any time# I cold spea), bt will not % no
never5 I mst allow the $oly (host to se the gift# It shold be so, so that we shall only have divine
tterances by the Spirit# I wold be very sorry to se a gift, bt the (iver has all power to se the
whole nine gifts#
I want to ta)e yo to the Scriptres to prove my position# There are bsinessmen here, and
they )now that in cases of law, where there are two clear witnesses they cold win a case before any
8dge in 1stralia# ,n the clear evidence of two witnesses any 8dge will give a verdict# What has
(od given s6 Three clear witnesses on the baptism in the $oly Spirit % more than are necessary in
law corts#
The first is in 1cts <+?,
###they were all filled with the $oly (host, and began to spea) with
other tonges, as the Spirit gave them tterance#
$ere we have the original pattern# 1nd (od gave to 0eter an eternal word that coples this
e'perience with the promise that went before# !This is that#" 1nd (od wants yo to have that %
nothing less than that# $e wants yo to receive the baptism in the $oly Spirit according to this
original 0entecostal pattern#
In 1cts ;D we have another witness# 0eter is in the hose of Cornelis# Cornelis had had a
vision of an holy angel and had sent for 0eter# 1 person said to me one day, !:o don-t admit that I
am filled and bapti&ed with the $oly (host# Why, I was ten days and ten nights on my bac) before the
Lord and $e was flooding my sol with 8oy#" I said, !0raise the Lord, sister, that was only the
beginning# The disciples were tarrying that time, and they were still, and the mighty power of (od fell
pon them then and the Bible tells what happened when the power fell#" 1nd that is 8st what
happened in the hose of Cornelis# The $oly (host fell on all them which heard the Word# !1nd
they of the circmcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with 0eter, becase that
on the (entiles also was pored ot the gift of the $oly (host" C1cts ;D+?AF# What convinced these
pre8diced @ews that the $oly (host had come6 !For they heard them spea) with tonges, and
magnify (od###" C1cts ;D+?IF# There was no other way for them to )now# This evidence cold not be
contradicted# It is the Bible evidence# If some people in this district had an angel come and tal) to
them as Cornelis had, they wold say that they )new they were bapti&ed# 4o not be fooled by
anything# Be sre that what yo receive is according to the Word of (od#
We have heard two witnesses, and that is sfficient to satisfy the world# Bt (od goes one
better# Let s loo) at 1cts ;>+I,
1nd when 0al had laid his hands pon them, the $oly (host came
on themB and they spa)e with tonges, and prophesied#
These .phesians received the identical Bible evidence as the apostles at the beginning and
they prophesied in addition# Three times the Scriptres show s this evidence of the baptism in the
Spirit# I do not magnify tonges# *o, by (od-s grace, I magnify the (iver of tonges# 1nd I magnify
above all $im whom the $oly (host has come to reveal to s, the Lord @ess Christ# $e it is who
sends the $oly Spirit, and I magnify $im becase $e ma)es no difference between s and those at the
beginning#
Bt what are the tonges for6 Loo) at the second verse of ; Corinthians ;? and yo will see a
very blessed trth# ,h, $allel8ah5 $ave yo been there, beloved6 I tell yo, (od wants to ta)e yo
there, !###he that spea)eth in an n)nown tonge spea)eth not nto men, bt nto (od+ for no man
nderstandeth himB howbeit in the spirit he spea)eth mysteries#" It goes on to say, !$e that spea)eth in
an n)nown tonge edifieth himself###" Cv# ?F#
.nter into the promises of (od# It is yor inheritance# :o will do more in one year if yo are
really filled with the $oly (host than yo cold do in fifty years apart from him# I pray that yo may
be so filled with $im that it will not be possible for yo to move withot a revival of some )ind
reslting#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
Filled With (od, $ebrews <, 1gst ;><<
I want to read to yo, in the beginning, the second chapter of $ebrews# *ow, this, li)e every
other Scriptre, is all very important for s# :o cold scarcely, at the beginning, pic) any special
Scriptre ot of this we have read, it is all so fll of trth, it means so mch to s, and we mst
nderstand that (od, in these times, wants to bring s into perfect life, that we need never, nder any
circmstances, go otside of $is Word for anything#
Some people only come with a very small thoght concerning (od-s flness, and a lot of
people are satisfied with a thimblefl, and yo can 8st imagine (od saying, !,h, if they only )new
how mch they cold ta)e away5" ,ther people come with a larger vessel, and they go away
satisfied, bt yo can feel how mch (od is longing for s to have sch a desire for more, sch a
longing as only (od $imself can satisfy# I sppose yo women wold have a good idea of what I
mean from the illstration of a screaming child being ta)en abot from one to another, bt never
satisfied till it gets to the bosom of its mother# :o will find that there is no peace, no help, no sorce
of strength, no power, no life, nothing can satisfy the cry of the child of (od bt the Word of (od#
(od has a special way of satisfying the cry of $is children# $e is waiting to open to s the windows
of heaven ntil $e has so moved in the depths of or hearts that everything nli)e $imself has been
destroyed# There need no one in this place go away dry, dry# (od wants yo to be filled# 3y brother,
my sister, (od wants yo today to be li)e a watered garden, filled with the fragrance of $is own
heavenly 8oy, till yo )now at last yo have toched immensity# The Son of (od came for no other
prpose than to lift and lift, and mold and fashion and remold, ntil we are 8st after $is mind#
I )now that the dry grond can have floods, and may (od save me from ever wanting anything
less than a flood# I will not stoop for small things when I have sch a big (od# Throgh the blood of
Christ-s atonement we may have riches and riches# We need the warming atmosphere of the Spirit-s
power to bring s closer and closer ntil nothing bt (od can satisfy, and then we may have some
idea of what (od has left after we have ta)en all that we can# It is only li)e a sparrow ta)ing a drin)
of the ocean and then loo)ing arond and saying, !What a vast ocean5 What a lot more I cold have
ta)en if I had only had room#"
:o may have sometimes things yo can se, and not )now it# 4on-t yo )now that yo cold
be dying of thirst right in a river of plenty6 There was once a vessel in the moth of the 1ma&on
River# They thoght they were still in the ocean, and they were dying of thirst, some of them nearly
mad# They saw a ship and as)ed if they wold give them some water, for some of them were dying of
thirst, and they replied, !4ip yor bc)et right overB yo are in the moth of the river#" There are any
amont of people today in the midst of a great river of life, bt they are dying of thirst, becase they
do not dip down and ta)e it# 4ear brother, yo may have the Word, bt yo need an awa)ened spirit#
The Word is not alive ntil it is moved pon by the Spirit of (od, and in the right sense it becomes
Spirit and life when it is toched by $is hand alone#
,h, beloved, there is a stream that ma)eth glad the city of (od# There is a stream of life that
ma)es everything move# There is a toch of divine life and li)eness throgh the Word of (od that
comes nowhere else# There is a death which has no life in itB and there is a death9li)eness with Christ
which is fll of life#
,h, beloved, there is no sch thing as an end to (od-s beginnings# Bt we mst be in itB we
mst )now it# It is not a tochB it is not a breathB it is the 1lmighty (odB it is a 0ersonB it is the $oly
,ne dwelling in the temple not made with hands# ,h, beloved, $e toches and it is done# $e is the
same (od over all, rich nto all who call pon $im# 0entecost is the last thing that (od has to toch
the earth with# The baptism is the last thingB if yo do not get this yo are living in a wea) and
impoverished condition which is no good to yorself or anybody else# 3ay (od move s on to a
place where there is no measre to this flness that $e wants to give s# (od e'alted @ess and gave
$im a name above every name# :o notice that everything has been pt nder $im# It is abot eight
years since I was in ,a)land and in that time I have seen thosands and thosands healed by the
power of (od# Last year in Sweden, the last five months of the year, we had over E,DDD people saved
by the power of (od# The tide is rolling inB let s see to it today that we get right ot into the tide, for
it will bear yo# The bosom of (od-s love is the center of all things# (et yor eyes off yorselfB lift
them p high and see the Lord, for in the Lord there is everlasting strength#
If yo went to see a doctor, the more yo told him the more he wold )now, bt when yo
come to 4octor @ess, $e )nows all from the beginning, and $e never gives yo the wrong medicine#
I went to see one today, and someone said, !$ere is a person who has been poisoned throgh and
throgh by a doctor giving him the wrong medicine#" @ess sends $is healing power and brings $is
restoring grace, and so there is nothing to fear# The only thing that is wrong is yor wrong conception
of the mightiness of $is redemption#
$e was wonded that $e might be toched with a feeling of yor infirmities# $e too) yor
flesh and laid it pon the cross that $e might destroy !###him that had the power of death, that is, the
devilB 1nd deliver them who throgh fear of death were all their lifetime sb8ect to bondage"
C$ebrews <+;?,;AF# :o will find that almost all the ailments that yo are heir to come on satanic
lines, and they mst be dealt with as satanicB they mst be cast ot# 4o not listen to what Satan says to
yo, for the devil is a liar from the beginning# If people wold only listen to the trth of (od they
wold find ot they were over the devil, over all satanic forcesB they wold reali&e that every evil
spirit was sb8ect to themB they wold find ot that they were always in the place of trimph, and they
wold !reign in life" by =ing @ess#
*ever live in a less place than where (od has called yo to, and $e has called yo p on high
to live with $im# (od has designed that everything shall be sb8ect to man# Throgh Christ $e has
given yo power over all the power of the enemy# $e has wroght ot yor eternal redemption#
I was finishing a meeting one day in Swit&erland# 1nd when we had finished the meeting and
had ministered to all the sic), we went ot to see some people# Two boys came to s and said that
there was a blind man present at the meeting this afternoon, who had heard all the words of the
preacher, and said he was srprised that he had not been prayed for# They went on to say this blind
man had heard so mch that he wold not leave that place ntil he cold see# I said, !This is
positively ni/e# (od will do something today for that man#"
We got to the place# This blind man said he never had seenB he was born blind, bt becase of
the Word preached in the afternoon he was not going home ntil he cold see# If ever I have 8oy it is
when I have a lot of people who will not be satisfied ntil they get all they have come for# With great
8oy I anointed him that day and laid hands on his eyes, and then immediately (od opened his eyes# It
was very strange how he acted# There were some electric lights# First he conted themB then he
conted s# ,h, the ecstatic pleasre that every moment was created in that man becase of his sight5
It made s all feel li)e weeping and dancing and shoting# Then he plled ot his watch, and said that
for years he had been feeling the watch for the time, by the raised figres, bt now he cold loo) at it
and tell s the time# Then, loo)ing as if he was awa)ened from some deep sleep, or some long,
strange dream, he awa)ened to the fact that he had never seen the face of his father and mother, and he
went to the door and rshed ot# 1t night he was the first in the meeting# 1ll the people )new him as
the blind man, and I had to give him a long time to tal) abot his new sight#
Beloved, I wonder how mch yo want to ta)e away today# :o cold not carry it if it was
sbstance, bt there is something abot the grace and the power and the blessings of (od that can be
carried, no matter how big they are# ,h, what a SaviorB what a place we are in, by grace, that $e may
come in to commne with s# $e is willing to say to every heart, !0eace, be still," and to every wea)
body, !Be strong#"
1re yo going halfwayB or are yo going right to the end6 Be not today deceived by Satan, bt
believe (od#
0blished in Trimph of Faith
$e Is Risen, 1gst ;><<
Scriptre Reading+ 1cts ?+;9J<#
Brothers and sisters, (od anointed @ess, who went abot doing good, for (od was with $imB
and today we )now for a fact $e is the risen Christ# There is something abot this risen, royal,
glorified Christ that (od means to confirm in or hearts today# The power of the risen Christ ma)es
or hearts move and brn, and we )now that there is within s that eternal wor)ing by the power of
the Spirit# ,h, beloved, it is eternal life to )now @ess5 Srely the )ingdom of dar)ness is sha)en
when we come into toch with that loftiness, that holiness, that divine integrity of or 3aster who
was so filled with power, and the grace of (od was pon $im# This blessed divine inheritance is for
s# Srely (od wants every one of s to catch fire# We mst grasp new realities, we mst cease from
or mrmringsB we mst get into the place of trimph and e'altation#
We have before s this Scriptre, !1nd when they had prayed, the place was sha)en where
they were assembled together###" C1cts ?+J;F# :o tal) abot a chrch that cannot shot % it will
never be sha)en# :o can write over it, !Ichabod, the glory has departed#" It is only when men have
learned the secret of the power of praying, and of magnifying (od that (od comes forth# I have heard
people say, !,h, I praise the Lord inwardly," and nothing comes forth otwardly#
There was a man who had a large bsiness in London# $e was a great chrchgoer# The chrch
was wonderflly decorated and cshioned and everything was comfortable enogh to ma)e him sleep#
$is bsiness increased and he was fll of prosperity, bt seemed always in a nightmare, and cold
not tell what was after him# ,ne day he left his office to wal) rond the bilding# When he got to the
door, he saw the boy who minded the door 8mping and whistling# !I wish I felt li)e that," he said to
himself# $e retrned to his bsiness, bt his head was in a whirl# !,h," he said, !I will go and loo) at
the boy again#" 1gain he went and loo)ed at the boy who was whistling and 8mping# !I want to see
yo in the office," he said to the boy#
!$ow is it," he as)ed the boy, when he got into the office, !that yo can always whistle and be
happy6" !I cannot help it, master," replied the boy# !Where did yo get it6" !I got it at the 0entecostal
3ission#" !Where is it6" 1nd the boy told him abot it# This man came to the 0entecostal chrch and
heard abot the power of (od# $e was bro)en p and (od did a wonderfl thing for that man,
changing him altogether, and one day he was in his office in the midst of his bsiness and he fond
himself whistling and 8mping# $e had changed his position# Beloved, it cannot come ot nless it is
within# It is (od who transforms the heart and life, and there mst be an inward wor)ing of the power
of (od, or it cannot come forth otwardly# We mst nderstand this that the power of 0entecost, as it
came in the first order, was to loose men# 0eople are tired of smo)e and deadness, tired of imitations#
We want realities, men who have (od within them, men who are always filled with (od# This is a
more needy day than any, and men shold be filled with the $oly (host#
We mst be li)e or 3aster# We mst have definiteness abot all we say# We mst have an
inward confidence and )nowledge that we are (od-s property, boght and paid for by the precios
blood of @ess, and now the inheritance is in s# 0eople may )now that @ess died and that $e rose
again, and yet they may not have salvation# Beloved, yo mst have the witness# :o may )now today
that yo are born again for he that believeth hath the witness of the Spirit in him# It is tre today that
@ess was raised p by the power of the $oly (host# It is tre today that we in this place are risen by
the power of the Spirit# It is tre that we are preaching to yo divine power that can raise yo p, and
(od can set yo free from all yor wea)ness# (od wants yo to )now how to ta)e the victory and
shot in the face of the devil and say, !Lord, it is done#" I will read 1cts ?+<?,J;#
1nd when they heard that, they lifted p their voice to (od with
one accord, and said, Lord, tho art (od### 1nd when they had
prayed, the place was sha)en where they were assembled
togetherB and they were all filled with the $oly (host, and they
spa)e the word of (od with boldness#
That is a wonderfl time# That is a real revival# 1 proper convention# (od means for s to
have life# The people perceived something remar)able in the power of (od changing these fishermen
on the day of 0entecost#
Brothers and sisters, it is the $oly (host# We mst not say this is an inflenceB $e is the
0ersonality and power, and presence of the third 0erson of the Trinity# 3any of s have been longing
for years for (od to come forth and now $e is coming forth# The tide is rising everywhere# (od is
poring ot $is Spirit in the hearts of all flesh and they are crying before (od# The day is at hand#
(od is flfilling $is promises#
,h, it is lovely, the incarnation of a regeneration, a state of changing from natre to grace,
from the power of Satan to (od# :e which are natral, made spernatral by the divine toch of $im
who came to raise yo from the dead# The $oly Spirit comes to abide# $e comes to reveal the flness
of (od# Lerily, the $oly (host is shedding abroad in or hearts the love of (od, and $e ta)es of the
things of @ess and shows them nto s#
I )now this great salvation that (od has given s today is so large that one feels his whole
body is enraptred# 4are yo leap into the power of faith this afternoon6 4are yo ta)e yor
inheritance in (od6 4are yo believe (od6 4are yo stand pon the record of $is Word6 If tho wilt
believe tho shalt see the glory of (od# !###all things are possible to him that believeth" C3ar) >+<JF#
4are yo come near today and say that (od will sanctify yor body and ma)e it holy6 $e wants yo
to have a pre body, a holy body, a separated body, a body presented on the altar of (od that yo may
be no longer conformed to this world, bt transformed and renewed after $is image#
I believe there are people here who will be pt in the place where they will have to stand
pon (od-s Word# :o will be sifted as wheat# :o will be tried as thogh some strange thing
happened nto yo# :o will be pt in most difficlt places where all hell seems rond abot yo, bt
(od will sstain and empower yo, and bring yo into an nlimited place of faith# (od will not allow
yo to be !###tempted above that ye are ableB bt will with the temptation also ma)e a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it" C; Corinthians ;D+;JF# (od will srely tell yo when yo have been
tried sfficiently to bring yo ot as pre gold# .very trial is to prepare yo for a greater position for
(od# :or tried faith will ma)e yo )now that yo will have the faith of (od to go throgh the ne't
trial# Who is going to live dormant, wea), trifling, slow, indolent, prayerless, Bible9less lives when
yo )now yo mst go
throgh these things6 1nd if yo are to be made perfect in wea)ness, yo mst be tried as by
fire in order to )now that no man is able to win a victory, only by the power of (od in him# The $oly
Spirit will lead s day by day# :o will )now that these light afflictions, which are bt for a moment,
are wor)ing ot for s an eternal weight of glory#
,h, beloved, what are we going to do with this day6 We mst have a high tide this afternoon#
We mst have people receive the $oly (host, we mst have people healed in their seats, we mst see
(od come forth# Some of yo have been longing for the $oly (host# (od can bapti&e yo 8st where
yo are# There may be some here who have not yet tasted of the grace of (od# Close beside thee is the
water of life# $ave a drin), brother, sister, for (od says, !###1nd let him that is athirst come# 1nd
whosoever will, let him ta)e the water of life freely" CRevelation <<+;EF#
!If we love one another, (od dwelleth in s, and his love is perfected in s" C; @ohn ?+;<F#
Sermon preached at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
Li)e 0recios Faith, 1gst ;,;><<
(od will do great things for s if we are prepared to receive them from $im# We are dll of
comprehension becase we let the cares of this world blind or eyes, bt if we )eep open to (od, $e
has a greater plan for s in the ftre than we have seen or ever have dreamed abot in the past#
It is (od-s delight to flfil to s impossibilities becase of $is omnipotence, and when we
reach the place where $e alone has the right of way in all things, then all mists and misnderstandings
will clear away#
I have been as)ing the Lord for $is message for yo this morning, and I believe $e wold
have me trn to the second epistle of 0eter, first chapter, beginning with the first verse+
Simon 0eter, a servant and an apostle of @ess Christ, to them that
have obtained li)e precios faith with s throgh the righteosness
of (od and or Savior @ess Christ+ (race and peace be
mltiplied nto yo throgh the )nowledge of (od, and of @ess
or Lord, 1ccording as his divine power hath given nto s all
things that pertain nto life and godliness, throgh the )nowledge
of him that hath called s to glory and virte+ Whereby are given
nto s e'ceeding great and precios promises+ that by these ye
might be parta)ers of the divine natre, having escaped the
corrption that is in the world throgh lst# 1nd beside this, giving
all diligence, add to yor faith virteB and to virte )nowledgeB and
to )nowledge temperanceB and to temperance patienceB and to
patience godlinessB 1nd to godliness brotherly )indnessB and to
brotherly )indness charity# For if these things be in yo, and
abond, they ma)e yo that ye shall neither be barren nor
nfritfl in the )nowledge of or Lord @ess Christ# Lerses ;9H
0robably there is not a greater word that anyone cold bring to an adience than this word, !
li)e precios faith#K" !Li)e 0recios Faith" means that (od, who is from everlasting to everlasting,
has always had people that $e cold trstB that $e cold illminate, that $e cold enlarge ntil there
was nothing within them that wold hinder the power of (od# *ow this !Li)e 0recios Faith" is the
gift that (od is willing to impart to all of s# $e wants s to have this faith in order that we may
!sbde )ingdoms," !wor) righteosness," and, if it shold be necessary, !stop the moths of lions"
C$ebrews ;;+JJF#
We shold be able nder all circmstances to trimph# *ot that we have any help in orselves,
bt or help comes only from (od, and if or help is only in (od then we are always strong and never
wea)# It is always those people who are fll of faith who have a !good report," who never mrmr,
who are in the place of victory, who are not in the place of hman order, bt of divine order in (od#
$e is the 1thor of or faith, and or faith is always based on !ths saith the Lord#"
This !Li)e 0recios Faith" is for all# There is a word in the third chapter of .phesians which
is very good for s to consider+ that yo !may be able to comprehend with all saints###" C.phesians
J+;HF# What does this !Li)e 0recios Faith" mean to yo this morning6 .veryone here is receiving a
blessing becase of the faith of 1braham# Bt remember this, this !Li)e 0recios Faith" is the same
that 1braham had# This !Li)e 0recios Faith" is the sbstance of the power of eternal life which is
given to s throgh the Word# :o may not be able to se this faith becase of some hindrance in yor
life# I have had a thosand road engines come over my life to brea) me p and bring me to the place
where this faith cold operate within me# There is no way into the deep things of (od, only throgh a
bro)en spirit# When we are ths bro)en, we cease forever from or own wor)s for 1nother, even
Christ, has ta)en the reign# Faith in (od, and power with (od, come to s throgh the )nowledge of
the Word of (od# Whatever we may thin) abot it, it is tre that we are no better than or faith#
Whatever yor estimation is of yor own ability, of yor own righteosness, or of yor wor) in any
way, yo are no better than yor faith#
$ow wonderfl is this faith that overcomes the world5 !$e that believeth that @ess is the Son
of (od overcomes the world5" Bt how does he overcome the world6 If yo believe in $im yo are
prified as $e is pre# :o are strengthened becase $e is strong# :o are made whole becase $e
is whole# 1ll of $is flness may come into yo becase of the revelation of $imself# Faith is the
living principle of the Word of (od# If we yield orselves p to be led by the $oly Spirit we shall be
divinely led into the deep things of (od, and the trths and revelations and all $is mind will be made
so clear nto s that we shall live by faith in Christ#
(od has no thoght of anything on a small scale# In the passage which we have read this
morning are these words, !(race and peace be Gmltiplied6 nto yo throgh the )nowledge of (od,
and of @ess or Lord" C< 0eter ;+<F# (od-s Word is always on the line of mltiplication, and so I
believe the Lord wants s on that line this morning# We see !Li)e 0recios Faith" is to be obtained
!throgh the righteosness of (od and or Savior @ess Christ#" (od-s Word is withot change# We
are to be filled with the righteosness of (od on the athority of the Word# $is righteosness is from
everlasting to everlasting, the same, yesterday and today and forever#
If I limit the Lord, $e cannot wor) within me, bt if I open myself to (od then $e will srely
fill me and flow throgh me#
We mst have this !Li)e 0recios Faith" in order to have or prayers answered# If we as)
anything according to (od-s will, we are told that $e hears s, and if we )now that $e hears s, then
we )now we have the petitions that we desire# ,h, brothers, sisters, we mst go into the presence of
(od and get from $im the answer to or prayers# $ear what 3ar) ;;+<? says,
###What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them#
In the twenty9third verse we see montains removed, difficlties all cleared away# When6
When the man believes in his heart and refses to dobt# We mst have the reality, we mst )now
(od, we mst be able to go into $is presence and converse with (od#
This !Li)e 0recios Faith" goes on mltiplying in grace and in peace throgh the )nowledge
of (od# It places or feet on the Roc), and brings s to an nlimited place in or faith# This faith
ma)es yo dare to do anything with and for (od# Remember that yo can only be bilt p on the Word
of (od# If yo bild yorself on imagination or yor own thoghts yo will go wrong#
The Bible is the Word of (od+ spernatral in origin, eternal in dration, ine'pressible in
valor, infinite in scope, regenerative in power, infallible in athority, niversal in interest, personal
in application, inspired in totality# Read it throgh, write it down, pray it in, wor) it ot, and then pass
it on# Trly it is the Word of (od# It brings into man the personality of (odB it changes the man ntil
he becomes the epistle of (od# It transforms his mind, changes his character, ta)es him on from grace
to grace, and gives him an inheritance in the Spirit# (od comes in, dwells in, wal)s in, tal)s throgh,
and sps with him#
:or peace be mltiplied5 :o are to re8oice greatly# ,h5 the bride oght to re8oice to hear
the Bridegroom-s voice# $ow we love or Bridegroom and how $e loves s5 $ow adorable $e is
and how sweet is $is contenance# 1t the presence of @ess, all else goes#
,h, my brother, my sister, we have the greatest tide of all or life# There is no tide li)e the
power of the !latter rain#" We mst not fail to see what remar)able things (od has for every one of
s#
Beloved, I wold li)e to press into yor heart this morning the trth that (od has no room for
an ordinary man# (od wants to ta)e the ordinary man and pt him throgh the sieve and bring him ot
into a place of e'traordinary faith# The cry of or sols can be satisfied only with (od# The great plan
of (od is to satisfy yo, and then give yo the vision of something higher#
If ever yo stop at any point, pic) p at the place where yo failed, and begin again nder the
refining light, and power and &eal of heaven and all things will be broght to yo, for $e will
condescend to meet yo#
Remember, beloved, it is not what yo are bt what (od wants yo to be# What shall we do6
Shall we not dedicate orselves afresh to (od6 .very new revelation brings a new dedication#
Let s see) $im#
Sermon preached at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
Faith, 0art ;, 1gst <,;><<
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !Fear not, neither be tho dismayed, for the (od
who has led, shall descend pon thee, shall srely carry thee where tho woldst not# Bt to this end
$e has called thee ot to ta)e thee on, to move pon thee with divine nction of the Spirit that tho
sholdst not be entertained by natre, bt caght p with $im to hear $is words, to spea) $is trth, to
have $is mind, to )now $is will, to commne and be still, to see $im who is invisible, to be able to
por ot to others the great stream of life, to /ic)en everything wherever it moves# For the Spirit is
not given by measre bt $e is given to s by faith, the measreless measre that we may )now $im,
and the power of $is resrrection in the coming day# 1nd now is the day set for s which is the
opening for the coming day#"
I believe the Lord wold have me spea) to yo this morning the lines of faith, so I shall read a
few verses to yo from $ebrews ;;+
*ow faith is the sbstance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen# For by it the elders obtained a good report#
Throgh faith we nderstand that the worlds were framed by the
word of (od, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear# By faith 1bel offered nto (od a more e'cellent
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteos, (od testifying of his gifts+ and by it he being dead yet
spea)eth# By faith .noch was translated that he shold not see
deathB and was not fond, becase (od had translated him+ for
before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased (od#
Bt withot faith it is impossible to please him+ for he that cometh
to (od mst believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently see) him# $ebrews ;;+;9I
I thin) that is as far as we will be able to get this morning# I have been mch perple'ed
whether I shold contine the yesterday morning sb8ect, bt the Lord seems to trn that into this
channel this morning# So may the Lord open nto s today $is good treasres#
:o )now, beloved, that there are many wonderfl treasres in the storehose of (od that we
have not yet gotten# Bt praise (od, we have the promise in Corinthians,
###.ye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which (od hath prepared for them that
love him# ; Corinthians <+>
I pray (od, this morning, that there may be within s a deep hnger and thirst with the
penetration which is centered entirely pon the a'le of $im, for srely $e is all and in all# I pray (od
that we may be able to nderstand the opening of this chapter#
*ow faith is the sbstance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen# For by it the elders obtained a good report#
Throgh faith we nderstand that the worlds were framed by the
word of (od, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear# $ebrews ;;+;9J
*ow beloved, yo will clearly see this morning, that (od wants to bring s to a fondation# If
we are ever going to ma)e any progress in divine life we shall have to have a real fondation# 1nd
there is no fondation, only the fondation of faith for s#
1ll or movements, and all that ever will come to s, which is of any importance, will be
becase we have a Roc)# 1nd if yo are on the Roc), no powers can move yo# 1nd the need of today
is the Roc) to have or faith firm pon#
,n any line of principle of yor faith yo mst have something established in yo to bring that
forth# 1nd there is no establishment otside (od-s Word for yo# .verything else is sand# .verything
else shall snder#
If yo bild pon anything else bt the Word of (od, on imaginations, sentimentality, or any
feelings, or any special 8oy, it will mean nothing withot yo have a fondation, and the fondation
will have to be in the Word of (od#
I was once going on a tram to Blac)pool# It is one of or fashionable resorts, and many people
go there becase of the high tides, and the wonderfl sights they get as the ocean throws p its large,
massive montain of sea#
When we were going on the tram, I loo)ed over and said to a bilder, !The men are bilding
those hoses pon the sands#" !,h," he said, !yo don-t )now# :o are not a bilder# 4on-t yo )now
that we can pond that sand till it becomes li)e roc)6" I said, !*onsense5"
I saw the argment was not going to profit, so I dropped it# By and by we reached Blac)pool
where the montainos waves come over# I was loo)ing and ta)ing notice of so many things# I saw a
row of hoses that had fallen flat, and drawing the attention of this man I said, !,h, loo) at those
hoses# See how flat they are#" $e forgot or previos conversation, saying, !:o )now here we
have very large tides, and these hoses being on the sands, when the floods came, they fell#"
Beloved, it won-t do# We mst have something better than sand, and everything is sand e'cept
the Word# There isn-t anything that will remain % we are told the heaven and earth will be melted p
as a scroll as fervent heat# Bt we are told the Word of (od shall be forever, and not one 8ot or tittle
of the Word of (od shall fail# 1nd if there is anything that is satisfying me today more than another, it
is, !###thy word is settled in heaven" C0salm ;;>+H>F#
1nd another Word in the ;JHth 0salm says, !###tho hast magnified thy word above all thy
name" Cv# <F# The very establishment for me is the Word of (od# It is not on any other line#
Let s come to the principle of it# If yo trn to @ohn-s gospel yo will find a wonderfl word
there# It is worth or notice and great consideration this morning#
I wold li)e to see more Bibles than I see# It is important# If I left my hose withot my prse,
I shold natrally retrn for it becase it might be of importance# 3y brothers, yor Bible is worth ten
million prses and their contents, and yo had better trn bac) for yor Testament or Bible, rather
than for yor prse# It is more important that yo have the Word of life#
Some people say, !I have it inside#" 0eople are not satisfied sometimes, yo mst give them
chapter and verse, and as) them to read it for themselves# It is important that the people shold )now
and we oght to be able to give a good accont always of the hope that is within s#
*ow beloved, I wold trn to this first chapter of @ohn this morning for a moment, for or
edification, becase it will help s so mch# I want to ma)e a real basis this morning for yo to bild
pon, that when we leave this meeting yo will )now e'actly where yo are#
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and
the Word was (od# The same was in the beginning with (od# 1ll
things were made by himB and withot him was not anything made
that was made# @ohn ;+;9J
There we have the fondation of all things, which is the Word# It is a sbstance# It is a power#
It is more than relationship# It is personality# It is a divine in8nction to every sol that enters into this
privilege to be born of this Word, to be created by this Word, to have a )nowledge of this Word#
What it means to s will be very important for s#
For remember, it is a sbstance, it is an evidence of things not seen# It bringeth abot that
which yo cannot see# It brings forth that which is not there, and ta)es away that that is there, and
sbstittes it#
(od too) the Word and made the world of the things which did not appear# 1nd we live in the
world which was made by the Word of (od, and it is inhabited by millions of people# 1nd yo say it
is a sbstance# @ess, the Word of (od, made it of the things which did not appear#
1nd there is not anything made that is made that has not been made by that Word# 1nd when
we come to the trth of what that Word means, we shall be able not only to bild bt to )now, not
only to )now, bt to have# For if there is anything helping me today more than another, it is the fact I
am living in facts, I am moving in facts, I am in the )nowledge of the principles of the 3ost $igh#
(od is ma)ing manifest $is power# (od is a reality and proving $is mightiness in the midst
of s# 1nd as we open orselves to divine revelation, and get rid of all things which are not of the
Spirit, then we shall nderstand how mightily (od can ta)e s on in the Spirit, and move the things
which are, and bring the things which are not, into prominence#
,h, the riches, the depths of the wisdom of the 3ost $igh (od5 3ay this morning enlarge s#
@abs )new that there were divine principles that we need to )now, and he says, !.nlarge me#"
4avid )new that there was mightiness beyond and within, and he says, !Tho hast dealt
bontiflly with me," )nowing that all the springs came from (od that were in $im, which made $is
face to shine#
1nd (od is an inward witness of a power, of a trth, of a revelation, of an inward presence,
of a divine )nowledge# $e is5 $e is5
Then I mst nderstand# I mst clearly nderstand# I mst have a basis of )nowledge for
everything that I say# We mst, as preachers, never preach what we thin)# We mst say what we
)now# 1ny man can thin)# :o mst be beyond the thin)ing# :o mst be in the teaching# :o mst
have the )nowledge#
1nd (od wants to ma)e s so in fidelity with $im that $e nvails $imself# $e rolls the
clods away, the mists disappear at $is presence# $e is almighty in $is movements#
(od has nothing small# $e is all large, immensity of wisdom, nfolding the mysteries and the
grander of $is design of plan for hmanity, that hmanity may sin) into insignificance, and the
mightiness of the mighty power of (od may move pon s till we are the sons of (od with power, in
revelation, and might, and strength in the )nowledge of (od#
,h, this wonderfl salvation5 *ow let s thin) abot it, it is so beatifl# Seeing then that (od
too) the Word % what was the Word6 The Word was @ess# The Word became flesh and dwelt
among s# 1nd we beheld and saw the glory of (od#
I thin) @ohn has a wonderfl word on this which is to edification at this moment# Lery
powerfl in its revelation to me so often as I ga&e into the perfect law of liberty# Let me read yo one
verse, or perhaps more than one from the first epistle of @ohn+
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which
we have seen with or eyes, which we have loo)ed pon, and or
hands have handled, of the Word of lifeB CFor the life was
manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew nto
yo that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was
manifested nto sBF That which we have seen and heard declare
we nto yo, that ye also may have fellowship with s+ and trly
or fellowship is with the Father, and with $is Son @ess Christ# ;
@ohn ;+;9J
,h, beloved, $e is the Word5 $e is the principle of (od# $e is the revelation sent forth from
(od# 1ll flness dwelt in $im# This is a grand word, of $is flness we have all received, and grace
for grace#
In wea)ness, strength# In poverty, wealth# ,h, brother, this Word5 It is a flame of fire# It may
brn in yor bones# It may move in every tisse of yor life# It may bring ot of yo so forcibly the
plan and prpose and life of (od, till yo cease to be, for (od has ta)en yo#
It is a fact we may be ta)en, hallel8ah5 into all the )nowledge of the wisdom of (od# Then I
want to bild, if I am created anew, for it is a great creation# It too) nine months to bring s forth into
the world after we were conceived, bt it only ta)es one moment to beget s as sons# The first
formation was a long period of nine months# The second formation is a moment, is an act, is a faith,
for !$e that believeth hath#" 1nd as yo receive $im, yo are begotten, not made#
,h, the fact that I am begotten again, wonderfl5 Begotten of the same seed that begot $im#
Remember, as $e was conceived in the womb by the $oly (host, so we were conceived the moment
we believed, and became in a principle of the li)e9mindedness of an open door to become sons of
(od with promise#
1nd oh5 how the whole creation groaneth for sonship5 There is a word in Romans, I thin) it
wold help s this morning to read it# Some )nowledge of sonship, it is a beatifl word# I have so
often loo)ed at it with pleasre, for it is sch a pleasre to me to read the Word of (od# ,h, the
hidden treasres there are5 What a feast to have the Word of (od5 !3an shall not live by bread alone,
bt by every Word of (od#"
$ow we need the Word5 The Word is life# *ow, thin) abot this first word here# The ?th
verse is very beatifl# I will read the Jrd and ?th+
Concerning his Son @ess Christ or Lord, which was made of the
seed of 4avid according to the fleshB 1nd declared to be the Son of
(od with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the
resrrection from the dead# Romans ;+J,?
,h, what a clima' of beatitdes there is here5 $ow beatifl5 (od, breathe pon s this
morning this holy, inward way after $is passion# $ear it# !4eclared to be the Son of (od with
power#"
Sons mst have power# We mst have power with (od, power with man# We mst be above
all the world# We mst have power over Satan, power over the evils# I want yo 8st this moment to
thin) with me becase it will help yo with this thoght#
:o can never ma)e evil pre# 1nything which is evil never becomes pre in that sense#
There is no sch a thing as ever creating imprity into prity# The carnal mind is never sb8ect to the
will of (od, and cannot be# There is only one thing, it mst be destroyed#
Bt I want yo to go with me to when (od cast ot that which was not pre# I want yo to
thin) abot Satan in the glory with all the chances, and nothing spoiled him bt his pride# 1nd pride is
an awfl thing# 0ride in the heart, thin)ing we are something when we are nothing# Bilding p a
hman constittion ot of or own#
,h, yes, it is tre the devil is ever trying to ma)e yo thin) what yo are# :o never find (od
doing it# It is always Satan who comes on and says, !What a wonderfl address yo gave5 $ow
wonderfl he did that, and how wonderfl he prayed, and sng that song#" It is all of the devil# There
is not an atom of (od in it, not from beginning to end#
1nd if we only )new how mch we cold preach better, if we only wold not miss the
revelation# 1nd 0al, in order that he might never miss the revelation, said, !Therefore I have never
ceased, I have )ept that#"
,h, the vision is so needy today, more needy than anything that man shold have the visions of
(od# The people have always perished when there has been no vision# (od wants s to have visions,
and revelations, and manifestations#
:o cannot have the $oly (host withot having manifestations# :o cannot have the $oly
(host withot having revelations# :o cannot have the $oly (host withot being trned into another
natre# It was the only credential that @osha and Caleb cold enter the land becase they were of
another spirit#
1nd we mst live in an nction, in a power, in a transformation, and a divine attainment where
we cease to be, where (od becomes enthroned so richly#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is $e5 $e came forth, emptied $imself of all,
bt love broght to s the grace, and then offered by $imself to prge s that we might be entire and
free from all things# That we shold see $im who was invisible, and changed by the power which is
divine, and be lost to everything bt the immensity of the mightiness of a (od9li)eness, for we mst
be in the world sons of (od with promise#"
We mst be, we mst be5 We mst not say it is not for me# ,h no, we mst say it is for s#
1nd (od cast Satan ot# ,h, I do than) (od for that# :es, beloved, bt (od cold not have
cast him ot if he had even been e/al of power# I tell yo, beloved, we can never bind the strong man
till we are in the place of binding#
Than) (od, Satan had to come ot# :es, and how did he come ot6 By the Word of $is
power# 1nd beloved, if we get to )now, and nderstand the principles of or inheritance by faith, we
shall find ot Satan will always be cast ot by the same power that cast him ot in the beginning# $e
will be cast ot to the end becase Satan has not become more holy bt more vile#
If yo thin) abot the last day pon the earth, yo will find ot that the greatest war % not
1rmageddon, the war beyond that % will be betwi't the hosts of Satan and the hosts of (od# 1nd
how will it ta)e place6 With swords, dynamite, or any other hman power6 *o, by the brightness of
$is presence, the holiness of $is holiness, the prity of $is prity, where dar)ness cannot remain,
where sin cannot stand, where only holiness, prity will remain# 1ll else will flee from the presence
of (od into the abyss forever#
1nd (od has saved s with this Word of power over the powers of sin# I )now there is a
teaching and a need of teaching of the personality of the presence of the fidelity of the Word of (od
with power# 1nd we need to eat and drin) of this Word# We need to feed pon it in or hearts# We
need that holy revelation that oght always to ta)e away the mists from or eyes and reveal $im#
Remember beloved, don-t forget that every day mst be a day of advancement# If yo have not
made any advancement since yesterday, in a measre yo are a bac)slider# There is only one way for
yo between Calvary and the glory, and it is forward# It is every day forward# It is no day bac)# It is
advancement with (od# It is cooperation with $im in the Spirit#
Beloved, we mst see these things, becase if we live on the same plane, day after day, the
vision is stale, the principles lose their earnestness# Bt we mst be li)e those who are catching the
vision of the 3aster day by day# 1nd we mst ma)e inroads into every passion that wold interfere,
and bring everything to the slaghter that is not holy# For (od wold have s in these days to )now
that $e wishes to seat s on $igh# 4on-t forget it#
The principles remain with s if we will only obey, to seat s on $igh, hallel8ah5 1nd let s
still go on bilding becase we mst bild this morning# We mst )now or fondation# We mst be
able to ta)e the Word of (od, and so ma)e it clear to people becase we shall be confronted with
evil powers#
I am continally confronted with things which (od mst clear away# .very day something
comes before me that has to be dealt with on these lines# For instance, when I was at Ca&adero seven
or eight years ago, amongst the first people who came to me in those meetings, was a man who was
stone deaf# 1nd every time we had the meeting % sppose I was rising p to say a few words, this
man wold ta)e his chair from off the ordinary row and place it right in front of me# 1nd the devil
sed to say, !*ow, yo are done#" I said, !*o, I am not done# It is finished#"
The man was as deaf as possible for three wee)s# 1nd then in the meeting, as we were singing
abot three wee)s afterwards, this man became tremendosly distrbed as thogh in a storm# $e
loo)ed in every direction, and then he became as one who had almost lost his mind#
1nd then he too) a leap# $e started on the rn and went ot amongst the people, and right p
one of the hills# When he got abot ID yards away he heard singing# 1nd the Lord said, !Thy ears are
open#"
1nd he came bac), and we were still singing# That stopped or singing# 1nd then he told s
that when his ears were opened, he cold not nderstand what it was# There was sch a tremendos
noise he cold not nderstand it whatever# $e thoght something had happened to the world, and so he
ran ot of the whole thing# Then when he got away he heard singing#
,h, the devil said for three wee)s, !:o cannot do it#" I said, !It is done5" 1s thogh (od
wold ever forget5 1s thogh (od cold forget5 1s if it were possible for (od to ever ignore or
prayers5
The most trying time is the most helpfl time# 3ost preachers say something abot 4aniel, and
abot the $ebrew children, and especially abot 3oses when he was in a tried corner# Beloved, if
yo read the Scriptres yo will never find anything abot the easy time# 1ll the glories come ot of
hard times#
1nd if yo are really reconstrcted it will be in a hard time, it won-t be in a singing meeting,
bt at a time when yo thin) all things are dried p, when yo thin) there is no hope for yo, and yo
have passed everything, then that is the time that (od ma)es the man, when tried by fire, that (od
prges yo, ta)es the dross away, and brings forth the pre gold# ,nly melted gold is minted# ,nly
moistened clay receives the mold# ,nly softened wa' receives the seal# ,nly bro)en, contrite hearts
receive the mar) as the potter trns s on his wheel, shaped and brnt to ta)e and )eep the heavenly
mold, the stamp of (od-s pre gold#
We mst have the stamp of or blessed Lord who was marred more than any man# 1nd when
$e toched hman wea)ness it was reconstrcted# $e spo)e ot of the depths of trial and moc)ery,
and became the initiative of a world-s redemption# *ever man spa)e li)e $e spa)e5 $e was fll of
order and made all things move till they said, !We never saw it on this li)e#"
$e was trly the Son of (od with power, with blessing, with life, with matrity, that $e cold
ta)e the wea)est and ma)e them into strong and strength#
(od is here this morning in power, in blessing, in might, and saying to thee, my brother, and to
yo, my sister, !What is it6 What is thy re/est6" ,h, $e is so precios5 $e never fails5 $e is so
wonderfl5 $e always toched the needy place# $e is so gentle# $e never brea)s the brised reed# $e
is so rich in $is mighty benevolence that $e ma)es the smo)ing fla' to flame#
3ay (od move s this morning to see that $e mst have ot of s choice# ,h, how precios
$e is5 There is no word so precios to me as when $e said, !I have desired to eat this with yo
before I sffer#"
,h, that lovely, benevolent, wonderfl @ess5 ,h, before the garden e'perience, with the
)nowledge of it before the cross, and (ethsemane, there that love of @ess, that holy @ess, cold say,
With desire5 It was the 8oy that was set before $im# Shall it be missed6 Is it possible for it to be
missed6 That 8oy that was set before $im of ma)ing s flly matred saints of (od, with power over
the powers of the enemy, filled with the might of $is Spirit#
Srely this is or (od, for there is no (od answers li)e this# Beloved, let me entreat yo this
morning to pay any price# *ever mind what it costs, it is worth it all, to have $is smile, to have $is
presence# *ay verily, more than that, to have the same desire that $e had to win others for $im#
When I see $is great desire to win me, I say, !Lord, remold me li)e that# 3a)e me have the
desire of salvation for others at any cost#" Than) (od $e went throgh# $e did not loo) bac)# $e
went right on#
,h, yo never need to be afraid of 8oining yorself to this *a&arene, for $e is always a =ing#
When $e was dying $e was a =ing# :es, if ever any man spo)e in tonges, @ess spo)e in tonges,
for there was no interpretation# 1nd if any man ever spo)e trth $e spo)e the trth when $e said, !It
is finished#"
Than) (od it is finished# 1nd I )now, becase it is finished, everything is mine# Than) (od,
everything is mine, things in heaven, things in earth, things nder the earth# $e is all power over all#
$e is in all# $e is throgh all# Than) (od $e is for all#
1nd I say to yo withot contradiction, that @ess has so mch more for yo than yo have any
conception# @st as the two sons of 2ebedee, did they )now what they as)ed6 Certainly, they had no
conception of their as)ing#
@ess said, !1re ye able to drin) of the cp that I shall drin) of and to be bapti&ed with the
baptism that I am bapti&ed with6 They say nto $im, We are able#" Were they able6 *o, bt it was
their heart# $ave a big heart5 $ave a big yes5 $ave a big !I will5" $ave a great desire thogh yo are
blind to what is to follow#
1nd they wondered what $e had# I believe that all believers want the same# 4id they drin)6
:es, $e said they wold# 4id they see $is baptism6 :es, $e said they wold# Bt they had no idea
what it meant, what the cp was#
Bt the cp was drn) to the dregs# :es, $is cp was different# Bt becase of $is cp, or
cp rnneth over# ,h, srely goodness and mercy shall follow thee# Thy cp shall rn over#
There may be many cps before the cp is fll# Bt oh, hallel8ah, any way, only let it be $is
will and $is way, not my way# ,h, for $is way only, and $is plan, $is will only#
I feel we have gotten very little ot of the sb8ect, bt oh, what shall we say6 What are we
going to do6 Brothers, let the mantle fall from $im on yo today# !If tho see me when I go, it shall
be#" 1nd .lisha )ept his eye on .li8ah# The mantle is to fall, my brotherB the mantle of power, the
mantle of blessing#
1nd I as) yo today, seeing that yo have this spirital revelation in the body, in the earthly
tabernacle, what are yo going to do6 If the body is yielded sfficiently till it becomes perfectly the
temple of the Spirit, then the flness will flow, and the life shall be yielded to yo, given to yo as
yo need#
3ay (od mold s all to believe it is possible this morning not only for the rivers bt the
mightiness of the e'panseless of that mighty ocean of $is to flow throgh s#
:o do as yo are led to do# The altar rail is before yo# *o pressre oght to be needed for
yo as yo see yor need before (od, and )now $e is here to spply yor need# Wherefore, why
shold we have to be entreated to see) the best of all when (od is waiting to give withot measre to
each and all#
4o as the Lord leads yo, and we will be still before $im to let $im direct yo in whatever
way#
(lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco, California
Faith, 0art <, 1gst J,;><<
I believe the Lord wold be magnified and be pleased if we are to contine or sb8ect we
had yesterday morning from the eleventh chapter of $ebrews# I will read from the first verse+
*ow faith is the sbstance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen# For by it the elders obtained a good report#
Throgh faith we nderstand that the worlds were framed by the
word of (od, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear# By faith 1bel offered nto (od a more e'cellent
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was
righteos, (od testifying of his gifts+ and by it he being dead yet
spea)eth# By faith .noch was translated that he shold not see
deathB and was not fond, becase (od had translated him+ for
before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased (od#
Bt withot faith it is impossible to please him+ for he that cometh
to (od mst believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently see) him# By faith *oah, being warned of (od of
things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ar) to the
saving of his hoseB by the which he condemned the world, and
became heir of the righteosness which is by faith# By faith
1braham, when he was called to go ot into a place which he shold
after receive for an inheritance, obeyedB and he went ot, not
)nowing whither he went# By faith he so8orned in the land of
promise, as in a strange contry, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac
and @acob, the heirs with him of the same promise+ For he loo)ed
for a city which hath fondations, whose bilder and ma)er is (od#
$ebrews ;;+;9;D
I believe that there is only one way to all the treasres of (od, and it is the way of faith# There
is only one principle nderlying all the attribtes and all the beatitdes of the mighty ascension into
the glories of Christ, and it is by faith# 1ll the promises are :ea and 1men to them that believe# 1nd
(od wants this morning, by $is own way % for $e has a way and it never comes hman, it always
comes on divine principles, yo cannot )now (od by natre# :o get to )now (od by an open door of
grace# $e has made a way# It is a beatifl way, that all $is saints can enter in by that way and find
rest# The way is the way of faith, there isn-t any other way# If yo climb p any other way, yo cannot
wor) it ot#
There MareN several things that are coming before me from time to time, and I find that it is all
a failre withot its base is right on the roc) Christ @ess# $e is the only way, the trth, and the life#
Bt praise (od, $e is the trth, $e is the life, and $is Word is Spirit and life9giving# 1nd when we
nderstand it in its tre order to s we find that it is not only the Word of life bt it /ic)eneth, it
openeth, it filleth, it moveth, it changeth, and it brings s into a place where we dare to say, 1men5
:o )now, beloved, there is a lot in an 1men# :o )now yo never get bt still yo have an 1men
inside# There was sch a difference between 2acharias and 3ary# I find yo can have &eal withot
faith# 1nd I find yo can have any amont of things withot faith#
1s I loo)ed into the twelfth chapter of the 1cts of the apostles, I find that the people that were
waiting all night praying for 0eter to come ot of prison had &eal bt they had not faith# They were so
&ealos that they even gave themselves only to eat the nleavened bread, and went to prayer# 1nd it
seemed all the time that there was mch that cold be commended to s all this morning, bt there was
one thing missing# It was faith# :o will find that Rhoda had more faith than all the rest of them# When
the )noc) came at the door, she ran to it and the moment she heard 0eter-s voice she ran bac) again
with 8oy, saying, !0eter stood before the gate#"
1nd all the people said, !:o are mad# It isn-t so#" 1nd she made mention of what she saw#
There was no faith at all# Bt they said, !Well, (od has perhaps sent an angel#" Bt Rhoda said, !It is
0eter#" 1nd 0eter contined )noc)ing# 1nd they went and fond it was so# They had &eal bt no faith#
1nd I believe there is /ite a difference#
(od wants to bring s into an activity where we shall in a living way ta)e hold of (od on the
lines of solidity, that which rests and sees the plan of (od always#
2acharias and .li&abeth srely wanted a son, bt even when the angel came and told
2acharias he was fll of nbelief# 1nd the angel said, !Becase tho hast not believed, tho shalt be
dmb#"
Bt loo) at 3ary# When the angel came to 3ary, 3ary said, !###be it nto me according to thy
word#" 1nd it was the beginning of the 1men, and the presentation of the 1men was when she nrsed
@ess#
Believe that there can be a real 1men in yor life that can bring to pass# 1nd (od wants s
with the 1men that never )nows anything else than 1men, an inward 1men, a mighty moving 1men, a
(od9li)eness 1men# That which says, !It is," becase (od has spo)en# It cannot be otherwise# It is
impossible to be otherwise#
Beloved, I see all the plan of life where (od comes in and vindicates $is power, ma)es $is
presence felt# It is not by crying, nor groaning# It is becase we believe# 1nd yet, I have nothing to say
abot it# Sometimes it ta)es (od a long time to bring s throgh the groaning, crying, before we can
believe#
I )now this as clearly as anything, that no man in this place can change (od# :o cannot
change $im# There is a word in Finney-s lectres which is very good, and it says, !Can a man who is
fall of sin and all )inds of rin in his life, change (od when he comes ot to pray6" *o, it is
impossible# Bt as this man labors in prayer, and groans, and travails, becase his tremendos sin is
weighing him down, he becomes bro)en in the presence of (od, and when properly melted in the
perfect harmony with the divine plan of (od, then (od can wor) in that clay# $e cold not before#
0rayer changes hearts bt it never changes (od# (od is the same today and forever, fall of
love, fall of entreaty, fall of helpflness# 1lways in the presence of (od as yo come yo have what
yo come for# :o ta)e it away# :o can se it at yor disposal#
1nd there is nothing yo can find in the Scriptres where (od ever charges yo for what yo
have done with what $e has given yo# (od pbraids no man, bt yo can come and come again, and
(od is willing to give if yo believe#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the living (od# It is the (od of power who
changes things, changes s# It is $e Who has formed s, not we orselves, and transformed s becase
it is $e Who comes in and ma)es the vessel ready for the immensity of its power wor)ing throgh s,
transforming s into $is will, $is plan, for $e delighteth in s#"
(od delighteth in s# When a man-s ways please the Lord, then $e ma)es all things to move
accordingly#
*ow we come to the Word, this blessed Word, this holy Word# I want to go to the Ath verse of
the ;;th MchapterN of $ebrews# We were dealing with the two first verses yesterday#
By faith .noch was translated that he shold not see deathB and was not fond, becase (od
had translated him+ for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased (od#
When I was in Sweden, the Lord wor)ed mightily there in a very blessed way % after one or
two addresses the leaders called me and they said, !We have heard very strange things abot yo, and
we wold li)e to )now whether they are tre becase we can see the doors are opening to yo# We
can see that (od is with yo, and (od is moving, and we )now that it will be a great blessing to
Sweden#"
!Well," I said, !what is it6"
!Well," they said, !we have heard from good athority that yo preach that yo have the
resrrection body#" When I was in France I had an interpreter that believed this thing, and I fond ot
after I had preached once or twice throgh the interpreter that she gave her own e'pressions# 1nd of
corse I did not )now bt I said, !*evertheless, I will tell yo what I really believe# If I had the
testimony of .noch I shold be off# I wold li)e it and I wold li)e to go# .vidently there is no one in
Sweden has it or they wold be off, becase the moment .noch had the testimony to please (od, off
he went#"
I pray that (od will so /ic)en or faith for we have a far way to go maybe before we are
ready# It was in the mind of (od, translation# Bt remember translation comes on the lines of holy
obedience and wal) with pleasre with a perfectness of (od# Wal)ing together with (od in the
Spirit# Some others have had toches of it# It is lovely, it is delightfl to thin) abot those moments as
we have wal)ed with (od and had commnion with $im, when or words were lifted, and we were
not made to ma)e them, bt (od made them#
,h, that smile of divine commnication which is trly of (od, where we spea) to $im in the
Spirit, and where the Spirit lifts and lifts and lifts, and ta)es s in# ,h, beloved, there is a place of
(od where (od can bring s in, and I pray that (od by $is Spirit, may move s so we will strive to
be where .noch was as he wal)ed with (od#
1s 0al divinely pts it by the Spirit, I don-t believe that any person in this place hasn-t an
open door into everything that is in the Scriptres# I believe the Scriptres are for s# 1nd in order
that we may apply or hearts to nderstand the trth I say, ,h, for an inroad of the mighty revoltion
of the hman heart to brea) it so that (od can plan afresh and ma)e all within s say, 1men5 What a
blessed e'perience it is trly#
There are two )inds of faith, (od wants to let s see# I am not spea)ing abot natral things
this morning bt divine things# There is a natral faith and there is a saving faith# The saving faith is
the gift of (od# 1ll people are born with the natral faith# Bt this spernatral faith is the gift of (od#
1nd yet there are limitations in this faith# Bt faith which has no limitation in (od, bring it to
s this morning in the <Ith chapter of the 1cts of the apostles# This is a very wonderfl chapter# I
want to define, or e'press, or bring into prominence this morning the difference between the natral
faith and this faith that I am going to read abot, beginning at the ;Ith verse+
Bt rise, and stand pon thy feet+ for I have appeared nto thee for
this prpose, to ma)e thee a minister and a witness both of these
things which tho hast seen, and of those things in the which I will
appear nto theeB 4elivering thee from the people, and from the
(entiles, nto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes, and to
trn them from dar)ness to light, and from the power of Satan nto
(od, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance
among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me# 1cts <I+;I9
;H
Is that the faith of 0al6 *o, it is the faith which the $oly (host is giving# We may have very
mch of revelation of a divine plan of (od throgh the gifts in the Lord-s order, when $e spea)s to
me I will open ot on the gifts#
Bt beloved, I see here 8st a toch of the line of the gifts, where 0al, throgh the revelation,
and throgh the open door that was given to him on the way to 4amascs, saw he had the faith of
salvation# Then I notice as 1nanias laid his hands pon him, there came a power, the promise of the
$oly (host and filled this body#
1nd then I notice in that order of the Spirit, he wal)ed in the comfort of the $oly (host, which
is a wonderfl comfort# ,h, tell me if yo can, is there anything to compare to that which @ess said,
When $e comes !###he shall teach yo all things, and bring all things to yor remembrance###" C@ohn
;?+<IF# Srely this is a Comforter# Srely $e is the Comforter who can bring to or memory, to or
mind, all the things that $e said#
1nd all the way $e wor)ed is the divine plan of the Spirit to reveal nto s till every one of
s, withot e'ception, tastes of this angelic mighty toch of the heavenly as $e moves pon s#
,h, beloved, the baptism of the $oly (host is the essential mighty toch of revelation of the
wonders, for (od the $oly (host has no limitations on these lines# Bt when the sol is ready to enter
into $is life, there is a brea)ing p of fallow grond and a moving of the mists away, bringing s into
the perfect day of the light of (od#
1nd I say that 0al was moved pon by this power, and yet @ess said nto him, !1s yo go
yo will be changed, and in the changing I will ta)e yo from revelation to revelation, open door to
open door and the accomplishment will be as 3y faith is committed nto thee#"
,h, hallel8ah, there is saving faith# There is the gift of faith# It is the faith of @ess which
brings to s as we press in and on with (od, a place where we can always )now it is (od#
I want 8st to pt before yo this difference between or faith and the faith of @ess# ,r faith
comes to an end# 3ost people in this place have come to a place where they have said, !Lord, I can
go no frther# I have gone so far, now I can go no frther# I have sed all the faith I have, and I have
8st to stop now and wait#"
Well, brother, than) (od that we have this faith# Bt there is another faith# I remember one day
being in Lancashire, and going arond to see some sic) people# I was ta)en into a hose where there
was a yong woman lying on her bed, a very helpless case# It was a case where the reason had gone,
and many things were manifested there which were satanic, and I )new it#
She was only a yong woman, a beatifl child# Then the hsband /ite a yong man, came in
with a baby and he leaned over to )iss the wife# The moment he did she threw herself over on the
other side of the bed, 8st as a lnatic wold do, with no consciosness of the presence of the
hsband# That was very heart9brea)ing# 1nd then he too) the baby and pressed the baby-s lips to the
mother# 1gain another wild )ind of thing happened# So he said to a sister who was attending her,
!$ave yo anybody to help6" !,h," they said, !we have had everything#"
Bt I said, !$ave yo no spirital help6" 1nd her hsband stormed ot and said, !$elp6 :o
thin) that we believe in (od after we have had seven wee)s of no sleep, of maniac conditions6 :o
thin) that we believe (od6 :o are mista)en# :o have come to the wrong hose#"
1nd then a yong woman abot eighteen or so 8st grinned at me and passed ot of the door,
and that finished the whole bsiness# That broght me to a place of compassion for this woman that
something had to be done, did not matter what it was#
1nd then with my faith % oh, than) (od for the faith# I began to penetrate the heavens, and I
was soon ot of that hose I will tell yo, for I never saw a man get anything from (od who prayed on
the earth# If yo get anything from (od yo will have to pray into heaven for it is all there# If yo are
living on the earth and e'pect things from heaven it will never come# If yo want to toch the ideal
yo mst live in ideal principles# 1nd as I saw in the presence of (od the limitations of my faith,
there came another faith, a faith that cold not be denied, a faith that too) the promise, a faith that
believed (od-s Word# 1nd I came from that presence bac) again to earth, bt not the same man, nder
the same condition confronting me bt in the name of @ess, with a faith that cold sha)e hell and
move anything else#
I said, !Come ot of her in the name of @ess5" 1nd she rolled over and fell asleep and
wa)ened in forteen hors, perfectly sane and perfectly whole# ,h, there is faith# The faith that is in
me# 1nd @ess wants to bring s all this morning into a place in line with (od where we cease to be,
for (od mst have the right of way, of thoght, of prpose# (od mst have the way#
Beloved, I say there is a process on this line# .noch wal)ed with (od# That mst have been
all these hndreds of years as he was penetrating, and going throgh, and laying hold, and believing,
and seeing that he had gotten to sch cooperation and toch with (od that things moved on earth, and
was moving towards heaven# 1nd srely (od came for the last time#
It was not possible for him to stop any longer# ,h, hallel8ah5 1nd I believe that (od this
morning wants to so bring all of s into line with $is will that we may see signs, and wonders, and
divers miracles and gifts of the $oly (host# For this is a wonderfl day, the day of the $oly (host# It
is a blessed day# If yo wold as) me any time, !When wold yo have li)ed to come to earth6" @st
now5 ,h, yes, it sits me beatiflly to )now that the $oly (host can fill the body# @st to be a temple
of the Spirit5 @st to manifest the glory of (od5 Brother, it is trly an ideal smmit, and everyone can
reach ot their hand and (od will ta)e and lift s on#
For the heart that is longing this morning, (od ma)es the longing cry# Sometimes we have an
idea that there is some specialty in s that does it# *o, beloved# If yo have anything at all worth
having it is becase (od has love to give yo#
1ccording to the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians everybody who dies % I see there is a
place where they have fallen short somehow to me# It can never appear as the right thing, as it is sown
in dishonor# Seems to be trly that (od will raise it in power, the same power (od wold raise it in
is the power that (od wants to )eep s in, so as we shold not be sown in dishonor#
I trly say that there is a plan of (od for this prpose, of this life# .noch wal)ed with (od#
(od wants to raise the conditions of saints to wal) with $im, and tal) with $im# I don-t want to bild
anything abot myself, bt it is trly tre if yo fond me otside of conversation with man, I am in
conversation with (od#
,ne thing (od has given to me from my yoth p, and I am so than)fl, (od has never given
me a taste or a relish for any boo) bt the Bible# 1nd I can say before (od, I have never read a boo)
bt the Bible, so I )now nothing abot boo)s# 1s I have peeped into boo)s I have seen in them 8st
one thing that good people said, !Well, that is a good boo)#" ,h, bt how mch better to get the Boo)
of boo)s which contains nothing bt (od# If a boo) is commended becase it has something abot
(od in it, how mch more shall the Word of (od be the food of the sol, the strengthening of the
believer, and the bilding p of the hman order of character with (od, so that all the time he is being
changed by the Spirit of the Lord from one state of glory into another#
This is the ideal principle of (od# I have a word to say abot those who have gone, becase
0al says, !It is better to go than to stop#" Bt oh, I am loo)ing forward, and hasting nto, and
believing the fact that $e is coming again#
1nd this hope in me brings me to the same place as the man of faith who loo)ed for a city
which hman hands had not made# There is a city which hman hands have not made, and by faith we
have a right to claim or position right along as we go, and to these glorios positions#
I will trn now from this fifth verse to the si'th, also a beatifl verse of $ebrews ;;+
Bt withot faith it is impossible to please him+ for he that cometh
to (od mst believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently see) him# $ebrews ;;+I
I often thin) that we ma)e great failres on this line becase of an imperfect nderstanding of
$is Word# I can see it is impossible to please (od on any lines bt faith, for everything which is not
of faith is sin#
So (od wants s all to see this morning the plan of faith is the ideal and principle of (od#
1nd when I remember and )eep in my thoghts these beatifl words in the twelfth chapter of this
same epistle, it is wonderfl as I read this second verse+
Loo)ing nto @ess the athor and finisher of or faith####
$e is the athor of faith# @ess became the athor of faith# (od wor)ed the plan throgh $im
by forming the worlds, ma)ing everything that there was by the Word of $is power# @ess was the
Word, Christ# (od so manifested this power in the world, forming the worlds by the word of @ess#
I see that on this divine line of principle of (od, (od hath chosen $im and ordained $im, and
clothed $im, and made $im greater than all becase of one principle, and on this principle only#
Becase of the 8oy, it was the love of (od that gave# It was the 8oy of the Lord to save#
1nd becase of this e'ceeding, abndant 8oy of saving the whole world, $e became the athor
of a living faith# 1nd everyone in this place is changed by this faith from grace to grace# We become
divine inheritances of the promises, and we become the sbstance# We can become all and in all#
,ne ideal only, (od is wor)ing in this, this holy principle of faith# It is divine#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is (od installed throgh the flesh, /ic)ened by
$is Spirit, molded by $is will, till it is so in order, till (od-s Son cold not come withot we went
for $is life is in s#"
Than) (od for that interpretation# (od-s Son, this life, this faith, cold not move from the
glory withot I move from the earth# 1nd right in the heaven we shold meet#
This faith, this principle, this life, this inheritance, this trth, this eternal power wor)ing in s
mightily by $is Spirit5 ,h, than) (od for $is Word5 Live it, moved by $is Word#
We shall become flat, and anemic, and helpless withot this Word, dormant and so helpless to
ta)e hold# :o are not any good for anything apart from the Word# The Word is everything# The Word
has to become everything# When the heavens and the earth are melted away then we shall be as bright,
and brighter than the day, and going on to be consistent becase of the Word of (od#
,h, when we )now it is /ic), and powerfl, and sharper than any two9 edged sword,
dividing asnder sol and spirit, 8oints and marrow, and thoghts of the heart5 (od-s Word is li)e a
sword piercing throgh# Who cold have a stiff )nee if they believed in that Word6
The Word is so divinely appointed for s# Thin) abot it# $ow it severs the sol and the
spirit5 Ta)e it in# Thin) it ot# Wor) it ot# It is divine# See it, trth#
The sol which has all the animal, all the carnal, all the selfishness, all the evil things, than)
(od for the trth to the Word, that the sol will never inherit that place# The sol mst go from
whence it came# It is earthly, sensal# Bt the two9edged sword divides it so it shall have no power#
1nd over it, rling it, controlling it, bringing it always to death, is the Spirit of the life of @ess#
@ess pored ot $is sol nto death# Flesh and blood shall not inherit the )ingdom of heaven#
So I see it is necessary for s to have the Word of (od piercing even to dividing asnder sol and
spirit#
Then I notice the 8oints and marrow mst have the Word of (od to /ic)en the very marrow#
,h, how many people in 1stralia came to me with doble9crvatre of the spine, and instantly they
were healed, and made straight as I pt hands pon them# Bt no man is able, bt the divine Son of
(od and $is power moved pon these crvatres of the spine, and straightened them# ,h, the mighty
power of the Word of (od5
(od mst have s in these days so separated on every line as we proceed on the lines of (od,
and see that the Word of (od mst bring forth# 1s it destroys it brings forth# :o can never live if yo
have never been dead# :o mst die if yo want to live# It was the very death of @ess that raised $im
to the highest height of glory#
.very death9li)eness is a li)eness to the Son of (od# 1nd all the time the Word of (od mst
/ic)en, flow throgh, and move pon s till these ideals are in s, till we move in them, live in them#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The living (od is lifting thee ot of thyself into
$imself#"
We mst be ta)en ot of the ordinary# We mst be broght into the e'traordinary# We mst live
in a glorios position, over the flesh and the devil, and everything of the world# (od has ordained s,
clothed s within, and manifested pon s $is glory that we may be the sons with promise, of Son9
li)eness to $im#
,h, what an ideal5 What a Savior5 What an ideal Savior5 1nd to be li)e $im5 ,h, yes, we can
be li)e $im# This is the ideal principle, (od to ma)e s li)e $im5
Then I see another trth# $e that cometh to (od % $ow do yo come to (od6 Where is (od6
Is $e in the ceiling6 In the elements6 Is $e in the air6 In the wind6 Where is (od6 $e that cometh to
(od % Where is $e6 (od is in yo# ,h, hallel8ah5 1nd yo will find the Spirit of the living (od in
yo, which is the prayer circle, which is the lifting power, which is the revelation element, which is
the divine power which lifts yo#
$e that cometh to (od is# $e is already in the place where the $oly (host ta)es the prayers
and swings them ot according to the mind of the Spirit# For who hath )nown the mind of Christ, or
who is able to ma)e intercession bt the mind of the Spirit of the living (od# $e ma)eth intercession#
Where is $e6 $e is in s#
,h, this baptism of the $oly (host is an inward presence of the personality of (od, which
lifts, prays, ta)es hold, lives in, with a tran/ility of peace and power that rests and says, !It is all
right#"
(od answers prayer becase the $oly (host prays and yor advocate is @ess, and the Father
the @dge of all# There $e is# Is it possible for any prayer to be missed on those lines6 Let s be sre
that we are in this place this morning#
!$e that cometh to (od mst believe that $e is, and that $e is a rewarder of them that
diligently see) $im#" 3st believe that (od is# :o cannot help it# :o mst believe $e is already in
the temple#
Bt some people have not yet entered into the e'perience becase they have never come ot#
Bt (od said to 1braham, !Come ot, Come ot#" 1nd if yo have never )nown the voice of (od to
come ot, yo may be a long time in the wilderness before yo come in#
*ow loo) at the ridiclosness of 1braham, that is the hman side# Loo) at it in verse H+ !By
faith 1braham, when he was called to go ot into a place which he shold after receive for an
inheritance, obeyedB and he went ot###" C$ebrews ;;+HF# What a silly man he was5
!###not )nowing whither he went#" Why, that was the very secret of power# .verything was
there# If there is anything that I )now which is worth )nowing, it is that which I don-t )now abot (od
which $e is always ma)ing me to )now#
There is something abot being after (od-s mind till we will be all the time what $e wants s
to be# (od has ordered it so# (od has planned it so# (od wills it# So (od has no other method or plan
of saving rined man e'cept by man#
1nd when man remains in the place which (od has called him ot, so that he can be a perfect
man, sbstitte of (od-s plan for the man, then the man will srely reach the attitde where (od has
said, !Come ot, for I have a place for thee and tho canst never reach the place withot 3e# Bt I am
willing that tho sholdst be for 3e that I may be for thee#"
,h, this (od of grace5 ,h, this willingness for (od to let s see $is face5 ,h, this longing of
my sol which cannot be satisfied withot more of (od5 ,h, it is this, more of (od I want5 I feel that I
am the yongest man in the world#
Withot (od does something I shold be an awfl failre# Bt srely $e will do it# $e has
broght s in that $e might ta)e s ot# 1nd (od will never leave s in an nfinished plane#
It is all divine order# 1s srely as @ess came, it is divine order that I shold come at this time
to San Francisco# There is nothing wrong in the plan of (od# It is all in perfect order# To thin) that
(od can ma)e a mista)e is the biggest blnder that a man ma)es in his life# (od ma)es no mista)es#
Bt when we are in the will of (od the plan wor)s ot admirably becase it is divine, thoght ot by
the almightiness of (od#
,h, beloved, have yo come ot yet6 :o say, !,t of what6" ,t of that yo )now yo didn-t
want to be in# Why shold I answer yor /estions when yo can answer them yorselves# It wold be
a waste of time# *o need of going on that line#
Bt (od )nows where yo are and where yo oght to be# 3any of yo heard the voice of
(od long ago, bt still yo have not obeyed# Will yo come ot6 (od says, !Come ot5" Bt yo say,
!Where shall I go to6 Where shall I come ot6" Come ot into (od5 7nto (od5 ,h, hallel8ah5
I wold li)e to say so many more things to yo this morning, bt I thin) it is 8st abot time to
come ot# It is sch a mista)e to hold on, hearing $is voice and not obeying# Bt oh, when we obey, it
is so sweet when we obey5 So I will cease at this time becase (od has something better probably
teaching yo in the Spirit as yo obey $is call, obey $is !Come ot#"
(od has something better for yo than I can tell yo# ,h, I say to yo, Come ot, and I will
leave yo to either sit still or come ot# 1men5
3essage given at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
,r Inheritance 1gst ?,;><<
I believe the Lord wold be very pleased in $is leadings, this morning, to ta)e s to first
chapter of Second 0eter again, that we may see what the mind of the Lord is concerning s in that
chapter# I will read from the first verse+
Simon 0eter, a servant and an apostle of @ess Christ, to them that
have obtained li)e precios faith with s throgh the righteosness
of (od and or Savior @ess Christ+ (race and peace be mltiplied
nto yo throgh the )nowledge of (od, and of @ess or Lord,
1ccording as his divine power hath given nto s all things that
pertain nto life and godliness, throgh the )nowledge of him that
hath called s to glory and virte+ Whereby are given nto s
e'ceeding great and precios promisesB that by these ye might be
parta)ers of the divine natre, having escaped the corrption that
is in the world throgh lst# 1nd beside this, giving all diligence, add
to yor faith virteB and to virte )nowledgeB 1nd to )nowledge
temperanceB and to temperance patienceB and to patience
godlinessB 1nd to godliness brotherly )indnessB and to brotherly
)indness charity# For if these things be in yo, and abond, they
ma)e yo that ye shall neither be barren nor nfritfl in the
)nowledge of or Lord @ess Christ# < 0eter ;+;9H
I believe the Lord wants s to )now or inheritance this morning# :o )now there is sch a
thing as having something left to yo# For instance, many people ma)e wills, and they leave testators
to carry ot their wills# When the person is dead, very often those people who have had the property
left to them, never get it, becase of nfaithfl stewards, who have been left in charge#
Bt there is one will that has been left, and $e who made the whole will is or Lord @ess
Christ# 1fter $e was dead $e rose to carry ot $is own will# 1nd now we may have all that has been
left to s by $im, all the inheritances, all the blessings, all the power, all the life, and all the victory#
1ll the promises are ors becase $e is risen#
Becase $e is risen as a faithfl $igh 0riest, $e is here to help s this morning to nderstand
what it means by these divine principles that we have been reading# I pray (od that we may have a
clear )nowledge today of what (od means for s in these days, for $e has called s to great ban/ets,
and we mst always have a good appetite at the Lord-s ban/ets#
It is a serios thing to come to a ban/et of the Lord, and have an anemic stomach, something
that cannot ta)e anything# We mst have great appetites# We mst have longing desires# We mst have
very thirsty conditions, and hngry sols when we come to the Lord-s table# 1nd then we can have
what is laid p for s# We can be strengthened by the might of the power of (od in the inner man# 3ay
the Lord ta)e s into $is treasres now# Sppose we trn to the third verse+
1ccording as his divine power hath given nto s all things that
pertain nto life and godliness, throgh the )nowledge of him that
hath called s to glory and virte# < 0eter ;+J
We will find ot that the main staff of this portion of trth as it comes before s this morning,
will always be in the nfolding of the Christ# 1ll the flness is in $im# 1ll the glories srrond $im#
1ll the divine virte flows from $im#
1nd we mst nderstand that (od is bringing s into the place that we may nderstand what
$e means by !pertaining nto life and godliness, throgh the )nowledge of $im#"
*ow, this morning, (od has broght s from one step to another# I see the first days $e gave
s a glimpse of faith which was given to s# Then I noticed the ne't days $e gave s assrance of the
faith on the principles of the grondwor) of Christ being the fondation of all things# 1nd now the
Lord wants to show s how this virte can remain in s# We mst reach, we mst attain to this virte#
What is virte6 ,h, brother, sister, if I have to ta)e yo this morning into the virte, I mst let
yo )now that 0al toched these divine powers, becase he spea)s to s in the third chapter of
.phesians of that power# $e calls it the effectal wor)ing of the powers of (od, which is the $oly
(host, which is the divine infilling, which has to fill the whole body till the body is filled with life,
and virte, and grace, and power, and faith#
There are no limitations# $e is the e'ective of the )ingdom of heaven# $e has power in or
body as we open orselves to $im# $e has all fllness to display becase $e displays it on the
flness# $e has the measreless measre, as $e reveals $im to s as the measre#
So beloved, (od wants s to see this day that we mst nderstand, whatever it costs,
whatever it means, we mst have a personal incoming of this life of (od, this $oly (host, this divine
person#
1nd I want yo to thin) what it really means to receive the $oly (host# We are born again of
the incorrptible Word, which is Christ# It is an incorrptible Word# It liveth and abideth forever#
1nd we are born again of that incorrptible power# It is (od-s plan for s# It is a frther divine power
than the hman mind has ever been able to receive# We mst have a divine mind to ta)e in divine
things# We mst be made divine in order to nderstand all things which are divine#
We mst nderstand that this matter mst retrn into grace# We mst nderstand this body mst
be changed into a body as a temple of the Spirit# 1nd we mst nderstand that even the mind mst be
the mind of Christ# 1nd we mst nderstand that the very inner moving and crying mst be of the
divine plan, for (od has come to change s into the same image, into the same process of power#
@st as $e was in this world, so are we to be# @ohn clearly saw it# 1nd if we cold only ta)e
another step, and this step is an important step for s this morning# 1s $e is so are we# There is a step
frther# I find that (od has always, in order to encorage $is people, been spea)ing to them of the
ftre tense#
:o remember that @ess lived in the present tense, bt always spo)e in a ftre tense# 1nd
beloved, there is a ftre tense# Bt I believe we mst come now to the place of present tense#
Whatever (od has designed for man we mst claim it as now, and we shall always have greater
manifestations of power if we are living now instead of living ftre# Living in a now power, a now
blessing, a now (od, a now heaven, a now glory, a now virte#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the Spirit that wor)eth in s all these divine
plans, that $e may bild s on the fondations of the living Word which liveth, which always
/ic)eneth, and moveth# Bilds high, higher, higher, into and with love# It is always in a higher sense
becase (od has no lower means#"
$e wants s to go higher and higher# ,h, for a heavenly sight this morning, a divine toch of
(od, of @ess# It is the divine toch5 ,ne toch of deity, one flash of light, one moment in the presence
of $im, one toch of infinite, and nited, it ma)es s mighty in a moment to see all things as $e sees
them#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !,h, it is that which (od hath for me, that I mst
never cease till I reach that which $e has for me, for I mst be for others as $e wants me to be#"
,h, this divine, this virte5 It is eminently real, and we have no sense of its presence, and that
is what I believe we oght to be in# There are so many things in the Scriptres that bring to my mind
these things# :o ta)e, for instance, the si'th chapter of the 1cts of the apostles, and yo see Stephen,
!1 man fll of faith and of the $oly (host#"
1nd yo ta)e Barnabas and read of him# Barnabas was a good man filled with the $oly (host
and faith# It seems to me that (od has a plan throgh holiness that yo cannot get into, that plan only
by holiness# It seems there is a pre place, a pre heart where it sees (od# There is a divine place of
prity, where the nclean never pt their feet#
Bt (od has a way, it is called the way of holiness, and $e can bring s into that place# $e
has a divine longing to bring s into that place where we hear the voice of (od, we see the form of
(od, we nderstand the way of (od, and we wal) in commnion with (od# These are the places
where divine virte flows#
,nce at a very late open air meeting, I was being pressed beyond measre, as it were# (od
was saving the people and I retrned home# ,h, the 8oy of pointing people to @ess5 ,h, the 8oy of
living in this life# There is a life which seems right to men, bt oh, it isn-t that life# There is a life
which is only ta)en in and lived ot, moved in by (od alone#
When I went home, they said to me, !1nt 3ary is going home, and 7ncle Sam wold li)e yo
to see her before she bids farewell#" I went down there, and not )nowing anything, only as it were,
!(oodbye#" ,nly I was impressed as I neared the bed to stretch ot my hand# ,h, that hand5 What
there is in a hand# What there is in a person by the power of (od no one can tell# We mst live in this,
that (od can see it throgh#
1s my hand toched her hand, the divine virte of heaven flowed throgh the death form
conditions, and broght her into perfect life, perfect as ever she was, instantaneosly broght bac)
from death into life, and 8oy, and peace# ,h brothers, there is a virte, there is a trth, (od mst
manifest $is power till everything we toch moves at the powers of (od# 0al )new it, the apostles
had a clear conception of it, @ess spo)e abot it# The woman felt it as she toched $im in the s)irts
of $is garment# The virte went throgh#
,h, if there is anything in the Scriptres that is moving me to nderstand, it is that there is a
transmitting condition, there is a power that goes throgh the hman body to another body# I see that it
is in perfect con8nction with the Scriptres that we lay hands on the sic), and they shall recover#
There is a trth in @ohn-s gospel % oh, sometimes I thin) we have never nderstood it, bt
maybe (od has revealed it to some of s, and I wold li)e to give it to yo this morning# @ohn-s
gospel has many wonderfl things to say to s# I will 8st trn to the third chapter of @ohn and I will
read from the eleventh verse+
Lerily, verily, I say nto thee, We spea) that we do )now, and
testify that we have seenB and ye receive not or witness# If I have
told yo earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I
tell yo of heavenly things 6 1nd no man hath ascended p to
heaven, bt he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man
which is in heaven# @ohn J+;;9;J
4o yo see there are three things there that we mst clearly nderstand this morning# It is a
privilege to everyone, a great trth# If I told yo earthly things, and yo cannot nderstand them,
spposing I tell yo heavenly things6 $e goes on, on this line of thoght# Spposing yo see the Son of
man retrn nto the place from whence $e came#
Bt here in this divine order, I wish yo to see a great principle# $e says, !If I have told yo
earthly things, and yo cannot nderstand them, how will yo nderstand if I tell yo heavenly
things6" $e says, !The Son of man cometh down, the Son of man is down, the Son of man is p#"
*ow, yo see that electric light there is only showing forth the brilliancy becase of the dynamo# It
has a receiver and transmitter# There yo have the na)ed wires, bt the power of the dynamo is
sending forth throgh those na)ed wires brilliancy#
I want yo to notice that in the glory there are all the powers of (od# .very man who is born
of (od is receiving life from (od# Inside the vessel is the bare wire with revelation, and all
illmination, and in order to )eep it perfect it is always retrning from whence it came# It cometh
down, it is down, and it is always the same# 1nd so is everyone who is born of (od# $e is )ept alive
by a power which he cannot see bt feel, which power is generated in the glory, and comes down into
earthen vessels, and is received bac) to the throne of (od#
1nd oh, all the time we are receiving and transmitting % 8st as we stop for a moment to
place or hands pon a needy case, the spernatral goes throgh the case, and brings forth life# So
(od wold have s )now that there is a divine glory, a divine virte, a perfect )nowledge, an inward
conception of an ideal which has always been made in the glory# The $oly (host is the great
incentive to s all# $e receives all $e disbrses all, and reechoes bac) the wonderfl manifestations,
after $e has had the call# So we mst have life in this glorios order of the Spirit, nited, illminated,
transformed all the time by this glorios regenerating power of the Spirit of life of (od#
3ay (od open the door for s this morning to see that it is for s all, sch a manifestation of
the life and of the power of (od, to be given s till there shall be neither barrenness nor
nfritflness, bt rather an nbending nto all $is will# ,h, hallel8ah5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is that which (od has designed from the
beginning# It is no new thing# It is as old as (od# It lasts as long as eternity# We are, we shall be,
forever with $im# $e has created s for this prpose that we shold be the sons of (od with power,
with promise, with life, for all the world#"
Than) (od for that interpretation#
,h brothers, oh sisters, don-t tell me that we have got the flness# ,h, the flness of the Spirit,
an immeasrable measre5 ,h, don-t tell me there are any limitations of it# It comes in floods we
cannot contain# I drin) and drin) and drin) again, and still we yet are dry#
,h saints of (od, the more of this 8oy they get, the more they re/ire, the more they desire# It
is (od in yo that longs for all the flness of (od to come into yo, praise $is name# Bt we mst be
parta)ers of it#
I want yo to see this morning that there are two words here that are closely connected
together# Beatifl words, and they are fll of need for this moment for s# Let me read them+
!Throgh the )nowledge of $im that hath called s to glory and virte#"
1 lot of people have a great misnderstanding abot glory# (lory is always an e'pression#
Therefore there are of necessity three things that oght to ta)e place in the baptism# In the baptism it
was a necessity that the moving by the mighty rshing wind shold be made manifest in the pper
room# 1nd then it was also of importance that they shold be clothed with tonges as of fire# Then it
shold also be of importance that the body shold receive not only the fire bt also the rshing wind,
the personality of the Spirit in the wind# The divine order is in the wind, and all the manifestation of
the glory is in the wind#
*ow let me e'press it# :o see there is always this, the inward man receives the $oly (host
with great 8oy and blessedness, instantly# $e cannot e'press it# It is beyond $is e'pression# Then the
power of the Spirit, which is the Word % when yo spea) abot words yo say yo heard so many
words# I want yo to notice when the $oly (host is in the body this divine power, this personality,
this breath of (od, ta)es of the things of @ess, and tters them by this e'pressive wind and sends
forth as a river the tterances of the Spirit#
Then again, when the body is filled with 8oy, sometimes it is so ine'pressible, being thrown
on the canvas of the mind, the canvas of the mind has great power to move the operation of the tonge
to bring ot the very depths of the inward hearts, power, love, 8oy, to s# By the same process the
Spirit over all, which is the breath of (od, brings forth the manifestation of the glory#
Sometimes when (od spea)s there is always a glory, it always comes# 0eter spea)s here
abot being in the $oly 3ont, in Second 0eter ;+;I,;E+
For we have not followed cnningly devised fables, when we made
)nown nto yo the power and coming of or Lord @ess Christ,
bt were eyewitnesses of his ma8esty# For he received from (od
the Father honor and glory, when there came sch a voice to him
from the e'cellent glory####
Sometimes people wonder how it is and why it is that the $oly (host is always e'pressing
$imself in words# It cannot be otherwise# :o coldn-t nderstand it otherwise# :o cannot
nderstand (od by sha)ings, and yet sha)ings may be in perfect order sometimes# There isn-t any
manifestation of the body % yor sha)ings, yor rollings, yor 8mpings, and all )inds of things which
are allowed, are no manifestation of (od# ,nly the tterances are manifestations of (od# The others
may be so mi'ed with the flesh and the Spirit, it wold ta)e a great deal of divine intition and divine
revelation to discriminate between the Spirit and flesh in those things#
Bt yo can always tell when the Spirit moves, and brings forth the tterances# They are
always the tterances that shall magnify (od, and not waving of hands, not sha)ings of body# Bt the
$oly (host has a perfect plan# $e comes right throgh every man who is so filled, and brings divine
tterances that we may nderstand what the mind of the Lord is# 0erhaps I might ta)e yo to three
e'pressions in the Bible on this line# First of all I wold ta)e yo to the ninth verse of the si'teenth
0salm# :o notice all my addresses I give nto yo are on inspiration# There is no preconception of
things in my mind wor)ed ot for a meeting# I dare not do it# If I did it I wold get ot of the plan of
(od# I have to come to yo with the bare Word of (od, and e'pect the $oly (host to lighten it p#
I mst read into my heart the perfect law of liberty, bt if I came to yo with a fi'ed
arrangement of an address, the whole thing wold be as natral as me# Bt I cannot afford to be
natral# I can only afford to be spernatral now# I cannot afford to be anything less than being in the
$oly (host order#
If I trn to any other plan then I am losing the nction, the power, the revelation, of what (od
has# When I come into the presence of (od, $e does ta)e the things of the Spirit and reveals them to
me# ,r hearts are comforted and bilt p# 1nd there is no way to warm a heart more than by the heart
that first toched the flame# There mst be the heavenly fire brnings, inward movings#
We are born of the Spirit, and nothing bt the Spirit of (od can feed that spirital life# We
mst live in it, feed in it, wal) in it, tal) in it, sleep in it, hallel8ah5 We mst always be in the $oly
(host# !When I am awa)e, I am with thee# When I am asleep, my heart tal)eth#"
There is a place in the $oly (host for man where (od has him p in $is place, and he is lost
to every man, bt he is never lost to (od# (od can find him any time $e wants him# ,h, hallel8ah5
I want yo to trn to three Scriptres# I am now pon the glory I want to manifest today so that
we may not be deceived abot the glory# !Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re8oiceth###"
C0salm ;I+>F#
*ow there is something that has made the re8oicing bring forth the glory# It was becase his
heart was glad# We will frther trn to the ;DHth 0salm, and that will bring another side of it, first
verse+ !, (od, my heart is fi'edB I will sing and give praise, even with my glory#"
So yo see, glory is a manifestation of langage# It is when the body is filled with the powers
of (od, then the only thing that can e'press the glory is the tonge# 1nd (od has given s the tonge
that we can e'press the glory, the glory of (od#
(lory is not halo# It is presence, and the presence always comes by the tonge which brings
forth the revelations of (od# :o find in 1cts also another side to this# We read in 1cts <+<A,<I+
For 4avid spea)eth concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always
before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I shold not be
moved+ Therefore did my heart re8oice, and my tonge was glad####
:o will always find that (od wor)s on these lines# (od first brings into s $is power, then
$e gives s verbal e'pressions by the same Spirit of the moving within s to bring the manifestation
ot of s 8st as it is within s# Therefore, !###ot of the abndance of the heart the moth spea)eth"
C3atthew ;<+J?F#
What is all this abot this morning6 I want yo to notice this, that virte and glory will be
ine'pressible conditions sometimes# :o will find ot that virte has to be transmitted, and yo will
find ot that glory has to be e'pressed# 1nd so (od, by filling s with the $oly (host, has broght
into s this which $e has in the glory, that ot of s may come forth that which $e has in the glory#
1nd everything $e has in the glory the $oly (host % the $oly (host nderstands the latest things,
and brings throgh the heart of a man that is filled with (od the latest thoght#
The world-s needs, or manifestations, revivals, all conditions, are first settled in heaven,
then wor)ed ot on the earth# So we mst be in toch with (od 1lmighty to bring ot on the face of
the earth all the things that (od has in the heavens# This is an ideal for s, and (od help s not to
forsa)e the sense of holy commnion, entering into the closet in privacy, that pblicly $e may
manifest $is glory#
We mst see the face of the Lord# We mst nderstand the wor)ings of the Lord# There are
things that (od says to me that I )now mst ta)e place# It doesn-t matter what people say# I have been
face to face with some of the most trying moments of men-s lives when it meant so mch to me if I
)ept the vision, and if I held fast to that which (od had said#
1 man mst be in an immovable condition# The voice of (od mst mean to him more than
what he sees, feels, or what people say# $e mst have an originality born in heaven, transmitted by
tonges, or e'pressed in some way# We mst bring heaven to earth# (od has s for that prpose#
Trn again to < 0eter ;+?+
Whereby are given nto s e'ceeding great and precios promises+
that by these ye might be parta)ers of the divine natre, having
escaped the corrption that is in the world throgh lst#"
We mst enter into this becase we have to be parta)ers of $is divine natre# Trn to the
eighth of Romans for one verse# There is a law there that (od wants s to nderstand, it is a law of
the Spirit of life# :o see, there are two laws, bt the law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess is
different from the law of sin and death# ,ne is that which loo)s on the divine principles which ma)es
me )now that I am free#
*ow let me trn to that law of life of the Spirit, nto this Word for a moment# This same life
which is the law of the Spirit of life, mst bring s into the same attitde of being parta)ers of $is
divine natre# :o see, it is a divine life# I have two lives# I have a spirital life and I have a natral
life#
1nd I hope no one will ever be so foolish in this meeting as to believe the natral life is done
away with# :o will always have it as long as yo are here# It may be there for great advantages# For
instance, I than) (od for my natral life this morning which has moved me and helped me to dress
myself# I than) (od for the natral life which has broght s here# It is the natral body that broght
yor spirital perception into a holy meeting, and yor natral body is necessary to bring yo to a
place where yo can feed yor spirital desires#
Bt we mst nderstand the natral matter has only to play ot a certain plan, and it is always
to be for the advancement of the Spirit of the living (od to have control of or bodies# The spirital
life is so mighty in all its branches to bring to death the natral man till the man when it is broght to a
place of real death, the righteosness of the Spirit of the life of (od can so permeate the whole body
till the virtes of Christ are as mch in $is fingers as in $is hand# It is the divine life, the divine
virte of or Lord @ess Christ#
1nd then while we wal) abot it is trly tre that we have no desire for the world, becase
or desires are greater than the world# :o cannot fascinate a man of (od with gold, or hoses, or
lands# We see) a contry, a city which hands have not made, eternal in the heavens# 1nd if this mortal
body shall be pt off, the heavenly body shall be pt on# 1nd we are waiting and longing with an
e'pression, with an inward 8oy, with a great leap of life, waiting to 8mp into that#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !$e has designed the plan# $e has the nfolding of
the prpose# $e is the grander of the principles# $e lays the fondation of the spirital life,
/ic)ened always by $is own life, for $e is or life, and when $e shall appear we shall be li)e $im#
$e shall appear5"
Beloved, there is a longing in the sol, there is a travail in the spirit, there is a yielding of the
will, there is the blending of the life which only gives tterances as $e wishes# 1nd this morning, I
believe (od the $oly (host is bringing s to a longing for these tterances in the Spirit#
,h, this is a lovely verse# See, there is so mch depth in it for s# ,h, bt it is all real from
heaven# It is as divinely appointed for this meeting as when the $oly (host was pon 0eter, and $e
brings it ot for s# I will read it again for it is to me life, marrow# To me it is li)e the breath# It
moves me# I mst live in this grace#
!1ccording as his divine power," there it is again, !hath given nto s all things that pertain
nto life and godliness#" ,h, what wonderfl things $e has given s, !throgh the )nowledge of him
that hath called s to glory and virte#"
:o cannot get away from $im# $e is the center of all things# $e moves the earth, transforms
beings, can live in every mind, plan every thoght# ,h, $e is there all the time#
!Throgh the )nowledge of him that hath called s to glory and virte+ Whereby are given nto
s e'ceeding great and precios promises####"
The $oly (host has only langage % there is no langage on the earth, no man can form
langage, it ta)es the $oly (host to form langage# :o will find if yo go to the epistle, when 0al
has finished, he is fll of the might of the Spirit, the Spirit breathing throgh him# 1nd yet he comes to
a place where he feels he mst stop# For there are greater things than he can even tter only by the
oratory coming forth on the line of prayer# 0rayer, the breath of the 1lmighty breathing throgh the
hman sol# There $e breathes throgh 0al#
:o find in the last of .phesians J, three words which no hman man cold ever thin), no
hman man cold ever plan with pen and in), so mighty, so of (od when it spea)s abot being able to
do all things, greater things, more than yo can as), abndantly more, !e'ceeding abndantly above all
that we as) or thin)#"
The mighty (od of revelation throgh a man5 There the $oly (host gave these words of
grander to stir or hearts, to move or affections to transform s altogether# This is ideal5 This is
(od# Shall we teach them6 Shall we have them6 ,h, they are ors# Will they remain ors6 ,h,
brother, (od has never pt anything over on a pole yo cold not reach# (od has broght $is plan
down to man, and if we are prepared this morning, oh, what there is5
I feel sometimes we have 8st as mch as we can digest, yet there are sch divine nggets of
precios trth held before or hearts, so fll that it ma)es yo nderstand that there are yet heights,
and depths, and lengths, and breadths of the )nowledge of (od that (od hath laid p for s# ,h
brother, we might trly say,
!3y heavenly ban), my heavenly ban),
The hose of (od-s treasre and store#
I have plenty in here, I-m a real millionaire#"
(lory, it is all in here# *ever to be poverty strc) anymore# 1n inward )nowledge of an
nfolding of a greater ban) than ever the Rothchild-s or any other child ever )new abot# There it is
stored p, ngget pon ngget, weights of glory, e'pression of the contenance of the invisible Christ
to be seen#
(od is sha)ing the earth, and the fondations of all nationalities and ma)ing s all the time to
nderstand that there is a principle in the Scriptres that may bring to man that which frees him from
the natral order of every instittion, and brings him nto a place of holiness, righteosness, and
peace of (od which passeth all hman nderstanding# We mst toch it# We mst reach it# 0raise
(od5
,ne thing is certain# (od has broght s in on prpose to ta)e s on# (od has broght s here
this morning, and yo say, !$ow shall I be able to get all these things that are laid p for me6"
Brother, sister, I )now no other way# 1 bro)en and a contrite heart (od will not despise#
1 man said to me last night, !4on-t yo thin) I am bapti&ed with the $oly (host6" I said, !I
don-t )now anything abot yo#" !I am willing,"
he said, !for anything#" Then I )new he was not bapti&ed# I never saw a man willing for
everything and anything that got anything# The man that gets anything is the man who goes after one
thing# !,ne thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I see) after####" C0salm <E+?F# Whatever yo
want, ma)e it one thing and get it#
What do yo want this morning6 3a)e it one thing# :o )now better than I what yo want, and
(od )nows what yo want, and that one thing yo re/ire is for yo this morning# 3ay (od help yo
to move from yor seats where yo are and get that one thing# Set it in yor mind yo will )now this
morning the powers of the world to come, and yo will see, for trly when 4aniel set his mind to get
all the things which were provided, (od gave an abndance of other things which have not yet been
flfilled#
So I as) yo this morning one thing, !1s), and it shall be given yoB see), and ye shall findB
)noc), and it shall be opened nto yo+ For every one that as)eth receivethB and he that see)eth
findethB and to him that )noc)eth it shall be opened" C3atthew E+E,HF#
3ay (od help yo to ta)e yor own corse, to do as the Spirit leads yo, and we will leave
the meeting in the hands of (od#
3essage given at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
,r Calling, 0art ;, 1gst ;H,;><<
I want to spea) to yo this morning from the forth chapter of .phesians# We will begin
reading from the first verse+
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech yo that ye wal)
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness
and mee)ness, with longsffering, forbearing one another in loveB
.ndeavoring to )eep the nity of the Spirit in the bond of peace#
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope
of yor callingB ,ne Lord, one faith, one baptism, ,ne (od and
Father of all, who is above all, and throgh all, and in yo all# Bt
nto every one of s is given grace according to the measre of the
gift of Christ# Wherefore he saith, When he ascended p on high,
he led captivity captive, and gave gifts nto men# C*ow that he
ascended, what is it bt that he also descended first into the lower
parts of the earth6 $e that descended is the same also that
ascended p far above all heavens, that he might fill all things#F
1nd he gave some, apostlesB and some, prophetsB and some,
evangelistsB and some, pastors and teachersB For the perfecting of
the saints, for the wor) of the ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ+ Till we all come in the nity of the faith, and of the
)nowledge of the Son of (od, nto a perfect man, nto the
measre of the statre of the flness of Christ# .phesians ?+;9;J
Beloved, we have for several mornings been spea)ing concerning the gifts# 1nd I believe that
the Lord wold have s this morning frther consider another side of the gifts# I shall be more or less
spea)ing to preachers, and to those who desire to be preachers# I wold li)e to tter those same
words 0al tters in ; Corinthians ;?+A+
I wold that ye all spa)e with tonges, bt rather that ye
prophesied####
I believe there is no way to ma)e proclamation bt by the Spirit# 1nd I believe that they that
are sent are called and chosen of (od to be sent# 1nd so as we go forth into this chapter, I trst that
everyone will nderstand what his vocation is in the Spirit, and what the Lord demands of s as
preachers#
We shold be able in the face of (od and the presence of $is people to behave orselves so
comely and pleasing to the Lord that we always leave behind s a life of blessing and power withot
gendering strife#
It is a great choice to become a preacher of the (ospel, to handle the Word of life# We that
handle the Word of life oght to be well bilt on the lines of common sense, 8dgment, and not given
to anything which is contrary to the Word of (od# There shold be in s all the time sch deep
reverence towards (od and $is Word that nder all circmstances we wold not forfeit or
principles on the lines of faith that (od had revealed nto s by the trth#
Today I believe (od will show s how wonderfl we may be in the order of the Spirit for
(od wants s to be always in the Spirit so rightly dividing the Word of trth that all who hear it shall
be li)e strength to wea)ness# It shall bring oil to the trobled heart# It shall bring rest# The Word of
(od shall ma)e s )now that having done all we may stand in the trial# (od wold have s to )now
that there is strength by the power of the Spirit, of an e/ipment of character to bring s into li)e9
mindedness with the Lord# We mst )now to be bapti&ed in the $oly (host is to leave yor own life,
as it were, ot of all /estioningB leave yorself ot of all pleasing, and in the name of @ess come
into li)e9mindedness#
$ow $e pleased (od5 $ow $e broght heaven to earth, and all earth moved at the mightiness
of the presence of heaven in the midst# We mst see or vocation in the Spirit, for (od hath chosen s#
We mst remember that it is a great choice# Trning to the tenth chapter of Romans, we read+
1nd how shall they preach, e'cept they be sent6 ###$ow beatifl
are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things5 Romans ;D+;A
We want to be sent# It is a great thing to be called of (od to preach the nsearchable riches of
Christ# :o have in this land, and we have in or land, men of note and of athority, who are loo)ed
to on the lines of socialistic problems# I often thin) that Lloyd (eorge has a wonderfl time bt not a
time li)e a preacher# $e only preaches of natral sorces bt the man who handles the Word of (od
preaches life immortality that swallows p life# When we come into this blessed life we )now we are
teaching principles and ideals which are for life eternal#
(od has given to s in the Spirit, and behold, we are spirital children today, and we mst
)now that we have to be spirital all the time# (od forbid that we shold ever be li)e the (alatian
chrch, after we have been in the Spirit, we cold come in the flesh# :o are allowed to go into the
Spirit bt yo are never allowed to come in the flesh after yo have been in the Spirit#
1nd so (od gives sch an idea of this high order in the Spirit that we may be moved by its
power to see how we may change strength and come into all the line of faith in (od# Let me trn to the
first verse of this wonderfl forth chapter of .phesians+
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech yo that ye wal)
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called#
$ere is 0al in prison# If I can ta)e a word from anybody, I can ta)e it from anyone who is in
prison# I have never read a boo) bt the Bible, bt there are some things I have read ot of 0ilgrims
0rogress which have helped me very mch# It was when he was in prison that (od wa)ened him on
so many wonderfl lines of thoght# $ow 0al mst have read the Word right in the hearts of those
who came and went when he was bond with chains for two fll years# $e cold spea) abot a
flness, freedom, power, and 8oy althogh he was bond with chains#
3y brothers, there is something in the (ospel different from anything else# 1nd if these men
cold go throgh sch hardships % read the first epistle of 0eter and yo will see how they were
scattered# (od says that the world wasn-t worthy of sch material as (od was filling with $is power
that were in dens and caves of the earth#
,h, brother and sister, there have been some wonderfl gems passed throgh the world
toched by the 3aster-s hand# There have been some wonderfl men in the world who have caght
the glory as the rays have shone from $is lips by the power of $is e'pression# 1s they beheld $im
they have been fascinated with $im# 1nd I can fairly see as 0eter drew near the time of his departre,
as @ess said+
###When tho wast yong, tho girdedst thyself, and wal)edst
whither tho woldest+ bt when tho shalt be old, tho shalt
stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee
whither tho woldest not# @ohn <;+;H
1nd as 0eter drew near to the portals of glory, he wished to die with his head downwards#
3y word5 What grace incarnated in a hman cas)et that it shold have sch ideals of worship#
,h, beloved, (od is a real essence of 8oy to s in a time when it seems barrenness, when it
seems nothing can help s bt the light from heaven far above the brightness of the sn# Then that
toches yo, then that changes yo, and yo reali&e nothing is worthwhile bt that#
$ow he spea)s to s when he is in prison, abot !the vocation where9with ye are called, with
all lowliness and mee)ness" C.phesians ?+;,<F# $e spea)s nto the preacher# Let no person in this
place thin) that he cannot become a preacher# Let none thin) he cannot reach this ideal of lowliness
and mee)ness# (od can bring s there#
Some preachers get an idea that nobody oght to say a word till they are established# I li)e to
hear the bleating of the lambs# I li)e to hear the life of the yong believer# I li)e to hear something
coming right from heaven into the sol as they rise the first time with tears coming down their eyes,
telling of the love of @ess#
The $oly (host fell pon a yong man otside a chrch# $e went into the chrch where they
were all so sedate# If anything had to move in that chrch ot of the ordinary, my word5 It wold be
e'traordinary# 1nd this yong man with his flness of life and &eal for the 3aster got into e8aclating
and praising the Lord, and ma)ing manifest the 8oy of the Lord, and he distrbed the old saints#
1n old man one day was reading the 0salms /ietly# It toched a yong man sitting behind him
who was filled with the $oly (host# 1nd the yong man shoted, !(lory5" Said the old man, !4o yo
call that religion6"
The father of the yong man to whom we referred was one of the deacons of the chrch# The
other deacons got rond him and said, !:o mst tal) to yor boy, and give him to nderstand that he
has to wait till he is established before he manifests those things#"
So his father had a long tal) with the boy, and told him what the deacons said# !:o )now,"
he said, !I mst respect the deacons, and they have told me they won-t hate this thing# :o have to
wait till yo are established#"
1s they neared their home their horse made a fll stop# $e tried to ma)e it go forward and
bac) bt the horse wold not move for anything#
!What is p with the horse6" as)ed the father of the son# !Father," replied the boy, !this horse
has got established#"
I pray (od the $oly (host that we will not get established in that way# (od, loose s p from
these old, critical, long9faced, poisoned )ind of contenances, which haven-t seen daylight for many
days# They come into the sanctary and are in a terrible way# 3ay the Lord save 0entecost from going
to dry rot# :ea, deliver s from any line of sentimentality, anything which is not reality# For
remember, we mst have reality of spernatral /ic)ening till we are sane and active, and not in any
way dormant, bt filled with life, (od wor)ing in s mightily by $is Spirit#
We mst always be on the transforming position, not on the conforming condition, always
renewing the mind, always renovated by the mighty thoghts of (od, always being broght into line
with that which (od has said to s by the Spirit, !This is the way, wal) ye in it#" !Wal) in the Spirit,
and ye shall not flfill the lsts of the flesh#"
Lord, how shall we do it6 Can a man be mee) and lowly, and filled with 8oy6 4o they wor)
together6 !,t of the abndance of the heart the moth spea)eth#" The depths of (od come in, in
lowliness and mee)ness and ma)e the heart love# There is no heart can love li)e the heart that (od
has toched#
,h, that love that is made to love the sinner5 There is no love li)e it# I always feel I can spend
any time with the sinner# ,h, brother, there is a love which is (od-s love5 There is a love which only
comes by the principles of the Word of (od# !$e loved s and gave $imself for s#" When that
mee)ness and lowliness of mind ta)e hold, the preacher is moved by $is Creator to spea) from heart
to heart and move the people# For withot we are moved by an inward power and ideal of principles,
we are never worth# We mst have ideals which come from the throne of (od# We mst live in the
throne, live on the throne, and let $im be enthroned, and then $e will liftB s to the throne#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !,t of the depths $e has called s, into the heights
$e has broght s, nto the ttermost $e has saved s to ma)e s )ings and priests nto (od# For we
are $is property, $is own, $is loved ones# Therefore $e wants to clothe s pon, with the gifts of the
Spirit, and ma)e s worthy for $is ministry#"
(lory to (od5 Than) the Lord5
!With all lowliness and mee)ness, with longsffering, forbearing
one another in love" C.phesians ?+<F#
,h, how it is needed, !forbearing one another in love#" ,h, how this is contrary to hardness of
heartB how this is contrary to the evil powersB how this is contrary to the natral mind# It is a divine
revelation, and yo cannot forbear till yo )now how $e has been with yo in the same thing# It is
(od-s love toward yo that ma)es tender, compassionate love one toward another#
It is only the bro)en, contrite heart which has received the mar) of (od# It is only those in that
seclded place where $e spea)s to thee alone, and encorages thee when tho art down and ot, and
when no hand is stretched ot to thee, $e stretches ot $is hand with mercy and brings thee into a
place of compassion# 1nd now, yo cannot thin) evilB now yo cannot in any way act hard# (od has
broght yo into long9 sffering, with tenderness, with love#
,h, this love, brother5 3any a time my two brothers have been nder conviction and have
wept nder conviction as I have tried to bring them into the light# Bt p till now neither of them is in
the light# I believe (od will bring them#
In the chrch of (od, where a sol is on fire, )indled with the love of (od, there is a deeper
love between me and that brother than there is between me and my earthly brother# ,h, this love that I
am spea)ing abot is divine love, it is not hman love# It is higher than hman love, it is more devoted
to (od# It will not betray# It is tre in everything# :o can depend pon it# It won-t change its
character# It will be e'actly as $e wold act for yo will act with the same spirit, for as $e is so are
ye in this world#
1s yo rise into association with $im in the Spirit, as yo wal) with $im in the light as $e is
in the Light, then the fellowship becomes ni/e in all its plan# I pray (od that $e will help s to
nderstand it that we shall be able to pt off and pt on# We shall be able to be clothed pon as we
have never been, with another ma8estic toch, with another ideal of heaven#
*o one can love li)e (od# 1nd when $e ta)es s into this divine love we shall e'actly
nderstand this Word, this verse, for it is fll of entreaty, it is fll of passion and compassion, it has
every toch of @ess right in it# It is so lovely+
!With all lowliness and mee)ness, with longsffering, forbearing one another in love#"
Isn-t it glorios6 :o cannot find it anywhere else# :o cannot get these pictres in any place
yo go to# I challenge yo to go into any library in the world and find words coined or broght forth
li)e these words, withot they are copied from this Word# It isn-t in natre-s garden, it is in (od-s# It
is the Spirit e'plaining, for $e alone can e'plain this ideal of beatitdes# They are marvelos, they
are beatifl, they are fll of grander, they are (od-s# $allel8ah5
I hope yo are having a good time, for it is 8st filling me with new wine this morning# ,h, it
is lovely5
!.ndeavoring to )eep the nity of the Spirit in the bond of peace"
C.phesians ?+JF#
This is one of the main principles of this chapter# Beloved, let s )eep in mind this very
thoght today# I am spea)ing this morning, by the grace of (od, to the preacher# It shold never be
)nown that any preacher cased any distraction, or detraction, or any split, or disnion in a meeting#
The preacher has lost his nction and his glory if he ever stoops to anything that wold wea)en the
assembly in any way#
The greatest wea)ness of any preacher is to draw men to himself# It is a fascinating point, bt
yo mst be away from fascination# If yo don-t crcify yor !old man" on every line, yo are not
going into divine lines with (od# When they wanted to ma)e @ess )ing, $e withdrew $imself to
pray# Why6 It was a hman desire of the people# What did $e want6 $is =ingdom was a spirital
=ingdom# $e was to reign over demon powers# $e was to have power over the passions of hman
life# $e was to reign so spremely over everything which is earthly, that all the people might )now
$e was divine#
!Be not afraid to as), becase (od is on the throne waiting to
answer yor re/est#"
$e is or pattern, beloved# When they want to ma)e anything of s, $e will give yo grace to
refse it# The way to get ot is to find there is nothing in the earth which is worthy of $imB that there
is no one in the world who is able to nderstand bt $eB that everything will crmble to the dst and
become worthless# ,nly that which is divine will last#
.very time yo draw anyone to yorself it has a toch of earth# It does not spea) of the highest
realm of thoght of (od# There is something abot it which cannot bear the light of the Word of (od#
=eep men-s eyes off yo, bt get their eyes on the Lord# Live in the world withot a toch or taint of
any natral thing moving yo# Live high in the order and athority of (od, and see that everything is
bearing yo on to greater heights and depths and greater )nowledge of the love of (od#
:o will help any assembly yo go to, and everybody will get a blessing and will see how
mch richer they are becase yo broght them @ess# ,nly @ess5 1nd $e is too big for any assembly,
and $e is little enogh to fill every heart# We will always go on to learn of $im# Whatever we )now,
the )nowledge is so small to what $e has to give s# 1nd so (od-s plan for s in giving s @ess, is
all things, for all things consist in $im#
!1ll things were made by himB and withot him was not any thing
made that was made" C@ohn ;+JF#
!###in him we live, and move, and have or being###" C1cts ;E+<HF#
1nd when it is a spirital being and an activity of holiness, see how wonderflly we grow in
the Lord# ,h, it is 8st lovely5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !:ea, it is the Lord $imself# $e comes forth
clothed pon to clothe thee in thy wea)ness, to strengthen thee in thy helplessness, to phold thee in
the limitation of thy )nowledge, to nfold the mysteries of the =ingdom in the dire straits where two
ways meet, and yo )now not where to go# $e says, GThis is the way#- When tho art in sch a
straitened place that no hand bt (od is able to lead thee ot, then $e comes to thee and says, GBe
strong and fear not, for I am with thee#-"
$allel8ah5 0raise the Lord of glory5 $e is the everlasting =ing, and will reign forever and
ever and ever# (lory5 (lory5 1men5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od has spo)en and $e will ma)e it clear, for $e
is in the midst of thee to open ot thy mind and reveal nto thee all the mysteries of the =ingdom, for
the (od of grace is with thee# For (od is greater than all nto thee# $e is ma)ing thy way straight
before thee, for the Lord is $e that comforteth thee as $e comforted Israel, and will lead thee into $is
power, for $is right hand is with thee to )eep thee in all thy ways lest tho sholdst dash thy foot
against a stone, for the Lord will phold thee#"
$ow beatifl is the Scriptre coming to s this morning5 $ow lively it appears to s5 1nd
now we can nderstand something abot the forteenth chapter of First Corinthians+
###I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the nderstanding
also+ I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the
nderstanding also# Lerse ;A
So (od is bringing s right into the flness of the 0entecostal power as given in the first days#
(od wants s to )now that after we have been broght into this divine life with Christ, we are able to
spea) in the Spirit, and we are able to sing in the SpiritB we are able to spea) with the nderstanding,
and sing with the nderstanding also# 1h, hallel8ah this good day5
I thin) I oght to say a few more words concerning+ !.ndeavoring to )eep the nity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace" C.phesians ?+JF#
Beloved, I want yo, above all things, to remember that the chrch is one body# She has many
members, and we are all members of that one body# 1t any cost we mst not brea) p the body bt
rather )eep the body in perfect nity# *ever try to get the applase of the people by any natral thing#
:ors is a spirital wor)# :ors has to be a spirital breath# :or word has to be the Word of (od#
:or consel to the chrch has to be so that it cannot be gainsaid# :o have to have sch solid, holy
reverence on every line so that every time yo handle anybody yo handle them for (od, and yo
handle the chrch as the chrch of (od# By that means yo )eep the chrch bond together#
1s the chrch is bond together in one Spirit, they grow into that temple in the Lord, and they
all have one voice, one desire, and one plan# 1nd when they want sols saved, they are all of one
mind# I am spea)ing now abot spirital power# :o get them into the mind of the Spirit with Christ,
and all their desires will be the same desires of Christ the $ead# 1nd so nothing can brea) the chrch
on those lines#
1s preachers yo mst never try to save yorself on any line# :o mst always be above
mentioning a financial matter on yor side# 1lways before (od in the secret place mention yor need,
bt never bring it to an assemblyB if yo do, yo drop in the estimation of the assembly# :o are
allowed to tell any need belonging to the assembly or the chrch management, bt on a personal line
never refer to yorself on the platform#
If yo preach faith yo mst live it, and a man is not spposed to preach withot he preach a
living faith# 1nd he mst so impress it pon the people that they will always )now (od has ta)en s
on for a special plan, and that we are not ordinary men# 1fter we are called of (od and chosen for
$im, we are not again to have ordinary men-s plans# We oght to have ideals of (od only#
1nother thing which I thin) is perhaps more essential to yo than anything else+ yo preachers,
never drop into an assembly and say the Lord sent yo, becase sometimes the assembly has as mch
on as she can manage# Bt it is right for yo to get yor orders from heaven, and for (od to switch the
same order somewhere else that will ma)e the first call and yo will be dropping into the call# *ever
ma)e a call withot yo are really sent# Be sre yo are sent of (od#
Brothers, can yo be ot of (od-s will when yo hear $is voice6 !3y sheep hear 3y voice,
and they follow 3e#" ,h, that (od today shall help s by the mind of the Spirit to nderstand# I
believe (od has a message on fire# $e has men clothed by (od# $e has men sent by (od# Will yo be
the men6 Will yo be the women6
:o as), !Can I be the man6 Can I be the woman6" :es, (od says, !3any are called, bt few
are chosen#" 1re yo the chosen ones6 Those who desire to be chosen, will yo allow (od to choose
yo6 Then $e will pt $is hand pon yo# 1nd in the choice $e will give yo wisdom, $e will lead
yo forth, $e will stand by yo in the straitened corner, $e will lead yo every step of the way, for
the Lord-s anointed shall go forth and bring forth frit, and their frit shall remain#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !Behold, now is the day of decision# :ield now
while the moment of pressre by the presence of (od comes# :ield now and ma)e yor consecration
to (od#"
The altar is ready now for all who will obey#
3essage given at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
,r Calling, 0art <, 1gst <<, ;><<
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Lord is that Spirit that moves in the
regenerated, and brings s to the place where fire can begin and brn, and separate, and transform,
and ma)e yo all )now that (od has made an inroad into every order# Becase we have to be divine,
spirital, changed, and on fire to catch all the rays of $is life, first, brning otB second, transformingB
and third, ma)ing yo fit to live or die#"
,h, than) (od for that interpretation#
I want to trn yor attention again to the forth chapter of .phesians, to contine or sb8ect of
last wee)# I will read from the first verse+
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech yo that ye wal)
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness
and mee)ness, with longsffering, forbearing one another in loveB
.ndeavoring to )eep the nity of the Spirit in the bond of peace#
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope
of yor callingB ,ne Lord, one faith, one baptism# ,ne (od and
Father of all, who is above all, and throgh all, and in yo all# Bt
nto every one of s is given grace according to the measre of the
gift of Christ# Wherefore he saith, When he ascended p on high,
he led captivity captive, and gave gifts nto mm# C*ow that he
ascended, what is it bt that he also descended first into the lower
parts of the earth 6 $e that descended is the same also that
ascended p far above all heavens, that he might fill all things#F
1nd he gave some, apostlesB and some, prophetsB and some,
evangelistsB and some, pastors and teachersB For the perfecting of
the saints, for the wor) of the ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ+ Till we all come in the nity of the faith, and of the
)nowledge of the Son of (od, nto a perfect man, nto the
measre of the statre of the flness of Christ# .phesians ?+;9;J
I believe the Lord, this morning as on the last morning, especially wants me to emphasi&e facts
which will be a blessing and a strengthening to the preachers# If there is anything of importance it is to
the preachers becase (od mst have s in the place of bilding and edifying the Chrch# 1nd we
mst be in that order of the Spirit that (od can wor) throgh s for the needs of the Chrch#
1s it was only ot of the bro)enness of 0al-s life that blessing came forth, so it is ot of the
emptiness, and bro)enness, and yieldedness of or lives that (od can bring forth all $is glories
throgh s to others# 1nd as or brother said this morning on the platform, e'cept we pass on what we
receive we shall lose it# If we didn-t lose it, it wold become stagnant#
Lirte is always manifested throgh blessing which yo have passed on# *othing will be of
any importance to yo e'cept that which yo pass on to others# So (od wants s to be so in the order
of the Spirit that when $e brea)s pon s the alabaster bo' of ointments of $is precios anointing
which $e has for every child of $is, $e wants s to be filled with perfmes of holy incense that we
may be pored ot for others and that others may receive the graces of the Spirit, and all the chrch
may be edified# 1nd there shall never be )nown in (lad Tidings Tabernacle one dry day, bt there
shall always be freshness and life which ma)es all hearts brn together as yo )now the Lord has
tal)ed with yo once more#
We mst have this inward brning desire for more of (od# We mst not be at any stationary
point# We mst always have the highest power telescopes loo)ing and hasting nto that which (od
has called s to that $e may perfect that forever#
,h, what a blessed inheritance of the Spirit (od has for s in these days, that we shold be no
longer barren, nor nfritfl, bt rather filled with all flness, nlimited, increasing with all
increasings, with a measreless measre of the might of the Spirit in the inner man, so that we are
always li)e a great river pressing on and healing everything that it toches# ,h, let it be so today5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Lord has awa)ened in s the divine toches
of $is spirital favor to ma)e s )now $e is here with all yo re/ire if yo are ready to ta)e it#"
Bt are we ready to ta)e it6 If we are, then (od can give s wonderfl things# We mst be
always in that hnger ready for every toch of (od# Last wee) yo remember we were dwelling on
verse three+ !.ndeavoring to )eep the nity of the Spirit in the bond of peace#"
It was a very precios word to s becase it meant that nder any circmstances we wold not
have or way bt (od-s way# We have it for the person and for the Chrch#
Whatever (od means s to be, $e means s to be peacema)ers# :es, love withot alloyB that
which, always at its own e'pense, goes to help another and pays the price for it# I shall not find a
Scriptre which will help me so mch on this line as 3atthew A+<J,<?+
Therefore if tho bring thy gift to the altar, and there
rememberest that thy brother hath aght against theeB Leave
there thy gift before the altar, and go thy wayB first be reconciled
to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift#
3ost Christians are satisfied with the first line of it, bt the second line is deeper# 3ost
people believe it is perfectly right if yo have offended another, to go to that one and say, !0lease
forgive me," and yo gain yor brother when yo ta)e that part# Bt this is a deeper sense+ !If tho###
rememberest that thy brother hath oght against thee," go forgive him his transgressions# It is so mch
deeper than getting yor own side right, to go and get their side right by forgiving them all they have
done#
That will be a stepping stone to very rich grace on the line of !)eeping the nity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace#" Someone says, !I cannot forgive her becase she did that, and the brother said
that# :o )now the brother didn-t recogni&e me at all# 1nd he has never smiled at me for at least si'
months#" 0oor thing5 (od help yo throgh evil report and good report# (od can ta)e s right throgh
if we get to the right side of grace#
3y brother, when yo get to the place of forgiving yor brother who hath oght against yo,
yo will find that is the greatest ideal of going on to perfection, and the Lord will help s !to )eep the
nity of the Spirit in the bond of peace#"
I li)e that !bond of peace#" It is an inward bond between yo and the child of (od# !Bond of
peace#" $allel8ah5 ,h, glory to (od5
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope
of yor calling# .phesians ?+?
We mst recogni&e there is only one body# It seems to me that (od wold at one time have
made sch an inroad into all nations on the lines of the trth throgh the 0lymoth brethren, if they had
only recogni&ed that there was more in the body than 8st the 0lymoth brethren# :o will never gain
interest withot yo see that in every chrch there will be a ncles which has as real a (od as yo
have#
It is only on these lines I believe that the longsffering of (od waiteth for the precios frit#
1nd the longsffering of (od is with the believers who have an idea that only those in (lad Tidings
$all are right, or those in ,a)land, or those in .ngland# It is all foolishness#
Fancy people sitting rond the table and rec)oning that that table is the only table# What abot
hndreds of people I )now who are sitting rond the table every day and ta)ing the bread and the
wine6 Brother, the body of Christ consists of all who are in Christ#
While we )now the $oly (host is the only power that can ta)e the Chrch p, we )now the
$oly (host will go with the Chrch# The Scriptres are very definite in saying that all that are
Christ-s at $is coming will be changed# It doesn-t seem to be that we can be all Christ-s withot
something is done, and (od will sweep away so many things which are spoiling things# We mst get
to perfect love, and we will see that (od can ma)e even those in Caesar-s hosehold or sols, glory
to (od5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the Spirit that 8oins s and ma)es s one# It is
the health of the Spirit that goes throgh the body that /ic)ens the body and ma)es it appear as one#"
,h, the body appearing as one body5 The same 8oy, the same peace, the same hope5 *o
division, all one in Christ5 What a body5 Who can ma)e a body li)e that6 Seems to me that this body
is made deep in the cross# $ndreds of people are carrying a cross on watch gard, or arond their
nec)s# I cold never carry a cross, $e has carried the cross, $e has borne the shame# I find right there
in that atoning blood there is cleansing and prifying, and ta)ing away every dross, and everything
that will mar the vessel, and $e is ma)ing a vessel nto honor fit for the 3aster-s se, 8oined p in
that body, one body#
Let s be carefl that we do not in any way defile the body becase (od is chastening the
body and fitly framing it and bringing it together# The body of Christ will rise# :o as), !$ow will it
rise6" It will rise in mil9lions, and billions, and trillions, more than any man can nmber# It will be a
perfect body#
,h, there is one body5 1h, it is a lovely body# I loo) at yo, I see yo# I loo) in yor faces and
I )now there is a closer association than one can tell or spea) abot# ,h, brother, there is something
deeper down in the spirit of the regenerated person when the dross of life and the flesh falls off#
,h, there will be a similitde, a li)eness, a perfection of holiness, of love5 ,h (od, ta)e away
the rdiments, the wea)nesses, all the depravities# !*ow ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particlar" C; Corinthians ;<+<EF#
I li)e the word, particlar, meaning to say there is 8st the right place for s# (od sees s in
that place# $e is ma)ing s fit in that place so that for all time we shall have a wonderfl place in that
body# 1h, it is so lovely5
,h, these e'hastless things5 Brothers, sisters, it isn-t the message, it is the heart# It isn-t the
heart, it is the Christ# It isn-t the Christ, it is the (od# It isn-t the (od, it is the whole Body# 4eeper
and more precios than we have any conception of5
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope
of yor calling# .phesians ?+?
I feel that (od wold have me say a word abot the calling# 3any people get called and they
have missed becase they are dll of hearing# There is something in the call, beloved# !3any are
called, bt few are chosen#" I want a big heart this morning to believe that all shall be chosen# :o
as), !Can it be so6" :es, beloved, it can, not few chosen, bt many chosen#
1nd how shall the choice be6 The choice is always yor choice first# :o will find that gifts
are yor choice first# :o will find that salvation is yor choice# (od has made it all bt yo have to
choose# 1nd so (od wants yo especially this morning to ma)e an inward call, to have a great
intercessory condition of beseeching the $oly ,ne to prepare yo for that wonderfl mystical Body#
Called5 Beloved, I )now some people have an idea Cand it is a great mista)eF, becase they
are not sccessfl in everything they toch, becase they have failed in so many things they have been
desiros to go forward in, becase they don-t seem to aspire in prayer as some, and perhaps don-t
enter into the flness of tonges, that there is no hope for them in this calling#
Satan comes and says, !Loo) at that blac) cataloge of helpless infirmities5 :o never e'pect
to be in that calling5" :es, yo can, brother5 (od has it in the Scriptres# ,h, my brother, it is the
wea)ness made strong5 It is the last that can be made first# What will ma)e the whole different6 When
we confess or helplessness# $e says $e feeds the hngry with good things, bt the satisfied $e sends
away empty#
If yo want to grow in grace and in the )nowledge of the grace of (od, get hngry enogh to
be fed, be thirsty enogh to cry, be bro)en enogh yo cannot have anything in the world withot $e
comes $imself# I was reading last night in my Bible, it was so lovely, !1nd (od shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes###" CRevelation <;+?F#
1h, yo say, that will be there# Than) (od there are two !theres#" $allel8ah5 Let (od do it
this morning# Let $im wipe away all tears# Let $im comfort thy heart# Let $im strengthen thy
wea)ness# Let $im case thee to come into the place of profit# Let $im help thee into the place (od
has chosen for thee, for !many are called, bt few are chosen#" Bt (od has a big choice#
$e is a big @ess5 If I cold measre $im I wold be very small# Bt I cannot measre $im,
and I )now $e is very large# I am glad I cannot measre @ess bt I am glad I can toch $im all the
same# The fifth verse+
,ne Lord, one faith, one baptism# .phesians ?+A
I mst toch the thoght of baptism this morning# We mst get away from the thoght of water
baptism when we are in the epistles# If water baptism is at all mentioned in any way, it is always
mentioned as a past tense# We mst always remember this, beloved, that while water baptism, in my
opinion, is essential, !$e that believeth, and is bapti&ed, shall be saved#" I woldn-t say for a moment
a man cold not be saved withot he was bapti&ed in water, becase it wold be contrary to
Scriptre# :et I see there is a blending# If we trn to the third chapter of @ohn-s gospel we find+
###.'cept a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter
into the )ingdom of (od# @ohn J+Ab
I believe (od wold have s to )now that we never oght to pt aside water baptism, bt
believe it is in perfect con8nction and in operation with the wor)ing of the Spirit that we may be
bried with $im#
Bt oh, the baptism in the $oly (host5 The baptism of fire5 The baptism of power5 The
baptism of oneness5 The baptism of association5 The baptism of commnion5 The baptism of the
Spirit of life which ta)es the man, sha)es him throgh, bilds him p, and ma)es him )now he is a
new creatre in the Spirit, worshipping (od in the Spirit#
If my preaching and the preaching of those who come on this platform emphasi&es the facts of
being bapti&ed with the $oly (host, and yo only have toches of it, if yo stop at that, yo will be
almost as thogh yo were missing the calling# @ohn said by the Spirit+
###$e that cometh after me is preferred before me#### @ohn ;+;A
I indeed bapti&e yo with water nto repentance+ bt he that
cometh after me is mightier them I### he shall bapti&e yo with the
$oly (host, and with fire# 3atthew J+;;
By all means if yo can tarry, yo oght to tarry# If yo have the Spirit-s power pon yo, go
into that room or somewhere else and never cease till (od finishes the wor)# ,tside the 0entecostal
chrch where there isn-t a revival spirit, and where people are not born again, yo will find the
chrch becomes dead, dry, and barren, and helpless# They enter into entertainments and all )inds of
teas# They live on a natral association and lose their grand, glorios hope#
I come to the 0entecostal chrch# Withot the 0entecostal chrch is having an increase on the
lines of salvation, withot it is having continos baptisms in the $oly (host, and a continos
pressre into the =ingdom, that chrch will become dry, l)ewarm, helpless, and yo will wonder
what chrch it is#
Bt every night if somebody rises p in testimony saying they received the $oly (host, and
others say, !,h, last night I was saved," that chrch is ripening# She will not flonder# She is ripening
for greater things, for (od will ta)e that chrch#
Beloved, yo are responsible for this, the platform is not responsible# The whole Chrch is
responsible to )eep this place on fire# If yo have come into this meeting, if yo are bapti&ed with the
$oly (host, withot an nction pon yo and ready so that yo feel li)e brsting into tonges, or
having a psalm, hymn, or some spirital song, withot yo have a tonge or interpretation, withot
something is ta)ing place on these lines yo have fallen from the grace of the 0entecostal position#
:o tal) abot a message# (od has given s a message this morning if yo dare hear it# We
dare say in the open air and everywhere that we are 0entecostal# If we are 0entecostal we shall be
Biblical 0entecostal# What is Biblical 0entecost6 It is fond in the forteenth chapter of First
Corinthians, <Ith verse+
$ow is it then, brethren6 when ye come together, every one of yo
hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tonge, hath a revelation,
hath an interpretation# Let all things be done nto edifying#
It is an in8nction for a 0entecostal continance in the Corinthian chrch# Spposing that was
the case of this 0entecostal chrch, it wold not be possible for sinners to come in withot being
saved, or for people coming in not having the baptism withot having a hnger and thirst to come into
that flness# It mst be so# (od mst bring s to a place where we have not a name, bt have the
position that brings the name#
$ow many of yo felt spea)ing in tonges as yo came into the room this morning6 0raise
(od, there are some# $ow many of yo have a psalm brning throgh yo and feel li)e rehearsing it in
the streets6 0raise (od, that is very well# $ow many of yo sng a hymn as yo came along6 0raise
the Lord, glory to (od5 :o are going on very well# Bt don-t yo see this is what we have to
contine# There has to be a continance of sch things#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The hope of the Chrch is springing p of the
Spirit throgh the Word# Therefore, as many of yo as are living in the Spirit are ptting to death the
flesh# :o are /ic)ened by the Spirit and live in the realms of $is grace#"
0raise the Lord, it is the grace of or Lord @ess# $allel8ah5 We can sing, !I will never be
cross anymore#" Beloved, it is the most wonderfl thing on earth when (od toches yo with this new
life in the Spirit# ,h, then whether yo are on the streets, or roadways, or trains, it doesn-t matter
where, yo are in the Spirit, yo are ready to be caght p#
,h, beloved, here we are this morning, !one body," praise the Lord5 ,ne spirit, one baptism# I
am crying to (od for these meetings becase I believe (od can do a great thing in a moment when we
are all broght into line of the Spirit# It woldn-t srprise me whatever happened#
I have been in meetings for ten days when the attention has been on the gifts, and the people
have gotten so wor)ed p, as it were, in the Spirit that they felt something had to happen on a new line
else they coldn-t live# 1nd it has happened# I believe these and other meetings are bringing s to a
place of great e'pectancy#
!,ne Lord, one faith, one baptism" C.phesians ?+AF#
@st in the proportion that yo have the Spirit nfolding to yo, !,ne Lord, one faith, one
baptism," yo have the $oly (host so incarnated in yo bringing into yo a revelation of the Word#
*othing else can do it, for the Spirit gave the Word throgh @ess# @ess spo)e by the Spirit that was
in $im, $e being the Word# The Spirit broght ot all the Word of this life# Then we mst have the
Spirit#
If yo ta)e p @ohn-s gospel yo will find that when $e came it wasn-t to spea) abot $imself
bt to bring forth all $e said# @st as we have the measre of the Spirit, there will be no measre of
nbelief# We shall have faith# The Chrch will rise to the highest position when there is no schism in
the Body of the lines of nbelief# When we all, with one heart, and one faith, believe the Word as it is
spo)en, then signs, and wonders, and divers miracles will be manifested everywhere# ,ne accord+
!,ne Lord, one faith, one baptism#" $allel8ah5
The ne't verse I thin) probably is one of the primary verses of all+
,ne (od and Father of all, who is above all, and throgh all, and in
yo all# .phesians ?+I
If this spirital life be in s, we will find we have no fear# We wold have no nervos
debility, it wold vanish# .very time yo have fear, it is imperfect love# .very time yo have nervos
wea)nesses, yo will find it is a departing from an inner circle of tre faith in (od# We read in ; @ohn
?+;H+
There is no fear in loveB bt perfect love casteth ot fear+ becase
fear hath torment# $e that feareth is not made perfect in love#
Then yo can get a very good word in the si'teenth verse of the same chapter+
###(od is loveB and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in (od, and
(od in him#
Where is the man6 $e is swallowed p in (od# 1nd when (od ta)es hold of s on these lines
it is remar)able to see we are encircled and overshadowed by $im#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !I feel we mst magnify the Lord in the Spirit#"
When the believer sees that (od is over all, ta)e a real glance at that# Thin) abot (od being
throgh all# See if any satanic powers can wor) against yo# Bt 8st thin) abot another stepB $e is in
yo all# $ow can the devil have a chance with the body when (od is !in yo all"6 $allel8ah5 (lory5
4on-t yo see the grondwor), the great base, the roc) of the principles of these Scriptres,
how they ma)e s )now that we are not barren, we cannot be nfritfl, bt we mst always be
abonding and in the 8oy of the Lord# We lac) becase we are short of trth#
When this trth of (od lays hold the man, he is no longer a man# What is he6 $e is a divine
constrction# $e has a new perception of the ideals of (od# $e has a new measrement# *ow he sees
(od is over all things# *ow he sees that (od is throgh all things# The whole world can 8oin in a
leage of nations, they can do as they li)e, bt the Word of (od abideth forever#
!In yo all#" Thin) of that, (od is in yo all# Who is (od6 Who is the $oly Spirit6 Who is
@ess6 Is it possible to have any conception of the mightiness of the power of (od6 1nd yet yo ta)e
the thoghts of @ess and see that all the embodiment of the flness was right in $im# 1nd I have $im#
I have the $oly (host also which is as great in e/ality for those three are one, and 8oined e/ally in
power# They never twaddle on their conditions bt are perfectly one#
When the Spirit comes in the body, how many are there in the body6 :o have @ess already#
When yo are bapti&ed yo have the $oly (host# 1nd now (od is in yo all# $allel8ah5 Tal) abot
Samson carrying the gates, if yo )now yor position yo will ta)e both the city and the gates# (o in
and possess every part of the land, for srely there is a land of gladness, a land of pleasre, a land of
peace#
1nd remember, brothersB when the $oly (host gets an end of s, and we 8st tter the Spirit-s
power and the Spirit-s words, we find ot it is always more and more and more# ,h, yes, we will
magnify the Lord on all these lines# If we don-t the stones will begin to cry ot against s#
Bt nto every one of s is given grace according to the measre of
the gift of Christ# .phesians ?+E
This is a great smming p# ,h, brother, I wish yo to see @ess this morning becase if we
don-t see $im we miss a great deal# (race and gifts are e/ally abonding there# It is as yo set yor
strength on @ess, it is as yo allow the $oly (host to penetrate every thoght bringing always on the
canvas of the mind a perfect pictre of holiness, prity, righteosness, that yo enter into $im and
become entitled to all the riches of (od#
$ow do yo measre p this morning6 (od gives a measre# ,h, this is a lovely word+
Bt nto every one of s is given grace according to the measre of
the gift of Christ# .phesians ?+E
I )now that salvation, while it is a perfect wor), is an inslation which may have any amont
of volts behind it# In the time when they laid bare wires, when they were getting electric power from
*iagara, they tell me there was a city whose lights sddenly went ot# Following the wires they came
to a place where a cat had gotten on the wires, and the lights were stopped# I find that the dynamo of
heaven can be stopped with a less thing than a cat# 1n impre thoght across the mind stops the
circlation# 1n act stops the growth of the believer# I li)e $ebrews ?+;<+
For the word of (od is /ic), and powerfl, and sharper than any
two9edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asnder of sol and
spirit, and of the 8oints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoghts and intents of the heart#
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that e'alteth itself
against the )nowledge of (od, and bringing into captivity every
thoght to the obedience of Christ#
So I find if I am going to have all the revelations of @ess broght to me, I am going to attain to
all that (od has for me throgh a pre heart, a clean heart, right thoghts, and an inward affection
towards $im# Then heaven brsts throgh my hman frame, and all the rays of heaven flow throgh
my body# $allel8ah5 3y word, it is lovely5
The measre of the gift of Christ remains with yo# I cannot go on with inspiration withot I
am going on with (od in perfection# I cannot )now the mind of the natral and the mysteries of the
hidden things with (od withot I have power to penetrate everything between me and heaven# 1nd
there is nothing goes throgh bt a pre heart, for the pre in heart shall see (od#
,h, it is lovely5 1nd I see that the pre heart can come into sch closeness with (od that the
graces are so enriched, and the measre of Christ becomes so increased that yo )now yo are going
on to possess all things#
*othing comes p in my mind so beatifl as a sol 8st developing in their first love to want
to preach to all people# In Revelation, one chrch is reproved for having lost its first love# 1nd I
believe that (od wold have s to )now that this first love, the great love which @ess gives s with
which to love others, is the primary stepping stone to all these things that we had this morning# I don-t
)now whether there is sch a one here who has never lost that first love#
The preacher, I love him# The yong man I love# ,h, how I love the yoth who is developing
in his character and longing to become a preacher# If yo as) me if I have a choice in my whole life, I
say, yes, I have a choice for a yong preacher# I love them# (od has perfect positions of development
for the preacher#
The yong preacher may have greater inward longings to get people saved than he has power
over his depravities# 1nd they are hindered in their prsit into this grander of (od# I want to ta)e
yo to a place where there is wonderfl safety and secrity#
(od will ta)e into captivity him who is captive to wea)nesses, and to failres, and to the
power of Satan which has interfered with the yong or old life that is longing to preach the glories of
Christ# (od will ta)e him into captivity if he will let $im for (od has gifts for him# $e ta)es the
captive into captivity and srronds him, )eeps him, chastens him, prifies him, cleanses him, washes
him# 1nd $e is ma)ing prophets of sch, and apostles of sch, and evangelists of sch#
(od has never been able to ma)e goodness only ot of helplessness lest we shold glorify
throgh the flesh# (od destroys every line of flesh that no flesh can glory in $is sight# If we have any
glory, we will glory in the Lord#
4o yo want to be preachers6 *ay, verily, I )now yo do# There isn-t a child in this place
who does not want to bear the glad tidings#
###$ow beatifl are the feet of them that preach the gospel of
peace, and bring glad tidings of good things5 Romans ;D+;A
,h, glad tidings5 What does it mean6 .ternal salvation# :o tal) abot gold mines, and
diamonds, and precios stones5 ,h, my brother, to save one sol from death5 ,h, to be the means of
saving many5 (od has for s a richer treasre than we have any idea of# 4on-t say yo cannot reach it,
brother, sister# *ever loo) at yorself, get a great vision of the 3aster# Let $is love so penetrate yo
that yo will absoltely ma)e everything death bt $im# 1nd as yo see $im in $is glory, yo will
see how (od can ta)e yo#
I believe that there are many in this place that (od is ta)ing hold of this morning# 3y brother,
don-t fail (od, bt by the measre of faith in Christ let yor hand be otstretched, let yor eye be
fi'ed with an eternal fi'edness, let an inward passion grip yo with the same &eal that too) the Lord#
1nd let yor mind forget all the past, come into li)e9mindedness with @ess and let $im clothe yo#
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended p on high, he led captivity
captive, and gave gifts nto men# .phesians ?+H
$e has gifts for men# :o as), what )ind of men6 Rebels also# 4id they desire to be rebels6
*o# Sometimes there are transgressions who brea) or hearts and ma)e s groan and travail# Was it
or desire6 *o# (od loo)s right throgh the very canvas of yor whole life history, and $e has set
$is mind pon yo# I wold li)e yo preachers to )now+
###.ye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which (od hath prepared for them that
love him# ; Corinthians <+>
:or wea)ness has to be riddled throgh li)e the chaff before the wind, and every corn shall
bring forth pre grain after (od-s mind# So the fire will brn as an oven, and bm p the stbble, bt
the wheat shall be gathered into the garner, the treasry of the most $igh (od, and $e $imself shall
lay hold of s#
What is it for6 The perfecting of the saints# ,h, to thin) that that bro)enness of thine is to be so
made li)e $im, that wea)ness of thine to be made so strong li)e $im5 Tho hast to bear the image of
the Lord in every iota# We have to have the mind of Christ in perfection, in beaty#
Beloved, don-t fail and shrivel becase of the hand of (od pon thee, bt thin) that (od mst
prify thee for the perfecting of the saints# ,h, @ess will help s this morning# ,h, beloved, what are
yo going to do with this golden opportnity, with this inward pressre of a cry of (od in thy sol6
1re yo going to let others be crowned, and yo lose the crown6 1re yo willing to be broght into
captivity today for (od6
Lerily, this morning mst decide some things# If yo are not bapti&ed yo mst see) the
baptism of the Spirit of (od# 1nd if there is anything which has marred the frit, or interfered with all
$is plan, I beseech yo this morning to let the blood so cover, let the anointing of Christ so come, let
the vision of Christ so be seen that yo will have a measre that shall ta)e all that (od has for yo#
3essage given at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
:e 1re ,r .pistle, 1gst <J, ;><<
I want to read to yo this morning the third chapter of Second Corinthians+
4o we begin again to commend orselves6 or need we, as some
others, epistles of commendation to yo, or letters of
commendation from yo 6 We are or epistle written in or hearts,
)nown and read of all men+ Forasmch as ye are manifestly
declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by s, written not
with in), bt with the Spirit of the living (odB not in tables of
stone, bt in fleshy tables of the heart# 1nd sch trst have we
throgh Christ to (od9ward+ *ot that we are sfficient of
orselves to thin) any thing as of orselvesB bt or sfficiency is
of (odB Who also hath made s able ministers of the new
testamentB not of the letter, bt of the spirit+ for the letter )illeth,
bt the spirit giveth life# Bt if the ministration of death, written
and engraven in stones, was glorios, so that the children of Israel
cold not stedfastly behold the face of 3oses for the glory of his
contenanceB which glory was to be done away+ $ow shall not the
ministration of the spirit be rather glorios 6 For if the ministration
of condemnation be glory, mch more doth the ministration of
righteosness e'ceed in glory# For even that which was made
glorios had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that
e'celleth# For if that which is done away was glorios, mch more
that which remaineth is glorios# Seeing then that we have sch
hope, we se great plainness of speech+ 1nd not as 3oses, which
pt a vail over his face, that the children Israel cold not stedfastly
loo) to the end of that which is abolished+ Bt their minds were
blinded+ for ntil this day remaineth the same vail nta)en away in
the reading of the old testamentB which vail is done away in Christ#
Bt even nto this day, when 3oses is read, the vail is pon their
heart# *evertheless when it shall trn to the Lord, the vail shall be
ta)en away# *ow the Lord is that Spirit+ and where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is liberty# Bt we all, with open face beholding as
in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord# < Corinthians
J+;9;H
We have this morning one of those high water mar)s of very deep things of (od in the Spirit# I
believe the Lord will reveal to s these trths as or hearts are open and responsive to the Spirit-s
leadings#
Bt let not any man thin) he shall receive anything of the Lord only on the lines of a spirital
revelation, for there is nothing that will profit yo, or bring yo to a place of blessing e'cept that
which denonces or brings to death the natral order that the spernatral plan of (od may be in
perfect order in yo#
The Lord of hosts camps rond abot s this morning, with songs of deliverance that we may
see face to face the glories of $is grace in a new way, for (od hath not broght s into cnningly
devised fables bt in these days $e is rolling away the mists and clods, and every difficlty that we
may nderstand the mind and will of (od#
If we are going to catch the best of (od, there mst be in this meeting a spirital desire, the
open ear, the nderstanding heart# The vail mst be lifted# We mst see the Lord in that perfectness of
being glorified in the midst of s# 1s we enter into these things of the Spirit we mst clearly see that
we are not going to be able to nderstand these mysteries that (od is nfolding to s, only on the lines
of being filled with the Spirit# .ven when these special meetings close, the pastor and everybody else
will find that we mst all the time grow in grace# We mst see that (od has nothing for s on the old
lines# The new plan, the new revelation, the new victories are before s# The grond mst be gained,
spernatral things mst be attained# 1ll carnal things, and evil powers, and spirital wic)edness in
high places mst be dethroned# We mst come into the line of the Spirit by the will of (od in these
days#
Let s 8st trn to the Word which is so beatifl and so e'pressive in so many ways#
4o we begin again to commend orselves6 or need we, as some
others, epistles of commendation to yo, or letters of
commendation from yo6 : are or epistle written in or hearts,e
)nown and read of all men+ Forasmch as ye are manifestly
declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by s, written not
with in), bt with the Spirit of the living (odB not in tables of
stone, bt in fleshy tables of the heart# 1nd sch trst have we
throgh Christ to (od9ward# < Corinthians J+;9?
I want this morning to dwell pon these words for a short time+ !Forasmch as ye are
manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ#"
What an ideal position that now the sons of (od are being manifestedB now the glory is being
seenB now the Word of (od is becoming an e'pressed prpose in life till the life has ceased and the
Word has begn to live in them#
$ow trly this position was in the life of 0al when he came to a clima' when he said+ !I am
crcified with Christ+ nevertheless I liveB yet not I, bt Christ liveth in me+ and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of (od, who loved me, and gave himself for me"
C(alatians <+<DF#
$ow can Christ live in yo6 There is no way for Christ to live in yo only by the manifested
Word in yo, throgh yo, manifestly declaring every day that yo are a living epistle of the Word of
(od# Beloved, (od wold have s to see that no man is perfected or e/ipped on any lines only as
the living Word abides in $im#
It is the living Christ, it is the divine li)eness to (od, it is the e'press image of $im, and the
Word is the only factor that wor)s ot in yo and brings forth these glories of identification between
yo and Christ# It is the Word dwelling in yor hearts, richly by faith#
We may begin at (enesis, go right throgh the 0entatech, and the other Scriptres, and be
able to rehearse them, bt withot they are a living factor within s, they will be a dead letter#
.verything that comes to s mst be /ic)ened by the Spirit# !The letter )illeth, bt the Spirit giveth
life#"
We mst have life in everything# Who )nows how to pray bt as the Spirit prayeth6 What )ind
of prayer does the Spirit pray6 The Spirit always brings to yor remembrance the mind of the
Scriptres, and brings forth all yor cry and yor need better than yor words# The Spirit always
ta)es the Word of (od and brings yor heart, and mind, and sol, and cry, and need into the presence
of (od#
So we are not able to pray only as the Spirit prays, and the Spirit only prays according to the
will of (od, and the will of (od is all in the Word of (od# *o man is able to spea) according to the
mind of (od and bring forth the deep things of (od ot of his own mind# The following Scriptre
rightly divides the Word of trth+
Forasmch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ
ministered by s, written not with in), bt with the Spirit of the
living (odB not in tables of stone, bt in fleshly tables of the heart#
< Corinthians J+J
(od help s to nderstand this, for it is ot of the heart that all things proceed# When we have
entered in with (od into the mind of the Spirit, we will find (od ravishes or hearts#
4o ye thin) that the scriptre saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth
in s lsteth to envy 6 @ames ?+A
I have been pondering over that for years, bt now I can see that the $oly (host so graciosly,
so e'travagantly, pts everything to one side that $e may ravish or hearts with a great inward cry
after @ess# The $oly Spirit !lsteth to envy" for yo to have all the divine will of (od in Christ @ess
right in yor hearts#
When I spea) abot the !fleshly tables of the heart," I mean the inward love# *othing is so
sweet to me as to )now that the heart yearns with compassion# .yes may see, ears may hear, bt yo
may be immovable on those two lines withot yo have an inward cry where !deep calleth nto
deep#"
When (od gets into the depths of or hearts, $e prifies every intention of the thoghts and the
8oys# We are told in the Word it is 8oy nspea)able and fll of glory#
Beloved, it is trth that the commandments were written on tables of stone# 3oses, li)e a great
big, loving father over Israel, had a heart fll of 8oy becase (od had showed him a plan where Israel
cold be made to parta)e of great things throgh these commandments# Bt (od says, !*ot in tables of
stone," which made the face of 3oses to shine with great 8oy# 4eeper than that, more wonderfl than
that+ the commandments in or heartsB the deep love of (od in or hearts, the deep movings of eternity
rolling in and bringing (od in# $allel8ah5
,h, beloved, let (od the $oly (host have $is way today in so nfolding to s all the
granders of $is glory#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Spirit, $e $imself, it is $e, that wa)eth thee
morning by morning and nfolds nto thee in thy heart, tenderness, compassion and love towards thy
3a)er till tho dost weep before $im and say to $im, in the spirit, GTho art mine5 Tho art mine5-"
:es, $e is mine5 Beloved, $e is mine5
!1nd sch trst have we throgh Christ to (od9ward+
!*ot that we are sfficient of orselves to thin) any thing as of orselvesB bt or sfficiency
is of (od#" Cvv# ?,AF#
1h, it is lovely5 Those verses are to )eep to pass over# Beloved, that is a clima' of divine
e'altation that is so mch different from hman e'altation#
The end is not yet, praise the Lord5
The end is not yet, praise the Lord5
:or blessings $e is bestowing,
1nd my cp is overflowing,
1nd the end is not yet, praise the Lord5
We want to get to a place where we are beyond trsting in orselves# Beloved, there is so
mch failre in self9assrances# It is not bad to have good things on the lines of satisfaction, bt we
mst never have anything on the hman that we rest pon# There is only one sre place to rest pon,
and or trst is in (od#
In Thy name we go# In Thee we trst# 1nd (od brings s off in victory# When we have no
confidence in orselves to trst in orselves bt when or whole trst rests pon the athority of the
mighty (od, $e has promised to be with s at all times, and to ma)e the path straight, and to ma)e all
the montains a way# Then we nderstand how it is that 4avid cold say, !Thy gentleness hath made
me great#"
1h, tho lover of sols5 We have no confidence in the flesh# ,r confidence can only be
stayed and relied in the ,ne who never fails, in the ,ne who )nows the end from the beginning, in the
,ne who is able to come in at the midnight hor as easy as in the noonday, and ma)e the night and the
day ali)e to the man who rests completely in the will of (od, )nowing that !all things wor) together
for good to them that love $im," and trst in $im# 1nd sch trst have we in $im#
This is the worthy position where (od wold have all sols to be# We shold find that we
wold not rn $is errands and ma)e mista)esB we wold not be dropping down in the wrong place#
We wold find or life was as srely in the canon of thoght with (od as the leading of the children
of Israel throgh the wilderness# 1nd we shold be able to say, *ot one good thing hath the Lord
withheld from me C0salm H?+;;F, and !###all the promises of (od in him are yea, and in him 1men,
nto the glory of (od by s" C< Corinthians ;+<DF#
The Lord has helped me to have no confidence in myself, bt to wholly trst in $im, bless $is
name5
Who also hath made s able ministers of the new testamentB not of
the letter, bt of the spirit+ for the letter )illeth, bt the spirit
giveth life# Bt if the ministration of death, written and engraven in
stones, was glorios, so that the children of Israel cold not
stedfastly behold the face of 3oses for the glory of his
contenanceB which glory was to be done away+ $ow shall not the
ministration of the spirit be rather glorios6 For if the ministration
of condemnation be glory, mch more doth the ministration of
righteosness e'ceed in glory# < Corinthians J+I9>
Let s enter into these great words on the line of holy thoghtflness# If I go on with (od $e
wants me to nderstand all $is deep things# $e doesn-t want anybody in the 0entecostal chrch to be
novices, or to deal with the Word of (od on natral gronds# We can nderstand the Word of (od
only by the Spirit of (od#
We cannot define, or separate, or deeply investigate and nfold this holy plan of (od withot
we have the life of (od, the thoght of (od, the Spirit of (od, and the revelation of (od# The Word
of Trth is pre, spirital, and divine# If yo try to divide it on natral gronds yo will only finish p
on natral lines for natral man, bt yo will never satisfy a 0entecostal 1ssembly#
The people who are spirital can only be fed on spirital material# So if yo are e'pecting
yor messages to catch fire yo will have to have them on fire# :o won-t have to light the message
p in the meeting# :o will have to bring the message red9hot, brning, living# The message mst be
direct from heaven# It mst be as trly, !Ths saith the Lord," as the Scriptres which are, !Ths saith
the Lord," becase yo will only spea) as the Spirit gives tterance, and yo will always be giving
fresh revelation# :o will never be stale on any line, whatever yo say will be fritfl, elevating the
mind, lifting the people, and all the people will want more#
To come into this we mst see that we not only need the baptism of the Spirit bt we need to
come to a place where there is only the baptism of the Spirit left# Loo) at the first verse of the forth
chapter of L)e and yo will catch this beatifl trth+
1nd @ess being fll of the $oly (host retrned from @ordan, and was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness#
Bt loo) at 3ar) ;+;< and yo will find $e was driven of the Spirit into the wilderness+
1nd immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness#
In @ohn-s gospel @ess says $e does not spea) or act of $imself+
###the words that I spea) nto yo I spea) not of myself+ bt the
Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the wor)s# @ohn ;?+;D
We mst )now that the baptism of the Spirit immerses s into an intensity of &eal, into a
li)eness to @ess, to ma)e s into pre, rnning metal so hot for (od that it travels li)e oil from vessel
to vessel# This divine line of the Spirit will let s see that we have ceased and we have begn# We
are at the end for a beginning# We are down and ot, and (od is in and ot# There isn-t a thing in the
world can help s in this meeting# There isn-t a natral thoght that can be of any se here# There isn-t
a thing that is carnal, earthly, natral, that can ever live in these meetings# It mst only have one
prononcement, it has to die eternally becase there is no other plan for a bapti&ed sol, only dead
indeed#
(od, help s to see then that we may be filled with the letter withot being filled with the
Spirit# We may be filled with )nowledge withot having divine )nowledge# 1nd we may be filled
with wonderfl things on natral lines and still remain a natral man# Bt yo cannot do it in this trth
that I am dealing with this morning# *o man is able to wal) this way withot $e is in the Spirit# $e
mst live in the Spirit and he mst reali&e all the time that he is growing in that same ideal of his
3aster, in season and ot of season, always beholding the face of the 3aster, @ess#
4avid says, !I foresaw the Lord for $e was on my right hand that I shold not be moved# Then
my tonge was glad#" 0raise the Lord5
For even that which was made glorios had no glory in this respect,
by reason of the glory that e'celleth# For if that which is done away
was glorios, mch more that which remaineth is glorios# <
Corinthians J+;D,;;
I notice here that the one has to be done away, and the other has to increase# ,ne day I was
having a good time on this chapter# I had a lot of people before me who were living on the J> 1rticles
and Infant Baptism, and all )inds of things# The Lord showed me that all these things had to be done
away# I find there is no place into all the frther plan with (od withot yo absoltely ptting them to
one side# !4one away#"
Is it possible to do away with the commandments6 :es and no# If they are not so done away
with yo that yo have no consciosness of )eeping commandments, then they are not done away# If
yo )now yo are living holy, yo don-t )now what holiness is# If yo )now yo are )eeping
commandments, yo don-t )now what )eeping commandments is#
These things are done away# (od has broght s in to be holy withot )nowing it, and )eeping
the whole trth withot )nowing it, living in it, moving in it, acting in it, a new creation in the Spirit#
The old things are done away# If there is any troble in yo at all, it shows yo have not come to the
place where yo are at rest#
!4one away#" (od, help s to see it# If the teaching is a bit too high for yo, as) the Lord to
open yor eyes to come into it# For there is no man here has power in prayer, or has power in life
with (od if he is trying to )eep the commandments# They are done away, brother# 1nd than) (od, the
very doing away with them is fi'ing them deeper in or hearts than ever before# For ot of the depths
we cry nto (od, and in the depths has $e trned righteosness in, and ncleanness ot# It is nto the
depths we cry nto (od in these things# 3ay (od lead s all every step of the way in $is divine
leading#
0art Two
I am going to commence with the si'th verse of the third chapter of Second Corinthians, lest
yo stop in !the letter#"
Who also hath made s able ministers of the new testamentB not of
the letter, bt of the spirit+ for the letter )illeth, bt the spirit
giveth life# Bt if the ministration of death, written and engraven in
stones, was glorios, so that the children of Israel cold not
stedfastly behold the face of 3oses for the glory of his
contenanceB which glory was to be done away+ $ow shall not the
ministration of the spirit be rather gloriosK6 For if the ministration
of condemnation be glory, mch more doth the ministration of
righteosness e'ceed in glory# For even that which was made
glorios had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that
e'celleth# For if that which is done away was glorios, mch more
that which remaineth is glorios# Seeing then that we have sch
hope, we se great plainness of speech+ 1nd not as 3oses, which
pt a vail over his face, that the children of Israel cold not
stedfastly loo) to the end of that which is abolished+ Bt their
minds were blinded+ for ntil this day remaineth the same vail
nta)en away in the reading of the old testamentB which vail is
done away in Christ# Bt even nto this day, when 3oses is read,
the vail is pon their heart# *evertheless when it shall trn to the
Lord, the vail shall be ta)en away# *ow the Lord is that Spirit+ and
where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty# Bt we all, with
open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of
the Lord# < Corinthians J+I9;H
Thin) abot that+ even the glory that was on the face of 3oses had to be done away for what
reason6 For something that had e'ceeding glory#
I am positive we have no conception of the depths and heights of the liberties and blessings
and incarnations of the Spirit# We mst attain to these positions of godliness and we mst be parta)ers
of $is divine natre# 0raise the Lord5
$ow shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorios6 For
if the ministration of condemnation be glory, mch more doth the
ministration of righteosness e'ceed in glory# < Corinthians J+H,>
The Lord help s now on this# I see the trth as it was broght to them in the law as we read
last Snday morning# 0al had something to glory in when he )ept the law, and was blameless, bt he
said he threw that to one side to win $im which is greater even than that#
*ow we come to the trth of this+ what is there in the law that isn-t glorios6 *othing# It was
so glorios that 3oses was filled with 8oy in the e'pectation of what it was# Bt what is ors in the
e'cellence of glory6 It is this, that we live, we move, we reign over all things and it isn-t !4o, do,
do#" It is a !Will, will, will#" 1nd I re8oice to do# It is no more, !Tho shalt not#" It is a will# !I
delight to do Thy will, , (od5" So it is far e'ceeding in glory# 1nd beloved, in or hearts there is
e'ceeding glory# ,h, the 8oy of this celestial toch this morning5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The living (od who is chastening s after this
manner, is always bilding s after $is manner that there may be no spot in s# For the Lord $imself
has designed the plan, and is wor)ing ot in s $is divine mind, and is ta)ing the man and
transforming him in this plan till he loses his identity in the mighty (od of possibilities#" $allel8ah5
We praise Thee, , (od# 1nd we will praise $im forever#
Far above all,
Far above all,
(od hath e'alted $im,
Far above all#
1men5 (lory to (od5 Than) (od for that interpretation# I shall be glad to read that, I don-t
)now what I said, only I )now the 8oy of it#
,h, yes, it e'ceeds in glory# It is an e'cellent glory# When 0eter is rehearsing that wonderfl
day in the mont, he says, !There came sch a voice to $im from the e'cellent glory#" 1nd so we are
hearing this morning from the e'cellent glory# It is so lovely#
If I come along to yo this morning and say, !Whatever yo do, yo mst try to be holy," I
shold miss it# I shold be altogether otside of this plan# Bt I ta)e the words of the epistle this
morning by the $oly (host that says, !Be ye holy#"
It is as easy as possible to be holy, bt yo can never be holy by trying to be# Bt when yo
lose yor heart and another ta)es yor heart, and yo lose yor desires and $e ta)es the desires, then
yo live in that snshine of bliss which no mortal can ever toch#
4ivine immortality swallows p all natral mortality# 1nd (od wants s to see that we have
to be entirely eaten p by this holy &eal of (od so that every day we wal) in the Spirit# It is lovely to
wal) in the Spirit, then ye shall not flfill any part of the law bt the Spirit will case yo to dwell in
safety and re8oice inwardly, and praise (od reverently, and ma)e yo )now that yo are an increasing
force of immortality swallowing p life# $allel8ah5
1h, it is lovely5 I will never be cross anymore#
Beloved, it is impossible to go on with (od and have the old life 8mping p# (lory to (od5
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, mch more doth
the ministration of righteosness e'ceed in glory# < Corinthians J+>
This is a beatifl word# I want to spea) abot !righteosness" now# There is nothing so
beatifl as righteosness# :o cannot toch these beatitdes we are dwelling on this morning withot
seeing the e'cellent glory e'ists right in the Christ# 1ll the e'cellent glory is in $im# 1ll righteosness
is in $im#
.verything that pertains to holiness, and godliness, everything that denonces and brings to
death the natral, everything that ma)es yo )now yo have ceased to be forever, is always in the
)nowledge of an endless power of a risen Christ#
I want yo to notice there is an e'cellent glory abot it# Whenever yo loo) at @ess yo can
loo) at so many different facts of $is life# I see $im in those forty days, with wonderfl trth,
infallible proof of $is ministry# What was the ministry of Christ6 When yo come to the very essence
of $is ministry it was the righteosness of $is prpose# The e'cellence of $is ministry was the glory
that covered $im# $is Word was convincing, infle'ible, divine with a personality of an eternal
endrance# It never failed#
The righteosness of (od# If $e said it, it was there# $e said it and it stood fast# It was an
immtable condition with $im# When (od spa)e it was done# 1nd $is righteosness abideth# (od
mst have s there# We mst be people of or word# 0eople oght to be able to depend pon or
word#
If there were only five saved in a meeting we shold never say there were si'# If there were
five bapti&ed we shold never say there were seven# If the bilding wold hold ADD people we shold
never say it was pac)ed and had a thosand in it# $e is establishing righteosness in or hearts that
we shall not e'aggerate on any line#
@ess was tre inwardly and otwardly# $e is the way, the trth and the life, and on these
things we can bildB on these things we can prayB on these things we can live# When we )now that or
own heart condemneth s not, we can say to the montain, !Be removed#" Bt when or own hearts
condemn s, there is no power in prayer, no power in preaching, or in anything# We are 8st sonding
brass and tin)ling cymbals#
3ay (od the $oly (host show s there mst be a ministry of righteosness# We oght to stand
by or signatre, and abide by it# 1nd if we were ct throgh they wold find pre gold right throgh
s# That is what I call righteosness# $e was righteosness throgh and throgh# $e is lovely5 ,h,
trly, $e is beatifl5
,ne thing (od wants to fi' in or hearts is to be li)e $im# Be li)e $im in character# 4on-t be
trobled so mch abot yor faces bt be more concerned abot yor hearts# 1ll the powder won-t
change the heart# 1ll the adorning of sil)s and satins won-t ma)e prity# Beloved, if I was going down
a road and I saw a fo' tail stic)ing ot of a hole I sholdn-t as) anybody what there was inside# 1nd if
there is anything hanging otside, yo )now what there is inside# Righteosness in the inward parts#
0re throgh and throgh#
$ear)en5 There is an e'cellent glory attached to it# We read+
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, mch more doth
the ministration of righteosness e'ceed in glory# <Corinthians J+>
The Bible is the plmbline of everything# 1nd withot we are plmbed right p with the Word
of (od, we will fail in the measre in which we are not righteos# 1nd so may (od the $oly (host
bring s, this morning, into that blessed ministry of righteosness# 1men5 (lory to (od5
For even that which was made glorios had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that
e'celleth#
Come again right to the law# I see that it was trly a schoolmaster that broght s to Christ# I
li)e the thoght of it, that law is beatifl, law is established in the earth# 1s far as possible in every
contry and town, yo will find the law has something to do with )eeping things straight# 1nd in a
measre the city has some )ind of sobriety becase of the law#
Bt beloved, we are belonging to a higher, to a nobler citi&enship, and it isn-t an earthly
citi&enship, for or citi&enship is in heaven# So we mst see thee is an e'cellent glory abot this
position we are holding this morning# For if the natral law will )eep an earthly city in somewhat
moderate conditions, what will the e'cellent glory be in the divine relationship of the citi&enship to
which we belong6
What I mean by e'cellent glory, it otshines# It ma)es all the people feel a longing to go# What
there is abot the e'cellent glory is this+ the earth is filled with bro)en hearts, bt the e'cellent glory
is filled with redeemed men and women, filled with the e'cellency of the graces of the glory of (od#
,h, glorios is the e'cellent glory5 1h, praise the Lord, oh my sol5 $allel8ah5
For if that which is done away was glorios, mch more that which
remaineth is glorios# Seeing then that we have sch hope, we se
great plainness of speech+ 1nd not as 3oses, which pt a vail over
his face, that the children of Israel cold not stedfastly loo) to the
end of that which is abolished# <Corinthians J+;;9;J
:esterday morning I was preaching to preachers, bt we can see that this message is for the
perfecting of preachers# The man who is going on with (od will have no mi'9p in his oratory# $e
will be so plain and precise, and divine in his leadings, that everything will have a lift towards the
glory# 1nd yo will always reali&e he will not play abot to satisfy hman criosity# $e mst have his
mind pon higher things altogether, and he mst see (od wold not have him loiter abot# $e mst
!se great plainness of speech#" $e mst be a man who )nows his message# $e mst )now what (od
has in $is mind in the Spirit, not in the letter, becase no man that is going to spea) by the Spirit of
(od )nows what (od is going to say in the meeting#
$e is there a vessel for honor, $is mothpiece, and all contained there is of (od# 1nd
therefore, he stands in the presence of (od, and (od spea)s and ses him# Bt hear)en5 (od is a
Spirit wor)ing within the hman life with thoght, with might, with trth and life, and brings ot of the
great treasry of $is mightiness into the hman life, into the heart, and sends it right throgh onto the
canvas of the mind, and the langage comes ot according to the operation of the Spirit of (od#
Beloved, shall we any more try any lines bt the divine6 .very man is not 8st in the same order, bt I
cold say to the man with faith that there is a toch of faith for that man to come into as a spirital
orator# $e has to forget all he has pt on his notes becase of a higher order of notes#
I always say yo cannot sing victory on a minor )ey# 1nd yo never can have a spirital
hori&on on a low note# If yor life isn-t constant pitch, yo will never ring the bells of heaven# :o
mst always be in tne with (od, and then the msic will come ot as sweet as possible#
Let s get away from going into libraries and filling or minds with hman theology# *ot that I
want to discorage anybody, bt it wold pay the best man here, I don-t care who he is, to go home
and set fire to his library# :o say that is a silly thing6 I wold not have said it if I had not the best
thing to pt into it after it is brned down# I don-t say, (o home and do it straightway# Thin) over it
first# The more yo thin) over it the more yo will want to brn it#
I am not here for any other prpose than for the glory of (od# (od forbid5 I have )nown so
many people who have been barren and helpless, and they have sed other people-s material on the
platform# If yo ever trn to another man-s material yo have dropped from the higher sense of an
orator from heaven#
We mst now be the mothpiece of (od, not by letter bt by the Spirit# 1nd we mst be so in
the will of (od that (od re8oices over s with singing# Isn-t it lovely6 We are going forward a little#
Let s trn now to the thirteenth and forteenth verses+
1nd not as 3oses, which pt a vail over his face, that the children
of Israel cold not stedfastly loo) to the end of that which is
abolished+ Bt their minds were blinded+ for ntil this day
remaineth the same vail nta)en away in the reading of the old
testamentB which vail is done away in Christ# < Corinthians J+;J,;?
I have nothing to say abot the @ew e'cept this+ that I )now I am saved by the blood of a @ew# I
owe my Bible to the @ews, for the @ews have )ept it for s# We have a Savior who was a @ew# The
first proclamation of the (ospel was of the @ews# I )now that I owe everything to the @ew today, bt I
see that the @ew will never have the )ey to nloc) the Scriptres till he sees @ess# The moment he
does he will see this trth that @ess gave to 0eter+
1nd I say also nto thee, That tho art 0eter, and pon this roc) I
will bild my chrch### 1nd I will give nto thee the )eys of the
)ingdom of heaven#### 3atthew ;I+;H,;>
1nd I will give thee the )ey of trth, the )ey to nveil# The )ey was broght in the moment
0eter saw the Lord# The moment they see Christ, the whole of the Scriptres is opened ot to the @ew#
That will be a great day when the @ews see the Lord# They will see $im5
Bt their minds were blinded+ for ntil this day remaineth the same vail nta)en away in the
reading of the old testamentB which vail is done away in Christ#
Bt even nto this day, when 3oses is read, the vail is pon their
heart# < Corinthians J+;?,;A
(od doesn-t say the vail is pon their mind, bt pon their heart# 1nd beloved, (od can never
save a man throgh his mind# $e saves him throgh his heart# $e can never bring all the glories into a
man-s life by his mind# $e mst toch the deep things of his heart#
K*evertheless when it shall trn to the Lori, the vail shall be ta)en
away# *ow the Lord is that Spirit+ and where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty# Bt we all, with open face beholding as in a glass
the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory
to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord# < Corinthians J+;I9;H
I mst spea) abot liberty first# There are two )inds of liberty, two )inds of grace# We mst
never se liberty bt we mst be in the place where liberty can se s# If we se liberty we shall be
as dead as possible, and it will all end p in a fi&&le#
Bt if we are in the Spirit, the Lord of life is the same Spirit# I believe it is right to 8mp for
8oy bt don-t 8mp till the 8oy ma)es yo 8mp becase if yo do yo will 8mp flat# If yo 8mp as the
8oy ma)es yo 8mp yo will bonce p again#
In the Spirit I )now there is any amont of divine plan# If the 0entecostal people had only
come into it in mee)ness and in the tre )nowledge of (od, it wold all be so manifest that every
heart in the meeting wold be moved by that Spirit#
*ow the Lord is that Spirit+ and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty# < Corinthians J+;E
Liberty has a thosand sides to it, bt there is no liberty which is going to help the people so
mch as testimony# I find people who don-t )now how to testify right# We mst testify only as the
Spirit gives tterance# We find in Revelation that the testimony of @ess is the spirit of prophecy#
When yor flesh is )eeping yo down, bt yor heart is so fll it is lifting yo p % have yo
ever been li)e that6 The flesh has been fastening yo to the seat bt yor heart has been bbbling over#
1t last the heart has had more power and yo have risen p#
1nd then in that heart affection for @ess in the Spirit of love and in the )nowledge of trth,
yo begin to testify, and when yo have done yo sit down# Liberty sed wrongly goes on when yo
finished and spoils the meeting# :o are not to se yor liberty e'cept for the glory of (od#
So many chrches are spoiled by long prayers, and long testimonies# The spea)er can tell, if
he )eeps in the Spirit, when he shold sit down# When yo begin to rehearse yorself, the people get
wearied and tired and they wish yo wold sit down# The nction ceases, they sit down worse than
when they rose p#
It is nice for a man to begin cold, and warm p as he goes on# When he catches fire and sits
down in the midst of it he will )eep the fire afterwards# Loo)5 It is lovely to pray, and it is a 8oy to
hear yo pray, bt when yo go on after yo are done, all the people are tired of it#
So (od wants s to )now that we are not to se liberty becase we have it to se, bt we are
to let the liberty se s, and we shold )now when to end#
This e'cellent glory shold go on to a liberality to everybody, and this wold prove that all
the Chrch is in liberty# The Chrch oght to be free so that the people always go away feeling, !,h, I
wish the meeting had gone on for another hor#" ,r, !What a glorios time we had at that prayer
meeting5" ,r, !Wasn-t that testimony meeting a revelation5" That is the way to finish p# *ever finish
p with something too long, finish p with something too short# Then everybody comes again to piece
p where they left off#
The last verse is the most glorios of all for s+
Bt we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as
by the Spirit of the Lord# < Corinthians J+;H
So there are glories pon glories, and 8oys pon 8oys, e'ceeding 8oyos and abndance of
8oys, and a measreless measre of all the lot# Beloved, we get the word so wonderflly in or hearts
that it absoltely changes s in everything# 1nd we so feast on the Word of the Lord, so eat and digest
the trth, so inwardly eat of $im, till we are absoltely changed every day from one state to another#
1s we loo) into the perfect mirror of the face of the Lord we are changed from one state of
grace to another, from glory to glory# :o
will never find anything else bt the Word of (od that ta)es yo there# So yo cannot afford to
pt aside that Word#
I beseech yo, beloved, that yo come short of none of these beatitdes we have been
spea)ing of, in yor life# These grand trths of the Word of (od mst be yor testimony, mst be yor
life, yor pattern# :o mst be in it, in fact yo are of it# !:e are### the epistle of Christ," (od says to
yo by the Spirit# Then let s see that we pt off everything that by the grace of (od we may pt on
everything#
Where there is a standard which hasn-t been reached in yor life, (od in $is grace, by $is
mercy and yor yieldedness, can fit yo for that place that yo can never be prepared for only by a
bro)en heart and a contrite spirit, yielding to the will of (od# If yo will come with a whole heart to
the throne of grace, (od will meet yo and bild yo on $is spirital plane# 1men# 0raise the Lord5
3essage given at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
Clothed 7pon, September ;A, ;><<
I believe the Lord wold be pleased for s to trn to the forth chapter of Second Corinthians
this morning and read from the si'teenth verse, conclding with the seventh verse of the fifth chapter+
For which case we faint notB bt thogh or otward man perish,
yet the inward man is renewed day by day# For or light affliction,
which is bt for a moment, wor)eth for s afar more e'ceeding and
eternal weight of gloryB While we loo) not at the things which are
seen, bt at the things which are not seen+ for the things which are
seen are temporalB bt the things which are not seen are eternal#
For we )now that if or earthly hose of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a bilding of (od, an hose not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens# For in this we groan, earnestly
desiring to be clothed pon with or hose which is from heaven+ If
so be that being clothed we shall not be fond na)ed# For we that
are in this tabernacle do groan, being brdened+ not for that we
wold be nclothed, bt clothed pon, that mortality might be
swallowed p of life# *ow he that hath wroght s for the selfsame
thing is (od, who also hath given nto s the earnest of the Spirit#
Therefore we are always confident, )nowing that, whilst we are at
home in the body, we are absent from the Lord+ CFor we wal) by
faith, not by sight#F
I believe the Lord has in $is mind this morning the frther freedom of life# There will nothing
please the Lord so mch as for s to come into or flness of redemption, becase I believe, !###the
Lord is that Spirit+ and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" C< Corinthians J+;EF# Liberty
is beatifl when we never se it to satisfy orselves bt se liberty in the Lord# We mst never
transgress becase of liberty# What I mean is this+ to ta)e opportnities becase the Spirit of the Lord
is pon me, it wold be wrong# Bt it wold be perfectly 8stifiable if I clearly allow the Spirit of the
Lord to have $is liberty with me, bt not be nseemingly in liberty becase the flesh has a more
e'travagant position than the Spirit has#
The Spirit-s e'travagant positions are always to edification, and strenthening of the character,
and bringing s all more into conformity with the life of Christ# Bt the flesh conditions of
e'travagances always mar and bring the position of the saints into a place of trial for a moment# Bt
as the Spirit of the Lord ta)es frther hold of the person we may get liberty in it, bt we are tried in
the manifestations of it#
I believe we have come to sch liberty of the Spirit that it shall be so pre it shall never bring
a frown of distraction over another person-s mind# I have seen so many people in the power of the
Spirit, and yet with sch a manifestation which was not elementary nor even helpfl# I have seen
people nder the mighty power of the $oly (host who have waved their hands terrifically, and
moved on the floor, and gone on in sch a state that no one cold say the body was not nder the
power#
There was more natral power than spirital power, and the natral condition of the person,
along with the spirital condition, made a manifestation# Thogh we )now the Spirit of the Lord was
there, it was not that which wold elevate, or please, or grant to the people a desire for more of that#
It wasn-t an edification of the Spirit#
If there are any here who have those manifestations, I want to help yo# I don-t want to hrt
yo# It is good that yo shold have the Spirit pon yo# 0eople need to be filled with the Spirit, bt
yo have never a right to say yo were obliged to do this or that or the other#
When people come p to me and say, !,h, I was obliged to do that,"
I always )now it was right and wrong# In the mind it was wrong to do it# If yo were forced to
do it, it was a good position bt it was not right to do it if it was not bringing glory to (od#
There isn-t manifestation in the body that ever glorifies the Lord bt the tonge# If yo will
see) to be free in the operation of the Spirit throgh the moth, the tonge, which may be nder
sbconscios conditions, brings ot the glory of the Lord, and that will always be to edification, and
consolation, and comfort#
Bt no other manifestation, and yet I believe that it is necessary to have all this at the
beginning# It seems to be almost necessary for some people to have a )ic)# I have seen some people
)ic) p with both heels, and made it so yo cold hardly see across the room#
When the Spirit is there the flesh mst get ot some way, and so we allow, becase of
e'perience, all these things at the beginning# Bt we believe the $oly (host brings a sond condition
of mind, and the first thing mst pass away in order that the divine position may remain#
1nd so there is )ic)ing and waving, and all these things which ta)e place at the incoming of
the $oly (host, when the flesh and the Spirit are so in a position of controversy# ,ne mst decrease,
and die, and the other mst increase and mltiply#
1nd conse/ently when yo come into that attitde yo are in a sond place of 8dgment and
nderstand that now the $oly (host has come to ta)e yo on with (od# Sppose I read this+
While we loo) not at the things which are seen, bt at the things
which are not seen+ for the things which are seen are temporalB bt
the things which are not seen are eternal# < Corinthians ?+;H
What wold yo thin) if at this place I have to stop becase of a great )ic)ing sensation, and I
have to lie down on the floor for three hors before I can go on with the other position of the Spirit of
the Lord becase of my body and spirit disagreeing6
Sppose I had to read that in it# It is a proper translation on some lines# The glory of the Lord
is pon me, and the Lord is spea)ing throgh me, bt now I mst stop to have a half hor of )ic)ing#
1nd all the people in the adience are waiting to see Wigglesworth )ic) throgh a half hor before he
goes on# 1nd I wonder if yo wold thin) that was in the will of (od6
I don-t believe the other is then, and I never believe yo have a license to do it# I never
believe that (od wold bapti&e yo with the $oly (host and then ma)e yo to be a machine so yo
coldn-t stop at any time, and begin at any time#
1ll these things which I am spea)ing abot are necessary for yo for frther advancement in
the Spirit# To me it is a very marvelos thing that the Spirit can have sch mightiness over a body to
)ic) ot the flesh#
I have )nown some people when they have gone throgh that, (od has begn with a new line#
When the Lord bapti&ed me with the $oly (host, at first there was so mch flesh that needed to be
done away, I went all arond the dining room on my )nees, clapping my hands, got throgh, and at the
end of it was tonges# Then I stopped it becase there was no more )ic) left# It coldn-t go ot throgh
the feet and ot throgh the moth#
When the $oly (host gets fll concentration of the operation of the hman life $e always
wor)s ot divine wisdom# 1nd when $e gets perfect control of the life there flows throgh that divine
sorce so that all the people may receive edification in the Spirit# If yo act foolishly after yo have
had wisdom taght yo nobody will give yo mch room#
!We then that are strong oght to bear the infirmities of the wea)###" CRomans ;A+;F#
Some who come to these meetings have )nown nothing abot the power of the $oly (host#
They get saved, and are /ic)ened, so after the Spirit comes pon them yo will see all these things#
1nd in love and grace yo bear with them as newborn babes in the order of the Spirit, and re8oice
with them in all that condition, becase that is only a beginning to an end, becase the Lord woldn-t
have s to be anything bt strong in the Lord, and in the power of $is might, to help everyone in the
midst of s#
I want to )eep the for verses primary in yor mind as I spea) to yo on the ne't verses+
For we )now that if or earthly hose of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a bilding of (od, an hose not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens# For in this we groan, earnestly
desiring to be clothed pon with or hose which is from heaven+ If
so be that being clothed we shall not be fond na)ed# For we that
are in this tabernacle do groan, being brdened+ not for that we
wold be nclothed, bt clothed pon, that mortality might be
swallowed p of life# < Corinthians A+;9?
This morning I feel I may spea) to yo with perfect freedom becase I believe the Lord is
helping s to catch a very deep spirital condition#
I believe that we will all catch the trth that we are not or own, in the first place# In the
second place we are belonging to a spirital order, and that we don-t belong to the earth#
1nd not only that, bt or mind, or body, or whole position throgh the eternal Spirit, has to
always be on the ascending position# To descend is to be conformed# To ascend is to be transformed#
1nd on this transforming condition, we may, by the power of the Spirit, as (od shall give s
revelation, be lifted p into a very blessed state of fellowship with (od, of power with (od# 1nd in
that place of power with (od we shall have power with everything else, for all the power of the earth
is first having power with (od#
While we )now we are heavenly citi&ens, while we )now we have to have an e'it, and have
been preparing for an e'it, yet in this position we mst live in the place where we groan over
everything that binds s from that loosing#
What will hold me6 1ssociation will hold me in this present world# I mst have no earthly
association# 1nd yo )now it is as natral to have an earthly association as it is to live# $old every
earthly association at a distance# It mst never tie me or bind me# It mst never have any persasion
on me# $ear what the Scriptre says+ !###being made conformable nto his death" C0hilippians J+;DF#
What is the conforming nto the death of @ess6 It leads me to that death of separation, of
yieldedness, of e'change where (od ta)es me on and leaves the natral there# !While we loo) not at
the things which are seen, bt at the things which are not seen####"
Then I may grasp some idea of what it will mean if I am lost# I want, by the grace of (od, to
let s see that the dissolving is a great thoght# There is a position here that we mst clearly
nderstand+ !###not for that we wold be nclothed, bt clothed pon, that mortality might be
swallowed p of life" C< Corinthians A+?F#
That is a great word, mortality# While it is necessary, it is a hindrance# While mortality has
done a great deal to prodce everything we see, it is a hindrance if we live in it# It is a helpfl
position if we live over it#
Then I mst nderstand how it can be swallowed p# I mst )now how that the old body, the
old tendencies to natral order may be swallowed p# There is a verse here we mst come to# It
wold serve s now+
1lways bearing abot in the body the dying of the Lord @ess, that
the life also of @ess might be made manifest in or body# <
Corinthians ?+;D
What is that !dying of the Lord"6 It is dying to desire# In the measre that we honor one
another we lose faith in (od# If yo rely pon any man or woman or pon any hman assistance to
help yo, yo fall ot of the greater prpose (od has for yo#
:o mst learn that no earthly sorce can ever assist yo into this# :o are going to this realm
of life only by mortality being swallowed p of life, and the life that I live is lived by faith in the Son
of (od# 4ying, living# (od will help s this morning# I )now $e will# I believe that the Lord will not
let the preacher be anything more anymore# 1ll these messages that (od is giving me show me I am
down and ot# Bt than) (od I am in and ot# Trly so#
I dare not give way to my own self becase I shold only ma)e a fool to appearances# Bt I
tell yo this life I am spea)ing abot absoltely ravishes yo# It absoltely severs yo from earthly
connections# It absoltely dis8oins yo from every helpflness# 1nd I can see now more than ever, this
word+
!:e have not yet resisted nto blood, striving against sin" C$ebrews ;<+?F# The great striving
of the blood, the very essence of the life, the Scriptre says we have not, bt I )now it meant that we
had not come there# Bt than) (od we are in it in a measre#
0al cold see that if he had any commnion with flesh and blood he coldn-t go forward# It
was of a necessity that the blood and the life of 3ary, the mother of @ess, of the Son of (od, to come
into this position+
### Who is my mother6 and who are my brethren6 1nd he stretched
forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and
my brethren5 For whosoever shall do the will of 3y Father which is
in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother# 3atthew
;<+?H9AD
Flesh and blood were nothing to @ess# The body that broght $im forth was nothing to $im#
(od broght $im into the world as a seed of life# To $im that was $is mother, that was $is brother,
that was $is sister# Bt that is a higher ideal, that is a spirital )nowledge#
Ta)e another toch of it# $ere we find @ess in the (arden of (ethsemane nder two aspects#
In a natral aspect $e is instantly crying ot, !If it be possible#" The ne't moment in the divine aspect,
!Bt for this case came I nto this hor#" 1nd the other aspect had no more choice# $e was off#
1nd when (od the $oly (host brings s to see these trths we shall deny orselves for the
sa)e of the cross# We will deny orselves of anything where or brother wold stmble# We wold
annihilate orselves on all lines of fleshly indlgences lest we shold miss the great swallowing p of
life# We wold not even mention, or ever give sense to, anything on a natral order#
If (od shall have choice with s this morning $e shall lift s p into a higher state of grace
than ever we have been# If a sister or a brother cold catch this spirital power this morning they
cold stand anything on the lines of ridicle by hsband, and ridicle by wife#
When are we drawn aside and distrbed6 When we don-t reach the ideals in the Spirit# When
we reach the ideals in the Spirit what does it matter6 I find that the power of (od sanctifies hsband
and wife#
,ne half of the troble in the assemblies is the mrmring over the conditions they are in#
There isn-t a mrmr in that Bible# If yo reach that standard yo will never mrmr anymore# :o
will be above mrmring# :o will be in the place where (od is absoltely the e'changer of thoght,
and the e'changer of act, and the e'changer of yor inward prity# $e will be prifying yo all the
time, and lifting yo higher, and yo will )now yo are not of this world#
:o are not of this world# If yo want to stop in the world, yo cannot go on with this# :or
position in the world in yor ban)ing affairs, and everything else wold have the least effect on yo#
:et yo wold )now everything wold wor) for good if yo climb the ladder of faith with (od# (od
will )eep the world in perfect order and ma)e it ot for yo#
(od cannot wor) for yo, yo are so mi'ed in the world $e cannot get yor eye# $ow can a
man or woman get into these divine orders when he is trobled between the two things+ he cannot let
himself go and let (od ta)e him#
Let s read again from the seventeenth verse+
For or light affliction, which is bt for a moment, wor)eth for s
afar more e'ceeding and eternal weight of gloryB While we loo)
not at the things which are seen, bt at the things which are not
seen+ for the things which are seen are temporalB bt the things
which are not seen are eternal# For we )now that, if or earthly
hose of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a bilding of (od,
an hose not made with hands, eternal in the heavens#
I maintain that, by the grace of (od, we are so rich, we are so abonding, we have sch a
treasre hose, we have sch a storehose of (od, we have sch an nlimited faith to go in for all
(od has for it is ors# We are the choice of the earth, we are the precios frit of the earth#
(od has told s that all things shall wor) together for good to s# (od has said that we shold
be the children of the $ighest, and that we shold be the meat of the earth# (od has declared all that in
$is Word, and yo will never reach those beatitdes if yo lay hold of the blrsh, it will )eep yo
down#
$ow am I to have all the treasres of heaven, and all the treasres of (od6 It is not to get my
eyes on the things which are seen for they will fade away# I mst get my eyes pon the things which
are not seen for they will remain as long as (od reigns#
Where are we6 1re or eyes on the earth6 :o once had yor eyes on the earth# 1ll yor
members were in the earth wor)ing ot the plan of the earth# Bt now there is a change ta)ing place# I
read in the Scriptres#
###that ye shold be married to another, even to him who is raised
from the dead, that we shold bring forth frit nto (od# Romans
E+?
:o are 8oined nto another, yo belong to another, yo have a new life, yo have a new
place# (od has changed yo# Is it a living fact6 If it is only a word it will finish p there, bt if it is a
spirital fact, and yo reign in it, yo will go away from this meeting and say, !Than) (od, I never
)new I was so rich5" $ow to loose, how to bind in the Spirit5 (reat ideals#
I want yo to see there are two planes in this+ there is a swallowing p and a dissolving# I li)e
the thoght of dissolving# Will that dissolving ta)e place while I live6 :e shall want to be no other
way# When will the clothing ta)e place that I may not be na)ed6 It will ta)e place while yo live#
0eople ta)e these conditions as not attainable while yo live# 1ll these are spirital blessings
attainable while yo live# These beatitdes along with the fifth chapter of 3atthew-s gospel, dovetail
so perfectly# 1nd yet there are so many things in that fifth chapter of 3atthew-s gospel that we will
have to wa)e p to see they are as practical as possible, and (od will be able to trst s on these
lines with them#
I want s to catch the idea of dissolving+
For we )now that if or earthly hose of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a bilding of (od, an hose not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens# < Corinthians A+;
That is a perfect condition of a heavenly atmosphere and dwelling place# Let me ta)e yo
there this morning# If I live on the earth I fail everything# If I contine on the earth, everything I do will
be mortal and die# If I live in the heavenly things, in the heavenly place, everything I toch will
become spirital, vital, prified, and eternal#
I mst see this morning by the faith of (od how everything can be dissolved# I will ta)e it first
in its heavenly bearings becase yo will nderstand it better that way# I will ta)e yo on to the
raptre, that is what all people get their minds on in this chapter# They say, !Some day we shall leave
the earth, and everything will be dissolved, and we will be clothed pon with new bodies for
heavenly conditions#"
Bt let me come now to a new plane of it# What is the good of a white raiment to cover yor
na)edness that it may not be seen in heaven6 :o )now very well that isn-t a heavenly position# There
will be no flesh in heaven# *o na)edness will be seen in heaven# Then what does it really mean6 That
the power of (od can so dwell in s that it can brn p everything which is not spirital, and dissolve
it to sch a perfection of beaty and holiness as @ess was# $e wal)ed p and down, and when Satan
came he cold find nothing in $im# $e was perfectly dissolved on every natral line, and $e lived in
the Spirit over everything else# 1nd as $e is, so have we to be#
We sholdn-t be trobled in the flesh# Was @ess trobled in the flesh6 4id $e go forth with
perfect victory6 It is impossible for any avene of flesh, or anything that yo toch in yor natral
body to be helpfl# .ven yor eyes have to be sanctified by the power of (od that they stri)e fire
every time yo loo) at a sinner, and the sinner shall be changed#
We shall be clothed pon with a robe of righteosness in (od that wherever we wal) there
will be a whiteness of effectiveness that shall bring people to a place of conviction of sin# :o say,
!There are so many things in my hose that wold have to be thrown ot the window if @ess came to
my home#" Wold to (od we cold nderstand it for $e is in the hose all the time# 1ll the things
oght to go ot the window that coldn-t stand $is eyes on them# .very impression of or hearts that
broght troble when $e loo)ed at s oght to go forever#
:o as), !What is it6" It is in the message I am preaching, it is in being !swallowed p of
life#" The great I 1m in perfect holiness, is $e an e'ample only6 By the grace of (od $e isn-t only
the e'ample bt $e is the personality of a personator#
It is impossible for s to sbde )ingdoms, it is impossible for the greater wor)s to be
accomplished, impossible for the Son of (od to be ma)ing sons on earth only as we stand e'actly in
$is place# It is lovely### and I mst win $im# There isn-t a place in Scriptre that (od spo)e abot
that $e hasn-t for s to ta)e s into, beloved#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is a whole brnt offering# It is a perfect
sacrifice# It is a place where we are perfectly 8stified, where we have been parta)ers of $is divine
natre, and become personated with $is holiness, where we still are there, and $e is still in the place
of wor)ing ot $is great prpose in s which is the wor) of (od# For it is (od who wor)eth in yo to
will and to do these things when we are still, and dissolved, and pt to death, where only the life of
Christ is being manifested#"
1nd that is the interpretation of the Spirit# It is a lofty loo), a lowly place#
See what it means, a whole brnt offering, a place of ashes, a place of helplessness, a place of
wholehearted srrender where yo refer not to yorself# :o have no 8stification on any line# :o
are prepared to be slandered, to be set at naght by everybody# :o are of no importance to anybody
bt to (od# Bt becase of $is personality in yo, $e reserves yo for $imself becase yo are
godly, and $e sets yo on high becase yo have )nown $is name# 1nd $e cases yo to be the frit
ot of $is loins to bring forth $is glory that yo shold not in any way rest in yorself, or have any
confidence in yorself, bt yor confidence shall be in (od# 1h, it is lovely#
###the Lord is that Spirit+ and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty# < Corinthians J+;E
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !1nd in the depths of the heart there comes forth to
s this morning this trth+ set thy hose in order# See to it that tho dost not allow anything that cold
be there that $e cold see that $e cold be displeased with# Thy hose is thy body, thy body is the
temple of the Spirit#"
See to it that yo obey that message#
I wonder how mch we )now abot groaning to be delivered6 I thin) I cold get a display of
it this morning if I trn to *ehemiah# @ersalem to the @ews was everything# @ersalem to the @ews is a
great deal now, bt it is nothing to s any more than any city# Why6 Theirs is an earthly type bt ors
is a heavenly# ,r @ersalem is the glory#
,ne day *ehemiah says that a report was broght to him+
That $anani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of
@dahB and I as)ed them concerning the @ews that had escaped,
which were left of the captivity, and concerning @ersalem# 1nd
they said nto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there
in the province are in great affliction and reproach+ the wall of
@ersalem also is bro)en down, and the gates thereof are brned
with fire# 1nd it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat
down and wept, and morned certain days, and fasted, and prayed
before the (od of heaven# *ehemiah ;+<9?
$e did it till it broght the same thing that (od-s Word brings to s, it dissolved him# It
broght everything of his old natre into a dissolved place where he went right throgh into the
presence of (od#
The moment the )ing saw it he as)ed, !What is p with thee, *ehemiah6 I have never seen thy
contenance changed li)e this#" 1nd *ehemiah was so near almightiness before the )ing, he cold
pray and move the heavens, and move the )ing, and move the world, till @ersalem was restored#
$e morned# When we reach a place where the Spirit ta)es s to see or wea)ness, or
depravity, or failingsB when we morn before (od we shall be dissolved, and in the dissolving we
shall be clothed pon with or hose from heaven# 1nd we shall wal) in white, we shall be robed
with a new robe, and this mortality will be swallowed p of life#
Beloved, Christ can bring every one of s, if we will, into an activity of a wholehearted
dependency where (od will never fail s bt we shall reign in life, we shall travail and bring forth
frit# For 2ion, when she travails, shall ma)e the hose of hell sha)e#
Shall we reach it6 ,r blessed Lord reached it# .very night $e went alone and reached ideals
and wal)ed the world in white# $e was clothed with the $oly Spirit from heaven# $is comeliness
was always being eaten p# 4aniel entered into the same negotiations with heaven by the same
position of an inward aspiring, with a groaning, travailing position, till for three wee)s he shoo) the
heavens and moved (abriel to come# $e passed throgh all the regions of the damned to bring the
message to him#
There was something so beatifl abot the whole thing that even 4aniel in his most holy,
beatifl state, in the presence of (abriel, became as corrption before him# 1nd he strengthened him
by his right hand, and lifted him p, and gave him the visions of the world-s history which are to be
flfilled#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The lamentable condition where (od travails
throgh the sol, toches by the 1lmighty the man of (od li)e (abriel, toches the hman flesh, and
changes it, and ma)es it bring forth and blossom even li)e the rose, ot of death into life, the powers
of (od shall be#"
:o cannot get into life bt ot of death, and yo cannot get into death bt by life# The only
way to go into flness with (od is for the life to swallow p the life# For the life to be swallowed p
there mst come nothing there bt helplessness till the life strengthens the life# Instead of the natral
life being strengthened the spernatral life comes forth with abonding conditions#
There has been mch given this morning in the Spirit that has never been given before by me,
and I )now that (od has broght that message throgh a travail, and it has come this morning for s# It
will mean a lot more to s if we don-t let these things slip#
Let s catch something from the si'teenth verse+
Wherefore henceforth )now we no man after the flesh+ yea,
thogh we have )nown Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth
)now we him no more# < Corinthians A+;I
To )now no man any more after the flesh is a great thing# Beloved, we shall )now no man any
more on a natral line# .verything from this moment we will only )now on the line of a spirital
basis# Conversation mst be spirital# The thing that distracts yo is after yo have had a real good
feast, yo go ot and instead of )nowing no man any more after the flesh so that everything is in
spirital fellowship and nion, yo lower the standard by tal)ing abot natral things#
If yo ride with me in a railroad carriage yo will have to pray or testify# If yo don-t yo will
hear a whole lot of tal) that will lower the nction, and bring yo into a )ind of bondage, and ma)e
yo feel yo wish yo were ot of the carriage# Brea) in and have a prayer meeting and yo trn the
whole thing# (o in and pray till yo )now everybody is feeling the toch of it#
If yo go ot to dinner with anybody today, don-t get sidetrac)ed by having a long story of
their ranches# :o mst only )now one 3an now, and that is Christ, and $e hasn-t any ranches, and
$e belongs to all the ranches# Live in the Spirit and all things will wor) together for good to yo# If
yo live in the heavenly places and yo will case yor ranches and all things to come ot of
difficlties, for (od will fight for yo#
!=now we no man after the flesh#" I won-t enter into anything that is lower than spirital
fidelity# When I am preaching spirital nctioni&ing thoghts, I mst see I lift my people into a place
where I )now the Spirit is leading me to )now @ess#
Spposing yo )now @ess# What do yo say6 $e lost ot6 *o, $e didn-t# Bt there was a
great deal pt pon $im by the people who said+
Is not this the carpenter-s son6 is not his mother called 3ary6 and his brethren, @ames, and
@oses, and Simon, and @das6
1nd his sisters, are they not all with s6 Whence then hath this
man all these things6 3atthew ;J+AA,AI
They said, !$e is only an ordinary man# $e is born the same way# :o see $im, there, what is
$e6"
:o will never get anything that way# $e wasn-t an ordinary man if $e was born ot of the
same loins# There were two sons born, and one was of promise, the other wasn-t# Bt the son of
promise got the blessings# :o can never enter into (od-s conditions on any lines, only the spirital#
For a time there was a clod overshadowed @ess becase of $is ancestry# With the @ews it
overshadows $im today becase the vail is over their eyes, bt the vail will be lifted# With the
(entiles the vail is already lifted#
We see $im as the incarnation, as the $oly ,ne of (od, as the Son of (od, as the only
Begotten of the Father fall of grace and trth# We see $im as the brden bearer, as or sanctifier, as
or cleanser, as or bapti&er# =now no man after the flesh bt see $im5 1nd as we behold $im in all
$is glory we shall rise, we cannot help bt rise in the power of (od# =now no man after the flesh#
:o will draw people if yo refse to be contaminated# 0eople want holiness# 0eople want
righteosness# 0eople want prity# 0eople have an inward longing to be clothed pon#
3ay the Lord lead yo this morning to the spply of every need far more than yo can as) or
thin)# The Lord bless yo as yo are led to dedicate yorself afresh to (od this very day# 1men#
3essage given at (lad Tidings Tabernacle and Bible Training School San Francisco,
California
0ressing Throgh, September ;><<
*ow beloved, I believe the Lord wants me to read yo a few verses from St#
3ar)-s gospel# Trn to the second chapter, Chere following the reading of the healing of the
palsied man, borne of for and let down throgh the hosetop at @ess- feetF#
1nd immediately he arose, too) p the bed, and went forth before
them allB insomch that they were all ama&ed, and glorified (od,
saying, We never saw it on this fashion# 3ar) <+;<
If anything stirs me in my life it is sch words as these, !We never saw it on this fashion#"
Something oght to happen all the time so that people will say, !We never saw it li)e that#" If there is
anything that (od is dissatisfied with, it is stationary conditions# So many people stop on the
threshold, when (od, in $is great plan, is inviting them into $is treasry# ,h, this treasry of the
3ost $igh, the nsearchable riches of Christ, this divine position which (od wants to move s into
so that we are altogether a new creation# :o )now that the flesh profiteth nothing# !###the carnal mind
is enmity against (od+ for it is not sb8ect to the law of (od, neither indeed can be" CRomans H+EF#
1s we cease to live in the old life, and )now the resrrection power of the Lord, we come into a
place of rest, of faith, and 8oy and peace and blessing and life everlasting# (lory to (od5
3ay the Lord give s a new vision of $imself, fresh toches of divine life and $is presence
that will sha)e off all that remains of the old life and bring s flly into $is newness of life# 3ay $e
reveal to s the greatness of $is will concerning s, for there is no one who loves s li)e $im# :es,
beloved, there is no love li)e $is, no compassion li)e $is# $e is filled with compassion, and never
fails to ta)e those who will flly obey $im into the promised land#
:o )now, beloved, in (od-s Word there is always more to follow, always more than we
)now, and oh, if we cold only be babies this afternoon, with a childli)e mind to ta)e in all the mind
of (od, what wonderfl things wold happen# I wonder if yo ta)e the Bible 8st for
yorself# It is grand# *ever mind who ta)es only a part % yo ta)e it all# When we get sch a
thirst pon s that nothing can satisfy s bt (od, we shall have a royal time#
The child of (od mst have reality all the time# 1fter the child of (od comes into the
sweetness of the perfme of the presence of (od, he will have the hidden treasres of (od and will
always be feeding on that blessed nction of trth that will ma)e life fll of glory# 1re yo dry6 There
is no dry place in (od, bt all the good things come ot of hard times# The harder the place yo are in,
the more blessedness can come ot of it as we yield to $is plan# ,h, if I had only )nown (od-s plan
in its flness I might never have had a tear in my life# (od is so abndant, so fll of love and mercyB
there is no lac) to them that trst in $im# 1s I bring yo these words this afternoon on the lines of
faith, I pray that (od may give s some toch of reality, so that we may be able to trst $im all the
way#
It is an ideal thing to get people to believe, when they as), that they shall receiveB bt how
cold it be otherwise6 It mst be so when (od says it# *ow we have a beatifl word broght before
s this afternoon in the case of this man with the palsy, a helpless man, and so infirm that he cold not
help himself to get to the place where @ess was# For men, whose hearts were fll of compassion,
carried the man to the hose, bt the hose was fll# ,h, I can see that hose today as it was filled,
8ammed and crammed 8st as it was in 3e'ico Cwe had a wonderfl time in 3e'ico, hadn-t we,
Brother 3ontgomery6F, 8st as it was in Swit&erland and in Sweden, in *orway and in 4enmar)# The
places have been pac)ed to hear the words of or Savior# There was no room, even by the door# It
was crowded inside and crowded otside#
The men who were carrying the palsied man said, !What shall we do6" Bt there is always a
way# I have never fond faith to fail, never once# 3ay (od the $oly (host, this afternoon, give s a
new toch of faith in (od-s nlimited power# 3ay we have a living faith that will dare to trst $im
and say, !Lord, I do believe#"
There was no room, !not so mch as abot the door," C3ar) <+<F bt these men said, !Let-s go
p on the hosetop#" 7nbelieving people wold say, !,h, that is silly, ridiclos, foolish5" Bt the
men of faith say, !We mst have him in at all costs# It is nothing to move the roof#
Let-s go p and go throgh#" Lord, ta)e s today, and let s go throghB let s drop right into
the arms of @ess# It is a lovely place to drop into, ot of yor self9righteosness, ot of yor self9
consciosness, ot of yor nbelief# Some people have been in a strange place of deadness for years,
bt (od can sha)e them ot of it# Than) (od some of the molds have been bro)en# It is a blessed thing
when the old mold gets bro)en, for (od has a new mold, and how $e can ma)e perfect ot of the
imperfect by $is own loving toch#
I tell yo, my sister, my brother, that since the day that Christ-s blood was shedB since the day
of $is atonement, $e has paid the price to meet all the world-s need and its cry of sorrow# Trly
@ess has met the need of the bro)en hearts and the sorrowfl spirits, and also of the withered limbs
and the bro)en bodies# (od-s dear Son paid the debt for all, for $e too) or infirmities and bare or
sic)nesses# In all points $e was tempted li)e as we are, in order that $e might be able to sccor them
that are tempted# I re8oice to bring $im to yo today, in a new way it may be on some lines, even
thogh it be in my croo)ed :or)shire speech, and say to yo that $e is the only @essB $e is the only
planB $e is the only lifeB $e is the only helpB bt than) (od $e has trimphed to the ttermost# $e
came to see) and to save that which was lost, and $e heals all who come to $im#
1s the palsied man is let down throgh the roof, there is a great commotion, and all the people
are ga&ing p at this strange sight# We read, !When @ess saw their faith, he said nto the sic) of the
palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee" C3ar) <+AF# What had the forgiveness of sins to do with the
healing of this man6 It had everything to do with it# Sin is at the root of disease# 3ay the Lord cleanse
s this afternoon from otward sin and from inbred sin, and ta)e away from s all that hinders the
power of (od to wor) throgh s#
The scribes reasoned in their hearts ths, !###who can forgive sins bt (od only6" Cv# EF# Bt
the Lord answered the thoghts of their hearts by saying, !Whether is it easier to say to the sic) of the
palsy, Thy sins be forgiven theeB or to say, 1rise, and ta)e p thy bed, and wal)6 Bt that ye may
)now that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, Che saith to the sic) of the palsy,F I say
nto thee, 1rise, and ta)e p thy bed, and go thy way into thine hose" Cvv# >9;;F#
@ess had seen the wea)ness of that man, and his helplessness# $e saw also the faith of these
for men# There is something in this for s today# 3any people will not be saved nless some of yo
are sed to stir them p# Remember that yo are yor brother-s )eeper# We mst ta)e or brother to
@ess# When these men carried the palsied man, they pressed throgh ntil he cold hear the voice of
the Son of (od, and liberty came to the captive# The man became strong by the power of (od, arose,
too) p his bed, and went forth before them all#
,h, beloved, I have seen wonderfl things li)e this wroght by the power of (od# We mst
never thin) abot or (od on small lines# $e spo)e the word one day and made the world of things
which did not appear# That is the )ind of a (od we have, and $e is 8st the same today# There is no
change in $im# ,h, $e is lovely and precios above all thoght and comparison# There is none li)e
$im#
I am certain today that nothing will profit yo bt that which yo ta)e by faith# (od wants yo
to come into a close place with (od where yo will believe and claim the promises, for they are :ea
and 1men to all that believe# Let s than) (od for this fll (ospel which is not hidden nder a bshel
today# Let s than) $im that $e is bringing ot the (ospel as in the days of $is flesh# (od is all the
time wor)ing right in the very midst of s, bt I want to )now, what are yo going to do with the
(ospel today6 There is greater blessing for yo than yo have ever received in yor life# 4o yo
believe it and will yo receive it6
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
The Faith That Comes From (od, September ;I, ;><<
Read $ebrews ;;+;9;;#; believe that there is only one way to all the treasres of (od, and
that is the way of faith# By faith and faith alone do we enter into a )nowledge of the attribtes, become
parta)ers of the beatitdes, and participate in the glories of or ascended Lord# 1ll $is promises are
:ea and 1men to them who believe#
(od wold have s come to $im by $is own way# That is throgh the open door of grace# 1
way has been made# It is a beatifl way, and all $is saints can enter in by this way and find rest#
(od has prescribed that the 8st shall live by faith# I find that all is a failre that has not its base on the
roc) Christ @ess# $e is the only way, the trth, and the life# The way of faith is the Christ way,
receiving $im in $is flness and wal)ing in $imB receiving $is /ic)ening life that filleth, moveth,
and changeth s, bringing s to a place where there is always an 1men in or hearts to all the will of
(od#
1s I loo) into the twelfth chapter of 1cts, I find that the people were praying all night for
0eter to come ot of prison# They had a &eal bt no faith# They were to be commended for their &eal in
spending their time in prayer withot ceasing, bt there was one thing missing# It was faith# Rhoda had
more faith than the rest of them# When the )noc) came to the door, she ran to it, and the moment she
heard 0eter-s voice, she ran bac) again with 8oy saying that 0eter stood before the gate# 1nd all the
people said, !:o are mad# It isn-t so#" Bt she constantly affirmed that it was even so# Bt they had
not faith, and con8ectred, !Well, (od has sent $is angel#" Bt 0eter contined )noc)ing# They had
&eal bt no faith# 1nd I believe there is /ite a difference#
2acharias and .lisabeth srely wanted a son, bt even when the angel came and told
2acharias he was fll of nbelief# 1nd the angel said, !###tho shalt be dmb### becase tho believest
not my words###" CL)e ;+<DF#
Bt loo) at 3ary# When the angel came to her, 3ary said, !###be it nto me according to thy
word###" CL)e ;+JHF# It was her 1men to the will of (od# 1nd (od wants s with an 1men in or
lives, an inward 1men, a mighty moving 1men, a (od9inspired 1men, that which says, !It is, becase
(od has spo)en# It cannot be otherwise# It is impossible to be otherwise#"
Let s e'amine this fifth verse of $ebrews ;;+ !By faith .noch was translated that he shold
not see deathB and was not fond, becase (od had translated him+ for before his translation he had
this testimony, that he pleased (od#"
When I was in Sweden, the Lord wor)ed mightily# 1fter one or two addresses the leaders
called me and said, !We have heard very strange things abot yo, and we wold li)e to )now if they
are tre# We can see that (od is with yo, and that (od is moving, and we )now that it will be a great
blessing to Sweden#"
!Well," I said, !what is it6"
!Well," they said, !we have heard from good athority that yo preach that yo have the
resrrection body#" When I was in France I had an interpreter that believed this thing, and I fond ot
after I had preached once or twice throgh the interpreter that she gave her own e'pressions# 1nd of
corse I did not )now# I said to these brethren, !I tell yo what my personal convictions are# I believe
that if I had the testimony of .noch I shold be off# I believe that the moment .noch had the testimony
that he pleased (od, off he went#"
I pray that (od will so /ic)en or faith, for translation is in the mind of (odB bt remember
that translation comes on the line of holy obedience and a wal) that is pleasing to (od# This was tre
of .noch# 1nd I believe that we mst have a li)e wal) with (od in the Spirit, having commnion with
$im, living nder $is divine smile, and I pray that (od by $is Spirit may so move s that we will be
where .noch was when he wal)ed with (od#
There are two )inds of faith# There is the natral faith# Bt the spernatral faith is the gift of
(od# In 1cts <I+;H, 0al is telling 1grippa of what the Lord said to him in commissioning him,
To open their eyes, and to trn them from dar)ness to light, and
from the power of Satan nto (od, that they may receive
forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are
sanctified by faith that is in me#
Is that the faith of 0al6 *o, it is the faith that the $oly (host is giving# It is the faith that $e
brings to s as we press in and on with (od# I want to pt before yo this difference between or faith
and the faith of @ess# ,r faith comes to an end# 3ost people in this place have come to where they
have said, !Lord, I can go no frther# I have gone so far and I can go no frther# I have sed all the
faith I have, and I have 8st to stop now and wait#"
I remember one day being in Lancashire, and going rond to see some sic) people# I was ta)en
into a hose where there was a yong woman lying on a bed, a very helpless case# The reason had
gone, and many things were manifested there which were satanic and I )new it# She was only a yong
woman, a beatifl child# The hsband, /ite a yong man, came in with the baby, and he leaned over
to )iss the wife# The moment he did, she threw herself over on the other side, 8st as a lnatic wold
do# That was very heartbrea)ing# Then he too) the baby and pressed the baby-s lips to the mother#
1gain another wild )ind of thing happened# I as)ed one who was attending her, !$ave yo anybody to
help6" !,h," they said, !We have had everything#" !Bt," I said, !have yo no spirital help6" $er
hsband stormed ot and said, !$elp6 :o thin) that we believe in (od after we have had seven
wee)s of no sleep and maniac conditions# :o thin) that we believe (od# :o are mista)en# :o
have come to the wrong hose#"
Then a yong woman of abot eighteen or so 8st grinned at me and passed ot of the door,
and that finished the whole bsiness# That broght me to a place of compassion for the woman that
something had to be done, no matter what it was# Then with my faith I began to penetrate the heavens,
and I was soon ot of that hose I will tell yo, for I never saw a man get anything from (od who
prayed on the earth# If yo get anything from (od yo will have to pray into heaven for it is all there#
If yo are living in the earth realm and e'pect things from heaven, they will never come# 1nd as I saw
in the presence of (od the limitations of my faith, there came another faith, a faith that cold not be
denied, a faith that too) the promise, a faith that believed (od-s Word# 1nd I came from that presence
bac) again to earth, bt not the same man nder the conditions confronting me# (od gave a faith that
cold sha)e hell and anything else#
I said, !Come ot of her in the name of @ess5" 1nd she rolled over and fell asleep and
wa)ened in forteen hors perfectly sane and perfectly whole# There is a process on this line# .noch
wal)ed with (od# That mst have been all those years as he was penetrating, and going throgh, and
laying hold, and believing and seeing and getting into sch close cooperation and toch with (od that
things moved on earth and he began to move toward heaven# 1t last it was not possible for him to
stop any longer# ,h, hallel8ah5
In the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians we read of the body being !sown with dishonor,"
to be raised in power# It seems to me that as we are loo)ing for translation that the Lord wold have
s )now something of that power now, and wold have s )ept in that power, so that we shold not be
sown in dishonor#
.noch wal)ed with (od# (od wants to raise the condition of saints so that they wal) with
$im and tal) with $im# I don-t want to bild anything rond myself, bt it is tre that if yo find me
otside of conversation with man, yo will find me in conversation with (od#
There in one thing that (od has given me from my yoth p, a taste and relish for my Bible# I
can say before (od, I have never read a boo) bt my Bible, so I )now nothing abot boo)s# It seems
better to me to get the Boo) of boo)s for food for yor sol, for the strengthening of yor faith and the
bilding p of yor character in (od, so that all the time yo are being changed and made meet to
wal) with (od#
###withot faith it is impossible to please him+ for he that cometh to
(od mst believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently see) him# $ebrews ;;+I
I can see that it is impossible to please $im on any lines bt faith, for everything that is not of
faith is sin# (od wants s to see that the plan of faith is the ideal and principle of (od# In this
connection I love to )eep in my thoghts the beatifl words in the second verse of the twelfth chapter
of $ebrews+ !Loo)ing nto @ess the athor and finisher of or faith####" $e is the athor of faith# (od
wor)ed throgh $im for the forming of the worlds# 1ll things were made by $im, and withot $im
was not anything made that was made# 1nd becase of the e'ceeding abndant 8oy of providing for s
so great salvation, $e became the athor of a living faith# 1nd throgh this principle of living faith,
loo)ing nto $im who is the athor and finisher of or faith, we are changed into the same image from
glory to glory, even by the Spirit of the Lord#
(od has something better for yo than yo have ever had in the past# Come ot into all the
flness of faith and power and life and victory that $e is willing to provide, as yo forget the things
of the past, and press right on for the pri&e of $is calling in Christ @ess#
The 1ppointed !$or" Life ,t of 4eath, *ovember A, ;><<
The 1pplase ,f The World Ls# The 1pproval ,f (od
This is a very blessed time for s to gather together in remembrance of the Lord# I want to
remind yo of this fact, that this is the only service we render to the Lord# 1ll other services we
attend are for s to get blessing from the Lord, bt @ess said, !This do in remembrance of 3e#" We
have gathered together to commemorate that wonderfl death, victory, and trimph, and the loo)ing
forward to the !glorios hope," and I want yo, if it is possible at all, to get rid of yor religion# It has
been !religion" at all times that has slain and destroyed that which was good# When Satan entered
into @das, the only people who the devil cold spea) to throgh @das were the priests, sad as it is to
say it# They conspired to get him to betray @ess, and the devil too) money from these priests to pt
@ess to death# *ow it is a very serios thing, for we mst clearly nderstand whether we are of the
right spirit or not, for no man can be of the Spirit of Christ and persecte anotherB no man can have the
tre Spirit of @ess and slay his brother, and no man can follow the Lord @ess and have enmity in his
heart# :o cannot have @ess and have bitterness and hatred, and persecte the believer#
It is possible for s, if we are not carefl, to have within s an evil spirit of nbelief, and even
in or best state it is possible for s to have enmity nless we are perfectly dead and let the life of the
Lord lead s# :o remember @ess wanted to pass throgh a certain place as $e was going to
@ersalem# Becase $e wold not stop and preach to them concerning the =ingdom, they refsed to
allow $im to go throgh their section of the contry# 1nd the disciples which were with @ess said to
$im, !Shall we call down fire from heaven pon them as .li8ah did6" CL)e >+A?F# Bt @ess trned
and said, !:e )now not what manner of spirit ye are ofQ Cv# AAF# There they were, following @ess
and with $im all the time, bt @ess reb)ed that spirit# I pray (od that we may get this ot of this
service, that or )nowledge
of @ess is pre love, and pre love to @ess is death to self on all lines, body, sol and spirit#
I believe if we are in the will of (od, we will be perfectly directed at all times, and if we wold
)now anything abot the mighty wor)s of Christ, we shall have to follow what @ess said# Whatever
$e said came to pass#
3any things happened in the lives of the apostles to show $is power over all flesh# In regard
to paying tribte, @ess said to 0eter, !We are free, we can enter into the city withot paying tribteB
nevertheless, we will pay#" I li)e that thoght, that @ess was so righteos on all lines# It helps me a
great deal# Then @ess told 0eter to do a very hard thing# $e said, !Ta)e that hoo) and cast it into the
sea# 4raw ot a fish and ta)e from its gills a piece of silver for thee and 3e#" This was one of the
hardest things 0eter had to do# $e had been fishing all his life, bt never had he ta)en silver ot of a
fish-s moth# There were thosands and millions of fish in the sea, bt one fish had to have a piece of
silver in it# $e went down to the sea as any natral man wold, speclating and thin)ing, !$ow can it
be6" Bt how cold it not be, if @ess said it wold be6 Then the perple'ity wold arise, !Bt how
many fish there are, and which fish has the money6" Brother, if (od spea)s, it will be as $e says#
What yo need is to )now the mind of (od and the Word of (od, and yo will be so free yo will
never find a frown on yor face, nor a tear in yor eye# The more yo )now of the mightiness of
revelation, the more does everything in the way of fearflness pass away# To )now (od is to be in the
place of trimph# To )now (od is to be in the place of rest# To )now (od is to be in the place of
victory# *o dobt many things were in 0eter-s mind that day, bt than) (od there was one fish, and he
obeyed# Sometimes to obey in blindness brings the victory# Sometimes when perple'ities arise in
yor mind, obedience means (od wor)ing ot the problem# 0eter cast the hoo) into the sea, and it
wold have been ama&ing if yo cold have seen the distrbance the other fish made to move ot of
the way, all e'cepting the right one# @st one among the millions of fish (od wanted# (od may pt $is
hand pon yo in the midst of millions of people, bt if $e spea)s to yo, that thing that $e says will
be appointed#
,n this occasion, @ess said to 0eter and the rest, that when they went ot into the city they
wold see a man bearing a pitcher of water, and they shold follow him# It was not cstomary in the
.ast for men to carry anything on their heads# The women always did the carrying, bt this had to be a
man, and he had to have a pitcher# ,ne day there was a man preaching and he said it was /ite all
right for @ess to go and arrange for a colt to be tied there, and another preacher said it was /ite easy
to feed all those thosands of people, becase the loaves in those days were so tremendosly big, bt
he didn-t tell them it was a little boy who had the five loaves# 7nbelief can be very blind, bt faith
can see throgh a stone wall# Faith when it is moved by the power of (od can lagh when troble is
on#
They said to the man with the pitcher, !Where is the gest chamber6" !$ow strange it is that
yo shold as)," he replied# !I have been preparing that, wondering who wanted it#" It is marvelos
when (od is leading how perfectly everything wor)s into the plan# $e was arranging everything# :o
thin) $e cannot do that today for yo6 0eople who have been in perple'ities for days and days, $e
)nows how to deliver ot of trobleB $e )nows how to be with yo in the dar) hor# $e can ma)e all
things wor) together for good to them that love (od# $e has a way of arranging $is plan, and when
(od comes in, yo always )now it was a day yo lived in (od# ,h, to live in (od5 There is a vast
difference between living in (od and living in speclation and hope# There is something better than
hopeB something better than speclation# !They that )now their (od shall be strong and do e'ploits,"
and (od wold have s to )now $im#
!1nd when the hor was come, $e sat down and the twelve apostles with $im#" !When the
hor was come" % that was the most wonderfl hor# There never was an hor, never will be an hor
li)e that hor# What hor was it6 It was an hor of the passing of creation nder the blood# It was an
hor of destrction of demon power# It was an hor appointed of life coming ot of death# It was an
hor when all that ever lived came nder a glorios covering of the blood# It was an hor when all the
world was coming into emancipation by the blood# It was an hor in the world-s history when it
emerged from dar) chaos, a wonderfl hor5 0raise (od for that hor5 Was it a dar) hor6 It was a
dar) hor for $im, bt a wonderfl light dawned for s# It was tremendosly dar) for the Son of 3an,
bt praise (od $e came throgh it#
There are some things in the Scriptres which move me greatly# I am glad that 0al was a
man# I am glad that @ess was a 3an# I am glad that 4aniel was a man, and I am also glad that @ohn
was a man# :o as), !Why6" Becase I see that whatever (od has done for other men, $e can do for
me# 1nd I find (od has done sch wonderfl things for other men that I am always on the e'pectation
that these things are possible for me# Thin) abot this# It is a wonderfl thoght to me# @ess said in
that trying hor % hear it for a moment+ !I have a desire to eat this 0assover with yo before I
sffer#" 4esire6 What cold be $is desire6 $is desire becase of the salvation of the world# $is
desire becase of dethronement of the powers of Satan# $is desire becase $e )new $e was going to
con/er everything and ma)e every man free who ever lived# It was a great desire, bt what lay
between it6 @st between that and the cross lay (ethsemane5 Some people say that @ess died on the
cross# It is perfectly tre, bt is that the only place6 @ess died in (ethsemane# That was the tragic
moment5 That was the place where $e paid the debt# It was in (ethsemane, and (ethsemane was
between $im and the cross# $e had a desire to eat this 0assover and )new (ethsemane was between
$im and the cross#
I want yo to thin) abot (ethsemane# There alone, and with the tremendos weight, the awfl
effect of all sin and disease pon that body, $e cries ot, !If it be possible, let it pass#" ,h, cold it
be5 $e cold only save when $e was man, bt here, li)e a giant refreshed and coming ot of a great
chaos of dar)ness, $e comes forth+ !To this end I came#" It was $is prpose to die for the world# ,h,
brother, will it ever be said to pass throgh yor lips or yor mind for a moment that yo will not
have a desire to serve Christ li)e that6 Can yo deign, nder any circmstances to ta)e yor cross
flly, to be in the place of any ridicle, any srrender, anything for the 3an who said $e desired to
eat the 0assover with $is disciples, )nowing what it meant6 It can only come ot of the depths of love
we have for $im that we can say this morning, !Lord @ess, I will follow#" ,h, brother, there is
something very wonderfl in the decision in yor heart5 (od )nows the heart# :o do not always have
to be on the hosetop to shot to indicate the condition of yor heart# $e )nows yor inward heart#
:o say, !I wold be ashamed not to be willing to sffer for a 3an who desired to sffer to save
me#" !With desire," $e says#
I )now what it is to have the )ingdom of heaven within yo# $e said that even the least in the
)ingdom of heaven is greater than @ohn the Baptist, meaning those who are nder the blood, those who
have seen the Lord by faith, those who )now by redemption they are made sons of (od# I say to yo,
$e will never taste again ntil we are there with $im# The =ingdom will never be complete % it
cold not be % ntil we are all there at that great Spper of the Lamb where there will be millions
and trillions of redeemed, which no man can nmber# We shall be there when that Spper is ta)ing
place# I li)e to thin) of that#
I hope yo will ta)e one step into definite lines with (od and believe it# It is an act of faith
(od wants to bring yo into a perfecting of that love that cannot fail to avail# It is a fact that $e has
opened the )ingdom of heaven to all believers, and that $e gives eternal life to them who believe#
The Lord, the ,mnipotent (od, it is $e that )noweth the end from the beginning, and has arranged by
the blood of the Lamb to cover the gilty and ma)e intercession for all believers# ,h, it is a
wonderfl inheritance of faith to find shelter nder the blood of @ess5
I want yo to see that $e says, !4o this in remembrance of 3e#" $e too) the cp# $e too) the
bread, and $e gave than)s# The very attitde of giving than)s for $is shed blood, giving than)s for
$is bro)en body, overwhelms the heart# To thin) that my Lord cold give than)s for $is shed blood5
To thin) that my Lord cold give than)s for $is bro)en body5 ,nly divinity can reveal this sblime
act nto the heart5 The natral man cannot receive it, bt the spirital man, the man who has been
created anew by faith in Christ, he is open to it# The man who believes (od comes in is inborn with
the eternal seed of trth and righteosness and faith, and from the moment he sees the trth on the lines
of faith he is made a new creation# The flesh ceases, the spirital man begins# ,ne passes off, the
other passes on, ntil a man is in the e'istence of (od# I say the Lord brings a child of faith into a
place of rest, cases him to sit with $im in heavenly places, gives him a langage in the Spirit and
ma)es him )now he belongs no longer to the law of creation#
:o see this bread which represents $is bro)en body6 The Lord )new $e cold not bring s
any nearer to $is bro)en body# ,r bodies are made of bread# The body of @ess was made of that
bread, and $e )new $e cold bring s no nearer# $e too) the natral elements and said, !This bread
represents my bro)en body#" *ow will it ever become that body of Christ6 *o, never# :o cannot
ma)e it so# It is foolishness to believe it, bt I ta)e it as an emblem and when I eat it, the natral leads
me into the spernatral, and instantly I begin to feed on the spernatral by faith# ,ne leads me into
the other#
@ess said, !Ta)e, eat, this is my body#" I have a real )nowledge of Christ throgh this
emblem# 3ay we ta)e from the table of the riches of $is promises# The riches of heaven are before
s# Fear not, only believe, for (od has opened the treasres of $is holy Word#
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1s they were all gathered together, $e loo)ed on them and said right into their ears, !There is
one of yo which will betray 3e#" @ess )new who wold betray $im# $e had )nown it for many,
many months# They whispered to one another, !Who is it6" *one of them had real confidence that it
wold not be he# That is the serios part abot itB they had so little confidence in their ability to face
the opposition that was before them, and they had no confidence it wold not be one of them# @ess
)new# $e had been tal)ing to @das many times, reb)ing him, and telling him that his corse wold
srely bring him to a bad end# $e never had told any of $is disciples, not even @ohn who leaned on
$is breast# *ow if that same spirit was in any chrch, it wold prify the chrch# Bt I fear sometimes
Satan gets the advantage and things are told before they are tre# I believe (od wants to so sanctify
s, so separate s, that we will have that perfection of love that will not spea) ill of a brother, that
will not slander a brother whether it is tre or not#
There was strife among them who shold be the greatest, bt $e said, !$e that is chief let him
be as he that doth serve," and then $e, the 3aster said, !I am among yo as one that serveth#" $e, the
noblest, the prest, $e was the servant of all5 .'ercising lordship over another is not of (od# We
mst learn in or hearts that fellowship, tre righteosness loving one another and preferring one
another mst come into the chrch# 0entecost mst otreach everything that ever has been, and we
)now it will if we are willing# Bt it cannot be if we will not# We can never be filled with the $oly
(host so long as there is any hman, craving desire for or own will# Selfishness mst be destroyed#
@ess was perfect, the end of everything, and (od will bring s all there# It is giving that paysB it is
helping that paysB it is loving that paysB it is ptting yorself ot of the way for another that pays# !I am
among yo as one that serveth# :e are they which have contined with 3e in 3y temptations# 1nd I
appoint nto yo a )ingdom, as my Father hath appointed nto 3e#" I believe there is a day coming
greater than anything any of s have any conception of# This is the testing road# This is the place
where yor whole body has to be covered with the wings of (od that yor na)edness shall not be
seen# This is the thing that (od is getting yo ready for, the most wonderfl thing yor heart can
conceive# $ow can yo get into it6 First of all, !:e have contined with 3e in 3y temptations#" $e
had been in trials, $e had been in temptation# There is not one of s who is tempted beyond what $e
was# If a yong man can be so pre that he cannot be tempted, he will never be fit to be made a 8dge,
bt (od intends s to be so prified dring these evil days that $e can ma)e s 8dges in the world to
come# If we can be tried, if we can be tempted on any line, @ess said, !:e are they which have
contined with 3e in 3y temptation#" $ave faith and (od will )eep yo pre in the temptation# $ow
shall we reach it6 In 3atthew ;>+<H, @ess said,
###ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of
man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit pon twelve
thrones, 8dging the twelve tribes of Israel#
!Follow in regeneration" % every day is a regenerationB every day is a day of advancementB
every day is a place of choice# .very day yo find yorself in need of fresh consecration# If yo are in
a place to yield, (od moves yo in the place of regeneration#
For years and years (od has been ma)ing me appear to hndreds and thosands of people as a
fool# I remember the day when $e saved me and when $e called me ot# If there is a thing (od wants
to do today, $e wants to be as real to yo and me as $e was to 1braham# 1fter I was saved I 8oined
myself p to a very lively lot of people who were fll of a revival spirit, and it was marvelos how
(od blest# 1nd then there came a l)ewarmness and indifference, and (od said to me as clearly as
anything, !Come ot#" I obeyed and came ot# The people said, !We cannot nderstand yo# We need
yo now and yo are leaving s#" The 0lymoth brethren at that time were in a Conference# The Word
of (od was with them in power, the love of (od was with them nveiled# Baptism by immersion was
revealed to me, and when my friends saw me go into the water they said I was altogether wrong# Bt
(od had called me and I obeyed# The day came when I saw that the brethren had dropped down to the
letter, all letter, dry and barren#
1t that time the Salvation 1rmy was filled with love, filled with power, filled with &ealB
every place a revival, and I 8oined p with them# For abot si' years the glory of (od was there, and
then the Lord said again, !Come ot," and I was glad I came# It dropped right into a social movement
and (od has no place for a social movement# We are saved by regeneration and the man who is going
on with (od has no time for social reforms#
(od moved on, and at that time there were many people who were receiving the baptism of
the $oly (host withot signs# Those days were !days of heaven on earth#" (od nfolded the trth,
showed the way of sanctification by the power of the blood of Christ, and I saw in that the great
inflow of the life of (od# I than) (od for that, bt (od came along again and said, !Come ot#" I
obeyed (od and went with what they called the !tonges" fol)sB they got the credit for having frther
light# I saw (od advancing every movement I made, and I can see even in this 0entecostal wor),
e'cept we see there is a real death, (od will say to s, !Come ot#" 7nless 0entecost wa)es p to
sha)e herself free from all worldly things and comes into a place of the divine9li)eness with (od, we
will hear the voice of (od, !Come ot" and $e will have something far better than this# I as) every
one of yo, will yo hear the voice of (od and come ot6 :o as), !What do yo mean6" .veryone
of yo )nows withot e'ception, there is no word for 0entecost, only being on fire# If yo are not on
fire, yo are not in the place of regeneration# It is only the fire of (od that brns p the entanglements
of the world#
When we came into this new wor) (od spo)e to s by the Spirit and we )new we had to
reach the place of absolte yieldedness and cleansing, so that there wold be nothing left# We were
swept and garnished# Brother, that was only the beginning, and if yo have not made tremendos
progress in that holy &eal and power and compassion of (od, we can trly say yo have bac)slidden
in heart# The bac)slider in heart is dead# $e is not having the open vision# The bac)slider in heart is
not seeing the Word of (od more fresh every day# :o can pt it down that a man is a bac)slider in
heart if he is not hated by the world# If yo have the applase of the world yo are not having the
approval of (od# I do not )now whether yo will receive it or not bt my heart brns with this
message, !changing in the regeneration" for in this changing yo will get a place in the =ingdom to
come where yo shall be in athorityB that place which (od has prepared for s, that place which is
beyond all hman conception# We can catch a glimpse of that glory when we see how @ohn
worshipped the angel, and the angel said to him, !See tho do it not, for I am thy fellow9 servant, of
thy brethren the prophets#" This angel is showing @ohn the wonders of the glorios =ingdom and in
his glorified state, @ohn thoght he was the Lord# I wonder if we dare believe for it#
Let me close with these words+ as sre as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall
have the image of the heavenly# It means to s that everything of an earthly type has to cease, for the
heavenly type is so wonderfl in all its prity# (od, fll of love, fll of prity, fll of power5 *o
power only on the lines of prity5 *o open door into heaven only on the lines of the conscience void
of sin between man and (od, the heavens open only where the Spirit of the Lord is so leading, so that
flesh has no power, bt we will live in the Spirit# (od bless yo and prepare yo for greater days#
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I 1m The Lord That $ealeth Thee, *ovember ;;,;><<
Is any sic) among yo 6 let him call for the elders of the chrchB
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
the Lord+ 1nd the prayer of faith shall save the sic), and the Lord
shall raise him pB and if he hath committed sins, they shall be
forgiven him# @ames A+;?,;A
We have in this precios Word a real basis for the trth of healing# In this scriptre (od gives
very definite instrctions to the sic)# If yo are sic), yor part is to call for the elders of the chrchB it
is their part to anoint and pray for yo in faith, and then the whole sitation rests with the Lord# When
yo have been anointed and prayed for, yo can rest assred that the Lord will raise yo p# It is the
Word of (od#
I believe that we all can see that the chrch cannot play with this bsiness# If any trn away
from these clear instrctions they are in a place of tremendos danger# Those who refse to obey do
so to their nspea)able loss#
@ames tells s in connection with this, !###if any of yo do err from the trth, and one convert
himB let him )now, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a sol from
death###" C@ames A+;>,<DF# 3any trn away from the Lord li)e =ing 1sa, who soght the physicians in
his sic)ness and conse/ently died, and I ta)e it that this passage means that if one indces another to
trn bac) to the Lord, he will save sch from death and (od will forgive a mltitde of sins that they
have committed# This scriptre can also have a large application on the line of salvation# If yo trn
away from any part of (od-s trth, the enemy will certainly get an advantage over yo#
4oes the Lord meet those who loo) to $im for healing and obey the instrctions set forth in
@ames6 3ost assredly# Let me tell yo a story to show how $e will nderta)e for the most e'treme
case#
,ne day I had been visiting the sic), and was with a friend of mine, an architect, when I saw a
yong man from his office coming down the road in a car holding in his hand a telegram# It contained
a very rgent re/est that we go immediately and pray for a man who was dying# We went off in an
ato as fast as possible and in abot an hor and a half reached a large hose in the contry where the
man who was dying resided# There were two staircases in that hose, and it was e'tremely
convenient, for the doctors cold go p and down one, and my friend and I cold go p and down the
other, and so we had no occasion to meet one another#
I fond on arrival that it was a case of this sort# The man-s body had been bro)en, he was
rptred, and his bowels had been pnctred in two places# The discharge from the bowels had
formed abscesses and blood poisoning had set in# The man-s face had trned green# Two doctors
were in attendance, bt they saw that the case was beyond their power# They had telegraphed to
London for a great specialist, and, when we arrived, they were at the railway station awaiting his
arrival#
The man was very near death and cold not spea)# I said to his wife, !If yo desire, we will
anoint and pray for him#" She said, !That is why I sent for yo#" I anointed him in the name of the
Lord and as)ed the Lord to raise him p# 1pparently there was no change# (od often hides what $e
does# From day to day we find that (od is doing wonderfl things, and we receive reports of healings
that have ta)en place that we heard nothing abot at the time of or meetings# ,nly last night a woman
came into the meeting sffering terribly# $er whole arm was filled with poison, and her blood was so
poisoned that it was certain to bring her to her death# We reb)ed the thing, and she was here this
morning and told s that she was withot pain and had slept all night, a thing she had not done for two
months# To (od be all the praise# :o will find $e will do this )ind of thing all along#
1s soon as we anointed and prayed for this brother we went down the bac) staircase and the
three doctors came p the front staircase# 1s we arrived downstairs, I said to my friend who had
come with me, !Friend, let me have hold of yor hands#" We held each other-s hands, and I said to
him, !Loo) into my face and let s agree together according to 3atthew ;H+;> that this man shold be
broght ot of this death#" We laid the whole matter before (od, and said, !Father, we believe#"
Then the conflict began# The wife came down to s and said, !The doctors have got all their
instrments ot and they are abot to operate#" I cried, !What6 Loo) here, he-s yor hsband, and I
tell yo this, if those men operate on him, he will die# (o bac) and tell them yo cannot allow it#" She
went bac) to the doctors and said, !(ive me ten mintes#" They said, !We can-t afford to, the man is
dying and it is yor hsband-s only chance#" She said, !I want ten mintes, and yo don-t toch his
body ntil I have had them#"
They went downstairs by one staircase and we went p by the other# I said to the woman,
!This man is yor hsband, and he cannot spea) for himself# It is now the time for yo to pt yor
whole trst in (od and prove $im wholly tre# :o can save him from a thosand doctors# :o mst
stand with (od and for (od in this critical hor#" 1fter that, we came down and the doctors went p#
The wife faced those three doctors and said, !:o shan-t toch this man-s body# $e is my hsband# I
am sre that if yo operate on him he will die, bt he will live if yo don-t toch him#"
Sddenly the man in the bed spo)e# !(od has done it," he said# They rolled bac) the bed
clothes and the doctors e'amined him, and the abscesses were ct clear away# The nrse cleaned the
place where they had been# The doctors cold see the bowels still open and they said to the wife,
!We )now that yo have great faith, and we can see that a miracle has ta)en place# Bt yo mst let s
nite these bro)en parts and pt in silver tbes, and we )now that yor hsband will be all right after
that, and it need not interfere with yor faith at all#" She said to them, !(od has done the first thing
and $e can do the rest# *o man shall toch him now#" 1nd (od healed the whole thing# 1nd that man
is well and strong today# I can give his name and address to any who want it# 4o yo as) by what
power this was done6 I wold answer in the words of 0eter, !###his name throgh faith in his name
hath made this man strong###" C1cts J+;IF# The anointing was done in the name of the Lord# 1nd it is
written, !The Lord shall raise him p#" 1nd $e provides the doble creB even if sin has been the
case of the sic)ness, $is Word declares, !If he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven#"
:o as), !What is faith6" Faith is the principle of the Word of (od# The $oly Spirit, who
inspired the Word, is called the Spirit of Trth, and, as we receive with mee)ness the engrafted
Word, faith springs p in or heart % faith in the sacrifice of CalvaryB faith in the shed blood of
@essB faith in the fact that $e too) or wea)ness pon $imself, has borne or sic)nesses and carried
or pains, and that $e is or life today#
(od has chosen s to help one another# We dare not be independent# $e brings s to a place
where we sbmit orselves to one another# If we refse to do this, we get away from the Word of (od
and ot of the place of faith# I have been in this place once and I trst I shall never be there again# I
went one time to a meeting# I was very, very sic), and I got worse and worse# I )new the perfect will
of (od was for me to hmble myself and as) the elders to pray for me# I pt it off and the meeting
finished# I went home withot being anointed and prayed with, and everyone in the hose caght the
thing I was sffering with#
3y boys did not )now anything else bt to trst the Lord as the family 0hysician, and my
yongest boy, (eorge, cried ot from the attic, !4adda, come#" I cried, !I cannot come# The whole
thing is from me# I shall have to repent and as) the Lord to forgive me#" I made p my mind to hmble
myself before the whole chrch# Then I rshed to the attic and laid my hands on my boy in the name of
@ess# I placed my hands on his head and the pain left and went lower downB he cried again, !0t yor
hands still lower#" 1t last the pain went right down to the feet and as I placed my hand on the feet he
was completely delivered# Some evil power had evidently gotten hold and as I laid my hands on the
different parts of the body it left# CWe have to see the difference between anointing the sic) and
casting ot demons#F (od will always be gracios when we hmble orselves before $im and come
to a place of bro)enness of spirit#
I was at a place one time ministering to a sic) woman, and she said, !I-m very sic)# I become
all right for an hor, and then I have another attac)#" I saw that it was an evil power that was attac)ing
her, and I learned something in that hor that I had never learned before# 1s I moved my hand down
her body in the name of the Lord that evil power seemed to move 8st ahead of my hands and as I
moved them down frther and frther the evil power went right ot of her body and never retrned#
I was in $avre in France and the power of (od was being mightily manifested# 1 (ree)
named Feli' attended the meeting and become very &ealos for (od# $e was very an'ios to get all
the Catholics he cold to the meeting in order that they shold see that (od was graciosly visiting
France# $e fond a certain bedridden woman who was fi'ed in a certain position and cold not move,
and he told her abot the Lord healing at the meetings and that he wold get me to come if she wished#
She said, !3y hsband is a Catholic and he wold never allow anyone who was not a Catholic to see
me#"
She as)ed her hsband to allow me to come and told him what Feli' had told her abot the
power of (od wor)ing in or midst# $e said, !I will have no 0rotestant enter my hose#" She said,
!:o )now that the doctors cannot help me, and the priests cannot help, won-t yo let this man of (od
pray for me6" $e finally consented and I went to the hose# The simplicity of this woman and her
childli)e faith was beatifl to see#
I showed her my oil bottle and said to her, !$ere is oil# It is a symbol of the $oly (host#
When that comes pon yo, the $oly (host will begin to wor), and the Lord will raise yo p#" 1nd
(od did something the moment the oil fell pon her# I loo)ed toward the window and I saw @ess# CI
have seen $im often# There is no painting that is a bit li)e $imB no artist can ever depict the beaty of
my lovely Lord#F The woman felt the power of (od in her body and cried, !I-m free, my hands are
free, my sholders are free, and oh, I see @ess5 I-m free5 I-m free5"
The vision vanished and the woman sat p in bed# $er legs were still bond, and I said to her,
!I-ll pt my hands over yor legs and yo will be free entirely#" 1nd as I pt my hands on those legs
covered with bed clothes, I loo)ed and saw the Lord again# She saw $im too and cried, !$e-s there
again# I-m free5 I-m free5" She rose from her bed and wal)ed rond the room praising (od, and we
were all in tears as we saw $is wonderfl wor)s# The Lord shall raise them p when conditions are
met#
When I was a yong man I always loved the fellowship of old men, and was always carefl to
hear what they had to say# I had a friend, an old Baptist minister who was a wonderfl preacher# I
spent mch of my time with him# ,ne day he came to me and said, !3y wife is dying#" I said,
!Brother Clar), why don-t yo believe (od6 (od can raise her p if yo will only believe $im#" $e
as)ed me to come to his hose, and I loo)ed for someone to go with me#
I went to a certain rich man who was very &ealos for (od, and spent mch money in opening
p resce missions, and I as)ed him to go with me# $e said, !*ever yo mind me# :o go yorself,
bt I don-t ta)e to this )ind of bsiness#" Then I thoght of a man who cold pray by the hor# When he
was on his )nees he cold go rond the world three times and come ot at the same place# I as)ed him
to go with me and said to him, !:o-ll have a real chance this time# =eep at it, and /it when yo-re
throgh#" CSome go on longer after they are throgh#F Brother *ichols, for that was his name, went
with me and started praying# $e as)ed the Lord to comfort the hsband in his great bereavement and
prayed for the orphans and a lot more on this line# I cried, !,h, my (od, stop this man#" Bt there was
no stopping him and he went on praying and there was not a particle of faith in anything he ttered# $e
did stop at last, and I said, !Brother Clar), it-s now yor trn to pray#" $e started, !Lord, answer the
prayer of my brother and comfort me in this great bereavement and sorrow# 0repare me to face this
great trial#" I cried ot, !3y (od, stop this man#" The whole atmosphere was being charged with
nbelief#
I had a glass bottle fll of oil and I went p to the woman and pored the whole lot on her in
the name of @ess# Sddenly @ess appeared, standing at the foot of the bed# $e smiled and vanished#
The woman stood p, perfectly healed, and she is a strong woman today#
We have a big (od# We have a wonderfl @ess# We have a glorios Comforter# (od-s
canopy is over yo and will cover yo at all times, preserving yo from evil# 7nder $is wings shalt
tho trst# The Word of (od is living and powerfl and in its treasres yo will find eternal life# If
yo dare trst this wonderfl Lord, the Lord of life, yo will find in $im everything yo need#
So many are tampering with drgs, /ac)s, pills and plasters# Clear them all ot and believe
(od# It is sfficient to believe (od# :o will find that if yo dare trst $im, $e will never fail# !The
prayer of faith shall save the sic), and the Lord shall raise him p#" 4o yo trst $im6 $e is worthy
to be trsted#
I was one time as)ed to go to Weston9sper9mare, a seaside resort in the West of .ngland# I
learned from a telegram that a man had lost his reason and had become a raving maniac, and they
wanted me to go to pray for him# I arrived at the place, and the wife said to me, !Will yo sleep with
my hsband6" I agreed, and in the middle of the night an evil power laid hold of him# It was awfl# I
pt my hand on his head and his hair was li)e a lot of stic)s# (od gave deliverance % a temporary
deliverance# 1t I o-cloc) the ne't morning, I felt that it was necessary that I shold get ot of that
hose for a short time#
The man saw me going and cried ot, !If yo leave me, there is no hope#" Bt I felt that I had
to go# 1s I went ot I saw a woman with a Salvation 1rmy bonnet on and I )new that she was going to
their seven o-cloc) prayer meeting# I said to the Captain who was in charge of the meeting, when I
saw he was abot to give ot a hymn, !Captain, don-t sing# Let-s get to prayer#" $e agreed, and I
prayed my heart ot, and then I grabbed my hat and rshed ot of the hall# They all thoght they had a
madman in their prayer meeting that morning#
I went down to the end of the parade, and there was the man I had spent the night with, rshing
down toward the sea, withot a particle of clothing on, abot to drown himself# I cried, !In the name
of @ess, come ot of him#" The man fell fll length on the grond and that evil power went ot of him
never to retrn# $is wife came rshing after him, and the hsband was restored to her in a perfect
mental condition#
There are evil powers, bt @ess is greater than all evil powers# There are tremendos
diseases, bt @ess is healer# There is no case too hard for $im# The Lion of @dah shall brea) every
chain# $e came to relieve the oppressed and to set the captive free# $e came to bring redemption, to
ma)e s as perfect as man was before the fall#
0eople want to )now how to be )ept by the power of (od# .very position of grace into which
yo are led % forgiveness, healing, deliverance of any )ind % will be contested by Satan# $e will
contend for yor body# When yo are saved, Satan will come rond and say, !See, yo are not
saved#" The devil is a liar# If he says yo are not saved, it is a sre sign that yo are#
:o will remember the story of the man who was swept and garnished# The evil power had
been swept ot of him# Bt the man remained in a stationary position# If the Lord heals yo, yo dare
not remain in a stationary position# The evil spirit came bac) to that man and fond the hose swept,
and too) seven others worse than himself, and the last stage of that man was worse than the first# Be
sre and get filled with (od# (et an ,ccpier# Be filled with the Spirit#
(od has a million ways of nderta)ing for those who go to $im for help# $e has deliverance
for every captive# $e loves yo so mch that $e even says, !Before they call, I will answer#" 4on-t
trn $im away#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
Life in the Spirit, *ovember <A,;><<
Bible reading, < Corinthians J#
We are told that we are to leave the first principles of the doctrine of Christ and go on to
perfection, not laying again the fondation of repentance from dead wor)s and the doctrine of
baptisms and the other first principles C$ebrews I+;,<F# What wold yo thin) of a bilder who was
everlastingly plling down his hose and ptting in fresh fondations6 *ever loo) bac) if yo want
the power of (od in yor life# :o will find ot that in the measre yo have allowed yorself to loo)
bac) yo have missed that which (od had for yo#
The $oly (host shows s that we mst never loo) bac) to the law of sin and death from which
we have been delivered# (od has broght s into a new order of things, a life of love and liberty in
Christ @ess that is beyond all hman comprehension# 3any are broght into this new life throgh the
power of the Spirit of (od, and then, li)e the (alatians, who ran well at the beginning, they try to
perfect themselves on the lines of legalism# They go bac) from the life in the Spirit to a life on natral
lines# (od is not pleased with this, for $e has no place for the man who has lost the vision# The only
thing to do is to repent# 4on-t try to cover p anything# If yo have been tripped p on any line,
confess it ot, and then loo) to (od to bring yo to a place of stability of faith where yor whole wal)
will be in the Spirit#
We all oght to have a clear conviction that salvation is of the Lord# It is more than a hman
order of things# If the enemy can move yo from a place of faith, he can get yo otside the plan of
(od# The moment a man falls into sin, divine life ceases to flow, and his life becomes one of
helplessness# Bt this is not (od-s thoght for any of $is children# Read the third chapter of @ohn-s
first epistle and ta)e yor place as a son of (od# Ta)e the place of )nowing that yo are a son of (od,
and remember that, as yor hope is set in Christ it shold have a prifying effect on yor life# The
$oly Spirit says, !Whosoever is born of (od doth not commit sinB for $is seed remaineth in him+ and
he cannot sin, becase he is born of (od" C; @ohn J+>F# There is life and power in the seed of the
Word that is implanted within# (od is in that !cannot," and there is more power in that Word of $is
than in any hman ob8ections# (od-s thoght for every one of s is that we shall reign in life by @ess
Christ# :o mst come to see how wonderfl yo are in (od and how helpless yo are in yorself#
(od declared $imself more mighty than every opposing power when $e cast ot the powers
of dar)ness from heaven# I want yo to )now that the same power that cast Satan ot of heaven dwells
in every man who is born of (od# If yo wold bt reali&e this, yo wold reign in life# When yo see
people laid ot nder an evil power, when yo see the powers of evil manifesting themselves, always
pt the /estion, !4id @ess come in the flesh6" I have never seen an evil power answer in the
affirmative# When yo )now yo have an evil spirit to deal with, yo have power to cast it ot#
Believe it and act on it, for !###greater is he that is in yo, than he that is in the world" C; @ohn ?+?F#
(od means yo to be in a place of overcoming, and has pt a force within yo whereby yo may
defeat the devil#
Temptations will come to all# If yo are not worth tempting yo are not worth powder and
shot# @ob said, !###when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold" C@ob <J+;DF# In every temptation
that comes, the Lord lets yo be tempted p to the very hilt, bt will never allow yo to be defeated if
yo wal) in obedienceB for right in the midst of the temptation $e will always !ma)e a way to
escape" C; Corinthians ;D+;JF#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od comes forth and with $is power sweeps
away the refge of lies and all the powers of dar)ness, and cases yo always to trimph in Christ
@ess# The Lord loveth $is saints and covers them with $is almighty wings#"
3ay (od help s to see it# We cannot be to the praise of $is glory ntil we are ready for
trials, and are able to trimph in them# We cannot get away from the fact that sin came in by natre,
bt (od comes into or natre and pts it into the place of death, that the Spirit of (od may come into
the temple in all $is power and liberty, that right here in this present evil world Satan may be
dethroned by the believer#
Satan is always endeavoring to bring the saints of (od into disrepte, bringing against them
railing accsations, bt the $oly (host never comes with condemnation# $e always reveals the blood
of Christ# $e always brings s help# The Lord @ess referred to $im as the Comforter who wold
come# $e is always on hand to help in the seasons of trial and test# The $oly (host is the lifting
power of the chrch of Christ# 1nd 0al tells s that we !###are manifestly declared to be the epistle of
Christ### written not with in), bt with the Spirit of the living (odB not in tables of stone, bt in fleshy
tables of the heart" C< Corinthians J+JF# The $oly (host begins in the heart, right in the depths of
hman affections# $e brings into the heart the riches of the revelation of Christ, implanting a prity
and holiness there, so that ot of its depths, praises well p continally#
The $oly (host will ma)e s epistles of Christ, ever telling ot that @ess or Lord is or
Redeemer and that $e is ever before (od as a newly slain Lamb# (od has never pt away that
revelation# 1nd becase of the perfect atonement of that slain Lamb, there is salvation, healing and
deliverance for all# Some people thin) that they have only to be cleansed once, bt as we wal) in the
light, the blood of @ess Christ is ever cleansing#
The very life of Christ has been pt within s, and is moving within s % a perfect life# 3ay
the Lord help s to see the power of this life# The years of a man-s life are threescore years and ten,
and so in the natral order of things, my life will be finished in seven years, bt I have begn a new
life that will never end# !From everlasting to everlasting Tho art (od#" This is the life I have come
into, and there is no end to this life# In me is wor)ing a power that is stronger than every powerB
Christ, the power of (od, formed within me# I can see why we need to be clothed pon from above,
for the life within me is a thosand times bigger than I am otside# There mst be a tremendos
e'pansion# I see, and cannot help seeing, that this thing cannot be nderstood on natral linesB no
natral reason can comprehend the divine plan#
We are not sfficient to thin) anything as of orselves, bt or sfficiency is of (od C<
Corinthians J+AF# If yo go bac), yo miss the plan# We leave the old order of things# We can never
have confidence in the flesh, we cannot toch that# We are in a new order, a spirital order# It is a
new life of absolte faith in the sfficiency of or (od in everything that pertains to or salvation#
:o cold never come into this place and be a Seventh9day 1dventist# The law has no place
in yo# :o are set free from everything# 1t the same time, li)e 0al, yo are !bond in the Spirit" so
that yo wold not do anything to grieve the Lord#
0al farther tells s that $e has made s !###able ministers of the new testamentB not of the
letter, bt of the spirit+ for the letter )illeth, bt the spirit giveth life" C< Corinthians J+IF# It is one
thing to read this, and another to have the revelation of it and to see the spirital force of it# 1ny man
can live in the letter and become dry and wordy, limited in )nowledge of spirital verities, and spend
his time everlastingly in splitting hairsB bt as soon as he toches the realm of the Spirit, all the
dryness goes, all the spirit of criticism leaves# There can be no divisions in a life in the Spirit# The
Spirit of (od brings sch pliability and sch love5 There is no love li)e the love in the Spirit# It is a
pre, a holy, a divine love that is shed in or hearts by the Spirit# It loves to serve and to honor the
Lord#
I can never estimate what the baptism of the $oly (host has been to me these past fifteen
years# It seems that every year has had three years pac)ed into it, so that I have had forty9five years of
happy service since ;>DE# 1nd it is getting better all the time# It is a l'ry to be filled with the Spirit,
and at the same time it is a divine command for s, not to be filled with wine wherein is e'cess, bt to
be filled with the Spirit# *o 0entecostal person oght to get ot of bed withot being lost in the Spirit
and spea)ing in tonges as the Spirit gives tterance# *o one shold come into the door of an
assembly withot spea)ing in tonges or having a psalm, or a note of praise# We emphasi&e that in the
incoming of the Spirit $e shold so fill s that the last member in the body shold be yielded to $im,
and that no one is bapti&ed in the Spirit withot spea)ing in tonges as the Spirit gives tteranceB and I
maintain that with a constant filling, yo will spea) in tonges morning, noon and night# 1s yo live in
the Spirit when yo wal) down the steps of the hose where yo live, the devil will have to go before
yo# :o will be more than a con/eror over the devil#
I see everything a failre e'cept that which is done in the Spirit# Bt as yo live in the Spirit,
yo move, act, eat, drin), and do everything to the glory of (od# ,r message is always this, !Be
filled with the Spirit#" This is (od-s place for yo, and it is as far above the natral life as the
heavens are above the earth# :ield yorselves for (od to fill#
3oses had a tremendos trial with the people# They were always in troble# Bt as he went
p into the mont, and (od nfolded to him the ten commandments, the glory fell# $e re8oiced to bring
those two tables of stone down from the mont, and his very contenance shone with the glory# $e
was bringing to Israel that which, if obeyed, wold bring life#
I thin) of my Lord coming from heaven# I thin) all heaven was moved by the sight# The law of
the letter was broght by 3oses and it was made glorios, bt all its glory was dimmed before the
e'celling glory which @ess broght to s in the Spirit of life# The glory of Sinai paled before the
glory of 0entecost# Those tables of stone with their, !Tho shalt not, tho shalt not," are done awayB
for they never broght life to anyone, and the Lord has broght in a new covenant, ptting $is law in
or minds and writing it in or hearts, this new law of the Spirit of life# 1s the $oly (host comes in,
$e fills s with sch love and liberty, and we shot for 8oy these words of this eleventh verse, !4one
away5 4one away5" $enceforth there is a new cry in or hearts, !I delight to do Thy will, , (od#"
$e ta)eth away the first, the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, that $e might
establish the second, this ministration of righteosness, this life in the Spirit#
:o as), !4oes a man who is filled with the Spirit cease to )eep the commandments6" I
simply repeat what the Spirit of (od has told s here, that this ministration of death, written and
engraven in stones Cand yo )now that the ten commandments were written on stonesF, is !done
away#" The man who becomes a living epistle of Christ, written with the Spirit of the Living (od, has
ceased to be an adlterer, or a mrderer or a covetos manB the will of (od is his delight# I love to do
the will of (od, there is no ir)someness to it, it is no trial to pray, no troble to read the Word of
(od, it is not a hard thing to go to the place of worship# With the psalmist yo say, !I was glad when
they said nto me, Let s go into the hose of the Lord" C0salm ;<<+;F#
$ow does this new life wor) ot6 The thing wor)s ot becase (od wor)s in yo to will and
to do of $is own good pleasre C0hilippians <+;JF# There is a great difference between a pmp and a
spring# The law is a pmp, the baptism is a spring# The old pmp gets ot of order, the parts perish,
and the well rns dry# The letter )illeth# Bt the spring is ever bbbling p and there is a ceaseless
flow direct from the Throne of (od# There is life#
It is written of Christ, !Tho lovest righteosness, and hatest wic)edness#" 1nd in this new
life in the Spirit, in this new covenant life, yo love the things that are right and pre and holy, and
shdder at all things that are wrong# @ess was able to say, !###the prince of this world cometh, and
hath nothing in me" C@ohn ;?+JDF# 1nd the moment we are filled with the Spirit of (od we are broght
into li)e wonderfl condition, and as we contine to be filled with the Spirit, the enemy cannot have
an inch of territory in s#
4o yo not believe that yo can be so filled with the Spirit that a man who is not living right
can be 8dged and convicted by yor presence6 1s we go on in the life of the Spirit, it will be said of
s, !In whose eyes a vile person is contemned###" C0salm ;A+?F# @ess lived there and moved in this
realm, and $is life was a constant reproof to the wic)edness arond# !Bt $e was the Son of (od,"
yo say# (od, throgh $im, has broght s into the place of sonship, and I believe that if $e has a
chance with the material, the $oly (host can ma)e something of s, and bring s to the same place#
I don-t want to boast# If I glory in anything it is only in the Lord who has been so gracios to
me# Bt I remember one time stepping ot of a railroad carriage to wash my hands# I had a season of
prayer, and the Lord 8st filled me to overflowing with $is love# I was going to a Convention in
Ireland, and I cold not get there fast enogh# 1s I retrned, I believe that the Spirit of the Lord was
so heavily pon me that my face mst have shone# C*o man can tell himself when the Spirit transforms
his very contenance#F There were two clerical men sitting together, and as I got into the carriage
again, one of them cried ot, !:o convict me of sin#" Within three mintes everyone in the carriage
was crying to (od for salvation# This thing has happened many times in my life# It is this ministration
of the Spirit that 0al spea)s of, this filling of the Spirit, that will ma)e yor life effective, so that
even the people in the stores where yo trade will want to leave yor presence becase they are
broght nder conviction#
We mst move from everything of the letter# 1ll that we do mst be done nder the anointing
of the Spirit# The troble has been that we as 0entecostal people have been living in the letter#
Believe what the $oly Spirit says throgh 0al % that all this ministration of condemnation that has
hindered yor liberty in Christ is done away# The law is done away5 1s far as yo are concerned, all
that old order of things is forever done away, and the Spirit of (od has broght in a new life of prity
and love# The $oly (host ta)es it for granted that yo are finished with all the things of the old life
when yo become a new creation in Christ# In the life in the Spirit, the old allrements have lost their
power# The devil will meet yo at every trn, bt the Spirit of (od will always lift p a standard
against him#
,h, if (od had $is way, we wold be li)e torches, prifying the very atmosphere wherever
we go, moving bac) the forces of wic)edness#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Lord is that Spirit# $e moves in yor heart#
$e shows yo that the power within yo is mightier than all the powers of dar)ness#"
4one away5 What do I mean6 Will yo be disloyal6 :o will be more than loyal# Will yo
grmble when yo are treated badly6 *o, yo will trn the other chee)# This is what yo will always
do when (od lives in yo# Leave yorselves in (od-s hands# .nter into yorselves in (od-s hands#
.nter into rest#
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his
own wor)s, as (od did from his# $ebrews ?+;D
,h, this is a lovely rest5 The whole life is a Sabbath# This is the only life that can glorify (od#
It is a life of 8oy, and every day is a day of heaven on earth#
There is a contined transformation in this life# Beholding the Lord and $is glory, we are
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even by the Spirit of the Lord# There is a contined
nveiling, a constant revelation, a repeated clothing pon from above# I want yo to promise (od
never to loo) bac), never to go bac) to that which the Spirit has said is !done away#" I made this
promise to the Lord that I wold never allow myself to dobt $is Word#
There is one thing abot a baby, it ta)es all that comes to it# 1 prdent man lets his reason
cheat him ot of (od-s best# Bt a baby ta)es all that its mother brings, and tries to swallow the bottle
and all# The baby can-t
wal), bt the mother carries itB the baby cannot dress itself, bt the mother dresses it# The
baby can-t even tal)# So in the life of the Spirit, (od nderta)es to do what we cannot do# We are
carried along by $im, $e clothes s, and $e gives s tterance# Wold that we all had the simplicity
of the babes#
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,nly Believe, 4ecember <,;><<
When one dares to trst (od on $is bare Word, then peace flows freely, wavering is passed,
there is nothing to be done, all is finished and yo enter into possessions that cannot come in any other
way# So )eep the test before yo and be still and see the salvation of (od# *othing bt love conts, so
be fll of this all9prevailing charity that )nows not fear and is blind to everything bt the ob8ect of its
perfect choice# Christ and $im alone#
Letter, Christmas ;><<
$ave Faith in (od, 4ecember >,;><<
For verily I say nto yo, That whosoever shall say nto this
montain, Be tho removed, and be tho cast into the seaB and shall
not dobt in his heart, bt shall believe that those things which he
saith shall come to passB he shall have whatsoever he saith#
Therefore I say nto yo, What things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them#
3ar) ;;+<J,<?
These are days when we need to have or faith strengthened, when we need to )now (od#
(od has designed that the 8st shall live by faith, no
matter how he may be fettered# I )now that (od-s Word is sfficient# ,ne word from $im can
change a nation# $is Word is from everlasting to everlasting# It is throgh the entrance of this
everlasting Word, this incorrptible seed, that we are born again, and come into this wonderfl
salvation# 3an cannot live by bread alone, bt mst live by every word that proceedeth ot of the
moth of (od C3atthew ?+?F# This is the food of faith, !###faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of (od" CRomans ;D+;EF#
.verywhere men are trying to discredit the Bible and ta)e from it all the miraclos# ,ne
preacher says, !Well, yo )now, @ess arranged before9hand to have that colt tied where it was, and
for the men to say 8st what they did#" I tell yo, (od can arrange everything withot going near# $e
can plan for yo, and when $e plans for yo, all is peace# 1ll things are possible if yo will believe#
1nother preacher said, !It was an easy thing for @ess to feed the people with five loaves# The
loaves were so big in those days that it was a simple matter to ct them into a thosand pieces each#"
Bt $e forgot that one little boy broght those five loaves all the way in his lnch bas)et# There is
nothing impossible with (od# 1ll the impossibility is with s when we measre (od by the
limitations of or nbelief#
We have a wonderfl (od, a (od whose ways are past finding ot, and whose grace and
power are limitless# I was in Belfast one day and saw one of the brethren of the assembly# $e said to
me, !Wigglesworth, I am trobled# I have had a good deal of sorrow dring the past five months# I
had a woman in my assembly who cold always pray the blessing of heaven down on or meetings#
She is an old woman, bt her presence is always an inspiration# Bt five months ago she fell and
bro)e her thigh# The doctors pt her into a plaster cast, and after five months they bro)e the cast# Bt
the bones were not properly set and so she fell and bro)e the thigh again#"
$e too) me to her hose, and there was a woman lying in a bed on the right hand side of the
room# I said to her, !Well, what abot it now6" She said, !They have sent me home incrable# The
doctors say that I am so old that my bones won-t )nit# There is no ntriment in my bones and they
cold never do anything for me, and they say I shall have to lie in bed for the rest of my life#" I said to
her, !Can yo believe (od6" She replied, !:es, ever since I heard that yo had come to Belfast my
faith has been /ic)ened# If yo will pray, I will believe# I )now there is no power on earth that can
ma)e the bones of my thigh )nit, bt I )now there is nothing impossible with (od#" I said, !4o yo
believe $e will meet yo now6" She answered, !I do#"
It is grand to see people believe (od# (od )new all abot this leg and that it was bro)en in
two places# I said to the woman, !When I pray, something will happen#" $er hsband was sitting
thereB he had been in his chair for for years and cold not wal) a step# $e called ot, !I don-t
believe# I won-t believe# :o will never get me to believe#" I said, !1ll right," and laid my hands on
his wife in the name of the Lord @ess# The moment hands were laid pon her and she cried ot, !I-m
healed#" I said, !I-m not going to assist yo to rise# (od will do it all#" She arose and wal)ed p and
down the room, praising (od#
The old man was ama&ed at what had happened to his wife, and he cried ot, !3a)e me wal),
ma)e me wal)#" I said to him, !:o old sinner, repent#" $e cried ot, !Lord, :o )now I believe#" I
don-t thin) he meant what he saidB anyhow the Lord was fll of compassion# If $e mar)ed or sins,
where wold any of s be6 If we will meet the conditions, (od will always meet s, if we believe all
things are possible# I laid my hands on him and the power went right throgh the old man-s body, and
those legs, for the first time for for years received power to carry his body, and he wal)ed p and
down and in and ot# $e said, !,h, what great things (od has done for s tonight5"
!###What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have
them" C3ar) ;;+<?F# 4esire toward (od and yo will have desires from (od, and $e will meet yo
on the line of those desires when yo reach ot in simple faith#
1 man came to me in one of my meetings who had seen other people healed and wanted to be
healed, too# $e e'plained that his arm had been fi'ed in a certain position for many years and he
cold not move it# !(ot any faith6" I as)ed# $e said that he had a lot of faith# 1fter prayer he was able
to swing his arm rond and rond# Bt he was not satisfied and complained, !I feel a little bit of
troble 8st there," pointing to a certain place# I said, !4o yo )now what is the troble with yo6"
$e answered, !*o," I said, !Imperfect faith#" !###What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them#"
4id yo believe before yo were saved6 So many people wold be saved, bt they want to
feel saved first# There was never a man who felt saved before he believed# (od-s plan is always this,
if yo will believe, yo shall see the glory of (od# I believe (od wants to bring s all to a definite
place of nswerving faith and confidence in $imself#
@ess here ses the figre of a montain# Why does $e say a montain6 If faith can remove a
montain, it can remove anything# The plan of (od is so marvelos, that if yo will only believe, all
things are possible#
There is one special phrase to which I want to call yor attention, !1nd shall not dobt in his
heart#" The heart is the mainspring# See that yong man and that yong woman# They have fallen in
love at first sight# In a short while there is a deep affection, and a strong heart love, the one toward
the other# What is a heart of love6 1 heart of faith# Faith and love are )in# In the measre that that
yong man and that yong woman love one another they are tre# ,ne may go to the *orth and the
other to the Soth, bt becase of their love they will be tre to one another#
It is the same when there is a deep love in the heart toward the Lord @ess Christ# In this new
life into which (od has broght s, 0al tells s that we have become dead to the law by the body of
Christ, that we shold be married to another, even to $im who is raised from the dead# (od brings s
into a place of perfect love and perfect faith# 1 man who is born of (od is broght into an inward
affection, a loyalty to the Lord @ess that shrin)s from anything impre# :o see the prity of a man
and woman when there is a deep natral affection between themB they disdain the very thoght of
either of them being ntre# I say that in the measre that a man has faith in @ess he is pre# $e that
believeth that @ess is the Christ overcometh the world# It is a faith that wor)eth by love#
@st as we have heart fellowship with or Lord, or faith cannot be danted# We cannot dobt
in or hearts# There comes, as we go on with (od, a wonderfl association, an impartation of $is
very life and natre within# 1s we read $is Word and believe the promises that $e has so graciosly
given to s, we are made parta)ers of $is very essence and life# The Lord is made to s a
Bridegroom, and we are $is bride# $is words to s are spirit and life, transforming s and changing
s, e'pelling that which is natral and bringing in that which is divine#
It is impossible to comprehend the love of (od as we thin) on natral lines# We mst have the
revelation from the Spirit of (od# (od giveth liberally# $e that as)eth, receiveth# (od is willing to
bestow on s all things that pertain to life and godliness# ,h, it was the love of (od that broght
@ess# 1nd it is this same love that helps yo and me to believe# In every wea)ness (od will be yor
strength# :o who need $is toch, remember that $e loves yo# Loo), wretched, helpless, sic) one,
away to the (od of all grace, whose very essence is love, who delights to give liberally all the
inheritance of life and strength and power that yo are in need of#
When I was in Swit&erland the Lord was graciosly wor)ing and healing many of the people# I
was staying with Brother Ress of (oldiwil and two policemen were sent to arrest me# The charge
was that I was healing the people withot a license# 3r# Ress said to them, !I am sorry that he is not
here 8st now, he is holding a meeting abot two miles away, bt before yo arrest him I wold li)e to
show yo something#"
Brother Ress too) these two policemen down to one of the lower parts of that district, to a
hose with which they were familiar, for they had often gone to that place to arrest a certain woman
who was constantly an inmate of the prison becase of continally being engaged in drn)en brawls#
$e too) them to this woman and said to them, !This is one of the many cases of blessing that have
come throgh the ministry of the man yo have come to arrest# This woman came to or meeting in a
drn)en condition# $er body was bro)en, for she was rptred in two places# While she was drn),
the evangelist laid his hands on her and as)ed (od to heal her and deliver her#" The woman 8oined in,
!:es, and (od saved me, and I have not tasted a drop of li/or since#" The policemen had a warrant
for my arrest, bt they said with disgst, !Let the doctors do this )ind of thing#" They trned and went
away and that was the last we heard of them#
We have a @ess who heals the bro)enhearted, who lets the captives go free, who saves the
very worst# 4are yo, dare yo, sprn this glorios (ospel of (od for spirit, sol and body6 4are
yo sprn this grace6 I reali&e that this fll (ospel has in great measre been hid, this (ospel that
brings liberty, this (ospel that brings sols ot of bondage, this (ospel that brings perfect health to
the body, this (ospel of entire salvation# Listen again to this word of $im who left the glory to bring
s this great salvation, !###verily I say nto yo, That whosoever shall say nto this montain, Be tho
removed### he shall have whatsoever he saith#" Whatsoever5
I reali&e that (od can never bless s on the lines of being hard9hearted, critical, or
nforgiving# This will hinder faith /ic)er than anything# I remember being at a meeting where there
were some people tarrying for the baptism % see)ing for cleansing, for the moment a person is
cleansed the Spirit will fall# There was one man with eyes red who was weeping bitterly# $e said to
me, !I shall have to leave# It is no good my staying withot I change things# I have written a letter to
my brother9in9law, and filled it with hard words, and this thing mst first be straightened ot#" $e
went home and told his wife, !I-m going to write a letter to yor brother and as) him to forgive me for
writing to him the way I did#" !:o fool5" she said# !*ever mind," he replied, !this thing is between
(od and me, and it has got to be cleared away#" $e wrote the letter and came again, and straightway
(od filled him with the Spirit#
I believe there are a great many people who wold be healed, bt they are harboring things in
their hearts that are as a blight# Let these things go# Forgive, and the Lord will forgive yo# There are
many good people, people who mean well, bt they have no power to do anything for (od# There is
8st some little thing that came in their hearts years ago, and their faith has been paraly&ed ever since#
Bring everything to the light# (od will sweep it all away if yo will let $im# Let the precios blood
of Christ cleanse from all sin# If yo will bt believe, (od will meet yo and bring into yor lives the
snshine of $is love#
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The Words of This Life, 4ecember <J, ;><<
Bible reading % 1cts A+;9<D#
*otice this e'pression that the Lord gives of the (ospel message % !the words of this life#" It
is the most wonderfl life possible % the life of faith in the Son of (od# This is the life where (od is
all the time# $e is rond abot and $e is within# It is the life of many revelations and of many
manifestations of (od-s $oly Spirit, a life in which the Lord is continally seen, )nown, felt and
heard# It is a life withot death, for !we have passed from death nto life#" The very life of (od has
come within s# Where that life is within in its flness, disease cannot e'ist# It wold ta)e me a month
to tell ot what there is in this wonderfl life# .veryone can go in and possess and be possessed by
this life#
It is possible for yo to be within the vicinity of this life and yet miss it# It is possible for yo
to be in a place where (od is poring ot $is Spirit and yet miss the blessing that (od is so willing
to bestow# It all comes throgh shortness of revelation and throgh a misnderstanding of the infinite
grace of (od, and of the !(od of all grace," who is willing to give to all who will reach ot the hand
of faith# This life that $e freely bestows is a gift# Some thin) they have to earn it and they miss the
whole thing# ,h, for a simple faith to receive all that (od so lavishly offers# :o can never be
ordinary from the day yo receive this life from above# :o become e'traordinary, filled with the
e'traordinary power of or e'traordinary (od#
1nanias and Sapphira were in this thing and yet they missed it# They thoght that possibly the
thing might fail# So they wanted to have a reserve for themselves in case it did trn ot to be a failre#
They were in the wonderfl revival that (od gave to the early chrch and yet they missed it# There
are many people li)e them today who ma)e vows to (od in times of a great crisis in their lives# Bt
they fail to )eep their vows and in the end they become spiritally ban)rpt# Blessed is the man who
will swear to his own hrt and change notB who )eeps the vow he has made to (odB who is willing to
lay his all at (od-s feet# The man who does this never becomes a lean sol# (od has promised to
!ma)e fat his bones#" There is no dry place for sch a manB he is always fat and florishing, and he
becomes stronger and stronger# It pays to trst (od with all and to ma)e no reservation#
I wish I cold ma)e yo see how great a (od we have# 1nanias and Sapphira were really
dobting (od and were /estioning whether this wor) that $e had begn wold go throgh# They
wanted to get some glory for selling their property, bt becase of their lac) of faith they )ept bac)
part of the price in reserve in case the wor) of (od shold fail#
3any are dobting whether this 0entecostal revival will go throgh# 4o yo thin) this
0entecostal wor) will stop6 *ever# For fifteen years I have been in constant revival and I am sre
that it will never stop# When @ohn Stephenson made his first engine he too) his sister 3ary to see it#
She loo)ed at it and said to her brother, !@ohn, it-ll never go#" $e said to her, !(et in, 3ary#" She
said again, !It-ll never go#" $e said to her, !We-ll see, yo get in#" 3ary at last got in % the whistle
blew, there was a pff and a rattle, and the engine started off# Then 3ary cried ot, !@ohn, it-ll never
stop5 It-ll never stop55"
0eople are loo)ing on at this 0entecostal revival and they are very critical and they are
saying, !It-ll never go"B bt when they are indced to come into the wor), they one and all say, !It-ll
never stop#" This revival of (od is sweeping on and on and there is no stopping the crrent of life, of
love, of inspiration, and of power#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the living Word who has broght this# It is the
Lamb in the midst, the same yesterday, today, and forever#"
(od has broght nlimited resorces for everyone# 4o not dobt# $ear with the ear of faith#
(od is in the midst# See that it is (od who hath set forth that which yo see and hear today#
I want yo to see that in the early chrch, controlled by the power of the $oly (host, it was
not possible for a lie to e'ist# The moment it came into the chrch, there was instant death# 1nd as the
power of the $oly (host increases in these days of the Latter Rain, it will be impossible for any man
to remain in or midst with a lying spirit# (od will prify the chrchB the Word of (od will be in sch
power in healing and other spirital manifestations, that great fear will be pon all those who see the
same#
It seems to the natral mind a small thing for 1nanias and Sapphira to want to have a little to
fall bac) onB bt I want to tell yo that yo can please (od, and yo can get things from (od only on
the line of a living faith# (od never fails# (od never can fail#
When I was in Bergen, *orway, there came to the meeting a yong woman who was employed
at the hospital as a nrse# 1 big cancer had developed on her nose, and the nose was enlarged and had
become blac) and greatly inflamed# She came ot for prayer and I said to her, !What is yor
condition6" She said, !I dare not toch my nose, it gives me so mch pain#" I said to all the people, !I
want yo to loo) at this nrse and notice her terrible condition# I believe that or (od is mercifl and
that $e is faithfl, and that $e will bring to naght this condition that the devil has broght abot# I am
going to crse this disease in the all9powerfl name of @ess# The pain will go# I believe (od will
give s an e'hibition of $is grace and I will as) this yong woman to come to the meeting tomorrow
night and declare what (od has done for her#"
,h, the awflness of sin5 ,h, the awflness of the power of sin5 ,h, the awflness of the
conse/ences of the fall5 When I see a cancer I always )now it is an evil spirit# I can never believe it
is otherwise# The same with tmors# Can this be the wor) of (od6 (od help me to show yo that this
is the wor) of the devil, and to show yo the way ot#
I do not condemn people who sin# I don-t scold people# I )now what is bac) of the sin# I )now
that Satan is always going abot as a roaring lion, see)ing whom he may devor# I always remember
the patience and love of the Lord @ess Christ# When they broght to $im a woman that they had ta)en
in adltery, telling $im that they had caght her in the very act, $e simply stooped down and wrote on
the grond# Then $e /ietly said, !$e that is withot sin among yo, let him first cast a stone at her"
C@ohn H+EF# I have never seen a man withot sin# !###all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
(od" CRomans J+<JF# Bt I read in this blessed (ospel message that (od hath laid pon @ess the
ini/ity of s all, and when I see an evil condition I feel that I mst stand in my office and reb)e the
condition#
I laid my hands on the nose of that sffering nrse and crsed the evil power that was casing
her so mch distress# The ne't night the place was pac)ed and the people were 8ammed together so
that it seemed that there was not room for one more to come into that hose# $ow (od-s rain fell pon
s# $ow good (od is, so fll of grace and so fll of love#
I saw the nrse in the adience and cried ot, !$ere-s the woman with the nose#" I as)ed her
to come forward and she came and showed everyone what (od had done# $e had perfectly healed
her# ,h, I tell yo $e is 8st the same @ess# $e is 8st the same today# 1ll things are possible if yo
dare to trst (od#
When the power of (od came so mightily pon the early chrch, even in the death of 1nanias
and Sapphira, great fear came pon all the people# 1nd when we are in the presence of (od, when
(od is wor)ing mightily in or midst, there comes a great fear, a reverence, a holiness of life, a prity
that fears to displease (od# We read that no man drst 8oin them, bt (od added to the chrch sch as
shold be saved# I wold rather have (od add to or 0entecostal chrch than have all the town 8oin it#
(od added daily to $is own chrch#
The ne't thing that happened was that people became so assred that (od was wor)ing that
they )new that anything wold be possible, and they broght their sic) into the streets and laid them
on beds and coches that at least the shadow of 0eter passing by might overshadow them# 3ltitdes
of sic) people and those oppressed with evil spirits were broght to the apostles and (od healed
them every one# I do not believe that it was the shadow of 0eter that healed, bt the power of (od
was mightily present and the faith of the people was so arosed that they 8oined with one heart to
believe (od# (od will always meet people on the line of faith#
(od-s tide is rising all over the earth# I had been preaching at Stavanger in *orway and was
very tired and wanted a few hors- rest# I went to my ne't appointment, arriving at abot >+JD in the
morning# 3y first meeting was to be at night# I said to my interpreter, !1fter we have had something
to eat, let s go down to the f8ords#" We spent three or for hors down by the sea and at abot ?+JD
retrned# We fond the end of the street, which had a narrow entrance, 8st filled with atos, wagons,
etc#, containing invalids and sic) people of every )ind# I went p to the hose and was told that the
hose was fll of sic) people# It reminded me of the scene that we read of in the fifth chapter of 1cts#
I began praying for the people in the street and (od began to heal the people# $ow wonderflly $e
healed those people who were in the hose# We sat down for a lnch and the telephone bell rang and
someone at the other end was saying, !What shall we do6 The town hall is already fall, the police
cannot control things#" Beloved, the tide is rising, the fields are white nto harvest# (od gave s a
wonderfl revival# I want to be in a mighty revival# I was in one mighty revival in Wales, and I long
to be in a great revival that will eclipse anything we have ever thoght of# I have faith to believe it is
coming#
In that little *orwegian town the people were 8ammed together, and oh, how the power of
(od fell pon s# 1 cry went p from everyone, !Isn-t this the revival6" Revival is coming# The
breath of the 1lmighty is coming# The breath of (od shows p every defect, and as it comes flowing
in li)e a river everybody will need a fresh anointing, a fresh cleansing of the blood# :o can depend
pon it that that breath is pon s#
1t one time I was at a meeting in Ireland# There were many sic) carried to that meeting and
helpless ones were helped there# There were many people in that place who were see)ing for the
baptism of the $oly (host# Some of them had been see)ing for years# There were sinners there who
were nder mighty conviction# There came a moment when the breath of (od swept throgh the
meeting# In abot ten mintes every sinner in the place was saved# .veryone who had been see)ing
the $oly Spirit was bapti&ed, and every sic) one was healed# (od is a reality and $is power can
never fail# 1s or faith reaches ot, (od will meet s and the same rain will fall# It is the same blood
that cleanseth, the same power, the same $oly (host, and the same @ess made real throgh the power
of the $oly (host5 What wold happen if we wold believe (od6
Right now the precios blood of the Lord @ess Christ is efficacios to cleanse yor heart and
bring this life, this wonderfl life of (od, within yo# The blood will ma)e yo every whit whole if
yo dare believe# The healing virte of the blessed Son of (od is right here for yo, bt so few will
toch $im# The Bible is so fall of entreaty for yo to come and parta)e and receive the grace, the
power, the strength, the righteosness, and the fall redemption of @ess Christ# $e never fails to hear
when we believe# This same @ess is in or midst to toch and to loose thee#
1t one place where I was, a lame man was broght to me who had been in bed for two years,
with no hope of recovery# $e was broght thirty miles to the meeting and he came p on crtches to
be prayed for# $is boy was also afflicted in the )nees and they had for crtches between the two of
them# The man-s face was filled with tortre# There is healing virte in the Lord and $e never fails to
heal when we believe# In the name of @ess % that name so fll of virte % I pt my hand down on
that leg that was so diseased# The man threw down his crtches and all were astonished as they saw
him wal)ing p and down withot aid# The little boy called ot to his father, !0apa, meB papa, me,
me, me5" The little boy who was withered in both )nees wanted a li)e toch# 1nd the same @ess was
there to bring a real deliverance for the little captive# $e was completely healed#
These were legs that were toched# If (od will stretch ot $is mighty power to loose afflicted
legs, what mercy will $e e'tend to that sol of yors that mst e'ist forever6 $ear the Lord say,
The Spirit of the Lord is pon me, becase he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poorB he hath sent me to heal the
bro)enhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
brised# L)e ?+;H
$e invites yo, !Come nto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give yo
rest" C3atthew ;;+<HF# (od is willing in $is great mercy to toch thy limbs with $is mighty vital
power, and if $e is willing to do this, how mch more an'ios is $e to deliver thee from the power
of Satan and to ma)e thee a child of the =ing# $ow mch more necessary it is for yo to be healed of
yor sol sic)ness than of yor bodily ailments# 1nd (od is willing to give the doble cre#
I was passing throgh the city of London one time, and 3r# 3ndell, the secretary of the
0entecostal 3issionary 7nion, got to )now that I was there# $e arranged for me to meet him at a
certain place at J+JD p#m# I was to meet a certain boy whose father and mother lived in the city of
Salisbry# They had sent this yong man to London to ta)e care of their bsiness# $e had been a
leader in Snday school wor) bt he had been betrayed and had fallen# Sin is awfl and the wages of
sin is death# Bt there is another side % the gift of (od is eternal life#
This yong man was in great distressB he had contracted a horrible disease and feared to tell
anyone# There was nothing bt death ahead for him# When the father and mother got to )now of his
condition they sffered ine'pressible grief#
When we got to the hose, Brother 3ndell sggested that we get down to prayer# I said,
!(od does not say so, we are not going to pray yet# I want to /ote a scriptre, GFools, becase of
their transgression, and becase of their ini/ities, are afflicted# Their sol abhorreth all manner of
meatB and they draw near nto the gates of death-" C0salm ;DE+;E,;HF# The yong man cried ot, !I am
that fool#" $e bro)e down and told s the story of his fall# ,h, if men wold only repent, and confess
their sins, how (od wold stretch ot $is hand to heal and to save# The moment that yong man
repented, a great abscess brst, and (od sent virte into that yong man-s life, giving him a mighty
deliverance# (od is gracios and not willing that any shold perish# $ow many are willing to ma)e a
clean breast of their sins# I tell yo that the moment yo do this, (od will open heaven# It is an easy
thing for $im to save yor sol and heal yor disease if yo will bt come and shelter today in the
secret place of the 3ost $igh# $e will satisfy yo with long life and show yo $is salvation# In $is
presence is flness of 8oy, at $is right hand there are pleasres forevermore# There is fll redemption
for all throgh the precios blood of the Son of (od#
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Bible Reading % 1cts I#
In the days when the nmber of disciples began to be mltiplied there arose a sitation where
the twelve had to ma)e a definite decision not to occpy themselves with serving tables, bt to give
themselves continally to prayer and to the ministry of the Word# $ow important it is for all (od-s
ministers to be continally in prayer, and constantly feeding on the Scriptres of trth# I often offer a
reward to anyone who can catch me anywhere withot my Bible or my Testament#
*one of yo can be strong in (od nless yo are diligently and constantly hear)ening to what
(od has to say to yo throgh $is Word# :o cannot )now the power and the natre of (od nless
yo parta)e of $is inbreathed Word# Read it at morn and at night, and at every opportnity yo get#
1fter every meal, instead of indlging in nprofitable conversation rond the table, read a chapter
from the Word and then have a season of prayer# I endeavor to ma)e a point of doing this no matter
where or with whom I am staying#
The 0salmist said that he had hid (od-s Word in his heart, that he might not sin against $imB
and yo will find that the more of (od-s Word yo hide in yor heart, the easier it is to live a holy
life# $e also testified that (od-s Word had /ic)ened himB and, as yo receive (od-s Word into yor
being, yor whole physical being will be /ic)ened and yo will be made strong# 1s yo receive
with mee)ness the Word, yo will find faith p springing within# 1nd yo will have life throgh the
Word#
The twelve told the rest to loo) ot seven men to loo) after the bsiness end of things# They
were to be men of honest report and filled with the $oly (host# These were 8st ordinary men who
were chosen, bt they were filled with the $oly Spirit, and this infilling always lifts a man to a plane
above the ordinary# It does not ta)e a cltred or a learned man to fill a position in (od-s chrchB
what (od re/ires is a yielded, consecrated, holy life, and $e can ma)e of sch a flame of fire#
Bapti&ed with the $oly (host and fire5
The mltitde chose ot seven men to serve tables# They were dobtless faithfl in their
appointed tas)s, bt we see that (od soon had a better choice for two of them# 0hilip was so fll of
the $oly (host that he cold have a revival wherever (od pt him down# 3an chose him to serve
tables, bt (od chose him to win sols# ,h, if I cold only stir yo p to see that, as yo are faithfl in
performing the hmblest office, (od can fill yo with $is Spirit and ma)e yo a chosen vessel for
$imself, and promote yo to a place of mighty ministry in the salvation of sols and in the healing of
the sic)# There is nothing impossible to a man filled with the $oly (host# It is beyond all hman
comprehension#
When yo are filled with the power of the $oly (host, (od will wonderflly wor) wherever
yo go#
When yo are filled with the Spirit yo will )now the voice of (od# I want to give yo one
illstration of this# When I was going ot to 1stralia recently, or boat stopped at 1den and Bombay#
In the first place the people came rond the ship selling their wares, beatifl carpets and all sorts of
oriental things# There was one man selling some ostrich feathers# 1s I was loo)ing over the side of
the ship watching the trading, a gentleman said to me, !Wold yo go shares with me in bying that
bnch of feathers6" What did I want with feathers6 I had no se for sch things and no room for them
either# Bt the gentleman pt the /estion to me again, !Will yo go shares with me in bying that
bnch6" The Spirit of (od said to me, !4o it#"
The feathers were sold to s for three ponds, and the gentleman said, !I have no money on
me, bt if yo will pay the man for them, I will send the cash down to yo by the prser#" I paid for
the feathers and gave the gentleman his share# $e was traveling first, and I was traveling second
class# I said to him, !*o, please don-t give that money to the prser, I want yo to bring it to me
personally to my cabin#" I said to the Lord, !What abot these feathers6" $e showed me that $e had a
prpose in my prchasing them#
1t abot ;D o-cloc) the gentleman came to my cabin and said, !I-ve broght the money#" I
said to him, !It is not yor money that I want, it is yor sol that I am see)ing for (od#" Right there he
opened p the whole plan of his life and began to see) (od, and that morning he wept his way throgh
to (od-s salvation#
:o have no conception what (od can do throgh yo when yo are filled with $is Spirit#
.very day and every hor yo can have the divine leading of (od# To be filled with the $oly (host
means mch in every way# I have seen some who have been sffering for years, and when they have
been filled with the $oly (host everything of their sic)ness has passed away# The Spirit of (od has
made real to them the life of @ess and they have been completely liberated of every sic)ness and
infirmity#
Loo) at Stephen# $e was 8st an ordinary man chosen to serve tables# Bt the $oly (host was
in him and he was fll of faith and power, and did great wonders and miracles among the people#
There was no resisting the wisdom and the spirit by which he spa)e# $ow important it is that every
man shall be filled with the $oly spirit#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The divine will is that yo shall be filled with
(odB for the power of the Spirit to fill yo with the mightiness of (od# There is nothing (od will
withhold to a man filled with the $oly (host#"
I want to impress the importance of this pon yo# It is not healing that I am presenting to yo
in these meetings % it is the living Christ# It is a glorios fact that the Son of (od came down to bring
liberty to the captives# 1nd $e it is who bapti&es with the $oly (host and fire, who is shedding forth
this which we are now seeing and hearing#
$ow is it that the moment yo are filled with the $oly (host that persection starts6 It was so
with the Lord @ess $imself# We do not read of any persections before the $oly Spirit came down
li)e a dove pon $im# Shortly after this we find that after preaching in $is hometown they wanted to
throw $im over the brow of a hill# It was the same with the twelve disciples# They had no
persection before the day of 0entecost, bt after they were filled with the Spirit they were soon in
prison# The devil and the priests of religion will always get stirred when a man is filled with the
Spirit and does things in the power of the Spirit# 1nd persection is the greatest blessing to a chrch#
When we have persection we will have prity# If yo desire to be filled with the Spirit yo can cont
on one thing, and that is persection# The Lord came to bring division, and even in yor own
hosehold yo may find three against two#
The Lord @ess came to bring peace, and soon after yo get peace within yo get persection
withot# If yo remain stationary, the devil and his agents will not distrb yo mch# Bt when yo
press on and go the whole length with (od, the enemy has yo as a target# Bt (od will vindicate yo
in the midst of the whole thing#
1t a meeting I was holding, the Lord was wor)ing and many were being healed# 1 man saw
what was ta)ing place and remar)ed, !I-d li)e to try this thing#" $e came p for prayer and told me
that his body was bro)en in two places# I laid my hands on him in the name of the Lord, and said to
him, !*ow, yo believe (od#" The ne't night he was at the meeting and got p li)e a lion# $e said, !I
want to tell yo people that this man here is deceiving yo# $e laid his hands on me last night for
rptre in two places, bt I-m not a bit better#" I stopped him and said, !:o are healed, yor troble
is that yo won-t believe it#"
$e was at the meeting the ne't night and when there was opportnity for testimony this man
arose# $e said, !I-m a mason by trade# Today I was wor)ing with a laborer and he had to pt a big
stone in place# I helped him and did not feel any pain# I said to myself, G$ow have I done it6- I went
away to a place where I cold strip, and I fond that I was healed#" I told the people, !Last night this
man was against the Word of (od, bt now he believes it# It is tre that these signs will follow them
that believe, they shall lay hands on the sic) and they shall recover# 1nd all throgh the power that is
in the name of Christ#" It is the Spirit who has come to reveal the Word of (od, and to ma)e it spirit
and life to s# :o people who are see)ing the baptism are entering a place where yo will have
persection# :or best friends will leave yo % or those yo may esteem yor best friends# *o good
friend will ever leave yo# Bt it is worthwhile# :o enter into a realm of illmination, of revelation
by the power of the $oly (host# $e reveals the preciosness and the power of the blood of Christ# I
find by the revelation of the Spirit that there is not one thing in me that the blood does not cleanse# I
find that (od sanctifies me by the blood and reveals the efficacy of the wor) by the Spirit# Stephen
was 8st an ordinary man clothed with the divine# $e was fll of faith and power, and great wonders
and miracles were wroght by him# ,h, this life in the $oly (host5 This life of deep, inward
revelation, of transformation from one state to another, of growing in grace and in all )nowledge and
in the power of the Spirit, the life and the mind of Christ being renewed in yo, and of constant
revelations of the might of $is power# It is only this )ind of thing that will enable s to stand#
In this life, the Lord pts yo in all sorts of places, and then reveals $is power# I had been
preaching in *ew :or), and sailed one day for .ngland on the Lsitania# 1s soon as I got on board I
went down to my cabin# Two men were there, and one of them said, !Well, will I do for company6"
$e too) ot a bottle and pored ot a glass of whis)ey and dran) it, and then he filled it p for me# !I
never toch that stff," I said# !$ow can yo live withot it6" he as)ed# !$ow cold I live with it6" I
as)ed# $e admitted, !I have been nder the inflence of this stff for months, and they say my Ginside
is all shriveled p,- and I )now that I am dying# I wish I cold be delivered, bt I 8st have to )eep on
drin)ing# ,h, if I cold only be delivered5 3y father died in .ngland and has given me his fortne, bt
what will the good of it be to me e'cept to hasten me to my grave#"
!,r prpose is to let the $oly (host glorify (od throgh s#"
I said to this man, !Say the word, and yo will be delivered#" $e in/ired, !What do yo
mean6" I said, !Say the word, show that yo are willing to be delivered and (od will deliver yo#"
Bt it was 8st as if I was tal)ing to this platform for all the comprehension he showed# I said to him,
!Stand still," and I laid my hands on his head in the name of @ess and crsed that drin) demon that
was ta)ing his life# $e cried ot, !I-m free5 I-m free5 I )now I-m free5" $e too) two bottles of
whis)ey and threw them overboard, and (od saved, sobered, and healed him# I was preaching all the
way across# $e sat beside me at the table# 0revios to this he had not been able to eat, bt every meal
he went right throgh the men# :o only have to have a toch from @ess to have a good time# The
power of (od is 8st the same today# To me, $e-s lovely# To me, $e-s saving health# To me, $e-s the
lily of the valley# ,h, this blessed *a&arene, this =ing of )ings5 $allel8ah5 Will yo let $im have
yor will, will yo let $im have yo6 If yo will, all $is power is at yor disposal#
They were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit by which Stephen spa)e, and so, fll of
rage, they broght him to the concil# 1nd (od filled his face with a ray of heaven-s light# It is worth
being filled with the Spirit, no matter what it costs# Read the seventh chapter, the mighty prophetic
tterance by this holy man# Withot fear he tells them, !:e stiffnec)ed and ncircmcised in heart and
ears, ye do always resist the $oly (host###" C1cts E+A;F# 1nd when they heard these things they were
ct to the heart# There are two ways of being ct to the heart# $ere they gnashed their teeth and cast
him ot of the city and stoned him# ,n the day of 0entecost, when they were ct or pric)ed at the heart
they cried ot, !What shall we do6" They too) the opposite way# The devil, if he can have his way,
will case yo to commit mrder# If @ess has $is way, yo will repent#
1nd Stephen, !###fll of the $oly (host, loo)ed p stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of
(od, and @ess standing on the right hand of (od" C1cts E+AAF# ,h, this being fll of the $oly (host5
$ow mch it means# I was riding for si'ty miles one smmer day and as I loo)ed p in the heavens I
had an open vision of @ess all the way# It ta)es the $oly (host to give this#
Stephen cried ot, !Lord, lay not this sin to their charge" C1cts E+IDF# 1s he was fll of the
Spirit, he was fll of love, and he manifested the very same compassion for his enemies that @ess did
at Calvary# This being filled with the $oly (host means mch in every way# It means constant filling,
/ic)ening, and a new life continally# ,h, it-s lovely5 We have a wonderfl (ospel and a great
Savior5 If yo will be filled with the $oly (host, yo will have a constant spring within, yea, as yor
faith centers in the Lord @ess, from within yo shall flow rivers of living water#
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Scriptre reading+ 1cts J+;9;I#
1ll things are possible throgh the name of @ess# !###(od also hath highly e'alted him, and
given him a name which is above every name+ that at the name of @ess every )nee shold bow###"
C0hilippians <+>,;DF# There is power to overcome everything in the world throgh the name of @ess# I
am loo)ing forward to a wonderfl nion throgh the name of @ess# There is none other name nder
heaven given among men whereby we mst be saved#
I want to instill into yo the power, the virte, and the glory of that name# Si' people went into
the hose of a sic) man to pray for him# $e was an .piscopalian vicar, and lay in his bed tterly
helpless, withot even strength to help himself# $e had read a little tract abot healing and had heard
abot people praying for the sic) and sent for these friends, who, he thoght, cold pray the prayer of
faith# $e was anointed according to @ames A+;?, bt, becase he had no immediate manifestation of
healing, he wept bitterly# The si' people wal)ed ot of the room, somewhat crestfallen to see the man
lying there in an nchanged condition#
When they were otside, one of the si' said, !There is one thing we might have done# I wish
yo wold all go bac) with me and try it#" They went bac) and all got together in a grop# This
brother said, !Let s whisper the name of @ess#" 1t first when they whispered this worthy name,
nothing seemed to happen# Bt as they contined to whisper, !@ess5 @ess5 @ess5" the power began
to fall# 1s they saw that (od was beginning to wor), their faith and 8oy increased and they whispered
the name loder and loder# 1s they did so the man arose from his bed and dressed himself# The
secret was 8st this, those si' people had gotten their eyes off the sic) man, and they were 8st ta)en
p with the Lord @ess $imself, and their faith grasped the power that there is in $is name# ,h, if
people wold only appreciate the power that there is in this name, there is no telling what wold
happen#
I )now that throgh $is name and throgh the power of $is name we have access to (od# The
very face of @ess fills the whole place with glory# 1ll over the world there are people magnifying
that name, and oh, what a 8oy it is for me to tter it#
,ne day I went p into a montain to pray# I had a wonderfl day# It was one of the high
montains of Wales# I heard of one man going p this montain to pray, and the Spirit of the Lord met
him so wonderflly that his face shone li)e that of an angel when he retrned# .veryone in the village
was tal)ing abot it# 1s I went p to this montain and spent the day in the presence of the Lord, $is
wonderfl power seemed to envelope and satrate and fill me#
Two years before this time there had come to or hose two lads from Wales# They were 8st
ordinary lads bt they became very &ealos for (od# They came to or mission and saw some of the
wor)s of (od# They said to me, !We wold not be srprised if the Lord brings yo down to Wales to
raise or La&ars#" They e'plained that the leader of their assembly was a man who had spent his
days wor)ing in a tin mine and his nights preaching, and the reslt was that he collapsed, went into
consmption, and for for years he had been a helpless invalid, having to be fed with a spoon#
When I was p on that montain9top I was reminded of the transfigration scene, and I felt that
the Lord-s only prpose in ta)ing s into the glory was to fit s for greater seflness in the valley#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The living (od has chosen s for $is divine
inheritance, and $e it is who is preparing s for or ministry, that it may be of (od and not of man#"
1s I was on the montain9top that day, the Lord said to me, !I want yo to go and raise
La&ars#" I told the brother who accompanied me of this, and when we got down to the valley, I wrote
a postcard+ !When I was p on the montain praying today, (od told me that I was to go and raise
La&ars#" I addressed the postcard to the man in the place whose name had been given to me by the
two lads# When we arrived at the place we went to the man to whom I had addressed the card# $e
loo)ed at me and said, !4id yo send this6" I said, !:es#" $e said, !4o yo thin) we believe in this6
$ere, ta)e it#" 1nd he threw it at me#
The man called a servant and said, !Ta)e this man and show him La&ars#" Then he said to
me, !The moment yo see him yo will be ready to go home# *othing will hold yo#" .verything he
said was tre from the natral viewpoint# The man was helpless# $e was nothing bt a mass of bones
with s)in stretched over them# There was no life to be seen# .verything in him spo)e of decay#
I said to him, !Will yo shot6 :o remember that at @ericho the people shoted while the
walls were still p# (od has li)e victory for yo if yo will only believe#" Bt I cold not get him to
believe# There was not an atom of faith there# $e had made p his mind not to have anything#
It is a blessed thing to learn that (od-s Word can never fail# *ever hear)en to hman plans#
(od can wor) mightily when yo persist in believing $im in spite of discoragements from the hman
standpoint# When I got bac) to the man whom I had sent the postcard, he as)ed, !1re yo ready to go
now6" !I am not moved by what I see# I am moved only by what I believe# I )now this# *o man loo)s
if he believes# *o man feels if he believes# The man who believes (od has it# .very man who comes
into the 0entecostal condition can lagh at all things and believe (od#" There is something in the
0entecostal wor) that is different from anything else in the world# Somehow in 0entecost yo )now
that (od is a reality# Wherever the $oly (host has right of way, the gifts of the Spirit will be in
manifestationB and where these gifts are never in manifestation, I /estion whether $e is present#
0entecostal people are spoiled for anything else than 0entecostal meetings# We want none of the
entertainments that the chrches are offering# When (od comes in $e entertains s $imself#
.ntertained by the =ing of )ings and Lord of lords55 ,h, it is wonderfl# There were difficlt
conditions in that Welsh village, and it seemed impossible to get the people to believe# !Ready to go
home6" I was as)ed# Bt a man and a woman there as)ed s to come and stay with them# I said, !I
want to )now how many of yo people can pray#" *o one wanted to pray# I as)ed if I cold get seven
people to pray with me for the poor man-s deliverance# I said to the two people who were going to
entertain s, !I will cont on yo two, and there is my friend and myself, and we need three others#" I
told the people that I trsted that some of them wold awa)en to their privilege and come in the
morning and 8oin s in prayer for the raising of La&ars# It will never do to give way to hman
opinions# If (od says a thing, yo have to believe it#
I told the people that I wold not eat anything that night# When I got to bed it seemed as if the
devil tried to place on me everything that he had placed on that poor man in the bed# When I awo)e I
had a cogh and all the wea)ness of a tberclar sb8ect# I rolled ot of bed on to the floor and cried
ot to (od to deliver me from the power of the devil# I shoted lod enogh to wa)e everybody in the
hose, bt nobody was distrbed# (od gave victory and I got bac) into bed again as free as ever I
was in my life# 1t A o-cloc) the Lord awa)ened me and said to me, !4on-t brea) bread ntil yo
brea) it rond 3y table#" 1t I o-cloc) $e gave me these words, !1nd I will raise him p#" I pt my
elbow into the fellow who was sleeping with me# $e said !7gh5" I pt my elbow into him again and
said, !4o yo hear6 The Lord says that $e will raise him p#"
1t H o-cloc) they said to me, !$ave a little refreshment#" Bt I have fond prayer and fasting
the greatest 8oy, and yo will always find it so when yo are led by (od# When we went to the hose
where La&ars lived there were eight of s altogether# *o one can prove to me that (od does not
always answer prayer# $e always gives the e'ceeding abndant above all we as) or thin)#
I shall never forget how the power of (od fell on s as we went into that sic) man-s room#
,h, it was lovely5 1s we circled rond the bed I got one brother to hold the sic) man-s hand on one
side and I held the other, and we each held the hand of the other ne't to s# I said, !We are not going
to pray, we are 8st going to se the name of @ess#" We all )nelt down and whispered that one word,
!@ess5 @ess5 @ess5" The power of (od fell and then it lifted# Five times the power of (od fell and
then it remained# Bt the person who was in the bed was nmoved# Two years previos someone had
come along and had tried to raise him p, and the devil had sed his lac) of sccess as a means of
discoraging La&ars# I said, !I don-t care what the devil saysB if (od says he will raise yo p it
mst be so# Forget everything else e'cept what (od says abot @ess#"
The si'th time the power fell and the sic) man-s lips began moving and the tears began to fall#
I said to him, !The power of (od is here, it is yors to accept it#" $e said, !I have been bitter in my
heart, and I )now I have grieved the Spirit of (od# $ere I am helpless# I cannot lift my hands, nor
even lift a spoon to my moth#" I said, !Repent, and (od will hear yo#" $e repented and cried ot,
!,h (od, let this be to Thy glory#" 1s he said this the virte of the Lord went right throgh him#
I have as)ed the Lord to never let me tell this story e'cept as it was, for I reali&e that (od can
never bless e'aggerations# 1s we again said, !@ess5 @ess5 @ess5" the bed shoo), and the man shoo)#
I said to the people who were with me, !:o can all go downstairs right away# This is all (od# I-m
not going to assist him#" I sat and watched that man get p and dress himself# We sang the do'ology as
he wal)ed down the steps# I said to him, !*ow tell what has happened#"
It was soon noised abroad that La&ars had been raised p and the people came from Llanelli
and all the district rond to see him and hear his testimony# 1nd (od broght salvation to many# This
man told right ot in the open air what (od had done, and as a reslt many were convicted and
converted# 1ll this came throgh the name of @ess, throgh faith in $is name, yea, the faith that is by
$im gave this sic) man perfect sondness in the presence of them all#
0eter and @ohn were helpless, were illiterate, they had no college edcation# They had had
some training with fish, and they had been with @ess# To them had come a wonderfl revelation of
the power of the name of @ess# They had handed ot the bread and fish after @ess had mltiplied
them# They had sat at the table with $im, and @ohn had often ga&ed into $is face# 0eter had often to be
reb)ed, bt @ess manifested $is love to 0eter throgh it all# :ea, $e loved 0eter, the wayward one#
,h, $e-s a wonderfl lover5 I have been wayward, I have been stbborn, I had an nmanageable
temper at one time, bt how patient $e has been# I am here to tell yo that there is power in @ess and
in $is wondros name to transform anyone, to heal anyone#
If only yo will see $im as (od-s Lamb, as (od-s beloved Son who had laid pon $im the
ini/ity of s all, if only yo will see that @ess paid the whole price for or redemption that we might
be free, yo can enter into yor prchased inheritance of salvation, of life, and of power#
0oor 0eter, and poor @ohn5 They had no money5 I don-t thin) there is a person in this bilding
as poor as 0eter and @ohn# Bt they had faith, they had the power of the $oly (host, they had (od#
:o can have (od even thogh yo have nothing else# .ven thogh yo have lost yor character yo
can have (od# I have seen the worst men saved by the power of (od#
I was one day preaching abot the name of @ess and there was a man leaning against a
lamppost, listening# It too) a lamppost to enable him to )eep on his feet# We had finished or open air
meeting, and the man was still leaning against the post# I as)ed him, !1re yo sic)6" $e showed me
his hand, and I saw that beneath his coat, he had a silver handled dagger# $e told me that he was on
his way to )ill his nfaithfl wife, bt that he had heard me spea)ing abot the power of the name of
@ess and cold not get away# $e said that he felt 8st helpless# I said, !(et yo down#" 1nd there on
the s/are, with people passing p and down, he got saved#
I too) him to my home and pt on him a new sit# I saw that there was something in that man
that (od cold se# $e said to me the ne't morning, !(od has revealed @ess to meB I see that all has
been laid pon @ess#" I lent him some money, and he soon got together a wonderfl little home# $is
faithless wife was living with another man, bt he invited her bac) to the home that he had prepared
for her# She came+ and, where enmity and hatred had been before, the whole sitation was
transformed by love# (od made that man a minister wherever he went# There is power in the name of
@ess everywhere# (od can save to the ttermost#
There comes before me a meeting we had in Stoc)holm that I shall ever bear in my mind#
There was a home for incrables there and one of the
inmates was broght to the meeting# $e had palsy and was sha)ing all over# $e stood p
before JDDD people and came to the platform, spported by two others# The power of (od fell on him
as I anointed him in the name of @ess# The moment I toched him he dropped his crtch and began to
wal) in the name of @ess# $e wal)ed down the steps and rond that great bilding in view of all the
people# There is nothing that or (od cannot do# $e will do everything if yo will dare to believe#
Someone said to me, !Will yo go to this $ome for Incrables6" They too) me there on my
rest day# They broght ot the sic) people into a great corridor and in one hor the Lord set abot
twenty of them free# The name of @ess is so marvelos# 0eter and @ohn had no conception of all that
was in that nameB neither had the man, lame from his mother-s womb who was laid daily at the gateB
bt they had faith to say, !In the name of @ess Christ of *a&areth, rise p and wal)#" 1nd as 0eter
too) him by the right hand, and lifted him p, immediately his feet and an)le bones received strength,
and he went into the temple with them, wal)ing and leaping and praising (od# (od wants yo to see
more of this sort of thing done# $ow can it be done6 Throgh $is name, throgh faith in $is name,
throgh faith which is by $im#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
1cts A, Febrary <J, ;><J
(o spea) all the words of this life# (od has a plan for s in this life of the Spirit# This
abndant life# @ess came that we might have life# Satan comes to steal and )ill and destroy, bt (od
has for s abndance, fll measre, pressed down, sha)en together, overflowing, abndant measre,
(od filling s with $is own personality % presence % ma)ing s salt and light and glory as
revelation of $imself# (od with s in all circmstances, afflictions, persections, in every trial
girding s with trth# Christ the initiative, the Trine (od, in control of or every thoght, word,
action, mst be in line with $im with no wea)ness or failre# ,r (od % a (od of might, light,
revelation preparing s for heaven#
For or life is hid with Christ in (od, and when $e who is or life shall be manifested, we
also shall appear with $im in glory CColossians J+J,?F#
For we )now that if or earthly hose of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a bilding
of (od, an hose not made with hands, eternal in the heavens# For in this we groan, earnestly desiring
to be clothed pon with or hose which is from heaven+ If so be that being clothed we shall not be
fond na)ed#
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being brdened+ not
for that we wold be nclothed, bt clothed pon, that mortality
might be swallowed p of life# *ow $e that has wroght s for the
selfsame thing is (od, who also hath given nto s the earnest of
the Spirit# < Corinthians A+;9A
(od-s Word is a tremendos word, a prodctive word prodcing what it is# 0owerB prodcing
(od9li)eness# We get to heaven throgh the Word of (od, we have peace throgh the blood of $is
cross# Redemption is ors throgh the )nowledge of the Word# I am saved becase (od-s Word says
so#
That if tho shalt confess with thy moth the Lord @ess, and shalt
believe in thine heart that (od hath raised him from the dead, tho
shalt be saved# Romans ;D+>
If I am bapti&ed with the $oly Spirit, it is becase @ess said, !###ye shall receive power, after
that the $oly (host is come pon yo###" C1cts ;+HF# We mst have one idea to be filled with the $oly
(host, to be filled with (od# (od hath sent $is Word to free s from the law of sin and death# .'cept
we die we cannot live, e'cept we cease to be, (od cannot be#
1 Royal 0lan
The $oly (host has a royal plan, a heavenly plan# $e came to nveil the =ing to show the
character of (od, to nveil the precios blood# 1s I have the $oly Spirit within me, I see @ess
clothed for hmanity# $e was moved by the Spirit, led by the Spirit# We read of some who heard the
Word bt were not profited, becase faith was lac)ing in them# We mst have a living faith in (od-s
Word /ic)ened by the Spirit# 1 man may be saved and still have a hman spirit, with many who are
spo)en to abot the baptism of the $oly (host, the hman spirit at once arises against the $oly (host#
The hman spirit is not sb8ect to the law of (od, neither indeed can it be# The disciples at one time
wanted to call down fire from heaven, @ess said, !###:e )now not what manner of spirit ye are of-
CL)e >+AAF# The hman spirit is not sb8ect to the law of (od#
The $oly (host came forth for one prpose to reveal nto s @ess# $e made $imself of no
reptation, $e was obedient nto death that (od shold forever have $im a to)en of sbmissive
yieldedness, and (od highly e'alted $im and gave $im a name above every name# !*ow he that hath
wroght s for the selfsame thing is (od, who also hath given s the earnest of the Spirit" C<
Corinthians A+AF# The clothing pon of the Spirit, hman depravity covered, all contrary to the mind of
(od destroyed# (od mst have bodies for $imself, perfectly prepared by the $oly (host, for the day
of the Lord# !For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed pon with or hose which is from
heaven" C< Corinthians A+<F#
Is 0al spea)ing here of the coming of the Lord6 *o5 :et it is in con8nction, this condition of
preparedness# The $oly (host is coming to ta)e ot a chrch and a perfect bride# The $oly (host
mst find in s perfect yieldedness with every hman desire sb8ected to $im# *o man can call @ess
Lord, bt by the $oly (host# $e has come to reveal Christ in s, that the glorios flow of the life of
(od may otflow rivers of living water to the thirsty land#
###if Christ be in yo, the body is dead becase of sinB bt the Spirit
is life becase of righteosness# Romans H+;D
This is that which (od hath declared freedom from the law# If we love the world, the love of
the Father is not in s#
For all that is in the world, the lst of the flesh, and the lst of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, bt is of the world# ;
@ohn <+;I
*ew ,rder
The Spirit has to breathe in a new tenancy, a new order# The $oly (host came to give the
vision of a life in which @ess is perfected#
Who hath saved s, and called s with an holy calling, not according
to or wor)s, bt according to his own prpose and grace, which
was given s in Christ @ess before the world began, Bt is now
made manifest by the appearing of or Savior @ess Christ, who
hath abolished death, and broght life### throgh the gospel# <
Timothy ;+>,;D
Saved, called to be saints, called with a holy calling, holy, pre, (od9li)e%sons with power#
It is a long time now since it was settled and death abolished, death has no more power % made
)nown throgh the (ospel bringing in immortality# 3ortality is a hindrance# Sin has no more
domination over yo# :o reign in Christ, yo appropriate $is finished wor)# 4on-t groan and travail
for a wee)# If yo are in need !only believe#" 4on-t fast to get some special thing, !only believe#" It
is according to yor faith MthatN (od blesses yo with faith# $ave faith in (od# If yo are free in (od,
believe5 Believe5 1nd it shall be nto yo even as yo believe#
1wa)e tho that sleepest, pt on light, open thine eyes# If ye then be risen with Christ, see) the
things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of (od# Stir yorselves p, beloved5
Where are yo6 I am risen with Christ, planted, it was a beatifl planting# Seated5 (od gives me the
credit and I believe $im# Why shold I dobt6 Wherefore do yo dobt, faith reigns# (od ma)es it
possible# $ow many receive the $oly (host and Satan gets a dobt in# 4on-t dobt, believe5 There is
power and strength in $im# Who dare believe (od6 Rit dobting street % live in faith, victory
street# @ess sent seventy away and they came bac) in victory# It ta)es (od to ma)e it real# 4are to
believe ntil there is not a sic) person, no sic)ness, everything withered and the life of @ess
implanted within# The righteos shall hold on his way# (od has reserved him that is godly for
$imself# Therefore lift p yor heads % the devil ma)es yo remember the day yo failed, yo wold
give the world to forget# (od has forgotten# When $e forgives, $e forgets# (od wants to ma)e s
pillars, honorable, strong, holy# (od will ta)e s on# I am enamored with inspiration of the great
fact of the possibility# (od wants yo to )now that yo are saved, cleansed, delivered, and marching
to victory# Faith to believe5 (od has a plan5 Set yor affections on things above, get into the heavenly
places with Christ#
###be not conformed to this world+ bt be ye transformed by the
renewing of yor mind#### Romans ;<+<
:o cannot repeat the name of @ess too often, what a privilege to )neel and get right into
heaven the moment we pray, where the glory descends and the fire brns and faith is active and the
light dispels the dar)ness# What is dar)ness6 What is mortality6 3ortality hinders, bt the life of
@ess eats p mortality# The 1cts of the apostles deals with receiving the $oly (host and the epistles
are written to believers baptised in the $oly (host#
When I was in *ew 2ealand, some brethren came /estioning abot the baptism of the $oly
(host# They /oted the epistles % bt before we are in the e'perience of the epistles, we mst go
throgh the 1cts# I as)ed them C; Corinthians ;?+<F, when did yo spea) in mysteries6 Bt they had
not yet come into the baptism of the $oly (host#
@ess was the light and the life of men, no man has this light and wal)eth in dar)ness# When
Christ who is or life shall appear, we also shall appear with $im in glory# Where $is life is,
disease cannot remain# Is not $e that indwells s greater than all6 Is $e greater6 :es, when $e has
fll control# If one thing is permitted otside the will of (od, it hinders in or standing against the
powers of Satan# We mst allow the Word of (od to 8dge s, lest we stand condemned with the
world# When $e who is or life shall appear5 $ave I any life apart from $im6 any 8oy % any
fellowship apart from $im6 @ess said the prince of this world cometh and findeth nothing in 3e# 1ll
that is contrary in MsN is withered by the indwelling life of the Son of (od#
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being brdened+ not
for that we wold be nclothed, bt clothed pon, that mortality
might be swallowed p of life# < Corinthians A+?
1re we ready, clothed pon, mortality swallowed p of life6 If $e came, who is or life, we
shold go# I )now the Lord % I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me# $e filled me with the $oly
(host#
$eaven ,n .arth
I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me# It-s heaven on earth# $eaven has begn with me# I am
happy now % and free# Since the Comforter has come# The Comforter, the great revealer of the
=ingdom# $e came to give s the more abndant life# (od has designed the plan, nothing really
matters if the Lord loves s# (od sets great store by s# The pre in heart see (od# There are no stiff
)nees in the Spirit, or cogh in the $oly (host % or pain# *othing ails s if we are filled with the
Spirit#
If the Spirit of $im that raised p @ess from the dead dwells in yo, $e shall /ic)en yor
mortal bodies by $is Spirit that dwelleth in yo CRomans H+;;F#
The way into the glory is throgh the flesh being rent, a separation nto (od, freedom of
spirit, re8oicing every day, free from the law of sin and death# The perfect law destroying the natral
law# Spirital activity ta)ing in every passing ray, days of heaven pon earth, no sic)ness, not
)nowing we have a body, the life of (od changing s, bringing s into the heavenly realm, where we
reign over principalities and all evil, limbless, powerfl, spernatral# If the natral body decays, the
Spirit renews# Spirital power increasing ntil with one mind and one heart, the glory is broght
down over all the earth, right on into divine life, )eeping the evidence# The whole life filled, this is
0entecost# The life of the Lord manifest wherever we are in bs or train, so filled with the life of
@ess nto perfection, re8oicing in hope of glory of (od, always loo)ing for translation# The life of the
Lord in s as a magnet draws, $is life eating p all else#
I mst have the overflowing life in the Spirit, (od is not pleased with less, it is a disgrace to
be on an ordinary plan after we are filled with the $oly (host# We are to be salt in the earth, not
l)ewarm, hot which means seeing (od, with eagerness, liberty, movement, and power# Believe5
Believe5 1men#
3essage preached in London .ngland
,r Risen Christ, 3arch J;, ;><J
Read the forth chapter of 1cts# Today we praise (od for the fact that or glorios @ess is
the risen Christ# Those of s who have tasted the power of the indwelling Spirit )now something of
the manner in which the hearts those two disciples brned as they wal)ed to .mmas with their risen
Lord as their companion#
*ote the words of verse J;, !1nd when they had prayed, the place was sha)en####" There are
many chrches where they never pray the )ind of prayer that yo read of here# 1 chrch that does not
)now how to pray and to shot will never be sha)en# If yo live in a place li)e that yo may as well
write !Ichabod % the glory of the Lord has departed" % over the threshold# It is only when men have
learned the secret of prayer, of power, and of praise, that (od comes forth# Some people say, !Well, I
praise (od inwardly," bt if there is an abndance of praise in yor heart, yor moth cannot help
spea)ing it#
There was a man who had a large bsiness in London who was a great chrchgoer# The
chrch he attended was beatiflly decorated, and his pew was delightflly cshioned % 8st abot
enogh to ma)e it easy to sleep throgh the sermons# $e was a prosperos man in bsiness, bt he had
no peace in his heart# Bt there was a boy at his bsiness who always loo)ed happy# $e was always
8mping and whistling# ,ne day he said to this boy, !I want to see yo in my office#" When the boy
was in his office he as)ed him, !$ow is it that yo can always whistle and be happy6" !I cannot help
it," answered the boy# !Where did yo get it6" as)ed the master# !I got it at the 0entecostal mission#"
!Where is that6" The boy told him, and the ne't thing was, that the man was attending# The Lord bro)e
him p there, and in a short while he was entirely changed# ,ne day, shortly after this, he fond that,
instead of being distracted by his bsiness as he formerly had been, he was actally whistling and
8mping# $is whole position and his whole life had been changed# The shot cannot come ot nless it
is in# There mst first be the inner wor)ing of the power of (od# It is $e who changes the heart, and
transforms the life, and before there is any real otward evidence there mst be the inflow of divine
life# Sometimes I say to people, !:o weren-t at meeting the other night#" They reply, !,h, yes, I was
there in spirit#" I say to them, !Well, come ne't time with yor body also# We don-t want a lot of
spirits here and no bodies# We want yo to come and get filled with (od#" When all the people will
come and pray and praise as did these early disciples there will be something doing# 0eople who
come will catch fire and they will want to come again# Bt they will have no se for a place where
everything has become formal, dry, and dead# The power of 0entecost as it came at first came to
loose men# (od wants s free on every line# 3en and women are tired of imitationsB they want realityB
they want to see people who have the living Christ within, and are filled with $oly (host power#
I received several letters and telegrams abot a certain case, bt when I arrived I was told I
was too late# I said, !That cannot be# (od has never sent me too late anywhere#" (od showed me
when I went that something different wold happen to anything I had seen previosly# The people I
went to were all strangers# I was introdced to a yong man who lay helpless, and for whom there
was no hope# The doctor had been to see him that morning and had declared that he wold not live
throgh the day# $e lay with his face to the wall, and when I spo)e to him he whispered, !I cannot
trn over#" $is mother said that they had had to lift him ot of bed on sheets for wee)s, and that he
was so wea) and helpless that he had to stay in one position#
The yong man said, !3y heart is so wea)#" I assred him, !(od is the strength of thy heart
and thy portion forever# If yo will believe (od, it shall be so today#"
,r Christ is risen# $e is a living Christ who indwells s# We mst not have this trth merely
as a theory, Christ mst be risen in s by the power of the Spirit# The power that raised $im from the
dead mst animate s, and as this glorios resrrection power srges throgh yor being, yo will be
freed from all yor wea)nesses and yo will become strong in the Lord and in the power of $is
might# There is a resrrection power that (od wants yo to have and to have today Why not6 Receive
yor portion here and now#
I said to these people, !I believe yor son will rise today#" They only laghed# 0eople do not
e'pect to see signs and wonders today as the disciples saw them of old# $as (od changed6 ,r has
or faith waned so that we are not e'pecting the greater wor)s that @ess promised6 We mst not harp
on any minor )ey# ,r message mst rise to concert pitch, and there mst be nothing left ot of it that
is in the Boo)#
It was winter time, and I said to the parents, !Will yo get the boy-s sit and bring it here6"
They wold not listen to the re/est, for they were e'pecting the boy to die# Bt I had gone to that
place believing (od# In Romans ?+;E, we read of 1braham,
###CI have made thee a father of many nationsBF before him whom he
believed, even (od, who /ic)eneth the dead, and calleth those
things which be not as thogh they were#
(od, help s to nderstand this# It is time people )new now to shot in faith as they
contemplate the eternal power of or (od to whom it is nothing to /ic)en and raise the dead# I come
across some who wold be giants in the power of (od bt they have no shot of faith# I find
everywhere people who go down even when they are praying simply becase they are 8st breathing
sentences withot ttering speech, and yo cannot get victory that way# :o mst learn to ta)e the
victory and shot in the face of the devil, !It is done5" There is no man who can dobt if he learns to
shot# When we )now how to shot properly, things will be different, and tremendos things will
happen# In 1cts ?+<? we read, !###they lifted p their voice to (od with one accord####" It srely mst
have been a lod prayer# We mst )now that (od means s to have life# If there is anything in the
world that has life in it, it is this 0entecostal revival we are in# I believe in the baptism of the $oly
(host with the spea)ing in tonges, and I believe that every man who is bapti&ed in the $oly (host
will spea) in other tonges as the Spirit gives him tterance# I believe in the $oly (host# 1nd if yo
are filled with the Spirit, yo will be sper9abonding in life % living waters will flow from yo#
1t last I persaded the parents to bring the boy-s clothes and lay them on the bed# From the
natral viewpoint, the yong man lay dying# I spo)e to the afflicted one, !(od has revealed to me that,
as I lay my hands pon yo, the place will be filled with the $oly (host, the bed will be sha)en, yo
will be sha)en and thrown ot of bed by the power of the $oly (host, yo will dress yorself and be
strong#" I said this to him in faith# I laid hands on him in the name of @ess and instantly the power of
(od fell and filled the place# I felt helpless and fell flat on the floor# I )new nothing e'cept that a
short while after the place was sha)en, I heard the yong man wal)ing over me and saying, !For Thy
glory, Lord5 For Thy glory, Lord5"
$e dressed himself and cried, !(od has healed me#" The father fell, the mother fell, and
another who was present fell also# (od manifested $is power that day in saving the whole hosehold
and healing the yong man# It is the power of the risen Christ we need# That yong man is today
preaching the (ospel#
For years we have been longing for (od to come forth, and, praise $im, $e is coming forth#
The tide is rising everywhere# I was in Swit&erland not long ago, preaching in many places where the
0entecostal message had not been heard, and today there are nine new 0entecostal assemblies in
different places going on blessedly for (od# 1ll over the world it is the sameB this great 0entecostal
wor) is in motion# :o can hardly get to a place now where (od is not poring ot $is Spirit pon
all flesh, and $is promises never fail# ,r Christ is risen# $is salvation was not a thing done in a
corner# Trly $e was a man of glory who went to Calvary for s, in order that $e might free s from
all that wold mar and hinder, that $e might transform s by $is grace, and bring s ot from nder
the power of Satan into the glorios power of (od# ,ne toch of or risen Christ will raise the dead#
$allel8ah5
,h, this wonderfl @ess of ors5 $e comes and indwells s# $e comes to abide# $e it is who
bapti&es s with the $oly (host, and ma)es everything different# We are to be a )ind of firstfrits nto
(od and are to be li)e Christ who is the firstfrit, wal)ing in $is footsteps, living in $is power# What
a salvation this is, having this risen Christ in s# I feel that everything else mst go to nothingness,
helplessness, and rin# .ven the best thoght of holiness mst be on the decrease in order that Christ
may increase, and we live in another state, and all things are nder the power of the Spirit#
4are yo ta)e yor inheritance from (od6 4are yo believe (od6 4are yo stand on the
record of $is Word6 What is the record6 If tho shalt believe, tho shalt see the glory of (od# :o
will be sifted as wheat# :o will be tried as thogh some strange thing tried yo# :o will be pt in
places where yo will have to pt yor whole trst in (od# There is no sch thing as anyone being
tried beyond what (od will allow# There is no temptation that will come, bt (od will be with yo
right in the temptation to deliver yo, and when yo have been tried, $e will bring yo forth as gold#
.very trial is to bring yo to a greater position in (od# The trial that tries yor faith will ta)e yo on
to the place where yo will )now that the faith of (od will be forthcoming in the ne't test# *o man is
able to win any victory save throgh the power of the risen Christ within him# :o will never be able
to say, !I did this or that#" :o will desire to give (od the glory for everything#
If yo are sre of yor grond, if yo are conting on the presence of the living Christ within,
yo can lagh when yo see things getting worse# (od wold have yo settled and gronded in Christ,
and yo become steadfast and nmoveable in $im#
The Lord @ess said, !###I have a baptism to be bapti&ed withB and how am I straitened till it be
accomplished5" CL)e ;<+ADF# $e assredly straitened in the way, at (ethsemane, at the 8dgment
hall, and, after that, at the cross, where $e, throgh the eternal Spirit, offered $imself withot spot to
(od# (od will ta)e s right on in li)e manner, and the $oly Spirit will lead every step of the way#
(od led $im right throgh to the empty tomb, to the ascension glory, to a place on the throneB and the
Son of (od will never be satisfied ntil $e has s with $imself, sharing $is glory and sharing $is
throne#
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The (race of Longsffering, Conterpart of !(ifts of $ealing" 1pril ;><J
This morning we will move on to the !gifts of healing#" !To another faith by the same SpiritB
to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit" C; Corinthians ;<+>F#
There is no se e'pecting to nderstand the gifts and to nderstand the epistles nless yo have
the $oly (host# 1ll the epistles are written to a bapti&ed people, and not to the nregenerated# They
are written to those who have grown into a matrity as a manifestation of the Christ of (od# 4o not
8mp into the epistles before yo have come in at the gate of the baptism of the Spirit# I believe that
this teaching (od is helping me to bring to yo will move on yo to become restless and discontented
on every line till (od has finished with yo# If we want to )now the mind of (od throgh the epistles,
there is nothing else to bring the trth bt the revelation of the Spirit $imself# $e gives the tteranceB
$e opens the door# 4on-t live in a poverty state when we are all arond, in and ot, p and down,
pressed ot beyond measre with the rarest gems of the latest word from (od# !1s), and it shall be
given yoB see), and ye shall findB )noc), and it shall be opened nto yo+ For every one that as)eth
receivethB and he that see)eth find ethB and to him that )noc)eth it shall be opened" C3atthew E+E,HF#
There is the athority of (od-s Word# 1nd remember, the athority of (od-s Word is @ess# These
are the tterances by the Spirit of @ess to s this morning# I come to yo with a great inward desire to
wa)e yo p to yor great possibilities# :or responsibilities will be great, bt not as great as yor
possibilities# :o will always find that (od is over9abndance on every line $e toches for yo, and
$e wants yo to come into mind and thoght with $im so that yo are not straightened in yorselves#
Be enlarged in (od5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is that which (od hath chosen for s, which is
mightier than we# It is that which is bottomless, higher than the heights, more lovely than all beside#
1nd (od in a measre presses
yo ot to believe all things that yo may endre all things, and lay hold of eternal life throgh
the power of the Spirit#"
Longsffering 1nd 1thority
The !gifts of healings" are wonderfl gifts# There is a difference between having a gift of
healing, and !gifts of healings#" (od wants s not to come behind in anything# I li)e this word, !gifts
of healing#" To have the accomplishment of these gifts I mst bring myself to a conformity to the mind
and will of (od in prpose# It wold be impossible to have !gifts of healing" nless yo possessed
that blessed frit of !long9 sffering#" :o will find these gifts rn parallel with that which will bring
them into operation withot a lea)#
Bt how will it be possible to minister the gifts of healing considering the pecliarities there
are in the assemblies, and the many evil powers of Satan which confront s and possess bodies6 The
man who will go throgh with (od and e'ercise the gifts of healing will have to be a man of
longsffering, always have a word of comfort# If the one who is in distress and helpless doesn-t see
eye to eye in everything, and doesn-t get all he wants, longsffering will bear and forbear#
Longsffering is a grace @ess lived in and moved in# $e was filled with compassion, and (od will
never be able to move s to the help of the needy one till we reach that place# Sometimes yo might
thin) by the way I went abot praying for the sic) that I was nloving and rogh, bt oh friends, yo
have no idea what I see behind the sic)ness and the afflicted# I am not dealing with the person, I am
dealing with the satanic forces that are binding the afflicted# 1s far as the person goes, my heart is fll
of love and compassion for all, bt I fail to see how yo will ever reach a place where (od will be
able definitely to se yo ntil yo get angry at the devil#
,ne day a pet dog followed a lady ot of her hose and ran all arond her feet# She said to the
dog, !I cannot have yo with me today#" The dog wagged its tail and made a great fss# !(o home,
pet," she said, bt it didn-t go# 1t last she shoted roghly, !(o home5" and off it went# Some people
play with the devil li)e that# !0oor thing5" The devil can stand all the comfort anybody in the world
cold give# Cast him ot5 :o are not dealing with the person, yo are dealing with the devil# If yo
say, with athority, !Come ot, yo demons, in the name of the Lord5" they mst come ot# :o will
always be right when yo dare to treat sic)ness as the devil-s wor) and yo will always be near the
mar) when yo treat it as sin# Let 0entecostal people wa)e p to see that getting sic) is cased by
some miscondctB there is some neglect, something wrong somewhere, a wea) place where Satan has
had a chance to get in# 1nd if we wa)e p to the real facts of it, we will be ashamed to say that we
are sic) becase people will )now we have been sinning#
Flness ,f Redemption
(ifts of healings are so varied in all lines yo will find the gift of discernment often operated
in connection therewith# 1nd the manifestations of the Spirit are given to s that we may profit withal#
:o mst never treat a cancer case as anything else than a living, evil spirit which is always
destroying the body# It is one of the worst )inds I )now# *ot that the devil has anything goodB every
disease of the devil is bad, either to a greater or less degree, bt this form of disease is one that yo
mst cast ot# 1mong the first people I met in Lictoria $all was a woman who had a cancer in the
breast# 1s soon as the cancer was crsed, it stopped bleeding becase it was dead# The ne't thing that
happened, the body cast it off, becase the natral body has no room for dead matter# When it came
ot it was li)e a big ball with thosands of fibers# 1ll these fibers had spread ot into the flesh, bt
the moment the evil power was destroyed they had no power# @ess gave s power to bind and power
to looseB we mst bind the evil powers and loose the afflicted and set them free# There are many
cases where Satan has control of the mind, and those nder satanic inflence are not all in asylms#
I will tell yo what freedom is+ no person in this place who en8oys the flness of the Spirit
with a clear )nowledge of redemption, shold )now that he has a body# :o oght to be able to eat
and sleep, digest yor food, and not be conscios of yor bodyB a living epistle of (od-s thoght and
mind, wal)ing p and down the world withot pain# That is redemption# To be flly in the will of
(od, the perfection of redemption, we shold not have a pain of any )ind#
I have had some e'perience along this line# When I was wea) and helpless and friends were
loo)ing for me to die, it was in that straitened place that I saw the flness of redemption# I read and
re9read the ninety9first 0salm and claimed long life % !With long life will I satisfy him#" What else6
!1nd shew him my salvation#" This is greater than long life# The salvation of (od is deliverance
from everything, and here I am# 1t twenty9five or thirty they were loo)ing for me to dieB now at si'ty9
three I feel yong# So there is something more in this trth that I am preaching than mere words# (od
hath not designed s for anything else than to be firstfrits, sons of (od with power over all the
power of the enemy, living in the world bt not of it#
Be Sre ,f :or (rond
We have to be carefl in casting ot demons, who shall give the command# 3an may say,
!Come ot," bt nless it is in the Spirit of (od or words are vain# The devil always had a good
time with me in the middle of the night, and tried to give me a bad time# I had a real conflict with evil
powers, and the only deliverance I got was when I bond them in the name of the Lord#
I remember ta)ing a man who was demon9possessed ot for a wal) one day# We were going
throgh a thic)ly crowded place and this man became obstreperos# I s/ared him p and the devil
came ot of him, bt I wasn-t carefl, and these demons fastened themselves on me right on the street
there, so that I coldn-t move# Sometimes when I am ministering on the platform and the powers of the
devil attac) me, the people thin) I am casting demons ot of them, bt I am casting them ot of myself5
The people coldn-t nderstand when I cast that evil spirit ot of that man on the street, bt I
nderstood# The man who had that difficlty is now preaching, and is one of the finest men we have#
Bt it re/ired someone to bind the strongman# :o mst be sre of yor grond, and sre it is a
mightier power than yo that is destroying the devil# Ta)e yor position from the first epistle of @ohn
and say, !###greater is he that is in MmeN, than he that is in the world" C; @ohn ?+?F# If yo thin) it is yo,
yo ma)e a great mista)e# It is yor being filled with $imB $e acting in the place of yoB yor thoght,
yor moth, yor all becoming e'ercised by the Spirit of (od#
1t L# % in *orway we had a place seating ;,ADD people# When we reached there it was
pac)ed and hndreds were nable to get in# The policemen were standing there, and I thoght the first
thing I wold do wold be to preach to the people otside and then go in# I addressed the policemen
and said, !:o see this condition# I have come with a message to help everybody, and it hrts me very
mch to find as many people otside as inB I want the promise of yo police officials that yo will
give s the mar)etplace tomorrow# Will yo do it6" They pt p their hands that they wold# It was a
beatifl day in 1pril, and there was a big stand in the woods abot ten feet high in the great par),
where thosands of people gathered# 1fter the preaching we had some wonderfl cases of healing#
,ne man came one hndred miles, bringing his food with him# $e hadn-t passed anything throgh his
stomach for over a month for there was a great cancer there# $e was healed in the meeting and
opening p his lnch began eating before all the people#
Then there was a yong woman who came with a stiff hand# I crsed the spirit of infirmity and
it was instantly cast ot and the arm was free# She waved it over her head and said, !3y father is the
chief of police# I have been bond since I was a girl#" 1t the close of the meeting Satan laid ot two
people with fits# That was my day5 I 8mped down to where they were and in the name of @ess
delivered them# 0eople said, !,h, isn-t he rogh," bt when they saw those afflicted stand p and
praise (od, that was a time of re8oicing#
,h, we mst wa)e p, stretch orselves ot to believe (od5 Before (od cold bring me to
this place $e had to brea) me a thosand times# I have wept, I have groaned, I have travailed night
after night till (od bro)e me# 7ntil (od has mowed yo down, yo will never have this longsffering
for others#
When I was at Cardiff the Lord healed a woman right in the meeting# She was afflicted with
lceration, and while they were singing she fell fll length and cried in sch a way, I felt something
mst be done# I )nelt down alongside of the woman, laid my hands on her body, and instantly the
powers of the devil were destroyed and she was delivered from lceration, rose p, and 8oined in the
singing#
In The !(oing"
We have been seeing wonderfl miracles in these last days, and they are only a little of what
we are going to see# When I say !going to see" I do not want to throw something ot ten years to
come, nor even two years# I believe we are in the !going," right on the threshold of wonderfl things#
:o mst not thin) that these gifts fall pon yo li)e ripe cherries# :o pay a price for
everything yo get from (od# There is nothing worth having that yo do not have to pay for, either
temporally or spiritally# I remember when I was at 1ntwerp and Brssels# The power of (od was
very mighty pon me there# Coming throgh to London I called on some friends at Mone placeN# To
show yo the leading of the Lord, these friends said, !,h, (od sent yo here# $ow mch we need
yo5" They sent a wire to a place where there was a yong man twenty9si' years old, who had been in
bed eighteen years# $is body was so mch bigger than an ordinary body, becase of inactivity, and
his legs were li)e a child-sB instead of bone, there was gristle# $e had never been able to dress
himself# When they got the wire the father dressed him and he was sitting in a chair# I felt it was one
of the opportnities of my life# I said to this yong man, !What is the greatest desire of yor heart6"
!,h," he said, !that I might be filled with the $oly (host5" I pt my hands pon him and said,
!Receive, receive ye the $oly (host#" Instantly he became drn) with the Spirit, and fell off the chair
li)e a big bag of potatoes# I saw what (od cold do with a helpless cripple# First, his head began
sha)ing terrificallyB then his bac) began moving very fast, and then his legs, 8st li)e being in a
battery# Then he spo)e clearly in tonges, and we wept and praised the Lord# $is legs were still as
they had been, by all appearances, and this is where I missed it# These !missings" sometimes are
(od-s opportnities of teaching yo important lessons# $e will teach yo throgh yor wea)nesses
that which is not faith# It was not faith for me to loo) at that body, bt hman# The man who will wor)
the wor)s of (od mst never loo) at conditions, bt at @ess in whom everything is complete# I
loo)ed at the boy and there was absoltely no help# I trned to the Lord and said, !Lord, tell me what
to do," and $e did# $e said, !Command him to wal) in 3y name#" This is where I missed it# I loo)ed
at his conditions and I got the father to help lift him p to see if his legs had strength# We did or best,
bt he and I together cold not move him# Then the Lord showed me my mista)e and I said, !(od
forgive#" I got right down and repented, and said to the Lord, !0lease tell me again#" (od is so good#
$e never leaves s to orselves# 1gain $e said to me, !Command him in 3y name to wal)#" So I
shoted, !1rise and wal) in the name of @ess#" 4id he do it6 *o, I declare he never wal)ed# $e was
lifted p by the power of (od in a moment and he ran# The door was wide openB he ran ot across the
road into a field where he ran p and down and came bac)# ,h, it was a miracle5
There are miracles to be performed and these miracles will be accomplished by s when we
nderstand the perfect plan of $is spirital graces which has come down to s# These things will
come to s when we come to a place of bro)enness, of srrender, of wholehearted yieldedness,
where we decrease bt where (od has come to increaseB and where we dwell and live in $im#
Will yo allow $im to be the choice of yor thoghts6 Sbmit to $im, the (od of all grace,
that yo may be well9frnished with faith for every good wor), that the mind of the Lord may have
free corse in yo, rn and be glorifiedB that the heathen shall )now, the ttermost parts of the earth
shall be filled with the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the deep#
0blished in The Latter Rain .vangel
0resent9Time Blessings for 0resent9Time Saints, 1pril ;?, ;><J
Read with me the first twelve verses of 3atthew A, these verses that we generally call the
!Beatitdes#" Some tell s that 3atthew A is a millennial chapter and that we cannot attain to these
blessings at the present time# I believe that everyone who receives the baptism in the has a real
foretaste and earnest of millennial blessing, bt that here the Lord @ess is setting forth present9day
blessing that we can en8oy here and now#
It is a great 8oy for me to be spea)ing to bapti&ed believers# We have not reached the height of
(od-s mind, bt my personal conviction is that we are nearer by far than we were forteen years ago#
If anyone had told me that I shold be happier today than I was forteen years ago when the Lord
bapti&ed me in the Spirit, I wold not have believed him# Bt I see that (od has more ahead for s,
and that, so far, we have only toched the fringe of things# 1s we let the trth lay hold of s, we will
press on for the mar) ahead and enter more flly into or birthright % all that (od says#
It seems to me that every time I open my Bible I get a new revelation of (od-s plan# (od-s
Spirit ta)es man to a place of helplessness, and then reveals (od as his all in all#
!Blessed are the poor in spirit+ for theirs is the )ingdom of heaven" C3atthew A+JF# This is
one of the richest places into which @ess brings s# The poor have a right to everything in heaven#
!Theirs is#" 4are yo believe it6 :es, I dare# I believe, I )now, that I was very poor# When (od-s
Spirit comes in as the rling, controlling power of the life, $e gives s (od-s revelation of or
inward poverty, and shows s that (od has come with one prpose, to bring heaven-s best to earth,
and that with @ess $e will indeed !###freely give s all things" CRomans H+J<F#
1n old man and an old woman had lived together for seventy years# Someone said to them,
!:o mst have seen many clods dring those days#" They replied, !Where do the showers come
from6 :o never get showers withot clods#" It is only the $oly (host who can bring s to the place
of reali&ation of or povertyB bt, every time $e does it, $e opens the windows of heaven and the
showers of blessing fall#
Bt I mst recogni&e the difference between my own spirit and the $oly Spirit# 3y own spirit
can do certain things on natral lines, can even weep and pray and worship, bt it is all on a hman
plane, and we mst not depend on or own hman thoghts and activities or on or own personality# If
the baptism means anything to yo, it shold bring yo to the death of the ordinary, where yo are no
longer ptting faith in yor own nderstandingB bt, conscios of yor own poverty, yo are ever
yielded to the Spirit# Then it is that yor body becomes filled with heaven on earth#
!Blessed are they that morn+ for they shall be comforted" C3atthew A+?F# 0eople get a wrong
idea of morning# ,ver in Swit&erland they have a day set apart to ta)e wreaths to graves# I laghed at
the people-s ignorance and said, !Why are yo spending time arond the graves6 The people yo love
are not there# 1ll that ta)ing of flowers to the graves is not faith at all# Those who died in Christ are
gone to be with $im, Gwhich,- 0al said, Gis far better#-"
3y wife once said to me, !:o watch me when I-m preaching# I get so near to heaven when
I-m preaching that some day I-ll be off#" ,ne night she was preaching and when she had finished, off
she went# I was going to (lasgow and had said goodbye to her before she went to the meeting# 1s I
was leaving the hose, the doctor and policeman met me at the door and told me that she had fallen
dead at the 3ission door# I )new she had got what she wanted# I cold not weep, bt I was in tonges,
praising the Lord# ,n natral lines she was everything to meB bt I cold not morn on natral lines,
bt 8st laghed in the Spirit# The hose was soon filled with people# The doctor said, !She is dead,
and we can do no more for her#" I went p to her lifeless corpse and commanded death to give her p,
and she came bac) to me for a moment# Then (od said to me, !She is 3ineB her wor) is done#" I
)new what $e meant#
They laid her in the coffin, and I broght my sons and my daghter into the room and said, !Is
she there6" They said, !*o, Father#" I said, !We will cover her p#" If yo go morning the loss of
loved ones who have gone to be with Christ, I say it in love to yo, yo have never had the revelation
of what 0al spo)e of when he showed s that it is better to go than to stay# We read this in Scriptre,
bt the troble is that people will not believe it# When yo believe (od, yo will say, !Whatever it
is, it is all right# If Tho dost want to ta)e the one I love, it is all right, Lord#" Faith removes all tears
of self9pity#
Bt there is a morning in the Spirit# (od will bring yo to a place where things mst be
changed, and there is a morning, an ntterable groaning ntil (od comes# 1nd the end of all real
faith always is re8oicing# @ess morned over @ersalem# $e saw the conditions, $e saw the nbelief,
$e saw the end of those who closed their ears to the (ospel# Bt (od gave a promise that $e shold
see the travail of $is sol and be satisfied, and that $e shold see $is seed# What happened on the
day of 0entecost in @ersalem was an earnest of what will be the reslts of $is travail, to be
mltiplied a billion fold all down the ages in all the world# 1nd as we enter in the Spirit into travail
over conditions that are wrong, sch morning will ever bring reslts for (od, and or 8oy will be
complete in the satisfaction that is broght to Christ thereby#
!Blessed are the mee)+ for they shall inherit the earth" C3atthew A+AF# 3oses was headstrong
in his &eal for his own people, and it reslted in his )illing a man# $is heart was right in his desire to
correct things, bt he was wor)ing on natral lines, and when we wor) on natral lines we always
fail# 3oses had a mighty passion, and that is one of the best things in the world when (od has control
and it becomes a passion for sols to be born againB bt apart from (od it is one of the worst things#
0al had it to a tremendos e'tent, and, breathing ot threatenings, he was hailing men and women to
prison# Bt (od changed it, and later we find him wishing himself accrsed from Christ for the sa)e
of his brethren, his )insmen according to the flesh# (od too) the headstrong 3oses and molded him
into the mee)est of men# $e too) the fiery Sal of Tarss and made him the foremost e'ponent of
grace# ,h, brothers, (od can transform yo in li)e manner, and plant in yo a divine mee)ness and
every other thing that yo lac)#
In or Snday school we had a boy with red hair# $is head was as red as fire and so was his
temper# $e was sch a trial# $e )ic)ed his teachers and the sperintendent# $e was simply
ncontrollable# The teachers had a meeting in which they discssed the matter of e'pelling him# They
thoght that (od might nderta)e for that boy and so they decided to give him another chance# ,ne day
he had to be trned ot, and he bro)e all the windows of the mission# $e was worse otside than in#
Sometime later we had a ten9day revival meeting# There was nothing mch doing in that meeting and
people thoght it a waste of time, bt there was one reslt % the red9headed lad got saved# 1fter he
was saved, the difficlty was to get rid of him at or hose# $e wold be there ntil midnight crying
to (od to ma)e him pliable and se him for $is glory# (od delivered the lad from his temper and
made him one of the mee)est, most beatifl boys yo ever saw# For twenty years he has been a
mighty missionary in China# (od ta)es s 8st as we are and transforms s by $is power#
I can remember the time when I sed to go white with rage, and sha)e all over with temper# I
cold hardly hold myself together# I waited on (od for ten days# In those ten days I was being emptied
ot and the life of the Lord @ess was being wroght into me# 3y wife testified of the transformation
that too) place in my life, !I never saw sch a change# I have never been able to coo) anything since
that time that has not pleased him# *othing is too hot or too cold, everything is 8st right#" (od mst
come and reign spreme in yor life# Will yo let $im do it6 $e can do it, and $e will if yo will let
$im# It is no se trying to tame the !old man#" Bt (od can deal with him# The carnal mind will never
be sb8ected to (od, bt (od will bring it to the cross where it belongs, and will pt in its place, the
pre, the holy, the mee) mind of the 3aster#
!Blessed are they which do hnger and thirst after righteosness+ for they shall be filled"
C3atthew A+IF# *ote that word, !shall be filled#" If yo ever see a !shall" in the Bible, ma)e it yors#
3eet the conditions and (od will flfill $is Word to yo# The Spirit of (od is crying, !$o, every
one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no moneyB come ye, by and eatB yea, come,
by wine and mil) withot money and withot price" CIsaiah AA+;F# The Spirit of (od will ta)e of the
things of Christ and show them to yo in order that yo may have a longing for Christ in $is flness,
and when there is that longing, (od will not fail to fill yo#
See that crowd of worshipers who have come p to the feast# They are going away tterly
nsatisfied, bt on the last day, the great day of the feast, @ess stands p and cries, !If any man thirst,
let him come nto me, and drin)# $e that believeth on me, as the scriptre hath said, ot of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water" C@ohn E+JE,JHF# @ess )new that they were going away withot the
living water, and so $e directs them to the tre sorce of spply# 1re yo thirsty today6 The living
Christ still invites yo to $imself, and I want to testify that $e still satisfies the thirsty sol and still
fills the hngry with good things#
In Swit&erland, I learned of a man who met with the assembly of the 0lymoth brethren# $e
attended their varios meetings, and one morning, at their brea)ing of bread service, he arose and
said, !Brethren, we have the Word, and I feel that we are living very mch in the letter of it, bt there
is a hnger and thirst in my sol for something deeper, something more real than we have, and I cannot
rest ntil I enter into it#" The ne't Snday this brother rose again and said, !We are all so poor here,
there is no life in this assembly, and my heart is hngry for reality#" $e did this for several wee)s
ntil it got on the nerves of these people and they protested, !Sands, yo are ma)ing s all miserable#
:o are spoiling or meetings, and there is only one thing for yo to do, and that is to clear ot#"
That man went ot of the meeting in a very sad condition# 1s he stood otside, one of his
children as)ed him what was the matter, and he said, !To thin) that they shold trn me ot from their
midst for being hngry and thirsty for more of (od5" I did not )now anything of this ntil afterward#
Some days later someone rshed p to Sands and said, !There is a man over here from
.ngland, and he is spea)ing abot tonges and healing#" Sands said, !I-ll fi' him# I-ll go to the
meeting and sit right p in the front and challenge him with the Scriptres# I-ll dare him to preach
these things in Swit&erland# I-ll pblicly denonce him#" So he came to the meetings# There he sat# $e
was so hngry and thirsty that he dran) in every word that was said# $is opposition soon petered ot#
The first morning he said to a friend, !This is what I want#" $e dran) and dran) of the Spirit# 1fter
three wee)s he said, !(od will have to do something new or I-ll brst#" $e breathed in (od and the
Lord filled him to sch an e'tent that he spo)e in other tonges as the Spirit gave tterance# Sands is
now preaching, and is in charge of a new 0entecostal assembly#
(od is ma)ing people hngry and thirsty after $is best# 1nd everywhere $e is filling the
hngry and giving them that which the disciples received at the very beginning# 1re yo hngry6 If yo
are, (od promises that yo shall be filled#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
(lory 1nd Lirte, 3ay ;><J
I want yo to see this morning two words that are closely connectedB beatifl words and fll
of blessing this moment for s# Let me read them+
!###throgh the )nowledge of him that hath called s to glory and
virte# < 0eter ;+J
0eople have a great misnderstanding abot glory, thogh they often se the word# There are
three things that oght to ta)e place in the baptism# It was a necessity that the moving by the mighty
rshing wind shold be made manifest in the pper roomB also that they shold be clothed with
tonges as of fire# Then that the body shold receive, not only the fire, bt also the rshing wind, the
personality of the Spirit in the wind, and the manifestation of the glory is in the wind, or breath of
(od#
The inward man receives the $oly (host instantly with great 8oy and blessedness# $e cannot
e'press it# Then the power of the Spirit, this breath of (od, ta)es of the things of @ess and sends forth
as a river the tterances of the Spirit# 1gain, when the body is filled with 8oy, sometimes so
ine'pressible, being thrown on the canvas of the mind, the canvas of the mind has great power to
move the operation of the tonge to bring ot the very depths of the inward heart-s power, love, 8oy,
to s# By the same process the Spirit, which is the breath of (od, brings forth the manifestation of the
glory#
0eter spea)s in Second 0eter ;+;I,;E+
For we have not followed cnningly devised fables, when we made
)nown nto yo the power and coming of or Lord @ess Christ,
bt were eyewitnesses of his ma8esty# For he received from (od
the Father honor and glory, when there came sch a voice to him
from the e'cellent glory####
Sometimes people wonder why it is that the $oly (host is always e'pressing $imself in
words# It cannot be otherwise# :o cold not nderstand it otherwise# :o cannot nderstand (od by
sha)ings, and yet sha)ings may be in perfect order sometimes# Bt yo can always tell when the Spirit
moves, and brings forth the tterances# They are always the tterances that shall magnify (od# The
$oly (host has a perfect plan# $e comes right throgh every man who is so filled, and brings divine
tterances that we may nderstand what the mind of the Lord is# 0erhaps I might ta)e yo to three
e'pressions in the Bible pon the glory#
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re8oiceth#### 0salm ;I+>
Something has made the re8oicing bring forth the glory# It was becase his heart was glad#
Trn to 0salm ;DH+;,
, (od, my heart is fi'edB I will sing and give praise, even with my
glory#
:o see, when the body is filled with the power of (od, then the only thing that can e'press
the glory is the tonge# (lory is presence, and the presence always conies by the tonge which brings
forth the revelations of (od#
:o find in 1cts <+<A,<I another side to this#
For 4avid spea)eth concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always
before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I shold not be
moved+ Therefore did my heart re8oice, and my tonge was glad####
(od first brings into s $is power, then $e gives s verbal e'pressions by the same Spirit,
the manifestation ot of s 8st as it is within s# !###ot of the abndance of the heart the moth
spea)eth" C3atthew ;<+J?F#
Lirte has to be transmitted, and glory has to e'pressed# So (od, by filling s with the $oly
(host, has broght into s this glory, that ot of s may come forth the glory# The $oly (host
nderstands everything Christ has in the glory and brings throgh the heart of man (od-s latest
thoght# The world-s needs, or manifestations, revivals, all conditions, are first settled in heaven,
then wor)ed ot on the earth# So we mst be in toch with (od 1lmighty to bring ot on the face of
the earth all the things that (od has in the heavens# This is an ideal for s, and (od help s not to
forsa)e the sense of holy commnion, entering into the closets in privacy, that pblicly $e may
manifest $is glory#
We mst see the face of the Lord and nderstand $is wor)ings# There are things that (od says
to me that I )now mst ta)e place# It does not matter what people say# I have been face to face with
some of the most trying moments of men-s lives, when it meant so mch if I )ept the vision, and held
fast to what (od had said# 1 man mst be in an immoveable condition, and the voice of (od mst
mean to him more than what he sees, feels, or what people say# $e mst have an originality born in
heaven, transmitted or e'pressed in some way# We mst bring heaven to earth#
1ccording as his divine power hath given nto s all things that
pertain nto life and godliness, throgh the )nowledge of him that
hath called s to glory and virte#
,h, this is a lovely verse# There is so mch depth in it for s# It is all real from heaven# It is as
divinely appointed for this meeting as when the $oly (host was pon 0eter, and he brings it ot for
s# It is to me lifeB it is li)e the breathB it moves me# I mst live in this grace# !1ccording as his divine
power," there it is again, !hath given nto s all things that pertain nto life and godliness#" ,h, what
wonderfl things $e has given s, !throgh the )nowledge of him that hath called s to glory and
virte#" :o cannot get away from $im# $e is the center of all things# $e moves the earth, transforms
beings, can live in every mind, plan every thoght# ,h, $e is there all the time#
:o will find that 0al is fll of the might of the Spirit breathing throgh him, and yet he
comes to a place where he feels he mst stop# For there are greater things than he can even tter only
by prayer, the 1lmighty breathing throgh the hman sol#
In the last of .phesians J are these words which no hman man cold ever thin) or plan with
pen and in), so mighty, so of (od when it spea)s abot $is being able to do all things, !###e'ceeding
abndantly above all that we as) or thin)###" Cv# <DF# The mighty (od of revelation5 The $oly (host
gave these words of grander to stir or hearts, to move or affections, to transform s altogether#
This is ideal5 This is (od# Shall we teach them6 Shall we have them6 ,h, they are ors# (od has
never pt anything over on a pole where yo cold not reach it# $e has broght $is plan down to man,
and if we are prepared this morning, oh, what there is for s5 I feel sometimes we have 8st as mch
as we can digest, yet there are sch divine nggets of precios trth held before or hearts, it ma)es
yo nderstand that there are yet heights, and depths, and lengths, and breadths of the )nowledge of
(od laid p for s# We might trly say,
!3y heavenly ban), my heavenly ban),
The hose of (od-s treasre and store#
I have plenty in hereB I-m a real millionaire#"
(lory5 *ever to be poverty9strc) anymore# 1n inward )nowledge of a great ban) than ever
the Rothchilds, or any other, has )nown abot# It is stored p, ngget pon ngget, weights of glory,
e'pressions of the invisible Christ to be seen by men#
(od is sha)ing the earth to its fondations, and ma)ing s to nderstand that there is a
principle in the Scriptres that may bring to man freedom from the natral order, and bring him into a
place of holiness, righteosness, and peace of (od which passeth all hman nderstanding# We mst
reach it# 0raise (od5 (od has broght s in on prpose to ta)e s on# $e has broght s here this
morning, and yo say, !$ow shall I be able to get all that is laid p for me6" Brother, sister, I )now
no other way % a bro)en and contrite heart $e will not despise#
What do yo want this morning6 Be definite in yor see)ing# (od )nows what yo need, and
that one thing is for yo this morning# Set it in yor minds that yo will )now this morning the powers
of the world to come#
1s), and it shall be given yoB see), and ye shall findB )noc), and it
shall be opened nto yo+ for every one that as)eth receivethB and
he that see)eth findethB and to him that )noc)eth it shall be
opened# 3atthew E+E,H
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
Concerning Spirital (ifts, @ne <,;><J
(od wants s to enter into the rest of faith# $e desires s to have all confidence in $imself#
$e prposes that $is Word shall be established in or heartsB and, as we believe $is Word, we will
see that all things are possible#
In ; Corinthians ;<+; we read,
*ow concerning spirital gifts, brethren, I wold not have yo
ignorant#
There is a great wea)ness in the chrch of Christ becase of an awfl ignorance concerning
the Spirit of (od and the gifts $e has come to bring# (od wold have s powerfl on ail lines
becase of the revelation of the )nowledge of $is will concerning the power and manifestation of $is
Spirit# $e wold have s ever hngry to receive more and more of $is Spirit# In times past I have
arranged many conventions, and I have fond that it is better to have a man on my platform who has
not received the baptism bt who is hngry for all that (od has for him, than a man who has received
the baptism and is satisfied and has settled down and become stationary and stagnant# Bt of corse I
wold prefer a man who is bapti&ed with the $oly (host and is still hngry for more of (od# 1 man
who is not hngry to receive more of (od is ot of order in any convention#
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of being filled with the Spirit# It is impossible
for s to meet the conditions of the day, to wal) in the light as $e is in the light, to sbde )ingdoms
and wor) righteosness and bind the power of Satan nless we are filled with the $oly (host# We
read that in the early chrch !###they contined stedfastly in the apostles- doctrine and fellowship, and
in brea)ing of bread, and in prayers" C1cts <+?<F# It is important for s also to contine steadfastly in
these same things# For some years I was associated with the 0lymoth brethren# They are very strong
on the Word, and are sond on water baptism, and they do not neglect the brea)ing of bread service,
bt have it every Lord-s day morning as they had it in the early chrch# These people seem to have
everything e'cept the match# They have the wood, bt they need the fire and they wold be all abla&e#
Becase they lac) the fire of the $oly Spirit, there is no life in their meetings# ,ne yong man who
attended their meetings received the baptism with the spea)ing in other tonges as the Spirit gave
tterance# The brethren were very pset abot this and came to the father and said to him, !:o mst
ta)e yor son aside and tell him to cease#" They did not want any distrbance# The father told the son
and said, !3y boy, I have been attending this chrch for twenty years and have never seen anything of
this )ind# We are established in the trth and do not want anything new# We won-t have it#" The son
replied, !If that is (od-s plan I will obey, bt somehow or other I don-t thin) it is#" 1s they were
going home the horse stood stillB the wheels were in deep rts# The father plled at the reins bt the
horse did not move# $e as)ed, !What do yo thin) is p6" The son answered, !It has got established#"
(od save s from becoming stationary#
(od wold have s to nderstand concerning spirital gifts and to covet earnestly the best
gifts, and also to enter into the more e'cellent way of the frit of the Spirit# We mst beseech (od for
these gifts# It is a serios thing to have the baptism and yet be stationaryB to live two days in
sccession on the same spirital plane is a tragedy# We mst be willing to deny orselves everything
to receive the revelation of (od-s trth and to receive the flness of the Spirit# ,nly that will satisfy
(od, and nothing less mst satisfy s# 1 yong Rssian received the $oly Spirit and was mightily
ended with power from on $igh# Some sisters were an'ios to )now the secret of his power# The
secret of his power was continos waiting pon (od# 1s the $oly (host filled him, it seemed as
thogh every breath became a prayer and so all his ministry was on an increasing line#
I )new a man who was fll of the $oly (host and wold only preach when he )new that he
was mightily nctioni&ed by the power of (od# $e was as)ed to preach at a 3ethodist chrch# $e
was staying at the minister-s hose and he said, !:o go on to chrch and I will follow#" The place
was pac)ed with people bt this man did not trn p and the 3ethodist minister, becoming an'ios,
sent his little girl to in/ire why he did not come# 1s she came to the bedroom door she heard him
crying ot three times, !I will not go#" She went bac) and reported that she heard the man say three
times that he wold not go# The minister was trobled abot it, bt almost immediately after this the
man came in, and, as he preached that night, the power of (od was tremendosly manifested# The
preacher as)ed him, !Why did yo tell my daghter that yo were not coming6" $e answered, !I
)now when I am filled# I am an ordinary man and I told the Lord that I dared not go and wold not go
ntil $e gave me a fresh filling of the Spirit# The moment the glory filled me and overflowed I came
to the meeting#"
:es, there is a power, a blessing, an assrance, a rest in the presence of the $oly (host# :o
can feel $is presence and )now that $e is with yo# :o need not spend an hor withot this inner
)nowledge of $is holy presence# With $is power pon yo there can be no failre# :o are above
par all the time#
: )now that ye were (entiles, carried away nto these dmbe
idols, even as ye were led# ; Corinthians ;<+<
This is the (entile day# When the @ews refsed the blessings of (od $e scattered them, and
$e has grafted the (entiles into the olive tree where the @ews were bro)en off# There never has been
a time when (od has been so favorable to a people who were not a people# $e has broght in the
(entiles to carry ot $is prpose of preaching the (ospel to all nations and to receive the power of
the $oly (host to accomplish this tas)# It is of the mercy of (od that $e has trned to the (entiles and
made s parta)ers of all the blessings that belong to the @ewsB and here nder this canopy of glory,
becase we believe, we get all the blessings of faithfl 1braham#
Wherefore I give yo to nderstand, that no man spea)ing by the
Spirit of (od calleth @ess accrsed+ and that no man can say that
@ess is the Lord, bt by the $oly (host# ; Corinthians ;<+J
There are many evil, deceiving spirits sent forth in these last days who endeavor to rob @ess
of $is lordship and of $is rightfl place# 3any are opening the doors to these latest devils, sch as
*ew Theology and *ew Thoght and Christian Science# These evil clts deny the fndamental trths
of (od-s Word# They all deny eternal pnishment and all deny the deity of @ess Christ# :o will
never see the baptism of the $oly (host come pon a man who accepts these errors# *either will yo
see a Romanist receive# They pt 3ary in the place of the $oly (host# I wold li)e yo to prodce a
Romanist who )nows that he is saved# *o man can )now he is saved by wor)s# If yo ever spea) to a
Romanist yo will )now that he is not definite on the line of the new birth# They cannot be# 1nother
thing, yo will never find a Rssellite bapti&ed in the $oly (hostB nor a member of any other clt who
does not pt the Lord @ess Christ pre9eminent above all#
The all important thing is to ma)e @ess Lord#O 3en can grow lopsided by emphasi&ing the
trth of divine healing# 3an can get wrong by all the time preaching on water baptism# Bt we never
go wrong in e'alting the Lord @ess Christ, giving $im the pre9eminent place and magnifying $im as
both Lord and Christ, yes, as very (od of very (od# 1s we are filled with the $oly (host or one
desire is to magnify $im# We need to be filled with the Spirit to get the fll revelation of the Lord
@ess Christ#
(od-s command is for s to be filled with the Spirit# We are no good if we only have a fll
cp# We need to have an overflowing cp all the time# It is a tragedy not to live in the flness of
overflowing# See that yo never live below the overflowing tide#
!*ow there are diversities of gifts, bt the same Spirit" C; Corinthians ;<+?F# .very
manifestation of the Spirit is given that we might !profit withal#" When the $oly Spirit is moving in
an assembly and $is gifts are in operation, everyone will receive profit# I have seen some who have
been terribly switched# They believe in gifts, in prophecy, and they se these gifts apart from the
power of the $oly (host# We mst loo) to the $oly Spirit to show s the se of the gifts, what they
are for, and when to se them, so that we may never se them withot the power of the $oly (host# I
do not )now of anything which is so awfl today as people sing a gift withot the power# *ever do
it# (od save s from doing it#
1 man who is filled with the $oly (host, while he may not be conscios of having any gift of
the Spirit, can have the gifts made manifest throgh him# I have gone to many places to help and have
fond that nder the nction of the $oly Spirit many wonderfl things have happened in the midst
when the glory of the Lord was pon the people# 1ny man who is filled with (od and filled with $is
Spirit might at any moment have any of the nine gifts made manifest throgh him withot )nowing that
he has a gift# Sometimes I have wondered whether it was better to be always fll of the $oly (host
and to see signs and wonders and miracles withot any consciosness of possessing a gift, or whether
it was better to )now one has a gift# If yo have received the gifts of the Spirit and they have been
blessed, yo shold never nder any circmstances se them withot the power of (od pon yo
pressing the gift throgh# Some have sed the prophetic gift withot the holy toch, and they have
come into the realm of the natral, and it has broght rin, cased dissatisfaction, bro)en hearts, pset
assemblies# 4o not see) the gifts nless yo are prposed to abide in the $oly Spirit# They shold be
manifested only in the power of the $oly Spirit#
The Lord will allow yo to be very drn) in $is presence, bt sober among people# I li)e to
see people so filled with the Spirit that they are drn) li)e the ;<D on the day of 0entecost, bt I don-t
li)e to see people drn) in the wrong place# That is what trobles s, somebody being drn) in a
place of worship where a lot of people come in that )now nothing abot the Word# If yo allow
yorself to be drn) there yo send people away, they loo) at yo instead of seeing (od# They
condemn the whole thing becase yo have not been sober at the right time# 0al writes, !For whether
we be beside orselves, it is to (od+ or whether we be sober, it is for yor case" C< Corinthians
A+;JF# :o can be beside yorself# :o can go a bit frther than being drn)# :o can dance, if yo
will do it at the right time# So many things are commendable when all the people are in the Spirit#
3any things are very foolish if the people rond abot yo are not in the Spirit# We mst be carefl
not to have a good time at the e'pense of somebody else# When yo have a good time yo mst see
that the spirital conditions in the place lend themselves to help yo and that the people are falling in
line with yo# Then yo will find it always a blessing#
While it is right to covet earnestly the best gifts, yo mst recogni&e that the all important thing
is to be filled with the power of the $oly (host $imself# :o will never have troble with people
who are filled with the power of the $oly (host, bt yo will have a lot of troble with people who
have the gifts and have no power# The Lord wants s to come behind in no gift, bt at the same time
$e wants s to be so filled with the $oly (host that it will be the $oly Spirit manifesting $imself
throgh the gifts# Where the glory of (od alone is desired, yo can loo) for every needed gift to be
made manifest# To glorify (od is better than to idoli&e gifts# We prefer the Spirit of (od to any giftB
bt we can loo) for the Trinity in manifestation, different gifts by the same Spirit, different
administrations bt the same Lord, diversities of operation bt the same (od wor)ing all in all# Can
yo conceive of what it will mean for or Trine (od to be manifesting $imself in $is flness in or
assemblies6
Watch that great locomotive boiler as it is filled with steam# :o can see the engine letting off
some of the steam as it remains stationary# It loo)s as thogh the whole thing might brst# :o can see
saints li)e that# They start to scream, bt that is not to edification# Bt when the locomotive moves on,
it serves the prpose for which it was bilt, and plls along mch traffic with it# It is wonderfl to be
filled with the power of the $oly (host, and for $im to serve $is own prposes throgh s# Throgh
or lips divine tterances flow, or hearts re8oice and or tonge is glad# It is an inward power
within which is manifested in otward e'pression# @ess Christ is glorified# 1s yor faith in $im is
/ic)ened, from within yo there will flow rivers of living water# The $oly Spirit will por throgh
yo li)e a great river of life and thosands will be blessed becase yo are a yielded channel throgh
whom the Spirit may flow#
O###if tho shalt confess with thy moth the Lord @ess, and shalt
believe in thine heart that (od hath raised him from the dead, tho
shalt be saved# Romans ;D+>
For T, T$IS .*4 Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that
$. 3I($T B. lord both of the dead and living# Romans ;?+>
MChrist @essN### hmbled himself, and became obedient nto death,
even the death of the cross# Wherefore (od also hath highly
e'alted him, and given him a name which is above every name+
That at the name of @ess every )nee shold bow### 1nd that every
tonge shold confess that @ess Christ is lord, to the glory of (od
the Father# 0hilippians <+H9;;
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
The (ifts of $ealing and the Wor)ing of 3iracles, 1gst ?, ;><J
(od has given s mch in these last days, and where mch is given mch will be re/ired#
The Lord has said to s,
: are the salt of the earth+ bt if the salt have lost his savor,e
wherewith shall it be salted6 it is thenceforth good for nothing, bt
to be cast ot, and to be trodden nderfoot of men# 3atthew A+;J
We see a thoght on the same line when or Lord @ess says,
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is
witheredB and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and
they are brned# @ohn ;A+I
,n the other hand $e tells s,
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in yo, ye shall as) what ye
will, and it shall be done nto yo# @ohn ;A+E
If we do not move on with the Lord these days, and do not wal) in the light of revealed trth,
we shall become as the savorless salt, as a withered branch# This one thing we mst do, forgetting
those things that are behind, the past failres and the past blessings, we mst reach forth for those
things which are before, and press toward the mar) for the pri&e of or high calling of (od in Christ
@ess C0hilippians J+;J,;?F#
For many years the Lord has been moving me on and )eeping me from spirital stagnation#
When I was in the Wesleyan 3ethodist Chrch I was sre I was saved and was sre I was all right#
The Lord said to me, !Come ot," and I came ot# When I was with the people )nown as the Brethren
I was sre I was all right now# Bt the Lord said, !Come ot#" Then I went into the Salvation 1rmy#
1t that time it was fll of life and there were revivals everywhere# Bt the Salvation 1rmy went into
natral things and the great revivals that they had in those early days ceased# The Lord said to me,
!Come ot," and I came ot# I have had to come ot three times since# I believe that this 0entecostal
revival that we are now in is the best thing that the Lord has on the earth today, and yet I believe that
(od has something ot of this that is going to be still better# (od has no se for any man who is not
hngering and thirsting for yet more of $imself and $is righteosness#
The Lord has told s to covet earnestly the best gifts, and we need to be covetos for those
that will bring $im most glory# We need to see the gifts of healing and the wor)ing of miracles in
operation today# Some say that it is necessary for s to have the gift of discernment in operation with
the gifts of healing, bt even apart from this gift I believe the $oly (host will have a divine
revelation for s as we deal with the sic)# 3ost people seem to have discernment, or thin) they have,
and if they wold trn it on themselves for twelve months they wold never want to discern again#
The gift of discernment is not criticism# I am satisfied that in 0entecostal circles today that or
paramont need is more perfect love#
0erfect love will never want the preeminence in everything, it will never want to ta)e the
place of another, it will always be willing to ta)e the bac) seat# If yo go to a convention there is
always someone who wants to give a message, who wants to be heard# If yo have a desire to go to a
convention yo shold have three things settled in yor mind# 4o I want to be heard6 4o I want to be
seen6 4o I want anything on the line of finances6 If I have these things in my heart, I have no right to
be there# The one thing that mst move s mst be the constraining love of (od to minister for $im# 1
preacher always loses ot when he gets his mind on finances# It is well for 0entecostal preachers to
avoid ma)ing mch of finances e'cept to stir p people to help or missionaries on financial lines# 1
preacher who gets big collections for the missionaries need never fear, the Lord will ta)e care of his
finances# 1 preacher shold not land at a place and say that (od had sent him# I am always fearfl
when I hear a man advertising this# If he is sent of (od, the saints will )now it# (od has $is plans for
$is servants and we mst so live in $is plans that $e will place s where $e wants s# If yo see)
nothing bt the will of (od, $e will always pt yo in the right place at the right time# I want yo to
see that the gifts of healing and the wor)ing of miracles are part of the Spirit-s plan and will come
forth in operation as we are wor)ing along that plan# I mst )now the movement of the Spirit, and the
voice of (od# I mst nderstand the will of (od if I am to see the gifts of the Spirit in operation#
The gifts of healing are so varied# :o may go and see ten people and every case is different#
I am never happier in the Lord than when I am in a bedroom with a sic) person# I have had more
revelations of the Lord-s presence when I have ministered to the sic) at their bedsides than at any
other time# It is as yor heart goes ot to the needy ones in deep compassion that the Lord manifests
$is presence# :o are able to locate their position# It is then that yo )now that yo mst be filled
with the Spirit to deal with the conditions before yo#
Where people are in sic)ness yo find fre/ently that they are dense abot Scriptre# They
sally )now three scriptres thogh# They )now abot 0al-s thorn in the flesh, and that 0al told
Timothy to ta)e a little wine for his stomach-s sa)e, and that 0al left someone sic) somewhereB they
forget his name, and don-t remember the name of the place, and don-t )now where the chapter is#
3ost people thin) they have a thorn in the flesh# The chief thing in dealing with a person who is sic)
is to locate their e'act position# 1s yo are ministering nder the Spirit-s power, the Lord will let yo
see 8st that which will be the most helpfl and the most faith9inspiring to them#
When I was in the plmbing bsiness I en8oyed praying for the sic)# 7rgent calls wold come
and I wold have no time to wash, and with my hands all blac) I wold preach to these sic) ones, my
heart all aglow with love# 1h, yo mst have yor heart in the thing when yo pray for the sic)# :o
have to get right to the bottom of the cancer with a divine compassion and then yo will see the gifts
of the Spirit in operation#
I was called at ;D o-cloc) one night to pray for a yong person given p by the doctor who
was dying of consmption# 1s I loo)ed, I saw that nless (od ndertoo) it was impossible for her to
live# I trned to the mother and said, !Well, 3other, yo will have to go to bed#" She said, !,h, I
have not had my clothes off for three wee)s#" I said to the daghters, !:o will have to go to bed,"
bt they did not want to go# It was the same with the son# I pt on my overcoat and said, !(oodbye,
I-m off#" They said, !,h, don-t leave s#" I said, !I can do nothing here#" They said, !,h, if yo will
stop, we will all go to bed#" I )new that (od wold move nothing in an atmosphere of mere natral
sympathy and nbelief#
They all went to bed and I stayed, and that was srely a time as I )nelt by that bed face to face
with death and with the devil# Bt (od can change the hardest sitation and ma)e yo )now that $e is
almighty# Then the fight came# It seemed as thogh the heavens were brass# I prayed from ;;+DD 0#3#
to J+JD in the morning# I saw the glimmering light on the face of the sfferer and saw her pass away#
The devil said, !*ow yo are done for# :o have come from Bradford and the girl has died on yor
hands#" I said, !It can-t be# (od did not send me here for nothing# This is a time to change strength#" I
remembered that passage which said, !###men oght always to pray, and not to faint" CL)e ;H+;F#
4eath had ta)en place bt I )new that my (od was all powerfl, and $e that had split the Red Sea is
8st the same today# It was a time when I wold not have !*o," and (od said !:es#" I loo)ed at the
window and at that moment the face of @ess appeared# It seemed as thogh a million rays of light
were coming from $is face# 1s $e loo)ed at the one who had 8st passed away, the color came bac)
to the face# She rolled over and fell asleep# Then I had a glorios time# In the morning she wo)e early,
pt on a dressing gown, and wal)ed to the piano# She started to play and to sing a wonderfl song#
The mother and the sister and the brother had all come down to listen# The Lord had nderta)en# 1
miracle had been wroght#
The Lord is calling s along this way# I am than)ing (od for difficlt cases# The Lord has
called s into heart nion with $imselfB $e wants $is bride to have one heart and one Spirit with
$im and to do what $e $imself loved to do# That case had to be a miracle# The lngs were gone, they
were 8st in shreds, bt the Lord restored lngs that were perfectly sond#
There is a frit of the Spirit that mst accompany the gift of healing and that is longsffering#
The man who is going throgh with (od to be sed in healing mst be a man of longsffering# $e mst
be always ready with a word of comfort# If the sic) one is in distress and helpless and does not see
everything eye to eye with yo, yo mst bear with them# ,r Lord @ess Christ was filled with
compassion and lived and moved in a place of longsffering, and we will have to get into this place if
we are to help needy ones#
There are some times when yo pray for the sic) and yo are apparently rogh# Bt yo are
not dealing with a person, yo are dealing with satanic forces that are binding the person# :or heart
is fll of love and compassion to all, bt yo are moved to a holy anger as yo see the place the devil
has ta)en in the body of the sic) one, and yo deal with his position with a real forceflness# ,ne day
a pet dog followed a lady ot of her hose and ran all rond her feet# She said to the dog, !3y dear, I
cannot have yo with me today#" The dog wagged its tail and made a big fss# She said, !(o home,
my dear#" Bt the dog did not go# 1t last she shoted roghly, !(o home," and off it went# Some
people deal with the devil li)e that# The devil can stand all the comfort yo li)e to give him# Cast him
ot5 :o are dealing not with the person, yo are dealing with the devil# 4emon power mst be
dislodged in the name of the Lord# :o are always right when yo dare to deal with sic)ness as with
the devil# 3ch sic)ness is cased by some miscondct, there is something wrong, there is some
neglect somewhere, and Satan has had a chance to get in# It is necessary to repent and confess where
yo have given place to the devil, and then he can be dealt with#
When yo deal with a cancer case, recogni&e that it is a living evil spirit that is destroying the
body# I had to pray for a woman in Los 1ngeles one time who was sffering with cancer, and as soon
as it was crsed it stopped bleeding# It was dead# The ne't thing that happened was that the natral
body pressed it ot, becase the natral body had no room for dead matter# It came ot li)e a great big
ball with tens of thosands of fibers# 1ll these fibers had been pressing into the flesh# These evil
powers move to get frther hold of the system, bt the moment they are destroyed their hold is gone#
@ess said to $is disciples that $e gave them power to loose and power to bind# It is or privilege in
the power of the $oly (host to loose the prisoners of Satan and to let the oppressed go free#
Ta)e yor position in the first epistle of @ohn and declare, !###greater is he that is in MmeN, than
he that is in the world" C; @ohn ?+?F# Then recogni&e that it is not yorself that has to deal with the
power of the devil, bt the (reater ,ne that is in yo# ,h, what it means to be filled with $im# :o
can do nothing of yorself, bt $e that is in yo will win the victory# :or being has become the
temple of the Spirit# :or moth, yor mind, yor whole being becomes e'ercised and wor)ed pon
by the Spirit of (od#
I was called to a certain town in *orway# The hall seated abot ;ADD people# When I got to
the place it was pac)ed, and hndreds were trying to get in# There were some policemen there# The
first thing I did was to preach to the people otside the bilding# Then I said to the policemen, !It
hrts me very mch that there are more people otside than inside and I feel I mst preach to the
people# I wold li)e yo to get me the mar)etplace to preach in#" They secred for me a great par)
and a big stand was erected and I was able to preach to thosands# 1fter the preaching, we had some
wonderfl cases of healing# ,ne man came a hndred miles bringing his food with him# $e had not
been passing anything throgh his stomach for over a month as he had a great cancer on his stomach#
$e was healed at that meeting, and opening his parcel, he began eating before all the people# There
was a yong woman there with a stiff hand# Instead of the mother ma)ing the child se her arm, she
had allowed the child to )eep the arm dormant ntil it was stiff, and she had grown p to be a yong
woman and was li)e the woman that was bowed down with the spirit of infirmity# 1s she stood
before me I crsed the spirit of infirmity in the name of @ess# It was instantly cast ot and the arm
was free# Then she waved it all over# 1t the close of the meeting the devil laid ot two people with
fits# When the devil is manifesting himself, then is the time to deal with him# Both of these people
were delivered, and when they stood p and than)ed and praised the Lord, what a wonderfl time we
had#
We need to wa)e p and be on the stretch to believe (od# Before (od cold bring me to this
place, $e has bro)en me a thosand times# I have wept, I have groaned# I have travailed many a night
ntil (od bro)e me# It seems to me that ntil (od has mowed yo down yo never can have this
longsffering for others# We can never have the gifts of healing and the wor)ing of miracles in
operation only as we stand in the divine power that (od gives s and we stand believing (od, and
having done all we still stand believing#
We have been seeing wonderfl miracles these last days and they are only a little of what we
are going to see# I believe that we are right on the threshold of wonderfl things, bt I want to
emphasi&e that all
these things will be throgh the power of the $oly (host# :o mst not thin) that these gifts
will fall pon yo li)e ripe cherries# There is a sense in which yo have to pay the price for
everything yo get# We mst be covetos for (od-s best gifts, and say 1men to any preparation the
Lord ta)es s throgh, in order that we may be hmble, seable vessels throgh whom $e $imself can
operate by means of the Spirit-s power#
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4eliverance to the Captives, ,ctober94ecember ;><J
,r precios Lord @ess has everything for everybody#
Forgiveness from sin, healing of diseases and the flness of the Spirit all come from one
sorce % from the Lord @ess Christ# $ear $im who is the same yesterday, today, and forever as $e
annonces the prpose for which $e came#
The Spirit of the Lord is pon me, becase he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poorB he hath sent me to heal the
bro)enhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
brised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord# L)e ?+;H,;>
@ess had been bapti&ed by @ohn in @ordan, and the $oly Spirit had descended in a bodily
shape li)e a dove pon $im# Being fll of the $oly (host, $e had been led by the Spirit into the
wilderness, there to come off more than con/eror over the archenemy# Then $e retrned in the
power of the Spirit to (alilee and preached in the synagoges, and at last $e came to $is old
hometown, *a&areth, where $e annonced $is mission in the words I have 8st /oted# For a brief
while $e ministered on the earth, and then gave $is life a ransom for all# Bt (od raised $im from
the dead# 1nd before $e went to the glory, $e told $is disciples that they shold receive the power
of the $oly (host pon them, too# Ths, throgh them, $is gracios ministry wold contine# This
power of the $oly (host was not only for a few apostles, bt even for them that are afar off, even as
many as the Lord or (od shold call C1cts <+J>F, even for s away down in this twentieth centry#
Some as), !Bt was not this power 8st for the privileged few in the first centry6" *o# Read the
3aster-s great commission as recorded by 3ar), and yo will see it is for them who believe#
1fter I had received the baptism of the $oly (host % and I )now that I received, for the Lord
gave me the Spirit in 8st the same way as $e gave $im to the disciples at @ersalem % I soght the
mind of the Lord as to why I was bapti&ed# ,ne day I came home from wor) and went into the hose
and my wife as)ed me, !Which way did yo come in6" I told her that I had come in at the bac) door#
She said, !There is a woman pstairs and she has broght an old man of eighty to be prayed for# $e is
raving p there, and a great crowd is otside the front door, ringing the doorbell and wanting to )now
what is going on in the hose#" The Lord /ietly whispered, !This is what I bapti&ed yo for#"
I careflly opened the door of the room where the man was, desiring to be obedient to what
my Lord wold say to me# The man was crying and shoting in distress, !I am lost5 I am lost5 I have
committed the npardonable sin# I am lost5 I am lost5" 3y wife said, !4ad, what shall we do6" The
Spirit of the Lord moved me to cry ot, !Come ot, tho lying spirit#" In a moment the evil spirit went,
and the man was free# 4eliverance to the captives5 1nd the Lord said to me, !This is what I bapti&ed
yo for#"
There is a place where (od, throgh the power of the $oly (host, reigns spreme in or
lives# The Spirit reveals, nfolds, ta)es of the things of Christ and shows them to s, and prepares s
to be more than a match for satanic forces#
When *icodems came to @ess he said,
# ##we )now that tho art a teacher come from (od+ for no man can
do these miracles that tho doest, e'cept (od be with him# @ess
answered and said to him, Lerily, verily, I say nto thee, .'cept a
man be born again, he cannot see the )ingdom of (od# @ohn J+<,J
*icodems was strc) by the miracles wroght, and @ess pointed ot the necessity of a
miracle being wroght with every man who wold see the )ingdom# When a man is born of (od, is
broght from dar)ness to light, a mighty miracle is wroght# @ess saw every toch by (od as a
miracle, and so we may e'pect to see miracles wroght today# It is wonderfl to have the Spirit of the
Lord pon s# I wold rather have the Spirit of (od on me for five mintes than to receive a million
dollars#
4o yo see how @ess mastered the devil in the wilderness6 $e )new $e was the Son of (od
and Satan came along with an !if#" $ow many times has Satan come along to yo this way6 $e says,
!1fter all, yo may be deceived# :o )now yo really are not a child of (od#" If the devil comes
along and says that yo are not saved, it is a pretty sre sign that yo are# When he comes and tells
yo that yo are not healed, it may be ta)en as good evidence that the Lord has sent $is Word and
healed yo C0salm ;DE+<DF# The devil )nows that if he can captre yor thoght life, he has won a
mighty victory over yo# $is great bsiness is in8ecting thoghts, bt if yo are pre and holy yo will
instantly shrin) from them# (od wants s to let the mind that was in Christ @ess, that pre, holy,
hmble mind of Christ, be in s#
I come across people everywhere I go who are held bond by deceptive conditions, and these
conditions have come abot simply becase they have allowed the devil to ma)e their minds the place
of his stronghold# $ow are we to gard against this6 The Lord has provided s with weapons that are
mighty throgh (od to the plling down of these strongholds of the enemy, and by means of which
every thoght shall be broght into captivity to the obedience of Christ C< Corinthians ;D+?,AF# The
blood of @ess Christ and $is mighty name are an antidote to all the sbtle seeds of nbelief that Satan
wold sow in yor minds#
In the first chapter of 1cts, we see that @ess gave commandment to the disciples that they
shold wait for the promise of the Father, and $e told them that not many days hence they wold be
bapti&ed with the $oly (host# L)e tells s that he had written his former treatise concerning all that
@ess began both to do and teach# The ministry of Christ did not end at the cross, bt the 1cts and the
epistles give s acconts of what $e contined to do and teach throgh those whom $e indwelt# 1nd
or blessed Lord @ess is still alive, and contines $is ministry throgh those who are filled with $is
Spirit# $e is still healing the bro)enhearted and delivering the captives throgh those on whom $e
places $is Spirit#
I was traveling one day in a railway train in Sweden# 1t one station there boarded the train an
old lady with her daghter# The old lady-s e'pression was so trobled that I en/ired what was the
matter with her# I heard that she was going to the hospital to have her leg ta)en off# She began to weep
as she told me that the doctors had said that there was no hope for her e'cept throgh having her leg
amptated# She was seventy years old# I said to my interpreter, !Tell her that @ess can heal her#" The
instant this was said to her, it was as thogh a veil was ta)en off her face, it became so light#
We stopped at another station and the carriage filled p with people# There was a rsh of men
to board that train and the devil said, !:o-re done#" Bt I )new I had the best proposition, for hard
things are always opportnities to get to the Lord more glory when $e manifests $is power# .very
trial is a blessing# There have been times when I have been pressed throgh circmstances and it
seemed as if a do&en road engines were going over me, bt I have fond that the hardest things are 8st
lifting places into the grace of (od# We have sch a lovely @ess# $e always proves $imself to be
sch a mighty 4eliverer# $e never fails to plan the best things for s#
The train began moving and I croched down, and in the name of @ess commanded the
disease to leave# The old lady cried, !I-m healedB I )now I-m healed#" She stamped her leg and said,
!I-m going to prove it#" So when we stopped at another station she marched p and down, and
shoted !I-m not going to the hospital#" ,nce again or wonderfl @ess had proven $imself a $ealer
of the bro)enhearted, a 4eliverer of one that was bond#
1t one time I was so bond that no hman power cold help me# 3y wife was loo)ing for me
to pass away# There was no help# 1t that time I had 8st had a faint glimpse of @ess as the $ealer#
For si' months I had been sffering from appendicitis, occasionally getting temporary relief# I went to
the mission, of which I was pastor, bt I was broght to the floor in awfl agony, and they broght me
home to my bed# 1ll night I was praying, pleading for deliverance, bt none came# 3y wife was sre
it was my home call, and sent for a physician# $e said that there was no possible chance for me % my
body was too wea)# $aving had the appendicitis for si' months, my whole system was drained, and,
becase of that, he thoght that it was too late for an operation# $e left my wife in a state of bro)en
heartedness#
1fter he left there came to or door a yong man and an old lady# I )new that she was a
woman of real prayer# They came pstairs to my room# This yong man 8mped on the bed and
commanded the evil spirit to come ot of me# $e shoted, !Come ot, yo devilB I command yo to
come ot in the name of @ess5" There was no chance for an argment, or for me to tell him that I
wold never believe that there was a devil inside of me# The thing had to go in the name of @ess, and
it went, and I was instantly healed#
I arose and dressed and went downstairs# I was still in the plmbing bsiness, and I as)ed my
wife, !Is there any wor) in6 I am all right now, and I am going to wor)#" I fond that there was a
certain 8ob to be done and I pic)ed p my tools and went off to do it# @st after I left the doctor came
in, pt his plg hat down in the hall, and wal)ed p to the bedroom# Bt the invalid was not there#
!Where is 3r# Wigglesworth6" he as)ed# !,h, doctor, he-s gone ot to wor)," said my wife# !:o-ll
never see him alive again," said the doctorB !they-ll bring him bac) a corpse#" Well, I-m the corpse#
Since that time the Lord has given me the privilege of praying for people with appendicitis in
many parts of the worldB and I have seen a great many people p and dressed within a /arter of an
hor from the time I prayed for them# We have a living Christ who is willing to meet people on every
line#
1bot eight years ago I met Brother =err, and he gave me a letter of introdction to a brother
in 2ion City named Coo)# I too) his letter to Brother Coo) and he said, !(od has sent yo here#" $e
gave me the addresses of si' people and as)ed me to go and pray for them and meet him again at ;<
o-cloc)# I got bac) at abot ;<+JD, and he told me abot a yong man who was to be married the
following 3onday# $is sweetheart was in 2ion City dying of appendicitis# I went to the hose and
fond that the physician had 8st been there and had prononced that there was no hope# The mother
was nearly distracted and was plling her hair and saying, !Is there no deliverance6" I said to her,
!Woman, believe (od, and yor daghter will be healed and be p and dressed in fifteen mintes#"
Bt the mother went on screaming#
They too) me into the bedroom, and I prayed for the girl and commanded the evil spirit to
depart in the name of @ess# She cried, !I am healed#" I said to her, !4o yo want me to believe that
yo are healed6 If yo are healed, get p#" She said, !:o get ot of the room, and I-ll get p#" In less
than ten mintes the doctor came in# $e wanted to )now what had happened# She said, !1 man came
in and prayed for me, and I-m healed#" The doctor pressed his finger right in the place that had been
so sore, and the girl neither moaned nor cried# $e said, !This is (od#" It made no difference whether
he ac)nowledged it or not, I )new that (od had wor)ed# ,r (od is real in saving and healing power
today# ,r @ess is 8st the same, yesterday, today, and forever C$ebrews ;J+HF# $e saves and heals
today 8st as of old, and $e wants to be yor Savior and yor $ealer#
,h, if yo wold only believe (od5 What wold happen6 The greatest things# Some have
never tasted the grace of (od, have never had the peace of (od# 7nbelief robs them of these
blessings# It is possible to hear and yet not conceive the trth# It is possible to read the Word and not
share in the life it brings# It is necessary for s to have the $oly (host to nfold the Word and bring to
s the life that is Christ# We can never flly nderstand the wonders of this redemption ntil we are
fll of the $oly (host#
I was once at an afternoon meeting# The Lord had been graciosly with s and many had been
healed by the power of (od# 3ost of the people had gone home and I was left alone, when I saw a
yong man who evidently was hanging bac) to have a word# I as)ed, !What do yo want6" $e said, !I
wonder if I cold as) yo to pray for me#" I said, !What-s the troble6" $e said, !Can-t yo smell6"
The yong fellow had gone into sin and was sffering the conse/ences# $e said, !I have been trned
ot of two hospitals# I am bro)en ot all over# I have abscesses all over me#" 1nd I cold see that he
had a bad brea)ing ot at the nose# $e said, !I heard yo preach, and cold not nderstand abot this
healing bsiness, and was wondering if there was any hope for me#"
I said to him, !4o yo )now @ess6" $e did not )now the first thing abot salvation, bt I said
to him, !Stand still#" I placed my hands on his head and then on his loins and crsed that terrible
disease in the name of @ess# $e cried ot, !I )now I-m healed# I can feel a warmth and a glow all
over me#" I said, !Who did it6" $e said, !:or prayers#" I said, !*o, it was @ess5" $e said, !Was it
$e6 ,h, @ess5 @ess5 @ess save me#" 1nd that yong man went away healed and saved# ,h, what a
mercifl (od we have5 What a wonderfl @ess is ors5
1re yo oppressed6 Cry ot to (od# It is always good for people to cry ot# :o may have to
cry ot# The $oly (host and the Word of (od will bring to light every hidden, nclean thing that mst
be revealed# There is always a place of deliverance when yo let (od search ot that which is
spoiling and marring yor life# That evil spirit that was in the man in the synagoges cried ot, !Let s
alone5" It was a singlar thing that that evil spirit never cried ot li)e that ntil @ess reb)ed the
thing, saying, !$old thy peace and come ot of him"B and the man was delivered# $e is 8st the same
@ess, e'posing the powers of evil, delivering the captives and letting the oppressed go free, prifying
them and cleansing their hearts# Those evil spirits that inhabited the man who had the legion did not
want to be sent to the pit to be tormented before their time, and so they cried ot to be sent into the
swine# $ell is sch an awfl place that even the demons hate the thoght of going there# $ow mch
more shold men see) to be saved from the pit6
(od is compassionate and says, !See) ye the Lord while he may be fond###" CIsaiah AA+IF#
1nd $e has frther stated, !For whosoever shall call pon the name of the Lord shall be saved"
CRomans ;D+;JF# See) $im now, call on $is name right now, and there is forgiveness, healing,
redemption, deliverance, and everything yo need for yo right here and now, and that which will
satisfy yo throghot eternity#
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=eeping The Lision, 4ecember I, ;><J
For nothing really matters if the Lord loves meB
1nd $e does, $e does#
For nothing really matters if the Lord loves meB
1nd $e does, $e does#
Read the twentieth chapter of the 1cts of the apostles, beginning at verse E#
.ncoragement6 It is filled with encoragement# 1s I was saying to a few gathered together
last night, this )ind of blessed ministry with sccess, where (od has pt $is hand pon s in sch a
way % I was describing to them, I met the same )ind of thing in Swit&erland where there were nine
chrches formed and another for being formed# I went bac) there and fond all the people praising
the Lord# @st as or brother tonight has as)ed these people to stand p who were healed throgh my
ministry, they rose p# The same thing happened % 8st the same, the people are being healed dring
my absence# There is the se/el % there is the power manifested# I told yo people when I was here
before, if this wor) ceased yo cold cont pon it that the mission had been Wigglesworth-sB if it
was of (od it wold not cease# $manity is the failre everywhere, bt when hmanity is filled with
(od-s divinity, there is no sch thing as failre, and we )now that the baptism of the $oly (host is
not a failre# There are two sides to the baptism of the $oly (host# The first condition is that yo
possess the baptism, the second condition is that the baptism possesses yo# This is my message
tonight, being possessed by the Bapti&er and not possessing the Bapti&er# The first has to be before the
second can be, and (od can ma)e the first to be tonight with these whom it has not been# (od can so
manifest $is divine power in this meeting that every sol in this meeting can possess, if they are
eligible, this blessed infilling of the baptism of the $oly (host# There is no limit to it, it has not to be
measred, it is withot measre, withot limit, becase it has (od behind it, in the midst of it, and
throgh it#
Ta)ing the epistles and reading them throgh, I wold say that (od is throgh all in this wor),
(od is nder all in this wor), and I believe that (od is over all in this wor), so I pray that the $oly
(host tonight is in the first meeting that we are having before we meet for a convention, I trst at
Christmas time#
I trst that this meeting shall be another witnessing, an inside witnessing of the Spirit-s power,
of the nction that is received, becase every person in this place mst see that they mst be filled
with the $oly (host# It is importantB nay, it is more than important, yo neglect it at yor peril# I see
people from time to time very slac), cold, and indifferent, and after they get filled with the $oly
(host they become abla&e for (od# I believe (od wants the same proportion with every sol in this
meeting, bt greater than that, becase we are in the =ingdom# @ohn was not in the =ingdom and yet he
was a bright and shining light, and when I read into this divine order of the Spirit, when I read into it,
and what I feel that (od wold have me read into it, is that ministers of (od are to be flames of fire,
nothing less than flames, nothing less than holy, mighty instrments with brning messages, with a
heart fll of love, with a depth of consecration, where (od has ta)en fll charge of the body and it
only e'ists that it may manifest the glory of (od# Srely this is the ideal and prpose of this great plan
of salvation for man, that we might be filled with all the flness of (odB ministers of life, standing in
cooperation, (od wor)ing mightily in s, proving and manifesting $is grace, and the instrmentality
of the saving power for hmanity, for this glorios baptism is to be a witness of @ess, and oh,
beloved, beloved, we mst reach the ideal identification with the 3aster# It is the same baptism, the
same power, with the same revelation of the =ing of )ings# (od mst fill s with this divine, glorios
prpose for (od, filled with (od, manifest sons of (od with power filling the earth#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Lord is the Life, the Trth, and the
manifestation of bringing into life, and power of sonship, bilt pon the Roc), the Roc) Christ @ess,
established with the trth of salvation, or heritage, for we have to go forth with ministry of life nto
life, and death nto death, for the $oly (host is that ministry#"
Beloved, I want s to trn to this wonderfl Word of (od tonight, I want yo to see the
e/ipment with power, I want yo to )eep yor minds fi'ed pon this fact, it will help yo, it will
establish yo# It will strengthen yo if yo carry into thoght tonight, this 0al who was !born ot of
de time," this 0al who was plc)ed as a brand from the brning, this 0al whom (od chose for an
apostle to the (entiles# I want yo to see him, first as a persector, mad to destroy those people who
were bringing glad tidings to the people# See how madly he rshed those people into the prisons,
made them blaspheme that $oly name, then see this man changed by the power of the Christ and the
(ospel of (od# See him filled, impersonated, divinely bilt for (od, filled with the $oly (host# :o
read the ninth chapter of 1cts, yo see how he was, as it were, called specially, bt in order to come
into line, to nderstand how he might be able to sccor, to help the needy, (od-s Son said to 1nanias,
!For I will shew him how great things he mst sffer for my name-s sa)e" C1cts >+;IF# Cooperated,
or copled p, 8oint nion, yo will find is the cp % two cps, the cp of sffering from heaven with
a baptism of fire# Brother, I don-t want yo to thin) I mean sffering with diseases, I mean sffering in
persection, with slander, with strife, with bitterness, with revilings, and with many other evil ways
of sffering, bt none of these things will hrt yo, bt they rather )indle a fire of holy ambition,
becase the scriptre says, !Blessed are they which are persected for righteosness- sa)e+ for theirs
is the )ingdom of heaven" C3atthew A+;DF# To be persected for Christ-s sa)e is to be 8oined p with
a blessed, blessed people, with those chosen to cry nder the altar, !$ow long6" ,h, to )now that we
may be cooperated with @ess on these lines+ if, may be, we sffer persection, re8oice in that day#
Beloved, (od wants witnesses, witnesses of trth, witnesses to the fll trth, witnesses to the flness
of redemption, witnesses to the deliverance from sin, from disease, the power of sin and disease,
witnesses that can claim their territory, becase of the eternal power wor)ing in them, eternal life
beatiflly, gloriosly filling the body, till the body is filled with life of the Spirit# (od wants s to
believe that we may be ministers of that )ind, of glorios facts wroght in s by the $oly (host#
Loo) at the position# I want yo to )eep this in mind tonight# I beseeched the Lord that I shold
spea) to yo people# I )new I wold be spea)ing to people bapti&ed by the $oly (host, I )new I
wold be spea)ing to people in this meeting who are hngering to be filled with the $oly (host and I
)new that I wold be preaching tonight to a needy people, and if yo notice, this blessed (ospel that
we have got tonight, deals with so many things# Let s trn to the first, it will help s# See how 0al
was lost in the &eal of his ministry, and see how the people % those disciples % gathered together on
the first day of the wee) to brea) bread, see their need for brea)ing bread# 1s they were gathered
together they were caght p with the ministry#
In Swit&erland the people said to me, !$ow long can yo preach to s6" I said, !When the
$oly (host is pon s we can preach forever5" If it was man-s ability, and college training, we may
be crac)9brained before we began the piece, bt if it is the $oly (host ministry, we shall be ripe
throgh and throgh, all sondly ringing, as sond as a bell which has no flaw in it# It will be the $oly
(host at the first, in the middle, and at the end# I want to )now nothing amongst the preaching, and the
preaching to )now nothing save, !Ths saith the Lord#" The preaching of @ess, that blessed
incarnation, that glorios loosing of the bondage, that blessed power that liberates from sin and the
powers of dar)ness, that glorios salvation that saves yo from death to life, and from the power of
Satan to (od# I see that 0al was lost in this glorios theme# In the middle it seems that a yong man
was too drowsy to be wa)ened p to the circmstances, and down he got, lower and lower, till he
toppled over# I have often offered a pond note to anyone who fell asleep in my meetings % yo have
got the chance if yo want it#
For nothing really matters if the Lord loves me,
1nd $e does, $e does#
I want yo to notice in this meeting that he went on from evening to midnight, and night in the
midst of it, this thing happened# If yo trn to 0hilippians yo will see a wonderfl trth there# I may
give yo a message on it some night# If yo notice there is a wonderfl word there where 0al says,
!###I might attain nto the resrrection###" C0hilippians J+;;F# $ear the word spo)en to 3artha and
3ary % that wonderfl saying where $e said nto them, !I am the resrrection, and the life" C@ohn
;;+<AF# $ere is 0al desiring to attain nto it, and it is remar)able evidence to me that yo never
attain to anything till opportnity comes, and on the activity of faith yo will find that (od will bring
so many things before yor notice that yo will have no time to thin) over it, and yo 8mp into it and
bring athority by the power of the Spirit# If yo too) time to thin), yo wold miss the case# I was in
San Francisco % the first place after I left here % and driving down the main street one day, came
across a grop in the street, so the driver stopped and I 8mped ot of the car, and rshed across to
where the tmlt was# I fond, as I bro)e the crowd, a body laid on the grond apparently in a
tremendos sei&re of death# I got down and as)ed, !What is amiss6" $e replied in a whisper,
!Cramp#" I pt my hand nderneath his bac) and said, !Come ot in the name of @ess," and the boy
8mped p and ran away, and never even said, !Than) yo#" CLaghterF
So yo will find ot that with the baptism of the $oly (host yo will be in a position where
yo mst act, becase yo have no time to thin)# The $oly (host wor)s on the power of divine origin#
It is the spernatral, (od filling till it becomes an emancipation power by the athority of
almightiness, and it sees things come to pass that cold not come to pass in any other way# I had the
same things happen on the ship as I came across# I want to come to 0al-s position % midnight, death
comes throgh a fall from a window# The first thing yo notice he does is the most absrd thing to do,
and yet it is the most practical thing to do in the $oly (host % he fell on him# :es, fell pon him and
embraced him, and left him alive % some wold say he fell on him and crshed life into him and
broght him bac)# It is activity by almightiness, so we mst see that the power of the $oly (host in
any meeting can bring divine operation till we have reali&ed we are in the presence of (od#
I want yo to nderstand in these meetings we have % in this meeting tonight % that it is a
meeting in the $oly (host# It is a meeting where all can be saved in the meeting, it is a meeting where
all can be healed in the meeting, it is a meeting where the power of the resrrection of @ess Christ is
made manifest, it is a meeting where we see noght of things, bt we see @ess and we are here for the
importance of impressing on yo tonight that this same @ess is in the midst % this same @ess#
I wish every meeting was a brea)ing of bread service % I wold not mind if it was scriptral#
I wold love to see every meeting, the saints gather together that they may remember $is death, $is
resrrection, and $is ascension# ,h, what a thoght that @ess $imself institted this glorios
presence for s# ,h, that (od tonight wold let s see that it is !as oft" as ye do it# It is not wee)ly,
not monthly, not /arterly, bt !as oft as ye do it," and in remembrance of $im# What a blessed
remembrance it is tonight to )now that $e too) or sins, what a blessed remembrance to me to )now
that $e too) my sins, what a blessed remembrance to me that $e too) my diseases, what a blessed
remembrance it is tonight to )now that $e ever liveth to ma)e intercession for the saints % not for
sinners# $e has left s to do that# !I pray not for the world, bt I pray for yo#" $e has left s to pray
for the world# $e is there interceding for s to )eep right, holy, ready, mighty, filled with $imself that
we might bring the fragrance of heaven to the world-s needs# Can we do it6 :es, we can, we can do
it#
I retrn to my thoght, let me read yo this# 3y heart is filled with the possibility of coming
into this place where 0al was# I thin) I will read 8st one or two verses that we might get or minds
perfectly fortified with this blessed trth that (od has for s#
1cts <D+;> % !Serving the Lord with all hmility of mind####" There is none of s CI believe it
is best to say !s"F going to be able to be ministers of this new covenant of promise in the nction or
power of the $oly (host withot hmility# It seems to me that the way to get p is to get down# It is
clear to me that if the dying of the Lord be in me, in the measre the death of the Lord is in me, the life
of the Lord shall abond in me, and to me trly, the baptism of the $oly (host is not a goal, it is an
inflow to reach the highest level, the holiest position that it is possible for hman natre to reach# The
baptism of the $oly (host comes to reveal $im Who is filled with all the flness of (od, so I see to
be bapti&ed with the $oly (host is to be bapti&ed into death, into life, into power, into fellowship
with Trinity, where we cease to be and (od ta)es s forever# *o man can live after seeing (od, and
(od wants s all to see $im % when we shall live no more# 0al said, !*ow I )now that I live not,
bt another liveth" and I believe that (od wants to so pt $is hand pon s tonight that we may reach
ideal definitions of hmility, ideals of hman helplessness, ideals of hman insfficiency, till we shall
rest no more pon hman plans, bt have (od-s thoghts, (od-s voice, and (od the $oly (host to
spea) to s#
*ow here is a word for s, let s read it#
1cts <D+<< % !1nd now, behold, I go bond in the spirit####" There is the Word# Is that a
possibility6 Is there a possibility for the hman to come so into the divine will of (od6
Let me give yo two verses of Scriptre# @ess was a man, flesh and blood li)e orselves,
while $e was incarnation of divine athority and power and ma8esty of the glory of heaven, bt still
bore abot in $is body or flesh, or hman wea)nesses, tempted in all points li)e as we are and yet
withot sin# $e was so lovely, sch a perfect Savior % ,h, that I cold shot !@ess" tonight in sch
a way that the world wold hear# There is salvation, life, power, and deliverance throgh that name,
bt beloved, I see that body, in 3ar) was driven by the Spirit, in the forth chapter of L)e, !led" by
the Spirit, and here comes 0al !bond" in the Spirit#
,h, what an ideal condescension of heaven that (od shold lay hold of hmanity and possess
him so with $is holiness, with $is righteosness, with $is trth, with $is faith, that he cold say, !I
am bond, I have no choice" % the only choice is for (od# The only desire, ambition, is (od-s % I
am bond with (od# Is it possible, beloved6
If yo loo) into (alatians, first chapter, yo will see how wonderflly he rose into this state
of bliss# If yo loo) at the third chapter of .phesians, yo see how he became less than the least of all
saints# If yo loo) at the twenty9si'th chapter of the 1cts of the apostles yo will hear him say this, !I
have never lost the vision, =ing 1grippa, I have never lost it#" If yo loo) in (alatians yo will see
that in order to )eep the vision he yielded not to flesh and blood, and (od laid hold of him, (od
bond him, (od preserved him# I oght to say, however, that it is a wonderfl position to be
preserved by almightiness, and we oght to see to it in or Christian e'perience that we leave
orselves to (od, the conse/ences will be all right# $e that see)eth to save his life shall lose it, bt
he that shall lose his life for 3y sa)e shall )eep it nto the end# :o say, what is it % bond by
almightiness, preserved with infiniteness# There is no end to its resorces, it reaches right into glory,
it never finishes on earth % no clima' with hman arrangements# (od lays hold of a man in the
baptism of the $oly (host as he yields himself to (od, till he may be ta)en whoever is left# 4o yo
believe it6 There is a possibility of being ta)en and yet left % ta)en charge of by (od and left in the
world to carry it ot# That is one of (od-s possibilities for hmanity, to be so ta)en over by the
power of (od, and left in the world to be the salt % in sch a way as the Scriptre gives#
*ow, beloved, I am ot for men, it is my bsiness to be ot for men, it is my bsiness to ma)e
everybody hngry, dissatisfied, it is my bsiness to ma)e people either mad or glad# I mst have every
man filled with the $oly (host, mst have a message from heaven that will not leave people as I
fond them# Something mst happen if we are filled with the $oly (host, something mst happen at
every place# 3en mst )now that a man filled with the $oly (host is no longer a man# I told yo when
I was here last year that (od has no room for ordinary men# 1 man can be swept by the power of (od
in his first stage of revelation of Christ, and from that moment has to be an e'traordinary man, bt to
be filled with the $oly (host he has to become a free, free body for (od to dwell in, and no man can
have Trinity abiding in him and be as he was before, so I appeal to yo tonight, yo people who have
been filled with the $oly (host, I appeal to yo whatever is the cost, let (od have $is way, and I
appeal to yo people who have got to move on, who cannot rest till (od does something for yo, I
appeal to yo as I cold never have appealed to yo withot (od had been spea)ing to me since I left
this place# (od has been spea)ing to me % let me tell yo what $e has been saying to me# (od has
been revealing to me that any man if he does not sin, if he remains in the same place for a wee) he is a
bac)slider# :o say, !$ow is it possible6" Becase of (od-s revelation for the man who will 8mp
in#
Two days the same wold almost be that yo had lost the vision# The child of (od mst have
a fresh vision every day, the child of (od mst be more active by the $oly (host every day# The
child of (od mst come into line with the power of heaven, where $e )nows that (od has pt $is
hand pon him#
I )now the Lord, I )now the Lord,
I )now the Lord has laid $is hand on me,
$e filled me with the $oly (host#
$ow do I )now6 ,h, the Spirit spo)e throgh me#
I )now the Lord has laid $is hand on me,
I )now the Lord has laid $is hand on me % (lory#
$e healed the sic), and $e raised the dead,
I )now the Lord has laid $is hand on me#
It is the same @ess, it is the very same @ess# $e went abot doing good % (od anointed
$im, $e went abot doing good, casting ot evil spirits, for (od was with $im# Beloved, is not that
the ministry that (od wold have s see we become heir to6 Why6 Becase the $oly (host has to
bring s a revelation of @ess, and the prpose of the $oly (host filling or bodies is to give s a
revelation of @ess, and to ma)e the Word of (od 8st the same life as was given by the Son, as new,
as fresh, as effective, and 8st so as if the Lord $imself were spea)ing# I wonder how many there are
of the bride in the meeting6 The bride loves to hear the Bridegroom-s voice5 $ere it is, the blessed
Word of (od, the whole Word, not part of it, *o, *o, *o5 We believe in the whole thing# We really
have sch an effectiveness wor)ed in s by the Word of life, that day by day we are finding ot that
the Word itself giveth life, and so the Spirit of the Lord breathing throgh, revealing by, giving so
fresh to s, ma)es the whole Word alive today C1menF# So I have within my hands, within my heart,
within my mind, this blessed reservoir of promises that is able to do so many marvelos things in this
meeting# *ow that is all I need to say apart from this, I believe that the Lord wold deliver some of
the people in this meeting tonight# Some of yo people have most li)ely been sffering becase yo
have a limited revelation of @ess, a limited revelation of the flness of @ess, and there may be some
in this meeting who need to be delivered# I can see tonight that we are srronded in a great way
differently from other places, by faith# *evertheless, the Lord has been wonderflly manifesting
$imself# Since I left yo last year I have seen wonderfl things, (od has indeed been manifesting
$imself#
I mst tell yo one of those cases which is worth telling in this meeting# In ,a)land, near San
Francisco, I had a theater# I want to tell yo, to the glory of (od only, that ,a)land was in a very
serios state, there was very little 0entecostal wor) there, and so a large theater was ta)en, and (od
wroght specially there in filling the place till we had to have overflow meetings# In these meetings
we had a rising tide of people getting saved in the meetings by rising p volntarily, p and down the
place, and getting saved the moment they rose, and then we had a rising tide of people who needed
help in their bodies, rising p in faith and being healed# ,ne of them was an old man >A years of age,
he had been sffering three years gradally till he got to a place that for three wee)s he was ta)ing
li/ids, he was in a terrible state, bt this man was different from the others, and I got him to stand
while I prayed for him, and he came bac) and told s with sch a radiant face that new life had come
into his body# $e said, !I am >A years old, when I came into the meeting I was fll of pain with
cancer in the stomach, and have been so healed that I have been eating perfectly, and have no pain#"
Lots of people in a similar way were healed#
I believe that (od tonight, wold have me help some of yo people in the midst of this
meeting# I want a manifestation to the glory of (od# 1nybody in this meeting who has pain in the head,
in the feet, sholders, legs, if yo want deliverance rise p and I will pray for yo, and yo will find
that (od will so manifest $is power that yo will go ot of this meeting free# If there is anyone in this
meeting, in pain, from the head to the feet, anywhere, if yo will rise I will pray for yo and the Lord
will deliver yo# I hope yo are e'pecting big things#
C1 lady with rhematism in the left leg rose, and after being prayed for, ran the fll length of
hall several times, then testified to partial healing# 1 yong man with pain in the head was instantly
healed# 1nother man with pain in the sholder, was also instantly healed#F
If yo loo) in the second chapter of 1cts yo will find that the $oly (host came and there was
a manifestation of the divine power of (od, and drn) as they seemed to be, there was sch a
manifestation that it broght conviction as the Word was spo)en in the $oly (host#
In the third chapter of 1cts, we see there a man was healed at the Beatifl (ate, throgh the
power of the Spirit, as we see that it was so mch so a miraclos, wonderfl, evidence by the power
of the Spirit that A,DDD men, women, and don-t )now how many children saved by the power of (od#
(od ma)es a manifestation of $is divine power, beloved, to prove that (od is with s#
*ow, how many wold li)e to give their hearts to (od tonight6 $ow many wold li)e to be
saved6
3essage given in Wellington, *ew 2ealand
The 4iscerning of Spirits, 4ecember H, ;><J
To another discerning of spirits###" C; Corinthians ;<+;DF#
There is a vast difference between natral discernment and spirital# When it comes to natral
discernment yo will find many people loaded with it, and they can see so many falts in others# To
sch the words of Christ in the si'th chapter of L)e srely apply,
###why beholdest tho the mote that is in thy brothers eye, bt
perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye6 L)e I+?;
If yo want to manifest natral discernment, focs the same on yorself for at least twelve
months and yo will see so many falts in yorself that yo will never want to fss abot the falts of
another# In the si'th chapter of Isaiah we read of the prophet being in the presence of (od and he
fond that even his lips were nclean and everything was nclean# Bt praise (od, there is the same
live coal for s today, the baptism of fire, the perfecting of the heart, the prifying of the mind, the
regeneration of the spirit# $ow important it is that the fire of (od shall toch or tonges# In ; @ohn
?+; we are told,
Beloved, believe not every spirit, bt try the spirits whether they
are of (od####
We are frther told, !1nd every spirit that confesseth not that @ess Christ is come in the flesh
is not of (od+ and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it shold comeB and even
now already is it in the world" Cv# JF# From time to time as I have seen a person nder a power of
evil, or having a fit, I have said to the power of evil, or satanic force that is within the possessed
person, !4id @ess Christ come in the flesh6" and straightway they have answered, !*o#" They either
say, !*o," or hold their tonges, refsing altogether to ac)nowledge that the Lord @ess Christ came
in the flesh# It is then, remembering that frther statement of @ohn-s, !###greater is he that is in yo, than
he that is in the world," C; @ohn ?+?F that yo can in the name of the
Lord @ess Christ deal with the evil powers and command them to come ot# We as
0entecostal people mst )now the tactics of the evil one and mst be able to displace and dislodge
him from his position#
I was preaching in 4oncaster, .ngland, at one time on the line of faith and a nmber of people
were delivered# There was a man present who was greatly interested and moved by what he saw# $e
was sffering himself with a stiff )nee and had yards and yards of flannel wond arond it# 1fter he
got home he said to his wife, !I have ta)en in Wigglesworth-s message and now I am going to act on it
and get deliverance# Wife, I want yo to be the adience#" $e too) hold of his )nee and said, !Come
ot, yo devil, in the name of @ess#" Then he said, !It is all right, wife#" $e too) the yards and yards
of flannel off and fond he was all right withot the bandage# The ne't night he went to the little
primitive 3ethodist chrch where he worshiped# There were a lot of yong people who were in bad
plight there and @ac) had a tremendos bsiness delivering his friends throgh the name of @ess# $e
had been given to see that a great many ills to which flesh is heir are nothing else bt the operation of
the enemy, bt his faith had risen and he saw that in the name of @ess there was a power that was
more than a match for the enemy#
I arrived one night at (ottenberg in Sweden and was as)ed to hold a meeting there# In the
midst of the meeting a man fell fll length in the doorway# The evil spirit threw him down,
manifesting itself and distrbing the whole meeting# I rshed to the door and laid hold of this man and
cried ot to the evil spirit within him, !Come ot, yo devil5 In the name of @ess we cast yo ot as
an evil spirit#" I lifted him p and said, !Stand on yor feet and wal) in the name of @ess#" I don-t
)now whether anybody in the meeting nderstood me e'cept the interpreter, bt the devils )new what
I said# I tal)ed in .nglish, bt these devils in Sweden cleared ot# 1 similar thing happened in
Christiania#
The devil will endeavor to fascinate throgh the eyes and throgh the mind# 1t one time there
was broght to me a beatifl yong woman who had been fascinated with some preacher, and 8st
becase he had not given her satisfaction on the line of cortship and marriage, the devil too)
advantage and made her fanatical and mad# They broght her <AD miles in that condition# She had
previosly received the baptism in the Spirit# :o as), !Is there any place for the enemy in one that
has been bapti&ed in the $oly (host6" ,r only safety is in going on with (od and in being constantly
being filled with the $oly (host# :o mst not forget 4emas# $e mst have been bapti&ed with the
$oly (host for he appears to have been a right9hand wor)er with 0al, bt the enemy got him to the
place where he loved this present world and he dropped off# When they broght this yong woman to
me, the evil power was immediately discerned and immediately I cast the thing ot in the name of
@ess# It was a great 8oy to present her before all the people in her right mind again# There is a life of
perfect deliverance, and this is where (od wants yo to be# If I find my peace is distrbed on any
line, I )now it is the enemy who is trying to wor)# $ow do I )now this6 Becase the Lord has
promised to )eep yor mind in perfect peace when it is stayed on $im CIsaiah <I+JF# 0al tells s to
present or bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable nto (od, which is or reasonable service# The
$oly Spirit breathes throgh him,
1nd be not conformed to this world+ bt be ye transformed by the
renewing of yor mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of (od# Romans ;<+<
$e frther tells s in 0hilippians ?,
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are tre, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are 8st, whatsoever things are pre,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of Dood
reportB if there be any virte, and if there be any praise, thin) on
these things# 0hilippians ?+H
1s we thin) abot that which is pre, we become pre# 1s we thin) abot what which is holy,
we become holy# 1nd as we thin) abot or Lord @ess Christ, we become li)e $im# We are changed
into the li)eness of the ob8ect on which or ga&e is fi'ed#
To discern spirits we mst dwell with $im who is holy, and $e will give the revelation and
nveil the mas) of satanic power on all lines# In 1stralia I went to one place where there were
disrpted and bro)en homes# The people were so delded by the evil power of Satan that men had left
their wives, and wives had left their hsbands, and had gotten into spirital affinity with one another#
That is the devil5 3ay (od deliver s from sch evils in these days# There is no one better than the
companion (od has given yo# I have seen so many bro)en hearts and so many homes that have been
wrec)ed# We need a real revelation of these evil sedcing spirits which come in and fascinate by the
eye and destroy lives, and bring the wor) of (od into disrepte# Bt there is always flesh behind it# It
is never cleanB it is nholy, impre, satanic, devilish, and hell is behind it# If the enemy comes in to
tempt yo on any line li)e this, I beseech yo to loo) instantly to the Lord @ess# $e can deliver yo
from any sch satanic power# :o mst be separated on all lines if yo are going to have faith#
The $oly (host will give s this gift of discerning of spirits if we desire it so that we may
perceive by revelation this evil power which comes in to destroy# We can reach ot and get this
nction of the Spirit that will reveal these things nto s#
:o will have people come to meetings who are spiritists# :o mst be able to deal with
spiritist conditions# :o can so deal with them that they will not have any power in the meetings# If
yo ever have Theosophists or Christian Scientists, yo mst be able to discern them and settle them#
*ever play with themB always clear them ot# They are better with their own company always, nless
they are willing to be delivered from the delsion they are in# Remember the warning of the Lord
@ess, !The thief cometh not, bt for to steal, and to )ill, and to destroy###" C@ohn ;D+;DF#
Before Satan can bring his evil spirits, there has to be an open door# $ear what the Scriptres
say, !###that wic)ed one tocheth him not" C; @ohn A+;HF# !The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil+
he shall preserve thy sol" C0salm ;<;+EF# $ow does Satan get an opening6 When the saint ceases to
see) after holiness, prity, righteosness, trthB when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and
gives way to carnal appetites# Then it is that Satan comes# So often sic)ness comes as a reslt of
disobedience# 4avid said, !Before I was afflicted I went astray###" C0salm ;;>+IEF# See) the Lord
and $e will sanctify every thoght, every act, till yor whole being is abla&e with holy prity and
yor one desire will be for $im who has created yo in holiness# ,h, this holiness5 Can we be made
pre6 We
can# .very inbred sin mst go# (od can cleanse away every evil thoght# Can we have a
hatred for sin and a love for righteosness6 :es, (od will create within thee a pre heart# $e will
ta)e away the stony heart ot of the flesh# $e will sprin)le thee with clean water and tho shalt be
cleansed from all thy filthiness# When will $e do it6 When yo see) $im for sch inward prity#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
4ivine Life Brings 4ivine $ealth, ;><A
3ar) ; 9 See from this Scriptre how @ess was /ic)ned by the power of the Spirit of (od,
and how $e was driven of the Spirit into the wilderness, and how @ohn also was so filled with the
Spirit of (od that he had a !cry" within him, and the cry moved all IsraelB showing that when (od
gets hold of a man in the Spirit he can have a new !cry" % something that shold be in (od-s order#
Be Filled With (od
1 man may cry for fifty years withot the Spirit of the Lord, and the more he cries the less
notice people wold ta)e of itB bt if he were filled with the $oly (host and cried once, the people
wold feel the effects of itB so there is a necessity for every one of s to be filled with (od# It is not
sfficient to have 8st a !toch," or to be filled with a !desire#" There is only one thing that will meet
the needs of the people, and that is for yo to be immersed in the life of (od % (od ta)ing yo, and
ma)ing yo so filled with $is Spirit, till yo live right in (odB so that whether yo eat or drin), or
whatever yo do, it may be all for the glory of (od, and in that place yo will find that all yor
strength and all yor mind and all yor sol are filled with a &eal, not only for worship, bt for
proclamationB proclamation accompanied by all the power of (od, which mst move satanic power,
distrb the world, and ma)e it feel pset#
The reason the world is not seeing @ess is becase Christian people are not filled with @ess#
They are satisfied with wee)ly meetings, and occasionally reading the Bible, and sometimes praying#
Beloved, if (od lays hold of yo by the Spirit, yo will find that there is an end of everything and a
beginning of (od, so that yor whole body becomes seasoned with a divine li)eness of (od# $e has
begn not only to se yo, bt $e has ta)en yo in hand, so that yo might be a vessel nto honor# 1nd
or lives are not to be for orselves, for if we live nto orselves we shall dieB bt if we, throgh the
Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, we shall live# In this place we are sb8ect to the powers of
(odB bt he that liveth to himself shall die# The man in the former place lives a life of freedom and
8oy and blessing and service, and a life which brings blessing to others# (od wold have s to see
that we mst live in the Spirit#
In this Scriptre, we have two important factors in the Spirit# ,ne is @ess filled with the $oly
(host, driven by the Spirit-s power, and the other is @ohn the Baptist, who was so filled with the
Spirit of (od that his one aim was to go ot preaching# We find him in the wilderness# What a strange
place to be in5 Beloved, it was /ite natral for @ess after $e had served a whole day amongst the
mltitdes to want to go to $is Father and pray all night# Why6 $e wanted a sorce of strength and
power, and an association with $is Father which wold bring everything else to a place of
sbmissionB and when @ess came from the montain after commnion with $is Father, and after being
clothed with $is $oly presence and Spirit, when $e met the demon power it had to go ot# When $e
met sic)ness, it had to leave# $e came from the montain with power to meet the needs of the people,
whatever they were# I do not )now what yor state of grace is % whether yo are saved or notB bt it
is an awfl thing for me to see people, who profess to be Christian, lifeless and powerless, and in a
place where their lives are so parallel with the world-s that it is difficlt to discriminate which place
they are in, whether in the flesh or in the Spirit# 3any people live in the place which is described to
s by 0al in Romans E+<A+
###with the mind I myself serve the law of (odB bt with the flesh
the law of sin#
That is the place where sin is in the ascendancy, bt when the power of (od comes to yo, it
is to separate yo from yorself#
I want to tal) till yo are sha)en and distrbed, and see where yo are# If I can get yo to
search the Scriptres after I leave this place and see if I have been preaching according to the Word
of (od, then I shall be pleased# Wa)e p to see that the Scriptres have life for yo % they have
liberty and freedom, and nothing less than to ma)e yo sons of (od, free in the $oly (host#
*ow @ess came to bring s bac) what was forfeited in the (arden# 1dam and .ve were there
% free from sin and disease and first sin came, then disease, and then death came after, and people
want to say it is not so5 Bt I tell yo, !(et the devil ot of yo, and yo will have a different body#
(et disease ot, and yo will get the devil ot#"
@ess reb)ed sic)ness, and it went, and so this morning, I want to bring yo to a place where
yo will see that yo are healed# :o mst give (od yor life+ yo mst see that sic)ness has to go
and (od has to come inB that yor lives have to be clean, and (od will )eep yo holyB that yo have to
wal) before (od, and $e will ma)e yo perfect, for (od says, !Withot holiness no man shall see
$im," and as we wal) in the light, as $e is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the
blood of @ess Christ, (od-s Son, cleanseth s from all sin#
From Bondage To Lictory
I want to say to yo believers that there is a very blessed place for yo to attain to, and the
place where (od wants yo is a place of victory# When the Spirit of the Lord comes into yor life it
mst be victory# The disciples, before they received the $oly (host, were always in bondage# @ess
said to them one day, 8st before the crcifi'ion, !,ne of yo shall betray 3e," and they were so
conscios of their inability and their hman depravity and helplessness that they said one to another,
!Is it I6" 1nd then 0eter was ashamed that he had ta)en that stand, and he rose p and said, !Thogh
all men deny Thee, yet will not I#" 1nd li)ewise the others rose and declared that neither wold theyB
bt they % every one % did leave $im#
Bt, beloved, after they received the power of the indcement of the $oly (host pon them, if
yo remember, they were made li)e lions to meet any difficlty# They were made to stand any test,
and these men that failed before the crcifi'ion, when the power of (od fell pon them in the pper
room, they came ot in front of all those people who were gathered together and accsed them of
crcifying the Lord of glory# They were bold# What had made them so6 I will tell yo# 0rity is bold#
Ta)e, for instance, a little child# It will ga&e straight into yor eyes for as long as yo li)e, withot
win)ing once# The more pre, the more boldB and I tell yo, (od wants to bring s into that divine
prity of heart and life % that holy boldness# *ot officiosnessB not swelled9headinessB not self9
righteosnessB bt a pre, holy, divine appointment by ,ne Who will come in and live with yo,
defying the powers of Satan, and standing yo in a place of victory % overcoming the world# :o
never inherited that from the flesh# That is a gift of (od, by the Spirit, to all who obey# 1nd so, none
can say they wish they were overcomers, bt that they have failed and failed ntil they have no hope#
Brother, (od can ma)e yo an overcomer# When the Spirit of (od comes into yor body $e will
transform yo, $e will /ic)en yo# ,h, there is a life in the Spirit which ma)es yo free from the
law of sin and death, and there is an adacity abot it % also, there is a personality abot it# It is the
personality of the 4eity# It is (od in yo#
I tell yo this morning that (od is able to so transform and change and bring yo into order by
the Spirit that yo can become a new creation after (od-s order# There is no sch thing as defeat for
the believer# Withot the cross, withot Christ-s righteosness, withot the new birth, withot the
indwelling Christ, withot this divine incoming of (od, I see myself a failre# Bt (od, the $oly
(host, can come in and ta)e or place till we are renewed in righteosness % made the children of
(od# *ay, verily, the sons of (od#
4o yo thin) that (od wold ma)e yo to be a failre6 (od has never made man to be a
failre# $e made man to be a !son"B to wal) abot the earth in powerB and so when I loo) at yo I
)now that there is a capability that can be pt into yo which has the capacity of controlling and
bringing everything into sb8ection# :es, there is the capacity of the power of Christ to dwell in yo,
to bring every evil thing nder yo till yo can pt yor feet pon it, and be master over the flesh and
the devilB till within yo there is nothing rises e'cept that which will magnify and glorify the LordB
and this morning (od wants me to show yo these disciples, who were so frail, li)e yo and me, that
we, too, may now be filled with (od, and become pioneers of this wonderfl trth I am preaching#
$ere we see 0eter frail, helpless, and, at every trn of the tide, a failre# 1nd (od filled that man
with the Spirit of $is righteosness, till he went p and down, bold as a lion, and when he came to
death % even crcifi'ion % he conted himself nworthy of being crcified li)e his Lord, and as)ed
that his mrderers wold pt him head downwards on the tree# There was a deep sbmissiveness, and
a power that was greater than all flesh# 0eter had changed into the power of (od#
The Scriptres do not tell two stories# They tell the trth# I want yo to )now the trth, and the
trth will set yo free# What is trth6 @ess said, !I am the Way, the Trth, and the Life#" !$e that
believeth on me, as the Scriptres have said, ot of his innermost being shall flow forth rivers of
living water#" This $e spa)e of the Spirit that shold be given them after @ess was glorified#
I do not find anything in the Bible bt holiness, and nothing in the world bt worldliness#
Therefore, if I live in the world I shall become worldlyB bt, on the other hand, if I live in the Bible, I
shall become holy# This is the trth, and the trth will set yo free# The power of (od can remodel
yo# $e can ma)e yo hate sin and love righteosness# $e can ta)e away bitterness and hatred and
covetosness and malice, and can so consecrate yo by $is power, throgh $is blood, that yo are
made pre % every bit holy# 0re in mind, heart and actions % pre right throgh# (od has given me
the way of life, and I want to give it to yo, as thogh this were the last day I had to live# @ess is the
best there is for yo, and yo can each ta)e $im away with yo this morning# (od gave $is Son to be
the propitiation for yor sins, and not only so, bt also for the sins of the whole world#
@ess came to ma)e s free from sin % free from disease and pain# When I see a person
diseased and in pain I have great compassion for them, and when I lay my hands pon them, I )now
(od means men to be so filled with $im that the power of sin shall have no effect pon them, and they
shall go forth, as I am doing, to help the needy, sic), and afflicted# Bt what is the main thing6 To
preach the =ingdom of (od and $is righteosness# @ess came to do this# @ohn came preaching
repentance# The disciples began by preaching repentance towards (od,
and faith in the Lord @ess Christ, and I tell yo, beloved, if yo have really been changed by
(od, there is a repentance in yor heart never to be repented of#
Throgh the revelation of the Word of (od we find that divine healing is solely for the glory
of (od, and salvation is to ma)e yo to )now that now yo have to be inhabited by another, even (od,
and yo have to wal) with (od in newness of life#
,riginally pblished by Lictory 0ress *orth 3elborne, 1stralia
The Word of =nowledge and of Faith, @anary93arch ;><?
To another the word of )nowledge by the same SpiritB To another
faith by the same Spirit#### ; Corinthians ;<+H,>
We have not passed this way hitherto# I believe that Satan has many devices and that they are
worse today than ever beforeB bt I also believe that there is to be a fll manifestation on the earth of
the power and glory of (od to defeat every device of Satan#
In .phesians ? we are told to endeavor to )eep the nity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, for
there is one body, and one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one (od and Father of all Cvv#
J9IF# The baptism of the Spirit is to ma)e s all one# 0al tells s that # #by one Spirit we are all
bapti&ed into one body### and have been all made to drin) into one Spirit" C; Corinthians ;<+;JF# It is
(od-s thoght that we spea) the same thing# If we all have the fll revelation of the Spirit of (od we
shall all see the same thing# 0al as)ed these Corinthians, !Is Christ divided6" When the $oly (host
has fll control, Christ is never divided, $is body is not divided, there is no division# Schism and
division are the prodcts of the carnal mind#
$ow important it is that we shall have the manifestation of !the word of )nowledge" in or
midst# It is the same Spirit who brings forth the word of wisdom that brings forth the word of
)nowledge# The revelation of the mysteries of (od comes by the Spirit, and we mst have a
spernatral word of )nowledge in order to convey to others the things which the Spirit of (od has
revealed# The Spirit of (od reveals Christ in all $is wonderfl flness, and $e shows $im to s
from the beginning to the end of the Scriptres# It is the Scriptres that ma)e s wise nto salvation,
that open to s the depths of the )ingdom of heaven which reveal all the divine mind to s#
There are thosands of people who read and stdy the Word of (od# Bt it is not /ic)ened to
them# The Bible is a dead letter e'cept by the Spirit# The words that Christ spo)e were not 8st dead
words, bt they were spirit and life# 1nd so it is the thoght of (od that a living word, a word of
trth, the Word of (od, a spernatral word of )nowledge, shall come forth from s throgh the
power of the Spirit of (od# It is the $oly (host who will bring forth tterances from or lips and a
divine revelation of all the mind of (od#
The child of (od oght to thirst for the Word# $e shold )now nothing else bt the Word, and
shold )now nothing among men save @ess# !###3an shall not live by bread alone, bt by every word
that proceeded5 ot of the moth of (od" C3atthew ?+?F# It is as we feed on the Word and
3editate ,n The 3essage
it contains, that the Spirit of (od can vitali&e that which we have received, and bring forth
throgh s the word of )nowledge that will be as fll of power and life as when $e, the Spirit of (od,
moved pon holy men of old and gave them these inspired Scriptres# They were all inbreathed of
(od as they came forth at the beginning, and throgh the same Spirit they shold come forth from s
vitali&ed, living, powerfl, and sharper than any two9edged sword#
With the gifts of the Spirit shold come the frit of the Spirit# With wisdom we shold have
love, with )nowledge we shold have 8oy, and with the third gift, faith, we shold have the frit of
peace# Faith is always accompanied by peace# Faith always rests# Faith laghs at impossibilities#
Salvation is by faith, throgh grace, and it is the gift of (od# We are )ept by the power of (od throgh
faith# (od gives faith and nothing can ta)e it away# By faith we have power to enter into the
wonderfl things of (od# There are three positions of faith+ saving faith, which is the gift of (odB the
faith of the Lord @essB and the gift of faith# :o will remember the word of the Lord @ess Christ
given to 0al, to which he refers in 1cts <I, where the Lord commissioned him to go to the (entiles,
!To open their eyes, and to trn them from dar)ness to light, and from the power of Satan nto (od,
that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith
that is in me" C1cts <I+;HF#
,h, this wonderfl faith of the Lord @ess# :or faith comes to an end# $ow many times I have
been to the place where I have had to tell the Lord, !I have sed all the faith I have," and then $e has
placed $is own faith within me#
,ne of or wor)ers said to me at Christmas time, !Wigglesworth, I never was so near the end
of my prse in my life#" I replied, !Than) (od, yo are 8st at the opening of (od-s treasres#" It is
when we are at the end of or own that we can enter into the riches of (od-s resorces# It is when we
possess nothing that we can possess all things#
The Lord will always meet yo when yo are on the line of living# I was
In Ireland
at one time, and went to a hose and said to the lady who came to the door, !Is Brother
Wallace here6" She replied, !,h, he has gone to Bangor, bt (od has sent yo here for me# I need
yo# Come in#" She told me her hsband was a deacon of the 0resbyterian chrch# She had herself
received the baptism while she was a member of the 0resbyterian chrch, bt they did not accept it as
from (od# The people of the chrch said to her hsband, !This thing cannot go on# We don-t want yo
to be deacon any longer, and yor wife is not wanted in the chrch#" The man was very enraged and
he became incensed against his wife# It seemed as thogh an evil spirit possessed him, and the home
that had once been peacefl became very terrible# 1t last he left home and left no money behind him,
and the woman as)ed me what shold she do#
We went to prayer, and before we had prayed five mintes the woman was mightily filled
with the $oly (host# I said to her, !Sit down and let me tal) to yo# 1re yo often in the Spirit li)e
this6" She said, !:es, and what cold I do withot the $oly (host now6" I said to her, !The sitation
is yors# The Word of (od says that yo have power to sanctify yor hsband# 4are to believe the
Word of (od# *ow the first thing we mst do is to pray that yor hsband comes bac) tonight#" She
said, !I )now he won-t#" I said, !If we agree together, it is done#" She said, !I will agree#" I said to
her, !When he comes home show him all possible love, lavish everything pon him# If he won-t hear
what yo have to say, let him go to bed# The sitation is yors# (et down before (od and claim him
for the Lord# (et into the glory 8st as yo have got in today, and as the Spirit of (od prays throgh
yo, yo will find that (od will grant all the desires of yor heart#"
1 month later I saw this sister at a convention# She told how her hsband came home that night
and that he went to bed, bt she prayed right throgh to victory and then laid hands pon him# $e cried
ot for mercy# The Lord saved him and bapti&ed him in the $oly Spirit# The power of (od is beyond
all or conception# The troble is that we do not have the power of (od in a fll manifestation
becase of or finite thoghts, bt as we go on and let (od have $is way, there is no limit to what or
limitless (od will do in response to a limitless faith# Bt yo will never get anywhere e'cept yo are
in constant prsit of all the power of (od#
,ne day when I came home from or open9air meeting at eleven o-cloc) I fond that my wife
was ot# I as)ed, !Where is she6" I was told that she was down at 3itchell-s# I had seen 3itchell that
day and )new that he was at the point of death# I )new that it was impossible for him to srvive the
day nless the Lord ndertoo)#
There are many who let down in sic)ness and do not ta)e hold of the life of the Lord @ess
Christ that is provided for them# I was ta)en to see
1 Woman Who Was 4ying
and said to her, !$ow are things with yo6" She answered, !I have faith, I believe#" I said,
!:o )now that yo have not faith, yo )now that yo are dying# It is not faith that yo have, it is
langage#" There is a difference between langage and faith# I saw that she was in the hands of the
devil# There was no possibility of life ntil he was removed from the premises# I hate the devil, and I
laid hold of the woman and shoted, !Come ot, yo devil of death# I command yo to come ot in the
name of @ess#" In one minte she stood on her feet in victory#
Bt to retrn to the case of Brother 3itchell, I hrried down to the hose, and as I got near I
heard terrible screams# I )new that something had happened# I passed 3rs# 3itchell on the staircase
and as)ed, !What is p6" She replied, !$e is gone5 $e is gone5" I 8st passed her and went into the
room, and immediately I saw that 3itchell had gone# I cold not nderstand it, bt I began to pray# 3y
wife was always afraid that I wold go too far, and she laid hold of me and said, !4on-t, 4ad5 4on-t
yo see that he is dead6" I contined to pray and my wife contined to cry ot to me, !4on-t 4ad#
4on-t yo see that he is dead6" Bt I contined praying# I got as far as I cold with my own faith, and
then (od laid hold of me# ,h, it was sch a laying hold that I cold believe for anything# The faith of
the Lord @ess laid hold of me, and a solid peace came into my heart# I shoted, !$e lives5 $e lives5
$e lives5" 1nd he is living today#
There is a difference between or faith and the faith of the Lord @ess# The faith of the Lord
@ess is needed# We mst change faith from time to time# :or faith may get to a place where it
wavers# The faith of Christ never wavers# When yo have that faith the thing is finished# When yo
have that faith yo will never loo) at things as they are, yo will see the things of natre give way to
the things of the Spirit, yo will see the temporal swallowed p in the eternal#
I was at a camp meeting in
Ca&adero, California,
abot eight years ago, and a remar)able thing happened# 1 man came there who was stone
deaf# I prayed for him and I )new that (od had healed him# Then came the test# $e wold always
move his chair p to the platform, and every time I got p to spea) he wold get p as close as he
cold and strain his ears to catch what I had to say# The devil said, !It isn-t done#" I declared, !It is
done#" This went on for three wee)s and then the manifestation came and he cold hear distinctly ID
yards away# When his ears were opened he thoght it was so great that he had to stop the meeting and
tell everybody abot it# I met him in ,a)land recently and he was hearing perfectly# 1s we remain
steadfast and nmoveable on the grond of faith, we shall see what we believe for in perfect
manifestation#
0eople say to me, !$ave yo not the gift of faith6" I say that it is an important gift, bt what is
still more important is for s every moment to be ma)ing an advancement in (od# Loo)ing at the
Word of (od today I find that its realities are greater to me today than they were yesterday# It is the
most sblime, 8oyfl trth that (od brings an enlargement# 1lways an enlargement# There is nothing
dead, dry, or barren in this life of the SpiritB (od is always moving s on to something higher, and as
we move on in the Spirit of faith, it will always rise to the occasion as different circmstances arise#
This is how the gift of faith is manifested# :o see an ob8ect and yo )now that yor own faith
is nothing in the case# The other day I was in San Francisco# I sat on a car and saw a boy in great
agonies on the street# I said, !Let me get ot#" I rshed to where the boy was# $e was in agony throgh
cramp of the stomach# I pt my hand on his stomach in the name of @ess# The boy 8mped, and stared
at me with astonishment# $e fond himself instantly free# The gift of faith dared in the face of
everything# It is as we are in the Spirit that the Spirit of (od will operate this gift anywhere and at any
time#
When the Spirit of (od is operating this gift within a man, $e cases him to )now what (od
is going to do# When the man with the withered hand was in the synagoge, @ess got all the people to
loo) to see what wold happen# The gift of faith always )nows the reslts# $e said to the man,
!Stretch forth thine hand#" $is word had creative force# $e was not living on the line of speclation#
$e spo)e and something happened# $e spa)e at the beginning and the world came into being# $e
spea)s today and these things have to come to pass# $e is the Son of (od and came to bring s into
sonship# $e was the firstfrit of the resrrection, and $e calls s to be firstfrits, to be the same )ind
of frit li)e to $imself# There is an important point here# :o cannot have the gifts by mere hman
desire# The Spirit of (od distribtes them severally as $e wills# (od cannot trst some with the gift,
bt some who have a lowly, bro)en, contrite heart $e can trst# ,ne day I was in a meeting where
there were a lot of doctors and eminent men, and many ministers# It was at a convention, and the
power of (od fell on the meeting#
,ne $mble Little (irl
that waited at table opened her being to the Lord and was immediately filled with the $oly
(host and began to spea) in tonges# 1ll these big men stretched their nec)s and loo)ed p to see
what was happening and were saying, !Who is it6" Then they learned it was !the servant5" *obody
received bt !the servant5" These things are hidden and )ept bac) from the wise and prdent, bt the
little children, the lowly ones, are the ones who receive# We cannot have faith if we have honor one
of another# 1 man who is going on with (od won-t accept honor from his fellow beings# (od honors
the man of a bro)en, contrite spirit# $ow shall I get there6
So many people want to do great things, and to be seen doing them, bt the one who (od will
se is the one who is willing to be bidden# 3y Lord @ess never said $e cold do things, bt $e did
them# When that fneral procession was coming p from *ain with the widow-s son carried pon the
bier, $e made them lay it down# $e spo)e the word, !1rise5" and gave the son bac) to the widow#
$e had compassion for her# 1nd yo and I will never do anything e'cept on the line of compassion#
We will never be able to remove the cancer ntil we are immersed so deeply into the power of the
$oly (host, that the compassion of Christ is moving throgh s#
I find that, in all my Lord did, $e said that $e did not do it, bt that another in $im did the
wor)# What a holy sbmission5 $e was 8st an instrment for the glory of (od# $ave we reached a
place where we dare to be trsted with the gift6 I see in ; Corinthians ;J that if I have faith to remove
montains and have not charity, all is a failre# When my love is so deepened in (od that I only move
for the glory of (od, then the gifts can be made manifest# (od wants to be manifested, and to manifest
$is glory to hmble spirits#
1 faint heart can never have a gift# There are two things essential+ first, loveB and second,
determination % a boldness of faith that will case (od to flfil $is Word# When I was bapti&ed I
had a wonderfl time and had tterances in the Spirit, bt for some time afterwards I did not again
spea) in tonges# Bt one day as I was helping another, the Lord again gave me tterances in the
Spirit# I was one day going down the road and spea)ing in tonges a long while# There were some
gardeners doing their wor), and they stc) their heads ot to see what was going on# I said, !Lord,
:o have something new for me# :o said that when a man spea)s in tonges, he shold as) for the
interpretation# I as) for the interpretation, and I-ll stay right here till I get it#" 1nd from that hor the
Lord gave me interpretation#
1t one time I was in Lincolnshire in .ngland and came in toch with the old
Rector ,f The Chrch#
$e became very interested and as)ed me into his library# I never heard anything sweeter than
the prayer the old man ttered as he got down to pray# $e began to pray, !Lord, ma)e me holy# Lord,
sanctify me#" I called ot, !Wa)e p5 Wa)e p now5 (et p and sit in yor chair#" $e sat p and
loo)ed at me# I said to him, !I thoght yo were holy#" $e answered, !:es#" !Then what ma)es yo
as) (od to do what $e has done for yo6" $e began to lagh and then to spea) in tonges# Let s
move into the realm of faith, and live in the realm of faith, and let (od have $is way#
0blished in Confidence
0ossession of The Rest, @anary ;?,;><?
$ebrews ?+;9;I % I believe this morning that it is in the perfect will of (od that I read yo
some verses ot of $ebrews ?+;9;I#
*ow we have here one of those divine trths which is so forcefl in all of its bearings to s in
this morning meeting#
(od wants s all to see that we mst not come short of that blessed rest which is spo)en to s
here this morning# I am not spea)ing abot the rest there is throgh being saved, althogh it is a very
blessed rest# I am not spea)ing abot the rest we have in the body becase pains have passed away,
nor of the rest becase of no sin, when sanctification has wor)ed in a wonderfl way by the blood,
bt (od wants me to spea) abot the rest where yo cease from yor own wor)s, and where the $oly
(host begins to wor) in yo and where yo )now that yo are not yor own, bt absoltely possessed
by (od#
Beloved, I as) yo to diligently follow me on these lines this morning, becase there are so
many people who are at nrest, they have no rest % nrested on so many lines# I believe that (od can
bring s into places of rest this day where we will cease from or own wor)s, that we will cease
from or own planning, that we will cease from or own hman individality which so interferes with
(od-s power within s# (od wants to fill the body with $imself, yes, to fill the bodies so fll of
$imself, that we are notB for (od shall ta)e s into $is plan, $is pavilion, $is wisdom, and the
government shall be pon $is sholders# Remember that wonderfl word @ess said to 0eter,
!###When tho wast yong, tho girdest thyself, and wal)edst whither tho woldest+ bt when tho
shalt be old, tho shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither tho
woldest not" C@ohn <;+;HF#
In the twentieth chapter of 1cts, 0al says, !I go bond in the Spirit," and now all that had to
be done was not done by him, becase the $oly (host was doing it# I want to ta)e yo for a moment
into the si'teenth chapter of 1cts where, in the power of the $oly (host, remember it was only in the
power of the $oly (host, 0al, Silas, Barnabas, 3ar), @ohn, and 0eter, learned a great plan in their
lives, and that plan was that there had to be another mightier than them, holding them, choosing for
them, even their words, their thoghts, for their lives had to be so divinely in the $oly (host that they
wold )now e'actly what to do and do it at the right time#
Trn for a moment only to that wonderfl chapter, the si'teenth chapter of 1cts, that we may
have some idea as to what it means to have the $oly (host leading s all the time# I trn yo for a
moment to the si'th verse#
*ow when they had gone throghot 0hrygia and the region of
(alatia, and were forbidden of the $oly (host to preach the word
in 1sia#
*ow yo wold say, !$ad not 1sia as mch need for the $oly (host as anywhere else6"
Certainly5 .'actly so, bt the $oly (host )nows who is ready to receive the $oly (host# There may
be a need, bt they may not be ready# :o may need lots of things, bt if yo are not ready for them,
yo will not get them# What is it to be ready and needy6 To be ready and hngry, to be so hngry that
yo cannot rest nless yo get everything (od has for yo# (od can bring yo there#
1fter they were come to 3ysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia+
bt the Spirit sffered them not# 1nd they passing by 3ysia came
down to Troas# 1nd a vision appeared to 0al in the nightB There
stood a man of 3acedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into
3acedonia, and help s#
1cts ;I+E9>
1h, that was the place where they wanted help, that was the place where there was a cry for
(od# :o need, beloved, to pray throgh that Wellington re/ires help, then she will get the blessing#
Beloved, there is sch a thing as people thin)ing they are fll and rich, and )nowing not that they are
hngry, poor, and blind# The worst thing that can come to anyone, to a child of (od, is to be satisfied
% it is an awfl position# ,h, what a startling trth we have in Revelation J+;A#
I )now thy wor)s, that tho art neither cold nor hot+ I wold tho
wert cold or hot#
Beloved, I want to preach to yo by the grace of (od this morning to move yo so that yo
cannot rest till (od gets yo so for $imself that yo will become bread for the people, water for the
thirsty grond# There is no one in the place, either yong or old, bt (od can meet yo# (od has grace
for s all# (od does not want any dwarfs# (od is loo)ing for a hngry people, a thirsty land#
Then, beloved, I notice here that many people fall short of coming into line with this divine
blessing becase of nbelief# Last time I was in Wellington I met people who had been Christians,
brea)ing bread for years, bt filled with nbelief# They will not have the right way of the Lord# They
brea) bread, bt they won-t tow the line# (od, save s from sch a position# *ow it is nbelief,
nothing else, bt when the $oly (host comes then nbelief is moved away, and they are hmble,
bro)enhearted, thirsty, and they want (od# 3ay (od )eep s hmble and hngry for the Living Bread#
(od is showing me that yo cannot have this blessed power pon yo withot yo become hngry#
*ow, we have in the scriptres some very clear trths, so fll of life and power that yo need
never be ashamed of the (ospel, it is so fll of life and power# 3ay (od give s grace this morning
to enter in#
I want yo to notice that the Word of (od is so clear# If yo trn to the scriptres, yo will
find that the whole of Israel is a plan for s to see that (od wold have ta)en them on to many
victories, bt cold not becase of nbelief# They were eligible for all the flness of (od, bt there
was not a single person entered in bt @osha and Caleb# The reason they went in was becase they
had another Spirit# $ave yo never read it6 @osha and Caleb had another Spirit# The Spirit was so
mighty pon @osha and Caleb that they had no fear, the $oly Spirit pon them had sch a dignity of
reverence to (od that these two people broght the bnches of grapes and presented them before the
people# There were ten other people sent ot, they had not received the Spirit and came bac)
mrmring# If yo get filled with the Spirit, yo will never mrmr anymore# I am spea)ing abot the
people who get the $oly (host and go on, not the people who remain stationary, bt those who go
right forward#
When these ten people came they were mrmring# What was it6 They had no rest# !There
remaineth therefore a rest to the children of (od# For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath
ceased from his own wor)s###" C$ebrews ?+>,;DF, and (od begins to wor)# These ten people said,
!We shall become prey to them, and or children shall be slain by them," and (od said throgh
3oses, !:or children shall go in and yo shall be sht ot#" It was only nbelief#
I pray (od the $oly (host that yo will search yor hearts, and the Word, and see if yo have
received this Spirit# What is it6 The $oly Spirit# It is to be filled with the $oly Spirit, filled with the
life of the Spirit, that which we call nction, revelation, force# What do I call force6 Force is that
position in the power of the Spirit where instead of wavering yo go throgh, instead of 8dgment yo
receive trth# 3ay (od help s#
I want to give yo a very important point abot the $oly (host this morning# The $oly (host
is the only power Who manifests the Word in the body#
For the word of (od is /ic), and powerfl, and sharper than any
two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asnder of sol and
spirit, and of the 8oints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoghts and intents of the heart#
Investigate what I have said and when I give yo a chance to as) /estions bearing on the
Word, (od will be able to help me to help yo to rest concerning these deep trths# Read that verse
again# Ric) and powerfl#
*either is there any creatre that is not manifest in his sight+ bt
all things are na)ed and opened nto the eyes of him with whom we
have to do# $ebrews ?+;J
I want to deal now with the breath of the Spirit on the Word of (od, that will give yo rest#
There is not a person in this place who nderstands, or gets into revelation on this Word, who wold
be deaf, there is not a person who wold sffer indigestion, not a person who wold have
rhematism, there is not sch a thing as any evil power being in yo if yo nderstand it#
Concerning the breath of the $oly (host, we have in the second chapter of 1cts one of the
most divine elementary revelations# When the $oly (host came li)e a mighty rshing wind and filled
the place where they were, cloven tonges of fire sat pon each of them, and they were filled with %
this wind6 Breath6 0ower6 0erson6 % filled with (od, the third person, the $oly (host filled their
bodies#
I can declare to yo this morning that not one of the ;<D had the slightest defect in their bodies
when they came ot# I have seen people filled with the $oly (host, who sed to be absoltely
helpless, and when the power of (od too) their bodies they became li)e yong men instead of old
withered people, the power of the $oly (host, bt now I am going to show yo the reason#
The Word of (od is /ic) and powerfl# 0al said, !:o hath $e /ic)ened#" 0owerfl to the
plling down of the strongholds of Satan# I wold li)e yo to read < Corinthians ;D+?9A+
For the weapons of or warfare are not carnal, bt mighty throgh
(od to the plling down of strong holdsB Casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that e'alteth itself against the
)nowledge of (od, and bringing into captivity every thoght to the
obedience of Christ#
*ow the $oly (host will ta)e the Word, ma)ing it powerfl in yo till every evil thing that
presents itself against the obedience and flness of Christ wold absoltely wither away# I want to
show yo this morning the need of the baptism of the $oly (host, by which yo )now there is sch a
thing as perfect rest, a perfect Sabbath coming to yor life when yo are filled with the $oly (host,
and I want yo to see perfect rest in this place# I want yo to see @ess % $e was filled with the $oly
(host, $e lay asleep, filled with the $oly (host, and the storm began so terribly and filled the ship
with water, till they cried, !3aster, we perish," and $e rose Cfilled with the $oly (hostF and reb)ed
the wind# $e as)ed, !Why are ye so fearfl6"
I want yo to see, beloved, that when the $oly (host comes in yor life, if the hose caght on
fire yo wold be at rest, bt I will tell yo something better, the hose wold not be on fire for the
Lord protects $is own, that is better# Come a little nearer, I want yo to see this $oly (host, this
divine person, has to get so deep into s that $e has to destroy every evil thing# Ric), powerfl,
sharper than any two9edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asnder of sol and spirit, and of the
8oints and marrow#
Some people got pain in their life after being saved, becase of solishness# 1ny amont of
saved people are solish, li)e Romans E# They want to do good bt they find evil, and they contine
to do the thing they hate to do# What is p6 They need the baptism of the $oly (host# Why6 The
baptism of the $oly (host is necessary, for then the $oly (host will so reveal the Word in the body
that it will be li)e a sword, it will ct between the sol and the spirit, ct it right ot till the
solishness cannot anymore long for indlgence in things contrary to the mind of (od, and the will of
(od# 4on-t yo want rest6 $ow long are yo going to be before yo enter into that rest#
For he that entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own wor)s, as (od did from his#
Let s labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same e'ample of nbelief#
.nter into rest, get filled with the $oly (host and nbelief will depart# Where they entered in
they were safe from nbelief, and nbelief is sin# It is the greatest sin, becase it hinders yo from all
blessings# There is another word that wold be helpfl to s this morning and I want yo to ta)e
notice of it becase it is so important#
For the word of (od is /ic), and powerfl, and sharper than any
two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asnder of sol and
spirit, and of the 8oints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoghts and intents of the heart# $ebrews ?+;<
:o can see here Cwor)ing his limbsF that there is an elbow wor)ing, a )nee wor)ing, a
sholder wor)ing, and these cold not wor) properly if the marrow shold become congested, bt
hear abot this salvation# (od says this $oly (host power shall ma)e the Word, this Christ of (od,
move in yor marrow, till there wold not be a stiff 8oint amongst s# $ow we need the $oly (host#
*ow probably when yo go otside yo will say, !$e preached more abot the $oly (host than
anything#" It is not so# 3y heart is so fll of this matter, that @ess is the Word, and it ta)es the $oly
(host to ma)e the Word act# @ess is the Word that is mighty by the power of the Spirit to the plling
down of the strongholds, moving pon s so mightily that the power of (od is pon s# T,*(7.S
1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od hath designed the flness of the (ospel in its perfection and
entirety that where the breath of heaven breathes pon it, the (ospel which is the power of (od nto
salvation, ma)es everything form in perfect nion with divine trinity power till the whole man
becomes a lively hope, filled with life, with fidelity, filled with (od#"
Remember @ess is trinity, remember that @ess is all flness, remember @ess was the flness
of the (odhead, and the $oly (host ma)es $im so precios that %
It-s all right now, it-s all right now,
For @ess is my Savior,
1nd it-s all right now#
I don-t want it to be li)e when they broght the grapes, they did not get the Spirit of @osha and
Caleb % I want yo all to have a share# ,h, for the $oly (host to come with freshness pon s, then
yo cold all sing, !It-s all right now#" If it is not, it may be, and (od intends that it shold be, and we
are preaching in faith to yo that it 9 shall be#
It-s all right now,
It-s all right now,
For @ess is my Savior, and It-s all right now#
Let me encorage yo# (od is a (od of encoragement# *ow I want to ta)e yo to the
thirteenth verse#
*either is there any creatre that is not manifest in his sight+ bt
all things are na)ed and opened nto the eyes of him with whom we
have to do# $ebrews ?+;J
*o creatre is hid from $is sight, all are na)ed before $im# *ow when (od spea)s of
na)edness, $e does not mean that $e loo)s at flesh with9ot clothing# (od said, !That ye may be
clothed that yor na)edness may not appear#" It is not yor body, it is Christ clothing pon within, and
yo have no spot# $e loo)s at yor na)edness, at yor wea)nesses, at yor sorrow of heart# $e is
loo)ing into yo right now, and what does $e see6
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the
heavens, @ess the Son of (od, let s holdfast or profession#
$ebrews ?+;?
What is or profession6 I have heard so many people testifying abot their profession, some
said, !Than) (od, I am healed," !Than) (od $e has saved me," !Than) (od $e has cleansed me,"
!Than) (od $e has bapti&ed me with the $oly (host#" That is my profession % is it yors6 That is
the profession of the Bible, and (od wants to ma)e it yor profession# :o have to have a whole
Christ, a fll redemption, yo have to be filled with the $oly (host, 8st a channel for $im to flow
throgh# ,h, the glorios liberty of the (ospel of (od-s power#
$eaven has begn with me,
I am happy, now, and free#
Since the Comforter has come,
Since the Comforter has come#
It-s all there# I )now that (od has designed this flness, this rest, this perfect rest, I )now $e
has designed it, and there oght not to be a wrin)le, a spot, a blemish, the Word of (od says,
!blameless and faltless#" 0raise the Lord for sch a wonderfl, glorios inheritance, throgh $im
who loved s# $allel8ah5
Beloved, yo mst come in, every one of yo# This morning meeting is to open the door of
yor heart to (od to move in, till if yo were to go away and live in some solitary place, yo wold
be fll there the same as in the Wellington assembly, it wold ma)e no difference#
When I thin) of @ohn, as the legend says, how they tried to destroy him by boiling him in oil,
and tried other things to destroy him, they too) him to the Isle of 0atmos, and he was in the Spirit %
on the island in the Spirit# :es# It is possible to be in the Spirit at the wash tb, in the Spirit scrbbing
floors, in the Spirit nder all circmstances#
*othing really matters if the Lord loves me,
1nd $e does, $e does,
For nothing really matters if the Lord loves me,
1nd $e does, $e does#
For we have not an high priest which cannot be toched with the
feeling of or infirmitiesB bt was in all points tempted li)e as we
are, yet withot sin# $ebrews ?+;A
There $e is, there is the pattern, there is the Lord, and yo say, !Tell me something very
wonderfl abot $im#" :es, I will tell yo this % $e loved s to the end, $e had faith in s right to
the end, @ess never let go the confidence that every sol wold come right into the fll tide line#
There it is for s this morning#
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of (od# $ebrews
?+>
Some people say, !,h, yes, it is a rest p there#" *o, no, no# This is a rest where we cease
from or wor)s, there are no wor)s p there % where yo cease from yor own wor)s, this day# I
came to this meeting this morning entirely sht in with (od, and if ever (od spo)e in a meeting $e
has spo)en this morning# I may have been straight and plain on some lines# I had sch a presentation
of Wellington when I was here last time, I saw clearly people were resisting the $oly (host, as mch
as when Stephen said, !:e stiffnec)ed and ncircmcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the
$oly (host+ as yor fathers did, so do ye" C1cts E+A;F# Resisting the $oly (host#
,h, if yo won-t resist the $oly (host, the power of (od will melt yo down, the $oly (host
will so ta)e charge of yo that yo will be filled to the ttermost with the overflowing of $is grace#
,t of this sb8ect this morning, if there is anything arisen in yor heart that yo need some
frther revelation on, I will help yo#
1ddress given at Town $all Wellington, *ew 2ealand
$ow to 7nderstand Loices, @anary ;A, ;><?
Beloved, believe not every spirit, bt try the spirits whether they
are of (od+ becase many false prophets are gone ot into the
world# $ereby )now ye the Spirit of (od+ .very spirit that
confesseth that @ess Christ is come in the flesh is of (od+ 1nd
every spirit that confesseth not that @ess Christ is come in the
flesh is not of (od+ and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye
have heard that it shold comeB and even now already is it in the
world# Te are of (od, little children, and have overcome them+
becase greater is he that is in yo, than he that is in the world#
They are of the world+ therefore spea) they of the world, and the
world heareth them# We are of (od+ he that )noweth (od heareth
sB he that is not of (od heareth not s# $ereby )now we the spirit
of trth, and the spirit of error# Beloved, let s love one another+
for love is of (odB and every one that loveth is born of (od, and
)noweth (od# $e that loveth not )noweth not (odB for (od is
love# In this was manifested the love of (od toward s, becase
that (od sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might
live throgh him# ; @ohn ?+;9>
3any Loices
There are many voices in the world, we read it in ; Corinthians ;?# I want yo to be able to
nderstand voices, to nderstand spirit voices, to nderstand e'actly what the Scriptre means abot
these things#
*ow I )now there are a good many people who are great on Conan 4oyle, who, yo will find,
is trying to delve into mysteries# *ow there is nothing mystic abot or bsiness, and I want to tell
everybody who comes to this place, yo will have no share with s if yo have anything to do with
spiritism+ we denonce it as being of the devil, and we don-t want fellowship with yo# If yo want to
8oin p with two things, the devil will get yo at the finish#
*ow, what is the difference between the spirit that now wor)eth, the spirit of disobedience,
and the spirit of lawlessness6 It is antichrist, and it is right in the midst of things % spiritism,
Rssellism, Christian Science, they are all a)in, they have no room for the blood, and yo cannot get
near (od bt by the blood, it is impossible# The blood is the only power that can ma)e a clear road
into the =ingdom for yo, the blood of @ess#
Beloved, yo have to be in a position to try the spirits whether they are of (od# Why shold
we try them6 :o can always try the spirits whether they are of (od for this reason, yo will be able
to tell the tre revelation, and the tre revelation which will come to yo will always sanctify the
heart, it will never have an !if- in it# When the devil came to @ess, he had an !if#" if tho be the Son
of (od, if tho wilt worship me# The $oly (host never comes with an if The $oly (host is the divine
orator of this wonderfl Word, bt the mystic Conan 4oyle, etc# position, is satanic# Let me tell yo a
story#
,ne day I was wal)ing along the street in Bradford, and I met one of my friendsB he was a man
who lived in the Spirit# I said to him, !Friend, where are yo going6"
$e replied, !I have a big 8ob on tonight#"
!What is it6"
!,h, there is a spiritalistic seance tonight, and I-m going#"
!4on-t yo thin) it is dangeros6 I don-t thin) it wise for believers to go to these places," I
said#
!I am led to go to test it according to Scriptre" he replied#
*ow beloved, I advise none of yo to go to these places#
3y friend went, and sat down in the midst of the meeting, and the medim began to ta)e
control# This man did not spea), bt 8st )ept himself nder the blood, whispering the preciosness of
the blood of @ess# 1fter trying for some time to get nder control, the leader said, !We can do
nothing tonight, there is somebody believes in the blood#"
$allel8ah5 4o yo all believe in the blood, beloved6 I have often dealt with people nder
evil powers, people in fits and other things, and sometimes I have come across people so mch
controlled by evil powers that every time they want to spea) the evil powers spea)# It is a very
dangeros position, bt it is tre, people get possessed with the devil#
The man in the tomb was terribly afflicted with these evil powers, and ct himself with
stones, and strong cords, night and day, there he was in the tombs crying ot# @ess came on the scene,
and these evil powers cased the man to rn# *ow it was all in the power of the devil, and as soon as
the man got in front of @ess the evil spirit said, !Why art tho come to torment s6" This man had no
power to get free, bt these evil spirits were so trobled in the presence of @ess, that they cried ot,
!Why art tho come to torment s6"
,h, than) (od for @ess# I want yo to notice that @ess wants yo to be so nder $is power,
so controlled by, and filled with the $oly (host, that the power of athority in yo will resent all
evil#
This is an important meeting for believers, becase there are so many believers not on their
gard# I want to impress yo with this fact that every believer shold reach a place in the $oly (host
where he has no desire e'cept the desire of (od# The $oly (host has to possess s till we are filled,
led, yes, divinely led by the $oly (host# It is a mighty thing to be filled with the $oly (host#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Lord, $e is the mighty power of government,
for the Scriptre says, GThe government shall be pon $is sholders,- and now $e has ta)en s on $is
sholdersB therefore let $im lead yo where $e will#"
4on-t yo want to lead @ess+ if $e leads yo, $e will lead yo into trthB into nothingness,
bt when yo are in nothingness yo will be in powerB into wea)ness, bt when yo are in wea)ness
(od will be with yo in might, and everything that wold seem of wea)ness on the hman side wold
be nder control of divine power#
Where Two Ways 3eet
*ow I want to deal with a very important thing# I have people by the hndreds, who are
continally pressing on me with their difficlties, with their strange and yet holy and noble desires,
bt nevertheless strange, where two ways meet and they do not )now which one to ta)e# Some have
impressions, bt I wold show yo what becomes of impressions# 1 person came to me one day and
said, !,h, yo )now the Spirit of the Lord was mighty pon me this morning#"
I said, !(ood5"
!,h, I want to tell yo abot it# I want yo to tell me if there is sch a place as Ingerow
anywhere near here#"
I answered, !:es, there is#"
!Well, that place has been pon me, I have to go and preach there# There is nothing wrong
with that, is there6"
Bt I as)ed, !What is the message6"
!I don-t e'actly )now#"
!*ow come, what is the message6" I as)ed#
!,h, I have to spea) to someone abot their sol#"
!1nd yo don-t )now there is sch a place# The place is toward S)ipton," I replied#
!Bt I have to go#" !$ow come6" I said, !I want yo to thin)# :o are wor)ing, are yo not6
4o yo thin) anybody in the mill will commend yo going to a place yo don-t )now, to spea) to
someone yo don-t )now6"
Was it of (od6 That is the first thing# It was an impression, of a desire to be something# That-s
the danger# 3y daghter tried to stop her, bt she went the first chance she got# She got to the station,
there was nobody there# The reslt was that she was soon in an asylm#
What was it6 1n impression# $ow shall we )now this6 There was a lady came to me
yesterday and said, !4on-t yo )now, the Spirit of the Lord is pon me, I have to preach the (ospel#"
I said, !There is nothing wrong in that#"
!I want to )now where I have to go to, so I have come to yo to see if the Lord has told yo
where I have to go to#"
!:es, yo have to begin at home# Begin at @ersalem, and if yo are sccessfl go to @dea,
then if yo are sccessfl (od will send yo to the ttermost parts of the world#" (od is not going to
send yo to the ttermost parts of the world till yo have been sccessfl rond abot @ersalem# This
morning we have a tremendos big 8ob, it is well worth doing, and I want to do it well# I want to tell
yo the difference between the right and the wrong way#
:o have the Scriptres and yo have the $oly (host, and the $oly (host has wisdom, and
does not e'pect yo to be foolish+ the $oly (host having perfect insight into )nowledge and wisdom,
and trth always gives yo balance#
:o always have to have one thing removed and that is being terribly afraid, bt fear moves
and power and confidence come in its place# :o always have to have another thing which mst
remain, and that is love# Love to obey (od rather than obey yo inclinations to be something, bt if
(od wants to ma)e yo someone, that is different#
3y wife tried her best to ma)e me someone+ she cold not do it# $er heart was right, her love
was right, she did her best to ma)e me a preacher# She sed to say, !*ow, Father, yo cold do it if
yo wold, and I want yo to preach ne't Snday#"
I did everything to get ready, I tried everything, I don-t )now what I did not try % it wold be
best not to tell yo what I did try# 1s many notes as wold sit a parson for a wee)#
$er heart, her love, her desires were all right, bt when I got p to preach I wold give ot my
te't, and then say, !If anybody can preach now is yor chance, for I am done#" That did not ta)e place
once, bt many times# She was determined, and I was willing# When I got to the row of the penitent
form I cold ta)e them right in+ I cold nrse the children while my wife preached, and pleased to do
it# Bt don-t yo )now when the $oly (host came, then I was ready# Then the preaching abilities
were not mine bt the Lord-s# To be filled with the $oly (host is to be filled with divine e/ipment#
It mst be all for @ess# ,h, I tell yo whatever yo thin) abot it, there is nothing good withot @ess
is the whole thing#
1nyone cold 8mp on this platform and say, !I am right#" Bt when yo have no confidence,
then @ess is all the confidence yo re/ire# (od mst have ot of this adience men and women on
fire for (od# (od will mightily send yo forth in the nction of the Spirit, and sinners will feel
condemned, bt it will never be accomplished if yo have anything in yor mind that yo are going to
be something# The baptism is a baptism of death, and yo live only nto (od#
The Light ,f Trth
I want to tell yo an important thing abot one of the most trying things I have had to deal with#
I have had many trying things to deal with, people coming as)ing me all )inds of things, and to
e'amine the position careflly and see what (od has for them in that position#
I will relate a story which cannot help bt help yo# Is there anything wrong in wanting to be
the best missionary in the world6 Is there anything wrong abot it6 *ot at all5 Two yong women
wor)ed at a place, they were telegraph operators# ,ne of them had offered herself for the mission
field# She was a beatifl girl, fll of prity, trth, and righteosnessB she had a lovely contenance,
her e'pression almost wold do wonderfl things for (od# 1 voice came to her# ,h, beloved, try the
voices, try the spirits#
This voice came to her, !I will ma)e yo the mightiest missionary in the world#" .'actly what
she wanted, it was her heart-s desire, yo see, and she was so moved on#
!1nd I will find yo all the money yo want#" She became so e'cited in this thing+ her sister
saw there was something 8st ot of place so she went to the head person and said, !Cold I and my
sister have an hor off wor)6" She got her sister and herself free#
The voice came with sch tremendos force that she cold not let it go# Try the spirits, (od
will never do anything li)e that# $e will never send yo an nreasonable, nmanageable message# The
devil said, !4on-t tell anybody#" That-s the devil# 1nything that is holy can be told on the hosetops,
there is no secret we have# 1ll the secrets worth having are worth telling# If yo cannot tell it, it is not
worth having# (od wants yo to be able to tell all#
Then the voice came, !:o might ta)e yor sister with yo# I want yo at the station tonight,
yo will find a train will come into the station at J< mintes past E+DD, and after yo have boght yor
tic)et, yo will have Id# left, and in that train yo will see a woman wearing a nrse-s bonnetB and on
the other side will be a man who has the money yo want# When yo get ot at (lasgow, yo can
deposit the money in a certain ban) at a certain place#"
$ere was lac) of presentation of thoght# There are no ban)s open at half past E+DD 0#3# and
after investigation there was no sch ban) in that place# What did it6 It got her ear, and I will tell yo
what is the danger# If I had bt five mintes to go I wold say this to yo# If yo cannot be reasoned
with, yo are wrongB if yo are right and everybody else is wrong, I don-t care who yo are, if yo
cannot bear e'amination, if what yo hold cannot bear the light of the trth, yo are wrong# It will
save a lot of yo if yo will 8st thin)#
Bt yo say, !,h, I )now, I )now#KK It is a very serios thing when nobody else )nows bt yo#
3ay (od deliver s from sch a condition# If yo thin) yo have some specialty, it can be rehearsed#
We tried to console them, bt nothing cold be done, she )new it was the voice of the Lord#
There are two wor)ings, and if it is to be the wor)ing of the Spirit, the wor)ings of the Spirit
are always contrary to the wor)ings of the flesh#
*ow the train came in at e'actly J< mintes past E+DD p#m# She said to her sister, !*ow we
)now it is right#"
The change was e'actly Id# That was right#
*ow the ne't thing was not right# The train came in, that was in order, bt there were no sch
characters# Those voices went on# 1h, those evil voices# $ow shall we )now whether they are of
(od6 When (od spea)s $e will spea) on the lines of wisdom# When the devil came to @ess he said,
!if tho be the Son of (od#" The devil )new, and @ess )new, and answered, !It is written, GTho
shalt worship the Lord thy (od, and $im only shalt tho serve#-"
*ow with these two yong women, was there anything wrong with it6 The wrong was that she
oght to have 8dged the spirits# If the yong women had as)ed, !4id @ess come in the flesh6" the
voice wold have answered no# There is no satanic voice in the world, and no spiritalistic medim
will ac)nowledge that @ess came in the flesh# The devil never will, and he is the father of those
spiritalistic medims, Conan 4oyle inclded# Was she delivered6 Certainly, bt when these evil
spirits )new she believed and wold do anything they wanted, they said, !We will ma)e yo the
biggest missionary in the world, and get yo all the money#" I never )new it to come tre, and yo
never will as long as yo live#
1 man came to me and said, !I have got in my hands a certain food for invalids, which will
bring in millions of ponds for the missionaries#"
I said to him, !I will not have anything to do with it#" These things are not a sccess# (od
does not wor) that way# If (od wanted yo to have gold, $e cold rain it in yor hoses while yo
were away# $e has all the gold, and the cattle on a thosand hills are $is#
Beloved, I want yo to see that @ess was the mee)est man in the world, $e had power to
ma)e bread, gold, and yet $e never made it, only for somebody else#
When anybody preaches for the =ingdom-s sa)e, $e will provide# See) to be filled with the
$oly (host for the people-s sa)e# See) only for (od, the rain will fall, the endement of power will
be made manifest in yor mortal bodies if yo are really in the Spirit#
Were these two yong women delivered6 :es, and sed in China for the last ten years %
than) (od there is a way ot#
This is an important word, and I am saying everything I can by the grace of (od and the
revelation of the Spirit, to ma)e yo people carefl, and yet careless# Carefl of satanic powers, and
careless when the power of (od is pon yo with nction force, so that $e $imself shall be
manifested, and not yo#
$mility Is .ssential
Is there anything wrong with the story I am going to tell yo6 I want yo to see#
Rite a lot of people at :or) had been saved in the mar)etplace, and one of the yong men that
had been gathered in had the abilities of being a wonderfl teacher, leading the people forth
trimphantly in the morning meetings# $e had teaching and preaching abilities, and everybody was
lifted p in 8oy#
*ow I am sre this is a word in season#
When I went there the power of the Spirit fell pon s, and straight away many people were
nder the power of (od# When they saw this yong man laid ot nder the power of the Spirit they
said, !,h, Brother Wigglesworth, we have got one of the finest yong men, and for him to be filled
with the $oly (host, we will have the greatest teacher in the world#"
The leaders came and said they were over8oyed at the fact# I said, !Be still, the Lord will do
$is own wor)#"
In a short time he was throgh in the Spirit, and everybody was re8oicing and applading#
They fell into great error there# *ow what happened6 ,h, I do pray (od will save yo from that# I
hope nobody in this Town $all wold say, !,h, yo did preach well tonight#" It-s as srely of the
devil as anything that ever came to anybody# (od has never yet allowed any hman body to be
appladed# This yong man was in the power of the $oly (host % it was lovely#
They came rond him, sha)ing him by the hand, saying, !*ow we have got the greatest teacher
there is#" Was it wrong6 0erfectly right, and yet it was the most wrong thing they cold do+ in their
hearts they cold have been than)fl# I want to tell yo the devil never )nows yor thoghts, and if yo
won-t let yor thoghts ot in pblic yo will be safe# $e can sggest a thoght, and thoghts of evil
bt that is not sin, all these things are from withot# The devil can sggest evil things for yo to
receive, bt if yo are pre, it is li)e water on a dc)-s bac)#
What happened6 They said, !I shold not wonder if yo were a second @ohn the Baptist#"
They were really elated with him# The yong man tried to throw it off and )eep well balanced when
he saw what was coming to him % bt the devil came with a voice as lod as a cannon, !4on-t yo
)now, yo are G@ohn the Baptist-" and still he threw it off#
Listen, it was the believers who did it, and the devil never let him alone# !:o are srely @ohn
the Baptist, there is no person in the world li)e yo# 1rise, @ohn the Baptist#"
1nd I want to tell yo that at eight o-cloc) in the morning that yong man went down the street
crying ot !I am @ohn the Baptist#"
What was wrong6 The saints appladed him, and I tell yo that is the wor) of the devil#
Lord, bring s to a place of hmility and bro)en heartedness where we will see the danger of
satanic powers# 4on-t yo believe the devil is a big gly monsterB he comes as an angel of light, and
he comes at a time when yo have done well, and tells yo abot it# $e comes to ma)e yo feel yo
are somebody, the devil is an e'alted demon#
,h, loo) at the 3asterB if yo cold see $im as I see $im sometimes+ rich, and yet $e became
poorB in the glory, yet too) pon $im the form of a servant, yes, a servant, that is the Lord# (od give
s these beatitdes where we will be bro)en and hmble, and in the dst, and (od will raise s and
place s in a high place#
I don-t sppose there is a person in this place believes it is ;<+DD o-cloc)%I )now yo don-t
bt it is, all the same# I propose we contine this service tomorrow morning, becase we mst have a
/arter of an hor for /estions, that I might help yo with any difficlt problems yo have in yor
minds#
1ddress given at Town $all Wellington, *ew 2ealand
Rising Into The $eavenlies, @anary <?, ;><?
; 0eter ; % I want to read to yo a few verses from ; 0eter ;# I believe that (od wants to
spea) to s to strengthen or position in faith and grace# If I had my way I wold have li)ed to close
p with the gifts of the Spirit, and seeing I am going to give yo another wee), that wee) will be very
mch on those lines, so this morning I pray (od that it will be 8st as the Spirit is moving, that we
may be able to accept $is trth#
Beloved, I want yo to nderstand that yo will get more than yo came for# There is not a
person in this place will get what he came for, (od gives yo more# *o man gets his answers to his
prayers, he never does, for (od answers his prayers abndantly above what he as)s or thin)s# 4on-t
yo say, !I got nothing#" :o got as mch as yo came for, and more, bt if yor minds are not willing
to be yielded, and yor heart not sfficiently consecrated, yo will find that yo are limited on that
line, becase the heart is the place of reception# (od wants yo to have receptive hearts, to ta)e in the
mind of (od# These wonderfl scriptres are fll of life9giving power# Let s read the first and
second verses, I believe there are some words there I oght to lay emphasis on#
0eter, an apostle of @ess Christ, to the strangers scattered
throghot 0onts, (alatia, Cappadocia, 1sia, and Bithynia, .lect
according to the fore)nowledge of (od the Father, throgh
sanctification of the Spirit, nto obedience and sprin)ling of the
blood of @ess Christ+ (race nto yo, and peace, be mltiplied# ;
0eter ;+;,<
The .lect
I want yo to notice that in all times, in all histories of the world, whenever there has been a
divine rising, revelation, (od coming forth with new dispensational orders of the Spirit, yo will find
there have been persections all over# :o ta)e the case of the three $ebrew children, and also
4aniel, and @eremiah# With any person in the old dispensation, as mch as in the new, when the Spirit
of the Lord has been moving mightily, there has arisen troble and difficlty# What for6 Becase of
three things very mch against revelations of (od and the Spirit of (od# First, hmanity, flesh, natral
things are against divine things# .vil powers wor) pon this position of the hman life, and especially
when the will is nyielded to (od, then the powers of dar)ness arise p against the powers of divine
order, bt they never defeat them# 4ivine order is very often in minority, bt always in ma8ority# 4id I
say that right6 :es, and I meant it# Wic)edness may increase and abond, bt when the Lord raises
$is flag over the saint, it is victory, thogh it is in minority and always trimphs# I want yo to notice
the first verse becase it says !scattered," meaning to say they did not get mch liberty in allowing
them to meet together, driven from place to place# .ven in the days of @ohn =no' the people who
served (od had to be in very close /arters, becase the Roman chrch set ot to destroy them, nailed
them to 8dgment seats, and destroyed them in all sorts of ways# They were in minority bt swept
throgh in victory and the Roman power was crshed and defeated# :o ta)e care that it does not rise
again, the Roman power is always bloodshed and mrder, and always against the $oly (host, so may
(od bring s into perfect order that we may nderstand these days that we may be in Wellington in
minority, bt in ma8ority#
The $oly (host wants s to nderstand or privileges % elect according to the
fore)nowledge of (od throgh sanctification of the Spirit# *ow this word sanctification of the Spirit
is not on the lines of sin cleansing# It is a higher order than the redemption wor)# The blood of @ess
is rich nto all powerfl cleansing, also ta)es away other powers and transforms s by the mighty
power of (od# Bt when sin is gone, yes, when we are clean and when we )now we have the Word
of (od right in s and the power of the Spirit is bringing everything to a place where we trimph, then
comes revelation by the power of the Spirit, lifting yo into higher grond, into all the flness of (od,
which nveils the Christ in sch a way# It is called or sanctification of the Spirit# Sanctification of
the Spirit, elect according to the fore)nowledge of (od# I don-t want yo to stmble at the word elect
% it is a most blessed word# :o might say yo are all elect+ everyone in this place cold say yo
are elected# (od has designed that all men shold be saved# This is the election, bt whether yo
accept and come into yor election, whether yo prove yorself worthy of yor election, whether yo
have so allowed the Spirit to fortify yo, whether yo have done this I don-t )now, bt this is yor
election, yor sanctification, to be seated at the right hand of (od#
!1 preacher shold preach only what he is sre ofB everybody can
thin), the preacher shold say what he )nows#"
This word election is a very precios word to me, foreordained, predestinated, these are
words that (od has designed before the world was, to bring s into trimph and victory in Christ#
Some people play rond abot it and ma)e it a goal# They say, !,h, well, yo see, we are elected, we
are all right#" I )now many of them who believe in that condition of election and they say they are
/ite all right, they are elected to be saved, and I believe these people are so diplomatic that they
believe others can be elected to be damned# It is not tre5 .verybody is elected to be saved, bt
whether they come into it, that is another thing#
3any don-t come into salvation becase the god of this world hath blinded their eyes lest the
light of this glorios (ospel shold shine nto them# What does it mean6 It means this, that Satan has
got mastery over their minds, and they have an ear to listen to corrptible things, yo see6 Corrptible
things, the satanic side of it, where they say, !,h, the pictres are the place for me, the theatre is the
place for me, the race corse is the place for me#" 0ictres, race corses, etc, are the downward way
to hell, and no believer will dar)en their door# 0erhaps the last thing the devil broght ot is the
pictre show, and I find people can wait ot in streams and great crowds, so I said, !This is my
opportnity" and I shoted for all I was worth abot @ess, becase I )now there is no @ess inside
there, so they oght to have a little bit otside#
Beloved, I want yo to see this election I am spea)ing abot, to catch a glimpse of heaven,
with yor heart always on the wing, where yo grasp everything spirital, when everything divine
ma)es yo hngry, everything seasonable in spirital fidelity will ma)e yo long after it#
If I came here in a year-s time I shold see this )ind of election gone right forward, always
fll, never having a bad report, where yo see Christ in some vision, in some way in yor lives every
day, growing in the )nowledge of (od every day bt I cannot dwell there, for we have mch to get
throgh# It is throgh sanctification of the Spirit nto obedience and sprin)ling of the blood of @ess
Christ# There is no sanctification if it is not sanctification nto obedience# There wold be no troble
with any of s if we wold come definitely to a place where we nderstood that word where @ess
said, !For their sa)es I sanctify myself that they also might be sanctified throgh the trth#" Thy Word
is trth, sanctify them throgh Thy Word, which is trth C@ohn ;E+;EF#
*o child of (od ever as)s a /estion abot the Word of (od# What do I mean6 The Word of
(od is clear on brea)ing of bread, the Word of (od is clear on water baptism, the Word of (od is
clear on all these things, and no person that was going on to the obedience and sanctification of the
Spirit by election, will pray over that Word# The Word of (od is to be swallowed, not to be prayed
over#
If ever yo pray over the Word of (od there is some disobedienceB yo are not willing to
obey# If yo come into obedience on the Word of (od, and it says anything abot water baptism yo
will obey, if it says anything abot spea)ing in tonges yo will obey, if it says anything abot
brea)ing of bread and assembling orselves together, yo will obey# If yo come into the election of
the sanctification of the Spirit, yo will be obedient in everything revealed in that WordB and in the
measre yo are not obedient, yo have not come into the sanctification of the Spirit#
1 little thing spoils many good things# 0eople say, !3r# So9and9so is very good, bt####" !3rs#
So9and9so is e'cellent, bt####" !,h, yo )now that yong man is progressing tremendosly, bt####K---
There are no !bts" in sanctification of the Spirit# !Bt" and !if- are gone, and it is !shall" and !I
will" all the way throgh#
Beloved, if there are any bts in yor attitde toward the Word of trth there is something
nyielded to the Spirit# I do pray (od the $oly (host that we may be willing to yield orselves to the
sanctification of the Spirit, that we may be in the mind of (od in the election that we may have the
mind of (od in the possession of it# 0erhaps to encorage yo people it wold be helpfl to show to
yo what election is, becase there is no difficlty in proving whether yo are elected or not#
1 Strange Inward Longing
:o are here in this morning meeting CI am spea)ing abot believersF and maybe if yo had to
search yor own heart why yo have been attending the meetings, yo wold not have to say !becase
it was Wigglesworth," it wold be a mista)e# Bt if there was in yo that holy calling, or strange
inward, longing desire for more of (od, yo cold say it was the sanctification of the Spirit which
was drawing yo# Who cold do that, bt $e who has elected yo for that6
There are people in this place, say from <D years % JD, ?D % we can even begin at ;A years
% <D, <A, JD, JA,?D, and so on % and if I were to say to yo, !Stand p yo who never remember the
time when the Spirit did not strive with yo," it wold be a marvelos thing how many people wold
stand# What do yo call it6 (od bring yo in, moving pon yo# Strange6 Lery strange5
When I thin) of my own case, I recall that on my mother-s side and on my father-s side there
was no desire for (od, and yet in my very infancy I was strangely moved pon by the Spirit# 1t eight
years I was definitely saved, and at nine years I felt the Spirit come pon me, 8st as when I spo)e in
tonges % elect according to the fore)nowledge of (od, and there are people in this place who have
the same e'perience# :o might say, !When I was in sin I was trobled#" 1nd there is a direct line of
election between (od and the hman man, moving it, being wholly prepared for (od#
It is a most blessed thoght that we have a (od of love, compassion, and grace, who willeth
not the death of one sinner# (od has made it possible for all men to be saved, and cased @ess, $is
well beloved Son, to die for the sins of the people# It is tre $e too) or sinsB it is tre $e paid the
price for the whole worldB it is tre $e gave $imself a ransom for manyB it is tre, beloved# 1nd yo
say, !For who6" !###whosoever will, let him ta)e the water of life freely" CRevelation <<+;EF#
!What abot the others6" It wold be a direct refsal of the blood of @essB it wold have to
be a refsal to have Christ to reign over them, that-s it# It is whosoever will, on this side and
whosoever won-t, on the other sideB and there are people living in the world that won-t# What is p
with them6 !###the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of
the glorios gospel of Christ, who is the image of (od, shold shine nto them" C< Corinthians ?+?F#
.lect according to the fore)nowledge of (od the Father, throgh
sanctification of the Spirit, nto obedience and sprin)ling of the
blood of @ess Christ+ (race nto yo, and peace, be mltiplied# ;
0eter ;+<
:es, bt I cannot pass over it, and yet I mst not stop at that becase there are other important
words here for s this morning#
Throgh sanctification of the Spirit, according to the election, yo will get to a place where
yo are not distrbed# There is a peace in sanctification of the Spirit, becase it is a place of
revelation, ta)ing yo into heavenly places# It has a place where (od comes and spea)s and ma)es
$imself )nown to yoB and when yo are face to face with (od yo get a peace which passeth all
nderstanding, lifting yo from state to state of ine'pressible wonderment# It is really wonderfl#
,h, this is li)e heaven to me,
This is li)e heaven to me,
I-ve stepped over @ordan to Canaan-s fair landB
1nd this is li)e heaven to me#
,h, it is wonderfl#
Blessed be the (od and Father of or Lord @ess Christ, which
according to his abndant mercy hath begotten s again nto a
lively hope by the resrrection of @ess Christ from the dead# ;
0eter ;+J
We cannot pass that, becase this sanctification of the Spirit brings s into definite line with
this wonderfl position of the glory of (od# I want to )eep before s the glory, the 8oy of a lively
hope# *ow a lively hope is e'actly opposite to dead, e'actly opposite to normal#
Lively hope is movement#
Lively hope is loo)ing into#
Lively hope is pressing into#
Lively hope is leaving everything behind yo#
Lively hope is )eeping the vision#
Lively hope sees $im coming5
1nd yo live in it, the lively hope# :o are not trying to ma)e yorself feel that yo are
believing, bt the lively hope is ready, waiting, lively hope is filled with 8oy of e'pectation of the
=ing# 0raise the Lord5
I want yo to )now that (od has this in his mind for yo# 4o yo )now what will move them6
The real 8oy in e'pectation that will come forth with manifestation and then reali&ation# 4on-t yo
)now6
Well, I pray (od the $oly (host that $e will move yo that way# Come now, beloved, I want
to raise yor hopes into sch activity, into sch a 8oyfl e'perience, that when yo go away from this
meeting yo will have sch 8oy that yo wold only wal) if yo cold not rn, and yo wold not rn
if yo cold 8mp in a motor car, where yo wold go at head speed if yo )new yo cold be there#
*ow I trst that yo will be so reconciled to (od that there is not one thing which wold
interfere with yo having this lively hope# If yo had any love for the world it cold not be, for @ess
is not coming to the world, @ess is coming to the heavenlies and all the heavenlies are going to $im,
so yo cannot have anything bt 8oy with it# The pride of life yo cold not have, all these things are
contrary to the lively hope becase of the greatness and the mlti9magnitdinos glories of the regions
of eternity, which are placed before him in 8oyfl e'pectation#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The 8oy of the Lord is everything# The sol lifteth
p li)e the golden grain ready to be ingathered for the great sheaf# 1ll ready, waiting, re8oicing,
longing for $im, till they say, GLord @ess, we cannot stop longer#-"
What a wonderfl e'pression of the $oly (host to the sol in interpretation# $ow $e loves
s, hovers over s, re8oiceth in s, how the Lord by the $oly (host ta)es a great drin) with s and or
cp is 3l and rnning over#
The 8oy of the Lord is yor strengthB yo have to be right in these glorios places, it is the
prpose of (od for yor sol# I hope yo won-t forget the lively hope# 4o not have to be living on
!tomorrow" becase yo did not catch it today# ,h, it is wonderfl# $allel8ah5
(lories ,f The *ew Creation
To an inheritance incorrptible, and ndefiled, and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for yo# ; 0eter ;+?
First, incorrptible# Second, ndefiled# Third, fadeth not away# Forth, reserved in heaven for
yo# (lory to (od5 I tell yo it is great, it is very great# 3ay the Lord help yo to thirst after this
glorios life of @ess# ,h, brother, it is more than new wine, the $oly (host is more than new wine,
the $oly (host is the manifestation of the glories of the new creation# 1n inheritance incorrptible#
Incorrptible is one of those delightfl words which (od wants all the saints to grasp % everything
corrptible fades away, everything seen cannot remain# @ess said, !###where neither moth nor rst
doth corrpt, and where thieves do not brea) throgh nor steal" C3atthew I+<DF# *one of these things
are 8oined p with incorrptible# Incorrptible is that which is eternal, everlasting, divine, and
therefore everything spirital, divine, reaches a place where (od trly is, what shall I say6 Where
(od is trly in the midst of it# $e is in e'istence from everlasting to everlasting# $oly, pre, divine,
incorrptible#
This is one part of or inheritance in the Spirit, one part only# $allel8ah# 1n inheritance
incorrptible and ndefiled# ,h, how beatifl, perfected forever, no spot, no wrin)le, holy,
absoltely pre, all traces of sin withered, everything which is mortal has been scattered, and come
into a place so prified that (od is in the midst of it# $allel8ah# It is so lovely to thin) of that great
and wonderfl city, we read abot it in Revelation# !1nd I @ohn saw the holy city, new @ersalem,
coming down from (od ot of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her hsband" CRevelation
<;+<F# Thin) abot it, the marriage# ,h, it is glorios# I saw the holy city as a bride adorned for her
hsband, ndefiled, pre, glorios, all white, all pre# Who were they6 They were once in the world,
once corrptible, once defiled, now made by the blood holy, spirital, now lifted from corrptible to
incorrptible, and now ndefiled in the presence of (od# $allel8ah5
,h, beloved, (od means it for s this morning, every sol in this place mst reach ot to this
ideal perfection# (od has ten thosand more thoghts for yo than yo have for yorself# The grace of
(od is going to move s on, yo will never sorrow anymore as long as yo live, never weep
anymore, bt yo will weep for 8oy# 7ndefiled, fadeth not away# (lory5 CThe evangelist sang in
tonges#F
Fadeth not away5 What a heaven of bliss, what a 8oy of delight, what a foretaste of heaven on
earth# ,h, the conting hose lit p with candles, with oil, with electric light, it does not matter, it
wold fade away in the splendor of that glorios day, it all withers when yo get in the Spirit# :o
wold cheerflly do the wor) yo have to do becase of tomorrow in the presence of the =ing# ,h,
brother, what a hope, what a 8oyos possibility, within a short time to be in that mighty mltitde#
Bt yo say, !3y brden is more than I can bear#" Cheerflly bear the brden, tomorrow yo
will be there# *o sin wold entice yo, no evil spirit wold be able to trip yo, no, no, no, becase of
tomorrow with the Lord# With the Lord forever, an inheritance that fadeth not away# *ow come a
little frther#
Salvation 1nd 0rification
Who are )ept by the power of (od throgh faith nto salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time# ; 0eter ;+A
I wold li)e to have a word here on the lines of salvation, becase salvation is very mch
misnderstoodB salvation which comes to yo in a moment of time, believing nto salvation, this is
only the beginning# Salvation is so tremendos, mighty, and wonderfl, as the early apostles said,
!Being saved every day#" :o begin with (od and go right on to being saved day by day, forgetting
the things which are behind, and pressing forward, throgh the power of the blood yo go on nto
salvation#
Salvation is li)e sanctification of the Spirit, it is not a goal, no, no, no# It is only a goal as yo
limit yorself# There is no limitation as we see the great preservation of the 3aster# We shold never
stand still for a moment, bt mightily move on in (od#
Wherein ye greatly re8oice, thogh now for a season, if need be, ye
are in heaviness throgh manifold temptations# ; 0eter ;+I
1h, what a blessing, yo have no idea what (od will mean to yo in trials and temptations %
it is prification of the Spirit#
That the trial of yor faith, being mch more precios than of gold
that perisheth, thogh it be tried with fire, might be fond nto
praise and honor and glory at the appearing of @ess Christ# ;
0eter ;+E
(old perisheth, faith never perisheth % it is more precios than gold, thogh it be tried with
fire# I went into a place one day and a gentleman said to me, !Wold yo li)e to see prification of
gold this morning6"
I replied, !:es#"
$e got some gold and pt it in a crcible and pt a blast of heat on it# First, it became blood
red, and then changed and changed# Then I fond this man too) an instrment, passed it over the gold,
which drew something off, something which the gold was foreign to# $e did this several times ntil
every part was ta)en away, and then at last he pt it over again and said, !Loo)," and there we both
saw or faces in the gold# It was wonderfl#
3y brother, the trial of yor faith is mch more precios than gold that perisheth# When (od
so prifies yo throgh trials, misnderstandings, persection, sffering becase yo are wrongflly
8dged, becase yo have not believed any amont of voices, @ess has given yo the )eynote, re8oice
in that day#
Beloved, as yo are tested in the fire, the 3aster is cleaning away all that cannot bring ot the
image, cleaning away all the dross from yor life, and every evil power, till $e sees $is face right in
the life, till $e sees $is face right in yor life#
1lways bearing abot in the body the dying of the Lord @ess, that the life also of @ess might
be made manifest in or body# It may not seem to any of s to be very 8oyos % it is not acceptable to
the flesh, bt I have told yo so often yor flesh is against the SpiritB yor flesh and all yor hman
powers have to be perfectly sbmitted to the mighty power of (od inwardly, to e'press and manifest
$is glory otwardly, bt yo mst be willing for the process, and say !1men" to (od % it may be
very hard bt (od will help yo#
It is lovely to )now that in the chastening times, in the times of misnderstanding, and hard
tests when yo are in the right and yo are treated as thogh yo were in the wrong, (od is meeting
yo, blessing yo# 0eople say it is the devil# *ever mind, let the fire brn, it will do yo good# 4on-t
yo get rasping, bt endre it 8oyflly# It is so sweet to nderstand this, love sffereth long and is )ind#
$ow lovely to get to a place where yo thin) no evil, not easily provo)ed, and where yo can bear all
things, endre all things# 0raise the Lord# ,h, the glory of it, the 8oy of it#
I nderstand what it means to 8mp for 8oy# I cold 8mp for 8oy this morning# Why6 Becase
of the Lord#
I )now the Lord, I )now the Lord I )now the Lord has laid $is hand on me#
Whom having not seen, ye loveB in whom, thogh now ye see him
not, yet believing, ye re8oice with 8oy nspea)able and fll of glory#
; 0eter ;+H
Whom having not seen we love# ,h, how sweet, there is no voice so gentle, so soft, so fll of
tenderness to me, there is no voice li)e $is, and no toch# Whom having not seen we love# Is that
possible6 (od will ma)e it possible to all# Thogh now we see $im not, yet believing we re8oice
with 8oy nspea)able and fll of glory#
Re8oice6 ,h, what a salvation (od has procred for s and for nothing, all for worthlessness
and all for nothingness, all for helplessness# I entreat yo from the Lord to be so reconciled to $im
that there will be no division between yo and $im# When $e wold lagh, yo wold lagh, and
when $e saw yo in tears $is compassion wold be all yo need forever# Will yo give $im
preference6 Will yo give $im preeminence in all things6 Shall $e not have $is right place and
decide for yo the way and plan of yor life6
Brother, when yo allow $im to decide for yo, when yo want nothing bt $is blessed will,
when $e has to be Lord and (overnor over all, heaven will be there all the time# The Lord bless yo
with grace this morning to leave all and say, !I will follow :o, Lord @ess#"
1ll yo people who are longing to get nearer @ess this morning CI wold li)e a for9hor
altar call where the fire wold fall, bt seeing it cannot beF, I as) yo in the name of @ess to
srrender yorself to $im, bt yo say, !Wigglesworth, I did it yesterday#" I )now, bt this morning
yo want to do it more, I )now I want to get nearer my Lord# Let s rise and get near to $im for a few
mintes#
1ddress given at Town $all Wellington, *ew 2ealand
Righteosness Febrary >, ;><?
It is written or or blessed Lord,
Tho hast loved righteosness, and hated ini/ityB therefore (od,
even thy (od, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows# $ebrews ;+>
It is the prpose of (od that we, as we are indwelt by the Spirit of $is Son, shold li)ewise
love righteosness and hate ini/ity# I see that there is a place for s in Christ @ess where we are no
longer nder condemnation bt where the heavens are always open to s# I see that (od has a realm of
divine life opening p to s where there are bondless possibilities, where there is limitless power,
where there are ntold resorces, where we have victory over all the power of the devil# I believe
that, as we are filled with the desire to press on into this life of tre holiness, desiring only the glory
of (od, there is nothing that can hinder or tre advancement#
0eter commences his second epistle with these words,
Simon 0eter, a servant and an apostle of @ess Christ, to them that
have obtained li)e precios faith with s throgh the righteosness
of (od and or Savior @ess Christ#
It is throgh faith that we reali&e that we have a blessed and glorios nion with or risen
Lord# When $e was on earth @ess told s, !###I am in the Father, and the Father in me###" C@ohn
;?+;;F# !###the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the wor)s" C@ohn ;?+;DF# 1nd $e prayed to $is
Father, not only for $is disciples, bt for those who shold believe on $im throgh their word, !That
they all may be oneB as tho, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in s+ that the
world may believe that tho hast sent me" C@ohn ;E+<;F# ,h, what an inheritance is ors when the
very natre, the very righteosness, the very power of the Father and the Son are made real in s# This
is (od-s prpose, and as we by faith lay hold on the prpose we shall be ever conscios of the fact
that greater is $e that is in s than he that is in the world# The prpose of all scriptre is to move s
on to this wonderfl
and blessed elevation of faith where or constant e'perience is the manifestation of (od-s life
and power throgh s#
0eter goes on writing to these who have obtained li)e precios faith, saying, !(race and
peace be mltiplied nto yo throgh the )nowledge of (od, and of @ess or Lord" C< 0eter ;+<F# We
can have the mltiplication of this grace and peace only as we live in the realm of faith# 1braham
attained to the place where he became a friend of (od, on no other line than that of believing (od# $e
believed (od and (od conted that to him for righteosness# Righteosness was impted to him on no
other grond than that he believed (od# Can this be tre of anybody else6 :es, every person in the
whole wide world who is saved by faith is blessed with faithfl 1braham# The promise which came
to him becase he believed (od was that in him all the families of the earth shold be blessed# When
we believe (od there is no )nowing where the blessing of or faith will end#
Some are tied p becase, when they are prayed for, the thing that they are e'pecting does not
come off the same night# They say they believe, bt yo can see that they are really in trmoil of
nbelief# 1braham believed (od# :o can hear him saying to Sarah, !Sarah, there is no life in yo
and there is nothing in me, bt (od has promised s a son and I believe (od#" 1nd that )ind of faith is
a 8oy to or Father in heaven# ,ne day I was having a meeting in Bry, in Lancashire, .ngland# 1
yong woman was present who came from a place called Ramsbottom, to be healed of goiter# Before
she came she said, !I am going to be healed of this goiter, 3other#" 1fter one meeting she came
forward and was prayed for# The ne't meeting she got p and testified that she had been wonderflly
healed, and she said, !I shall be so happy to go and tell 3other that I have been wonderflly healed#"
She went to her home and testified how wonderflly she had been healed, and the ne't year when we
were having the convention she came again# To the natral view it loo)ed as thogh the goiter was
8st as big as everB bt that yong woman was believing (od and she was soon on her feet giving her
testimony, and saying, !I was here last year and the Lord wonderflly healed me# I want to tell yo
that this has been the best year of my life#" She seemed to be greatly blessed in that meeting and she
went home to testify more strongly than ever that the Lord had healed her#
She believed (od# The third year she was at the meeting again, and some people who loo)ed
at her said, !$ow big that goiter has become#" Bt when the time came for testimony she was p on
her feet and testified, !Two years ago the Lord gloriosly healed me of goiter# ,h, I had a most
wonderfl healing# It is grand to be healed by the power of (od#" That day someone remonstrated
with her and said, !0eople will thin) there is something the matter with yo# Why don-t yo loo) in
the glass6 :o will see yor goiter is bigger than ever#" That good woman went to the Lord abot it
and said, !Lord, :o so wonderflly healed me two years ago# Won-t :o show all the people that
:o healed me6" She went to sleep peaceflly that night still believing (od and when she came down
the ne't day there was not a trace or a mar) of that goiter#
(od-s Word is from everlasting to everlasting# $is Word cannot fail# (od-s Word is tre and
when we rest in the fact of its trth, what mighty reslts we can get# Faith never loo)s in the glass#
Faith has a glass into which it can loo)# It is the glass of the perfect law of liberty#
###whoso loo)eth into the perfect law of liberty, and contineth
therein, he being not a forgetfl hearer, bt a doer of the wor),
this mm shall be blessed in his deed# @ames ;+<A
To the man who loo)s into this perfect law of (od, all dar)ness is removed and he sees his
completeness in Christ# There is no dar)ness in faith# There is only dar)ness in natre# 4ar)ness only
e'ists when the natral is pt in the place of the divine#
*ot only is grace mltiplied to s throgh )nowledge of (od and of @ess Christ, bt peace
also# 1s we really )now or (od and @ess Christ whom $e has sent, we will have peace mltiplied
to s even in the mltiplied fires of ten thosand *ebchadne&&arKs# It will be mltiplied to s even
thogh we are pt into the den of lions, and we will live with 8oy in the midst of the whole thing#
What was the difference between 4aniel and the )ing that night when 4aniel was pt into the den of
lions6 4aniel )new, bt the )ing was e'perimenting# The )ing came arond the ne't morning and
cried, !###, 4aniel, servant of the living (od, is thy (od, whom tho servest continally, able to
deliver thee from the lions6" C4aniel I+<DF# 4aniel answered, !3y (od hath sent his angel, and hath
sht the lions- moths###" Cv# <<F# The thing was done# It was done when 4aniel prayed with his
windows open toward heaven# 1ll or victories are won before we go into the fight# 0rayer lin)s s
on to or lovely (od, or abonding (od, or mltiplying (od# ,h, I love $im5 $e is so wonderfl5
:o will note, as yo read these first two verses of the first chapter of the second epistle of
0eter, that this grace and peace are mltiplied throgh the )nowledge of (od, bt that first or faith
comes throgh the righteosness of (od# *ote that righteosness comes first and )nowledge
afterwards# It cannot be otherwise# If yo e'pect any revelation of (od apart from holiness, yo will
have only a mi'tre# $oliness opens the door to all the treasres of (od# $e mst first bring s to the
place where we, li)e or Lord, love righteosness and hate ini/ity, before $e opens p to s these
good treasres# When we regard ini/ity in or hearts the Lord will not hear s, and it is only as we
are made righteos and pre and holy throgh the precios blood of (od-s Son that we can enter into
this life of holiness and righteosness in the Son# It is the righteosness of or Lord $imself made real
in s as or faith is stayed in $im#
1fter I was bapti&ed with the $oly (host, the Lord gave me a blessed revelation# I saw 1dam
and .ve trned ot of the garden for their disobedience and nable to parta)e of the tree of life, for
the cherbim with flaming sword )ept them away from this tree# When I was bapti&ed I saw that I had
begn to eat of this tree of life and I saw that the flaming sword was all rond abot# It was there to
)eep the devil away# ,h, what privileges are ors when we are born of (od# $ow marvelosly $e
)eeps s so that the wic)ed one toches s not# I see a place in (od where Satan dare not come#
$idden in (od# 1nd $e invites s all to come and share this wonderfl hidden place where or lives
are hid with Christ in (od, where we dwell in the secret place of the 3ost $igh and abide nder the
shadow of the 1lmighty# (od has this place for yo in this blessed realm of grace#
0eter goes on to say, !1ccording as his divine power hath given nto s all things that pertain
nto life and godliness, throgh the )nowledge of him that hath called s to glory and virte" C< 0eter
;+JF# (od is calling s to this realm of glory and virte where, as we feed on $is e'ceeding great and
precios promises, we are made parta)ers of the divine natre#
Faith is the sbstance of things hoped for right here in this life# It is right here that (od wold
have s parta)e of $is divine natre# It is nothing less than the life of the Lord $imself imparted and
flowing into or whole beings, so that or very body is /ic)ened, so that every tisse and every drop
of blood and or bones and 8oints and marrow receive this divine life# I believe that the Lord wants
this divine life to flow right into or natral bodies, this law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess that
ma)es s free from the law of sin and death# (od wants to establish or faith that we will lay hold on
this divine life, this divine natre of the Son of (od, so that or spirit and sol and body will be
sanctified wholly and preserved nto the coming of the Lord @ess Christ#
When that woman was healed of the isse of blood, @ess perceived that power had gone ot
of $im# The woman-s faith laid hold and this power was imparted and immediately the woman-s
being was srcharged with life and her wea)ness departed# The impartation of this power prodces
everything yo needB bt it comes only as or faith moves ot for its impartation# Faith is the victory#
If tho canst believe, it is thine#
I sffered for many years from piles, till my whole body was thoroghly wea)B the blood sed
to gsh from me# ,ne day I got desperate and I too) a bottle of oil and anointed myself# I said to the
Lord, !4o what :o want to, /ic)ly#" I was healed at that very moment# (od wants s to have an
activity of faith that dares to believe (od# There is what seems li)e faith, an appearance of faith, bt
real faith believes (od right to the end#
What was the difference between 2acharias and 3ary6 The angel came to 2acharias and told
him, !###thy wife .lisabeth shall bear thee a son###" CL)e ;+;JF# 2acharias was there in the holy place,
bt he began to /estion this message, saying, !###I am an old man and my wife well stric)en in years"
Cv# ;HF# (abriel reb)ed him for his nbelief and told him, !###tho shalt be dmb, and not able to
spea), ntil the day that these things shall be performed, becase tho believest not my words###" Cv#
<DF# Bt note the contrast when the angel came to 3ary# She said, !Behold the handmaid of the LordB
be it nto me according to thy word###" CL)e ;+JHF# 1nd .lisabeth greeted 3ary with the words,
!blessed is she that believed+ for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her
from the Lord" Cv# ?AF# (od wold have s to lay hold on $is Word in li)e manner# $e wold have
s to come with boldness of faith declaring, !:o have promised it, Lord# *ow do it#" (od re8oices
when we manifest a faith that holds $im to $is Word# Can we get there6
The Lord has called s to this glory and virte+ and, as or faith lays hold on $im, we shall
see this in manifestation# I remember one day I was holding an open9air meeting# 3y ncle came to
that meeting and said, !1nt 3ary wold li)e to see Smith before she dies#" I went to see her and she
was assredly dying# I said, !Lord, can-t :o do something6" 1ll I did was this, to stretch ot my
hands and lay them on her# It seemed as thogh there was an immediate impartation of the glory and
virte of the Lord# 1nt 3ary cried, !It is going all over my body#" 1nd that day she was made
perfectly whole#
,ne day I was preaching and a man broght a boy who was done p in bandages# The boy was
in irons and it was impossible for him to wal) and it was difficlt for them to get him to the platform#
They passed him over abot si' seats# The power of the Lord was present to heal, and it entered right
into the child as I placed my hands on him# The child cried, !4addy, it is going all over me#" They
stripped the boy and fond nothing imperfect in him#
The Lord wold have s to be wal)ing epistles of $is Word# @ess is the Word and is the
power in s, and it is $is desire to wor) in and throgh s $is own good pleasre# We mst believe
that $e is in s# There are bondless possibilities for s if we dare to act in (od and dare to believe
that the wonderfl virte of or living Christ shall be made manifest throgh s as we lay or hands
on the sic) in $is name#
The e'ceeding great and precios promises of the Word are given to s that we might be
parta)ers of the divine natre# I feel the $oly (host is grieved with s becase, when we )now these
things, we do not do greater e'ploits for (od# 4oes not the $oly (host show s wide9open doors of
opportnity6 Shall we not let (od ta)e s on to greater things6 Shall we not believe (od to ta)e s on
to greater manifestations of $is power6 $is call for s is to forget the things that are behind, and
reach forth nto the things which are before and to press toward the mar) for the pri&e of the high
calling of (od in Christ @ess#
0blished in the 0entecostal .vangel
0al-s Conversion and $is Baptism, 1pril <I, ;><?
Read 1cts >+;9<<#
Sal was probably the greatest persector that the early Christian had# We read that he made
havoc of the chrch, entering into every hose, and hating men and women, committed them to prison#
1t this time we find him breathing ot threatenings and slaghter against the disciples of the Lord# $e
was on his way to 4amascs for the prpose of destroying the chrch there# $ow did (od deal with
sch a one6 We shold have dealt with him in 8dgment# (od dealt with him in mercy# ,h, the
wondros love of (od5 $e loved the saints at 4amascs and the way $e preserved them was throgh
the salvation of the man who prposed to scatter and destroy them# ,r (od delights to be mercifl
and $is grace is vochsafed daily to both sinner and saint# $e shows mercy to all# If we wold bt
reali&e it, we are only alive today throgh the grace of or (od# 3ore and more I see that it is throgh
the grace of (od that I am preserved every day# It is when we reali&e the goodness of (od that we are
broght to repentance# $ere was Sal, with letters from the high priest, hastening to 4amascs# $e
was strc) down and there came to his vision a light, a light that was brighter than the sn# 1s he fell
speechless to the grond he heard a voice saying to him, !Sal, Sal, why persectest tho 3e6" $e
answered, !Who art tho, Lord6" 1nd the answer came bac), !I am @ess whom tho persectest#"
1nd he cried, !Lord, what wilt tho have me to do6" C1cts >+?9IF#
I do not want to bring any word of condemnation to anyone, bt I )now that there are many
who have felt very mch as Sal felt against the children of (od, especially those who have received
the 0entecostal baptism# I )now that many people tell s !:o are mad"B bt the trth is that the
children of (od are the only people who are really glad# We are glad inside and we are glad otside#
,r gladness flows from the inside# (od has filled s with 8oy nspea)able and fll of glory# We are
so happy abot what we have received that if it were not for the desire to )eep a little decent, we
might be doing awfl things# This is probably how 0al himself felt when
he refers to being !beside orselves" in the Lord# This 8oy in the $oly (host is beyond
anything else# 1nd this 8oy of the Lord is or strength# 1s Sal went down to 4amascs he thoght he
wold do wonderfl things with that bnch of letters he had from the high priest# Bt I thin) he
dropped them all on the road, and if he ever wanted to pic) them p he was not able for he lost his
sight# 1nd the men that were with him lost their speech % they were speechless % bt they led him to
4amascs#
There are some people who have an idea that it is only preachers who can )now the will of
(od# Bt the Lord had a disciple in 4amascs, a man behind the scenes, who lived in a place where
(od cold tal) to him# $is ears were open# $e was one who listened in to the things from heaven# ,h,
this is so mch more marvelos than anything yo can hear on earth# It was to this man that the Lord
appeared in a vision# $e told him to go down to the street called Straight and in/ire for Sal# 1nd
$e told him that Sal had seen in a vision a man named 1nanias coming in and ptting his hand on
him that he might receive his sight# 1nanias protested, !###Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how
mch evil he hath done to thy saints at @ersalem+ 1nd here he hath athority from the chief priests to
bind all that call on thy name" C1cts >+;J,;?F# Bt the Lord reassred 1nanias that Sal was a chosen
vessel, and 1nanias, nothing dobting, went on his errand of mercy#
The Lord had told 1nanias concerning Sal, !###behold, he prayeth" C1cts >+;;F# Repentant
prayer is always heard in heaven# The Lord never despises a bro)en and contrite heart# 1nd to Sal
was given this vision that was soon to be a reality, the vision of 1nanias coming to pray for him that
he might receive his sight#
I was at one time in the city of Belfast# I had been preaching there and had a free day# I had
received a nmber of letters and I was loo)ing throgh them# There were abot twenty needy cases in
that city, cases that I was as)ed to visit# 1s I was loo)ing throgh my letters a man came p to me and
said, !1re yo visiting the sic)6" $e pointed me to a certain hose and told me to go to it and there I
wold see a very sic) woman# I went to the hose and I saw a very helpless woman propped p in
bed# I )new that hmanly spea)ing she was beyond all help# She was breathing with short, sharp
breaths as if every breath wold be her last# I cried to the Lord and said, !Lord, tell me what to do#"
The Lord said to me, !Read the fifty9third chapter of Isaiah#" I opened my Bible and did as I was told#
I read down to the fifth verse of this chapter, when all of a sdden the woman shoted, !I am healed5 I
am healed5" I was ama&ed at this sdden e'clamation and as)ed her to tell me what had happened#
She said, !Two wee)s ago I was cleaning hose and I strained my heart very badly# Two physicians
have been to see me, bt they both told me there was no help# Bt last night the Lord gave me a vision#
I saw yo come right into my bedroom# I saw yo praying# I saw yo open yor Bible at the fifty9third
chapter of Isaiah# When yo got down to the fifth verse and read the words, GWith $is stripes we are
healed#- I saw myself wonderflly healed# That was a vision, now it is a fact#"
I do than) (od that visions have not ceased# The $oly (host can give visions, and we may
e'pect them in these last days# (od willeth not the death of any sinner, and $e will se all )inds of
means for their salvation# I do praise (od for this (ospel# It is always so entreating# That is sch a
wooing message, !Loo) nto 3e, and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth#" ,h, what a (ospel5
Whatever people say abot it, it is srely a message of love#
1nanias went down to the hose on Straight Street, and he laid his hands on the one who had
before been a blasphemer and a persector and he said to him, !Brother Sal, the Lord, even @ess,
that appeared nto thee in the way as tho earnest, hath sent me, that tho mightest receive thy sight,
and be filled with the $oly (host" C1cts >+;EF# $e recogni&ed him as a brother that already his sol
had been saved and that had come into relationship with the Father and with all the family of (od, bt
there was something necessary beyond this# The Lord had not forgotten his physical condition and
there was healing for him# Bt there was something beyond this# It was the filling with the $oly
(host# ,h, it always seems to me that the (ospel is robbed of its divine glory when we overloo) this
marvelos trth of the baptism of the $oly (host# To be saved is wonderfl, to be a new creatre, to
have passed from death nto life, to have the witness of the Spirit that yo are born of (od, all this is
nspea)ably precios# Bt whereas we have the well of salvation bbbling p, we need to go on to a
place where from within s shall flow rivers of living water# The Lord @ess showed s very plainly
that, if we believe on $im, from within s shold flow rivers of living water# 1nd this $e spa)e of
the Spirit# The Lord wants s to be filled with the Spirit, to have the manifestation of the presence of
$is Spirit, the manifestation that is indeed given to profit withal, and for s to be $is mothpiece and
spea) as the very oracles of (od#
(od chose Sal# What was he6 1 blasphemer# 1 persector# That is grace# ,r (od is
gracios and $e loves to show $is mercy to the vilest and worst of men# There was a notable
character in the town in which I lived who was )nown as the worst man in the town# $e was so vile,
and his langage was so horrible, that even wic)ed men cold not stand it# In .ngland they have what
is )nown as the pblic hangman who has to perform all the e'ections# This man held that
appointment and he told me later that he believed that when he performed the e'ection of men who
had committed mrder, that the demon power that was in them wold come pon him and that in
conse/ence he was possessed with a legion of demons# $is life was so miserable that he prposed
to ma)e an end of life# $e went down to a certain depot and prchased a tic)et# The .nglish trains are
mch different to the 1merican# In every coach there are a nmber of small compartments and it is
easy for anyone who wants to commit sicide to open the door of his compartment and throw himself
ot of the train# This man prposed to throw himself ot of the train in a certain tnnel 8st as the train
coming from an opposite direction wold be abot to dash past and he thoght this wold be a /ic)
end to his life#
There was a yong man at the depot that night who had been saved the night before# $e was
all on fire to get others saved and prposed in his heart that every day of his life he wold get
someone saved# $e saw this de8ected hangsman and began to spea) to him abot his sol# $e broght
him down to or mission and there he came nder a mighty conviction of sin# For two and a half hors
he was literally sweating nder conviction and yo cold see a vapor rising p from him# 1t the end
of two and a half hors he was graciosly saved#
I said, !Lord, tell me what to do#" The Lord said, !4on-t leave him, go home with him#" I
went to his hose# When he saw his wife he said, !(od has saved me#" The wife bro)e down and she
too was graciosly saved# I tell yo there was a difference in that home# .ven the cat )new the
difference# 0revios to this that cat wold always rn away when that hangsman came into the door#
Bt that night that he was saved the cat 8mped on to his )nee and went to sleep#
There were two sons in that hose and one of them said to his mother, !3other, what is p in
or hose6 It was never li)e this before# It is so peacefl# What is it6" She told him, !Father has got
saved#" The other son was strc) with the same thing#
I too) this man to many special services and the power of (od was on him for many days# $e
wold give his testimony and as he grew in grace he desired to preach the (ospel# $e became an
evangelist and hndreds and hndreds were broght to a saving )nowledge of the Lord @ess Christ
throgh his ministry# The grace of (od is sfficient for the vilest, and $e can ta)e the wic)edest of
men and ma)e them monments of $is grace# $e did this with Sal of Tarss at the very time he was
breathing ot threatenings and slaghter against the disciples of the Lord# $e did it with Berry the
hangsman# $e will do it for hndreds more in response to or cries#
:o will notice that when 1nanias came into that hose he called the one9time enemy of the
(ospel, !Brother Sal#" $e recogni&ed that in those three days a blessed wor) had been wroght and
that he had been broght into relationship with the Father and with the Lord @ess Christ# Was not this
enogh6 *o, there was something frther, and for this prpose the Lord had sent him to that hose#
The Lord @ess had sent him to that hose to pt his hands pon this newly saved brother that he might
receive his sight and be filled with the $oly (host# :o say, !Bt it does not say that he spo)e in
tonges#" We )now that 0al did spea) in tongesB that he spo)e in tonges more than all the
Corinthians# In those early days they were so near the time of that first 0entecostal otporing that
they wold never have been satisfied with anyone receiving the baptism nless they received it
according to the original pattern given on the day of 0entecost# When 0eter was relating what too)
place in the hose of Cornelis at Caesarea he said, !1nd as I began to spea), the $oly (host fell on
them, as on s at the beginning" C1cts ;;+;AF# Later, spea)ing of this incident, he said, !###(od, which
)noweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the $oly (host, even as he did nto sB 1nd pt no
difference between s and them, prifying their hearts by faith" C1cts ;A+H,>F# 1nd we )now from the
accont of what too) place at Cornelis- hosehold that when the $oly (host fell !###they heard them
spea) with tonges, and magnify (od" C1cts ;D+?IF# 3any people thin) that (od does ma)e a
difference between s and those at the beginning# Bt they have no Scriptre for this# When anyone
receives the gift of the $oly (host, there will assredly be no difference between his e'perience
today and that which was given on the day of 0entecost# 1nd I cannot believe that, when Sal was
filled with the $oly (host the Lord made any difference in the e'perience that $e gave him from the
e'perience that $e had given to 0eter and the rest a short while before#
It was abot si'teen years ago that a man came to me and said, !Wigglesworth, do yo )now
what is happening in Snderland6 0eople are being bapti&ed in the $oly (host e'actly the same way
as the disciples were on the day of 0entecost#" I said, !I wold li)e to go#" I immediately too) a train
and went to Snderland# I went to the meetings and said, !I want to hear these tonges#" I was told,
!When yo receive the baptism in the $oly (host, yo will spea) in tonges#" ,ne man said,
!Brother, when I received the baptism I spo)e in tonges#" I said, !Let-s hear yo#" $e cold not
spea) in tonges to order, he cold only spea) as the Spirit gave him tterance and so my criosity
was not satisfied#
I saw these people were very earnest and I became /ite hngry# I was an'ios to see this new
manifestation of the Spirit and I wold be /estioning all the time and spoiling a lot of the meetings#
,ne man said to me, !I am a missionary and I have come here to see) the baptism in the $oly (host, I
am waiting on the Lord, bt yo have come in and are spoiling everything with yor /estions#" I
began to arge with him and or love became so hot that when we wal)ed home he wal)ed on one
side of the road and I the other#
That night there was to be a tarrying meeting and I prposed to go# I changed my clothes and
left my )ey in the clothes I had ta)en off# 1s we came from the meeting in the middle of the night I
fond I did not have my )ey pon me and this missionary brother said, !:o will have to come and
sleep with me#" Bt do yo thin) we went to bed that night6 ,h, no, we spent the night in prayer# We
received a precios shower from above# The brea)fast bell rang, bt that was nothing to me# For for
days I wanted nothing bt (od# If yo only )new the nspea)able wonderfl blessing of being filled
with the Third 0erson of the Trinity, yo wold set aside everything else to tarry for this infilling# I
was abot to leave Snderland# This revival was ta)ing place in the vestry of an .piscopal chrch# I
went to the Licarage that day to say goodbye and I said to Sister Boddy, the vicar-s wife, !I am going
away, bt I have not received the tonges yet#" She said, !It isn-t tonges yo need, bt the baptism#" I
said, !I have the baptism, Sister, bt I wold li)e to have yo lay hands on me before I leave#" She
laid her hands on me and then had to go ot of the room# The fire fell# It was a wonderfl time as I
was there with (od alone# It seemed as thogh (od bathed me in power# I was given a wonderfl
vision# I was conscios of the cleaning of the precios blood and cried ot, !Clean5 Clean5 Clean5" I
was filled with the 8oy of the consciosness of the cleansing# I saw the Lord @ess Christ# I saw the
empty cross and I saw $im e'alted at the right hand of (od the Father# 1s I was e'tolling,
magnifying, and praising $im I was spea)ing in tonges as the Spirit of (od gave me tterance# I
)new now that I had received the real baptism in the $oly (host#
1nd so Sal was filled with the $oly (host and in the later chapters of the 1cts of the
apostles we see the reslt of this infilling# ,h, what a difference it ma)es# When I got home my wife
said to me, !So yo thin) yo have received the baptism of the $oly (host# Why, I am as mch
bapti&ed in the $oly (host as yo are#" We had sat on the platform together for twenty years bt that
night she said, !Tonight yo will go by yorself#" I said, !1ll right#" 1s I went p to the platform that
night the Lord gave me the first few verses of the si'ty9first chapter of Isaiah, !The Spirit of the Lord
(od is pon meB becase the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings nto the mee)B he hath sent
me to bind p the bro)enhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to
them that are bond" Cv# ;F# 3y wife went bac) to one of the frthermost seats in the hall and she said
to herself, !I will watch it#" I preached that night on the sb8ect the Lord had given me and I told what
the Lord had done for me# I told the people that I was going to have (od in my life and I wold gladly
sffer a thosand deaths rather than forfeit this wonderfl infilling that had come to me# 3y wife was
very restless, 8st as if she were sitting on a red9hot po)er# She was moved in a new way and said,
!That is not my Smith that is preaching# Lord, :o have done something for him#" 1s soon as I had
finished, the secretary of the mission got p and said, !Brethren, I want what the leader of or
mission has got#" $e tried to sit down bt missed his seat and fell on the floor# There were soon
forteen of them on the floor, my own wife inclded# We did not )now what to do, bt the $oly (host
got hold of the sitation and the fire fell# 1 revival started and the crowds came# It was only the
beginning of the flood9tide of blessing# We had toched the reservoir of the Lord-s life and power#
Since that time the Lord has ta)en me to many different lands and I have witnessed many blessed
otporings of (od-s $oly Spirit#
The grace of (od that was given to the persecting Sal is available for yo# The same $oly
(host infilling he received is li)ewise available# 4o not rest satisfied with any lesser e'perience than
the baptism that the disciples received on the day of 0entecost, then move on to a life of continos
receiving of more and more of the blessed Spirit of (od#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
The 0ower to Bind and to Loose, 3ay ;><?
Bible reading, 3atthew ;I#
The 0harisees and Saddcees had been tempting @ess to show them a sign from heaven# $e
showed them that they cold discern the signs that appeared on the face of the s)y, and yet they cold
not discern the signs of the times# $e wold give them no sign to satisfy their nbelieving criosity,
remar)ing that a wic)ed and adlteros generation soght after a sign and that no sign shold be given
to them bt the sign of the prophet @onah# 1 wic)ed and adlteros generation stmbles over the story
of @onah, bt faith can see in that story a wonderfl pictre of the death, brial and resrrection of or
Lord @ess Christ#
1fter @ess had departed from the 0harisees, and had come to the other side of the la)e, $e
said to $is disciples, !Ta)e heed and beware of the leaven of the 0harisees and of the Saddcees"
C3atthew ;I+IF# The disciples began to reason among themselves, and all they cold thin) of was that
they had ta)en no bread# What were they to do6 Then @ess ttered these words, !, ye of little
faith###" Cv# HF# $e had been so long with them, and yet they were still a great disappointment to $im
becase of their lac) of comprehension and of faith# They cold not grasp the profond spirital trth
$e was bringing to them and cold only thin) abot having broght no bread# !, ye of little faith### 4o
ye not yet nderstand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thosand, and how many bas)ets ye
too) p6 *either the seven loaves of the for thosand, and how many bas)ets ye too) p6" C3atthew
;I+H,>F#
4o yo )eep in memory how (od has been gracios in the past6 (od has done wonderfl
things for all of s# If we )eep these things in memory we shall become strong in faith# We shold be
able to defy Satan in everything# Remember all the way the Lord has led# When @osha passed over
@ordan on dry land he told the people to pic) p twelve stones and pitch them in (ilgal, and these
were to )eep the children of Israel in constant memory that they came over @ordan on dry land# $ow
many times had @ess shown to $is disciples the mightiness of $is power, and yet failed in faith right
here6
1t one time @ess said to 0eter, !What thin)est tho, Simon6 of whom do the )ings of the earth
ta)e cstom or tribte6 of their own children, or of strangers6" C3atthew ;E+<AF# 0eter said, !,f
strangers" Cv# <IF# Then @ess said, !Then are the children free# *otwithstanding, lest we shold
offend them, go tho to the sea, and cast an hoo), and ta)e p the fish that first cometh pB and when
tho has opened his moth, tho shalt find a piece of money+ that ta)e, and give nto them for me and
thee" Cvv# <I,<EF# 0eter had been at the fishing bsiness all his life bt he never had caght a fish with
any silver in its moth# Bt the 3aster does not want s to reason things ot % for carnal reasoning
will always land s in a bog of nbelief% bt 8st to obey# !This is a hard 8ob," 0eter mst have said,
as he pt the bait on his hoo), !bt since :o told me to do it, I-ll try," and he cast his line into the
sea# There were millions of fish in the sea, bt every fish had to stand aside and leave that bait alone,
and let that fish with the piece of money in his moth come p and ta)e it#
4o yo not see that the words of the 3aster are the instrction of faith6 It is impossible for
anything to miss that @ess says# 1ll $is words are spirit and life# If yo will only have faith in $im
yo will find that every word that (od gives is life# :o cannot be in close toch with $im, and yo
cannot receive $is Word in simple faith withot feeling the effect of it in yor body as well as in yor
spirit and sol#
1 woman came to me in Cardiff, Wales, who was filled with lceration# She had fallen in the
streets twice throgh this troble# She came to the meeting and it seemed as if the evil power within
her prposed to )ill her right there, for she fell and the power of the devil was rending her sore# She
was helpless and it seemed as if she had e'pired# I cried, !,h, (od, help this woman#" Then I
reb)ed the evil power in the name of @ess, and instantly the Lord healed her# She rose p and made
a great to9do# She felt the power of (od in her body and wanted to testify all the time# 1fter three
days she went to another place and began to testify abot the Lord-s power to heal# She came to me
and said, !I want to tell everyone abot the Lord-s healing power# $ave yo no tracts on this
sb8ect6" I handed her my Bible and said, !3atthew, 3ar), L)e, and @ohn % they are the best tracts
on healing# They are fll of incidents abot the wor)ing and power of @ess# They will never fail to
accomplish the wor) of (od if people will bt read and believe them#"
That is where men lac)# 1ll lac) of faith is de to not feeding on (od-s Word# :o need it
every day# $ow can yo enter into a life of faith6 Feed on the living Christ of whom this Word is fll#
1s yo get ta)en p with the glorios fact and the wondros presence of the living Christ, the faith of
(od will spring p within yo# !###faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of (od" CRomans
;D+;EF#
@ess as)ed $is disciples what men were saying abot $im# They told $im, !Some say that
tho art @ohn the Baptist+ some, .liasB and others, @eremias, or one of the prophets" C3atthew ;I+;?F#
Then $e pt the /estion to see what they thoght abot it, !Bt whom say ye that I am6" Cv# ;AF#
0eter answered, !Tho art the Christ, the Son of the living (od" Cv# ;IF# 1nd @ess said to him,
!Blessed art tho, Simon Bar9 8ona+ for flesh and blood hath not revealed it nto thee, bt my Father
which is in heaven" Cv# ;EF#
It is so simple# Whom do yo say $e is6 Who is $e6 4o yo say with 0eter, !Tho art the
Christ, the Son of the living (od"6 Cv# ;IF# $ow can yo )now this# $e is to be revealed# Flesh and
blood does not reveal this# It is an inward revelation# (od wants to reveal $is Son within s and
ma)e s conscios of an inward presence# Then yo can cry, !I )now $e-s mine# $e is mine5 $e is
mine5" !###neither )noweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will
reveal $im" C3atthew ;;+<EF# See) (od ntil yo get from $im a mighty revelation of the Son, ntil
that inward revelation moves yo on to the place where yo are always steadfast, nmovable, and
always abonding in the wor) of the Lord#
There is a wonderfl power in this revelation, !###pon this roc) I will bild my chrchB and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it# 1nd I will give nto thee the )eys of the )ingdom of
heaven+ and whatsoever tho shalt bind on earth shall be bond in heaven+ and whatsoever tho shalt
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" C3atthew ;I+;H,;>F# Was 0eter the roc)6 *o# 1 few
mintes later he was so fll of the devil that Christ had to say to him, !(et thee behind me, Satan+ tho
art an offence nto me###" Cv# <JF# This roc) was Christ# $e is the Roc) and there are many scriptres
to confirm this# 1nd to every one that )nows that $e is the Christ $e gives the )ey of faith, the power
to bind and the power to loose# Stablish yor hearts with this fact# (od wants yo to have the inward
revelation of this trth and of all the power contained in it#
###pon this roc) I will bild my chrchB and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it# 3atthew ;I+;H
(od is pleased when we stand pon this Roc) and believe that $e is nchangeable# If yo
will dare to believe (od, yo can defy all the powers of evil# There have been times in my
e'perience when I have dared to believe $im, and I have had the most remar)able e'periences#
,ne day I was traveling in a railway train, and there were two people in the car that were
very sic), a mother and her daghter# I said to them, !Loo), I-ve something in this bag that will cre
every case in the world# It has never been )nown to fail#" They became very mch interested, and I
went on telling them more and more abot this remedy that never failed to remove disease and
sic)ness# 1t last they smmoned p corage to as) for a dose# So I opened my bag, too) ot my Bible,
and read them that verse, !###I am the Lord that healeth thee" C.'ods ;A+<IF# It never fails#
$e will always heal yo if yo dare believe $im# 3en are searching everywhere today for
things with which they can heal themselves, and they ignore the fact that the balm of (ilead is within
easy reach# 1s I tal)ed abot this wonderfl 0hysician, the faith of both mother and daghter went ot
toward $im, and $e healed them both right in the train#
(od has made $is Word so precios that, if I cold not get another copy, I wold not part
with my Bible for all the world# There is life in the Word# There is virte in it# I find Christ in itB and
$e is the ,ne I need for spirit, sol, and body# It tells me of the power of $is name and of the power
of $is blood for cleansing# The lions may lac) and sffer hnger, !###bt they that see) the Lord shall
not want any good thing" C0salm J?+;DF#
1 man came to me at one time, broght by a little woman# I said, !What-s p with him6" She
said, !$e gets sitations, bt he fails every time# $e is a slave to alcohol and nicotine poison# $e is a
bright, intelligent man in most things, bt he goes nder to these two things#" I was reminded of the
words of the 3aster, giving s power to bind and to loose, and I told him to pt ot his tonge# In the
name of the Lord @ess Christ, I cast ot the evil powers that gave him the taste for these things# I said
to him, !3an, yo are free today#" $e was nsaved, bt when he reali&ed the power of the Lord in
delivering him, he came to the services, pblicly ac)nowledged that he was a sinner, and the Lord
saved and bapti&ed him# 1 few days later I as)ed, !$ow are things with yo6" $e said, !I-m
delivered#" (od has given s the power to bind and the power to loose# 1nother person came and
said, !What can yo do for me6 I have had si'teen operations and have had my eardrms ta)en ot#" I
said, !(od has not forgotten how to ma)e eardrms#" I anointed her and prayed, as)ing the Lord that
the eardrms shold be replaced# She was so deaf that I do not thin) she wold have heard if a cannon
had gone off# She was as deaf as it was possible to be afterwards# Bt she saw other people getting
healed and re8oicing# $ad (od forgotten to be gracios6 Was $is power 8st the same6 She came the
ne't night and said, !I have come to believe (od tonight#" Ta)e care yo do not come any other way# I
prayed for her again and commanded her ears to be loosed in the name of @ess# She believed, and the
moment she believed she heard# She ran and 8mped pon a chair and began to preach# Later I let a
pin drop and she heard it fall# (od can give drms to ears# 1ll things are possible with (od# (od can
save the worst#
4iscoraged one, cast yor brden on the Lord# $e will sstain yo# Loo) nto $im and be
lightened# Loo) nto $im now#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
Faith Is the Lictory, @ne ;><?
I am pleased to be with yo this morning# It is a great 8oy to be with the saints of (od,
especially those who have come into !li)e precios faith" to believe that (od is 1lmighty# Beloved,
we may be in a very low ebb of the tide bt it is good to be in a place where the tide can rise# I pray
that the $oly (host shall so have $is right of way that there will not be one person in the test who
shall not be moved pon by the Spirit of (od# .verything depends pon or being filled with the $oly
(host# 1nd there is nothing yo can come short of if the $oly (host is the prime mover in yor
thoghts and life, for $e has a plan greater than ors and if $e can only get s in readiness for $is
plan to be wor)ed ot, it will be wonderfl#
Read $ebrews ;;+;9;D# This is a very remar)able Word to s, !Faith#" .verything depends
pon or believing (od# If we are saved, it is only becase (od-s Word says so# We cannot rest pon
or feelings# We cannot do anything withot a living faith# It is srely (od $imself who comes to s
in the person of $is beloved Son and so strengthens s that we reali&e that or body is srronded by
the power of (od, lifting s into the almightiness of $is power# 1ll things are possible to s in (od#
The prpose of (od for s is that we might be in the earth for a manifestation of $is glory, that every
time satanic power is confronted, (od might be able to say of s as $e did of @ob, !What do yo thin)
abot him6" (od wants s so manifested in $is divine plan in the earth that Satan shall have to hear
(od# The 8oy of the Lord can be so manifested
in s in this meeting that we shall be so filled with (od that we shall be able to reb)e the
power of the devil#
(od has showed me in the night watches that everything that is not of faith is sin# I have seen
this in the Word so many times# (od wants so to bring s in harmony with $is will that we will see
that if we do not come right p to the Word of (od, to believe it all, there is something in s that is
not prely sanctified to accept the flness of $is Word# 3any people are ptting their hman wisdom
right in the place of (od and (od is not able to give the best becase the hman is so confronting
(od# (od is not able to get the best throgh s ntil the hman is dissolved#
!###faith is the sbstance of things hoped for###" C$ebrews ;;+;F# I want to spea) abot
!sbstance," it is a remar)able word# 3any people come to me and say, !I want things tangible# I
want something to appeal to my hman reasoning#" Brother, everything that yo cannot see is eternal#
.verything yo can see is natral and fadeth away# .verything yo see in this tent will fade away and
will be consmed bt that which yo cannot see, which is more real than yo, is the sbstance of all
things, which is (od in the hman sol, mightier than yo by a million times# Beloved, we have to go
ot and be faced with all evil powers# .ven yor own heart, if it is not entirely immersed in the
Spirit, will deceive yo# So I am praying that there shall not be a vestige of yor hman natre that
shall not be clothed pon with the power of the Spirit# I pray that the Spirit of the living (od may be
so imparted to yor heart that nothing shall in any way be able to move yo after this meeting, !###faith
is the sbstance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" C$ebrews ;;+;F# (od has
mightily blessed to me First 0eter ;+<J+
Being born again, not of corrptible seed, bt of incorrptible, by
the word of (od, which liveth and abideth for ever
We read, !In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and the Word was
(od" C@ohn ;+;F# Then we read that !###the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among s, Cand we
beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,F fll of grace and trth C@ohn ;+;?F#
1nd $e is in the midst of s manifested# $is disciples went ot and manifested that they had seen and
handled $im, the Word of life#
If yo trn to Second 0eter ;+?, yo will find that we have received $is divine natre which is
infinite power, infinite )nowledge, infinite pleasre, infinite revelation# Bt people are missing it
becase we have failed to apply it# Bt (od is ma)ing p a people who will have to be a !firstfrits#"
By simple faith yo entered in and claimed yor rights and became Christians, being born again
becase yo believed# Bt there is something different in )nowing (od, in having fellowship with
$imB there are heights and depths in this wonderfl blessing in the )nowledge of $im# $man
wea)ness, helplessness, impossibility# .verybody can see @acob, bt do not forget, beloved, that (od
changed @acob into Israel# The $oly (host wants everybody to see the nveiling of @ess# The
nveiling of @ess is to ta)e away yorself and to place $imself in sB to ta)e away all yor hman
wea)ness and pt within yo that wonderfl Word of eternal power, of eternal life, which ma)es yo
believe that all things are possible#
1 man travelled with me from 3ontreal to Lancover and then on ship to *ew 2ealand# $e
was a dealer of race horses# It seemed he cold not leave me# $e was frivolos and tal)ed abot
races, bt he cold not )eep his end p# I did not strggle to )eep p my end becase mine is a living
power# *o person who has @ess as the inward power of his body needs to be trembling when Satan
comes arond# 1ll he has to do is to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord#
This man entered into a good deal of frivolity and tal) of this world# Toching a certain island
of the Fi8i grop, we all went ot and (od gave me wonderfl liberty in preaching# The man came
bac) afterwardsB he did not go to his racing and card9playing chms# $e came stealing bac) to the
ship and with tears in his eyes, he said, !I am dying# I have been bitten by a reptile#" $is s)in had
trned to a dar) green and his leg was swollen# !Can yo help me6" he as)ed# If we only )new the
power of (od5 If we are in a place of sbstance, of reality, of ideal prpose, it is not hmanB we are
dealing with almightiness# I have a present (od, I have a living faith, and the living faith is the Word
and the Word is life, and the Word is e/ipment, and the Lord is 8st the same yesterday, and today,
and forever C$ebrews ;J+HF# 0lacing my hand pon the serpent bite, I said, !In the name of @ess,
come ot5" $e loo)ed at me and the tears came# The swelling went down before his eyes and he was
perfect in a moment#
:es, !Faith is the sbstance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen#" Faith is that
which came into me when I believed# I was born of the incorrptible Word by the living virte, life
and personality of (od# I was instantly changed from natre to grace# I became a servant of (od, and I
became an enemy of nrighteosness#
The $oly (host wold have s clearly nderstand that we are a million times bigger than we
)now# .very Christian in this place has no conception of what yo are# 3y heart is so big that I want
to loo) in yor faces and tell yo if yo only )new what yo had, yor body wold scarcely be able to
contain yo# ,h, that (od shall so bring s into divine attractiveness by $is almightiness that the
whole of or bodies shall wa)e p to resrrection force, to the divine, inward flow of eternal power
corsing throgh the hman frame#
Let s read .phesians ?+E,H,;;9;J+
Bt nto every one of s is given grace according to the measre of
the gift of Christ# Wherefore he saith, When he ascended p on
high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts nto men### 1nd he
gave some, apostlesB and some, prophetsB and some, evangelistsB
and some, pastors and teachersB For the perfecting of the saints,
for the wor) of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ+
Till we all come in the nity of the faith, and of the )nowledge of the Son of (od, nto a
perfect man, nto the measre of the statre of the flness of Christ#
(od too) yo into $is pavilion and began to clothe pon yo and give yo the gifts of the
Spirit that in that ministry by the power of (od yo shold bring all the Chrch into the perfect
possession of the flness of Christ# ,h, the wonder of it5 ,h, the adaptability of $is e/ipment5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od has designed it# In the pavilion of $is
splendor, with the ma8esty of $is glory $e comes, and toching hman wea)ness, beatifies it in the
Spirit of holiness till the effectiveness of this wonderfl sonship is made manifest in s, till we all
become the edification of the flness of Christ#"
I believe (od wants something to be in yo this morning that cold never be nless yo cease
to be for yorself# (od wants that yo shold be for (od, to be for everybody# Bt, oh, to have the
toch of (od5 Beloved, the $oly (host is the Comforter# The $oly (host came not to spea) of
$imself, bt $e came to nveil $im who said, !Ta)e my yo)e pon yo, and learn of meB for I am
mee) and lowly in heart+ and ye shall find rest nto yor sols" C3atthew ;;+<>F# The $oly (host
came to thrill thee with resrrection power and that tho sholdest be anointed with fresh oil rnning
over in the splendor of $is almightiness# Then right throgh thee shall come forth a river of divine
nction that shall sstain thee in the bitterest place, and /ic)en the deadest formality and say to the
wea), !Be strong" and to them that have no might, !The Lord of hosts is here to comfort thee#" (od
wold have s to be li)e the rising of the sn, filled with the rays of heaven, all the time beaming forth
the gladness of the Spirit of the 1lmighty# 0ossibility is the greatest thing of yor life#
I came in the tent yesterday afternoon# *o one bt myself cold nderstand my feelings# Was it
emotion6 *o, it was an inward inspiration to find hearts that (od had toched and Mthat hadN met me
with sch love it was almost more than I cold bear# I have to than) (od for it and ta)e corage that
$e has been with me in the past, and $e will be with me in the ftre# Brother and sister, I am
satisfied that love is the essential# Love is of (odB nay, love is (od# Love is the Trinity wor)ing in
the hman to brea) it p that it may be displaced with (od-s flness#
When I was ministering to the sic), there came a man amongst the crowd# If yo had seen him,
yor heart wold have ached for him# $e was shrivelled, wea)ened, his chee) bones stic)ing otB
eyes sn), nec) all shrivelled % 8st a form# $is coat hng on him as yo wold pt it on some stic)#
$e whispered, for he cold only spea) with a breath of voice, !Can yo help me6" I as)ed !What is
it6" $e said that he had had a cancer on his stomach and on the operation table they had ta)en away
the cancer bt in the operation they moved the !swallow," so the man cold not swallow# $e said, !I
have tried to ta)e the 8ice of a cherry today bt it wold not go down#" Then he plled ot a tbe
abot nine inches long, which had a cp at the top# $e whispered, !I have a hole in my stomach# 1s I
por li/id in, my stomach receives that# I have been living three months in that way#"
:o cold call it a shadow of life he was living# Cold I help him6 Loo)5 This Boo) can help
anybody# This Boo) is the essence of life# (od moves as yo believe# This Boo) is the Word of (od#
Cold I help him6 I said, !,n the athority of this Word, this night yo shall have a big spper#" Bt
he said he cold not eat# !4o as I tell yo," I answered# !$ow cold it be6" !It is time," I said, !to go
and eat a good spper#" $e went home and told his wife# She cold not nderstand it# She said, !:o
cannot eat# :o cannot swallow#" Bt he whispered, !The man said I had to do it#" $e got hngry and
more hngry and ventred# !I will try it#" $is wife got it ready# $e got a moth fll and it went down
8st as easy as possible and he went on ta)ing food ntil he was filled p# Then he and his wife had
one of the biggest times of their lives# The ne't morning he was so fll of 8oy becase he had eaten
again# $e loo)ed down in criosity to see the hole and fond that (od had closed it p5
Bt yo as), !Can $e do it for me6" !:es, if yo believe it#" Brother, faith is the victory#
$ere I am, so than)fl this morning# Thirty years ago this body yo see was sic) and helpless and
dying# (od, in an instant, healed me# I am now si'ty9five years within a day or two and so free and
healthyB oh, it is wonderfl5 There are people in this place who oght to be healed in a moment#
0eople who oght to receive the $oly (host in a moment# The power of possibility is in the reach of
every man# The $oly (host is fll of the rising tide# .very one of s can be filled to overflowing#
(od is here with $is divine prpose to change or wea)ness into mighty strength and faith# The Word
of (od5 ,h, brother, sister, have yo got it6 It is marrow to yor bones# It is nction# It is resrrection
from every wea)ness, it is life from the dead#
If there is anything I want to sha)e yo loose from, it is having a word of faith withot the
power of it# What are we here for6 Srely we are not to hear only, we are to obey# ,bedience is
better than sacrifice# (od the $oly (host wold give s sch a revelation of Christ that we wold go
away as men who had seen the )ing# We wold go away with or faces lit p with the brilliancy of
heaven#
$ow many in this place are willing to believe6 The people who wold li)e (od to )now they
are in sincerity and they will do whatever $is Spirit tells them, rise p and wal) to the front and cry
to (od ntil yo have all yo want# Let (od have $is way# Toch (od this morning# Faith is the
victory#
3essage at 0entecostal Camp 3eeting Ber)eley, California
Sonship, @ne <, ;><?
Let s read this morning the third chapter of the First .pistle of @ohn#
This is one of those remar)able passages which is e'hastless# So whatever time the Lord
may permit s to be together this morning we shall find that we are still in a place of more hnger for
this divine proposition of (od# (od wants all $is believers to nderstand these words which have
been written#
Inheriting The Scriptres
It is the believer-s attitde, his inspiration, his divine ability, a place where he rests in faith, a
place where (od has done something marvelos for him# $e has ta)en him ot of the world# It is a
remar)able word that @ess said, !I pray not that tho sholdest ta)e them ot of the world### They are
not of the world###" C@ohn ;E+;A,;IF# It is a great trth for s to nderstand# 1nd in this glorios
position of (od-s own we come to a place where we )now with confidence, we say it withot fear of
contradiction of or own heart or even the contradiction of otside voices, !Beloved, now are we the
sons of (od#"
Beloved, I want s to e'amine orselves as the Word comes forth as there are any amont of
Scriptres which are definitely prposed of (od that we shold inherit them bt we do not come into
line to claim them# Remember this, there are any amont of things yo may /ote withot having the
essential of the reality of the fact of the prodction of them# I want s to have something more than the
literal word# Words are of no importance withot they have nction of the assrance of the abiding of
those words# Let me say a few things which are contained in the Scriptres that oght to be ors# $ere
is one+ !Beloved, now are we the sons of (od###" C; @ohn J+<F# That is Scriptre# That is divine# That
is for s, bt it is another thing altogether to have it# $ere is another word+ !###he that doeth
righteosness is righteos, even as he is righteos" C; @ohn J+EF# There is also another word I want to
give yo# It is also a word which is sed by most believers+ !###greater is he that is in yo, than he that
is in the world" C; @ohn ?+?F# That is /oted by many people, bt may (od reveal nto s the meaning
is something more than saying it# :o can /ote these words and yo )now all the time yo are
failres withot being in the place of victory#
1ny person that has come to the place of this word, !###greater is he that is in yo, than he that
is in the world," which is a divine proposition, is mightier than all the powers of dar)ness, is
mightier than the power of disease, mightier than his own self# There is something reigning spremely
great in him more than in the world when he is in that place# Bt beloved, we mst come to the place
of a )nowledge# It is not sfficient for yo to /ote the Word of (od# :o never come to a place of
righteosness, of trth, ntil yo are in possession of these things which I am giving yo by the Word#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od, who has divinely broght forth the Word by
the power of $is might throgh $is Son, gave it displacement in the hman sol that the hman may be
dried p, withered by (od, coming in by the force of living power#"
Beloved, (od wants s to be something more than ordinary people# Remember this,
whosoever yo are, if yo are ordinary yo have not toched the ideal principles of (od# The only
thing that (od has for a man is to be e'traordinary# (od has no room for an ordinary man# There are
millions of ordinary people in the world# They are only conted as nations, as people# Bt when (od
lays hold of a man $e ma)es him e'traordinary in personality, power, nction, thoght and activity#
!Beloved, now are we the sons of (od#" It is a divine plan# It is a divine will in the plan# (od
has not anything $e does not mean s to possess# (od means s to possess all these things# !Beloved,
now are we the sons of (od#" (od has sch prposes to perform in s that $e has a great desire to
tter these words in or heart that we may rise, that we may claim, that we may be ambitios, that we
may be covetos, that there may be something in s that nothing can satisfy s withot we not only tow
the line bt live in the line and claim the whole thing as ors# (od mst have it to be so#
:o will never reach ideal prposes on any line withot that Word becomes the epistle# :o
become the living epistle by the power of the $oly (host % nay, yo become the living force of the
epistle of the revelation of (od, the incarnation of the personality of $is presence in the hman sol
till yo )now yo are sons# Son9li)eness, son9desires, son9 e'pressions, son9activities# Loo) at $im5
See $im5 $e is the most beatifl of all# $e is the most glorios, (od9impassioned, a body filled
with all the flness of (od, coming forth in the glory of the ma8esty of $is Father, and $e stands in the
earth, flesh#
1h, bt loo)5 Read with me Romans H+J# It is a good word to concentrate on for a moment#
For what the law cold not do, in that it was wea) throgh the
flesh, (od sending his own Son in the li)eness of sinfl flesh, and
for sin, condemned sin in the flesh#
There is or very image, natral wea)ness# @ess made of a woman, flesh after or flesh#
Loo) at $ebrews <+;?, for there will be an e'pression of beatitde for yo# $ear)en5
Forasmch then as the children are parta)ers of flesh and blood, he
also himself li)ewise too) part of the sameB that throgh death he
might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil#
,h, I li)e that thoght5 The manifestation of the power of (od# (od came and indwelt that
flesh, that wea)ness, that law for yo# $e came in, chanted it, lived in it, moved in it and they beheld
$im as the Son of (od#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !:es, it was the prpose of almightiness to swing
throgh wea)ness and 8st /ic)en it by $is mighty power till flesh became the habitation of (od in
the Spirit#"
Beloved, there is the principle, there is the remar)able position of every sol in this place to
be so inhabited by @ess that yo become a living personality of (od-s ideal Son# It is very
remar)able, it is very beatifl# (od has these divine plans for s becase so many people believe
becase they are natral they are always to be in the place of wea)ness# Beloved, yor wea)nesses
have to be swallowed p with the ideal of $im who never failed#
.very time $e was tried $e came ot victorios# .very time $e was oppressed % never
mind, it did not matter what happened# $e !###was in all points tempted li)e as we are, yet withot
sin" C$ebrews ?+;AF# 1 prpose there that $e might be able to sccor all who were tempted and tried
and oppressed in any way# $e was the great embodiment of personality from (od to the hman life to
nveil s in or wea)nesses to behold $is mightiness throgh s that we might be strong in the Lord#
0raise the Lord5
It-s all right now, it-s all right now,
For @ess is my Savior and it-s all right now#
Beloved, there is something very definitely appropriate for this morning-s address in that# It is
always all right when $e is almighty# Then we are all right# The Word of (od says+
Therefore being 8stified by faith, we have peace with (od
throgh or Lord @ess Christ+ By whom also we have access by
faith into this grace wherein we stand, and re8oice in hope of the
glory of (od# Romans A+;9<
It is a great position# It is to be saved by this immensity of power, this great inflow of life, this
great flness of (od# This wonderfl inhabiting of the Spirit to come right into the hman sol and
sha)e the hs)s away, sha)e the mind5
4ivinely 1d8sted
,h, how many people have lost ot becase the mind and the head are too big5 If only (od
cold ct or heads off and get to the heart5 The head is too big, the mind is too active, and the whole
thing is too natral, therefore (od cannot get $is way# 3ay (od sweep throgh s today and show s
that the only thing that is ever going to help s is the heart# !For with the heart man believeth nto
righteosness###" CRomans ;D+;DF# It is the heart where we believe in faith# It is the heart that is
inhabited by the Spirit# It is the heart that is moved by (od# The mind is always secondary#
The tonge is the third position# The heart conceives, the mind reflects, and the moth is
operated# Bt yo mst not try to reverse the order# Some people are all tonge, neither head nor
heart# Bt when $e comes in, there is perfect order# It is as right as rain# Loo) how it comes5 The
heart, the conceptionB the heart, the inflowingB the heart, the great place of ventilating till it flows
throgh and /ic)ens the members of the mind, till the reflection is wonderfl# 1nd then the operation
of the tonge brings ot the glory of the Lord#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !,h, it was the love that flowed from Calvary that
moved with compassion for the mighty need of the world-s cry# It entered the heart of the Father and
nveiled $is love to the world, gave s $is Son in affection and the wor) was done#"
0raise the Lord5 Then it is done# It is perfectly done# The Scriptres are perfect, the sacrifice
is perfect, the revelation is perfect, and everything is so divinely ad8sted by almightiness that every
person who comes into infinite revelation toched of (od sees that the whole canon of Scriptre is
perfect from the beginning to the end# There is not a single thing in the Scriptres that clashes or
comes p against the Spirit and ma)es troble#
When the whole life is srged by the power of (od, the Word becomes the personality of the
sb8ect# We become the sb8ects of the Spirit of the living (od, and we are moved by the
almightiness of (od till we live and move and have or being with this flow of (od-s integrity# What
a wonderfl ad8stment for wea)nesses5 4o yo believe it is possible6
!###(od is able to ma)e all grace abond###" C< Corinthians >+HF# (od is able to so sha)e s
throgh, to send a wind and blow the chaff away till it will never be seen anymore# (od is so able to
refine s that everybody in the place will shot today# ,h, if something wold happen to case yo all
to shot5
It is better to shot than to dobt,
It is better to rise than to fail,
It is better to let the glory ot,
Than to have no glory at all#
!Beloved, now are we the sons of (od#" I don-t want to leave the sb8ect till I feel (od has
given yo a rising tide of e'pectancy or adaptability within yor sol which will bring yo into the
very place (od has made for yo# It is as easy as possible if yo can toch it by faith this morning#
I am the last man to say anything abot fasting, or abot praying, or abot anything that has
been a sorce of blessing to others# Bt I have learned by personal e'perience that I can get more ot
of one moment-s faith than I can get ot of a month-s yelling# I can get more by believing (od a
moment than I can get by screaming for a month# 1lso I am positive that blessing comes ot of fasting
when the fasting is done in the right way# Bt I find so many people that ma)e p their mind to fast and
they finish off with a thic) head, and trobled bones, and sleepy conditions# I am as satisfied as
possible that that is no way to fast# Bt there is a way to fast and I find it in so many Scriptres#
0raying and fasting, the Spirit leading yo to pray# The Spirit lays hold of yo till yo forget
even the hor or the day, and yo are so caght p by the power of the Spirit that yo want nothing, not
even meat or drin)# 1bsoltely $oly (host fasting# *ay, praying and fasting# Then (od gets $is plan
throgh becase $e has yo throgh# So the Lord of hosts, I trst, will so encamp rond abot s with
songs of deliverance, and give s inward revelations till the whole of or being shall be absoltely on
the rising tide#
I can nderstand now clearer than ever the <?th 0salm+ !Lift p yor heads, , ye gate5###" Cv#
EF# $man gates, hman hindrances, hman thoghts, hman trying# !Lift p yor heads, , ye gatesB
and be ye lift p, ye everlasting doorsB and the =ing of glory shall come in#" Let $im in5 ,h, if $e
comes in, what a wonderfl @ess5 1h, yo say, $e is in# 3y word5 I believe that if (od cold only
get right in, yo wold be so far ot yo wold never get in anymore# The difficlty is, some people
are on the edge waiting to see which way to go# Brother, yo will get blown off# 3ay (od the $oly
(host wa)e s p to see we mst rise with the tide#
Who dares MtoN believe (od this morning6 Who dares claim his rights6 What are the rights6
!*ow are we the sons of (od#" 1bsoltely the position of rest, the position of faith# 0erfect trst,
perfect habitation, no distrbance, peace li)e a river# Loo) at the face of (od# $allel8ah5 The very
Word itself that comes to 8dge comes to help#
Loo)5 The law came as a 8dgment, bt when the Spirit comes and breathes throgh the law
$e comes to lift s higher and higher# ,h, $allel8ah5 We mst go a little frther# (od comes to s
and says, !I will ma)e it all right if yo dare believe it#" It is so in everything#
1ll the great things of (od that come to s with sch revelation, only can come in as we are
nclothed and then clothed pon that or na)edness disappears# *a)edness is everything that is
coinciding with worldly evil# If yo can be attracted by anything earthly, yo have missed the greatest
association that (od has for yo# If it is yor ranch, yor ban), yor associations, any hman thing, if
it can attract yo from (od, yo are not a son in this respect# I will prove it by the ne't words+
Beloved, now are we the sons of (od, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be+ bt we )now that, when he shall appear, we shall
be li)e himB for we shall see him as he is# 1nd every man that hath
this hope in him prifieth himself### ; @ohn J+<,J
$allel8ah5 So yo see, beloved, the importance of coming into line with (od-s Word# Let s
confront the Word, let s confront (od and see if this thing really is so#
1ssociation With (od
!Beloved, now are we the sons of (od#" Sonship5 What is the reality of it6 (od gives it as
clear as anything# If sonship, heirshipB if heirship, 8oint heirship# Bt loo) at the tremendos, gigantic
power of almightiness behind sonship# Son, power, 8oint power, all power# There yo come into it#
Will yo shiver on the edge of it li)e the boys do at the bath6 ,r will yo ta)e a plnge into
omnipotence and find the waters are not as cold as people told yo6 4are yo let the warmth of the
power of (od ma)e yo see yor inheritance in the Spirit6 *ay, nay, something better than that5 ,h,
the 8oyflness, the e'pressiveness, the inward motion, the divine inflow, the habitation of the Spirit#
(od in the sol ma)ing the whole body cry ot for the living (od5 (lory5 (lory5 (lory5
Wanting (od5 Wanting fellowship in the Spirit5 Wanting the wal) with $im5 Wanting
commnion with $im5 .verything else is no good# :o want the association with (od, and (od says,
!I will come and wal) with yo# I will sp with yo and yo with 3e, and I will live in yo#" 1
8oyfl hallel8ah5 1ttaining to a spirital ma8ority, a flness of Christ, a place where (od becomes the
perfect Father and the $oly (host has a rightfl place now as never before#
The $oly (host breathes throgh and says, !:o are 3y Father, :o are 3y Father#" The
Spirit crieth, !1bba Father, 3y Father#" ,h, it is wonderfl5 1nd (od the $oly (host grant to s this
morning that richness of $is pleasre, that nfolding of $is will, that consciosness of the beaming of
$is contenance pon s# There is no condemnationB the law of the Spirit of life ma)ing s free from
the law of sin and death# (lory5
The Spirit is having perfect way becase if we see it as clear as (od intends s to see it, we
will all be made so mch riper, loo)ing forward to the Blessed ,ne who is coming again# $ere we
are face to face with facts# (od has shown s different aspects of the Spirit, $e has shown s the
pavilion of splendor, $e has nfolded to s the power of the relationship of sonship# $e has shown s
that they that are sons of (od have li)eness nto it, they have activity in it, they are claiming the rights
by it# They spea) and it is done# They are binding the things that are loose and loosing the things that
are bond# 1nd the perfection of sonship is being so manifested there is absoltely a rising tide of the
sons of (od#
I )now the Lord, I )now the Lord,
I )now the Lord-s laid $is hands on me,
,h, I )now the Lord, I )now the Lord,
I )now the Lord-s laid $is hands on me#
4o yo believe it6 Let s see yo act it# Beloved, (od the $oly (host has a perfect plan for
s to ma)e s a movement# There is a difference between a movement and a monment# 1 movement
is something that is always active# 1 monment is something that is fi'ed at a corner and neither
spea)s nor moves, bt there is a tremendos lot of hmbg and nonsense to get it there# It is silent and
does nothing# 1 movement is where (od has come into the very being of a person, where he becomes
active for (od# $e is (od-s property, (od-s mothpiece, (od-s eyes, (od-s hands#
We read, !1nd the very (od of peace sanctify yo whollyB and I pray (od yor whole spirit
and sol and body be preserved blameless nto the coming of or Lord @ess Christ" C;
Thessalonians A+<JF# The sanctification of the eyes, of the hands, of the moth, of the earsB to be so
operated that yo live only for the habitation of the Spirit, a wonderfl place for (od to bring s to#
!Beloved, now are we the sons of (od, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be###" C; @ohn
J+<F# There is the greatest thoght in the Scriptres# ,n what lines6 $eirs, 8oint heirs, revelations,
dispensation of (od in the man till the man becomes the habitation of (od, and $e wal)s p and
down in the world as (od# $e is filled, moved, intensified till he is on the wing# It wold not ta)e a
trmpet for he is already on the wing and he will land very soon# $e wold hear the voice no matter
how many street cars were passing#
Bt as it is written, .ye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which (od hath prepared for them that love him#
.verything that is going to help yo, yo have to ma)e yors# !(od hath prepared for them#"
$e has laid it p already# :o don-t want a step ladder to get it# It is laid p to be handed ot to yo
when yo become 8oined with $im# When yo wal) with $im $e will either drop everything $e has
on yo or ta)e yo where yo are to remain forever# .noch cold not nderstand all the weights of
glory so $e stripped him and too) him into it as soon as $e cold#
Beloved, it is impossible to estimate the loving9)indness of (od or the measreless mind of
(od in or finite condition# When we come into li)e9mindedness with the Word, instead of loo)ing at
the Word we begin to see what (od has for s in the Word# This is a very e'hastless sb8ect bt I
pray (od $e will ma)e s an e'hastless people# I want something to happen on the line of this verse+
3e with a /enchless thirst inspire,
1 longing, infinite desire Fill my craving heart#
Less than Thyself :o do not give,
Thy might within me now to live#
Come, all Tho hast#
(od, 8st come and ma)e me so that there is not a possibility for me to ever be satisfied bt to
have a /enchless thirst for the living (od5 1nd then I shall not be overta)en# Then I shall be ready#
Then I shall have eyes which beam, filled with the e'tremity of delight loo)ing at the 3aster#
The Son ,f (od Revealed
:o as), !What, we see the 3aster6" $ere, loo) at $im5 $is Word is Spirit % and life9
giving# This is the breath, the Word of @ess# Throgh the $oly (host men have written and spo)en#
$ere is the life, here is the witness, here is the trth, here is the Son of (od revealed from faith to
faith, from heart to heart, from vision to vision, till we all come into perfect nity of fellowship into
the flness of Christ#
There it is, beloved# Loo)5 !*ow are we the sons of (od#" If yo are there we can ta)e a step
frther# Bt if yo are not there yo may hear bt not cross over# Bt there is something abot the
Word of (od which says that if there is a hearing of faith it shall profit, bt if there is a hearing not
mi'ed with faith it shall not profit#
:o can hear this Word on the lines of faith#
Beloved, now are we the sons of (od, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be+ bt we )now that, when he shall appear, we shall
be li)e himB for we shall see him as he is# ; @ohn J+<
The ftre is what yo are today# The ftre is not what yo are going to be tomorrow# This is
the day when (od ma)es the ftre possible# When (od can get something throgh yo today,
tomorrow is filled with frther illmination of (od-s possibility for yo#
4are yo come into the place of omnipotence6 of wonderment6 4are yo step into line with
(od-s possibility and say, !I am ready for all Tho hast for me"6 It will mean a clean life# It will
mean a holy life# It will mean a separated life# It will dis8oin yo from everything# It will mean yor
heart is so perfect, yor prospects are so divinely separated that yo say to the world, !(oodbye5"
$ear what 0al said, !I conferred not with flesh and blood," that he might inherit this great
possession that (od has laid p for s#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !$oliness is the habitation of Thy hose# 0rity,
righteosness and trth are (od-s glorified position in the Spirit# The great desire of the 3aster is to
ma)e sons of (od, for many sons $e will gather into glory#"
Listen to what (od has to say# .verything mst be absoltely the Word, so I only spea) to yo
by the Word# Let s read $ebrews <+I9;D#
Bt one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that tho
art mindfl of him 6 or the son of man, that tho visitest him6 Tho
madest him a little lower than the angelsB tho crownedst him with
glory and honor, and didst set him over the wor)s of thy hands+
Tho hast pt all things in sb8ection nder his feet# For in that he
pt all in sb8ection nder him, he left nothing that is not pt nder
him# Bt now we see not yet all things pt nder him# Bt we see
@ess, who was made a little lower than the angels for the sffering
of death, crowned with glory and honorB that he by the grace of
(od shold taste death for every man# For it became him, for
whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many
sons nto glory, to ma)e the captain of their salvation perfect
throgh sfferings#
,h, this second chapter of $ebrews is one of the mighty, glorified positions for the children of
(od5 (od wold have me herald, li)e a great trmpet call, my voice to sond in every heart# Brother,
the design is to bring yo as a son clothed with the power of the gifts and graces, ministries and
operationsB to bring yo into glory clothed pon with a ma8esty of heaven for $e shall bring many
sons nto glory, son9li)eness, son perfection# ,h, this is li)e heaven to me5 3y very body is filled
with heaven this morning#
,h, what an e'hastless position we are in5 Therefore, seeing these things are so, what
manner of persons oght we to be# $ow6 In loo)ing, in hasting, and )eeping or eyes pon $im that
we may be ready for the raptre# ,h, brothers, sisters, what immensity of pleasre (od has for s in
these meetings5 What nbonded conditions of sober9 mindedness (od is bringing s to that we may
be able to apprehend that for which (od has apprehended s in the Spirit# ,h, that we may loo) not
on the things that are, bt with eyes of chaste virgin prity seeing only the invisible Son5 1nd so
having or whole bodies illminated by the power of the $oly Spirit we grow in grace, from grace to
grace, in faith, from faith to faith, in personality of son9li)eness till there is not any difference
between s and $im#
Let me give yo the Word if yo can receive it+ !1s $e is, so are we in this world#" What a
word5 Who dare believe it6 (od only can ta)e s on to sch heights and depths and lengths and
breadths in the Spirit# Brother, sister, are yo prepared to go all the way6 1re yo willing for heights
and depths and lengths and breadths6 1re yo willing for yor heart to have only one attraction6 1re
yo willing to have only one lover6 1re yo willing for $im to become the very perfect Bridegroom6
For I nderstand the more bride9li)e we are, the more we love to hear the Bridegroom-s
voice, and the less bride9li)e we are, the less we long for $is Word# If yo cannot rest withot it, if it
becomes yor meat day and night, if yo eat and drin) of it, $is life will be in yo and when $e
appears yo will go# $elp s, @ess5
$ow many are prepared to be nmantled before the =ing6 0repared to yield to $is call, yield
to $is will, yield to $is desires6 =eep yor hands p# .verybody )nows in this meeting 8st how far
yo have missed the plan# The Word has gone forth, the Spirit has been /ic)ening yo# $ow many
are going to say, !1t all costs I will go throgh5" Who says so6 Who means it6 1re yo determined6
Is yor sol on the wing6 Come forward and ma)e a fll consecration to (od right in this sawdst
here, every one of yo# It is between yo and (od this morning# It is nothing to do with yor ne't door
neighbor# :o are going now to get in the presence of (od# 3a)e a fll breast of everything in the
presence of (od5
,vercoming, @ne J, ;><?
3essage (iven 1t 0entecostal Camp 3eeting Ber)eley, California
I thin) it will please (od if I read to yo the fifth chapter of the first epistle of @ohn#
This is one of those wonderfl and divine trths of (od which bring to the life, heart affection,
which verifies in every condition of life that they are of (od# This is one of those essential trths that
shall give to s a clear discernment of or position in Christ# (od wants s all to be so bilt p in
trth, righteosness, and the life of (od that every person we come in contact with may )now of a
trth that we are of (od# 1nd we who are of (od can assre or hearts before $im, and we can have
perfect confidence#
There is something more in the believer than words# Words are of little effect withot they
have a personal manifestation of (od# We mst not loo) at the Word as only a written Word# The
Word is a live fact to wor) in the hman body living trths, changing it, moving it till the person is a
living fact of (od-s inheritance, till $e is in the body reigning, in the world, over it# In conversation
or activity he is a prodction of (od# It is trly a hman plan first, bt it is covered with (od-s
inheritance#
I want to come to the Word itself, and by the grace of (od bring s into a place where it
wold be impossible, whatever happened, to move s from or plan#
Regenerated 0osition
Let s loo) at the first verse+
Whosoever believeth that @ess is the Christ is born of (od+ and
every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is
begotten of him# ; @ohn A+;
There are hndreds of !religions," so called, crowded everywhere# Bt loo)5 1ll these
differences of opinions wither away, and there is to be a perfect oneness and divine nion, and it will
srely have to come to pass# :o as), !$ow is it possible6" This is trth, it is the Word of (od, it is
(od $imself portrayed in Word# :o see (od in the Word# (od can manifest $imself throgh that
Word till we become a living factor of that trth becase (od is light and in $im is no dar)ness# (od
is life# (od is revelation# (od is manifestation, and (od is operation# So (od wants to bring s trly
into a place where we have the clearest revelation % there may be many convictions throgh it % bt
the clearest revelation of where we stand#
!Whosoever believeth that @ess is the Christ is born of (od#" What is the otcome of being
born of (od6 (od-s life, (od-s trth, (od-s wal), (od-s commnion, fellowship, oneness, li)e9
mindedness# 1ll that pertaineth to holiness, righteosness and trth comes forth ot of this new birth
nto righteosness# 1nd in it, throgh it, and by it we have a perfect regenerated position 8st as we
have come into light throgh this# 1gain, it is an impartation of love, an e'pression of $imself, for
(od is love# The first breathing or revelation of light of the new creation within the sol is so pre, so
nadlterated, so perfect and so righteos that if we go bac) to when yo were first enlightened and
had the revelation, when yo first believed in yor heart, yo felt so holy, yo felt yo loved so mch
yo were in a paradise of wonderment# :o had no desire for sin and sin had lost its desire#
There yo were with a new birth nto righteosness, filled with the first love of prity and
trth# :o felt everybody was going to be saved and that the world was going to be trned pside
down becase yo had got it# That was the first toch# It was a remar)able revelation to me when I
first saw that (od had prposed that every newborn babe in Christ was called to be a saintB called
from the dar)ness to light, from the power of Satan nto (odB separated at the revelation that @ess
was the Son of (od#
1nother fact was this+ that for days and days there was something so remar)able come over
yor life that yo neither had desire nor did sin# $ow many have a recollection of those moments6
0raise (od5 (od had designed the plan for yo before the world was# I believe that (od wants to
open yor heart and mind to a predestined condition of why yo are here#
We want to be so established with facts that there won-t be a thing in the world able to move
s from or perfect position# $ow many people are there who, thogh sin is striving with them, thogh
evil forces are rond abot them, yet never remember a day when (od did not strive with them6 It is
impossible to be in the world withot satanic forces trying to bid very lodly for yor lives# Bt how
many are here who from their very infancy have always remembered that the good hand of (od was
with them6 If yo )new the Scriptres yo cold say li)e 0al, that from yor mother-s womb (od
had called yo#
Beloved, (od has predestined# There are two great words in the Scriptres+ !Whosoever
will," and !Whosoever won-t#" (od has covered the world with $is blood, and every man is
redeemed whether he will have it or not# Bt there are some people whom (od has wonderflly
chosen before the fondation of the world# 1nd as srely as we are here, we can say that (od has
predestined s even to this day# Thogh yo have been defeated, the tendency, and the longings, and
the cryings, and the desires of yor whole life have been, yo wanted (od#
See how mch (od has for yo in the Word5 (od wants people who are mighty in the Spirit,
who are fll of power# (od has no sch thing as small measres for man# (od has great designs for
man# (od has determined by $is power and $is grace throgh the Son to bring many sons nto glory,
clothed pon with the holy ,ne from heaven#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Lord of life and glory, who has begotten s to
a lively hope, hath chosen s before the fondation of the world that $e may manifest $is Son in s,
and get the glory over the powers of dar)ness and the devil, and every evil thing, that we may reign
over the powers of the devil#"
The $oly (host is 8ealos over s this morning# $ow $e longs for s to catch the breath of
$is Spirit5 $ow $e longs for s to be moved in nion with $imself that there may not be a thoght in
heaven bt that the $oly (host cold breathe throgh the natral and so chasten it by $is divine plan,
so that yo shold have a new faith or a revelation of (od# :o wold be so perfect before $im that
there wold not be a thing that Satan cold say contrary to $is child#
4ivine $edge
$ear what Satan says to (od+ !$ast not tho made an hedge abot him###6" C@ob ;+;DF# (od
said, !###all that he hath is in thy powerB only pon himself pt not forth thine hand###" C@ob ;+;<F# We
see that (od pt a hedge abot $is child# ,h, that we wold believe5 $ear)en to what @ess says+
!$ow is it that ye do not nderstand6### 4o ye not yet nderstand, neither remember the five loaves of
the five thosand, and how many bas)ets ye too) p6 *either the seven loaves of the for thosand,
and how many bas)ets ye too) p#" ,h, if we had not forgotten the blessings and the pressed ot
measres, everything wold be moved by the manifestation of the children of (od who wold stand
by the power of the righteosness of heaven and move the world#
!Who is he that overcometh the world, bt he that believeth that @ess is the Son of (od6" C;
@ohn A+AF# It is most beatifl5 !For whatsoever is born of (od overcometh the world+ and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even or faith" C; @ohn A+?F# We shall have to come into divine
measrement, divine revelation# The possibilities are ors#
,ne day I was in Belfast, Ireland# I had a friend there they called 3orris# $e had been with s
at Bradford, and I wanted to see him, so I went to his hose and said, !Is Brother 3orris here6" The
woman answered, !It is not 3orris yo want# (od sent yo for me# I am a bro)en9hearted woman# I
am going throgh death, having the greatest trial of my life#
Come in#" I went in# She contined, !3y hsband is a deacon in the 0resbyterian Chrch, and
yo )now when yo were here, (od filled me with the $oly (host# 1s a deacon-s wife, I sat in a
prominent place in the Chrch# The Spirit of the Lord came pon me and I was so filled with 8oy that I
bro)e ot in tonges# The whole Chrch trned rond to loo) at me for ma)ing sch a distrbance#"
1t the close of the meeting the deacons and the pastor came to her hsband saying, !:o
cannot be a deacon in this chrch becase of yor wife-s behavior#" It nearly bro)e his heart# When
he saw all his inflence was to go, he came home in bitterness# $e and his wife had lived together
many years and had never )nown a discord# 1fter casing mch troble he left his wife with the
words, !I will never come near yo again as long as I live#"
1fter she told me the story we prayed, and the power of (od shoo) her# (od showed me that
$e wold give to her all she re/ired# !3rs#, wa)e p," I e'claimed# !Loo), the sitation is yors#
(od has given yo the sitation# It is according to the Word of (od+ GFor the nbelieving hsband is
sanctified by the wife, and the nbelieving wife is sanctified by the hsband### For what )nowest tho,
,h, wife, whether tho shalt save thy hsband, or how )nowest tho, ,h, man, whether tho shalt save
thy wife6 :o will be the means of yor hsband being saved and bapti&ed#" !:es," she replied, !if I
cold believe he wold ever come bac), bt he will never come bac)#"
!Loo)," I said, !The Word of (od says, GThat if two of yo shall agree on earth as toching
any thing that they shall as), it shall be done for them of 3y Father which is in heaven#- We will
agree that he comes home tonight#"
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od has designed a prpose for $is people# 1nd
the Word of trth comes to s by interpretation+ GWhatsoever tho shalt bind on earth shall be bond
in heaven# 1nd whosoever tho shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven#-"
I advised her, !When he comes home yo show him yo love him# It is possible that he won-t
have it# 1s soon as he retires yo get down before (od and get filled 8st as yo were here# Then
toch him in (od#"
$er hsband was obliged to come home# Whatsoever yo desire, if yo believe (od, comes
to pass# $e marched p and down in the hose as thogh he never saw her, then retired to his room#
Then she got down before (od# ,h, the place of all places where (od comes to the sol5 The Spirit
came pon her till her whole being was filled with the flame of heaven# Then she toched him# $e
screamed and rolled off onto the floor and cried for mercy# She never left him till he was filled with
the $oly (host#
*othing happens to the believer bt what is good for him# !1ll things wor) together for good
to them that love (od#" Bt we mst not forget this in8nction, !to them who are the called according
to $is prpose#" Remember, yo are called !according to $is prpose" in the wor)ing ot of the
power of (od within yo for the salvation of others# (od has yo for a prpose#
Loo), beloved, I want yo withot careflness# $ow many people are bond and helpless, and
their testimony is naght becase of careflness# $ear what the Scriptre says+ !###tho hast hid these
things from the wise and prdent, and hast revealed them nto babes# .ven so, Father+ for so it
seemed good in thy sight" C3atthew ;;+<A,<IF#
Li)e 1 Child
The first thing that (od really does with a newborn child is to )eep him as a child# There are
wonderfl things for children# The difference between a child and the wise and prdent is this+ the
prdent man is too carefl# The wise man )nows too mch# Bt the babies5 We have had babies and
sometimes have had to pll the bottle bac) lest they ta)e the bottle with the mil) % so ravenos# The
child cannot dress itself bt (od clothes it# $e has a special raiment for children, white and beatifl#
(od says there is no spot on the child, !Tho art pre, tho art altogether lovely#" The babe cannot
tal)# Bt it is lovely to )now that yo will ta)e no thoght what yo shall say, the $oly (host can
spea) throgh yo# If yo are a child, if yo give all over to (od, $e can spea) throgh yo# $e loves
$is children# ,h, how beatiflly $e sees to $is children5 $ow )ind and good $e is5
!Who is he that overcometh the world, bt he that believeth that @ess is the Son of (od6" C;
@ohn A+AF# That pre, that holy, that devoted 0erson who made the world sbmits $is will to 1lmighty
(od, and (od ses $is will and (od indwells $im in flness# $e meets the world-s need# $e comes
in at the dry time when there is no wine and $e ma)es the wine# (lory to (od# When there is no
bread $e comes and ma)es the bread#
$e that believes that @ess is the Son of (od overcomes the world# :o as), !$ow can a man
overcome the world becase he believes that @ess is the Son of (od6" Becase @ess is so holy and
yo become $is habitation# @ess is so sweet, $is love passeth all nderstanding# $is wisdom
passeth all )nowledge, and therefore $e comes to yo with the wisdom of (od and not of this world#
$e comes to yo with peace not as this world giveth# $e comes to yo with bondless blessing, with
a measre pressed down and rnning over# :o do not re/ire the world, for yo have meat to eat that
the world )nows not of# (od is a rewarder of all them that diligently see) $im, for they that see) $im
shall lac) no good thing#
Brother, where are yor bonds this morning6 There are heights and depths and lengths and
breadths to the love of (od# Beloved, the Word of (od contains the principles of life# I live not bt
another mightier than I liveth# The desires have gone into the desires of (od# It is lovely5 It is so
perfected in the $oly (host that (od is continally bringing forth things new and old#
!Who is he that overcometh the world, bt he that believeth that @ess is the Son of (od6"
$ow do we overcome6 We may come into this great inheritance of the Spirit# We long that there shall
not be anything in s which Satan cold se in overcoming s# Remember the words of @ess, !###the
prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me" C@ohn ;?+JDF# We desire to reach sch a place as
this# Is it possible6 Brother, it is the design of the 3aster# Withot holiness, no man shall see the
Lord, !###he that is begotten of (od )eepeth himself, and that wic)ed one tocheth him not" C; @ohn
A+;HF#
Srely the Lord is not going to send yo away empty# $e wants to satisfy yor longing sol
with good things, !###whatsoever is born of (od overcometh the world+ and this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even or faith" C; @ohn A+?F# Let me spea) abot three classes of faith# There
is a good and there is a better and there is a best# (od has the best# In 0entecost I find some people
are satisfied with !tonges#" That wold never satisfy me# I want the 0erson who gives them# I am the
hngriest man that ever yo saw# I want all $e has# Withot (od gives me, I am a perfectly spoiled
baby# !Father," I say, !:o will have to give me#"
When I was a little boy I wold go to my father and say, !Father, will yo give me some bird
lime6" !*o, no," he wold answer# I )new 8st what he meant from the way he said it# I wold plead,
!Father, father, father, father#" I wold follow him as he wal)ed ot# !Father, father, father#" 3other
wold as), !Why don-t yo give the lad what he wants6"
I got to the place where I believed my father li)ed me to say it# If yo only )new how (od
li)es to hear s say, !Father, my Father5" ,h, how $e loves $is children5 I never forget when we had
or first baby# $e was asleep in the cradle# We both went to him and my wife said, !I cannot bear to
have him sleep any longer# I want him5" 1nd I remember wa)ing the baby becase she wanted him#
!If ye then, being evil, )now how to give good gifts nto yor children+ how mch more shall yor
heavenly Father give the $oly Spirit to them that as) him6" CL)e ;;+;JF# 1h, $e is sch a lovely
Father5
!Bt" yo say, !sometimes I give in#" *ever mind, I am going to bring yo to a point where
yo need never give in# 0raise (od5 If I did not )now the almighty power of (od I wold 8mp off
this platform# Becase we are /ic)ened and made alive we move into the new spirit, the spirit of
fellowship that was lost in the garden# ,h, hallel8ah, new birth, new life, new person5
$man faith wor)s and then waits for the wages# That is not saving faith# Then there is the gift
of faith# !For by grace are ye saved throgh faithB and that not of yorselves+ it is the gift of (od"
C.phesians <+HF# Faith is that which (od gave yo to believe# !Whosoever believeth that @ess is the
Christ is born of (od###" C; @ohn A+;F# The sacrifice is complete, and (od has )ept yo becase yo
cold not )eep yorself#
I want to tell yo of something that does not fail# Let s read 1cts <I+;I9;H+
Bt rise, and stand pon thy feet+ for I have appeared nto thee for
this prpose, to ma)e thee a minister and a witness both of these
things which tho hast seen, and of those things in the which I will
appear nto theeB 4elivering thee from the people, and from the
(entiles, nto whom now I send thee, To open their eyes, and to
trn them from dar)ness to light, and from the power of Satan nto
(od, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance
among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me#
That is another faith#
In ; Corinthians ;<+> we read, !To another faith by the same Spirit####" When my faith fails,
then another faith lays hold of me# ,ne day I called at a home where a woman had not slept for seven
wee)s# She was rolling from one side of the bed to the other# In came a yong man with a baby in his
arms# $e stooped down over the mother to try to )iss her# instantly she rolled to the other side of the
bed# (oing arond to her, the yong man toched the lips of the mother with the baby to bring
consciosness again# Bt she switched to the other side# I cold see that the yong man was bro)en9
hearted#
!What have yo done for this woman6" I as)ed# !.verything," they replied# !We have had
doctors here, in8ected morphine, etc#" The sister said, !We mst pt her in an asylm# I am tired and
worn ot#" I as)ed, !$ave yo tried (od6" The hsband answered, !4o yo thin) we believe in (od
here6 We have no confidence in anything# If yo call anything li)e this (od, we have no fellowship
with it#"
,h, I was done then5 1 yong woman then grinned in my face and slammed the door# The
compassion in me was so moved I did not )now what to do# I began to cry and my faith too) me right
p# Than) (od for faith that lifted# I felt another grip me li)e the Son of (od# The Spirit of the Lord
came pon me and I said, !In the *ame of @ess, come ot of her5" She fell asleep and did not wa)e
for forteen hors# She wa)ened perfectly sane# Brother, there is a place to )now the Son of (od that
absoltely overcomes the world#
,verta)en By (od
,ne time I thoght I had the $oly (host# *ow I )now the $oly (host has got me# There is a
difference between or hanging on to (od and (od lifting s p# There is a difference between my
having a desire and (od-s desire filling my sol# There is a difference between natral compassion
and the compassion of @ess that never fails# $man faith fails bt the faith of @ess never fails#
,h, beloved, I see throgh glorios trths a new dawning, assemblies loving one another, all
of one accord# 7ntil that time comes, there will be deficiencies# $ear what the Scriptre says+
!###every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him" C; @ohn A+;F# !By this
shall all men )now that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" C@ohn ;J+JAF# Love is the
secret and center of the divine position# Bild pon (od#
:o as), !What is the gift of faith6" It is where (od moves yo to pray# $ere is a man called
.li8ah with li)e passions as we have# The sins of the people were grieving the heart of (od, and the
whole hose of 1hab was in an evil state# Bt (od moved pon this man and gave him an inward cry#
!###There shall not be dew nor rain these years, bt according to my word# ###and it rained not on the
earth by the space of three years and si' months" C; =ings ;E+;, @ames A+;EF# ,h, if we dared believe
(od5 1 man of li)e passions as we are stirred with almightiness5 !1nd he prayed again, and the
heaven gave rain, and the earth broght forth her frit" C@ames A+;HF#
Brother, sister, yo are now in the robing room# (od is adding another day for yo to come
into line, for yo to lay aside everything that has hindered yo, for yo to forget the past# 1nd I as)
yo, !$ow many want to toch (od for a faith that cannot be denied6" I have learned this that if I dare
pt p my hands in faith, (od will fill them# Come on, beloved, see) (od and let s get a real toch of
heaven this morning# (od is moving#
This day is the beginning of days, a day when the Lord will not forsa)e $is own bt $e will
meet s# Come near to (od5 @ess, @ess, bless s5 We are so needy, Lord# @ess, my Lord5 ,h, @ess,
@ess, @ess5 ,h, my Savior, my Savior5 ,h, sch love5 Tho mighty (od5 ,h, loving 3aster5
Blessed, blessed @ess5 *one li)e @ess5 *one so good as $e5 *one so sweet as $e5 ,h, Tho
blessed Christ of reality, come5 $allel8ah5
3essage given at 0entecostal Camp 3eeting Ber)eley, California
$imself Too) ,r Infirmities, ,ctober ;><?
Bible reading, 3atthew H+;9;E#
$ere we have a wonderfl word# 1ll the Word is wonderfl# This blessed Boo) brings sch
life and health and peace, and sch an abndance that we shold never be poor anymore# This Boo) is
my heavenly ban)# I find everything I want in it# I want to show yo how rich yo may be, that in
everything yo can be enriched in Christ @ess# $e has abndance of grace for yo and the gift of
righteosness, and throgh $is abndant grace all things are possible# I want to show yo that yo can
be a living branch of the living Line, Christ @ess, and that it is yor privilege to be right here in this
world what $e is# @ohn tells s, !###as he is, so are we in this world" C; @ohn ?+;EF# *ot that we are
anything in orselves, bt Christ within s is or all in all#
The Lord @ess is always wanting to show forth $is grace and love in order to draw s to
$imself# (od is willing to do things, to manifest $is Word, and let s )now in measre the mind of
or (od in this day and hor# There are many needy ones, many afflicted ones, bt I do not thin) any
present are half as bad as this first case that we read of in 3atthew H# This man was a leper# :o may
be sffering with consmption or cancers or other things, bt (od will show forth $is perfect
cleansing, $is perfect healing, if yo have a living faith in Christ# $e is a wonderfl @ess#
This leper mst have been told abot @ess# $ow mch is missed becase people are not
constantly telling what @ess will do in this or day# 0robably someone had come to that leper and
said, !@ess can heal yo#" 1nd so he was filled with e'pectation as he saw the Lord coming down
the montainside# Lepers were not allowed to come within reach of people, they were sht ot as
nclean# 1nd so in the ordinary way it wold have been very difficlt for him to get near becase of
the crowd that srronded @ess# Bt as $e came down from the mont, $e met, $e came to the leper#
,h, this terrible disease5 There was no help for him hmanly spea)ing, bt nothing is too hard for
@ess# The man cried, !###Lord, if tho wilt, tho canst ma)e me clean" C3atthew H+<F# Was @ess
willing6
:o will never find @ess missing an opportnity of doing good# :o will find that $e is
always more willing to wor) than we are to give $im an opportnity to wor)# The troble is, we do
not come to $im, we do not as) $im for what $e is more than willing to give#
1nd @ess pt forth $is hand, and toched him, saying, !### I willB be tho clean# 1nd
immediately his leprosy was cleansed" C3atthew H+JF# I li)e that# If yo are definite with $im, yo
will never go away disappointed# The divine life will flow into yo and instantaneosly yo will be
delivered# This @ess is 8st the same today, and $e says to yo, !I willB be tho clean#" $e has an
overflowing cp for thee, a flness of life# $e will meet yo in yor absolte helplessness# 1ll things
are possible if yo will only believe# (od has a real plan# It is so simple# @st come to @ess# :o
will find $im 8st the same as $e was in days of old# The ne't case we have in this chapter is that of
the centrion coming and beseeching @ess on behalf of his servant who was sic) of the palsy and
grievosly tormented# This man was so in earnest that he came see)ing for @ess# *otice this, that
there is one thing certain, there is no sch thing as see)ing withot finding# $e that see)eth findeth#
Listen to the gracios words of @ess, !###I will come and heal him" C3atthew H+EF# 3ost places that
we go to, there are so many people that we cannot pray for# In some places there are <DD or JDD who
wold li)e s to visit them, bt we are not able to do so# Bt I am so glad that the Lord @ess is
always willing to come and heal# $e longs to meet the sic) ones# $e loves to heal them of their
afflictions# The Lord is healing many people today by means of hand)erchiefs as yo read that $e
healed people in the days of 0al# :o can read of this in 1cts ;>+;<#
1 woman came to me in the city of Liverpool and said, !I wold li)e yo to help me# I wish
yo wold 8oin me in prayer# 3y hsband is a drn)ard and every night comes into the home nder the
inflence of drin)# Won-t yo 8oin me in prayer for him6" I said to the woman, !$ave yo a
hand)erchief6" She too) ot a hand)erchief and I prayed over it and told her to lay it on the pillow of
the drn)en man# $e came home that night and laid his head on the pillow in which this hand)erchief
was tc)ed# $e laid his head on more than the pillow that night# $e laid his head on the promise of
(od# In 3ar) ;;+<?, we read+
### What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them#
The ne't morning the man got p and called at the first saloon that he had to pass on his way to
wor) and ordered some beer# $e tasted it and said to the bartender, !:o have pt some poison in
this beer#" $e cold not drin) it, and went on to the ne't saloon and ordered some more beer# $e
tasted it and said to the man behind the conter, !:o pt some poison in this beerB I believe yo fol)s
have agreed to poison me#" The bartender was indignant at being ths charged# The man said, !I will
go somewhere else#" $e went to another saloon and the same thing happened as in the two previos
saloons# $e made sch a fss that they trned him ot# 1fter he came ot from wor) he went to another
saloon to get some beer, and again he thoght he had been poisoned and he made sch a distrbance
that he was thrown ot# $e went to his home and told his wife what had happened and said, !It seems
as thogh all the fellows have agreed to poison me#" $is wife said to him, !Can-t yo see the hand of
the Lord in this, that $e is ma)ing yo disli)e the stff that has been yor rin6" This word broght
conviction to the man-s heart and he came to the meeting and got saved# The Lord has still power to
set the captives free#
@ess was willing to go and heal the sic) one, bt the centrion said, !Lord, I am not worthy
that tho sholdst come nder my roof+ bt spea) the word only, and my servant shall be healed"
C3atthew H+HF# @ess was delighted with this e'pression and said to the man, !###(o thy wayB and as
tho hast believed, so be it done nto thee# 1nd his servant was healed in the selfsame hor"
C3atthew H+;JF#
I received a telegram once rging me to visit a case abot <DD miles from my home# 1s I went
to this place I met the father and mother and fond them bro)enhearted# They led me p a staircase to
a room, and I saw a yong woman on the floor and five people were holding her down# She was a
frail yong woman, bt the power in her was greater than all those yong men# 1s I went into the
room, the evil powers loo)ed ot of her eyes and they sed her lips saying, !We are many, yo can-t
cast s ot#" I said, !@ess can#" $e is e/al to every occasion# $e is waiting for an opportnity to
bless# $e is ready for every opportnity to deliver sols# When we receive @ess it is tre of s, !##
#greater is he that is in yo, than he that is in the world" C; @ohn ?+?F# $e is greater than all the powers
of dar)ness# *o man can meet the devil in his own strength, bt any man filled with the )nowledge of
@ess, filled with $is presence, filled with $is power, is more than a match for the powers of
dar)ness# (od has called s to be more than con/erors throgh $im that loved s#
The living Word is able to destroy satanic forces# There is power in the name of @ess# I
wold that every window in the street had the name of @ess written pon it# $is name, throgh faith
in $is name, broght deliverance to this poor, bond sol, and thirty9seven demons came ot giving
their names as they came forth# The dear woman was completely delivered and they were able to give
her bac) her child# That night there was heaven in that home and the father and mother and son and his
wife were all nited in glorifying Christ for $is infinite grace# The ne't morning we had a gracios
time in the brea)ing of bread# 1ll things are wonderfl with or wonderfl @ess# If yo wold dare
rest yor all pon $im, things wold ta)e place and $e wold change the whole sitation# In a
moment, throgh the name of @ess, a new order of things can be broght in#
In the world they are always having new diseases and the doctors cannot locate them# 1
doctor said to me, !The science of medicine is in its infancy, and really we doctors have no
confidence in or medicine# We are always e'perimenting#" Bt the man of (od does not e'periment#
$e )nows, or oght to )now, redemption in its flness# $e )nows, or oght to )now, the mightiness of
the Lord @ess Christ# $e is not, or shold not, be moved by otward observation, bt shold get
divine revelation of the mightiness of the name of @ess and the power of $is blood# If we e'ercise
or faith in the Lord @ess Christ, $e will come forth and get glory over all the powers of dar)ness#
When the even was come, they broght nto him many that were
possessed with devils+ and he cast ot the spirits with his word, and
healed all that were sic)+ That it might be flfilled which was
spo)en by .saias the prophet, saying, $imself too) or infirmities,
and bare or sic)nesses#
The wor) is done if yo only believe it# It is done# $imself too) or infirmities and bare or
sic)ness# If yo can only see the Lamb of (od as $e went to Calvary5 $e too) or flesh that $e might
ta)e pon $imself the fll brden of all or sin and all the conse/ence of sin# There on the cross of
Calvary the reslts of sin were also dealt with#
###as the children are parta)ers of flesh and blood, he also himself
li)ewise too) part of the sameB that throgh death he might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devilB 1nd
deliver them who throgh fear of death were all their lifetime
sb8ect to bondage# $ebrews <+;?,;A
Throgh $is death there is deliverance for yo today#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
The Sbstance of Things $oped For, ,ctober <A, ;><?
Read $ebrews ;;# This is a wonderfl passage, in fact all the Word of (od is wonderfl# It is
not only wonderfl, bt it has power to change conditions# 1ny natral condition can be changed by
the Word of (od, which is a spernatral power# In the Word of (od is the breath, the natre, and the
power of the living (od, and $is power wor)s in every person who dares to believe $is Word#
There is life thogh the power of itB and as we receive the Word of faith we receive the natre of (od
$imself# It is as we lay hold of (od-s promises in simple faith that we become parta)ers of the divine
natre# 1s we receive the Word of (od we come right into toch with a living force, a power which
changes natre into grace, a power that ma)es dead things live, a power which is of (od, which will
be manifested in or flesh# This power has come forth with its glory to transform s by divine act into
sons of (od, to ma)e s li)e nto the Son of (od, by the Spirit of (od who moves s on from grace to
grace and from glory to glory as or faith rests in this living Word#
It is important that we have a fondation trth, something greater than orselves, on which to
rest# In $ebrews ;< we read, !Loo)ing nto @ess the athor and finisher of or faith" Cv# <F# @ess is
or life and $e is the power of or life# We see in the fifth chapter of 1cts that as soon as 0eter was
let ot of prison the Word of (od came, !(o### spea)### all the words of this life" Cv# <DF# There is
only one Boo) that has life# In this Word we find $im who came that we might have life and have it
more abndantly, and by faith this life is imparted to s# When we come into this life by divine faith
Cand we mst reali&e that is by grace we are saved throgh faith, and that it is not of orselves, bt is
the gift of (odF, we become parta)ers of this life# This Word is greater than anything else# There is no
dar)ness at all in it# 1nyone who dwells in this Word is able nder all circmstances to say that he is
willing to come to the light that his deeds may be made manifest# Bt otside of the Word is dar)ness,
and the manifestations of dar)ness will never come to the light becase their deeds are evil# Bt the
moment we are saved by the power of the Word of (od we love the light, the trth# The ine'pressible
divine power, force, passion, and fire that we receive is of (od# 4rin), my beloved, drin) deeply of
this Sorce of life#
Faith is the sbstance of things hoped for# Someone said to me one day, !I wold not believe
in anything I cold not handle and see#" .verything yo can handle and see is temporary and will
perish with the sing# Bt the things not seen are eternal and will not fade away# 1re yo dealing with
tangible things or with the things which are eternal, the things that are facts, that are made real to
faith6 Than) (od that throgh the )nowledge of the trth of the Son of (od I have within me a greater
power, a mightier wor)ing, an inward impact of life, of power, of vision and of trth more real than
anyone can )now who lives in the realm of the tangible# (od manifests $imself to the person who
dares to believe#
Bt there is something more beatifl than that# 1s we receive divine life in the new birth we
receive a natre that delights to do the will of (od# 1s we believe the Word of (od a well of water
springs p within or heart# 1 spring is always better than a pmp# Bt I )now that a spring is apt to
be otclassed when we get to the baptism of the $oly (host# It was a spring to the woman at the well,
bt with the person who has the $oly (host it is flowing rivers# $ave yo these flowing rivers6 To
be filled with the $oly (host is to be filled with the .'ective of the (odhead, who brings to s all
the Father has and all the Son desiresB and we shold be so in the Spirit that (od can case s to
move with $is athority and reign by $is divine ability#
I than) (od $e bapti&es with the $oly (host# I )now $e did it for me becase they heard me
spea) in tonges and then I heard myself# That was a scriptral wor) and I don-t want anything else,
becase I mst be the epistle of (od# There mst be emanating throgh my body a whole epistle of the
life, of the power, and of the resrrection of my Lord @ess# There are wonderfl things happening
throgh this divine nion with (od $imself#
!M(odN### hath in these last days spo)en nto s by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he made the worlds" C$ebrews ;+<F# By this divine 0erson, this Word, this Son,
(od made all things# *otice that it says that $e made the worlds by this 0erson and made them ot of
the things that were not there# .verything we see was made by this divine Son# I want yo to see that
as yo receive the Son of (od, and as Christ dwells in yor heart by faith, there is a divine force, the
power of limitless possibilities, within yo, and that as a reslt of this incoming Christ (od wants to
do great things throgh yo# By faith, if we receive and accept $is Son, (od brings s into sonship,
and not only into sonship bt into 8oint9heirship, into sharing together with $im all that the Son
possesses#
I am more and more convinced every day I live that very few who are saved by the grace of
(od have a right conception of how great is their athority over dar)ness, demons, death, and every
power of the enemy# It is a real 8oy when we reali&e or inheritance on this line#
I was spea)ing li)e this one day and someone said, !I have never heard anything li)e this
before# $ow many months did it ta)e yo to get p that sermon6" I said, !3y brother, (od pressed my
wife from time to time to get me to preach and I promised her I wold preach# I sed to labor hard for
a wee) to get something p, then give ot the te't and sit down and say, GI am done#- ,h brother, I
have given p getting things p# They all come down# 1nd the sermons that come down stop down,
then go bac), becase the Word of (od says $is Word shall not retrn nto $im void# Bt if yo get
anything p it will not stop p very long, and when it goes down it ta)es yo down with it#"
The sons of (od are made manifest in this present earth to destroy the power of the devil# To
be saved by the power of (od is to be broght from the realm of the ordinary into the e'traordinary,
from the natral into the divine#
4o yo remember the day when the Lord laid $is hands on yo6 :o say, !I cold not do
anything bt praise the Lord#" Well, that was only the beginning# Where are yo today6 The divine
plan is that yo increase ntil yo receive the measreless flness of (od# :o do not have to say, !I
tell yo it was wonderfl when I was bapti&ed with the $oly (host#" If yo have to loo) bac) to the
past to ma)e me )now yo are bapti&ed, then yo are bac)slidden# If the beginning was good, it oght
to be better day by day, till everybody is flly convinced that yo are filled with the might of (od in
the Spirit# Filled with all the flness of (od5 !###be not drn) with wine, wherein is e'cessB bt be
filled with the Spirit" C.phesians A+;HF# I don-t want anything else than being fll, and fller, and
fller, ntil I am overflowing li)e a great big vat# 4o yo reali&e that if yo have been created anew
and begotten again by the Word of (od that there is within yo the word of power and the same light
and life as the Son of (od $imself had#
(od wants to flow throgh yo with measreless power of divine tterance and grace till yor
whole body is a flame of fire# (od intends each sol in 0entecost to be a live wire# *ot a monment,
bt a movement# So many people have been bapti&ed with the $oly (hostB there was a movement bt
they have become monments and yo cannot move them# (od, wa)e s ot of sleep lest we shold
become indifferent to the glorios trth and the breath of the almighty power of (od# We mst be the
light and salt of the earth, with the whole armor of (od pon s# It wold be a serios thing if the
enemies were abot and we had to go bac) and get or sandals# It wold be a serios thing if we had
on no breastplate# $ow can we be frnished with the armor6 Ta)e it by faith# @mp in, stop in, and
never come ot, for this is a baptism to be lost in, where yo only )now one thing and that is the
desire of (od at all times# The baptism in the Spirit shold be an ever9increasing endowment of
power, an ever9increasing enlargement of grace# ,h, Father, grant nto s a real loo) into the glorios
liberty Tho hast designed for the children of (od, who are delivered from this present world,
separated, sanctified, and made meet for Thy se, whom Tho hast designed to be filled with all Thy
flness#
*othing has hrt me so mch as this, to see so9called believers have so mch nbelief in them
that it is hard to move them# There is no difficlty in praying for a sinner to be healed# Bt with the
!believer," when yo toch him he comes bac) and says, !:o did not pray for my legs#" I say yo
are healed all over if yo believe# .verything is possible to them that believe# (od will not fail $is
Word whatever yo are# Sppose that all the people in the world did not believe, that wold ma)e no
difference to (od-s Word, it wold be the same# :o cannot alter (od-s Word# It is from everlasting
to everlasting, and they who believe in it shall be li)e 3ont 2ion which cannot be moved#
I was preaching on faith one time and there was in the adience a man who said three times, !I
won-t believe#" I )ept right on preaching becase that made no difference to me# I am prepared for a
fight any day, the fight of faith# We mst )eep the faith which has been committed nto s# I went on
preaching and the man shoted ot, !I won-t believe#" 1s he passed ot of the door he cried ot again,
!I won-t believe#" *e't day a message came saying there was a man in the meeting the night before
who said ot lod three times, !I won-t believe," and as soon as he got otside the Spirit said to him,
!Becase tho woldst not believe tho shalt be dmb#" It was the same Spirit that came to 2acharias
and said, !###tho shalt be dmb, and not able to spea), ntil the day that these things shall be
performed, becase tho believest not my words###" CL)e ;+<DF# I believe in a hell# Who is in hell6
The nbeliever# If yo want to go to hell, all yo need to do is to disbelieve the Word of (od# The
nbelievers are there# Than) (od they are there for they are no good for any society# I said to the
leader of that meeting, !:o go and see this man and find ot if these things are so#" $e went to the
hose and the first to greet him was the man-s wife# $e said, !Is it tre that yor hsband three times
in the meeting declared that he wold not believe, and now he cannot spea)6" She brst into tears and
said, !(o and see#" $e went into the room and saw the man-s moth in a terrible state# The man got a
piece of paper and wrote, !I had an opportnity to believe# I refsed to believe, and now I cannot
believe and I cannot spea)#" The greatest sin in the world is to disbelieve (od-s Word# We are not of
those who draw bac), bt we are of those who believe, for (od-s Word is a living Word and it
always acts#
,ne day a stylishly dressed lady came to or meeting and on p to the platform# 7nder her
arm, going down nderneath her dress, was a concealed crtch that nobody cold see# She had been
helpless in one leg for twenty years, had heard of what (od was doing, and wanted to be prayed for#
1s soon as we prayed for her, she e'claimed, !What have yo done with my leg6" Three times she
said it, and then we saw that the crtch was loose and hanging, and that she was standing straight p#
The lady that was interpreting for me said to her, !We have done nothing with yor leg# If anything
has been done it is (od who has done it#" She answered, !I have been lame and sed a crtch for
twenty years, bt my leg is perfect now#" We did not sggest that she get down at the altar and than)
(odB she fell down among the others and cried for mercy# I find when (od toches s it is a divine
toch, life, power, and it thrills and /ic)ens the body so that people )now it is (od and conviction
comes and they cry for mercy# 0raise (od for anything that brings people to the throne of grace#
(od heals by the power of $is Word# Bt the most important thing is+ are yo saved, do yo
)now the Lord, are yo prepared to meet (od6 :o may be an invalid as long as yo live, bt yo
may be saved by the power of (od# :o may have a strong, healthy body bt may go straight to hell
becase yo )now nothing of the grace of (od and salvation# Than) (od I was saved in a moment, the
moment I believed, and (od will do the same for yo# (od means by this divine power within yo to
ma)e yo follow after the mind of the Spirit by the Word of (od, till yo are entirely changed by the
power of it# :o might come on this platform and say, !Wigglesworth, is there anything yo can loo)
p to (od and as) $im for in yor body6" I will say now that I have a body in perfect condition and
have nothing to as) for, and I am si'ty9five# It was not always so# This body was a frail, helpless
body, bt (od flfilled $is Word to me according to Isaiah and 3atthew % $imself too) my
infirmities and my diseases, my sic)nesses, and by $is stripes I am healed# It is fine to go p and
down and not )now yo have a body# $e too) or infirmities# $e bore or sic)ness, $e came to heal
or bro)en heartedness# @ess wold have s to come forth in divine li)eness, in resrrection force, in
the power of the Spirit, to wal) in faith and nderstand $is Word, what $e meant when $e said $e
wold give s power over all the power of the enemy# $e will sbde all things till everything comes
into perfect harmony with $is will# Is $e reigning over yor affections, desires, will6 If so, when $e
reigns yo will be sb8ect to $is reigning power# $e will be athority over the whole sitation# When
$e reigns, everything mst be sbservient to $is divine plan and will for s#
See what the Word of (od says+ !*o man can say that @ess is the Lord, bt by the $oly
(host#" !Lord5" Bless (od forever# ,h, for $im to be Lord and 3aster5 For $im to rle and control5
For $im to be filling yor whole body with the plan of trth5 Becase yo are in Christ @ess all
things are sb8ect to $im# It is lovely, and (od wants to ma)e it so to yo# When yo get there yo
will find divine power continally wor)ing# I absoltely believe that no man comes into the place of
revelation and activity of the gifts of the Spirit bt by this flfilled promise of @ess that $e will
bapti&e s in the $oly (host#
I was ta)en to see a beatifl nine9year9old boy who was lying on a bed# The mother and
father were distracted becase he had been lying there for months# They had to lift and feed himB he
was li)e a state with flashing eyes# 1s soon as I entered the place the Lord revealed to me the case
of the troble, so I said to the mother, !The Lord shows me there is something wrong with his
stomach#" She said, !,h no, we have had two physicians and they say it is paralysis of the mind#" I
said, !(od reveals to me it is his stomach#" !,h, no, it isn-t# These physicians oght to )now, they
have '9rayed him#" The gentleman who broght me there said to the mother, !:o have sent for this
man, yo have been the means of his coming, now don-t yo stand ot against him# This man )nows
what he has got to do#" Bt 4r# @ess )nows more than that# $e )nows everything# :o have no need
to ring the bell for doctors# 1ll yo have to do is ring yor bell for @ess and $e will come down#
:o shold never trn to hman things, becase divine things are so mch better and 8st at yor call#
Who shall interfere with the divine mind of the Spirit which has all revelation, who nderstands the
whole condition of life6 For the Word of (od declares $e )noweth all things, is well ac/ainted
with the manifestation of thy body, for everything is na)ed and open before $im with whom we have
to do# $aving the mind of the Spirit we nderstand what is the will of (od# I prayed over this boy and
laid my hands on his stomach# $e became sic) and vomited a worm thirteen inches long and was
perfectly restored# Who )nows6 (od )nows# When shall we come into the )nowledge of (od6 When
we cease from or own mind and allow orselves to become clothed with the mind and athority of
the mighty (od#
The Spirit of (od wold have s nderstand there is nothing that can interfere with or
coming into perfect blessing e'cept nbelief# 7nbelief is a terrible hindrance# 1s soon as we are
willing to allow the $oly (host to have $is way, we will find great things will happen all the time#
Bt oh, how mch of or own hman reason we have to get rid of, how mch hman planning we have
to become divorced from# What wold happen right now if everybody believed (od6 I love the
thoght that (od the $oly (host wants to emphasi&e the trth that if we will only yield orselves to
the divine plan, $e is right there to bring forth the mystery of trth#
$ow many of s believe the Word6 It is easy to /ote it, bt it is more important to have it
than to /ote it# It is very easy for me to /ote, !*ow are we the sons of (od," bt it is more
important for me to )now whether I am a son of (od# When the Son was on the earth $e was
recogni&ed by the people who heard $im# *ever man spa)e li)e $im# $is word was with power, and
that word came to pass# Sometimes yo have /oted, !(reater is he that is in yo than he that is in the
world," and yo cold tell 8st where to find it# Bt brother, is it so6 Can demons remain in yor
presence6 :o have to be greater than demons# Can disease lodge in the body that yo toch6 :o
have to be greater than the disease# Can anything in the world stand against yo and hold its place if it
is a fact that greater is $e that is in yo than he that is in the world6 4are we stand on the line with the
Word of (od and face the facts of the difficlties before s6
I can never forget the face of a man that came to me one time# $is clothes hng from him, his
whole frame was shrivelled, his eyes were glaring and glassy, his 8awbones stc) ot, his whole
being was a manifestation of death# $e said to me, !Can yo help me6" Cold I help him6 @st as we
believe the Word of (od can we help anybody, bt we mst be sre we are on the Word of (od# If
we are on the Word of (od it mst ta)e place# 1s I loo)ed at him I thoght I had never seen anybody
alive that loo)ed li)e him# I said, !What is it6" $e answered with a breath voice, !I had a cancer on
my chest# I was operated on and in removing the cancer they removed my swallowerB so now I can
breathe bt cannot swallow#" $e plled ot a tbe abot nine inches long with a cp at the top and an
opening at the bottom to go into a hole# $e showed me that he pressed one part of that into his
stomach and pored li/id into the topB and for three months had been )eeping himself alive that way#
It was a living death# Cold I help him6 See what the Word of (od says+ !### whosoever### shall not
dobt in his heart, bt shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to passB he shall have
whatsoever he saith" C3ar) ;;+<JF# (od wants to move s on scriptral lines# ,n those lines I said,
!:o shall have a good spper tonight#" !Bt," he said, !I cannot swallow#" I said, !:o shall have a
good spper tonight#" !Bt I cannot swallow#" !:o shall have a good spperB go and eat#"
When he got home he told his wife that the preacher said he cold have a good spper that
night# $e said, !If yo will get something ready I-ll see if I can swallow#" $is wife got a good spper
ready and he too) a mothfl# $e had had mothfls before bt they wold not go down# Bt the Word
of (od said !whatsoever," and this mothfl went down, and more and more went down ntil he was
fll p# Then what happened6 $e went to bed with 8oy of the )nowledge that he cold again swallow,
and he wa)ened ne't morning with that same 8oy# $e loo)ed for a hole in his stomach, bt (od had
sht that p when he opened the other#
Faith is the sbstance of things hoped for# Faith is the Word# :o were begotten of the Word,
the Word is in yo, the life of the Son is in yo, and (od wants yo to believe#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
The Clothing of the Spirit for the World-s *eed, ;><A
,nly believe5 ,nly believe5
(od will not fail yo, beloved# It is impossible for (od to fail# Believe (od, rest in $im#
(od-s rest is an ndistrbed place, a place where heaven bends to meet yo#
The Bible is the most important Boo)# Bt some people have to be pressed in before they can
be pressed on# ,h5 This glorios inheritance of 8oy and $oly Faith % this glorios baptism in the
$oly (host % a perfected place# 1ll things are new, for ye are Christ-s and Christ is (od#
###ye shall receive power, after that the $oly (host is come pon
yo+ and ye shall be witnesses nto me both in @ersalem, and in all
@daea, and in Samaria, and nto the ttermost part of the earth#
1cts ;+H
(od means s to be in this royal way % when (od opens a door, no man can sht it# @ohn
made a royal way and @ess went in and left it for s to let $im bring forth throgh s the greater
wor)s# @ess left $is disciples with a revelation which meant mch to them and mch more to be
added, something lasting ntil (od receives s in that day, when we receive power we mst stir p
orselves to the trth that we are responsible for the need arond s# (od will spply all or need that
the need of the needy may be met throgh s % a great indwelling force of power# If we do not step
into or privileges it is a tragedy#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od who ravishes thee, brings forth within the
heart new revelation, never the same again, changed by the Spirit from vision to vision, from light to
light, from glory to glory#"
0ower 1nd 1ction
There is no standing still in this blessed life# It is a fearfl thing to fall into the hands of the
living (od# ,h, that blessed concession of (od to fill s with the $oly (host# $e will lead s into all
trth and show s things to come# 1s $e is, so are we in this world# The offspring of (od with
implse divine# We mst get into line# The life of the Son of (od
to ma)e the whole body a flame of fire# 1fter ye have received ye shall have power# (od has
given me a blessed ministry to help to stir others p % or gatherings mst be for increase# I am
8ealos to come into the divine plan# If I wait frther for power I have mista)en the position# If I cold
only feel the power5 1h5 We have been too mch on that line# When the $oly (host came $e came to
abide % what are yo waiting for6 (od is waiting for yo to act# @ess was perfect activity# $e
began to do and to teach# $e lived in the realm of divine appointment ma)ing the act come forth# (od
never separates power from holiness % the pre in heart see (od# The $oly (host reveals $im# $e
that believes that @ess is the Christ overcomes the world# $e is the sorce of revelation# The flness
of (od dwells in $im#
Christ liveth in me % Christ liveth in me#
,h, what a salvation this That Christ dwelleth in me#
1fter the $oly (host came, with the revelation of the prity of @ess we saw things which
were nseen before# The $oly (host came in as the breath of the moving of the mighty wind# Is the
$oly Spirit a person6 :es5 Wind5 Breath5 Fire5 ,r (od is a consming fire#
:o never )now what yo have ntil yo begin# (od wants yo to begin on the athority of the
Word tonight, as yo stand pon the Word of (od yo will be ama&ed at the otcome#
,n going along in a car I saw a crowd of people -rond a boy# I as)ed the driver to stop# I
said, !Boy, what is it6" !Cramp#" I said, !In the name of @ess, come ot5" The boy got p free# Faith
in the operation of (od# Wind5 Fire5 Breath5 Life % a ministry of life# (ripping death with life#
The word was in# I laid hold !###for the Word is nigh thee, in thy moth and in thine heart#"
Ths the boy, by the operation of (od, was free# We are bapti&ed into one Spirit# We are tomorrow
what we design to be today# This is a rising tide % a changing#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od, who is the wealth of or inheritance, hath
for s greater things# 1fter ye have received ye shall believe#"
0ower 1nd 0rogress
This is the confidence we have in $im# If we as) anything according to $is will $e heareth s
% and we have the petition we have desired of
$imB when the $oly (host comes in it is to crown @ess =ing# We mst dare and press on to
that place where (od will come forth with mighty power# 3en of faith always have a good report#
(od has given s a large open door and will bless the people as we dare to believe $is Word# The
opportnity is all arond % the needy are everywhere, begin# :e shall receive power, the $oly (host
coming pon yo# The stones will cry ot against s if we do not press on# 3ay (od give s the
hearing of faith that the power may come down li)e a clod# ,nce I saw it mighty at Stavenger in
*orway % it was a great crowded place# (od said to me+ 1s)5 1nd I will give yo every sol# It
seemed too mch# The voice came again# 1s)5 1nd I will give yo every sol# I dared to as)# The
power of (od swept the meeting li)e a mighty wind# I had never seen anything li)e it p to that time#
We loo) for this in London# (o % spea) all the words of this life# Begin from tonight# 0ress on ntil
@ess is glorified and mltitdes gathered in# Let s all stand and offer orselves nto (od#
Receive5 Receive5 Receive5 :e shall receive power#
3essage given at Sion College, London
Floodtide The Increase of (od, ;><A
Wherever @ess went, the mltitdes followed $im, becase $e lived, moved, breathed, was
swallowed p, clothed and filled with (od#
$e was (od and as Son of man the Spirit of (od rested pon $im, the Spirit of creative
holiness# It is lovely to be holy# @ess came to impart to s the spirit of holiness#
We are only at the edge of things, the almighty plan is marvelos for the ftre#
(od mst do something to increase# 1 revival to revive within and withot all we toch# 1
flood tide with a clodbrst behind it# @ess left ;<D men to trn the world pside down# The Spirit is
pon s to change the sitation# We mst move on to let (od increase in s for the deliverance of
mltitdes and we mst travail throgh ntil sols are born and /ic)ened into new relationship with
heaven# @ess had divine athority with power, and $e left it for s# We mst preach trth,
holiness and prity in the inward parts#
Tho hast loved righteosness, and hated ini/ityB therefore (od,
even thy (od, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows# $ebrews ;+>
I am thirsty for more of (od# $e was not only holy, bt $e loved holiness# T,*(7.S 1*4
I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the depths that (od gets into that we may reflect $im and manifest a life
having Christ enthroned in the heart, drin)ing into a new flness, new intition, for as $e is, so are we
in this world#"
$e trod the winepress alone, despising the cross and the shame# $e bore it all alone that we
might be parta)ers of the divine natre, sharers in the divine plan of living, holiness# That-s revival
% @ess manifesting divine athority# $e was withot sin# They saw the Lamb of (od in a new way#
$allel8ah5 Let s live holy and revival will come down and (od will enable s to do the wor) to
which we are appointed# 1ll @ess said came to pass# Signs, wonders, mighty deeds# ,nly believe,
and yield and yield, ntil all the vision is flfilled#
(od has a design, a prpose, a rest of faith# We are saved by faith, and )ept by faith# Faith is
sbstance, it is also evidence# (od is5 $e is555 1nd $e is a rewarder of them that diligently see) $im#
We are to testify, to bear witness to what we )now# To )now that we )now is a wonderfl position#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Lord is the great promoter of divine
possibility, pressing yo into the attitde of daring to believe all the Word says# We are to be living
words, epistles of Christ, )nown and read of all men# The revelation of Christ, past and ftre, in $im
all things consist# $e is in s#"
We are living in the inheritance of faith becase of the grace of (od, saved for eternity by the
operation of the Spirit bringing forth nto (od# 1 sbstance of divine proposition and attainment,
bringing heaven to earth ntil (od /ic)ens all things into beaty, manifesting $is power in living
witnesses# (od in s for a world, that the world may be blessed# 0ower to lay hold of omnipotence
and impart to others the Word of life# This is a new epoch, new vision, new power# Christ in s is
greater than we )now# 1ll things are possible if yo dare believe# The treasre is in earthen vessels
that @ess may be glorified#
Let s go forth bringing glory to (od# Faith is sbstance, a mightiness of reality, a deposit of
divine natre, (od creative within# The moment yo believe yo are mantled with a new power to lay
hold of possibility and ma)e it reality# They said, !Lord, evermore give s this bread, for he that
eateth 3e shall live by 3e#" $ave the faith of (od# The man who comes into great association with
(od needs a heavenly measre# Faith is the greatest of all# Saved by a new life, the Word of (od, an
association with the living Christ# 1 new creation continally ta)ing s into new revelation#
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and
the Word was (od#### 1ll things were made by himB and withot him
was not any thing made that was made# @ohn ;+;,J
1ll was made by the Word# I am begotten by $is Word# Within me there is a sbstance that
has almighty power in it if I dare believe# Faith going on to be an act, a reality, a deposit of (od, an
almighty flame moving yo to act, so that signs and wonders are manifest# 1 living faith within the
earthen cas)et# 1re yo begotten6 Is it an act within yo6 Some need a toch, liberty to captives# 1s
many as $e toched were made perfectly whole# Faith ta)es yo to the place where (od reigns
imbibing (od-s bontifl store# 7nbelief is sin, for @ess went to death to bring s the light of life#
@ess said, !1re ye able to drin) of the cp that I drin) of and be bapti&ed with the baptism I
am bapti&ed with6" The cp and the baptism, a 8oined position# :o cannot live if yo want to bring
everything into life# $is life is manifested power overflowing# $man mst decrease if the life of
(od is to be manifested# There is not room for two )inds of life in one body# 4eath for life, the price
to pay for the manifested power of (od throgh yo# 1s yo die to hman desire there comes a
fellowship within, perfected cooperation, yo ceasing, (od increasing# (od in yo a living sbstance,
a spirital natre# :o live by another life, the faith of the Son of (od#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Spirit, $e breathed throgh and /ic)eneth
ntil the body is a temple e'hibiting @ess, $is life, $is
freshness, a new life divine# 0al said, GChrist liveth in me and the life I live in the flesh I live
by faith#-"
1s the $oly (host reveals @ess, $e is real % the living Word, effective, acting, spea)ing,
thin)ing, praying, singing# ,h, it is a wonderfl life, this sbstance of the Word of (od, inclding
possibility and opportnity, and confronting yo, bringing yo to a place ndanted# (reater is $e that
is in yo# 0al said, !###when I am wea), then am I strong" C< Corinthians ;<+;DF#
@ess wal)ed in spremacy, $e lived in the =ingdom, and (od will ta)e s throgh becase
of Calvary# $e has given s power over all the power of the enemy# $e won it for s at Calvary# 1ll
mst be sb8ect# What shall we do to wor) the wor)s6 This is the wor) of (od that ye believe#
Whatsoever $e saith shall come to pass# That is (od-s Word#
1 man, frail, wea), with eyes shrn), and nec) shriveled, said, !Can yo help me6" Beloved,
there is not one that cannot be helped# (od has opened the doors for s to let $im manifest signs and
wonders# The athority is inside, not otside# Cold I help him6 $e had been on li/id food three
months, fed throgh a tbe# I said, !(o home and eat a good spper#" $e did, and wo)e p to find the
tbe hole closed p# (od )new he did not want two holes# We mst )eep in a strong resolte resting
on the athority of (od-s Word# ,ne great desire and prpose to do what $e saith# To live in this
holy Word, re8oicing in the manifestation of the life of (od on behalf of the sic) and perishing
mltitdes# 1men#
Revival 9 It-s Coming # The 0rice 93artyrdom, ;><A
Revival is coming# (od-s heart is in the place of intense passion# Let s bend or brea), for
(od is determined to bless s# ,h, the 8oy of service and the 8oy of sffering to be tterly cast pon
@ess# (od is coming forth with power# The latter rain is appearing#
There mst be no coming down from the cross bt a going on from faith to faith and from glory
to glory with an increasing diligence to be fond in $im withot spot and blameless C< 0eter J+;?F# 1
divine plan is otwor)ing# Behold, the hsbandman waiteth for the precios frit of the earth ntil he
receive the early and the latter rain C@ames A+EF# @ess is waiting to do all# Worship is higher than
fellowship#
,h, the calmness of meeting with @ess# 1ll fears are gone# $is tender mercy and
indescribable peace is ors# I have all if I have @ess# 0rning the tree# 1ll (od-s plans for s are to
the end of a yielded will# (od is waiting for the precios frit of the earth# The otcome of a sown
life diviner, lovelier# The seed has to die# (reat is the day of @e&reel Cwhom (od sowsF C$osea
;+;;F# ,ne head# I will brea) the bow of Israel in the valley of @e&reel Cwhom (od sows or the seed
of (odF C$osea ;+AF# I will brea) the battle9a'e ot of the earth % and I will betroth thee nto me
forever in righteosness, 8dgment, loving)indness, in mercies, even betroth thee nto me in
faithflness and tho shalt )now the Lord# I will hear the heavens Csit with meF# They shall hear the
earth Cthis company hear the groaning of the people, and the earth shall hear the corn and the new
wine and the oil and they shall hear @e&reel Cthe seed of (odF# 1men#
Let them hear % Let (od do it % $e commands it# (od says, !Let there be light5 Let yor
light shine5" (od awaits the death of the seed# It springs into life# $ow do yo )now the seed is dead6
Why, the green shoots appear# (od awaits the evidence of death, for Isaiah ;; to appear# 1 place of
profond rest# @ess said, !I will pray the Father and $e shall give yo another Comforter#"
*ot a sond invades the stillness *ot a form invades the scene Save the voice of my Beloved
and the person of my =ing#
0recios, gentle, $oly @ess Blessed Bridegroom of my heart In thy secret inner chamber
Tho wilt whisper what Tho art#
1nd within those heavenly places Calmly hshed in sweet repose There I drin) with 8oy
absorbing 1ll the love tho woldst disclose#
Wrapt in deep adoring silence @ess Lord, I dare not move Lest I lose the smallest saying
3eant to catch the ear of love#
Rest then, oh my sol, contented Tho hast reached that happy place In the bosom of thy
Savior (a&ing p in $is dear face#
1n ,tporing
The early and the latter rain appears# The early rain is to ma)e the seed die# To come to an
end, ashes# 1nd ot of the ashes the great fire of consmmation that shall brn in the heart of the
people, the Word of the living (od prodcing the Christ by the breath of the Spirit# 1shes, then the
latter rain appears a srging of life# The old finished# *ow shall come forth on those that )now the
Father a srging life and the effects of the latter rain and niversal otporing of the $oly Spirit# The
coming of the Lord is at hand# The 8dge is standing at the door % $as $e come6 C@ohn ;I+HF When
$e comes $e will convict the world, convincing men of sin# $as $e come5 ,f 8dgement, the prince
of this world has been 8dged Cv# ;;F# If I go I will send $im nto yo# $as $e come5
(od awaits to move and sha)e all that can be sha)en C3ar) ;IF, the signs following those that
believe, an otporing, mighty and glorios5 The early rain has been to get s ready for that which is
to come# Be )illed# Be prepared % a vessel to por ot torrents# The baptism of the $oly Spirit is for
the death of the seed# The $oly (host wa)es p every passion, permits every trial# $is ob8ect is to
ma)e the vessel pre# 1ll mst die before a manifestation of (od nthoght of, ndreamt of# It-s a call
to martyrdom, to the death of spirit, sol, and body# To the death# The choice is before yo, decide,
accept, the path for death to life# 1bsolte abandonment for a divine e/ipment for the early and the
latter rain appears#
Isaiah ;; is (od-s e/ipment for the nderstanding of the worldwide prposes of (od, for the
loveliness of @ess and the glory of (od# Revelation to a perishing world % where there is no vision
the people perish# Wa)e p % the air is fll of revival, bt we loo) for a mighty otporing, sha)ing
all that can be sha)en# Ta)e all, bt give me vision and revelation of the prposes of (od and a
wonderfl brning love# It is difficlt to tell of the freedom of the $oly (host in revealing the love of
@ess a flcrm C< Samel <<F# 1nd 4avid spo)e this song and said, !3y cry did enter into $is ears#"
,h, yes, it mst come, this srging life % this ttermost death for tter9most life# The early
and the latter rain appears % we cont those happy that endre# Cont it not strange beloved % for
the fiery breath of revival is coming# There is a ripple on the la)e, a mrmr in the air# The price is
tremendos, it-s martyrdom# We mst seal the testimony with or blood# There mst be the otwor)ed
cross# 4ying % searching % crcifi'ions % no resistance# Trst me, it is finished#
:es, be sown first, then comes the revelation of (od with eternal isses for mltitdes# The
latter rain appears# 1ll moves before the men (od has moved, and millions are ingathered and the
heart of (od is satisfied#
Since tho art come to that holy room Where with the choirs of saints forevermore Tho art
made my msic#
Thine the instrment here at the door
1nd what Tho mst do then thin) here before#
The Baptism of the $oly Spirit, @ne ;><A
$ow glad I am that (od has bapti&ed me in the $oly (host# What a wonderfl difference it
has made in my life#
(od has not promised that we shold feel very wonderfl, bt $e has promised that if we
stand on $is Word, $e wold ma)e $is Word real#
It is faith firstB then it becomes a fact# There are plenty of feelings in the fact, I assre yo#
(od fills s with $is own precios 8oy#
Samson has his name recorded in the eleventh chapter of $ebrews as being a man of faith# $e
was a man who was chosen of (od from his mother-s womb, bt he only had the power of (od
coming pon him on certain occasionsB whereas now we who have received the flness of the $oly
(host, the Comforter, may have the nction which abides forever# The Lord has promised that we
shall have life and have it abndantly# Loo) at the fifth chapter of Romans and see how many times the
e'pression !mch more" is sed# ,h, that we might ta)e this grace of (od and revel in the Word of
(od and be so fll of e'pectancy, that we might have these !mch mores" coming ot as frit in or
lives#
3aybe some people here reali&e that they have had the power of the Lord pon them and yet
they have lost ot# Friends, what abot yo6 (od in $is love and )indness has pt Samson in
$ebrews ;;# There came a time when becase of Samson-s sin, his eyes were pt ot# $is hair had
been shorn and he lost his strength# $e tried to brea) the cords bt the 0hilistines got him# Bt his hair
grew again and the 0hilistines wanted him to ma)e sport for them, bt he prayed a prayer and (od
answered# ,h, that we might trn to (od and pray this prayer+ !,h, Lord (od, remember me, I pray
Thee and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, oh (od#" If yo will trn to (od with tre
repentance, $e is plenteos in mercy and $e will forgive yo# Repentance means getting bac) to (od#
When Samson too) hold of the pillars pon which the hose stood, he plled the walls down# (od can
give yo strength and yo can get hold of the posts and $e will wor) throgh yo# *o matter what
)ind of a bac)slider yo have been, there is power in the blood, !###the blood of @ess Christ his Son
cleanseth s from all sin" C; @ohn ;+EF# ,h, if I cold only tell yo how (od so wonderflly restored
me5 1nd I had my !first love" again and $e has filled me with the $oly (host#
Let me read a few verses to yo from the second chapter of the 1cts of the apostles+
1nd when the day of 0entecost was flly come, they when all with
one accord in one place# 1nd sddenly there came a sond from
heaven as of a rshing mighty wind, and it filled all the hose where
they were sitting# 1nd there appeared nto them cloven tonges
li)e as of fire, and it sat pon each of them# 1nd they were all filled
with the $oly (host, and began to spea) with other tonges, as the
Spirit gave them tterance# 1cts <+;9?
What a wonderfl divine position (od means s all to have, to be filled with the $oly (host#
There is something so remar)able, so divine, as it were, a great open door into all the treasry of the
3ost $igh# 1s the Spirit comes li)e rain pon the mown grass, $e trns the barrenness into greenness
and freshness and life# ,h, $allel8ah5 (od wold have yo )now that there is a place where yo are
dispensed with and where (od comes to be thy assrance and sstaining power spiritally, till thy
dryness is trned into springsB till thy barrenness begins to be floods, till thine whole life becomes
vitali&ed by heaven, till heaven sweeps throgh yo and dwells within and trns everything inside ot,
till yo are absoltely so filled with divine possibilities that yo begin to live in a new creation# The
Spirit of the living (od sweeps throgh all wea)nesses#
Beloved, (od the $oly (host wants to bring s to a great revelation of life# $e wants s to be
filled with all the flness of (od# ,ne of the most beatifl pictres we have in the Scriptres is of
the Trinity# I want yo to see how (od nfolded heaven, and heaven and earth became the habitation
of Trinity# Right on the ban)s of @ordan, Trinity was made manifest+ the voice of (od in the heavens
loo)ing at $is well9beloved Son coming ot of the waters, and there the Spirit was manifested in the
shape of a dove# The dove is the only bird withot gall, so timid a creatre that at the least thing it
moves and is afraid# *o person can be bapti&ed with the $oly Spirit and have bitterness % gall#
3y brother, it is the doble cre yo want# It is saving and cleansing and the baptism of the
$oly (host till the old man shall never rise anymoreB till yo are absoltely dead nto sin, and alive
nto (od by $is Spirit, and )now that old things have passed away# When the $oly (host gets
possession, there is a new man entirely % the whole being becomes satrated with divine power# We
become a habitation of $im who is all light, all revelation, all power, and all love# :ea, (od the
$oly (host is so manifested within s that it is glorios#
There was a certain rich man in London whose bsiness florished# $e sed to get hold of his
ban) boo) and chec)s, then scratched his head % he didn-t )now what to do# Wal)ing abot his great
bilding he came to a boy )eeping the door# $e fond the boy whistling# Loo)ing at him he too) the
fll si&e of the whole sitation and went bac) to his office again and scratched his head# Bac) to
bsiness he went bt he cold get no peace# $is ban) cold not help himB his chec)s, his sccess
cold not help him# $e had an aching void# $e was helpless within# 3y brother, a whited seplchre is
to have the world withot (od#
When he cold get no rest he e'claimed, !I will go and see what the boy is doing#" 1gain he
went and fond him, whistling# !I want yo to come into my office," he said# ,n entering the office he
said, !Tell me, what ma)es yo so happy and cheerfl6" !,h," replied the boy, !I sed to be so
miserable ntil I went to a little 3ission and heard abot @ess# Then I was saved and filled with the
$oly (host# It is always whistling inside+ if it is not whistling, it sings# I am 8st fall5"
This rich man secred the address of the 3ission from the boy, went to the services and sat
beside the door# Bt the power of (od so moved that when the altar call was given he responded and
(od saved him, and a few days afterwards filled him with the $oly (host# $e fond himself at his
des) shoting, ,h, hallel8ah5
I )now the Lord, I )now the Lord,
I )now the Lord-s laid $is hand on me#
I )now the Lord, I )now the Lord#
I )now the Lord-s laid $is hand on me#
,h, this blessed Son of (od wants to fill s with sch glory till or whole body is aflame with
the power of the $oly (host# I see there is !mch more#" (lory to (od5 3y daghter as)ed some
1frican boys to tell s the difference between being saved and being filled with the $oly (host#
!1h," they said, !when we were saved it was very good, bt when we received the $oly (host it
was Gmore so#-" 3any of yo have never received the !more so#"
1fter the $oly (host comes pon yo, yo shall have powerB (od mightily moving within the
hman lifeB the power of the $oly (host overshadowing, inwardly moving yo till yo )now there is
a divine plan different from anything that yo had in yor life before# $as $e come6 $e is going to
come tonight# I am e'pecting that (od shall so manifest $is presence and power that $e will show
yo the necessity of receiving the $oly (hostB also (od will heal the people who have need of
healing# .verything is to be had now+ salvation, sanctification, and the flness of the $oly (host and
healing# (od is wor)ing mightily by the power of $is Spirit, bringing into or meeting a flness of
$is perfect redemption ntil every sol may )now that (od has all power#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
4ivine Revelation, @ne ?, ;><A
0raise the Lord# 0raise the Lord# 0raise the Lord# ,nly believe5 ,nly believe5 1ll things are
possible, only believe# There is something very remar)able abot that chors# (od wants to impress
it so deeply on or hearts tonight that we may in or corners, rooms, private places, get so engrossed
in the fact with this divine trth that if we will5 only believe5 $e can get in s and ot of s for others
what otherwise wold never be possible# ,h, for this to lay hold of s tonight that (od comes to s
afresh and says, !,nly believe#" Beloved, let me tell yo, the tne will help yo, especially if yo
sing it in time# .verything oght to be in time, becase it means so mch to be in timeB bt beloved5
The Lord, I trst tonight, will give me something to ma)e yo ready for everything, that yo will not
be behind time bt in the place (od has designed for yo#
The possibilities are within the reach of all# Let s read from 3atthew ;I+;J, !###Whom do
men say that I### am6 ###Tho art the Christ, the Son of the living (od" C3atthew ;I+;J,;IF#
This is a blessed trth# Lord, help me tonight# I am deeply convinced that there is sch a
marvelos wor) done in the revelation to the heart of the incoming ,neB of the new life of (od# There
is a tremendos, a divine treasre, within the hman sol that comes into line with this trth, that they
are in a place where (od intends that they shall not only bind and loose, bt that they shall be in the
position by the grace of (od to so stand in the lot of their day that the gates of hell shall not be able to
prevail against them# I )now the Roman Catholics have made a great to9do abot this, bt beloved,
what I am desiring above all, is that I shall be emblematic in every way in this trth that this word
shall be in me a light, a flame of fire, brning in my bones, presenting to me, within my being a fact
becase (od-s Word declares sch and sch and sch things# I wold li)e someone to read to me
@ohn ;+;<,;J# They are wonderfl words# To !###as many as received him, gave he power to become
the sons of (od#" Born of (od# $is natre# Born of (od# This divine natre we have received came
to s with the reception of the Word of (od# 1nd he said to them, !Whom do ye say that I ### am6"
0eter answered, !###Tho art the Christ" C3atthew ;I+;J,;IF# Wonderfl# Wonderfl# Whom do yo
say that $e is tonight6 ,h, glory to (od, whom do yo say $e is6 The Christ, the Son of the living
(od# 1nd the trth comes to s % blessed are yeB flesh and blood hath not revealed this bt $e aloneB
to have this revelation that $e is the Son of (od is a revelation that $e was manifested to destroy the
wor)s of the devil# Sometimes it is important that we stir one another p with these divine
relationships# The baptism in the $oly (host gives s not only a plan of the operations of (od, bt
also nfolds to s the position we have, by the $oly (host, in this world#
The Roc) % The =ey
3y message is to the believer tonight in every sense, and I )now the Lord is going to bless
this word to s# *ow it is a perfect revelation to me tonight and to yoB I )now the fact that (od
declares it to s by $is own Son is this, that the new birth is a perfect place of royalty, reigning over
the powers of dar)ness, bringing everything to perfect sbmission to the rightfl owner, and that is the
Lord# $e it is who rles within and reigns there, and or bodies have become temples of the $oly
(host#
$e said to 0eter, !7pon this roc) will I bild my chrch#" What roc) was it6 The roc) is the
living Word# 7pon this roc) will I bild my chrch# What is the roc)6 The Son of the living (od# $e
is the roc)# Bt what are the )eys6 The )eys are the divine wor)ing by faith in the things of (od# 1nd
I will give thee the )eys of nloc)ing# Remember this# It is the )ey which has life within it# It is the
)ey which has power to enter in# It is life divine, that verse opens and nloc)s all the dar) things and
brings life and liberty to the captive# 7pon this roc) will I bild my chrch, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail#
*ow let s see how it wor)s# It wor)s, it always wor)s, it never fails to wor)# *ow let me
bring before yo the trth, becase yo )now yo cannot depend pon yorself in this, so I want to
help yo# :o will never be able to get anything by yor own initiative# :o cannot do it# It is divine
life flowing throgh yo that empowers yo to act and the vessel is in the position where the glory of
the new life brings the thing into action#
,pportnity % 1ction
,n the ship one day they said to me, !We are going to have an entertainment#" They said,
!Wold yo be in the entertainment6" !,h," I said, !:es, I will be in anything that is going to be
helpfl," and I believe (od was in it# So they said to me, !What can yo do6 What place will yo
ta)e in the entertainment6" I said, !I can sing#" So they said to me, !Where wold yo li)e to be pt
down in the entertainment6" They said, !We are going to have a dance#" I said, !0t me down 8st
before the dance," and so my trn came#
If yo )new how I was longing for my trn to come, becase there had been a clerical man
there trying to sing and entertain them, and it seemed so ot of place# 3y trn came on, and I sang+ !If
I cold only tell $im as I )now $im#" I went throgh, and when I got throgh the people said, !:o
have spoilt the dance#" Well, I was there for that prpose to spoil the dance, and a preacher came to
me afterwards and said, !$ow dare yo sing that6" Why, I said, how dare I not sing it, it was my
opportnity, and he was going to India, and when he got to India he wrote in his periodical, and sent it
over to .ngland# $e said, !I did not seem to have any chance to preach the (ospel," bt !there was a
plmber on board who seemed to have plenty of opportnities to preach to everybody, and he said
things to me that remain# $e told me that the 1cts of the 1postles was only written becase they actedB
yo see I was in the drama of life acting in the *ame of @ess#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !,t of the depths I cried and the Lord heard my
cry and broght me into a large place on sea, on land, in a large place#"
(lory to (od#
1nd so that opened the door, and got me in the place that I cold spea) all the time, the door
was open in every way# *e't morning a yong man and his wife came to me and said, !We are in a
terrible state, we are loo)ing after a gentleman and lady in the first9classB she is a Christian Scientist,
and a great teacher of Christian ScienceB she has been ta)en seriosly ill, and the doctor gives her
little hope# We have told her abot yo, and she said she wold li)e to see yo#" I said, !1ll right#"
That was my opportnity# ,pportnity is a wonderfl thing# ,pportnity is the great thing of the day#
1nd so when I went into the first9class room of the lady, I saw she was very sic)# I said, !I am not
going to spea) to yo abot anything, neither abot yor sic)ness nor anything, I am simply going to
lay my hands pon yo in the *ame of @ess, and the moment I do, yo will be healed#"
1s soon as I laid my hands pon her, the fever left her, and she was perfectly healed# She was
terribly trobled, and for three days she was worse, trobled in her mind and heart# I )new it wold
have been as easy as possible to brea) to her the Bread of Life and bring her into liberty, bt (od
wold not have it# @st before she got saved she felt she wold be lost forever, and then (od saved
her# $allel8ah# :es, and she said, !What shall I do6" I said, !What do yo mean6" !,h," she said,
!for three years I have been preaching all over .nglandB we live in a great hose in India, and we
have a great hose in London# I have been preaching Christian Science, and now what can I do6" She
said, !:o )now it is all so real, I am a new woman altogether, and then she was filled with 8oy#" She
said, !Shall I be able to contine smo)ing cigarettes6" I said, !:es, smo)e as many as ever yo can,
smo)e night and day if yo can#" Then she said to me, !:o )now we play cardsB bridge and other
things# Can I play6" I said, !:es, play all night throgh, go on playing#" 1nd she said, !:o )now we
have a little wine, 8st a little with or friends in the first9class# Shall I give it p6" !*o," I said,
!drin) all yo want#"
When she got to 1den she called a maid to her, and said, !I want yo to ta)e this telegram, and
stop that thosand cigarettes#" She called her hsband, and said, !I cannot go into all these things
again#"
We have not to go down to bring $im p nor p to bring $im down# $e is nigh thee, $e is in
thy heart# The word of faith which we preach, and this is a living word, and (od wants yo all to
)now in this meeting tonight that if yo only dare to act pon the divine principle that is written there
the gates of hell shall not prevail# 0raise the Lord#
Reigning In Life
1nd so, beloved, it is all for s tonight# 4o not forget this# .very one of yo can )now this
nion, this divine relationship, this ttermost power which will be within )eeping yo alive to the fact
that (od has come to ma)e yo )now that everything is sb8ect to yo# :o have to reign in that body
by one Christ @ess# It is a lovely word, reigning in life by one @ess# *ow I mst )eep to this, the
Lord is welling p in my heart# :o )now that we have continal powerB in the si'teenth chapter of
3ar)-s gospel we read these words# There are two ways to enter into these divine relationships# I am
here tonight to say it does not matter how many times we have failed, there is one )ey note in
0entecost, !$oliness nto the Lord#" I find the association with my Lord brings prity, and ma)es my
whole being cry ot after (od, after holiness# $oliness is power# $oliness nto the Lord# Why do I
)now this, becase I see @ess my Lord, I see $im, $e is so beatifl# When the whole of that place
was filled with nbelief @ess wept, he wept becase of their nbelief# $e cold not weep becase
La&ars was dead, $e was the resrrection life#
Bt their nbelief moved $im to groan in $is spirit and $e wept, and the se/el to that
glorios trimph was the great nion with $is Father# $e said to $is Father, !I )now that Tho
hearest 3e always, bt becase of these that stand arond#" ,h, the blessedness of the trth#
That word moves me tremendosly# !If I )now that $e heareth me#" !If I )now $e heareth me,
then I )now that I have the petition that I desired#" (lory to (od# =nowing there is not a power in the
world can ta)e that away from yo# .very sol in the place is privileged to go into the $oliest of
$olies, throgh the blood of the Lamb#
1ddress given at Whitsntide Convention, =ingsway $all
0ower, @ne >, ;><A
1cts ;+;9H % (od means s to be in this way where @ess went and all $is disciples, $e has
left this place open# !(reater wor)s than these shall ye doB becase I go to my Father#" @ess left
nothing less than this, a power which was for them and to which more was to be added if we believe#
We have recently had seven years of earthly power, and are feeling the effects of it today,
how it has bro)en hearts, homes and in fact the whole world, and filled it with sch distressing effects
and made it an awfl place, that we never want it again#
This power is so mch differentB it restores the fallen, it heals the bro)enhearted, it lifts, it
lives, it brings life into e'istence in yor own hearts# 1ll the time there is something that is rond
abot yo, something that yo )now is lasting and will be forever, ntil the Lord will receive s nto
$imself#
(od, help me to spea) tonight, I came not to spea) only bt to stir s p to or privilege to
ma)e men feel they are responsible for the state of things rond abot#
0ower 1nd 0rogress
It thrills my sol and ma)es me thin) that I mst step into line where (od has called me#
Sometimes I spea) li)e this, some of yo )now what a tragedy is, yo have heard of sch things, and
some of yo )now what a calamity is# I spea) to every bapti&ed sol here tonight, if yo have not
made any progress, yo are a bac)slider in the sight of (odB becase of the privilege of the revelation
of the Spirit within yo, privilege and more power of entering into more light#
It is a wonderfl thing to get into toch with the living (od, it is a glorios thing, a blessed
condescension of (od to fill s with the $oly (host# Bt the responsibility after that, for the Spirit of
(od, for @ess to be so pleased with $is child that $e fills $is child with the $oly (hostB that the
child may now have the fll revelation of $imself, for the $oly (host shall not spea) of $imself, bt
$e shall ta)e of the trth and reveal it nto s# 1s $e is we have to be, and 8st as righteos as $e is
we have to be, we are trly the offspring of (od, actating with divine implse, and (od is proving
s to see that we mst step into line, and see that the trth is still the same#
!###:e shall receive power###" C1cts ;+HF# Brothers, it is so real, $is life for me the life of the
Son of (od within, characteristics to ma)e the whole body a flame of fire, after that ye shall receive
power# I am clearly coming to nderstand this in my ministry, (od has given me a gracios ministry
and I than) (od for it# (od has given me a ministry which I pri&e becase it helps me to stir people,
especially leaders# I am here tonight to stir yo, I cold not thin) that (od wold have me leave yo
as I fond yo# If I thoght I was entrsted to spea) for half an hor, and leave yo as I fond yo# So
my desire is that this half hor shall be so fll of divine prpose, that everyone shall come into line
with the plan of (od tonight#
0ower 1nd 0rity
I am as satisfied as anything that if I wait frther, I have mista)en the position# ,n this line I so
want to say things to prove the sitation# There is a great deal too mch on the lines of, !If I can only
feel the power#" ,r yong brother said distinctly that the $oly (host came to abide# What are we
waiting for6 What is (od waiting for6 For yo to get into the place# What do I mean6 I mean this+ that
@ess was a perfect activity, a life in activity# The Scriptre declares it# $e began to do, and then to
teach# It is as clear as possible, in a realm of divine appointment, where $e was able to ma)e the act
conform#
So I am trly on the Word of (od tonight, if we have received the power the power is there# I
am not going to say, that there has not to be an nbro)en fellowship with $im, $e never separates
power from holiness, the pre in heart shall see (od# Bt I believe that if $e has come to reveal nto
s $im, yo cannot lac) it, becase he that believes that @ess is the Christ, overcomes the world#
$e is the prifier, $e is the abiding presence, the one great sorce of righteosness, then all
the flness of the (odhead bodily dwells in $im, there is the sitation#
CChors+ Christ liveth in me#F
1nd yo )now that after the Spirit gave the revelation of the prity of Christ by the Word of
the Lord, $e made yo see things as yo never saw them before#
I wold li)e to spea) for a few moments on the breath of the Spirit, becase I see the $oly
Spirit came as a breath, or as the moving of a mighty wind# I see so mch divine appointment in this
for hmanity, this great thoght, the $oly Spirit fills the life by the breath# It is wonderfl % this
prophetic position# Who did yo hear spea)6 :es, I hear 3r# Wigglesworth and 3r# Carter# :es, that
is the term# Behind it all yo will find that langage is breath#
When yo are filled with the breath of the Spirit, the breath of (od, the holy fire and the
Word, it is Christ within yo#
Life is given, he that heareth my words and believeth on $im that sent me hath everlasting life#
We need the Spirit, to be filled with prophetic power to bring forth to the needs of the people, life#
This is life, I am perceiving that I mst be so in this order# Let me give yo one or two positions#
0ower In 1ction
(od wants everybody, withot e'ception, to begin on the Word of (od, and to act# It will be
the most srprising thing that ever came# 1s yo stand on the Word it will be an ama&ing thing#
,ne day as I was going down the streets of San Francisco in a car, when loo)ing throgh the
window I saw a great crowd of people at the corner of the street# !Stop," I said, !there is something
amiss," so I rshed as fast as possible to the edge of the crowd# I was so eager I pressed myself into
the crowd, and I saw a boy laid on the grond who was held in a death9li)e grip#
The Word is in thee# I pt my ear to his moth as the boy lay there strggling# !Tell me, boy,
what it is"B and the boy said, !It is cramp," so I pt my hands arond him, and said, !Come ot in the
*ame of @ess#" The boy immediately 8mped p, ran off and had no time to say than) yo# It is for
everyone# 1fter that yo have received yo are in the place# I am not saying that glibly, my thoghts
are too serios for that# I cannot be any more after tonight what I was today, and tomorrow is mightier
than today# This is the reason the tide is changing with (od, this is the reality#
It is no little thing to be bapti&ed, it is the promise of the Father, @ess mst be there, and the
$oly (host also bringing s to the place where we can be bapti&ed# 1re yo going to treat it as a
great thing6 What do yo really believe it is6 I believe when the $oly (host comes that $e comes to
crown the =ing#
1nd the =ing from that day gets $is rightfl place, and we don-t have to claim anything, and
$e becomes =ing of all the sitations#
I only say this to help yo# It is a need, that I am spea)ing abot, that I cannot get away from
the fact, becase where I loo) I see growth# I see yo people, I see the growth, I have been away from
.ngland three years, and I see changes, and even thogh we see there is growth, life and blessing,
there is mch more grond to be possessed, and we shall have to dare before (od can wor)#
(od has given me an open door# *othing moves me, only this, e'cept I see men and women
coming into line with this#
I want the people of 0entecost to rise as the heart of one man, (od has s for a prpose in
these last days, and in the meeting (od helps me# 1t a certain meeting, I said, !There is a man in this
meeting sffering, and shall I preach before I help this man, or wold yo li)e to see this person free
before I commence6" This man was a stranger and did not )now who I was spea)ing abot# There he
was, with cancer on the face and fll of pain, and I said, !Is it right to preach, or shall I heal this
man6"
I saw what was the right thing, and I went down off the platform and placed my hand on him in
the *ame of @ess#
This was becase of what the Word said, that man )new nothing of healing, bt in a moment
he was able to stand p, and said, !I have been twelve years in pain, something has happened to me,"
and that night he gave himself to (od, and testified night after night, that he was completely cred#
What was it6 (od ministered throgh daring to believe $is Word# There are cases rond abot yo,
and what a story yo wold have to tell ne't year if only people too) a stand on the Word of (od
from tonight#
1 woman broght her hsband to me and said, !I want yo to help my hsband#" I said, !Well,
I will#" She said, !$e has too many complaints to tell yo of#"
MI said,N !There is a man here so fll of pains and wea)ness that I am going to pray for him on
the athority of (od-s Word, and tomorrow night I am going to as) him to come bac) and tell yo
what (od has done for him#" 1nd I placed my hand on him in the *ame of @ess# The ne't night this
man came wal)ing straight, and he said, !Will yo let me spea) to these people tonight6 For forty
years I have had lcers and rnning sores, and today is the first day that my clothes have been dry, and
now I am a new man#" Brothers and sisters, this is declared in the Word, and wonderfl things
happen#
I had been spea)ing abot divine healing, and si' seats from the rear was a man with a boy
and he lifted him p when I had finished# The boy was held together with irons, and his head, loins
and sholders were bandaged# The father handed him over to me#
There he pt the irons down with the boy standing in them# I have never )nown what there is
in the laying on of hands, let me give yo a description of it# This boy was abot nine years of age,
and laying hands on him in the *ame of @ess, there was a perfect silence, when sddenly this boy
cried ot# !4ad, it is going all over me," and I said, !Ta)e the irons off#" :o say that is or power#
*o, it is $is powerB no, it is the Father yo have received# 4are we be still and be /iet, the stones
wold cry ot if we did#
Sometimes I go in for what they call wholesale healings# 3y son and daghter are here, and
they can declare that they have seen ;DD healed withot the toch a hand# I believe there is to be
wholesale baptisms of the $oly (host# ,ne day (od told me something, at a place called Staranga in
*orway#
I said to my interpreter, !We are both very tiredB We will rest today ntil ?+DD 0#3#" I can
never forget the sightB this story has 8st occrred to me# 3ay (od bend yor ears down# There is a
hearing of faith, a mch higher faith# 3ay the Lord bend or ears#
We had been ot for a short time, and coming bac) into the street I shall never forget the sight#
The street was filled with all )inds of wheelchairs, we went along p to the hose, and the hose was
filled with people, and the woman said, !What can we do6"
!The hose is filled, what are we to do6" So I plled off my coat and I got to bsiness# 3y
brothers, yo oght to have been there, the power of (od came li)e a clod and people were healed
on every side#
(od healed all the people# This is what I have to tell yo# We were sat down for a little
refresher before the meeting, and the telephone bell rang# 1nd the pastor went to the telephone, and
they said, !What can we do6 The great Town $all is pac)ed# Come down as soon as yo can#" 1nd
this is what I mean by the hearing of faith+ I declare that the people cold not have fallen down if they
had wanted to# I never saw a place so pac)ed, and I began to preach, and when I was preaching the
voice came from the Lord#
!1s) and I will give thee every sol#" The voice came again, !1s) and I will give yo every
sol," and I dared to as), !(ive me every sol," and there was a breath came li)e the rshing of a
mighty wind, and it shoo) everybody and fell on everyone# I have never seen anything li)e it#
I am hoping to see this in London# Is there anything too hard for (od6 Cannot (od begin to do
these things6 Will we let $im6
I )now it might be a difficlt thing# Is it not possible to have a consecration tonight6 Who is
there who will begin tonight and begin to act in the power of the $oly (host6
1ddress given at Second 1nnal Convention of the 1ssemblies of (od =ingsway $all
Cont It 1ll @oy, 1gst <A, ;><A
3y brethren, cont it all 8oy when ye fall into divers temptations"
C@ames ;+<F#
This letter was addressed !###to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad###" C@ames ;+;F#
,nly one li)e the 3aster cold stand and say to the people, !Cont it all 8oy" when they were
scattered everywhere, driven to their wits- end and persected# The Scriptres say that !###they
wandered in deserts, and in montains, and in dens and caves of the earth" C$ebrews ;;+JHF# These
people were scattered abroad bt (od was with them#
It does not matter where yo are if (od is with yo# $e that is for yo is a million times more
than all who can be against yo# ,h, if we cold by the grace of (od see that the beatitdes of (od-s
divine power come to s with sch sweetness, whispering to s, !Be still, 3y child# 1ll is well#"
,nly be still and see the salvation of the Lord# ,h, what wold happen if we learned the secret to
only as) once and believe6 What an advantage it wold be if we cold only come to a place where
we )now that everything is within reach of s# (od wants s to see that every obstacle can be moved
away# (od brings s into a place where the difficlties are, where the pressre is, where the hard
corner is, where everything is so difficlt that yo )now there are no possibilities on the hman side
% (od mst do it# 1ll these places are of (od-s ordering# (od allows trials, difficlties, temptations
and perple'ities to come right along or path, bt there is not a temptation or trial which can come to
man bt (od has a way ot# :o have not the way otB it is (od who can bring yo throgh#
1 lot of saints come to me and want me to pray for their nervos system# I garantee there is
not a person in the whole world who cold be nervos if they nderstood the forth chapter of first
epistle of @ohn# Let s read verses ;I9;H+
1nd we have )nown and believed the love that (od hath to s# (od
is loveB and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in (od, and (od in
him# $erein is or love made perfect, that we may have boldness in
the day of 8dgment+ becase as he is, so are we in this world#
There is no fear in loveB bt perfect love casteth ot fear+ becase
fear hath torment# $e that feareth is not made perfect in love#
Let me tell yo what perfect love is# $e that believeth that @ess is the Son of (od,
overcometh the world# What is the evidence and assrance of salvation6 $e that believeth in his heart
on the Lord @ess# .very e'pression of love is in the heart# When yo begin to breathe ot yor heart
to (od in affection, the very being of yo, the whole self of yo, desires $im# 0erfect love means that
@ess has gotten a grip of yor intentions, desires and thoghts and prified everything# 0erfect love
cannot fear#
What (od wants is to impregnate s with $is Word# $is Word is a living trth# I wold pity
one who has gone a whole wee) withot temptation# Why6 Becase (od only tries the people that are
worthy# If yo are passing throgh difficlties, and trials are rising and dar)ness is appearing and
everything becomes so dense yo cannot see throgh, $allel8ah5 (od is seeing throgh# $e is a (od
of deliverance, a (od of power# ,h, $e is nigh nto thee if tho wilt only believe# $e can anoint yo
with fresh oilB $e can ma)e yor cp rn over# @ess is the balm of (ileadB yes, the Rose of Sharon#
I believe that (od, the $oly (host, wants to bring s into line with sch perfection of
beatitde, of beaty, that we shall say, !Lord, Lord, thogh tho slay me, yet will I trst thee" C@ob
;J+;AF# When the hand of (od is pon yo and the clay is afresh in the 0otter-s hands, the vessel will
be made perfect as yo are pliable in the almightiness of (od# ,nly melted gold is mintedB only
moistened clay is moldedB only softened wa' receives the sealB only bro)en, contrite hearts receive
the mar) as the 0otter trns s on $is wheel, shapen and brnt to ta)e and )eep the mar), the mold,
the stamp of (od-s pre gold# $e can pt the stamp on this morning# $e can mold yo afresh# $e can
change the vision# $e can move the difficlty# The Lord of $osts is in the midst of thee and is waiting
for thy affection# Remember $is /estion, !###Simon, son of @onas, lovest tho me more than these6###"
C@ohn <;+;AF# $e never lets the chastening rod fall pon anything e'cept that which is marring the
vessel# If there is anything in yo which is not yielded and bent to the plan of the 1lmighty, yo cannot
preserve that which is spirital only in part# When the Spirit of the Lord gets perfect control, then we
begin to be changed from glory to glory by the e'pression of (od-s light in or hman frame and the
whole of the body begins to have the flness of $is life manifested ntil (od so has s that we
believe all things#
Brother, Sister, if (od brings yo into oneness and the fellowship with the most $igh (od,
yor natre will /iver in $is presence, bt (od can chase away all the defects, all the nrest, all the
nfaithflness, all the wavering and $e can establish yo with sch strong consolation of almightiness
that yo 8st rest there in the $oly (host by the power of (od ready to be revealed# (od invites s to
higher heights and deeper depths#
3a)e me better, ma)e me prer,
By the fire which refines,
Where the breath of (od is sweeter,
Where the brightest glory shines#
Bring me higher p the montain Into fellowship with Thee,
In Thy light I-ll see the fontain,
1nd the blood that cleanseth me#
I am reali&ing very trly these days that there is a sanctification of the Spirit where the
thoghts are holy, where the life is beatifl, with no blemish# 1s yo come closer into the presence
of (od, the Spirit wafts revelations of $is holiness till $e shows s a new plan for the present and
the ftre# The heights and depths, the breadth, the lengths of (od-s inheritance for s are trly
wonderfl#
We read in Romans H+;D, !1nd if Christ be in yo, the body is dead becase of sinB bt the
Spirit is life becase of righteosness#" ,h, what a vision, beloved5 !The body is dead" becase sin
is being 8dged, is being destroyed# The whole body is absoltely pt to death and becase of that
position there is $is righteosness, $is beatyB and the Spirit is life, freedom, 8oy# The Spirit lifts the
sol into the presence of heaven# 1h, this is glorios#
!###Cont it all 8oy when ye fall into divers temptations" C@ames ;+<F# 0erhaps yo have been
conting it all sadness ntil now# *ever mind, yo trn the scale and yo will get a lot ot of it, more
than ever yo had before# Tell it to @ess now# .'press thine inward heart throbbings to $im#
$e )nows it all, $e )nows it all,
3y Father )nows, $e )nows it all,
The bitter tears, how fast they fall,
$e )nows, 3y Father )nows it all#
Sometimes I change it# 1nd I wold li)e to sing it as I change it becase there are two sides to
it+
!The 8oy $e gives that overflows,
$e )nows, my Father )nows it all#"
1h yes, the bitterness may come at night, bt 8oy will come in the morning, $allel8ah5 So
many believers never loo) p# @ess lifted p $is eyes and said, !###Father, I than) thee that tho hast
heard me" C@ohn ;;+?;F# $e cried with a lod voice, !###La&ars, come forth" Cv# ?JF# Beloved, (od
wants s to have some resrrection toch abot s# We may enter into things that will bring s sorrow
and troble, bt throgh them (od will bring s to a deeper )nowledge of $imself# *ever se yor
hman plan when (od spea)s $is Word# :o have yor ce from an 1lmighty sorce which has all
the resorces, which never fades away# $is coffers are past measring, abonding with e'travagances
of abndance, waiting to be pored ot pon s#
$ear what the Scriptre says, !###(od###giveth to all men liberally, and pbraideth not###"
C@ames ;+AF# The almighty hand of (od comes to or wea)ness and says, !If tho dare to trst 3e and
will not waver, I will abndantly satisfy thee ot of the treasre hose of the 3ost $igh#" !1nd
pbraideth not#" What does it mean6 $e forgives, $e spplies, $e opens the door into $is flness and
ma)es s )now that $e has done it all# When yo come to $im again, $e gives yo another overflow
withot measre, an e'pression of a Father-s love#
Who wants anything from (od6 $e can satisfy every need# $e satisfieth the hngry with good
things# I believe a real weeping wold be good for s# :o are in a poor way if yo cannot weep# I do
than) (od for my tears# They help me so that I do li)e to weep in the presence of (od# I as) yo in the
name of @ess, will yo cast all yor care pon $im6 !###For he careth for yo" C; 0eter A+EF# I am in
great need this morningB I do want an overflow# Come on, beloved, let s weep together# (od will
help s# (lory to (od# $ow $e meets the need of the hngry#
3essage delivered at 0entecostal Camp 3eeting Ber)eley, California
The Cry of the Spirit, 1gst ;><A
@ohn ;# I am !the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 0repare ye
the way of the Lord, said the prophet Isaiah" C3atthew J+<F#
!###Repent ye+ for the )ingdom of heaven is at hand#" !Then went
ot to him @ersalem, and all @daea, and all the region rond
abot @ordan, 1nd were bapti&ed of him in @ordan, confessing their
sins" Cvv# A,IF# $is raiment was camel-s hair, his girdle leather, his
meat locsts and wild honey#
@ohn-s .'ample
@ohn was withot the food and clothing of his earthly father-s priestly home# ,nly a groan, a
cry, the cry of the Spirit# *o angels or shepherds or wise men or stars heralded his immediate
coming# Bt the heavenly messenger (abriel C(od is mightyF, who spo)e to 4aniel and to 3ary spo)e
also to his father 2achariah# :et from his place in the wilderness, he moved the whole land# (od,
throgh him, cried# The cry of the Spirit % oh, that awfl cry# 1ll the land was moved by that
piercing cry# Some are ashamed to cry# There is a loneliness in a cry# (od is with a person with only
a cry# So (od spea)s to him and tells him a new thing % water baptism#
1nd @ohn bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from
heaven li)e a dove, and it abode pon him# 1nd I )new him not+ bt
he that sent me to bapti&e with water, the same said nto me, 7pon
whom tho shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him,
the same is he which bapti&eth with the $oly (host# 1nd I saw, and
bare record that this is the Son of (od# @ohn ;+J<9J?
(od spo)e to @ohn in the wilderness abot water baptism# It was a clean ct, new way# $e
had been with circmcision, lineage# *ow he was an otcast# It was the brea)ing down of the old
plan# When they heard him cry % oh, when they heard that cry, the awfl cry of the Spirit % and the
message he said, !Repent5 For the )ingdom of heaven is at hand# 3a)e straight paths % no treading
down of others or e'acting nde rights# 3a)e straight paths for yor feet#" 1ll were startled5
1wa)ened5 Thin)ing the 3essiah had come# The searching was tremendos5 Is this $e6 Who can it
be6 $e said I am a voice, crying, crying, ma)ing a way for 3essiah to come, !###this is the record of
@ohn, when the @ews sent priests and Levites from @ersalem to as) him, Who are tho6 1nd he
confessed, and denied notB bt confessed, I am not the Christ# 1nd they as)ed him, What then6 1rt
tho .lias6 1nd he saith, I am not# 1rt tho that prophet6 1nd he answered, *o#### I am the voice of
one crying in the wilderness, 3a)e straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet .saias" C@ohn
;+;>9<;,<JF#
Individal prging prposing# (od pressing throgh his life# (od throgh him moved
mltitdes and changed the sitation# The ban)s of @ordan were covered % filled# The conviction
was tremendos# They cried ot# The rogh place !shall be made smoothB 1nd all flesh shall see the
salvation of (od# Then said he to the mltitde that came forth to be bapti&ed of him, , generation of
vipers, who hath warned yo to flee from the wrath to come6 Bring forth### frits worthy of
repentance, and begin not to say within yorselves, We have 1braham to or father### (od is able of
these stones to raise p children nto 1braham# 1nd now also the a'e is laid nto the root of the trees+
every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good frit is hewn down, and cast into the fire# 1nd the
people as)ed him, saying, What shall we do then6 1nd he said nto them, .'act no more than that
which is appointed yo# 1nd the soldiers li)ewise demanded of him### what shall we do6 1nd he said
nto them, 4o violence to no man, neither accse any falselyB and be content with yor wages" Csee
L)e J+A9;?F#
The people, the mltitde, cried ot and were bapti&ed of @ohn in @ordan confessing their sins#
,h, to be alone with (od#
In The Wilderness
###the word of (od came nto @ohn the son of 2acharias in the
wilderness# 1nd he came## #preaching the baptism of repentance for
the remission of sins# L)e J+<,J
1lone5 1lone5
@ess bore it all alone5
$e gave $imself to save $is own#
$e sffered % bled and died alone % alone#
To be alone with (od, to get $is mind and thoght# (od-s impression and revelation of the
need of the people#
The Word of (od came to him in the wilderness# There was nothing ordinary abot @ohn %
all was e'traordinary Cv# ;>F# $erod was reproved by him for $erodias, his brother 0hilip-s wife,
and for all the evils which $erod had done# $er daghter danced before $erod who promised her
CpF to half his )ingdom# She as)ed for @ohn the Baptist-s head# This holy man was alone# (od had
@ohn in sch a way that he cold e'press that cry % the brden for the whole land# $e cold cry for
the sins of the people#
(od is holy# We are the children of 1braham % the children of faith# 1wfl 8dgment is
coming# Cry5 Cry5 $e cold not help it becase of their sin# @ohn was filled with the $oly (host from
his mother-s womb# $e had the brden# $e was stern, bt the land was open to @ess# @ess wal)ed in
the way# $e came a new way# @ohn came neither eating nor drin)ing % @ohn came crying# The only
place he cold breathe and be free was in the wilderness % the atmosphere of heaven % ntil he
trned with a message to declare the preparation needed# Repentance before @ess came to open ot
the place of redemption#
First a wor)ing of the Spirit in yoB then (od wor)ing throgh yo for others#
$is father and mother left behind# $is heart bleeding at the altar# Bearing the brden, the cry#
The need of the people#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ (ive way nto the Lord even to the operation of the
Spirit# 1 people )nown of (od, doing e'ploits, gripped by (od# Contine in the things revealed nto
thee# The enemy pt to flight# .ven those arond thee shall ac)nowledge the Lord has blessed#
Family 0rayers Llelly Wales
4ivine Charging Changing ,thers, 1gst ;><A
If tho will believe, tho shalt see the salvation of (od#
!,nly believe#" Something to bring s into the =ingdom of (od % ot of a natral order, into
a divine order with divine power for promotion charged by the power of (od by another greater than
s, a divine order# $e came nto $is own, bt $is own received $im not, bt as many as received
$im $e gave power to become sons of (od# ,nly believe# 1 man is in a great place when he has no
one to trn to bt (od# With only (od to help, we are in a great place, (od shall change the sitation#
*ot I, bt Christ# 1 new divine order for s to come into, that divine place where (od wor)s the
miracle# (od waits for s to act# Some boilers are made to go off at a ten9pond pressre, some <AD,
some JAD9pond pressre# What pressre do yo want to blow off tonight6 ,nly believe# 1ll things
are possible# !,nly believe#"
Charged
!###:e shall receive power, after that the $oly (host is come pon yo###" C1cts ;+HF# What
there is for s in this mighty baptism of the $oly (host# So moved by the power ntil CcityF Llarelly
and the whole Soth Wales feels again the power of (od# Their great inheritance in Christ @ess, that
all shall )now we have been with @ess % is changing# 1 meeting % it was so as they met with
@ess, and we are bone of $is bone, flesh of $is flesh and $e has given s of $is Spirit % grace for
grace# Bapti&ed into the same Spirit, parta)ers of the divine natre, living in a divine changing with
or whole being aflame with the same passion that @ess had, for 1cts ;+H says, !:e shall receive
power, the $oly (host coming pon yo#" 4ec)ed with grace, lost moments, so filled with the power
of the Spirit# $e, throgh the $oly (host, gave to man grace# In $im Trinity so manifest, promising a
li)e power $imself# $e was in agony, bt the wor) had to contine# Those $e left were to be so
clothed, so charged with divine power by the divine wor)ing of the Spirit# Some have thoght this
wonderfl baptism in the Spirit wold /iet them down# It reminds me of the first engine#
When Stephenson got it all ready he was MsreN that his sister 3ary shold see it# When 3ary
saw it, she said, !@ohn, it will never go# It will never go5" Stephenson said to his sister, !(et in5" and
pressing a btton the engine went# She said, !,h, @ohn# ,h, @ohn, it will never stop, it will never
stop5" We )now as we waited and prayed % it loo)ed as if the baptism wold never come, bt it did
come and now we )now that it will never stop# Bt we had the sense to wait ntil it did come# When I
see people see)ing the $oly (host, do yo )now, beloved, I believe it is wrong to wait for the $oly
(hostB the $oly (host is waiting for s# The $oly (host has come and $e will not retrn ntil the
chrch goes to be with her Lord for evermore# So when I see people waiting, I )now something is
wrong# The $oly (host begins to reveal ncleanness, 8dging, hardness of heart, all imprity, and
ntil the process of cleansing is complete, the $oly (host cannot come bt when the body is clean,
sanctified# @ess delights to fill s with $is $oly Spirit# I )now it will never stop, we are wholly
(od-s in the process of cleansing, the $oly (host preparing or bodies a temple for the Spirit to be
made li)e nto $im#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the will of (od, even yor sanctification, that
yo shold be filled into all the flness of (od li)e a bannered army clothed pon with $im#
4ynamite flowing throgh, Trinity wor)ing in holy, mighty power within the hman frame# (od in
divine order, meaning s to be swallowed p in $im % a new body, a new mind, a new tonge# *o
man can tame the tonge, bt (od can change by the $oly (host the whole body to a perfect position#
The Christ enthroned within, from that a divine order, a divine cooperation# :e shall receive
power###, the $oly (host coming pon yo in $is perfect operative divine ad8stment, the Word of
(od casing, nfolding the divine plan by the sanctification of the Spirit#"
This 0ower 4ivine
$ere is the hallmar) of the mystery of divine ability % which mst come in or day in its
flness# @ess went abot doing good# (od was in $im bodily, in all flness# I see, I )now the divine
order, we mst press in to the flness of it# We spea) that which we do )now and testify of that which
we have seen, the $oly (host being or witness# I see with the 3aster in $is royal robe of holiness,
an impregnation of love moving and acting in the present tense of divine power, an association to be
imparted# :e shall receive power# The 3aster was in it# In 1cts ;+H, the disciples had to come into it#
We are in it, of it, into it# :o cannot get rid of it, once it is in yo, this power divine# It is a
tremendos thing to be born into by (od# It is a serios thing, once engrafted it is a serios thing to
grieve the $oly (host# The baptism of the $oly (host is a fearfl place if we are not going on with
(od# (reat is or conviction of sin# The $oly (host comes to abide# (od mst awa)en s to or
responsibility, an inbreathed life of power# We can never be the same after that the $oly (host has
come pon s C1cts ;+HF# We mst be instant in season and ot of season, fll of the Spirit, always
abonding, always fll of the life of (od# Ready for every emergency# This is preliminary now for my
sb8ect#
I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me#
I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me#
$e filled me with the $oly (host#
I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me#
I am always, always in the place greater than the position and the need of the place# The
baptism of the $oly (host is to prepare s for acting when two ways meet where only (od can give
decision and bring off the victory and yo stand still and see the salvation of (od# It-s a great place,
to reach sch a place of dignity, able to shot when the walls are p, when it loo)s as if all wold
fail# Shot5 Shot5 The victory is yors5 The victory is yors5 *ot to come at some ftre time# The
victory is yors# @st as yo shot, the ensign will arise and the walls will dry and yo will wal) in
and possess the city# It-s a designed position# It is not of or ma)ing, it-s a rising position, honoring
the cry of the 3aster# !It is finished," not, !to be finished#" !It is finished" % (od can ma)e manifest
that position as I am in loyalty with $is divine prposes#
It is no little thing to be bapti&ed with the $oly (host, and to be saved from the power of
Satan nto (od# It is a greater thing than moving 3ont Sinai to change a natre from an earthly
position, to a heavenly desire# In the first place @ess was in perfect order# $e began to do and to
teach, $e began to be# $e lived in a )now# It mst be (od throgh the personality# (od has declared
it, we mst be living epistles of Christ, )nown and read of all men# To be )nown, )nowledge# $is
Word abiding in or hearts, a word of activity, a word of power# The power we have received % the
$oly (host coming pon s, ma)ing s witnesses in @ersalem, @daea, Samaria and to the ttermost
parts of the earth#
!1 man is in a great place when he has no one to trn to bt (od#"
4ivine Compassion
,ne morning very early, I was traveling in Sweden % there came into the carriage an old lady
leaning on her daghter-s arm# I saw her sit down, her face so fll of angish, I was distrbed# I cold
not rest# I am prsing a corse+ how to get into the )ingdom of the 3aster, compassion that faileth
not, that sees when no other sees, that feels when no other feels# It-s a divine compassion# It comes by
the Word, for $e is the Word of (od# We are balanced pon (od-s side according to or faith, as or
faith is embodied in the 3aster# Who is he that overcomes the world, bt he that believeth that @ess
is the Christ# ,r life in another, the association with another# $e ta)ing the lead throgh me# :o
living only for $im to e'tend $imself throgh yo#
I said to my interpreter, !What is the case of that woman-s troble6 (et to )now#"
The dear old lady said, !I am over seventyB I had hoped to carry my body throgh bt gangrene
has set in my legs and I am on my way to the hospital to have my legs off and the pain is terrible# I do
not want to have my legs off at my age#" I was bond to tell her @ess cold heal# $er face lit pB her
eyes spar)ledB she became radiant with hope# Then the train stoppedB the carriage filled p with a
wor)man who stood between me and the woman# It loo)ed hopeless for frther tal)# 1 big man stood
between s# The devil said, !*ow yo are done#" @ess )new how to answer the devil# $e answered
him with the Word of (od# The devil may leave a dead fish bt not a live one# The devil said, !*ow
yo are done#" I said, !*o5 3y Lord will ma)e a way#" @st then the big man stretched his legs ot# I
pt my hand on the woman and said, !In the *ame of @ess, I bind and loose this woman#" The man
did not )now why, bt (od )new# That moment she was healed#
What is my ob8ect in telling this story6 !###ye shall receive power, after that the $oly (host is
come pon yo###" C1cts ;+HF# @ess was clothed pon with power and with a ministry of imparting
the power emblematic of divinity with an installation that never failed# 0ower to breathe in life and
scatter the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hrt yo5 When the train stopped, the
old lady began to get ot of the carriage# The daghter said, !Why, 3other5" She said, !I-m going
bac) home# I am healed#" 1s long as the train stood, she wal)ed p and down past the carriage
window# She said to the interpreter, !I am going home, I am healed#"
$e-ll never forget to )eep me#
$e-ll never forget to )eep me#
3y Father has many dear children#
Bt $e-ll never forget to )eep me#
(od will not allow those who trst in $im to become failres in the straightened place# (od
does the wor)# :es# $e can, this Word is a living Word of divine activity with momentm# 0ower to
change the natre by the power of the Spirit# 1ll disease and wea)ness mst go at the reb)e of the
3aster# (od enables s to bind the enemy and set free the captive# Beloved, arise, the glory of the
Lord is risen pon thee, poring life into thy wea)ness, (od ma)ing thee not the tail, bt the head#
This is a wonderfl day, filled with the Spirit# The breath of the 1lmighty, (od the $oly (host can
ta)e the Word of @ess and inbreathe into the hearers a /ic)ened Spirit# @ess began to do, then to
teach# :o are in a divine process with revelation and divine power in the place of manifestation# If I
only come to impart the life which has broght revelation (od will be with me and blessing flows#
,ne day in *ew :or) on a bsy car rote, I saw a great crowd# I as)ed the driver to stop# I
saw a boy lying in the agony of death# I said, !What is it, boy6" $e answered in a wea) voice,
!Cramp#" There was no time to pray# ,nly to act5 I see 1cts ;+H, !###ye shall receive power####" It-s
the divine order# Fire brning, power flowing, divine glory, getting my hand arond the boy, I said,
!Come ot5" The boy 8mped p and ran off% never even saying, !Than) yo5"
1nother day on board ship % I had risen early and was on dec)# I saw my table steward, he
did not see me# $e seemed in great pain# I heard him say, !,h, I cannot bear it# What shall I do6" I
8mped p# I said, !Come ot5" $e said, !What is it6" I said, !It-s (od#" $e had hrt his bac) lifting a
heavy weight#
:es, beloved# We have an almighty (od# 1ble to help, able to comfort % the (od of all
comfort#
With power of impartation to a needy world, acting, for ye have renewed power# The power
of changing# The $oly (host coming pon yo# Then (od is glorified and the needy % the need of the
needy % met# 0ower received# The nction goes forth and (od is glorified# Receiving the 0ower
C1cts ;+HF the rivers flow C@ohn E+JEF# 1men#
Sermon preached at Soth Wales Convention
Faith $ebrews ;;+I, 1gst ;><A
$ebrews ;;+I % $ere is the sbstance of all things, I thin), no I am sre, becase a preacher
shold preach only what he is sre ofB everybody can thin), the preacher shold say what he )nows# I
am going to preach what I )now# That is a wonderfl position to be in, so we have a great sb8ect this
morning# We mst nderstand nothing less than this, we have to be the epistle of Christ, a living word,
a living faith, e/ipped with the revelation of the plan of the ftre, all things consist of $im Cv# ;F#
Faith+ 1 Living 0ower
Faith is a reality, not something that yo can handle, bt something that handles yo to handle
others# I am living in the inheritance of it becase of the faith of (od# It is a gift of (od C.phesians
<+HF#
Throgh faith the eternal Word by the operation of $is Spirit brings forth life in or hearts,
and we reali&e we are living in a divine order, where (od is manifesting $is power and living with
s# This is the plan of (od for s, or inheritance, that the world shold receive a blessing throgh s#
(od has come in s, living in s with a life divine# .veryone withot e'ception shall go away
with a new vision, a new boo), that we may go forth becase of the Word#
The Lord has one great plan in the meeting, to reveal to s that we are so mch greater than we
)now, a thosand times greater than yo have any conception of# The Word of the Lord will reveal
that all things are possible, if yo dare believe, and signs and wonders are within reach of all of s#
The Lord wishes me to ma)e it )nown this morning, yo have not to go p nor down to find $im# $e
is in yor hearts# The Word of life# I am perceiving that the Lord has this treasre within s, that the
e'cellency of the power shall bring glory of (od#
We have become parta)ers of the divine natre, the moment yo believe yo are begotten with
a new power, a lively hope, the power to lay hold of impossibilities and ma)e them actal# 4o yo
li)e it6 .vermore give s this Bread, they were enamored with $im, live forever, real life, eternal
life, the man that comes into this association with the Lord, it MisN his beyond all his earthly
measrement# :o will need a heavenly measre to measre this#
I am very hngry for yo today# I have seen the possibilities of every man in Christ# I mst
show yo that by the grace of (od, it is impossible nder all circmstances to fail# This )nowledge of
the Trth yo have within yo is so remar)able, it will pt yo in a place where failre is not to be,
yo will see the power of (od manifest in yor midst# If I spea) with any less Trth than this it wold
be of no importance, this is the greatest trth of all, I am saved by a new life, by the Word of the Lord,
by the living Christ# I become associated with a new creation, and $e is continally ta)ing me into
new revelations#
Faith 1nd The Word ,f (od
Compare $ebrews ;;+J and @ohn ;+;9J#
There is nothing made withot the Word of (od# 0eter says, !I am begotten with this Word#"
There is something within me which has 1lmighty power within it, if I dare believe itB it is heavenly
treasre, and is called the sbstance of faith#
0raise the Lord, it is from this meeting that yo have to go away reali&ing that (od is within
yo as a mighty power, to act# That signs and wonders may be made manifestB this is the great
prpose# $ave I believed 8st to get to heaven6 We mst be in the world for signs and wonders, for
the manifestation of the mighty power of (od#
CChors+ It-s 1ll Right *ow#F
The great secret of everything is this, are yo begotten6 If so, it is all right# It is an act within
yo# There are people here who are in need of a toch, the well is at the side of yo this morning, life
and liberty for captives# (od can ma)e this manifest# :o mst nderstand this+ while faith is a great
assrance and ta)es in (od-s bontifl provisionB yet nbelief is sin# :o have to see the contrast#
I am positive there has to be in hman life possibilities of divine life, and so there has to be a
death# In my tre )nowledge of trth, it is the depth of death which brings life, association with @ess#
With $im it was real# $e said to the disciples+ 1re yo able to drin) of this cp6 1nd they said, !We
are able#" $e replied, !:e shall drin)#" The cp and the baptism perfectly 8oin together# !:o"
cannot live if yo want to bring everything into life, it is only $is life that brings forth manifestations
of $is power# It is not in the hman, it is foreign to the hman# The hman mst decrease if the power
of the life of (od shall be made manifest by $is Spirit#
There is not room for two lives in one body# 4eath to yo is the way to the life of the Christ of
(od being manifested throgh yo# :or hman desires are a tremendos hindrance and crse to yor
life# $man spremacy, wanting to be someone, wanting to do something specialB and not ntil yo
can cease can (od increase#
7nbelief wold then be foreign to yor spirital natre, for yo wold then say, !I live by the
faith of the Son of (od#"
The $oly Spirit is the only ,ne to reveal @ess, and the revelation $e gives ma)es @ess so
real# I want to prove to yo that this Word is so effective, that we live it, we spea) it, we act it, and
we thin) it# 4o yo find $im in the streets, in the room, are yo occpied there spea)ing and thin)ing
in the $oly (host, praying and singing in the $oly (host6 It is the most wonderfl thing in life# It is
wonderfl how (od wor)s along these lines# Character is that which is within yo# Reali&e the
importance of that Word, it will be helpfl for all time# 0al said when I am wea), then am I strong#
Who is wea), and I am not wea)# @st in the measre of yor wea)ness, so is yor strength#
Faith%=nowledge%Spremacy
When yo have nothing yo can possess all things# If yo rely pon anything else, yo cannot
possess the greater things# The infinite (od is behind the man who has no trst in earthly things, yo
are in a place where yo are trsting in nothing bt (od# I have never yet condemned anyone of ta)ing
means, or sing means, bt I see the difference between having a whole Bible, a rich inheritance in
(od, and a part# I see the plan of (od is so mch greater than all else, if I have $im, I have life in me,
I have an abndance of this life# @ess wal)ed abot in the )nowledge of spremacy, $e was so living
in the )nowledge of the fllness of (od in $im that when $e met this people, they were bond to
believe that $e was in the place where $e was in the spremacy# That is a wonderfl thing, that (od
the $oly (host can ta)e s to where we )now we have the spremacy in the power of the *ame# It is
a great word, how every moment yo are so safe that yo receive nothing less than the divine life of
$im Who has all power#
I am saved by the living Word which is Christ, where the living sbstance is Christ# 1nd
everything was sb8ect to $im so that I nderstand# Really, everything mst be sb8ect nto me
becase of the )nowledge that $e has there manifested $is divine athority#
$ow shall I )now6 ,n the athority of the Word# What shall we do6 $e says believe# (od
wants to bring s there this morning, $e intends s to )now this Word# !Whatsoever $e saith shall
come to pass#" ,n the athority of the Word of (od, let me prove it#
1 certain man who was very wea), and frail in every way, his eyes were sn), chee)bones
were stic)ing ot, and his nec) was shrn)en, he came to me and said, !Can yo help me6" Cold I
help him6 :o will find there will not be a person in the place that cannot be helped# Whatsoever yo
are sffering from can be cred, and that pain from sffering can be cred, and that pain can cease# If
there are any persons sffering they may be healed at once, when (od is manifesting $is power#
There mst be signs and wonders# This man told me that he had a cancer, and that the physician, in
removing some of the matter, had ta)en away his swallow, and now he cold not swallow# When he
spo)e to me he spo)e with his breath#
$e plled ot a tbing, and showed me a piece of tbing abot nine inches long# This left an
opening in his stomach throgh which he had been feeding himself for three months with li/id# $e
was a living s)eleton, bt I cold help him on the Word of (od# !It shall come to pass whatsoever $e
saith, if ye believe," I began in the name of the Lord to saith# !(o home and eat a good spper#" $e
went home and told his wife that the preacher said he had to have a good spper# She prepared a
spper, and when it was ready he began to ta)e it and chew it over and over# Bt the Word of (od
mst come to pass# I saith he shold have a good spper, and it went down, ntil he was fll p, and
he went to bed fll p# $e had a new e'perience, life had come, bt this 8oy was not all# Wa)ing ne't
morning with a )nowledge of this, ot of criosity, he loo)ed down to his stomach, and he fond that
(od had healed himB the opening in his stomach having been closed#
1ll this is divine revelation# We mst not measre orselves by orselves, if we do we shall
always be small# 3easre yorself by the Word of (od, the great measrement that (od brings to
yo# 4on-t be fearfl, $e wants to ma)e s strong, powerfl, stalwart, resolte, resting pon the
athority of (od# It is on this line that I can only spea), and shall we not e/ip orselves li)e men6
We are those who have seen the =ing, we have been /ic)ened from the death# (od has wroght
special miracles in s allB we are made with one great design and prpose#
1 man stood in the doorway of a bilding, and he had not slept mch for three years, ntil he
got in sch a state that when he was shaving, an evil spirit wold say, !Life is not worth living," and
at times it had almost been done# Then when he went to the water-s edge the evil spirit wold say,
!@mp in, 8mp in, and finish with it, it is not worth it#" $e came and heard that he cold be delivered,
and he says, !I came p to the man that had been preaching, and said to him, I cannot sleep#"
1ccording to the Word of (od, I said, !(o home and sleep in the *ame of @ess#" *ow he says, !I
can sleep anywhere# I sleep, sleep, sleep, and (od saved me#" This was on the Word of (od# I mst
live on nothing else, it mst be more than my meat, more than my associations, to live in this $oly
Word# We have been preaching faith this morning, and I want yo that are sffering from pain in the
body to stand# I mst deal with someone that is conspicos# We mst deal with yo on the Word of
(od# There is no one here that will be overloo)ed, we have come here for that prpose, nobody shall
be overloo)ed#
This meeting finished at ;+?D 0#3#, the congregation singing+
,nly believe, only believe, 1ll things are possible, ,nly believe#
Several having divers diseases and infirmities were prayed for at the close of the foregoing
address at the 3onday morning meeting, and at the evening meeting the same day the following
testified that (od had healed them#
The 3oving Breath ,f The Spirit, 3onday 0#3#, 1gst ;><A
The Word is (od $imself Csee @ohn ;+;F#
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and
the Word was (od# @ohn ;+;
$ere is or attitde of rest# 1ll or hope is in the Word of the living (od# The Word of (od
abideth forever# ,h, the glorios trths fond therein# *ever compare this Boo) with other boo)s#
This is from heavenB it does not contain the Word of (od, it is the Word of (od# Spernatral in
origin, eternal in dration, vale, infinite in scope, divine in athorship# Read it throgh, pray it in,
write it down# The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom# The )nowledge of or wea)ness
broght the greatness of redemption % )nowledge is copled with 8oy# :o cannot have the
)nowledge of the Lord withot 8oy# @oy in the )nowledge of $im# Faith, grace is peace# *ot long
petitions, bt faith is peace# Where faith is ndistrbed is peace# .ternal faith, daring to believe what
(od has said# If I dare bt trst $im, I find it always comes to pass % no wavering, !###let not that
man thin)## he shall receive any thing of the Lord" C@ames ;+EF# ,nly believe#
The 0romise $ad Come
L)e ?+ !###@ess being fll of the $oly (host retrned from @ordan####" @ess, I-ll go throgh
with Thee# What did it really mean when $e said, !Be filled with the $oly (host"6 ,h, the difference
when we nderstand 1cts < and )now the flow of the life of the Spirit and we leap for 8oy beyond all
that had gone before, and the holy laghter# Bringing ot of the shadow the reality of the sbstance,
that which had been promised had come# $e or glorios Lord who cold spea) as no other, had
come to help the oppressed# The =ing nfolds $is will covering $is child, flooding the sol with
open vision, ntiring &eal# Fire5 Fire5 Fire5 Brning intensity in the hman sol, ntil he becomes an
e'pression of the =ing#
I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me# $e filled me with the $oly (host# I )now the Lord laid
$is hand on me# This @ess, this wonder9wor)ing @ess# $e came to be =ing5 Is $e =ing6 $e mst
reign % oh, so to yield that $e always has the first place# (lory be to (od# $e has come to abide
forever, flooding or sols# For @ess said, !When I go, I will send $im nto :o#"
$as $e come to yo6
$as $e come to yo6
$as the Comforter come to yo6
The Lord will reprove the world of sin, when the Comforter comes to yo# In $im (od has
given s an enrichment, a perfection of revelation# $e came to fill the Body and to bring forth that
which all the prophets had spo)en of+ ta)ing of the things of @ess and showing them nto s# The
woman had a well, bt after the $oly (host had come, it was a river, rivers of living water, grows
life from birth, prophetic tterance % a divine incoming, filled into all the flness of (od# Li)e a
flash of lightning, opening p divine revelation, that we can dance and sing in the Spirit en8oying
sweeter msic, rarity of character % Christ in yo the hope of glory# 1 vision of the glory of (od in
the face of @ess Christ# This the baptism of the $oly Spirit brings to s % !###@ess being fll of the
$oly (host###" CL)e ?+;F# $e is the Spirit of trth nveiling, ma)ing manifest, breathing throgh in
sch a way, brning, /ic)ening, ntil men cry ot, !What mst we do to be saved6" The breath of life
brning with intensity ntil the world feels the warmth and cries, !What mst we do6" ,h, the 8oy of
being filled with the $oly (host, with the divine prpose5 1ctivity5 In season and ot of season with
the sense of the divine approval# 1s the apostles were in their day, we are to be in or day# Filled %
filled into all the flness of (od# This same $oly (host# This same warmth# This same life, this same
heaven in the sol# The $oly (host brings heaven to s as $e reveals @ess, who is the =ing of
heaven# ,h, the perfection of belonging to $im, a preparation for every need# $e has s in the divine
moments# *o need to groan, cry, travail, or sigh# The Spirit of the Lord is pon me# The sense of the
$oly (host# .'perience, the wonder of $is breath, lifting the Word, ma)ing all new, meeting the
present need# These are the last days# Lery wonderfl are they and blessed with signs# The breath of
the Spirit nfolding, helping#
Revealed 0resence
I believe in the $oly (host# I believe in the $oly (host# (od gave s the $oly (host for tre
Son9li)eness, Son9e'pressiveness, with enforcement of e'pression# In Sweden in a par) a large
platform was erected for meetings, on the condition that the .nglishman did not pt his hands on the
people# I said, !Lord, :o )now all abot this# :o can wor)#" 1nd there the Lord revealed $is
presence and healed and saved the people# I said, !Who here is in need6 0t yor hands p#" $ands
went p all over# I saw a large woman# I said, !Tell yor troble5" She said pains were all over her
body# She was in terrible distress# I said, !Lift p yor hands in @ess *ame5" C$e came to heal the
sic), to nbind, to set free % $e said greater wor)s than these shall we do# $e that believeth on me#F
I said, !In the *ame of @ess, I set yo free in $is name# 1re yo free6" She replied, !:es, perfectly
free5"
(od pt $is hands on the people# (od, $is wonderfl ways of meeting the need# I believe to
see the glory of (od, setting free from all wea)ness#
@ess said, !The Spirit of the Lord is pon me to ma)e disciples of all nations#"
In *ew 2ealand when I first preached this glorios trth, I saw hndreds bapti&ed# In Sweden
the chrch was not pleased % a woman in the )ing-s hosehold was healed bt I had to leave the
contry# ,n one occasion there, I stayed in a side street# I arrived at >+JD % the meeting was at ?+JD
% so I went to the coast for a few hors- rest# When I came p, the street was fll from end to end
with wheelchairs and cars filled with the helpless and needy# The conveners said, !What shall we
do6" I said, !The $oly (host came to abide, to reign in spreme royal dignity#
Live in nction, freedom, inspiration# Li)e a river flowing# *othing less# That (od may be
glorified#"
(od loosed the people and broght deliverance to the captives# Was that all6 *o5 ,nly the
beginning5 The hose was pac)ed too5 ,h, the 8oy of being ready % (od mst set s all on fire %
there is mch land to be possessed# The fields are white nto harvest#
,h, the cry of the people % tal) abot weeping % oh, the 8oy of weeping# 1wfl place when
yo cannot weep with the breath of (od pon yo# I went on helping the people# ,h, the breath of the
Spirit#
@ess said, !The Spirit of the Lord is pon me#" (od spo)e to me as clearly as possible, !1s)
me5 I will give yo all in the place#" CI thoght it was too big#F $e whispered again, !1s), I will give
yo all in the hose#" I said, !,h my (od, say it again#" !1s) of me % I will give yo all in the
hose#" I said, !I as)5 I as) in faith5 I believe it#" The breath of heaven filled the place % the people
contined to fall down, weeping, crying, repenting# There is something wonderfl in this breath#
!The Spirit of the Lord is pon me," @ess said#
7pon me5 7pon me5
3ay (od move in or hearts to act in it# 4o yo want (od to have yo in $is splendid
palace6 Is it the longing cry of yor heart to come to this place6 (od can only choose those filled to
the ttermost# $ow many long to step into line % filled to the ttermost, hngering and thirsting after
(od-s flness6 Stand in a living e'perience as @ess, saying, !The Spirit of the Lord is pon me#"
(od, grant it to every one of yo# 1men#
Sermon preached at L-Lelly Convention
$igher Life, September A, ;><A
I want yo to get an 1rtesian well today# Something fll of 8oy# If yo have to case it, there is
something wrong# If (od cases it there is something right all the time# We mst be carefl to see that
(od intends, that $e means something greater than ever we have toched yet#
I have thoght a great deal abot momentos position# I find there is sch a thing as to trst
pon past tenses#
If a car has got to a certain place, some people get ot, bt some go on to the termins# Let s
go far enogh# There is only one thing+ to )eep in fll ran), to be always connected to the switch# It
will not do to trst to the past tense# Let s go forward#
3omentos power# 0ast tense won-t do# We mst have an inflow of the life of (od
manifested, becase we are in that place of manifestation# I want yo to sing today what I sing in all
my meetings# !,nly believe#"
,nly believe, only believe,
1ll things are possible, only believe, ,nly believe, only believe,
1ll things are possible, only believe#
The importance of that chors is that right there in the midst of that chors is that word only# If
I can get yo to see today that when yo can get rid of yorself and yor hman help and everything
else and only have (od behind yo, yo have got to a place of great reinforcement and yo have got to
a place of continal sccess# If yo help yorself% in the measre yo help yorself, yo will find
that the limitations of the life of (od and the power of (od are diminished# I find so many people
trying to help themselves# What (od wants is an absolte entire cling to $im % only one grand plan
which (od has got for s, !only believe#" 1bsolte rest, perfect sbmission# .ntirety, where (od has
ta)en charge of the sitation, and yo are absoltely broght into everything that (od has, becase yo
dare !only believe" what $e says# Conditions on (od-s side are always beyond yor as)ing or
thin)ing# The conditions on yor side cannot reach the other side withot yo come into a place that as
yo see that as yo rest on the omnipotent plan of (od, it cannot fail to be sccessfl# (od wold
have me to press into yor heart a living trth % only to believe, absolte rest, perfect tran/ility,
where (od is absoltely ta)ing charge of the whole sitation, and yo say, !(od has said it, and it
cannot fail#" 1ll $is promises are yea and amen to those who believe# 1re yo ready to sing it now6
Let s see how far yo get on with it now# ,nly believe, only believe, all things are possible, only
believe####
The Life Contrary To This Life
Romans H+;9;E % We have got a tremendos big sb8ect today, bt it will be one that will be
helpfl becase it is in the realm of spirital vitality, and I want today to spea) to yo on life, becase
I find that there is nothing going to help yo in this higher life, of reaching it, of pressing in or living
by nction, only this divine life, which shall always, if we yield orselves absoltely to it# We get not
only e'ercised by it, bt )ept in perfect rest, where (od is giving s rest# 1nd it is needed in this day,
for this is a day when people everywhere are getting self9contented on the natral lines and there is
not that definite cry or prayer within the sol that is ma)ing them cease from everything and crying ot
for (od and the coming of the Son# So I am intensely an'ios and fall of desire today that I may by
some means /ic)en or move yo on to a place where yo shall see what is for yo in the Spirit#
Life# Life is one of those positions in Christ which is absoltely different from death# Life has
everything in it to ma)e people long for# 4eath has everything in it that ma)es people shdder from#
1nd this light of the life of the Spirit that (od wants me to bring before yo today is an absolte
position where (od has designed for s to live free from the law of sin and death# So yo can see I
have a great sb8ect after the divine mind of the 3aster# :o remember what the 3aster said# $e
said, !$e that lived to himself wold die# $e that see)eth to live wold die, bt he that is willing to
die will live#" (od wants s to see that there is a life that is contrary to this life#
The Spirit of the Lord reveals to s in the Word of (od % $e that believeth on the Son hath
life, he that believeth not shall not see life, and yet he is living and wal)ing abot, and yet he is not
seeing life# There is a life which is always broght into condemnation, which is living in death# There
is a life which is free from condemnation % living in the life#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od, the 1thor, the Finisher, the bringing into,
the e'pression in the hman life, changing it from that downward grade and lifting it and bringing it
into a place of revelation to see that (od has designed me to be greater than anything in the world#"
I want yo all to nderstand today that the design of (od-s Son for s is to be so mch greater
in this world than we have ever comprehended# The design is not where I was when I came into the
room, it is what the spirital revelation shall bring me into toch with % a divine harmony ntil I
toch ideals today, ntil it is something more# 3y eyes are loo)ing p, my heart is srrendered# 3y
heart is big and enlarged in the presence of (od, for I want to hear one word from (od, !Come p
higher" and (od will give s that# $igher into a holy association#
There is a word of helpflness in the first verse# !There is therefore now no condemnation#"
The most important thing in all the world % there is nothing to be compared to it# It is beyond all yo
can thin) % the person who has the heavens opened above him, the person who has come into the
realm of faith and 8oy to )now, for I )now that he hears me when I pray, I )now I have the petition# So
(od the $oly (host today wold have s to nderstand that there is a place in the $oly (host order
where there is no condemnation# $oliness, prity, righteosness, higher grond, perfection, and being
more perfected in the presence of (od# This higher grond state, it is holy desire, it is perfectness
where (od is bringing s to live in, that $e may smile throgh and act pon ntil or bodies become a
flame of light ignited by omnipotence# This is (od-s plan for s in the inheritance# It is an inheritance
in the race that (od wants s today in, this race, this divine race, this crowned race, this divine place
is for s today#
*o condemnation# The great secret of the plan of (od for s this afternoon is to see or
covering# To those which are in# ,h, the covering, oh, the enfolding, oh, those eyes, those lovely eyes,
that lovely @ess, that blessed assrance of entrenchment, that )nowledge of the Roc) of 1ges cleft+
for me, that place where I )now I am in# 1nd that 8oy nbonding where I )now there are neither
devils nor angels nor principalities nor powers to interfere with that life in Christ# Wonderfl5 *o
weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper % evil report or good report % (od ma)es s
devil9proof, so that power of the 3ost $igh (od has pt s in# If we had pt orselves in, it wold
have been different# We were in the world, bt (od too) s ot of the world and pt s into Christ, so
(od today by $is Spirit wants s to see how this regenerative power, this glorios principle of
(od-s high thoghtflness is for s# I can see if I will leave myself in $is sweetness % oh, there is a
sweetness abot the Lord, oh, there is a glorios power behind s when (od is behind# There is a
wonderfl going before when $e goes before, and $e said, !I will go before and I will be thy
reward," and so I see that (od the $oly (host wants me today to penetrate or bring forth or show
forth the glorios 8oy there is in this wonderfl incarnation of the Spirit for s all in Christ @ess#
(lory to (od5
It reaches me, it reaches me,
Wondros grace it reaches me,
0re e'hastless, ever flowing,
Wondros grace it reaches me#
I can see this order of life that (od has for s today, it is to ma)e me free from the law of sin
and the law of death# 0raise the Lord5 1nd I find that all sin is down9grade and gravity, and I find that
all faith is a lifting place into the admiration of (od# So (od wants to spread forth $is wings and
show that $e is able, $e is almightiness, and $e is able to preserve that which we have committed
nto $im, becase $e is or Lord# *ot only Creator, bt preserver#
*ot only redeemed me, bt now $e is preserving me# I see I cannot do any of these things of
myself, bt $e has made it possible, if I believe, $e will do it# So I absoltely believe that the Word I
am preaching nto yo is sent forth by the power of the Spirit# I find ot that (od has strengthened
yor hands and is preparing yo for the race, the race that is set before yo# It is the divine plan I see
to as) in my life that I may be absoltely in the place where I am preserved from all evil# These are
days when Satan is very great, oh yes, he is tremendosly bsy see)ing whom he may devor, bt I am
finding ot this+ that (od has blessed me and has blessed s that we will be in a place where we are
more than overcomers# It is to have a shot at the end of the fight % to not only overcome, bt to be
able to stand when we have overcome, not fallen down# I cont it a great privilege that (od has
opened my eyes to see that this great plan of $is has been arranged for s before the fondation of the
world and we may all 8st come into line with (od to believe that these things which $e has
promised mst come to pass to him that believeth# Trn bac) once more to the thoght# *o man,
whoever he is, will ever ma)e progress withot he learns that he is greater than the adversary# If yo
don-t learn, if yo don-t nderstand, if yo don-t come into line today with the thoght that yo are
greater than the adversary, yo will find ot that yo have a strggle in yor life# I want to breathe
throgh yo today a word which is in the Scriptre, which is, !$e that is with yo#" I don-t want to
ta)e anybody ot of their bearings, I want to be so simple that everyone who is here and hears this
trth shall so )now that they have a fortification, that they have the oracles of (od behind them in
trth, that they have the power of (od with them to overcome him throgh the blood of the Lamb# Who
is he that overcomes, bt he that believeth that @ess is the Christ, for it is he that overcomes the
world, even throgh this yor faith# *ow faith is the spreme, divine characteristic position where
(od is entrenched, not only in the life, bt throgh the life, the mind, the body# :o will never find
yo are anything e/al against the power of the enemy only on the athority that within yo, yo have
an athority laid down# $e that believeth in $is heart is able to move the montain, bt yo do not
believe in yor heart, till yor heart is made perfect in the presence of (od, for as yo thin) in yor
heart, so are yo# So if yor great thoghts are on the $oly ,ne, if yo are seeing (od### blessed are
the pre in heart, for they shall see (od# These are the people that see this trth that I am presenting to
yo today and it is in them, that ma)es them more than con/erors# Life over sin, life over death, life
over the diseases, life over the devil# 0raise the Lord5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od is not the 1thor of confsion bt the 1thor
of peace and bringeth to life and focses the eye till it sees (od only and when yo come there yo
shall stand#"
,h, the thoght, the standing, the pre hands, the clean heart, so (od the $oly (host has
designed for s within the plan of this realm of grace, hidden, lost, completely lost to the devil, not
able to come near# $e coverethB $e hidethB we are sealed# Bless the Lord5 Sealed ntil the day of
redemption# We so believe in the athority of the 1lmighty that we trimph in this glorios realm# ,h,
this divine toch of (od to the hman sol brings s all to say !all things are possible#"
0raise the Lord -tis so, praise the Lord -tis so,
,nce I was blind bt now I see,
,nce I was bond bt now I am free,
Throgh faith I have got the victory,
0raise the Lord -tis so#
1nd so the Lord has a great plan for s today to see, or rather bring s to, or wealth in ChristB
or wealth, how rich, beyond all comparison# 4eep calleth nto deep# The Lord hath prepared for s
not only a son9ship, bt an heirship, not only an heirship, bt a 8oint9heirship, not only feeling the
breath of (od, bt the breath of (od moving s, not only toching fire, bt fire brning everything that
cannot stand fire, and so in this holy sea of life, this divine inheritance for s I see the trth so fll of
8oy nspea)able today and I see it and I read it to yo# There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ @ess# ,h, hallel8ah5 Then I notice clearly that we mst see and we mst get
always the facts of these trths# It is a law# Well, there is a law of gravitation and there is a law of
life and we mst see the difference and we mst live in life which ceases to die, we mst live in a life
which contines to die and to die daily, becase when yo die yo receive life, and in that life, the
baptism of the $oly (host is a baptism into a death, to a li)eness nto death, to the Son of 3an in $is
li)eness# The baptism of the $oly (host is the prifying, energi&ing, and bringing the sol where it
toches ideal immensity# (od wants s to have no other plan in or mind bt this#
Floodtide ,f Refreshing
*ow come along with me for the Lord has many things to say to s# I see that the devil wants
to destroy# *ow listen, yo will find that @ohn ;D+;D is more real than ever# It says that the devil or
the thief cometh to steal becase he is a thief and then if he can steal, he will destroy, he will )ill and
then he will destroy# I also find that @ess comes along with a floodtide of refreshing and says, !I
have come with life, with life and abndance of life#" 1bndance of life means that yo live in an
activity of divine inspiration, that yo never toch the other thing, yo are above it, yo are only in
association with it to pray it throgh or case the salt to be more salty or the light to be more bright
till they can see the way li)e the city that cannot be moved# It is a fondation of (od-s principle and
everyone that )nows it says that is (od# I will go a little frther to help yo# I find ot this, that
whatever yo learn in this meeting or these meetings today, I say it fearlessly, fearless of any
contradiction# (od has given yo another chance of seeing light and life# If yo fail to sei&e the
opportnity, yo will find yo will be worse tomorrow#
(od spea)s throgh me to tens of thosands all over# (od is sending me forth to stir the
people to diligence# 3ine is not an ordinary message# :o will never find I have an ordinary
message# The past tense is ordinary message# I mst be on fire, the day is too late for me to stop# I
mst be catching fire, and in the wing# I am intensely in earnest and mean all I say in this meeting#
Within are the thoghts to impregnate yo today with a desire from heaven to let yo see that yo have
not to give place to the devil, neither in thoght nor word, and I pray (od the $oly (host yo will be
so stirred that yo will have a conviction come over yor sol that yo dare disbelieve any of that
trth, bt rather the whole body shall be aflame with the epistle of trth# $e that hath seen me hath
seen the Father# Is that so6 ,h, $e said, !3e and 3y Father will come and dwell in yo#" :es, and
when $e comes to dwell in s, it is to be the epistle, it is to be the manifestation, the power, it is to be
the Son of (od wor)ing miracles, destroying the power of the devil, casting ot evil spirits, laying
hands on the people# They shall live that were dying nder the power of the devil# This is life divine
and this is (od-s thoght for yo in this meeting+ if yo will not fail to recogni&e the good hand of
(od coming to s this afternoon, (od spea)ing to s of these deep things of $imself, that means so
mch for s#
,h, bless (od that I am entrsted with sch a (ospel, with sch a message, bt in me first it
brns# :o cannot bring anything to anybody else before yo have reached it first yorself# :o
cannot tal) beyond yor wisdom# (od brings yo to test these things# Then becase yo desire to
handle, and becase yo chance to eat these things, and ot of the eating and digesting of these things,
it shall come as the refining fire and floodtide pon the dry grond, becase we shall be a flame of
fire for (od# 4ivine inspiration, catching the vision all the time and wal)ing in the $oly (host# ,h,
bless the Lord5
I )now the Lord, I )now the Lord,
I )now the Lord has laid $is hands on me#
(lory to @ess5 That (ood hand of (od# ,n me only6 *o5 *o5 *o5 (od has come to more than
me in this place, bt the important thing is that we recogni&e the hand of (od and the voice of (od
and that we recogni&e the power of (od, how to be carefl and gentle and how to have wisdom to
abide in the anointing and to )eep in the place where (od is not only consming fire, bt also
prifying fire# (lory to (od5 ,h, for this holy, intense &eal or this &ealos position for (od to give s
today, that shall absoltely pt s in a place where we )now this day has (od spo)en to me, once
more this day has (od broght before me another opportnity# This day# Than) (od in $is grace and
)indness opened the way, beloved# The Lord spea)s once, yea twice# (od nfolds the =ingdom to
yo, bt $e e'pects yo to 8mp in and go throgh#
The @st 0lace
There is therefore now no condemnation# I wold not ta)e a million of all the ban)s possess
for this# What does it mean6 There is condemnation comes to s if we )now that we oght to be
frther on in the race than we are# Something has stopped s# It does not mean to say becase there is
no sin in yor life % that is not it % it may be that % it will have some demarcation on all lines# It
means so mch to me# I )now I was bapti&ed with the $oly (host# The $oly (host was not the life %
@ess is the life, bt the $oly (host came to reveal the life# The $oly (host is not trth % @ess is the
trth, bt the $oly (host is the Spirit of that trth# So I mst see this, that (od means so mch for me
today# I notice and am noticing that to be withot condemnation I mst be in the 8st place with (od# It
is a wonderfl thing to be 8stified by faith, bt I find there is a greater place of 8stification than this#
I find this, becase 1braham believed (od $e acconted it to him for righteosness# That was more
than the other# (od acconted it to him for righteosness becase 1braham believed (od# $e impted
no sin and therefore $e gives him wings# When he impted no sin, he lifted him into the righteosness
of (od, lifted him ot of himself into a place of rest and (od covered him there# 1braham has not
received anything of the Lord that $e is not willing to give to anyone in this place# I am seeing today
whatever I have reached I am only on the rippling of the wave of the bosom of (od-s intense &eal of
love and compassion# $e is always saying, nothing less than this, !Come on,Q so I am going forward#
I am here this afternoon with a whole heart to say, !Come with me, for the Lord has spo)en good
concerning $is people, and $e will give them the land of promise and no good thing will $e
withhold#" So I )now that (od is in the place to bless today, bt I want yo to catch the fire, I want
yo to come ot of all yor natral propensities, for I tell yo nothing is detrimental to yor spirital
rising as yor natral mind and yor body, which is a thoght that is thoght over before it has been
coming ot in thoght# *othing will destroy yor spirital life bt yor own self# $e )new that did
0al and therefore he said, !I cont myself bt dng#" 1nything else6 :es5 $e says, !Therefore I
conferred not with flesh and blood#" $e was getting very near this# I tell yo there is a good many
things, natral associations# 1s a @ew he came over to the plan of redemption where everything was
absoltely foolishness in their estimation and ran) hypocrisy# 1nything else6 Certainly5 If I can only
win $im# ,h, what apprehension there was in him, what beatifl positions of his character# $e had
revealed to him abot this *a&arene =ing who was worthy of him to come into line to see# I can
nderstand today that (od breathes pon him absoltely, it is the breath of divine order, it is the
breath of desire# (od breathes on, and as $e breathes on him I see this#
,h, to )now5 3y word, to )now that so many years since, (od bapti&ed me and I can say
withot a shadow of a dobt, (od has swept me on# :o )now it5 $ow I have always longed to go# I
tell yo, if yo come there, yo will have to say !no" to a thosand things in yor natral order, for
yor own hearts will deceive yo# Be carefl of yor friends and relations, they are always a damp
rag or a wet blan)et# (od wants s to lean on $im, and go on with $im and dare to believe $im# *o
condemnation# ,h, how sweet the thoght# *ever mind, brothers, I am not here today to crsh any
here, to brise# I am here in the $oly (host order I )now, to ma)e yo long to come on, long to obey,
long to say to everything that is not the high order of holiness, that ma)es me say, !Whoever misses, I
will go throgh#"
I-m going throgh, @ess, I-m going throgh,
I-ll pay the price whatever others do,
I-ll ta)e the way of the Lord-s despised few,
I-m going throgh, @ess, I-m going throgh#
4aily ,ffering
It is worth it all# 0raise the Lord5 Worth it all# Since last time I was with yo before, than)
(od, /ic)ened by the Spirit, I have covered over ??,DDD miles# :o cannot thin) abot it in yor
mind+ it is too vast# 1t all places (od in $is Spirit has been moving me# 3y, I have seen the glory of
(od moving# I have had the pleasre of seeing <,DDD people in the morning and in the evening over
A,DDD to hear me preach# What opportnities5 What times of refreshing5 What wonderfl things one
sees, and I reali&e this that nothing wold do % yo cold not rely pon anything of the past, and so I
am reali&ing the trth now, it is this, I see it is a whole brnt offering, I see it is an offering in
righteosness, and I see, it is an offering that is accepted, and I see it is a daily offering# *o past
sanctification is good enogh for today, and I find that this life leads yo on to see that it is a
sanctification with an inward desire of being more perfected every day# 1nd while I )now I was
wonderflly saved, yet I find, it is being saved % while I see it has designs within it for the coming
of the =ing, I see it enriches me with a ceaseless warmth that I cannot get ot of it# *othing will do
withot I am absoltely heated p with this life, becase I mst see the =ing#
0entecost, since it came, has been spo)en against, and if there is not someone rising p against
yo, if there is not a war on, it is a bad 8ob for yo# I tell yo this in sincerity, if yo are not ma)ing
the people mad or glad, there is something amiss with yor ministry# If yo leave people as yo fond
them, (od is not spea)ing by yo# So, there mst be an intensity of enlargement of this divine
personality, of (od in the sol, so absoltely bringing to a place where yo )now it wold be awfl
to remain two days in the same place#
I do not )now how it sonds, bt I tell yo, it is intense &eal# Come on a little nearer now###
opportnities possible# (od has right of way to the heart and life to bring them to a place where
opportnities are made for the possibility to be accomplished# There is a place in (od where (od
has need and the need is the opportnity, bt $e mst have someone to 8mp in the place to meet the
need so the opportnity is the place that (od has met and the flfilling of the place is where (od has
yo in hand for the place# I am reali&ing this that (od mst impress pon yor heart right -rond abot
yo wherever yo are (od has for yo today an opportnity# It will stand erect before yo and by that
means yo will be broght into a place where yo will convince the people becase (od is there# The
Word of (od is withot shadow or dobt effective, destroying# 1nd bringing abot perfect life#
*otice frther, let me give yo an instance# (od has a place, a way in this remar)able#### I
came across, C(od had to reveal to me these thingsF, came across a man in my last trip# $e travelled
with me# I saw he was a man that MwasN absoltely eaten p with natral life, natral positions in life,
he was a man that bred race horses# $e was a man eaten p with the world-s ambitions# $e had a lot
of race horses, and as I spo)e to this man he was in a terrible state# $e wept, he was in sch a state
abot this thing, as I spo)e to him he did everything he cold to try to sha)e off, and I held to it that
(od had me there for that place to sha)e that man throgh and by some means to bring him to a right
place where deliverance wold come# While the Word of (od pressed throgh me, he shoo) it off
and shoo) it off and came before me from time to time bringing others with him to lagh the thing
throgh, bt I )new (od had me in the right place#
1nd then we stopped at a place called Fi8i Islands# It is remar)able that people get to )now
that I am on the ship, there is generally a wireless to )now if I will stop and preach at this place#
Whilst I was preaching the Lord blessed me amongst these people#
This man went ot along with a lot more in a car and when they got ot in the bsh wood, he
was bitten with a sna)e, and I saw it as clear as anything# I saw that (od-s hand was in the whole
thing, bt he came to me and as he loo)ed at me his face was as pale almost as my hand)erchief# 1s
he loo)ed at my face he said, !I am dying, I )now I am dying," he says, !I have been bitten with a
sna)e#" $e plled p his trosers, there his leg was changed# $e said, !It is going over my body, I am
poisoned throgh," he says, !Can yo help me6"
I have been going p and down the world twice all over the world on a world rond trip and
besides the islands of the sea, (od has had me and I have never yet fond a position that I cold not
help###or###on the athority on that word, and there is not a person in this place this afternoon, I do not
care what yo are or what is amiss bt what (od can help yo# 1s I said this last wee) at a large
place, I said to the whole place, !I am a perfect stranger, this meeting has been got p for this time#" I
said, !I stand here and in the *ame of @ess," I said, !There is not a person in this meeting that if yo
are in pain wold be in pain if yo wold let me pray for yo# 1nd M(odN healed the people even
before I toched them# ,h, we have a wonderfl (od, we mst )now $im and we mst let nothing
come between s that we do not get to )now $im more, and loo)ing at me again he said, !Can yo
help me6"###--:es," I says, !I can#"
*ow how cold I help him6 What did @ess say, did $e say, is $is Word tre, !(reater things
than these shall ye do#" The athority of this Word is right before s# 1nything else6 !I will give yo
power over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hrt yo," and ta)ing my hand
and placing it on that bitten place of the serpent, I said, !In the *ame of @ess I command this to
leave," and he stamped his foot and stamped his foot and he said, !I )now I am healed, there is not an
atom of pain and my whole body is different#" $e plled p his troser-s leg and the swelling and
everything went right down before the eye#
,h, this same @ess, this igniting power# What do yo say it is6 I say it is life5 :o cannot
e'plain it by any other, it is the law of the life of the Spirit of Christ ma)ing manifest in yor heart
everything contrary to sin and death and disease and so awa)ening within yo the living principle of
divine order till erect in the athority of (od yo stand, till yo )now that $e who has given yo
power will give yo power for $is glory to be e'hibited in the world# I am here to invite yo to a
wonderfl fll apprehension, to a fller life in Christ#
Swallowed 7p In Life
I am going to close with one word, becase of the importance of the word % I want to give
yo one word more of life# Trn with me to the fifth chapter of the Second Corinthians, it will have
something to do with this important treasre# I am seeing this, if I preach anything less than these three
things, I find I miss the whole opportnity of my life#
I mst have a ministry of faith and I mst have clothing this ministry of faith, I mst have the
Spirit of life to ma)e manifest this ministry of faith and then I mst have a convincing evidence
throgh the power of the Spirit of imparting that to the lives of the people# I pray that yo shall lay
hold of this trth#
We have here in this fifth chapter one of the best things that (od has given me now for some
time is this, this ministry of life#
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being brdened+ not
for that we wold be nclothed, bt clothed pon, that mortality
might be swallowed p of life# 9 < Corinthians A+?
$ere is one of the greatest trths that was in this 0entecostal evidence, or life in evidence or
the evidence in the life# I find that @ess is not coming to fetch the body % that is perfectly in order,
we cannot get away from the fact, bt @ess is coming for the life in the body# The body may mortify,
bt that body will not be in the glory# (od will give it a body, and the only thing $e is going to give is
life, and the life is not yor life, bt $is life in yo# :or life is /ic)ened by that which is in
association with the life# :o cannot define the position, it is so complete this# $e that dwelleth in
(od dwelleth in $im and $e in him# @ess came to give s $is life# 0al says, !*ow I live, yet not I
bt $e lives % $is life#" In Colossians we read this that when $e appears, who is or life, then shall
we appear#
*ow lest we shold miss this great awa)ening of these last days to be ready to be caght p,
which is as yo are in the activity of a holy ascendancy of life, yo will find yor whole desire is to
see $im becase $e gives the desire and yo will find yo have not a desire otside the desire of
pleasing $im# Between yo there is a 8oy or flness of e'pression all the 8oy that yo have come into
oneness where yo see it is $is life being manifest in yor mortal body that is ma)ing yo so free
from the natral life and yo are 8oined p to the spernatral#
0al said $e wanted to go, not to be nclothed bt clothed pon % there is a thoght# 4o we
want to go6 *o5 *o5 That is not the order of the body, that is not the order of the natral man, that is
not the order of the hman % what does he want6 $e wants to be so clothed pon, that is the first
thing, clothed pon# When6 *ow5 1nything else6 :es5 1nd the life clothed pon and the life within
the body eating p every mortality, every sense, every hman desire, everything that has cased grief,
sorrow, bro)enness of heart, interfering with or rest, stopping the shining of or face, ma)ing s feel
how sorry we were# (od wants to have $is way with s, live in s to eat p everything, till the body
shall only be a body filled with the Spirit life, the body only to be an e'istence only for the temple as
the temple for the Spirit % and then what6
*o5 *o5 Bt preserved blameless, the body, the sol, the spirit % in the world blameless, and
the coming of the =ing, ta)ing the life and changing it to present it with $im % (od bring s there# 1s
sre as yo leave here today, as sre as I have had this fellowship with yo in the Spirit, as sre as
yor heart has been warmed in this holy place, I loo) at yo today and I say never mind the past# :o
may have a thosand things that spoils yo % forget them# Cont that (od has overcome for yo in
order that yo shall overcome and present yo faltless, yea spotless, in the presence of the =ing %
this life eating p mortality# $allel8ah5 The law of the life of the Spirit of Christ ma)ing yo free
from the law of sin and death# Can I attain today6 This is a problem# !I have failed a thosand times,"
yo say# *ever mind, brother# Is yor heart warmed6 4o yo love to be beaten, or do yo love to
come into line with $im6 Will yo pay the price for it6 What is the desire of yor heart6 :o may be
sorry for the past, bt let (od have yo for the ftre# :o wold not li)e to remain as yo were
before yo came in this meeting, I )now yo wold not, yo feel e'actly the position# :o say, !Lord,
forgive everything of the past bt help me, Lord, today to offer an offering in righteosness before
Thee, today I give myself afresh#
3essage given at Bethany 0entecostal 3ission Room 0dsey
Righteosness, Sffering, 4eath September ;><A
0hilippians J+;9;? % I believe the Lord-s will is that I read this, it is the most blessed trth,
(od is revealing $imself so as to give s a vision of the 3aster#
0al had many visions of the 3aster, bt there were many things that had to be told him
becase he was not amongst the disciples who wal)ed with the 3aster, nor connected with those
plans of the 3aster, he was born as one ot of de season# There were many things that were
rehearsed to him# 0ictre his life and the varios manifestations, there was always something abot
the 3aster told to him#
*ow he gets to a place where he desires all that the 3aster has# 1s far as )eeping the law he
was blameless, and he had a &eal which went so far as to persecte the Chrch# In the midst of it all
he sees what the 3aster had# I want by the grace of (od this morning to help yo# Christ is the great
principle, not only the great teacher#
There is something in the new birth of the divine character, that ma)es s long all the time that
we may be li)e $im# *ot so mch an impression, bt something in or life, words, acts, which ma)es
people )now we have been with the 3aster, and that we have learned of $im# 0al was there, we are
the circmcision which worship (od in the Spirit, and are righteos in @ess Christ, and have no
confidence in the flesh# I am perceiving by the Spirit of the living (od that there is no good thing in
me# That in $im there is not only energi&ing power, bt the Spirit moves me to see that in the act there
was divine character# The presence of the ideal character that )ept $im all the time, calm, collected,
and within $im also there was something of that compassion, that )nowledge of the needy# This is the
place for me to reach, yes I feel after that, the character of the Lord# I want to emphasi&e the word#
In Christ
: dobtless, and I cont all things bt loss for the e'cellency ofea
the )nowledge of Christ @ess my Lord+ for whom I have sffered
the loss of all things, and do cont them bt dng, that I may win
Christ# 0hilippians J+H
0al was not see)ing the )nowledge of salvation, there was something which salvation
broght as a spring into his sol, all the life which was within the life, which had within itself divine
resorces, a longing after $im# ,h, that I might win $im, all of s mst reach the state of the
crcifi'ion# 0al had heard abot it, how before the 8dgment seat, he ttered not a word, and how
with the rod they smote $im, and gave $im vinegar and how in the midst of the crcifi'ion, $e had
love for $is enemies, !Father, forgive them, for they )now not what they do#" To win $im in
persection and in trial, to trn the soft answer, when reviled not to revile again#
Is this the tre pictre within or hearts this morning, is it the reality, have we felt li)e this6 Is
there no help for s6 We are apprehended to be made perfect, even thogh we have had a thosand
failres (od has apprehended s, it does not matter# For the perfection, the ideal perfection, nothing
less than sonship, nothing less than prity# !Be ye therefore perfect###" C3atthew A+?HF#
The secrity of or position, the importance is to win $im, thogh we fail, don-t give in# The
e'cellency of the character is before s, the divine prpose is wor)ing right throgh#
We are not to be in the Convention to be entertained, bt these days are days of /ic)ening,
reviving, stirring, and moving s# ,h, yes, the 3aster is before s in many revelations as we hear the
spea)ers, the Lord opens the door so that we can have a new vision and enter into the divine
character of the Lord#
Righteosness
Lerse > % !1nd be fond in him, not having mine own righteosness####" I am continally
confronted with thisB am I prepared and willing, (od comes to me over and over again# ,h, for this
faith to be always reali&ing what happens# (od is my plan for the prpose of ma)ing me )now the
righteosness which is by faith# That I may be fond in $im, ndistrbed whatever it is# There is
something in the righteosness which is of faith, which helps yo to gradate#
It lives, this roc) is so real to be pon, and yet from that position, yo find the Word of (od
lives, and yor own position fails# (od says he will hold them with the righteosness which is by
faith# This !fond in $im" is so remar)able, it is right for every emergency#
0hilip# What shall we do for this great mltitde today6 Loo) at @ohn I# What a pictre of the
3aster, who was at rest in the )nowledge, they have been with $im now for very many days, and they
will be fainting by the way# $e was proving 0hilip, for $e $imself )new# That is the wonderfl thing,
in $im#
Can we reach the place, where we can be in the 3aster-s will, where we can absoltely see
where (od can plan for s6 I li)e the righteosness which is of faith#
1re yo at yor wit-s end, or in a tried place, do yo thin) yo have committed the
npardonable sin6 Brothers and sisters, there is a place where (od pts yo in a place, where yo are
in $im, however severe the storm or strain may come#
0hilip says, !<DDd# worth of bread is not sfficient for these people, and it is a desert place,
bt there is a lad here with a few loaves and fishes#" This was a stri)ing evidence of foresight, and
/ite easy to the 3aster#
Some have said it was /ite easy to feed with these loaves, they were so big, bt they do not
say the boy carried them#
The 3aster handled them, and when the 3aster handles s, my word, the Lord can enlarge s
if we are ready, $e has a wonderfl way of enlarging things# $e $imself )new what $e wold do#
1nd 0al said, !If only I can get there, the principle of the righteosness of this Christ, the place
where nothing was too big, he cold meet the need of all#" There is something (od wants s to handle
this morning, not only to win $im and $is principles, $e was always in the restfl place, in $im,
0raise (od#
3y sol is warm this morning, it is the principle of the 3aster, where nothing is too mch for
me to do if only I can reach the state where Christ was living in me# $e moves in this great scene, he
has another plan here, the Lord wants to bring s a little frther#
Resrrection
Lerse ;D % !That I may )now him, and the power of his resrrection####" There is something
prior to the great resrrection, these are principles# ,nly to )now the power of $is resrrection with
a divine revelation of the principles, to ma)e s see that while @ess was in the earth, $e had the
power of the resrrection#
It is lovely for me to hear how (od is establishing the trth I said in the gifts# (reater wor)s
than these shall ye do, and $e was raising from the dead# Lord, give s grace not to stmble#
3ay $e bring s to the place, where we cont all bt loss that we may gain $im# There is to
be a new man made within the man to manifest the divine plan for the people in or day# It is glorios
to read of the prophets, Isaiah, .&e)iel, and also of .noch and Lot, bt this is or day# (od-s plan for
me is the otporing of the $oly (host, and there is within this great plan a rising of or minds that
we may be associated with this great principle of faith#
When 4orcas died they sent for 0eter, and he came, and they broght ot the things she had
made# This woman had lived in benevolence, and gave her life for the people# The eagerness and the
longings of the people broght 0eter to a place where he sat by the corpse# What was it that moved
him6 It was the longings of the cry of the people, her ministry to them had been the ministry of Christ#
$er spirit drew, and manifested itself, and laid hold of 0eter, and he sat down by this corpse#
Reali&ing the need of a presence, he said, !4orcas," and she opened her eyes, it was the
principle, it mst come to a place of helplessness on every line#
!Loo) 0eter, @ames and @ohn, I will show yo, stand on one side, I am the resrrection and the
life#" The presentation before them was death, they had 8st broght within the gates of *ain a yong
man dead, did $e say I will show yo how to do it6 ,h, no, that is not the way of the 3aster# @ess
had compassion on the widow, and the compassion for the widow was greater than death# 3ay I be
fond in $im not having mine own righteosness, the trth that is hidden in me, is greater than me,
manifesting the power of (od# It is not in hman natre, bt in the power of (od#
Sfferings
Lerse ;D % 4oes (od want me to sffer for another, one man has sffered# There is
something abot the fellowship of $is sfferings, can we reach the agony of the depressed, and
bro)en6 This fellowship is only to be reached in one way, that is to bear with them# !If $e )new what
manner of woman this was," the disciples said# We )now they all )new her, and that she was a
woman of the city, bt nobody )new her as well as $im, that is the fellowship of sffering# She had
seen the 3aster, and she )nelt at the feet of @ess and got what she wanted, and she was among them
in the pper room that spo)e with tonges#
4eath
Conformable to $is death# Is it the death of $is cross6 *o, bt death9li)eness# What wold
happen if the trmpet blew for yo to be a =ing6 That night $e went to pray althogh $e was a =ing#
There was a death there, it was the very clamor of hman 8stice# 1nd (od can ma)e $is
death to save s from where the flesh rises to be something, to )eep s where we can be for (od, $e
has a perfect way of doing it#
(od can grant yo the desires of yor heart, becase $e hath laid hold of yo, apprehended
yo# :o are in the meeting that yo may see yor apprehension, and be apprehended of $im#
Whatsoever is in yor hearts this morning, (od is greater than yor hearts, greater than all things, let
s rise and give orselves to (od#
3essage given at Second 1nnal Convention of the 1ssemblies of (od =ingsway $all
The Favored 0lace, ,ctober ;><A
1re yo in6 ,h, be I*5 In Christ in (od# Ready for action, moved by the breath of the Spirit
% to pray throgh, to preach throgh, manifesting the glory of the Lord, having a doble portion of the
Spirit, bathed in ecstasy, delight, and 8oy# Thy will be done % each a perfect son#
To have nion with (od is worth all# To have direct commnion with (od % no power
interfering# Transmitting power, an ascent and descent of commnication, charged by the divine
operation of the Spirit % (od intending or view as we eat $is flesh and drin) $is blood % to
whom can we go % Tho only has the Word of eternal life#
:o are in a favored place, a priceless position % if yo have no way ot bt (od, the
closest revelation of what $e is % they still cling arond $im as $e spo)e of that spirital bread#
They were so fed from the depths % they )new they had never had that before % They said, !Lord,
evermore give s this bread#" It is not an earthly conception, it has no earth roots % all divine,
perfect, no hman oratory# (od wants sch a people that $e can feed with the finest wheat# For the
harvest is flly ripe and ready to be gathered in# First the blade, then the ear % now the fll corn in
the ear# Ready to be ingathered, into the golden grainery forever#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !1nd this bread is that which cometh down# (od
gave the life of $is Son, bestowing the tre bread# $e % the Lamb slain from the fondation of the
world#"
I beseech yo therefore, brethren, by the mercies of (od, that ye
present yor bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable nto (od,
which is yor reasonable service# 1nd be not conformed to this
world+ bt be ye transformed by the renewing of yor mind, that ye
may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
(od# Romans ;<+;,<
The breathing throgh of the Spirit# The divine character, priceless, no bonds % enlarging
and enlarging in or hand as the bread in the 3aster-s hand % as $e fed the A,DDD men so today the
bread is enlarging%The child of (od who can enter into this life9given trth held5 held5 held5 $e no
longer holds (od % (od has hold of him5 The Son has hold of him# The $oly (host has hold of him
% has him % born into by (od % all things swing ot victoriosly % a movement % off %
manifesting the moving of (od changing yo# :o see the necessity that (od is glorified and yo get
rid of yorself# It is not an easy path# Some seem born good % goody, goody % I am of a different
order#
I spea) from a hman standpoint % wea), deprived hmanity with a toch of heaven in the
body to change it all sfficient# $is blood % $is toch, $is grace# *ot abndance of revelation, bt
the revelation of or own wea)nesses % the grace that comes in a time of e'tremity, meeting or need
% a real messenger of possibility# (od ta)ing all, ma)ing s from today channels of holiness %
righteosness, prity % wholly swallowed p in the life of the Spirit ine'pressible5 Life divine %
8oy % fll# :esterday I was interested in cycles % I was at the motor show# I never was so in the
midst of it and ot of it % never % I shoted, !$allel8ah5" and !(lory5" and all )inds of tal) to
(od# I cold not fellowship with what was there# I was in it % bt not of it# There is a new order
above natre-s plan and it is the order of (od# $ow beatifl (od spo)e to me this verse, !I beseech
yo brethren by the mercies of (od % that yo present yor bodies a holy sacrifice#"
It is not the end of sanctification % that has no end# It is not the end of the cleaning of the
blood# It is wholly a life proven# We are not saved%bt we are ot of fellowship many times#
Salvation is a being saved, a readiness to meet @ess any moment % a plan of increasing, a
decreasing with an increasing % an enlarging to revelation to display $im, ma)ing every time a
progress in sanctification % prification or whole body, or set prpose to be by the $oly (host#
This is the great order% a daily changing# I am seeing the altar the sacrifice % It is according to the
mercies of (od# The sacrifice was holy % it came to the place of acceptance with (od % not
finished, bt (od occpying it % (od too) the will, the whole desire and pt them into his coffers of
love and said, !I will accept it," and $e did# ,h, the 8oy of the )nowledge of the completing % the
more helpless % ashes % the dependence more, the bliss of the breath % every hman power and
hman program fails % every divine inflow of the power of the Spirit is to an enlarging, bringing the
sol into separation, into divine revelation when (od bends over and sweetly smiles it is all right %
only frther on5 on5 on5
,h, the 8oy of the )nowledge, 0al spo)e ot of offering# :o cannot spea) ot of anything
else# 1ll (od-s choice positions are ot of an offering % becase @ess offered $imself for s, (od
gave $im a *ame above every *ame % present yor bodies a living sacrifice % a whole offering %
not perfect, bt (od began a new plan of $is great prpose#
So, $e will rest in $is love and 8oy over s with singing# The precios frit# $e prepared it
for flood time of the early and now the latter rain for $e is coming#
###be not conformed to this world+ bt be ye transformed by the
renewing of yor mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of (od# Romans ;<+<
The baptism of the $oly (host is perfected % coming into the helpless, investing with a force
mightier than the hman# 3oving % )nowing that the greatest of all is there# The $oly (host gets the
great position, focsing all on the Son % the $oly (host reveals the Son in yo % yo decreasing %
$e mst increase# $ow6 ,n the line of the revelation of the Spirit % There is no e'perience li)e the
second chapter of 1cts# The greatest opportnity (od has afforded to man % sbmit to 1lmighty (od#
The hman spirit may be in great activity in a person who has offered % :or !I" mst be )noc)ed
ot and yor personality be flly srrendered to (od# (od moves me to see that there is no good thing
in me# *o5 :o can polish p the old man % bt he is still the old creation and worthless# Rise to the
higher order of revelation with (od# @ess is the greatest of all % flfilling, revealing, divine
activity#
$e lives and moves in the world % and $e learned obedience by the things that $e sffered#
$e came not to do $is own will# $e lived freely and the Father cold act $is will throgh $im#
There was nothing in the flesh, it was wea) % Bt (od sent $is Son in the li)eness of sinfl flesh
and for sin condemned sin in the flesh# This grown Son spea)ing, acting%divine revelation coming to
s on this breath# Be not conformed % transformed, proven, seeing, )nowing the perfect will of (od#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !Forever the =ing reigneth when the body is
yielded, the will is conformed by the power of the Son of (od throgh the Spirit#"
$e lives and reigns forever and by $is grace we shall reign forever with $im % It is worth a
thosand deaths to come into one life % even if we have failed a thosand times (od can fan and fan
and fan ntil the smo)ing floss is abla&e % with divine e/ipment and a divine association, living
with the =ing#
I )now the Lord
I )now the Lord
$e laid $is hand on me#
$e filled me with the $oly (host#
I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me#
0raise the Lord# Beloved (od had more in $is mind than the necessity of changing s# Fll of
the $oly (host# (ifts prove the rarities of heaven dawning pon yo % wholly separated nto (od
forever % 1ll spirital revelation and power come within the body# The 8oy and help to others wor)
throgh withot I have travailed# I )now nothing abot birth# The travailing with (od and labor ntil
(od brings forth the process of $is inward wor)ing % 1ll heaven-s rays focs ntil the body seems
too small to contain what is coming in % nderstanding the breath of the Spirit % the breath of (od
% born to yield % )nowing when to begin and when to stop# To be at all times a perfect channel for
the breath of the Spirit of (od#
Send % fly % flee % all a perfect blending of Trinity divine to )eep s in the place where
(od has s all the time a mind of reflection# The reflection of the mind always ma)es the operation of
the tonge % The sanctity of the spirit, not conformed bt transformed % not yor mind on earth, bt
shorn of earthly desire# Bt a spernatral order filled with illmination for 1cts ;+H# :e shall
receive power % not power by the $oly (host, bt the illmination of the $oly (host on the power
% all power is given nto $im# The $oly (host reveals $im % all power and floodtide are throgh
$im# The $oly (host conveys to the mind all the flness in $im % The blood of @ess prified the
position % after the blood % a perfect offering#
The $oly (host then ta)es the position of sanctifying the whole of yor actions that all is for
the glory of the Son# The hman is never in it# The hman e'ists for the prpose of manifesting the
glory of (od % the channel never robbing the glory# The Spirit so sanctifying the activity all the time#
*ot conformed bt transformed, raising the mind throgh the sanctifying of the will and desires %
sanctifying every thoght % robbing s of all pride and e'altation, so sanctified by the Spirit, nothing
hindering the manifestation of the glory of (od, being inclded in the perfection of the will of (od#
The epistles of Saint 0al were all written to people bapti&ed with the $oly (host % here
yo toch deep water, the $oly Spirit mst be in control, so that yo are able to read and to
nderstand what (od means yo to be# In .phesians we read, !according to the prpose of (od and
according to the will of (od#" % The simplicity of the trth, the sincere mil) of the Word# !Learn
from 3e, for I am mee) and lowly in heart and the anointing that yo have received abideth and shall
teach yo all things#"
The sanctification of the Spirit# The $oly (host alone giving the tterance after the cleansing
by the blood comes the sanctification of the Spirit# *ot any hman desire, bt yor mind more and
more prified for the glory of (od % When we get into the Spirit, time has gone# In the Spirit and the
glory a thosand years are as one day# If I live in the Spirit, I have no dreary days# Some days the sn
shines more, bt it ma)es no difference#
We are not in .gypt-s sand % ,h, yo mst not loo) for me down in .gypt-s sand % the $oly
(host wants to perfect in s what $e has begn# It was (od who soght and drew or hearts ntil we
pray in the Spirit % that is how we began and how we 8st contine# This is that % and if yo thin) it
ot that is (od# (od-s wor) in s# (od has been poring ot $is spirit, wa)ing s p to a new order
in the Spirit# The Spirit has begn to breathe throgh the land#
There mst be something happening % We pay a big price to go % mch weeping, travail,
groaning and we cannot get ot of it# Bt (od is going before s#
We need no /estions % it is a poor people who cannot praise the Lord# Sppression of
praise never distrbs the devil# (od wants firebrands % lives aflame by the power of (od# (od has
made me so hngry# I never was so hngry and thirsty after (od# We are at a place not it will be, bt
it mst be# If we will pay the price % (od will open the heavens# 1ll I )now I am doing to meet the
will and mind of (od % that (od may bring s a delge of the latter rain# (od the $oly (host, a
perfect blending for (od-s glory# @ess manifesting the glory of the Father % fll of the $oly (host
% The $oly (host revealing the Son, reflecting the Son, the =ing of glory % to bring millions ot of
dar)ness into light% for the glory of the =ing of glory % and (od shall be revealed, (od bringing s
to a place wholly separated nto $imself % sanctified in spirit, sol and body# Separated % going in
and ot finding pastre and able to feed the mltitde with the bread of life# 1bndance of peace %
debtors to (od who has chosen s and broght s to a desired place % inspiring s % We never
)now how wea) we are ntil we are covered by $is mighty strength % not to fail % bt to stand for
(od and having done all to stand, @ess will carry s throgh#
Srrender all % a fresh consecration % will be saved tonight than when we began % more
)nowledge of (od, casing s to trimph in $im, more holiness % deeper abasement#
Believe (od5 (ive yorself wholly to @ess % a large heart, a whole heart, perfectly yielding
to (od, controlling every thoght# !,h, Lord have me for Thy glory5 "
$ave I obtained it6 :es5 For he that as)eth receiveth# *ow don-t fail (od# Believe, and it
shall come to pass5 Whatsoever ye desire when ye pray, (od will grant it# This day can (od fill me
with $is Spirit now6 :es, when I as)+
Will $e fill me6 :es5 :es5 If I as) in faith#
:es filled with (od,
:es filled with (od,
0ardoned and cleansed,
1nd filled with (od#
1n end of self and filled with (od#
Stand with (od for the new day#
Self ot, the crse away#
Filled with (od and @ess glorified5 1men#
3essage given in London, .ngland
Faith, 3ar) A, *ovember ;><A
Beloved, I believe that (od wold be pleased for me to read to yo from the fifth chapter of
St# 3ar)-s gospel, from verse <; to the end of the chapter# This is a wonderfl passageB in fact, all of
(od-s Word is wonderfl# It is the Word of life, and it is the impartation of the life of the Savior#
@ess came to give eternal life and $e also came to ma)e or bodies whole# I believe that (od, the
$oly (host, wants to reveal the flness of redemption throgh the power of Christ-s atonement on
Calvary ntil every sol shall get a new sight of @ess, the Lamb of (od# $e is lovely# $e is
altogether lovely# ,h, $e is so beatifl5 :o tal) abot being dec)ed with the rarest garments, bt
oh, brother, $e cold weep with those who weep# $e cold have compassion on all# There were
none that missed $is eye#
When $e was at the pool, $e )new the impotent man and nderstood his case altogether# :es,
brother, and when $e was at *ain, the compassion of the 3aster was so manifested that it was
victorios over death# 4o yo )now that love and compassion are stronger than death6 If we toch
(od, the $oly Spirit, $e is the ideal principle of divine life for wea)nessesB $e is healthB $e is 8oy#
(od wold have s )now that $e is waiting to impart life# ,h, if tho woldest believe5 ,h,
yo need not wait another moment# @st now as I preach, receive the impartation of the life by the
power of the Word# 4o yo now )now that the $oly (host is the breath of heaven, the breath of (od,
the divine impartation of power that moves in the hman and which raises from the dead and
/ic)eneth all things# ,ne of the things that happened on the day of 0entecost in the manifestation of
the Spirit was a mighty, rshing wind# The Third 0erson was manifested in wind, power, mighty,
revelation, glory and emancipation# (lory to (od5 This is why I am on this platform % becase of
this holy, divine 0erson who is breath, life, revelation# $is power moved me, transformed me, sent
me, revised the whole of my position# This wind was the life of (od coming and filling the whole
place where they were sitting# 1nd when I say to yo, !Breathe in," I do not mean merely breatheB I
mean breathe in (od-s life, (od-s power, the personality of (od# $allel8ah5
In the Scriptre which we read, we see a man and woman in great troble# They have a little
daghter lying at the point of death# .verything has failed, bt they )now if they find @ess, she shall
be made whole# Is it possible to see) for @ess and not find $im6 *ever5 There is not one person in
this place who has trly soght for @ess and has not fond $im# 1s yo see), yo will findB as yo
)noc), the door will swing openB as yo as), yo will receive# :es, if yo can find @ess, yor little
daghter will live# 1s the Father goes along the road, there is great commotion# $e sees the dst
rising a long time before he reaches the great company of people who srrond @ess# $ear)en to the
children-s voices and the people shoting# 1ll are delighted becase @ess is in the company# ,h, this
camp meeting will rise to a tremendos pitch as we loo) for @ess#
:es, the Father met $imB glory to (od5 !1nd besoght him greatly, saying, 3y little daghter
lieth at the point of death+ I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healedB and she
shall live# 1nd @ess went with him###" C3ar) A+<J,<?F# I want yo to )now that this same @ess is in
the midst of $is people today# $e is right here with $is ministry of power and blessing#
Bt as @ess went with the man, something happened, !###a certain woman, which had an isse
of blood twelve years### came in the press behind, and toched his garment" Cvv# <A,<EF# This poor
woman was in an awfl state# She had spent all her money on physicians and was !###nothing bettered,
bt rather grew worse#" This poor woman said, !###If I may toch bt $is clothes### I shall be whole#"
*o dobt she thoght of her wea)ness, bt faith is never wea)# She may have been very weary, bt
faith is never weary# The opportnity had come for her to toch $im and !###straightway the fontain
of her blood was dried pB and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plage" Cv# <>F#
The opportnity comes to yo now to be healed# Will yo believe6 Will yo toch $im6
There is something in a living faith that is different from anything else# I have seen marvelos things
accomplished 8st becase people said, !Lord, I believe#" @ess )new that virte had gone ot of $im
and $e said, !Who toched me6" The woman was fearfl and trembling, bt she fell down before the
Lord and told $im all the trth# !1nd he said nto her, 4aghter, thy faith hath made thee wholeB go in
peace, and be whole of thy plage" Cv# J?F#
!While he yet spa)e, there came from the rler of the synagoge-s hose certain which said,
Thy daghter is dead+ why troblest tho the 3aster any frther6" Cv# JAF# Bt @ess encoraged the
rler of the synagoge and said, !###Be not afraid, only believe" Cv# JIF# 1h, what things (od does for
s when we only believe# $e is so rich to all that call pon $im# What possibilities there are in this
meeting if we wold only believe in the divine presence, for (od is here# The power of the Spirit is
here# $ow many of yo dare rise and claim yor healing6 Who will dare rise and claim yor rights of
perfect health6 1ll things are possible to him that believeth# @ess is the living sbstance of faith# :o
can be perfectly ad8sted by the blood of @ess# We mst believe in the revelation of the Spirit-s
power and see or blessed position in the risen Christ#
,nly believe5 ,nly believe5 1ll things are possible, ,nly believe5
!For as the lightning cometh ot of the east, and shineth even nto the westB so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be" C3atthew <?+<EF#
0ortion of message delivered at Camp 3eeting Ber)ley, California
The $earing of Faith, 4ecember ;><A
0raise the Lord# 0raise the Lord# ,nly believe# 1ll things are possible, only believe# 1bsolte
dependency# (od only# $is grand will# ,nly believe#
What 1braham or father as pertaining to the flesh hath fond# What hath 1braham fond as
pertaining to the flesh6 CRomans ?+;F Something wonderfl throgh (od the $oly (host# 1lso seeing
that all flesh is as grass, and that in me, that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing, what hath 1braham
or father fond pertaining to the flesh6 ,nly this, for the believer (od has some ,ne that can live in
the flesh, hold the flesh by the power of (od above sin and 8dgment# @ess Christ, the center of the
life where the body, the flesh, has come to the place of being inhabited by (od, where (od, dwelling
in these earthly temples, can live and reign spreme#
$e hath /ic)ened that which was dead, bringing life and immortality to light throgh the
(ospel, and the Son of (od is manifested there#
(od has for s wonderfl things# 3any days in the past have been wonderfl, bt no day is
li)e the present# The $oly (host lifting s into $is presence, the power flowing, or whole being
flaming with the glory of (od# $ere is (od-s divine plan for hmanity when the $oly (host has
come# Today we are nearer the goal, the vision is clearer, the $oly (host bringing s into the treasre
of the 3ost $igh# What hath or father 1braham pertaining to the flesh6 I depend pon the $oly (host
to bring s into revelation# There is no room for wea)ness if we see this mighty incoming life throgh
the Spirit#
What hath or father 1braham fond pertaining to the flesh6 $e fond that as he heard the
voice of (od and obeyed it, it not only 8dged him bt wonderfl things were manifested# ,ne day
away there (od said to 1braham, Come ot# (od has wonderfl things to say to yo if yo come to
the hearing of faith, not the natral order, taste, desire, affection# ,h yes, if (od gets yor ear yo will
come ot#
,ne day (od said to me, Come ot# I had not been in long# I was in the Wesleyan Chrch# Was
there anything wrong6 *o# ,nly (od said, Come ot# $e had something frther# The Salvation 1rmy
was in fll swing# I was very an'ios to get the best# Revival was at fll, bt they trned to other
things# So (od said, Come ot# We need to have the hearing of faith, always soaring higher,
nderstanding the leading of the Spirit# ,h, the breath of (od# Then I went to the brethren, they had the
Word, bt so mch of the letter with it, and splitting of hairs# (od said, Come ot# ,h, they said, he
has gone again, there is no satisfying him# Then came the baptism of the $oly (host, with signs
following according to 1cts <# (od alone spea)ing# Faith bringing s to a place of revelation to cover
s, (od coming in and manifesting $is power#
What had or father 1braham fond pertaining to the flesh6 Two things % C;F 1 righteosness
by lawB C<F a righteosness by faith# Believing what (od says, and daring on the athority of (od-s
Word to act# (od will meet s there, within that blessed place, ma)ing for s opportnities of
blessing# Love, trth, revelation, manifestation# (od and yo in activity, bringing divine ability and
activity into action#
,h it-s all right now, it-s all right now,
For @ess is my Savior,
So it-s all right now#
The way into the treasre hose of the 3ost $igh is the athority of the living Word# The
)ingdom of heaven is open to all believers#
$e has called s, bringing s into divine association with heaven, if we will dare to believe,
for all things are possible to him that believeth# When we believe, we shall find, li)e 1braham who
believed (od, tremendos ability, changing wea)ness into strength, character, power, association
within, ma)ing all things new# 1 life yielded, absorbed by divine athority# Standing on the principles
of (od#
In Wellington, *ew 2ealand, there was a crowd of needy people come for help, among them a
heavy bilt woman# (od revealed to me the presence of the enemy within the body# She cried ot,
!:o are )illing me," and fell down in the aisle# I said, !Lift her p# (od has not done yet#" The
onloo)ers in 8dgment didn-t )now, bt three yards off she was loosed from a cancer# It is wise to
believe (od# (od has a place for the man or woman who dares to believe# The man (od has $is
hand on is not sb8ect to the opinions of others# This or father 1braham fond pertaining to the flesh#
3ay (od increase the nmber who dare to believe nder all circmstances# To dare to believe (od
on the athority of the Word#
I came across a pecliar case# 1 man bent doble, he was in agony, cancer on the bladder, he
cried and cried# I said, !4o yo believe (od6" $e said, !*o, I have nothing in common with (od#" I
tried to bring him to the place of believing, bt his mental capacity was affected# I said, !I see yo
don-t nderstand, it may be (od wants me to help yo#" I said the *ame of @ess# What is it6 It is the
,ne that met s at Calvary, come with new life divine#
Before all the message, (od means s to be an e'traordinary people with this wonderfl life
of faith in the body# 1braham fond, when he believed (od, that he was bond to 1lmighty power,
e/ipped for service, by faith#
Laying my hands on the sic) man in the *ame, I didn-t have to say, !1re yo whole6" $e
)new he was whole# $e coldn-t tell what he had got# This man had been interested in yachts, he was
a member of a yacht clb# $is friends went as sal to see him and began tal)ing abot yachts# $e
said, :achts5 :achts5 Tal) to me abot @ess5 ,h yes, there is something in the *ame# ,r father
1braham pertaining to the flesh fond it# The Word of (od the lin), the )ey, the personality of divine
e/ipment# There is something mighty in believing (od# $ave yo fond it6 1 faith that believes (od
apprehends what (od said# What did (od say6 (od said that becase 1braham believed $im $e
wold cover him with $is righteosness, holiness, integrity of faith# (od loves to see $is children
when they believe $im# $e covers them# It is a lovely covering, the covering of the 1lmighty#
Blessed is the man to whom (od impteth righteosness# Is it to be6
(od has for s a perfect wor), a hearing of faith, that has within the sond of $is voice,
hearing $im spea), or speech betraying s# .pistles of the divine character, having $is life, passion,
compassion# Beloved, there mst be this divine fellowship between s and (od#
The disciples said+ What shall we do to do the wor)s of (od6 @ess said+ This is the wor) of
(od that ye believe on $im Whom $e hath sent#
Christ 4welling Within By Faith
This is what or father 1braham pertaining to the flesh hath fond# 1 written epistle, )nown
and read of all men# 0al was enamored of it, he followed this divine fire with all that are in the faith
with 1braham# When 0al spea)s in .phesians and Colossians we see what he with 1braham had
received pertaining to the flesh, Christ in yo the hope of glory# It-s all embedded there, all we need,
filled nto all the flness of (od#
The baptism in the $oly (host crowns @ess =ing in $is royal palace# When the =ing is
crowned what tremendos things we find pertaining to the flesh# 0erpetal divine motion# The power
of (od sweeping throgh the regions of wea)ness# What have we got pertaining to the flesh6 *ew life
flowing throgh# 1ll the Word of (od is yea and amen to faith# 4ivine actions in the hman frame
mighty, so fll of operation till we see (od wor)ing# For these yong men and women I see sch
possibilities in coming into line with (od, nothing can interfere with the progress of (od, the 1thor
of life and finisher of faith# *ever be afraid of yor voice when the Spirit is pon yo, nor living for
yorself bt with a ministry of freedom#
First Corinthians ;< % *o man can call @ess Lord bt in the $oly (host# I see the dew of the
Spirit, the order of blessing, ability to crown @ess =ing, set apart for (od#
Then there is the sealing of the Spirit, the great ad8sting, giving s the )nowledge in the
revelation of @ess as =ing over all, affections, desires, wishesB all $is#
$is compassion, $is mee)ness, $is dynamic % the power to move the devil away# 1 big
plan % a force of nity, a divine capacity % ma)ing things move#
1 man and his wife came to me trobled abot things ta)ing place in their meeting# I said+ :o
two can be so perfectly 8oined in nity, as to ta)e victory for every meeting, not a thing cold stand
against yo, a perfect fellowship, which the devil is not able to brea), if any two of yo agree# 4are
on the athority of (od-s Word to bind every spirit in the meeting#
1 faith pertaining to or flesh manifested in hman bodies, circmcision for home affairs,
financial difficlties, more than con/erors in this operation of faith#
Romans ?+;I % It is of faith that it might be of grace, that the promise might be sre to all the
seed# *othing is so large, inhabited by this operation of faith, that is broght to s throgh Calvary#
3ighty revival, I feel it coming, my whole being moves towards it# I dare to believe in simplicity of
faith#
,nce in *orway, the halls were pac)ed and the streets thronged to hear (od-s Word, we want
it in London# (od has given s a divine plan to operate with $im# The delge can come, a 0entecostal
otporing for the glory of (od#
There is now a way into the )ingdom of heaven by faith# *o reserve on (od-s side, only
believe, to see the mighty power of (od fall, we are here to awa)e yo#
1braham was tested# (od is greater than the testing and opens a door of deliverance# Faith5
(od never changes# What had 1braham received6 Testing# Bt called, chosen and faithfl, faithfl to
(od in the trialB twenty9 five years 1braham waited % he believed against hope, giving glory to (od#
*ot one thing will fail if yo dare believe# 1ll flness in manifestation arising in faith, all needs of
the body met in a moment on the word of faith, give (od the glory, stammering tonge, consmption,
nerasthenia, need of salvation, all needs met if we dare believe# We are in the place of receiving all
or father 1braham did, pertaining to the flesh# Let s pt in or claim, letting the delge come, that
(od wants to send#
Romans ?+<D,<; % (iving glory to (od, becoming strong in faith, being flly persaded that
what $e has promised $e is able also to perform# That (od may be glorified in s and we in $im,
having fond as 1braham did, the hearing of faith# The righteosness that is ors throgh faith# 1men#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
@ohn E+JE9J>, ;><I
*ow here we have or Lord in a present tense position $e is in the activity and the actal
wor)ings of the power of (od, and $e )nows that $e is empowered or driven or led by a power that
has to be the world-s share# The believers have to reach this blessed attitde and be clothed pon
within with the rays of heaven-s light that they may be e'actly as $e was with a clear conception of
the )nowledge of satanic forcesB of the powers of (odB or the limitations of Satan, and the
powerflness of the 1lmighty#
Sch 1 Cry
$ere $e is spea)ing of what may be the position of every believer now that the $oly (host
has been given# 1t that time $e was spea)ing of a ftre tense, and therefore $e )new that everybody
that received what $e was waiting to give they wold be the people that were ready for the power
when it came#
So they had been to @ersalem to worship, and were retrning dry and barren and needing
blessing# Beloved, I believe that (od has a great plan in this for s to see# Those that were thirsty
cold have something that morning# Those that were hngry cold have something that morning# They
that had been to @ersalem ma)ing the offeringsB they that were going away dry and helplessB and $e
was the only ,ne that cold cry ot this message+
###If any man thirst, let him come nto me, and drin)### ot of his
belly shall flow rivers of living water# @ohn E+JE,JH
This spa)e $e of the Spirit that shold be given after @ess was glorified# *ow )eep before
yo this morning the facts that I want yo to see# First, yo mst )now that there is a dry condition
e'isting everywhere today# I find it all over# 0eople are longing for a flness# There never was sch a
cry, and beloved, it is becase the Scriptres are being flfilled# The former rain fell in a very
blessed way, clothing the apostles with power, and the 1cts of the 1postles came forth becase they
dared to act# We see the deliverance of the captivesB the mightiness flowing throgh li)e a river till
thosands and tens of thosands were saved by
the power of the former rain which was by the SpiritB bt in these last days (od will por ot
pon all flesh the Latter Rain, and I believe all flesh will feel the effects of it# It will not be possible
for anyone to miss it# They may refse itB bt it will be there for the ta)ing, and I believe (od wold
have s to see that the Latter Rain has begn to fall# I do not say we are anywhere near the flness of
itB bt I do see a great thirst after the flness, and I believe that that thirst is not broght abot by
visible man# :o cannot love righteosness and hate ini/ity % neither can yo desire prity on any
line throgh the flesh# Flesh was never sb8ect to the law neither indeed can it be so# The flesh has to
come into regeneration and the regenerated heart is becoming hngry#
(od is creating a hnger and thirst# I see it all over# There are people who begin waiting on
(od and they do not )now what they are waiting for % they have no idea# I believe that (od is
ma)ing the thing so that yo cannot get ot of it# :o may refse it and yo may come within its reach
and come otside the bondaries of itB bt it is for yo# It is a personal baptism % it is not a chrch
baptism# It is for the body of the believers which is to be clothed with the power and nction of the
Spirit by this glorios waiting# What do I mean by saying the Chrch6 Why, becase people get their
minds on a bilding when I say chrches# :o see, it is the believers who compose the Gbody- %
believers in the Lord @ess Christ % whatever sect or creed or denomination they are, and I tell yo
also that 0al goes so far as to say that some people have very strange ideas of who will be ready for
the coming of the =ingdom# 1ll in Christ will be ready, and yo have got to decide whether yo are in
that or not# The Scriptre says in the first verse of Romans eighth chapter+
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in
Christ @ess, who wal) not after the flesh, bt after the Spirit#
If yo are there % 0raise the Lord5 That is a good position# I pray the Lord that $e will bring
s all into that place % what a wonder it will be#
Li)e 1 River
I want yo to see this morning that the 3aster had no less idea than a river throgh every one#
Whatever yo thin) abot it % @ess wold have yor salvation to be as a river and I am sre that
@ess was the ideal for s all# The lac) today is the lac) of apprehension of that blessed flness of
Christ# $e came to do nothing less than embody s with the same manifestation as $e had !to do" @st
moving for a moment to $is attitde in the $oly (host I wold li)e yo to see a plan there# 1cts ;+
We find that @ess began to !do" and !teach," and the believer shold always be so fll of the $oly
(host that he begins to !do," and then $e can !teach#" $e mst be ready for the man in the street# $e
mst be right ready % flowing li)e a river# $e mst have three things+ ministration, operation and
manifestation, and those three things mst always be forthcoming# We oght to be so fll of the
manifestation of the power of (od that in the *ame of @ess we can absoltely destroy the power of
Satan# We are in the world % not of it# $e overcame it and to sbde it nto (od we are in the world
% overcomers# We are nothing bt in Christ we are more than con/erors throgh the blood % more
than a match for satanic powers on every line and may the Lord so let s see that we mst be loosed
from orselves, for if yo e'amine yorself yo will be natralB bt if yo loo) at (od, yo will be
spernatral# If yo have a great (od, yo will have a little devilB if yo have a big devil, yo will
have a little (od, so may the Lord let s see that we mst be so fll of the order of the Spirit of life
that we are always overcoming him which had the power of death % even the devil#
@ess was only laying a fondation which is the new birth nto righteosness# It is the drin) at
the wellB it is receiving $im and by receiving $im yo may have power to become sons of (od, for
to as many as receive $im, they become the sons of (od# So here $e was % the great throngs of
people which had thronged the place retrning from the feast were dissatisfied and there $e stood and
cried+
If any man athirst, let him come nto 3e and drin), and ot of that
drin) that flow the rivers of living water, now who does not want
them6 *ow this $e spa)e of the Spirit that shold be given after
$e was glorified, for the $oly (host was not yet given C@ohn E+JE9
J>F#
Let me by the grace of (od 8st pt s into the place of where to e'pect and receive# *ow we
)now as well as anything that the day of 0entecost cameB we )now that $e was received p into glory,
and that the angel spo)e as $e was going away and said, !This same @ess wold come again#" We
)now that the disciples tarried at @ersalem till they were ended with power from on $igh, and we
)now the $oly (host came, and so while we )now the $oly (host came, it is wrong now to wait for
the $oly (host# I )now it was personally rightB it was divinely right for those apostles to hear what
@ess said and to tarry for the $oly (host, bt it is not right now to tarry for the $oly (host# Then
why do we not all receive the $oly (host, yo as)6 Becase the bodies are not ready for itB the
temples are not cleansed# When the temples are prified and the minds pt in order so that carnalities
and fleshly desires and everything has MhaveN gone, then the $oly (host can ta)e fll charge# The
$oly (host is not a manifestation of carnality# There are any amont of people which never read the
Word of (od who cold not be led away by the powers of Satan# The power of the $oly (host is
most lovely divine in all its constrction# It is a great refiner# It is fll of life bt it is always divine
% never natral# If yo toch flesh after yo are bapti&ed in the $oly (host, yo cease to go on#
Beloved, I want to spea) abot something greater, something to lift yor mindsB elevate yor
thoghtsB bring yo into divine linesB something that elevates yo ot of yorself into (odB ot of the
world into a place where yo )now yo have rest for yor feetB where yo cease from yor own
wor)s where (od wor)eth in yo mightily to will and to do of $is good pleasre#
The Inrsh
When I thin) abot a river, a pre, holy, divine river, I say % what can stand against its
inrsh6 Wherever it is % in a railway carriage, or in the street, or in a meeting, its power and flow
will always be feltB it will always do its wor)# @ess spo)e abot the $oly (host which was to be
given# I want yo to thin) how (od gave it, and how it-s coming was manifestedB its reception and its
otflow after it had come#
In 1cts H we find three positions on the $oly (host# The first is a rshing mighty wind and I
want yo to )eep that in yor mind# The second%cloven tonges of fire % )eep that in yor mind, and
then the fact of the incoming of the manifestations# *ow )eep yor mind for a moment on the rshing
mighty wind, and then see the cloven tonges of fire over every oneB then see the incoming and
otflow throgh it# I am glad that the $oly (host is manifested to s as wind, person and fire# I am
also glad that the $oly (host is a manifestation to s of fire, for it is wonderfl, is fire# Then I want
yo to )now that the $oly (host is power % those three things#
Can we be filled with a river6 $ow is it possible for ot of s to flow a river6 1 river of
water is always an emblem of the Word of (od % the Water of life, and so when the $oly (host
comes, $e clothes and anoints the Christ which is already within the believerB who will be 8st the
same only so mch different, becase the power of the Spirit of the life of Christ is now being
manifested in a new way % for it is the plan of (od# :o shold be filled with the matter of the
Word, for that is the life# :o will never get to )now (od better by testimony % testimony shold
always come throgh the Word# :o will not get to )now (od better by prayer % prayer has to come
ot of the Word# The Word is the only thing that reveals (od and is going to be helpfl in the world
throgh yo in that when the breath and the presence of (od come % the e'ective of (od the Father
and the Son % the $oly (host spea)s e'pressively according to the mind of the Father and the Son
and so when yo are filled with the $oly (host, then the breath % the power% the nctionB the fire
ta)es hold of the Word of life which is Christ, and ot of yo flow the rivers, and (od wants to fill s
with that divine power, that ot of s shall flow rivers#
The preparation is the place where 0al had reached when he said he had become the least of
allB where he conted everything was dng and that in his body there was no good thing# Then he was
in a place of dennciation# If there is anything in yo that li)es to be seen and heard, it will have to
die % for @ess mst have all the glory in a body# It is not possible for yo and (od to dwell in the
same body in flness# C1s yo come to an end of yorself, then is the beginning of an almightiness of
(od % a little thing may stop the flow#F
I have never seen a man )eep the nction of the baptism of the $oly (host who too)
into'icating li/orsB I have never seen a man manifest and carry forth the order of the baptism of the
$oly (host that smo)ed, and if these otward things which can be seen hinder (od from holding
sway in or livesB what abot the inward things6
It was perfectly right for @ess to say that a man that loo)ed on a woman to lst had committed
adltery already in his heart, becase @ames says that when yo are drawn aside and tempted it is
becase of yor own lstB then before the $oly (host can have $is way within yo, yo mst be
cleansed from yor own evil appetites and there mst be a body prepared for the $oly (host# Can it
be so6 :es#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the divine plan which is the inward
movement of the Spirit, which is the divine order of Trinity ta)ing hold of natre and transforming it
into power and bringing it into a place where ot of it flows rivers of living waterB light, revelation,
open door % intercession, ma)ing a way into all dar)nessB bringing to (od the things that are so
manifestly declared that day by day we are the sons of (od#"
:ield To $im
1nd this river flows withot an effort# When the $oly (host ta)es hold of yo, yo will have
no more crac)ed brains and sleepless nights throgh preparing yor addresses % (od will do it#
1nother thing, yo will be able to dispense with and loc) p yor libraries forever# :o will have a
contained library in the $oly (host# $e has the last thoghts of heaven % the first thoghts for earth#
$e has everything $e wants yo to have, and if yo have anything that $e doesn-t want yo to have, it
is worthless# If yo have to be the oracles of (od % the apostles of ChristB and as those /ic)ened
from the dead, enlarged by the SpiritB intensified with the &eal of the 1lmighty and made a river# :o
will have to be on fire, for nothing bt fire will ma)e the water boil# ,h, it is lovely#
:o see, beloved, the grace of (od is so fll that $e ma)es yo )now that yo have ceased to
be and if I cold only impregnate that into yor heart this morning# Is it possible6 :es % this is the
great plan of (od for yo# It is the sole prpose of (od % a greater prpose than yo can conceive
and it is (od-s thoght for yo % $e has no less plan for yo than to ma)e yo a son of (od with
power according to the resrrection# I tell yo that the incarnation of (od by the Spirit is to nveil the
gloryB let in a clodbrst and ma)e inroads into yo till there are new rivers# ,h, for yor old rivers
to be dried p and the new river by the clodbrst of heaven to ma)e a new plan for yo for all time
for $e is able to do these things in the Spirit#
(od is able to do this for any one of s who will yield to $im# :o will find that there is
1braham, Isaac, and @acob# 1braham was the father of allB Isaac was the seed of allB @acob was the
failre of allB bt yo never find (od mentioning 1braham and Isaac bt he brings in @acob# Can
@acobs be changed6 There are plenty of them# :es# That is the plan of (od to ma)e the @acobs into
Israel-sB $e ta)es the waywardness and the spplanting of @acob and changes them so that they will
no longer follow those conditions, and when his sons were going into .gypt to see himB when they
broght all the money bac) he said ta)e doble and ta)e a present and ta)e this and that# What a
difference5 When he was with Laban, he too) the lotB bt (od had changed him# ,h, beloved, I tell
yo when we get to see that (od 1lmighty wold always bring in the wea)nesses with $is powerB
when we see that when $e has a plan for s, and when I )now that (od can ta)e my wea)ness and
ma)e it powerB when $e can ta)e or wea)ness and depravity and ma)e s holy, then I )now I have a
(od of immensity# $e ta)es the first, establishes the second and the first is not again mentioned# The
last man is from heavenB the first man is of the earth# (od wants s to )now this morning the power of
the Christ of (od is to ma)e the first man heavenly# ,h, hallel8ah5 T,*(7.S 1*4
I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is $e that created all things for $imself that has come in to create s for
$imself that we may be no longer of the otward bt inward perfection with $im Who hath created s
in power and might and revelation % gods in the earth# $allel8ah%clothed with power5"
Beloved, listen+ !0hilip saith to @ess+ I wold li)e yo to show me the Father#" $ear the
answer+ !If tho hast seen 3e tho hast seen the Father#" , brother, the time had to come that when
they loo)ed at 0hilip they had to see @ess# The world has not to see sB it has to see @ess# It can only
be convinced that @ess has been formed in the hearts and lives of the people in this way# Then again,
the same Word mst come to s in power this morning# $ear what it says+ !The wor)s that I do, I do
not bt $e that dwelleth in 3e#" Brother, when that comes to or lost state % what a transformation#
When the $oly (host comes, $e doeth the wor)# :o are only the instrment, yo are the vesselB bt
glory to (od, $e condescended to dwell in s % 0raise the Lamb5 !The wor)s that I do, I do notB bt
$e doeth them#" $ow lovely to be filled with sch incarnation of (od-s order that the power of the
Spirit of the life of @ess shold flow throgh yo and yo shold be a new creation of the Spirit
nder the mighty power of (od# !If tho hast seen 3e, tho hast seen the Father#"
4irectly after the baptism of the $oly (host came, those croo)ed, indifferent and pecliar
disciples were transformed till one day 0eter and @ohn came down and mi'ed with the people who
said+ !They are nlearned and ignorant bt we see that they have been with $im#" Can they say that
abot s6 $ave we been with @ess6 4o not thin) yo will comfort people by singing wonderfl
hymns % they are lovely# 4o not thin) yo will comfort people any other way bt by the Word of
(od being made manifest in that yo have been with @ess# There mst be the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ @ess that shall pt to death every other thing#
It is one thing to read the Word of (od, another thing to believe it# It is possible to be real and
earnest and have &eal and fastings and yet not to have faith# 1nd do yo not )now that one little bit of
faith which can only come throgh the Word of (od is worth more than all yor cryings % all yor
rolling on the floor % all yor screaming and everythingB bt beloved, (od is better than anything#
3ay the $oly (host give s today an inward )nowledge of what it is to believe# It is (od-s
prpose to ma)e every believer to sbde everything and to ma)e yo perfect and entire and
overcoming#
The Incarnation of 3an, @anary ;><I
Romans H# For a short time I want especially to spea) to those in this meeting who are saved#
(od wants them to be holy# $e wants them to be filled with the power that will )eep them holy# $e
wants s to have a revelation of what sin and death are, and what the Spirit and life of the Spirit are#
Loo) at the first two verses+ It is fll of matter#
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in
Christ @ess, who wal) not after the flesh, bt after the Spirit# For
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess hath made me free from
the law of sin and death# Romans H+;,<
!*o condemnation5" This is the primary word for me tonight, becase it means so mchB it has
everything within it# If yo are withot condemnation, yo are in a place where yo can pray throghB
where yo have a revelation of ChristB for, for $im to be in yo brings yo to a place where yo
cannot, if yo follow the definite leadings of the Spirit of Christ, have any fellowship with the worldB
and I want yo to see that the Spirit of the Lord wold reveal nto s this fact tonight# If yo love the
world, yo cannot love (od, and the love of (od cannot be in yoB so (od wants a straight ct
tonight, becase if yo are in Christ @ess, yo are of a new creation orderB yo are in $im and,
therefore, yo wal) in the Spirit and are free from condemnation#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the Spirit alone that, by revelation, brings the
whole trth, visiting the Son in yor hearts and revealing nto yo the capabilities of sonship that are
in yo after yo are created after the image of $im#"
So the Spirit of the Lord tonight wold bring yo into revelation# $e wants yo withot
condemnation# What will that mean6 3ch every way, becase (od wants all $is people to be
targets# 3ore than that, $e wants them to be saltedB to be lightsB to be li)e cities set on a hill which
cannot be hidB so !in (od for the world-s redemption" that the world may )now that ye belong to
(od# That is the law of the Spirit# What will it do6 The law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess will
ma)e yo free from the law of sin# Sin will have no dominion over yo# :o will have no desire to
sin, and it will be as tre of yo as it was of @ess when $e said, !Satan cometh, bt findeth nothing
in 3e#" $e cannot drawB he has no power# $is power is destroyed in the tenth verse+
###the body is dead becase of sinB bt the Spirit is life becase of
righteosness# Romans H+;D
To be filled with (od means that yo are free5 Filled with 8oy, peace, blessing, endement,
strength of character in (od, and transformed by $is mighty power#
*otice there are two laws+ The law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess ma)ing yo free from
the law of sin and death# The same law is in yo as was in yo before, bt it is deadB the same flesh,
only it is deadB yo are 8st the same, only /ic)ened into spirital lifeB yo are a new creation, a new
creatre, created in (od afresh after the image of Christ# *ow, beloved, some people who come into
line with this do not nderstand their inheritance, and they go downB and instead of ma)ing yo wea),
and inclined to go nder, yo have to rise trimphantly over it# :o say, !Show s this law5" I will,
(od helping me#
Romans, seventh chapter, last verse, reads+
I than) (od throgh @ess Christ or Lord# So then with the mind I
myself serve the law of (odB bt with the flesh the law of sin#
Romans E+<A
(od wants to show yo that there is a place where we can live in the Spirit and not be sb8ect
to the flesh# Live in the Spirit till sin has no dominionB till we reign in life and see the clothing of (od
over s in the Spirit# Sin reigned nto death, bt Christ reigned over sin and death, and so we reign
with $im in life#
There is not a sic) person here who cold be said to be reigning in life+ satanic power reigns
there, and (od wants yo to )now that yo have to reign# (od made yo li)e $imself, and @ess
broght bac) for yo in the (arden of (ethsemane everything that was lost in the (arden of .den,
throgh that agony which $e sffered# $e boght that blessed redemption# When I thin) of
redemption5 0eople say, !Cold anything be greater than the fellowship which prevailed in the
(arden of .den, when (od wal)ed and tal)ed and had fellowship with men6" :es, redemption is
greater# *othing bt that which was local was in the garden, bt the moment a man is born again he is
free from the world, and lives in heavenly places# $e has no destination e'cept !in the glory#"
Redemption is, therefore, greater than the (arden, and (od wants yo to )now that yo may
come into this glorios redemption not for salvation only, bt also for yor bodiesB to )now that they
are redeemed from the crse of the lawB to )now yo have been made free, and to )now that all praise
and glory are de to the Son of (od# $allel8ah5 *o more .gypt places5 *o more sandy deserts5
0raise the Lord5 Free from the law of sin and death5 $ow was it accomplished6 The third verse tells
s# It is the master verse#
For what the law cold not do, in that it was wea) throgh the
flesh, (od sending his own Son in the li)eness of sinfl flesh, and
for sin, condemned sin in the flesh+ That the righteosness of the
law might be flfilled in s, who wal) not after the flesh, bt after
the Spirit# Romans H+J,?
Righteosness was flfilled in s5 Brother, sister, I tell yo there is a redemption, there is an
atonement in Christ, a personality of Christ to dwell in yoB there is a (odli)eness for yo to attain
ntoB a blessed resemblance of Christ, of !(od in yo" that shall not fail if yo believe the Word of
(od#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The living Word is sfficient for thee# .at it#
4evor it# It is the Word of (od#KK-
@ess was manifested to destroy the wor)s of the devil# (od was manifested in $imB the
flness of (od came into @ess, and $e wal)ed abot glorified, filled with (od# Incarnate5 Is it to be
mine6 3ay I be filled with Incarnation6 :es# $ow can I be so filled with (od that all my movements,
all my desires, my mind and will are so moved pon by a new power that !I am not," for (od has
ta)en me6 0raise the Lord5 Certainly it can be so# 4id yo ever e'amine the condition of yor new
birth nto righteosness6 4id yo ever investigate it6 4id yo ever try to see what there was in it6
Were yo ever able to fathom the flness of that redemption plan that came to yo throgh believing in
@ess6
In the first place, $e was !of (od#" $e was called !The Word#" In the second place, $e and
(od became so one in their operation that they said it was !(od," and then the cooperation of
oneness, the deity, the strength of power5 1nd yo have to see that before the fondation of the world
this redemption was all completed and set in order before the fallB and then notice that this
redemption had to be so mighty and had to redeem s all so perfectly, that there shold be no lac) in
the whole of redemption5 Let s see how it comes abot# $e became flesh5 Then $e was filled with
the $oly (host# Then, $e became the !operation" or !voice"B and the operation of the Word, by the
power of (od throgh the $oly (host, became !the 1thority#" *ow, let me go frther with yo#
:o are born Csee note at end of sermonF of an incorrptible power of (odB born of the Word,
who has the personality, the natre of (od# :o were begotten Csee note at endF of (od, and yo are
not yor own# :o are now incarnated, so yo can believe that yo have passed from death nto life,
and have become an heir of (od and a 8oint heir of Christ in the measre in which yo believe $is
Word# The natral flesh, the first order, has been changed into a new order, for the first order was
1dam, the natral, and the last order was Christ, the heavenlyB and now yo become changed by a
heavenly power e'isting in an earthly body and that power can never die# I want yo to see that yo
are born of a power, and have e'isting in yo a power, of which (od too) and made the world that
yo are in# It is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess that ma)es yo free from the law of sin and
death#
*ow, let s loo) at the law withot the Spirit, the law of sin and death# $ere is a man who has
never come into the new law# $e is still in the law of 1damB never having been regeneratedB never
having been born again# $e is led captive by the devil at his will# There is no power that can convert
a man e'cept the power of the blood of @ess# Brother, the carnal life is not sb8ect to the will of (od,
neither indeed can be# Carnality is selfishness and ncleanness# It cannot be sb8ect to (odB it
interferes with yoB it binds and )eeps yo in bondageB bt, beloved, (od destroys carnality by a new
life, which is so mch better, and fills yo with 8oy nspea)able and fll of glory# The half can never
be told# .verything that (od does is too big to tell# $is grace, $is love, $is mercy, $is salvation, are
all too big to nderstand#
4o yo not )now that ors is an abndant (od, who is able to do for s far e'ceeding and
abndantly above all that we can as) or thin)6 We are illminated and /ic)ened by the Spirit,
loo)ing forward to a day of raptre when we will be caght p and lifted into the presence of (od#
(od-s lines are magnitde % wonderfl and glorios5
*ow, let me toch another important point, eleventh verse+ Can yo thin) abot @ess being
dead in the grave6 4o yo thin) that (od cold do anything for s if @ess were still there6 1fter $is
crcifi'ion and ntil $e was laid in the grave, everything had to be done for $im, and I want yo to
see that a dead Christ can do nothing for yo# $e carried the cross % so don-t yo carry it# The cross
covered everything, and the resrrection broght everything to life# When $e was in the grave, the
Word of (od says that $e was raised from the grave by the operation of (od throgh the Spirit, and
this @ess was /ic)ened by the Spirit in the grave, and this same Spirit dwells in yor mortal bodies#
@ess rose by the /ic)ening power of the $oly (host#
Bt if the Spirit of him that raised p @ess from the dead dwell in
yo, he that raised p Christ from the dead shall also /ic)en yor
mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in yo# Romans H+;;
If yo will allow @ess to have charge of yor bodies, yo will find that this Spirit will
/ic)en yo, will loose yo# Tal) abot divine healing5 :o cannot get it ot of the Scriptres# They
are fll of it# :o will find, also, that all who are healed by the power of (od % especially believers
% will find their healing an incentive to ma)e them prer and holier# If divine healing was
merely to ma)e the body whole, it wold be worth very little# 4ivine healing is the divine act of the
providence of (od coming into yor mortal bodies, and after being toched by almightiness, can yo
ever remain the same6 *o# Li)e me, yo will come ot to worship and serve (od#
*ote+ Begotten and born are both translations of the (ree) word genao, meaning !generate"B
bt 3r# Wigglesworth is giving deep teaching concerning the reality of the new birth, and if the reader
will niformly se the word begotten throghot the paragraph he will more readily grasp the athor-s
thoght, for begotten covers the new birth right from its inception to its clminating point, of which the
word born is rightly sed# St# 0al also describes this clmination of the new birth process as !the
manifestation" CRomans H+;>F, !or adoption," or !redemption" Cv# <JF, and !clothing pon" C<
Corinthians A+?FB that glorios time when we shall be li)e $im, for we shall see $im as $e is C; @ohn
J+<F % editor
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1 *ew .poch, 1 4ivine Location, 3arch ;><I
Faith is an act, a changing# If we dare believe (od-s Word, $e moves and changes the
sitation# ,r prpose is to let the $oly (host glorify (od throgh s# ,nly believe5 It shall be to yo
as yo believe#
$ebrews ;; % 1 bndle of treasre of divine prpose, (od nfolds $is trth to s and
throgh s to others# 4are to believe (od, $e will not fail# Faith is the greatest sb8ectB power to lay
hold of the Word of (od#
It is (od that bringeth s into victory throgh the blood of the slain Lamb# Faith /ic)ens into
a divine order, a living new sorce, a holy natre, having divine rights throgh @ess# 1 new epoch, a
new vocation, white hot55 For eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of
man the things (od hath prepared for them that love $im, bt nto s it hath been revealed throgh the
Spirit#
We mst be abla&e with passion for sols that someone may catch a new ray to bring in a new
day, for the end is not yet# 0raise the Lord5 (lory5 Faith is the sbstance, bigger than we )now# 0ower
to e'press the new creation and bring forth the glory of (od# Faith is always at peace, ndistrbed
whatever happens# The waves may be terrible, the wind contrary# $e was asleep % !Carest Tho not
that we perish6" $e spo)e5 There was a great calm# @ess Christ, the athor and finisher of faith, the
divine athority with inspiration# This word of faith which we preach to bring forth to the world, the
toch of heaven#
The Lord is in this place, $e is here to revive, to fill, to change, to e'press, to give power
over all the power of the enemy#
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ
@ess, who wal) not after the flesh, bt after the Spirit# For the law
of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess hath made me free from the law
of sin and death# Romans H+;,<
Life came ot of death becase of the cross, then resrrection, a manifestation of the operation
of (od# I was dead in trespasses and sins and now I am alive nto (od# .ternal life#
$e openeth the prison doors to all who believe, by faith we enter in# $e is made nto s
righteosness, we are one with $im forever# $eirship and 8oint9heirship made possible nto s by
$is death and ascension# There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ @ess % no clod%
nothing between % oh the thrill of it# $idden with Christ in (od % immersed, covered % nothing
can brea) throgh# It is the grace of (od to be here, and as sre as we are here we shall be there#
Receiving a =ingdom which cannot be moved, for or (od is a consming fire# There is something
very beatifl abot being in Christ in (od, ready for everything % ready5
$e hath begotten s nto a lively hope % to ma)e s li)e nto $imself# The radiance of the
divine to brea) throgh ma)es a new creation# The law of the Spirit of life ma)ing s free from the
law of sin and death#
The /ic)ening Spirit, fellow heirs, a divine flow % white heat % fll5 $oly5 Inflammable
% casing others to catch fire % /ic)ening % no condemnation# 4o yo )now it6 (lory5 1 large
conception of or eternal relationship % catching the rays of divine glory % a changing all the time#
Ready5 Becase of the intensity of the fire within# @ess manifested in the flesh, rling % reigning %
ntil the rivers flow and floodtide is here# Bringing life % life to all %
Filled with the $oly (host,
$as $e come6
4oes $e abide6
CChorsF
I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me,
$e fills me with the $oly (host,
I )now the Lord laid $is hand on me#
Filled5 1 flowing, /ic)ening, moving flame of (od#
*ot drn) with wine, bt filled with the Spirit, more and more filled with this life, this great
e'pansiveness of (od-s gifts, graces, and beatitdes % changing s all the time % moving s on to
greater enlargement in the Spirit#
(od is with thee# The Spirit of the Lord is pon thee# Cont on $im# Be a chosen vessel in
fellowship with (od for this day# If yo in any way fail to be filled some need will be nmet# (od
ma)es the opportnity for the man that is ready# The Bible is or all# There (od reveals $is plan and
feeds s# Those who trst in $im shall never be confonded#
We cannot be ordinary peopleB (od mst be glorified in s# Some say+ If I cold only feel the
power5 4o not mind what yo feel, if in the needy place yo are moved to an act# The athority of the
power# (od ma)es the occasion when we are in the place % hidden in (od % with Christ in (od#
The law of the Spirit of life is opposed to death, diseaseB opposite to that which is earthly, for within
s is a heavenly prodction# Fresh desire for (od-s glory ma)es s ready for the place of opportnity#
,r (od is a consming fire# The cross empty and @ess glorified throgh s# Risen % rivers flowing
% white heat#
3ltitdes % mltitdes in the valley of determination, the day of the Lord is near in the
valley of determination#
4ecide and the floods appear#
Faith is the victory % for faith is sbstance and evidence#
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Flames of Fire, 3ay <?, ;><I
0raise the Lord5 I am sre anyone wold have great liberty in preaching in this Convention5 I
believe (od the $oly (host can so bring into or hearts these trths that we shall live in the top place
of e'pectation# There may be mch variation in these meetings, bt I believe (od will give s the
desire of or hearts# I am so glad to be here % my heart is fll on so many lines#
The message to me this morning was very fine# I )now that only (od can satisfy my thirst# I
)now this % that the man who is to be possessed with a &eal of (od-s wor) can only possess it as he
is thirsty after (od# @ess had a great longing % a great passion# It was the &eal of the hose of (od# I
believe this morning (od wants to bring s to a place where we shall reali&e there is revoltion
coming in or lives#
,h, beloved, it seems to me that we shall never be anywhere for (od ntil there has been a
perfect revoltion in or whole being#
It was a tremendos thoght for me to )now that I had received the $oly (host, bt I am
coming to a great wonderment of splendor to )now that the $oly (host has at last got me5 1nd the
revoltion has had sch an effect pon my life that everything is of a new order % a reviving process
% a divine mar) right within the inner heart# It is certainly an incision withot a mar), bt (od pts
$is stamp into the hidden desires and cravings, and the whole thing is a great plan of a divine
creation % the thirst of (od after the image of the one $e first created# It was forfeited, bt it is now
being broght bac) to its beginning# It may only be in its infancy, bt oh5 The development since last
year of (od-s incarnation in my whole sol# *othing less will please the Lord, only a constant, fll
brnt offering for (od, where $e is in absolte and tter athority over my whole being, ntil I am
living, thin)ing, acting in the power of the $oly (host# 0raise the Lord5
It is worthy of thoght this morning, to allow (od to bring a powerfl might to so brst pon
all or natral desires and longings that we may at last come on to a plane of the divine plan where
(od breathes $is own breath and ma)es $is own food and eats and drin)s with s and lives within s
% an overflowing measre that shall never be ta)en away# There is something in this 0entecostal
wor) for (od that it seems a continal decreasing with an increasing measre that seems to press yo
beyond measre to ta)e over the measreless measre5 I am satisfied in my heart this morning that the
hand of (od is pon s# If we cold only believe % if we cold only believe to see the glory of the
salvation that (od has got for s in the 0erson of @ess5
1 Flame ,f Fire
Shall we read the first chapter of $ebrews % it is fll of holy vision# The word that I have for
yo this morning is in the Eth verse#
1nd of the angels he saith, Who ma)eth his angels spirits, and his
ministers aflame of fire#
$is ministers are to be flames of fire5 This means so mch for s this morning# It seems to me
that no man with a vision, especially a vision by the Spirit-s power, can read that wonderfl verse %
that divine trth % withot being )indled to sch a flame of fire for his Lord that it seems as if it
wold brn p everything that wold interfere with his progress# 1 flame of fire5 1 perpetal fireB a
constant fireB a constant brningB a holy inward flame which is e'actly that which (od-s Son was in
the world manifesting for s all# I can see this % that (od has nothing less for s than to be flamed#
It seems to me that if 0entecost is to rise and be effective it mst have a living faith,
personated and changed into life, ntil we live, increasingly live, so in $is great might and power
which flows throgh s ntil the life becomes energi&ed, moved and cases s to be aflame for (od#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the flame of (od-s love flashing throgh the
hman natre, changing it, ntil the place shall )now it no more forever# It shall see the face of (od
and die and never live again# ,nly love % a wave of $is life to send forth till others shall feel $is
love and be )indled into a flame of grace5"
The import of or message is that the $oly (host has come to ma)e @ess =ing# It seems to me
that the seed, which is an eternal seed, that life which was given to s when we believed was of sch
a natre of resrrection power that I see a new creation rising with a )ingly position, and I see that
when the $oly (host comes, $e comes to crown @ess =ing# So, beloved, it is not only the =ing
within, bt all the glories of the )ingly manifestations which are broght forth# So I see this, that even
that alone wold case yo to feel a brning after @essB a longing, a passion after $im# ,h, for $im
to so wor) in s, melting s ntil a new order rises, moved with compassion5
There is something abot the message that I want yo to catch this morning# It does not seem to
me that (od can in any way ever ma)e s to be anything, bt I do see that we can so come into a place
in the order of (od that $e sets s p where the vision becomes so mch brighter and where the Lord
is in $is glory with all $is beatitdes and gifts and all $is glory seems to fill the sol who is
absoltely dead and alive to $im# There is so mch tal) abot death, bt I do see that there is a death
which is so deep in (od that ot of that death (od brings the splendor of $is life and all $is glory#
,n Fire % 1lways
1 remar)able evidence of being a flame of fire for (od came when I was traveling from
.gypt to Italy# It is /ite tre when I tell yo on the ship and everywhere (od has been with me# 1
man on the ship sddenly collapsedB his wife was in a terrible state and everybody else seemed to be#
Some said that it had come to the end, bt oh, to be a flame % to be indwelt by the living Christ5 We
are a bac) nmber if we have to pray for power, if we have to wait ntil we feel a sense of $is
presence# The baptism of the $oly (host shold empower yo for any emergency# !:e shall have
power after that the $oly (host is come pon yo#" Within yo there is a greater power than there is
in the world# ,h, to be awa)ened ot of or nbelief into a place of daring for (od5 ,n the athority
of the blessed Boo)5 So in the *ame of @ess I reb)ed the devil, and to the astonishment of the man-s
wife and himself, he was able to stand# $e said, !What is this6 It is going all over me# I have never
felt anything li)e this before#" For from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet the power of
(od shoo) him#
!In season and ot of season#" (od has for s an athority over the powers of the devil %
over all the power of the enemy# ,h, that we may live in the place where the glory e'celleth5 I wold
that we cold all see $im this morning# (od says to s throgh this lovely Word in $ebrews ;+J,
!Who being the brightness of his glory, and the e'press image of his person, and pholding all things
by the word of his power, when he had by himself prged or sins, sat down on the right hand of the
3a8esty on high#"
It wold ma)e anyone a flame of fire# 0raise (od, it is a fact5 @ess is in or body, and $e is
the e'press image of (od, and $e has come to or hman wea)nesses to change them and s into a
divine sbstance so that by the power of $is might we may not only overcome, bt re8oice in the fact
that we are more than overcomers# (od wants yo to have the last part % more than overcomers5
Beloved, all I spea) this morning is brning in my sol# The baptism of the Spirit has come for
nothing less than to eat the whole of my life# It set p @ess as =ing, and nothing can stand in $is holy
presence when $e is made =ing# .verything will wither before $im# I am reali&ing this#
I feel I come to a convention li)e this to stir yo p and to help yo to )now that this
inheritance of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal# 0raise the Lord5 1nd in the $oly (host
order, we have to come behind with no gift, bt I love the thoght that all the gifts are of no
/alification or service to s if the (iver does not wor) the gift# If $e is wor)ing the gift, and it is
there in operation, and yo are there only as an instrment or a voice or a temple, $e fills the bill5 ,h,
it is lovely5 $e dwells inside5 $e livesB $e movesB $e reveals# $e cases s to forget or sorrow and
re8oice with 8oy nspea)able and fll of glory# !The brightness of $is glory and the e'press image of
(od#"
We mst not forget that we mst ma)e this a personal thing# When (od made the angels, $e
made them sing# 1ll that were in the heavens did obedience to this wonderfl royal =ing, and,
beloved, we mst see that this Word this morning is a personal e'perience# I loo) at the Scriptres,
and I say, !,h, Lord, it mst be mine if yo give it to me % :o mst ma)e it mine#" This is how I
tal) to $im, so $e )nows my langage well5 1nd I am the thirstiest man in the world, and $e has a
reservoir specially for me and for s all# We sometimes get to a place where we say, !Lord, it is no
good, nothing :o have shown me yet has moved me sfficiently# :o will have to do something that
will ma)e the people marvel#" !I will yet do things that ye may marvel#"
This same @ess has come for one prpose, that $e might so be made manifest in s that the
world shall see $im, and we mst be brning and shining lights to reflect sch a holy @ess# We
cannot do it with cold, indifferent e'periences, and we never shall# I come across those people at
times who always !have a good report," bt oh for a 0entecostal ring in or hearts all the time5 ,h,
what have yo got, brother9sister6
1 Flame ,f Fire % !*ow"
,h, there is so mch difference between these things and the past times# There was a good
deal of loo)ing throgh the lattice, bt now % within the veil5 This is a !*ow" e'perience# 1 ta)ing
now# I mst be filled with the might of the Spirit# @ohn was a brning and a shining light, and I come to
yo this morning, and I see that the angels are to be ministering spirits, bt $is servants are to be
flames % the very essence of the Word % the life of @ess# @ess is life and the $oly (host is the
breath, and $e breathes throgh s the life of the Son of (od, and we give it to others and it giveth
life everywhere#
We have to lanch ot# The Word of (od says yo shall not drown if yo pass throgh the
waters, and yo shall not brn if yo pass throgh the fire# :o shold have been with me in Ceylon5
It was in a Wesleyan Chapel#
:o have to be ready for anything % a good bather does not wait, he goes right ot into the
water# (od wants s to be nhinged and yet bond together# 7nloosed for anything and tightened p
for everything5 That-s good5 In this Wesleyan Chapel they said, !:o )now, for days is not mch to
give s#" !*o," I said, !bt it is a good share5" They said, !We have never seen anything li)e this#
What are we going to do becase we are not toching the people at all6" I said, !Can yo have a
meeting early in the morning % at eight o-cloc)6 They said they wold, so I said, !We will tell all
the mothers who want their babies to be healed to come, and all the old people over seventy to come,
and then after that we will have an address to the people to ma)e them ready for the $oly (host#" ,h,
it wold have done yo all good to see ?DD mothers with their babies5 It was fine5 1nd then to see
;AD blac) people with their white hair come to be healed# I believe yo need to have something more
than smo)e to toch people# :o need to be a brning light for that# $is ministers mst be flames of
fire# There were thosands otside to hear the Word of (od# There were abot J,DDD people crying
for mercy at once# I tell yo it was a sight# From then the meetings rose to sch an e'tent that every
night A,DDD to I,DDD gathered there after yo had preached in a temperatre of ;;DS# Then yo had to
minister to these people# Bt I tell yo, a flame of fire can do anything5 Things change in the fire# It
was an e'perience of the people in the eleventh chapter of $ebrews# This is 0entecost5 It mst go p#
If ever it goes down it will never go p again# The prospects are so wonderfl % p there that yo
will say, !Lord % higherO#" What abot yor feet6 *ever mind them, get yor head in the right place5
1nd whatever yo do, don-t let yor heart get in the wrong place, for it is there where all the
illmination comes, and yo are made a flame by the igniting of $is power inside#
It will come, as sre as anything# Bt what moved me more than anything was this % and I say
it this morning with thoght and with a bro)en spirit becase I wold not li)e to mislead anything %
there were hndreds who tried to toch me, they were so impressed with the power of (od that was
present, and they testified everywhere that with a toch they were healed# 1nd it was not the virte of
Wigglesworth % it was the same faith in the Son of (od that was with those at @ersalem when they
said that 0eter-s shadow wold heal them#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od, Who is beginning to breathe, will not stop
breathing ntil the breath toches all into glory, for it is the $oly (host which came li)e a rshing
mighty wind# It will increase%till a nation shall be born in a day and the latter rain will increase, and
(od is now sending the latter rain#"
0raise the Lord# Brothers and sisters % yo say !Wigglesworth, I want it# I am longing for it#"
4o yo )now I am never satisfied with what comes to me, and @ess is coming to s all in greater
flness# ,nly yo mst stop yor earnest cry# :o mst believe that (od the $oly (host is toching
yo# For this is not yor own hman desire % it is a divine inclination, a heavenly call, that has
cased yo to begin to crave after (od, and $e will never cease ntil $e has accomplished every
prpose of $is in yor heart#
It is $is prpose to ta)e yo into the promised land# What an inward brning % what an
inward craving (od can give5 It is a taste of the heavenlies5 1nd we want more5 3ore of these
wonderfl 8oys, ntil (od has absoltely pt $is stamp pon everyone by the power of $is presence#
*ow, beloved, my time is coming to a close, bt yo can have something in three mintes that
yo can carry with yo into the glory# What do yo want6 Is anything too hard for (od6 (od can meet
yo now# (od sees yo inwardly, $e )nows all abot yo, nothing is hidden from $im, and $e can
satisfy the sol and give yo a spring of eternal blessing that will carry yo right throgh# 3y sol is
so thirsty % I am the thirstiest person here5
There are two things that yo mst have in a 0entecostal meeting# :o mst have an offering
% never be ashamed to ta)e an offering, even if yo have three meetings a day 1nd yo mst have a
bro)en spirit# The nearer I get to (od the more bro)en I am in spirit#
$ow many want more of (od6 ,ffer yorselves to $im, and reach heaven#
1ddress given at =ingsway Convention
(reater, (reater, (reater, 3ay ;><I
0raise the Lord5 Well, if I cold say all my heart wold li)e to say, I am sre we shold never
go away today# What a 8oy it is for the Lord to bring s together in this way, where we hear the words
that are so precios and convincing of all that @ess said# For there was never ,ne who came to the
world with sch a loving compassion, and who entered into all the needs of the people as @ess did#
*ow we see @ess at the right hand of the Father today, interceding with (od for the needs of the
people, and there is something abot $is last message to the world which is so wonderfl# Becase
$e was going to the Father, the Father cooperates with $im for the redemption of the world, and
becase of this, the Father will grant s all that we need# @ess said, !If I go to the Father, I will send
the Comforter," and $e )ept $is word, and the Father )ept $is word, and that promise was made real
on the day of 0entecost5 $e had ascended with the prpose of giving new power, new blessing, new
vision, and a living faith to all those who shold follow, that the great wor) shold be carried on# We
have today, and for many days, been drin)ing at this measreless measre, that ma)es or hearts swell
over with sch raptre and delight, and we )now we are living and moving in the power of the $oly
(host5 What wonderfl things are held ot to s# *ow the vision is clear#
3any of yo )now as long bac) as twelve or forteen years ago, how we sed to gather with
small companies of people, and divine healing was a small thing in those days, bt as we lived and
moved among the people they were healed and they are healed today# (od meant to wor) ot $is
prpose, that we shold loose people who were bond with grave9 clothes, and that they shold be
set free by the power of (od# We shold be so filled with the power of (od, that we shold not )now
what it is to have a body# $allel8ah5
1ll over the world I tell the people that since the Lord healed me over thirty years ago, I don-t
)now what it is to have a body# $allel8ah5 It is redemption in all its flness, no neralgia, no
stomach troble, no )idney disease, no dyspepsia, no rhematism# $allel8ah5 *o lmbago, no corns,
absoltely and entirely a new order of things# This is the inheritance of all
that see) $im, this is the inheritance there is in @ess# @ess said to the woman, !Shall I give
the children-s bread to dogs6" Bt hallel8ah5 There is bread, there is life, there is perfect healing
from the Son of (od# There was power in $im that moved every evil thing# It changes or
circmstances, and ma)es yo )now that the new creation is a living vital thing# 3y word to yo this
afternoon is a special word, becase it is the word of the 3aster#
$e is moved with compassion as $e sees s here today# 3any people are arond s that want
a new vision of @ess, that they may go away from this Convention to carry on the wor), for we are
here to ma)e disciples of the *a&arene# It is $is will that we shold do the wor)s that @ess declared
we shold do#
There are two things in faith# There is a faith which acts, there is a faith which needs to be
accompanied with wor)s, and we believe today that @ess meant all $e said# *ow let s loo) at what
$e said# There are three very important verses, and I trst yo will not forget them, whatever else yo
forget# What is the word6 It is in the ;?th chapter of @ohn, verses ;<9;?# Loo)ing at them we are filled
with 8oy# $ow I love, how I cherish the words of @ess, trly they are lovely# When I thin) of the
infinite wisdom of (od in this measre, why did not (od come to s and ma)e $imself openly
manifested to s6 Why not6 Becase or finite beings cold not stand $is glory# :o remember that
as Sal went into 4amascs, the light of the Son 8st flashed on the road, and those with him fell to the
earth, and he was trned blind at the same time# We cold not stand (od-s glory, becase we are only
finite beings, bt (od did the very best for s# When $e cold not present $imself to s, $e gave s
$is Word# $is Word has a /ic)ening power# 4avid )new it, he says that Word has /ic)ened him#
This Word is the divine revelation, it is the Word of life, of healing, of power# (od has given s $is
own Word# I wold that all who can hear me wold give themselves careflly over to reading more
of the Word of (od, if yo only )new how I love it# There is something abot the Word which is so
wonderfl# It brings new life into yo, ntil yo reali&e yo are a new creatre# $allel8ah5
(od Is (reater Than 1ll
Listen to this word today#
Lerily, verily, I say nto yo, $e that believeth on me, the wor)s
that I do shall he do alsoB and greater wor)s than these shall he doB
becase I go nto my Father# @ohn ;?+;<
,h, glory to (od5 (od says, !*ot one word shall fail, of all that I have promised#" Sometimes
we fail, bt (od never does# $allel8ah# What do I mean6 Well, I am here today to get yo to a place
of resting pon the Word of (od# If I cold get yo there, yo can say in faith, !It is done#" If I can
spea) to yo today by the grace of (od, it can be finished in yor seat# The Word of (od cannot fail,
becase it is the living Word# Listen to the words of @ess as $e says, !(reater wor)s than these shall
ye do#" I )now as trly as I stand pon this platform that we shall see the rising tide of blessing and
divine healing go forth with greater power, bt Satan will always try to hinder the real wor) of (od#
Whenever the power of (od is being manifested, Satan will be there trying to pset it#
Satanic forces will be there, bt (od is greater# When we were bapti&ed in the $oly (host,
the spiritalist people got to )now of it and they came to one of or meetings# They heard that we
were spea)ing in tonges and they came, and they filled two seats# Then I began spea)ing in tonges,
Cthat was natral to meF, and then these mttering devils began also# I went to these two seats and I
said !(o ot, yo devils, go ot," and they came ot li)e a floc) of sheep5 They went right otside,
and when they got otside they crsed, and crsed, bt they were otside# So I )now that the devil
will have manifestations, bt in the *ame of @ess his power is gone#
What I want to impress pon yo is that we mst see these greater wor)s that the Lord
promised we shold see# Listen, !(reater wor)s than these shall ye do, becase I go to 3y Father#"
!1nd whatsoever ye shall as) in 3y name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son#"
What is it that yo want6 !Whatsoever ye shall as) in 3y *ame, that will I do#" (lory to (od# Is
there any prpose in it6 :es, !that the Father may be glorified in the Son#"
If yo want (od to be glorified in the Son# If yo want (od to be glorified in @ess, yo mst
live in the position where these things are being done# 0raise (od, $e has been delivering people in
these meetings# *ow yo people that have been delivered this morning pt p yor hands# *ow we
will have some testimonies of the deliverances# The power of (od is here to deliver the people, bt I
am not satisfied# :o thin) that I am satisfied6 I have never seen anything yet to satisfy me# I am the
hngriest person there is in this place5
(reater 0ower
There is something very remar)able and forcefl in this verse# It says, !Lerily, verily, I say
nto yo### greater wor)s than these shall ye do#" In the power of $is *ame there is power against the
devil, and all his hosts# It is a marvelos force against all these things# (lory to (od# I will give yo
an illstration of this# In the corse of my travels I went to Sweden, and while going along one day I
saw a man fall into a doorway# 0eople came along and said he was dead# I cold not spea) Swiss, bt
I cold spea) .nglish, and the devil )new I cold spea) .nglish, Che )nows all the langagesF, and I
sed the power and athority of the *ame of @ess, and instantly he was delivered# The man had been
trobled li)e this for years# The Lord told me to ma)e him a pblic e'ample, so I got him to come to
the meeting, and he came and told s of his deliverance# $e told s the most awfl things that the devil
had been telling him, and then he told s how the devil had gone right ot of him# 0raise (od#
While I was in Ceylon, I was sent for to go to a certain place to pray for someone# I said
!what is the case6" It was a woman dying of cancer# I said, !Ta)e this hand)erchief in the *ame of
the Lord#" Bt nothing happened# They said to me, !:o mst go this time#" I went and loo)ed at the
woman# She was in a terrible condition, with cancer in the womb, and nearly dead# The hose was
fll of people, and I preached @ess to them, and how precios $e became to me as I did so# I said to
them, !I )now this woman will be healed," bt I want yo to )now the power of my Lord# This case
can be delivered, bt I want yo to )now $im who can deliver# @ess said, !(reater wor)s," what
did $e mean6 Standing on the athority of the Word of (od# $allel8ah5 The deliverance was so
marvelos, and had sch an effect pon the home that they went to the papers themselves and
pblished it, and the woman herself came to the meeting and stood p and told the people what great
things the Lord had done for her# $allel8ah5 !(reater wor)s than these shall ye do#" :o say,
!$ow"6 ,nly believe# What is it to believe6 It is to have sch confidence in what the Lord said that
we ta)e $im at $is Word becase $e said it# (lory to (od#
:es, I )now this boo) is tre,
:es, I )now this boo) is tre,
I-m ac/ainted with the 1thor,
1nd I )now this boo) is tre#
Whatsoever
Let s loo) at the last part of this verse, it is very important# It says, !1nd whatsoever ye shall
as) in 3y *ame, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son#" Tell me, what does
whatsoever mean6 It means everything# :o say there is a difference between everything and
anything# .verything means the world, anything means yo, so it is yo that I am dealing with, I am not
dealing with people in 1merica today bt yo# Redemption is so complete that the person who
believes it is made complete# Loo) at or 3aster as $e calls the man who had the withered hand to
stand before $im# @ess loo)ed pon that withered hand, and at $is command the hand is restored# $e
gave the living Word, !Stretch forth thy arm," and the arm was healed# 0eople today are waiting for
the manifestation of the sons of (od# The world is crying ot for something after the new creation
order#
I remember one day a man came to see me abot a woman who was dying, and as)ed me to
visit her# When I got into the room I saw there was no hope, as far as hman aid was concerned# The
woman was sffering from a tmor and it had sapped her life away# I loo)ed at her, and I )new there
was no possibility of help, e'cept a divine possibility# Than) (od I )new $e was able# I never say it
cannot be# I find (od is able to do everything# I said to her, !I )now yo are beyond everything now,
bt if yo cannot lift yor arm, or raise it at all, it might be possible that yo cold raise yor finger as
an indication that yo desire to get better# $er hand lay pon the bed, bt she lifted her finger 8st a
little# I said to my friend, !We will pray with her, and anoint her," and after anointing her, her chin
dropped, death came on, and my friend said, !She is dead#" $e was scared, I have never seen a man
so frightened in my life# $e said, !What shall I do6"
:o may thin) what I did was one of the most absrd things to do, bt I did it# I reached over
into the bed and plled her ot, and carried her across the room, and stood her against the wall and
held her p, as she was absoltely dead# I loo)ed into her face and said, !In the *ame of @ess I
reb)e this death," and from the crown of her head to the sole of her foot her whole body began to
tremble, and then her feet stood on the floor, and I said, !In the *ame of @ess I command yo to
wal)," and she began to wal)# I repeated, !In the *ame of @ess, in the *ame of @ess, wal)," and she
wal)ed bac) to the wardrobe, and bac) into bed#
3y friend went ot and told the people that he had seen a woman raised from the dead5 ,ne of
the elders of the mission where she attended said he was not going to have this )ind of thing, and tried
to stop it# The doctor heard of it and went to see the woman# $e said, !I have heard from 3r# Fisher,
the elder, that yo have been broght bac) to life, and I want yo to tell me if it is so#" She told him it
was so# $e said, !4are yo come and give yor testimony at a certain hall, if I ta)e yo in my car6"
She said, !I will go anywhere to give it#"
She came to the hall, loo)ing so white, bt there was a lovely brightness on her face# She was
dressed in white, and I thoght how beatifl she loo)ed# This is what she said# !For many months I
have been going down to death, now I want to live for my children# I came to the place where it
seemed there was no hope# I remember a man came to pray with me, and said to me, GIf yo cannot
spea), or cannot lift yor hands, if yo want to live, move one of yor fingers#- I remember moving
my finger, bt from that moment I )new nothing else ntil I was in the glory# I feel I mst try and tell
yo what the glory is li)e# I saw contess nmbers of people, and oh5 The 8oy, and the singing, it was
lovely, bt the face of @ess lit p everything, and 8st when I was having a beatifl time, the Lord
sddenly pointed to me, withot spea)ing, and I )new I had to go, and the ne't moment I heard a man
say, !Wal), wal), in the *ame of @ess5 If the doctor is here, I wold li)e to hear what he has to say#"
The doctor rose# $e had a white beard, and I cannot forget the color of his waistcoat, it was a
canary colored pattern# When he stood p, he began to spea), bt he cold not at first, his lips
/ivered and then his eyes loo)ed .)e a fontain of waters, and I thoght whatever is going to
happen6 Then he said that for months he had been praying, and at last he felt there was no more hope,
and he told them at the hose that the woman wold not live mch longer, in fact it was only a matter
of days# *ever live6 $allel8ah# Bt this is where !the greater wor)s" come in# Than) (od, if we
believe all things are possible# It can be done now, this moment as yo sit in yor seat, if yo believe
it shall be done for the glory of (od# I as) yo, while I preach today to believe (od-s Word, and it
shall come to pass# (lory to (od# *ow I want a wholesale healing this afternoon# I believe it may be
possible for some to have that divine, inward, moving of living faith that will ma)e yo absoltely
whole# If yo deny yorself, and believe (od-s Word, yo will be healed at the toch of the Lord#
*ow I want yo to live in the snshine#
I went to 4over to preach, and we had twenty people instantly healed at once# I have seen a
hndred people healed in the meeting instantly, as they believed# 0eople have been healed as they
have risen from their seats# I want yo to get to sch a place of faith, that yo will not )now yo have
a body# 3r# Stephen @effrey-s will be telling yo tonight, that there is a perfect redemption for all or
needs# We want this meeting to go away with the )nowledge of a fll redemption# If yo believe on
the athority of (od-s Word yo are healed, yo will have perfect health from yor finger-s ends to
yor whole body# We will sing that chors %
I do believe, I will believe that @ess heals me now,
I do believe, I will believe that @ess heals me now#
1men#
1ddress given at =ingsway $all London
The Baptism in the $oly (host, 3ay9@ne ;><I
I want to read to yo a few verses from the first chapter of the 1cts of the 1postles, verses ;
to ;;#
I have been perple'ed this afternoon as to what the message shold be# I have had distinctly
three messages on my mind, bt none of them has come forth# It appears (od has a plan for this
afternoon-s meeting, and I believe the plan for yo and for me is to )now more abot the baptism of
the $oly (host# 1nd I believe that (od wants s so to )now the trth that we may all go away from
this meeting with a clear )nowledge of what (od means for all $is people to receive the $oly (host#
When @ess, or 3ediator and 1dvocate, was so filled with the $oly (host, $e gave
commandment concerning these days we are in, and gave commandment of the time throgh the $oly
(host# I can see that if we are going to accomplish anything we are going to have it becase we are
nder the power of the $oly (host#
4ring my life I have seen lots of satanic forces, spiritists, and all other !ists#" 1nd I tell yo
that there is a power which is satanic, and there is a power which is the $oly (host# I remember after
we received the $oly (host, and when people were spea)ing in tonges as the Spirit gave tterance
% we don-t )now the $oly (host any other way % the spiritists heard abot it, and came to the
meeting in good time to fill two rows of seats#
When the power of (od fell pon s, these imitators began their sha)ing, and moving with
tterances of the satanic forces# The Spirit of the Lord was mighty pon me# I went to them and said,
!*ow yo demons, clear ot of this5" 1nd ot they went# I followed them right ot in the street, and
then they trned rond and crsed me# It made no difference, they were ot#
Beloved, (od wold have s to )now in these days that there is a flness of (od where all
other powers mst cease to be# 1nd I beseech yo this afternoon to hear that the baptism in the $oly
(host is to possess s so that we are, and may be continally, so fll of the $oly (host that
tterances, and revelations, and eyesight and everything, may be so remar)ably controlled by the
Spirit of (od that we live and move in this glorios sphere of seflness for the glory of (od#
1nd I believe that (od wants to help s to see that every child in the meeting oght to receive
the $oly (host# Beloved, (od wants s to nderstand that there is no difficlty when we are in the
right order# 1nd I want yo to see what there is in see)ing the $oly (host#
The 0rpose ,f The Baptism
If we go into @ohn-s gospel we cold see that @ess predicted all that we are getting today
when the $oly (host came# $e said $e shold ta)e of the things of $is Word and reveal them nto s
when the $oly (host came# $e shold 8st live ot in s all the life of @ess#
1nd if we cold only thin) what it really means5 It is one of the ideals# Tal) abot gradation5
3y word5 Come into the gradation of the $oly (host by the Spirit, and yo will simply strip ot
everything they have in any college there ever was# :o wold leave them all behind 8st as I see the
sn leave the mist behind in San Francisco# :o wold leave that which is as cold as ice, and go into
the snshine#
(od the $oly (host wants s to have sch an ideal of this flness of the Spirit that we wold
neither be ignorant, neither wold we have mystic conceptions, bt we wold have a clear,
nmista)able revelation of all the mind of (od for these days#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Spirit of the living (od comes with sch
divine revelation, sch nveiling abot $im, sch a clearness of what $e was to the people, and
brings within s the breath of that eternal power that ma)es s )now we are right here this very hor
to carry ot $is plan for now, and what (od shall have for the ftre, for there is no limitation bt
rather an enforcement of character, of clearness of vision, of an openness of contenance till we
behold $im in every divine light#"
(lory5 ,h, it is grand5 Than) (od for that interpretation#
I beseech yo, beloved, in the *ame of @ess, that yo shold see that yo come right into all
the mind of (od# @ess verily said, !Bt ye shall receive power, after that the $oly (host is come
pon yo#" 1nd I want yo to )now that !$e showed $imself alive after $is passion by many
infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days#" $e is all the time nfolding to everyone of s the
power of resrrection#
Remember the baptism of the $oly (host is resrrection# If yo can toch this ideal of (od
with its resrrection power, yo will see that nothing earthly can remainB yo will see that all disease
will clear ot# If yo get so fll of the $oly (host, all satanic forces of fit9ta)ing, all these lame legs,
all these corn afflictions, and all these nervos, fearfl things, all these )idney trobles will go#
Resrrection is the word for it# Resrrection is to sha)e away death to breathe in yo life, to let yo
)now that yo are from the dead /ic)ened by the Spirit, made li)e nto @ess# (lory to (od5
,h, the word resrrection5 I wish I cold say it 8st on parallel lines with the word @ess#
They very harmoniosly go together# @ess is resrrection, and to )now @ess in this resrrection
power is simply to see that yo have no more to be dead bt alive nto (od by the Spirit#
The *ecessity ,f The Baptism
There is a necessity of being bapti&ed in the $oly (host for a bsinessman# For any )ind of
bsiness we need to )now the power of the $oly (host, becase if yo are not bapti&ed with the $oly
(host Satan has a tremendos power to interfere with the power of yor life# If yo come into the
baptism of the $oly (host there is a new plane for yor bsiness# I remember one day being in
London at a meeting# 1bot eleven o-cloc) they said to me, !We shall have to close down, we are not
allowed to have this place any longer than eleven o-cloc)#" There were several nder the power of
the Spirit# 1 man rose p, loo)ed at me, saying, !,h, don-t leave me, please# I feel I dare not be left# I
mst come throgh# Will yo go home with s6" !:es," I said, !I will go#" $is wife was there as
well# They were two hngry people 8st being wa)ened p by the power of the Spirit to )now they
were lac)ing in their life, and they needed the power of (od#
In abot an hor-s time we arrived at their big, beatifl hose in the contry# It was winter
time# $e began stirring the fire p, and ptting coal on, and said, !We will soon have a tremendos
fire, so we will get warmed# Then we will have a big spper#" 1nd I sppose the ne't thing wold
have been going to bed#
!*o, than) yo," I said# !I have not come here for yor spper, nor for yor bed# I thoght yo
wanted me to come with yo that yo might receive the $oly (host#" !,h," he replied# !Will yo stop
with s and pray6" !I have come for nothing else#" I )new I cold )eep myself warm in a prayer
meeting withot a fire#
1bot half9past three in the morning his wife was as fll as cold be, spea)ing in tonges# It
was a lovely day# I went to the end of the table# There he was having a terrible groan# So I said,
!:or wife is throgh#" !,h," he said, !this is going to be a big night for me#" :es, I tell yo, they are
big nights for yo whether yo come throgh or not, if yo see) with all yor heart#
I often say there is more done in the see)ing than any other way# If we )new the Scriptres
there is no sch thing as see)ing for the $oly (host, bt a place where we need to )now that withot
we meet face to face with (od, and get all croo)ed places ot of or lives, there wold be no room
for the $oly (host, for the indwelling presence of (od# Bt when (od gets a chance at s, and by the
vision of the blood we see orselves as (od sees s, then we have a revelation# Withot its
accomplishment we are ndone and helpless#
1t five o-cloc) in the morning, this man stood p and said, !I am throgh#" $e was not
bapti&ed# !I am settled," he contined# !(od has settled me# *ow I mst have a few hors- rest before
I go to bsiness at eight o-cloc)#" 3y word5 That was a day at his bsiness# In many years he never
lived a day li)e that# $e was going arond abot his bsiness amongst all his men# They said, !What
is p with the man6 What is p with the governor6 What has ta)en place6 ,h, what a change5"
The whole place was electrified# (od had trned the lion into the lamb# ,h, he was li)e a
great big lion prowling abot nder the old conditions, bt (od had toched him# The toch of
omnipotence had bro)en down this man till right there in the bsiness the men were bro)en p in his
presence# ,h, I tell yo, there is something in prsit, there is something in waiting# What is it6 ,h, it
is this, (od slays a man that he may begin on a new plane in his life# We shall have to be slain tterly
if we want to )now that resrrection power of @ess#
1 short time afterwards when I was passing throgh the gronds towards this man-s hose, his
two sons rshed ot to where I was, threw their arms rond me and )issed me, saying, !:o have sent
s a new father#" The same night in which he went to wor), he had been bapti&ed abot ten o-cloc) in
a meeting# ,h, the power of the $oly (host is to create new men and new women# It is to ta)e away
the stony heart ot of yor flesh, and give yo a heart of flesh by the Spirit# 1nd when (od gets a way
li)e that there is a tremendos sha)ing amongst the dry bones, for (od gets $is way with the people#
We mst see that we are no good withot (od ta)es charge of s# Bt when $e gets real
charge of s what a plan for the ftre5 What a wonderfl open door for (od5 ,h, brethren, we mst
see this ideal by the Spirit5 What shall we do6 4o6 :o dare not do anything bt go throgh# Sbmit
to the power of (od# If yo yield other people are saved# :o will die withot yo have a power of
resrrection, a toch for others# Bt if yo live only for (od, then other people will be raised ot of
death, and all )inds of evil into a blessed life throgh the Spirit#
The Baptism Is .ssential
Beloved, we mst see that this baptism of the Spirit is greater than all# :o can tal) as yo
li)e, say what yo li)e, do as yo li)e, bt ntil yo have the $oly (host, yo won-t )now what the
resrrection toch is# Resrrection is by the power of the Spirit# 1nd remember, when I tal) abot
resrrection I tal) abot one of the greatest things in the Scriptres, becase resrrection is an
evidence that we have wo)en p with a new line of trth that cannot cease to be bt will always go on
with a greater force of an increasing power with (od#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !$allel8ah5 The Spirit breathes, the Spirit lifts,
the Spirit renews, the Spirit /ic)ens#"
The man that is bapti&ed in the $oly (host is bapti&ed in a new order altogether# It cannot be
that yo shall ever be ordinary after that# :o are on an e'traordinary plane, yo are broght into line
with the mind of (od# :o have come into toch with ideals on every line#
If yo want oratory, there it is in the baptism of the Spirit# If yo want the toch of /ic)ened
sense that moves yor body till yo )now that yo are all renewed, it is the $oly (host# 1nd while I
say so mch abot the $oly (host today, I withdraw everything that doesn-t pt @ess in the ordered
place $e belongs, for when I spea) abot the $oly (host it is always with reference to revelations of
@ess# The $oly (host is only the revealer of the mighty Christ who has all for s that we may never
)now any wea)ness bt all limitations are gone# 1nd yo are now in a place where (od has ta)en the
ideal, and moved yo on with $is own velocity which has a speed beyond all hman mind and
thoght# (lory to (od5
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !Wa)e tho that sleepest, and allow the Lord to
wa)e thee into righteosness# The liberty wherewith (od has set thee free % (od hath made thee free
to enlarge others which are bond#"
So the Spirit of the Lord mst have $is way on every line today# What will happen if we all
loosen orselves p5 Sometimes I thin) it is necessary almost to give an address to bapti&ed sols,
becase I feel 8st li)e the Corinthian Chrch, we may have, as it were, gifts and graces, and se them
all, bt sit in them and not go on beyond#
I maintain that all gifts and graces are only for one thing, to ma)e yo go in for gifts and
graces# 4on-t miss what I say# .very toch of the divine life by the Spirit is only for one prpose, to
ma)e yor life go on to a higher height than where yo are# Beloved, if anybody has to rise p in the
meeting to tell me how they were bapti&ed with the $oly (host in order for me to )now they are
bapti&ed, I say, !:o have fallen from grace# :o oght to have sch a baptism that everybody can
tell yo are bapti&ed withot yor telling how yo were bapti&ed# That wold ma)e a new day# That
wold be a sermon of itself to everybody not only in here bt otside# Then people wold follow yo
to get to )now where yo have come from, and where yo are going# :o say, !I want that, I won-t
settle till I get that#" (od will srely give it to yo#
The $oly (host can only come when bodies are ready, for the $oly (host dwells in temples
not made with hands, bt in the fleshy tables of the heart# So it doesn-t matter what )ind of a bilding
yo get, yo cannot cont on the bilding being a sbstitte for the $oly (host# :o will all have to
be temples of the $oly (host to have the bilding anything li)e $oly (host order#
The Baptism 1nd The Coming ,f The Lord
The $oly (host cold not come till the apostles and those that were in the pper room, were
all of one mind and heart, all with one accord with themselves and with (od# Sppose I read one
verse to help yo, becase I am on this definite principle of what it means, the flness of the latter
rain, and the ta)ing away of the Chrch# @ames A+E, is a beatifl verse on that line+
Be patient therefore, brethren, nto the coming of the Lord#
Behold, the hsbandman waiteth for the precios frit of the
earth####
What is precios frit of the earth6 Is it cabbages6 Is it grapes6 The precios frit of the earth
is the Chrch, it is the Body of Christ# 1nd (od has no thoght for other things# $e cases the others
to grow, and the glory of the flower# $e loo)s into the beaty of it becase $e )nows it will please
s# Bt when spea)ing abot the precios frit of the earth or Lord has $is mind pon yo today, and
$e says+
###Behold, the hsbandman waiteth for the precios frit of the
earth, and hath long patience for it, ntil he receive the early and
latter rain# Be ye also patientB stablish yor hearts+ for the coming
of the Lord draweth nigh# @ames A+E,H
So if yo want the coming of the Lord yo mst certainly advocate every believer being filled
with the $oly (host# The more a man is filled with the $oly (host, the more he will be ready to
forecast and send forth this glorios trth#
Some people have an idea, I don-t )now how they get it### bt the $oly (host cannot come till
the chrch is ready# 1nd yo say, !When will the chrch be ready6" If the believers were in the
attitde (od cold send the breath this afternoon to ma)e the chrch ready in ten mintes, and less
than that#
So we can clearly say the coming of the Lord is nigh nto s bt it will be more high nto s
as we are ready for receiving a fller and greater manifestation# What will be the manifestation of the
coming of the Lord6 If we were ready, and if the power of (od was pressing that trth today we
shold be rshing p against one another saying, !$e is coming, I )now $e is coming#" !$e is
coming5" !:es, I )now $e is#" .very person rondabot wold be saying, !$e is coming," and yo
wold )now $e is coming#
That is the only hope of the loo)ing forward, and there is nothing bt the $oly (host can
prepare the hearts of the people to rsh p and down and say, !$e is coming," and will come soon#
0raise (od, $e will come as srely as we are in this place, $e is coming5
$ow To Receive
There are things I have had to learn abot the baptism#
,ne day in .ngland a lady wrote to as) if I wold go down and help her# She said she was
blind, having two blood clots behind the eye# 1nd I sent a letter li)e this, not )nowing who it was# I
had only been in London lately and I didn-t feel I wanted to go, bt I said if she was willing to go into
a room with me, and sht the door, and never come ot till she had perfect sight, I wold come#
!,h," she sent word, !Come5" 1nd the moment I reached the hose, they broght in this blind
woman# 1fter sha)ing hands this blind woman made the way to the room, opened the door, allowed
me to go in, then she came in and sht the door# !*ow," she said, !we are with (od#" $ave yo ever
been there6 It is a lovely place#
In a hor and a half the power of (od fell pon s, and rshing to the window she e'claimed,
!I can see5 ,h, I can see5 The blood is gone, I can see5" Sitting down in a chair she as)ed, !Cold I
receive the $oly (host6" !:es," I replied, !if all is s/are#" !:o don-t )now me," she contined,
!bt for ten years I have been fighting yor position# These tonges I coldn-t bear bt (od settled it
today# I want the baptism of the $oly (host#"
1fter she had prayed and repented of what she had said abot !tonges" she was filled with
the $oly (host, and was spea)ing in tonges#
When yo pt yor hands pon people, yo can tell when the $oly (host is in# 1nd if yo will
only let go, my word5 What wold happen#
1nd I wonder how many people there are today who are prepared to be bapti&ed6 ,h, yo
coldn-t be bapti&ed6 :o have been a man too long# 4o yo )now there is a difference between
being a baby and anything else in the world# 3any people have been waiting for years for the
baptism, and what has been p6 We are told in the Scriptres,
1t that time @ess answered and said, I than) thee, , Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, becase tho hast hid these things from
the wise and prdent, and hast revealed them nto babes# 3atthew
;;+<A
What is there p with the wise man6 1 wise man is too carefl# 1nd while he is in the
operation of the Spirit, he wants to )now what he is saying# *o man can )now what he is saying when
the Spirit is pon him# $is own mind is inactive# If yo get into that near place yor mind is entirely
obliterated and the mind of Christ comes by the power of the Spirit, and in that condition $e prays
and spea)s in the Spirit as the Spirit gives tterance#
This is the mind and plan of (od for s to receive the $oly (host# What is the difference
between the wise and prdent man, and a baby6 If yo get baby9enogh this afternoon we shall have at
least fifty people bapti&ed in the $oly (host# If yo will only yield to (od and let the Spirit have $is
way (od will fill yo with the $oly (host#
1t Sweden, the power of (od was pon s, and in a /arter of an hor I believe more than a
hndred received the $oly (host# 3ay (od grant it this afternoon# Beloved, it shall be so for (od is
with s#
The natral man cannot receive the Spirit of (od, bt when yo get into a spernatral place,
then yo receive the mind of (od# The difference between a wise and prdent man and a baby, what
is it6 The baby swallows it all, and the mother has to hold the bottle or some of that will go down#
The baby cannot wal)# That is how (od wants it to be in the Spirit# Bt (od wal)s in the baby# The
baby cannot tal), bt (od tal)s throgh the baby# The baby cannot dress himself, bt (od dresses it
and clothes it with $is righteosness#
,h, beloved, if we can only be babes today great things will ta)e place in the line and thoght
of the Spirit of (od# The Lord wants s all to be so in li)e9mindedness with $im that $e pts $is
seal pon s#
There are some in the meeting who have no dobt never been saved# Where the saints are
see)ing, and leaving themselves to the operation of the Spirit there are newborn children in the midst#
(od will save in or midst# (od will se this means of blessing if we only let orselves go# :o say,
What can I do6 The fiddler will drop his fiddle, the drmmer
his drm# If there is anybody here who has anything hanging rond abot him it will drop off#
If yo get baby9enogh today everything else will drop off and yo will be free# :o will be able to
rn and s)ip in the street, and yo will be happy#
4oes the baby ever lose its brilliancy6 4oes he ever lose his common sense position6 4oes
the baby that comes in the will of (od lose its reason, or its credentials on any line6 *o, (od will
increase yor abilities and help yo on all lines#
It isn-t what I am spea)ing abot, to be a baby# It is a baby in the Spirit# 0al says in ;
Corinthians ;?+<D, !###in malice be ye children, bt in nderstanding be men#" 1nd I believe the Spirit
wold breathe throgh all these attribtes of the Spirit that we may nderstand what the mind of the
Lord is concerning s in the $oly (host#
,h, this blessed thoght# I want to help all that are being bapti&ed to help others# If ever yo
have spo)en in tonges in yor life, this afternoon let yorself go and (od will spea) throgh yo#
:o mst have a day yo have never had before# This mst be an ideal day in the Spirit, a day with
the nction of the Spirit, a day with the mind of (od in the Spirit#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
We 3ean Bsiness With (od, @ne ?, ;><I
1cts A % ,nly believe# ,nly believe#
There is a power in (od-s Word which brings life where death is# @ess said the time shold
come when the dead shold hear the voice of the Son of man and live# $e that believeth this Word, all
things are possible to him that believeth# The life of the Son is in the Word, all that are saved can
preach this Word# This Word frees from death and corrption, it is life in the natral# @ess broght
life and immortality to life throgh the (ospel#
We can never e'hast the Word, it is so abndant# There is a river the streams of which ma)e
glad the city of (od, its sorce is in the glory#
The essence of its life is (od# The life of @ess embodied is its manifested power#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !@ess $imself has come into death and has given
s the victory, the victorios Son of (od in hmanity over cometh, who sccoreth the needy#
Immortality prodced in mortality has changed the sitation for s# This is life indeed and the end of
death# Christ having broght life and immortality to life throgh the (ospel#"
The Chrch .stablished
We have a wonderfl sb8ect tonight becase of its chrch manifestation, for in (od-s first
chrch no lie cold live# The new chrch the $oly (host is bilding has no lie, bt prity and holiness
nto the Lord# I see the new Chrch established in the breath of the MLordN# (od is wor)ing in a
spernatral way ma)ing faces shine with $is glory# 3en so in li)eness with (od, loving right, hating
ini/ity, evil fearing before $im, a lie nable to remain in the midst, no condemnation, no man can
condemn yo# 3any may try# Bt (od-s Word says, !Who is he that condemneth Christ that died6"
Will @ess condemn the sheep for whom he died6 $e died to save men and $e saves all who believe#
(od is prifying or hearts by faith# (od has come forth clothing s with $is Spirit-s might,
living in the bla&e of this glorios day % for there is nothing greater than the (ospel#
1nanias and Sapphira were moved to bring an offering# The day will come when we shall
cont nothing or own# We shall be so ta)en p with the Lord the chrch ripened into coming glory#
The first day was a measre, the latter day was to be more glorios# They sold a possession, it was
their own, bt when it was sold it loo)ed so mch# They reasoned, !The 0entecostal order was new,
it might dry p#" So they agreed to give a part and reserve the other#
Satan is very sbtle, many miss the greatest things by drawing aside# Let s pay or vows nto
the Lord# 0eter said, !###1nanias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the $oly (host6###" C1cts
A+JF# The moment 1nanias lied to the $oly (host he was smitten#
(od has shown s in this $oly (host baptism a new order of the Spirit# ,ne day when I came
into my hose, my wife said, !4id yo come in at the front door6" I said, !*o, I came in at the bac)#"
!,h," she said#
!1t the front yo wold have seen a crowd and a man with little clothing on, crying ot, GI
have committed the npardonable sin#"- 1s I went to the door, (od whispered to me, !This is what I
bapti&ed yo in the Spirit for#" The man came in crying, !I have committed the npardonable sin#" I
said, !:o lying devil, come ot in @ess- *ame#" $e said, !What is it6 I am free# Than) (od I never
did it#"
*ot a man living has committed the npardonable sin, for the good and evil are preserved
ntil the $oly (host is withdrawn from the world# We are all in a good place, )ept by the power of
(od#
,neness ,f 1ccord
(reat fear came pon the chrch, the love that fears to grieve $im# Why, they cold as) and
get anything# ,ne accord, perfect fidelity love, oneness, consolation# (od lifting the Chrch into a
place of manifested reconciliation, oneness of accord, ntil the devil has no power in or midst# (od
smiling on s all the time# !1nd by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wroght
among the people###" C1cts A+;<F# 1 prity of life before (od % a manifested power among men with
mltitdes gathered into the =ingdom# (od has mightily blessed .lim wor)# Those of yo who are
still lingering otside the =ingdom, yield to (od tonight# (et clean hands and a right prpose and 8oin
that which is holy and on fire and mean bsiness for (od Cv# ;?F#
,h, for this )ind of revival, (od brea)ing forth everywhere and London swept by the power
of (od# There mst be a great moving among s, a oneness of heart and sol, and it is sre to be as
(od moves pon the people#
Insomch as they broght the sic) into the streets, and laid them on beds and coches, that at
the least the shadow of 0eter passing by might over9shadow some of them# There came a mltitde ot
of the cities rond abot nto @ersalem### and they were healed every one Csee vv# ;A,;IF# ,neness of
accord has the effect of wor)ing the oracle every time# (lory to (od, it is so lovely# The people had
sch a living faith, one heart, one mind# ,h, if only 0eter-s shadow passed over them (od will do it#
$ave faith# (od will heal the land# ,neness of heart and mind on the part of the chrch means
signs and wonders in all lands# Whatsoever things ye desire when ye pray % only believe# I see,
beloved, we need to get more love and the Lord will do it# $ow the 3aster can move among the
needy and perishing when $e has the right of way in the chrch#
The finest thing is persection % we mst have a ministry which ma)es the people glad and
the devil mad# *ever mind if they rn ot, for conviction is in and (od has got them# 1nd if the
people are glad, the Lord has them, so it wor)s both ways# 4on-t be distrbed at anything# Remember
it was written of the 3aster, !The &eal of thine hose hath eaten me p#" 1 melting, moving, bro)en
condition# 0oor ma)ing many rich, having nothing and yet possessing all things# Let s be in harmony
with the divine plan, having )nowledge cemented with love# 4eath to the old, having perfect place in
s, so that the life9power can be manifested#
I once went for wee)end meetings and when I arrived on Satrday night, it was snowing hard
and a man stood at the door of the hall laden with parcels# 1s we wal)ed home, at the first lamppost,
I said, !Brother, are yo bapti&ed in the $oly (host6" I said, !Say yo will be tonight#" 1s we went
along at every lamppost Cnearly a hndredF I repeated the /estion, !Say yo will be bapti&ed
tonight#" So he began wishing I was not staying at his hose# 1t last we reached the gate % I 8mped
over and said, !*ow yo don-t come in here nless yo say yo will be bapti&ed with the $oly (host
tonight#" !,h," he said# !I feel so fnny bt I will say it#" We went in# I as)ed his wife, !1re yo
bapti&ed in the $oly (host6" She said, !,h, I want to be % bt spper is ready, come in#" I said, !*o
spper ntil yo are both bapti&ed in the $oly (host#"
4id (od answer6 ,h yes, soon they were both spea)ing in tonges# *ow I believe tonight
(od will bapti&e yo % pt p yor hands and as) $im to# 3ove into the other hall % also those
see)ing healing and salvation and (od will meet yo every one# 1men#
Sermon preached at .lim Tabernacle
Fll5 Fll5 Fll5 @ne ;<, ;><I
,nly believe5 ,nly believe5 1ll things are possible, only believe5"
, 0raise (od, $e has made all things possible# There is liberty for everyone, whatever the
troble# ,r Lord @ess says, !,nly believe#"
$e has obtained complete victory over every difficlty, over every power of evil, over every
depravity# .very sin is covered by Calvary#
Who are of the tribe of 1braham6 1ll who believe in @ess Christ are the seed of faith,
1braham-s seed# If we dare come believing, (od will heal, (od will restore, will lift the brden and
wa)e s p to real overcoming faith# Loo) p5 Ta)e corage5 @ess has sha)en the fondations of
death and dar)ness# $e figheth for yo and there is none li)e $im# $e is the great I 1m# $is name is
above every name# 1s we believe we are lifted into a place of rest, a place of conformity to $im# $e
says to s as $e did to 1braham, !###I will bless thee### and tho shalt be a blessing" C(enesis ;<+<F#
$e says to s as $e did to $is people of old, !With loving)indness have I drawn thee#" $allel8ah5
!$e-ll never forget to )eep me, $e-ll never forget to )eep meB my Father has many dear children, bt
$e-ll never forget to )eep me#" Believe it# $e will never forget#
In the si'th chapter of 1cts we read of the appointment of seven deacons# The disciples
desired to give themselves wholly to prayer and to the ministry of the Word, and they said to the
brethren, !###loo) ye ot among yo seven men of honest report, fll of the $oly (host and wisdom,
whom we may appoint over this bsiness" C1cts I+JF# 1nd they chose Stephen, !###a man fll of faith
and of the $oly (host###" Cv#AF, and si' others# We read that Stephen, fll of faith and power, did great
wonders and miracles among the people, and his opponents were not able to resist the wisdom and
the spirit by which he spa)e# When his opponents broght him before the Sanhedrin, all that sat in the
Concil loo)ed steadfastly on him, and they !###saw his face as it had been the face of an angel###"
C1cts I+;AF#
I see many remar)able things in the life of Stephen# ,ne thing moves me, and that is the trth
that I mst at all costs live by the power of the Spirit# (od wants s to be li)e Stephen, fll of faith
and fll of the $oly (host# :o can never be the same again after yo have received this wonderfl
baptism in the $oly Spirit# It is important that day by day we shold be fll of wisdom and faith, and
fll of the $oly (host, acting by the power of the $oly (host# (od has set s here in the last days,
these of apostasy, and wold have s be brning and shining lights in the midst of an ntoward
generation# (od is longing for s to come into sch a fritfl position as the sons of (od, with the
mar)s of heaven pon s, $is divinity brsting throgh or hmanity, so that $e can e'press $imself
throgh or lips of clay# $e can ta)e clay lips, wea) hmanity, and ma)e of sch an oracle for
$imself# $e can ta)e frail hman natre and by $is divine power ma)e or bodies meet to be $is
holy temple, washing or hearts whiter than snow#
,r Lord @ess says, !###1ll power is given nto me in heaven and in earth" C3atthew <H+;HF#
$e longs that we shold be filled with faith and with the $oly (host and declares to s, !###$e that
believeth on me, the wor)s that I do shall he do alsoB and greater wor)s than these shall he doB
becase I go nto my Father" C@ohn ;?+;<F# $e has gone to the Father# $e is in the place of power and
he e'ercises $is power not only in heaven bt on earth, for $e has all power on earth as well as in
heaven# $allel8ah5 What an open door to s if we will bt believe $im#
The disciples were men after or standard on the line of the flesh# (od sent them forth, 8oined
to the Lord and identified with $im# 0eter, @ohn and Thomas, how diverse they were5 Implsive
0eter, ever ready to go forth withot a stop5 @ohn, the beloved, leaning on the 3aster-s breast, how
different5 Thomas, with hard natre and defiant spirit# !I won-t believe, nless I pt my finger into the
print of the nails and my hands into $is side#" What strange flesh5 $ow pecliar5 Bt the 3aster
cold mold them# There was no toch li)e $is# 7nder $is toch even stony9hearted Thomas believed#
1h, my (od, how Tho hast had to manage some of s# $ave we not been strange and very pecliar6
Bt oh, when (od-s hand comes pon s, $e can spea) to s in sch a way%a word, a loo), and we
are bro)en# $as $e spo)en to yo6 I than) (od for $is spea)ing# Bac) of all $is dealings we see the
love of (od for s# It is not what we are that conts, bt what we can be as $e disciplines and
chastens s and transforms s by $is all s)illfl hands# $e sees or bitter tears and or weeping night
after night# There is none li)e $im# $e )nows# $e forgives# We cannot forgive orselvesB we
oftentimes wold give the world to forget, bt we cannot# The devil won-t let s forget# Bt (od has
forgiven and forgotten# 4o yo believe self, or the devil, or (od6 Which are yo going to believe6
Believe (od# I )now the past is nder the blood and that (od has forgiven and forgotten, for when $e
forgives $e forgets# 0raise the Lord5 $allel8ah5 We are bapti&ed to believe and to receive#
In ma)ing provision for the serving of tables and the daily ministration, the disciples )new
who were bapti&ed with the $oly (host# In the early days of the chrch all who toched the wor) had
to be men fll of the $oly (host# I am hngry that I may be more fll, that (od may ma)e choice of me
for $is service# 1nd I )now that the greatest /alification is to be filled with the Spirit# The $oly
Spirit has the divine commission from heaven to impart revelation to every son of (od concerning the
Lord @ess, to nfold to s the gifts and the frit of the Spirit# $e will ta)e of the things of Christ and
show them nto s#
Stephen was a man fll of faith and of the $oly (host# (od declares it# (od so manifested
$imself in Stephen-s body that he became an epistle of trth, )nown and read of all# Fll of faith5
Sch men never tal) dobt# :o never hear them say, !I wish it cold be soB or if it is (od-s will#"
*o if s# They )now# :o never hear them say, !Well, it does not always act#" They say, !It is sre to
be#" They lagh at impossibilities and cry, !It shall be done5" 1 man fll of faith hopes against hope#
$e shots while the walls are p and they come down while he shots5 (od has this faith for s in
Christ# We mst be carefl that no nbelief is fond in s, no wavering#
!###Stephen, fll of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people" C1cts
I+HF# The $oly (host cold do mighty things throgh him becase he believed (od, and (od is with
the man who dares to believe $is Word# 1ll things were possible becase of the $oly (host-s
position in Stephen-s body# $e was fll of the $oly (host so (od cold flfill $is prposes throgh
him# When a child of (od is filled with the $oly (host, the Spirit ma)eth intercession throgh him for
the saints according to the will of (od# $e fills s with longings and desires ntil we are in a place of
fervency as of a molten fire# What to do we )now not# When we are in this place the $oly (host
begins to do# When the $oly (host has liberty in the body $e wafts all tterance into the presence of
(od according to the will of (od# Sch prayers are always heard# Sch praying is always answeredB
it is never bare of reslt# When we are praying in the $oly (host, faith is in evidence and as a reslt
the power of (od can be manifested in or midst#
When there arose certain of the varios synagoges to dispte with Stephen they were not able
to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which $e spa)e# When we are filled with the $oly (host we
will have wisdom#
0raise (od5 ,ne night I was entrsted with a meeting and I was 8ealos of my position before
(od# I wanted approval from the Lord# I see that (od wants men fll of the $oly (host, with divine
ability, filled with life, a flaming fire# In the meeting a yong man stood p, a pitifl ob8ect, with a
face fll of sorrow# I said, !What is it, yong man6" $e said he was nable to wor), he cold
scarcely wal)# $e said, !I am so helpless# I have consmption and a wea) heart, and my body is fll
of pain#" I said, !I will pray for yo#" I said to the people, !1s I pray for this yong man, yo loo) at
his face and see it change#" 1s I prayed his face changed and he was in a strange way# I said to him,
!(o ot and rn a mile and come bac) to the meeting#" $e came bac) and said, !I can now breathe
freely#" The meetings were contining and I missed him# 1fter a few days I saw him again in the
meeting# I said, !:ong man, tell the people what (od has done for yo#" !,h," he said, !I have been
to wor)# I boght some papers and I have made T?#AD#" 0raise (od, this wonderfl stream of
salvation never rns dry# :o can ta)e a drin), it is close to yo# It is a river that is rnning deep and
there is plenty for all#
In a meeting a man rose and said, !Will yo toch me, I am in a terrible way# I have a family
of children, and throgh an accident in the pit I have had no wor) for two years# I cannot open my
hands#" I was fll of sorrow for this poor man and something happened which had never come before#
We are in the infancy of this wonderfl otporing of the $oly Spirit and there is so mch more for
s# I pt ot my hand, and before my hands reached his, he was loosed and made perfectly free# I see
that Stephen, fll of faith and of power, did great wonders and miracles among the people# This same
$oly (host filling is for s, and right things will be accomplished if we are filled with $is Spirit#
(od will grant it# $e declares that the desires of the righteos shall be granted# Stephen was an
ordinary man made e'traordinary in (od# We may be very ordinary, bt (od wants to ma)e s
e'traordinary in the $oly (host# (od is ready to toch and to transform yo right now# ,nce a woman
rose in the meeting as)ing for prayer# I prayed for her and she was healed# She cried ot, !It is a
miracle5 It is a miracle5 It is a miracle5" That is what (od wants to do for s all the time# 1s sre as
we get free in the $oly (host something will happen# Let s prse the best things and let (od have
$is right of way#
1ll that sat in the concil loo)ed steadfastly on Stephen and saw his face as it had been the
face of an angel# It was worth being filled with the $oly (host for that# The Spirit brea)ing throgh#
There is a toch of the Spirit where the light of (od will verily radiate from or faces#
The seventh chapter of 1cts is the profond prophetic tterance that the Spirit spo)e throgh
this holy man# The Word of (od flowed throgh the lips of Stephen in the form of divine prophecy so
that they who heard these things were ct to the heart# Bt he, being fll of the $oly (host, loo)ed p
steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of (od, and @ess standing on the right hand of (od, and
said, !###Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of (od"
C1cts E+AIF# Right to the last Stephen was fll of the $oly (host# $e saw @ess standing# In another
part we read of $im seated at the right hand of (od# That is $is place of athority# Bt here we see
that $e arose# $e was so )eenly interested in that martyr Stephen# 3ay the Lord open or eyes to see
$im and to )now that $e is deeply interested in all that concerns s# $e is toched with the feeling of
or infirmities#
1ll things are na)ed and open nto the eyes of $im with whom we have to do# That asthma,
$e )nows# That rhematism, $e )nows# That pain in the bac), that head, those feet, $e )nows# $e
wants to loose every captive and to set yo free 8st as $e has set me free# I do not )now that I have a
body today# I am free of every hman ailment, absoltely free# Christ has redeemed s# $e has power
over all the power of the enemy and has wroght ot or great victory# Will yo have it6 It is yors %
a perfect redemption#
1nd they stoned Stephen, who called pon (od and said, !###Lord @ess, receive my spirit#
1nd he )neeled down, and cried with a lod voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge# 1nd when he
had said this, he fell asleep" C1cts E+A>,IDF# Stephen was not only filled with faith, bt he was also
filled with love as he prayed 8st as his 3aster prayed, !Father, forgive them#"
It is (od-s thoght to ma)e s a new creation, with all the old things passed away and all
things within s trly of (od, to bring in a new, divine order, a perfect love and an nlimited faith#
Will yo have it6 Redemption is free# 1rise in the activity of faith and (od will heal yo as yo rise#
,nly believe and receive in faith# Stephen, fll of faith and of the $oly (host, did great signs and
wonders# 3ay (od bless to s this word and fill s fll of $is $oly Spirit, and throgh the power of
the $oly (host more and more reveal Christ in s#
The Spirit of (od will always reveal the Lord @ess Christ# Serve $im, love $im, be filled
with $im# It is lovely to hear $im as $e ma)es $imself )nown to s# $e is the same yesterdayB today
and forever# $e is willing to fill s with the $oly (host and faith 8st as $e filled Stephen#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
Way, 3anifestation, 3inistry, @ly ;><I
< Corinthians J# Three things have been pressing throgh this morning# ;# The way of faith# <#
The manifestation of the power of the Spirit# J# The ministry of the Spirit# *ow is entrsted to s the
ministry of the Spirit# The word may be in letter or in power, we mst be in the place of edifying the
Chrch# Law is not liberty, bt if there is a moving of (od within yo, (od has written $is laws in
or hearts that we may delight in $im#
0lace ,f 4elight
(od desires to set forth in s a perfect blending between $is life and or life, that we may
have abonding inward 8oy, a place of reigning over all things, not of endeavor# ,rs is not an
endeavor society, bt a delight to rn in the will of (od# There is a great difference between an
endeavor and a delight# !###Be ye holyB for I am holy" C; 0eter ;+;IF# Trying will never reach it, bt
there is an attitde where (od pts yo in faith in resting on $is Word, a delighting inwardly over
everything# I delight to do Thy will# There is a place of great 8oy# 4o we want condemnation6
We )now there is something within that has been wroght by the power of (od, something
greater than there cold be in the natral order of the flesh# We are the representatives of @ess, $e
was eaten p with &eal# This intense &eal so changing s by the operation of the Word, we rest not in
the letter, bt allow the blessed $oly Spirit to lift s by $is power# :e are or epistle, sch a
beatifl order prevailed in this chrch, a place of holiness and power in Christ, perfect love, the
sweetness of association with Christ#
The disciples were with @ess three years, $e spo)e ot of the abndance of $is heart
towards them# @ohn said, !###which we have seen with or eyes, which we have loo)ed pon, and or
hands have handled###" C; @ohn ;+;F# 4id @ess )now abot @das6 :es# 4id $e ever tell6 *o# They
said one to another, !Is it I6" 1nd 0eter said to @ohn who was close to @ess, !(et to )now#" The
essence of divine order to bring the Chrch together, so that there is no schism in the Body, bt a
perfect blending of heart to heart# The letter )illeth# The sword ct off 3alchs- ear, bt the Spirit
healed it again#
,r ministry has to be in the Spirit, free from the law of sin and death# When we live in the
ministry of the Spirit we are free, in the letter we are bond# If it is an eye for an eye, we have lost the
principle# If we are to come to a place of great liberty the law mst be at an end# :et we love the law
of (od, we love to do it and not pt one thing aside#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The way is made into the treasre hose of the
3ost $igh as (od nfolds the Word# $earts are blended, an incision being made by the Spirit of the
living (od, that we may move, live, act, thin), and pray in the $oly (host, a new order, life in the
$oly (host, ministry in the Spirit#"
!###manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered### with the Spirit of the living
(od### in fleshy tables of the heart" C< Corinthians J+JF# It-s heart worship when (od has made the
incision, the Spirit has come to blend with hmanity#
There is something beatifl abot a baby# @ess said,
!Whosoever therefore shall hmble himself as this little child, the
same is greatest in the )ingdom of heaven" C3atthew ;H+?F#
There was a hose with ten children and only ten chairs# What was to happen for the baby6
When the baby came, every chair was a seat for the baby# It is a great 8oy to s to dedicate children,
bt we believe when they are old enogh they shold be bried in water baptism# ,f sch is the
)ingdom of heaven# 1 baby is a beatifl thing, and (od loo)s on $is people, at the possibility# The
child is lent to s to be broght p in the fear of (od#
I )now $e-s mine, this Friend so dear $e lives in me, $e-s always near#
I want to refer to the word incision# (od-s Word, or life written on the fleshy tables of the
heart# I have been in Rome# I saw thosands of pilgrims )issing the steps there# It made me sorrowfl#
$ow I than) (od for $is Word# There are many 0entecostal 1ssemblies in Italy, and I saw on the
people there a great hnger and thirst after (od# (od moved mightily among them and people were
saved and bapti&ed in the $oly (host in the same meeting#
We mst )eep in the spirital tide, (od spreme, the altar within the body# (od in the Spirit,
faith the evidence, the power, the principle, )eeping s in rest, having the Spirit in nction,
intercession, revelation, and great power of ministry# To be bapti&ed in the $oly (host is to be in
(od-s plan, the Spirit preeminent, revealing the Christ of (od, ma)ing the Word of (od alive,
something divine, able to minister the Spirit#
0lace ,f Refining
!###,r sfficiency is of (odB Who also hath made s able ministers of the### spirit giveth life
C< Corinthians J+A,IF# I )new a brother who carried ot bags of coal# $e had been in bed three wee)s
away from his wor)# I showed him a verse in Romans E+<A# !I than) (od throgh @ess Christ or
Lord# So then with the mind I myself serve the law of (odB bt with the flesh the law of sin#" I said,
!=eep yor mind on (od and go to wor), shot victory#" $e did, and the first day he was able to
carry a hndred bags, his mind stayed on (od and )ept in peace#
If yor peace is distrbed, there is something wrong# If yo are not free in the Spirit, yor
mind is in the wrong place#
1pply the blood of @ess and )eep yor mind stayed pon @ehovah# Their hearts are flly
blessed, finding as $e promised, perfect peace and rest# =eeping the mind on (od, gaining strength in
$im day by day#
!###The law was given by 3oses, bt grace and trth came by @ess Christ" C@ohn ;+;EF# This
new dispensation, this divine place, Christ in yo, the hope and evidence of glory#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !Let thine eyes be stayed pon $im, thy heart
moved by the Spirit, thy whole being in a place of refining to come forth as gold# Behold, see the
glory# (od covereth thee with a mantle of power#"
!For the Lord delighteth in thee, to serve $im with all thy heart and strength# Ta)e in all the
land, worldwide# ,h, the rest of faith# 1s) largely of $im# $itherto ye have as)ed nothing#"
3ay (od so gird yo with trth# I commend yo to $im in the *ame of @ess# 1men#
3essage given at Clarence 0lace 3all Belfast
1pprehended for 1pprehension, 1gst ;><I
0hilippians J# What a wonderfl word % to be filled into all the flness of (od#
(od-s Word is or foodB if we lea) ot here we miss the association and meeting the need# Let
s preach by life, act, presence and glory, being always living epistles of Christ, bringing forth the
)nowledge of the trthB )nown and read of all men in apostolic order# By the trth and sell it not,
ever alert with divine inspiration# If we went all the way with (od, what wold happen6 See)ing the
honor which cometh from (od only# 0al is on the line of desiring to attain, there is no standing still,
we move on in the regeneration of the Spirit, never satisfied, yet born to be satisfied always#
1braham came ot# We never get into a new place ntil we come ot of the old one# We mst
be monments of (od-s personality# We never can be satisfied, for the trth rises and rises in ma8esty#
We mst move on, or we shall perishB rising all the time from possibility to possibility after the $oly
(host orderB then (od will arise#
0al was a man who had )ept the law % blameless % it was an ideal standard# There was an
isse which cased him to see what he did see# $e saw something C1cts >F % a light from heaven5
$e was new# 1re yo new6 $e was one born ot of de time# $e was not with the other apostles, bt
he had been told of the Word of life C; @ohn ;FB wonderfl things, ideal principles % he had not yet
attained# Bt he had &eal, and before him was a possibility Cvv# J9IF# The present was nothing to himB
he was something beyond Cfor the e'cellencyF# Something that made people move % a thirst, not only
for the present creation, bt the creation % the new creation that is moved by the Word# I cont all
things loss for the e'cellency of the )nowledge of @ess Christ my Lord# That I may win Christ# This
endless living person, spea)ing, breathing forth sch words that shall awa)en men in the trying hor#
In the garden $e spo)e % the men fell bac)ward# $e, the Creator sbmitted $imself to men# :et $e
said, !Let these go their way#" 0al perceived these principles, power to se the power of the Christ
for the lifting p of hmanity even in s# 1nd when they reviled, $e reviled not again#
Beloved % a definite life within the life# (od in the man % a presentation# They soght to
ma)e $im a =ing# @ess retired to pray# 0al said, !,h, if I cold only win that# To win Christ and be
fond in $im#" Is he less than athority to ma)e hman character6 ,h, can I win $im6 Is it possible to
change and change, having $is apprehension, $is dispensing, $is love6 0eter said, !They shall not
ta)e yo," and cts 3alchs-s ear off# @ess pts it on again# ,h, if I cold only win Christ6 ,h, the
dignity of Christ who comes to create a new order of life# .mblematic that can say, !Clean5 Clean5
Clean5 Throgh the bloodshed on Calvary5" ,h, to win $im and to be fond in $im, the righteosness
which is of (od by faith# @ess identified $imself with s# % $e came to be a firstfrit# $ow &ealos
is the farmer as he watches his crops to see the first shoots and blades he sees the harvest# This same
@ess was a firstfrit, and (od will have a harvest5 Sons of (od, perfectly ad8sted in the presence of
(od and in place Cfond in $imF, a lovely position# :o say, !It is a trying morning," or !I am in a
needy place#"
% $e is 8st the same# For three days the mltitde had had nothing to eat5 $e )new they were
faint# $e said to 0hilip, !What shall we do6" 4id yo ever wal) a while on the way to .mmas6 %
the things5 What things6 1rt tho a stranger6 ,h, believe, if we only )new# $e wal)ed with them#
Their hearts brned both ways# 1ll so fll of telling the story# $e made $imself )nown to them in the
brea)ing of the bread# $e appeared again, 8st in the morning# ,h, to be fond in the place where $e
is % always there, never ot of order, ripe# $ow did $e get there6 $e was there all the time# We
need to have or eyes open# 1lways there, to bring s to the place where we are confidentB the Lord is
with s# There is sch a placeB 1braham toched it# @ess lived in it# 0al desired to have it# $ave
yo got it6
$im5 $im5 Fond in $im5 The righteosness which is of (od by faith# 1braham toched it#
(od did two things# $e gave him righteosness becase he believed# (od imptes righteosness# $e
adds to ta)e away# Ta)es away hindrances and imptes the biggest blessing % the rest of faith# I will
)eep in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on 3e# The rest of faith# @ess had that which 0al
coveted# 0al )new @ess by revelation as we do# *ot in hman ministry as the other apostles# 0al
saw @ess lived in resrrection power, in the act with power to give# 0al wanted to gain the rest, so
he refsed all hindrances and pressed throgh# To )now $im % denying all interference# !Stop while
I go yonder," @ess said % in order to go into the place of apprehension to attain# To )now $im and
the power of $is resrrection % manifestations of power, a manifestation of the presence of @ess in
resrrection order#
$ere is the widow-s only son on the way to brial# The fact of life, the fact to win $im,
)nowing how to act in the trying hor, with the rest of what broght manifestation# Faith for divine
leadings# (od bringing s to a living faith with a dare to act on the )now# The widow-s son+ when
@ess saw him, it was not compassion on the boy# $is great heart had sch compassion for the widow,
that death had no power % cold not hold him# ,h, compassion is greater than death, greater than the
sffering# ,h, (od give it to s5 Becase of compassion the other mst come forth5 !0t him down5"
!:ong man, I say nto yo, G1rise#-"
$e that was dead sat p#
When they told 0al, he said, !,h, to )now $is compassion#" What is the ob8ect6 That I may
apprehend the /ic)ening power % that (od may lay hold of me#
$e said, !I will not stop ntil I lay hold of what (od laid hold of me for#" The righteosness
of a living faith# The Word of the Son of (od manifested throgh yo and to yo# ,h, (od, help me to
manifest that faith5 ,ne day at eleven o-cloc), I saw a woman with tmors % she cold not live ot
that day# I said, !4o yo want to live6" She cold not spea)B she 8st moved her finger# I said, !In the
*ame of @ess," and pored on the oil# C3r# Fisher was with me# It was in Canada#F $e said, !She-s
gone5"
,h, the place of the rest of faith# There is a place in it beyond all# ,ne dare not thin) % The
righteosness which is of (od by faith, stands with (od# The righteosness of faith has resrrection in
it and moves on resrrection lines#
1 little blind girl led me to the bedside# Compassion bro)e me p for the child-s sa)e# I had
said, !Lift yor finger#"
Carrying the mother across the room, I pt her p against the wardrobe# I held her there# I said,
!In the *ame of @ess, death, come ot#"
Li)e a fallen tree, leaf after leaf, her body began moving# 7pright instead of lifeless, her feet
toched the floor# !In @ess *ame, wal)," I said# She did, bac) to bed# I told this story in the assembly
% there was a doctor there# $e said, !I-ll prove that#" $e saw her# She said, !It is all tre# I was in
heaven, I saw contless nmbers all li)e @ess# $e pointed and I )new I had to go# Then I heard a
voice saying, GWal), in the *ame of @ess#-"
The power of $is resrrection % The righteosness which is of (od by faith# 1re we
apprehended for it6 Can we have it6
It is $is love# It is $is life in s# It is $is compassion#
See that apprehension is apprehended# 3iss it not5 ,h, miss $im not5 It is the righteosness
which is of (od by faith 9 the rest of faith#
Love will brea) the hardest thing# There is nothing love will not brea)# 1men#
1ddress given in Bford, Ireland
The Roc) Faith, *ovember ;><I
,nly believe# To so hear the Word of (od by the Spirit-s power# Changed by the grace of
(od# Changed by the revelation of (od# ,nly believe# ,ther refge have I none#
If tho wilt believe# 1wa)e to the fact, )nowing the Scriptres, resting nconditionally,
absoltely pon the Word of (od# (od has never failed anyone relying pon $is Word#
Some hman plan or yor mind may come between, bt rest pon what (od-s Word says#
,nly believe# ,h the charm of the trth, ma)ing yo rich forever, ta)ing away all weariness# Those
who pt their trst in (od are li)e 3ont 2ion, they cannot be moved# Roc) of 1ges cleft for me# ,h,
the almightiness of (od-s plan for s, tremendos# We are only wea) and helpless when we forget the
visitation of the Lord# From the ttermost to the ttermost# 1s) and ye shall receive, see) and ye shall
find, )noc) and it shall be opened nto yo#
$is Roc) % This Roc)
When @ess came into the coasts of Caesarea 0hilippi, he as)ed his
disciplesB saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am6###
1nd Simon 0eter answered and said, Tho art the Christ, the Son
of the living (od# 1nd @ess answered and said nto him, Blessed
art tho, Simon Bar98ona+ for flesh and blood hath not revealed it
nto thee, bt my Father which is in heaven# 1nd I say also nto
thee, That tho art 0eter, and pon this roc) I will bild my chrchB
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it# 1nd I will give nto
thee the )eys of the )ingdom of heaven+ and whatsoever tho shalt
bind on earth shall be bond in heaven+ and whatsoever tho shalt
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven# 3atthew ;I+;J,;I9;>
@ess was fll of ideals, perfect in those $e was dealing with# @ess came with a perfect
prpose that many might hear and live and come into apostolic conditions, divine life# @ess was a
firstfrit to bring to the disciples a )nowledge that they were in a divine act to spersede every last
power in the world# $oliness is the )eynote# Saving grace is a revelation from heaven# Christ within
sets p the heavenly standard, the heavenly mind, so that we live, act and thin) in a new world#
Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am6 Then 0eter, with eyes and heart aflame said,
!:o are the Christ, the Son of the living (od#" @ess perceiving in a moment that the revelation had
come from heaven said, !Blessed art tho Simon Bar98ona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it
nto thee, bt 3y Father in heaven#" (od-s great plan is that $is children shold be salt for a world
diseased# :e are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world# To be saved is to have the
revelation of the glory of Christ, it is or inheritance to have the evidence of the $oly (host coming
pon s# Sons with power, manifestations of the Son, bilt pon the faith of the Son of (od# 7pon this
Roc) will I bild 3y Chrch, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it#
(od is visiting the earth with $is resplendent glory# $is coming is to revive, to heal, to
deliver from the power of the pit# The ransom is the Lord, and $e comes to save the oppressed,
whose eyes, ears, and heart shall see, hear, and feel with a new beaty#
Impregnable Faith
In the innermost sol of the $oly (host abiding in power, for the =ing has come to fill and
rle the body, and transform the life# 1 new creatre, a perfect preservation and manifestation over
all the powers of evil, pre and holy# $e is so sweet, $e is the most lovely of all# The brised reed
$e will not brea) nor /ench the smo)ing fla'# (od has designed, by the $oly (host, to bring forth
character divine# 1s $e is, so are we in this world# (od has saved and chosen and e/ipped that
those bond by Satan may go free# @ess is spea)ing to the disciples on a plan of ministry# !Lerily,
verily, I say nto yo, $e that believeth on me, the wor)s that I do shall he do alsoB and greater wor)s
than these shall he doB becase I go nto my Father" C@ohn ;?+;<F, laying emphasis on the fact of this
trth, faith, and Christ-s Roc) are one and the same strctre, roc)5 7pon this Roc) I will bild 3y
Chrch, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it# Roc)5 .mblematic of a living faith, a divine
principle, what (od the $oly (host has to create and bring forth within s# *o devil or evil power
shold be allowed to remain where we are# @ess was teaching $is disciples that as they believed
greater things wold be accomplished becase $e was going# 7pon this Roc)5 7pon this living faith
will I bild 3y Chrch# Whatsoever ye bind or loose on earth shall be bond or loosed in heaven,
C3atthew ;I+;>F# =eep in mind this word, Satan has tremendos power in the world, and people
sffer as they never wold if they only )new the trth, which cannot be gainsaid# 7pon this Roc) will
I bild 3y Chrch# The =ingdom, the new birth come with power, pon this Roc), this living faith#
This awfl responsibility, that nless I believe and act on this Word, it will not be operative in
others# *inety percent and more diseases are satanic power# $ow many here received a toch from
@ess this afternoon, and were loosed from their pains6 $ow was this accomplished6 By binding and
destroying the evil power in the *ame of @ess# *ot only are we given power to loose and bind, bt
@ess says the gates of hell shall not prevail against $is Chrch# There mst be the fellowship of
Christ-s sfferings# $e has sffered for the people, there mst be an entering in, a compassion, we are
to be moved in nion with needy sfferers# @ess was moved with compassion# ,h, the compassion of
@ess5 We mst be moved, the compassion ta)ing s to the place of delivering the people# (od )nows
all abot this meeting, and we have power to bind or loose in the *ame of @ess# Who wold
believe6 $ave ye received the $oly (host since ye believed6 1fter (od has saved yo by $is power
$e wants yo to be illminators of the =ing, new creations# The =ing is already on the throne, the
$oly (host has come to reveal the flness of power of $is ministry# To be filled with the $oly (host
is to be filled with prophetic illmination# The baptism in the $oly (host brings divine tterance, the
divine bringing ot pre prophecy# Then it becomes a condition# (od is or fondation, the Word of
(od is or standing# We are here to glorify (od# I )now how wea) I am# Strggle, are we to strggle6
*o, no5 Believe what (od has said# We mst be in or place ready for the opportnity# (od wants to
give s divine life from heaven# The gates of hell shall not prevail against it# The roc) of deliverance
by the )ey of faith# :o shall open the )ingdom of heaven and sht the gates of hell# :o shall bind
and loose in @ess- *ame#
$e cometh with the trth# =now $is strength for the bro)en and the helpless# $e revealeth $is
strength# 1 great tide of revival spirit# Clothed with $is Spirit, the Lord shall give thee light# Fall
down and worship $im#
1s) what ye will# Whatsoever things ye desire when ye pray,
believe5 Believe5 :e shall have them5
!,nly as men become godli)e and holy do they become real men#"
The Christian 0athway for World Floodtide, 4ecember ;><I
Wherever @ess went, the mltitdes followed $im becase $e lived, moved, breathed, was
penetrated, clothed and filled with (od# $e was (od and as Son of man the Spirit of (od rested pon
$im, the Spirit of creative holiness# It is lovely to be holy# @ess came to impart to s the Spirit of
holiness, a flame of holy, intense desire after (od li)eness#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od % Who /ic)eneth and bringeth into li)e9
mindedness the hman by $is power, divine sons with power % created after the image of the new
man# The Spirit of holiness and trth# @ess was the Trth#"
We are only at the edge of things, the 1lmighty plan is marvelos for the ftre# (od mst do
something to increase# 1 revival to revive within and withot all we toch# 1 floodtide with a
clodbrst behind it# @ess left ;<D men to trn the world pside down# The Spirit is pon s to
change the sitation# We mst move on to let (od increase in s for the deliverance of others# We
mst travail throgh ntil sols are born and /ic)ened into new relationship with heaven# @ess had
divine athority with power, and $e left it for s# We mst preach trth, holiness and prity in the
inward parts#
Tho hast loved righteosness, and hated ini/ityB therefore (od,
even thy (od, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows# $ebrews ;+>
I am thirsty for more of (od# $e was not only holy, bt $e loved holiness#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is the depths that (od gets into that we may
reflect $im and manifest a life having Christ enthroned in the heart, drin)ing into a new flness, new
intition, for as $e is, so are we in this world#"
$e trod the winepress alone# $e despised the cross and the shame# $e bore it all alone that
we might be parta)ers of the divine natre, sharers in the divine plan of living, desiring holiness#
That-s a revival# @ess manifested divine athority# $e was withot sin# They saw the Lamb of (od in
a new way# $allel8ah5 Let s live holiness, and revival will come down# (od will enable s to do
the wor) to which we are appointed# 1ll @ess said came to pass# Signs, wonders# 1men# ,nly
believe, and yield and yield, ntil all the vision is flfilled#
(od has a design, a prpose, a rest of faith# We are saved by faith, )ept by faith# Faith is
sbstance, it is also evidence# (od is5 $e is5 1nd $e is a rewarder of them that diligently see) $im# I
am sre of this# We have to testify, to bear witness to what we )now# To )now that we )now is a
wonderfl position#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Lord is the great promoter of divine
possibility, pressing yo into the attitde of daring to believe all the Word says# We are to be living
words, epistles of Christ, )nown and read of all men# The revelation of Christ, past and ftre# In $im
all things consist# $e is in s#"
We are living in the inheritance of faith becase of the grace of (od, saved for eternity by the
operation of the Spirit bringing forth prity nto (od# 1 sbstance of divine proposition and
attainment, bringing heaven to earth ntil (od /ic)ens all things into beaty, manifesting $is power
in living witnesses# (od in s for a world, that the world may be blessed# 0ower to lay hold of
omnipotence and impart to others the Word of life# This is to be a new epoch, new vision, new
power# Christ in s is a thosand times greater than we )now# 1ll things are possible if yo dare
believe# The treasre is in earthen vessels that @ess may be glorified#
Let s go forth ringing glory to (od# Faith is sbstance, a mightiness of reality, a deposit of
divine natreB (od creative within# The moment yo believe, yo are mantled with a new power to
lay hold of possibility and ma)e it reality# They said, !Lord, evermore give s this bread, for he that
eateth 3e shall live by 3e#" $ave the faith of (od# The man that comes into great association with
(od needs a heavenly measre# Faith is the greatest of all# Saved by a new life, the Word of (od, an
association with the living Christ# 1 new creation continally ta)ing s into new revelation#
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and
the Word was (od### 1ll things were made by himB and withot him
was not any thing made that was made# @ohn ;+;,J
1ll was made by the Word# I am begotten by $is Word, within me there is a sbstance that
has almighty power in it if I dare believe# Faith going on to be an act, a reality, a deposit of (od, an
almighty flame to move yo to act, so that signs and wonders are done# 1 living faith in the earthen
cas)et# 1re yo begotten6 Is it an act within yo6 Some need a toch, liberty to captives# Faith ta)es
yo to the place where (od reigns and imbibes (od-s bontifl store# 7nbelief is sin, for @ess went
to death to bring s the light of life#
@ess said, !1re ye able to drin) of the cp that I drin) of and be bapti&ed with the baptism I
am bapti&ed with6" The cp and the baptism, a 8oined position# :o cannot live if yo want to bring
everything into life# $is life is manifested power overflowing# $man mst decrease if the life of
(od is to be manifested# There is not room for two )inds of life in one body# 4eath for life, the price
to pay for the manifested power of (od throgh yo# 1s yo die to hman desire there comes a
fellowship within, perfected cooperation, yo ceasing, (od increasing, yo decreasing# (od in yo a
living sbstance, a spirital natre, yo live by another life, the faith of the Son of (od#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Spirit, $e breatheth throgh and /ic)eneth
ntil the body is a temple e'hibiting @ess % $is life, $is freshness, a new life divine# 0al said,
!Christ liveth in me and the life I live in the flesh I live by faith#"
1s the $oly (host reveals @ess, $e is so real, the living Word % effective, acting, spea)ing,
thin)ing, praying, singing# ,h, it is a wonderfl life, this sbstance of the Word of (od, inclding
possibility and opportnity, and confronting yo, bringing yo to a place ndanted# (reater is $e that
is in yo# 0al said, !When I am wea), then am I strong#"
@ess wal)ed in spremacy, $e lived in the =ingdom, and (od will ta)e s throgh becase
of Calvary# $e has given s power over all the power of the enemy# $e won it for s at Calvary# 1ll
in s mst be sb8ect#
What shall we do to wor) the wor)s6 This is the wor) of (od that ye believe# Whatsoever $e
saith shall come to pass# That is (od-s Word#
1 man, frail, wea), with eyes shrn), and nec) shriveled, said, !Can yo help me6" Beloved,
there is not one that cannot be helped# (od has opened the doors for s to let $im manifest signs and
wonders# The athority is inside, not otside# Cold I help him6 $e had been on li/id food three
months, fed throgh a tbe# I said, !(o home and eat a good spper#" $e did, and wo)e p to find the
tbe hole closed p# (od )new he did not want two holes# We mst )eep in a strong resolte resting
on the athority of (od-s Word# ,ne great desire and prpose to do what $e saith# The Word is more
to live in this holy Word, re8oicing to manifest the life of (od on behalf of the sic) and perishing
mltitdes# 1men#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
1thor and Finisher of ,r Faith, Febrary ;><E
0raise the Lord5 I remember coming to London for the first Convention many years ago, and at
that time I was in a very strange place, bt there were people who were very )ind to me#
The )indness of the people of (od at that time was wonderfl#
$oly Land
:o probably don-t )now, bt I have had a month or si' wee)s in Canaan# I have crossed the
river of @ordan, been on the la)e of (alilee, bathed in the 4ead Sea, drn) at @acob-s well, had a
drin) at .li8ah-s fontain, preached on the top of 3ont ,lives, stood with tears rnning down my
face 8st opposite 3ont Calvary, with hands lifted p, seen the place of sacrifice, passed by the spot
where the holy inn stood of Bethlehem, and as I thoght of all the holy associations connected with
that land, my heart was melted# (od has been very good to me#
,ne of my favorite te'ts tonight, is in the ;<th chapter of $ebrews# I want to read a few verses
there# What a wonderfl revelation the $ebrews is to s# I will read the first two verses#
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed abot with so great a
clod of witnesses, let s lay aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset s, and let s rn with patience the race that is
set before s, Loo)ing nto @ess, the athor and finisher of or
faith#### $ebrews ;<+;,<
The thoght here is @ess as the 1thor and Finisher of or faith# (lory to (od# What a sight to
see or Lord @ess Christ come forth robed in $is own ma8esty and glory, as no man was ever robed#
$e is clothed in ma8esty# What compassion $e had when $e saw the heaving mltitde, when $e saw
the crowds in need, $is heart yearned with compassion# $ow $e handled the bread# *ever any man
handled bread li)e @ess# I can almost loo) into $is face, and see $is eyes glisten as $e sees the
mltitde# $e said to 0hilip, !I wold li)e to feed these people, how mch wold it ta)e to feed
them6" 0hilip said, !Two hndred pennyworth of bread is not sfficient, and besides, this is a desert
place#" If yo had been to 0alestine and seen the sights I have seen, yo wold nderstand what is
meant by a desert place# I have loo)ed for many things in the Scriptres as I was over there, and (od
has spo)en to me throgh it# They have the early and the latter rain there, and the land is a beatifl
land# 0raise the Lord5 It was lovely to be there, and see these things, bt, beloved, it made me cherish
the Bible as I have never cherished it before# Why6 Becase (od has given s the assrance that
ma)es or hearts )now it is tre# If yo never see the $oly Land, yo can live in the $oly Land, and
see all the wonderfl things, and read of them in yor Bible# Beloved, I want to spea) tonight on the
1thor and the Finisher of or faith, and I want s to remember that 1braham, and 4aniel, and all the
prophets, were men of faith# We mst not loo) at the things that have been done in the past, we mst
loo) at @ess the 1thor and the Finisher of or faith# We mst !rn with patience the race that is set
before s, loo)ing nto @ess#" We mst so loo) at the 1thor and the Finisher of or faith that the
same glory and power shall be resting pon s as was pon $im, we mst have sch grace, sch
holiness that we shall be landmar)s showing $is power is pon s# 0raise the Lord# 4on-t stmble at
what I am going to say, bt I praise (od we not only have the abiding presence of the Spirit-s power
in or midst, bt we have the living Word, the living Christ# $e is the 1thor and the Finisher of or
faith# $e has given to s eternal life, that is, if we have $is Word and believe#
3y dear wife has now entered the glory, bt dring her lifetime she was a great revivalist#
She was the preacher# I have seen the mighty power of (od fall pon her, and seen her face light p
with a heavenly light as she preached, and many are the ministers of the (ospel today throgh her
preaching and her faithflness, and others are missionaries and wor)ing for (od# We shall never
)now the e'tent of her wor), ntil the last day# :o see, beloved, as we are faithfl to (od, and come
into line with $im and labor for $im, or wor) will be rewarded# 1 great crowd is loo)ing on# (od
is doing a wor) in these days, and these are+
4ays ,f ,pportnity
(od has been blessing in *ew 2ealand, and yo mst hear all abot that land, and in 1stralia
?DD people were bapti&ed in the $oly (host# .verywhere the $oly (host is being pored ot, and the
tide of blessing is rising# The power of the $oly (host is greater than we have ever conceived# The
ring of the 0entecostal testimony shold be % holiness# What is the strength of or position today6
$oliness# I say to yo and to everyone in this meeting tonight, if yo fall a thosand times in a wee),
strive to be holy# It does not matter how many times yo fall, do not give in becase yo fall#
I was staying in a hose, and the lady of the hose prepared a room and a bed for me to rest
pon, as I had 8st got off the train and was very tired# When I awo)e she said, !I want yo to lay in
my son-s bed, I shold li)e him to )now yo have laid in the bed#" I slept in that bed for three nights,
and two people slept in the same bed and both got bapti&ed in the Spirit# $allel8ah5 I wold that
everyone who is see)ing wold get bapti&ed in the same way# That lady had sch a sense of the
presence of (od that she said, !Lay in my son-s bed#" 1s soon as I opened my eyes, I loo)ed across
the room, and saw these words, !1
man does not fall becase he ma)es a blnder, he falls becase he ma)es a blnder the second
time#" Bt (od does not want s to fall bt to be )ept by $is grace from falling, and to strive for
holiness# I see the Word of (od is the living Word, and @ess is the 1thor of the Word# The $oly
(host is the enlightener of the Word# If yo loo) at the ;st of 1cts, yo will see these words, !$e
gave commandment by the $oly (host#" This is the Word we have tonight# We shall find as we go on
that the Lord @ess Christ is+
The 1thor ,f ,r Life
$e is the sorce of or life, or spirital life, and $e is prodcing holiness# I am going to stop
soon, for I have sch respect for my brother who is going to spea)# I love him so# I want to leave this
word with yo# I had intended to spea) abot the vision, bt as my time is short, I cannot spea) abot
it now# I want yo to see what 4avid said in the IJrd 0salm, !To see thy power and thy glory, so as I
have seen thee in the sanctary" Cv# <F# @ess said, !Father, glorify Tho 3e with Thine own self,
with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was#" The greatest glory that was ever seen
was manifested on the cross# The glory was manifested when @ess offered $imself !throgh the
eternal Spirit, on the cross#" $e said to @das, !What tho doest, do /ic)ly, and now is the Son of
3an glorified#" So we see that (od was glorified in @ess, $e was reconciling the world nto
$imself#
.veryone who has desires tonight for (od, believe the Word of (od, ta)e @ess as the 1thor
and the Finisher of yor faith# 1ll the desires and prposes of yor heart shall be accomplished,
becase (od is faithfl# (od cannot fail, $is Word is tre# Bt what is real 0entecost6 It is the
manifestation of the power of (od, the manifestation of the power of the $oly (host# Real 0entecost
is the manifestation of the signs and wonders# Real 0entecost is manifested in those who are
determined to )now !nothing among men, save @ess Christ, and $im crcified#" I say tonight, as I
have said before, !Whom have I in heaven bt Thee, and there is none pon earth that I desire besides
Thee#" $e is my all in all# 1men#
That I 3ay =now $im, 3arch ;><E
I believe the Lord wold be pleased for s to read from the third chapter of 0hilippians this
morning+
For we are the circmcision, which worship (od in the spirit, and
re8oice in Christ @ess, and have no confidence in the flesh### Bt
what things were gain to me, those I conted loss for Christ# Tea
dobtless, and I cont all things bt loss for the e'cellency of the
)nowledge of Christ @ess my Lord+ for whom I have sffered the
loss of all things, and do cont them bt dng, that I may win
Christ# 1nd be fond in him, not having mine own righteosness,
which is of the law, bt that which is throgh the faith of Christ, the
righteosness which is of (od by faith+ That I may )now him, and
the power of his resrrection, and the fellowship of his sfferings,
being made conformable nto his deathB If by any means I might
attain nto the resrrection of the dead# *ot as thogh I had
already attained, either were already perfect+ bt I follow after, if
that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of
Christ @ess# Brethren, I cont not myself to have apprehended+
bt this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth nto those things which are before, I press
toward the mar) for the pri&e of the high calling of (od in Christ
@ess# 0hilippians J+J,E9;?
,ne can only pray for (od to enlarge these visions today# I believe that (od will, by $is
power, bring s into li)e9minded precios faith to believe all the Scriptres say# The Scriptres are at
sch depths that one can never be able to enter into those things withot being enlarged in (od#
Beloved, one thing is certain this morning, (od can do it# !1ll things that pertain nto life and
godliness" are in the prsit, with a faith that will not have a dim sight, bt clears everything and
claims all that (od pts before it# 1nd so this morning I pray (od to so nfold to s the depths of $is
righteosness that we may no longer be poor, bt very rich in (od by $is Spirit# Beloved, it is
(od-s thoght to ma)e s all very rich in grace, and in the )nowledge of (od throgh or Lord @ess
Christ#
We have before s this morning a message which is fll of heights and depths, and lengths,
and breadthsB a message which came ot of bro)enness of spirit, the loss of all things, endring all
thingsB a message where flesh and all that pertains to this world had to come to nothing# We can never
worship (od only in the Spirit# (od can ta)e s into this spirital plane with $imself that we may be
gronded in all )nowledge, and so settled on all spirital lines till from that place we will always be
lifted by (od# 3en try to lift themselves, bt there is no inspiration in that# Bt when yo are lifted by
the Spirit, when yo are ta)en on with (od, things all come into perfect harmony and yo go forth
right on to victory# That is a grand place to come to where we !re8oice in Christ @ess and have no
confidence in the flesh#" 0al adds, !Thogh I might also have confidence in the flesh#" 0al had )ept
the law blameless, bt I find 1nother holds him in the same place#
,h, that is the greatest of all, when the Lord @ess has the reins# Then we have no longer
anything to boast abot becase we see all or perfection according to law9)eepingB and law9abiding
ceases# ,h, it is beatifl as we ga&e pon the perfect @ess5 @ess so otstrips everything else# For
this reason 0al felt that everything mst become as dross, whatever he was, whatever he had been#
There was no help for anything in him#
There is no help for s only on the lines of helplessness and nothingness# I )now nothing li)e a
travail in the Spirit# ,h, it is a brden till yo are relieved# I have had those days, and I have had it
this morningB bt now (od is lifting# 1nd I say, brother, sister, nless (od brings s into a place of
bro)enness of spirit, nless (od remolds s in the great plan of $is will for s, the best of s shall
tterly fail# Bt when we are absoltely ta)en in hand by the 1lmighty (od, (od ma)es even
wea)ness strength# $e ma)es even that barren, helpless, groaning cry come forth, so that men and
women are born in the travail# There is a place where the helplessness is toched by the almightiness
of (od and where yo come ot shining as gold tried in the fire#
,h, brother, I see there is no hope for 0entecost only on bro)en conditions# It was there on the
cross that or Lord died with a bro)en heart# 0entecost came ot of 8eering and sneering, and a sip of
vinegar, and a smite with a rod, and a 8dgment that was passed away from $im, and a cross that $e
had to bear# Bt, glory to (od, 0entecost rings ot this morning throgh the Word, !It is finished," for
yo5 1nd now becase it is finished, we can ta)e the same place that $e too), and rise ot of that
death in ma8estic glory with the resrrection toch of heaven that shall ma)e people )now, after this
day, that (od has done something for s#
Be 3ade *ew
.very day there mst be a revival toch in or hearts# .very day mst change s after $is
fashion# We are to be made new all the time# There is no sch thing as having all grace and
)nowledge % there is a beginning, and (od wold have s begin in all these beatitdes of power this
morning, and never cease, bt rise and rise and go on to perfection# There are some beatitdes here
(od mst have s reach this day5 !Bt what things were gain to me, those I conted loss for Christ#
:ea dobtless, and I cont all things bt loss for the e'cellency of the )nowledge of Christ @ess my
Lord+ for whom I have sffered the loss of all things, and do cont them bt dng, that I may win
Christ#" 1lso we will trn to $ebrews ;D+J<, !Bt call to remembrance the former days, in which,
after ye were illminated, ye endred a great fight of afflictions#" I am positive that no man can attain
li)e9mindedness on these lines only by the illmination of the Spirit#
(od has been spea)ing to me over and over again that I mst press all the people in to receive
the baptism of the $oly (host, becase I see in the baptism of the $oly (host nlimited grace, and the
endrance in that revelation by the Spirit# I see the e'cellency of Christ can never be nderstood, only
by illmination# 1nd I find the $oly (host is that great Illminator who ma)es me nderstand all the
depths of $im# I mst witness Christ# @ess said to Thomas, !###Thomas, becase tho hast seen me,
tho hast believed+ blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed" C@ohn <D+<>F#
So I can see there is a revelation which brings me into toch with $im where we get all, and
see right into the flness of or $ead, even Christ, and I can see that 0al, as he saw the depths and
heights of the grander, longed that he might win $im# Before his conversion, in his passion and &eal,
0al wold do anything to bring Christians to death# 1nd that passion that was in him raged li)e a
mighty lion# 1s he was going on the way to 4amascs, he heard the voice of @ess saying, !Sal,
Sal, why persectest tho me6" C1cts >+?F# What bro)e him p was the tenderness of (od#
Brother, it is always (od-s tenderness over or wea)ness and over or depravity that has
bro)en s all the time# If somebody came along to thwart s we wold stand in or corner, bt when
we come to ,ne who forgives s all, we )now not what to do# ,h, to win $im, my brother5 There are
a thosand things in the ncles of a hman heart which need softening a thosand times a day# There
are things in s that nless (od shows s the e'cellency of the )nowledge of $im, will never be
bro)en and broght to ashes# Bt (od will do it# *ot merely to be saved, bt to be saved a thosand
times over5 ,h, this transforming, re9regeneration by the power of the Spirit of the living (od ma)es
me see there is a place to win $im, that I may stand complete there# 1s $e was, so am I to be# The
Scriptres declare it, it shall be#
!1nd be fond in him, not having mine own righteosness, which is of the law, bt that which
is throgh the faith of Christ, the righteosness which is of (od by faith" C0hilippians J+>F# *ot
depending pon my wor)s, bt pon the faithflness of (od, being able nder all circmstances to be
hidden in $im, covered by the 1lmighty presence of (od5 The Scriptres declare nto s that we are
in Christ and Christ is in (od# What is able to move yo from the place of omnipotent power6 Shall
triblation, or persection, or na)edness, or peril, or sword6 1h, no5 Shall life, or death, or
principalities, or powers6 *o, we are more than con/erors throgh $im that loved s#
Fond In $im
,h, bt I mst be fond in $im5 There is a place of seclsion, a place of rest and faith in @ess
where there is nothing else li)e it# @ess came to them on the water and they were terrified, bt $e
said, !It is IB be not afraid#" 3y brother, $e is always there# $e is there in the storm as well as in the
peaceB $e is there in the adversity# When shall we )now $e is there6 When we are !fond in $im,"
not having or own wor), or own plan, bt resting in the omnipotent plan of (od# ,h, is it possible
for the child of (od to fail6 It is not possible# !$e that )eepeth Israel shall never slmber#" $e shall
watch over thee continally# ,h, bt we mst be fond in $im# I )now there is a covert place in @ess
which opens to s this morning# 3y brother, my sister, yo have been nearly weighed down with
trobles# They have almost crshed yo# Sometimes yo thoght yo wold never get ot of this place
of difficlty bt yo have no idea that behind the whole thing (od has been wor)ing a plan greater
than all# !That I may )now $im, and the power of $is resrrection#" @ess said to 3artha, !I am the
resrrection, and the life#" Today is a resrrection day# We mst )now the resrrection of $is power
in bro)enness of spirit# ,h, to )now this power of resrrection, to )now the rest of faith5 To )now the
spplanting of $is power in thee this morning5 To ma)e thee see that any one of s, withot e'ception,
can reach these beatitdes in the Spirit# 1h, there is something different between saying yo have faith
and then being pressed into a tight corner and proving that yo have faith# If yo dare believe, it shall
be done according to yor faith# !###What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them" C3ar) ;;+<?F# @ess is the resrrection and the life, and I say,
we mst attain to it# (od, help s to attain# We attain to it in that )nowledge that $e that came forth is
to ma)e s white as snow, pre and holy as $e, that we may go with boldness nto the Throne of
grace# Boldness is in $is holiness# Boldness is in $is righteosness# Boldness is in $is trth# :o
cannot have the boldness of faith if yo are not pre# What a blessed word follows, !The fellowship
of $is sfferings#" Remember, e'cept that fellowship toches s we shall never have mch power#
What helped $im at all times when $e saw the withered hand, when $e saw the woman
bowed together and cold in no wise help herself6 When the Spirit of the Lord blows pon yo, yo
will be bro)en down and then bilt p# @ess came forth in the glory of the Father, filled with all the
flness of (od# It was the thoght of (od before the fondation of the world, with sch love over all
the fearfl, helpless hman race, with all its blac)ness and hideosness of sin, and (od loved and
(od broght redemption# 3ay (od give s this morning sch fellowship of his sfferings that when
we see the person afflicted with cancer, we will pray right throgh ntil the roots are strc) dead#
When we see the croo)ed and helpless woman and man, so infirm, (od gives a compassion, (od
gives a fellowship with them that shall ndo their heavy brdens and set them free# $ow often we
have missed the victory becase we did not have the Lord-s compassion at the needed moment# We
failed to go throgh with a bro)en heart#
Is there anything more6 ,h, yes, we mst see the ne't thing# !Being made conformable nto
$is death#" !###.'cept a corn of wheat fall into the grond and die, it abideth alone+ bt if it die, it
bringeth forth mch frit" C@ohn ;<+<?F# (od wants yo to see that nless yo are dead indeed, nless
yo come to a perfect crcifi'ion, nless yo die with $im, yo are not in the fellowship of $is
sffering# 3ay (od move pon s in this life to bring s into an absolte death, not merely to tal)
abot it, not assming it, bt a death throgh which $is life may indeed be made manifest# 0al said,
!I cont not myself to have apprehended+ bt this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth nto those things which are before, I press toward the mar) for the pri&e of
the high calling of (od in Christ @ess#" $e had 8st said that he was following after in order to
apprehend that for which he had been apprehended of Christ @ess#
1nd I believe (od wants s to come this morning in li)e9mindedness that we may be able to
say, !I )now I am apprehended#" The Lord wants s to nderstand that we mst come to a place
where or natral life ceases, and by the power of (od we rise into a life where (od rles, where $e
reigns# 4o yo long to )now $im6 4o yo long to be fond in $im6 Thy longing shall be satisfied this
day# This is a day of ptting on and being clothed pon in (od# I as) yo to fall in the presence of
(odB all yo that want to )now (od, yield to $is mighty power and obey the Spirit#
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1 Tre 0rophet, 3arch ;><E
The prophet-s message is a word of the Lord that has become a brden pon the sol or a fire
sht p in the bones, a brden, a pent9p fire, and angish and a travail# The word of the Lord is a
living flame % The symbol of 0entecost is a tonge of fire# @eremiah had spo)en his message, he felt
that (od had let him down and e'posed him to ridicle and moc)ery# $e wold spea) no more, bt in
the silence the fire brnt in his bones# $e was fll of the fry of the Lord ntil he was prostrate with
holding himself in# The fire consmed him ntil he cold no longer hold, ntil one day the fire
sddenly lept forth in for)ed lightning, or a flaming sword#
The moment comes when the prophet is foil of power by the Spirit of the Lord or to declare
nto @acob his transgression and Israel his sin# The fire constrains and consmes him and his
generation persecte and despise his word#
The Lord came to bring fire# $e was straightened in Spirit bt it was accomplished# So is
every man who brings fire# There is a brooding % /estioning, reasoning, e'csing % hoping
foreboding# The whole being is consmed# The very marrow brns# Speech may not or mst not or
will not come# Then in a moment sddenly it flames ot# $e becomes a voice throgh which another
spea)s# Fire compels attention, it annonced itself and yo don-t have to advertise a fire# When the
fire comes, the mltitde come#
Life is given, he that heareth my words and believeth on $im that sent me hath everlasting life#
We need the Spirit, to be filled with prophetic power to bring forth to the needs of the people, life#
This is life, I am perceiving that I mst be so in this order# Let me give yo one or two positions#
0ower In 1ction
(od wants everybody withot e'ception, to begin on the Word of (od, and to act it will be
the most srprising thing that ever came, as yo stand on the word it will be an ama&ing thing#
,ne day as I was going down the streets of San Francisco in a car, when loo)ing throgh the
window I saw a great crowd of people at the corner of the street# !Stop," I said, !There is something
amiss#" So I rshed as fast as possible to the edge of the crowd# I was so eager, I pressed myself into
the crowd, and I saw a boy laid on the grond who was held in a death li)e grip#
The Word is in thee, Romans ;D#; pt my ear to his moth as the boy lay there strggling, tell
me boy what it isB and the boy said, !It is cramp," so I pt my hands arond him, and said, !Come ot
in the name of @ess#" The boy immediately 8mped p, ran off and had no time to say than) yo# It is
for everyone# 1fter that yo have received yo are in the place# I am not saying that glibly, my
thoghts are too serios for that# I cannot be any more after tonight what I was today, and tomorrow is
mightier than today# This is the reason the tide is changing with (od, this is the reality#
It is no little thing to be bapti&ed, it is the promise of the Father, @ess mst be there, and the
$oly (host also bringing s to the place where we can be bapti&ed# 1re yo going to treat it as a
great thing, what do yo really believe it is6 I believe when the $oly (host comes that $e comes to
crown the =ing#
1nd the =ing from that day gets $is rightfl place, and we don-t have to claim anything, and
$e becomes =ing of all the sitations#
I only say this to help yo# It is a need, that I am spea)ing abot, that I cannot get away from
the fact, becase where I loo) I see growth# I see yo people, I see the growth, I have been away from
.ngland three years, and I see changes, and even thogh we see there is growth, life and blessing
there is mch more grond to be possessed, and we shall have to dare before (od can wor)#
(od has given me an open door, nothing moves me, only this e'cept I see men and women
coming into line with this#
I want the people of 0entecost to rise as the heart of one man, (od has s for a prpose in
these last days, and in the meeting (od helps me# 1t a certain meeting, I said there is a man in this
meeting sffering, and shall I preach before I help this man, or wold yo li)e to see this person free
before I commence# This man was a stranger and did not )now who I was spea)ing abot, there he
was, with cancer on the face and fll of pain, and I said, !Is it right to preach, or shall I heal this
man#"
I saw what was the right thing, and I went down off the platform and placed my hand on him in
the name of @ess#
This was becase of what the Word said, that man )new nothing of healing bt in a moment he
was able to stand p, and said I have been twelve years in pain, something has happened to me, and
that night he gave himself to (od, and testified night after night, that he was completely cred, what
was it6 (od ministered throgh daring to believe $is Word# There are cases rond abot yo, and
what a story yo wold have to tell ne't year if only people too) a stand on the Word of (od from
tonight#
1 woman broght her hsband to me and said, !I want yo to help my hsband#" I said, !I
will#" She said, !$e has too many complaints to tell yo of#"
There is a man here so fll of pain and wea)ness that I am going to pray for him on the
athority of (od-s Word, and tomorrow night I am going to as) him to come bac) and tell yo what
(od has done for him, and I placed my hand on him in the name of @ess# The ne't night this man came
wal)ing straight, and he said, !Will yo let me spea) to these people tonight6"
!For ?D years I have had lcers and rnning sores, and today is the first time that my clothes
have been dry, and now I am a new man brothers and sisters, this is declared in the Word and
wonderfl things happen#" I had been spea)ing abot divine healing, and si' seats from the rear was a
man with a boy and he lifted him p when I had finished, the boy was held together with irons, and his
head, loins and sholders were bandaged, the father handed him over to me#
There he pt the irons down with the boy standing in them# I have never )nown what there is
in the laying on of hands, let me give yo a description of it# This boy was abot nine years of age,
and laying hands on him in the name of @ess, there was perfect silence, when sddenly this boy cried
ot# !4ad it is going all over me," and I said, !Ta)e the irons off#" :o say that is or power# *o it is
$is power, no it is the Father yo have received# 4are we be still and be /iet, the stones wold cry
ot if we did#
Sometimes I go in for what they call wholesale healings# 3y son and daghter are here, and
they can declare that they have seen ;DD healed withot the toch of a hand# I believe there is to be
wholesale baptisms of the $oly (host# ,ne day (od told me something, at a place called Staranga in
*orway#
I said to my interpreter, we are both very tired, we will rest today ntil ? 0#3#, I can never
forget the sight, this story has 8st occrred to me# 3ay (od bend yor ears down, there is a hearing
of Faith, a mch higher Faith, may the Lord bend or ears#
We had been ot for a short time, and coming bac) into the street I shall never forget the sight,
the street was filled with all )inds of wheeled chairs, we went along p to the hose, and the hose
was filled with people, and the woman said, !What can we do# The hose is filled what are we to
do6" So I plled off my coat and I got to bsiness# 3y brothers yo oght to have been there, the
power of (od came li)e a clod and people were healed on every side#
(od healed all the people, this is what I have to tell yo, we were sat down for a little
refresher before the meeting, and the telephone bell rang# 1nd the 0astor went to the telephone, and
they said, !What can we do the great Town $all is pac)ed, come down as soon as yo can," and this
is what I mean by the hearing of Faith, I declare that the people cold not have fallen down if they had
wanted to, I never saw a place so pac)ed, and I began to preach, and when I was preaching the voice
came from the Lord# !1s) and I will give thee every sol#" The voice came again, !1s) and I will
give yo every sol," and I dared to as), !(ive me every sol," and there was a breath came li)e the
rshing of a mighty wind, and it shoo) everybody and fell on everyone# I have never seen anything
li)e it#
I am hoping to see this in London, is there anything too hard for (od, cannot (od begin to do
these things, will we let $im6
I )now it might be a difficlt thing, is it not possible to have a consecration tonight, who is
there who will begin tonight and begin to act in the power of the $oly (host#
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4are To Believe (od, Then Command5 3ay ;><E
Lerily, verily, I say nto yo, $e that believeth on me, the wor)s
that I do shall he do alsoB and greater wor)s than these shall he doB
becase I go nto my Father# 1nd whatsoever ye shall as) in my
name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son# If
ye shall as) any thing in my name, I will do it# @ohn ;?+;<9;?
!$e that believeth#" What a word5 (od-s Word changes s and we enter into fellowship and
commnion, into faith assrance and (odli)eness, for we saw the trth and believed# Faith is an
operative powerB (od opens the nderstanding and reveals $imself# !Therefore it is of faith, that it
might be by grace###" CRomans ?+;IF# (race is (od-s benediction coming down to yo# :o open the
door to (od, which is an act of faith, and (od does all yo want#
@ess drew the hearts of the people to $imselfB they came to $im with all of their needs and
$e relieved them all# $e tal)ed to men, $e healed the sic), relieved the oppressed, and cast ot
demons# !The wor)s that I do shall he do also#" !$e that believeth on 3e####" The essence of divine
life is in s by faith# $e that believeth % it will come to passB we become spernatral by the power
of (od# If yo believe, the power of the enemy cannot stand, for (od-s Word is against him# @ess
gives s $is Word to ma)e faith effectal# Whatsoever ye desire, if yo can believe in yor heart yo
begin to sayB whatever yo dare to say shall be done# $e shall have whatsoever he saith after he
believes in his heart C3ar) ;;+<J,<?F# 4are to believe and then dare to spea), for yo shall have
whatsoever yo say if yo dobt not#
Some time ago in .ngland, the power of (od was on the meeting, and I was telling the people
they cold be healed# If they wold rise p I wold pray for them and the Lord wold heal them#
There was a man with bro)en ribs healed# Then a little girl forteen years old said, !Will yo pray
for me6" !3other," she said, !I am being healed#" She had straps on her feet three and one9half
inches deep# These were removed and (od healed her right away# 4are to believe (od, and it shall
be as yo believe# 1men#
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$ealing Testimonies, 3ay ;><E
The healings at the meetings have been blessed# 1t every meeting the sic) were invited to
remain, bt in many of the meetings Brother Wigglesworth wold pray for all who wold stand p
and believe that the Lord wold heal them# 1t other times he wold as) any who had pain to stand p
and he prayed for them from the platform#
1 lady stood saying she had pain in her head, and gallstones casing sffering# When Brother
Wigglesworth prayed, the power of the Spirit came pon her#
$ealed of a tmor in hospital# $and)erchief ta)en from the evangelist and laid on the sic)#
3rs# Ingram writes of a visit to a hospital, ta)ing a hand)erchief with her# $er friend was to
be operated9on on 3onday# ,n Wednesday when she visited her, her friend told her that she had been
on the operating table and the ether had been administered# When she came to herself she discovered
they had not operated becase they said there was no need now for the operation# She was able to get
p and the swelling was all gone# $igh blood pressre# 3rs# 1# Lavery, of Collingwood writes, !I
than) (od for the blessed healing power# $ands were laid on my headB I had blood pressre pains in
my head for one year and si' months night and day# I )now I am healed#"
4isplaced )idneys, rnning ear# 3rs# (reen, <J $ardy Street, .ast Brnswic), testifies, !I had
mastoid troble in my ear, and general wea)ness throgh my body, both of my )idneys have dropped
an inch# I sffered terribly, bt had relief when prayed for# 3y ear was discharging, now I am free#"
Bro)en ribs, bro)en collar bone, pierced lngs# 3r# R# .ddison, ;AA $oddle Street, West
Richmond, was in8red in a car accident in ;><I# $e had his ribs bro)en, lngs pierced, and collar
bone bro)en# $e was in the hospital three wee)sB had sffered mch pain for three months, ntil
prayed for in the meeting#
1 woman who had been ill in bed si'teen wee)s, was raised p by the Lord, bapti&ed in
water later, and the day following received the baptism of the $oly Spirit#
1 dying baby was healed#
1 woman who had sffered pain in her legs for eleven years was set free# 3rs# Rose @esle
writes, !The Lord toched my body in the adience, and I am free#"
1nother writes, !I have received the second hand)erchief which yo prayed over, and the
Lord is blessing# This cancer is slowly drying p# I have had no more hemorrhages and the terrible
odor is leaving# 0raise the Lord#"
3eetings in Richmond Temple, 3elborne, 1stralia 0blished in Trimphs of Faith
Be *ot 1fraid, ,nly Believe, @ly ;I,;><E
Be not afraid, only believe", C3ar) A+JIF#
This is one of those marvelos trths of the Scriptres that is written for or help, that we may
believe as we see the almightiness of (od and also or privilege, not only to enter in by faith, bt to
become parta)ers of the blessing $e wants to give s# 3y message is on the lines of faith# Becase
some do not hear in faith, it profits them nothing# There is a hearing of faith and a hearing which
means nothing more than listening to words# I beseech yo to see to it that everything done may bring
not only blessing to yo bt strength and character, and that yo may be able to see the goodness of
(od in this meeting#
I want to impress pon yo the importance of believing what the Scriptre says, and I may
have many things to relate abot people who dared to believe (od ntil it came to pass# This is a
wonderfl Word# In fact, all of the Word of (od is wonderfl# It is an everlasting Word, a Word of
power, a Word of health, a Word of sbstance, a Word of life# It gives life into the very natre, to
everyone that lays hold of it, if he believes# I want yo to nderstand that there is a need for the Word
of (od# Bt it is a need, many times, that brings s the blessing# What am I here for6 Becase (od
delivered me when no other hand cold do it# I stand before yo as one who was given p by
everybody, when no one cold help# I was earnest and &ealos for the salvation of sols# If yo were
in Bradford C.nglandF, yo wold )now# We had police protection for nearly twenty years in the best
thoroghfare in the city, and in my hmble way with my dear wife, who was all on fire for (od, we
were ministering in the open air# Fll of &eal6 :es# Bt one night, thirty years ago, I was carried home
helpless# We )new very little abot divine healing, bt we prayed throgh# It is thirty years and more
since (od healed me# I am si'ty9eight years old and fresher, in better health, and more fit for wor)
than I was at that time# It is a most wonderfl e'perience when the life of (od becomes the life of
man# The divine power that sweeps throgh the organism, cleaning the blood, ma)es the man fresh
every day# The life of (od is resrrection power#
When they broght me home helpless we prayed all night# We did all we )new# 1t ten o-cloc)
the ne't morning I said to my wife, !This mst be my last roll call#" We had five children arond s# I
tell yo it was not an easy thing to face or circmstances# I told my wife to do as she thoght best bt
the poor thing didn-t )now what to do# She called a physician who e'amined me, shoo) his head and
said, !It is impossible for anything to be done for yor hsbandB I am absoltely helpless# $e has
appendicitis and yo have waited too long# $is system will not stand an operation# 1 few hors, at
best, will finish him#"
What the doctor said was tre# $e left her and said he wold come bac) again bt he coldn-t
give her any hope# When he was nicely ot of the hose an old lady and a yong man who )new how
to pray came in# The yong man pt his )nees on the bed and said+ !Come ot, yo devil, in the name
of @ess#" It was a good 8ob, we had no time for argment, and instantly I was free# ,h, hallel8ah5 I
was as free as I am now# I never believed that any person oght to be in bed in the daytime and I
8mped p and went downstairs# 3y wife said+ !,h, are yo p6" !I-m all right, wifeB it is all right
now," I said# I had some men wor)ing for me and she said none of them had trned p that morning, so
I pic)ed p my tools and went to wor)# Then the doctor came# $e wal)ed p the stairs and my wife
called, !4octor, doctor, he is ot5" !What6" he said# !:es," she said, !$e is ot at wor)#" !,h," he
said, !yo will never see him alive again# They will bring him in a corpse#" 1m I a corpse6 ,h, when
(od does anything it is done forever5 1nd (od wants yo to )now that $e wants to do something in
yo forever# I have laid my hands on people with appendicitis when the doctors were in the place,
and (od has healed them#
I will tell yo one incident before I pass on# It will stir p yor faith# I am not here to be on
e'hibition# I am here to impart divine trth to yo concerning the Word of (od that after I leave yo
can do the same thing# I went to Swit&erland and after I had been there for some wee)s, a brother
said, !Will yo not go to meeting tonight6" !*o," I said, !I have been at it all this time, yo can ta)e
charge tonight#" !What shall we do6" he as)ed# !4o6" I said, !0al the apostle, left people to do the
wor) and passed on to another place % I have been here long enogh now, yo do the wor)#" So he
went to the meeting# When he came bac) he said, !We have had a wonderfl time#" !What
happened6" $e said+ !I invited them all ot, too) off my coat, and rolled p my sleeves, and prayed
and they were all healed# I did 8st li)e yo did#" @ess says, !I give nto yo power over all the
power of the enemy" CL)e ;D+;>F# They entered into the hoses and healed the sic) that were therein#
The ministry of divine operation in s is wonderfl, bt who wold ta)e pon himself to say, !I can
do this or that6" If it is (od, it is all right, bt if it is yorself, it is all wrong# When yo are wea),
then yo are strong# When yo are strong in yor own strength, yo are wea)# :o mst reali&e this
and live only in the place where the power of (od rests pon yo, and where the Spirit moves within
yo# Then (od will mightily manifest $is power and yo will )now as @ess said, !The Spirit of the
Lord is pon me#"
(od brings a remar)able, glorios fact to or minds tonight, the healing of a little helpless
girl# The physicians had failed# The mother said to the father+ !There is only one hope % if yo can
see @ess5 1s sre as yo can meet @ess or daghter will live#" 4o yo thin) it is possible for
anybody anywhere to go loo)ing for @ess withot seeing $im6 Is it possible to thin) abot @ess
withot @ess drawing near6 *o# This man )new the power there was in the name of @ess+ !###In my
name shall they cast ot devils###" C3ar) ;I+;EF# Bt we mst be sre we )now that name, for in 1cts
;> the seven sons of Sceva said to the man possessed with devils, !We ad8re yo by @ess whom
0al preached to come ot" Cv# ;JF# The evil spirit said, !I )now 0al and I )now @ess, bt who are
yo6" Cv# ;AF# :es, the devil )nows every believer % and the seven sons of Sceva nearly lost their
lives# The evil powers came pon them and they barely escaped# It is more than repeating the nameB it
is the natre of the name in yoB it is more than thatB it is the divine personality within the hman life
which has come to ta)e p $is abode in yo, and when $e becomes all in all then (od wor)s throgh
yo# It is the life, the power of (od# (od wor)s throgh the life#
The Lord is that life, and the ministry of it and the power in the ministry, bt the $oly Spirit
brings everybody in sch a place of divine relationship that $e mightily lives in s and enables s to
overcome the powers of the enemy# The Lord healed that child as they got a vision of @ess# The word
of the Lord came not with observation bt with divine, mighty power, wor)ing in them ntil by the
power of the Spirit, men and women were created anew by this new life divine# We have to see that
when this divine Word comes to s by the power of the $oly (host, it is according to the will of (od
that we spea), not with men-s wisdom, bt with divine minds operated by the Word of (odB not
channels only, bt as oracles of the Spirit#
1s the rler of the synagoge soght @ess he worshiped $im# $ow they gathered arond $im5
$ow everybody listened to what $e had to say5 $e spo)e not as a scribe, bt with athority and
power, dec)ed with divine glory# 1 yong man was preaching in a mar)etplace# 1t the close of the
address some atheist came and said, !There have been five Christs# Tell s which one it is that yo
preach#" $e answered, !The Christ that rose from the dead#" There is only ,ne that rose from the
dead# There is only one @ess who lives# 1nd as $e lives, we live also# (lory to (od5 We are risen
with $im, are living with $im, and will reign with $im#
This rler, as he drew near the crowd, went p to $im and said, !@ess, my daghter lieth at
the point of death# Come and lay thy hands pon her, and she will be healed#" M1nd @ess went with
him#N CSee 3ar) A+<J,<?#F What a beatifl assrance# Bt as they were coming along the road, a
woman met them who had an isse of blood for twelve years# When she began with this troble she
soght many physicians# She had some money, bt the physicians too) it all, and left her worse than
they fond her# $ave yo any that do the same thing arond here6 When I was a plmber I had to
finish my wor) before I got the money, and I didn-t always get it then# I thin) that if there was an
arrangement whereby no doctor got his fee ntil he cred the patient, there woldn-t be so many
people die# Twelve years of sic)ness this woman had# She needed someone now who cold heal
withot money, for she was ban)rpt and helpless# @ess comes to people that are withered p,
diseased, lame, crippled in all )inds of ways, and when $e comes there is liberty to the captive,
opening of eyes to the blind, and the opening of ears to the deaf# 3any had said to this woman, !If yo
had only been with s today# We saw the most marvelos things, the croo)ed made straight, the lame
to wal), the blind to see" % and the woman twelve years sic) said, !,h, yo ma)e me feel that if I
cold only see $im I shold be healed#" It strengthened her faith and it became firm# She had a
prpose within her# Faith is a mighty power# Faith will reach at everything# When real faith comes
into operation yo will not say, !I don-t feel mch better#" Faith says, !I am whole#" Faith doesn-t
say, !It-s a lame leg#" Faith says, !3y leg is all right#" Faith never sees a goiter#
1 yong woman with a goiter came to be prayed for# In a testimony meeting she said, !I do
praise the Lord for healing my goiter#" She went home and said to her mother, !,h 3other, when the
man prayed for me, (od healed my goiter#" For twelve months she went abot telling everybody how
(od healed her goiter# Twelve months afterward I was in the same place and people said, !$ow big
that lady-s goiter is5" There came a time for testimony# She 8mped p and said, !I was here twelve
months ago and (od healed me of my goiter# Sch a marvelos twelve months5" when she went home
her fol)s said, !:o shold have seen the people today when yo testified that (od had healed yor
goiter# They thin) there is something wrong with yo# If yo go pstairs and loo) in the glass yo will
see the goiter is bigger than ever it was#" She went pstairs, bt she didn-t loo) in the glass# She got
down on her )nees and said, !, Lord, let all the people )now 8st as :o have let me )now, how
wonderflly :o have healed me#" The ne't morning her nec) was as perfect as any nec) yo ever
saw# Faith never loo)s# Faith praises (od % it is done5
This poor, helpless woman who had been growing wea)er and wea)er for twelve years
pshed into the crowded thoroghfare when she )new @ess was in the midst# She was stirred to the
depths, and she pshed throgh and toched $im# If yo will believe (od and toch $im, yo will be
healed at once# @ess is the $ealer5
*ow listen5 Some people pt the toch of the Lord in the place of faith# The Lord wold not
have that woman believe that the toch had done it# She felt as soon as she toched $im that virte
had gone throgh her, which is tre# When the people were bitten by fiery serpents in the wilderness,
(od-s Word said throgh 3oses, !$e that loo)eth shall be healed#" The loo) made it possible for
(od to do it# 4id the toch heal the woman6 *o# The toch meant something more % it was a living
faith# @ess said, !###thy faith hath made thee whole###" C3ar) A+J?F# If (od wold 8st move on s to
believe, there woldn-t be a sic) person who cold not receive healing# 1s soon as this woman in the
street, with all the crowd abot her, began to testify, the devil came# The devil is always in a
testimony meeting# When the sons of (od gathered together in the time of @ob, he was there#
While this was happening in the street, MaN person came rshing from the hose of @airs and
said, !There is no se now, yor daghter is dead# This @ess can do nothing for a dead daghter#
:or wife needs yo at home#" Bt @ess said, !Be not afraid, only believe" C3ar) A+JIF# $e spea)s
the word 8st in time5 @ess is never behind time# When the tmlt is the worst, the pain the most
severe, the cancer gripping the body, then the word comes, !,nly believe#" When everything seems
as thogh it will fail, and is practically hopeless, the Word of (od comes to s, !,nly believe#"
When @ess came to that hose there were a lot of people weeping and wailing# I have ta)en
my last wreath to the cemetery# To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, and if yo
believe that, yo will never ta)e another wreath to the cemetery# It is nbelief that morns# If yo have
faith that they are with the Lord, yo will never ta)e another flower to the grave# They are not there#
$allel8ah5
These people were rond abot, weeping, wailing, and howling# $e says, !Why ma)e yo this
to9do6 The maid is not dead, bt sleepeth" C3ar) A+J>F# There is a wonderfl word that (od wants
yo to hear# @ess said, !I am the resrrection, and the life###" C@ohn ;;+<AF# The believer may fall
asleep, bt the believer doesn-t die# ,h, that people wold nderstand the deep things of (od % it
wold change the whole sitation# It ma)es yo loo) ot with a glorios hope to the day when the
Lord shall come# What does it say6 !They that sleep will (od bring with $im#" @ess )new that# !The
maid is not dead, bt sleepethB and they laghed him to scorn" Cvv# J>,?DF# To show the insincerity of
these wailers, they cold trn from wailing to laghing# @ess too) the father and the mother of the
maid and, going into the room where she was, too) her hand and said, !4aghter, arise#" 1nd the
child sat p# 0raise the Lord5 1nd $e said, !(ive her something to eat#"
,h, the remar)ableness of or Lord @ess5 I want to impress pon yo the importance of
reali&ing that $e is in the midst# *o person need be withot the )nowledge that they are not only
saved, bt that (od can live in these bodies# :o are begotten the moment yo believe, nto a lively
hope# !$e that believeth hath eternal life#" :o have eternal life the moment yo believe# The first
life is temporal, natral, material, bt in the new birth yo e'ist as long as (od % forever % we are
begotten by an incorrptible power, by the Word of (od# The new birth is nto righteosness,
begotten by (od the moment that yo believe# (od always saves throgh the heart# $e that believeth
in the heart and confesseth with his moth shall be saved#
@ess is here tonight to loose them that are bond# If yo are sffering in yor body# $e will
heal yo now as we pray# $e is saying to every sin9sic) sol, to every disease9smitten one# !Be not
afraid, only believe#"
0blished in Redemption Tidings
1biding, 1gst ;><E
Bt I tell yo of a trth, there be some standing here, which shall
not taste of death, till they see the )ingdom of (od# L)e >+<E
$ow (od fascinates me with $is Word# I read and read and read, and there is always
something new, and as I get deeper into the )nowledge of the Bridegroom, I hear the voice of @ess
saying, !The bride re8oices to hear the Bridegroom-s voice#" The Word is $is voice, and the nearer
we are to @ess, the more we nderstand the principles of $is mission# $e came to ta)e for $imself a
people for $is bride, $e came to find a body#
(od-s message to s tonight is that @ess is going to ta)e ot a bride nto $imself# So while
we are here to tal) abot salvation, there are deeper trths (od wants to show s# It is not only to be
saved, bt there is an eternal destiny in the plan of (od for s# The wonders of $is glory, that in the
ages to come we may share with $im# (od has given s this blessed revelation, how $e lived and
loved and said these words# !Some of yo shall not see death ntil yo have seen the )ingdom of (od
come in power#"
@ess, who cold pray ntil $e was transfigred, ntil $is face did shine as the sn and $is
raiment became white and glistening# 0raise (od, $e also said, !I have power to lay down 3y life, I
have power to ta)e it again" C@ohn ;D+;HF# By wic)ed hands $e was ta)en and crcified, bt $e was
willing, for $e had all power, and cold have called on legions of angels to deliver $im# Bt $is
prpose was to save s and bring s into fellowship and oneness with $imself, that the same life
principles might be ors# @ess never loo)ed bac), $e never withheld# $e went throgh death that $is
life might be or portion in time and in eternity# ,r Lord @ess Christ, the at9one9ment for the whole
world, the Son of (od, the sinner-s friend# $e was wonded for or transgressions# $e lived to
manifest, to bring forth the glory of (od on earth# $e gives $is disciples the glory $e had with the
Father before the world was# $e said, !I have given them the glory that Tho gavest 3e" C@ohn
;E+<<F#
So (od today is giving grace and glory, no good thing will $e withhold from them that wal)
prightly# $ealth, peace, 8oy in the $oly (host, a life in Christ @ess# In5 In5 In5 1re yo in6 It is
wonderfl, lovely, shall we ever
go bac) to .gypt6 Shall we loo) bac)6 *ever5 ,h, yo need not loo) for me down in .gypt-s
sand, for I have pitched my tent far p in Belah land# There is redemption for all throgh the blood of
@ess, which is heaven on earth, 8oy and peace in the $oly (host# 1 change from dar)ness to light,
from the power of Satan nto (od# To be made sons, heirs and 8oint heirs with Christ# Three times
(od rent the heavens with the Word# This is 3y beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased# :es, it is
tre $e was born in Bethlehem, that $e wor)ed as a carpenter, $e too) pon $imself flesh and (od
indwelt that flesh and manifested $is glory, so that $e was a perfect overcomer# $e )ept the law and
flfilled $is commission, so that $e cold redeem s by laying down $is life# @ess was manifested
in the flesh to destroy the power of the devil# (od-s specimen to show s that what $e had done for
and in @ess, $e cold do for and in s#
$e can ma)e s overcomers, destroying the power of sin and indwelling s by $is mighty
power, transforming s ntil we love righteosness and hate ini/ity, so that we can be holy# We
receive sonship becase of $is obedience# $e learned obedience by the things $e sffered# $is
family said $e was beside $imself# The scribes said, !$e hath a devil and casts ot devils by
Beel&ebb the prince of devils#" In the synagoge they reviled $im and wold have thrown $im over
the cliff, bt $e, passing throgh their midst, seeing a blind man, $e healed him#
@ess is (od-s specialty, meditate on the beatitdes, the attribtes and divine position @ess
manifested# It is a new creation, a birth nto righteosness by faith in the 1tonement, transforming and
changing yo till yo are controlled, dominated, and filled with the Spirit of @ess# Still in the body,
governed by the Spirit, with frit nto holiness and the end eternal life# $e was a firstfrits for s# ,h,
Lord, reveal Thyself nto this people, and give them nfeigned love and faith# Then yo will stand
persection, ridicle, slander#
Christ loved yo when yo were yet sinners, and $e see)s yor love in retrn, imparting to
yo an inwroght love by the $oly (host, changing yo from faith to faith, from glory to glory, for $e
shall see $is seed, $e shall prolong $is days and the pleasre of the Lord shall prosper in $is hand#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(lory to (od, the living shall praise $im, for ot of the
dst of the earth $e has broght forth a harvest of sols, to praise $im for all eternity# $e is seeing
$is seed, and the pleasre of the Lord is already prospering in $is hand#"
:ea, beloved, this is the day of the visitation of the Lord again in 1delaide# Loo) at $im
tonight, yo needy ones# 1s yo ga&e pon $im yo will be changed, a strength will come to yo, yo
will e'change strength# $e is the (od of @acob, the (od of the helpless and ndone# The devil had a
big play with @acob, bt there was one thing @acob )new# )new# $e )new that (od wold flfil $is
promise# (od had at Bethel, let him see the ladder, where the angels began at bottom and went to the
top# Bethel, the place of prayer, the place of changing conditions, earthly entering heaven# (od had
promised him and $e broght him bac) to Bethel, bt the same old @acob was left, and as long as (od
allowed him to wrestle he wrestled# That is a type of holding on to this world# 1nd (od toched him#
(od has a way to toch s# @acob cried, !4on-t go till yo have blessed me#" (od will bless yo
there# 1 place of helplessness and bro)enness, there (od will meet yo# $ave yo been there6
@ess came down from the mont of transfigration and set right forward to flfil $is
commission for yo and me# From the glory to the cross# 1t the foot of the mont the man cried, !$ere
is my son, I broght him to thy disciples#" ,h, (od, ta)e away nbelief5 !,h, faithless generation,
how long mst I sffer yo# Bring him to 3e#" @ess cast ot the evil spirit# .ven in the 3aster-s
presence the evil spirit tore the boy and left him as one dead# Satanic power# 3ay (od )eep s in
$imself where Satan has no power or victory# $as $e come to yo, has the Comforter come to yo6
The Lord will reb)e the world of sin when the Comforter comes to yo# Be ye transformed# Let
@ess come aboard# $e that has received Christ and the power of the Spirit, healing will abide, life
will abide# *o man can )eep himself, the wea) is capable if he is in Christ @ess# 1re yo willing to
srrender yorselves to Christ, that Satan shall have no dominion over yo, in @ess- name I as) yo6
Let s pray#
The power of (od is 8st the same today,
It does not matter what the people say,
Whatever (od has promised $e is able to perform,
For the power of (od is 8st the same today# 1men#
1ddress given at 1delaide, 1stralia
(od-s Treasre $ose, 1gst ;><E
$ow e'hastless is the treasre hose of the 3ost $igh5 $ow near (od is to s when we are
willing to draw nigh5
1nd how $e comes with refreshings to s when or hearts are attned and desire $im only,
for the desires of the righteos shall be granted#
(od has for s today a stimlation of divine ac/aintance, a life divine to flow throgh or
being that shall be sfficient for s in all times of need# When (od is for yo, who can be against yo6
What a blessed assrance this is to the hngry heart# $ow it thrills one to the very depths of their sol#
3y heart-s desire is that I bring yo again to a ban/et# That wonderfl reserve, that great
blessed day of appointment for s with the =ing, that we may believe that all the precios promises
are yea and amen to s as we dare believe#
,h, to believe (od5 ,h, to rest pon what $e says, for there is not one 8ot or tittle of the Word
which shall fail till all is flfilled5 $as $e not promised and will $e not also perform6 ,r blessed
Lord of life and glory impressed pon s before $e left that $e wold send the Comforter and when
$e came $e shold ta)e the words of @ess and $e wold pray throgh s and whatsoever we wold
as), the Lord wold hear s#
So I want yo to get in a definite place, daring to as) (od for something that shall be the
means of stimlating yor life forever#
1re yo ready6 :o say, !What for6" To have some of the promises flfilled#
1re yo ready6 !What for6" That (od shall this day so clothe yo with the Spirit that there
shall be nothing within that shall war against the Spirit# 1re yo ready6 Search yor heart diligently#
1re yo ready6 !What for6" That yo may )now the Word of (od, that they that dwell and
live in the Spirit of (od are )ept in perfect condition of no condemnation#
I am so desiros that yo shold get so stimlated with prospective condition, then come into
a reali&ing condition, becase that is what (od wants yo to haveB to get so moved by the power of
(od to believe that the things that yo hear shall be yors#
So many people miss a great many things becase they are always on the line of thin)ing it
was for someone else# I want yo to )now that (od-s Word is for yo, and yo are to ma)e a personal
application for all there is in the Scriptres#
I do not believe the Scriptres are for pastors, teachers, evangelists, prophets, apostlesB bt
they are for the whole body of Christ, for it is the Body that has to be the epistle of Christ# So the
Word of (od has to abond in yo till yo are absoltely bilt and fi'ed pon the living Word#
1ll (ifts For .dification
I am going to read again the forteenth chapter of First Corinthians, the twelfth verse, becase
I want to ma)e it the )eynote of all that is spo)en#
.ven so ye, forasmch as ye are &ealos of spirital gifts, see) that ye may e'cel to the
edifying of the chrch#
=eep that definitely before yor mind, becase whatever happens in a service it means
nothing to me withot it is to edification or comfort or consolation#
(od wants to ma)e yo worthy of $is wonderfl nameB only yo mst always nderstand that
all the gifts and graces of the Spirit are most helpfl to yo as yo are a blessing to others# The $oly
(host came not to e'alt yo, bt that yo shold e'alt the Lord#
Before these services are over I shall be able to tell yo definitely how to receive a gift, then
how to se a gift or how to be in a place where the gift can be sed# We shold cover mch grond
becase the Spirit is going to spea)# If I se my own reasoning, yo won-t be edified# There is only
one edification that is going to last, and it is the spirital, inward revelation of Christ# 3ind matter is
no good withot it is spiritally /ic)ened throgh the heart affections# So let s remember it is more
important that we shold be filled with the $oly (host, that the Spirit shold have its perfect control
and way, than that we shold be filled with )nowledge to no profit# !=nowledge pffeth p, a little
)nowledge is dangeros" % in fact, all )nowledge is in very great danger withot it is balanced in a
perfect place where (od has the controlling position#
Be *ot Ignorant
Reviewing the first few verses of the twelfth chapter of First Corinthians, we find the $oly
(host is spea)ing# $e wold not have yo ignorant concerning spirital gifts, he says# :o are not to
be ignorant of the best gift (od has arranged for yo# :o are to come into possession# It is a will that
has been left by (od-s Son# $e rose to carry it ot, and $e is on the throne to carry ot $is own will#
$is will is that yo shold be filled with all the flness of (od# Wonderfl will5
The ne't thoght is that becase we are (entiles (od has entrsted to s the proclamation of
the (ospel in the power and demonstration of the Spirit, that we may not spea) with man-s wisdom,
bt by the oracles of the operation of (od#
So the $oly (host is to ma)e s ready for every perfect wor), and so ready that opportnities
are ta)en advantage of# @st as mch as if $e were in the world, we mst be in the world, ready for
the glorios, blessed anointing and e/ipment for service, that the power of hell shall not prevail bt
we may bind the powers of Satan# We are in a great position to be occpied with him#
Spirital Interpretation
The Spirit $imself bringeth forth light and trth to edify and bild p the Chrch in the most
holy faith, that we might be ready for all activity in (od# For the Spirit of the Lord is pon s to bring
forth that which (od has declared and ordained, that we shold go forth bearing precios frit, and
come forth re8oicing, singing, and harvesting together#
,h, to )eep in the covenant place where yo are hidden in Christ, where $e alone is
sperseding, controlling, leading, directing, and casing yo to live only for the glory of (od5
Word ,f (od 7nchangeable
We pass on to the third verse, !*o man can call @ess accrsed by the $oly (host#"
4on-t forget that yo are entrsted with the Word of life, which spea)s to yo as the trth#
@ess was the Way, the Trth, and the Life, and $e declared eternal life by the operation of the
(ospelB for we receive immortality and life by the (ospel# Seeing these things are so, yo can
nderstand that for them that receive the life of Christ, they pass ot of condemnation into eternal life#
Bt what abot those that do not6 Still nder condemnation, withot hope and withot (od in
the world, and in danger of eternal destrction# (od save them5
4on-t get away from the fact, @ess is the personality of eternal death and of eternal life# $ell
fire will never be changed by what men say abot it# $ell fire will be the same forever# :o will
never change the Word of (od by men-s opinions# The Word of (od is fi'ed forever#
The Lord wants yo to be in a great place, the $oly (host having sch control of yor inner
eyes to reveal the flness of the Lord of life, till @ess is magnified tremendosly by the revelation of
the $oly (host, till $e becomes Lord over all things, over yor affections, yor will, yor prposes,
yor plans, and yor wishes forever# Let $im be Lord#
Spirital Interpretation
For when the Lord changes the sitation, then tho dost come ot of the hiding of captivity into
the flness of the revelation of the bla&e of $is glory, for when $e has molded thee then $e can bild
thee and change thee till $e is having $is way#
Changed From (lory To (lory
It is a great prpose that (od has for s that we can be changed, and yo are in a great place
when yo are willing to have this change ta)e place# :o are in a greater place when yo are willing
to drop everything that has broght yo to where yo thoght yo cold not be changed, and when yo
have dropped all things that have hindered yo, yo have leaped forth and been tremendosly
changed#
If yo have held anything on a hman plane, no matter how it has come, if it is not according to
the biblical standard of the Word of (od let it be weeded ot# If yo do not get it weeded ot, there is
a time coming that wood, hay, and stbble will be brned and the gold, the silver, and the precios
stones will stand the fire#
Lots of people wold li)e to )now what )ind of crown they will have when they get to glory#
Well, the Lord will ta)e everything that cold not be brnt by the fire and ma)e yor own crownB so
everybody is forming his own crown# *ow yo be carefl not to be all wood, hay, and stbble# $ave
something left for the crown# There is a crown of life that fadeth not away that I am trying to help yo
to bild for today#
(od 0articlari&es
(od has a particlari&ing way of meeting particlar people of today# We all so vary, in or
faces, in or ma)e9p, so (od has a way to particlari&e a gift that wold fit yo perfectly so that yo
will not be lopsided# I am trsting the Lord to help me to bild yo withot having lop sides#
Be *ot Lopsided
Lots of people have good things % bt# Lots of people might be very remar)ably sed % bt#
Lots of people might soar into wonderfl places of divine positions with (od % bt# 1nd it is the
!bt" that spoils it# Some people have a very good gift % all the gifts of (od are good % bt becase
the gift has been made a blessing they transgress with the same gift and spea) in tonges longer than
they oght to# So it is the !bt" in the way that is spoiling the best#
Some people have prophecy, very wonderfl prophecy, bt there is a !bt#" They have
prophesied and the Lord has been with them in the prophecy, bt becase the people have appladed
them in the prophecy they have gone beyond divine prophecy and sed their own hman mind, and the
!bt" has spoiled them till they do not want the hidden prophecy#
3rs# So9and9so has a wonderfl testimony and we all li)e to hear her for three mintes, bt
we are all sic) of it if she goes on five mintes# Why so6 There is a !bt" abot it#
Brother So9and9so )indles fire in every prayer meeting he begins in, bt after abot five
mintes all the people say, !I wish he wold stop," and there is a !bt" there#
It is becase of the lopsidedness of people I want to spea) advisedly that yo do not
transgress# 4o not se divine liberty to spoil (od-s positionB bt be wise and the Lord will ma)e yo
to nderstand what it means# Be wise#
When yo say that yo have been bapti&ed with the $oly (host people loo) and say, !Well, if
that be so, there oght to be something very beatifl#"
:es, it is tre, and if there is something which is shady, something ncanny, not e'pressing the
glory or grace, the mee)ness or the love of Christ, there is a !bt" abot it and the !bt" is that yo
have not really got yor own hman spirit nder control by the divine Spirit, the hman is mingled and
it is spoiling the divine#
*ow, a word for the wise is sfficient, and if yo are not wise after yo have heard, it shows
that yo are foolish# 4o not be foolish+ be wise5
!Let not yor goodness be evil spo)en of#" (od wants people in these days who are so
fortified, so bilt in Christ that they need not be ashamed#
Spirital Interpretation
For it is (od who hath called thee for $is own prpose# It is Christ who ordained thee, and
being ordained by Christ we go forth to bring forth mch frit, and (od is being glorified when or
anointing or or covenant with Christ is being reserved for (od only and we live and move for the
glory of the e'hibition of Christ# Then that is the place where @ess is highly honored, and when yo
pray (od is glorified in the Son, and when yo preach the nction abideth and the Lord bringeth forth
blessing pon the hearers#
4iversities ,f (ifts
In the forth to seventh verses of the twelfth chapter of First Corinthians yo notice very
remar)able words# In these verses we are dealing with the Spirit, with the Lord, and with (od, every
one of them in cooperation with this position#
*ow there are diversities of gifts, bt the same Spirit# 1nd there
are differences of administrations, bt the same Lord# 1nd there
are diversities of operations, bt it is the same (od which wor)eth
all in all# Bt the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man
to profit withal# ; Corinthians ;<+?9E
There are diversities, varieties of gifts which trly are to be in the believer# There are nine
gifts and I wold li)e yo to notice that they never interfere with the gifts that @ess gave# If yo trn
to .phesians ?, yo will find there that @ess has gifts, bt yo won-t find them in the twelfth chapter
of First Corinthians# They are not there, becase when we are dealing with the twelfth chapter of First
Corinthians we are dealing with the gifts the $oly (host hasB bt when we read .phesians ?, we are
dealing with the gifts @ess has#
Let s loo) at them# $ow beatiflly $e arranges the thing#
### When he ascended p on high, he led captivity captive, and gave
gifts nto men# .phesians ?+H
0al was in captivity# $ow do we )now6 Becase 0al describes his position as the chief of
sinners % and as long as we )now the chief of sinners has been saved, every man that ever lives can
be saved# The chief of sinners, and he was led captive when he was mad with indignation against the
disciples when he was rshing everywhere to apprehend them and pt them in prison and ma)e them
blaspheme that same name#
0al was in captivity, @ess too) him ot of captivity and too) him into captivity, and gave
him gifts#
@ess has already made disciples, has gone p on high leading captivity captive, then $e is
giving gifts#
1nd he gave some, apostlesB and some, prophetsB and some,
evangelistsB and some, pastors and teachersB For the perfecting of
the saints, for the wor) of the ministry, for the edifying of the body
of Christ# .phesians ?+;;,;<
This is the divine position of or Lord, giving gifts to those $e has in captivity#
*ow who do yo thin) is li)ely most to be in captivity in this meeting6 The people who are
lost in (od, hidden#
Bapti&ing in water is an emblem of death and the moment a person is immersed in the water,
he is lifted ot# Bt not so with the baptism with the $oly Spirit# To be bapti&ed in the $oly (host is
every day to be deeper in, never lifted ot, never coming otB in captivity, ready for gifts#
*ow, is a person made a prophet or an apostle or a teacher before the baptism or after6 I want
to spea) to yo very definitely and I want yo to )eep in mind what the Spirit shall say to s at this
time#
.pistles 1re ,nly For Bapti&ed Christians
When I went to *ew 2ealand, the power of (od was very present and (od did wonderflly
wor) miracles and wonders there, and the gift that laid hold of the whole place was the gift of tonges
and interpretation# It moved the whole of that city till the place which held J,ADD often was
overcrowded and we had <,DDD and J,DDD people who cold not get in#
*ow when the 0lymoth Brethren, who )new the Word of (od, saw the grace of (od pon me
they wanted to have some conversation with meB so I gave them an adience and eighteen of them
came#
1s soon as they began they said, !Well, we )now (od is with yoB it is a clear proof#"
CIn ten days we had <,DDD people saved and we had ;,ADD of those yong converts sit down to
brea)ing breadB and it was the 0lymoth Brethren who served s the wine and the bread#F
!*ow," they said, !we want to e'amine the trth with yo to see where things stand#"
I said, !1ll right, brethren#"
In a moment or two they were /oting to me the .phesians#
!Bt," I said, !Beloved, yo )now better than anybody that the man that climbs p some other
way is a thief and a robber, don-t yo6 $ow many times have yo preached that6 @ess is the door,
and everyone entering that way shall be saved# What does it mean6 @ess is Trth#" They contined
/oting to me the .phesians#
!Bt, Brethren," said I, !yo have no right to .phesiansB yo have no right to the epistles# The
epistles are not for yo# :o are climbing p some other way#"
Withot fear of contradiction, on the athority of (od, I say today, there is no person in this
place who has a right to the epistles ntil they have gone throgh the 1cts of the 1postles and
received the $oly (host#
They said I cold not prove it# I said, !I can prove it very easily#"
1nd I read,
For he that spea)eth in an n)nown tonge spea)eth not nto men,
bt nto (od+ for no man nderstandeth himB howbeit in the spirit
he spea)eth mysteries#
!*ow," I said, !Brethren, tell me if yo nderstand that#"
They said, !*o#"
!Simply becase yo have never received the $oly (host# .very person who receives the
$oly (host receives that, spea)ing nto (od by the Spirit#
!The gospels are the (ospel of the =ingdom# The 1cts of the 1postles are where people see
water baptism, sanctification, and also see the flfilled receiving of the $oly (host# So the moment
yo pass throgh the 1cts of the 1postles yo are ready for the epistles, for the epistles are written to
bapti&ed believers#"
!I will prove it another way," I said, and read Romans H+<I9<E+
Li)ewise the Spirit also helpeth or infirmities+ for we )now not
what we shold pray for as we oght+ bt the Spirit itself ma)eth
intercession for s with groanings which cannot be ttered# 1nd he
that searcheth the hearts )noweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
becase he ma)eth intercession for the saints according to the will
of (od# Romans H+<I,<E
$ere is another distinct position of a man filled with the $oly (host# That is not the Spirit of
Christ, that is the $oly Spirit# There is /ite a difference between the Spirit of Christ and the $oly
Spirit#
Spirital Interpretation
For the Lord $imself is the chief director of all trth, for $e is the Way and the TrthB and
therefore the Spirit ta)eth the Word, which is Christ, and reveals it nto s, for $e is the life by the
Word# !$e that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life#" @ess is the
Way, @ess is the Trth, @ess is the Life#
(races 1nd Beatitdes ,f The Spirit
The $oly Spirit is 8ealos over yo# The $oly Spirit has a godly 8ealosy over yo# Why6
Lest yo shold trn to yorself# $e wants yo entirely to e'hibit the Lord#
So $e girds yo, sees to yo in every way that yo will not be drawn aside by hman desires
bt @ess shall become the 1lpha and ,mega in all yor desires#
*ow to this end the Spirit )noweth the great hnger of the heart# What for6 (ifts, graces,
beatitdes#
,h, it is lovely when we can be so we can only pray in the $oly (host5
0raying In The Spirit
I am going to give yo a very important word abot what is the se of praying in the Spirit#
Lots of people are still withot an nderstanding as to what it is to pray in the Spirit# In First
Corinthians the forteenth chapter and the fifteenth verse we read+
###I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the nderstanding
also+ I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the
nderstanding also#
I am going to tell yo a story that will help yo to see how necessary it is that yo shold be
so lost in the $oly (host order that yo shold pray in the $oly (host#
,r wor) in the center of 1frica was opened by Brothers Brton and Salter, the latter my
daghter-s hsband# $e is now there in Congo# When they went there, there were for of them, an old
man wanting to go to help them bild, a yong man was led believing it was a call# The old man died
on the road and the yong man trned bac), so there were only two left#
They wor)ed and laboredB (od was with them in a wonderfl way# Bt Brton too) sic) and
all hopes were gone#
Fevers are tremendos there, mos/itoes swarm, great evils are there#
There he was, laid otB there was no hope# They covered him over, went otside very
sorrowfl becase he trly was a pioneer missionary# They were in great distress and ttered words
li)e this+ !$e has preached his last sermon#"
When they were in that position, withot any provocation whatever, Brother Brton stood
right in the midst of them# $e had arisen from his bed and wal)ed otside and stood in the midst of
them# They were astonished and as)ed how and what had happened#
1ll he cold say was that he was awa)ened ot of deep sleep with a warm thrill over his head
right down his body and ot of MhisN toes#
!I feel so well," he said# !I don-t )now anything abot my sic)ness#" Bt the mystery still
held# Later when he was over in .ngland visiting, a lady said to him+ !Brother Brton, do yo )eep a
diary6"
$e said, !:es#"
!4on-t open the diary," she said, !ntil I tal) with yo#"
!1ll right#"
This is the story she told#
!,n a certain time on a certain day the Spirit of the Lord moved pon me# I was so moved by
the power of the Spirit that I went into a place alone to pray# 1s I went there, believing that 8st as
sal I was going to open my moth and pray, the Spirit lay hold of me and I was praying in the Spirit
% not with nderstanding, bt praying in the Spirit#
!1s I prayed, I saw right into 1frica, and I saw yo laid ot helpless, and to all appearances
apparently dead# I prayed on, ntil the Spirit lifted me and I )new I was in victory, and I saw yo had
risen p from that bed#
!Loo) at yor diary, will yo6"
$e loo)ed in the diary and fond it e'actly the same day#
So there are revivals to come, there are wonderfl things to be done when we can be lost till
the Spirit prays throgh#
Spirital Interpretation
It is only $e, it is $e who rolls away the clod# $e alone is the ,ne who lifts the fallen,
cheers the faint, brings fresh oil, and changes the contenance# It is the Lord thy (od# $e has seen thy
misery, $e has )nown thy heart bro)enness, and $e has )nown how near yo seem to be to despair####
,h, beloved, (od is in the midst of s to help s into these wonderfl divine places of
appointment5
1re yo ready6 :o say, !What for6" To let all differences cease and to have the same
evidence they had in the 7pper Room#
1re yo ready6 !What for6" To so be in the place for (od-s Son to be pleased that $e gives
yo all the desire of yor heart#
1re yo ready6 !What for6" That (od can fill yo with new life, stimlate yo with new fire#
$e can inflame yo with great desire# We are in the midst of blessingB I want yo to be blessed#
Faith is the greatest positioner that brings s evidence#
Faith is that which will lift yo into every place, if yo do not interfere with it#
4on-t forget yo are in the presence of (od# This day has to be covered with a greater day# It
is not what yo are, it is what yo are intending to be#
If any person has spo)en in tonges, believe it is yor right and yor privilege to have
anything in the Bible# 4on-t let yor hman mind interfere with the great plan of (od# Sbmit yorself
to (od#
3ay the divine li)eness of $im who is the e'press image of the Father dwell in yo richly,
abonding throgh all, spplying every need, bringing yo into a place where yo )now the hand of
(od is leading yo from treasre to treasre, from grace to grace, from victory to victory, from glory
nto glory, by the Spirit of the Lord#
0blished in The Bridal Call Fors/are
Worthy Sayings, September ;><E
If yo do not let yor heart be e'amined when the Lord comes with blessing or correction, if
yo do not ma)e it a stepping stone, then yo are receiving the grace of (od in vain#
0eople cold be bilt far greater in the Lord and be more wonderflly established if they
wold move ot sometimes and thin) over the grace of the Lord#
When yo are in prayer, remember how near yo are to the Lord# It is a time that (od wants
yo to change strength there and $e wants yo to remember $e is with yo#
:o mst every day ma)e higher grond# :o mst deny yorself to get on with (od# :o
mst refse everything that is not pre and holy and separate# (od wants yo pre in heart# $e wants
yor intense desire after holiness#
There is always a blessing where there is harmony# !,ne accord" is the )eynote of the victory
that is going to come to s all the time# Remember this+ yo never lose so mch as when yo lose yor
peace# There is no person ever able to tal) abot the victory over temptation withot he goes throgh
it# 1ll the victories are won in battles#
*othing bt libraries ma)e swelled heads, and nothing bt the Library ma)es swelled hearts#
:o are to have swelled hearts, becase ot of the heart fll of the fragrance of the love of (od there
isses forth the living life of the Lord#
Worthy Words From Wigglesworth, ;><E
(od can so reserve yo for $imself that the whole of yor body shall be in operation of the
Spirit#
OO O
The way into all the treasres of (od-s omnipotent portal is throgh the living Word of the
Father#
OO O
The people who are the most sangine abot their salvation are those who have witnessed to
it the most#
OO O
1s soon as yo reach a standard where yo hate sin, victory is right over yo#
There is one great plan the Lord is see)ing thee for+ it is to ma)e thee li)e $imself that thee
might be in the world as $e was#
OOO
0t thyself into the 1lmighty Treasry, let $im save theeB (od can ma)e thee another person#
OOO
(od can change even the most nli)ely thing#
OOO
It is impossible for s to toch (od on (od-s line of thoght and not bring to pass#
OOO
We may have (od-s Spirit moving pon s till it is more than or meat and drin) to see
people saved by the power of (od#
OOO
To as) anything for yorself as many as five times is nbelief# (et to the place where yo as)
and believe, that yor 8oy might be fll#
OOO
When we have nothing, we possess all things# It is absoltely at the end of s that (od begins#
When yo come to a place where $e alone girds yo with strength, then all the promises are yors#
OO O
Be not afraid to as), becase (od is on the throne waiting to answer yor re/est#
OO O
*othing will spoil yor life li)e 8ealosy# It is crel as the grave# It mars yor spirital vision#
OO O
It is the divine plan, and the divine will that we shold live in the world trimphant over it, so
the lst of the flesh and the pride of life will not control#
OO O
,nly as men become (odli)e and holy do they become real men#
I wold rather be five mintes clothed pon with the $oly (host than have all the money there
is in Los 1ngeles#
OOO
Sin has death in its stingB righteosness has heaven in its illmination#
OOO
We are in a lifting place# It is not what we are now+ it is what (od has designed for s#
OOO
I pray (od that yo may not lose the divine inheritance that (od has chosen for yo, greater
than yo cold choose if yo have all yor mind ten times more largely e'ercised#
OOO
It is worth the world to be nder the power of the $oly (host#
Rotes from sermons preached at 1ngels Temple in Los 1ngeles, California
Wilt Tho Be 3ade Whole6 September ;><E
I believe the Word of (od is so powerfl that it can transform any and every life# There is
power in (od-s Word to ma)e that which does not appear to appear# There is e'ective power in the
Word that proceeds from $is lips# The psalmist tells s, !$e sent $is word, and healed them###"
C0salm ;DE+<DF# 1nd do yo thin) that Word has diminished in its power6 I tell yo nay, bt (od-s
Word can bring things to pass today as of old#
The psalmist said, !Before I was afflicted I went astray+ bt now have I )ept thy word"
C0salm ;;>+IEF# 1nd again, !It is good for me that I have been afflictedB that I might learn thy stattes"
C0salm ;;>+E;F# 1nd if or afflictions will bring s to the place where we see that we cannot live by
bread alone, bt mst parta)e of every word that proceedeth ot of the moth of (od, they will have
served a blessed prpose#
Rest 1ssred
Bt I want yo to reali&e that there is a life of prity, a life made clean throgh the Word $e
has spo)en, in which, throgh faith, yo can glorify (od with a body that is free from sic)ness, as
well as with a spirit set free from the bondage of Satan#
$ere they lay, a great mltitde of impotent fol), of blind, halt, withered, arond that pool,
waiting for the moving of the water# 4id @ess heal everybody6 $e left many arond that pool
nhealed# There were dobtless many who had their eyes on the pool and who had no eyes for @ess#
There are many today who have their confidence all the time in things seen# If they wold only get
their eyes on (od instead of on natral things, how /ic)ly they wold be helped#
The /estion arises, Is salvation and healing for all6 It is for all who will press right in and
get their portion# :o remember the case of that Syrophenician woman who wanted the devil cast ot
of her daghter# @ess said to her, !Let the children first be filled+ for it is not meet to ta)e the
children-s bread, and to cast it nto the dogs" C3ar) E+<EF# *ote, healing and deliverance are here
spo)en of by the 3aster as !the children-s breadB" so, if yo are a child of (od, yo can srely press
in for yor portion#
The Syrophenician woman prposed to get from the Lord what she was after, and she said,
!:es, Lord+ yet the dogs nder the table eat of the children-s crmbs" C3ar) E+<HF# @ess was stirred
as $e saw the faith of this woman, and $e told her, !For this saying go thy wayB the devil is gone ot
of thy daghter" C3ar) E+<>F# Today there are many children of (od refsing their blood9prchased
portion of health in Christ and are throwing it away, while sinners are pressing throgh and pic)ing it
p from nder the table, as it were, and are finding the cre not only for their bodies, bt for their
spirits and sols as well# The Syrophenician woman went home and fond that the devil had indeed
gone ot of her daghter# Today there is bread, there is life, there is health for every child of (od
throgh $is all9powerfl Word#
Is any sic) among yo6 let him call for the elders of the chrchB
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of
the Lord+ 1nd the prayer of faith shall save the sic), @ames
A+;?,;A
We have in this precios Word a real basis for the trth of healing# In this scriptre (od gives
very definite instrctions to the sic)# If yo are sic), yor part is to call for the elders of the chrchB it
is their part to anoint and pray for yo in faith, and then the whole sitation rests with the Lord# When
yo have been anointed and prayed for, yo can rest assred that the Lord will raise yo p# It is the
Word of (od#
I believe that we all can see that the chrch cannot play with this bsiness# If any trn away
from these clear instrctions they are in a place of tremendos danger# Those who refse to obey, do
so to their nspea)able loss#
@ames tells s in connection with this,
###if any of yo do err from the trth, and one convert himB Let him
)now, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his
way shall save a sol from death#### @ames A+;>,<D
3any trn away from the Lord, as did =ing 1sa, who soght the physicians in his sic)ness and
conse/ently diedB and I ta)e it that this passage means that if one indces another to trn bac) to the
Lord, he will save sch from death and (od will forgive a mltitde of sins that they have committed#
This scriptre can also have a large application on the line of salvation# If yo trn away from any
part of (od-s trth, the enemy will certainly get an advantage over yo#
4oes the Lord meet those who loo) to $im for healing and obey the instrctions set forth in
@ames6 3ost assredly# Let me tell yo a story to show how $e will nderta)e for the most e'treme
case#
The Word can drive every disease away from yo body# It is yor portion in Christ who
$imself is or bread, or life, or health, or all in all# 1nd thogh yo may be deep in sin, yo can
come to $im in repentance, and $e will forgive and cleanse and heal yo# $is words are spirit and
life to those who will receive them# There is a promise in the last verse in @oel, !###I will cleanse
their blood that I have not cleansed###" C@oel J+<;F# This is as mch as to say $e will provide new life
within#
The life of @ess Christ, (od-s Son, can so prify men-s hearts and minds that they become
entirely transformed, spirit, sol, and body#
Wilt Tho Be 3ade Whole6
There they are rond the poolB and this man had been there a long time# $is infirmity was of
thirty9eight years- standing# *ow and again an opportnity wold come, as the angel stirred the
waters, bt his heart wold be made sic) as he saw another step in and be healed before him# Bt one
day @ess was passing that way, and seeing him lying there in that sad condition, en/ired, !Wilt tho
be made whole6" @ess said it, and $is Word is from everlasting to everlasting# This is $is Word to
yo, poor, tried, and tested one today# :o may say, li)e this poor impotent man, !I have missed
every opportnity p till now#" *ever mind abot that % Wilt tho be made whole6
I visited a woman who had been sffering for many years# She was all twisted p with
rhematism and had been two years in bed# I said to her, !What ma)es yo lie here6" She said, !I-ve
come to the conclsion that I have a thorn in the flesh#" I said, !To what wonderfl degree of
righteosness have yo attained that yo have to have a thorn in the flesh6 $ave yo had sch an
abndance of divine revelations that there is danger of yor being e'alted above measre6" She said,
!I believe it is the Lord who is casing me to sffer#" I said, !:o believe it is the Lord-s will for
yo to sffer, and yo are trying to get ot of it as /ic)ly as yo can# There are doctor-s bottles all
over the place# (et ot of yor hiding place and confess that yo are a sinner# If yo-ll get rid of yor
self9righteosness, (od will do something for yo# 4rop the idea that yo are so holy that (od has got
to afflict yo# Sin is the case of yor sic)ness and not righteosness# 4isease is not cased by
righteosness, bt by sin#
There is healing throgh the blood of Christ and deliverance for every captive# (od never
intended $is children to live in misery becase of some affliction that comes directly from the devil#
1 perfect atonement was made at Calvary# I believe that @ess bore my sins, and I am free from them
all# I am 8stified from all things if I dare believe# $e $imself too) or infirmities and bare or
sic)nessesB and if I dare believe, I can be healed#
See this poor, helpless man at the pool# !Wilt tho be made whole6" Bt there is a difficlty
in the way# The man has one eye on the pool and one on @ess# There are many people getting cross9
eyed this way these daysB they have one eye on the doctor and one on @ess# If yo will only loo) to
Christ and pt both yor eyes on $im yo can be made every whit whole, spirit, sol, and body# It is
the Word of the living (od that they that believe shold be 8stified, made free from all things# 1nd
whom the Son sets free is free indeed#
:o say, !,h, if I only cold believe5" $e nderstands# @ess )new he had been a long time in
that case# $e is fll of compassion# $e )nows that )idney troble, $e )nows those corns, $e )nows
that neralgia# There is nothing $e does not )now# $e only wants a chance to show $imself mercifl
and gracios to yo# Bt $e wants to encorage yo to believe $im# If tho canst only believe, tho
canst be saved and healed# 4are to believe that @ess was wonded for yor transgressions, was
brised for yor ini/ities, was chastised that yo might have peace, and that by $is stripes there is
healing for yo right here and now# :o have failed becase yo have not believed $im# Cry ot to
$im even now, !Lord, I believe, help Tho mine nbelief#"
Testimonies
I was in Long Beach, California, one day, and with a friend, was passing a hotel# $e told me
of a doctor there who had a diseased legB that he had been sffering from it for si' years, and cold
not get ot# We went p to his room and fond for doctors there# I said, !Well, doctor, I see yo have
plenty on, I-ll call again another day#" I was passing another time, and the Spirit said, !(o 8oin thyself
to him#" 0oor doctor5 $e srely was in a bad condition# $e said, !I have been li)e this for si' years,
and nothing hman can help me#" I said, !:o need (od 1lmighty#" 0eople are trying to patch p their
livesB bt yo cannot do anything withot (od# I tal)ed to him for awhile abot the Lord, and then
prayed for him# I cried, !Come ot of him, in the name of @ess#" The doctor cried, !It-s all gone5"
,h, if we only )new @ess5 ,ne toch of $is mightiness meets the need of every croo)ed
thing# The troble is to get people to believe $im# The simplicity of this salvation is so wonderfl#
,ne toch of living faith in $im is all that is re/ired, and wholeness is yor portion#
I was in Long Beach abot si' wee)s later, and the sic) were coming for prayer# 1mong those
filling p the aisle was the doctor# I said, !What is the troble6" $e said, !4iabetes, bt it will be all
right tonight# I )now it will be all right#" There is no sch thing as the Lord not meeting yor need#
There are no !ifs" or !maysB" $is promises are all !shalls#" 1ll things are possible to him that
believeth# ,h, the name of @ess5 There is power in that name to meet every condition of hman need#
1t that meeting there was an old man helping his son to the altar# $e said, !$e has fits %
many every day#" Then there was a woman with a cancer# ,h, what sin has done5 We read that, when
(od broght forth $is people from .gypt, !###there was not one feeble person among their tribes"
C0salm ;DA+JEF# *o disease5 1ll healed by the power of (od5 I believe that (od wants a people li)e
that today#
I prayed for the sister who had the cancer and she said, !I )now I-m free and that (od has
delivered me#" Then they broght the boy with the fits, and I commanded the evil spirits to leave, in
the name of @ess# Then I prayed for the doctor# 1t the ne't night-s meeting the hose was fll# I called
ot, !*ow, doctor, what abot the diabetes6" $e said, !It has gone#" Then I said to the old man,
!What abot yor son6" $e said, !$e hasn-t had any fits since#" We have a (od who answers prayer#
@ess meant this man at the pool to be a testimony forever# When he had both eyes on @ess, $e said
to him, !4o the impossible thing# Rise, ta)e p thy bed, and wal)#" @ess called on the man with the
withered hand to do the impossible % to stretch forth his hand, the man did the impossible thing % he
stretched ot his hand, and it was made every whit whole# 1nd so with this impotent man % he began
to rise, and he fond the power of (od moving within# $e wrapped p his bed and began to wal) off#
It was the Sabbath day, and there were some of those fol)s arond who thin) mch more of a day than
they do of the LordB and they began to ma)e a fss# When the power of (od is in manifestation, a
protest will always come from some hypocrites# @ess )new all abot what the man was going
throgh, and met him againB and this time $e said to him, !Behold, tho are made whole+ sin no more,
lest a worse thing come nto thee" C@ohn A+;?F#
There is a close relationship between sin and sic)ness# $ow many )now that their sic)ness is
a direct reslt of sin6 I hope that no one will come to be prayed for who is living in sin# Bt if yo
will obey (od and repent of yor sin and /it it, (od will meet yo, and neither yor sic)ness nor
yor sin will remain, !###the prayer of faith shall save the sic), and the Lord shall raise him pB and if
we have comnittted sins, they shall be forgiven him#" C@ames A+;AF
Faith is 8st the open door throgh which the Lord comes# 4o not say, !I was healed by faith#"
Faith does not save# (od saves throgh that open door# $ealing comes the same way# :o believe,
and the virte of Christ comes# $ealing is for the glory of (od# I am here becase (od healed me
when I was dyingB and I have been all rond the world preaching this fll redemption, doing all I can
to bring glory to the wonderfl name of @ess, throgh whom I was healed#
!Sin no more, lest a worse thing come pon thee#" The Lord told s in one place abot an evil
spirit going ot from a man# The hose that he left got all swept and garnished, bt it received no new
occpant# 1nd that evil spirit, with seven other spirits more wic)ed than himself, went bac) to that
noccpied hose, and the last stage of the man was worse than the first# The Lord does not heal yo
to go to a baseball game or a race meeting# $e heals yo for $is glory and that from henceforth yor
life shall glorify $im# Bt this man remained stationary# $e did not magnify (od# $e did not see) to
be filled with the Spirit# 1nd his last state became worse than the first#
The Lord wold so cleanse the motives and desires of or hearts that we will see) bt one
thing only and that is, $is glory# I went to a certain place one day and the Lord said, !This is for 3y
glory#" 1 yong man had been sic) for a long time confined to his bed in an tterly hopeless
condition# $e was fed only with a spoon, and was never dressed# The weather was damp, and so I
said to the people of the hose, !I wish yo wold pt the yong man-s clothes by the fire to air#" 1t
first they wold not ta)e any notice of my re/est, bt becase I was persistent, they at last got ot his
clothes, and, when they were aired, I too) them into his room#
The Lord said to me, !:o will have nothing to do with thisB" and I 8st lay ot prostrate on
the floor# The Lord showed me that $e was going to sha)e the place with $is glory# The very bed
shoo)# I laid my hands on the yong man in the name of @ess, and the power fell in sch a way that I
fell with my face to the floor# In abot a /arter of an hor the yong man got p and wal)ed p and
down praising (od# $e dressed himself and then went ot to the room where his father and mother
were# $e said, !(od has healed me#" Both the father and mother fell prostrate to the floor as the
power of (od srged throgh that room# There was a woman in that hose who had been in an asylm
for lnacy, and her condition was so bad that they were abot to ta)e her bac)# Bt the power of (od
healed her, too#
The power of (od is 8st the same today as of old# 3en need to be ta)en bac) to the old paths,
to the old9time faith, to believe (od-s Word and every !ths saith the Lord" therein# The Spirit of the
Lord is moving in these days# (od is coming forth# If yo want to be in the rising tide, yo mst accept
all (od has said#
!Wilt tho be made whole6" It is @ess who says it# (ive $im yor answer# $e will hear and
$e will answer#
0blished in The Bridal Call Fors/are
Faith+ The Sbstance, ,ctober ;><E
We will read from $ebrews ;;# This is one of the greatest sb8ects there is from (enesis to
Revelation# It is impossible to bring to yo anything greater than the natre of (od# We have now
entered not in the covenant bt the very natre of (od, the divine natre, throgh faith# (od has all
thoghts and all )nowledge, and we may have glimpses of $is divine life# The Word of (od is life,
@ess was made flesh, $e came in the flesh for this very prpose to move people# :es, beloved, the
Creator was in the midst of creation# $e opened blind eyes, nstopped deaf ears, made the lame wal)B
bt $e had all )nowledge#
It is a new birth, 8st as we allow natral things to ceaseB then $e comes in, in all $is flness#
Bt yo say, can we be in and ot# :es, if $e comes in, the old man goes otB we can become ot and
ot# *ow I believe this morning-s plan is for s all, bt we mst get into the real spirit of it# Beloved,
do not stmble if yo cannot move montainsB oh no, there may be some molehills need moving first#
!(reater is $e that is in yo, than he that is in the world" C; @ohn ?+?F# (od has no need of a man who
is hot today and cold tomorrowB $e needs men who are hot today and hotter tomorrow and still hotter
the ne't day % that is the man who is going to toch the glory# The Lord never changes, $e is 8st the
sameB if yo change it does not mean to say (od has changed# I am ama&ed all the while at what (od
is doing % it is from glory to glory# *ow, it is no good nless we have a fondationB bt, glory to
(od, or fondation is the most powerfl and nmovable fondation % it is the very Word of (od#
When we are born again we are born of a sbstance % the Word of (od % no corrption in it, the
incorrptible Word of (od# I believe when a man is born again he gets )nowledge how to sow the
Word of (od in sch a way that will bring another into the same )nowledge# .veryone who is born
again can sow# *ow, when @ess said (od so loved the world, it was an nmeasrable sow % it-s a
fact that is wor)ed in and has to come otB bt it is the plan of (od, and yo are all in it this morning,
and I believe that there can be sch an enlargement in s that will swallow s p, and if yo are not in
that place, then yo mst be a bac) nmber# Bt remember this, we have all more than we are sing#
*ow I want to dwell a little on this word sbstance# We mst bild orselves p in the most
holy faithB do not stop rnning in the race % it is an awfl thing for a person to rn and then stop, and
someone else get the pri&e# 0al spea)s on this line in ; Corinthians >+<?#
=now ye not that they which rn in a race rn all### So rn, that ye
may obtain#
1lso he says in 0hilippians J+;<+
*ot as thogh I had already attained, either were already perfect+
bt I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am
apprehended of Christ @ess#
So he cries ot, I press toward the mar)# It is a disgrace to (od for a person 8st to )eep pace#
We mst press onB if yo are ma)ing no headway, yo mst be a bac)slider, becase yo have had
sch opportnities# *ow, sbstance is the evidence of things not seen#
Right in every born9again person there is that power which is greater than the natral force#
(od says twice in one chapter !###lay hold on eternal life," C; Timothy I+;<,;>F a thing yo cannot
see, and yet we have to lay hold of it#
*ow, beloved, we mst pass more than anything we have passed before# I really mean all I
say# I am not spea)ing from the abndance of my mind, bt my heart# The abndance of the mind
ma)es swelled heads, bt we want swelled hearts# I want to ma)e yo all drn) with new wine# We
can have this treasre in earthen vessels# (od does not want yo to be natral people# $e wants yo
to be people who will ct throgh anything# Born into (od-s life, the new birth is life, the life of (od#
Christ in yo, the hope of glory# *o person can go on in this way and stand still# Love the Word of
(od# !In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and the Word was (od" C@ohn
;+;F# @ess was the only begotten of the Father, fll of grace and trth# 0erhaps yo have never )nown
before what (od wants yo to possess# *ow ta)e these words+
Throgh faith we nderstand that the worlds were framed by the
word of (od, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear# $ebrews ;;+J
3y word if yo do not all become big today % I do not mean in yor own estimation# *ow
when yo first came into the world yo were made, bt when yo were born again yo were begotten#
*ow read @ohn ;+;9J+
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and
the Word was (od# The same was in the beginning with (od# 1ll
things were made by himB and withot him was not any thing made
that was made# @ohn ;+;9J
So yo see, all things were made by $im# ,h, beloved, $e will act if yo will let $im have a
chance# What do I mean6 Well, listen5 1 man came to me and said, !Can yo help me, I cannot sleep,
and my nerves are terrible#"
*ow @ess pt a principle in the Word of (od, $e said, !1s) anything in 3y name and I will
do it," so I prayed for the man, and said, !*ow go home and sleep in the name of @ess"B he said,
!Bt I can-t sleep"B I said !(o home and sleep," and gave him a psh# So he went, and according to
the Word of (od, he went home and slept, and he slept so long his wife went to wa)e him p, bt,
thin)ing he was tired, let him sleep onB bt he slept all Satrday, and the poor wife did not )now what
to doB bt the man awo)e, and was so changed he got p and went abot shoting, !I am a new man,
praise the Lord#"
What had done it6 Why, it was the Word of (od, and we have the Word in s, the faith of the
Son of (od# *ow we can all have from (od this morning what we believe for# If yo want anything,
pt yor hands p# If yo are in earnest, wal) ot to the front# 1nd if yo are really desperate, rn ot#
1men#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
The 0entecostal 0ower, *ovember ;<, ;><E
Bible Reading+ 1cts ;>+;9<D
This is a wonderfl reading# It has many things in it which indicate to s that there was
something more marvelos abot it than hman power, and when I thin) abot 0entecost I am
astonished from day to day becase of its mightiness, of its wonderflness and how the glory
overshadows it# I thin) sometimes abot these things and they ma)e me feel we have only 8st toched
it# Trly it is so, bt we mst than) (od that we have toched it# We mst not give in becase we have
only toched# Whatever (od has done in the past, $is name is still the same# When hearts are
brdened and they come face to face with the need of the day, they loo) into (od-s Word and it brings
in a propeller of power or an anointing that ma)es yo )now $e has trly visited# It was a wonderfl
day when @ess left the glory# I can imagine all the angels and (od the Father and all heaven so
wonderflly stirred that day when the angels were sent to tell that wonderfl story+ !0eace on earth
and good will to men#" It was a glorios day when they beheld the Babe for the first time and (od
was loo)ing on# What happened after that day and ntil $e was thirty years old I sppose it wold
ta)e a big boo) to pt it all in# It was a wor)ing p to a great clima'#
I )now that 0entecost in my life is a wor)ing p to a clima', it is not all done in a day# There
are many waters and all )inds of times ntil we get to the real smmit of everything# The power of
(od is here to prevail# (od is with s# The mother of @ess hid a lot of things in her heart# The time
came when it was made manifest at @ordan that @ess was the Son of (od# ,h, how beatiflly it was
made )nown5 It had to be made )nown first to one that was fll of the vision of (od# The vision
comes to those who are fll# 4id it ever stri)e yo we cannot be too fll for a vision, we cannot have
too mch of (od6 The more of (od, then the visions begin# When (od has yo in $is own plan, what
a change, how things operate# :o wonder, yo see things in a new light# 1nd how (od is being
glorified as yo yield from day to day, and the Spirit seems to lay hold of yo and bring yo on# :es,
it is pressing on, and then $e gives s toches of $is wonderfl power, manifestations of the glory of
these things and indications of great things to follow, and these days which we are living in now
spea) of better days# $ow wonderfl5
Where shold we have been today if we had stopped short, if we had not flfilled the vision
which (od gave s6 I am thin)ing abot that time when Christ sent the SpiritB and 0al did not )now
mch abot that, his heart was stirred, his eyes were dim, he was going to pt the whole thing to an
end in a short time, and @ess was loo)ing on# We can scarcely nderstand the whole process only as
(od seems to show s, when $e gets s into $is plan and wor)s with s little by little# We are all
ama&ed that we are amongst the !tonges people," it is altogether ot of order according to the
natral# Some of s wold have never been in this 0entecostal movement had we not been drawn, bt
(od has a wonderfl way of drawing s# 0al never intended to be among the disciples, 0al never
intended to have anything to do with this 3an called @ess, bt (od was wor)ing# (od has been
wor)ing with s and has broght s to this place# It is marvelos5 ,h5 the vision of (od, the
wonderfl manifestation which (od has for Israel#
I have one prpose in my heart, and it is srely (od-s plan for me, that I want yo to see that
@ess Christ is the greatest manifestation in all the world, and $is power is ne/aled, bt there is
only one way to minister it# I want yo to notice that these people, after they had seen 0al wor)ing
wonders by this power, began on a natral line# I see it is necessary for me if I want to do anything for
(od, I mst get the )nowledge of (od, I mst get the vision of (od, I cannot wor) on my own# It mst
be a divine revelation of the Son of (od# It mst be that# I can see as clearly as anything that 0al in
his mad prsit had to be stopped in the way, and after he was stopped in the way and had the vision
from heaven and that light from heaven, instantly he reali&ed that he had been wor)ing the wrong way#
1nd as soon as ever the power of the $oly (host fell pon him, he began in the way in which (od
wanted him to go# 1nd it was wonderfl how he had to sffer to come into the way# It is bro)en
spirits, it is tried lives, and it is being driven into a corner as if some strange thing had happened, that
is, srely the way to get to )now the way of (od# 0al had not any power to se the name of @ess as
he did se it, only as he had to go throgh the privations and the difficlties, and even when all things
seemed as thogh shipwrec)ed, (od stood by him and made him )now that there was something
behind all the time that was with him, and able to carry him throgh, and bring ot that for which his
heart was all the time longing# 7nconsciosly he seemed to be so filled with the $oly (host that all
that was needed was 8st the bringing of the aprons and the hand)erchiefs and sending them forth# I
can imagine these people loo)ing on and seeing him and saying, !Bt it is all in the name, don-t yo
notice that when he sends the hand)erchiefs and the aprons he says, GIn the name of the Lord @ess I
command that evil to come ot-6"
These people had been loo)ing rond and watching, and they thoght, !It is only the name, that
is all that is needed," and so these men said, !We will do the same#" These vagabond @ews, those
seven sons of Sceva, were determined to ma)e this thing answer, and they came to the place where
that man had been for years possessed with an evil power, and as they entered in they said, !We
ad8re thee in the name of @ess to come ot#" The demons said, !@ess we )now, and 0al we )now,
bt who are ye6" and this evil power leaped pon them and tore their things off their bac)s, and they
went ot na)ed and wonded# CSee 1cts ;>+;J9 ;E#F It was the name, only they did not nderstand it#
,h, that (od shold help s to nderstand the name5 It is the name, oh, it is still the name# Bt yo
mst nderstand there is the ministry of the name, there is something in the name that ma)es the whole
world charmed# It is the $oly Spirit bac) of the ministry, it is the )nowledge of $im, it is the ministry
of the )nowledge of $im, and I can nderstand it is only that#
I want to spea) abot the ministry of the )nowledgeB it is important# (od, help s to see# I am
satisfied with two thingsB one is this, I am satisfied it is the )nowledge of the blood of @ess Christ
today, and the )nowledge of $is perfect holiness# I am perfectly cleansed from all sin and made holy
in the )nowledge of $is holiness# I am satisfied today that as I )now $im, and the )nowledge of $is
power, and the Christ that is manifested, and the power that wor)eth in me to minister as I am
ministering only in the )nowledge of it, it is effective, so that it brings ot the very thing which the
Word of (od says it will do, in the ministry of which, as I )now it, it has power over all evil powers
by its effectal wor)ing in that way# I minister today in the power of the )nowledge of the ministry of
it, and beyond that there is a certain sense that I overcome the world according to my faith in $im,
and I am more than a con/eror over everything 8st in the )nowledge that I have of $im being over
everything, as crowned by the Father to bring everything into sb8ection# Shoting won-t do it, bt
there is a lbrication abot it which is gloriosly felt within and brings it into perfect harmony with
the will of (od, bt it is not in the shot, and yet we cannot help bt shot, bt it is in the ministry of
the )nowledge that $e is Lord over all demons, all powers of wic)edness#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The $oly ,ne which anointed @ess is so abiding
by the Spirit in the one that is clothed pon to se the name till the glory is manifested and the demons
flee, they cannot stand the glory of the manifestation of the Spirit which is manifest#"
So I am reali&ing that 0al went abot clothed in the Spirit# This was wonderfl, $is body
was fll of virte6 *o55 $e sent forth hand)erchiefs from his body and aprons from his body, and
when they toched the needy, they were healed and demons were cast ot# Lirte in his body6 *o5
Lirte in @ess, by the ministry of faith in the name of @ess throgh the power of the nction of the
$oly (host in 0al#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The liberty of the Spirit bringeth the office#"
It is an office, it is a position, it is a place of rest, of faith# Sometimes the demon powers are
dealt with very differently, not all the same way+ bt the ministry of the Spirit by which it is
ministered by the power of the word !@ess" never fails to accomplish the prpose for which the one
in charge has wisdom or discernment to see, becase along with the Spirit of ministry there comes the
revelation of the need of the needy one that is bond#
So differently the Spirit ministers the name of @ess# I see it continally happening# I see those
things answer and all the time the Lord is bilding p a strctre of $is own power by a living faith in
the )nowledge of the sovereignty of the name of @ess# If I trn to @ohn-s gospel I get the whole thing
practically in a ntshell# To )now Thee, , (od, and @ess Christ whom Tho hast sent, is eternal life#
We mst have the )nowledge and power of (od and the )nowledge of @ess Christ, the embodiment
of (od, to be clothed pon with (od, (od in hman flesh# I see there are those who have come into
line, they are possessed with the blessed Christ, and the power of the baptism which is the revelation
of the Christ of (od within, and it is so evidently in the person who is bapti&ed and the Christ is so
plainly abiding that the moment he is confronted with evil, instantly he is sensitive of the position of
this confronting, and he is able to deal accordingly#
The difference between the sons of Sceva and 0al is this+ They said, !It is only sing the
word#" $ow many people only se the word, how many times people are defeated becase they thin)
it is 8st the word, how many people have been bro)enhearted becase it did not answer when they
sed the word6 If I read into my te't this afternoon this, !$e that believeth shall spea) in tonges, he
that believeth shall cast ot devils, he that believeth shall lay hands on the sic)," if I read this into my
te't, on the srface of it, it seems e'actly easy, bt yo mst nderstand this, there are volmes to be
applied to the word believe# To believe is to believe in the need of the ma8esty of the glory of the
power, which is all power, which brings all other powers into sb8ection#
1nd what is belief6 Sm it p in a few sentences# To believe is to have the )nowledge of $im
in whom yo believe, it is not to believe in the word @ess, bt to believe in the natre, to believe in
the vision, for all power is given nto $im, and greater is $e that is within thee in the revelation of
faith than he that is in the world, and so I say to yo, do not be discoraged if every demon has not
gone ot# The very moment yo have gone, do not thin) there is an end of it# What we have to do is to
see this, that if it had only been sing the name, those evil powers wold have gone ot in that name
by the sons of Sceva# It is not that# It is the virte of the power of the $oly (host, with the revelation
of the deity of or Christ of glory, where all power is given nto $im, and in the )nowledge of Christ,
in the faith of what $e is, demons mst srrender, demons mst go ot, and I say it reverently, these
bodies of ors are so constrcted by (od that we may be filled with that divine revelation of the Son
of (od till it is manifest to the devils yo go to and they have to go# The 3aster is in, they see the
3aster# @ess I )now, and 0al I )now# The ministry of the 3aster5 $ow we need to get to )now $im
till within s we are fll of the manifestation of the =ing over all demons#
Brothers and sisters, my heart is fll# The depths of my yearnings are for the 0entecostal
people# 3y cry is that we will not miss the opportnity of the baptism of the $oly (host, that Christ
may be manifested in the hman till every power of evil will be sb8ect to the Christ which is
manifested in yo# The devils )now# Two important things are before me# To master the sitation of
myself# :o are not going to meet devils if yo cannot master yorself, becase yo soon find the
devil bigger than yorself, and it is only when yo are sbded that Christ is enthroned and the
embodiment of the Spirit is so gloriosly covering the hman life that @ess is glorified to the fll# So
first it is the losing of or self and then it is the incoming of 1notherB it is the glorifying of $im which
is to flfill all things and when $e gets lives $e can do it# When $e gets lives that will so yield
themselves to (od, (od will be delighted to allow the Christ to be so manifested in yo, that it will
be no difficlty for the devil to )now who yo are#
I am satisfied that 0entecost is to reestablish (od in hman flesh# 4o I need to say it again6
The power of the $oly (host has to come to be enthroned in the hman life so it does not matter what
state we are in# Christ is manifested in the place where devils are, the place where religios devils
are, the place where a false religion and nbelief are, the place where a formal religion has ta)en the
place of holiness and righteosness# :o have need to have holiness, the righteosness and Spirit of
the 3aster, so that in every wal) of life everything that is not li)e or Lord @ess will have to depart
and that is what is needed today# I as) yo in the $oly (host to see) the place where $e is in power#
!@ess I )now, 0al I )now bt who are ye6" 3ay (od stamp it pon s for the devil is not afraid of
yo# 3ay the $oly (host ma)e s today terrors of evildoers, for the $oly (host came into s to 8dge
the world of sin, of nbelief, of righteosness, and that is the prpose of the $oly (host# The devils
will )now s, and @ess will )now s#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
.'traordinary, 4ecember ;><E
The people in whom (od delights are the ones who rest pon $is Word withot wavering#
(od has nothing for the man who wavers, for !let him that wavereth e'pect nothing from
(od#" Therefore I wold li)e s to get this verse deep down into or hearts, ntil it penetrates every
fiber of or being+
!,nly believe5 ,nly believe5 1ll things are possible % only believe#"
(od has a plan for this meeting, beyond anything that we have ever )nown before# $e has a
plan for every individal life, and if we have any other plan in view, we miss the grandest plan of all5
*othing of the past is e/al to the present, and nothing of the present can e/al the things of
tomorrow, for !tomorrow" shold be so filled with holy e'pectations that we will be !living flames"
for $im# (od never intended $is people to be ordinary, or common9placeB $is intentions were that
they shold be on fire for $im, conscios of $is divine power, reali&ing the glory of the cross that
foreshadows the crown#
Sanctified 7nto (od
(od has given s a very special Scriptre for this service+
1nd in those days, when the nmber of the disciples was mltiplied,
there arose a mrmring of the (recians against the $ebrews,
becase their widows were neglected in the daily ministration#
Then the twelve called the mltitde of the disciples nto them,
and said, It is not reason that we shold leave the word of (od, and
serve tables# Wherefore, brethren, loo) ye ot among yo seven
men of honest report, fll of the $oly (host and wisdom, whom we
may appoint over this bsiness### 1nd the saying pleased the whole
mltitde+ and they chose Stephen, a man fll of faith and of the
$oly (host, and 0hilip#### 1cts I+;9J,A
4ring the time of the inagration of the Chrch the disciples were hard pressed on all linesB
the things of natral order cold not be attended to, and many were complaining concerning the
neglect of their widows# The disciples therefore decided pon a plan, which was to choose seven
men to do the wor) % men who were !fll of the $oly (host#" What a divine thoght5 *o matter
what )ind of wor) was to be done, however menial it may have been, the person chosen mst be
filled with the $oly (host# The plan of the Chrch was that everything, even of natral order, mst be
sanctified nto (od, for the Chrch had to be a !$oly (host" Chrch# Beloved, (od has never
ordained anything less5
.nded With 0ower
There is one thing that I want to stress in these meetingsB that is, no matter what else may
happen, first and foremost I wold emphasi&e the /estion+
!$ave yo received the $oly (host since yo believed6" !1re yo filled with divine
power6"
This is the heritage of the Chrch, to be so ended with power that (od can lay $is hand pon
any member at any time to do $is perfect will# There is no !stop" in the Spirit9filled life+ we begin at
the cross, the place of ignominy, shame, and death, and that very death brings the power of
resrrection lifeB and, being filled with the $oly Spirit, we go on !from glory to glory#" Let s not
forget that possessing the baptism in the $oly Spirit means there mst be an !ever9increasing !
holiness# $ow the Chrch needs divine nction % (od-s presence and power so manifest that the
world will )now it# The people )now when the tide is flowingB they also )now when it is ebbing#
The necessity that seven men be chosen for the position of !serving tables" was very evident#
The disciples )new that these seven men were men ready for active service, and so they chose them#
In the fifth verse, we read+ !1nd the saying pleased the whole mltitde+ and they chose Stephen, a
man fll of faith and of the $oly (host, and 0hilip####" There were others bt Stephen and 0hilip stand
ot most prominently in the Scriptres# 0hilip was a man so filled with the $oly (host that a revival
always followed wherever he went# Stephen was a man so filled with divine power, that althogh
!serving tables" might have been all right in the minds of the other disciples, yet, (od had a greater
vision for him % a baptism of fire, of power and divine nction, that too) him on and on to the clima'
of his life, ntil he saw right into the !open heavens#"
$ad we been there with the disciples at that time, I believe we wold have heard them saying
to each other, !Loo) here5 *either Stephen nor 0hilip are doing the wor) we called them to# If they do
not attend to bsiness, we will have to get someone else5" That was the natral way of thin)ing, bt
divine order is far above or finite planning# When we please (od in or daily ministration, we will
always find in operation the fact !that everyone who is faithfl in little, (od will ma)e faithfl in
mch#" We have sch ManN e'ample here % a man chosen to !serve tables," having sch a revelation
of the mind of Christ and of the depth and height of (od, that there was no !stop" in his e'perience,
bt a going forward with leaps and bonds# Beloved, there is a race to be rn, there is a crown to be
wonB we cannot stand still5 I say nto yo, be vigilant5 Be vigilant5 !Let no man ta)e thy crown5"
1bove The ,rdinary
(od has privileged s in Christ @ess to live above the ordinary hman plane of life# Those
who want to be !ordinary" and live on a lower plan, can do soB bt as for me, I will not5 For the same
nction, the same &eal, the same $oly (host power is at or command as was at the command of
Stephen and the apostles# We have the same (od that 1braham had, that .li8ah had, and we need not
come behind in any gift or grace# We may not possess the gifts, as abiding gifts, bt as we are fll of
the $oly (host and divine nction, it is possible, when there is need, for (od to manifest every gift of
the Spirit throgh s, bt a manifestation of the gifts as (od may choose to se s#
This ordinary man Stephen became mighty nder the $oly (host anointing, ntil he stands
spreme, in many ways, among the apostles % !1nd Stephen fll of faith and power, did great
wonders and miracles among the people#" 1s we go deeper in (od, $e enlarges or conception and
places before s a wide9open doorB and I am not srprised that this man, chosen to !serve tables,"
was afterwards called to a higher plane# !What do yo mean6" yo may as)# !4id he G/it- this
service6" !*o5 bt he was Glost- in the power of (od#" $e lost sight of everything in the natral, and
steadfastly fi'ed his ga&e pon @ess, the 1thor and Finisher of or faith, ntil he was transformed
into a !shining light" in the =ingdom of (od# ,h, that we might be awa)ened to believe $is Word, to
nderstand the mind of the Spirit, for there is an inner place of whiteness and prity where we can
!see (od#" Stephen was 8st as ordinary a man as yo and me, bt he was in the place where (od
cold so move pon him that he, in trn, cold move all before him# $e began in a most hmble place,
and ended in a bla&e of glory# Beloved, dare to believe Christ5
1s yo go on in this life of the Spirit, yo will find that the devil will begin to get restless and
there will be a !stir" in the synagogeB it was so with Stephen# 1ny amont of people may be fond in
the !synagoge," who are very proper in a world sense % always correctly dressed, the !elite" of the
land, welcoming everything into the chrch bt the power of (od# Let s read what (od says abot
them+
Then there arose certain of the synagoge, which is called the
synagoge of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and 1le'andrians###
dispting with Stephen# 1nd they were not able to resist the
wisdom and the spirit by which he spa)e# 1cts I+>,;D
!The Libertines" cold not stand the trth of (od# With these opponents, Stephen fond
himself in the same predicament as the blind man whom @ess healed# 1s soon as the blind man-s
eyes were opened they sht him ot of the synagoge# They will not have anybody in the !synagoge"
with their eyes openB as soon as yo receive !spirital eyesight," ot yo go5 These Libertines,
Cyrenians, and 1le'andrians, rose p fll of wrath in the very place where they shold have been fll
of the power of (od, fll of love divine, and reverence for the $oly (hostB they rose p against
Stephen, this man !fll of the $oly (host#" Beloved, if there is anything in yor life that in any way
resists the power of the $oly (host and the entrance of $is Word into yor heart and life, drop on
yor )nees and CR: 1L,74 for mercy5 When the Spirit of (od is !brooding" over yor heart-s
door, do not resist $im, bt open yor heart to the toch of (od# There is a !resisting nto blood"
striving against sin, and there is a !resisting of the $oly (host" that will drive yo into sin#
3ighty For (od
Stephen spo)e with mar)ed wisdomB where he was, things began to move# :o will find that
there is always a !moving" when the $oly Spirit has control# These people were broght nder
conviction by the message of Stephen, bt they !resisted," they lied, they did anything and everything
to stifle that conviction# *ot only did they lie, bt they got others to lie against this man, who wold
have laid down his life for any one of them# Stephen was sed to heal the sic), perform miracles, and
yet they broght !false accsations" against him# What effect did it have on Stephen6
1nd all that sat in the concil, loo)ing stedfastly on him, saw his
face as it had been the face of an angel# 1cts I+;A
Something had happened in the life of this man, chosen for menial service, and he became
mighty for (od# $ow was it accomplished in him6 It was becase his aim was highB faithfl in little,
(od broght him to fll frition# 7nder the inspiration of divine power by which he spo)e, they cold
not help bt listen % even the !angels" listened, as with holy prophetic tterance he spo)e before the
Concil# Beginning with 1braham and 3oses, he contined nfolding the trth# What a marvelos
e'hortation5 Ta)e yor Bible and read it, !listen in" as the angels listened in# 1s light pon light, trth
pon trth, revelation pon revelation, fond its way into their hearts, they ga&ed at him in
astonishmentB their hearts perhaps became warm at times, and they may have said, !Trly, this man is
sent of (od" % bt then he hrled at them the trth+
: stiffnec)ed and ncircmcised in heart and ears, ye do alwayse
resist the $oly (host+ as yor fathers did, so do ye# Which of the
prophets have not yor fathers persected6 and they have slain
them which shewed before of the coming of the @st ,neB of whom
ye have been now the betrayers and mrderers+ Who have
received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not )ept it#
1cts E+A;9AJ
Then what happened6 These men were movedB they were !###ct to the heart, and they gnashed
pon him with their teeth" C1cts E+A?F#
There are two occasions in the Scriptres where the people were !pric)ed to the heart#" In the
second chapter of the 1cts of the 1postles, verse JE, after 0eter had delivered that inspired sermon
on the 4ay of 0entecost, the people were !pric)ed to the heart" with conviction, and there were
added to the Chrch J,DDD sols# $ere is Stephen, spea)ing nder the inspiration of the $oly (host,
and the men of this Concil being !pric)ed to the heart" rise p as one man to slay him# 1s yo go
down throgh this chapter, from verse AA, what a pictre yo have before yo# 1s I close my eyes, I
have a vision of this scene in every detail % the howling mob with their vengefl, mrderos spirit,
ready to devor this holy man, and he !being fll of the $oly (host, ga&ing stedfastly into heaven#"
What does he see there6 From his place of helplessness, he loo)ed p and said+
###Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on
the right hand of (od# 1cts E+AI
Is that the position that @ess went to ta)e6 *o5 $e went to !sit" at the right hand of the FatherB
bt in behalf of the !first martyr" in behalf of the man with that brning flame of $oly (host power,
(od-s Son !stood p" in honorary testimony of him who, called to serve tables, was faithfl nto
death# Bt is that all6 *o, I am so glad that it is not all# 1s the stones came flying at him, ponding his
body, crashing into his bones, stri)ing his temple, mangling his beatifl face, what happened6 $ow
did this scene end6 With that sblime, pward loo), this man chosen for an ordinary tas) bt filled
with the $oly (host, was so moved pon by (od that he finished his earthly wor) in a bla&e of glory,
magnifying (od with his latest breath# Loo)ing p into the face of the 3aster, he said, !Lord @ess,
forgive them5 GLay not this sin to their charge#- 1nd when he had said this, he fell asleep" C1cts
E+IDF#
Friends, it is worth all to gain that spirit# 3y (od5 What a divine ending to the life and
testimony of a man who was !chosen to serve tables#" 1men5 1 3essage
(iven in *ew :or)
*ot ,ffended5 1pril ;><H
3atthew ;; The Lord wishes to bring before s a living fact which shall by faith bring into
action a principle within s, so that Christ can destroy every power of Satan# We need to stir
orselves so that we nderstand the mighty power (od has for s# *ot a dormant position, bt a
power, a revelation, a life# The possibility of man in the hands of (od#
@ohn the Baptist had a wonderfl revelation and a mighty anointing# The power of (od rested
pon him, and (od throgh @ohn moved Israel to repentance# *ow when @ohn heard in prison of the
wor)s of @ess he sent two disciples, and they said nto $im, !1rt Tho $e that shold come, or loo)
we for another6" I come across men who might be giants in faith, leaders who might sbde
)ingdoms, bt they go down becase they allow Satan to dethrone their better )nowledge of the power
of (od# @ess sent these men bac) with a personal, effective )nowledge that they had met $im whom
the prophets had spo)en of# @ess answered and said to them, !###(o and shew @ohn again those things
which ye do hear and see+ The blind receive their sight, and the lame wal), the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised p, and the poor have the gospel preached to them" C3atthew
;;+?,AF# 1nd when they saw the miracles and wonders and heard the gracios words that $e spo)e as
the power of (od rested pon $im, they were ready# :o shall hear the trth, and the trth shall ma)e
yo free#
1s they departed, @ess began to say nto the mltitde concerning @ohn+ !What went ye ot in
the wilderness to see, a reed sha)en by the wind6" *o, (od wants to ma)e men flames of fireB strong
in the Lord and in the strength of $is might powerfl#
The Spirit of the Lord breathes pon the slain and pon dry bones, and pon the things that are
not, and changes them in a moment of time and ma)es the wea) strong# $e is among s tonight to
/ic)en the dead and ma)e alive#
!###from the days of @ohn the Baptist ntil now the )ingdom of heaven sffereth violence, and
the violent ta)e it by force" C3atthew ;;+;<F# .very believer has the life of the Lord in him# If @ess
were to come into or life, or life wold go ot to meet $is life# !:or life is hid with Christ in
(od" CColossians J+JF The )ingdom of heaven sffereth violence# .very sffering one, every needy
one, every paraly&ed condition, every wea)ness means that the )ingdom of heaven is sffering
violence at the hand of the adversary#
Cold the )ingdom of heaven bring wea)nesses6 Beloved, the )ingdom of heaven is within
yo# The )ingdom of heaven is the life of @ess, the power of the $ighestB no disease, no imperfection#
It is as holy as (od is# Satan comes to steal, to )ill, and to destroy# .very ailment is of satanic originB
there is no prification in disease# I have seen blindness and idiocy and possession as a reslt of
vaccination# There may be some here still asleep concerning the deep things of (od# I want (od to
give yo a revelation, an awa)ening, an adacity, a flowing indignation against the powers of Satan#
Lot had a righteos indignation against Satan, bt it was too late# $e shold have had it when he went
into Sodom# There is something yo mst wa)e p to where yo will never allow disease to have yo,
or a wea) heart, or pain in the bac)# :o will never allow anything bt perfect life# The power of
(od brings glory# If some were as sorry for their sic)ness as their sin, they wold be ot of it tonight#
Satan has tremendos power over certain fnctions of the body# Satan will ma)e the pain and
wea)ness so distracting that it will always bring down yor mind to where the pain is# 1nything that
ta)es me from an attitde of worship is of SatanB if only a finger or a toothache, the )ingdom of heaven
sffereth violence, and blessed is he who shall not be offended in 3e# ,h, again the blind receive
their sight, the lame wal), the lepers are cleansed, and the poor have the (ospel preached nto them#
@st the same, 8st the same,
$e is 8st the same today#
0raise the Lord# 1men#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
Clothed With the Spirit, @ne ;><H
(od has a plan for s in this life of the Spirit, this abndant life# @ess came that we might
have life# Satan comes to steal and )ill and destroy, bt (od has for s abndance, fll measre,
pressed down, sha)en together, overflowing, abndant measre# (od filling s with $is own
personality, presence, ma)ing s salt and light and giving s revelation of $imself# (od with s in all
circmstances and afflictions, persections, in every trial, girding s with trth# Christ the initiative,
the Trine (od in control, or every thoght, word, action mst be in line with $im, with no
wea)ness or failre# ,r (od is a (od of might, light, revelation, preparing s for heaven# ,r life is
hid with Christ in (odB when $e Who is or life shall be manifested, we also shall appear with $im
in glory CColossians J+J,?F#
The .arnest ,f The Spirit
For we )now that if or earthly hose of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a bilding
of (od, an hose not made with hands, eternal in the heavens# For in this we groan, earnestly desiring
to be clothed pon with or hose which is from heaven+ If so be that being clothed we shall not be
fond na)ed#
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being brdened+ not
for that we wold be nclothed, bt clothed pon, that mortality
might be swallowed p of life# *ow he that hath wroght s for the
selfsame thing is (od, who also hath given nto s the earnest of
the Spirit# Therefore we are always confident, )nowing that, whilst
we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord#
< Corinthians A+;9I
(od-s Word is a tremendos Word, a prodctive Word, prodcing what it is % power#
0rodcing (od9li)eness# We get to heaven throgh the Word of (od, we have peace throgh the
blood of $is cross# Redemption is ors throgh the )nowledge of the Word# I am saved becase
(od-s Word says so#
###if tho shalt confess with thy moth the Lord @ess, and shalt
believe in thine heart that (od hath raised him from the dead, tho
shalt be saved# Romans ;D+>
If I am bapti&ed with the $oly Spirit it is becase @ess said, !:e shall receive power, the
$oly (host coming pon yo#" We mst all have one idea % to be filled with the $oly (host, to be
filled with (od#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !(od hath sent $is Word to free s from the law of
sin and death# .'cept we die, we cannot liveB e'cept we cease to be, (od cannot be#"
The $oly (host has a royal plan, a heavenly plan# $e came to nveil the =ing, to show the
character of (od, to nveil the precios blood# 1s I have the $oly Spirit within me, I see @ess
clothed for hmanityB $e was moved by the Spirit, led by the Spirit# We read of some who heard the
Word of (od bt were not profited, becase faith was lac)ing in them# We mst have a living faith in
(od-s Word, /ic)ened by the Spirit# 1 man may be saved and still have a hman spiritB with many
who are spo)en to abot the baptism of the $oly (host, the hman spirit at once arises against the
$oly Spirit# The hman spirit is not sb8ect to the law of (od, neither can it be# The disciples at one
time wanted to call down fire from heaven# @ess said, !:e )now not what spirit ye are of#"
!*ow he that hath wroght s for the selfsame thing is (od, who also hath given s the earnest
of the Spirit" Cv# AF# The clothing pon of the Spirit, hman depravity covered, all contrary to the
mind of (od destroyed# (od mst have bodies for $imself, perfectly prepared by the $oly (host, for
the day of the Lord# !For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed pon with or hose which
is from heaven" Cv# <F# Is 0al spea)ing here of the coming of the Lord6 *oB yet it is in con8nction,
this condition of preparedness# The $oly (host is coming to ta)e ot a chrch and a perfect brideB $e
mst find in s perfect yieldedness, every desire sb8ected to $im# $e has come to reveal Christ in
s, that the glorios flow of the life of (od may otflow, rivers of living water to the thirsty land#
###if Christ be in yo, the body is dead becase of sinB bt the Spirit
is life becase of righteosness#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !This is that which (od hath declared+ freedom
from the law# If we love the world, the love of the Father is not in s#"
For all that is in the world, the lst of the flesh, the lst of the eyes,
and the pride of life, is not of the Father, bt is of the world# ; @ohn
<+;I
The Spirit has to breathe in a new tenancy, a new order# $e came to give the vision of a life in
which @ess is perfected#
Who hath saved s, and called s with an holy calling, not according
to or wor)s, bt according to his own prpose and grace, which
was given s in Christ @ess before the world began, Bt is now
made manifest by the appearing of or Savior @ess Christ, who
hath abolished death, and hath broght life and immortality to light
throgh the gospel# < Timothy ;+>,;D
Saved, called to be saints, called with a holy calling, holy, pre, (odli)e, sons with power# It
is a long time now since it was settled and death abolished# 4eath has no more powerB mortality is a
hindranceB sin has no more dominionB yo reign in Christ, yo appropriate $is finished wor)# 4on-t
groan and travail for a wee) if yo are in need, only believe# 4on-t fight to get some special thing,
only believe# It is according to yor faith# (od blesses yo with faith# $ave faith in (od# If yo are
free in (od, believe, and it shall be#
!If ye then be risen with Christ, see) the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the
right hand of (od" CColossians J+;F# Stir yorselves p, belovedB where are yo6 I am risen with
Christ, planted# It was a beatifl planting# Seated# (od gives me credit and I believe $imB why
shold I dobt6
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !Wherefore do yo dobt6 Faith reigns# (od ma)es
it possible# $ow many receive the $oly (host and Satan gets a dobt in6 4on-t dobtB believe# There
is power and strength in $imB who dares believe (od6"
Rit 4obting StreetB live in Faith9Lictory Street# @ess sent seventy away, and they came
bac) in victory# It ta)es (od to ma)e it real# 4are to believe till there is not a sic) person, no
sic)ness, everything withered, and the life of @ess implanted within#
Redemption Tidings
Be Wide 1wa)e, September ;><H
3atthew ;;+;9;< 9 Faith brings into action a principle within or hearts, so that Christ can
dethrone every power of Satan# (od-s accomplishment for s can be proved in or e'perience, not a
dormant position, bt a power, a revelation, a lifeB oh, the greatness of it# The possibilities of man in
the hand of (od, broght ot in revelation and force#
@ohn Mthe NBaptist had a wonderfl revelation, a mighty anointingB how the power of (od
rested pon him# 1ll Israel was moved# @ess said, !###there hath not risen a greater than @ohn the
Baptist+ notwithstanding he that is least in the )ingdom of heaven is greater than he" C3atthew ;;+;;F#
We see how satanic power can blind the mind nless we are filled or inslated by the power of (od#
Satan sggests to @ohn, !4on-t yo thin) yo have made a mista)e"6
I find men who might be sed by (od to sbde )ingdoms go down throgh, allowing
sggestions of Satan to dethrone their better )nowledge of the power of (od# So @ohn sent two of his
disciples to @ess, !1rt Tho $e that shold come or loo) we for another6" @ess said, !(o and show
@ohn the things ye do hear and see#" 1nd when they saw the miracles and wonders they were ready#
@ess said, !What went ye ot to see, a reed sha)en with the wind6" *oB (od wants men flames of
fire, strong in the Lord and in the power of $is might# Let s live as those that have seen the =ing,
having a resrrection toch# We )now we are sons of (od as we believe $is Word and stand in the
trth of it# T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Spirit of the Lord breathes pon the bones
and pon the things that are not and changes them in a moment, ma)ing the wea) strong, /ic)ening
that which is dead into life#"
The )ingdom of heaven is within s, the Christ, the Word of (od# The )ingdom of heaven
sffereth violence# $ow6 .very sffering one, every paraly&ed condition, if yo feel distress in any
way, it means that the )ingdom is sffering violence at the hands of the adversary# Cold the )ingdom
of heaven bring wea)ness, disease, consmption, cancers, tmors6 The )ingdom of (od is within yo,
it is the life of @ess, the power of the $ighest, pre, holyB it has no disease or imperfection# Bt Satan
cometh to steal and )ill and destroy#
Scientists and doctors of the last days tell s a child can be helped by ptting impre matter in
vaccination# I have seen blindness, idiocy, and all )inds of evil come from this hideos science# I
have in my mind a beatifl girl nine years oldB from the day of her vaccination an evil spirit
possessed her, she screamed and moaned for years# The neighbors complained# The father said,
!These hands shall wor), bt my child shall never go to an asylm#"
,ne day I went to this homeB the Spirit of the Lord came pon meB I too) hold of the child,
loo)ed right into her eyes and said, !:o evil spirit, come ot in the name of @ess#" She went to a
coch and fell asleep, and from that day she was perfect# I )now deliverance came, bt I want yo to
see the wiles of Satan and in the name of @ess, dethronement# The almightiness of (od against the
might of Satan#
,h5 Be not asleep concerning the deep things of (od# $ave a flaming indignation against the
power of Satan# Lot had a righteos indignation, bt too lateB he shold have had it when he went into
Sodom# Be than)fl yo are alive to hear, and that (od can change the sitation# We all have a greater
adacity of faith and fact to reach# Fools becase of their ini/ity are afflictedB they draw near to
death, then they cry to the Lord in their troble and $e healeth them ot of their distresses# Catch faith
by the grace of (od and be delivered# 1nything that ta)es me from an attitde of worship, peace, and
8oy, of consciosness of (od-s presence, has a satanic sorce# (reater is $e that is in yo#
Is there anyone here sffering6 C1 yong man steps ot#F 1re yo saved6 !I am#" 4o yo
believe that the )ingdom of (od is within yo6 !I do#" *ow, yong man, say, !In @ess- name, come
ot of my leg, tho evil power5" 1re yo free6 !:es#" ,h5 0eople, pt the Bible into practice and
claim yor blood9boght rights5 .very step of my way since I received the baptism of the $oly (host
I have paid the price for others, letting (od ta)e me throgh that I might show people how to get free#
Some say, !I am see)ing the baptismB I am having sch a strggle, is it not strange6" *oB (od is
preparing yo to help somebody else#
Why I am so rigid on the necessity of receiving the baptism of the Spirit is, I foght it ot
myself# I cold have as)ed anybody, bt (od was preparing me to help others# The power of (od fell
on me# I cold not satisfy or e'press the 8oy within as the Spirit spo)e throgh me in tonges# I had
anointings before, bt when the flness came with a high tide I )new it was the baptism, bt (od had
to show me#
There is a difference between having the gift of tonges and spea)ing as the Spirit giveth
tteranceB the $oly (host ses the gift# If I cold ma)e every person who has a bad leg so ve'ed with
the devil that he wold )ic) the other leg, we shold get throgh with something# I only se
e'travagance to wa)e yo p# 3any times I have been sht p with insane people praying for their
deliveranceB the demon power wold come and bite, bt I never gave in# It wold dethrone a higher
principle if I gave in# It is the inward presence of (od sffereth violence at the hands of Satan, and
the violent ta)e it by force# By the grace of (od we are to see tonight we are to )eep athority over
the body, ma)ing the body sb8ect to the higher power % (od-s mighty provision for sinfl hmanity#
@ess paid it all,
1ll to $im I oweB
Sin had left a crimson stain,
$e washed it white as snow#
1ddress given at 1delaide, 1stralia#
Love and (ifts, 1gst ;><H
Than) (od for the Word which comes to s afresh5 .arly this morning I was thin)ing and
wondering if the Lord shold spea) throgh me Cif I had to spea) todayF, and I was strongly impressed
that I shold read to yo the first epistle of the Corinthians, and the thirteenth chapter#
I am so than)fl to (od that $e has dovetailed this thirteenth chapter of Corinthians between
the twelfth and the forteenth, becase the twelfth chapter deals e'pressly with the gifts of the Spirit,
and the forteenth is on the lines of the manifestations and the gifts of the Spirit, and the thirteenth of
Corinthians is the governor balls over the engine# If ever yo see an engine wor)ing, yo will find
right over the main valve that lets in the steam, there are two little balls going rond as fast as they
can, and sometimes they go slowly# They open and sht the valve that sends in the steam to the
pistons# These are constrcted so that the engine does not rn away#
I find that (od the $oly (host in $is remar)able wisdom has placed the thirteenth chapter
right between these wonderfl chapters that we love to dwell pon so mch, the gifts# $ow
wonderfl, how magnificent they are, how (od has given them to s that we may be sefl, not
ornamental, to prove in every case and nder every circmstance we might be there right at the time
with these gifts# They are endement for power, they are e'pressive of $is love, they are to
edification and comfort to so many weary sols# We find that (od brings these gifts in perfect order
that the chrch may receive blessings, bt how many people, how many of s have failed to come to
the smmit of perfection becase the governor balls did not wor) well, becase we were more ta)en
p with the gift than the power that moved the gift, becase we were more delighted fre/ently in the
gift than the giver of the gift5 Then it became fritless and helpless and we were sorry, and it broght
on reb)e sometimes, and sometimes we sffered, sffered mch or sffered less#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The love that constraineth, the grace that adorns,
the power that sstains, the gift that remaineth may be in e'cellence, when $e is the (overnor, the
controller, the wor)er#"
$ow I do than) (od for the tonges and interpretation, becase they introdce new vision,
they open the larger avene# !Let it please Thee today, Lord, to show s how to wor), and how to
wal) and not stmble#"
The (ifts
*ow beloved, the sb8ect is far too big for anything li)e half an hor, bt we will do all we
can by the grace of (od that we may say things that will live after we have gone away, for it is of
sch a necessity that we shold receive the $oly (host in the first place, and then after receiving the
$oly (host, we mst be covetos for the gifts, and then, after receiving the gifts, may we never lose
the fact that the gift is entrsted to s for bringing ot favors of (od to the people# For instance, divine
healing is a gift for ministering to the needs of the people, the gift of wisdom % a word in season at
the moment to show yo 8st what to doB the gift of )nowledge, or the word of )nowledge is to inspire
yo becase of the consectiveness of the Word of (od, to bring yo life and 8oyB this is what (od
intends#
Then the gift of discernment# We are not to discern one another, bt to discern evil powers
and deal with them, and command them bac) to the pit from whence they came# The gift of miracles+
(od intends s to come to the place where we shall see miracles wroght# So (od wold have s
nderstand that tonges are profitable only when they e'alt and glorify the Lord# Then when
interpretation is given# ,h, that we might really )now what it means % it is not to have beatifl
sensations merely and thin) that is interpretation, bt sch that the man who has it does not )now what
is coming, for if he did, it wold not be interpretation# Interpretation is not )nowing what yo are
going to say, bt it is being in the place where yo say e'actly what (od says# So when I have to
interpret a message, I prposely )eep my mind from anything that wold hinder, and say sometimes,
!0raise the Lord," and !$allel8ah," that everything shall be a word throgh the Spirit, and not my
word, bt the word of the Lord5
*ow I nderstand that we can have these divine gifts so perfectly balanced by divine love that
they shall be a blessing all the time, bt there is sch a desire sometimes in the hman to do
something# $ow the people listen and long for divine prophecy, 8st as interpretation comes forthB
how it thrills5 There is nothing wrong with itB it is beatifl# We than) (od for the office and the
prpose that has cased it to come, bt let s be carefl to finish when throgh, and not contine on
yor own# That is why prophecy is MspoiledN# 1t the end of the nction yo se strange fire, at the end
of the message yo try to contine# 4on-t fail, beloved, becase the people )now the difference, they
)now that which is fll of life, that which is the real thing#
Then again, it is the same with a person praying# We love people to pray in the $oly (hostB
how we love to hear them pray even the first sentences becase the fire is there, bt what spoils the
most holy person in prayer is that after the spirit of prayer has gone forth, they contine on, and
people say, !I wish they wold stop," and the chrch becomes silent# They say, !I wish that brother
wold stopB how beatiflly he began, now he is dry5" $e won-t stop# 1 preacher once was having a
wonderfl time, and the people en8oyed it, bt when he was throgh he contined# 1 man came
otside and said to someone at the door, !$as he finished6" !:es," said the man, !long since, bt he
won-t stop5" 3ay (od save s this morning from that# 0eople )now when yo are praying in the
Spirit, why shold yo ta)e time and spoil everything becase the natral side has come to it6 (od
never intended that# (od has a spernatral side, and that is the tre side, and how beatifl it is5
0eople )now sometimes better than s, and we wold )now if we were more carefl# The Lord grant
s this morning revelationB we need discernment, we need intition# It is the life inside, it is the inside
salvation, cleansing, filling, it is all inside# Revelation is inside, it is for e'hibition otside, bt
always remember this# (od-s Son said so mch when $e said this, !The pre in heart shall see (od#"
There is an inward sight of (od, and it is the pre in heart that see (od# !Lord )eep s pre, so that
we shall never bloc) the way#"
The Love
Love is always in the place of revelation, bt !Thogh I spea) with the tonges of men and of
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sonding brass, or a tin)ling cymbal# 1nd thogh I have
the gift of prophecy, and nderstand all mysteries, and all )nowledgeB and thogh I have all faith, so
that I cold remove montains, and have not charity, I am nothing#" *ow it is a remar)able fact that
(od intends s to be e'amples of the trth# These are divine trths, and (od means that we shold be
e'amples of these trths# *ow beloved, it is lovely to be in the will of (od# $ow many people wold
li)e to be nothing this morning6 I absoltely refse to be nothing# :o notice I did not pt my hand p,
bt I )now yo mean the same, and yor heart is the same e'actly# *ow then, how may we be
something6 By 8st being nothing, by receiving the $oly (host, by being in the place where yo can
be operated by (od and be filled with the power to operate# What it really means to have a langage,
a beatifl langage as so many men have# There are men who are wonderfl in langage# I sed to
li)e to read Talmadge when he was aliveB how his messages sed to inspire me# ,h, this divine
power5 It is wonderfl to have the tonge of an angel so that all the people who hear yo are moved
by the langage, bt how I shold weep, how my heart wold be bro)en if I came to spea) before yo
in beatifl langage withot the power5 If I had an angel-s langage and the people were all ta)en p
with what I shold say, and then @ess was not glorified at all, it wold be all hopeless, barren and
nfritflB I shold be nothing, bt if I spea) and say, !Lord, let them hear Thy voice, Lord, let them be
compelled to hear Thy trth, Lord, anyhow, anyway hide me today," then $e becomes glorios, and
all the people say, !We have seen @ess5"
When I was in California I spent many days with or dear Brother 3ontgomery when I had a
chance# There was a man who lived in Fraser Lalley# $e had been saved, bt he had lost his 8oy, he
lost all he had# $e wrote to Brother 3ontgomery and said, !I am throgh with everything# I am not
going to toch this thing again, I am throgh#" 3r# 3ontgomery wrote to him and said, !I will never
try to persade yo again if yo will hear once# There is a man from .ngland, and if yo will only 8st
hear him once, I will pay all e'penses#" So he came# $e listened, and at the end of the time he said to
me, !This is the trth I am telling yo# I have seen the Lord standing beside yo, and I heard $is
voice# I never saw yo even#
!I have a lot of money and I have a valley ADD miles long# If yo spea) the Word to me, I will
go on yor word, and I will begin and open that valley for the Lord#" I have preached in several of his
places and (od sed him wonderflly to spea) right throgh that valley# What I shold have missed
when he came, the first day, if I had been trying to say something of my own instead of the Lord being
there and spea)ing $is words throgh me# *ever let s do anything to lose this divine love, this close
affection in or hearts that says, !*ot I, bt Christ, not I, bt Christ5" I want to say forget yorself and
get lost in $im# Lose all yor identification in the Son of (od, let $im become all in all, see) only the
Lord and let $im be glorified# :o will have gifts, yo will have grace, and wisdom# (od is waiting
for the man that will lay all on the altar, fifty9two wee)s in the year, three hndred and si'ty9five days
in the year, and then contine perpetally in the $oly (host#
*ow beloved, I mst stopB I wold li)e to have gone on# I have sch 8oy in this# I have had the
8oy of ta)ing this chapter three times in my meetings, one hor every morning, and then giving ot
/estions and answers# I wold li)e something li)e that this morning, bt beloved, go on for every
blessing from the Lord that the Lord shall be large in yo, that the wood and the hay and the stbble
shall be brnt p and the Lord shall bring yo to a great harvest time# *ow beloved, shall we not
present orselves this morning to the Lord, that $e may pt $is hand pon s and say, !3y child, my
child be obedient to the message, hear what the Spirit saith to thee that tho mayest go on and possess
the land," and the Lord shall give thee a great inheritance#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
1n address given at the =ingsway $all Whitsntide Convention, London, 3ay, ;><H
7ttermost Salvation, ,ctober ;><H
Scriptre reading+ 3atthew A+J9E#
3any people say that this fifth chapter of St# 3atthew-s gospel is for the millennial age, that
people cannot live it now# conse/ently, many drop this chapter and do not careflly investigate it#
Bt for those who have come on with (od and received the $oly (host, there is a little heaven on
earth# They reach a place where they have no fellowship with dar)ness and the world )noweth them
not#
1fter I was bapti&ed in the $oly (host I saw distinctly that (od had given me to eat of that
tree of life, which 1dam and .ve were not able to eat of, and I saw that when the $oly (host came
in, $e so revealed the Christ of (od that I was feeding on $im in my heart and having great 8oy
throgh the strength given by $is life# I )now that the baptism of the $oly (host brings s into
possession of all the flness of (od# The people often sing, !,h, that will be glory for me," bt I
cold see that (od had changed that for me and I can sing this morning,
,h, now it is glory for me,
*ow it is glory for me,
For as by $is grace,
I loo) on $is face,
*ow it is glory for me#
Let me come to this wonderfl chapter (od has given# I will begin with the third verse,
Blessed are the poor in spirit+ for theirs is the )ingdom of heaven#
3atthew A+J
The people who have toched this idea, and have identified themselves with the Lord @ess
Christ have come to a place where they now see that all things are possible with (od# We have come
to a place of an nlimited spply in (od and in this poverty of spirit we are entitled to all that (od
has, !###for theirs is the )ingdom of heaven#" 1ll that (od has is mine, as I come into mee)ness, into
hmility, into helplessness in myself#
:o will remember that when @ess came to a city of Samaria, !###being wearied with his
8orney, sat ths on the well### his disciples were gone away nto the city to by meat" C@ohn ?+I,HF#
When they retrned they saw $im at peace# $e was not loo)ing for food, bt was /ite at ease#
!Therefore said the disciples one to another, $ath any man broght him aght to eat6" C@ohn ?+JJF#
This portrays to s the possibility for man to live in (od, to be absorbed in (od, with no
consciosness of the world nder any circmstances, e'cept as we bring help to it# 1nd $e said nto
them, !###behold, I say nto yo, Lift p yor eyes, and loo) on the fieldsB for they are white already to
harvest" C@ohn ?+JAF# That is the meatB the spirital life in (od, which is 8oy in the $oly (host# $e
comes to ravish or sols, to brea) every bond of mere hman affection and replace in s the divine
instead of the earthly, the pre instead of the nholy, the eye of faith that sees (od instead of hman
feelings# The divine Son of (od is to be in s, mightily moving throgh s, as we cease to beB and
nothing helps s, in the hman place bt this poverty of spirit, which is spo)en of in this beatitde#
We mst live in sch a pre atmosphere that (od will shine in and throgh or sols# ,h, this
ttermost salvation5 I am satisfied that as we get to )now the Son of (od, we will never be wea)
anymore, the tide will be so trned# Let s loo) at the ne't verse,
Blessed are they that morn+ for they shall be comforted# 3atthew
A+?
4id @ess mean morning over death6 *o, $e meant morning over the sons and daghters
belonging to s, who have not yet toched heaven, who )now nothing abot the things of the Spirit of
life# When (od gets within s a morning cry to move the powers of (od, then $e will send a revival
in every home# 1nother thing, it is impossible to get this spirital morning over lost sols withot
having the very ne't thing that (od says, !:e shall be comforted#" 1s thogh (od cold give yo a
spirit of morning over a needy sol, then not give yo victory5 Beloved, it is the mighty power of
(od in s# 1nd when the Spirit brings s to this morning attitde over lost sols, and over all the
failres that we see in professing Christians, till we can go into the presence of (od with that
morning spirit, nothing will happen# Bt when that happens, re8oiceB (od shall bring yo throgh#
Brothers, sisters, (od wants s to re8oice this morning# $e has broght s into this blessed
place that we may morn and then re8oice# Let s go on with the chapter becase mch depends on the
ne't verse+
Blessed are the mee)+ for they shall inherit the earth# 3atthew A+A
:o say, !4on-t tal) to me abot being mee)B I shall never reach that#" Ta)e the case of
3oses % $e srely was not mee), when he slew the .gyptian# Bt when (od got 3oses into $is
hand in the land of 3idian, $e so molded him that he became the mee)est man in all the earth#
I do not care what side yor temper is on % if yo only get a flash light of heaven, (od can so
mold yo and bring yo down that yo can be the mee)est people of all the earth#
Sch a bad temper I sed to have, it made me tremble all over and it wold ma)e me frios
with its evil power# 1 man came arond preaching# I saw that this temper had to be destroyed, it
cold not be patched p# ,ne day the power of (od fell pon me# I came ot to the meeting and fell
down before the Lord# The people began as)ing, !What sin has Wigglesworth been committing6" This
went on for a fortnight# .very time I came to the altar (od sed to sweep throgh me with sch a
manifestation of my helplessness, that I wold go down before (od and weep right throgh# Then the
preacher or the leader was bro)en p and came alongside of me# (od made a revival begin in that#
(od had bro)en me p and revival began throgh $is revival in me# ,h, it was lovely5 1t last my
wife said, !Since my hsband had that toch, I have never been able to coo) anything that he was not
pleased with# It is never too cold and never too hot#"
,nly (od can ma)e people right# ,nly melted gold is minted# ,nly moistened clay receives
the mold# ,nly softened wa' receives the seal# ,nly bro)en, contrite hearts receive the mar) as the
0otter trns s on $is wheel# ,h, Lord give s that blessed state where we are perfectly and wholly
made mee)#
1h, a wonderfl chapter is this5 The beatitdes of the Spirit are trly lovely#
Blessed are they which do hnger and thirst after righteosness+
for they shall be filled# 3atthew A+I
!They shall be filled#" ,h yes, praise the Lord5 We mst emphasi&e the fact that (od will not
fail to fill s# *o man can hnger and thirst after righteosness, withot (od has pt the thirst in him#
1nd I want yo to notice what )ind of a righteosness this is# This righteosness is the righteosness
of @ess#
In the MfirstN epistle of @ohn we find in the fifth chapter, forth and fifth verses, !###this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even or faith# Who is he that overcometh the world, bt he that
believeth that @ess is the Son of (od6" Righteosness is more than paying or way# We hear
someone say, !,h, I never do anything wrong to anybody# I always pay my way#" This is simple life
in the natral, bt there is a higher law of the Spirit of life in Christ @ess# I mst see that @ess is my
perfect righteosness# $e came by the power of (od# !For what the law cold not do, in that it was
wea) throgh the flesh, (od sending his own Son in the li)eness of sinfl flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh" CRomans H+JF# We mst see that if we get this righteosness of (od, sin is
destroyed# These are beatifl words in the ninth verse of the first chapter of $ebrews+
!Tho hast loved righteosness, and hated ini/ityB therefore (od,
even thy (od, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows#"
Bt the clima' of divine toches of heaven is never to leave yo stationary bt rather to
increase the thirst and the appetite for greater things# There is something within that ma)es yo press
on till yo have everything else ot that yo may have that which (od is pressing in# This
righteosness is a wal) with (od, it is a divine inheritance, it is seeing the face of @ess, till yo
cannot be satisfied withot drin)ing of $is Spirit and being overflowed continally with $is
blessings# I cannot be satisfied withot Christ-s righteosness# $e gives s thirst for the immensity of
(od-s power# It is a divine problem which is solved in only one way+ having $im# 1nd having $im,
we have all things#
Beloved, I beseech yo this morning, by the power of (od that $e will bring yo into a death
nto self, and a life nto righteosness, which shall please (od in the Spirit# Ths we nderstand in
some measre what (od has for s in the ne't verse+
Blessed are the mercifl+ for they shall obtain mercy# 3atthew A+E
I believe this is trly a spirital condition, which is higher than the natral law# Sometimes
when we tal) abot mercy, we thin) of being )ind, or amiable, or philanthropic towards others# We
thin) those are high positions# So they are, bt the world has that# Beloved, we shold have all that
bt we shold have mch more# ,r Lord @ess had something on the lines of mercy that we shall
never )now ntil $e fills s with $imself# 3y blessed Lord5 Can there ever be one li)e $im6 Can
yo thin) of sch rarity, sch beaty, sch self9sacrifice6 !Blessed are the mercifl#" We mst have
heaven-s riches to give to sols in povertyB the spirital life of Christ to be pored in# :o cannot be
filled with the Lord and not be mercifl# :o cannot have the baptism with power withot this
spernatral mercy, this divine toch of heaven, that stops satanic forces, that trns captivity, loosing
the oppressed, and that which strengthens the helpless# That is the spirit that (od wants to give s this
morning# ,h, for heaven to bend down pon s with this deep inward cry for a toch of $im, $is
ma8esty, $is glory, $is might, $is power#
It is a very remar)able thing that the mercifl always obtain mercy# Loo) at the measre of this
spirital life % first fll, then pressed down, then sha)en together, and then rnning over# This divine
toch of heaven is lovely, the most charming thing on earth, sweeter than all# I am 8st rnning over
with new wine this morning# (od wants yo to have this new wine# ,h, it thrills the hman heart5
$ow it mightily sweeps yo right into heaven5
I as) yo all this morning, needy sols, whatever yo want, to come boldly to the throne of
grace# Come, and the Lord bless yo#
Trimphs of Faith
1bot the (ifts of the Spirit, ,ctober <E,;><H
For a smch as ye are &ealos of spirital gifts, see) that ye may
e'cel to the edifying of the chrch# ; Corinthians ;?+;<
This is the Word of (od and it is most important that when we read it we do so with prpose
of heart to obey its every precept# We have no right to open the Word of (od carelessly or
indifferently# I have no right to come to yo with any message nless it is absoltely in the perfect
order of (od# I believe we are in order to consider frther the sb8ect so necessary to be informed
abot in these days when so many people are receiving the baptism of the $oly (host, and then do not
)now which way to go#
We have a great need today# It is that we may be spplied with revelation according to the
mind of the Lord, that we may be instrcted by the mind of the Spirit, that we may be able rightly to
divide the Word of trth, that we may not be novices, seeing that the Spirit of the Lord has come to s
in revelation# We oght to be alert to every toch of divine, spirital illmination#
We shold careflly consider what the apostle said to s, !###grieve not the $oly Spirit,
whereby ye are sealed nto the day of redemption" C.phesians ?+JDF# The sealing of the Spirit is very
remar)able and I pray (od that not one person may lose the divine inheritance that (od has chosen
for yo, greater than yo cold choose if yo had yor mind ten times more largely e'ercised# (od-s
mind is greater than yors# $is thoght is higher than the heavens over yo, so that yo need not be
afraid#
I have great love for my boys in .ngland, great love for my daghter hereB bt it is nothing in
comparison to (od-s love toward s# (od-s love is desiros that we shold wal) p and down the
earth as $is son, clothed, filled, radiant, with fire beaming forth from the contenance, setting forth
the power of the Spirit, so that the people 8mp into liberty# Bt there is deplorable ignorance among
those who have gifts# It is not right for yo to thin) that becase yo have a gift yo are to wave it
before the people and try to get their minds pon that, becase if yo do yo will be ot of the will of
(od# (ifts and callings may be in the body withot repentance, bt remember that (od calls yo to
accont for the gifts being properly administered in a spirital way after yo have received it# It is not
given to adorn yo, bt to sstain, bild, edify, and bless the chrch# When the chrch receives this
edification and (od ministers throgh that member, then all the members will re8oice together# (od
moves pon s as $is offspring, as $is choice, and frit of the earth# $e wants s to be dec)ed in
wonderfl raiment, even as or 3aster#
$is operations pon s may be painfl bt the wise saint will remember that among those
whom (od chastens it is he who is e'ercised by that chastening to whom !###it yieldeth the peaceable
frit of righteosness###" C$ebrews ;<+;;F# Therefore let $im do with yo what seemeth $im good,
for $e has $is hand pon yo and $e will not willingly ta)e it off till $e has performed the thing $e
)nows yo need# So if $e comes with a fan, be ready for the fan# If $e comes with chastisement, be
ready for chastisement# If $e comes with correction, be ready for correction# Whatever $e wills to
do, let $im do it and $e will bring yo to the land of plenty# ,h, it is worth the world to be nder the
power of the $oly (host5
If $e chastens yo not, if yo sail placidly along withot incident, withot crosses, withot
persections, withot trials, remember that !###if ye be withot chastisement, whereof all are
parta)ers, then are ye bastards, and not sons" C$ebrews ;<+HF# Therefore !.'amine yorselves,
whether ye be in the faith" C< Corinthians ;J+AF# *ever forget that @ess said this word+ !They that
hear 3y voice, follow 3e#" @ess wants yo all to follow, wants yo to have a clear ring in yor
testimony#
:o are eternally saved by the power of (od# 4o not be led astray by anything, do not ta)e
yor feelings for yor salvation, do not ta)e anybody-s word for yor salvation# Believe that (od-s
Word is tre# What does it say6
$e that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life+ and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see lifeB bt the wrath of (od
abideth on him# @ohn J+JI
When yor will becomes entirely the will of (od, then yo are clearly in the place where the
$oly (host can ma)e @ess Lord in yor life, Lord over yor prchases, Lord over yor selling, Lord
over yor eating and yor drin)ing, yor clothing and yor choice of companionship#
*ow there are diversities of gifts, bt the same Spirit# 1nd there
are differences of administrations, bt the same Lord# 1nd there
are diversities of operations, bt it is the same (od which wor)eth
all in all# Bt the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man
to profit withal# ; Corinthians ;<+?9E
The variation of hmanity is tremendos# Faces are different, so is physi/e# :or whole
body may be so tempered that one particlar gift wold not sit yo at all while it wold sit another
person#
So the Word of (od deals here with varieties of gifts, meaning that these gifts perfectly meet
the condition of people in this place# That is (od-s plan# *ot one person, it may be, wold be led ot
to claim all gifts# *evertheless, do not be afraidB the Scriptres are definite# 0al said that yo
need not come behind in any gift# (od has for yo wonderfl things beyond what yo have
ever )nown# The $oly (host is so fll of prophetic operation of divine power, that it is marvelos
what may happen after the $oly (host comes#
$ow $e loosed me5 I am no good withot the $oly (host# The power of the $oly (host
loosed my langage# I was li)e my mother# She had no langage# If she began to tell a story, she
coldn-t go throgh# 3y father wold say, !3other, yo will have to begin again#" I was li)e that#
I coldn-t tell a story# I was bond# 0lenty of thoght, bt no langage# Bt oh, after the $oly
(host came5
When $e came I had a great desire after gifts# So the Lord cased me to see that it is possible
for every believer to live in sch holy nction, sch divine commnion, sch pressed9in measre by
the power of the Spirit that every gift can be his#
Bt is there not a vast and appalling nconcern abot possessing the gifts6 1s) of a score of
saints chosen at random from almost any assembly, !$ave yo any of the gifts of the Spirit6" and the
answer will be, !*o," and given in a tone and with a manner that conveys the thoght that the saint is
not srprised at not having the gifts, that he doesn-t e'pect to have any of them, and does not e'pect to
see) for them# Isn-t this terrible when this living Word e'horts s specifically to !covet earnestly the
best gifts"6
So in order that the gift might be everything and in evidence, we have to see that we cease to
live e'cepting for $is glory# $e wor)s with s, we wor) with $im, cooperative, wor)ing together#
This is divine# Srely this is (od-s plan#
(od has broght yo to the ban/et and $e wants to send yo away fll# We are in a place
where (od wants to give s visions# We are in a place where $is great love is being bent over s
with )isses# ,h, how lovely the )iss of @ess, the e'pression of $is love5
,h come, let s see) $im for the best gifts, and let s strive to be wise and rightly divide the
Word of trth, giving it forth in power that the chrch may be edified and sinners may be saved#
0blished in the 0entecostal .vangel
Changed From (lory to (lory, 1pril ;><>
Reading of Scriptres from the third chapter of Second Corinthians, beginning at the si'th
verse#
*otice especially the seventh verse, where we read that the glory that was on the face of
3oses had to be !done away#" For what reason was it to be done away6 For something else that had
e'ceeding glory#
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, mch more doth
the ministration of righteosness e'ceed in glory# For even that
which was made glorios had no glory in this respect, by reason of
the glory that e'celleth# < Corinthians J+>,;D
I am positive that we have no conception of the depths and heights of the liberty and blessing
of the !ministration of the Spirit#" We mst attain to this position of godliness, and we mst be
parta)ers of the divine natre# The law was so glorios that 3oses was filled with 8oy in the
e'pectation of what it shold mean# To s there is the e'cellence of Christ-s glory in the ministration
of the $oly Spirit# In $im we live and move, and reign over all things# It is no more !tho shalt not#"
It is (od-s will, revealed to s in Christ# !I delight to do Thy will, , (od#" 1nd, beloved, in or
hearts there is e'ceeding glory# ,h, the 8oy of this celestial toch this morning5
When 0eter was rehearsing that wonderfl day in the 3ont, he says, !###there came sch a
voice to him from the e'cellent glory###" C< 0eter ;+;EF#
If I shold come to yo this morning, and say, !Whatever yo do, yo mst try to be holy," I
shold miss it, I shold be altogether otside of (od-s plan, bt I ta)e the words of the epistle this
morning, which says by the $oly (host, !Be ye holy#" C; 0eter ;+;IF# It is as easy as possible to be
holy, bt yo can never be holy by yor own efforts# When yo lose yor heart and 1nother ta)es yor
heart, and yo lose yor desires and $e ta)es the desires, then yo live in that snshine of bliss which
no mortal can ever toch# (od wants s to be entirely eaten p
by this holy &eal of (od, so that every day we shall wal) in the Spirit# It is lovely to wal) in
the Spirit, for $e will case yo to dwell in safety, and re8oice inwardly and praise (od reverently#
!###mch more doth the ministration of righteosness e'ceed in glory" C< Corinthians J+>F# I
want to spea) abot righteosness now# :o cannot toch this beatitde we are dwelling on this
morning, withot saying that the e'cellent glory e'ceeds in Christ# 1ll e'cellent glory is in $im, all
righteosness is in $im# .verything that pertains to holiness and godliness, everything that denonces
and brings to death the natral, everything that ma)es yo )now that yo have ceased to be forever, is
always in an endless power in the risen Christ# Whenever yo loo) at @ess yo can see so many
different facts of $is life# I see $im in those forty days before $is ascension, with wonderfl trth,
infallible proofs of $is ministry# What was the ministry of Christ6 When yo come to the very
essence of $is ministry it was the righteosness of $is prpose# The e'cellence of $is ministry was
the glory that covered $im# $is Word was convincing, infle'ible, divine, with a personality of an
eternal endrance# It never failed# $e spa)e and it stood fast# It was an immovable condition with
$im, and $is righteosness abideth# (od mst bring s there+ we mst be people of or word, so that
people will be able to depend pon or word# @ess was tre inwardly and otwardly $e is the Way,
the Trth, and the Life C@ohn ;?+IF, and on this fondation we can bild#
When we )now that or own heart condemns s not, we can say to the montain, !Be
removed#" Bt when or own hearts condemn s, there is no power in prayerB no power in preaching#
We are 8st sonding brass and tin)ling cymbals# 3ay the $oly (host show s that there mst be a
ministry of righteosness# Christ was righteosness throgh and throgh# $e is lovely5 ,h, trly, $e is
beatifl5 (od wants to fi' it in or hearts that we are to be li)e $imB li)e $im in character# (od
wants righteosness in the inward parts, that we may be pre throgh and throgh# The Bible is the
plmb line of everything, and nless we are plmbed right p with the Word of (od, we will fail in
righteosness#
!For even that which was made glorios had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory
that e'celleth" C< Corinthians J+;DF# :o have to get right behind this blessed Word and say it is of
(od# $ere we come again to the law# I see that it was trly a schoolmaster that broght s to Christ#
Law is beatifl when law is established in the earth# 1s far as possible in every contry and town,
yo will find that the law has something to do with )eeping things straight, and in a measre the city
has some )ind of sobriety becase of the law# Bt, beloved, we belong to a higher, nobler citi&enship,
not an earthly citi&enship, for or citi&enship is in heaven# If the natral law will )eep an earthly city
in somewhat moderate conditions, what will the e'cellent glory be in divine relationship to the
citi&enship to which we belong6 What is meant by e'cellent glory is that it otshines# The earth is
filled with bro)en hearts, bt the e'cellent glory fills redeemed men and women so that they show
forth the e'cellency of the grace of the glory of (od#
Seeing then that we have sch hope, we se great plainness of
speech+ 1nd not as 3oses, which pt a veil over his face, that the
children of Israel cold not stedfastly loo) to the end of that which
is abolished# < Corinthians J+;<,;J
The man who is going on with (od will have no mi'9p in his oratory# $e will be so plain
and precise, and divine in his speech, that everything will have a lift towards the glory# $e mst se
great plainness of speech, bt he mst be a man who )nows his message# $e mst )now what (od has
in $is mind in the Spirit, not in the letter# $e is there as a vessel for honor, (od-s mothpiece+
therefore he stands in the presence of (od, and (od spea)s and ses him#
I always say that yo cannot sing victory on a minor )ey# If yor life is not in constant pitch,
yo will never ring the bells of heaven# :o mst always be in tne with (od, and then the msic will
come ot as sweet as possible# We mst be the mothpiece of (od, not by letter bt by the Spirit, and
we mst be so in the will of (od that $e will re8oice over s with singing# If we are in the Spirit, the
Lord of life is the same Spirit# !*ow the Lord is that Spirit+ and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty" C< Corinthians J+;EF# There is no liberty that is going to help the people so mch as
testimony# I find people who do not )now how to testify rightly# We mst testify only as the Spirit
gives tterance# :o are not to se yor liberty e'cept for the glory of (od#
So many meetings are spoiled by long prayers and long testimonies# If the spea)er )eeps in the
Spirit, he will )now when he shold sit down# When yo begin to rehearse yorself, the people get
wearied, and they wish yo wold sit down, for the nction has then ceased# It is lovely to pray, and it
is a 8oy to hear yo pray when yo are in the Spirit, bt if yo )eep on after the Spirit has finished, all
the people get tired of it# So (od wants s to )now that we are not to se liberty, becase we have it
to se, bt we are to let the liberty of the Spirit se s, and then we shall )now when to end# The
meetings oght to be so free in the Spirit that people wold always go away with the feeling# !,h, I
wish the meeting had gone on for another hor," or, !Was not that testimony meeting a revelation5"
The last verse is the most glorios of all for s+
Bt we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as
by the Spirit of the Lord# < Corinthians J+;H
So there is glory pon glory, and 8oy pon 8oy, and a measreless measre of 8oy and glory#
Beloved, we get (od-s Word so wonderflly in or hearts that it absoltely changes s in everything#
1nd as we so feast on the Word of the Lord, so eat and digest the trth, inwardly eat of Christ%we
are changed every day from one state of glory to another# :o will never find anything else bt the
Word that ta)es yo there, so yo cannot afford to pt aside that Word#
I beseech yo, beloved, that yo come short of none of these beatitdes we have been
spea)ing of# These grand trths of the Word of (od mst be yor testimony, mst be yor life, yor
pattern# !:e are### the epistle of Christ" C< Corinthians J+<,JF# (od says this to yo by the Spirit#
When there is a standard which has not yet been reached in yor life, (od by $is grace, by $is
mercy, and yor yieldedness, can fit yo for that place which yo can never be prepared for only by a
bro)en heart and a contrite spirit, and yielding to the will of (od# Bt if yo will come with a whole
heart to the throne of grace, (od will meet yo and bild yo p on $is spirital plane# U Trimph of
Faith
3en9Catchers ### 1stonishment5 1pril ;><>
L)e A+;9H % .very time I preach I am impressed with the fact that the Word of (od is fll of
life and vitality % changing s# (od-s Word mst come to pass in s# $ow can we get more faith6
(od-s Word tells s, !Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of (od#"
Faith is a gift# We receive or inheritance by faith# 1 new order# Spirital children# Sons %
born a living fact# Sons of (od withot reb)e# 3ay (od manifest it in s by the power of $is might#
The people said, !Blessed is she that bare Thee"B bt @ess said, !Blessed are they who hear the
Word of (od and )eep it#" This blessed Christ of (od they said never spa)e li)e this 3an# We do not
hear $im li)e scribesB we hear $im with athority# The living Son of (od % the Son of $is love
came to s with open nderstanding, ministering the breath of $is Father# We )new a /ic)ening
spirit# The moment we believed we )new we had a new natre, a new life# $e had a wonderfl word,
a sweet inflenceB men saw love in those beatifl eyes and were convinced of sin in $is presence#
The people pressed pon $im % yet $e said, !Fo'es have holes and the birds of the air have nests,
bt the Son of 3an hath not where to lay $is head#" @ess said to 0eter, !###Lanch ot into the deep,
and let down yor nets for a draght" Cv# ?F# 0eter said, !###We have toiled all night, and have caght
nothing####" Lord, :o )now nothing abot fishing % daytime is the wrong time to fish %
nevertheless, at Thy Word I will let down the net# I believe every fish in the la)e tried to get into that
netB they wanted to see $im# I mst see @ess# There was a ban/et for cripples, and in the middle of
it a father broght a boy on his sholderB the father lifted the boy p# I said, !In the name of @ess#"
The boy said, !0apa5 0apa5 It is going all over me#" @ess healed him# 0eter filled one ship % then
another# ,h, what wold happen if yo pt down all the nets6 Believe (od5 $e says, !Loo) nto 3e
and be ye saved#" $e says, !Come nto 3e all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give yo
rest#" $e says, !$e that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life#" Believe5 ,h, believe# It-s the
Word of (od#
There is a river that ma)es glad the city of (od# 0eter saw the ship sin)ing# $e loo)ed rond
and he saw $im# $e fell down at @ess- feet, saying, !4epart from me, for I am a sinfl man, oh
Lord," for he was astonished and all that were with him at the draght of the fishes which they had
ta)en# That spotless Lamb stood there# They loo)ed nto $im and were lightened, and their faces
were not ashamed# To see @ess is to see a new way, to see all things differently+ new life, new plansB
as we ga&e at $im we are satisfiedB there is none li)e $im# Sin moves off# @ess was the e'press
image of the Father# The Father cold not be in the midst, so $e clothed @ess with a body % with
eternal resorces# Let s gather together nto $im# ,h, this moving nto $im# $e has all we need# $e
will flfil the desire of or hearts, granting all or petitions# There was a man who had a cancer in the
rectmB night and day he had morphine every ten mintes# I went to see him# $e said, !I do not )now
how to believe (od5 ,h, if I cold believe# ,h, if I cold, if (od wold wor) a miracle#" I placed
my hand pon him in @ess- name# I said to the nrse, !:o go to the other room# (od will wor) a
miracle#" The Spirit of (od came pon meB in the name of @ess I laid hold of the evil power, with
hatred in my heart against the power of SatanB while I was praying it brst# I said to the nrse, !Come
in#" She did not nderstand, bt the man )new (od had done it# *ow, previosly, this man had a
hobbyB it was yachting# $e was very fond of his yachtB it was all he wanted to tal) abot# 4id he want
to tal) abot yachting now6 *o5 $e said, !Tell me abot @ess % the sin bearer, the Lamb of (od#"
$e who made things happen, will yo let $im in6 ,ne body# The bread and the wine is a presentation
of Christ# $is body bro)en for yo % bro)en to meet every hman need#
$ebrews ?+;<# Ric) and powerfl# $ow it wor)s in spirit, sol, and body, separating the
desires, heart, thoght, word, deed, intent, stiff )nees# The Word enters into the 8oints and the
marrows# The Word of the living (od % one body, one bread % so condctive# $e says, !Begin to
do if yo want the frnitre of (od-s place pt in order#" I )neel downB I begin to pray# :o begin in
the SpiritB the Spirit leads yo to pray by the Spirit# :o begin % (od will come in# (od will lift yo
as yo begin# We are here to help yo to a place of beginnings# :o mst begin# Come in to a 0erson
that has no end % @ess by $is Spirit# Feed pon $imB
believe $im# The day is a day of commnion# ,ne body, nbro)en fellowship# Loo) at $im#
Reign with $im, live in $is presence#
0eace, 0eace# Sweet peaceB
Sweet peace, the gift of (od-s love#
(od cold give s many gifts, bt the lovely gift of $im that sffered and died for s (od is
satisfied with $im# ,ne bread, one body# =eep the vision# Bring yor ships to land % forsa)e all and
follow $im# For $e was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draght of the fishes which
they had ta)en### Fear notB from henceforth tho shalt catch men" Cvv# >,;DF#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
The Flness of the Spirit, September ;><>
1nd now abideth faith, hope, charity MloveN, these threeB bt the
greatest of these is charity MloveN# Follow after charity, and desire
spirital gifts, bt rather that ye may prophesy# For he that
spea)eth in an n)nown tonge spea)eth not nto men, bt nto
(od+ for no man nderstandeth himB howbeit in the spirit he
spea)eth mysteries# Bt he that prophesieth spea)eth nto men to
edification, and e'hortation, and comfort# ; Corinthians ;J+;J9;?+J
It is /ite easy to constrct a bilding if the fondation is secre# It is not so easy to rise
spiritally, nless yo have a real spirital power wor)ing within yo# It will never do for s to be
top heavy % the base mst always be very firmly set# So I believe that while we might have gone on,
we will have to consider the pit from whence we were dg# .'cept we rightly nderstand the spirital
leadings, according to the mind of (od, we will never be able to stand when the winds blow, when
the trials come, and when Satan appears as an angel of light# We shall never be able to stand nless
we are firmly fi'ed in the Word of (od#
There mst be three things in or lives if we wish to go right throgh with (od in the flness
of 0entecost# First we mst be gronded and settled in love# We mst have a real )nowledge of what
love is, and then we mst have a clear nderstanding of the Word, for love mst manifest the Word#
Then we mst nderstand clearly or own grond, becase it is or own grond that needs to be
loo)ed after the most#
The Lord spea)s at least twice of the good grond, into which seed is sown, which also bore
frit and broght forth some one hndred fold, and some si'ty, and some thirty# It was in different
portions of thirty, si'ty, and one hndred fold even in the good grond# I maintain trly that there is no
limitation to the abndance of a harvest when the grond is perfectly in the hand of the Lord# So we
mst clearly nderstand that the Word of (od can never come forth with all its primary prposes
nless or grond is right# Bt (od will help s, I believe, to see that $e can ma)e the grond in
perfect order as it is pt into $is hands#
Let me spea) of the first verse, then I mst pass on /ic)ly# I want yo to notice that the
primary thoght in the mind of the Spirit is, that when love is in perfect progress, all other things will
wor) in harmony, for prophetic tterances are all of no vale nless they are perfectly covered with
divine love# ,r Lord @ess wold never have accomplished $is great plan in this world, only
becase $e was so fall of love to $is Father, and love to s, that love never failed to accomplish its
prpose# It wor)ed in $im and throgh $im by the power of the Father-s love in $im# I believe that
love will have to come into or lives# Christ mst be the smmit, the desire, the plan of all things# 1ll
or sayings, doings, and wor)ings mst be in and nto $im well pleasing, and then or prophetic
tterances will be a blessing throgh (od, and they will never be side isses# There is no imitation in
a man filled with the $oly (host# Imitation is lost in the great plan of Christ being the ideal of his life#
(od wants yo to be so balanced in spirital nction that yo will always be able to do what pleases
$im, and not that which shall please other people, or yorself# The ideal mst be that it shall all be to
edification, and everything mst go on to this end to please the Lord# !Follow after charity MloveN, and
desire spirital gifts, bt rather that ye may prophesy" C; Corinthians ;?+;F# When they came to
3oses and said that there were two others in the camp prophesying, 3oses said, !###wold (od that
all the Lord-s people were prophets###" C*mbers ;;+<>F# That is a clear revelation on this line that
(od wold have s in sch a spirital, holy place, that $e cold ta)e or words, and so fill them with
divine power that we wold spea) only as the Spirit leads in prophetic tterances#
Beloved, there is spirital langage, and there is also hman langage, which always )eeps on
the hman plane# There is a divine incoming into the same langage so it is changed by spirital
power, and brings life to those who hear yo spea)# Bt this divine toch of prophecy will never
come on any line e'cept being filled with the Spirit# If yo wish to be anything for (od, do not miss
$is plan# (od has no room for yo on ordinary lines# :o mst reali&e that within yo there is the
power of the $oly Spirit, who is forming within yo everything yo re/ire# I believe we have too
mch preaching, and too little testifying# :o will never have a living 0entecostal chrch with a
preacher every night preaching, preaching, preaching# The people get tired of this constant preaching,
bt they never get tired when the whole place is on fire+ when twenty or more 8mp p at once, and
will not sit down ntil they testify# So, remember yo mst awa)e ot of yor lethargy#
1nd it shall come to pass afterward, that I will por ot my spirit
pon all fleshB and yor sons and yor daghters shall prophesy,
yor old men shall dream dreams, yor yong men shall see visions+
1nd also pon the servants and pon the handmaids in those days
will I por ot my spirit# @oel <+<H,<>
This is spo)en by the prophet @oel, and we )now that this is that which occrred on the day of
0entecost# This was the first otporing of the Spirit, bt what shold it be now if we wold only
wa)e p to the words of or 3aster6 !(reater wor)s than these shall MyeN do" C@ohn ;?+;<F# $ear
what the Scriptre says to s+
$owbeit when he, the Spirit of trth, is come, he will gide yo into
all trth+ for he shall not spea) of himselfB bt whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he spea)#### @ohn ;I+;J
The $oly (host is inspiration, the $oly (host is revelation, the $oly (host is manifestation,
the $oly (host is operation, and when a man comes into the flness of the $oly (host he is in perfect
order, and bilt p on scriptral fondations# I have failed to see any man who nderstood the ;<th,
;Jth, and ;?th chapters of First Corinthians nless he had been bapti&ed with the $oly (host# $e may
tal) abot it, bt it is all a srface condition# When he gets bapti&ed with the $oly (host he spea)s
abot a deep inward conviction by the power of the Spirit wor)ing in him, a revelation of that
Scriptre# ,n the other side, there is so mch that a man receives when he is born again# $e receives
the first love, and has a revelation of @ess#
Bt if we wal) in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship
one with another, and the blood of @ess Christ his Son cleanseth
s from all sin# ; @ohn ;+E
Bt (od wants a man to be on fire so that he will always spea) as an oracle of (od# $e wants
to so bild that man on the fondations of (od that everyone who sees and hears him will say, !That
is a new man after the order of the Spirit#"
###old things are passed awayB behold, all things are become new#
; Corinthians A+;E
*ew things have come, and he is now in the divine order# When a man is filled with the $oly
(host, he has a vital power that ma)es people )now he has seen (od# $e oght to be in sch a place
that if he shold go into a neighbor-s hose, or ot amongst people, they will feel that (od has come
in their midst#
###he that prophesieth spea)eth nto men to edification, and
e'hortation, and comfort# $e that spea)eth in an n)nown tonge
edifieth himselfB bt he that prophesieth edifieth the chrch# ;
Corinthians ;?+J,?
So there are two edifications spo)en of here# Which is the first6 To edify yorself, becase
after yo have been edified by the Spirit yo are able to edify the Chrch throgh the Spirit# What we
want is more of the
$oly (host# ,h, beloved# It is not merely a measre, it is a pressed down measre# It is not
merely a pressed down measre, it is sha)en together and rnning over# 1nybody can hold a fll cp,
bt yo cannot hold an overflowing cp, and the baptism of the $oly (host is an overflowing cp#
0raise the Lord5
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
Li)e, Li)e, Li)e, September ;><>
Second 0eter ; % (od has always had a person that $e cold illminate, enlarge ntil there
was nothing hindering the power of (od flowing ot to a world in need# This, li)e faith is the gift (od
is willing to give s in order Cif need beF that we may sbde )ingdoms, wor) righteosness, and stop
the moths of lionsB ability to trimph nder all circmstances becase or helper is 1lmighty (od#
1lways strong, faithfl# The faithfl always have a good report % living in the divine order of
victory % becase (od has ta)en $is place in them# The divine athor bringing to or minds !ths
saith the Lord" every time# If any man spea), let him spea) as an oracle of (od# $aving the Word of
(od as the standard for all need#
This !li)e" faith is the same faith that 1braham had# It conts the things that are not as thogh
they were % and believes what (od has is the essence of the sbstance of the power of eternal life#
@ess is the Word, and if yo have the Word, yo have faith % !li)e faith#" There is no way
into the power and deep things of (od withot a bro)en spirit# We erasing from orselves and (od
ta)ing the reins and rling# Faith in (od, power with (od, lies in the )nowledge of the Word of (od#
We are no better than or faith# For whatsoever is born of (od overcometh the world, and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even or faith# If yo believe in $im, yo are prified for $e is
pre# :o are strengthened for $e is strong# :o are made whole becase $e is whole#
:o may receive all $is flness becase of the revelation of $im# This li)e Cli)eF faith is
imparted in all the principles of the Word of (od# Faith is the living principle of the Word of (od# If
we are led by (od-s Spirit we shall be definitely led into the deep things of (od and $is trth# The
revelation of $im being so clear that we shall live by $is life#
*ow beloved % I cannot nderstand (od e'cept by $is Word Cnot impressions, feelings, or
sentimentF# If I am going to )now (od I am going to )now $im by $is Word# .very man that is born
of (od % a divine act, when (od comes in, wor)ing a personality of $imself % Christ formed in s#
(od is almighty, no limitation# 1nd $is prpose is to bring many sols to glory# $e spea)s
abot $is divine power, which has given s all things that pertain to life and godliness, throgh the
)nowledge of $im# (od-s Word is mltiplication % yesterday, today, and forever the same#
(od wants to give a great mltiplication in the )nowledge of $imself# Then faith will se, and
we shall )now the wonderfl flow of the peace of (od# If we open orselves to (od, (od will flow
throgh s#
If we )now (od hears s when we pray we )now we have the petition we have desired#
The Living Word
For (od-s Word is+
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A#
I#
E#
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Spernatral in origin#
.ternal in dration#
Ine'pressible in valor#
Infinite in scope#
Regenerative in power#
Infallible in athority#
7niversal in application#
Inspired in totality#
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Read it throgh#
Write it down#
0ray it in#
Wor) it ot#
0ass it on#
The Word of (od changes a man ntil he becomes an epistle of (od# Transforming the mind,
changing the character from grace to grace, giving s an inheritance in the Spirit % ntil we are
conformed % (od coming in, dwelling in s, wal)ing in s, tal)ing throgh s, spping with s#
There is no (od li)e or (od# I believe in the $oly (host# (od is love# $e that dwelleth in love
dwelleth in (od# (od wants to ta)e ordinary men and bring them ot into e'traordinary conditions#
(od has room for the thirsty man, who is crying ot for more of $imself# It is not what we are,
bt it is what (od wants s to be#
Blessed are the poor in spirit for Christ is the )ingdom of heaven# Beloved5 let s re9dedicate
orself afresh to (od#
.very new revelation means a new dedication#
Let s see) $is face and ta)e away from this meeting the desire of or hearts# For (od has
promised to flfill, fill fll, the desire of those that fear $im#
Li)e, li)e faith,
Li)e flfillment# 1men#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
The $or Is Come, 4ecember ;><>
:es, I believe5 ,h, that or hearts and minds this day might come to that place of
nderstanding, where we reali&e that it is possible, if we !only believe," for (od to ta)e all or
hman wea)nesses and failres and transform s by $is mighty power into a new creation# What an
inspiration to give (od the spreme place in or livesB when we do $e will so fill s with the $oly
Spirit that the government will rest pon $is sholders# ,h, to believe, and come into the holy realm
of the )nowledge of what it means to yield or all to (od# @st thin) of what wold happen if we only
dared to believe (od5 ,h, for a faith that leaps into the will of (od and says, 1men5
There is no service so wonderfl to me as the service of parta)ing of the Lord-s spper, the
holy commnion# The Scriptres say, !1s oft as ye do it, ye do it nto me"%yo do it in remembrance
of $im# I am sre that every person in this place has a great desire to do something for @essB and that
which $e wants to do, is to )eep in remembrance the cross, the grave, the resrrection, and the
ascension, for the memory of these for events will always bring yo into a place of great blessing#
:o do not need, however, to continally live on the cross, or even in remembrance of the cross, bt
what yo need to remember abot the cross is, !It is finished#" :o do not need to live in the grave,
bt only )eep in remembrance that !$e is risen" ot of the grave, and that we are to be !seated with
$im in glory#"
Then came the day of nleavened bread, when the passover mst
be )illed# 1nd $e sent 0eter and @ohn, saying, (o and prepare s
the passover, that we may eat# L)e <<+E9H
The instittion of the holy commnion is one of those settings in Scriptre, a time in the history
of or Lord @ess Christ, when the mystery of the glories of Christ was being nveiled# 1s the 3aster
trod this earth, how the mltitdes wold gather with eagerness and longing in their hearts to hear the
words that dropped from $is gracios lipsB bt there were also those who had missed the vision#
They saw the Christ, heard $is words, bt those wonderfl words were to them li)e idle tales# When
we miss the vision and do not come into the flness of the ministry of the Spirit, there is a case#
Beloved, there is a deadness in s that mst have the resrrection toch# Today we have the nveiled
trth, for the dispensation of the $oly (host has come to nfold the flness of redemption, that we
might be clothed with powerB and that which brings s into the state where (od can por pon s $is
blessing, is a bro)en spirit and a contrite heart# We need to e'amine orselves this morning to see
what state we are in, whether we are 8st !religios" or whether we be trly !in Christ#"
The hman spirit, when perfectly nited with the $oly Spirit, has bt one place, and that is
death, death, and deeper death# The hman spirit will then cease to desire to have its own way, and
instead of !my" will, the cry of the heart will be, !Thy will, oh, Lord, be done in me#"
1nd he sent 0eter and @ohn, saying, (o and prepare s the passover, that we may eat# 1nd they
said nto him, Where wilt tho that we prepare6 1nd he said nto them, Behold, when ye are entered
into the city, there shall a man meet yo, bearing a pitcher of waterB follow him into the hose where
he entereth in#
1nd ye shall say nto the goodman of the hose, The 3aster saith
nto thee, Where is the gest chamber, where I shall eat the
passover with my disciples6 1nd he shall shew yo a large pper
room frnished+ there ma)e ready# L)e <<+H9;<
It is one thing to handle the Word of (od, bt it is another thing to !believe" what (od says#
The great aim of the Spirit-s power within s is to so bring s in line with $is perfect will that we
will nhesitatingly believe the Scriptres, daring to accept them as the athentic divine principle of
(od# When we do, we will find or feet so firmly fi'ed pon the plan of redemption that it will not
matter from whence come trials or other things, for or whole natre will be so enlarged, that it will
be no more I, bt, !Lord, what wilt tho have me to do6"
.very believer shold be a living epistle of the Word, one who is !read and )nown of all
men#" :or very presence shold bring sch a witness of the Spirit that everyone with whom yo
come in contact wold )now that yo are a !sent" one, a light in the world, a manifestation of the
ChristB and last of all, that yo are a !biblical" Christian#
Those disciples had to learn that whatever @ess said mst come to pass# @ess said, very
slowly, I believe, and thoghtflly, !When yo go into the city, there shall a man meet yo bearing a
pitcher of water# Follow him into the hose, and 8st when he has entered in, say, the 3aster hath
need of a room where he may eat the passover with his disciples#" That is the way that @ess taght
them# Beloved, let me say this+ There is no person in 0alestine who has ever seen a !man" bearing a
pitcher of water# It is a thing n)nown# Therefore, we find @ess beginning with a prophecy which
broght that inward )nowledge to them that what $e said mst come to pass# This is the secret of the
3aster-s life % prophecy which never failed# There is no power that can change the Word of (od#
@ess was wor)ing ot this great thoght in the hearts of $is disciples, that they might )now that !it
shall come to pass#"
1fter @ess had given that wonderfl command to 0eter and @ohn, those disciples were
wal)ing into the city, no dobt in deep meditation, when sddenly they cried ot in ama&ement,
!Loo)5 There $e is5 @st as the 3aster hath said#"
When in @ersalem I was preaching on 3ont ,livet, and as I loo)ed down, at my right hand I
saw where the two ways met, where the ass was tied# I cold see the 4ead Sea, and all the time I was
preaching I saw at least ;AD women going down with vessels and then carrying them bac) on their
heads fll of waterB bt, not one man# $owever, @ess said that it had to be a !man," and so it was, for
no one cold change $is word# Some have said to me that $e had it all arranged for a man to carry a
pitcher of water# I want to tell yo that (od does not have to arrange with mortals to carry ot $is
plans# If $e has the power to hear the cry of some poor needy child of $is who may be sffering, and
that one may be in .ngland, 1frica, China, or anywhere else, saying, !,h, (od, Tho )nowest my
need," and here in *ew :or), (ermany, California, or some other place, there is a disciple of $is on
his )nees, and the Lord will say nto that one, !Send help to that brother or sister, and do not delay
it," % and the help comes# $e did not need to get a man to help $im ot by carrying a pitcher of
water# 1ccording to $is Word $e wor)eth, and @ess said a !man" shold carry water# What did
those disciples do as they saw the man % go forward to meet him6 *o, they waited for the man, and
when he came p they probably wal)ed alongside of him, withot a word, ntil he was abot to enter
the hoseB and then I can hear one saying to him, !0lease, Sir5 the 3aster wants the gest9chamber5 "
!The gest9chamber6 Why, I was preparing it all day yesterday bt did not )now whom it was for#"
With man things are impossible, bt (od is the nfolder of the mysteries of life, and $e holds the
niverse in the hollow of $is hand# What we need to )now this morning is that !The Lord in the midst
of thee is mighty," and $e wor)s according to $is Word#
1nd when the hor was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles
with him# 1nd he said nto them, With desire I have desired to eat
this passover with yo before I sffer+ For I say nto yo, I will not
any more eat thereof, ntil it be flfilled in the )ingdom of (od#
1nd he too) the cp, and gave than)s, and said, Ta)e this, and
divide it among yorselves+ For I say nto yo, I will not drin) of
the frit of the vine, ntil the )ingdom of (od shall come# 1nd he
too) bread, and gave than)s, and bra)e it, and gave nto them,
saying, This is my body which is given for yo+ this do in
remembrance of me# L)e <<+;?9;>
It ta)es the 3aster to bring the Word home to or hearts# $is was a ministry that broght a
new vision to man)ind, for !never man spa)e as $e spa)e#" $ow I love to hear $im preach# $ow $e
says things# I have watched $im as $e trod this earth# .nter into the Scriptres and watch the Lord,
follow $im, ta)e notice of $is consel, and yo will have a story of wonders# The Boo) spea)s
today5 It is life, and looms p fll of glory# It reflects and nfolds with a new creative power# The
words of @ess are life%never thin) they are less# If yo believe it yo will feel /ic)ened# The
Word is powerflB it is fll of faith# The Word of (od is vital5 Listen5 !The word profited them
nothing becase it was not mi'ed with faith in them that heard it" C$ebrews ?+<F# There has to be a
!hearing" in order to have faith# Faith is established and made manifest as we !hear" the Word#
Beloved, read the Word of (od in /ietde, and read it !lod," so that yo can !hear" it % for !$e
that heareth my word," to them it giveth life#
Beloved, listen5 !With desire" % the !hor is come5" $e spea)eth5 From the beginning of
time there has never been an hor li)e this# These words were among the greatest that $e ever spo)e+
!The hor is come5" What an hor, for, the end of time had come# !What6" yo as)# :es, I repeat it,
for the redemption of the cross, the shedding of the blood, broght in a !new" hor# Time was
finished and eternity had begn for a sol that was covered with the blood# 1ll people lived bt to die
ntil !that" hor, bt the moment the sacrifice was made, it was not the end, bt only the beginning#
Time was finished and eternity had begn# The sol that is covered with the blood has moved from a
natral to an eternal nion with the Lord, and then the commandment, !Tho shalt not, " which had so
worried the people and broght them into sch dissatisfaction becase they cold not )eep the Law,
was changed into a new commandmentB and it was no more, !Tho shalt not," bt, !I delight to do thy
will, oh, (od#" !1ll in 1dam died," bt now the !hor is come" and !all in Christ shall be made
alive#" *ot death, bt the flness of life divine#
!The power of (od will ta)e yo ot of yor own plans and pt yo
into the plan of (od#"
!I have a desire to eat this passover with yo before I sffer# I )now that within a few
moments the 8dgment hall awaits me#" Beloved, do yo thin) that I cold be in @ersalem and not
want to pass throgh the gate that $e went throgh6 4o yo thin) that I cold be in @ersalem and not
want to pass over the Broo) =edron6 Cold yo imagine me being in @ersalem and not want to go
into the (arden, or view the tomb where $is body was laid6 I )nelt down at that holy place, for I felt
that I mst commne with my Lord there#
While in @ersalem I preached many wee)s otside the 4amascs (ate, and (od mightily
blessed my ministry# It is wonderfl to be in the place where (od can se yo# 1s I was leaving
@ersalem, some @ews who had heard me preach wanted to travel in the same compartment with me,
and they wanted to stay at the same hotel where I was staying# Sitting arond the table having food,
they said, !What we cannot nderstand is, when yo preach we feel sch powerB yo Gmove- s#
There is some9thing abot it that we cannot help bt feel that yo have something different from what
we have been sed to hearing# Why is it6" I replied that it was becase I preached @ess in the power
of the $oly Spirit, for $e was the 3essiah, and $e cases a child of $is to so live in the reality of a
clear )nowledge of $imself that others )now and feel $is power# It is this )nowledge that the Chrch
today is very mch in need of# Beloved, do not be satisfied with anything less than the )nowledge of a
real change in yor natre, a )nowledge of the indwelling presence and power of the $oly (host# 4o
not be satisfied with a life that is not wholly swallowed p in (od#
There are many boo)s written on the Word, and we love clear, definite teaching on it, bt go
yorself to the Boo) and listen to what the 3aster says, and yo will lay a sre fondation, that cannot
be movedB for we are !begotten by the incorrptible Word of (od#" $ow we need that simplicity, that
rest of faith, that brings s to the place where we are steadfast and immovable# ,h, the living Word of
(od5 Can yo not see that the 3aster was so interested in yo that $e cold despise the shame,
despise the cross6 The 8dgment hall was nothing to $imB all the reb)es and scorn cold not ta)e
from $im the 8oy of saving yo and me# It was that 8oy that cased $im to say, !I cont nothing too
vile for Wigglesworth, I cont nothing too vile for Brown, for sol is on the wing to save the world5
$ow beatifl5 $ow it shold thrill s5 $e )new that death was represented in that sacred cp, and
yet $e 8oyflly said, !With desire % I have a desire to eat this passover with yo before I sffer#
Ta)e the bread, drin) of the cp, and as oft as ye ta)e it, remember#" In other words, ta)e the memory
of what it means home with yoB thin) on it, analy&e its meaning#
@ess broght in a new creation by the words of $is ministry# !*o man born of woman is
greater than @ohn the Baptist, bt the least in the )ingdom of $eaven is greater than he" C3atthew
;;+;;F# $e said, !###the )ingdom of (od is within yo" CL)e ;E+<;F, and that $e wold !no more
drin) of the frit of the vine ntil the =ingdom of (od shall come" C3ar) ;?+<AF and every person
who has the new natre, the new birth, has the )ingdom of (od within them# If yo believe (od-s
Word, it will ma)e yo so live that the )ingdom of (od will be ever increasing, and the whole
creation of the )ingdom of (od will be crying, !Come, Lord @ess, Come5" and $e will come#
1s we come to the time of the brea)ing of bread, the thoght shold be, !$ow shall I parta)e
of it6" Beloved, if before $is death $e cold ta)e it and say, !With desire I eat this passover with
yo before I sffer," we shold be able to say, !Lord, I desire to eat it to please Thee, for I want my
whole life to be on the wing for Thee5" What grace5 1s the stream of the new life begins to flow
throgh yor being, allow yorself to be immersed, carried on and on, with an ever9increasing flow,
ntil yor life becomes a ceaseless flow of the River of Life, and then it will be !*o more I bt Christ
in me#"
(et ready for the brea)ing of bread, and in doing so, !remember#" (et ready for parta)ing of
the wine, and in doing it, !Remember $im#"
0blished in the (lad Tidings $erald
1 Living Faith, @anary ;>JD
0raise (od5 It is a great 8oy to see yo all# There is something that brings s all here# What
will it be when we get rid of this body of flesh, and when @ess is the light of the city of (od6
*evertheless, (od means for s while here to pt on the whole armor of (od# $e wants s to be
covered with the covering of $is Spirit, and to grow in grace and the )nowledge of (od# ,h, what
(od has laid p for s, and what we may receive throgh the name of @ess5 ,h, the vale of the
name, the power of the nameB the very name of @ess brings help from heaven, and the very name of
@ess can bind evil powers and sbde all things nto $imself# Than) (od for victory throgh or
Lord @ess Christ#
For the sa)e of saving s, $e endred the cross, despising the shame# $ow beatifl it is to
say with or whole will, !I will be obedient nto (od#" ,h, $e is lovely, $e is beatifl % I never
remember coming to $im when $e once denied me anythingB $e has never trned me away empty# $e
is sch a wonderfl Savior, sch a Friend that we can depend pon with assrance and rest and
complete confidence# $e can roll away every brden# This afternoon thin) of $im as the e'hastless
Savior, the everlasting Friend, ,ne who )nows all things, ,ne who is able to help and deliver s#
When we have sch a Sorce as this, we can stretch ot or hands and ta)e all that we need from
$im#
I will spea) to yo from the eleventh chapter of 3ar)-s gospel#
1nd @ess entered into @ersalem, and into the temple+ and when
he had loo)ed rond abot pon all things, and now the eventide
was come, he went ot nto Bethany with the twelve# 1nd on the
morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hngry+ and
seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might
find anything thereon+ and when he came to it, he fond nothing
bt leavesB for the time of figs was not yet# 1nd @ess answered
and said nto it, *o man eat frit of thee hereafter for ever# 1nd
his disciples heard it# 3ar) ;;+;;9;?
The fig tree dried p from the roots# We may thin) we have faith in (od, bt we mst not
dobt in or hearts, !###What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and
ye shall have them" C3ar) ;;+<?F# This is a very wonderfl word#
:o meet here every 3onday, and the great theme of this meeting is the theme of faith, so I
will tal) abot faith# :or inactivity mst be broght to a place of victory# Inactivity % that which
wavers, that which hesitates, that which fears instead of having faithB that closes p everything,
becase it dobts instead of believing (od# What is faith6 Faith is the living principle of the Word of
(od# It is life, it prodces life, it changes life# ,h, that (od today might give s a real )nowledge of
the Boo)# What is there in it6 There is life# (od wants s to feed on the Boo), the living Word, the
precios Word of (od# 1ll the wonderfl things that @ess did were done that people might be
changed and made li)e nto $imself# ,h, to be li)e $im in thoght, act, and plan# $e went abot $is
Father-s bsiness and was eaten p with the &eal of $is hose# I am beginning to nderstand First
@ohn J+<+
Beloved, now are we the sons of (od, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be+ bt we )now that, when he shall appearB we shall
be li)e himB for we shall see him as he is# ; @ohn J+<
1s I feed on the Word of (od, my whole body will be changed by the process of the power of
the Son of (od#
Bt if the Spirit of him that raised p @ess from the dead dwell in
yo, he that raised p Christ from the dead shall also /ic)en yor
mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in yo# Romans H+;;
The Lord dwells in a hmble and contrite heart, and ma)es $is way into the dry places, so if
yo open p to $im, $e will flood yo with $is life, bt be sre to remember that a little bit of sin
will spoil a whole life# :o can never cleanse sin, yo can never prify sin, yo can never be strong
if in sin, yo will never have a vision while in sin# Revelation stops when sin comes in# The hman
spirit mst come to an end, bt the Spirit of Christ mst be alive and active# :o mst die to the
hman spirit, and then (od will /ic)en yor mortal body and ma)e it alive# !Withot holiness no
man shall see (od" C$ebrews ;<+;?F#
We have a wonderfl sb8ect# What is it6 Faith# Faith is an inward operation of that divine
power which dwells in the contrite heart, and which has power to lay hold of the things not seen#
Faith is a divine act, faith is (od in the sol# (od operates by $is Son, and transforms the natral into
the spernatral# Faith is active, never dormantB faith lays hold, faith is the hand of (od, faith is the
power of (od, faith never fears, faith lives amid the greatest conflict, faith is always active, faith
moves even things that cannot be moved# (od fills s with $is divine power, and sin is dethroned#
!The 8st shall live by faith" C$aba))) <+?B Romans ;+;EB (alatians J+;;B $ebrews ;D+JHF# :o
cannot live by faith ntil yo are 8st CrighteosF# :o cannot live by faith if yo are nholy, or
dishonest#
The Lord was loo)ing for frit on the tree# $e fond !nothing bt leaves#" There are thosands
of people li)e that# They dress p li)e Christians, bt it is all leaves# !$erein is my Father glorified,
that ye bear mch frit###" C@ohn ;A+HF# $e has no way in which to get frit, only throgh s# We have
not to be ordinary people# To be saved is to be an e'traordinary man, an e'position of (od# When
@ess was tal)ing abot the new life $e said, !###.'cept a man be born again Mof (odN, he cannot see
the )ingdom of (od### That which is born of the flesh is fleshB and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit" C@ohn J+J,IF#
In order to nderstand $is flness we mst be filled with the $oly (host# (od has a measre
for s that cannot be measred# I am invited into this measreB the measre of the Lord @ess Christ in
me# When yo are in relationship, sin is dethroned, bt yo cannot prify yorselfB it is by the blood of
@ess Christ, (od-s Son, that yo are cleansed from all sin#
When @ess saw nothing bt leaves, $e said to this tree+ !*o man eat frit of thee hereafter for
ever# 1nd his disciples heard it" C3ar) ;;+;?F# The ne't morning as they passed the same place, they
saw the fig tree dried p from the roots# :o never see a tree dry from the roots# .ven a little plant
will dry from the top# Bt (od-s Son had spo)en to the tree, and it cold not live# $e said to them,
!$ave faith in (od" C3ar) ;;+<<F# We are $is life, we are members of $is bodyB the Spirit is in s,
and there is no way to abide in the secret place of the Lord only by holiness#
Be filled with the Word of (od# !For the word of (od is /ic), and powerfl, and sharper
than any two9edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asnder of sol and spirit###" C$ebrews
?+;<F# Listen, those of yo who have stiff )nees and stiff arms today, yo can get a tonic by the Word
of (od that will loosen yor 8oints, and that will divide asnder even yor 8oints and marrow# :o
cannot move yor )nee if there is not any marrow there, bt the Word of (od can bring marrow into
yor bones#
1nything else6 ,ne of the greatest things in the Word of (od is that it discerns the thoghts
and intents of the heart# ,h, that yo may all allow the Word of (od to have perfect victory in yor
body, so that it may be tingling throgh and throgh with (od-s divine power# 4ivine life does not
belong to this world bt to the )ingdom of heaven, and the )ingdom of heaven is within yo# (od
wants to prify or minds ntil we can bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endre
all things# (od dwells in yo, bt yo cannot have this divine power ntil yo live and wal) in the
$oly (host, ntil the power of the new life is greater than the old life#
@ess said to $is disciples, if ye will believe in yor heart not only the tree will wither bt the
montain shall be removed# (od wants s to move montains, anything that appears to be li)e a
montain can be moved# The montains of difficlty, the montains of perple'ity, the montains of
depression or depravity# Things that bond yo for years# Sometimes things appear as thogh they
cold not be moved, bt yo believe in yor heart, stand on the Word of (od, and (od-s Word will
never be defeated#
*otice again this Scriptre+ !###What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them" C3ar) ;;+<?F# First, believe that yo get them, and then yo
shall have them# That is the difficlty with people# They say+ !Well, if I cold feel I had it, I wold
)now I had it," bt yo mst believe it, and then the feeling will comeB yo mst believe it becase of
the Word of (od# (od wants to wor) in yo a real heart9faith#
I want yo to )now this afternoon that (od has a real remedy for all yor ailments# There is
power in this meeting this afternoon to set everybody free#
0blished in Trimphs of Faith
1mbition Reali&ed % 4esire Flfilled, @ly ;>JD
@ohn ;A and < 0eter ;+; %!Li)e precios faith" % What wold happen to s and to the need
of world, if we wold get to the place, where we cold believe (od6 3ay (od give the desire# Faith
is a tremendos power, an inward mover# We have not seen yet all that (od has for s#
When I was a little boy, I remember as)ing my father for a pennyworth of something# $e did
not give it to me# So I sat down by his side and every now and then I toched him ever so gently,
saying, !Father, Father#" 3y mother said to my father, !Why don-t yo answer the child6" 3y father
replied, !I have done so#" Bt still I sat on, !Father, Father, Father," ever so /ietly, then if he went
into the garden I followed him# I wold 8st toch his sleeve and say, !Father, Father5" 4id I ever go
away withot the accomplishment of my desire6 *o, not once# Let (od have $is way with s# Let
(od flfil $is great desire in s for heart prity, that Christ may dwell in or hearts by faith, that the
might of (od-s Spirit may accompany or ministry# Filled with divine enthsiasm with rivers
flowing#
0recios Faith
"###to them that have obtained faith###" C< 0eter ;+;F# ,r fondation test in a time of strain % a
faith of divine origin springing p in or hearts# Bt the otside mst be as the inside# It is good to
have the $oly Spirit, bt the sn inside mst give a brilliancy otside# Faith5 Li)e precios faith,
greater than the mind or body or any activity# Faith, a living power revealed in yo the moment yo
believe, yo have what yo believe for# For faith is sbstance and evidence# :o were not saved by
feelings or e'periences# :o were saved by the power of (od the moment yo believed the Word of
(od# (od came in by $is Word and laid the fondation# Faith# Brsting p the old life9natre by the
power of (od### the old life by the Word of (od# :o mst come to (od-s Boo)# $is Word is or
fondation# When we spea) of the Word we spea) of almighty power, a sbstance of rich dynamite
diffsing throgh the hman, displaying its might, and bringing all else into insignificance# The
Word of (od formed within the temple, a living principle laid down of roc), the Word of the
living (od formed in s % mighty in thoght, langage, activity, movement, and nction, a fire
mightier than dynamite and able to resist the mightiest pressre the devil can bring against it#
In these eventfl days we mst have nothing ordinary bt e'traordinary, allowing (od by $is
wonderfl revelations, to display $is goods in yor hearts for the deliverance of others# 0eter said,
!Li)e precios faith#" The same )ind that 1braham had, he cold have said, !(od5" $ave the faith of
(od# Being born again, we are in the wor)ing of a spernatral power, the ni/e peace of (od,
wor)ing with a changed visionB we are more wonderfl than we )now# 0eter and @ohn said to the
lame man, !Sch as we have we give thee, in the name of @ess," and there was operation and
manifestation# Faith5 Li)e precios faith, all of the same material+ believe in (od-s Word# *oah had
tried faith# 1braham had faith, and all the prophets had ths one fact % wor)ing faith5
*o Limitation
They had limitation, bt (od has come to s with no limitation, e'ceeding abndantly above
all we can as) or thin)# There have been memorable days when the $oly (host has come# 1t twenty9
one years of age (od flooded my life with $is power, and there has not been a day since withot
happenings wonderfl# (od by $is divine power flooding hman vessels# (od manifest in flesh, in
or flesh, Christ being made manifest by the power of (od# (od has chosen s in a new way# $e has
made s )ings and priests $imself, and the day is not far distant when we shall be with $im forever#
The $oly (host cold not come withot @ess coming first# The $oly (host crowning $im
=ing and all the power of $is power is to be manifested throgh s# $ow6
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !Rivers of living water# The man divinely
operated, discerning the mind of Christ withot measre# To live, to drin), to sp, to wal), to tal)
with $im#"
,h, -tis all right now,
,h, -tis all right now,
For @ess is a friend of mine 1nd -tis all right now#
Bt $e mst come in first, all (od-s flness is in $im# 1ll (od-s revelation is in $im# The
incoming life of (od by faith# Li)e precios faith, an eternal process of wor)ing, no end, bt a
beginning# Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of (od# Faith is a forming in or hman
natre, things of eternal forces# Faith, (od-s embrace, the grip of almightiness# What is faith6 It is the
eternal natre of (od, it can never decay or fade away, it is with yo all the way, to end in eternal
day# Faith is the Word# Three things# Faith has so many springs# Forever, Thy Word is settled in
heaven, a copy of things to come#
Be a man of desire, hngry and thirsty# 4on-t be satisfied# I cannot move on faith nless it is
better than my mind, greater than me# *one are made on trailing clods of gloryB we are made in hard
placesB at Wit-s .nd Corner, with no way ot# 1 man is made in adversity# 4avid said, !In distress,
(od broght me to a large place, and I was enlarged, and $e helped me" C0salms ?+;B ;H+JIF#
.ight years ago after a distressing voyage, going straight from the ship to the meeting, as I
entered the bilding, a man fell down across the doorway in a fit# The Spirit of the Lord was pon me,
and I commanded the devil to leave# In my visit this year, I ventred to as), !4oes anyone remember
the incident6" I spo)e in .nglish# The man did not )now a word of .nglish, he stood p, I told him to
come to the platform# $e said he )new the binding power of the name of @ess, and he had not had a
fit since the stranger came# I had to )now 1cts <+;A, and then I began to do# ,h, my (od, )eep me
there5
In 0alestine at 4amascs- (ate and on the 3ont of ,lives, I saw men bapti&ed with the $oly
(host as in 1cts <# Begin to do, and then to preach# (od is always waiting to manifest $is divine
power# (od intends s to begin#
Commnication
Be a commnicator of divine life for others C< 0eter ;+JF# $is divine power has called s to
glory and virte# 3y wife sed to say, !$e giveth grace and glory too#" ,h5 Beloved receive virte#
Believe for the virte of the Lord to be so manifested throgh yor body that, as they toch they are
healed# Then the illmination of the power of the life5 Believe for the crrent to go throgh yo to
others# It is ama&ing in a necessity what can happen, and (od can arrange for a necessity, no time to
pray, only to act# The man that is filled with the $oly (host lives in an act# I come with the life of the
risen Christ, my moth enlarged, my mind operative to live and act in the power of the $oly (host#
We mst so live in (od that we claim an enlarging in the wisdom of (od#
1t one place there were I,DDD people otside the bilding, poor things in chairs, and as I went
laying my hands on them they were healed, as they toched they were whole# This faith means
increase in the )nowledge of (od and the righteosness of Christ# Life filled with (od5 $is mantle
pon yo with grace mltiplied# (od did for 1braham, and added blessing on blessing# !Blessed are
they that hear the Word of (od, and )eep it#" What shall we do to do the wor)s of (od6 Believe on
$im Whom $e has sent# !(reater wor)s than these shall yo do#" Faith sees the glory of another, and
it is from faith to faith# :o may increase wonderflly before I see yo again#
When I was in ,rebro eight years ago I ministered to a girl twelve years old, blind, this time
they told me she had perfect sight from that day# I never )new it, it is after I get away testimonies
come#
###whosoever shall say nto this montain, Be tho removed, and be
tho cast into the seaB and shall not dobt in his heart, bt shall
believe that those things which he saith shall come to passB he shall
have whatsoever he saith# Therefore I say nto yo, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and
ye shall have them# 3ar) ;;+<J,<?
$ave faith in (od5 If I believe % what6 What I wish, as I begin to say, (od brings it to pass
% not a fig tree % a montain % what yo saith# In one place a man said, !:o have helped all bt
me#" I said, !What is the troble6" $e said, !I cannot sleep, I am losing my reason5" So I began to
say, !*o need to go anywhereB believe5"
There are nine frits of the Spirit and nine gifts of the Spirit# Wisdom is copled with love %
)nowledge with 8oy % faith with peace#
.'amine yorselves % are yo in peace6 (od is delighted when we are in peace, so I said to
the brother, !(o home and sleepB and I will believe (od," he went home# $is wife said, !Well, did
yo see him6" $e said, !$e helped all bt me#" $owever, he fell asleep# $is wife said, !I wonder if
it is all right#" 3orning, noon, night he was still asleep, he awo)e bright and happy, rested and
restored#
What was it6 Believe in (od % then spea)ing, !$e shall have whatsoever he says#" $ave
yo this li)e precios faith6 4eal bontiflly with the oppressed# !$e that as)eth receiveth#" 1s) % it
is done# Live for (od# =eep clean and holy# Live in nction, in (od-s desires and plans# (lorify $im
in the establishment of blessing for the people % seeing (od-s glory manifested in the midst# 1men#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
Transformed, 1gst ;>JD
0salm ;<I# !They that sow in tears shall reap in 8oy" Cv# AF# The Lord hath set apart him that
is godly for $imself# $is enemies will be at peace with him, and (od will send him prosperity in
hard times# 1 life on the altar for service# There, not a hoping to be there# 0al had reached a
reserved place, separated# $e was now in the place where the $oly (host can spea)#
!I beseech thee, with all that see this trth, to present yor bodies a living sacrifice" CRomans
;<+;F# $ere is the mercy of (od, the nfathomable, desirable will of (od# The body presented a
living sacrifice# It-s a present, a living sacrifice, not a worn9ot life# The body, sol, and spirit to be
presented blameless at the coming of the Lord# The present life given with no choice bt (od-s will#
So on the altar# ,h, Lord, not mine# Thine now5 Lord, se it for Thy glory# Throgh with )ic)s and
wonts# 1ll5 1 living body, placed at (od-s disposal# 1 holy body, with the best mind# Withot a
thoght otside holiness nto the Lord# (od only as)s for what yo can give5 Be not conformed to this
world# Be not conformed % moved by it, not a hermit or careless % bt transformed CRomans ;<+<F#
.very hor more pre transformed to prove what (od-s will is for yo# It-s a holy acceptable will#
*o sorness or irritability, or that thing abot yo that nobody wants# It-s an acceptable will# If yo
give, yo give cheerfllyB if yo love, yo love warmlyB if yo sha)e hands, people )now yo mean it#
The whole life beatifl
% cleaving nto (od# Re8oicing in hope % triblation5 3eeting it with prayer# 1 blessing
withot a crse# This )ind of life is received by men, and is acceptable in the sight of (od % and at
the closing9p day, it has a sre reward#
Let s pray and commit or whole way to (od# Being not conformed, bt transformed, proving
(od-s good and acceptable and perfect will# 1men#
From an address given in London 0blished in Redemption Tidings
Faith-s Laghter, *ovemIer ;>JD
3y faith pre, my 8oy sre#" Romans ?#
In Isaac ClaghterF shall thy seed be called# Faith is the great inheritance, for the 8st shall live
by faith# Twenty9 five years 1braham waited for (od to flfil $is promise to give him a son# $e
loo)ed to (od Who never fails, and believed $is Word# 1s we live in the Spirit, we live in the
process of (od-s mind, and act according to $is will#
Cold a child be born6 :es55 ,n the law of faith in (od who had promised# $ere is no
limitation CRomans ?+;IF# Therefore it is of faith, that it might be of grace# (race is (od-s inheritance
in the sol that believes#
Faith always brings a fact and a fact brings 8oy#
Faith5 Faith5 3a)ing s )now (od is, and that $e is a rewarder of those who diligently see)
$im# (od5 Who /ic)eneth that which was dead, and calleth the things that are not as thogh they
were# There is no want to those who trst (od# $e /ic)eneth the dead# The more 1braham was
pressed, the more he re8oiced# Being not wea) in faith# $e considered not his own body# $e staggered
not throgh nbelief, bt was strong in faith, giving glory to (od, that what $e had promised $e was
able to perform# $eir of the world throgh a righteosness by faith# (od /ic)ening that which is
dead# The more there was no hope 1braham believed in hope# If we )new the vale of trial we
shold praise (od for it# It is in the frnace of affliction (od gets s to the place where $e can se s
C0hilippians ;+;>F# 0al says of difficlty, I do and will re8oice# For I )now that this shall trn to my
salvation throgh yor prayers and the spply of the Spirit of @ess Christ % that Christ shall be
magnified in my body# Before (od pts yo in the frnace $e )nows yo will go throgh# It is never
above we are able to bear# If yo )now the baptism of the $oly (host is in the Scriptres, never rest
ntil (od gives it to yo# If yo )now it is Scriptral to be healed of every wea)ness % to be holy,
pre, to overcome amid all conditions % never rest ntil yo are an overcomer#
If yo have seen the face of (od and have had vision and revelation, never rest ntil yo attain
to it# That ye may apprehend with all saints# $oly men spa)e as (od gave them power and tterance#
We mst be blameless amid the croo)ed positions of the world# @ess is the type of Sonship for or
attainment# $e was (od-s pattern, a firstfrit clothed with power# We mst go in $is name, that when
yo lay hands on the sic), Satan has no power, and when yo command in @ess- name he has to go#
The walls are falling down,
The walls are falling downB
,h praise the Lord# 0raise ye $is name,
The walls are falling down#
Let s ta)e (od-s Word and stand pon it, as or strength to resist the devil till he is forced to
flee# 1men, amen#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
7tterance, @anary ;>J;
Colossians ?+;9I# !That (od wold open to s a door of tterance to spea) the mystery of
Christ that I may ma)e it manifest as I oght to spea)#"
*eed ,f 7tterance
0al felt as we do, the need of tterance# $e had plenty of langage, bt he wanted tterance#
We can have inspiration, operation, tonge, mind, heart % we need all these# (od wor)s ths5 In this
divine order to give forth the trth most needed for the time# Bt the spreme need of the hor is the
need of prayer for tterance, !0raying that (od wold open to s a door, a door of tterance, that I
may spea) as I oght#"
These men were sent forth by the power of the $oly Spirit# Bt they cannot withot nction
open the door or give forth the right word for the hor# 0al and his helpers are ne/al to meet the
need# Then was something ot of order6 *o5 For !e'cept the Lord )eepeth the hose the watchman
)eepeth it in vain#" We are dependent pon the $oly Spirit to breathe throgh s# 1part from this
living breath of the Spirit, the message is ordinary and not e'traordinary# The /estion is+ how can we
live in this place, thrown on omnipotent power6 The Spirit of the Lord giving vent, spea)ing throgh
s# It is not an easy thing# (od said to 4avid, !It is good that the desire is in thine heart#" Bt that will
not do for s, who live in the latter days, when (od is poring forth $is Spirit and rivers are at or
word# The need is 3ar) ;;+<<9<J+ !$ave the faith of (od### $e shall have whatsoever he saith#" In
(enesis ;+J (od said+ !Let there be light#" Let (od arise# Let (od breathe $is $oly Spirit throgh
yor caravan of natre, throgh yor eye and tonge# The spernatral in the natral for the glory of
(od# (od raised 0al for this ministry#
To open their eyes, and to trn them from dar)ness to light, and
from the power of Satan nto (od, that they may receive
forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are
sanctified#### 1cts <I+;H
What was the means6 @ess said, !By the faith that is in 3e#" The faith of (od#
The Lord (od hath given me the tonge of the learned, that I
shold )now how to spea) a word in season to him that is weary+
he wa)eneth morning by morning, he wa)eneth mine ear to hear as
the learned# The Lord (od hath opened mine ear, and I was not
rebellios#### Isaiah AD+?,A
4o yo believe it6 ,h5 For more to believe (od that !the tonge of the dmb sing###" CIsaiah
JA+IF# When will they6 When they believe and flfil the conditionsB oh, beloved, it is not easy# Bt
@ess died and rose again for the possibility# !$ave the faith of (od#" !$ave the tonge of a ready
writer#"
The whole man immersed in (od that the $oly Spirit may operate and the dying world have
the ministry of life for which it is famishing#
Bt if the Spirit of him that raised p @ess from the dead dwell in
yo, he that raised p Christ from the dead shall also /ic)en yor
mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in yo# Romans H+;;
1s the dead body of Christ was /ic)ened and broght ot by the $oly Spirit# For eyes to see
and ears to hear, as well as speech spea)ing as the oracles of (od# If any man spea), let him spea) as
the oracles of (od# That-s or orders+ spea)ing that which no man )noweth, save the $oly Spirit as
the Spirit giveth divine tterance % a langage which wold never come at all, e'cept the $oly Spirit
gave tterance, ta)ing the things of Christ and revealing them#
!The mystery of Christ#" !###praying also for s, that (od wold open nto s a door of
tterance, to spea) the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bond+ that I may ma)e it manifest, as I
oght to spea)" CColossians ?+J,?F# 4id (od answer the prayer6 :es5 !Throgh mighty signs and
wonders, by the power of the Spirit of (odB so that from @ersalem, and rond abot nto Illyricm, I
have flly preached the gospel of Christ" CRomans ;A+;>F# It was the grace of or Lord @ess Christ,
that great Shepherd of the sheep that broght to s redemption# It was the grace of (od, $is favor
and mercy % a lavished love, an ndeserved favor (od broght salvation % we did not deserve it#
Seasoned With Salt
!Let yor speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt###" CColossians ?+IF# Salt has three
properties+ ;# It smartsB <# It is healingB and J# It has preservation# So yor words by the Spirit, filled
with grace, yet, ct to the heart, and brings preservation# We mst be very carefl to be salty# $is
Word shall not retrn void, it shall accomplish and it shall prosper%bt or moths mst be clean
and or desire wholly for (od# @ess sed straight words % $e said+ !:e hypocrites, ye whitened
seplchers," to the elite of the holiness movement of $is day# To others $e said, !:o are deceived,
yo have an idea that yo are of the seed of 1braham, bt yo are of the seed of the devil and his
wor)s yo do#" $is moth was fll of mee)ness and gentleness, yet so salty, becase of their
corrption# Withot yo )new the charm of Christ, yo might thin) yo were ot of the wheel of the
wor)ing of $is eternal power# $ear the prophet again % !The brised reed $e shall not brea)"B to
those for whom there is no lifting p, !$e comes as balm of (ilead#" !###that yo may )now how yo
oght to answer every man" CColossians ?+IF# This is not easy to learn# It is only learned in the
absorbed Ceaten pF place of (od# When we are there we see) to glorify (od, and can give a
chastening word fll of power, to wa)en p and to save#
7se the salt, beloved5 7se conviction, se the healing for their preservation# $ow tre we
have to be5 :o are seasoned with salt# I love it5 It is inspiring5 Conviction5 Ths the $oly (host
writes pon the fleshy tables of the temple of the Spirit# ,h Lord, enlarge or conception of or sense
of Thy presence in the temple, discerning the Lord-s body in the midst#
For $e is so precios to me,
For $e is so precios to meB
GTis heaven below 3y Redeemer to )now#
For $e is so precios to me#
,r whole being so fll of the life of or Lord, that the $oly (host can spea) and act throgh
s# Living always in $im# ,h, the charm of $is divine plan# Living ot on (od for $is omnipotent
place for ftre ministry# Crying ot for the inspiration of the (od of power# 1cting in the $oly (host#
Breathing ot life divine# The glory, miracles, wonders, wor)ing ot the plan of the most $igh (od#
.aten p % )nowing nothing among men, save @ess and $im crcified# 7nto Thee, , (od, be the
glory and the honor and the power5
Can yo wonder why it is I love $im so5 1 cry for a prodction of a cry ntil 1cts ;;+;A+
!1nd as I began to spea)####"
,h, be on fire, oh, be on fire,
,h, be on fire for (od#
,h be on fire, be all on fire,
Be all on fire for (od#
1men# 1men#
From an address given in Swit&erland 0blished in Redemption Tidings
The (iven (lory, Febrary ;>J;
Then came to him the mother of 2ebedee-s children with her sons,
worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him# 1nd he said
nto her, What wilt tho 6 She saith nto him, (rant that these my
two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the
left, in thy )ingdom# Bt @ess answered and said, Te )now not
what ye as)# 1re ye able to drin) of the cp that I shall drin) of,
and to be bapti&ed with the baptism that I am bapti&ed with6 They
say nto him, We are able# 1nd he saith nto them, Te shall drin)
indeed of my cp, and be bapti&ed with the baptism that I am
bapti&ed with+ bt to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not
mine to give, bt it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared
of my Father# 3atthew <D+<D9<J
We have here a wonderfl sb8ect % all (od-s Word is life9giving % it is life and light# If
we are poor it is becase we do not )now the Word of (od# (od-s Word is fll of riches ever
opening to s fresh avenes of divine life# It is the Spirit that /ic)eneth# @ess said, !###the words that
I spea) nto yo, they are spirit, and they are life" C@ohn I+IJF# It has a mighty changing power
effectively wor)ing in s# We need not remain in the same place two days# It is the Word of (od, and
$e giveth s richly all things to en8oy# This Boo) is the copy of the Word % the original is in the
glory#
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and
the Word was (od# @ohn ;+;
:o will find the moment yo reach the glory yo will have the principle of the Word# The
1thor is there % the 1thor of faith is there# $e is or life and fills s with illmination % the $oly
(host nveiling nto s the Christ# 1 brother came to see me to as) abot the $oly (host# $e was so
an'ios that his ministry shold be a sccess# I pointed ot to him the words of @ess to $is disciples,
!The $oly (host is with yo and shall be in yo#" I said to him, !:o see the sn this morning %
how it pors into the room from the otside6 Bt if the light was inside, how the light wold shine
forth otside illminating the dar) places#"
When we receive the baptism in the $oly (host, we receive a new ministry with divine
power and glory# The )ingdom of (od is not meat and drin), bt righteosness, peace, and 8oy in the
$oly (host# The $oly (host reveals the Christ Who reigns in every believer when @ess is
coronated, and @ess is coronated when yo receive the $oly (host# $ave yo received the $oly
(host since yo believed6 @ess is )ing over yor desires % no man can call @ess Lord bt by the
$oly (host# When the $oly (host comes in, @ess is Lord % then $is Word floods or sols, and the
tide flows ot to the needy, the vision increases# $ngrier than ever % nothing satisfies me bt (od# I
li)e the word, !What wilt tho6### (rant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and
the other on the left, in thy )ingdom" C3atthew <D+<;F# I am sre @ames and @ohn had this desire, and
yo can have the same desire# @ess is the mighty wor)er of desire# $e moves people to desire# $e
said, !:e )now not what ye as)#" 4id they )now6 *o5 4id 3ary )now6 *o5 Bt she said, !###be it
nto me according to thy word" CL)e ;+JHF# @ames and @ohn said, !We are able#" Wold they have
said it if they had )nown6 ,n another occasion they as)ed, !What mst we do to wor) the wor)s of
(od6" @ess said, !Believe on $im Whom $e hath sent#" I believe it is more than saying it# It is the
life of (od in the natre, that stretches ot to believe and to receive# We can be so drawn into the
love of the Spirit, the law of the Spirit of life ma)ing s free from the law of sin and death, and yo
)now yo are in that which will never pass away# @ess said, !I am come to send fire on the earth#
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father, and a man-s foes shall be
they of his own hosehold" CSee L)e ;<+?>,AJB 3atthew ;D+JIF#
I remember twenty9two years ago when I received the baptism of the $oly (host according to
1cts <+?# I sent home a wire Cthe post office was opposite my hoseF, that I had received the baptism
of the $oly (host and was spea)ing in other tonges# The news ran li)e fire % everybody seemed to
)now# When I arrived home my wife said to me, !So yo have received the baptism of the $oly (host
and are spea)ing in tonges6" She said, !I want yo to )now I am bapti&ed as mch as yo#" Right in
my hose the war begn# She said, !For twenty years I have been the preacher#" CI cold not preachB I
have tried many a time#F 0reachers are (od9made men# @ess was moved with compassion# 3y wife
said, !*e't Snday yo go on the platform by yorself% and I-ll see if there is anything in it#" I had
been nder great pressre what I was to spea) abot, and as I went on to the platform @ess said to
me, !The Spirit of the Lord is pon MtheeN###" CL)e ?+;HF#
I don-t )now what I said % bt my wife % she got p % she sat down%she got p % she sat
down % she said, !That is not my hsband#" *o man can be filled with the $oly (host and be the
same man# $e is trned into another man#
The Cps
:es, @ess spea)s of the cps % the cp of blessing and the cp of sffering# They go together#
It is always the hndredfold bt with persections also % bt it-s going all the way# The cross is not
greater than $is grace# The clod cannot hide $is blessed face# I am satisfied to )now that with @ess
here below I can con/er every foe# 4id @ohn )now what it meant6 *o5 Than) (od there is something
we cannot resist % saying Lord give me the baptism of the $oly (host, this l'ry % this smmit of
perfection % ma)ing yor whole being cry ot for the living (od % and yo say, !:es, Lord5" *ever
mind any cost5 I saw one man in a waiting meeting see)ing the baptism of the $oly (host abot to
leave# I said, !Brother, why are yo leaving6" !,h," he said, !I mst go home % I have something to
do % I wrote a letter to my wife-s brother, and I mst say I am sorry#" $e told his wife what he was
doing# She said, !:o fool#" The baptism of the $oly (host means a clean heart# The ne't night there
he was at the meeting again# !,h," he said, !It is too mch this time#" I said, !Brother, obey (od at
any cost# It does not matter how bitter the cp, (od will give yo grace#" $e was a farmer, and was
accstomed to send a che/e reglarly for corn, bt one time he missed, and he had pt off paying his
accont# The blessing of (od came pon his life#
,h, yes, we mst be eligible for this wonderfl place in the glory# We mst drin) the cp %
bt it will mean the baptism % the baptism of the $oly (host means the flness of the divine
anointing# @ess retrned in the power of the Spirit into (alilee# !This day," $e said, !is this
scriptre flfilled in yor ears" CL)e ?+<;F# 1nd there are days when the Spirit is mighty pon s and
it-s a !this day#"
,nce in a ship going from 1le'andria to Lenice, and again the other day at Liverpool, seeing
the crowd, some thosand people, my heart was moved with compassion# I began# 1ll was still as
death % captain, crew, and passengers % as they listened to the message (od gave me for them#
There are times when yo )now the Spirit of (od is mighty pon yo and yo act, thogh to the
onloo)er it may seem ot of place, bt yo have got yor orders, and yo act, and the $oly (host
bears witness to it#
The Fire
1nother time in @ersalem at the place of wailing, the Spirit of the Lord moved me# I saw
yong men, many of them in the prime of manhood, beating their breasts, weeping bitterly, saying,
!Lord, how long, Lord, how long6" I preached nto them @ess# ,n the ne't day ten came to see me,
and with them a rabbi# They said, !Where did the fire come from6 When yo preached we felt the
fire# We have no fire in or synagoges#" ,h, brother, the baptism of the $oly (host is a fire of
baptism#
###he shall bapti&e yo with the $oly (host, and with fire# 3atthew
J+;;
So I began to tal) with them abot (od-s promises of a 3essiah, and how $e was crcified at
Calvary# (od wants s so filled with the $oly (host that people feel the power % feel the fire# 1t
1le'andria I got on the ship# I wanted to preach, bt I cold not# I had not the langage, and no
interpreter# I read 1cts ;+;, !###@ess began both to do and to teach#" To do and then to teach# I wanted
to do, bt how6 I was ready, bt I had no opportnity# 3en cannot ma)e the opportnity# $e has to be
ready# It is (od who ma)es the opportnity, and 8st where I stood a man fell on the dec)# $is wife
cried ot, !3y hsband is dead#" ,ne ran for the doctor, bt before he arrived I began to do# I said,
!In the name of @ess," and the man revived# There was mch e'citement and pointing at me % all
wanted to )now what had happened# I cold not spea) to them, bt I fond five people who cold
interpret me# 1nd all on the ship heard the old story of @ess and $is love# 4on-t forget, we have to
begin to do, then to teach#
*ine years ago I went to Sweden# The people did not )now me, bt (od led me there# We are
as trly sent by (od as ever the apostles were# I had a rogh 8orney, and thoght after landing I had
some hors in the train, bt a meeting was ready for me, and as I entered the bilding a man fell
across the doorway in a fit# I reb)ed the devil in @ess- name, and the man got p# I said, !(ive yor
testimony#" $e obeyed and said it was as if something had snapped from top to bottom of his body,
and he was free# This incident was the )ey to many open doors of opportnity#
Seven years later I was again at that place# I as)ed if any remembered# 1 man rose in the
gallery and said, !It was me, and I have been free since#" @ess began to do# There is no one that
loves me li)e @ess# There is no one can heal me li)e $im# $e is ac/ainted with my wea)ness# $e
)nows all my sorrows# There is no one can heal me li)e $im# ,h, yes, it-s a real baptism of fire and a
real baptism of sffering# The sffering )eeps yo in balance# @ess did the most astonding things,
ma)ing the people marvel# 1s $e is we have to be# $e fed five thosand# $e healed the man born
blind# Where @ess was, the crowds came % the children came % $e cold not be hid % the crowds
followed $im# Blind Bartimes % he heard the noise# !Who is it6 Who is it6" !It-s @ess5" $e cried,
!@ess5" !@ess5 @ess5 Tho Son of 4avid, have mercy pon me#" $e stopped, and $e-ll stop tonight#
!@ess, tho Son of 4avid, have mercy pon me#" They said, !$old thy peace#" Bt presently it
changed to, !Be of good cheer % arise % $e calleth for thee#" @ess said, !What wilt tho6"
Bartimes cried and @ess stood still and commanded him to be called % and @ess is here tonight#
:es, it is a cp of blessing and a cp of sffering and the place prepared in the glory# 3ay we so
yield to (od that the $oly (host can prepare s for the place % and the glory C1cts ;+;9<F, that we
may begin to do and to teach ntil the day when we are ta)en p having the same testing as $e had
C1cts ;+;9<F# It is finished5 3inistering the cp of blessing which means the cp of sffering#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
The 3inistry of the Flaming Sword, 3arch ;>J;
This glorios in9wor)ing of $oly (host power is preparing s for raptre# ,r greatest theme
% the glory of the splendor of or Lord# $is face5 $is tenderness5 $is sweetness5 3a)ing or hearts
long to be forever with the Lord# 1men5 So let it be5
What shall we then say to these things6 If (od be for s, who can
be against s6 Who shall separate s from the love of Christ6 shall
triblation, or distress, or persection, or famine, or na)edness, or
peril, or sword6 *ay, in all these things we are more than
con/erors throgh him that loved s# For I am persaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come, *or height, nor depth, nor
any other creatre, shall be able to separate s from the love of
(od, which is in Christ @ess or Lord# Romans H+J;,JA,JE9J>
,h, the 8oy of the thoght of it5 What shall separate s from the love of Christ6 1 place of
confidence, assrance, and rest, where (od has perfect control over all hman wea)ness and yo
stand as on the mont of transfigration manifested and glorified as in the presence of (od, able to
say, !I )now all things are wor)ing together for good within me," silently destroying all that can be
destroyed that $e might have preeminence in the body# If (od be for s, who can be against s6
(od is bringing forth a new creationB the sons of (od are to be manifested, and we mst see
or inheritance in the $oly (host# *othing can separate s5 What is it (od wants s to )now6 Right in
or earthly temple (od has broght forth a son with power, with manifestation, with grace, crowned
already in the earth, crowned with glory# !1nd the glory which tho gavest me I have given themB that
they may be one, even as we are one" C@ohn ;E+<<F#
The Spirit of the Lord is showing me (od mst get a people who can see that from before the
fondation of the world $e has had them in $is mind# (od has been delivering s throgh all
difficlty# Where sin abonded $e has broght in $is grace, where disease came in to steal or life,
(od raised p a standard and we are here having come throgh triblation# (od has been prifying s,
strengthening s, e/ipping s with divine adacity by the power of almightiness % till we can say,
!What shall we say then to these things6"
Shall we dethrone what we )now p to the present time has e/ipped s and broght s
throgh6 Shall we allow or hearts to fail s in the day of adversity6 *o5 That which (od has already
strengthened and perfected55 % wea)ness made strong5 % corrption changed to prity5 =nowing that
in the triblation and the fire of (od has prified s, what shall we say to these things6 These light
afflictions are wor)ing for s a far more e'ceeding and eternal weight of glory#
The *ew Creation
0eople have been in meetings where the glory of (od has fallen and the e'pression of (od
has been pon everything, and fortifications have been made in the body# The ne't morning the power
of Satan has assailed % bt the spirital life, the Son manifested, the glory of the new creation is
already in or mortal body % bt the flesh is a battle9grond for the enemy and is tested, bt that
which (od is forming is greater than the mortal body % the spirit which is awa)ening into the
glorios liberty of a son of (od is greater# From perfection to perfection, it is this )nowledge of what
$e has done % what shall we say6 $ow shall we compare this with that which is to come6
The flesh profiteth nothing, bt the Spirit of the living (od# Thogh worms destroy this body, I
have another life greater than this life which shall loo) pon (od % which shall see $im in $is
perfection, which shall behold $im in $is glory % which shall be changed li)e nto $im and be
formed into $im# By the presence of (od, a new creation % a glorios celestial shall so clothe s
that we shall be there in the presence of $is li)eness# =nowing this, shall I give place to the devil6
Shall I fear6 Shall I let my feelings change the e'perience of the Word of (od6 Shall I trst in my
fears6 *o5 1 million times, no5 There has never been any good thing in the flesh, bt (od has
/ic)ened the spirit till we live a new life divine over all time and are eternally shaped for (od#
What shall we say6 1re yo going to let the past where (od has wroght for yo bring yo to
a place of distress, or are yo standing to yor testing % !*ow are we the Sons of (od" %
remembering how (od has answered or prayers, broght light into or home, delivered s from
carnality and toched s when no power in the world cold avail6 What shall we say6 Can anything
be broght against the elect of (od6 I )now in Whom I have believed and I am persaded that $e
Who prposed s for (od, will srely bring s to the place where we shall receive the crown of life
throgh the faith that (od has given s#
(od is in yo mightily, forming within yo a new creation by the Spirit%to ma)e yo ready
for the glory that shall be revealed in $im# ,ne said to me the other day, !I am in terrible trobleB a
man is crsing me all the time#" If (od be for s, who can be against s6 (od is never small in any of
$is blessings# $e ta)es yo into all $e has# !$e that spared not his own Son### how shall he not with
him also freely give s all things6" CRomans H+J<F# (od has given s @ess, the bosom of $is love,
the e'press image of $is 0erson, so perfect in brilliance, prity, righteosness, and glory# I have seen
$im many times, and it always changes me# :or strggle is one of the !all things#" 3any needs have
bro)en my heart, bt I cold say to the trobled one, (od is greater than yor heart % greater than
circmstances % greater than the thing that holds yo# (od will deliver yo if yo dare to believe
$im, bt we have to press it in and in and in before we can get the people to believe (od#
1 dear woman was marvelosly delivered and saved, bt she said, !I am so addicted to
smo)ing, what shall I do6" !,h," I said, !Smo)e night and day," and she said, !In or circmstances
we ta)e a glass of wine and it has a hold on me#" !,h," I said, !4rin) all yo can#" It broght some
solace to her, bt she was in misery# She said, !We play cards#" I said, !0lay on5" Bt after being
saved she called her maid and said, !Wire to London and stop the shipment of those cigarettes#" The
new life does not want it# It has no desire# The old is dethroned#
1 clergyman came# $e said, !I have a terrible craving for tobacco#" I said, !Is it the old man
or the new6" $e bro)e down# !I )now it-s the old," he said# 0t off the old man with his deeds# ,ne
said, !I have an nlawfl affection for another#" I said, !:o want revelation6 Seeing (od has given
yo @ess, $e will give yo all things# $e will give yo power over the thing, and it will be bro)en,"
and (od bro)e it# !1llow (od to toch thy flesh#" *ow $e has /ic)ened thy spirit# 1llow $im to
reign, for $e shall reign ntil all is sbded# $e is preeminently =ing in thy life over thy affection, thy
will, thy desire, thy plans# $e rles as Lord of $osts over thee, in thee, throgh thee, to chasten thee
and bring thee to the perfection of thy desired haven# It is Christ in thee# It is the glory# !Who shall
separate s from the love of Christ6" ,nce things cold separate s, bt they no more can# We have a
vision# What is the vision6 Those days when we have eaten of the hidden manna#
The Sword
When I was bapti&ed in the $oly (host, (od showed me when 1dam and .ve transgressed
and were trned ot of the garden % at the gate was pt a flaming sword % a sword of death if they
entered in % bt the baptism of the $oly (host pt the tree of life right in me and a flaming sword
otside to )eep the devil from me % that I might eat all the time of the eternal bread# I am eating of
this wonderfl bread of life# It is the life in the body which has come to a perfect place to this life
from which nothing can separate s# It is increasing tremendosly % perpetally % raptre has
something to do with it# In a moment this will clear ot and leave the body# What is it6 What shall
separate s6 Triblations come, bt they only press s in % press s nearer persection, the finest
thing that can come# There among the persected, yo get the ripest, the holiest, the prest, the most
intent, filled with divine order % all these things wor) for s % nothing comes bt what is helpfl %
trials lift yo % distresses give yo a heave and sigh, bt (od cases s to trimph# (reater is $e
that is in yo than all the powers of dar)ness#
Whatever befalls yo as yo abide in $im, is the good hand of (od pon yo, so that yo
won-t lose yor inheritance# .very trial is a lift+ % every brden a place of e'changing strength# (od
will wor)# !Who can lay anything to the charge of (od-s elect6" 0eople do it, bt it ma)es no
difference# (od is for s# !###.ye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which (od hath prepared for those that love him" C; Corinthians <+>F# Bt nto s it
hath been revealed by the Spirit# *ot a weapon that is formed against yo can prosper# =now the
wisdom and prpose of the great hand that is pon yo# (lorify (od in distresses and persections,
for the Spirit of (od is there made manifest# Be chastened5 Be perfected5 0ress on to heights, lengths,
depths, breadths# Faith is the victory# The hope is within yo, the 8oy set before yo# The peace which
passeth all nderstanding# The )nowledge that the flesh has withered in the presence of the prifying
of the Word# $e Who has broght yo hitherto, will ta)e yo to the end# I have wept bitterly and
morned when I needed revelation of (od, bt I need not have done#
The Lord lifteth p and changeth and operateth, and ma)es body and sol till $e can say,
!There is no spot in thee#" :es it was persection, triblation, and distress that drew s near# Lifting
places, changing places % the operation of (od by the Spirit# 4o not let s pass this way bt let (od
have $is way#
(od stretched ot $is hand, covered s with the mantle of $is love, and broght s nearer and
nearer into the channel of $is grace ntil or heart has moved and yielded, and so trned to the Lord
that every moment has seen a divine place where (od has met s and stretched ot $is arms and said,
!See) ye 3y face % loo) nto 3e#" Behold and see what great love the 3aster has for thee, to lead
thee to the fontain of living water# :ield5 Be led5 1nd let (od be glorified5 1men#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
Fll of the $oly (host, 3ay <H,;>J<
@ess saith, !Be not afraid, only believe" C3ar) A+JIF# The people in whom (od delights are
the ones who rest pon $is Word withot wavering# (od has nothing for the man who wavers, for
!let him that wavereth e'pect nothing from (od#" Therefore I wold li)e s to get this verse deep
down into or hearts, ntil it penetrates every fibre of or being+ !,nly believe5 1ll things are
possible % ,*L: B.LI.L.#"
(od has a plan for this meeting, beyond anything that we have ever )nown before# $e has a
plan for every individal life, and if we have any other plan in view, we miss the grandest plan of all5
*othing of the past is e/al to the present, and nothing of the present can e/al the things of
tomorrow, for !tomorrow" shold be so filled with holy e'pectations that we will be !living flames"
for $im# (od never intended $is people to be ordinary, or commonplaceB $is intentions were that
they shold be on fire for $im, conscios of $is divine power, reali&ing the glory of the cross that
foreshadows the crown#
(od has given s a very special Scriptre for this service+
1nd in those days, when the nmber of the disciples was mltiplied,
there arose a mrmring of the (recians against the $ebrews,
becase their widows were neglected in the daily ministration#
Then the twelve called the mltitde of the disciples nto them,
and said, It is not reason that we shold leave the word of (od, and
serve tables# Wherefore, brethren, loo) ye ot among yo seven
men of honest report, fll of the $oly (host and wisdom, whom we
may appoint over this bsiness### 1nd the saying pleased the whole
mltitde+ and they chose Stephen, a man fll of faith and of the
$oly (host, and 0hilip####" 1cts I+;9J,A
4ring the time of the inagration of the Chrch, the disciples were hard pressed on all linesB
the things of natral order cold not be attended to, and many were complaining concerning the
neglect of their widows# The disciples therefore decided pon a plan, which was to choose seven
men to do the wor) % men who were !fll of the $oly (host#" What a divine thoght5 *o matter
what )ind of wor) was to be done, however menial it may have been, the person chosen mst be
filled with the $oly (host# The plan of the Chrch was that everything, even of natral order, mst be
sanctified nto (od, for the Chrch had to be a $oly (host chrch# Beloved, (od has never ordained
anything less5 There is one thing that I want to stress in these meetingsB that is, no matter what else
may happen, first and foremost I wold emphasi&e the /estion %
!$ave yo received the $oly (host since yo believed6" !1re yo filled with divine
power6"
This is the heritage of the Chrch to be so ended with power that (od can lay $is hand pon
any member at any time to do $is perfect will# There is no stop in the Spirit9filled life+ we begin at
the cross, the place of ignominy, shame, and death, and that very death brings the power of
resrrection lifeB and, being filled with $oly Spirit, we go on !from glory to glory#" Let s not forget
that possessing the baptism in the $oly Spirit means there mst be an !ever9increasing" holiness#
$ow the Chrch needs divine nction % (od-s presence and power so manifest that the world will
)now it# The people )now when the tide is flowingB they also )now when it is ebbing#
The necessity that seven men be chosen for the position of !serving tables" was very evident#
The disciples )new that these seven men were men ready for active service, and so they chose them#
In the fifth verse, we read+ !1nd the saying pleased the whole mltitde+ and they chose Stephen, a
man fll of faith and of the $oly (host, and 0hilip####" There were others, of corse, bt Stephen and
0hilip stand ot most prominently in the Scriptres# 0hilip was a man so filled with $oly (host that a
revival always followed wherever he went# Stephen was a man so filled with divine power, that
althogh serving tables might have been all right in the minds of the other disciples, yet, (od had a
greater vision for him
% a baptism of fire, of power and divine nction, that too) him on and on to the clima' of his
life, ntil he saw right into the open heavens# $ad we been there with the disciples at that time, I
believe we shold have heard them saying to each other, !Loo) here5 *either Stephen nor 0hilip are
doing the wor) we called them to# If they do not attend to bsiness, we shall have to get someone
else5" That was the natral way of thin)ing, bt divine order is far above or finite planning# When
we please (od in or daily ministration, we shall always find in operation the fact !that everyone
who is faithfl in little, (od will ma)e faithfl in mch#" We have sch an e'ample right here % a
man chosen to !serve tables," having sch a revelation of the mind of Christ and of the depth and
height of (od, that there was no stop in his e'perience, bt a going forward with leaps and bonds#
Beloved, there is a race to be rn, there is a crown to be wonB we cannot stand still5 I say nto yo, be
vigilant5 Be vigilant5 !Let no man ta)e thy crown5"
(od has privileged s in Christ @ess to live above the ordinary hman plane of life# Those
who want to be ordinary, and live on a lower plane, can do soB bt as for me, I will not5 For the same
nction, the same &eal, the same $oly (host power is at or command as was at the command of
Stephen and the apostles# We have the same (od that 1braham had, that .li8ah had, and we need not
come behind in any gift or grace# We may not possess the gifts, as abiding gifts, bt as we are fll of
the $oly (host and divine nction, it is possible, when there is need, for (od to manifest every gift of
the Spirit throgh s# 1s I have already said, I do not mean by this that we shold necessarily possess
the gifts permanently, bt there shold be a manifestation of the gifts as (od may choose to se s#
This ordinary man Stephen became mighty nder the $oly (host anointing, ntil he stands spreme, in
many ways, among the apostles
% !1nd Stephen, fll of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people"
C1cts I+HF# 1s we go deeper in (od, $e enlarges or conception and places before s a wide9open
doorB and I am not srprised that this man chosen to !serve tables" was afterwards called to a higher
plane# !What do yo mean6" yo may as)# !4id he /it this service6" *o5 Bt he was lost in the
power of (od# $e lost sight of everything in the natral, and steadfastly fi'ed his ga&e pon @ess,
!the athor and finisher of or faith," ntil he was transformed into a shining light in the )ingdom of
(od# ,h, that we might be awa)ened to believe $is Word, to nderstand the mind of the Spirit, for
there is an inner place of whiteness and prity where we can !see (od#" Stephen was 8st as ordinary
a man as yo and me, bt he was in the place where (od cold so move pon him that he, in trn,
cold move all before him# $e began in a most hmble place, and ended in a bla&e of glory# Beloved,
dare to believe Christ5
1s yo go on in this life of the Spirit, yo will find that the devil will begin to get restless and
there will be a stir in the synagogeB it was so with Stephen# 1ny amont of people may be fond in
the !synagoge," who are very proper in the worldly sense % always correctly dressed, the elite of
the land, welcoming into the chrch everything bt the power of (od# Let s read what (od says
abot them+
Then there arose certain of the synagoge, which is called the
synagoge of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and 1le'andrians###
dispting with Stephen# 1nd they were not able to resist the
wisdom and the spirit by which he spa)e# 1cts I+>,;D
!The Libertines" cold not stand the trth of (od# With these opponents, Stephen fond
himself in the same predicament as the blind man whom @ess healed# 1s soon as the blind man-s
eyes were opened they sht him ot of the synagoge# They will not have anybody in the !synagoge"
with their eyes openB as soon as yo receive spirital eyesight, ot yo go5 These Libertines,
Cyrenians, and 1le'andrians, rose p fll of wrath in the very place where they shold have been fll
of the power of (od, fll of love divine, and reverence for the $oly (hostB they rose p against
Stephen, this man !fll of the $oly (host#" Beloved, if there is anything in yor life that in any way
resists the power of the $oly (host and the entrance of $is Word into yor heart and life, drop on
yor )nees and CR: 1L,74 for mercy5 When the Spirit of (od is brooding over yor heart-s door,
do not resist $im bt open yor heart to the toch of (od# There is a resisting !nto blood" striving
against sin, and there is a resisting of the $oly (host that will drive yo into sin#
Stephen spo)e with mar)ed wisdomB where he was, things began to move# :o will find that
there is always a moving when the $oly Spirit has control# These people were broght nder
conviction by the message of Stephen, bt they resisted, they did anything and everything to stifle that
conviction# *ot only did they lie, bt they got others to lie against this man who wold have laid
down his life for any one of them# Stephen was sed to heal the sic), perform miracles, and yet they
broght false accsations against him# What effect did it have on Stephen6
1nd all that sat in the concil, loo)ing stedfastly on him, saw his
face as it had been the face of an angel# 1cts I+;A
Something had happened in the life of this man, chosen for menial service, and he became
mighty for (od# $ow was it accomplished in him6 It was becase his aim was highB faithfl in little,
(od broght him to fll frition# 7nder the inspiration of divine power by which he spo)e, they cold
not bt listen % even the angels listened, as with holy, prophetic tterance he spo)e before that
concil# Beginning with 1braham and 3oses, he contined nfolding the trth# What a marvelos
e'hortation5 Ta)e yor Bibles and read it, !listen in" as the angels listened in# 1s light pon light,
trth pon trth, revelation pon revelation, fond its way into their callosed hearts, they ga&ed at
him in astonishmentB their hearts perhaps became warm at times, and they may have said, !Trly, this
man is sent of (od" % bt when he hrled at them the trth###
: stiffnec)ed and ncircmcised in heart and ears, ye do alwayse
resist the $oly (host+ as yor fathers did, so do ye# Which of the
prophets have not yor fathers persected6 and they have slain
them which showed before of the coming of the @st ,neB of whom
ye have been now the betrayers and mrderers+ Who have
received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not )ept it#
1cts E+A;9AJ
###then what happened6 These men were movedB they were !###ct
to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth" Cv# A?F#
There are two marvelos occasions in the Scriptres where the people were !pric)ed to the
heart#" In the second chapter of the 1cts of the apostles, thirty9seventh verse, after 0eter had
delivered that inspired sermon on the day of 0entecost, the people were !pric)ed to the heart" with
conviction, and there were added to the chrch three thosand sols# $ere is Stephen, spea)ing nder
the inspiration of the $oly (host, and the men of this concil being !pric)ed to the heart" rise p as
one man to slay him# 1s yo go down throgh this chapter, from the AAth verse, what a pictre yo
have before yo# 1s I close my eyes, I can get a vision of this scene in every detail the howling mob
with their revengefl, mrderos spirit, ready to devor this holy man, and he !being fll of the $oly
(host," ga&ed steadfastly into heaven# What did he see there6 From his place of helplessness, he
loo)ed p and said+
###behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on
the right hand of (od# 1cts E+AI
Is that the position that @ess went to ta)e6 *o5 $e went to !sit" at the right hand of the Father
bt in behalf of the first martyr, in behalf of the man with that brning flame of $oly (host power,
(od-s Son stood p in honorary testimony of him who, called to serve tables, was faithfl nto death#
Bt is that all6 *o5 I am so glad that it is not all# 1s the stones came flying at him, ponding his body,
crashing into his bones, stri)ing his temple, mangling his beatifl face, what happened6 $ow did this
scene end6 With that sblime, pward loo), this man chosen for an ordinary tas) bt filled with the
$oly (host, was so moved pon by (od that he finished his earthly wor) in a bla&e of glory,
magnifying (od with his last breath# Loo)ing p into the face of the 3aster, he said+ Lord @ess,
forgive them5 !###lay not this sin to their charge# 1nd when he had said this, he fell asleep" C1cts
E+IDF#
Friends, it is worth dying a thosand deaths to gain that spirit# 3y (od5 What a divine ending
to the life and testimony of a man who was !chosen to serve tables#"
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
Living Faith, Febrary ;>JA
*ow faith is the sbstance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen# For by it the elders obtained a good report#
$ebrews ;;+;9<
Blessed Reality
(od has moved me tonight to spea) on the marvelos, glorios reality of (od-s Word# $ow
great shold be or faith, for we cannot be saved e'cept by faith, we cannot be )ept bt by faithB we
can only be bapti&ed by faith, and we will be caght p by faithB therefore, what a blessed reality is
faith in the living (od#
What is faith6 It is the very natre of (od# Faith is the Word of (od# It is the personal inward
flow of divine favor, which moves in every fiber of or being ntil or whole natre is so /ic)ened
that we live by faith, we move by faith, and we are going to be caght p to glory by faith, for !Faith
is the Lictory5" Faith is the glorios )nowledge of a personal presence within yo, changing yo from
strength to strength, from glory to glory, ntil yo get to the place where yo wal) with (od, and (od
thin)s and spea)s throgh yo by the power of the $oly (host# ,h, it is grand, it is glorios5
(od wants s to have far more than that which we can handle and see, and so $e spea)s of the
sbstance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seenB bt, with the eye of faith, we may see it
in all its beaty and grander# (od-s Word is from everlasting to everlasting, and !faith is the
sbstance#" If I shold give some of yo ladies a piece of cloth, scissors, needle, and thread, yo
cold prodce a garment# Why6 Becase yo had the material# If I shold provide some of yo men
with wood, saw, hammer, and nails, yo cold prodce a bo'# Why6 Becase yo had the material#
Bt (od, withot material, spo)e the Word and prodced this world with all its beaty# There was no
material there, bt the Word of (od called it into being by $is creative forceB and with the )nowledge
that yo are begotten by this incorrptible Word, which liveth and abideth forever, yo )now that
within yo is this living, definite hope, greater than yorself, more powerfl than any dynamic force in
the world, for faith wor)eth in yo by the power of the new creation of (od in Christ @essB therefore
with the adacity of faith we shold throw orselves into the omnipotence of (od-s divine plan, for
(od has said to yo, !If tho canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth" C3ar) >+<JF#
It is possible for the power of (od to be so manifest in yor hman life that yo will never be as yo
were beforeB for yo will be ever going forward, from victory to victory, for faith )nows no defeat#
The Word of (od will bring yo into a wonderfl place of rest in faith# (od means yo to
have a clear conception of what faith is, how faith came, and how it remains# Faith is in the divine
plan, for it brings yo to the open door that yo might enter in# :o mst have an open door, for yo
cannot open the doorB it is (od who does it, bt $e wants yo to be ready to step in and claim $is
promises to all the divine manifestation of power in the name of Christ @ess# It is only ths that yo
will be able to meet and con/er the enemy, for !$e that is within yo is greater than he that is
withot# "
Living faith brings glorios power and personality, it gives divine ability, for it is by faith that
Christ is manifested in yor mortal flesh by the Word of (od# I wold not have yo miss the
)nowledge that yo have heard from (od, and to reali&e that (od has so changed yo that all
wea)ness, fear, inability % everything that has made yo a failre, has passed away# Faith has power
to ma)e yo what (od wants yo to be, only yo mst be ready to step into the plan and believe $is
Word#
The first manifestation of (od-s plan was the cross of Calvary# :o may refse it, yo may
resist it, bt (od, who loves yo with an everlasting love, has followed yo throgh life, and will
follow yo with $is great grace, that $e may bring yo to a )nowledge of this great salvation# (od, in
his own plan for yor eternal good, may have broght something into yor life that is distasteflB
something that is casing yo to feel desperate, that yor life is worthless# What does it mean6 It
means that the Spirit of (od is showing yo yor own wea)ness that yo might cry ot nto $im, and
when yo do $e will show yo the cross of redemptionB then (od will give yo faith to believe, for
faith is the gift of (od#
Beyond The 0lace ,f Salvation
(od, who has given s this faith, has a wonderfl plan for or life# 4o yo remember when
(od broght yo to this place of salvation, how the faith $e gave yo broght a great desire to do
something for $im, and then $e showed yo that wonderfl open door6 I was saved over si'ty9 seven
years ago, and I have never lost the witness of the Spirit# If yo will not allow yor hman natre to
crsh yor faith and interfere with (od-s plan in its wonderfl divine setting, yo will mont p li)e
the eagles# ,h the wonderfl effectiveness of (od-s perfect plan wor)ing in s, with the divine trinity
flowing throgh hmanity, changing or very natre to the e'tent that we cannot disbelieve, bt act
faith, tal) faith, and in faith sing praises nto the Lord# There is no room for anything that is not faith,
for we have passed beyond the natral plane into a new atmosphere % (od enclosed and enclosing
s#
Faith is an increasing position, always trimphant# It is not a place of poverty bt of wealth# If
yo always live in fritflness yo will always have plenty# What does it say in this scriptre6 !The
elders obtained a good report5" The man who lives in faith always has a good report# The 1cts of the
1postles were written becase the lives of the apostles bore the frit of active faith# To them faith
was an every % day % fact# If yor life is in the divine order, yo will not only have living, active
faith bt yo will always be bilding p someone else in faith#
What is the good of preaching withot faith6 (od intends that we shold so live in this
glorios sphere of the power of (od, that we will always be in a position to tell people of the act that
broght the fact# :o mst act before yo can see the fact# What is the good of praying for the sic)
withot faith6 :o mst believe that (od will not deny $imself, for the Word of (od cannot be
denied# I believe this message is given in divine order, that yo may no longer be in a place of dobt
bt will reali&e that !faith is the sbstance5" Beloved, even with all the faith we have, we are not
even so mch as toching the hem of (od-s plan for s# It is li)e going to the seashore and dipping
yor toe in the water, with the great vast ocean before yo# (od wants s to rise on the bosom of the
tide, and not )eep paddling along the shore# ,h to be connected with that sblime power, that hman
natre may )now (od and the glory of the manifestation of Christ5
The Word of (od is eternal and cannot be bro)en# :o cannot improve on the Word of (od,
for it is life, and it prodces life# Listen5 (od has begotten yo to a !lively hope#" :o are begotten of
the Word that created worlds# If yo dare to believe, it is powerfl# (od wants s to be powerfl, a
people of faith, a prified people, a people who will lanch ot in (od and dare to trst $im in
glorios faith which always ta)es yo beyond that which is commonplace to an abiding place in (od#
Testing the Spirits, 3ay ;>JA
Beloved, believe not every spirit, bt try the spirits whether they
are of (od+ becase many false prophets are gone ot into the
world# $ereby )now ye the Spirit of (od+ .very spirit that
confesseth that @ess Christ is come in the flesh is of (od# ; @ohn
?+;9<
If this passage was honeycombed right throgh or own circmstances, there wold be no
room for fear# 4ealing this morning with a sb8ect that deals with satanic power, that we may be able
to discern evil spirits# We can so live in this divine commnion with Christ that we can sense evil in
any part of the world# In this present world, powers of evil are rampant# There are two battles going
on all the time# The man who lives in (od is afraid of nothing# The plan of (od is that we might be so
in $im that we will be e/al to any occasion#
!Try The Spirits###
###whether they are of (od#" Be ready to challenge the devil# 4on-t be afraid, yo will be
delivered from fear if yo believe# :o can have ears to hear and not hear, which is the ear of faith,
and yor ears will be so open to that which is spirital, that they will lay hold#
When the Word of (od becomes the life and natre of yo, yo will find that the minte yo
open it, it becomes life to yo % yo have to be 8oined p with the Word# :e are to be the epistles of
Christ# This means the same Christ is the Word, and $e will be )nown by the frits# $e is the life and
the natre of yo# It is a new natre# *ew life, new breath, new spirital atmosphere, no limitation in
this standard, bt in everything else yo are limited, !###greater is he that is in yo, than he that is in the
world" C; @ohn ?+?F# When the Word of life is repeated becase it is yor life, then it is enacted and it
beings forth that which (od has desired# When we /ote the Scriptres, we mst be carefl that it is
ors# The Word of (od has to abide in yo, for the Word is life, and it brings forth life, and this is the
life that ma)es yo free from the law of sin and death#
$ow To Try The Spirits
There are evil thoghts and there are thoghts of evil# .vil thoghts are sggestive of the evil
one# We are to be able to nderstand what is the evil and how to deal with it# The Word of (od
ma)es s strong# 1ll evil powers are wea)# The devil has nothing strong, the wea)est believer
dethrones him when he mentions @ess# !:ong men, ye are strong becase ye )now the Word" CSee ;
@ohn <+;?F#
There are evil thoghts and thoghts of evil# Where do thoghts of evil come from6 They come
from the nclean believer# The man that is not entirely sanctified# The devil does not )now yor
thoghts, bt (od doesB that is where the devil is held# (od )noweth all things# Satan sggests an evil
thoght to try to arose in yo yor carnal natre#
If yo are distrbed, if yo are wea), if yo are trobled, depressed, then yo are in a
wonderfl place# If yo never tell anybody, and yo are not distrbed, the carnal powers have never
been destroyed in yo# Bt if yo tell anybody, then it is proof yo are clean, it is becase yo are
clean that yo weep# If yo are not distrbed, if yo have no conviction, it is becase of the
ncleansed heart, yo have let sin come in#
$ow Shall The Believer Believe###
###himself that he may not be tormented6 $ow shall we be master of the sitation is the
/estion as)ed# 4id @ess come in the flesh6 !###.very spirit that confesseth that @ess Christ is come
in the flesh is of (od" C; @ohn ?+<F# 3ary prodced a Son in the li)eness of (od, the same seed that
came in s prodces a life, a person, which is Christ in s which rose p in s till the reflection of the
Son of (od is in everything we do# She prodced a son for redemption# (od-s seed in s prodces a
son of perfect redemption, ntil we live in $im, move by $im, and or whole natre comes to be a
perfect Son of (od in s# In the name of @ess, cast self ot and yo will be instantly free#
The $oly (host has all power, has all langage# If yo won-t tell anybody when these
sggestive evil powers come, it is a proof that yo are not sanctified# 1 spiritalistic person will
never say that @ess came in the flesh# The Lord wold have s to nderstand that spiritalistic
evidences, etc#, are of the devil#
We 3st Be In 1 0lace###
###where we can discern evil things, and evil spirits# There is a place where we can bind these
evil powers and loosing the people set them free# Read 3ar) ># There is an e'change of life, of
power ntil it is absoltely as the Word says, !###greater is he that is in yo, than he that is in the
world" C; @ohn ?+?F# (od can change yo ntil yo will not be afraid of anything#
Life comes after yo have been filled with the $oly (host, get down and pray for power# :o
as), !What is the troble that yo come away from prayer with no changes6" Two reasons+ when yo
go into yor place loc) the door# Shold yo pray silently6 *o % pray lod# The devil has never
distrbed anybody who prayed alod# There the $oly (host-s power is a proof#
If yo will, yo can reb)e, cast ot the satanic powers# Reb)e Satan# *ever cast a devil ot
twice, or he will rn abot and lagh at yo# $e will )now yo did not believe it the first time# !1s)
and yo will receive#" The moment yo as), believe yo will receive and yo will have it# *ow I am
going to pray, !Father, in the name of @ess, increase my compassion#" Than) :o, Lord, I have it# I
)now I have it#
The Way of Faith, @ne ;A,;>JA
In Romans ?+;I we read, !###it is of faith, that it might be by grace," meaning that we can open
the door and (od will come in# What will happen if we really open the door by faith6 (od is greater
than or thoghts# $e pts it to s, !###e'ceeding abndantly above all that we as) or thin)###"
C.phesians J+<DF# When we as) a lot, (od says !more#" 1re we ready for the !more"6 1nd then the
!mch more"6 We may be, or we may miss it# We may be so ended by the Spirit of the Lord in the
morning that it shall be a tonic for the whole day# (od can so thrill s with new life that nothing
ordinary or small will satisfy s after that# There is a great place for s in (od where we won-t be
satisfied with small things# We won-t have any satisfaction nless the fire falls, and whenever we
pray we will have the assrance that what we have prayed for is going to follow the moment we open
or moth# ,h, this praying in the Spirit5 This great plan of (od for s5 In a moment we can go right
in# In where6 Into $is will# Then all things will be well#
:o can-t get anything asleep these days# The world is always awa)e, and we shold always
be awa)e to what (od has for s# 1wa)e to ta)e5 1wa)e to hold it after we get it5 $ow mch can yo
ta)e6 We )now that (od is more willing to give than we are to receive# $ow shall we dare to be
asleep when the Spirit commands s to ta)e everything on the table# It is the greatest ban/et that ever
was and ever will be % the table where all yo ta)e only leaves more behind# 1 flness that cannot
be e'hasted5 $ow many are prepared for a lot6
1nd @ess entered into @ersalem, and into the temple+ and when
he had loo)ed rond abot pon all things, and now the eventide
was come, he went ot nto Bethany with the twelve# 1nd on the
morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hngry+ 1nd
seeing a fig tree afar off having leavesB he came, if haply he might
find any thing thereon+ and when he came to it, he fond nothing
bt leavesB for the time of figs was not yet# 1nd @ess answered
and said nto it, *o man eat frit of thee hereafter for ever# 1nd
his disciples heard it# 3ar) ;;+;;9;?
@ess was sent from (od to meet the world-s need# @ess lived to minister life by the words
$e spo)e, $e said to 0hilip, !###he that hath seen me hath seen the Father### the words that I spea) nto
yo I spea) not of myself+ bt the Father that dwelleth in me###" C@ohn ;?+>,;DF# I am persaded that if
we are filled with $is words of life and the $oly (host, and Christ is made manifest in or mortal
flesh, then the $oly (host can really move s with $is life, $is words, till as $e was, so are we in
the world# We are receiving or life from (od, and it is always )ept in tremendos activity, wor)ing
in or whole natre as we live in perfect contact with (od#
@ess spo)e, and everything $e said mst come to pass# That is the great plan# When we are
filled only with the $oly Spirit, and we won-t allow the Word of (od to be detracted by what we
hear or by what we read, then comes the inspiration, then the life, then the activity, then the glory5 ,h,
to live in it5 To live in it is to be moved by it# To live in it is to be moved so that we will have (od-s
life, (od-s personality in the hman body#
By the grace of (od I want to impart the Word, and bring yo into a place where yo will
dare to act pon the plan of the Word, to so breathe life by the power of the Word that it is impossible
for yo to go on nder any circmstances withot $is provision# The most difficlt things that come to
s are to or advantage from (od-s side# When we come to the place of impossibilities it is the
grandest place for s to see the possibilities of (od# 0t this right in yor mind and never forget it#
:o will never be of any importance to (od till yo ventre in the impossible# (od wants people on
the daring line# I do not mean foolish daring# !Be filled with the Spirit," and when we are filled with
the Spirit we are not so mch concerned abot the secondary thing# It is the first with (od#
.verything of evil, everything nclean, everything satanic in any way, is an ob8ectionable
thing to (od, and we are to live above it, destroy it, not to allow it to have any place# @ess didn-t let
the devil answer bac)# We mst reach the place where we will not allow anything to interfere with
the plan of (od#
@ess and $is disciples came to the tree# It loo)ed beatifl# It had the appearance of frit, bt
when $e came to it $e fond nothing bt leaves# $e was very disappointed# Loo)ing at the tree, $e
spo)e to it# $ere is shown forth $is destrctive power, !*o man eat frit of thee hereafter for ever"
C3ar) ;;+;?F# The ne't day they were passing by the same way and the disciples saw the tree
!###dried p from the roots" Cv# <DF# They said to @ess, !###behold, the fig tree which tho crsedst is
withered away" Cv# <;F# 1nd @ess said, !$ave faith in (od" Cv# <<F#
There isn-t a person who has ever seen a tree dried from the root# Trees always show the first
signs of death right at the top# Bt the 3aster had spo)en# The 3aster dealt with a natral thing to
reveal to these disciples a spernatral plan# If $e spo)e, it wold have to obey# 1nd (od, the $oly
(host, wants s to nderstand clearly that we are the mothpiece of (od and are here for $is divine
plan# We may allow the natral mind to dethrone that, bt in the measre we do, we won-t come into
the treasre which (od has for s# The Word of (od mst have first place# It mst not have a second
place# In any measre that we dobt the Word of (od, from that moment we have ceased to thrive
spiritally and actively# The Word of (od is not only to be loo)ed at and read, bt received as the
Word of (od to become life right within or life# !Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not
sin against thee" C0salms ;;>+;;F#
!###I give nto yo power### over all the power of the enemy###" CL)e ;D+;>F# There it is# We
can accept or re8ect it# I accept and believe it# It is a word beyond all hman calclation# !$ave faith
in (od#" These disciples were in the 3aster-s school# They were the men who were to trn the world
pside down# 1s we receive the Word we will never be the sameB if we dare to act as the Word goes
forth and not be afraid, then (od will honor s# !The Lord of hosts is with sB the (od of @acob is or
refge" C0salms ?I+EF# @acob was the wea)est of all, in any way yo li)e to ta)e it# $e is the (od of
@acob, and $e is or (od# So we may li)ewise have or names changed to Israel#
1s the Lord @ess in8ected this wonderfl Word, !$ave faith in (od," into the disciples, $e
began to show how it was to be# Loo)ing arond abot $im $e saw the montains, and $e began to
bring a practical application# 1 trth means nothing nless it moves s# We can have or minds filled
a thosand times, bt it mst get into or hearts if there are to be any reslts# 1ll inspiration is in the
heart# 1ll compassion is in the heart#
Loo)ing at the montains $e said, !Shall not dobt in his heart#" That is the barometer# :o
)now e'actly where yo are# The man )nows when he prays# If his heart is right how it leaps# *o man
is any good for (od and never ma)es progress in (od who does not hate sin# :o are never safe# Bt
there is a place in (od where yo can love righteosness and where yo can hate ini/ity till the
Word of (od is a light in yor bosom, /ic)ening every fiber of yor body, thrilling yor whole
natre# The pre in heart see (od# Believe in the heart5 What a word5 If I believe in my heart (od
says I can begin to spea), and !whatsoever" I say shall come to pass#
$ere is an act of believing in the heart# I was called to $alifa', .ngland, to pray for a lady
missionary# I fond it an rgent call# I cold see there was an absence of faith, and I cold see there
was death# 4eath is a terrible thing, and (od wants to )eep s alive# I )now it is appointed nto man
once to die, bt I believe in a raptros death# I said to the woman, !$ow are yo6" She said, !I have
faith," in a very wea) tone of voice# !Faith6 Why yo are dying6 Brother Walshaw, is she dying6"
!:es#" To a friend standing by, !Is she dying6" !:es#"
*ow I believe there is something in a heart that is against defeat, and this is the faith which
(od hath given to s# I said to her, !In the name of @ess, now believe and yo-ll live#" She said, !I
believe," and (od sent life from her head to her feet# They dressed her and she lived#
!$ave faith#" It isn-t saying yo have faith# It is he that believeth in his heart# It is a grasping
of the eternal (od# Faith is (od in the hman vessel# !###this is the victory that overcometh the world,
even or faith" C; @ohn A+?F# $e that believeth overcomes the world, !###faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of (od" CRomans ;D+;EF# $e that believeth in his heart5 Can yo imagine
anything easier than that6 $e that believeth in his heart5 What is the process6 4eath5 *o one can live
who believes in his heart# $e dies to everything worldly# $e that loves the world is not of (od# :o
can measre the whole thing p, and e'amine yorself to see if yo have faith# Faith is a life# Faith
enables yo to lay hold of that which is and get it ot of the way for (od to bring in something that is
not#
@st before I left home I was in *orway# 1 woman wrote to me from .ngland saying she had
been operated on for cancer three years before, bt that it was now coming bac)# She was living in
constant dread of the whole thing as the operation was so painfl# Wold it be possible to see me
when I retrned to .ngland6 I wrote that I wold be passing throgh London on the <Dth of @ne last
year# If she wold li)e to meet me at the hotel I wold pray for her# She replied that she wold be
going to London to be there to meet me# When I met this woman I saw she was in great pain, and I
have great sympathy for people who have tried to get relief and have failed# If yo preachers lose
yor compassion yo can stop preaching, for it won-t be any good# :o will only be sccessfl as a
preacher as yo let yor heart become filled with the compassion of @ess# 1s soon as I saw her I
entered into the state of her mind# I saw how distressed she was# She came to me in a mornfl spirit,
and her whole face was downcast# I said to her, !There are two things going to happen today# ,ne is
that yo are to )now that yo are saved#" !,h, if I cold only )now I was saved," she said# !There is
another thing# :o have to go ot of this hotel withot a pain, withot a trace of the cancer#"
Then I began with the Word# ,h, this wonderfl Word5 We do not have to go p to bring $im
downB neither do we have to go down to bring $im p# !###the word is nigh thee, even in thy moth,
and in thy heart+ that is, the word of faith, which we preach" CRomans ;D+HF# I said, !Believe that $e
too) yor sins when $e died at the cross# Believe that when $e was bried, it was for yo# Believe
that when $e arose, it was for yo# 1nd now at (od-s right hand $e is sitting for yo# If yo can
believe in yor heart and confess with yor moth, yo shall be saved#" She loo)ed at me saying,
!,h, it is going all throgh my body# I )now I am saved now# If $e comes today, I-ll go# $ow I have
dreaded the thoght of $is coming all my life5 Bt if $e comes today, I )now I shall be ready#"
The first thing was finished# *ow for the second# I laid my hands pon her in the name of
@ess, believing in my heart that I cold say what I wanted and it shold be done# I said, !In the name
of @ess, I cast this ot#" She 8mped p# !Two things have happened," she said# !I am saved and now
the cancer is gone#"
Faith will stand amid the wrec)s of time,
Faith nto eternal glories climbB
,nly cont the promise tre,
1nd the Lord will stand by yo#
Faith will win the victory every time5
So many people have nervos troble# I-ll tell yo how to get rid of yor nervos troble# I
have something in my bag, one dose of which will cre yo# !###I am the Lord that healeth thee"
C.'ods ;A+<IF# $ow this wonderfl Word of (od changes the sitation, !###perfect love casteth ot
fear###" C; @ohn ?+;HF# !There is no fear in love###" Cv# ;HF# I have tested that so often, casting ot the
whole condition of fear and the whole sitation has been changed# We have a big (od, only $e has to
be absoltely and only trsted# The people who really do believe (od are strong, and !he that hath
clean hands shall be stronger and stronger#"
1t the close of a certain meeting a man said to me, !:o have helped everybody bt me# I
wish yo wold help me#" !What-s the troble with yo6" !I cannot sleep becase of nervos troble#
3y wife says she has not )nown me to have a fall night-s sleep for three years# I am 8st shattered#"
1nyone cold tell he was# I pt my hands pon him and said, !Brother, I believe in my heart# (o home
and sleep in the name of @ess#" !I can-t sleep#" !(o home and sleep in the name of @ess#" !I can-t
sleep#" The lights were being pt ot, and I too) the man by the coat collar and said, !4on-t tal) to me
anymore#" That was sfficient# $e went after that# When he got home his mother and wife said to him,
!What has happened6" !*othing# $e helped everybody bt me#" !Srely he said something to yo#"
!$e told me to come home and sleep in the name of @ess, bt yo )now I can-t sleep in anything#"
$is wife rged him to do what I had said, and he had scarcely got his head on the pillow
before the Lord pt him to sleep# The ne't morning he was still asleep# She began to ma)e a noise in
the bedroom to awa)en him, bt he did not wa)en# Snday morning he was still asleep# She did what
every good wife wold do# She decided to ma)e a good Snday dinner, and then awa)en him# 1fter
the dinner was prepared she went p to him and pt her hand on his sholder and shoo) him, saying,
!1re yo never going to wa)e p6" From that night that man never had any more nervosness#
1 man came to me for whom I prayed# Then I as)ed, !1re yo sre yo are perfectly healed6"
!Well," he said, !there is 8st a little pain in my sholder#" !4o yo )now what that is6" I as)ed him#
!That is nbelief# Were yo saved before yo believed or after6" !1fter#" !:o will be healed after#"
!It is all right now," he said# It was all right before, bt he hadn-t believed#
The Word of (od is for s# It is by faith that it might be by grace#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
3en of Faith, The Life That Lentres on the Word of (od, September ;;,;>JI
(od has drawn s together and $e has something to give s# $e is not ordinary, bt
e'traordinary, not measred, bt immeasrable, abonding in everything# There is nothing small abot
or (od, and when we nderstand (od we will find ot that there oght not to be anything small abot
s# We mst have
1n .nlargement ,f ,r Conception ,f (od,
then we will )now that we have come to a place where all things are possible, for or (od is
an omnipotent (od for impossible positions#
We are born into a family that never dies, and it is the plan of (od to sbde all things that are
natral to a spernatral order# *othing abot s has to be dwarfed# (od comes in with $is mighty
power and so wor)s in s that sin has no dominionB evil is sbded, and (od-s Son begins to reign on
the throne of yor heart, transforming that which was wea) and helpless#
Bt there mst be a revoltion if we wold have almighty (od living in and controlling or
mortal flesh# We mst conclde that there is no good thing in the flesh, and then we mst )now that
(od can come in the flesh and sb8ect it till every mighty thing can be manifested throgh the hman
order#
*ow, beloved, have yo come for a blessing6 Trn to $ebrews, chapter ;;# The Christian life
is a going on, a non9stop, ntil yo reach the top# If yo ever stop between Calvary and the glory, it is
yo who bloc)ed the way# There is no stop between Calvary and the glory e'cept by hman failre,
bt if yo allow (od to have $is way, $e will srely transform s, for $is plan is to change s from
what we are to what $e intends s to be, and never to lose the ideal of $is great plan for s# (od
wants to sha)e s loose and ta)e the cobwebs away, and remove all the hs)s from the wheat, that we
may be pre grain for (od to wor) pon# In order to do that we mst be willing to let goB as long as
yo hold on to the natral, yo cannot ta)e hold of divine life#
The child of (od has never to be on the line of speclation bt on the line of faith, with
adacity to prove that (od is what $e has promised to be# :o will not get strong in faith ntil yo
Lentre ,n The Impossible#
If yo as) for anything si' times, five is nbelief# :o are not heard for yor mch spea)ing,
bt becase yo believe# If yo pray rond the world, yo will get into a whirlwind, and spoil every
meeting yo get into#
*ow (od does not want anybody in the world, nder any circmstances, to be in a place
where they live on eyesight and on feelings# Faith never feels and faith never loo)s# Faith is an act,
and faith withot an act is not faith, bt dobt and disgrace# .very one of yo has more faith than yo
are sing#
*ow this !sbstance" I am spea)ing abot cannot be loo)ed at nor handled# (od wants s to
have something greater than what we can see and handle# It is declared in the Scriptres that the earth
is going to be melted with fervent heat and the heavens shall depart, bt the Word will remain, and
this is sbstance# So we mst )now whether we are living in sbstance that cannot be handled or
living in the temporal, for every9thing yo can see is going to be moved, and that which yo cannot
see is going to remain forever#
(od gives s this remar)able sbstance that is called faith# It consists of the Word of (od, of
the personality of (od, of the natre of (od, and the acts of (od, and those for things are all in faith#
Faith is a deep reality cased by (od-s personality wa)ing p or hmanity to leap into eternal things
and be lost forever in something a million times greater than yorself# To be possessed by and be the
possessor of something a million times greater than yo5
There Is 1lways 1 (oing ,n With (od#
There is a growing in faith after we are saved# Bac)sliding is )nowing the way of holiness
and shtting the door# So if yo )now to do good and yo do not do it, that is bac)sliding# What
standard is holiness6 There is none# 1 person who is newborn is as holy as the aged while he wal)s
according to the light he has, and the oldest saint with more light is not more holy than the person who
is 8st saved and wal)ing in the light#
:o cannot ma)e anything withot material, bt I want to read to yo of something being made
withot material#
Throgh faith we nderstand that the worlds were framed by the
word of (od, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear# $ebrews ;;+J
(od too) the Word and made this world ot of things that were not there# $e cased it all to
come by the word of faith# :o were born of, created by, made anew by, the same word that made the
world# (od, in $is infinite mercy, brings $is infinite light and power right into or finite being so that
we have revelations of the mighty (od and of $is wonderfl power# That is the reason why I lay
hands on the sic) and )now they will be healed#
(od has ta)en all ran)s and conditions of people to ma)e the ;;th chapter of $ebrews#
Samson made terrible mista)es, bt he is inclded# Then there is Bara) who woldn-t go withot
4eborah# $e coldn-t have been a strong man when a woman had to go with him, bt he is mentioned#
*ow why can yo not believe that (od will have yo also inclded#
The 1cts of the 1postles finishes abrptly# It is not finished, and all who are in this place
tonight mst add to the 1cts of the 1postles# This is a record of an incompletion, becase when yo
get there yo will find yo are among the 1cts of the apostles#
Watch That *obody Ta)es :or Crown#
:o have to be &ealos# :o have not to let anybody stand in yor way# Salvation is the
beginningB sanctification is a continationB the baptism in the $oly (host is the enlargement of
capacity for the risen Christ# (od comes along and inspires yor thoghts and says, !*ow go
forward, 3y childB it will be all right# 4o not give in#"
The Lord may permit yor tire to be pnctred many a time, bt yo mst not be discoraged
becase the wind has gone ot# :o mst pmp it p again# The life that $e began cannot be ta)en
away from yo# If yo have an inspiration to !go forth," yo cannot be stopped# :o )now yo are
called to an eternal prpose and nothing shall stand in yor way# It is $is prpose that we shall be
sanctified, prified, and renewed# We are a people who have been raised from the dead, and if @ess
comes, yo go becase yo have resrrection in yo#
The elders always had a good report becase of faith, and if devastating winds blow, it does
not matter# The men of faith are not moved by anything they see or hear# The man of faith does not live
in time# $e has begn in eternity# $e does not cont on the things that areB
$e Relies ,n The Things That 1re *ot#
We mst be in the place of boyancy# The man of faith is sb8ect to (od, bt never in
sb8ection to the devil# $e is not pffed p# *o, he lives in mee)ness and grows in grace# If yo as)
(od to give yo power, yo have fallen from grace# :o have power after the $oly (host is come
pon yo# 1ct in faith# 1ct in wisdom, !For it is (od which wor)eth in yo both to will and to do of
his good pleasre" C0hilippians <+;JF
0blished in Redemption Tidings
1 Living Sacrifice, 1pril <J,;>JE
I beseech yo therefore, brethren, by the mercies of (od, that ye
present yor bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable nto (od,
which is yor reasonable service# 1nd be not conformed to this
world+ bt be ye transformed by the renewing of yor mind, that ye
may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
(od# Romans ;<+;9<
$ere we have, by the breath of the Spirit, the words of a man who had come right ot of the
ashes of bro)en faith, spea)ing to all saints, saying+ $e has broght me to the place where everything
has gone on the altar, only for (od# Sch a lovely place5 Sch a wealthy place5 Sch a rich place5
1nd I want all the saints to come into the same place#
The Flesh Is 1lways Wea)ness
Flesh will interfere with s and stop or progress, bt if the Spirit of the Lord is pon s, the
flesh is broght to a place where we nderstand Romans H+;D+
1nd if Christ he in yo, the body is dead becase of sinB bt the
Spirit is life becase of righteosness#
The moment flesh is dealt with and 8dgment comes to it, we are broght to a place of
helplessness# The flesh has gone % dead % bt the Spirit is life within s# Then the body is helpless,
bt it is dominated by the power of the Spirit till it only longs to breathe and act in the Spirit# It is
beatifl#
,ne of the greatest mercies that ever yo will have as long as yo live will be a revelation to
yor heart of how to get rid of yorself# It is one of the greatest revelations that can come to the hman
life, and there are many after that# There are bondless resorces after the flesh has gone# The word to
revel in is+ !Blessed are they which do hnger and thirst after righteosness+ for they shall be filled"
C3atthew A+IF# :o cannot hnger and thirst after righteosness if yo have any tendency to the
natral life# The righteosness of (od is a perfect development in yor life of inward heart
sanctification, where no defilement can enter, and the pre in heart always see (od# It is a deep death,
and it is a great life# (od ma)es it a holy sacrifice, and $e accepts it as an offering, and then, when
we have perfectly considered the whole thing and everything has gone, we come to the conclsion that
it was
1 Reasonable Thing To 4o,
and anything less than that is nreasonable, becase (od has claimed s# We are $is by right,
in every way#
:o go straight away from this meeting, and yo sit down at the tables, where (od, in $is
great plan of provision, has so spplied that there is enogh to satisfy or natral order, and,
remember this, a man is more capable of doing the mighty wor)s of (od and the will of (od with a
strong body than with a wea) body# ,nly the strong body is never so richly in the presence of (od as
it is when it )nows its wea)ness, for then there comes a real presentation# Strong bodies, strong
minds, strong physi/e, strong mscles, are wonderfl, bt no good ntil all is on the altar, and within
the body (od can flow throgh and vibrate, and give that man perfect life, and he receives the
resrrection life of the Spirit# Then his whole body is spirital, it is severed from the natral, and he
gets the flfillment of the promise, !###strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might" C.phesians
I+;DF and the natral body is in perfect harmony to show forth the glory of (od#
There is a word in the Scriptres which we very seldom nderstand# It has ta)en me a long
time to nderstand it# It is this+ !So then death wor)eth in s, bt life in yo" C< Corinthians ?+;<F#
,nly as death was manifested in them cold life come to the saints# 4eath to s, life to yo# *ow that
means absoltely nothing less than that everything yo cont life has to go, and in its going, it is
transformed# 4eath wor)eth in s, and life in yo#
We 4ie To Live
1nd in what measre we )eep dead, we live for evermore, and it is the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ which has made s free#
!Transformed by the renewing of yor mind#" The mind of Christ being in yo and yor mind
sbservient to the mind of Christ# @ess sbmitted $imself to present $is mind, body, and will#
Wonderfl @ess# $e lived as no one else# $e was beatifl# I am enamored of $im# I love the Word
of (od# Christ is in every verse, illminating every chapter, and this is the breath of (od, and it is life
to yo# It is eternal life# (od, enable s always to breathe it in#
1ddress given at 0reston Convention 0blished in Redemption Tidings
The Faith That 4elivers, 1gst ;J,;>JE
The divine plan is so mch greater than all hman thoght# When $e can only have s in $is
hand, Kwhen we are willing to yield to $is sovereign will, when we have no reserve, how wonderfl
(od is, always willing to open the door till or whole life is filled with the fragrance of heaven#
$eaven is right here, for @ess is the sbstance and flness of the divine natre, and $e dwells in or
hearts# ,h this wonderfl fascinating @ess, eating into or hearts, brning in or bosom# What a
wonderfl @ess we have# Something abot $im )indles fire in the dar)est place# Something abot or
Lord ma)es all dar)ness light# (od-s Son is for all or hman natre, and when we have $im we
have more than we can spea) abot and thin) abot# (od-s Son can set the world abla&e and bring
heaven right into the place where we live# I am going to read $ebrews ;;+A#
By faith .noch was translated that he shold not see deathB and
was not fond, becase (od had translated him+ for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased (od# $ebrews
;;+A
The 4ispensation ,f The $oly (host
Withot faith it is impossible to please (od, and he that cometh to (od mst believe that (od
is, and that (od is wor)ing, able to wor) ot the plan, and is wor)ing thogh yo if yo believe that
(od is# 0ossibilities are within yor reach if yo dare to believe that (od is#
.vil spirits have no more control, if I believe that (od is, and I do, I do# I )now I am free
from all the powers of dar)ness, free from all the powers of evil, and it is a wonderfl thing to be
free, and becase yo are free yo step into the liberty of freed men and claim the possessions of
(od#
This is the dispensation of the $oly (host# It is twenty9nine years ago since (od filled me
with the $oly (host, and it brned in my bosom and it is still brning, with more activity for (od than
twenty9nine years ago# The $oly Spirit is not played ot#
$ow (od 3oved
It will be ridiclos for me to begin to spea) abot myself in Soth 1frica, bt I thin) it is fair
to say what they said and not Wigglesworth# 1t every place withot e'ception the people said, !We
have never seen anything li)e this before in or lives#" When we arrived at Cape Town, people I had
never seen before came rnning all arond so, so glad to see s# ,ne man threw his arms rond me
and )issed me, fll of 8oy to see the man his heart had been longing for years# (od is waiting for
people who dare to believe, and when yo believe all things are possible#
,nly believe, ,nly believe,
1ll things are possible, only believe#
,nly believe, ,nly believe,
1ll things are possible, only believe#
It is the breath of (od# It is the Word of the Spirit# It is the revelation of the 3ost $igh# (od
wants to show yo to sweep away everything else, and dare to believe that Word# If yo allow
anything to come in between yo and that Word, it will poison yor whole system, and yo will have
no hope# ,ne bit of nbelief against that Word is poison# It is li)e the devil ptting a spear into yo# It
is the Word of life# It is the breath of heaven# It is (od and $is breath of /ic)ening power by which
yor very life is changed, and yo begin to bear the image of the heavenly# The people said, !We are
ready for yo#" We began the same night# 1 man was there whose deathly face was filled with the
very devil-s manifestation of cancer# I said to the people, !$ere is a man in the place sffering with a
tremendos thing# $e does not )now I am tal)ing abot him at all# :o can have the choice, if yo
desire me to deliver that man, so as to en8oy the meeting, I will go down in the name of the Lord and
deliver him, or I will preach#" They said, !Come down#" I went down and the people saw what (od
had done and saw that man shoting, raving, for he was li)e a man that was into'icated# $e was
shoting, !I am free, I have been bond#" They were getting all the cameras ready and there was flash
after flash# It was a wonderfl thing to see that man changed# It was wonderfl how (od sstained me
in the heat, wet throgh# The people said at the end of the campaign that we oght to have some rest,
and yet there we were fresh to go on, ready to ma)e other people dare to believe (od# :o cannot
measre or conditions, they are immeasrable# 4ivine association with (od is more than ten
regiments of soldiers# @ess said, !I will pray the Father to send legions of angels#" We mst pray
tonight that (od will send s a delge# It shall be nto yo if yo believe#
The 3anifestation ,f Faith
,ne man after laying ot P>DD pon his dear wife for operation after operation, year by year,
broght her helpless to the meeting# *ow I )new for a fact that nothing cold help that woman, only
after seeing acts of faith# I went to her and said, !Loo) here, this is the greatest opportnity of yor
life# :o will see that I will give an altar call tonight# There will be fifty people come p, and when
yo see them loosed, yo believe, and yo will be loosed li)e them, and then we will have a
testimony from yo#" They came and my hands were laid pon them in the name of the Lord and I said
!testify" and they testified# This woman saw their faces, and when all these people were throgh I
said, !4o yo believe6" and she said !I cannot help bt believe#" There is something in the
manifestation of faith# I laid hands pon her in the name of @ess and the power of (od went right
throgh her# I said, !In the name of @ess, arise and wal)#" 1n impossibility5 If yo do not ventre,
yo remain ordinary as long as yo live# If yo dare the impossible then (od will abndantly do far
above all yo can as) or thin)# 1s if a cannon had blown her p, she rose and I thoght her hsband
wold go mad with 8oy and e'citement becase he saw his wife mightily moved by the power of (od,
made free, the first in the meeting afterwards to glorify (od#
$eavenly Into'ication
3y brethren, this is reality that I am tal)ing abot# It brns in my bones, it thrills my whole
being# 3y whole being is blessed with the into'ication of heaven#
The first meeting the fire bro)e ot# The people were standing ot in the streets, and we went
to the town hall and over a thosand people were saved by the power of (od# They were so
into'icated by the thing that was shown that the first Snday after we went, over JDD met together#
1 yong man read my boo), who was dying of consmption, and he was saved and then (od
healed him# Then this yong man so grew in the )nowledge of (od, he was made a pastor, and he
came p to me li)e a son to a father# !If yo li)e, I will go with yo all the way over Soth 1frica#"
$e had had a wonderfl edcation, and we said we will let him go all the way# $e boght the best car
for the 8ob# If yo go to Soth 1frica yo mst have a car to go throgh the ploghed fields, one that
will 8mp the hedges, 8mp in the river, and 8mp ot again# That yong man drove s A,DDD miles
throgh all the territories, right amongst the 2ls, and rode in every place and (od too) s throgh
everything# Tal) abot life, why this is overcoming life#
If there is anyone in this meeting who wants to be saved, this is yor opportnity, and I will
pray for yo# There is a man who wants to be saved# Than) (od# (od will answer prayer for that
man# There is a yong man down there# (od bless yo# Who is the ne't6 $ere is a yong woman who
wants to be saved# Is there another now6 Come now, do not fail to ta)e this opportnity#
1 sermon preached by Smith Wigglesworth at Sion College on 1pril ;Ith after his retrn from
his Soth 1frican Tor 0blished in Redemption Tidings
4ominant Faith, 4ecember JD,;>J>
*ow faith is the sbstance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen# For by it the elders obtained a good report#
Throgh faith we nderstand that the worlds were framed by the
word of (od, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear# $ebrews ;;+;9J
Faith is the sbstance and it is a reality, and (od wants to bring s to the fact of it# $e wants
s to )now that we have something greater than we can see or handle, becase everything yo can see
and handle is going to pass away# The heavens are going to be wrapped p and the earth melt with
fervent heat, bt the Word of the Lord shall abide for ever#
Throgh faith we nderstand that the worlds were framed by the
word of (od, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear# $ebrews ;;+J
(od spo)e the Word and made the world, and I want to impress pon yo this wonderfl
Word which made the world# I am saved by the incorrptible Word, the Word that made the world,
and so my position by faith is to lay hold of the things which cannot be seen, and believe the things
which cannot be nderstood#
Faith Lives In 1 Commanding 0osition
where yo )now (od will wor) the miracle, if yo dare to stand pon the Word#
0al related his conversion many times over and I believe it is good to rehearse what (od has
done for yo# I have been privileged to be dropped in every part of the world, and have seen that (od
has arranged a plan for me# I said to or people, !The Lord is moving me to go ot throgh the States
and Canada#" When the Lord told me I said, !Lord, :o have three things to do, :o have to find
money for home, and find money to go, and yo have to give me a real change, for :o )now that
sometimes my mind or memory is no good at all to me#" Straight away money came from all over and
I said, !It is tre (od is sending me# I have already AD ponds#" 3y son (eorge said, !Father,
3other-s gone to heaven, and yo are leaving sB what shall we do6" 1 letter came and I said,
!(eorge, yo open the letter#" 1nd for si' wee)s a che/e had been coming for <A ponds# I went to
Liverpool and a man said, !$ere is A ponds for yo#" When I was on the ship a lady, poorly dressed,
gave me a red sgar bag and there were <A sovereigns# @st as I was getting on the ship a man came
and gave me a boo), and said, !There is a leaf for every day in the year#" 1nd the Lord said to me,
!0t down everything that ta)es place in the month#" I did so, and I had a memory li)e an
encyclopedia# :o see, I never learned geography, and (od sent me all over the world to see it# The
Lord has a way of ma)ing yo e/al to
Live In 1 0lace ,f Command
in the power of the $oly (host so long as yo have learned the lesson needed# (od will ma)e
s )now how to live# I went to a Ra)ers- meeting, /iet and still, and there was sch a silence that I
was moved# :o )now it is of faith, and so I 8mped p and I had the time of my life# 1ll these
Ra)ers came rond me and they said, !:o are the first man that we have ever seen in this place
who was so /ic)ly led by the Spirit#" I said, !If the Spirit does not move me, I move the Spirit# @ohn
says it is the nction of the $oly ,ne, and yo need no man to reach yo, it is the $oly (host who
teaches# It is simplicity itself#"
When the ship began to move I said to the people, !I am going to preach on this ship on
Snday, will yo come and hear me preach6" They said no# Later they came arond again and said,
!We are going to have an entertainment, and we wold li)e yo to be in it# So I said, !Come in a
/arter of an hor and I will tell yo#" They came rond again and said, !1re yo ready6" !:es," I
told them, !I have got a clear witness that I have to be in the entertainment#" They said, !Well, what
can yo do6" I replied, !I can sing#" They said, !*ow we want to )now what position yo wold li)e
to have on the programme#" I answered, !Tell me what yo are going to have on the programme#"
They said, !Recitations, instrments, and many things#" I as)ed, !What do yo finish p with6" !1
dance#" !Well, pt me down 8st before the dance#"
I went to the entertainment, and when I saw the clerical gentlemen trying to please the people
it trned me to prayer# When they had all done their pieces, my trn came and I went p to the piano
with my !Redemption Songs," and the lady, who was rather less than half dressed, when she saw the
msic said, !I cannot play this )ind of msic#" I said, !Be at peace, yong lady, I have msic and
words inside#" So I sang+
If I cold only tell $im as I )now $im#
3y Redeemer Who has brightened all my wayB
If I cold tell how precios in $is presence,
I am sre that yo wold ma)e $im yors today#
Cold I tell it, Cold I tell it,
$ow the snshine of $is presence lights my way#
I wold tell it, I wold tell it,
1nd I-m sre that yo wold ma)e $im yors today#
(od too) it p, and from the least to the greatest they were weeping# They never had a dance,
bt they had a prayer meeting, and Si' :ong 3en Were Saved by the power of (od in my cabin#
.very day (od was saving people on that ship# I never can forget a yong man and woman
who came to me# They were paid to loo) after a lady and gent in the first class# They said, !,r lady
is in great distress# She is a Christian Scientist and she gets no relief# She has broght a doctor and he
gives her no hope and now she is in despair and we have told her abot yo#" They broght me to the
door which they opened and I went in and stood at the door 8st inside, and I loo)ed at the lady who
was in a poor state of health# I said, !I am not going to preach, I am going to stand here and pray, and I
believe as I pray yo will be perfectly healed#" While I was praying (od healed her, and she shoted#
She said, !This is something newB come over, will yo6" I had the opportnity of bringing that woman
into the flness of redemption# (od delivered her and she said she wold not rest ntil she had gone
throgh all .ngland in Christian Science and told them abot the blood of @ess#
Live in the 1cts of the 1postles and yo will see every day some miracle wroght by the
power of the living (od# It comes right to the threshold and (od brings everything along to yo# 4o
not fail to
Claim :or $oly 0osition
so that yo will overcome the power of the devil# The best time yo have is when yo have
the most difficlt position# :o )now sometimes it seems as thogh the strangest things happen for the
frtherance of the (ospel# I was at Sothampton station and there were for men to see me into the
train# They )new everything and I )new nothing, only I soon fond that I was in the wrong carriage#
There was a man in the carriage, and I said to him, I have been to Bornemoth before, bt I do not
seem to be on the way# Where are yo going6 $e said, !I am going to Soth Wales#" I said, !Well, if I
am wrong I am right# I have never once been wrong in my life only when I have been right#" I as)ed,
!What is the Lord @ess Christ to yo6 $e is my personal Friend and Savior#" $e replied, !I do not
than) yo to spea) to me abot these things#" The train stopped and I said to the porter, !1m I right for
Bornemoth6 $ow many stops6" $e said three# I said to the man, !It has to be settled before I leave
the trainB yo are going to hell#" That man wished he had never met me# The train stopped and I had to
get ot# I said, !What are yo going to do6" $e answered, !I will ma)e $im my own#"
We are both of the incorrptible Word of (od which liveth and abideth forever, which made
the world and broght into e'istence things that were not there, and there was nothing made bt what
$e made, and so I reali&e I am made twice# I was made first by the creation of (od# The ne't time I
was begotten in a moment of time, eternally begotten, and if yo believe in yor heart yo can begin to
say, and whatsoever yo say will come to pass if yo believe in yor heart#
1s) (od to give yo the grace to se the faith yo have# 0eter had li)e precios faith,
wonderfl faith#
The 1ctive Life of the Spirit9filled Believer, 1gst ;E,;>?D
These are the last daysB the days of the falling away# These are days when Satan is having a
great deal of power# Bt we mst )eep in mind that Satan has no power only as he is allowed#
It is a great thing to )now that (od is loosing yo from the world, loosing yo from a thosand
things# :o mst see) to have the mind of (od on all things# If yo don-t, yo will stop $is wor)ing# I
had to learn that as I was on the water en rote to 1stralia# We stopped at a place called 1den,
where they were selling all )inds of ware# 1mong other things were some beatifl rgs and ostrich
feathers in great /antities# There was a gentleman in !first class" who wanted feathers# $e boght
one lot and the ne't lot pt p was too bigB he did not want so many# $e said to me, !Will yo 8oin
me6" I )new I did not want feathers for I had no room or se for them and woldn-t )now what to do
with them if I got them# $owever, he pleaded with me to 8oin him# I perceived it was the Spirit as
clearly as anything and I said, !:es, I will#" So the feathers were )noc)ed down for fifteen dollars#
Then I fond the man had no money on him# $e had plenty in his cabin# I perceived it was the Spirit
again, so it fell to my lot to pay for the feathers# $e said to me, !I will get the money and give it to one
of the stewards#" I replied+ !*o, that is not bsiness# I am )nown all over the ship# :o see) me ot#"
The man came and broght the money# I said, !(od wants me to tal) to yo# *ow sit down#" So he sat
down and in ten mintes- time the whole of his life was nhinged, nraveled, bro)en p, so bro)en
that li)e a big baby he wept and cried for salvation# It was !feathers" that did it# Bt yo )now we
shall never )now the mind of (od till we learn to )now the voice of (od# The stri)ing thing abot
3oses is that it too) him forty years to learn hman wisdom, forty years to )now his helplessness, and
forty years to live in the power of (od# ,ne hndred and twenty years it too) to teach that man, and
sometimes it seems to me it will ta)e many years to bring s 8st where we can tell the voice of (od,
the leadings of (od, and all $is will concerning s#
I see that all revelation, all illmination, everything that (od had in Christ was to be broght
forth into perfect light that we might be able to live the same, prodce the same, and be in every
activity sons of (od with power# It mst be so# We mst not limit the $oly ,ne# 1nd we mst clearly
see that (od broght s forth to ma)e s spernatral, that we might be changed all the time on the
line of the spernatral, that we may every day live so in the Spirit, that all of the revelations of (od
are 8st li)e a canvas thrown before or eyes, on which we see clearly step by step all the divine will
of (od#
1ny assembly that pts its hand pon the wor)ing of the Spirit will srely dry p# The
assembly mst be as free in the Spirit as possible, and yo mst allow a certain amont of
e'travagance when people are getting throgh to (od# 7nless we are very wise, we can easily
interfere and /ench the power of (od which is pon s# It is an evident fact that one man in a
meeting, filled with nbelief, can ma)e a place for the devil to have a seat# 1nd it is very tre, that if
we are not carefl we may /ench the Spirit of some person who is innocent bt incapable of helping
himself# !We then that are strong oght to bear the infirmities of the wea)###" CRomans ;A+;F# If yo
want an assembly fll of life yo mst have one in which the Spirit of (od is manifested# 1nd in
order to )eep at the boiling pitch of that blessed incarnation of the Spirit, yo mst be as simple as
babiesB yo mst be as harmless as doves and as wise as serpents C3atthew ;D+;IF#
I always as) (od for a leading of grace# It ta)es grace to be in a meeting becase it is so easy
if yo are not carefl, to get on the natral side# The man who is a preacher, if he has lost the nction,
will be well repaid if he will repent and get right with (od and get the nction bac)# It never pays s
to be less than always spirital, and we mst have a divine langage and the langage mst be of (od#
Beloved, if yo come into real perfect line with the grace of (od, one thing will certainly ta)e place
in yor life# :o will change from that old position of the world-s line where yo were 8dging
everybody, and where yo were not trsting anyone, and come into a place where yo will have a
heart that will believe all thingsB a heart that nder no circmstances reviles again when yo are
reviled#
I )now many of yo thin) many times before yo spea) once# $ere is a great word+ !For yor
obedience is come abroad nto all men# I am glad therefore on yor behalf+ bt yet I wold have yo
wise nto that which is good, and simple concerning evil" CRomans ;I+;>F# Innocent# *o inward
corrption or defilement, that is fll of distrsts, bt 8st a holy, divine li)eness of @ess that dares
believe that (od 1lmighty will srely watch over all# $allel8ah5 !There shall no evil befall thee,
neither shall any plage come nigh thy dwelling# For $e shall give his angels charge over thee, to
)eep thee in all thy ways" C0salm >;+;D,;;F# The child of (od who is roc)ed in the bosom of the
Father has the sweetest toch of heaven, and the honey of the Word is always in it#
If the saints only )new how precios they are in the sight of (od they wold scarcely be able
to sleep for thin)ing of $is watchfl, loving care# ,h, $e is a precios @ess5 $e is a lovely Savior5
$e is divine in all $is attitde toward s, and ma)es or hearts to brn# There is nothing li)e it# !,h,"
they said on the road to .mmas, !did not or heart brn within s, as $e wal)ed with s and tal)ed
with s6" CL)e <?+J<F# ,h beloved, it mst be so today#
1lways )eep in yor mind the fact that the $oly (host mst bring manifestation# We mst
nderstand that the $oly (host is breath, the $oly (host is 0erson, and it is the most marvelos thing
to me to )now that this $oly (host power can be in every part of yor body# :o can feel it from the
crown of yor head to the soles of yor feet# ,h, it is lovely to be brning all over with the $oly
(host5 1nd when that ta)es place there is nothing bt the operation of the tonge that mst give forth
the glory and the praise#
:o mst be in the place of magnifying the Lord# The $oly (host is the great 3agnifier of
@ess, the great Illminator of @ess# 1nd so after the $oly (host comes in, it is impossible to )eep
yor tonge still# Why, yo wold brst if yo didn-t give $im tterance# Tal) abot a dmb bapti&ed
sol6 Sch a person is not to be fond in the Scriptres# :o will find that when yo spea) nto (od
in the new tonge $e gives yo, yo enter into a close commnion with $im hitherto never
e'perienced# Tal) abot preaching5 I wold li)e to )now how it will be possible for all the people
filled with the $oly (host to stop preaching# .ven the sons and daghters mst prophesy# 1fter the
$oly (host comes in, a man is in a new order in (od# 1nd yo will find it so real that yo will want
to sing, tal), lagh, and shot# We are in a strange place when the $oly (host comes in#
If the incoming of the Spirit is lovely, what mst be the inflow6 The incoming is only to be an
inflow# I am very interested in scenery# When I was in Swit&erland I woldn-t be satisfied till I went
to the top of the montain, thogh I li)e the valleys also# ,n the smmit of the montain the sn beats
on the snow and sends the water tric)ling down the montains right throgh to the meadows# (o there
and see if yo can stop it# @st so in the spirital# (od begins with the divine flow of $is eternal
power which is the $oly (host, and yo cannot stop it#
We mst always clearly see that the baptism with the Spirit mst ma)e s ministering spirits#
0eter and @ohn had been bapti&ed only a short time# 4id they )now what they had6 *o, I defy
yo to )now what yo have# *o one )nows what he has in the baptism with the $oly (host# :o have
no conception of it# :o cannot measre it by an hman standards# It is greater than any man has any
idea of, and conse/ently those two disciples had no idea what they had# For the first time after they
were bapti&ed in the $oly (host they came down to the (ate Beatifl# There they saw the man sitting
who for forty years had been lame# What was the first thing after they saw him6 3inistration# What
was the second6 ,peration# What was the third6 3anifestation, of corse# It cold not be otherwise#
:o will always find that this order in the Scriptre will be carried ot in everybody#
I clearly see that we oght to have spirital giants in the earth, mighty in apprehension,
ama&ing in activity, always having a wonderfl report becase of their activity in faith# I find instead
that there are many people who perhaps have better discernment than yo, better )nowledge of the
Word than yo, bt they have failed to pt it into practice, so these gifts lie dormant# I am here to help
yo to begin on the sea of life with mighty acts in the power of (od throgh the gifts of the Spirit# :o
will find that this which I am spea)ing on is ot of )nowledge derived from a wonder fill e'perience
in many lands# The man who is filled with the $oly (host is always acting# :o read the first verse of
the 1cts of the 1postles, !@ess began both to do and teach#" $e began to do first, and so mst we#
,tward 3anifestation
Beloved, we mst see that the baptism with the $oly (host is an activity with an otward
manifestation# When I was in *orway, (od was mightily moving there, thogh I had to tal) by
interpretation# $owever, (od always wor)ed in a wonderfl way# ,ne day we met a man who
stopped the three men I was with, one being the interpreter# I was wal)ing on, bt I saw he was in a
dilemma, so I trned bac) and said to the interpreter, !What is the troble6" !This man," he said, !is
so fll of neralgia that he is almost blind and he is in a terrible state#" 1s soon as ever they finished
the conversation I said to the spirit that was afflicting him, !Come ot of him in the name of @ess#"
1nd the man said, !It is all gone5 It is all gone5 I am free#" 1h, brothers, we have no conception of
what (od has for s5 I will tell yo what happened in Sydney, 1stralia# 1 man with a stic) passed a
friend and me# $e had to get down and then twist over, and the tortres on his face made a deep
impression on my sol# I as)ed myself, !Is it right to pass this man6" So I said to my friend, !There is
a man in awfl distress, and I cannot go frther# I mst spea) to him#" I went over to this man and said
to him, !:o seem to be in great troble#" !:es," he said, !I am no good and never will be#" I said,
!:o see that hotel# Be in front of that door in five mintes and I will pray for yo, and yo shall be
as straight as any man in this place#" This is on the line of activity in the faith of @ess# I came bac)
after paying a bill, and he was there# I will never forget him wondering if he was going to be trapped,
or what was p that a man shold stop him in the street and tell him he shold be made straight# I had
said it, so it mst be# If yo say anything yo mst stand with (od to ma)e it so# *ever say anything
for bravado, withot yo have the right to say it# 1lways be sre of yor grond, and that yo are
honoring (od# If there is anything abot it to ma)e yo anything, it will bring yo sorrow# :or
whole ministry will have to be on the line of grace and blessing# We helped him p the two steps,
passed him throgh to the elevator, and too) him pstairs# It seemed difficlt to get him from the
elevator to my bedroom, as thogh Satan was ma)ing the last stro)e for his life, bt we not him there#
Then in five mintesK- time this man wal)ed ot of that bedroom as straight as any man in this place#
$e wal)ed perfectly and declared he hadn-t a pain in his body#
,h, brother, it is ministration, it is operation, it is manifestation5 Those are three of the
leading principles of the baptism with the $oly (host# 1nd we mst see to it that (od is prodcing
these three throgh s# The Bible is the Word of (od, it has the trths and whatever people may say of
them they stand stationary, nmovable# *ot one 8ot or tittle shall fail of all $is good promises# $is
word will come forth# In heaven it is settled, on earth it mst be made manifest that $e is the (od of
everlasting power# (od wants manifestation and $e wants $is glory to be seen# $e wants s all to be
filled with that line of thoght that $e can loo) pon s and delight in s sbding the world nto $im#
1nd so yo are going to miss a great deal if yo don-t begin to act# Bt once yo begin to act in the
order of (od, yo will find that (od establishes yor faith and from that day starts yo on the line of
the promises# When will yo begin6
What If We Believed6
In a place in .ngland I was dealing on the lines of faith and what wold ta)e place if we
believed (od# 3any things happened# Bt when I got away it appeared one man who wor)ed in the
colliery had heard me# $e was in troble with a stiff )nee# $e said to his wife, !I cannot help bt
thin) every day that that message of Wigglesworth-s was to stir s to do something# I cannot get away
from it# 1ll the men in the pit )now how I wal) with a stiff )nee, and yo )now how yo have
wrapped it arond with yards of flannel# Well, I am going to act# :o have to be the congregation#"
$e got his wife in front of him# !I am going to act and do 8st as Wigglesworth did#" $e got hold of
his leg nmerciflly, saying, !Come ot, yo devils, come ot5 In the name of @ess# *ow, @ess, help
me# Come ot, yo devils, come ot#" Then he said, !Wife they are gone5 Wife, they are gone# This is
too good# I am going to act now#" So he went to his place of worship and all the collier boys were
there# It was a prayer meeting# 1s he told them this story these men became delighted# They said,
!@ac), come over here and help me#" 1nd @ac) went# 1s soon as he was throgh in one home he was
invited to another, loosing these people of the pains they had gotten in the colliery#
1h, brothers and sisters, we have no idea what (od has for s if we will only begin5 Bt oh,
the grace we need5 We may ma)e a mishap# If yo
do it otside of $im, if yo do it for yorself, and if yo want to be someone, it will be a
failre# We shall only be able to do well as we do it in the name of @ess# ,h, the love that (od-s Son
can pt into s if we are only hmble enogh, wea) enogh, and helpless enogh to )now that e'cept
$e does it, it will not be done5 !What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive
and ye shall have them#"
Live in the Spirit, wal) in the Spirit, wal) in commnion with the Spirit, tal) with (od# 1ll
leadings of the divine order are for yo# I pray that if there are any who have trned to their own way
and have made (od second, they will come to repentance on all lines# Separate yorself from every
earthly toch, and toch ideas# 1nd (od will bring yo to an end of yorself# Begin with (od this
moment#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
1fter :o $ave Received 0ower, 3arch ;, ;>?;
In 1cts ;+H we read+ !Bt ye shall receive power, after that the $oly (host is come pon
yo####"
,h, the power of the $oly (host5 the power that /ic)ens, that reveals, and prevails5 I love to
thin) that @ess wanted all $is people to have power, that $e wanted all men to be overcomers#
*othing bt this power will do it# 0ower over sin, power over sic)ness, power over the devil, power
over all the powers of the devil5
In order to nderstand what it means to have power there are two things necessaryB one is to
have ears to hear and the other is to have hearts to receive# .very born9again saint of (od, filled with
the Spirit has a real revelation of that trth, !###greater is he that is in yo, than he that is in the world"
C; @ohn ?+?F# I say this with as mch adacity as I please# I )now evil spirits are in abndance and in
mltitdesB @ess cast them ot as legion# The believer, becase of the Spirit that is in him, has the
power to cast ot the evil spirit# It mst be soB (od wants s to have this power in sB we mst be
able to destroy Satan-s power wherever we go#
,ne day as I came into the hose my wife said, !Which way did yo come6" I answered that I
had come in by the bac) way# !,h," she said, !if yo had come in by the front yo wold have seen a
man there in a terrible state# There is a crowd of people arond him and he is in terrible straits#" Then
the doorbell rang and she said, !There he is again# What shall we do6" I said, !@st be still#" I rshed
to the door and 8st as I was opening it the Spirit said, !This is what I bapti&ed yo for#" I was very
carefl then in opening the door, and then I heard the man crying otside, !,h, I have committed the
npardonable sin, I am lost, I am lost#" I as)ed him to come in and when he got inside he said again in
awfl distress, !I am lost, I am lost#" Then the Spirit came pon me and I commanded the lying spirit
to come ot of the man in the name of @ess# Sddenly he lifted p his arms and said, !I never did it#"
The moment the lying spirit was ot he was able to spea) the trth# I then reali&ed the power in the
baptism of the $oly Spirit# It was the Spirit that said, !This is what I bapti&ed yo for," and I believe
we oght to be in the place where we shall always be able to nderstand the mind of the Spirit amid
all the other voices in the world#
1fter the $oly (host has come pon yo, yo have power# I believe a great mista)e is made in
these days by people tarrying and tarrying after they have received# 1fter yo have received it is, !(o
ye#" *ot !sit still," bt !go ye into all the world, and preach the (ospel#" We shall ma)e serios
havoc of the whole thing if we trn bac) again and crawl into a corner see)ing something we already
have# I want yo to see that (od depends on s in these last days# There is no room for anyone to
boast and the man who goes abot saying, !Loo) at me for I am somebody," is of no vale whatever#
(od is done with that man altogether# $e will have a people to glorify $im# $e is doing what $e can
with what $e has, bt we are so nwilling to move in the plan of (od that $e has to grind s many
times to get s where $e can se s#
@ess was so filled with the $oly (host that $e stood in the place where $e was always
ready# $e was always in the attitde where $e broght victory ot of every opportnity# The power
of the $oly Spirit is within s, bt it can be manifested only as we go in obedience to the opportnity
before s# I believe if yo wait ntil yo thin) yo have power after yo have received the $oly (host
yo will never )now yo have it# 4on-t yo )now that the child of (od who has the baptism is
inhabited by the Spirit6 :o will remember one time when they tried to throw @ess from the brow of
the hill, that $e pressed throgh the midst of them and as soon as $e got throgh $e healed the man
with the blind eyes# 0ressing throgh the crowd which was trying to )ill $im, $e showed forth $is
power# Some people might thin) that @ess shold have rn away altogether bt $e stopped to heal#
This thoght has comforted me over and over again#
,ne day as I was waiting for a car I stepped into a shoema)er-s shop# I had not been there
long when I saw a man with a green shade over his eyes, crying pitiflly and in great agony# It was
heart9rending and the shoema)er told me that the inflammation was brning ot his eyes# I 8mped p
and went to the man and said, !:o devil, come ot of this man in the name of @ess#" Instantly the
man said, !It is all gone, I can see now#" That is the only scriptral way, to begin to wor) at once, and
preach afterwards# :o will find as the days go by that the miracles and healings will be manifested#
Becase the 3aster was toched with the feeling of the infirmities of the mltitdes they instantly
gathered arond $im to hear what $e had to say concerning the Word of (od# $owever, I wold
rather see one man saved than ten thosand people healed# If yo as) me why, I call to yor attention
the Word which says, !There was a certain rich man### and MheN fared smptosly every day" CL)e
;I+;>F# *ow we don-t hear of this man having any diseases bt it says, !###in hell he lift p his eyes###"
Cv# <JF# We also read that there was a poor man fll of sores and !he lifted p his eyes in heaven," so
we see that a man can die practically in good health bt be lost, and a man can die in disease and be
savedB so it is more important to be saved than anything else#
Bt @ess was sent to bear the infirmities and the afflictions of the people and to destroy the
wor)s of the devil# $e said that the thief Cwhich is the devilF cometh to steal and to )ill and to
destroy, !###I am come that they might have life, and### have it more abndantly" C@ohn ;D+;DF# I
maintain that (od wishes all $is people to have the life more abndant# We have the remedy for all
sic)ness in the Word of (od5 @ess paid the fll price and the fll redemption for every need and
where sin abonds, grace can come in and mch more abond, and dispel all the sic)ness# When I
was traveling from .ngland to 1stralia, I witnessed for @ess, and it was not long before I had plenty
of room to myself# If yo want a whole seat to yorself 8st begin to preach @ess# $owever, some
people listened and began to be mch affected# ,ne of the yong men said to me, !I have never heard
these trths before# :o have so moved me that I mst have a good conversation with yo#" The yong
man told me that his wife was a great believer in Christian Science bt was very sic) now and
althogh she had tried everything she had been nable to get relief, so was having a doctor# Bt the
doctor gave her no hope whatever and in her dilemma and facing the realities of death she as)ed that
she might have an appointment with me#
When I got to her I felt it wold be nwise to say anything abot Christian Science so I said,
!:o are in bad shape#" She said, !:es, they give me no hope#" I said, !I will not spea) to yo abot
anything bt will 8st lay my hands pon yo in the name of @ess and when I do yo will be healed#"
That wo)e her p and she began to thin) seriosly# For three days she was lamenting over the things
she might have to give p# !Will I have to give p the cigarettes6" !*o," I said# !Will I have to give
p the dance6" and again I replied, !*o#" !Well, we have a little drin)ing sometimes and then we
play cards also# Will I have to give % 6" !*o," I said, !yo will not have to give p anything# ,nly
let s see @ess#" 1nd right then she got sch a vision of her crcified Savior and @ess was made so
real to her that she at once told her friends that she cold not play cards anymore, cold not drin) or
dance anymore, and she said she wold have to go bac) to .ngland to preach against this awfl thing,
Christian Science# ,h, what a revelation @ess gave her5 *ow if I had refsed to go when called for,
saying that I first had to go to my cabin and pray abot it, the Lord might have let that opportnity slip
by# 1fter yo have received the $oly (host yo have powerB yo don-t have to wait#
The other day we were going throgh a very thic)ly poplated part of San Francisco when we
noticed a large crowd gathered# I saw it from the window of the car and said I had to get ot, which I
did# There in the midst was a boy in the agonies of death# 1s I threw my arms arond the boy I as)ed
what the troble was and he answered that he had cramps# In the name of @ess I commanded the
devils to come ot of him and at once he 8mped p and not even ta)ing time to than) me, ran off
perfectly healed# We are (od-s own children, /ic)ened by $is Spirit and $e has given s power
over all the powers of dar)nessB Christ in s the open evidence of eternal glory, Christ in s the life,
the trth, and the way#
We have a wonderfl salvation that fits everybody# I believe that a bapti&ed person has no
conception of the power (od has given him ntil he ses what he has# I maintain that 0eter and @ohn
had no idea of the greatness of the power they had bt they began to speclate# They said, !Well, as
far as money goes, we have none of that, bt we do have somethingB we don-t e'actly )now what it is,
bt we shall try it on yo, in the name of @ess of *a&areth, rise p and wal)," and it wor)ed# In order
to ma)e yorself reali&e what yo have in yor possession yo will have to try it, and I can assre yo
it will wor) all right#
I said one time to a man that the 1cts of the 1postles wold never have been written if the
apostles had not acted, and the $oly Spirit is still contining $is acts throgh s# 3ay (od help s to
have some acts# There is nothing li)e 0entecost, and if yo have never been bapti&ed yo are ma)ing a
big mista)e by waiting# 4on-t yo )now that the only prpose for which (od saved yo was that yo
might be a savior of others6 1nd for yo to thin) that yo have to remain stationary and 8st get to
heaven is a great mista)e# The baptism is to ma)e yo a witness for @ess# The hardest way is the best
wayB yo never hear anything abot the person who is always having an easy time# The preachers
always tell of how 3oses crossed the Red Sea when he was at wit-s end# I cannot find the record of
anyone in the Scriptres whom (od sed who was not first tried# So if yo never have any trials it is
becase yo are not worth them#
(od wants s to have power# When I was traveling in Sweden at a certain station early in the
morning a little lady and her daghter got into the train# I saw at once that the lady was in dreadfl
agony and as)ed my interpreter to in/ire as to the troble# With tears rnning down her face she told
how her daghter was ta)ing her to the hospital to have her leg amptated# .verything that was
possible had been done for her# I told her @ess cold heal# @st then the train stopped and a crowd of
people entered ntil there was hardly standing room, bt friends, we never get into a place that is too
aw)ward for (od, thogh it seemed to me that the devil had sent these people in at that time to hinder#
$owever, when the train began to move along I got down, althogh it was terribly crowded, and
ptting my hands pon the woman-s leg I prayed
healed# It is all different nowB I felt the power go down my leg," and she began to wal) abot#
Then the train stopped at the ne't station and this woman got ot and wal)ed p and down the
platform, saying, !I am healed# I am healed#"
@ess was the firstfrits and (od has chosen s in Christ and has revealed $is Son in s that
we might manifest $im in power# (od gives s power over the devil and when we say the devil, we
mean everything that is not of (od# Some people say we can afford to do withot the baptism with the
Spirit bt I say we cannot# I believe any person who thin)s there is a stop between Calvary and the
glory has made a big mista)e#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
The Faith of (od, C$ebrews ;;+;9IF
:o )now, beloved, that there are many wonderfl treasres in the storehose of (od that we
have not yet gotten# Bt praise (od, we have the promise in Corinthians+
###.ye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which (od hath prepared for them that
love him# ; Corinthians <+>
I pray (od that there may be within s a deep hnger and thirst with the penetration which is
centered entirely pon the a'le of $im, for srely $e is all and in all# I pray (od that we may be able
to nderstand the opening of this chapter#
1 Real Fondation
*ow, beloved, yo will clearly see that (od wants to bring s to a fondation# If we are ever
going to ma)e any progress in divine life we shall have to have a real fondation# 1nd there is no
fondation, only the fondation of faith for s#
1ll or movements, and all that ever will come to s, which is of any importance, will be
becase we have a Roc)# 1nd if yo are on the Roc), no powers can move yo# 1nd the need of today
is the Roc) to have or faith firm pon#
,n any line or principle of yor faith yo mst have something established in yo to bring that
forth# 1nd there is no establishment otside (od-s Word for yo# .verything else is sand# .verything
else shall snder#
If yo bild on anything else bt the Word of (od % on imaginations, sentimentality, or any
feelings, or any special 8oy, it will mean nothing withot yo have a fondation, and the fondation
will have to be in the Word of (od#
We mst have something better than sand, and everything is sand e'cept the Word# There isn-t
anything that will remain % we are told the heaven and earth will be melted p as a scroll as fervent
heat# Bt we are told the Word of (od shall be forever, and not one 8ot or tittle of the Word of (od
shall fail# 1nd if there is anything that is satisfying me today more than another, it is, !Thy Word is
settled in heaven#"
1nd another word in the ;JHth 0salm says+ !###tho hast magnified thy word above all thy
name" Cv# <F# The very establishment for me is the Word of (od# It is not on any other line#
Let s come to the principle of it# If yo trn to @ohn-s gospel yo will find a wonderfl word
there# It is worth or notice and great consideration#
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (od, and
the Word was (od# The same was in the beginning with (od# 1ll
things were made by himB and withot him was not any thing made
that was made# @ohn ;+;9J
The Word
There we have the fondation of all things, which is the Word# It is a sbstance# It is a power#
It is more than relationship# It is personality# It is a divine in8nction to every sol that enters into this
privilege to be born of this Word# What it means to s will be very important for s# For remember, it
is a sbstance, it is an evidence of things not seen# It bringeth abot that which yo cannot see# It
brings forth that which is not there, and ta)es away that that is there, and sbstittes it# (od too) the
Word and made the world of the things which did not appear# 1nd we live in the world which was
made by the Word of (od, and it is inhabited by millions of people# 1nd yo say it is a sbstance#
@ess, the Word of (od, made it of the things which did not appear# 1nd there is not anything made
that is made that has not been made by the Word# 1nd when we come to the trth of what that Word
means, we shall be able not only to bild bt to )now, not only to )now, bt to have# For if there is
anything helping me today more than another, it is the fact that I am living in facts, I am moving in
facts, I am in the )nowledge of the principles of the 3ost $igh#
(od is ma)ing manifest $is power# (od is a reality and proving $is mightiness in the midst
of s# 1nd as we open orselves to divine revelation and get rid of all things which are not of the
Spirit, then we shall nderstand how mightily (od can ta)e s on in the Spirit, and move the things
which are, and bring the things which are not into prominence#
,h, the riches, the depths of the wisdom of the 3ost $igh (od5 3ay this morning enlarge s#
@abs )new that there were divine principles that we need to )now, and he says, !.nlarge me#"
4avid )new that there was a mightiness beyond and within, and he says, !Tho has dealt
bontiflly with me," )nowing that all the springs came from (od that were in $im which made $is
face to shine#
1nd (od is an inward witness of a power, of a trth, of a revelation, of an inward presence,
of a divine )nowledge# $e is5 $e is5
Then I mst nderstand# I mst clearly nderstand# I mst have a basis of )nowledge for
everything that I say# We mst, as preachers, never preach what we thin)# We mst say what we
)now# 1ny man can thin)# :o mst be beyond the thin)ing# :o mst be in the teaching# :o mst
have the )nowledge# 1nd (od wants to ma)e s so in fidelity with $im that $e nveils $imself# $e
rolls the clods away, the mists disappear at $is presence# $e is almighty in $is movements#
(od has nothing small# $e is all large, immensity of wisdom, nfolding the grander of $is
design or plan for hmanity, that hmanity may sin) into insignificance, and the mightiness of the
mighty power of (od may move pon s till we are the sons of (od with power, in revelation, and
might and strength in the )nowledge of (od#
The 0rinciple ,f (od
I thin) @ohn has a wonderfl word on this which is to edification at this moment % very
powerfl in its revelation to me so often as I ga&e into the perfect law of liberty#
Let me read from the first epistle of @ohn+
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with or eyes,
which we have loo)ed pon, and or hands have handled, of the Word of lifeB CFor the life was
manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show nto yo that eternal life, which was
with the Father, and was manifested nto sBF That which we have seen and heard declare we nto
yo, that ye also may have fellowship with s+ and trly or fellowship is with the Father, and with
his Son @ess Christ Cverses ;9JF#
,h beloved, $e is the Word5 $e is the principle of (od# $e is the revelation sent forth from
(od# 1ll flness dwelt in $im# This is a grand word, of $is flness we have all received, and grace
for grace#
In wea)ness, strength# In poverty, wealth# ,h, brother, this Word5 It is a flame of fire# It may
brn in yor bones# It may move in every tisse of yor life# It may bring ot of yo so forcibly the
plan and prpose and life of (od, till yo cease to be, for (od has ta)en yo#
It is a fact we may be ta)en, hallel8ah5 into all the )nowledge of the wisdom of (od# Then I
want to bild, if I am created anew, for it is a great creation# It too) nine months to bring s forth into
the world after we were conceived, bt it only ta)es one moment to beget s as sons# The first
formation was a long period of nine months# The second formation is a moment, is an act, is a faith,
for !$e that believeth hath#" 1nd as yo receive $im, yo are begotten, not made#
,h, the fact that I am begotten again, wonderfl5 Begotten of the same seed that begot $im#
Remember, as $e was conceived in the womb by the $oly (host, so we were conceived the moment
we believed and became in a principle of the li)e9mindedness of an open door to become sons of
(od with promise#
Sons mst have power# We mst have power with (od, power with man# We mst be above
all the world# We mst have power over Satan, power over the evils# I want yo 8st for a moment to
thin) with me becase it will help yo with this thoght#
:o can never ma)e evil pre# 1nything which is evil never becomes pre in that sense#
There is no sch a thing as ever creating imprity into prity# The carnal mind is never sb8ect to the
will of (od, and cannot be# There is only one thing, it mst be destroyed#
Bt I want yo to go with me to when (od cast ot that which was not pre# I want yo to
thin) abot Satan in the glory with all the chances, and nothing spoiled him bt his pride# 1nd pride is
an awfl thing# 0ride in the heart, thin)ing we are something when we are nothing# Bilding p a
hman constittion ot of or own#
,h yes, it is tre the devil is ever trying to ma)e yo thin) what yo are# :o never find (od
doing it# It is always Satan who comes on and says, !What a wonderfl address yo gave5 $ow
wonderfl he did that, and how wonderfl he prayed, and sang that song#" It is all of the devil# There
is not an atom of (od in it, not from beginning to end#
Lision 4ay By 4ay
,h, the vision is so needy today, more needy than anything that man shold have the visions of
(od# The people have always perished when there is no vision# (od wants s to have visions and
revelations and manifestations#
:o cannot have the $oly (host withot having revelations# :o cannot have the $oly (host
withot being trned into another natre# It was the only credentials by which @osha and Caleb cold
enter the land becase they were of another spirit#
1nd we mst live in an nction, in a power, in a transformation, and a divine attainment where
we cease to be, where (od becomes enthroned so richly#
!It is $e5 $e came forth, emptied $imself of all, bt love broght to s the grace and then
offered p $imself to prge s that we might be entire and free from all things# That we shold see
$im who was invisible, and changed by the power which is divine, and be lost to everything bt the
immensity of the mightiness of a godli)eness, for we mst be in the world sons of (od with promise#"
We mst be % we mst be5 We mst not say it is not for me# ,h, noB we mst say, !It is for
s#"
1nd (od cast Satan ot# ,h, I do than) (od for that# :es, beloved, bt (od cold not have
cast him ot if he had even been e/al of power# I tell yo, beloved, we can never bind the strong man
till we are in the place of binding#
Than) (od Satan had to come ot# :es, and how did he come ot6 By the Word of $is power#
1nd, beloved, if we get to )now and nderstand the principles of or inheritance by faith, we shall
find ot Satan will always be cast ot by the same power that cast him ot in the beginning# $e will
be cast ot to the end becase Satan has not become more holy bt more vile#
If yo thin) abot the last day pon earth, yo will find ot that the greatest war % not
1rmageddon, the war beyond that % will be betwi't the hosts of Satan and the hosts of (od# 1nd
how will it ta)e place6 With swords, dynamite, or any hman power6 *o5 By the brightness of $is
presence, the holiness of $is holiness, the prity of $is prity, where dar)ness cannot remain, where
sin cannot stand, where only holiness, prity will remain# 1ll else will flee from the presence of (od
into the abyss for ever#
1nd (od has saved s with this Word of power over the powers of sin# I )now there is a
teaching and a need of teaching of the personality of the presence of the fidelity of the Word of (od
with power# 1nd we need to eat and drin) of this Word# We need to feed pon it in or hearts# We
need that holy revelation that oght always to ta)e away the mists from or eyes and reveal $im#
Remember, beloved, don-t forget that every day mst be a day of advancement# If yo have not
made any advancement since yesterday, in a measre yo are a bac)slider# There is only one way for
yo between Calvary and the glory, and it is forward# It is every day forward# It is no day bac)# It is
advancement with (od# It is cooperation with $im in the Spirit#
Beloved, we mst see these things, becase if we live on the same plane day after day, the
vision is stale, the principles lose their earnestness# Bt we mst be li)e those who are catching the
vision of the 3aster day by day# 1nd we mst ma)e inroads into every passion that wold interfere
and bring everything to the slaghter that is not holy# For (od wold have s in these days to )now
that $e wishes to seat s on high# 4on-t forget it# The principles remain with s Cif we will only
obeyF to seat s on high, hallel8ah5 1nd let s still go on bilding becase we mst bild this
morning# We mst )now or fondation# We mst be able to ta)e the Word of (od and so ma)e it
clear to people becase we shall be confronted with evil powers#
Reconstrcted
I am continally confronted with things which (od mst clear away# .very day something
comes before me that has to be dealt with on these lines# For instance, when I was at Ca&adero seven
or eight years ago, amongst the first people that came to me in those meetings was a man who was
stone deaf# 1nd every time we had the meeting % sppose I was rising p to say a few words, this
man wold ta)e his chair from off the ordinary row and place it right in front of me# 1nd the devil
sed to say, !*ow, yo are done#" I said, !*o, I am not done# It is finished#" The man was as deaf as
possible for three wee)s# 1nd then in the meetings, as we were singing abot three wee)s afterwards,
this man became tremendosly distrbed as thogh in a storm# $e loo)ed in every direction, and he
became as one that had almost lost his mind# 1nd then he too) a leap# $e started on the rn and went
ot amongst the people, and right p one of the hills# When he got abot ID yards ago he heard
singing# 1nd the Lord said, !Thy ears are open#" 1nd he came bac), and we were still singing# That
stopped or singing# 1nd then he told s that when his ears were opened he cold not nderstand what
it was# There was sch a tremendos noise he cold not nderstand it whatever# $e thoght something
had happened to the world, and so he ran ot of the whole thing# Then, when he got away, he heard
singing#
,h, the devil said for three wee)s, !:o cannot do it#" I said, !It is done5" 1s thogh (od
wold ever forget5 1s thogh (od cold ever forget5 1s if it were possible for (od to ever ignore
or prayers5
The most trying time is the most helpfl time# 3ost preachers say something abot 4aniel, and
abot the $ebrew children, and especially abot 3oses when he was in a tried corner# Beloved, if
yo read the
Scriptres yo will never find anything abot the easy time# 1ll the glories came ot of hard
times#
1nd if yo are really reconstrcted it will be in a hard time % it won-t be in a singing
meeting, bt at a time when yo thin) all things are dried p, when yo thin) there is no hope for yo,
and yo have passed everything, then that is the time that (od ma)es the man, when tried by fire that
(od prges yo, ta)es the dross away and brings forth the pre gold# ,nly melted gold is minted#
,nly moistened clay receives the mold# ,nly soft wa' receives the seal# ,nly bro)en, contrite hearts
receive the mar) as the potter trns s on his wheel, shaped and brnt to ta)e and )eep the heavenly
mold, the stamp of (od-s pre gold#
We mst have the stamp of or blessed Lord, who was marred more than any man# 1nd when
$e toched hman wea)ness it was reconstrcted# $e spo)e ot of the depths of trial and moc)ery,
and became the initiative of a world-s redemption# *ever man spo)e li)e $e spa)e5 $e was fll of
order and made all things move till they said, !We never saw it li)e this#"
$e is trly the Son of (od with power, with blessing, with life, with matrity, and $e can ta)e
the wea)est and ma)e them into strength#
0blished in Revival *ews
$ow to Become an ,vercomer, @anary ;E, ;>?<
The first chapter of 3ar)# We read of @ohn the Baptist who was filled with the $oly Spirit
from his mother-s womb# Becase of this mighty infilling there was mighty message on his lips# It was
foretold of @ohn by the prophet Isaiah, that he wold be the voice of one crying in the wilderness# $e
was to lift p his voice with strength, and cry to the cities of @dah, !Behold yor (od5" CIsaiah
?D+>F#
1nd so we find @ohn as he pointed to @ess, crying ot, !Behold the Lamb of (od,"
proclaiming $im the ,ne of whom 1braham prophesied when he said to his son Isaac, !The Lord
will provide $imself a Lamb"%the Lamb of (od and (od the Lamb#
@ohn was so filled with the Spirit of (od that the cry he raised moved all Israel# This shows
that when (od gets hold of a man and fills him with the Spirit, he can have a message, a proclamation
of the (ospel that will move people# The man who does have the Spirit of the Lord may cry for many
years and nobody ta)e notice of him# The man who is filled with the Spirit of (od needs to cry ot bt
once and people will feel the effect of it#
This shold teach s that there is a necessity for everyone of s to be filled with the Spirit of
(od# It is not sfficient 8st to have a toch or to have sally a little# There is only one thing that will
meet the needs of the people today, and that is to be immersed in the life of (od % (od filling yo
with $is Spirit, then yo live right in (od and (od lives in yo so whether yo eat or drin) or
whatever yo do, it shall be all for the glory of (od# In that place yo will find that all yor strength
and all yor mind and all yor sol are filled with &eal, not only for worship bt to proclaim the
(ospel message, a proclamation that is accompanied by the power of (od which mst defeat satanic
power, discomfit the world, and redond the glory of (od#
The reason the world today is not seeing this is becase Christian people are not filled with
the Spirit of Christ# They are satisfied with going to chrch, occasionally reading the Bible, and
sometimes praying# Beloved, if (od lays hold of yo by the Spirit, yo will find that there is an end to
everything in the old life# 1ll the old things will have passed away, and all things will have become
new % all things are of (od# :o will see that as yo are wholly yielded to (od, yor whole being
will be transformed by the Spirit-s indwelling# $e will ta)e yo in hand so that yo may become a
vessel nto honor# ,r lives are not to be for orselves, for if we live for self, we shall die# If we
see) to save or lives we shall lose them, bt if we lose or lives we shall save them# If we throgh
the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, we shall live, live a life of freedom and 8oy and blessing and
service, a life that will bring blessing to others# (od wold have s to see that we mst be filled with
the Spirit, every day live in the Spirit and wal) in the Spirit, and be continally renewed in the Spirit#
Stdy the life of @ess# It was /ite a natral thing for $im after $e had served the whole day
among the mltitde, to want to go to $is Father to pray all night# Why6 $e wanted a renewing of
divine strength and power# $e wanted fellowship with $is Father# $is Father wold spea) to $im the
word that $e was to bring to others, and wold empower $im afresh for new ministry# $e wold
come from those hors of sweet commnion and fellowship with $is Father, clothed with $is holy
presence and Spirit, and anointed with the $oly Spirit and power $e wold go abot doing good and
healing all that were oppressed of the enemy# When $e met sic)ness it had to leave# $e came from
that holy time of commnion with power to meet the needs of the people, whatever they were# It is an
awfl thing for me to see people who profess to be Christians lifeless and powerless# The place of
holy commnion is open to s all# There is a place where we can be daily refreshed and renewed and
re9empowered#
In the forth chapter of $ebrews we are told, !There remaineth therefore a rest to the people
of (od# For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own wor)s###" Cvv# >9;DF# ,h,
what a blessed rest that is, to cease from yor own wor)s, to come to the place where (od is now
enthroned in yor life, wor)ing in yo day by day to will and to do $is good pleasre, wor)ing in yo
an entirely new order of things# (od wants to bring yo forth as a flame of fire, with a message from
(od, with the trth that shall defeat the powers of Satan, with an nlimited spply for every needy
sol# So, 8st as @ohn moved the whole of Israel with a mighty cry, yo too by the power of the $oly
(host will move the people so that they repent and cry, !What shall we do6"
This is what @ess meant when $e said to *icodems, !.'cept a man be born again, he cannot
see the )ingdom of (od### that which is born of the flesh is fleshB and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit# 3arvel not that I said nto thee, :e mst be born again#" If we only )new what these words
mean to s, to be born of (od5 1n infilling of the life of (od, a new life from (od, a new creation,
living in the world bt not of the world, )nowing the blessedness of that word, !Sin shall not have
dominion over yo#" $ow shall we reach this place in the Spirit6 By the provision of the $oly Spirit
that $e ma)es# If we live in the Spirit, we shall find all that is carnal swallowed p in life# There is
an infilling of the Spirit which /ic)ens or mortal bodies#
(ive (od yor life, and yo will see that sic)ness has to go when (od comes in flly# Then
yo are to wal) before (od and yo will find that $e will perfect that which concerns yo# That is the
place where $e wants believers to live, the place where the Spirit of the Lord comes into yor whole
being# That is the place of victory#
Loo) at the disciples# Before they received the $oly Spirit they were in bondage# When Christ
said, !,ne of yo shall betray 3e," they were all dobtfl of themselves and said, !Is it I6" They
were conscios of their hman depravity and helplessness# 0eter said, !Thogh I shold die with
Thee, yet will I not deny Thee#" The others declared the sameB yet they all forsoo) $im and fled# Bt
after the power of (od fell pon them in the pper room, they were li)e lions to meet difficlty# They
were bold# What made them so6 The prity and power that is by the Spirit#
(od can ma)e yo an overcomer# When the Spirit of (od comes into yor srrendered being
$e transforms yo# There is a life in the Spirit that ma)es yo free and there is an adacity abot it,
and there is a personality in it % it is (od in yo#
(od is able to so transform yo and change yo, that all the old order has to go before (od-s
new order# 4o yo thin) that (od will ma)e yo to be a failre6 (od never made man to be a failre#
$e made man to be a son, to wal) the earth in the power of the Spirit, master over the flesh and the
devil, ntil nothing arises within him e'cept that which will magnify and glorify the Lord#
@ess came to set s free from sin, and free s from sic)ness, so that we shold go forth in the
power of the Spirit and minister to the needy, sic), and afflicted# Throgh the revelation of the Word
of (od, I find that divine healing is solely for the glory of (od, and that salvation is wal)ing in
newness of life so that we are inhabited by 1nother, even (od#
0blished in the 0entecostal .vangel
0entecostal 3anifestations, 3ay <E,;>??
The motto of a cold, indifferent, worldly chrch is, !Respectability and decorm,"
respectability inspired by one who is far from respectable % Satan#
The birth of the Chrch was annonced by a rshing mighty wind, a tornado from heaven#
3offatt translates 1cts <+;, !4ring the corse of 0entecost they were all together, when sddenly
there came a sond from heaven li)e a violent blast of wind###" 1nd all of the assembled company
came nder the power of that which was symboli&ed as a mighty tornado, a violent blast# Their whole
beings were moved by it, so that onloo)ers thoght they were fll of new wine# The nnatral
movement of their bodies was followed by a spernatral movement of their tonges, for they spo)e
in other tonges as the Spirit gave them tterance# Ths they received the endement of power from on
high#
The crowd saw the movements and heard the sonds# The sonds were comprehensible %
some of them# The movements were incomprehensible % most of them# Some were ama&ed % those
who cold comprehend the langages % and the others were confonded# They cold not nderstand
the langages, bt they thoght they cold nderstand the motions, and they interpreted them as the
actions of drn)en people# Some were ama&ed, others moc)ed % none nderstood#
1 generation that prides itself pon its oter respectability and decorm despises the
manifestations of the Spirit of (od# *evertheless it is written, !###the manifestation of the Spirit is
given to every man to profit withal" C; Corinthians ;<+EF#
4avid danced or leaped before the ar) of the Lord, and he was considered vile by the
daghter of the former )ing# The daghter of Sal accsed the anointed of (od of vileness in
manifestation, want of respectability, of lac) of decorm, before the ar) of the Lord#
4id 4avid stop when the wife of his bosom derided him6 4id he ac/iesce to the formalism
she represented6 $e declared, !###I will yet be more vile than ths###" C< Samel I+<<F# It was as if he
had said, !If occasion re/ires it, I will leap higher and dance more#"
There is great danger when some chrches who have )nown the manifestation of the Spirit in
days gone by desire to become so respectable and decoros that the spernatral is rled ot of their
meetings# We need 0eters today who can say in e'planation of the 0entecostal phenomena in or
midst, !###these are not drn)en, as ye sppose### is that###KQ C1cts <+;A,;IF# If we become so ltra9
respectable and decoros that we rle ot the spernatral, 0eter will have nothing to apologi&e for#
$e will have to say, !This was that, bt it is gone#" We may as well write pon or assemblies,
!Ichabod" % the glory has departed# We cease to be vile, and 3ichal will welcome s home#
There mst be no compromise with 3ichals, with those who hate the spernatral, or they
will draw s from the presence of the ar) and case s to cease to be 8oyfl in the presence of the
Lord# 3ichal wold have been /ite content to have the ar) stay where it was#
0entecost came with the sond of a mighty rshing wind, a violent blast from heaven5 $eaven
has not e'hasted its blasts, bt or danger is we are getting frightened of them# The apostles were
not# They had a repetition# When they had been threatened to spea) no more in the name of @ess, they
lifted p their voices to (od in one accord, and prayed,
###behold their threatening+ and grant nto thy servants, that with
all boldness they may spea) thy word, By stretching forth thine
hand to healB and that signs and wonders may be done by the name
of thy holy child @ess# 1cts ?+<>,JD
1nd the place was sha)en where they were assembled together, and all were filled afresh
with the $oly (host# 0entecost repeated5 3anifestation again5 1ll filled % moths and all5 !1nd they
spa)e the Word of (od with" % what6 hesitation, moderation, timidity6 *o, they were yet more vile#
!They spa)e the Word of (od with boldness#KQ 1nd the signs and wonders increased# They never
resented the first manifestations on their body on the day of 0entecost, and they prayed and received
the second e'perience % bilding and all# .ven the place was sha)en this time#
,r (od is an active (od# $is thnder is 8st as lod today as it was in the first centry# $is
lightning is 8st as vivid as it was in the days of the early chrch# The sond of the mighty rshing
wind is 8st the same today as it
was on the day of the 0entecost# 0ray for the violent blasts of wind from heaven, e'pect them,
and yo will get them# 1nd do not be afraid of them#
Let (od deal with the 3ichals# 4avid did not compromise# $e was willing to have yet more
manifestations of the Spirit# !I will yet be more vile#" We can have 0entecost pls 0entecost, if we
wish# (od-s arm is not shortened, nor is $is ear heavy# $e wants to show $is hand and the strength
of $is arm today in convincing a gainsaying world by sight, sond, and instrction# Ta)e note of
Conybeare-s translation of ; Thessalonians A+;>, !Rench not the manifestation of the Spirit#"
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
0ower From on $igh, 3ay <E,;J??
We have a remar)able word in 3atthew J+;;,
I indeed bapti&e yo with water nto repentance+ bt he that
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to
bear+ he shall bapti&e yo with the $oly (host, and with fire#
This was the word of one who was filled with the $oly (host even from his mother-s womb,
who was so filled with the power of the Spirit of (od that they came from east and west and from
north and soth to the ban)s of the @ordan to hear him#
:o have seen water baptism, and yo )now what it means# This later baptism taght by this
wilderness preacher means that we shall be so immersed, covered, and flooded with the blessed
$oly (host, that $e fills or whole body#
*ow trn to @ohn E+JE9J>+
In the last day, that great day of the feast, @ess stood and cried,
saying, If any man thirst, let him come nto me, and drin)# $e that
believeth on me, as the scriptre hath said, ot of his belly shall
flow rivers of living water# CBt this spa)e he of the Spirit, which
they that believe on him shold receive+ for the $oly (host was
not yet givenB becase that @ess was not yet glorified#F @ohn E+JE9
J>
@ess saw that the people who had come to the feast, e'pecting blessing, were going bac)
dissatisfied# $e had come to help the needy, to bring satisfaction to the nsatisfied# $e does not want
any of s to be thirsty, famished, na)ed, fll of discord, fll of disorder, fll of evil, fll of carnality,
fll of sensality# 1nd so $e sends ot in $is own blessed way the old prophetic cry+ !$o, every one
that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no moneyB come ye, by, and eat###" CIsaiah AA+;F#
The 3aster can give yo that which will satisfy# $e has in $imself 8st what yo need at this
hor# $e )nows yor greatest need# :o need the blessed $oly (host, not merely to satisfy yor
thirst, bt to satisfy the needs of thirsty ones everywhereB for as the blessed $oly Spirit flows throgh
yo li)e rivers of living water, these floods will brea) what needs to be bro)en, they will bring to
death that which shold be broght to death, bt they will bring life and fritage where there is none#
What do yo have6 1 well of water6 That is good as far as it goes# Bt Christ wants to see a
plentifl spply of the river of the $oly (host flowing throgh yo# $ere, on this last day of the feast,
we find $im preparing them for the 0entecostal flness that was to come, the flness that $e shold
shed forth from the glory after $is ascension#
*ote the condition necessary % !$e that believeth on 3e#" This is the root of the matter#
Believe on $im# Believing on $im will bring forth this river of blessedness# 1braham believed (od,
and we are all blessed throgh faithfl 1braham# 1s we believe (od, many will be blessed throgh
or faith# 1braham was an e'traordinary man of faith# $e believed (od in the face of everything# (od
wants to bring s to the place of believing, where, despite all contradictions arond, we are strong in
faith, giving (od glory# 1s we flly believe (od, $e will be glorified, and we will prove a blessing
to the whole world as was or father 1braham#
Trn to @ohn ;?# $ere we see the promise that ignorant and nlearned fisherman were to be
clothed with the Spirit, anointed with power from on high, and ended with the Spirit of wisdom and
)nowledge# 1s $e imparts divine wisdom, yo will not act foolishly# The Spirit of (od will give yo
a sond mind, and $e will impart to yo the divine natre#
$ow cold these wea) and helpless fishermen, poor and needy, ignorant and nlearned, do the
wor)s of Christ and greater wor)s than $e had done6 They were incapable# *one of s is able# Bt
or emptiness has to be clothed with divine flness, and or helplessness has to be filled with the
power of $is helpflness# 0al )new this when he gloried in all that broght him down in wea)ness,
for flowing into his wea)ness came a mighty delge of divine power#
Christ )new that $is going away wold leave $is disciples li)e a family of orphans# Bt $e
told them it was e'pedient, it was best, for after $is retrn to the Father $e wold send the
Comforter, and $e $imself wold come to indwell them, !###ye in me, and I in yo" C@ohn ;?+<DF#
Christ said, !1nd I will pray the Father, and he shall send yo another Comforter, that he may
abide with yo for everB even the Spirit of trth###" C@ohn ;?+;I,;EF# What a fitting name for the ,ne
who was coming to them at the time they were bereft % Comforter# 1fter Christ had left them there
was a great need, bt that need was met on the day of 0entecost when the Comforter came#
:o will always find that in the moment of need the $oly Spirit is a comforter# When my dear
wife was lying dead, the doctors cold do nothing# They said to me, !She-s goneB we cannot help
yo#" 3y heart was so moved that I said, !,h (od, I cannot spare her5" I went p to her and said,
!,h, come bac), come bac), and spea) to me5 Come bac), come bac)5" The Spirit of the Lord
moved, and she came bac) and smiled again# Bt then the $oly (host said to me, !She-s mine# $er
wor) is done# She is mine#"
,h, that comforting word5 *o one else cold have spo)en it# The Comforter came# From that
moment my dear wife passed ot# 1nd in this day the Comforter has a word for every bereaved one#
Christ frther said,
Bt the Comforter, which is the $oly (host, whom the Father will
send in my name, he shall teach yo all things, and bring all things
to yor remembrance, whatsoever I have said nto yo# @ohn ;?+<I
$ow tre this is# From time to time $e ta)es of the words of Christ and ma)es them life to s#
1nd, empowered with this blessed Comforter, the words that we spa)e nder the anointing are spirit
and life#
There are some who come to or meetings who, when yo as) them whether they are see)ers,
reply, !,h, I am ready for anything#" I tell them, !:o will never get anything#" It is necessary to have
the prpose that the psalmist had when he said, !,ne thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I see)
after###" C0salm <E+?F# When the Lord reveals to yo that yo mst be filled with the $oly (host, see)
that one thing ntil (od gives yo that gift#
I spo)e to two yong men in a meeting one day# They were preachers# They had received their
degrees# I said to them, !:ong men, what abot it6"
!,h," they said, !we do not believe in receiving the $oly (host in the same way as yo
people do#"
I said to them, !:o are dressed p li)e preachers, and it is a pity having to have the dress
withot the presence#"
!Well, we do not believe it the way yo do," they said#
!Bt loo)," I said, !the apostles believed it that way# Woldn-t yo li)e to be li)e the
apostles6 :o have read how they received at the beginning, haven-t yo6"
1lways remember this, that the baptism will always be as at the beginning# It has not changed#
If yo want a real baptism, e'pect it 8st the same way as they had it at the beginning#
These preachers as)ed, !What had they at the beginning6"
I /oted from the tenth chapter of 1cts where it says,
###on the (entiles also was pored ot the gift of the $oly (host#
For they heard them spea) with tonges, and magnify (od#### 1cts
;D+?A,?I
The @ews )new that these (entiles had the same )ind of e'perience as they themselves had at
the beginning on the day of 0entecost# The e'perience has not changed, it is still the same as at the
beginning#
When these two yong men reali&ed that 0eter and @ohn and the rest of the disciples had
received the mighty endement at the beginning, and that it was for them, they wal)ed p to the front
where fol) were tarrying# They were finely dressed, bt in abot half an hor they loo)ed different#
They had been prostrated# I had not cased them to do it# Bt they had been so lost and so controlled
by the power of (od, and were so filled with the glory of (od, they 8st rolled over, and their fine
clothes were soiled % bt their faces were radiant# What cased the change6 They had received what
the hndred and twenty received at the beginning#
These yong preachers had been ordained by men# *ow they received an ordination that was
better# The Lord had ordained them that they shold go and bring forth mch frit# The person who
receives this ordination goes forth with fresh feet % his feet shod with the preparation of the (ospel
of peaceB he goes forth with a fresh voice % it spea)s as the Spirit gives tteranceB he goes forth with
a fresh mind % a mind illminated by the power of (odB he goes forth with a fresh vision, and sees
all things new#
When I was in Swit&erland, a woman came to me and said, !*ow that I am healed and have
been delivered from that terrible carnal oppression that bond and fettered me, I feel that I have a
new mind# I shold li)e to receive the $oly (hostB bt when I hear these people at the altar ma)ing so
mch noise, I feel li)e rnning away#"
Shortly after this we were in another place in Swit&erland where there was a great hotel
8oined to the bilding where we were ministering# 1t the close of one of the morning services, the
power of (od fell# That is the only way I can describe it % the power of (od fell# This poor, timid
creatre, who cold not bear to hear any noise, screamed so lod that all the waiters in this big hotel
came ot, with their aprons on and their trays, to see what was p# *othing especially was !p,"
something had come down, and it so altered the sitation that this woman cold stand anything after
that# When yo receive the baptism, remember the words in ; @ohn <+<D# !###ye have an nction from
the $oly ,ne####" (od grant that we may not forget that# 3any people, instead of standing on the roc)
of faith to believe that they have received this nction, say, !,h, if I cold only feel the nction5"
Brother, yor feeling robs yo of yor greatest nction# :or feelings are often on the line of
discoragement# :o have to get away from the wal) by sense, for (od has said, !The 8st shall live
by faith" C$aba))) <+?B Romans ;+;EB (alatians J+;;B and $ebrews ;D+JHF# Believe what (od says,
!:e have an nction from the $oly ,ne," an nction from above# 1ll thoghts of holiness, all thoghts
of prity, all thoghts of power are from above#
Fre/ently I see a condition of emergency# $ere is a woman dyingB here is a man who has lost
all the powers of his facltiesB here is a person apparently in death# (od does not want me to be filled
with an'iety# What does $e want me to do6 To believe only# 1fter yo have received, only believe#
4are to believe the ,ne who has declared, !I will do it#" Christ says,
###verily I say nto yo, That whosoever shall say nto this
montain, Be tho removed, and be tho cast into the seaB and shall
not dobt in his heart, bt shall believe that those things which he
saith shall come to passB he shall have whatsoever he saith# 3ar)
;;+<J
(od declares, !:e have an nction#" Believe (od, and yo will see this happen# What yo
say will come to pass# Spea) the Word and the bond shall be free, the sic) shall be healed, !###he
shall have whatsoever he saith" C3ar) ;;+<JF# !:e have an nction#" The nction has come, the
nction abides, the nction is with s#
Bt what abot it, if yo have not lived in the place where the nction can be increased6 What
is the matter6 There is something between yo and the $oly ,ne % some ncleanness, some imprity,
some desire that is not of $im, something that has come in the way6 The Spirit is grieved# $as the
nction left6 *o# When $e comes in, $e comes to abide# 3a)e confession of yor sin, of yor failre,
and once more the precios blood of @ess Christ will cleanse, and the grieved Spirit will once more
manifest $imself#
@ohn frther says, !###the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in yo###" C; @ohn
<+<EF# We have an anointing, the same anointing which @ess Christ $imself received# For !(od
anointed @ess of *a&areth with the $oly (host and with power+ who went abot doing good###" C1cts
;D+JHF# The same anointing is for s#
It means mch to have a continos faith for the manifestation of the anointing# 1t the death of
La&ars, when it seemed that 3ary and 3artha
and all arond them had lost faith, @ess trned to the Father and said, !Father, I than) thee that
tho hast heard me# 1nd I )new that tho hearest me always###" C@ohn ;;+?;,?<F# Before that spreme
faith that conted on (od, that conted on $is anointing, death had to give p La&ars# Throgh a
constant fellowship with the Father, throgh bold faith in the Son, throgh a mighty nction of the
blessed $oly Spirit, there will come a right of way for (od to be enthroned in yor hearts, prifying
s so thoroghly that there is no room for anything bt the divine presence within# 1nd throgh the
manifestation of this presence, the wor)s of Christ and greater wor)s shall be accomplished for the
glory of or trine (od#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
By Faith, 1pril <;,;>?A
We read in the Word that by faith 1bel offered nto (od a more e'cellent sacrifice than CainB
by faith .noch was translated that he shold not see deathB by faith *oah prepared an ar) to the saving
of his hoseB by faith 1braham, when he was called to go ot into a place which he shold after
receive for an inheritance, obeyed C$ebrews ;;F# There is only one way to all the treasres of (od,
and that is the way of faith# 1ll things are possible, the flfilling of all promises, to him that believeth#
1nd it is all by grace#
###by grace are ye saved throgh faithB and that not of yorselves+
it is the gift of (od# .phesians <+H
There will be failre in or lives if we do not bild on the base, the Roc) Christ @ess# $e is
the only way# $e is the trth# $e is the life# 1nd the Word $e gives s is life9giving# 1s we receive
the Word of life, it /ic)ens, it opens, it fills s, it moves s, it changes sB and it brings s into a
place where we dare to say amen to all that (od has said# Beloved, there is a lot in an !1men#" :o
never get any place ntil yo have the 1men inside of yo# That was the difference between 2acharias
and 3ary# When the Word came to 2acharias he was filled with nbelief
ntil the angel said, !tho shalt be dmb###becase tho believest not my words" CL)e ;+<DF#
3ary said, !###be it nto me according to thy Word" CL)e ;+JHF# 1nd the Lord was pleased that she
believed that there wold be a performance# When we believe what (od has said, there shall be a
performance#
Read the twelfth chapter of 1cts, and yo will find that there were people waiting all night
and praying that 0eter might come ot of prison# Bt there seemed to be one thing missing despite all
their praying, and that was faith# Rhoda had more faith than all the rest of them# When the )noc) came
at the door, she ran to it for she was e'pecting an answer to her prayersB and the moment she heard
0eter-s voice, she ran bac) and annonced to them that 0eter was standing at the door# 1nd all the
people said, !:o are mad# It isn-t so#" That was not faith# When she insisted that he was there, they
said, !Well, perhaps (od has sent his angel#" Bt Rhoda insisted, !It is 0eter#" 1nd 0eter contined
)noc)ing# 1nd they went ot and fond it so# What Rhoda had believed for had become a glorios
fact#
Beloved, we may do mch praying and groaning, bt we do not receive from (od becase of
thatB we receive becase we believe# 1nd yet sometimes it ta)es (od a long time to bring s throgh
the groaning and the crying before we can believe#
I )now this, that no man by his praying can change (od % for yo cannot change $im# Finney
said, !Can a man who is fll of sin and all )inds of rin in his life, change (od when he starts to
pray6" *o, it is impossible# Bt when a man labors in prayer, he groans and travails becase his
tremendos sin is weighing him down, and he becomes bro)en in the presence of (odB and when
properly melted he comes into perfect harmony with the divine plan of (od, and then (od can wor)
in that clay# $e cold not before# 0rayer changes hearts, bt it never changes (od# $e is the same
yesterday, and today, and forever % fll of love, fall of compassion, fall of mercy, fall of grace, and
ready to bestow this and commnicate that to s as we come in faith to $im#
Believe that when yo come into the presence of (od yo can have all yo came for# :o can
ta)e it awayB and yo can se it, for all the power of (od is at yor disposal in response to yor faith#
The price for all was paid by the blood of @ess Christ at Calvary# ,h, $e is the living (od, the ,ne
who has power to change s5 # #it is he that hath made s, and not we orselves###" C0salm ;DD+JF# 1nd
$e prposes to transform s so that the greatness of $is power may wor) throgh s# ,h, beloved5
(od delight in s, and when a man-s ways please the Lord, then $e ma)es all things to move
according to $is own blessed prpose#
We read in $ebrews ;;+A, !By faith .noch was translated that he shold not see death###
before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased (od#" I believe it is in the mind of (od to
prepare s for translation# Bt remember this, translation comes only on the line of holy obedience
and a wal) according to the good pleasre of (od# We are called to wal) together with (od throgh
the Spirit# It is delightfl to )now that we can tal) with (od and hold commnion with $im# Throgh
this wonderfl baptism in the Spirit which the Lord gives s, $e enables s to tal) to $imself in a
langage that the Spirit has given, a langage which no man nderstands bt which $e nderstands, a
langage of love# ,h, how wonderfl it is to spea) to $im in the Spirit, to let the Spirit lift, and lift
and lift s ntil $e ta)es s into the very presence of (od5 I pray that (od by $is Spirit may move all
of s so that we wal) with (od even as .noch wal)ed with $im# Bt beloved, it is a wal) by faith
and not by sight, a wal) of believing the Word of (od#
I believe there are two )inds of faith# 1ll people are born with a natral faith bt (od calls s
to a spernatral faith which is a gift from $imself# In the twenty9si'th chapter of 1cts 0al tells s of
his call, how (od spo)e to him and told him to go to the (entiles, !To open their eyes, and to trn
them from dar)ness to light, and from the power of Satan nto (od, that they may receive forgiveness
of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me" C1cts <I+;HF# The
faith which was in Christ was by the $oly Spirit to be given to those who believed# $enceforth, as
0al yielded his life to (od, he cold say,
I am crcified with Christ+ nevertheless I liveB yet not I, bt Christ
liveth in me+ and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the
faith of the Son of (od, who loved me, and gave himself for me#
(alatians <+<D
The faith of the Son of (od commnicated by the Spirit to the one who pts his trst in (od
and in $is Son#
I want to show yo the difference between or faith and the faith of @ess# ,r faith is limited
and comes to an end# 3ost people have e'perienced coming to the place where they have said, !Lord,
I can go no frther# I have gone so far, and I cannot go on#" Bt (od can help s and ta)e s beyond
this# I remember one night, being in the north of .ngland and going arond to see some sic) people, I
was ta)en into a hose where there was a yong woman lying on her bed, a very helpless case# $er
reason was gone and many things were manifested that were absoltely satanic, and I )new it#
She was a beatifl yong woman# $er hsband was /ite a yong man# $e came in with a
baby in his arms, leaned over and )issed his wife# The moment he did so she threw herself over on
the other side of the bed, 8st as a lnatic wold do, with no consciosness of the presence of her
hsband# It was heartbrea)ing# The hsband too) the baby and pressed the baby-s lips to the mother#
1gain there was a wild fren&y# I said to the sister who was attending her, !$ave yo anybody to
help6" She answered, !We have done everything we cold#" I said, !$ave yo no spirital help6"
$er hsband stormed and said, !Spirital help6 4o yo thin) we believe in (od after we have had
seven wee)s of no sleep and this maniac condition6 If yo thin) we believe in (od, yo are mista)en#
:o have come to the wrong hose#"
There was a yong woman abot eighteen who grinned at me as she passed ot of the door, as
mch as to say, !:o cannot do anything#" Bt this broght me to a place of compassion for this poor
yong woman# 1nd then with what faith I had I began to penetrate the heavens# I was soon ot on the
heights, and I tell yo I never saw a man get anything from (od who prayed on the earth level# If yo
get anything from (od yo will have to pray right into heaven, for all yo want is there# If yo are
living an earthly life, all ta)en p with sensal things, and e'pect things from heaven, they will never
come# (od wants s to be a heavenly people, seated with $im in the heavenlies, and laying hold of
all the things in heaven that are at or disposal#
I saw there, in the presence of that demented girl, limitations to my faithB bt as I prayed there
came another faith into my heart that cold not be denied, a faith that grasped the promises, a faith that
believed (od-s Word# I came from the presence of the glory bac) to earth# I was not the same man# I
confronted the same conditions I had seen before, bt in the name of @ess# With a faith that cold
sha)e hell and move anything else, I cried to the demon power that was ma)ing this yong woman a
maniac, !Come ot of her, in the name of @ess5" She rolled over and fell asleep, and awa)ened in
forteen hors, perfectly sane and perfectly whole#
.noch wal)ed with (od# 4ring those many years of his life he was penetrating the heavens,
laying hold of and believing (od, living with sch cooperation and sch a toch of (od pon him that
things moved on earth and things moved in heaven# $e became sch a heavenly being that it was not
possible for him to stay here any longer# ,h, hallel8ah5 I believe (od wants to bring all of s into
line with $is will, so that we shall penetrate into the heavenlies and become so empowered that we
shall see signs and wonders and divers gifts of the $oly Spirit in or midst# These are wonderfl days
% these days of the otporing of the $oly Spirit# :o as) me, !When wold yo have li)ed to come
to earth6" 3y answer is, !@st now# It sits me beatiflly to )now that I can be filled with the $oly
spirit, that I can be a temple in which $e dwells, and that throgh this temple there shall be a
manifestation of the power of (od that will bring glory to $is name#"
.noch conversed with (od# I want to live in constant conversation with (od# I am so gratefl
that from my yoth p, (od has given me a relish for the Bible# I find the Bible food for my sol# It is
strength to the believer# It bilds p or character in (od# 1nd as we receive with mee)ness the Word
of (od, we are being changed by the Spirit from glory to glory# 1nd by this Boo) comes faith for faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of (od CRomans ;D+;EF# 1nd we )now that !###withot
faith it is impossible to please him### C$ebrews ;;+IF#"
I believe that all or failres come becase of an imperfect nderstanding of (od-s Word# I
see that it is impossible to please (od on any other line bt by faith, and everything that is not of faith
is sin# :o say, !$ow can I obtain this faith6" :o see the secret in $ebrews ;<+<, !Loo)ing nto
@ess the athor and finisher of or faith####" $e is the athor of faith# ,h, the might of or Christ who
created the niverse and pholds it all by the might of $is power5 (od has chosen $im and ordained
$im and clothed $im, and $e who made this vast niverse will ma)e s a new creation# $e spo)e the
Word and the stars came into being, can $e not spea) the Word that will prodce a mighty faith in s6
1h, this ,ne who is the athor and finisher of or faith comes and dwells within s, /ic)ens s by
$is Spirit, and molds s by $is will# $e comes to live $is life of faith within s and to be to s all
that we need# 1nd $e who has begn a good wor) within s will complete it and perfect itB for $e not
only is the athor bt the finisher and perfecter of or faith#
###the word of (od is /ic), and powerfl, and sharper than any
two9edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asnder of sol and
spirit, and of the 8oints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoghts and intents of the heart# $ebrews ?+;<
$ow the Word of (od severs the sol and the spirit % the sol which has a lot of carnality, a
lot of selfishness in it, a lot of evil in it5 Than) (od, the Lord can sever from s all that is earthly and
sensal, and ma)e s a spirital people# $e can bring all or selfishness to the place of death, and
bring the life of @ess into or being to ta)e the place of that earthly and sensal thing that is destroyed
by the living Word#
The living Word pierces right to the very marrow# When I was in 1stralia, so many people
came to me with doble crvatre of the spineB bt the Word of the Lord came right down to the very
marrow of their spines, and instantly they were healed and made straight, as I laid hands on them in
the name of @ess# The divine son of (od, the living Word, throgh $is power, moved pon those
crvatres of the spine and straightened them ot# ,h, than) (od for the mighty power of the Word5
The Word of (od comes in to separate s from everything that is not of (od# It destroys# It
also gives life# $e mst bring to death all that is carnal in s# It was after the death of Christ that (od
raised $im p on high, and as we are dead with $im we are raised p and made to sit in heavenly
places in the new life that the Spirit gives#
(od has come to lead s ot of orselves into $imself, and to ta)e s from the ordinary into
the e'traordinary, from the hman into the divine, and ma)e s after the image of $is Son# ,h, what a
Savior5 What an ideal Savior5 It is written,
###now are we the sons of (od, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be+ bt we )now that, when he shall appear, we shall be li)e
himB for we shall see him as he is# ; @ohn J+<
Bt even now, the Lord wants to transform s from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the living
(od# $ave faith in (od, have faith in the Son, have faith in the $oly spiritB and the trine (od will
wor) in yo, wor)ing in yo to will and to do all the good pleasre of $is will#
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.'periences Wroght ,t by $mility, @ne H,;>?A
First 0eter A % What a privilege to care for the floc) of (od, to be sed by (od to encorage
the people, to help stand against the manifold trials that affect the needy# What a holy calling5 We
each have or own wor) and we mst do it, so that boldness may be ors in the day of the 3aster-s
appearing, and that no man ta)e or crown# 1s the Lord is always encoraging s, we have that which
can encorage others# There mst be a willingness, a ready mind, a yielding to the mind of the Spirit#
There is no place for the child of (od in (od-s great plan e'cept in hmility#
@acob 1s ,r .'ample
(od can never do all $e wants to do, all that $e came to do throgh the Word, ntil $e gets
s to the place where $e can trst s, and we are in abiding fellowship with $im in $is great plan for
the world-s redemption# We have this illstrated in the life of @acob# It too) (od twenty9one years to
bring @acob to the place of contrition of heart, hmility, and bro)enness of spirit# (od even gave him
power to wrestle with strength, and he said, !I thin) I can manage after all," ntil (od toched his
thigh, ma)ing him )now that he was mortal and that he was dealing with immortality# 1s long as we
can save orselves, we will do it#
In 3ar) A+<A, we have the story of the woman who had sffered many things of many
physicians and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered bt rather grew worse# She said,
!###If I may toch bt his clothes, I shall be whole" C3ar) A+<HF# She came to )now her need# ,r fll
cpboard is often or greatest hindrance# It is when we are empty and ndone and come to (od in or
nothingness and helplessness, $e pic)s s p#
0eter says, !$mble yorselves therefore nder the mighty hand of (od, that he may e'alt yo
in de time" C; 0eter A+IF# Loo) at the 3aster at @ordan, sbmitting $imself to the baptism of @ohn,
then again sbmitting $imself to the crel cross# Trly, angels desire to loo) into these things, and all
heaven is waiting for the man who will brn all the bridges behind him and allow (od to begin a plan
in righteosness, so fll, so sblime, beyond all hman thoght, bt according to the revelation of the
Spirit#
!Casting all yor care pon himB for he careth for yo" C; 0eter A+EF# $e careth5 We
sometimes forget this# If we descend into the natral all goes wrong, bt when we trst $im and abide
beneath $is shadow, how blessed it is# ,h, the times I have e'perienced my helplessness and
nothingness and casting my care pon $im have proved $e careth#
Then verse eight tells s to be sober# What does it mean, to be sober6 It is to have a clear
)nowledge that yo are powerless to manage, bt a rest of faith, )nowing (od is near at hand to
deliver all the time# The adversary-s opportnity is when yo are something and try to open yor own
door# ,r thoghts, words, acts, and deeds mst all be in the power of the $oly (host# ,h, yes, we
have need to be sober, not only sober, bt vigilant, not only to be filled with the Spirit bt with a !go
forth" in yo, a )nowledge that (od-s $oly presence is with yo# Sober, vigilant, an ability to 8dge,
dissect, and balance things that differ#
!###yor adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, wal)eth abot, see)ing whom he may devor+
whom resist stedfast in the faith###" C; 0eter A+H9 >F# Resist in the hor when by his wiles we may be
bewildered, almost swept off or feet and dar)ness is pon s to sch a degree that it seems as if
some evil thing had overta)en s# Whom resist steadfast in the faith#
$e that )eepeth Israel neither slmbers nor sleeps# (od covers s, for no hmanity can stand
against the powers of hell# T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The strongholds of (od are
stronger than the strength of man and $e never faileth to interpose on behalf of $is own#"
!###after that ye have sffered###" C; 0eter A+;DF# Then there is some sffering6 :es5 Bt not to
be compared to the glory that is to be revealed to s# The difference is so great that it is not even
worthy of mention# ,rs is an eternal glory, from glory to glory, ntil we are swallowed p, ntil we
are swallowed p in $im, the Lord of glory#
Fi' :or $earts
Then in this same verse we have for other things for the heart to be fi'ed in (od# ;# 0erfect#
<# .stablish# J# Strengthen# ?# Settle#
;# 0erfect# In $ebrews ;J+<;, we read, !3a)e yo perfect in every good wor) to do his will,
wor)ing in yo that which is well9pleasing in his sight, throgh @ess Christ####" =eep in mind the fact
that when perfection is spo)en of in the Word, it is always throgh a 8oining p with eternal things#
0erfection is a wor)ing in s of the will of (od# There are some of s here that wold be faint9
hearted if we thoght we had to be perfect to get in the blessing with (od# $ow is it going to be6 We
find as we follow on that the prpose of eternal life is an advancement, for we are saved by the
blood# ,r actions, or mind, covered by the blood of @ess, and as we yield and yield we find
orselves in possession of another mind, even the mind of Christ, to case s to nderstand the
perfection of $is will# Someone says, !I can never be perfect5 It is beyond my frthest thoght#" @st
so5 It is5 Bt as we press on, the $oly (host enlightens and we enter in as 0al says according to the
revelation of the Spirit# I am perfected as I lanch ot into (od by faith, $is blood covering my sin,
$is righteosness covering my nrighteosness, $is perfection covering my imperfection# I am holy
and perfect in him#
<# .stablish# :o mst be established in the fact that it is $is life, not yors# Faith in $is
Word, faith in $is lifeB yo are spplanted by another, yo are disconnected from the earth, inslated
by faith#
J# Strengthen# Strengthened in the fact that (od is doing the bsiness, not yo, yo are in the
plan, which (od is wor)ing ot#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !There is nothing in itself that can bring ot that
which (od designs# What (od intends is always a going on to perfection ntil we are li)e nto $im#
It is an establishment of righteosness on $is own Word#"
?# Settled# What is it to be settled6 1 )nowledge that I am in nion with $is will, that I am
established in the )nowledge of it, that day by day I am strengthened# It is an eternal wor) of
righteosness, ntil by the Spirit yo are perfected# First endring, then an establishing, a
strengthening, a settling# It is according to yor faith# It is as yo believe# *ow a closing word#
To (od be all the glory# What does it mean, for it all to be reali&ed in my case6 That I live for
$is glory, that there be no withdrawal, no relin/ishing, no loo)ing bac), bt going on, on, on, for $is
glory now and forever, ntil as .noch, we wal) with (od and are not, for (od has ta)en s#
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$ow to Be Transformed, @ly ;?, ;>?A
@acob was on his way to the land of his fathers, bt he was very trobled at the thoght of
meeting his brother .sa# :ears before, @acob and his mother had formed a plan to secre the
blessing that Isaac was going to give .sa# $ow inglorios was the flfilling of this carnal plan5 It
reslted in .sa-s hating @acob and saying in his heart, !When my father is dead, then will I slay my
brother @acob" C(enesis <E+?;F# ,r own plans lead s fre/ently into disaster#
@acob had to flee from the land, bt how good the Lord was to the fleeing fgitive# $e gave
him a vision of a ladder, and angels ascending and descending# $ow gracios is or (od5 $e refsed
to have $is plans of grace frstrated by the carnal wor)ings of @acob-s mind, and that night $e
revealed $imself to @acob saying, !###I am with thee, and will )eep thee in all places whither tho
goest, and will bring thee again into this landB for I will not leave thee, ntil I have done that which I
have spo)en to thee of" C(enesis <H+;AF# It is the goodness of the Lord that leads to repentance# I
believe that @acob really did some repenting that night as he was made conscios of his own
meanness#
3any things may happen in or lives to show s how depraved we are by natre, bt when the
veil is lifted we see how mercifl and tender (od is# $is tender compassion is over s all the time#
Since the time when @acob had had the revelation of the ladder and the angels, he had had
twenty9one years of testing and trial# Bt (od had been faithfl to $is promise all throgh these years#
@acob cold say to his wives, !###yor father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten timesB bt
(od sffered him not to hrt me" C(enesis J;+EF# $e said to his father9in9law, !.'cept the (od of my
father, the (od of 1braham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, srely tho hadst sent me away
now empty# (od hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands###" C(enesis J;+?<F#
*ow that @acob was retrning to the land of his birth, his heart was filled with fear# If he ever
needed the Lord, it was 8st at this time# 1nd he wanted to be alone with (od# $is wives, his
children, his sheep, his )ine CcattleF, his camels, and his asses, gone on, !1nd @acob was left aloneB
and there wrestled a man with him ntil the brea)ing of the day" C(enesis J<+<?F# The Lord saw
@acob-s need, and came down to meet him# It was $e who wrestled with the spplanter, brea)ing him,
changing him, transforming him#
1nointing oil bottle sed by Smith Wigglesworth#
@acob )new that his brother .sa had power to ta)e away all that he had, and to e'ecte
vengeance pon him# $e )new that no one cold deliver him bt (od# 1nd there alone, lean in sol
and impoverished in spirit, he met with (od# ,h, how we need to get alone with (od, to be bro)en,
to be changed, to be transformed5 1nd when we do meet with $im, $e interposes, and all care and
strife are at an end# (et alone with (od and receive the revelation of $is infinite grace, and of $is
wonderfl prposes and plans for yor life#
This pictre of @acob left alone is so real to me, I can imagine his thoghts that night# $e
wold thin) abot the ladder and the angels# I somehow thin) that as he wold begin to pray, his
tonge wold cleave to the roof of his moth# $e )new he had to get rid of a lot of things# In days gone
by, it had all been @acob5 @acob5 When yo get alone with (od, what a place of revelation it is# What
a revelation of self we receive# 1nd then !It was not that there was any virte in me%the peopleKs
faith was e'ercised as it was at @ersalem when they said 0eterKs shadow wold heal them#Q
what a revelation of the provision made for s at Calvary# It is here that we get a revelation of
a life crcified with Christ, bried with $im, raised with $im, transformed by Christ, and
empowered by the Spirit#
$or after hor passed# ,h, that we might spend all nights alone with (od5 We are occpied
too mch with the things of time and sense# We need to spend time alone in the presence of (od# We
need to give (od mch time in order to receive new revelations from $im# We need to get past all the
thoghts of earthly matters that crowd in so rapidly# It ta)es (od time to deal with s# If $e wold
only deal with s as $e dealt with @acob, then we shold have power with $im, and prevail#
@acob was not dry9eyed that night# $osea tells s, !###he wept, and made spplication###"
C$osea ;<+?F# $e )new that he had been a disappointment to the Lord, that he had been a groveler, bt
in the revelation he received that night he saw the possibility of being transformed from a spplanter
to a prince with (od# The testing hor came when, at the brea) of day, the 1ngel, who was none other
than the Lord and 3aster, said, !###Let me go, for the day brea)eth###" C(enesis J<+<IF# This is where
we so often fail# @acob )new that if (od went withot blessing him, .sa cold not be met# :o
cannot meet the terrible things that await yo in the world nless yo secre the blessing of (od#
:o mst never let go# Whatever yo are see)ing % a fresh revelation, light on the path, some
particlar thing % never let go# Lictory is yors if yo are earnest enogh# If yo are in dar)ness, if
yo need a fresh revelation, if yor mind needs relief, if there are problems yo cannot solve, lay hold
of (od and declare, !## #; will not let thee go, e'cept tho bless me" C(enesis J<+<IF#
In wrestling, the strength is in the nec), the breast, and the thigh, bt the greatest strength is in
the thigh# The Lord toched @acob-s thigh# With his hman strength gone, srely defeat was certain#
What did @acob do6 $e hng on# (od means to have people who are bro)en# The divine power can
only come when there is an end of or own self9sfficiency# Bt when we are bro)en, we mst hold
fast# If we let go then we shall fall short#
@acob cried, ## I will not let thee go, e'cept tho bless me####" 1nd (od blessed him, saying,
!###Thy name shall be called no more @acob, bt Israel+ for as a prince hast tho power with (od and
with men, and hast prevailed" C(enesis J<+<HF# *ow a new order begins# The old spplanter has
passed away, there is a new creation+ @acob the spplanter has been transformed into Israel the
prince#
When (od comes into yor life, yo will find $im enogh# 1s Israel came forth, the sn rose
pon him, and he had power over all the things of the world, and power over .sa# .sa met him, bt
there was no fight now, there was reconciliation# They )issed each other# $ow tre it is, !When a
man-s ways please the Lord, he ma)eth even his enemies to be at peace with him" C0roverbs ;I+EF#
.sa in/ired, !What abot all these cattle, @acob6 !,h, that-s a present#" !,h, I have plentyB I don-t
want yor cattle# What a 8oy to see yor face again5" What a wonderfl change5 The material things
did not cont for mch after the night of revelation# Who wroght the change6 (od#
Can yo hold on to (od as did @acob6 :o certainly can if yo are sincere, if yo are
dependent, if yo are bro)en, if yo are wea)# It is when yo are wea) that yo are strong C<
Corinthians ;<+;DF# Bt if yo are self9righteos, if yo are prod, if yo are high9minded, if yo are
pffed p in yor own imagination, yo can receive nothing from $im# If yo become l)ewarm
instead of being at white heat, yo can become a disappointment to (od# 1nd $e says, !###I will spe
thee ot of my moth" CRevelation J+;IF#
Bt there is a place of holiness, a place of mee)ness, a place of faith, where yo can call to
(od, !I will not let thee go, e'cept tho bless me" C(enesis J<+<IF# 1nd in response $e will bless
yo e'ceeding abndantly above all yo as) or thin)#
Sometimes we are tempted to thin) that $e has left s# ,h, no# $e has promised never to leave
s, and $e will not fail# @acob held on ntil the blessing came# We can do the same#
If (od does not help s, we are no good for this world-s needB we are no longer salt, we lose
or savor# Bt as we spend time alone with (od, and cry to $im to bless s, $e re9salts s, $e re9
empowers sB bt $e brings s to bro)enness and moves s into the orbit of $is own perfect will#
The ne't morning as the sn rose, @acob !###halted pon his thigh" C(enesis J<+J;F# :o may
as), !What is the se of a lame man6" It is those who have seen the face of (od and have been bro)en
by $im, who can meet the forces of the enemy and brea) down the blwar)s of Satan-s )ingdom# The
Word declares, !###the lame ta)e the prey" CIsaiah JJ+<JF# ,n that day @acob was broght to a place of
dependence pon (od#
,h, the blessedness of being broght into a life of dependence pon the power of the $oly
Spirit# $enceforth we )now that we are nothing withot $imB we are absoltely dependent pon $im#
I am absoltely nothing withot the power and nction of the $oly (host# ,h, for a life of absolte
dependence5 It is throgh a life of dependence there is a life of power# If yo are not there, get alone
with (od# If need be, spend a whole night alone with (od, and let $im change and transform yo#
*ever let $im go ntil $e blesses yo, ntil $e ma)es yo an Israel, a prince with (od#
0blished in The 0entecostal .vangel
1flame for (od, ,ctober ;E,;>?<
Christ said to $is disciples 8st before $e ascended, !###ye shall receive power, after that the
$oly (host is come pon yo+ and ye shall be witnesses nto me###"
C1cts ;+HF# ,n the day of 0entecost $e sent the power, and the remainder of the 1cts of the
1postles tells of the witnessing of these Spirit9filled disciples, the Lord wor)ing with them, and
confirming the Word with signs following#
The Lord @ess is 8st the same today# The anointing is 8st the same# The 0entecostal
e'perience is 8st the same, and we are to loo) for li)e reslts as set forth in L)e-s record of what
happened in the days of the early chrch#
@ohn the Baptist said concerning @ess, !###he shall bapti&e yo with the $oly (host, and with
fire" C3atthew J+;;F# (od-s ministers are to be a flame of fire % a perpetal flame, a constant fire, a
continal brning, brning and shining lights# (od has nothing less for s than to be flames# We mst
have a living faith in (od, a faith that (od-s great might and power may flame throgh s ntil or
whole life is energi&ed by the power of (od#
I reali&e that when the $oly (host comes, $e comes to enable s to show forth @ess Christ in
all $is glory, to ma)e $im )nown as the ,ne who heals today as in the days of old# The baptism in
the Spirit is to enable s to preach as they did at the beginning, throgh the power of the $oly (host
sent down from heaven and with the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit# ,h, if we wold only let
the Lord wor) in s, melting s ntil a new order arises, moved with $is compassion5
I was traveling from .gypt to Italy# (od was wonderflly on that ship with me, and every hor
I was conscios of $is blessed presence# 1 man on the ship sddenly collapsed and his wife was
terribly alarmed, and everybody else seemed to be# Some said that he was abot to e'pire# Bt I saw
it was 8st a glorios opportnity for the power of (od to be manifested# ,h, what it means to be a
flame of fire, to be indwelt by the living Christ5 We are a bac) nmber if we have to pray for po)er
when an occasion li)e that comes, or if we have to wait ntil we feel a sense of $is presence# The
Lord-s promise was, !###ye shall receive power, after that the $oly (host is come pon yo###" and if
we will believe, the power of (od will be always manifested when there is a definite need# When
yo e'ercise yor faith, yo will find that there is a greater power than there is in the world# ,h, to be
awa)ened ot of nbelief into a place of daring for (od on the athority of $is blessed Boo)5
So right there on board that ship, in the name of @ess I reb)ed the devil, and to the
astonishment of the man-s wife and the man himself, he was able to stand# $e said, !What is this6 It is
going all over me# I have never felt anything li)e this before#" From the top of his head to the soles of
his feet the power of (od shoo) him# (od has given s athority over all the power of the devil# ,h,
that we may live in the place where we reali&e this always5
Christ, who is the e'press image of (od, has come to or hman wea)nesses, to change them
and s into divine li)eness, to be parta)ers of the divine natre, so that by the power of $is might we
may not only overcome, bt re8oice in the fact that we are more than con/erors# (od wants yo to
)now by e'perience what it means to be more than a con/eror# The baptism in the $oly spirit has
come for nothing less than to empower s, to give the very power that Christ $imself had, so that yo,
a yielded vessel, may contine the same type of ministry that $e had when $e wal)ed this earth in the
days of $is flesh# $e prposes that we shold come behind in no gift# There are gifts of healing and
the wor)ing of miracles, bt we mst apprehend these# There is the gift of faith by the same Spirit
which we are to receive#
The need in the world today is that we shold be brning and shining lights to reflect the glory
of Christ# We cannot do it with a cold indifferent e'perience, and we never shall# $is servants are to
be flames of fire# Christ came that we might have life, and life more abndantly# 1nd we are to give
that life to others, to be ministers of the life and power and healing virte of @ess Christ wherever
we go#
Some years ago I was in Ceylon# In one place the fol) complained, !For days is not mch to
give s#" !*o," I said, !bt it is a good share#" They said to me, !We are not toching the people here
at all#" I said, !Can yo have a meeting early in the morning, at eight o-cloc)6" They said they wold#
So I said, !Tell all the mothers who want their babies to be healed to come, and all the people over
seventy to come, and after that we hope to give an address to the people to ma)e them ready for the
baptism in the Spirit#"
It wold have done yo good to see the for hndred mothers coming at eight o-cloc) with
their babies, and then to see the hndred and fifty old people, with their white hair, coming to be
healed# We need to have something more than smo)e to toch the peopleB we need to be a brning fire
for (od# $is ministers mst be flames of fire# In those days there were thosands ot to hear the Word
of (od# I believe there were abot three thosand persons crying for mercy at once# It was a great
sight# From that first morning on the meetings grew to sch an e'tent that I wold estimate every time
some A,DDD to I,DDD gatheredB and I had to preach in a temperatre of ;;DS# Then I had to pray for
these people who were sic)# Bt I can tell yo, a flame of fire can do anything# Things change in the
fire# This was 0entecost# Bt what moved me more than anything else was this+ there were hndreds
who tried to toch me, they were so impressed with the power of (od that was present# 1nd many
testified that with the toch they were healed# It was not that there was any virte in me % the
people-s faith was e'ercised as it was at @ersalem when they said 0eter-s shadow wold heal them#
:o can receive something in three mintes that yo can carry with yo into glory# What do
yo want6 Is anything too hard for (od# (od can meet yo now# (od sees inwardly# $e )nows all
abot yo# *othing is hidden from $im, and $e can satisfy the sol and give yo a spring of eternal
blessing that will carry yo right throgh#
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The 0ower of Christ-s Resrrection, 3arch <H,;>?E
That I may )now him, and the power of his resrrection, and the
fellowship of his sfferings, being made conformable nto his
death### I cont not myself to have apprehended+ bt this one thing
I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth
nto those things which are before, I press toward the mar) for the
pri&e of the high calling of (od in Christ @ess# 0hilippians
J+;D,;J;?
What a wonderfl Word5 This srely means to press on to be filled with all the flness of
(od# If we lea) ot here we shall srely miss (od, and shall fail in flfilling the ministry $e wold
give s#
0ressing ,n For Fller 0ower
The Lord wold have s preach by life, and by deed, always abonding in serviceB living
epistles, bringing forth to men the )nowledge of (od# If we went all the way with (od, what wold
happen6 What shold we see if we wold only see) to bring honor to the name of or (od6 $ere we
see 0al pressing in for this# There is no standing still# We mst move on to a fller power of the
Spirit, never satisfied that we have apprehended all, bt filled with the assrance that (od will ta)e
s on to the goal we desire to reach, as we press on for the pri&e ahead#
1braham came ot from 7r of the Chaldees# We never get into a new place ntil we come ot
from the old one# There is a place where we leave the old life behind, and where the life in Christ
fills s and we are filled with $is glorios personality#
,n the road to 4amascs, Sal of Tarss was apprehended by Christ# From the first he sent p
a cry, !Lord, what wilt tho have me to do6" $e desired always to do the will of (od, bt here he
reali&ed a place of closer intimacy, a place of fller power, of deeper crcifi'ion# $e sees a pri&e
ahead and every fiber of his being is intent on secring that pri&e# @ess Christ came to be the
firstfritsB the firstfrits of a great harvest of li)e frit, li)e nto $imself# $ow &ealos is the farmer
as he watches his crops and sees the first shoots and blades# They are the earnest of the great harvest
that is coming# 0al here is longing that the Father-s heart shall be satisfied, for in that first
resrrection the $eavenly $sbandman will see a firstfrits harvest, firstfrits li)e nto Christ, sons
of (od made conformable to the only begotten Son of (od#
:o say, !I am in a needy place#" It is in needy places that (od delights to wor)# For three
days the people that were with Christ were withot food, and $e as)ed 0hilip, !From whence shall
we by bread that these may eat6" That was a hard place for 0hilip, bt not for @ess, for $e )new
perfectly what $e wold do# The hard place is where $e delights to show forth $is miraclos
power# 1nd how flly was the need provided for# Bread enogh and to spare5
The 0resence ,f The Risen Christ
Two trobled, baffled travelers are on the road to .mmas# 1s they commned together and
reasoned, @ess $imself drew near, and $e opened p the Word to them in sch a way that they saw
light in $is light# Their eyes were holden that they cold not recogni&e who it was tal)ing with them#
Bt, oh how their hearts brned within as $e opened p the Scriptre to them# 1nd at the brea)ing of
bread $e was made )nown to them# 1lways see) to be fond in the place where $e manifests $is
presence and power#
The resrrected Christ appeared to 0eter and a few more of them early one morning on the
shore of the la)e# $e prepared a meal for the tired, tried disciples# This is 8st li)e $im# Cont on $is
presence#
Cont on $is power# Cont on $is provision# $e is always there 8st where yo need $im#
$ave yo received $im6 1re yo to be fond !m $im"6 $ave yo received $is
righteosness, which is by faith6 1braham got to this place, for (od gave this righteosness to him
becase he believed, and as yo believe (od $e pts $is righteosness to yor accont# $e will pt
$is righteosness right within yo# $e will )eep yo in perfect peace as yo stay yor mind pon $im
and trst in $im# $e will bring yo to a rest of faith, to a place of blessed assrance that all that
happens is wor)ing for yor eternal good#
$ere is the widow-s son on the road to brial# @ess meets that nhappy procession# $e has
compassion on that poor woman who is ta)ing her only son to the cemetery# $is great heart had sch
compassion that death had no power % it cold not longer hold its prey# Compassion is greater than
sffering# Compassion is greater than death# , (od, give s this compassion5 In $is infinite
compassion @ess stopped that fneral procession and cried to that widow-s son, !:ong man, I say
nto thee, 1rise#" 1nd he who was dead sat p, and @ess delivered him to his mother#
Channels For $is 0ower
0al got a vision and revelation of the resrrection power of Christ, and so he was saying, !I
will not stop ntil I have laid hold of what (od has laid hold of me for#" For what prpose has (od
laid hold of s6 To be channels for $is power# $e wants to manifest the power of the Son of (od
throgh yo and me# (od helps s to manifest the faith of Christ, the compassion of Christ, the
resrrection power of Christ#
,ne morning abot eleven o-cloc) I saw a woman who was sffering with a tmor# She cold
not live throgh the day# 1 little blind girl led me to the bedside# Compassion bro)e me p and I
wanted that woman to live for the child-s sa)e# I said to the woman, !4o yo want to live6" She
cold not spea)# She 8st moved her finger# I anointed her with oil and said, !In the name of @ess#"
There was a stillness of death that followedB and the pastor, loo)ing at the woman, said to me, !She is
gone#"
When (od pors in $is compassion it has resrrection power in it# I carried that woman
across the room, pt her against a wardrobe, and held her there# I said, !In the name of @ess, death,
come ot#" 1nd soon her body began to tremble li)e a leaf# !In @ess- name, wal)," I said# She did
and went bac) to bed#
I told this story in the assembly# There was a doctor there and he said, !I-ll prove that#" $e
went to the woman and she told him it was perfectly tre# She said, !I was in heaven, and I saw
contless nmbers all li)e @ess# Then I heard a voice saying, GWal), in the name of @ess#-"
There is power in the name of @ess# Let s apprehend it, the power of $is resrrection, the
power of $is compassion, the power of $is love# Love will brea) the hardest thing % there is
nothing it will not brea)#
0blished in Redemption Tidings
1biding In 0ower
1bide in the presence of power where victory is assred# If we )eep in the right place with
(od, (od can do anything with s# There is a power and ma8esty falling on @ess# $e is no longer the
same# $e has now received the mighty anointing power of (od# 1nd $e reali&es sbmission, and as
$e sbmits $e is more and more covered with the power and led by the Spirit# $e came ot of the
wilderness more foil of (od, more clothed with the Spirit and ready for the fight# The endement with
power had sch an effect pon $im that other people saw it and floc)ed to hear $im, and great
blessing came to the land#
The $oly (host coming pon an individal changes him and fertili&es his spirital life# What
is possible if we reach this place and )eep in it % abide in it# ,nly one thing is going to accomplish
the prpose of (od % that is, to be filled with the Spirit we mst yield and sbmit, ntil or bodies
are satrated with (od, that at any moment (od-s will can be revealed# We want a great hnger and
thirst for (od#
Thosands mst be broght to a )nowledge of the trthB that will only be broght abot by
hman instrmentality, when the instrment is at a place where he will say all the $oly (host directs
him toB be still and )now that I am (od, the place of tran/ility, where we )now $e is controlling,
and moves s by the mighty power of $is Spirit#
.&e)iel said, !I prophesied as I was commanded#" $e did what he was told to do# It ta)es
more to live in that place than any other I )now of# To live in the place where yo hear (od-s voice#
,nly by the power of the Spirit can yo do as yo are told /ic)ly#
We mst )eep at the place where we see (od, always hearing $is voice%where $e sends s
with messages bringing life and power and victory#
Christ In 7s
I desire yo all to follow me in reading the first twelve verses of the eleventh chapter of
3atthew-s gospel+
1nd it came to pass, when @ess had made an end of commanding
his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in
their cities# *ow when @ohn had heard in the prison the wor)s of
Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 1nd said nto him, 1rt tho he
that shold come, or do we loo) for another 6 @ess answered and
said nto them, (o and show @ohn again those things which ye do
hear and see+ The blind receive their sight, and the lame wal), the
lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised p, and
the poor have the gospel preached to them# 1nd blessed is he,
whosoever shall not be offended in me# 1nd as they departed,
@ess began to say nto the mltitdes concerning @ohn, What
went ye ot into the wilderness to see6 1 reed sha)en with the
wind6 Bt what went ye ot for to see 6 1 man clothed in soft
raiment6 behold, they that wear soft clothing are in )ings- hoses#
Bt what went ye ot for to see6 1 prophet6 yea, I say nto yo,
and more than a prophet# For this is he, of whom it is written,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare
thy way before thee# Lerily I say nto yo, 1mong them that are
born of women there hath not risen a greater than @ohn the
Baptist+ notwithstanding he that is least in the )ingdom of heaven
is greater than he# 1nd from the days of @ohn the Baptist ntil now
the )ingdom of heaven sffereth violence, and the violent ta)e it
by force#
I believe that (od wants to bring to or eyes and or ears a living reali&ation of what the
Word of (od is, what the Lord (od means, and what we may e'pect if we believe it# Tonight I am
certain that the Lord wishes to pt before s a living fact which shall by faith, bring into action a
principle which is within or own hearts, so that Christ can dethrone every power of Satan#
It is only this trth revealed to or hearts that can ma)e s so mch greater that we had ever
any idea we were# I believe there are volmes of trth right in the midst of or own heartsB only there
is the need of revelation and of stirring orselves p to nderstand the mightiness which (od has
within s+ we may prove what $e has accomplished in s if we will only be willing to accomplish
that which $e has accomplished in s# For (od has not accomplished something in s that shold lie
dormant, bt $e has broght within s a power, a revelation, a life that is so great, that I believe (od
wants to reveal the greatness of it# The possibilities of man in the hands of (od5 There isn-t anything
yo can imagine greater than what the man may accomplish#
Bt everything on a natral basis is very limited to what (od has for s on a spirital basis# If
man can accomplish mch in a short time, what may we accomplish if we will have the revealed
Word tonight, and ta)e it as trth which (od has given s and that he wants to bring ot in revelation
and force6
@ohn The Baptist
In the first place, notice the fact that @ohn the Baptist was the forernner of @ess# Within his
own short history, @ohn the Baptist had the power of (od revealed to him as no man in the old
dispensation probably# $e had a wonderfl revelation, he had a mighty anointing#
I want yo to see how he moved Israel# I want yo to see how the power of (od rested pon
him# I want yo to see how he had the vision of @ess, and went forth with power and trned the hearts
of Israel to $im# 1nd yet @ess says abot @ohn+
###1mong them that are born of women there hath not risen a
greater than @ohn the Baptist+ notwithstanding he that is least in
the )ingdom of heaven is greater than he# 3atthew ;;+;;
Then I want yo to see how satanic power can wor) in the mind# I find that Satan comes to
@ohn when he is in prison# I find that Satan can come to any of s# Withot we are filled, or divinely
inslated with the power of (od, we may go nder by the power of Satan#
Bt I want to prove tonight that we have a greater power than Satan-s, in imagination, in
thoght, in everything# Satan comes to @ohn the Baptist in prison, and says to @ohn+
!4on-t yo thin) yo have made a mista)e6 $ere yo are in prison# :o hear nothing abot
@ess# Isn-t there something wrong with the whole bsiness6 1fter all, yo may be greatly deceived
abot being a forernner of the Christ#"
I find men who might be giants of faith, who might be leaders of society, who might rise to
sbde )ingdoms, who might be noble amongst princes, bt they go down, becase they allow
sggestions of Satan to dethrone their better )nowledge of the power of (od# (od, help s tonight#
See what @ohn the Baptist did+
*ow when @ohn had heard in the prison the wor)s of Christ, he
sent two of his disciples, 1nd said nto him, 1rt tho he that shold
come, or do we loo) for another 6 3atthew ;;+<,J
$ow cold @ess send those men bac) with a stimlating trth, with a personal, effective
power that shold stir their hearts to )now that they had met $im whom all the prophets had spo)en
abot6 What wold declare it6 $ow shall they )now6 $ow can they tell it6
@ess answered and said nto them, (o and show @ohn again those
things which ye do hear and see+ The blind receive their sight, and
the lame wal), the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead
are raised p, and the poor have the gospel preached to them#
3atthew ;;+?,A
1nd when they saw the miracles and wonders, and heard the gracios words $e spo)e as the
power of (od rested pon $im, they were ready#
$as that wor) to cease6 If it hasn-t to cease, then I mst pt before yo tonight a living fact# I
mst have yo see why it shall not cease# Instead of ceasing, it had to contine to be# It is only by the
grace of (od that I dare pt these trths before yo becase of facts which will be proved#
Tonight, I have a message for the saved people, and a message for the nsaved, bt I want yo
to hear# There are none so deaf as those who won-t hear, and none so blind as those who won-t see#
Bt (od has given yo ears, and $e wants yo to hear# What shall yo hear6
1nd ye shall )now the trth, and the trth shall ma)e yo free#
@ohn H+J<
$ear what @ess said+
1nd as they departed, @ess began to say nto the mltitdes
concerning @ohn, What went ye ot into the wilderness to see 6 1
reed sha)en with the wind6 3atthew ;;+E
4id yo ever see a man of (od li)e a reed6 If ever yo did I shold say he was only an
imitator# $as (od ever made a man to be a reed, or to be li)e smo)ing fla'6 *o# (od wants to ma)e
men as flames of fire# (od wants to ma)e men strong in the Lord, and in the power of $is might#
Therefore, beloved, if yo will hear the trth of the (ospel, yo will see that (od has made
provision for yo to be strong, to be on fire, to be as thogh yo were /ic)ened from the dead, as
those who have seen the =ing, as those who have a resrrection toch# We )now we are the sons of
(od with power as we believe $is Word and stand in the trth of $is Word#
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !The Spirit of the Lord breathes pon the slain, and
pon the dry bones, and pon the things which are not, and changes them in the flesh in a moment of
time, and ma)es that which is wea), strong# 1nd behold, $e is amongst s tonight to /ic)en that
which is dead and ma)e the dead alive#"
$e is here5 !The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of (od+ and they that hear shall live#"
0raise the Lord5
We pass on to another thoght in the ne't verse which is very important+
1nd from the days of @ohn the Baptist ntil now the )ingdom of
heaven sffereth violence, and the violent ta)e it by force#
3atthew ;;+;<
$id In Christ
This is a message to every believer# .very believer is belonging to the )ingdom of heaven#
.very believer has the life of the Lord in him# 1nd if @ess were to come, who is or life, instantly
or life wold go ot to meet $is life becase we e'ist and consist of the life of the Son of (od#
!1nd yor life is hid with Christ, in (od#"
There is a wonderfl word in L)e-s gospel, the twenty9second chapter, which if all believers
nderstood, there wold be great 8oy in their hearts+
1nd he said nto them, With desire I have desired to eat this
passover with yo before I sffer+ For I say nto yo, I will not any
more eat thereof, ntil it be flfilled in the )ingdom of (od# L)e
<<+;A,;I
.veryone in Christ @ess shall be there when $e sits down the first time to brea) bread in the
)ingdom of heaven# It is not possible for any child of (od to remain when @ess comes# The Lord
help s to believe it#
I )now there is a great deal of speclation on the raptre, and on the coming of the Lord# Bt
let me tell yo to hope for edification and consolation, for the Scriptre by the $oly (host won-t let
me spea) bt on edification, and consolation, and comfort of the Spirit# Why6 Becase we are here
for the prpose of giving everybody in the meeting !consolation#" I don-t mean to cover sin p# (od
won-t let s do that# Bt we mst nveil trth# 1nd what is trth6 The Word of (od is trth# !I am the
way, the trth, and the life#"
Search the ScriptresB for in them ye thin) ye have eternal life+
and they are they which testify of me# @ohn A+J>
What does the trth say6 That when $e appears, all that are Christ-s at $is coming, will be
changed in a moment, in the twin)ling of an eye#
1nd we will be presented the same moment along with all those that sleep in $im, and we
will all go together#
###the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep###and the dead
in Christ shall rise first+ Then we which are alive and remain shall
be caght p together with them in the clods, to meet the Lord in
the air+ and so shall we ever be with the Lord# Wherefore comfort
one another with these words# ; Thessalonians ?+;A9;H
For I say nto yo, I will not drin) of the frit of the vine, ntil the
)ingdom of (od shall come# L)e <<+;H
Two thosand years will soon be p since the Lord bro)e bread arond the table with $is
disciples#
I am longing, the saints are longing, for the grand nion when millions, billions, trillions will
again with $im nite in that great fellowship spper# 0raise the Lord5 Bt now, the stimlation, the
power that mst be wor)ing every day till that day appears5
Come, this is my point# C*ay, it is not my point, it is (od-s revelation to s# I am going to be
ot of it# If ever I say, !I" or !my," yo mst loo) pon it, and forgive me# I don-t want to be here
tonight to spea) my own words, my own thoghts# I want the Lord to be glorified in bringing every
thoght so that we shall all be comforted and edified tonight# Bt this is a strong message for s, and a
very helpfl one especially for the sic) and needy believer#F The )ingdom of heaven is within s,
within every believer# The )ingdom of heaven is the Christ, is the Word of (od#
The =ingdom
The )ingdom of heaven is to otstrip everything else, even yor own lives# It has to be so
manifested that yo have to reali&e even the death of Christ brings forth the life of Christ#
!The )ingdom of heaven sffereth violence#"
$ow6 .very sffering one, every needy one, every paraly&ed condition, every wea)ness of
the head, of the loins, or of any part of the body % if yo feel distress in any way, it means that the
)ingdom of heaven is sffering violence at the hand of the adversary#
Cold the )ingdom of heaven bring wea)nesses6 diseases6 Cold it bring imperfection on the
body6 Cold it bring consmption6 Cold it bring e'treme brnings, cancers, tmors6
!Behold, the )ingdom of (od is within yo#"
The )ingdom of heaven is the life of @ess, it is the power of the $ighest# The )ingdom of
heaven is pre, it is holy# It has no disease, no imperfection# It is as holy as (od is# 1nd Satan with
his evil power !cometh not, bt for to steal, and to )ill, and to destroy" that body#
.very ailment that any one has tonight is from satanic sorce# It is foolish and ridiclos to
thin) that sic)ness prifies yo# There is no prification in disease# Scientists and doctors of the last
days have told yo that they can ma)e a child prer by ptting impre matter into it on the line of
vaccination# It is ridiclos and foolish for any sane person to pt impre matter into a child that is
pre#
I have seen blindness, and idiocy, and all )inds of evil come from that evil constrction of
what they call science, hideos science, foolish science# (od deliver s from sch foolishness#
1 little girl was broght to me who was as perfect and pre a child as there ever was# From
the days of its vaccination it was blind#
I have before my mind a beatifl girl of nine years# From the days of her vaccination an evil
spirit possessed her so that she screamed and moaned for years and years# The neighbors said to her
father, !We cannot bear to hear yor child, night after night, day after day, screaming and moaning#"
They pleaded with him to have the child pt in an asylm# The father lifted p his big hands and said,
!These fingers shall wor) till there is no flesh on them if necessary, so that my child shall not have to
go to an asylm#"
,ne day I went by invitation to this home, ta)ing with me a mch stronger and bigger man than
myself# There we saw this child crying and rolling abot from place to place# I got hold of the child to
comfort it, only a father or mother )nows how to help the poor things#
In a moment it twisted ot of my hands li)e a serpent# $ow strange5 The big man that was with
me said, !I-ll ta)e hold of the child#" $e too) it, bt the child, in a mysterios way, got ot of his
hands and went p some steps, crying bitterly, and with a moaning that went right throgh yo#
The Spirit of the Lord came pon meB I went p the staircase, too) hold of the child, loo)ed
right in its eyes, and said, !Come ot, yo evil spirit, in the name of @ess5" She went to a coch close
by and fell asleep, and from that day was perfect#
I )now the deliverance came, bt I want yo to see the wiles of Satan, and the power of the
devil# 1nd I want to show yo tonight, in the name of @ess, yor power of dethronement#
,h, this blessed Lord5 ,h, this lovely @ess5 ,h, this incarnation of the Lamb slain5
Beloved, I woldn-t stand on this platform withot I )new that all the Bible is tre# @ess said,
!The devil cometh not, bt for to steal, and to )ill, and to destroy+ I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abndantly" C@ohn ;D+;DF#
I want s to see the difference between the life abndant of @ess and the power of Satan#
Then % by the grace of (od % to help s in or position % I want to )eep before yo, !The )ingdom
of heaven sffereth#"
It is only fair and reasonable that I pt before yo the almightiness of (od, against the might of
Satan# If Satan was almighty we shall all have to /a)e# Bt when we )now that Satan in everything is
sb8ect to the powers of (od, we can get the trth right in or hearts and go away from this meeting
con/erors over the sitation# I want to ma)e every man in this meeting strong in the Lord and in the
power of $is might#
The 0ower In :o
I want to bring before yo an inward )nowledge of a power in yo greater than any power#
1nd I trst by the help of the Spirit that I may bring yo into a place of deliverance, a place of holy
sanctification where yo dare stand against the wiles of the devil, and drive them bac), and cast them
ot# The Lord help s5
If I can wa)e yo p5 :o as), !1re we not awa)e6" :o may be sensible to what I am
saying# :o may be able to tell when I lift my hand and pt it down# Still yo may be asleep
concerning the deep things of (od# I want (od to give yo an inward awa)ening, a revealing of trth
within yo, an adacity, a flaming indignation against the powers of Satan#
Lot had a righteos indignation from day to day, bt it was too late# $e oght to have had it
when he went into Sodom, and not when he was coming ot# Bt I don-t want any one of yo to go
away downcast becase yo haven-t ta)en sooner a step in the right direction# 1lways be than)fl that
yo are alive to hear, and to change the sitation#
It wold be a serios thing for s to pay so mch for this place and that yo shold come in
and sit from an hor and a half to two hors, and then go ot as yo came in# I coldn-t stand it# It
wold all be the biggest foolishness possible, and we wold all need to be in the asylm#
There mst be something ta)e place tonight in this meeting, of an inward )nowledge of (od
over the power of Satan on every line# When I spea) abot yo wa)ing p, the thoght in my heart is
this+ I don-t dobt yor sincerity abot being saved, abot being 8st# It is ot of my life to /estion a
man-s sincerity on his righteosness#
1nd yet, as I preach to yo, I feel I have a right to say that there is a deeper sincerity to reach
to, there is a greater adacity of faith and fact to reach# There is something that yo have to wa)e p
toB where yo will never allow disease to have yo, or sin to have yo, or a wea) heart to have yo,
or a pain in the bac)# :o will never allow anything that isn-t perfect life to have anything to do with
yo#
I am going on now to show yo the wea)ness of believers# 4oes (od )now all abot yo6 Is
$e ac/ainted with yo altogether6 Why not trst $im who )nows all abot yo, instead of telling
somebody else who )nows only what yo have told them#
1gain, why shold yo % nder any circmstances % believe that yo will be better by being
diseased6 When disease is imprity, why shold yo ever believe that yo wold be sanctified by
having a great deal of sic)ness6
Some people tal) abot (od being pleased to pt disease on $is children# !$ere is a person I
love," says (od# !I will brea) his arm# In order that he shold love 3e more, I will brea) his leg# In
order that he shold love 3e still more, I will give him a wea) heart# 1nd in order to increase that
love, I will ma)e him so that he cannot eat anything withot having indigestion#"
The whole thing won-t stand daylight# 1nd yet people are always tal)ing ths, and they never
thin) to read the Word of (od, which says, !Before I was afflicted I went astray###" C0salm ;;>+IEF#
1nd they have never read the following words into their lives, !Fools becase of their transgression,
and becase of their ini/ities, are afflicted# Their sol abhorreth all manner of meatB and they draw
near nto the gates of death# Then they cry nto the Lord in their troble, and he saveth them ot of
their distresses" C0salm ;DE+;E9;>F#
:es, we have that to praise the Lord for# Is it right now to say, !:o )now, my brother, I have
sffered so mch in this affliction that it has made me )now (od better"6 Well, now, before yo get
p, as) (od for a lot more affliction, so yo will get to )now $im better still# If yo won-t as) for
more affliction to ma)e yo prer still, I won-t believe that the first affliction made yo prerB
becase if it had, yo wold have more faith in it# It appears yo haven-t faith in yor afflictions# It is
only langage, bt langage doesn-t cont nless it wor)s ot a fact# Bt if the people can see that
yor langage is wor)ing ot a fact, then they have some gronds for believing in it#
I have loo)ed throgh my Bible, and I cannot find where (od brings disease and sic)ness# I
)now there is glory, and I )now it is the power of (od that brings the gloryB bt it isn-t (od at all, bt
the devil that brings sic)ness and disease# Why does he6 I )now this, that Satan is (od-s whip, and if
yo don-t obey (od, (od stands on one side and Satan will devor yo# !Bt so far shalt tho go, and
no frther# 4on-t toch his life#" !###let (od be tre, bt every man a liar###" CRomans J+?F# I am going
to ta)e it on its real basis, on the trth as it is revealed nto me in the scriptres, !The )ingdom of
heaven sffereth violence#"
Then why is Satan allowed to bring sic)ness6 Becase we )now better than we do# 1nd if all
the people wold do as well as they )now, they wold have no sic)ness# If we wold be tre to or
convictions, wal) according to or light, (od wold verify $is presence in the midst of s, and we
shold )now that sic)ness shold not come nigh thy dwelling# !For he shall give his angels charge
over thee, to )eep thee in all thy ways" C0salm >;+;;F# Then, again, if there are wea) persons in the
place tonight, and they are sffering terribly, I )now they are sorry for their sic)ness, bt if they
wold be as sorry for their sins as they are for their sic)ness, they wold be ot of it tonight# If ever
we get desperate abot having or sins destroyed, they will go# (od help s5
Well, if yo are whole from top to bottom and don-t )now yo have a body, it is easy to shot,
!(lory5" Bt if some people shoted !(lory," one side of them wold ache# 1nd so it is with these
people who are not free tonight# I want to pt yo in a place where yo will shot !(lory"5
It is tre that (od )eeps me, as it were, withot )nowing I have a body# I believe that is
!redemption#" Bt I am not going to condemn people who are not there# I am here to help them# Bt I
cannot help yo ot nless I give yo scriptre# If I can lay down a basis, I can send yo home and
)now that yo will deliver yorself#
If I cold only get yo to catch faith, by the grace of (od, every person in the place wold be
delivered# Bt I find ot this, that Satan has a tremendos power over certain fnctions of the body,
and I want to play on that for a moment to help yo#
When Satan can get to yor body he will, if possible, ma)e the pain, or the wea)ness, so
distracting that it will affect yor mind, and always bring yor mind down to where the pain is# When
that ta)es place, yo haven-t the same freedom in the Spirit to lift p yor heart and shot, and praise
the Lord, becase the distraction of the pain brings the elementary power which oght to be fll of
praise to (od, down into the body# 1nd by that means % concerning everybody who is afflicted %
!the )ingdom of heaven sffereth violence#"
Beloved, I mean precisely this+ 1nything that ta)es me from a position where I am in an
attitde of worship, of peace, of 8oy, of a consciosness of the presence of (od, of an inward moving
of the powers of (od that ma)es me able to lift myself p and live in the world as thogh I was not of
it Cbecase I am not of itFB anything that dethrones me from that attitde is evil, is Satan#
Tonight, I want to prove how the )ingdom of heaven sffereth violence# If it is only a finger or
a tooth that aches, if it is only a corn that pinches yo, or anything in the body that detracts from the
highest spirital attainment, the )ingdom of heaven is dethroned in a measre, !the )ingdom of heaven
sffereth violence#"
By the Word of (od I am proving to yo the )ingdom of heaven is within yo# !(reater is $e
that is in yo," which is the )ingdom of heaven, which is the Son of (od, !than he that is in the
world," the power of Satan otside yo#
4isease or wea)ness, or any distraction in yo, is a power of violence that can ta)e it by
force# The same spirital power that shall reveal it to yo, shall relieve yo here in this meeting# For
instance, I wold li)e a manifestation of this distraction#
$ealed
Is there a person here who is saved by the power of (od, bt who is sffering in his bac), in
his legs, in his head, or sholders6 C1 man raises his hand#F
Stand p, yong man# Where are yo sffering6
!In my leg#"
Stand ot in the aisleB this is an e'ample for all the people#
1re yo saved6
!I am#"
4o yo believe the )ingdom of (od is within yo6
!I do#"
I can prove the Scriptres to be tre# $ere the )ingdom of heaven in this man is sffering
violence becase he has a pain in his leg which ta)es his mind a hndred times a day, off the highest
throned position % where he is seated in heavenly places with Christ @ess % on to his legB and I am
going to tell this yong man that tonight he has to treat that as an enemy, as the power of Satan down in
his legsB and in the name of @ess he has to say that he is free# $e has to say it by the power that is
within him, in fact, the personality, the presence of (od, the power against Satan, the name of @ess# I
want yo to say, !In the name of @ess, come ot5" Shot5 0t yor hand pon yor leg and say, !In the
name of @ess, I command yo to come ot5" (o right to the bottom of yor leg# 1men5 0raise the
Lord5 *ow wal) arond# $as he come ot6 1re yo free6
!:es#"
0raise (od5 ,n the athority of the Word of (od, I maintain that !(reater is $e that is in
yo," than any power of Satan abot yo# Sppose five or si' were standing p tonight, and I prayed
with the facts in my heart that in me % by the power of @ess % is a greater power than the power
that is binding yo# I pray, I believe, and the evil power goes ot while I am praying# $ow mch more
wold be done if yo people wold inwardly claim yor right and deliver yorself6
:o see that Bible# I believe it from front to bac)# Bt it won-t have an atom of power in yo
if yo don-t pt the Bible in practice in yorself# If, by the power of (od, I pt in yo an adacity, a
determination that yo won-t let Satan rest there, yo will be free# 0raise the Lord5
Why do I ta)e this attitde6 Becase every step of my life since my baptism I have had to pay
the price of everything for others# (od has to ta)e me throgh to the place that I may be able to show
the people how to do it# Some people come p to me and say, !I have been waiting for the baptism,
and I am having sch a strggle, I am having to fight for every inch of it#" !Isn-t it strange6" *o, a
thosand to one (od is preparing yo to help somebody else who is desiring to receive it#
The reason I am so rigid abot the necessity of getting the baptism in the $oly (host, and
abot the significance of the Spirit ma)ing manifestation when $e comes in, is this+ I foght it# I
pressed myself on the attention of the meeting almost li)e a man who was mad# I told the people
where I was, !This meeting of yors is nothing# I have left better conditions at home# I am hngry and
thirsty for something#" !What do yo want6" they as)ed# !I want tonges#" !:o want the baptism6"
they as)ed# !*ot I," I said# !I have the baptism# I want tonges#" I cold have had a row with
anybody# The whole position was this+ (od was training me for something else# The power of (od
fell pon my body with sch ecstasy of 8oy that I cold not satisfy the 8oy within, with the natral
tonge, then I fond the Spirit spea)ing throgh me in other tonges#
What did it mean6 I )new that I have had anointings of 8oy before this, and e'pressions of the
blessed attitde of the Spirit of life, and 8oy in the $oly SpiritB I felt it all the way throgh my life, bt
when the flness came with a high tide, with an overflowing life, I )new that was different from
anything else# 1nd I )new that was the baptism, bt (od had to show me#
0eople as), !4o all spea) with tonges6" Certainly not# Bt all the people may spea) as the
Spirit gives tterance as in the pper room, and as in the hose of Cornelis, and at .phess when
they were filled with the $oly (host#
There is /ite a difference between having a gift, and spea)ing as the Spirit gives tterance# If
I had had a gift when I was filled with the $oly (host, wherever I went, I cold have spo)en, becase
gifts and calling remain# Bt I coldn-t spea) in tonges# Why6 Becase I had gotten the $oly (host,
bt I hadn-t gotten the gift#
Bt I got the $oly (host, who is the (iver of all gifts# 1nd nine months afterwards, (od gave
me the gift of tonges, so that I cold spea) in tonges any time# Bt do I6 (od forbid5 Why6 Becase
no man oght to se a giftB bt the $oly (host ses the gift#
I shall not ma)e yo to be !e'traordinary" on this line that I have broght before yo, withot I
can ma)e yo !ve'ed#" :o as) why6 If I cold ma)e every person who has a bad leg, to be so ve'ed
at the devil that they will )ic) that leg off with the other, then I shold get something throgh# :o say
that is e'travagant# Well, I only se the e'travagance to wa)e yo p#
I have a reason for tal)ing li)e this# 0eople are all the time coming p to me and saying, !I
have been prayed for, and I am 8st the same#" It is enogh to ma)e yo )ic) them# I mean more than I
say# I am the last man to )ic) anybody in this place# (od forbid# !For the weapons of or warfare are
not carnal, bt mighty throgh (od to the plling down of strong holds" C< Corinthians ;D+?F#
If I can get yo enraged against the powers of dar)ness, and the powers of disease, if I can
wa)e yo p, yo won-t go to bed withot yo prove that there is a master in yo % greater than the
power that is hanging rond abot yo#
So many times I have gone into hoses and been sht p with insane people# I have gone in %
determined that they shold be delivered# In the middle of the night chiefly, sometimes in the middle
of the day, these demon powers wold come and bite me, and handle me terribly rogh# Bt I never
gave in# It wold dethrone a higher principle if I had to give in#
There is a great clod of witnesses of the satanic powers from hell# We are here on probation
to slay the enemy, and destroy the )ingdoms of dar)ness, to move amongst satanic forces and sbde
them in the name of @ess# 3ay the (od of grace and mercy strengthen s# If the ADD, or IDD in this
place tonight were % in the will of (od % to rise as one man to slay the enemy, the host rondabot
wold feel the power# 1nd in the measre that we destroy these evil powers, we ma)e it easier for
wea) believersB for every time Satan overcomes a saint it gives him ferocity for another attac), bt
when he is sbded he will come to the place where defeat is written against him#
If yo )now (od is within yo, and yo are sffering in any part of yor body, please stand# I
wold li)e to ta)e another case to prove my position in order to help all the people here#
It Is (one5
C1 sister stands#F
:o )now yo are saved6
!:es, sir#"
0raise (od5 4o yo )now that trth in the forth chapter of the first epistle of @ohn, !(reater
is he that is in yo, than he that is in the world"6
What is the troble with yo6
!I am sffering neralgic pains#"
Then by the athority of @ess, where the neralgia is, yo go li)e this+ !I reb)e yo in the
name of @ess5 I am against yo5 In the name of @ess, come ot and leave me5" *ow, go on#
!I reb)e yo in the name of @ess5 I refse this pain to remain in the name of @ess#"
I believe it is gone# Is it gone6
!It is gone5"
Let me read to yo what I have been preaching, becase I want to prove that it is the Word of
(od# It is in the eleventh chapter of 3atthew+ !1nd from the days of @ohn the Baptist ntil now," right
p to this moment, !the )ingdom of heaven sffereth violence####" That is, the inward presence of (od
sffereth violence by the power of Satan, !###and the violent ta)e it by force" Cv# ;<F#
$ow many people in this meeting are going to try that before going to bed6 (lory to (od5 That
is faith#
,h, I )now the Lord, I )now the Lord,
I )now the Lord-s laid $is hand on me#
If anyone said to me, !Wigglesworth, I will give yo ten thosand dollars," in my estimation it
wold be as dst compared to the rising faith I have seen# What I have seen by yor plifted hands on
the lines of faith is of more vale to me than anything yo cold cont#
In yor home, with yor wife and yor children, yo will have adacity of determination, with
a righteos indignation against the power of disease to cast it ot# That is worth more to yo than
anything yo cold by on any line#
I have a clear conviction that throgh the preached Word there are people going to ta)e a new
step on other lines# By the grace of (od, we have seen tonight that we have to )eep athority over the
body, ma)ing the body sb8ect to the higher powers# What abot yo who are in sic)ness, or bond in
other waysB don-t yo long to come into a flness of (od6 1ren-t yo longing to )now a Savior who
can preserve yo in the world over the powers of the enemy6 I pray tonight, in the name of @ess, that
yo will yield#
.veryone who has an inward )nowledge of an indwelling Christ, lift yor right hand# Than)
(od5 0t them down# *o one can have a )nowledge of an inward Christ withot having a longing for
an increase of sols saved# The very first principle is that yo have a first love# 1nd if yo don-t lose
that love it will )eep yo on winning sols all the time#
4are those who did not pt p their hands, pt p their hands now, and let all those ?DD
believers pray for them6 While we all appreciate the penitent form being filled, yet I )now that if yo
cannot be saved in yor seats yo cannot be saved here# :o are not saved by coming ot, althogh it
is a help for yo to come ot, bt if these ?DD saved people pray for yo who have no )nowledge of
salvation, yo can be saved 8st where yo are#
So I am going to give yo a real live opportnity to get near (od by standing on yor feet with
these ?DD, and sweep into the )ingdom of heaven by faith# Let s rise#
@ess paid it all,
1ll to $im I oweB
Sin had left a crimson stainB
$e washed it white as snow#
The 4eliverance of 3ltitdes % $ow6 C3atthew HF
Facts are stbborn things# We want all nbelief ct away that the mind does not interfere with
(od-s plan# The devil has been at wor)# For today try to pt away what (od has established# (od has
established trth in $is Word# 3en have tried to bring it to noght# (od has $is Word in the earth, it
is also settled in heaven# If yo are on the Word yo are eternally fi'ed# (od has said it, it is
established, the Word of (od abideth forever# 3en pass away, things change, bt (od-s Word
abideth forever# .'amine yorselves in the faith# !If tho wilt, tho canst ma)e me clean#" Who was
it6 1 leper# 1n incrable and loathsome condition, limbs rotting and dropping off# When a man had
leprosy he was doomed for life, li)e consmption or cancer it was the devil manifest in the flesh# 1nd
the devil never lets go of the flesh ntil he is made to# For deliverance yo mst have a mightier than
Satan# $ere in or midst is one greater than Satan# If yo believe it, it will ma)e all the difference to
yo# *o more troble, no more sic)ness, (od-s plan is wonderfl, if yo allow (od to do a deep
wor) ctting away nbelief# $is ways are perfect# $e always goes to the right place# 4octors say
sometimes they begin at the wrong place and when they get to the right place they cannot do it# When
the patient dies they say the operation was sccessfl, bt they died after it# *one die after the
operation of @ess# Rather hard on the doctors, some say# *o, they need not /a)e, they will have
plenty to do while the world is rolling on in sin# Bt the believer is in /ite a different place to the
world# @ess said to the woman, !Can we ta)e of the children-s bread and give it to the dogs#"
Children of (od have bread, it is the life of @ess# @ess has all the bread yo want, for spirit, sol,
and body#
I went into an hotel where there was a man whose arm had been poisoned# I loo)ed at the arm,
it was very mch swollen# $is arm, nec), and face were ble# $e opened his eyes and said, !Can yo
save me, I am dying6" I too) hold of the arm and trned it rond twice# It was an act of faith# I said,
!In the name of @ess yo are free#" $e swng his arm rond and rond and said, !Loo)5 @ess, that
mighty wonderfl name which (od has said is greater than all#" This same @ess, the 4eliverer of all
hmanity#
:o often hear people say !Rn and fetch my prse, I cannot do withot my prse#" 3other,
did yo ever rn bac) for yor Bible6 It contains richer gold, more manifest power# If the Word of
(od is in yor heart yo will be free# (od is always ma)ing yo free# The (ospel is fll of liberality,
and no bondage# Fll of liberty# $ow long does it ta)e to get clean6 @ess said, !I will, be tho
clean," and immediately his leprosy was cleansed#
Lots of people have a great bloc) in their way# They say, !I wonder if it is (od-s will," and
they hang their harp on the willow# Is it the will of (od6 It comes on the line of redemption# Is it the
will of (od to save6 Some men say, !1ll men will be saved#" That is not scriptral# Who will be
saved and who will be lost6 The lost are those who believe not# To all who believe, (od-s plan is
clear# The plan is, !I will when yo will#" The difference between personality and reality as to faith#
There was a woman sic) nto death# She went to service, I went with two mission leaders to
her hose# There she was, laid in the bed, dying# The Lord revealed to me that nothing cold save her
bt $is power# I bent near to her# She said, !I have faith, I have faith#" She repeated this continally,
!I have faith#" I said, !:o have no faith, yo are dying and yo )now it# :o have only words#" I
said, !4o yo want to live6" !:es," she said, !bt I have no power#" The Spirit of the Lord came
pon me and I said, !In the name of @ess#" The Spirit of (od raised her p#
In a $ard 0lace, Changing Strengths to Save 1nother
0al, an apostle of @ess Christ by the will of (od###" C< Corinthians ;+;F#
What a beatifl thoght, we are here by the will of (od# By the will of (od we are saved, by
the will of (od we are sanctified, by the will of (od we are bapti&ed in the $oly (host#
Blessed be (od, even the Father of or Lord @ess Christ, the
Father of mercies, and the (od of all comfort# < Corinthians ;+J
@ess cold not have breathed any greater words than @ohn ;?+;I+
###I will pray the Father, and he shall give yo another Comforter,
that he may abide with yo for ever#
In 1ll ,r Triblation
The Father of mercies and the (od of all comfort# 1 revelation of a greater power, an abiding
presence sstaining and comforting in the hor of trial, ready at the moment, an nbreathing of (od in
the hman life# What more do we need in these last days when perilos times are pon s than to be
filled satrated# Bapti&ed with the $oly (host# Bapti&ed# Bapti&ed into# *ever to come ot# $ow
comforting5 .'hilarating5 @oyfl5 3ay it please the Lord to establish s in this state of grace, )nowing
nothing among men bt @ess and $im crcified# Clothed pon with $is Spirit % nothing otside of
the blessed $oly (host# This beloved is (od-s ideal for s#
Who comforteth s in all or triblation, that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any troble, by the comfort wherewith
we orselves are comforted of (od# < Corinthians ;+?
1re we here in this e'perience6 Where $e may lead me I will go,
For I have learned to trst $im so,
1nd I remember it was for me,
That $e was slain on Calvary#
Who comforteth s in all or triblation5 3y life is that which (od has chosen, to go throgh
certain e'periences to profit others# In all ages (od has had $is witnesses and $e is teaching,
chastening, correcting, moving pon me 8st p to the measre I am able to bear, in order to meet a
needy sol that wold go down withot sch comfort# 1ll the chastening and the hardship is becase
we are able, not we, bt yielding to another % even the $oly (host# We are strengthened nto
endrance that we may comfort others by the comfort wherewith we orselves are comforted of (od#
What is the need of bro)enness, of travail6 The need is 0salms ;;>+IE#
Before I was afflicted I went astray+ bt now have I )ept thy word#
Fools becase of their transgression, and becase of their
ini/ities, are afflicted# Their sol abhorreth all manner of meatB
and they draw near nto the gates of death# Then they cry####
0salms ;DE+;E9;>
$e saves them6 Fool % what is the word6 ,ne who )nows better than he is doing# !The fool
hath said in his heart, There is no (od###" C0salm AJ+;F# Bt $e )nows better# It is only the hardened
heart and the stiff nec) that are destroyed withot remedy# !*ow chastening for the present seemeth to
be 8oyos, bt grievos+ nevertheless afterward it yield eth the peaceable frit of righteosness nto
them that are e'ercised thereby" C$ebrews ;<+;;F# It wor)eth ot to provo)e or to bestow pon s
frits nto holiness# It is in the hard places where we see no help, we cry ot to (od# $e delivers s6
What for6 To the end that we can sccor the tempted# It was said of @ess that $e was in all points
tempted as we are# Where did $e receive strength to comfort s6 It was at the end of strong crying
and tears, when the angel came and ministered 8st in time and saved $im from death 8st at the end#
Is $e not able6 ,h, (od highly e'alted $im# *ow $e can send angels to s# When6 @st when we
shold go right down, did $e not stretch ot to s a helping hand6
T,*(7.S 1*4 I*T.R0R.T1TI,*+ !It is (od who seeth into the depths of the hman
heart# $e seeth and saveth sch in troble# There is in it a plan and a prpose for others# $ow is it
wor)ed ot6 ,n the time of sbmission and yielding and a yielding to the nfolding of (od-s plan,
then we shall be able to save others#"
Who comforteth s in all or triblation, that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any troble, by the comfort wherewith
we orselves are comforted of (od# < Corinthians ;+?
There is a sense of the power of (od in hmanity bringing yo throgh necessities, never
toching the mortal body, only the mind# We mst have the mind of Christ#
Fll ,f Consolation Towards The *eedy
For as the sfferings of Christ abond in s, so or consolation also
abondeth by Christ# < Corinthians ;+A
(od ta)es s to a place of need, and before yo are hardly aware of it, yo are fall of
consolation towards the needy# $ow6 The sfferings of Christ abond5 The ministry of the Spirit
abondeth so often# It is a great blessing we do not )now or vocation in the Spirit# It is so mch
greater than or appreciation of it# Then a word in season % here and there, a ministry, a sowing
beside all waters as the $oly Spirit directeth or path#
1nd whether we be afflicted, it is for yor consolation and
salvation, which is effectal in the endring of the same sfferings
which we also sffer+ or whether we be comforted, it is for yor
consolation and salvation# < Corinthians ;+I
Cooperated one with another# $ere is the vale of testing, reslting in a great flow of life one
to another# @ohn Wesley wo)e p to the consciosness of the need of one establishing another, bearing
witness to the ministry of the Spirit, by this means mltitdes were born again in the class meetings
when they heard ths the wonderfl wor)s of (od# $earing stories poring ot consolation by the
revelation of the Spirit# We are members one of another# When (od-s breath is pon s and we are
/ic)ened by the $oly (host, we can por into each other wonderfl ministries of grace and
helpflness# We need a strong ministry of consolation, not deterioration % a living below or
privileges# These consolations come ot of privation, endrance, affliction#
Bt we had the sentence of death in orselves, that we shold not
trst in orselves, bt in (od which raiseth the dead# < Corinthians
;+>
$ave we gone as far as 0al6 *ot one of s# Cold yo see how 0al cold help and comfort
and sstain becase he yielded to (od all the hrts Cor trstF as @ess did# :ielded to the $oly (host
to wor) ot the sentence of death % he cold help others# I pray (od, $e may never find s )ic)ing
against the pric)s# We may have to go throgh the testing# For the trths yo stand for, yo are tried
for# 4ivine healing, pre heart, baptism, $oly (host, and fire % we are tested with it % rising p
and tested on it, we cold get ot of it# In every meeting the glory rises# We go down also to be
sstained and broght ot for the glory of (od# If (od be for s, who can be against s6
For or light affliction, which is bt for a moment, wor)eth for s
afar more e'ceeding and eternal weight of glory# < Corinthians
?+;E
,h, the 8oy of being worthy of sffering5 $ow shall I stand the glory that shall be after6 There
are many more of (od-s people that are victorios in sffering % which fail or lea) ot in the
smmer day# 0rivation is often easier than sccess# We need a sond mind all the time to balance s
that we trade not with or liberty all the time we get glimpses of the glory#
To 0al in the glory the presence of the Lord was so wonderfl % lest I be e'alted5 There
was given the thorn in the flesh# That was the mercy of (od# $e )noweth how to deliver the godly ot
of temptation and saveth sch as be of a contrite spirit# What a revelation for the time to come# If
Satan had his way, we shold be devored#
Who delivered s from so great a death, and doth deliver+ in whom
we trst that he will yet deliver s# < Corinthians ;+;D
,h, (od is5 $e will never fail s# $e has been faithfl with this moment and $e will )eep s
to the end# Who delivered s from so great a death and doth deliver, in whom we trst that $e will yet
deliver s# :e also helping together by prayer for s, for the gift bestowed pon s by the means of
many persons# Than)s may be given by many on or behalf# Who delivered s and doth deliver, in
whom we trst that $e will yet deliver# 1men# 1men#
0raise
The new man created in Christ is (od-s masterpiece, $is poem C.phesians <+;DF set to msic
% a song# Singing and ma)ing melody in yor heart nto the Lord# 0raise is (od-s snlight in the
heart# It destroys sin germs# It ripens the frits of the Spirit# It is the oil of gladness that lbricates
life-s activities# There can be no holy life withot it# It )eeps the heart pre and the eye clear# 0raise
is essential to the )nowledge of (od and $is will# The strength of a life is the strength of its song#
When the pressre is heavy that is the time to sing# 0ressre is permitted to strengthen the attitde and
spirit of praise# It ta)es a man to sing in the dar) when the storm and battle are raging, and it is sch
singing that ma)es the man#
7nconditional Srrender
It is 0entecost which has made me re8oice in @ess# (od has been vindicating $is power by
$is $oly Spirit# I have a yearning intensity to see 0entecost and I am not seeing it# I may feel a little
of the glow, what we need is a deeper wor) of the $oly Spirit, (od-s message to come fll of life
and power and )eener than a two9edged sword C$ebrews ?+;<F# 0eter stood p in the power of the
$oly Spirit and J,DDD people were saved, again, and A,DDD#
I am positive of the fact that we are on the wrong side of the cross# We tal) abot love, love,
love % it oght to be repent, repent, repent# @ohn the Baptist came and his message was repent5 @ess
came % the same message % repent5# The $oly Spirit came % the same message % repent, repent,
repent, and believe# What has this to do with 0entecost6 .verything5 It is the secret of failre#
4aniel carried on his heart the brden of the people, he morned for the captivity of 2ion, he
confessed his sin and the people-s sin, he identified himself with Israel ntil (od made him a flame of
fire# The reslt % a remnant retrned to 2ion to wal) in the despised way of obedience to (od#
*ehemiah was bro)enhearted when he learned of the desolations of @ersalem# $e pleaded months
before (od, his sin and the sin of his people, and (od opened the way and the gates were bilt p,
etc#
It is the spirit of deep repentance that is needed# :o had an offering for foreign missionary
wor) here yesterday# PAD was sbscribed and yo all seemed satisfied# The Lord bless yo for yor
gifts# They mean something, bt not 0entecost# 1 lac) of compassion, (od says, !1nd ye shall see)
me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all yor heart" C@eremiah <>+;JF, then the dry
bones will move and the Spirit will be pored ot pon s, not by measre C@ohn J+J?F#
The baptism of the $oly Spirit is a smashing of the whole man and a compassion for the
world# !Bring ye all the tithes into the storehose### and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord###
C3alachi J+;DF# Where is the falt for the state of things we see today6 The lac) of a deep spirit of
repentance# Weeping is not repentance, sorrow is not repentance# Repentance is a trning away and
doing the wor) of righteosness and holiness# 3ch that I see in the children of (od today is strange
to me# The baptism of the $oly (host brings a deep repentance and a smashed and impoverished
spirit#
What shall we do to receive it6 4on-t as) any more5 Repent, repent, repent# (od will hear and
(od will bapti&e# Will yo6 Is it possible after we have been bapti&ed with the $oly (host to be
satisfied with what we see6 What made @ess weep over @ersalem6 Becase $e had a heart of
compassion % sin sic) sols everywhere % we want a baptism of love which goes to the bottom of
the disease# To cry nto (od ntil $e brings s p to the measre of the statre of the flness of
Christ#
There was a man who went down from @ersalem to @ericho and fell among thieves# Who was
his brother6 $e that relieved him# 1re yo awa)e to the great fact that (od has given yo eternal life6
With the power (od has pt at yor disposal, how can yo rest as yo loo) ot pon yor brethren6
$ow we have sinned against (od5 $ow we lac) this spirit of compassion# 4o we weep as we loo)
forth pon the nsaved6 If not we are not 0entecost9fll# @ess was moved with compassion, are yo6
We are not seeing the heathen yet# Since my only daghter went to 1frica,
I have a little less dim idea of what it meant, when I read (od so loved the world that $e
gave @ess# (od gave @ess# What does it mean6 Compassion# 1fter ye have received the $oly (host,
ye shall have power C1cts ;+HF# If yo have no power, yo have not repented# :o say, !That-s hard
langage#" It is trth# Who is thy brother-s )eeper6 Who is the son and the heir6 1re yo salted6 $ave
yo a pre life6 4on-t be fooled, don-t live in a false position# The world wants to )now % power is
at or disposal# Will we meet the condition6 (od says, !If yo will, I will#" (od will do it# 4aniel
responded to (od and )new his time and a nation was saved# *ehemiah met (od-s conditions for his
time and the city was bilt# (od has made the conditions# $e will por ot $is Spirit#
If we do not go on, we shall have it to face# It may depend on s to be the means# !*ot by
might, nor by power, bt by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts" C2echariah ?+IF# The world for @ess,
we can trn the tap on %the condition % nconditional srrender# Be /it with sin, holiness opens
the windows of heaven# The Spirit of (od shall be pored ot not by measre, ntil the people say,
!What mst we do to be saved6"
:e Shall Receive 0ower
:e shall receive power, after that the $oly (host is come pon yo###" C1cts ;+HF# The
disciples had been as)ing whether the Lord wold at that time restore again the )ingdom to Israel#
Christ told them that it was not for them to )now the times and seasons which the Father had pt in
$is own power, bt $e promised them that when they received the $oly (host they shold receive
power to witness for $im in all the world# To receive the $oly (host is to receive power with (od,
and power with men#
0ower From ,n $igh
There is a power of (od and there is a power which is of Satan# When the $oly Spirit fell in
the early days, a nmber of spiritists came to or meetings# They thoght we had received something
li)e they had and they were coming to have a good time# They filled the two front rows of or
mission# When the power of (od fell, these imitators began their sha)ing and mttering nder the
power of the devil# The Spirit of the Lord came mightily pon me and I cried, !*ow, yo devils,
clear ot of this5" 1nd ot they went# I followed them right ot into the street and then they trned
rond and crsed me# There was power from below, bt it was no match for the power of the $oly
(host, and they soon had to retreat#
The Lord wants all saved people to receive power from on $igh % power to witness, power
to act, power to live, and power to show forth the divine manifestation of (od within# The power of
(od will ta)e yo ot of yor own plans and pt yo into the plan of (od# :o will be nmantled and
divested of that which is prely of yorself and pt into a divine order# The Lord will change yo and
pt $is mind where yors was, and ths enable yo to have the mind of Christ# Instead of yor
laboring according to yor own plan, it will be (od wor)ing in yo and throgh yo to do $is own
good pleasre throgh the power of the Spirit within# Someone has said that yo are no good ntil yo
have yor !I" )noc)ed ot# Christ mst reign within, and the life in the $oly (host means at all times
the sb8ection of yor own will to ma)e way for the wor)ing ot of the good and acceptable and
perfect will of (od within#
The Lord @ess gave commandment that the disciples shold tarry ntil they were ended with
power from on high and in 1cts < we read how the Spirit of (od came# $e comes the same way today
and we don-t )now of the $oly (host coming any other way#
I was holding a meeting, once, in London, and at the close a man came to me and said, !We
are not allowed to hold meetings in this hall after ;; o-cloc), and we wold li)e yo to come home
with s, I am so hngry for (od#" The wife said she, too, was hngry, and so I agreed to go with them#
1t abot ;<+JD we arrived at their hose# The man began stirring p the fire and said, !*ow we will
have a good spper#" I said to them, !I did not come here for yor warm fire, yor spper, or yor
bed# I came here becase I thoght yo were hngry to get more of (od#" We got down to pray and at
abot J+JD the Lord bapti&ed the wife, and she spo)e in tonges as the Spirit gave tterance# 1t abot
five o-cloc) I spo)e to the hsband and as)ed how he was getting on# $e replied, !(od has bro)en
my iron, stbborn will#" $e had not received the baptism, bt (od had wroght a mighty wor) within
him#
The following day, at his bsiness, everyone cold tell that a great change had come to him#
Before he had been a wal)ing terror# The men who labored for him had loo)ed pon him as a reglar
devil becase of the way he had actedB bt coming into contact with the power of (od that night
completely changed him# Before this he had made a religios profession, bt he had never trly
entered into the e'perience of the new birth ntil that night, when the power of (od srged so mightily
throgh his home# 1 short while afterwards I went to this man-s home, and his two sons ran to me and
)issed me, saying, !We have a new father#" 0revios to this these boys had often said to their mother,
!3other, we cannot stand it in the home any longer# We will have to leave#" Bt the Lord changed the
whole sitation that night as we prayed together# ,n the second visit the Lord bapti&ed this man in the
$oly (host# The $oly Spirit will reveal false positions, pll the mas) off any refge of lies and clean
p and remove all false conditions# When the $oly Spirit came in, that man-s hose and bsiness and
he himself were entirely changed#
1n .ffective Witness
When the $oly Spirit comes $e comes to empower yo to be an effective witness# 1t one
time we were holding some special meetings and I was ot distribting bills# I went into a
shoema)er-s store and there was a man with a green shade over his eyes and also a cloth# 3y heart
loo)ed p to the Lord and I had the witness within that $e was ready to change any condition# The
man was crying, !,h5 ,h55 ,h555" I as)ed, !What-s the troble6" $e told me he was sffering with
great inflammation and brning# I said, !I reb)e this condition in @ess- name#" Instantly the Lord
healed him# $e too) off the shade and cloth and said, !Loo), it is all gone#" I believe the Lord wants
s to enter into real activity and dare to do for $im# !:e shall receive power after that the $oly (host
is come pon yo#"
1t one time a lady wrote and as)ed if I cold go and help her# She said that she was blind,
having two blood clots behind her eyes# When I reached the hose they broght the blind woman to
me# We were together for some time and then the power of (od fell# Rshing to the window she
e'claimed, !I can see5 ,h, I can see5 The blood is gone, I can see#" She then in/ired abot receiving
the $oly Spirit and confessed that for ten years she had been fighting or position# She said, !I cold
not bear these tonges, bt (od has settled the whole thing today# I now want the baptism in the $oly
(host#" The Lord graciosly bapti&ed her in the Spirit#
The $oly Spirit will come when a man is cleansed# There mst be a prging of the old life# I
never saw anyone bapti&ed who was not clean within# I never saw a man bapti&ed who smo)ed# We
ta)e it for granted that anyone who is see)ing the flness of the Spirit is free from sch things as these#
:o cannot e'pect the Third 0erson of the Trinity to come into an nclean temple# There first mst be
a confession of all that is wrong and a cleansing in the precios blood of @ess Christ#
I remember being in a meeting at one time, where there was a man see)ing the baptism, and he
loo)ed li)e he was in troble# $e was very restless, and finally he said to me, !I will have to go#" I
said, !What-s p6" $e said, !(od is nveiling things to me, and I feel so nworthy#" I said, !Repent
of everything that is wrong#" $e contined to tarry and the Lord contined to search his heart# These
times of waiting on (od for the flness of the Spirit are times when $e searches the heart and tries the
reins# Later the man said to me, !I have a hard thing to do, the hardest thing I have ever had to do#" I
said to him, !Tell the Lord yo will do it, and never mind the conse/ences#" $e agreed, and the ne't
morning he had to ta)e a ride of thirty miles and go with a bag of gold to a certain party with whom he
dealt# This man had a hndred head of cattle and he boght all his feed at a certain place# $e always
paid his acconts on a certain day, bt one day he missed# $e was always so pnctal in paying his
acconts that when later the people of his firm went over their boo)s, they thoght they mst have
made a mista)e in not crediting the man with the money and so they sent him a receipt#
The man never intended not to pay the accont, bt if yo defer to do a right thing the devil
will see that yo never do it# Bt when that man was see)ing the Lord that night the Lord dealt with
him on this point, and he had to go and straighten the thing the ne't morning# $e paid the accont and
then the Lord bapti&ed him in the Spirit# They that bear the vessels of the Lord mst be clean, mst be
holy#
When the $oly Spirit comes $e always brings a rich revelation of Christ# Christ becomes so
real to yo that, when, nder the power of the Spirit, yo begin to e'press yor love and praise to
$im, yo find yorself spea)ing in another tonge# ,h, it is a wonderfl thing5 1t one time I belonged
to a class who believed that they had received the baptism in the Spirit withot the spea)ing in
tonges# There are many fol)s li)e that today, bt if yo can go with them to a prayer meeting yo will
find them as)ing the Lord again and again to bapti&e them in the Spirit# Why all this as)ing if they
really have received the baptism6 I have never heard anyone who has received the baptism in the
$oly (host after the original pattern as)ing the Lord to give them the $oly (host# They )now of a
srety that $e has come#
I was once traveling from Belgim to .ngland# 1s I landed I received a re/est to stop at a
place between $arwich and Colchester# The people were delighted that (od had sent me, and told
me of a special case they wanted me to pray for# They said, !We have a brother here who believes in
the Lord, and he is paraly&ed from his loins downward# $e cannot stand on his legs and he has been
twenty years in this condition#" They too) me to this man and as I saw him there in his chair I pt the
/estion to him, !What is the greatest desire in yor heart6" $e said, !,h, if I cold only receive the
$oly (host5" I was somewhat srprised at this answer, and I laid my hands on his head and said,
!Receive ye the $oly (host#" Instantly the power of (od fell pon him and he began breathing very
heavily# $e rolled off the chair and there he lay li)e a bag of potatoes, tterly helpless# I li)e anything
that (od does# I li)e to watch (od wor)ing# There he was with his great, fat body, and his head was
wor)ing 8st as thogh it was on a swivel# Then to or 8oy he began spea)ing in tonges# I had my
eyes on every bit of him and as I saw the condition of his legs I said, !Those legs can never carry that
body#" Then I loo)ed p and said, !Lord, tell me what to do#" The $oly (host is the e'ective of
@ess Christ and the Father# If yo want to )now the mind of (od yo mst have the $oly (host to
bring (od-s latest thoght to yo and to tell yo what to do# The Lord said to me, !Command him in
3y name to wal)#" Bt I missed it, of corse# I said to the people there, !Let-s see if we can lift him
p#" Bt we cold not lift him, he was li)e a ton weight# I cried, !,h Lord, forgive me#" I repented of
doing the wrong thing, and then the Lord said to me again, !Command him to wal)#" I said to him,
!1rise in the name of @ess#" $is legs were immediately strengthened# 4id he wal)6 $e ran all
rond# 1 month after this he wal)ed ten miles and bac)# $e has a 0entecostal wor) now# When the
power of the $oly (host is present, things will happen#
There is more for s all yet, praise the Lord# This is only the beginning# So far we have only
toched the fringe of things# There is so mch more for s if we will bt yield to (od#
4o yo want to receive the Spirit6
If ye then, being evil, )now how to give good gifts nto yor
children+ how mch more shall yor heavenly Father give the $oly
Spirit to them that as) him 6 L)e ;;+;J
I am a father and I want to give my boys the very best# We hman fathers are bt finite, bt or
heavenly Father is infinite# There is no limit to the power and blessing $e has laid p for them that
love $im# Be filled with the Spirit#
1bot Roberts Liardon
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Table of Contents
Smith Wigglesworth, The Complete Collection of his Life Teachings
Foreword
Introdction
The Confidence That We $ave in $im, 1gst ;>;?
The Spirit of the Lord is pon me, September ;>;?
What Wilt :o $ave 3e 4o6 ,ctober ;>;?
Spirital (ifts, *ovember ;>;?
Tho 1rt the Christ, *ovember ;>;?
Sons and @oint9$eirs, Febrary ;>;A
The 0ower of the (ospel, @ly ;>;A
The 0lace of Lictory, @anary ;>;I
The 3ight of the Spirit, September ;>;I
The Way to ,vercome### Believe5 ;>;E
Faith Is the Sbstance5 Febrary ?, ;>;E
*ot 4rn) bt Filled, 1pril ;>;E
,r Living $ope, 3ay 9 @ne ;>;E
,r (reat *eed, 0al-s Lision and the Baptism in the $oly (host, *ovember 94ecember ;>;E
.'ceedingly 1bove 1ll :o Can 1s) or Thin), @anary 9 3arch ;>;H
1cts <D, Febrary ?, ;>;H
*ew Wine, 1pril 9 @ne ;>;H
The Bradford Convention,
Bowland Street 3ission, 3anningham Lane, 1pril 9 @ne ;>;>
1 Straightened 0lace Which Revealeth The Face ,f (od, 1pril 9 @ne ;J;>
Faith Based 7pon =nowledge, ,ctober 9 4ecember ;>;>
*ow5 *ow5 *ow5 ;><;
Immersed in the $oly (host, 3ay ;><;
Faith, Romans ?, ;><<
Filled With (od, Romans H, ;><<
Love, ;><<
,rdination, ;><<
The Bible .vidence of the Baptism of the Spirit, 3ay <E,;><<
Filled With (od, $ebrews <, 1gst ;><<
$e Is Risen, 1gst ;><<
Li)e 0recios Faith, 1gst ;,;><<
Faith, 0art ;, 1gst <,;><<
Faith, 0art <, 1gst J,;><<
,r Inheritance 1gst ?,;><<
,r Calling, 0art ;, 1gst ;H,;><<
,r Calling, 0art <, 1gst <<, ;><<
:e 1re ,r .pistle, 1gst <J, ;><<
Clothed 7pon, September ;A, ;><<
0ressing Throgh, September ;><<
The Faith That Comes From (od, September ;I, ;><<
The 1ppointed !$or" Life ,t of 4eath, *ovember A, ;><<
I 1m The Lord That $ealeth Thee, *ovember ;;,;><<
Life in the Spirit, *ovember <A,;><<
,nly Believe, 4ecember <,;><<
$ave Faith in (od, 4ecember >,;><<
The Words of This Life, 4ecember <J, ;><<
What It 3eans To Be Fll of the $oly (host, @anary I, ;><J
The 0ower of the *ame, @anary <D, ;><J
1cts A, Febrary <J, ;><J
,r Risen Christ, 3arch J;, ;><J
The (race of Longsffering, Conterpart of !(ifts of $ealing" 1pril ;><J
0resent9Time Blessings for 0resent9Time Saints, 1pril ;?, ;><J
(lory 1nd Lirte, 3ay ;><J
Concerning Spirital (ifts, @ne <,;><J
The (ifts of $ealing and the Wor)ing of 3iracles, 1gst ?, ;><J
4eliverance to the Captives, ,ctober94ecember ;><J
=eeping The Lision, 4ecember I, ;><J
The 4iscerning of Spirits, 4ecember H, ;><J
4ivine Life Brings 4ivine $ealth, ;><A
The Word of =nowledge and of Faith, @anary93arch ;><?
0ossession of The Rest, @anary ;?,;><?
$ow to 7nderstand Loices, @anary ;A, ;><?
Rising Into The $eavenlies, @anary <?, ;><?
Righteosness Febrary >, ;><?
0al-s Conversion and $is Baptism, 1pril <I, ;><?
The 0ower to Bind and to Loose, 3ay ;><?
Faith Is the Lictory, @ne ;><?
Sonship, @ne <, ;><?
,vercoming, @ne J, ;><?
$imself Too) ,r Infirmities, ,ctober ;><?
The Sbstance of Things $oped For, ,ctober <A, ;><?
The Clothing of the Spirit for the World-s *eed, ;><A
Floodtide The Increase of (od, ;><A
Revival 9 It-s Coming # The 0rice 93artyrdom, ;><A
The Baptism of the $oly Spirit, @ne ;><A
4ivine Revelation, @ne ?, ;><A
0ower, @ne >, ;><A
Cont It 1ll @oy, 1gst <A, ;><A
The Cry of the Spirit, 1gst ;><A
4ivine Charging Changing ,thers, 1gst ;><A
Faith $ebrews ;;+I, 1gst ;><A
The 3oving Breath ,f The Spirit, 3onday 0#3#, 1gst ;><A
$igher Life, September A, ;><A
Righteosness, Sffering, 4eath September ;><A
The Favored 0lace, ,ctober ;><A
Faith, 3ar) A, *ovember ;><A
The $earing of Faith, 4ecember ;><A
@ohn E+JE9J>, ;><I
The Incarnation of 3an, @anary ;><I
1 *ew .poch, 1 4ivine Location, 3arch ;><I
Flames of Fire, 3ay <?, ;><I
(reater, (reater, (reater, 3ay ;><I
The Baptism in the $oly (host, 3ay9@ne ;><I
We 3ean Bsiness With (od, @ne ?, ;><I
Fll5 Fll5 Fll5 @ne ;<, ;><I
Way, 3anifestation, 3inistry, @ly ;><I
1pprehended for 1pprehension, 1gst ;><I
The Roc) Faith, *ovember ;><I
The Christian 0athway for World Floodtide, 4ecember ;><I
1thor and Finisher of ,r Faith, Febrary ;><E
That I 3ay =now $im, 3arch ;><E
1 Tre 0rophet, 3arch ;><E
4are To Believe (od, Then Command5 3ay ;><E
$ealing Testimonies, 3ay ;><E
Be *ot 1fraid, ,nly Believe, @ly ;I,;><E
1biding, 1gst ;><E
(od-s Treasre $ose, 1gst ;><E
Worthy Sayings, September ;><E
Worthy Words From Wigglesworth, ;><E
Wilt Tho Be 3ade Whole6 September ;><E
Faith+ The Sbstance, ,ctober ;><E
The 0entecostal 0ower, *ovember ;<, ;><E
.'traordinary, 4ecember ;><E
*ot ,ffended5 1pril ;><H
Clothed With the Spirit, @ne ;><H
Be Wide 1wa)e, September ;><H
Love and (ifts, 1gst ;><H
7ttermost Salvation, ,ctober ;><H
1bot the (ifts of the Spirit, ,ctober <E,;><H
Changed From (lory to (lory, 1pril ;><>
3en9Catchers ### 1stonishment5 1pril ;><>
The Flness of the Spirit, September ;><>
Li)e, Li)e, Li)e, September ;><>
The $or Is Come, 4ecember ;><>
1 Living Faith, @anary ;>JD
1mbition Reali&ed % 4esire Flfilled, @ly ;>JD
Transformed, 1gst ;>JD
Faith-s Laghter, *ovemIer ;>JD
7tterance, @anary ;>J;
The (iven (lory, Febrary ;>J;
The 3inistry of the Flaming Sword, 3arch ;>J;
Fll of the $oly (host, 3ay <H,;>J<
Living Faith, Febrary ;>JA
Testing the Spirits, 3ay ;>JA
The Way of Faith, @ne ;A,;>JA
3en of Faith, The Life That Lentres on the Word of (od, September ;;,;>JI
1 Living Sacrifice, 1pril <J,;>JE
The Faith That 4elivers, 1gst ;J,;>JE
4ominant Faith, 4ecember JD,;>J>
The 1ctive Life of the Spirit9filled Believer, 1gst ;E,;>?D
1fter :o $ave Received 0ower, 3arch ;, ;>?;
The Faith of (od, C$ebrews ;;+;9IF
$ow to Become an ,vercomer, @anary ;E, ;>?<
0entecostal 3anifestations, 3ay <E,;>??
0ower From on $igh, 3ay <E,;J??
By Faith, 1pril <;,;>?A
.'periences Wroght ,t by $mility, @ne H,;>?A
$ow to Be Transformed, @ly ;?, ;>?A
1flame for (od, ,ctober ;E,;>?<
The 0ower of Christ-s Resrrection, 3arch <H,;>?E
1biding In 0ower
Christ In 7s
The 4eliverance of 3ltitdes % $ow6 C3atthew HF
In a $ard 0lace, Changing Strengths to Save 1nother
0raise
7nconditional Srrender
:e Shall Receive 0ower
1bot Roberts Liardon
Boo)s by Roberts Liardon
Roberts Liardon 3inistries International ,ffices+
Legendary .vangelist Smith Wigglesworth
Table of Contents
Smith Wigglesworth, The Complete Collection of his Life Teachings
Foreword
Introdction
The Confidence That We $ave in $im, 1gst ;>;?
The Spirit of the Lord is pon me, September ;>;?
What Wilt :o $ave 3e 4o6 ,ctober ;>;?
Spirital (ifts, *ovember ;>;?
Tho 1rt the Christ, *ovember ;>;?
Sons and @oint9$eirs, Febrary ;>;A
The 0ower of the (ospel, @ly ;>;A
The 0lace of Lictory, @anary ;>;I
The 3ight of the Spirit, September ;>;I
The Way to ,vercome### Believe5 ;>;E
Faith Is the Sbstance5 Febrary ?, ;>;E
*ot 4rn) bt Filled, 1pril ;>;E
,r Living $ope, 3ay 9 @ne ;>;E
,r (reat *eed, 0al-s Lision and the Baptism in the $oly (host, *ovember 94ecember ;>;E
.'ceedingly 1bove 1ll :o Can 1s) or Thin), @anary 9 3arch ;>;H
1cts <D, Febrary ?, ;>;H
*ew Wine, 1pril 9 @ne ;>;H
The Bradford Convention,
Bowland Street 3ission, 3anningham Lane, 1pril 9 @ne ;>;>
1 Straightened 0lace Which Revealeth The Face ,f (od, 1pril 9 @ne ;J;>
Faith Based 7pon =nowledge, ,ctober 9 4ecember ;>;>
*ow5 *ow5 *ow5 ;><;
Immersed in the $oly (host, 3ay ;><;
Faith, Romans ?, ;><<
Filled With (od, Romans H, ;><<
Love, ;><<
,rdination, ;><<
The Bible .vidence of the Baptism of the Spirit, 3ay <E,;><<
Filled With (od, $ebrews <, 1gst ;><<
$e Is Risen, 1gst ;><<
Li)e 0recios Faith, 1gst ;,;><<
Faith, 0art ;, 1gst <,;><<
Faith, 0art <, 1gst J,;><<
,r Inheritance 1gst ?,;><<
,r Calling, 0art ;, 1gst ;H,;><<
,r Calling, 0art <, 1gst <<, ;><<
:e 1re ,r .pistle, 1gst <J, ;><<
Clothed 7pon, September ;A, ;><<
0ressing Throgh, September ;><<
The Faith That Comes From (od, September ;I, ;><<
The 1ppointed !$or" Life ,t of 4eath, *ovember A, ;><<
I 1m The Lord That $ealeth Thee, *ovember ;;,;><<
Life in the Spirit, *ovember <A,;><<
,nly Believe, 4ecember <,;><<
$ave Faith in (od, 4ecember >,;><<
The Words of This Life, 4ecember <J, ;><<
What It 3eans To Be Fll of the $oly (host, @anary I, ;><J
The 0ower of the *ame, @anary <D, ;><J
1cts A, Febrary <J, ;><J
,r Risen Christ, 3arch J;, ;><J
The (race of Longsffering, Conterpart of !(ifts of $ealing" 1pril ;><J
0resent9Time Blessings for 0resent9Time Saints, 1pril ;?, ;><J
(lory 1nd Lirte, 3ay ;><J
Concerning Spirital (ifts, @ne <,;><J
The (ifts of $ealing and the Wor)ing of 3iracles, 1gst ?, ;><J
4eliverance to the Captives, ,ctober94ecember ;><J
=eeping The Lision, 4ecember I, ;><J
The 4iscerning of Spirits, 4ecember H, ;><J
4ivine Life Brings 4ivine $ealth, ;><A
The Word of =nowledge and of Faith, @anary93arch ;><?
0ossession of The Rest, @anary ;?,;><?
$ow to 7nderstand Loices, @anary ;A, ;><?
Rising Into The $eavenlies, @anary <?, ;><?
Righteosness Febrary >, ;><?
0al-s Conversion and $is Baptism, 1pril <I, ;><?
The 0ower to Bind and to Loose, 3ay ;><?
Faith Is the Lictory, @ne ;><?
Sonship, @ne <, ;><?
,vercoming, @ne J, ;><?
$imself Too) ,r Infirmities, ,ctober ;><?
The Sbstance of Things $oped For, ,ctober <A, ;><?
The Clothing of the Spirit for the World-s *eed, ;><A
Floodtide The Increase of (od, ;><A
Revival 9 It-s Coming # The 0rice 93artyrdom, ;><A
The Baptism of the $oly Spirit, @ne ;><A
4ivine Revelation, @ne ?, ;><A
0ower, @ne >, ;><A
Cont It 1ll @oy, 1gst <A, ;><A
The Cry of the Spirit, 1gst ;><A
4ivine Charging Changing ,thers, 1gst ;><A
Faith $ebrews ;;+I, 1gst ;><A
The 3oving Breath ,f The Spirit, 3onday 0#3#, 1gst ;><A
$igher Life, September A, ;><A
Righteosness, Sffering, 4eath September ;><A
The Favored 0lace, ,ctober ;><A
Faith, 3ar) A, *ovember ;><A
The $earing of Faith, 4ecember ;><A
@ohn E+JE9J>, ;><I
The Incarnation of 3an, @anary ;><I
1 *ew .poch, 1 4ivine Location, 3arch ;><I
Flames of Fire, 3ay <?, ;><I
(reater, (reater, (reater, 3ay ;><I
The Baptism in the $oly (host, 3ay9@ne ;><I
We 3ean Bsiness With (od, @ne ?, ;><I
Fll5 Fll5 Fll5 @ne ;<, ;><I
Way, 3anifestation, 3inistry, @ly ;><I
1pprehended for 1pprehension, 1gst ;><I
The Roc) Faith, *ovember ;><I
The Christian 0athway for World Floodtide, 4ecember ;><I
1thor and Finisher of ,r Faith, Febrary ;><E
That I 3ay =now $im, 3arch ;><E
1 Tre 0rophet, 3arch ;><E
4are To Believe (od, Then Command5 3ay ;><E
$ealing Testimonies, 3ay ;><E
Be *ot 1fraid, ,nly Believe, @ly ;I,;><E
1biding, 1gst ;><E
(od-s Treasre $ose, 1gst ;><E
Worthy Sayings, September ;><E
Worthy Words From Wigglesworth, ;><E
Wilt Tho Be 3ade Whole6 September ;><E
Faith+ The Sbstance, ,ctober ;><E
The 0entecostal 0ower, *ovember ;<, ;><E
.'traordinary, 4ecember ;><E
*ot ,ffended5 1pril ;><H
Clothed With the Spirit, @ne ;><H
Be Wide 1wa)e, September ;><H
Love and (ifts, 1gst ;><H
7ttermost Salvation, ,ctober ;><H
1bot the (ifts of the Spirit, ,ctober <E,;><H
Changed From (lory to (lory, 1pril ;><>
3en9Catchers ### 1stonishment5 1pril ;><>
The Flness of the Spirit, September ;><>
Li)e, Li)e, Li)e, September ;><>
The $or Is Come, 4ecember ;><>
1 Living Faith, @anary ;>JD
1mbition Reali&ed % 4esire Flfilled, @ly ;>JD
Transformed, 1gst ;>JD
Faith-s Laghter, *ovemIer ;>JD
7tterance, @anary ;>J;
The (iven (lory, Febrary ;>J;
The 3inistry of the Flaming Sword, 3arch ;>J;
Fll of the $oly (host, 3ay <H,;>J<
Living Faith, Febrary ;>JA
Testing the Spirits, 3ay ;>JA
The Way of Faith, @ne ;A,;>JA
3en of Faith, The Life That Lentres on the Word of (od, September ;;,;>JI
1 Living Sacrifice, 1pril <J,;>JE
The Faith That 4elivers, 1gst ;J,;>JE
4ominant Faith, 4ecember JD,;>J>
The 1ctive Life of the Spirit9filled Believer, 1gst ;E,;>?D
1fter :o $ave Received 0ower, 3arch ;, ;>?;
The Faith of (od, C$ebrews ;;+;9IF
$ow to Become an ,vercomer, @anary ;E, ;>?<
0entecostal 3anifestations, 3ay <E,;>??
0ower From on $igh, 3ay <E,;J??
By Faith, 1pril <;,;>?A
.'periences Wroght ,t by $mility, @ne H,;>?A
$ow to Be Transformed, @ly ;?, ;>?A
1flame for (od, ,ctober ;E,;>?<
The 0ower of Christ-s Resrrection, 3arch <H,;>?E
1biding In 0ower
Christ In 7s
The 4eliverance of 3ltitdes % $ow6 C3atthew HF
In a $ard 0lace, Changing Strengths to Save 1nother
0raise
7nconditional Srrender
:e Shall Receive 0ower
1bot Roberts Liardon
Boo)s by Roberts Liardon
Roberts Liardon 3inistries International ,ffices+
Legendary .vangelist Smith Wigglesworth