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Las diagrammes suivants illustrant la m*thoda. 1 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) |45 HO 12.8 ■ 4.0 1 2.5 2.2 2£ 1.8 ^ APPLIED irVMGE Inc 1653 East Main Street Rochester, Ne« Vork 14609 USA (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288- 5989 -Fax I Fragments From The Feast Belleville i The ' Crose of Oil ' Tract Repository. 1902. - Fragments From The Feast. or* 18 Sermons by the Rev. R. C. Horner. B. 0. f Edited by E. T. Campbell. Belleville: The • Cruse of Oil ' Tract Repository. 1902. [All rirfhti* reserved.] Cnat at Oil Print. Totk* TkOBMRdi ot Maafevn MhtrsiU aa4 Frica4i at tbt HoliiMt Movtmat ChBKh ii Caaada: to tat baadradt at aiialtun, •vaaialUU, aiiMloaarlM aad workan at hoaia aad abroad, wbo bava laltbtally aad aacaaslatly bald ap tba baadt ot oar Balovad Laadar darlai bU rait alUbt yaar* of haad to baad fllbtlai, aa ba by tba graca ot Qod. bald fortb tba Staadari of Nollaaaa, aatll tboo- aaadi wara kroniht aadar lu away, aad tba lovaly baaaar 'naatb wbosa blood-atalaad tolda so naay bava lougbt aad diad, wavad trlaaipbaatly at tba aiast baad tbis volaaia libamMy liKribad. Introdttction. Our objc't in publishing this volume has been sim- ply to bring before the members, adherents, friends , and all who are directly or indirectly interested in the advancement of the Holiness Movement Church in Canada, a concise report of what we as preachers and Evangelists consider the greatest event of the year, " The Ministerial Feast of Pentecost." We named the Book, " Fragments," not because it was, in any way inferior or fragme' ry, but that its contents were merely gleanings, sten graphically gat- hered by the " Cruse of Oil, " reporters as each table was being spread ar 1 rapidl;> rlftared, to leave room for the following one. It was with considerable hesitation that the Rev. Mr. Homer consented to have these sermons published. He considered them rather for the occasion, and not for publication ; and, as he said, " Preached only to Ministers." He thought they demanded his careful Te-writing before they should be given to the public : but after a brief conversation in which we assured Introduction- him that they wore intended by the publishers for distribution among believers, not critics, and they would be more readily received, just as they were preached, uncut and unpolished, he consented. Out of the hundreds of testimonies given at the » Feast," we have inserted only a few which we found lying in the stenographic MSS. With the above explanations we place in your hand, " Fragments from the Feast," praying that they may convey to you the same blessing that they conveyed to the Ministers, Evangelists, and Missionaru- o. the Holiness Movement. Sincerely God's and Thine, Evangelist E. T. Campbell. Belleville, Oct. 258t. 1902. for ere the and ind, nay syed the J^SO Ba-nk St., Ottawa. August 22nd. 1902. Dear Brother Campbell: I comply vrith your request to give a prefatory note. I give my conserd to have these addreftses inserted in your book of Fragments, as it will easily be seen by those who read them, that they were not delivered as literary productions, but spontaneous combustion. I am yours in Christ, R. C. Horner. Contents. The Day Before 12 Opening Address 17 The Anointing 23 Power Promised 35 Testimonies 43 Tarrying for Power 45 Obedience Rewarded 53 The Mighty Descent 59 The Dry-Bone Revival 67 The Way it Comes 70 Witnessing 78 The Anointing; Present, Positive, Real 85 The Flaming Baptism 92 Individual Extracts 103 Power to Prevail 104 Absolute Assurance 116 The Extraordinary Gift 122 Commanded to Wait 130 Pentecostal Praying Brings Pentecostal Power 140 The Pentecostal Outpouring 150 Tne Glorious Church 156 This sermon preached by Mr. Horner, at the Ivonhoe setinK, to an audience of 1500 shows clearly his relation camp' to the different churches. The Day Before, rrr- N IHE AFTERNOON of May IGth. our bus ^y, rattled noisily alonj; the rujraed shore of pictur- Inue Lake Eloide. whose sil very waters luunoved by tixHentle breeze that anon played in the tree tops, stretched far back into the cedar crested hills. This entrancin^r scenery assisted by the smc^ing of birds especially the melancholy notes of the \Vhip- poor-wil carried us away in thought, untd the sdence Cunbroken.saveby the voice of Brother Geiter as he softly sang: "Deeper yet, deeper yet, Into the crimson ilood, Deeper yet, deeper yet Under the precious Blood. Jolting around a curve, over a rolling »"?""d then up a cnade and 'round another corner we sighted the Athens camp-gi-ound nestled amid state y oaks, and elms and maples on the shore of the lovely lake. [12] The Day Before 18 Scores of Workers moved hastily about the ground, while ti-ansfer men, hurriedly unloaded wagons, at the camp doors. Tb'^ughts, joyful and melanclioly, alternately c) se each other through our memories, as we retrospect the part few yei rs. The changes since our first Feast, held in the same place three springs gone, sc^m al- most incredulous. Some who sat at our side in former Feasts, are seated with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven. Others have bidden farewell to home and loved ones and are now in lands of heath- en darkness, fighting the fight of faith. Far ar>ross the raging Atlantic and the dark waters of tlie Mediterranean, at the same hour, our mission- aries in Africa are preparing for the, ^'Feast," neath tlie palms on the bank of the historic Nile. In fancy, we sec the dark Egyptian faces upturned to heaven calling in Arabic to the Mighty God, to, "Send the promised Spirit down," or singing: "Father, Son and Foly Ghost Send another Pentecost." God bless our faithful missionuries there, and cause them to feel that though separated by lakes, and seas, and Gibraltars, that we are still close together and can dine at the table of our common Lord. In England, too, Bro. Moore, and his staff of work- ers, are making preparation for a similar gathering. Oh, dear old England, the Lord bless thee, for one of thy sons, of whom thou mightest well be proud, and whose name rightly deserves to be chiselled among those of thy great men , on the floors of Westminster, 0ktFX;^u. 14 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. once, by the help of God, raised the standard of holi- ness, which had for years, been trampled down in . he streets ,by the mobs of Rome. For this doctrine, do we ,Christians, and Canadians meet yearly at the Feast of Pentecost, to humbly im- plore Heaven to equip us with Power, to go torth and lead others into this grand, and absolutely nec- essary experience. God grant that the blessmgs which fell on the venerable founder of Methodism, centuries ago, within the walls of Clapham ; and the success which followed the mighty, " Prince of Preachers, on Kennington Common, may follow thee, Brother Moore, and thy workers, in the white harvest helds of the'Pritish Isles. The snap of the driver's whip, fails to catch oui attention, as we fly in thought, homeward to Canada and across the rolling prairies, to Killarney, wher. the Manitoba Conference are going to hold ther " Feast of Pentecost. Their work is closely related to mission work, an( the"r mode of travel not unlike that adopted by th eariy Methodists. With Bible and hymn book straf ped to the saddle, thev are ready to lope across prairiei through flelds of waving wheat, or to ford stream which would perhaps force some of us who are n( accustomed to such an active outdoor life, to retiei from such adventures in final disappointment. The rumbling of the stage for some time has be( quite forgotten until a stentorian, "Whoa" from tl driver, and the sudden stopping of the stage, remin us that the camp-ground is reached. Aw aking from soliloquoy, we must leave the pa The Day Before. 15 )f holi- in ihe ladians bly im- a forth ly nec- 3 which mturies success ichers, " Brother st fields itch our Canada, r, where Id their ork, and by the •k strap- I prairies, streams, » are not o retieat has been from the }, reminds and hurry on in the present. Lingering amid past scenes will never save a lost world ; work we must while the sun shines. We alight, receive friendly greetings from the camp- ers, and at once set to work getting ready for the open- ing service at 10.30 A. M. on the morrow. Sturdy hands soon pitch the large Campmeeting tent, and all things are in order for the scenes of the following day. The shadows of evening creep slowly across the Lake, and night gradually shuts out the scene, at the same time, uncurtaining the trembling stars, and hang- ing the silvery moon in the cloudless skies. Soon the voice of prayer is stilled, and the last light disappears from the cottage window, and all is quietness. Peering through the silvered azure heavens, past blinking stars, and flaming satellites, beyond the race-course of worlds, and scorching suns, and heavenly bodies yet unknown to the astronomer, and up, and on, and through, and into the C'elestial City, v/e find the heavenly inhabitants are interested in the Feast. Through- out the streets of Glory, angels Iiurry, to make this Feast the best we ever had, while. Patriarchs Prophets, Apos- tles and martyrs, assisted by the thousands in Paradise, rejoice, that the old time religion is being resurrected. • * « In the morning, long before the sun appears over the Eastern hills, the camp-ground shows signs of life. Wandering otf in the grey dawn, to a remote spot on the camp-ground, may frequently be seca, some consecrated Minister, or E/angelist, seeking a J the past 16 FJUGMENTS FROM TBE FEAST. .lent retreatj. wMcMo ^ ^th^-^Ooa J.rt 'Tana: a p-t ^^^ ofTeir live., lolling in thai, rarwhileluntLs mUlioM. slip through their flng- %h"a'; "alf-past-ten the heU -g -d^Udv»^ ced toward the tent. The inspiration that hUed eacl Jjart "ts indeed remarkable. When all were seated the ReT Mr. Horner arose on the platform and in hi, nsual explsive manner read that beautiful Hymn, And are we yet alive, And see each others face ? Glory and praise to Jesus give For His redeeming grace ? Preserved by power divine To full salvation here, Again in Jesus' praise we join, And in his sight appear. Then let us make our boast Of His redeeming power, Which saves us to the uttermost, Till we can sin no more : Let us take up the cross, Till we the crown obtain ; And gladly reckon all things loss. So we may Jesus gain. As the music of the Hymn rolled heavenward, bor on the wings of inspiration, tears of thankfulness co^ Sdow^ nLber Js faces. When the 1- -te^ away, and the audience were seated, the Bishop arc and delivered his opening address. ). Just 8, who in their eir fing- 1 ad van - led each i seated, id in his lymn, ,rd, borne less cours- note died hop arose, Opening Address. •If AM very pleased to be here. These Feasts of ^ijl Pentecost do me much good. They make revivals ^^^ commence much easier. I never saw so many revivals commence in one year, as in this last year. I have been in a flaming revival all the time. Revivals burst out around me in a minute. I am here to be anointed again. I am hungry and ready for more. Brethren, we have not exhausted the heavens. They are full of fire and God is ready to pour it on us. A Methodist Preacher used to come to Conference every year to get enough religion to do him until the next Annual Conference. The statement contained a great truth. He became so consecrated that God could pour the Spirit on him all the Conference year. There is a state and relation that men can be in where all tire and power are within easy reach. We can live within easy reach of all the batteries of heaven, but we must reach that state and relation. We are here for that purpose, and God will get us down to it. 6 17 -, rr-«v*l 18 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. There was a time when every Methodist preacli wa« an EvangeliBt. He conducted all the Hpecial re vaTservices on his circuit. He had flaming revivals IvLy place that he labored. He had no need for Hpecial Evangelist and there was none apart from hi sdf When the time came that the special Evan St was necessary it was known that the ^tor . backslidden. It was also known to the hvange S^aUhe pastor w^s the greatest hinderance to revival. When the pastor was restored the revival ^ ce^fn. Some of them humbled themselves and ^^ re^r^, and others greatly hindered the efforts of ^^Thf iloUness Movement Church was born and ra up under this sUte of things. Preachers and pe have considered it necessary to have a special Eva list, a cor vention, or a camp meeting, and apart 1 these the., could be no revival. They were edu to that, and it has been a difficult matter to get to see otherwise. It has been gi-adual work Some o preachers and people have received light and know that flaming revivals are most genuine t the labor of the pastor. Pastor and people get^on knees together and cry unto God day and night the heavens bow. and the revival commences t They launch out together, and reach after the los perishing, and souls are gathered into the fold These Feasts of Pentecost have contributed nu the restoration of pastoral evarigelism. Pastors returned to their circuits from these Feasts and vals have spontaneously broken out, and sinner been converted before there was time to mvit ST. , preacher lecial revi- revivalH in eed for a from him- al Evange- pa«tor was Evangelist nee to the revival was }H and w(!re [forts of the a and raised and people ;ial Evange- apart from sre educated io get them Some of our it and they nuine under get on their night until ences to fall. • the lost and le fold, uted much to Pastors have ,8ts,and revi- > sinners have to invite the Ojyenimj Address. 19 special Evangelist. The numbers increase every Feast of Pentecost. Wo will reach the divine order of things wwn, and every pastor will be a flaming Evangelist. Then every society will continue in a state of revival and all the ordinary services of the sanctuary will have become extraordinary, for the convei-sion of sin- ners and the entire sanctiiication of believers. Revivals will be perpetual and God will be glorified. We have observed that a number of pastors are doing the work of an Evangelist. They are having flaming revivals in their pastoral labors. The cir- cuits where they labor are in a flame of revival ail the year through. It does not make any difl'erunce where they are sent. They are living in a flame of revival and where they labor it commences. One field of labor is the same to them as another. It is not a difficult matter to station them. The people|are glad to receive them, and some circuits say they do not want any other kind. We are near the completed state of deliverance from misconceptions of evangelism when the call for the special Evangelist will be a declaration that the pa-stor is backslidden. Brethren this is a very hopeful state of things, and we are here to have it consummated, and we expect that after having tarried ten days, every pastor will become a flaming Evangelist. Preachers who tail to humble themselves under the mighty hand of G(xi to be endued with power for soul-winning, will not have any place among us. We will be an Evange- listic ministry. We will be a flaming Church. We will commence and perpetuate flaming revivals on everv circuit in the Movement. We are here for fire 20 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST and power to doit, and we will tarry ten days at the t^i ^ JesuH. We will hear the nound from heaven ftHof a nwhing mighty wind. [ApplauneJ ""tl churchi of Christendom did ""t c"n""ence tc decline until their ministerH had l)ackshdden. \\hih thei M Sers were alive and tilled with revival flame there Va^ no decline. They evanKeliz-ed their cn^mt. klthrpeople into the Bible experieiice of ChriHtiiH P^Mor a^id they labored with their paHtorn f (^ th" ^ivation of thei homes, and the comnmni^^e where they lived. They were agKresHivc. Theie ^a In iiicrease in the membership. Circuits were en ai^e and new tields were opened up under t^eir labor The tire of God fell on the Ministry and under Ui inspiration of the Spirit they preached ^^^^^^^ nation to the impenitent - a tree and full salvation < all who would repent and believe m Jesus. Men were scripturally converted and conniu^ic* family woi-ship in their homes, and prayer meetin| were the birth-place of many nouls The Chri.Htian Church that has a dead Mymtry mu of necessity die itself. They are to eed the Jmr of God. ^rhey are to preserve it alive. ^\ he Ministry is dead the church can not live. Bitthi we must be alive, we are here to be .lUickenod. \\ e a here to have all our dormant forces brouKht into h atul activity We are here to be baptized with ti :;;d "we are here to bc.come flamhig E^^^^^^^^^ We are here to be sent to our helds of labor il mighty flame of revival. We are here to > vilons of the masses rushing to Jesus for salvati. When God gives us power to bring the masses to Jes Oj}enhig Addrfm, 21 we will not fail, we will not be barren or unfruitful, we will Hee them wuepinjf their way to JeHWi. The hop«^ of every Chrintian Church is an Evange- listic niiniMtry; a ministry baptized with tire and power, a ininiHtry that will weep between the porch and the altar ; a niini-stry that will not give God peace day or night until every circuit is in a flame of revival, and the niajJMJH being brought to Jesus ; a ministry that knows nothing among men only Jesus ; a min- istry that has the Seal of God on it; a ministry that will warn the people day and night with tears; a ministry honortd, owned and used by God; a ininiMtry that will not compromise to gain the favor of men in good social standing, or men of wealth, a ininistry who can till up chapels with men who are born of God, and who will lead them into the Holy of Holies. Brethren we have reached an experie • e and a state, where it will not be necessary for our Evangelists to lose their time on tields of labor where we have pastors. Every pastor will do the evangelistic work on his own tield of labor or he will vacate and allow a pastor who (•(in do it, or a special evangelist to succeed him. We ha . e reached the time when pastors will not any long- er sit and listen to sjiecial evangelists do their preach- ing and exhorting. Every pastor will commence special levival services and go on for weeks as the Methodist ministers did when they were aggressive, until whole connnunities were convei ted to God. The pastor will have seals to his ministry — souls for his hire. He will weep and pray from house to house and from sinner to sinner until he sees flaming revivals all over his r<rr^' 22 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST """I'thren, bigotry, prejudice and opposition in break incr and the whole country is opening up to us. The ui, converted in the communities where we have laboie expl^t us to lead them to Jesus. They are looking t us to commence and perpetuate flaming revivals un U^r^-e scripturally converted. Brethren U^^^^^^^^^^ sibilitv i« upon us, unless we are anointed the bloc :rthf unsaid will be upon us. ^od has^.-- t doors to us and the work is upon ^^^^^^^^^ ^ J^^"/^ dued with power from on high to labor foi Jesus y tillTave flaming revivals in all the conunurnt where we labor and our special evangelists ^mU I able to attend to all the cries from Macedonia. iH break - The un- ! labored oking to vals until e respon- the blood .^neu the re are en- Jesus we nmunities ,s will be ia. The Anointing. Text: "Thou avolniM. my head with oil; my cup runneth over." nphere was one man who had it. Under divine in- Vi^'spiration we have his beautiful, straight, strong ■ "testimony. There are many Bible testimonies to this experience which we delight to read. It is inspir- ing^ to find it in theology and in the experience of men and women whom we know, but better still under di- vine inspiration. When it is, "Thus saith the Lord it comes with assurance and inspiration. Conversion, sanctification and the Baptism with Fire comes to us through the Truth. We may see it in the experience of others, and hear them tell it with great spiritual freedom, aud it is eii- couratnng, but it does not give an anchor for our faith; but when we read it in the word of God and hear men under divine inspiration declare that their heads are anointed with oil, it comes to us with much assurance. 23 , /-rr; 24 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST It gives us a basis for faith. We have the inspira- tion of the Almighty. We have divine hght and help at once When we know with assurance theie was ^ne who had it we can affirm in faith, that there wil be another: "I will be the second one." What we hnd in the word of God is our inheritance, and we may gc up at once and possess it. j , • „ \ man may go alone. All others around Inm ma, lose courage but he can be anointed. ^\^ /^^ "I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. It GcK can baptize some other person with the Holy Ohos and with tire and can not baptize me, I could no loiige accept the Bible as my rule of faith and V^;^^f^<^-;J some other man had found an experience that I cou not get, I could not believe any longer thai God ^^a "no respecter of persons." ,. . ., i.i When God was pouring out His Spirit upon th Gentiles as He did in the upper room Peter dec4are( "I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, but i eviiy nation he that feareth God and ^^'orketh rigb eousness is accepted of Him." When he saw the Ho Ghost falling upon them he affirmed that he tell up( them "as on us at the beginning." . The language of the text is beautiful and inspirin .•Thou aiintrst my head with oil." David did nots. "I was anointed two years ago, one year ago, one mon aero, or in the last revival service," but, "Thou,^.o^,^ nTv head with oil." We know enough about Gramm to know that the verb "anointest" is m the prese tense We all understand it. "Thou art anointing! ui We con get under, and live under it; and so live unc it that we feel and know all the time that we e The Anointing. 25 l,eing anointed for service. We can hve where we feel tlmt God is anointing us, and where the wind blows, and the air is bracing, and the sound is heatd The Holy Ghost came as a sound from heaven and the sound never died out. It is heard where there are ears to hear it. Blessed be the name of the Loid God Almighty! Men who have f ^'^ ^^ ^.^l;^^ ^Xj^h/^^^ It is ceitain they do not all hear alike. Chustian experience in all stages of religion vanes a good deal. A man may think, beheve, and feel that the power of God is on him all the time, and he may be deceived. Men may get into a form after they hav-e been baptized with fire. A man may get converted and have the witne.ss of the Spirit that he is born of God, and be under the blessing of God and become formal. It is very possible to become formal m the experience of holiness of heart. A man may profess to be clean, pure and holy, and he may not feel any sin and at tlv > .me tmie be dry, cold, formal and lifeless. He may be utterly destitute of vital godliness. He may have been baptized x^t the Holy Ghost and with fire, and may feel the Spnit of God with him and on him, and yet be in a dead, dry state, having only a profession. David was living where he felt it all the time, and was flaming hot in the experience. We can be there, and until we do, we will not have the fruit of Pentecost. We may be living in the beautiful Hunshine, and hav- in.^ many showers from heaven, but we need the thunder storms. God is pleased to send the gentle rain, the constant downpour for days and it is his good pleasure to let the thunder roar and the lightning 26 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST flash. When tlie thunder roars, the lightning flashe.^ and we have a cyclone, the mists and fogs are drivei away. , ,. , . , The thunderstorm makes the air light, clear, an( bracing. We catch liery inspiration. We get a tre mendous go in us and we will know that we have i 1 his flaming experience must be kept renewed, or it wil become stale, tame, dry and barren. Brethren we^ re (luire to have these thunderstorms repeateo. It w are croing to have Pentecostal results, we must kee the Pentecostal experience flaming hot and burning While there is variety in this, as in all Christian ex perience, it must be kept equal to every occasion. It is the beautiful variety that is in all Christia experience that makes it enjoyable. There is no po! sibility of our becoming formal if we have plenty < storms. The storm breaks up all the tendencies t( ward form and keeps all the faculties and capabiliti< of the soul in a vigorous and active state. When v are living and preaching under it men must be sav( or run away from it, and some will be saved whi they are running. Brethren, let us reach up after and God will baptize us with fire. We need a tremendous storm here! [Shouts] bon of you may be holding on to a prof ession of fire, b you do not make us believe you have it, and sometim you do not believe it yourself. You need to get anoir ed over again. We are where we can get it and i are here for that pui-pose. Glory be to God! We wa to hear the sound from heaven, and feel the rushii mit^hty wind. No common, no ordinary blessing w do^us hero. We are here to be anointed for soi The Anointing. 27 winning, for power to bring the masses to Jesus BretLn, T need the upper-room ^-Vi^-^-^^^^_ and power-the real cyclone from heaven^ The pow er tliat will take hold of us and deve op all ^^^^^^K^ f Is and let us into the hearts of the people to lead t h^to T 1 for salvation. We need more than pow- r to feel well, to leap and shout the praxes o^ G^. ^ need power to commence and perpetuate flaming le "then th. power of God falls on us we will feel it. \nd it is much more than good feelings It is the to.f-ue of fire,the breath of flame, the spirit of proph- fcy-the unction of the Holy One for -ul-wmmng^ We want it direct from heaven as it canie on the apostles in the upper room in Jerusalem. When we Tow "ur priviirie, our duty, our ^u^-' ^^^^^^^^^^^ God will pour out the Spirit upon us m Pentecos^i ^tttioi ' We ha.e been -eiving ordinary m^^^^^^^^^^ ations of God's power, but we are ^erejor th« ex^.^^ ordinary We need power and courage to commence Tnd pe7petul flanJg revivals until --J --^ - the Conference is in a flame of revival that the gates of hell cannot prevail against; a revival ^h^t «anno^^^ controlled by men; a revival commenced ^nd c«^^^«;»^ bv God Himself. When we are baptized with tire to 'Lp and piay day and night . God will open the hea- vens on our circuits. Hallelujah. Ma"s measure is to be full. God's measure is prey- ed down, shaken together and running ovei. UaMd s fuptas 'running ov^r. ^e need it poured into^^^^^^^^ then we require to be shaken up and have ^^ Presned down, and more poured in until our cups run over. 28 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. God can pour it into us until it runs over the whole nujuth of our cups. We will have no way of controll- inj^ it. Scripture measure cannot be controlled by us. Ciod conti-ols His own measure. He can do very little with us until we get out of our own control. When you receive the old-time Pentecost, you will see a lot of people who have not been baptized with tire. You will see a lot of preachers at this Feast of Pentecost who have not been anointed — a good many people where you are at present. You say, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me and I feel better," but brother, when you are baptized with fire you will see a tre- mendous amount of work for you to do in this Feast of Pentecost. When you commence to weep, and pray, and groan and fail to sleep night or day, until you see other? baptized, w^e will be able to believe you have it. Tht preacher who is baptized with fire can not rest unti] it is on his brother minister. The ministry must al be baptized with fire. There is a tremendous powei in a baptized ministry. Some profess to have it who can not lead any othei person under it. They blame the people and say thai tliey are not ready for it. It is true that if they wer< ready for it they would receive it. When you get i' yourself, you will get them ready for it You wil have no disposition to blame them for not being read) for it. You will have such power to help them tha you will get them ready ^.or it at once. Brother, yoi would get them under the flaming fire of God. It i the running-over, flaming fire of God that reache otherH. The Anaiiiting. 29 Some of yon are snug, comfortable and "«<^on«^"\f ' but brother, there will be nothmg in you. Shortly there will be nothing in you for ««1 ^o bap -e^ There it no tent or cottage on the ground would hold you f ^ou were anoint^. You would want to know di^ rectlv from every preacher on the ground it he had W baptized. If he had not received it, you would want to know when he was going to get it, and would follow him day and night until he did. You would not be able to live without seeing him receive '^' Now brethren, we are here to get the real anointing. rAmens.1 I tell you God wants to pour it upon us. He would rather give us the old cyclone than any ordi- nary blessing. He will make us tremendeus soul- winners. . ^. "Thou art coming to a ivmg. Large petitions with thee bring. For His grace and power are such None can ever ask too much." We dishonor God when we ask for little. We honor Him when we ask for much. j i; ii „ We are here for the most that God can do for the Christian Ministry to make it efficient m reaching the masses for whom Jesus died and mediates. Our lang- uage is, •' Take me out of the world or make me effic- ient in winning souls!" Give me the Upper-Room ex- perience ; we want something we will never forget [Voices Amen.] We want something we wi I never get over; we want something that we will never get away from; we want what God can repeat, and repeat, and repeat, again. 80 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST We will give all that is in us - every faculty, every capacity of our hearts and lives for the salvation of the people; we will place it all under God for the glory of His Name; we are expecting mighty, flaming revi- vals to burst out all over our circuits; we can get the power to do it; it is for every one of us; ''My cup rinineth over!" Remember this text is in the present tense ; it implies continued action; this is the mean- ing of the word. We will receive it again and agaic after we have received it once. It is a present continual running over. The Lore pour it on us! W'e require to open up and make roon for it ; we must get our mouths wide open if they an going' to be tilled, if they are only quarter open W( can only be (luarter tilled ; we have to give the Lon the full width of our mouth to receive the full gospc measure. David was so under it, that he knew tha he was being anointed. A cup could be so tipped that it could not hoi any thing, and it might be said that it was runnin when nothing was being received. It could be squt red up so that the whole of it could be tilled until would run over. As long as you are looking aroun and trying to learn what it is like you w^'U never g( it. God ti'Us us what it is like, and if you want \ feel it get under it. Go and get your head anomte and you will be able to 8a3/,"Thou anointest myhei with oil, my cup runneth over." While you are waiting you are only getting farth away from it. Brother you must accept the nak( truth of God : God declares, that He baptizeth wi The Anointivg. 31 fir« He sav8 that "He maketh His ministers a flame otire^ He anoint; men with oil until their cups run over He poured it on Aaron until it ran down hiH be rd and t'he skirts of his garments. ^^^^ have been made known unto us ; if we desire to know more than this, we are trying to be wise above what ''Tou'^^ll get nothing, and you will lose what you have already. If you would go to God with His V^y !S;: :nd ll at H^Is feet and allow Him to be His own interpreter He would pour it on you, then you Tould kno'w more about it than aU he men in th world who have not received it. Glory ^^ ^o uoa^ Halleluiah' You may be wishing to receive it m the l^y iTe otl^r ,erL found it. Dear ^-t,^-; you uiil onlv set farther away from it. You have inc flaming tmth, "Thou anointest my head «•* ™1 -y c™ runneth ivei!" Believe it with your head. Bel- eve U with your heart. Believe it with all your ran- somed soul, and God will anoint you.[Applau8e ] ""you .S^ living in the la«t days .^der the blazmR Gospel of the Son of God. DavulUved ■■> *e old nroDhctic age and he puts you to shame. You require rhumbL yourself before the Lord; Rc^t your feet on IhZTraway 'omteorng You need not be If aM of getting something inferior to >t, Ood will open the heaveSs, you will hear the sound as rf a rishing mighty wind and the Holy Ghost will fall on ^"you will get it as the Apostles and dtacples did m upper room in Jerusalem ; you will hav. .ae same 88 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. power that they had, and you will do wonders an miracles in the name of JewuH. You have to get it i the present tense, now is (iod's time. "Thou anointof Tuy head with oil." When you are under the Spirit, o the promise, and in the Upper Rooni, the Holy (}h<» will fall on you the toungue of tire and the breath t flame. You can remain here for ten days and say it i coming, the way is clear, I am going to he baptize* and go hcmie without it. God never baptized a pret cher in that way ; when you get it in the present tens( you have to come to God's thne, and he will meet yo with the flaming tire. Until you get down to tli present tense, God has nothing to cimie to, and n( thing to put the tire on, God is ready, waiun;* ft you to come where He can let it fall upon you. Th Spirit is drawing upim you to l)ring vou dctwn to i Brother if you feel that you can't wait until th afternoon you are going to get it this morning. ] may be that you can't wait till I am done preachin if so it will fall upon you. You may have such a inexpressible hungering, thirsting and groaning i your nature for it that you are ready to cry ou My God, my God, baptise me now with the Hoi Ghost and with tire. It will fall upon you now an you will receive the old prophetic tire. The Spirit < prophecy will take hold of all the faculties '>f yoi soul anil you will pour the flaming, red-hot lava t all around you. Some of you may have decided that you will g it some time but not at present. You are takir advantage of the ten days, and have eased your mil The Anointing. m with tho thought that you have so many <lay» to get it. Brother on tho tenth day yon will be farther away from it than you are now. Every <lav you will he farther away from it. We are pleawed that it is in the present tense, so that men who want to get it to use for the glory of God can have it at once. When a nuin is too careless and lazy to get it now, he never can get it. The preacher who does not get it now is at a great loss. There will be many outpourings of the Spirit in the Feast that he will not receive, besides he can- not retain his experience of Entire Holiness. If you get it this morning, you will be anointed many times before the Feast i;, ^ver. When the Feast is closing you would wish to remain for some more tremendous manifestations of God's power on your head and in your heart ; you would want to leani more before you leave the Upper Room. You could learn more in this Upper Room in ten days under the flaming tire of Pentecost, than you have learned in all your life, about the deep things of God. Men who sit around here and do not get anointed become a stench to themselves and the place. Those who go in w^ith all their hearts and are receiving in every r^ervice, are a source of great inspiration to the place. Those who look at you while you are under the batteries of heaven will feel the electric currents operating upon them. Some of you would rather be preaching to the peo- ple than humbling yourselves before God to receive your (qualification to preach. If you felt the respon- sibility that a preacher should feel you would never C U FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. attempt it ftgain until you were anointed to preoi the ffoHpel of JeHUH. There is nothing that mov men only the anointing that abideth on the preach. It is a treraendoUH sight to see a man bemg baptiz with the Holy Ghost and with fire. How many vou are Koing to he anointed this momnig ? Hi many must have this anointing? Stand up those w must have it this morning! run to the altar if y choose. Amen. Power Promised. Text :— Acts 1 : 8, "But ye nludl receive power aftei' tliiit the Holy GhoHt in come upon you." 'T^HESE were the words of ', I' were poing out to preach, Jesus to men who Their minds were not on power, but they were anxious about a temporal kingdom; and were anxious to know if Jesus would restore that temporal kingdom. They expect- ed that they would have the temporal kingdom resto- red, and thought that they would be out of bondage and have greater liberty, but Jesus drew their atten- tion to the fact that what they needed was not a kingdom restored again to Israel, but power to preach, power to witness, power to do the work He had given them to do. Bible language is very simple and very clear. When God says " power " He means power; when he says ** cleansing" he means cleansing; when when he says " sanctitication " he means sanctijication; when he says " bom again" he means horn again; when he says "justification" he means just ijicat ion; 35 36 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST when he says " faith " he means faith. We have i trouble to know what God means. He says what J means. . • „„ ;„ +v We may get mixed up m our experience mtt matter, bit God never gets mixed : there is that abo this blessed book of God. We can bind it to o hearts and take it as it is. It is God;s word and I makes no mistakes. It is true, it is simple, it is clei it is spiritual. Of course man is m darkness his ej are blind, and you can't expect him to see. But wh we come from darkness into hght, we can see t book of God, and can understand what He means wh He says, " Ye shall receive power." It would be a very sad thing if He had not told this If we, who are called to do and accomphsh si a tremendous work, had no power to do it, it L called us as weaklings and sent us to do good with, giving us power to do it, it would be sad indeed, sadness of despair ! God will hold you responsible tor the blood ot people— the people on the circuit on which you aoing to labor. He will require the souls at y hand if you don't warn them, and so preach that t will repent, and believe, and get converted, andsf titled, ready for heav en. No man should go out w out power to do this. , , , . v The apostles of Jesus, when they should have t anxious about power, were in<iuiring about a k dom : " Wilt Thou at this time restore again the k dom to Israel?" . - i. It is human to err, and men make great mista rmvcr Promified, 37 They were m; kino: a gx-eao mistake just at this time, but Jesus clearly toi J t^! era what they should do — that they must tarry in the city of Jerusalem until they would be endued with power from on hicrh. And when he told them the straight thing, they believed it : when He made a plain statement, they said, it is the word of God, we accept it, we believe it, we receive it. It is a tremendous thing to have it, and to go and preach it. It is a tremendous thing to be a representative of Jesus Christ, and I tell 'you it means more than to declare to people their duty — their sad state by nature, their blackness and darkness, and tell them their sin. The message must be freighted with Divine unction and power, that men will see, and feel, and know their lost condition, and be led to repent and believe the Gospel. It is not human work, I assure you. The preacher of the Gospel, to sound the depths of the unbelieving heart, must be a Holy Ghost man. It is not enough to see men on the brink of hell tum- bling into the pit ; he must have power to get hold of them J)efore they tumble over, and snai .h them as brands from the eternal burnings. It means mucli to go out and weep over the lost, to go from house to house, from individual to individ- ual, and warn every man as the apostles did, day and night, with tears, and weep and pray, and preach and groan ; to get hold of men that hate you, that hate the very ground you walk on, that hate the Son of God, that despise His Gospel, that are in to- tal darkness, and are led captive by the devil at his will. 38 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. Men who have power will P^^e what God has sai - My word shall not return unto Me void, but it sh« pros^per in the thing whereto I sent it." ^«w the fnen were making a tremendous «"«take heywe blind as to .their need of power ; and instead of groa ing, and weeping, and praying and sighing, and i <iuking of the Son of God : " Are you going to gi us power before you go, or will you send t back us [o do this awi\il work?" they were enquiring abo The old kingdom of Jud^a, if it should be resto again to IsLl. Brethren and sisters, to preach t G%el of the Son of God our hearts and our h must be convinced of this all important ruth, t we need power to do it. We need powder o tell so of His love, we need power to win the lost we lu l^r to convert the people, and it would be a . thing for us to rush ahead into this busmess and i dertake a work that can not be done by tnen-exc those who are specially and extraordinarily endi with power from'on high. We should not undert. it without this equipment, as others have done^ J will be a failure in the sight ot God, and a laugh stock to cruel men and devils. But if we get hoi. God's truth, and wait before Him i« tears in i,ray in sighs, in groans, and talk ^'^th Him, He will j us power to preach the Gospel. He will let the H Ghost come upon us. It is sad that there are men undertakmg to pre the Gospel who know nothing about the special enc ment with power from on high, and «oine who c scorn the idea of receivmg power from God, as a S equipment for a definite work. They aregre Power Promised. 39 to be pitied who do not know the truth, and are fight- in tr against the third blessing, but sadder still those who know the truth, and have heard the whole Gos- pel, and felt the mighty energy and Divine power, and believe and know that they may have power, but fail to obtain it, are trying to do the work without what they know to be necessary. No man is so much to be pitied as the man who lias light but does not walk in it— the man who knows, and does not do according to his knowledge— the man who knows the truth and fails to preach it— the man that is conscious of what he should be and not be it. -He that knoweth His will and doeth it not shall be beaten with many stripes." That is where the sadness comes in, but blessed be God! Hallelujah to Jesus! We can have the light and truth, and know what God requires, and know our privileges in the gospel, and cret down before him and be endued with powqr from on high. How blessed it is that we have not to go out and preach this awful, strong gospel in a weak spiritual state, a Gospel which has power in it— which has po- wer in it. You know there is tremendous power in this Gospel, and it takes a tremendous man to preach it. A preacher of the Gospel must be a tremendous man. He is not an ordinary creature that you meet every day. He is chosen of God, set apart, and fill- ed with the power of God. He is given power and authority over all men and devils. He is endued with authority from heaven to do a work that angels would delight in, but of which they are not capable on account 40 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST of never having been redeemed. But we, who have been brought out of darkness, and dug out ot tht miry clay, and taken out of the horrible pit, cantoucl the feelings of men of like passions as ourselves when endued with power from (m high. To us is th. dispensation of the Gospel committed, and of us Goc rec.uires the work be done under Holy Ghost energy —under the sound from heaven as of a rushing might: wind The Son of God himself did not undertake t^ preach the Gospel until He was anointed for i1 While He was God Almighty, while he was pertec man, having never sinned and no sm to be savec from— yet in a weak, physical state— in the likenes of weak humanity— He did not undertake, and <lv not do it, and God the Father did not send Him oi until He was anointed : "God anointed Jesus ot^az( reth with the Holy Ghost and power, who went aboi doing good." And would you undertake a work that the Chri Himself would not? Would you rush headlong an say " I am sufficient for these things," and say, " can preach the Gospel" that the Son of God wou not preach, and dare to preach and go ahead ot G( the Father, and God the Holy Ghost? For He wait. until He received power before He went forth preach. When He had fufilled His divine commissi. under the power of this anointing. He ascended in heaven, but not without telling them they would i ceive power after that the Holy Ghost was come up them. Hallelujah to the Lamb ! It is true, He ga us a tremendous responsibility ; it is true He call us to a high and holy calling ; it is true He gave Power Promised. 41 an awful work to do ; it is true we need great power to do it, but it is just as true that He said, "Ye shall receive power." Oh the wonderful Jesus ! Wonderful Christ! Wonderful Gospel! Wonderful profession! Wonderful plan of redemption ! Christ's ways are past finding out, but it has been revealed unto us — the Spirit searcheth all things-yea the deep things of God. Yes, it is a tremendous work, and God has chosen a tremendous people to do it, and a man requires to he tremendously humble to undertake it. It requires n.eekness to undertake it. It requires wisdom from on high to preach the Gospel of the Son of God, and deal with people — men who are rushing on to the pit, to wail with the damned in hell, or to shout the praises of God forever and forever. And this Pentecostal Feast means the salvation or damnation of hundreds and thousands of precious souls. There are tremen- dous issues at stake. It is a momentous hour — it is an awful place, and hundreds of people have come up this afternoon to see us being anointed and getting power from heaven. I tell you, brother, they will not be disappointed, but they will see and feel and know that God is in this place, and the thunder of God's power is being made manifest, and the rushing mighty wind blows over the place ; that the tongues of tire and breath of flame come leaping from the heavens and rest upon men and women that God has called and set apart to tell the story of His redeeming love. Oh, brother, the responsibility is great, being here as one of them: to be counted as one of th'^ number — this is a tre- mendous thing. But think of the privileges of this 42 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. blessed hour, and the power of God — Almighty G — it is a blood-bought privilege, and a precious pi mise : " Ye shall receive power after that the Hf Ghost is come upcm you, and ye shall be witnesn unto Me in Jerusalem and Judaea, and to the utterm( parts of the earth." Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! Tht are some who were here last year and the yearbefo who are now on the sands of Africa, wielding t sword and preaching under this awful power of G( We may be thrust east, west, north and south, a we don't know where we will go next, and we do care. We can preach mid the jungles of India, in t Islands of tho Sea — we can preach to proud heath in Canada, we can wield the sword anywhere if ' belimg to God, and are endued with power from High, whether we are at home or abroad, east, we north or south. You may be a shrewd, smart fellow : you may s cutting, hard things, but unless you ha\ this pov to preach you cannot do it. Jesus sai( " Ye sh receive power." Bless His Name ! Blean Hin Name ! Bless I- Name ! Bless Him — we beleive that Jesus will give You can repudiate our sermons and experiences, 1: what are you going to do with the Word of Gc What are you going to do with it? Believe it — tha what we'll do — that's what we'll do. Receive it, the what ivell do ! Live and grow under it, and prea the same — that's what we'll do. We will tarry ui we are entlued with power from on High, and then will go everywhere preaching the same. Oh, Bl Him ! Oh Hallelujah ! Oh Hallelujah ! How many si Amen? (Thunderous response of Amens.) Testimonies. Inda Mjvson : " I praise God for the livinjj crown of fire to-night, I feel it all through ma." John Jarvis : " My soul is a flame of living tire. It is burning all through nie. It is the third definite ])lessing and experience. It is the real Baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire." Hallelujah ! Arthur Wells : "I have the Holy tire resting upon my soul, Blessed be God forever. !" Bert Mc Roberts : "I mean to spend and be spent in His work : God crow^ns me with Holy Fire." Brother Cook : " I am glad I am saved and sanctified and baptized with Holy Fire." Annie McRae : " I have the flaming fire which can- not be quenched." Robt. Hammond : "I have received it, bless His dear Name. I have the Pentecostal flame and because I have it, I know it." Miss Litton : I 'praise God that the flaming crown of fire is now of upon my head ; it came suddenly as a rushing mighty wind. " 43 44 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. Annie Carley :- "I am in the Upper Roo i : The fi falls from heaven upon my heart and head. We ha Elijah's God with us. I feel the fire and have the p wer, Hallelujah ! The Lord Jesus gives me a vision the world lying in sin and darkness. I am receivi power to plead with Him ; it is the same power th had at Pentecost I" Maud Williams: "lam burning in the iire— i head is crowned with fire this afternoon." George Horner : "I am glad I have the old propht fire : I Feel it is my privilege to live under it." Brother Mc Shea : " At six o'clock this morni coming down the road, God baptized me with the H Ghost and Fire! AMEN." \V. J. Nesbitt : " The Pentecost is fully come ! thank God for fresh revelations this morning. He touched my body with His healing balm, feel the sacredness and presence of God so ni that I can scarcely speak." (Bro. N. ivas indw, healed by faith, of catarrah tvhich troubled , (jreatly during years of ministerial life.) Florence Scott : He anoints my head with oil, cup runs over. The Holy Ghost falls on me. It is old time Pentecost, I feel it in every fibre of my w being. The Pentecostal flame is burning. It is hard to tell it ; it speaks for itself 1 Tarrying for Power. Text. — Luke 2'4 : 29. Bat tarry ye in the city of Jerumdem until ye he endued ivith power from on h i(jli. /rO OD sees in the men and women of the Chris- *^Vi^ tian Ministry a special fitness for His work. They are called from all secular employment to be set apart, to be sealed and sent to preach the gospel of the Son of God. Into this Ministry no man can insinuate himself. You may preach, but you don't belong to the ministry unless you are called; you have neither lot nor part in the matter. You are not sent unless you comply with all the conditions of the Ghi istian Ministry. Now the majority to whom this text was addressed were men who had been preaching already. But the fulness of the time hadn't come. The new dispensa- tion hadn't been ushered in. The Holy Ghost was not yet given. The extraordinary gifts were not known. The Holy Ghost had not proceeded from the Father and the Son. These men were requiring power to do what He said. 45 4fi FRAGMENTS FROM IJIK FEAST. The Clu-istian Minintry is just tluvt. And eve^ thiuK God would have done, He tells us what . NvlK'U to do it, and how t.> do it. and a I alK>ut it. V e luvve ears to hear; if we have faith to receive, we e Hi^ht to see. if we have minds to understa ^e nmst nee. hear, feel and know what God re.iUi If not we have no business inH.nuatmjr oursehes i histemendous work of Gocl The .-tes^^^^^^^^ earth or in heaven, for there is no work like th . Heaven. Heaven is not the place to work, hn cMyoy the fruit of our labors and to receive om wird according as our work here shall be ^o can call himself to the Church of God, the Chi is Ministry can't call men or women, and say thty l trit'ts and graces and ought to preach. -^ Godhas^eserved to himself the "J^'^^t to choose vessels To deliver his own message tluougli vith whom he can work. Not only calling us b re.,uires us to comply with all the conditions tha sertit and neces.Iy to qualify us, to get us into position where he can use us ; and when he gets a Ihere he will not be barren or "nt^^.e labor" be a terror to the community m which he labors labor shall not be in vain in the Lord, but he w , a micrhty soul winner. When a man tarries V God.lill God gives him his equipment, he is not : to be useless ; you can count on that. \on can uence with this blessed truth. When God gives , power to do something, he will do it as sure a.s I a God in heaven. He will not kill himsel either, nor wear himself out, nor run down his s or get sick, or die before his work is done. Bui Tarry I mj for Poa'i' 47 tluT he will do it nnd be blosHed in his work ; hli'SMed in his Ixxly ; ]*. -wedin his luiiul ; blefssod in his soul. Krticifnt in preachinj; ; efficient in praying ; efficient in sin;,'in^'. Owl will crown all his effin-ts. He will havc^ souls ft>r his hire, seals for his Ministry ; the seal nl* ( it«l will be on it. He can count on that every time. Tlu' heavens nii^'ht «;ivt' place and the earth niijjht sink under yoiu- feet, but your labors will Ik* crowned with abundant success. When we receive from God our e^juipnient for prea- chinj; the Gospel we will not fail. But brother you lire not to go before you are sent. Though you feel the ])ower, you need not expect it, and God can't use you, I sjiy he cannot with all reverence and liodly feai-. God can't break his own law. He can't change his own coun.sel ; He can't change the order of things, and you can't do it ! all you can do is to comply. And,' blessed be God it is our great privilege to com- ply with gospel conditions and let God have his way. And when we do we are not fretting and worrying about whether we will have'success or not, for(J(Ml is responsible. We never get tired or sick, but are blessed abundantly. Hallelujah to God ! (Jod has reserved to Himself the right to tit, equip, and prepare a man for his work, and he does not make it hard. He is not a hard task-master. His work is not hard ; it is easy. The heavens are full of FIRE i and POWER. And He can give a per.son so much that it will make everything easy. Till you .say " It lis lovely, it is blessed, I like it." But brother, I tell you God must have his way. I tell you G(xl nuist have his way. I tell you God must have the whole of you. 48 FRAOMEXTS FROM THE FEAST. I ti'll you brotlier (}<k1 inuHt clothe you with \m 1 ti-n you Inotht'V you will have to jj^'t w»«^'r ^^' nnuiin under it. and keep under it (J«k1 doi.> Vreachinj:. (Jod does the prayinj;. 0<h1 dcK-M the \iMf, and (Jod gives the Hennon ; and (.(xl earn h(mie. He knows the inensage. 1 tell you then U' iruit in abundance. Hallelujah to CJotl ! Hut nuist not go until you are sent; you nnist not JeruwvUnu ; you niUHt not go out of the Upper I you niUHt get down on your two knees, get your up and your mouth open, and conunence to opt your soul to God. Put yourself in the hands c r tter. God must have clay to make a vessel o >»nen you see the position of the work that is done, and who is to do it. and how it is to be don you are the mouth piece of the Ahuighty. and C to speak through you. And you must be enduec power from on high, that your words wdl not b« idle tale, but they will be the pure, beautiful, trospel of Jesus, under the demonstration of the and of power. There will not be any slang p or large rough words. I tell you brother thei not be very much "cant" about it. It will be tV blessed Gospel. When the Holy Ghost comes on you, you w pickup pretty phra.ses from sermons, and sayi smart, witty or shrewd men. But you will h awful inspiration from God. And the thun (UkVs power will be on you and in you and son you will not know one word you are going But brother G(xl will know every word of it. Tit fry I vff for Poufr. 40 tt'll yoti hrotlu'V when you get throujjh with one Hen- tciuM' soiiu'thiii;; else will follow, re<l-hot iifter it. They will clmse each other and run through you. Tlie tliiiniiig red-hot lava of (hyd, will reach the people, imlting, moulding into subjection to the BlenHed Son nf (J<m1. Hut Oh I Brother the secret of the matter w to ;;«'t down and tarry lieforo (j<k1 Ahnighty. There is not devils enoii^jjh in hell or men enough on earth to drive you out of the place till G(k1 giveH you the equip- ment. And I tell you brother more than that. When you gt't your eyesotfeverthingel.se only this work of Ood, and -uuiot see anything only G(xl and souls, God and the languishing cause: G«.i nid uiusaved people: the awful work to 1m' done anJ j ' between. When you can't seek anything else, and can't get your attention on anything else and say, " I can't leave the place, I taut think if it, I can't look on anything else until I receive power. I will be the channel through which (io4l can pour it. My God I will be the channel, and I will .stay here till you put the power on me, till the Holy Ghost de.scends and my head is crowned with Fire, and my breath is all a-flame for God Almighty. I will stay. I will never go until you send me. If I have to stay ten days and ten nights. If I have to stay ten years, or nine tenths of my life. I will st-^y here till I die, but I will go out and preach in vne demonstraticm of the Spirit and of power." Glory to (Jod. I tell you a man will know when he gets the t'(|uipnH'nt, you will know when it comes, you will know it from everything else ; you will know it from your conversion, from your entire sanctification, you know it from the out-pourings of the Spirit, from your D 50 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST call to preach, from your being sent from everything else on earth or in heaven. Your seal - the enduemeni :rpower from on high. Brother when you an clothed upon with your house rom h^^X^"' ^ f ^>^^, ou will not have any trouble knowmg it. ^ot a b not a bit of trouble. Blessed be the name of the Lon (lod Almit'htv. [Applause] God has reUved to Himself the right to tell yo. He does this work Himself. He has the nght to make i knowntoyou. He does this Himself . Glory Hallelujal The third person of the Trinity came all the way fro heaven, and stays nght here to do it. He is right le this morning, to endue you with power from on lug Oh! Bless Him. And every clean holy man that cai not do without this anointing this moniing, thatmu: be endued, will receive it. The man who says I war it before I go to my field of labor, and while I am ha and if it can be supplemented, I want it supplement and I will use it here among my brethren and sistti 1 want to preach, and pray, and sing and shout urn it. I want to spend some days on my knees before Gc here, under this awful power, before I am thrust o anywhere to preach. I want to do my weeping b< ween the porch and the altar and bring the heav. right down on the people. And I don't care v^'bere isfNorth, South, East, or West-The darkest place earth or the brightest place on this side of the garC ofEden. Icare^ot. V Ood I want power to pi the heavens on it, and preach the gospel as it is in Ghi Jesus Yes, brother when you get there you \ have it. The man who is decided on being dned with power on high, can't preach, or open Tcwrying for Power. 51 mouth till he gets it. One man here endued with power to preach, knows more about preaching than all the lu»ly people on earth, who have never been anointed to preach the gospel, he can pray under the Holy Ghost. He does not know it from himself, but lie knows it from (Jod. There is an awful something, there is an awful power the world cannot feel. This burning desire for power from God Almighty. If you want it, if you <lt), you will tarry in Jerusalem until you are endued with power frou on High, If you go out to preach without it you go on your own responsibility. You cannot do the thing yourself, if you are running with- out being sent. You should not expect us to do an un- righteous thing, to send you before God Almighty sends you. Oh Bles.sed be God! Hallelujah to Jesus! This is the Upper Room, and we have struck it. God Almighty has got us in here for this purpose. Now He wants to get us on our faces, with our hearts and minds stayed on Him, so that we will be deaf to every- thing only our etjuipment for preaching the gospel of the Son of God. Let us pray God to get us out of the road of Holy Ghost preachers, or give us the thorough Pentecost equipment of power to preach tlie gospel of the Son God, for we will never go as weaklings and take the place of men who are endued with the mighty power of God. For God says, "Tarry yc until ye be endued with power from on High." And we say" Jesus, let the blessing come". He didn't let them go out until the dispensation camt'. He got their minds off their work, so that they wt're not hindered in tarrying till the powei came. Vittil ye be endued with power from on High was the 52 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. command. After they were anointed and men were needed for the offices of the Church, they chose mer who were filled with the Holy Ghost and wisdom- men who were baptized with the Holy Ghost and Fire No man was recognized unless he had this flaminj experience, Blessed be the name of the Lord Got Almighty! But, brother, we are here this morning to be endue< with power from on high. We are not ready to preacl and can't preach. We may try to preach and get u beautiful little essays, and give a beautiful discours. and some people may get converted in "spite of us, i spite of our weakness, by the Holy Ghost. The Hoi Ghost may convert some one, something may be don But Brother you are not fit to preach the gospel of i\ Son of God until yon tarry, and you are endued with p( wer from on High. When you get it you will know th you were blind and ignorant, and had things mixed i God has to be his own interpreter. Oh Bless Hii When you get under the Fire and power, and the Ho Ghost falls on you, and you are endued with pow from on High, your young men shall see visioi and your old men shall dream dreams : and also u ;i the servants and hand-maidens He will pour c :. Spirit, and they shall prophesy. Glory Hal p Are you getting tremendously hungry for it. ♦^ are, get to your feet. Let us drop on our knees. L every one cry to God to give it. Obedience Rewarded. Text: — Luke 24: 49. "But tarry ye in tlve city of Jerusalem until ye he endued with power from on Hi,jh. " {.^L "] HE WORD of God is exce'^ Singly arbitrary. He says to the sinner," Repent; He says to the peni- tent, " Believe; He says to the converted man, "Be ye Holy" He says to the Holy man, "Tarry ye until ye be endued." God's commands require perfect obed- ience. On our pai-t there must be entire submission, and perfect obedience to the Divine injunction. We must submit to it ; we must yield ourselves io it ; we nmst surrender ourselves to it. Now the promise came to the apostles in a very indefinite way. They were told to wait there until they would get it; and the only encouragement they had was, "Ye shall receive power not many days hence." But there were days to elapse before it would come, and no possibility of getting it any sooner. Some days had to pass by. They were to jjo there and stay. Now brother we come here with the hope of getting it at once. But the apostles and disciples of Jesus, hadn't even that hope. They had to wait for the fulness of time. And they all marched 53 64 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST, iovf ullv to the place, they had learned to obey. It is a ^Jeat thing to learn to obey God Almighty m every- Sing; in big things as well as in httle things the smallest thing and the greatest thing ; to be entare^ submissive, to hav. no will, to sink out of night, to b lost to everything, to see nothing only Jesus, to do Hii will as the angels do it in heaven. You mud obey You know you must tarry. You know you can consen to the doctrine or you may assent to it. It is not enougl to give the assent of your mind, and the consent of you will, in order to be endued with power from on High It is an awful sinking down in loving, trusting, obed ience to God Almighty, which is more than the asser of mind, or consent of the will. You may assent to thing, or give the consent of your will, because yo can't help it ; but. Brother it is another thing altogeth. to get down so low, and lovingly and conhdingl at the feet of Jesus, and espouse Him saying, Jesi I would rather die a thousand deaths, than fail to ( what you want me to do, and do it out of svmpatl and loAe for my Redeemer. When you wait in lov when you tarry in the simplest manner, lost the will o* God, you can receive it. He gives the cor mand to obey. The apostles went to the Upper Koc in that kind of way, and returned to Jerusalem wi great joy aud were continually in the temple praisi: and blessing God. That was entire obedience, wasn t [Audience, " Yes "] You know that kind of thing don't fail. They w( there nine days, day and night, and then it had come. They were continually m the temple pr sing and blessing God. Obedience Rewarded. 55 Oh! that kind of obedience : He told us to stay. Our hearts are in it, our minds are in it, our heads are in it, our intentions are. in it, everything is in Jesus, for the glory of Christ, and the glory of His Name. [Great Applause.] ' 1 will get down before Him, get down at bis feet, and wait to be anointed with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. It is obedient faith that will bring the blessing — that will bring the real blessing. You can have a little wishy-washy blessing tap at your heart, and ruffle you up a little, but brother the real obedient faith sinks and drops you down at the feet of Jesus, and you get hold of the old Pentecostal Power and dynamite of heaven, and the batteries are let loose, and you may think: 'Am I going to die right here ? Is this a short cut to heaven ? Am I going right to glory ?, 0, to be caught up in the third heavens. O the exceeding weight of glory that falls on me now ! Brethren you have to get it. [Waves of blessing roll over the audience.] Yes, brother when you see nothing but Jesus, and let his love melt and mould you till you are filled with heaven — you say it is wonderful how I have gone down so far and so quickly, seemingly a thousand furlongs a minute, and I thought I was lost and seem- ed to be lost, and as though I got loose from everything and just sinking in the will of God, and lost in obedience, in holy obedience, in loving obedience, in trusting obedence, waiting before him. All the bil- lows of heaven came over me, fastened down upon me, and God took hold of me from my head to my feet, and electrified me, and let me loose, and gave me the tongue of fire and the i.i^ath of flame, and filled me 56 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. with the fulness, and let me see the lost, and how preach and tell the story, and let me see my brothe and sisters all around me, and he has led me out ai put me to work to preach under the Holy Ghost flai ing power and fire, and might and energy of heave You say, 'I am simpler than I ever was." [Shouts] You never felt so simple in all your life, as wh the power falls on you. You will not feel you a some great big man going to tear the world to piec [laughter] — When I am weak then I am strong. Y brother, God himself! God himself! 0, this loving ol dience, this sinking into God, this moulding after 1 likeness, getting where God gets hold of your faculti and head and heart, and nature ; gets hold of all t tremendous forces that are all around you, and G makes himself known to you, and lets you know 1 will. His mind, His lovely character, then you will able to say, I have the bleasing, and the fire and pov the whole heavens are on fire — there is such a si house. You are to be clothed upon. We have j got where God can do something. He can turn the b teries of heaven loose on us, and we can constan abide under it, for it is the anointing which abid( Hallelujah. Sometimes, we fear you just get yj head up a little, and get a little breeze of the blessi a kind of an earnest of it, but brother when you si and melt, and all your being is swallowed up in C you will say with the prophet, that the Spirit of ( got into my bones, and into my muscle, and into nerves and went all through me and the electric for all the forces of heaven were let on me, and my n tal body was quickened, and my faith got a full gri heaven ! [Audience carried before the enthusu Obedience Rewarded. 57 appeals of the Orator.] O ! the promise God gave us a full insight into his ways, a tremendous revelation of his will. I tell you brother, I tell you sister, it is a tremendous thing to be baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire, and to be under all the power God Almighty can turn loose on you, to make you useful for the glory of Jesus, and the salvation of the lost. We need something that we can feel and will move us, and remain on us. It will give us a tremendous grip of heaven. It will give us a grip of the masses and power to lead the people to Jesus. The people need the law, and the wonderful gospel of Jesu.s. The power of the Holy Ghost will fall upon us to make us witnesses for Jesus. Think of God Almighty falling upon you brother, it is wonderful, it is great, it is blessed ; it will .satisfy all your desires. It will fill all the craving of your nature. It is ble.ssed. Glory to God ! Tarry until ye be endued with power from on high. Think of God .sending power all the way from heaven for you. The very best gift, heaven can atibrd to make you efficient and effective in winning souls for Jesus. When you have it you can not be inefficient, you will have revivals. You will get inside of men and show them the corruption of their hearts .1 tell you brother. J tell you sister, there is power to awake the dead. There is power to reach the ma.s.ses and sound the depths of their unbelieving hearts. There is power to commence awful, mighty, flaming revivals and perpetuate them. There is power to reach the whole community until it echoes with Holy Ghost energy, in the converting and sanctifying of the people. There is power to set the whole community in a blaze, in a 58 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST glow, and we are getting down to it (Audience, " Amen" It iB this power that does it. Amen and Amen We have a purpose. Hallelujah 1 We mtend t. work under all the power that God can pour dowi from the heavens. All hail the power of Jesus' name, Let Angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all. We can have the power, but we must get down to i When we get as low, as any man ever was, we will hav as much divine power. Brethren, how "^^ny of yo believe it i If you are simple enough to believe Godlan give it I you. Let us get down (Nearly t. hundred k/»eel in prayer and the Pentecost costes.) The Mighty Descent. Text;-— Acts 2: 2." A nd suddenly there came a nound from Heaven. OD converts men quicker than we can think _ and entirely sanctifies them in a moment, and ^ the man who receives the Holy Ghost for soul- winning receives Him in a moment. But God does not get us in a moment just where He can convert us, nor He cannot, or does not, get us in a moment where He can entirely sanctify us, nor He cannot get us in a moment where He can baptize us with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. The record in the Word of God is very clear, very full, and very faithful in these things. Jesus Himself labored with some men to get them to the place where He could convert them. Others of course came more rapidly — were willing to hear the voice of Jesus: "Your sins which are many are all forgiven thee." He had some followers quite a while before He got them sanctified. And if you are a Bible student you know that He spent much time teaching them and bringing them up to certain stages and experiences in religion. During his pastorate He used to take his own away very frequently. He would 60 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. get thorn alone in the desert, or in the mountain ir order tcTh^ve them away from the maH«eM and crowd* Ti^ope. In these silent retreats He would teach L\rucVand bless them, even while »-« -«- -^^^ everywhere looking' for hin., anxious to hear the grac ious words that proceeded out ot his mouth Then before He told t^« ^•"^ ^""^ W. „ twentv to tarry in the city of Jerusalem-before H Tm tLm uTL ten daysln the uPper-room e„.„„ anding thein to remain there an< closing up the w a f.r them to leave. He spent forty days wiU^ * J^ thirty-seven at least, while here on earth, mstuctin aboring, blessing and prepanng them for U receptioA of this wcmderlul en.luement of P«)W Jrom on High. I don't know whether any of yc \:Z idoked'into this or not, but it - -^ I^^^ while to trace the work, and laboring, |»^<1 ^^^f of Jesus for these forty days on earth Theu .s n one record of His preachmg to unsaved people. \ < don't see Hi„, anywhere looking for the unconverte but you see Hini praying, instructing and teachir ad confirming the faith of those who are gomg o ^o prelch. if is one of the things that we are look at brother, and it is worth your while to look it I don't get discouraged with you men a women, when you get blest, and blest again, ye know vou haven't it. I just say he is gomg on, a t;^ll relch the place where these apostles were, a where they got the real genuine article the H Ghost Po'we'r and Fire and be apof olic men a women. If we get it and keep it, I tell you there be an army of Holy Ghost men and women who i TJifi Mighty DeHccmi 61 storm the whole country with Holy Ghost Fire and I'ower. You know the Lord's mill grinds slowly but <rrinds surely! and if some men are slow to ^et there T dont mind their slowness, so long as they get there sometime. Glory to God. Some of these that Jesus instructed so faithfully, didn't turn out very well. Out of twelve there was one devil, and there was another fellow declared that he would not believe. A tremendous doubter, but they had the other ten. if we have a dozen and one turns out to be a devil, iind the other doubts, we can't help it, the Son of God could not help it. And if you get down and get the old Pentecost it will be wonderful. Bless His Name! It means sticking right to it, — following the thing right up. It means to put your shoulder to the wheel and hold on by faith in God. Glory to God! there will be an apostolic ministry — a host of m^ir\ and wo- men that will be tremendous. [Chorus of applause] We are living in the worst and most wicked days man ever lived in, amid the fiercest opposition, so that there are hundreds of temptations for men to compro- nnse, or lean a little to the world that men in other a<fes had not to contend with. In spiie of that, in spite of everything God will h:\^^ a baptized ministry. 14 (' will have Holy Ghost men and women. Some may be slower than others, (Like Sister Birdscll with a little of thr Quaker in them), affected in some ways and in othei« lot any, but as far as they go they stick! [Great applause.] Blessed be the Name of the L(nd God: He is equal to everything, bless His Naiue: and there is nothing too hard for Him to Ho has picked us up out of the gutter and made let. «2 FRAG ME NTH FROM THE FEAST. UH what we are at the present time. He carries i,n this awful work I tell you we can trust Hini ami we can «tay t.,r*v layn if nee.l be, in the Upp, r-Romn ana wait till Wf iet the power from on H gh. HaiUlnjah I lik. it, I ai.i in it. When wo get just as well pr.pared for :1..' ol.i. naming Pentecost, and get one bK ^nuig aftei another, and sret right up whet* the old apostles were we ^viii get it, for it will come Middenly. Glory to (Ji.d in iho Highest. The first t uie you get m the Upper R.Hiin y. a will get it. Jesus sent a number ol men and women to the Upper Room, that would re- main there until tlve power would fill on them. He fitted and select. 1 the ni for the .ccasion. Such 8 preparation, such a selection m eleaning up the busi ness, such a holy few, such a prepared p.ople. H- di.l it as only the Son of Go-1 himself cou' 1 do. Bn brother he got tlwm there, and the fellows stayec there: Glory to Jesu?^ ! When the Holy Ghost ciune. He came suddenly and He came with a souiii from heaven. Nov brother if God hass been blessing you don t st -p ol there~d«)n't stof oti' there— don't stop off i ere - don't cast away yoiu- confidence -don't ve up w' you have, don't jump at conclusions, tha' on b all when you haven't it. Let God tell \ a wl ih sound from heaven come-, and the rea' Id Pei^-coj wind blows on you. I ' 11 you, you wi kaow it vvhe it comes. You may believe you have it or you lua think you have it you may feel you have i' but broth* there is something tnnnendous about ' blessiii that you will know it when you :et it. You s; • was tremendously bless* 1 wht a 1 vtm sanctified. ififlil Till Miijhty Ih'Mcenf. u;i liought my en«l '-md come I thought I was going up, I thtmjrht I w ^ ling right through tht ^ate« o the K'W J< ruriali til, i thoUijht mv work was dime. It .h'n't ruitter h< w gootl it w;i« you will know this ft .III it. It k (Hstiiiet aiul Hej,ixrat«, it iS a nlear thing, iilory Ha^i hijalii, Wt^ll s >*ayl would liivc to know ho I we act jt' I f'lt i i'hat is none of my busi- h. »i' youi fit' like like mm '"i M»t I' ive it. Y< Mt ki ickfd down, _ = - (' iverte . l^u^ 1 w You ♦tl*t" I "ay I would not like to How ; you may j •> and Id lil ' to be pr ated no tid down betore he « ut tli vay to know you xi u mean I know what it ii»eap - to have M Ui manifestati* »ns and get it like an ot '«»r ^ ow ever got it, or will get it, I know Sometimes I see mauifestutions I it of faith in, see a fellow that thii kg he is go on. wli=*t it n iven't a '♦ing it nd if he 1 iind IS irt- ost on- .)ur If a hen I know he is not, but let »e8 on he will find it. at ^hing this baptism of the H Wh( you get converted, you can t vertt^i w©r again. If you are mistaken ab< idea oi being converted, you are in a sad state lan b< Ueves he is entirely sanctified, he does not look < •!• a repetition, he is likely to be deceived for years, iid say I was sanctified wholly at a certain time — |H rhaps he was only restortl ii-om a backslidden ftate, then going about professing to be sanctified. ' touching this wonderful old Pentecost, there i> istinction ; you know the first one from every- thing rise. After you get the first one you can get it a<;ain, and you can get it again, and you can get it 64 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. a<rain and you can get it again, and brother you can ',?t it aTain after yolget it three or four U.-^^^^^^^^^^^^ are sure it was not conversion, you have sometlm g rrthan conversion. It is very satisfactory to you, because it increases. j t„„ .,v fifteen I believe when a fellow gets baptized ten oi tilteen times why he wouW hardly feel the hrst one You know the apostles had it repeated In the secona „t Artswerfad, "It came as a sound from heaven as „fa rushing miglvty -■»'». »^J/J^^towork;rtX where they were Sitting. Iney goi lo wui j* Tn. an I forking miracles, until the authorities came a""them and threatened what they would do. But ly commenced to pray - the ^-t time they had a real old time prayer meeting. The hrst time they got on their knees the power of God came down It was Z aXre,'and t'he place was ^^aken w^^^^^^^^^ were assembled, and they were all filled ^^t^ the Ho^ nhost and spake the Word of God with boldness. ftetVou brother, it will come suddenly when you Le tL^or it, and if you can t get it in five mm^^^^^^ there is something wrong with you. and you say ^l am not blessed up to where ^^^^^-^^-TT^'H ^^ can crive it to me. " But if you keep right on and keen blessed you will get where it comes, and when y Jge^^^^^^^^^^^ will fall on you. Blessed be the name > • th^e Lord God Almighty. You will have no trouble n lookincrforit, you will have no trouble in seemg it, vc,u w^U have no trouble feeling it, you will have no mble in believing for it yo" -\\^^-^i^ ^ P^" taker. Hallelujah to the Lord God Almighty. The Mighty Def^cent. 65 It will come suddenly and drop on you, and you will say "I have it." I would not care if you <lon't breathe for a ^' jek, it is none of my business, and I will not be concerned if you can't eat. I saw a girl who was three or four days that she could not eat, she would come to the table and if you said "Glory" she would drop off the seat. If you pointed your finger at her and said, "you have got it," it would knock her right to the earth. Such was the power and glory of God that rested on her mortal frame. I tell yon l)rother it is tremendous. Can't get discouraged at all, you know it is no discouragement to know it is better tha.i you thought it was. I tell you, you will be pleased to know it is better than you thought, and far better than you have been setting it down to be. (Jo on my brother! Go on my sister! Never lose your grasp, never stop — never stop if it takes the whole ten days. If you get blessed twenty-five times a day for ten days never stop if it takes two-hundred and fifty blessings to get you where you will get the old Pen- tecost. I tell you, you will be well paid. It will be no lost time, but the best time you ever spent in your life. Hallelujah to God. If one-tenth of the number jiet the old Pentecost, and go home and preach and have tlaiiiing revivals, it will only make the rest more hungry for it. We will not only stay ten days, but twenty if need be. I would stay three months if need be. (Jlnry to God we want the enduement for service, the genuine experience, the thunder of God's power. We want the best GoD can give us, and when we do we get a tremendous stock, when you have exhausted all the heavens to fit and qualify a man to preach tho E 66 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST 1 V +Ko q^v of God vou will be a tremendous do hold up your hands. 1 am giau yuu oo, noiu up ^ . , , rp^ courage brother. 1 Halelujah ! tiallelujan . xa :„ufnrme Cloryto tell you I can see an awful lot m it tor mc. ^i y God Surely blessing I will bless thee. Does that mean you brother .'' Vt^tr^sVou broth. ye.H;nea„, you si.e. and I am sure it means me. Glory Glory. Let us pra>. >'^kl ■ The Dry-Bone Revival. Text. — Ezekiel 37 : 1 The hand of the Lord was upon Die, and carried ine out in the Spirit of the Lord. ^^7 HEN GOD puts His hand upon a man he V\^ knows it. There are some men, when they ■^^ get hold of you, you know it. You say " I do not want that man to put his hands on me. It would be like a battery from heaven." But when the liand of the Lord God is upon you, you will get a tre- inendous shock. It will take hold of everything that IS in you — it will quicken every power in you — it will move you mightily. When the Spirit of the Lord Ooi) falls on a man, he will be so filled that he cannot shout. Yes, brother, when you can shout, it has not Ijuen laid very heavily upon you. When the hand of the Lord has not rested very heavily, it just stirs you up a little, and makes you feel good. When God lets the weight of His hand on you, you couldn't shout, there would not be a shout in you. Blessed be the name of the Lord God Almighty. You will not jump. You will not climb, you will have no way to climb. C .^y toGoD. sn you get in contact with GoD human powers ispended and Divine take control, and you are lUt in the Spirit of the Lord. Peter was caught up 67 68 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. in the Spirit, and Paul was caught up into the Para- dise of God. Ezekiel was carried out, and set down in the valley of dry bones, where there was nothing but bones. I tell you if the Spirit is on a man, it does not matter whether there is flesh on the bones or not But if you have been baptized and carried out, in the Spirit of the Lord, there will be a shaking. Hallelu- jah. A tremendous shaking, and bone will come to bone. We know men think they have Fire and Power when they have none. It is only your mistake. But if you compare yourself with the word of God, and see what other men were who had it.you will see you have not got it. You say, "If I was set up where there was nothing but bones I could not have done anything, for I did very little when I was with praying people, saved people all around me. Some of them put me to shame, and some had more religion than I had, and being unprepared you had no revival. I tell you, when God puts His Hand on a man he will do something. Glory to Jesus! There must be something come to pass — something wonderful! There will be wonders and miracles wrought in the Name of the Holy Child Jesus: for His hand is not shortened. H J can carry you out, and He can carry you up. Now it just seems that Ezekiel was carried up and set down among a whole lot of bones. Paul was cau- ght up in the third heavens. You see he got closer to Jesus. Ezekiel was set right in the midst of the valley of dry bones,and he had a mighty revival. Hallelujah. We will not have one revival only ,but we will go North, South, East and West, to the four quar- The Dry-hone Revival. 69 ters of the earth, and God will do wonders and miracles. Bless Him. Well brother I know when God anoints you, you will not want to preach your own little sermon, but God will speak through you. He will put his hand on you, and carry you out. And carry you out. You will not be praying round the bush, but you will say, •It is coming." Well it has been a long time coming. For two or three days. It must have had a long piece to come. He will carry you up. Hallelujah ! (Jlory to Jesus. Ezekiel was among bones, and nothing but bones, and flesh came right on to them, till all the dryness came right out of them and made them shout, and put Fire and Power in to make old dry bones roar. And the God of Ezekiel is just the same today. Hal- k'lujah to God. When you get God's hand on you, you will do wonders and miracles. He wants to catch you up. He wants to take you up and carry you right out. Hallelujah ! and baptize you with the Holy (Jhost, Fire and Unction and might. He can take you right up, and make the old dry bones shout, and hring bone to bone. Everywhere, anywhere on this side of Hell. So when you get the old Pentecost you will have a revival. It is the next thing Hallelu- jah You believe it Do you believe it ? Halleluiah, Hallelujah ! Do you believe that kind of talk ? (Audience) We do. You do. Hold up your hands. ■A'ell let us get down on our knees. That.is the next Amen. lace. The Way It Comes. ' i u Text — Acts 2 : 2. Artd nuddcvly there came a minnd from heavev, aft of a rufihing mighty wind. 0:t a ^TlT is a great thing to know God's way of doing 4lr His work. And to know and learn that He does it when He gets the chance. We should know that God is alwaj^s ready, always willing, always waiting, and always able to do it. It is a great thing to know this. You know if you don't get the fulfil- ment of His promise at once, it is your own fault. When a man gets converted if he does not get convert- ed at once, you have to tell him all the time, it is not the Lord's fault. When you repent and believe and seek God with all your heart, you will find Him * He will convert you in a moment, as soon as HE speaks the word you are saved. This is what we preach — this is the scripture — this is the truth. It is a great thing that we are able to teach, that GoD is always ready and does His work in a moment. It is a blessed fact, that when a man comes to seek Entire Sanctitication, to know that God sanc- tifies in a moment. It don't take Him a week, it don't take Him an hour or a minute to sanctify a man 70 The Way It Comes. 71 from head to foot, throughout spirit, soul, and body, and when you see a man on his knees praying toGo'> for the blessing, you say, there is one man in shap for it. As soon as he repents of inbred sin, and trusts God with all his heart, God Almighty will entirely sanctify him. And you say and preach, and tell it all around that sin is the one trouble that keeps the blessing away. You say every man that is seeking deliverance from sin will find it. "It is sin ! it is sin that is repented of." Repentance takes the hinderance out of the soul, and then the seeker must exercise faith And it don't take long. Glory to God ! for a man who lias really repented and believes, will find, he is pleased to have the Saviour to trust in, and says in faith, "I will believe" and gets the blessing in a moment. iN ow you can always tell when a man does not get entirely sanctified in a moment, there is something wrong with him, and you can generally know where the hinderance is, and what hinders him. It is not with the Lord. He is able. He is willing. He is ready and He can do it, and He can do it now. And you never have to pray to God to get able to do it — to muster up His strength to do it, and we never have to pray to God to get willing to sanctify this man — to sanctify iiim, we never][have to do it, and it is a good thing we don't, (applause) We have only to work on one side. God is both able and willing, and you will not have to turn round and say "Lord love this fellow. If you will, love this fellow I would like to make you acquainted with him". (Laughter) You never have to do that. Glory to GoD. You don't have to do that, for you know He loves him. That is always a settled matter Glory 72 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST to God. You never have to say, " Lord have mercy on this fellow. Your mercy is all exhausted. Can you muster up some, and commence to have a little more mercy 'f Be more merciful to him." No you never have to do it, Hallelujah. You can always say " God is standing ready with all His mercy, and abundance of mercy." Just get a fellow before God, truly penitent, and he will get it, for brother the blessing will come in a minute. It will be done sud- denly, Glory to God. What are you going to do with a brother to get him baptized with power ? A voice "Get him ready." Well we never have to get God ready. We never have to say, " Get your batteries all fixed up, and get them in running order. Turn on all your steam, we want you to blow this fellow up. [Laughter] We want you to try your batteries on this candidate. Now Lord prepare all your steam, and get every- thing ready, and try if you could only baptize this fellow, and get some power into him." [Great applause] But faith shouts, "The batteries are ready, the Fire is ready ; the thunder is ready ; and the lightning is ready, and the steam is ready." There is «me good side to the thing. Oh Lless Him. We have a God who is able, willing, gracious. Oh Hallelujah ! When- ever he gets the chance He does the work. ^Iillelujah. You can't escape Him, when you are ready you will got tl.. blessing. Blessed be God. You may just set- tle tlown to it; if I do not get it just now, I am not ready. There is something wrong with me. Lord smash me up and kill me out. You haven't any more M The ivay it conieti. 78 to do than tell Him to turn on the search-light of Heaven. He will get into your heart and nature. He will turn on the light for you. H you want liead or heart light, He will give it to you. H you want confidence, He will give you confidence. There is one wonderful side to this thing, and this only proves to me that there must be two good sides. Now brother, for wenty-tive years — soon be twenty- six I never had any trouble about one side of the thing anjrway whether I had more or less than you, I ^rot it without trying. Now brother, sister the bless- mg always came simply. I never knew much, but I always knew enough to get blessed. And I knew it was not any smartness or cleverness on my part. I was not as smart as you. May be you are tou smart and know too much. [Laughter and applause] May 1)0 you have strange theories and imagine things sometimes. Some perhaps have mistaken notions ^ about it. But I got entirely sanctified and baptized with Fire when I didn't know enough not to get it. 1 knew nothing about theories, I suppose I ought to be more faithful than all the rest. Some may think you have more Power than I have. I would l)e glad to be convinced. Glad if you are Apostolic men and women, baptized with power, for God needs them. Now brethren and sisters I believeit is possible to be ready now. You may get there and be there every day and hour, and minute. Just believing, hungering for it. Just helievc you are going to get it: and get it as the natural consequ- ence. If nobody got it you would get it, and if every- body got it you would get it too. When I got in 74 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. readiness . I came expecting to get it, even if nobody but invHelf sbouM aet it, whatever I aoi, I get it that way VNMthout praying for it. Without any conHCious effort on my part. When the cyclone comen it hits me I throw my face and mouth and eyes open and say " LoKi) turn it on mt, " and it comes suddenly. It does not come a bit to much, Glory to Jesus! Yes 1 have never had for myself any set way for G()Ii Almitrhty to give me the blessing He has given it td ,ne in every way. Now if I didnt get it, if I wa^ n(»t in a place where I couhl get it m a minute, di.ln I iret it where anyone got it, and di<ln't feel the awtu current running straight through me, I would fiml j hinderancein myself-either in my heart or head If it is not in the heart, it is iu the head. If it is no some sin, inwar.l, secret sin, it is some trouble ii your hea<l. It is a trouble whether it is heart o head. If you go riglit to Clod you can tin d it, an. have it taken out of the way and then the blessinj will drop on you. I know that as well as I am stand ing here You nee<l not have any hinderance. \ o can find it out, or CJoi) could show it to you, He woul be delighted to do it. It does not take much' just simple little thing to hinder. And it is not the bi things that hinder men. If it was a big thing yo would discover it at once. But sometimes we tin 'tis a little thing that hinders us. You have ha experiences of that kind. When you went to get coi verted you saw there was a little thing kept youfroi getting converted, and you say why didn't I get scoiier. And perhaps you had the «ame kind ot a experience when you went to get Holiness. It isju im The Way It Comes. 75 as easy to get the extraordinary gift, as it is to get entirersanctification. It must be far easier ^an to get converted. You have to get actual sm out before (|(.,> converts you. To get entirely sanctified all n- hred sin must come out of you. To get baptized with the Holy Ghoht and Fire there can be no hinderance unless some mis- conceptions, and if it is put out of the way the blessing will drop on you at once. Ulory to God Hallelujah. Do you believe it brother? „,,,., i Series of Male voices, '• We do, Hallelujah ! Do you believe it sister? Ladies," We believe it . Bless God. Do you believe it? ^ Audience together, "Amen we do. Now the hindeance is in you,and you can Power, if you get that hinderance out of you. may be a slowness or a laziness, or it may be you want to get it like someone else. You have your idea fixed up. Well bless your heart, i you jget t the way GoD Almighty .wants to give it to you, it will be good enough for you. I would rather have (l(.iys way of doing a thit.g, than any other way 1 am sure it is alright. O! Hallelujah to God. Hadn tyou better run with your eyes shut, and your head down You say I want to know what I am domg. 1 want to see what I am doing, I want to understand what I am doing. I want to do it iutelhgently. \V "11 you are making the biggest mistake ever you made. You say I want to get it just right. " Oh! i I could )ust J it so and so. If God would only tell me he would doit right I would have it. Don't you ever dictate to the Lord Himself. But, Brother when you sink get It i m 76 FRAGMENTS FP. M THE FEAST, in humble reverence and submiHsion, and say **LoRD do as you likf, do as you like, I don't know a thinjf about' it. and dr^tTt want to know. So brother what do you think now ? If y<»u would jjet your big head out of the way, and y(»ur little heart open, you would feel the niijjhty batteries of Heaven. Every time you wish you could get it, so and «o, you expand your big head. * Kvery time you say " Not my will Jesih, any way 1 will receive it. L<)Rl)do as You please. Make a siiow of me, and let me disgrace myself, or make a foul of iiif." (A voice Hallelujah.) Oh ! you say I would like to be excused. I would not like to be one of these fellows, Because you say " I believe they are putting a lot of it on. You say "There may be a lot of grace, but th< re is a lot of nature mixed up with it. Now, brother, a kllow has to shut his eyes to every- thing, until you get all you want. You never got to that place yet. You say you have seen fellows who have the Power, who didn't get it that way. Weil now some of you fellows— good fellows, you are going to tumble over them,an<l you will never get it, unless you shut your eyes and run to G()l),and let Him put it on you. Because some of these fellows you have not much stock in, may get to be wonderful fel- lows yet. I have been deceived both ways. There have been people I expected great things of, who never did anything. I remember in the Methodist Confer- ance a man who got up and said " Will you stop this shouting and bellowing etc? " I will " I said " When I know it is not of God.'' When he woidd not receive that I said, " 1 alwa^/s shout it, and love it. Hallelujah ! and I can bellow if im^ Thf Wiiff It CoitwM. 7* I like, and get blesHea if I like Hallelujah. (Au.lienci HHlleluiah) If it hurts your big head ami Krimls on vour ears I will grind away. But brother 1 will let (IcH) have His way. and He will do it suddenly, and it will be alright, if the devil fights, and tells you to stop, I wouUl tell him to go to Hell where he belongs, I tell you, brother, it is a great thing to keep your eyes and hands oft* the ark, and off the people, and tret them fixed on Jesus. If you want to get anointed vou will have to do it. Do you say jAMp'' (ThuiiJerous responsive Aniens.) Bless His .Naiije. That is it brother: go on as though you were the l.iiTcjest fool in the world, and didn't know any better Didn't know any better than a horse, a horse would not know any be^^or than do it. Now, brother we are going to get it. Every bij; bead and your ideas ^^al haveto come to r. .,J>t. V,ov UmightvwiI have His way. Do yoi; .. , .Vn .«? (> adience Amen Do you all say Amen? Au-iui- .e Amen.) Cod will have to have His way. And suddenly there came a .,ound from heavti. a.-* of a rushing mighty wind. Yes as sure as Go.. <r( i ' your heart, and your ears free of everything, you can liHten. It does not matter how weak the '.omul, and how hard the wind Ulows, if V : are up where ti-e whid can't blow on you, the wiisd might a.-; well not blow I tell you Brother there is a perfect gale. 1 tell Vim there is an awful sound. The wind blows ferocious. Hailelujah. 1 tell you the thunder .n-ars. I tell yon the li^ditening flashes. I tell you there is an awtul storm of Holy Ghost Fire and Power s.,eepmg down over the place. Hallelujah to GoD. Let us get down on our knees and get it. WITNESSING. Text — Acts 1 : 8 Ye shall he ivitnenses unto me. .®?, WITNESS is called upon to tell the whole ^x'fiL. truth and nothing but the truth. His testimony "^'^ is no good unl'^ns he knows all the circumstances of the case. He v . y know part of the truth but that is not sufficient. He must know all. Jesus told His apostles and disciples that when they would receive this baptism of power upon them, they should be witnesses unto a and be able to give all the facta of the case, and present the whole truth. When a man is called to give his evidence on a thing everyone listens' to what he says, and note is taken. He must tell what he knows, in the face of judge and lawyei*s, whether they are for or against him. Every word is weighed and all his evidence is analyzed by the court. What he knows is alright but what he don't know destroys it. The courts are looking for a clear evidence and a full testimony. It is necessary for the witness to know what he is talking about, for they will (ques- tion him, and twist the evidence, and consider it. 78 Witnessing 79 I was once in a court-room to give evidence and held for two hours before a lawyer and he went over he caL and over it-twisted andturned xt. and a«ked the same question over and over to see if I would con tr^iict myself, to see if I -d-^^^^^.^^.n^'ireS would think he was a tierce enemy and that he xMshed "ffiwaSs he became one of the great^ fr^^^^^^^ had. But, brother he took a tremendous deahng w th mv testimony. It is true men size up what we wiy , S'SXeHence that has not the rea^^genume nng in it is discounted as soon as it ^^11%^^^ /what we Kvery man listens, every ear is open to hear what we say When a man gets the converting grace of G( i) 3 stands on his feet to tell it, everyone wants to aVwhat h: has to say, and if he has a dj.ar strath testimony, people a. cn-^^^ ^ XTup, aJfdtrit ;:er^ -d^" ^^^ aPpear b^^^^ ter than it really is, everyone seems to kno^ it. feo "earenottobe'deceived. You ean^dece-e Pe^^^^^^ Whether they are saved or unsaved. ^ lj^> J^^^^J^^ darning testimony when they hear it. When a man .e s on his feet to give his experience-to declare that Cion has sanctified him. it is generally an easy matter to know whether he has the blessing or not. But when he tries to make people believe ^e .s what he is not, you will know. When he gets v?f "^ot h^^^^^^: Innn heaven he has no control over it You kno^ when it comes boiUng up from his heart, it has tu, rnendous weight, and carries with it convict o„^ moves people. But brother when you come to Ooi) H. 80 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. Almmjhty and he clothes you, and gives you power and makes you a witness of the whole truth, I tell you that is an awful experience. There is a straight tes- timony, there is no gloss about that thing. I tell you brother when you have received the Unction from the Holy One, when God Almighty has baptized yon with the Holy Ghost and with Fire, to be a wit- ness unto Him — to be a witness of Jesus — to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, you have a flam- ing testimony, you have a tremendous experience, you will not preach round the thing and say I have son.e of it. You have it brother, or you haven't it; You are baptized with the Holy Ghost or you are not. I tell you no man gets into the Upper Room saying I have name of it. It is true to say I have something like it, that is true, that is not deceiving. I tell you when a man is born of God there is a lot of fire about him ; there is a Holy Ghost ring about him, and a lot of desperate earnestness, and Holy Ghost flaming speech. I tell you, brother you wnll like to hear him tell the story thatGoD has converted him and he has become a new creature — old things have passed away behold all things are become new. The baptism with tire is not anotlier Holiness, it is a good deal like it, but it is no part of the experience of Entire Holiness. It is a definite experience. When a man is born again he can bear witness to the blessed truth that Jesus forgives sin and makes new creatures. Hut lu' can't testify to Holiness, Entire Holiness It is no part of the work of Entire Sanctification. When the LoiU[ (Joi) Almighty entirt'ly sanctifies yon. ■MH Witnessing. SI throughout spirit, soul and body and prepares you to he presented to Himself blameless, you have an awful experience of religion — you have a faith that knows no doubt, a love that casts out all fear, anc' which is unspeakable aud full of glory. A peace U&t passeth all understanding that keeps our hearts, and minds, and a patience that knows no end. Brother when you ijet on your feet before God Almighty and before Hod's people — ^you have an awful experience. You have a tremendous testimony to bear to the people. You say I have something like fire aud power, yea brother you have, but you have no part of the old tlaming, Pentecost, Upper Room experience. Blessed he God not the tail end of it 1 But brother you have a grand thing, what would let you get to heaven, what gives you blameless and perfect love, a conscience as wliite as heaven, a life beautiful a., an angel ; without spot, without wrinkle, without blemish, without any- thin? earthly, sensual or devilish, you love GoD with all yoar heart— with all your mind— with all your soul— with all your strength, and you will love your ntighbur as yourself. What a good religion it is, but it is no part of the Upper Room experience, it is no part of the enduement of power for soul winning ; it is no i>art of the unction from the Holy One ; it is tio part of the HoLY Ghost Firk. I tell you it is like everything that is good, and blessed, and holy, it is like the thing but not part of it ; you know you i»:>ve a blessed testimony to give ; you have a treraen- (l(.us thing. Glory to God. As far as you are indivi- hially concerned in your heart and life, and nature, aud in your business — no man can put a finger upon F 82 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. you, when you are entirely sanctified. You are a holy man ; you are a white man, you are as white as heaven ; but you have not the power that sends the truth home, and conviction that takes hold of the people, and moves them as people do, who are baptized with tlve Holy Ghost and Fire. Jesus said so. I like His word. I like to read it to the people and it is wonderful what you find — it is wonderful and beautiful language in the Book. " Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you ; and ye shall be wit- nesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judfea, and in Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. " Hallelujah to the Lamb ! These fellows were in the Upper Room and the sound came from Heaven as of a mighty rushing wind, and cloven tongues of Fire sat upon them. They spake the wonderful words of GoD, and the masses came flocking and an awful conviction settled down upon them, they said " What meaneth this ? These men are drunken with new wine." It was not long until they were crying out : What shall we do ? Glory Hal- lelujah ! They had tongues. You say I would like to speak a whole lot of languages. If you speak the one you have — if you get your own speech set on fire. You have read : But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convin- ced of all, he is judged of all. He will declare that God is in you of a truth. There is an awful power in the tremendous experience of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and Fire. But brother there is nothing in " I have part of it." I am partly converted — I am partly sanctified wholly is deceit — there is not a thing Witnesfting. 83 in the profeasion. "I have some of the Fire, but I Imve not the old Pentecost. Brother you are evading the thing, and if you know it and do not get it, you will be a deceiver. You may be doing it innocently, and may be ignorantly, you may be under temptation. Brother there is nothing that tells like the Bible expe- rience " Thus saith the Lord.' This is the truth and nothing but the truth. People sit and listen to these wishy washy things, these up and down, wishy washy experiences: I have some power, I have some Fire, but I have not as much as the old apostles had, and they are sickened. Now I am not criticizing you or your experience. Xow brethren and sisters I am not, but I am preach- ing on the witness. I am pointing out what it is, and what it is not. When you get into the Upper Room and God puts the old flaming Pentecost on you, you will say "I have it. I have it." ( Audience Hallelujah ! ) Yes Brother when you get it ; when it comes on your head, when God gives you the tongue of Fire and breath of Flame and has anointed you to be a witness for the Son of God. You are never a full witness until God baptizes you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. Jesus said so. After, he said they would receive the Baptism, ye shall receive power after that the Holy Gho.st would come upon you, and ye shall l)e witnesses. Hallelujah. God's Word is sharper than any two edged sword, dividing asunder the joints and marrow, and is a dis- cerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. It is the whole truth my brother — it is the whole truth my sister ; it is the whole experience ; it is the whole bap- 84 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. tism ; it in the whole Fire ; it is the whole tongue of flame. Blessed be God. He says ye shall be witnesses, and to be a witness for Jesu.s you must know the whole story, all the points of the case. A man who has it can tell all about it, in the face of lawyers, judge and jury. Every word is just so, and condemns and brings conviction to the people. The thing thac tells is the man that knows all about it. It is the whole thing — the whole evidence of the case. You say I saw it ; I heard it ; I felt it, I was an eye witness and know all about it. It would be useless to go before the court and say, I heard so and so, think it was so and so, and believe it is so and so, and hope it is so and HO, and like so and so. Brother it is no good, you are rejected at once and are not a witneas. But Hal- lelujah ye shall be witnesses. My Jesus I will bear the whole witness. I will tell the whole truth. I will not compromise. I will not twist the thing. I want something that will condemn every man and bring conviction every time! What do you say ? Audience, Amen. Well let us get down and get it. The Anointing- Present, Positive and Real. Text— Psalm : fresh oiV^ 92, 110. "I shall be anointed with ^OW it was very good if He said I desire to be anointed with fresh oil. Very good if he said I can be anointed with fresh oil. Very good if he said I may be anointed with fresh oil. And very good if he said I will never stop until I am anointed with fresh oil. But this would not be the language of faith. Our text this morning is the lan- guage of faith. It is the expression of unbounded confidence in God. The language of one who knows he is going to get it. It is the affirmation of his firm confidence. And then he declares it. I shall be anointed. I shall be. You know everything has to give place to a man when he reaches that point. You may say " I would like to be. I wish I was. " There is a great difference between wishing a thing and declaring that it will be so. There is a great difference between expressing the possibilities of the thing, and affirming that the thing will take place. Now when you say " I may be. " you are expressing a doubt. But when you say " I shall be." you make a 85 86 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. declaration and there is no room left for doubt. No "if," nor " but " about it, but it is .simply, " I shall be." Well you say it is the language of ond who had it already and living under it. Yes I will grant you that. In the P.salm 23 He says, " Thou anointest my head with oil my cup runneth over." Now it is very easy to say he will get it again when he has it. Just as easy as to breathe, just as easy to get it again when you have it as it is to breathe. And the man who can't get it as ea.s^ as he can breathe is the man who has not got it. You may be sure of that my brother, you may be sure of that my sister. If you are entirely sanctified there are no heart hinderings, and if you are anointed with oil, there are no head hinderings. And it is natu- ral for you to say if it is on yon, " I shall be anointed with fresh oil." Now after all. Brother, you say I got it seven or eight years ago. And you say 1 have been living un- der it, and getting it gently and nicely ever .since. One coat after another, till you have a regular stiff coat, and nothing can get in or out of you. isow Brother I can see that in you, and .sometimes I think some of you are there, because you got it (juite a while ago, and now we see nothing in or out of you. You say I don't get it in the way I used to. If you got one like the first one, it w^ould break that old oil coat off" you. Would tear you all to pieces. And you would get the fresh oil all over you. You would just feel the very .same as when you got it first. You know that' is the benefit of the old cyclone. The thunder .storm breaks up things. It is a rashing mighty wind. The Anointi'ng — Present, Positive and Real. 87 Now, brother, in all Christian stages, you know there is a necessity for a breaking up, and God's way is to break up, and break down, and tear us all to pieces. You might have what you call a pretty good state, and yet be harder to do anything with than if you hadn't it at all, because you got so stately that the thing be- comes kind of a drag to your nature, and you say, "I have the tiling and some way or other I can't give it up." Yes. brother, you know it will come over again and get so stiff, that you would be perfectly useless. 1 can see that. Can't you ? Couldn't you see that ? David had been getting it. You know he tells us, he was where he could say "Thou anointest my head with oil" in definite tones, denoting continued action, coming, gently coming till it forms a rock-coat. Some of you have become hard and it never gets through. Some say it comes on you and runs off. Others say it comes on me but never gets into me, you never would know he had it. Now .Brother a fellow needs it fresh, there is nothing like fresh oil. There is nothing like the fresh. Now, Brother, it is so in aU stages of Christian experience. A man just newly bom of God has a fresh experience. It has a trem- endous grip in it, and it moves everybody. Every- body wants to hear a fellow pray, and praise God, and tell it. You let a man get converted here this morn- ing, and everyone will want to hear him. As soon hear him as that fellow professing Fire. You say a man when he gets Holiness, when the thing is fresh and beautiful from Heaven,Oh! it is lovely and sweet to hear him tell it. But after a whUe, it don't seem 1 88 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. the Hame. Well brother, he in t»l to get it fresh again. He needs something fresh. Now let a fellow get up and tell you he got it two years ago, or eight years ago, the thing seems very stale and tame. Do you see? If you have to go hack eight years, or two years, or a month, or a day to tell it, why, brother, nobody cares very much to hear you. I am glad he is in for the tiling. I am glad he is true to the doctrine, and on that line. But as far as his experience is concerned, his prayers, or preaching, brother is dry, and he needs it fresh. That is one advantage we have in coming to this Feast of Pentecost. Those of you who got it last year, need to get it fresh. You would lie better oiF if you got it all over again, as if you never had it before. Brother if you don't, the thing will be dry as can be. Do you believe that? You can see it. You would rather hear a fellow that would say he got it this morning, than a dozen others who got it a year ago. It has more weight in the meeting. There is more Fire in it. There is more in it that moves. And God's order and plan is to renew it.to give it freshness, and not let it get stale, but keep it flaming hot, and have the fresh from Hea- ven. You will not have to say, I got it a year ago; but I never had it the way I have it 7ioiv. You say, " It dropped from Heaven on me this morning. I am on Fire now. I am more surcharged than when I got it first." Brother, if you say I don't feel the way I used to feel, and wonder if I ever will feel that way again, you ne >d the fresh oil. There is nobody in the world needs it worse than you du. Nobody. You ought to be able to say with David, 'Thou anoint- The Anmntivg— Present, Positive and Real. 89 est ray head with oil." You ought to be able. If you can't, brother, you are in a desperately bad state. I tell you, the man who says he has it on him, and can't get the fresh, he is a hopeless case. And the man or woman who is not living, so in touch with it, that if anybody gets it you will get it,you haven't got it right. A voice, ' Praise the Lord.' It is the freshness of the thing that pays. It is the fresh manna. Hallelujah to Gou. You know it don't keep, when you .get enough on Saturday to do you over Sunday's work. It will not keep, it will rot on your hands. You can gather enough on Saturday, to do you over Sunday, but you will have to gather up fresh on Monday Morning. Well you say, " What about us fellows who never had it ? " Well brother you will have to come to the same language. It will not do my brother. It will not do my sister: "I wish I had it. I hope to get it. I am praying to receive it. I know I may get it. I believe I can get it. You have to get all over that, brother. And when you get over where you can affirm with David, " I shall be anointed with fresh oil," you are going to get it." But brother, until you get there, you are not ready. You are not anchored. You have no confidence. No faith. You are not in any receptive attitude. You are not where GoD can find you to put it on you. But when you get anchored with the "shall he's" you will get it. I don't pity you a bit when you have to say, " I shall be anointed with oil." I don't pity you any. You don't MICROCOPY RESOIUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I |4.i 1^ 13.2 |5J ■ 54 1^ ISi I4£ 2.5 2.2 2.0 i.8 ^ APPLIED IIVHGE 1653 East Main Street Rochester. Ne« York 14609 USA (716) 182 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288- 5989 -Fax i'j? 90 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. <i^m. need any pitying. You don't ntcd anybody to slabber over you. And I would not be guilty of doing it. But come up and get your inheritance. Get the fresh oil on you, and you will be tremendous when you get it. You get right down and square up to it and say *' I shall be anointed with fresh oil." Weill tell you brother you are awful near it. I tell you there are no men on earth, or devils in hell to keep you from it. It is as sure to hit you as there is a God in Heaven. But till you get there, nobody can tell you you are going to get it. You can't tell yourself. You are driving and wriggling round here and there, won- dering whether you have it or not, when is it going to come, and all that kind of thing, you are not an- chored anywhere. But Brother, the man who says " I shall be anointed," he is anchored right at the feet of Jesus. Glory ! Hallelujah ! And he will get it. He is one. He is one. Hallelujah. He is one you will not have to pray it on, and you can't pray it off. You can neither help nor hinder him. He is where he will get it — where it is an absolute necessity. He is where the dynamite of Heaven will get into effect. He is where Goi) Almighty abides. Where it will drop on his head, and God ALMiGHTy can pour it on him profusely.. Where his cup will run over, and it don't matter if he had a coat an inch thick on him, it will be smashed all to pieces, and blown into ribbons, he will get the fresh oil on his beautiful tender skin. Blessed be God I shall be anointed with fresh oil. Now, brother, when you get away from hoping and wishing, and trying, and all that sort of thing, and get to the " shall be, " you get where you can aflBrra The Anointhig — Present, Positive and Real 91 and declare it in the teeth of men and devils, and break their teeth all to pieces, and declare before all demons that you will be anointed. That is where God puts it on a-fellow, and where he can keep it on. That is where it comes fresh. Where the storm of Fire and Power comes. Glory to God. That is where you hear the rushing mighty wind, if your ears are shut to everything, and just have your ears open, declaring to God, " I shall be, " receiving it, taking it. How many of you are there this morning. Your heart., and head, and whole nature and every bit of you? How many of you say " I shall be anointed with fresh oil," will you stand up? [Shouts of praise.] How many of you say I shall be ? Audience, " I shall be. " How many say "Amen?" [All say, "Amen."] Shout it good again. [All heartily comply with speaker's request.] "I shall be anointed." Let us pray then. 1' ■ m] ? The Flaming Baptism, Text— Luke : 3: 16, He shall baptize yau with the Holy Ghost and with fire. '^HAT IS WHAT God the Father said through \M\ John the Baptist that Jesus would do. It is good ^ to be were God can talk to you. To be in that state and relation where your ears are closed to every- body else, and you so submissive, humble, and so in the presence of God, that He can talk to you, and you know what He says, and what He means. John seemed to be in that state although he never saw this dispensation. He didn't live to see this gospel dispensation,and yet God could talk to him. And He could tell him that this One whom he had not yet seen would baptize him. And He told him how he would know Him. When you see the Spirit descend- mg and remaining on him, the same is He that bapti- zeth with the Holy Ghost. When you hear a man say, I shall be anointed with fresh oil, you hear God say He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. You have a beautiful complication of thmgs. Beautiful relation— a lovable state. You have just what should and must exist in every holv [92] The Flaming Baptism. 93 man,that will walk in all the light that God gives him. He will reach the point, where God will be able to 8ay to him: "He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. Now God the Father could say that to John the Baptist. He knew John would go on. He knew John would walk in the light. Would go to the block and have his head taken off. He knew he would not compromise, and that there was no flinch or back down in him, and he would die at his post. Such a man, God could baptize, and John could say before he got it at all,or even saw the One who came to baptize. " He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost." God knows the man or woman who is entirely true, and has talien the gospel to heart. He knows the man who says: "I am converted. I am the Lord's. I wil! follow Him. It is more than my meat and drink, and it ever shall be,to do His will,to finish my course and especially to commence to preach under the dispen- sation of the gospel." And he says in his heart, and in his head, and in his nature, and makes everything bend to it: " I will be a,HoLY Ghost preacher. I will be one. " ( Applause. ) He knows the man that has purposed in his heart not to be defiled,but to be clean and pure, and white, and holy,and faithful, and will deliver the message, and will not compromise. And if they got Power they would use it, and die by the thing. He knows the straight up and down, perpen- dicular, upright heart, that is right square, and has all the wiggle and snaky like disposition taken out of it. He knows one as well as He knows the other. God knew John was a perpendicular man, whose heart |"v 94 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST and life were upright, a man who would go on and re- ceive the blessing -a man who would rather have it than life— a man who preached the Gospel. And CJod could send him as a fore-runner of the S(tN of God, to prepare the way for Jesus the Redeemer. You know there are somr men He could send ahead of the Son of <ioD. John the Baptist was one of them. Goi> sent him ahead and he went as a fore-runner to prepare the way. He must have been a fearless preacher when he uttered that strong expression:" Ye generation of vi- pers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come." It was customary for him to hurl it home, in the face of devils, Scribes, Pharisees and Hypocrites. God could bless a fellow like that. He could preach such a Gt)spel before Jesus came at all. Before Christ commenced to baptize he could preach or fore-tell that " He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire." God could say that to John. And when John met a company of followers, he codd tell them the same thing, under divine inspiration. He met men who were separate, and would hazard their lives and even have their heads chopped ofl'for the truth. Each died at his post as a martyr. And the man who is not willing to die ,if need be a hundred deaths for the cause of (ioD, has never taken God's Word to heart. Some preach while things go just about as they want then.. If it does not go as they want it, they are ready to kick over the business. They will sail along while they can have some of their own way. But when they can't have their way, their work is done. Now God knows that wishy, washy, dirty thing. He knows all He has called to the Christian Ministry just The Flaming Bnptimn. 95 as well as He knew John the Baptist, or Paul. As well as He knew Peter, or JoImi, or Matthew, or Philip, or Bartholomew. He kno le whole Ministry, and I tell you, brother, when a man gets where Goo can speak right to him, and tell him in his big head and little heart, " I will baptize you. I will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and witli Fire," he has a man He can bring right to the place where He can give him the blessing. He can get him there, and it won't take Him a month or a week either. He has some- thing to work on. And when He has something to work on, He will work. Oh ! Hallelujah. When He can get our big heads an' little hearts , our soul, our nature, and find our purpose and intention. When He can get our affections, and we know nothing among men, save Jesu.s Christ and Him crucified; and don't want to know. And everything bends to that one thing, and you shout, Jesus, Jesus, my Jesus and I are one, and the Trinity in the God Head are come to fit me to preach. And if it takes every angel inHea- ven to get the Fire on you. Heaven will be emptied. Yes, brother, the whole air would be full of horses and chariots, and the Heavenly music, and the shining stars of Glory would be all around your head, and every devil would be driven away, till God would get you ready to be clothed upon; till you would say, " Glory to God, " right on the top of all things. [Grreat Applause.] I tell you when God gets a fellow, when God gets you, every bit of you, till you say "I am nothing, but I can be anointed. I am out, and out, and out and out, and He has my head, and heart, and purpose, 96 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST and will and intentions, for all time and for eternity, you will never see Him better, not one iota. God has me riirht there,and He can either kill me or cure me, Hk can turn me inside out, and stand me on my head, and knock the breath out of me,and pick me up again and say, " Stand on your feet. " Yes, Brother, when He has a fellow, when he is ready for the lion's den and furnace, for the prison and for the inner prison, and stocks ami is ?cady for everything and every place, like Mr. Nelson going to preach, when he had only » -ries to live on, and some old books for a J -iiow. In the morning after spending the night on the tender side of a plank, Mr. Wesley turned over and clapping Nelson on the side, said, " Cheer up Brother Nelson, I have one whole side left yet! " I like a fellow that will stand right square on his two feet, ard die right there at his post, who will not have only the outside right, but also the insipe, converted, - -' -d straight up and down, true to the heart, to .' y core, inside and outside. I tell you to sue. v\an God Almighty says, " He shall baptize yoii with Holy Ghost and with Fire. Every fellow like that can say in his head and in his heart, and in his nature, " I shall be anoin- ted with fresh oil" , and I will not have to wait a min- ute to get it. And what do you think brother ? I often wonder what fellows wait for. For God to get ready.? Wait! No brother. Hallelujah ! Blessed be God ! The Holy Ghost is here. I tell you brother He will fall on every fellow that will take Him. He will fall on every fellow that will take Him. You know Jesus came to His own and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him to them gave The Flinnnnj linptiHrn. 07 He power to become the Sons of (Ion. Tlie man who will receive Him will he j(iven the unction of the Holy One, the anointinj; that ahideth, he will receive the blessing, and it will stay with him. Blessed be God in the Highest ! You may have received a blessnig, because some one else was getting blessed, but it didn't abide, and you can't live under it. But when you get wiiere (loi) can open the heavens on you, and let the Holy Ghost fall on you and keep pouring the Spirit on; I tell you In-other, you will never lose it. I don't believe it. And you will get a tremendous lot more. Glory to Jesus ! Glory to Jesus! He shall Ijaptize you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. Now God knows a fellow just as well as well as we know half of you. An<l you know we have (juite an idea of you fellows. I have an idea of every one of you, and I could tell you a lot of your rela- tionship in this meethig, and your thoughts about it. You can tell pretty well how people take your sermon I know how you take mine. [Laugliter.] You can tell how a meeting is going to suit a congregation. The fellow that sits in the corner you can tell how he takes it. I can tell how you take it. You can tell in this meeting a fellow that is right up to it and says ,"I will have it or die. ' Sometimes he will say he will have it and sometimes he will say "I don't know," and talks square against it. You can tell that fellow right in the meeting. I can tell him every time and I know you. But I am not tired of you. Not getting impatient. (JoD is not either. You can get the wiggle and twist out of you, and be the best fellow among us. (Hear, hear ! ) But you will have to G 98 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FKASr. change your i.leas. And when you do. every man, yourself included, will face (JoD Af.mi»;mtv s<|uure an..' straight and say. "Lord you have called nie. I have to give an account of every sermon I preach. And Oh ( Jod ! if ever I saw a man who needed the Holv Ghost Fihe an<l Power I am the man. And when you scjuare up face to face and talk the matter over, He will soon tell you, "I will Imptizeyou with the Holy Ghost. " He never sai<l it more distinctly to John the Baptist or the apostles and disciples of Jesis Christ, than God Almighty will say it to you. And you will not have It Hec(md handed. But the heavens will open, and the Holy ({host will fall upon you, and you will say I have received Him, and have^iuthority from heaven to preach, and I am en<lued with power from on high \ I have the seal to my ministry. I will be the mouth piece of the Almujhty, the channel through which the Holy Ghost can convey the living showers. And men will be convinced, and convicted, and converted and sanctiHed holy. And I will be able to render an' account. I will not be responsible for the gospel I am preaching, but I will be so Hlled with the Holy Ghost that God will be responsible for every sermon. I will (mly be resprmsible for being the mouth piece of the Most High, in His hands, under the tire of heaven, and in a tiame for God. I tell you, brother and sister, it is a tre- mendous ihing not to be wliere God can do it. And I tell you it is a lovely place to be .here God can tell you right in your heart and in your ear where (ioD can ' Where He can ' When He o-ets you where He can, He will: He will: Glory i Glory' Thf Fiim'iinj lioptlnm. 99 Hnllelujali. You will Ix- able to say, no apostle r (Hseiple, or reformer, or minister ever wan more able, ui? der the unctioi; from Heaven, or had the experience and seal of Heaven better than I have. I tell you, brother no man ever wan in a Ijetter state, a better position to preach tlie jjospel than you will be. You may never be a fluent preacher, may never be able to jjet up lieau- tiful sermons, but your word will ha in power. It will be in the demonstration of the Sim KIT and of Power, and you will be a preacher of God That is the kind after all that is goincj to be Iwiptized. They will have tremendous baptisms, and will be ready for the Judg- ment seat. Hallelujah to the Lamb. Hallelujah. But, Brother, you get where God can whisper, and thunder home on your head and heart, " I will baptize you with the Holy Gh().st. I will qualify you to preach the gospel. I called you to preach," I tell you, you will be able to say with assurance: with tremen- dous assurance, " I shall be anointed with fresh oil.' Glory to God Hallelujah, But you will huidly get the words out of your mouth till you ai able to say, " He anoints my head with oil, my cui runneth jver'" Yes, Brother, when you are blind to everything elh. where you can't see anything only your work, "nh Jesus and the lost and you standing betw^een, a h<raW of the cross, and representative of the Sox of ( U the minister of JEsr.s Chrlst with all the.se trus committed to you, and the blood of these souls on you to sink down in hell, unless you wash your garment** off' their blood by being unctionized by the HoLY Gh«).st and in the place where GoD can baptize you with Fire. Well, to me it is as solemn as death or the gi-eat Judg- ment Day. 100 rRAOMEXTS FROM THK FtCAST. k I have awful hajjpy seaHons, but, brother, I tell you this matter is as NoU^nin as death. Kvery time you j;o Ix'fore a con<;rej{ation, theri' is some one jfoin^ to weep aiml wail in hell, or shout the praises (»f (Jod and the Lamb forever, over the sermon you preach. For every sermon. I tell you, brother, a man must be where (Jons word will not return unto HiM void, Imt it shall aceompli.sh the thing He pleases. When (Joi) pves a sermon rij^jht re<l-hot from heav-'ri, and Hi.sseal is on it, it is goitjij to take hold of someone. It is goinj; to take hold of the sinner and saint. It is jjoini; to become the savor of life untt> life, or of death unto death, every time brother. We have the Salva- tion of the people on our hands, and we have their damnation. We have the keys of the Kin;;d()m of Heaven. We can bind or l{K)se. Whatsoever we bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatever we l(X)se on earth shall be l(M)sed in Heaven. This thing is committed to us brother. God Almhihtv holds us responsible. We are in an awful position — in an avful position. It is an honor to preach the Gospel. But Brother, I tell you there, is a respfjn.sibility that most don't reckon on. I tell you there is an account to Ix* rendered to GoD for eveiy sermon. A man has to give account for every word — of every idle word. What alxjut the wishy-washy sermons full of little stories, and things, what about them, brother!' How are you ever g»)ing to meet (!oi> AL.MKiHTV unless you g«'t the message straight from Him:* (iod will bap- tize you with the HoLV Ghost and give you every text and sermon, and the seal of (Joi) on it every time. I tell you brother this work is buautiful. It is no ordi- Tlif FUnnunj litipt'tHm. 101 nary work. I tell you, brotlu-r and siHter. I tell you ajrain. you woiild Ih« bett«'r cuttinj; brush and waHhinjj disht's. tluMi prt-achinj: without b«'in«; unch'r the demon- stration of th.' Si'iHiT and of Tower. Other tha i heinj; the numth-pieee of the Al.MIJIITY. Other than l)ein}J tlie iK'st (l()l» can n* '' a rum. What do you say r {Speakers voice 1 - m the response of con- tjrejiation.] Now brother are you wliere (}oi» can say to y(>u , where (J()l» can talk to you and say, " Hk shall baptize me." 1 am as strai«;ht a man as ever preached the jjos- i)el. Ca-' you say that '. I am true to the Hoi.Y Ohost enerjjy, and mi*;ht, and power and this eipupment. and holiness of life, ami purity of character, conversjition and Uvin;;, and don't know anything sine J'-'.srs, lam cut loose from everythinjr. 1 am one you can depend on every tune, ihe F.vrHER, Sox and Holy Ghost can depend on me. Here is you can count on every tin.e, and put me down Wi the number that will be baptized with the HoLN Ghost and Fire. Here is one LoKD, Goi>, you c.r. put Fire and power on. I will have my head ta V. i» oft: I will \ro to the bleachincj sands. My God here am I, here am I. Here am 1 to suffer all n:annor of reproaches, but to be like jEsrs. EverywhtTe— every where -everywhere to walk with Jesu.s. Here am I JEsrs you can baptize me with the Holy Ghost and Fire. There is no power in earth can keep it off me. Jesus you can put it on me rijjht now. I am ready. I am rijiht there. There is not a cloud. There is not a shore line. There is not a thinj; that lunders me I am right in the presence of Jesus. You can i S""/! iil 102 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. baptize me now. Yon can do it now Jesus. I have the faith and the assurance, you can baptize me now Jesus. You will do it now, I am shut right in. You can do it now, and you ivill do it now; and you are doing it now. Now brother are you there i Now sis- ter are you there ? Here we are Jesus, and nothing can separate us, and nothing can hinder us. " He shall baptize you with the HoLY Ghost and with Fire." Are you there brother ? Sister are you there ? If so stand up? Don't get up unless you are. Are you there ( are you there ? are you THERE ? If so all come to the altar, and I am sure yon can't help but pray. [The Audience rush over seats to the altar while the mighty Pentef(.stal Baptism sweeps through, mowing, like a cyclone, numbers to the earth as though dead. Most surely such a scene is a repetition of Pentecost *] Individual Extracts. Sam. Hollingsworth : -" I know I am converted." H Lindsay :— " I am glad I have the flaming tire to- night. Glory to Goi) ! I have the old time baptism of the Holy Ghost. For God's glory I will use it. Addie Cross:— " I never felt in better condition than I do tu-night. God is revealing Himself wonderfully to me He is shutting me away with Himself, I am buried to everything else. My soul is groaning for C^hrist. He is tremendously baptizing me now, but I want an extraordinary baptism before I I«a^'«- I am in the Fire to-night, and I love to preaclu Ihe flame is on me now. I just feel like you Sister Mas^m, I would like to be exhorting sinners to-night. 1 he Pentecost has fully come, and I am mightily anointed. Bless the LoRD." Sam Lindsay:—"! feel the flaming Fire all through me. Jessie Naismith :— " I praise God because He bap- tizes me this evening. Glory, Glory to God !" George Warren :— God lets the old time Fire on me. These days have been the best of all my life. I am living under the flaming Pentecost. I Ivuw GoD has baptized me. 1 have been feasting this ten days and I am burning in the old tine Pentecost. [103] 1^ Power to Prevail. Text— John: 14; 14. "Ifyeshall unit anythimj in my name, I will do it. W^ EV. JlcShea : '* A beautiful promise ! Is it not? ^:PV Mr. Horner :— " Yes a GOOD promise. There are a number of good promises, one is, "What things soever ye desire when ye pray, be- lieve ye receive them, and ye shall have them." This is the confidence that we have in Him. ''If we ask anything according to His will, we know that He heareth us, and we know we have the peti- tions that we desired of Him. "If ye shall ask any- thing in my name I will do it. " Now what do you want Him to do this morning? He says He will do anything for you— anything you ask in His Name. Now I suppose some of you often look at a promise like that and wonder how you would ever get up to it. Well there are promises for every stage in the Christ- ian experience. Our Text is one of the promises we are to take and test. When God baptizes you with Fire, it is power to believe. Glory to GoD. It is power to pray. Now, brother, dont get the idea that God is going to make a tremendous preacher out of you, })y baptizing you with Fire, He may not. He [104] Power to Prcvu il. 105 can't take out of you, what is not in you. If it i» not in you to be a preacher, Gon will not take sonietlun«i out of you that is not in you. He will make the best out of what is in you; He will brinjr all y<mr forces into activity, and give you power in your weakness, so that though you may not preach ekuiuently or fluently, or like the Apostle Paul, yet the "Word* will have power, but brother there is one thing you cav do. There is one thing that every man and woman can do, and it seems to me one can do it as well as another. That is, you can pray. It seems to me one can do it as well as another, and believe the promises of God as well as some one else, just as well as any man that ever lived. But you remember—dou't forget that when you get baptized with the Holy (Jhost and Fire you are a 'praying machine.' And yi>u have reached the point, and have the experience where everything you ask you get it. When a man is under definite power he prays in the Holy Ghost. He does not pray accor.ling to a bright intellect. He does not pray according to learning. He does not pray according to the sharp, shrewd, witty knowledge of men but he prays in the Holy Ghost. The prayers that Goi) will accept, go straight through God the Sox, and reach the FATHER. The answer will come down. Sometimes, I think it is like two buckets in a well. When one is coming up, the other is going down. And as soon as one is up, the other is down— plump down. That is how you will appear when you are under the flaming Pentecost. I hope we will learn this one thing brother, to live under the Flame, you will have to live on your knees. You will learn to pray, V. 106 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. to supplicate, to take hold of God, and hold right on. Rev. William Bramwell learned that. When he want- ed a Revival he prayed five hours a day, till he would feel the heavens had come down to the earth. Then he would call the people together, and as soon as he had them right under the Heavens, they would get converted hy the hundre<l. The man who can pray that way can preach. The man who can pray under the old prophetic Fire, can preach under the old pro- phetic Fire. You may have a certain amount of the presence of Gon, and call that the old flaming Pen- tecost, hrother, but it is not it. You may be able to get on your knees, and Hnd a text, and get it right from God; and you may feel that GoD gives you a message, you may preach under it with a great deal of faith and liberty, and say, " GoD was with me. ' But sir, it was not it. A converted man ought to be able to(lo that, an<l he can do iv,. Glory to God. Hallelujah ! A converted man, has a good deal of PoAver, and the presence of God. I remember the first meeting I ever held. We had all recently been converted at home. I had a sister living ten miles away, and she walked to our home, and wanted to know if I would not go and have meeting in her house. and George, my brother, was standing beside me, I said as (juickly as I could. " I'll go. " (Laughter.) Off' I went to "hold the meeting," I never once thought of getting a text, or getting part of a chapter to read to them. I prayed along the road there, and Father, Son Pmver to Preva il. 107 and Holy Ghost went with nie. But, when I got on 1 ly feet before them, with the savhig j^ace of God in my heart, I c/mmenced to tell them I was sa- ved, and a revival commenced at once. Souls com- menced to seek religic" right at cmce, and some are saved there, yet, praisaig GoD, and will continue to praise Him until they die. You may vol be ' ie to preach, but if the Loun God has baptized you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire you can pray. You can pray down revivals. John Knox grasped in his strong arms of faith, all Scotland. His prayers terrified tyrants. Mary Queen of Scots, said she dreaded the prayers of John Knox, more than the Scottish Army. Hallelujah to God. Whittield took more than one-thou>mnd souls out of the ^rasp of the devil in one day. Wesley turned more than ten thousand souls to the Loud God. Look at Dr. Finney whose prayers of faith have shaken the half of America. Look at Moses aftsr being forty days on the Mount with God, came down and found the people he had led out of Egypt, dancing round the Golden Calf. He got at the praying and said, " Lord God forgive this people, and if thou wilt not, blot out my name. " AudGoD forgave thousands of people in a minute. And in answer to his prayer, they started on for Ca- naan. Look at the apostl after having been bap- tized with the Holy Ghos. ,nd with Firo, went out preaching and working miracles. They got together and commenced to pray, and they were all tilled with the Holy Ghost. When the apostle Peter was arrested and put in prison, the others got on their knees in a private house and commeucud to pray to ('oD, to It 108 FRAOMEXTS FROM THE FEAST. release tlie prisoners and let the revival sweep on. On receivintj a si<jnal, the porter went to the gate and seeint; Peter there, ran and told the rest but they said, " It is not Peter — it is his irhost." They didn't {^et half started to pray inr i! the prison bei^an (piaking and the doors Hyinj; open and the angel came down from heaven to wait on Peter and to escort him to the gates of the city, and out to the house where the pray- er-meeting was being held. Hallelujah to the Lamb ! Look at Silas and Paul in pri;^on — in the inner pri- son with the fetters im them, and their feet in the stocks, there they sang and prayed to God, and the earth quaked, and the prison (loors Hew wide open an«l the fetters fell off the prisoners. The keeper of the jn-ison seeing the prison doors open, di'ew out his sword and would have killed himself. But Paul cried out, ''Do thyself no harm, we are all here." He came in and fell down before Paul and Silas crying, " What nnist J do to be saved •-" So he and his whole family were saved. God answers prayer. "If ye shall ask anything in my Name I will do it."' You may not be very popular in the comnuniity, but, brother, you can get down on your knees, and pray the heavens down on the community till the 'whole place will shake. Like Paul under the power of the Holy Chost, the place will be moved, and a flaming revival break out. (JoD says, "If ye shall ask any- thing in my Name, I will do it." I rememl>er one night in the Methodist Church, at Carp, a tidal wave of Holy Ghost Fire and Power swept over the place, and the people commenced to fall all around, by the dozen. I suppose there were Poii'PV to Pre rail. 100 sixty fallen to the floor. When one fellow got able to crawl on his hands and knees, he went over to some- one else, prayed for a few minutes, and, the first thinj; he knew, the fellow he was praying for, would fall head-long to the floor. After that one lay a whde and c'ot able to crawl on his hands and knees to some- one else, he would slay him. They slew each othev by the score. They jjrayed under the old Pentecost, and tested the promise, '• If ye shall ask anything in my name I will do it. " God sent the Power. He ans- wered prayer. Hallelujah to Goi). Some of these, were people who were not long converterl, and had the experience of Entire Holiness, and were under the flaming Pentecost. They could pray the Heavens down, and souls would fall aroun<l them. Glory to God. I remember 1 went to stay at a house all night and before we retired, I was asked to pray ; and be- fore I was through praying, nearly all in the room, were lying prostrate on the floor. One girl was pray- ing mightily, for God to bless another woman who was there. " She cried to GoD to save her. The wom- an hadn't p'-aye«la minute, till she jumped to her feet, and ran around to the rest, and shook their han(ls, and shouted, "I'msaveil, Hallelujah to Jesus. Im saved. That girl prayed her right through, seennng- ly in a minute. Prayed the converting grace of GoD right on her. She prayed un<ler the flaming power of God. She got just what she aske«l for. I <leclare it again what the HoLV (J host inspires, nmst be answer- ed." So 1 desire nmch more to have this baptism of the Holy GHOst for p'-aying, than I do for preaching and singing. Praying, pleading and wrestling with G. D. •- * 110 FRACfMENTS FROM THE FEAST. i at: 1 I I have heard f>f hoi}' men dying in prayer }>einij found dead on their knees. Hallehijah to Jksis. I tell you when a nian goes from house t«> house, \veepin«j and prayini; with the people, men get converted. VVhen you go from house to house a fla- ming revival will break around yr ., and your people will work. Hallelujah to J Ksrs. Now you just pray under the H(H.Y (Jhost, around your circuit the way you pray here. You know you don't abide under the Holy (Jmost, unless you pra}' around your circuit. I tell you there will be an awful revival burst out. Hal- lelujah to Jksis. The old Methodist preachers nmst have ha<l this Unction of the HoLY One, this power to pray. I heard one of them say to another, he was not cut out to preach, but wheiever he goes ho has flaming revivals. And he says he prays it right down on the people. He jirnys it down, Glory to Goi). You never saw a Methodist Preacher who couldn't pray a little bit. An<l as soon as the crop would be in the field, he would strike ofl'into some conunu- nity, and have revival meetings, and would flail away, and preach away, and pray away, until they commen- ced to reap. Soon as harvest was over, he was in a revival storm again till the people connnenced to put in the crop. And as soon as the ci'op was in they were into special revival services. They didn't think they were half sa^•ed, uidess they spent six or eight months in the year in revival services, and had about twenty appointments. I was reading in the biogra- phy of the Rev ... On his flrst circuit he had twenty- three appointments. H^ got sixty dollars, salary Ptnrer fit Pirarh. Ill but God sjave him a flamintj revival. Halk'hijah to the Lamb. But, brother, they praye«l for it. Oh ! how those ohl men prayed ! And I tell you brother, they never prayed better than we may. They prayetl <lay and night under the old time Fire and Power. If you ijet it, you will weep between the porch and the altar, and pray day and night. And you will never stop till the heavens come down and till your whole charge, from one end of the circuit to the other, even if you have TWEXTV-THiiEE appointments. [Laughter.] And the flaming Fire of GoD will come hot from Heaven, and fall on you, and you will carry it to the people. Hallelujah to the La.mh! You say "God gives me everytliing I pray for. I pray for a revival, and he gives me a revival. " And the man who can't get down on his knees and pray for a revival, i. not prepare<l to have a revival. If you can't get on your knees and see them weeping and flocking to Jesus, and hear the glad "Hallelujah " of newly bom souls, you can't be under the old prophetic Fire. You are not prepared to preach to the people ! Joel says, " Your young men shall se'e visions." Hallelujah to God. I tell you we get all we go in for. When the Holy Ghost is on a man day and night, se- ven days in the week, ttfty-two weeks in the year, there will be awful revivals. Some of you say, you have had the Holy Ghost on you for years, and never had a revival. No ,sir, such an idea is a flat contradiction. I tell you it does not stay on you. You can't get touches or flashes of the thing. But if God Almighty baptizes a man with power to 1 1 2 PR A GMKXrs PROM tMK FKA ><T. (\o Hoiiu' tliiiij:. uihI he stays umler tl •• power, the thinj; will he done, as sure as there is a (Jo<l in the Heavens! You ean't retain it, ami live under it until you coininenet! to full,' verv little. an<l I'UAY a trenien- Wous lot. Your words have to he Few and well chosen. You will not have nujch chat with youn^ ladies around ])ai'lors and dininjj-roonis. hut you will come out and keep away fr<»m these places, and out of that kind of society. Shut yourselves in with (lod Almitjhty, and He will turn the hatteries of Heaven loose on you, and you will have tremend<»us power with (Jod, an awful (jrip on tlu? heavens, just what we believe in. and preach about. "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my nann' I will <lo it." Now vou have the secret of the whole business. You have c(»nie in view of the whole situation, where you can say, •'! am in touch with (Jod the Father and He has all power." Daniel was a man the author- ities could not stop prayin<f. He co\dd pray before he went into the den, and when he jjot in he could pray himself out •)f it. Hallelujah! He could make a heathen nation bow to his Clod. The three Hel)rew Children could pray in the ti<»ry furnace, an<l were so in touch with Jesus, that even the heathen Kinjj could see One like unto the Son of God, and knew Him rij^ht in the Fii'e. And he was a dead, blind ohl fel- low, and knew nothinjj of spiritual things. But thei'e was so nuich of Jesus there, and so much prayin<]f that those old blind eyes were opened to see it ; and the three brave heroes came forth without the smell of tire upen their <i;arments, and the heathen nation bowed to their God. ''Prayer, ' yes "Prayer is the Pmver to Prevnil, 113 Christians vital breath!" O, Glory! "If yo shall ask ANYTHING in my Name I will do it." You .say, " I want a Revival." Well, commence and pray for it, and you will get it. " God says He will give it you, and if you ask Hi.M for it, you will get it." If you don't believe things like that, what is the good of talking about Fire and Power ( No good at all. Oh, Hallelujah. If you are under the Fire and Power, you can say, " Look at the promises He gave me, ' If ye shall ask anything in my name I will do it.' " Now, Lord there is the promise, and here is your candi<late. There is your truth, and I am your temple. There is your promise, and I am your praying machine. There is the foun- tain and I am the channel. Let it come. Hallelujah, (iet on your knees, on your face in the dust, and say, " The very earth may crawl away from under me, and the heavens be rolled together as a scroll above me, but the power of Goi) will come to convert souls, and we will have a revival. Glory to Jesus ! [Loud applau.se.] Do you believe that i Audience, " We do, of course we do !" Now, brother, don't you know ? I'm sure I know, men who only jtrofcHH to have Power. Now jast wait I will make that more personal and just put it right s(iuare before your tw^o eyes. Now you profess to have Power and Fire, and you hadn't enough to commence to undertake a revival. Well, you hadn't the old timer. It didn't abide on you. It was only on you occasionally. It was not on you day and night, or you would have come up here without a bit of flesh on your bones, if you hadn't had an awful sweeping revival. I tell you, H 114 FRAQMENT8 FROM THE FEAST. when it comes on your head, and in your heart, and in your flesh, and in your bones, and you feel you can't live without it, and without souls, your prayer is," Give me souls, or I die. " And ith VVhitHeld. " Give me souls, or take MINE ! " ^Stuy under it, and you will see what will happen to you. Live under the Pent- ecost, and pray every incli of the way to your circuit; j;o into the woods like Redtield, and get the witness for revivals, and get down on the road and pray, until the revival reaches the circuit ahead of you. I can see the people weeping and praying. My brother, and sister, what is in you, must come out of you. If there is an awful revival in you, and if the old Pentecost is on you, it is an awful revival. It is the earnest of the whole thing. Glory to God in the Highest. It will come out of you in prayer to God. You say, " Keep me at it, Lord, keep me at it ! " " Well, " you say, " a fel- low would kill himself. " But, I say he would get fat at it. Hallelujah. (Laughter.) We will talk to you fellows now, who say you have the Power. Do you see a revival ahead of you ? Do you see it flaming, spreading, rushing and leaping ? Do you see the Fire leaping off your head, to some other man, holy man, and say, " I will put the Fire on him, just as soon as 1 see him. " Blessed be the name of the Lord God of P<mteco8t. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Let every pastor be a flaming evangelist and he will have no use for our special evangelists, but will let them run over the world, to those who are crying, from north, south, east and west, from continents, states and dist- ricts. In the name of the Lord God they will do it. Hallelujah to the Lamb. You say I will no longer be 'tm'pr to Pffitutil. 115 a backHlider, wantin}{ a man to io the work for me. God haH given me Power. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Blew* Him! Why don't you say, Amen ? The Conference unite, in what we consider, a hearty reHponse. Mr. Horner, " Now Hhout it again ! " HundredH of HhoutH rend the air, echoing, and reecho- ing throughout the giound, and acroHH the lal ''til the orotund voice of the Hpeaker, is almoHt in^*' ' uih\\- able, an he says, " To our knecH, O Church of God, and let i ask for a revival! Absolute Assurance. Text— Acts 2 : 3. "The^^ a^'veared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them:' % AM delighted that God tells us what things are M like. You know, people would explain God's blessing all away till nothing would be left. They tell you there is nothing to see, nothing to hear, no- thing to know. They would really take everything from you and leave you nothing. Now, God says there is a sound from Heaven as of a rushing mighty wind. And He tells us that there appeared unto the apostles and disciples cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Now, brother, I like the truth, I love, " Thus saith the Lord." I like all He has said about it. You know he has said so much, that men and devils can never explain His everlasting doctrine away. You know men would tell you right to your face, you are not to expect to see anything, you are not to expect to feel anything, and you are not expected to know whether you have it or not. Go on and do what you can, and leave the matter with God. I tell you, God commanded them [116] Absolute Assurance. 117 to tarry in the city of Jerusalem till they would be endued with power from on high. And before it came. He told them how it would come. " And there appear- ed unto them cloven tongues like as of hre and it sat upon each of then.." You see. Now, Brother, when God comes to do anything for you, you are going to see Him. And feel Him. And you are going to know Him If you ever got converted you saw the Lord —the Holy Christ of God. When you saw Him you felt Him. You say, " I saw the Lord." You know the woman of Samaria forgot her water-pot and all about the water and ran around saying, "Come see a man that told me all the things that ever I did. Is not this the Christ ? " And do you remember when vou were in darkness and sin, under a tremendous bur- den in the horrible pit and the miry clay, and you got your eyes fixed on the Saviour, Jesus was as clear, and just as distinct to you as to the disciples or John the Baptist when he said, " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the word. You say I saw Him ; and, when I saw Him I felt Him so tre- mendously, that every sin that I ever committed rolled away from me, and I felt Him in my heart and coming all through me. I felt Him there, and I feel HiM there yet, and I have Him now. Well, brother, there is seeing in religion. There is feeling in religion. There is knowledge m religion. " I hum in whom I have believed, and I am persua- ded He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that Day." You see there is ABSO- LUTE ASSURANCE in the very first stage ot expe- rience, when you are born of God. Yes, brother, ye s, tL^I 1 1 8 FRA GMENTS FROM THE FEAST. sister, when you were seeking to know God in His en- tirety, when you wanted full redemption, when the root and seed of all sin was a burden to you, and you felt you must have Entire Sanctifieation, and you were looking for Jesus, did you see anything ? Did you see anything ? "Why, " you say, " I saw a whole Fountain, a Holy Fountain of Blood." But, Brother, " What did you do ? " You say, " I plunged beneath the purple flood, and rose to all the life of GoD ! " Did you feel it ? Did you my Brother ? Did you my Sister ? Did you feel it ? (Voices, " Yes, thank God.") Well, we sing, and surely we don't sing a lie : — " The cleansing stream I see, I see, I plunge; and oh ! it cleanseth me. It cleanseth me, yes cleanseth me. Oh ! Praise the Lord it cleanseth me." Why you felt it so much, you commenced to praise God, and declare it all around. God revealed Himself to you, and let you feel, and let you know, and you say: " I have the assurance that I am entirely sanctified, throughout body, soul and spirit, and I can tell it in the face of hell, and all over the earth that I see, and feel, and know and have the assurance that I am kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed. " What we have felt and seen, With confidence we tell ; And publish to the Sons of Men, The signs infallable ! Absolute Assurance. 119 Now, my Brother, some one may be green enough, or mlly enough to tell you that is all there is alx)ut it But what does God say ? What does the Lord say ? He savs " There came a sound from Heaven. Now Brethren we will stick to that! (Voices " Amen, we will ' " You all remember ? how that old hymn carried us up to Heaven this morning, or rather brought the heavens down to us: — "May a mighty sound from heaven. Suddenly, come rushing down ; Cloven tongues, like as of fire May they sit on all around ; On the soul of each believer May the Holy Ghost come down ; He is coming ! He is coming ! Glory, Glory to the Lamb." , ^ _ Brother, if you don't accept the beautiful Doctrine right along that line, if I were you, I would shut my mouth and never sing that chorus agam until I repented, and got where I could say, " Lord I bel- ieve it '. I believe it!" , "Like rushing mighty wind Upon the waves beneath. " We sing that beautiful hymn, and sing it heartily, and it sounds good! It is a blessed truth : " Move with one impulse, every mind; One soul, one feeling breathe. " Yes, brother, it appeared to them. I like something real. I don't like the imaginary. You say, " I don't expect to see anything. Wei you will see all you expect, and that will be a great bi- nothing like yourself. [Laughter.] But I tell y.u 120 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. % brother, and sister, when the Lord Jesus Christ puts the Holy Ghost on you, and in you, and when He baptizes you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire, you will see Him coming. You will know He is there, and you will remember the time and place. Glory to God. Jesus came, and you saw Him. Do you suppose you could not see the Holy Ghost ? You say I saw Jesus, but I never expect to see the Holy Ghost. I never expect to see Him. I just feel good by praising God, and singing, and making up my mind, I have it as well as the rest, f Laughter.] Now my brother, weii now my sister, when the Holy Ghost falls on you,— the third person of the Trinity of the God-Head, falls right on top of you, I tell you, you will know something hit you, and hit you tremendously. When he falls on you, you will say, "I felt His power, He came on me and went straight through me, and set me all on tire ! He put fire in my bones, and in my flesh, and on my head, and in my soul." And you say, " I felt His power to the ends of my fingers, and from the top of my head to the soles of my feet, and all through me. " Think of God Almighty the Omxipotext God Maker of every- thing and Creator of man falling upon, and sitting upon you, and you not know it ? He came and sat on you, and put the crown of Fire on your head, and gave you the tongue of Fire to preach, and the breath of flame and a new language, and still you say, " I don't know hard hardly when I got it. I felt good before I got it, and feel just as good now." Hut, Brother, you will know a tremendous ditterence. When He appears like as of Fire. You know what Fire is like ? You haven t Absolute Annurance. 121 to say to me, "Please sir, tell me what fire is like ? " God says, " like as of tire." Now that is satisfactory, is it not? I love the Bible. I love the plain statement. I love the beautiful truth, " Thus saith the Loud." You can deceive yourself. You can be deceived by man. You can expect something at the hands of peo- ple. But when God says it, you have it. You say, " What does the Lord say ? " What does my Jesus say about the blessing ? What does God the Father say about it ? What does the Holy Ghost say about it ? You see the people may all be deceived but what does God say, " Like as of tire , and it sat upon each of them." Now I like something real. You know that is how God said He would come. When He told you " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world, " when you got your eyes oti' every- thing else and got them tixed on Jesus, you say, ''I saw Him alright, and I knew Him alright." You know when you get your eyes off everything else and cry to God to let you feel it, and see it, and know it, I tell you, it will come. You will not have to say, "Please sir do you think Ihaveitr' [Laughter.] No, brother, you haven't to say that to anyone. You didn't have to ask anyone that (|uestion about your conversion, or sanetiticati<m. For wlien He appears unto you like as of tire, and sits right on you, you will have something to tell. You will say, "I saw something, I felt something, I know something, the Holy Ghost came upon me, and I have the Pentecost. Hallelujah to the Lamb. Well let us get down and let God put it on us. Ask Him to put it on you. i i The Extraordinary Gift. Text— Acts, 2 : 38. Holy Ghoxt. Ye shall receive the Gift of the E have a great experience when we receive the Holy Ghost ; so great that people some- times call it Fire and Power — being anointed for service, but you are only converted. We are only regenerated when we seek and find the Holy Ghost. A man or a woman who is going on seeking for the Holy Ghost is not yet converted. Either that, or they are wrong in their conception of God's plan of Salvation. They are as ignorant as Sammy Morris, and yet may be good, but just as wrong in their theology, When a man is born again he is the temple of the Holy Ghost. People forget the early church at Corinth, forget the time Paul had to write and say, ** Your bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost ; if any man defile this temple, him will God destroy. " When you repent and trust in GoD to save you from your actual sins, the Holy Ghost comes in. He comes to stay. While He is in you, you belong to God, while He is out of you, you belong to the devil. The Holy Ghost comes in. He does more than come in, " For the Spirit [122] The Extraordivary Gift. 123 beareth witness with our spirit tlmt we are the child- ren of God : and if children, then heirs ; heirs of GoD, and joint heirs with Christ." Because ye are sons, Gf)D hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying, "Abba Father," and in all the chddren of God, the Spirit maketh intercession with j;roanings which cannot be uttered." So that every prayer you make that will reach the heart of God, is a production, of the special operation of the Holy Ghost in you. Not only the production, but He creates within us a holy aspira- tion, that is pure as heaven. Because they are such they reach the heart of God, and bring the blessing down. So that, my brother, so that, my sister, it you are a child of God, you have the Holy Ghost in you, and He is there to stay until you send Him out. So that a child of God is in a good state. He has a good experience, has power and some gifts. Of course the Holy Ghost is not recognized. (Jf course, not many people go round and say, " I am the temple of the Holy Ghost, and I have God Almighty in me." But may we not use the language of scripture, and say to the weak, "Be strong, fear not." We are strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Every child of God is strong if he only knew it. But it does not mean so much for a newly born soul to make a mistake, and not know that he had the Holy Ghost in him to abide, and make his heart His temple and His home. But after that, profess to be entirely sanctified, and have the Holy Ghost in him, not only bearing witness to regeneration, but to entire sanctification, and having sealed him unto the day of redemption. And that 1 24 FRA GMENTS FROM THE FEA ST. man go around looking for the Holy Ghost. Treni- endoUH contradiction. You say, " I wa.s converted at a certain time, tlien entirely .sanctified, but to-day I found the Holy (Jhost." Nob<Kly would know what you meant, or were talking about. So, I tell you, it is of tremendous importance how we talk. That we know what we are talking about. It is of most vital importance that we understand the simple things of God's word, if not the deep things of God. Well you H<iy, I was looking for Him to come. Well he is here already, bless Him ! I tell j^ou, when we worship God in our hearts, we haven't to go to heaven to bring Him down. I tell you it is easy to get anything : it is tremendously easy to get whatever we need. God the Father gave us all He had. He gave His only begotten Son. Jesus gave u.-. a wonderful gift too. He gave His own life, and by it He purchased our Eternal Redemption. So the gift of GoD became Eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Great gift. But. Brother, you must remember that the Holy Ghost has gifts to give ; rich gifts ! wonderful gifts ! But there is one special one referred to in our text : " Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you." The Lord's dynamite. Ye shall receive dynamite. " Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is conjuponyou." You know that our text is clear, it is very simple. "Ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Peter liad just received it. The hundred and twenty in the Upper Room liad just received it. They receiv- ed the Holy Ghost previously, and not the gift of the The E.rfmord'mary Gift. 125 Holy Gho8t. ^ _ Now these men had the Holy Ghost. Every con- verted man has. They had the Holy Ghost as a witness to their entire-sanctitication. Jesus breathed on them and said, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost. And this gift being given at the time the Holy Ghost came, men could get muddled in their head , and lose sight of the great gift of the Holy Ghost. Well brother, it is dishonoring to GoD. It is a bad mixture of things. People will listen to us and x^-cni- der what we mean. We have theology as beautiful as heaven. There is a real theology, a real doctrine. Glory to God ! It is complete, entire and separate from the doctrine of regeneration, and the doctrine of entire sanctitication. Just as clear and definite as the beau- tiful experience you had when you received thegittot the Holy Ghost. When He appeared unto you, and when you saw Him as of Fire and when he sat on your head, and you said " I am endued with power from on High ; Ihe doctrine generally gi-ows out of the experience. \ou get the experience on Bible lines, and commence to live under it every day, and every hour, and minute, and never close your eye at night without knowing that vou are under the old flaming Pentecost, and that the gift of the Holy Ghost is on you, you will soon know the doctrine. We preach the gift of the Holy Ghost above everything else, because it is everything to the preacher. It is everything to the preacher of the gospel ot the Son of God. Because without it you have a story to tell, but you havn no power to accompany it, to give 1:20 FHAGMEKTS FROM THE FEAHT. it unction. You trll it in a weak way. Do you say :* tliat you have power to bring about convfrsiouH, and havf no power to lead people into the experience of entire .sanctification ! Hut you say peo- ple \tyi converted under my preacbini;. They can jyet converted in spite of you by the Holy Ohost. You have not got the gift that the Holy (Jhost came to give to men for this purpose. To produce conviction, to connnence revivals, to p<rpetuate them. When y«m get it you will say, "(Jon has given me power and there will be a revival and awful convicti(m." Now men can get ])eople serious, and in earnest, and can get them to pray, and can get them to desire religion, or try to get it. Hut, ))rother, to get men really converted to (Joi), real gospel children, real healthy new born souls, that have strength to go right on to Htdiness, and go on to holy living, and stand against all the wiles of the devil we need power. I tell you, brother, you need the Gift of the Holy Ghost to connnence it, an<l do it. And, when you are under it, when you have this gift, you will not be afraid to connnence a revival. You will not need a camp-meet- ing. (), Hallelujah ! I tell you, brother, it is the most encouraging thing I ever heard tell of. You got your face long, because you heard He was going to give you power. [Laughter.] Dear help you poor creature. You can't look up. There must have been a lot of rubbish in the way of the reception of God's most precious gift, when y »u look side-ways at it, and be afraid to preach it. And go around as though you were bracing for an awful tight. [Trxereased laughter.] Now brother, nowsi.ster, " Ye shall receive the gift ff The Kxtraoi-dhuit'y Gift. 127 «f the Holy GhoHt." You would think a fellow wouhl betremendoUHlyglad to get it. 1 tell you brother, when you see the lont, the masses in their blood, condemned in sin to die, if you love them with your whole heart, an.l as you love your own life, and see them going down, you ought to get on your knees and cry, "My God. my God I need the gift Jesi s Sve it to me". Oh give it to me. I am g ad to see the rest getting it. But Oh, JEsrs I cant do without it How can I face the world? How can I ever stand before the masses ? How can I ever look on and see them goiuij down ? How can I sleep at night again ? How can^'l eat food ? How can I retain the flesh on my bones ? My GoD how can I do this thing unless thou wilt give mo power to reach the masses, and snatch them as brands from the eternal burnings and dorif y my Jesus ? Thou hast converted me and satctitLime holy,and trusted m. with this holy ministry" But thou hast sai.l, "Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you. Bro. McShea. " He has nine special gitts. Yes : but this one is for ALL of us. This o»e this ONE This is THE ONE Hallelujah? The others are alright in their places, healing, etc. But this is the one, this is the one, and is for every man. You know if you undertake to preach without it you are running blind. If you only saw the thing, and if your eyes were only opened. Oh if you only had the thing at heart, if you only felt the responsibility you would sav " My God I would not undertake the work, not knowing the way you would have it done, and so go at it as a weakling, when the Holy Ghost came all I i M. i ■ M- 128 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. f i the way from heaven to give me a gift hefore I would start. Here I will tuny ; liere I will wait ami here 1 will (lie in my traclvH. (). \j)\\h (JoD, I will have it. J will have the power, Jesi's I will have it. 1 will. I will. Jksi's you promined it! (Mory Hallelujah, '* Ve shall receive the (Jift of the Holy (Jhost."'Ye shall receive the (Jift of the Holy GhoHt. Some of you are afraid of it. You are not glad to get it. You Hay you are tremenilously glad t«> get it, and you will not receive it. But there are houh! people who will all the name. Ye shall ri'ceive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Is it you brother '. Is it you. my Hi.ster ;' (Jet away down low enough, where (Joi) is dispensing of the.se gifts. You are stuck up on your little piimacle. If you get down where it is, you will have no trouble getting it, if you are humble enough to get it in any way. It will be a tremendous thing if you get it at all. I tell you, I have no time to dictate. I can't wait, because time is too short. Time is too short, and there is so much to be done. (Jive it to me (|uickly, and let me get the blood of scjuls ott' me. I tell you, brother, you have the blood of .souls on your head, and on your garments. You will have an awful meeting at the bar of God. I would not stand in your bf)ots for the gold of Vanderbilt. I would not .stand in your boots for ten thousand worlds. It is a sin for you to go about atteTnpting to preach the (Jospel, without the extra- ordinary (Jift of the Holy (Jhost. You know there is a pas.s{ige which reads, " Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? " Have ye received the extraordinary Gift of the Holy Ghost since ye believed The E,rh'«iotflinary Gift. 120 That GIFT in what Wesley called the extraordinary gift. Tliere are other gifts, but this is the extraordinary one. Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! Glory to God ! I have it. I tell you, I am glad I have rece- ived this Gift. BlesH the Name of the Lord God Almighty. Are yoa going to receive it ? If so, when ? Are you going to receive this extraordinary Gift of the Holy Ghost this afternoon ? If so, run up your two hands ! Hold them away up ! Run to the altar. nf. Commanded to Wait. Text Acts : 1 : 4. " And rommnodcd fhcm that they should not depart fnnn J^rnmlem, hat wait for the vnmilm of the Father, which, saith He, ye han- heard of rue. ■i[\T was not optional with the apostles and discipleK M whether they went to the Upper Room or not. ^""^ They had to j^o or forfeit their sonship. They luid to ^o or transgress God's law. They had to go or break the command. The eonnnand was that they should not depart from Jerusalem, and it was not op- tional with them how long tliey should stay. They had to stay until the fulfilment of the promise. For one of them to leave the Upper Room before he recei- ved it, was to break the command of God. So it is a tremendous thing to obey. They were in a tight corner. They had to be satisfied with the conditums to wait for it or else they would lose what they had. They had not only to forfeit their experience of entire holiness, but they had to forfeit their sonship, or be endued with power from on high. [180] Commanded to wait. 131 You know we don't dictate terms to God. We don't run the business. The LoKD God Omnipotent runs it. He has run it, and He runs it now. And we are to submit : we are to obey. VV^hen He gives the com- mand it is for us to go tliere. That is all that is left for us to do. My brother that is wiiat God says to do. And do it at once, and <lo it with all your might. That is all I know about religion. That is all I know about keeping religion. That is all I know about getting more religion. That is all I know about the work of God. What God says do it. Never stop till you have it done, and say, " It is done; the great trans- action now is done." It is to everyone, to every individual. It is just as binding to you and me, as it was to Peter and John. Just as binding on you, as on anj of the apostles or disciples. I see no difference. That is the way I see things. That is the way I believe things. That is the way I feel things. That is the way I know it. And if it took ten <lays, twenty days, there was not one of them permitted to leave Jerusalem, to leave the Upper Room, until he was endued with power from on Hi h. They could not do it without break- ing the command of GoD. You cannot leave here. You cannot leave this ground. You cannot vacate this place, you are not permitted to do it. God com- mands us not to depart. So that we are always in a tight corner. W^e always have to get down to it. That is how we are situated. We call this the feast of Pentecost because we come here to get it, and God commands us not to depart. I would not take ten thousand worlds and live with- 1^2 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. out it. I would forfeit my sonship. I would lose a I the religion I have. I would be a transoressor of God's law if I looked at the thing at all. If I came at all. If 1 would show up. If I would place my foot on the ground . If I would put my head in the place. It would be to do over again if I went away without it. " Well, " you say, " I haven't got it yet, and I have spent all the money I have.'' Well, brother, I will feed you ten days myself ! (Laughter.) And there are dozens more who would say the same thing. A number of laymen who came up for tlie last great day of the feast heartily respond, " We will. Of course we will." Brother Bullis : -I will feed a HUNDRED ! [When the applause of the congregation subsided the speaker went on.] He says he would feed a hundre-.l and carry bread and victuals and every thing you would need. That is no excuse to have. Anybody would give you a bite if you hadn't any. But if you stay and fast ten days, then you would not stop as long as Jesus stopped, you would not have fasted as long as Jesus did. Jesus fasted forty days in the wilder- ness. And Dr. Tanner fasted forty days for an expe- riment to see what a person could do. But, brother, we are here. We are shut in. Every fellow is right to it. There is the command, and you are to obey, or break it. Whatever you wish. If you break it, you go away a condenmed soul. You will go away guilty. You will go away without any religion— without a spark. It will be hard work to preach, hard work to pray, hard work to convert people, hard work to have Commandfd to wait. 133 a revival. You say, "Well I don't know. " Well I like the simple word where God commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem. I will go to it every time. I will just go back to the Word. What did God say? I will not go by my own impressions, by my feelings or by my theory. I will not go by what people say. But what does God say ? " He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but WAIT for the promise of the Father which saith He, ye have heard of me. " Now, they had just heard about Him. Have yon heard of the Holy Fire Which Jesus said would come ? It was received by those who prated, While in the Upper Room. I suppose you nearly all say, " I heard this wind pass over me. If it didn't hit me, I heard it blow all around me. I have heard the rushing mighty wind. " I do not believe all these men got it. I don't think you all have it, that profess to have it. But you have seen someone, and you have heard the flaming ex- perience of some, whom you could not doubt. You say, " I heard the thing. " You have heard a good deal more than the apostles. They didn't even hear of a person having the Pentecost. The Holy Ghost — the Gift of the Holy Ghost had not been given. They hadn't heard men pray under it. They han't been to the Feast of Pentecost. They hadn't felt the Fire. Still they tarried patiently. Well, brother, if there was no excuse for an apostle there surely can be no excuse for you. -If there was no chance for them to leave the place that day, there t'r 134 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. is not one particle for yon. If they eonl.l have justi" tied themselves in hreakincr the connnand, I dont see any right for you. If there is not one jjets it on the <rronnd, we have the record (»f one hundred and twenty people tarrying before Goi) ALMumTV. If you telt sure there was not one gettincr it, you could not .lusti- t'y yourself in leaving the grounds without it. Ihey had the command not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father. So then, we are in a tio-ht place now. I tell you, if you haven t crot it on you, there is nothing left but to get it, even Tf it takes you ten, twenty or thirty days. You say, " I will <lie on the ground or get it ! I wdl be bap- tized with the Holy Ghost and with Fire. I dont believe, the man who could entertain the thought ot leaving without it; could get it. " Why ? " Because you entertain the thought of breaking God s command, saying, " He may be able to do it some other time, but is not able to do it now. He is not .|Uite able He is not quite willing. He is not (^uite gra- cious enough, or you are not able to get to the place where you can get it. God Almighty is not able to aet vou there. You entertain the thought that some miaht be baptized with the Holy Ghost and Fire, but VoS could not. You entertain the thought that Gon Almighty couhl till some other fellow, and get him down to awful business, but that He can't handle you. You are a little smarter than someone else. But, bro- ther, you are to stay. [ Laughter. ] You know you have heard sinners and seen sinners come into the tent, and up to the altar, and say, " I Comma vderl to trait. 135 will never retire from this place, I will never get off n)y knees, I will never eat, nor sleep until GoD saves my soul." Yes, sir, an unstived man seemingly has power to believe, power to affirn), p(iwer to declare, power to stick to it. He will go into a room, and get down before GoD and never get np- never flinch until he sweeps through into the kingdom of gi-ace. And I have heard them commence to pray, they ha(i power to pray, and they would never let go, until they prayed right through to where the blessing falls. Hallelujah to GoD ! Yes, brother, an unsaved man can do it. Men that are converted, scripturally converted to God, you have heard them say, " I am right here for Holiness, to get it if it takes me alt night. I am here to repent of every sin, to wade straight through, till I strike Beulah Land." You have seen them do it. They had power to believe, power to stick to it, power to hold on until the heavens bursted on them, and all the heavens came down, and sin gave place to perfect love, and they shouted, " I am saved through and through." Well, brother, is it possible ? Is it possible that a man be sanctified throughout spirit soul and body, and not have power to do what a sinner could do ? Not have power to wait on GoD ? Not have power to close in with Goi) Almighty ? Not have power to giip the promise ? Not have power to say, " I am here to «tay." I tell you, brother, if you can say less than, " I will stay here until GoD baptizes me with the Holy Ghost and Fire," you are being deluded by the devil, and you are yielding to terrific tempta- 1 36 FRA GMENTS FROM THE FEA ST tion. We are here brethren. Glory to Goi). You know a man never gets anything extraordinary from God till he gets desperate, and says, " If it takes nie all my life, for ten or twenty years, I am here to get it. I can scay here for ten day.s more. I will stay all summer." But, brother, you say, "I am bound to have it. I am down to it. I am after it. There is the command, of course I love His command, and it would be my delight to obey it. But there is some- thing more than that. There is that enduement, that power that my heart is aching for, my nature is going out to. And I see that I cannot be efficient and efiec- tual without it. That is God's enduement for service. To do His work.' But I will have it, and I must have it, and I must have it now." Well, brother, when you get like that you will get it. You can't make your- self like that ? Well I -m sure you can. I contradict you right there, and aft n that you can. You let a fel- low that has not got it, )bey. God will make him anxious for it, he will get it. I tell you, your faith will commence to mount, and the blessing will commence to come down, when you can't wait any longer. I tell you, I tell you if I get you fellows praying that way, you can't help but get it. "I am right in the current, and I am going to have it now." Hallelujah to God. Well, brother, you have to get it. You say, " I like Holiness." Well you are going to lose that holiness brother. You say " I will not." Well you will have to get the Fire or lose it. When a fellow gets light and does not go in and get the blessing, he ceases to be sanctified. He gets in a mist and a fog. A man or a woman who will get baptized with the Holy Comiminded to wait 137 Ghost and Fire, must walk in the light. I tell you brother, the only way to he in the light is to walk m it The only way to keep in the light is to walk in that light, or tht light in you will become darkness. When God gives a holy man light on the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and Fire, he has to walk in the light until he walks right into the Fire of GoD. Wh m ( Joi) Almmjhty commands you nottode])art from Jerusa- lem, but wait for the promise of the Father, i .e first step you take toward moving from the place, the light in you, becomes darkness. When you entertain tor one moment, the thought of leaving without it, the conviction begins to go off you, and you commence to settle down, and lose your desire for it. God ccjm- metices to leave you, the moment you entertain that thought. But when a man's heart, and head, and nat- ure and time, and business, and everything is turned ricrht toward God, he will get it. God can't do any- thing, with less than that. When He was converting you, it was a holy turning, a holy seeking, a holy business. When a man is seeking entire sanctification, he turns entirely toward God. You have seen fellows turn, and would remain turned for one meeting, or for one day, or two days seeking it, and then you see them off, for a day or so, and then have to go over the same proceedure again; and it was harder than the tirst time, because they had backslidden, and had to get converted, before they could get entirely sanctified. You can't trifle with these matters. "God comman- ded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalein, but wait for the promise of the Father, which saith He, ye have heard of me. " 138 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. What God says, is abHolnte law, in religion and everything else. It comes on that line, and Hta;^H on that line. It does not stay any other way. I am glad it is like that. I am glad you can't twist it around. There is something every fel'ow will get, when he gets there. O, Bless Him ! It comes quickly when you get there. Hallelujah ! When you say, "The will of GoD is my supreme delight, and I will die in my tracks, or I will obey. " When you get there, you will have no trouble getting it. Bless Him ! Bless Him ! Bless Him ! It is the devil tells you, you may get it on your way home, or you may get it the iirst time you preach, or it may fall on you some other time, but GoD says, " Tarry ye until ye be endued with power from on High. ' You know those fellows in the Upper Room, felt everything depended on obeying God Almiohty. And brother, if you have it right to heart, and say, " Every- thing with me, depends (m obe^'ing GoD, " you are getting down to business. When you get away from that, y( 1 are getting wide of the mark. Th';>\ learned to obey — they learned to obey. Glory to God. So do we. We have been learning. I sup- pose the devjl would like to drive some fellow off the ground without it. He will do it if He can — if He can. I tell you, brother, I tell you, sister, you are here to stay till you get it, or transgress God's law. If you didn't get it since last camp-meeting, if it is not on you now, you may say, " Good-bye " to your people, and home, and friends, and to everything, and make up your mind to obey God Almighty, and tarry here, Coniinonflcil f<> ivnif. 139 until ye be endued with power from on High. You say " I am afraid I will have to stay a month. Well you will not get it then. You will have to bid fare- well to your fears, and put your two feet right on the Eternal Truth of Goi), and say, " God has commanded me that I should not depart from Jerusalem. I will obey ! O God, I will obey ! I will obey God, I must obey. " , • x i. You know it means everything. It just means to stand before God, in the face of men, and devils and and angels. You say, " I womd not present myselt before the LouD, as though I had to stay here a week, or a month to get power. The people would say I hadn't holiness at all, and all that sort of thing. Weli brother, when you have thought about what the people are thinking about you; you are not going to get it. You have to die out to the opinions of the people, and say, " Lord I am here to obey. I am here to tarry. I am here to tarry. I am here to stay. I am here, Lord God, to get it. " Let us all pray. Wl Pentecostal Praying brings Pentecostal Power. Text: — Acts 1 : \A. '^ The ae^dl continued with one ac' conl In i>r(iyer, (ind ftupplleatlon." I?"'^ LolU) Jesus had a number of followers, TX\ disciples and apostles, not oidy converted to ^' God, but sanctified wholly, throughout spirit, soul and body. Before He left them He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of me. He thus assured them that thej^ would receive power, after that the Holy Ghost was come upon them, and be witnesses unto Him both in Judaea, and in Jeru- salem, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. Before He left them He led them out as far as to Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them ; and a cloud received Him up out of their sight ; and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing GoD. Our text tells us that these all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication. [140] Pciitevimtal Piayiiitj. 141 Tlien in the Hecond chapter of Acts, first verse, you read • " When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place ; and sudden- ly there came a sfmnd from heaven as of a rushing mighty win.l. an.l it fille.1 all the hoone where they were sitting, an<l they were all tilled with the Holy Previous to this, Jesus had praye.l for their entire sanctificdtion, and in that memorable prayer recorded in John nth. chapter He cried, "O that they might be one as thou Father art in Me, and I m fh e, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may be- liev-e that Thou hast sent Me." Let me tell you that wherever you find two entirely sanctified men they are one as the Father and the Son are one ; anything that makes men two is carnal, and is totally destroyed the moment they are entirely sanctified. Two holy men are one in faith ; they are one m consecratiim ; they are one in attection ; they are one in ettort ; they love everything that is good, and hate evervthing that is wrong ; and they are continually abounding in the work of the Lord. Jesus sent one-hundred and twenty men and women to the Upper Room in Jerusalem, and commanded them lo tarry in the city until they would be endued with power from on high. . , , ., c i The command was gladly received, for the Sacred History declares, that they returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing GoD. "What did they go for?" lii 142 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST H "Tht-y went fi)r power!" for He toM them, that tliey would reeieve power after that the Holy Ghost wiiH coiue upon tlu'in. Thank OoD. they oheyed—JiHsenihled in the Upper Kooni. and conuneneed a prayer-meeting, that lasted teii flays, Htuhhorn enough, were they to doit. The Word of (lOD declares that they all prayed, until the sound C'Une from heaven, and the rushing mighty wind hiew on them ; initil the Fire fell from heaven, and cloven tongues of tire sat on each of them — uiil!! the Holy (Jhost crowned them with living tire fn)m on High. There was no farm could induce these men or wom- en to leave that Tpper Room. There were no cows, or horses, or stores, or secular husiness, that had any attraction whatever — all their attraction was in heaven ami in the mighty descent of the Holy (Jhost, which was promised. (ioD had told them to tarry, and what He said, they were determined to do. So they obeyed Him, and went to work on their knees. Now brother, as siuv as a holy man commences to pray for a thing he will never quit till he gets it. If you heard a man pray all day and all night, you would know that he wa.s in earnest ; other men's no- tions would not have a bit of weight with him ; their worldly .spirit and dead profes.sion, and narrow world- ly notions of what a man should do, would have no ett'ect on him whatever, for in the face of it all he would say ; " OoD has promised me power, and power I will have, for I will never cjuit until it comes. You ask : " Could a man pray all day and all night, and never (juit ? " Psntecoatal Prrying. 143 Yes : ten days, and ten nights and never quit. Some say ;" If I prayed for one half liour I would l)e so hoarsi'.and my throat would be ho sore; why I'd Yk' all worn out ! " " Yes : I am sure you wouM, l>ecause you don't know how to pray ; you pray so little, you have lost your power to pray. Hut these men had travelled with their Master, for three years, and had learned how to pray, and bring the heavens down. When the Holy Cihost inspires a man, it is easier f ,1 i ■ » to pray, than to (juit praying. iii V if you commence to pray with your old, dead profession, for ten days, you would have an awful time. You would have a sore throat, ami a pain in your head, and a hundred other things wrong, with you. Hut there was not a thing the matter with the one hundred and twenty people, who prayed and wrestled with (Jon, day and night, for ten <lays. Hallelujah to the Lamb ! When the LoHD (JoD leads the business, brother, when he gets c(mtrt)l of your throat, and head, and heart, and all your vital forces, and puts them in divine operation, you will pray, Glory to God, and wait until the answer come ,. You will get the flaming tire and power from on High. Hallelujah ! Glory to God. [Shouts of praise, in the au<lience.] They were all with one accord, and sure that they would get power. I heard of a little l)oy who had a real good mother who prayed with him, and sang, and talked to him of heaven ; and it was heaven for him to be in her pre- sence. Hut suddenly she tock sick and died. I'3^?5lli#i: 144 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. Just as she was about to bid him the last farewell, she said : " My boy I am going to die and leave you, but God will come and take care of you." The mother kissed her dear little boy, 'Good bye,' and passed away. But he remembered her last words, and said ; " My mother always told me the truth ; whatever she said alw^ays came to pass, and, before Jesus took her away, she told me that God would come and take care of me. The little lad knelt down and prayed about it, there he was outside looking straight up, (you know if you want anything from heaven you have to look straight up.) He was looking straight up when a man came along and said : " Well my boy what are you looking for ? " The little fellow told him the story of his mother, adding : " My mother said before she died, that God wouhl conie and take care of me, and I believe my mother — my mother never told me a lie ! " (Oh, you lying mothers ! your children have no faith in you. Why don't you tell the truth ?) This little boy could not but believe his mother, and confess : " She always told me the truth, and God will come and take care of me. " " Well, " said the gentleman, " God has sent me for you, and you are to come to my home. " And away he went with his new guardian. Well, you know these men and women had been with Jesus for three years, and, as he went away, he said that He would send the Holy Ghost. He said, " Ye shall receive power from on high, " and they Pev tecosUi I Pw y lug. 145 all believed it. They were just as simple as the little boy, and each said, " He will come — I shall receive power ! Glory to God ! " And because they believed it, they received it. They continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, until there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and filled all the house where i\\ey were sitting. They knew they would receive power to preach, and pray, and weep, and keep under the flaming power till death. They believed it. Glory to God ! They expected it — they were just full of expectation. They were not like many of you, people, who come up this Sunday afternoon, to see what this Feast of Pentecost was like. They were not there as spectators; they were there to be endued with power from on high, and at the close of the ten days, to go home to their neighbors, and to their friends, and to their enemies, with doven tongues of tire. They wanted power to preach and exhort, and win souls, and snatch them as brands from the eternal burninifs. They were there for the extraordinary gift, for soul- winning— to receive power to weep over the lost, and gather them in, and convert the masses. They were there to stay, until they were crowned with fire from on Hisrh. They tarried right there. They believed in Jesus. They were going to follow Him to the death. They were going to u^ work, and to bo represent- atives of the Son of Goi>, on earth. They were going out to weep over the lost. Thay were going east, west, north and south, among J '•I' :ii't| I-I 146 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. the enemies of jESUS-among proud Pharisees, and SRducees- into the synagogues ot the Jtws They were going to the death, to preach the gospel '^They we getting ready for the prison for the ieiie^ foi the^tock;. for cruel n.ockings and scom^^ nts for the stones, for the cross, for the block and S otalUo preach JESUS to His enemies withou :Xromising,'without f^r or favor ..d thunde t home on men, and to declare unto Scnbes^ ^^"'^ Hypocrites, that unless they repent, they would be eternally damned. Thev were going to be preachers. ' Xachers^ " you say, " why I never expect to ^' Wen! 'brother. you are preaching finething every A Vnn are nreaching Holy Ghost living, flaming H -troL hrerthe .nfshty 'thunder of OoD^, powers o . you ave preaching formaltan. d'-^d profess.on and tU are livin.' a» a blasphemer ot the hon ot God. C;rhive n-o faith in you ^".ey on. wan^^ you religion, or your old dead i ■ J"- as isiiom '^But when you get into t. ■ -ountain of cleansing, wh"gof to Cllvary's brow, and after being cl^^^^^^ Ted entirely from all sin, you tany mthe Upper Room until the Holy Ghost falls on you-you will be just ''You'sa7'"\^^^^^^^^ , Well vou will never be any better than you expect. We read ^The promise is unto you and to your children and to them that are afar otf, and to as many I Pentecofiinl Praying. 147 an the Lord our God shall call. " If you get to your knees for ten days, there will not be a more red-hot preacher, than you. Get down on your knees, and stay there until every devil is gone out of you, and the Holy Ghost falls on you, and no apostle, or reformer will have prayed with more zeal and power than you. Hallelujah, Hal- lelujah ! You know you can't change the Book. You can accept any dead, dried up profession of religion, and commt.iceto live a formal life, and try to justify your- self, and excuse yourself, and say things are different with you — but let me assure you, that God the Father and God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost are just the stime. And, brother, when the flaming Pentecost hits you, when it falls on your head, when it falls on your head, when you are crowned with living tire, you will be as God told us to be. You say, " Mr. Horner, I used to be hated just as much as you are. " Well, my friend, I am loved just as much as you are, [laughter] and a great deal more. Nobody looks up to you with your old profession. I tell you, they would have to look down into the miry pit to find you. I tell you, there is joy in being hated, and gazed at, as the oftscouring of the earth. But we are a thousand miles above that kind of joy — we are the most popular people on earth. I tell you, when the world, and all that belongs to it, is out of you, and you have the smile of God, and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost upon you, you are in 148 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. company with all heaven— you are in great company. You are a thousand miles above the profession of goody fcoody, wishy-washy religion. Glory ! Hallelujah ! When God Almighty crowns you with the hre trom heaven, you are a king and a priest to GoD. Glory to the Lamb forever, and ever, and ever. But, brother, you will never get there, until you get sin out of you, and enough grace, and prayer, and sup- plication to wait on God until He clothes you with power from on High. You ask, " Brother Horner, how do you like it? " „ „ , . . I like it immensely. Hallelujah '• , ,, , , But, brother and sister, bid good-bye to the old world to your pride, to your compromising spirit and to your friends. How they stroke you on the back, and tell you, you are a Christian and Ikr your religion. Bid good-bye, to everything that is earthy, sensual and devilish, and get where God can crown you with fire and let the Pentecost wind blow on you. 6 praise God ' [Audience, Amen !] for our immense Salvation. [Speaker's voice is lost in the praises of the *"a you^formalist, you will have to get the devil and sin all out of you, and weep your way to Jesus, and tarry there until the fire falls from on High and you are unctionized ; pray there, until God makes you a soul winner ; pray until you can do wonders and mir- acles in the Name of the Lord Jesus. How many of you have the old flaming Pentecost on you, will you stand up ? [Over 100 preachers risingj How many want it will you stand up with us, for Jesus to send ^he old time fire. \ ou good Methodist Pentecostal Praying. 149 people don't be sitting round there. I know you, and you know me. Get up on your feet ! Come away from your formal laziness and get the flaming fire and power of God on you ! I tell you, brother and sister and sister you will have to shake yourselves from the dust and get right out into liberty in Jesus Christ. I tell you, I am just the same as when you knew me well. I wish you were. The Lord bless you and lead you out and set you in an awful flame. Now that is the real sound doctrine of Holiness and Fire. Come to the altar. The Pentecostal Outpouring the Text— Acta 2: 17. ^' But it shall comf to pitss ni last days, mith God, I ivill pour out of my SpirU upon all jiesk." SHERE are many people who believe we are living in the last days. I have not s in me ia«t «»:y». x »„ said anything against it, and I am not going to say anything against it, for it is nothing to me whether we are or not. You can get papers, to the advocacy of that theory, papers books and periodicals advocate that thmg and teach and set forth that we are living in the last days. Many people don't expect to die ; they expect to live on to the end of the world, they think it is so near. \V ell I cannot say anything against their teaching on that point, or their conceptions either, because we dont know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man Co- meth But, my brother, but, my sister, if we advocate we are living in the last days, we should preach what God says He will do in the last days. He has promised that He will pour out of His bpirit upon all flesh. Now that must mean in a very large scope When He says all flesh. It is a very expres- sive term, and ve can't help but expect a tremendous outpouring, that will be very far reaching m its ettccts. [150] I i ; Tlie. PenM'OHtal Oitfpoitrijig. 151 I like, \ fA God 8ays, He will pour out His Spirit. " Thiifj aaith the Lord." . It shall come to pass in the last days ; it shall come to pass, you can't change the order of things. If you never believed it before, you had better believe it now for God says the thing shall come to pass. It will ! it will' it will! Your theory, your conception, your stiffness, your inability, your distrust does not change the eternal truth of God. He says it shall come to pass Now I believe it. I believe 'K Glory to God, I preach it ! Glory to God, I receive it ! Glory to God I live in it. Glory to God, I walk in it. Glory to God I pray in it. Glory to God I am in it ard filled with it, and expect to bring thousands under it. I have seen a thousand brought under it myself in my own neighborhood, brought right under it, until they bellowed, and groaned, and sighed, and fell right under it. But you know I expect greater things than I have ever seen. I expect all you preachers will preach it. You cannot be preachers in the Holiness Movement unless you do preach it. It is our doctrine and you must come up very year and say, '' I preached the doctrines, " which you could not do honestly unless vou preached it. And that is very clearly, very strong- ly one of our doctrines. Glory to God. Hallelujah ! The third bles.sing, the out pouring of the Spirit, Pen- tecostal power. Blessed be God. So then you are shut into it, the short and long ot it is, that you could not have any place among us un- less you believed it. You would tell a lie every tame vou would come up to Conference. We beheve God will pour out His Spirit. He says He will in the last 1 '''>, FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. days, and you know we must be in the last days because it commenced on the day of Pentecost. * They j;ot the real earnest of the thing. That is what was to be done by the establishment of the Christian Church. He gave the taste of the final outpouring of His Spirit on all flesh. Blessed be God. I like the record, I like the truth'. Bless Him. You say it is an awful dead time. Well, brother, there is nothing too dead for God Almighty. You know the dead times in history were the times God did tremendous work. Mai*tin Luther nailed up his thesis on the church door at a dead time. Twas a tremendous dead time in England when John Wesley rose up to preach the doctrine of justification and sanc- tification. A tremendous dead time in Scotland when John Knox went all over it crying, " Give me Scotland or I die." But I tell j'ou a flaming revival burst out of it. You know man's extremities are God's oppor- tunities when things are dead and hard. It is an aw- ful realization, and if you get the old outpouring of the Spirit upon you, you will find it will carry you ea.st, west, north and south with the flaming message. He says it shall come to pass. God said it would in the last days, and we are living in the latest day. Hallelujah 1 Blessed be God. God wants us to tremen- dously believe it, and preach it, and pray it. Well you say, there has to be a preparation, some men pre- pared to preach it, and some men prepared to receive it, but, I tell you my brother and sister, when the real old Pentecost falls, it will fall on saint and sinner. FALL on them, and when it has dropped on them there will be flaming revivals. There was a great re- The Penteco>ital OatjMnrinff. 153 vival in Ireland in 1832. Am I right about the date Bro. McConnel i Bro. McConnel. (returned missionary from Ireland,) «* 'Twas in the year 1858, I think." Mr. Horner: " You are right, my brother, the great revival of '32 was in the United States. However in the Irish revival of 1858 men were saved in the meetings, and on the streets, and in the fields, they would fall down under the power of Almighty God. Roman Catholics used to fall on the streets, and they would carry them to the priest to know what to do with them. He said, " Take them to these shouting Method- ists, I don't know what is the matter with them. " Mighty outpourings of Almighty God. May He inspire your faith to look up, your courage to pray till you get down to awful business, praying, praying, wrestling and pleading with God to pour out His Spirit. It is awful, for us to believe, for us to feel it. But you know, " What we have felt and seen. With confidence we tell ; And publish to the sons of men, The signs infallible." Now brother, you must preach it, and you can ne- ver preach a thing you never felt You must feel the mighty throbbings of the Triune GlkI, in your nature, and the Holj' Ghost must be in you and on you as a mighty wind, as a melting flaming fire of God from heaven, and your nature must be in a glow with Holy Ghost energy, you must be charged and surcharged with the Holy flaming unction from on High, to preach m 154 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEA ST. this blessed and wonderful doctrine, this blessed and wonderful truth, that Ood will pour out His Spirit upon all ftesh. When I see it fall on a man and knock the breath out of him about twenty five tinien and see him going about on his knees, and hear him groan and pray and cry to God with strong prayers and tears, to pour it on every))«)dy, whole comnmnities, I think he has all the fulness of it. Blessed be the name of the Lonl God Almighty. I tell you I am tremendously thankful for what God has done in chese nine days, but I hope and pray, and trust that we will have an awful cyclone an cxtra- onlinary, di>wn-pouring of the Spirit before we close yet. [Hundreds shout, Amen.] He says it shall come to pass. I tell you God must have the glory. He can pour His Spirit out. I tell you if you will not tak-' h, God will pour it on some one else, for He said, it shall come to pass. The hea- vens will give way and the earth under your feet, but the Word of God abideth forever. You cannot change it. You will have to believe it, and receive it, and say, *' My God I believe you will pour it on me, all the Fire and Power you have in heaven to make a Holy Ghost preacher. I tell you I don't feel like urging it on you. I don't feel like urging it on any other people, or any otho- ministry. 1 would like other ministeries to get ii, but, brother. I would like tremendously for you to get it, to be under all that God can put on you. I tcil you the Heavens are full of the flaming Fire and God can pour it out till the country will melt under it, till men will not know wha> to do with themselves. Glory ! The Pentecontul Outixmriny. 155 to God, all awalloweil up in it, aduged in it. God can deluge the whole country. Sometimos, I think He tillH this giound, right to the tops of the trees - all hlled from the top to the roots. I pity the fellow, who pro- fesses to have any religion, and can't get baptized, m such a place as this. I pity him, brother. I pity him, sister, in my heart I pity him. I just feel Goi> would till the country, the way He fills this camp-ground, would just fill your circuit, if you were only where you could pray the heavens on the place, and tear it down, and tear it up. Just like Finney one time he went into a mill. He was not sjiying anything, but, God just opened the heavens, and let it drop on the mill, and they had to shut it down, and go into a I revival. . . . , ^, u I It is just the same to-day— it is just the same. He Hays '" I will pour out. " God cimtrols the thing. I tell you, brother, nobody has enough of the blessing^ God has the outpouring, and controls the heavens, and the windows, and can let the whole bottom drop out of the thing— in awful, mighty out pouring of OoD.s Spirit, convincing, converting, sanctifying, anointing anfi endueing, and rushing all over the country, telling the story, and preaching it to every one. Bless the Name of the LoHD God Almighty. Do you believe it ? " We do : " , , ,^ Well, if dou do, stand on your feet, and hold up your hands, and shout, Amen ! , „ ^ , » i [Hundreds of hands are raised, and all shout, Amen.J } The Glorious Church. I'-*' Text-— Eph. •} : 27. Thof Ue .imjh* pits, it t ./ to kha nAf ti (fliu'lotis hnrrj', n'>f /atvii.j sfnttot wt mfde, c • It try Hiii'h thin'j ; but that it nhmihl he h^Ay a' 4 with imt fdemixli. nujubcr of churches. Wo 1 ir jjrt =t do. about them, but there is one hea'" \ - v litt about, and th«re are not very amny wh* d to iHilonj; to it. It Hp<»k 'U . ^" in onr text. 1 l^ ealle<l, A Glorious t hurch." It ii «^ no spi.t or wrin le, or any such thinjf ; but it m holy itul \i 'hosu Vilct -h, It is not called a Roman <'!ith«>U< x-h- 'i : it ' it (•ailed ..ij Episcopalian ehureh : ii is not calh* ! » t s- byterian church; it is not ailed a Ikiptist c ■? * ; it is not called a M^'thodint iuireli : it i« not <1 a Holiness Movenitt iuwb ; btit it is called a • GLO- RIOUS CHURCH Now these othe! clum ar U _ hkI, but you coul.l belong to tlu wkoi i ibt i auu ^o to hell. But if you belong to this « aer one >ou would go to heiiven. There is i.onf of tbt - hrrHg<»ii to heaven — not one of them. You will -i tind a 1 u. Cat- holic, an Episcopal ;i, a Presbyterian, a - ..ij ^tist, a Methodist. (^ a Hoi ness Movement churchman in Heaven Tht;re is just one, u is a glorious church. Ttte OUmous Chiurh. 157 A voice, I d >n t believe Huch Htuff. " Mr. Horner: Please stop till I am dom . { have 1 thing to say againHtyour church, only your church is not going ' h«*aven. Voice, " You are talking against our people. Mr. Horner : I am not saying anything againnt your people. 80 you Ih.i \ your tongue or I'll attend to you. I hax .' nothing ly against your people- you never heii me. ' ce, " I did !it>ar yon. " Horner .■ Vou diihi't hear me. I did, and ^ " ^,.= Horner : " you never did. It is not true. \ou don't contradict me again, or I will make you prove it. I have neviM iM'en guilty of the like. I tell, you, I. V( iCe, M when I coiH' 'iitire holii the Name «>. Christendom, sinner, and I lo these cliurches <1 1 . preach, I had religion, and I had m! I had it ever since. Blessed be And I love all the churches in love every christian and every n with all my heart. The church, . 1 have mentioned, they are but the honies of the people. If a man does not belong to th." church of Jesus Christ, he will go to hell, because there is just one goin^ to be presentable before Him, and that is a Glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing. I believe many men hav. religion m the Koman Catholic Church. There have been saints in it. There have been holy men and women. They have gon^ up and they will be presentable to the Son of 0* Holy men. I have read their lives. Men and wf who adorned the doctrine of Goi> our Saviour. imir^^ 158 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. and women who were saved from the world, and their sin, who walked with God in white and were pure anc: holy. Men out of the Episcopalian church, have been saved from sin. They have had their garments wash- ed, and made white, and loved the beautiful, pure gos- pel. Men who have read the history of the Christian Churches, know that out of the Presbyterian Church hundreds and thousands have gone up, all of them, men and women who wept their way to Calvary, who sought and found, and enjoyed religion Calvin had such a conception of this Holiness, that he said, when men found it, they couldn't loj^c it, but was as sure of heaven as if he were there ! They went up by the hundred, and went up by the fifties, while some burned at the stake, and sealed their testi- mony with their blood. Holy men, and holy women. You read the history of Methodism, it's rise and pro- gress, and spread, and how men were converted, and sanctified holy, how they moved their circuits, and you would see that out of it, thousands went sweeping through the gates. But they belonged to the Church triumphant, and were, without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing. Blessed be the Name of GoD. [Shouts.] The Baptist, and Congregationalist Churches, if you are acquainted and familiar with their history, and workings, and the men who were saved in them, you know they have gone up by the thousand to swell the great numbers who washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. [Great shouting.l In this Holiness Movement, we have seen them con- verted, and sanctified by the thousand, and have died, The Glorious Church. 159 and gone sweeping through the gates, by the score, and by the hundred-gone up to swell the number. Blessed be God in the Highest. And brother, and sister, it you are going to go there, you will have to get every spot oft- you. You will have to get all the stains out of vou. You will have to get every wrinkle out ot vou You will have to get all the blemishes out of vou You will have to be as clean as GoD ever made a saint. No matter what church. I tell you, they were without a spot ; they were without a stam ; they were without a blemish. You know John had a vision. He saw a great number out of every kmdred and na- tion, and tongue, and the question was asked, Who are these aad whence came they ? "These are they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes, and made them white m the blood of the Lamb. " They are a beautiful company. Glory to (xOD ! Halleluiah. They are a blood washed company, and they have lost sight of all the churches in Christen- dom, and are now one triumphant church. Hallelujah to God. And they are all one. There is not a Roman Catholic, an Episcopalian, a Presbyterian, a Methodist or a Holiness Movement man. There is not a Baptist, not one. They are all Jesus' they all belong to Him. and they all shout around the throne, and sing: " All hail the power of Jesus Name, [Torrents of Blessing.] " Let angels prostrate fall ; Bring forth the Royal Diadem, And crown Him Lord of all. " It is alright to have a church home. I have noth- 160 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. ing to say against it: and every man can go where he likes. I love all the churches, not so much for what they are doing, as for what they have done. And, I tell you, if you knew the history of them all, you wou- ld have to love them, and if you don't, it is because you are ignorant. The man who knows the history of them all, he loves every one of them. He couldn't do otherwise. If he hadn't a bit of religion, he would have to love them, for what they have been, and what they did, and how God honored them, and smiled on them, and blessed them, and honored them, with the salvation and sanctiiication of thousands of people, that have gone up, and we are hard after them. [Shouts of, " Amen, " "Hallelujah, " " Glory, " " Praise the Lord, '" etc. , drown the Speaker's voice.] It is not matter which church you take. You go to the Roman Catholic, you find as beautiful saints, as ever walked the earth. Go to the Episcopalian, and you will find there, on record, as CHRiST-like saint8,a8 ever lived. In all the churches, you would find them. Glory to GoD, Hallelujah ! Blessed be the Name of the Lord God Almiohty. Men who laid down their lives, and counted not their lives dear to them, but adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour, in all things. Men, who were free from spot, the Sons of God, with- out rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom they shone as light*" " > 'he world. Glory to God, Hallelujah ! Hallelujah V u would find them in every church, that you ild follow closely, till you would go sweeping through the gates. But, brother, you would have to follow them right to the foot of the cross— to the feet of Jesus, and weep I The Glorioua Chnich. 161 over all the sins of your heart, and life, and so trust God, that He would forgive every one of them. in Yes : you would hav-. to follow them to the foot of the cross, until the root and seed of all sin, would come out of you, and every spot or wrinkle, or any such thing ; and you would be holy, and without blemish ! You will have to follow them very straightly. And if you men and women, n -embled under this canvas to- day, who represent the different churches of God, if you ever meet your fore-fathers in heaven, you will have to go the way they went— weep your way to the feet of Jesus. You will have to know your sms for- given, and your heart is made whiter than snow. You know men differ. They have differed in all the ages. There was one point where they all agreed— that heaven is holy. I never heard a man say differently yet. You never heard him. They say it is a holy place ; there is no sin. Other men have declared it in all the ages, that heaven is a pure and holy place. There is not a man there, that has sin in him. The Roman Catholic people have their Purgatory. But what will you fellows do, who have no Purgatory ? You deny that Jesus Christ is able to save a man from sin, and keep him clean, and holy. Why you will be lost and damned, bee use you have no other way, for, " There is no other Name under heaven, given among men, whereby we can be saved, but, through " JESUS, the Name high over all, In hell, or earth, or sky ; Angels and men, before Him fall. And devils fear and fly. " il 162 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. You know Jesus can save a man, and can save him from every spot. He is going to present to Himself, a Glorious Church. He says He will. Now, brother, if you are going to be presentable, you have to get the spots off you. You know, every man knows when he is presentable. You know it well. You know when the sin is all gone. I go to one of the homes of the ladies here, and you are in among the pots, and have your old garments on, and are all wet from scrubbing, and washing, and you say, " I am not presentable. Why did he come now ? What brought him ? I wish he would stay away. " Why, you would feel out of place, and would not want to see me because you were not presentable. But if you have your ordinary clean dress on, you, you would say, " I am alright, let him come in. I am presentable. I am presentable. I tell you, brother, I tell you, sister, you know when your heart is not clean, and your life is not clean, and your commercial business is not clean. You know just as well when the sin is all out of you, and the Lord God Almighty has cleansed your heart, and taken away your pride, and fear, and selfishness, and mur- muring, and fretting, your sin, and your bigotry. " Why, " you say, " through all the Christian ages, people are bigoted. " No sir, there is not one bi<;ot among them, and if you are bigoted, sir, you haven't a bit of religion, and will have to repent, or you will be lost. "Well, " you say, "God's people, they are bigoted. " I say they are not. The people of God love, and . , The GlorlouH Church. 163 ^ they love each other with all their heart. I don't care where a man comes from, if he has religion, when he meets another man who has religion, they are just one. Glory to God ! [Shouts.] They are the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a ciooked and perverse nation, among whom they shine as lights in the world. You can't make them tight. [Laughter.] Glory to God. You can't make a sinner and a saint fight. A sinner can fight a saint, but, brother, the saint will not abuse him. Glory to Jesus ! He will affirm the truth, and stick to the truth, and he loves him, and will pray for him. All his desires are good, and he is good. Glory to God. "But, " you say, " I don't think you are free from bigotry. You belong to your own church, and are as bigoted as anybody else. " Well sir, you are not right, and you don't hold the truth. You believe what is not true. I rememember a few months ago, I had severe test. I had an awful spirit of prayer upon me, and I was praying to GoD to send a revival, and God commen- ed to talk to me, and said, "Where do you want it?" I said, " I want it." He says, " Where ?" 1 want an awful revival. He said, "What if I commence it over in the Met- hodist Church ?" I said, "Lord send it anywhere." He said " What if I should send it to the Presby- terian Church ? " I said, "Lord send it anywhere. If you don't give 104 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. 118 a taste of it. Let there be a awful revival." I tell you, brother, if you can't pray that way, you can't have any religion. You may as well not pray at all, because God can't hear you if you are bigoted. I heard of a man who prayed, " Lt)rd ble.ss me and my wife, our John and his wife, us four and no more." Well sir, such a stingy creature will never get a bless- ing. [Applause.] I tell you, brother, when when God Almighty con- verts you, you will love everybody, but when He sanctifies you holy, there is not i, spot or stain, there is not a wrinkle, and every blemi.sh is taken off you. There is not a sin in heaven. And if there is a sin in you, you would have to go to hell where it belongs. And if you don't get it out of you, you will go to hell. " For He will present it to Himself a Glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but they are to be holy, and without blemish. '• Well, " you say, " Professors of religion get angry, anyway. " Well professors might, but those who possess it, never do. They never do. When a man has salvation I tell you, God Almighty saves him every hour, and every minute, and you will never see him angry. When a man gets angry, he is a child of the devil, and he belongs to him. You will never be a coward. God says the righteous are as bold as a lion. Hallelujah ! When your eyes are on Jesus, you don't care for men or devils. You will walk with Him, and follow him. Praise GoD. The poet says, " I'll praise my Maker while I've breath. The GloriotiH Church. 165 We are after people, to get them white and holy, and want you to ff'»<^ that way too. " Well, " you 8, I don't want to get it among you fellows. If I „ . ' ed it, i would get it somewhere else. " You know these are men that are bigoted. A man can't have his heart on church homes. Be a Christ- ian first and then be something else in harmony with it. Be sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty without rebuke — without rebuke. It is my basiness to see you get converted if I can. I don't care who you are I an; after you with all my heart, and might, until you get at the feet of Jesus, until sin and the devil is out of you, till you are free from every spot and wrinkle, and are as ready to go to Heaven as I am. You will be just as glad to get there as I will be, and when you get the sin out of you, you will be just as definite on Holiness as I am. I tell you, I like religion. I tell you, it is not fear. When you get it, you will not be selfish— nothing of that kind in you, but you will love everybody. You will be free, and want everybody to be free. When you shout, you say, " It is my privilege to shout, and I will shout when I like. " And when other people shout, you will rejoice with them. [Shouts.] You will rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. And you men and women, who want to scold, and find fault about noise, and all that kind of thing, you will feel just as good as we do. Just as good as we are. And all you want, is the religion we have. Glory to GoD Hallelujah. [Shouts.] 166 FRAGMENTS FROM THE FEAST. O, Remember ! Remember He will present it to Himself, a Glorious Church, not havin;; spot or wrin- kle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy. You say, " I don't want your holiness. " Well I don't want yours. I want the kind Jesus has. And when you get it, you will say, "Je.sith has made me holy, Hallelujah ! He has taken the spots and stains out of me, the wrinkles are all gone, and the blemishes are all gone! You can talk to n.e and you will find that I will talk and pray with you, and do anythin^,,^ for you, but don't run away with delusions. Don't believe I am your enemy. Hallelujah to God. Bless His name. And the woi*st wish I wish you, men and women, no matter where you came from, is that you would get this religion, that saves men through and through. For twenty-six years, I have been without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, holy, and without blemish. Blessetl be GoD. Hallelujah to Jesus. This great Salvation, it saves a man all the time, and saves him to the uttermost. And will save him evermore, and will bring you up presentable in the Glorious Church without spot or wrinkle. How many of you have the spots off you, there is not one spot, will you stand up ? How many of you want to get every spot of sin right off you, will you stand up ? I