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of Reidsville, N. C., during a meeting held there by that most earnest and godly man, James E. Schoolfield. Since that time until the present, except for a short period in the fall of that year, there has been freedom from fear and doubt and condemnation, and we believe, from the feeling of evil tempers, as well as their outward expression, while unmixed love and peace have certainly seemed to rule in our heart. And observing men who have waited on our ministry since that time say that there has been decided increase in the spirituality and power of our preaching. The lapse referred to above we think came from brooding over real and imaginary wrongs, done us by another, when Satan took advantage of us and temporarily triumphed. But since then our peace and rest have been undisturbed. Our experience has been in substantial harmony with that of those who testify through this volume -- Christ dwelling within and keeping us from evil. We have since then doubtless made many mistakes, and others may have misinterpreted our motives and criticized our words and actions, but the "testimony of our conscience" is that we have, by the grace of God, lived "in simplicity and godly sincerity" -- without, we trust, any feeling, word, or deed that was inconsistent with love. Our message to you now is one of love and of earnest exhortation. We beg you to seek at once that which will prove the joy and comfort of your hearts and the strength and stay of your lives. Were these our dying words to you, we would say: Surrender your will and consecrate your all to Jesus now, and claim "the promise of the Father" -- "the gift of the Holy Ghost" -- to fill and thrill and keep you. Do not listen to any theorizing about the matter, but say, Lord Jesus, thou knowest what I need -- give it to me now. You need not seek it as "sanctification" *[Please see my comments in the Introduction to this digital edition. -- DVM] or the "second blessing" if you are prejudiced against these terms. Simply ask to be "filled with the Holy Ghost" and with "all the fullness of God." No caviler who believes in the Bible can deny you the right to claim that blessing, and that is all you need. That is the way in which we proceeded. Do not mind it if some one says that you received all that at conversion. Just tell him that if you did you have lost it, and need it again; that you want something that will abide and enable you to "rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing, and in everything: give thanks." You know that neither your conversion nor any subsequent baptism, unless you have received "the baptism with the Holy Ghost," has enabled you to do this for any considerable length of time. Even Dr. Mudge, as we have seen, says that the great mass of Church members, no matter what they received at conversion, need to pass through such a "crisis" and receive very much such a blessing as is implied in this ethical baptism or fullness of the Spirit. If you want help in your seeking, read Dr. Keen's Pentecostal Papers, McNeil's Spirit-filled Life, McDonald's Saved to the Uttermost, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, etc. They cost very little. If you do not know where to get them, write us and we will secure them for you. Ask God to help you see your need and his rich provision for supplying that need, and then appropriate that provision. Ask him to "make you willing to be made willing" to become wholly his. And now, dear people, once under our care, and still in our heart, and all other readers of this humble volume, may the "very God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and we pray God your
whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ," when we hope to meet you in the clouds, and "ever be with you and the Lord!" *************************************
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were hostile to the "second blessin
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SCRIPTURAL SANCTIFICATION: An Attem
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9 Sanctification Subsequent to Rege
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the gospel was first preached. Rede
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with tongue and pen as if in the gr
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extravagances of some unbalanced mi
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all depravity in this life, and tha
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elief of the truth." Peter tells th
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"separate and consecrate," and to h
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"Strengthened with might by His Spi
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mind" -- are removed and nothing is
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Job was one of the finest character
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Peacemaker. Hence, probably, peace
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given before. And yet, as all admit
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(2) There seems to be today a large
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It is believed, however, that there
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The ignorant and captious part of t
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to what Joel prophesied about. The
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the Spirit that had been promised b
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"An influential and constantly incr
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pollution, and weakness, as well as
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Now, with these concessions and exp
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a fuller measure of the Spirit when
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Dr. Mudge would explain the case of
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Truth and candor require admissions
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his theory and ours seems to be tha
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that time. In a letter to the write
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Dr. Steele continues: "That the Eng
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these Paul is believed to teach tha
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prayers; remembering without ceasin
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3. The use of the aorist indicates
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in their history, indicated by the
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then adds, "that we might receive t
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We have purposely omitted many pass
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In controverting the above, Dr. Gor
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It would seem from the foregoing th
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this "renewal," "sanctification," o
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standards on this subject." And we
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Bishop Ninde comes the nearest to t
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the man whom the Rev. Dr. D. C. Kel
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Peter's case illustrates the meanin
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consciousness of repentance; (3) co
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Let the doubting reader weigh well
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We are profoundly convinced that th
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witnesses, to testify, not merely f
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divinely inspired, is but the Bible
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give many passages of his writings
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The same test was applied to regene
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Again he says: "Not trusting to the
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As late as 1768 he writes a friend,
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I now obey it, and tell you all, to
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We, for a time, turn from Methodist
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"Since that resignation spoken of b
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ethren of the High Life -- all thes
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Kirk, in his lectures on Revivals,
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"It was on the 23d of April, 1822,
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to me to be the witness of the Holy
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day in the Congregational Church. T
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about the truth of the gospel, and
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the shadow of one of those doubts w
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purpose than I did ... For eighteen
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"How has it been with me since?" Th
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We note the usual expressions of th
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"Never shall I forget the astonishm
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"And now, if I am asked what is my
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7. That she was not backslidden whe
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We only stress certain points: 1. H
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unbroken communion with him that th
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"The weary burden grew heavier with
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doctrine of sanctification by faith
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"I do not find this life -- what in
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In commenting on the foregoing expe
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service, the whole membership were
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temperance and social purity than a
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After telling of his going to a cam
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lay my head upon my pillow until I
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"I have said enough; the half I hav
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"A meeting commenced in my church.
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itter opposition on the part of oth
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