Phineas F. Bresee - A Prince In Israel - Media Sabda Org

up of Mark Twain and the Apostle Paul, but all these elements filled with the Spirit of our Lord. We
glorify the grace of God in him, and believe that this grace manifest in him will lift up many that
others could not reach. Only those who have heard Rev. Bud Robinson, have any idea of this gentle,
earnest personality, with genius to see and say things, with native humor and pathos, which the Holy
Spirit uses to utter the truth--much of which is in exact Scripture phraseology--to reach the hearts
of men. The people greatly enjoy hearing him, but more than that, hearts open to him as flowers open
to sunshine, and he is enabled to lead them in the way of life."
Dedication Of The Church In Berkeley
On April 30,1903, Dr. Bresee began a series of meetings in the Berkeley church, and on May 3d,
he dedicated the new church, and took up a large table offering. I gave my impressions of the
occasion, and of the ministry of Dr. Bresee as follows:
"I can not find words to tell what a blessing to our little band was the coming of this bold hero of
the cross; this battle-scarred warrior in the army of Jesus. Truly, the Lord was never more manifest
in Brother Bresee's work and ministry than during the last few days. As he stood in our little
tabernacle before crowded audiences, and proclaimed the dispensational message with a tongue of
fire, the Holy Ghost put the seal of the divine approval upon him. and the people trembled before
the onrushing, dynamic power of the message of full salvation. As I sat and watched this faithful
preacher of holiness, and thought of how unstintedly during the years that are gone, he had poured
his life, and energy, and sympathy, and thought, and talent into the glorious work to which Jesus
called him when a boy, as I felt the glow of his fervor, and the tenderness of his love for Christ and
humanity, I found myself transported in thought to other days, and could scarce refrain from
imagining that I was listening, not to a preacher of the twentieth century, with its materialism, higher
criticism, and worldly ecclesiasticism, but to Wesley, or Whitefield, or Luther, or Melancthon, or
Finney, or Caughey, or Redfield, or Maxwell. Thank God for a man who preaches the old-time
religion with the old-time zeal and power, and touches of the divine glory! Over and over again Dr.
Bresee, my dear comrade in the war against sin, emphasized the truth that our business was to keep
heaven open, and to bring the holy fire down from the skies. May the Lord help us all to remember
these great, cardinal principles of the holy warfare and the holy victory. His visit was an inspiration
to us, and God used him to encourage our hearts and renew our resolve to push the battle of
holiness."
Rev. W. C. Wilson
In view of the fact that this faithful brother was so long and so prominently associated with Dr.
Bresee for so many years, and that the Lord called them to their heavenly home about the same time,
I deem it fitting to quote from an editorial by Dr. Bresee, in the Nazarene Messenger, of October 1,
1903, as follows:
"Rev. W. C. Wilson, of Hanson, Ky., whose name, together with those of his family, appear in
this issue of the Messenger as having been received into the Church of the Nazarene, has been a
minister, doing evangelistic service in the Methodist church, South. He was expelled from that
church for holding a meeting in the Baptist church in the city in which he lived, which was blest of