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

Holy Love
"Second. They love one another with a warm, tender, and sincere affection, and do not permit
differences of opinions to estrange them. All their meetings are sociable, and Sunday is a real
campmeeting. Many scores of people come to the church in time for Sunday school, at 9 a. m., and
stay until 10 o'clock at night. They bring their food with them, and eat two meals in the church. Most
of them bring enough to entertain one or two others. Between services, they have a real picnic to the
glory of God. All are happy, and their conversation is in heaven, and not of a worldly character. Now
and then, even at these times, a soul is brought to the altar, and saved and sanctified.
"Third. They love their pastor, and hold up his hands in every possible way. They encourage his
heart by frequent expressions of appreciation and affection.
"Fourth. They love souls with an intensity created and sustained by the Holy Ghost. They have
learned the sweet lesson that this is the central purpose and thought in the great heart of God, and
that only by travailing for, and giving birth to spiritual children, can the church or its members retain
their spiritual life and freshness, and constantly get deeper down into the fathomless depths of the
love of God."
Dr. Bresee, in telling about the Chicago convention, stated that he was met at the depot in
Chicago, after leaving Kewanee, by Brother Martin, Dr. Burke, and Sister Martha Curry; that during
the various services conducted by him, nearly fifty seekers were at the altar; that at the convention
proper, on September 6th and 7th, there were present representatives from the churches in the
immediate vicinity, and some from greater distances, among the latter being Dr. Nye, from
Michigan, Brothers Pattee and Harper, from Indiana, and the Rev. L. B. Kent, of Jacksonville, Ill.;
that the General Superintendent was requested to organize that part of the country into a District
Assembly; and that one happy peculiarity of the meetings was the presence there of Brother and
Sister Ely, Brother Trumbower, and Sister Lynch, all of the First Church, Los Angeles.
After holding a largely attended meeting at Howard, Kansas, where Brother Brilhart was pastor,
with a good tide of salvation, Dr. Bresee turned his face homeward, and for a time resumed his
labors as pastor of the First church, in Los Angeles.