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

frankincense, and myrrh. No other facts so affect the most thoughtful as these spectacular things,
reinforced by the virgin birth, the preceding prophetic utterances, the succeeding revelations of His
personality in His life, death, and resurrection, and the effects produced upon the race. With joy we
hasten to celebrate His day, and worship at the feet of Him 'who has lifted the gates of empires from
their hinges, and turned the stream of human history out of its course,' and who is giving us a new
earth by bringing down into it the New Jerusalem.
"Wait! We shall see it all later. Water will blush and turn to wine; waves will cease their
commotion and make a rocking cradle for tempests. Funeral processions will stop at His command,
and the house of sorrow will be rehabilitated with the voices of love."
Progress Of The Movement
During the first half of the year 1909, Dr. Edward F. Walker became one of the pastors of the First
Church, in Los Angeles, Dr. Bresee remaining the senior pastor of the church. In the months of May
and June, Dr. Bresee presided over the District Assemblies of the San Francisco and Southern
California Districts. These Assemblies, as well as those held in other parts of the country, showed
a constant advance, and manifested the conquering spirit and trend of the movement.
In August, Rev. W. W. Danner, for many years an honored member and officer of the Iowa
Holiness Association, and an able preacher, educator, and executive, accepted the position of dean
of the Deets Pacific Bible College. Dr. Bresee was reelected president, and Dr. E. F. Walker became
a member of the faculty. The following additional officers were also elected: Leslie F. Gay, vice
president; Lily D. Bothwell, recording secretary; Fred C. Epperson, treasurer. The trustees besides
the foregoing were: Rev. Isaiah Reid, Leora Maris, Martha L. Seymour, Rev. H. S. Johnson, C. E.
McKee, Rev. John W. Goodwin, Andrew Adams, F. E. Crawford, Jackson Deets, Rev. W. C.
Wilson, and Rev. E. A. Girvin.
It was in August, 1909, that the first District campmeeting was held in Southern California. It was
a time of great victory and salvation. Among those who preached were Dr. Bresee, Rev. W. W.
Danner, Rev. H. J. Elliott, Rev. P. G. Linaweaver, and Brother Fred St. Clair, the well known
evangelist.
Communion With Nature
Describing his journey across the continent in September, 1909, Dr. Bresee says: "The long trips
across the continent never lose their exhilaration. To go anywhere as even the lowliest of His
messengers, would be sufficient joy. Bishop Taylor used to say, 'The Lord does not need to give me
a second invitation to go with Him to any country or any world.' In this trip, as in others, the
mountains and deserts and clouds have been full of ministries of pleasure. I enjoy with peculiar
pleasure the cloud formations. Nothing in art, and few things in nature excel in beauty their fantastic
and often almost lifelike scenes. The deserts and mountains have each their own peculiar charms.
The earth and skies are full of magnificence and beauty, which has been spread before us all.
Incitements to worship seem to come from all things about us, but none can really worship in the
beauty of holiness, but he who sees the riches of glory of divine love, as manifested on Calvary."