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

iefly summarized as the resistance of the world, the flesh and the Devil, the work of the Church
of the Nazarene in Los Angeles and thereabouts goes grandly on.
"I was much impressed with the depth of love for sinners which animated the people, and the
burden for souls which the Lord had put upon them. In the Wednesday night prayermeeting, April
19th, this was especially apparent, and, as a result of the spirit of prayer which there prevailed, God
manifested himself in a solemnity and awfulness which can not be described. I can not better
epitomize the character of the meetings which I attended at the church on Los Angeles street, than
by saying that mothers wept for their unsaved children, and implored the saints of God to pray
importunately for their salvation; wives besought the prayerful interest of fellow Christians for the
conversion of their husbands; friends requested that friends be earnestly remembered at the throne
of grace; prayers for the sick and dying were asked with great depth of feeling; women with tears
streaming from their eyes, told of what God had shown them of the sin, suffering, and misery all
around them, all of which might be removed and alleviated by the precious blood of Jesus; men
whose appearance showed the intensity of their struggle for the merest necessaries of life, proclaimed
exultantly the saving and sanctifying power of Christ, and almost danced for joy; young girls narrated
in joyous accents the sweet story of their salvation; colored sisters sang with power and pathos the
quaint hymns of their people; colored brothers told with touching eloquence of how Jesus brought
peace and rapture to their souls; Dr. Bresee preached with shining face and kindling eye, amidst
fervent choruses of hallelujahs and amens, the mighty power of God to save now and to the
uttermost, every soul who sought Him in sincerity; the place resounded until the very rafters shook
with the songs of salvation; seekers came to the altar in quest of pardon and the baptism with the
Holy Ghost and fire; and all around were the tokens that God was in the place, and that it was the
very gate of heaven. One dear brother, dying with consumption, came there for the express purpose
of getting saved. He said that he gave himself completely to God, and it is quite likely that ere this
he has passed through the pearly portals, and is now amidst the throng of the redeemed who sing so
rapturously around the throne of God and the Lamb.
"I felt while I was in Los Angeles, that the Church of the Nazarene was on the very eve of greater
victory than it had ever known. This was what the people were praying for, and what I feel confident
they will receive. There as here, Satan is entrenched in most of the families of the church, and there,
as here, only a mighty outpouring of the Spirit of Him who holds the universe in his hand, will
suffice to drive the enemy from these entrenchments.
"As I drove with Dr. Bresee to the Mateo street charge, where Sister Hagg and Brother and Sister
Snelling and others are working so faithfully; as I accompanied him to South Pasadena, and joined
in the work for a few moments with Brother Clark, Brother and Sister McReynolds, and the brethren
there; as I rode out to Elysian Heights with Dr. Bresee and Brother Sisson, and preached to the
people and saw the evidences of the harvest which had already resulted from the faithful labors of
Brother and Sister McIntyre, Brother and Sister Jaynes, and their fellow laborers; as I went with
Brother Bresee and Sisters Knott and Baldwin, to Jefferson street, and there in a little cabin joined
hands with Brother and Sister Allison and their blessed work among the children and families of that
neighborhood, and listened to the happy testimonies of salvation--I was more than ever impressed
with the fact that God is using the Church of the Nazarene in Southern California to carry the gospel
among the plain people, and to permeate with the highest and most victorious type of Christian life