Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THE LORD TOOK HOLD OF BUGBROOKE
We communists are the ones who get shot and jailed and slandered.
We live in virtual poverty. We turn back to the party every
penny we make above what is absolutely necessary. We don’t
have time for movies and concerts or T-bone steaks, or decent
homes, or new cars. We are called fanatics. Our lives are dominated
by one great vision. We have a philosophy no money can
buy, and a purpose to fight for. It is my life, my business, my
religion, my hobby, my sweetheart, my lover, my bread and my
meat. I work at it in the daytime and dream of it at night. Its
hold on me grows, not lessens — therefore I cannot carry on a
friendship or even a conversation without relating it to this force
that drives my life. I have already been in jail, and if necessary,
I am ready to go before the firing squad. 16
‘How much more,’ said Noel, looking in Ralph’s direction,
‘should we be devoted to the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ!’
With tears in his eyes, Ralph worshipped his newfound Saviour.
A week passed and another of Rufus’ friends came to see
what was going on. Mary was French — and the philosophical
arty type. She was an ‘acid head’, her boyfriend was astrologer
to the Beatles, and she was into Timothy Leary and
the psychedelics.
When Rufus appeared in Chelsea, she watched him going
round praising the Lord and hugging his old friends. It was
bizarre, but unusually solid for Rufus, she thought. He was
becoming human again!
Mary came up, and was lighting a fire when Ralph walked
in, beaming. ‘Mary,’ he said, ‘I’ve been converted.’ She
couldn’t believe it: Ralph, the militant atheist!
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