Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

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This hurt my pride. I thought, “Well, I asked Marj three times tosew my button on, and she didn’t do it. If a girl won’t sew abutton on for you before you marry her, is there any chance ofher doing it after you marry her?” I had a little pity party andwent on my journey, with that episode simmering inside of me.When I returned the next week, I was still thinking about thebutton. Marj and I went out for a walk along the promenade atScarborough, a full September moon shining over our heads, andthis issue was still needling me.“You know,” I remarked, “I’ve been wondering whether, afterall, we are suited to one another as partners for life. Maybe we’renot.” I was putting a feeler out, still hurting over the button incident,and wanted to find out if she thought as much about me asI did about her. I had decided, if it wasn’t a 50-50 relationship, Ididn’t want it.I thought our relationship might be just a convenience to her. InEngland, the milkman delivers a bottle of milk to the doorstepevery morning, and I thought, “She’s treating me as if I’m just abottle of milk. I happen to be on the doorstep every weekendwhen I come over, and it’s very convenient for her. However, Ihave opportunity of many young ladies as I travel around in thework of the Lord, and I’m not prepared to marry a girl unless it’s50-50. This isn’t even 60-40 or 70-30. It’s more like 80-20. It’sfar more on my side than on hers, and I’m not having it!”So, very politely and spiritually, I put this before her saying, “Idon’t think, really, that we are suited for one another.”Now, if she had only broken down, if she had only wept… if shehad only put her arms around my neck and said, “Oh, Arthur,please don’t break up with me!” But, she just answered, “Allright,” as if I had been offering her a bar of chocolate or somethinginsignificant like that.I thought, “This perishing girl! I’m glad I’m finishing with her. Itmeans so little to her.” Angrily I thought, “She doesn’t think anythingof me.”That was the end of it for me, and for the next three years I hadit all settled in my mind. Wild horses couldn’t drag me back tothat girl. No! Never! During this time, whenever I was in her64
presence, I made certain we were never alone together. If peoplebegan leaving the room where we were, I got out quickly. Neveronce did our eyes meet. For three years this continued, but inthat revival, the Spirit of God came upon me one weekend.I woke up one Friday with every part of my body trembling as ifI were ill, but I wasn’t ill. I looked at my hands, at my tremblingfingers, and rebuked myself. “Stop it!” I commanded. “Stop it!”I could not stop shaking. For the next three days, my entire bodytrembled every moment I was awake.God spoke one Word to me during that period. It was, “Button.”I knew the whole button incident was an issue of my pride asGod dealt with me, but I cried, “No! I’m not going to admit I’mwrong. If I do, the whole thing will start again, and I’m not marryingMarjorie Coates. If she were the last girl in all the world, Iwouldn’t have her. Wild horses couldn’t drag me back to thatgirl!”God kept after me, and I knew I would have to apologize to her.I went down to the kitchen where Marj, wearing her apron, wasbaking bread. I apologized, and what I had dreaded, happened…it started again. It was not that she didn’t suit the affection of myheart, but the pride in my heart had been greater than my affection.Once my pride was out of the way, I was open to resumethe courtship.I Touched the Glory.In 1939, a Pastor Simmons invited me to minister at a church inLancashire. When I arrived, I was surprised to find that PastorSimmons was a young woman who was exceedingly smart anddressed in the height of fashion. She owned a business and hadmoney, personality, the position of pastor, and by any standard,she would be called attractive.I stood up that first night and ministered on the glory of God toa small company assembled, perhaps 40 people. I taught that itdoesn’t matter what a person does, but what does matter is whyhe does it, because God is after our motives. He is after truth inthe inward parts, not eye-service by men-pleasers seeking to keepup with the Jones’s. Jesus describes natural men’s lives that look65
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 88 YEARSBy Arth
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Book Orders & InformationWeb Page:
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PrefaceIn more than 70 years of min
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my father’s second marriage. Many
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avoid each stair that creaked. I wo
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oom house, as if he were important.
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I sat down, and with Father dictati
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Then the preacher went around the r
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One of his preacher friends was dri
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Page 53 and 54: 4 Pastor BurtSomehow I patched up t
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Page 105 and 106: What then is the answer? The only w
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Page 115 and 116: 8 “The Glory Meetings”As the mo
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“Mister,” I remarked. “I don
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She led me into the bedroom where t
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This upset and offended Archie. “
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9 Forbid Them NotThe next move of G
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ut it didn’t. After our meeting w
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orphanage — £150, China Inland M
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Meanwhile, I continued ministering
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“Oh, I wish I could believe that,
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over backwards, defying the law of
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It wasn’t two years. Sonya was de
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Finally, after much deliberation, I
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“I wish you had told me,” I sai
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10 Walking the LandIt started like
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Brother Friday. I’ll leave Paddoc
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In Dungannon, Ireland, as I walked
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A hard lesson in SwedenThe truth ma
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Andrew was upset about our move.
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I saw that I am sometimes guilty of
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ut on Christmas night, they returne
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ience. It seemed, at the time, as i
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through his whole life like a hot k
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Stevie, what was the story Uncle Ar
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11 The Proceeding WordA party of pe
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I was ministering in Portsmouth and
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same string. The three of us moved
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airport. I wondered if anyone would
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and praising God, while Sister Wall
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piano to a dead cat — or if, perc
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Just then, rain began to fall softl
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I told him to drop me off at the bu
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I discovered this, I didn’t inven
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Clockwise from right:1. Mickey the
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12 Climb the Mountain!On my first t
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leave, and then had begun pelting m
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There shall be no ebb. This is sign
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my ministry. Originally, God had sp
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I walked up the drive to this house
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— broken drains, damp basement
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Then the phone rang. It was Harry B
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13 These Foolish ThingsWhen I was f
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“Go away! Go away!” Pam demande
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Big (in my own eyes), pompous Arthu
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I thought I knew the voice of God a
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This reminds me of the old story of
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drive all the way to the Convention
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I got on the plane and looked at th
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Haiti. The large straw hatSometimes
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14 Far & AwayEl SalvadorWhen I was
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It’s easy for a missionary to go
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we had been during those hours, exc
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“Are you all right brother? Do yo
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I picked it up and went back to the
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“The porter just picked up my lug
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doesn’t really do much for your i
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15Crumbs from aBroken LoafIt is for
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Joy came to me one day and asked me
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“Oh,” he sputtered, “of cours
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He says, “Are you telling me, you
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ly that the message the Spirit of G
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that they’re wonderful. But then
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have now about this house from the
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ministering to God. When you minist
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