TESTIMONY
Vol. l CHICAGO; ILL., JULY 1, 1910
SPECIAL EDITION FOR ~PREADINO THE TRUTH ABROAD.
Acts, 2, 4-
, And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit
gave, them utterance.
EDITORIAL
It h'as been several months since a new edition, of
PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY has appeared. We have
simply found it impossible to preDare the. material
sooner, owing to so many other pressing duties. About
ten weeks has been spent in revival work,and when
we are in revival work, we feel that in ordertb get the
best results we have to devote all our time and strength
to,preaching and praying for seekers. We spent six
weeks in Canada; during the winter, and> had the
blessed privilege of seeing between fifty andsixtJpeo-
. pIe' baptized in the Holy Spirit, and numbers saved
ahd se.-eral healed, besides we believe the faith, of many
was strengthened, and their experiences dei~pened.
We believe God still has a place for PE£:TTECOSTAL
TESTIMONY, tlterefore we are preparing'to cbiltinue its
publication. We believe its clear, pointed teachings are
11eeded, and as long as they are needed, it will appear
just as often as the Lord leads, and gives time and
strength to prepare the material. We are sure when
He does this He will provide the funds to" pay .for
printing. and mailing. PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONy,COn-
tinues to stand for the real truths of Pentecost. It will
never lower the standard, or fall back on to old lines;
-: nor will it ever compromise with any manor move-
ment. We have taken our stand on the Word of God,
and shall continue to stand there.
,In spite of all the ,compromisers, and every scheme
and device of man or devil, the mighty wQrk of God
is still progressing, and the truth of God is being estab-
lished. The Spirit is !;till falling on hundreds, and they
are speaking in tongues as at the beginning. ,We have
been in the experience more than three years, and are
more fully convinced than ever before, that the work
is of divine origin. We believe the speaking in tongues
to be the evidence of the bap6§m in the Holy Ghost.
God is confirming this doctrine with the signs follow-
ing. It is among those that stand for this truth, that
the Spirit is being poured out, and other mighty works
done in the name of Jesus, and in the power of the
Holy Ghost. The sick are being. healed, many are
being converted, and in rnany unmistakable ways God
is showing His approval of the work. Not so among
those who do not stand for the truth,'-or who have gone
back to old lines. The power of God is leaving them,
and they are becoming col4 and formal. Many of
them are ,going against all manifestations of the Spirit.
They keep their work going by calling convention after
No.5
convention; and by getting one new speaker after an-
'other; These things bring. very few definite results,
because this is not' the plan of God and He cannot
bless it. .
PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY stands for real fun salva-
ti~n in Christ,and for the real baptism in the Holy
'5pirit. False theories concerning the baptism will be
'exposed when dealt with at all. We stand, and shall,
continue to stand for unity of all God's people itl the
. Spirit, not in the flesh. We cannot afford to purchase
unity by sacrificing the Truth of God. This has been
our stand from the beginning and, by the grace of
God, shall be to the end. We cannot even afford to
compromise with the government to get the lower
postage rates. 'We prefer to remain free.
We cannot help expressing our gratitude to God for
the success He has given the paper. Four n'umbers
have been issued, three of which consisted of 2,S,000
each, and the other of 51,900 copies. These have all
found ready circulation,and thousands have been or-
. dered which we could not supply, and today we are
entirely out of all numbers of the paper, though orders
are comincr in on almost every mail. Literally thou-
sands of ktters have been received, coming from all
parts of the the world expressing the writers' appre-
ciation of the paper. All this has been a very g.reat ,.
encouracrement and help to us, especially in the many
cases where people had received the Pentecostal bap-
tism through reading the paper.
We shall continue to publish the paper as long as the
Lord leads, and shall much appreciate the earnest pray- •
ers of all who love the real Pentecostal truth, and who
are interested in its spread. • •
THE GREAT CRISIS NUMBER TWO.
In number four PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY, we pub-
lished an article headed, "The Great Crisis, What Is
the Plan of God?" From all parts of the world we re-
ceived mention of this article; many saying it was just
what the Lord had made them to see. At the time we .
wrote the article, we were conscious that it did not
. fully cover the ground, nor do we believe that we can
. in anyone or two articles exhaust this subject. We
feel, however, that the Lord would be pleased to have
us take up the subject again.
Weare already. entering into the 111()st remarkable
crisis that has been witnessed on earth for centuries.

2 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
" Very few seem to realize the importance and gravity
of this time. Few seem to see or understand the plan
of God. The ignorance concerning the time in which
we live is appalling. The more men learn along other
lines, the more ignorant they seem to become concern-
ing the wonderful plan of God. This is an age of
science and invention; but sad to say, men seem to be
entirely g.iven up to these things. They refuse to retain
, the knowledge of God in their consciences. We are
reminded of the words of Christ "Oh ye hypocrites! ye
can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern
the signs of the times?" Men are intellectually' mad!
There never was a time when men were so taken up
with their own works and plans, and so little interested
in God and His plans as they are today. This has re-
sulted in an attempt on the part of the scientific world
to rule God out entirely, or to leave us only a vague,
mysterious, impersonal God. This condition has been
maturing for years. Up to the last few years men
have only' cautiously or apologetically expressed their
skeptical views on important religious subjects; but
of late they are becoming more and more outspoken.
They have laid aside their masks and seem to have
laid aside all fear, and are openly and publicly ridicul-
ing the most vital and 'fundamental principles of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. They ridicule His personal
claim that He was the Son of God, and' the claims
of His Apostles and all others on the same line. They
are bitter in their denunciations of a Blood atonement,
thus ruling out the whole plan ofsalvation and redemp-
tion. Orthodoxy is a subject for special ridicule in
much of the current literature of the day, as well as
in most of the institutions of learning. The man that
believes the story of the Cross of Calvary today is the
exception and not the rule. The man today who de-
clares his belief in the Bible doctrille of redemption
and salvation through the Blood of Christ, makes him-
~elf an object of ridicule in the circles of higher edu-
cation.
In the religious world it is little better. It would
be hard to imagine anything that resembled the Pentec.
costal church much less than the church of today. The
church of today is full of unbelief. Its pulpits are
filled with skeptics and higher critics, who are follow-
ing. closely in the footsteps of the unbelieving higher
'" ,educationalists. It cannot be said that the church of
today is drifting away from God; it has already drifted
away from Him. Not only do the preachers fail to
contend for the truth of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ, but they stoutly contend against it. There is
not one leading denomination of today, whose preach-
ers are contending for the doctrines on which the de-
nomination was founded. Instead of telling of the
quickening power of faith in the Blood of Christ, the
ministers are preaching evolution; instead of preaching
the Bible doctrine of regeneration, and calling men to
repentance, they preach reform, and advise men to
come under the moral influence of the church. Instead
of telling of the power of God to save and justify, they
deny that there is any such power. They have the
form of g.odliness, but deny the power thereof.
A hundred years ago the ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church were not only warning men to flee
from the wrath to come, and calling them to repent-
ance, but were thundering forth the truth concerning
sanctincation, so fearlessly that men were made to
know that without holiness no man shall see the Lord.
Today m~n are frequently turned from the pulpits of
this same church for preaching the doctrine of holi-
\
ness. It is a solemn fact that most of the truths that
the founders of Methodism made so prominent are ex-
cluded from the pulpits of the leading Methodist
churches of today. When John Wesley was sick he
prayed to God and God healed him. When on the way
to his appointment, and his horse became lame, he
called on the Lord, and He healed his horse. Recently
I talked with a minister who has been thrust out of the
Methodist Church for preaching certain truths to which
they objected. He said God showed him the truth
concerning divine healing, and he began to pray for
the people, and to .tell them that the Lord would heal
them. God healed some for whom he prayed. The
presiding elder' and a brother pastor waited on him
and told him that he would have to stop preaching
this doctrine' or leave the church. He told them it was
a doctrine of the Bible and that God was blessing it
and healing the people and he would have to preach it.
They told him that the Methodist Church would not
stand for any such thing, and that he would have to
stop it. He thoug.ht he would stand some chance at
the general conference, and told them so, but they
only laughed at him. When the conference met he WClS
thrust out, and denied the privilege of saying a word
in his own defense. This is only one sample of what is
going on. If a man wants to preach the Gospel of
Jesus Christ as it is in the Bible, he has to do it out-
side of the religious denominations. of this day. While
there ate still many honest souls in many of them who
love the truth, as organizations, they have ruled the
real truths of the Gospel out, and in their stead have
substituted the theories of men.
If this woeful state had been allowed to continue,
without direct interference from God, it is sad to con-
template what the result would have been, but during
the last hundred years God has been dealing directly
with a host of people who have set their hearts to seek
His face, and night and day from all parts of the world
a mighty cry has been ascending to God for help;
When from so many standpoints things have looked
so dark, it is evident that God ha5 been in close touch
with the situation, and, as it were, preparing to strike
at the right time. Just as the scientific world has
ru!t';d God entirely out, and the relig.ious world has
practically done the same thing, just when the religious
world is united in the proclamation, that the days of
miracles are past, and are scoffing at the idea of God's
performing miracles i.n this age; just when the preach-
ers are justifying their lack of power by declaring
that God performs no works of power today, God has
made a move that is startling the whole religious world
in a measure at least, and will more thoroughly arouse
them in the near future.
The proof of the condition of the religious world
may be seen by the way they have received, or rather
failed to receive the great outpouring of the Holy
Spirit which God has sent to the world, and which has
spread all over the world. God could not introduce
this wonderful work through one of the religious de-
nominations of today-nor could He do so through any
of the so-called holiness movements. He simply
ig.nored them all, and when His own people who love
Him with all their hearts, and who, in spite of all the
teacnings and theories of men, believe the Word of
God, continued to cry to Him to demonstrate the truth
of His Word and send another Pentecost, He has an~
swered their prayers, and has sent exactly what they
have prayed for. God did not simply send a revival of
religion, but He has sent a genuine Apostolic Pente-

PEN TEe 0 S T It. L
costal outpouring of the Holy Ghost, exactly like the
one described in the Bible. How refreshing it is to
the souls who have waited on God for so long to see
this real proof of the truth of His Word. Much of the
Word of God had been experienced in our lives before,
but now in addition to all that we had. experienced be-
fore, we have this clear unmistakable proof of the
Word of God concerning the baptism in the Holy
Ghost. Nothing could be more real than this wonder-
ful experience. The blessed Holy Spirit simply comes
upon and into our souls and bodies and takes possession
and speaks through us, as a proof that it is the real
Bible brand we receive, and takes up His abode in our
bodies which now become His temples, and begins
- His work of leading into all the truth, as Jesus said He
would do. After nineteen hundred years we have the
exalted privilege of seeing God do again what He did
in the days of the Apostles, and no words can possibly
express the praise and gratitude we feel in our souls to
God.
One would think, that, as deep as the need is, the
whole religious world would have welcomed such an
outpouring of the Holy Ghost: It would seem that no
lover of the Bible could fail to recognize it as being
Scriptural, and rejoice that God had sent it. Can it be
that rea,ders and teachers of the Bible have overlooked
the fact that the great outpourings of the Spirit
recorded in the Bible were accompanied with the speak-
ing in new tongues? Can it be that the one thing that is
made so plain in the Bible has made no impression on
them? Is it because they cannot see the similarity be-
tween this experience and work and that outlined in the
acts? There must be some real reason, and we will
. attempt to locate it in this article.
When God sent the present Pentecostal movement it
was different from anything on earth. Many had
prayed for an outpouring of the Holy Ghost, not un-
derstanding what they were praying for, and when it
came they could not understand it, and when they
found that according to its teachings they had not yet
been baptized in the Holy Ghost themselves, they re-
fused to become seekers and some of them turned
against the work and denounced it, because having
posed as having the Holy Spirit they were too proud
to acknowledge their condition and need before God
and the people, so denounced the work.
. The Pentecostal movement is the means that God is
using to hasten the crisis. It is drawing the fire of all
religious bodies in existence. It is something that can-
not be left alone, however much many of its opponents
would like to do so. It is drawing a line around the
world, so to speak, and every person that comes in con-
tact with it has to get on one side of it or the other.
There is no half way grounds. Either it is a genuine
outpouring of the Holy Spirit, or it is the basest fraud
the world has ever seen, and the most far-reaching as
well. Many of the most deeply spiritual people in the
country recognized it at once as a real Pentecostal out-
pouring of the Spirit of God, and by scores and hun-
dreds were filled with the Spirit and spake in tongues.
It aroused such general attention, and was received by
so many, that the religious world began to be deeply
alarmed.
Especially did the leaders of the different little holi-
ness movements who were most effected by it rise up
against it; they tried by tnimicry, mockery, ridicule,
slander and misrepresentation to down it. Other re-
ligious leaders and moverrients were equally as hostile
to it, but were not so much effected by it. But it had
/
T E.S TIM 0 N Y 3
come to stay, and to all appearances -it w~s able to take
care of itself; or rather God was taking care of it. The
opposition saw that if they did not down it, it would
down them. They accordingly preparec;l for battle, and
began to denounce the work in the m9st scathing terms,
calling it demonology, wildfire, wild fanaticism, the
tongues delusion, and any other thing that happened
to come into their minds. They called the people devils,
J
fanatics, deceivers, libertines, harlots,,. cran~s, ang.
suppose every o<her bad name that came mto th~lr
minds, and then. had the unblushing effrontery to say
meekly, "The tongues people have not as much love as
they ought to have," and "Isn't - love better than
tongues?" They published books, pamphlets, tracts, ar-
ticles in papers, and preached sermons against the
work. They thrpw the saints out of their-gatherings
and branded them as devils. They attacked the peo-
ple, the doctrines, the manifestations, the tongues. I
have read books or tracts or printed articles against
the work by Brooks, Godbey, Reese, McLaughlin,
Steele, Martin, A. T. Pierson, Mrs. Habershon, Kauff-;
man, Di'xori and many others, each one assuming that
he was an authority on ~he subject, and seeming to
prove to his own satisfaction that the work could not
be of God.
Johnston Myers, of Chicago, and a host of preachers
throughout the country have denounced the work in
the bitterest terms, and have preached or prophesied
against it, but all their statements and predictions have
fallen to the ground, and it has been proven that what-
ever else they may be, they are very unreliable
prophets. I have carefully read the writings of theBe
and many others who are not mentioned by riame in
this article, and it is more than astounding to me that
no two of them take anything like the same view of the
matter, and this makes it impossible to answer them
collectively as I should like to do, and there are so
many of them, that to answer each of them is simply
out of the question. I simply mention them as enemies
who are outside of the movement. I feel it right, how-
ever, to say that some of the above mentioned have
not been very bitter in their den.unciation of the work,
but most of them have.
On the inside the work has been mU'ch misunder-
stood, and as much misrepresented. The devil has left
no stone unturned, that he could turn to hinder the
work or bring reproach upon it. He has pushed every
flighty, or visionary, fanatical, or mentally or other-
wise unbalanced person into it, that it was possible for
him to influence. He has worked upon the flesh, played
upon the imagination of man, imitated every work of
the Spirit of God, introduced every fleshly manifesta-
tion in his power into the work to try to frighten peo-
ple away. He has roared and threatened; counter-
feited, lulled people to sleep, deceived and led astray
when in his power to do so. He has been willing to
pay any price necessary to bring about the downfall
of any leader of any consequence in the movement.
I never saw nor heard of such activity on the part of
the devil against any people in my life. Everything
that he has accomplished on any of these lines he has_
immediately sounded his trumpet, and called the at-
tention ot all the people to it, and all the enemies of the
work have at once taken it up with j9Y, and spread
it far and wide. It has been surprising to me, that
everything that could be said -to be questionable, has
been so carefully observed, and s6 faithfully proclai1l1 ed
and that the wonderful works of God have been taken
so little notice of. For instance if there is some pe-
4 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
culiar manifestation in a meeting, and in the same
meeting twenty people should stand and tell h::>w won-
derfully and miraculously God has healed them, the
opposers seldom take any notice of the testimonies as
to what God has wrought, but go away and slander the
whole company for what some person did, that per-
haps was a great grief to the Pentecostal people, and
for which only one individual was responsible, nor do
we ever excus'e people for getting into the flesh, but
more generally sing them down or even eject them
from the building.
Further, there have been men on the inside of the
movement whose heads the enemy has filled with the
idea of, and desire for leadership, and they have spent
much time trying to convince the people that the work
needed organization, and of course trying to work
themselves into the position of leaders. They seem to
be so blind that they can see nothing beyoncl a mere
human organization. They seem to think that after all
the failures of man along these lines God is going to
intrust the present -great work to the control of man:
Knowing God's work has been hindered so much by
man trying to control it in the past, and that His peo-
ple are unwilling to be tricked again, these schemers
are cunning enough of course to only contend for a
very simple form of organization, and if they cannot
get full control of the work, they will leave no stone
unturned to get as much control as they can. People
of God in every land, I plead with you in the name of
Christ, remain free. Do not be deceived by any of
:h_~se schemes of men who are seeking power and
glory for themselves. The saddest part of it is, that
those as far as I know both-in the United States and
Canada, who are concerning themselves so much
about the matter of organization, have in all past time
proven themselves so utterly unfit for the positions to
which they aspire. I do not wish to pillory anyone, as
my contention is not against any man as such, but some
of those who have written me criticising me for my
stand in this matter, and because I cannot recognize
these self appointed leaders, would do well to examine
the record of some of them, and find out if they have
been expelled from the organizations with which they
were formerly connected for booming, and rushing out
missionaries and then failing to support them, or if
any of them have been expelled for the way they have
handled missionary funds intrusted to their care in the
past, before they attempt to force God's people to bow
to them as leaders, and acknowledge them capable of
controlling the missionary work in this blessed Perte-
costal movement.
There is nothing on earth today, that is bearing such
a powerful testimony against the flesh, and all the
works and theories of men, as is the Pentecostal move-
ment. As a result, every person that is in the flesh or
who has any fleshly ambitions, is stoutly condemning
the whole movement. Every theory of man is being
so fully exposed, and set at nought, that unless some-
thing happens speedily, people can no longer be held
by any theory. If the teaching in the Pentecostal move-
ment is true, and it is, every other theory concerning
the subject is utterly false, and is simply deceiving
people, and cheating them out of the real baptism.
Men know this, and t4is accounts for the mighty battle
that is so fiercely raging. It is a battle between truth
and error, and truth is bound to prevail. It is a battle
between flesh and the Spirit, and the Spirit is sure to
prevail. There is a real deadlock, as it were, as the
flesh dies hard, and is fighting to the very last ditch.
There is a mighty battle as to which shall prevail, the
plan of man or the plan of God, and God is as certain
to put His plan in force in the earth, as that He is on
His throne. Man had just as well see this first as last,
and stand aside, and let God perform His wonderful
works. Man has proven a failure in spiritual matters
in all past time, and all his plans have failed. In the
end of the days the Lord has poured out His Spirit,
as in the beginning of the dispensation, and has under-
taken to restore to His own spiritual church all that
she has lost through the failure and unbelief of man,
and He will do so--not by bringing into existence an-
other organization, but by bringing those which He has
filled with the Spirit entirely under His control, and
imparting to them His gifts, and performing through
them His wondrous works.
Nothing short of a full surrender to the will of God,
with an absence of any desire for recognition, position
or reward, will bring us into the _place that God can use
us to perform His mighty works, and this is a place
man does not want to take. Mari wants to be seen and
heard. Man wants to do something and be something.
The Holy Ghost says to every man to get -down at the
feet of Jesus Christ and stay there. He tells u;; we are
nothing, and that we can do nothing. He makes the
Lord Jesus Christ all in all. He magnifies the work of
redemption and discounts even the best works of man.
Men want God to help them in their work, but He
passes them by and continues to exalt the work of
Christ on the Cross of Calvary. Everything else has
been exalted in the earth, and now the Holy Ghost is
exalting the name of Jesus Cl'irist. He is defending:
and confirming the truth of God, and it will be estab-
lished amc:mg the people of God. Every enemy of the
truth will be subdued; every theory will be exposed.
Everyone will ha¥e a chance to see1.nd hear the work
of the Spirit of God. He has again "Poured forth that
which ye now see and hear."
Men and movements are being called to decide
whether to continue on in the old way, or to fall in line
with the plan of God, and they are making their de-
cisions by the thousands. Many who have long waited
for a real demonstration of the power of God, and who
now see it, are rejoicing and giving God the glory, and
are giving up all their old theories, and works which
have been so largely in the flesh, and are praying night
and day that God will put His own plan in operation,
and that He will overthrow all the plans of men; and
God is doing it. On the other hand, all who are in
the flesh, and who are full of fleshly manifestations are
fighting with all their might, but are sure to lose in
the end.
Three classes, already formed, are rapidly develop-
ing; first the unbelieving world, which is ripening for
destruction; second the unbelieving cold and formal
church, which together with the unbelieving world is
preparing the way for the anti-Christ. A portion of
the cold formal church will have life enough to be
saved, but will have to pass through the tribulation.
The third class is those who are yielding themselves
wholly to God, and are sealed unto the day of redemp-
tiOl.).. These are living the overcoming life, and will
constitute the reigning force in the millenial kingdom
of Jesus Christ. They are the pre-tribulation rapture
saints who will be caught up in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air. I Thess. 4 :16-17. I Cor. 15 :51-52-
53-54. Rev. 20 :4-6.
 P EN T E ,C 0 ~ TAL T EST I M 0 N Y
A TESTIMONY Ff-.OM INDIA.
Beulah, 37 Sentor St.,
Jacob's Circle, Bombay, India,
Jan. 23, 19IO.
My Dear Brother Durham:
NO.4 of Pentecostal Testimony reached my wife to-
day, and since I took it up to read, I passed just about
through its contents before I laid it down. The three
previous copies have brought untold blessing to me,
and this last one has done likewise. The truth always
refreshes and vitalizes the souls that are open to it, and
with the many hundreds of God's saints throughout the
earth, we praise God for what He has been doing' in
Chicago.
While still in America, God showed me the truth
about this Pentecostal Outpouring and in May, 1907.
at Columbia, S. c., I began to seek my personal
baptism. At the same time He showed me the Scrip-
tural distinctiol1 between the "gift of tongues" and the
utterance of the Holy Spirit given at the time of being
baptized in Him. The latter I saw clearly was the in-
fallible sign of being baptized into the Holy Spirit.
These points of truth were clear to me when I began
to tarry. . Dundas Center M. E. church, and the head of The
God, in His wisdom, permitted me to leave for India
in the fall of 1907, and set me down in the midst of
some missionaries in India, who had heard, but had not
yet seen the Spirit poured out upon a believer. During
Christmas week of that year we decided to have some
waiting meetings and on December 26, 1907, the Lord
Jesus Christ wrought what He showed me He would
do in the previous Spring. The Holy Spirit came
mightily upon me, taking possession of my entire being,
and declared His presence by speaking for some hours
in other tongues. During this same time in which the
Spirit was speaking, God was pleased to lay bare His
heart of love to my redeemed soul by causing me to see
Christ on the Cross, bearing away the sin of the world.
At that time Romans 5:5 became a glowing reality to
my soul. Hallelujah for such a salvation!
In connection with two others, God led out to pub-
lish abroad what He had done and was so willing, yea
waiting and wanting to do for all His people. We had
the joy of seeing many souls likewise enter into the
cloud. Part of the time I have been privileged to labor
with Brother A.H. Post, of Los Angeles, who has
often spoken. of his experience with you in Chicago.
We are expecting him to rejoin us again in the work
in Bombay in the very near future.
The Lord's leadings were of such a character last
Spring that I found it necessary to separate from my
mission and launch out, after the manner of the Pen-
tecostal missionaries. Since I clearly understood it as
His will, I followed with joy, and at present we are
working in connection with a Pentecostal Home in
Bombay, conducted by Miss Orlebar; The intense
opposition' toward this present outpouring has been
manifested to an unusual degree in India, but God has
enabled us to some extent to recognize this as an oppor-
tunity for faith and a call to press the battle to the
gates. On the whole, many have entered into the
Baptism. Many friends gathered during this past
Christmas for two weeks' conference in Fyzabad, No.
India. The Lord rejoiced us with His presence and
manifested that His hand was upon us by baptizing
several more of His saints. Other incidents of His
working could be recorded, but at present I will re-
frain.
5
The Lord bless you richly in all your work of faith
and labor of love, and though a stranger in the flesh,
permit me to remain, Yours in our blessed Lord,
CHRJ:STIAN SHOONMAKER.
OUR CANADIAN TOUR.
On January 6 we left for Berlin, Ont., where a con-
vention was in progress. There we found a company
of loyal Pentecostal ·people. We had the privilege of
staying in the home of our Brother and Sister Ed-
munds, who were then in charge of the work there.'
We will always remember their kindness to us.
God worked in real power in these meetings and a
number received the gift of the Holy Ghost and spoke
in tongues. A retired Mennonite minister was at times
mightily under' the power 6f the Spiritof.God, but did
not get the baptism till later, in Toronto.
While in Berlin, Brother Semple, who with his dear
wife was with me, corresponded with persons in Lon-
don and it was arranged that we should go there for
a few meetings. We arrived there January 13. Ar-
rangements had been made to hold the meetings in the
home of Mr; William H. Wortman, a class leader in
W ortman-Ward Co., a manufacturing establishment..
The member~ of the prayer circle of the First Meth-
odist church, with Mr. Edward F. Towe, their class
leader, and the prayer circle of the Dundas Center
M. E. class, were alike interested in these meetings,
with numbers of other people. They were a people
taught of God and earnestly seeking God's best.
From the first God was with us. Tlienext day after
we arrived the Lord baptized one or two. The third
day of the meeting (Sunday) the Spirit fell on and
baptized six people. By this time the interest was
intense; the power was mighty. The large drawing
rooms of the Wortman home would no longer hold the
people and other rooms of the house were thrown open
and filled with people eager to hear. And nearly all
who came staid to the after service to seek God. No
pen can describe these meetings. Sometimes they were
quiet and the people listened attentively to the Word of
God; again the glory and power of God would rest
upon us in such a measure that we could not proceed
with any regular order of service, but would simply
yield to God and allow Him to work in His own way.
Scarcely a service would end without definite results,
and sometimes two or three would be filled with the
Spirit and speak in tongues in a single service. It was
surprising at times when the power of God worked so
mightily that a people so unaccustomed to seeing real
manifestations of power were so calm in the midst of
it. People would fall and lie as dead under the power.
Other's would be shaken mightily, and some would be
praying, some singing- in the Spirit, some speaking in
tongues, yet all seemed to be praising God in perfect
harmony. .
These meetings continued night and day for twenty
days. During this time thirty-two persons were bap-
tized in the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues as He
gave utterance. Mrs. Wortman received a very clear
and wonderful experience, both speaking in tongues
and singing in the Spirit at the time. Mr. Wortman
also received. . ..
Among the number that received the Holy Spirit
were Mrs. McDermid, Miss Wilson, Mr. Armstrong
and his brother and Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun. Mrs. Cal-
houn'sexperience was very remarkable, owing to past
6 PENTECOi)"J:'AL TESTIMONY
experiences which had left her in a somewhat despond-
ent condition. She was the first to receive, and her
experience was clear and beautiful, and from that very
hour the very light of Heaven shone in her face.
Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong entertained us in their
quiet little home and all that could be done to make us
comfortable and happy was done. Mrs. Armstrong,
who is a remarkable woman of prayer, had prayed and
waited for years for God to do a work in London. As
God began to work she felt that prayers of years were
being answered. God began to deal with her relatives
and friends and before the meetings were over He had
baptized about ten of her near relatives in the Holy
Spirit. May God ever bless these dear people.
God used Brother and Sister Semple in these meet-
ings; also Miss Gertrude Taylor, who came from Chi-
cago during the meetings, bringing little Ethel Mae
Durham with her. Brother and Sister Marshall, who,
with their little son were baptized in the Holy Spirit
while on a visit LO Scotland were with us in the meet-
ings and were used of the Lord. Time and space for-
bid our attempting to relate the wonderful things that
happened or to make persona] mention of all who had
wonderful experiences, or who were used of God after
their baptism. We will simply say a more blessed and
sincere company of people it was never our privilege to
meet. Every heart and every home was open to us.
Mr. and Mrs. Wortman placed their home at the Lord's
disposal for as long as He should keep the meetings
going. They also entertained many who attended the
services either at meals or furnished lodging for them.
The love and fellowship among the Saints was beau-
tiful indeed. God demonstrated clearly that He was no
respecter of persons as all classes were dealt with, and
dealt with alike. There were practical and successful
business men, capable teachers in the schools, rich and
poor, learned and unlearned alike went down under the
mighty power of God and came up filled with the
Spirit, speaking in tongues and magnifying God. The
work was in such a condition that after we left the Lord
continued to bless the people and pour His Spirit upon
them, so that a short time ago Mr. Wortman informed
me that the number of those baptized had reached fifty-
eight and that God was still working.
Personally, I was conscious during the meetings o£
my wealmes.s, of my constant need of help from God.
I was consdous of a deep love burning in my heart for
the people and a strong desire to lift up Christ and
preach Him a~ the only Saviour. God revealed Him
to many in a wonderful way. God did all the work that
was' done and to Him alone be all the glory.
From London we went to the Hebden Mission in
Toronto, where ~e spent ten days, and in spite of the
fact that the P. M. D. people were holding a conven-
tion at the time, and in spite of the division the P. M.
U. has caused there, the Lord was with us in power.
Brother and Sister Hebden are standing firm for the
truth and God is working there in power. We wish
them God speed in their firm stand for real Pentecostal
truth. From there we returned to Chicago, stopping
off two nights in London. May God bless His people
in Canada is our prayer.
THE MIRACULOUS, INSTANTANEOUS HEAL-
ING OF MABEL SIPES, FROM
CONSUMPTION.
While engaged in evangelistic services in London,
Ont., Canada, last winter, Mrs. James Sipes, of Inger-
sol, Ont., sent her daughter, Mabel, to London to
attend the meetings, with a letter to me stating that
her daughter was in I:onsumption, and requesting me
to give her such spiritual help and advice as I could,
and to pray for her healing. I with others dealt with
her and urged her to seek the Lord and to yield
herself to Him and seek to be baptized in the Holy
Ghost. At first she seemed somewhat reluctant to
begin to seek, but as her very appearance indicated
beyond a doubt that she had consumption and would
soon die if she did not get deliverance, I urged upon her
the more earnestly to yield herself to God, telling her
that her very life depended upon it and that I firmly
believed that if she would yield herself to Him and
fully trust Him, she would be healed. Some other
girls about her age used all their influence to bring her
to the point of yielding.
The power of God was so mightily upon the meet-
ings that it was easy for anyone who would seek to
find the Lord. Mabel was soon an earnest seeker. In
a few nights the power of God came upon her. She
and a little girl named Marshall. lay side by side upon
the floor of the house of Mr. William H. Wortman,
where the meetings were being held, for more than
an hour. Noone who witnessed this scene could ever
forget it. God dealt with them in .a most remarkable
and beautiful way, and they both came through speak-
ing in tongues at about the same time. I never saw
anything more clear and convincing than the experi-
ence of these two girls. Many who saw it told me
they could never doubt that it was a genuine work of
God and that they were convinced as never before that
the Pentecostal work was of God.
A few days later Mabel came to me saying she had
to leave for home the next day and begged me to ear-
nestly pray that God would heal her before she had
to go. That night was a time never to be forgotten.
God's mighty power was upon the entire service. We
were conscious of His very presence with us. In the
after meeting God was dealing with many. Some were
prostrated under the power, others were singing in
the Spirit or speaking in tongues and- still others were
earnestly praying. I noticed Miss Sipes kneeling near
me with face bowed ne~rly to the floor. I felt the time
had come to lay hands on her and felt the assurance in
my heart that God would heal her. I reached over to
lay my hands on her, thinking to lay them on her back
as near over the lungs as possible. My left hand
reached her first, and the instant it touched her. she
fell as dead and was for at least an hour mightily
under the power of God. When she arose she declared
that she was healed. When she came to me, though a
girl of fourteen years of age, she weighed only ninety-
eight pounds.
Three weeks later I was in London and she came
again to the meeting and handed me a letter from her
mother which stated that she had been perfectly healed
on the night she was prayed for and that she had
gained seventeen pounds in three weeks. She looked
the picture of health.
Recently I wrote Mrs. Sipes to know the present.
condition of the girl's health, and learned that she con-
tinues to be well and happy and that God indeed
wrought a notable miracle of healing in her case, as
her lungs had been affected for fifteen months and she
had been examined by the physician at different times,
who said she was getting worse and that it would be a
capital thing to send her to the Muskoka Hospital for
consumptives. At the time of her healing she was in
such a condition that she could scarcely keep anything
 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
which she ate on her stomach. But, praise God, from
the day that He touched her she has had no further
trouble. The mother's name is Mrs. James Sipes. She
lives at Ingersol, Onto PASTOR DURHAM.
MANIFESTATIONS NUMBER II.
_ In a previous number of Pentecostal Testimony we
p1}blished an article on manifestations which did much
to clear up the subject for many; but still many ques-
tions are being asked and we feel that another article
on the same subject is necessary. One thing is sure:
Whenever there is a revival of considerable power
there are sure to be manifestations. After all different
opinions are expressed the facts remain the same.
When the mighty power of God rested upon George
Fox <;lnd the early Quakers there were visible manifes-
tations of the Spirit's power. The devil was aroused
and awful persecution followed. Mr. Fox was im-
prisoned, mobbed, and shamefully treated in many
ways. To our mind it was not so much his simple,
plain preaching and dress that drew the fire of the
devil as the manifestations of the Holy Ghost which
accompanied his ministry. People not only heard the
Word, but saw the power of God. They were com-
pelled to acknowledge that there were supernatural
manifestations following the powerful preaching of this
htynble man.
When God sends a man He always manifests His
power through him and the devil is always stirred.
When God sent Moses to Pharaoh to' deliver His
message, signs and wonders accompanied that message
when it was delivered. As long as Moses lived God
wrought wonders through him. So itwas with Joshua
and all the prophets. So it was with Jesus Christ Him-
self and with His apostles, and so has it ever been since
the days of the apostles.
When signs and wonders cease it is a sure evidence
that the Church has drifted away from God, and that
God has withdrawn His presence from it. And in
every case where the people set their faces to seek God
and continue to do so till He returns to them, His re-
turn is evidenced and accompanied by signs and won-
ders. As stated, it was so in the days of Fox. It was
notably so in the days of Wesley, Cartwright, Finney
and many other mighty men that God has raised up
to declare His Gospel. Further the manifestations
have always been somewhat similar. The Quakers
were so called because they shook and quaked under
the power of the Spirit of God. In the days o·f Wesley,
Finney and others, the people not only shook and
trembled but fell under the power, sometimes in num-
bers, and often lay for hours. These manifestations
have always stirred the devil. Cold, formal preachers
and churches have always been aroused to action, and
have generally opposed and hindered all they possibly
could. The preachers know they ought to have power,
and not having it, they feel that the easiest thing for
them to do is to declare that the manifestations follow-
ing the ministry of others are not of God, but honest
souls are always convinced by the manifestations that
God is working.
The manifestations in the present great outpouring
of the Holy Ghost have been and still are something
wonderful. All the manifestations witnessed in the
great revivals of the last two hundred years seem to
have reappeared and others that have not been seen
before since the days of the Apostles, so far as I know.
God has visited His people and mighty signs .and won-
7
ders are following. God is repeating many of His
wonderful works which have been seen in other ?ges.
In this day when the miraculous is being scoffed at
even by preachers and church members, God is reviv-
ing the miraculous. Just when men are denying the
power of God, He is sending His power among those
who believe Him. This power will }ncrease among
true believers till Jesus comes. God is a God of power:
His works are works of power. And the devil and
unbelieving men hate to see the mighty power of God
being manifested, because they know men will be con-
vinced thereby that God is the same and the works and
teachings of men and devils will be overthrown.
From the beginning of the present great outpouring
the opposers have severely criticised the wonderful
mariifestations of the Spirit of God, and have proven
their ignorance of what God is doing, by the weakness
of their arguments and criticisms. For a person to
declare that the manifestations in the Pentecostal
movement are psychologiCal or a result of nervousness
is sufficient proof to establish his ignorance of the sub-
ject in the mind of everyone who has experienced the
manifestations of the Spirit in his life:' I must state
actual facts just as they are. To tell a man who has
time and time again felt the literal power of God
stream into his soul and body, and so fill him that he
would fall helplessly to the floor and remain under the
control of the power for several minutes or even an
hour or more, and who at such times feels his soul
filled with unutterable glory and praise to God, or
feels a real burden of prayer and soul travail for the
lost, that, because his body is shaken more or less at
the time, it is all nervousness is to make yourself ridic-
ulous in his eyes. To say that it is excitement or that
we work ourselves up to this state is false.
Recently in a meeting-in North Avenue mission there
were nearly two hundred people in attendance and
without any visible cause for it they were presently
nearly all mightily under the power of God. We had
just risen from our knees when wave after- wave of
power and glory swept over our souls and bodies,
filling our souls with glory and praise, and shaking
many of our bodies, and speaking in tongues and sing-
ing in the Spirit was heard on every side. People in
all parts of the building were equally affected. This
continued for nearly half an hour before the regular
order of service could be continued. No person could
deny that there was a supernatural power operating,
among the people. Noone who heard the volume of
praise which ascended to God and heard the name and
power of Jesus Christ and His precious Blood exalted:
could doubt that it was the power of God. 0 how
Satan hates this real visible power 6f God which can
be seen and felt and which so clearly demonstrates the
fact that God is working among His people!
But some will say, "I have seen manifestations which
I cannot believe to be from God." So have 1. There
never was a genuine work in progress that Satan did
not get ,some counterfeit into it. Every great revival
attracts not only honest seekers and well-balanced
people, but cranks and fanatics as well. I never saw
the exception. Every revivalist of any note has had:
his troubles with them, and we have had our full share.
There is a host of them and they all desire to air their
theories or ride their hobbies; but they are no proof
that God is n6t working, but rather prove that He is
working. But as the purpose of this article is not t.o
deal with cranks and fanatics, we will return to the
subject of manifestations.
8 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
There are three distinct kinds of manifestations. The
first is produced by the direct operation of the Spirit
of God. It is this one, and only this that we wish to
defend. The other extreme is- any manifestation which
is produced by the direct operation of demon power.
No one with any knowledge of Scripture can deny that
the devil has power and that he gets control of people
whenever possibl~. Between these two is what I
would call manifestations of the flesh. There is much
that \ould not be said to be of God, and yet I would
not dare to say it was of the devil. My opinion is that
many people are entirely too liberal with the devil.
That is, they are too quick to ascribe to him any mani-
festation or work which they do not understand. Such
people, as soon as they see a physical manifestation,
are ready to cry out that it is the devil; simply because
they do not understand it. If asked for proof that it "
is Satan they simply say: "0, God would never work
in that way," as though they were authority on what
God will or will not do.
As some who in a general way believe in the Pente-
costal movement are afraid of physical manifestations,
we will deal briefly with these three kinds of manifes-
tations mentioned, in the hope that many will be made
to see the truth. While it would be wrong to say that
every physical manifestation is of God, it is entirely
wrorig to say that any great per cent of them are from
the devil. N or is it correct to say that that which i5
physical is of the flesh, as so many do say. God is put-
ting His power not only upon our spirits, but upon our
bodies as well. Paul says, "The body is the temple of
the Holy Spirit." The Spirit of God comes upon and
into our bodies, and physical manifestations are the
inevitable result. So that a physical manifestation
which is produced by the direct operation of the Holy
Spirit is just as real and acceptable as a shout or sim-
ilar Spiritual manifestation. To my mind, by far the
greater part of physical manifestations which I have
seen, such as shaking, falling under the power, etc.,
were produced by the direct operation of the Spirit
of God upon the physical beings of His children. I
have seen several cases, howeve'r, where I believe it
was the flesh working. In other cases when God really
works, folks become self-conscious and desire to be
seen, and thus it becomes evident that while God is
working the flesh is working also. In many genuine
experiences the flesh is allowed to get in in some little
measure, and God is hindered and the person does not
have as beautiful an experience as he would, had he
kept self entirely out of it. I would have to say that
in a few cases, perhaps a half dozen or more, I have
seen what I was compelled to believe was the power of
Satan working, but it has generally been in persons
,vho have at some time dabbled with Spiritualism, or in
the case' of divorced and remarried women.
Some one will say, "If there have been cases where
the enemy got hold of people, is it really safe for us
to seek the experience?" Our answer is, that it is
perfectly safe for any honest person to seek to be
filled with the Holy Spirit, as the Blood of Christ in
which they trust makes it impossible for Satan to
touch them. They are in no more danger than an
honest sinner is in when he is seeking God for salva-
tion. In other words, we have too much confidence in
God to believe He would allow an honest soul while
seeking His face, and desiring to be filled with the
Holy Spirit, to be taken possession of by the devil. If
this could be, no one would be safe in seeking God for
anything. The words of Christ on this lirie have great
weight with us. He says, "If a son shall ask bread of
anyone of you who is a father, will he give him a
stone?" etc. There is no safer place under Heaven for
an honest soul than seeking God for anything which
He has promised to His children.
I would answer the oft repeated question of how to
come to God f.or the baptism in the Holy Spirit in this
way: come with a humble heart and mind, trusting the
Blood of Christ alone, and ask Him for the gift of the
Holy Spirit-not that you may be great and powerful,
but that you may be brought into a right relationship
to God, and possess your promised inheritance, and
that Jesus Christ may be glorified through the Holy
Spirit's dwelling in you. To my mind, it is a sad mis-
take to seek God for His Spirit's power with a desire
prominent in your mind to do or be something. A
person seeking power with a desire to do some great
thing, who is not perfectly honest in his desire to he
right with God, or who does not first seek to be fully
cleansed in the Blood of Christ and made clean and
pure in the sight of God, will not only fail to get
anything from God, but is in grave danger of being
taken possession of by some evil spirit, or receiving an
awful rebuke from God, as Simon the sorcerer at the
City of Samaria.
I wish to reaffirm that I believe there have been very
few cases of demon possession, or manifestations pro-
duced by an evil spirit that have come under my ojJ-
servation. I cannot and do not believe it is possible
for Satan to get possession of an honest person. It
is my belief that every case of real demon power that
has been witnessed in the Pentecostal or any other
work has been that of some dishonest or unclean per-
son. For a person, as many have done, to attribute
all the physical manifestations to Satan, to my mind,
is little short of blaspheming the Holy Spirit, as the
manifestations of the power of God are so many and
so wonderful, as well as so valuable, that it is an awful
mistake to credit them to Satan.
There is really little resemblance between the mani-
festations of the Spirit of God and the manifestations
of Satan. I can detect the workings of the devil as
soon as I see them. He always leads people to do
foofish and unscriptural things, that in the end do not
profit; while the manifestation of the Spirit is given
to every man to profit withal. Satan destroys body,
mind and soul, fills with doubt, fear, _envy and strife,
destroys confidence in God and man, and in the Word
of God. The power of God strengthens us bodily,
mentally and spiritually, increases our faith in God and
man, fills with love, joy and peace, deepens our love
and strengthens faith in Jesus Christ the only Son of
God, and in the blessed Word of God. Time and
again have I had the power of God come upon me and
prostrate me for several minutes, or even an hour.
When the power would lift I would find myself won-
derfully strengthened and Tested in body and mind, and
most wonderfully uplifted spiritually. In fact, my soul
is filled with faith, love, joy, peace, confidence in God,
and all other things that I understanq to be from God
as at no other time. Dare anyone say that I would
receive such results if it were Satanic power that came
upon me as some seem to think it.is? It is disgusting
to me to hear folks talk as though God allowed the
devil to put his infernal power on His children, and
make playthings of them a good part of the time. God's
children are under the Blood of Jesus Christ, and Satan
has no power to touch them as long as they stay there;
but let them watch and pray, and trust the blood con-
 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
tinually, to keep them clean, lest the enemy get an
advantag.e over them.
I believe we will see greater manifestations of the
power of God as the dispensation draws to a close.
God's people are going down before Him in real humil-
ity and faith. And the nearer they get to Him the
greater the degree of power which He puts upon them,
and the gre~ter the degree of power which produces
the physical manifestations, which we are defending,
the greater the results. This is why the devil hates
and opposes the manifestations so. He knows they
evidence the real power of God in operation. He knows
if he can prejudice people against all physical manifes-
tations, he has robbed them of all they would have
received through the operation. of the Spirit of God
upon their physical beings, and it is when the power
of God is operating thus, that, the best results are ob-
tained. I have seen this wonderful power cause the
lame to rise and walk-made instantly and . perfectly
whole. I have seen it heal the sick in many cases.
While feeling. this mighty power operating in my body,
I have laid my hands on people in many cases, and they
would be filled instantly with the Holy Ghost. All the
real work that is done on every line is done by this
mighty power, which comes upon us and which at
times shakes the body, at other times prostrates us,
speaks and sings in tongues, and produces many other
manifestations. It is none other than the power of
God. It is no less a personage than the Blessed Holy
Spirit Himself working among the saints of God. This
explains why the devil tries to counterfeit it, and the
flesh tries to imitate it. Let all the saints yield them-
selves to God; hate the flesh; and, above all, give no
place to the devil.
A WONDERFUL HEALING.
With a heart full of praise and g.ratitude to my
blessed Lord who has so marvelously delivered me, I
write this testimony for publication. May the dear
Lord use it to encourage many of His children who
are looking to Him for the healing of their bodies.
After having suffered intensely for weeks and find-
ing no relief through medicine, on February 22, 1908,
I was taken to the hospital in Sioux City, Ia., and
operated upon by one of the best surgeons in the city.
I left the hospital knowing that the operation had
brought nothing but temporary relief. In one year and
one month from the day I was first operated upon,
after having suffered such pain that many times death
would have been a relief, I was again carried into the
hospital with but little hopes for recovery.
Before consenting to the second operation three doc-
. tors had been consulted, all telling me that nothing else
could .be done to relieve the awful pain which I was
suffering. I went on the operating. table the second
time, knowing it would bring me no relief but for the
time being.
The surgeon told me I was suffering from the same
disease that is tcday filling our insane asylums with
women.
Oh, how I cried to God from the depths of my soul
as I lay on my bed waiting to undergo the operation,
and what comfort and assurance He gave me that all
would be well. I promised God that if He would spare
my life and open the way as soon as I was able I would
come to Chicago where I knew God was working in
mighty power. . the people of God into a sect and get control of them.
So on the 11th day of May I left home and loved
ones and came with the determination to go through
with God. Praise His precious name.
9
At the first opportunity I told Brother Durham, pas-
tor of the assembly, I had come to be healed and get
my baptism in the Holy Ghost and did not expect to
leave until I had received both. The first meeting. I
was in I just put myself into God's hands and from
that time on just rested in Him, believing that what He
had promised He was able to perform. The days rolled
by and no one had been led to pray for me, but I did
not worry; I was in His hands and my soul was just
feasting on the things of God. '
I had been here just three weeks and as Brother
Durham came into the pulpit in the evening service I
realized the mighty power of God was on him as he
announced a hymn and made the request for anyone
who wished to be prayed for for healing to come for-
ward. Oh, what a conflict there was! The Lord seemed
to speak to me saying, "Now is the time, if you ever ex-
pect to be healed." But the· enemy, Satan,was on
hand to tell me it was of no use and to refer me to the
many times I had been prayed for and not healed, and
he said it would only weaken my faith if I was prayed
for now and not healed. But I said, "Lord, 1 will go,
let come what may." By this time they were singing
the chorus for the last time and as I knelt at the altar
Brother Durham put his hands on me and the mighty
healing power of God went through and through me
and I felt in my body that I was healed. Glory be to
God, who has all power in heaven and earth.
Just one week later He baptized me in ..the H. G. and'
gave me the .Bible evidence of speaking in other
tong.ues. Since that time I have enjoyed perfect health.
To Him be the glory forever and ever.
MRS. J. A. BARKLEY.
WARNING.
We wish to again warn the people of God against
having anything to do with the matter of organization,
which is being urged by a few would-be leaders here
and there. Last year an attempt was made to form
what they pleased to call the Pentecostal Missionary
Union. God's people protested against this organiza-
tion in no uncertain voice. At our convention in Chi-
cago, last September; about seven hundred Pentecostal
people, representing twenty-five states of this Union,
rose in solemn protest against this movement. We
sent copies of the resolutions to Mr. Lupton and
others, composing what they were pleased to call the
executive council, and Seeley D. Kinne of St. 'Louis,
who was the strongest man in it, came out. Different
others have come out of their own accord. I under-
stand that others from different parts of the country
also protested against this movement. Little atten-
tion, however, was paid to these things by the real
promoter of this scheme, and notices have been sent
out stating that they will attempt to further develop
the scheme this year at Alliance, Ohio. We cannot
recognize the authority of this one man, who is not
even in charge of a congregation, to call such a meet-
ing. We will give the organization no recognition if .
formed. To our mind, it is time to stop this foolish-
ness and get down to business for God and the salva-
tion of souls. Every Pentecostal Mission in Chicago
is against this thing, and there is no stronger Pente-
costal center in the world than Chicago. We feel no
need of stlch a thing, and it is a grief to us to think
that men would spend their time trying to organize
Other men in different parts of the country are try-
ing to organize the work on different lines, and the
brethren are' writing us expressing their regrets that
19 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
such should be the case. People of God in every land,
pay no attention to these men; and above all do not
help them in carrying out these plans, as by so doing
you will become in a measure responsible for the ir-
reparable damage that will be done, and the division
that -will unavoidably result, The great majority of
God's people do not want another sect organized, but
want to remain free, and they will do so whether
these little sects are formed or not. We believe God
wants His people to be united and to meet together
and discuss any problem which may arise at any time,
but as a councilor convention, and not as a sect. If
these men will stop these efforts, and take their places
as ministers and assist in pushing this great war for
God to a successful issue, we will give them the right
hand of fellowship, and will be glad to meet with all
of them at any time it b.ecomes necessary to discuss in
a general way matters connected with the work of the
Lord. God is able to solve the missionary and all other-
problems connected with His work, and only He can
do it, anyway, so we had best let Him work it out.
THE MIRACULOUS- HEALING OF A LITTLE
-CHILD.
I feel like praising God for the wonderful way He
healed my little girl, Gloria. About the 20th of April,
I9IO, she was taken very ill. At first she had symp-
toms of measles; then it seemed to be scarlet fever;
but later it developed into double pneumonia. This
seemed to take an awful hold on her and death was
staring her in the face. Most of the time she was de-
lirious and in much agony of pain. She seemed to be
burning up with fever, her temperature being over I06.
We labored and prayed-but seemingly all in vain.
Towards the ninth or tenth day she was sinking very
rapidly. The dear saints showed me much kindness,
an.d some of them advised me to call in a physician to
avoid any trouble in case of her death, which I did.
But I knew that the doctor could do nothing, for I
have been trusting Jesus as my Physician and He has
many times answered my prayers.
When the _doctor came he said it would be one case
in a thousand if the child lived and he was very angry
because I had not called him sooner. After leaving the
house he met Pastor Durham on his way to pray for
Gloria, who asked him how she was. The doctor told
him that she had double pneumonia and that there was
no hope, the child would die. He said he would call
the next morning, but did not expect to find the child
alive.
That night, April 28, some of the dear saints held on
to God for her until after midnight. About 2 o'clock
the next morning, April 29, we took a lighted lamp
and looked at her face. Her eyes were dark and
sunken; there was no more air seemingly getting into
her lungs-just a little movement in her throat. Her
pulse was very bad, and her body was growing Gold.
While leaning over her alone and sile~tly praying, I
said, "Lord, are you goihg to take my Gloria?" And
He answered me these words: "I will raise her up at
the last hour." I knelt byher side and asked Him to
raise her up now, and soon the power came and she
was instantly healed.
When it came time to arise that same morning, she
said to me: "Mamma, I have been in bed so long, and
have been so sick, can't I go out and play?" When
Pastor Durham called to 'see her a little later in the
day, she was sitting in a chair playing with her dolls.
Today she is the picture of health.
Little Gloria Sterling gave her heart to Jesus when
she was three and a half years old, and she had a real
cC)11version. She seemed to be inspired of God. I re-
member soon after her conversion, while in a mission
on the South Side, she was pleading with a backslider
to come to Jesus; she said, "If you do not come now
there is no telling when it will be." When the altar call
was given the man came back to Jesus a1).d has been
faithful ever since.
When she was five years old she was baptized in the
Holy Ghost and spoke in other tongues. She is now
seven and a half years old and is going to school.
Please pray that God will preserve her from all evil
and that God will have His way with her.
0, I praise God for the fellowship of the saints, but
most of 'all I praise Him for Jesus. I asked the Lord
to make rile willing to give up my child, while alone
with her a few moments before the Lord healed her.
He asked .me if I would take life or death, and I said,
"Lord, I'll take either." He made me perfectly willing
for Gloria to be with Jesus.
MRS. A. STERLING,
I809 Humboldt St., Chicago, Ill.
"STATE ENCAMPMENT."
Malvern, Ark.
Sept. 9 to 25, I9IO.-On this date, we expect to hold
the first "annual encampment of the Apostolic Faith for
the State of Arkans1.s." While this is especially for
Arkansas, the brethren from the adjoining states and
elsewhere are most cordially invited to be with us.
This meeting is solely for the glory of God in the
salvation of souls, that they may also be sanctified with
the Blood, and Baptized with the Holy Spirit; and for
bringing together in love and unity the workers of
Arkansas and other places.
We expect quite a number of brethren from a dis-
tance, whose labors God has blessed, to be with us; but
most of all, are we depending upon the Lord Himself
to honor this meeting with His presence.
Ministers and workers, sent of God, we hope to en,..
tertain free. Meals will Le in a large tent on the free-
will-offering r Ian. Individual tents for campers will
be furnished at cost, for all who write in time to get
them here from Little Rock. In general, everything
will be free as far as the Lord makes possible. Let all
who attend come in an humble dependen~e upon God
alone and in prayer that there may be a mighty out-
pouring OC the Holy Ghost.
Let all who expect to come write us. For tents and
for any other information, address either of the under-
signed. H. A. Goss,
K N. BELL,
Committee in Charge.
OUR FOREIGN MISSIONARIES.
The last missionaries going out from us were Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Semple and Miss Phoebe Holmes, who
left us last winter and are now situated in Hong
Kong, China, which will be their field of labor for
the present or till the Lord leads them elsewhere.
Mr. B. Berntsen and family and some other workers.
are located at Cheng Ting Fu, Chili, North China.
Brother George Hanson and family are at Shanghai,
China. -
Miss Jennie Mishler is in Santa Isabella, Porto
Rico.
These are all strictly faith missionaries, and are
worthy of the support of Pentecostal people. We also
 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
contribute to the support of Brother A. H. Post,
who is now jn Egypt and to Pandita Ramabai in
India.
Weare in sympathy with every genuine faith mis-
sionary on the face of the whole earth.
We will forward 100 cents on every dollar sent
to us for any missionary anywhere.
Let the glad tidings be proclaimed in all the earth!
Amen.
CRITICISMS ANSWERED.
When the first number of PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
appeared, myoId friend and beloved brother, William
F. Manley, published an article in his paper, the Ho.use-
hold of God, criticising my position, making personal
mention of me. Believing then, as I still do, that he'
was honest in his views, I let the matter pass and con-
tinued to recommend his paper to those who desired a
monthly paper. I even recommended his paper in num-
ber 4 Pentecostal Testimony, 25,000 copies of which
were circulated.
About the last of March or the first of April, this
year, Brother Manley wrote me that he had decided to
give up the publication of his paper and asked me if I
would take it, saying he was giving me the first chance
at it. I prayed over the matter and asked the people in
the mission to pray with me, but felt after doing so,
that the LOld would not be pleased to have me oblig.ate
myself to publish a paper Tegularly every month. I
wrote Brother Manley expressing my regrets that I
could not take the paper and heartily thanking him for
the confidence he had shown in me, in offering it to
me.·
In the May number of the Latter Rain Evangel) page
2, it is announced that Brother Manley has turned the
paper over to the editor of the Latter Rain Evangel.
On the same page begins an article by Brother Man-
ley in which he again attacks free literature and makes
statements which, though they may be true in some
cases, are far from true in all cases, although I believe
my brother thinks they are true. The charge is made
o· clearly iinplied that if our papers do not appear
monthly it is because we have no funds, and that we
have to wait till funds are sent in before we can pub-
lish the papers. As editor of PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY)
I feel it is no more than right to state the facts as they
are, lest the minds of honest people should be preju-
diced. Of course I can only speak for my own paper.
Now follow the facts. The first number of PENTE-
COSTAL TESTIMONY appeared March 27, i909. The cost
of printing 25,000 copies was $239.25 and was paid as
. soon as due. In other words, the money was ready
when the work was done. We published 51,900 copies
of number 2 and when the work was done the money
was ready. Twenty-five thousand each of numbers 3
and 4 were published, and in each case the money was
ready when 'the work was done. I refer anyone who
doubts this statement to Stromberg, Allen & Co., Chi-
cago, and the Regan Publishing Company, Chicago,
who have done my printing, and I wish to state em-
phatically that the paper has never been. delayed one
moment for lack of funds. The delay, if any, has al-
ways been because I could not possibly find time to pre-
pare the material, as I do not allow the paper or any-
thing else to interfere with my ministerial duties.
I wish to state again here that our object has never
been to publish a paper monthly or at any stated in-
terval, but to publish large numbers as the Lord leads
It
and gives good material. Our object is to reach tens
of thousands of people when we do publish, rather than
to reach a few people often.
Most of the papers that have a subscription price on
them have less than two thousand subscribers. At the
rate of two thousand a month it would take them over
five years to circulate the number of papers that we cir-
culated last year. Meantime we will reach more than
fifteen times as many people as they reach.
My opinion is that it would be well for the brethren
to stop these criticisms of the publishers of Pentecostal
literature as they are sure to be one-sided. If criticisms
are in order, we will offer this one of the Latter Rain
Evangel which contains the above criticism of free
literature. Their subscription price is $1.00 a year
which is at the rate of $83.33 per thousand. This is in
my estimation three times the valu~ of the paper. On
page 2 it is stated that. three faithful helpers give their
time free to the paper. Why not take some of this ex-
orbitant sum and pay them for their labors. We do
not charge $83.00 per thousand ·for our paper and then
take offerings for it besides, but everyone of our regu-
lar helpers is paid a fair wage every week, and we have
never been in debt one cent to anybody. We, too, be-
lieve that the laborer is worthy of his hire and so pay
him.
PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY will appear just as often as
our blessed Lord lets us know He wants us to publish
it, and it will continue to conta.in ~od's message for
today, real live, Pentecostal teaching, and we believe
God will provide all necessary funds.
PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY has never criticised anyone
for putting a price on their literature or for taking
offerings, and we have never asked people to kneel and
pray that the Lord would send in the money. We
leave everyone free to do as they please in tnese mat-
ters. Brethren, be charitable ,and give us the same
privilege.
God will reward my dear Brother Manley for the
faithful work he has done both in preaching and pub-
lishing the truth of God. Will every reader of PENTE-
COSTAL TESTIMONY pray for this man of God who has
spent many years in the ministry.
With the passing of- the Household of God from the
hands of my dear Brother Manley our indorsement of
the paper ends. We cannot recommend a paper that in
its first number took· a decided stand against the
tongues being the evidence of the baptism in the Holy
Ghost, and other truths for which the Pentecostal
movement has stood from the first, and whose editor
has not yet received the Holy Ghost, so far as we
know. But I must state, I have nothing to say against
the editor-it is purely a matter of doctrine. Brethren,
let there be no further controversy between us on these
or any other lines.
THE WORK IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.
Brother T. A. Lee, who has for some time been
laboring in Columbus, Ohio, writes that they are having
wonderful meetings there. About fifty have been saved
and about forty. have received the Holy Ghost and
spoken in tongues. He has baptized thirty-s,even in
water and the work is still going. on. There are seek-
ers at the altar in nearly every service and their little
mission is crowded to the doors every night, with
crowds on the outside who cannot get in.'
We rejoice with our dear brother for the success he
is having in the Work of the Lord.
025
12 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
A PROPHETIC MESSAGE.
(Given by Mrs. R. J. Semple, in Belfast, Ireland; while
en route to China.) .
The voice of the Lord came unto me, saying, "Lift
up thine eyes that I may shew thee my plan concern-
ing thee. Give ine thine ears, that I may speak unto
thee concerning the preaching of my gospeL" And I
said unto Him, "Yea, Lord, not mine eyes and my
ears only turn I unto Thee, but my whole soul, my
whole being longeth to hear Thy voice."
Straightway mine eyes were opened and I beheld a
Book of light and wisdom. Its pages were written in
letters of fire, and the words thereof were words of
power and glory; giving death and life; giving bond-
age and freedom; making deep wounds, and also giv-
ing healing; giving great hunger, and also satisfying
the hungry soul; causing great sorrow, yet giving
great joy; telling of endless gloom and despair, but
revealing a life of endless bliss and glory; causing
great drought and thirst throughout the earth, yet
giving f,bowers and rivers of living water and bread
unto the nations thereof.
But, I beheld that as the light of the Book shone
forth dispelling gloom and darkness, giving light unto
the world, there came those clad in priestly robes and
ministerial attire. Each one held in his hand a scroll
and was writing thereon with a pen, and the name of
the pen was "The Wisdom of Man." I beheld the
wliting; it was the wisdom of man, the thoughts and
theories of men. When they had ceased to write I
saw them take the pages which they had written, and
cover with them page by page the Book of light and
life, so that the light thereof was obscured as the word
of man obscured the word of God. Then saw I that
they brought great stones and mortar and built a wall
about the Book, and my heart was sore'within me,for
I beheld the nations groping in darkness, searching for
the light that was hidden within the Book. Then cried
I unto the Lord, "How long, how long shall this be?
Shall thy mercy endure fore,\er, 0 Jehovah?"
But straightway lifting up my eyes, I beheld a mes-
senger of the 'Lord running s,\\,iftly, clad in a white
garment 01 righteousness, and his inner garments were
the garments of humility. His face shone with Heav-
enly light, while within his hand he held a flaming
sword.
And I beheld that as he advanced he came unto the
Book whose pages had been covered, and wielding the
flaming sword, he severed page by page the writing
of man which had obscured the pages of light and
power and life, so that they were again revealed unto
the blinded nations. The wall of stone and mortar
he overthrew, so that again the rivers and life-giving
waters flowed forth into the regions around about. Give
ear, therefore, and hearken unto the voice of God, and
let him that hath understanding, understand aright.
And the Lord spoke unto me, saying, "The Book
which thou seest is the word of the living, the eternal
God. The burning words thereof are the words of the
Lord Jehovah who liveth and reigneth with power.
The writing which obscured is the dark and foolish
sayings and theories of the unbelieving and false
church. But behold, even as thou sawest the messen-
ger' of light come forth, even so have I chosen and
ordained thee, that thou shouldst go forth, and clear
away the debris and contamination, with which they
have covered and obscured the light of My Word.
I have chosen thee and called thee by name that thou
should speak unto My people. Look not upon the
pages that contain the theories of men, but upon the
burning, flaming words of My Word as revealed and
illuminated by the Holy Spirit which I have given
unto you."
And again I beheld the messenger of God holding
aloft the word of power.' The nations looked upon it,
and where the light of its pages shone forth upon tne
earth it dispelled the gloom and darkness and shed
forth the light of day.
"Even so hold thou My Word unto those whereunto
I shall send thee. For I, even I, shall break the fetters
that bind. I, even I, shall give liberty unto those in
bondage, and light unto those in darkness through thee
if thou shalt be as clay in my hands."
DOCTOR DIXON ANSWERED.
In the last few months Dr. A. C. Dixon, pastor of
the Moody Church, has preached twice, or more, on
the subject of tongues, and recently has published a
booklet on the same subject, a copy of which is before
me. Feeling that he has not done justice to the sub-
ject, and that the public has a right to hear the other
side of the question, I make this attempt to *answer
some of the statements which he makes. I shall have
only time to touch on a very few points, and space
compels me to deal briefly with those I shall be able to
touch on at all. I wish to' state that I always had a
very high regard for Mr. Dixon, as I have believed
him to be faithfully preaching Christ as the Savior,
and standing firmly for the Bible as the Word of God.
1 have no desire to say or do any thing against him,
or to in any way injure him. I simply write in de-
fense of what I believe to be the plain truth' of God,
and to which I believe my brother has failed to do
justice.
In the first place Mr. Dixon admits of a doubt
as to whether the Apostles and others on the day
of Pentecost really spoke in other tongues or whether
the people simply heard in their own language. The
Scripture says distinctly that they~pake in other
tongues, and to our mind there is, no room whatever
for doubting that tiley really spake in other tongues.
On page one, under the head of "Not Repeated" he
makes the statement that the Pentecostal experience
was never repeated, and continuing attempts to prove
that in other instances where the speaking in tongues
is recorded, it does 110t mean that the people spake
, in other tongues, but if I grasp his meaning, they
simply spoke in a different way in, the same language.
Let us examine the Scriptures and see if Dr. Dixon
is right in this position. His position is that the
Pentecostal experience was never repeated. In Acts
10 :47, Peter says of the people at the house of Corne-
lius, "They have received the Holy Ghost as well as
we." In Acts I I :15, Peter says, "The 'Holy Spirit
fell on them even as on us at the beginning." Now
as it was the speaking in other tongues, or as Mr.
Dixon puts it, tongues, leaving off the adjective,
"other" that convinced both Peter and those that were
with him, that the gentiles had received the gift of
the Holy Ghost, it is an astonishing thing to me that
a man of the. learning of Dr. Dixon should not see
that it was supernatural tongues that were spoken.
We believe that Peter's plain, twice-repeated state-
ment that these people had received the same thing
he received on the day of Pentecost, entirely removes
 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
this flimsy foundation from under our brother's argu-
ment. We cannot see that the absence of visible
tongues of fire or of the sound of the rushing, mighty
wind has anything to do with what they received or
with the tongues that followed. It was the Holy
Ghost that was received on the day of Pentecost,
and it was the Holy Ghost that was received at the
house of Cornelius. In each case it was evidenced
by the speaking in tongues, as the Spirit gave utter-
ance.
Dr. Dixon uses the same weak argument with regard
to the Words of our blessed Lord Who said: "These
signs shall follow them that believe: in my mime
they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new
tongues." To our mind t4ere can be no doubt as to
what the Lord meant,· nor have we ever heard any
question raised as to His meaning till recently. All
have been agreed, so far as we. know, that He meant
supernatural tongues, and in Acts 2 we see how beau-
tifully it was fulfilled. The same thing applies to
Acts 19 :6.
On page two Mr. Dixon takes up the subject of the
speaking in tongues at Corinth as recorded in the
14th chapter of 1 Cor. After admitting what is
generally denied by the opposers of the Pentecostal
work, namely that there is a difference between the
speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance,
and the exercising the gift of tongues, as at Corinth,
where it is plainly implied that the speaker has control
of himself, and can speak or not as he chooses, he
takes up the subject of the gift of tongues and the
gift of interpretation. To our mind our brother is
in the grossest possible error on both these subjects.
In answering him on these points I am going to' put
Scripture and facts against his theories. On page
four, paragraph four, he says concerning the gift
of tongues "it was an ecstatic rhapsodical experience,
which expressed emotion without thought." Paul
. says in I Cor. 12 :4-10, that certain gifts are given in
the Spirit, and tongues is classed as one of those gifts.
It is a travesty on Scripture to teach that that which
it caIls a gift of the Holy. Spirit, is simply "ecstatic,"
"rhapsodical" or emotional. The speaking in tongues
is a genuine gift of the Spirit of God, and there is not
a hint in Scripture that it is an i1i.ferior' gift, or that
it is not to be sought. Can it be possible that this
man of letters really. believes that God would bestow
a gift of the Spirit on his people that was of as little
value as he would lead us to Believe the gift of tongues
is? Repeatedly he refers to the speaking in tongues,
as "ecstatic," "rhapsodical," "This gift of ecstatic
. joy," and in other ways clearly implies that it has no
more meaning than a laugh or a shout, making it
emotionalism pure and simple. The Word of God
calls it a gift of the Holy Spirit, and says that the
speaker speaks to God. Can it be that God would
commit to His children a means of communication
with Himself, that was as unimportant .and insignifi-
cant as Dr. Dixon makes the gift of tongues appear
to be? Three years ago I heard Dr. Dixon in de-
livering an address say that the speaking in tongues
was simply a spiritual ecstacy language, and. was the
result of a person's getting so happy they lost control
of themselves, and simply gave vent to their feelings
in uninteligible gibberish, and that the gift of interpre-
tation, simply meant that at such a time some one
would stand up and explain to the people that the one
speaking in tongues was not crazy, but simply so
happy that he had lost control of himself. This in
13
substance is repeated in .the article which we have
under· discussion. His whole contention, when an-
alyzed, is that the speaking in tongues is simply ecsta-
tic utterances escaping a person when "they are rap-
turously happy, and that interpretation simply means
to explain that this is the case. Would it be necessary
for God to give a person a gift of the Holy Spirit to
produce the former or to explain it? I appeal this
case to the intelligence of every reader of this article.
Our contention is that the speaking in tongues is
supernatural. The Scriptures say that in the Spirit'
mysteries are spoken. We contend that to interpret
means to really translate what is spoken. We believe
that the mysteries spoken in the Spirit are brought
down into the realms of the natural where the under-
standing of man can grasp them, by the Spirit's oper-
ating the gift of interpretation. The Spirit through one
speaks mysteries, and through another interprets them.
This view of things exalts these blessed gifts of the
Spirit to the place where they belong. Dr. Dixon's
teaching on this subject entirely removes the Scriptural
teaching that they are gifts of the Spirit, and makes
them to appear very insignificant, as, if what he says
were true, anyone who was happy enough might speak
in tongues, and a sinner could interpret as well as any
one else. Let the reader decide for himself which
is right.
Let us compare Dr. Dixon's statements concerning
"these ecstatic utterances" with actual facts. Is it
only when those who speak in tongues are rapturously
happy that they speak in tongues? The writer pas
been filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking in
tongues for nearly three and one half years, and can
say from actual experience that Mr. Dixon's ideas
on this subject are entirely wrong; and with all his
learning and wisdom, and knowledge on all other
lines, he has no knowledge whatever of this experi-
ence. Fifty-thousand copies of this paper will be
circulated. They will faIl into the hands of thousands
of people who are speaking in tongues, all of whom
will bear me out in this statement. The first time
I ever spoke in tongues was March 2, 1907. The
Spirit had come upon me, and I was prostrated under
his power. This was the day I was baptized in the
Spirit. I was conscious at the time that the personal
Holy Spirit had come and taken up His abode within
me. He was dealing with me in a wondrous way,
when presently He began to operate upon my vocal
organs, and then to speak through me in tongues.
There was nothing ecstatic or emotional about it, in
the sense of which Dr. Dixon speaks. I was happy
and continued to be happy, but it was not my happi-
ness, nor emotions that produced the speaking in
tongues. I spoke as the Spirit gave utterance, as the
disciples at Pentecost, and it was the operation of the
Holy Ghost that caused the speaking in tongues, as
well as to make me happy. From that time to this
I have spoken in tongues almost every day, and ofteri.
many times in a day, but I am just as apt to speak
when under a burden for the lost, or for the work
of the Lord, or when in earnest prayer, as when I am
rapturously happy. The Holy Spirit dwelling within
speaks when He wills, and I am glad to have it so.
It is the same with interpretation. Time and again
has He given me the interpretation of messages
spoken in tongues, and at different times when others
would stand and give the interpretation of what He
had spoken in tongues through me, I would have the
same clear interpretation, which is wonderfully
 14 PENTECOSTAL TESTIMONY
strengthening to one's faith. What a contrast be-
tween these actual facts experienced in the lives of
thousands of God's people today, and' the theOries
set forth by my Brother Dixon._
On page 7, paragraph 5, Dr. Dixon makes the
astonishing statement that the speaking in tongues
was a sign of unbelief rather than of faith. I wonder
if any student of the Scriptures will ever believe this?
Will anyone believe that it was unbelief in the
Apostles on the day of Pentecost that caused them to
speak in tongues? Will anyone believe that the
speaking in tongues at Ephesus indicated unbelief?
Are lovers of the Bible ready to believe that one of the
gifts th~ Holy Spirit impart£- to those who receive
Him, is a sign that the recipient is an unbeliever, or
that he is weak in the faith? Let us appeal the case
to Jesus Christ, Who says, "These signs shall follow
them that believe." The speaking in tongues accord-
ing to the Word of God is a sign of believers, and a
sign to unbelievers. If what Dr. Dixon says of it be
true it would be a thing to be feared, as no .one would
want to possess any thil1g that branded him before the
world as an unbeliever. Is it not astonishing that the
. Apostle Paul should say, "I would that ye all spoke
in tongues," when so doing would brand them as un-
believers, and then to make himself still more ridicu-
lous, exclaim, "I thank my God I speak with tongues
more than you all," when so doing, according to Dr.
Dixon, would brand him as the greatest unbeliever
of all? What will lovers of Bible truth think of such
teaching from a man who fills the position this man
fills? Knowing that large numbers of people will
be unwilling to believe that Mr. Dixon taught such a
thing, and will believe that I am trying to injure him
by accusing him of doing' so, I refer anyone who
doubts to "Speaking in Tongues" by A. C. Dixon,
address The Bible Institute, 826 La Salle Ave., Chi-
cago.
Dr. Dixon is very firm in his stand that it is a lack
of faith to expect any sign to accompany the receiv-
ing of the Holy Spirit. He implies that those who
expect to speak in tongues when they are baptized
in the Holy Spirit are a "wicked and adulterous
generation,:" But is this true? Does it betray a lack
of faith in God and His word to expect Him to do
what He says He will? Is it wrong to expect that
when we are justified by faith, we will have peace
with God? Is it wrong to expect the Spirit Himself
to bear witness with our spirits that we are the chil-
dren of God ? Would it be wrong for one claiming
to be a Christian and who had not these evidences
of salvation, to concern himself about the matter, and
pray that God would give him conscious salvation?
Is it possible that things have so changed, that a per-
son who is clearly convinced by the Scriptures that
he has not the baptism in the Spirit must be satisfied
to see that Jesus promised to send a comforter even
though he has no knowledge of ever receiving Him?
Could a sinner claim salvation in the same way? Why
did not Peter and the rest of the Apostles after Christ
ascended to the Father simply say, "Well He promised
to send the Comforter, therefore we have Him, and
it would be unbelief to go to the upper room and
tarry?" Does anyone believe that when Peter and
John went down to the city of Samaria, as recorded
in the eighth of Acts, they told the converts that they
must not expect to receive any thing, but must believe
they had the Holy Spirit, and that was all there was
to it? Would Simon, the sorcerer, have been so im-
pressed by such proceedings that he would have
offered Peter money to give him power to go through
such a form? The truth of the matter is this. When
people receive the Holy Ghost, there are signs which
follow, without anyone's seeking for them, and they
are following in thousands of cases today. This is
so troubling those who have none of the Scriptural
signs of the baptism in the Holy Spirit, that they
seem determined at any cost to minimize the work the
Lord is doing, or discredit it altogether. The Apos-
tles prayed that signs and wonders might be wrought
in the name of the Holy Child Jesus, and I do not
think they made any mistake in so doing. Paul says,
"Covet earnestly the best gifts," and again, "Desire.
spiritual gifts," and to our mind he was not in error.
Every thing that comes from God is a gift. Our
advice to every sinner wOJ1ld be to seek till he finds
God's gift to him, that is, Jesus Christ the only Sav-
iour. And to everyone who has received Him, we
would say, seek to receive what He has to give you,
namely the gift of the Holy· Spirit. To those who
have received the Holy Spirit, we would say keep
low at the feet of Jesus and ask Him to give you the
gifts of the Spirit, that J eSU5 Christ may be glorified
through you in any way He chooses. Space forbids
my dealing with other points which I should like to
answer, so I prayerfully submit this article to the
judgment of its readers, who I trust will examine the
Scriptures to see if these thing be so.
I submit the following proposition to Dr. Dixon:
I will engage a large hall in the central part of the
city, and pay all the expenses on it, if he will agree
to meet me 'in a friendly discussion of this much dis-
cussed subject before the people. I will guarantee
that there will be not less than 500 Pentecostal people
present at this meeting. I believe there would be a
thousand, but will guarantee five hundred. This will
?-fford our brother an excellent opportunity to present
his side of the subject to the Pentecostal people, and
I am glad to have them hear him. This discussion,
if Dr. Dixon agrees, is to be a friendly one, affording
each one of us an opportunity to present his side of
the question, and as this subject is being so widely
discussed in the religious world today, we believe it
would not only be of interest to the public, but rrofit-
able as well. All Mr. Dixon will have to do will be
to appear, and deliver his address. All arrangements
will be made for the meeting and all expenses paid.
vVe can see no grounds our brother can have for
rejecting this proposition, unless he should feel that
it would be unbending too much from his dignity.
We should hope, however, that as this work is grow-
ink and spreading so rapidly, and as he has taken up
arms against it, giving it as much attention as he
has, he will oe willing to take one more step, and give
the public a chance to hear the two sides presented
at the same time.
I have ordered fifty thousand copies of this paper,
and if Mr. Dixon rejects this proposition, the hun-
dreds of thousands of readers, which will include
preachers and missionaries of this and many other
lands, can decide why he did so. Finally, will every
reader of this paper earnestly pray for the pastor of
the Moody Church, that God will have His way with
him? And please pray for the writer of this article,
who is the least of all the servants of the Lord.
 PEN -r: E COS TAL T E S.T I M 0 N Y
HOW THE WORK IS PROGRESSING..
In the December, 1909, number of PENTECOSTAL
TESTIMONY we published a brief history of the work
in Chicago, or, rather, that part of it with which we
are connected.' We. found that, though our article
was lengthy, it was only an abridged account of the
work, as it would .be impossible to report all the Lord
has done in anyone article.
Since the publication of this article, the Lord has
continued to work in a beautiful and wonderful way.
Many have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, and many
have been healed, and in many ways results have been
obtained that cannot be reported in detail.
In the last report it was stated that the Lord was
beginning to work in the Humboldt Park Swedish
Baptist Church, and that its three deacons had received
the Holy Ghost. A little later the Lord met and bap-
tized the pastor, and a few days ago one of the deacons
told me that more than one hundred people have re-
ceived the Boly Ghosf up to date, including all the offi-
cers (so far as I know) and a large percentage of the
members. Best of all, the Lord continues to work,
and this church is literally transformed into a Pente-
costal Assembly. So far as I know they are taking
the s-ame firm stand for the truths of Pentecost that
we take. Glory to God for this ?Teat work which He
has wrought in the power of the Holy Ghost!
We also reported that a number of Persian brethren
had been baptized in water and in the- Holy Ghost here.
Since then numbers have continued to receive, and the
power of God has increased upon them. Recently
they have been expelled from Moody's Church, and,
after waiting on the Lord, felt He would have them
open a mission on the North Side of Chicago. So,
two weeks ago, they opened a beautiful little place at
821 North Clark street, near Chicago avenue. The
place was full at the first service, and the power and
glory of God \vas upon the service. There were many
beautiful manifestations of the Spirit. The singing in
the Spirit was beautiful indeed; then there was speak-
ing in tongues, interpretation, etc. The people from
different missions participated in this service. Elders
Sinclair and Bell, Millen, Reese, the writer and some
others were present. Brother Andrew Urshan is the
pastor of this mission.
The It~lian brethren have bought and ehlarged and
beautified their mission on GLand avenue, between
Center and May streets. The seating capacity has
been increased at least one-third. Last week I was
there and preached for them one night, and the place
was full, and was also full of the powert'!Pand. glory
of God. The people were simply shaking and trem-
bling under the mighty power of God, and there was
a constant volume of praise ascending to God that
Was beautiful to hear. Oh, how willing God is to work
if only He is given a chance! Brother Ottoline, wpo
has spent two years in St. Louis in the work of the
Lord, is soon to leave for Italy with his whole family,
where he will preach the blessed Pentecostal Gospel to
all whom the Lord gives him access.
There is a prayer band which meets in Oak Park.
I have not the number of their meeting place. There
is also a company which meets in Berwyn three or
four nights in the week, in the different homes.
Brother Fred Peterson is the leader of this band.
.The home work is going forward, with the blessing
and power of God upon it. In the Sunday services
the mission is crowded to the doors, and the attend-
15
anceduring the week "is fine. Some are getting bap-
tized right along, and there is a· strong determination
on the part of the people to go all the way with God.
. The work at 1414 Barry avenue still goes on among
the Swedish people, and there is a mission on Willow
street, near Halsted, where the services are in the
German language. Some of these brethren got their
baptism here, and they baptize their converts in our
baptistry. Just now there is a door open for a mis-
sion in the downtown district,. wh,ich is a wonderful
opportunity to reach the lost, and those deep in sin,
and lead them to Jesus Christ, W'ho saves all, who
apply to Him. May God make it possible for us to
enter this remarkable door of opportunity.
In our work we observe the ordinance of the Lord's
supper at 6 :45 p. m. every Sunday, and much blessing
comes to us in doing so. We baptize by immersion
only, and I humbly believe there have been one thou-
sand people immersed in our work ih three years.
We recognize only two ordi1)ances in the Gospel-
the Lord's supper and baptism. The ordinances of the
Gospel symbolize grace. Weare buried by baptism
into His death. We commune of the body and blood
of the Lord. One ordinance symbolizes our getting
. into Christ, the other our' partaking of Christ, or of
His coming into us. The Gospel is briefly summed up
in these few words: the believer in Christ, and Christ
in the believer. We believe in the rites and cere-
monies, customs, etc., in their proper places, but we
do not believe. anointing' with oil or laying on of
hands, or foot-washing to be ordinances, but we rec-
ognize them to be Scriptural, and believe in giving
them their proper places.
NOTICE CONCERNING THIS PAPER.
This paper is published for the glory of God, in
the hope that it will be a blessing to very many people.
There is no price on it. It is for free distribution.
Weare getting fifty thousand in the first lot this time, .
and will have this number of the paper on hand for
months. Should this number fail to be enough we
will get another lot.
We expect to be able to fill all orders for the paper
during the entire season. We will send any number
desired for distribution at the different camJil-meetings
and conventions, throughout the country. We will
appreciate it if all who desire rolls for distribution
will state as nearly as possible how many they can
distribute for the glory of God. We had a~ soon send
one thousand as any other number if we believed they
would be carefully distributed. Brethren have fre-
quently said to us that they could have used many
more to good advantage, but they hated to send
for them, as they had no money to send. Brethern
We mean what we say when we say we wish to furnish
as many papers as are really needed. On, the other
hand, we can but appreciate the honesty of these dear
brethren, who are unwilling to keep ordering when
they cannot make an offering to help with the ex-
penses.
We especially request our brethren in Australia,New
Zealand and South Africa, and other foreign coun-
tries to state how many copies they can use, as' in
many of these cases we have little or no idea how
many to send.
From all parts of the world letters of encouragement
have come to us expressing thanks for the paper and
16 PENTECPSTAL TESTIMONY
the blessing it has been to the writers. Many of these
letters have contained offerings for the publishing
fund, and these offerings have made it possible for us
to continue to send forth thousands of copies of the
paper; to all parts of the world, to establish this blessed
truth of God. Every cent has been thankfuIly received.
Every word of encouragement has been a real bless-
ing to us. We pray that·· God wiII abundantly bless
all these dear saints; and some day I hope to have
the privilege of making a tour of this and other coun-
trie:;; and meeting all these dear friends face to face.
HO'W TO GET THIS PAPER.
Write a letter or card, to Wm. H. Durham. Do not
address Pentecostal Testimony .. In sending offerings
for the paper, send P. O. money orders, or bank
drafts when cOlwenient, made payable to Wm. H.
Durham. If,;~ecessar'y to send stamps, send five or
ten cent stamps if pos&ible. Where single copies are
mailed from our office, "'('Ie purchase one cent wrappers.
Address all communications to Wm. H. Durham, 2836
W. North Ave., Chicago, Ill.
OUR PENTECOSTAL BOOK.
In our last issue of PENTECbsTAL TESTIMONY we
announced that, if t,ne Lord was willing, we would
publish a Pentecostal book, inside of sixty or ninety
days. The Lord did not give us an opportunity to
get the book out in that time; Weare prepared to
announce that we wiIl begin work on the book at once
now, and, God willing, it will soon be ready. We
expect to cover all points of the Gospel as far as pos-
sible, from a strictly Pentecostal point of view. Sub-
. jects not dealt with hitherto in our paper will be care-
fully handled and explained. The name of the book
will be "The Work of Christ, and of the Holy Ghost."
We will attempt to explain all the work of Christ in
.our. redempti.on and salvation, and the w.ork of the
Holy Spirit, in F,Iis diffli}rent orders of w.ork. The
st1bject of demonology will be dealt with, as well as
all Christian experiences and graces. The price .of the
bo.ok, neatly b.ound in doth, will be $1, p.ostpaid. The
b.o.ok will cohtain two hundred or more pages, and will
be ,printed on good book ,paper. The price in paper
c()verswill be 50 cents. We advise all who can afford
to ,do, so to buy the cloth binding, as it will be so much
more valuable. Anyone, desiring to send money with
their oider before the book is out will take no chances,
as in case anytll,ing shoulq,',:happen to prevent our pub-
lishing the book, the mone'y will be promptly refunded.
We ask the people of God to pray for us while we are
engaged in this much-needed work. We have about
five hundred orders in for the book, and, if those
who will probably buy a copy will please write us to
thi~ effect, it will help us to decide on how many thou-
sands to publish.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Fourth Annual Pentecostal
CAMP MEETING
.Willbe held at Garfield Park, Topeka, Kansas, August
18 to 28, 1910. ' from :rb. 5.
In these meetings the Pen:tecostal truths will be
taught by those whom. the Lord leads to come and take
part in .the meetings which will be run on Apostolic
lines .. God's people everywhere, who are seeking Him,
are invited.
Tents and cots will be supplied on the grounds at the
same rates they cost us. Please bring bedding.
For further pC!.rticulars address
C. E. FOSTER,
II44 Colleg.e ave., Topeka, Kan.
IN'.lERSTATE CAMPMEETING.
The fifth annual encampment of the Apostolic Faith
movement of Texas will be held this year in Ft. Worth,
Texas, from July 8-24, inclusive, to which the sain s
everywhere are invited. A beautiful park has been SL-
cured containing a large pavilion in which the meeting
will be held. The meeting will be committed to God.
We will honor the Holy Ghost to lead in all things. A
large tent will be erected for dining purposes where
meals will be served free to all saints attending the en-
campment. No charges will be made for tents, cots,
meals or any service given. We will trust God to supply
all our needs and we will have all things in common.
We are praying and believing for the most g.lorious
meeting God has ever given us. A feast of good things.
Hallelujah to Jesus! Come and enjoy it with us.
The park for the camp-grounds is located ili that
portion of Ft. Worth known as Glennwood. Upon ar-
rival in the city take a Polytechnic car'to Glennwood
schoolhouse. Get' off and walk three blocks south to
the camp-gro,und:;;.
For further information address
DANIEL C. O. OPPERMAN,
1616 E. Linda st., Ft. Worth, Tex.
PENTEcOSTAL MEETINGS IN SOUTH BEND,
IND.
The Swedish Baptist Church, corner of Napier and
Laurel streets, South Bend, Ind., holds Pentecostal
meetings every Sunday, I I a. m. and 7 :30 p. m. ; also
Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock. Sundays
at 4 p. 'm .. in the English.
F. A. SANDGREN, Pastor.
NOTICES.
We have on hand a limited supply of Volume 2,
Heavenly Messages, beautifully bound in black cloth,
at 35 cents," postpaid.
Address F. A. Sandgren, 1614 Irving Park Blvd.,
Chicago, Ill.
WORRELL'S TRANSLATION OF THE NEW
~ TESTAMENT.
We still have on hand for sale Dr. ,Worrell's Trans-
lation of the New Testament, at $1.25, postpaid, in
the cloth binding and $2'in the leather binding. In
ordering the leather binding by mail, please send 16
cents extra for postage.
AddressWrn. H. Durham, 2836 West North ave-
nue, Chicago, Ill.
Do not fail to read our answer to Dr. Dixon in this
number,
We' are sorry to report that we are out of all back
numbers of this paper. All future orders will be filled
'
Be sure to read the article, "The Great Crisis," in
this number.