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g lo ry if th e y a re n o t— th e C hurch of R om e cou ld m ak e no headw ay, an d C h rist ou r L o rd w ou ld b e e x a lte d to th e en d s o f th e ea rth . A s soon as th e H o ly Sp irit cam e am ong us w ith g re a t p ow e r th e con v e rts ex c la im ed : “N o fu rth e r n e ed o f d e b a te w ith R om an ists as to which is th e tru e Church. T h e Spirit o f G o d is w ith u s; th a t settles th e q u e stion .” W h a t is th e use o f b o a stin g a b o u t th e trad itio n s o f th e e ld e rs a n d our church genealogies a n d our sp len d id p ed ig re e w h en w e h a v e n ’t g o t th e m an ifest p ow e r o f th e H o ly O n e in ou r m id st? G od , w h en H e cam e in th e flesh, found th e church a fru it less fig tree, an d w h en it w ou ld no t re p e n t H e cursed it. T o d a y G o d ’s m igh ty trum p e t-c a ll to H is Church is th a t she re p e n t a n d g lorify h e r a sc en d ed L o rd in th e w o rld b y liv ing in th e p ow e r o f th e E ternal Spirit. A t ev e ry p lace I v isited in China I found if G o d ’s p e o p le hum b led them selves, go t rid of sin, an d p ra y e d in one accord, w ith a d u e app re c ia tio n o f th e im p o rtan c e of th e gift o f G o d th e H o ly Spirit, they w ere alw ays ab le to exclaim , “H e h a th d o n e exceed ing a b u n d a n tly a b o v e w h a t w e ask ed o r th o u g h t.”
p ow e r m ightily stren g th en ed faith until w e felt assured th a t G o d w ould g ra n t an y requ e st offered in th e spirit. T h e re w as n o t a te a c h e r or servan t, o r anyon e else a ro u n d us in th e com p o u n d left u nm o v ed d u r ing tho se days. O ne o f ou r o ld e st ou t-station s h a d caused us g re a t h e a rt-b re ak in g a few m on th s b e fo re b y going b o d ily over to th e R om anists. It w as because w e w ou ld n o t in te rfe re fo r th em in a case in th e Chinese courts. It was som eth ing w e cou ld n o t tou ch an d b e tru e to G od , b u t th e p rie st a t once in te rfe red an d go t th e church in th a t town. A s soon as th e S p irit was p o u red ou t u p o n us ou r p re a ch e rs sen t off a cou rier a t m idn igh t, urging th e le ad e rs o f th a t church to come. A n e ld e r a n d a d e a co n cam e, an d w ere convicted, a n d in te a rs co n fessed. A fte r th e m ission w as o v e r a m issionary led a b a n d of p re a ch e rs b a ck to th a t tow n w ith tho se co n victed leaders. T h e H o ly G ho st conv icted w ith resistless pow er. In th re e d ay s 103 h a d confessed, m any of th em w rith ing in agony on th e ground , an d all h a d com e b a c k from Rom e. If all P ro te sta n ts w ere filled w ith th e Sp irit as G o d in tend s——an d they sin an d d e fra u d C h rist of H is
The Foundation Fact of Christianity. "T h e re su rrection o f C hrist is th e fo u n d a tio n -fa c t on which th e C h ristian c reed rests, in a believing soul. If an y o f th e A po stles h a d b e e n ask ed how it w as th a t th ey knew th a t Jesu s w as th e p rom ised Messiah, th e E te rn a l Son o f G od , th e S av iou r o f th e W o rld , b y W ho se te a ch ing an d ex am p le m en w ere to b e en ligh t ened, b y W ho se B lood m en w e re to b e red e em ed , to W h om all th e ch ild ren of m en w ere b o u n d to p a y th e hom ag e o f th e ir o b e d i ence an d th e ir love th e an sw er w ou ld h a v e been, becau se th e L o rd Jesus ro se from th e d e a d .”— C anon L iddon .
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