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The War Cry | JANUARY 2016
G
od is the source of all
spiritual power, and should
be sought for constantly
in two ways if we would have and
retain power--by meditation on
His Word and by secret prayer.
Several years ago I was preaching
at a New England corps (church),
commanded by a rather gifted officer.
He appeared to be much impressed by
my familiarity with and use of the
Bible, and one day he remarked that
he would be willing to give a fortune,
if he had it, for an equal knowledge of
the Scriptures. He was much taken
back when I assured him that he was
quite mistaken as to the strength of
his desire, for if he really wanted to
get acquainted with his Bible, he could
easily do so by spending the hour and
more that he gave to the newspapers
each day in prayerful study of God's
Word.
Men and women everywhere are
crying and sighing for power and the
fullness of the Spirit but neglect the
means by which this power and
fullness are secured.
The saintly John Fletcher said,
"An over-eager attention to the doc-
trines of the Holy Spirit made me in
some degree overlook the medium by
Spir i
An Excerpt f
Commissioner Brengle
(below)
at a Corps Cadet Camp
in Western Pennsylvania. He traveled
throughout the country and around
the world as an apostle of holiness.
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