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THE FIRE THAT COULD

NOT DIE

Table of Contents

Part 1 • 5They Loved God

1 The Atomic Age of the Spirit 7

2 The Seed 23

3 The Heat Buid! 35

" The #ar$ %ight of the Sou "3

5 The &ire &a! at A'u!a "(

) *a$i+g #i!cipe! of A %atio+! )1

7 #efeated ,y a Seco+dary Succe!! )7

Part 2 • 72

God -i #o .t Agai+

/ The Gate! of He Sha %ot Prevai 73

( -here the Spirit .!0 There .! Li,erty /5

1 The Greate!t *irace (5



Part 1

hey Loved

God



CHAPTER ONE

1THE ATOMIC AGE OF THE SPIRIT

8+er the last two /illenniu/s, thechurch has e9#erienced /any re+i+als,

renewals, and re.or/ation /o+e/ents)-o/e ha+e been used to s#ur the entirechurch to s#iritual ad+ance/ent) 8ne o. thegreatest o. these was the *:usa -treete+i+al o. 1%06 in Los *ngeles, Cali.ornia) Nearly one hundred years later, the in.luenceo. this re+i+al is not only still .elt, but iscontinuing to increase) 3he seed o. al/oste+ery subse5uent re+i+al, renewal, orre.or/ation /o+e/ent can be traced bac' tothis #oint in the church;s history) (ust as the

#attern .or a /ature oa' tree can be .ound inthe genetic code o. an acorn, the #attern .orwhat the church is beco/ing can be seen in*:usa -treet) 3his is why it is so crucial .orus to understand this re+i+al)

<+en though such /o+e/ents areine+itably called =new= when they .irsta##ear, they ha+e actually been a #rogressi+e restoration o. the biblical truthwhich was lost or neglected during the

>iddle *ges) *t the turn o. the century,re/nants o. the great restoration /o+e/ents

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/erged, .or/ing a =critical /ass)= 3his

resulted in gos#el e9#losions that shoo' theworld) 3he two greatest o. these were there+i+als in ?ales and Los *ngeles) 3ogetherthey ignited #ower.ul changes in the wayChristianity has been /ani.ested throughoutthe world) Ha+ing already #ublished ahistory o. the ?elsh e+i+al entitled TheWorld Aflame this boo'let is a study o. there+i+al in Los *ngeles)

8ne o. the a/a:ing characteristics o.this /o+e/ent is that not only has its i/#actcontinued a century a.ter it began, but it iscontinuing to increase@ 3hrough thePentecostal e+i+al and the subse5uent neo"Pentecostal /o+e/ents birthed .ro/ it Asuchas the Charis/atic, 3hird ?a+e, and

*#ostolic estoration >o+e/ents, thereha+e been /ore /inisters o. the gos#elordained, /ore /issionaries sent out, /orechurches #lanted, and /ore #eo#le broughtto sal+ation than through any other

/o+e/ent in church history) -tudiesesti/ate that nearly %0 o. all new con+ertsto Christianity are now co/ing to Christthrough the PentecostalCharis/atic/o+e/ents)

3o call what began at *:usa -treet inLos *ngeles Eust a re+i+al is to obscure its



The Atomic Age of the S!irit

true i/#ortance) ?hile it was a re+i+al,

*:usa -treet was also a renewal /o+e/entthat resulted in an accelerated re.or/ation o.the church) 8+erall, there /ay not ha+e beenanother /o+e/ent in history that has had agreater i/#act on the entire church) tsin.luence has now s#anned e+erydeno/ination and /o+e/ent to the degreethat it would be i/#ossible to understand the #resent church or her .uture withoutunderstanding this /o+e/ent)

AN INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE

3he beginning o. the 20th century/ar'ed the ra#id increase o. 'nowledge thatthe Lord had #redicted would co/e at theend o. the age) t has been esti/ated that ittoo' ,%00 years o. /an;s recorded history.or our 'nowledge o. the uni+erse to double)t then doubled again in Eust decades and isnow doubling e+ery .ew years@ *s the*#ostle Paul wrote in Corinthians 1FG6,

"However, the spiritual is not first, butthe natural; then the spiritual." unning #arallel to this great increase o. 'nowledgein the natural has been a si/ilar astonishingreco+ery o. truth in Christianity) 3he

di..erence is that the n.or/ation *ge is being .ueled by new disco+eries, while the

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great s#iritual renewal o. the church is being

.ueled by the redisco+ery o. the truth that(esus and His a#ostles taught)

3he Bible itsel. is /ore in.inite in itssco#e and de#th than anything disco+ered inthe natural world) n recent years, a hidden

code was .ound in the Bible that hasastonished the world;s greatest scienti.ic/inds) 3he code has such de#th andintricacy that it .orced e+en the /ost+ehe/ent secular scientists to declare, =?eare not alone@= 8ne stated that the creator o.the Bible Code is not only .ar beyond anyhu/an /ind, but .ar beyond e+en a /indthat we can concei+e o. at this ti/e)*lthough it too' a co/#uter to disco+er thecode, it has been esti/ated that i. e+ery

co/#uter in the world were lin'ed together,they still would not ha+e the #ower to createe+en the rudi/ents o. this code) 3hedisco+ery o. the Dead -ea -crolls +eri.iesthat the Bible Code was i/#lanted in the

-cri#tures at least 2,000 years ago, and #robably /uch earlier)

t is interesting that /any o. the great/inds now studying the Bible Code are surethat we are not alone and that there is an

intellect in the uni+erse that is beyond ourability to co/#rehend) 3hey ha+e not yet #ut

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the #ieces together and concluded that this

great intellect is si/#ly the od who wrotethe Bible in which the code is .ound@ 3he.act that od created the code is clearlye+ident, but they still cannot see Hi/)Howe+er, this, too, re+eals an i/#ortant biblical truth) <+en the shar#est hu/anintellect cannot .ind od unless the Holy-#irit re+eals Hi/)

Parallel to the dar'ness that 'ee#s e+enthe greatest hu/an genius .ro/ seeing odis the Holy -#irit) He is being #oured out insuch an a/a:ing way that un#recedented/ultitudes are now co/ing to a sa+ing'nowledge o. (esus Christ) Peo#le are now being born again at nearly twice the natural birthrate o. the entire world) 3here is an

e9#losion o. both natural and s#iritual'nowledge, but #resently they are on twodi..erent trac's, so/eti/es leading ino##osite directions)

*lthough #lanted in the Bible by od .or

a reason, the code is not needed byChristians) 3he #lain te9t o. -cri#ture itsel.has li/itless intricacies and de#ths .ar beyond the ca#ability o. a hu/an /ind tode+ise or co/#rehend without the Holy

-#irit) 3he #lain te9t o. the ?ord o. odcontains a .ar higher 'nowledge than the

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code, re+ealing not Eust what od has done

or is doing, but wh"# By studying the #lainte9t o. the Bible, we can learn to 'now the+ery Person o. od) 3hrough Hisrelationshi#s with the /en and wo/enrecorded in -cri#ture, we can understandwhat He e9#ects o. us) ?ith this 'nowledge,we can ser+e Hi/, worshi# Hi/, and li+eli+es that are #leasing to Hi/) 8ur goal /ust be to not Eust $now Hi/, but also to obe"Hi/)

3he ?ord o. od is a treasure o.un.atho/able +alue) <+ery =disco+ery=/ined .ro/ its #ages results in great,swee#ing changes in the world) De/ocracy,.ree enter#rise, and e+en science ha+e theirroots in the disco+ery, or redisco+ery, o.

biblical truths) 3he o+erwhel/ing /aEorityo. the #ositi+e in.luences in ci+ili:ation can be traced to the Bible) (ust as the increase o.natural 'nowledge has brought swee#ingchanges in the natural real/, there is an

increase o. s#iritual 'nowledge beingreleased that is bringing great swee#ingchanges in the church)

3he changes co/ing .ro/ the increase o.s#iritual 'nowledge are not alterations in the

basic truths, /orality or integrity u#onwhich Christianity is built) 3hese are ageless

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and will ne+er change) Nor are the changes

an atte/#t to con.or/ Christianity to/odern ti/es) -o/e o. the/ are, in .act, ane9#anding and dee#ening o. our biblical andhistorical /oorings) *lthough the changesare resulting in the e9#ansion o. strategies.or .ul.illing the reat Co//ission, thisalso is not their /ain thrust) 3he greatestsource o. this s#iritual increase o.'nowledge is si/#ly a dee#er re+elation o.the #erson o. (esus ChristF the changes aresi/#ly the result o. an increasing

con.or/ation to His i/age)

n a +ery real way, (esus is (acob;sladder) He con.ir/ed this when He said to NathanielF

"Because I said to you that I saw youunder the fig tree, do you believe? oushall see greater things than these."

!nd He said to hi, "Truly, truly, I say toyou, you shall see the heavens opened,

and the angels of #od ascending and

descending on the $on of %an" &'ohn()*+*(-.

3he Lord was /a'ing a direct re.erenceto the ladder that (acob had seen, asrecorded in enesis 2F12"1F

!nd he 'acob/ had a drea, and behold,a ladder was set on the earth with its top

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reaching to heaven; and behold, the

angels of #od were ascending and

descending on it.

!nd behold, the 0123 stood above it andsaid, "I a the 0123, the #od of your

father !braha and the #od of Isaac; theland on which you lie, I will give it to you

and to your descendants."

(esus is (acob;s ladder in the sense thatearthly /essengers o. od;s ?ord ascendinto the hea+enly #laces by a #rogressi+ere+elation o. Hi/) *s we behold /ore o.His glory, we are changed /ore into His

i/age) 3he result o. true 'nowledge is notso/e esoteric understanding o. s#iritualthings, but is rather our trans.or/ation intothe nature o. Christ) nowing Hi/ is howwe ascend into the hea+enly #laces to sit

with Hi/ and is also how we are enabled todescend to the world to re#resent Hi/)

3he great re+i+als now ta'ing #lacearound the earth are all the result o. anincreasing rece#ti+ity to the Holy -#irit,

?ho leads us in an increasing de+otion to a #ersonal relationshi# with (esus Christ) -ucha great, worldwide rece#ti+ity to the Holy-#irit by the church largely began with the*:usa -treet e+i+al o. 1%06)

CHANGE IS ACCELERATING

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3he -cri#tures are clear that the Lord is

going to return .or a bride without s#ot orwrin'le A<#hesians F2!) -he will be #ure,holy, uni.ied, and so #ower.ul that thenations will tre/ble at her #resence) >anyloo' at the outward conditions o. the churchand thin' that either this is i/#ossible or itwould ta'e a thousand years to acco/#lish)Howe+er, as Peter asserted in Peter F,"But do not let this one fact escape your

notice, beloved, that with the 0ord one

day is as a thousand years, and a

thousand years as one day." 3he Lord cando in one day what we thin' would ta'e athousand years) od can s#eed things u#,and He is doing so)

n the natural and s#iritual real/s,

change is accelerating) 3hose who resistchange are brea'ing and being discarded li'eold wines'ins) >o+e/ents, deno/inations,and churches that sto# /o+ing are nowdying 5uic'ly) 3hose who ha+e learned to

ride the wa+e o. the Holy -#irit are growingat a rate that was unthin'able Eust a .ewyears ago) n the /idst o. this greatlyincreasing #ace o. change, there aretraditions and historic /oorings that can

hel# us to /ore sa.ely na+igate, but we /ustnot let the/ beco/e anchors that sto# our

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#rogress) 3he cloud o. od;s #resence is

/o+ing .orward at a +ery .ast #ace)4or /ostly econo/ic #ur#oses, the

world has de+ised e..icient /eans to #rocessand use new disco+eries) n general, thechurch has not done as well, and /any o. the

great truths that should ha+e been thedo/ain o. the church ha+e been stolen bythe world and #ut to less than noble use) ?eare not e9#eriencing changes si/#ly .or thesa'e o. change, but because the church isheaded .or her destiny) ?e /ust de.ine bothwhere we are going and why) *s the #arableo. the talents e9horts, we /ust /anagewisely the great treasures o. 'nowledgeentrusted to us so that their /a9i/u/ bene.it is obtained A>atthew 2F1G"0)

<+en so, all that is going on s#irituallytoday is .ar beyond any hu/an ability tocontrol) 3he Lord (esus is the Head o. Hischurch, and He is the only 8ne who can/anage His own household) Howe+er, (esus

does delegate res#onsibilities) 3here is ades#erate need .or all who are called toleadershi# to ha+e dee# roots and clear+ision i. we are to stay close to Hi/ throughthis incredible ti/e o. change, #ro#erly

/anaging what has been a##ointed to us)3his re5uires understanding)

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t is not enough .or us to Eust =ta'e /ore

s#iritual land)= ?e /ust be able to hold ontowhat is gained) *s Pro+erbs 2GF"G states,"By wisdo a house is built, and by

understanding it is established; and by

4nowledge the roos are filled with all

precious and pleasant riches."

reat increase o. 'nowledge can .ill ourhouses, but we /ust .irst ha+e the wisdo/to build and the understanding to establishthe/) 8ur goal /ust be /ore than Eustha+ing large churchesI it /ust be to ha+e ahouse in which od wants to dwell) 8urgoal /ust be to see a church without s#ot orwrin'le, a glorious bride #re#ared .or theco/ing o. her ing) ?hat good is the /ostglorious te/#le i. the Lord is not in itJ

(ust a .ew centuries ago, great battleswere .ought o+er the right o. indi+idualChristians to be .ree to read their ownBibles) 3housands u#on thousands died inthese wars, e+en though +ery .ew #eo#le

were literate and could ha+e read a Bible i.there had been the .reedo/ to do so) ?hatwas acco/#lished through their e..orts was.or our sa'e) egardless o. what we attain inour ti/e, we are standing on the shoulders o.

all who went be.ore us, .ighting and ta'ingthe land whose .ruit we are now eating)

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3oday, /ost Christians ha+e se+eral

Bibles) ?e are bo/barded with s#iritual'nowledge and re+elations o. truth to thedegree that not e+en the largest /ega churchcould absorb the/ all, /uch less a##lythe/) But this is all right) No one church iscalled to #ossess and a##ly all s#iritual'nowledge and re+elation) <ach church hasa role to #lay, and we need to stay .ocusedon our #art) <+en so, it does hel# .or us toha+e at least a conce#t o. the =big #icture,=or where the entire church is headed)

?e /ust also honor our =.athers= and=/others= so that our days /ay be long u#onthe earth A<9odus 20F12) >any greatre+i+als and s#iritual /o+e/ents die #re/aturely because they neglect this

/atter) 3his #rinci#le is so crucial to theLord that it was the only co//and/ent Hega+e with a #ro/ise attached, which waslonge+ity) 3o obey this co//and/ent, we/ust ac'nowledge that our #rogress is

largely due to the .aith and courage o. ours#iritual .athers and /others) Heritage isi/#ortant, which is why the Lord instructede+ery generation o. srael to celebrate certain.easts in re/e/brance o. what od had

done in #re+ious generations)?e /ust re/e/ber, though, that the

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Lord was not Eust called "the #od o.

!braha," but also "the #od of!braha, the #od of Isaac, and the #od

of 'acob" &56odus 7)8-, /eaning that Hewants to relate to e+ery generation)3here.ore, we are studying the *:usa -treete+i+al, not only to gain greaterunderstanding and to honor our s#iritual.ore.athers, but also to ha+e our heartsstirred in such a way that we, too, will yearn.or our own encounters with the Lord) ?ecannot be content to Eust recount the stories,

but we /ust earnestly desire to see od/o+e again) (ust as 4ran' Bartle/an saidthat he would rather die than not see re+i+al,we /ust ha+e a li'e #assion to see od/o+e in our own li+es)

UNDERSTANDING THE PAST

od is /o+ing) ?e are well into thes#iritual ato/ic age) *s #re+iously stated,the #ace o. s#iritual change has already

e9ceeded our ability to understand andi/#le/ent all that is ha##ening) Howe+er,the release o. di..erent /o+e/ents, theinterchange a/ong the/, and the ti/ing o.the release o. redisco+ered truths, co/bined

with the conditions in the world, /a'e itclear that the Holy -#irit is +ery /uch in

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control) *n understanding o. the essence o.

#ast s#iritual /o+e/ents is essential .oranyone who is called to leadershi# in theseti/es i. we are going to be res#onsi+e towhat the -#irit is doing)

8. course, there are /any indi+iduals,

churches, and e+en whole deno/inationsthat were birthed out o. the *:usa -treete+i+al that ha+e sto##ed growing) n /any #laces, one can only .ind the re/nants o. the #ast glory, with little or no continuing .ire)Howe+er, around the world there are/ultitudes o. PentecostalCharis/aticchurches that are abla:e with the #resenceand acti+ity o. od) n countries where thegreatest ad+ances o. the gos#el are nowta'ing #lace, Pentecostal and Charis/atic

Christians are at the +anguard)

Li'e /ost other /o+e/ents, thePentecostal >o+e/ent had a s#ectacular beginning, .ollowed by u#hea+al .ro/within and #ersecution .ro/ without) >any

/ista'es were /ade that threatened tosidetrac' the entire /o+e/ent) 3hese wereal/ost always resol+ed in a way thatresulted in greater stability to the /o+e/ent,enabling it to continue ad+ancing) 3he

lessons learned .ro/ these situations willhel# any ad+ancing church or /o+e/ent)

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nderstanding the /ista'es /ade by

others can hel# us to a+oid the sa/e tra#s)Howe+er, be.ore we beco/e too concernedwith how to a+oid the tra#s o. re+i+al, weneed to 'now how to start one@ Because the/ost i/#ortant ste# in any Eourney is the.irst, understanding how true /o+es o. od begin is crucialF this is the essence o. ourstudy) ?e will loo' at so/e /ista'es, butwe should be .ar /ore concerned with whatwas done right) 3o ta'e a .ew hours toe9a/ine our history can sa+e us years o.

being sidetrac'ed in the .uture)

n all that we study, we /ust recogni:ethat the seed o. the church is (esus Christ)?e can loo' at Hi/ and 'now who/ we areto rese/ble) ?hen we e9a/ine -cri#ture,

the church, or history, He is the 8ne .orwho/ we are loo'ing) t is re#orted thata.ter >ichelangelo .inished his greatscul#ture o. ing Da+id, he was as'ed howhe did it) He re#lied that he had a #icture o.

ing Da+id in his heart and cut away all o.the stone that wasn;t hi/) n a sense, this iswhat those who are called to be =/aster builders= in the church /ust do) ?e /ustha+e a clear #icture o. (esus in our hearts

and re/o+e e+erything that is not Hi/) 3hatis li'ewise what we will see' to do with this

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i/#ortant history)

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CHAPTER TWO

2THE SEED

3he strength and longe+ity o. anythingthat is built will be a..ected by the strength

o. the .oundation u#on which it is built) 3hechurch that is built u#on the .oundation o.(esus Christ will #re+ail Eust as He did) *nyother .oundation will ulti/ately .ail) ?e/ust not e+en build u#on the .oundation o.the Holy -#irit) He was sent to lead us to(esus Christ, and in all that we do we /ust be see'ing Hi/)

3he *#ostle Paul also warned that we/ust be care.ul how we build u#on the.oundation) He declared that all "wood, hay

and/ stubble" will be burned u#, and thatonly the gold, sil+er and #recious stones willre/ain A Corinthians F12" 1 (7)3here.ore, in our studies o. churches or/o+e/ents, we should loo' .or things that

ha+e #ro+en to be "wood, hay and/stubble," which do not last, as well as .orthose things which ha+e #ro+en to be gold,sil+er and #recious stones, which do last)

3he beginning o. the Pentecostal

>o+e/ent is usually /ar'ed .ro/ theout#ouring o. the Holy -#irit at *:usa -treet

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in 1%06)

3here were a nu/ber o. #ower.ul/inistries and /o+e/ents which bothe9#erienced and #ro/ulgated the ba#tis/ o.the Holy -#irit #rior to *:usa -treet, butnone o. the/ had the continuing i/#act o.

this re+i+al) t was a true beginning, addingso/ething to the ad+ancing church that haslasted) 3he /o+e/ent has changed and nowhas /any di..erent strea/s, but one canrecogni:e what originated at *:usa -treet asthe source .or /ost o. the /o+es o. od thatha+e established the course o. Christianity inthis century)

?illia/ () -ey/our and 4ran'Bartle/an are the two na/es /ost o.ten

associated with the *:usa -treet e+i+al)3hey were di..erent in /any ways, but theywere both young /en who had anunco//on desire to 'now the Lord and seeHis #ower restored to the church) -ey/ourwas the un5uestioned leader o. the re+i+al)

He had the authority that ga+e birth to the/o+e/ent on earth) Bartle/an was theintercessor who had authority in hea+en)

Because these /en were so di..erent,their stories gi+e us two +ery di..erent +iewso. the *:usa -treet e+i+al) Howe+er, these

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di..erent #ictures do not con.lict, but rather

co/#li/ent one another to gi+e us a /oreco/#lete #icture) *s -ey/our was theactual leader o. the *:usa -treet e+i+al, wewill begin with his story) But .irst we /ustgo bac' a little .urther in history)

THE GRANDFATHER OF THE REVIVAL

Charles 4o9 Parha/ A1!"1%2% #resided o+er a Bible school in 3o#e'a,ansas) He was a true s#iritual .ather, and

/any consider hi/ the .ather o. the /odernPentecostal >o+e/ent) <+en though hewould later reEect /any o. his own s#iritualchildren, his #art in this /o+e/ent /ust berecogni:ed and understood)

Parha/ was a see'er o. od who wasconstantly challenged by what he +iewed asthe great chas/ between biblicalChristianity and the state o. the church in hisday) He sought the Lord .or what he

considered to be the true, biblical e9#ressiono. Christianity) *s he was 'ee#ing a #rayer+igil on New Kear;s <+e o. the year 1%00, hee9#erienced the s#iritual gi.t o. =s#ea'ing intongues,= or =glossolalia= in the early hourso. (anuary 1, 1%01, the beginning o. the 20th

century) 4ew could ha+e understood howthis one e+ent would be used to de.ine

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Christianity in the 20th century)

-#ea'ing in tongues, or the use o. others#iritual gi.ts, was by no /eans uni5ue inchurch history) >any re.or/ers andre+i+alists had such e9#eriences) <+en so,Parha/;s e9#erience ca/e at what could be

called the =.ullness o. ti/e,= a ti/e that wasri#e .or the har+est o. a reco+ered truth) Hise9#erience created a great deal o. interest, atleast in #art due to the dry and li.eless stateo. the church in his day) *lso, Parha/ wasnot 'nown .or e/otionalis/ ore9aggeration) ather, he was conser+ati+eand resolute, which at the ti/e ga+e e+en/ore credibility to his e9#erience)

* cou#le o. years a.ter his e9#erience,

Parha/ beca/e ill and was .orced to /o+eto Houston where he could stay with .riends)?hen his strength reco+ered, he begananother Bible school in the 3e9as #ort city)?illia/ -ey/our beca/e one o. hisstudents, but because he was blac' and

Parha/ was a strict segregationist, -ey/ourhad to sit outside o. the classroo/ and listenthrough a door that Parha/ would lea+ecrac'ed o#en .or hi/)

-ey/our wanted the Lord so /uch thathe would e/brace any hu/iliation to be

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close to what the Lord was doing) He was

con+inced that a new Pentecost was co/ingto the church and that what Parha/ hade9#erienced at the dawning o. the centurywas a #ro#hetic indication o. what was toco/e)

REJECTION

?illia/ () -ey/our was born inCenter+ille, Louisiana on >ay 2, 1!0) Hewas the son o. .or/er sla+es, -i/on and

Phyllis -ey/our) <+en a.ter gaining their.reedo/, the -ey/ours continued wor'ingon a #lantation) rowing strong in body ands#irit, young ?illia/ .ollowed in their.ootste#s, but recei+ed little .or/aleducation) He taught hi/sel. to read so thathe could read the Bible) nder the constantharass/ent o. the u lu9 lan and theo##ressi+e (i/ Crow laws, ?illia/ beca/econ+inced that (esus Christ was the only trueliberator o. /en) *.ter contracting s/all #o9

and losing one eye, he de+oted hi/sel. tothe /inistry, #roclai/ing the gos#el o. thetrue liberty o. all /en and wo/en through(esus Christ)

?ithout ha+ing recei+ed the ba#tis/ in

the Holy -#irit that he had sought .or solong, -ey/our le.t Parha/;s school in

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(anuary o. 1%06 to #astor a /ission

congregation) (ust a wee' a.ter his arri+al,he was reEected by congregational leaders o.the /ission who did not li'e his e/#hasison the co/ing o. a new Pentecost) -ey/ourstarted a little #rayer grou# o. li'e"/indedsouls who si/#ly had to e9#erience /ore o.od) 3hey had no clue that when they .oundwhat they were loo'ing .or, the Christianworld would be changed .ore+er)

8ne recurring the/e in church historysee/s to be that great leaders o.ten arri+e attheir a##ointed #lace o. destiny because o.reEection) ?e see this re#eated in -cri#turein the accounts o. the li+es o. (ose#h,>oses, Da+id, and the Lord (esus Hi/sel.,to na/e but a .ew) t see/s as i. great

disa##oint/ent with oursel+es or others is a #rere5uisite .or being used by od in a greatway, es#ecially to begin so/ething new) tcould e+en be said that learning to deal withreEection co/es on the list o. instructions .or

being a Christian) ?e should ne+er besur#rised by reEection, but /ust 'ee# ourtrust and attention on the Lord) He will usee+erything that ha##ens to us .or His owngood, as well as .or ours)

Long be.ore -ey/our /ade his way toLos *ngeles, 4ran' Bartle/an had been

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#re#aring the s#iritual ground .or what was

co/ing) He was not a #astor, but a lay/anwho lo+ed the Lord and lo+ed his city)

Longing to see the Lord /o+e in Los*ngeles, he #rayed continuously .or od tointer+ene)

A GROWING EXPECTATION

8n *#ril , 1%0G, 4ran' Bartle/anheard 4) B) >eyer #reach) >eyer was .ro/London, and he described the re+i+al then

going on in ?ales) >eyer had /et <+anoberts, the leader o. the ?elsh e+i+al,and was greatly i/#acted by hi/) >eyerwas not a starter o. re+i+al .ires, but he wasa carrier o. the .la/e) His descri#tions o. the

re+i+al in ?ales would throw .uel on the.la/es o. the .lic'ering s#iritual .ires o. allwho heard hi/) *.ter listening to >eyer,4ran' Bartle/an #ro/ised the Lord that Hewould ha+e his .ull de+otion .ro/ that ti/e

on) >any /a'e such co//it/ents in theheat o. the /o/ent, but Bartle/an was a/an o. his word, and he 'e#t his #ro/ise)

?ith his heart bro'en .ro/ the recentdeath o. his three"year"old daughter,

Bartle/an .elt that his treasure was now inhea+en, and he resol+ed to do e+erything .or

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the sa'e o. the gos#el) He began distributing

tracts at the #ost o..ice, ban's, #ublic buildings, saloons and e+en houses o. #rostitution) ?or'ing long and .aith.ully butseeing .ew li+es changed, Bartle/anyearned .or /ore #ower)

* great burden ca/e u#on hi/ to see the'ind o. re+i+al that he had heard about in?ales, which not only changed indi+iduals, but changed whole cities) 3he /ore hewor'ed, the /ore he tra+ailed in heart .orsuch a /o+e o. od to co/e to Los*ngeles) 3hen Bartle/an began to sensethat what was to co/e to Los *ngeles would be di..erent .ro/ what was ha##ening in?ales, and he began to boldly #ro#hesy theco/ing o. =another Pentecost)=

*t this ti/e, /any other Christiansaround the world, see/ingly inde#endent o.one another, were growing in an e9#ectationo. this gi.t o. the Holy -#irit being #ouredout on the church again as He had in the .irst

century) 3his was due to an e/#hasis on the biblical #ro#hecies in both (oel 2 and *cts 2which #ro/ised that this would ha##en inthe last days) n this way, the ground wastilled .or the ra#id s#reading o. this

/o+e/ent when the Holy -#irit wouldco/e) n od;s #er.ect ti/ing, so/e o. these

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#eo#le would co/e together in the little,

run"down /ission on *:usa -treet)3his is one o. the uni5ue ele/ents o. the

*:usa -treet e+i+alit was not Eustcentered around one #erson) (ust asBarnabas had to .ind Paul be.ore he could be

released into his own calling as an a#ostle,our own destinies are o.ten de#endent on ourhu/ility to see' out those to who/ we needto be Eoined in order to acco/#lish His #ur#oses) <+en (esus sub/itted Hi/sel. tothe /inistry o. (ohn the Ba#tist be.ore #roceeding with His own calling) 3he Lordhas so co/#osed His #lan that we all needone another) 3he /ore we hu/ble oursel+esto be Eoined to others, the /ore .ruit we willulti/ately bear)

8n the .irst o. >ay, a s/all re+i+al bro'e out in the La'e *+enue >ethodist<#isco#al Church in Pasadena) ntercessorshad been #raying .or a re+i+al in Pasadena,and the Lord answered their #rayers)

Bartle/an +isited the church and was dee#lytouched) 3he altar area .ull o. see'ing soulsencouraged his resol+e to see the Lord /o+ein the sa/e way in Los *ngeles)

3hat night he /ade a #ro#hetic notationin his Eournal) He began listing the .uture

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dangers that would surely try to sidetrac' the

co/ing great re+i+al, which he was alreadycon+inced was near) He wrote that it would #ass /any churches by because they weresatis.ied, and that ulti/ate success or .ailurewould de#end on #eo#le staying hu/bleenough to see' the grace o. od) Bartle/an belie+ed that i. those who were used in there+i+al beca/e caught u# with a sense o.their own i/#ortance, this great s#iritualo##ortunity would be lost) He wroteF

%od has alwa"s sought a humble !eo!le# &ecan use no other###There is alwa"s muchneed for heart !re!aration in humilit" and se!aration before %od can consistentl"come# The de!th of an" re'i'al will bedetermined e(actl" b" the s!irit ofre!entance that is obtained# )n fact this is

the $e" to e'er" true re'i'al born of %od#

Bartle/an then read the boo', The %reat

*e'i'al in Wales by -)B) -haw, and the .irein his heart could no longer be contained) He.orsoo' his secular e/#loy/ent and de+oted

hi/sel. .ull ti/e to the /inistry) He was atthe #oint where he would either see re+i+alor #erish) He hungered so /uch .or it that hee+en lost his a##etite .or .ood) =>an shallnot li+e by bread alone,= he declared to those

who were concerned .or hi/) n his heart, hehad deter/ined that it would be better to die

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than to /iss the o##ortunity to see a great

/o+e o. od) Bartle/an had so abandonedhi/sel. to od that he si/#ly did not ha+eany alternati+es) He had nothing to .all bac'on in his li.e i. od did not /o+e) -ince(esus called His .irst disci#les, such has been the nature o. the #illars u#on who/ theLord has built His church)

Bartle/an began +isiting with #eo#ledaily, gi+ing the/ ) Ca/#bell >organ;s #a/#hlet entitled the =e+i+al in ?ales)=>organ;s writing dee#ly /o+ed the hearts o./any, and so/e were enlisted to #ray .or a/ighty out#ouring o. the Holy -#irit in Los*ngeles) Bartle/an beca/e so consu/edwith od that he began to awa'en in the/iddle o. the night shouting #raises to Hi/)

He wrote o. this ti/eF

) was now going da" and night e(hortingm"self to ha'e faith in %od for might"things# The s!irit of re'i'al consumed me#The s!irit of !ro!hec" came u!on me

strongl" also# ) seemed to recei'e a definite+gift of faith+ for re'i'al# We were e'identl"in the beginning of wonderful da"s to comeand ) !ro!hesied continuall" of a might"out!ouring#

Bartle/an;s :eal .or the Lord at this ti/e

was so great that his wi.e and .riends beganto .ear .or his li.e) He /issed so /uch slee#




and so /any /eals in order to #ray that they

did not thin' he could last /uch longer) Hisres#onse to their #leas .or /oderation wasthat he would rather die than not see re+i+al)

Psal/ 10GFG states that the Lord /a'esHis /essengers "flaes of fire." 3his was

the i/#artation that the Lord ga+e to the two/en on the oad to <//aushearts that burned .or the /essage o. the -on o. od)Bartle/an was such a /essenger) 3he .irethat burned within hi/ could not be5uenched) Because o. this, Bartle/an would be used to start re+i+al .ires around theworld)

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CHAPTER THREE

3THE HEAT BUILDS

8n (une 1!, Bartle/an went to Los*ngeles to attend a /eeting at the 4irst

Ba#tist Church where they were waiting onod .or an out#ouring o. the -#irit) 3heir #astor, (ose#h -/ale, had Eust returned .ro/?ales) He was .illed with :eal to recei+e thesa/e +isitation and blessing o. the Holy-#irit in his own church which was nowholding /eetings e+ery day and night)

7isiting this church o.ten, Bartle/an beca/e discouraged by the .act that the #eo#le waited on the #astor be.ore doinganything) 3hey would not e+en #ray until heca/e) 3his stirred Bartle/an to see' adee#er re+elation o. (esus .or hi/sel.) Hewould slee# .it.ully, o.ten awa'ening to #rayand see' the Lord .or a closer relationshi#with Hi/) 3he closer he grew to the Lord,

the harder it was on his .lesh, but he did notcare) He wanted to 'now "the fellowship of

His sufferings" &9hilippians 7)(+- and thetra+ail that the Lord .elt .or the lost) He began to e9#erience what he later .elt were

the "groanings too deep forwords" &2oans :)8-.




*t a tent /eeting, Bartle/an /et

<dward Boeh/er, who had Eust beencon+erted the #re+ious s#ring and shared thesa/e burden o. #rayer) //ediately, theywere united in s#irit and see/ed to .eed oneanother;s .ire .or re+i+al) Bartle/an latersaid, =>y li.e was by this ti/e literallyswallowed u# in #rayer) was #raying dayand night)=

t was at this ti/e that a concern arose inBartle/an .or what he #ercei+ed to be ano+ere/#hasis on the ?elsh e+i+al) t wasnews o. that great re+i+al that had .irststirred his own heart, but he beca/eunco/.ortable with e+eryone #raying .or are+i+al li'e the one in ?ales) He sensed thatod wanted to do so/ething di..erent in Los

*ngeles)

Bartle/an then wrote a letter to <+anoberts in ?ales as'ing hi/ to #ray .orCali.ornia) oberts re#lied that he would,and this ga+e the church in Los *ngeles her

.irst lin' to the ?elsh e+i+al leaders)oberts e9horted the/F =Congregate the #eo#le together who are willing to /a'e atotal surrender) Pray and wait) Belie+e od;s #ro/ises) Hold daily /eetings)= 3his letter

was a great encourage/ent to Bartle/an)3he -#irit was surely /o+ing throughout the

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wonder.ul things to co/e, including =the

s#eedy return o. the a#ostolic gi.ts to thechurch)= Peo#le began to .eel as i. Los*ngeles was a ty#e o. (erusale/ where the-#irit .irst ca/e to dwell in /en andwo/en) By (une o. 1%0, the #rayers hadchanged .ro/ #raying .or another re+i+alli'e the one in ?ales to #raying .or =anotherPentecost)=

8n (uly , Bartle/an and Boeh/er werein a hall in Pasadena #raying when the burden beca/e al/ost unbearable .or the/,and they cried out li'e wo/en gi+ing birth)?hen the burden .inally li.ted, they Eust sat.or awhile, enEoying the cal/ that en+elo#edthe/) -uddenly the Lord (esus re+ealedHi/sel., standing between the/) 3hey did

not dare to /o+e) Lo+e swe#t o+er the/ andthey .elt as i. a burning .ire went throughthe/) *s Bartle/an later wrote,

," whole being seemed to flow down before &im li$e wa( before the fire# ) lost all

consciousness of time or s!ace beingconscious onl" of &is wonderful !resence# )worshi!ed at &is feet# )t seemed a 'eritable ,ount of Transfiguration# ) was lost in the !ure S!irit# The -ord had said nothing tous but onl" o'erwhelmed our s!irits b" &is

!resence# &e had come to strengthen andassure us for &is ser'ice# We $new now wewere wor$ers with &im fellowshi!!ers of



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&is sufferings in the ministr" of +soultra'ail#+ *eal soul tra'ail is .ust as definite

in the s!irit as natural human birth/!angs#The simile is almost !erfect in its sameness# No soul is e'er born without this# All truere'i'als of sal'ation come this wa"#

t was at this ti/e that Bartle/an was

re/inded o. what he .elt was the 'eynote tore+i+alF =3he de#th o. re+i+al will bedeter/ined e9actly by the de#th o. the s#irito. re#entance) *nd this will hold true .or all #eo#le, at all ti/es)=

3he re+i+al s#irit at Pastor -/ale;schurch was ra#idly s#reading o+er the city)De+oted intercessors ca/e .ro/ all o+er theregion, re#resenting al/ost all s#iritual bac'grounds) -oon they e9#anded their

+ision .ro/ Eust seeing a re+i+al inCali.ornia to #raying .or the nation) 3henthey too' another ste# o. .aith and began #raying .or a re+i+al that would touch theends o. the earth) *s Bartle/an wrote, =3hes#irit o. #ro#hecy began to wor' a/ong us.or /ighty things on a large scale)=

?hile +isiting -/ale;s church again,Bartle/an was led to #ray .or .aith,discern/ent o. s#irits, healing, and #ro#hecy) ?hen a .ew belie+ers had begun #raying .or re+i+al a .ew /onths be.ore, no

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one see/ed to ha+e /uch .aith .or anything

out o. the ordinary) 3here was a sce#ticis/regarding the #resent conditions o. thechurch that cast itsel. li'e a #all o+er belie+ers) ?ith consistent intercession, thisattitude changed) Now they had .aith to notonly #ray .or great things, but to #ro#hesythe/)

t was then that Bartle/an wrote anarticle .or the Dail" News of 0asadenadescribing what he saw in Pastor -/ale;schurch) ?hen it was #rinted, the #ublisherwas ins#ired to co/e and see what wasgoing on) reatly con+icted, he ca/e to thealtar and sought od earnestly) He thenwrote his own article entitled, =?hat -awin a Los *ngeles Church= that was co#ied in

a nu/ber o. holiness #a#ers throughout thecountry) 3his created a nationwide interestin what was ha##ening in Los *ngeles)

*.ter the /eetings had run daily in the4irst Ba#tist Church .or al/ost .our /onths,

the o..icials o. the church were tired andwanted to return to the old order) Pastor-/ale was told either to sto# the re+i+al orto get out) He chose the latter and organi:eda New 3esta/ent Church) *lthough he had

e9#ressed his disli'e .or such organi:ations,Bartle/an beca/e a charter /e/ber) He

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#reached daily where+er he could .ind an

audience and #rayed continuously in between)

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CHAPTER FOUR

4THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

*.ter se+eral /onths at such an intensele+el, /any began to .aint and dri.t away)

3he s#iritual heat that was building began toebb) t was li'e the children o. srael lea+ing<gy#t with such :eal, only to ha+e it witheraway 5uic'ly in the wilderness they werere5uired to cross be.ore arri+ing in thePro/ised Land) 3he sa/e thing occurred Eust be.ore the outbrea' o. the ?elshe+i+al) 3he sa/e thing also had ha##ened be.ore the day o. Pentecost when the -#iritwas .irst gi+en to the church) >ore than 00had seen the resurrected Christ and were

instructed to wait .or the gi.t o. the Holy-#irit in (erusale/, but only 120 were le.twhen He was #oured out on those gathered)

During this ti/e, Bartle/an;s :eal didnot wane) 3he burden .or intercession so

#ossessed hi/ that he .asted and #rayedcontinually) 4earing that he could notsur+i+e /uch longer, his wi.e and .riendstried des#erately to #ersuade hi/ to sto# #ushing hi/sel. so intensely) Bartle/an

later said that he .elt as i. he were atethse/ane with the Lord) He began to

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thin' that the tra+ail o. the Lord;s soul had

.allen u#on hi/ in such /easure that hewould not li+e to see the answer to his #rayers) -till, he continued)

-o/e belie+ed that Bartle/an waslosing his /ind) 4ew could understand what

he was going through) 3his was thea#ostolic intercession that co/#elled Paul toris' his li.e in "stripes, in iprisonents,

in tuults, in labours, in watchings, in

fastings" &II Corinthians 8)* <'=-. Hesub/itted to beatings, stonings, or anythingelse re5uired .or the sa'e o. the gos#el) 3othe "natural an," such sacri.ices are.oolish because they are the "things of the

$pirit" &I Corinthians )(>- which sel.ish #eo#le cannot understand) Bartle/an heldonto his .aith, belie+ing that "he who has

found his life shall lose it" &%atthew

(+)7-. "56cept a corn of wheat fall into

the ground and die, it abideth alone) but

if it die, it bringeth forth uch

fruit" &'ohn ()> <'=-. He did not care i.he had to dieI he needed re+i+al /ore thanhe needed li.e)

3he New 3esta/ent Church started byBrother -/ale grew and began to ta'e on so

/any secondary interests that the #eo#le began to lose interest in #rayer) *s they

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dri.ted away .ro/ carrying the burden .or

re+i+al, Bartle/an li'ewise dri.ted away.ro/ the/) >any start strongly, but do notendure long) Howe+er, e+en i. he alone wasle.t, 4ran' Bartle/an was deter/ined to #ray until the .ire o. od .ell)

TWO BY TWO

*s Bartle/an continued his unyielding:eal .or re+i+al and #rayer, o##osition tohi/ arose in the church) -o/e tried to

in.luence hi/ to sto# his #rayer /eetings)?hen Bartle/an in5uired o. the Lord .orHis will, he had an encounter with the gloryo. the Lord) ?ithout answering his5uestions directly, the Lord settled the/atter) Bartle/an was addicted to the #resence o. od and would rather dowithout air than #rayer) @"Ae ought to obey

#od rather than en@" he 5uoted whenas'ed what he was going to do A*cts F2%)

t was at this ti/e that Bartle/an wroteanother article that .anned the s#ar's bac'into .la/es .or /any who had dri.ted .ro/their ho#e .or re+i+al) n it, he concludedwith a #ro#hecy that was soon to be.ul.illedF

&eroes will arise from the dust of obscure

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and des!ised circumstances whose nameswill be embla1oned on hea'en2s eternal

!age of fame# The S!irit is brooding o'erour land again as at creation2s dawn andthe decree of %od goes forth3 +-et there belight4+ Brother sister if we all belie'ed%od can "ou reali1e what would ha!!en 5 ,an" of us here are li'ing for nothing else#

A 'olume of belie'ing !ra"er is ascending tothe throne night and da"# -os AngelesSouthern California and the wholecontinent shall surel" find itself before longin the throes of a might" re'i'al b" theS!irit and !ower of %od 6Wa" of Faith

No'ember 78 79:;<#*.ter a ser+ice in the New 3esta/ent

Church, Bartle/an and a .ew others wereled to #ray .or the Lord to #our out His-#irit s#eedily, with signs .ollowing A>ar'

16F1!) 3hey did not ha+e =tongues= in/ind, and later asserted that at the ti/e theyhad not e+en heard or thought o. such athing) 3his was in 4ebruary o. 1%06)

8n >arch 26, Bartle/an went to a

cottage /eeting on Bonnie Brae -treet) Bothwhite and blac' belie+ers were /eetingthere .or #rayer) He had Eust /et ?illia/-ey/our, who had co/e .ro/ 3e9as) 8.that /eeting he recorded in his Eournal a

si/#le note about -ey/ourF =He was a blac'/an, blind in one eye, +ery #lain, s#iritual,

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and hu/ble) He attended the /eetings at

Bonnie Brae -treet)=?hen Bartle/an /et -ey/our, it

/ar'ed the beginning o. the dawn a.ter hisdar' night o. the soul) Both /en li+ed and breathed #assion .or re+i+al) t is unli'ely

that they e+er sat down to discuss how theywould wor' together, but it is ob+ious thatthe *:usa -treet e+i+al would not ha+e been #ossible without either one o. the/)8ne was nitro and the other was glycerin)*lone, they each were not acco/#lishing/uch, together they created an e9#losionthat roc'ed the entire Christian world) 3heLord still sends His disci#les out two bytwo) egardless o. who we are and what theLord has entrusted to us, we will not be able

to acco/#lish what we ha+e been called todo without others) Li'e the /eeting o. Pauland Barnabas, the /eeting o. -ey/our andBartle/an stands as one o. the greatde/arcations in the history o. Christianity)

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CHAPTER FIVE

5 THE FIRE FALLS AT AZUSA

-ey/our had recogni:ed the hand o.od in his reEection by the /ission and wascontent ser+ing the little ho/e #rayer grou#which /et regularly .or se+eral /onths)-ey/our;s ho#e was not in the a##earance o.things on the earth, but in what od wouldsend out o. hea+en) ?hile in the /iddle o. aten"day .ast, -ey/our and the others in this

little band were dra/atically ba#ti:ed in theHoly -#irit and recei+ed the gi.t o. tongues,as well as other charis/atic gi.ts)

*s #re+iously noted, this out#ouring o.the Holy -#irit was not uni5ue in history, but ne+er be.ore had this e9#erience itsel. beco/e an actual /o+e/ent) 3his ti/e itdid) ?ord s#read =li'e .ire in a dry wood,=and li'e the .irst Pentecost, /ultitudes ca/eto see what had ha##ened at -ey/our;s

#rayer grou#) 3his was caused by 4ran'Bartle/an;s strea/ o. articles, tracts and.aith.ul /inistry throughout the city,e9horting churches and #rayer grou#s tosee' the Lord .or =a new Pentecost)=

*s soon as word went out about thee9#erience o. -ey/our;s #rayer grou#, large

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crowds o. interested #eo#le descended on

the/) 3o acco//odate the hungry #eo#le,the #rayer grou# was .orced to rent an old,rundown, barn"li'e building in the /iddle o.a blac' ghetto) *t the ti/e, no one i/aginedthat the little street on which it was locatedwould soon beco/e one o. the /ost .a/ousaddresses in the world)

3he .or/er /ission was once used as ali+ery stable and had a dirt .loor) >anyre/ar'ed when they +isited *:usa -treetthat the Lord, Hi/sel., had been born insuch a #lace) 3he rent was only M)00 a/onth, and the building could hold as /anyas %00 #eo#le) <+en so, ser+ices were sooncontinuing al/ost around the cloc' tohandle the crowds)

>eanwhile, the little grou# at BonnieBrae had been tarrying earnestly .or anout#ouring o. the Holy -#irit and on *#ril %,the -#irit had co/e to the/ in a /annersi/ilar to the way He had co/e on the

original Day o. Pentecost) 8n -unday/orning, *#ril 1, a blac' sister .ro/ theBonnie Brae /eeting attended the ser+ice at New 3esta/ent Church and s#o'e intongues, creating a great stir) -i/ilar to the

.irst Pentecost, #eo#le gathered in littlegrou#s on the sidewal' a.ter the ser+ice,

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in5uiring what this /ight /ean)

?hat had begun as a s#ar' with CharlesParha/ now lea#t into o#en .la/es,e+entually ca#turing the attention o. /illionsaround the world, and 5uic'ly s#reading toe+ery recogni:ed nation on earth) * hu/ble

little #rayer grou#, led by a one"eyed, .or/ersharecro##er, was the seed bed .or thedawning o. a new age in Christianity) ?henBartle/an heard o. it that -unday /orning,he went to Bonnie Brae i//ediately) Helater wrote o. that dayF

We had been !ra"ing for man" months for'ictor"# Jesus was now +showing &imselfali'e+ again to man"# The !ioneers hadbro$en through for the multitude to follow#

There was a general s!irit of humilit"manifested in the meeting# The" were ta$enu! with %od# ='identl" the -ord had foundthe little com!an" at last outside as alwa"sthrough whom &e could ha'e &is wa"# %odhad not chosen an established missionwhere this could be done# The" were in the

hands of men> the S!irit could not wor$#?thers far more !retentious had failed# Thatwhich man esteems had been !assed b"once more and the S!irit born again in ahumble +stable+ outside ecclesiasticalestablishments#

A bod" must be !re!ared in re!entance andhumilit" for e'er" out!ouring of the S!irit#

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The !reaching of the *eformation wasbegun b" ,artin -uther in a tumble down

building in the midst of the !ublic s@uare inWittenberg# D2Aubigne describes it as follows

n the /iddle o. the s5uare at ?ittenbergstood an ancient wooden cha#el, thirty .eet

long and twenty .eet wide, whose walls, #ro##ed u# on all sides, were .alling intoruin) *n old #ul#it /ade o. #lan's, and three.eet high, recei+ed the #reacher) t was inthis wretched #lace that the #reaching o. thee.or/ation began) t was od;s will thatwhich was to restore His glory should ha+ethe hu/blest surroundings) t was in thiswretched enclosure that od willed, so tos#ea', that His well"belo+ed -on should be born a second ti/e) */ong those thousandso. cathedrals and #arish churches with whichthe world is .illed, there was not one at that

ti/e which od chose .or the glorious #reaching o. eternal li.e)

Li'e /ost o. the great /o+es o. od inhistory, when the great Pentecostal re+i+al began, +ery .ew understood the true

signi.icance o. what was ha##ening,including those who had been used to #ro#hesy its co/ing) t did not start as alarge /ass /o+e/ent, but as a little #rayer/eeting) 3his is a #art o. the wonder andawe o. being a Christian)

?hen we are relating to *l/ighty od,

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the 8ne who created the world with a word,

anything u#on which He decides to breathecan ha+e conse5uences .ar beyond anyhu/an co/#rehension) -ince He is od, Hecan ta'e the /ost hu/ble #rayer /eetingand use it to sha'e the world) Because Hedelights in using the hu/ble, the wea', andthe .oolish, a si/#le /eeting can ha+ehistoric conse5uences) ?e /ust ne+er doubtthe #otential o. e+en the /ost hu/blegathering o. those who 'now Hi/) . Eusttwo can agree together, anything is #ossible)

?hene+er two or /ore gather, He will bethere A>atthew 1F1%"20)

BREAKING THE NORM

3he Lord usually does great things a.tera ti/e o. #re#aration) He uses /en andwo/en who, li'e 4ran' Bartle/an, ha+esuch a #assion .or the Lord and His #ur#osesthat they i/#art it to others) ?hen the .ire is.inally lit, it can then Eu/# all hu/an

i/#osed boundaries and /o+e beyondhu/an control)

<+ery great s#iritual #ioneer who has been used to ignite great /o+es o. odinitially has see/ed rec'less and dangerous

to the church they are sent to awa'en)-ey/our and Bartle/an were no e9ce#tions




to this) 3hey wanted od so /uch that they

did not care what anyone else thought aboutthe/) 3hey could not li+e within the #resentli/its o. their ti/es, so they were used to #ush those li/itations bac') 3heirabandon/ent to the -#irit was then used to bene.it the /ulti#lied /illions who would.ollow)

4ro/ the beginning, the *:usa -treete+i+al was astonishingly uni5ue, brea'ing/any nor/s) <+en the .irst /eetingscontained the seeds o. the great /o+e/entsthat would be birthed .ro/ it) 3he .ollowingis Bartle/an;s own descri#tion o. his .irst+isits to the little /ission on *:usa -treetF

After a season of !ra"er ) was im!ressed ofthe -ord to go to the meeting which hadbeen remo'ed from Bonnie Brae Street to7 A1usa Street# &ere the" had rented anold frame building formerl" a ,ethodistchurch in the center of the cit" but now along time out of use for meetings# )t hadbecome a rece!tacle for old lumber !laster

etc# The" had cleared s!ace enough in the surrounding dirt and debris to la" some !lan$s on to! of em!t" nail $egs with seatsenough for !ossibl" thirt" !eo!le# )f )remember rightl" these were arranged in a s@uare facing one another#

) was under tremendous !ressure to get tothe meeting that e'ening# )t was m" first

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'isit to A1usa ,ission# ,other Wheatonwho was li'ing with us was going with me#

She was so slow that ) could hardl" wait forher# We finall" reached A1usa and foundabout a do1en saints there some white some blac$# Brother Se"mour was incharge# The +Ar$ of %od+ mo'ed off slowl"but surel" at A1usa# )t was carried on the

shoulders of &is own a!!ointed !riests inthe beginning# We had no +new cart+ inthose da"s to !lease the carnal mi(edmultitude# We had the de'il to fight but the Ar$ was not drawn b" o(en 6dumb beasts<#The !riests were +ali'e unto %od+ through

much !re!aration and !ra"er# Discernment was not !erfect and the enem" got some ad'antage which broughtre!roach to the wor$ but the saints soonlearned to +ta$e the !recious from the 'ile#+The combined forces of hell were set

determinedl" against us in the beginning# )twas not all blessing# )n fact the fight wasterrific# As alwa"s the de'il combed thecountr" for croo$ed s!irits to destro" thewor$ if !ossible# But the fire could not be smothered# %raduall" the tide arose in

'ictor"# But from a small beginning a 'er"little flame#

)t was soon noised abroad that %od waswor$ing at A1usa and all $inds of !eo!lebegan to come to the meetings# ,an" werecurious and unbelie'ing but others were

hungr" for %od# The news!a!ers began toridicule and abuse the meetings thus gi'ing




us much free ad'ertising# This brought thecrowds# The de'il o'erdid himself again#

?utside !ersecution ne'er hurt the wor$# Wehad the most to fear from the wor$ing of e'il s!irits within# ='en s!iritualists andh"!notists came to in'estigate and to tr"their influence# Then all the religious soreheads croo$s and cran$s came see$ing a

!lace in the wor$# We had the most to fear from these# But this is alwa"s the danger toe'er" new wor$> the" had no !laceelsewhere# This condition cast a fear o'erman" which was hard to o'ercome# )thindered the S!irit much# ,an" were afraid

to see$ %od for fear the de'il might getthem#

We found earl" in the A1usa wor$ that whenwe attem!ted to stead" the Ar$ the -ord sto!!ed wor$ing# We dared not call theattention of the !eo!le too much to the

wor$ing of the e'il one# Fear would follow#We could onl" !ra" and then %od would gi'e us 'ictor"# There was a !resence of%od with us through !ra"er we couldde!end on# The leaders had limitede(!erience and the wonder is that the wor$

sur'i'ed at all against its !owerfulad'ersaries# But it was of %od# That was the secret#

A certain writer has well said +?n the da"of 0entecost Christianit" faced the world anew religion without a college a !eo!le or

a !atron# All that was ancient and 'enerablerose u! before her in solid o!!osition and

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she did not flatter or conciliate an" one ofthem# She assailed e'er" e(isting s"stem and

e'er" bad habit burning her wa" throughinnumerable forms of o!!osition# This sheaccom!lished with her 2tongue of fire2alone#+

Another writer has said +The a!ostas" of

the earl" Church came as a result of a greater desire to see the s!read of its !owerand rule than to see new natures gi'en to itsindi'idual members# The moment we co'et alarge following and re.oice in the crowdthat is attracted b" our !resentation of whatwe consider truth and ha'e not a greaterdesire to see the natures of indi'idualschanged according to the di'ine !lan we start to tra'el the same road of a!ostas"###+

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

3he leaders o. the *:usa wor' wereine9#erienced in leadershi#, but well"seasoned in .aith) 3hey trusted Hi/ to /a'eu# their lac', and .or as long as they/aintained their hu/ility, He did) t

sur+i+ed e+ery onslaught o. the de+il and thereligiously decei+ed) >issionaries andChristian leaders ca/e .ro/ the .ar cornerso. the earth, and od touched all who ca/eas sincere see'ers o. His grace)

8ne o. the great s#iritual #ioneers o. the20th century, Dr) *) ) arr, closed his

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/inistry at the Burning Bush Hall to go to

*:usa) He recei+ed his ba#tis/ in the Holy-#irit and 5uic'ly de#arted, going .irst tondia and then to China to s#read the .ire,/a'ing hi/ the .irst /odern Pentecostal/issionary) 3hrough Dr) arr, hundreds o./issionaries in the .ield recei+ed the ba#tis/) ?ithin a year, the .ires o. Pentecostwere burning around the world) Dr) arrwould also #ioneer the use o. tents .orre+i+als and s'its .or street outreaches,e+entually #roducing the .irst Christian

tele+ision #rogra/) He e/#hasi:ed theLord;s lo+e .or healing to the degree that .orthe entire ti/e that he #astored in Charlotte, North Carolina, no one in his congregationneeded a doctor)

Brother -/ale ca/e to *:usa to loo' u#his /e/bers, /any o. who/ had le.t to be a #art o. the new /o+e o. od) He in+itedthe/ bac', #ro/ising the/ liberty in the-#irit) >any returned and .or a ti/e the

Lord /o+ed /ightily at the New 3esta/entChurch also)

*) -) ?orrell, translator o. the New3esta/ent, +isited *:usa and declared thatthe wor' there had =redisco+ered the blood

o. Christ .or the Church at that ti/e)= reate/#hasis was #laced on the blood o. Christ,




and a high standard .or =a clean li.e= was

raised .ro/ the +ery beginning) ?hen #resu/#tuous /en would try to use the/eetings .or their own #lat.or/, strangethings would ha##en to the/) -o/e wouldlose their breath so that they could nots#ea') 8thers would .orget what theywanted to say and sit down) -o/e e+ensee/ed te/#orarily blinded) *ccording toBartle/an, no one got away with #resu/#tion in the early /eetings)

(ust as it was written o. the .irst"centurychurch, it was o.ten said o. the re+i+al at*:usa that the #eo#le e9#erienced continualawe and wonder at the great things that odwas doing) <+ery day was set on .ire by theacts o. od)

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CHAPTER SIX

!MAKING DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS

* re/ar'able characteristic o. the *:usa-treet e+i+al .ro/ the beginning was the

di+ersity o. the #eo#le who were drawn to it)-o/e li'ened it to the Day o. Pentecostwhen /en and wo/en .ro/ e+ery nationhad gathered in (erusale/) <+en a #ro/inent(ewish rabbi in Los *ngeles announced his.ull su##ort o. the re+i+al) -oon, re/ar'ablehealings and dra/atic con+ersions wereta'ing #lace al/ost daily) 3he church at theti/e was so dry that each testi/ony went.orth li'e s#ar's into dry wood) News#a#erarticles .anned the s#ar's into .la/es)

3esti/onies .ro/ the ?elsh e+i+al hadstirred thousands to see' the Lord .or re+i+alin */erica, and the de#lorable s#iritual stateo. the country /ade her ready .or it) Becauseo. these conditions, the .ire s#read .aster

than #ossibly any #re+ious or subse5uentre+i+al in */erican history)

-ey/our started a little #a#er to teachabout the renewal and answer 5uestions) He #rinted ,000 co#ies which were #assed

around until they .ell a#art) *lthough hesoon was #rinting 0,000, -ey/our was

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unable to 'ee# u# with the de/and)

?ithin wee's, a steady strea/ o./issionaries was co/ing .ro/ e+erycontinent on earth) 3hose who were on the.ront lines o. the battle against the .orces o.dar'ness were the /ost acutely aware that

they needed /ore #ower) (ust as the Lordtold His disci#les that they would recei+e #ower to be His witnesses when the Holy-#irit ca/e u#on the/, this sa/e ba#tis/had beco/e the only ho#e .or e..ecti+e/inistry)

3hey ca/e as des#erate see'ers and le.t.illed with the #ower they had sought)?ithin /onths, gos#el .ires were burning allo+er the world) n Eust two years, the

/o+e/ent had ta'en root in /ore than 0nations and was thought to ha+e #enetratede+ery )-) town with a #o#ulation o. /orethan ,000)

Because /issionaries were so/e o. the

.irst to co/e to *:usa -treet, /issionsre/ain a .unda/ental #art o. the s#iritualgenetic code o. the Pentecostal >o+e/entand one o. its greatest strengths) 3hroughout-cri#ture, od has de/onstrated Hisgreatest #ower where there was the greatestdar'ness) 3he .irst ones to carry the

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,a$ing Disci!les of All Nations

Pentecostal /o+e/ent abroad were

seasoned /issionaries who used the #owerthey had been gi+en) >ultitudes o. /en,wo/en and children were deli+ered .ro/ bondage with the hel# o. these newlye/#owered /issionaries) 3hose who weredeli+ered went .orth to deli+er others) -oon/issionary re#orts sent bac' to ho/echurches read li'e a /odern"day boo' o.*cts, adding e+en /ore .uel to the .ire o. the/o+e/ent)

CHILDREN BECOME FATHERS

3he *#ostle Paul la/ented that therewere /any teachers but not /any .athers ACorinthians GF1) * s#iritual .ather does/ore than Eust teachF he re#roduces in otherswhat he has recei+ed) 3here was an essenceto the Pentecostal e+i+al .ro/ the beginning that co/#elled e+eryone not to/erely learn about the Lord, but to $nowHi/ through #ersonal e9#erience) ?hen it

was learned that the greatest de/onstrationso. the -#irit;s #ower usually ca/e in thedar'est, neediest #laces, /any wereco/#elled to go on /ission tri#s Eust towitness the #ower o. od) 3his added great

strength and de#th to the new /o+e/ent,awa'ening the entire church to the needs o.

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the nations and ins#iring her to ignite the

.ire throughout the world)Pentecostal children grew u# continually

hearing .ro/ /issionaries the testi/onies o.od;s #ower) Because such estee/ wasgi+en to the/, /issionaries o.ten beca/e

the children;s greatest heroes) </ulatingthese courageous /en and wo/en, /any o.the children o. the early Pentecostal #ioneersgrew u# to be /issionaries so that theycould be close to the wonder.ul acti+ities o.the -#irit) 8thers beca/e #astors ande+angelists who .ounded new churches and/inistries all around the world) >any o.the/ are now leaders o. Pentecostalchurches and deno/inations, each one a +asttreasure house .illed with stories o. the glory

o. od)

3hese /en and wo/en o. od wal'edwith Hi/, learning His ways and how to behosts o. His Holy -#irit) 3hey grew u# belie+ing that the boo' o. *cts was not Eust

a history boo', but a li+ing guide .or nor/alchurch li.e, and /any o. their own storiesread li'e a /odern"day boo' o. *cts as theyearned their #lace as elders o. the church)

?e do not see in order to belie+e, but we belie+e in order to see) Because it is basic

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blac' /en and wo/en in a little ho/e

grou#, soon /ost o. those who ca/e werewhite) n one /eeting, /ore than 20nationalities were counted) 4ine ladies could be .ound lying #rostrate on the .loor ne9t todo/estic ser+ants and washer wo/en)Pro/inent church/en and high go+ern/ento..icials sat ne9t to hobos) No one see/ed tocare) 3hey all had one thing in co//on they ca/e to recei+e the Holy -#irit o. od)

?hen we see through the Lord;s eyes,we will not 'now each other a.ter the .lesh, but a.ter the -#irit) 3he /ore that we areable to see with the eyes o. the -#irit, thecloser we will co/e to the Lord;s ulti/ate #ur#ose .or His churchto be a house o. #rayer .or all nations)

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CHAPTER SEVEN

"DEFEATED BY A SECONDARY SUCCESS

t see/s that the Lord had ordainedPastor -/ale to be the one to ignite the great

Pentecostal out#ouring o. the 20th century)?hile -/ale could ha+e had this honor .oreternity, he relin5uished it because he .ello+er the sa/e stu/bling bloc' that hastri##ed countless others) His localcongregation beca/e so success.ul that helost his bigger +ision) *s Harry 3ru/anonce said, =?e are o.ten de.eated by oursecondary successes)=

3his is not to belittle in any way thei/#ortance o. building our churches) Localcongregations are the .ront line o. what odis doing in the earth, and they need to be the #ri/ary .ocus o. the o+erwhel/ing /aEorityo. Christian leaders) Howe+er, when one iscalled to a larger #ur#ose as -/ale was

called, good can be the worst ene/y o. best)?here would the church today be i. Paulhad reEected the a#ostolic call so that hecould stay to build u# the local church at*ntiochJ ?hile we #ossibly would be in the

sa/e #lace because od could ha+e usedso/eone else, it is li'ely that we ne+er

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would ha+e heard o. Paul)

-/ale beca/e a res#ected #astor o. anice little church, but he could ha+e beenused to s#ar' one o. od;s greatest /o+es o.all ti/e) 3hat honor now belongs to ?illia/() -ey/our, a hu/ble blac' /an who lo+ed

od /ore than any hu/an honors or earthlyriches) -ey/our began the /o+e/ent thatshoo' the world and rede.ined /odernChristianity) n hea+en, -ey/our is certainlyna/ed with the great re.or/ers o. thechurch)

racious in his analysis o. whattrans#ired when -/ale reEected the call to goon, Bartle/an saidF =od .ound His >osesin the #erson o. Brother -/ale to lead us to

the (ordan crossing) But He chose Brother-ey/our .or our (oshua, to lead us o+er)=

Bartle/an stayed with the /ission .or along ti/e be.ore he recei+ed the ba#tis/ inthe Holy -#irit) *.ter his ba#tis/, he had an

encounter with the Lord that would directhi/ .or the rest o. his li.e) 3he .ollowing ishis own descri#tion o. this encounterF

After %od filled me &is S!irit restedmightil" u!on me one morning and &e saidto me +)f "ou were onl" small enough )could do an"thing with "ou#+ A great desireto be little "ea to be nothing came into m"

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heart# But it has been oh so hard to $ee!low enough for &im to reall" wor$ through

me# And &e onl" reall" uses me when ) amlittle in m" own e"es and reall" humble at &is feet#

The fact is when a man gets to the !lacewhere he reall" lo'es obscurit" where he

does not care to !reach and where hewould rather sit in the bac$ seat than on the !latform then %od can lift him u! and usehim and not 'er" much before#

3his see/ed to be a su//ation o. a #ri/ary /essage .ro/ od through *:usa)

*s long as the #eo#le are willing to beobscure and not Eoc'ey .or #osition orrecognition, the .ire not only continues to burn, but increases) *s soon as sel."see'ing,or sel."#reser+ation enters, the end is near)

3his is #recisely what brought an end to therole that the little /ission on *:usa -treet #layed in what was to beco/e one o. thegreatest /o+es o. od in history) -ey/ourwas used /ightily to begin the re+i+al and

lead it through its /ost .ragile ti/es, butthen he, too, succu/bed to the te/#tation toe9alt the lesser #ur#oses abo+e the higherone)

4or /any /onths, the little /ission was

.illed with the glory o. od) *we andwonder at the great things that od was

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doing #er/eated e+ery /eeting) 3he larger

and /ore #o#ular the /o+e/ent beca/e, the/ore that the destroyer o. re+i+als cre#t in,which is al/ost always the control s!irit#

Bartle/an issued a #ro#hetic warningthat the grace o. od would be li.ted i. they

tried to organi:e the /o+e o. the Holy -#irit)He e9horted the/ that the Lord had to be.ree to /o+e and that the true Pentecostcould not beco/e a sectarian barrier, but/ust re/ain a+ailable to all #eo#le) =3o tryto .or/ulate a se#arate body is but toad+ertise our .ailure,= he concluded)

3he +ery ne9t day when the #eo#le ca/eto the /eeting, there was a sign hanging onthe building, which read =*#ostolic 4aith

>ission)= Bartle/an 'new then that the beginning o. the end had co/e .or that little/ission) He was right)

4ro/ that ti/e .orward, the trouble anddi+ision began) i+alry between the /ission

and other churches arose) 3he grace o. theHoly -#irit to subdue the #resu/#tuous wasli.ted, and contention entered the /eetings)-trange doctrines started to co/e .orth and bring /ore re#roach) n the beginning, the-#irit;s wor' had been so dee#, and the #eo#le so hungry .or only od, that any ti/e

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a carnal, hu/an s#irit was interEected into

the /eetings it was discerned as easily as i.a stranger had bro'en into a #ri+ate grou#) Now o#en .anaticis/ went unchec'ed) 3hehandwriting was on the wall) 3he glory hadde#arted)

By the end o. 1%0!, it see/ed that acontrol s#irit had ta'en the #lace o. the Holy-#irit, not Eust at *:usa but at /any o. theother Pentecostal /eetings in the city aswell) 3here was little discernible lo+e between the brethren as the .ights betweenthe/ beca/e increasingly +icious) 3his wasthe .inal a..ront to the #resence o. the Holy-#irit at *:usa, and He de#arted) 3he /o+ewould go on and ulti/ately beco/e #ossiblythe greatest /o+e o. od in church history,

but the /ission at *:usa .aded intoobscurity, and then died altogether)

3oday there is a #ar'ing lot where thelittle /ission stood) *lthough the re+i+al;sending was not what was desired, we can be

sure that in hea+en, there is a /onu/ent tothe great souls o. *:usa -treet who wantedod so /uch, they were willing to #ress beyond the li/its o. their ti/e and touch the #ossibilities o. eternity)

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Part 2

God Will Do It

Agai



CHAPTER EIGHT

#THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT

PREVAIL

*ccording to a well"'nown #ro+erb,

=those who do not 'now history are doo/edto re#eat it)= *l/ost all o. the great re+i+alsin history died in in.a/y) <+en though(esus, Hi/sel., a..ir/ed that e+ery ti/e theLord sows wheat, the ene/y will co/e

along and sow tares in the sa/e .ield, it isob+iously not od;s will .or any re+i+al or/o+e/ent to end the way /ost o. the/ do)3he ene/y has been able to sidetrac' al/oste+ery /o+e o. od by using the sa/etactics, and still his /ethods are seldo/discerned) -ince od desires to use us in agreat way, we /ust, there.ore, e9a/ineso/e o. the things that went wrong at *:usa-treet, not .or the #ur#ose o. critici:ing, butin order to a+oid re#eating the sa/e

/ista'es)

8ne o. the /ost de+astating attac's u#onthe wor' at *:usa -treet ca/e when CharlesParha/ +isited -ey/our, his .or/er student,in the .all o. 1%06) He wanted to see .or

hi/sel. the great wor' that had so 5uic'ly beco/e the tal' o. Christians around the

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world) 3hrilled by the +isit .ro/ his /entor,

-ey/our war/ly welco/ed and honoredhi/) Howe+er, Parha/ was dee#ly o..ended by what he saw) He thought that the +ariouscharis/atic gi.ts were too o#enlyde/onstrated, and he was a##alled by theway so /any .ell to the ground in a##arenttrances Aone re#ort described *:usa asso/eti/es rese/bling =a .orest o. .allentrees=)

?hile -ey/our reali:ed that so/e were.a'ing the /ani.estations, he belie+ed thatthese were tares sent by the de+il to .oul the.ield o. wheat, and so he held to the biblicalwisdo/ to let the wheat and tares grow u#together A>atthew 1F2G"0) He 'new thati. he tried to root out the tares, the wheat

would also be u#rooted) He res#onded toParha/ that i. he sto##ed that which was notreal, he would also 5uench the -#irit and Hiswor' that was genuine) -ey/our deter/inedthat the ris' o. ha+ing so/e #roble/s was

acce#table in +iew o. the s#iritual bene.its)He was right) ?hen he later succu/bed tothe #ressure and changed this #olicy, there+i+al at the *:usa -treet >ission 5uic'lydied, and this /o+e o. the Holy -#irit was

carried on through others)

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The %ates of &ell Shall Not 0re'ail

SEEDS OF RACISM

<+en /ore than the .a'ing o.e9#eriences, Parha/ was a##alled by theunusual social and racial integration) Parha/ad/ired the u lu9 lan and es#eciallyobEected to racial /i9ing or /ingling during

worshi# and at the altar) Howe+er, he didnot belie+e this out o. racial #ride, but because o. a .alse doctrine) He belie+ed thegreat sin o. hu/anity that caused the Eudg/ent o. the .lood was racial /i9ing and

that Noah was chosen to sur+i+e because o.his #edigree, being =without /i9ed blood)=3his tragic /isunderstanding o. -cri#turehas been the twisted theological basis u#onwhich /any racist grou#sincluding the

Na:isha+e been built)3he Bible does say that Noah was

chosen because "he was perfect in his

generations" &#enesis 8) <'=-, orliterally, =#er.ect in his genealogy,= but this

had nothing to do with the /i9ing o. hu/anraces) 3he /i9ture that so o..ended the Lordwas the /i9ture o. the .allen angels with/en which had #roduced the su#erhu/an"nephili" &#enesis 8)>-. 3his was a race

that the Lord did not create and whichthreatened the destruction o. /en and

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wo/en who/ He did create, /en and

wo/en who/ He also #lanned to redee/)3his see/s to ha+e been -atan;s atte/#t to #re"e/#t the =new creation= /an that would be brought .orth when the Lord ga+e His-#irit to His children)

n contrast to Parha/;s #hiloso#hy,-ey/our .elt that an essential ele/ent o.Christianity itsel. was a unity which saw beyond the barriers o. race, color, gender,nation, class or status) 3his was ade/onstration that od is no res#ecter o. #ersons and that all belie+ers are truly one inChrist) 3o hi/, the *:usa -treet >issionwas beco/ing a taste o. what trueChristianity was /eant to be, Eust as the .irstPentecost saw the co/ing together o. (ews

.ro/ e+ery nation)

-ey/our;s leadershi# o. a renewal/ar'ed by such interracial e5uality,har/ony and unity is e+en /ore re/ar'ablewhen it is understood that this too' #lace

during the /ost se+erely segregated ti/e in*/erican history) 3he re+i+al also wasco/#osed #ri/arily o. the two /oste/bittered racial grou#sthe #oor whitesand #oor blac's) ?hen the /o+e/ent

s#read, it was /ost readily recei+ed in the-outhern states where this con.lict was then

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3ragically, s#iritual .athers see/ ine+itably

to atte/#t to de+our their own s#iritualchildren)

?hen Parha/ could not .orce his styleo. leadershi# u#on the *:usa -treet >ission,he denounced it and started another ri+al

/ission at the .ashionable ?o/en;sChristian 3e/#erance nion Building) 3hiswas the .irst schis/ in the Pentecostal>o+e/ent) ?hen this ri+al /ission .ailed,he s#ent the rest o. his li.e denouncing-ey/our and the *:usa -treet e+i+al) Bythis, he sealed the doo/ o. his own /inistry)He continually lost in.luence and .ollowersuntil his death in 1%2%)

n this sad #art o. the story, we can see

how the ene/y will o.ten use s#iritual.athers and leaders who beco/e =oldwines'ins=rigid and in.le9ibleto assaulta new /o+e/ent) 3his is one o. the /oste+il wea#ons o. the ene/y, whose guise isas the accuser o. the brethren Ae+elation

12F10) 8ne o. the greatest strengths o. the*:usa -treet e+i+al was its racial andnational di+ersity, so this is what -atan usedhis biggest wea#on to attac') egret.ully, wecan still e9#ect -atan;s hea+iest attac's

against new /o+e/ents to co/e throughs#iritual .athers or grand.athers who lose

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their control o+er the newer e/erging

/o+e/ents) -uch assaults will usually bedirected at what are, in .act, the strongestas#ects o. the new /o+e/ents)

3he PentecostalCharis/atic >o+e/ent began under the leadershi# o. a blac' /an

with a s/all grou# o. blac' #eo#le) 3hey.reely shared what they had been gi+en, andwere delighted when they saw the -#irit #oured out on those .ro/ other races,including whites) 3hey .elt that the Lord hadgi+en the/ the greatest gi.t, and they werethrilled to share it with their white brethren)3hat this great worldwide re+i+al was acontribution .ro/ the blac' co//unity hasne+er been denied by white Pentecostals, butit is o.ten .orgotten)

>any o. the white leaders whothe/sel+es went to *:usa -treet to recei+ethe ba#tis/ in the Holy -#irit, re/ar'ablystill held to the #re+alent segregationist belie.s o. the ti/es) 3hey too' the blessing

bac' ho/e to their all"white congregationsin which no blac's were welco/e) 3his wasnot true o. all white churches, but it was trueo. /ost, and the entire Pentecostal>o+e/ent 5uic'ly se#arated into the white

and blac' strea/s that still #re+ail today)Howe+er, this /o+e/ent did not begin with

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se#arate blac' and white strea/s and this

ob+iously was not the way that the Lordintended it to be)

PERSECUTION

3he s#iritual battle that began to rage

against the ba#tis/ in the Holy -#irit was #robably the /ost .ierce #ersecution thatChristians had e9#erienced at the hands o.other Christians in centuries) ntil theCharis/atic enewal /ade s#ea'ing in

tongues al/ost .ashionable, the #rice .or being a Pentecostal was +ery high)Caricatures o. Pentecostals de#icting the/as anything .ro/ de+il worshi#ers tolunatics were carried in news#a#ers acrossthe country) </#loy/ent was di..icult, i.not i/#ossible, .or anyone .ound to bePentecostal) Houses and churches o.Pentecostals were o.ten burned, and theirchildren were ostraci:ed and subEected toruthless beatings by other children) >any

had to .lee .ro/ the ho/es and towns inwhich they had grown u#)

Both the #ress and historians ha+e turneda blind eye to this #ersecution againstPentecostals) t was, at ti/es, as terrible and

degrading as what *.rican"*/ericanssu..ered under segregation) 4or blac'

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Pentecostals, it was double Eeo#ardy, as they

were secluded .ro/ the white culture because o. their race and .ro/ the blac'culture because o. their religion)

(ust as the .irst e.or/ers ris'ed all theyhad so that later generations could enEoy

religious .reedo/, two generations o.Pentecostals #aid the #rice .or our .reedo/to 'now the Holy -#irit in the way that wedo today) 3hey did this because they lo+edthe Holy -#irit and counted 'nowing Hi/and allowing Hi/ .reedo/ in the church as/ore i/#ortant than any .reedo/ that theworld could gi+e the/) 3hose who #aid thisgreat #rice .or our .reedo/ should becounted as great heroes o. the .aith whosesacri.ices /ade #ossible the truth and

s#iritual liberty that we ha+e today)

Because o. the intense #ersecutionagainst Pentecostals, to add an additional battle with the #ower.ul .orces o.segregation and bigotry understandably was

/ore than /any .elt they could handle at theti/e) >ilitary history teaches that to try to.ight a two".ront war will al/ost alwaysresult in de.eat, so the battle against racis/in the church would ha+e to wait .or another

generation)

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<+en so, the Pentecostal >o+e/ent

began with those .ro/ e+ery race, creed andsocial #osition, see'ing the Lord together inunity) 3he #ower that was released to i/#actthe world has ne+er been as great as it wasin those .irst years at *:usa when this unitye9isted) t is a##arent that the PentecostalCharis/atic /o+e/entand indeed thechurchwill ne+er co/e into her .ull #otential until this unity is #er/anent)

4ro/ the .irst day o. Pentecost, the Holy-#irit has #ro+en that He will only re+ealHi/sel. to the degree that we ha+e unity)Li'e those who ca/e to the *:usa -treet>ission, we /ust want the Holy -#irit /orethan we want to hold onto our di..erences)Christianity was born as a /ulti"cultural

entity on the day o. Pentecost when (ewshad gathered .ro/ =e+ery nation)= n thelittle grou# at *ntioch which sent out the.irst /issionaries to the entiles, there werere#resentati+es .ro/ di..erent races and

social #ositions) t is .itting that in this sa/eway, the Holy -#irit ca/e again at *:usa)

?hen the Lord wants to do so/ethingtruly great in the earth, this see/s to be are5uire/ent) n its #urest .or/, the church

will always be /ulti"cultural) 3his is whyPaul resolutely con.ronted Peter concerning

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his hy#ocrisy o. not eating with the entiles)

acial e5uality be.ore od is .unda/ental tothe gos#elF e+en Peter "stood condened"

i. he .ell to the basic dece#tion that tries todi+ide both the church and hu/anityAalatians 2F11)

t is debatable whether this /ultiracialnature o. the church was lost by the church because o. her dri.t into a#ostasy, or whetherthe loss caused that dri.t) egardless, racialunity is the true state o. the church born onthe day o. Pentecost when the Holy -#irit.irst ca/e, and it was this sa/e conditionthat ga+e birth to the /odern Pentecostale+i+al) ?e will only be the true church tothe degree that we reco+er our /ulti"culturalroots) *n understanding o. this reality is

being recei+ed by /any church leaderstoday, and o+erco/ing racis/ is now a/aEor thrust al/ost across the s#ectru/ o.Christianity) 3his is certainly one o. the/ost #ositi+e signs o. our ti/es)

3he Lord is the Blessed Creator who solo+es di+ersity that He /ade e+erysnow.la'e, e+ery lea. on e+ery tree, ande+ery one o. us, di..erent) */idst all o. this+ariety, one o. the great /ar+els is the

har/ony and balance .ound throughout theearth) <+ery s#ecies o. e+ery #lant and




ani/al has a #art to #lay in sustaining the

whole o. creation) 3he sa/e is true o. /an)od /ade /an in His i/age and ga+edi..erent as#ects o. His nature as gi.ts todi..erent races and cultures) ?e all need oneanother in order to be the co/#letere.lection o. Hi/) 3his is why His house/ust be "a house of prayer for all

nations" &Isaiah *8) I=-. 3he wordo.ten translated =nations= in the New3esta/ent is the ree' word ethnos .ro/which we deri+e our <nglish word =ethnic)=

3he Lord;s house /ust include all ethnicgrou#s) *s the church, we will ne+er beco/e who/ od has created us to be untilthis is a reality)

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CHAPTER NINE

$WHERE THE SPIRIT IS% THERE IS

LIBERTY

3here is another great as#ect to

-ey/our;s re/ar'able leadershi# at *:usa-treet) 3his was his ability to discern andtrust the Holy -#irit;s leadershi# and gi+eHi/ the .reedo/ that He re5uires) n s#ite o.al/ost constant #ressure .ro/ world"

renowned church leaders who ca/e .ro/around the globe to i/#ose what they #ercei+ed to be needed order and directionon the young re+i+al, .or /ore than twoyears -ey/our held the course and allowedthe Holy -#irit to /o+e in His own/ysterious ways) Li'e <+an oberts, whowas at the sa/e ti/e leading the great?elsh e+i+al, -ey/our;s greatestleadershi# 5uality was his ability to followthe Holy -#irit)

-ey/our and oberts both belie+ed thatthe Holy -#irit re5uired the .reedo/ to/o+e through who/e+er He chose, not Eustthe leadershi#) 3hey both resol+ed to allowanyone to be used by the Lord) 3his

so/eti/es brought e/barrass/ent wheni//ature belie+ers too' ad+antage o. this




liberty, but /ore o.ten it allowed the Holy

-#irit to do /ar+elous things a/ong the/) .we really want the Holy -#irit in our /idst,we /ust allow Hi/ to be the leader) *.terall, He is %od#

THE LEADERSHIP CHOICE

4inding the balance between od;sso+ereignty and the .ree will o. /an has been one o. the /ost ancient debates in thechurch) Howe+er, both as#ects are true, yet

do not con.lict with one another) Nor iseither o. these 0 o. the truth) Both are100 true) od is utterly so+ereign, and inHis so+ereignty, He has delegated authorityto /en and wo/en that e+en He, Hi/sel.,will not +iolate)

?ithout .reedo/ there could be no trueworshi# or true obedience) 3his is why theLord #laced the 3ree o. nowledge o. oodand <+il in the arden) 3here could be no

true obedience i. there was not also the.reedo/ to disobey) 3he Lord is theun5uestioned -o+ereign o. the uni+erse, butwhen He delegates authority, He will not+iolate it) 8therwise, we would ne+er beable to rule and reign with Hi/) 3o rule

re5uires both authority and res#onsibility)3here.ore, e+en though He always 'nows

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Where the S!irit )s There )s -ibert"

what we need e+en be.ore we as' Hi/, He

always waits .or us to as')4or this reason, "where the $pirit of

the 0ord is, there is liberty" &II

Corinthians 7)(-. Liberty is re5uired .ortrue worshi# or true obedience) He has

re/o+ed the +eil into His #resence .or all, but we /ust see' Hi/) 3here.ore, we are allas close to od as we want to be) ?e arealso as .ar .ro/ Hi/ as we choose to be) .His /ani.est #resence is not in our /idst, itis not because o. Hi/, but because o. ourown choice) >any who gi+e li# ser+ice towanting the Holy -#irit to lead their/eetings are unwilling to gi+e u# their own #rogra/s and .ully trust Hi/ to do this inHis own way) -ey/our was willing)

3his 'ind o. =hands o..; leadershi# stylehas been a hall/ar' o. /ost o. the world;sgreat re+i+als) Howe+er, e+en a cursorystudy o. church history re+eals that outsideo. re+i+al, it has seldo/, i. e+er, wor'ed)od si/#ly /o+es in di..erent ways atdi..erent ti/es) n ti/es o. true re+i+al, thereare usually dra/atic and uni5uede/onstrations o. His so+ereignty, and it is best to Eust stay out o. His way) 3he rest o.

the ti/e He see/s to delight /ost inwor'ing with and through His children)

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<+en so, our goal should always be to

sub/it our will to His and always .ollow Hisleading) 3he /ore we can do this, the /oreHe will usually /ani.est His wonder.ul #resence)

*s 7ance Ha+ner once obser+ed,

=e+i+al is li'e a sale at the de#art/entstore) t is /ore dra/atic, and gets /ore #ress, but the nor/al business o. the store isthe day"to"day /erchandising o. #roducts)=e+i+als /ay li'ewise be /ore s#ectacular, but they are not the nor/al business o. thechurch) >uch /ore has been acco/#lished.or the o+erall ad+ance/ent o. the gos#elthrough be day"to"day witness and ser+ice o..aith.ul saints and local church #astors whodaily .ight on the .ront lines o. the battle

against dar'ness)

e+i+als ha+e s#ar'ed great s#iritualad+ances, but they are sustained only by theday"to"day de+otion o. the saints) 3his isli'ewise the story o. the

PentecostalCharis/atic >o+e/ent) 3he*:usa -treet e+i+al was s#ectacular, aswere other subse5uent re+i+als and/o+e/ents, but the real ad+ance has co/e.ro/ a /ultitude o. dedicated, but lesser

'nown, leaders and #eo#le) 3heir #rogress/ay ha+e been less dra/atic, but o+er the




long ter/, their .aith.ul #ersistence has

acco/#lished .ar /ore)3he sa/e is true in our #ersonal li+es)

-#ectacular s#iritual e9#eriences arewonder.ul and can #ro#el us to great heightso. de+otion and worshi#) <+en so, the real

strength o. e+ery Christian;s li.e will usually be .ound in the degree o. .aith.ulness to thedisci#lines o. Bible study, #rayer, .ellowshi#and day"to"day witnessing)

n ti/es o. re+i+al, there is a dyna/ic,

/ani.est #resence o. the Holy -#irit that/a'es de+iations a##arent to al/oste+eryone, including to those who /a'ethe/) 3here.ore, needed corrections areusually auto/atic) Howe+er, when we do

not ha+e this dyna/ic #resence o. the Lord.ound in re+i+al, al/ost e+ery +acuu/ o.leadershi# will be 5uic'ly .illed with thei//ature, the #ride.ul, or the rebellious)3he result o. this will not be re+i+al, butcon.usion, or worse)

GODLY STRATEGY

t is +ery i/#ortant that we do not =getthe cart in .ront o. the horse= in our

leadershi#) -ey/our could use the style thathe did because he had re+i+al) . he had tried

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to use this =hands o..; leadershi# style with

the sa/e nu/ber and ty#es o. #eo#lewithout the dyna/ic o. re+i+al #resent, hewould ha+e had chaos) 3his has ha##ened to/any who ha+e tried to e9hibit re+i+al"ty#eleadershi# without re+i+al) 3he 'ey is to beready to ste# aside when the #resence o. theLord does co/e)

8ur goal should be to ha+e the /ani.est #resence o. the Lord in all o. our /eetings)Howe+er, the way to do this is not Eust to sit bac' and do nothing until He co/es, but to.aith.ully #ress on to /aturity by see'ing to be increasingly sensiti+e to His leading)8ccasionally the Lord will catch us u# in as#ectacular /ani.estation o. His #resence, but usually He leads us to higher ground li'e

a .ather teaching his child to wal') He willhel# us to stand, and then bac' o.. so thatwe /ust wal' to Hi/) *s we learn to ta'e acou#le o. ste#s, He bac's .arther away sothat we ha+e to wal' .arther) He is not Eust

#laying with us when He re/o+es His/ani.est #resenceHe is teaching us towal' in the -#irit and to #ursue Hi/) ?henwe do not .eel Hi/, it is not a ti/e to sitdown, but rather is the ti/e to try to ta'e

/ore ste#s)3he New 3esta/ent e#istles are

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.ierce #ersecution raised u# against the

/o+e/ent) radually /ore and /orecontrol o. the /eetings was assu/ed by a.ew leaders, and soon they were .ollowing a #rogra/ .or the /eetings) 3hose who werewitnesses said that Eust as gradually as thisha##ened, the Holy -#irit see/ed to de#art)

3his could be the e9#lanation .or howthe re+i+al at *:usa -treet ended) Howe+er,it is also #ossible that it was si/#ly ti/e to/o+e on, and that the -#irit waswithdrawing His #resence so that the #eo#lewould go .orth) (ust as the sale at ade#art/ent store would lose its i/#act i. itcontinued all o. the ti/e, it does not see/that the Lord intends .or re+i+als to last.ore+er in their initial .or/)

<+en so, /ost re+i+als do see/ to end #re/aturely or in a way that /ay not ha+e been His intention because o. hu/an/ista'es) ?e should learn .ro/ these errors, but let us also not .all into the tra# o.

wrongly worshi#ing re+i+al) <+en withoutre+i+al, we can be as close to the Lord todayas anyone e+er has been) 3he issue is notwhether to see' re+i+al or not, but to see'His will)

?ithout 5uestion, the *:usa -treet

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e+i+al was one o. the greatest /o+e/ents

in all o. church history) t can be argued thatit has not yet ended, but has gone on in/any di..erent .or/s and in /any di..erent #laces) t is right .or us to gi+e honor towho/ honor is due, and ?illia/ () -ey/our/ust be considered one o. the greatestChristian leaders o. all ti/e) He was a greatleader .or as long as he /aintained theleadershi# style to which he was called, notta'ing the initiati+e, but instead re/ainingsensiti+e to the leading o. the Holy -#irit)

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CHAPTER TEN

1&THE GREATEST MIRACLE

*t the height o. the *:usa -treete+i+al, -ey/our #ro#hesied, =?e are on

the +erge o. the greatest /iracle the worldhas e+er seen)= 3he /iracle to which he wasre.erring was the true lo+e and unity between races and creeds which heconsidered .unda/ental to Christianity) Hedid not li+e to see the co/#letion o. hisdrea/, but he .ully e9#ected the renewalulti/ately to acco/#lish it) -ince the/o+e/ent still continues in a nu/ber o.di..erent .or/s, it is ine+itable that hisdrea/ will co/e true) ?hen it does,

?illia/ () -ey/our /ust be considered asthe one who sowed the seeds .or thisgreatest /iracle o. all) Possibly /ore thanany other /an in church history, he #ro/oted that which alone can bring it to

#asssee'ing the .ullness o. the Holy -#iritin our /idst)

*bo+e all things, the Holy -#irit hasco/e to testi.y o. (esus) He alone can trulycon+ict us o. our sins and lead us into all

truth) ?hen the Holy -#irit does /ani.estHi/sel. in our /idst, we do not see the

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The %reatest ,iracle

sil+er and #recious stones are #uri.ied A

Corinthians F12"1) *lthough +arious/o+e/ents /ay each be .ashioned into adi..erent stone, the day is co/ing when wewill all be .ashioned together into one crowno. glory)

3he e9#losi+e s#read o. the /o+e/ent begun at *:usa continued as long as theHoly -#irit was .ree to /o+e as He willedand the #eo#le re/ained be.ore Hi/ inunity) ?hen the re+i+al dri.ted .ro/ these basics, the #eo#le dri.ted .ro/ the source o.their #ower) ?here the Holy -#irit is Lord,there /ust be liberty, and where He is Lordthere will be unity) Be.ore the Lord, we allloo' the sa/e) 3he blood o. (esus washesaway all color lines)

RETURN TO AZUSA

t is interesting to note that the +eryna/e =*:usa= was deri+ed .ro/ an ndian

word that /eans =blessed /iracle)= 3his was.irst noted by 4ather (uan Cres#i in 1!6%,while he was on the Portola <9#edition toe9#lore Cali.ornia) *t that ti/e, =*:usa=re.erred to the site o. an old ndian +illagesouth o. #resent day Los *ngeles in the -an

abriel Canyon) 3here a young ndian girlna/ed Co/a Lee #rayed and .asted .or the

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healing o. her #eo#le and was gi.ted with

healing #ower as she laid hands on the sic')*.ter she #rayed .or a chie. who waswonder.ully healed, he na/ed her *:usa toco//e/orate his /iracle o. healing)

4or /any years, *:usa continued her

healing /inistry while her .a/e s#read allo+er -outhern Cali.ornia) During that ti/e,whene+er there was su..ering, #eo#le said,=o to *:usa and be healed)))go to *:usa)=>aybe it is ti/e .or us to go to *:usa againand be healed o. the /any wounds we ha+ein.licted u#on one another)

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The %reatest ,iracle

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from Fran$ Bartleman2s own account of there'i'al in his classic wor$ Another Wave of

Revival, now !ublished b" Whita$er &ouse

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