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Phineas F. Bresee A PRINCE IN ISRAEL By E. A. Girvin CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Birth and Childhood -- Education -- Parentage and Ancestry -- Conversion -- Called to Preach CHAPTER 2 Removal to Iowa -- Quarterly Meeting at Millersburg -- Kosta Circuit -- Davy Jones Locker -- Revival at Marengo -- Sent to Pella CHAPTER 3 Marriage and Early Ministry in Iowa -- Sent to Grinnell -- The Civil War -- The Galesburg Circuit -- Hardships and Privations -- A Great Crisis -- Success in the Work CHAPTER 4 First Pastorate in Des Moines -- Improved Financial Conditions -- Visit to New York -- Appointed Presiding Elder for the Winterset District -- Revivals on the District -- The Centennial of Methodism -- A Pathetic Incident -- Peculiar Temptation -- Appointed to Chariton -- Is Sanctified CHAPTER 5 Returns to Des Moines -- Sanctification of Mrs. Wright -- Appointed to Council Bluffs -- The Mormons -- Difficulty of the Work in Council Bluffs -- Elected to General Conference CHAPTER 6 Appointed to Red Oak -- Death of His Sister -- His First Home Campmeeting -- Great Revival -- New Church Structure Built -- Rowdies Nonplussed -- William Clarke CHAPTER 7 A Thrilling Episode -- Appointed to Clarinda -- William P. Hepburn -- A Musical Church -- Introduction of Modern Gospel Songs -- Appointed to Creston -- Railroad Men Attracted -- Church Enlarged -- Returns to Council Bluffs -- A Great Storm and Its Effects -- Attention Directed to California CHAPTER 8 Association and Friendship With Rev. Joseph Knotts -- They Engage in Business Enterprises Together -- Flooding of Their Great Mexican Mine -- End of His Financial Career CHAPTER 9 Urged to Go to California -- H. C. Sigler -- Starts for Los Angeles -- Sad Incident on Trip -- Appointed to Old Fort Street M. E. Church -- A Band of Sanctified People -- The Mac Donald and Watson Meeting -- Another Great Crisis
CHAPTER 10 The Holiness Movement in Southern California -- Spiritual Prosperity of the First M. E. Church in Los Angeles -- Appointed to Pasadena -- Aggressive Evangelism -- The Tabernacle at Pasadena -- Special Meetings -- Constant Revival -- The Prohibition Campaign -- Reasons for Leaving Pasadena CHAPTER 11 Appointed to Asbury M. E. Church -- A Great Tide of Salvation -- Amanda Smith -- Appointed Presiding Elder -- Conducts a Holiness Revival Campaign Throughout District -- Great Meeting at First M. E. Church, Los Angeles -- Revival at Long Beach -- Bishop Vincent at Annual Conference of 1892 CHAPTER 12 Appointed to Simpson M. E. Church -- Bishop Vincent's Opposition to Holiness -- Obstacles to Success -- Appointed to Boyle Heights M. E. Church -- Conditions Preceding Withdrawal From Methodist Church CHAPTER 13 Forced to Withdraw From the Conference -- Is Given a Comforting Scripture -- The Peniel Mission -- Events Preceding the Organization of the Church of the Nazarene -- Notice of First Meeting -- Dr. J. P. Widney -- The First Church of the Nazarene -- Removal to Another Hall -- Conditions Necessitating Erection of Tabernacle CHAPTER 14 "I Have Given Myself to You." -- The Old Tabernacle an Attraction to Tourists -- Victory Day -- Dr. Bresee's Description of the Christmas Love Feast -- Early Evangelistic Services -- Some Prominent Members of the Church -- Colonel Duncan CHAPTER 15 The Church Paper -- An Appeal -- "The Nazarene" -- "The Nazarene Messenger" -- Dr. Bresee As an Editor -- The Formative Period -- Excerpts From My Diary -- Organization of Other Churches CHAPTER 16 Review of the First Two Years -- Salvation of the Aged -- A Month of Victory -- A Significant Incident -- The Praying Meeting -- The Holiness Meeting -- The Young People -- Company E -- The Brotherhood of St. Stephen -- The Sabbath Services -- A Pen Picture of the Early Church of the Nazarene CHAPTER 17 Notable Sabbaths at the First Church -- Red Letter Days -- A Great Easter Sunday -- A Mighty Tide of Victory -- The Home Campmeeting in 1899 -- The Tabernacle Overcrowded -- A Great Christmas Love Feast -- Victory Day -- A Marvelous Fourth of July Meeting -- A Memorable Month
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Page 5 and 6: CHAPTER 27 Echoes From the Chicago
Page 7 and 8: CHAPTER 41 Principal Events in 1908
Page 9 and 10: When Dr. Bresee was born, this coun
Page 11 and 12: unswerving in his loyalty to God an
Page 13 and 14: things that they ordinarily read, b
Page 15 and 16: him old Father Lull. He was a man o
Page 17 and 18: Peter and John were going up into t
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Page 21 and 22: parents for a little visit, and fro
Page 23 and 24: go in the barn yard where he was. A
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Page 27 and 28: their precious little one, they lef
Page 29 and 30: there, and went back to the stove,
Page 33 and 34: also been elected a delegate. They
Page 35 and 36: That was before the day of evangeli
Page 37 and 38: During the third year of his pastor
Page 41 and 42: Appointed To Creston At the Annual
Page 45 and 46: magnificent losers. If things went
Page 47 and 48: had no money, and that he had bette
Page 49 and 50: there were some conversions, but, w
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egard to the matter than he otherwi
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Methodist Episcopal Conference, and
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second work of grace. The testimony
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Phineas F. Bresee A PRINCE IN ISRAE
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eached that this was a providential
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The new building, which was situate
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Conditions Necessitating The Erecti
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this occasion they asked the Lord t
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to manifest His own presence and gl
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for the Nazarene Messenger. Her per
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will be promptly attended to. The e
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I led in prayer. It was a grand mee
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The prayers, the faith, the testimo
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ejoicing and praise. It was marvelo
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and experience whole neighborhoods
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Red Letter Days During the home cam
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The glory of God fell upon the peop
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the Nazarene Messenger. In labor sh
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salvation. And then, without a stru
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The Work In Berkley Dr. Bresee give
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sixteen, and soon afterward shipped
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and liberty to preach a full salvat
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them on until the cleansing blood,
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The March From The Old To The New B
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church for me to be entirely separa
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them into association together, get
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church, and at the evening service
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of the Nazarene' written all over i
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up of Mark Twain and the Apostle Pa
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worshipers who crowded its hall, an
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New Fields "While we have never sou
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Church Extension: Geo. Newton, F. G
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greatly blessed through its agency,
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All Day Meeting At Cucamonga Early
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"One of the excellent effects of th
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the Word, to sow it again in all th
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Maple Mills Campmeeting Before goin
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led into the experience, and which
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elieve that their organization will
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"Accordingly, I began the meeting w
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A Chinese Mission "There has also b
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Other Proceedings Of The Assembly T
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of the buildings to attract the peo
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The Work In Garfield "We took the t
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Northwest, and the battle pushed to
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ut gave way to others until he coul
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will multiply--may it be a hundredf
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"At last the work is begun, and, if
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The Work In Canton And Peoria After
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Holy Love "Second. They love one an
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Duties Of The Superintendency "Even
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"Rev. S. S. Chafe, of Cucamonga, pr
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"In connection with the considerati
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Dr. Bresee was re-elected as Genera
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Pasadena Among others who united wi
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devotional service. H. H. B. Cipric
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victory. There is much reason to ex
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oncoming conquests. There are many
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comfortable cottage adjoining, for
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A Sanctified Family "One lady, who
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It was again my privilege to attend
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District, on or before the first da
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home of Sister BeVier, composed of
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this church. He is one of the very
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"Both churches recognize that the r
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There is a place to me more dear Th
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"Brother Hoover has a flourishing c
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Of his visit to Portland, Dr. Brese
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California. Some of them are very l
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Professor John W. Akers, of the Chi
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Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene,
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The Special Call "There was no note
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two or three times, and then laugh
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"One life is ours. One transient li
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"Out of the great ocean of eternity
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sin. Many times I have heard him ex
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utterances have come down through t
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His sermons were always expository,
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exhorting, and encouraging, that pe
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Two Pictures Two pictures, however,
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covenant, and to the blood of sprin
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And when the mighty work is wrought
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His Knowledge of Ritual and Hymnolo
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esponsibilities, and in the midst o
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Book of Wisdom: "And God said, Let
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throne, only to show how little and
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The following is Dr. Bresee's outli
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comprehensiveness, and completeness
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To fulfill our mission, to be a wit
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My text is a most comprehensive and
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desolation. He calls on us to hear
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The experience of Moses as set fort
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It began to come in upon me that Go
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Brother Reynolds Accompanied by Bro
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These Nazarenes are a happy host, E
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prepare the way for another. The wo
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frankincense, and myrrh. No other f
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What seems to me to be the most bea
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thrill of immortal joy that welled
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lessing to multiplied thousands of
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in the way of these testimonies is
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Victory is in the air, and our God
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divided into six great divisions, a
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Loyalty To be fully loyal to a chur
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Bresee both expressed their appreci
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We hope and pray that Phineas F. Br
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International Holiness Convention.
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A Man Of God We expect him to be --
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It is impossible to think of Paul a
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possible moment. Dr. Paul Bresee an
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service. "The glory which thou hast
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Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
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The calling of pastors and their co
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The Sacramental Service On Friday a
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them many of the leaders of the Chu
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Rev. H. O. Wiley, president of the
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Resolved, That we will follow them
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WHEREAS, Looking into the future, a
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