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The Challengeoj theGreat CommissionTHIS EVANGELIST was asked, “Where is the Power of Pentecost?”by an outstanding church official. He resolved to learnthe answer, and accepted the Challenge of the Great Comntission.He now has an outstanding deliverance ministry. This isthe story ofEVANGELIST RALPH A. DURHAMTT WAS not until iust a few vears be evident. As I look backward over the1 before my dear ChristianYears to Some of those things, I amwent home to be with the Lord andamazed at the wonderful reality of Godand His power which operated through aquite Some number of years after I Spirit-filled child; this causes me to thinkhad been preaching the glorious gos- with great seriousness as to whether withpel of deliverance that she told me of the Passing of the years with their traanincident which occurred in theditions and influences that, perhaps evennow, I am not as fully yielded to the movearlyhours Of my life. It is quite likely ings of ~ 0 8Spirit s and power as I wasthat little was being heard or thought then; such reflections cause me to go be-Of in respect to the matter of proph- fore God again and again and cry out,ecy in those ,jays but evidently God“0 God make me as a little child.’!TRIED TO BAEGAIN WITH GODwas making kno\Wl His purpose for As I reached the early years of manmylife by such a visitation.hood I had certain ambitions in life whichPROPHECY GnTEN AT BIRTH- I desired to attain, yet God kept con-I WOULD PREACH GOSPEL stantly reminding me of His purpose forAfter my Mother had seen my ministry my life. After more than ten years of conblessedof the Lord for several years she stantly trying to make one bargain aftertold me of this incident: When the lady another with God; never with a desire towho waited on my mother at the time of be rebellious to My God and Wonderfulmy birth presented me to my mother she Savior, but looking at the tremendoussaid, “This child will grow up to be a responsibility of standing between peoplepreacher, preaching the gospel to many and eternity and preaching the gospel. Iand will be used of the Lord to bring constantly said, “Lord I cannot; the taskHis blessing to the people.”is too big, the responsibility is too great.”This could not have influenced my de- Finally. the day came when God spoke tocision or plans for life except by Divine me and said, “Son I have called you tointervention because I knew nothing of take my message to the people. The timeit until after a number of years in the has come to decide! You will either beMinistry. At an early age in life I very‘ obedient now to my will or you will neverpositively met the Lord, and Christ be- have my blessing and presence again.”. came so very real to me; I consecrated my Needless to say, such things cause menlife to the Lord, not fully knowing then to decide!what God‘s pattern for my life was, yet During, those intervening years when Ifeeling very definitely that God had called was trying to bargain with God, I triedme to His service. Following such a con- to satisfy myself and hoped it would satissecration,and yet just a child, the Lord fy the Lord by assisting in the Lord’sso graciously filled me with His Holy work and preaching once in a while, butSpirit.this failed to satisfy either the Lord orGOD’S POWER MANIFESTED my own conscience, for I had now comeTHROUGH A SPIRIT-FILLED CHILD to the place where I must choose betweenAttendant with that experience and no my way or God’s way.doubt due to my simple childish faith, COMPLETE SURRENDERalong with the fact that my parents had At this time I had bought a small farmtaught me to believe in the miracle work- and a fine, small herd of dairy cattle; but,ing power of God, miracles of which I when God spoke to me, I immediatelyshall not now speak in detail began lo went into a remote wooded canyon and10 TEEvangelist Ralph A. Durhamthere, on my knees before God, I told HiniI was taking His way and asked Him ifHe would please do something about theherd of cattle? To my surprise, a stockmancame immediately to me and askedme if I would sell the dairy cattle; he wasconsidered one of the most difficult meriin the area to deal with but, I told himI would sell them and what the priccwould be. He said, “When may I getthem’?” to which I answered, “In themorning.”After a period of time in the ministryI became somewhat of a routine Pentccostalpreacher; I still prayed for thesick one night each week in all my meetingsand also in the churches where Ipastored and God so wonderfully savedand healed many but all the while therewas a deep longing in my soul to see thcpower that I knew belonged to the Spirit.filled ministry and church operating as Ifelt it should. This burden and unrest continuedto grow until again the Lord spoketo Sister Durham’s and my heart that weshould resign the fine church we werepastoring and “go out into a land whichHe would show us.”INTERVIEW WITH BROTHEREDWARDSNot long after making such a move Iwas conducting a series of meetings inWichita, Kansas, when at the close of oneof the evening services I was approachedby a fine looking elderly man whom Irightly supposed was a minister of thegospel. He introduced himself as Mr. Edwards,a retired Methodist minister andofficial of that church, asking if he mightconverse with me for a few minutes. Ifelt somewhat elated at having the wonderfulprivilege of drawing from theyears of his experience such things as Imight be able to; therefore ~ e of . course,entered into a very enjoyable conversation.Brothcr Edwards soon told me that hehad just returned from an exploratorytrip through the southern and eastern(Contintied on Page 11)2 VOICE OF HEALING 0 March, 1954
_.. .._Accompany CLARENCE JOHNSONfEvangelist Clarence JohnsonFEATURED EVANGELISTS: CLARENCE JOHNSONCOMPTON, CALIFORNIA WITNE SSES MIRACLES OF SALVATION,HEALING, and MObY GHOST INFILLINGBy Itev. 0. j. Phillips,Pastor. Faith Temple,Corn ~. ptnn. .CaliforniaAITH TEMPLE vibrated with theF power of God as EvanEelistClarence Johnson concluded his MIR-ACLE REVIVAL. It was one of thegreatest meetings we have experiencedin the Revival Center. Onlythc word “GREAT” could describethe miracles, sermons. decisions forChrist, Holy Spirit infillings and ouranticipations for the future!Some of the most outstanding miraclesof healing were wrought as EvangelistJohnson prayecl. An outstanding one wasthat performed for one dear mother, 80THE CHALLENGE OFTHE GREAT COMMISSION -(Continued from Page 101States, where he had gone for the expresspurpose of studying the Spiritual conditionand to ask the ministers this question,“What is the greatest need today?”He said that. without exception, whereverhe found a man who had any degree ofburden or concern about the souls of men.regardless of what denomination theywere from. their answer was. “We musthave another Pentecost!”My being a Pentecostal minister ofcourse, caused me to feel it was inheedwonderful to hear such an expression butto a certain extent my feeling of joy wasshort-lived for Brother Edwards had somethingelse to say; it was this: “BrotherDurham I know quite well your beliefconcerning Pentecost, also the -life andministry of the man who was consideredthe founder of your fellowship. I knowthat you speak with tongues with this experienceand I have not a word of criticismbut. because I am so concerned aboutthe need of this generation, may I askYOU this question? If you folk actuallyhave this wonderful experience, where isthe power which accompanied it on theday of Pentecost-which power alone cando something for this generation?”TIIE CHALLENGE OF THEGREAT CORIMISSLONFrom that night my life was never theTHE VOICE OF HEALING 0 March, 1954THESE LADIES TESTIFY:“God healed me oj arthritis ivliercBrother jvhnsvn prayed for me.”Mrs. Alice R. Palnier undMrs. Cora j. Neroell(Bvth of Stockton, Calif.)“I hail sufiercd 15 years with ar-‘ thritis. The clvctvrs told me theycvulcl do nothing io help me exceptto give mc dope to deaden the pain.God healed me tohen Brother Johnsonprayed for me. (May 3..1953). Inrn still henlcd tvday! (July 3, 1953).”Mrs. Helen MaddenSon Francisco, Calij..years of age. She had suffered an accidentand had not been able to raise hersame again; I could not answer his questionthat night but I purposed to find theanswer. Oh Hallelujah! God has the answer,and that answer is freely given toall who will pay the price to have thepower, along with the tongues. Little didI realize then that, at that same time, Godwas dealing with and raising up menwhom He could trust with His power forthe deliverance of humanity in so manydifferent places and from so many differentchurch groups. In my life and wonderfulexperiences with God during theseglorious days. (which included some positivevisions) I was shown that I must acceptfully the challenge of the Great Commission,which Commission has neverbeen rescinded.THE LORD WORKS WITH ME-“WITH SIGNS CONFIRMING”As I waited upon God with an openheart and desiring to be used to blesshumanity in His Name He gave me acompassion for lost, sick, suffering soulsand bodies which I had not known before.then caused me to realize that He hadgiven me, one of His unworthy servants,His power to see them delivered. Sincethose days, it has indeed been wonderfulto see that, wherever Christ’s gloriousGospel of Deliverance is preached, theLord works with us “confirming His wordwith signs following.”It has been my happy privilege to havemy good Brother Edwards speak from theplatform in one of our campaigns veryarm for 22 years. Her back was also dislocatedand her leg stiff. She could notwalk without assistance. As BrotherJohnson commanded her - -in the.Name ofJesus to “rise and walk!”-she arose andobeyed. Her spine went into place, andher arm and leg were instantly healed!My, how she rejoiced! Her testimonyfrom night to night was an inspiration.Many were healed of arthritis and Godre-created an ear drum. Those with poliowere healed, and several suffering withhigh blood pressure and low blood pressurewere permanently healed.Brother Johnson preaches God’s Word.under the anointing of the Holy Spirit.He is fearless and true to his convictions.His faith in God is simple, never waveringor doubting, nor is he dismayed by .the seeming hopelessness of the condition.He prays over each case with a compassionlike that our Lord must have showed.His ministry is well rounded.Many families, and husbands and wives.wcre saved and numbers filled with theprecious Holy Spirit. His vigorous Biblepreachingleft a firm foundation for faithupon which a pastor can build.recently and to be able to have him see,not hear, the answer to that searchingquestion.One other thing, which is so evidentin this visitation of God, is to see God’speople coming nearer together and thuswe are at least beginning to see the 1Spiritual healing of the Body of Christ,His Church.ITE GIVES HIS POWER TO WRESTFROM SATAN TWE LOSTAND SUFFERINGLet us stand shoulder to shoulder nowin this great, victorious army of the Lordwhich is finally awakening to the reality .of the statement of Jesus, “the gates ofHell shall not prevail against it!” Toolong the church has been on the defensive.We must go on the offensive-in Christ’sname-realizing full well that, “withoutHim we can do nothing” and yet be readyto take our stand with our Brother Pauland say, (‘I can do all things throughChrist which strengtheneth me.’’ Thus, wecan claim poor lost souls and sick bodiesfrom the power of Satan!May I encourage many others to dareto pay the price for God’s power and believeHim for Deliverance for this hour.It works!God grant that we shall never turn oureyes toward ourselves, either as individualsor as a group, but with eyesbeholding the perishing grain pray. “TheLord of the Harvest” to send forth labourersinto the harvest.11
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