Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSAWAKE O ZION!‘Consider how Jesus lived for his Father’s will. How completelywholesome he was — how he rejected the treadmill ofhis age. Jesus created a new society!‘Now a last word from our bishop friend before we go tolunch.’ (The gong had gone ages ago.) ‘“We must live by thedivine contrariness of Jesus... We need an increasing minoritythat will call the bluff of the trendsetters”. 39‘Brethren, we move into holy abnormality. We rediscoverthe joy of living. You see, so many people are sick of whatthey are into. Prick the surface and you will find a desperatesense of unfulfilment. “Our need,” says John Taylor, “is formen and women who are free with the freedom of Christ,free to come up with the answers no one has dared to give.” 40‘God is setting us free. Free as a people. Free to be whatwe long to be. Christ’s kingdom is the answer. A peoplecleansed by his blood! A people of one heart! Beloved, this isthe city of light and truth. This is the new creation — thisgreat harmony with God, this harmony with angels and withcreation, this brotherly love, this beauty, this creativity — thisZion!‘Let’s stand,’ said Noel as he raised his hands in the air,beamed contentedly and looked heavenward. Together wepraised God. The vision of Zion had been set ablaze in ourhearts. For many of us it seemed everything we had desired.We were coming home — to Zion.In Bugbrooke, the chapel was changed to allow an overflowinto the side room and upper lounge. A few left us after thechallenge of Ashburnham, yet the vision of Zion was drawingpeople. One of the Ashburnham groundsmen returned with134