Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS THE LORD TOOK HOLD OF BUGBROOKE‘made a decision’ for Christ at eighteen, but now, at college,he’d grown cynical and holy huddles annoyed him. Communismwas more appealing. Changing the world — that waswhere it was at.He looked around.‘Good Lord!’ he thought. ‘Even Miss Campion is glowing!’‘Notice anything about Noel?’ his dad asked when he gothome. ‘Well, yes,’ said John. ‘He looked like a 100 watt bulb!I had a good argument with them all about this “talking intongues”. Noel gave me this withering look. “Who are you tosay a gift of God is no good?” he said. That really threw me. Ithought, “You know what — he could be right!”’The Holy Spirit had begun to invade the life of the chapel.The teenagers were very excited and encouraged one anotheralong. Stories flew around of talking in tongues and seeingvisions. The youngsters prayed together almost every nightfor revival to hit the chapel. Sometimes they ended up on thefloor laughing in the Spirit. One of the lads felt somethinglike a warm electric current come upon his head and traveldown to his toes. The joy was immense and he shook for anhour.One of their friends, Geoff, was a fiery redhead with a characterto match. Extrovert and likeable, he thought the YouthClub was all a bit of a laugh. Then one evening when he walkedin, Geoff looked really different. He’d given his life to Christand was already baptised in the Spirit. It soon spread aroundthe village. Geoff had ‘got religion’!Some of the youngsters joined the ‘core’ group. Aroundtwenty, including Noel, Miss Campion, and Verna, now cametogether in the manse to seek God. Saturday nights were times36