Archive For: Testimonies of Great Saints
The congregation waited expectantly for the speaker who had for two nights previously given messages rich in content. But John Hyde, though fully prepared, remained silent. “For two days,” said one present at that conference, “he came before the convention, stating that he was not allowed to give further addresses until the challenge of the ... Read More
In December 1934, on a lonely hill in China, John and Betty Stam, young American missionaries, still only in their late twenties, were led out to die at the hands of Red Soldiers. The reaction to such a tragedy throughout the world was at first one of benumbed shock. Then came the question into the ... Read More
In December 1934, on a lonely hill in China, John and Betty Stam, young American missionaries, still only in their late twenties, were led out to die at the hands of Red Soldiers. The reaction to such a tragedy throughout the world was at first one of benumbed shock. Then came the question into the ... Read More
Cesar Malan was not brought up an evangelical, far from it. His father, J. I. Malan, though of Huguenot background, was a son of the 18th century, with whom the Encyclopaedie of Diderot supplanted the Bible, and who in his “good sense” smiled at “enthusiasm.” The brilliant son, Cesar, thought he would be a Genevan ... Read More
“Should I flee, or should I remain?” The question to Dr. Tauler was one of utmost importance. The head of Christendom, the Pope of Rome, had placed the city of Strasburg under the curse of the Church, called an Interdict. The Pope’s quarrel was with the Emperor Lewis of Germany, because he had protected Marsilius ... Read More
Eighteenth century Europe was saturated with a rationalistic deism. It was the Era of the Enlightenment – of Bolingbroke, Semler, Voltaire, the Encyclopaedists. The churches of the Reformation were paralyzed by its infiltration. Then came, at the century’s close, great changes and renovations as when the sap rises in the tree trunks in springtime. Revival ... Read More
The tall young woman of twenty-three, with light brown hair and a sensitive mouth, roamed the wooded hills that sloped gently down to Coniston Lake, her mind in a turmoil of conflict. Although previously she had visited “Brentwood”, the home of John Ruskin, and thoroughly enjoyed the beauty of the surroundings, as well as the ... Read More
The newly converted lad of seventeen, with several friends, was trudging along a dark and lonely road in Wales, to meet his pastor and study the Word of God. Suddenly, six youths, armed with sticks, sprang out from a place of concealment and ruthlessly attacked them. Christmas Evans was struck on his head in such ... Read More
In 1900, the International Prison Congress was held in St. Petersburg. The greatest jailor on earth, the Tsar of all the Russias, the turnkey of the great ice dungeon, Siberia, opened the sessions. Grand dukes and other notables of Russian high society were present in force. There were gala dinners and receptions. At one session ... Read More
Preface In our day of spiritual superficiality and anemic Christianity, characterized by sin-infested pulpits and indifferent pews, the subject of revival is nonetheless a popular one. Few who talk of it, however, have the faintest idea what a real moving of God is all about. Impressive financial holdings, ornate edifices of worship, statistical proofs of ... Read More