teisipäev, märts 18, 2008

the full Brengle quote

"And it is this Holiness -- the doctrine -- the experience, the action -- that we Salvationists must maintain, otherwise we shall betray our trust; we shall lose our birthright; we shall cease to be a spiritual power in the earth; we shall have a name to live, and yet be dead; our glory will depart; and we, like Samson shorn of his locks, shall become as other men; the souls with whom we are entrusted will grope in darkness or go elsewhere for soul-nourishment and guidance; and while we may still have titles and ranks, which will have become vainglorious, to bestow upon our children, we shall have no heritage to bequeath them of martyr-like sacrifice, or spiritual power, or dare-devil faith, of pure, deep joy, of burning love, of holy triumph."
Love-Slaves
Samuel Logan Brengle
ch. 9, "Maintaining the Holiness Standard"
p. 72

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