Guess
who said this…
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“Nothing but jealousy, prejudice,
bigotry, and a stingy love for bossing
in men have
prevented woman's public recognition by the church. No church that is acquainted with the
Holy Ghost will object to the
public ministry of women. We know scores of women who can preach
the Gospel with a clearness, a
power, and an efficiency seldom equaled by men. Sisters, let the Holy Ghost fill, call
and anoint you to preach the glorious Gospel of our Lord.” |
C’mon—don’t scroll down yet… guess who said it then
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HINT #1:
The quote is not from a feminist woman but a male preacher.
HINT #2:
It is from the book: “The Ideal
Pentecostal Church” but he wasn’t a Charismatic.
HINT
#3: Do you recognize him?
HINT
#4: He was originally a Quaker and
preached on holiness so thunderously he was sometimes called “the earth
Quaker.”
HINT
#5: He was one of the two founders of
the Pilgrim Holiness Church later to
become The Wesleyan Church.
Ready? The quote is by Seth Cook Rees(1854-1933)
co-founder of the Pilgrim
Holiness Church (later The
Wesleyan Church) and father of Paul Rees.
The
full text of the book “The ideal
By Keith Drury,
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