"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of LifeOsborne, Zenas
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"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of Life
Osborne, Zenas
Free Methodist Church of North America; Osborne, Zenas
our leaving the house, but they made much effort to keep us there;
and when the first year was up, they circulated a petition for our
being returned the second year. We remained there two years and God
gave us a continuous revival. For weeks souls were saved in every
meeting at Seneca Falls, and at every point on this circuit we had a
revival.
“God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform.”
The people that we were laboring with and for, were very poor,
so that we were compelled to pray the Lord’s prayer daily: and
blessed be the name of the Lord, He fed and clothed us. It would be
impossible to tell the many peculiar ways that God had in supplying
our needs. On one occasion my entire suit of wearing apparel had
become badly worn and looked decidedly seedy. My coat was so feeble
that it would not hold together under the arms, though wife had
darned it much, and every time that I would raise my hand, when
preaching, there would be an exhibition of cotton, which somewhat
annoyed me. I prayed over the matter. I believed that God would
supply my need. I said, “Lord, thy servant ought to be in a
presentable shape.” It did not seem to me that in a country like
ours, where there was such an abundance on every side, that God
wanted me to go dressed so poorly. After much care, and thought and
prayer, I called at the Post Office and received two letters. I did
not open them until I reached home. My first letter contained a fifty
dollar post office order. It seemed as if I could not believe my own
senses. Tears of gratitude so filled my eyes that I could hardly read
for the time being, while the Spirit said, “This means an entire
suit of clothes.” Of course this sent afresh the doxology coursing,
vibrating and thoroughly permeating all of our redeemed powers. O,
how precious it is to live where God feeds and clothes the body and
satisfies our immortal nature with Himself. Well might the poet sing--
“O for such love let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break.”
Every law governing this vast universe, with all its intelligencies,
are under the direct control of our Heavenly Father. Nothing is lost
to His sight. “If I ascend up into Heaven, Thou art there; if I make
my bed in Hell, behold Thou art there. If I take the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall
Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely
the darkness shall cover me, even the night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the
day; the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee.”
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