The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"Carpenter, Minnie Lindsay Rowell
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The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"
Carpenter, Minnie Lindsay Rowell
Lee, Kate; Salvation Army
I cannot call and see you as I am away until Friday night Then I shall
look for you at the meeting. I have asked a comrade or so to call and
see you. I am praying much for you. Hold on to God, and He will
prosper you and bless you, and soon, if you only serve Him with all
your heart, things will be so different with you and your dear family.
To one in deep bereavement:--
I wish I had been home when the letter came so that I could have sent
you word by the next post. In these trying hours I rejoice that you
are fully the Lord's, and can trust Him. We cannot understand why
sorrow and bereavement should touch us, but God allows it in love.
She regarded the 'funniosities' of people with a large indulgence. One
old comrade who had put on the uniform during her command at his corps,
believed that no one could buy a jersey and cap so well as 'the dear
Adjutant,' so wherever she was, he sent to her when he needed new
uniform.
Her Christmas remembrances did not take the form of considerable presents
to special friends or comrades who might remember her in return. Rather,
her love overflowed in a flood of loving messages. Calendars, leaflets,
cards costing only a penny or two, with just a word of greeting, flew in
all directions, carrying the remembrance of her smile, her voice, and her
faith and prayer that her comrades and friends would press on through
sacrifice and service to victory.
But it would seem that the letters she most loved to write were to young
officers and those who wished to become officers. She counselled one:
'Seek God with all your heart. If you will pay the price of letting Him
have all His way, He will fill you with a passion for souls.'
To a young captain she wrote a few weeks before her promotion to Glory:--
There is nothing in the world like soul-winning. If you will only give
up yourself wholly to it, and let God fit you for it, He, who is no
respecter of persons, can do for you as much as for any other soul
whom He has called.
I have found one of the greatest helps to soul-winning, next to Bible
study and prayer, is the reading of helpful books. I know that the
officer who does her duty to the people has little free time, but I
used to make myself spend a certain time each day in study, and kept
a note book to make notes of any paragraph that impressed me so that
I would not forget the thoughts which inspired me. Have you read
'Tongues of Fire,' by William Arthur; S. D. Gordon's 'Quiet Talks on
Prayer'? To read such books on your knees, drinking in the wonderful
truths they set forth, would help you towards the realization of all
your desires.
Kate Lee loved girls in their teens, and they were much drawn to her.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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