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
How much there was to pray for. Her own soul and that of her lieutenant,
that they might be kept in touch with God. Her corps, every department of
it; the local officers, the band, the songsters, the home league; the
soldiers and converts; the town, with its sin and indifference to the
claims of Christ, the finance. Then, hers was not a small soul. She loved
the whole wonderful Salvation Army of which she was a unit, and her
leaders and comrades in all lands were remembered at the Throne of God.
It was a great strength to her to feel that she lived in the atmosphere
of prayer. When in the midst of a specially heavy battle for souls, she
would write to comrades she knew had power in prayer and beg them
specially to help her to fight through to victory.
Very real were the powers of darkness and evil against which this frail
little woman set herself; sometimes they pressed her sore. She felt
something of the sorrows and travail of soul of her Saviour, of whom it
is written, 'And being in an agony, He prayed.' At times she suffered
from depressions so heavy that they prostrated her. The lieutenant says,
'At these times, all I could do was to let her feel that I was carrying
on, whilst she sought her chief remedy, prayer. By and by, she would come
from her room, strengthened and peaceful, ready again for the fight.'
Writes another of her helpers:--
She was a wonderful officer in public, but I love best to remember
how she conquered in her own private life. When we remember how she
attacked the devil's kingdom, we can well believe that he did not
leave her unmolested. She had her full share of difficulties,
hardnesses, disappointments, and physical weakness; but, whatever
her feelings were, she rose above them, and went on with her work.
In her office, over the fireplace, hung a large picture of Christ
in the Garden of Gethsemane. On her writing table was the same
picture, but small; so, if she lifted her eyes from her writing,
she was reminded of Him whom she loved with her whole heart. As He
conquered by prayer, so did she. One morning, one of the local
officers called to see her. When I went to her room to fetch her,
her eyes were red with weeping. 'Dear, I can't go down like this,'
she said; 'will you see to the business for me?' She had been
pleading--agonizing with God.
She was very sweet to me. I can see her smile now as she first
welcomed me to the quarters. I was very timid and helpless in
public work when I became her lieutenant, but she made me feel
that her responsibility was to make me a worthy officer. She said,
'I could get others to do the house-work; you are to be my comrade
in the fight.' She took me fully into her confidence, consulted me
about corps organization, difficulties, special efforts,
everything! She would tell me all her plans and then ask for mine.
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