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A History of the Church in Africa

It fills our souls with the love of God for lost humanity, and makes us
more willing to leave home, friends, and all to work in His vineyard.…
“Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
This command of Jesus can only be properly fulfilled when we have
obeyed that other command, “Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem till
ye be endued with power from on high.” When we have tarried and
received that power, then, and then only are we fit to carry the gospel.
When the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts, the missionary spirit
comes with it; they are inseparable, as the missionary spirit is but one
of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Carrying the gospel to hungry souls in
this and other lands is but a natural result of receiving the baptism in
the Holy Ghost. (quoted in McGee 1986, 45–46)

God wanted to bring the church back to the Upper Room for a purpose.
He was grieved over the manner in which the church had neglected much
of the world and desired a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit to encircle
the earth.

Toward the end of the nineteenth century, there was great hunger
on the part of many people to
experience spiritual renewal.
The promise of the soon return
Toward the end of the of Jesus was burning in their

nineteenth century, hearts. Manifestations of “faith-
healings” and other supernatural
there was great hunger signs were abundant. Dr. A.B.

on the part of many Simpson was used of the Lord
in this revival. In 1891, he stated:
people to experience “What right have we to go to the

spiritual renewal. unbelieving world and demand
their acceptance of our message
without these signs?” (quoted in
McGee 2004, 43).

Some were given the gift of tongues and interpretation for use on the
mission field. McGee records the testimony of Jennie Glassey, who, in
1895, was given a supernatural gift of using Croo, a language used by the
people of Sierra Leone (2004, 46–47). Before long, most missionaries
learned that this type of language acquisition was not the norm. I

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