📘 The Apostolic Faith, 1906–1907: Makala Teule Kuhusu Roho na Karama Zake

1. Mito ya Maji ya Uzima: Lugha, Unyenyekevu na Injili ya Bure1. Rivers of Living Water: Tongues, Humility and a Free Gospel

The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Buku la I, Nambari 3, Novemba 1906: kuanzia ripoti ya ufunguzi, “Pentekoste ya Kibiblia,” hadi mahubiri ya W. J. Seymour, “Mto wa Maji ya Uzima,” fundisho lisilotiwa sahihi kuhusu utakaso na nguvu, na “Tabia ya Upendo.” Chanzo cha msingi; madai yaliyomo ni ya wahariri na washiriki. Michango iliyotiwa sahihi au iliyoandikwa kwa nafsi ya kwanza na waandishi ambao haki zao hazijaruhusiwa Mexico imeachwa, na vipengele vingine vimeachwa kwa sababu ya urefu; kila sehemu iliyoachwa imewekwa alama […].The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Vol. I, No. 3, November 1906: from the opening report, “Bible Pentecost,” through W. J. Seymour’s sermon “River of Living Water,” the unsigned teaching on sanctification and power, and “The Character of Love.” Primary source; the claims are those of the editors and participants. Signed or first-person contributions by authors whose rights are not cleared in Mexico have been left out, and other items have been left out for length; each omission is marked […].

Dokezo la CTS: Hiki ni chanzo cha msingi kutoka mwezi wa saba wa uamsho huo. Ripoti za uponyaji, za lugha zilizotambuliwa kuwa lugha zinazojulikana, za maono na za idadi ya waliookoka ni madai ya washiriki na wahariri; si matokeo yaliyothibitishwa ya kitabibu, ya kiisimu wala ya kitakwimu. Zingatia mambo ambayo wahariri wenyewe wanayasisitiza kuwa ishara za Roho: unyenyekevu, upendo, umoja kati ya jamii na lugha mbalimbali, na injili inayotolewa “bure” bila michango wala matangazo. Zingatia pia alama za kwanza za kupambanua: kusahihishwa kwa unabii uliochapishwa, onyo dhidi ya kiburi (“tukianza kujivuna, Mungu atatuweka kando”), na uhakikisho kwamba wale wanaotembea katika nuru hawana haja ya kuogopa kupokea “nguvu za shetani.” Gazeti hilo linawataja wanawake kuwa wainjilisti, wamisionari na viongozi wa vikundi vya maombi; mapokeo ya Kikristo yanaisoma huduma kama hiyo kwa njia tofauti (mitazamo ya ukamilishano wa majukumu [complementarian], ya usawa [egalitarian] na ya huduma ya timu), na CTS inawasilisha kumbukumbu hizi bila kuamua suala hilo. Gazeti hilo linatumia maneno ya wakati wake ambayo sasa yamepitwa na wakati, kama vile “colored” (Mweusi au Mwafrika Mmarekani) na “natives” (wenyeji). Kauli yake kwamba ishara zote za Marko 16 isipokuwa kufufua wafu zilikuwa zikifuata ni dai la wahariri, si hukumu ya CTS.CTS note: This is a primary source from the revival’s seventh month. Reports of healings, of tongues recognised as known languages, of visions and of numbers converted are the claims of participants and editors; they are not verified medical, linguistic or statistical findings. Notice what the editors themselves stress as signs of the Spirit: humility, love, unity across race and language, and a gospel given “freely” without collections or advertising. Notice too the first marks of discernment: a correction of a printed prophecy, a warning against pride (“if we begin to get puffed up, God will set us aside”), and the reassurance that those who walk in the light need not fear receiving “the power of the devil.” The paper names women as evangelists, missionaries and leaders of prayer bands; Christian traditions read such ministry differently (complementarian, egalitarian and team-ministry views), and CTS presents the record without settling that question. The paper uses terms of its time that are now dated, such as “colored” (Black or African American) and “natives.” Its statement that all the signs of Mark 16 except raising the dead were following is the editors’ claim, not a CTS judgement.

“Mkishindanie kwa bidii imani ile mliyopewa watakatifu mara moja tu.”—Yuda 3“Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”—Jude 3

Buku la I. Nambari 3 Los Angeles, Cal., Novemba, 1906 Usajili BureVol. I. No. 3 Los Angeles, Cal., November, 1906 Subscription Free

PENTEKOSTE YA KIBIBLIA. Manyunyu ya Neema ya Kipentekoste Yanaendelea Kunyesha.BIBLE PENTECOST. Gracious Pentecostal Showers Continue to Fall.

Habari zimeenea mbali na pana kwamba Los Angeles inatembelewa na “upepo wa nguvu kutoka mbinguni.” Jinsi na sababu yake vinapatikana katika kinyume kabisa cha hali ambazo kwa kawaida hudhaniwa kuwa ni lazima kwa uamsho mkubwa. Hakuna vyombo vya muziki vinavyotumika, wala havihitajiki. Hakuna kwaya—lakini baadhi yao wamesikia makundi ya malaika rohoni, na kuna uimbaji wa mbinguni unaotiwa pumzi na Roho Mtakatifu. Hakuna sadaka zinazokusanywa. Hakuna mabango yaliyobandikwa kutangaza mikutano. Hakuna kanisa wala shirika lililo nyuma yake. Wote walio karibu na Mungu hutambua mara tu wanapoingia kwenye mikutano kwamba Roho Mtakatifu ndiye kiongozi. Ndugu mmoja alisema kwamba hata kabla treni yake haijaingia mjini, aliuhisi nguvu ya uamsho. Wasafiri kutoka mbali hufika kwenye makao makuu ya Azusa Street. Wanapouliza njia ya kwenda Misheni ya Imani ya Kitume, labda huulizwa, “Ah, unamaanisha ‘Holy Rollers,’” au “Ni Kanisa la Watu Weusi unalolimaanisha?” Karibu na duka la mawe ya makaburi, mazizi na ghala la mbao (jirani ya bahati kwa sababu hakuna anayelalamika kuhusu mikutano ya usiku kucha) utaona jengo kuukuu la ghorofa mbili lililopakwa chokaa. Hungetegemea kupata ziara za mbinguni hapo, isipokuwa ukiukumbuka zizi la Bethlehemu.The news has spread far and wide that Los Angeles is being visited with a "rushing mighty wind from heaven." The how and why of it is to be found in the very opposite of those conditions that are usually thought necessary for a big revival. No instruments of music are used, none are needed. No choir—but bands of angels have been heard by some in the spirit and there is a heavenly singing that is inspired by the Holy Ghost. No collections are taken. No bills have been posted to advertise the meetings. No church or organization is back of it. All who are in touch with God realize as soon as they enter the meetings that the Holy Ghost is the leader. One brother stated that even before his train entered the city, he felt the power of the revival. Travelers from afar wend their way to the headquarters at Azusa Street. As they enquire their way to the Apostolic Faith Mission, perhaps they are asked, "O, you mean the Holy Rollers," or "It is the Colored Church you mean?" In the vicinity of a tombstone shop, stables and lumber yard (a fortunate vicinity because no one complains of all-night meetings) you find a two-story, white-washed old building. You would hardly expect heavenly visitations there, unless you remember the stable at Bethlehem.

Lakini hapa utaona uamsho wa Kipentekoste wenye nguvu ukiendelea kuanzia saa nne asubuhi hadi karibu saa sita usiku. Naam, Pentekoste imefika kwenye mioyo ya mamia, na nyumba nyingi zimefanywa kuwa paradiso tamu hapa duniani. Tunakumbuka miaka iliyopita, wakati mmisionari kijana mwenye mng’ao alipokuwa akifa Bombay, India; katika saa zake za mwisho, akiwa amepoteza fahamu kwa homa, aliendelea kupaza sauti, “Pentekoste inakuja! Pentekoste inakuja!” Ilionekana kama unabii. Pentekoste imefika na inakuja India, na tunamshukuru Mungu, katika mahali pengine pengi.But here you find a mighty Pentecostal revival going on from ten o'clock in the morning till about twelve at night. Yes, Pentecost has come to hundreds of hearts and many homes are made into a sweet paradise below. We remember years ago, when a bright, young missionary was dying in Bombay, India, in his last hours, unconscious with the fever, he kept crying, "Pentecost is coming! Pentecost is coming!” It seemed prophetical. Pentecost has come and is coming in India, and thank God in many other places.

Mlei mmoja mashuhuri wa Kimethodisti wa Los Angeles anasema, “Matukio yanayotendeka hapa ndiyo yale ambayo makanisa ya Los Angeles yamekuwa yakiyaombea kwa miaka mingi. Nimekuwa Mmethodisti kwa miaka ishirini na mitano. Nilikuwa kiongozi wa kikundi cha maombi cha Kanisa la Kwanza la Methodisti. Tuliomba Pentekoste ifike katika jiji la Los Angeles. Tulitaka ianzie katika Kanisa la Kwanza la Methodisti, lakini Mungu hakuianzisha huko. Namshukuru Mungu kwamba haikuanzia katika kanisa lolote la jiji hili, bali katika ghala, ili sisi sote tuje tushiriki. Kama ingeanzia katika kanisa la kifahari, watu weusi maskini na Wahispania wasingeipata, lakini sifa kwa Mungu, imeanzia hapa. Mungu Mwenyezi anasema atamimina Roho yake juu ya wote wenye mwili. Hili ndilo hasa linalotendeka hapa. Nataka kumwonya kila Mmethodisti wa Los Angeles akae mbali na kazi hii. Waambieni watu kila mahali mnapokwenda kwamba Pentekoste imefika Los Angeles.” Mara tu inapotangazwa kwamba madhabahu iko wazi kwa watafutaji wa msamaha, utakaso, ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na uponyaji wa mwili, watu husimama na kukimbilia madhabahuni. Hakuna kushurutisha. Ni aina gani ya mahubiri yanayowaleta? Ni kutangaza tu Neno la Mungu. Kuna nguvu kiasi kwamba katika kuhubiri Neno kwa Roho watu hutikiswa kwenye viti. Wakija madhabahuni, wengi huanguka chini kifudifudi chini ya nguvu za Mungu, na mara nyingi hutoka wakinena kwa lugha. Wakati mwingine nguvu hushuka juu ya watu, nao hushughulikiwa na Roho wakati wa ushuhuda au mahubiri na kupokea uzoefu wa Kibiblia.A leading Methodist layman of Los Angeles says, "Scenes transpiring here are what Los Angeles churches have been praying for years. I have been a Methodist for twenty-five years. I was a leader of the praying band of the First Methodist Church. We prayed that the Pentecost might come to the city of Los Angeles. We wanted it to start in the First Methodist Church, but God did not start it there. I bless God that it did not start in any church in this city, but in a barn, so that we might all come and take part in it. If it had started in a fine church, poor colored people and Spanish people would not have got it, but praise God it started here. God Almighty says He will pour out of His Spirit upon all flesh. This is just what is happening here. I want to warn every Methodist in Los Angeles to keep your hands off this work. Tell the people wherever you go that Pentecost has come to Los Angeles." As soon as it is announced that the altar is open for seekers for pardon, sanctification, the baptism with the Holy Ghost and healing of the body, the people rise and flock to the altar. There is no urging. What kind of preaching is it that brings them? Why, the simple declaring of the Word of God. There is such power in the preaching of the Word in the Spirit that people are shaken on the benches. Coming to the altar, many fall prostrate under the power of God, and often come out speaking in tongues. Sometimes the power falls on people and they are wrought upon by the Spirit during testimony or preaching and receive Bible experiences.

Mikutano ya ushuhuda inayotangulia mahubiri mara nyingi huendelea kwa saa mbili au zaidi, na watu husimama muda wote wakisubiri kutoa ushuhuda. Wale waliopokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu hushuhudia kwamba walipata kwanza ushahidi wazi wa utakaso. Mamia hushuhudia kwamba walipokea ushahidi wa Kibiblia wa kunena kwa lugha mpya ambayo hawakuwahi kuijua. Wengine wamepokea “karama ya lugha” au “lugha mbalimbali” pamoja na tafsiri.The testimony meetings which precede the preaching often continue for two hours or more and people are standing waiting to testify all the time. Those who have received the baptism with the Holy Ghost testify that they had a clear evidence of sanctification first. Hundreds testify that they received the Bible evidence of speaking in a new tongue that they never knew before. Some have received the "gift of tongues" or "divers tongues" and the interpretation.

Maonyesho hayo si kupiga kelele, kupiga makofi au kuruka-ruka ambako mara nyingi huonekana katika mikutano ya kambi. Kuna kutetemeka kama kule walikokuwa nako Waquaker wa mwanzo, ambako Wamethodisti wa zamani waliita “jerks” (mitikiso). Ni wakati wa kuwa chini ya nguvu za Roho ndipo unaona mikono ikiinuliwa na kusikia kunena kwa lugha. Mtu mmoja anapoimba wimbo alioufundishwa mbinguni akiwa na uso unaong’aa, machozi hububujika kwenye nyuso za wengine. Wengi hupokea Roho kwa kuwekewa mikono, kama walivyopokea kupitia Paulo huko Efeso. Watoto wadogo wa umri wa miaka minane hadi kumi na miwili husimama juu ya benchi la madhabahuni na kushuhudia ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na kunena kwa lugha. Katika mikutano ya watoto, watoto wadogo kabisa hupiga magoti na kumtafuta Bwana.The demonstrations are not the shouting, clapping or jumping so often seen in camp meetings. There is a shaking such as the early Quakers had and which the old Methodists called the "jerks." It is while under the power of the Spirit you see the hands raised and hear speaking in tongues. While one sings a song learned from heaven with a shining face, the tears will be trickling down other faces. Many receive the Spirit through the laying on of hands, as they did through Paul at Ephesus. Little children from eight years to twelve stand up on the altar bench and testify to the baptism with the Holy Ghost and speak in tongues. In the children's meetings little tots get down and seek the Lord.

Inaonekana wazi jinsi watu wa mataifa yote wanavyojisikia huru. Ikiwa Mmexico au Mjerumani hawezi kusema Kiingereza, husimama na kusema kwa lugha yake mwenyewe, na hujisikia yuko nyumbani kabisa, kwa maana Roho hufasiri kupitia uso wake na watu husema amina. Hakuna chombo ambacho Mungu anaweza kukitumia kinachokataliwa kwa sababu ya rangi, mavazi au ukosefu wa elimu. Ndiyo sababu Mungu ameijenga kazi hii hivyo.It is noticeable how free all nationalities feel. If a Mexican or German cannot speak English, he gets up and speaks in his own tongue and feels quite at home for the Spirit interprets through the face and people say amen. No instrument that God can use is rejected on account of color or dress or lack of education. This is why God has so built up the work.

Katika mikutano ya ushuhuda, huripoti kutoka mikutano ya maombi ya nyumbani ambapo labda wengi walibatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu au waliokoka au walitakaswa, na wale waliokuwa wakitafuta nyumbani huripoti Mungu aliyowatendea.In the testimony meetings, they report from cottage prayer meetings where perhaps a number were baptized with the Holy Ghost or saved or sanctified and those who have been seeking at home report what God has done for them.

Uimbaji unajulikana kwa uhuru. “Mfariji amekuja” huimbwa kila siku, pia “Nuru ya Mbinguni” na “Chini ya Damu.” Mara nyingi mtu mmoja husimama na kuimba wimbo unaojulikana kwa lugha mpya.The singing is characterized by freedom. "The Comforter has come" is sung every day, also "Heavenly Sunlight" and "Under the Blood." Often one will rise and sing a familiar song in a new tongue.

Watafutaji wa uponyaji kwa kawaida hupelekwa ghorofani na kuombewa katika chumba cha maombi, na wengi wameponywa huko. Kuna chumba kikubwa zaidi ghorofani kinachotumika kwa funzo la Biblia. Ndugu mmoja anakieleza ipasavyo hivi: “Ghorofani kuna chumba kirefu, kilichowekewa viti na mbao tatu za mti wa redwood wa California, zilizolazwa mwisho kwa mwisho juu ya viti visivyo na migongo. Hiki ndicho chumba cha juu cha Kipentekoste ambapo roho zilizotakaswa hutafuta utimilifu wa Kipentekoste na kutoka zikinena kwa lugha mpya.”Seekers for healing are usually taken upstairs and prayed for in the prayer room and many have been healed there. There is a larger room upstairs that is used for Bible study. A brother fittingly describes it in this way, "Upstairs is a long room, furnished with chairs and three California redwood planks, laid end to end on backless chairs. This is the Pentecostal upper room where sanctified souls seek Pentecostal fullness and go out speaking in new tongues."

Kitu kitamu kuliko vyote ni upatano wa upendo. Kila kanisa ambako jambo hili limefika ni kama sehemu ya familia. Maelezo haya yanatolewa kwa manufaa ya marafiki wengi wanaoandika na ambao wangependa kuwapo. Barua nyingi sana hupokelewa katika ofisi ya Imani ya Kitume, iliyo katika jengo lile lile la misheni. Hatuwezi ila kulia tunaposoma barua hizi na kuwaombea wale wanaotafuta.The sweetest thing of all is the loving harmony. Every church where this has gone is like a part of the family. This description is given for the benefit of the many friends who write in and who would like to be present. So many letters are received in the Apostolic Faith office, which is in the same building as the mission. We cannot but weep as we read these letters and pray for those who are seeking.

Bwana anawaokoa walevi na kuondoa kabisa hamu ya pombe na tumbaku. Ripoti zinakuja kutoka Denver kwamba roho arobaini wamepokea Pentekoste na wananena kwa lugha. Kijana mmoja aliyeokolewa kutoka tabia ya morphine hana tena hamu ya dawa hiyo, na akaacha vyombo vyake.The Lord is saving drunkards and taking the appetite for liquor and tobacco completely away. Reports come from Denver that forty souls have received the Pentecost and are speaking in tongues. A young man saved from the morphine habit has no more desire for the stuff and gave up his instruments.

Wafanyakazi wanne kutoka Texas, Ndugu na Dada Oyler na Ndugu na Dada Quinton, wamewasili Los Angeles hivi karibuni. Mungu amekuwa akiwatumia huko Whittier.Four workers from Texas, Bro. and Sister Oyler and Bro. and Sister Quinton have arrived in Los Angeles lately. God has been using them in Whittier.

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“Katuni katika magazeti ndizo zilizokuwa utangulizi wangu wa kwanza kwa mkutano huu,” alisema ndugu mmoja, “nikasema, hiki ndicho nilichokuwa nikikiombea kwa miaka mingi. Viongozi walinionya kwamba ni cha shetani, lakini nilikuja na kupata mguso wa mbinguni rohoni mwangu.” Kabla ya moto kuzuka Los Angeles, ndugu mmoja alipata maono ya moto ukichipuka na kisha kukusanyika pamoja na kusonga mbele kama ukuta imara wa miali. Mhubiri mmoja alikuwa akijaribu kuuzima kwa gunia lenye maji, lakini ilikuwa wazi hakukuwa na maana ya kuupiga vita. Mungu wetu anasonga mbele. Haleluya. Mtu mwenye gunia lenye maji yupo hapa pia, lakini juhudi zake zinaelekeza tu fikira kwenye moto. Yule kipofu aliyeokoka na kurudishiwa kuona aliokoka kwa sababu ya kuwasikia wachache wakiomba kwa lugha katika mkutano wa nyumbani. Alikuwa mwenye dhambi; mtu mwenye kukufuru sana, na alihukumiwa moyoni kwa sababu ya lugha. Sifa kwa Mungu kwa matendo yake ya ajabu kwa wanadamu."Cartoons in the newspapers were my first introduction to this meeting," said a brother, "and I said, this is what I have been praying for, for years. I was warned by leaders that it was of the devil, but I came and got a touch of heaven in my soul." Before the fire broke out in Los Angeles a brother had a vision of fires springing up and then gathering together and advancing in a solid wall of flame. A preacher was trying to put it out with a wet gunny sack, but it was evident there was no use fighting it. Our God is marching on. Hallelujah. The man with the wet gunny sack is here also, but his efforts only call attention to the fire. The blind man who was saved and had his sight restored was saved because of hearing a few praying in tongues in a cottage meeting. He was a sinner; a very profane man, and was convicted because of tongues. Praise God for His marvelous works to the children of men.

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Dada mmoja aliyekuwa na njaa kubwa ya Pentekoste alimwomba Bwana amvue kila kitu, bali ampe zaidi ya nafsi yake mwenyewe. Kisha muda mfupi baadaye nyumba yake ilipokuwa ikiteketea kwa moto, alitoka nje na kupiga magoti kwenye magugu na kuomba, “Bwana, ulisema mambo yote hufanya kazi pamoja kwa kuwapatia mema wale wakupendao. Nipe zaidi ya Mungu.” Naye akajibu maombi na kumpa ubatizo wenye nguvu katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto, na anang’aa kwa ajili ya Mungu.A sister who was very hungry for the Pentecost prayed for the Lord to strip her of everything, but give more of Himself. Then shortly afterwards when her house was in flames, she went out and knelt down in the weeds and prayed, "Lord, you said all things work together for good to them that love you. Give me more of God." And He answered prayer and gave her a mighty baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire and she is shining for God.

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MAONO NA UJUMBE.VISION AND MESSAGE.

Dada mmoja ambaye ameponywa na kubatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu alisimulia maono yafuatayo: “Siku mbili zilizopita nguvu za Mungu zilinijia, naye akasema, ‘Chochote mtakachoomba kwa jina langu mkiamini, mtapokea.’ Nikasema, ‘Nipe hekima ya kusema na watu.’ Mara nikawa katika ukumbi mkubwa wenye meza zilizoandaliwa kila mahali, na Bwana alikuwa mhudumu, nikauona uso wake mzuri wenye tabasamu. Alisema nami, ‘Nimewaita rafiki zangu hawakuja, kwa hiyo nenda ukawaombe wote utakaowapata waje arusini.’ Nilipotazama huku na huku kuona kitu kizuri, mandhari ikabadilika nikawa hospitalini na nikaona viumbe maskini wakifa, wakionekana kama mifupa. Nilidhani wito wangu ni kwenda hospitalini, nikapiga simu kuuliza ni lini inafunguliwa kwa wageni, lakini Bwana alinifunulia kwamba ilimaanisha wale wote walio wagonjwa rohoni mwao.”A sister who has been healed and baptized with the Holy Ghost related the following vision, "Two days ago the power of God came over me and He said. 'Whatsoever ye ask in my name believing, ye shall receive.' I said 'Give wisdom to speak to the people.' Immediately I was in a great hall with tables spread all about, and the Lord was the waiter, and I saw His beautiful, smiling face. He spoke to me and said, 'I have called my friends and they did not come, therefore go out and ask everyone you find to come to the wedding.' As I looked around to see something beautiful, the scene changed and I was in a hospital and saw poor creatures dying, looking like skeletons. I thought my call was to the hospital and telephoned to know when it was open for visitors, but the Lord revealed to me that it meant all those who are sick in their souls."

MAREKEBISHO.A CORRECTION.

Katika toleo letu lililopita, kulikuwa na unabii wa Dada Mary Golmond kuhusu tetemeko la ardhi litakalokuja Los Angeles. Alisema kwamba Bwana hakuonyesha wakati, lakini kwamba HALITAKUJA siku ya Jumapili. Neno “halitakuja” liliachwa kwa bahati mbaya.In our last issue, there was a prophecy by Sister Mary Golmond of an earthquake coming to Los Angeles. She stated that the Lord had not showed the time, but that it would NOT come on Sunday. The word "not" was accidentally omitted.

NYUMBA YAKE YA KARAMU.HIS BANQUETING HOUSE.

“Alinileta ndani ya nyumba yake ya karamu, na bendera yake juu yangu ilikuwa upendo.” Ndugu mmoja anasema Bwana alimpa maono ya nyumba ya karamu. Alipita chini ya matao makubwa. Kila moja lilikuwa na jina juu yake. La kwanza lilikuwa upendo, kisha furaha, amani, na kati ya mengine aliyoyaona, “Uhuru.” Aliuliza maana yake. Jibu lilikuwa, “Je, si ajabu kuwa huru?” Watakatifu wapendwa, hili ni mojawapo ya matao matamu zaidi katika nyumba ya karamu. Utumwa huu wa upendo unanifanya niwe huru kabisa."He took me into his banqueting house, and his banner over me was love." A brother says the Lord gave him a vision of the banqueting house. He passed under the great arches. Each one had a name upon it. The first was love, then there was joy, peace, and among others he saw, "Independence." He asked what that meant. The answer was, "Is it not wonderful to be free?" Dear saints, this is one of the sweetest arches in the banqueting house. This bondage to love sets me perfectly free.

KELELE ISIYO YA KAWAIDA.UNUSUAL NOISE.

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Neno lilipofika Azusa Street, wafanyakazi kumi na watano walijitokeza kuchukua nafasi ya wale wanne, na mikutano imekuwa ikiendelea huko kwa ushindi na nguvu tangu wakati huo.When the word came to Azusa street, fifteen workers rallied to take the place of the four and meetings have been going on there with victory and power ever since.

Kikundi kilichokamatwa kinafurahi katika Bwana kwamba kiliruhusiwa kupitia majaribu hayo. Hakimu aliwapa chaguo la kuondoka mjini au kwenda gerezani. Walimshauri Bwana kuhusu jambo hilo naye akasema: “Wakiwaudhi katika mji mmoja, kimbilieni mwingine.” Kwa hiyo dada walitii, lakini Ndugu McLain alipendelea kukaa gerezani siku chache na kufanya kazi katika kikosi cha wafungwa wa minyororo. Hakimu alipotoa hukumu, Dada Mayo aliinua mikono yake mbinguni na kumwombea yeye na Whittier.The band that was arrested is rejoicing in the Lord that they were permitted to go through the trial. The judge gave them the choice of leaving town or going to jail. They consulted the Lord about it and He said: "When they persecute you in one city, flee ye to another." So the sisters obeyed but Bro. McLain preferred to stand a few days in jail and working on the chain gang. When the judge gave sentence, Sister Mayo raised her hands to heaven and prayed for him and for Whittier.

PENTEKOSTE HUKO INDIA.PENTECOST IN INDIA.

Habari zinafika kutoka India kwamba ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na karama ya lugha vinapokelewa huko na wenyeji ambao wanafundishwa tu na Mungu. India Alliance inasema, “Baadhi ya karama ambazo hazijasikika karibu kamwe katika kanisa kwa karne nyingi, sasa zinatolewa na Roho Mtakatifu kwa washiriki rahisi, wasiosoma wa mwili wa Kristo, na jamii zinachochewa na kubadilishwa na neema ya ajabu ya Mungu. Uponyaji, karama ya lugha, maono na ndoto, kupambanua roho, uwezo wa kutabiri na kuomba sala ya imani, vyote vina nafasi katika uamsho wa sasa.” Haleluya! Mungu anaipeleka Pentekoste India. Hana upendeleo.News comes from India that the baptism with the Holy Ghost and gift of tongues is being received there by natives who are simply taught of God. The India Alliance says, "Some of the gifts which have been scarcely heard of in the church for many centuries, are now being given by the Holy Ghost to simple, unlearned members of the body of Christ, and communities are being stirred and transformed by the wonderful grace of God. Healing, the gift of tongues, visions, and dreams, discernment of spirits, the power to prophecy and to pray the prayer of faith, all have a place in the present revival." Hallelujah! God is sending the Pentecost to India. He is no respecter of persons.

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KUENEZA INJILI KAMILI.SPREADING THE FULL GOSPEL.

Idadi ya wafanyakazi waliojazwa na Roho wamekuwa wakitoka hivi karibuni. Ndugu Adolph Rosa na Ndugu Harmon Clifford walikwenda Oakland na Mungu amekuwa akiwatumia huko. Kisha kikundi cha watu saba kiliondoka kwa meli kuelekea kaskazini, Oakland, Salem na Seattle. Walikuwa, Dada Florence Crawford, Ndugu na Dada G. W. Evans, Ndugu na Dada Thomas Junk, Dada Ophelia Wiley na Dada Lulu Miller. Ndugu Post alikwenda Santa Barbara, Ndugu T. Hezmalhalch Denver, Dada Potter na Violet Price Fresno, Ndugu F. W. Williams Alabama, ndugu Mhispania, Brigido Perez, San Diego. Dada Elsie Robinson Onawa, Michigan. Ndugu Seymour ameitwa kwa muda mfupi Oakland, lakini anatarajia kurudi hivi karibuni kwenye makao makuu Los Angeles. Tunataka kufuatilia wafanyakazi walio mashambani na kuungana pamoja katika maombi kwa ajili ya kila mmoja na kazi katika mashamba mbalimbali.A number of Spirit filled workers have been going out of late. Bro. Adolph Rosa and Bro. Harmon Clifford went to Oakland and God has been using them there. Then a band of seven left on the steamer for the north, for Oakland, Salem and Seattle. They were, Sister Florence Crawford, Bro. and Sister G.W. Evans, Bro. and Sister Thomas Junk, Sister Ophelia Wiley and Sister Lulu Miller, Bro. Post went to Santa Barbara, Bro. T. Hezmalhalch to Denver, Sister Potter and Violet Price to Fresno, Bro. F.W. Williams to Alabama a Spanish brother, Brigido Perez, to San Diego. Sister Elsie Robinson to Onawa, Michigan. Bro. Seymour has been called for a short time to Oakland, but expects soon to return to headquarters at Los Angeles. We wish to keep track of the workers in the field and be united together in prayer for each other and the work in the different fields.

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Mikutano imekuwa ikiendelea sasa kwa karibu miezi sita katika Azusa Street mchana na usiku. Itaendelea kwa muda gani? Tunatarajia iendelee hadi Yesu atakapokuja, kwa neema ya Mungu. Dini ya Yesu Kristo haipendwi na wengi sasa kuliko ilivyokuwa Yesu alipokuwa hapa. Wengi wanakataa kweli na hawataipokea. Neno halisemi tu kwamba ishara zitafuatana na wale wanaoamini, bali pia kwamba “Wote wapendao kuishi maisha ya utauwa katika Kristo Yesu watateswa.” Hili pia linatimizwa.The meetings have been going on now for about six months at Azusa Street day and night. How long are they going to continue? We expect them to keep on till Jesus comes, by the grace of God. The religion of Jesus Christ is no more popular now than it was when Jesus was here. Many are rejecting the truth and are not going to receive it. The word not only says that signs shall follow them that believe, but that "They that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." This also is being fulfilled.

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Dada Florence Crawford anasema alipata maono ya shada zuri la maua yote yakiwa machipukizi, naye Bwana akamwambia, “Harakati hii bado ni chipukizi tu.”Sister Florence Crawford says she had a vision of a beautiful bouquet of flowers all in the bud, and the Lord said to her, "This movement is just in the bud."

Dada J. W. Hutchins anaandika kutoka Chattanooga, Tenn., kwamba wanasimama huko katika mkutano. Watu wana njaa ya ukweli. Wako njiani kwenda Afrika.Sister J. W. Hutchins writes from Chattanooga, Tenn., that they are stopping there in a meeting. People are hungry for the truth. They are on their way to Africa.

Tafsiri ya ujumbe katika lugha: “Ee, Yesu ni Mungu wa ajabu sana. Atajifunua kwetu kwa njia nyingi za ajabu. Yesu yu pamoja nasi hakika. Ee mhimidini.” Ndugu aliyeponywa pumu aliyoiugua kwa miaka ishirini amepokea Pentekoste. Anafurahi katika uponyaji kamili wa roho na mwili.Interpretation of a message in tongues: "Oh Jesus is such a wonderful God. He will reveal Himself to us in many wonderful ways. Jesus is surely with us. O praise Him.” The brother who was healed of asthma from which he had been suffering twenty years has received the Pentecost. He is rejoicing in the perfect healing of soul and body.

Dada Jennie Jacobson, dada Msweden ambaye alikuwa nchini kwa miezi miwili tu, alipewa karama ya lugha ya Kiingereza pamoja na ufahamu wa maneno. Alipokea pia lugha nyingine.Sister Jennie Jacobson, a Swedish sister who had been only two months in this country, was given the gift of the English language with the understanding of the words. She also received another tongue.

Ninyi mliobatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu mnapaswa kufa kila siku ili Kristo akae ndani yenu. Tukianza kujivuna, Mungu atatuweka kando, lakini tukimpa yeye utukufu wote, atatutumia kueneza nuru hii.You who are baptized with the Holy Ghost must die daily that Christ may abide in you. If we begin to get puffed up, God will set us aside, but if we give Him all the glory, He will use us to scatter this light.

Heri walio safi wa moyo. Hatupati usafi huu hadi tuwe tayari kumwachia afanye njia yake kwa kiwango kamili cha neno hilo. Sisi ni udongo katika mikono ya Mfinyanzi. Ni lazima kuondolewa mapenzi ya nafsi ili tumpokee. Maadamu tuna kitu cha kusema, “Sipendi hiki au kile,” hatuwezi kumpokea Roho Mtakatifu.Blessed are the pure in heart. We do not get this purity till we are willing to let Him have His way to the fullest extent of the word. We are clay in the Potter's hands. We must have the self will removed in order to receive Him. As long as we have something to say, "I don't like this or that," we cannot receive the Holy Ghost.

Tunawapata wengine ambao wana ushirikina kuhusu kumtafuta Roho Mtakatifu. Wanaogopa kwamba watapata nguvu za shetani badala ya za Mungu, lakini wanaume na wanawake wanaotembea katika nuru wanaweza kuona upesi kwamba hii ni ya Mungu. Ni rahisi kwa Bwana kuwaonyesha kwamba, Hili ndilo lililonenwa na nabii Yoeli. Tunaishi katika siku za mwisho anapomimina Roho yake juu ya wote wenye mwili.We find some who are superstitious about seeking the Holy Ghost. They are afraid they are going to get the power of the devil instead of God, but men and women that are walking in the light can quickly see that this is of God. It is easy for the Lord to show them that, This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel. We are living in the last days when He is pouring out His Spirit upon all flesh.

MTO WA MAJI YA UZIMA.RIVER OF LIVING WATER.

Katika sura ya 4 ya Yohana, yanakuja maneno haya: “Yesu akajibu, akamwambia, Kama ungeijua karama ya Mungu, naye ni nani akuambiaye, Nipe maji ninywe; ungalimwomba yeye, naye angalikupa maji yaliyo hai.” Sifa kwa Mungu kwa maji ya uzima ya leo yanayotiririka bure, kwa maana yanatoka kwa Mungu kwa kila moyo wenye njaa na kiu. Yesu alisema, “Aniaminiye mimi, kama vile Maandiko yalivyosema, katika tumbo lake zitatoka mito ya maji yaliyo hai.” Basi tunaweza kwenda katika jina lenye nguvu la Yesu hadi miisho ya dunia na kumwagilia mahali pakavu, jangwa na mahali pa faragha, hadi mioyo hii iliyokauka, ya huzuni na ya upweke ifanywe kushangilia katika Mungu wa wokovu wao. Tunataka mito leo. Haleluya! Utukufu kwa Mungu juu mbinguni!In the 4th chapter of John, the words come, "Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of Him and He would have given the living water." Praise God for the living waters today that flow freely, for it comes from God to every hungry and thirsty heart. Jesus said, "He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his inmost being shall flow rivers of living waters." Then we are able to go in the mighty name of Jesus to the ends of the earth and water dry places, deserts and solitary places, until these parched, sad, lonely hearts are made to rejoice in the God of their salvation. We want the rivers today. Hallelujah! Glory to God in the highest!

Katika Yesu Kristo tunapata msamaha wa dhambi, na tunapata utakaso wa roho yetu, nafsi yetu na mwili wetu, na juu ya hayo tunapata karama ya Roho Mtakatifu ambayo Yesu aliwaahidi wanafunzi wake, ahadi ya Baba. Haya yote tunayapata kupitia upatanisho. Haleluya!In Jesus Christ we get forgiveness of sin, and we get sanctification of our spirit, soul, and body, and upon that we get the gift of the Holy Ghost that Jesus promised to His disciples, the promise of the Father. All this we get through the atonement. Hallelujah!

Nabii alisema kwamba alichukua huzuni zetu na kubeba masikitiko yetu. Alijeruhiwa kwa makosa yetu, alichubuliwa kwa maovu yetu, adhabu ya amani yetu ilikuwa juu yake na kwa kupigwa kwake sisi tumepona. Basi tunapata uponyaji, afya, wokovu, furaha, uzima—kila kitu katika Yesu. Utukufu kwa Mungu!The prophet said that he had borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His stripes we are healed. So we get healing, health, salvation, joy, life—everything in Jesus. Glory to God!

Kuna visima vingi leo, lakini vimekauka. Kuna roho nyingi zenye njaa leo ambazo ni tupu. Lakini na tumjie Yesu na kumwamini kwa neno lake, nasi tutapata visima vya wokovu, na tutaweza kuteka maji kutoka kisima cha wokovu, kwa maana Yesu ndiye kisima hicho.There are many wells today, but they are dry. There are many hungry souls today that are empty. But let us come to Jesus and take Him at His word and we will find wells of salvation, and be able to draw waters out of the well of salvation, for Jesus is that well.

Wakati huo Yesu alikuwa amechoka kwa safari ndefu, naye alikaa kwenye kisima huko Samaria, na mwanamke mmoja akaja kuteka maji. Akamwomba maji ya kunywa. Akamjibu, “Mbona wewe, Myahudi, waniomba maji ninywe mimi niliye mwanamke Msamaria? Kwa maana Wayahudi hawachangamani na Wasamaria.” Yesu akasema, “Kama ungeijua karama ya Mungu, na ni nani akuambiaye, Nipe maji ninywe, ungalimwomba yeye, naye angalikupa maji yaliyo hai.”At this time Jesus was weary from a long journey, and He sat on the well in Samaria, and a woman came to draw water. He asked her for a drink. She answered, "How is it that thou being a Jew askest drink of me who am a woman of Samaria, for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans?" Jesus said, "If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him and he would have given thee living water."

Ee, jinsi ilivyokuwa tamu kumwona Yesu, Mwana-Kondoo wa Mungu aondoaye dhambi ya ulimwengu, dhabihu ile kuu ambayo Mungu alikuwa ametoa kwa ulimwengu uliopotea, unaokufa na ulio gizani, ameketi kwenye kisima na kuzungumza na yule mwanamke; mpole sana, mnyenyekevu sana na mwenye fadhili sana hata ikampa hamu ya kuzungumza naye zaidi, hadi akaingia katika siri yake na kufichua maisha yake. Kisha akachomwa moyoni, akaungama dhambi zake na kupokea msamaha, utakaso kutoka uzinzi na uasherati, akaoshwa doa na hatia ya dhambi na kufanywa mtoto wa Mungu, na zaidi ya yote, akapokea kisima cha wokovu moyoni mwake. Ilikuwa tamu na ya furaha na nzuri sana. Moyo wake ulijaa upendo kiasi kwamba alihisi angeweza kuukumbatia ulimwengu mzima uliopotea. Kwa hiyo akakimbia na kisima cha wokovu na kuuacha mtungi wake wa zamani kisimani. Jinsi ilivyo kweli siku hizi, tunapopata ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, tunakuwa na kitu cha kusema, nacho ni kwamba damu ya Yesu Kristo hutusafisha dhambi yote. Ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu hutupa nguvu ya kushuhudia Mwokozi aliyefufuka. Mapenzi yetu yako katika Yesu Kristo, Mwana-Kondoo wa Mungu aondoaye dhambi ya ulimwengu. Jinsi ninavyomwabudu leo! Jinsi ninavyomsifu kwa damu inayosafisha yote!O, how sweet it was to see Jesus, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world, that great sacrifice that God had given to a lost, dying, and benighted world, sitting on the well and talking with the woman; so gentle, so meek, and so kind that it gave her an appetite to talk further with Him, until He got into her secret and uncovered her life. Then she was pricked in heart, confessed her sins and received pardon, cleansing from fornication and adultery, was washed from stain and guilt of sin and was made a child of God, and above all, received the well of salvation in her heart. It was so sweet and joyful and good. Her heart was so filled with love that she felt she could take in a whole lost world. So she ran away with a well of salvation and left the old water pot on the well. How true it is in this day, when we get the baptism with the Holy Spirit, we have something to tell, and it is that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin. The baptism with the Holy Ghost gives us power to testify to a risen, resurrected Savior. Our affections are in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. How I worship Him today! How I praise Him for the all-cleansing blood!

Ahadi za Yesu ni za kweli na za uhakika. Yule mwanamke alimwambia, baada ya yeye kufichua siri yake, “Bwana, naona ya kuwa wewe u nabii.” Naam, alikuwa nabii. Alikuwa yule nabii mkuu ambaye Musa alisema Bwana atamwinua. Yupo hapa leo. Je, tutafundishwa na nabii huyo? Je, tutamsikia? Na tumpokee katika utimilifu wake wote.Jesus' promises are true and sure. The woman said to Him, after He had uncovered her secret, "Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet." Yes, He was a prophet. He was that great prophet that Moses said the Lord would raise up. He is here today. Will we be taught of that prophet? Will we hear Him? Let us accept Him in all His fullness.

Alisema, “Aniaminiye mimi, kazi nizifanyazo mimi atazifanya naye; naam, na kubwa kuliko hizi atazifanya, kwa maana mimi naenda kwa Baba.” Wanafunzi hawa aliokuwa akisema nao, walikuwa wameokoka, wametakaswa, wametiwa mafuta na Roho Mtakatifu, mioyo yao ilikuwa imefunguliwa kuyaelewa Maandiko, na bado Yesu alisema, “Kaeni ninyi katika mji wa Yerusalemu, hata mvikwe uwezo utokao juu.” “Yohana alibatiza kwa maji, bali ninyi mtabatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu baada ya siku hizi chache.” Kwa hiyo agizo lilelile linatujia sisi. Tunaona kwamba walilitii agizo lake nao wote wakajazwa Roho Mtakatifu siku ya Pentekoste, na Petro akisimama, alisema, “Hili ndilo lile lililonenwa na nabii Yoeli.” Wapendwa, tunahubiri mahubiri yaleyale. “Hili ndilo lile lililonenwa na nabii Yoeli, itakuwa siku za mwisho, asema Mungu, nitamimina Roho yangu juu ya wote wenye mwili, na wana wenu na binti zenu watatabiri, na vijana wenu wataona maono, na wazee wenu wataota ndoto; naam, juu ya watumwa wangu waume na watumwa wangu wanawake nitamimina Roho yangu siku zile, nao watatabiri. * * * Maana ahadi hii ni kwenu ninyi, na kwa watoto wenu, na kwa wote walio mbali, kwa wengi kadiri atakavyowaita Bwana Mungu wetu.” Hiyo ina maana hadi sasa na kudumu hadi Yesu atakapokuja.He said, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall ye do, because I go unto my Father." These disciples to whom He was speaking, had been saved, sanctified, anointed with the Holy Spirit, their hearts had been opened to understand the Scriptures, and yet Jesus said, "Tarry ye, in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." "John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." So the same commission comes to us. We find that they obeyed His commission and were all filled with the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, and Peter standing up, said, "This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel." Dear loved ones, we preach the same sermon. "This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel, and it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. * * * The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." That means until now and to last until Jesus comes.

Kuna watu wengi leo kama yule mwanamke. Wanatawaliwa na mababa. Wokovu wetu haumo katika baba fulani au chombo cha kibinadamu. Ni huzuni kuona watu wamepofushwa hivyo, wakiabudu kiumbe kuliko Muumba. Sikiliza alichosema yule mwanamke, “Baba zetu waliabudu katika mlima huu, nanyi mwasema kwamba Yerusalemu ndipo mahali wanapopaswa watu kuabudia.” Watu wengi leo wanaabudu milimani, katika makanisa makubwa, majengo ya mawe na mbao. Lakini Yesu anafundisha kwamba wokovu haumo katika majengo haya ya mawe—si milimani—si vilimani, bali katika Mungu. Kwa maana Mungu ni Roho. Yesu alimwambia, “Mwanamke, niamini, saa inakuja, naam, imekwisha kufika, ambayo hamtamwabudu Baba, si katika mlima huu, wala katika Yerusalemu.” Watu wengi leo wanatawaliwa na wanadamu. Wokovu wao haufiki mbali zaidi ya mpaka wa imani zilizotungwa na wanadamu, lakini sifa kwa Mungu kwa uhuru katika Roho. Kuna kina na urefu na upana tunaoweza kuufikia kwa nguvu ya Roho mbarikiwa. “Mambo ambayo jicho halikuyaona, wala sikio halikuyasikia, wala hayakuingia moyoni mwa mwanadamu, mambo ambayo Mungu amewaandalia wampendao.”There are so many people today like the woman. They are controlled by the fathers. Our salvation is not in some father or human instrument. It is sad to see people so blinded, worshiping the creature more than the Creator. Listen to what the woman said, "Our Fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." So many people today are worshipping in the mountains, big churches, stone and frame buildings. But Jesus teaches that salvation is not in these stone structures—not in the mountains—not in the hills, but in God. For God is a Spirit. Jesus said unto her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh and now is, when ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father." So many people today are controlled by men. Their salvation reaches out no further than the boundary line of human creeds, but praise God for freedom in the Spirit. There are depths and heights and breadths that we can reach through the power of the blessed Spirit. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things that God hath prepared for them that love him."

Wayahudi walikuwa viongozi wa dini wakati huo, na watu hawakuwa na nuru zaidi juu ya wokovu kuliko Wayahudi waliyowapa. Wayahudi walikuwa watu waliochaguliwa na Mungu kuuinjilisha ulimwengu. Alikuwa amewakabidhi kuyapa mataifa yote ujuzi wa kweli wa Mungu, lakini wakaingia katika mapokeo na mafundisho ya wanadamu, wakapofushwa na kuwa gizani. Yesu alikuja kama nuru ya ulimwengu, na yeye ndiye nuru hiyo. “Tukienda katika nuru, kama yeye alivyo katika nuru, twashirikiana sisi kwa sisi, na damu yake Yesu, Mwanawe, yatusafisha dhambi yote.” Na tumheshimu Roho, kwa maana Yesu amemtuma atufundishe na atuongoze kwenye kweli yote.The Jews were the religious leaders at this time, and people had no more light upon salvation than the Jews gave them. The Jews were God's chosen people to evangelize the world. He had entrusted them to give all nations the true knowledge of God, but they went into traditions and doctrines of men, and were blinded and in the dark. Jesus came as the light of the world, and He is that light. "If we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Let us honor the Spirit, for Jesus has sent Him to teach and lead us into all truth.

Zaidi ya yote, na tuiheshimu damu ya Yesu Kristo kila dakika ya maisha yetu, nasi tutakuwa watamu rohoni. Tutaweza kuzungumza juu ya wokovu huu wa wote kwa kila tunayekutana naye. Mungu ataruhusu upako wake utukalie tunapowaambia ukweli huu wa thamani. Ukweli huu ni wa Mungu. Hatuna haki ya kumtoza mtu yeyote kwa ajili ya ukweli, kwa sababu Mungu ametukabidhi ili tuuseme. Mmepata bure, toeni bure. Kwa hiyo Injili inapaswa kuhubiriwa bure, na Mungu ataibariki na kuieneza mwenyewe, nasi tumeona kwamba anafanya hivyo. Tumemwona kuwa mwaminifu kwa ahadi yake njia nzima. Tumemjaribu na kumthibitisha. Ahadi zake ni za uhakika.Above all, let us honor the blood of Jesus Christ every moment of our lives, and we will be sweet in our souls. We will be able to talk of this common salvation to everyone that we meet. God will let His anointing rest upon us in telling them of this precious truth. This truth belongs to God. We have no right to tax anyone for the truth, because God has entrusted us with it to tell it. Freely we receive, freely we give. So the Gospel is to be preached freely, and God will bless it and spread it Himself, and we have experienced that He does. We have found Him true to His promise all the way. We have tried Him and proved Him. His promises are sure.

----W. J. Seymour.----W. J. Seymour.

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ALITOKA ALASKA.CAME FROM ALASKA.

Ndugu H. M. Turney, mwinjilisti aliyekuwa Alaska aliposikia juu ya kumiminwa kwa Roho wa Mungu California, alianza safari mara moja kuelekea Los Angeles, naye amepokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na karama ya lugha. Takriban dakika tano kabla ya kupokea Roho Mtakatifu, alipokuwa amepiga magoti madhabahuni, alimnong’onezea Ndugu Oyler kwamba shetani alikuwa akimjaribu kwamba kunena kwa lugha hakukuwa kwa ajili yake. Ndugu Oyler alijibu, “Shetani ni mwongo tangu mwanzo.” Na mara Roho Mtakatifu akamwangukia ndugu yetu naye akanena kwa lugha. Tangu hapo anasema Bwana humwamsha usiku akinena na kuimba kwa lugha, kama alivyowafanyia wengine wengi.Bro. H. M. Turney, an evangelist who was in Alaska when he heard of the outpouring of God's Spirit in California, struck out immediately for Los Angeles, and he has received the baptism with the Holy Ghost and gift of tongues. About five minutes before he received the Holy Ghost, while kneeling at the altar, he whispered to Bro. Oyler that the devil was tempting him that the speaking in tongues was not for him. Bro. Oyler replied, "The devil is a liar from the beginning." And immediately the Holy Ghost fell on our brother and he spoke with tongues. Since then he says the Lord waked him up at night speaking and singing in tongues, as He has so many others.

Ndugu mmoja kutoka Redlands, mwenye umri wa miaka sabini na tisa, alikuja kwa uponyaji wa kiungu. Alikuwa kiziwi na alitumia mirija ya masikio. Bwana alifungua masikio yake mara moja. Kisha alipoinuka kwenda, ndugu mmoja alimuuliza, “Miwani yako iko wapi?” Alitazama huku na huku akasema kwa mshangao, “Kwa nini, naona vizuri kama nilivyowahi kuona.” Alikuwa na uwezo mbaya wa kuona. Bwana alimponya pia ugonjwa wa baridi yabisi wakati uleule. “Kwa kupigwa kwake sisi tumepona.”A brother from Redlands, seventy-nine years old, came for Divine healing. He was deaf and used ear trumpets. The Lord opened his ears immediately. Then as he arose to go, a brother asked him, "Where are your glasses?" He looked around and said with astonishment, "Why, I can see as well as I ever did." He had had poor eyesight. The Lord also healed him of rheumatism at the same time. "With his stripes we are healed."

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Mungu anatatua tatizo la umisheni, akituma wamisionari wapya wenye lugha mpya kwa mstari wa imani ya kitume, bila mfuko wala mkoba, na Bwana anakwenda mbele yao akiwaandalia njia.God is solving the missionary problem, sending out new-tongued missionaries on the apostolic faith line, without purse or scrip, and the Lord is going before them preparing the way.

Ee jinsi maneno yake yalivyo ya thamani. “Msifadhaike mioyoni mwenu; mnamwamini Mungu, niamini na mimi. Nyumbani mwa Baba yangu mna makao mengi; kama sivyo, ningaliwaambia; maana naenda zangu kuwaandalia mahali. Na kama nikienda kuwaandalia mahali, nitakuja tena niwakaribishe kwangu; ili nilipo mimi nanyi mwepo huko.” Kwa hiyo Yesu anarudi tena, naye anataka sisi, bibi arusi wake, tuwe tukitazama na kungoja tukiwa na mavazi ya haki, tayari kuingia katika karamu ya arusi. Utukufu kwa Mungu wetu. Hosana kwa jina lake lenye uweza wote, kwa maana amefufuka mioyoni mwetu. Ee ni tamu sana kuishi maisha haya ya Roho Mtakatifu. Washiriki wengi wa kanisa wanalipia njia yao ya kwenda kuzimu. Wanawalipa wahubiri ili wahubiri dhidi ya ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Wanatiwa sumu dhidi ya ukweli nayo inaangamiza roho zao. Watu wanahitaji ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu ili wamjue Mungu. “Si kwa nguvu wala kwa uwezo, bali kwa roho yangu, asema Bwana.” Tusipompata Roho mioyoni mwetu, tutawezaje kujua mambo ya ndani ya Mungu? Hatuwezi kuwa mashahidi wake hadi mwisho wa dunia hadi tunene kwa lugha mpya. Anatupa nguvu kuwawekea wagonjwa mikono, nao watapona, na kunena kwa lugha mpya na kutoa pepo. Wapendwa, tunahitaji ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu.O how precious His words are. "Let not your hearts be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also." So Jesus is coming back again, and He wants us, His bride, to be watching and waiting with the garments of righteousness on, ready to enter into the marriage supper. Glory to our God. Hosanna to His omnipotent name, for He has risen in our hearts. O it is so sweet to live this Holy Ghost life. Many church members are paying their way to hell. They are paying preachers to preach against the baptism with the Holy Ghost. They are getting poisoned against the truth and it is damning their souls. People need the baptism with the Holy Ghost that they may know God. "It is not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord." If we do not get the Spirit in our hearts, how can we know about the deep things of God? We cannot be His witnesses to the uttermost parts of the earth till we speak in new tongues. He gives us power to lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover, and to speak with new tongues and cast out devils. Dear ones, we need the baptism with the Holy Ghost.

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Dada mmoja huko Pasadena ambaye alikuwa akiishi maisha matakatifu mbele za Mungu na alikuwa akitamani kwa uaminifu yote ambayo Mungu alikuwa nayo kwa ajili yake, alisimama katika mkutano wa Kipentekoste na kusema, “Siombi lugha, lakini nataka kumpenda Mungu kwa moyo wangu wote na roho yangu na jirani yangu kama nafsi yangu,” na mara akaanza kunena kwa lugha.A sister in Pasadena who was living a holy life before God and was honestly desiring all God had for her, arose in a Pentecostal meeting and said, "I do not ask for tongues but I want to love God with all my heart and soul and my neighbor as myself," and immediately she began to speak with tongues.

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BWANA ALIMWONGOZA.THE LORD LED HER.

Dada Malone alikwenda Redlands kama mfanyakazi kutoka Los Angeles. Katika mkutano huko, bibi mzee mwenye umri wa miaka themanini na sita aliingia. Hakuwa amefundishwa na mtu kuhusu Pentekoste, lakini alisimama na kushuhudia kwamba miaka mingi iliyopita alichukua Biblia yake peke yake na kusema, “Bwana, niongoze.” Naye akampa Ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na karama ya lugha. Dada Malone aliuliza, “Je, unaweza kunena kwa lugha?” Na mara akaanza kunena kwa lugha kama Roho alivyompa kutamka na kufasiri. Hili si jambo jipya. Lilianza siku ya Pentekoste, lakini limefichwa kwa karne nyingi isipokuwa hapa na pale ambapo roho fulani mnyenyekevu alifundishwa na Mungu na kupokea neno lake bila kuhoji.Sister Malone went to Redlands as a worker from Los Angeles. In a meeting there, an old lady eighty-six years of age came in. She had not been taught of man about the Pentecost, but arose and testified that years ago she took her Bible alone and said, "Lord, lead me." And He gave her the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and the gift of tongues. Sister Malone asked, "Can you speak with tongues?" And immediately she began to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave utterance and to interpret. This is no new thing. It was begun on the day of Pentecost, but has been hidden for centuries except here and there as some humble soul has been taught of God and received His word without question.

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CHINI YA DAMU.UNDER THE BLOOD.

Tunaweza kuwa na uzima rohoni mwetu tu tunapoishi chini ya damu. Tunaishi katika Neno, kisha damu inatiririka. Damu ndiyo uzima. Tukikaa ndani ya Yesu, tuna uzima unaotiririka ndani yetu. Jinsi tunavyopaswa kuwa makini kulisha neno na kukaa chini ya damu, la sivyo tutakuwa shaba iliayo na upatu uvumao. Tunaweza kubaki na karama kwa muda lakini si uzima.We can only have life in our souls as we live under the blood. We live in the Word, then the blood flows. The blood is the life. If we stay in Jesus, we have life flowing in us. How watchful we must be to feed on the word and keep under the blood, or else we shall become sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. We may retain the gifts for a time but not the life.

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ISHARA HUFUATA.SIGNS FOLLOW.

Ishara zinafuata Los Angeles. Macho ya vipofu yamefunguliwa, vilema wamefanywa kutembea, na wale waliokunywa sumu kwa bahati mbaya wameponywa. Mmoja alikuja akiteseka kwa sumu naye aliponywa papo hapo. Pepo wanatolewa, na wengi wananena kwa lugha mpya. Ishara zote za Marko 16:16-18 zimefuata isipokuwa kufufua wafu, na tunaamini Mungu atamwinua mtu atakayepokea nguvu hiyo. Tunataka ishara zote ili zithibitishe kwamba Mungu ni kweli. Itasababisha wokovu wa roho nyingi.The signs are following in Los Angeles. The eyes of the blind have been opened, the lame have been made to walk, and those who have accidentally drunk poison have been healed. One came suffering from poison and was healed instantly. Devils are cast out, and many speak in new tongues. All the signs in Mark 16:16-18 have followed except raising the dead, and we believe God will have someone to receive that power. We want all the signs that it may prove that God is true. It will result in the salvation of many souls.

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WOKOVU WA KIBIBLIA.BIBLE SALVATION.

Kusudi na mwisho wa Maandiko yote ya thamani ni kwamba kazi mahususi ifanyike mioyoni mwetu na Roho Mtakatifu. Mpango wa Mungu katika vizazi vyote na katika kazi yake yote na wanadamu, umekuwa kupandikiza tabia yake mwenyewe—upendo, katika jamii iliyoanguka. Ee jinsi ilivyo tamu kuhisi mitetemo ya upole ya upendo huo ikipita katika kila sehemu ya uhai wetu. Huu ndio wokovu halisi wa Kibiblia—si nadharia tu wala ubishi juu ya vifungu mbalimbali vya maandiko.The object and end of all the precious Scripture is that a definite work may be wrought out in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. God's design through the ages and through all His work with the children of men, has been to implant His own nature—love, in a fallen race. Oh how sweet to feel the tender thrills of that love, going through every part of our being. This is real Bible salvation—not a mere theory or contention over different passages of scripture.

UTAKASO NA NGUVU.SANCTIFICATION AND POWER.

Je, umemkubali Yesu? Je, utamkubali? Je, umemkubali kama mtakasaji wako? Katika Yohana 17:15-17, Yesu aliomba, “Siombi uwatoe katika ulimwengu, bali uwalinde na yule mwovu. Hawakuwa wa ulimwengu, kama mimi nisivyo wa ulimwengu. Uwatakase kwa ile kweli; neno lako ndilo kweli. * * * Na kwa ajili yao najitakasa mimi mwenyewe, ili wao nao wawe wametakaswa katika kweli.” Pia katika 1 Wathesalonike 1:4, “Hii ndiyo mapenzi ya Mungu, utakaso wenu.” Libarikiwe jina lake pendwa. Anasema, “Tazama, nasimama mlangoni, nabisha; mtu akiisikia sauti yangu, na kuufungua mlango, nitaingia kwake, nitakula pamoja naye, na yeye pamoja nami.” Sifa kwa Mungu wetu. Hosana kwa jina lake lenye uweza wote! Ikiwa tumetakaswa na tuna mioyo safi, tukiishi maisha safi, matakatifu na tukiwa na upendo kamili rohoni mwetu, ee, na tupokee ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, ahadi ya Baba, ili tuweze kuwa mashahidi wake katika Yerusalemu, Uyahudi na Samaria, na hata mwisho wa nchi. Kwa maana Yesu alitoa agizo hili kuu katika nguvu ya ufufuo wake, baada ya kufufuka kutoka kwa wafu. “Basi, enendeni mkawafanye mataifa yote kuwa wanafunzi, mkiwabatiza kwa jina la Baba, na la Mwana, na la Roho Mtakatifu, na kuwafundisha kuyashika yote niliyowaamuru ninyi; na tazama, mimi nipo pamoja nanyi siku zote, hata ukamilifu wa dahari.”Have you accepted Jesus? Will you accept Him? Have you accepted Him as your sanctifier? In John 17:15-17, Jesus prayed, "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth. * * * And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they might also be sanctified through the truth." Also in 1Thess.1:4, "This is the will of God even your sanctification." Bless His dear name. He says, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and sup with him and He with us. Praises to our God. Hosanna to His omnipotent name! If we are sanctified and have clean hearts, living pure, holy lives and having perfect love in our souls, O, let us receive the baptism with the Holy Ghost, the promise of the Father, that we may be able to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. For Jesus gave this great commission in His resurrection power, after He rose from the dead. "Go, ye, into all the world and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always even unto the end of the world."

Ee wapendwa, ni lazima tuhubiri na kufundisha na kutenda yote ambayo Yesu ametuagiza. Ikiwa hatujapokea utimilifu wote wa Kristo wetu mbarikiwa, na tuendelee hadi tujazwe utimilifu wote wa Mungu. Na tusonge mbele kuelekea lengo la tuzo ya mwito mkuu wa Mungu katika Kristo Yesu. Ee wapendwa, hii ina maana ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto juu ya roho zetu. Ni mbingu rohoni mwetu hapa. Ee, na tujishushe mbele za Mungu na kujinyenyekeza hadi tuweze kumsikia akisema. Anatamani kusema na watu wake leo kama alivyofanya asubuhi na mapema ya kanisa. Roho Mtakatifu anataka kusema na watu. Tunamsifu Mungu kwa vyombo alivyoviinua kutuletea nuru, lakini juu ya yote, tunavutiwa na Mwalimu wa walimu asiyekosea kamwe, aliyetupenda hata kufikia mapigo ya kifo alipotundikwa Kalvari kuanzia saa sita hadi saa tisa na kulikuwa na giza juu ya uso wa dunia, akithibitisha kwa ulimwengu uliopotea na ulio gizani kwamba yeye ndiye Mwana wa Mungu. Makafiri walilazimika kukiri kwamba huyu ndiye Mwana wa Mungu, kwa maana walisikia maneno yake msalabani, “Baba, uwasamehe, kwa maana hawajui watendalo.” Hamu yake kuu msalabani ilikuwa wokovu wa roho.O, dear loved ones, we must preach and teach and practice all that Jesus has commissioned us. If we have not received all of the fullness of our blessed Christ, let us continue till we shall be filled with all the fullness of God. Let us press forward to the mark of the prize of the high calling in Christ Jesus. O dear loved ones, this means the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire upon our souls. It is heaven in our souls here. O, let us get down before God and humble ourselves until we can hear Him speak. He desires to speak with His people today as He did in the early morning of the church. The Holy Ghost wants to speak to the people. We praise God for the instruments He has raised up to bring to us light, but far above all, we admire the great Teacher of teachers that never makes a mistake, that loved us even to the throbs of death when He hung on Calvary from the sixth until the ninth hour and there was darkness over the face of the earth, proving to a lost and benighted world that He was the Son of God. Infidels were compelled to confess that this was the Son of God, for they heard His words on the cross, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." His great desire on the cross was for the salvation of souls.

Wapendwa, je, tuna shauku hiyo inayowaka kwa roho za waliopotea? Tunapoudhiwa na kujaribiwa kwa ajili ya neno la Mungu, tunaweza kusema mioyoni mwetu, Bwana, uwasamehe, kwa maana hawajui watendalo? Hii ndiyo maana ya kuwa na imani ile iliyokabidhiwa watakatifu mara moja tu, imani kama aliyokuwa nayo Stefano alipokuwa akipigwa mawe hadi kufa. Aliweza kutazama juu mbinguni na kumwona Yesu upande wa kuume wa Mungu. Inaonekana hakuweza kuhisi kupigwa mawe kwa kuwa alikuwa amejikita sana katika Yesu. Kulikuwa na tabasamu usoni mwake kama la malaika alipolala katika Yesu.Dear ones, have we got that burning passion for souls of the lost? When we are persecuted and tried for the word of God, can we say in our hearts, Lord, forgive them, for they know not what they do? This is what it means to have the faith that was once delivered unto the saints, faith such as Stephen had when he was being stoned to death. He could look up into heaven and see Jesus at the right hand of God. It seems that he could not feel the stoning he was so wrapped up in Jesus. There was a smile on his face like an angel when he fell asleep in Jesus.

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TABIA YA UPENDO.THE CHARACTER OF LOVE.

Ni tamu kuwa na ahadi ya Yesu na tabia ya Yesu iliyotimizwa katika maisha na mioyo yetu kwa nguvu ya Damu na Roho Mtakatifu, na kuwa na upendo huohuo na upole huohuo na unyenyekevu huohuo vikidhihirishwa katika maisha yetu, kwa maana tabia yake ni upendo. Yesu alikuwa mtu wa upendo. Watu walimiminika kwake kusikia maneno yake. Wanawake walibeba watoto wao wachanga kwenye jua kali na kutumia siku nzima kusikiliza maneno ya Yesu. Wanaume walipanda mashua na kuvuka bahari kumwona Yesu na kusikia maneno yake ya thamani. Ingawa walikuwepo wengi waliomfuata kwa ajili ya mikate na samaki, wengi walimfuata kwa ajili ya uponyaji. Naam, alikuwa mtu wa upendo. Alikuwa mfano halisi wa Baba, Mungu aliyedhihirishwa katika mwili.It is sweet to have the promise of Jesus and the character of Jesus wrought out in our lives and hearts by the power of the Blood and the Holy Ghost, and to have that same love and that same meekness and humility manifested in our lives, for His character is love. Jesus was a man of love. The people flocked to Him to hear His words. Women lugged their babies in the hot sun and spent days listening to the words of Jesus. Men got into boats and went across the sea to see Jesus and hear His precious words. While there were many that followed for the loaves and fishes, many followed Him for healing. Yes, He was a man of love. He was the express image of the Father, God manifest in the flesh.

Wapendwa, ni lazima tuwe na upendo ule safi ushukao kutoka mbinguni, upendo ulio tayari kupata hasara, upendo usiojivuna, usiokasirika upesi, bali wa upole, wa unyenyekevu na wa kujishusha. Tunahesabiwa kuwa kondoo wa kuchinjwa siku kwa siku. Tumesulubiwa kwa nafsi, ulimwengu, mwili na kila kitu, ili tuchukue mwilini mwetu kufa kwake Bwana Yesu, ili furaha yetu itimizwe kama yeye alivyo timilifu.Dear loved ones, we must have that pure love that comes down from heaven, love that is willing to suffer loss, love that is not puffed up, not easily provoked, but gentle, meek, and humble. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter day by day. We are crucified to self, the world, the flesh and everything, that we may bear about in our body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that our joy may be full even as He is full.

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2. Uvikwaji wa Nguvu: Utakaso, Lugha na Bandia2. The Enduement of Power: Sanctification, Tongues and Counterfeits

The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Buku la I, Nambari 4, Desemba 1906: maelezo ya wahariri jinsi kazi ilivyoanza, kisha mfululizo wa mafundisho kuanzia “Uvikwaji wa Nguvu” hadi “Bandia” (umetiwa sahihi W. J. Seymour) na “Pentekoste ya Kweli,” ushuhuda wa G. B. Cashwell (alifariki 1916), na “Dhambi Dhidi ya Roho Mtakatifu.” Chanzo cha msingi; madai yaliyomo ni ya wahariri na washiriki. Michango iliyotiwa sahihi au iliyoandikwa kwa nafsi ya kwanza na waandishi ambao haki zao hazijaruhusiwa Mexico imeachwa, na vipengele vingine vimeachwa kwa sababu ya urefu; kila sehemu iliyoachwa imewekwa alama […].The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Vol. I, No. 4, December 1906: the editors’ account of how the work began, then the teaching series from “The Enduement of Power” to “Counterfeits” (signed W. J. Seymour) and “The True Pentecost,” the testimony of G. B. Cashwell (d. 1916), and “The Sin Against the Holy Ghost.” Primary source; the claims are those of the editors and participants. Signed or first-person contributions by authors whose rights are not cleared in Mexico have been left out, and other items have been left out for length; each omission is marked […].

Dokezo la CTS: Toleo hili linaeleza mafundisho ya misheni kwa mpangilio ulio wa kimfumo zaidi. Linafundisha uzoefu tatu: kuhesabiwa haki, utakaso kama “kazi ya pili na ya mwisho ya neema,” na ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu kama “karama ya nguvu” inayothibitishwa na lugha. Mpango huo wa hatua tatu ulitoka katika vuguvugu la utakatifu la Kiwesley; ndani ya miaka michache Wapentekoste wengine (hasa W. H. Durham kuanzia 1910) walifundisha mtazamo wa hatua mbili wa “Kazi Iliyokamilika,” na Wakristo wengi wa Kiinjili na Kireformed wanashikilia kwamba kila mwamini hupokea Roho wakati wa kuongoka. Kujitenga kwa wahariri na Charles Parham, msisitizo wao kwamba “Bwana awe kiongozi wetu,” na mafundisho ya Seymour kuhusu bandia, kuhusu kupima madai ya ubatizo, na kuhusu dhambi isiyosameheka ni jitihada za mwanzo za Wapentekoste za kupambanua. Orodha zao za “pepo” (Christian Science, Theosophy, Spiritualism) zinaonyesha mabishano ya mwaka 1906. Dai kwamba wanafunzi tayari walikuwa na karama nane kati ya tisa kabla ya Pentekoste ni usomaji wa mwandishi. Wasomaji wanaweza kupima mafundisho haya kwa Maandiko na kwa mapokeo yao wenyewe.CTS note: This issue sets out the mission’s doctrine in its most systematic form. It teaches three experiences: justification, sanctification as a “second and last work of grace,” and the baptism with the Holy Ghost as a “gift of power” evidenced by tongues. That three-stage scheme came from the Wesleyan holiness movement; within a few years other Pentecostals (notably W. H. Durham from 1910) taught a two-stage “finished work” view, and many evangelical and Reformed Christians hold that every believer receives the Spirit at conversion. The editors’ break with Charles Parham, their insistence that “the Lord should be our leader,” and Seymour’s teaching on counterfeits, on testing claims to the baptism, and on the unpardonable sin are early Pentecostal attempts at discernment. Their lists of “demons” (Christian Science, Theosophy, Spiritualism) reflect the polemics of 1906. The claim that the disciples already had eight of the nine gifts before Pentecost is the writer’s reading. Readers may weigh these teachings against Scripture and their own tradition.

“Mkishindanie kwa bidii imani ile mliyopewa watakatifu mara moja tu.”—Yuda 3“Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”—Jude 3

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PENTEKOSTE PAMOJA NA ISHARA ZINAZOFUATAPENTECOST WITH SIGNS FOLLOWING

Miezi Saba ya Manyunyu ya Kipentekoste.Seven Months of Pentecostal Showers.

Yesu, Mwanzilishi Wetu na Mchungaji Mkuu.Jesus, Our Projector and Great Shepherd.

Wengi wanauliza kazi katika Misheni ya Azusa ilianzaje na mwanzilishi wake ni nani. Bwana ndiye aliyekuwa mwanzilishi na yeye ndiye Mwanzilishi wa harakati hii. Kikundi cha watu wanyenyekevu huko Los Angeles kilikuwa kimeomba kwa mwaka mmoja au zaidi kwa ajili ya nguvu zaidi pamoja na Mungu kwa wokovu wa wanadamu waliopotea na wanaoteseka. Hawakujua hasa wanachohitaji, lakini jambo moja walilijua, watu hawakuwa wakiokoka na kuponywa kama walivyotamani kuona. Waliendelea kufanya mikutano ya maombi ya nyumbani kwa miezi kadhaa.Many are asking how the work in Azusa Mission started and who was the founder. The Lord was the founder and He is the Projector of this movement. A band of humble people in Los Angeles had been praying for a year or more for more power with God for the salvation of lost and suffering humanity. They did not know just what they needed, but one thing they knew, people were not getting saved and healed as they desired to see. They continued to hold cottage prayer meetings for several months.

Kisha wakaongozwa na Bwana kumwita Ndugu Seymour kutoka Houston, Texas hadi Los Angeles, watakatifu wa Los Angeles wakimtumia nauli. Ilikuwa wito wa kweli kutoka kwa Mungu kama alipomtuma malaika wake mtakatifu amwambie Kornelio atume kumwita Petro. Alikuja na kuwaeleza kuhusu ubatizo katika Roho, na kwamba kila alasiri saa tisa wangeomba kwa ajili ya uvikwaji wa nguvu. Aliwaambia kwamba yeye hakuwa na Pentekoste lakini alikuwa akiitafuta na alitaka watakatifu wote waombe pamoja naye hadi wote wapokee Pentekoste yao. Baadhi waliamini wanayo, na wengine waliamini hawana kwa sababu ishara hazikuwa zikifuata. Karibu hakuna aliyekuwa akiokoka.Then they felt led of the Lord to call Bro. Seymour from Houston, Texas to Los Angeles, the saints in Los Angeles sending his fare. It was as truly a call from God as when He sent His holy angel to tell Cornelius to send for Peter. He came and told them about the baptism with the Spirit, and that every afternoon at three o'clock they would pray for the enduement of power. He told them he did not have the Pentecost but was seeking it and wanted all the saints to pray with him till all received their Pentecost. Some believed they had it, and others believed they did not have it because the signs were not following. Hardly anyone was getting saved.

Kulikuwa na upinzani mkubwa, lakini waliendelea kufunga na kuomba kwa ajili ya ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, hadi tarehe 9 Aprili moto wa Mungu ulipoanguka katika nyumba ndogo kwenye Bonnie Brae. Pentekoste ilimiminwa juu ya wafanyakazi na watakatifu. Siku tatu baada ya hapo, Ndugu Seymour alipokea Pentekoste yake. Wawili waliokuwa wakifanya kazi pamoja naye Houston walikuja Los Angeles muda mfupi kabla Pentekoste haijaanguka. Walikuja wamejazwa Roho Mtakatifu na nguvu. Mmoja wao alikuwa amepokea Pentekoste yake binafsi, Dada Lucy Farrow, naye alisema Bwana amemtuma kujiunga nasi katika kuuinua ukweli huu wa thamani. Alikuja na upendo na nguvu, akiinua damu ya Yesu Kristo katika utimilifu wake wote.There was a great deal of opposition, but they continued to fast and pray for the baptism with the Holy Spirit, till on April 9th the fire of God fell in a cottage on Bonnie Brae. Pentecost was poured out upon workers and saints. Three days after that, Bro. Seymour received his Pentecost. Two who had been working with him in Houston came to Los Angeles just before Pentecost fell. They came filled with the Holy Ghost and power. One of them had received her personal Pentecost, Sister Lucy Farrow, and said the Lord had sent her to join us in holding up this precious truth. She came with love and power, holding up the blood of Jesus Christ in all His fullness.

Na moto umekuwa ukianguka tangu hapo. Mamia ya roho wamepokea wokovu na uponyaji. Tunaweza kusema kweli kwamba uamsho bado unaendelea. Bwana Mungu yupo Los Angeles katika misheni na makanisa mbalimbali kwa nguvu kuu, licha ya upinzani. Uamsho huu umeenea katika miji inayozunguka Los Angeles na katika jimbo lote na kote Marekani katika maeneo mbalimbali, na ng’ambo ya bahari. Damu ya Yesu Kristo inashinda kila nguvu na uwezo wa adui. Utukufu kwa Mungu.And the fire has been falling ever since. Hundreds of souls have received salvation and healing. We can truly say that the revival is still going on. The Lord God is in Los Angeles in different missions and churches in mighty power, in spite of opposition. This revival has spread through the towns about Los Angeles and through the state and all over the United States in different places, and across the ocean. The blood of Jesus Christ prevails against every force and power of the enemy. Glory to God.

Wengine wanauliza kama Dkt. Chas. F. Parham ndiye kiongozi wa harakati hii. Tunaweza kujibu hapana, yeye si kiongozi wa harakati hii ya Misheni ya Azusa. Tulifikiria kumfanya kiongozi wetu na tulisema hivyo katika gazeti letu, kabla ya kumngojea Bwana. Tunaweza kuwa na haraka, hasa tunapokuwa wachanga sana katika nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu. Sisi ni kama mtoto mchanga—tumejaa upendo—na tulikuwa tayari kumkubali yeyote aliyekuwa na ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu kuwa kiongozi wetu. Lakini Bwana alianza kututuliza, nasi tukaona kwamba Bwana awe kiongozi wetu. Kwa hiyo tunamheshimu Yesu kama Mchungaji Mkuu wa kondoo. Yeye ndiye kielelezo chetu.Some are asking if Dr. Chas. F. Parham is the leader of this movement. We can answer no, he is not the leader of this movement of Azusa Mission. We thought of having him to be our leader and so stated in our paper, before waiting on the Lord. We can be rather hasty, especially when we are very young in the power of the Holy Spirit. We are just like a baby—full of love-and were willing to accept anyone that had the baptism with the Holy Spirit as our leader. But the Lord commenced settling us down, and we saw that the Lord should be our leader. So we honor Jesus as the great Shepherd of the sheep. He is our model.

Bwana huongeza hapa kila siku wale wanaopaswa kuokolewa, na huwapanda katika mwili apendavyo mwenyewe, nao wote hufanya kazi pamoja kwa upatano chini ya nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu. Hakuna papa, wala Dowieism, wala Sanfordism, bali sisi sote ni watoto wadogo tunaomjua Yesu tu na yeye aliyesulubiwa. Kazi hii inaendeshwa na watu wa Los Angeles ambao Mungu amewaunganisha kwa damu ya thamani ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo na nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu.The Lord adds here daily such as should be saved, and plants them in the body to suit Himself, and all work together in harmony under the power of the Holy Spirit. There is no pope, Dowieism, or Sanfordism, but we are all little children knowing only Jesus and Him crucified. This work is carried on by the people of Los Angeles that God has united by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Ndugu Seymour ni mchungaji mnyenyekevu tu wa kundi ambalo Roho Mtakatifu amemfanya kuwa msimamizi wake, kulingana na Matendo 20:28, “Basi jitunzeni nafsi zenu, na lile kundi lote, ambalo Roho Mtakatifu amewaweka ninyi kuwa waangalizi wake, ili mlichunge kanisa la Mungu, alilolinunua kwa damu yake mwenyewe.” Na wamisionari wafanyakazi na walimu wanapotoka mahali hapa, wana fursa hiyohiyo ya kuwa wachungaji juu ya watu ambao Bwana amewaweka chini yao kwa Roho Mtakatifu, na ya kuwalisha kwa Neno safi la Mungu. Kila misheni itaunganishwa kwa upatano, ikiwa na mchungaji wake ambaye Roho Mtakatifu tu ndiye atakayemteua.Bro. Seymour is simply a humble pastor of the flock over which the Holy Ghost has made him overseer, according to Acts 20.28, "Take heed therefore, unto yourself and to the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseer, to feed the church of God which He hath purchased with His own blood." And as missionary workers and teachers go out from this place, they have the same privilege of being pastors over the people the Lord puts them over by the Holy Spirit, and of feeding them with the pure Word of God. Each mission will be united in harmony, having its own pastor simply that the Holy Ghost shall appoint.

Tunaamini toba ya zamani, kuongoka kwa zamani, utakaso wa zamani, uponyaji wa miili yetu na ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Tunaamini kwamba Mungu alimuumba Adamu kwa mfano wake mwenyewe, kulingana na Mwa. 5:1; Zab. 8:4; na Mat. 19:4. Hatuamini katika uumbaji wowote wa siku ya nane, kama wengine walivyofundisha, na hatuamini katika kuangamizwa kabisa kwa waovu.We believe in old time repentance, old time conversion, old time sanctification, healing of our bodies and the baptism with the Holy Ghost. We believe that God made Adam in His own image, according to Gen. 5: 1; Ps. 8: 4; and Matt. 19: 4. We do not believe in any eighth day creation, as some have taught, and we do not believe in the annihilation of the wicked.

Tunasimama juu ya kweli ya Biblia bila kupunguza. Tunamtambua kila mtu anayeiheshimu damu ya Yesu Kristo kuwa ndugu yetu, bila kujali dhehebu, imani iliyotungwa au fundisho. Lakini hatuko tayari kukubali makosa yoyote, haijalishi yanaonekana ya kuvutia na matamu kiasi gani. Yasipolingana na Neno la Mungu, tunayakataa. Huu ni mwaka wa yubile Mungu anapotuma mvua ya vuli, na nyakati za kuburudishwa zimefika. Ameinua taifa katika muda wa miezi saba litakalohubiri Yesu na yeye aliyesulubiwa katika utimilifu wake wote, licha ya gharama yoyote.We stand on Bible truth without compromise. We recognize every man that honors the blood of Jesus Christ to be our brother, regardless of denomination, creed, or doctrine. But we are not willing to accept any errors, it matters not how charming and sweet they may seem to be. If they do not tally with the Word of God, we reject them. This is the year of jubilee when God is sending the latter rain, and the refreshing times have come. He has raised up a nation in seven months’ time that will preach Jesus and Him crucified in all His fullness, in spite of what it costs.

“Usiku mrefu, mrefu umepita, Asubuhi hatimaye inapambazuka.”“The long, long night is passed, The morning breaks at last.”

Inaonekana Mungu anafagia mambo. Anamkanyaga shetani hapa—bila kumjali—akiokoa, akitakasa, na kubatiza roho, akizitoa gizani na kuziingiza katika nuru ya ajabu ya Mwana wa Mungu. Haleluya! Utukufu kwa Mungu!It seems that God is sweeping things. He is running right over the devil here—not paying any attention to him – saving, sanctifying, and baptizing souls, bringing them out of darkness into the marvelous light of the Son of God. Hallelujah! Glory to God!

PENTEKOSTE MIONGONI MWA VIJANA.PENTECOST AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

Kikundi cha wavulana waliojazwa Roho kilishuka kwenda Anaheim, mji ulio karibu na Los Angeles. Walishuhudia Mungu aliyowatendea, nao ukawafanya watu kuwa na njaa. Usiku wa pili madhabahu ilijaa. Katika usiku mbili, wanane walitakaswa, sita waliongoka na watano walipokea ubatizo. Usiku mmoja karibu saa saba usiku, Roho Mtakatifu alinena maneno kwa Kihispania kupitia kijana mmoja, na msichana aliyekuwa akitafuta Pentekoste yake aliielewa lugha hiyo na kuifasiri kwa furaha, “Kesha, usilale, nami nitakuja nyumbani kwako.” Msichana huyohuyo katika kama saa moja na nusu alipokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Kazi miongoni mwa watoto iligusa sana. Nguvu za Mungu zilianguka usiku wa pili kama nyumbani kwa Kornelio. Watoto wadogo walikuwa wameinua mikono wakipaza sauti. Wa kwanza kupata ubatizo alikuwa mvulana mdogo wa miaka kumi. Alianza kupiga makofi na kuimba, “Yesu Mwokozi, niongoze” kwa lugha isiyojulikana kwa maneno wazi na bayana, pia “Karibu zaidi, Ee Mungu wangu, nawe.” Wanne wa familia moja ndani ya dakika ishirini walipata ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Ilikuwa mbinguni pale. Kazi inaendelea na watoto wengine wadogo wanajazwa Roho.A band of spirit filled boys went down to Anaheim, a town near Los Angeles. They testified what God had done for them and it made the people hungry. The second night the altar was full. In two nights, eight were sanctified, six converted and five received the baptism. One night at about one o’clock in the morning, the Holy Ghost spoke words in Spanish through one of the young men, and a girl who was seeking her Pentecost understood that language and joyfully interpreted it, “Keep awake, do not sleep, and I will come to thy house.” This same girl in about an hour and a-half received the baptism with the Holy Ghost. The work among the children was very touching. The power of God fell the second night as at the house of Cornelius. Little children had their hands up shouting. The first to get the baptism was a little boy of ten years. He began clapping his hands and singing, “Jesus Savior, pilot me” in an unknown tongue in clear distinct words, also “Nearer my God to thee.” Four in the same family inside of twenty minutes got the baptism with the Holy Ghost. It was heaven there. The work is going on and other little children are being filled with the spirit.

Kikundi cha vijana ambacho Bwana anakitumia huko na Whittier wote wana nia moja na wanadumu katika umoja wa Roho. Hawahubiri mahubiri makubwa, bali wanashuhudia tu na kuimba na kuomba katika roho. Majina yao ni Henry Prentiss, Curtis Nichols, Orly Nichols, Tom Anderson, Wm. Millson na Isaac Berg. Usiku mmoja hivi karibuni, saba walianguka chini ya nguvu za Mungu na kadhaa walipokea Pentekoste yao. Watu wengi wa Anaheim wanaelewa Kijerumani na wafanyakazi waliruhusiwa kusema na kuomba kwa lugha hiyo. Baadhi ya maneno yaliyonenwa na Roho kwa Kijerumani yalikuwa, “Mungu yu katikati yetu.”The band of young men that the Lord is using there and in Whittier are all in one accord and keep in the unity of the Spirit. They do not preach big sermons, but simply testify and sing and pray in the spirit. Their names are Henry Prentiss, Curtis Nichols, Orly Nichols, Tom Anderson, Wm. Millson and Isaac Berg. One night recently, seven were slain under the power of God and several received their Pentecost. Many of the people in Anaheim understand German and the workers were permitted to speak and pray in that language. Some words spoken by the Spirit in German were, “God is in our midst.”

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UVIKWAJI WA NGUVU.THE ENDUEMENT OF POWER.

Jambo la kwanza ili kupokea ubatizo huu wa thamani na wa ajabu ni kuwa na ufahamu wazi wa kuhesabiwa haki kwa imani, kulingana na Rum. 5:1, “Basi tukiisha kuhesabiwa haki kwa imani, na tuwe na amani kwa Mungu kwa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.” Tunajua kwamba dhambi zetu zote, hatia na uchafu vimeoshwa. Mambo ya kale yamepita, tazama yamekuwa mapya. Upendo wa Mungu umemiminwa mioyoni mwetu na Roho Mtakatifu. Tuna uzima wa milele rohoni mwetu na Roho hushuhudia pamoja na roho yetu kwamba sisi ni watoto wa Mungu. Sasa kwa kuwa tumehesabiwa haki kwa imani, tuna njia, kupitia damu ya thamani, ya kujitoa kwa Mungu kuwa dhabihu iliyo hai kwa ajili ya utakaso, ambao ni kazi ya pili ya neema inayotusafisha na dhambi iliyozaliwa ndani yetu, kutotii kulikozaliwa ndani yetu na uasi. Mtu wa kale amesulubiwa, mwili wa dhambi umeharibiwa. Rum. 6:6, “Tukijua neno hili, ya kwamba utu wetu wa kale ulisulubiwa pamoja naye, ili mwili wa dhambi uharibiwe, tusitumikie dhambi tena.” Tumefanywa watakatifu kwa damu ya Yesu, kwa maana tunao shahidi kwa Roho Mtakatifu, Ebr. 10:14, 15, “Maana kwa sadaka moja amewakamilisha milele hao wanaotakaswa. Naye Roho Mtakatifu hushuhudia kwetu.” Lakini hili bado si ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Watu wengi wameichukua ahadi ya Baba kuwa utakaso, lakini tukisoma Biblia zetu kwa makini na marejeo yaliyomo, tutaona kwamba utakaso na ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu ni mambo tofauti kabisa. Tunatakaswa kwa damu ya thamani ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, na Roho Mtakatifu ni shahidi. Yesu alikufa kwa ajili yetu—si Roho Mtakatifu. Tumsifu Mungu wetu. Hawakupaswa kungoja Yerusalemu hadi amimine damu yake juu yao, bali kungojea ahadi ya Baba. Yohana alibatiza kwa maji kweli, lakini Bwana Yesu alikuwa anakuja kubatiza kwa Roho Mtakatifu na moto. Yesu alisema, “Mtabatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu baada ya siku hizi chache,” na “mtapokea nguvu akiisha kuwajilia juu yenu Roho Mtakatifu.”The first thing in order to receive this precious and wonderful baptism is to have a clear knowledge of justification by faith, according to Rom. 5:1, "Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We know that all our sins, guilt and pollution are washed away. Old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. We have eternal life in our souls and the Spirit witnesses with our Spirit that we are the children of God. Now since we are justified by faith, we have access, through the precious blood, to present ourselves to God as a living sacrifice for sanctification, which is the second work of grace that cleanses us from inbred sin, inbred disobedience and rebellion. The old man is crucified, the body of sin destroyed. Rom. 6:6, "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. We are made holy by the blood of Jesus, for we have a witness by the Holy Ghost, Heb. 10:14, 15, "For by one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified, whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us." But yet this is not the baptism with the Holy Ghost. Many people have taken the promise of the Father to be sanctification, but if we carefully read our Bibles and our references in our Bibles, we will find that sanctification and the baptism with the Holy Spirit are altogether different. We are sanctified through the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost is a witness. Jesus died for us—not the Holy Ghost. Praise our God. They were not to tarry in Jerusalem till He should pour out His blood upon them, but tarry for the promise of the Father. John truly baptized with water, but the Lord Jesus was coming to baptize with the Holy Ghost and fire. Jesus said, "Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence," and "ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you."

Ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu si kazi ya neema bali ni karama ya nguvu. Utakaso ni kazi ya pili na ya mwisho ya neema, lakini ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu ni karama ya nguvu. Ni karama ya bure bila toba. Hakuna wakfu wa kufanywa katika kumpokea Roho Mtakatifu. Wakfu wote hufanywa katika utakaso. Bwana Yesu anakaa ndani, nanyi mna upako utokao kwa yule Mtakatifu ambao hufundisha mambo yote. Ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu hukufanya shahidi hata miisho ya dunia. Hukupa nguvu ya kusema katika lugha za mataifa. Kwa hiyo kila mtu aliyetakaswa kweli kwa moyo safi, na kutafuta ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu kulingana na sura ya 2 ya Matendo, hupokea ushahidi wa kunena kwa lugha kama Roho anavyowajalia kutamka. Huenda usipokee karama ya lugha unapopokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, lakini unapokea ushahidi wa lugha, yaani—utanena kwa lugha unapobatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu.The baptism with the Holy Ghost is not a work of grace but a gift of power. Sanctification is the second and last work of grace, but the baptism with the Holy Ghost is a gift of power. It is a free gift without repentance. No consecration to be made in receiving the Holy Spirit. Consecration is all made in sanctification. The Lord Jesus is dwelling within, and you have an unction from the Holy One which teaches you all things. The baptism with the Holy Ghost makes you a witness unto the uttermost parts of the earth. It gives you power to speak in the languages of the nations. So everyone that is really sanctified with a clean heart, and seeks the baptism with the Holy Ghost according to the 2nd chapter of Acts, receives the witness of speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. You may not receive the gift of tongues when you receive the baptism with the Holy Ghost, but you receive the witness of tongues, that is to say—you will speak in tongues when you are baptized with the Holy Spirit.

Katika kutafuta ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu usimwombe Bwana lugha. Mwombe tu Bwana akupe ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu kama alivyowapa wanafunzi wake, kulingana na sura ya pili ya Matendo, na ngoja mbele zake hadi Bwana athibitishe ahadi yake katika roho yako ya thamani.In seeking the baptism with the Holy Spirit do not ask the Lord for tongues. Just pray the Lord to give you the baptism with the Holy Ghost as He gave his disciples, according to the second chapter of Acts, and wait before Him till the Lord verifies His promise in your precious soul.

Ni jambo moja kujazwa Roho Mtakatifu, na ni jambo lingine kubatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu. Ni jambo moja kujaza glasi maji, na jambo lingine kuibatiza kwa maji, yaani kuizamisha isionekane. Yohana Mbatizaji alijazwa Roho Mtakatifu tangu tumboni mwa mama yake lakini hakubatizwa. Roho Mtakatifu alikuwa ulimwenguni wakati wote. “Watu watakatifu wa Mungu walinena wakiongozwa na Roho Mtakatifu.” Alikuwa pamoja na Musa, Samweli, Eliya, Henoko na watu wengine wengi wa Mungu, lakini hakumiminwa juu ya wote wenye mwili hadi siku ya Pentekoste.It is one thing to be filled with the Holy Ghost, and it is another thing to be baptized with the Holy Ghost. It is one thing to fill a glass with water, and another thing to baptize it with water, that is to hide it out of sight. John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb but not baptized. The Holy Ghost had been in the world all the time. "Holy men of old spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." He was with Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Enoch and many other men of God, but He was not poured out upon all flesh till the day of Pentecost.

“Kwa hiyo Yesu naye, ili awatakase watu kwa damu yake mwenyewe, aliteswa nje ya lango. Basi tumwendee huko nje ya kambi, tukichukua laumu yake.” Wapendwa, ili kupata utakaso, inatubidi kwenda nje ya lango. Ni lazima tuuache mji mzuri, mahekalu ya thamani, sifa, heshima, cheo, na kutoka nje ya lango. Huko tutampata Yesu, aliyedharauliwa, akining’inia kati ya wevi wawili. Ni tamu sana kuishi maisha haya yaliyotakaswa. Ni watu wachache sana walio na utakaso katika utimilifu wake, ambao maana yake ni kusulubiwa kwa nafsi kulingana na Gal. 5:24-25, “Na walio wake Kristo Yesu wameuvua mwili pamoja na tamaa zake na kutamani kwake. Ikiwa tunaishi kwa Roho, na tuenende kwa Roho pia.” Haleluya. Uamsho wa Kipentekoste umeanza katika Taasisi ya Biblia ya Altamont ya South Carolina na msichana mmoja alipokea karama ya lugha."Wherefore, Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore, unto Him without the gate bearing His reproach. Dear loved ones, in order to get sanctification, we have to go without the gate. We must leave the beautiful city, the precious temples, fame, honor, position, and go out of the gate. There we will find Jesus, the despised one, hanging between two thieves. It is so sweet to live this sanctified life. Very few people have sanctification in its fullness, which means crucification to self according to Gal. 5:24-25, "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." Hallelujah. A Pentecostal revival has commenced in the Altamont Bible Institute of South Carolina and one girl received the gift of tongues.

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UBATIZO KATIKA ROHO MTAKATIFU ULIOTANGULIZWA KIFANO.THE BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY GHOST FORESHADOWED.

Tunasoma katika Kut. 25:8, 9, kwamba Mungu alisema na Musa akisema, “Na wanifanyie patakatifu; ili nipate kukaa kati yao. Kama mfano wote wa maskani, na mfano wa vyombo vyake vyote, ndivyo mtakavyofanya.”We read in Ex. 25:8, 9, that God spoke to Moses and said, "Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them, according to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it."

Wapendwa, Bwana Yesu ndiye maskani ya kweli ambayo Mungu aliisimamisha wala si mwanadamu. Maskani ya jangwani ilifanywa kwa mfano wa maskani ya mbinguni ambayo Mungu alimwonyesha Musa mlimani mtakatifu. Sasa tunao mfano wa kweli ambao ni Bwana Yesu Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu aliye hai.Dear loved ones, the Lord Jesus is the true tabernacle that God pitched and not man. The tabernacle in the wilderness was made after the pattern of the heavenly tabernacle which God showed Moses in the holy mount. We now have the true pattern which is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.

Kwanza tunafika ua wa maskani ambapo tunakuta madhabahu ya shaba, ambapo sadaka nzima za kuteketezwa hutolewa. Tulipokuja mara ya kwanza, tulikuwa wafu kwa makosa na dhambi na hatukuweza kutoa sadaka yoyote kwa maana hatukuwa na uzima rohoni mwetu. Lakini tulimkuta Yesu kama dhabihu juu ya madhabahu hiyo. Anatusamehe dhambi zetu na kupanda kuzaliwa upya rohoni mwetu. Tunahesabiwa haki na kuokolewa na majina yetu yameandikwa katika kitabu cha uzima cha Mwana-Kondoo.We first come to the court of the tabernacle where we find the brazen altar, where whole burn offerings are made. When we first came, we were dead in trespasses and sins and could make no offering for we had no life in our souls. But we found Jesus as a sacrifice upon that altar. He pardons us of our sins and plants the new birth in our souls. We are justified and saved and our names written in the Lamb's book of life.

Kisha tunaendelea hadi Mahali Patakatifu ili kujiweka wakfu. Huko tunakuta madhabahu ya mwamini, ambayo ni madhabahu ya dhahabu. Tunajitakasa na kujiweka wakfu kwa Mungu kuwa dhabihu iliyo hai, na tunaikuta damu ya thamani katika Mahali Patakatifu ambayo inatutakasa na kutusafisha dhambi yote, inamsulubisha mtu wa kale, mwili wa dhambi na tabia ya mwili, na kutufanya watakatifu. Ilitubidi tuwe na uzima wa milele rohoni mwetu ili tujiweke wakfu. Hapa tunamlisha Kristo, kwa maana mkate katika Mahali Patakatifu unafananisha mkate wa uzima. “Mwanadamu haishi kwa mkate tu, bali kwa kila neno litokalo katika kinywa cha Mungu.” Hapa pia kuna kinara cha dhahabu kinachotoa nuru yake daima mchana na usiku, kikipewa mafuta matakatifu. Sasa sisi ni wana na binti wa Mungu na tuna haki ya arabuni ya urithi wetu, ambayo ni ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu.Then we go on to the Holy Place to consecrate ourselves. There we find the believer's altar which is the golden altar. We sanctify ourselves and consecrate ourselves to God as a living sacrifice, and we find the precious blood in the Holy Place that sanctifies and cleanses us from all sin, crucifies the old man, the body of sin and carnality, and makes us holy. We had to have eternal life in our souls in order to consecrate ourselves. Here we feed upon Christ, for the bread in the Holy Place typifies the bread of life. "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Here also is the golden candlestick that sheds its light continually day and night, supplied by the holy oil. We are now the sons and daughters of God and entitled to the earnest of our inheritance, which is the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Kisha tunaingia Patakatifu pa Patakatifu kwa damu ya Yesu. Pale kuna sanduku la agano lililotiwa kivuli na mabawa ya makerubi, na juu ya sanduku utukufu mkuu wa Shekina, nguzo ya moto usiku na ya wingu mchana ambayo inawakilisha ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Hakuna madhabahu katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu kwa maana wakfu wetu wote hufanywa katika Mahali Patakatifu tunapotakaswa. Lakini tunakuta sanduku la agano limefunikwa kwa dhahabu safi na ndani yake fimbo ya Haruni iliyochipuka, inayosimamia kuhesabiwa haki katika Kristo Yesu, pia chungu cha mana iliyofichwa ambayo Musa alichukua na kuificha ndani ya sanduku, inayowakilisha utakaso; na mbao za mawe ambazo Mungu aliandika mwenyewe mlimani, zinazosimamia ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, kwa maana tunapobatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu tunatiwa muhuri katika vipaji vya nyuso hadi kuja kwake. Hapa utukufu mkuu wa Shekina hutukalia mchana na usiku, nasi tunajazwa na kusisimuliwa na nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu. Uvumba hupanda daima kutoka rohoni mwetu. Katika Mahali Patakatifu, mafuta yalifanywa upya siku kwa siku, lakini tunapopata ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu hutupaka mafuta daima, kutoka kwenye kiti cha enzi cha Mungu. Katika Mahali Patakatifu tulikuwa na vijito vya wokovu lakini katika Patakatifu pa Patakatifu, tuna mito, kwa maana Yesu alisema, “Katika tumbo lenu zitatoka mito ya maji yaliyo hai, na neno hili alilisema katika habari za Roho, kwa maana Roho Mtakatifu alikuwa hajapewa bado, kwa kuwa Yesu hajatukuzwa.”Then we enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus. There is the ark of the covenant overshadowed by the wings of the cherubim, and over the ark the great Shekina glory, a pillar of fire by night and of cloud by day which represents the baptism with the Holy Spirit. There is no altar in the Holy of Holies for our consecration is all made in the Holy Place when we are sanctified. But we find the ark of the covenant covered with pure gold and within Aaron's rod that budded, which stands for justification in Christ Jesus, also the pot of hidden manna which Moses took and hid in the ark, which represents sanctification; and the tables of stone on which God wrote Himself in the mount, which stands for the baptism with the Holy Ghost, for when we are baptized with the Holy Spirit we are sealed in the forehead until His coming. Here the great Shekina glory rests upon us day and night, and we are filled and thrilled with the power of the Holy Spirit. The incense is going up continually from our souls. In the Holy Place, the oil was renewed from day to day, but when we get the baptism with the Holy Ghost it oils us up continually, from the throne of God. In the Holy Place we had the streams of salvation but in the Holy of Holies, we have the rivers, for Jesus said, "Out of your innermost being shall flow rivers of living water, and this spoke He of the Spirit for the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."

Kazi mbili za neema zimeonyeshwa wazi katika maskani kwa madhabahu mbili—madhabahu ya shaba na madhabahu ya dhahabu, Patakatifu pa Patakatifu ni karama ya nguvu juu ya maisha yaliyotakaswa na kusafishwa. Utukufu kwa Mungu wetu. Sanduku la agano linamwakilisha Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo na ndani yake hukaa utimilifu wote wa Uungu kimwili. Katika Bwana Yesu tunapokea karama na neema hizi zote. Ni lazima tujenge kulingana na mpango wa kimungu.There are two works of grace plainly shown in the tabernacle by the two altars—the brazen altar and the golden altar, the Holy of Holies, is the gift of power upon the sanctified, cleansed life. Glory to our God. The ark of the covenant represents our Lord Jesus Christ and in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. In the Lord Jesus, we receive all of these gifts and graces. We must build according to the divine plan.

WALITAKASWA KABLA YA PENTEKOSTE.SANCTIFIED BEFORE PENTECOST.

Kwa kusoma Biblia kwa makini, unaweza kuona kwamba wanafunzi walikuwa watu waliookoka na kutakaswa, na walikuwa wamepokea upako wa Roho Mtakatifu, kabla ya siku ya Pentekoste.By reading the Bible carefully, you can see that the disciples were saved and sanctified men, and had received the unction of the Holy Spirit, before the day of Pentecost.

Yesu alisema katika Yohana 15:3, kabla hajasulubiwa, “Ninyi mmekwisha kuwa safi kwa lile neno nililowaambia.” Na katika Yohana 17:15-17, “Siombi uwatoe katika ulimwengu, bali uwalinde na yule mwovu. Hawakuwa wa ulimwengu, kama mimi nisivyo wa ulimwengu. Uwatakase kwa ile kweli; neno lako ndilo kweli.” Yesu ndiye neno na kweli, kwa hiyo walitakaswa kwa kweli usiku ule ule alipowaombea.Jesus said in John 15:3, before He was crucified, "Now are ye clean through the word which I have spoken unto you." And in John 17:15-17, "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth." Jesus is the word and the truth, so they were sanctified through the truth that very night that He prayed for them.

Alimwambia Petro kwamba Shetani alitaka kumpepeta kama ngano, lakini alikuwa amemwombea kwa Baba ili imani yake isipungue. Kwa hiyo Shetani hakuweza kupita zaidi ya maombi ya Bwana. “Nawe utakapogeuka, uwaimarishe ndugu zako.” Hii haikumaanisha kwamba Petro hakuwa ameongoka, lakini Yesu alijua jaribu kubwa ambalo Petro angekabiliana nalo, na alimaanisha atakapokuwa ameokolewa, awaimarishe ndugu.He told Peter that Satan desired to sift him as wheat, but He had prayed the Father for him that his faith fail not. So Satan could not go beyond the Lord's prayer. "And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." This did not mean that Peter was not converted, but Jesus knew the great temptation that Peter was to be confronted with, and He meant when he should have been delivered, to strengthen the brethren.

Petro alimkana Bwana Yesu, lakini mara alipomkana, alitoka nje na kulia kwa uchungu, na Mungu alimsamehe. Kwa hiyo Bwana wetu Yesu alipofufuka, alimwambia malaika awaambie wanafunzi wakutane naye Galilaya, “na Petro.” Petro aliposikia hivyo, alifurahi sana kujua kwamba Bwana alikuwa amemrudisha.Peter did deny the Lord Jesus, but as soon as he denied him, he went out and wept bitterly, and God pardoned him. So when our Lord Jesus rose, He told the angel to tell the disciples to meet Him in Galilee, "and Peter." When Peter heard that, he was very happy to know that the Lord had taken him back.

Tunaona katika Yohana 20:21, 22, Yesu aliwaambia wanafunzi, “Amani iwe nanyi. Kama Baba alivyonituma mimi, nami nawatuma ninyi. Naye akiisha kusema hayo, akawavuvia, akawaambia, Pokeeni Roho Mtakatifu. Wowote mtakaowasamehe dhambi, wamesamehewa; na wowote mtakaowafungia dhambi, wamefungiwa.” Hii ilikuwa nguvu ambayo Bwana Yesu aliwapa wanafunzi kabla hawajapokea Pentekoste yao binafsi.We find in John 20:21, 22, Jesus said to the disciples, "Peace be unto you, as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosoever sins ye remit they are remitted, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." This was the power the Lord Jesus gave the disciples before they received their personal Pentecost.

Tunagundua kwa funzo makini la Neno, kwamba walikuwa na karama zote nane kati ya tisa za Roho kabla ya Pentekoste, isipokuwa karama ya lugha. Walikuwa na karama za uponyaji, kupambanua, hekima, unabii, n.k. Karama ya lugha ilihifadhiwa kwa siku ya Pentekoste iwe ishara na ushahidi wa ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu.We find by a careful study of the Word, that they had all eight of the nine gifts of the Spirit before Pentecost, except the gift of tongues. They had the gifts of healing, discernment, wisdom, prophesy, etc. The gift of tongues was reserved for the day of Pentecost to be a sign and evidence of the baptism with the Holy Ghost.

Wanafunzi walijazwa upako wa Roho Mtakatifu, upako, kabla ya siku ya Pentekoste Yesu alipowavuvia. Hili liliwategemeza hadi walipovikwa nguvu kutoka juu.The disciples were filled with the unction of the Holy Spirit, the anointing, before the day of Pentecost when Jesus breathed on them. This sustained them till they were endued with power from on high.

Kwa hiyo katika sura ya kwanza ya Matendo, Yesu aliwafundisha wanafunzi wake kungojea ahadi ya Baba. Hii haikuwa kungojea utakaso. Damu yake ilikuwa imemwagika juu ya msalaba wa Kalvari. Hakuwa anakwenda kutuma damu yake kuwasafisha na tabia ya mwili bali Roho wake awavike nguvu. Walikwenda Yerusalemu wakisifu na kumbariki Mungu kwa furaha kuu. Wote walidumu kwa nia moja katika kuomba na kusihi. Walikuwa na imani kamilifu na utii kamilifu kwa amri ya Yesu na hapakuwa na mafarakano kati yao. Hawakuwa wamepiga magoti bali wameketi Roho Mtakatifu alipowashukia, wakingoja tu karama ya nguvu.So in the first chapter of Acts, Jesus taught His disciples to wait for the promise of the Father. This was not to wait for sanctification. His blood had been spilt on Calvary's cross. He was not going to send His blood to cleanse them from carnality but His Spirit to endue them with power. They went up to Jerusalem praising and blessing God with great joy. They all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication. They had perfect faith and perfect obedience to Jesus' command and no divisions among them. They were not on their knees but sitting when the Holy Ghost fell upon them, simply waiting for the gift of power.

“Ghafula pakatokea kutoka mbinguni shindo kama la upepo wa nguvu, ukajaza nyumba yote walipokuwa wameketi. Wakatokewa na ndimi zilizogawanyika, kama za moto, zikakaa juu ya kila mmoja wao. Wakajazwa wote Roho Mtakatifu, wakaanza kunena kwa lugha nyingine, kama Roho alivyowajalia kutamka.”"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave utterance."

Kisha Petro akasimama na kuwaambia lile kundi lililokuja mbio pamoja, “Hili ndilo lile lililonenwa na nabii Yoeli. Kisha itakuwa siku za mwisho, asema Mungu, nitamimina Roho yangu juu ya wote wenye mwili.” Hakusema Mungu atasafisha mioyo yao kwa damu yake kutoka tabia ya mwili, bali atamimina Roho wake. Amina. Hicho ndicho anachofanya Los Angeles, akimimina Roho wake juu ya roho zilizotakaswa na ishara zilezile zinafuata.Then Peter arose and said to the multitude that came running together, "This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh." He did not say God would cleanse their hearts by His blood from carnality, but pour out His Spirit. Amen. That is what He is doing in Los Angeles, pouring out His Spirit upon sanctified souls and the same signs are following.

BANDIA.COUNTERFEITS.

Mungu ametuambia katika neno lake la thamani kwamba tunapaswa kuujua mti kwa matunda yake. Popote tunapopata kilicho halisi, tunapata kilicho bandia pia. Lakini sifa kwa Mungu kwa kilicho halisi. Tunaona katika wakati wa Petro, watu waume na wake walipokuwa wakipokea nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu, bandia ilitokea katika Anania na Safira. Lakini nguvu za Mungu zilikuwa kuu kuliko nguvu zote za kuzimu, kwa hiyo dhambi yao iliwapata. Jihadharini, wapendwa, kwa maana dhambi yenu hakika itawapata. “Lakini tukienda katika nuru, kama yeye alivyo katika nuru, twashirikiana sisi kwa sisi, na damu yake Yesu, Mwanawe, yatusafisha dhambi yote.”God has told us in His precious word that we should know a tree by its fruit. Wherever we find the real, we find the counterfeit also. But praise God for the real. We find in the time of Peter, when men and women were receiving the power of the Holy Ghost, the counterfeit appeared in Ananias and Sapphira. But God's power was mightier than all the forces of hell, so their sin found them out. Be careful, dear loved ones, for your sin will surely find you out. "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

Katika mikutano yetu, watu wamekuja na kudai kwamba wamepokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, lakini walipopimwa na Roho Mtakatifu, walionekana kupungukiwa. Kwa hiyo walipiga magoti wakaokolewa na kutakaswa na kubatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu na kunena kwa lugha kwa Roho Mtakatifu. Tena watu wameiga karama ya lugha, lakini jinsi Roho Mtakatifu alivyowafunulia upesi kila mmoja wa watoto wa kweli waliokuwa na ubatizo wa Kipentekoste, na kuweka kemeo zito juu ya bandia, katika lugha, hadi bandia zikanyamazishwa na kuhukumiwa. Ahadi za Mungu ni za kweli na za uhakika.In our meetings, we have had people to come and claim that they had received the baptism with the Holy Spirit, but when they were put to the test by the Holy Spirit, they were found wanting. So they got down and got saved and sanctified and baptized with the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues by the Holy Spirit. And again people have imitated the gift of tongues, but how quickly the Holy Spirit would reveal to every one of the true children that had the Pentecostal baptism, and put a heavy rebuke upon the counterfeit, in tongues, until the counterfeits were silenced and condemned. God's promises are true and sure.

Watu wanajaribu kuiga kazi ya Roho Mtakatifu siku hizi, kama walivyofanya Bwana alipomtuma Musa kwa Farao katika Kut. 7:8, akampa muujiza au ishara ya kuonyesha mbele ya Farao, kwamba Haruni atakapotupa fimbo yake mbele ya Farao, itakuwa nyoka. Basi Farao alipoona fimbo ya Haruni imekuwa nyoka, aliwaita wenye hekima wake na wachawi bandia na waganga wa Misri. Nao pia walifanya vivyo hivyo kwa uchawi wao, kwa maana kila mmoja alitupa fimbo yake, nazo zikawa nyoka, lakini fimbo ya Haruni ilizimeza fimbo zao. Kwa hiyo nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu katika watu wa Mungu leo zinahukumu na kumeza bandia. Inachimba na kufichua nguvu zote za Shetani—Christian Science, Theosophy, na Spiritualism—vyote vimefichuliwa mbele ya Mwana wa Mungu. Utukufu kwa Mungu.People are trying to imitate the work of the Holy Ghost these days, just as they did when the Lord sent Moses to Pharaoh in Ex. 7:8, and gave him a miracle or sign to show before Pharaoh, that when Aaron should cast his rod before Pharaoh, it should become a serpent. So when Pharaoh saw that Aaron's rod had become a serpent, he called for his wise men and the counterfeit sorcerers and magicians of Egypt. They also did in like manner with their enchantments, for they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents, but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. So the power of the Holy Ghost in God's people today condemns and swallows up the counterfeit. It digs up and exposes all the power of Satan—Christian Science, Theosophy, and Spiritualism—all are uncovered before the Son of God. Glory to God.

Wafuasi wa Spiritualism wamekuja kwenye mikutano yetu na kutolewa pepo, na wameokolewa na kutakaswa. Wafuasi wa Christian Science wamekuja kwenye mikutano na kutolewa pepo wa Christian Science na kuikubali damu. Kila mmea ambao Baba yangu wa mbinguni hakuupanda utang’olewa.Spiritualists have come to our meetings and had the demons cast out of them and have been saved and sanctified. Christian Scientists have come to the meetings and had the Christian Science demons cast out of them and have accepted the blood. Every plant that my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.

Watu wamekuja mahali hapa wamejaa pepo na Mungu amewatoa, nao wametoka wakipiga kelele kwa sauti kuu. Kisha pepo wote walipotolewa, waliokoka, wakatakaswa, na kubatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu, wakavikwa akili timamu na kujazwa utukufu na nguvu.People have come to this place full of demons and God has cast them out, and they have gone out crying with loud voices. Then when all the demons were cast out, they got saved, sanctified, and baptized with the Holy Ghost, clothed in their right minds and filled with glory and power.

Wapendwa; si kwa nguvu wala kwa uwezo bali kwa roho yangu, asema Bwana. “Kaeni ninyi katika mji wa Yerusalemu, hata mvikwe uwezo utokao juu. Yohana alibatiza kwa maji, bali ninyi mtabatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu baada ya siku hizi chache.” Haya yalikuwa maneno ya Yesu ya kuaga. Mungu akujalie ungoje hadi upokee Pentekoste yako binafsi. Amina. -W.J. Seymour.Dear loved ones; it is not by might nor by power but by my Spirit, saith the Lord. "Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." These were Jesus’ departing words. May you tarry until you receive your personal Pentecost. Amen. -W.J. Seymour.

“ISHARA ZITAFUATANA.”"SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW."

Yesu alisema katika Marko 16:17, 18, “Na ishara hizi zitafuatana na hao waaminio; kwa jina langu watatoa pepo; watasema kwa lugha mpya; watashika nyoka; na kama wakinywa kitu cha kuua, hakitawadhuru kamwe; wataweka mikono juu ya wagonjwa, nao watapona.” Aliwaambia, “Basi, enendeni mkawafanye mataifa yote kuwa wanafunzi, mkiwafundisha kuyashika yote niliyowaamuru ninyi.” Hii ilimaanisha nini? Ilimaanisha kuhubiri uponyaji, kuhubiri kutoa pepo, kuhubiri kwamba ishara hizi zitafuatana na hao waaminio, kuhubiri mafundisho yote ya Yesu. Kama wangehubiri sehemu tu ya Injili, je, ishara zingefuatana? Ishara hizi zitafuatana na hao waaminio—si wale wanaoshuku au wanaoamini sehemu, bali wale walio wanyofu na waaminifu kiasi cha kuamini kila neno la Yesu. Ni lazima tuamini yote, kwa maana ikiwa sehemu tu ni kweli, au ikiwa chochote kimebadilishwa katika agizo lake la Injili kwa ulimwengu, haingekuwa Injili kamilifu. Kwa hiyo kurudi kwenye Injili kamili huleta kurudi kwa ishara zinazofuatana na hao waaminio.Jesus said in Mark 16:17, 18, "These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover." He told them to, "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." What did this mean? It meant to preach healing, preach casting out of devils, preach that these signs shall follow them that believe, preach all the doctrine of Jesus. If they had preached only a part of the Gospel, would the signs have followed? These signs shall follow them that believe—not them that doubt or believe a part but those that are simple enough and honest enough to believe every word of Jesus. We must believe it all, for if only a part is true, or if anything is changed in His commission of the Gospel to the world, it would not be a perfect Gospel. So a return to the full Gospel brings a return of the signs following them that believe.

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PENTEKOSTE YA KWELI.THE TRUE PENTECOST.

Katika Matendo 2:4, tunayo kiwango na mfano wa Kibiblia wa Pentekoste ni nini. Ilikuwa Pentekoste ya kwanza kabisa kuja ulimwenguni. “Wakajazwa wote Roho Mtakatifu, wakaanza kusema kwa lugha nyingine, kama Roho alivyowajalia kutamka.” Kwa hiyo hiki ndicho kiwango cha Kibiblia hadi Yesu atakapokuja.In Acts 2:4, we have the Bible standard and sample of what Pentecost is. It was the first Pentecost that ever came to the world. "They were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance." So this is the Bible standard till Jesus comes.

Kisha tunao mfano mwingine wa Pentekoste Petro alipohubiri mahubiri ya kwanza kwa kusanyiko la Mataifa nyumbani kwa Kornelio. Ilikuwa kama Pentekoste ya kwanza. “Petro alipokuwa akisema maneno hayo, Roho Mtakatifu akawashukia wote waliolisikia lile neno. Nao waaminio wa tohara, wote waliokuja pamoja na Petro, wakashangaa, kwa sababu karama ya Roho Mtakatifu imemwagwa juu ya Mataifa pia. Kwa maana waliwasikia wakisema kwa lugha, na kumtukuza Mungu.” Matendo 10:44-46.Then we have another example of Pentecost when Peter preached the first sermon to a Gentile congregation at the house of Cornelius. It was like the first Pentecost. "While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God." Acts. 10:44-46.

Tena tunayo habari ya Pentekoste kumiminwa Efeso na tena ilikuwa kama Pentekoste ya kwanza. “Na Paulo alipowawekea mikono, Roho Mtakatifu akawajia; wakasema kwa lugha, na kutabiri.” Matendo 19:6. Katika matukio yote matatu ya kumiminwa kwa Pentekoste yaliyotajwa hapo juu ushahidi uleule ulidhihirika, kunena kwa lugha. Roho Mtakatifu alitupa matukio haya matatu, ya vikundi vilivyopokea Roho Mtakatifu kwa pamoja mara moja, na zaidi ya hayo tunajua kwamba Mtume Paulo alikuwa na karama hiyo na kwamba wengine katika kanisa la Korintho walikuwa na karama hiyo. Sasa swali linaulizwa mbona si wote katika kanisa la Korintho walionena kwa lugha?Again we have the account of Pentecost being poured out at Ephesus and again it was like the first Pentecost. "And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues and prophesied." Acts 19:6. In all three cases of the outpouring of Pentecost above mentioned the same evidence was manifest, the speaking in tongues. The Holy Ghost gave us these three incidents, of companies that received the Holy Ghost all at once, and besides this we know that the Apostle Paul had the gift and that others in the Corinthian church had the gift. Now the question is asked why did not all in the Corinthian church speak with tongues?

Paulo katika sura ya 12 ya 1 Wakorintho, alikuwa akilipanga kanisa, ili kusiwe na mafarakano katika mwili wa Kristo. Hapa yupo ndugu aliyehesabiwa haki na pale yupo ndugu aliyetakaswa. Sasa hakuna kati yao anayenena kwa lugha. Katika mwili wetu hapa, tunao wengine waliohesabiwa haki ambao wameokoka tu. Jambo linalofuata tunalofanya ni kumfundisha anahitaji moyo safi, kutakaswa katika damu ya thamani ya Yesu Kristo. Anaendelea na kuipata. Kisha tunamwonyesha anahitaji ubatizo wake wa Kipentekoste na kunena kwa lugha kama Roho anavyomjalia kutamka. Anapopokea Pentekoste yake, atanena kwa lugha.Paul in the 12th of First Corinthians, was setting the church in order, that there should be no schism in the body of Christ. Here is a brother who is justified and there is a brother who is sanctified. Now neither of them speak in tongues. In our body here, we have some justified who have just been saved. The next thing we do is to teach him he needs a clean heart, to be sanctified in the precious blood of Jesus Christ. He goes on and gets that. Then we show him he needs his Pentecostal baptism and speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. When he receives his Pentecost, he will speak in tongues.

Kwa hiyo kuhusu kutabiri, Paulo anasema, “Yeye anayetabiri ni mkuu kuliko yeye anenaye kwa lugha.” Tunaweza kuwa na karama zote tisa pamoja na matunda yote tisa ya Roho, kwa maana ndani ya Kristo Yesu hukaa utimilifu wote wa Uungu kimwili. Paulo anafundisha tu kanisa kuwa katika umoja na kutokuchanganyikiwa kwa sababu wote hawana karama zilezile. Hatuchanganyikiwi kwa sababu mmoja ana Pentekoste yake na mwingine hajatakaswa. Hatusemi kwamba hatuhitaji ndugu aliyehesabiwa haki au aliyetakaswa kwa sababu tu hanenei kwa lugha au hatabiri; bali tunatambua kwamba inahitaji ndugu aliyehesabiwa haki, aliyetakaswa na aliyepokea Pentekoste wote ili kuufanya mwili wa Kristo. Waweza kuwa na karama ya hekima, uponyaji, unabii, n.k. Lakini unapopata Pentekoste, Bwana Mungu atanena kupitia wewe kwa lugha.So concerning prophesying, Paul says, "Greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues." We can have all the nine gifts as well as the nine fruits of the Spirit, for in Christ Jesus, dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Paul is simply teaching the church to be in unity and not to be confused because all have not the same gifts. We are not confused because one has his Pentecost and another has not been sanctified. We do not say that we do not need the justified or the sanctified brother simply because he does not speak with tongues or does not prophesy; but we realize that it takes the justified, the sanctified and the Pentecost brother all to make up the body of Christ. You may have the gift of wisdom, healing, prophesy, etc. But when you get the Pentecost, the Lord God will speak through you in tongues.

“Yeye anayetabiri ni mkuu kuliko yeye anenaye kwa lugha, isipokuwa afasiri.” Kwa hiyo ndugu anayetabiri si mkuu kuliko ndugu anayenena kwa lugha, ikiwa ndugu huyo anafasiri anaposema. Tunao wengi hapa wanaofasiri wanaposema na inaujenga mwili wa Kristo. Waweza kuwa na karama zote ukimwomba Bwana tu."He that prophesieth is greater than he that speaks with tongues, except he interpret." So the brother that prophesies is no greater than the brother that speaks in tongues, if the brother interprets as he speaks. We have a good many here that interpret as they speak and it is edifying to the body of Christ. You can have all the gifts if you will only ask the Lord for them.

Katika sura ya 14 ya 1 Wakorintho, Paulo anatuweka katika mpangilio sisi tulio na ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na kunena kwa lugha, ili tusijivune na kufikiri kwa sababu mtu amehesabiwa haki au ametakaswa na hanenei kwa lugha hana dini kama tuliyo nayo sisi. Watu wanapoingia katika mambo ya kina ya kiroho, na katika siri zilizofichwa za Mungu, inawabidi kubaki wanyenyekevu sana miguuni pa Bwana Yesu, kwa maana karama hizi za thamani zaweza kutujivunisha kwa urahisi, ikiwa hatukai chini ya damu.In the 14th of 1Corinthians, Paul is setting us in order that have the baptism with the Holy Spirit and the speaking in tongues, that we should not get puffed up and think because one is justified or sanctified and does not speak with tongues he has not as much religion as we have. People in getting into deep spiritual things, and into the hidden mysteries of God, have to keep very humble at the feet of the Lord Jesus, for these precious gifts can easily puff us up, if we do not keep under the blood.

Paulo anasema na watu waliokuwa wamepelekwa na sanamu zisizosema, lakini sasa Roho Mtakatifu alikuwa akimiminwa juu yao, na ilikuwa tamu sana kwa roho zao hata wakakaribia kuabudu karama badala ya Mtoaji. Badala ya kuitukuza damu, wote walikuwa wakifuata karama. Bwana anataka tumtafute Mtoaji na Mbarikiwa badala ya karama na baraka. Kwa hiyo tunaweza kusema kweli kwamba tunaamini kwamba kila apokeaye Pentekoste yake binafsi ana ushahidi katika kunena kwa lugha kama Roho anavyomjalia kutamka, kama wale 120 walivyopokea siku ya Pentekoste. Hilo lilikuwa funzo kwa kanisa na mfano kwa kanisa wa maana ya ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu ili kutuandaa tuwe mashahidi kwa ulimwengu wote. Utukufu kwa Mungu wetu. Amina. Tunapopokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, tunaweza kuimba kwa lugha, kwa sababu Bwana hushusha nyimbo tamu kutoka paradiso ya Mungu, zikisisimua kila moyo. Mara nyingi hatuhitaji vitabu hivi vya nyimbo vya dunia, bali Bwana hutugusa tu kwa Roho wake mwenye nguvu nasi hatuhitaji ogani wala piano, kwa maana Roho Mtakatifu hupiga piano katika mioyo yetu yote, kisha hutoa tafsiri ya wimbo na kuuimba kwa lugha ya Kiingereza. Ni tamu sana. Ni mbingu hapa chini.Paul is speaking to people that had been carried away with dumb idols, but now the Holy Spirit was being poured out upon them, and it was so sweet to their souls that they almost commenced worshipping the gift instead of the Giver. Instead of magnifying the blood, they were all after the gifts. The Lord wants us to seek the Giver and the Blesser instead of the gift and the blessing. So we can truly say that we believe that everyone that receives their personal Pentecost has a witness in speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives them utterance, as the 120 received on the day of Pentecost. That was a lesson to the church and a sample to the church what the baptism with the Holy Spirit means to prepare us to be witnesses unto all the world. Glory to our God. Amen. When we receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit, we may sing in tongues, because the Lord drops down sweet anthems from the paradise of God, electrifying every heart. Many times we do not need these song books of earth, but the Lord simply touches us by His mighty Spirit and we have no need of organs or pianos, for the Holy Ghost plays the piano in all our hearts, and then gives the interpretation of the song and sings it in the English language. It is so sweet. It is heaven below.

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ALIKUJA MAILI 3,000 KWA AJILI YA PENTEKOSTE YAKE.CAME 3,000 MILES FOR HIS PENTECOST.

Takriban miezi miwili iliyopita, nilianza kusoma katika Way of Faith ripoti za mikutano katika Misheni ya Azusa, Los Angeles. Nilikuwa nimehubiri utakatifu kwa miaka tisa, lakini roho yangu ilianza kuwa na njaa na kiu ya utimilifu wa Mungu. Roho alinielekeza zaidi na zaidi kutafuta Pentekoste yangu. Baada ya kuomba na kulia mbele za Mungu kwa siku nyingi, aliweka moyoni mwangu niende Los Angeles kutafuta ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Mke wangu aliomba na kulia pamoja nami hadi sote tulipopata ushahidi kwamba ni mapenzi ya Mungu niende. Shetani alipigana nami na kuweka mkono wa mateso juu ya mke wangu, nami nilihisi kuwa karibu haiwezekani kwangu kuja. Usiku nilipoondoka nyumbani, mke wangu na mimi tuliomba na kulia mbele za Bwana na Mungu akatoa ushindi, nasi sote tulikubali tukiwa magotini kwamba tukifa tungekuwa katika mpango wa Bwana na kwamba Mungu atatuchukua nyumbani. Mara nikainuka na kuchukua mfuko wangu wa safari mkononi, nikaenda kituoni, na kuanza safari kuelekea Los Angeles. Utukufu kwa Mungu. Nilikuwa siku sita njiani, nikifunga na kumwomba Bwana daima. Mara tu nilipofika Misheni ya Azusa, msalaba mpya ulianza katika maisha yangu na ilinibidi nife kwa mambo mengi, lakini Mungu alinipa ushindi.About two months ago, I began to read in the Way of Faith the reports of the meetings in Azusa Mission, Los Angeles. I had been preaching holiness for nine years, but my soul began to hunger and thirst for the fullness of God. The Spirit led me more and more to seek my Pentecost. After praying and weeping before God for many days, He put it into my heart to go to Los Angeles to seek the baptism with the Holy Ghost. My wife prayed and wept with me till we both got the witness that it was the will of God for me to go. The devil fought me and laid the hand of affliction on my wife, and I felt it almost impossible for me to come. The night I left home, wife and I prayed and wept before the Lord and God gave the victory, and we both consented on our knees that if we died we would be in the order of the Lord and that God would take us home. I immediately rose and took my valise in hand, went to the depot, and started for Los Angeles. Glory to God. I was six days on the road, was fasting and praying to the Lord continually. As soon as I reached Azusa Mission, a new crucifiction began in my life and I had to die to many things, but God gave me the victory.

Wito wa kwanza wa madhabahuni nilitoka mbele kwa dhati kwa ajili ya Pentekoste yangu. Nilishindana kuanzia Jumapili hadi Alhamisi. Nilipokuwa nikitafuta katika chumba cha ghorofani katika Misheni, Bwana alifungua madirisha ya mbinguni na nuru ya Mungu ikaanza kunitiririkia kwa nguvu kama sijawahi kuiona. Kisha nikaingia kwenye chumba ambamo ibada ilikuwa ikifanyika, na Dada Lum alipokuwa akisoma jinsi Roho Mtakatifu alivyokuwa akishuka mahali pengine, kabla sijajua, nilianza kunena kwa lugha na kumsifu Mungu. Ndugu mmoja alifasiri baadhi ya maneno kuwa, “Ninampenda Mungu kwa roho yangu yote.” Alinijaza Roho wake na upendo, nami sasa ninakula na kunywa kwenye chemchemi daima na kusema kama Roho anavyonijalia kutamka, kwa lugha yangu mwenyewe na kwa lugha isiyojulikana. Nagundua kwamba yote yanapaswa kutolewa kwa Mungu, lugha yetu wenyewe na yote, naye hunena kupitia sisi kwa Kiingereza, Kijerumani, Kigiriki au lugha nyingine yoyote kwa mapenzi yake na njia yake mwenyewe.The first altar call I went forward in earnest for my Pentecost. I struggled from Sunday till Thursday. While seeking in an upstairs room in the Mission, the Lord opened up the windows of heaven and the light of God began to flow over me in such power as never before. I then went into the room where the service was held, and while Sister Lum was reading of how the Holy Ghost was falling in other places, before I knew it, I began to speak in tongues and praise God. A brother interpreted some of the words to be, "I love God with all my soul." He filled me with His Spirit and love, and I am now feasting and drinking at the fountain continually and speak as the Spirit gives utterance, both in my own language and in the unknown language. I find that all has to be surrendered to God, our own language and all, and He speaks through us English, German, Greek or any other tongue in His own will and way.

Bwana pia aliuponya mwili wangu. Nilikuwa nikiugua baridi yabisi kwa miaka, na katika ibada ya uponyaji iliyofanyika hapa, nilipakwa mafuta na kuombewa nami nikaponywa mara moja baridi yabisi na mafua ya kifua, nami nina mwili mzima na nimevikwa akili timamu. -G.B. Cashwell, Dunn, N.C.The Lord also healed my body. I had been afflicted with rheumatism for years, and at a healing service held here, I was anointed and prayed for and was immediately healed of rheumatism and catarrh, and have a sound body and clothed in my right mind. -G.B. Cashwell, Dunn, N.C.

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Wapendwa, ikiwa mnatafuta Pentekoste yenu binafsi, msife moyo, bali ombeni hadi mjazwe kabisa. Kwa kuwa Bwana Yesu anasema, “Imewapasa watu kuomba sikuzote, wala wasikate tamaa.” Msiache kwa sababu hamkupokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu mara ya kwanza mliposali, bali endeleeni hadi mjazwe. Bwana Yesu aliwaambia wanafunzi wake “kaeni ninyi katika mji wa Yerusalemu hata mvikwe uwezo utokao juu.” Hakusema wangengoja muda gani, lakini alisema, “hata mvikwe.” Wengi wako tayari kungoja muda fulani tu, kisha huacha na kushindwa kupokea Pentekoste yao inayolingana na Biblia.Dear loved ones, if you are seeking your personal Pentecost, do not get discouraged, but pray until you are filled to the uttermost. For the Lord Jesus says, "Men ought always to pray and not to faint." Do not stop because you do not receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit the first time you pray, but continue until you are filled. The Lord Jesus told His disciples to "tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high." He did not say how long they were to tarry, but He did say, "until ye be endued." Many are willing to tarry just so long, and then give up and fail to receive their Pentecost that would measure up with the Bible.

Dada mmoja huko Pueblo, Colorado ambaye ana karama ya lugha alikuwa njiani kwenda misheni alipokutana na mtu mmoja akamwalika kwenda misheni. Alisema, “Kunena kwa lugha kuna faida gani, wakati hujui unachosema?” Mara akaanza kunena kwa lugha ambayo hakuwahi kunena hapo awali. Mtu huyo aligeuka mweupe, na alipoona gari la barabarani linakuja, alimwacha na kupanda gari hilo, akijiweka hatarini kwa kufanya hivyo. Walijua baadaye kwamba Roho Mtakatifu alikuwa akimwambia kwa lugha aliyoifahamu, maisha mabaya aliyokuwa akiishi na makosa aliyokuwa amefanya. Kwa hiyo aligundua matumizi moja ya karama ya lugha. Matukio kadhaa ya aina hii yamefikia ujuzi wetu. Tukimwomba Baba yetu mkate, hatatupa jiwe; tukimwomba samaki, hatatupa nyoka; tukiomba yai, hatatupa nge. Hatungewatendea watoto wetu hivyo, na je, si zaidi sana Baba yetu aliye mbinguni atawapa mema wale wamwombao. Usiruhusu kamwe majeshi ya kuzimu kukufanya uamini kwamba ukiishi chini ya damu, ukiheshimu damu, na ukiomba kupitia damu baraka kutoka kwenye kiti cha enzi, Mungu atamruhusu Shetani apite katika damu na kuweka nyoka ndani yako. Hakuna njia kwa Shetani kupita katika damu. “Nao wakamshinda kwa damu ya Mwana-Kondoo na kwa neno la ushuhuda wao.” Shetani hawezi kutenda kupitia wewe na kusema kupitia wewe, ukiwa mtoto wa Mungu na umebatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu. Wengi humkubali Yesu, wanampenda, lakini hawawezi kuamini mafundisho yake. Kwao Yesu anasema, “Mbona mwaniita, Bwana, Bwana, msiyatende ninayosema?” Ameenda kuandaa mahali kwa ajili yetu naye anakuja tena kutupokea kwake, ili alipo yeye tuwepo na sisi. Lakini njia pekee ya kukutana naye na kuwa naye ni kuamini mafundisho yake. Sisi tusiotakaswa, tukisikia ukweli na kuukataa, hatutaweza kuwa naye na kutawala pamoja naye.A sister in Pueblo, Colorado who has the gift of tongues was on her way to the mission when she met a man and invited him to the mission. He said, "What is the use of speaking in tongues, when you do not know what you are saying?" Immediately she began speaking in a tongue she had never spoken in before. The man turned white, and seeing a street car coming, he left her and caught the car, endangering himself by so doing. They learned afterward that the Holy Ghost was telling him in a language which he understood, the wicked life he was living and crimes he had committed. So he found out one use of the gift of tongues. Several incidents of this kind have come to our knowledge. If we ask our Father for bread, He will not give us a stone; if we ask Him for a fish, He will not give us a serpent; if we ask for an egg, He will not give us a scorpion. We would not treat our children that way, and how much more will our Father in heaven give good things to them that ask Him. Never let the hosts of hell make you believe that while you live under the blood, honoring the blood, and pleading through the blood for blessings from the throne, that God will let Satan get through the blood and put a serpent into you. There is no way for Satan to make his way through the blood. "And they overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony." The devil cannot act through you and talk through you, if you are God's child and baptized with the Holy Ghost. Many endorse Jesus, they fancy Him, but they cannot believe His doctrine. To them Jesus says, "Why call ye me, Lord, Lord and do not the things which I say?" He has gone to prepare a place for us and He is coming again to receive us unto Himself, that where He is there we may be also. But the only way to meet Him and be with Him is to believe His doctrine. We that are not sanctified, if we hear the truth and reject it, will not be able to be with Him and reign with Him.

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Ujumbe ulionenwa kwa lugha katika Misheni ya Azusa, kadiri ulivyofasiriwa, siku zote umekuwa wa kiroho na kulingana na Neno, vifungu vya Maandiko, sifa kwa Mungu, kumtukuza Kristo, maonyo, n.k. Kamwe hakuna kitu cha upuuzi au kutokuwa na heshima, na mara nyingi cha maana ya juu na ya vitendo sana na yenye uzito mkubwa, hasa kwa mtu aliyekusudiwa ujumbe huo.The messages spoken in tongues in Azusa Mission, as far as have been interpreted, have always been spiritual and according to the Word, Scripture passages, praises to God, exaltation of Christ, warning, etc. Never anything of a foolish or irreverent character, and often of a highly exalted and intensely practical import and tremendous meaning, especially for the individual for whom the message was intended.

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DHAMBI DHIDI YA ROHO MTAKATIFU.THE SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST.

Dhambi dhidi ya Roho Mtakatifu haiwezi kusamehewa. Kwa maana Bwana Yesu alisema, “Amin, nawaambia, Watu wataondolewa dhambi zao zote, na makufuru yao yote watakayokufuru; lakini yeyote atakayemkufuru Roho Mtakatifu hasamehewi kamwe, bali ana hatia ya dhambi ya milele; kwa sababu walisema, Ana pepo mchafu.” Marko 3:28-30.The sin against the Holy Ghost cannot be forgiven. For the Lord Jesus said, "Verily I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto men and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme; but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation because they said He hath an unclean spirit. Mark 3:28-30.

Watu walio na ujuzi halisi wa Roho Mtakatifu mioyoni mwao kwa Roho Mtakatifu, kisha wakaenda na kusema kazi hii ni ya shetani, na watu wananena kwa lugha kwa shetani, baada ya kuwa na ujuzi wa ukweli, watu kama hao wako katika hatari ya kutenda dhambi dhidi ya Roho Mtakatifu.People that have a real knowledge of the Holy Ghost in their hearts by the Holy Spirit, and then go and say this work is of the devil, and people are speaking in tongues by the devil, after they have the knowledge of the truth, such people are in danger of sinning against the Holy Ghost.

“Na mtu ye yote atakayemnenea Mwana wa Adamu neno, atasamehewa; lakini mwenye kumkufuru Roho Mtakatifu hatasamehewa.” Luka 12:10."Whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven." Luke 12:10.

Watu wanapomtenda Baba dhambi, husamehewa, wanapomtenda Mwana dhambi, husamehewa, lakini wanapotenda dhambi dhidi ya Mungu Baba, Mungu Mwana, na Mungu Roho Mtakatifu, wamekosa dhidi yao wote, kwa hiyo hakuna msamaha tena. Hakuna mtu wa nne wa kuwaombea. Watu wanaweza kuifanya mioyo yao kuwa migumu hadi Mungu awaache kama alivyomwacha Efraimu wa zamani.When men sin against the Father, they are forgiven, when they sin against the Son, they are forgiven, but when they sin against God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, they have sinned against them all, so there is no more forgiveness. There is no fourth person to do any interceding for them. People can harden their hearts till God will leave them as He did Ephraim of old.

Shetani anaweza kuwaambia watu kwamba wametenda dhambi dhidi ya Roho Mtakatifu wakati hawakutenda dhambi kwa makusudi. Hawajatenda dhambi dhidi ya Roho Mtakatifu isipokuwa wamekana kwa makusudi damu ya Yesu Kristo na kuikanyaga chini ya miguu yao, “maana tukifanya dhambi kwa kupenda baada ya kuupokea ujuzi wa kweli, hakusalia tena dhabihu kwa ajili ya dhambi,” Ebr 10:26. Wengine wametegwa na adui na kupoteza Pentekoste na kupoteza utakaso na kupoteza kuhesabiwa haki, nayo imeleta huzuni, nao wanaweza kutubu kwa sababu hawakufanya hivyo kwa makusudi. Walishindwa nguvu na adui, na bila kuelewa, walilegea kwake. Wanaweza kujaribiwa kukata tamaa kwa sababu shetani anaweza kuwaambia kwamba wametenda dhambi dhidi ya Roho Mtakatifu, lakini Biblia inasema, “Tukifanya dhambi kwa kupenda.” Kwa hiyo hatujatenda dhambi isiyosameheka, ikiwa hatujatenda dhambi kwa makusudi. Bado tunaye mwombezi kwa Baba, Yesu Kristo mwenye haki.The devil may tell people that they have sinned against the Holy Ghost when they have not sinned willfully. They have not sinned against the Holy Ghost unless they have willfully denied the blood of Jesus Christ and trampled it under their feet, "for if we sin willfully, after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins," Heb 10.26. Some have been ensnared by the enemy and have lost the Pentecost and lost sanctification and lost justification, and it has brought sadness, and they can repent because they did not do it willfully. They were overpowered by the enemy, and not understanding, they yielded to it. They may be tempted to despair because the devil may tell them that they have sinned against the Holy Ghost, but the Bible says, "If we sin willfully." So we have not committed the unpardonable sin, if we have not sinned willfully. We still have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Lakini ni jambo hatari sana kwetu kurudi nyuma baada ya kupokea nuru. Paulo alilionya kanisa la Waebrania, wale waliokuwa wamemjia Kristo na kuwa na ujuzi halisi wa Roho kisha wakawa wanarudi kwenye dhabihu za zamani na kupigana na Roho wa Mungu. Anasema, “Maana, wale walioangazwa mara moja, na kuonja kile kipawa cha mbinguni, na kushiriki Roho Mtakatifu, na kuonja neno jema la Mungu, na nguvu za ule ulimwengu ujao, wakaanguka, haiwezekani kuwafanya upya tena hata wakatubu; kwa kuwa wanamsulibisha Mwana wa Mungu tena, na kumfedhehesha waziwazi.” Ebr. 6:4-6But it is a very dangerous thing for us to go back after we have received light. Paul warned the Hebrew church, those that had come to Christ and had a real knowledge of the Spirit and then were turning back to the old sacrifices and fought against the Spirit of God. He says, "It is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh and put Him to an open shame." Heb. 6:4-6

Baada ya kufanywa kioja kwa ajili ya Kristo na kushiriki laumu na dhiki za Kristo, na baada ya kuonja kipawa cha mbinguni na kufanywa washiriki wa Roho Mtakatifu, hatuwezi kumudu kurudi nyuma. Lakini tukikana kweli nguvu za Mungu na kurudi duniani, hakuna njia yoyote ya sisi kurudi. “Mtu aliyeidharau sheria ya Musa hufa pasipo huruma kwa kinywa cha mashahidi wawili au watatu; je, mwadhani ataona adhabu ya kuzidi sana namna gani mtu yule aliyemkanyaga Mwana wa Mungu, na kuihesabu damu ya agano ile iliyomtakasa kuwa kitu cha kawaida, na kumfanyia jeuri Roho wa neema?” Ebr.10:28, 29After we have been made a gazing stock for Christ and took part in the reproaches and afflictions of Christ, and after we have tasted of the heavenly gift and are made partakers of the Holy Ghost, we cannot afford to go back. But if we really deny the power of God and turn back into the world, there is no possible way for us to get back. "He that despised Moses' law, died without mercy under two or three witnesses; of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?" Heb.10:28, 29

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3. Karama za Roho: Utaratibu, Tafsiri na Amani Miongoni mwa Makanisa3. Gifts of the Spirit: Order, Interpretation and Peace among the Churches

The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Buku la I, Nambari 5, Januari 1907: ripoti ya Mwaka Mpya, barua ya G. B. Cashwell kutoka North Carolina, makala yaliyotiwa sahihi W.J.S. (“Tazama, Bwana Arusi Anakuja!”, “Pokeeni Roho Mtakatifu,” “Karama za Roho”), “Swali la Kanisa,” “Mungu Ndiye Mfasiri Wake Mwenyewe,” na “Wimbo wa Mbinguni.” Chanzo cha msingi; madai yaliyomo ni ya wahariri na washiriki. Michango iliyotiwa sahihi au iliyoandikwa kwa nafsi ya kwanza na waandishi ambao haki zao hazijaruhusiwa Mexico imeachwa, na vipengele vingine vimeachwa kwa sababu ya urefu; kila sehemu iliyoachwa imewekwa alama […].The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Vol. I, No. 5, January 1907: the New Year report, G. B. Cashwell’s letter from North Carolina, the articles signed W.J.S. (“Behold the Bridegroom Cometh!”, “Receive Ye the Holy Ghost,” “Gifts of the Spirit”), “The Church Question,” “God Is His Own Interpreter,” and “The Heavenly Anthem.” Primary source; the claims are those of the editors and participants. Signed or first-person contributions by authors whose rights are not cleared in Mexico have been left out, and other items have been left out for length; each omission is marked […].

Dokezo la CTS: Kufikia Januari 1907 misheni tayari inasahihisha makosa yake ya mwanzo. Seymour anakiri kwamba “sote tulikuwa tunalipuka kwa lugha” lakini kwamba watakatifu wamejifunza “kuwa watulivu zaidi na karama,” ili ibada ifanywe “kwa heshima na kwa taratibu” (1 Kor. 14:40). Anaita unabii “karama bora kwa kanisa,” anaweka lugha zisizofasiriwa chini yake, na anaonya dhidi ya kuabudu karama. “Swali la Kanisa” linakataza kushambulia makanisa na wachungaji wengine na linaita madhehebu yote “ndugu zetu”; onyo lisilotiwa sahihi kwamba ushupavu hutokana na kuliweka kando Neno ni kanuni ya msingi ya kupambanua. Kauli kwamba “watu wa misheni hawatumii dawa kamwe” inaeleza desturi ya misheni; CTS haitoi kama ushauri wa kitabibu, na hakuna msomaji anayepaswa kuacha dawa au huduma ya matibabu isipokuwa kwa ushauri wa mtaalamu wa afya aliyehitimu. Usomaji wa Seymour wa mfano wa wanawali kumi, ambapo ni wale tu waliobatizwa katika Roho wanaoingia karamu ya arusi, na mpango wake wa kina wa unyakuo, dhiki kuu na miaka elfu, ni wake mwenyewe; Wakristo wanashikilia mitazamo kadhaa kuhusu mambo ya mwisho. Ripoti ya Cashwell inaonyesha uamsho ukivuka mipaka ya rangi katika Kusini mwa Marekani mwaka 1907.CTS note: By January 1907 the mission is already correcting its own early excesses. Seymour admits that “we all used to break out in tongues” but that the saints have “learned to be quieter with the gift,” so that worship is done “decently and in order” (1 Cor. 14:40). He calls prophecy “the best gift to the church,” ranks uninterpreted tongues below it, and warns against worshipping the gift. “The Church Question” forbids attacks on other churches and pastors and calls all denominations “our brethren”; the unsigned warning that fanaticism comes from setting aside the Word is a basic rule of discernment. The statement that “the mission people never take medicine” describes the mission’s practice; CTS does not give it as medical advice, and no reader should stop medicine or medical care except on a qualified health professional’s advice. Seymour’s reading of the parable of the ten virgins, in which only the Spirit-baptized enter the marriage supper, and his detailed scheme of rapture, tribulation and millennium, are his own; Christians hold several views of the last things. Cashwell’s report shows the revival crossing racial lines in the American South in 1907.

“Mkishindanie kwa bidii imani ile mliyopewa watakatifu mara moja tu.”—Yuda 3“Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”—Jude 3

Buku la I. Nambari 5 Los Angeles, Cal., Januari, 1907 Usajili BureVol. I. No. 5 Los Angeles, Cal., January, 1907 Subscription Free

MWANZO WA UAMSHO WA ULIMWENGU MZIMABEGINNING OF WORLD WIDE REVIVAL

Tunatarajia mambo ya ajabu kutoka kwa Bwana kwa mwaka 1907. Kufungwa kwa mwaka wa zamani na kuanza kwa mpya kulitukuta tukiwa magotini katika Misheni ya Azusa. Na Mwaka Mpya ulipotangazwa, wimbi la utukufu, na upendo wa kimungu na umoja likatujia. Mkutano uliendelea hadi asubuhi na siku nzima iliyofuata. Ni mwaka wa yubile. Na tuutumie wote miguuni pake, tukijifunza kwake. Bwana alifanya mambo makuu mwaka 1906. Pentekoste ilianguka kwa mara ya kwanza Los Angeles tarehe 9 Aprili. Tangu wakati huo habari njema imeenea katika nusutufe mbili. Wengi wanafurahi katika msamaha, usafi, na nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu. Popote kazi inapokwenda, roho huokolewa, na si kuokolewa tu kutoka kuzimu bali kabisa, na kuandaliwa kukutana na Bwana atakapokuja. Mamia wamebatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu. Wengi wao sasa wako mashambani, na wengine nchi za nje, na Mungu anafanya kazi pamoja nao, akijalia ishara na maajabu kufuata kuhubiriwa kwa Injili kamili.We are expecting wonderful things from the Lord for 1907. The closing up of the old year and beginning of the new found us on our knees at Azusa Mission. And as the New Year was announced, such a wave of glory, and divine love and unity came over us. The meeting went on till morning and all the next day. It is a jubilee year. May we all spend it at His feet, learning of Him. The Lord did great things in 1906. Pentecost first fell in Los Angeles on April 9th. Since then the good tidings has spread in two hemispheres. Many are rejoicing in pardon, purity, and the power of the Holy Ghost. Wherever the work goes, souls are saved, and not only saved from hell but through and through, and prepared to meet the Lord at His coming. Hundreds have been baptized with the Holy Ghost. Many of them are now out in the field, and some in foreign lands, and God is working with them, granting signs and wonders to follow the preaching of the full Gospel.

Watu kote nchini wamesikia kwamba mafuta ya Roho yanamiminwa Los Angeles, nao wanakuja kupata mafuta—wanakuja maelfu ya maili. Nao wanajazwa mafuta matakatifu, ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, na popote wanapokwenda, yanamiminwa.People all over the land have heard that the oil of the Spirit is being poured out in Los Angeles, and they are coming for oil—coming thousands of miles. And they are being filled with the holy oil, the baptism with the Holy Ghost, and wherever they go, it is being poured out.

Kutokana na imani ndogo kama punje ya haradali iliyopewa kikundi kidogo cha watu waliomngojea Mungu katika mkutano wa maombi wa nyumbani, mti mkubwa umekua, hata watu kutoka kila sehemu ya nchi wanakuja kama ndege kutua katika matawi yake. (Mat. 13:31-32.) Imani bado inakua, nasi bado tuko mwanzoni tu, tukishindania kwa bidii imani iliyokabidhiwa watakatifu mara moja tu.From the little mustard seed faith that was given to a little company of people waiting on God in a cottage prayer meeting, a great tree has grown, so that people from all parts of the country are coming like birds to lodge in the branches thereof. (Matt. 13:31-32.) The faith is still growing, and we are still just in the beginning, earnestly contending for the faith once delivered unto the saints.

Ni kungoja kwa daima katika chumba cha juu kwenye Azusa Street. Ni kama mkutano wa kambi au kongamano la daima. Watu wa tabaka zote na mataifa yote hukutana katika kiwango sawa. Mmoja aliyekuja kwa mara ya kwanza alisema, “Jambo lililonivutia zaidi ni unyenyekevu wa watu, nikaenda chumbani kwangu nikapiga magoti na kumwomba Mungu anipe unyenyekevu.”It is a continual upper room tarrying at Azusa Street. It is like a continual camp meeting or convention. All classes and nationalities meet on a common level. One who came for the first time said, "The thing that impressed me most was the humility of the people, and I went to my room and got down on my knees and asked God to give me humility."

Madhabahu zimejaa watafutaji. Wakati mwingine mikutano huendelea usiku kucha. Watu huanguka chini ya nguvu za Mungu na kutakaswa au kuinuka wakinena kwa lugha mpya. Katika mikutano, unaona furaha takatifu ya Bwana katika nyuso, na watu wanayeyushwa mbele za Bwana, wamejazwa sifa zake.The altars are filled with seekers. Sometimes the meetings go on all night. People are slain under the power of God and sanctified or rise up speaking in new tongues. In the meetings, you see the holy joy of the Lord in the countenances, and people are melted in the presence of the Lord, filled with His praise.

Bwana anawaponya wengi miili yao iliyo wagonjwa kwa neema yake. Watu huponywa katika Misheni karibu kila siku. Maombi ya kuombewa huja kutoka kila mahali. Huwasilishwa katika mkutano na Roho hushuhudia katika visa vingi kwamba maombi yamejibiwa, na tunaposikia kutoka kwao wameponywa. Vitambaa vya mkononi hutumwa ili kubarikiwa, na hurudishwa kwa wagonjwa nao huponywa katika visa vingi. Siku moja leso tisa zilibarikiwa, siku nyingine kumi na sita. Mtu mmoja alikuja na mkono uliovunjika naye akaponywa. Watu wa misheni hawatumii dawa kamwe. Hawataki. Wamemchukua Yesu kuwa mponyaji wao naye huponya daima. Kuna roho tamu sana ya umoja miongoni mwa misheni za Kipentekoste huko Los Angeles na wafanyakazi katika miji ya viungani. Kila Jumatatu asubuhi, wahudumu na wafanyakazi kutoka sehemu hizi mbalimbali hukutana pamoja kwa maombi na ushauri. Misheni za Los Angeles ziko 327 1/2 S. Spring, ambayo Ndugu Fisher ni mchungaji wake; 8th na Maple Ave., ambayo Ndugu Pendleton ni mchungaji wake; na 1321 E. 51st St., ambapo Ndugu na Dada Kent wana dhamana. Wafanyakazi kutoka Long Beach, Pasadena, Clearwater, Anaheim, na maeneo mengine ya jirani pia huja. Wote wana nia moja.The Lord is graciously healing many sick bodies. People are healed at the Mission almost every day. Requests come in for prayer from all over. They are presented in the meeting and the Spirit witnesses in many cases that prayer is answered, and when we hear from them they are healed. Handkerchiefs are sent in to be blest, and are returned to the sick and they are healed in many cases. One day nine handkerchiefs were blest, another day sixteen. A man came with a broken arm and was healed. The mission people never take medicine. They do not want it. They have taken Jesus for their healer and He always heals. There is a very sweet spirit of unity among Pentecostal missions in Los Angeles and workers in suburban towns. Every Monday morning, the ministers and workers from these different points meet together for prayer and counsel. The missions in Los Angeles are at 327 1/2 S. Spring, of which Bro. Fisher is pastor; 8th and Maple Ave., of which Bro. Pendleton is pastor; and 1321 E. 51st St., where Bro. and Sister Kent have charge. Workers from Long Beach, Pasadena, Clearwater, Anaheim, and other nearby places also come in. All are in one accord.

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Tunasimama kama makutaniko na misheni wote kwa upatano kamili. Misheni ya Azusa inasimama kwa ajili ya umoja wa watu wa Mungu kila mahali. Mungu anawaunganisha watu wake akiwabatiza kwa Roho mmoja katika mwili mmoja.We stand as assemblies and missions all in perfect harmony. Azusa Mission stands for the unity of God's people everywhere. God is uniting His people baptizing them by one Spirit into one body.

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PENTEKOSTE KATIKA NORTH CAROLINA.PENTECOST IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Dunn, N.C., Jan. 2.Dunn, N.C., Jan. 2.

Kwa Watakatifu katika Misheni ya Azusa, na California yote, salamu katika Jina la Yesu!To the Saints in Azusa Mission, and through all California, greeting in Jesus Name!

Ee msifuni! Ni ajabu. Wiki iliyopita nilifanya ibada chache mashambani katika moja ya makanisa ya Utakatifu, na wawili walipokea Pentekoste yao na kunena kwa lugha. Lugha zilikuwa kamilifu kama nilivyowahi kusikia. Mmoja alikuwa msimamizi wa shule ya Jumapili na mwingine mzee wa kanisa. Ilinibidi niondoke kwenye mkutano huo ili kutimiza miadi yangu hapa, lakini mkutano bado unaendelea huko. Hii ni siku ya tatu tu hapa, na tayari karibu kumi wamepokea Pentekoste yao. Wahubiri watano walipokea ubatizo na baadhi yao wana lugha mbili au tatu tayari na wanaweza kuhubiri mahubiri na kuomba katika lugha hizo. Kanisa limejaa kupita kiasi na watu wanakuja kutoka kote nchini. Wenye dhambi wanaongoka na wengine wanatubu. Mji huu wa takriban watu 2,500 haujawahi kuona Pentekoste, lakini sifa kwa Mungu, imefika na mji umechochewa kutoka kituo hadi pembezoni. Watu wameacha kula na biashara kwa kiasi kikubwa na wanapiga magoti mbele za Mungu kwa dhati. Jinsi ninavyomsifu Mungu kwa wokovu huu wa ajabu. Ishara zote hunifuata tangu nilipopokea Pentekoste. Ee na tutegemee tu sauti ndogo tulivu tamu ya Yesu. Yeye hufanya yote. Ee jinsi ninavyomsifu Mungu kwa kunituma Los Angeles, na kwa ajili yenu nyote. Jan. 17—Mungu wetu anatimiza ahadi yake na Roho wake anamiminwa hapa Dunn kuliko hapo awali. Wengi wamekuja kutoka South Carolina na Georgia na kupokea Pentekoste yao na kurudi, na huko wengine wamepokea ubatizo. Moto unaenea. Mkutano unaendelea hapa kwa hamu kubwa zaidi. Karibu kila ibada, mtu hupokea Pentekoste yake na kunena kwa lugha. Baadhi ya wahubiri wetu wamehubiri, kuimba na kuomba kwa lugha zisizojulikana, na bila kusema neno la Kiingereza, wameamsha wenye dhambi.O praise Him! It is wonderful. Last week I held a few services in the country in one of the Holiness churches, and two received their Pentecost and spoke in tongues. The languages were as perfect as I ever heard. One was a Sunday school superintendent and the other an elder of the church. I had to leave that meeting to fill my appointment here, but the meeting is still going on there. This is only the third day, here, and already about ten have received their Pentecost. Five preachers received the baptism and some of them have two or three languages already and can preach sermons and pray in the tongues. The church is filled to overflow and people come from all over the country. Sinners are being converted and others repenting. This town of about 2,500 has never seen Pentecost before, but praise God, it has come and the town is stirred from center to circumference. People have laid aside eating and business to a great extent and are going down before God in earnest. How I praise God for this wonderful salvation. All the signs follow me since I received Pentecost. O let us trust only to the still, sweet voice of Jesus. He does it all. O how I praise God for sending me to Los Angeles, and for you all. Jan. 17—Our God is fulfilling His promise and His Spirit is being poured out here in Dunn as never before. Many have come from South Carolina and Georgia and have received their Pentecost and gone back, and there some have received the baptism. The fire is spreading. The meeting continues here in greater interest. Nearly every service, someone receives their Pentecost and speaks in tongues. Some of our preachers have preached, sung and prayed in unknown tongues, and without speaking a word of English, have awakened sinners.

Watu kadhaa weusi wamepokea Pentekoste yao halisi na wananena kwa lugha. Mungu amewabariki baadhi ya watu kwa ajabu kwa karama ya wimbo. Dada mmoja mweusi, mwalimu wa shule, alipokea Pentekoste usiku mmoja na kunena kwa lugha kwa muda. Ameonyesha wito wa kwenda mashamba ya nje. Watu wote wa Mungu ni wamoja hapa. Niliomba sana Mungu anipe mlango kwa ndugu zangu, ili nipate kuwashawishi juu ya kweli zake zilizobarikiwa. Wala hakuna hata mmoja wao aliyepinga dhidi yangu hadi sasa, bali wamejitokeza na kupokea Pentekoste yao halisi na wanakwenda kwa nguvu za Bwana. Baadhi ya watu wanajiandaa sasa kwa mashamba ya nje. Ee jinsi ninavyomsifu Mungu!Several colored people have received their real Pentecost and speak in tongues. God has wonderfully blest some of the people with the gift of song. One colored sister, a school teacher, received the Pentecost the other night and spoke in tongues for some time. She has manifested a call to foreign fields. All the people of God are one here. I prayed much that God would give me access to my brethren, and thus I might convince them of His blessed truths. And not one of them has taken issue against me as yet, but come forward and have received their real Pentecost and are going forth in the power of the Lord. Some of the people are getting ready for the foreign fields now. O how I praise God!

Ndugu, ombeni, na eneza habari popote alipo mwanadamu. Huenda nisiwaone tena katika mwili, lakini nakuja nikileta miganda.Brothers, pray, and spread the tidings around wherever man is found. I may never see you in the flesh any more, but I am coming up bringing in the sheaves.

Wengi wanapata Pentekoste yao nyumbani na ng’ambo. Naenda kutoka hapa High Point, N.C. Nina miito mingi kuliko ninavyoweza kutimiza ndani ya miezi sita. Ndugu yenu na mtumishi wa Mungu, -G.B. Cashwell.Many are getting their Pentecost at home and abroad. I go from here to High Point, N.C. Have more calls than I can fill in six months. Your brother and servant of God, -G.B. Cashwell.

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“TAZAMA, BWANA ARUSI ANAKUJA!”"BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!"

“Wakati huo ufalme wa mbinguni utafananishwa na wanawali kumi, waliochukua taa zao, wakatoka kwenda kumlaki bwana arusi. Watano miongoni mwao walikuwa wenye busara, na watano wapumbavu. Wale wapumbavu walizitwaa taa zao wasichukue mafuta pamoja nao; lakini wale wenye busara walitwaa mafuta katika vyombo vyao pamoja na taa zao. Bwana arusi alipokawia, wote wakasinzia, wakalala. Lakini usiku wa manane ukawa kelele, Haya, bwana arusi! Tokeni mkamlaki. Ndipo wanawali wale wote wakaamka, wakazitengeneza taa zao. Wale wapumbavu wakawaambia wale wenye busara, Tupeni sehemu ya mafuta yenu, kwa kuwa taa zetu zinazimika. (R.V. Zinazimika.) Lakini wale wenye busara wakajibu wakisema, La; hayatutosheni sisi na ninyi; afadhali nendeni kwa wauzao, mkajinunulie. Walipokwenda kununua, bwana arusi akaja; na wale waliokuwa tayari wakaingia pamoja naye arusini; mlango ukafungwa. Baadaye wale wanawali wengine nao wakaja, wakisema, Bwana, Bwana, tufungulie. Naye akajibu akasema, Amin, nawaambia, siwajui ninyi."Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them; but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. "While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight, there was a cry made, Behold the bridegroom: go ye out to meet him. "Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. (R.V. Going Out.) But the wise answered saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. "And while they went to buy the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage; and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

“Basi, kesheni, kwa maana hamjui siku wala saa.” Mat. 25:1-13."Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh." Matt. 25:1-13.

Unajua bikira katika maandiko ni kielelezo cha usafi. Kristo anasema katika mfano huu kuhusu kanisa na hali yake wakati wa kuja kwake. Roho nyingi za thamani leo hazitazamii kurudi kwa Bwana wao, nazo zitapatikana katika hali ileile ya wanawali watano wapumbavu. Walianza kwenda kumlaki bwana arusi, na walikuwa na mafuta kidogo katika taa zao lakini hawakuwa nayo katika vyombo vyao pamoja na taa zao. Kwa hiyo kelele ilipotolewa ya kutoka, walionekana kupungukiwa mafuta, ambayo ni kielelezo halisi cha Roho Mtakatifu. Watoto wengi wa Mungu wametakaswa dhambi na bado wanapigana dhidi ya kupata mafuta zaidi. Wanadhani wanayo ya kutosha. Wana upendo wa Mungu kiasi rohoni mwao, lakini hawana sehemu maradufu yake. Kitu wanachohitaji ni mafuta katika vyombo vyao pamoja na taa zao. Ni wazi kabisa.You know virgin in the scripture is a type of purity. Christ is speaking in this parable about the church and its condition at His coming. Many precious souls today are not looking for the return of their Lord, and they will be found in the same condition as the five foolish virgins. They started out to meet the bridegroom, and had some oil in their lamps but none in their vessels with their lamps. So when the cry was made to go forth, they were found wanting in oil, which is the real type of the Holy Ghost. Many of God's children are cleansed from sin and yet fight against getting more oil. They think they have enough. They have some of God's love in their souls, but they have not the double portion of it. The thing they need is oil in their vessels with their lamps. It is just as plain as can be.

Wapendwa, Maandiko yanasema, “Heri walioalikwa kwenye karamu ya arusi ya Mwana-Kondoo.” Ufu. 19:9. Kwa hiyo wamebarikiwa wale walio na mwito. Wale watakaoruhusiwa kuingia ni wale waliohesabiwa haki, waliotakaswa, na waliobatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu—waliotiwa muhuri kwa siku ya ukombozi. Ee Mungu awachochee bibi arusi wake anayengoja kila mahali wapate mafuta katika vyombo vyao pamoja na taa zao ili waingie katika karamu ya arusi. Roho Mtakatifu anapepeta watu wanaovaa mavazi ya haki na muhuri vipajini mwao. Malaika anazishikilia pepo sasa hadi watoto wote wa Mungu watiwe muhuri vipajini mwao kwa jina la Baba. Kisha ghadhabu ya Mungu itamiminwa.Dearly beloved, the Scripture says, "Blessed are they which are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb." Rev. 19:9. So they are blessed that have the call. Those that will be permitted to enter in are those who are justified, sanctified, and baptized with the Holy Ghost—sealed unto the day of redemption. O may God stir up His waiting bride everywhere to get oil in their vessels with their lamps that they may enter into the marriage supper. The Holy Ghost is sifting out a people that are getting on the robes of righteousness and the seal in their foreheads. The angel is holding the winds now till all the children of God are sealed in their foreheads with the Father's name. Then the wrath of God is going to be poured out.

“Tazama, Bwana Arusi anakuja!” Ee wakati u karibu sana. Shuhuda zote za kuja kwake zilizokuwa zikitolewa kwa miezi ni ushahidi kwamba anakuja karibuni. Lakini baragumu itakapolia, itakuwa kuchelewa mno kujiandaa. Wale ambao hawako tayari wakati wa unyakuo wataachwa kupitia dhiki kuu ya kutisha inayokuja juu ya dunia. Wanawali wenye busara watakuwa kwenye karamu ya arusi na kutumia wakati wa dhiki kuu pamoja na Bwana Yesu. Watakuwa na miili ya utukufu. Kwa maana sisi tutakaosalia hata kuja kwake Bwana tutabadilishwa kwa dakika moja, kufumba na kufumbua."Behold the Bridegroom cometh!" O the time is very near. All the testimonies of His coming that have been going on for months are a witness that He is coming soon. But when the trumpet sounds, it will be too late to prepare. Those that are not ready at the rapture will be left to go through the awful tribulation that is coming upon the earth. The wise virgins will be at the marriage supper and spend the time of the great tribulation with the Lord Jesus. They will have glorified bodies. For we which remain unto the coming of the Lord will be changed in the twinkling of an eye.

Roho nyingi za thamani zinaamini leo kwamba katika utakaso wanayo yote, kwamba tayari wana ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu au uvikwaji wa nguvu; lakini siku ile, wataona wamekosea. Wanasema, Mbali na kazi hii ya tatu. Kuna tofauti gani, wapendwa, ikiwa inahitaji kazi 300? Tunataka kuwa tayari kukutana na bwana arusi. Wanawali wapumbavu waliwaambia wenye busara, “Tupeni sehemu ya mafuta yenu.” Jambo hili litatokea. Wengi wanaosema wanayo ya kutosha na wanapinga, wataona taa zao zikizimika na kuomba maombi ya watu wa Mungu. Mungu anawaonya kupitia watumishi wake na vijakazi wake mjiandae; lakini wengi watarudi kupata mafuta kwa wengine. Wapendwa, hatuwezi kupata zaidi ya kututosha sisi wenyewe. Waweza kushika mikono ya watakatifu lakini huwezi kukamua mafuta yoyote. Lazima ujazwe chombo mwenyewe. Wengi watakuwa wakioa na kuolewa, wakinunua na kuuza, na masumbufu ya ulimwengu huu yatawazuia. Zaidi ya yote, tunataka kupata mafuta, Roho Mtakatifu. Kila Mkristo lazima abatizwe katika Roho Mtakatifu yeye mwenyewe. Roho nyingi maskini siku ile zitakatishwa tamaa sana. Na tumtafute leo, ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto. Sasa ndio wakati wa kununua mafuta; yaani kwa kungoja miguuni pa Bwana Yesu na kupokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu.Many precious souls believe today that in sanctification they have it all, that they have already the baptism with the Holy Ghost or enduement of power; but in that day, they will find they are mistaken. They say, Away with this third work. What is the difference, dear ones, if it takes 300 works? We want to be ready to meet the bridegroom. The foolish virgins said to the wise, "Give us of your oil." This thing is going to happen. Many that are saying they have enough and are opposing, will find their lamps going out and ask the prayers of God's people. God is warning you through His servants and handmaidens to get ready; but many are going to come back to get the oil from others. Dear ones, we cannot get more than enough for ourselves. You can grasp the saints' hands but you cannot squeeze any oil out. You have to get the vessel filled for yourself. Many are going to be marrying and giving in marriage, buying and selling, and the cares of this world are going to get in the way. Above all, we want to get the oil, the Holy Ghost. Every Christian must be baptized with the Holy Ghost for himself. Many poor souls in that day will be awfully disappointed. May we seek Him today, the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. Now is the time to buy the oil; that is by tarrying at the feet of the Lord Jesus and receiving the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Inaonekana kwamba watu wataweza kununua mafuta wakati wa unyakuo. Inaonekana kwamba Roho bado atakuwa hapa duniani na kwamba wanaweza kuyapata, lakini itakuwa kuchelewa kwa karamu ya arusi. Kwa hiyo Bwana anatuonya tuwe tayari, kwa maana hatujui siku wala saa. Wale watakaoachwa wakati wa unyakuo na bado wakathibitika waaminifu kwa Mungu na kutopokea alama ya mnyama, ingawa itawabidi kuteseka kuuawa kwa imani, watafufuliwa kutawala pamoja na Kristo. Mpinga Kristo atatawala wakati wa dhiki kuu na kila kitu kitadhibitiwa naye na nabii wa uongo, watakapofanikiwa kuunganisha ulimwengu mzima katika kumtambua mpinga Kristo. Wale wanaomtambua wataruhusiwa kununua na kuuza, lakini wale wanaosimama waaminifu kwa Bwana Yesu na kushuhudia Damu watauawa kwa neno la ushuhuda wao. Lakini kwa kuthibitika waaminifu hadi kufa, watafufuliwa wakati wa miaka elfu na kutawala pamoja na Kristo. Lakini sisi tutakaonyakuliwa kwenye karamu ya arusi ya Mwana-Kondoo tutaepuka mapigo yanayokuja juu ya dunia.It seems that people will be able to buy oil during the rapture. It seems that the Spirit will still be here on earth and that they could get it, but it will be too late for the marriage supper. So the Lord warns us to be ready, for we know not the day nor the hour. Those that get left in the rapture and still prove faithful to God and do not receive the mark of the beast, though they will have to suffer martyrdom, will be raised to reign with Christ. Antichrist will reign during the tribulation and everything will be controlled by him and by the false prophet, when they have succeeded in uniting the whole world in acknowledging the antichrist. Those that acknowledge him will be permitted to buy and sell, but those that stand faithful to the Lord Jesus and testify to the Blood will be killed for the word of their testimony. But by proving faithful to death, they will be raised during the millennium and reign with Christ. But we that are caught up to the marriage supper of the Lamb will escape the plagues that are coming on the earth.

Mungu atutayarishe kila mmoja wetu kwa kuja kwa Bwana, ili tuje tena pamoja naye juu ya farasi weupe na kumsaidia kutekeleza hukumu duniani na kuandaa njia kwa ufalme wa miaka elfu, atakapotawala kutoka pwani hadi pwani, na haki itaifunika dunia kama maji yaifunikavyo bahari.May God fit everyone of us for the coming of the Lord, that we may come back with him on white horses and help Him to execute judgment on the earth and make way for the millennial kingdom, when He shall reign from shore to shore, and righteousness shall cover the earth as waters cover the sea.

Huo ndio wakati ambao Henoko alitabiri habari zake, “Tazama, Bwana alikuja na watakatifu wake, maelfu elfu.” Yuda 14. “Ndipo Bwana atatoka na kupigana na mataifa hayo, kama alivyopigana siku ya vita. Na miguu yake itasimama siku hiyo juu ya mlima wa Mizeituni.” Zek. 14:3, 4. Mlima utagawanyika mara mbili. Kisha mpinga Kristo na nabii wa uongo watatupwa katika ziwa la moto na kiberiti na Shetani atafungwa miaka elfu. Ufu. 19:20 na 20:2.That is the time that Enoch prophesied of, "Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of His saints," Jude 14. "Then shall the Lord go forth and fight against these nations, as when He fought in the day of battle. And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives," Zec. 14:3, 4. The mountain shall be parted in two. Then shall the antichrist and the false prophet be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone and Satan shall be bound a thousand years. Rev. 19:20 and 20:2.

Tutakuwa makuhani na wafalme kwa Mungu, tukitawala pamoja naye miaka elfu katika yubile ya amani. Kristo wetu atakuwa Mfalme wa wafalme na Bwana wa mabwana juu ya dunia yote. Tutatawala pamoja naye juu ya wanadamu wasiotukuzwa. Wengine watawekwa juu ya miji kumi na wengine juu ya miwili, na mitume kumi na wawili watakuwa juu ya makabila kumi na mawili ya Israeli. “Yeye ashindaye, nitampa kuketi pamoja nami katika kiti changu cha enzi, kama mimi nilivyoshinda nikaketi pamoja na Baba yangu katika kiti chake cha enzi.” Ufu. 3:21, 22.We shall be priests and kings unto God, reigning with Him a thousand years in a jubilee of peace. Our Christ will be King of kings and Lord of lords over the whole earth. We shall reign with Him over unglorified humanity. Some will be appointed over ten cities and some over two, and the twelve apostles will be over the twelve tribes of Israel. "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in His throne." Rev. 3:21, 22.

W.J.S.W.J.S.

SWALI LA KANISA.THE CHURCH QUESTION.

Huwezi kuwashinda watu kwa kulitukana kanisa lao au mchungaji wao. Maadamu unahubiri Kristo, unalisha roho; lakini mara tu unapomrukia mhubiri, unamhuzunisha Roho. Hubiri Kristo, nawe utalisha kundi na kuwa na kondoo walionona; lakini ukianza kuhubiri dhidi ya makanisa, utaona roho tamu ile ya Kristo isiyo na wivu, isiyojisifu, isiyojivuna, isiyofikiri mabaya, yenye uvumilivu na fadhili, haipo na roho kali ya kuhukumu inachukua nafasi yake. Ukiwalisha kutoka kwa Kristo, utaona Roho yuleyule akiwaka mioyoni mwao.You cannot win people by abusing their church or pastor. As long as you preach Christ, you feed souls; but as soon as you jump on the preacher, you grieve the Spirit. Preach Christ, and you will feed the flock and have fat sheep; but if you get to preaching against churches, you will find that sweet spirit of Christ that envieth not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, thinketh no evil, suffereth long and is kind, is lacking and a harsh judging spirit takes its place. If you feed them from Christ, you will find the same Spirit burning in their hearts.

Jambo kuu ni, Je, wewe ni wa Kristo? Ni kuchelewa mno kwetu kuanza kubomoa jengo la mtu mwingine na kujenga letu. Kitu cha kufanya ni kuwapa watu ukweli. Makanisa hayapaswi kulaumiwa kwa mafarakano. Watu walikuwa wakitafuta nuru. Walijenga madhehebu kwa sababu hawakujua njia bora. Sasa wakitaka kuishi katika familia, na wapate ukweli. Yesu atatatua yaliyobaki atakapokuja. Anataka watu wamlishe Kristo na kumwacha Roho kuwa kiongozi wao. Tunawafuata viongozi wa kibinadamu kadiri wanavyomfuata Kristo, lakini tunaweka macho yetu kwa Mchungaji Mkuu.The main thing is, Are you of Christ? It is too late in the day for us to go to work and tear down some other man's building and build up one of our own. The thing to do is to get the truth into the people. The churches are not to be blamed for divisions. People were hunting for light. They built up denominations because they did not know a better way. Now if they want to live in families, let them get the truth. Jesus will settle the rest when He comes. He wants people feeding on Christ and letting the Spirit be their leader. We follow human leaders as far as they follow Christ, but we keep our eyes on the great Shepherd.

Hatuna wakati wa kuhubiri chochote kingine ila Kristo. Roho Mtakatifu hana wakati wa kutukuza kingine chochote ila Damu ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo. Tukisimama kati ya walio hai na wafu, tunahitaji kuuchukua mwili unaokufa wa Bwana wetu kiasi kwamba watu watamwona Kristo tu ndani yetu, na kamwe wasipate nafasi ya kuona nafsi. Sisi ni sauti tu inayopaza, “Tazama, Mwana-Kondoo wa Mungu!” Tukianza kupaza kitu kingine, ndipo Kristo atakufa ndani yetu. Kristo akiinuliwa, atawavuta watu wote kwake.We do not have time to preach anything else but Christ. The Holy Spirit has not time to magnify anything else but the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Standing between the living and the dead, we need to so bear the dying body of our Lord, that people will only see Christ in us, and never get a chance to see self. We are simply a voice shouting, "Behold the Lamb of God!" When we commence shouting something else, then Christ will die in us. If Christ be lifted up, He will draw all men unto Him.

Watu wanapokosa upendo wa Mungu, huanza kuhubiri kitu kingine, kuhubiri mavazi, na vyakula, na mafundisho ya wanadamu, na kuhubiri dhidi ya makanisa. Madhehebu haya yote ni ndugu zetu. Roho hatawafukuza na kuwapeleka kuzimu. Tunapaswa kumtambua kila mtu aheshimuye Damu. Kwa hiyo na tutafute amani wala si fujo. Sisi tulio na ukweli tunapaswa kuushughulikia kwa uangalifu sana. Wakati tunaposhawishika kwamba tunao ukweli wote au zaidi ya mtu mwingine, tutaanguka. Tunapaswa kushughulika kwa subira na watu wa Bwana. Bwana anatuonyesha katika mfano wa tisini na tisa, kwamba hatupaswi kumchukua mwana-kondoo mdogo na kumpiga kichwani; bali kumwinua na kumweka kifuani mwetu, kama Mchungaji alivyofanya. Hatutaki kukanyaga cheche ndogo ya uzima katika mmoja wa wale dhaifu wa Mungu, aliye na Damu ya Yesu Kristo moyoni mwake.When people run out of the love of God, they get to preaching something else, preaching dress, and meats, and doctrines of men, and preaching against churches. All these denominations are our brethren. The Spirit is not going to drive them out and send them to hell. We are to recognize every man that honors the Blood. So let us seek peace and not confusion. We that have the truth should handle it very carefully. The moment we feel we have all the truth or more than anyone else, we will drop. We must deal patiently with the Lord's people. The Lord shows us in the parable of the ninety and nine, that we should not take the little lamb and beat it over the head; but lift it up into our bosom, just as the Shepherd did. We do not want to stamp out the little spark of life in one of God's weak ones, who has the Blood of Jesus Christ in their heart.

Ni baraka ya ajabu kupokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto. Huimba kupitia wewe nyimbo zake mwenyewe. Ni tamu sana unapokuwa umelala kitandani, na Bwana anashusha wimbo kutoka Paradiso moyoni mwako, wimbo ambao hukuujua kamwe, na kuweka ogani ya muziki mtamu rohoni mwako.It is wonderfully blessed to receive the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. He sings through you His own songs. It is so sweet when you are lying down on your bed, and the Lord drops a song from Paradise into your heart, a song you knew nothing about, and puts an organ of sweet music into your soul.

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“POKEENI ROHO MTAKATIFU.”"RECEIVE YE THE HOLY GHOST."

1.—Hatua ya kwanza katika kutafuta ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, ni kuwa na ufahamu wazi wa kuzaliwa upya rohoni mwetu, ambayo ni kazi ya kwanza ya neema na huleta uzima wa milele rohoni mwetu. “Basi tukiisha kuhesabiwa haki kwa imani, tuna amani kwa Mungu.” Kila mmoja wetu atubuye dhambi zake na kumgeukia Bwana Yesu kwa imani ndani yake, hupokea msamaha wa dhambi. Kuhesabiwa haki na kuzaliwa upya hutokea wakati uleule. Mwenye dhambi aliyesamehewa anakuwa mtoto wa Mungu katika kuhesabiwa haki. 2.—Hatua inayofuata kwetu ni kuwa na ufahamu wazi, kwa Roho Mtakatifu, wa kazi ya pili ya neema iliyotendwa mioyoni mwetu kwa nguvu ya Damu na Roho Mtakatifu. Ebr. 10:14,15, “Maana kwa sadaka moja amewakamilisha milele hao wanaotakaswa. Naye Roho Mtakatifu hushuhudia kwetu.” Maandiko pia hufundisha (Ebr. 2:11), “Maana yeye atakasaye, nao wanaotakaswa, wote wanatoka kwa mmoja; kwa sababu hiyo haoni haya kuwaita ndugu.” Kwa hiyo tunaye Kristo amevikwa taji na kuketishwa kwenye kiti cha enzi mioyoni mwetu, mti wa uzima. Tunavyo vijito na mito midogo ya wokovu ikitiririka rohoni mwetu, lakini sifa kwa Mungu, tunaweza kuwa na mito mikubwa. Kwa maana Bwana Yesu anasema, “Aniaminiye mimi, kama vile Maandiko yalivyosema, katika tumbo lake zitatoka mito ya maji yaliyo hai. Hili alilisema katika habari za Roho, kwa maana Roho Mtakatifu alikuwa hajapewa bado.” Lakini, sifa kwa Mungu wetu, sasa amepewa na anamiminwa juu ya wote wenye mwili. Jamii zote, mataifa na lugha zinapokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto, kulingana na unabii wa Yoeli.1.—The first step in seeking the baptism with the Holy Ghost, is to have a clear knowledge of the new birth in our souls, which is the first work of grace and brings everlasting life to our souls. "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God." Every one of us that repents of our sins and turns to the Lord Jesus with faith in Him, receives forgiveness of sins. Justification and regeneration are simultaneous. The pardoned sinner becomes a child of God in justification. 2.—The next step for us is to have a clear knowledge, by the Holy Spirit, of the second work of grace wrought in our hearts by the power of the Blood and the Holy Ghost. Heb. 10:14,15, "For by one offering, He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified, whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us." The Scripture also teaches (Heb. 2:11), "For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren." So we have Christ crowned and enthroned in our hearts, the tree of life. We have the brooks and streams of salvation flowing in our souls, but praise God, we can have the rivers. For the Lord Jesus says, "He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. This spake He of the Spirit, for the Holy Ghost was not yet given." But, praise our God, He is now given and being poured out upon all flesh. All races, nations, and tongues are receiving the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire, according to the prophecy of Joel.

3.—Tunapokuwa na ufahamu wazi wa kuhesabiwa haki na utakaso, kupitia Damu ya thamani ya Yesu Kristo mioyoni mwetu, ndipo tunaweza kuwa wapokeaji wa ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Watu wengi leo wametakaswa, wamesafishwa dhambi yote, na kujiweka wakfu kikamilifu kwa Mungu, lakini hawajamtii Bwana kulingana na Matendo 1:4, 5, 8 na Luka 24:39, kwa ajili ya Pentekoste yao binafsi halisi, uvikwaji wa nguvu kwa huduma na kazi na kwa kutiwa muhuri hadi siku ya ukombozi. Ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu ni karama ya bure bila toba, juu ya chombo kilichotakaswa na kusafishwa. 2 Kor. 1:21-22, “Basi yeye atuimarishaye sisi pamoja nanyi katika Kristo, naye ndiye aliyetutia mafuta, ni Mungu; ambaye pia alituwekea muhuri, akatupa arabuni ya Roho mioyoni mwetu.” Tumsifu Mungu wetu kwa kutiwa muhuri na Roho Mtakatifu hadi siku ya ukombozi.3.—When we have a clear knowledge of justification and sanctification, through the precious Blood of Jesus Christ in our hearts, then we can be a recipient of the baptism with the Holy Ghost. Many people today are sanctified, cleansed from all sin, and perfectly consecrated to God, but they have never obeyed the Lord according to Acts 1:4, 5, 8 and Luke 24:39, for their real personal Pentecost, the enduement of power for service and work and for sealing unto the day of redemption. The baptism with the Holy Ghost is a free gift without repentance, upon the sanctified, cleansed vessel. II Cor.1:21-22, "Now He which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God, who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts." Praise our God for the sealing of the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption.

Wapendwa, watu pekee watakaokutana na Bwana na Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo na kwenda pamoja naye katika karamu ya arusi ya Mwana-Kondoo, ni wanawali wenye busara-si tu waliookoka na kutakaswa, wenye mioyo safi na misafi, bali wenye ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Wengine tunawakuta hawajajiandaa. Wana mafuta kidogo katika taa zao lakini hawana sehemu maradufu ya Roho wake Mtakatifu. Wanafunzi walijazwa upako wa Roho Mtakatifu kabla ya Pentekoste ambao uliwategemeza hadi walipopokea ubatizo wa Roho Mtakatifu. Watu wengi leo wamejaa furaha na shangwe, lakini wako mbali na uvikwaji wa nguvu. Utakaso huleta raha na utamu na utulivu rohoni mwetu, kwa maana sisi ni wamoja na Bwana Yesu na tunaweza kulitii Neno lake la thamani, kwamba “Mwanadamu haishi kwa mkate tu, bali kwa kila neno litokalo katika kinywa cha Mungu,” nasi tunamlisha Kristo.Dearly beloved, the only people that will meet our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and go with Him into the marriage supper of the Lamb, are the wise virgins-not only saved and sanctified, with pure and clean hearts, but having the baptism with the Holy Ghost. The others we find will not be prepared. They have some oil in their lamps but they have not the double portion of His Holy Spirit. The disciples were filled with the unction of the Holy Spirit before Pentecost that sustained them until they received the Holy Ghost baptism. Many people today are filled with joy and gladness, but they are far from the enduement of power. Sanctification brings rest and sweetness and quietness to our souls, for we are one with the Lord Jesus and are able to obey His precious Word, that "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God," and we are feeding upon Christ.

Lakini na tungojee ahadi ya Baba rohoni mwetu, kulingana na Neno la Yesu, “Yohana alibatiza kwa maji, lakini ninyi mtabatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu baada ya siku hizi chache. * * * Lakini mtapokea nguvu akiisha kuwajilia juu yenu Roho Mtakatifu; nanyi mtakuwa mashahidi wangu, huko Yerusalemu, na katika Uyahudi wote, na Samaria, na hata mwisho wa nchi.” Matendo 1:1, 5, 8. Utukufu! Utukufu! Haleluya! Ee abudu, piga magoti na umwombe Roho Mtakatifu aingie, nawe utamkuta mlangoni pa moyo wako, naye ataingia. Mjaribu sasa. Amina.But let us wait for the promise of the Father upon our souls, according to Jesus' Word, "John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. * * * Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Acts 1:1, 5, 8. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! O worship, get down on your knees and ask the Holy Ghost to come in, and you will find Him right at your heart's door, and He will come in. Prove Him now. Amen.

—W.J.S.—W.J.S.

KARAMA ZA ROHO.GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.

“Basi, ndugu, kuhusu karama za rohoni, sipendi msiwe hamjui.”"Now concerning spiritual gifts brethren, I would not have you ignorant."

Paulo alikuwa akisema na Kanisa la Korintho wakati huu. Walikuwa kama watu wa Kristo kila mahali leo. Wengi wa watu wake hawajui haki zao katika Injili hii iliyobarikiwa. Injili ya Kristo ni nguvu ya Mungu ya kuwaokoa kila aaminiye. Na ili tuijue nguvu yake, ni lazima tubaki daima katika Neno la Mungu ili tupate matunda ya thamani ya Roho, na si matunda tu bali karama za thamani ambazo Baba anazo kwa ajili ya wadogo wake. Wapendwa, na tuyachunguze Maandiko na kuona sisi wenyewe kama tunalingana na kila neno litokalo katika kinywa cha Mungu. Tukibaki katika Maandiko na kumfuata Roho Mtakatifu aliyebarikiwa njia nzima, tutaweza kulingana na Neno la Mungu katika utimilifu wake wote. Paulo aliomba katika Efe. 3:16, “Awajalie, kwa kadiri ya utajiri wa utukufu wake, mpate kutiwa nguvu kwa uweza kwa Roho wake katika utu wa ndani; Kristo akae mioyoni mwenu kwa imani; mkiwa mmeshikamana na kuwa na msingi katika upendo, mpate kufahamu pamoja na watakatifu wote ni nini upana na urefu na kimo na kina; mkijua pia pendo la Kristo lipitalo ufahamu, mpate kujazwa utimilifu wote wa Mungu. Basi yeye aliye na uwezo wa kufanya mambo mengi kupita sana yote tuyaombayo au tuyawazayo, kwa kadiri ya nguvu ifanyayo kazi ndani yetu.” Watu wengi husema leo kwamba lugha ndiyo karama ndogo kuliko zote ambazo Bwana anaweza kutoa, na hawaihitaji, na kuuliza Ina faida gani kwetu? Lakini kwa funzo makini la Neno, tunaona katika sura ya 14 ya Wakorintho, Paulo akiliambia kanisa “fuateni upendo na kutamani sana karama za rohoni.” Upendo maana yake ni upendo wa kimungu: bila huo hatutaweza kamwe kuingia mbinguni. Karama zote zitapita, lakini upendo wa kimungu utadumu milele yote. Na katika mstari huohuo anasema, “Tamanini karama za rohoni, hasa mpate kutabiri,” yaani kuhubiri kwa lugha yako mwenyewe, ambayo itawajenga watakatifu na kanisa.Paul was speaking to the Corinthian Church at this time. They were like Christ's people everywhere today. Many of His people do not know their privileges in this blessed Gospel. The Gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth. And in order that we might know His power, we must forever abide in the Word of God that we may have the precious fruits of the Spirit, and not only the fruits but the precious gifts that Father has for His little ones. Dearly beloved, may we search the Scriptures and see for ourselves whether we are measuring up to every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. If we will remain in the Scriptures and follow the blessed Holy Spirit all the way, we will be able to measure up to the Word of God in all of its fullness. Paul prayed in Eph. 3:16, "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge; that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us." Many people say today that tongues are the least gift of any that the Lord can give, and they do not need it, and ask What good is it to us? But by careful study of the Word, we see in the 14th of Corinthians, Paul telling the church to "follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts." Charity means Divine love: without which we will never be able to enter heaven. Gifts all will fail, but Divine love will last through all eternity. And right in the same verse he says, "Desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy," that is to say, preach in your own tongue, which will build up the saints and the church.

Lakini anasema katika mstari unaofuata, “Maana yeye anenaye kwa lugha hanenei watu bali Mungu; kwa maana hakuna asikiaye, lakini kwa roho anenesha mambo ya siri. (R.V., kweli iliyofichwa.) Bali yeye atabiriye huwaambia watu maneno ya kujenga na kutia moyo na kufariji.” Yeye atabiriye kwa lugha yake mwenyewe analijenga kanisa; lakini yeye anenaye kwa lugha isiyojulikana anajijenga mwenyewe. Roho yake inajengwa, wakati kanisa halijengwi, kwa sababu hawaelewi anachosema isipokuwa Bwana amjalie mtu tafsiri ya lugha hiyo. Hapa ndipo wengi wanapojikwaa wasio na karama hii iliyobarikiwa ili kuitumia katika Roho. Wanasema, Ina faida gani wakati hujui unachozungumza?But he says in the next verse, "For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God, for no man understandeth him, howbeit in the Spirit, he speaketh mysteries, (R.V., hidden truth.) But he that prophesieth speaketh unto man to edification, exhortation and comfort." He that prophesies in his own tongue edifies the church; but he that speaks in unknown tongues edifies himself. His spirit is being edified, while the church is not edified, because they do not understand what he says unless the Lord gives somebody the interpretation of the tongue. Here is where many stumble that have not this blessed gift to use in the Spirit. They say, What good is it when you do not know what you are talking about?

Sifa kwa Mungu, kila karama anayotoa ni karama njema. Ni baraka sana, kwa maana Bwana anapokuwa tayari, anaweza kusema katika lugha yoyote anayochagua kusema. Unauliza, “Je, unabii si karama bora?” Unabii ni karama bora kwa kanisa, kwa maana unawajenga watakatifu na kuwasaidia na kuwainua kwa mambo ya juu zaidi katika Bwana Yesu. Ikiwa ndugu au dada anazungumza kwa lugha na hawezi kusema Kiingereza chochote, bali anahubiri kabisa kwa lugha na hakuna tafsiri, wao ni wadogo kuliko yule atabiriye, lakini wakifasiri ni wakuu vilevile. Mungu awasaidie watu wake wote wa thamani kusoma sura ya 14 ya 1 Kor., na awape tafsiri halisi ya Neno. Na sote tuitumie karama yetu kwa utukufu wa Mungu na si kuiabudu karama. Bwana hutupa nguvu ya kuitumia kwa utukufu na heshima yake mwenyewe.Praise God, every gift He gives is a good gift. It is very blessed, for when the Lord gets ready, He can speak in any language He chooses to speak. You ask, "Is not prophecy the best gift?" Prophecy is the best gift to the church, for it builds up the saints and edifies them and exalts them to higher things in the Lord Jesus. If a brother or sister is speaking in tongues and cannot speak any English, but preaches altogether in tongues and has no interpretation, they are less than he that prophesies, but if they interpret they are just as great. May God help all of His precious people to read the 14th of 1 Cor., and give them the real interpretation of the Word. May we all use our gift to the glory of God and not worship the gift. The Lord gives us power to use it to His own glory and honor.

Mara nyingi, tulipokuwa tukipokea Pentekoste hii iliyobarikiwa, sote tulikuwa tunalipuka kwa lugha; lakini tumejifunza kuwa watulivu zaidi na karama. Mara nyingi Mungu anapotutumia wimbi lililobarikiwa, sote tunaweza kunena kwa lugha kwa muda, lakini hatutaendelea nayo wakati ibada ya mahubiri inaendelea, kwa maana tunataka kulitii Neno, ili kila kitu kifanywe kwa heshima na kwa taratibu na bila fujo. Amina. -W.J.S.Many times, when we were receiving this blessed Pentecost, we all used to break out in tongues; but we have learned to be quieter with the gift. Often when God sends a blessed wave upon us, we all may speak in tongues for awhile, but we will not keep it up while preaching service is going on, for we want to be obedient to the Word, that everything may be done decently and in order and without confusion. Amen. -W.J.S.

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MUNGU NDIYE MFASIRI WAKE MWENYEWE.GOD IS HIS OWN INTERPRETER.

Watu wanaweza kusema si lugha Roho anayosema kupitia kwako. Haijalishi wanasema nini. Hawajui, kama Belshaza hakujua kuhusu maandishi yale ukutani. Ilimchukua Mungu kuyafasiri. Mtu wa tabia ya asili hawezi kuelewa siri za Mungu. Inahitaji mtoto aliyezaliwa kutoka mbinguni kuelewa. Mbarikiwe Mungu. Ameondoa jambo hili mikononi mwa mfalme. Shetani amefungiwa nje ya mafumbo ya Mungu. Anaweza kuwa mwenye kuona mambo ya mbali kwa uchawi, mfuasi wa Spiritualism, mpiga hypnotism na kuelewa kazi zote za giza, lakini katika miujiza ya kimungu yeye ni mpumbavu. Ilimhitaji Danieli kupokea tafsiri ya maandishi ukutani. Wenye hekima walikuwa bubu. Ilimhitaji mtu aliyetembea na Yehova kufasiri ndoto ya Nebukadneza. Wanajimu walisema hakuna awezaye kumwonyesha mfalme jambo hilo ila “miungu ambayo makao yao hayako pamoja na wenye mwili.” Lakini Mungu wa Danieli aliweza kufasiri. Yeye ni mfasiri wake mwenyewe leo. Mwachieni yeye. Bwana anawapa wengi tafsiri ya wanayosema.People may say it is no language the Spirit is speaking through you. It matters not what they say. They do not know, any more than Belshazzar knew about that hand writing on the wall. It took God to interpret that. The natural man cannot understand the secrets of God. It takes a born child from heaven to understand. Bless God. He has taken this out of the king's hands. The devil is shut out of the mysteries of God. He can be a clairvoyant, a Spiritualist, a hypnotist and understand all the works of darkness, but in Divine miracles he is a fool. It took Daniel to receive the interpretation of the writing on the wall. The wise men were dumb. It took one who walked with Jehovah to interpret Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. The astrologers said that no one could show the king's matter but "the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh." But Daniel's God could interpret. He is His own interpreter today. Leave it with him. The Lord is giving many the interpretation of what they speak.

Si lazima ujitahidi kufasiri. Hutumii akili yako kabisa. Bwana Mungu hutumia viungo vyako vya sauti na maneno hutoka bila wewe kuhusika nayo. Mungu anaposema, hakuna mwili unaoweza kushiriki. Mara nyingi Bwana humtuma mtu anayeielewa lugha hiyo ili kuthibitisha tafsiri.You do not have to strain to interpret. You do not use your mind at all. The Lord God uses your vocal organs and the words come out without your having anything to do with it. When God is speaking, no flesh can take a part in it. Often the Lord sends someone that understands the tongue to verify the interpretation.

Tunaposema kwa lugha zisizojulikana na hakuna anayeelewa au kufasiri, ni kusema katika ushirika na Bwana Mungu wetu na ni furaha na raha kwa roho yetu. Wengine hawawezi kuelewa lakini katika Roho tunanena siri. Lakini tunapofasiri, inaujenga mwili wote. “Kwa hiyo yeye anenaye kwa lugha na aombe apate kufasiri.” 1 Kor. 14:13. Mtu mmoja anasema inahitaji watu wadogo “wenye akili ya kidoli” kukubali Injili hii. Tuna kutokuamini kwingi—tumelishwa nako na kuloweshwa ndani yake—hata inatubidi kutolewa ndipo tujazwe. Yule asiyejua zaidi ya kumwamini Mungu tu, hupiga magoti na kumchukua kwa Neno lake na ushahidi huja kwamba Damu ya Yesu huokoa, na kutakasa dhambi yote; naye huchukua ahadi ya Baba, ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na kupokea ushahidi wa Kibiblia wa hilo. Sasa ni kama wakati wa Kristo, “watu wa kawaida walimsikiliza kwa furaha.” Wagiriki walitaka ujuzi na Wayahudi ishara, lakini watu wenye mioyo rahisi waliamini tu Yesu. Bwana anao watu kama hao leo wanaomfuata Mwana-Kondoo kila aendako. Mungu atusaidie kujinyenyekeza. “Yeyote atakayejinyenyekeza kama mtoto huyu, huyo ndiye aliye mkubwa katika ufalme wa mbinguni.”When we are speaking in unknown tongues and no one comprehends or interprets, it is speaking in communion with the Lord our God and it is joy and happiness to our soul. Others cannot understand but in the Spirit we speak mysteries. But when we interpret, it is edifying to the whole body. "Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue, pray that he may interpret." 1 Cor.14:13. Someone says that it takes little "thimble-brained" people to accept this Gospel. We have so much unbelief—been fed upon it and saturated in it—that we must be emptied out before we can be filled. The one that does not know any more than just to believe God, gets down and takes Him at His Word and the witness comes that the Blood of Jesus does save, and sanctify from all sin; and he takes the promise of the Father, the baptism with the Holy Ghost and receives the Bible evidence of that. It is now as in the time of Christ, “the common people heard Him gladly.” The Greeks required knowledge and the Jews a sign, but the simple hearted people just believed Jesus. The Lord has such people today that are following the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. May God help us to humble ourselves. "Whosoever shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

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Haikuwa hadi Yesu alipopokea ubatizo wake ndipo alipokutana na majaribu yake makubwa zaidi. Kadiri tunavyokuwa wa kiroho zaidi ndivyo majaribu ya adui yanavyokuwa ya hila zaidi, kwa hiyo tunahitaji zaidi kuingia kwa undani zaidi katika Neno la Mungu. Wengine wamedhani kwamba watu wanaopata ubatizo wa Roho Mtakatifu hawahitaji Biblia, lakini huo ndio uongo mkuu zaidi wa shetani. Kaeni siku zote katika Neno. Kadiri tunavyoingia kwa undani zaidi katika mafumbo ya Mungu, ndivyo tunavyolihitaji Neno zaidi. Njia ambayo watu huingia katika ushupavu ni kuliweka Neno kando na kuanza kumfuata Roho. Ukifanya hivi, utajaa roho—utaingia katika Spiritualism. Lakini tukikaa karibu na Neno la Mungu, hakuna hatari ya kuingia katika ushupavu.It was not till Jesus received His baptism that He met His greatest temptations. The more spiritual we get the more subtle are the temptations of the enemy, so the greater need we have to get deeper into the Word of God. Some have thought that the people who get the Holy Ghost baptism do not need the Bible, but that is the greatest lie of the devil. Always keep in the Word. The deeper we get into the mysteries of God, the more we need the Word. The way people get into fanaticism is to put aside the Word and go to following the Spirit. If you do this, you will get full of spirits—you will get into Spiritualism. But if we keep close to the Word of God, there is no danger of going into fanaticism.

Shetani anauchukia mwili wa kiroho wa Kristo kama alivyochukia mwili halisi. Alidhani amemwua Kristo alipouua mwili wake, lakini, haleluya, hakufanya hivyo. Kristo alifufuka upande wa pili wa msalaba nasi tunathibitisha kwamba yu hai na huokoa, hutakasa, na hubatiza katika Roho Mtakatifu. Tunaona pia ahadi yake ikitimizwa katika baadhi ya mateso yanayoandamana na kuhubiriwa kwa Injili kamili.The devil hates the spiritual body of Christ as much as he hated the literal body. He thought he had killed Christ when he killed His body, but, hallelujah, he did not do it. Christ arose on the other side of the cross and we affirm that He is alive and does save, sanctify, and baptize with the Holy Ghost. We are also seeing His promise fulfilled in some of the persecutions that attend the preaching of the full Gospel.

Biblia hii inakuwa kitabu kipya kwa wale waliobatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu. Unapoteza kabisa hukumu yako mwenyewe kuhusu Neno la Mungu. Unakila chini bila kupunguza wala kukata, moja kwa moja kutoka kinywani mwa Mungu. Unaishi kwa kila neno litokalo katika kinywa cha Mungu.This Bible becomes a new book to those baptized with the Holy Ghost. You absolutely lose your own judgment in regard to the Word of God. You eat it down without trimming or cutting, right from the mouth of God. You live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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WIMBO WA MBINGUNI.THE HEAVENLY ANTHEM.

Mojawapo ya sifa za ajabu zaidi za harakati hii ya Imani ya Kitume ni kile kinachoitwa ipasavyo wimbo wa mbinguni. Hakuna ila wale waliobatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu wanaoweza kujiunga—au afadhali, Roho Mtakatifu huimba tu kupitia hao kwa njia hiyo. Haleluya!One of the most remarkable features of this Apostolic Faith movement is what is rightly termed the heavenly anthem. No one but those who are baptized with the Holy Ghost are able to join in—or better, the Holy Ghost only sings through such in that manner. Hallelujah!

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Usiku wa Jumapili, Des. 9, dada mmoja aliimba kwa lugha ya Kigujarati ya India, mistari minne ya kwanza ya sura ya 8 ya Wimbo Ulio Bora. Ulikuwa wimbo kama ambao bibi arusi anaweza kuimba kuhusu bwana arusi. “Msimwamshe mpendwa wangu.” Ilikuwa ya baraka na uzuri mkubwa kuona Roho Mtakatifu akiimba kupitia dada huyo mpendwa; ilileta wimbi kuu la moto wa mbinguni na baraka kwa waliokuwepo.On Sunday night, Dec. 9, a sister sang in the Gujerathi language of India, the first four verses of the 8th chapter of Solomon's Songs. It was a song such as a bride might sing of the bridegroom. "Awake not my beloved." It was most blessed and beautiful to notice as the Holy Spirit sang through the dear sister; it brought a great wave of heavenly fire and blessing to those present.

Tena wimbo mzuri uliimbwa kwa lugha: “Hosana kwa Mwana wa Daudi; Amebarikiwa yeye ajaye kwa jina la Bwana; Hosana juu mbinguni.” (Mat. 21:9). Hii ilikuwa salamu aliyopewa Mwokozi wetu alipoingia Yerusalemu kwa ushindi. Ndugu aliyeielewa lugha hiyo alisema katika lugha ya kigeni ilikuwa ushairi wa hali ya juu kabisa. Wakati uleule, chumba kilijaa utukufu wa Mungu.Again a beautiful song was sung in tongues: "Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest." (Matt. 21:9). This was the greeting given our Saviour at His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The brother who understood the language said in the foreign tongue it was the sublimest poetry. At the same time, the room was filled with the glory of God.

Baadaye tulijua bahati nasibu ya ajabu. Wimbo uleule ulikuwa ukiimbwa katika Misheni ya Kipentekoste kwenye 327 1/2 S. Spring St. na ulifasiriwa huko vilevile. Watakatifu waliokuwa wakiabudu katika sehemu hizi mbili walikuwa katika upatano kamili wa roho, na Roho Mtakatifu alishuhudia hilo. Katika mkutano wa siku nzima siku ya Krismasi, siku isiyoweza kusahaulika kamwe, tulikuwa na wimbo wa Krismasi kwa lugha. Ulianza na sauti moja, kama katika nyanda za Bethlehemu, na kwaya ya sauti ikajiunga. Ulifasiriwa na mtu aliyeijua lugha hiyo: “Utukufu kwa Mungu juu mbinguni, na duniani amani, watu aliowaridhia.” Hii ilikuwa tamu sana na ya mbinguni. Ulifuata usomaji wa Maandiko.We afterward learned of a remarkable coincidence. The same song was being sung at the Pentecostal Mission at 327 1/2 S. Spring St. and was interpreted there the same. The saints worshiping in these two places were in perfect harmony of spirit, and the Holy Ghost witnessed to it. At the all-day meeting on Christmas, a day never to be forgotten, we had a Christmas carol in tongues. It began with one voice, just as on Bethlehem's plains, and a chorus of voices joined in. It was interpreted by one who knew the language: "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will to men." This was very sweet and heavenly. It followed the reading of the Scripture.

Watu huyeyushwa kwa machozi wakisikia uimbaji huu. Ni upatano wa mbinguni na Roho Mtakatifu huweka muziki katika sauti zisizofunzwa.People are melted to tears in hearing this singing. It is the harmony of heaven and the Holy Ghost puts music in the voices that are untrained.

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4. Yapime Maono kwa Neno: Pentekoste ya Durham na Ahadi ya Baba4. Try the Visions by the Word: Durham’s Pentecost and the Promise of the Father

The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Buku la I, Nambari 6, Februari–Machi 1907: habari za ufunguzi, mafundisho mafupi ya wahariri kuhusu maono na Neno, ununuzi wa misheni na yubile ya tarehe 9 Aprili, ripoti ya G. B. Cashwell kutoka Kusini (alifariki 1916), ushuhuda wa W. H. Durham (alifariki 1912), “Kazi Inaongezeka” ya A. S. Worrell (alifariki 1908), na makala yaliyotiwa sahihi W.J.S., “Ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu.” Chanzo cha msingi; madai yaliyomo ni ya wahariri na washiriki. Michango iliyotiwa sahihi au iliyoandikwa kwa nafsi ya kwanza na waandishi ambao haki zao hazijaruhusiwa Mexico imeachwa, na vipengele vingine vimeachwa kwa sababu ya urefu; kila sehemu iliyoachwa imewekwa alama […].The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Vol. I, No. 6, February–March 1907: the opening news, short editorial teachings on visions and the Word, the purchase of the mission and the April 9 jubilee, G. B. Cashwell’s report from the South (d. 1916), the testimony of W. H. Durham (d. 1912), A. S. Worrell’s “Work Increasing” (d. 1908), and the article signed W.J.S., “The Baptism with the Holy Ghost.” Primary source; the claims are those of the editors and participants. Signed or first-person contributions by authors whose rights are not cleared in Mexico have been left out, and other items have been left out for length; each omission is marked […].

Dokezo la CTS: Toleo hili maradufu lina mojawapo ya kauli zilizo wazi zaidi za kupambanua katika gazeti hilo: “Ni lazima tuweke maono na ndoto zote juu ya kipimo cha Neno la Mungu na kuzijaribu. Neno lazima lithibitishe mambo yote.” Soma ripoti za maono, malaika na lugha kando ya kanuni hiyo. Ushuhuda wa W. H. Durham ni masimulizi ya kawaida ya Kipentekoste cha mwanzo na ni ushahidi wa kihistoria wa tabia ya Seymour (“mtu mpole kuliko wote niliyewahi kukutana naye”); kuanzia 1910 Durham alifundisha mtazamo wa “Kazi Iliyokamilika” kuhusu utakaso, na mwaka 1911 alitengana na Seymour, kwa hiyo umoja unaoelezwa hapa haukudumu. A. S. Worrell, mwanazuoni Mbaptisti na mfasiri wa Biblia, anaandika kama mgeni mwenye huruma anayekataa kuiita kazi hiyo ya Shetani. Ripoti ya Cashwell inaonyesha kiongozi akitambua kwamba kikundi kimegeuza mfungo kuwa utumwa, na kuwaongoza kwa upole kutoka humo. Wadhamini, ununuzi wa mali na mpango wa kuiadhimisha tarehe 9 Aprili kama yubile vinaonyesha misheni ikigeuka kuwa taasisi. Maagizo ya Seymour kutotafuta lugha bali ahadi ya Baba yanaonyesha mafundisho ya misheni; Wakristo hutofautiana kuhusu kama lugha lazima ziambatane na ubatizo wa Roho.CTS note: This double issue contains one of the clearest statements of discernment in the paper: “We must put all visions and dreams on the square of God’s Word and try them. The Word must prove all things.” Read the reports of visions, angels and tongues beside that rule. W. H. Durham’s testimony is a classic early Pentecostal account and a historical witness to Seymour’s character (“the meekest man I ever met”); from 1910 Durham taught a “finished work” view of sanctification, and in 1911 he broke with Seymour, so the unity described here did not last. A. S. Worrell, a Baptist scholar and Bible translator, writes as a sympathetic outsider who refuses to call the work Satanic. Cashwell’s report shows a leader discerning that a group had made a fast into a bondage, and gently leading them out of it. The trustees, the property purchase and the plan to keep April 9 as a jubilee show the mission becoming an institution. Seymour’s instruction not to seek tongues but the promise of the Father reflects the mission’s teaching; Christians differ on whether tongues must accompany Spirit baptism.

“Mkishindanie kwa bidii imani ile mliyopewa watakatifu mara moja tu.”—Yuda 3“Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”—Jude 3

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PENTEKOSTE PANDE ZOTE ZA BAHARIPENTECOST BOTH SIDES THE OCEAN

Mungu bado anadhihirisha nguvu zake Los Angeles * * *God is still manifesting His power in Los Angeles * * *

Pentekoste imevuka maji pande zote mbili hadi Visiwa vya Hawaii upande wa magharibi, na Uingereza, Norway, Uswidi na India upande wa mashariki.The Pentecost has crossed the water on both sides to the Hawaiian Islands on the west, and England, Norway, Sweden, and India on the east.

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Ndugu mmoja huko Honolulu alipokea Pentekoste, kwa kusikia kazi ya Mungu kupitia gazeti. Alisema alipoanza kutafuta kwa dhati, Bwana alimbatiza katika Roho Mtakatifu naye akanena kwa lugha mbili.A brother in Honolulu received the Pentecost, by hearing of God's work through the paper. He said when he got down to seeking in earnest, the Lord baptized him with the Holy Ghost and he spoke in two languages.

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Tunafurahi kusikia kwamba Pentekoste imeanguka Calcutta, India, zaidi ya maili elfu kumi mbali upande wa pili wa dunia: Sifa kwa Mungu. Tuna barua kutoka China, Ujerumani, Uswisi, Norway, Uswidi, Uingereza, Ireland, Australia, na nchi nyingine kutoka kwa roho zenye njaa zinazotaka Pentekoste yao. Baadhi ya barua hizi ziko katika lugha za kigeni. Wamisionari wanaandika kwamba wana njaa ya kumiminwa huku kwa Roho wanaoamini ni Pentekoste halisi. Ulimwengu unaonekana kuiva kwa Pentekoste katika nchi zote na Mungu anaituma. Amina.We rejoice to hear that Pentecost has fallen in Calcutta, India, over ten thousand miles away on the other side of the world: Praise God. We have letters from China, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, England, Ireland, Australia, and other countries from hungry souls that want their Pentecost. Some of these letters are in foreign languages. Missionaries write that they are hungry for this outpouring of the Spirit which they believe to be the real Pentecost. The world seems ripe for the Pentecost in all lands and God is sending it. Amen.

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Mmoja wa wamisionari kutoka Los Angeles huko Liberia, Afrika, aliweza kusema na watu kwa lugha ya Kikru. Dada mwingine huko aliandika katika lugha isiyojulikana chini ya nguvu za Roho, nayo ilieleweka na kusomwa na mmoja wa wafalme wenyeji huko.One of the missionaries from Los Angeles in Liberia, Africa, had been able to speak to the people in the Cru tongue. Another sister there wrote in an unknown language under the power of the Spirit, and it was understood and read by one of the native kings there.

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Maombi ya kuombewa kutoka kwa roho zenye njaa yanakuja kutoka kila mahali. Wanataka wokovu kutoka dhambi, na utakaso, na ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, na uponyaji wa miili yao. Kwa hiyo maombi yanawasilishwa na vitambaa vya mkononi vinabarikiwa na nguvu za Mungu hutujia tunapowaombea; nasi tunapokea barua zinazosema kwamba wanapokea Pentekoste yao na kuponywa. Sifa kwa Mungu.Requests for prayer from hungry souls are coming in from all over. They want salvation from sin, and sanctification, and the baptism with the Holy Ghost, and healing of their bodies. So the requests are presented and handkerchiefs are blest and the power of God comes upon us in praying for them; and we receive letters saying that they are receiving their Pentecost and being healed. Praise God.

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Machi 19 ilikuwa siku ya ajabu katika Misheni ya Azusa St. Wahudumu watatu kutoka Tennessee walipokea uvikwaji wa nguvu kutoka juu na utukufu wa Mungu ulijaza chumba cha juu. Wengine walipokea upako wa Roho na wengine walianguka chini ya nguvu za Mungu.March 19th was a wonderful day at the Mission on Azusa St. Three ministers from Tennessee received the enduement of power from on high and the glory of God filled the upper room. Others received the anointing of the Spirit and some were slain under the power of God.

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Ndugu Stewart kutoka Phoenix, Arizona, alikuja Misheni ya Azusa na kutafuta ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, naye Mungu alimlaza chini ya nguvu za Roho na kumtawala kabisa, akinena kupitia yeye kwa lugha. Alijazwa na kufurika Roho Mtakatifu aliporudi Arizona. Na Mama Griffith, pia kutoka Phoenix, amekuja na kupokea ubatizo wake. * * *Bro. Stewart from Phoenix, Arizona, came to Azusa Mission and sought the baptism with the Holy Ghost, and God laid him out under the power of the Spirit and took complete control of him, speaking through him in tongues. He was filled and overflowing with the Holy Ghost when he returned to Arizona. And Mother Griffith, also from Phoenix, has come and received her baptism. * * *

Kazi katika Misheni ya Azusa inakua kwa kina na nguvu kuliko wakati wowote. Sifa kwa Mungu. Mikutano inaendelea kila siku na watafutaji katika kila ibada, na mikutano mitatu inakaribiana sana. Mikutano ya siku nzima Jumapili. Misheni nyingine tatu za Imani ya Kitume zinaendelea mjini na baraka za Mungu ziko juu yao. Wafanyakazi kutoka misheni hizi na kutoka miji ya viungani hukutana pamoja kwa mkutano Jumatatu ili kujifunza Maandiko na kuingia ndani zaidi katika mambo ya Mungu na kwa mkutano kuhusu kazi ya Bwana. Roho ya umoja, upendo na nguvu inadhihirika. Misheni nyingine kama hizo zinaanzishwa katika miji kadhaa.The work at Azusa Mission is growing deeper and more powerful than ever. Praise God. Meetings continue every day with seekers at every service, and the three meetings run very near together. All day meetings on Sunday. Three other Apostolic Faith Missions continue in the city and God's blessing is upon them. The workers from these missions and from suburban towns meet together for conference on Mondays to study the Scriptures and get deeper into the things of God and for conference in the work of the Lord. The spirit of unity, love and power is manifest. Other like missions are being established in a number of towns.

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Ndugu Andrews na mkewe, wafanyakazi wa Injili kutoka Tennessee, walikuja Misheni ya Azusa kwa kusudi mahususi la kupokea Pentekoste yao na Ndugu Andrews amebatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu na amejazwa na kufurika Roho. Yeye na mkewe walikuwa na njaa kiasi hicho na imani kwamba Bwana alitaka waje, hata wakaanza safari bila kuwa na njia, wakatembea umbali mrefu, hadi Bwana alipowapa nauli, naye anawalipa kwa wingi.Bro. Andrews and wife, Gospel workers from Tennessee, came to Azusa Mission for the express purpose of receiving their Pentecost and Bro. Andrews has been baptized with the Holy Ghost and is filled and overflowing with the Spirit. He and his wife were so hungry and had such faith that the Lord wanted them to come, that, not having the means, they started and walked quite a distance, till the Lord gave them the fare, and He is abundantly rewarding them.

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Ndugu W.H. Durham wa 943 North Ave., Chicago, Ill., na Ndugu H.L. Blake wa Ruthton, Minn., ambao wote ni wahubiri wa Injili, walikuja Los Angeles kuona na kuchunguza Mungu alichokuwa akifanya. Wote wawili walibatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu na kurudi wamejazwa na kuloweshwa nguvu za Mungu, wakinena kwa lugha na kumtukuza Mungu. Ilikuwa baraka kubwa kwetu kuwa nao na kuona mambo makuu Bwana aliyowafanyia, na baraka ilifurika juu ya watoto wote wa Mungu. Ni washiriki wa World’s Faith Missionary Association.Bro. W.H. Durham of 943 North Ave., Chicago, Ill., and Bro. H.L. Blake of Ruthton, Minn., who are both preachers of the Gospel, came to Los Angeles to see and investigate what God was doing. They both were baptized with the Holy Ghost and went back filled and saturated with the power of God, speaking in tongues and magnifying God. It was a great blessing to us to have them with us and see what great things the Lord did for them and the blessing overflowed upon all God's children. They are members of the World's Faith Missionary Association.

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Dada Rees kutoka Oakland alitembelea Misheni ya Azusa hivi karibuni. Alileta ripoti kutoka kwa watakatifu wa Oakland kwamba kiongozi alihitajika huko katika kazi, aliyeitwa na kuandaliwa na Bwana. Tulimwomba Mungu aite mtu. Ndugu Irwin alipokea wito na akaenda pamoja na mkewe.Sister Rees from Oakland visited Azusa Mission recently. She brought a report from the saints in Oakland that a leader was needed there in the work, one called and prepared of the Lord. We prayed for God to call someone. Bro. Irwin received the call and went with his wife.

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Idadi ya watu kutoka Winnipeg, Canada, wamekuja Los Angeles na sasa wanafurahi katika ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Wengine wamekuja kutoka pwani ya Atlantiki na kutoka Colorado na majimbo mbalimbali nao wamepokea Pentekoste ya Kibiblia, inayothibitishwa kwa kunena kwa lugha, na kutoka vituo vingine wafanyakazi wanakwenda hadi miisho ya dunia, hata hatuwezi kuwafuatilia. Bwana anawaandaa watu wake kwa haraka kwa ajili ya kuja kwake. * * *A number from Winnipeg, Canada, have come to Los Angeles and are now rejoicing in the baptism with the Holy Ghost. Others have come from the Atlantic coast and from Colorado and different states and they have received a Bible Pentecost, evidenced by speaking in tongues, and from other centers workers are going out to the ends of the earth, till we cannot keep track of them. The Lord is speedily preparing His people for His coming. * * *

Hatuwezi kutoa ripoti ya wote waliotoka kwenda kazini tangu gazeti la mwisho, kwa kuwa wanakwenda karibu kila siku. Ndugu na Dada H. McLain wamekwenda San Jose, Cal., kuchukua dhamana ya kazi huko na Dada Agnes Jacobson na Ndugu Harmon Clifford pia wako kazini San Jose. Tazama ripoti kutoka huko jinsi Mungu anavyofanya kazi. Ndugu Turney na mkewe waliokuwa San Jose sasa wako Honolulu. Ndugu na Dada E.W. Vinton kutoka karibu na Boston, Mass., waliopokea Pentekoste yao Los Angeles, wamerudi kueleza habari njema. Anwani yao ni 12 Leyden St., Medford, Mass. Ndugu C.E. Marsh anatarajia kujiunga nao huko katika kuhubiri Injili hii. Vikundi vya wafanyakazi vimekwenda sehemu nyingine na kuanzisha kazi.We cannot give a report of all that have gone out into the work since the last paper, for they are going almost every day. Bro. and Sister H. McLain have gone to San Jose, Cal., to take charge of the work there and Sister Agnes Jacobson and Bro. Harmon Clifford are also in the work in San Jose. See report from there of how God is working. Bro. Turney and wife who were at San Jose are now in Honolulu. Bro. and Sister E.W. Vinton from near Boston, Mass., who received their Pentecost in Los Angeles, have returned to tell the glad tidings. Their address is 12 Leyden St., Medford, Mass. Bro. C.E. Marsh expects to join them there in preaching this Gospel. Bands of workers have gone out to other places and started the work.

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Tangu gazeti la mwisho, Ndugu Seymour alitembelea San Francisco na San Jose na kuripoti kwamba Mungu alikuwa na baadhi ya watakatifu wa thamani zaidi kuliko wote aliowahi kuona huko, waliojazwa Roho Mtakatifu na wanaong’aa kwa Mungu, na kwamba nguvu za Mungu zilidhihirika kwa ajabu.Since the last paper, Bro. Seymour visited San Francisco and San Jose and reported that God had some of the most precious saints there filled with the Holy Ghost and shining for God that he had ever seen and that the power of God was wonderfully manifest.

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Kuna idadi ya magazeti kwa mstari wa Kitume yanayochipuka. Hatuwezi kusema ni mangapi, kwa sababu tunasikia mapya ambayo hatujayaona. Lakini kuna magazeti matatu yasiyo na utata mbali na Apostolic Faith, yanayosimama kabisa kwa Pentekoste ya Kibiblia kulingana na Mdo. 2:4 na usajili bure. Ni Apostolic Light, Portland, Ore., The New Acts, Alliance, Ohio (ambalo sasa linajumuisha Pentecostal Wonders) na The Apostolic Evangel, Royston, Ga. (zamani Live Coals.) Magazeti haya yote yana ukubwa kama toleo la Januari la gazeti hili na yamejaa matendo ya ajabu ya Mungu, na yanaeneza habari njema ya Pentekoste nyingine ulimwenguni kote. Yote yanatunzwa kabisa kwa sadaka za hiari.There are a number of papers on the Apostolic line that are springing up. We cannot tell how many there are, because we hear of new ones we have not seen. But there are three clean cut papers besides Apostolic Faith, out and out for a Bible Pentecost according to Acts. 2:4 and with subscription free. They are the Apostolic Light, Portland, Ore., The New Acts, Alliance, Ohio (which now includes Pentecostal Wonders) and The Apostolic Evangel, Royston, Ga. (formerly Live Coals.) These papers are all about the size of the January number of this paper and they are filled with the wonderful works of God, and are spreading the glad tidings of another Pentecost all over the world. They are all supported entirely by free will offerings.

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Ukipata nuru rohoni mwako, utasonga mbele au vinginevyo utarudi nyuma.If you get the light on your soul, you will go forward or else backslide.

Kadiri unavyokuwa na Roho Mtakatifu zaidi, ndivyo upendo zaidi, unyenyekevu zaidi, sifa zaidi. Hii si dini ya “fanya, fanya,” bali ni dini ya Bwana Yesu Kristo. Mtu lazima azaliwe mara ya pili. Huwezi kuipata kwa utamaduni wa maadili, ustaarabu, au kuacha mambo, bali lazima uzaliwe ndani yake. Ni kupitia Mwana mpendwa wa Mungu anayekuosha, anayekusafisha, na kukufanya mtu anayestahili mbinguni.The more of the Holy Ghost you have, the more love, the more humility, the more praises. This is not a "do, do" religion, but it is the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Man has got to be born again. You cannot get it through moral culture, refinement, or giving up, but you must be born into it. It is through God's beloved Son who washes you, cleanses you, and makes you a fit subject for heaven.

Kila mtu aliyetakaswa ana upako udumuo rohoni mwake, nao wanajua Damu yake inasafisha kila dakika, lakini unahitaji ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu ambao ni uvikwaji wa nguvu, utakaokufanya shahidi hata miisho ya dunia.Every sanctified person has the abiding anointing in their soul, and they know His Blood cleanses every moment, but you need the baptism with the Holy Ghost which is the enduement of power, that will make you a witness to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Injili hii imetugharimu sana kukimbilia ushupavu na kuongozwa na maono na ndoto. Tunapokuwa wa kiroho, kuna jaribu kubwa zaidi la kujivuna. Ni lazima tuweke maono na ndoto zote juu ya kipimo cha Neno la Mungu na kuzijaribu. Neno lazima lithibitishe mambo yote. Tunapotupa chini kweli ya Mungu, timazi ya Neno lake hufichua bandia.This Gospel cost us too much to run off into fanaticism and be led by visions and dreams. When we get spiritual, there is greater temptation to get puffed up. We must put all visions and dreams on the square of God's Word and try them. The Word must prove all things. When we throw down God's truth, the plummet of His Word, shows up the counterfeit.

Watu hupokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu wakiwa kazini mwao. Dada mmoja huko Whittier alipokea wake alipokuwa akioka keki. Roho Mtakatifu ni Nafsi halisi iliyo hai ashukaye juu yako kwa nguvu kuu. Wapendwa, anapokujia, unajua. Anapoingia, huingia akiwa anasema. Taya zako zitafunguliwa, naye ataanza kunena kupitia wewe.People receive the baptism with the Holy Ghost while about their work. One sister in Whittier received hers while she was baking a cake. The Holy Ghost is a real living Person that comes down upon you in great and mighty power. Dear loved ones, when He comes upon you, you know it. When He comes in, He comes talking. Your jaws will be unloosed, and He will commence speaking through you.

Sisi sasa ni bibi arusi wa kiroho wa Kristo, lakini kutakuwa na arusi halisi na karamu ya arusi halisi. Wale watakaoketi kwenye karamu hii watakuwa malkia wake, wale waliosafisha mavazi yao kuwa meupe na wenye muhuri wa Mungu vipajini mwao. Ee tusikose karamu hii. Tunasikiliza sasa sauti ya magurudumu ya gari lake.We are Christ's spiritual bride now, but there is to be a real wedding take place and a real marriage supper. Those that sit down to this supper will be His queen, the ones that have made their robes white and have the seal of God in their foreheads. O let us not miss this supper. We are listening now for the sound of His chariot wheels.

Bwana ameondoa Spiritualism na Christian Science kutoka kwa watu katika misheni hii, na kuwajaza Roho, nao wameketi miguuni pa Yesu. Tunafundisha dhidi ya Theosophy, Christian Science, Magnetic Healing, Spiritualism, Hypnotism na kazi zote za shetani.The Lord has taken Spiritualism and Christian Science out of people in this mission, and filled them with the Spirit, and they are sitting at the feet of Jesus. We teach against Theosophy, Christian Science, Magnetic Healing, Spiritualism, Hypnotism and all works of the devil.

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“Atawaongoza hata kuufikia ukweli wote.” Tunapaswa kumchukua Roho Mtakatifu kabla ya mwalimu mwingine yeyote. Tusiwe na mwalimu kati yetu na Roho Mtakatifu."He will guide you into all truth." We ought to take the Holy Ghost before any other teacher. We should have no teacher between us and the Holy Ghost.

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UNUNUZI WA MISHENI YA AZUSA.THE PURCHASE OF THE AZUSA MISSION.

Kiwanja na majengo katika 312 Azusa Street vimenunuliwa na Misheni ya Imani ya Kitume, na watu watano wa Roho Mtakatifu wamechaguliwa kuwa wadhamini, wanaoshikilia mali hiyo.The lot and buildings at 312 Azusa Street have been purchased by the Apostolic Faith Mission, and five Holy Ghost men have been elected as trustees, who hold the property.

Tunaamini Bwana alichagua mahali hapa kwa ajili ya kazi yake, kwa maana amemimina Roho wake kwa ajabu katika misheni, iliyoanza karibu mwaka mmoja uliopita kutoka mikutano ya maombi ya nyumbani ambapo Pentekoste ilianguka kwanza. Sasa, kupitia wale waliobatizwa katika Roho waliotoka, na kupitia magazeti yaliyochapishwa hapa, jeshi kuu limeinuliwa. Sifa kwa Mungu! Mali hiyo ilinunuliwa kwa $15,000, na $4,000 tayari zimelipwa kama malipo ya awali. Marafiki wowote wanaotaka kuwa na sehemu katika kununua Misheni hii kwa ajili ya Bwana wanaweza kutuma sadaka kwa Ndugu Reuben Clark, ambaye ni katibu wa bodi ya wadhamini. Anwani 312 Azusa St., Los Angeles. Ilikuwa lazima kununua misheni hii kuwa makao makuu ya kazi, ili kuishikilia, kwa kuwa ingeuzwa hivi karibuni kwa matumizi mengine. Mahali ni pazuri, panapatikana katikati na katika mazingira ambamo hakuna atakayesumbuliwa na maombi au vigelegele vinavyopanda wakati mwingine usiku kucha. Sifa kwa Mungu! Jengo la Misheni lilikuwa hapo awali mahali pa ibada ambapo roho ziliokolewa miaka mingi iliyopita, na mahali hapo palifanywa takatifu; na katika mwaka uliopita, mamia wameokolewa, kutakaswa, kuponywa, na kubatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu.We believe the Lord chose this spot for His work, for He has wonderfully poured out His Spirit in the mission, which started about a year ago from cottage prayer meetings where the Pentecost first fell. Now, through Spirit baptized ones who have gone out, and through papers published here, there has been raised up a mighty host. Praise God! The property was purchased for $15,000, and $4,000 has already been paid down on it. Any friends wishing to have a share in buying this Mission for the Lord may send offerings to Bro. Reuben Clark, who is secretary of the board of trustees. Address 312 Azusa St., Los Angeles. It was necessary to buy this mission as a headquarters for the work, in order to hold it, as it would soon have been sold for other purposes. The situation is favorable, being centrally located and in surroundings where no one will be disturbed by prayers or shouts going up sometimes all night. Praise God! The Mission building was formerly a place of worship where souls had been saved years ago, and the spot thus made sacred; and during the past year, hundreds have been saved, sanctified, healed, and baptized with the Holy Ghost.

TAREHE TISA APRILI SIKU YA YUBILE.APRIL NINTH A JUBILEE DAY.

Kwa Watu wa Imani ya Kitume, Watakatifu na Marafiki; tarehe tisa Aprili ni siku ya kuzaliwa ya Pentekoste kwetu, kwa maana Pentekoste ilianguka hapa tarehe 9 Aprili, 1906. Wote waliopokea karama hii ya thamani, ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, na waiheshimu siku hiyo kama sikukuu ya yubile, kwa sifa na shukrani kwa Mungu kwa kuirudisha Pentekoste ya kale duniani tena.To the Apostolic Faith People, Saints, and Friends; the ninth of April is the birthday of Pentecost to us, for the Pentecost fell here on April 9, 1906. May all that have received this precious gift, the baptism with the Holy Ghost, honor that day as a jubilee feast, in praise and thanks to God for sending the old time Pentecost back to earth again.

Tunamwomba Mungu uamsho mkuu wa wokovu utiririke katika misheni zote siku hiyo, na kwamba sote tuwe na nia moja; nasi tunaamini kwamba moto wa Mungu utaanguka katika kila misheni, na wengi watapokea ubatizo kama walivyoupokea siku ya Pentekoste, kulingana na sura ya pili ya Matendo. Sifa kwa Mungu! Tuna mengi ya kumsifu Mungu; katika muda wa mwaka mmoja, ameieneza kazi hii duniani. Haleluya kwa jina lake takatifu! Mungu bado anafanya kazi hapa Los Angeles. Roho zinapokea Pentekoste yao binafsi. Libarikiwe jina lake takatifu! Tunatarajia kusikia kutoka misheni zote ambamo Injili hii ya ajabu inahubiriwa, ushindi mkuu siku hiyo ya kukumbukwa.We pray God that a great revival of salvation may flow in all missions on that day, and that we may all get in one accord; and we believe that the fire of God will fall in every mission, and that many will receive the baptism just as they received it on the day of Pentecost, according to the second chapter of Acts. Praise God! We have much to praise God for; in a year's time, He has spread this work over the earth. Hallelujah to His holy name! God is still working here in Los Angeles. Souls are receiving their personal Pentecost. Bless His holy name! We expect to hear from all the missions where this wonderful Gospel is preached, great victory on that memorable day.

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MAONO YA MBINGUNI.HEAVENLY VISIONS.

Watakatifu kumi na watatu walikutana katika mkutano wa maombi wa nyumbani Los Angeles na wote walikuwa katika Roho na wenye nia moja. Walipiga magoti katika maombi wakitarajia Bwana ajidhihirishe. Nguvu za Mungu zilianguka na kila mmoja alinyakuliwa katika Roho na kuona maono kutoka kwa Mungu. Ndugu McLain anasema aliona njiwa mweupe mzuri kwa muda juu ya kiti chake. Dada mmoja alimwona malaika akija katikati yao akiwa na kinubi cha dhahabu mkononi. Kadhaa walikuwa na maono yaleyale ya Mwokozi. Alishika kitabu mkononi mwake. Waliona alama ya msumari na damu ikichuruzika huku akiandika majina yao katika kitabu kwa kidole chake kwa damu iliyotiririka kutoka mkono wake uliotobolewa. Alisimama upande wa pili wa mto. Maji ya mto yalionekana kama damu. Malaika wa ukubwa wa mtoto wa miaka kumi na miwili alisimama mbele ya Mwokozi. Alizunguka chumbani na kuelea juu ya vichwa vya wote chumbani. Ndugu mmoja alikuwa hajapokea Pentekoste yake, na nyota ilionekana ikija na kutua kwenye paji la uso wake, alipokuwa akishuhudia. Ndugu aliyeponywa upofu kwa nguvu za Mungu muda fulani uliopita alimwona malaika na kinara cha dhahabu cha urefu wa futi tatu hivi. Sifa kwa Mungu. Anatimiza Neno lake kwa ajabu katika watoto wake. Mdo. 2:17.Thirteen saints met in a cottage prayer meeting in Los Angeles and all were in the Spirit and of one accord. They knelt in prayer expecting the Lord to manifest Himself. The power of God fell and every one was caught up in the Spirit and saw visions from God. Bro. McLain says he saw a beautiful white dove for some time on the back of his chair. One sister saw an angel come into their midst with a golden harp in her hand. Several had the same vision of the Savior. He held a book in His hand. They saw the nail print and the blood trickling down while He wrote their names in the book with His finger with the blood that ran from His pierced hand. He stood on the other side of a river. The waters of the river looked bloody. An angel about the size of a child twelve years of age stood in front of the Savior. It went about the room and hovered over the heads of all in the room. One brother had not yet received his Pentecost, and a star was seen to come and light on his forehead, while he was testifying. The brother that was healed of blindness by the power of God some time ago saw an angel with a golden candle stick about three feet high. Praise God. He is wonderfully fulfilling His Word in His children. Acts. 2:17.

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“Ninyi mmekwisha kuwa safi kwa lile neno nililowaambia.” Yesu ametupa Neno, na tukiishi katika Neno, Neno litakuwa ndani yetu, Damu itatiririka nasi tutakuwa weupe na safi daima; lakini mara tunapotoka katika Neno tunakuwa najisi na kutangatanga katika njia hatari."Now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you." Jesus has given us the Word, and if we live in the Word, the Word will be in us, the Blood will flow and we will always be white and clean; but the moment we get out of the Word we become unclean and wander into dangerous paths.

MAMIA WAMEBATIZWA KUSINI.HUNDREDS BAPTIZED IN THE SOUTH.

High Point, N.C., Jan. 24.High Point, N.C., Jan. 24.

Kwa Watakatifu wa Los Angeles na ulimwenguni kote, Salamu katika jina la Yesu!To the Saints at Los Angeles and all over the world, Greetings in Jesus name!

Kazi huko Dunn, N.C., bado inaendelea kwa jina lake. Katika wiki tatu nilizokuwa hapa, karibu hamsini walipokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na kunena kwa lugha, ambao ni ushahidi wa ubatizo kama siku ya Pentekoste; na karibu kumi na watano kati ya hao hamsini walikuwa wahudumu wa Injili. Baadhi wanatoka Georgia, baadhi South Carolina, na baadhi North Carolina. Baadhi wameitwa China kuhubiri kweli hii iliyobarikiwa. Mungu amenibariki katika kutoa pepo, kuponya wagonjwa na katika kupambanua roho.The work at Dunn, N.C., still continues in His name. In the three weeks I was here, about fifty received the baptism with the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues, which is the witness of the baptism as on the Day of Pentecost; and about fifteen of the fifty were ministers of the Gospel. Some are from Georgia, some from South Carolina, and some from North Carolina. Some are called to China to preach this blessed truth. God has blest me in casting out devils, healing the sick and in discerning of spirits.

Bonneau, S.C., Feb. 11. – Nilikuja hapa Ijumaa iliyopita kwa mwaliko wa watu wa utakatifu katika eneo hili, wanaojulikana kama watakatifu au Church of God. Wanadai kutokuwa wa shirika lolote na wamekuwa wakishika sikukuu ya mikate isiyotiwa chachu kwa miaka mitatu au minne na kuabudu katika vyumba vya juu.Bonneau, S.C., Feb. 11. – I came here last Friday by invitation of the holiness people in this section, known as the saints or Church of God. They claim not to belong to any organization and have been keeping the feast of unleavened bread for three or four years and worshiping in upper rooms.

Ijumaa, Jumamosi na Jumapili zilikuwa siku tatu zilizotengwa kwa ibada ya kungoja na kusubiri Pentekoste, bila kula chochote ila mkate usiotiwa chachu na kunywa maji baridi. Niliona mara moja kwamba walikuwa wamejiweka chini ya utumwa wa kushika sikukuu hiyo na kwamba kulikuwa na hatari ya wao kuhisi kuwa Mungu yuko chini ya wajibu kwao kutuma ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, kwa sababu walishika sikukuu. Lakini sikuwahi kukutana na watu watamu zaidi waliotakaswa katika maisha yangu yote. Nilimwomba Mungu awaonyeshe kwamba si kushika sikukuu kulikoleta Roho Mtakatifu. Sikuwataja jambo hilo kabisa, bali nilijiunga nao katika sikukuu. Jumamosi, Ndugu Britton mpendwa, kiongozi wao, alikuja kwangu na kusema alihisi Bwana angependezwa wao waache kushika sikukuu hiyo. Kwa hiyo alitangaza kwa watu. Baadhi walikuwa wameshapokea ubatizo, lakini baada ya hapo sijawahi kuona nguvu za Mungu zikidhihirika kama nilivyoona hapa. Ishirini na watatu walipokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na wote walinena kwa lugha.Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were three days set apart for service to tarry and wait for Pentecost, eating nothing but unleavened bread and drinking cold water. I saw at once that they had brought themselves under bondage to keeping the feast and that there was danger of their feeling that God was under obligations to them to send the baptism with the Holy Ghost, because they kept it. But I never met sweeter sanctified people in all my life. I prayed to God to show them that it was not keeping the feast that brought the Holy Ghost. I did not mention it to them at all, but joined them in the feast. Saturday, dear Bro. Britton, their leader, came to me and said he felt that the Lord would be pleased for them to dismiss the keeping of the feast. So he announced it to the people. Some had already received the baptism, but after that I have never seen the power of God manifested as I saw it here. Twenty-three received the baptism with the Holy Ghost and all spoke with tongues.

Siku ya Jumamosi, dada mmoja mzee sana aliingia ambaye hakuwahi kumsikia mtu yeyote akinena kwa lugha, na hakuna aliyekuwa akinena kwa lugha alipoingia. Alianza kupeana mikono na watakatifu, na kabla hajaketi, nguvu zilimwangukia akabatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu na kuanza kunena kwa lugha, lugha kamilifu.On Saturday, one very old sister came in who had never heard anyone speak in tongues, and no one was speaking in tongues when she came in. She began to shake hands with the saints, and before she sat down, the power fell on her and she was baptized with the Holy Ghost and commenced speaking in tongues, a perfect language.

Ndugu Bridgers, mwinjilisti wa Kanisa la M.E., sasa yuko Marion, S.C., alikuja kwenye mkutano na akabatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu na nguvu na kunena kwa lugha kwa muda, lugha kamilifu. Sifa kwa Mungu kwa Ndugu Bridgers.Bro. Bridgers, an evangelist of the M.E. Church, now at Marion, S.C., came to the meeting and was baptized with the Holy Ghost and power and spoke in tongues for some time, a perfect language. Praise God for Bro. Bridgers.

Royston, Ga., Feb. 27. – Mamia ya roho za thamani Kusini wamepokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na wananena kwa lugha nyingine. Nimefunga mfululizo wa mikutano huko Taccoa, Georgia, usiku wa Jumapili. Mungu alikuwa pamoja nasi kwa nguvu kuu tangu mwanzo hadi mwisho. Sikuweka hesabu ya wangapi walipokea Pentekoste yao, lakini wote walinena kwa lugha, na wote wanaopokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu watanena kwa lugha. Si wote walio na karama ya lugha kama inavyofundishwa katika 1 Kor. 12, lakini wote walinena kwa lugha siku ya Pentekoste na nyumbani kwa Kornelio, na wale ambao Paulo aliwawekea mikono Efeso, na wote ambao nimewasikia na kuwaona wakipokea Roho Mtakatifu wamenena kwa lugha. Napokea barua kila siku kutoka kaskazini, kusini, mashariki na magharibi kutoka kwa watu waliohudhuria mikutano yangu, wakisema kwamba wamepokea Pentekoste yao na wananena kwa lugha.Royston, Ga., Feb. 27. – Hundreds of precious souls in the South have received the baptism with the Holy Ghost and speak in other tongues. Closed a series of meetings at Taccoa, Georgia, Sunday night. God was with us in great power from start to finish. I did not keep an account of how many received their Pentecost, but they all spoke in tongues, and all that receive the baptism with the Holy Ghost will speak in tongues. All do not have the gift of tongues as taught in 1 Cor. 12, but they all spoke in tongues on the Day of Pentecost and at Cornelius' house, and those that Paul laid hands on at Ephesus, and all that I have heard and seen receive the Holy Ghost have spoken in tongues. I am receiving letters every day from north, south, east and west from people that have attended my meetings, saying that they have received their Pentecost and speak in tongues.

Watu wamedanganywa hapa kwa “ipokee kwa imani,” kujiweka wakfu upya, ubatizo wa moto, “dynamite,” na “lydite” hadi imani ya watu karibu imekwisha. Sifa kwa Mungu kwa Pentekoste. Weka uzoefu wako wa kuhesabiwa haki katika hali nzuri kabisa, kisha pata uzoefu wa utakaso wa moyo safi. Kisha imani yako inaposhika ahadi ya Baba na Mwana, na Neno la Mungu, utakuwa na furaha kuu kama waliokwenda kutoka Mlima wa Mizeituni hadi Yerusalemu. Kisha unaweza kusifu na kumbariki Mungu na Roho Mtakatifu ataingia na kumsifu Mungu mwenyewe kwa lugha isiyojulikana, nawe hutashuku tena kamwe, hata wakikuchoma kwenye mti au kukukata kichwa. Atajishuhudia mwenyewe. Tusipungukiwe na ahadi. -- G.B. Cashwell, Anwani, Dunn, N.C.People have been gulled here by take it by faith, reconsecrate, baptism of fire, "dynamite," and "lydite" till the faith of the people is almost gone. Praise God for Pentecost. Get your justified experience all in good shape, then get the sanctified experience of a clean heart. Then when your faith takes hold of the promise of the Father and Son, and the Word of God, you will have great joy as they did that went up from Olivet to Jerusalem. Then you can praise and bless God and the Holy Ghost will come in and praise God Himself in unknown tongue, and you will never doubt it any more, if they burn you at the stake or behead you. He will bear witness of Himself. Let us not come short of the promise. -- G.B. Cashwell, Address, Dunn, N.C.

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Kikundi cha wafanyakazi saba kutoka Misheni ya Azusa, wote waliobatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu, walikwenda Bonsoll, mahali pa mashambani umbali wa maili mia moja hivi, kubeba Injili hii iliyobarikiwa. Usiku wa kwanza walikuwa na mkutano wa maombi wa nyumbani, na usiku wa pili walikuwa na watu thelathini katika shule ndogo. Kabla ya kufunga mkutano, walitoa wito wa madhabahuni na kulikuwa na msongamano mkubwa wa kwenda madhabahuni hata baadhi wakaanguka juu ya viti na mwanamke mmoja karibu aangushe jiko. Ishirini na saba kwa jumla walikuja madhabahuni na 22 kati yao waliokoka. Waliendelea na mikutano wiki iliyobaki na mahudhurio mazuri. Roho ziliokolewa na kutakaswa kila usiku. Jumapili walikuwa na ubatizo wa maji na 14 walibatizwa kijito kwa kuzamishwa. Mwanamke mmoja alianguka chini ya nguvu za Mungu mara tu baada ya kutoka majini. Katika mikutano hii hakukuwa na kuhubiri. Mungu mwenyewe alifanya kazi. Wote isipokuwa mmoja wao walikuwa wafanyakazi vijana na waliwaacha tu Mungu awatumie kama mifereji.A party of seven workers from Azusa Mission, all baptized with the Holy Ghost, went to Bonsoll, a country place about a hundred miles distant, to carry this blessed Gospel. The first night they had a cottage prayer meeting, and the second night had thirty people in the little school house. Before closing the meeting, they gave the altar call and there was such a rush to the altar that some fell over the seats and one woman nearly knocked the stove down. Twenty-seven in all came to the altar and 22 of them got saved. They held meetings the rest of the week with good attendance. Souls were saved and sanctified every night. On Sunday they had water baptism and 14 were baptized in the creek by immersion. One lady fell under the power of God just after she came out of the water. In these meetings there was no preaching. God Himself did the work. All but one of them were young workers and they just let God use them as channels.

PENTEKOSTE YA MWINJILISTI WA CHICAGO.A CHICAGO EVANGELIST'S PENTECOST.

943 W. North Ave., Chicago, Ill., Machi 19. Wasomaji wapendwa wa Apostolic Faith:943 W. North Ave., Chicago, Ill., March 19. Dear Readers of the Apostolic Faith:

Natamani kutoa ushuhuda wangu kwa utukufu wa Mungu, na kwa matumaini kwamba utakuwa baraka kwa wengi watakaousoma.I desire to give my testimony for the glory of God, and in the hope that it will prove a blessing to many that read it.

Miaka tisa iliyopita nilihukumiwa sana moyoni kuhusu dhambi, kupitia Biblia na Roho aliyenisukuma, jambo alilolifanya hadi nilipotubu dhambi zangu kweli, na kumtafuta Bwana kwa dhati, hatimaye nikamwachia yote, na kusihi rehema zake. Alifunua moyoni mwangu Kristo akifa msalabani, na sauti yake ilininong’oneza, “Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zako.” Mara moyo wangu uliamini, na amani yake ilifurika rohoni mwangu, na furaha ya wokovu wake ilikuwa ya ajabu kwangu. Baadaye niliona na kushika kwa imani kweli ya utakaso, na Roho alishuhudia moyoni mwangu kwamba kazi imekamilika, na Roho Mtakatifu alitenda kwa ajabu katika maisha yangu.Nine years ago I was deeply convicted of sin, through the Bible and the Spirit moving upon me, which He continued to do till I truly repented of my sins, and earnestly sought the Lord, finally yielding all to Him, and pleading His mercy. He revealed to my heart Christ dying on the cross, and His voice whispered to me, "Christ died for your sins." Instantly my heart believed, and His peace flooded my soul, and the joy of His salvation was wonderful to me. Later I saw and grasped by faith the truth of sanctification, and the Spirit witnessed to my heart that the work was done, and the Holy Ghost wonderfully wrought in my life.

Miaka mitano iliyopita niliitwa katika huduma, na miaka hii yote Roho amekuwa pamoja nami kwa njia ya ajabu. Wakati mwingine nilishindwa na nguvu zake. Kwa ufupi, niliamini kwa uaminifu kwamba nilibatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu, na nikashuhudia hivyo. Mungu alikuwa amenifanyia mengi sana, hata ilikuwa vigumu kwangu kuamini kwamba kuna zaidi kwangu, isipokuwa bila shaka, ukuaji nilipoendelea na Mungu. Na bado kulikuwa na hamu moyoni mwangu kwa kitu fulani. Nilisafiri kama mwinjilisti kutoka pwani hadi pwani, na kuhubiri Injili katika karibu kila jiji kubwa nchini Marekani, nikisema na hadi watu 1,000 kwa wakati mmoja, mara nyingi nikiona watu ishirini na watano hadi mia moja madhabahuni katika ibada moja. Na wengi waliokoka, walitakaswa, na wengi waliponywa. Lakini kwa namna fulani yote hayo hayakuniridhisha, na kwa mwaka mmoja njaa ya moyo iliongezeka. Kama watu wote wa utakatifu niliokutana nao, nilikuwa nikiomba upendo, nguvu, n.k.Five years ago I was called into the ministry, and all these years the Spirit has been with me in a wonderful way. Sometimes I would be overcome by His power. In brief, I honestly believed I was baptized with the Holy Ghost, and testified to it. God had done so much for me, that it was hard for me to believe that there was more for me, except of course, development as I went on with God. And still there was a longing in my heart for something. I traveled as an evangelist from coast to coast, and preached the Gospel in almost every large city in the United States, speaking to as high as 1,000 people at a time, often seeing from twenty-five to one hundred at the altar in a single service. And many were saved, sanctified, and many healed. But some way all this did not satisfy me, and for a year the heart hunger has increased. Like all holiness people I have met, I kept praying for love, power, etc.

Hatimaye nilisikia kuhusu kazi ya Mungu katika Misheni ya Azusa Street, Los Angeles, nikawaambia watu wangu, Hiyo ni kazi ya Mungu. Baadaye nilimsikia mtu akihubiri kwamba kunena kwa lugha ni ushahidi wa Kibiblia kwamba tumepokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, na bila kuelewa nikakataa. Lakini niliona wale wanaonena kwa lugha walikuwa na kitu ambacho mimi sikuwa nacho, na hatimaye nikawa mtafutaji. Na Bwana alinigusa niende Los Angeles, na kuhudhuria mikutano, na kutafuta ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Hatimaye tarehe 8 Feb., nilifika huko, na Jumapili, tarehe 10 Feb., nilihudhuria mkutano wangu wa kwanza wa siku nzima. Mtu wa kwanza niliyekutana naye nilipoingia jengoni alikuwa Ndugu H.L. Blake wa Ruthton, Minn., ambaye bado aliamini kwamba alikuwa amepokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu katika utakaso, na vipako na kujazwa vilivyofuata; lakini nilimwambia nimeshawishika kwamba nilichokuwa nacho hakikuwa ubatizo.Finally I heard of the work of God in Azusa Street Mission, Los Angeles, and said to my people, That is the work of God. Later I heard someone preach that the speaking in tongues was the Bible evidence that we had received the baptism in the Holy Ghost, and not understanding it I rejected it. But I saw those who were speaking in tongues had something that I did not have, and I finally became a seeker. And the Lord impressed me to go to Los Angeles, and attend the meetings, and seek the baptism in the Holy Ghost. Finally on Feb. 8, I arrived there, and Sunday, Feb. 10, I attended my first all-day meeting. The first man I met on entering the building was Bro. H.L. Blake of Ruthton, Minn., who still believed he had received the baptism with the Holy Ghost in sanctification, and the anointings and fillings that followed; but I told him I was convinced that what I had was not the baptism.

Jambo la kwanza lililonivutia lilikuwa upendo na umoja uliotawala katika mkutano, na utamu wa mbinguni uliojaza hewa niliyokuwa nikivuta. Nataka kusema hapa hapa, kwamba nimehudhuria mikutano mingi mikubwa ya kambi ya utakatifu na makongamano, lakini sikuwahi kuhisi nguvu na utukufu niliohisi katika Misheni ya Azusa Street, na takriban watu ishirini walipojiunga kuimba “Kwaya ya Mbinguni,” ilikuwa muziki wa kuvutia na usio wa duniani zaidi kuwahi kuangukia masikio ya kufa. Ilionekana na bado inaonekana kwangu, nisingeweza kuimba katika kwaya hiyo. Najua ilitoka moja kwa moja mbinguni. Mara moja nikawa mtafutaji wa dhati, na siku baada ya siku, nilipiga magoti mbele za Bwana, naye alikuwa wa kweli kwangu. Alinionyesha mimi mwenyewe kama alivyoniona. Siwezi kamwe kusahau hali ya kutokuwa na msaada kabisa aliyonifikisha. Hata aliondoa roho ya maombi, ushuhuda wangu uliondolewa kwangu, nilijiona nikiwa mbali na Kristo kama ilivyokuwa, na ilinifanya nikate tamaa. Siwezi kamwe kusahau uaminifu wa Dada Good, na wengine, katika kushughulika nami. Baada ya Mungu, nina deni kwao, roho hizo mpendwa waaminifu, wanaotoa maisha yao kwa ajili ya wengine; na malipo yote wanayopokea kadiri ninavyoweza kuona, ni mavazi rahisi wanayovaa na chakula wanachokula. Baada ya kuwa pale zaidi kidogo ya wiki mbili, nikitumia muda wote kutafuta Pentekoste yangu, siku ya Jumanne alasiri, nilipokuwa nimekata tamaa sana, ghafla nguvu za Mungu zilinishukia, nikaanguka chini yake. Sina lugha ya kueleza kilichotokea, lakini ilikuwa ya ajabu. Ilionekana kwangu kwamba mwili wangu ulikuwa na vinyweleo ghafla, na kwamba mkondo wa umeme ulikuwa ukiwashwa juu yangu kutoka pande zote; na kwa saa mbili nilikaa chini ya nguvu zake kuu, na bado nilijua sikuwa nimebatizwa bado, ingawa kihalisi nilihisi kuwa na uwazi, na utukufu wa ajabu ulikuwa umeingia rohoni mwangu. Tena Alhamisi jioni iliyofuata, nguvu zake zilinijia, nami nilikuwa nimelala sakafuni kwa saa mbili, na bado nilijua sikuwa nimebatizwa, ingawa nilipokea kuinuliwa kiroho kwa kiasi kikubwa.The first thing that impressed me was the love and unity that prevailed in the meeting, and the heavenly sweetness that filled the very air that I breathed. I want to say right here, that I have attended many large holiness camp meetings and conventions, but I never felt the power and glory that I felt in Azusa Street Mission, and when about twenty persons joined in singing the "Heavenly Chorus," it was the most ravishing and unearthly music that ever fell on mortal ears. It seemed and still seems to me, I could not sing in that chorus. I know it came direct from heaven. I at once became an earnest seeker, and day after day, I went down before the Lord, and He was true to me. He showed me myself as He saw me. I can never forget the state of utter helplessness to which He reduced me. He even took away the spirit of prayer, my testimony was removed from me, I saw myself apart from Christ as it were, and it made me desperate. I can never forget the faithfulness of Sister Good, and others, in dealing with me. Next to God, I am indebted to them, dear faithful souls, laying down their lives for others; and all the reward they receive so far as I can see, was the plain clothing they wear and food they eat. After I had been there a little over two weeks, devoting the entire time to seeking my Pentecost, on a Tuesday afternoon, when very much disheartened, suddenly the power of God descended upon me, and I went down under it. I have no language to describe what took place, but it was wonderful. It seemed to me that my body had suddenly become porous, and that a current of electricity was being turned on me from all sides; and for two hours I lay under His mighty power, and yet I knew I was not baptized yet, though I literally felt transparent, and a wonderful glory had come into my soul. Again on Thursday evening following, His power came over me, and I was prostrate on the floor for two hours, and still I knew I was not baptized, though I received a great spiritual uplift.

Lakini Ijumaa jioni, Machi 1, nguvu zake kuu zilinijia, hadi nikatikisika na kutetemeka chini yake kwa takriban saa tatu. Ilikuwa ya ajabu na ya kustaajabisha na bado ya utukufu. Alifanya kazi katika mwili wangu wote, sehemu moja kwa wakati, kwanza mikono yangu, kisha miguu yangu, kisha mwili wangu, kisha kichwa changu, kisha uso wangu, kisha kidevu changu, na mwishowe saa 1 usiku wa kuamkia Jumamosi, Machi 2, baada ya kuwa chini ya nguvu kwa saa tatu, alimaliza kazi kwenye viungo vyangu vya sauti, na akanena kupitia mimi kwa lugha zisizojulikana. Nilisimama, nikiwa na fahamu kamili nje na ndani kwamba nilibatizwa kikamilifu katika Roho Mtakatifu, na shetani hawezi kamwe kunijaribu nishuku hilo. Kwanza nilitambua kwamba Nafsi hai ilikuwa imeingia ndani yangu, na kwamba ilimiliki hata uwepo wangu wa kimwili, kwa maana halisi, kiasi kwamba ingeweza kwa mapenzi yake kushika viungo vyangu vya sauti, na kunena lugha yoyote iliyochagua kupitia mimi. Kisha nilikuwa na nguvu juu yangu na ndani yangu kama sikuwahi kuwa nayo hapo awali. Na mwisho kabisa, nilikuwa na kina cha upendo na utamu rohoni mwangu ambacho sikuwahi hata kuota, na utulivu mtakatifu ulinimiliki, na furaha takatifu na amani, ambayo ni ya kina na tamu kupita kitu chochote nilichowahi kupitia hapo awali, hata katika maisha yaliyotakaswa. Na Ee! ushindi kama anaonipa wakati wote.But on Friday evening, March 1, His mighty power came over me, until I jerked and quaked under it for about three hours. It was strange and wonderful and yet glorious. He worked my whole body, one section at a time, first my arms, then my limbs, then my body, then my head, then my face, then my chin, and finally at 1 am Saturday, Mar. 2, after being under the power for three hours, He finished the work on my vocal organs, and spoke through me in unknown tongues. I arose, perfectly conscious outwardly and inwardly that I was fully baptized in the Holy Ghost, and the devil can never tempt me to doubt it. First I was conscious that a living Person had come into me, and that He possessed even my physical being, in a literal sense, in so much that He could at His will take hold of my vocal organs, and speak any language He chose through me. Then I had such power on me and in me as I never had before. And last but not least, I had a depth of love and sweetness in my soul that I had never even dreamed of before, and a holy calm possessed me, and a holy joy and peace, that is deep and sweet beyond anything I ever experienced before, even in the sanctified life. And O! such victory as He gives me all the time.

Karibu wiki tatu zimepita, na haya yote yako pamoja nami, na yanazidi kuongezeka wakati wote. Roho yangu inayeyushwa tena na tena, na mara nyingi nahisi kama kulikuwa, na naamini kuna dynamo ya nguvu ndani yangu; hakuna kitu cha ubinafsi katika hili, lakini ni lisilopimika, halisi, la kweli, lililobarikiwa, tukufu. Ee laiti ulimwengu wote ungetafuta na kupata karama hii ya ajabu ya Mungu! Ni kitu kinachojisemea chenyewe. Sikulazimika kushuhudia kwa watakatifu niliokutana nao kwa kuwa wanaponisikia nikinena kwa lugha na kumsifu Bwana, wanapaza tu, “Ndugu Durham amepata Pentekoste yake.” Utukufu kwa Mungu!Almost three weeks have passed, and all this is with me, and is deepening all the time. My soul is melted over and over again, and many times I feel as if there were, and I believe there is a dynamo of power in me; there is nothing selfish about this, but it is fathomless, real, literal, blessed, grand. O that all the world would seek and find this wonderful gift of God! It is something that speaks for itself. I have not had to witness to the saints I have met for when they hear me speaking in tongues and praising the Lord, they just exclaim, "Brother Durham has got his Pentecost." Glory to God!

Baada ya kupokea ubatizo, nilikaa siku chache nyumbani kwa Ndugu na Dada Osterberg, ambao nina deni kubwa kwao kwa fadhili zao kuu kwangu, na niliondoka kwenda Colorado Springs Machi 6. Jumapili tarehe 10, nilihubiri mara tatu katika Ukumbi wa G.A.R. uliojaa watu, na nguvu za Mungu zilikuwa juu ya watu. Karibu hamsini walikuja madhabahuni, na kadhaa walipenya na kunena kwa lugha. Pia nilikaa usiku mbili Denver, nikihubiri kwa hadhira kubwa, na madhabahu zilizojaa, na idadi ya watu walipenya na kunena kwa lugha. Kutoka huko nilikuja Des Moines, Iowa, na kuhubiri mara mbili katika Misheni ya Bi. Jaji Ladd, ambayo ilijaa, na madhabahu ilijaa sana hata sikuweza kuwafikia watafutaji wote kushughulika nao.After receiving the baptism, I remained a few days in the home of Bro. and Sister Osterberg, to whom I am deeply indebted for their great kindness to me, and left for Colorado Springs March 6. Sunday the 10th, preached three times in the G.A.R. Hall to a crowded house, and the power of God was on the people. About fifty came to the altar, and several came through and spoke in tongues. I also spent two nights in Denver, preaching to large audiences, and full altars, and a number came through and spoke in tongues. From there I came to Des Moines, Iowa, and preached twice in Mrs. Judge Ladd's Mission, which was crowded, and the altar was so full I could not get to all of the seekers to deal with them.

Jumamosi, Machi 16, nilifika nyumbani, na kukuta kwamba Bwana alikuwa amemtunza vizuri mke wangu mpendwa na mtoto wakati wa kutokuwepo kwangu, na Jumapili, Machi 17, tulikuwa na mahudhurio makubwa zaidi katika historia ya Misheni, na tena madhabahu ilijaa sana, hata ilikuwa vigumu kushughulika na watu. Na kazi inaendelea hivyo, Roho anaanguka kama mvua popote ninapohubiri neno lake, na inaonekana hakuna juhudi kwa upande wangu. Nitafunga ushuhuda wangu kwa kusema kwa wote watakaousoma: Kazi hii ni ya Mungu, hakuna shaka juu ya hilo. Na ningeshauri marafiki zangu wote watafute ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, hadi wapate ushahidi katika lugha, kwa maana siku zote hufuata; sijui ubaguzi wowote.Saturday, March 16, I reached home, and found that the Lord had taken good care of my dear wife and baby during my absence, and Sunday, March 17, we had the largest attendance in the history of the Mission, and again the altar was so full, that it was hard to deal with the people. And so the work goes on, the Spirit falls like rain wherever I preach His word, and it seems there is no effort on my part. I will close my testimony by saying to all who read it: This work is of God, there is no doubt of that. And I would advise all my friends to seek the baptism in the Holy Ghost, till they get the evidence in tongues, for it always follows; I know of no exception.

Sasa neno tu kuhusu Ndugu Seymour, ambaye ni kiongozi wa harakati chini ya Mungu: Yeye ni mtu mpole kuliko wote niliyewahi kukutana naye. Anatembea na kusema na Mungu. Nguvu zake ziko katika udhaifu wake. Anaonekana kudumisha utegemezi usio na msaada kwa Mungu na ni mnyofu wa moyo kama mtoto mdogo, na wakati uleule amejazwa Mungu kiasi kwamba unahisi upendo na nguvu kila unapokaribia kwake. -- W.H. Durham.Now just a word concerning Bro. Seymour, who is the leader of the movement under God: He is the meekest man I ever met. He walks and talks with God. His power is in his weakness. He seems to maintain a helpless dependence on God and is as simple-hearted as a little child, and at the same time is so filled with God that you feel the love and power every time you get near him. -- W.H. Durham.

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Ndugu Paulo anasema, “Anenaye kwa lugha isiyojulikana hujijenga mwenyewe.” Nawaambia ningependelea kunena kwa lugha ninapotaka kusema kwa ajili ya kujijenga kwangu mwenyewe. Ningependelea kuacha kutumia ulimi wangu na kunena kwa lugha nyingine kama Roho anavyojalia kutamka. Kuna nguvu, utukufu, mbarikiwe Mungu, unaoshuka kutoka mbinguni upitao ufahamu wote. Haishangazi kanisa la Korintho lote lilitaka kunena kwa lugha wakijijenga. Paulo aliwaandikia akiwaambia jinsi ya kutumia karama hizo za thamani. Ilikuwa kama tulipopokea karama kwa mara ya kwanza, sote tulitaka kusema kwa wakati mmoja. Paulo anasema, “Na aombe apate kufasiri. Yeye atabiriye ni mkuu kuliko yeye anenaye kwa lugha, isipokuwa afasiri.” Wengi waliomba na kupokea tafsiri. Siku ya Pentekoste, walizamishwa katika Roho Mtakatifu. Roho “alijaza nyumba yote walipokuwa wameketi.” Ni jambo moja kujazwa kama glasi iliyojazwa maji na jambo lingine kuzamishwa kama unapozamisha glasi isionekane ndani ya chemchemi.Bro. Paul says, "He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself." I tell you I would rather speak in tongues when I want to speak for my own edification. I would rather quit using my own tongue and speak in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. There is a power, a glory, bless God, that comes down from heaven that passes all understanding. No wonder the Corinthian church all wanted to speak in tongues edifying themselves. Paul wrote them telling them how to use those precious gifts. It was just as when we first received the gift, we all wanted to speak at once. Paul says, "Let him pray that he may interpret." Greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret." So many prayed and received the interpretation. On the day of Pentecost, they were immersed into the Holy Spirit. The Spirit "filled all the room where they were sitting." It is one thing to be filled as a glass filled with water and another thing to be submerged as when you plunge the glass out of sight into the fountain.

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Utulivu mtakatifu haumaanishi kushika kinywa chako kimefungwa na kutomsifu Mungu. Unamaanisha kwamba Roho hunyamazisha mwili wote. Bwana yumo katika hekalu lake takatifu na mwili wote na unyamaze mbele zake. Utulivu huu utamwacha Roho kunena kwa sifa na vigelegele na wimbo. Ni utulivu mtakatifu mbinguni, sifa inapokuwa kama sauti ya “maji mengi” na “ngurumo kuu.” (Ufu. 19:6) Tunataka utulivu huu mtakatifu wakati wote, ili tuzoee mbingu kabla hatujafika huko.Holy quietness does not mean to hold your mouth shut and not praise God. It means that the Spirit hushes all the flesh. The Lord is in His holy temple and let all flesh be silent before Him. This quietness will let the Spirit speak out in praises and shouts and song. It is holy quietness in heaven, when the praise is like the voice of "many waters" and "mighty thunderings." (Rev. 19:6) We want this holy quietness all the time, so we will get used to heaven before we get there.

Tunapotakaswa, tunaye Roho Mtakatifu akishuhudia kwamba Kristo amevikwa taji na kuketishwa kwenye kiti cha enzi ndani. Tunaye akizaa matunda ya Roho; lakini tunapobatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu, huingia na karama zake.When we are sanctified, we have the Holy Spirit witnessing that Christ is crowned and enthroned within. We have Him bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit; but when we are baptized with the Holy Ghost, He comes in with His gifts.

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KAZI INAONGEZEKA.WORK INCREASING.

Kazi hii inaonekana kuongezeka kwa nguvu, licha ya juhudi zote za wakosoaji na wapinzani waliojiteua wenyewe. Mwandishi hana shaka hata moja kwamba Ndugu Seymour ana nguvu zaidi pamoja na Mungu, na nguvu zaidi kutoka kwa Mungu, kuliko wakosoaji wake wote ndani na nje ya jiji. Nguvu zake ziko katika udhaifu wake anaoujua, na unyonge mbele za Mungu; na, maadamu anadumisha mtazamo huu, nguvu za Mungu, bila shaka, zitaendelea kutiririka kupitia yeye. Tunatetemeka kwa ajili ya baadhi ya marafiki zetu, wanaodai kwamba Mungu amewafunulia, kwamba “kazi hii yote ni ya shetani.”This work seems to be increasing in power, despite all the efforts of self-appointed critics and antagonists. The writer has not a single doubt but that Brother Seymour has more power with God, and more power from God, than all his critics in and out of the city. His strength is in his conscious weakness, and lowliness before God; and, so long as he maintains this attitude, the power of God will, no doubt, continue to flow through him. We tremble for some of our friends, who claim that God has revealed to them, that "this whole work is of the devil."

Hatuwezi kuthibitisha kwa msimamo mkali kwamba watu hawa hawakupokea ufunuo; lakini tuna hakika kabisa kwamba ufunuo huo haukutoka kwa Mungu. Mwenyezi hafanyi kubomoa kwa mkono mmoja kile anachokijenga kwa mwingine. Shetani hayumo katika kazi ya uokoaji; wala haongozi wafuasi wake kuitukuza damu ya upatanisho ya Kristo, wala kuwajaza watu hamu na shauku ya kuokoa roho. Hatujawahi kumjua Kristo akitukuzwa zaidi kuliko katika Misheni ya Azusa. Kuihusisha kazi hii na Shetani, kunaonekana kwetu kuwa kama kuihusisha kazi ya Kristo, iliyofanywa kwa nguvu ya Roho, na Beelzebuli. Tunatetemeka kwa ajili ya wote waliofanya uamuzi wowote wa haraka kama huo. Mungu kwa rehema zake kuu awasaidie kubadili uamuzi huo, na kufika mahali ambapo anaweza kuwapa kinachofanana na kile anachowapa wengi katika Misheni ya Azusa Street. -- A.S. Worrell katika Gospel Witness.We cannot, dogmatically affirm that these persons have not received a revelation; but we are perfectly sure that such a revelation was not from God. The Almighty doth not pull down with one hand, what He buildeth up with the other. Satan is not in the rescue work; nor does he lead his followers to magnify the atoning blood of Christ, nor fill people with a desire and a passion for saving souls. We have never known Christ more magnified than in Azusa Mission. To ascribe this work to Satan, appears to us to be very much like ascribing the work of Christ, done in power of the Spirit, to Beelzebub. We tremble for all those who have made any such rash decision. May God in his great mercy help them to reverse such decision, and get to the place where he can give them the equivalent of what He is giving many in Azusa Street Mission. -- A.S. Worrell in Gospel Witness.

Damu inashinda nguvu zote za kuzimu. Baada ya kupata nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu rohoni mwetu, tunahitaji Damu kwa kiwango kilekile kwa kuwa Damu huleta uzima na utamu. Maadamu tunaishi chini ya Damu, tutakuwa na uzima na kuhifadhiwa na utamu wenyewe wa mbinguni utanyunyizwa juu yetu, lakini mara tunapotoka chini ya Damu, tutakuwa mtu tofauti kabisa. Unaweza kujua watu wanapoishi chini ya Damu. Kuna utamu, utulivu, furaha, shangwe, raha, na matunda yote ya Roho, lakini ukiiacha Damu kando matendo ya mwili hakika yatajidhihirisha.The Blood conquers all the forces of hell. After we get the power of the Holy Ghost on our souls, we need the Blood just as much, because the Blood brings life and sweetness. As long as we live under the Blood, we will have life and be preserved and the very sweetness of heaven will be sprinkled upon us, but the moment we get from under the Blood, we will be a different person altogether. You can tell when people are living under the Blood. There is sweetness, quietness, joy, happiness, rest, and all the fruits of the Spirit, but leave the Blood out and the works of the flesh are sure to manifest themselves.

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UBATIZO KATIKA ROHO MTAKATIFU.THE BAPTISM WITH THE HOLY GHOST.

Mpendwa katika Kristo unayetafuta ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu; usitafute lugha bali ahadi ya Baba, na uombe ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu, na Mungu ataongeza lugha kulingana na Mdo. 2: 4.Dear one in Christ who are seeking the baptism with the Holy Ghost; do not seek for tongues but for the promise of the Father, and pray for the baptism with the Holy Ghost, and God will throw in the tongues according to Acts 2: 4.

Tunasoma katika Mdo. 1:4,5, “Na alipokuwa amekutana nao, akawaagiza wasiondoke Yerusalemu, bali waingojee ahadi ya Baba, ambayo, alisema, mliisikia kwangu. Kwa maana Yohana alibatiza kwa maji, bali ninyi mtabatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu baada ya siku hizi chache.”We read in Acts 1:4,5, "And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence."

Ahadi hii ya Baba ilihubiriwa kwa wanafunzi na Yohana Mbatizaji. Na Yesu aliwakumbusha wanafunzi kuhusu ubatizo huu ambao Yohana aliwahubiria walipokuwa hai. Mat. 3:11. Yohana, baada ya kuwaonya Wayahudi na Mafarisayo dhidi ya dhambi na unafiki, alihubiri fundisho la ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Alisema kwanza, “Basi zaeni matunda yapasayo toba.” Mungu anawatuma wahudumu wake wa thamani kuhubiri toba kwa watu na kuwageuza kutoka dhambi zao na kuwafanya warudishe kulingana na uwezo wao, na kuwa na imani katika Bwana Yesu Kristo na kuokolewa. Utukufu kwa Mungu!This promise of the Father was preached unto the disciples by John the Baptist. And Jesus reminded the disciples about this baptism that John had preached to them in life. Math. 3:11. John, after warning the Jews and Pharisees against sin and hypocrisy, preached the doctrine of the baptism with the Holy Ghost. He said first, "Bring forth therefore, fruits meet for repentance." God is sending out His precious ministers to preach repentance to the people and turn them from their sins and cause them to make restitution according to their ability, and to have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved. Glory to God!

Kisha lazima watakaswe kwa Damu ya thamani ya Yesu Kristo, kwa maana anasema katika Yohana 17:15-19, “Siombi uwatoe katika ulimwengu, bali uwalinde na yule mwovu. Hawakuwa wa ulimwengu, kama mimi nisivyo wa ulimwengu. Uwatakase kwa ile kweli; neno lako ndilo kweli. Kama vile wewe ulivyonituma ulimwenguni, nami nimewatuma wao ulimwenguni. Na kwa ajili yao najitakasa mimi mwenyewe, ili wao nao wawe wametakaswa katika kweli.” Mungu anataka watu wake watakaswe, kwa sababu anasema tena katika Ebr. 13:12, “Kwa hiyo Yesu naye, ili awatakase watu kwa damu yake mwenyewe, aliteswa nje ya lango. Basi tumwendee huko nje ya kambi, tukichukua laumu yake.”And then they must get sanctified through the precious Blood of Jesus Christ, for He says in John 17:15-19, "I pray not that Thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through Thy truth; Thy Word is truth. As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth." God wants His people to be sanctified, because He says again in Heb. 13:12, "Wherefore Jesus also that He might sanctify the people with His own Blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach."

Kisha Yesu aliwafundisha wanafunzi kungoja Yerusalemu. Walimtii na kungojea ahadi ya Baba. “Hapo siku ya Pentekoste ilipotimia, walikuwa wote mahali pamoja kwa nia moja. Ghafula pakatokea kutoka mbinguni shindo kama la upepo wa nguvu, ukajaza nyumba yote walipokuwa wameketi. Wakatokewa na ndimi zilizogawanyika, kama za moto, zikakaa juu ya kila mmoja wao. Wakajazwa wote Roho Mtakatifu, wakaanza kusema kwa lugha nyingine, kama Roho alivyowajalia kutamka.” Mdo. 2:1-4.Then Jesus taught the disciples to tarry at Jerusalem. They obeyed Him and waited for the promise of the Father. "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing, mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." Acts 2:1-4.

Upepo siku zote ni kielelezo cha Roho au uzima. “Ukajaza nyumba yote walipokuwa wameketi.” Mito ya wokovu ilikuwa imekuja na kujaza mahali pote, nao wote walizamishwa au kubatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu. Sifa kwa Mungu! “Wakatokewa na ndimi zilizogawanyika, kama za moto.” Wapendwa, tunapopokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto, hakika tutanena kwa lugha kama Roho anavyotujalia kutamka. Hatutafuti lugha, bali tunatafuta ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto. Na tunapoupokea, tutajazwa Roho Mtakatifu kiasi kwamba yeye mwenyewe atanena kwa nguvu za Roho.Wind is always typical of the Spirit or of life. "And it filled all the house where they were sitting." The rivers of salvation had come and had filled the whole place, and they all were immersed or baptized in the Holy Spirit. Praise God! "And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire." Beloved, when we receive the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire, we surely will speak in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. We are not seeking for tongues, but we are seeking the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire. And when we receive it, we shall be so filled with the Holy Ghost, that He Himself will speak in the power of the Spirit.

“Wakajazwa wote Roho Mtakatifu, wakaanza kusema kwa lugha nyingine, kama Roho alivyowajalia kutamka.” Sasa, wapendwa, msihangaike sana kuhusu kunena kwenu kwa lugha, bali mwacheni Roho Mtakatifu akupe kutamka, nayo itakuja kwa uhuru kama hewa tunayovuta. Si kitu kinachotengenezwa, bali kinatoka moyoni. “Kwa maana kwa moyo mtu huamini hata kupata haki, na kwa kinywa hukiri hata kupata wokovu.” Kwa hiyo uzima wa Roho Mtakatifu unapoingia, kinywa hufunguka, kwa nguvu za Roho moyoni. Utukufu kwa Mungu!"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." Now, beloved, do not be too concerned about your speaking in tongues, but let the Holy Ghost give you utterance, and it will come just as freely as the air we breathe. It is nothing worked up, but it comes from the heart. "With the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation." So when the Holy Ghost life comes in, the mouth opens, through the power of the Spirit in the heart. Glory to God!

“Na walikuwako Yerusalemu Wayahudi, watu wa kicho, kutoka kila taifa chini ya mbingu. Basi sauti hii iliposikiwa, mkutano ukaja pamoja, wakafadhaika, kwa sababu kila mtu aliwasikia wakisema kwa lugha yake mwenyewe. Wakashangaa wote, wakastaajabu, wakisema, Tazama, hawa wote wasemao si Wagalilaya? Imekuwaje basi sisi kusikia kila mtu lugha ya kwao tuliyozaliwa nayo?” Mdo. 2:5-8."There were, dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, 'Behold, are not all these which speak, Galileans. And how hear we every man speak in our own tongue wherein we were born?" Acts. 2:5-8.

Wapendwa, kama hujui lugha unayosema, usijisumbue kuhusu hilo, kwa maana Bwana hakutuahidi kutuambia lugha tunayosema, bali alituahidi tafsiri ya tunachosema.Beloved, if you do not know the language that you speak, do not puzzle yourself about it, for the Lord did not promise us He would tell us what language we were speaking, but He promised us the interpretation of what we speak.

Katika kutafuta ubatizo, kwanza pata ushahidi wazi, dhahiri rohoni mwako kwamba unaye Kristo akaaye ndani. Kisha hakutakuwa na shida kupokea ubatizo wa Kipentekoste, kwa imani katika Bwana na Mwokozi wetu, Yesu Kristo, kwa maana ni karama ya bure inayokuja bila toba. Libarikiwe jina lake takatifu! —W.J.S.In seeking the baptism, first get a clear, definite witness in your soul that you have the abiding Christ within. Then there will be no trouble in receiving the Pentecostal baptism, through faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for it is a free gift that comes without repentance. Bless His holy name! —W.J.S.

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UJUMBE KWA LUGHA ULIOFASIRIWA.MESSAGES IN TONGUES INTERPRETED.

“Roho anakuja kwa nguvu kuu juu ya watu wake. Mtazame Yesu sasa na upokee kutoka kwake. Ee Yesu ni Mfalme wangu Mwenyezi. Tazama uso wa Yesu na umwone Mwokozi huyu mkuu. Yeye ni zaidi ya ulimwengu wote kwangu. Yesu ni mzuri kabisa. Utukufu na heshima vimvike taji. Muabuduni Mwokozi huyu wa ajabu.”"The Spirit comes in mighty power upon His people. Look up unto Jesus now and receive from Him. O Jesus is my Almighty King. Look up into the face of Jesus and see this great Savior. He is more than all the world to me. Jesus is altogether lovely. Glory and honor crown Him. Be in adoration unto this wonderful Savior."

“Wale waliokaa gizani waliona nuru kuu, na kwao waliokaa katika bonde la uvuli wa mauti, nuru imewaangazia. Yesu ni yeye yule leo kama alivyokuwa nyakati za kale. Atauponya mwili, atasafisha dhambi, na kutoa ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Huongoza kwenye maisha ya nuru. Kuna uhuru kwa wote wanaotaka kuepuka nguvu za adui. Mtafuteni sasa. Ee njooni. Mungu alikuja ulimwenguni kutafuta na kuokoa kile kilichopotea. Ametukomboa kwa Damu yake ya thamani.”"They that sat in darkness saw great light, and to them that sat in the valley of the shadow of death, a light is sprung up. Jesus is the same today as He was in old times. He will heal the body, cleanse from sin, and give the baptism with the Holy Ghost. He leads on to a life of light. There is freedom for all who would escape the power of the enemy. Seek Him now. O come. God came into the world to seek and to save that which was lost. He has redeemed us by His own precious Blood."

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5. Mashahidi Wengi: Lugha Zilizofasiriwa, Uamsho wa Mukti na Kuaga kwa Seymour5. Many Witnesses: Tongues Interpreted, the Mukti Revival and Seymour’s Farewell

The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Buku la I, Nambari 7, Aprili 1907: “Misheni katika Los Angeles,” ripoti ya maandishi mafupi ya haraka (shorthand) isiyo na jina ya ibada ambayo inajumuisha hotuba ya kuaga ya W. J. Seymour; barua ya Albert Norton kutoka Dhond, India (alifariki 1923); “Kielelezo cha Pentekoste”; “Pentekoste Kusini” ya G. B. Cashwell (alifariki 1916); na “Pentekoste huko Denver.” Chanzo cha msingi; madai yaliyomo ni ya wahariri na washiriki. Michango iliyotiwa sahihi au iliyoandikwa kwa nafsi ya kwanza na waandishi ambao haki zao hazijaruhusiwa Mexico imeachwa, na vipengele vingine vimeachwa kwa sababu ya urefu; kila sehemu iliyoachwa imewekwa alama […].The Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles), Vol. I, No. 7, April 1907: “Missions in Los Angeles,” an anonymous shorthand report of services that includes W. J. Seymour’s farewell address; Albert Norton’s letter from Dhond, India (d. 1923); “Type of Pentecost”; G. B. Cashwell’s “Pentecost in the South” (d. 1916); and “Pentecost in Denver.” Primary source; the claims are those of the editors and participants. Signed or first-person contributions by authors whose rights are not cleared in Mexico have been left out, and other items have been left out for length; each omission is marked […].

Dokezo la CTS: Ripoti ya maandishi mafupi ya haraka inawawezesha wanafunzi kusikia ibada ya Azusa karibu neno kwa neno: ushuhuda, ujumbe kwa lugha pamoja na tafsiri, wimbo, na mahubiri ya kuaga ya Seymour juu ya Isaya 1 kabla ya kwenda kutembelea Texas na Kusini. Zingatia dai la mwandishi wa ripoti kwamba tafsiri “zilirekodiwa kwa maandishi mafupi ya haraka” lakini hazikutolewa wakati huo; hilo ni maelezo ya mwandishi wa ripoti, si kumbukumbu iliyothibitishwa. Albert Norton, mmisionari nchini India kwa miongo kadhaa, anaeleza uamsho katika Misheni ya Mukti ya Pandita Ramabai, ulioanza miongoni mwa wanawake wa India mwaka 1905, bila kutegemea Los Angeles; unawakumbusha wasomaji kwamba uamsho wa mwanzoni mwa karne ya ishirini ulikuwa na vituo kadhaa na haukuongozwa na Wamagharibi pekee. Ripoti ya Norton kwamba wanawake walinena Kiingereza ambacho hawakujifunza ni dai la “xenolalia” (kunena lugha halisi ambayo mtu hakuisomea); Wapentekoste wa baadaye kwa kiasi kikubwa waliacha kutarajia lugha zitumike kama lugha tayari za umisionari. Gazeti hilo tena linatumia maneno yaliyopitwa na wakati (“colored,” “natives”). Wanawake hapa wanashuhudia, wanahubiri na kufasiri; CTS inawasilisha hili kwa msimamo wa kutopendelea, ikibainisha kwamba mapokeo ya ukamilishano wa majukumu (complementarian), ya usawa (egalitarian) na ya huduma ya timu kila moja huyasoma kwa njia yake.CTS note: The shorthand report lets students hear an Azusa service almost word for word: testimonies, messages in tongues with interpretations, a hymn, and Seymour’s farewell sermon on Isaiah 1 before he left to visit Texas and the South. Note the reporter’s claim that the interpretations were “recorded in shorthand” but not given at the time; that is the reporter’s account, not a verified record. Albert Norton, a missionary in India for decades, describes the revival at Pandita Ramabai’s Mukti Mission, which began among Indian women in 1905, independently of Los Angeles; it reminds readers that the early twentieth-century revivals had several centres and were not led only by Westerners. Norton’s report that women spoke English they had not learned is a claim of “xenolalia” (speaking a real language one has not studied); later Pentecostals mostly ceased to expect tongues to serve as ready-made missionary languages. The paper again uses dated terms (“colored,” “natives”). Women here testify, preach and interpret; CTS presents this neutrally, noting that complementarian, egalitarian and team-ministry traditions each read it in their own way.

“Mkishindanie kwa bidii imani ile mliyopewa watakatifu mara moja tu.”—Yuda 3“Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”—Jude 3

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Mashahidi Wengi wa Nguvu za Damu na za Roho Mtakatifu.Many Witnesses to the Power of the Blood and of the Holy Ghost.

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Katika Bellingham, Washington.In Bellingham, Washington.

Katika Bellingham, Wash, Pentekoste imeanguka, idadi kubwa wamepokea ubatizo na wana misheni yao wenyewe. Waliogeuka kumi na wanne wamebatizwa katika ghuba.In Bellingham, Wash, the Pentecost has fallen, quite a number have received the baptism and they have a mission of their own. Fourteen converts have been baptized in the bay.

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MISHENI KATIKA LOS ANGELESMISSIONS IN LOS ANGELES

Mgeni Mwenye Karama ya Tafsiri Aripoti Ibada kwa Maandishi Mafupi ya Haraka.A Visitor Who Has the Gift of Interpretation Reports Services in Shorthand.

Nguvu za Mungu zilishuka kwa njia ya wazi Jumatatu, Aprili 29, katika Misheni ya Azusa, zikianzia hasa katika mkutano wa wahudumu uliofanyika mchana na kufikia kilele katika ibada ya jioni, huku ushuhuda ukitolewa na mashahidi waliobatizwa. Kwa mmisionari aliyerudi kutoka China ambaye nguvu za Kipentekoste sasa zinakaa juu yake, ujumbe ulitolewa kwa lugha na ndugu mmoja na kufasiriwa na mwingine, “Fungua kinywa chako kwa upana nami nitakijaza, usingoje maneno yaundwe akilini mwako, bali toa tu yale Roho anayoweka ndani na umwache atawale.” * * *The power of God came down in a marked manner on Monday, April 29, at Azusa Mission, beginning especially in the ministerial meeting held during the day and culminating in the evening service, while testimonies were being given by baptized witnesses. To a returned missionary from China upon whom the Pentecostal power is now resting, the message was given in tongues by one brother and interpreted by another, "Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it, wait not for the words to be formed in your mind, but give out just what the Spirit puts within and let Him control." * * *

Dada mmoja ambaye alikuwa amehudhuria mikutano kwa muda, alishuhudia kwamba alikuwa amepokea uhuru hivi karibuni tu, na kusema kwamba alipomtembelea mwanamke mgonjwa mchana, Bwana alikuwa amemshawishi msichana asiyeamini. Juu ya hili mume wa shahidi huyu alisimama na kunena kwa lugha kwa nguvu sana, lakini tafsiri haikutolewa hadi ndugu aliyesimamia mkutano alipoeleza jinsi dada huyu alivyopokea uhuru kwa kwenda na kwa mara ya kwanza kujaribu kuwasaidia wasiookoka katika mkutano, baada ya hapo ujumbe wa lugha ulitafsiriwa kwa nguvu zaidi kama: “Ee jinsi tunavyomsifu Bwana kwa njia anayofanya kazi; tunapokwenda kufanya kazi kwa ajili yake yeye atafanya kazi nyingine kwa Roho wake kupitia sisi. Anataka kutufundisha kwamba njia zake si njia zetu wala mawazo yake si mawazo yetu, bali kama mbingu zilivyo juu ya dunia ndivyo njia zake zilivyo juu ya njia zetu na mawazo yake kuliko mawazo yetu.”A sister who had been attending the meetings some time, testified to having received liberty only recently, and said that on visiting a sick woman during the day the Lord had convinced an unbelieving girl. Upon this the husband of this witness arose and spoke in tongues very forcibly, but the interpretation was not given until the brother in charge of the meeting had told how this sister had received liberty by going and for the first time seeking to help the unsaved in a meeting, after which the message in tongues was translated with even more power as: "Oh how we praise the Lord for the way He works; when we go to do a work for Him He will work another by His Spirit through us. He wants to teach us that His ways are not our ways nor His thoughts our thoughts, but as the heaven is high above the earth so are His ways higher than our ways and His thoughts than our thoughts."

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Baadaye kidogo jioni, kijana mmoja mweusi alipokuwa akishuhudia, alianza kuimba kwa lugha nyingine: “Ee Yesu, Mwokozi wa ajabu.” Baada ya maneno machache zaidi ya sifa kwa Mungu kwa lugha yake mwenyewe aliimba kwa lugha nyingine kwa uzuri: “Ee, tazama jinsi Mfalme anavyoingia kwa ushindi,” ambapo nguvu zilikuwa kuu hata waumini wengi waliobatizwa wakasimama mmoja baada ya mwingine na kujiunga katika kwaya kuu katika Roho, huku kijana huyo akiendelea na ushuhuda wake kisha akaimba: “Ee mimina mioyo yenu mbele zake na jinyenyekezeni kwa utii.” Ndipo kiongozi wa mkutano akasimama na, ingawa hakuwa amesikia tafsiri za ujumbe huu, akapaza: “Njooni madhabahuni! njooni madhabahuni!” Na yule mjumbe kijana akaendelea kwa lugha: “Ee mtafuteni Bwana maadamu anapatikana, mwiteni maadamu yu karibu nanyi,” na ndugu mwingine akanena kwa nguvu kwa lugha nyingine kwa mioyo ya watu: “Ee mgeukieni maadamu inaitwa Leo na mtafuteni maadamu anapatikana.” Tafsiri za ujumbe huu hazikutolewa wakati huo bali zilirekodiwa kwa maandishi mafupi ya haraka. Hata hivyo, athari ya udhihirisho wa nguvu za Roho ilikuwa ya papo hapo na ya wazi sana, kwa maana watu walikuja mbele madhabahuni na kuanguka pande zote chini ya nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu, pepo wakitolewa kwa jina la Yesu, watakatifu wakihuishwa, na wanne wakipokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu pamoja na ushahidi wa kunena kwa lugha.A little later in the evening, as a young colored brother was testifying, he began to sing in another language: "O Jesus, Thou wonderful Savior." After a few more words of praise to God in his own language he sang in another beautifully: "Oh, see how the King comes in triumph," upon which the power was so great that many baptized believers arose one after another and joined in a mighty chorus in the Spirit, while the young brother went on with his testimony and then sang: "Oh pour out your hearts before Him and bend yourselves in obedience." Whereat the leader of the meeting arose and, although he had not heard the interpretation of these messages, cried out: "Come to the altar! come to the altar!" And the young messenger continued in a tongue: "Oh seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near to you," and another brother spoke forcefully in another language to the hearts of the people: "Oh turn to Him while it is called today and seek Him while He may be found." The interpretation of these messages was not given out at the time but recorded in shorthand. The effect of the manifestation of the Spirit's power was, however, immediate and very marked, for the people came forward to the altar and fell all around under the power of the Holy Spirit, demons being cast out in the name of Jesus, saints being quickened, and four receiving the baptism with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues.

Kwa wale wanaouliza kwa nini tunapaswa kunena kwa lugha na ina faida gani isipokuwa waelewe wale wanaopewa ujumbe, ripoti hii ni ushahidi wa kutosha kwamba si kwa ufahamu wa akili wala kwa akili kubwa ndipo Mungu anapotaka kusema na wanadamu, bali kwa nguvu kuu na udhihirisho wa Roho Mtakatifu.To those who ask why we should speak in tongues and what use it is unless understood by those to whom the message is given, this report is sufficient evidence that it is not by the understanding of mind or by great intellect that God would speak to the children of men, but in the mighty power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost.

Kusanyiko la Kipentekoste.The Pentecostal Assembly.

Katika Kusanyiko la Kipentekoste, 327 1/2 So. Spring St., katika Ukumbi wa Metropolitan, kikundi cha Wakristo wenye bidii hufanya ibada kila Jumanne na Ijumaa alasiri na jioni na siku nzima Jumapili ya kila wiki. Hawa hushuhudia katika uhuru wa Roho, wale waliopokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu mara nyingi wakinena kwa lugha, tafsiri zikilijenga kanisa. Jioni ya Jumanne, Aprili 30, mtu mlevi alileta ukumbini na kabla ya mkutano kuanza nguvu za Mungu zilikuwa zimemfanya awe na akili timamu tayari kwa Injili. Wafanyakazi zaidi walitoka, na kila mmoja alileta mhanga mwingine maskini wa ulevi, ndugu mmoja akikamata watatu, wawili kati yao walijaribu kumzuia mwenzao lakini wakamfuata ndani. Neno la Mungu lilisomwa na ndugu aliyesimamia, kutoka kifungu cha Luka 19, likiwa na kiini katika maneno: “Mwana wa Adamu alikuja kutafuta na kuokoa kilichopotea” (mst. 10), ufafanuzi ukiwa wa moja kwa moja na kutolewa na Roho. Pamoja na nyimbo za ushindi katikati, watakatifu walipiga magoti na kushughulika na kila kisa kivyake walipoonyesha hamu ya dhati ya kuokolewa; na kutiwa moyo hivyo, watu hawa maskini wenyewe walipaza sauti zao kwa Mungu, baadhi yao wakimlilia kweli kutoka mioyoni mwao kwa msamaha na nguvu. Kabla ya kupokea ukombozi katika baadhi ya visa pepo wa ulevi ilibidi atolewe, na wote ilibidi watiwe moyo kama watoto wasali kwa Baba yao aliye mbinguni, lakini tunaamini kazi ilifanyika itakayoonekana katika umilele wote. Majina na anwani za wengi wa watu hawa zilichukuliwa na ndugu mmoja katika Kusanyiko, atakayewatembelea mchana na kuwatia moyo wamtazame Mungu.At the Pentecostal Assembly, 327 1/2 So. Spring St., in the Metropolitan Hall, an earnest band of Christians hold services every Tuesday and Friday afternoon and evening and all day Sunday of each week. These witness in the liberty of the Spirit, those who have received the baptism in the Holy Ghost often speaking in tongues, the interpretations edifying the church. On Tuesday evening, April 30, a drunken man was brought into the hall and before the meeting started the power of God had sobered him in readiness for the Gospel. More workers went out, and each brought in another poor victim of intoxication, one brother capturing three, two of whom tried to restrain their mate but followed in. The Word of God was read by the brother in charge, from the passage in Luke 19, centering in the words: "The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost" (v. 10), the exposition being to the point and given by the Spirit. With songs of victory interspersed, the saints got to their knees and dealt with each case separately as they manifested an earnest desire to be saved; and thus encouraged, these poor men themselves lifted their voices to God, some of them really crying to Him from their hearts for pardon and power. Before they received deliverance in some cases the demon of drink had to be cast out, and all had to be encouraged like children to pray to their Father in heaven, but we believe a work was done which will be seen through all eternity. The names and addresses of most of these men were taken by a brother in the Assembly, who will call upon them in the day and encourage them to look to God.

Misheni ya Azusa, Jioni ya Alhamisi, Mei 1.Azusa Mission, Thursday Evening, May 1.

Baada ya uimbaji wa moyo na maombi ya dhati, ndugu Myahudi aliyeongoka alishuhudia. Kisha mvulana mdogo alipanda madhabahuni na kusema wazi: “Namshukuru Bwana kwa kuniokoa, na sasa natafuta ubatizo. Nataka mniombee ili niupate. Usiku huu nilikuwa na maumivu ya jino nami nilimwomba Bwana aliondoe, naye akaliondoa.” * * *After some hearty singing and earnest prayer, a converted Jewish brother testified. Then a little boy mounted the altar and said plainly: "I thank the Lord for saving me, and now I am seeking the baptism. I want you to pray for me that I may get it. Tonight I had the toothache and I prayed for the Lord to take it away, and He took it away." * * *

Dada mmoja alisema: “Furahini katika Bwana. Furahini siku zote; tena nasema, furahini. Nafurahi katika Bwana; nafurahi katika wokovu wake, nafurahi katika uzima wake, nafurahi katika uwepo wake pamoja nami, nafurahi katika uaminifu wake, nafurahi katika kutobadilika kwake, nategemea ahadi zake, na namtazamia na kumtarajia dakika kwa dakika. Haleluya! Haleluya! Tumsifu Mungu wetu milele.”A sister said: "Rejoice in the Lord. Rejoice always; and again I say rejoice. I am rejoicing in the Lord; I am rejoicing in His salvation, I am rejoicing in His life, I am rejoicing in His presence with me, I am rejoicing in His faithfulness, I am rejoicing in His unchangeableness, I am resting on His promises, and looking and expecting Him moment by moment. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise our God for ever."

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Ndugu mmoja mweusi alisimama na kuimba beti za wimbo, watu wakijiunga katika kiitikio: “Damu, Damu, ndiyo dua yangu yote; Haleluya, inanisafisha.” Kisha alisema: “Haleluya! Nafurahi sana kushuhudia kwamba Damu inanisafisha. Ee, utamu! Moyo wangu umejaa upendo kwa Yesu. Nafurahi sana ninaweza kuchukua msalaba na kufanya kazi pamoja naye sasa na kumfuata. Ee, najua nategemea mikono ya Mwenyezi.”A colored brother arose and sang the verses of a hymn, the people joining in the chorus: "The Blood, the Blood, is all my plea; Hallelujah, it cleanseth me." He then said: "Hallelujah! I am so glad I can testify that the Blood cleanseth me. Oh, the sweetness! My heart is full of love for Jesus. I am so glad I can take up the cross and work with Him now and follow Him. Oh, I know I am leaning on the Almighty's arms."

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Mzee mmoja ambaye amepokea ubatizo hivi karibuni alisema: “Pokeeni tu baraka ambazo Mungu anatuletea. Ee namshukuru Mungu kwa kumpata mzee, mwenye dhambi kama mimi. Sikustahili chochote, lakini alijitoa kwangu. Ee utukufu, ee utukufu! (Kisha alinena kwa lugha nyingine, tafsiri ikiwa): “Utukufu kwako Mkombozi wangu mkuu kwa upendo wako mkuu kwangu. Ee jinsi ninavyokusifu. (Aliendelea kwa Kiingereza:) Ee utukufu kwa Mungu kwa karama aliyonipa. Sasa kama kuna mwenye dhambi hapa usiku huu, mtafute. Sasa sote tunaweza kuipata bila fedha.”An old gentleman who has recently received the baptism said: "Just take the blessings that God sends down to us. Oh I thank God that He has found an old man, a sinner like me. I was not worthy of anything, but He gave Himself to me. O glory, O glory! (Then he spoke in another language, the interpretation being): "Glory to Thee my great Redeemer for Thy great love towards me. O how I praise Thee. (He continued in English:) Oh glory to God for the gift He has given me. Now if there is any sinner here tonight, seek Him. Now we all may have it without money."

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Mwingine alishuhudia hivi: “Namsifu Mungu usiku huu kwamba niko chini ya Damu; Damu ya Yesu inanifunika na kunisafisha dhambi yote.”Another testified as follows: "I praise God tonight that I am under the Blood; Jesus' Blood covers me and cleanses me from all sin."

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Mtu mwingine alisema: “Najua kwamba Damu ya Yesu inaniokoa na kunitakasa na kunilinda siku hadi siku. Yeye ni Mponyaji wangu, namsifu na kumshukuru kwa jinsi anavyoongeza imani yangu na kunifundisha leo. Bwana alinipa mstari tangu nimesimama hapa; ‘Mngojee Bwana, uwe hodari, naye atakutia moyo nguvu.’ Nasimama tu juu ya ahadi zake. Kwa kupigwa kwake nimepona. Namsifu na kumshukuru kwa moyo wangu wote. Ananiokoa na kunitakasa na kunibatiza katika Roho Mtakatifu.”Someone else said: "I know that the Blood of Jesus saves me and sanctifies me and keeps me from day to day. He is my Healer, I praise Him and thank Him for the way He is increasing my faith and instructing me today. The Lord gave me a verse since I have been standing here; 'Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart.' I am just standing on His promises. With His stripes I am healed. I praise Him and thank Him with all my heart. He saves me and sanctifies me and baptizes me with the Holy Ghost."

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Wimbo mpya wenye nguvu nyingi uliimbwa kisha na wote katika Roho:A new song of much power was then sung through in the Spirit by all:

Yesu Kristo amefanywa kwangu Yote ninayohitaji, yote ninayohitaji; Yeye peke yake ni dua yangu yote, Yeye ni yote ninayohitaji.Jesus Christ is made to me All I need, all I need; He alone is all my plea, He is all I need.

Kiitikio— Hekima, Haki na Nguvu, Utakatifu milele, Ukombozi wangu kamili na wa uhakika, Yeye ni yote ninayohitaji.Chorus— Wisdom, Righteousness and Power, Holiness forever more, My Redemption full and sure, He is all I need.

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Ndugu mmoja alishuhudia: “Kuna nguvu rohoni mwangu usiku huu kwa sababu Mungu aliiweka ndani; ni nguvu ya Roho iliyoshuka kutoka kwenye kiti cha enzi cha Mungu, kutoka kwa Baba wa Milele, ambaye mbele zake ni lazima siku moja tusimame na kutoa hesabu ya matendo yaliyofanywa katika mwili. Ee jinsi sisi tunaojiita Wakristo tunavyopaswa kuenenda kwa uangalifu mbele ya kizazi hiki kisicho na utauwa. Bwana alinionyesha miaka michache iliyopita kwamba kutoka California kutakuja harakati itakayoshtua ulimwengu, na hapa unabii huu umetimizwa. Sifa kwa Mungu kwa Pentekoste hii binafsi.” Kisha alisema kwa lugha nyingine: “Yesu alikufa ili uokolewe. Ee okolewa usiku huu na umtafute kwa moyo wote, na umwache afanye njia yake.”A brother testified: "There is power in my soul tonight because God put it in there; it is the power of the Spirit that came down from the throne of God, from the Everlasting Father, before whom we must one day stand and give an account of the deeds done in the body. Oh how careful we as professing Christians ought to walk before this ungodly generation. The Lord showed me a few years ago that out of California would come a movement that would startle the world, and here is this prophecy fulfilled. Praise God for this personal Pentecost." He then said in another tongue: "Jesus died that you might be saved. Oh be saved tonight and seek Him with all the heart, and let Him have His way."

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Dada mmoja kijana mweusi kisha alisema: “Nataka kumsifu Mungu usiku huu. Yeye ni yote katika yote kwangu. Utukufu kwa Yesu. Wapendwa, hamjui jinsi ilivyo tamu kumwamini Yesu. Msikae nyuma mkicheka na kudhihaki —ee mnamcheka Yesu, si sisi. (Kwa lugha.) Yeye aketiye mbinguni atawacheka, Bwana atawadhihaki. Ee kwa nini hamtaki kuja kwangu mpate uzima? Ee kwa nini mnapinga maombi yangu kwenu wakati huu? Ee kwa nini hamji kwangu na kunigeukia kwa moyo wako? Wapendwa, ikubalini wokovu huu uliobarikiwa. Namsifu Mkombozi wangu aliyebarikiwa kwa kuniokoa kutoka dhambi, kwa kunipa moyo safi. Nilipokuwa mwenye dhambi, nilikuwa naenda kanisani na kutazama huku na huku nikicheka, lakini ee sikujua kwamba nilikuwa namcheka Yesu, lakini sifa kwa Mungu, yeye ni yote katika yote kwangu sasa. Ameondoa kicheko chote kutoka kwangu, ukosoaji wote. Amenipa moyo safi kabisa na kunijaza upendo. Wapendwa, ee ni thamani kuwa na moyo safi. Aliiokoa roho yangu na amenibatiza katika Roho Mtakatifu. (Kwa lugha:) Ee kwa nini mnapinga juhudi za Roho? Kwa nini hamgeukii kwake kwa toba? Wapendwa, ni tamu sana kutembea na Yesu. Namchukua kama Mponyaji wangu. Huponya magonjwa yangu yote. Ee utukufu kwa Mungu. (Kwa lugha:) “Kwa nini hamtazami kwake mkaishi wakati huu?”A young colored sister then said: "I want to praise God tonight. He is all in all to me. Glory to Jesus. Dear ones, you do not know how sweet it is to trust Jesus. Do not sit back laughing and scoffing —oh you are laughing at Jesus, not at us. (In tongues.) He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision. Oh why will ye not come unto Me that ye might have life? Oh why do you resist My pleadings with you at this time? Oh why do you not come to Me and turn to Me with thy heart? Dear ones, accept this blessed salvation. I do praise my blessed Redeemer for saving me from sin, for giving me a clean heart. When I was a sinner, I would go to church and look around laughing, but oh I did not know I was laughing at Jesus, but praise God, He is all in all to me now. He has taken all the laugh out of me, all criticism. He has given me a perfectly clean heart and filled me with love. Dear ones, oh it is precious to have a clean heart. He saved my soul and He has baptized me with the Holy Ghost. (In tongues:) O why do you resist the strivings of the Spirit? Why do you not turn to Him in repentance? Dear ones, it is so sweet to walk with Jesus. I take Him as my Healer. He heals all my diseases. O glory to God. (In tongues:) "Why do you not look to Him and live at this time?"

Ndugu W.J. Seymour kisha alianzisha kusanyiko kuimba:Bro. W.J. Seymour then started the congregation singing:

Yesu, Yesu, jinsi ninavyokutegemea, Jinsi nilivyokuthibitisha tena na tena; Yesu, Yesu, Yesu mbarikiwa, Ee, nipe neema ya kukutegemea zaidi,Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Thee, How I've proved Thee o'er and o'er; Jesus, Jesus, blessed Jesus, Oh, for grace to trust Thee more,

Kisha alisema: “Utukufu! Wapendwa, nataka kuwaambia ‘Usiku mwema’ nyote kwa muda mfupi. Sasa imepita zaidi ya mwaka mmoja tangu niondoke Texas na kuja katika sehemu hii ya nchi kufanya kazi kwa ajili ya Bwana, na ninarudi huko kupitia jimbo lile la zamani ambalo Bwana aliniita kutoka mwaka mmoja uliopita. Nitapita huko na kuona watoto wale wa thamani walioomba pamoja nami kwa ajili ya Pentekoste, na nikiwa mbali nataka nyote mwombe Mungu anitumie kwa heshima na utukufu wake mwenyewe.He then said: "Glory! Beloved, I want to say 'Goodnight' to you all for a short while. It has now been over a year ago since I left Texas and came up in this portion of the country to labor and work for the Lord, and I am going back there through that old state where the Lord called me from a year ago. I am going to pass through there and see those precious children that prayed with me for Pentecost, and while I am gone I want you all to pray that God may use me to His own honor and glory.

“Nataka kusoma Neno la thamani la Mungu mwenyewe katika sura ya kwanza ya kitabu cha Isaya. (Alisoma hadi mstari wa 9 kisha akasema:) Nafurahi sana Bwana Mungu ameinua watu hapa hapa Los Angeles, na [San] Francisco, zinaonekana kama Sodoma na Gomora, lakini kutoka miji hii Bwana Mungu ameinua watu kwa ajili ya jina lake takatifu. Amewasafisha dhambi, amewatakasa, na kuwabatiza katika Roho Mtakatifu na kuwatia muhuri hadi siku ya Ukombozi. Utukufu kwa jina lake takatifu! Naweza kwenda na kufurahi pamoja na watu wa Texas, nikiwaambia mambo ya ajabu Mungu aliyoyafanya Los Angeles. Walisema nirudi baada ya mwezi mmoja, na sasa hii ndiyo nafasi ya kwanza niliyoipata ya kurudi. (Kisha alisoma hadi mwisho wa mstari wa 20). ‘Bali mkikataa na kuasi, mtaangamizwa kwa upanga; kwa kuwa kinywa cha BWANA kimenena haya.’ Kila mtu, kila kanisa, kila nyumba, inayokataa Injili kamili ya Bwana na Mwokozi, Yesu Kristo, itaangamizwa. Tunaishi wakati ambao Roho Mtakatifu anafanya kazi—mbarikiwe Mungu— akiwahukumu wanaume na wanawake kuhusu dhambi na haki na hukumu, na kila mwanamume na kila mwanamke anayeifanya mioyo yake kuwa migumu dhidi ya Neno la Mungu ataanguka. Wanaume na wanawake wa jiji hili wakitubu na kuiacha dhambi yao na kumkubali Bwana na Mwokozi wetu, Yesu Kristo, ‘mtakula mema ya nchi.’ Utukufu kwa jina lake takatifu! Mungu anavyo vitu vinono vya kuwalisha watu wake wote wenye njaa. Ee, atawajaza usiku huu. Ee, muziki utakuwa ukiimba rohoni mwenu na, ee, upendo wa Kristo upitao ufahamu wote utakuwa ukikaa moyoni mwenu. Soma tu anachosema: ‘Mkikubali na kutii mtakula mema ya nchi.’ Yesu anasema: ‘Kaeni ndani yangu, kama vile tawi lisivyoweza kuzaa matunda peke yake, usipokaa ndani ya mzabibu, kadhalika ninyi nanyi msipokaa ndani yangu.’ Ee, wapendwa, tukikaa katika maneno ya Bwana Yesu Kristo na kumlisha Kristo, nawaambieni, tutaishi kwa mema ya nchi,—libarikiwe jina lake takatifu. Tutakuwa na vinono-mbarikiwe Mungu,—-tutakuwa na kila kitu cha kufurahisha mioyo yetu, tutakuwa na uponyaji na afya na wokovu rohoni mwetu. Ee, utukufu kwa jina lake takatifu. Ee, msilikatae Neno la Mungu; ee, likubalini, kubalini mafundisho yote ya Bwana na Mwokozi wetu, Yesu Kristo, na ee, wapendwa, litaijaza mioyo yenu mambo mema."I want to read some of God's own precious Word in the first chapter of the book of Isaiah. (He read to verse 9 and then said:) I am so glad the Lord God has raised up a people right in Los Angeles, and [San] Francisco, they seem like Sodom and Gomorrah, but out of these cities the Lord God has raised up a people for His holy name. He has cleansed them from sin, He has sanctified them, and has baptized them with the Holy Ghost and sealed them unto the day of Redemption. Glory to His holy name! I can go and rejoice with the people in Texas, telling them of the wonderful things that God has done in Los Angeles. They said I should be back in a month's time, and now this is the first chance I have had to get back. (He then read to the end of verse 20). ‘But if ye refuse and rebel ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.' Every man, every church, every home, that rejects the full Gospel of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, shall be devoured. We are living in a time when the Holy Ghost is working—bless God— convincing men and women of sin and righteousness and judgment, and every man and every women that hardens their heart against the Word of God shall fall. If the men and women of this city will repent and turn from their sin and accept our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, 'ye shall eat the good of the land.’ Glory to His holy name! God has fat things to feed all His hungry people. Oh, He will fill you tonight. Oh, the music will be singing in your soul and, oh, the love of Christ that passes all understanding will be dwelling in your heart. Just read what He says: 'If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land.' Jesus says: 'Abide in me, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me.' Oh, beloved, if we abide in the words of the Lord Jesus Christ and feed off Christ, I'll tell you, we shall live off the good of the land,—bless His holy name. We will have the fat-bless God,—-we will have everything to cheer our heart, we shall have healing and health and salvation in our souls. Oh, glory to His holy name. Oh, do not refuse the Word of God; oh, accept it, accept all the doctrine of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and oh, beloved, it will fill your hearts with good things.

“Lakini sikilizeni anachosema: ‘Mkikataa na kuasi, mtaangamizwa kwa upanga; kwa kuwa kinywa cha BWANA kimenena haya.’ Wapendwa, mkimkataa Kristo, mkiikataa Damu yake ya thamani, mkimkataa Roho Mtakatifu, mtaangamizwa kwa upanga; lakini mkimkubali Yesu Kristo atawaandalia meza mbele yenu, na Bwana Mungu mwenyewe ataitandika na atawalisha mwenyewe. Yesu alipomaliza kuwalisha wanafunzi wake aliwaambia wanafunzi wake walishe wana-kondoo wake na kondoo wake. Tutawalisha nini? Tutawalisha kwa Neno la thamani la Mungu; tutawafundisha kumkubali Yesu Kristo kuwa Mwokozi wao na Mtakasaji wao kuharibu shina la dhambi, kisha tutawafundisha kumkubali Roho Mtakatifu. Atawabatiza katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto, na anapoingia atanena kupitia wao, naye anasema ‘Katika siku za mwisho nitamimina Roho yangu juu ya wote wenye mwili.’ Utukufu kwa jina lake takatifu. Nataka kuwaambia ‘Usiku mwema.’” Wimbo “Mungu awe nanyi hata tutakapokutana tena” uliimbwa kisha Ndugu Seymour akiwapa mikono wengi iwezekanavyo na kuondoka kwenda kituoni cha treni. Ndugu Anderson alisema maneno machache ya kutia moyo kwa watakatifu kuhusu umuhimu wa kuendelea kuwa waaminifu wakati mchungaji hayupo.”"But just listen to what He says: ‘If ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.' Beloved, if you reject Christ, if you reject His precious Blood, if you reject the Holy Ghost, ye shall be devoured with the sword; but if you accept Jesus Christ He will prepare a table before you, and the Lord God Himself will spread it and He will feed you Himself. When Jesus had gotten through feeding His disciples He told His disciples to feed His lambs and sheep. What are we going to feed them with? We are going to feed them with the precious Word of God; we are going to teach them to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and as their Sanctifier to destroy the root of sin, and then we are going to teach them to accept the Holy Ghost. He shall baptize them with the Holy Ghost and fire, and when He comes in He is going to speak through them, and He says 'In the last days I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh.' Glory to His holy name. I want to say 'Goodnight' to you." "God be with you till we meet again" was then sung as Brother Seymour shook hands with as many as possible and left for the train. Brother Anderson spoke a few words of encouragement to the saints on the necessity of our continuing faithful in the pastor's absence."

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Kuna Misheni ya Kipentekoste ya Waswidi huko Los Angeles katika mitaa ya 8th na Wall. Nguvu za Mungu zinaanguka huko. Waswidi wamekuwa miongoni mwa wa kwanza kabisa kukubali fundisho la ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu na wengi wamevikwa nguvu kutoka juu.There is a Swedish Pentecostal Mission in Los Angeles at 8th and Wall streets. The power of God is falling there. The Swedish people have been among the foremost in accepting the doctrine of the baptism with the Holy Ghost and many are endued with power from on high.

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Warusi na Waarmenia huko Los Angeles wanatafuta ubatizo. Waarmenia wana mkutano wa Kipentekoste wa nyumbani kwenye mtaa wa Victor, kati ya 4th na 5th. Baadhi wamebatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu.Russians and Armenians in Los Angeles are seeking the baptism. The Armenians have a Pentecostal cottage meeting on Victor street, between 4th and 5th. Some have been baptized with the Holy Ghost.

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Katika Misheni ya Kipentekoste kwenye Central avenue na 53rd street, Los Angeles, mikutano inaendelea kwa nguvu. Hatia iko juu ya wenye dhambi. Idadi wanatafuta Pentekoste. Ndugu Lyttle alitoa nusu ya duka lake kwa misheni hii na mtu asiyeongoka alijitolea kufanya kazi mwenyewe ya kuweka ukuta wa kugawanya. Mungu anafanya kazi huko.At the Pentecostal Mission on Central avenue and 53rd street, in Los Angeles, meetings are going on in power. Conviction is on the sinners. Numbers are seeking Pentecost. Bro. Lyttle gave up half of his store for this mission and an unconverted man offered to do the work himself in putting up a partition. God is working there.

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WENYEJI HUKO INDIA WANANENA KWA LUGHA.NATIVES IN INDIA SPEAK IN TONGUES.

Dhond, Poona, India, Machi 21.Dhond, Poona, India, March 21.

Takriban miezi sita iliyopita tulianza kusikia kuhusu waumini Wakristo katika mahali na nchi mbalimbali wakipokea karama ya kunena kwa lugha mpya, ambayo hawakuwahi kuijua hapo awali. Mioyo yetu ilichochewa sana na taarifa hizi, baadhi yake zikiwa zimetoka kwa wale tuliowajua kwa miaka kama watumishi wanyenyekevu zaidi, wenye bidii na waliojitoa wa Bwana.About six months ago we began to hear of Christian believers in different places and countries receiving the gift of speaking in a new tongue, which they had never known before. Our hearts were much stirred by these accounts, some of them having come from those whom we had known for years as most humble, earnest and devoted servants of the Lord.

Wiki moja iliyopita leo, nilitembelea Misheni ya Mukti huko Kedgaon, maili 13 kutoka hapa, iliyo chini ya usimamizi wa Pandita Ramabai. Bi. Abrams aliniuliza kama nisingependa kwenda katika chumba ambacho wasichana kama 20 walikuwa wakiomba. Baada ya kuingia nilipiga magoti upande mmoja, macho yamefumba. Punde nilimsikia mtu karibu nami, akiomba kwa Kiingereza kwa uwazi sana. Miongoni mwa maombi alisema. —“Ee Bwana, fungua kinywa; Ee Bwana fungua kinywa: Ee Bwana fungua moyo; Ee Bwana, fungua moyo; Ee Bwana, fungua macho; Ee Bwana fungua macho; Ee Damu ya Yesu, Damu ya Yesu; Ee, toa ushindi kamili! Ee, baraka kama hii! Ee, utukufu kama huu!” Nilistaajabu, kwa kuwa nilijua hakukuwa na mtu chumbani anayeweza kusema Kiingereza, isipokuwa Bi. Abrams. Nilifumbua macho yangu, na ndani ya futi tatu kutoka kwangu, akiwa amepiga magoti, macho yamefumba na mkono ulioinuliwa, alikuwa ----- ambaye nilimbatiza Kedgaon mwaka 1899, karibu miaka 8 iliyopita, na ambaye mimi na mke wangu tulimjua kwa karibu tangu hapo, kama mfanyakazi Mkristo aliyejitoa. Lugha yake ya mama ilikuwa Kimarathi, na angeweza kusema Kihindustani kidogo. Lakini hakuweza kabisa kusema wala kuelewa Kiingereza kama alichokuwa akitumia.One week ago today, I visited the Mukti Mission at Kedgaon, 13 miles from here, which is under the superintendence of Pandita Ramabai. Miss Abrams asked me if I would not like to go in the room where about 20 girls were praying. After entering I knelt on one side, with closed eyes. Presently I heard some one near me, praying very distinctly in English. Among the petitions were. —"O Lord, open the mouth; O Lord open the mouth: O Lord open the heart; O Lord, open the heart; O Lord, open the eyes; O Lord open the eyes; O the Blood of Jesus, the Blood of Jesus; O, give complete victory! O, such a blessing! O, such a glory!" I was struck with astonishment, as I knew there was no one in the room who could speak English, besides Miss Abrams. I opened my eyes, and within three feet of me, on her knees, with closed eyes and raised hand, was ----- whom I had baptized in Kedgaon in 1899, nearly 8 years ago, and whom my wife and I had known intimately since, as a devoted Christian worker. Her mother tongue was Marathi, and she could speak a little Hindustani. But she was utterly unable to speak or understand English such as she was using.

Nilipomsikia akisema Kiingereza kwa mtindo wa kawaida, kwa uwazi na kwa ufasaha, nilivutiwa sana kana kwamba nilikuwa nimemwona mtu niliyemjua amekufa, amefufuliwa. Wachache wengine, wanawake na wasichana wa Kimarathi wasiojua kusoma, walikuwa wakisema Kiingereza na wengine walikuwa wakisema lugha nyingine, ambazo hakuna kati yetu Kedgaon aliyezielewa. Hii haikuwa kelele isiyo na maana, lakini ilifanana sana na kusema lugha za kigeni, ambazo nimezisikiliza lakini sikuzielewa. Tena nilikuwa Mukti Jumamosi iliyopita na siku ya Bwana, wakati karibu watu 24 tofauti walipokuwa wamepokea karama ya lugha. Idadi kubwa walikuwa wamepokea uwezo wa kusema Kiingereza, lugha ambayo hapo awali hawakuijua.When I heard her speaking English idiomatically, distinctly and fluently, I was impressed very much as I would have been, had I seen one whom I knew to be dead, raised to life. A few others, illiterate Marathi women and girls were speaking in English and some were speaking in other languages, which none of us at Kedgaon understood. This was not gibberish, but it closely resembled the speaking of foreign languages, to which I have listened but did not understand. Again I was at Mukti last Saturday and Lord's day, when some 24 different persons had received the gift of tongues. Quite a number had received the ability to speak in English, a language before unknown to them.

Kwa nini hasa Mungu aliwawezesha wanawake na wasichana hawa wa India kusema Kiingereza, badala ya Kitamil, Kitelugu, Kibengali au lugha nyingine ya India, ambayo hawakuijua, siwezi kusema. Lakini nina wazo kwamba ni kwa rehema kwetu sisi wamisionari maskini kutoka Ulaya na Amerika, ambao kama kundi tunaonekana kuwa Tomaso wenye shaka kuhusu karama na kazi ya Roho, na hatupokei nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu, kama tunavyopaswa, na kama tutakavyotamani kuwa tumefanya, tutakapoingia ulimwengu ujao.Just why God enabled these women and girls of India to speak in English, instead of Tamil, Telugu, Bengali or some other language of India, unknown to them, I cannot say. But I have an idea that it is in mercy to us poor missionaries from Europe and America, who as a class seem to be doubting Thomas’s in regard to the gifts and working of the Spirit, and are not receiving the power of the Holy Spirit, as we ought, and as we shall wish that we had done, when we are entered into the world to come.

Jumamosi nilivutiwa sana na kusema kwa B--------, mwanamke Mhindi, aliyeokolewa katika njaa ya 1897. Hakujua kusoma, lakini aliweza kusoma Biblia kwa Kimarathi kwa kusita. Katika mwaka wa 1899 mimi na mke wangu tulipokuwa tukiishi Mukti, tulimwona sana B--------, na kumjua kama mtu mwenye uwezo na mwaminifu sana katika kutunza kazi za kawaida alizokabidhiwa. Jumamosi alikuwa akiomba kwa Kiingereza. Miongoni mwa mambo mengine alikuwa akisema, “Ee, upendo! upendo! upendo! upendo! Ee, upendo wa Yesu! Ee, Bwana wangu wa thamani! Bwana wangu wa thamani! Mtoto wangu wa thamani!” Mtu asiyejua historia yake hangeona uzito wa sentensi ya mwisho. Ana mtoto wa pekee, ambaye ametengwa naye kwa miaka 10, na ambaye haruhusiwi kuwasiliana naye. Nilivutiwa na Kiingereza alichotumia kuwa cha kawaida kimtindo, na maneno aliyosema yakiwa ya aina ambayo asingeyatumia kama angekuwa anajifunza kwa kusoma. Na sina shaka kutokana na ninayomjua kwamba kwa nguvu zake mwenyewe hangeweza kusema Kiingereza kama alivyosema wakati huo kuliko vile angeweza kuchukua mabawa na kuruka. Kulikuwa na ushahidi mwingi kwamba Mungu alikuwa akifanya kazi kwa njia ya ajabu. Wale walionena kwa lugha walitoa ushahidi kwamba roho zao zilifurika baraka kutoka kwa Mungu.On Saturday I was much impressed with the speaking of B--------, a Hindi woman, who was rescued in the famine of 1897. She was illiterate, but able to read the Bible in Marathi stumblingly. During the year of 1899 while my wife and I were living at Mukti, we saw much of B--------, and knew her as one capable and very faithful in attending to the secular duties entrusted to her. On Saturday she was praying in English. Among other things she was saying, "O, the love! the love! the love! the love! O, the love of Jesus! O, my precious Lord! my precious Lord! My precious child!" One not knowing her history would not see the force of the last sentence. She has an only child, from whom she has been separated for 10 years, and with whom she is not allowed to have communication. I was struck with the English which she used as being idiomatic, and the words which she spoke being of a class which she would not have used had she been learning by study. And I have no doubt from what I knew of her that she by her own powers could no more have spoken in English as she did then than she could have taken wings and flown. There was abundant evidence that God was working in a wonderful way. Those speaking in tongues gave evidence that their souls were flooded with blessing from God.

Wale wanaohusisha nguvu za watumishi wa Bwana, kunena kwa lugha nyingine, na pepo au roho waovu, wanaonekana kwangu kujiweka mahali pa Mafarisayo wa zamani, waliohusisha nguvu zisizo za kawaida za Kristo na chanzo hicho hicho. Tazama Mat. XII. 24-32; Marko III. 22-30.Those who are attributing the power of the Lord's servants, to speak in other tongues, to demons or evil spirits, seem to me to put themselves in the place of the Pharisees of old, who attributed Christ's supernatural power to the same source. See Matt. XII. 24-32; Mark III. 22-30.

Hapa Dhond baadhi yetu tunamngojea Mungu kwa ajili ya kutolewa kwa karama zote za Roho, alizo nazo kwa ajili yetu. Na tayari tumebarikiwa na roho hii ya kungoja na maombi. Tunaomba maombi ya marafiki zetu ili tujue kwa uzoefu uliobarikiwa upeo wa yote Mungu aliyo nayo kwa ajili yetu, kupitia Mwanawe, Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo. — Albert Norton.Here at Dhond some of us are waiting on God for the bestowment of all the Spirit's gifts, which He has for us. And we have been already blessed by this spirit of waiting and prayer. We ask the prayers of our friends that we may know by blessed experience the uttermost of all God has for us, through His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. — Albert Norton.

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KIELELEZO CHA PENTEKOSTE. II. NYAKATI 5.TYPE OF PENTECOST. II. CHRON.5.

Picha nzuri ya Pentekoste inaonekana katika Neno la thamani la Mungu katika II Nyakati.A beautiful picture of Pentecost is seen in the precious Word of God in II Chronicles.

“Kazi yote aliyoifanya Sulemani kwa ajili ya nyumba ya BWANA ikamalizika; naye Sulemani akaleta vitu vyote alivyoviweka wakfu Daudi, baba yake; na fedha na dhahabu, na vyombo vyote, akaviweka katika hazina za nyumba ya Mungu. Ndipo Sulemani akawakusanya wazee wa Israeli, na wakuu wote wa makabila, wakuu wa mababa wa wana wa Israeli, huko Yerusalemu, ili wakipandishe sanduku la agano la BWANA kutoka mji wa Daudi, ndio Sayuni. Basi watu wote wa Israeli wakakusanyika kwa mfalme katika sikukuu iliyokuwa katika mwezi wa saba.”"All the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished; and Solomon brought in all things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver and the gold, and all the instruments put he among the treasures of the house of God. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month."

Sikukuu hiyo ilikuwa kielelezo cha Pentekoste. Na watu wote wa Israeli walikuja na wakalipandisha sanduku la hema ya kukutania na vyombo vyote vitakatifu vilivyokuwa katika hema. Yote haya yalikuwa kielelezo cha wakfu wetu na utakaso wetu kwa Bwana.That feast was typical of Pentecost. And all the men of Israel came and they brought up the ark of the tabernacle of the congregation and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle. All of this was typical of our consecration and sanctification unto the Lord.

“Ikawa makuhani walipotoka katika Mahali Patakatifu (maana makuhani wote waliokuwapo walikuwa wamejitakasa, wala hawakuwa wakingoja kwa zamu zao; pia Walawi waliokuwa waimbaji, wote pamoja, wa Asafu, wa Hemani, wa Yeduthuni, pamoja na wana wao na ndugu zao, wakiwa wamevikwa kitani nzuri, wakiwa na matoazi na vinanda na vinubi, walisimama upande wa mashariki wa madhabahu, na pamoja nao makuhani mia na ishirini wakipiga baragumu.) Ikawa wapiga baragumu na waimbaji walipokuwa kama mtu mmoja, wakifanya sauti moja ili isikilike katika kumsifu na kumshukuru BWANA; na walipopaza sauti zao pamoja na baragumu na matoazi na vyombo vya muziki, na kumsifu BWANA, wakisema, Maana ni mwema, kwa kuwa fadhili zake ni za milele; ndipo nyumba ile ikajazwa wingu, nyumba ya BWANA; hata makuhani hawakuweza kusimama ili kuhudumu, kwa sababu ya lile wingu; maana utukufu wa BWANA ulikuwa umeijaza nyumba ya Mungu.”“And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course; also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Hemen, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets.) It came to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord saying, For He is good; for His mercy endureth forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord. So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord had filled the house."

Tunasoma hapa kwamba makuhani wote waliokuwapo walikuwa wamejitakasa. Hiki ni kielelezo cha watu wa Kristo kutakaswa kabla ya kupokea ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu. Wapendwa, lazima tutakaswe ili kuupokea. Utakaso huondoa kutotii, uasi na upinzani mioyoni mwetu na hutupa moyo safi, wa kutakata ili Kristo wetu aje akae ndani yake. Amina.We read here that all the priests that were present were sanctified. This is typical of Christ's people being sanctified before they receive the baptism with the Holy Ghost. Dear beloved, we must get sanctified to receive it. Sanctification takes out the disobedience, rebellion and resistance out of our hearts and gives us a pure, clean heart that our Christ may come and dwell in. Amen.

Utakaso ni kazi ya pili ya neema inayoshughulika na dhambi ya asili. Utakaso huharibu shina na chimbuko la dhambi na hutufanya watakatifu. Tunajua makuhani hawa walikuwa wametakaswa, kwa maana Neno la Mungu linasema hivyo. Pia Walawi waliokuwa waimbaji, walivikwa kitani nzuri. Kitani ni kielelezo cha mavazi ya haki tunayosoma katika Ufu. 7:13, “Kisha mmoja wa wale wazee akajibu, akaniambia, Hawa waliovikwa mavazi meupe ni nani, na wametoka wapi? Nikamwambia, Bwana wangu, wewe wajua. Akaniambia, Hao ndio waliotoka katika dhiki ile kuu, nao wameyafua mavazi yao na kuyafanya meupe katika damu ya Mwana-Kondoo.” Kwa hiyo kitani nyeupe ni kielelezo cha mavazi ya thamani ambayo Yesu hutupa kupitia Damu ya Mwana-Kondoo itakasayo. Tunaona kwamba pamoja na waimbaji hawa waliovikwa kitani nyeupe walikuwapo makuhani 120 wakipiga baragumu, kielelezo cha wanafunzi 120 waliotakaswa na waliokuwa katika chumba cha juu wakimngojea Yesu awabatize katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto.Sanctification is the second work of grace that deals with our original sin. Sanctification destroys the root and breed of sin and makes us holy. We know these priests were sanctified, for the Word of God says so. Also the Levites which were the singers, were arrayed in white linen. Linen is a type of the robes of righteousness that we read of in Rev. 7:13, "And one of the elders answered and said unto me, What are these which are arrayed in linen. Whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said unto me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb." So the white linen is typical of the precious robes which Jesus gives to us through the sanctifying Blood of the Lamb. We find that with these singers in white linen were 120 priests sounding with trumpets, typical of the 120 disciples that were sanctified and in the upper room waiting for Jesus to baptize them with the Holy Ghost and fire.

“Ikawa wapiga baragumu na waimbaji walipokuwa kama mmoja—” Huu ni unabii wa “nia moja” tunayoiona wakati wa Pentekoste. Ee, wapendwa, naomba mngoje kwa nia moja ahadi ya Baba juu ya maisha yaliyotakaswa na kusafishwa."And it came to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one—" This is prophetical of the "one accord" which we find at Pentecost. O, beloved, I pray that you may wait in one accord for the promise of the Father upon the sanctified and cleansed life.

Na walipomsifu Bwana kwa pamoja, nyumba ilijazwa utukufu wa Bwana. Atalijaza chumba nawe utabatizwa katika Roho Mtakatifu na moto, na Mungu atakupa lugha mpya kama baragumu katika kuimba au kusema kama alivyowapa wale 120 siku ya Pentekoste.And when they praised the Lord in unison, the house was filled with the glory of the Lord. He will fill the room and you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire, and God will give you a new tongue as a trumpet in singing or speaking as He did the 120 on the day of Pentecost.

Ni Damu ya Yesu inayoleta ushirika miongoni mwa familia ya Kikristo. Damu ya Yesu Kristo ndiyo yenye nguvu kuliko zote ulimwenguni. Inafanya jamii zote na mataifa kuwa familia moja katika Bwana na inawafanya wote kuridhika kuwa wamoja. Roho Mtakatifu ndiye kiongozi na huwafanya wote kuwa wamoja kama Yesu alivyoomba, “wote wawe na umoja.”It is the Blood of Jesus that brings fellowship among the Christian family. The Blood of Jesus Christ is the strongest in the world. It makes all races and nations into one common family in the Lord and makes them all satisfied to be one. The Holy Ghost is the leader and He makes all one as Jesus prayed, "that they all may be one."

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Kulikuwa na wakati tulipolishwa vipande vya kitheolojia, vumbi la mbao na upepo, lakini sasa usiku mrefu, mrefu umepita. Tunalishwa Neno ambalo limefunuliwa na Roho Mtakatifu — Neno lote na si kitu kingine ila Neno.There was a time when we were fed upon theological chips, shavings and wind, but now the long, long night is past. We are feeding upon the Word which is revealed by the Holy Ghost — the whole Word and nothing but the Word.

PENTEKOSTE KUSINI.PENTECOST IN THE SOUTH.

West Union, S.C., Machi 24.West Union, S.C., March 24.

Kwa Watakatifu wa Cal., na Magharibi yote: Salamu katika Yesu.To the Saints in Cal., and all the West: Greetings in Jesus.

Pentekoste imekuja Kusini. Nguvu inaanguka kutoka Atlantiki hadi mto Mississippi. Majiji na mashambani yamejaa utukufu wa Mungu, uponyaji, kutenda miujiza, aina mbalimbali za lugha, tafsiri ya lugha. Ee, jinsi ninavyomsifu Mungu. Shule ya Falcon karibu na Dunn, N.C., imepokea Pentekoste kikamilifu. Baadhi ya wanafunzi wananena kwa lugha. Wengine wanafasiri na kuandika lugha kadhaa na kuzifasiri. Mkuu wa shule, Mch. J.F. Taylor, ananena kwa lugha, anafasiri, anaimba na kupiga ala kwa nguvu za Roho.Pentecost has come to the South. The power is falling from the Atlantic to the Mississippi river. The cities and country are filled with the glory of God, healing, working of miracles, divers kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues. O, how I praise God. The Falcon school near Dunn, N.C., has received Pentecost in full. Some of the students speak in tongues. Some interpret and write several languages and interpret it. The principal, Rev. J.F. Taylor, speaks in tongues, interprets, sings and plays in the power of the Spirit.

Mkutano wetu huko Taccoa, Ga., ulikuwa ushindi kamili, huko Royston, Ga., ulikuwa hivyo hivyo, na kulikuwa na miujiza ya uponyaji sijawahi kuona hapo awali. Ndugu King na mimi tulimpaka mafuta na kumwombea dada wa miaka 72 ambaye hakuwa ametembea hatua moja kwa miezi kumi na minane. Aliinuka na kupaza sauti katika kila chumba cha nyumba, na kwenda kwenye ibada Jumapili na kuhimiza na kuhubiri, na kuwaonya watu wajiandae kwa kuwa Yesu anakuja. Alikuwa wa imani ya Primitive, lakini sasa amejazwa Roho Mtakatifu. Nguvu inaanguka mahali hapa na watu wanapokea Pentekoste yao na kunena kwa lugha, kwa maana wote wanaopokea ubatizo wananena kwa lugha kama walivyofanya siku ya Pentekoste.Our meeting at Taccoa, Ga., was a complete victory, at Royston, Ga., was the same, and there were miracles of healing I never saw before. Bro. King and myself anointed and prayed for a 72 year old sister that had not walked a step in eighteen months. She rose up and shouted in every room of the house, and went to the service on Sunday and exhorted and preached, and warned the people to make ready for Jesus was coming. She was of the Primitive faith, but now filled with the Holy Ghost. The power is falling at this place and people are receiving their Pentecost and speaking in tongues, for they all speak in tongues that receive the baptism as they did on the day of Pentecost.

Naomba maslahi katika maombi ya watakatifu wote ili nipate nguvu za kimwili za kuvumilia katika kazi. Ndugu, endeleeni kwa jina la Yesu Mfalme wetu. Anakuja karibuni, na bibi arusi lazima avikwe na awe tayari. Anapaswa kuwa bila doa wala kunyanzi. Tumsifu Mungu wetu.I ask an interest in the prayers of all the saints that I may have physical strength to hold up in the work. Brethren, move on in the name of Jesus our King. He is coming soon, and the bride must be dressed and ready. She is to be without spot and wrinkle. Praise our God.

Watu wanaomba hapa majumbani mwao na misituni, na wanakuja kwenye ibada wakilia na kuomba msaada. Ee, Bwana Mungu, uwe na rehema kwa ulimwengu huu maskini uliopotea.People are praying here in their homes and in the woods, and come to the service weeping and asking for help. O, Lord God, have mercy on this poor lost world.

Mbingu inaonekana kuwa karibu zaidi kila siku. Nasikia muziki. Naona mji. Utukufu kwa Mungu, mhimidini. Ndugu mmoja alipanda kilima kuomba karibu na mahali hapa siku nyingine na malaika alimjia na kumwambia maneno haya: “Haitachukua muda mrefu.” Alisema kwamba malaika alikuwa na nywele ndefu zenye michirizi ya dhahabu na uso wake uling’aa sana na ulikuwa wa utukufu. Aliweza kuona cheche za nuru nyeupe zikiruka kutoka usoni mwa malaika. Ee, sifa kwa Mungu. Mtu huyu alionekana kufurika nguvu na utukufu wa Mungu alipoeleza hayo katika ibada ya ushuhuda mahali hapa Jumamosi iliyopita. Anajulikana sana katika nchi hii na anaaminiwa. Tunamkumbuka Kornelio na hatuna haki ya kushuku. Ndugu yenu katika Kristo na mtumishi wa Mungu, -- G.B. Cashwell.Heaven seems nearer every day. I hear the music. I see the city. Glory be to God, praise Him. A brother went up on a hill to pray near this place the other day and an angel came to him and told him these words: "It will not be long." He said that the angel had long hair with streaks of gold in it and his face shone so brightly and was glorious. He could see the sparks of white light fly from the angel's face. O, praise God. This man seemed to be overflowing with the power and glory of God when he told it in a testimony service at this place last Saturday. He is well known in this country and believed. We remember Cornelius and have no right to doubt it. Your brother in Christ and servant of God, -- G.B. Cashwell.

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PENTEKOSTE HUKO DENVER, COLO.PENTECOST IN DENVER, COLO.

19th na Welton Sts.—Mwandishi alitembelea Kusanyiko la Kikristo hapa akiwa njiani kwenda California na alifurahia ushirika uliobarikiwa na watakatifu mahali hapa, uhuru wa Roho ukidhihirika hasa na kazi ya Kipentekoste ikisonga mbele kwa uthabiti. Ilikuwa mshangao kwa msimamizi wa kazi, Ndugu G.F. Fink, moto wa Roho Mtakatifu kushuka katika makusanyiko yake kwa njia hii, na kwa muda alitazama udhihirisho wa Roho kwa tahadhari, hadi kushawishika kabisa kwamba hii ni ya Mungu. Kama vile kazi ya uponyaji wa kiungu iliyolitambulisha Kusanyiko la Kikristo ilivyoanzia Colorado Springs, ambapo Ndugu Fink alikuwa mchungaji, ndivyo ubatizo wa Roho Mtakatifu ulivyoanguka kwanza mahali hapo, wafanyakazi wa Los Angeles walipopita. Moto ulienea hadi makusanyiko ya Denver na mengine, na makao makuu yako Denver, ambapo ukumbi mkubwa hutumika kila siku kwa kukusanyika kwa watu wa Mungu, baadhi yao wamekuja kutoka umbali mrefu wakimtafuta Mungu.19th and Welton Sts.—The writer visited the Christian Assembly here on his way to California and enjoyed blessed fellowship with the saints at this place, the liberty of the Spirit being especially manifest and the Pentecostal work going forward steadily. It has been a surprise to the overseer of the work, Bro. G.F. Fink, to have the fire of the Holy Ghost descend in his assemblies in this way, and for a time he watched the manifestations of the Spirit with caution, only to be completely convinced that this is of God. Even as the Divine healing work which has characterized the Christian Assembly started in Colorado Springs, where Brother Fink had been a pastor, so the Holy Ghost baptism first fell at that place, when Los Angeles workers passed through. The fire spread to the Denver and other assemblies, and the headquarters is at Denver, where a large hall is used every day for the assembling of the people of God, some of whom have come long distances seeking God.

Dada mmoja alikuja hivi karibuni kutoka New Mexico akitafuta uponyaji, aliongoka kwa Mungu na kupokea utakaso, uponyaji na ubatizo katika Roho Mtakatifu yote katika siku moja; wakati kuna udhihirisho mwingine mwingi wa nguvu za Mungu unaotokea daima hapa. Watoto, hasa wasichana wa shule, wamekuwa wakinena kwa lugha chini ya nguvu za Roho, na mwandishi alikuwa na uzoefu uliobarikiwa wa kumwona mmoja wao akihubiri kutoka madhabahuni kwa kama dakika 15 mara tatu, ombi lote, pamoja na uimbaji, likiwa katika lugha. Tafsiri za ujumbe huu na za mingine mingi iliyotolewa katika lugha mbalimbali kupitia kadhaa, ilikuwa kazi ya Roho Mtakatifu kupitia vyombo vilivyochaguliwa, na ilipandishwa kwa Mungu kwa ajili ya watakatifu wote waliokusanyika.One sister recently came from New Mexico seeking healing, was converted to God and received sanctification, healing and the baptism with the Holy Ghost all in one day; whilst there are many other manifestations of the power of God constantly occurring here. The children, especially the school girls, have been speaking in tongues under the power of the Spirit, and the writer had the blessed experience of seeing one of these preach from the altar for some 15 minutes on three occasions, the whole appeal, including singing, being in a tongue. The interpretations of these messages and of many others given in different languages through several, was the work of the Holy Spirit through chosen instruments, and was uplifted towards God for all the saints assembled.

Wengi wa washiriki wa Kusanyiko la Denver wamepokea Pentekoste yao, na ingawa baadhi, kama mahali pengine, wamezuiliwa katika ushuhuda wao na wale ambao walishindwa kuelewa kazi za Roho Mtakatifu, wengine wameendelea kushinda kwa Damu ya Mwana-Kondoo na neno la ushuhuda wao, na wote sasa wanajengwa katika Mungu. Wachache wa wafanyakazi bora wametoka kushuhudia sehemu nyingine za Marekani, mchakato unaoendelea daima katika kila kusanyiko ambapo Pentekoste imefika, lakini ambao mwishowe ni baraka kuu kwa watakatifu wanaowapoteza, kwa maana baada ya hapo wao wenyewe huanza kazi. Umilele pekee ndio utakaofunua kiwango cha kazi inayofanywa na wale wanaotoka kushuhudia “katika Samaria na hata mwisho wa nchi,” kulingana na agizo la Bwana.Many of the members of the Assembly at Denver have received their Pentecost, and although some, as in other places, have been hindered in their witness by those who failed to understand the workings of the Holy Spirit, some have continued to overcome through the Blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, and all are now being built up in God. A few of the best workers have gone out to witness in other parts of the United States, a process which is constantly going on in every assembly where Pentecost has come, but which in the end is a mighty blessing to the saints who lose them, for they thereafter launch out into the work themselves. Only eternity will reveal the extent of the work that is done by those who go out to witness "in Samaria and to the uttermost part of the earth," according to the Lord's command.

Siku ya Ijumaa Kuu na Jumapili ya Pasaka nguvu za Mungu zilidhihirika hasa Denver, zikikumbusha neno linalosema kwamba “siku ile waliouawa na BWANA watakuwa wengi” kwa maana wale waliohukumiwa moyoni walianguka chini ya nguvu za Roho Mtakatifu kama watu walivyokuwa wakifanya katika siku za Wesley na walikuwa wamelala sakafuni. Katika hali hii wanaonekana kuwa na ushirika na Baba, wasijue mazingira yao ya karibu, wengine wamevunjika kabisa na kumlilia Mungu kwa bidii kuu, wengi wakipokea baraka wanayohitaji mikononi mwake na kuinuka wamejaa furaha ya uwepo wake na uhakika wa kukubaliwa kwao.On Good Friday and Easter Sunday the power of God was especially manifest in Denver, reminding one of the word which says that "in that day the slain of the Lord shall be many" for those convicted fell under the power of the Holy Spirit as people used to do in Wesley's days and were lying on the floor. In this position they seem to commune with the Father, unconscious of their immediate surroundings, some are all broken up and cry to God with intense earnestness, many receiving the blessing they need at His hands and rising full of the joy of His presence and the assurance of their acceptance.

Tulitembelea shamba linalohusiana na Kusanyiko, na hapa, katika dimbwi lililoundwa na kijito kipitacho kando, karibu kumi na wanane walipokea agizo la ubatizo kwa kuzamishwa, wote wakifurahi katika Bwana na kumsifu kutoka kina cha mioyo yao katika jua zuri. Tunapata hapa, kama katika makusanyiko yote ya watakatifu wenye Pentekoste, roho inayotuunganisha na kutufanya tutambue kwamba sisi sote ni wamoja katika Kristo Yesu na tumefungwa pamoja na kifungo kile kilichobarikiwa kinachofunga mioyo yetu katika upendo wa Kikristo, ushirika wa kusanyiko kuu la wazaliwa wa kwanza.We visited the ranch which is connected with the Assembly, and here, in a pool formed by the creek which runs alongside, some eighteen received the ordinance of baptism by immersion, all rejoicing in the Lord and praising Him from the depths of their hearts in the beautiful sunshine. We find here, as in all the assemblies of the saints who have Pentecost, a spirit which connects us and makes us to realize that we are all one in Christ Jesus and are bound together with that blessed tie which binds our hearts in Christian love, the fellowship of the general assembly of the first born.

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Mungu aliumba mwili wako kutoka mavumbi ya dunia. Ni wake. Shetani alipouiba kutoka kwake, Yesu aliununua tena kwa Damu yake. Anapaswa kuwa na mwili wako. Mrudishie. Msifuni, Msifuni! Tunakukabidhi kila kitu. Tunakukabidhi hema hii ya udongo. * * *God made your body out of the dust of the earth. It belongs to Him. When the devil stole it from Him, Jesus bought it back with His Blood. He ought to have your body. Give it back to Him. Praise Him, Praise Him! We deliver up everything to Thee. We turn over to Thee this tenement of clay. * * *

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Chochote tunachokiona katika mafundisho ya Neno la Mungu, tunapaswa kukipokea, ikiwa sisi ni watu wa Mungu.Whatever we see in the doctrines of God's Word, we should receive, if we are God's people.