A Vicar's Testimony:: :Pentecost at Sunderland

By Alexander Alfred Boddy

Alexander A. Boddy *1854-1930 was the main pioneer of Pentecostalism in Britain during the early 20th century. He was appointed as vicar at All Saints' Parish Church, Sunderland, in 1884 and first gained notoriety writing several travel books for the Royal Geographical Society. He later traveled to experience various revival movements and conventions in America and in Europe and founded the Pentecostal magazine, "Confidence."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Full Well Ventures
• Release date: Dec 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9791221370171

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Preface

Excerpt From Trust.

Never since that love message from our Lord in the glory to His waiting Church "Behold I come quickly," have there been such sublime and supernatural preparations for that coming as are girding the world at this moment.

Never has the midnight cry, Behold the Bridegroom cometh; go ye forth to meet Him, been echoed and re-echoed in holy joy from land to land by thousands of Spirit-inspired voices as in these days, and never has the Spirit-given prayer, Even so, come Lord Jesus, been made the actual cry of so many illuminated and awakened hearts as during the past year.

(Boddy begins this pamphlet with a quote from Trust, an early American Pentecostal magazine, published monthly by Elim House Publishing in Rochester, New York, from 1902-1932.)

Part 1

Pentecost at Sunderland.

Glory to Jesus — Wonderful Savior!

Gory to Jesus, the ONE I adore!

Glory to Jesus — Wonderful Savior!

Gory to Jesus, and praise evermore.

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MARANATHA (The Lord is at hand). —

1 Corinthians 16:22

An earnest Seeker whilst kneeling before the lord in one of our meetings suddenly saw Him with outstretched hands — as if blessing the world. The great world in darkness was below Him, and from His fingertips slowly fell drops of living flame. Where they fell on the earth each drop kindled a little fire when then grew and spread. So she saw many little fires kindled in this country of ours. We praise God that we know of at least twenty centers ¹ where He is giving the Baptism of the Holy Ghost with signs, and most of these have received blessing through the meetings here in Sunderland. ² To our God indeed alone be the glory. But may we not expect the great Enemy of Souls to work also more determinedly than ever before. Yes, indeed! And we need to keep very true to the Lord, and to be sheltered consciously and really under His blood and behind His Cross.

Whatever may be wrongly attributed to this work of God, whatever of unconscious bias in those without who write about it; whatever mistakes we may have really made, whatever onslaughts the devil may have made — we know that the

Lord is in this His Work.

It is not like the enemy to make us love more than ever the Blessed Master and His Word, and to fill us with joy in adoring the Lamb. Of course we, just as