Gem #68 - The Outpouring of the Spirit

The hour is coming, and it may even be now, when the Holy Spirit shall be

poured out again in such a wonderful manner, that many shall run to and

fro, and knowledge shall be increased--the knowledge of the Lord shall

cover the earth as the waters cover the surface of the great deep; when His

kingdom shall come, and His will shall be done on earth even as it is in

heaven. We are not going to be dragging on forever like Pharaoh, with

the wheels off his chariot. My heart exults, and my eyes flash with the

thought that very likely I shall live to see the out-pouring of the Spirit;

when "the sons and the daughters of God again shall prophesy, and the young

men shall see visions, and the old men shall dream dreams." Perhaps there

shall be no miraculous gifts for they will not be required; but yet there

shall be such a miraculous amount of holiness, such an extraordinary fervor

of prayer, such a real communion with God, and so much vital religion, and

such a spread of the doctrines of the cross, that every one will see that

truly the Spirit is poured out like water, and the rains are descending

from above. For that let us pray; let us continually work for it, and seek

it of God.