Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Tue Jul 27 19:04:07 PDT 2010

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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*July 27, 2010
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  “*Mighty Outpouring of the Holy Spirit”*

*(From: Chapter I, “Visions Beyond the Veil”, H.A. Baker)*

 Morning prayer meeting was lasting longer than usual. The older children
left the room one by one to begin their studies in the school-room, while a
few of the smaller boys remained on their knees, praying earnestly. The Lord
was near; we all felt the presence of the Holy Spirit in our midst. Some who
had gone out returned to the room.

 Such a mighty conviction of sin - a thing for which we had prayed so long -
came to all, that with tears streaming from their eyes and arms uplifted
they cried unto the Lord for forgiveness for their sins, which now seemed so
black. One after another went down under the mighty power of the Holy Spirit
until more than twenty were prostrate on the floor. When I saw that the Lord
was doing a most unusual thing in our midst, I slipped over to the school
room and told the boys that if they felt led to come and pray they might be
excused from their school work. In a short time the Chinese teacher was left
sitting alone by the table. All his pupils having returned to the prayer
room, they were whole-heartedly praying and praising the Lord. When the
teacher realized there there was nothing for him to do, he started for his
home. I had not invited him in with the children, for, although he has been
with us a long time, he seemed utterly dead, rather, not yet alive to any
spiritual conception of the gospel. Having gone but a short distance from
the house, he returned. When he entered the prayer room nobody noticed him,
for every one was intent on his own business with the Lord. The teacher went
to the farthest corner of the room, where, for the first time in his life,
he knelt down and tried to pray. As the Lord's power was so very manifest, I
felt it best to leave the young man by himself and not to intrude on which I
knew must be the work of the Spirit and of the Spirit alone. It was not long
before I noticed the teacher with arms uplifted, tears on his face, pleading
with the Lord to forgive his sins,which I heard him say were so very, very
many. He being proud, for him to humble himself thus in the presence of his
pupils meant a really Holy Spirit conviction of sin.

 The meeting went on hour after hour, the children showing no desire to
leave. I had nothing to do or say; the Lord seemed to have complete control;
I just tried to keep out of His way.

 As the children in visions saw the awfulness of hell, the anguish of lost
souls, and the indescribable hellish power of the devil and his angels their
agonized crying was beyond anything I had ever heard or imagined. It was all
real to them. Many saw themselves bound and dragged to the very brink of
hell, which to them was not myth but an awful reality. Condemnation for sins
and the power of the devil over them was terrorizing in its reality. But
freedom from this evil power through the grace of the Lord Jesus was just as
real. When they experienced this loosening power from the clutch of the evil
one their salvation was as real as had been their condemnation. Their joy,
laughter, and peace of soul in the knowledge of what they had been saved
from gave them an experience from which I am sure they will never be able to
depart.

 Since from early morning they had all been in the very presence of the
Lord, by the time their late afternoon meal was ready I thought surely the
service for the day was over. Not so. Some left the prayer room for a short
time, but all were soon back, saying they wanted to wait upon the Lord all
night. This was something decidedly new to us, for previously an hour
service was too long for some of them. We had long wanted them to pray more;
now that they were willing, why refuse them? Not a child went to sleep until
a late hour that night; not until six o'clock the next morning were the last
voices stilled in the prayer and praise service that had lasted over twenty
hours with scarcely a pause. - Josephine Baker

 *Continuous Weeks of the Latter Rain*

 After the first two days of the mighty outpouring of the latter rain there
was not the manifestation of the power of God there had been. We therefore
went back to the regular order of work, expecting to spend more time in the
evening, tarrying before the Lord. The boys went to their school work, and I
went out to call on some people to talk to them about the gospel.

 Our morning prayer meeting began at about half past seven. As usual, we all
prayed at the same time, and each went out when he pleased. Upon returning
at twelve o'clock, I heard some one praying in the prayer room. Going in to
see who it was, I found our quietest and most timid boy, Wang Gia Swen, a
boy of about eight years of age, hidden behind the organ praying in a loud
voice and weeping as he confessed his sins to the Lord. He had been praying
continuously since the morning service without stopping for breakfast.

 As I came out of the prayer room the boys came out from their school. They
were then to go to the garden or to the other kinds of industrial work for
the rest of the day, but some of them wanted to know if they could stay to
pray. Having been told that those who wished to might remain and pray, a few
went to work, and all the others went into the prayer room and began
praying. Almost at once there was another mighty outpouring of the Holy
Spirit. This outpouring was so continuous that for over a week no more
attempts were made to do regular work. We did only necessary things. Every
one spent the rest of the time taking in the great blessings from God.

 In the first days no one paid much attention to eating or sleeping.
Whenever the young folk began to pray the power of God would fall,
prostrating many to the floor. It was impossible to have meals at regular
hours without interfering with the work of the Holy Spirit. After the power
of God lifted from different ones they would go out for a time to rest or to
take some food and then return to the prayer rooms soon to be under the
power of the Holy Spirit again.

 These manifestations of the Spirit were so continuous that nearly all day
until late in the night some were under His power.

 When things became quieter at nine or ten in the evenings, we would suggest
that all go to bed and rest until the next morning. Usually several would
want to pray and wait on the Lord longer. As these continued in prayer
nearly all who had gone to bed would get up and return to pray. During these
nights there was not much sleeping. Some of the boys never left the prayer
rooms all night. They did not want to sleep. When they got sleepy they
rested on the floor awhile and then got up to seek the Lord again. Soon they
were lost once more in the things of God.

 One thing is certain. This was a Holy Spirit outpouring that demanded
nothing on the part of us missionaries except our keeping out of the way,
taking care not to interfere with His wonderful work. Our part was to open
up our own hearts that we, too, might be taken deeper into the heavenly
blessings that were falling in such mighty showers.

 Our presence or absence in the meetings made little difference. One of the
first mornings we were delayed in getting down stairs. Without any call to
prayer meeting, one after another of the children had gone into the prayer
rooms and begun praying and praising the Lord. When at last we were able to
get past the many interruptions and go down to the prayer rooms we found
several of the younger children prostrated under the power of the Holy
Spirit and singing in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

 From the beginning the manifestations of the Spirit, the vision, and the
revelations carried everything into the supernatural realm so far beyond our
own limited knowledge or experience of supernatural matters that Mrs. Baker
and I confessed to each other that these things had already passed to the
place where the only resource we had was to believe that God was bigger than
the devil. We took refuge behind the promise of God that we had before found
safe, the promise that those who sought the Father for bread would not get a
stone; those who sought fish wold not get a serpent; those who sought an egg
would not get a scorpion; those who with pure motives, like these children,
sought the Holy Spirit would not get evil things or demons, but would get
exactly what the sought, the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13).

 In all the succeeding weeks God proved that promise true. Since He had
proven that promise to us before, it set us free from anxiety as we saw and
heard the wonderful things of God that took place in our midst, every day
different, one wonder succeeded by another, as our wonder-working God took
His Adullam refugees from state to stage and glory to glory in His school of
the Holy Spirit.

 *NOTE*: This is the third portion on the story of the Outpouring of the
Holy Spirit on the Adullam orphanage in SW China, Yunnanfu, Yunnan Province.
It took place about 1927. Though it came into my hands as a new Christian 66
years ago, it is just as moving for me today as the first time I read it in
the early summer of 1944. Just as then, I had tears in my eyes as I typed
this portion up for you.

 As you may remember from Mr. Baker's Autobiography, “Under His Wings”, he
had great difficulty writing this first, as well as all the following
chapters. No anointing to write! Then it dawned on him that our enemy Satan,
did *not want* this report to be written, published and sent out. The author
immediately went into warfare, and soon the enemy fled when resisted in the
Name of Jesus.

 I am again including the information how you can obtain copies of both the
above books. - Jim Watt

 *NOTE*: This morning early (Wednesday July 21, 2010), as I spent time in
prayer, it came to me that I ought to send you the above book by section. It
will take some 3 months to do so, which has previously been done serially in
several languages. I will alternate it on a weekly basis with the sections
on the Book of Acts. One on my mailing list asked if I could help him get
“Visions Beyond the Veil:, because he is unable to get on the Website to
order it. For those of you who can, go to
*<**www.IrisMin.com*<http://www.irismin.com/>
*>*

 An Email came to me yesterday from a friend of the Baker's Ministry in
Mozambique, Rolland and Heidi. Rolland is grandson to H. A. Baker, and has
republished the above book. His son Elish James Baker has revised the
Autobiography of his great grandfather H.A. Baker, “Under His Wings”, with
an Updated Foreward of his own. Here is the information so you can freely
download this amazing book. - J.A.W.

 Thank you so much for sharing this inspiring excerpt from “Under His
Wings”.  You may also be interested to know that Rolland’s son Elisha has
recently transcribed the entire book and it is now available for free
download at http://www.irismin.org/Under%20His%20Wings%20v1.3.1.pdf  I’ve
also attached a copy of the pdf file for you.  It also contains an updated
Foreword by Elisha in addition to the original Foreword by H.A. Baker.

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