Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-05-06
THE HOLINESS MOvEMENT-RE.
PLY TO MIR. CARVER.

,eS' ~ AcW years ago Il accepted
Christ as my Savior, let him come
INTO my heart, and rs he abides in
me and l in him, we are heirs to-
gether of our Fathers Holiness. Praise
His namel In an article read in
last weeks number of this paper /
noticed the dear brother spoke OF
many Holiness movements, two of
which were represented at Tnzewell
wish TO say that l have never
been able to find in Gods word but
one Holiness movement. and in this
movement is every saved man and
woman. "For the grace of Col that
bringeth salvation hath appeared To
all men teaching us that DENYING un-
Eodliness and worldly lust. we should
live soberly, rightcously and godly
IN this present world" Tit. 2-1i, -.
DOESN'T that sound like Holiness :?
Well. it is for all who will deny un-
goodness and worldly lust not lust
a few who profess Holiness. Gods
oath to Abraham-the oath which hr
Swore to our Father Abraham that
he would grant unto us that we he
ing delivered out of the hands of
| our enemies might serve him with
out fear in Holiness and Righteous
ness before him all the DAYS of our
life. Luke 1-73, rs. This is the great
iioilness movement am Interested
in. If the brother is in Holiness
movement he is in this one for there
Is only one Holiness movement re-
cognizcd in the scriptures. / admit
there are many processing Holiness,
VINO are not Holy, but listen, by their
1rult We shall know them" Matthew
a-lo. 1 was connected with the Holt
ness people known rs the Church &C
God, referred to by the brother in
MS article last week, and am glad to
say there are many children of God
among them. l worked with them
about eight years and have no fight
ST While l worked with them | was
in the Great Holiness Movement onJ
thank God | am still.
But just n little farther up the
road toward the goal Hallclujah. In
regard to the church l believe in the
Church of God and belong to no
other, but the Lord has broadcpnJ
NJ vision of His great church re-
Gently. | see her standing out todnv
with wide open door large enough
to include every Methodist, Lutheran
PRESBYTERIAN, Baptist, Holiness. aujl
Holy Rollers. if you wish to call us
That, and all others who have had
an application of the precious blood
OF Jesus. We may let our ideas and
views OF the scriptures separate us
ana cause us to treat each other with
coolness. but we are taught in the
word of God that if we walk in the
light as He (Jcsus) is in the light
we have fellowship one with another
and the blood of Jesus Christ His son
cleanseseth us from all sin. John
-. This is one way have Of know
,ng that / am in the Great Holiness
Movement walking in the light for
| can truthfully saw that | love cy-
,ryone of Gods children, and would
IKE to have fellowship with them il
they would let ne. IL does not differ
with me whether they are Holiness
professors or not, if Jesus hns come
INTO their hearts their sins are all
gone and they arc in the great Holt
ness Movement. Praise God! We know
That whatsoever is born of God sim
meth not, but he that is bcgotten of
God keepeth himself and that wick
ed one toucheth him not" l John
3-l8. So when we get into Christ
(the way) we are in the Holy way,
and the only holy way. Therefore.
elsewhere who are in Jesus 1.-THE way
John 14-6) are in the great Holiness
movement. For nothing unholy can
ret into Jesus. neither will He come
nto an unholy or unclean temple.
So to say we are not in the Holt
ness movement is to say we arc not
n Christ, and to say there are many
Holiness movements is to shy there
ire many Christs. Now let us reason
together little. We know there is
one Christ and He declares Himself
the way. If Jesus is the way then
lie is holy way, isn't he? Well,
thank God / am in Jesus, the Holy
Way, this afternoon, and if brother
Carver is in Jesus we are in the same
great Holiness movement, arn't we?
Now l will try by the Lords help
to explain the difference between the
two so called Holiness movements Mt
TaZewell.
The folks referred to in the broth
ers article rs the Church of God, say
they are the true Church of God, and
that they get the baptism of the
Holy Ghost when thcv are santificd,
but they do not speak in other
tongues, and declare that we who
do, are possessed with evil spirits.
we believe just what the simple text
teaches, and have many of us proved
the Lord, and found His promises
true? We, who the brother referred
to, ms the Pentecostal Holiness move
ment, believe in and have many of
US received the Baptism of the Holy
Ghost, just like the disciples of Jesus
received it on the day of Pentecost
when "they were all with one ac-
cord in one place and suddenly there
came a sound from heaven as of II
rushing mighty wind and it filled all
the house where they were sitting
and there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like rs of fire, and it sat up
on each of them and they were all
filed with the Holy Ghost, and he
gan to speak in other tongues as the
spirit gave them utterancc." Acts g,
Id. We see when they at Pentecost
received the Holy Ghost they spakc
in other tongues and now because
our Heavenly Father gives US the
same Holy Ghost with the same ev-
idence of speaking in other tongues
as the spirit gives utterancc. lust as
he did the disciples on the day of