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H. A. BAKER

H. A. BAKER

VISIONS

VISIONS

BEYOND THE VEIL

BEYOND THE VEIL

SUPERNATURAL VISITATIONS AT

SUPERNATURAL VISITATIONS AT

ADULLAM RESCUE HOME

ADULLAM RESCUE HOME

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VISIONS BEYOND THE VEIL

SUPERNATURAL VISITATIONS AT ADULLAM RESCUE HOME

by

H. A. BAKER

Missionary to Tibet, China and Formosa

Published by

(1950)

OSTERHUS PUBLISHING HOUSE

4500 W. Broadway

Minneapolis, Minn. 55422. USA

This Electronic Version by XYZ

ABOUT THE BOOK

VISIONS BEYOND THE VEIL:

Supernatural Visitations at Adullam Rescue Home

H. A. Baker

1950, Osterhus Publishing House,

Minneapolis.

Beggars...Outcasts...Homeless... Such were the

forgotten, uneducated children in China where the

Spirit of God fell upon their humble orphanage, the Adullam Home. The boys spent days in powerful

meetings, praying and praising God. Under the

anointing of the Holy Spirit, they prophesied, saw

visions, and discovered:

 Angels...how they operate and protect us

 Unbelievers...and their fate

 Heavenly Occupations...what our jobs will be

 Paradise...revealed through the eyes of children

 The Throne of God...experiencing true worship

 Death...what happens when we die

 Demons...and their evil works

This mighty outpouring was a fulfillment of Godʹs

promise:

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall

prophesy, Your young men shall see visions,

Your old men shall dream dreams.

Acts 2:17

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

HAROLD ARMSTRONG BAKER (1881–1971),

known as H. A. BAKER, was an American author and

Pentecostal missionary to Tibet from 1911 to 1919, to China from 1919 to 1950, when forced to leave the mainland, and then in Taiwan from 1955 until his

death in 1971.

With his wife and co-worker Josephine, Pastor

Baker began the Adullam Rescue Mission for street

children in Yunnan Province, China. The children in the Home, mostly boys aged from six to eighteen,

began to have supernatural encounters including

series of visions of Heaven, Hell, angels, demons and

historical events found in the Bible. He recounted

these visions in this book, Visions Beyond the Veil.

Other books by H. A. Baker include:

 They Saw Hell

 The Three Worlds

 Heaven and the Angels

 Plains of Glory and Gloom

 Through Tribulation to Glory

Josephine Baker

H. A. Baker

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE BOOK

v

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

vii

INTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER 1 MIGHTY OUTPOURING OF THE

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HOLY SPIRIT

CHAPTER 2 SUPERNATURAL MANIFESTATIONS

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OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

CHAPTER 3 SCRIPTURAL RESULTS OF THE

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OUTPOURING

CHAPTER 4 VISIONS OF HEAVEN

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CHAPTER 5 PARADISE

61

CHAPTER 6 ANGELS IN OUR MIDST

75

CHAPTER 7 THE KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL

79

CHAPTER 8 END OF THIS AGE AND THE RETURN 101

OF CHRIST JESUS

CHAPTER 9 CHINESE BOY PROPHESIES

117

CHAPTER 10 SOME LIGHT ON WRITING THE BIBLE 125

CHAPTER 11 THE HOMELAND

135

CHAPTER 12 THE WAY

141

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INTRODUCTION

he children and young people upon whom

came this outpouring of the Holy Spirit and

through whom came these visions and revelations

were members of the Adullam Rescue Mission in

Yunnanfu, Yunnan Province, China. For the most

part, these children had been beggars in the streets of

the city. In some cases they were poor children with one or both of their parents dead and had been brought to the Home. There were also some prodigals

who had run away from their homes in more distant

parts of this or adjoining provinces.

But from whatever source they came, these

children, mostly boys ranging in ages from six to

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eighteen, had come to us without previous training in

morals and without education. Begging is a sort of ʺgangʺ system in which stealing is a profitable part.

The morals are what would be expected of a ʺgangʺ in

a godless land.

The Bible is carefully and daily taught in the

Adullam Home, and the gospel is constantly

preached. Since the children coming into the home

have always been open to the teachings given,

before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit recorded

below, some of them were doubtless converted,

while many had a very good knowledge of the

main themes of the Bible.

All who received the Holy Spirit knew enough to

believe in one God and to trust in the blood of Christ

for salvation. They also prayed for the fullness of the

Holy Spirit. They sought Christ. We did not see

anyone seeking visions or any of the manifestations that were received day by day as all single heartedly

prayed and praised the Lord Jesus. He alone was

sought and magnified throughout all the weeks of

the Spiritʹs outpouring. In this visitation from the Lord all were treated impartially. The oldest and the youngest, the first arrivals and the latest comers, the best and the worst, all sitting together around their common Fatherʹs table were alike treated to His heavenly bounties.

This giving of the Promised Spirit was clearly a

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love gift of grace ʺapart from worksʺ or personal

merit. It was not something that was worked up. It was something that came down. It was not the result

of character building by man from below. It was a blessing of God that came from above.

Experiences Unexplainable on Natural Ground

The experiences of these Adullam children that are

herein related cannot be explained on natural ground,

because:

1. These wonders could not possibly have been the

product of the natural minds of these children. Such uneducated, mentally untrained, unimaginative boys

as these could not themselves have conceived of such

things.

2. These spiritual experiences, visions, and revelations

could not have been the working of the subconscious

mind. Many of these children were too young, too

ignorant, or too recently rescued from heathenism to

know the Bible teaching on these subjects.

3. Then, again, these things cannot be explained by the psychology of mental suggestion from others. We

ourselves had never seen such visions, never been in meetings where there were such, or read or heard of such visions as were given these children. These

experiences were new to all of us.

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from one another. When the power of the Lord fell in

our midst many children were filled with the Spirit at

the same time. Those who were in different rooms

sometimes had simultaneous visions of the same

things. There was no possibility of comparing one

with another.

5. The complete harmony of these visions covering

numberless details is beyond any natural explanation.

Even the most ignorant children, who could easily be

confused on cross questioning, whether questioned

singly or in groups, gave as clear and uniform

answers to questions covering great numbers of

details as could possibly have been given by eye

witnesses of anything.

6. Neither can these experiences be explained as any sort of mental excitement, religious frenzy, natural emotion, nervous state, nor any sort of self-produced

condition. This outpouring of the Holy Spirit came

upon normal children in a normal state of mind free from all the conditions just mentioned.

Supernatural Experiences in the True Church

Supernatural

visions

and

revelations

are

foundation rocks upon which the Church was

established and upon which it stands. The whole

Bible, Old and New Testament, is a supernatural

revelation from God.

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New Arrivals,

These boys are typical of the way the majority came into the Adullam rescue home.

In the Old Testament, God revealed his will to men

by speaking through prophets by direct inspiration in

which the mind of the prophet had no part. The Lord

appeared to men and spoke to them in a ʺvoiceʺ with

ʺwords.ʺ He thus spoke to Moses, as man speaks to man face to face (Exodus 33:11). In the Old Testament,

God revealed himself to men in dreams, in visions, and in various kinds of supernatural revelations.

Angels brought messages to men and were

continually active as Godʹs ambassadors in carrying

out His plan of redemption on earth.

The New Testament, likewise, claims to be a

superhuman revelation. Paul said of the gospel he

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preached: ʺNeither did I receive it from man, nor was

I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christʺ (Gal. 1:12). What he wrote in all his epistles was simply a part of this supernatural

ʺrevelation of Jesus Christ.ʺ

Without such working of the Holy Spirit and

without such visions and revelations as were given

Adullam there would be no Christianity at all. The true Church, begun in this manner, exists to the

present

day

because

just

such

supernatural

manifestations formed the cradle in which it was born

and nursed into vigorous life. When Herod would

destroy the baby Jesus, the wise men were ʺwarned of

God in a dreamʹʹ (Matthew 2:12). An angel appeared to Joseph in a dream (Matthew 2:13). One like a man

of Macedonia appeared to Paul in a vision (Acts 16:810). At Corinth the Lord spoke to him ʺin the night by

a visionʺ (Acts 18:9). When he was praying in the temple at Jerusalem he fell into ʺa tranceʺ and saw Jesus, who spoke to him, giving him directions for his

work (Acts 22:17). Peter also fell into ʺa tranceʺ while

praying on the house top; he saw a vision and heard

the Lord speaking to him in a voice with words (Acts

10:9, 15). An angel appeared to Cornelius in an open vision by day (Acts 10:1-3). The whole book of Revelation was given to John as a supernatural

revelation when he was ʺin the Spiritʺ (Rev. 1 9-11). It

is a revelation from the Lord who spoke to him in ʺa

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great voice,ʺ and it is also a record of visions given in

the Spirit and through the ministry of angels. Paul either died and went to heaven ʺout of the bodyʺ or was in vision caught up to heaven like our Adullam children and there he saw Paradise (II Cor. 12:1-3). He

had such an abundance of these supernatural

revelations that the Lord had to send him a thorn in the flesh to keep him humble (II Cor. 12:7).

Angels, also, had a large part in the work of the first church. The early disciples were often protected and directed in their work by the angels. In this way they were delivered from imminent danger from

earthly powers. An angel spoke to Philip, directing him to Gaza (Acts 8:26). An angel stood by Paul and talked with him, encouraging and directing him (Acts 27:23-24). Cornelius, his household, and his friends were led unto the way of salvation and into the

baptism of the Holy Spirit through the words of an angel who came to him (Acts 10:3). This angel,

appearing in bright apparel, talked with him,

directing him to send for Peter and then departed.

When Peter was in prison an angel rescued him (Acts

12:7-8). This angel loosened the chains from Peterʹs hands, told him to put on his garments and shoes, opened the prison door and the city gate that was locked, and led Peter into the street.

Greatest of all the supernatural manifestations in

the early church were those of the mighty Holy Spirit,

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who came to that Church just as the Lord had

promised He would come after Christ ascended to the

Father.

That first church did not read prayers. Neither did

that first church say prayers. That first church prayed

to God from the heart, and God directly and

supernaturally answered these heart cries. When the

disciples were in danger they got together and prayed

to God. This was not formal praying; it was not a cringing, heartless, carefully worded prayer meeting

for menʹs ears. Everybody prayed at the same time; everybody cried to God in a loud voice. This was a special prayer meeting for one great need.

When God answered, everybody knew He

answered. The Holy Spirit shook the house in which these people were praying, and everyone was ʺfilled with the Holy Spirit,ʺ with a mighty superhuman

power (Acts 4:31). They then went out spreading

gospel fire in the very face of death.

The early church had a living God. Through the

Holy Spirit they had Christ in their midst. He worked

in them and through them supernaturally by gifts of the Holy Spirit: ʺFor to one is given through the Spirit

the word of wisdom; and to another the word of

knowledge; to another faith . . . ;to another workings

of miracles . . .; to another gifts of healings . . .; to another prophecy . . .; to another discernings of spirits . . .; to another kinds of tongues . . .; and to another 8

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interpretation of tonguesʺ (I Cor. 12 :7-10).

Where is the Living God who brought our fathers

up out of Egypt with a mighty hand before the eyes of

the heathen? Where is our God who once answered in

a voice that men could hear, yea, whose voice shook the whole earth? What has become of the God who

from the time the earth was created sent his angels to

walk and to talk with his people?

What has become of the angels?

And the Christ of the Bible? Where is He? Have

they taken away our Lord, so we cannot find where they have laid Him?

What has become of His ʺPromiseʺ? Christ said

that if He should go away it would be better than ever

for His people, for God would walk with them more

than in all the ages past. His Promise was, ʺIt is expedient for you that I go away, for if I do not go away the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send Him unto you.ʺ ʺHe that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do alsoʺ (Jn. 16:7; 14:12).

Our Lord has gone. Where, oh, where is the Holy

Spirit that was to come to take His place; to carry on

His uncompleted task; to work in the midst of His Church in signs and wonders and gifts of the Holy Spirit? Has God died? If so, when? Or has God

withdrawn so far away that He cannot hear? Cannot

God talk anymore? Have the angels deserted us for

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some other universe? If so, when did they forsake us?

After all, is the Holy Spirit, this great power of God, this great substitute for the miracle working Christ, the Christ whose words the winds and waves obeyed,

whose words burst the tombs, is this Great Substitute

just a gentle influence? Where is the Holy Spirit Who

shook and filled a whole house of praying disciples and through them shook a world?

If ever there was a Living God, if ever there were angels, if ever there was a wonder working Christ, if

the Holy Spirit was ever given, if the Bible is a supernatural revelation from God, then such trances, visions, revelations, and workings of the Holy Spirit as have been given Adullam are supernatural

visitations from God such as we should expect.

These

trances,

visions,

revelations,

and

supernatural manifestations are normal experiences in

the supernaturally founded, supernaturally filled, and

supernaturally directed Church of the New

Testament, the only Church the Bible tells or foretells

anything about.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT

orning prayer meeting was lasting longer

than the 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

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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

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 everyone 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 Lordʹs power was so very manifest, I felt it

best to leave the young man by himself and not to intrude on what 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

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proud, for him to humble himself thus in the presence

of his pupils meant a real 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 no 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

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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 oʹclock the next morning were the last voices stilled in the prayer and praise service that had lasted over twenty hours with scarcely a pause.

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 oʹclock, I heard someone 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

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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

Wang Gia Swen,

no more attempts were made to

the boy so given to

do regular work. We did only

prayer at the time of

necessary things. Every one

the outpouring of

spent the rest of the time taking

the Holy Spirit

in the great blessings from God.

In the first days no one paid

much attention to eating or sleeping. Whenever the

young folks began to pray the power of God would

fall, prostrating many to the floor. It was impossible to

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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

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delayed in getting downstairs. Without any call to

prayer meeting, one after another 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.

The Adullam boys are normal boys.

They are able to dig their end of a hard row.

From the very beginning the manifestations of the

Spirit, the visions, and the revelations carried

everything into the supernatural realm so far beyond

our own limited knowledge or experience of

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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 a fish would 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 they sought, the Holy Spirit (Lu. 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 stage to stage and from glory

to glory in His school of the Holy Spirit.

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any of the most marvelous manifestations of

the Holy Spirit were given to those who knew

little of the Bible teaching on the subject, thus

confirming the supernatural nature of these visions

and confirming the reality of the outpourings of the Holy Spirit recorded in the New Testament.

Latter Rain

Some children who had never heard us speak of

the present day outpouring of the Holy Spirit as ʺthe

latter rainʺ in this outpouring upon Adullam actually

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experienced that.

As we all prayed and praised the Lord together

with closed eyes some of the children seemed to feel water drop ping upon their heads. They were so busy seeking the Lord they did not want to hinder the

blessing by opening their eyes to look around. At the

same time, in their hearts they wondered how it could

be sprinkling rain on them when there was a roof and

a floor between them and the sky. But with the

sprinkling their hearts were refreshed. As the

dropping of water seemed to increase and the

sprinkling became a shower it all seemed so glorious

that the wonder of how it could rain in a downstairs

room was forgotten. The sprinkling became a shower,

the shower became a great downpour, the downpour

became a deluge filling the room and rising higher and higher until the fortunate seeker was submerged

in this wonderful life-giving flood from heaven.

At different times several children experienced this

sense of the downpouring of rain. Six months after the

great outpouring, and after a ʺdry spell,ʺ the flood gates of heaven were opened again, and there was

another down pouring of the Holy Spirit. Again two of the small children experienced rain, ʺthe latter rain,ʺ that seemed to fall upon their heads,

penetrating and flooding their whole beings.

Through Bible study and through direct revelation

by the Holy Spirit, Adullam is now coming to

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understand the meaning of this

ʺrain.ʺ They understand that

ʺthis is thatʺ spoken of by Joel

the prophet: ʺHe hath given you

the former rain moderately, and

he will cause to come down for

you the rain, the former rain,

and the latter rain in the first

monthʺ (Joel 2 :23).

The ʺformer rainʺ was upon

the first church, the seed church,

sown on the earth on the day of

Pentecost and the succeeding

two or three hundred years. The

ʺformer rainʺ was the rain in the

Hwang Wen Hsioh,

autumn upon the grain that was

a tribal boy from

sown in the ground. Then came

the mountains,

ʺthe great falling way,ʺ (II Thess.

whom the Lord

2:1-3) the long winter of the

especially blessed

dark ages, the grain sown in the

with the baptism of

earth—the

Church

in

the

the Holy Spirit and

world—apparently dead. Then

the most wonderful

c

visions.

ame sprinklings of the ʺlatter

rainʺ in the first month in the

spring through Luther, Wesley, Fox, Finney, Moody,

and other servants of God. Salvation by faith, the born

again experience, holy living, first the blade and then

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becoming a shower. Healing through faith in Jesus

has come again. The Lord is again casting out devils,

healing the sick, raising the dead, proving Himself the

Almighty God in the midst of those who believe Him.

The hope of the Coming King has revived. The Lord is

again baptizing believers with the Holy Spirit as in the

beginning, the former rain, so that they speak with other languages and prophesy as the Holy Spirit gives

utterance (Acts 2:4) .

The harvest is near. ʺThe former rain,ʺ ʺthe seed

rainʺ (Rotherham), came moderately; ʺthe latter rain.ʺ

ʺthe harvest rainʺ (Rotherham) will come abundantly

to ripen the grain, to perfect the Church. There will be

deluges of rain, the latter rain of the Holy Spirit. The

greatest revival the world has ever seen is just ahead.

The greatest miracles, the most wonderful wonder—

working Church the world has ever seen is near. The

downpouring of latter rain is at hand; the clouds are now filling the sky. According to promise the Lord will soon pour out his ʺSpirit upon all flesh.ʺ The church that was sown in the time of the ʺformer rainʺ

and fell into the earth and died has come forth. It will

soon be the full corn in the ear. Beyond anything Pentecostal days ever saw, ʺYour sons and your

daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see

visions,ʺ ʺand also upon the servants and upon the handmaidens in these days will I pour out of my

spiritʺ (Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:17-21).

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Because of this final and greatest outpouring of the

Holy Spirit, the church in the full ear will have restored to it the years eaten by the locust, the canker—

worm, the caterpillar, and the palmer worm (Joel

2:25). The fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit will all be restored to the true church of bloodwashed believers.

In its supernatural life and supernatural ministry,

multitudes will be converted: ʺThe floors shall be full

of wheat and the vats shall over flowʺ (Joel 2:24); multitudes which no man can number will come into

the garner ʺfrom all nations and kindreds and peoples

and tonguesʺ (Rev. 7:9).

If you read Acts 2 you will see that this outpouring

upon ʺall fleshʺ is for to-day. Our Adullam people, at

any rate, are sure of this. Many times has the Lord stood in their midst, made to them the same promises He made to first believers, and commissioned them

with the same commission to carry the same gospel in

the same power with which He sent forth the first disciples in the days of the ʺformer rain.ʺ We know that ʺthe latter rainʺ that fell on Adullam is like the former rain, but it is the last rain that will bring the wheat and tares to full harvest and separation and will usher in the return of the Lord of the harvest to gather the wheat into his barns and burn the tares in the furnace of fire.

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Tongues of Fire

The Holy Spirit has on different occasions and by

different Adullam people been seen as tongues of fire

upon the head of each one in the room (Acts 2:3-4). In

some instances more than one person has seen this

vision at the same time. Of course, all who are familiar

with the Bible know that the things of God are not equally revealed to all.

Wind

When the Spirit has fallen in our meetings, many

have felt the Holy Spirit as a wind blowing upon them

flooding their souls with peace and power (Acts 2:12). These breezes from heaven have sometimes been

in such power that we have no difficulty in believing

the record that when the first disciples met together and ʺlifted up their voices to God with one accord, when they had prayed, the place was shaken where

they were assembled together, and they were all filled

with the Holy Ghostʹʹ (Acts 4:21,31).

Seven Lamps

Many times have older and younger children seen

the Holy Spirit as seven lamps. At times of special outpouring of the Holy Spirit these seven lamps of fire were seen let down from heaven into the room in

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throne of Christ in heaven, children saw the ʺseven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the

seven Spirits of Godʺ (Rev. 4:5). We all knew that the

seven lamps meant the Holy Spirit in our midst.

In the first days of the outpouring of the Spirit one

small boy spoke in pure prophecy when in the Spirit

he seemed to be in heaven at the feet of Jesus. The Lord spoke through him in the first person clearing up many things the children did not understand and

telling them how to tarry and how to seek the Spirit.

At that time the Lord said, ʺWhen the Spirit is in your

midst do not open your eyes, for that will hinder; the

Holy Spirit will descend to give you power to preach

the gospel, to cast out demons, and to heal the sick; the Holy Spirit is in seven colors, red, blue, and other colors.ʺ One of the older boys then said that when the

Spirit had been upon him he had seen a great, red light and other colors. The word from the Lord

explained this to him and others who had seen

different colors. Of course I know light is made up of

seven colors but I had never thought of the seven lamps before the throne of God, the Holy Spirit, as seven colors. All light comes from God, and God is light.

Great Light

These Adullam people have also seen the Holy

Spirit brighter than the noon-day sun. This

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manifestation of the Holy Spirit as a great light has been very common. Some children, having opened their eyes to see if it was something about the electric

light, could scarcely discern the lights in the room because of the exceeding glory of the light of heaven which seemed to fill the place. These children know what Paul meant when he said that on the Damascus

road the light that shone about him was ʺa light from

heavenʺ that was ʺbrighter than the noon-day sunʺ

(Acts 26:13). After their visions of heaven and this great light brighter and clearer than any they had seen

on earth Adullam people know why in heaven ʺthere

shall be no night; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light.ʺ

Through these manifestations and revelations these

one-time‐beggar children in this dark land on this

dark earth know beyond a doubt that in the New

Jerusalem in heaven ʺthe city has no need of the sun,

neither of the moon to shine in it; for the glory of God

lightens it and the lamb is the light thereofʺ (Rev.

21:23).

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hat this outpouring of the Holy Spirit is from

God can be clearly seen in that it exactly fulfils

the prophecies in the Bible that foretell what results will follow outpourings of the Holy Spirit. We mention some of these results. One of these that was to accompany the work of the Holy Spirit and that was first manifest among us was a clear assurance of

salvation.

Clear Assurance of Salvation

Through visions or other workings of the Holy

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Spirit, sin and the lost condition of each one was made

so real that every ground of hope was banished unless

the Lord in undeserved mercy would answer prayer

for the lost and save him. Then the Holy Spirit made

the wonderful salvation and grace of God as real as had been the lost condition. One after another soon came through to a clear ʺI knowʺ experience of

salvation. This made such a transformation in the

lives and testimony of the Adullam family that there was no mistaking that the Home was made up of

many who were born again (John 3:3; Rom. 8:15-16; I

John 4:13; Gal. 4:6).

We made a grave in the compound and buried many of the

Adullam children in water baptism.

Most of these had already been baptized with the Holy Spirit the same as those in the home of Cornelius.

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Born Again

The whole atmosphere of the place was changed.

The joy unspeakable and full of glory came in until it

bubbled over. As the boys were at their work in

opening ground for a garden they praised the Lord so

much that some of the boys in the neighborhood,

mocking them said, ʺPraise the Lord,ʺ whenever they

met our boys. When one boy went into a store to buy

nails, before he realized it he said, ʺHallelujah! I want

some nails.ʺ The tribesʹ boy has had a wonderful

experience from the start. One day on his way to work

he danced down the street in the joy of the Holy Spirit, praising the Lord somewhat like the style of Billy Bray. Being cleansed from sin and born again of

the Holy Spirit and still seeking more and more of the

Lord, the children were carried into these deeper

things of God until over twenty of the Adullam

people spoke in other tongues.

Speaking in Tongues

The Adullam people spoke in other tongues just as

people did on the day of Pentecost; as they did when

the Holy Spirit was poured forth at the House of

Cornelius; as they did when they received the fullness

of the Spirit at Ephesus; as the apostle Paul did; and as the Samaritan Christians undoubtedly did when they received the Holy Spirit in mysterious power and

manifestation, so striking and wonderful that Simon

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wanted to buy it.

Although

most

of

these

Adullam people had never seen

any such demonstrations, having

been taught to seek the Lord for

the Holy Spirit, they were not

only rewarded with a great ʺjoy

unspeakable and full of gloryʺ (I

Peter 1:8) in their own hearts, but

they got the ʺI knowʺ satisfaction

about the baptism of the Holy

Spirit. They know they received

it the same way the New

Moses,

Testament saints did in the

the Lord baptized

beginning, as shown by the only

him with the Holy

five

recorded

passages

of

Spirit according to

scripture just mentioned which

the Bible pattern

tell how the apostles and first

disciples received the Holy Spirit

and what they did when they were fully immersed, or

baptized, in the supernatural Spirit(Acts 2:4; Acts

10:44-46; Acts 19:1, 6-7; Acts 8:14-19; Acts 9:17-18; Mark 16:17; I Cor. 14:18). These Chinese boys and girls

were saved by the same Lord and baptized with the same Holy Spirit in the same way as the first disciples,

for like them, they not only spoke with other tongues

but also prophesied as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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Prophecy

No one present at the time has ever doubted that

the Lord spoke to us by direct inspiration in the first days of the outpouring of the Spirit when He spoke through one of the smallest and humblest of the

children. There was something about the voice, the

penetrating power of those words, a heart-gripping

power that cannot be described. We had never heard

such a gripping voice from God in any sermon in all

our days. We all knew we were hearing directly from

the Lord. Quite a number of the Adullam people later

spoke in prophecy, insomuch that we marveled more

and more at the miracles that were taking place as the

Lord spoke the wonderful things of God, revealing

His plans and purposes in picking the outcast

ʺnothingsʺ of the earth, who were recent beggar boys,

to make them the mouthpieces of the living God,

speaking through them by direct inspiration, edifying

and building up this little group of simple bloodwashed believers so recently saved out of hopeless

physical and spiritual despair.

Another most striking result of the work of the

Holy Spirit was the way in which, according to the Word, He fulfilled the promise that when He, the

Comforter, came He would take of the things of

Christ to show to His disciples and would show them

ʺthings to comeʺ (John 16:13-14).

It seemed most wonderful how the Spirit revealed

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to these simple believers, who

had only heard of the Bible for a

few months, the things of Christ,

His salvation, and the things of

the future by visions of the

unseen worlds.

Visions

Many of these visions were

Wan

gi

ng Tien Bing,

ven to several at the same time.

Bap

N

tized with the

early all of the visions were

Ho

se

ly Spirit and

en by quite a number of

given many

persons. In many cases the

visions of the

children came to ask if the Bible

unseen worlds.

said anything about certain

things they had seen in vision

(Acts 2:17).

The visions, seen by even some of the smallest

children six years of age, as well as by the older boys,

were seen while they were under the Power of the

Holy Spirit, not as a dream but as real life.

Some of the visions seen were: Christ tied to a post

and scourged; Christ bleeding on the cross while

scoffers looked on; the body of Christ taken from the

cross, carried to the tomb, placed in the tomb, and the

tomb closed; an angel opening the tomb and Christʹs resurrection; His appearance to the women, to the

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the ascension of Christ and the descent of the two angels; heaven; detailed visions inside the New

Jerusalem in heaven; angels; the redeemed; hell; the condition of the lost in hell; demons; the devil; the great tribulation and things pertaining to saints and to the subjects of the beast during that time; the battle of

Armageddon; the binding and imprisonment of Satan

in the pit; the binding of the Antichrist; the devil cast

out of heaven; the Great Supper of God and birds

eating flesh of kings and captains of the earth; the coming of Christ with his angels; the sun and moon changed; heaven quake and earth quake and

destruction that attended the coming of Christ; the resurrection of the righteous; the marriage supper of the Lamb in Paradise; detailed views of our mansions

in heaven and other heavenly scenes.

Bible Study

This work of the Holy Spirit through visions, as

well as in the heart, created such a great interest in Bible study that even the smaller children wanted to know if they could not stop studying ʺearthly booksʺ

and study the Bible only.

Prayer and Praise

Since the unseen world became so real, it is no

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other tongues, all except those who were too dull of mind to understand much of anything were anointed and filled with the Holy Spirit in a much greater measure than ever before, so that Adullam was often

lifted up to heavenly places in Christ to joyfully praise

and worship the King. Although there were times

when a person almost wondered if these heavenly

citizens would come ʺdown to earthʺ again, there was

no need to fear. This anyone would have seen who

could have been in one prayer meeting where boy

after boy in real intercessory prayer pleaded with God

for the lost, praying that God would use us all as real

warriors for Him in this battle of righteousness. The experiences already related have made prayer more than a formality. All know now that our foes are

spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places.

Preaching in the Power of the Holy Spirit

After two or three weeks of the Lordʹs dealing with

them, nearly all the children wanted to preach, even the younger ones. There was some real preaching in the power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit. Some

of both the younger and older boys hardly seemed

like our boys when they preached under the real

unction of the Holy Spirit, not timidly and

apologetically as before, but as having authority. Hell

and heaven, the devil and his power, Christ, His

blood, and His salvation, were no myths to these

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boys. They knew the Lord told them to preach, and they were given the message, ʺRepent, for the

Kingdom of heaven is at hand.ʺ As we listened to

some of these messages preached with great

assurance, warning people to flee from the wrath to come and showing them the wonderful salvation in

the love of Christ, our hearts rejoiced within us. When

the Power of God was especially great in our midst there was some unusually miraculous preaching.

At the Chinese New Year, when the streets were

filled with all classes of people out for a holiday, we Adullam people, having circulated thousands of tracts, formed a circle on the street to preach the gospel.

One of the older boys had prepared a sermon on a

New Year theme. But when the preaching began, the

power of God so fell that this boy suddenly began speaking in other tongues while another person

interpreted. One small boy after another preached as interpreter. As soon as the Lord was through with one

interpreter he would step back and another feel the unction to preach. As soon as this one stepped into the circle he would get the interpretation. This went on for an hour or two while as many people listened as could get near enough to hear. There were some people of the type that seldom listen to the gospel who now listened most attentively as these boys

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strange and unusual. As we came away from that

service conducted by the Holy Spirit in such order and beauty, each preacher being of the Lordʹs

appointment, each one speaking the message from

Him under direct inspiration, we could but ponder in

our hearts at these wonders of God. We seemed to see

something of what the preaching of the church was in

the beginning and what it seemed so clear the Lord wanted it to be in the end.

Not that preaching through other tongues and

interpretation was in the beginning or subsequently to

be the regular order of preaching, but, as I Cor.

chapter 14 clearly shows, such preaching constitutes a

part of the Lordʹs method of preaching the Gospel in

the power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit.

In such preaching the mind of the speaker is

entirely inactive, and before utterance he does not know what words the Spirit will speak through his

lips. This is pure prophetic preaching.

In the preaching of the gospel to the nations of the

earth and in the building up of believers in the church

the mind of the speaker may be active and know, at least momentarily, before utterance what the Spirit

will speak through him. The message may be an

exposition of the Scriptures, as in the sermon by

Stephen, or otherwise. Peter on various occasions

ʺbeing filled with the Holy Spirit preached as the Spirit gave him utterance.ʺ Although preaching the

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gospel under the direct unction of the Holy Spirit is not exactly pure prophecy, it is nevertheless, prophetic when definitely guided and directed by the

Holy Spirit. There were a few other instances of

preaching with tongues and interpretation in some of

the villages.

The Lord was the preacher on several occasions in

our little street chapel. For two or three nights the youthful preachers, under the real unction of the Spirit, preached the most inspiring sermons I have

ever heard from Chinese evangelists. It seemed as if those sermons would stir any one to real repentance.

Prophesying Like an Old Testament Prophet

God showed his love in still greater power a few

nights later. When a boy in his teens was preaching with real power his eyes suddenly closed and he

began to prophesy like an Old Testament prophet

under direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit in pure prophecy.

The manner of the preacher suddenly changed; the

form of the Chinese sentences became rhythmic and

perfect; the address changed to the first person, such as, ʺI am the Lord God Almighty, the one true God, who made all things, who now speaks to you through

this boy.ʺ ʺAgainst me have you sinned.ʺ The

penetrating words, the sense of having been ushered into the presence of God, I cannot describe. The seats

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of our little chapel were soon filled, while as many people as could see gathered about the door, listening in awe and wonder. If there was the least commotion

the Lord commanded order, speaking through that

boy and saying, ʺMake no mistake in this matter.

Listen carefully and understand. I the Lord God, have

all the authority in heaven and on earth. To me every

man and every demon must give account. I know all

about every one of you. I know all your sins. I know

how many hairs are on your head. There are fifty-six

of you living in sin here tonight. Repent tonight, and

Iʹll forgive you.ʺ For half an hour or more we verily were in the presence of a prophet, as the Lord in this way rebuked those people for idolatry, ungodliness,

and all their vices, until there was no ground for hope

left anywhere. Then, as in the case of the Old

Testament prophets, God spoke of the glories He had

prepared for His people. Like a loving father he

pleaded with them to repent that night. He spoke of the coming of distress upon the nations and of the destruction of this ungodly race in the day of Godʹs wrath. All these things were repeated several times with exhortations to listen to every word as from a God who would hold every person present

accountable for his own soul after that night.

When the prophecy was finished the boy sat down.

There was not a move or a whisper. It seemed to me

that every person must know that God was speaking.

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Nearly all present had come in while the boyʹs eyes were shut. When the Lord spoke saying there were

fifty-six present bound by the devil and sin, one of the

boys carefully counted those not of our own Christian

boys. There were just fifty-six (Acts 2:17; 13:1; II Peter 1:21-22).

Driving Out Two Demons

A striking instance was that of a man from whom

two demons were cast out (John 14:12; Mark 16:17).

The Lord had told the boys through prophecy and

direct revelation, ʺDemons must obey me.ʺ They saw

the Lord prove His word. Had we space to give

details, we could prove beyond any other possible

explanation that actual living demons were cast out of

one devil-possessed man. It would take too long to give the history of this man. We had known him a number of years, and he has since been with us six months. In short, he had been, for many years, the victim of melancholy. Because he was so bound in

chains of darkness that he was ready to take his own

life we had kept him with us to prevent this. He was

always sad. All effort to lead him to any knowledge of

salvation through Christ was of no avail. His mind was blind to everything pertaining to the blood.

The Lord used three people in casting out the

demons. One demon the size of a man had an awful,

black appearance. Several children saw him come out.

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While being rebuked through the Lordʹs using one

suddenly ʺfilled with the Holy Spiritʺ for the

particular occasion, the demons put up a final fight for the man of their possession. The manʹs hands

clenched together; his eyes shut tight; his whole body

became rigid and resisting.

Finally the Holy Spirit enlightened the manʹs heart;

his body relaxed; his hands went up to God in praise.

The Angry Demon

Several children saw the demon after he came out,

rushing about in great anger, seeking whom he might

enter or tear (Matt. 12:43; Mark 9:17-27). All the children having rushed in from where they had just sat down to their meal, stood about with uplifted

hands, thanking and praising Jesus. Among these the

demon saw no opportunity, for they were all looking

to Jesus whose blood covered them. The school

teacher, who was not truly converted, also came in and was looking on in curiosity but was not praying.

The angry demon, seeing his opportunity, seized this

man and threw him to the floor with a thud. There the

second demon sat upon him, so that the teacher could

not rise. Several children saw this. Our gardener, who

was some years ago miraculously delivered from

opium, saw this too. He was suddenly filled with the

Holy Spirit and cast the demon out of the room.

I saw only the two men, the one unbound and set

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free, the other suddenly fall beside him. I supposed the school teacher was prostrated by the Holy Spirit of

God that was present in great power. I questioned

him when he was able to arise as to why he wept and

why he fell. He said, ʺI wept from sheer terror.

Something awful happened. Everything became

black; I saw myself about to go into a black pit at the

base of a terrible mountain.ʺ When on the floor, he saw himself being bound by demon chains and about

to be carried off into terrorizing darkness, but he was

set free again.

The physical appearance of the man from whom

demons were cast out changed at once. He testified that he had peace and joy in his heart. He was given a

vision of heaven at the time he was delivered from demons. When he lay in bed in the evening thinking about the Lord he got so happy that he wondered if it

was right for him to have such great joy.

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he Bible tells us the heaven of the redeemed is

ʺthe third heaven.ʺ (II Cor. 12:2; John 14:2; Heb.

11:10, 16; 12:22, 23; 13:14). The future home of the people of the Lord is a place in the third heaven. This place is a city. The name of this city is ʺThe New Jerusalem.ʺ This New Jerusalem is not ʺa figure of speech.ʺ It is not a combination of ideas skillfully clothed in earthly words of the Lord to give man a false conception of something it is not. The Bible says

this New Jerusalem is a real city with a real

foundation which God himself laid.

This celestial city is foursquare, one thousand five hundred miles on every side, surrounded by a wall

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two hundred feet high with foundations of twelve

kinds of precious stones, the most beautiful precious stones known to man. The wall itself is jasper, which

sends forth a brilliant jasper light. Twelve gates lead into the city, the streets of which are like burnished gold (Rev. 21:10-23). In this city are the homes of the redeemed, the abode of angels, Paradise, and the throne of God.

Why should not the New Jerusalem be a real city

with streets of real gold and with jasper walls and with foundation stones of precious jewels? Did God

so exhaust his material when he made the universe

that he had no gold or jewels left for heaven? If God could make a world, could he not suspend a city in the sky beyond the stars? Here and there a little impure gold in a fissure of a distorted rock of this cursed and perverted earth or here and there the discovery of a precious jewel hidden in the debris of earthly ruins are only lingering reminders of the reality of which these are merely shadows. The real, the imperishable are in the city whose builder and maker is God.

What we see on this perverted, degenerated earth

are only shadows. ʺThe creation fell into subjection to

failure and unrealityʺ (Rom. 8:20). The gold we

cherish, the jewels we adore, the cities and mansions we build are only copies of the real in the city that is soon coming down.

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The scenes of this city are not so clear, the children said, as the scenes they saw on the street of the Heavenly Jerusalem.

The Adullam children were caught up in vision to

this city of God. How they could see the city I do not

know. How Abraham ssaw it I do not know. How Paul

could be caught up to Paradise, either in the body or

out of the body, I do not know. These things are beyond natural order. We need not, at present, know

the How. We know the Fact. John was shown the city.

He was told by the Lord to write the things he had seen and send them to the Churches.

In the Spirit Adullam children were caught up to

this city time after time, not as in a dream but as a living reality. Their visits were so real, in fact, that the children supposed their souls actually left their bodies

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to go to heaven and return, or that in some

unaccountable way they had gone to heaven soul and

body just as they might in daily life visit some distant

place. Frequently when in Paradise the children were

plucking and partaking of the heavenly fruit they

gathered some extra to tuck in their garments to bring

back to earth for ʺMuh Si and Si Muʺ (Pastor and Mrs.

Baker).

They knew they were only on a visit to heaven and

soon to return. Upon returning, when the Spirit lifted

from them, finding themselves in our Adullam rooms

they proceeded at once to search in their garments for

the delicious fruit they had brought back to please us.

Not finding this fruit in their garments, a look of great

surprise, confusion, and disappointment came over

their faces. They could not, for the time, believe they had not bodily gone to heaven and come back with the fruit tucked in their garments.

Walking on the streets of the New Jerusalem was

to them as real as walking on the streets of a Chinese

city. One day, when walking down the street in bright

sunshine, I asked the boys if the visions were as real and as clear as what we then saw. ʺJust as real,ʺ they said, ʺbut much clearer due to the light in heaven and

the white garments and the cleanliness everywhere,

all adding to the brightness.ʺ

When in the Spirit, the children were usually lost to

their natural surroundings. In many cases, although

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they supposed they were in heaven, they talked

aloud, describing what they saw, thus carrying on

conversation that we all could hear. Often they acted

out before our eyes what they supposed they were

doing in heaven.

The Third Heaven and the Heavenly Jerusalem

The Adullam children said they went to the third

heaven. As they passed through the first heaven they

felt air on their faces. Having passed the second

heaven, they looked back upon the stars in their

wonderful beauty, much as from a mountain height a

person might gaze down upon a beautiful, light—

studded city below. From this starry heaven they

passed on into the third heaven until they came to the

heavenly Jerusalem.

As they approached this heavenly city they saw its

light in the distance. Coming nearer, they saw the beautiful wall radiating its wonderful jasper light. The

foundations were of indescribable beauty, sparkling

with red, yellow, orange, purple, blue, green, violet, and all the other colors of the twelve most beautiful jewels.

This city in the sky the children saw as three cities

in one: one city suspended above another, the largest

city below, the smallest city on top, making a

pyramid. Since this city John saw is surrounded by a

wall, and since the city is one thousand five hundred

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miles high, Bible students have supposed the

heavenly city is not a cube but a pyramid. Our

children, however, knew nothing of this, neither had I

ever thought of the New Jerusalem as three cities, one

suspended above another. God who suspends the

worlds in space can suspend these cities in space. The

Bible does not tell us the internal order of the city.1

One of our small boys spoke in prophecy when in

vision at the feet of the Lord the Lord was talking to

him. In this prophecy the Lord said that he had made

heaven big enough for everybody, that he had made it

in three cities one above another, and that at present his throne is in the upper city.

Since time and distance are nothing in the heavenly

realm, there is nothing impossible in such an

arrangement of this city of God. There are three

heavens. There were three stories in the ark, where God preserved the present creation. God is three in one. Why should not the city of the Great King be three in one? Why should not the King reign from the

top of the pyramid of all the universe, since ʺthe stone

1 From visions seen by other heavenly visitors it is evident that there are also arrangements of sevens in the heavenly order.

Apparently there are series of plains as well as series of arrangements on each plain. No one need suppose that in vision anyone has seen more than a fraction of heaven.

For further visions of the New Jerusalem see my other book, ʺ The Three Worldsʺ.

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which the builders rejected was made the head of the

corner,ʺ the capstone of the pyramid of all creation?

Into the City through the Pearly Gates

Adullam entered by its pearly gates into the city of

golden streets. Angels in white guarded the gates and

welcomed those entering in. No beggarly reception

this. Here the one-time rejected off-scourings of the earth were welcomed as kings by these angelic hosts.

Had not the Savior promised the weakest and

humblest of his children a kingdom where they shall

reign with the King of Kings for ages and ages?

Through the gates into the city! Out of earth into heaven! Out of the mortal into the immortal! Out of death into life! All the old life behind and below! All

the new life ahead and above! Inside the gates!

Angels, angels everywhere. Angels talking, angels

singing, angels rejoicing, angels playing harps and

blowing trumpets, angels dancing and praising the

King. Such a scene no mortal ever saw; such floods of

inner joy flooded the whole being as no one ever

knew except when filled with the Holy Spirit, the

eternal life, the heavenly life of God, ʺthe earnest,ʺ

ʺdown paymentʺ of heaven.

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shouted for joy. They sometimes rolled on the floor in

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by this heavenly joy that the glory of the celestial city

seemed to shine upon us. There was no sorrow in this

city; no mournful, long-faced religion there; no

funeral dirges in the hymns. This was a city of joy, ʺjoy in the Holy Spirit,ʺ ʺjoy unspeakable and full of gloryʺ (Rom. 14:17; I Peter 1:8) Innumerable Hosts of Angels

Inside the city, the children knew the meaning of

the Scripture which says, ʺYe are come into the city of

the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to

innumerable hosts of angelsʺ (Heb. 12:22). Not only about the gates of the city were these happy angels, but also throughout the city everywhere were these heavenly hosts. Angels were always ready to escort

the children from place to place throughout the city; angels walked with them and talked with them; angels explained to them the meaning of things they did not understand, even as they talked with John and

revealed to him the things of God. Often in these experiences with the angels our children were given harps and taught to play them and sing as the angels

did.

The Music and Language of Heaven

The children were also taught to blow the trumpets

and were taught the music and language of heaven.

When we saw the children, with closed eyes, all

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dancing about the room in rhythm, we found that in vision they were dancing with the angels in heaven and keeping time to the heavenly music.

When we saw them apparently blowing a trumpet

or going through the motions of playing a harp, we found that in vision they were joining the heavenly orchestra in the praises of the King. We could not see

the heavenly harps or trumpets. We could not see the

angelsʹ joyful dance or hear their song. We could hear

only the children singing heavenly songs. It. was a daily sight to find some child off in a corner by himself, lying comfortably on the pine needles, going

through the motions of playing a harp. Upon going

near, we could hear him singing a new song we had never taught him. Approaching still nearer, we would

discover that the words were as strange to us as the tune. The singer was singing in the heavenly choir.

His song was the song the angels taught him. The

words of the song must have been in the language of

angels (I Cor. 13:1). Seeing the children singing in this

heavenly angelic choir was a sight not to be forgotten.

Sometimes several of them in some place in the

heavenly city or its wonderful Paradise would decide

to play and sing together. With closed eyes, while fully under the power of the Holy Spirit, three or four

of them would get off by themselves. If we were near,

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decided and everybody was ready, the heavenly

hymns began. The trumpeters held their hands up

before them and blew as though blowing trumpets.

The harpists both played and sang, while those

without instruments joined in the singing. In these cases they always sang in languages we did not

understand, unless by mutual agreement they

decided to sing one of those hymns they ʺused to sing

down on earth.ʺ In that case they sang in Chinese.

Seeing and Worshipping Jesus

The climax of all heavenly joy and wonder was

ʺseeing Jesusʺ and worshipping Him who had saved

them by His blood. Soon after entering the gates of the

city the children were escorted by the angels to ʺgo and see Jesus.ʺ We could hear these children talking about ʺgoing to see Jesusʺ and see them as in vision they were approaching the throne of Christ. When they came into the wonderful presence they stood

reverently gazing with love and devotion upon the

Lord of all creation, who was also their Savior. First of

all they thanked Him, and adoringly worshipping

Him they joined their hands before them, bowing in true obeisance. Then they knelt and bowed their faces

to the floor in true worship ʺin spirit and truth,ʺ (John

4:23) which few if any know on earth who have not the baptism of Godʹs Holy Spirit.

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The Throne of God and the Throne of Christ

The throne of Christ the children saw as did John when he was ʺin the Spiritʺ:

And behold there was a throne set in heaven, and

one sitting upon the throne; and he that sat was to

look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and

there was a rainbow round about the throne, like

an emerald to look upon. And round about the

throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon

the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting

arrayed in white garments: and on their heads

crowns of gold. And out of the throne proceed

lightnings and voices and thunders. And there

were seven lamps of fire burning before the

throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Rev. 4:2-5

Jesus Preeminent in Heaven

No matter how amazed were the children at the

wonders of the golden city, no matter how happy in the pleasures of Paradise, no matter how joyful in the

presence of the angels, Jesus was never forgotten. His

name was mentioned in all the conversation; his

praise was mingled in all the enjoyments; he was

always magnified everywhere, in everything, and in

everybody there.

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elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been

slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which

are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the

earth.

Rev. 5:6

Houses by the Golden Street

On either side of the beautiful golden streets were

buildings side by side, a room for each person, every

room opening onto the street (John 14:1-2). Upon the door and about the front were precious jewels so

resplendently brilliant that the building shone with light and glory. The name of each occupant was above

the door. Angels led the children into the rooms.

Within all the rooms were the same kinds of

furnishings: a beautiful golden table upon which was

a Bible, a flower vase, a pen, and a book; by the table

was a golden chair; there was also a wonderful golden

chest and a golden bed. In each room was a jewelled

crown, a golden harp, and a trumpet. The walls were

gold. From the Bible, made of such paper as had never

been seen on earth and bound with gold, light and such brilliant glory shone forth that the whole room needed no other light. The visitors were told that when they came to stay after death they could go out

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place in the beautiful vase on the golden table.2

In these visits to heaven the children could go to their rooms at pleasure to read their Bibles or to play

their harps and trumpets. Sometimes they took their trumpets or harps out into the streets or out into Paradise to play and sing with the angels and the redeemed who are now in heaven.

In these excursions through heaven the children,

though lost to their real surroundings on earth, were always conscious that their visit to heaven was temporary. They knew they were there only to see

2 Since the first edition of this book, a letter from a woman in England has been received, saying that ten years previously both she and her son had visions of this street and of these dwellings both confirmed the visions of this street and of these dwellings – both confirmed the visions of the Adullam children regarding the external appearance and interior furnishings of these rooms by the golden street.

In a distant part of the Province of Yunnan a tribeʹs boy who did not know of these other visions also saw this street.

Adullam children have had visions of other parts of the New Jerusalem with its spacious parks and elaborate mansions. The tribesʹ people have also seen this part of the city. An account of these visions with others of the New Jerusalem and the teaching of the Scriptures regarding this city and the New Heaven and the New Earth is given in detail in my other book entitled ʺ The Three Worlds.ʺ You will want to read of these other wonderful revelations that cannot be given in the limits of ʺ The Visions Beyond the Veil.ʺ

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what was prepared for them after death, so they

might go back to earth again to tell others. Angels and

the Lord told these heavenly visitors that, if they believed and obeyed, all these things would be theirs.

They not only knew they must come back to earth

again, but they sometimes knew when they were

coming.

One boy, after enjoying the glories of heaven, hung

his crown and trumpet up in his room so he could have them again after he died and went to heaven to

remain. He then came back to earth. The power of the

Holy Spirit left him. When he opened his eyes he was

in our Adullam room telling the wonders of his trip to

heaven.

Can we suppose the Lord saved these boys,

baptized them with the Holy Spirit, and then fooled them by showing them a figurative and mythical

heaven? Impossible!!! An earthly father may deceive

his children with false hopes and false promises. Our

Heavenly Father shows his children what he has for them (I Cor. 2:10), promises he will give these things (Rev. 3:21), and then gives the very things which He has promised (Lu. 11:9-13).

When these children saw the heavenly rooms of

their Adullam friends they clapped their hands,

laughed, and shouted with great joy, calling each one

by name to come and see his room. The one in the Spirit was passing along the streets of the New

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Jeerusalem, reading the names

above each door.

Meeting in Heaven the

Departed Adullam Boys

The first day when the Holy

Spirit fell upon the children, and

one of the boys was caught up to

heaven, with angels who came to

welcome him came also the two

Adullam

boys

who

were

undoubtedly saved and who

died the year before. These two,

Hsi Dien Fu and Djang Hsing**,

had with them in heaven a little

girl who died in Kotchiu four

ye

ars

previous,

whom

our

Djan Hsing**

children had forgotten.

These who had died and gone

on before led those who were caught up in the joys and wonders of heaven. They led them to see Jesus, first of all, and to worship and thank Him. After this

they were shown their dwellings and escorted around

the city or led out into Paradise to play. 3

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All who went to heaven were given white

garments. The angels, also dressed in seamless

garments of spotless white, had wings, but the

redeemed did not have wings. There was a clear

distinction between the two.

Later on many more of the children saw these

Adullam boys who are in heaven. Heaven did not

seem far away as, caught away in the Spirit, they acted out heavenly visions before our eyes. With

closed eyes and radiant faces they clapped their hands

and shouted for joy to these boys who died that year,

calling them to hurry over to see some dwelling, some

golden street, some new scene among the angels,

been even great than that of his outward appearance.

Two weeks before his death, while in good health, he had wonderful visions of heaven with its city and Paradise. He was reluctant to return. Before he died he was unconscious of his surroundings and apparently in great pain. As hands were laid upon him and prayer was made, his body relaxed, all evidence of pain disappeared, joy came into his face, and he seemed to be as lost in the things of heaven as he had previously been when in vision he was there. He had this happy experience for about an hour, smiling and occasionally laughing outright from sheer joy, when with this happy smile on his face, he stopped breathing. He was truly in heaven to return to this filthy earth no more.

When under the Holy Spirit, the Adullam children frequently saw Djan Hsing in heaven in the enjoyment of indescribable happiness.

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some new discovery in the garden of Paradise, or to come and play the harp and sing with them the

praises of Jesus. These boys who had died were so constantly seen in heaven and their names were so

frequently shouted in our midst with ecstasy and joy

that they did not seem far away—just out of sight.

Heaven was so real, so near, so wonderful, so certain,

that if one of our children had died in those days the

others would have envied him his privilege.

The step to heaven after death or at the coming of

the Lord seemed so small and the coming of the Lord

so near that it removed from our minds all mystery as

to why the first disciples could sell their possessions and face persecution and death without wavering.

Our kingdom is not of this world. Our citizenship

is in heaven, whence also we wait for our Savior. Our

life, our work, our service, our hardships here are only brief and passing incidents on the way to the true

life, the true city, in the true kingdom that cannot be shaken.

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efore telling about the visions of Paradise, we

wish to show from the written word of God

that such a Paradise, as the children from Adullam Rescue Home saw in visions, is in accord with the Fatherʹs plans for his children.

Scripture Teaches the Regeneration of Nature

When the Lord created the first perfect man and

his perfect bride he ʺplanted a garden eastwardʺ in Eden, in which he put the man whom he had formed.

ʺAnd out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow

every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the gardenʺ

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(Gen. 2:9). Hence, in the beginning, the Lord planned

for man to dwell in the midst of all the beauties of nature. He was given a home in the garden in the eastern part of Eden, the wonder ʺparkʺ that God

himself planned and planted. In that order there was

no sin. There was no sickness or death. There was no

thorn or thistle. There was no curse. That was a

different world from this. That world was a heaven on

earth with man enjoying what might have been

eternal life, in dominion over a whole world of trees and flowers ʺpleasant to the sight,ʺ a whole world of beauty and glory such as the present earth has never seen. God planned all these things for manʹs eternal happiness.

When sin entered, manʹs enjoyment of this creation

became a limited, temporal enjoyment. The first

creation of birds, and flowers, and trees, and animals,

that were in the first world and its Eden in an eternal

state, fell into a lower order that is not eternal. ʺFor the creation fell into subjection to failure and unreality.ʺ Sin lost to man his Eden ʺparkʺ and his Eden God.

Restored from sin, man will be restored to his Eden

God and his Eden ʺpark.ʺ But man will be restored to

more than the primal order. He will be born again into the new spiritual order.

The first order was earthly; the last is spiritual but

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resurrection was real and similar but still spiritual and

different from the earthly order. He still could eat and

drink with his disciples (Acts 10:40-41). He still had flesh and bones that could be felt (Lu. 24:39-42) and hands that could serve fish and bread to His hungry disciples (John 21:9, 31). But in the resurrected order the Lord was not subject to the limitations of the material world of time, and space, and physical

bounds. Even so the world with its natural order of animal, bird, and plant creation is to be born again into a higher, spiritual order similar to the first creation but also different from it. It will be the real order not again subject to corruption and unreality (Rom. 8:20, Weymouth).

The natural creation is to be born again through the

resurrection of Christ. Christ saves more than man.

He saves the whole creation that fell into unreality in

the fall of man. For ʺall creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God . . . There was always the hope that, at last, the creation itself would also be set free from the thralldom of decay, so as to enjoy the liberty that will attend the glory of the children of Godʺ (Rom. 8:19-21, Weymouth). If this

does not mean that the present natural order of plant,

animal, and all natural life looks forward to being set

free in the same resurrected order and the same

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does it mean? All nature looks forward to the new spiritual regeneration that belongs to the redeemed, for Christ ʹʹbrought us forth by the word of truth, that

we should be a kind of first fruits of His creaturesʹʹ

(Jas. 1:18).

Adullam Boys at Play,

Young folks on earth are happy and joyful before age and disease have laid a heavy hand upon them. They have more rollicking happy times in heaven where they are set free from every hindrance to joy.

Christ himself ʺis the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creationʺ (Col. 1:15). How is Christ ʺthe first-born of all creationʺ unless it be that in his resurrection into the new order animal and plant creation will eventually follow in this order as the full

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harvest of which Christ was but the ʺfirst-fruitsʺ?

Even the earth itself is to be a regenerated in the new

order, since ʺaccording to his promise we look for new

heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth

righteousnessʺ (II Pet 3:13). Will not that new earth have trees and flowers and animals and birds and all the beauties of glorified nature in a higher

incorruptible order that shall abide forever?

ʺThe wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and

the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead themʺ (Isa. 11:6). These things are as certain as the word of God, for ʺhe that sitteth on the throne said, Behold I make all things new,ʺ and he said, ʺwrite for these words are faithful and TRUEʺ

(Rev. 21:5). John ʺsaw a new heaven and a new earth,ʺ

and he also ʺsaw the holy city, New Jerusalem,

coming down out of heavenʺ to the New Earth.

As there was an Eden park of pleasure and fruits

on the first earth so, also, in a higher, regenerated, resurrected order, the New Jerusalem will contain an Eden park on the New Earth in the new order. This Eden ʺparkʺ is already in heaven in the New

Jerusalem that has not yet descended, but is soon

coming down.

Paradise is a "Park'' of Regenerated Nature

Perhaps the revelation of such a Paradise in heaven

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as Adullam saw will be as new to most of the readers

as it was to us. This is because we are so dull of mind

and slow of heart to ʺbelieve all that is written in the

scriptures.ʺ

Adullam boys enjoying themselves by still waters.

They believe that when they at last leave earthly scenes of beauty it will be to enjoy more surpassingly wonderful scenes in the Eden in the New Jerusalem above.

We did not teach these children about this

Paradise. The children taught us. Some of the smallest

children, who were naturally most ignorant of these matters, were our best teachers. That they got these things from the Lord is clearly evident, as you will see

by a comparison with the teaching of the Bible. It teaches there is just such a Paradise in heaven as these

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children saw. Paul said he knew a man who was

ʺcaught up even to the third heavenʺ and that this person ʺwas caught up into Paradiseʺ (II Cor. 12:2-3).

In the messages of Revelation ʺthe Spirit saith to the Churches, to him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of Godʺ (Rev. 2:7). Of the heavenly scene we are also told that ʺon this side of the river and on that was the tree

of life bearing twelve manner of fruitsʹʹ (Rev. 22:1, 2).

Hence there is a Paradise in heaven with flowing

water and trees of fruit.

This Paradise is a great ʺparkʺ of surpassing

wonder; that is just what the word ʺParadiseʺ means.

ʺParadiseʺ means ʺEden.ʺ ʺEdenʺ means ʺParadise.ʺ

ʺEdenʺ is a ʺpark ;ʺ ʺParadiseʺ is therefore a ʺpark.ʺ

Peloubetʹs Bible Dictionary says of ʺParadise,ʺ ʺThis is

a word of Persian origin, and is used in the Septuagint

as the translation of ʹEden.ʹ It means an orchard of pleasure and fruits, a garden, or pleasure ground something like an English park.ʺ But this ʺparkʺ in heaven is only ʺsomething likeʺ a park on earth,

because it is as much greater than earthly parks, in extent and beauty, as Godʹs thoughts are greater than manʹs thoughts. Manʹs most beautiful parks, with

their picturesque landscapes, their flowing streams,

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on the part of man to reproduce the Eden that was ʺin

the beginning.ʺ

If God did not put into the heart of man this love for nature and this desire for natural parks of pleasure and fruit, whence came this universal love of nature, that has been in the heart of man from the days of his earliest history? Is all manʹs efforts to preserve a little of the vanishing natural beauties of this cursed and perishing earth only a vain fancy to be followed for only a few fleeting years? Is a love for the birds, and animals, and flowers, and trees, and mountains, and valleys, and lakes, and streams, and all this

handiwork of God just a passing amusement given by

the Lord to cheer us a little on this pilgrim journey?

Are not the finest combinations of all that is beautiful

in nature just mere fore-shadows of the unperverted and unlimited realities in the Paradise of God in

heaven?

These natural beauties are not just scenes passed

on a pilgrim journey. They are guide ways of God, pointing to the Eden of beauty at the end of the way.

Love of nature may become an eternal love, enlarged

beyond all natural limits for all who overcome by the

blood of the Lamb, who, by faith in him, enter by the

gates into the city with its Paradise of God, the Eden

Park in heaven whose beauty sin will never mar (Rev.

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Paradise, the Heaven Park

You will be interested, as we were, in what our

Adullam children saw in the Paradise, the Eden, in the city beyond the sky. One of the young men was in

Paradise almost as soon as he entered the heavenly city. There he was met by the two Adullam boys who

had died in Hokow. These boys, taking him through

Paradise and the other parts of the Holy City, soon came to a great, lawn like, grassy, open plot

surrounded by magnificent trees, golden and

sparkling.

The whole scene was so

entrancing the young man said

to his two glorified friends,

ʺThis is good enough for me.

There cannot be anything

more beautiful. I will stay

right here.ʺ The boys who had

preceded him to heaven said,

ʺNo, do not wait here, for

there

are

much

greater

marvels.ʺ Going on a little

Two Young Believers

farther they came to still more

wonderful trees, some of them

bearing fruit. The whole park-like surrounding and

the grassy lawn beneath the trees were enticing

beyond any earthly understanding. The young man

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great beauty. I am so happy.ʺ ʺCome on,ʺ said the others, ʺthere are many things in heaven exceeding

this.ʺ ʺYou go,ʺ he replied, ʺbut I shall remain right here for awhile.ʺ The others left him on the grass under the trees with the great, open, velvet-like grassy

space before him. Floods of joy and happiness he had

never known on earth flooded his whole being. He

was in the land of joy, ʺjoy unspeakable and full of glory,ʺ ʺthe land that is fairer than day.ʺ

Frequently an angel came walking by, playing a

harp and singing. The angel smiled, offered him the harp. ʺI cannot play,ʺ he said. The angel passed by.

Soon other angels came, smiling to him as they played

and sang.

The angels were dressed in seamless garments of

white; their faces were perfect; one was not more

beautiful than another. ʺWhen they smiled—Oh, I

canʹt describe that,ʺ the boy said, ʺthere is no way on

earth to describe the angelsʹ smile.ʺ

Similar and surpassing beautiful scenes in Paradise

were seen, repeatedly seen, by a large number of

Adullam children. In Paradise they saw trees bearing

the most delicious fruit, and vistas of most beautiful flowers of every color and hue, sending forth an aroma of surpassing fragrance. There were birds of

glorious plumage singing their carols of joy and

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great elephants, lovely rabbits, and all sorts of little friendly pets such as they had never seen before.

Playing with a Lion in Paradise

The lion and the lamb will lie down together.

Fierce and ferocious nature will be regenerated to a higher plain than it was even in the beginning when all was “very good.”

The children held the little pets in their arms and passed them from one to another. Or perhaps they

found the lion peacefully lying beneath a tree. In that

case they climbed on his back, ran their fingers

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through his shaggy mane, brushed his face, and put their hands in his mouth. If they so desired they curled down beside him to enjoy together the love of

their common Maker. Why not? Somewhere ʺthe wolf

also shall dwell with the lamb and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. Their young ones shall lie down togetherʺ (Isa.

11:6-8).

Little children rode the small deer, while older

children rode the larger deer or the friendly elephant.

All was perfect love. All was great harmony. Such

shouts of joy! Such happy childish laughter! Who but

our Father in Heaven ever thought of or planned such

a Paradise?

Eating and Drinking in Paradise

When hungry, the children ate of the wonderful

fruit or gathered freely the sweet tasting, refreshing manna that was scattered all about (Ps. 78:25). Were they thirsty? Here and there trickled little brooks of the stimulating and refreshing water of life. 1

1 The scriptures teach that there will be eating and drinking in the kingdom of God in the resurrected state, as seen in vision by these children.

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Bible Saints in Heaven

In the open, lawn-like vistas amidst the trees and flowers and birds of Paradise Adullam saw

companies of the redeemed dancing and playing

trumpets with the angels.

Sometimes they joined this happy festival group, in

which were small children, larger children, and

adults, but where no one was old. What heavenly

scenes! What heavenly singers! What joy among the

angels and the redeemed! The angels pointed out

said he would drink the fruit of the vine with his disciples in the resurrected state. The apostles ate and drank with [Jesus]

after he rose from the deadʺ (Acts 10:40-41).

The Bible distinctly says there will be eating in this heavenly Paradise of God. In Luke 22:30, Jesus said, ʺI appoint unto you a kingdom . . . that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom.ʺ He repeated similar concept in Revelation 2:7 and 17: ʺTo him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is the Paradise of Godʺ, and, ʺ. . . to him will I give of the hidden mannaʺ

The ʺtree of lifeʺ is a general term that covers a variety of fruit-bearing trees in unstated number, the fruit having a ʺlife giving quality particularly adapted to man in his sinless state.

The ʺtree of lifeʺ is not just a single tree with a single kind of fruit, for the scripture clearly states that in this ʺparkʺ in the New Jerusalem in heaven John was shown ʺa river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruitsʺ (Rev. 22:1-2).

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Abraham, David, Daniel, the prophets, the saints, and

the martyrs of old. They saw Peter, James, Paul, and others of whom the world was not worthy. Our boy from the poor Miao tribe saw his aunt and his own little sister who had gone ahead to the land ʺover there.ʺ Taking our boys by the hand our little Chinese

Mary, who died in Kotchiu, now joined them in

heaven.

Vision of the Death of a Christian

One Adullam boy was given the vision of the death

of a believer; as relatives and friends gathered about the dying one an angel stood by the bed, awaiting the liberating of the Christianʹs soul. When the man was set free from his bodily encumbrance, the angel took him by the arm and ascended with him into heaven.

The principalities and powers of evil hosts in mid-heaven in their attempts to hinder the passage of the angel and his charge were overcome by the angelʹs

faith and praise as the ascent continued toward the heavenly city.

Having been welcomed at the gate, this new arrival

was received by hosts of angels, singing, dancing,

rejoicing, all uniting in giving him a royal welcome into the eternal city of the redeemed.

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utpourings of the Holy Spirit upon Adullam

children and young folks have always been

attended with visions of angels in our midst.

In this connection it is well to remember some

scriptural teaching about angels. The Scriptures teach

that angels have a part in the ministration of the Holy

Spirit. Since ʺthe spirits (or angels) of the prophets are subject to the prophetsʺ (I Cor. 14:32), angels have some part in prophetic utterance when a prophet

speaks under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The visions John saw on Patmos and the revelations he

had there when he was ʺin the Spiritʺ were given him

through an angel (Rev. 1:1, 10). Angels therefore have

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something to do with being in a trance, seeing visions

through the Holy Spirit, and getting revelations

through the Holy Spirit.

Each true church has, perhaps, a special angel to

minister to that particular church (Rev. 1:20). Every saved person has an angel to minister to him (Heb.

1:14, Acts 12:15). Every child has the ministry of angels, for the angels of children have constant access

to the throne of God in heaven (Matt. 18:10; Heb. 1:14).

Angels always see us, though we seldom see angels (I

Cor. 4:9; Acts 12:15). Angels differ in rank (Rev. 12:7;

Dan. 10:13).

Both The Old and New Testament furnish

sufficient proof for the reality of angelic ministry in the Adullam Home. We have already told of the visions of angels rescuing children whom demons had

bound with awful chains and were dragging to hell.

Angels, then, apparently have a part in saving the lost. Since angels led these children to heaven and escorted them through the golden streets and the

glories of Paradise, it seems that angels have

something to do with the visions given Adullam. As most of the children who spoke in other languages

did so when they were dancing and singing with the

angels it may be that angels have something to do with speaking in other languages, for it is possible to

speak with ʺthe tongues of angelsʺ (I Cor. 1:13) at times of mighty outpourings of the Spirit.

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The children also had wonderful visions of

multitudes of angels flying in the heavens, and

sometimes they saw them fly from heaven to earth.

Angels in the Midst of and about Adullam

At the times when the presence of the Holy Spirit was especially manifest many of the children saw

angels nearby or in the room. When they were

hindered by demon power they saw angels come to

their release. On occasions of the most blessed sense of the presence of the Lord in our midst and of the sweetest harmony and love in the meeting, just above the room was a large angel, while the room was

entirely surrounded by smaller angels standing side

by side, each touching the other to the right and left,

so there was not a space in the whole circle for the entrance of any demon. On these occasions, when one or more of the children saw our angel garrison about

us, there were never any visions of demons in the room, as was very frequently the case. One evening when our angel guard was about us in such perfect rank children said they could hear demons outside

the circle of angels making an angry commotion

because of their inability to hinder the blessed

fellowship in the Holy Spirit that was within the

angelsʹ circle. Boys in Kotchiu had also seen this circle

of angels.

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presence of God that was in those meetings in which

the children saw the angel just above our happy,

Spirit-filled people. This angel looking down upon us,

smilingly turned from side to side to look at the angels that encircled us and to see that there was not

an entrance for the powers of darkness. I wondered if

the angel above us was not the special angel of

Adullam and if the smaller angels of lesser rank

around us were not our individual guardians. At any

rate, the children saw the angels. Their eyes were usually closed when they saw them, but sometimes

they saw them with wide open eyes. We could

believe, without question that we were indeed in the presence of angels.

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o careful observer could have been with us

during those weeks of the mighty outpouring

of the Holy Spirit and doubted that there are two Kingdoms in constant conflict. As surely as angels

minister and the Holy Spirit leads to a real Kingdom

of light, so surely do demons hinder, while the devil presides in a realm of evil spirits in a kingdom of real darkness. One kingdom was made as certain to us as

the other. Man was clearly revealed as the battle

ground.

The Bible teaches that there are ʺthe lower ranks of

evil spirits and the higherʺ (Rom. 8:38. Weymouth)

and that our conflict is not ʺwith mere flesh and blood

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but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark worldʺ (Eph. 6:12

Weymouth). Both Old and New Testaments teach the

reality of a Kingdom of darkness and the reality of demons.

Demons

We related how demons were cast out of one man

and how the larger demon was seen to rush about the

room in great anger, finally seizing upon an

unguarded school teacher, who was looking on, and

throwing him to the floor. In this instance two boys saw this big, black, man-like demon enter the man of his possession. Several children saw the cast-out

demon, chased out of the room by a Spirit filled

young man, take temporary refuge behind some small

trees in our court. This demon and the accompanying

one about half his size were seen by children who were praying with closed eyes and by some whose

eyes were open. But all saw the same things at the same time. The appearance of the demons was the

same to each individual.

In the Adullam Rescue Home we had a young girl

who very evidently was open to demon activity. She said that before coming here she was subject to ʺfitsʺ

or spells of unconsciousness. A short time after she came she and some of the other girls went for a walk

outside the city. On the way back one of the new girls

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who was half-blind and half witted lingered behind

and lost her way. The older girl, having gone to find

the one who was lost, was returning home with her when she saw three demons before her, a few steps away. One was ʺas tall as a doorʺ and was

accompanied by two others about the size of a boy twelve years old. All these demons were dark in

appearance, with big eyes and awful faces. The two smaller demons being apparently subject to the large one, obeyed and followed him. The girl was

frightened at what she saw. The large demon, coming

near, seized her by the head. She became dizzy and almost unconscious. She could scarcely walk. She

could hardly see the street and had to be led home by

the other girl whom she had gone to seek. Upon

reaching home she was better for a time. A little later,

while we were at supper, someone came in saying

that the afflicted girl was in her room unconscious.

We found her prostrate on the floor, breathing as if in

a peaceful sleep, but we could not awake her. After praying for her we all assembled in the regular

evening prayer meeting. Soon the girl came in

perfectly well.

She said that she seemed to be bound by chains

and dragged by demons farther and farther down a

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became conscious, and her mind clear. As she sat on her bed alone in the room, she saw the three demons

whom she had met on the street now in the room. But

now she felt no fear, for she knew that the Lord was Conqueror. Accordingly, she drove the demons out of the room in ʺthe name of Jesus.ʺ As they reluctantly receded step by step she followed in the name of Jesus until she drove them along the walk out of the large Chinese door at the entrance of our compound. In the several succeeding months that she was here she had

no more ʺfitsʺ or unconscious spells.

I have given these two instances somewhat in

detail, because the effect of demon activity in both cases was so evident that any kind of an observer could have told that something supernatural had

taken place. We might tell of many instances of

demon activity that have come under our observation

the last few years, but these two are sufficient in this

connection; we want to tell something of the demon activity in connection with the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

When there were manifestations we did not

understand we kept praying and trusting the Lord,

but decided not to interfere unless we clearly saw something that was harmful or sinful. After eight

weeks of wonderful manifestations of the Holy Spirit

we were most thankful that we had allowed such

liberty among the children. We saw how marvelously

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the Lord had led them, and things we did not

understand at first proved to be part of the Lordʹs plan in giving us some of the most wonderful and

precious revelations.

Demons Seen by Adullam Children

While some of the children were having a blessed

time in the Holy Spirit, others went to sleep when they tried to pray. Those under the anointing could often see demons by those who were drowsy and

could not pray through. They saw demons coming in

through the open window or the door. Sometimes

they saw demons lazily reclining under the table or upon a couch that was in the room. Under the

anointing of the Holy Spirit, the children, with closed

eyes, in the Name of Jesus would rout the demons out

of their places and follow them until they went out of

the door or window.

They frequently followed these demons out of the

room, opened a front or back door to the compound,

and chased the demons off the premises. When

demons appeared on the scene they were often seen

by several persons at the same time.

Some of the children had seen demons before. We

found that in spite of all our teaching about the Lord

they were still so afraid of demons they dare not go to

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however, the children found that the largest and

fiercest demons were unavailing against the smallest child covered by Jesusʹ blood, so that, for the first time, we had a happy lot of Chinese children who had lost their fear of demons, were not afraid in the dark,

and were not afraid to sleep with uncovered heads.

What the Demons were Like

The demons seen are best described as resembling

the demon idols in Chinese temples. According to the

Bible (I Cor. 10:20) and according to the Chinese much

idolatry is demon worship. Making idols of the

demon type is an attempt to reproduce the likeness of

demons that have been seen.

The children saw demons as ʺhigh as a door,ʺ with

pointed chins and warty heads. There were others of different appearance too, some half this size. There were smaller ones two or three feet high and little ones a few inches high, following the larger demons about.

The large, big-eyed, fierce-looking demons are the

ones to be feared as having power to bind and take captives to hell.

The Principalities and Powers of the Air

The hosts of the powers of the air and their works

of darkness in co-operation with demons on earth

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were seen by various Adullam witnesses, which I will

discuss as follows based on the witnessesʹ testimonies.

The government of the hosts of evil is in mid-heaven. Here are thrones from which the devilʹs

angels exercise their satanic government over the

earth. These rulers of darkness vary: some are larger in stature than others; there is variation in dress, crowns, facial expression, disposition, and authority.

In all respects they are as devilish in appearance and

acts as the hosts of Satan are expected to be.

These rulers of evil are in constant contention

among themselves, each resenting the authority of

those higher in power, each jealous of the other and all covetous of the seats of highest rank. Those in higher rank hold their positions, not by consent of the

lower orders, but solely through their own superior fierceness and power. Cliques and individuals are in constant conflict and quarrels.

All have crowns that represent various orders and

ranks. All desire to sit on the thrones above and supervise the work of evil on earth, rather than

descend on delegated duties to further the demonical

powers below.

Those of highest rank sit on thrones in the mid—

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weak places in the demonical forces of earth, and to bind and to drag the souls of evil men to hell when they die.

Although these wicked angels fly in high heaven to

the very gates of the New Jerusalem and although

they descend to earth and fly in its air, the center where they congregate in countless numbers is in the region of the thrones of authority in the mid-heavens.

Here evil hosts of wicked spirits of all sizes fly hither

and thither or move about more deliberately. A

certain halo surrounds the wicked angels of higher

rank.

All are similar in some respects: All have wings, all

have crowns, all belong in the heavens. The delegated

messengers go to earth only temporarily. Their evil errand finished, they again return to the heavens.

The hosts of evil spirits on earth are very different

from the devilʹs angels. These on earth do not have wings; they can walk and run rapidly; and they move

freely but apparently do not leave the earth. They vary in size from a few inches to ten feet in height, wear gaudy colored clothes of many stripes, and have fancy caps of various shapes and colors; some, on the

other hand, wear rags or filthy garments.

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work of righteous men and the work of angels among

men. In one of their conflicts with an angel, earthly demons of highest rank, assisted by others of lower rank, gathered about the angel, trying to strike him with clubs, swords, and other weapons. Through faith

and praising the Lord, the angel so with stood this onslaught that no blow fell upon him nor could an evil hand touch him. The demons of less power,

standing at a little distance and watching the conflict,

upon seeing their companions unsuccessful in their

attack, besought the powers of evil in the heavens to send a re-enforcement of the devilʹs angels from the air. In response to this entreaty a detachment of ten angels were sent down. As these approached the earth the demons below clapped their hands in joyous

welcome. When the wicked angels from above

reached the scene of conflict these less powerful

demons, receding a distance, stood in respectful

quietness in the presence of the Satanic delegation from above, who now took up the conflict with the angel. These forces the angel also withstood with

praises and faith until suddenly the Glory of God

descended and entirely routed all the hosts of evil.

The Death of the Unbeliever

The boy who saw a Christian departed to heaven

also saw what takes place when the unconverted die.

When one man who did not know the Gospel died,

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his soul, after being liberated from the body,

wandered about unhindered from place to place on

earth, until one of the devilʹs angels, descending from

the sky with chains, bound him and forced him down

to hell. The death of a professing Christian who had known the Lord, but had not truly repented, was still more terrible. When this man was dying, demons by

his deathbed waited in fiendish delight for the

liberation of the soul of this hypocritical, one-time professing Christian. The demons began to bind him

before he was entirely out of the body and completed

the binding of their captive the minute he drew his last ungodly breath. The hypocrite did not enjoy one moment of freedom to wander about the earth. An

object of ridicule to his demon captors, in terror he was at once dragged and pushed into hell.

One such ungodly man was the special sport of

demons who, having bound him in chains, dragged

him along on the earth, again and again jerking him up on his feet only again to drag him down and haul

him along like a dead dog. After furnishing

amusement for his captor the man was dragged down

the dark road to the infernal regions.

A Boy Dragged to Hell

There was a boy dragged from Adullam to Hell.

Because he had been so bad he was discharged as

errand boy by an officer in the army. After seeing him

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begging on the street for several days we took him into the Adullam Rescue Home. He promised to

reform, made an outward showing of decency, heard

the Gospel for a considerable time, and professed

repentance.

Different articles disappeared from the Home, but

the thief was not found until this boy was caught on his way to sell the stolen plunder. We then put him out of the Home.

After several months of beggar life, during which

time this boy repeatedly promised to reform if only we would allow him to return, we gave him another chance. The Lord also gave him another chance, for there were manifestations of the Holy Spirit and

supernatural revelations sufficient to make the way of

life clear to the most simple. This boy himself had anointings of the Holy Spirit, when the Lord dealt directly with him about his sins and showed him the

better way. In spite of all this the boy ran away and joined a street gang of beggar-thieves. A few months later he fell and broke his arm, infection set in, and he

was about to die when he was picked up by a hospital

worker. In the hospital he was so hopelessly

disobedient that he was thrown out and was soon in a

dying condition on the street. Coming to us with

promises of repentance, we pitied him and took him in once more.

Day by day he neared the end of the way. The

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night before he died I was awakened by unearthly

shrieks that sounded like uncanny howls of some

wild animal or of some fiend. The next day when the

boy died I was away from home. As he lay in death throes, delighted, awful hellish demons gathered

about him. When his soul was leaving his body the boy seeing his captors, wept, yelled, shrieked, and cried at the top of his voice in wildest terror; ʺMr.

Baker, help! help! help! O, Mr. Baker, come quickly !

Mr. Baker, Mr. Baker, Mr. Baker! Help, they are all about me with chains! They have come for me. Help,

help, Mr. Baker, help! Oh, oh, oh, help! help! help!

They are binding me with chains. Help! help! Oh, oh,

oh, help! Oh—h—e—l—ʺ

Visions of Hell

Over and over again children had visions of hell

and the lake of fire. The first time any one was under

the anointing of the Spirit he usually had a vision of hell. He was bound in chains by demons and taken through a region of darkness. Some children could

hear demons all about them in this region. If taken far,

they could see a dim light in the distance which

proved to be reflections from the lake of fire. Some children were forced so near they could see the lake of fire ahead. All the time they were pleading the blood

of Christ, asserting that they would not obey and

would not be subject to the slavery of their captors.

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They believed Jesus would surely save. We have

already told how at this climax, before the lake of fire

was reached, the Lord did intervene with His blood-bought salvation.

The Bible pictures hell as a place of blackness and

darkness, and it teaches that part of the devilʹs angels

are now reserved in chains of darkness awaiting

judgment (II Peter 2:4; Jude 6).

The Lake of Fire

The children saw not only darkness in hell, but also

the ʺlake of fireʺ that was always approached through

a region of stygian darkness. In vision they were led to the edge of a great lake of molten fire in a semi-dark pit from which arose clouds of smoke. When the smoke settled low the fire in the lake was less distinct.

When the smoke lifted a little, the burning lake with red and greenish flames and its inmates could be distinctly seen.

When the children were peering down into this pit

in hell we saw them taking a firm hold on some piece

of furniture or getting down on their hands and

knees, cautiously bending forward to peep into the

infernal regions. They looked a moment and then

drew back, afraid lest they fall in. They were horrified

at what they saw. Then very cautiously they looked again and drew back. Sometimes the children lay flat

on their stomachs, lest they slip and fall while looking

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over the brink of the lake of fire.

The lost were seen going into hell. Some fell in, some walked over the brink, and some were bound by

demon chains and cast into hell by demons. One boy

saw groups of the wicked bound in bundles, ready to

be cast into this furnace of fire (Matt. 13:30-50; 25:41; Isa. 66: 23-24).

When the fire abated and the smoke settled down

the moans of the miserable could be heard. When the

fire at intervals increased in intensity and the smoke lifted a little there were shrieks and wails of agony.

One person was rolled on the floor and caused to cry

out as would a suffering soul in hell.

In the lake of fire were oceans of hands reaching up

for help. Those below appealed to those looking in upon them to come to their rescue. We could hear the

children talking to them just as you can hear someone

talking over the telephone and get but one end of the

conversation. We could hear one end of a

conversation like this: ʺI canʹt help you.ʺ ʺNo, I cannot

do anything for you.ʺ ʺBut when you were alive you would not obey the gospel.ʺ ʺNo, it is too late; before

you got here I preached to you, but you made fun of

me and despised Jesus. Now you know I told you the

truth.ʺ ʺNo, I cannot do anything; this is the judgment

of God.ʺ ʺIf you had obeyed, you would now be

enjoying heaven with us.ʺ After some such

conversation the children were led away to enjoy the

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presence of Jesus in heaven or the glories of the golden streets of the Paradise of God.

Lazarus could see the rich man in hell tormented in

flames, and the rich man could talk with Lazarus, but

he could not cross the gulf. When Christ reigns as King of Kings upon the earth the redeemed nations

will look upon the lost (Isa. 66: 23-24).

One boy saw his grandmother in hell, whom he

had tried to win to Christ. She was once a sorceress and murderer who had withstood the gospel she heard in her village and caused many to refuse the light. Other children also had visions of relatives in hell. This tribal boy who saw his grandmother in hell was the boy who saw his little sister and his believing

aunt in heaven.

There was no vision of any one in heaven or the

name of any one on the mansions by the golden

streets who did not trust in Jesus. Those in hell were

all unbelievers. One night when the Lord spoke

through a small boy in wonderful prophecy, among

the things he said was, ʺThere will be no one in heaven except those who believe the gospel.ʺ

The Parting of the Roads

After the Lord had taken the boys and girls

through most wonderful and systematic lessons in the

Holy Spirit they nearly all came at last to the parting

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of the roads.

In this vision, repeated until it seemed the

impression could never be forgotten, the one in vision

seemed to be standing by the cross at the parting of the two great roads. The one was the narrow way of life that leads to heaven and glory; the other was the

broad way to hell and destruction.

Great, busy, hurrying multitudes—multitudes

hustling with business, carrying great loads of sin and

rushing along with the affairs of life—were passing by

in endless streams and countless numbers. The child was the preacher at the cross roads. Again we heard one side of the conversation: ʺHello! my friend! Please

wait a minute; I want to speak to you. Say, do not go

down that broad road; it leads to hell and ruin. I have

been down that way and have seen hell for myself.

Stop here by the cross and let Jesus wash all your sins

away. From the Cross of Christ here you can start up

this other road that will lead you to heaven and

everlasting life and joy. Oh! That fellow does not believe it. There he goes on down the broad road.

What a pity! I will stop this other man and see if he will believe. Hey there! Just a minute! Say, do not follow that crowd. They do not know where they are

going. That road leads to destruction; that is the road

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sins away, and go with us up the road to heaven

where God is. Oh, there he goes, too!

ʺHere is another. Wait a moment! Say, come out of

that crowd. Cannot you see there is no one traveling back this way? They all go down that road; no one ever comes back. That is the broad road to hell. Stop here by the cross, believe the gospel of salvation through Jesusʹ blood, and you will be safe. There is no

other road further on. This is the only road to heaven.

Turn in here or you will be lost too.

ʺOh, what a pity he does not believe me. There he

goes with the others.ʺ

Sometimes the youthful preacher would decide

that if no one believed him he would follow the wilful

crowd to see what happened. When he arrived with

the crowd at the brink of the lake of fire in hell, we heard him say, ʺLook at that crowd falling into hell!

Not one escapes. Everyone goes in.ʺ Slowly

drawing near the edge of the pit and leaning over and

looking down into the lake with its suffering

multitudes, the preacher said: ʺI cannot help you now.

I told you all about this back there at ʹthe gospel cross

roads,ʹ but you would not believe. No, you would not

believe, even if I could help you out. No, I am helpless

now. If you had listened when I warned, the Lord

would have saved you; you came on and fell in

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someone who will listen, and stop a few at any cost.ʺ

He was occasionally successful in persuading one

to listen. Then he would say, ʺNow, you get down

there at the foot of the cross of Jesus and pray. Oh, you donʹt know how to pray? Well, you say what I tell you. ʹJesus, I am a sinner! I was on my road to hell. I

am only fit for hell. The big load I carry is only sin.

Forgive my sins and teach me to live only for your glory; Amenʹ.ʺ There was rejoicing then as the sinner

was saved and started up the narrow road, while the

preacher went out to try to rescue another deluded traveler.

These visions, with some variations, were repeated

many times, making it clear that salvation was only by repentance and belief in the blood of Christ,

through the preaching of the gospel; that the many were called; that few were saved; that the road to destruction is broad and multitudes pass that way;

that the way of life is narrow and few there be that find it (Matt. 7:13-14). It was made equally clear that the Christian is to stand in the gap at the parting of the ways and persuade and warn to the limit of his ability.

The University Student

We have told how the boys, even the small boys,

went out at that time and preached on the streets with

unction of the Holy Spirit, sometimes under direct

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inspiration such as we had never before witnessed. I will close this chapter with the story of the university

student who went by the cross roads.

Opposite our front gate lived a university student

who was to have graduated from the university that year. After moving here I talked with him, asking him

to come over and discuss the Bible and Christianity in

a friendly way. He came a few days, and I felt certain

he was convinced of the truth of what I said. The questions he raised seemed to be answered to his full

satisfaction.

Through him I managed to get a chance to talk

with some of the other university students during

their vacation. I had been going to their rooms ten days, when there came the mighty outpouring of the

Holy Spirit upon Adullam. The students were

friendly, and I felt that the student I have mentioned

saw clearly the truth of the gospel. I could see that, although he was polite, he was not disposed to accept the truth and did not seem to like the friendly way the

other students responded to the Bible discussions.

One morning when one of our girls was out at our

front gate it happened that this young university

student was out there too. The girl began telling him

he ought to be a Christian, in a simple way urging him to believe in Jesus to save him from his sins, make

him a good man, save him from hell, and lead him to

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ʺWhatʹs the use of my being a Christian? I do not need to be saved.ʺ ʺYou might die suddenly in your sins, and you would go to hell.ʺ

ʺWho are you?ʺ scoffed the student. ʺYou are a

little snip of an ignorant girl, just a sort of useless beggar. What do you suppose you are trying to do?

You are trying to teach me something when you are not worthy to even talk to me. I am a university student. I am wise. I have read many books. I have been many years in Peking. I can speak and read

English as well as Chinese.ʺ He then spat in her face and told her to mind her own business.

Two weeks later hearing a funeral commotion in

the front alley, I was surprised to learn that they were

carrying this university student to his burial; I had seen him on the street a few days before. One of the boys said that as we were going out to preach, a few days previous, he had offered this young man a tract,

but he would not take it.

I knew nothing of this conversation with the girl.

About a month later this girl was in a trance under the

power of the Spirit. After seeing visions of heaven and

the glories of the redeemed she stood still and bent over as though looking into hell. This is what I heard: ʺAh! There is hell. No, I cannot; I have no power to help you now. You certainly are in an awful plight. It is you who are worse than a beggar now, all dirty, all

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look worse now than any beggar I ever saw. I thought

you told me you were rich and that you had a great education. Where is your education now? Well, I cannot help you now even if you do apologize. That may be, but I have no power. No, only Jesus can save

you, but when I told you about Him you made fun of

Him and cursed me.

ʺLook what we beggars who believe in Jesus have

received in heaven: all is joy, all is happiness; all is love in the city of golden streets with its wonderful Paradise of God.ʺ

The Righteous Scarcely Saved

Then the girl seemed to be crossing the lake of fire

over a narrow bridge. We saw her walking as though

she were walking a rope, placing one foot carefully in

front of the other while extending her arm on either side until she recovered her balance. With a sigh of relief she said, ʺMy! this is dangerous! But the Lord will help me. I will get across to the other side.ʺ Then she carefully brought the other foot forward and

nearly lost her balance again. She praised the Lord until she recovered her balance and proceeded as

before. In this way having crossed the room, she

seemed to be safely in heaven, past every danger of ever falling into the lake of fire.

Whatever the effect of relating these visions may

have on others, these things have taught us in

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Adullam to believe more assuredly than ever in the reality of heaven and the Kingdom of God and the

reality of hell and the Kingdom of the devil. More positively than ever do we assert that the way

through this life that leads over the dangers of the lake of fire, the way that ʺover-comersʺ must travel, is like walking a rope which must be traveled step by step with fear and trembling (I Peter 4:17-18). Only the

Lord Jesus can sustain us in the balance so that we may not topple in to the right, or escaping that, fall to the left. We are surer than ever that God means for us

to stand by the cross at the cross roads to point sinners to the narrow, little-traveled road that starts at the cross and leads by it on up to heaven and the life

the Lord has prepared for them who love Him. How

can any be saved without this salvation; how can any

escape who neglect this salvation? ʺFor if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every

transgression and disobedience received a just

recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we

neglect so great a salvationʺ (Heb. 2:2-3)?

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uring the mighty out pouring of the Holy

Spirit, by vision and prophecy we were

repeatedly warned that the end of the present age and

the return of our Lord is at hand.

The Holy Spirit made this great climax at the

consummation of the present age so vivid and real

that no doubt was left in any of our minds that the Lord God was bringing last and supremely important messages to his people.

The Scripture teaches that the present age will end

in the greatest tribulation the world has ever seen and

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that immediately after that tribulation the Lord will return to destroy the wicked and reward the righteous

(Matt. 24 :30-31).

The Scriptures also teach that this age will reach its

climax at its ʺendʺ in the harvest when the tares will have reached full fruition and when the wheat will have passed from the leaf and the blade to the full grain in the ear. When both the wheat and the tares are ripe the angels will come with the Lord to gather the harvest and to separate the wheat from the tares.

In other words, when the Kingdom of the devil is at its worst and the Kingdom of God on earth is at its best, in its purest form the evil ripe and the good ripe—then will come the harvest (Matt. 13:37-43). The Bible further teaches that evil will reach its climax in the incarnation of the devil in control of a demon-deceived and tormented world and that this devil-possessed world ruler, the super-man, will be destroyed by the Lord at his coming (II Thess. 2:1-10).

There may be those who take exception to the

above remarks, but, without detailed discussion of

these matters, I will relate, as best I can, the visions and revelations given Adullam children, who knew little or nothing of the theology involved.

Pestilence and Wars

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coming and that it will be attended with persecution of the people of God, whom He will especially equip

and protect in this crisis.

One boy saw our school teacher trying to buy a

measure of rice. So great a crowd surrounded the

granary that the teacher could only hope for success in making his purchase by pushing with the crowd.

Only one measure of rice could be bought by each

man (Rev. 6:6).

In vision one ignorant, uneducated boy was

transported to our civilized lands and saw the peoples

getting ready for war, making bombs, cannon, and

implements of destruction.

The coming of the devil and his incarnation in the

Antichrist was prophesied many times, as well as seen

in vision.

Visions of the Devil and the Antichrist

The children saw the dragon, the devil with seven

heads. One boy saw angels fighting with him and

seven of his angels. The devil and his angels were overcome and flung out of heaven to earth (Rev. 12:312).

Adullam boys saw the super-man the world is

wishing for, the great subject of worship that

Buddhism, Theosophy, Mohammedanism and other

religions expect. In him they saw the devil incarnated

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as a handsome, strong man in the beauty and strength

of young manhood.

They also had visions of the image that in due

season this God-defying Antichrist will erect

according to prophecy as an object of worship, the image that will be able to speak and to deceive the world (Rev. 13:14-15). I asked how they knew this handsome man of power was the Antichrist. They

said that a host of demons followed him everywhere,

obeyed his every command, advanced at his word,

and halted at his order.

This Antichrist was also seen upon a plain as a

beast with seven heads. Again I asked how they knew

this was the Antichrist, and the children said the angels told them. I have already explained that, as to

John, these revelations were given through angels

when the children were ʺin the Spiritʺ in a trance and

that, like him, they carried on conversation with the angels and by these heavenly messengers were told the mystery of many things they did not understand themselves.

Saints Under Persecution

During the reign of this super-man in his God—

defying power the saints of God were standing true and bearing faithful testimony in spite of every

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well as these two, endued with mighty supernatural

power to fight with and to resist the power of

darkness in that awful time, the like of which has never been upon the earth—the time when the devil

and all his angels and demons will be turned loose upon the earth, having great wrath, knowing their

time is short. During this time, when no one but a true

Spirit-filled saint could stand for a day against such Satanic power and supernatural Satanic miracles and manifestations, the children saw the saints filled with

the still greater supernatural power of their God, the Spirit of him, who is greater than ʺhe that is in the world.ʺ They had visions of preaching the gospel in the midst of great persecution; but they were given such power that by a word from them, enemies

smitten by plagues or death (Rev. 11:5). This power seemed to issue from within and came out of their mouths; with it they rebuked and slew their enemies.

They were exercising the power the Lord had

promised his disciples, power to do the works He did

and greater works (John 14:12). In some cases, after giving a testimony in a town that rejected them and having left it a distance, fire from heaven descended and destroyed the wicked place, even as Sodom and Gommorah were swept away. When persecution was

bitter they were sometimes caught away bodily by the

Holy Spirit as was Philip and as the prophets

supposed Elijah had been (Acts 8:39; II Kings 2:16).

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safety. In time of hunger and need food was

miraculously provided—manna, fruit, and other food.

Angels ministered. Strength and boldness were given

to bear a fearless testimony. The Christians had power

to speak with tongues in the languages of strange and

unevangelized tribes. When in vision the boys or girls

were thus preaching in the Spirit we ourselves could see how this might be true, for while one speaker preached to the people of a strange language whom

he saw before him, another interpreted for him (I Cor.

14:28). Both spoke in other tongues. One spoke a few

sentences, then the other interpreted. They were

preaching to some of those of every tribe and

language.

John saw an angel flying in heaven with the

everlasting gospel to be preached to all tribes and tongues, just before the fall of Babylon the Great (Rev.

14;6-7). He also saw a great multitude no man could number, people of every tribe and language, who had

washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and had

come out of Great Tribulation (Rev. 7:9-14). Must it not be in accord with the Scripture that, as the

children saw in these visions, the gospel will be

preached again under angelic ministration in the

miraculous power of the Holy Spirit in a supernatural

way, far exceeding that of the early Church in the days of its persecution? May it not be that the harvest

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exceed the seed-time outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the former rain, the outpouring on the Day of

Pentecost?

The Final World War

At the conclusion of the final testimony of the most

perfect and supernatural church the world has ever

seen, in the midst of the greatest persecution by the greatest concentration of Satanic demonical power and devil-controlled human power that any age on

earth has ever experienced, the Adullam children saw

the Antichrist, the devil-man, the super-man world leader, marshalling his forces for the final world war of the age.

They also saw the war in the spirit realm. In this they saw a man on a white horse, leading his army of

angels dressed in white (Rev. 19:11-15). They also saw

a rider on a red horse, the rider dressed in beautiful dark colored array and followed by his host of demons in black.

Some visions of the war on earth were also seen.

Children saw battleships destroyed by bombs thrown

from airplanes, and they saw the ships with all aboard

enter their watery grave to be seen no more. Armies were seen gathered from all the earth, engaged in the

great and terrible struggle. The children watched the awful battle. Poison gas and deadly instruments of

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the dead were buried, but later the slain, being so many they could not be taken care of, were piled in heaps or left to decay as manure upon the face of the earth, as the prophet has foretold (Jeremiah 25:31-33).

The Sudden Return of Christ

In the midst of all these things everything was

interrupted by The Sudden Return of Christ. The sun

became dark and the moon red like blood (Matt.

24:29, 30; Rev. 6:12-17). The stars fell in showers. The

heavens shook and seemed to roll together as a scroll.

There was a great earthquake that rent the earth

asunder. Great crevices opened and people were

swallowed alive. Buildings were shaken down,

collapsing like childrenʹs toy houses, killing and

burying the inmates. While these things in heaven

and earth were taking place the Lord appeared in the

heavens. Old and young, rich and poor were

overcome with deadly fear. They fled in every

direction in wild confusion. Men fled from their shops

empty handed, without a thought of their valuables

that a few moments before had seemed of great

importance. Families rushed from their homes

without even a glance back upon the luxuries that had

been their life passion. In one moment all men became

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of refuge to hide from the visible King of kings. Some

who were not killed by falling houses or who did not

tumble into the opened earth tried to flee to the mountains for safety; some leaped into the rivers and

perished; some slew themselves with their own

weapons.

Everywhere

was

wailing

and

shrieking.

Everywhere was riot and terror. Anything to escape

from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of His

wrath was come.

The Great Supper of God

After this there were visions of the Great Supper of

God, where the beasts and birds were bidden to eat the unburied dead that lay scattered over the ruined earth. Dogs and wild animals were seen feeding on

the carcasses of men. Birds and scavengers of the air joined in this supper prepared by God.

While the boys were witnessing this great feast we

could hear their remarks and see their movements as

the scene was described and acted out before us. One

would say, ʺLook at that eagle eating that rich fellow.

See it picking his fancy clothes from his body. Look at

that! It has taken a piece of his flesh and flown awayʺ

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most courage. He just picks and picks away, gorging

himself, never taking time to look up, but the crow is

afraid; he takes a bit and looks around to see if he is in danger. ʹAi ya,ʹ do you see that? Look at the birds standing on that well dressed fellow and digging into him.ʺ Then the boys suddenly with one accord

wheeled around with their backs toward the repellent

scene, while their remarks, as well as their motions, made it clear enough the sort of abhorring scenes that will characterize the final feast of the earth. Here will

be the rich and mighty, the captains of the earth, the captains of industry, the captains of wealth, the captains of war, and the captains of all Christ-rejecting

enterprises and religions. They will not be there as honored guests, but as the food for the scavengers of

the earth over which they have lived in selfish luxury.

Thus the Adullam children have already seen and

described in terrible reality the culminating scenes of

our boasted material civilization. They have seen the fruit of godless sowing and the answer to the question

of our Lord, ʺWhat shall it profit a man if he gain the

whole world and lose his own soul?ʺ The Word of

God says, ʺAll the nations that forget God shall be turned into hell.ʺ These simple children believe

without a doubt, because they have been shown by

God and the angels what is also written in the Word

of the Lord, that the climax and consummation of the

present world with its human systems of education

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and its boasted organization and wealth will be ʺthe great supper of God,ʺ where the flesh of the dead will

be more of a prize than will be the splendor and culture that is now the pride of the living.

The Defeat of the Antichrist and the Devil

The children saw the Lord and his angels bind the

Antichrist hand and foot, preparatory to casting him alive into hell (Rev. 19:20). There were visions also of

the devil taken alive to the mouth of the pit; a box-like

lid was lifted up, and he was cast down into the black

well–like shaft of the abyss; the lid was shut down, and the Lord locked it with a great key (Rev. 20:1-3).

The Descent of the Lord and the Last Trumpet

We have written of the visions of the return of

Christ as related to the wicked. There were equally clear visions relating to the saints. Adullam saw the heavens open and the Lord descend in glory attended by His angels. On both sides and following the Lord was this great army of attendants in white. Those in front blew beautiful trumpets as with the blast of trumpets the Lord and His army descended in perfect

order, every one keeping in his proper place and rank.

Resurrection and Rapture of the Saints

As the Lord thus descended toward the earth there

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were wonderful visions of the Resurrection and

Rapture of the Saints. Graves burst open as from an explosion. Bodies came out of the graves and were

suddenly clothed upon by the heavenly tabernacle of

the resurrection glory life. In some cases bones were seen to come together as the children expressed it in Chinese idiom: ʺone bone from the east and one from the west.ʺ These scattered bones, having become

clothed with flesh and transformed into the

resurrection body, were caught up to meet the Lord in

the air (l Thess. 4:15-17; I Cor. 15: 51-53). One boy saw

a funeral procession where a Christian was being

carried to his burial. On the way to the burial ground

the trumpet sounded, the Lord descended, the coffin opened, the dead sat up, arose transformed, and

ascended into the air.

I have already told how our children had visions of

some of our Adullam people already dead and now in

heaven, clothed in white and enjoying Paradise and of

their seeing the saints of old clothed in white. The Scripture teaches that between death and the resurrection the saints have spiritual bodies and that the saints are clothed in white before the time of the resurrection (Rev. 69:12; Luke 16: 19-30). When I cross-questioned the children as to how they knew

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the saints and that their bodies had not been

resurrected. I questioned and cross-questioned in

some of these matters and always got a uniform

testimony: the children always saw the saints in

white; the saints never had wings; all of the angels had wings; there was no difficulty in distinguishing between saints and angels.

In summary, then, Adullam saw the saints in white

now in heaven, with access to Paradise, and enjoying

the fellowship of Christ and the angels; they saw the descent of the Lord with ʺall his holy onesʺ—all his angels—at the sounding of the last trumpet; they saw the resurrection and transformation of the bodies of the saints and their ascent into the air.

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Great tables were spread in Paradise in the midst

of its magnificent trees, its wonderful flowers with enchanting fragrance, its glorious birds of every

plumage that sang their carols of praise, where all redeemed animal and vegetable creation was one

harmonious, spirit-filled, God-praising whole. Here,

then, in this indescribable Paradise of God in open spaces were spread the tables for the great Marriage Supper (Rev. 19:9). Angels and the glorified saints skipped about everywhere playing harps, blowing

trumpets, singing, and praising the Lord. Some of the

children acted out these scenes before us. They

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hurried to their jewel bedecked home to get their harp

or trumpet and joined the spirit inspired music of the

greatest of all festival scenes, the climax of all the hopes of the ages. Great companies sang, and danced, and praised the King. Others hurried about preparing

the tables or the seats and carrying the golden dishes

of food.

There was abundance of food, everything having

flavor of its own, exceeding anything that could be imagined.

When all was ready, the call was sent forth and the

saints of all past ages gathered around the tables to celebrate the wedding of the Kingʹs Great Son. The consummation of all their hopes, the realization of all

highest joy in heaven itself, came to its highest point when the harlot, the beggar, the sinner, and the one-time off-scourings of the earth came from the east and the west and sat down with Abraham, Isaac, and

Jacob at this festal table in the Kingdom of God (Matt.

8:11). As all arose and expectantly reached its greatest

height, the Son Himself came in and sat down at the tables surrounded by his blood bought and white—

robe clad bride the redeemed of every nation, and

tribe, and tongue and drank with them the fruit of the

vine (Matt. 26:29).

The Books Opened and the Day of Judgment

They saw the books in which the deeds of men are

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recorded and saw the Judge upon the throne before

whom all men were judged out of the books. The

righteous were set apart to stand in one great

company on the one side, while those whose names

were not in the book of life were gathered into

another great company to stand on the other side. The

one company was separated to enter the Kingdom of

God and the life of the ages; the other group was doomed to go into the fire prepared for the devil and

his angels (Matt. 25:34, 41).

The New Heaven and the New Earth

A few were privileged to have visions of the New

Heaven and the New Earth. The New Heaven was so

filled with Shekina glory that the children could not carefully look into it.

The New Jerusalem, the city foursquare, occupied

the central position in the New Earth. They saw the celestial city with its Paradise as it is now, but descended upon the New Earth. The whole New

Earth was much like the Paradise that is now and will

then still be in the city of God, the Bride of the Lamb

(Rev. 21:1-2). It was the earth God wanted for His children, more than restored by Him who is more

than Conqueror. It was the New Heaven and the New

Earth that had passed through the new birth and that

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forever be called their God and they shall all and always be His Children. Amen.

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n fulfillment of the Scripture that ʺin the last

days . . . your sons . . . shall prophesyʺ (Acts 2:17), one of the little ten-year‐old sons of China, who

was once a beggar, was used as the mouthpiece of the Lord to bring us a message by direct inspiration.

A few months previous this boy, ragged and

dirty—in fact, more nearly clothed with filth than

with garments—came to our door with his two

companions to ask if he might come in. When bathed

and dressed, the boy looked like a guileless little fellow, and such he proved to be. He at once took every Bible story and sermon to heart. He soon

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bed very earnestly every night. When the Holy Spirit

fell upon us this boy was among the first to receive the baptism of the Spirit, speaking with other tongues as on the Day of Pentecost.

Beggar boys who found a home in Adullam Orphanage

As surely as ever God spoke in the past, when men

were moved upon by the Holy Spirit, so that Scripture

was inspired of God and prophets declared their

message to be ʺThus saith the Lordʺ with such

assurance that they were ready to back their

convictions with their lives, even so surely the living God still reigns and speaks to the children of men by direct prophecy, when the circumstances demand it,

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divine will.

One night the power of the Lord was present in an

unusual manner. Heaven seemed not far away. Then

it was that our one-time, little, friendless beggar-boy seemed to leave this filthy earth and to be caught up to heaven. Ushered into the presence of the Lord

Jesus, he fell prostrate at His feet in humble adoration

and worship. As a matter-of‐fact, the boy lay prostrate

in the middle of the room surrounded by his

companions, who sat about him on the floor, listening

intently to a message that came through him from the

Lord. Such gripping, heart-searching words I have

never heard. While the boy sobbed and wept with

deepest grief the message was given, a sentence or two at a time, in a clear strong voice. The language came in rhythm; the choice of words was the simplest and purest. The intonation of the voice, the choice of language, the penetrating power of every word was such that no person who heard could ever doubt that

this little simple minded Samuel was speaking by

direct supernatural inspiration from God.

Prostrated in vision at the feet of the Lord, the boy

said, ʺLord Jesus, I am not worthy to be here or to be

saved at all. I am only a little street beggar.ʺ Then Jesus addressed the boy. The boy did not know it at the time, but the Lord actually spoke through the boy as a mouth piece, using the first person and

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Here is the ʺThus saith the Lordʺ that we wish might

grip your hearts as it still grips our own.

The Message from Christ

ʺI weep tonight. I am heart-broken. I am in deep

sorrow because those who believe in me are so very few. I planned and prepared heaven for everyone,

having made room for all the people in all the world. I

made the New Jerusalem in three great cities, one

above the other, with plenty of space for all men. But

men will not believe me. Those who believe are so very few. I am sad, so very sad. (This message was given between heart-rending sobs and floods of tears

from the boy.) Since men will not believe me, I must destroy the wicked earth. I planned to visit it with three great calamities, but it is so wicked that I have added a fourth.

ʺIf you have any friends, tell them to repent

quickly; persuade all men as rapidly as possible to believe the gospel; but if people will not listen and will not accept your message the responsibility will not be upon you.

ʺGet the baptism of the Holy Spirit. If you will

tarry and believe, I will baptize you. The devil

deceives you by making you think you will not

receive the baptism, but wait and seek and I will baptize you, and give you power to cast out devils and to heal the sick. Those who receive the seal of the

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Holy Spirit are to preach and testify, and I will be with you to help and protect you in times of danger.

ʺIf you think perhaps you will not get to heaven, that thought is of the devil. I will not destroy my own

children; I will protect and save every one; not one of

mine will perish. I will overcome. Pray for Mr. and Mrs. Baker and I will give them power to cast out devils and to heal the sick. The children in the home should obey. Do not fight. Do not lie. Live at peace.

When you pray, pray from the heart. Do not let your

love grow cold.

ʺTell other churches they, too, should seek the Holy

Spirit. All churches must press forward.

ʺThe devil is coming to earth in a few years, and there will be great tribulation. Do not worry; I will protect and care for you.

ʺPeople everywhere will gather together and fight

in one place, after which I will come to punish the earth. You must not fear, for those who believe in me will be caught up to blow trumpets and to play harps.

ʺI will destroy two of every three. When I come

everything must obey my voice (Chinese, ʺYang yang

du yao ting o dy hwaʺ). Houses will tumble down;

mountains will fall; trees will be destroyed. There will

be utter destruction where I will not leave one blade of grass (Chinese, ʺIh gen tsao du buh liuʺ). Those who worship idols will perish. All sorcerers and

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who believe the gospel will be saved.ʺ

Thus hath the Lord spoken to Adullam and, we

believe, to all to whom we may be able to pass this message of prophecy. This message from our risen Lord was given in Chinese as above recorded, the

sentences spoken slowly and distinctly with pauses

between. I wrote them as they were given, often

repeated a time or two so there could be no mistake on the part of the hearers; there was ample time to record without mistake every word the Lord spoke through this little inspired prophet of His choice.

The message complete, the little boy arose and told

us he had been at the feet of Jesus. He did not know

that the Lord had spoken through him as well as to him in the first person. He repeated the prophecy, saying, ʺJesus said that, Jesus said this,ʺ etc.

This prophecy already heard, already written, and

then again repeated from the little prophetʹs memory

item by item, made it easy to see how in days of old the prophets spoke as moved by God, how a scribe might record every word as it came from the lips of the prophet, or how the prophet himself could record his own messages, truly saying, ʺthus saith the Lord.ʺ

In days of old, when religious and worldly men

had departed from a simple faith in a personal living

God who spoke to men and when their unbelief and

wickedness was such that ʺin those days there was no

open visionʺ (I Sam 3), God found a pure-minded

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little Samuel and spoke to him in an audible voice a message that was fulfilled to the very letter.

Accordingly, we believe that God who is still the same

living God that has spoken to and through others in the past has, in this day of wickedness and unbelief, given to us through our little Chinese Samuel a ʺThus saith the Lordʺ that will shortly come to pass, a message to be heeded to our eternal joy or neglected to eternal sorrow.

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hrough this outpouring of the Holy Spirit

upon the Chinese children at Adullam Rescue

Mission, much light was thrown upon the writing of the Word of God.

Prophecy Fulfilled

Such an outpouring of the Spirit, attended with

such supernatural manifestations, is in itself a

testimony that the Bible was written by God. He alone

knows the future. Fulfilled prophecy was, in the mind

of Christ and the apostles, sufficient proof of the hand

of God in the writing of the Scriptures.

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In what we have recorded about this outpouring of

the Holy Spirit upon these children ten prophecies of

the Scriptures were fulfilled: (1) such a baptism was prophesied for believers of the present age; (2) it was to be accompanied by speaking in unknown

languages and by (3) prophesying as the Spirit gave utterance. (4) In fulfillment of prophecy these children

were shown ʺthe things of Christ.ʺ (5) The reality of ʺthings to comeʺ was also shown them. (6) True to prophecy, they were ʺborn againʺ of the Holy Spirit, receiving the witness in their hearts crying, ʺAbba Father.ʺ (7) The visions seen by these children fulfilled

the written Word that in the last days ʺyoung men shall see visions.ʺ (8) Demons were cast out, and (9) the sick were miraculously healed, just as the Bible said they might be, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

(10) A miraculous change took place so that things once loved were hated and things once hated were

loved.

The Ignorant Confound the Wise

It is to be recalled that, according to the Bible, the revelations of God and the writings of the Scriptures are independent of natural ability or of acquired education. An uneducated Amos, or Peter, or John, inspired by God, wrote more profoundly than the

wisest of this world.

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despised and outcast beggar boys and girls can we not

see a proof of the Word of God? While ʺnot many

wise after the flesh, not many mightyʺ follow the old—

fashioned, narrow way of simple faith in God, He still

can and does choose these ʺthat are despised,ʺ even these simple Chinese children of the streets and

gutters, to ʺbring to naught the things that areʺ

supposed to be so learned and wise, in this age of godless reason and worldly knowledge.

Some more of the “despised”

While the wise of this ʹlearnedʹ, proud, and stiff necked generation that resists the simple Word go on

groping around in the darkness of their own self—

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manʹs wisdom, Jesus can still say, ʺI thank Thee, O

Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide

these things from the wise and understanding, and

didst reveal them unto babesʺ (Matt. 11 :25).

As a whole, the educated and the rulers of the days

of Christ did not understand His miraculous works

and life, or ʺthey would not have crucified the Lord of

Gloryʺ (I Cor. 2:8). The rulers and the educated of the

days of the apostles did not understand the

miraculous working of Almighty God through simple

men endued with the power of the Holy Spirit, or

they would not have killed the Spirit-filled saints of the early Church. The profound revelations to these Chinese children ʺnot having learnedʺ in the schools of worldly letters is a corroboration of the written word of God that it came, as it claims to have come, through open hearted men independent of natural ability or acquired education.

Eye Witnesses of Past Bible Events

Some clear light was thrown on the way Bible

writers might have had eye-witness‐knowledge of

events already past. One of our naturally most

ignorant and untalented boys was, on more than one

occasion when ʺin the Spirit,ʺ an eye witness of the principal historical events of the Old and New Testaments. He saw the plagues of Egypt: the frogs in

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locusts, the eldest son dead with

the

whole

family

in

consternation. He also saw

Elijah and Elisha cross the

Jordan, the chariots of fire, and

Elijahʹs ascension. Daniel was

seen in the lionʹs den with his

angel guard, and other Old

Testament events were likewise

seen.

This boy was also given

visions of the miracles of Christ.

He saw the temptations of

theLord. The devil in the form

of a handsome young man led

Gu Siao Er,

the Lord to a high mountain

as he came into the

and in vision showed Him the

Addullam Home.

Kingdoms of the world. Angels

K

The Lord gave him

followed Jesus where ever He

wonderful visions

went. There were visions of

of the historical

Christ walking on the water,

events of the Old

healing the sick, and opening

and New

the eyes of the blind. This boy

Testaments.

and others saw the passion of

the Lord Jesus, His resurrection, and His ascension.

At first I wondered at these visions of past events. I

then remembered that with God there is no ʺpast,ʺ

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things are alike present with Him. Since the Holy

Spirit is His Spirit, by visions and His revelations of the Spirit, ʺpast,ʺ ʺpresent,ʺ and ʺfutureʺ may, in Godʹs economy, be made ʺpresentʺ to any individual to

whom the Lord chooses to make such revelations.

These revelations of the past to Adullam

corroborate the inspiration of the Bible. It was easy for

God to take Moses and others by visions through

events already past or through future events as an eye

witness sees present events and for them to be able to

record the past, the present, and the future in the one

and only Book that records the end from the

beginning and the beginning from the end.

Recording Revelations from God

The Holy Spirit showed us by illustration how

some parts of the Bible became divine records of

supernatural revelations. When the children were ʺin the Spirit,ʺ de scribing scenes they were seeing in vision, the Spirit caused one boy, who was also in a trance lost ʺin the Spirit,ʺ to sit down and go through the motions of writing item by item what the others were seeing and describing. Thus anyone should be

able to see how easy it was for God to write a Bible.

One could record what another saw and described.

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him with the Holy Spirit, and have him ʺin the Spiritʺ

escorted by angels see as an eye witness the things beyond the veil—things of the present, things of the past, things to come––has it not always been just as easy for God by visions to reveal everything that is written in the Bible to any vessel of His choosing and have a Barak sit by his side to write just what was seen and revealed, recording word for word any and every prophecy just as it came from the Lord God?

If our boys can be caught into the presence of the Lord and come back saying, ʺThe Lord said,ʺ could

not prophets of old even record their own prophecy or visions and say with absolute truth, ʺThus saith the

Lord?ʺ

How God, with whom past, present, and future is

all the same, can reveal past, present, and future events as present events, I do not know. The Bible says he can. The Bible says He did. Adullam knows He still does.

If men ever spoke in prophecy as they were moved

by the Holy Spirit, if men were ever ʺin the Spirit on

the Lordʹs Dayʺ and caught up to heaven, if men were

ever given visions ʺin the year King Uzziah died,ʺ

they can still be moved upon by the Holy Spirit and prophesy. They can still be caught away ʺin the Spiritʺ

and see the unseen worlds beyond the veil. They can

still see visions any number of years after King Uzziah

died.

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The same God is still on the same throne, reigning

over the same world, dealing with the same kind of evil hearts, through the same sort of men, with the same kind of dispositions and passions Elijah had.

Since God does now in this day reveal Himself

through prophecy, vision, and revelations—as He is

revealing Himself all around the world—he has,

therefore, revealed Himself just as the Bible says He did in days of old to the prophets and saints.

Tribal Children in China

In this wicked age, in the midst of this present

unbelieving, perverse generation, the Lord can and

will prove that what He has written in the Bible is the

word of the living God. He can and does move in the

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midst of a believing people in supernatural ways

through gifts of the Holy Spirit, confirming the word

with signs following (Mark 16 :15-20).

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n view of what we have written, it is clear

enough that the Lord has used every means

that is necessary to assure us that in the Bible we have

ʺthe sure word of prophecyʺ to which we should take

heed (II Peter 1:19).

It has also been made clear enough that the great purpose of that former word of prophecy and the

present day visions and prophecy in our midst is that

we may know as a certainty that there is a wonderful

homeland just beyond the veil. No ʺstranger,ʺ no

ʺpilgrimʺ is ever satisfied. The satisfying portion is at

the end of the journey.

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pathways and exhausting mountains the pilgrim

becomes so wearied with his heavy burdens that he

can scarcely hear the singing of the birds, sense

refreshment from the way side flowers, or find any great happiness in the fellowship of his fellow

pilgrims. But it will not be so at the end of the way.

The stooped and wearied bodies of lifeʹs pilgrims

will be renewed by a bath in the fountain of youth when they reach their home in the homeland. ʺIn a moment, in the twinkling of an eye we shall be

changed.ʺ ʺThis corruptible will put on incorruption.ʺ

Old age will vanish. There are no old men in heaven,

no faltering steps of the aged. No dimmed sight, no deafened hearing, no crippled body encumbers any of

the people in the whole of that bright city.

There is a city that never gets dark, nor does it need the sun by day or the moon by night. Its golden

streets require no sweeping. Its jewel-bedecked

dwellings need no repair. There is a city that has no doctor signs, no diseased and disabled, no sickness or sorrow; a city with no crepe on its golden doors, no funeral processions on its golden streets; a city where melancholy and all mourning is done away; a city

where all death has been swallowed up by life and that more abundantly; a city of pure unbounded joy.

There is a land of unclouded day where storm clouds

never rise. In that happy land there is no bread line or

struggle for survival. There is no selfish competition.

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There is no self-seeking to engender unloving

suspicion. No one is anxious as to what he shall eat or

what he shall wear. The garments of white will never

grow threadbare. The trees with the fruits of life will

never be barren. The water of life will never run dry,

and whosoever desire may drink.

All the joy and enthusiasm of the most joyful youth

is the inheritance of everybody in heaven. But in our

most happy days we are still in a vessel of clay. In our

highest moments we sense a still greater joy and

happiness almost within the reach of our hands, but ere it can be taken we are dragged away by the weight

of the clay. Children frolic and play. They run, and roll, and they leap for joy. They sing and they shout.

At times their joy and happiness seem complete. ʺOf such is the Kingdom of heaven.ʺ But the highest

exuberant joys and the most ecstatic thrills of bliss of

the happiest youth on earth are to be superseded by the greater joy that is ʺunspeakableʺ when this body of hindering clay has been replaced by the body that

is real.

In the New Jerusalem everybody is ʺin love.ʺ

Everybody is in love with everybody else. Being ʺin loveʺ on earth is as nothing compared with being ʺin

loveʺ in the land of glory. Not a flaw, not an

imperfection, not an unlovely trait will detract from being perfectly and altogether ʺin loveʺ with

everybody.

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On earth in our encumbrance of this depraved

tabernacle there is a song in the soul. In its struggle for expression there are times it seems to break out of its restraint for a second, but as quickly the perfect chord is lost. When God made man He put music in his soul. But the discords of the mud have spoiled the

harmony. The lost chord will never be found until it is

found in heaven when we are clothed upon with the

tabernacle that is from above. The finest, the sweetest,

the most perfect music on earth is but a seeking for the lost chords and harmonies the redeemed and the angels sing in heaven. The finest instruments of music

that have been made on earth, from the days when the

sons of Adam began to ʺhandle the harp and pipeʺ

until the present day, are as mere imitations of the trumpets, the harps, and the instruments upon which ʺthe lost chordsʺ are restored in the golden city and upon which all the music of the liberated soul can find its fullest expression.

Much of the music and the rhythm the Father

placed in the souls of His children have since been turned by the devil into evil channels for pleasures of

the lusts of the perverted flesh. From the wildest barbarians in the mountain fastness to the pleasure intoxicated wild men of the fashionable ball, men

dance in musical rhythm to find sensual pleasure that

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angels dance in ʺjoyʺ that is beyond all earthly or natural ʺpleasureʺ in the rhythm to which the stars are

swinging and singing in their orbits.

There is a park in the city, an Eden ʺpark of

pleasure and fruits.ʺ Here, where the unreal has been

replaced by the real, in all Godʹs animal and plant creation there is nothing that hurts or destroys in all the holy mount.

On earth we see little and understand less—of the

beauties of Godʹs creation. The dirt and the dust of the

earth have clouded the windows of our soul. We

scarcely see through the glass even darkly. When God

has brushed away the encumbrances and opened the

eyes of the soul, for the first time will we really look upon and appreciate the glories of Godʹs wonderful creation. All this will we do in the Eden over there.

There is a park where the birds of all plumes are ever singing; there is a land where every ear will be tuned to hear their soul-stirring anthems; there is a land where flowers of every hue are ever blooming; there is a land where every eye will be opened to see

them in their beauty; there is a land where the

fragrance of the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley mingle with a thousand perfumes that over our world have never blown.

Sometimes we seem to see the light of the city

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enchanting music of a different sphere, but the strain

is lost in the discord of sounds that are nearer.

Sometimes we seem to sense an upward pull away

from all that is enslaving, but the attraction of earth holds our feet like stocks in the fetters that are earthly.

Sometimes the soul would fly to ʺthe land that is fairer than day,ʺ but it falls back in disappointment because of its broken wings.

He who declares his freedom to walk alone to the

city of freedom finds his pathway hopelessly blocked

by the things of this world, the flesh, and the devil with no power in himself to overcome.

But there is a way.

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here is only one way. Christ is the way. Lord

Jesus said, ʺNo one cometh unto the Father but

by me.ʺ Man is not the way, man can never make a way, nor does man ever know the way to the golden

city. The city and the way to the city are altogether revelations from above. Christ, who is the way, is not from below. He is from above. It is ʺHe that

descended out of heaven, even the Son of man who is

in heaven,ʺ who is ʺthe Great God our Savior Jesus Christʺ (John 3:13; Titus 2:13).

Man does not travel toward the happy city of pure

delight. He travels away from it. The longer he walks

the farther he gets away from this heavenly city.

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Children belong to the Kingdom of God. They play

and frolic at the gates of the city. When they begin to

walk alone they always walk away from the city,

away from this happy Eden home. The farther they

wander and the more they reason — whether they

walk alone or follow the crowd—the farther they get from the city, until its light is but dimly seen or lost forever. The only way to reach the city is to turn back.

ʺExcept ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall

in no wise enter the Kingdom of Heavenʹʹ (Matt.

18:3)! But the farther man walks alone, the older he gets, the richer he becomes; the more he studies with his natural mind, the more he passes turnstiles in his

self-conceited course until, at last, the farther

turnstiles refuse to move, that should turn him back to

a simple faith. He finds no way of returning to a heart

like ʺa little child.ʺ

ʺThe world through its wisdom knew not Godʺ (I

Cor. 1:21). Man by study will never find God. The man who trusts the workings of his own mind or the

minds of other men will never see the city of God.

Man on the merits of his character will never walk

the golden streets. What a man is, what a man does, or how a man lives has nothing to do with his salvation. On the basis of how ʺgoodʺ he is, the best man on earth has no more hope of heaven than the worst man on earth. Man who trusts in his own

character, his own moral goodness, is only a modern

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Pharisee with eyes blinded to the truth. The publican,

the drunkard, the harlot will enter the city of God, while that “good” man will be cast into outer darkness where is weeping and gnashing of teeth.

ʺBy graceʺ we are saved, ʺapart from works.ʺ

Salvation is something God gives. It is not something

man is or is not. Salvation is from above. It is not from

below, or from within, or from among men.

That which is born from below is flesh and born by

the will of man. Those born from below, no matter how wise or good or bad they may become, must be

born again from above. They become the children of God ʺwho were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of Godʺ (John 1:13). ʺExcept one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of Godʺ (John 3:3). This birth, that every accountable man must have who will ever see God or

sing the songs of the redeemed in the city beyond the

sky, is a supernatural birth. It is altogether from above. Joining Church, singing hymns, reading or

saying prayers, working in or for the church,

preaching from the pulpit, or giving all oneʹs body to

be burned has nothing whatever to do with the new birth. The new birth is something that God gives by grace regardless of works. The finest pulpit orator, the

most formal churchman, the most protesting

protestant has no more hope of heaven than the most

reckless sinner, unless he be born again.

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How to Find the Way Back Home

The Lord was so anxious to have me return that He

made the way simple and plain. I was a sinner living

selfishly and not alone for the glory of God. I had turned to my own way. ʺAll have sinned and fallen short of the glory of Godʺ (Rom. 3:23). ʺThere is none

righteous—no not one.ʺ ʺThey have all turned asideʺ

(Rom. 3:23). I was among the number.

Jesus came from heaven to save ʺsinners,ʺ not

ʺrighteous peopleʺ with good characters. Thus I had my chance. I should have suffered the penalty of my

sin, but Christ loved me and died in my stead. He bore my ʺsins in his body upon the treeʺ (I Peter 2:24).

Christ died on the Cross the Sinless One instead of the

sinner. He ʺwho knew no sinʺ died in my place on the

cross where I should have died. I, the sinning

Barabbas, the punishment deserving sinner, was set

absolutely and unconditionally free. ʺHe who knew

no sin was made sin in our behalfʺ (II Cor. 5:21) God

punished Jesus, so He will not punish me. Because He

forsook Jesus He will not forsake me. All I had to be was to be a sinner. All I had to do was to do nothing.

I simply believed that Jesus did it all. He that

believeth hath eternal lifeʺ (John 6:47). ʺHe that

believeth hath passed out of death into lifeʺ (John 5: 24). To them that believe he gives ʺthe right to be come sons of Godʺ (John 1:12). Having believed that Jesus did what He said He did and having accepted 144

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Him as my substitute and as my sin-bearer, He I

accepted me as His child. I He sent His Holy Spirit into my heart, so that I was born from above. The Holy Spirit in my heart bore witness, crying, ʺAbba, Fatherʺ (Rom. 8:15-16).

Before that, I had worked. Now God worked in me

to will and do His good will. The things I once loved I

now hated, and the things I once hated I now loved.

Now the more I try to be good the worse it goes. The

more I believe God works in me and for me the better

it goes.

The Lord has shown me the light of the city ahead.

ʺI know Him whom I have believed, and I am

persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that dayʹʹ (II Tim. 1:12). I shall surely enter by the gates into the city to share the joys of those who overcome by simple faith because of

the blood of the Lamb.

Christ finished salvation. He died for the sins of the

whole world. Eternal life is a ʺgift.ʺ ʺThe free gift of God is eternal lifeʺ (Rom. 6:23). This gift is free. All we have to do is accept it or reject it, take it or ignore it.

We must be like one or the other of the thieves on the

cross: either believe that Jesus is God and can save a sinner who acknowledges his condition, and spend eternity with Christ in Paradise, or be like the other thief and disbelieve that Jesus is God, and die in our unrepented and unforgiven sins away from God.

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Christ saves any and all who are saved because of

their belief. ʺWhosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have eternal lifeʹʹ (John 3:16). Those who believe and are thus saved, Christ keeps. They hold not the Rock, but the Rock holds them. They do not hold Christ; Christ holds them. They are saved by

grace through faith apart from works. They will be kept by grace through faith apart from works. ʺThis is

the victory that overcometh the world even our faith.

Who is he that overcometh the world but he that

believeth that Jesus is the son of Godʺ (I John 5:4-5).

The saved by grace and the kept by grace live lives

of repentance, do the works of righteousness, and

perform religious duties because they are saved

already, but not in order to get saved. The work of value they do is because of what God has put in them from above. The saved have become ʺpartakers of the

divine natureʺ (Gal. 2:20). ʺIf any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of hisʺ (II Peter 1:4). All of Christʹs children have the Holy Spirit in their bodies and hearts and have been born again. ʺI no longer live but Christ liveth in meʺ (Rom. 8:9). Christ within causes all my works that please him, ʺFor it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work for his good pleasureʺ (Phil. 2:13).

The saved are heavenly citizens who love not the

world, nor the things of the world. They have as much

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Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the heaven life, the life of God, the eternal life. We have the ʺearnest,ʺ or down payment, of heaven. Through the deeper experiences

of the Holy Spirit heaven may become more real than

earth, so that the child of God may, at times, almost walk by sight as well as by faith on his pilgrim journey to the city whose builder and maker is God.

Our Adullam message is now complete. This

testimony is sent forth, not because of any natural superior knowledge, but because of these things that have happened among us as ʺGod revealed them

through the Spiritʺ (I Cor. 2:10).

The best we know we cannot write. The best to be

known can only be known directly through the

revelations of the Holy Spirit to oneʹs own self. More

we would write, but more we cannot now write. But what has been written, we have written that you may

believe and that ʺbelieving you may have life in His nameʺ (John 20:31). Or, having life, that you may be encouraged to press onward until you receive more and more of the abundant life, the life through the baptism and fullness of the Holy Spirit, the life the Lord has planned for each of His children, the foretaste and fore-life of the Great City of the King, the city of God where all things are made new.

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Document Outline

- COVER

- INFO PAGE

- ABOUT THE BOOK

- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

- CONTENTS

- INTRODUCTION

- 1. MIGHTY OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

- 2. SUPERNATURAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

- 3. SCRIPTURAL RESULTS OF THE OUTPOURING

- 4. VISIONS OF HEAVEN

- 5. PARADISE

- 6. ANGELS IN OUR MIDST

- 7. THE KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL

- 8. END OF THIS AGE AND THE RETURN OF CHRIST JESUS

- 9. CHINESE BOY PROPHESIES

- 10. SOME LIGHT ON WRITING THE BIBLE

- 11. THE HOMELAND

- 12. THE WAY

Table of Contents

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CONTENTS

ABOUT THE BOOK

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 MIGHTY OUTPOURING OF THE

CHAPTER 2 SUPERNATURAL MANIFESTATIONS

CHAPTER 3 SCRIPTURAL RESULTS OF THE

CHAPTER 4 VISIONS OF HEAVEN

CHAPTER 5 PARADISE

CHAPTER 6 ANGELS IN OUR MIDST

CHAPTER 7 THE KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL

CHAPTER 8 END OF THIS AGE AND THE RETURN 101

CHAPTER 9 CHINESE BOY PROPHESIES

CHAPTER 10 SOME LIGHT ON WRITING THE BIBLE 125

CHAPTER 11 THE HOMELAND

CHAPTER 12 THE WAY

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