Welcome to this Christian Website

                         

                              Rev. E. Anderson

WELCOME TO THIS CHRISTIAN WEBSITE

It is a joy to welcome you to this Christian Website which has now been running for three years. There is a great amount of material to be found in the library that has been built up during this time. This, you can discover on the left hand of the page. If you blog into Select Categories you will find the list of subjects that have been covered.  Log into those you are interested in and I am sure there will be something to bless, inspire and help you.

I shall not be up-dating the site as before on a daily basis but will be doing it weekly. There will still be a great amount of Christian material put on for you to read and glean A number of things I shall be leaving out but will introduce other features over the forthcoming months. Make sure that you scroll down the page and go on to the next one because there will be quite an amount of new material recorded.

Many thanks for visiting the site. I trust it will provide something of interest. May you spiritually profit as a result of spending time on the site. I wish you well in your Christian life and experience.

Rev. E. Anderson

                             

Word Studies

                                        

                                   Rev. K. W. Munday

WORD STUDIES

Word Studies is presented by Rev. K. W. Munday, retired minister and former General Secretary of Assemblies of God for many years. He has served the body of Christ with grace and distinction, is an excellent, quality preacher and speaker, broadcaster, writer of books and still active in Christian service. His contributions here on Word Studies should prove a great means of blessing, inspiration and instruction.

RESPONSIBILITY

If one takes this word in two parts and reverses them it provides an adequate definition for the word responsibility: ”The ability to respond correctly.”

Responsibility is required at all levels of society. Holders of high office, whether in Government Business or the Military etc. carry a heavy responsibility. They must certainly show ability to respond correctly as so many things depend upon their decisions, whether in finance, employment safety, or even lives.

In the daily routine they must be diligent and knowledgeable as to what is taking place on their watch, and of course when a crisis occurs, then their responsibility really matters.

Responsibility is required from everyone even in ordinary circumstances, because it means living within the law and behaving socially in a reasonable manner. A person for instance who plays loud music well into the night to the disturbance of the neighbourhood we would call irresponsible, just as we would a driver who drives recklessly and dangerously. Such people have lost the ability to respond correctly to expected norms.

Human nature however can sometimes find ways of evading responsibility. If such a person sustains an injury, they would try to lay the blame on the person who allegedly caused the danger and often a court case ensues.

People who cause unnecessary danger should be made responsible, but very often the accusations are frivolous, but they start shouting abut their rights and there is a danger of the demand for rights superseding the principle of one’s responsibility, and this has brought about the ’sue-ing’ society.

Then there are those who lay the blame for their condition on heredity, upbringing or environment; but in moral and spiritual things we must stand on our own two feet. We are all responsible for our own condition.

The Bible states that all have sinned – Romans 3:21 so we are also responsible to seek our salvation through Jesus Christ. The old Gospel song puts it so wisely:

“Its not my father or my mother. It’s not my sister or my brother, but its me O Lord standing in the need of prayer”.

                                                       

Wisdom’s Ways

                               

                              Rev. A. Linford

Rev. A. Linford, before his decease, was recognized as a good, great and interesting Bible teacher in the Assemblies of God Fellowship for many years. He was a well-loved Bible College lecturer and writer that bequeathed a tremendous amount of Biblical material in his generation. What a legacy he has left to be researched and brought forth to refresh our day! We shall be using such on this site: His writings from the book of Proverbs and also his Editorials that he wrote for the Redemption Tidings when he was its editor. I trust you will enjoy and appreciate

GOODNESS WINS THROUGH

“The seed of the righteous shall be delivered” – Proverbs 11: 20,21

The oft-repeated theme – that it shall be well with those who fear God – is again emphasized. The Bible knows no neutral ground between the perverse and the pious, yet it does allow for degrees in both camps. While the wicked often become worse and worse in the exercise of evil, the righteous man becomes better and better in the pursuit of perfection.

Like to like: “The forward”, that is those who are “from-ward”, who pull against God, are an abomination to the Almighty. But “the upright!”, that is, those who are down-right in their trust in God, outright in their totality of dedication and forthright in their testimony to holiness, are acceptable to Him. You see, companionship is based on compatibility. As oil and water do not mix, so God cannot fellowship with sin. As Dr A. Cohen puts it: ”God being the perfection of holiness, only they whose lives are disciplined by the laws of holiness can have His approval’s: God delights in those who walk in His ways.

Love to love: “Though hand join hand” in an unholy league; the punishment of sinful man cannot be averted. “You may take my word for it”, affirms the teacher, “evil will get its deserts”. “But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered”. To those who love God is love extended, a love that passes from one generation to another. The greatest security a man can ensure for his family is to serve God, and so bring his offspring under the cover of divine mercy. The safest insurance a man can obtain for his family is to pay the premium of trust in the Lord, “for the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength” – Isaiah 26:4.

The penalty of godless influence is heavy, “though hand join hand” across the generations, this deadly vapour will hang over them like the pall of death. But the power of a godly example will bless the generation to come. As the falling leaves of autumn provide nourishment for the growth of spring, so believing parents feed to their offspring the elements of virtue, the nourisher of life.

PRAYER:

May Thy grace enrich me that I may nourish others, O Lord!

                                    

Messages by Chuck Swindoll

                       

THE SECRET OF MINISTERING TO PEOPLE

Rev. Chuck Swindolls from his blog

Some churches today have adopted a professional mind-set entirely. Like the consumer culture they live in, far too many pay the pastors to do the work of the ministry for them, while they sit back, passively watch, and offer comments now and then. Where is that in the Bible?

A pastor who allows this approach to occur has fallen for what I call “The Superman Syndrome.” I’m not talking about pulling on a pair of blue tights and a red cape and putting a fancy “S” on his chest—though I heard of a pastor who did exactly that on Easter Sunday (I wish I were kidding). I’m talking about an attitude that says: “I am self-sufficient,” “I need no one else,” or “I will not show weakness or admit any inadequacy.” These words betray the presence of the Superman Syndrome—that particular peril for pastors who go it alone and become “the star of the show.” Any pastor sets himself up for letting people down when he poses as Superman.

One of the joyful privileges of my early ministry was to know a man named Jim Petersen. Through his capable leadership and sterling character, the ministry of the Navigators expanded greatly in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he and his wife, Marge, served for more than twenty years. What a servant-hearted couple! Cynthia and I first met Jim and Marge at Glen Eyrie, the Navigators’ headquarters in Colorado Springs. I was new to ministry at the time—and far too naïve—so I was looking for a formula for success in God’s service. “How do you do it, Jim?” I asked him. “Tell me the secret of ministering to people.” I expected him to say “Always set the pace” or “Be strong no matter what” or “Model the truth and stand against the gale as it attacks you.” I got none of that.

Jim just smiled in his inimitable way and answered, “Chuck, let people see the cracks in your life, and you’ll be able to minister to them.” That’s it. That’s the distilled essence of all he told me.

As we left their cabin that day, I felt somewhat like the deflated rich young ruler who had just asked Jesus how to inherit eternal life (see Mark 10:17–22). Like Jesus’s surprising answer to the ruler, Jim’s reply was not what I expected. It convicted me. It ripped the “S” off my chest and cut the tie strings to my cape. I was looking to minister from my strengths. Jim challenged me to serve in weakness. He made that statement to me over fifty years ago, and it remains one of the greatest lessons I have learned in ministry. I have never forgotten it. I never will.

As the apostle Paul asked in 2 Corinthians 2:16, “Who is adequate for these things?” Obvious answer: Nobody! By asking this question, Paul showed us the cracks in his life. He takes himself off any would-be pedestal and slips into the ranks of humanity. I thank God for the transparent apostle that he really was. His writings are permeated by vulnerability.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves – 2 Corinthians 4:7

Obviously, the appropriate attitude is to embrace this fact: pastors are not self-sufficient. We have cracks we must not hide. We need other people.

—Chuck

                                

                                

Powerful Quotes

                                

                                Rev. L. Goodwin

FAMOUS QUOTES

“Many people are like a wheelbarrow- they go no further than they are pushed.”

“A leader must be decisive and must not succumb to `paralysis by analysis’”

“Leadership is not technique, expertise, skill. It’s who you are.” - Ed Friedman

“If you are too big to be led, you are too little to lead.”

“The best and perhaps most effective leadership is that founded in service.” - Jacob Murray

“The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.” - John Stott

“He who would be a leader must be a bridge.”

“Spiritual defection flourishes under loose leadership.” - Charles Swindoll

“A true & safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inner pressure of the Holy Spirit & the press of the external situation. I believe it might be expected as a fairly reliable rule of thumb that the man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader.”  - Dr.A.W.Tozer

                                 

Sermon Starters

                               

                               Rev. E. Anderson

BE STRONG IN THE LORD 

Reading   Isaiah 40; 25-31

Text         Ephesians 6: 10

There is a need to be strong in order to accomplish the divine things that God has in mind and work. Weak and exhausted people are in no fit state to achieve anything of worth or significance.

There are times when God allows us to be utterly weakened so that we might discover His strength.  God’ s word says: “He weakened my strength my strength in  the way” - Psalm 102: 23, so that one not be self reliant. Our impotence is  to make room for His omnipotence so that He can manifest His life, energy and ability in and through us. Elsewhere it affirms: “The lame take the prey” – Isaiah 33: 23 His strength made perfect in weakness.  To energised and fortified by Him. and made adequate for anything and everything. If we are in the Lord and living in a close and dynamic  relationship with Him we should receive from Him His strength and such is adequate and all-sufficient to deal with life and all of its demands.

To be strong in His grace, truth, love, joy etc. When these are in place and functional then we are more than able to cope with everyone and everything.

1.       TO DEAL WITH THE POWERS OF WICKEDNESS

The presence of wickedness and wicked people are a menacing factor and requires exceptional divine courage to overcome and put them in their place. God strengthened young David to more than deal with the giant Goliath who was more that a threat to God’s people – see 1 Samuel 17. David trusted in both the strength and strategy of the Lord to deal with this arrogant enemy and saw him fall.

2.      TO DEAL WITH INHERENT WEAKNESS OF SIN

The principle of sin and evil within life is formidable and very strong and effective. No one is capable of mastering the force of sin that is present and active within life on a regular basis. It takes the strength of the Lord to overrule the tyrannical rule of evil but He and His power and ability are made available to subdue, destroy and cast it out –see Romans 7:  14-25.

3.      TO FACE THE VARIOUS TRIALS AND ORDEALS OF LIFE

Christians are called upon to face all kinds of problems and difficulties. There is no promise of an easy path to negotiate in life following conversion, The Lord comes to inwardly fortify so that there is capability of confronting all kinds of difficulties and people and prove to be master. Study the life story of Joseph and see the kind of things he had to encounter and successfully deal with the same. Psalm 102 affirms: “Until the time came that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him” – Psalm 105: 19.

4.      TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE FEEBLE AND NEED FORTIFYING

When we have been strengthened and proven the strength of the Lord, we are then in the place where we can be a source of strength and inspiration to others. Peter failed on one important occasion and the \lord gave him this assured prophetic word; “when you are converted, strengthen your brethren” Luke 22: 32. This strength can be passed on and communicated to others who require fortifying.

5.      TO FULFIL MINISTRY

The apostle Paul had a very demanding role to fulfil and there was no way that he could succeed by his own strength. He discovered that the Lord weakened him in order to exploit the divine strength, stamina and ability. He could declare that Christ’s “grace was sufficient” and that “when he was weak, then he was strong” – 2 Corinthians 12: 9, 10. What a tremendous amount he accomplished as a result of the Lord reinforcing his being and ministry!

CONCLUSION

It is at our weakest point and situation that we can become strong as the Lord imparts His own energy and enabling. Instead of falling foul of any circumstance or people, we can be strengthened and divinely sustained to do a great job for Him.

                               

Christian Testimony

                             

                                    Selina

SUCCESS STORY

My name is Selina, 5 years ago I was a heroin addict, and then I went to Hope House and allowed Jesus to transform my life. I did not come from a broken home, my parents and upbringing was Christian, but I was broken just the same. I had a knowledge of God and ‘gave my heart to the Lord’ when I was a child but my path between then and now has been full of twists and turns – many of them due to my own wrong choices. People always talk about searching for something, for meaning and purpose or love, and it’s so true that we look in all the wrong places.

I never felt at peace or content in who I was, it was like I knew there should be more to life and more to me but never really dared to believe it.

I was looking to outward signs of worth and achievement which of course led to lots of disappointments as I was let down by others and myself.

There were various times and situations when I turned again to God and He was always there. Although I could wish I had realised sooner that Jesus was the answer to all I was looking for. I would have missed out on so many opportunities to experience His faithfulness and power.

I am now a support worker to adults with learning disabilities where the Lord  equips me daily to meet their varied needs with His compassion. I praise God for Teen Challenge and all those involved with the ministry, not only for my own freedom but that of my wonderful husband and our precious friends whom we met along its path.

                            

Messages of Note

                                       

THE END IS AT HAND

Rev. John Lancaster

For many years the cartoon figure of an elderly man in a flat cap and shabby overcoat holding aloft a banner bearing the words ‘The End is Nigh!’ has been a figure of fun for most people be-cause they think such warnings need not be taken too seriously. Even the threat of rogue states developing weapons of mass destruction, warnings of ecological disaster through global warming, the rise of terrorism and the possibility of economic meltdown have not removed the complacency of modern society about the likelihood of a coming day of judgement – a mindset shared by many who claim to be Christians.

The New Testament knows of no such complacency; its pages vibrate with an urgent anticipation of the end of the age. Jesus himself – John 9:4, Paul – Romans 13:1 1-14, James – 5:7-8 and John – 1 John 2: I 8 spoke and lived like men conscious of living on the border between time and eternity, ln the same way, Peter declares, ‘The end of all things is at hand’ - 1 Peter 4:7.

Peter’s words about ‘the end of all things’ may be taken in two ways. He may be saying that nothing is permanent – that all ‘things’ have a limited shelf-life, that there is a built in obsolescence in everything,

As Shakespeare put it in The Tempest: ‘The cloud-clapp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yes, all which it inherit shall dissolve, And like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind’.

If it is, our much-prized BMWS are in danger of becoming BBTS – ultimately being towed to the crusher’s yard and ignominiously recycled as baked bean tins! Nothing lasts.

Moreover, as Peter writes in his second letter, ‘the day of the Lord will come like a thief and then the heavens will pass away with a roar and to: heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed’ – 2 Peter 3: I0f , and as Jesus pointed out in Matthew 6: 19-34, only investment in the kingdom of heaven is thief-proof and decay-proof. To think otherwise is a form of paganism – Matthew 6:32.

The second way of understanding ‘the end of all things’ is to see it in terms of completion. ‘This is the way the world ends,’ sighed’ TS Eliot, ‘not with a bang but a whimper’ But he was wrong. The Bible foretell not whimpers, but angelic shouts, celestial trumpets, the all-powerful voice of the Lord and the massed choirs of the redeemed. The paradoxes of history will be resolved as God’s eternal purpose of heading everything up under Christ is realised – Ephesians 1:9- 10, the distortions of a creation under judgment will be smoothed into incredible beauty – Romans 8:19-23, and men and women whose lives have been ‘ruined by the fall’ will a: transformed into the glory of likeness to Christ – 1 Corinthians I5:51f; Philippians 3:20-21. The very fires that melt the planets are but the cosmic bulldozers clearing the ruins in order for a new creation to rise – 2 Peter 3: 10- 13. The end of alt things’ is not caused by an accidental match dropped into a box of global fireworks; it is rather a ‘controlled explosion’ which makes the universe safe for a magnificent new development – Hebrews 12:26-29.

As Peter points out – 1 Peter 4:7f, living on the frontiers of the apocalypse demands an , appropriate lifestyle. lt calls for a sound, disciplined mind, a watchful, praying spirit, a loving heart totally committed to the welfare of the local fellowship of believers and the willingness to use personal gifts and abilities in the service of God by his empowerment and for his glory. These are absolute essentials. ‘What kind of people ought you to be he asks in 2 Peter 3: I 1- 12, And his reply is: ‘You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming’.

That’s the only way to live in the last days.

                               

Meet the Christian Ministers

                            

Rev. Ray and Barbara Belfield

‘RETIRED’ RAY STILL GOING STRONG . . .

WHEN RAY BELFIELD RETIRED, HE was looking forward to taking it easy with his wife Barbara. The father-of-four had – handed over Today’s Community Church in Wigan to his son, Dave, and having been on the AOG Missions directors’ board since 1981, was looking to winding down in his old age.

But at the age of 70, Ray was appointed Executive Missions Overseer at the Victory Family Centre in Singapore – a job in which he travels the globe, overseeing church plants.

That was eight years ago, and in that short time Ray has seen amazing growth in churches and believers across the continents. It was 1981 when Ray became involved in missions work, after a family member left them some money and they used it for a round-the-world trip.

He says, ‘From that time I’ve been involved with AoG missions. I spent ten years overseeing the Americas, 20 years in Asia and ten years over the Middle East simultaneously. Through his missionary work, Ray met a pastor in Singapore, by the name of Rick Seaward. Through going to Asia I met a group in Singapore that had grown from nine people to 8,000 people in about three to four years he explains.

‘Rick asked a missionary when he was eight years told what would happen if all the church was wholly given to missions and he’s spent the rest of his life answering that question’.

The two men kept in touch over the years and developed a friendship. When Ray was 57, a prophecy was spoken over his life.

‘I was askedto go and preach at an independent church in Dundee’, says Ray. ‘I spoke on Saturday and Sunday and we had extraordinary meetings.

‘During the Sunday afternoon teaching session, a man walked out from the congregation, put his hand on my head and started prophesying over me. He said, “You’re going to open churches all over the world”.  I didn’t know who he was. At that time I was involved in world missions so I thought he was probably talking about what I was already doping. But I was totally wrong’.

It was 13 later that the prophecy was fulfilled, Ray explains, ‘I was one month of being 70; I was retired and  I’d  given up the Wigan church to my son. I’d had a few phone calls from Rick Seaward and I helped him out with a few jobs.

‘He rang me up and we met and he told me he had a job for me. he explained that he had 500 churches scattered in 70 countries across the world and he wanted me to oversee them.

Ray admits that he thought his age might be a problem. ‘I said to him, “Have you looked at my birth certificate?” But he just said, “You can do the job I want doing”.

That was in February 2001 and Ray and Barbara now, split their time between England and the church in Singapore.

‘He gave me seven people to work with. They are regional mission directors that live in seven continents of the world – the Americas, Africa, Europe, Hong Kong, South East Asia, South Pacific and South Asia’, explains Ray, ‘In the eight years we gone from  500 to 4,000 churches. I go to Singapore twice a year fro six weeks. Then I visit areas of the world. “We’ve just come back from a 42,000 – mile round trip.

‘I was offered a pair of slippers or a pair of shoes. I took the shoes. It’s an exciting time. And Ray admits he is impressed with the way they do things in the countries he works in. The church in Singapore has around 5,000 members and is one church in seven locations. The people are totally committed. It’s a small island and they’ve got all the religions but the Christian church is thriving.

‘One of the churches we’re linked to in Sri Lanka has planted 720 new cell groups and added 2,200 new people to the church in 40 days. We just can’t think in these terms. In Brazil, we planted one church and now there are 56. They think differently.

‘I think God’s really moving around the world. Europe is the problem. We were the most Christian country and now we’re t the most pagan’.

Ray has this advice for how we can see similar success in the UK: ‘We can plan to intentionally plant churches by going to someone in the church and telling them, “We’re going to train you to send you out to plant a church”. We can pick four or five people in a group and intentionally train them to start churches in this country or abroad. That needs to be done.

‘People must think bigger. British pastors tend to think in terms of 100 or 200. We don’t look at the areas around us and intentionally choose people to go and plant a church there. We’ve already started to do this in the UK with church plants in London, Liverpool, Glasgow and Belfast.

‘We’ve got to start making disciples of our people, not just people who love to be preached at. We’ve got to look at our cities and realise that there are hundreds of thousands of lost people. So, along with growing larger churches, at the same time we’ve got to start planting churches, both within our cities and in other cities.

‘Here we often think in terms of money – what it will cost. That never happens in Singapore. They just believe that God has told us to take the gospel to the whole world and we believe that we have educated our people to believe that and so we are a giving church.

‘We give our people and our money. We give our best people to do the job that Christ has called us to do. One of the biggest lies is that we don’t have the money. There’s never been so much money in our churches. The big thing is we don’t want to part with our people’.

But Ray remains positive. He says, ‘I believe that the world is winnable in this generation if wee take up the challenge. Our country has morally, socially and spiritually rolled downhill. What are we going to do about it?

                           

Illustrious Past Ministers and Ministries

INSPIRATION FROM THE PAST:

Francis Ridley Havergal 1836-1879  

Some years ago whilst driving to Caswell Bay on the Gower Coast I ticed a plaque on a wall stating that Frances Ridley Havergal had lived there. At that time her name was familiar to me, but I knew little about her. So I began to search  through my hymn book to read some of her work, and soon discovered why she was famous.

BA CKGROUND

Frances was the ‘baby’ of a family of six. As a child she was too delicate to attend school but her parents saw to it she did not lack an education. Her father was a clergyman and had written hymns and composed many hymn tunes. She was an extremely bright child. At three she was able to read baby books. By the time she was four she was a proficient reader being able to read and memorize Scripture. She began writing verse at seven and became quite a linguist. In addition to Hebrew Greek and Latin she was able to speak many modern languages including French and German.

Despite her delicate health Frances was very much a tomboy, climbing walls and would often be seen reading a book whilst sitting in the branches of a tree.

CONVICTION OF SIN:

As a child she was happy, but sensitive. Outwardly there were no indications whatsoever for anyone to suspect anything was wrong; we only know because she wrote her testimony. But from ages 6 to 8, on hearing sermons preached in her father’s hurch she felt guilty because she could not say in her heart that she loved God; in fact she had no real feelings of love towards God or the things of God at all, and this greatly troubled her.

One time, after hearing a sermon on the text: “it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of God’, she went through so many mixed emotions, and became unhappy, impatient, and sometimes even angry. She tried to pray but felt her prayers were not being heard. Her mother died when she was just eleven, and this had a profound effect on her; her grief was intense.

CONVERSION:

At fourteen she was able to go to school and soon became a star pupil – popular with everyone. The principal of the school was a godly lady who encouraged her girls to love God. The night before she went, her sister Ellen was brushing her hair and spoke to her of the love of God. Frances couldn’t stand it and for the first time she blurted out: “but 1 can ‘t love God yet Nellie”. Not long after this she confided in her friend Miss Cooke who later became her much devoted step-mother. Frances poured out her intense longing to know God and His forgiveness.

Miss Cooke paused and said slowly, ”Then Fanny I think, I am sure it will not be very long before your desire is granted, your hope fulfilled and after a few more words she said, ”Why cannot you trust yourself to your Saviour at once? Supposing now, at this moment, Christ was to come, could you not trust Him? Would not His call, His promise, be enough for you? Could you not commit your soul to Him, to your Saviour Jesus? ” Frances said: “Then and there came a flash of hope across me which literally made me feel breathless. Her reply was: “I could, surely” and rushing to her bedroom, she fell on her knees, and received Christ into her heart as her Lord and Saviour. From that moment on she loved the Bible, so much so she could recite off by heart the four Gospels, all the epistles and the Revelation. In later years she also committed to memory the whole book of Isaiah; the 150 Psalms and the twelve Minor Prophets. She also made it her habit of praying morning, midday and evening.

HER HYMNS:

She was a beautiful singer and an accomplished pianist, but she would only sing and play sacred music. Her first hymn: “Gave My Life For Thee” though was writ-ten when she was 23. Whilst studying in Germany she saw a picture of the crucified Christ with a caption underneath saying, “This have I done for thee; what has thou done for Me?”  Her love for her Saviour is expressed in her hymns.

HER HOME-CALL:

 Frances was taken ill at her home in Caswell Bay at the end of May 1879.Peronitis set in and she passed away on June 3rd and before her 43rd birthday. As she lay dying she whispered, “It’s home the faster, God’s will is delicious; He makes no mistakes” and throughout the last hours she was heard murmuring: “so beautiful to go!”. The vicar of Swansea came in for a few minutes. He said, “You have talked and written a great deal about the King. Is Jesus with you now?” “Of course,” she replied, “Oh I want all of you to speak bright, bright words about Jesus! Oh do, do! It is all perfect peace, I am only waitin for Jesus to take me in”. Moments before she died she sang:

“Jesus, I will trust Thee’ to her own tune Hermas

JESUS, I WILL TRUST THEE, TRUST THEE WITH MY SOUL,

GUILTY, LOST, AND HELPLESS, THOU CANST MAKE ME WHOLE;

THERE IS NONE IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH LIKE THEE:

THOU HAST DIED FOR SINNERS – THEREFORE, LORD, FOR ME. .

Frances had suffered throughout all of her life, and although she died so young she has left us a legacy of eighty hymns, each one of which is choice. She also wrote tracts and books which include: “Ministry of Song” ”Under the Surface”  “Loyal Responses”  “Life Mosaic” “Kept for the Master’s Use” and “Life Chords” – the last two were published after her death. Her simple faith, saintliness, Christ-like character and devotion to her Lord inspires us to follow her example.

                                 

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