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meetings were generally intensely spiritual, and God was powerfully manifest
in them. That fact was wonderfully illustrated upon two different occasions,
when similar revelations of supernatural power and glory were displayed with
rapturous effect in the meetings. The facts given in this instance are
furnished by his half-sister, Mrs. A. A. White, to whom the circumstances
were related by Mr. Barrett. When the revelations were made, the Holy Spirit
was most signally present, and it seemed almost as if Jesus stood in their
midst in the reality of His visible person, when suddenly, all were hushed in
reverential silence, as if in immediate expectancy of some celestial visitation
or communication, and they all heard, as though translated into the realm of
spirit, the most rapturous and transporting music. They were carried
heavenward in spirit in utter forgetfulness of mortal conditions as they
listened to the sweet strains, the anthem of an invisible angelic choir. It
entered one end of the house, passed over the altar, and went out the other
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inadequate to express the glory and grandeur of the two meetings, and the ecstasy
and felicity of those present. The immediate and ultimate results of the
visitation, a thing which was perhaps unprecedented in history, were more
than commensurate, no doubt, with the divine purpose, the glory of God
through His redemptive works. The Indians were deeply affected, and doubtless
regarded the angelic singing as significant of God's special favor in their
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glorious appearing was too sacred, and like Paul's vision, too unutterable
for ordinary or frequent mention on the part of Mr. Barrett. His aversion to
the mention of anything in which he had a prominent part was a dominant
characteristic. He rarely spoke of the occurrence; when he did speak of it,
his words were uttered with the greatest reverence. |
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From: THE
HAPPY ALLEGHENIAN, The Story of Clifford B. Barrett By M. L. Rhodes, No date. |