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What followed when the Methodists, and later the Pentecostals, grew formal?

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Back here some time ago when the—when the Lutherans had their revival, there’s a group called Methodists, they called for God: the deep calling to the deep. God rose up a little old fellow over there in England by the name of John Wesley, and—and Whitefield and them, and away they went with a message of sanctification. They found more of God. Don’t you believe that? They was craving more. Well, it went on for a while, and after while, the Methodists begin to organize and get cold and formal and the…Then people begin to crave more of God. Then along come Pentecost. Is that right? Deep called to the deep. Now, these Pentecostal people begin to get just as form and ritual as the rest of them. And then, first thing you know, the deep calls to the deep. And here comes the gifts restoring right back into the church: God moving along. See that? Deep calling to the deep. Now, the reason you’ve come here tonight, you sick people, anyhow…I don’t believe you come for…?…curiosity. I believe you’ve come because you’re sincere. Now, the Holy Spirit led you here, because you read the Bible and you know that God was a Healer. And just as sure as you crave to be healed by God, there’s got to be a fountain of God somewhere for you to be healed by.

Deep Calleth Unto the Deep, 1952-08-09, Chicago, IL, §8

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Title:
Deep Calleth Unto the Deep
Date:
August 9, 1952
Location:
Chicago, IL
Paragraph:
§8

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