In the book "Dearest Lily" we can read the correspondance between Samuel Brengle and his wife Lily, while Samuel was out on his preaching journeys.
We can read in his letters from Fredrikshald, Christiania (Oslo), Drammen, Larvik, Arendal, Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund, Christiansund.
From Drammen Brengle writes on april 6 1907
"... Several people came to the penitent form; as we continued to pull, more came, then suddenly the Lord seemed to fall upon us and three women and a big man, the sergeant-major of a neighbouring corps, began to shake and shout and praise the Lord. The sergeant-major was getting up to come to the penitent form when his strength went and he fell in the aisle. He tried to get up, but he could not, and God blessed him there. His face shined and he said: "I would not miss this for all the world!" Of course not, for it was the blessed Lord of all worlds who had come to his heart.
For a time we just had to let the meeting run itself. The visiting officers had never seen the like before and they were amazed, and wondered and laughed and wept. That sergeant-major is a godly fellow, well known and none of them doubted the genuineness of the work in this case..."
May 2, 1907 Brengle writes from the farewell in Stavanger:
"It was estimated that 2,000 people came down to the boat in Stavanger to see us off..."
And from the farewell in Bergen he writes on May 11, 1907.
"But the most amazing thing was the crowd of between 5,000 and 6,000 people who came to the boat at 11 o´clock to see us off. The great pier was black with people and they stood for about one half an hour in the rain till we were out of sight."
It is evident that Brengle experienced a fantastic break-through in Norway. The following campains in Finland and in Denmark are witnessing about a harder spiritual soil.
I will end the glimpses from Brengle´s letters to his wife with a short report from the trip to Denmark and also about what Brengle is writing to Lily about commissioner Railton.
We can read in his letters from Fredrikshald, Christiania (Oslo), Drammen, Larvik, Arendal, Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund, Christiansund.
From Drammen Brengle writes on april 6 1907
"... Several people came to the penitent form; as we continued to pull, more came, then suddenly the Lord seemed to fall upon us and three women and a big man, the sergeant-major of a neighbouring corps, began to shake and shout and praise the Lord. The sergeant-major was getting up to come to the penitent form when his strength went and he fell in the aisle. He tried to get up, but he could not, and God blessed him there. His face shined and he said: "I would not miss this for all the world!" Of course not, for it was the blessed Lord of all worlds who had come to his heart.
For a time we just had to let the meeting run itself. The visiting officers had never seen the like before and they were amazed, and wondered and laughed and wept. That sergeant-major is a godly fellow, well known and none of them doubted the genuineness of the work in this case..."
May 2, 1907 Brengle writes from the farewell in Stavanger:
"It was estimated that 2,000 people came down to the boat in Stavanger to see us off..."
And from the farewell in Bergen he writes on May 11, 1907.
"But the most amazing thing was the crowd of between 5,000 and 6,000 people who came to the boat at 11 o´clock to see us off. The great pier was black with people and they stood for about one half an hour in the rain till we were out of sight."
It is evident that Brengle experienced a fantastic break-through in Norway. The following campains in Finland and in Denmark are witnessing about a harder spiritual soil.
I will end the glimpses from Brengle´s letters to his wife with a short report from the trip to Denmark and also about what Brengle is writing to Lily about commissioner Railton.
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