There have been prophets and students who handle the Bible like a child’s box of bricks; they explain to us the design and structure and purpose; but as time goes on things do not work out in their way at all. They have mistaken the scaffolding for the structure, while all the time God is working out His purpose with a great and undeterred patience.

Even before they married Chambers considered a partnership in ministry in which Biddy--who could take shorthand at 250 words per minute--would transcribe and type his sermons and lessons into written form. Chambers did not oppose glossolalia but criticized those who made it a test of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. " "No one was ever turned away from the door and whatever the person asked for whether money a winter overcoat or a meal was given.