![]() ![]() Chapman said he went away from that meeting with General Booth knowing that, “the greatness of a man’s power is the measure of surrender.” Source: 1,000 Stories and Quotations of Famous People, Wayne E. And if there is anything of power in the Salvation Army today, it is because God has all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.’”ĭr. There have been men with greater brains than I, men with greater opportunities but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart, and a vision of what Jesus Christ could do with the poor of London, I made up my mind that God would have all of William Booth there was. Chapman said, “and I saw the tears come into his eyes and steal down his cheeks, and then he said, ‘I will tell you the secret. God does not measure the Spirit to you but, as with Christ, He gives you the Spirit without measure. When He ascended, He made it possible for us to ascend with Him, and to sit together with Him in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). Then the American evangelist asked the general if he would disclose his secret for success. The power that Jesus manifested when He was here on earth is for us today. Chapman listened reverently as the old general spoke of the trials and the conflicts and the victories. Wilbur Chapman was in London, he had an opportunity to meet General Booth, who at that time was past eighty years of age. ![]()
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