The Rev. S. J. Du Toit, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, challenged the brethren of the Apostolic Faith Mission to meet him and publicly defend, in open debate, the teaching believed and disseminated by them. The Rev. S. J. Du Toit is considered one of the ablest and most skillful debaters in Africa.
It was at the Dutch Church, Somerset East, Cape Colony, during 1910, that the Reverend gentleman, according to a Graaff-Reinet paper, "Met his Waterloo" at the hands of two Apostolic Faith Brethren from Johannesburg. To God be the praise.
...We give our readers the more important features of that address of Brother Lake on the baptism in the Holy Ghost (the Holy Spirit).
This inner heart cleansing that John and the disciples of Jesus demanded before they would baptize a man is the necessary preparation for the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Our holy God must have a holy dwelling place. O wondrous salvation! Wondrous atonement! Wondrous Christ! Man-born in sin and shaped in iniquity (see Psalm 51:5)-forgiven, cleansed, purified by the blood of Jesus, and made a habitation, a dwelling place of God through the Spirit.
John G. Lake (1870 - 1935)
usually known as John G. Lake, was a Canadian–American leader in the Pentecostal movement that began in the early 20th century, and is known as a faith healer, missionary, and with Thomas Hezmalhalch, co-founder of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa. Through his 1908–13 African missionary work, Lake played a decisive role in the spread of Pentecostalism in southern Africa, the most successful southern African religious movement of the 20th century.After completing his missionary work in Africa, Lake evangelized for 20 years, primarily along the west coast of the United States setting up "healing rooms" and healing campaigns, and establishing churches. Lake was influenced by the healing ministry of John Alexander Dowie and the ministry of Charles Parham.
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