BEING SEEKER
FRIENDLY
In 1957, Donald Gee openly speculated that the sensationalism
of the revival was attracting the mentally unstable. On
the other hand, he recognized that the whole revival,
indeed pentecostalism, was based on the unbridled leadings
of the Spirit.
He wrote:
Leaders of Pentecostal meetings need great tact and
patience when the mentally unstable invade their borders,
for they find in many of our meetings just that opportunity
for disordered self-expression that they crave...On the
other hand we must guard our priceless heritage of true
liberty by the Spirit of the Lord at all costs. Flight
into deliberate formalism is a poor remedy for its occasional
abuse and marks of poor leadership. The demands upon leaders
of Pentecostal meetings for wisdom, love and power are
tremendous. But they are the inescapable price of being
within a revival.
Taken from, "All Things Are Possible",
The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America.
By David Edwin Harrell, Jr., Page 93
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