I am going to begin a series of quotes from The Baptism with the Holy Spirit, by R.A. Torrey (1856-1928). Torrey was a highly-educated theologian. He was an associate of D.L. Moody and became the superintendent of Moody Bible Institute.
Torrey's writings were influential in the Holiness Movement of the late 19th Century, and they later influenced the Pentecostal Movement.
The baptism with the Holy Spirit is a definite experience which one may know whether he has received or not. This is evident from our Saviour's command to the apostles: "Tarry ye in the city . . . until ye be endued with power from on high" (Luke 24:49). If this enduement with power, the baptism with the Holy Spirit, were not an experience so definite that one could know whether he had received it or not, how could they tell when those commanded days of tarrying were at an end?
(To be continued. Think that question over for a day.)
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