Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness; it should rather be an expression of breathless expectation.

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.