We are not built for mountains and dawns and artistic affinities; they are for moments of inspiration, that is all. We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff of life, and this is where we have to prove our mettle. A false Christianity takes us up on the mount and we want to stay there. But what about the devil-possessed world? Oh, let it go to hell! We are having a great time up here.

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.