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Pastor William Fetler 139
another Comforter. That other Comforter reveals to us Jesus. He
speaks to us of Jesus. He reveals the Father to us; but He is
another Comforter. That word "Paraclete" means simply one who is
near, by your side; as a mother takes care of her babe, as a teacher
bends over the shoulder of his pupil as he makes some drawings, so
the Holy Spirit has been given to us. Now let me ask a question:
How many of you men and women have known this leading of the
Holy Spirit? How many of you have known how much He has been
with you, how much He has guided you in the Word of God, in preach-
ing, in testifying, in singing? I have come to this conviction that any-
thing, even giving money, or becoming a missionary, everything that
is offered without the Holy Spirit is futile. Just as Christ said:
"Nobody comes to the Father, but through Me," So now we can say:
"Nobody comes to Jesus, but through the Holy Spirit." There is no
other salvation. Regeneration is by the Word and by the Spirit, too.
What We Want in Russia
I want to have the Holy Spirit take up the work in Russia. I want
Him to sweep hundreds of thousands of people before Him. He never
works independently of human beings. He is dependent upon men
and women, the men and women who will be clean enough, who will
be humble enough to go out there, in order that He may be able to
use them. That is why it is said, "Not by might, nor by power, but
by My Spirit." Now listen. Is that the belief of the twentieth cen-
tury church? No, it is not. Let us go back from this conference in
the power, not of man but of the Holy Spirit. You Russian men, when
you go to Russia, don’t you trust in great powers, don’t you trust in
man, but put your trust in God. Jesus said: "He that is athirst, let
him come unto me and drink." And "He that believeth in Me, as the
Scriptures say." Not as some university says; not as some board of
missions says; not as William Felter says; not as Moody says; but as
the Scriptures say. "He that believeth in me, as the Scriptures say,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." And my comfort
has been this, that that promise comes to a poor Chinese boy, it comes,
to a poor Indian boy, a Japanese boy, to whomsoever.
Let me tell you plainly, if you are satisfied with what you can do, if
you do not thirst for greater power of God, you will never get the
Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not push Himself on anybody. We
must pray, we must agonize, we must humble ourselves before God.
I talked once at a conference on this subject, and there were a number
of Christian workers and young missionaries there; and as I looked
at them, I noticed three or four of them smile among themselves as if
to say, "We have enough. We can do something. We have had our
schooling." Praise God, I trample my college education under my
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