Samuel Logan Brengle Book Report

Samuel Logan Brengle was an incredible man used by God for his glory. His childhood was not easy. Both his parents passed away when he was relatively young, with his father passing away first and then his mother. After his father had died, despite a second marriage, the family lived in poverty. Samuel did have a rich Christian, family heritage. Both of his parents were Methodists and his father was a preacher as well as a Sunday school teacher. While both parents were Christians, it was his mother who influenced him most due to the fact that his father had died when Samuel was young. Even through the struggles of his adolescence, Mr. Brengle was saved at the age of twelve. Later on in his life he became an officer for the Salvation Army and also became a revivalist that preached to the thousands. He was known for preaching sanctification and holy living. The purpose of this paper is to explain Mr. Brengle’s view on sanctification. (Parenthetical citation 1). …show more content…
Brengle believed that sanctification was defined by “having our sinful tempers cleansed and to have one’s heart filled with love for the Lord…” (Brengle, 1960, p.1), although in his book he used many key phrases to define the experience. Another definition that he used to explain sanctification was the idea that one is “to be made like God” (Brengle, 1960, p.1). In his writings, Mr. Brengle was clear to explain that humans cannot have the divine attributes of God because obviously man cannot be perfect in the way that God is perfect. He clarified what he meant by comparing the difference of a spark from a flame, or a drop of water from the ocean. While the spark and the drop of water both have fundamental attributes from the elements they originate from, they are not equivalent to those elements. The ocean is far vaster and the fire is more intense. In the same way, humans are not omnipotent, omniscient, or omnipresent but they can be holy as God is holy. (Brengle, 1960,