INTRODUCTIONFrom time to time there have been men and women of a character andwork unquestionably marking them as sent of Him to announce His willand purpose to the children of men. When such have come among mankindthey have not needed the great churches back of them, nor the recognitionof the learned and powerful among men to support their claims asministers of the Gospel of the Good.It has always been accorded by the wise that the baptism of the HolySpirit, or the quickening influence of the principle of divine Intelligence isthe test of the called to teach the words and will of the Supreme of theuniverse. Those so called have not needed to quote authorities orprecedents for their actions or teachings. They have all spoken as havingauthority, and not as the scribes or recorders of other men's teachings. Theyhave all come like messengers of goodness and freedom to men at just thetime when the recognized teachers of the world were quoting authorities tohold their doctrines in repute among a dissatisfied and restless people.