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Brother kisstheson, yes, how organic! Little "jab" there? Did you mean that the "top down Chinese management style" which we endured for decades, "this is the Lord's move, you must do it or else," et cetera, was not organic?!?
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A little "jab"? From me? Moi? Guileless, innocent, little ol' me?
Ok, I do confess to a little touch of sarcasm here!
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A few years ago, I tried to buy Lang's book, but it was out of print, so the publisher Schoettle sent me this booklet by Lang, "Unanimity, The Divine Method of Government." Apparently the booklet title differs a little from the chapter title in the book, but the content should be similar.
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I was fortunate enough to find a copy of the 1959 version of Lang's book
The Churches of God on ebay a few years ago.
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Brothers such as Muller, Craik, the China Inland Mission, Chapman, and Hake came across these truths in the wake of Darby's destructive personal agenda which hijacked the leadership of the Plymouth Brethren. Lang may have written it, and all those brothers practiced it, but I do believe that the original thoughts should have come from ANGroves, whom I consider one of the "original" Brethren. (Another of the originals was Doctor Cronin, who was also quarantined by the exclusive zealots -- what a sad story.)
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Are you familiar with brother E. H. Broadbent's book
The Pilgrim Church? This book contains a lengthy excerpt from a letter AN Groves wrote to Darby before the actual split took place. Knowing the eventual outcome of the problems between the factions within the Brethren, this letter is hard to read. It is full of both prophetic warnings and much anguish of heart. A sweet spirit of love and charity toward Darby is evidenced throughout, along with many humble petitions for Darby to seriously reconsider his ways.
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Here's a related side note. For years, all my views of church history were shaped by WL. He often spoke of JNDarby and JHTaylor of CIM, two brothers of similar age who pioneered for the Lord's interests during the 19th century. I thought for sure that these two brothers would have been in close fellowship. Was I wrong! Hudson Taylor had nothing to do with Darby and the exclusives! He was, however, very close in fellowship with that "devil" -- the "dreaded and quarantined" George Muller himself, and all those "divisive" open brethren. What a shock it was to me when I learned this fact. WL never dared to tell us that.
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Yes, like you it was only after I was led out of the LC that I found out "the rest of the story". It was a shock to me as well to learn what a mess the Exclusives made of their experiment with "standing on the ground".