When the Holy Ghost is Come

When the Holy Ghost is Come is a practical theology of the Spirit written in the idiom of revival and holiness devotion. Brengle treats Pentecost not as a remote apostolic wonder but as the living pattern of Christian purity, power, witness, and joy. Scriptural exposition, exhortation, anecdote, and prayerful urgency mingle in a prose style at once plain and fervent, placing the book within the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition that shaped evangelical spirituality around the turn of the twentieth century. Samuel Logan Brengle, one of the Salvation Army's most influential teachers, wrote from within a life of disciplined evangelism and pastoral struggle. Trained in Methodist holiness thought and later formed by the Army's mission to the poor, he understood doctrine as something proved in character and service. His emphasis on sanctification, obedience, and Spirit-filled love reflects both personal experience and the practical demands of ministry among ordinary believers. Readers seeking a detached academic treatise will not find it here; readers seeking a searching, biblically saturated guide to the Spirit's work will. The book remains valuable for students of holiness theology, Salvation Army history, and devotional Christianity, and for any believer desiring a more consecrated and courageous life.