Marie Brown Biographical Sketch Marie Estelle Burgess Brown (1880 - 1971) received the baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1906. For two years she had trained at Moody's Bible Institute, and had planned to be a missionary to the Congo. But in 1906 she was filled with the Spirit and spoke in tongues. Shut out of the mission she had been attending, she and another lady pioneered Glad Tidings Mission in New York City in 1907, and invited Robert Brown to preach the first service. Robert had come over from Ireland with his evangelist cousin and was working days as a policeman, and studying at night for the minsitry. The mission grew under Robert's preaching. After three years, Robert proposed to Marie and after prayer and contemplation, the Lord assured her this was his will. They had only one child who died at birth, but they brought countless souls into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Robert and Marie Brown continued pastoring Glad Tidings Tabernacle, which became a crossroads for the Pentecostal giants of the day. The Jeffrey Brothers, Donald Gee, and Howard Carter preached there a number of times, as did Smith Wigglesworth. Smith Wigglesworth was scheduled to preach the Church's 40th anniversary service in 1947 when the Lord called him home. Numerous missionaries were sent out from this church, and much good fruit was borne, and many souls saved through this church throughout its history. In 1948, Robert went to Glory. Marie, with the help of R. Stanley Berg, carried on the work of this mighty church until her passing in 1971 at the age of 90. Glad Tidings Tabernacle still exists in New York City and is still a Pentecostal church preaching Jesus as Savior, Baptizer, Healer, and Soon Coming King.* In our two recordings of Sister Marie, she is preaching in 1952. She speaks of the early days of Pentecost, the mission she founded in 1907, challenges she and her husband faced in ministry, and the ingredients necessary for victory. Truly, a woman of Pentecost. |
Marie Brown Quotes: "Live a surface life, and you can never keep the anointing. You may keep a message. You may have a wonderful ministry in prophecy. But without the oil of the Holy Spirit upon our message today, it does not reach the heart, nor does it glorify the Master." "Brother, you will never know the real power of God, you'll never know the deep fellowship of the Spirit, until you are willing to get into your own closet and fast and pray for yourself." |