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While cleaning up my library I found a lecture by George H. Williams, “Friends of God and the Prophets” (Harvard Divinity Bulletin, 1965). Professor Williams tutored me in church history one semester, 1952, in Boston. Some the insights of this Anabaptist historian and Harvard Professor shaped my holistic formulations in “New Call to Holiness” and Exploring Heaven. He uses the word “pietism”, a word that with cognates such as “piety”, has strong historical significance, but, alas, got trashed. In Europe Pietists such as Franke, Spener, and Zinzendorf complemented Quaker and Wesleyan teachings about crucifying the self and experiencing ecstatic joy in Christ’s presence within. So, ponder two citations from Williams and reflect upon God’s call to holiness—a solid and challenging theological term.