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VOLUME XXI. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINI% U. S. A., THURSDAY, A. UGUS1 1, 1901. NUMBER 30
Se' ' MB things saith he that is holy,
4' he that is true, he that bath the
Icey of David, he that openeth, and no
man Riltittet/ I t and shutteth, and no man
openeth. . . Behold, I have set before
thee an open door, and no man can shut
it."— Rev. 3: 7, S. A blessed truth is
Contained in the foregoing words. The
door is open and the invitation is: " Come,
for all things are now ready," and
" Whosoever will, let him come." Jesus
has opened the door for all who will
enter in; but alas! the multitudes have
Dot opened the door for Jesus. Ire says,
" Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:
if may man hear my voice, and open the
doers I will come in to him, anti will sup
wltle him, and he with me."— Rev. 3: 20.
he sad difference between the two
doors ( Christ's door and the door of our
hearts) is that Christ's door is open and
ready to receive the sinner, while that of
the peer sinner is shut and will not open.
Jesus ie. declaring, " 1 am the door: by
roe if any man enter in, he shall be
saved."—. duo. 10: 9. It is evident that
when we enter into Jesus' door we are in
safe keeping; for he says of such: " He
shall be saved." Some try to have
people enter other doors, claiming that
by so doing they are safe, or at home,
or in the house of God. These doors are
opened andclosed by human hands and
not by the finger of God. Jesus declares
it - nAl* stakable words, " I am the door."
Let 401114iare where we get when we enter
Chr* et door. Paul wrote " Unto the
/ at the Thessalonians which is in
God* .. Father and in the Lord Jesus
° briat•"- 1 Thess. 1: 1. " Abide in me,
avid I* you." — jno. 15 : I. These texts
tea* that saved men are in Christ.
" For as the body is one, and hath many
niemberk and all the members of that
One bodes, being many, are one body: so
also isbhrist. For by one Spirit are we
ell baptized into one body." — 1 Cor. 12e
12,13. This body is " Christ's body,
5rhiea ' is the church." " And gave him
[ Christ] to be head over all things to the
church, which is his body, the fullness
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off him w 	 hich Hell all in all."— Eph. 1:
ho now rejoice in my suffer-ings
for you, and fill up that which is be-hind
of the afflictions of Christ in my
flesh for his body's sake, which is the
church."— Col. 1: 24.
" He that believ eth and is baptized shall
be saved." This plainly and positively
harmonizes with Christ's words, " I am
the door: by me if any man enter in, he
shall be saved." The one is " he that
believith," and the other, if he " enter
in", he shall be saved; so the two mean
the same. None can enter into Christ
but those that believe. All the saved
are in Christ ( the church).
The walls of this Zion are salvation
( Isa. 60: 1S1 and those without salvation
are standing without the walls. Those
thinking to get into this church by join
inga sect are sadly deceived. " Except
a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he can not enter into the kingdom of
God."— Jno. 3: 5. " And of Zion [ the
church] it shall be said, This and that
man was born in her."— Ps. 87 : 5. 0
sinner, do not wait until some preacher.
opens the door of his sect and invites you
to join the church, but hasten to the door
already open ( Christ the door to his body
the church), and enter while it remains
open; for a time will come when that
door will be forever closed and no man
can open it. Flee at once to this place
of' safety, lest thou be found weeping
and wailing and accusing thyself of lost
opportunities, only to cry in vain. " W hen
once the master of the house is risen up,
and has shut to the door, and ye begin
to stand without, and to knock at the
door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto me;
and be shall answer and say unto you, I
know you not whence ye are: . . . de-part
from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
There shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and
Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets,
in the kingdom of God, and you your-selves
thrust out."— Luke 13: 25- 28.
Remember that the Bible does not say
there will be weeping because some will
be in the Methodist or Baptist churn
and others lett out; but that certain ones
shall be in the kingdom of God and
others left out. Let me urge you, my
beloved reader, to strive to enter in at
the door which places you into the true
church of God. It stands open to- day;
to- morrow it may close with you forever.
Human hands can not turn the key to let
you in, no matter how dear they may be
to you." To- day is the- day of salvation."
By believing the truth you may to- day
be born into the kingdom of God. " Be-hold,
I have set before thee an open door."
0 sinner, what excuse will you have in
the great judgment day? The door is
open and Christ is knocking; will you
enter in?
" When the Lord turned again the cap-tivity
of Zion, we were like them that
dream. Then was our mouth filled with
laughter, and our tongue with singing:
then said they among the heathen, The
Lord hath done great things for them.
The Lord hath done great things for us;
whereof we are glad."— Ps. 126: 1- 3.
A Pricking Brier.
BY EMIL XREUTZ.
U A ND there shall be no more a prick-
" ing brier unto the house of Israel,
nor any grieving thorn of all that are
round about them, that despise them;
and they shall lAnow that I am the Lord
God."— Ezek. 28: 24. God has begun
the cleansing of his land— the church, or
sanctuary— and he will not cease to lay
judgment to the line and rigteousness to
the plummet until he has accomplished
this end. When God gave the children
of Israel the land of Canaan, they were
to drive oat all the inhabitants of the
land, destroy all their pictures and
molten images, and quite pluck down
all their high places. Then they were
to divide the land for an inheritance
among them. It was told them that if
they would not drive out the inhabitants
of the land, those they let remain should
be pricks in their eyes and thorns in their
sides, and should vex them in the land.
See Num. 33: 51- 56.
This is an example and warning to us
in this reformation of God's church. Re-ligious
people of to- day have only a
form of godliness—" pictures, images,
and high places"— not the real thing, but
only a pretense. Their churches ( sects)
resemble the true church of God, in ap-pearance,
as a picture or image would the
real thing itself. These we are to de-stroy
by giving the people the real thing
itself, the true church of God. While
they feignedly and ignorantly worship
God the same as the Athenians did in
Paul's time, we are to teach them to
worship in the true knowledge of God, in
" Spirit and in truth." Those Canaanites
were uncircumcised; they served the
flesh and worshiped idols. The sectarians
to- day are uncircumcised in heart. ( 1 am
not speaking of those few of God's people
who are among them, and whom Gest is
calling out; but of the masses of pro-fessors
of the Christian religion.) By
their fruits we know them. They bear
the fruit of the flesh ( Gal. 5: 19- 21) and
say themselves that they can never cease
from sin. The circumcised in heart, or
regenerated, live free from sin ( Ron;[. 6:
17, 18, 22) and bear the fruits of the
Spirit. Gal. 5: 22- 24.
By the experience of entire cleansing,
or sanctification, God is purging his
sanctuary, restoring his church to her
primitive purity. He promises her that
there will be a time when there will not
be a pricking brier nor a grieving thorn
to his people. Those uncircumcised in
heart were to be the thorns and briers to
God's people in other ages; even so now,
" one sinner destroyeth much good" by
his wicked influence, if he is permitted to
have a place among God's people. I
pray God td' make the fire so hot that
the sinners in Zion will be afraid, and
fearfulness surprise the hypocrites. There
has been a time when it could be said
that " the best of them is as a brier: the
most'' upright is sharper than a thorn
hedge," Micah 74. This is true ot
every sectarian-. to- day. I do not mean
God's people who are in sectism, but the
sectarians. But God is willing his people
out.
The devil would impose upon God's
people by sending some of his votaries of
sectarian heresies and falsities among
God's people, by way of compromise.
If judgment is not executed against
such, : and they are not made to get a
real Bible experience— a real work of
grace wrought in the heart by the Spirit—
but are permitted to slip through and be
acknowledged by God's people, they will
become briers and thorns to the spiritual-ity
of God's work. How often has this
been the case! Let us profit by the past.
I thank God that the Word says: " I saw
the Lord standing upon the altar."—
Amos 9: 1. The Lord himself is under-taking
this work. Blessed be his namel
He says there will not be such permitted
among his people. " When 1 shall have
gathered the house of Israel from the
people among whom they are scattered,
and shall be sanctified in them, . . . then
shall they dwell in their land [ the state
of holiness] that I have given to my ser-vant
Jacob. And they shall dwell safely
therein [ or, with confidence— margin],
and shall build houses, and plant vine-yards;
yea, they shall dwell with cone
fidence [ when. will this be?], when I
[ God] have executed judgments upon all
those that despised them round about
them. [ and he will go through the briers
and thorns, he will burn them together.
See Ise. 27: 4]; and they shall know that
I am the Lord their God. "— Ezek. 28: 25,
26.
Singing With the Spirit.
TF we are to " sing with the spirit" we
must sing something that runs in the
line of spiritual direction. " Psalms, and
hymns, and spiritual songs," which
breathe ' the atmosphere of heaven, and
embody the thoughts which come through
the moving of the Holy Ghost, may be
sung " with the spirit." But songs
which do not embody truth, hymns
which are destitute of sound and solid
sense, or which embody thoughts not
sanctioned by the Holy Ghost, can hardly
be sung with the spirit.
The apostle also declares that we
should sing " with the understanding";
but if one is to sing " with the under-standing,"
then the singing must be
something that can be understood. The
words must be intelligible. How can
one sing " with the understanding"
when the very words themselves sound
like a compound of Chinese and Choctaw,
and when perhaps hardly a sentence in
the entire hymn is intelligible? How can
one sing " with the understanding" when
three or four voices are singing alit many
different words, the whole forming a
mass of unintelligible words? If we are
to sing " with the understanding;:'' we
are to understand what we are singing,
and make every word intelligible to thoae
who hear and join in the praise. Wes
have heard hymns snug which w
seem to require three or four
ears, that one might hear and coi„
hend the sense of the words sung by',
who sung the different parts.
Furthermore, if ice- are to sing " with
the understanding,” not only mast the
words be intelligible, but the ideas must
he scriptural, It is not enough to under-stand
what words are used, but we must
Returning Home.
BY OTTO BOLDS.
Angel of mercy, oh, wilt thou lead back?
Ob, lead to my own Father's place—
Back to him who will not turn me away,
But clasp in his loving embrace.
Go thou before me, tell Father I come,
All laden with sorrow and grief;
Tell him I long to once more beat home,
And find on his bosom relief.
Tell him Fve yielded to Satan's device,
Been caught in the enemy's snare;
I am not worthy his son to be called,
Nor of his rice blessings to share.
Tell him Fm sorry I've gi ieved his dear heart
And wasted the grace once bestowed;
Ask him in mercy to welcome me home,
And take from my heart this great load.
Father, I come with my poor broken heart,
Oh, pardon the wrongs I have done!
Take me again in thy tenderest ore,
And help me all evil to shun.
Now I remember thy promise so dear.
To all who will come unto thee;
Thou wilt shew n • ercy and not turn away,
Give pardon abundant and free.
Father, no longer th y word will I doubt,
Thy promise so dear I believe;
Jesus now taketh my sins all away,
Thy pardon so free I receive.
Now I'm at home in the bosom of God—
At home to no more go astray;
Father, I'll serve thee with heart pure and true,
And dwell in thy presence alway.
An Open Door.
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- GOSPEL TRUNPET
' tree can not bring forth evil fruit, neither
can corrupt tree bring forth good
fruit.",- Matt. 7: 10- 18. Here Jesus
does not dodge the question of straight
living, but plainly gives us to understand
that if we are bearing fruit condemned
by God's word, it is on account of our
being the wrong kind of tree, namely,- a
corrupt tree. If I see a man drinking,
mee etc.; or acting deceitfully, I
need not try to do as some, i. e.,
swear
me e. just
cover it over, saying we must have more
love, and overlook the mistakes. It is
true, we should overlook each other's
mistakes; but remember, the thing you
do wilfully ( knowing that God condemns
it), is not a mistake; but it is a sin,
and it separates you from God. lIenCe,
" By their fruits. ye shall . know them•"
We are not known by our prayers, nor
by our preaching or testifying, but by
our fruit— the life we live. If some are
in the dark and are ignorant of what the
Bible says, we can make some allowance
for them; but it we know the truth and
fail to obey it, we can not have salva-tion..
There are those who once laid off their
worldly trappings, laid aside their gold,
all because the Word says do so; but now
they have it on again and still profess
to be saints. To such we say : We do
not doubt your profession, but we do
doubt your sah ation. W hen you do
those things condemned by the ' Word
after knowing the truth, you are bearing
the wrong kind of fruit; hence are a bad
tree. In Babylon, the cry is: I know I
make many crooked paths and do things
I should not do, and leave undone things
I ought to do. But such is not the
cry in Zion ( church of Cod). One of the
strongest rules in God's church is : " Make
straight paths for your feet." Christ,
the governor of the church, is so good
and reasonable that he will not require
anything of us we can not do.
When he tells us to follow him, he knows
that we can by his assisting grace.
There is no use of our first being up, then
down. This is uncalled for, and there
is no need of our having such a time. If
this is our experience there is something•
wrong in our case. Remember, the un-saved
are watching you; your children
are watching you; they read you more
than they read their Bibles, many times,
and we should live so that they can see
good fruit. They will acknowledge that
our fruits are such as will convince the
gainsayer in the sectarian realm. All
manner of sin is carried - on in these thin is
— such conduct as will make the non- pro-fessor
blush; yet they just cover it over.
The preacher will not say anything about
it on account of his salary. I think
God that he has a people who will preach
the truth at any cost. I would rather
have the approval of God on me than the
approval of all this world. The apostle
John gives us to understand that those
that. commit sin are of the devil. I J no.
3: 8. It matters not who it is— the elder,
deacon, class- leader, or any one; it he
commits sin he is not a child of Gard.
Yet ministers tell you that all men sin.
It that were true, all would be ot the
devil. One may say: it God's children
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" Few there be that find it."
Were we to measuree Chtrriissttiiaanniit, yx „ v
the number of professionns,,, - o would con-clude
the world was full of C .1 1• 11s: 1311S;
but when we use the rule t- 1 let ist uses
we find them very few, compardtivelv
speaking. Men say they must keep up
with the world. We e adm• it this to be
true with the ereatm• a- z, s of pretess Ors of
tree brincieth forth evil Irm .
o thistles? Even so every good tree! the non- professors. They will be found
f forth good fruit; bu. t a Aeorffrcu, opcti ta.; LIes. sGlieuNtFngs; but remember, the people
' arra: rss'epdaarnactees rfoeisntly'ltahse; quwidoda'd11
They may be a by- word in the mouths of
popular professors; yet they de ae t be_
come discouraged, but rejoice because
they are worthy to suffer for Christ.
They remember that this salvation- was
not esteemed by the aristooratic scribes
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' N ow, my dear professor, may God
be done in the dry?"
help you to see that a mere protassion
will avail you nothing in this world, nor
in the world to come. Death and the
judgment are too solemn to be met with
a mere profession. Christ wants you
to have a real experience of salvation.
Then you can hear the welcome applause:
" Comes thou good and faithful Servant."
" Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know
them."
T HE hungry are earnestly longing to
be filled and satisfied. The per-fectly
satisfied are they who have pressed
the battle on and gained the perfect rest
of soul provided through the cleansing
blood of the everlasting covenant. May
the Lord God help every one who realizes
a lack in any way to redouble his dil-igence;
for the diligent soul shall be
made fat. I am impressed to exhort yon
to contend for the faith. Souls who de-sire
to follow the Lamb must arm them-selves
with the same mind. had a
mind to be about his Father's business,
The King's business requires haste, Which
shows no lack of sincerity and plenty oh
zeal and energy. God does not deal with
us in a slack, careless way; he comes as
swift as the lightning to the truly peni-tent
soul, to lift, him from the awful pit.
\ V hile this experience is essential . to our
peace with God, there must be Side&
stunt, earnest forward move for God, or
the enemy will steal a march on us, And
defeat and disaster will folici7;-,
the toe has been made subject totrod
there is danger of denying the bladed
Christ ot God, as dia Peter; but while
he had to wait three years for WS ex-perience,
we need not go hungry so long
before we get the filling as taught th4 we
must have: " lie that bath my coMinsnli
merits and keepeth them, he it * Oat
loveth me." " This is the will az, 00d,
even your sanctification."
" Sanctify them through thy truth: thy
word is truth." To the earnest souls
that are desiring, longing, and hungering
after: the fulness, I would suggest that
y ou read any good book or article, and
when you come to a scriptural reference
gi. t the Bible and read it over, also any'
connecting verses that would be belled
I find that the Spirit of God will witness
to our souls more forcibly and effectively
the real import of Scripture by reading
it for ourselves. Then we are better
equipped; because we can, by a continual
practice of this, become so acquaiated
with the Word that we can be teachers,
able to instruct others more perfectly in
the way of truth. God does not give this
experience to selfish souls, bat to those
who ' E,- ill use the energy of their being tor
the weltare of their fellow men. Wile'
we get the proper conviction— and
conies by a real pressing forward--- an
earnestly call upon God, he will aceeP'
the offering that is perfect and blaineleb',
by sending the hol y fire to consume everYr
thing unlike heityen, giving us a de o
and transparent experience in
that will cause our hungeri ng to CC's, e
W e are then ready to do service for, '
It we would retain the Epiritod 2°' ver
of God, we must use the ti: a0a the
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be when there would, be no more " the
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heste- „ e. those uncircumcised in
cart, or the unregenerated— when God
Wenlecleanse his sanctuary from such.
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city, or church] and in Judah
[ God's spiritual people] shall be holiness
unto the Lord ot hosts." See Isa. 4: 3 and
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the people of. God?" Jesus Christ, the
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preacher who expels all others and has
pAwii • and'. autboxity, has given us to
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thoughts, words, or deeds• thWrill ot
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siTHE dospgi, tizuttEst
Our Walk.
BY ANNIE SHIPLEY.
a4 F
URTHERMORE then we beseech
you, brethren, and exhort yon by;
the
f us
Lohrodw Jesus, that as ye have received
oye oughtf to walk and to please
God, so ye would abound more and
more."- 1 Thess. 4: 1. Paul had just
been writing to the Thessalonian breth-ren
in. the third chapter and tenth verse
how that he had been praying that he
might see them, and perfect that - which
was lacking in their faith. In verses 12,13
he exhorts them " to increase and abound
in love one toward. another, and toward
all men, . . . to the end he may establish
your hearts unblamable in holiness be-fore
God." Then he begins the fourth
chapter by saying: " Furthermore then we
beseech you, brethren, and exhort you
by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have re-ceived
of us how ye ought to walk Dm-blamable
in holiness] and to please God,
so ye would abound more and more."
How different from this is the walk of
many who profess to be Christians! In-stead
of walking in holiness they testify
that they make many crooked paths and
do many things they ought not. Peter
says: " For the time past of our life may
suffice us to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles, when we walked in lascivious-ness,
lusts, excess of wine, revelings,
banquetings, abominable idolatries:
wherein they think it strange that ye run
not to the same excess of riot, speaking
evil of you."- 1 Pet. 4: 3, 4. Peter
says we walked in these in time past.
" Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the glory
of the Father, even so we also should
walk in newness of life."— Rom. 6: 4.
- When we repent of our sins we become
" a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become
new."- 2 Cor. 5: 17. Then we " walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
— Rom. 8: 1. In time past we loved to
go to places of revelry, such as picnics,
shows, church socials, and such like ( Gal.
5: 21); but naw we are walking " in the
fear of th3 Lord, and in the comfort of
the Holy Ghost."— Acts 9: 31.
Dear fellow travelers to the bar of
God, how has your walk been? Can you
truly say you have " walked with God?"
Gen. 5: 24; 6: 9. Or in looking back
do Toll see many crooked places in your
path? If so, Jesus is able to make your
' path straight and the rough way smooth.
' word, which is the same as him speaking 1 Luke 3: 5. We have but two roads to
to us. The same results will follow
those who obey it, as ever did. " But
be ye doers of the word, and not hearers
Only, dereiving your own selves ."— J s. s.
1: 2S.
We flan read and have a good under-standing
of God's word and listen to it
as it is preached in all its purity; but re-member,
if we tail on just the one point
of putting it into practice, it will profit
TM nothing. Obedience is the delight of
walking in that broad way which Jesus;
said leads to destruction. Matt. 7: 134
Dear saints, if we say we abide in him,.!
we ought " to walk even as he walked.":
— 1Jno. 2: 6.
" If we walk in the light, as he is in
the light, we have fellowship one, wit
another, and the blood of Jesus Chris
his Son cleanseth us from all sin.'
Amen.
3
" Godliness is Profitable.'
By R. ROTHMAN.
" A father of the fatherless, and a
ledge of the widows, is God in his holy
habitation. God setteth the solitary in
families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains; but the rebelli ous
dwell in a dry land. "_ Ps. 68: 5, 6.
' The fruit ot unbelief 4. mon,, § the up
or wealthy • class's is se hiss y T
classes get to worship, instead of Miele
maker, the pleasures of the : moment.
They bow down to rich food and fine
clothes and ener vating arnusernen
They make goddesses of veoiiiea
possess mete- beauty a;' Their
hearts are. set on yachts and ace- courses
and theatres and operas. What is given,
in a word, 4o . soften life; rio lend grace
and sparkle and color eo the plot and
monotone of existence, natuch persons
make its sole object and Thus they
become of earth, earthy, and all that is
spiritual and exalted dies out of their
souls. One after another the command-meats
are_ broken as they stand in the
way of the desire, and a shameful ruin
is left at last in place of what might have
been a perfect temple; a shattered and
sated voluptuary, in place of a nolafea
perfected human being. 2 -
" Among the poorer and less educated
ranks of society the deadl y poison of
living only for a day. is even more di-rently
disastrous. The rich can gratify
their passions without, as a rule, in a
legal sense, coming in conflict with the
rights of others. But the needy, un-restrained
by any fear of future account,
and thinking only to' eat and drink, for
to- morrow we die,' drive straight on to
crime. That this is no idle assertion can
be abundantly proved_ A careful survey
of the murders, suicides, and other great
felonies committed in the chief cities of
the United States during the last ten
years, shows that a heavy fraction of
the perpetrators were atheists and free-thiniers.
These unhappy persons, per-suaded
that life is the be- all and end- all
here, imagine that they can jump the
life to come. A collection of the letters
and other papers often left by crimi-nals,
when anticipating death, shows a
fearful number of instances, some of
which many readers will recall, of abso-lute
disbelief in the existence of a God or
in penalties for sins committed in this
life to be exacted in a future one."
When we see the awful results of dis-believing
the word of God, it should
make us resolve to be more devoted to him
and truer to his word than ever before.
Dear ones, it does not pay to tamper
with the evils of the world. if you feel
at all dissatisfied with the strait and nar-row
way and feel your desires going out
for the pleasures of sin, beware! In-stead
of obeying the suggestions of Satan,
you should rather dig deeper into the
riches of grace,- until your soul becomes
once more as a watered garden, and the
path of the just again fully satisfies
you. Remember that God says, " Far god-liness
is profitable unto all things: having
promise of the life that now is, and of
that which is to come."
In Everything Give Thanks.
L IVING as we do by the mercy of
God, sharing in his constant bounty
and kind protection, sure that his ever-watchful
Providence will not suffer a
hair of our heads to perish, and will deal
in tenderness and mercy with us, why
should we not " in everything give
thanks" to him? The bounties of his
providence, the blessings of his grace,
the consolations of his Spirit all call for
thanksgiving. The sorrows which we
are spared, the afflictions which we ea-cape,
the mercies that crown our days,
all, droand perpetual praises - and thanks-givinga-
Why should we waste our time in mu g-miring
and complaining? Why should
we dishonor our Lord by fault- finding
and repining? Let us come tobina: and
confess with shame our Trd, s4oi: iartg: Let
us drop our burdens .4 pr , creasi and
- 	 .
e believe it to be tattscepuble of
deinonstration that the tate extraordinary
and deplorable increase of crime— an in-crease
more palpable every ; day, crowd- 1-
Jpg with its record the columns of the.
public prints, and sickening the soul . With,
its endless detail and novelty of horror;,
t Waite growth of i?• latiteri
isin' or what is termed infuldiqi , - and
the Lord where there is so much to do.
you who are lacking the fullness, con-tinue
to search and read the W ord on this
line until your faith grasps the promise
and you stand not by some man's wisdom,
bat by a settled, fixed, positive faith.
With the word of eternal truth for a
foundation, we shall be able to stand.
When earthly sorrow, strife, and trouble
of every kind are surging around and
seem to cover us, we can say with David:
" Therefore will not we fear, though the
earth be removed." Praise God for the
settling and establishing process of divine
grace that has taken place in the souls of
those who have tasted Canaan's sweet
fruit.
BY WILLIE; PELTON.
O BE D 1EN E to God and his Word
not only brings salvation to the soul
Seb. 5: 9), but it enables a person to
keep it, no matter what the circumstances
may be or how strong the evil influences
may be against us. It we are perfectly
obedient, God will never fail to carry us
through all safe. It is one thing to get
saved and another thing to keep saved.
It God is able to save a person, he is just
as able to keep him in that condition; not
only one day, but every day in the year.
Luke 1: 74, 75. But it is on condition
that we obey him. People sometimes
start out to serve God and in a short time
fall away. This certainly must be be-cause
of a lack of obedience. Saul re-mained
king as long as he obeyed God;
but when he disobeyed God by sparing a
part of the enemy's possessions, etc., then
God utterly rejected him. See the fif-teenth
chapter of First Samuel. The
person that expects to ever gain heaven
must come to God's terms. It we try
to bring him to our terms, having an un-willingness
in our hearts to obey him in
all things, the result will be fears and
delusions.
The prophet speaks thus of people of
this kind: " I also will choose their de-lusions,
and will bring their fears upon
them; because when 1 called, none did
when I slake, they did not
hear: but they did evil before mine eyes,
and chose that in which I delighted not."
— Isa. 86: 4. " But it thou shalt indeed
obey his voice, and do all that I speak;
then I will be an enemy unto thine
and an adversary unto thy
versaries."— Ex. 23: 22. To obey his
d do all he cummands means
amply to do just what he tell; us in his
travel in our journey through this life.
We are walking in that narrow
way leading unto life ( Matt. 7: 14), which
Isaiah calls an highway, and says: " It
shall be called The way of holiness; the
unclean shall not pass over it; but it'
shall be for those: the wayfaring men,-
though fools, shall not err therein. Nee_
lion shall be there, nor any ravenous'
beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be'
found there; but the redeemed shall walks
a true child of God, but is very irksome there" ( Isa. 35: 8, 9)— or else we are
to those with a form of godliness with-out
the power. Such only obey from a
point of duty instead of having the love
of God to prompt them. " Therefore
whosoever heareth these sayings of
Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him
unto a wise man, which built his house
upon a rock: and the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and heat upon that house; and it fell
not: for it was founded upon a rock."—
Matt. 7: 24, 95. The result of obedience
is, we " shall eat the good of the land"
( Ise. 1: 19), and the result of disobedience
la we " shall be devoured with the
sword: for the mouth ot the Lord hath
spoken it."— Ver. 20.
4
OBEDIENCE.
matter will convince us *. ktgoelli4.0
profitable in this world is affell
world to come. A soul, that., iiapaariffed
in the blood of Jesus ChrietaancOaelYinag
in the light of his commandmentania,*
most beauttatil, object in, this aartrIala
The wisdom, of God is more preoianeiln
the gems of earth. When ofiejtas the
victory over Sin, kiod looks upenahitta as
greater than the men who by. great
leadership conquer nations. A - life of
purity constantly increases the vitality
and mental powers of men. The hap-piness
which God places in us is one
of the most effective preventives of dis-ease,
and an unexcelled promoter of long
life. The centering of our affections on
such a stable and glorious Being as God,
has a tendency to make us fain for the
right, constant, unmovable in the line of
duty, and, in fact, causes us to become
each day more and more like the Perfect
Man. On the other hand the sinner is
T HE child of God as he journeys.
along the road to heaven, beina
troubled and sorrowful through the opi
pressions ot Satan, is apt to undervalue
the benefits derived from a holy lite in
this world. Ile looks to the future;,.
and realizes that God's glorious heaven that mainly in the :
the ' UP'? ` 4
reaction
lira
the
Path belone . thetaissnen from death — Ps.
will amply repay him for his hardships sceptical drift of
ere; but a little consideration of the of wholesome reform. 68: 19, 20.
h
continually growing more pitiable in the
sight of eternity; his body is being de-stroyed
by sin, his mind alienated more
and more from God and the right; each
day requires a deeper draught of folly
to satisfy his morbid appetites; and in-stead
of looking Vrward to the bright
heaven of the Christian, his conscience,
if not too hardened to respond, convinces
him that endless woe awaits his wretch-ed
soul.
One of the most profitable things con-nected
with a godly walk lies in the at-titude
we assume toward our Creator. I
have sometimes wondered why God re-quired
the observance of so many ordi-nances
and laws by the Jews. God
himself received no benefit from their
numberless sacrifices; but the obedient
Jews did. N ° thing will promote
our happiness more than the thought
that we are in submission to our heaven-ly
Father. Did you ever see a truly
happy home in which the children were
disobedient to their parents? On the
other hand, what is more pleasant than
a household in which each member fills
his proper place, giving honor where
honor is due, and each bearing the
other's burdens. The ungodly person is
like a rebellious person in a home. He
injures himself and makes others uncom-fortable.
Be deprives himself of needed
protection and counsel. If he persists in
his folly, he must go from bad to worse;
for one in the evil way can never stand
still— it is a steep descent.
When one sets aside the blessed word
of God he robs himself of the grandest
things God ever gave to the human race.
Re changes this world from a precious
preparatory room for eternity, into a
Godless, haphazard world of chance.
Instead of treading the paths of life in
joyful consciousness of a Father over-head
who cares for him and loves him
dearly, he walks with his heart desolate
of all spiritual comfort. No man can
afford to doubt any of God's word. • The
saints have much for which to be thank-ful,
in that God in this last reformation
has led his people out far from the
deadly vapors of infidelity, and has
placed in their hearts alining faith in his
word. When we read of the spread of
infidelity among professing Christians,
and especially among the world at large,
we feel like one safe above a world of
horror. Praise God for the privilege of
walking with Jesus in, his holy way! We
have God's : word, for it that " godliness
, is profitable ; unto all things;" now we
will quote tram the New. York Post to
show, thatungedliness ill not profitable
, oven is this: world. -
bear a swag away - a song of praise and
thanksgiving for mercies past,, .. a
joyful, hope of , better things, to comeaThlt
sone- of salvation to him who lattliAave4
us awl washed us from our sinafii. , his
QW11 blood and made us unto - Otir - God
.-=. 1tings- Aad: priests to reign on tie earth,
a-
‘ 181essed be they Lorck* h6 . daily load-eth
us with beenW eittithe God of our
salvation. He that '- is our God is the
God of salvelden: and unto God tie Lord
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CQRRECTION.
After a part of last week's issue had
been printed it was discovered that the
date of the Burket camp- meeting, as it
appeared in the large notice, was wrong.
Xt read July 15- 25, but should have
seen Aug. 15- 25. The mistake was cor-rected,
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DECEASED.
William Gram ball, an aged brother
who has been engaged in preaching the
doctrines of this reformation for some
two years past, departed this life July
23, in the country near Moundsville, W.
Va. Some of the ' workers in the field
will remember him. At the time of his
death he was visiting an acquaintance in
fulfilment of a promise made some time
ago. By the time he could be reached
by some of the saints he could not con-verse,
and so no information could be
obtained regarding any of his relatives or
property. He was buried in the ceme-tery
at Moundsville, the funeral having
been held in the chapel of the Trumpet
Home. It any of the readers can give
us knowledge of his relatives or any
property he may have had, by which his
funeral expenses may be defrayed, the
same will be gladly accepted at this
office.
THE WORK IN MEXICO.
Dear Saints scattered abroad: greeting
once more in the name of Jesus. Praise
his holy name forever! We write this
not only as a privilege but feeling it a
duty we owe to the work of the Lord in
this country, as stewards over the work
which the Lord has given us to do. We
have many things % se would like to write
about but do not wish to take space that
belongs to others; so we will make the
, statements as brief as possible. The Lord
has been most marvelously kind and
merciful to us, both in preserving our lives
and supplying our needs. The work at
the Mission and also at the printing office
is still progressing and the pure word of
God is going forth in spite of all opposi-tion
of the enemy of souls. The Lord
is " able to do exceeding abundantly
above all we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh in us."
Now, dear ones, we want to tell you
some of the thoughts we have had, which
we believe have been wrought by the
Holy Spirit which dwells and works in
us, and for which we are asking Rim
who is able to perform the same. It has
conic into our hearts of late to pray for
an enlargement of our facilities for print-ing.
Several letters lie before us un:
" Thou art my portion, 0 Lord : I have
said that I would keep thy words."
" A : good man sheweth favor, and lend-eth:
he will guide his affairs with discre-tion.
Surely he shall not be moved for-ever:
the righteous shall be in everlasting
remembrance."
Questions Answered.
Ques. In 1 Cos. 13: 9, 10, does i'aul
speak of a holy life in entire sanctifica-tion,
or does he speak of the judgment-day?
Ans. The verses read as follows:
" For we know in part, and we prophesy
in part. But when that which is per-fect
is come, then that which is in part
shall be done away." While there is
evidently a clearer understanding of
spiritual things in the experience of en-tire
sanctification than in justification,
there is a sense in which this statement
can be applied to the quick and spiritual
nature of the • sanctified — for this expe-rience
is • certainly a pentecostal one in
many respects. Yat, in consideration of
the preceding and following verses, we
see that Paul had in mind a time when
prophecies, tongues, and knowledge shall
have : an end, for all these have their use
for the benefit of the church: in this world;
but charity a grace \ r bleb continues to
exist through all eternity. It will never
fail. Sanctification is a state of perfect
love; but the perfect love is in respect to
quality, in this lite, and there will come
a time when we shall stand face to face
with Jesus and enjoy in every respect
" that which is perfect." Then that
which is in part shall be done away.
Ques. Does Matt. 5: 18 speak of
the old law?
Ans. The verse reads: " For verily I
say unto y ou, Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled." Jesus
evidently had in mind the old law, tor in
the previous verse he associates the law
with the prophets. He came not to
destroy, but to fulfil. His mission on
earth fulfilled it completely. lie paid the
penalty for the broken law by his death
on the cross; then after his resurrection
he said to his disciples, " These are
the words which I spake unto you,
while I was yet with you, that all
things must be fulfilled, which were
written in the law of Moses, and in the
prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning
me."— Lev. 24: 44.
Thus the law was fulfilled in Christ,
and consequently is canceled. The law
was but a promissory note which God
gave through Moses. Christ came and
paid off the note, making an end of
every obligation of the same. He came
to fulfil, and thus the old law has an
end in Christ. He not only fulfilled
every obligation of God in the law, but
also every obligation and claim which the
law held upon man. " For Christ is the
end of the law for righteousness to every
one that believeth."— Rorn. 10: 4.
Ques. Will you please explain through
the Trumpet where scripture is found
upholding altar work? Many people do
not believe in bowing down to a
mourner's bench.
Ans. According to the word of God
Christ is the New Testament altar.
" By him therefore let us offer the sacris
fice of praise to tied continually, that is,
the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his
name:"— Eleb. 13: 15. We do not bow
clown to a Mourner's bench, nor to any
thing but God. iNo one having a knowl-edge
of true worship would bow down to
anything but God. We may bow down
at a bench or chair or tree, or almost
anything, at certain times when we
pray; but we do not bow clown to any
of these things. A bench or one or more
chairs are often convenient, to gather
around in a public meeting where seekers
can meet with the teachers and in-structors,
in prayer and- waiting upon
cGloowdn . a tI ta nwyo cuhldai rb, eb ejunscth a, so rw seelal tt oin btohwe
congregation as somewhere in front, if
there were enough room, or it just as
convenient. But it has often b
een
proved by the ministers and gospel work-ers
in general that it is convenient and
proper to have a place in the front of the
/ congregation to gather together in prayer
when there ate scorers for any
gospel graces, and who are denied t
pray or be prayed for. Because Ws::
form of prayer is used in sectism too
make it wrong for the saints to
No doubt it is often improperly usei
as is often the case with prayer:
All who worship God in spirit:
truth will know the proper use
things that are scriptural and consiStefi
J.
REGARDING WOMEN.
Ques. Will you please define by
scriptures woman's position regard'
preaching the gospel: J. a it,
Ans. The devil is doing all he eau
hinder the Nvork of God and stop thil,--
mouths of those who are filled with t}&.,
word and Spirit, and push out as mouthos,
pieces those whom God never sent. T
quickest way to solve this problena1
leave off the wo and see how the seri
tures define man's position regarctn
preaching, because man is the common
terra used in scripture representing the -
whole human family to whom the scrip-:
tures are addressed and for whom they are
written. When you have learned man's
position, add zoo to man and you have
woman's position.
Ques. Is there any special restriction
concerning a married woman just be-cause
she is married? J. C. R.
Ans. No; Except household duties
( see 1 Cor. 7: 34), which, ii rightly per.
formed, do detract from spiritual respon-sibilities,
as most married people realize.
Also in such eases where there is more
than one living companion ( I Tim. 3: 2),
or where the character of companion or
children is not, in keeping with 1Tim.
3: 11, 12; Tit. 1: G.
Ques. Must a saved woman do only
the religious work that her unsaved hus
band fully sanctions? J.• C. R.
Ans. The likes and dislikes of the
wicked can not in all cases circumscribe
the deeds of the righteous. See Acts 4:
19. It is right to obey God , and do all
the good we can whether an unsaved
husband sanctions it or not. " Wives,
obey your husbands," has been twisted
to justify wrong or refraining froradoing
good to please the unsaved. But for it
woman to neglect her husband and child77s
ren, assuming to help others, will ROt
give general satisfaction. God will not
give responsibilities in opposition. There
are some close points on the line of con-sistency
when we remember the wife is
expected to win her husband.
Ques. Do women fill the full require-ments
of elders in the church?
Ans. Yes; when the essentials
character, abilities, circumstances, and
gifts of the Spirit are present. Remem-ber,
the Spirit of God in one is not in
opposition to the exercise of the gifts of
the Spirit in others. Amen.
Geo. L. Cole.
answered, asking for tracts which we are,
at present, unable to send, but as soon as
they can be printed we will send them
out. One man writes from' the State of
Puebla, Mexico: `` All the tracts you can
send me of your publication I shall be
glad to place in the hands of my fellow
men and friends." ' We sent out nearly
two thousand copies of the last issue of
the little Spanish paper and the calls for
it are increasing. We have one medium
size foot- press and seventy- five pounds of
type. Now what we need is a small
cylinder press and about one hundred
pounds more of type. This also will call
for a small addition to our printing office
as a press room.
Dear ones, the crops may be a failure
and money scarce, yet we believe the
Lora would have his work move forward,
and now is the acceptable time to move
forward in this language. We believe
those who have already helped in this.
work have lost nothing spiritually or
financially by so doing. The most of
those who have helped have testified
teat they have been greatly blessed in so
doing. The cost of these things will be
several hundred dollars. Our present
financial outlook would not be very en-couraging
from a worldly standpoint, but
sufficient to say that up to the present
moment we hare lacked no good thing.
To God be all the glory? Day by clay
we are being fed, often not knowing
what will be for the morrow. May the
Lord richly bless those who have so
kindly helped us.
Now, beloved, take the matter of the
press and type to the Lord, and " what-soever
he saitti unto you, do it." You
may not be able to come and labor here
but may be able to. send means to buy
the press and work for God. However,
we do not use this for a substitute if God
has called you to come; but obey him.
We believe it to be our duty as servants
of God to communicate to you the needs
of the work, leaving you to settle it be-fore
the Lord what your duty is. Money
may be sent to us direct by Express or
International post- office order, or bank
draft ( please do not send money, that is,
bills or coin, in a letter, as it is against
the law of Mexico), or, the money may
be sent to the Gospel Trumpet Office,
stating plainly what it is for. Those
who can not help with their means can
help by their prayers; and those who
can send but a little may send postage
stamps. If each one will do what he
can, and do it in faith, it will be a Wessl
- ing and. we wil son have the pres run-ning
for God. When we began to have
it in our hearts to ask the Lord for the
press we were led to ask the Lord first
of all and above all to bless our souls in
the ways of righteousness and our bodies
with his healing and keeping power.
The Lord is answering prayer in this.
Praise his name!
The man who owns the lot on which
the Mission stands refuses to sell it; so
after paying the rent on the lot to the
end of the year in advance, what money
was over, evidently sent in to buy the
lot, we applied on putting a picket fence
around the printing office lot, which was
necessary to comply with the law.
A Frenchman who has come among us
here and, as far as we know, has ac-cepted
the light and is faithfully walking
in the same, and who has been doing the
press work for some time, expects to
leave to- morrow for his home in Cali-fornia.
A Swede is still with us, who
needs the prayers at the saints. He does
not want to yield up his will wholly to
the - will of God. Pray for us Yours
in Jesus, B. F. and a C. Elliott.
LABOR UNIONS.
A brother in Canada desires us to set
forth in the Trumpet the attitude God
requires us to take toward labor unions.
The Word says: " Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for
what. fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion
hath light with darkness?" — 2 Cor. 6:
14. We take this to forbid all unneces-sary
yoking up with the institutions of
this world. The labor unions have
many things in themselves to win the
approval of the men of the world; like-wise
do all the institutions of Babylon
appear right to the carnally- minded.
Were it not for the unions the lot of the
laboring classes would not be as pleasant
as it is; at the same time the unions
claim credit for advantages which are the
result of circumstances, and of the law
ists organize to
of supply and demand. When capital'
at the expense of the workingman, be
promote their interests
must organize to defend himself. But
God's people in olden times were a peal'
liar people unto himself, - and he forbade
yond, when these mortal bodies that are
now subject to disease and death shall
have put on immortality and the glorious
inc.: irruption of the sons of God ; when
the sorrows and temptations of life will
have been forever left behind; when we
shall be as the angels of heaven, bright
with the glory of the Lord of light, and
fully satisfied with the eternal riches of
our Maker and Redeemer. Dear ones,
when the way seems discouraging, in-stead
of turning hack into the world,
look upward; for discouragemeats are
not from God. He will put a glad, new
song in thy mouth, even praises to the
Lord, and thou shalt be satisfied with
his goodness. Amen.
Our Liberty.
BY NINA 0. SMITH.
FOR some ctays God has put a stir in
my soul to speak of his goodness to
us, in calling us out from the anfal
abominations of the wicked one and mak-ing
us " free" in Christ Jesus. God
help us who have been called into this
liberty to abide in the hope of our calling;
to prove ourselves loyal to Christ and
his cause, and " use not liberty for ' an •
' THE GOSPEL. - TRUMPET
occasioa to the flesh."
In these perilous times, when the ad=
versary is working through his most cun-ning
devices to deceive souls, we observe
how he is seeking to use some of the
ministers and gospel workers to accom-plish
his deadly work. Dear ones
in Christ, unless we guard against
his movements, keep securely hid
away in God, with our eyes upon him
alone who has become the author and
finisher of our faith, Satan's subtle devic-es
will come against us in an n guarded
moment, and instead of looking direct to
God to supply all our needs, we will get
to looking here and there to. human
help, both for our financial supply and
the applause and favor of men. nis
next step will be to cause us to ease up
on sending forth the Word that will cut
off crooked professors and separate the
precious from the vile, thus courting, in
a way, their approval of us and their
help, instead of God, to support the
work. It soon brings leanness into the
soul, the prosperity of the church to a
low ebb, and a spiritual dearth follows.
If the providence of God removes us
from them, we find that, resulting from
our labors, their eyes have been more up-on
us than upon the eternal Refuge, him
who is able to cause them to stand.
They find themselves without a defi-nite,
personal experience, and finally lose
confidence in us altogether, thus becom-ing
fit subjects for the enemy to use to
put forth some spurious work, and to
enter into all his deceivableness. After-ward,
when the straight word of God
comes to their hearing they call it
harsh, and call for " love, love," and
can, - only be soothed by a sickening, as-sumed
charity that will lull them deeper
into a death sleep from which they may
never awaken until the judgment.
Let us become awakened to these
awful facts, and now as never before
deal in honesty with souls. Let us not
fear to trust God, but stand by the old
landmarks, and teach the whole word of
God on an uncompromising line, and
faithfully trust Ourselves and the result
with him. And may his grace prove
sufficient and his Spirit quicken us to be
indeed living epistles, to put on . the
whole armor of•. God, and to ' keep it
bright= by a taithtul service, and our-selves
unspotted from the world-. May
God put an eternal rebuke in the hearts
of his ministers against compromise on
all lines, and enable his saints to lire for
his glory and the uttermost salvation of
precious souls; thus proving to a dying
world the glorious liberty td the child-ren
of God.
their mixing and becoming one with the
nations round about. It is the same to-day;
experience proves that association
with secret societies means spiritual
death to the soul, sooner or later, if per-sisted
in. Labor unions are secret soci-eties;
one is supposed to keep as secrets
many of their proceedings. Besides,
labor unions are frequently controlled by
unscrupulous men who lack wisdom, and
place the men under bondage. Very
often a strike is ordered because of some
petty grievance, and the men are thrown
out of employment, sometimes for
months, requiring them to consume the
sorely needed savings of years.
God has promised to supply the needs
ot his people when they obey his words.
It is possible for honest, industrious
men to earn a cotnfortable living without
becoming yoked up with ungodly men,
and their lives of purity and righteousness
will prove of much more value to the
world at large than would their joining a
union. We repeat, from a worldly
standpoint the unions are good things;
but to the Christian who desires to fol-
. low in the steps of his Master, they may
prove a cause of your spiritual death.
Seek the glory of God in this matter.
R R.
" Through thy precepts I get under-standing:
therefore 1 hate every false
way."
The Pleasures of the Lord.
BY R. ROTHMAN.
4nELIGRT thyselt also in the Lord;
and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart."— Ps. 37: 4. In this verse
the Lord invites us to find pleasure in
him; to delight ourselves in his goodness.
To make I success of the Christian lite it
is as necessary for us to learn of and
enjoy the pleasures that there are in God,
as to observe his other commandments.
There are many promises in the previous
Word which give us to understand that
the Christian lite is meant by God to be
one of surpassing joy. Everlasting joy
is to be upo 	 heads; sorrow and
sighing are to ft ,; our peace is to
be as au ever- flowi river. The devil
Genesis or Revelation. He thought it
very strange that she could find comfort
from the words of God, no matter where
she found them. He regarded it a curious
es ample of simplicity on her part. But all
God's people know that when they are as
spiritual as they shouldbe, all the word of
God is sweet to their taste, and they can
get delight and profit, from every page.
Another source of delight is in doing
the will of God. One of the most ex-quisite
pleasures of a true lover is to give
pleasure to the loved one. So it we have
our affections centered on God. it will be
our delight to obey him. " And I will
delight myself in thy commandments,
which I have loved."— Ps. 119: 47. To
obey his Father, was one of the greatest
pleasures of our Savior. " I delight to
do thy will." " My meat is to do the
will of him that sent me." The doctrine
of justification by faith has been carried
to extremes among most Protestant
churches of to- day. The teaching is
generally one- sided. God's part is held
up to the almost entire exclusion of
man's part. It is all faith, and no
works. But faith and works must go
together to attain the experience that the
Bi ble holds out. " For as the body with-out
the spirit is dead, so faith without
works is dead also."— Jas. 2: 26. The
church is the bride of Christ; again,
Christ is spoken of as a husband to his
church. Those sects which set at naught
the commandments of Christ and trust
their salvation on " naked faith," as they
call it, are like a wife that stays at home
and idly wastes her time, while the hus-band
is away toiling hard to meet the ex-penses
of the family. She occasionally
praises him to his face, and does not
hesitate to speak of his goodness to the
neighbors. God's children who obey
his word, meanwhile trusting fully in the
merits of Christ's death for salvation from
sin, are like a wile who takes hold of the
work and is a good helper to her hus-band.
Because she herself is a faithful
worker, she is better able to appreciate
her husband's efforts, and a word of praise
from her lips is precious to him. God
does not, delight in a church that throws
its own responsibility on him; but he
wants us to be diligent in his service, that
we may be found in peace, without spot
and blameless.
Another source of delight lies in the
child relationship with God. Too many
Christians are inclined to look upon God
as did the Jews— as Jehovah. Instead,
he desires that we consider him as our
Father, which, of course, he is if we are
in Christ. Surely the Lord, who made
man and placed within him all the tender
affections of hu nan nature, must have a
wonderful amount of love for his dear
children who love and serve him. This
he truly has; he doth love us with an
everlasting love. But to enjoy the love
of God we must firmly. believe that he
does love us. An earthly father may
love his child with all the warmth of his
nature; but if that child doubts his love
and goes off and cherishes the idea that
father does not love him, his father's love
will be almost entirely wasted on him.
We can deprive ourselves of much joy
simply by disbelieving God's love for us.
The tellosyship of the children of God,
is another source of delight. As we
read the letters of the apostle Paul we
are impressed with the tenderness and
warmth of his love to the brethren. This
was pleasing to God. Peter says: " And
above all things have fervent charity
among yourselves : for charity shall cover
the multitude of sins." — I Pet. 4: 8. In
reading the history of the early church
we find many instances of this pure broth-erly
love manifested. Jesus says, " By
this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples, it ye have love one for anoth-er."
To the humble soul there are a
great many things in the Christian life to
exquisite delight— pleasures that
brin
contain no taint of bitterness. - With
cr- no- in our hearts, we look for-
Sherwood, La., July 24.
Dearly beloved Saints: greeting. We
are glad to report victory over all sin_
Halleluiahl The meeting at Serena, La.
was a, grand success. Much prejudice
was removed. Attendance was good on
both Lord's days. Three were baptized.
Ministers present: B. M. Teekell, Mary
Baber, 1. S. ° moth. I. S. Crouth was
ordained as elder of the church of God
at Serena. H. C. Holland was ordained
deacon of the same church. The outlook
is very good for a meeting- house this
- year. Pray much for us. I am, as ever,
your saved and sanctified brother in the
gospel work, R. H. Owens.
Blackville, S. C., July 26.
We are here in. the midst of the
assembly of ties saints, where the Lord
is opening the windows of heaven upon
us and pouring out blessings, for which
our hearts praise him. The Word is
having its effect on the hearts of the
people and saints are praising God for
the school of Christ. Sinners are be-ing
cut to the heart and honest souls are
being delivered. W e have arranged the
Atlanta meeting for Oct, 18- 28. It
will be during the Fair when there will
- se reduced rates for twenty days, and we
expect to have a good representation of
workers in the South. I expect to return
to Alabama from here, spending a few
days in Augusta on my way. Yours in
holy love, R J. Smith.
Wade, I. T. July 16.
We have just closed our camp- meet-ing,
which was a very good meeting,
though it seemed all the powers of dark-ness
were turned loose against it. In
spite of all the devil could do, some were
delivered from the power of Satan to
servethe living God. Three were
tized. The interest in the Oseting, WitEt
better at the last. I think - the Vial •
result of the meeting be theSarin
tion of many sotila. -' 1 , Wead - say to the::,.
brethren who tiatrel'ihrough this> past`
that the people hOte-'' would be very glacr:-
to have you stop and hold a meeting.
You trial b8 cared for and will Ellie!
pie* Of Bro. W. T. - sSietiin','
anti * Lyileit will start; ' for Olaiihonni=' 6Cid
13. .111;‘ WI be gone about weeks '
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make it his business to keep us from
Ending delight in God; but it is our
privilege to rejoice in the Lord alway;
yea, it is our duty. We can not im-agine
the apostles going around with
tfieir heads clown, and " enduring- salva-tion.
Nay, their heads were anointed
- with the oil ot gladness, and a song of
and thanksgiving was ever in their
heart. When east int) an inner prison,
Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises
unto God.
There are many things for the children
of God to delight in. One of the, most
precious of these is the love ot Christ.
The apostle Paul knew the sweetness of
this thyme love, and be encourages us to
hod what God has in store for us, in these
AVOrd8 • " That Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love, may be able to
coraprehad with all saints what is the
breadth, and length, and depth, and
height; and to know the love of Christ,
Which passeth knowledge, that ye might
he filled with an the tulness ot God."
— Eph. 8: 17- 19. It is the desire of most
children of God to be filled with his ful-ness.
One way to secure this filling is
to delightin the love of Christ; " and he
shall givethee the desires of thine heart."
Another source of great delight is the
word of God. A good way to test our
spirituality is to examine ourselves to see
how mach we relish the words of truth.
When we can say with David, " How
sweet are al words unto my taste! yea,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!" ( Ps.
119 ; 103.), We may feel assured that we
are walking in the light. One of the
humorous writers of the day gives an
incident of an old lady acquaintance of
his who found consolation in the Bible at Hope sin
a
all times, whether she opened the book at ward with rapture to the bright ages be-
News from the Field.
' Blidgeton, N. J., July 16.
1sLay the richest blessings of God abide
upon each member of the body ° I Christ.
We are at this place filling our position
in the church, holding meetings on the
street twice on Sunday and also through
the week. This is a new field and there
is plenty to do. Some are accepting the
truth, but many reject it. Many people
have religion, but few have salvation.
Pray God to open the people's hearts to
receive the truth. ' We are saved and
sanctified and kept in good health.
W. A. Downer and Wife.
Lacey, Miss., July 23.
We are glad to report victory for the
Lord.• We came here last winter and
bought a home and have been working
with our hands to meet the payment this
fall. We have been talking to the peo-ple
every Sunday about Jesus and his
power to save from sin. Some are being
saved, others are being convinced of the
truth. Some are coming out of Baby-lon.
One man who was a Baptist
preacher came out • of her and is now
, preaching holiness. We need more la-borers
in southern Mississippi and would
like to have some of God's ministers
come and help HS. Pray that the Lord
direct us in the way of all truth, and
that we speak the word with all bold-ness.
J. H. Watkins.
• - Ca1veit, Ran., July 17.
" Thou bast' . dealt well with thy Set- I W e are saved and kept by power di-vant,
0 Lord; according unto thy d" vine. It is wonderful how God keeps
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ministers. We hope as
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necessary. Let all come;
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others. Those coming via
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iv. R. R., get oil atw1w3ihialtoidesT
via N. Y. C. and St. L.,
ground two miles east of
patrick-, Payne, U.
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tioitrl'.. ekat) Mpers. If you wish one, notify me
at ° nee. Geo. W. Breaatala
Webb Cit y, Jasper Co., Me, camp,
Anse 22 - ' Septa 1. 	 Hugh Cando' or
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co., Neb. camps Ate.
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Stroud, and 15 mites southeast ate
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Stroud; those from the west,
Plenty of water and pasture.
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Camp, Fulton Co,, Ark. Camp. Sept,
- 15. S. / I. MeElmurry.
Vichy, Maries Co., Mo. Camp, Sept,
5- 17. C. C. Kennedy.
Weatherford, Custer Go., Okla. Camp,
Sept. 6 - 15. A. B. Stanberry.
Jeffersonville, Fayette Co. 0. Mika
nacle. Sept. 12- sa.
Potash, Randolph Co., Ala. Camp,
Sept. 13- 23. B. B. Adamson.
Bluelick Springs, Nicholas Co., Kt.
Assembly. Sept. 20- 29. Lewis Fisher.
Barney, Madison Co., I. Carap, Rept,
20- 30. R. W. Adock, Ia.
Whitehead, Woodward Co., Okla, Camp,
Sept. 2e- Oct. 6. W. M. Wilson.
Mt. Olivet, Robertson Co., Ky. Assembly,
Oct. 1- 10. Jas. W. Wright, Piqua, KT
Hurst, Polk Co., Fla. Camp. Oct. 18.
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TWT4OSPEL TRUMPET • 6
- East Prairie, Mo., July 17.
We wish to report God's goodness to
us. Bro. Adams- and myself received a
call to come six miles south of Doniphan,
Mo., to assist in an assembly- meeting.
Some discord was found, which was dealt
with according - to the Word. The
power of God witnessed to it and made
it a perfect success. The brethren from
Poynor took part with us in the washing
of one another's feet and the partaking
of the bread and wine. Bro. Adams,
Bro. and Sister Ball, and myself then
went six miles north to Carpenter Chapel
and held two services with good in-terest.
Considering the small congre-gation,
we think much good was done
in Jesus' name. From there we went
five miles south of Asherville and * held
three services in a Methodist meeting-house
with good interest. We trust it
will bring forth fruit to the glory of
God. We then went to Sikeston, where
we found the Pack brothers in the unity
of the faith, striving together for the
faith of the gospel. A seven days' meet-ing
was held with victory from begin-ning
to end. Nine precious souls found
the Lord in the pardoning of their sins.
Five of them went on to perfection and
obtained sanctification. Eight precious
souls followed the Lord in the Ordinance
of baptism, the Lord witnessing to the
same with mighty power. Daring our
return from the baptismal service one of
the sisters that had been baptized took
her fashionable hat, stripped it of flow-ers
and lace, and strewing them along
the road, returned home praising God
wilh a plain hat. We had a precious
ordinance- service in which fifteen partook
and were happy in so doing.. We ar-rived
at this place last evening, where
we will hold meeting a week or ten days.
J. C. Barker.
Oakohav, Miss., July 11.
1 can again report victory in the pre-cious
name of Jesus over the powers of
darkness. We commenced meeting at
this place July 6 and closed to- day with
a precious victory on the Lord's side.
Three dear souls were buried with Christ
in baptism, five came to be justified and
five, sanctified. We believe they all re-ceived
the experience. May God bless
them and ever keep them true to him.
Babylon held a five days' meeting within
two miles of the saints' meeting at this
place, and her preachers tried to keep the
people from coming to the saints'
m 	 eeeettiningg, , but did not succeed fil their
effort. No doubt t. hey may have pre- vailed with a feve,: but the congregations
kept increasing, and the truth went forth
with the approval of God upon it, until
hearts % ere melted to the truth. May
God bless Uric little church he has planted
at this films and add to it such as will
do his precious will.. Bro. la V
and other brethren were plesent.
We now return home, wherewaatexpect
to enjoy a feast of heavenly graeseat the
camp- meeting on the saints' camp-ground,
twelve miles east of Hammond,
La. We ask the prayers of the saints in
behalf of the Lord's work here in the
South.
F. M. - Williamson, Hammond, La.
Testimonies
Kendall, Mich.
I am thanking God for victory and
sweet peace within my soul. I am
searching the word of God and am re-ceiving
light, for which I give God all
the glory. I also thank him for the
blessed privilege of attending the Grand
Junction camp- meeting this year for the
first time, and for the way that he
brought it about that I might attend.
I am thankful for the benefits I received
in hearing the sermons and meeting with
the dear ones. Pray that I may ever be
kept humble, doing God's will in all
things. 	 Cora Leveraee.
Morrisville, Mo.
I am praising the Lord for salvation.
I sin dead to this world and my desire is
to live for God the rest of my days and
stand up for his truth in these perilous
times; for we see men and women, pro-fessing
to know God, spend more time in
the service of the world than in the
service of God. The same old serpent
that deceived Eve is in the world to- day.
God told Adam and Eve if they eat of
the forbidden fruit they would die. The
serpent said unto the womna., " Ye shall
not surely die." God's word says, " Be
ye holy; for I am holy." Yet there
are preachers who will deny that we can
live a holy life. Dear saints, let us put
on the whole armor of God and stand
true to him. Pray for me.
Mattie Walker.
Athens, Tenn.
I am saved and trusting in the Lord for
all things, The Word says, ": Many
are the afflictions of the right-eous,
but the Lord delivereth him
out of them all." This has really been
our case. Wife and I have both been
afflicted at different times this summer,
bat we have been healed, and that with-out
medicine. The children have been
healed also. We have not had any one
to preach for us since last fall. If any
of the brethren from the North going to
or returning from the Atlanta assembly
could stop over and hold a few days'
meeting we would be glad. If any one
can come, write me at Athens, Tenn.,
some time in advance, so that we can
have the meeting published. This coun-try
is badly in need of real Holy GhOSI.
preaching. Your saved brother,
C. G. Gaffey.
Danville, Ill.
My heart is filled with praise to God
for the grace he gives in keeping me
from the snares of the devil; for truly 1
am saved and kept by the power of God.
He is my comforter dt all times. It has
been nine years since I first received the
light on God's word. It found me in
sect Babylon, penned- up and a sinner;
but I saw the light and was ready to
walk in it. Since Christ made me free
I have had no desire to go back into sect
confusion. I am standing all alone. 1-
live so near many of the sect churches
that I can hear the bells ringing all
around me. But sit not in the seat of
the scornful. " I have not sat with vain
persons, neither will I go in with dis-sembler4,
I have hated the congrega-tion
of; evil ; doers; and will not sit with
the awiaked", ( Ps, 26); for " blessed is
the man that walketn not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor slandeth in the way
of sinners, nos sitteth in the seat of the
scornfal.'- eaira - lat. 	 Jane Hinton.
REQUESTS FOR PRA' ER.
Milani Saylor. Female trouble.
A. S. Hicks and wife. Healing of body.
Sarah Common, a sister in the Lord.
She became afflicted and has been sent to
the insane asylum.
Calls for Meetings.
Lafayette, Ind. Wm. A. Eller.
Somerset, Sy. Mrs. Laura Green.
Laharpe, Hancock Uo., Ill. G. H.
Aldrich.
Yellowdirt, Heard Co., Ga. J. B. Shoe-maker.
I would be glad to hear from any of God's
saints in this city. Chas. F. Ziemaim,
S33 South 22d St., Omaha, Neb.
Otter Lake, Lapeer Co., Mich. Thomas
Gibbs, J. C. Campbell, W. H. Salsburry.
Burton, Noble Co., Okla. Mrs. Carrie
Talbott.
We feel the time has come for a real for-ward
move in the work of God in this city,
and desire some true minister of God to
come, with a tabernacle. S. S. Fix, - 166,!
Charles St, or D. O. Stauffer, 311 Wade
St., Canton, Ohio.
Meeting Notices.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
We have adopted a plan for the publica-tion
of meeting notices which will require
no more space than necessary and at the
same time he satisfactory. Each notice
will be continued, in brief, giving place,
date, and name of party to be addressed
for special information. And then, twn or
three weeks before each respective meeting.
a notice in full will be published ( if seek
has been furnished us) giving further in-formation.
As a general statement that
will apply to all meetings will say that the
saints at the different places are accustomed
to meet at the trains those coming from a
distance ( if notified to do so), and so far as
practicable, to provide for the room fort of ; dl.
Provide yourselves with bedding if possible.
Provisions can always be procurat at rea-sonable
rates. In no case are there gate
fees or charges for admission. Invitation
is extended to all.
Chesaning, Saginaw Co., Mich. Taber-nacle.
Ang. 1.
. Mag- nolia, Pike Co., Miss. Camp. Aug.
2. Five and one- quarter miles west of
city. J. M. Hutson, Hutson, Miss.
Milford; Iroquois Co., Ill. Tabernar
Aug 8- 18.
Centralia, Lewis Co., Wash. Camp.
Aug.- 8- 18. W. R. Hines, Vesta, Wash.
Grassy, Mo. Camp. Beginning Aug. e.
Ministers needed. Nearest railroad $:; k-tion
is Lutesvil] e, twelve miles distant.
Jno. E. Cooper, Riley Gentry.
Simpson, Vernon Co., La, On ( amp-ground
at Welcome. Aug. 10- 20. F. to
Parker.
Grandview, Johnson Co., Tex. Camp.
Aug. 10. D. W. Milam, Gorman, Tex.
Williamston, Anderson Co., S. C. Aug.
10- 18. M. S. Mack.
Springfield, Clarke Co., Ohio. Grove.
Aug. 15. J. A. Hardacre, Do nne1 S ISI e„
and provides for us in these perilous
times. We are alone here and surround-ed
by sin on every hand. Those who
have rejected the light try ire every con-ceivable
way to turn us away from the
truth; but the Lord has promised suffi-cient
grace for every trial, and that he
will be with us even to the end. We
had meetings here twenty- four evenings.
Bros. Bright and Underhill and Sister
Cornelia Bateman were present. The
truth went forth in mighty - Dower. A
great many acknowledged it to be the
Bible standard, yet were not willing to
e ? accept it and walk in the light. Like
Pharaoh of old, they hardened their
- hearts. I never before realized so much
how little people think of their soul's
worth. This seems to cause them the
least concern and to be less in impor-tance
than anything else they think of;
yet- every day they are getting nearer to
the final judgment. How sad, yet how
true/ " Every second, sad to tell,
counts another soul in hell." Pray that
the dear Lord keep us low down at his
feet, doing his will in all things.
J. F. and Allie Spencer.
Ohio.
Oswego, Labette Co., Kans. Camp.
Aug. 15- 25. J. J. Redman.
Driftwood, Woods Co., Okla. Camp.
Aug. 15- 25. 12 miles south and 8 miles
east of Kiowa, Kans. H. A. Carmean,
Cherokee, Okla. -
Nicodemus, Graham Co., Kan. Camp.
Aug. 15- 25. Meril Myers.
Burket, Ind. Camp. Aug. 15- 23. S. L.
Speck.
Bessemer, Ala. Camp. Aug. 15- 25. A.
B. Harney, Box 252.
Darlington, S. C. Assembly. Aug. 16- 26.
Sarah McCall.
Molehill, Ritchie Co., W. Va. Aug. 16.
J. K. P. Whitecotton.
Cochranton, Marion Co., Ohio. Taber-nacle.
Aug. 16- 25. A. A. Dick.
Avena, Harrison Co., Ky. Assembly.
Aug. 17. Five miles northeast of Poindexter.
J . P. Leman.
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North Yakima, Wash. Aug. 21- 31.
North Yakima is situated on the main line
of the Northern Pacific R. R. Tee meet-ing
will be held near the central part of the
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Fair Play, Mo.
BROWN.- Mrs. Justina Brown died
June 23. After six months of suffering
and affliction the Lord saw fit to take her
home to himself and the loved ones gono
before. The deceased was a Christian for
forty years, and had wandered about fresh
mountain to hill; but fourteen years ago
she, with her husband and son, found our resting- place in Jesus. When we beard
the voice from heaven, saying, " Comoestt
of her, my people," we gladly obeyed. ,
miss her sweet smiles and the sunshine °, 1
her presence, but we know that onr loss's
her eternal gain; for we have every reason
to believe that she was fully prepared to go;
While we deeply mourn for our belin
wife and mother, we bow in submission am'
say, " Thy will be done."
A. M. Brown and SØn"
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Come Praying and Believing:
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Ques. I have heard preachers preach
divine healing when they themselves
were diseased. Why are they not healed?
I am afraid there is a stolen wedge or
Babylonish garment hid somewhere in
the camp.
Ans. Every true minister of the
gospel will preach divine healing because
it is a Bible truth, even though the min-ister
himself may not possess the full
benefits of it at all times. It is no re-liable
evidence that a minister or any
child of God is out of the order of God
simply because he or she is sick. Sick-ness
is not always the result of sin. on the
part of an individual, although frequently,
and perhaps in the majority of cases of
sickness or disease, it may be such; but
the apostle James teaches us that we may
be sick without committed sins being the
cause of sickness. " The prayer of faith
shall save the sick, and the Lord shall
raise him np ; and if he have committed
sins, they shall be forgiven him." This
clearly implies that sickness may come
upon us without us having committed sins.
Therefore, it is improper for us to cast
any reflection upon the spiritual condi-tion
of any one simply because he is sick.
There is no doubt but that sin, the sin i
of Adam, was the original cause of sick-ness
in the world; for if sin had not
entered into the world there would not o
have followed the sad results of sickness, 1
disease, and death. In cases where indi- t
vidual sin is or has been the direct or in- s
direct cause of sickness, all such sin must h
be repented of before God can be ex-pected
to hear.
BY J. W. BIERS.
Ques. I believe in divine healing, but
Christ said ( John 14: 12, 13), " The
works that I do shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he do."
These promises are for believers. Will
you explain why all manner of diseases
are not healed, the lolitideyes opened,
and the dead raised to- day, jjust as when
Jesus was upon earth?
Ans. The promise referred to in John
14: 12, 13 does not only have reference
to healing and miracles, but to salvation
and all other works of faith. We see
that these works were done Jay the
apostlefir4p n greater extent : than by
Jesus himself, which is certainlyerasfulfil-ment
of the promise, in the
the gospel day. There
reasons why these: works
the . saMe eextont to= , y..
hnalintyet
andi* er,
gosp44ay, - that iersiOesciized in the, m
ing. ; IS: we '.: God and „ I-courage:
** hat we do
sick are healed, blind ' 47. esaliate'-
opened;: and many other` estiieev
of the power and - presente- af God nr
most certainly realized in , the church a
present time. Asw ee sink into th
depths of apostolic humility, the churc
this evening time will rise to the plain
of apostolic faith and power.
QUESTIONS ON DIVINE HEALING ANSWERED.
Divine Healing. the blessing to the child of God, but it is
the daeliverance from these things,
through the vigorous exercise of the God-given
means. =
The experience of Job teaches ns that
Satan through the permission of God was
the source of all the evils through which
this servant of God was called to j ass.
The child possessed with the dumb and
deaf spirit ( Mark 9: 17) was afflicted by
Satan. Jesus spake to the afflicting spirit
and commanded him to come out, and
the child was healed. The woman who
hada spirit of infirmity ( Luke 13: 11) was
healed by the Great Physician, though
she had been bound by Satan eighteen
years. Peter testifies to Cornelius and
his household ( Acts 10: 33) of the life
andministry of Jesus, who was anointed
of God with the Holy Ghost and with
pCxyer,:, avho went about doing good and
heal All who were possessed of the
Our baby had been sick for about eight
days, and grew worse until it seemed
he could not be with us much longer.
But we trusted the Lord to heal the child.
A brother came to our home and
we had him anointed in the name of
the Lord and prayed for him. The
baby began to perspire while we were
praying. The fever lett in a few min-utes
and did not return. I never saw so
much improvement in any one. Praise
the Lord forever! The little fellow is
well and happy to- day. We give God
all the glory. 	 Sarah F. Deen.
Leroy, Ga., July 15.
In a little while she
that she called for som tii
heart was filled to overfly
She had not tasted food foe
hours, besides, she was weal
the measles. I brougt•
and butter, wnich she ate
the next day she was aialei
eat her dinner at the table,
give God the praise.
Lord if he would heal her-to
it. I will keep my
has kept his to me.
name!
It has been over a yrrai
the Lord for my physician, an
ly say that I have had hate*
for twenty years before. I
neuralgia in my head. and
for hours. I took medial
only to have it again in a fe
Lord has healed me, for I
even a slight headache. 2
He will help his children in
need if they will only trust
Min
Gillespieville, Ohio, July 1
e
Dear Sainte of God: greeting in
Jesus' name. To- day finds me rejoicing
in a Savior's love. I would like to tell
a little of my experience in regard to
what the Lord has done for me. In the
fall of 1898 I became very sick and
coughed most of the time. I believe
consumption was preying upon my body.
After a time, I became awakened to my
weakness and prayed earnestly to God.
I received the witness that 1 should be
healed. Shortly after 1 was anointed
according to Jas. 5: 14, 15, and God did i
the work then and there. I truly praise t
his holy name for his goodness toward I
me.
Since that time I have been otherwise
afflicted. I know not what the affliction
is, but the Word says: `' Is any among
you afflicted? let him pray." I have
prayed earnestly to God and have re-ceived
a witness that I should be healed.
Saints of God, be agreed with me that
God remove this affliction from my body.
I believe he will do the work. Praise
his holy name! I have been saved about
six years, and have proved the Lord and
found him true. I thank God for this
straight and narrow way. I intend by
his grace and help to keep in it. May
God bless the saints everywhere, is my
prayer. 	 Nettie S. Howe.
Zula, Okla.
Ques. Why do you think that sickness
comes from the devil? Does it not come
from natural causes?
Ans. It is believed that sickness
comes from the devil because he is the
source of everything that is an enemy to
the human race. God sometimes per-mits
sickness to come upon his children,
and the experience received on the part
of the child of God in sickness is often
found to be a blessing because of the
exercise of faith and patience necessary
to obtain healing. The same is true in
any kind of trial or temptation— the faith
and prayer necessary to overcome the
trial will bring many blessings to such
as are exercised thereby, although the
source of the trial and temptation is Satan
himself, who would overcome and destroy
every child of God. It is Satan who
tempts and afflicts; it is God who per-mits
these things to come upon us. It is
not the temptation or affliction that is
Felon Healed.
I have been healed at different times
through divine power. Every finger on
my left hand is stiff. This was caused
by a bone felon which I had the doctor
to attend to. This was last year. This
year another felon started on my right
hand. I turned this case over to my
dear Savior. He took the felon away.
That is all 1 did for it. I promised
the Lord I would give him the glory if
he would heal me. I ask the prayers of
God's saints that I may be kept humble
and ever doing my Savior's will.
D. Jones.
Child Healed of Fever.
God has been our physician for the
past year and a half, and has healed us
many timee. To him be ail the glory.
No Use for Medicine.
I will testify to the healing of our little
girl, Stella. After we had given her up
into the hands of the Lord it was not
more than an hour before there was a
change for the better. Our eldest boy
had brought a doctor and he had left her
some medicine; but she w as getting worse
and was in much pain. But after we
gave her up to God he had compassion
on us and answered our prayers. I went
to her and asked her if she would trust
the doctor to heal her, and I shall never
forget her answer—" Mother, I want the
Lord to heal me." With tears I told
her the Lord should heal her and should
mhaevdeic tihnee ogulot rayn df okrn ietl. t Sboes iId teh hreewr a tnhde
begged the Lord not to forsake us, though
we were few in number. True to his
precious promises, he gave us the victory.
lqr
Much to Praise God
We are praising God bar
for his saving, keeping, and he
power. We can truly say 	 eternal
God is our refuge and 	 th are
the everlasting arms. We
and glorif y God by telling.,
his wonderful dealings with its.
all, we praise him for his great
ipassion in saving our poor a
years ago God for Christ's ssi
my sins and healed my
near death's door. Praise
afterward sanctified my Di
that time he has been my healer
soul and body. To speak of itll t
ing God hats done in our family tor_
past nine years would take up toe*
space. Last June at the caanp-at
Grand Junction God healed int
ezmeer in my side. Praise his et, 1
Last winter my daughter's little
cholera infantum, having fits.
it to God in prayer and he
But God saw fit. to let us be '+
bowel trouble appeared. A bro
and prayed with us and she .
that. God healed the m
child a year ago of consum
stomach, bowels, and
suffered for over two ye
many doctors. At last she wt given
up to die. The last, doctor shelidstlid
she could live but a short time.
When all earthly help had tailed she be-gan
to cry out to God. We sent for an
anointed handkerchief. When it came
we laid it on her in the name of Jesus,
and she was instantly healed, insomuch
she arose the next morning and dressed
herself. In a day or two she was able to
do light work. We give God all the
glory and praise for what he has done
for us.
Rose Wilcox and Hattie Burns.
Kellog, Mich.
Prayer Answered.
I desire to praise God for his healing
power manifested to me. Praise his
holy name forever! I have been very
sick for about three weeks, and was trust-ing
the Lord for healing. I grew so
much worse that I had some one write
and request prayer. I commenced get-ting
better the next afternoon, and the
day after that was well. Praise the
Lord. for victory! I felt all the time
that it was a trial which the Lord was
permitting me to have. There are no
saints here, but the Lord wonderfully
strengthened me, and I truly rejoice in
Christ for the victory over Satan and dis-ease.
The dear Lord has saved and sanc-tified
me, and I am all out for God. I
praise the Lord that I ever saw the clear
light. Pray God that I may ever be
humble and do my Master's will.
Margaret Greene.
Somerset, Ky.
Prayed Earnestly.
er God was with him. These
plainly teach us that Satan is
or sof sickness and disease. In
, seriptures as Ex. 15 : 26 where it
thouett God is the author of
evident that it is in a per-nse.
Therefore it is scriptural
is the author of sickness, and
; net had its origin in any natural
sanserti-
. Therejs no room for question that
nature has been materially affected by
the fill- And in this respect sickness may
in some instances be a natural result
from ', a, natural cause; because of the
present effect that the fall has had upon
nature, and the advantage Satan has ob-tained
through. the fall in nature; but
the Original cause of every evil can be
traced directly to Satan Notwithstand-
TegUis, we can see that nature, through
the merciful provision of God, possesses a
certain degree of healing power which is
certainly a great blessing to the suffering
race. The laws of nature should be
studied and conformed to by every in-telligent
being. The results would be
beneficial to mankind. It is right and
proper that we recognize the provisions
of God in nature. We can be thankful
to God also for the knowledge that has
been given to man, which, it properly
made use of, proves: a blessing. All the
help that can be effected by any natural
remedies in a natural way should not he
ignored, but recognized as a blessing to
such of the poor, suffering race as have
not found the benefits of the grace of
God.
Bat natural healing is not divine heal-ing.
Sickness having come into the
world through the fall, the only remedy
far- reaching enough to cover the needs of
humanity, is grace. God manifested his
nterest in, and cared tor, his people in the
old dispensation, by providing for their
healing and health, through his covenant
f love and mercy. Ex. 15: 26. This,
ike all other blessings and provisions of
hat day, was only a shadow of what
hould come through Christ. But now
e has provided redemption grace in
hrist, who " himself took our infirm-ties,
and bare our sicknesses."
of
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" A word fitly spoken is like apples of
gold in pictures of silver. : '— Prov. 25:
I1.
". 3e that hath no rule over his own
spirit is like a city that is broken down,
and without walls."— Prov. 25: 28.
" He that bath pity upon the poor
lendeth unto the Lord; and that which
he hath given will he pay him again."
— Prov. 19: 17.
" They that sow in tears shall reap in
joy. He that croeth forth and weepeth,
beari ng precious seed, shall doubtless.
come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him."— Ps. 126: 5, 6.
Do you hear the harvest call,
Come and help us, one and all?
It is Christ who calls for you,
Lend your service and be true.
All are welcomed to the field,
All who can the sickle wield,
AU whose hearts are white and OM,
Al! ..‘ ho care not to be seen,