The Gospel Trumpet - 36:34

              So w1ll I seek out my Sheep, and w1ll deliver them· out of all places where they have been scattered In the cloudy and dark day. -Ezek. 34: 12.
Alld they shall be my people, and I w1ll be thel.r God.-Jer. 32:38. At e'Venlng time It shall be l!ght~Zech. 14: 7.
Volume XXXVI. Anderson, Ind., U. S. A., Thursday, August 3 1, 1916 .. Number 34.
GOD'S WAY TO HEAVEN
There is "a way that seemeth right,"
Yon~ ma21.Y by man given,
But which, when searched by light of truth,
Lead fnr from God nnd henvon.
A warning comes from Wisdom's voico--
0 mortal man tnke heed!
"Each way exeopt God's path divino
Doth to destruction lead."
There is a w:ty that God hat.h plnnned,
Above e:uth 's crime and sin,
It leadeth to that happy land:
Ho bids us walk thercin.
Then, sinner, look well to thy way!
Seek thou tho pnth th:tt leads ·
Up to the cross of Calvary,
Where J' osus stands and pleads.
That is the way, t11o one true way,
That leads direct to hen von;
rt thon wilt tread t his Jowly way,
An entrance shall be given.
Ohl let us all the warning heed;
And tread that holy way,
That path that up to glory leads,
To blest, eternal day.
- E. B. Strattan.
WHAT INFIDELITY CAN NEVER DO
By Mabel C. Parler
The blue-coat with brass buttons and star stood
outside the mission on C street. It was personal
policy for him to keep down disturbance at this
partiaular place, a.nd he intended to do it. .A.
young woma.n stood behind him. She wa.nted
in, a.nd as he turned she would have slipped. in
had he not caught sight of her shadow as she
Pll89ed. He commanded roughly:
"No, ye don't, ye can stay out o' there.
They've no use for the likes o' ye. "
But she pleaded, "Please, sir, I will be good.
I must go in."
The door opened; she quickly slipped through
it, She was very late, for she .had been afraid
to come; yet when she heard the call for sinners,
she knelt at the altar-knelt 7 pr·ostrated her-
9el!. She had come determined, if possible, to
be saved from sin; a.nd oh! such sills I such
habits! .
The world is full of such people, scarlet and
bla.ek with sin. What sbaU we do with them
when they come to us? Almshouses, jails, and
infirmaries will not hold them. Can you tell
them ~ where to go?
Some star of hope had directed this poor soul
to the prayer of faith in God. She came. Christ
met her, unbound lter, and set her free-made
her "as a little child" a,::ain, opened a new
clean life before her. • ·
Joy overcame her as she realized that this was
true. What she herself l1ad never been· able to
do, what humanity could not do, Christ bnd
dono for her.
0 Unbelief, 0 Infidelity, where is your powerf
What can yon clo :for a sin-cm·sed soul in re­morsef
POSSESSION AND PROFESSION CONTRASTED
By W. 0. Mo1>n
The apostle John was very positive in his
statement regarding salvation, for, says he, "We
know that we have passed from death unto life"
(1 Joltn 3: 14). So all the apostles in all their
writings expressed no doubt as to their being in
aetual possession of God's saving grace. They
possessed a joy and peace that the world knows
not of, and this treasure of peace far transcends
the glittering jewels of earth. Thank God, dear
reader, this glorious heart-felt experience im­parted
to the beloved apostles through the shed
blood of Jesus can be enjoyed by us today if
we meet the requirements of God's Word.
The price to be paid for this experience of
grace is our all ' 'So likewise whosoever he be
of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he
can not be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). Our
sins, s.i.uful pleasures, appetites, and desires
must be forsaken. "Let the wicked forsake his
w·ay, and the unrigllteons man his thoughts"
(Isa. 55: 7). Moreover, the past life must be
straightened; the wicked must "restore the
pledge, give again that he had robbed" (E7-elt.
33 : 5). This is the price we must pay for a
genuine experience of salvation.
ON'E SOOBCE OP A VJO'I'otliOUS LIFE
God has promised, to "abundantly pardon"
(Isa. 55: 7) and to extend eternal life. "I:Ie
shall surely live, he shall not die" (Er.ek. 33:
15). This experience alone will satisfy the crav­ings
of a sin-stained soul; and only the meeting
of these Bible re{}uirements, through the pre­cious
blood of Christ, will bring us in possession
of a real knowledge of salvation. · This expe­rience
only can carry us through the trials and
dark hours of every.day life and keep us vic­torious
in our souls.
~ mere profession will not bring satisfaction·
to the soul, but under the heavy burdens of life
THE END OF DEATH
On yonder hillside where I look totlr.y,
Looms hlgh great monuments of stone;
Deep shadows Jengtlten, nnd they seem to say,
"This is the pfsce where Dea..th ho.s .6xed hls throne."
In awe I gn•.o upon those sculptured forms,
'With all the pomp an<l splendor nrt can give,
And wonder if Time's hoary band will harm,
Or will their pri<le through endless agos livef
:Mcthinks of pyraotitls on Egypt's plain,
Where mnssivo roeks so boldly lift their head;
Shall all theso crumble baek to earth again,
And lay as level as the millions dead I
0 tell me, marble shafts, tell me, I pray,
Must I retu.rn to eold and lifeteSB dust9
Must I be wrapped in coils of putrid elayf
They answer back, "0 man of earth, thou must. "
When God shall spe<lk from out the fiory clouds,
And Gabriel •s trump this feeble bnn shall ehako,
Tho millions wrapped to<luy in mortal shrouds,
To shame and woe or endless bliss shall wake.
Know, proud Death, thy reign shall hnve an end,
'rbe barriers thot> bas built be rent in twain;
Yea, thou shalt bow before a mightier l1and,
And we instead of thee shalt ever reign.
-J. Grant Anderson.
will give down and give vent to the carnal na,.
ture and leave the bewildered soul in a desti­tute,
doubting condition. While the possessor
feasts from day to day on the rich hidden roan­mi
of God's presence; drinl>s of the sparkling
river of peace and the cool refreshing sp1·ings
of life; a.nd bathes his redeemed soul in the
r ippling stream of God's eternal glory, the mere
professor wanders about from d·ay to day des­titute,
without knowledge of God, or a l'eal
heart-felt satisfaction.
The two travel on do\'l·n the toilsome pathway
of life; meeting alike the difficulties of life. The
possessor in his darkest hours seeks in prayer the
Father's face and sends to God his shouts of
victory and praise. But the professor, :fllled with
disappointment, yields only the fruits of the
natural man. As he reaches the -dark swollen
stream of death, the possessor with his eyes as
Stephen of old, fixed steadfastly toward heav­en,
shouts his way across to the eternal shore,
borne by gentle hands to the paradise of God.
Bnt the professor with groans born of agony
and a frown of anxiety, cries- out, "Too late,
too. late," and dies to awake in the midst of
eternal darkness.
0 r eader, how will it be with yon in that sol-