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?tmrHili" nn 'AND HI: SHALL SEND HIS, ANGELS W'TH A GRE"T SOUND OF' A TF!UMPET ANO THEY SHALt GIITHER TOGETI-tER HIS ELECT F'ROM THE F'OU;<I WINOS. FROM ONE END OF' HEAVE:N TO THE OTHER.-MATT. 26:31J ,.. SO WILL' SE'EK O,'T MY SHEE'P. AND WILL DE-LIVER THLM OUT Of ALL PLACES WNEA£ THEY HAVe: BEEN S.CATTEREO IN THE CLOUDY AND DARK DAY.-EzEI<. 34:12. VOL.U M E NO. XX VII. ANDERSON, INDIANA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1907. -~ NUMBER 37. CONTEN:JS. EDITORIALS: ....................................................................................... 1 POETRY: Counting the- CosL .................................................................. 2 .l\Iother ................................................................................................ 8 i~RTlr.r.1;:S : <It Iiold Fast ....................................................................................... 1 _ Anti-ol'dinC1nccis11l Versus the New Testa- 111ellt ................................................................................................ 2 Wha t God J"'51 to us ................................... ·-.· .... ····· .. ··· ..... ~':> 11hings Heal'and UnreaL ................................................... 3 vYhv Do "'iNe H(~joice L ....................................... · .. ··· .. ········ .. 4 Ete;~nity .... ? ....................................................................................... 5 Bought vVith a Pl'ice ......................................................... 5 'rhe Endless Pi'ayer Chain ............................................. 5 ----.---tl'--he-War-e-£ --Ufl-HU@';g .. m~ ...... __ ................. _ ....• .£ Jacob and Esau ................... , ...................................................... 7 Things -y.,r e ShouJd Let. ...................................... ~ ............... r, OFFICE AND HOME EVENTS ............................................... 3 EDITORIAL: Sister-Byrum Gone to Rest............................................. 8 qUESTIONS ANSWERED ............................................................... 9 1\{rscELLANEOUS .............................................................................. 9 ~I ISBION ARY .......................................................................................... 9 7,·ESTIMONIES: ................................................................... 11, 12, 16, FIELD REPORTS ............................................ : ..................................... 13 OBI'l'UAR·y ................................................................................................ 15 REQUESTS FOR PRAYER ............................................................. .15 GALLS FOR lvlEETlNG ................................ , .................................... l5 .1\1EETING NOTIOES ............................................................. : ............. 15 ADVERrl'ISEMENT ........................................................................... 15 DIVINE I-IEALING .............................................................................. 16 _ ............................. ax ............................................... lIII ............... .ua1 Only the just can live by faith. By faith we stand; through unbelief we fall. All "forbidden fruit" is soul-poison, and will cause spiritl1~1 death to all who eat of it. Spiritual death is not annihilation, nor a ceas-. ing to be; bilt it is a separation from God~a departure from his law in heart and life. The ','hidden man of the heart" (1 Pet. 8: 4), _ is a:pJd hartos, "not corruptible. " Sal11,e G reek word is translated "incorruptible" in JCor. 9:: 25; 15: 52; 1 Pet. 1: 4~ anc1 "immortal" in 1 Tim. 1: 17. Thet. first. man _",vas made mortal in body,' but ihis spirit emariated from God, and is in it.;; nature like him, hence immortal. "Thou llwc1cst hiJn [man] a litt1e lcnver [a littlu while infcl'lol',lllllJ'Uin], than 1ho angels." l'his inferiority cC)]Jsif-lts in the mortality of the body. Angels arc spiI'it-heingH (Heb. 1: 7), and not suhject to denth. In this l't's}Jcet " ..T e sns was HllHlc: H little lower than the ange1s for the suffering of death." Heb. 2: 9. . ('But they that arc aecounted worthy to attain to that world, and the l'u.surreetionfl'cllll the dead, neither lIW1'I'Y, nor are given ill marriage: Ii'1or neither can they clie allY lYJOl'e: l(nthey are eqllal 'Unto lha (wyds. n Luke 20: 35, 3G. H. V. Man ill his creative state Lefore hjs fall was inferior to the angels in heaven in that his body wasrnade moriaI, and wllOse T)hysical or natural dUl'nticin might have been imleJinitely pr01{)nged by eating of the" tree of life.' ~ In the church of God, whieh in smne rcspeGts amnvers to the 'I garden (' f Eden,' I ther~ are to ,be found the "tree of life' ~ and tIle "tree of the knowlec1geof good and evil [tree of death j." Man is still on probati·on even after he has been l'E~;~tored to holiness of heart, and hus power of (ho:c~: either to do good, obey God and live; or to eat of the" forbidden fruit" uncI die. And l'eme.mber that God always puts dead people out of his garden [chnrch], fer there is no buryingground 011 the inside . In the garden of Eden there gre'w every tree that was pleasant to the sight and goo~1 for food. Gen. 2: 9. Originally, mon never "desired" that which G{]d had forbidden. "Of all the trees of the garden thon mayest freely eat"-one exception, nthe tree of the kno'ivledge ,of g.ood and eviL" These passages and prom-ises and provisions prove to us that God did not · intend that man should go laeking. There was · only one test tree in all the garden. To desire that which God forbids is wrong and shows that man is fallen. This fall took place inside the garden of Eden at the very_ time Eve believed · the devil's lie, and ~egan to look upon and to desire that which God had charged' them not to eat. In regeneration our desires are purified so t.hat we do not "lust after evil things." 'Where there are no impure desires' in the heart f{)r evil things, there is no depravity .. :Men in theiJ: unregenerate condition love darkness rather than light, and are bent to evi,l. They stand Oll the t1cclivity of a fallen nature, hence they lUlifUl'mly drift away from God. Through redemption man is 'cleansed from this depravity and his heart is made pure, so that he no longer l{)ves dm'lmess and sin, but loves light and righte~lUS-ness, and abhors evil. J. E. F. • a • HOLD FAST. BY WILLIE H. OLDHAM. I.,V-c are exhorted by Gael '8 'l\T ord to hold fast that which is good. rl'his text of Scripture is well worthy of our careful consideration, as well as others. And, as we are assailed on every side by sec1neing spirits, we are soon made conscious. of the fact that if we do not walk prayerfully and humbly with the Lord, \ve are going to let ~:ome good thing slip away. We might note how we can lose' some good things. vVe can lose the love of God by letting in: a love for the w{]rld. 'l\r e can lose our membership in Christ by com. promising with sin and sectism and by making provisions for ourselves that God never made. ,Ve can lose a holy zeal and interest for God and hjs cause· by becoming entangled in the affairs of this life and setting our affections on things of earth. vVe can lose good heavenly food by not watching and praying, or by going to sleep during services, or waiting until the sermon is nearly delivered before getting to meeting. vVe can lose all the blessing of giving by not keeping com;ecl'ated. He that watereth shall be watered himself. Be it well understood if God can not trust us with earthly things, he never will with the heavenly. If ,ve prefer laying np treasures here (to witness against us in the last day), rather than ,to see the gospel go to all nations, and that souls in darkness be saved, we will. lose .some good thing.' The delight of'a saint is to continue in transacting busines,s _ for eternityhy trac1ing the earthly for the heavenly-.:to exchange 'that which will perish for that which "vill not. In 2 John 8, we read that we should look to our· . selves that we lose not those things that we have . wrQi.1ght, but that we receive a full rev yard. "Hold fast for that bCCl1.dil1.d la;nd in 'v'icw) Hold fast f01' the crown that's.awwiting you, Hold fast- for the· rnceti'l1[j of loved o'nes there!? ~ HaZeZ fast fOl' the bliss they have [jone ·to share-" May God help llS one and all t{] :fight a good :fight for him.
Object Description
Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 27:37 |
Published Date | 1907-09-19 |
Editor | Byrum E. E. |
Volume | 27 |
Issue | 37 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Gospel Trumpet Company |
Subject | Newspapers -- Indiana -- Anderson ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
Copyright | Copyright 2011, Anderson University. |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Published Date | 1907-09-19 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Full Text | ?tmrHili" nn 'AND HI: SHALL SEND HIS, ANGELS W'TH A GRE"T SOUND OF' A TF!UMPET ANO THEY SHALt GIITHER TOGETI-tER HIS ELECT F'ROM THE F'OU; 11hings Heal'and UnreaL ................................................... 3 vYhv Do "'iNe H(~joice L ....................................... · .. ··· .. ········ .. 4 Ete;~nity .... ? ....................................................................................... 5 Bought vVith a Pl'ice ......................................................... 5 'rhe Endless Pi'ayer Chain ............................................. 5 ----.---tl'--he-War-e-£ --Ufl-HU@';g .. m~ ...... __ ................. _ ....• .£ Jacob and Esau ................... , ...................................................... 7 Things -y.,r e ShouJd Let. ...................................... ~ ............... r, OFFICE AND HOME EVENTS ............................................... 3 EDITORIAL: Sister-Byrum Gone to Rest............................................. 8 qUESTIONS ANSWERED ............................................................... 9 1\{rscELLANEOUS .............................................................................. 9 ~I ISBION ARY .......................................................................................... 9 7,·ESTIMONIES: ................................................................... 11, 12, 16, FIELD REPORTS ............................................ : ..................................... 13 OBI'l'UAR·y ................................................................................................ 15 REQUESTS FOR PRAYER ............................................................. .15 GALLS FOR lvlEETlNG ................................ , .................................... l5 .1\1EETING NOTIOES ............................................................. : ............. 15 ADVERrl'ISEMENT ........................................................................... 15 DIVINE I-IEALING .............................................................................. 16 _ ............................. ax ............................................... lIII ............... .ua1 Only the just can live by faith. By faith we stand; through unbelief we fall. All "forbidden fruit" is soul-poison, and will cause spiritl1~1 death to all who eat of it. Spiritual death is not annihilation, nor a ceas-. ing to be; bilt it is a separation from God~a departure from his law in heart and life. The ','hidden man of the heart" (1 Pet. 8: 4), _ is a:pJd hartos, "not corruptible. " Sal11,e G reek word is translated "incorruptible" in JCor. 9:: 25; 15: 52; 1 Pet. 1: 4~ anc1 "immortal" in 1 Tim. 1: 17. Thet. first. man _",vas made mortal in body,' but ihis spirit emariated from God, and is in it.;; nature like him, hence immortal. "Thou llwc1cst hiJn [man] a litt1e lcnver [a littlu while infcl'lol',lllllJ'Uin], than 1ho angels." l'his inferiority cC)]Jsif-lts in the mortality of the body. Angels arc spiI'it-heingH (Heb. 1: 7), and not suhject to denth. In this l't's}Jcet " ..T e sns was HllHlc: H little lower than the ange1s for the suffering of death." Heb. 2: 9. . ('But they that arc aecounted worthy to attain to that world, and the l'u.surreetionfl'cllll the dead, neither lIW1'I'Y, nor are given ill marriage: Ii'1or neither can they clie allY lYJOl'e: l(nthey are eqllal 'Unto lha (wyds. n Luke 20: 35, 3G. H. V. Man ill his creative state Lefore hjs fall was inferior to the angels in heaven in that his body wasrnade moriaI, and wllOse T)hysical or natural dUl'nticin might have been imleJinitely pr01{)nged by eating of the" tree of life.' ~ In the church of God, whieh in smne rcspeGts amnvers to the 'I garden (' f Eden,' I ther~ are to ,be found the "tree of life' ~ and tIle "tree of the knowlec1geof good and evil [tree of death j." Man is still on probati·on even after he has been l'E~;~tored to holiness of heart, and hus power of (ho:c~: either to do good, obey God and live; or to eat of the" forbidden fruit" uncI die. And l'eme.mber that God always puts dead people out of his garden [chnrch], fer there is no buryingground 011 the inside . In the garden of Eden there gre'w every tree that was pleasant to the sight and goo~1 for food. Gen. 2: 9. Originally, mon never "desired" that which G{]d had forbidden. "Of all the trees of the garden thon mayest freely eat"-one exception, nthe tree of the kno'ivledge ,of g.ood and eviL" These passages and prom-ises and provisions prove to us that God did not · intend that man should go laeking. There was · only one test tree in all the garden. To desire that which God forbids is wrong and shows that man is fallen. This fall took place inside the garden of Eden at the very_ time Eve believed · the devil's lie, and ~egan to look upon and to desire that which God had charged' them not to eat. In regeneration our desires are purified so t.hat we do not "lust after evil things." 'Where there are no impure desires' in the heart f{)r evil things, there is no depravity .. :Men in theiJ: unregenerate condition love darkness rather than light, and are bent to evi,l. They stand Oll the t1cclivity of a fallen nature, hence they lUlifUl'mly drift away from God. Through redemption man is 'cleansed from this depravity and his heart is made pure, so that he no longer l{)ves dm'lmess and sin, but loves light and righte~lUS-ness, and abhors evil. J. E. F. • a • HOLD FAST. BY WILLIE H. OLDHAM. I.,V-c are exhorted by Gael '8 'l\T ord to hold fast that which is good. rl'his text of Scripture is well worthy of our careful consideration, as well as others. And, as we are assailed on every side by sec1neing spirits, we are soon made conscious. of the fact that if we do not walk prayerfully and humbly with the Lord, \ve are going to let ~:ome good thing slip away. We might note how we can lose' some good things. vVe can lose the love of God by letting in: a love for the w{]rld. 'l\r e can lose our membership in Christ by com. promising with sin and sectism and by making provisions for ourselves that God never made. ,Ve can lose a holy zeal and interest for God and hjs cause· by becoming entangled in the affairs of this life and setting our affections on things of earth. vVe can lose good heavenly food by not watching and praying, or by going to sleep during services, or waiting until the sermon is nearly delivered before getting to meeting. vVe can lose all the blessing of giving by not keeping com;ecl'ated. He that watereth shall be watered himself. Be it well understood if God can not trust us with earthly things, he never will with the heavenly. If ,ve prefer laying np treasures here (to witness against us in the last day), rather than ,to see the gospel go to all nations, and that souls in darkness be saved, we will. lose .some good thing.' The delight of'a saint is to continue in transacting busines,s _ for eternityhy trac1ing the earthly for the heavenly-.:to exchange 'that which will perish for that which "vill not. In 2 John 8, we read that we should look to our· . selves that we lose not those things that we have . wrQi.1ght, but that we receive a full rev yard. "Hold fast for that bCCl1.dil1.d la;nd in 'v'icw) Hold fast f01' the crown that's.awwiting you, Hold fast- for the· rnceti'l1[j of loved o'nes there!? ~ HaZeZ fast fOl' the bliss they have [jone ·to share-" May God help llS one and all t{] :fight a good :fight for him. |