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Volume 13. No. 19., : hr if ar. 1 . 14.7r nut zit:: ht trt cd in he: the 1 von- ::: : chc: hr: a r4cir. s.••- h: rh.: 1 citalr: fc: • ; f 1hr t1a:: = chi thr : and of Bahy: on r. 7: zit: at: cc withizt : shah: amt. , Tee, 61: C. 29. ERF ECT ION in Christ is the my earthly parents word or corn- l\ - helping the devil, and taking your state cif being perfect; complete- mands that my conscience condemn- , ness. Christ wrought out a perfect ed me. And how much - More will salvation, and we can only be perfect the conscience - smite if we disobey through a perfect Christ. He gave us his word, which is perfect, and his commandments are contained in his word, or rather his word is his com-mandments; and in order to be per-fect we must obey his word, and if we fail to obey, we become disobedient. And by our disobedience declare that we are not his children, but belong to the opposite party and are not on the they would make thBe ilbe to clash. straight and narrow way to heaven and eternal happiness, but on the broad road of destruction that leads to eternal misery, where the worm d ieth not and the fire is not quenched, where the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for twer and ever. To be perfect is to be fully saved in It-sus, and keep saved by obeying his word I t we are not fully saved in e- I willing to obey it in its simplicity and sus we are not perfect in him. The I take it as the man of their- counSel, word says, Now are ye complete in him. We may claim to be perfect child-ren of God, but if we disobey the least of his commands, we fall short just that much, for the blessed Savior with his own lips declared that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of pie.- from their . sin S, When we talk the mouth of God; for whosoever to some of those creature worshipers shall keep the whole. law and yet . of-fend [ to sin] in one point, is guilty of all. How will it be with those who li au ail hiildellIOMI1111--- 1 ■ eugkotis I tfariszentioni, wi: 1 surely come— . Chicago. Ninet \-- three. This Pok- genous Speeter t hierarehal - reign, soon display the popish scepter— 1 ac nerctiesa rraign . Then let us worship Jesus ho sits upon 1- i is throne; \, , numher, name, nor mark on us, But Father's name alone. John E. Roberts. Dievt'r. R., COLO. ' of the multiplied thousands through- Their preachers and their wives lead 1! out the world who are claiming to the way in the fashions and amuse- : be Christians ( Christ like) and diso- ments of this Christless Ndorld. They being his word? The word cutsIg. o contrary to their own rules and ! them off. What are they basing their; the Bible every day of their li es hopes upon? It must be upon their s Many of their preachers are bound conscience, for so many say that their with oaths that are enough to chill I conscience is clear. The question the blood of a cannibal. They have would naturally arise, Where do I been hoodwinked and cable- towed, they get their conscience from ? Sure- and led around some lodge rooms 1Y not from the word of God; if they half naked. The real work of salva- I it would certainly condemn them tion from all sin the majority of these and not be clear when they disobey.; preachers oppose. Now for you to 1 know that when I would disobey 1st] ort 0121 kind f h h • real-i him in eternity. What will become toriously inconsistent . and - worldly. Oh the perversion o f the word through the false teaching that is extant in the world to day! it is heart rending, an in many places the hirelings are warning their flocks to keep away from " those holiness cranks" or fana-tics. If the people would read the pu- e word of God for- themselves and be plc, knowing their profession and but deny the power thereof, the apos-hearing their conversation, and talk- de says, " from such turn away." it ing to them of perfection in Christ is not likely that the apostle after tell-ing us to separate from them would justify us in turning right around and supporting thorn. Again, " Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." " Be not partaker of other men's sins, keep thyself pure." Now when we give of our means to support men that we know are world-lino; and that are not preaching the whole truth, if we are not thereby bidding them God- speed, and par-taking of their evil deeds then we fail to comprehend what the Eng-lish language means. God told Jer-emiah, " If thou wilt take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth; let them return unto thee, but return not thou unto them." He was not only to be separate him-self, but to separate others." 3. The Bible also teaches that we are to spend our means only for such things as will glorify God, and that for the expenditure of every cent we shall have to give a strict account at the judgment. Now just look at the matter from this standpoint. Sup-pose you give to the preacher of a fashionable church say twenty- five cents or one dollar. He goes to the store and spends your money in buy-ing a big feather, a gold ring, or per-haps a plug of tobacco, or pays his lodge fee, or perhaps he spends it in going to some Christless amuse-ment. Now if you cannot spend your ' money for such things how can you give it to help some one else buy them? To do so is to sin with your eyes open. Do you think God is ple. ased t o. have you spend his mon-ey helping to keep up the greatest obstacle to the promotion of his own cause and thus virtually fight against himself? While there are men en-gaged in preaching the pure truths f of the Bible, and whose lives are 0 consecrated to promote " pure and s undefiled religion, will it please God t a popular church, there being no class and satisfy you at his bar to with- t of live Christians in their community. hold help from them and give it to 0 The following is a copy ( somewhat those who fight the old fashioned g revised) of the reply we sent her, and way of the cross? What answer would t thinking it may be of use to others in like circumstances we send it forth in tract form. I. The majority of people in the popular churches are spiritually dean, some of them are " twice dead, and plucked up by the roots." They do a shallow, superficial work, which, in stand against God. There can be no neutral ground in this matter, for the Bible says, " He that is not with me, o s word, unless tilled so full of is against, me and he that gathereth Babylon wine that there is no con-, not with me, scattereth abroad." scienee, or as the apostle declares it, a 2. The word of God plainly teach-conscience seared as with a hot iron. es a clean- cut separation between his Oh what a mist! yea. Egyptian dark- people and the world. Speaking of ness is over the multitudes of peo- those who have a form of godliness rl be said no. to me, Whet seen thou? Aoki I answer. r m.! ek, et, keva aeTllce, rh cybdeo en, or ds nCSieenaae g itdt h e4t aho rf et lcyi tsa4i• nt3te g8teh4 rlieost; lll. it rery one that swea'retli dboa iatc bcso rcduitn go rt oo nit t. h Iey bring• it fondly sa: ta Lord of bost. s.."—'-- L And ha shall send his angels with a great sound of a an. mpet, and tiiey v'hv i gather er ieiilect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Now learn a paratle of the dg tree: rhea his tract is yet tender, and rittatit I leave?: ye ko that rarnmer is nigh: re likewise ye, when yephall see au these things, know that it is near, even at the doom Matt. 24: 31- 33. ! no such things ourselves, unless we break all connection with those who i do." A higher a_ uthdrity says: " When ortil thou sawest a thief, then thou con- Ii- sse tnhtee dssotl ewmitnh dhuimty. " o- f- - ePvsear. y scoh: iil8d. oIft God to put in his means where it - will do the most good, and remember he ! 1 keeps a strict account of all our ex-i k penditure of his property. 4. You speak of the necessity of helping to support that popular to ; preacher in order to have an influ- 1 lence with the people. Permit me in all love to say that on this point you : are mistaken. It is not necessary to compromise or to do wrong to have an influence. If you live right, walk in the old paths, and keep the bless-ing- of God on your soul you will cer-tainly have an influence. We have nev-er known one single case where a Christian increased his influence by helping to support a fashionable church, but- we have known many cares where they lost all their influ-ence by it. If you testify against world-liness and sin of all kinds in such meet-- ings you won't be wanted there any-way, they would rather have you stay away. But if you should begin to tone down and keep back part of the truth in your testimonies and exhortations they will be apt to run after you. Even though it were possible to gain an in-fluence by supporting such preach-ers it would not be right to do so, because that would be " doing evil that good might come," which the Bible forbids. " Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye sepa-rate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be - My sons and daugh-ters, saith the Lord Almighty." r 5. Suppose the preacher you have in your midst for the time being is a little better than the ordinary run of popular preachers, that does not make matters any better because your means help to su pport a church which as a whole is worldly and fashionable. When he is gone, just as likely as not somebody will follow him who will tear down any good that may have been done by his predecessor.. 6. To help support a worldly church is not only contrary to the word of- God, but will surelly cripple your usefulness and injure your ex-perience. We have never known one yet to keep clear on that line, and it would be a miracle if you could. Don't try - it. Let us faith- - fully- warn you against the leanness and backsliding of heart that will surely come by thus lending yourself as an' instrument to propagate " a vain religion." We beseech you so to act in this matter that before the flaming judgment seat Jesus will say, \\ Tell done, good and faithful ser-vant." SEI ECTED FROM A TRACT BY A. Sims. Another heast religion .' rum earth's trawl ion e: inie: - Protestant - ,1 lit Silt And shame. Ile exercised the iiklWer The Roman itt-. 1,, 1 possessed. Deceiving souls each ; ay and hour, riLi dressed. The Roman beast was raging, ! Lis aki n lug stole Youthful, spright iv sinooi hengaging-, More proselytes The second beast was hated; The first was hated, to, ■ : Th' utmost hatred, unahated, Existed ' mixt the two. But now they've ceased to cavil. They're walking hand in hand; Both recruiting for the devil And building on the sand. The German head was wounded; The deadly wound is healed. " Luther these were unfounded," " Protestant act repealed." The priests say, " Come and join us," The preachers sat the same; Priest and preacher eltinie in chorus: " Come on, we'll take your name." A second Reformation Now sweeps throul. thout the land— " One Lord, one faith, one salvation," Is heard on every hand. This " Earthquake" shakes the heaven, Ecclesiastical: Fresh impetus now is given The . Romish beast if. The second beast decided , To take this case in hand. Coincided, plan provided ' To make a final stand. The " Plan"— a Christian Congress, Religions Parliament-- 13ring together Jannes, Jambres From every continent. ' We'll send for other Pagans, In union there is strength, All creeds and'cla. ns, the worlds's expanse, Throughout its breadth and length. The Boodh from Eastern Asia, High Priests from If indostan, Monks from Russia, Priests from Prussia; And Shintos from Japan. Parsecs who worship fire, Seven hundred thousand strong; Mohammed from the Turk's empire, Confucius from Hong Kong. The System Heliocentric, The Brahmins from Delhi, Brazilian, Rom an Catholic, Joss also, froth Shanghai. Tartarian, Alkoranists, Arabian, Persian, Turk; And on the list are judaists . And Romanists from Cork. We'll s6m1 a flying herald To North, West, South and . East; WcIlfOrni- a Federation, called . The- image of the Beast. • , , about them using tobacCo they will often reply, Our preacher uses it, and do not obey his commands, and say give no attention to 2 Cor. 7: 1, but follow the dictates of their conscience this or that is not essential and is of no use ? Did Jesus come to trifle with men's souls when he gave his word to be obeyed, and his life a ransom for fallen humanity that they might be redeemed from the curse? Six thousand years ago God de-clared to Adam in the garden of E-den, that in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. They disobeyed and the consequence was they fell. Sin entered into the world and death by sin, so death has passed upon all men, for thatall have sinned. Is God's word modified ? is it changed ? Not one iota. But declares the Psalmist: Thy word 0 Lord fs forev-settled in heaven. He is unchange-able, and so is his word. By () Ur first parents disobeying, - they fell from their purity or. perfection, and be-came transgressors of the law. Our beloved John says, For sin is the trans-gression- of the law. Now by obeying Christ's perfect law, his word or command ment, we are restored again, brought back to pur-ity. See I Pet. 1: 22. David says the law of the Lord is perfecting, convert-ing the soul. While Adam and Eve fell by the disobeying of God's word, How can any rational being claim to be in line with God and his word by disobeying the same? - It is as much an impossibility to be perfect and yet wilfully disobey as it is for a leopard to change his spots or an Ethiopean his skin. God's word is his law and must- be obeyed if we expect to dwell with what a change there would be! But instead of doing this they will listen to their treachers ; and so many preach that we cannot live free from sin, but do sin more or less every day. Christ must have failed to perform his mis-sion into the world, for his name shall be called olesus to save his peo-that they get by listening to their preacher. Dear saints of God, be perfect The word commands it; God requires it of all his children. The disciple is not above his master, but he that is perfect shall be as his mas-ter. Often we are pained to see even some claiming to be true followers of Jesus, who are not measuring up to the Bible standard of perfection. God requires no, impossibilities. His yoke. is easy, his burden light. His com-mands are not grievous. I am prais-ing God for this perfection. • Yours in Iihn, F. Rosenberv. CAN A CHRISTIAN SUPPORT A WORLDLY CHURCH? you give to the Lord if he should ask you why you had passed by one of his own and given his money to an hireling? If - C- ou can go to these churches without attending their a-musements or conforming to the fashions indulged in by most of its members, you cannot do it without many cases, deceives souls to their giving your patronage to a worldly eternal undoing. Their so- called. conformed fun- loving institution. conversions do not measure up to Tertullian says with great force and Bible convictiOn. Their lives are no- truth, " It is not enough that we do OT long since a sister in the Lord wrote to us for advice- as to whether it would be best for her-self and her husband to help support DEAR SAINTS: I do praise God for a free and full salvation that saves me from all sin . and sanctifies me wholly. I cannot praise God enough or what he has done for me. He not nly saved the soul, but he is my phy-ician and healed me of a deafness of wenty years standing, and I can ruly say he is able to heal all manner f disease. I do praise Goi for his oodness to me, and not only me, but 0 our family. My little boy twelve years old, was afflicted from childhood. Last October when the brethren were F at our house holding meeting, they , laid bands on him for the healing of his body and he has been stout ever since. To God be all the glory. He is saved. I do praise God for ever leading me out iht o the evening light, ' and for his keeping power. Hallelu-jah! Your sister saved and sanctified, A. B. 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It very plainly marks out the way of salvation, and also tells how God heals the sick, and the conditions upon which they are restored, giving wonderful testimonies of his miraculous power in these last days. It consists of 248 pages, neatly bound. Cloth, 76 cents. Paper cover, 25 cents. GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. Coq Grand junction, Mich.' LIST OF MONEY LETTERS NOT OTHERWISE REHM Sigel Hunt- e- r-, J. 2A7. -- PI; illips, RE. Andrews, M. Lane, Anna Darby, Sarah Allen, Mrs. G. Bownian, Emma Johnson, Mrs. Isaac Billings. Requests Tor Prayer. „ Pray for Mrs. G. Bowman and fam-ily, Mt. Pisgah, Ind. that they may be healed of their afflictions. Pray for the healing of the wife of Nelson Alward, Broden, 0. Julia A. Taylor, Grass Lake, Mich. desires your prayers that she may be fully saved and healed. Mrs. Martha McKelny, of Rich-burgh, N. Y. asks for prayer in be-half of her children who have whoop-ing cough. Barbara Morris, Augusta, Ga, de-sires the , sa_ ints to pray for her on the last day of May, that she may be sanctified wholly. OAKWOOD, 0. DEAR BRETHREN: Will you p4ease unite with us in prayer, in behalf of my brother who is very badly afflicted. He believes he will then be restored to health. We know no reason why he should continue to suffer. We do believe the Lord will raise him up. Your sister in Christ, Amanda Campbell. A_ sister writes: " I have just re-ceived a copy of the GOSPEL TRUMPET and thank God for the paper, and I have felt many times that there was something lacking in my spiritual condition. I am a weak, nervous woman, and have an invalid husband, and also have two sons who are un-saved. Pray earnestly for us." A very earnest request from, Tern-pie, Crawford Co., hid., is sent by Sae rah Hanselman, who has been se-verely afflicted for many years, who desires prayer in her behalf that she may receive the cleansing of her soul, and be healed of all her afflictions. AUGUSTA, GA. Apr. 21, 1893. DEAR SAINTS 61' GOD, GREETING: Having received a great blessing from my first request for prayer in the Trumpet, I take the liberty to a-gain ask the saints of God to offer a special prayer to God for me. The burden of sin that gave me so much trouble, has been removed, and I do believe if the dear saints of God will make my case a special prayer I will be fully sanctified, and will be enabled to fully consecrate every thing to the Lord. Your brother, R. M. Gear. Calls For Meetinis A true holiness preacher is wanted at Mt. Pisgah, Ind. Address Mrs. G. Bowman. -- L- ■ 4al. Thomas P. Abbott of McLellan Corner, Erie Co., Pa., writes that they desire some one to come thei- e and preach the pure. gospel light. A meeting is desired • at an early date in the vicinity of McConnells-burg, Pa. Address Sister Lizzie Oy-ler. OIS Bro. R. Cloe writes from Eubanks, Ky., that God has a fire- baptized church at that place, and they are calling for some more ministers of God to come to that part of the coun-try to preach the true gospel. John Kinney, Lafayette, Stark Co., Me desires to hear the gospel preach-ed in that community but says he is too poor to pay the expenses of any one coming. He also desires prayer in his behalf that he may be sanctifi-ed. 818 N. CORY ST. FINDLAY, 0. May 8, 1893. DEAR BRETHREN: The saints have secured a house for meeting, for this month in the town, and are prepared to bear the brother's expenses and desire Bro. Schell or whom the Lord may send. Address, G. M. Campbell, 818, N Cory St. Findlay, 0. or David Smith, Station B. Findlay, 0. Sister Emma Johnson, West Plains, Mo. writes: " A few of us have been saved and standing here for eight years, and have made call after call for some one to come this way to preach the pure gospel, but no one seems led to come. May God send a mighty conviction on their souls to scatter out everywhere to help to strengthen the weak, and give other poor souls the evening light." Can Brother Willis and company come to Brighton on their way to camp meeting this spring? A meet-ing house can be used to hold meeting in, and school houses in country. Lord send some Holy Ghost men willing to work for the Master and lead sinners from darkness unto light and life. In Jesus' name come with faith in God and his love for poor fallen mankind lost in sin. All the dear saints pray for the work in Iowa. Please write if coming, and state the time. NIary E. Allaway. Brighton, Iowa. - EDITORIAL NOTES. The Grand Junction camp meetin June 9- 18. Do not forget the requests for prayer this week. . . • - Bro. Speck sends in a report of a glorious work being done near Tam-pico, Ind. and souls are being saved. • - A meeting is now in progress at Stanley, W. Va., by Bro. Jacobson and others. They report salvation work in other meetings previously held. 4 111- 4. After many months of faithful la-bor for the Master along the Pacific coast, Bro. J. W. Byers and wife have returned to Ill. again, and expect to remain a few months and also attend the Grand Junction camp meeting. We have just received a very prec-ious letter from the brethren in Eng-land, with a glorious report of the work of the Lord there. Several places are opening for the gospel work there and the Lord is blessing their labors. Their address is, No. 7 Chatham street, Liverpool, England. They need your prayers and encour-agement. Bro. Chas. Orr, who sold his home last winter in order to obey the call of the Lord to come and teach the school on the camp ground, now de-sires to build a small house for a home on the camp ground, but has not e-nough money to complete the work. They are living in Grand Junction at present. He and his family are all consecrated to the Lord and the work of the gospel, and are worthy the aid and support of the brethren, and are giving their whole time free of charge. They desire to build a home before crowd the words too much. If good paper is used, it may be written upon both sides. Always number the pa-ges in proper order, but never paste them together. To heed a few such suggestions will greatly aid in ' pre-paring manuscript. Do not rake it for granted that the Editor who ie-ceives thousands of letters has plenty of time to spare to correct unneces-sary- mistakes. We are always glad to receive arty articles which the Lord moves any one to write. VAIN RELIGION. The Religious Press Association of Philadelphia sent an advertisement of the book on Divine Healing, to the Sunday School Times, which is one of the popular religious papers of the United States, and after receiving a reply, wrote us as follows: , " The pub-ushers of the Sunday School Times have advised us that they do not think that their publication is one which should be the means of intro-ducing your book ' Divine Healing of Soul and Body.' They decline there-fore, to accept the advertisement." That paper has a wide circulation among almost all denominations, and aim to instruct the youth of our land, as well as older ones, and teach them the ways of the Bible. The publish-ers believe that the day of healing is past. and like Asa, resort unto ' the physicians instead of unto the Lord," for healing, and teach their readers to do the same. They get their sup-port from all the creeds of Babylon, and worldly advertisements, and are afraid to introduce a book that sets forth a full salvation, and exposes sin , on every , hand, and insists upon a " pure religion." They have fears that if the. people get the word dealt out in its purity that it will expose their " vain" religion and thus dimin-ish their purse ant support. POWER OF GOD. sanctified are all of One. Amen! Heb. that sanctifieth and they 2: II. Not divided ainst who are solfl ot, fftehreennit tsheactt s eVbti- eell aIgpray God to Iig thhisa taG). itoddr eu nri, Itlhpeurreghee outa tnff rr dom eanml tohuagt transgress against him. Ez3ek: : A3n8d. Tfrayn es agrree sssai, orendisa nsS idin. . n j on° twalk in the light, we will go into darknessejno. 12: 35. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus : h7r. istjecsienasnasiestohtiniastfhrte) mmiagthl t sanctity the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Heb. Is: 12, If we are sanctified we are cleansed from all sin. So if we know it is God's will that we be sanctified, we will go into darkness it we do not walk in the light and go on and be sanctified. To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Jas. 4: 17. Now let us see whz. t God says in his word. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. I The. 4: 3. And the very God of peace sanc-tify you wholly t, entirely ), Thess. 23. Some say that they lack power. and want to get a little more power. Well let us see what they lack- if they lack power. But ye shall receive power after that the I loly Ghost is come upon you. Acts 1: S. So if you lack power of God through b faith power, get the I Icily Ghost, then you, will be tilled with power. Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord. Micah 3: 8. Some say that they are hungering and thirsting after right-eousness.. Such need to be filled. God ' says that such SHALL be filled. Matt. i 5: t). Wen let us see what the Word says about being tilled. The Holy [ Ghost is the sanctifier, Rom. 15: 16, ; and he, the loGhost gives us pow- ' er. Acts : S. And Stephen was full faith zInd the I loly Ghost, also full o power. I e \\ Z15 110t hungering aft- - ' ghteousness if he was full. God's of fat things, says ha, notLe hungry, for Nat in plenty and HANISBURY, ARK. Apr. 30,1893. DEAR FRIENDS: I am an afflicted little girl ten years old, have abscess of the spine. r have laid face down-ward for nearly three years. My back is covered with big sores clear to the spine. The Drs. all gave me up, but God has not. I am Mamma's only child, and have no papa, but I love God with my whole heart. Will you pray for me? Mamma wants to take me to Hot Springs in two weeks, but I don't want to go. Pray for me that the dear Lord May heal me so I won't have to go. I trust him, but if Mamma would only wait, I know he would heal me. I am like the man - that lay at the pool, waiting to be put in when it was troubled, and if Jesus would come this way so I could arise and walk and praise his name, how happy I would be. Your loving little friend, - E. Brower. In writing articles for publication, always write the heading at the be-ginning, so it can be seen at a glance what has been written about. Write very plainly with and do not I 5 I , Gthe ordinance of feet wash-l I ; guide you in all truth, Jno. 16: 13. not l man his soul. Jer. 1 : 6. n part command of the ttrruutthh. of feet . S- ovas ehimng, ust as k well keep be end power. ued Ye w shhaallll rece poweri. ve po Luke 2 the . i Some claim to havethe HolyGhost r S and are called to preach, but it the of od published, ready for camp meeting ) each to please - the people. .1 hey ' shall be devoured with the sword, for pu The new song book will soon be peac lies in my name, says t, he the mouth of the. Lord hath spoken services. Lord by the mouth of Jer. 14 : et . I he' it. Isa. t : t q, . t. What is meant by Lord says in Jeremiah 23: 2 1 , 1 have the sword ? Let the Bible tell. 1 he not sent these prophets, yet they ran. sword is the word of GtaL Eph. 6: 17. Some are on the line to please the ' The word of God is quick and poer people. They say that God has call- 1 ful, and sharper than any two- edged ed them out of Babylon, yet they do sword, and is a discerner of the not say that others must come out.' thoughts,: and intents of the heart, but say, let God show them if they when preached in the power of the I ought to come out. The Bible says, lioly Ghost. SO if we disobey we will ' faith cometh by hearing and hearing' perish by the sword and die without by the word of God. Rom. Io: 17. knowledge. Job 3o: 1 2. I And how shall the people hear with- We warn the people to not disobey I out a preacher? and how shall they ' God for their souk' sake. If you find I preach except they be sent? Rom. ! a lack in your soul, get to God and 1 IO: 14, 1 5. . i God says that Babylon is fallen, and ; i lhiea x ■ Ne- i ItIhtei l II ii to. iv P( r; ahisot: tthweeLohradvle iffiwree, I ; God is calling his people out. Rev. Matt. 3: 1 2, and power. Praise the ! 1S: 4. Put yourselves in array against Lord for tire and power! God bless Babylon; all ye that bend the bow. the saints, and keep them full of faith l ' shoot at her; spare no arrows, for she ' and Holy Ghost tire and power. And hath sinned against the Lord. Jere 5o: to you who are hungering after right- Ia. We as preachers must preach a- eousness, eat from God's table and let , gainst all sin, so if she has sinned we ; your soul delight itself in fatness. Isa- I must shoot against her. Jer. 50: 15.! 55: 2. The Bible says we shall live ' h I Babylon is fallen and is become the by the power of God; so we ought to abitation of devils. Rev. 1 8 : 2. F i out of Babylon, and deliver every .. by the ' lee:: have it. 2 C or. t3: 4. And are kept camp meeting. Ibweein s ay w'de dare sanctified and are not for we nege, d all the power God has II.: uinnttohesall: i.. sattic: inn., ert. tady to be evealed . The word of God says, When Lord has called such, they did not ing d do not keep all of the commands Some claim they e Spirit of truth is come he will tarry long enough at jerusa. lem . Why the they tarry at Jerusalem? To , What kind of power? Holy Ghost 4 46 er, aft:, I las others. J no. 13: 12- 18. The Spirit ' er that the Holy Ghost is come upo land of truth is the Comforter, Jno. 15: 26. ,• ou. Acts. 1: 8. ' Ihe Bible speaks 1 the Comforter is the Holy Ghost, of some without power. Jo b 26: 2. Jnp. 14: 26, and the Holy Ghost is Well if ewe are without poWer, we 1 the sanctifier. Rom. 15: 16. So if Dv ht to et to the Lord and get ' walk so, it will not take long- to get out by to themselves damnation, Rom. Pr'm ing in the light Let us see what Others deny the power, having a to I God says in his word. For both he , of godliness, but denying the P° vier There is a class of people who like smooth things and are rebellious, ly- table is fu ing children, and will not hear the 25 : 0. So we n law of the Lord, and want the pro- G od says we sly phets to prophesy smooth things and be satisfied. and praise the name of deceits. Isa. 30: 9, 10. They turn a- the Lord. Well if you are satisfied way their ears from the. truth and are you are n The willing and turned unto fables. 2 Tim. 4: 4. alient sl eat the good of the _• . There is a class of prophets who, land; but if y- e refuse a_ nd rebel ye mistaken Some preach th t re I f them h - lfltO a tr uht , we are for tis, Some resist teh power. Le can -- - - a- t- - U, oc. says° g a sect, If : sist. r hey that resist shall rec b e sancti• fied and belon gto en, ` 2, and contented, a source of comfort to its parents, and promises future usefulness, so is the child of God that is obedient to heaven's man-dates, filled with joy and peace in be-lieving. Then let Zion awake and put on her strength, and Jerusalem her beautiful garments, that the Gen-tiles may see thy righteousness, thy Willingness and thy obedience. Your brother in the evening light, A. B. Stanb, erry. News from the Field. thereof; from such turn away. 2 Tim, 3: 5. So we see they are professors, having only a form of godliness. May God help his saints to see that God in his word says, from such turn away; that is, to not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Eph. 5: 1. J. N. Worden. WALKING IN THE LIGHT. TF we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son, cleanseth us from all sin.- 1 Jno. I : 7. There Js a peace and joy in the experience of those who sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, whose summit can only be reached by those who are willing to obey God, by walking in all the light of his word. Jesus is the light of the world and if we fol-low him we shall not walk in dark-ness, but shall have the light of life. Many, are seeking soul rest, and tes-tify they desire the experience of ho-liness, yet they prove by their lives that they are not willing to do all God's word requires of them in or-der to obtain the experience. The word is God's revealed will to man, and walking in the light is a cheerful and willing compliance to its teach-ings,. and absolutely necessary, in or-der to enjoy perfect peace, fullness of joy, and complete soul rest, or the life that is hid with Christ in God. God's people are a willing people, and they wirprove their willingness to please God by obeying his blessed word, and except we deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Christ we cannot be his disciples. The way of the cross is a self- deny-ing route, as Christ's life gives in clear example, and the only gospel track to glory. Jesus walked this way, and tells us to " follow his steps who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth." Dear reader, your salvation cost the suffering and death of the Son of God; and if you don't value Christ's mission in the world enough to fol-low him by walking in heaven's light as it is flashed upon our pathway from day to day, you need not be surprised when you feel lukewarm-ness and indifference begin to lower the temperature of your first love. The word says " Be not conformed to this world," and forbids the " wear-ing of gold."— Rom. 12: 2; I Pet. 3: 1- 5. We see many professing to fol-low Christ, disobeying these com-mands and, still claiming they are walking in all the light they have; and you speak to them about these things, and thew try to justify them-selves by saying they can t see any harm in them. Thus they depart from the reverence due God's word, and a code of reasonings from a moral ba,- sis finds a higher seat in their blinded Conception, than the positive, record-ed law of God. We met a Method-ist professed holiness evangelist who Wore gold and worldly conformity. We asked him what sanctification did for him. He says, " It makes me love my church," ( the M. E. sect.) We admonished him to lay aside his gold and tobacco, and he gave us to under-stand the M. E. preachers bought their goods and paid for them and it Was nobody's business if they got them honestly. Thus they put dark-ness for light, and worse than that, they will not have the light. Woe Unto her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city. She obeyed not the voice; she received not cor-rection; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.— Zeph. 3: I, 2. Christ and his disciples were " disallowed indeed of men, but cho-sen of God and precious" to those that believe he is precious, but to the disobedient, a rock of offence, even to those that stumble at the word.— I Pet. 2: 8. Having these promises dearly beloved, let us cleanse our-selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Yet men will use to-. bacco, acknowledge it is filthy, and say they don't see why it is wrong, all at the same time. It is wrong be-cause God condemns it, and if you mill walk in the light you will have fel-lowship with God, with all the chil-dren of - God, and a knowledge of divine acceptance in your own soul. Praise the Lord! Some try to excuse their unwilling-ness to walk in the light by saying, I have never received the light that it was wrong to wear worldly conform-ity, or that sectism was wrong, or that it was wrong to use narcotics, etc., and at the same time have repeatedly listened to the teachings of the word on these lines. To such we would say, God's word is a light for our feet" to walk in, and its entrance giv-eth light, and if you will receive the straight word you will have the light, and it is your duty and privilege to walk in it. The Holy Ghost reveals the truth to the obedient, either by direct ' revelation or through his faith-ful servants, ( and either one is au-thority when the spirit and word agree), and it is our duty to walk in the light, lest the light we have be-come darkness. Many have trouble with their old habits, ant often return to some of them, because they are not anxious and willing to walk in all the light they have. Dear ones it is dangerous to be slack concerning our duty in the Christian walk. As a re-sult of this carelessness we see the same carelessness manifest itself all the way through their profession. Careless about family prayer, care-less about secret and public prayer, careless about going to meeting or testifying to the goodness of God, and in fat their lives are unsettled and unhappy, when " walking in the light" would make them a flaming fire for God and a lighthouse to this sin- benighted world. We see many calls for fire- baptized ministers. and truly they are in demand, and God is using them to flash the blessed even-ing light of gospel truth from east to west. When the call is answered, if by a Holy Ghost man, he will preach a-gainst everything the word condemns, and now your holy life is needed as a corroborating testimony to what he is preaching; but alas! you have been guilty of the very thii gs con-demned by the word, and instead of enjoying the meeting you feel some coclemnation, and instead of your life being an unimpeachable witness to the world, proving the grace of God to keep man, it is a stumbling block. A sister gets up and testifies that she believes the gospel preached and yet in her worldly conformity, makes a cross the world cannot fail to no-tice; or a brother arises to testify to the grace of God he has received through the word preached, and has not been cleansed from all filthiness of the flesh, but is still a slave to sev-eral masters of appetites, and all be-gin to wonder why the perfect fellow-ship does not exist, and why the church at that place4loes not prosper better. • Brother, it is because you ( and probably others) are not walk-ing in the light as you should. You come together and pray for more light and for the success of the cause. Now change your prayer and pray for grace to walk in all the light you have, and you will see a different move_ forward in your own experi-ence and be better qualified to help your brother along. Another result of failing to walk in the light, originating from the carelessness disobedience has pro-duced in your own soul, is clearly manifested when camp meeting time begins to approach. You begin to think it costs too much time, means and labor, and the devil suggests you had better not have a camp meeting at your place this year, and may be you will have better crops next year. The sects used to have camp meet-ings, but their backslidden, careless condition, does not value the worth of souls high enough to offer their time and means to gather them in, and they have given an example fol-lowed by all who fail to walk in the light. God's word requires nothing of us but what is for our good, and per-fect obedience is necessary to present happiness and future prosperity. The condition * of fellowship and cleansing is " walking in the light, and as the obedient child is happy AKRON, KAN.,' May 5, 1893. DEAR SAINTS: Our last report was from Levant, Kan. Since then we visited the church at Cornell, and God gave us a blessed meeting over Saturday and Sunday. Two follow-ed the example of our Lord in bap-tism. One was Bro. Harrison whom we believe God will lead into fields of usefulness the rest of his days. We then came to Hope, Kair. and met Bro. and Sister Fike. God has led this brother and sister out of the River Brethren sect. He had been an Advent preacher for ten years. He is now fully given up to the work of the Lord. We go from here to Arkansas. We met dear Bro. Mark-well at Witchita trusting fully in the Lord. The churches in the west would be glad to meet any of God's firebrands. Your brother saved, - James Willis. HAMMOND, LA., MAY 2, 1893. We have been in this state about three months and have more calls than we can fill. Attendance large. Behavior good. Interest great. People hear gladly, and generally en-dorse the truth and treat us kindly. May God bless them. Meetings have continued about one week at a place. Many requests for prayers; hope the dear ones who read this may be a-greed in praying for them. Some have been justified, and many more left seeking. I have been longing to get over the same ground again, and assist those who need help. Holi-ness has been such a stranger here, and people have so long lived in sin, that it seems hard for them to repent and give up sin for heaven. The worst opposition we have met, has been from those who claim to be church members, and live in sin, and would testify for every body else, that all sin, etc. and expect to get to heav-in that way. - Bro. Smith has been with me all the time. - Bro's Bradley, Boothe and Chandler, most of the time. The Lord is with us. To him be all the glory. Amen. Your broth-er in the front of the battle, J. Cole. 4315 N. 21ST, ST. Louis, Mo., May 3, 1893. DEW: SAINTS AND READERS: May the blessings of heaven rest upon you all. Amen. I am very thank-ful that I can report co'nstant victory and perfect peace, all through the mercies and blessings of God: Af-ter being away one year and two days, the dear Lord has permitted me to return to my home and meet with my dear mother and father and the loved ones in the flesh. Indeed it was a happy meeting, and oh, how it fills my heart with love and gratitude to my dear heavenly Father when I think of his blessings of the pas year! All our lives ' have been pre-served and we are once more permit-ted to meet in reasonable heath, but I am sad indeed to tell you that they are unsaved, and my dear sister that was saved and healed' at the camp-meeting last June is now unsaved. Through fashion and worldly con-formity and pride she was overcome and makes no profession, but through the mercy of God, her eyes are much better than before. We send forth a warning in the name of Jesus a-gainst this great soul destroying sin— pride. My folks willingly admit that they are not living as they should, and yet they have a desire to be saved and do the will of God. Dear saints, pray tor them that they may be saved before too late. There is not much chance to hold meeting here without a tabernacle, only street meetings. I expect to have meeting somewhere before I leave, the Lord willing. Pray that the way may be opened and souls be savet I am fully in the hands of God to go where he says. Truly the harvest is very great and few are willing to forsake all and follow Jes- us . i nt htnisis great work. The meeting at Evansville, Ind. was good, consid-ering that the people were very busy. The congregations were small but they gladly received the word. The saints were strengthened and sever-al others acknowedged the truth and invited me to return. Such places could be reached much better by the use of a tabernacle. I had the privi-lege of preaching to a company of Free Methodists. They have a" Float-ing Chapel." I visited them and talked with them. They said they did not wonder at people being dis-gusted at the churches ( sects) ; there is so much revelry and abomination in them. And yet they tried to make it seem necessary to continue there-- in, by saying we could not get along without such. I am glad there is a way, " highway," above all the works and traps of the devil, and I am in it and need no assistance from below, but my help all comes from above. I am free indeed in Christ and him alone, complete in him. Hallelujah! May God help the people to see the truth and discern the body of Christ ( the church), and come out of every-thing else. 2 Cor. 6: 14- 18; Rev. 18: 1- 5. The past year has been the hap-piest of all my life. I have seen many dear souls saved from sin and delivered out of the Babylon confus-ions of men in this world, and made to rejoice in the wonderful freedom in Christ. Praise his name forever! enect by his grace to ever be found working for my Savior who has done so much for me. I request an inter-est in your prayers that I may be in-strumental in the hands of God in winning souls to the true way from earth to heaven. Yours and Christ's, sanctified whol-ly and kept, Thomas Carter. ATWOOD, KAN. May 3, 1893. DEAR SAINTS: May the peace of God keep your hearts through Christ Jesus. Jam glad to report vic-tory in my soul over all the works of the devil. Praise the dear Lord! I am kept through the power of God free from all sin. Hallelujah! And I can say he has proved . a present help in every time of need. We are hold-ing forth the word of life to the peo-ple of Atwood. We begun meeting about April 20th. We found much prejudice at first, but we came in the name of our King who never lost a battle. We are holding meeting in the court house. Well praise the dear Lord, there are many doors thrown open for us now, and the people sit and drink in the truth. It does our souls good to see the poor sinner listen to the truth so earnestly. Oh may God save their poor souls! We ask the dear saints to pray ear-nestly for the work in this part of this western country. Also pray God I to sink us down deeper into his will, and that we may be as wise as ser-pents and harmless as doves. We be-lieve God is going to do a work at this place. Your brother, saved and kept through faith by the power of God, T. A. Philips. 0 TESTIMONIES - worid _ erftu l . Put. 119: 129. To THE MUCH LOVED SAINTS OF GOD: It is with gladness in my soul and praises to God that I have this testimony that Jesus saves my soul. I know that I am all consecrated even to death in any way. I would not knowingly commit what might be called the least sin. For I know that if we would not rather die than sin, we are not sanctified. There- ,1 fore my body is a living sacrifice, as1 Paul says in Romans 12: I. And al- 1 ways bearing about in my body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in my body. Read 2 Cor. 4: 8-- 11. I know the blood of Christ does com-pletely purify my heart from dross. Dear saints, pray earnestly for me, for I have many hard trials. Oh that I may prove. true to the end! Your sanctified sister, Julia Courtney. DIMONDALE, MICH. DEAR BRETHREN: My testimony is, that I am saved, for which I give God all the glory. Oh glory be to God forever for what ' helms done for me! It is wonderful how God has brought me out of secret societies, sin and sect-ism. And to- night finds me on the solid rock Christ Jesus, where I expect by the grace of God to stand firm until He shall call me home to praise him in eternal glory. - Your brother in Christ, D. H. Carlton. Guy's MILLS, PA. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: This after-noon finds me saved and kept by the mighty power of God to do his bles-sed will in all things. He sanctifies my nature, and gives me that peace that is like a river flowing deep in my soul. Oh how can I. love him enough for what he has done for me in bring-ing me out of sin and sectism into this glorious evening- light! I give alt the praise and glory to God for his keep-ing power that he has bestowed upon me. Jesus tells us in Jno. 16: 33, These things have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace; in the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world. I do thank the dear Lord that through him I have overcome the wicked things of this sinful world. Oh praise his name forever for- the way he has and is still leading me! We can truly say that the way grows brighter and brighter as we press forward, onward and upward to the mark of our high calling in Christ Jesus. Pray for me and wife that we adorn our profession in the sight of alt men, living each day of our lives up to what we profess in all we say or do, being living. epistles, known and read of all men, doing the will of the Master. We trust the Lord will lead some of his true ministers here to preach the pure gospel. Your saved and sanctified brother all on the altar, H. P. Morris. EVANSVILLE, IND. DEAR READERS OF THE TRUMPET: I feel like giving- my testimony this evening, as the dear Lord has done so much for me. He set my soul free and set me on the solid rock, my blessed Jesus. Oh my soul is free! I am free from all of this world-ly care: I think more of my Jesus than all this world's goods. Glory to Jesus! He healed my body of afflic-tion. Last July I was taking down and I was not able to do my own work any more. And I was not fit to die. I knew this, that if I died I was without hope in the next world, without God, and a sinner. 0 how many are in the same fix to day, yet do not seem to care. I saw my sad state and called on my Lord and he heard my cry for help. I told him I would turn and serve him in his way, let it be as it would. I did not be-lieve in holiness then. My neighbor, a dear sister, had told me all about it too, but Satan wanted his way. But glory to God, He showea me I was to come out straight for Him, and I did so, and was blestwith good health ever since. Praise his holy name for his love! I am having some hard trials now. My husband has gone back in the world. He seems worse than he was before. I want all of the dear ones to pray for him that God may save him yet. He will not go to meeting and he is opposed to trne going. God's will be done, not mine. Oh I want to see him right with the Lord! Pray for me that I may hold out faithful to the end, and not be a disgrace to my Lord. Brother Carter was with us last week and we were greatly blest and all that heard him. God bless all of the saints, is my prayer. I am all on the altar for Jesus, to do his will. I am happy, saved and sancti-fied. Glory to his name! Nannie Downs. DRPAM$ ow OF th FALBEROOD. Ithe business,- build sects, that he was at living fixing up thinks are complete in this world, I ing souls were being lost, Ti- Em: Q . 081 = 4 stl- riiRT. 3m1::)- Eirr. . : , ----- readin o. such slimmer; that was a great trial formest g...: ' o u rsiste r i n C hir ist, t gT s El\ mi\,,, Tibllihl. eaialaa, ltnnidsfsi: lodr- s, •::._.__ seud, r raonud nvdieiwng f r" ommo " uMn. toauinnts Z ainond" h thilels" the truth. I Tim. 3 : 15. And ye; fix up a farm_ : He loves obedience I j ust, and Solomon makes it plain in ed by others as concerning what they I " For they that depart from me shall' to his name! I am sinking deep- of Israel, there is no God like thee in: where the priests of Baal have set up [ saints] [ thee house or church of God] I ent more than pun sacrifice. The disobedi- lhis own case. the body of Christ is rightly discern-thinks is a sect organized by man, as ' hie judge dertermined the member- soul is worth more to me than all I eth a nation. but sin is a reproach to, me s s ti, enjoying a free salvo, popular Baptist theologian and as persons that compose the church u- I Praise the Lord: Yes I can praise my the midst of the court: and upon it not thus divided, but defines it as i the Lord. Jen 17: 13. And to for- Isecrated to his service than I ever: unto thy servants, that walk before DEAR. PRUNII` VT READ " church local and church universal." I sake the Lord is to forsake his church.' was before. And by the grace of ' thee with all their hearts. \ 11 their altars, and where God's holy are comple [ tperesent tense] in him.' are punished; and I thank God I No doubt when Solomon started in a book entitled " Church Order," i classes, the obedient and disobedient; love God. And I know it has worked' five cubits long, and five cubits broad, name is biasphemed, how words Col. 2: t o. This upsets another false' from the bottom of my heart that out in life, when ye t quite young, he :: feta:,,,, e: itio) i_ t,;,) 11: 1 ( 1171;: tit, litlii -; 11,: ill i tsliN.:. iseat c liNn% itvitio( otihts Th:.. e( t: j110e. E, l4v0teTl: r1:. word of God come to the heart: " H that dream. " What is the chad to the I God showed me where I was, before I loved the Lord God with all his heart, word faithfully." - hath my d let him speak my, 1 wheat? saith the Lord." this sect calls itself " the church," ne- niversal. Page I39. ' So that leayesi God for it all, for I know. I will be cessity compels it to contradict all none but the Testament order [ which order he termined by God himself; the infalli- cannot afford to lose my soul. M y I dren of God ) " Righteousness exalt- ' power of God to ; no. ' theologian refu tthese theory produc- he tells the truth plain enough. Ithe good of the land. Glory be ward heaven and said, 0 Lord God triumphant, and the church - is ' register] because they have forsaken I will of God, and I am more full y con- keepest covenant and shewest mercy I written by D. L. Dagg. Dagg is aithe obedient subjects are the same: to my good and I have profited by it. others. In the book just named, this who are known by a sect registerd The willing and obedient shall eat call . " church miilliittaanntt says and church I be written in the earth [ on a sect' er and deeper into the perfect the heaven, nor in the earth: which " ers organized according to the New I ship in the church universal is de- I I expect to die at my post, for I I heart fixed in God ( like all other eitik ny and tell of the wonderful healing we will see]. Church universal is I ship in the great ECCLESIA, but fall- this world and every thing in it. le- I any people.' Praise God! this is the I tion. - The prophet that Bath a dream. let him tell a dream; and 1 he that path my word, let him speak my word " Church local is a body of belie- v- lAgain, page 143, he says, " Member God I will forever be true to him, and I he say, three years after, with his: I feel it my duty We find some dreams of falsehood I Christ's reign are divided ' into two that love God, and I know that II omon had made a brazen scaffold of c S I stand upon the sea of glass over his own house, whose house are a precious soul is worth more, than I the Word contradicts itself. But w . mingled with holy fire, where we [ saints]." Heb 3 : 6. The house all this world. The Lord sent me out I wish to say to the glory ofGod, that faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat', saith the Lord. Ser. 23: 28. I Again he says the subjects of things worktogether fol- I g- ood to them I 2 Chr. 6: 13, 14, I and finishes what Christ failed to do. I have been Saved. God ' What does God say? " Christ as a son I services more, than he did a farm.' texts as we have set before us, that of God which is the church of the i to preach the everlasting gospel and it does not. It only living God, the pillar and ground of I not run home every little while to I ing line between the just and the un-disobedient for those; more obedient to him hereafter. knees before all the congregation of _ 1 II got too far away from him. 4. A. 11 I which we can plainly see by reading : I a farm, perish- : many who do not understand the word ke,// et- IliilpeotillrThlIilIl}' the m alg. lbjoy!" isa- cllii1.1tlilf.... ttnhheaaettd ndtio- ogfu iGdeod ah eft ci nI , acrleaNili, iiithbo) t, it the Sp_ irit to .,, I and three cubits high,, and set it in he stood and kneeled down upon his I ' I ht oN, t:', r all sin . Israel and spread forth his hands to- B. C.. 1004. For Sol-draws the divid- me that I may be keBp. tah: N. I. e.. could : with on t ill we meet at _ : proteco,.! ! me in (! y ery respect, and 1 itLin praising- Iiiin day but my blessed Savior helped me to bear it. I have great reason to think my loss was his gain. Pray bedient to God. Well, lasting salvation. sanct ified my soul, name of the Lord! Since the Lord i. ne Lord has wonderfu ord be lvith you a n. Amm inonth'seven of us were • to write my testimo- John Shaneyfelt. I ' have KITTANNING, PA. be diphtheria or - and night. The utes ER::: God be temptation. " had perfect Jesus' feet, LA. Bies:::: the by Christ. " On page 98 he says: " Lo- I local churches [ sects]; hence a cor- he gain the whole world, and lose' love God with all their hearts, the whole company of th ise saved lible men admit to membership in sus says, What will it profit a man it language of ever y child of God, Nr ho ! sick, supposed to •‘• • could only nsititts. No ono knows w It my teeth, organization, and in this organiza- I cal churches, and because of it they , exchange for his soul ? tion human agency is employed. And I are not strictly homogeneous with I 0 dear ones, it is awful to see pro- i 20, with his heart not fixed on God. close d and 1.1- , . t. cal churches [ sects] possess external I rupt element finds entrance into lo- I his soul? or what will a man give in I But we find Solomon, twenty- thi ee fered. No tongue can tell my misery I years after. in the above text, Fee. 7: ! in pain anti fever. My laws were ,- _• t I . some in the since every church [ sect] on earth has I the universal spiritual church." Here' fessors ving careless in this world,; but on strange women.- 1 \ lugs ret 111V little probably one or more false profess - I Dagg says plainly that God manageslcom men heal-ors in it, it may be objected, that if I the church universal or great ECCLE- I on in all the abominations of the ! strange women, together with the " rook of 1 read God had designed the churches to! SIB, but man rules the churches with' world, and the devil makes them be- idaughter of Pharaoh, women of the ; ono! wonil.! ritt committing sin every day, and goin0- 11- 4. But King Solomon loved many ono dav win! omites, ' Zi- hi.. I wept awhit ,• ., be - free from false professors, he I external organization as before - Ilieve they are doing,' best they I Moabites, Ammonites, Ed something would not have committed the man- I tioned, or man- made sects. Andican and the y will be all right in the I donians and Hittites; of the nations scented til w; WI uito get up out of agement of them to fallible men." : this is the reason they are corrupt, end. 0 ma y God open the blinded ! concerning which the Lord said unto d. I arose y;. ry ,,-, ak , dresse d my Notice how much fallible man has; and are not homogeneous with the eyes of the people that they may see I the children of Israel. N e shall not ! self, and I; , : t , k the so t did heal to do in the management of - the I spiritual church of Christ. I their condition before it is too late. I go into them. neither shall they come ' instantaneot : I .. church of the living God. Jesus: How can any rational beings whol0 yes, and I See professed saints ; ; n unto you: for surely they will : ! ss away. , u said he would build the church. I have their senses exercised to knowldabbling in the things of this world, I turn away your heart after their goi is: I a rve t ri l I w,• ilt t( 1 Matt. 16: . J. S. The apostles say it good from evil, say that these ismslsorne chewing and smoking tobacco.' Solomon slave unto these in love , • - Ate! 1 illlif- tTi I has been built. Eph. 2: 20, 22; I Pet. i are of man and are corrupt, and still; others dressing in the fashion and I And he had seven hundrcti wives. ! , , , ,,, i n , 2: 5. And God takes in the mem- ! remain n t he mass of corruption, and I style of the world, and dressing their I princesses, and three hundred Colic t: - ' rivil t, go. • t hers. i Cor. 12: IS. So man has no II delusive drag- nets of Satan' God l children the and bbrriinnggiinng themlbines: and his wives turned awa y his, from that vet , ' part in the management of the church I help all to touch not the unclean up in the fashion and style of the I heart. For it came to pass, vv i1 { ! Ill v strength t:!\ i tal-unless he would take the place of I thing. " Come out of her my poople." world, instead of bringing them up ! Solomon was old, that his Ivive, ! Lord! Wo ii.,- J i i 1 God. Jesus gave himself to Sancti- I May the blessings of God rest upon in the nurture and admonition of the I turned away his heart after wi lt i i itas la't'h III' l ot --,: c i fy and cleanse the church. Eph. 5: all the saints of light. I Lord. 0 dear ones, you cannot of- ! gods: and his heart was not perli„; e1 I ' . Some tt011it, S. LV if ' b w 0 Flee out or Babylon. deliver every man his soul. I tng. 26. The church is his body. Eph. Ho, all ye people. come and : Min the heavenly shoal: I ford to live thus, yon will miss heav- i with the Lord his God. tot : a! a ( 10,1r, h 10 li I: 22, 23. The people of God are The ride of Christ is holy, in sninin; garments white. I en. It means a great deal to be ho- I Then like many others who havt ,) 0 in '; s1 t1 his body. ' Con 12: 27. Jesus is the! - Xrrayed to meet her husband in everlasting light. ly, to live a holy lilfiete, , to obey all theiturned away from God, with the i: ' ye ( At I trust 111111 vine and they are the branches[ mem- W. A. Haynes. word of God and keep all of his eyes and heart fixed on strange won 1 him at his wt, Anti i begs], John. 15: 5. Jesus is h . olyco. mmandm1ents. -- i men. will cry out and say, " There r the straigh i Heb 7: 26. And if the root [ Christlbe ' -- i•—• fs , James says,, If we keep the whole I not i just man upon earth that lot : axon. MUTED FOR THE RACE holy so are the bracnhes [ members]. i DEAR SAINTS OF THE LIVING. GOD:( law, and yet offend in one point we I good and sinneth not." For in tit Y our si ster, sin ig tieepe . Ito the y, I d of t; o, Rom. II: 16. Now as the saved of I May the dear Lord bless you all a- i are guilty of a- ll. las. 2: to. R- e- backslidden condition they are like God are his church ( Gr. ECCLES1A, bundantly. Amen. I have been ' member his church is pure and holy, , iI drunken man while under the ! lulu-. 1 congregation) , it follows thai com- I very much impressed to wri te my I without spot, or wrinkle, or any suchlenee of intoxicating liquor. they i panies of saved persons located in dif- I testimony to the GOSPEL TRUMPET. I thing.— Eph. 5: 27. Heaven is a ho- I think because they are drunk ever\ 1 i N Illt ' tx. ARIZ. 1 EAI: SAIN : I feel it would he to ferent places are indeed local church- IThis morning I am saved from all il y place and nothing unholy shall body else is drunk; and will go a .•; 1 1 t [ tic I4.1 arts 0 . i , frog Iirte - estiniony i know tit. -) write my es ( congregations) ; as, the seven con- I of my sins, and cleansed from all my I enter there. 0 may God help us all far as to say they love God, while it I . - church, after all the false dreams I glory. 2 Tim. ,): to. Hallelujah! I low his steps who did no sin, neither Redeemer does not dwell in liea ! , , t , .• - 1. , _ ‘ . t- .1 ' . a. . g,„ u( l'l• et 1t., his pare in • gregations of Asia, etc. And these' idols, and sanctified through and I to live holy lives in this world and such a condition. But we do know 1 ind hicd wiLii ilw ii jilt compose the universal church, with; through by a second work of grace; I follow the example of our Savior. that in the glorious light of the ,._, r, os- i – ;. n, t, and oh how my so those in heaven. Some see but oneland my soul is filled with the eternal I He is our example and we must fol- pel of the Son of God, that great I - out : Intl root. tit ; tgainst t; od, t hno s ewshl on of Babylon. . ■ • . And I am all on the gospel altar, I was guile found in his mouth. Dearwhere oiler„±, .- s dwell, but in tilt . : N w we will notice the false pro-. I fI ully consecrated to the service of my [ ones, we must die out to this world heart that loves to obey him and i a, re. t tit) tu i , lin his I tiessed word under tessors spoken of. As all such are sin- 1 Master and his only. Praise God land everything in it. If any man I walk in all his precepts. „ Be vt! i the t.: it.: 11- feet. whwo en st t y o be sat sa thei Oh ir. actions - - - . - v no: . ve may ners, and the- church holy, they are no I forever and ever! I have received al love the world the love of the Fath- I therefore perfect p even as your Fat' hat- r iaIi • c h„ o p, r, u s. nI : u n,' ( tiles to so live and more members of Christ's bod y than number of l etters from brethren full I er is not in him, for all that is in the I which is in heaven is perfect. Judas was after he betrayed his Lord.; of sympathy for me, in my recentlworld, the lust of the flesh, and the . . A. _ i on . 1 : waIk that others may see and - take k : without [ outside] the body [ churchl. I feel like writing to you to encourage i is not of the Father, but is of the I $ 1 TESTIMONIES ; nowledge that the y are in truth the children of God! About two years For every sin that a man doeth is ! loss by fire. One brother writes, I I lust of the eyes, and the pride of liter I Cor. 6: IS. True they are in the i You, and take it to the Lord, ea . ” worIa.— I Jno. 2:- I .--:, TO. The friend- I . says woriderful. ..' : : 1 , 0 I was s. veil. I joined the Free e i ., - . • _. different sects, but yet with all otherlDear saints do not think that I am ! ship of the world is enmity with God. i Pea. 119: 1E9. I Methodist chureh. lout the Lord show- At - G ur s. TA, GA, But I did neat sinners are outside the church ofIdown in the mouth or discouraged. I Whosoever therefore will be a friend I me that I otuld not be free there. Christ. Again, he says, page 129: 1 But I am praising God - for salvationlof the world is the enemy of God.— ! I am led of the Lord to add Inv tes. ! showed me I must co. M'e icttltittthoer lose th " The members of a local church may I and for his loving kindness to me; I Jas. 4: 4. How can we be Gods; timony for the Lord. l- te keep, 1 i sweetly saved in Jesus and preserved ! came t this , leeisiou I be known by the record of their land for the wonderful lesson I h me i the light out of my souull:, and when I av e' children and be saved, while we are i mines their membership, but it may word of God and get saved and'i sinned' not." 0 SMITH CEN FLIZ. KAN. — • him for his sal Mg power and sustaind- 1 - • lguide he has gladly came doing. Praise names in the church — book." Here is I learned. I , must confess that I had phis tion that saves from the world and I ! ID! his mighty power. I • . _ is enemies? Praise God for a salt' a- . wh en _ , saints to pray for me that I ma y be I derful blessing in so do our proof that he calls sects local ; got out of the order of the Lordi ask the dear out of Babylon and received a won. , churches, wh i ch are only known by! wen I stopped at home to fix up a I every thing in it! Amen. M. 11. Stover, 1, humble and be used to the honoi of : the Lord for the b esset i their names on a sect register. But I home - here in this world, which is : his holy name, of the firstborn are written in heat/- m perishing souls were calling to trs- fork ' record QUESTIONS. --......-- 4. Jane Williams. left US to lighten our pathway! and lead us into glor y ! Oh I do praise-on the same page he says " the church soon to be burned up. While poor I From y' our- sav' e- d s'ister in Christ, ! en, and no d on earth deter- ( meeting, that they might hear the I P. lease explain Ece. 7: 20. " For there I. not! be known by their fruits of righteous- make their escape out of Ba_ bylon I ANS. This language in the text I . DEAR BRoTtn. ozs ANo Sis- i- ERs: I am on the pre) mist; a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and i grace, that he keeps me unspott ed ness." Praise the Lord, this last confusion and the world. was spoken by king Solomon, B. C. I so thankful to the Lord for iii. from the world. I know that I am out of the firstborn?" His answer is, The and saved the best of to oxen and three years _ before, when Solomon what use for another than the " churchlthey have, and he disobeyed God, ' mouth of the same person, twenty- been in the service of my Lord and Master for fifty y ears and am not' the way grow.; brighter day by day. inise and under the blood written in heaven. Heb. 12: 23. Then I Amalek, and utterly dest roy all— that' have to take another text from the toward the children of God! I have i , all the light he gives me that cleanses from all sin. I named church is the one the saints, I was perhaps a little like Saul, 977 years. And to get a full under- I cleansing and keepini- Y ower, P , am Walk- of God are in and no other; who are l! when the Lord sent him to smitelstanding of the above text, we will; God for his goodness and kindnes1s ! and universal church is in progress of sheep, to sacrifice to the Lord. -! He said in ProV. 14: 3o, 34," A sound heart, tired of the blessed way, and am in - T There are but f ew 4:) f us here, hut the dear at the end of the world. Page 137o people, he was doing - it for the good Righteous construction and will be completed no doubt thought like a great m is the life of the flesh: but envy, the rotteness of the bones. - Praise his holy name!. manifests his power. I wish the Lord meets with us and wondcrfully d any ... ord would send some Ghost plete church. And ma. n undertakes i tncome. I did not think that while I this be true, and did not build a corn.- i up the Lord's farm to increase the plete: so Jesus made a mistake if 1 church, etc. I thought I was fixing 1. . proach to any people. . two texts do not harmonize. Andl time, but my Here we can plainl3r see that , l t a great many trials in my life' itpnoloesrsafferrio ssomseni oi : sin° o. f a sailiation that keeps , blessed Redeetuu Il as. 1 : 101 nteAl DreaCilff here to preach I el, everlastio9- gospel. All pray for lui _ tom I ma}' } ire instrumental in tutn n g many souls to God. Your brother, Holy U. .1. s He says Christ's' church is not cOrn- of his cause, for the benefit of the ness exalteth a nation, but sin is a re-up oatn. have passed : I was sick last winter but God saw lit I ! , saved an: 0 a. ncti6O4' kku l M e: wi der!'
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 13:19 |
Published Date | 1893-05-11 |
Editor | Warner, D. S. |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 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 |
Publisher | Byrum, E. E. ; Michels, S. |
Subject | Newspapers -- Michigan -- Grand Junction ; 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 2009, Anderson University. |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
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Then tipaA\ nc, 1 the Reitutttatiott, The 111,• tira gl, tt if 11 pain: Luther putilis q ed free sal\- ation twrin. tii head was slziin. • PERFECTION IN CHRIST. 1_ flL'Vi El Grand clunction, Michigan, Thursday, May 11, 1893. Volume 13. No. 19., : hr if ar. 1 . 14.7r nut zit:: ht trt cd in he: the 1 von- ::: : chc: hr: a r4cir. s.••- h: rh.: 1 citalr: fc: • ; f 1hr t1a:: = chi thr : and of Bahy: on r. 7: zit: at: cc withizt : shah: amt. , Tee, 61: C. 29. ERF ECT ION in Christ is the my earthly parents word or corn- l\ - helping the devil, and taking your state cif being perfect; complete- mands that my conscience condemn- , ness. Christ wrought out a perfect ed me. And how much - More will salvation, and we can only be perfect the conscience - smite if we disobey through a perfect Christ. He gave us his word, which is perfect, and his commandments are contained in his word, or rather his word is his com-mandments; and in order to be per-fect we must obey his word, and if we fail to obey, we become disobedient. And by our disobedience declare that we are not his children, but belong to the opposite party and are not on the they would make thBe ilbe to clash. straight and narrow way to heaven and eternal happiness, but on the broad road of destruction that leads to eternal misery, where the worm d ieth not and the fire is not quenched, where the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for twer and ever. To be perfect is to be fully saved in It-sus, and keep saved by obeying his word I t we are not fully saved in e- I willing to obey it in its simplicity and sus we are not perfect in him. The I take it as the man of their- counSel, word says, Now are ye complete in him. We may claim to be perfect child-ren of God, but if we disobey the least of his commands, we fall short just that much, for the blessed Savior with his own lips declared that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of pie.- from their . sin S, When we talk the mouth of God; for whosoever to some of those creature worshipers shall keep the whole. law and yet . of-fend [ to sin] in one point, is guilty of all. How will it be with those who li au ail hiildellIOMI1111--- 1 ■ eugkotis I tfariszentioni, wi: 1 surely come— . Chicago. Ninet \-- three. This Pok- genous Speeter t hierarehal - reign, soon display the popish scepter— 1 ac nerctiesa rraign . Then let us worship Jesus ho sits upon 1- i is throne; \, , numher, name, nor mark on us, But Father's name alone. John E. Roberts. Dievt'r. R., COLO. ' of the multiplied thousands through- Their preachers and their wives lead 1! out the world who are claiming to the way in the fashions and amuse- : be Christians ( Christ like) and diso- ments of this Christless Ndorld. They being his word? The word cutsIg. o contrary to their own rules and ! them off. What are they basing their; the Bible every day of their li es hopes upon? It must be upon their s Many of their preachers are bound conscience, for so many say that their with oaths that are enough to chill I conscience is clear. The question the blood of a cannibal. They have would naturally arise, Where do I been hoodwinked and cable- towed, they get their conscience from ? Sure- and led around some lodge rooms 1Y not from the word of God; if they half naked. The real work of salva- I it would certainly condemn them tion from all sin the majority of these and not be clear when they disobey.; preachers oppose. Now for you to 1 know that when I would disobey 1st] ort 0121 kind f h h • real-i him in eternity. What will become toriously inconsistent . and - worldly. Oh the perversion o f the word through the false teaching that is extant in the world to day! it is heart rending, an in many places the hirelings are warning their flocks to keep away from " those holiness cranks" or fana-tics. If the people would read the pu- e word of God for- themselves and be plc, knowing their profession and but deny the power thereof, the apos-hearing their conversation, and talk- de says, " from such turn away." it ing to them of perfection in Christ is not likely that the apostle after tell-ing us to separate from them would justify us in turning right around and supporting thorn. Again, " Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." " Be not partaker of other men's sins, keep thyself pure." Now when we give of our means to support men that we know are world-lino; and that are not preaching the whole truth, if we are not thereby bidding them God- speed, and par-taking of their evil deeds then we fail to comprehend what the Eng-lish language means. God told Jer-emiah, " If thou wilt take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth; let them return unto thee, but return not thou unto them." He was not only to be separate him-self, but to separate others." 3. The Bible also teaches that we are to spend our means only for such things as will glorify God, and that for the expenditure of every cent we shall have to give a strict account at the judgment. Now just look at the matter from this standpoint. Sup-pose you give to the preacher of a fashionable church say twenty- five cents or one dollar. He goes to the store and spends your money in buy-ing a big feather, a gold ring, or per-haps a plug of tobacco, or pays his lodge fee, or perhaps he spends it in going to some Christless amuse-ment. Now if you cannot spend your ' money for such things how can you give it to help some one else buy them? To do so is to sin with your eyes open. Do you think God is ple. ased t o. have you spend his mon-ey helping to keep up the greatest obstacle to the promotion of his own cause and thus virtually fight against himself? While there are men en-gaged in preaching the pure truths f of the Bible, and whose lives are 0 consecrated to promote " pure and s undefiled religion, will it please God t a popular church, there being no class and satisfy you at his bar to with- t of live Christians in their community. hold help from them and give it to 0 The following is a copy ( somewhat those who fight the old fashioned g revised) of the reply we sent her, and way of the cross? What answer would t thinking it may be of use to others in like circumstances we send it forth in tract form. I. The majority of people in the popular churches are spiritually dean, some of them are " twice dead, and plucked up by the roots." They do a shallow, superficial work, which, in stand against God. There can be no neutral ground in this matter, for the Bible says, " He that is not with me, o s word, unless tilled so full of is against, me and he that gathereth Babylon wine that there is no con-, not with me, scattereth abroad." scienee, or as the apostle declares it, a 2. The word of God plainly teach-conscience seared as with a hot iron. es a clean- cut separation between his Oh what a mist! yea. Egyptian dark- people and the world. Speaking of ness is over the multitudes of peo- those who have a form of godliness rl be said no. to me, Whet seen thou? Aoki I answer. r m.! ek, et, keva aeTllce, rh cybdeo en, or ds nCSieenaae g itdt h e4t aho rf et lcyi tsa4i• nt3te g8teh4 rlieost; lll. it rery one that swea'retli dboa iatc bcso rcduitn go rt oo nit t. h Iey bring• it fondly sa: ta Lord of bost. s.."—'-- L And ha shall send his angels with a great sound of a an. mpet, and tiiey v'hv i gather er ieiilect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Now learn a paratle of the dg tree: rhea his tract is yet tender, and rittatit I leave?: ye ko that rarnmer is nigh: re likewise ye, when yephall see au these things, know that it is near, even at the doom Matt. 24: 31- 33. ! no such things ourselves, unless we break all connection with those who i do." A higher a_ uthdrity says: " When ortil thou sawest a thief, then thou con- Ii- sse tnhtee dssotl ewmitnh dhuimty. " o- f- - ePvsear. y scoh: iil8d. oIft God to put in his means where it - will do the most good, and remember he ! 1 keeps a strict account of all our ex-i k penditure of his property. 4. You speak of the necessity of helping to support that popular to ; preacher in order to have an influ- 1 lence with the people. Permit me in all love to say that on this point you : are mistaken. It is not necessary to compromise or to do wrong to have an influence. If you live right, walk in the old paths, and keep the bless-ing- of God on your soul you will cer-tainly have an influence. We have nev-er known one single case where a Christian increased his influence by helping to support a fashionable church, but- we have known many cares where they lost all their influ-ence by it. If you testify against world-liness and sin of all kinds in such meet-- ings you won't be wanted there any-way, they would rather have you stay away. But if you should begin to tone down and keep back part of the truth in your testimonies and exhortations they will be apt to run after you. Even though it were possible to gain an in-fluence by supporting such preach-ers it would not be right to do so, because that would be " doing evil that good might come" which the Bible forbids. " Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye sepa-rate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be - My sons and daugh-ters, saith the Lord Almighty." r 5. Suppose the preacher you have in your midst for the time being is a little better than the ordinary run of popular preachers, that does not make matters any better because your means help to su pport a church which as a whole is worldly and fashionable. When he is gone, just as likely as not somebody will follow him who will tear down any good that may have been done by his predecessor.. 6. To help support a worldly church is not only contrary to the word of- God, but will surelly cripple your usefulness and injure your ex-perience. We have never known one yet to keep clear on that line, and it would be a miracle if you could. Don't try - it. Let us faith- - fully- warn you against the leanness and backsliding of heart that will surely come by thus lending yourself as an' instrument to propagate " a vain religion." We beseech you so to act in this matter that before the flaming judgment seat Jesus will say, \\ Tell done, good and faithful ser-vant." SEI ECTED FROM A TRACT BY A. Sims. Another heast religion .' rum earth's trawl ion e: inie: - Protestant - ,1 lit Silt And shame. Ile exercised the iiklWer The Roman itt-. 1,, 1 possessed. Deceiving souls each ; ay and hour, riLi dressed. The Roman beast was raging, ! Lis aki n lug stole Youthful, spright iv sinooi hengaging-, More proselytes The second beast was hated; The first was hated, to, ■ : Th' utmost hatred, unahated, Existed ' mixt the two. But now they've ceased to cavil. They're walking hand in hand; Both recruiting for the devil And building on the sand. The German head was wounded; The deadly wound is healed. " Luther these were unfounded" " Protestant act repealed." The priests say, " Come and join us" The preachers sat the same; Priest and preacher eltinie in chorus: " Come on, we'll take your name." A second Reformation Now sweeps throul. thout the land— " One Lord, one faith, one salvation" Is heard on every hand. This " Earthquake" shakes the heaven, Ecclesiastical: Fresh impetus now is given The . Romish beast if. The second beast decided , To take this case in hand. Coincided, plan provided ' To make a final stand. The " Plan"— a Christian Congress, Religions Parliament-- 13ring together Jannes, Jambres From every continent. ' We'll send for other Pagans, In union there is strength, All creeds and'cla. ns, the worlds's expanse, Throughout its breadth and length. The Boodh from Eastern Asia, High Priests from If indostan, Monks from Russia, Priests from Prussia; And Shintos from Japan. Parsecs who worship fire, Seven hundred thousand strong; Mohammed from the Turk's empire, Confucius from Hong Kong. The System Heliocentric, The Brahmins from Delhi, Brazilian, Rom an Catholic, Joss also, froth Shanghai. Tartarian, Alkoranists, Arabian, Persian, Turk; And on the list are judaists . And Romanists from Cork. We'll s6m1 a flying herald To North, West, South and . East; WcIlfOrni- a Federation, called . The- image of the Beast. • , , about them using tobacCo they will often reply, Our preacher uses it, and do not obey his commands, and say give no attention to 2 Cor. 7: 1, but follow the dictates of their conscience this or that is not essential and is of no use ? Did Jesus come to trifle with men's souls when he gave his word to be obeyed, and his life a ransom for fallen humanity that they might be redeemed from the curse? Six thousand years ago God de-clared to Adam in the garden of E-den, that in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. They disobeyed and the consequence was they fell. Sin entered into the world and death by sin, so death has passed upon all men, for thatall have sinned. Is God's word modified ? is it changed ? Not one iota. But declares the Psalmist: Thy word 0 Lord fs forev-settled in heaven. He is unchange-able, and so is his word. By () Ur first parents disobeying, - they fell from their purity or. perfection, and be-came transgressors of the law. Our beloved John says, For sin is the trans-gression- of the law. Now by obeying Christ's perfect law, his word or command ment, we are restored again, brought back to pur-ity. See I Pet. 1: 22. David says the law of the Lord is perfecting, convert-ing the soul. While Adam and Eve fell by the disobeying of God's word, How can any rational being claim to be in line with God and his word by disobeying the same? - It is as much an impossibility to be perfect and yet wilfully disobey as it is for a leopard to change his spots or an Ethiopean his skin. God's word is his law and must- be obeyed if we expect to dwell with what a change there would be! But instead of doing this they will listen to their treachers ; and so many preach that we cannot live free from sin, but do sin more or less every day. Christ must have failed to perform his mis-sion into the world, for his name shall be called olesus to save his peo-that they get by listening to their preacher. Dear saints of God, be perfect The word commands it; God requires it of all his children. The disciple is not above his master, but he that is perfect shall be as his mas-ter. Often we are pained to see even some claiming to be true followers of Jesus, who are not measuring up to the Bible standard of perfection. God requires no, impossibilities. His yoke. is easy, his burden light. His com-mands are not grievous. I am prais-ing God for this perfection. • Yours in Iihn, F. Rosenberv. CAN A CHRISTIAN SUPPORT A WORLDLY CHURCH? you give to the Lord if he should ask you why you had passed by one of his own and given his money to an hireling? If - C- ou can go to these churches without attending their a-musements or conforming to the fashions indulged in by most of its members, you cannot do it without many cases, deceives souls to their giving your patronage to a worldly eternal undoing. Their so- called. conformed fun- loving institution. conversions do not measure up to Tertullian says with great force and Bible convictiOn. Their lives are no- truth, " It is not enough that we do OT long since a sister in the Lord wrote to us for advice- as to whether it would be best for her-self and her husband to help support DEAR SAINTS: I do praise God for a free and full salvation that saves me from all sin . and sanctifies me wholly. I cannot praise God enough or what he has done for me. He not nly saved the soul, but he is my phy-ician and healed me of a deafness of wenty years standing, and I can ruly say he is able to heal all manner f disease. I do praise Goi for his oodness to me, and not only me, but 0 our family. My little boy twelve years old, was afflicted from childhood. Last October when the brethren were F at our house holding meeting, they , laid bands on him for the healing of his body and he has been stout ever since. To God be all the glory. He is saved. I do praise God for ever leading me out iht o the evening light, ' and for his keeping power. Hallelu-jah! Your sister saved and sanctified, A. B. 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It very plainly marks out the way of salvation, and also tells how God heals the sick, and the conditions upon which they are restored, giving wonderful testimonies of his miraculous power in these last days. It consists of 248 pages, neatly bound. Cloth, 76 cents. Paper cover, 25 cents. GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. Coq Grand junction, Mich.' LIST OF MONEY LETTERS NOT OTHERWISE REHM Sigel Hunt- e- r-, J. 2A7. -- PI; illips, RE. Andrews, M. Lane, Anna Darby, Sarah Allen, Mrs. G. Bownian, Emma Johnson, Mrs. Isaac Billings. Requests Tor Prayer. „ Pray for Mrs. G. Bowman and fam-ily, Mt. Pisgah, Ind. that they may be healed of their afflictions. Pray for the healing of the wife of Nelson Alward, Broden, 0. Julia A. Taylor, Grass Lake, Mich. desires your prayers that she may be fully saved and healed. Mrs. Martha McKelny, of Rich-burgh, N. Y. asks for prayer in be-half of her children who have whoop-ing cough. Barbara Morris, Augusta, Ga, de-sires the , sa_ ints to pray for her on the last day of May, that she may be sanctified wholly. OAKWOOD, 0. DEAR BRETHREN: Will you p4ease unite with us in prayer, in behalf of my brother who is very badly afflicted. He believes he will then be restored to health. We know no reason why he should continue to suffer. We do believe the Lord will raise him up. Your sister in Christ, Amanda Campbell. A_ sister writes: " I have just re-ceived a copy of the GOSPEL TRUMPET and thank God for the paper, and I have felt many times that there was something lacking in my spiritual condition. I am a weak, nervous woman, and have an invalid husband, and also have two sons who are un-saved. Pray earnestly for us." A very earnest request from, Tern-pie, Crawford Co., hid., is sent by Sae rah Hanselman, who has been se-verely afflicted for many years, who desires prayer in her behalf that she may receive the cleansing of her soul, and be healed of all her afflictions. AUGUSTA, GA. Apr. 21, 1893. DEAR SAINTS 61' GOD, GREETING: Having received a great blessing from my first request for prayer in the Trumpet, I take the liberty to a-gain ask the saints of God to offer a special prayer to God for me. The burden of sin that gave me so much trouble, has been removed, and I do believe if the dear saints of God will make my case a special prayer I will be fully sanctified, and will be enabled to fully consecrate every thing to the Lord. Your brother, R. M. Gear. Calls For Meetinis A true holiness preacher is wanted at Mt. Pisgah, Ind. Address Mrs. G. Bowman. -- L- ■ 4al. Thomas P. Abbott of McLellan Corner, Erie Co., Pa., writes that they desire some one to come thei- e and preach the pure. gospel light. A meeting is desired • at an early date in the vicinity of McConnells-burg, Pa. Address Sister Lizzie Oy-ler. OIS Bro. R. Cloe writes from Eubanks, Ky., that God has a fire- baptized church at that place, and they are calling for some more ministers of God to come to that part of the coun-try to preach the true gospel. John Kinney, Lafayette, Stark Co., Me desires to hear the gospel preach-ed in that community but says he is too poor to pay the expenses of any one coming. He also desires prayer in his behalf that he may be sanctifi-ed. 818 N. CORY ST. FINDLAY, 0. May 8, 1893. DEAR BRETHREN: The saints have secured a house for meeting, for this month in the town, and are prepared to bear the brother's expenses and desire Bro. Schell or whom the Lord may send. Address, G. M. Campbell, 818, N Cory St. Findlay, 0. or David Smith, Station B. Findlay, 0. Sister Emma Johnson, West Plains, Mo. writes: " A few of us have been saved and standing here for eight years, and have made call after call for some one to come this way to preach the pure gospel, but no one seems led to come. May God send a mighty conviction on their souls to scatter out everywhere to help to strengthen the weak, and give other poor souls the evening light." Can Brother Willis and company come to Brighton on their way to camp meeting this spring? A meet-ing house can be used to hold meeting in, and school houses in country. Lord send some Holy Ghost men willing to work for the Master and lead sinners from darkness unto light and life. In Jesus' name come with faith in God and his love for poor fallen mankind lost in sin. All the dear saints pray for the work in Iowa. Please write if coming, and state the time. NIary E. Allaway. Brighton, Iowa. - EDITORIAL NOTES. The Grand Junction camp meetin June 9- 18. Do not forget the requests for prayer this week. . . • - Bro. Speck sends in a report of a glorious work being done near Tam-pico, Ind. and souls are being saved. • - A meeting is now in progress at Stanley, W. Va., by Bro. Jacobson and others. They report salvation work in other meetings previously held. 4 111- 4. After many months of faithful la-bor for the Master along the Pacific coast, Bro. J. W. Byers and wife have returned to Ill. again, and expect to remain a few months and also attend the Grand Junction camp meeting. We have just received a very prec-ious letter from the brethren in Eng-land, with a glorious report of the work of the Lord there. Several places are opening for the gospel work there and the Lord is blessing their labors. Their address is, No. 7 Chatham street, Liverpool, England. They need your prayers and encour-agement. Bro. Chas. Orr, who sold his home last winter in order to obey the call of the Lord to come and teach the school on the camp ground, now de-sires to build a small house for a home on the camp ground, but has not e-nough money to complete the work. They are living in Grand Junction at present. He and his family are all consecrated to the Lord and the work of the gospel, and are worthy the aid and support of the brethren, and are giving their whole time free of charge. They desire to build a home before crowd the words too much. If good paper is used, it may be written upon both sides. Always number the pa-ges in proper order, but never paste them together. To heed a few such suggestions will greatly aid in ' pre-paring manuscript. Do not rake it for granted that the Editor who ie-ceives thousands of letters has plenty of time to spare to correct unneces-sary- mistakes. We are always glad to receive arty articles which the Lord moves any one to write. VAIN RELIGION. The Religious Press Association of Philadelphia sent an advertisement of the book on Divine Healing, to the Sunday School Times, which is one of the popular religious papers of the United States, and after receiving a reply, wrote us as follows: , " The pub-ushers of the Sunday School Times have advised us that they do not think that their publication is one which should be the means of intro-ducing your book ' Divine Healing of Soul and Body.' They decline there-fore, to accept the advertisement." That paper has a wide circulation among almost all denominations, and aim to instruct the youth of our land, as well as older ones, and teach them the ways of the Bible. The publish-ers believe that the day of healing is past. and like Asa, resort unto ' the physicians instead of unto the Lord" for healing, and teach their readers to do the same. They get their sup-port from all the creeds of Babylon, and worldly advertisements, and are afraid to introduce a book that sets forth a full salvation, and exposes sin , on every , hand, and insists upon a " pure religion." They have fears that if the. people get the word dealt out in its purity that it will expose their " vain" religion and thus dimin-ish their purse ant support. POWER OF GOD. sanctified are all of One. Amen! Heb. that sanctifieth and they 2: II. Not divided ainst who are solfl ot, fftehreennit tsheactt s eVbti- eell aIgpray God to Iig thhisa taG). itoddr eu nri, Itlhpeurreghee outa tnff rr dom eanml tohuagt transgress against him. Ez3ek: : A3n8d. Tfrayn es agrree sssai, orendisa nsS idin. . n j on° twalk in the light, we will go into darknessejno. 12: 35. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus : h7r. istjecsienasnasiestohtiniastfhrte) mmiagthl t sanctity the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Heb. Is: 12, If we are sanctified we are cleansed from all sin. So if we know it is God's will that we be sanctified, we will go into darkness it we do not walk in the light and go on and be sanctified. To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Jas. 4: 17. Now let us see whz. t God says in his word. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. I The. 4: 3. And the very God of peace sanc-tify you wholly t, entirely ), Thess. 23. Some say that they lack power. and want to get a little more power. Well let us see what they lack- if they lack power. But ye shall receive power after that the I loly Ghost is come upon you. Acts 1: S. So if you lack power of God through b faith power, get the I Icily Ghost, then you, will be tilled with power. Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord. Micah 3: 8. Some say that they are hungering and thirsting after right-eousness.. Such need to be filled. God ' says that such SHALL be filled. Matt. i 5: t). Wen let us see what the Word says about being tilled. The Holy [ Ghost is the sanctifier, Rom. 15: 16, ; and he, the loGhost gives us pow- ' er. Acts : S. And Stephen was full faith zInd the I loly Ghost, also full o power. I e \\ Z15 110t hungering aft- - ' ghteousness if he was full. God's of fat things, says ha, notLe hungry, for Nat in plenty and HANISBURY, ARK. Apr. 30,1893. DEAR FRIENDS: I am an afflicted little girl ten years old, have abscess of the spine. r have laid face down-ward for nearly three years. My back is covered with big sores clear to the spine. The Drs. all gave me up, but God has not. I am Mamma's only child, and have no papa, but I love God with my whole heart. Will you pray for me? Mamma wants to take me to Hot Springs in two weeks, but I don't want to go. Pray for me that the dear Lord May heal me so I won't have to go. I trust him, but if Mamma would only wait, I know he would heal me. I am like the man - that lay at the pool, waiting to be put in when it was troubled, and if Jesus would come this way so I could arise and walk and praise his name, how happy I would be. Your loving little friend, - E. Brower. In writing articles for publication, always write the heading at the be-ginning, so it can be seen at a glance what has been written about. Write very plainly with and do not I 5 I , Gthe ordinance of feet wash-l I ; guide you in all truth, Jno. 16: 13. not l man his soul. Jer. 1 : 6. n part command of the ttrruutthh. of feet . S- ovas ehimng, ust as k well keep be end power. ued Ye w shhaallll rece poweri. ve po Luke 2 the . i Some claim to havethe HolyGhost r S and are called to preach, but it the of od published, ready for camp meeting ) each to please - the people. .1 hey ' shall be devoured with the sword, for pu The new song book will soon be peac lies in my name, says t, he the mouth of the. Lord hath spoken services. Lord by the mouth of Jer. 14 : et . I he' it. Isa. t : t q, . t. What is meant by Lord says in Jeremiah 23: 2 1 , 1 have the sword ? Let the Bible tell. 1 he not sent these prophets, yet they ran. sword is the word of GtaL Eph. 6: 17. Some are on the line to please the ' The word of God is quick and poer people. They say that God has call- 1 ful, and sharper than any two- edged ed them out of Babylon, yet they do sword, and is a discerner of the not say that others must come out.' thoughts,: and intents of the heart, but say, let God show them if they when preached in the power of the I ought to come out. The Bible says, lioly Ghost. SO if we disobey we will ' faith cometh by hearing and hearing' perish by the sword and die without by the word of God. Rom. Io: 17. knowledge. Job 3o: 1 2. I And how shall the people hear with- We warn the people to not disobey I out a preacher? and how shall they ' God for their souk' sake. If you find I preach except they be sent? Rom. ! a lack in your soul, get to God and 1 IO: 14, 1 5. . i God says that Babylon is fallen, and ; i lhiea x ■ Ne- i ItIhtei l II ii to. iv P( r; ahisot: tthweeLohradvle iffiwree, I ; God is calling his people out. Rev. Matt. 3: 1 2, and power. Praise the ! 1S: 4. Put yourselves in array against Lord for tire and power! God bless Babylon; all ye that bend the bow. the saints, and keep them full of faith l ' shoot at her; spare no arrows, for she ' and Holy Ghost tire and power. And hath sinned against the Lord. Jere 5o: to you who are hungering after right- Ia. We as preachers must preach a- eousness, eat from God's table and let , gainst all sin, so if she has sinned we ; your soul delight itself in fatness. Isa- I must shoot against her. Jer. 50: 15.! 55: 2. The Bible says we shall live ' h I Babylon is fallen and is become the by the power of God; so we ought to abitation of devils. Rev. 1 8 : 2. F i out of Babylon, and deliver every .. by the ' lee:: have it. 2 C or. t3: 4. And are kept camp meeting. Ibweein s ay w'de dare sanctified and are not for we nege, d all the power God has II.: uinnttohesall: i.. sattic: inn., ert. tady to be evealed . The word of God says, When Lord has called such, they did not ing d do not keep all of the commands Some claim they e Spirit of truth is come he will tarry long enough at jerusa. lem . Why the they tarry at Jerusalem? To , What kind of power? Holy Ghost 4 46 er, aft:, I las others. J no. 13: 12- 18. The Spirit ' er that the Holy Ghost is come upo land of truth is the Comforter, Jno. 15: 26. ,• ou. Acts. 1: 8. ' Ihe Bible speaks 1 the Comforter is the Holy Ghost, of some without power. Jo b 26: 2. Jnp. 14: 26, and the Holy Ghost is Well if ewe are without poWer, we 1 the sanctifier. Rom. 15: 16. So if Dv ht to et to the Lord and get ' walk so, it will not take long- to get out by to themselves damnation, Rom. Pr'm ing in the light Let us see what Others deny the power, having a to I God says in his word. For both he , of godliness, but denying the P° vier There is a class of people who like smooth things and are rebellious, ly- table is fu ing children, and will not hear the 25 : 0. So we n law of the Lord, and want the pro- G od says we sly phets to prophesy smooth things and be satisfied. and praise the name of deceits. Isa. 30: 9, 10. They turn a- the Lord. Well if you are satisfied way their ears from the. truth and are you are n The willing and turned unto fables. 2 Tim. 4: 4. alient sl eat the good of the _• . There is a class of prophets who, land; but if y- e refuse a_ nd rebel ye mistaken Some preach th t re I f them h - lfltO a tr uht , we are for tis, Some resist teh power. Le can -- - - a- t- - U, oc. says° g a sect, If : sist. r hey that resist shall rec b e sancti• fied and belon gto en, ` 2, and contented, a source of comfort to its parents, and promises future usefulness, so is the child of God that is obedient to heaven's man-dates, filled with joy and peace in be-lieving. Then let Zion awake and put on her strength, and Jerusalem her beautiful garments, that the Gen-tiles may see thy righteousness, thy Willingness and thy obedience. Your brother in the evening light, A. B. Stanb, erry. News from the Field. thereof; from such turn away. 2 Tim, 3: 5. So we see they are professors, having only a form of godliness. May God help his saints to see that God in his word says, from such turn away; that is, to not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Eph. 5: 1. J. N. Worden. WALKING IN THE LIGHT. TF we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son, cleanseth us from all sin.- 1 Jno. I : 7. There Js a peace and joy in the experience of those who sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, whose summit can only be reached by those who are willing to obey God, by walking in all the light of his word. Jesus is the light of the world and if we fol-low him we shall not walk in dark-ness, but shall have the light of life. Many, are seeking soul rest, and tes-tify they desire the experience of ho-liness, yet they prove by their lives that they are not willing to do all God's word requires of them in or-der to obtain the experience. The word is God's revealed will to man, and walking in the light is a cheerful and willing compliance to its teach-ings,. and absolutely necessary, in or-der to enjoy perfect peace, fullness of joy, and complete soul rest, or the life that is hid with Christ in God. God's people are a willing people, and they wirprove their willingness to please God by obeying his blessed word, and except we deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Christ we cannot be his disciples. The way of the cross is a self- deny-ing route, as Christ's life gives in clear example, and the only gospel track to glory. Jesus walked this way, and tells us to " follow his steps who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth." Dear reader, your salvation cost the suffering and death of the Son of God; and if you don't value Christ's mission in the world enough to fol-low him by walking in heaven's light as it is flashed upon our pathway from day to day, you need not be surprised when you feel lukewarm-ness and indifference begin to lower the temperature of your first love. The word says " Be not conformed to this world" and forbids the " wear-ing of gold."— Rom. 12: 2; I Pet. 3: 1- 5. We see many professing to fol-low Christ, disobeying these com-mands and, still claiming they are walking in all the light they have; and you speak to them about these things, and thew try to justify them-selves by saying they can t see any harm in them. Thus they depart from the reverence due God's word, and a code of reasonings from a moral ba,- sis finds a higher seat in their blinded Conception, than the positive, record-ed law of God. We met a Method-ist professed holiness evangelist who Wore gold and worldly conformity. We asked him what sanctification did for him. He says, " It makes me love my church" ( the M. E. sect.) We admonished him to lay aside his gold and tobacco, and he gave us to under-stand the M. E. preachers bought their goods and paid for them and it Was nobody's business if they got them honestly. Thus they put dark-ness for light, and worse than that, they will not have the light. Woe Unto her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city. She obeyed not the voice; she received not cor-rection; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.— Zeph. 3: I, 2. Christ and his disciples were " disallowed indeed of men, but cho-sen of God and precious" to those that believe he is precious, but to the disobedient, a rock of offence, even to those that stumble at the word.— I Pet. 2: 8. Having these promises dearly beloved, let us cleanse our-selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Yet men will use to-. bacco, acknowledge it is filthy, and say they don't see why it is wrong, all at the same time. It is wrong be-cause God condemns it, and if you mill walk in the light you will have fel-lowship with God, with all the chil-dren of - God, and a knowledge of divine acceptance in your own soul. Praise the Lord! Some try to excuse their unwilling-ness to walk in the light by saying, I have never received the light that it was wrong to wear worldly conform-ity, or that sectism was wrong, or that it was wrong to use narcotics, etc., and at the same time have repeatedly listened to the teachings of the word on these lines. To such we would say, God's word is a light for our feet" to walk in, and its entrance giv-eth light, and if you will receive the straight word you will have the light, and it is your duty and privilege to walk in it. The Holy Ghost reveals the truth to the obedient, either by direct ' revelation or through his faith-ful servants, ( and either one is au-thority when the spirit and word agree), and it is our duty to walk in the light, lest the light we have be-come darkness. Many have trouble with their old habits, ant often return to some of them, because they are not anxious and willing to walk in all the light they have. Dear ones it is dangerous to be slack concerning our duty in the Christian walk. As a re-sult of this carelessness we see the same carelessness manifest itself all the way through their profession. Careless about family prayer, care-less about secret and public prayer, careless about going to meeting or testifying to the goodness of God, and in fat their lives are unsettled and unhappy, when " walking in the light" would make them a flaming fire for God and a lighthouse to this sin- benighted world. We see many calls for fire- baptized ministers. and truly they are in demand, and God is using them to flash the blessed even-ing light of gospel truth from east to west. When the call is answered, if by a Holy Ghost man, he will preach a-gainst everything the word condemns, and now your holy life is needed as a corroborating testimony to what he is preaching; but alas! you have been guilty of the very thii gs con-demned by the word, and instead of enjoying the meeting you feel some coclemnation, and instead of your life being an unimpeachable witness to the world, proving the grace of God to keep man, it is a stumbling block. A sister gets up and testifies that she believes the gospel preached and yet in her worldly conformity, makes a cross the world cannot fail to no-tice; or a brother arises to testify to the grace of God he has received through the word preached, and has not been cleansed from all filthiness of the flesh, but is still a slave to sev-eral masters of appetites, and all be-gin to wonder why the perfect fellow-ship does not exist, and why the church at that place4loes not prosper better. • Brother, it is because you ( and probably others) are not walk-ing in the light as you should. You come together and pray for more light and for the success of the cause. Now change your prayer and pray for grace to walk in all the light you have, and you will see a different move_ forward in your own experi-ence and be better qualified to help your brother along. Another result of failing to walk in the light, originating from the carelessness disobedience has pro-duced in your own soul, is clearly manifested when camp meeting time begins to approach. You begin to think it costs too much time, means and labor, and the devil suggests you had better not have a camp meeting at your place this year, and may be you will have better crops next year. The sects used to have camp meet-ings, but their backslidden, careless condition, does not value the worth of souls high enough to offer their time and means to gather them in, and they have given an example fol-lowed by all who fail to walk in the light. God's word requires nothing of us but what is for our good, and per-fect obedience is necessary to present happiness and future prosperity. The condition * of fellowship and cleansing is " walking in the light, and as the obedient child is happy AKRON, KAN.,' May 5, 1893. DEAR SAINTS: Our last report was from Levant, Kan. Since then we visited the church at Cornell, and God gave us a blessed meeting over Saturday and Sunday. Two follow-ed the example of our Lord in bap-tism. One was Bro. Harrison whom we believe God will lead into fields of usefulness the rest of his days. We then came to Hope, Kair. and met Bro. and Sister Fike. God has led this brother and sister out of the River Brethren sect. He had been an Advent preacher for ten years. He is now fully given up to the work of the Lord. We go from here to Arkansas. We met dear Bro. Mark-well at Witchita trusting fully in the Lord. The churches in the west would be glad to meet any of God's firebrands. Your brother saved, - James Willis. HAMMOND, LA., MAY 2, 1893. We have been in this state about three months and have more calls than we can fill. Attendance large. Behavior good. Interest great. People hear gladly, and generally en-dorse the truth and treat us kindly. May God bless them. Meetings have continued about one week at a place. Many requests for prayers; hope the dear ones who read this may be a-greed in praying for them. Some have been justified, and many more left seeking. I have been longing to get over the same ground again, and assist those who need help. Holi-ness has been such a stranger here, and people have so long lived in sin, that it seems hard for them to repent and give up sin for heaven. The worst opposition we have met, has been from those who claim to be church members, and live in sin, and would testify for every body else, that all sin, etc. and expect to get to heav-in that way. - Bro. Smith has been with me all the time. - Bro's Bradley, Boothe and Chandler, most of the time. The Lord is with us. To him be all the glory. Amen. Your broth-er in the front of the battle, J. Cole. 4315 N. 21ST, ST. Louis, Mo., May 3, 1893. DEW: SAINTS AND READERS: May the blessings of heaven rest upon you all. Amen. I am very thank-ful that I can report co'nstant victory and perfect peace, all through the mercies and blessings of God: Af-ter being away one year and two days, the dear Lord has permitted me to return to my home and meet with my dear mother and father and the loved ones in the flesh. Indeed it was a happy meeting, and oh, how it fills my heart with love and gratitude to my dear heavenly Father when I think of his blessings of the pas year! All our lives ' have been pre-served and we are once more permit-ted to meet in reasonable heath, but I am sad indeed to tell you that they are unsaved, and my dear sister that was saved and healed' at the camp-meeting last June is now unsaved. Through fashion and worldly con-formity and pride she was overcome and makes no profession, but through the mercy of God, her eyes are much better than before. We send forth a warning in the name of Jesus a-gainst this great soul destroying sin— pride. My folks willingly admit that they are not living as they should, and yet they have a desire to be saved and do the will of God. Dear saints, pray tor them that they may be saved before too late. There is not much chance to hold meeting here without a tabernacle, only street meetings. I expect to have meeting somewhere before I leave, the Lord willing. Pray that the way may be opened and souls be savet I am fully in the hands of God to go where he says. Truly the harvest is very great and few are willing to forsake all and follow Jes- us . i nt htnisis great work. The meeting at Evansville, Ind. was good, consid-ering that the people were very busy. The congregations were small but they gladly received the word. The saints were strengthened and sever-al others acknowedged the truth and invited me to return. Such places could be reached much better by the use of a tabernacle. I had the privi-lege of preaching to a company of Free Methodists. They have a" Float-ing Chapel." I visited them and talked with them. They said they did not wonder at people being dis-gusted at the churches ( sects) ; there is so much revelry and abomination in them. And yet they tried to make it seem necessary to continue there-- in, by saying we could not get along without such. I am glad there is a way, " highway" above all the works and traps of the devil, and I am in it and need no assistance from below, but my help all comes from above. I am free indeed in Christ and him alone, complete in him. Hallelujah! May God help the people to see the truth and discern the body of Christ ( the church), and come out of every-thing else. 2 Cor. 6: 14- 18; Rev. 18: 1- 5. The past year has been the hap-piest of all my life. I have seen many dear souls saved from sin and delivered out of the Babylon confus-ions of men in this world, and made to rejoice in the wonderful freedom in Christ. Praise his name forever! enect by his grace to ever be found working for my Savior who has done so much for me. I request an inter-est in your prayers that I may be in-strumental in the hands of God in winning souls to the true way from earth to heaven. Yours and Christ's, sanctified whol-ly and kept, Thomas Carter. ATWOOD, KAN. May 3, 1893. DEAR SAINTS: May the peace of God keep your hearts through Christ Jesus. Jam glad to report vic-tory in my soul over all the works of the devil. Praise the dear Lord! I am kept through the power of God free from all sin. Hallelujah! And I can say he has proved . a present help in every time of need. We are hold-ing forth the word of life to the peo-ple of Atwood. We begun meeting about April 20th. We found much prejudice at first, but we came in the name of our King who never lost a battle. We are holding meeting in the court house. Well praise the dear Lord, there are many doors thrown open for us now, and the people sit and drink in the truth. It does our souls good to see the poor sinner listen to the truth so earnestly. Oh may God save their poor souls! We ask the dear saints to pray ear-nestly for the work in this part of this western country. Also pray God I to sink us down deeper into his will, and that we may be as wise as ser-pents and harmless as doves. We be-lieve God is going to do a work at this place. Your brother, saved and kept through faith by the power of God, T. A. Philips. 0 TESTIMONIES - worid _ erftu l . Put. 119: 129. To THE MUCH LOVED SAINTS OF GOD: It is with gladness in my soul and praises to God that I have this testimony that Jesus saves my soul. I know that I am all consecrated even to death in any way. I would not knowingly commit what might be called the least sin. For I know that if we would not rather die than sin, we are not sanctified. There- ,1 fore my body is a living sacrifice, as1 Paul says in Romans 12: I. And al- 1 ways bearing about in my body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in my body. Read 2 Cor. 4: 8-- 11. I know the blood of Christ does com-pletely purify my heart from dross. Dear saints, pray earnestly for me, for I have many hard trials. Oh that I may prove. true to the end! Your sanctified sister, Julia Courtney. DIMONDALE, MICH. DEAR BRETHREN: My testimony is, that I am saved, for which I give God all the glory. Oh glory be to God forever for what ' helms done for me! It is wonderful how God has brought me out of secret societies, sin and sect-ism. And to- night finds me on the solid rock Christ Jesus, where I expect by the grace of God to stand firm until He shall call me home to praise him in eternal glory. - Your brother in Christ, D. H. Carlton. Guy's MILLS, PA. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: This after-noon finds me saved and kept by the mighty power of God to do his bles-sed will in all things. He sanctifies my nature, and gives me that peace that is like a river flowing deep in my soul. Oh how can I. love him enough for what he has done for me in bring-ing me out of sin and sectism into this glorious evening- light! I give alt the praise and glory to God for his keep-ing power that he has bestowed upon me. Jesus tells us in Jno. 16: 33, These things have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace; in the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world. I do thank the dear Lord that through him I have overcome the wicked things of this sinful world. Oh praise his name forever for- the way he has and is still leading me! We can truly say that the way grows brighter and brighter as we press forward, onward and upward to the mark of our high calling in Christ Jesus. Pray for me and wife that we adorn our profession in the sight of alt men, living each day of our lives up to what we profess in all we say or do, being living. epistles, known and read of all men, doing the will of the Master. We trust the Lord will lead some of his true ministers here to preach the pure gospel. Your saved and sanctified brother all on the altar, H. P. Morris. EVANSVILLE, IND. DEAR READERS OF THE TRUMPET: I feel like giving- my testimony this evening, as the dear Lord has done so much for me. He set my soul free and set me on the solid rock, my blessed Jesus. Oh my soul is free! I am free from all of this world-ly care: I think more of my Jesus than all this world's goods. Glory to Jesus! He healed my body of afflic-tion. Last July I was taking down and I was not able to do my own work any more. And I was not fit to die. I knew this, that if I died I was without hope in the next world, without God, and a sinner. 0 how many are in the same fix to day, yet do not seem to care. I saw my sad state and called on my Lord and he heard my cry for help. I told him I would turn and serve him in his way, let it be as it would. I did not be-lieve in holiness then. My neighbor, a dear sister, had told me all about it too, but Satan wanted his way. But glory to God, He showea me I was to come out straight for Him, and I did so, and was blestwith good health ever since. Praise his holy name for his love! I am having some hard trials now. My husband has gone back in the world. He seems worse than he was before. I want all of the dear ones to pray for him that God may save him yet. He will not go to meeting and he is opposed to trne going. God's will be done, not mine. Oh I want to see him right with the Lord! Pray for me that I may hold out faithful to the end, and not be a disgrace to my Lord. Brother Carter was with us last week and we were greatly blest and all that heard him. God bless all of the saints, is my prayer. I am all on the altar for Jesus, to do his will. I am happy, saved and sancti-fied. Glory to his name! Nannie Downs. DRPAM$ ow OF th FALBEROOD. Ithe business,- build sects, that he was at living fixing up thinks are complete in this world, I ing souls were being lost, Ti- Em: Q . 081 = 4 stl- riiRT. 3m1::)- Eirr. . : , ----- readin o. such slimmer; that was a great trial formest g...: ' o u rsiste r i n C hir ist, t gT s El\ mi\,,, Tibllihl. eaialaa, ltnnidsfsi: lodr- s, •::._.__ seud, r raonud nvdieiwng f r" ommo " uMn. toauinnts Z ainond" h thilels" the truth. I Tim. 3 : 15. And ye; fix up a farm_ : He loves obedience I j ust, and Solomon makes it plain in ed by others as concerning what they I " For they that depart from me shall' to his name! I am sinking deep- of Israel, there is no God like thee in: where the priests of Baal have set up [ saints] [ thee house or church of God] I ent more than pun sacrifice. The disobedi- lhis own case. the body of Christ is rightly discern-thinks is a sect organized by man, as ' hie judge dertermined the member- soul is worth more to me than all I eth a nation. but sin is a reproach to, me s s ti, enjoying a free salvo, popular Baptist theologian and as persons that compose the church u- I Praise the Lord: Yes I can praise my the midst of the court: and upon it not thus divided, but defines it as i the Lord. Jen 17: 13. And to for- Isecrated to his service than I ever: unto thy servants, that walk before DEAR. PRUNII` VT READ " church local and church universal." I sake the Lord is to forsake his church.' was before. And by the grace of ' thee with all their hearts. \ 11 their altars, and where God's holy are comple [ tperesent tense] in him.' are punished; and I thank God I No doubt when Solomon started in a book entitled " Church Order" i classes, the obedient and disobedient; love God. And I know it has worked' five cubits long, and five cubits broad, name is biasphemed, how words Col. 2: t o. This upsets another false' from the bottom of my heart that out in life, when ye t quite young, he :: feta:,,,, e: itio) i_ t,;,) 11: 1 ( 1171;: tit, litlii -; 11,: ill i tsliN.:. iseat c liNn% itvitio( otihts Th:.. e( t: j110e. E, l4v0teTl: r1:. word of God come to the heart: " H that dream. " What is the chad to the I God showed me where I was, before I loved the Lord God with all his heart, word faithfully." - hath my d let him speak my, 1 wheat? saith the Lord." this sect calls itself " the church" ne- niversal. Page I39. ' So that leayesi God for it all, for I know. I will be cessity compels it to contradict all none but the Testament order [ which order he termined by God himself; the infalli- cannot afford to lose my soul. M y I dren of God ) " Righteousness exalt- ' power of God to ; no. ' theologian refu tthese theory produc- he tells the truth plain enough. Ithe good of the land. Glory be ward heaven and said, 0 Lord God triumphant, and the church - is ' register] because they have forsaken I will of God, and I am more full y con- keepest covenant and shewest mercy I written by D. L. Dagg. Dagg is aithe obedient subjects are the same: to my good and I have profited by it. others. In the book just named, this who are known by a sect registerd The willing and obedient shall eat call . " church miilliittaanntt says and church I be written in the earth [ on a sect' er and deeper into the perfect the heaven, nor in the earth: which " ers organized according to the New I ship in the church universal is de- I I expect to die at my post, for I I heart fixed in God ( like all other eitik ny and tell of the wonderful healing we will see]. Church universal is I ship in the great ECCLESIA, but fall- this world and every thing in it. le- I any people.' Praise God! this is the I tion. - The prophet that Bath a dream. let him tell a dream; and 1 he that path my word, let him speak my word " Church local is a body of belie- v- lAgain, page 143, he says, " Member God I will forever be true to him, and I he say, three years after, with his: I feel it my duty We find some dreams of falsehood I Christ's reign are divided ' into two that love God, and I know that II omon had made a brazen scaffold of c S I stand upon the sea of glass over his own house, whose house are a precious soul is worth more, than I the Word contradicts itself. But w . mingled with holy fire, where we [ saints]." Heb 3 : 6. The house all this world. The Lord sent me out I wish to say to the glory ofGod, that faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat', saith the Lord. Ser. 23: 28. I Again he says the subjects of things worktogether fol- I g- ood to them I 2 Chr. 6: 13, 14, I and finishes what Christ failed to do. I have been Saved. God ' What does God say? " Christ as a son I services more, than he did a farm.' texts as we have set before us, that of God which is the church of the i to preach the everlasting gospel and it does not. It only living God, the pillar and ground of I not run home every little while to I ing line between the just and the un-disobedient for those; more obedient to him hereafter. knees before all the congregation of _ 1 II got too far away from him. 4. A. 11 I which we can plainly see by reading : I a farm, perish- : many who do not understand the word ke,// et- IliilpeotillrThlIilIl}' the m alg. lbjoy!" isa- cllii1.1tlilf.... ttnhheaaettd ndtio- ogfu iGdeod ah eft ci nI , acrleaNili, iiithbo) t, it the Sp_ irit to .,, I and three cubits high,, and set it in he stood and kneeled down upon his I ' I ht oN, t:', r all sin . Israel and spread forth his hands to- B. C.. 1004. For Sol-draws the divid- me that I may be keBp. tah: N. I. e.. could : with on t ill we meet at _ : proteco,.! ! me in (! y ery respect, and 1 itLin praising- Iiiin day but my blessed Savior helped me to bear it. I have great reason to think my loss was his gain. Pray bedient to God. Well, lasting salvation. sanct ified my soul, name of the Lord! Since the Lord i. ne Lord has wonderfu ord be lvith you a n. Amm inonth'seven of us were • to write my testimo- John Shaneyfelt. I ' have KITTANNING, PA. be diphtheria or - and night. The utes ER::: God be temptation. " had perfect Jesus' feet, LA. Bies:::: the by Christ. " On page 98 he says: " Lo- I local churches [ sects]; hence a cor- he gain the whole world, and lose' love God with all their hearts, the whole company of th ise saved lible men admit to membership in sus says, What will it profit a man it language of ever y child of God, Nr ho ! sick, supposed to •‘• • could only nsititts. No ono knows w It my teeth, organization, and in this organiza- I cal churches, and because of it they , exchange for his soul ? tion human agency is employed. And I are not strictly homogeneous with I 0 dear ones, it is awful to see pro- i 20, with his heart not fixed on God. close d and 1.1- , . t. cal churches [ sects] possess external I rupt element finds entrance into lo- I his soul? or what will a man give in I But we find Solomon, twenty- thi ee fered. No tongue can tell my misery I years after. in the above text, Fee. 7: ! in pain anti fever. My laws were ,- _• t I . some in the since every church [ sect] on earth has I the universal spiritual church." Here' fessors ving careless in this world,; but on strange women.- 1 \ lugs ret 111V little probably one or more false profess - I Dagg says plainly that God manageslcom men heal-ors in it, it may be objected, that if I the church universal or great ECCLE- I on in all the abominations of the ! strange women, together with the " rook of 1 read God had designed the churches to! SIB, but man rules the churches with' world, and the devil makes them be- idaughter of Pharaoh, women of the ; ono! wonil.! ritt committing sin every day, and goin0- 11- 4. But King Solomon loved many ono dav win! omites, ' Zi- hi.. I wept awhit ,• ., be - free from false professors, he I external organization as before - Ilieve they are doing,' best they I Moabites, Ammonites, Ed something would not have committed the man- I tioned, or man- made sects. Andican and the y will be all right in the I donians and Hittites; of the nations scented til w; WI uito get up out of agement of them to fallible men." : this is the reason they are corrupt, end. 0 ma y God open the blinded ! concerning which the Lord said unto d. I arose y;. ry ,,-, ak , dresse d my Notice how much fallible man has; and are not homogeneous with the eyes of the people that they may see I the children of Israel. N e shall not ! self, and I; , : t , k the so t did heal to do in the management of - the I spiritual church of Christ. I their condition before it is too late. I go into them. neither shall they come ' instantaneot : I .. church of the living God. Jesus: How can any rational beings whol0 yes, and I See professed saints ; ; n unto you: for surely they will : ! ss away. , u said he would build the church. I have their senses exercised to knowldabbling in the things of this world, I turn away your heart after their goi is: I a rve t ri l I w,• ilt t( 1 Matt. 16: . J. S. The apostles say it good from evil, say that these ismslsorne chewing and smoking tobacco.' Solomon slave unto these in love , • - Ate! 1 illlif- tTi I has been built. Eph. 2: 20, 22; I Pet. i are of man and are corrupt, and still; others dressing in the fashion and I And he had seven hundrcti wives. ! , , , ,,, i n , 2: 5. And God takes in the mem- ! remain n t he mass of corruption, and I style of the world, and dressing their I princesses, and three hundred Colic t: - ' rivil t, go. • t hers. i Cor. 12: IS. So man has no II delusive drag- nets of Satan' God l children the and bbrriinnggiinng themlbines: and his wives turned awa y his, from that vet , ' part in the management of the church I help all to touch not the unclean up in the fashion and style of the I heart. For it came to pass, vv i1 { ! Ill v strength t:!\ i tal-unless he would take the place of I thing. " Come out of her my poople." world, instead of bringing them up ! Solomon was old, that his Ivive, ! Lord! Wo ii.,- J i i 1 God. Jesus gave himself to Sancti- I May the blessings of God rest upon in the nurture and admonition of the I turned away his heart after wi lt i i itas la't'h III' l ot --,: c i fy and cleanse the church. Eph. 5: all the saints of light. I Lord. 0 dear ones, you cannot of- ! gods: and his heart was not perli„; e1 I ' . Some tt011it, S. LV if ' b w 0 Flee out or Babylon. deliver every man his soul. I tng. 26. The church is his body. Eph. Ho, all ye people. come and : Min the heavenly shoal: I ford to live thus, yon will miss heav- i with the Lord his God. tot : a! a ( 10,1r, h 10 li I: 22, 23. The people of God are The ride of Christ is holy, in sninin; garments white. I en. It means a great deal to be ho- I Then like many others who havt ,) 0 in '; s1 t1 his body. ' Con 12: 27. Jesus is the! - Xrrayed to meet her husband in everlasting light. ly, to live a holy lilfiete, , to obey all theiturned away from God, with the i: ' ye ( At I trust 111111 vine and they are the branches[ mem- W. A. Haynes. word of God and keep all of his eyes and heart fixed on strange won 1 him at his wt, Anti i begs], John. 15: 5. Jesus is h . olyco. mmandm1ents. -- i men. will cry out and say, " There r the straigh i Heb 7: 26. And if the root [ Christlbe ' -- i•—• fs , James says,, If we keep the whole I not i just man upon earth that lot : axon. MUTED FOR THE RACE holy so are the bracnhes [ members]. i DEAR SAINTS OF THE LIVING. GOD:( law, and yet offend in one point we I good and sinneth not." For in tit Y our si ster, sin ig tieepe . Ito the y, I d of t; o, Rom. II: 16. Now as the saved of I May the dear Lord bless you all a- i are guilty of a- ll. las. 2: to. R- e- backslidden condition they are like God are his church ( Gr. ECCLES1A, bundantly. Amen. I have been ' member his church is pure and holy, , iI drunken man while under the ! lulu-. 1 congregation) , it follows thai com- I very much impressed to wri te my I without spot, or wrinkle, or any suchlenee of intoxicating liquor. they i panies of saved persons located in dif- I testimony to the GOSPEL TRUMPET. I thing.— Eph. 5: 27. Heaven is a ho- I think because they are drunk ever\ 1 i N Illt ' tx. ARIZ. 1 EAI: SAIN : I feel it would he to ferent places are indeed local church- IThis morning I am saved from all il y place and nothing unholy shall body else is drunk; and will go a .•; 1 1 t [ tic I4.1 arts 0 . i , frog Iirte - estiniony i know tit. -) write my es ( congregations) ; as, the seven con- I of my sins, and cleansed from all my I enter there. 0 may God help us all far as to say they love God, while it I . - church, after all the false dreams I glory. 2 Tim. ,): to. Hallelujah! I low his steps who did no sin, neither Redeemer does not dwell in liea ! , , t , .• - 1. , _ ‘ . t- .1 ' . a. . g,„ u( l'l• et 1t., his pare in • gregations of Asia, etc. And these' idols, and sanctified through and I to live holy lives in this world and such a condition. But we do know 1 ind hicd wiLii ilw ii jilt compose the universal church, with; through by a second work of grace; I follow the example of our Savior. that in the glorious light of the ,._, r, os- i – ;. n, t, and oh how my so those in heaven. Some see but oneland my soul is filled with the eternal I He is our example and we must fol- pel of the Son of God, that great I - out : Intl root. tit ; tgainst t; od, t hno s ewshl on of Babylon. . ■ • . And I am all on the gospel altar, I was guile found in his mouth. Dearwhere oiler„±, .- s dwell, but in tilt . : N w we will notice the false pro-. I fI ully consecrated to the service of my [ ones, we must die out to this world heart that loves to obey him and i a, re. t tit) tu i , lin his I tiessed word under tessors spoken of. As all such are sin- 1 Master and his only. Praise God land everything in it. If any man I walk in all his precepts. „ Be vt! i the t.: it.: 11- feet. whwo en st t y o be sat sa thei Oh ir. actions - - - . - v no: . ve may ners, and the- church holy, they are no I forever and ever! I have received al love the world the love of the Fath- I therefore perfect p even as your Fat' hat- r iaIi • c h„ o p, r, u s. nI : u n,' ( tiles to so live and more members of Christ's bod y than number of l etters from brethren full I er is not in him, for all that is in the I which is in heaven is perfect. Judas was after he betrayed his Lord.; of sympathy for me, in my recentlworld, the lust of the flesh, and the . . A. _ i on . 1 : waIk that others may see and - take k : without [ outside] the body [ churchl. I feel like writing to you to encourage i is not of the Father, but is of the I $ 1 TESTIMONIES ; nowledge that the y are in truth the children of God! About two years For every sin that a man doeth is ! loss by fire. One brother writes, I I lust of the eyes, and the pride of liter I Cor. 6: IS. True they are in the i You, and take it to the Lord, ea . ” worIa.— I Jno. 2:- I .--:, TO. The friend- I . says woriderful. ..' : : 1 , 0 I was s. veil. I joined the Free e i ., - . • _. different sects, but yet with all otherlDear saints do not think that I am ! ship of the world is enmity with God. i Pea. 119: 1E9. I Methodist chureh. lout the Lord show- At - G ur s. TA, GA, But I did neat sinners are outside the church ofIdown in the mouth or discouraged. I Whosoever therefore will be a friend I me that I otuld not be free there. Christ. Again, he says, page 129: 1 But I am praising God - for salvationlof the world is the enemy of God.— ! I am led of the Lord to add Inv tes. ! showed me I must co. M'e icttltittthoer lose th " The members of a local church may I and for his loving kindness to me; I Jas. 4: 4. How can we be Gods; timony for the Lord. l- te keep, 1 i sweetly saved in Jesus and preserved ! came t this , leeisiou I be known by the record of their land for the wonderful lesson I h me i the light out of my souull:, and when I av e' children and be saved, while we are i mines their membership, but it may word of God and get saved and'i sinned' not." 0 SMITH CEN FLIZ. KAN. — • him for his sal Mg power and sustaind- 1 - • lguide he has gladly came doing. Praise names in the church — book." Here is I learned. I , must confess that I had phis tion that saves from the world and I ! ID! his mighty power. I • . _ is enemies? Praise God for a salt' a- . wh en _ , saints to pray for me that I ma y be I derful blessing in so do our proof that he calls sects local ; got out of the order of the Lordi ask the dear out of Babylon and received a won. , churches, wh i ch are only known by! wen I stopped at home to fix up a I every thing in it! Amen. M. 11. Stover, 1, humble and be used to the honoi of : the Lord for the b esset i their names on a sect register. But I home - here in this world, which is : his holy name, of the firstborn are written in heat/- m perishing souls were calling to trs- fork ' record QUESTIONS. --......-- 4. Jane Williams. left US to lighten our pathway! and lead us into glor y ! Oh I do praise-on the same page he says " the church soon to be burned up. While poor I From y' our- sav' e- d s'ister in Christ, ! en, and no d on earth deter- ( meeting, that they might hear the I P. lease explain Ece. 7: 20. " For there I. not! be known by their fruits of righteous- make their escape out of Ba_ bylon I ANS. This language in the text I . DEAR BRoTtn. ozs ANo Sis- i- ERs: I am on the pre) mist; a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and i grace, that he keeps me unspott ed ness." Praise the Lord, this last confusion and the world. was spoken by king Solomon, B. C. I so thankful to the Lord for iii. from the world. I know that I am out of the firstborn?" His answer is, The and saved the best of to oxen and three years _ before, when Solomon what use for another than the " churchlthey have, and he disobeyed God, ' mouth of the same person, twenty- been in the service of my Lord and Master for fifty y ears and am not' the way grow.; brighter day by day. inise and under the blood written in heaven. Heb. 12: 23. Then I Amalek, and utterly dest roy all— that' have to take another text from the toward the children of God! I have i , all the light he gives me that cleanses from all sin. I named church is the one the saints, I was perhaps a little like Saul, 977 years. And to get a full under- I cleansing and keepini- Y ower, P , am Walk- of God are in and no other; who are l! when the Lord sent him to smitelstanding of the above text, we will; God for his goodness and kindnes1s ! and universal church is in progress of sheep, to sacrifice to the Lord. -! He said in ProV. 14: 3o, 34" A sound heart, tired of the blessed way, and am in - T There are but f ew 4:) f us here, hut the dear at the end of the world. Page 137o people, he was doing - it for the good Righteous construction and will be completed no doubt thought like a great m is the life of the flesh: but envy, the rotteness of the bones. - Praise his holy name!. manifests his power. I wish the Lord meets with us and wondcrfully d any ... ord would send some Ghost plete church. And ma. n undertakes i tncome. I did not think that while I this be true, and did not build a corn.- i up the Lord's farm to increase the plete: so Jesus made a mistake if 1 church, etc. I thought I was fixing 1. . proach to any people. . two texts do not harmonize. Andl time, but my Here we can plainl3r see that , l t a great many trials in my life' itpnoloesrsafferrio ssomseni oi : sin° o. f a sailiation that keeps , blessed Redeetuu Il as. 1 : 101 nteAl DreaCilff here to preach I el, everlastio9- gospel. All pray for lui _ tom I ma}' } ire instrumental in tutn n g many souls to God. Your brother, Holy U. .1. s He says Christ's' church is not cOrn- of his cause, for the benefit of the ness exalteth a nation, but sin is a re-up oatn. have passed : I was sick last winter but God saw lit I ! , saved an: 0 a. ncti6O4' kku l M e: wi der!' |
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