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TRUMPET.
Grand Junction, Michigan, Thursday, dune 8, 1893. Mums 18. No. 28.
There is a grace few mortals find,
A star all I I eaven loves to see,
- It is a meek and lowly mind,
' file gem of pore humility.
No ornament on earth so rare,
No jewel in all Ileaven's mart,
Can beautify a soul so fair,
As deep humility of heart.
0 God bath e'er y balance wei: zhed,
A jewel so sublimely sweet.
As that pure life t hat •, cver
All humbl y down at esus' feet
All earthly ctiowm. shall turn to mold,
All glitering pride and vanity,
But meekness decks the soul with gold,
That shines through all eternity.
Within my hidden man, dear Lord,
That priceless ornament bestow,
The sweetest gift in all thy word;
0 Jesus keep me meek and low.
D. S. W.
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y CONSECUTION.
And who then is wininK to consecrate his
service this tiny unto the Lord r
1 Citron: 29: 5.
ELOVED in the Lord: I have
been feeling for some time like
writing a few thoughts on consecra-tion.
In the first place, true Bible
consecration means a great deal
more than some think it does. It
means everything. " But - cursed be
the deceiver which hath in his flock
a male, and voweth and sacrificeth a
corrupt thing, for I am a great King,
saith the Lord of hosts, and my name
is dreadful among the heathen.— Mal.
1: 14.
When you tell God that you give
up all to him, be sure that you do it.
Do not lie to God like ' 1. nanias and
Sapphira, Remember their fate.
Acts 5: 3- io.
An incomplete sacrifice will never
bring a perfect experience either in
pardon or sanctitieation. A- person
coining to God for pardon must con-secrate
himself to God's will and ser-vice
the best he knows how and take
God at his word and obey him in all
things. The sinner must bring a dead
sacrifice. - And you bath he quick-ened
who were dead in trespasses
and in sins." Eph 2: .
A sinner's consecration for pardon
is not complete until he consecrates
- to take God at his. word and believe
it without any feeling. " He that be-lieveth
on the Son of God hath the
witness in himself." r mo. 5: -
Also the believer that & Hiles to
God for the cleansing, his consecra-tion
must be perfect. Rom. 2: 2.
He must be in a holy condition, freely
justified before God, and the entire
person is included, soul, body, mind,
talents, property, money and all. I
have no confidence in a man's con-secration
that does not include his
pocket book, horses and wagon and
everything. Some have their teams
consecrated a little part of the time,
and will allow them to be used for
God in getting souls saved, and then
again they cannot spare them. Others
have their pocket books consecrated
but very little of the time. Now dear
souls, do not let the devil deceive you.
If your consecration is not perfect
you do not have a perfect faith, nei-ther
have you a perfect salvation.
When you hear people cry out" My
leanness! my - leanness!" you may
know there is something wrong with
their consecration. Some will excuse
themselves this way: " I am not call-ed
out into God's work and I do not
have to pay or support those who are
called, because God's anointed do
not tax the people like people do in
sectism." But remember God de-mands
of you a free- will offering.
" Let him that is taught in the Word
Communicate to him that teacheth
in all good things." Gal. 6: 6.
To stay cleansed a person must
keep all given up to the will of God;
keep all on the altar. It is the altar,
( hrist,. that does the sanctifying; so
the offering cannot be sanctified if it
is not on the altar. Ex. 37. Heb.
Plea cut a tho so: iot a ad deliv-er
every mer. hi: soul: he net cut off in her
hit; fee thic in the tiree orthe Lord's yea-ceatee;
he vill reader unto her a recompence.
Aul the laud shall tremble end sorrow: for
ever; purpme of the Lord thall be performed
szedust Baby/ ca. te make the had of Babylon
a dee: let: en Without a ithabitant.
ler. 61: 6. SI
13: 10- 12. It is possible after you
have made a perfect consecration
and received the sanctifier, the seal
of the Spirit— Eph. I: 13, to become
slack in your consecration and lose
ground almost unconscious to your-self.
I will give you a little of my exper-ience
on that line, trusting it will do
some dear soul good and aid them to
discern the enemy's tricks in time to
keep out of his snare. For a number
of years my consecration has covered
the whole ground, that I was
to do anything for Jesus or go - any-where
in the whole world to lift up
Christ at any time; alone or any oth-er
way God saw fit to seiid me. My
joy has been complete, and my faith
unlimited. Praise our God! But nearly
two months ago, after I saw the urgent
call in the GOSPEL TRUMPET for - work-ers
to the foreign field, I was thinking
over it very earnestly one rday and
the Spirit of ' God spoke to me in lan-guage
like this, " What if I should
want you to go to the foreign field
soon, can you say amen to it?" and I
said I could if I did not have a dear
mother that I felt some responsibility
in caring for in her old days. Then
the Spirit of God reminded me that
that was my excuse when he first
called me to his work, and now I had
been out in his work for eleven years
and scores of souls had been saved
and sanctified, and no doubt some of
them were in the glory world, who
otherwise may never have heard the
gospel, and been lost, and their blood
required at my hand. I still said that
that is the only excuse I have, and
the Spirit of God left off speaking
with me about it, but soon afterward
I began to get poorly in my body,
and it seemed as though I was going
to come down upon abed of sickness.
Hands were laid on me and prayer
offered for my healing and God's
Spirit witnessed to it, but to my sur-prise
I did not seem to get any bet-ter,
but rather grew worse. It seem-ed
as though my faith could not hold
on for healing and if anybody would
have asked me what was the matter
with me I could not have told them.
But I was just all weakness, and then
the thought came, perhaps it was the
change of climate. Theh the enemy
suggested, " If you would go to the
foreign land you could not stand the
climate." Finally I got to feeling so
bad in my body I saw I would have
to quit work if I did not get relief, so
I began to cry mightily unto God to
know what was in the way, and the
Lord brought a sermon to my mind
thata brother had preached two years
ago, on spiLitual advancement. God
showed me he wanted me to make
special advancement, and I said amen
and went to work. I saw my conse-cration
had to be deepened, and then
the foreign fields came to me again
and God began to speak to my soul
again saying, " Are you willing yet to
go to the foreign fields, if it does de-prive
you of the privilege of taking
care of your dear mother?" I. saw
the point, and I saw my consecration
would not be complete if it did not
cover that as well as everything else.
In looking back to the time when
my affliction first began, nly- mind ran
back to conversation - the Lord. had
With me about the foreign fields and
stopped right there. The problem
was solved. I was not long getting
my Consecration up to the perfect
will of God, and I want to say my
health is springing forth speedily.
Isa. 58: 8. Now do not understand
me that I have a special call to the
foreign land soon, for I have not, but
I say I have all given up to the per-fect
will of God, in all things. I am
ready for marching orders at any
time God says go, but I do not be-lieve
in going before I am sent, for if
I did I would have no tidings like
one of old. 2 Sam. 18: 22.
Behold, to obey is better than sac-rifice,
and to hearken than the fat
of rams. i Sam 15: 22. We must be
willing to do, or go, or be anything
for Jesus, or our consecration is not
complete. Some will say, " I am not
called to the foreign field and I do
not have to help support those who
are called." You have to give accord-ing
as God has prospered you, and
lift up the prophet's hands both by
the prayer of faith and in giving of
your means. Now be careful you not
let the devil make you become slack
regarding your consecration in that
way as well as mother ways. Please
read I Jno 3: 17. Look well to it that
you keep all perfectly consecrated to
the will of God, and then when God
makes a demand of you, it will not
hurt you; for you will know it belongs
to him, and itwiJl be easy for you to
return it back to the owner.
Your sister, wholly sanctified and
kept by the power of God, X
)( y Mary Colex
Ili.. 6 HIGH CATIDTG.
w EAR Saints of God: Have you
pressed toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus? Do you forget those
things which you have left behind,
and are you now continually reach-ing
forth unto those things which are
before?
The apostle admonishes those that
have left the wrath to come and are
made whole in Christ; those that are
grafted in the lovely vine and now are
partakers of the fatness of the vine.
He says," Let us therefore, as many as
be perfect, be thus minded." First,
we must realize that we are bought
with a price: therefore glorify God
in your body and in your spirit, which
are the Lord's. Praise the Lord! We
are not our own. We belong to Him
who hath bought us.
Second, He wants us- to count all
things but loss for the excellency of
the knowledge of Christ Jesus our
Lord: We must at all times be found
in him, not having our own righteous-ness,
which is of the law ( self) but
that which is through the faith of
Christ, the righteousness which is of
God by faith. We must know him
and the power of his resurrection.
How many know the fellowship of
his sufferings? If we suffer with him
we shall also reign with him. Praise
the Lord! Every saint of God must
be perfect and on the highway of
holiness. It will not do for God's chos-en
ones to walk with selfish minds and
purposes to simply gratify lust desire.
God hath called us with a holy call-ing,
not according to our works, but
according to his own purpose and
grace, which was given us in Christ
Jesus. Dear saints, do you know that
you are to have overcoming grace.
That where sin once abounded, grace
may be double the portion?
Wherefore, holy brethren, partak-ers
of the heavenly calling, consider
the Apostle and High Priest of our
profession, Christ Jesus: He was faith-ful
in all things, to him that a- pointed
him. We are not our own. We are
bought with a price and called with
a high calling for an elect purpose.
For this cause we ought to give all
diligence to make our calling and
election sure. We must ever be found
in Him, with the fruit of Canaan love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, temper-ance,
patience, godliness, brotherly
kindness and charity. Now if we
have all these fruits of Canaan and
do them, we shall never fall. Praise
the Lord!
Let us remember our high calling
in Christ Jesus, and go for the things
which are before. You know charity
( love) thinketh no evil, and never
faileth. Here is the sum of the whole
matter. Where sin once abounded,
grace should much more al/ ound.
the stony heart was made into a pure
heart. Now let Christ live in it; let
him be our all and in all. All to his
glory and praise, that Christ by faith
may dwell in your hearts, being root-ed
and grounded in love. Let the
roots of love - spread and be_ well
grounded. The love in Christ which
cannot be measured by - length and
readth and depth and height.
Our high calling in Christ Jesus
bath raised us up together and made
us sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus. And this is what makes
all men see . what is the fellowship of
the mystery, which from the begin-ning
of the world hath been hid in
God, who created all things by Christ
Jesus, in whom we have boldness and
access with confidence by the faith of
Him.' The divine, perfect love of
God humbles us so we are willing to
obey Him in all things. It makes us
willing to lose our reputation and
our life all for Christ's sake. It makes
us to do whatever our hands find to
do, with all the might and strength
in us, giving all the glory to God. It
makes us willing to lose all earthly
knowledge and to be taught of God,
and have the Holy Ghost to guide
us into all truth and to comfort us,
keep usin all his will. Let us be
found in Him. Come out of sectism,
babel confusion.
Daniel Fike.
BUNNIE, MISS.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: As I See
so many good testimonies I feel di-rected
this morning to ask God's chil-dren
to pray for me, that I may re-ceive
the second work of grace. I
was convicted several months ago
and my soul was so burdened that I
could not find rest until about two
months ago I felt that the Lord for-gave
my sins, and oh! how well I did
love him and trust him; but I feel my
trust grows weak, and I think it is be-cause
I did not press on to be sanc-tified.
I do hunger and thirst for the
good Spirit to be with me all the
time. and I want all to pray that I-may
be ready to meet the Lord. And
I want God's grace, so that I can lead
my little family on to glory with me.
Mrs. Callie Richardson.
And he shall send his angels with a great
sound of atrampetand they shall gather togeth-er
his elect from the four winds, from one end of
heaven to the other.
blow learn operable of the tg tree; When
his branch is yet tender, end putteth forth
leaves. ye know that summer is night
So likewise ye, when ye dell see all these
things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Ilatt. 24; 31- 33.
SOWING AND REAPING.
E not deceived, God is not mock-ed,
for whatso„ ever a man soweth
that shall he also reap. Gal. 6: 7.
This is ever the divine law. God
has proclaimed this law and it is un-changeable.
It never fails; for he
that soweth to the flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption. Gal. 6: 8. He
that soweth wickedness shall reap
the same. Job. 4: 8. He that sow-eth
the wind shall reap the whirl-wind.
Hos. 8: 7. He that soweth
iniquity shall feap vanity. Prov. 22:
8. Thus you see that we have God's
word for the assertion that whatso-ever
a man soweth that shall he also
reap. How often - we„. see parents
look quietly on when their children
are engaged in vain and foolish con-versation,
jesting or improper actions.
Or try to excuse their sons' wildness
by saying that they are only sowing
their Wild oats. 0 dear ones, can
young people sow lust and reap vir-tue?
And if they sow wild oats, need
you be surprised when they reap a
a crop of dragons teeth? How often
the sins of youth haunt all after
years. It is true that there have been
wild young men who have afterwards
become very good Christians, but it
was not their wildness that made
them Christians. Before they could
become followers of Christ they
would have to repent of every sin
that had beep committed. They
must sow to the Spirit Before they
can expect to reap life everlasting.
If a man would sow tares all his,
life he would never reap a crop of
wheat. And if we are ever sowing
to the flesh we can only expect to
reap corruption. But upon the other
hand, he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life everlast-ing.
Gal. 6: 8. They that sow in tears
shall reap in joy. He that goeth
forth and weepeth, bearing precious
seed shall doubtless come again re-joicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.
Ps. 126: 56. Sow to yourselves in
righteousness, reap in mercy. Hos.
fo: 12. To him that soweth righte-ousness
shall be a sure reward. Prov.
II: i8. "
Then let us be up and doing; sow-ing
daily seeds of righteousness and
love. Let us ever sow seed for the
Master, and let us not be weary in
well doing, for in due season we shall
reap if we faint not.
A. M. Pittman.
vim I LEFT THE SECRET LODGE.
CHANUTE, KAN.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS : I do feel
it a privilege this morning to write a
feW lines in praise to our dear Lord
for what he is doing for me. Hereby
know we that we dwell in him, and he
in us, because he hath given us of his
Spirit. And we have seen and do
testify that the Father sent the Son to
be the Savior of the world. I am so
glad I have found the highway that
was cast up for the ransomed of the
Lord to walk in. The evening light
began to - shine in my heart eleven
years ago last winter while I was an
invalid, before I ever heard it preach-ed.
So when I heard it preached I
knew it was of God, for the Spirit and
the Word agree. I do not get to hear
preaching very often, but Jesus is with
me for soul and body. With much
love to all the saints everywhere, I
am your saved and sanctified sister,
M. J. Sweeney.
I left the secret lodge for several
reasons.
I. I wanted a clean heart; and in -
order to get it, knowing it came by
an entire consecration— and entire
means everything— I had to give up
the lodge.
2. After I had given myself to Jes-us
Christ I could not go where he
was not allowed to go, for there is no
Christ in the lodge.
3. To be in the lodge was to be
" unequally yoked together with un-believers."
Also, " what part hath
he that believeth with an infidel?"
For there are many infidels in the
lodge.
4. To be in the lodge was to be
" conformed to the world." And last
but not least, I believe in a regular
old fashioned religion that takes a
man out of all worldly institutions,
and takes all love of the world out
of him. I might write more on this
subject, but I forbear. I hope and
pray that these few lines may help
along the good cause, and that oth-ers
may " go and do likewise." Amen.
Your brother, walking in the free-dom
of. the gospel of Christ,
John Bennetts Bailey.
-. 7F.: 1717
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CUSHING, 0,1C. LA.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I want to
ask your prayers for the healing of
my husband who has been afflicted
for several years with catarrh of the
head, his eyes have also been sore
for three weeks and pain him very
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the Master's will, in faith believing
that he does all things for the best,
and am ready to give God the glory
for every good gift. I greatly desire
that the dear saints pray earnestly for
my dear father. He is suffering with a
cancer on his face and can get no re-lief
from worldly doctors. 0 pray
that he may be healed. I have faith
that he will be healed, but there are
no true Holy Ghost preachers. But
there is great need of some. Will
some one filled with the fire come to
this place. There is a house here
built purposely for undenorninational
preachers, but there is no one here to
preach. We would love to have Bro.
Kinzie, if he feels led of the Lord, to
come. My father's name is J. T.
Foard.
Your sister, saved and sanctified,
Clary Philips.
Calls For Mediu*
Some gospel workers are wanted
at Boise City, Idaho,. Address Lena
Warbois.
Some one of God's holy ministers
is greatly wanted to come to Langley,
S. C. to hold a to days meeting.
Some man of God is wanted to
hold meetings about ro days in
Beech Island, S. C.
There is an earnest call for some
one filled with the Holy Ghost to
hold a few meetings in Graniteville,
S. C.
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Nancy Harp, Cedarvale, Kan.,
writes that they desire a tabernacle
meeting at Cedar Valley this summer,
and desires to know when somt one
can come and hold the same.
W. H. Morris, ( Kings Mills) Augus-ta,
Go., sends in an earnest appeal
for meetings at four different places
in South Carolina, and wants some
true ministers of the word to come.
They have long been calling for holy
ministers there. Who can go?
A call is made far some true minis-ter
of God to come to Flat Rock,
Shelby Co., Ind. It is a place where
souls are anxious to know the true
way. Any one feeling led to go, ad-dress
Martin Higgins, FIat Rock, Ind.
We would like to have some preach-ers
to come here and preach the Word
1_ 11 its purity. As we have never heard
the evening light preached. I think
there is a good opening here.
Mary Meyer.
OVERTON, NB.
. A call is earnestly made for a com-pany
of Holy Ghost people to come
to Privateer, Sumter Co., S. C., and
hold a 3o days meeting. Good soci-able
settlement of poor common peo-ple.
I would be pleased to have one of
God's anointed ones to come to this
place and hold a meeting.
Your sister in Jesus,
Rachel A. Shaw.
SCHELL CITY, MO.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Grand Junction cainp- meeting June
The Trumpet will not be issued
next week on account of the camp-meeting.
We have just finished printing the
" Biblical Trace of the Church," by
Bro. W. G. Schell, and will have some
books ready in a few days. Paper
cover 35 cts., cloth 75 cts.
The new song book, " Echoes from
Glory," - is now being completed, and
we expect a stock of books this week.
Send in orders for the book, and start
the songs on their way praising God.
Order of the GOSPEL TRUMPET office,
Grand Junction, Mich.
C. Goshorn, Willow Hill, Pa. re-ports
that a great interest is manifest
in the cottage prayer meetings at that
place, and they are in great need of
a regular house of worship. We trust
the Lord will enable them to procure
one.
Win. G. Schell.
BE YE HOLY.
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" Thy testimonies are very sure:
holiness becometh thine house, 0
Lord, forever." Psa. 93: 5. That
ye may remember, and do all my com-mandments,
and be holy unto your
God.- Num. 15: 40. But as he which
hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
in all manner of conversation.- I
Pet. 15. For even hereunto were
ye, called: because Christ also suffer-ed
for us, leaving us an example, that
ye should follow his steps: Who did
to sin, neither was. guile found in his
mouth.- i Pet. 2: 21, 22. Where-fore
gird up the loins of your mind,
be sober, and hope to the end for
the grace that is to be brought unto
you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Pet. r: 13.
But the end of all thing- s is a. t hand:
be ye therefore sober, and watch un-to
prayer.- i Pet. 4: 7. Teaching us that,
denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we . should live soberly, righte-ously
and godly in this present world.
- Tit. 12. Neither filthiness, nor
foolish talking, nor jesting, which are
not convenient:- but rather giving of
thanks.- Eph. 5: 4. Wherefore he
saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and
arise from the dead, and Christ shall
! give thee light. See then that ye
walk circumspeetly, not as fools, but
as wise, redeeming the time, because
the days are evil. Wherefore be ye
not unwise, but understanding what
the will of the Lord is.- Eph. 5: 14- 1e.
And that ye study to be quiet, and to
do your own business, and . to work
with your own hands, as we com-manded
you; that ye may walk hon-estly
toward them that are without.
and that ye may have lack of 110th-ing.-
1 Thess. 4: II ,12.
God's word says, Search the script-ures:-
for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which
testify of me.- Jno. 5: 39. Wherefore
lay apart all filthiness and supePtluity
of naughtiness, and receive with
meekness the engrafted word, which
is able to save your souls. But be
ye doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your own
selves. For if any be a hearer of
the word, and not a doer, he is like
Unto a man beholding hiS natural
face in a glass: For he beholdefh
himself, and goeth his way, and
straightway forgeteth what manner of
man he was. But whoso looketh in-to
the perfect law of liberty, and con-tinueth
therein, he being not a for-getful
hearer, but a doer of the work,
this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- James I: - 21- 25. For God hath
not given us the spirit of fear; but of
power, and of love, and of a sound
mind.- 2 Tim. 7. According as
he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame
before him in love.--- Eph. 4. But
whosa keepeth his word, in him ver-ily
is the love of God perfected:
hereby we, know that we are in him.
He that saith he abideth in him,
ought himself also to walk, even as
he walked.--- t Jno. 2: 5, 6.
First we come to God dead in
trespasses and sins, and by the con-victing
Spirit of Christ see our lost
condition in the world without God
and hope. We repent of all our sins,
and he says he is faithful and just to
forgive. By asking in faith he par-dons
us. Therefore being justified
by, faith we have peace with God.
Being made alive in God we are
commanded to present our bodies
a living sacrifice. A men dead- in
trespasses and in sins cannot offer
himself a living _ sacrifice. For this
is the will of God, even your sancti-ficationethat
ye should abstain . from
fornication.-- r Thes.. 4: 3. But we are
bound to give thanks always for you,
A. J. Bixler.
News from the Field.
520 HUNTER AVE., KANSAS Crrv, Mo.
May 31,189; 3.
DEAR BRETHREN: May the Lord
keep you firm and valiant. The dear
Lord separated Father and I at Au-burn,
Neb. and sent me south to Vin-land,
Kan. where we had three
weeks' meetings. The Lord wonder-fully
blessed our souls and the saints
were strengthened and built up.
Praise the Lord! One soul reclaimed
and much good done. From there
we came to Kansas City, Mo. to help
Bro. Wendel erect his tabernacle;
and meeting will commence June 1,
if the Lord wills. Here I met with
dear Sister Laughlin. She has won-derful
power with God. Oh, how our
Sister Mary Cole and company are
pushing the work at or near Sheridan, i
Oklahoma, in a new field of gospel
work, and report a glorious work of
rescuing the lost. Souls are being
saved, and they desire the prayers of
God's children in behalf of the work
there.
The camp meeting has already vir-tually
begun. A number of saints
have already arrived, from vari-ous
points. Meetings continue every
night since last Sabbath. The Lord
is present in power. The glorious
camp- fire is burning. Some souls
have been set free. Come up to the
feast.
We were all joyfully surprised at
the coming of the Bro. Achor, who
was moved of the Lord while ' over
the sea to come over and attend the
camp meeting, and see his family, and
ere long he expects to retuin to Eng-land,
and then on to Germany. He
called a few days with the dear breth-ren
in the East and enjoyed a blessed
feast there. We thank God for the
good report of the work over the sea.
It is already quite well established in
Liverpool. We may expect to hear
of Bro. and Sister Rupert, and Sister
Shoffner setting sail over the ocean
to reinforce dear Bro. Henry, ere
long. Amen. Let the heralds fly.
Camp Meeting.
There will be a camp meeting to
begin July 25, 1893, twelve miles west
of Lebanon, at what is known as the
Bennett Springs. We are praying the
Lord to send some Holy Ghost min-isters
and gospel workers to help in
the meeting. Cannot Bro. Bolds and
family, or Sister Mary Cole come ? or
whoever the Lord may send.
Address Joseph Henson.
MCGRATH, MO,
likre will- hold a grove meeting, the
Lord willing, at Brock, Darke Co., 0.,
commencing June 2 1 , to continue over
two Sabbaths. Those desiring to comel
by R. R. stop at Versailles. Address
Bro. S. J. Holsapple, Brock, 0., andl
he will see that they are conveyed to
the grounds.
I
chosen us to salvation through sane-
; tification of the Spirit and- belief of
the, ntireu tu1,10.- r-- d- 2s'zi: seshSe• s: Ia3 e
to keep
that which we have committed unto
him. The scriptures plainly show a
: second work of grace wrought in the
soul, first justification and afterward
sanctification. I am the true Ville
! and my Father is the husbandman.
Every branch in me that beareth not
fbrraunict hh teh atta bkeeartehth a fwruaiyt , h ean p duarreegve ett hrh ey
it that it may bring forth more fruit.
no. 15: 1. 2. In the fifth verse it
bansc'hel
reads,
branches. Now
cti‘ I‘ i, ew‘ einaerae ncl. ye
commanded
loye, joy. peace, longsuffering, gentle-ness,
temperance, against such there
J
fruit is. But the fruit of the Spirit is
' ui
And be-to
bear fruit. Let us see what this
sides this, giving all diligence, add
is no law.- ames 5: 22, 23,
to your faith virtue, and to virtue
knowledge, and to knowledge temp-
; erance, and to temperance patience,
! and to patience godliness, and to
godliness brotherly kindness, and to
' brotherly kindness charity. For if
these things be in you, and abound,
they make you that ye shall neither
be barren nor unfruitful in the know-
, ledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.- 2
Pet. d : 5 S. Wherefore the rather,
brethren, give diligence to make
your calling and election sure: for
if ye do these things ye shall never
fall. - Verse ' cr.
As perilous times have come, let us
all keep on the whole armor. hold-ing
up the shield of faith waereby
we may quench all the fiery darts of
the enemy. " Seeing then that all
these things shall be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought ye to be in
all holy conversation and godliness.
- 2 Pet. 3: I 1.
God is gathering his people out
from the places they have been scat-tered
in the dark and cloudy day.
And the ransomed of the Lord shall
return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads:
and they shall obtaio joy and glad-ness,
and sorrow and sighing shall
flee away.- Isa. 35e to. And thine
ears shall hear a word behind thee,
saying, This is the way, walk ye in
it.-- 1Sa. 3( 1: 21. Jesus says, I am the
way, the truth, and the life.
' Filen let us keep our eyes on Jes-us,
walking in the light as it shines
before us. We can have our testi-mony
continually as Enoch of old,
that we please the Lord. Christ
died on the cross that we might be
holy, that we might have the Com-forter,
which is the Holy Ghost,
Get this Comforter which shall guide
you into all truth, then You will not
find it hard to live the life of a Chris-tian.
Let us hear the conclusion of
the whole. matter: Fear God, and
keep his commandments: for this is
the whole duty of man.- Eccl. 12: 13.
It does not pay to go through this
world with a lack in the soul, when
God says he will make us perfect
and entire, wanting nothing. It is a
consolation to the soul that when
this life is over, we can say
Ill course ; I have
as apos-tle
have
Paul,
fi
I
nis
hahveed fought a good fight
I ;
kept the faith. The grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen.
light in '
Baker ( a German brother whom Go
set free last fall while we were here
is preaching the awful truth to h
German brethren. The Fleenor bret
ren are full of holy fire and zeal an
are in the work as much as possibl
We enclose much holy love and e
teem with thanks to all the dear pe
pie who so kindly supplied all ou
temporal needs while with them i
the above meetings. We remain you
brethren on the advance in the Lor
and fully sanctified just now.
S. L. Speck & S. A. Yoder.
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WEST POT, PA., JUNE 2, 1893.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD AND TRUMPE
READERS, GREETING: The grace o
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you al
Amen. I am confident of this ver
thing, that he which hath begun a goo
work in you, will perform it until th
day of Jesus Christ. I am truly gla
this morning, that I can report victo
ry on the Lord's side, Rnd that he i
keeping us and fulfilling his prom
ises unto us. I left my dear, famil
at home the r6th of May, and arrive
at this place the 17th, gladly meetin
Bro. and Sister Rupert for the firs
time, also Bro. Daugherty and th
dear saints at West Point. Oh prais
God for the sweet fellowship that ex
ists between his saints. Though the
may never have met before. yet the
feel that they are one. We held
few meetings in private houses. Tw(
were saved and two followed thy
Lord in the ordinance of baptism, b
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Bro. Rupert. We then erected the
tabernacle at North Wales, a place o
some over a thousand in" habitant
twenty- two miles north of Philadel
phia, located on the R & R. railroad
We commenced meeting the 20th in
the name of the Lord Jesus. Things
looked somewhat dark. Where the
sons of God assemble, Satan also pre
sents himself, but in this case he went
on before and stirred up the people
against us, causing such a prejudice
that those that desired to come were
suspicious: One of the Methodist
members went to the brother that
had granted us the ground, on which
to locate the tabernacle, and said we
were of the devil and tried to influ-ence
him not to let us locate on his
ground. May God save the poor
man and all others that have been
fighting holiness since we have been
here.
After the meeting had progressed
a few evenings people came out to
hear. Some to hear the singing and
some to hear the gospel while others
came for curiosity. The next step
the devil took to hinder the work of
the Lord was to stir up the baser sort
of the town to disturb the meeting,
but thank God, by the protection due
us by the law of the state, the dis-turbance
was quelled after the arrest
of four young men who were given a
hearing and bound over to the coun-ty
court under bail. God has given
us a free country, and ordained laws
by which we can be protected in the
true worship and preaching of his
gospel. Brethren do greatly err
when they see the call . e hindered and
meetings disturbed by the ungodly,
and do not take steps to quell it. In
soine localities the brethren are
afraid to take steps for protection.
The toughs scare them out by threat-ening
them with private injury, if
they have them arrested. BroeRoe
and I held a meeting in Cass Co., Ind.
Over one year ago. The brethren
there were under a yoke of this kind.
The boys threatened to burn them
out if they had them arrested. The
result was that saints that went to
that place were stoned, egged, and
dven their lives were endangered,
hen, if the bretpren had taken it
in hand to see that the law was en-forced,
order would have been the
result and souls saved. Brethren, if
we are Christians in the full sense of
the word, we are law abiding: if we
stand by and see the law violated and
make no effort to enforce the law we
are guilty, not only that but disloyal
to the government.
Well I have wandered a little from
my report, but the will of the Lord be
done. Last Saturday evening in the
midst of the meeting we were won-other
places. Dear Bro.
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FERN, PA.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS IN
CHRIST: Grace be multiplied unto you.
I feel led of God to write my testi-mony.
This morning finds me saved,
sanctified and healed by the mighty
power of God. To him be all the
glory. Oh I do praise God for his
wonderful saving, keeping and heal-ing
power. He has wonderfully
healed me of toothache and neurakia.
I had it for about a week and I kept
asking God all along to heal me, but
it seemed my faith was not strong
enough to grasp the promise, although
I haVe been healed many times be-fore.
So I wrote to a brother to pray
for, me, and the same evening at
prayer meeting at our house the saints
all prayed for me, and the Lord did
heal me. My faith was wonderfully
tried, but I clung to the promise and
I was healed. But in a day or two I
worked in the garden and caught
more cold, and it came back on me
so bad I did not khow what to do. So
I sent for a dear sister to come and
pray for me, and the Lord heard our
feeble prayers and healed me again.
The devil tried to make me believe I
was not healed, but praise God who
giveth us the victory through JesuS
Christ our Lord. I am fully deter-dience
to my promise to God, I have
been preaching the pure gospel, and
have seen several souls saved, for
which I give God the glory. Oh I do
thank God for his Spirit, which will
lead us in the way of all trnth. I am
teaching school at present, and have
three weeks yet, and then, glory to
God, all contracts will have been filled,
and I will be ready to go out in the
Master's work on a life contract. I
ask: all the dear saints to pray for me
and my family.
Your brother saved, and sanctified
by a 8econd work of grace,
E. G. Masters.
REYNOLDS, NEB.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel im-pressed
of God this morning to give
in my testimony for the first time,
with the true children of God. Last
winter while I was searching the
scriptures through idle curiosity the
Lord pointed Out ROM. 12: 14 to me,
which set me to thinking ( for which I
do thank the dear Lord), and as a
consequence I began to look up the
definition of holiness, as that seemed
to be a prerequsite to seeing the Lord
He showed me that it meant to b
sanctified and live free from sin.
had a willing heart and had long de
sired to live closer to Jesus. But I be
longed to a sect and had an ambition
for worldly approval, and consequent-lythe
carnal nature had control. I be-gan
to make my consecration, and
while upon my knees asking the
Lord to show me what more I had to
consecrate, he told me I would have
to preach, and" then began the strug-gle.
And it was the greatest struggle
of my life. But bless God, I gained
the victory and died the death, and
claimed the promise. Glory to Jesus!
He sanctified me and cleansed me
from all unrighteousness. I am no
more my own, for I have been bought
with the precious blood of Jesus. I
am now all on the altar; and in obe-
Spirits did blend together when we
met! Hallelujah! My soul bounded
within me, and praises ascended to
heaven when I found that God had a
true people in this city. Sister Laugh-lin
is one of God's true messengers.
She teaches the straight word, and
will not compromise with the devil.
Hallelujah- to God! She expects to
help us here in this great battle. If
any of the brethren pass through
this city we would be glad to have
you stop with us. We feel that there
is a wonderful opening here for meet-ing.
Pray for us.
Your brothers, saved and sanctified
wholly,
Michael Stover, Jr. & H. F. Wendel.
PAYNE, O., May 30, 1893.
DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN: May
grace and peace be multiplied to
you. Amen. The meeting near
Grover Hill, 0., over last Lord's day
was blest and owned of the Lord.
One soul claimed pardon, and the
body strengthened and edified, and
our soul blest in speaking his word.
My soul was grieved within me to see
some that once had a good experi-ence
in salvation, in a backslidden
condition. May the dear Lord cause
them to arise and come to Father's
house. Much and lasting good might
be done could there be a series of
meetings held there soon. I only
can get along the skirmish lines, as it
were, for the present, but by the grace
of God we shall keep up the firing
and cause the enemy's ranks all the
trouble we can. I expect to be with
the church near Antwerp, 0. over
next Lord's day. Your servant and
brother in the body of Christ, saved
in him. Pray for me.
J N. Howard.
TAMPICO, IND., May 31, 1893.
To ALL THE SAINTS, GREETING: May
everlasting peace and joy in the Holy
Spirit, abide in you at all times, and
keep you free indeed from all sin.
Amen. Our souls are happy to day
and free from all sin for which we
give all the glory to God. From Apr.
29, till June 1, Bro. S. A. Yoder and
I held the following four meetings:
Ise We began meeting in the Flee-nor
Valley school house, Apr. 3o, and
continued nine days, during which
time God most wonderfully spake his
truth through us to that people.
Three souls were made free by the
blood of Jesus.
2d. We thence moved to the
Gross S. H. about three and one- half
miles from the above place where we
held meeting four " nights. N5 one
saved, but a good interest manifest,
and trust the seed sown will spring
up in the near future in many hearts.
We regretted that we could not hold
longer.
We then went to Little York and
began meeting in the Campbellite
house where we continued thirteen
days. At this place God gave us many
souls as a result of the truth being
preached. I think about eighteen or
twenty souls set free in Jesus, most of
whom were out of Babylon. We never
held in a meeting house owned by a
sect that gave us full sway as at this
place. Oh the eternal glory filled our
soul while we preached and heard
_ those made free tell how God had
saved them. During the meeting
Bro. Yoder baptized sixteen happy
saints. God has a sweet little church
at this place. May God keep them
faithful till the end of time. While
this meeting we gave out an appoint-ment
for the Gross S. H. and Bro's
E. and Geo. Fleenor filled it, and they
held two nights and reported three
at the altar. I must report that God
has captured the whole country with
this precious truth. We hope to re-turn
some time this fall and hold
meetings at different places.
We are now at Tampico, holding
meetings in the school house. One
Soul at the altar for pardon and one
baptized in the name of Jesus. We
expect to close Thursday night, June
1st, and go to our homes. I hope to
remain at home until June 8, and then
with my family go to the Grand Junc-tion
camp meeting. Dear Bro. F. Flee-nor
will go along. God is using the
little church- at Tampico to shed his
derfully surprised and astonished
something similar to that recorded in
Acts 12: 12- 16. Just after the close o
the preaching, in came Bro. Achor
into our midst praising the Lord.
We could hardly believe our eyes.
One brother said he thought he came
down through the top of the tent.
Oh praise God! what joy it is to meet
one unexpectedly that has been so
far away. We had been praying for
him, supposing he was over in Europe,
but behold he was in our midst. The
Lord wonderfully blessed him in
preaching to a large congregation on
the Sabbath. May the Lord bless
him. Sabbath afternoon between
preaching and the evening we had
altar service. Seven came forward,
some for pardon and some for sanc-tification.
Most all of which we be-lieve
received the desire of their
hearts. Others we believe are ' con-victed
tliat this is the gospel way.
May God bless dear old Father and
Mother Anders, for their kindness to
us in letting us occupy their ground
for the taberfnacle and a welcome to
their home. Though they have their
names in the Methodist sect, we be-lieve
they are saved of God, and
know the voice of the shepherd which
says, " Come out of her my people."
Rev. 18: 4. • Also " From such turn
away." 2 Tim. 3: 1- 5. Ministers and
singers are badly needed here in the
East. - The harvest fields are great
and gleaners are scarce. Do not think,
that this is out of the world. Jesus
says, Go into all the world. Bro. and
Sister Rupert are expecting to start
for England about the 14th if the
Lord wills. If the Lord wills I expect
to go to the Grand Junction camp
meeting. May the will of the Lord
be done in all things.
Your brother saved in Jesus,
H. C. Wickersham.
TESTIMONIES 4. i. e
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Pm. 119: 129.
SALIDA, COLO.
DEAR SAINTS AND READERS OF THE
TRUMPET: I. feel led to write my tes-timony
which is the first time. God
is wonderfully helping me. I have
come out of all sects and have taken
Jesus for my healer of soul and body.
I am resting in him. God has shown
me a great favor to throw some
sound holy literature in my way. Yet
I am hungry to hear the evening
light preached. I am all on the altar.
Pray as you read this, that both my
dear wife and myself may be filled
with all the fullness of God.
Yours at Jesus' feet,
P. J. Shoquist.
mined to trust him for all things, let
come what will. I write this all for
the glory of God, and my only desire
is to live low at Jesus' feet. I ask all
the dear saints to pray for me that I
stand firm.
Your sister in Christ,
Myra E. Lineman.
ROVER, TENN., MAY 5, 1892.
Nannie Lou, daughter of W. R. and
Emma Lamb, was married to J. C.
Duncan, Dec. 19, 1889, and departed
this life Oct. 16, 1892. After three
weeks illness of typhoid fever, she
crossed over the river of death to be
with Jesus. A few days later the
Lord took her babe also. She leaves
a husband, one child and a host of
friends. She was singing and praising
God for twelve days through her suf-fering,
and urging the people to pre=
to meet the Lord.
• Mrs. N. C. Cole.
Mary Abby Killmer was born in
Erie, Pennsylvania, July 1 9, 181 9, and
died at her her home at Kibbies, Mich.
May 3o, 1893; aged 73 yrs., 9 mo., and
3o days. In the year 1838 she was
married to Enoch B. Gillaspie, with
whom she lived 46 years. To them
were born 14 chiidren, 6 giils and 8
boys; eleven of which still survive
her, and all were at the grave except
one daughter, who now lives in the
west. Mother Gillaspie was conver-ted
to God in her childhood and has
spent a long life in his service, always
taking an active part in Christian
work wherever her lot was cast. Four
years ago she left the M. E. sect, and
came with the saints of God and
walked with them till age and disease
confined her to her home. To her
children and all who knew her she
has been an example of faith, hope,
and assurance of that bright immortal
life beyond. God bless the bereaved -
children, and save those who are not
saved. Funeral services held at the
Linsey school house by the writer.
Text Jonah 4: 3.
J. A. Dillon.
HoLLENBERG, KAN., May 29, 1893.
Dear Sister Hattie Newcomb, wife
of Hiram Newcomb, departed this
life to be with Jesus. She was born
Jan 26, 1858, and died May 26, 1893.
She was married to Hiram Newcomb
June 3, 1875. She gave her heart to
God in the winter of 1871 and has
been a faithful Christian ever since.
She came out into the evening light
last winter and was sanctified wholly.
She leaves a husband who is also say-ed,
and five children to mourn the loss
of a loved companion and mother.
She was ready and willing to go. Call-ed
her family around her bed the
day before she died and told them
that she would have to leave them,
that she was going home to her Sav-ior.
May God's richest blessings rest
upon this dear family. May his grace
be sufficient for them, in this their
greatest trial. Funeral services by
M. M. Stover & Jos. Hewitt.
SOMERvILLE, ALA., MAY 24, 1893.
Bro. V. V. Brindley was born Jan. 26,
1872, and died May 23, 1893; aged
21 yrs., 3 mo. and 27 days. He pro-fessed
entire sanctification Oct. 15,
1892 and continued to testify to the
cleansing blood of Jesus until his
death. He died of typhoid fever
with direct and violent involvement
of the brain. He _ leaves a father,
mother, and seven brothers, with an
espoused, to mourn his departure.
The father and mother are members
of the Baptist denomination; the
father being a minister. May God
help them to see the error of sect
confusion and flee out of the midst of
her, and home to Zion. I believe
they never heard the saints preach
except on the funeral occasion. None
of his brothers have ever professed
salvation. May God help them to
take warning. The Lord enabled us
to present the gospel of salvation to
alarge and attentive audience, warn-in
the people from Matt. 24: 44 to
be ready for death and the judgment,
Heb. 9; 27, by separating forever from
a life of sin; and by perfect obedience
to God be found of him in peace,
without spot and blameless. 2 Pet.
3; 14. May God help his kindred
and friends to heed the word of God,
and with the departed secure a home
in heaven. Services in the grove.
J. F. Lundy.
RENFROE, MISS.
DEAR SAINTS: I feel led to write
my testimony. The dear Lord justi-fies
and sanctifies me. I am so
glad that it is my privilege to enjoy
this blessed evening light. I am prais-ing
God all the time. Glory to his
name! I am so glad that my name is
written in the book of life. I know
God is with me at all times to up-hold
me by his mighty power. I ask
the prayers of all the saints.
From your sister, kept by the pow-er
each day from committing sin, -
Emma Harris.
ELLsWORTH, ARK.
EDITOR GOSPEL TRUMPET: As I
have been reading the GOSPEL TRUM-PET
for over two years and have nev-er
written a word to you, - I will say
there are a few saints in this commu-nity
desires that the Lord send some
one here to preach for us, for we nev-er
get to hear full salvation preached
from sect preachers. We want holy
men to preach. We pray the Lord
to send one to Ellsworth, Ark. this
summer. We believe there would be
a great good accomplished in this
country if some Holy Ghost brother
will come. Praise the Lord for full
salvation.
Your brother,
I M. Wright.
BOLIVAR, MO.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I will
write my testimony for the first time.
Praise God, I can say this evening
that Jesus saves me from all sin, and
keeps me by his mighty power. I
lived an up and down life in Babylon
f in the Baptist sect for several years.
But I heard this evening light; and I
read in Rom. 6: 6, that our old man
could be crucified with Christ, that
the body of sin might be destroyed,
that henceforth we should not serve
sin. I was willing to make' a corn
plete consecration and to give my
body a living sacrifice, holy, accepta-ble
unto God, which was my reasona
ble service. I learned that it was th
will of God, even my sanctification
for God hath not called us unto un
to uncleanness, but unto holiness
Well, glory to Jesus, he saved me
and saved me out of the sect.
praise the dear Lord for deliverance
The people do not want to hear sanc
tification and holiness talked. I de
sire the saints to pray for me, that I
may live humble and submissive to al
God's holy will.
Your saved brother in the Lord,
J. G. McIntosh.
The Use of Divine Healing.
E VERYTHING in the divine e-conomy,
is for a wise purpose,
and is consonant with the highest
reason.
Before entering upon the objects of
divine healing it might be well to en-quire
briefly into the uses of affliction.
And this must be approached by first
considering the author of afflictions.
Peter's testimony of Christ is as fol-lows:
" Who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed
of the devil; for God was with him."
— Acts ro: 38. Here afflictions are
ascribed to the devil, to his oppress-ive
power over human flesh. Doubt-less,
they are usually the result of
violated natural laws through evil
lusts and carelessness, infused by the
devil. His object in these afflictions,
of course, is to- break down and de-stroy
these temples of God. iBt ut
God also has a permissive will and
purpose in men's afflictions. By these
afflictions upon his children he has
taught them many profitable lessons,
and brought them nearer to himself,
and they have also thereby learned
to hold more sacred and obey more
carefully the laws that God has en-acted
in the realms of nature. Doubt-less
souls have been saved, and oth-ers
arrested from apostasy by the
strong hand of God in affliction.
There have been instances where
God has evidently sent physical judg-ments
upon men. But these are ex-ceptional.
Usually disciplinary suff-ering
is the effect of violated organic
laws. But whatever gracious fruit
sickness may bring forth, it is not to
the glory of God that his children
should continue long under its pros-trating
power. If a more perfect
conformity to natural laws is needed,
or if spiritual lessons or advancement
in divine grace is the divine object in
permitting those attacks, let the soul
draw nigh to God, find out his good
purpose, and reach the same. And
when this is accomplished the divine
use of the afflictions terminate, and
the afflictions should also. But should
no special blessing be contemplated,
and the suffering be only the oppress-ive
work of Satan, why should it be
protracted? " Is there no balm in
Gilea,- d?" Is not our God able to_ de-liver
his children out of all trouble
and afflictions? " Wherefore then
should the heathen say, Where is
their God?" Let it be known that
God is indeed with his people, and is
a present help in every need.
What good then can the Lord ac-complish
in the exercise of his heal-ing
power? We will only mention a
few things.
1st. Health is the normal state of
man, an important condition of his
usefulness. Deprived of this he is
unable to answer the end of his ac-tive
existence. He is not qualified
to meet the duties he owes to him-self
as a man; to his country as a
citizen; to society as a neighbor; to
his family as a husband and father;
nor to his God as a Christian. Not
that he cannot be a Christian in pros-tration,
but that he cannot fill the
sphere of active Christian labor. In-stead
of filling life's duties in these
several relations, he is a care and bur-den
to others. Hence it is to the glory
of God to heal his children, that Sa-tan
be defeated, and they be able to
bring forth fruit unto God.
2d. By the exercise of his healing
power, in answer to prayer, the Lord
manifests unto his creatures his prec-ious
attributes of sympathy, compas-sion
and love. Behold his heart of
love toward suffering humanity!" And
Jesus went forth and saw a- great
multitude, and was moved with com-passion
toward them, and he healed
their sick."— Matt. 14: 14. Blessed
be his dear name! Wherever his
eyes behold the oppressed of Satan,
beneath the heel of sorrow and af-fliction,
his hand of love was stretch-ed
forth to heal, and his kind heart
overflowed with words that soothed
the troubled soul. Had he passed
through this vale of sin- inflicted
wretchedness with no eye to pity the
suffering, no tears to shed with the
bereaved, and no outstretched arm
to raise up the sick, could men have
learned that his heart is kindness,
and his Father's name love? Ah, the
healing mercies of the. Son of God
are needful to reveal the character
of that compassionate God, who only
can bind up our wounds, heal our
sorrows,, and sweep away all our dis-eases.
And who will saythat his crucifix-ion,
resurrection and glorification
have stripped him of his power to
heal the sick? Nor do the glories of
his Father's throne, and- the lofty
praises of the angels in heaven turn
away his pitying eye from the pangs
that oppress his frail brethren yet in
the flesh, nor prevent their humble
prayers from reaching his ears. Thank
God! " He knoweth our frame and
still remembers that we are dust."
He yet walks with his church, show-ing
forth even ' greater- works' than
he did while incarnate. He is near
to all them that call upon him, and
his tender mercies are over all. While
on earth he turned no sufferer away
unhealed, and his heart is no less
" touched with the feelings of our in-firmities"
to clay. All must admit
that he has the same power to heal.
Then why not do it? The person who
_ could stand by the side of an awful
sufferer, who is imploring help, and
having all power and authority to re-move
the same by a simple touch
and would not do it, what would be
thought of such a person? Would
not all pronounce his a heart of
stone? And do not all who confess
that Christ isable to heal his saints,
and yet will not answer their prayer in
doing so, virtually ascribe to him this
same cruel, unfeeling heart? Do they
not, in direct opposition to the Word,
picture him as an unsympathizing
high priest, whose heart cannot be
touched with the feeling of our in-firmities,
and not even with the most
intense pain and sickness? 0 my
Lord and Savior, hoAr thy name is
dishonored,. and thy holy character
slandered by the false doctrines of
men! How the cursed unbelief that
has come down from the dark ages
of confusion, and spread forth from
the pulpits of worldly wisdom, and
godly ignorance, robs our blessed
Redeemer of his loveliness and tend-er
compassion!
It is not enough to say that he ex-hibited
his love to suffering humanity
while in the flesh, and that is suffi-cient.
Is it sufficient to prove that a
man is good and holy now because
Se gave evidence of that fact in past
years? If Christ cannot or would not
heal the sick to day, would it not
give place for doubts that he ever
did, and that those miracles- on re-cord
were forged? Surely this, or
the ridiculous idea that he has chang-ed
? Though men. may intellectually
credit the works of Christ wrought ov-er
eighteen hundred years ago, to real-ly
impress their minds with hi- L- true
character of love, they need to see the
same manifestations in the present
ever living Jesus. If he he indeed the
divine Savior, " Jesus Christ the same
yesterday, to day and forever," he
must continue to confirm his- love to
his saints; andso he does. And he that
denies it must shut his eyes and stop
his ears from seeing and hearing the
gracious works of God, and seek to
rob him of his power, or of his very
essence— love.
3d. We will notice one more point
in the use of divine healing. In the
name of the Lord we affirm that the
supernatural healing of the bodies of
men, is one of the Lord's permanent
factors in the salvation_ of souls.
During the personal ministry of
Christ, nearly all who believed in him
were constrained to do so by the
miracles they saw. Yea," Many believ-ed
on his name when they saw the
miracles which he did."— Jno. 23:
Those miracles were usually those
of healing.
The same was true of the apostles'
labors. About five thousand souls
were converted to God through the
preaching of a half sermon, which
was backedup by the healing of a
poor beggar at the beautiful gate of
the temple. See Acts 3 and 4: 1- 4.
But since divine healing has been
I on earth, the original object of heal-ing
yet remains, and ' of course the
gracious gift continues in the church,
even until the end of time. To this
end the Lord commissioned super-natural
healing in connection with
the preaching of his word to the end
of the world. Mark 16: 15- 18. And
for the same reason he set the gift
of healing in the body, his church,
as. a permanent agent in the plan of
salvation. 1 Cot 12: 9. But observe
he only puts those gifts in his own
church. Hence when men went from
the divine fold and the faith once
delivered to the saints, to human or-ganisms,
these signs did not follow.'
And to , excuse their impotency the
falsehood was coined that God had
recalled that gift. But since the re-turn
of the holy remnant to the real
Zion of God, the church of the first--
born which ate written in heaven, all
these primitive gifts are found yet
just where God placed them, and
they are again being used to the glo-ry
of his name.
Selected _ from Divine Healing of Soul and
Body.
Therefore being justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we
have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope
of the glory of God.— Rom. 5: I, 2.
TESTIMONIES 4'?, 9 wonderful. Pea Ii
EUBANKS, Kv.
DEAR SAINTS: I will send my testi-mony.
Praise the Lord, 1 am saved
from all my sins, and sanctified wholly
to do my Savior's will. Praise the
dear Lord! We meet twice a week
and on Sunday. The Lord wonder-fully
us. Pray that God will
send more holy ministers here.
Your sister in Christ,
- Mary J. Singleton.
RENFROE, Miss.
DEAR READERS: I am rejoicing
that I am saved by the blood of Je-sus,
justified and sanctified. I praise
God for what he has done for me-.
And I mean to always press forward.
This is my first testimony. I am just
trusting God. I know he will keep
me on the narrow path, till I see the
end of a Christian life.
From your redeemed sister, saved
by the grace of God,
Ida Harris.
ROUND HEAD, 0.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: 1 do rejoice
for salvation in my soul, that does
keep me from all sin each day of my
life. I realize that I am all given up
to God's will, and the blood of Christ
has saved me from worldly desires
and pleasure. I do praise God for
the work he has done in my soul. I
am saved and sanctified. I desire all
the dear ones to pray for rne.
Your brother in the Lord,
Isaac C. Taylor.
EUBANKS, KV.
DEAR SAINTS OF Got): I feel like
writing my testimony. I am saved.
There are thirty saved ones here be-sides
myself. Praise Jesus! When
we meet together, Jesus meets with
us. We would like to have camp
meeting here this fall. Pray that Jesus
will send more laborers here. Pray
for me, that I may be strong in the
Lord, for I am weak. I want to be a
soldier for Jesus.
Your sister,
Sarah M. Singleton.
PirrstiuRG, RAN.
DEAR SAINTS: Being led of the
Lord to write my testimony this eve-ning-,
I can truly say I am a child - of
God. And we have learned to take
the Lord for our Physician. 0 praise
the Lord! While Bro. Haynes was
here I was very sick with something
like the La Grippe, and we obeyed
James 5: 14, 15. 0 praise the Lord!
To him be all the • glory! The Lord
healed me and I did not have to stop
work and take medicine. 0 praise
the Lord! I am all given up to the
Lord. I ask an interest in the pray-ers
of the saints.
Your brother in Christ, wholly sanc-tified,
Geo. S. Graham.
ANGOLA, IND.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I do
praise God for salvation free and full,
and for the sanctifying power in my
Soul. Oh praise his holy name! I
was in the M. E. sect for nearly 30
years, but praise be to God, I am from
sin set free. I can truly say that I
am saved and sanctified wholly
through and through, and willing to
do God's will in all things. Blessed
are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree
of life, and may enter in through the
gates into the city. Pray for me that
I may be very humble, and be used
to the honor and glory of God.
From your saved and sanctified
sister in Christ, - --
Rosetta Carpenter.
HARTSELLS, ALA,-
DEAR READERS OF THE TRUMPET:
I do thank God that I have the privi-lege
of again testifying to the salva-tion
of the Lord Jesus, that I am still
saved to- the uttermost. Have been
saved about nine months and have
enjoyed more real pleasure in this
time than I did in all, my past life, and
am now'in my eighteenth year. The
Lord saved me from worldly con-formity,
and I can truly say that I am
dead to the world and its pleasures.
I find in Jesus a satisfying portion and
and a help in every time of need, I
do thank God that he has - a people
that are willing to forsake all to foh
low Jesus. I am so thankful that I
ever heard the true gospel preached
and that I was willing to come to the
terms laid down in the Word and be
saved. I belonged to the M. E's
about two years, but I find a real pos-session
to be much better than a mere
profession in this world. I am glad
that I can truly say that Jesus now is
all to me, and I have no anxiety to go
back into Egypt, but am perfectly
satisfied to dwell in Canaan. Dear
ones, pray for me and for the work
in the south.
Your sister sanctified, and satisfied,
Lizzie Oldacre.
HILLIARDS, MICH,
DEAR SAIrrs OF GOD: I feel led by
the Spirit to day, to send in my testi-mony
once more on the Lord's side,
and let God's dear children know
what he is doing for me. He is keep.
ing me every day by his mighty keep-ing
power, and I can say that I am
praising the Lord all the time, every
moment, and I am glad that I step-ped
out into this evening light. He
tells us in his precious word, that if
we will draw nigh unto him, he will
draw nigh unto us, and I ever want
to be found at the feet of Jesus, and
ready to do his will at all times. Praise
his dear name forever! He keeps
me from all sin, and has taken the
appetite for tobacco away, so I do not
want it any inure. Praise his dear
name.
Your brothe sra, ved and sanctified
wholly,
W in. H. Calaway,
HARTSELLS, ALA.
DEAR SAINTS: I am praising God
for salvation that saves me from all
sin. Praise the Lord! I am dead to
the world and its pleasures, ready to
do the Lord's will in all things. When
I was fifteen years old I decided to
make heaven my home. But I had
always been taught that we were
sanctified at death. I began to ask
God for help. It seemed to be a hard
struggle tor me to do right. Some-times
I felt that I was on the Lord's
side, but I began to doubt whether I
had any salvation. I had used so
much tobacco and snuff that my sys-tem
was poisoned. My health was so
bad that I did not think I was long
for this world. I was not then ready
to meet God, but my prayer was that
my last days be my happiest. Praise the
Lord. they are! When Bro. Warner
came and preached holiness . I saw
that without holiness I could not get
to heaven. I decided to live a holy
life. The devil tried to make me be-lieve
that I could not give up my to-bacco,
snuff and coffee. But praise
the Lord forever, last October while"
I was picking cotton the Lord sancti-fied
me wholly. All glory to Jesus! I
am saved and kept by the power of
God. I am saved and tried, illacle
white in the blood of the Lamb.
Your sister,
Lizzy . Patterson.
repudiated in the dark ages of the
past, it has taken, on an average, a-bout
five thousand " fine sermons"
to half convert one soul.
After spending the night in prison,
and being tried by the high priests
the next day, the apostles Peter and
John were permitted to return to their
own company and report the good
time they had enjoyed, after which
they all bowed down and prayed as
follows: " And now, Lord, behold
their threatenings, and grant unto
thy servants, that with all boldness
they may speak- thy word, by'stretch-ing
forth thy hand to heal; and that
signs and wonders may be done by
the name of thy holy child Jesus."—
Acts 4: 29,3o. These inspired apostles
knew how to pray for boldness and
authority to preach the word; name-ly,
they wanted . the hand of God
manifest with them, confirming the.
Word with miracles, especially the
healing of the sick. Do we not need
the same boldness and authority to
day? A ministry that is void of the
divine seal of healing power is a poor,
lame excuse for the messengers of
the Almighty God.
Observe the use the Lord made of
a case of healing at Lydda. Peter
there " found a certain man named
neas, which had kept his bed eight
years, and was sick of the palsy. And
Peter said unto him, ./ Eneas, Jesus
Christ maketh thee whole." You
see, Peter did not heal the man, but
Jesus did. " And he arose immediate-ly.
And all that dwelt in Lydda and
Saron saw hirn, N, and turned to the
Lord."— Acts 9: 33- 35. A very hap-py
effect indeed. And we have seen
men and women melt down before
God and get saved in these last days,
on seeing the love and power of God
displayed in instantaneous healing.
" The day of miracles is past" is a
disgusting apology for an unsanctifi-ed
and powerless ministry. It is
much more - Congenial to the flesh to
adopt this falsehood than to mortify
the deeds of the body, die to all pride,
selfishness and worldliness, and thus
become pure in heart, and filled with
power, an instrument through which.
God can bless suffering humanity.
The apostle Paul did not entertain
the popular view of Miracles so often
heard from the faithless pulpits of
our_ age; namely, that " they were
only intended to confirm the divinity
of Christ and his word, hence passed
away with the apostles. " For," says
he, " I will not dare to speak of any
of those things which Christ hath not
wrought by me, to make the Gentiles
obedient, by word and deed, through
mighty signs and wonders, by the
power of the Spirit of God."— Rom.
15: 18, 19.
— To make the Gentiles obedient to
God, he regarded as the divine ob-ject
of miracles. So long therefore
as sinners are to be subjected to God
WiculTA, RAN,
DEAR SAINI's OF GOD: May God
I bless you all. I was saved and sane-
I last Oct., when Bro. Stover
held meeting in the tabernacle, and
to day I can say the Lord has kept
me by his power. Praise his dear
name! I can say I ain free from all .
man- made churches or sects, and se-cret
societies. I am out on the Bible
line for God, willing to do his holy
will. God has called me to work for
him, but my body is so afflicted I can-
I
not go out till God heals me. I wish
I could tell the whole world just how
I. am anchored in Jesus. I know God
has. healed me before of a disease I had
ever since I was a child, and of other
afflictions, for which I do give God
all the glory; and I know he will heal
me again. This is the first time I have
written my testimony. I request all
the saints of God to pray for me, that
God will heal my body, that I may
get out in the work. I am saved and
sanctified and under the blood.
Your sister in Jesus,
Eva Thomas.