The Gospel Trumpet - 28:16

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CONTENTS.
EmTORlA.LS
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POE'1'UY:
lIe Uhose this Path for Thee .......... -.... .... ········· .. ···- 2,
!AR~l'lCJ.l£S :
Some Solemn 'l'houghts .............................. · .. ·· .... ······ .... ·· 1
Can We li'all AwayL ............................. · ........ · .. ···· .. · ...... 2
l)rHYf'r-nlet\tings ........................ ........................................... 3
'I'lle IJove of. J'esus ...................... _-_ ...... · .. · .. · .... ·· .. · .......... ··.... 3
:Moro Ahout the Church ............................. ······ .. ·· .... · .. ··· .. 4
,'ralks on Healthful Living .......................... · .. · ........ ·· .. · .. 4
Hnvelation, 'l"wcmtieth Chapter .............................. ··· 5
',A Blamc'lC'ss IvliuiHtry ....................... · .. ···· .. ··· .. · .. ······ .. ········· 6
Hcl\fore 'nlOughtful.. ................... · .. · .. ·· ...... · .. ········ .... ········ .. 7
Ire Kp<'peth Himself ......................................................... 7
J;ove ............................................................................................... -- 7
OF'I,'Wg AND llo:tlm EVENTS .................................... - ......... b
Gl':NF.HAL N(l'l'ES AND NEWS ....................... ·· .. · .. ·· .. ············- 8
rrheWork in Country Districts ................. · .... ·· .. ···· 9
QrmS'l'wNs AN8WI!~RED ............................................................ 9
,CORHESPOND1!JNCm ................................ : ...................................... 9
A IJetter of Appreciation ............................................. 10
~I1~CEUJANgOUS :
That Potato-patch ............................................................... 9
Small rrracts Needed ......................................................... 9
Send Your Minister to Olll:np-meeting ........... .10
TEH'l'IM()NII!:S , .................................................................................... 16
l,t"lELD REPORTS ................................................... 11, 12, 13, 14
',OBITUARY ....................................................................... _ .................... 14
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER _ .... _ ............ ..... _ ........................ 1-:1:
GAl,U; FOR ]\lISETINO .................................. • .. ·· ........ · .. · .... · .... · ........ 14
[\iE:ETING NOTICES ........................................................................... 14
"AnvEH.'l'ISEMI<JNT ............................................................ _ ................ 15
DIVINE HEALING:
'rho Divine Law or Rcclemption .............................. 16
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'fhe pl'caehing of John the Baptist was the
beginn:ng of the gospel.
u. S. A., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1908.
NUMBER 16.
savor:-" goo~ for nothing." There are many
of tIllS class III the world to-day.
It is the duty of all men to keep God's com­mandments,
but there are· only a very few who
are fulfilling· their obligations to their Master.
Do not speak harshly. Hard words harden
hcarts. Speak softly. "A soft answer turneth
a'\v.ay wrath" and softens the heart.
If your light as a Ohrist:an does not shine
brightly enough to reveal your good works to
mell, it is too dim to reveal your righteousness
at the Bridegroom's coming.
Just as the light of a candle will go out when
placed under a bushel,- so will the light of a
ChriRtian go out when prevented from showino
' ~orth deeds of kindness and love in the name of
Christ.
A brother 011ce remarked ill his discourse that
since he had taken Jesus as his Savior and Heal~
er .11~ hacl·taken no medicine. According to the
Word of Goel he needed none.
Man lost his love for God when he departed
from His law in Eden, but God never lost His
love for man. See John 3: 1G.
Prophesying, casting out devils, and doing
wonderful works does not pave our way to heay~
en nor warrant us as rightful heirs to that ever­lasting
inheritance. Heaven is being prepared
and preserved for the holy.
One of the fruits of the Spirit is faith (fa.~th~
fulness-R. V.). How can a person bear good
fruit without that which produces it ~ How can
a person be spiritual ,vithout the Holy Spirit ¥
SOME SOLEMN THOUGHTS.
BY LUCENA C. BEARDSLEE.
God has placed us in this world. We CaIl
not stay her~ always. We all know we mu.st
sometime die. "It is appo~nted unto men once
to die, but'" after this the judgment." Heb. 9:
2i. We can not escape death, neither can we
escape the judgment. "Know thou, that for aU
these things God will bring thee into judgment."
Eecl. 11: 9. Death and the judgment are cC'r~
taill, but life is yery uncertain. "We do not know
when we 111ay be summoned before the great
Judge.
,Vith these solemn truths before us, should we
not consider well the ,\yords of the apostle: "'rh'3
ltord is not slack concerning his promist·, as some
TIlen count slackness; lmt is long-suffering to US~
ward, not willing that auy should perish, hut
that all should come to repentance. But the day
of the Lord 'will come as a thief in the ui,'"r h,t.,
in the which the hea-vens shall pass nsray with "a
great noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
al'etherein shall be burned up. Seeing then tlhlt
all these things shall he dissol vce1. ,\\·hl1t mann~r
of persons ought ye to be in all 'holy eonver~a·
ron and godliness, looking for and hasting unto
the coming of the day of God?" 2 Pet. 3: 9·12.
God in his love and fa:thfnlness has given un·
to us many solemn warnings. He has made a.
'\vay of escape fro111 sin and wicb:dnesR, that we
might live a rig1lteous life and meet him in
pence. Thank God! All should be glad to ac~
cept cleliverunce from sin, but 011. how few 9.l'e
will:llg to humble their hearts before God!
It was then that the ax: V{as laid at the root
of the trees.
Hope is the Christian's anchor. See Col. 1:
27. It is fastened in God by having Ohrist with­in
us. Read 1 Tim. 4: 10, Heb. 6: 18, 19.
Sin is a reproach to any people; and the big­ger
one's profession of Ohristianity, the more
sin reproaches the one who commits it. A sin­ning
religion is the devil's kind. That is the
kind he preaches and the way he lives.
Vve read, "How shall we eseape if we npg;~
!lect so great salvation ?" l\IanY souls have
neglected salvation until too late .. They did lwt
intend to. 'l'hey expected to he saved some llay
and to gain heaven, but death Q\·(·rtook thNll.
They had to go. This should be a '.varning to
us. ,Ve shoulcl sce to it that we love amI serve
'God now. "Behold1 noW is the ac('C'ptecl time;
beho1cl, noW is tIle day of salvation. ~ ~
Since tl1e ~gospel of snl vation has come to this
world,J~t1,;~,~~;,):J.~.peen God's threshing fioor.
The ,two 'Very successful ways of
chafE-:-the fan and the fire.
;~:rs only wheat.,.tb,~chaff,is~ithe:r John the Baptist preached the baptism of re-'
"" ,awa,r' or burned up,.,,: ~eil; noclt&ff ill pent." ce" preparatory to Jesus' personal com-
,l'Jjli:nig
dom
. ' ";",g. Peter at Pentecost, alter Jesus had come
i, Ye are the salt ilD:d gone, preached that men should repent and
saving influence. be baptized, preparatory to the reeeiv;",g 01 the
followers are to the i8:oly Ghost Both repentane. and water bap­tism
are therefore just as necessary after
~hrisfs :first advent as they' were before. J .. E,t. F.t.
Knowing these sober facts, should we not
seek to walk humbly before the Lord' )luy God
help us to consider 'well these tI'lltlUI. "Let us
hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear
God, and keep his connnandments: for this is
the whole duty of man. For Gl)d shall bring
every ,york into judgment, with every secr-et
thing, whether it be good, or whether it be eyi1. n
;E1ccl. 12: 131. 14.