The Gospel Trumpet - 28:32

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AND_HI: SHALL SEND I-I~S ANGELS WITH A GREAT SOUND OFA TRUMPETAND THEY SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HI3 ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS FROM ONE END OF I-IEAVEN TO THt OTHER -MATT lI"':U
,. SO WILL I SEEK. OUT MY SHEEP. AND WILL DE'LIVER THEM OUT OF ALL PLACES WHERE THEV HAVE SEEN SCA'TTERED IN THe CLO~DY AND DARK DAY.-E%IE:K. "":12. JER. "2;"". 'G'o"
VOLUME NO. xxvHI.
CONTENTS.
(EDITORlAL ___ .. ____ .. _ . _____ ._ ... ........ _ " 1
IPOE'.rRY:
~ Tiny 'rokens _ .... ___ .. ..... _ :_._ ..................... - 2
fA.RTlCLES :
I.. The R{}ad to Success ._ ... __ . ___ . __ ... ...................... 1
Job's Hedge ____ .. ... __ :... ...................... ... 2
Feeljngs _ ... . _____ .... __ ._. __ ......................... 3
Preacl1 the Word _. ____ ._ ....... _ .................................... -... 3
, ,The Tobacco Sin ............. ....... _ ............................................. 4
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. Everlasting Consolation ................................................... 4
Man '8 Part and God's Part in Salvation ...... 5
: He Complained ........................................................................ 6
Persecution .. ........... : ... __ ......................................................... 6
The .-value of Salvation ................................................... 7
... Jl1y Shepherd ........................................................................... 7
'OFFICE AND HOME EVEN'IS ......... .................................. 8
liGENERMJ NOTES AND, NE\YS .................. ... ....... __ ._ 8
,[MISCELLANEOUS:
Cool{8 "\i\f anted ........................................................................... 8
Notice to IVlinisters ............................................................... 8
Inquiry for Saints .~ .................................................... : .......... 9
Sending Fru:t to the Missionaries ........................ 9
~CORRESPONDENCE ........................................................................... 9
I., Literature \Vork in India .......................................... 10
.TESTI1fIONIES .. _ ....................... ....................................................... 16
m'IEIJD REFORTS ................................................ 10, 11, 12, 13
:OBITUARY ...... _ ....................................................................................... 13
REQUESTS POR PR.\. YER. .............................................................. 13
'CALLS FOR l\IEE'TING ..................................................................... 13
tr-r KE'llNG N O'IICES ................................................... .......... 14, 15
lADYEHTISEMEN'l' .............................................................................. 15
The devil runs everybody who runs from the
truth.
1£ we get the devil under our feet and keep
him there God will bruise him.
W:~th Christ God has promised to freely give
tts all things; 'I.uiUwllt him weare promised
llothing.
Some teacl1 that in death we. are made free
from sin, but death is the effect of sin; and
the effect of a thing can not destroy the cause
:which proc1uced it, hence sin is not destroyed
by death.
The grace of God brought salvation to this
present world so that man can obtain it here,
tind certainly if we get salvation here -we can
live it and enjoy it here where we get it ..
ANDERSON, INDIANA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908. NU M BER 3.2.
Death and the resurrection changes the rJwrial
condition of man's body, but does not changd
the rnorat condition of his soul.
God wants us to so live before him that we
shall neither be a stumbling-block for others to
stumble over, nor to stumble at some one else's
fail ures and unfaithfulness. Are you doing
this ~
When man and woman 'are joined together
in matrimony they become one flesh-the union
is fleshly; but when we are joined unto the
Lord through salvation we become one spirit~
the union is spiritual.
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If we trade with the talents the Lord gives
us, they will gain others; but if we dig in the
earth and hide them, there will be no increase,
and we shall be counted unfaithful. J. E. F.
If we live in prayer and meditation as we
should God will tear>h u.s each day something
more of himself.
The greatest scholars acquired their know­ledge
by learning a little each day. Our grow­ing
in- the lmowledge of God should be constant.
When the shadows of evening fall around
you <lnd you can not recall allY manifestation
of God to you or any thing learned or
any deeper vision of him or the Ohristian life
through the day, that day has not been lived
as it should.
The day may l1ave been a day of trial, sturm,
and darkness to you; but it is in the trial and
storm that we often learn the most of God if
we will look for the lesson he is wanting to
teach our hearts. O. E. O.
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THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
Many Christians are longing to be more spirit­ual,
to have a closer walk with God, and enjoy
more of his sweet presence 'with them. Well,
you can have all these if you will set about it
in the right way. 1'here are people who ex­pect
too much. We find it so in every vocation
of life. Because they can not find something
by which they can grow rich in 'a few
'days, they do nothing. While they ·are sit­tin.
g: down waiting for something' to turn u2
by which they may make a fortune in a day,
others around them are making small gain each
day and thus acquiring riches.
Do not expect to grow too fast in the grace
of God. vVe have seen those who sprang up
speedily and became noted for their spiritual­ity
in a short time and went dO'wn about as
suddenly as they carne up. Those who are the
most spiritual and most used of God are those
who have COllle up s~owly ancl through much
trial and tears and prayers. vVe have seen
some, too, who would run well for a while and
then cease to run until they hfl.d lost about all
they had gained, then they would start up
again and grow rapidly for a time, and then
again retrograde; and then they have been go­ing
on for years and are no farther now than
when they started. The 1vay to spiritual wealth
is to make some gain every day and to be
satisfied with small gains, but to gain a little
daily, We remember the story we read when
a school· boy of a race between a tortoise and a
hare.
'1'he l1are bounded off at a greatspeec1 and
left the tortoise so far behind that he thought
he could lie down and sleep a while and then
get up and win the race. But the tortoise
plodding slowly along passed the sleeping hare
and won the race. Some are always expecting
to become more spiritual; they are going to
draw closer to the Lord, but they do not do it.
. Do not think you can grow up to great heights
of spirituality in a few days. It will reQuire
constant growing' for years perhaps. Do not be
discouraged because you do not grow fast
enough. rrrue spiritual gains are slowly made
in these days. It is only by persistent effort
that any gains can be. made at alL If yon
would like to be real close to God, be willing
to 'work hard and to make small gain. Be
content to come a little closer each day, but
never let a day go by without gaining at some
point, and after a while you will have accumu­lated
spiritual l~iches. Do not despise. the day
of small things.
vV' e have known those who, because they could
not get three dollars a day, would not work
ataH; and' then we have known others who,
if they could not get a dollar a day, they would
work for :fifty cents, and work just as hard as
they would have worked for a dollar. If you
can n0t make great spiritual gain do not fold
your hands and do nothing. Make some gain
each day, even if you have to work hard for
it. This is the road to success.c. E. o.