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VOLUME NO. XXVIII. ANDERSON, INDIANA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, OCT08ER 1, 1908. NUMBER 39.
CONTENTS.
'EDITORIAL _ ...... _.. ............ _ ...•.... _. ............ __ ._. ........... _. .. 1
POETRY:
· Life's Lesson .............................................................................. 2
The Autumn Woods ...... :..................................................... 6
{ARTICLES:
God with Us in TriaL. .................. : ................................. 1
I 'fhe Orucifixion ..................................................................... 1
I ~rhe Gift of the Holy Spirit ....................................... 2
': Kindly Affection cd ............................................................... 2
\ How to Detect a False Doctrine .............................. 8
· I Indifference Vs. Consecration ................................. 8
i a.vIaking Debts and Security for Debts ............ 4
I Simplicity of the GospeL. .............................................. 4
! /1'hc Sad Condition of Sect ism .................................... 5
Human Dif':leil)lil1!'s .................................................................. 5
Parental In~tructiol1 ............................................................ 6
J\.fove Pronlptly ........................................................................... G
An Appeal to the Ummved .......................................... 7
J esns, Onr Trne l:jll'iel1cl. .............................................. 7
David's P<mitellt Prayer ............................................... .10
OFFICE AND IIOMg EVEN'lS .............................. .. ................ 8
'GENERAl, NO'l'ES AND NE\YS .............. _ ... _ ................ - R
~ 'QUESTIONS ANSWERED ............................................................ 8
!MIsCELLANEOUS:
Mottoes for rrwcnty-four Names .............................. 9
· All-Day M(\eting ............................... _... ..................................... 9
CORRESPoNDr~NCg ..................................................................... 9, 10
TESTIMONIES ....................................... _.. ............ 10, 11, 12, 16
FIELD REPOR'l'S .................. _ .................................... 12, 13, 14
OBITUARY ......................................... .. _ ................ _ ..... ._ ............... l·k.
nE(~UESrl'S FOR PRA YER _ ...... __ ~ _ ._ .. 14
CALLS FOR MEE'l·ING. ............................ _.. ........ ··_,. . ·. ... ·. . ·. ... .. 14
o\IEI~TING NOTICES ........................................................................... 14
~A..DVERTISEMENT ..................... __ .. ........ _ ........ ................ 15
fact in God's sight unless songht for and ob­.
tained by faith. Dear readers, are you enjoy­ing
salvation fro111 sin '1 It is promised and of-fered
to you to-day. J. c. 13.
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GDD WITH US IN TRIAL.
BY AXCHIE DAVIS.
A young convert l'l~eLmtly went through a
grievous trial in whieh it seemed that the llevi!
"Yvas clett~rminecl to ta-ke Inr mind. rrhe trial
became so blauk and the fire of temptation and
fah:e accusation so bot that she lo::;t all hope,
fearing that God had forsaken her uttt~:ly. Yet,
amidst it all, she did not cease to call upon him.
After several days of awful aff1iction~ her
faith reached the thl'Gne and deli verallce came.
Slu cume into the congregation with glowing
face, and, while testifying to the victory in her
soul, said that she did not,at the time of the trial,
know that GOll ,"vas talking to her at all. She
had thcught it W(lS all the Gnemy; but now she
saw ho,v God had taught her more of his truth
and more or the blcs~cd evening light and more
of himself during that trial than she had ever
known before. Praise Goel!
. So it is that God is near in the trial. His
hand holds the bellows and his divine form
leans tenderly above the crncible, anXiiou.c:lly
watching until Ollr poor heart shan be molded
into his own gloriou'3 image. ....
THE CRUCIFIXION.
BY B. E. WARREN.
The crucifixion of Ohrist is one of the most
..... ~ ............ - .................................................................. "'"'" wonderful events in the history of this "Yvorld.
As no man call serve two masters, so can no The evidences' that point to this fact stand out
man serve God and bve in a state of sin. before the world as monuments which never
Not only are believers pardoned through faith
:in Jesus Christ, but '~J esus also, that he might
sanctify the people with his own blood suffered
without the gate." Heb. 13: 12. It is a Scrip­tural
fact witnessed to, and experienced by.
thousands of believers, that the baptism of the'
l{oly Spirit cleimses the heart from all the de~
praved nature, or indwelling sin, and lea~es
the soul in a state of perfect holiness.
will decay. Nature has produced many things·
that have passed away. Man has come and
gone. The works of his hands endure for a
while1 but soon go into decay' and forgetfulness.
It is not so with the crucifixion of our Lord.
God will never forget it. Angels will never
forget it. Man will never forget it because' he
was the object of Christ's pity, and for his
special benefit Christ was crucified to meet the.
demands of justice and to satisfy a broken law.
Through th:is meritorious act, in the reach of
This experience is to be sought for and. ()~~ aR is pla.cedsalvation from sin, and many other
tained by every justified believer, a~a cann;0t. @[e~ings, including a home at his right
be realized at the time pardon is first granM.ff. 1l;~d in . the glory world after this life is over.
It is a genuine fact, conse;iousl, rea1ize~, ill .~e: . , ! ',;'iFb!ejJather did not compel his Son ·to die for
!-eart aDd life, and not tobeiac~~:!~~.~l~lit . ~..:resus said: "No man tf,tketh it llifel from
me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power
to lay it down, and I have power to take it up
agaiu." John 10: 18. '1'he Savior gave his own
life voluntarily. It would be counted one of
tLo kinc1-est of acts for a person to lay down his
life for his frionds; but our Lord did more
than this-he laid down his life for his enemies.
"POI' .Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to
God." 1 Pet. 3: .18. His sole object was to save
sinful man and bring him to God.
Head-er, have you ever considered carefully
the untold depths of suffering our Lord bore in
his crucifixion ~ Finite mortals are not capaci­tated
to fathom the depth of such great su'ffer­Jng
as Christ underwent. In this act he cer­tain
Iy proved that he loved us. "And he loved
them [his people] unto the end." John 13: 1.
How few people are willing to suffer, even
for Christ, and much less for each other! Are
w'e better than the Man of Galilee J The thorns
were pressed down on his head and the blood
freely flowed from the wounds. He weakened
and fainted and fell uncler the heavy cross of
Calv3:l'Y. Are we any better than this man of
sorro\'iS, who was acquainted with grief ~
That sinful man's heart is harder than the
fiinty rocks was manifestell in the fact that the
i'Iianimate rocks quivered and broke at the cruci­fixion
of Chl'ititl IT hi1 e \·v i~kecl·hen.rlcll men wore
unaffected. rrhe sunrefnsed to shine, the sainted
dead were resurreetc'd, and all nature was dress­ed
in sahle mourning.
Our Savior suffered for us in both his hnman­ity
and his divinity and thus bore our sins and
griefs not only in connection with his crucifixion,
but he also fought the legions of hell and con~
quered the devil before this, even though he was
tempted forty days and forty nights in the
wilderness.
People to-day would endure their trying times
much better if they would not sympathize with
themselves and seek sympathy from others. Let
us remember the sufferings of Christ when we
imagine we have to f:)uffer so much. We shoultl
offer no complaint nor retaliate, no matter what
we have to endure. vVhen we look at what
Christ had to suffer, we shall simply say with
'the apostle: "For our light affliction, which is
but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and etermiJ weight of glory. While
we look not at the things which are seen, but at
the things which are not seen: for the things I
which are seen are temporal; but the things
tWhich are not seen uro eternaL" 2 Cor. 4: 17, 18.