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Isa. 1S: 8.
Grand Junction, Michigan, Thursday, Aug. 27, ) 896.
" Therefore I say - unto you what
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven t o the
other. 	 Mat. 24: 31
So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they
have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. 	 Ter. 32: 39.
Volume 16. Number 34•
c- THE CHRISTIAN'S GUIDE.
Holy Bible! how I love it!
How it doth my bosom cheer!
When through trials and temptations
It has always been so dear.
It will always keep my footsteps
In the light and narrow way,
If in trust I read its contents
IN always watch and pray.
As I walk the narrow pathway
That will lead to endless rest,
In the arms of my Redeemer,
With my head upon his breast,
I cannot- enough be thankful
For the love he showed to me,
When he took my sins of crimson,
Evermore to set me free
From the thoughts of condemnation,
Pride and all formality;
And for selfish exaltation
He has giv'n humility.
Blessed Bible! what a comfort
Its dear pages show to me!
It has taught the way to heaven,
And a blest eternity.
When old Time gives up his ages,
And the earth shall be no more;
With our loved ones we shall gather,
Over on the other shore,
Where all sorrow will be ended,
Where all weeping will have ceased,
Where our Savior will have for us
Homes of love and joy and peace.
— Maggie Woody.
Prayer.
6 	 UT the end of all things is at
cJ hand: be ye therefore sober
and watch unto prayer."-- i Peter 4:
7. " Be you, therefore, of a sober
mind and be attentive to prayer."—
Emphatic Diaglott.
Dear ones, we are here admon-ished
to be- watchful and prayerful.
Peter knew of the trials which were
coming upon us, and therefore he
says in this text that when trials
come we may be watching for them
in prayer. How often shall we pray?
Ans. " Men ought always to pray and
not to faint."— Luke 18: 1. Watch
ye, therefore, and pray always."—
Luke 21: 36. " Pray without ceasing,
in everything give thanks: for this is
the will of God in Christ Jesus con-cerning,
you."--- d Thess. 5: 17, IS.
Now we find here it is the will of
God that we" pray without ceasing."
So if we wish to do the will of God
we must be continually in meditation
with our hearts open to God.
How shall we pray? Read Rom. 8:
26, also T Cor. 14: 14. Paul tells us
here that we are not to pray a prayer
that we have heard some one else
pray, neither write off or commit to
memory some learned prayer, but to
pray as the Spirit gives us utterance.
Just simply let our hearts open to God
and he will give us words which will
come in just where they belong.
What shall we pray for? Ans.
" Watch and pray that ye enter not
into temptation."— M att. 26 : 41. When
we are tempted and tried we are to
continually look to God and he will
keep us from entering into the same.
Praise God!
Again in James 5: 15, 16 we are to
pray for healing of sickness; Eph. 6:
18, for others; Rom. lo: 1- 3, for sin-ners;
Matt. 5: 44, for our enemies.
We will give a few promises.
" The Lord is far from the wicked;
but he heareth the prayer of the
righteous."— Prow. 15: 29, It gives
power. Read Matt. 7: r 4- 21. After
the disciples could not accomplish
the work in this case, Jesus tells
them that by prayer and fasting only
Will such cases be delivered. " And
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name
that will I do, that the Father may
be glorified in the Son. if ye shall
ask anything in my name, I will
do it."— John 14: 13, 14. " But I know
that even now whatsoever thou wilt
ask of God, God will give it thee."—
John 11: 22.
On these conditions: " And what-soever
we ask, we receive of him,
because we keep his commandments
and do those things that are pleas-ing
in his sight. — Jo n 3: 22.
of God ( and especially ministers)
things soever ye desire, when ye have all these things to contend with,
parnady , y eb elieve that ye receive them, as well as other forms of sin not
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answer us.
" Have faith in God." I have re- serves God right to the saving of his
cently heard prayers offered in be- own soul and the performing of oth-half
of a certain meeting that God er enjoined labors, has his hands full
should have his own way and speakiewisiethi out reaching out for anything
through the one who should stand 	
or becoming entangled with
spiritual wickedness. It is truly a
up to proclaim the truth to the peo- narrow way, a straight path, and
ple, and then would say that he was
out of the order of the Lord, etc.
Now it is an evident fact that there
to be lightly considered, but exalted
above everything else on earth.
The man who will be an overcom-er
will need to war a good warfare,
fight a good fight, keep the faith,
pray without ceasing, abstain from
the very appearance of evil, and re-sist
sin, even to bonds, blood, and
prison. And who was more compe-tent
to give advice and exhortation
than Paul the prisoner of Jesus
Christ?—` Prisoner of Jesus Christ!"
Of all sublime thoughts or suggest-ive
expressions found in the Bible, this
is the highest. To properly serve
subjection every hand and voice that God, made Paul a " prisoner," and
is arrayed against it, and the promise entailed upon him both hunger and
is ours. Brethren, in the name of thirst, and deprived him of a certain
Jesus let us pray believing and put duelling- place. What a marvel!
our faith in practice by acting upon And may we be faithful to Jesus, and
it, and we shall receive that for which I not subject ourselves,. to the same? we as1k, 	 . rimA me_ en. 	 B. F. WEIKEL, i Hungry for the sake of Jesus! What
a bletsed state! We may not have
experienced this yet. If necessary
in order to war a good warfare, let it
Wonderful words of admonition come If standing against sin and
from an ideal gospel minister to his rebuking wickedness brings hunger,
son in the faith! Truly, Paul uede •- even so, Lord Jesus. Thy will be
stood what it would mean to meet a done.
king with twenty thousand soldiers, Brethren, are you , arring a good
having but ten thousand himself, warfare under the leadership of
and that if - victory would be az Jesus the captain of our salvation?
thieved it would require a good war- If you are, Bible signs are coming,
commands us to teach. Matt. 28: 18
- 20. Christ is our only lawgiver. Jas.
4: 12. And his church makes no laws,
but accepts those which he and his
apostles have already given by
which to be governed.
I do praise God that he gave us
the true light as to what his church
is, and led us out of sectarian bond-age,
where we could be " free indeed."
Husband and I came out of the M.
E. Church South more than a year
and a. half ago. It was, no hasty
step with us. We were bound and
fettered by those in authority, and
we saw the awful backslidden state
of the Methodist sect ( and all the
rest as well) , and we began to pray
over it and ask the Lord about it,
and seek light from his word. Oar
souls were longing for gospel liberty
and we often asked ourselves the
question, " What shall we do?" To
hold our relationship with such a
church ( so- called) would be partak-ing
of her sins, and being unequally
yoked together with unbelievers,
which we are commanded not to do.
2 Cor. 6: 14. ( That there are un-believers
in the Methodist church
no one can deny, and some of them
holding high official positions.)
And then we could not conscien-tiously
keep the vow to support her;
take God's money and give it to
help fight God's truth and his blood-washed
children with, and to be
spent for cigars, tobacco, jewelry,
silk hats, feathers, and other orna-ments,
all of which God's word con-demns.
Then, we did not feel at
home in such a worldly church; we
could not felIowsh: p with them, " for
what fellowship hath righteou mess
with unrighteousness?" We loved
God: they were " lovers of pleasure
more than lovers of God," had " the
form of godliness but, denied the pow-er."
In talking to God about what
to do, he didn't say, Stavin and try
to get the rest saved; no. he said,
From such TURN AWAY. That settl-ed
the matter with tH. We were
determined to " obey God rather
than mini'
In no sense do we feel that we are
what is termed " come- outers," yet
from the word of God we are.
" Wherefore COME OUT from among
them, and be ye separate, saith. the
Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you "- 2 Cor.
WHERE HE LEADS. ' See that ye re-fuse
not him that speaketh from
heaven.' Heb. 12: 25.
MRS. E. J. STIEEKS.
IcstimopI. iPs1
SOUTH BOSTON, IND.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I do praise
the dear Lord for full salvation of -
soul and body. I cannot praise him
enough when I think what he has
done for me. I was afflicted from
my infancy with scrofula and for
eight years with female troubles.
We spent most of our living for
medicine, but to no effect. When I
heard the pure word I stepped out
on the promises of God, and now I
sing the song " I am healed, I know
I am." Praise his name! Pray for
me and my family.
ELIZA J. GARRISON.
fare indeed. And so it would now.
Satan is marshaling his hosts by the
twenty- thousands, and to meet and
overcome these it will require on the
part of every servant of Jesus Christ,
and - especially every minister, the
best warfare that human endurance
and divine leadership can consum-mate.
We shall see by the New Testa-ment
some of the enemies, or some
of the different devices and methods
efnployed by the enemy of souls,
which Must be resisted, fought a-gainst,
and withstood. Thank God,
we are not ignorant of his devices.
" Be sober, be vi gilant; because
your adversary the devil, as a roar-ing
lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour: whom RESIST
steadfast in the faith."
" The devil is come down unto you,
having great wrath."
" Put on the. whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles - of the devil. For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, agains .
powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spirit-ual
wickedness in high places."
" For such are false apostles, de-ceitful
workers, transforming them-selves
into the apostles of Christ.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light,"
" And many shall follow their per-nicious-
ways; by reason of whom the
way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
And through covetousness shall they
with feigned words make merchan-dise
of , you.".
Seeing therefore that the servants
requires singleness of heart, firmness
of purpose, an unyielding warfare, to
walk therein. The New Testament
is one of the following reasons, if is not an idle tale. Therefore its
such is the case: 1st, The prayer is exhortations and doctrines are not
offered in merely form. in gtaad of
faith. 2d, If prayer is offered in
faith, then some one does not do
his duty and take the pulpit, hence
giving a chance for some one out of
God's order to take it. Brethren, in
the name of Jesus let us keep out of
the rut of formal prayer. If we can-not
believe when we pray, we might
as well stop praying. Alter - we ask
God to conduct a meeting in his
own way, let us not say that the devil
had charge of it; but instead let us
rebuke the devil in the name of
Jesus, and believe that God holds in
War a Good Warfare.
certain. Be ye therefore ready,
stand fast, put on the whole armor,
that ye may be able to stand in the
evil day; and having done all, STAND.
A. D. H.
Out of Seat Bondage.
arS OD is leading out his own true
le. T children from sectarian bond-age
and oppression, and getting his
bride ready for his coming. Amen.
Which I believe will be soon; for
from the signs of the times we are
in the " last days;" " perilous times"
are upon us. .2 Tim. 3: 1- 6. We
have not many Timothys in these
days, but there are so many preach-ers
who have " itching ears" ( 2 Tim.
4: 2-- 5), and the majority of profess-ors
of religion won't endure " sound
doctrine," and " turn away their ears
from the truth." This is one of the
signs of the times spoken of in 2
Tim. 3: 1. I do praise God that the
gates of hell have never prevailed
against the church of Christ and
never will. He has always had a
" peculiar people," and always will
have; and he is gathering together
and calling out his own peculiar peo-ple,
and the bride is making herself
ready. God wants his people to be
a free people, he don't want them
bound by sectarian bands and sect
leaders who take away all liberty of
conscience. It wasn't so in Paul's
day. 2 Cor. 16: 12. Christ is to be
" head- over all things," not: a bishop
( Eph. 1: 21- 23), and we are to go
where HE says go and teach what he
6: 17. Also in Rev. 18: 4—" ComE OUT
from her my people, that ye be not
partakers of her sins, and receive
not of her plagues." When we
heard God's voice calling us out, we
obeyed that voice. We knew what
it would cost along the line of per-secution,
but we were glad to bear
it for Jesus and the truth's sake.
God's word did not say, If ye be re-proached
as a Methodist " happy are
ye;" but, " If ye ba reproached for
the NAME OF Cuti- esr, happy are ye."
Pet. 4.: 14. We believe in bearing
his name and NO OTHER Eph. 3: 4. i5
The bride always takes the name of
the bridegroom. We have nu Bible
for Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian,
Episcopalian, etc. They are simply
human names, and they were sinful
in Paul's day, and why not now?
Cor. 1: 10- 13. We belong to the
church of Christ, have our names
written in heaven. We have God's
word for everything we believe and
teach, which we think is sufficient.
2 Tim. 3: 16,17 It is our book of
discipline. I send these lines out in
the name of Christ, trusting that
they may help some one to liberty
from the sectarian yak of tiondagi ,
who is feeling its galling effes.
and seeking to know God's will as to
what to do. Let me urge Nou to
OBEY GOD at any cost, and nil- LOW
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FIKETON, TENN.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I am glad I
can report victory in my soul. I now
am seventy- four years old and have
been a member of the Methodist
church for about forty years. I
thought I was living all right, but when
God sent his true ministers to preach
the truth and show me the evil of
sectism I came out and am trusting
the Lord for all things. I have got a
great deal of light from tracts and the
Trumpets that people have handed
to me. I wish I was able to get some
of your books and the Trumpet. We
need some one to preach the gospel
here. I want to be baptized when
some one comes. I want all the saints
to pray for me that I may be healed
of a cough, and that I may be sancti-fied
wholly.. Yoar sister,
MARY FARMET.
ATWOOD, KAN.
DEAR READERS OF THE GOSPEL
TZUMPET: I feel like writing my tes-timony
this evening, and telling of
the wonderful goodness of God to me.
Oh, how I do praise his blessed name
this evening that he did call me from
sin, and show me my lost condition!
I was low in sin, without a hope of
heaven or a thought of where I should
spend eternity if 	 sho .11 . 1 be called
from earth. God is not only a phy-; i-. -
for the soul, but also the body. He
has healed me many times. I had a
very bad form of one of woman's
worst afflictions, but was anointed and
healed of that dreadful disease. I give
God all the glory. I am living for him
each day. By his assisting grace; I will
make heaven my home. Yeur sister,
saved by power divine,
MRS. E. P. EVANS.
H OXIE, KAN.
DEAR SAINTS OF Goo: I am
praising God for free and full salva-tion.
We are saved through the blood
of Jesus and have given up all for
his sake, although we had an awful
hard struggle at first. Our young-est
son died. We thought we could
not give him up, but he would tell us
to let the Lord have his way. We
did and- the Lord took him home to
glory. Since that time we put all we
have in this world into the Lord's
hands and are serving hini- and in-tend
to serve him the rest of our days.
With the love of God in du: hearts
and his sadvation in our souls we can
overcome all that is sinful. We are
per.. ecuied sometimes, but take it to
the Lord in prayer and we come :.; ut
vimorioas. Praise his dear name.
Pray thin. we may b waolly sanc-tified.
Your ' brother and s. ster in
the one body,
V. 	 E. I IOUSLR.
much work to do here. Your Sister,
Mary Arnolds, Tilden, York Co., Pa.
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A DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER.
As the brethren everywhere are
interested in the spread of the gospel
and are anxious to see the people in
every land supplied with holy litera
ture, some have suggested that the
saints of God and those so interested
spend September first in fasting and
prayer for the needs of the Trumpet
Office, that it may be supplied with
the needed machinery, boiler, press,
bookbinding outfit. etc., that the
Gospel may be speedily sent forth to
every part of the world. Now, who
will set aside that day for special
prayer and prevail upon the Lord to
order a special forward move on this
line? Ask the Lord what he would
have you to do in helping to spread
his gospel.
s s tor Prayer. + 14
Camp meeting in Louisiana, thirteen
miles east of Rarnmond, near Morris Re-treat.
Beginning Oct. to.
Clayton, Okla. Camp meeting. Oct. 23
- Nov. 2, on the home and school ground.
M. A. Fly, Clayton, Okla.
Work While It Is Day..
J. G. NI.
Gentleness and. Meekness.
HILE reading and searching
the precious word of God,
the Lord showed me that among
some of his saints, and workers in
the vineyard, as well as in myselt
there is a great lack of the real
gentleness and meekness of Christ.
I realize more and more, as I look
around at the poor lost souls, what
a great responsibility rests upon the
children of God, that we should
strive as never before to gain this
point.
I ginning Sept. 2o. Let every minister in
Mo., Kan., Ind. Ter., and Ark. arrange to
attend. Address R. L. Berry.
North Enid, Okla. Camp meeting. Be-ginning
Oct. 6. Address W. G. Rippey.
New Pittsburg, Ind. Assembly meet-ing.
Beginning Oct. 1. Address H. C:
Wickersham.
remember you are doing it for Jesus'
sake and for dying souls.
Think of Bro. Paul, who in
nakedness, hunger, thirst, cold, perils
and dangers without number, went
everywhere preaching the gospel.
God is calling for more consecrated
workers, consecrated to the full
extent of the meaning of that word
- more zeal for the work, more bur-den
for lost souls.
The time is coming when one
sermon a day, one or two prayers a
day will not suffice. But whole days
of house- to- house visits, reading the
Word, praying and singing; whole
nights wrestling with God in prayer
for power, wisdom, and the real
Christ humility. Then, brethren,
you will see the work move forward,
souls be saved, the signs follow those
that believe, thereby God be glorified,
his work be finished, and his coming
not be delayed.
Often some one of God's children
has been praying for a meeting in
a new place; a call goes out for some
Holy Ghost preacher, and for God
to open the hearts of the people to
receive the truth. But no one
responds to the call. The people
are hungry for the truth, and because
they do not get the truth the enemy
sees his opportunity and sends one
of his popular ministers to feed the
people on his husks and swill- has a
so- called " great revival." Souls are
deceived, captives are taken for
Babylon, and souls that might have
been saved are lost. Beloved, this
ought not to be so.
When a place is opened for a meet-ing,
nine times in ten, God does it,
and if he does it, he will also bless
the work in saving souls. In many
ways the work would spread. The
Trumpet would find its way into new,
homes, bringing light, joy, and peace
untold.
" Work while it is day," and while
opportunities are before you; for the
night comes when no man can
work. Yea. do the work as you will
wish you had when standing at the
tribunal of God, and " reckon that
ch suffz, trings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with
glory that shall be revealed in
"--- Rorn. 8: 18.
for ,-, u1,;, orat 	 ' rl` II
t!!•• sin of 	 . strife!
Who will ilzkrt, the truth
At the peril of his e re ?-
Yours in the one body.
ness of our blessed Redeemet,
show forth
t h NisVeg entleness
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not only
while in the vineyard
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Lord,
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light
should ld he
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I homes. and among our own families.
Sinners, and especially those of our
own household, are watchingu s-;
and if we wish to let the Lord get real
glory out of our lives, we should see
that our everyday walk bears the fruit
of the Spirit, and if we do this we
will surely be gentle and kind to all
mankind. Gal. 5 .2 2. How often,
if we are not very. very close to the
Lord, will we speak somewhat harsh-ly,
not realizing that our every word,
every act, is having= its effect on some
soul. God help us to see that we
measure up to the great Bible st mi.
ard. Your saved sister,
1.11.1, swsn ts.
Lucile Baxter, Blair.- Pray for healing
of neck trouble; one of the glands is en-larged.
Pray also that she may receive
light on sectism, and deliverance.
G. Valentine, Pennsylvania, requests
prayer for the healing of bodily infirmities
for himself and wife, also that he may
give up the use of tobacco.
i= Ed Volker, Allegan.- Entire sanctifica-tion
and healing of fits.
Adora Donohew, Blystone.- Entire
sanctification and healing of rheumatism.
Carrie Scott, Freedom, Ind.- Healing
of afflictions- some one to come and hold
meetings.
P. C. Redmour.- Healing of bodily
afflictions.
M. A. Bell, Hermando.- Catarrh and
failing eyesight.
J. W. Enlow.- Healing of a breaking
out on his face.
Pray for Julia Griffin, Allemands, for
her healing of afflictions.
Mrs. Ida Cox, New Richmond, Ind.
sends an earnest appeal for the prayers of
the saints. She is in destitute circum-stances
and has a wicked husband, and
has three little children to provide for.
Remember them with the prayer of faith.
Sister Dillinger, Moyer, Pa. requests
prayer for herself and children, for their
healing of bowel complaint.
Calls for Meetings,..- Ei-
Some minister with the gift of healing
is earnestly desired at Holly Hill, Whitley
Co., Ky. = Address S. G. Sumner.
Sister Amelia Bowman writes from
Peoria, Ill. that they are praying for some
of God's messengers to come to that place.
I would like to hear the gospel preached
once more on the Bible line. Isaac Em-law,
Orleans, Ionia Co., Mich.
There are a few things might be men-tioned
that will apply to camp and grove
meetings in general. Those attending
such meetings should go for the purpose
of glorifying God, by doing good, getting
good, and becoming better qualified to
help others. If convenient, take a tent a-long,
and bedding, etc., enough to make
you comfortable. Some blankets and a
straw- tick will be sufficient to enable you
to care for yourself should the place be
crowded. If possible, go prepared to
provide for yourself and help others. Do
not impose upon the liberality of the
brethren, but if you are too poor to pro-vide
for yourself do not stay away on that
account as they will gladly care for you.
Go in faith, and help to bear one anoth-er's
burdens, and aid in rescuing perish-ing
souls.
There will be a general camp meeting
at South Boston, Washington Co., Ind.
Sept. 1- 13. All the saints in Southern
Indiana and Kentucky who can, are ear-nestly
requested to attend this meeting.
Bros. Warren, Schreiber, Moore, and
Keeling are expected to be present.
Cheshire, Mich. Grove meeting. Be-ginning
Sept 3. Will be held in Bro. S.
W. Tripp's grove, one- half mile north of
the Lindsley schoolhouse. .- Bro. A. B.
Palmer is expected to be there, and whom-soever
else the Lord may send. Address
Albert Pulsipher, Allegan, Mich.
There will be a camp meeting at Vowell,
Winston Co., Miss. Sept. 4- 13. Let all
come who can. Come prepared to stay
all through the meeting, as we are expect-ing
great things from the Lord. Sept. 6
is set apart as a day of fasting and prayer
for the sick and needy ones, and a real
advancement in the church. Address R.
H. Owens, Freeny, Miss.
A general camp meeting will be held
at Kenesaw, Neb. Sept. 4- 15. All seekers
and lovers of the truth are earnestly in-vited
to come and attend this meeting.
All the sick and afflicted in body are in-vited
to come and hear the Lord's prom-ises
unto them and be healed. All that
possibly can, come prepared to stay dur-ing
the entire meeting. There will be
four services each day, during the entire
camp meeting. Straw furnished on the
grounds for horses. Let as many of
God's ministers as possible, make special
efforts to get to this meeting. Bros. Viel-guth,
Roberts, and others are expected.
For further information address W. F.
Eberline.
Berne, Ind. Tabernacle meeting. Six
miles east in Bro. Young's neighborhood.
Begins Sept. 5.
Rowan Co. Ky. Assembly meeting.
Sept. 5- 13.
Co.,
Slab camp, in the saints'
meeting- house, eight miles southwest of
Morehead Station on the C. & 0. road.
Address W. T. Hall, or F. Porter, More-head,
Ky.
A grove meeting will be held in the
southeast part of Salem township, Allegan
Co., Mich. Sept. 8- 18. Address H. E.
Hyde, Burnips Corners, Mich.
The Clifton, Mo. camp meeting will be
help at the Clifton camp ground, begin-ning
Sept. 9, lasting as long as the Lord
wills. Bros. Schell, Wilson, Stanberry,
Collins, Farquar, and others are expected.
Hay will be furnished for the teams of
those coming from a distance. For fur-ther
information address B. F. Chase,
Thayer, Mo. Box 116.
Reddick, Ill. Tabernacle meeting, Sept.
9 and as long as the Lord wills.
Friend, Mo. Assembly meeting. Be-gins
Sept. 15.
Anthony, Kan. Camp meeting. Be-ginning
Sept. 15. Those coming from a
distance will find it cheaper to come by
rail. Those coming from the north will have
the Hutchinson and Southern; from
Witchita, the Mo. & P.; from the east,
the Frisco. Drop a card and you will be
met and conducted to the grounds, where
there is plenty of good water, shade, and
house room. For further information
address S. P. Fulton.
Rising Sun, 0. Tabernacle meetin
Sept 15- 25. Address Jacob Roush.
Mendon, Mo. Tabernacle meeting.
Beginning Sept. 18. Bro. and Sister Kin-zie
and others are expected. Address
J. G. Neff.
Arapahoe, Okla. Camp meeting. Sept.
18- 28.
A general assembly meeting will be
held by the saints of Kentucky, near Jeff-ersonville,
Montgomery Co.; beginning
Sept. 18, to continue over two Sundays,
the Lord willing. A general invitation is
given to all lovers of the truth. Bro.
Keeling is expected. 	 Thos. Carter.
Chauncey, 0. Camp or grove meeting..
eginning Sept. 20. Particulars will be
yen later. Bros. W. A. Haynes and E,
. Masters are expectad.
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The New Pittsburg, Ind. assembly
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A good opening is here for meetings, if,
some one filled with the Spirit will come
at once. J. W. Enlow, Wind Ridge, Pa. B
I wish the Lord would send a holiness zi.
preacher, one who has theift of heati into our part of the country. There is Carthage, Mo. Assembly meeting. Be-
When we are at our daily labor. or
in the Lord's field, do we really
show forth all gentleness and patience
with perishing souls? Or do we
become impatient, and perhaps speak
short and cross to them, just because
they do not understand and see the
light, as readily as we did. This is
work for eternity, and to be gentle
is our duty, as well as a command.
2 Tim. 2: 24. Titus 3: 2. Also Paul
and his co- workers set the example.
2 Thess. 2: 7.
We read in Prov. 1I: 30 that he
that winneth souls is wise. We also
find in James 3: 17 that the wisdom
which is from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, etc. Now you see
that leaves out any foundation for
harshness or impatience. How often
when you speak to some that are out
in the work, and claiming to be out
straight for God, that we should be
gentle with souls in darkness, they
will reply, It needs to be strong";
and so it does, but let us see that it is
the word of God that must do the
fanning, and that our words are
seasoned with grace, and tempered
with the real gentleness and meek-sung,
thus hidnerie
testimony for the, Lori
Oh that more wou g wt ht.
spirit! Fewer failures would be I1111( 10
in our worship of God. Song is an
instrument in the hands of God that
has done a grand and noble work: the
chime of which has often awakened
poor souls to a sense of their dang- er,
while asleep in the awful sleep of sin.
Then, Leloved, let us be careful to
rnake a proper use of the means of
grace given us by the Giver of all
good and perfect gifts. ' Then will the
church make rapid strides toward
the prize that is at the end of the
race, to which all have a right. iTim.
4 : Io. - Grace be with all them that
love our Lord Jesus Ch. rist in sincer-ity.
Amen." Eph. 6: 24.
Yours in him, 	 W. D. FARNAN.
BANGOR. MICI ., Aug. To.
DEAR TICUNIPE• READERS: From
Shelby,
tab ernacle
Mich.
le
I went
meeting
Charlevoix;
helda few days
with fair success in the salvation of a
few souls and healing of bodies. On
my way met Bro. Win. E. Warren at
Thompsonville, who was with us at
Charlevoix, Bliss, and Dwight camp
meetings. The meeting at Bliss was
a success; a number of souls and
bodies were healed. There is a very
precious church established at that
place; may the Lord reward them
for their kindness and financial help
to us. The Dwight meeting was
more than a success; many were sav-ed,
some sanctified, and same healed,
and thirteen baptized. We had a
very precious ordinance- meeting at
the close of the meeting, Sunday eve,
the gth. Just as we were singing the
hymn after communion, people be-gan
to come to the altar for salva-tion
and did not stop until seventeen
came for salvation. Praise the Lord
I News from the held.
s be done
14: 40.
says
there is a time for all things. Eccl.
3: I, 7. Therefore we, conclude that
God wants us to keep silent at times,
that his name might be glorified.
We are to use " underatanding" in our
singing, as taught by Paul the apostle.
I have seen dear ono, s, in our prayer
and revival service. hinder the prog-ress
of the meeting by a continuance
of songs, the effects of which are
plainly to be seen in the restlessness
of the congregation and the weaker
ones of God's thick. Now this ought
not to be.. While the songs are edi-fying
to us and serve as inspiration
to our souls many times, yet we are
commanded to use understanding in
our singing. 1Cor. 14: 15_ The
apostle says, " I wi! I sing with the
spirit, and I will sing 	 tinder-standing
also." Not only
when preaching has bear
have halts of too great length
made by 	 p1,. 1
rings between thh e testimonie
songs of very gr
Sing With the Spirit.
BSl'. RVATIt1N has taught me
the great need of an advance-ment
on the part of God's saints in
hymning his praise. We are Aoki in -
God's word to let ail ti
decently and in order.
Ecclesiastes, or the Preacl
EARLY beloved in the Lord,
in reading the Gospel Trumpet
week after week I see calls for meet-ings.
Some that have appeared
months ago. But still no one has
responded to the call. Again, in
looking over the list of meetings
advertised I see the greater number
are in localities where there has
been meeting after meeting.
Now, brethren, why is this? I ask
in the name of Jesus, Is it according
to the command of Jesus: " Go ye
nto all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature? '- NIark 16:
15. While I know full well that the
`' harvest is great and the laborers
are few," would it not be self- sac-rificing
on the part of those that have
had one or more meetings each year
to deny themselves and let the
evangelists go to other places where
the evening light has never yet been
preached.
But says one, " If we bear the
expenses of a meeting or two each
year do you find fault with us?"
Nay, God forbid that I should fault
any one. But, dear one, do you ever
think how those that are denied the
privilege of assembling in prayer-meeting
or testimony- meeting, long.
yea hunger and thirst, for the com-pany
of the saints, when they are
through circumstances. or of God
sent to livein a community where there
are none of God's children- where
all is darkness and sin? 0, do you
not realize the longing they have for
the company of the saints, and the
salvation of precious eternity- bound
souls?
But some may say, " Yes, true, there
are plenty of calls, but those desiring
meetings do not say a word about
the means to take us there." While
this is often the case, because it is
the poor of this. world that have,
through all ages, been the ones to
accept the gospel; would it not then
be the duty of those that are able, to
help send the preacher? You dear
ones, who have the means to send
the gospel to those who have not,
would it, I ask, be a sorrow or joy to
you, for only one poor soul to come
to you in eternity and say, " It was
through your instrumentality that I
was saved?" 0 would it not be joy
indeed?
Time is fleeing away, eternity is
looming in sight. Then why should
we be so eager to hoard up the things
of this world? Shall we heap up
treasures to be burned at the last
day? God is, some of these days,
going to call for the proof of our
consecrations in the way of our
property, when it will not only be
the giving of a few spare dollars,
but of houses and lands.
And now a word to the preacher.
Do you, beloved, love to linger
around the " old burned- over" place?
Do you love the easy place, a place
perhaps where you have labored in
the past, have been the means in
God's hand of raising up a church,
where you have friends in abundance.
and all your needs are supplied?
0 why do you still linger, when so
many are crying for the bread of
life? Oh why not launch out, gain
new victories, new territory for
Christ, wrest souls from the power of
Satan?
While it is true that the flock
should be fed, will you not trust the
Lord to raise up some one to feed
the flock, while you that are
called to evangelistic work will
make " full proof of your ministry?
2 Tim. 4: 5. And while you are deny-ing
yourselves of ease and comfort,
WINSLOW, ARK.
I believe that God wants me to tell
what he has done for me. Praise his
name! He saves, - sanctifies, and heals
me just now. I had been doing all for
him that I had the light to do, hitt
I was not fully sanctified, Now I see
more clearly what is my duty and
privilege to do, and I am determined
by the grace of God to do more for
him who has done so much for me..
I Praise him that he healed me of
deafness, that I hear so well again.
It is wonderful how the Lord is
working in this country. Many have
been healed, many saved and sancti-fied,
arid others have requested prayer.
Dear ones pray for us here that the
good work may go on, that we may
all be willing for God to use us as he
wills. Your sister in Christ,
MINNIE H. CALDWELL.
_—
PALOUSE,
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel led to
write my testimony for the first time.
I am truly praising God for corn plete ,
deliverance of soul and body from all
the snares of the evil o0ne . e- ar
V111• 11111MIEMOSOMW
OLIVET, MICH.
DEAR BRETHREN: It is not according
to what I deserve, but according to
God's riches in glory that he has
healed me soul and body. I am
sweetly trusting my Savior for all,
and I praise his dear name that he
ever called me from the error of my
way and placed me on the highway of
holiness and gave me a clean heart
to serve and live for him. After
three years of the most intense suf-fering
with sciatica in my back, left
hip, and leg, until it had drawn my
back all out of shape, and what the
doctors called atrophy of the
muscles had destroyed the usefulness
and strength of nearly the entire
left side; and I had spent all my
money on medicine, in the end
I heard them say that I could not be
cured. I went to the Grand Junction
C. M. There I placed my case into
the hands of Him who fashioned our
bodies, and I praise the name of
Jesus he broke the bands of the dis-ease
and I have not suffered any of
the pain that used to keep me sitting
in my chair, sometimes all night long,
and my muscles are regaining
strength every day. Dear ones, pray
that I may continue to gain in physi-cal
and spiritual strength. Yours in
Christ, 	 CHAS. WAGGONER.
GENOA, 0.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I write this
for the glory of God. I had become
backslidden in heart, but God's truth
kept following me until a few weeks
ago I returned to God, and he has
restored to me the joys of salvation.
Since I first heard the pure gospel,
about four years ago, I have trusted
God for the healing of my body and
also for the healing of my little boy
who is now over two years old and
has had no physician but Jesus, who
healed him of cholera infantum and
rupture when he was about six months
old. And two weeks ago Paul my
little boy was suddenly taken with
what some call a fit, but it answered
the description given in Mark 9: 2o;
SC) my sister ( into whose hands the
care of Paul has been given since his
mother's death, when he was but ten
days old) and I took the contorted
body in our lap and called mightily
on God. We laid our hands on him
and rebuked the devil in the name
of Jesus and bid him depart, and he
went. Glory to God in the highest!
But the devil seemed to keep return-ing
and taking hold of him, but we
rebuked him in Jesus' name and he
was defeated and we have the victory.
Halelujah Paul had always been
so hard to govern, but now there is a
wonderful change. He is now so
much more loving and easily con-trolled.
And one thing mole I must
add is that my sister Ella, who ha
been in sectism for twenty- two years,
is now delivered from bondage and
is walking in the light of the pure
gospel. There is a band of us here
who love God's truth. But, oh, how
the devil did rage when my sister
left the Babylonian cage of hateful
birds— Methodism. But his sheep
hear his voice which says ( Re v. 18: 14)
" Come out of her my people" and
also ( 2 Cor. 6: 14) :" Be ye not unequal-ly
yoked together with unbelievers."
So are all who are in any of these; but
all such are told, " Come out from
among them and be ye separate, saith
the Lord." And all his sheep when
they hear his voice saying these
things must obey or lose their souls, for
it they have not the love of the truth,
which is God's word ( Jno. t7: 17.) , the
Word says He will send them strong
delusion that they should believe
a lie; that they all might be damned
who believed not the truth. We
have our little but blessed meetings
twice during thesweek and twice on
Sunday. We pray God to send some
of his anointed ones this way. Yours,
in the one body, saved and kept by
the power of God,
ARTHUR L. AND ELLA. R. BOIES.
PIERCE, NEB.
DEAR SAINTS: I am praising God
for the privilege of testfying to the
saving grace of, God. Praise God for
a present experience. / can say that
ethe Lord saves and sanctifies me
wholly. It has been nearly two years
since I was converted to God and it
has been the best part of my life.
Satan has been raging and mustering
ail his host to battle, but God gives
his children power over all the
powers of the enemy and his grace
has been sufficient. I realize that I
am making spiritual advancement.
The Word tells us to grow in grace
and in the knowledge of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. God has
torn down every idol in my heart and
is making the memory of them to
perish. I was a member of a secret
society at the time of my conversion
but gave it up with all the other
sins. How I realize the need of all
the saints living true to God in these
last days when perilous times have
come and men are lovers of pleasure
more than lovers of God. It is only
by living true to God, and laying
judgment to the line that we will
cause people to see their condition,
that they may make their escape.
The Word says, " Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter the kingdom of heaven; but
he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven." It tells us to " be
not de ceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoet er a man soweth that shall
he also reap." " The Son of man shall
send forth his angels and they shall
gather out of his kingdom all things
that offend, and them which do
iniquity." " And he shall send his an-gels
with a great sound of a trumpet
and they shall gather together his
elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other." When
the saints live true to God and the
holy fire burns on the altars of
their hearts " the sinners in Zion are
afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the
hypocrites. Who among us shall
dwell with the devouring fire? Who
among us shall dwell with the ever-lasting
burnings? He that walketh
and speaketh uprightly." Dear saints,
let us measure our lives by the word
of God, that we may not be gathered
out as offenders.
God has planted a little church at
this place By reading the Trumpet
and searching the Scriptures we
found that it taught a Bible doctrine
and myself and wife were led out
into the light. There are now six
dear saints at this place. We
would be glad to correspond with any
Of the saints and should any of the
saints be passing this way they would
be gladly received by us. Yours in
the one bedy, 	 JAMES POOL.
Obituary, ym
0 WENS.- 3/ Ierrit Owens departed this life
at his home near McKinley, Okla. Aug. 5.
1896; was born in Iowa Dec 14. 1870; aged
twenty- five years eight months twenty- five
days. He leaves a wife one child, and a
mother to mourn their loss. Funeral
services by the writer,
J. W. W. Newkirk.
Crain
'
Ill.
INGRA. M.— William Ingram died Aug. 9
1896; aged sixty- seven years five months and
twenty- eight days. Was only sick six days.
The first two days of illness were spent in
almost incessant prayer to God for ease from
his pain, after which he told his wife the
Lord had forgiven all his sins and taken
away his pain. He leaves a wife, two sons,
and three daughters, and many other relatives
to mourn their loss Our prayer is, May our
God help them t ) seek his pardoning love at
once. 	 R. B. Hicks.
— --
ROWE — Mrs. Mary E Rowe, wife of Jno. w
Rowe of Marion Center, Pa. departed this
life Aug. IS 1896; aged fifty- oue years one
month t wenty- s ix days.
She had been a suffrer for many years
from the dread disease, consuaaption, together
with other ailments, and about eight yeake
ago became paralized partially and remaintd
for about two yeare unable to leave her bPd•
She gradually recovered to some extent and
was able to go about, but neve fully
recovered.
Several times during her sickness we were
called to ner bedside to see her die, but the
mercy of God was extended and she each
time recovered. On the evening of Aug. 12,
she went to bed as usual, feeling well and
seemed to sleep well until about three o'clock
the father was awakened by her struggling,
and on lighting a lamp, she was found to bd
dying. Thus sue passed away without speak-ing
a word.
She is much missed by the family, it being
so very unexpected. She leaves a husband,
five sons, and two daughters to mourn her
death. May this be a warning to the dear
unsaved ones to give their hearts to God.
Services were held by G. H. Huffman. A
son, 	 A. T. Rowe.
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far such a sweet, melting time! May : last F the good Lord ever bless and keep ebruary the dear Lord re-
I the dear ones we left behind, true to sdeecermete dso mciye tsyo, u pl rfirdoem, asnedct confusion,
him and loyal to his cause. Amen. p everything A. B. PALMER. i ertaining to the sinful things of this
- world; and brought my soul home to
Zion, where it is to- day fe COLFAX, WASH., Aug. fo. the p asting upon DEAR BRETHREN: recious things of God. I praise
May God richly him for the way he is advancing my
bless you all. The Elberton camp soul and the many precious lessons
meeting has come and gone with its , he has taught us. He is our physician
holy triumphs. Spiritual advance- i for soul and body. We find him a
rnent was earnestly sought and joy- present help in time of need. The
fully obtained with gloriously enrich- Lord has done wonderful cases of
ed experiences in the hearts of his healing in our family the past year,
people. Judgment went forth unto for which I give him all the praise.
victory. Precious and marvelous Mother was in the last stage of
ans wers of prevailing prayer were Bright's disease this spring; was so
experienced. Souls were saved, be- low she could not turn in bed; but
lievers sanctified, and backsliders re- when she complied with the Word in
claimed, and God's people sunk Jas. 5: 13, 14, the Lord wonderfully
deeper into him and more fully es- healed her and to- day she is enjoying
tabli shed than ever. 	
perfect health. Pray for me that I
The healing power of the Spirit may be kept humble and submissive
wasvividly administered. There were to the will of God at all times. Your
a large number of cases of divine sister, savedand kept,
healing through faith in the name of
Jesus. Many and various diseases
and afflictions of from one to thirty
years standing were removed by the
power of God. Devils were also cast
out. One dear soul was graciously
delivered by the laying on of hands.
( Mark 16: I7). The miracle power
of God was also manifest. One dear
brother came on his bicycle between
six and seven hundred miles to at-tend
the meeting. Another brother
from North Dakota was with us in
this feast.
There were about forty tents on
the ground; eighteen or twenty saints
were immersed; spiritual gifts were
also sought and obtained. Much
good in general was accomplished
through the favor of God. About 120
happy saints took part in the ordi-nances
of feet- washing and the holy
communion. The true ministers and
gospel workers went forth in differ-ent
directions to labor for the Lord
and to carry the everlasting gospel
abroad. 	 F. N. JACOBSON
AND CO- WORKERS.
ELK CITY, PA.
DEAR COSPEL WORKERS: I feel it
God's will that I should give in my
testimony, which will do in Jesus'
name trusting it will help some one.
I was converted when about sixteen
years old and, knowing no better,
joined the M. E. sect, where I tried
to live a Christian life, for about four-teen
years. Last December I was
most forcibly convicted that I was
only a miserable sinner and that
Methodism was not the . church, but
truly a part of Babylon. My eyes had
been seriously afflicted for nine years
during which time they gradually
grew worse although under treatment
by the best oculists in western
Pennsylvania. Some of my friends
said I would go blind and the oculists
said it was almost a hopeless case;
but glory be to God, - when t came
to him in Jesus' name according to
John 15,7; 14: 14, he healed me. I can
read night and day and any print,
for which I give him all the glory.
Pray for me that I may sink deeper
into His will, and go On unto perfec-tion.
Your brother in the one body,
E. G. DELOE.
BENTON, IND.
DEAR SAINTS: I am praising God this
morning for real victory in my soul.
I find God always true to his promise
" to keep him in peace whose mind is
stayed on him." Although surround-ed
by the spirits of sectism and
delusion, and every evildwork, God
is keeping me clear in my soul.
Praise his name! I have realized
during my short stay here, more than
ever before, the necessity of being
fortified against the enemy of our
souls. Sectism is the worst spirit
we have to contend with, and is a
hiding- place for many other false and
pernicious spirits. But, praise God,
we may overcome them all by living
in the spirit of God continually. I
do know that he saves and sanctifies
me wholly. I enjoy the peace of
God which passeth all understanding.
To him be all the glory. Your
brother on the advance for God,
A. SNIVELY.
Testinon':,
WILLSHIRE, OHIO.
DEAR SAINTS: I do praise God for
salvation and for the love and joy
and peace I have in my soul this
morning that tells me that I am a
true child of God. I have something
to praise the good Lord for. He has
so wonderfully healed my body and
I do give him all the glory.
NANCY RICE.
TIONESTA, PA.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: We are
praising God for a full and free
salvation that keeps us each day from
sin, trusting him for all things; for
we know his promises are true. We
have taken him for our physician. He
has healed us several times in answer
to prayer. Praise his name! Yours
in the one body,
MR. AND MRS. E. W. DREYER.
EMMA HEN WOOD.
ROCK FERRY, ENGLAND.
DEAR SAINTS AND TRUMPET READERS:
I feel led to- night to testify to the
glory of God. He has saved me
. from all my sins and sanctified me
wholly, and keeps me unspotted from
sin and the world. Praise his holy
name for the peace whicih passeth
understanding. I cIC) prove his grace
to be sufficient and find him a
present help in time of need. God
is advancing my soul and I mean to
go on and explore the land of Canaan;
for . I find it better on before. Praise
our God ! Though Babylon rag, esewe'll
shout as her city cloth burn. Glory
to God for sending his true messen-gers
to show us this everlasting truth;
for I know to- night I have come to
Zion the city of the living God with
songs and everlasting joy upon my
head, and am determined by God's
grace to be true to him and folio
him all the way. Your sister in
Christ, kept by the power of God,
JESSIE BRERETON.
Diligence.
- SOEVER thy hand
findeth to do, do it with
thy might. — Eecl.
Dear ones. I have observed among
the saints what I believe is a very
general lack of diligence— diligence
not alone in spiritual matters; but in
attending to our secular matters as
we should. Let no ene confound
CURTISYILLF,
R SAINTS: I praise God this
ag for a full and free salvation
keeps rite s veer every day. I
praise him too for the t ictory I have
n my soul over all the powers of dark-s,
flesh, il. I love to
lone and what he
V. He healed my
and 1 am giving
About four months
Jesus spoke peace to my soul and
he keeps me from all sin. He
brought me Out of sects and put me
in his church to spend and be spent to
his glory. I have given my time, my
self, and my all to God. and the devil
may howl; for God is my helper and
I'll serve him the rest of my days I beg
the saints to pray for my mother that
she may be sanctfiied and healed and
used to the glory of God. Pray also
for my father to be saved. It seems
he devil has such a stronghold on
him that he is so unconcerned about
his soul. Pray for my sis ter and two
brothers that are unsaved. Though
father and mother forsake me I will
stand and fight for God, buried with
Christ, dead unto sin and made alive
unto God. Praise God forever and
foreyer! Your sister, saved, sanctified,
and healed, LULA V. WAYMIRE.
: is doing for me
i;: ngs :; lit
him ail the
THE GOSPEL TRUM
Sanctification.
TO ITS OPPOSERS.
OR this is the will of God,
even your sanctification, that
ye should abstain from fornication:
that every one of you should know
how to possess his vessel in sanctifi-cation
and honor."-- g Thess. 4: 3, 4.
From the above we draw the set-tled
opinion that sanctification is a
scriptural doctrine, based wholly
upon God's word, which effects an
experience and character far above
that received in justification. For
this is understood to be given to be-lievers('
Thess. t: t. I Thess. 4: 1- 6.),
and not to sinners. Therefore these
Christians of Thessalonica were
commanded to advance in this spirit-ual
world. And he tells them, " For
ye know what commandments we
gave you by the Lord Jesus, ver. 2.
For this is the will of God, even your
sanctification."
Now this is plain and emphatic,
and I would say to all fighters of
sanctification, Before you let Satan
eradicate the truth ( Matt. 13: 19.) from
your heart, consider this thoroughly.
If you will, then there is no doubt
but what you can. be able to compre-hend
God's will concerning this.
This is to be understood in a twofold
light, which we will proceed to con-sider.
First, as an inestimable gift of God.
Now I am sure if all would consider
it this way, they would soon be led
out into the avenues of God's eter-nal
truth, where they could see plain-ly
the way of salvation and life. But
instead of this, it is fought against
on every side, and by some who do
not really realize what they are do-ing.
Some seem to consider it only
a doctrine of man, and think it un-necessary
to give it thought, being
so deluded by false teachers. And
there is a class who fight it because
it requires too strict a life. The
Lord help such as I have named to
see themselves as God sees them.
And may the scales fall from their
eyes, that they may see " everything
clearly."
Then, we will say it is a gift from
the hand of God. Yes, a gift, some-thing
that GOD wants to impart
unto you. Then you should place
your mind upon God and his word
about this. And if he has devised
this experience, and written it in his
Word, you should be humble enough
to accept it with reverence. Every
particle of the economy of grace is
consistent with the highest of reason.
God knew this to be a blessing to
humanity; that with this experience
they would be capable of standing
against the trials that are to try the
Christians, and enjoy that which He
designed they should.
Then, I can say that God cannot
carry out his eternal purpose with
you ( 2 Thess. 2: 13.) until you have
embraced that which he purposed
you to have. May God help all who
are not sanctified to consider it a
fundamental device of divine provi-dence,
something He had ordained
before this world began ( 2 Thess. 2: 13.
Eph. I: 4. I Pet. 1: 2.), and has now
made it known through Christ, the
apostles, and his word.
We as civilized people should seek
that which would edify us; we should
always seek that we may be pure,
charitable, temperate, wise; and,
more than this, we should increase
more and more in these divine attri-butes.
Do not be afraid of getting
too good; for you cannot. But be
wise and embrace that which will do
trust in God. Where the children you good, that which will save from
of God stand true to him, and true all the evils in this world, and con-to
his word, friends and neighbors form you to the image you lost
will be compelled to believe in the! through the fall; namely, holiness
mighty healing and saving power of ( sanctification).
the Lord Jesus Christ. I do not see why you should be so
Dear ones, have you been doing antagonistic- to this. It surely is no
your duty on this line; and, further-' harm for a man to get good. And if
more, the money which you once fa man can be saved and cleansed
from all sin; yea, find a deliverance
from the propensities of man, and
all elements foreign to the principles
of divine love, would we not be wise
in seeking to attain unto such a noble
state? You will have to answer, Yes.
God is absolutely made up of good.
There is no sin in him, nor there
never was. He is entirely divine.
In Him is incorporated all the attri-butes
of good. Hence he is the foun-tain
head of all good. Jas." : 17.
Sanctification is something that
cleanseth a man from all sin ( t Thess.
5: 22- 24.) ; it eradicates from man
impurities, and all other elements
opposed to good, incorporating in
man the divine nature ( 2 Pet.' : 4.)
and making him one with God ( Jno.
17: 17- 22) and agreeable with all
good; cleanses him with the precious
blood ( Heb. 13: 12.) of Jesus, not & ay
making him one with, but " one in
God. in Christ."-- Jno. 17: 21 It im-parts
in man the real vitality of
good, making man competent to
reign over sin, and manifest in his
life ( i Pet. 2: 21- 23) as in Christ's,
the divine principles of love.
This is something that is goad;
and of course it was concocted in the
mind of God, and emanates directly
from him. Hence it is a gift of God.
Do you not want it? Cease fighting
it at once, for you are not fighting
man so strongly, but God who de-vised
it. Thess. 4: 7, S. It is a good
and perfect gift for it has proceeded
directly from God. And " every
good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, and cometh down from
the Father of lights, with whom is
no variableness, neither shadow o
turning."— Jas. 1: 17. Amen.
CHARLEY AKERS.
' cumin
heard me. I was willing for the
Lord to have his way about it and
told him if it was his will, to heal
me. He showed me that he was
willing, and this sickness was not
unto death but for the glory of God.
Then I promised him I would tell
the people what he had done for me
and would do all for his cause I could.
He then showed me that all I need-ed
was faith, and I asked him to
trengthen my faith. Then I claim-ed
the promise and got up and walk-ed
through the house praising God
for what he had done. Pray for me.
Your SISter, 	 ALICE GUFFEY.
MEADOW BROOK, ORE.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: This leaves me
saved and kept by the power of God.
0 I do praise God for a salvation
that keeps us from all sin, and from
everything that is not of God. I
am determined to serve him while I
live. He has also healed me of
heart disease and sanctified me.
Praise his name! I am having some
trouble with kidney disease. Pray
for me that this disease may be
rebuked in the name of the Lord
J esus Christ. Last spring the Lord
sent brother W. H. Green and wife
and niece here to preach the true
word of God. It made an impression
on me ant= I saw I was in a lost
condition. So I gave myself to God,
and I was received. In about two
months I was anointed by Brother
Randolph and wife of Salem. I was
sanctified and healed of heart trouble.
Pray for my husband and family that
they may be healed soul and body—
one daughter of heart disease. She
is out of the reach of medicine.
Youfsister consecrated to God,
M. E. HALL.
diligence aannd lo yal performance of
everydady u" taiess unto God" with
that other thin; which God's word
so severely condcmns; namely,
greedy. grasping desire to ac
the things of this world, neglecting
the service of love: due to God and
our fellow men.
Surely, God's
that we should be a
is in our secular affairs; ant
that failures on this 1"
many places brought reproach upon
the cause. Hence the urgent
of advancement. Let us look at
sor'reots- c. r2lep:". 27Sts‘.! ads: " Seest thou a
man diligent in his business? Flt
shall stand before kings; he shall not
stand before meat! obscure] men."
Again, " Ile that diligently seeketh
good procureth favor, 	 1: 27,
Now let us turn New Testament
light upon these precepts of Solomon.
In Col. 3: 22- 25 Ir'aul, in exhorting
servants, said:" 0,. := ey in all things
your masters acC: orc
,
il: g to the flesh;
not with eyeservice, nonpleasers
but in singleness of heart, fearing
God: and whatsoever ye do, do it
heartily as unto the Lord, and not
unto men; knowing that of the Lord
ye shall receive the reward of the
inheritance: for ye serve the Lord
Christ." Of course this is directed
especially to " servants;" brit tilodoolt7s
can reasonably say that
not wish all his children to labor
" heartily- as unto the Lord."
er therefore ye eat, or drink
whatsoever ye do, do all to the e
of God."— t Cor. teene See
Col. 3: 17. " tied is not unrightei
to forget your work and labor of
love. • And we desire that
every one of you do show the same
diligence to the full assurance Of
hOp e UntLI 	 CTId: 	 not
slothful, but followers of them who
through faith and patien
the promises."-- 1 eb. 6: t o- is,
Those whom God has placed upon
the farm or in sonic other - line of
secular work, if they neglect the
same, thinking God wants them to
give up everything of this world and
trust him to send ravens with food
and raiment, tiviil see themselves in
God's mirror by reading Prow.
30- 34.
Brethren, if there is anyone whose
farm should be free from weeds and
thistles, fences and building's in good
repair, farm implements housed and
cared for, crops well cultivated, and
stock indicative of good care, surely
that one is the sanctified child of
God. As day- laborers and followers
of all the trades and professions,
children of God should be examples
in punctuality, painstaking, holiest
service, and all that goes to make
up a desireable servant—" approved
unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed." Sisters, your
houses, in kitchen, pantry, and
throughout should be models of
neatness, cleanliness, Order, and econ-omy.
Are they? By this I mean the
necessaries and comforts of a home,
neatly, carefully and tidily arranged
and everything as you would have it
if Christ were your boarder.
All that I have said here is even
more urgently imposed upon those
in charge of and all connected With
missions, children's homes, camp
grounds, and like institutions carried
on in the name of God,- All the in-ternal
and external workings and
saupcpheaarsatnoc ceosnoif the place should be
saint and sinner
o
tht9e iriens, piteectse
ners to live a better and higher life.:
Wherever you are, if you. are slAh•
ful, wasteful : paid allowing things to
go to ruin, you needn't pray for nor.
expect God to prosper you nor keep
you supplied with the necessaries of.
life. And if you have without inter-,
ference allowed the pests of house
or farm to thicken around yon, when
i t was in your power to prevent the
same, I find no promise in God's
at least till you have done all in your
pwooIrvdert. hat he willrid vou theM—
hear this from
Finally, re ad
als
h . - aisso
that is slothful in his work is brother
o him that is a great Waster:"
W. MILO GLUTEN.
Mivine 4.<
The Duty of the Children of God.
spent for doctor bills, and is saved
now because of the blessings of the
Lord, do you spend the amount
saved in spreading the gospel? See
to it that ye render unto the Lord
what is due unto him.
7 E have in the past been. mostly
1 setting forth divine healing
as a privilege to the children of
God, and we desire to not only set
it forth in that light, but as a com-mand
or duty enjoined upon the
children of God. We read in the
word of God that it is his will to
heal the sick. Psa. to3: 3; and in
James 5: 14,15 are the instructions
given for them ' to follow. In other
words, it is set forth as a command
or duty, which was placed there for
the purpose of having the children
of God obey. When the Word says
for a person to do so and so, it means
that we ought to do it, and Jesussays,
John 14: 2,3, '' If a man love me, he
will keep my words." Now his words
concerning healing, are that his
children 1- vhen they are sick are to
send for the elders of the church.
This means in cases where their own
prayers will not prevail with the
Lord. According to the scripture just
quoted from John, those. who love
the Lord will obey his words, and in-stead
of sending for a doctor send
far the elders of the church, and
instead of taking medicine take the
Lord. Take his word and put it in
practice. It will do more for you
than all the doctors and medicines
in existence. It is not trusting the
Lord very much, nor giving him the
honor, respect, nor prase due him
to undertake to have his help in
healing and also earthly physicians
and medicines. You who are fear-ful
that the Lord will not fulfill his
word in case of sickness, let me ask
you a question, Is it because you are
afraid he if unable to fulfill his
promises? if so, turn to Eph. 3: 2o.
There we read that he is " able to do
exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to
the power that worketh in us." Now,
shame on the one who would rather
trust in the arm of flesh than in one
who has the ability of God, and has
given such wonderful promises. His
promise is that the prayer of faith
will save the sick, and the Lord
shall raise him up. If you have not
the needed faith ask of God, and he
will give it you.
It is your privilege to either be
healed or to know the reason why
you are not. Are you willing to
consecrate yourself wholly to God
where you can say, Lord, thy will,
not mine be done?" To one who has
not known the great promises of the
Lord and his power to heal we can
set forth the blessed privileges, but
those who have been walking in the
light, or hearing the truth preached
in all its purity, should be ready to
follow the Lord and consider it their
duty to take God as their healer as
well as their Savior from sin. If you
have not been walking up to all of
God's word on this line, begin now;
honor God, believe his word, move
out upon his promises, begin to thank
him for what he has done in the past;
thank him for light and truth, and
the privileges that he has extended
to his children, and he will not with-hold
his great blessings from you.
There are many of God's children
so situated that doctors are sent for
contrary to their wishes for some
one of the family. But, dear ones,
as for yourself you can have the
privilege of taking God alone, and
no one can keep you from praying
for your family. even though some
one else should send for an earthly
physician. But when you learn to
move out upon the promises of God
with an unwavering faith it will soon
work such wonders in your family as
to win others to the way of truth and
NICODEMUS, KAN.
DEAR TRUMPET READER S: 1 an
praising God for a full salvation. Oh
what a precious Savior we have:
When we are sick he heals us. I
was thrown out of a buggy and it tore
my knee cap off and made me so lame
that I could not walk and the Lord
healed me. I ask the prayers of all
God's children that I may have faith
to take the Lord for my doctor at all
times. Your brother in Christ,
FRANK H. PIIILLIP:.
FILLMORE, Mo.
DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I will write
my testimony for the first time. I
am praising God for a full and a free
salvation that keeps me free from
sin each day. I have victory in
soul over oil the powers of Satan.
am glad that I ever learned to trust
the Lord for all things, for which I
give him all the glory. Pray for me.
Your brother in the one body,
LEONARD D. WILSON.
JORDAN, ONT.
DEAR SAINTS AND TRUMPET READERS:
I can say I have accepted the Lord
as my all and in all, justifiier, sanctifier
and healer. When I consecrated for
sanctification I laid all on the altar
and trusted the Lord to do the work
and I was willing to obey the Lord
and do his blessed will in all things:
willing to go orstay where he would
have me, andi know the work was
done, Praise His holy name! I
thank God for victory in my soul
over all unbelief, doubts, and fears.
Pray for me that I may keep low and
humble at the feet of Jesus. Your
sister in the one body,
MATILDA WISMER.
FIKETON, TENN.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: 1 feel like
testifying to what the Lord has done
for me. He saves and keeps me
each day, and gives me sweet rest of
soul. I take Jesus for my physician
and find him a present help in every
time of trouble. I have had a spell
of fever this'summer; was very sick
and thought I would write for the
Trumpet family to pray for my heal-ing,
but it seemed to me that I would
not live for the letter to reach them.
So I began to talk to the Lord and
tell him all my troubles and he
. DE SOTO, Mo.
DEAR READERS OF THE TRUMPET;
feel it would be to the glory of God
to write my testimony. I. thought I
was living a Christian life ( although
the way seemed hard) till the dear
Lord sent Bro. Collins and Co. and I
soon found out that I had backslidden
and had the spirit of fight instead of
the Meek and patient spirit ' of my
clear Redeemer. But the dear Father
knew I was honest and I went to him
with a truly repenting heart, and
found him to be true, and; as the
Word says, faithful and just to for-give
us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. Glory to his
name, he gave me grace to meet all
the demands that are required of
those that have got out of the way.
He took out of my heart all the bit-terness
against those that were my
enemies and to - day I am free; because
the Bible says whomsoever.. the Son
makes free is free indeed. Now I
want the prayers of all God's little
ones that I may be wholly sanctified
and know my heavenly Father's will:
concerning me. Your sister in Christ, t
SUSAN 1.4IALLICoAT.
	 Advancernon