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NEOSHO FALLS, KAN. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: 1 am sated through the blood of Christ, and Sa* ii=. tified, and I do praise God far is goodness and saving and healio power. I was instantly healed bile-male trouble and, nervousness. I had a sevefaattack of sore somethingliketensilitis and typho fever, I was' prayed for andianante- dt' and was instantly healed. ne daycatout the samem tie - e ver came back, and I got up and went across the room and knelt down, awl asked Gea, - ito ? take the fever and pain away, audit vA s done at once. 01 11- praise God more and more every hour! I praise him for his safe keep-inwant healing power. I am : welt pleased with God's work in my sov, Dear ones, i , ask you all to pray ter me that I, maykeep humble at Jesus, feet. God= bress all the . saints even. - whete... " ailed sister • in Christ, M. CORDER; GOSPEL TABhilloe wy Le yo iern dth hGaebo Tidtr ausnhmtaspl leo tbf litonhw eZ itwohnoe, r Tlsdro, uu amnndpd ea tdn, w aaenlladler mrgso iownn imt thhy e wh heoaliyrr tlmhw, oi nsuendets ay. i enZ,. e wcJhho. ee 9ln2: 1h4e. uftegb, up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a Trumpet, hear ye. Isa. 18: 3. Volume x6. Number 48. Grand Junction, Michigan, Thursday, Dec. 3, c4896. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and tber: gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven? L stoma other. 1441; Bo will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where thly have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day: Eze. 34a2. Ter. Sample Copies Free. 66 EREIN is our love made 62.) perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: be-cause as he is so are we in this world." Dear ones, there is an awful day a-waiting us one and all: that is the day when this world will be called to stand before God in judgment, to be judged every man according to the real contents of his heart, by that God who knows the heart and tries the reins and will judge every man according to his works. And be sure he is no respecter of persons but will look deep into every heart and will judge from the contents of the same. Yea, he will judge you by that word which he says " is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and neither is there any creature that is not mani-fest in his sight: but all things are naked and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do."— Heb. 4: 12, 13. Dear ones, this being true, let us look deep into our hearts and see if under the searching 1 . ght of that word we are ready to meet him; and let us, as the Word says, say, " Search me, 0 God, and know my heart; - try me and know my thoughts; and see if there be any evil way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."— Psi. 139: 23, 24. 0 dear people, and especially you-that claim to be out in this straight way, let us look deep into our hearts under the searching light of the Spirit and word of God and see if we have the real experience of the Word in our hearth'. And let us look at the word of God where he speaks of that awful day when God will call all this world before him, to render the decision by his word that will forever settle oui- doom. Oh for the love of your soul, look deep into your heart and do not be deceived; you will never have another chance; this . will forever seal your destiny. Look at Matt. 25: 31- 46. Here he gives a description of the judgment day. Here is one class of people that feed Christ when he is hungry; and give him drink when he is thirsty; and clothe him when he is naked; take him in when he is a stranger; visit him when he is sick and in prison. And they ask him when they did these things to him; and he says, " Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me." And he says, " These will go into everlasting life." But here comes up another class, and Jesus says, " I was hungry and you gave me no meat; thirsty and you gave me no drink; a stranger and you took me not in; sick and in orison and you visited me not." And they will say, " When saw we thee sick, or ' hi prison, or hungry, or naked; and did not minister unto thee?" And Jesus will answer them, " Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me, and these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal." For the sake of your souls, dear ones, I beseech you to look at this lesson: because this alone will for-ever seal your doom if you do not heed it. I feel that these are some things that God's people must wake up on, or some will surely hear the awful sentence, " Depart froni me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire." Such as feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked, and visiting the sick. God help you, brethren, you need not tell me that you have the love of God in your heart when you have plenty of everything around you, and your brethren in need of something to eat and wear, and you do not supply their need, I do not believe it. Read Isa. 58: 6,7. " Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the op-pressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not' thyself from thine own . fl esh ?" Listen, brethren, what will follow then? " Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go be-fore thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry and he shall say, Here I am." This will explain why some do not get along better in their experience. Remember, dear ones, that awful day is coming when Jesus will come in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel. When he comes this way, he says they will calf for the rocks and mountains to fall on them and hide them from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. " For the great day of hiz wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?" Our text tells us just who will be able to stand; namely, " Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, be-cause as he is, so are we in this world." We see here that it will take the perfect love of God to en-able us to stand in that day. Dear ones, I am fully convinced that nothing but a soul that is as pure as Jesus Christ will be able to stand that awful crisis. This is going to be far more awful than many think it is. Therefore cry aloud! Awake, 0 souls! For this awful crisis will soon be upon you, and there will be no time to prepare for it then. And without you stand clean and pure from every spot, you will melt be-neath his awful presence and will be driven back to hell as a refuge from his awful glory. The supreme purity and glory of Christ will make every thing wither and melt and flee away from his awful presence, that does not bear the stamp and image of his own glorious character. For this reason we are to be made perfect in love and partakers of the divine na-ture so we can stand his awful pees-ence. Sometimes people get into a-camp meeting or some other meet= ing where the word- of God is going forth with great power, and ' the. 4vit.-;, ful presence Hof - God is felt a buke upon every sinful; t • - they begin to want to get away be-cause they feel so uncomfortable. Dear ones, if God's presence makes it uncomfortable here, what do you think it will be when you stand before him in judgment? Our text at the head of this article is very comprehensive in its scope. It will first take in our love to God, and this underlies all the rest. And. where this is perfect, all the rest will be perfect. But where it is lacking all the rest will be lacking. We say the love of God underlies all else. Jesus says, " He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings."— Jno. 14: 24. The very basis upon which it be-comes possible to love our neighbor as ourselves is to love God with all our heart. If there is a failure on any point, it is because there is a failure here. Experience teaches us all along the line of life that the more we love a person the more we delight to please him. So it is with reference to our God; the more we love him the more we delight to obey him. And perfect love to him will insure perfect obedience to his word. " For , this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments." — 1 Jno. 5: 3. And again, ' He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me."— Jno. 14: 21. Again, " Jesus answered and said unto him; If a man love me, he will keep my words."— Jno. 14: 23 That means, if we love him, we will do what he tells us to do. So settle it in your heart if you find it hard to obey God in anything, it is because you do not love him as you should. Therefore the first and great com-mandment is, " Hear 0 Israel: the Lord ' our God is one Lord.: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind." " And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thy heart." Here is the secret of the thing. These words are to be in our hearts. That is, we are to have the real ex-perience of these words in our hearts, and not the mere theory of it in our heads. This must be just as real in us as it is in Jesus. Ashe says in Jno. 17: 26, " And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them." Here we see that he means that the lame love with which the Father loved him, is to be in us. Dear ones, let us lay the truth. to heart here, and see if the love with which the Father loved the Son, is in us as a real experience. There are many in the world to- day just like Jesus said in his day: " This people draw near me with their mouth and honor me with their lips but their heart is far from me."— Matt. 15: 8. This means they will talk a great deal about him and tes-tify, as they think, in honor of him, yea, as the prophet says, " With their mouth they shew much love. [ Ezek. 33: 21,],- And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and - they sit be-lore- thee as my people, and they lieariOlvords, but they will not do , thera:',; q4 I beseech rap, clear souls, tO stir: yoiirself up and - look at this matter In Matt 23: 37- 4o Jesus said unto him, .!. T: hou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy- mind. This is the trst . and great commandment. Ana the- second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." N- ow, xliar ' ones, let us look deep into OUT marts and see if the real expe-rience. of this is as deegin_ our hearts a theory of it iSin. our heads,. I y.... convinced that _ there is more in this than many of us have got into yet. God waked me up on this line some time ago, and made me realize that I had to go deep on this point. But I feel there is away to get at this point so we can see whether we are where we ought to be. Here is a good test, in Matt. to: 37- 39. " He that loveth son or daughter more . than me is not worthy of me; he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me." Here is a lesson on which God waked me up. I have two little boys and I love them much; and as they would play around me I was very conscious of the strong love that bound them to me; and then the question would come, " Are you as conscious of the love you have for God as you are of the loovvee you feel for that child?" Some of you may say, " I am sure I do not love my child or father or mother more than I love God," but let us look at it and see. Here is where God stirred my soul in me. I would sometimes pick. my little fel-lows up or Watch them as they would play around me, and it would seem that my heart was so knit to them that they seemed to be a part of my-self; and I was vividly conscious of the strong love that existed in my heart for them. Then the question would come to me, " Are you as viv-idly conscious of the love that binds you to God as you are of the love you have for that child?" No doubt, you have felt the strong emotions of love for a son or daughter, or a father or mother, or a brother or a sister, and you were very conscious of the love you felt for them. Now then, think of the strong affection you " feel for them, and ask yourself the question, Am I as conscious of the love I have to God as I am of the love I have for them? And re-member the Word says, " He that loveth .. these more than me is not worthy of me." I really believe there is something in this that a great many do not consider. GEO. P. KEELING. Three Things Needful. HERE are three things given in the economy of grace, that every child of God should seek, obtain, and utilize to the highest advantage, everywhere and at all times. They are knowledge, wisdom, and prudence. Knowledge without wisdom profiteth - not, neither can wisdom manifestly display her glories without prudence. Upon these three treasures rest the- security and prosperity of all the elict: Aherefore diligence backed by moral courage, with the heavenly tools of faith, trust, and patience, should by truth's Liver dig away every object that hides these precious riches. Knowledge is the first to be sought. And the word of God, is the great mine where is buried deep, not the knowledge to which the world aspires, but an everlasting gem that brings to us the comprehension of facts relative to salvation and life eternal. 2 Tim. 3: 15. To have knowledge is to comprehend facts. And the intelligencezained from the Word by careful search, is facts con-cerning man, his origin, present duty, and future destiny. With this knowledge only, man would be a miserable existence. He could see his present wretched state, know his hopeless future, without the power to act, either in doing something for his promotion or undoing the chains of_ slavish de, pend. enat by which he has been bound. The allwise Creator, knowl, ing this, sent wisdom to assist man. Wisdom is the right application of knowledge, or " the use of the best means for attaining the best ends." It is the principal thing. Prov. 47- Therefore search for her as you would for hid treasures. Prov. 3: 4• Knowledge with wisdom to prop-erly apply it, is not sufficient yet to save man; because ' wisdom dwells with prudence.'— Prov. 8: 12. Pru-dence looks ahead, foresees the evil ( Prov. 21: 3), and secures herself from it until wisdom comes to her assistance, by applying knowledge, the best means to the best and wisest end. That brings victory, en-abling the soul to face every foe and surmount every difficulty without fear of being overcome by some wrong element or influence. By knowledge then we acquire a comprehension of facts, wisdom uses this knowledge to the best advan-tage, while prudence prepares the soul to escape the deceptions of the devil, by hiding away in God in trustfulness, keeping it from any rash or premature conclusion, until wisdom settles the question by the use of knowledge. Let us all expand more in the love of God until we possess more of these indispensible graces. When we get them as God intends, as long as they are in use, backsliding is an impossibility. W. A. HAYNES. Testimonies.,.. PRINCE, MISS. DEAR READERS OF THE TRUMPET: May the God of all mercy and holy love ever bless and keep you contin ually sheltered under the wings of care and protection. I do praise the Lord forever for salvation that keeps me continually hungering and thirsting after righteousness more and more. I know he heals my afflictions, and when trouble and grief press my soul I fall on my knees and plead for help, he comforts me. Glory to his name! I write to " ask some of God's ministers in the North to come South. I have just read Brother E. E. Byrum and Wm. G. Schell's testimony, saying after spending a few days in Ohi9 they expected to come South. I do: pray God to send them to MissisSippi. Oh may the Lord direct them- to Prince, Miss. just as soon as He wills, and I think that will be some'time between now and the first of January, Your sister in the love and fear'ef God, E. J. - EBEIC TO THE PROFESSOR. 0 ye souls who are professors, Are you walking in the light? Has the blood of your Redeemer Cleansed and made you fully white? Cso.— Woe to them that are at ease in Zion! Arise and Christ will give you light! Buckle on the holy armor, And be ready for the fight. Is the peace of God within you, Which gives you a perfect rest? Or does guilt and condemnation Fill and reign within your breast? In the service of the Master, There's a high and holy way; And all those may walk within it, Who are willing the price to pay. See! the remnant are returning To the high and holy way, With their songs of joy and praises, As they walk the narrow way. Mrs. James Pool. • • 4 Prepare to Meet God. as a man be s in the Lord Jesus Christ, he is n outcast, and his own people cut off all communication with hire. I know a brother whose father did not speak with him for nineteen years although they saw each other. Oh what a wonderful Savior is our Jesus! He is and can be everything to us! Receiving him, we can forget eve ry one ard every thing else. Praise the Lord! Yeurs lovingly in Christ, A. D. KIIAN. THE GOSP TRIT PET. An assembly meeting vid. 1 be held at Crowland, Ont. commencing Jan. 2, 1897. J. A. Dillon and Co. The church of the living God will hold an all- day meeting in Encampment Hail at Tichoute. Pa., on Dec. 13th, commencing at ten o'clock A. rd. The ordinances of God's house will be observed in the eve-ning, Lord willing. Let there be a g e ne r al turnout ot the saints and truth-seLkers. Come and have a glorious feast with the Lord. L. A. Wallace. Assembly meetings will be held as follows: Hutton Valley, Mo. Dec. 9- 14. Myrtle, Mo. Dec. 16- 21. All the saints, and especially the Lord's holy ministry in reach of any or all these meetings are requested and invited to attend. Yours. wholly the Lord's, A. B Stanberry, Vi, let Hill, Ark. There will be an assembly meeting at the meeting- house ten miles north of Brownstown, Ill., to commence Dec. 25, and last as long as God wills. We expect some more ot God's ministers to meet us there. Those ceming on the train, can write to me at Funkhouser, Effingham Co., 111.. or Samuel Wrice, Brownstown, 111., and one of us will meet you at the zr. ein. Pray for this meeting. Your brother in Christ, R. L. Parsons. There will be a general assembly of the saints of God of Texas, to te held at Ft. Worth. Will commence Dec. 24. The brethren extend a general invitation to all the people of God. far and near, to attend. Come prepared to take care oi yourself as far as possible. ' 1 he workers will be cared for. Brothers Byrum z. nd Schell are invited to come, and others that are led to come. For further infor-mation write J. W. Pine, Ft. Worth, Tex ASSEMBLY MEETING. HARTSELLS, ALA, The Lord willing, there will be an as-sembly meeting at Zion, about four miies east cm. Hartsells, Ala., beginning Dec. 12, and continue- a week or more. Bros. E. E. Byrum and W. G. Schell expect to be there, also Bro. Otto Bolds. Let as many of the satnts- as possible attend. - Every lover of the truth . invited. For farther • information address. Bro. D. - a Fidler, or J. Shaneyfelt. befere meetii g began. I do not men may strive with each other in mean you should not feel at liberty a pu h iliAic way, and beat each other, to talk to each other. Only let your and if it does not result in the death conversation be as becometh the either they have not sinned, be-gospel of Christ. cause they have not broken either There is something more. Often- 10f the ten commandments. A man times in visiting the children of God may look on a woman to lust after here will be manifest a real talking! and he is guiltless, because this .............---- 1 '. pLiorridt odre ssipreirsi tt hoaf te wntee r" tbaein cinogu. r teous ! As nmota fne rmbiad dhe bn in tih he id ehc aloguhe. ., 4, R P - I have a favor to ask in behalf of my husband. He has faith that God can heal him, and wished me to ask the saints to pray for the healing of his body of Bright's disease. The name is Mr. Henry Baker. Pray Dec. 13. To THE SAINTS: Hear a mother's pray-ers in behalf of her boy dying with con-sumption. Very bad case. Pray that he may be healed, he is the last one. I need him; he is the widow's onl y son. Do pray for him. Harriet E. Huff, Osseo, Mich. 4): Calls for Mce, u, ngs..* HOPE, ARK. DEAR SAINTS: We have been earn stly praying for some of God's true children. that are able to teach the whole counsel of God, to come to this place. Have also made two requests through the Trumpet but as yet no one has come Dear ones, take it to the Lord in ea, nest prayer, and see if the Lord would have you come to this Icing neglected place Come if pos-sible betore Christmas. We would like for some one to come at once. I have no money to pay for expenses. We are poor, and the people are all bound down with, sectish yokes, without salvation. We do t pray God to send v. hom he will right away, for the rescuing of per, shing souls, to work for God here and about Sardis, We will help all we can in the cause. and you are welcome to our home, four miles south of Hope. Yours in the love of Jesus, E. Hunt. ,... e. ....." 4"._ C:: Me et' il ff. S. EFINITE, RADIO A T and ANTI- SECTARIAN, seat orth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publi-cation of full Salvation, and Divine Heftling of the Body the Unity of all true Christian,: in"- the faithonce delivered to the sauna." OrSubecription, a1.00 ayear in advanoe. Free to the Poor. OF- Send money by Post Claw Money Order, Express Or-der, Registered Letter or small amounts in stamps.. Fer- Subscribers wishing their address changed. must be sure to give their former, as well as their new address. If you do not receive your paper when due, write us a card, and we will gladly irmil you another copy. iv- Should there be a mistake at any time, write us a once and we will gladly rectify the same. WA commission of 20 per cent will be given on each new cash subscriber, to all who will act as agent. Fir Parties desiring pars to canvass with, should notify us regularly of their addrm. EN- When you write, be sure W give your address: name post- office, county, and state. Want ild business communications, moneys itc. must be ad to GosPrx, TFOCGITZT, to Insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsiblee. B. E. BYRUM. Pimmitataits, R. E. Brstrm, and N. H. Byrum, Grand Junction, Mich. GOSPEL TRUMPET. Renfroe, Lrake Co., Miss., beginning Dec.! A Letter From Tibri. [ or woman either] shall speak he commandments. shall give account thereof in the day 0 shame! on the propagators of a of judgment." Better let • your doctrine that makes a man innocent worldly friends feel the influence of when he has done that the New God's Spirit while you sit in silence, Testament pronounces murder and than to put forth so much effort to adultery. See 1 Jno. 3: 15; Matt. be thought agreeable that you bring 5: 28. leanness to your soul. Mr. Tibri insinuates that no power " Beloved, we are not of the world," on earth could convince him that the and therefore the world may as well ten commandments are abolished. know it. You need not be cold or This is doubtless true, for we have impolite but God will help " you o There will be an assemb'y meeting at: 22. Bros. E. E. Byrum and Wm. G. Schcll are expected to be there, and we want all the preachers who are in reach of this . meeting to be sure to come, for we indeed feel it to be of the Lord. Renfroe is eighteen miles south of Kosciusko, which is on the Illinois Central Branch R. R Those coming from the north will stop at Kosciu- ko and go to Hinze Hotel and re-main there tilt convey - nee comes. Those coming that way wi. I please write Bro. J. L Harris at Renfroe. Miss., stating what day they wish to be met. All who can, please come prepared to take care of them-selves as far as possible. R. H. Owens, Freeny, Miss. y ar or n s eart the to all," but not that we chatter about greatest antipathy against his fellow things of no profit. Jesus tells us, man and he has nut sinned, because that " for every idle word a man he has not broken either of the ten t had te. olished them, even yet in my old age I would give free vent to the feelings of m„). carnal nature, and eat. drink. and be merry. be-cause to- morrow we die. And if the ten cow-mandments are abolished, men cannot sin an more. These words of Tibri show the graceless condition of his heart. He would give free vent to the feelings of his carnal. nature, if he were con-vinced that the decalogue were • abolished. So he still has a lustful, dissipitated nature concealed under a cloak of religion, and is only held within the bounds of decency and respectability by his fears of burning Horeb. Poor soul! if he would but give his heart to the Savior, the atoning blood would purge away his farms, their merchandise, and of sinful nature, and give him grace to high and low prices, and hard times. live holy, from a principle of love to Is it not so? Did you not often God and his fellow man. spend fifteen minutes or half an hour But he cannot obtain salvation in ' n such a manner? Christ so long as he clings to the That was before you knew the law of Moses; for the inspired apos-wonderful love of God in its fullness. tie tells us, that - Christ is become of Well how do you do now? Do you none effect unto you, whosoever of do the same things? Pause a moment you are justified by the law; ye are and look back. How is it any way ? fallen from grace."--- Gal. 5: 4. Then you had to wait for the Like law teachers in general, preacher to begin the meeting, now Tibri says, " If the ten command-you have the blessed privilege of ments are abolished, men cannot sin [ allowing the leadings of God's Spirit; any more;" as though tht re were. no and yet how often do we find the standard of uprightness outside of children of God, when they come to- the ten commandments. Sach Ian-gether, back in the old rut, talking, guage is an outrage on the New and talking, and waiting for the Testament, and an exhibition of the preacher to say, Let us sing, or, Let grossest ignorance; for the New us pray! Have you not seen it so, Testament sets forth many heinous and has nut your soul felt lean and crimes that are nut condt. mned in the spiritless after half an hour of such decakgue. Now supposing we ad-tal ? I have known whole meetings mit, for the sake of argument, that to be dull and spiritless si mply Tibt i's doctrine is true, that there is because those who came tcgether no sinning but by disobeying one of to worship did too much visiting the ten command OR some time the subject of talking has been in my mind, and I believe God will be pleased to have me write a few lines on this subject. Now dear ones, those of you who came out of sects will re-. member when you went to your sect meeting, if you were a little early, or the preacher a little late, how you spent the time. Was it not in visit-ing with those around you in talk-ing of this one's bonnet or that one's dress, or of the latest bit of scandal. The brethren would talk about their Talking. death. We admit that it was the Jewish Sabbath of which Jesus spoke in the above prediction, but Tibri is quite mistaken when he says Christ estab-lished seventh- day- keeping in the above text. He was talkirg about the safety of the Christians in their flight, and not of the desecration of the seventh day. He commanded them to pray that their flight would not be in the winter, because a flight unto the mountains would be accom-panied with great hardships at that the plain statement of scripture, in the third chapter of second Corin-thians, that that which was written and engraven in stones is abolished and done away. And a man who ill not receive what inspired lan-guage teaches without the aid of comments, we believe to be obsti-nate, and like Ephraim of old joined to his idols. Mr. Tibri further says: Christ did not change the w Sabbath. In his , prediction of the downfall of Jerusalem, b occurred seventy years afterards. he instructed his people to pray that their flight be not in win-ter, ', tither on the Sabbath day. By this he . a established the Sabbath seventy years after his shown him in our former answers - Another surprising thing to me is. that there any who are contending that God's ten mandments are abolished. If there was any er on earth that cou. d convince me that NCE the publication of " Ques-tions and Answers on the Sabbath" hi. the TRUMPET, we re ceived a letter from " Tibri," in which are some things, which with the hopes of enlightening other souls who may be in the same condition we will consider under the light of God's holy wcrd. Says Tibri: ments. Then two SECOND LETTER. CALCUTTA, INDIA, Sept. 23, 96. Iv VERY DEAR BROTHER: I am sure the conversion- story of a Mohammedanboy who has just come out for the Lord, leaving behind all his own people, would be very inter-esting to you, and with this hope I am giving it below. Ore. the thirteenth of September. 96 I received a letter from a mis-sionary friend of mine of Mymeusing, Eat Bengal. asking my prayer on be-half of a Mohammedan boy of about fifteen or sixteen, named Kahn uddin Ahened. By the way, I ought to tell you that this is the place where I first heard the calling of my Lord and was brought into his fold.. There it is tnat my own people are yet hying. Now I was interested in this boy myself, for while at Mymeu-sing, he used to come to my Bible class, and often in my house, when would give him my books and papers to read. My missionary friend also asked me to write a few words of encouragement and advice to him DEAR REAPERS OF THE ET: We have been in the gospel field since our last report. Have been having some prt cious advanct meet prayer- meetings. A revival of spirit-uality, brotherly. love, and points of truth were gained as a result; also, some souls were made free in Jesus. From Crothersville, Ind., we came to this city, several of the brethren accompanying us, where we shared the fruitions of a glorious assembly meeting. The brethren moved southward into other fields of labor, and: we remain here to continue the meeting and scatter holy literature over the city so long as the Lord wills. We contemplate going to Floyds Knobs, Ind., after the Mas-ter is through with us here. We can respend to calls for the gospel, north and east of us or elsewhere. Write us. Your brother and com-panion in the work, B. E. WARREN AND CO. at this time when he was very near T. CLA/ R, TENN., Noy. 27. ftrhieepn rkdeissn. sgeddo hmis, ifnaaisthm tuoc hs oams hee o hf ahdis l- asDt , E waAtrR iwt iThnRigcU hwM pePl aEcre R wEeA DasptE eLRnoStu : a i Aswvt eioleluekr, However, I FROM INDIA. ote to him immedi ately as the Spirit gave me words and he wrote in reply; but it is worth noticing that he had spoken to hi father about the Savior two day previous to this, tthereupen tht y al reproached him and strictly enjoinet upon him not to go to the iniisio house again. But this morning ( 1St Sept.) as he was reading the lette he wrote for me, some of them sus pected and began to treat hinl harshly, upon which he left th house, and after wandefing abou nearly an hour went to the missio house. There also his friends an relatives followed him, but he wa safe. His father sat there continu ally for over three hours, and at las he was ccmpelled to leave by lega authority, because they nearly be seiged the mission house, so to speak Then came the glorious victory,— the boy was baptized in the after noon. But his people were so much excited that it has been though wise to remove him somewhere for a time. So it was decided that he should go to Dacca to stay with the brethren there for a few days This place is aboutseventy- five miles south of Mymeusing; and it takes nearly five hours to reach it by rad way journey. Happily, the graciou Lord sent a Salvation Army officer to help the missionaries on this occa sion, and he volunteered to take our new brother with him to Dacca But on their arrival to the Mymeu-sing railway platform thereaopeared quite unexpectt dly some fifteen men having sticks ( big ones) in their ands. They got hold of our rother and would have taken him ffi y force, but for the undaunted cour-ge and bravery of the S. A. ccer Mr. Watkins. However, the Lord gave them a great victory here again and they reached Dacca all right, and thanked the Lord. Our brother says in his letter from an assembly of the saints A - number of saints from southern In- ' diana were also present, and truly 1 we had a profitable meeting, and • the name of the Lord glorified in the S salvation of a few souls and believers II wbeaiynsg omfo trhe eti : Lmo! ) r d. There weinr eth ae h number of sick and afflict( d healed h through the prayer of faith and the 3la) ing on o f hands. - One aged sister who applied for healing and received aceordieg to C her faith was made every whit whole. She testified that she had h been bound down by diseaae for d eighteen years, but was instantly S made well, when the spirit of infirm- - ity was rebuked. t Others were delivered from the I curse and binding powers and in- ' iluence of spiritual: sm, from which ' they had suffered the buffetings of Satan for many years. We never felt more like crying out against the soul• destroying doctrines of spirit- t ualism and satanic powers on various lines of deception. We found here a number of precious children of God who were ▪ earnestly contending for the faith once delivered to the saints, although an antichrist spiiit was at work a- - gainst them and had tried to work S division in their midst, and draw disciples away from the truth. As the - word of God was set forth, all could discern the line between truth and • error, and the antichrist spirit was exposed and re. buked, It is the business of the enemy to impoiP upon the children of God anything oheftphoes c. a n to hinder the progress work these da: is to sight of God , snares of the needed wisd spirits and ene\ Trey. left evening and mained to con: inue the meeting. Wednesday we arrived at this place and began meeting at night, and we are expecting a precious time in the name of the Lord. We find manY calls for meeting here in the South, and many hungry for the truth 111 Itntered at the Post Office of Grand Junction. Mach- as and class matter- THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 1896. UST OF MONEY LETTERS MIT OTHERWISE CREEIPTED a Swentzell. Lena Cooper. August Samuel-son, H. E. R 1gPrs, H. N. Hicks. N. Lovelads, Mrs. R. E. Corkwell. J L. Mitchell, Amos Lowder, EmilyRarden, J. R Spangle, N. H. Maigan, Kate Huston. T. R. Holleman. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. know how much talking to do. Neither need the brethren, or sisters be entertained by ceaseless talk. It may be they enjoy communing with the Lord. If they do not, let them see by your example that you do. One thing more, and it appears to be a real snare of the enemy. That is foolish talking and jesting. Young people are apt to fall into this habit. They begin by saying little " cute" things to get others to smile at their wit. Bt fore long they joke just a little and think there is no harm in having a little fun. Sometimes, a bit of slang seems to them to be very necessary to finish out some things. Young people are not the only ones who indulge in foolish talking Older people, too, like to be thought smart and witty, and they fall into the snare of the devil. We have talked about talking, now let us see what the scripture saith. Eph. 5: 3, 4. Here is something for the young people. See I Tim. 4: 12. I Peter r: 14, 15, 16. EPh- 4: 29,. 32. Warn- saved sister, G. C. ELLIOTT. [ time of the year. He commanded them to pray that their flight be not on the Sabbat-, because the Jews who would still be keeping the sev-enth day, would have the gates of Jerusalem, and of all the cities of the Holy Land through which they should be obliged to pass on their flight to the mountains, closcd upon that day; which would render it dif-ficult, if riot entirely prevent their flight. Would seventh- day- keepers to- day consider a flight upon the seventh day to save life, a desecra-on of that day? Wm. G. SCHELL. Dacca that ' indeed the Lord has been with them." Is not this some-thing like believing with Abraham, dear brother? I mean following the Lord, not knowing whither he lead-eth, leaving his parents and all his own people behind. This can be saidto e a common thing for each every direction. eFruly them is native convert in India, that as soon need of workers who can co It is very necessary in live very humble in the in order to detect the enemy and have the ore to withstand false the oppression of the that place on Tuesday Bro. B. E. Warren re- TEHACII4Pti'CO DEAR BRoT. HER_ s A. NP. STitat WINSLOW, ARK. DEAR SAINTS OF THE LIVING GOD I feel led to write my testimony to you, also to ask prayers while we stay in this wicked place. We pro-pose to stop here a while, trusting that Father keep us the short time we wish to stay here. As we have four children we can't be out very much in the winter. This place was alive for God, but it seems that the devil has almost gotten the victory. But pray much that God may keep his chosen few. We expect to pro-ceed in the work as soon as Father Opens the way. Dear ones, if you know that God wants you to come here to preach the gospel, oh do not neglect your duty. Your sister saved and sanctified, J. A. COURTNEY. ATTICA, ARK. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I believe it to be to the glory of God to tell what the Lord has done for me. He keeps me saved every day and I just praise God for salvation that saves to the uttermost. I had a goiter on my neck that had been there for thirty years, and it got so bad Leonid hardly talk or swallow. A few weeks ago the elders prayed and anointed me according to James 5: 14, 15, and glory to God it has been going away ever since. I want you all to pray when you read this that it may go away entirely. The Lord has also freed me from the use of coffee and tobacco. To him be all the glory. Your saved sister, ARENA ROSE. EUGENE, IND. DEAR TRUMPET READERS: May the dear Lord bless you all in every good work. My soul does magnify the Lord. He has done so many great things for me. He saved my soul five years ago and healed me of an affliction in my feet and ankles that I had doctored about three years with no relief. That was one year before I heard the evening light preached. Since I accepted the whole truth, I have been healed of a bad spell of fever. Praise our Godl he is able to heal both soul and body. Pray for me that I may indeed be an example, that any one may safely follow me as I follow Christ. Your sister in the one body, saved by the precious blood of Christ, TILLIE CRAFT. FINDLAY, 01110.. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD EVERYWHERE: I greet you in the name of Jesus. My testimony is that I am saved and settled and satisfied with Jesus, and. am free from all sectism and stand alone on the Word. My soul says, Praise the Lord! I do the trusting and Father doe's the keeping. Wife got saved at our meeting at Findlay. Praise God! There are ten of us here, but some are not willing to give up all for Christ as yet. Breth-ren and sisters, hold them up before God in earnest prayer that they may see their real condition. I have taken Christ for my physician. He has wonderfully healed My body, for which I give him the glory. Wife was wonderfully healed. What a great God we have! He supplies all our needs. M. R. AND E. J. LONGBRAKE. ATTICA, ARK. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I believe it to be to the glory of God to write a few lines and tell what the Lord has done for us. A few weeks ago our little girl, three years old, was bittefr by a snake or a tarantula, on foot, aanndd in three or four hours _ Was. almost into fits, and her foot_ ad turned black and her leg was fiwol.- len to her body. But glory , to God, when we sent for the elders „ And they prayed for her and anointed-. her according to James 5: 14,15, , nile went to sleep and rested welleall' night, and the next morning: was all right. To God be all the glory Pray for us that we may -- hoe_ ' a deeper sinking down in- GI: 4s_ itwei Your saved sister, Araczt kOst. MOORLAND, MICH., Nov. 25. To THE SAINTS OF GOD, GREETING: As it has been a long time since I have testified through the TRUMPET, I feel that the Lord would be pleased to have me write and tell what the dear Lord has done for me. For twenty- two years I was trou-bled with bronchitis. At camp meeting, June 17, the Lord wonder-fully healed me, for which I give him all the glory. From camp meet-ing we went in company with Bro. Speck till near the assembly in, et-ing. While at the Clark Co., Ohio meeting during the wet weather, the devil afflicted me with rheumatism, which was the greatest trial of faith I ever had. Vk as anointed repeat-edly and would receive a benefit for a while, then it would come back as bad as ever. We kept inquiring of God why I could not get a perma-nent cure. The Lord showed us that I was not patient enough, hut was too anxious to get well. When we could say, Lord, not my lk ill, but thine be done,, the Lord gave us the victory, and we are praising God for. victory over the devil. After the assembly, the Lord led us here to Moorland, sixteen miles rom Muskegon, and we began meeting in the name of the Lord; and held three weeks and two days. t is a Free Methodist neighborhood, and we had quite a fight with the ect spirit. They said when we be-gan, thafthey would walk in all the ight the Lord let shine on their athway, and would stand by us as ong as we sta. yed in the Word. But here were truths little Word they Id not know were there, and when - I: began to come, they stepped out nd would not keep their promise. There w, re three consecrations, two or pardon, one for: sanctification, nd other dean § oigs, convicted. Quite_ a.. curnber Vitro v, onvince4 of life. Now I feel to praise God for what he has done; he saves me and heals me. I promised God if he would heal my body I would give him all the glory, and now he shall have it. I was healed of an invisible affliction, at the camp meeting which was held this summer near New Carlisle, O. Remember, dear readers, it was not the preachers that did the healing, as some poor blind people think and sometimes say when some one is not healed. They will say, " See there! Why did they not heal this one or that one?" Just think, in this day and age where the people seem to be so well learned, and still they are so blind in the Bible that they can-not see that we cannot be healed ex-cept we have the faith in God, and he is the only one that can heal both soul and body. The Word says the prayers of a righteous man availeth much. I have found it so, I am still saved and healed and kept by the mighty power of God. But my little blind boy has not been healed, although he said he could see a little better. We took him to the Emlenton camp meeting and bad him anointed with oil, according to James 5: 14,15. There he said he still received more sight. We let him go back to the blind school at Philadelphia. again in September, and there is where he is at the pres-ent time. We received a letter from him a short time ago. He says in his letter, " I can see better than I could when I left home." Oh how I feel like praising God for - his healing power! We have a precious promise left here in God's word, where it says, " Whatsoever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive what ye ask, and . it shall be given to you." If it is not given at that moment; keep on importuning and believing without a doubt; for he that doubteth in his heart is not likely to receive anything from , the Lord. Praise God, his grace is able - to bring me through all things. Dear saints, pray for me that- God may usenne to his own glory. Your saved sister, MRS. MARY WEIN GARD. settle down in communities until the work is thoroughly established. We expect to go to Tullahoina, Tenn. in a few days. Pray much for us, E. E. BYRUM AND WM. G. SCHELL. REPORT FROM MEXICO DEAR SAINTS: We praise the Lord that in his loving and tender mercies he has brought us to this field of labor here in Mexico. In this town of more than two thousand inhabitants there is not the sound of the preaching of the gospel in a language understood by the people. Lately three Catholic priests have come from Rome. They speak the Italian language and I suppose say mass in Latin. One of them is to remain here. Outside of this there is no religious service. We arrived here a little over a week ago. As yet we have no- place of service. Our souls are crying to God to open up our way for a place to hold meetings. There is much prejudice against us, as nearly all are Catholics. Rooms large enough for meetings are very scarce and rent .14 quite high. Everything that can be had for that purpose is rented for a saloon. There is a small building, centrally located, which is in charge of the American consul, the owner of which does not care to rent it fora saloon. The rent is fifteen dollars, Mexican money, per month. In American money it would be eight dollars per month. We also need some benches and lamps. The Lord has graciously opened a way for us to earn our necessary food by working with our hands at making baskets, which we shall con-tinue to do unless we see it is more to God's glory to devote all our time to the ministry of the Word. Lately we have been reading Paul's letters to the churches about giving, and at the time did not fully realize what the Lord had in it for us. We thought perhaps he was stirring us up more on the line of giving, but for the past few days we have been more and more convinced it would be to the glory of God and the advance of the work to give others an opportunity to help carry on the work. We are giving our all in the work and are willing to go through on the self- supporting plan, if nec-essary, but if the Lord sees fit to lay it on the hearts of others tb help the work along with their means, we are willing to share the Lord's blessings with them. It will relieve us of these burdens and help us to advance more in the ministry of the Word. We feel led to devote our time especially to the Spanish, as we speak and preach in the Spanish language. We mention this as some who are not acquainted with us might not understand the nature of our work. We are trusting in him who makes a way where there is no way; who opens up a highway in a desert. But we feel that some of the dear ones would regard it a privilege to help pay the rent of- a mission down here in Mexico, where the pure, clean gospel of the Lord Jesus would be preached every day. We will report to each one send-ing us money the amount received from all, so that they may know how the needs are met. In sending money get a draft on a San Francisco, Cal. bank and send to us, or send to Trumpet Office to be forwarded to us. Yours all for J, sus, B. F. A. 1\ 13 G C. Enniorr. Ensenada, • Lower California, Mexico. Testimonies, : HUTTON VA! LEY, MO. DEAR SAINTS: I praise God to- day for salvation that saves and keeps from all sin. He has heal- d me. I have been afflicted for twelve years. Praise his holy name! Pray for me, dear saints, that I may sink deeper in the love of Jesus, and that I may know his whole will. Your sister, ever abiding in the love of Jesus, MRS. INDIA- N LIVINGSTONE. can testify to tliesaving grace of God : and his keeping power. Thank him for the great plan of salvation that keeps us each day. Blessed be God! With Paul, I can say that I die daily to the things of this world and that I do glory in tribulation. Amid all of my trials I find myself growing stronger, and more determined to work for the advancement of God's cause, as it seems to please God for one to sow and another to reap. As we are separated most of the time from any of the saints, I find that all we can do is to scatter the seed. I was saved six years ago away down in Mc Doneal Co., Mo., in one of the Rev. Mrs. C. A. Sunderland's meet-ings. Since that time I have had peace with God. During my stay in Los Angeles this summer, I met with a dear sister who was taking the TRUMPET, and I got to read it, and it seemed so reviving to my soul that I had to subscribe at once for it. I feel led by the Spirit to call upon each of you that read this to pray for the healing of my eyes. I feel that God wants to heal them, and I am ready to meet his conditions. So do not forget me. My eyes are not sore but so dim I can scarcely see. Pray for me that I may always prove true to the one body. I remain your sister, BERTA Row. DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I take pleasure in writing my. testimony. " Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy , moun-tain."— Joel 2: 1. Praise the Lord! I was saved by the power of God through faith, at the Open Door Mission, Chicago. Having served the devil faithfully for a number of years, I got weary and heavy laden, and with sorrow in my heart, I sought repentance at the feet of Jesus. Hallelujah! I was marine engineer on the lakes for several years, and like the majority of seamen, had become addicted to the frequent use of liquor and tobacco, and become so in bondage thatit was a part of my existence, and I thought I could not live without it. But thanks be to God, what a change took place! When he came into my heart he took the very desire away. I became the temple of God. " Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you " If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy."— I COr. 3: 16, 17. I have been in the work most of the time since I got saved, and they are the most happy moments of my life when I see souls saved. We are just through with meetings in Bourbon, Crawford Co., Mo. Five saved and one followed the Lord in baptism; twelve took Part in the or-dinance of feet- washing, and partook of the Lord's supper. This is not many considering the number that heard the gospel. But since little things are always claiming our atten-tion we must do them, as they come from a great motive, for the glory oi God, to win his smile of approval and to do good to men, and be con: tented to be a fountain in the midst of a - wild valley of stones, nourishing a few . lichens and wild flowers, or now and then a few thirsty sheep, and to do this always, and not for the praise of man, but for the sake of God. Youtfully saved brother and sister, -:-" THOMAS AND RISSA. LEONARD. TIONESTA, PA. f DEA* _ TRUMPET READERS: I am still praising God for salvation. I Stgaii_* ould be to the glory of God I to: tell: what he has done for me and my family. First, he has led Some s pf, hisaMessengers to this part of the ..,, u. try„ where the ' whole wo d of I God had not been held up to the p people. Then he gave me a - tkilling I minct.* Q go, and hear the preaching t ' 4 found out right away that it, d was the only pure gospel that had4 i = ever been preached around here. It a did not take me long to see that eg,.. cept- I- woUld come at the foot of tbp f cross and have Jesus cleanse tur ° shill sin I could not have eternia the truth, and as this was a., setd-sowing time, we hope in the near efuretudr feo ra trhiceh L horadr. vest may be..". lath- May the Lord keep tbpse.. who have taken the narrow way, true to the Lord. We expect to Filhour in a meeting at Hart, - then go wherever the Lord leads.. Your brother and sister in the gospel fight, saved and sanctified, LEROY AND DELLA SHELbON. - A Obituary. TIFF CITY, Mo. CRUZ kN.— Father J. W. Cruzan departed this life Nov. 11, 1896, aged eighty years and nine months. His death was caused by a fall. He lived in the service of the Lord over fifty years and left a bi igh t testimony of being prepared to go. On Sunday night before he died on Wednesday tie rejoiced in the meeting we had at my- house and helped sing one song, and testified of his future hope. He bore his sickness with all patience. He was a kind father and a good neighbor and left many friends to mourn their loss. But their loss is his eternal gain. Praise the Lord! Funeral service by the church at this place. M. T. CRUZAN. WALL ROLL. Thisthing is some that should be in every family. It is made of large white sheets of paper upon which is printed in bold heavy- inced type, a number of appropriate scriptural texts for every day in the month. In the center of each leaf is a large picture representing the scene described in the textS7 The printing is large enough to be read from any part of the room. The paper is strong and of a good quality. Twenty- six leaves are used which all are made fast to a nice crossbar so as to hang on the wall like a map. The leaves can be changed every day.. By tlrii means a number of beautiful texts and precious promises are before the eyes_ oi the entire family to become permanently fixed in their minds. This is said to be one of the most beautiful rolls made. Price, $ 1.00. Postage, 15 cts. What is the Soul? By D. S. WARNER. 68 pages. Paper cover, jocts. One hundred scriptures are given prov-ing that man possesses a spiritual and eternal element called the soul, the Spirit, and the ' inner man, which goes ' to God who gave it, - at the death of the bod3t. The eternal punishment of the wicked is: Also explained. INNOCENCE. A beautiful and touch-ing poem. By D. S. Warner. Paper cover, price, 5 cts. It contains cheering words of hope and comfort to souls lost in - a.$. d also for Christians on trxeir way:. - it must be seen to be appreciat- e d - Rays itttliope. A beautittirltIe booklet, ribbon tied, containing ele* ant floral : 4cotations and two of -. D: .4efsyfi.* o- rite poems, with ' atiptivillie scriptures, Price, 15 cts. The Sea is ' tills. Another booklet of handsome design, ribbon tied, contain- , soietrions of poetry, scriptural- pas- Akkeinliia s beautiful landsbape and floral desitiwpia moss, etc. Price, is eta.. : SMCIAL. ' TERMS TO AGENTS.. AGENTS WANTED.— GosPa-- rwviOpT, PUB. < 1)'.. Grand 4anction9 was in the Spirit on the Lord's day?' — Rev. 1: 1o. John nowhere tells us what day of the week he here designates by the appellation " Lord's day," but it is very evident that he refers to the day recognized by the Bible as the Sabbath in the new dispensation. The first day of the week is always called the Sabbath in the Greek and Latin Testaments, also in Luther's German version, and in many of the English versions. And as the seventh- day Sabbath of the old dispensation is declared to be blotted out, in COI. 2: 14- 17, it is evident that John was in the Spirit on the first day of the week. Another evidence that our position is correct, is the fact that Jesus is call-ed Lord in the New Testament, and he is the maker of the New Testa-mmeenntt.. The first day of the week is set forth as the Sabbath in the New Test-ament, hence the first day of the week was made the Sabbath by Jesus the Lord and is the Lord's day. ilivillo 1A Know Your Priolleges. same disease and was very low and life was almost despaired of, but the Lord has healed her and she is rapidly recovering. Mother Hazlett was also taken sick with the same disease and overmuch watching, but the Lord did not allow her to go down, and she is now going about her duties about the house. Our little child also was attacked severely with erysipelas but by anointing and prayer, she was permanently healed. The Lord has permitted us to be severely tested in the line of faith, but we are " more than conquerors through him that loved us." May God bless the dear ones who have en-couraged and assisted us inour trials. Yours, contending for the faith, A. T. RowE. " There are in all fifteen epistles which bear the name of Ignatius. These are the following: ONE TO THE VIRGIN MARY, TWO TO THE APOSTLE JOHN, ONE TO MARY OF CASSOBELAE, ONE TO THE TARSIANS, ONE TO HERO, A DEACON TO ANTIOCH, ONE TO THE PHILIPPIANS, one to the Magnes-ians, one to the Trallians, one to the Romans, one to the Philadelphians, one to the Smyrnsesns, and one t The Lord's Day, carp were fellow- disciples under St. EDGEWOOD, IOWA, John, is a tradition by no means in- DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel like consistent with anything in the praising God, for I am so glad that epistles of either."— Same preface. I saw the evening light. I am truly ! The latest of Ignatius' epistles glad to get the TRUMPET and read could possibly have been written no the testimonies. It does my soul later than eleven years after John good, when I have such peace in my I wrote the book of Revelation. soul. Praise God that I am permitted The testimony of writings of this to write. I am praying God to send date, by a true saint and fellow- laborer some of the dear saints this way. of the very inspired author of the text There are some souls here I would under consideration, ought to be re- like to see saved. And now as I ceived. write my eyes fill with tears of grati- ■ sit him onlyshalt thou serve. Matt. 4: to. Dear saints, is it not partaking of their evil deeds? Now dear brethren, I do not wish to try to lead any one, but only write this to the glory of God, as it seems to me to be the appearance of evil. Well, praise the Lord for salvation that makes us all one. Pray for me that Father may use me to his own glory in everything. From your brother in the one body, SYLLOGISMS. The first day of the week is the Sabbath of the New Testament. Jesus made the New Testament; hence, Jesus made the first day of the week the Sabbath. The day which Jesus made the Sabbath is the Lord's day; hence, the first day of the week is the Lord's day. Seventh- day- keepers arguing this subject fly to Mark where Jesus says, " The Sun of manic Lord also of the Sabbath;" then we hear them re-cite syllogisms as follows: The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. The seventh day is the Sabbath; hence, the Son of man is Lord of the seventh day. The day of which he is Lord is the Lord's day; hence,. the seventh day is the Lord's day. These syllogisms are logical and would have formed a bulwark of argument in the old dispensation. But as Jesus Christ is the originator of a new dispensation and a new Sabbath, their syllogisms need revision as follows: The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. The seventh day was the Sabbath of. the Old Testament; hence, the Son of man was Lord of the seventh day in the Old Testa-ment. The day of which he was Lord was the Lord's day; hence, the seventh day was the Lord's day in the old dispensation. The first day is theSabbath of the New Testament; hence, the Son of man is Lord of the first day in the New Testament. The day of which he is Lord is the Lord's day; hence, the first day is the Lord's day in the new dispensa-tion. If we are to accept the testimony of a minister of the gospel whose life was contemporary with the life of the apostle John, and who is said to have been a convert and co-laborer of him; we have plain state-ments that the first day of the week is the day which the apostolic church called the Lord's day. The life of Ignatius, in the preface to his epistles in the American re-print of the Edinburgh edition of " The Ante- Nicene Fathers," is dated A. D. 3o— tos. " That he and Poly- E desire to testify through the TRUMPET to the goodness of God and his healing power. In July my wife became afflicted with a very serious affliction following childbirth, and for a time she was very low and we saw something had to be done soon. So we took her case to God in prayer, and after anointing with oil and offering the prayer of faith, she immediatly arose, dressed her self, and was well from that hour, insomuch that she began taking care of the child and has not had the Ieastsymptoms or attack since, of the same disease, for which we give God - glory. Since that time; immediately after the Emlenton C. M. the hand of affliction was laid upon us by way of typhoid fever. First, Sister Zalda Hazlett ( my wife's sister) was taken down with it, and despite our prayers and faith she kept getting worse and worse. She had no appetite and lost strength rapidly, until she was unable to help herself; and finally hemorrhage of the bowels set in and continued almost two days, she hav-ing in all at least fifteen hemorrhages. We could not see for a time why she was not healed at once, but the Lord was going to get glory out of it in his own way. During all this time all surround-ing circumstances indicated that it was impossible for her to get well. Yet God witnessed clearly to our souls that she would be healed; and although she was delirious she never gave up the struggle, but kept pray-ing fervently to God and rebuking the power of the enemy. Some sectarians came in and said it was a shame to h t her die without a physician, As the hemorrhage- con-tinued we were strongly impressed to telegraph to the Trumpet Office for prayers, which we did. We then came home and after prayer we anointed her according to Jas. 5: 14, 15, and from that hour the amount of hemorrhage began to diminish, and near the middle of the afternoon it was completely stopped. The humane agent at the other end of the telephone line got hold of the message and took authority upon himself to compel us to have a doc-tor. He accordingly sent us a mes-sage to that effect, which we, not knowing our privilege ( according to law) supposed we must obey, and we called a physician. He came ( being a sectarian) and prescribed some medical treatment, which was admin-istered as best it could be done, it being difficult owing to her hatred to medicine. Meanwhile we set about to learn what our privileges were in this re-spect and found to our joy that there was no law to compel us to take medicine, and we knew we could not be prevented from praying. We immediately stopped giving her medicine and the doctor was dismissed, after having come nine trips. We want it understood that the hemorrhage was completely healed before the doctor came and he expecting it to return left medi-cine to use in case it should. But the Lord had permanently healed it. Under the doctor's treatment she seemed to get worse instead of better, and as soon as he was dismissed she took nourishment, which she had before refused to do on account of having to take medicine right after nourishment. She began to rapidly amend from that hour. Meanwhile bronchitis had laid hold upon her in a very bad form; and the doctor said, when dismissed, " I thought on Tuesday she would get well; but now I don't know how it will be." And after showing that he lacked pru-dence very much, by his abusive talk to the father of the g rl, he. left. Despite her weak condition she recovered rapidly and is at present able to attend meeting. My - wife was also taken with the Polycarp." " It is now the universal opinion of critics, that the first eight of these professedly Ignatian letters are spurious."— Same preface quote above. We have placed in small capitals in the above list, the epistles that are considered spurious, so the reader can at a glance draw the line between the spurious and genuine epistles of Ignatius. The reader will observe that the epistles to the Magnesians and the Trallians are among the genuine. The following are quotations from these epistles. " And after the ob-servance of the Sabbath, le every friend of Christ keep the Lord's day as a festival, the resurrec-tion- day, the queen and chief of all days ( of the week]. Looking for-ward to this, the prophet declared, ' To the end, for the eighth day,' on which our life both sprang up again, and the victory over death was obtained in Christ."— Magnesians chapter 9. " On the day of the prep-aration, then, at the third hour, he received the sentence from Pilate, the Father permitting that to hap-pen; at the sixth hour He was cruci-fied; at the ninth hour He gave up the ghost; and before sunset he was buried. During the Sabbath he con-tinued under the earth in the tomb which Joseph of Arimathtea had laid him. At the dawning of the Lord's day he arose from the dead, according to what was spaken by himself, " As Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of man also be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.' The day of the prepara-tion then, comprises the passion; the the Sabbath embraces the burial; the Lord's day contains the resurrection. — Trallians chapter 9, We consider the above sufficient proofs to convince teachable men and women that John in the Isle of Patinas, was in the Spirit on Sunday morning. Testanoni, s. CHESHIRE, MICH. DEAR. SAINTS: I praise the Lord this morning for salvation full and free, for the saving, keeping and healing power. No tongue can ex-press the wonderful dealings of God with his children. I ask all the saints to pray earnestly for me and mine. JESSIE SINKLER. tude to God, who has done so much for me. Yours in Christ, MARTHA KIDNER, DAWSON, PA. DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I feel led to write my testimony. This morning finds me saved and trusting in Jesus for all things. I never can tell of all the goodness of the Lord to me. I was wonderfully afflicted with nerve trouble and inward weak-ness. I sent a request to the Trum-pet family, as we were weak in the faith, and, there were no elders in the community. Praise God! he healed me. This is a very dark place, with many opposers of the truth. Pray for me, that I may let my light shine. Truly God is good to us and keeps us each moment and day of our life. Praise God forever! Amen. Your sister in Christ, MRS. MINNIE L. HONE. RICHMOND, IND. DEAR SAINTS: I feel that it has been a long time since I have written, but God has been wonderfully keep-ing me, and I give him all the praise. I do know that I am his child, and I find him a perfect Savior and a help in every time of need. I do ask the prayers of all of God's children; for I feel the need of your prayers, as I live in a place where they never heard the pure gospel preached by God's holy ministers. Pray that God may open up a way that the truth may be preached in Richmond, and that God may work through me that I may be instrumental in his hands in saving some poor soul Your brother, saved, sanctified and kept by the power of God each day, JOHN J. ELEV. DAWSON, PA. DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I feel led to write my testimony this morning. I can truly say that the Lord saves me, and by the second work of grace sanctifies me to do his whole will. Praise God! When I started to serve the Lord I started to go through, and by the grace of God I mean to do it. Truly the Lord is advancing my soul. We have taken the Lord as our family physician, and he has proved himself to be true. He has healed my wife of her afflictions, and he has also healed our child of the piles, for which we give him all the praise. The people here are great opposers of divine healing; but we pratice it as well as preach it. One woman said she could not help but believe it since she saw so much of it. Dear ones, pray that I may let my light shine here in this dark place. Yours all on the altar, HARRY L. HONE. H. W. W TE - 1 Advancemcn Duties of Eluers. elder, properly speaking, is a leader of the people of God. It is, therefore, his duty to go before the people in every advance move-ment. It is natural and scriptural for the saints to look to their _ elders to take the lead in every good work. And as a general rule they do not advance in spirituality faster than their elders. The elders are, there-fore, responsible to a great extent, for the spiritual advancement of the churches. Let us, therefore, who have been placed by the Holy Spirit into the eldership, seek to walk so close to God that we will feel the burden of our responsibilities, and make the progressiveness of holiness real and practical in our experience. And then, as true ensamples to the flocks, we will be qualified to teach advancement in example as well as Precept. Theoretical teaching on spirituality will never beget an experience of real spirituality in the hearers. " The keeper of the vineyard must first be partaker of the fruit." ' Therefore, beloved brethren and sisters in the ministry, ( God help us all to feel the weight of these words!) God requires us to first seek the real humility, meekness, sobriety, etc., of Christ, and such a the power of the Spirit, that when we stand before the saints to preach true spirituality unto them, the power of God will so rivet the truth upon their hearts, that they will be-come convicted for true advance-ment, and be enabled to make a real forward move in their experience. It is within our power, dearly be-loved, to raise the church universal in a very short time to a higher plane of spirituality than we have ever reached before. But we must do much fasting and praying and seek a closer walk with God. An elder is also an overseer. There-fore as elders, we should see that the congregations over which the Lord has placed us are advancing. We must not only teach by precept and example, but by personal admo-nitions, and by visiting the brethren, and praying with them in their houses. When a brother or sister confesses a need of advancement on some line, either have the whole church pray with them publicly, or call upon them at their home, and there wrestle with God in fervent prayer until a benefit is received. When a brother or sister absents himself from the public assembly once or twice, the elder should cal; e n him, and inquire into his spirhual welfare. If it be found that his soul is drifting from the true standard of God's grace, the elder should pray with him and encourage him until his soul has regained its firm grasp upon the throne of grace. Many souls can in this wa y be prevented from entering a backslidden state, and the churches may be kept in a good state of spirituality. God make us elders indeed! Wm. G. SCIIE L. EAST DENNIS, MASS. DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I want to testify to the work God has done for me in saving, sanctifying, and keeping me. Praise his name! I have just returned from Federals-burg, Md., where I attended the as-sembly meeting, where God showed his power in healing the afflicted, saving sinners, and sanctifying be-lievers. Truly it was precious to my soul to be with them. May God keep them all true, is my prayer. Pray for me, dear ones, that I may ever be kept in all meekness and love to do God's will. Amen. O. F. Swowe LOWNDES, MO. DEAR SAINTS AND TRUMPET READERS: It is with joy that I write my testimony once more to the GOSPEL TRUMPET, hoping it will be edifying to the church; for it does my soul good to tell of the wonder-ful dealings of God with us. Praise his holy name forever! he does bless us so wonderfully. Amid all this spiritual darkness Father just keeps us saved, for which we give him all the glory. But oh the sin and confusion among the people- politics, worldly lust, picnics, and everything, it seems, that the devil can get them into. Now brethren, it- seems to me that it is not to the glory of God to go to elections. Itiswritten, " Thou shalt Worship the = Lord - thy Gott, and Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.— James 4: tx.
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 16:48 |
Published Date | 1896-12-03 |
Editor | Warner, D. S. |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 48 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Warner, D. S. |
Subject | Newspapers -- Michigan -- Grand Junction ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
Copyright | Copyright 2009, Anderson University. |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Full Text | NEOSHO FALLS, KAN. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: 1 am sated through the blood of Christ, and Sa* ii=. tified, and I do praise God far is goodness and saving and healio power. I was instantly healed bile-male trouble and, nervousness. I had a sevefaattack of sore somethingliketensilitis and typho fever, I was' prayed for andianante- dt' and was instantly healed. ne daycatout the samem tie - e ver came back, and I got up and went across the room and knelt down, awl asked Gea, - ito ? take the fever and pain away, audit vA s done at once. 01 11- praise God more and more every hour! I praise him for his safe keep-inwant healing power. I am : welt pleased with God's work in my sov, Dear ones, i , ask you all to pray ter me that I, maykeep humble at Jesus, feet. God= bress all the . saints even. - whete... " ailed sister • in Christ, M. CORDER; GOSPEL TABhilloe wy Le yo iern dth hGaebo Tidtr ausnhmtaspl leo tbf litonhw eZ itwohnoe, r Tlsdro, uu amnndpd ea tdn, w aaenlladler mrgso iownn imt thhy e wh heoaliyrr tlmhw, oi nsuendets ay. i enZ,. e wcJhho. ee 9ln2: 1h4e. uftegb, up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a Trumpet, hear ye. Isa. 18: 3. Volume x6. Number 48. Grand Junction, Michigan, Thursday, Dec. 3, c4896. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and tber: gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven? L stoma other. 1441; Bo will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where thly have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day: Eze. 34a2. Ter. Sample Copies Free. 66 EREIN is our love made 62.) perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: be-cause as he is so are we in this world." Dear ones, there is an awful day a-waiting us one and all: that is the day when this world will be called to stand before God in judgment, to be judged every man according to the real contents of his heart, by that God who knows the heart and tries the reins and will judge every man according to his works. And be sure he is no respecter of persons but will look deep into every heart and will judge from the contents of the same. Yea, he will judge you by that word which he says " is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, and neither is there any creature that is not mani-fest in his sight: but all things are naked and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do."— Heb. 4: 12, 13. Dear ones, this being true, let us look deep into our hearts and see if under the searching 1 . ght of that word we are ready to meet him; and let us, as the Word says, say, " Search me, 0 God, and know my heart; - try me and know my thoughts; and see if there be any evil way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."— Psi. 139: 23, 24. 0 dear people, and especially you-that claim to be out in this straight way, let us look deep into our hearts under the searching light of the Spirit and word of God and see if we have the real experience of the Word in our hearth'. And let us look at the word of God where he speaks of that awful day when God will call all this world before him, to render the decision by his word that will forever settle oui- doom. Oh for the love of your soul, look deep into your heart and do not be deceived; you will never have another chance; this . will forever seal your destiny. Look at Matt. 25: 31- 46. Here he gives a description of the judgment day. Here is one class of people that feed Christ when he is hungry; and give him drink when he is thirsty; and clothe him when he is naked; take him in when he is a stranger; visit him when he is sick and in prison. And they ask him when they did these things to him; and he says, " Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me." And he says, " These will go into everlasting life." But here comes up another class, and Jesus says, " I was hungry and you gave me no meat; thirsty and you gave me no drink; a stranger and you took me not in; sick and in orison and you visited me not." And they will say, " When saw we thee sick, or ' hi prison, or hungry, or naked; and did not minister unto thee?" And Jesus will answer them, " Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me, and these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal." For the sake of your souls, dear ones, I beseech you to look at this lesson: because this alone will for-ever seal your doom if you do not heed it. I feel that these are some things that God's people must wake up on, or some will surely hear the awful sentence, " Depart froni me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire." Such as feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked, and visiting the sick. God help you, brethren, you need not tell me that you have the love of God in your heart when you have plenty of everything around you, and your brethren in need of something to eat and wear, and you do not supply their need, I do not believe it. Read Isa. 58: 6,7. " Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the op-pressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not' thyself from thine own . fl esh ?" Listen, brethren, what will follow then? " Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go be-fore thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry and he shall say, Here I am." This will explain why some do not get along better in their experience. Remember, dear ones, that awful day is coming when Jesus will come in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel. When he comes this way, he says they will calf for the rocks and mountains to fall on them and hide them from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. " For the great day of hiz wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?" Our text tells us just who will be able to stand; namely, " Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, be-cause as he is, so are we in this world." We see here that it will take the perfect love of God to en-able us to stand in that day. Dear ones, I am fully convinced that nothing but a soul that is as pure as Jesus Christ will be able to stand that awful crisis. This is going to be far more awful than many think it is. Therefore cry aloud! Awake, 0 souls! For this awful crisis will soon be upon you, and there will be no time to prepare for it then. And without you stand clean and pure from every spot, you will melt be-neath his awful presence and will be driven back to hell as a refuge from his awful glory. The supreme purity and glory of Christ will make every thing wither and melt and flee away from his awful presence, that does not bear the stamp and image of his own glorious character. For this reason we are to be made perfect in love and partakers of the divine na-ture so we can stand his awful pees-ence. Sometimes people get into a-camp meeting or some other meet= ing where the word- of God is going forth with great power, and ' the. 4vit.-;, ful presence Hof - God is felt a buke upon every sinful; t • - they begin to want to get away be-cause they feel so uncomfortable. Dear ones, if God's presence makes it uncomfortable here, what do you think it will be when you stand before him in judgment? Our text at the head of this article is very comprehensive in its scope. It will first take in our love to God, and this underlies all the rest. And. where this is perfect, all the rest will be perfect. But where it is lacking all the rest will be lacking. We say the love of God underlies all else. Jesus says, " He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings."— Jno. 14: 24. The very basis upon which it be-comes possible to love our neighbor as ourselves is to love God with all our heart. If there is a failure on any point, it is because there is a failure here. Experience teaches us all along the line of life that the more we love a person the more we delight to please him. So it is with reference to our God; the more we love him the more we delight to obey him. And perfect love to him will insure perfect obedience to his word. " For , this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments." — 1 Jno. 5: 3. And again, ' He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me."— Jno. 14: 21. Again, " Jesus answered and said unto him; If a man love me, he will keep my words."— Jno. 14: 23 That means, if we love him, we will do what he tells us to do. So settle it in your heart if you find it hard to obey God in anything, it is because you do not love him as you should. Therefore the first and great com-mandment is, " Hear 0 Israel: the Lord ' our God is one Lord.: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind." " And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thy heart." Here is the secret of the thing. These words are to be in our hearts. That is, we are to have the real ex-perience of these words in our hearts, and not the mere theory of it in our heads. This must be just as real in us as it is in Jesus. Ashe says in Jno. 17: 26, " And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them." Here we see that he means that the lame love with which the Father loved him, is to be in us. Dear ones, let us lay the truth. to heart here, and see if the love with which the Father loved the Son, is in us as a real experience. There are many in the world to- day just like Jesus said in his day: " This people draw near me with their mouth and honor me with their lips but their heart is far from me."— Matt. 15: 8. This means they will talk a great deal about him and tes-tify, as they think, in honor of him, yea, as the prophet says, " With their mouth they shew much love. [ Ezek. 33: 21,],- And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and - they sit be-lore- thee as my people, and they lieariOlvords, but they will not do , thera:',; q4 I beseech rap, clear souls, tO stir: yoiirself up and - look at this matter In Matt 23: 37- 4o Jesus said unto him, .!. T: hou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy- mind. This is the trst . and great commandment. Ana the- second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." N- ow, xliar ' ones, let us look deep into OUT marts and see if the real expe-rience. of this is as deegin_ our hearts a theory of it iSin. our heads,. I y.... convinced that _ there is more in this than many of us have got into yet. God waked me up on this line some time ago, and made me realize that I had to go deep on this point. But I feel there is away to get at this point so we can see whether we are where we ought to be. Here is a good test, in Matt. to: 37- 39. " He that loveth son or daughter more . than me is not worthy of me; he that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me." Here is a lesson on which God waked me up. I have two little boys and I love them much; and as they would play around me I was very conscious of the strong love that bound them to me; and then the question would come, " Are you as conscious of the love you have for God as you are of the loovvee you feel for that child?" Some of you may say, " I am sure I do not love my child or father or mother more than I love God" but let us look at it and see. Here is where God stirred my soul in me. I would sometimes pick. my little fel-lows up or Watch them as they would play around me, and it would seem that my heart was so knit to them that they seemed to be a part of my-self; and I was vividly conscious of the strong love that existed in my heart for them. Then the question would come to me, " Are you as viv-idly conscious of the love that binds you to God as you are of the love you have for that child?" No doubt, you have felt the strong emotions of love for a son or daughter, or a father or mother, or a brother or a sister, and you were very conscious of the love you felt for them. Now then, think of the strong affection you " feel for them, and ask yourself the question, Am I as conscious of the love I have to God as I am of the love I have for them? And re-member the Word says, " He that loveth .. these more than me is not worthy of me." I really believe there is something in this that a great many do not consider. GEO. P. KEELING. Three Things Needful. HERE are three things given in the economy of grace, that every child of God should seek, obtain, and utilize to the highest advantage, everywhere and at all times. They are knowledge, wisdom, and prudence. Knowledge without wisdom profiteth - not, neither can wisdom manifestly display her glories without prudence. Upon these three treasures rest the- security and prosperity of all the elict: Aherefore diligence backed by moral courage, with the heavenly tools of faith, trust, and patience, should by truth's Liver dig away every object that hides these precious riches. Knowledge is the first to be sought. And the word of God, is the great mine where is buried deep, not the knowledge to which the world aspires, but an everlasting gem that brings to us the comprehension of facts relative to salvation and life eternal. 2 Tim. 3: 15. To have knowledge is to comprehend facts. And the intelligencezained from the Word by careful search, is facts con-cerning man, his origin, present duty, and future destiny. With this knowledge only, man would be a miserable existence. He could see his present wretched state, know his hopeless future, without the power to act, either in doing something for his promotion or undoing the chains of_ slavish de, pend. enat by which he has been bound. The allwise Creator, knowl, ing this, sent wisdom to assist man. Wisdom is the right application of knowledge, or " the use of the best means for attaining the best ends." It is the principal thing. Prov. 47- Therefore search for her as you would for hid treasures. Prov. 3: 4• Knowledge with wisdom to prop-erly apply it, is not sufficient yet to save man; because ' wisdom dwells with prudence.'— Prov. 8: 12. Pru-dence looks ahead, foresees the evil ( Prov. 21: 3), and secures herself from it until wisdom comes to her assistance, by applying knowledge, the best means to the best and wisest end. That brings victory, en-abling the soul to face every foe and surmount every difficulty without fear of being overcome by some wrong element or influence. By knowledge then we acquire a comprehension of facts, wisdom uses this knowledge to the best advan-tage, while prudence prepares the soul to escape the deceptions of the devil, by hiding away in God in trustfulness, keeping it from any rash or premature conclusion, until wisdom settles the question by the use of knowledge. Let us all expand more in the love of God until we possess more of these indispensible graces. When we get them as God intends, as long as they are in use, backsliding is an impossibility. W. A. HAYNES. Testimonies.,.. PRINCE, MISS. DEAR READERS OF THE TRUMPET: May the God of all mercy and holy love ever bless and keep you contin ually sheltered under the wings of care and protection. I do praise the Lord forever for salvation that keeps me continually hungering and thirsting after righteousness more and more. I know he heals my afflictions, and when trouble and grief press my soul I fall on my knees and plead for help, he comforts me. Glory to his name! I write to " ask some of God's ministers in the North to come South. I have just read Brother E. E. Byrum and Wm. G. Schell's testimony, saying after spending a few days in Ohi9 they expected to come South. I do: pray God to send them to MissisSippi. Oh may the Lord direct them- to Prince, Miss. just as soon as He wills, and I think that will be some'time between now and the first of January, Your sister in the love and fear'ef God, E. J. - EBEIC TO THE PROFESSOR. 0 ye souls who are professors, Are you walking in the light? Has the blood of your Redeemer Cleansed and made you fully white? Cso.— Woe to them that are at ease in Zion! Arise and Christ will give you light! Buckle on the holy armor, And be ready for the fight. Is the peace of God within you, Which gives you a perfect rest? Or does guilt and condemnation Fill and reign within your breast? In the service of the Master, There's a high and holy way; And all those may walk within it, Who are willing the price to pay. See! the remnant are returning To the high and holy way, With their songs of joy and praises, As they walk the narrow way. Mrs. James Pool. • • 4 Prepare to Meet God. as a man be s in the Lord Jesus Christ, he is n outcast, and his own people cut off all communication with hire. I know a brother whose father did not speak with him for nineteen years although they saw each other. Oh what a wonderful Savior is our Jesus! He is and can be everything to us! Receiving him, we can forget eve ry one ard every thing else. Praise the Lord! Yeurs lovingly in Christ, A. D. KIIAN. THE GOSP TRIT PET. An assembly meeting vid. 1 be held at Crowland, Ont. commencing Jan. 2, 1897. J. A. Dillon and Co. The church of the living God will hold an all- day meeting in Encampment Hail at Tichoute. Pa., on Dec. 13th, commencing at ten o'clock A. rd. The ordinances of God's house will be observed in the eve-ning, Lord willing. Let there be a g e ne r al turnout ot the saints and truth-seLkers. Come and have a glorious feast with the Lord. L. A. Wallace. Assembly meetings will be held as follows: Hutton Valley, Mo. Dec. 9- 14. Myrtle, Mo. Dec. 16- 21. All the saints, and especially the Lord's holy ministry in reach of any or all these meetings are requested and invited to attend. Yours. wholly the Lord's, A. B Stanberry, Vi, let Hill, Ark. There will be an assembly meeting at the meeting- house ten miles north of Brownstown, Ill., to commence Dec. 25, and last as long as God wills. We expect some more ot God's ministers to meet us there. Those ceming on the train, can write to me at Funkhouser, Effingham Co., 111.. or Samuel Wrice, Brownstown, 111., and one of us will meet you at the zr. ein. Pray for this meeting. Your brother in Christ, R. L. Parsons. There will be a general assembly of the saints of God of Texas, to te held at Ft. Worth. Will commence Dec. 24. The brethren extend a general invitation to all the people of God. far and near, to attend. Come prepared to take care oi yourself as far as possible. ' 1 he workers will be cared for. Brothers Byrum z. nd Schell are invited to come, and others that are led to come. For further infor-mation write J. W. Pine, Ft. Worth, Tex ASSEMBLY MEETING. HARTSELLS, ALA, The Lord willing, there will be an as-sembly meeting at Zion, about four miies east cm. Hartsells, Ala., beginning Dec. 12, and continue- a week or more. Bros. E. E. Byrum and W. G. Schell expect to be there, also Bro. Otto Bolds. Let as many of the satnts- as possible attend. - Every lover of the truth . invited. For farther • information address. Bro. D. - a Fidler, or J. Shaneyfelt. befere meetii g began. I do not men may strive with each other in mean you should not feel at liberty a pu h iliAic way, and beat each other, to talk to each other. Only let your and if it does not result in the death conversation be as becometh the either they have not sinned, be-gospel of Christ. cause they have not broken either There is something more. Often- 10f the ten commandments. A man times in visiting the children of God may look on a woman to lust after here will be manifest a real talking! and he is guiltless, because this .............---- 1 '. pLiorridt odre ssipreirsi tt hoaf te wntee r" tbaein cinogu. r teous ! As nmota fne rmbiad dhe bn in tih he id ehc aloguhe. ., 4, R P - I have a favor to ask in behalf of my husband. He has faith that God can heal him, and wished me to ask the saints to pray for the healing of his body of Bright's disease. The name is Mr. Henry Baker. Pray Dec. 13. To THE SAINTS: Hear a mother's pray-ers in behalf of her boy dying with con-sumption. Very bad case. Pray that he may be healed, he is the last one. I need him; he is the widow's onl y son. Do pray for him. Harriet E. Huff, Osseo, Mich. 4): Calls for Mce, u, ngs..* HOPE, ARK. DEAR SAINTS: We have been earn stly praying for some of God's true children. that are able to teach the whole counsel of God, to come to this place. Have also made two requests through the Trumpet but as yet no one has come Dear ones, take it to the Lord in ea, nest prayer, and see if the Lord would have you come to this Icing neglected place Come if pos-sible betore Christmas. We would like for some one to come at once. I have no money to pay for expenses. We are poor, and the people are all bound down with, sectish yokes, without salvation. We do t pray God to send v. hom he will right away, for the rescuing of per, shing souls, to work for God here and about Sardis, We will help all we can in the cause. and you are welcome to our home, four miles south of Hope. Yours in the love of Jesus, E. Hunt. ,... e. ....." 4"._ C:: Me et' il ff. S. EFINITE, RADIO A T and ANTI- SECTARIAN, seat orth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publi-cation of full Salvation, and Divine Heftling of the Body the Unity of all true Christian,: in"- the faithonce delivered to the sauna." OrSubecription, a1.00 ayear in advanoe. Free to the Poor. OF- Send money by Post Claw Money Order, Express Or-der, Registered Letter or small amounts in stamps.. Fer- Subscribers wishing their address changed. must be sure to give their former, as well as their new address. If you do not receive your paper when due, write us a card, and we will gladly irmil you another copy. iv- Should there be a mistake at any time, write us a once and we will gladly rectify the same. WA commission of 20 per cent will be given on each new cash subscriber, to all who will act as agent. Fir Parties desiring pars to canvass with, should notify us regularly of their addrm. EN- When you write, be sure W give your address: name post- office, county, and state. Want ild business communications, moneys itc. must be ad to GosPrx, TFOCGITZT, to Insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsiblee. B. E. BYRUM. Pimmitataits, R. E. Brstrm, and N. H. Byrum, Grand Junction, Mich. GOSPEL TRUMPET. Renfroe, Lrake Co., Miss., beginning Dec.! A Letter From Tibri. [ or woman either] shall speak he commandments. shall give account thereof in the day 0 shame! on the propagators of a of judgment." Better let • your doctrine that makes a man innocent worldly friends feel the influence of when he has done that the New God's Spirit while you sit in silence, Testament pronounces murder and than to put forth so much effort to adultery. See 1 Jno. 3: 15; Matt. be thought agreeable that you bring 5: 28. leanness to your soul. Mr. Tibri insinuates that no power " Beloved, we are not of the world" on earth could convince him that the and therefore the world may as well ten commandments are abolished. know it. You need not be cold or This is doubtless true, for we have impolite but God will help " you o There will be an assemb'y meeting at: 22. Bros. E. E. Byrum and Wm. G. Schcll are expected to be there, and we want all the preachers who are in reach of this . meeting to be sure to come, for we indeed feel it to be of the Lord. Renfroe is eighteen miles south of Kosciusko, which is on the Illinois Central Branch R. R Those coming from the north will stop at Kosciu- ko and go to Hinze Hotel and re-main there tilt convey - nee comes. Those coming that way wi. I please write Bro. J. L Harris at Renfroe. Miss., stating what day they wish to be met. All who can, please come prepared to take care of them-selves as far as possible. R. H. Owens, Freeny, Miss. y ar or n s eart the to all" but not that we chatter about greatest antipathy against his fellow things of no profit. Jesus tells us, man and he has nut sinned, because that " for every idle word a man he has not broken either of the ten t had te. olished them, even yet in my old age I would give free vent to the feelings of m„). carnal nature, and eat. drink. and be merry. be-cause to- morrow we die. And if the ten cow-mandments are abolished, men cannot sin an more. These words of Tibri show the graceless condition of his heart. He would give free vent to the feelings of his carnal. nature, if he were con-vinced that the decalogue were • abolished. So he still has a lustful, dissipitated nature concealed under a cloak of religion, and is only held within the bounds of decency and respectability by his fears of burning Horeb. Poor soul! if he would but give his heart to the Savior, the atoning blood would purge away his farms, their merchandise, and of sinful nature, and give him grace to high and low prices, and hard times. live holy, from a principle of love to Is it not so? Did you not often God and his fellow man. spend fifteen minutes or half an hour But he cannot obtain salvation in ' n such a manner? Christ so long as he clings to the That was before you knew the law of Moses; for the inspired apos-wonderful love of God in its fullness. tie tells us, that - Christ is become of Well how do you do now? Do you none effect unto you, whosoever of do the same things? Pause a moment you are justified by the law; ye are and look back. How is it any way ? fallen from grace."--- Gal. 5: 4. Then you had to wait for the Like law teachers in general, preacher to begin the meeting, now Tibri says, " If the ten command-you have the blessed privilege of ments are abolished, men cannot sin [ allowing the leadings of God's Spirit; any more;" as though tht re were. no and yet how often do we find the standard of uprightness outside of children of God, when they come to- the ten commandments. Sach Ian-gether, back in the old rut, talking, guage is an outrage on the New and talking, and waiting for the Testament, and an exhibition of the preacher to say, Let us sing, or, Let grossest ignorance; for the New us pray! Have you not seen it so, Testament sets forth many heinous and has nut your soul felt lean and crimes that are nut condt. mned in the spiritless after half an hour of such decakgue. Now supposing we ad-tal ? I have known whole meetings mit, for the sake of argument, that to be dull and spiritless si mply Tibt i's doctrine is true, that there is because those who came tcgether no sinning but by disobeying one of to worship did too much visiting the ten command OR some time the subject of talking has been in my mind, and I believe God will be pleased to have me write a few lines on this subject. Now dear ones, those of you who came out of sects will re-. member when you went to your sect meeting, if you were a little early, or the preacher a little late, how you spent the time. Was it not in visit-ing with those around you in talk-ing of this one's bonnet or that one's dress, or of the latest bit of scandal. The brethren would talk about their Talking. death. We admit that it was the Jewish Sabbath of which Jesus spoke in the above prediction, but Tibri is quite mistaken when he says Christ estab-lished seventh- day- keeping in the above text. He was talkirg about the safety of the Christians in their flight, and not of the desecration of the seventh day. He commanded them to pray that their flight would not be in the winter, because a flight unto the mountains would be accom-panied with great hardships at that the plain statement of scripture, in the third chapter of second Corin-thians, that that which was written and engraven in stones is abolished and done away. And a man who ill not receive what inspired lan-guage teaches without the aid of comments, we believe to be obsti-nate, and like Ephraim of old joined to his idols. Mr. Tibri further says: Christ did not change the w Sabbath. In his , prediction of the downfall of Jerusalem, b occurred seventy years afterards. he instructed his people to pray that their flight be not in win-ter, ', tither on the Sabbath day. By this he . a established the Sabbath seventy years after his shown him in our former answers - Another surprising thing to me is. that there any who are contending that God's ten mandments are abolished. If there was any er on earth that cou. d convince me that NCE the publication of " Ques-tions and Answers on the Sabbath" hi. the TRUMPET, we re ceived a letter from " Tibri" in which are some things, which with the hopes of enlightening other souls who may be in the same condition we will consider under the light of God's holy wcrd. Says Tibri: ments. Then two SECOND LETTER. CALCUTTA, INDIA, Sept. 23, 96. Iv VERY DEAR BROTHER: I am sure the conversion- story of a Mohammedanboy who has just come out for the Lord, leaving behind all his own people, would be very inter-esting to you, and with this hope I am giving it below. Ore. the thirteenth of September. 96 I received a letter from a mis-sionary friend of mine of Mymeusing, Eat Bengal. asking my prayer on be-half of a Mohammedan boy of about fifteen or sixteen, named Kahn uddin Ahened. By the way, I ought to tell you that this is the place where I first heard the calling of my Lord and was brought into his fold.. There it is tnat my own people are yet hying. Now I was interested in this boy myself, for while at Mymeu-sing, he used to come to my Bible class, and often in my house, when would give him my books and papers to read. My missionary friend also asked me to write a few words of encouragement and advice to him DEAR REAPERS OF THE ET: We have been in the gospel field since our last report. Have been having some prt cious advanct meet prayer- meetings. A revival of spirit-uality, brotherly. love, and points of truth were gained as a result; also, some souls were made free in Jesus. From Crothersville, Ind., we came to this city, several of the brethren accompanying us, where we shared the fruitions of a glorious assembly meeting. The brethren moved southward into other fields of labor, and: we remain here to continue the meeting and scatter holy literature over the city so long as the Lord wills. We contemplate going to Floyds Knobs, Ind., after the Mas-ter is through with us here. We can respend to calls for the gospel, north and east of us or elsewhere. Write us. Your brother and com-panion in the work, B. E. WARREN AND CO. at this time when he was very near T. CLA/ R, TENN., Noy. 27. ftrhieepn rkdeissn. sgeddo hmis, ifnaaisthm tuoc hs oams hee o hf ahdis l- asDt , E waAtrR iwt iThnRigcU hwM pePl aEcre R wEeA DasptE eLRnoStu : a i Aswvt eioleluekr, However, I FROM INDIA. ote to him immedi ately as the Spirit gave me words and he wrote in reply; but it is worth noticing that he had spoken to hi father about the Savior two day previous to this, tthereupen tht y al reproached him and strictly enjoinet upon him not to go to the iniisio house again. But this morning ( 1St Sept.) as he was reading the lette he wrote for me, some of them sus pected and began to treat hinl harshly, upon which he left th house, and after wandefing abou nearly an hour went to the missio house. There also his friends an relatives followed him, but he wa safe. His father sat there continu ally for over three hours, and at las he was ccmpelled to leave by lega authority, because they nearly be seiged the mission house, so to speak Then came the glorious victory,— the boy was baptized in the after noon. But his people were so much excited that it has been though wise to remove him somewhere for a time. So it was decided that he should go to Dacca to stay with the brethren there for a few days This place is aboutseventy- five miles south of Mymeusing; and it takes nearly five hours to reach it by rad way journey. Happily, the graciou Lord sent a Salvation Army officer to help the missionaries on this occa sion, and he volunteered to take our new brother with him to Dacca But on their arrival to the Mymeu-sing railway platform thereaopeared quite unexpectt dly some fifteen men having sticks ( big ones) in their ands. They got hold of our rother and would have taken him ffi y force, but for the undaunted cour-ge and bravery of the S. A. ccer Mr. Watkins. However, the Lord gave them a great victory here again and they reached Dacca all right, and thanked the Lord. Our brother says in his letter from an assembly of the saints A - number of saints from southern In- ' diana were also present, and truly 1 we had a profitable meeting, and • the name of the Lord glorified in the S salvation of a few souls and believers II wbeaiynsg omfo trhe eti : Lmo! ) r d. There weinr eth ae h number of sick and afflict( d healed h through the prayer of faith and the 3la) ing on o f hands. - One aged sister who applied for healing and received aceordieg to C her faith was made every whit whole. She testified that she had h been bound down by diseaae for d eighteen years, but was instantly S made well, when the spirit of infirm- - ity was rebuked. t Others were delivered from the I curse and binding powers and in- ' iluence of spiritual: sm, from which ' they had suffered the buffetings of Satan for many years. We never felt more like crying out against the soul• destroying doctrines of spirit- t ualism and satanic powers on various lines of deception. We found here a number of precious children of God who were ▪ earnestly contending for the faith once delivered to the saints, although an antichrist spiiit was at work a- - gainst them and had tried to work S division in their midst, and draw disciples away from the truth. As the - word of God was set forth, all could discern the line between truth and • error, and the antichrist spirit was exposed and re. buked, It is the business of the enemy to impoiP upon the children of God anything oheftphoes c. a n to hinder the progress work these da: is to sight of God , snares of the needed wisd spirits and ene\ Trey. left evening and mained to con: inue the meeting. Wednesday we arrived at this place and began meeting at night, and we are expecting a precious time in the name of the Lord. We find manY calls for meeting here in the South, and many hungry for the truth 111 Itntered at the Post Office of Grand Junction. Mach- as and class matter- THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 1896. UST OF MONEY LETTERS MIT OTHERWISE CREEIPTED a Swentzell. Lena Cooper. August Samuel-son, H. E. R 1gPrs, H. N. Hicks. N. Lovelads, Mrs. R. E. Corkwell. J L. Mitchell, Amos Lowder, EmilyRarden, J. R Spangle, N. H. Maigan, Kate Huston. T. R. Holleman. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. know how much talking to do. Neither need the brethren, or sisters be entertained by ceaseless talk. It may be they enjoy communing with the Lord. If they do not, let them see by your example that you do. One thing more, and it appears to be a real snare of the enemy. That is foolish talking and jesting. Young people are apt to fall into this habit. They begin by saying little " cute" things to get others to smile at their wit. Bt fore long they joke just a little and think there is no harm in having a little fun. Sometimes, a bit of slang seems to them to be very necessary to finish out some things. Young people are not the only ones who indulge in foolish talking Older people, too, like to be thought smart and witty, and they fall into the snare of the devil. We have talked about talking, now let us see what the scripture saith. Eph. 5: 3, 4. Here is something for the young people. See I Tim. 4: 12. I Peter r: 14, 15, 16. EPh- 4: 29,. 32. Warn- saved sister, G. C. ELLIOTT. [ time of the year. He commanded them to pray that their flight be not on the Sabbat-, because the Jews who would still be keeping the sev-enth day, would have the gates of Jerusalem, and of all the cities of the Holy Land through which they should be obliged to pass on their flight to the mountains, closcd upon that day; which would render it dif-ficult, if riot entirely prevent their flight. Would seventh- day- keepers to- day consider a flight upon the seventh day to save life, a desecra-on of that day? Wm. G. SCHELL. Dacca that ' indeed the Lord has been with them." Is not this some-thing like believing with Abraham, dear brother? I mean following the Lord, not knowing whither he lead-eth, leaving his parents and all his own people behind. This can be saidto e a common thing for each every direction. eFruly them is native convert in India, that as soon need of workers who can co It is very necessary in live very humble in the in order to detect the enemy and have the ore to withstand false the oppression of the that place on Tuesday Bro. B. E. Warren re- TEHACII4Pti'CO DEAR BRoT. HER_ s A. NP. STitat WINSLOW, ARK. DEAR SAINTS OF THE LIVING GOD I feel led to write my testimony to you, also to ask prayers while we stay in this wicked place. We pro-pose to stop here a while, trusting that Father keep us the short time we wish to stay here. As we have four children we can't be out very much in the winter. This place was alive for God, but it seems that the devil has almost gotten the victory. But pray much that God may keep his chosen few. We expect to pro-ceed in the work as soon as Father Opens the way. Dear ones, if you know that God wants you to come here to preach the gospel, oh do not neglect your duty. Your sister saved and sanctified, J. A. COURTNEY. ATTICA, ARK. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I believe it to be to the glory of God to tell what the Lord has done for me. He keeps me saved every day and I just praise God for salvation that saves to the uttermost. I had a goiter on my neck that had been there for thirty years, and it got so bad Leonid hardly talk or swallow. A few weeks ago the elders prayed and anointed me according to James 5: 14, 15, and glory to God it has been going away ever since. I want you all to pray when you read this that it may go away entirely. The Lord has also freed me from the use of coffee and tobacco. To him be all the glory. Your saved sister, ARENA ROSE. EUGENE, IND. DEAR TRUMPET READERS: May the dear Lord bless you all in every good work. My soul does magnify the Lord. He has done so many great things for me. He saved my soul five years ago and healed me of an affliction in my feet and ankles that I had doctored about three years with no relief. That was one year before I heard the evening light preached. Since I accepted the whole truth, I have been healed of a bad spell of fever. Praise our Godl he is able to heal both soul and body. Pray for me that I may indeed be an example, that any one may safely follow me as I follow Christ. Your sister in the one body, saved by the precious blood of Christ, TILLIE CRAFT. FINDLAY, 01110.. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD EVERYWHERE: I greet you in the name of Jesus. My testimony is that I am saved and settled and satisfied with Jesus, and. am free from all sectism and stand alone on the Word. My soul says, Praise the Lord! I do the trusting and Father doe's the keeping. Wife got saved at our meeting at Findlay. Praise God! There are ten of us here, but some are not willing to give up all for Christ as yet. Breth-ren and sisters, hold them up before God in earnest prayer that they may see their real condition. I have taken Christ for my physician. He has wonderfully healed My body, for which I give him the glory. Wife was wonderfully healed. What a great God we have! He supplies all our needs. M. R. AND E. J. LONGBRAKE. ATTICA, ARK. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I believe it to be to the glory of God to write a few lines and tell what the Lord has done for us. A few weeks ago our little girl, three years old, was bittefr by a snake or a tarantula, on foot, aanndd in three or four hours _ Was. almost into fits, and her foot_ ad turned black and her leg was fiwol.- len to her body. But glory , to God, when we sent for the elders „ And they prayed for her and anointed-. her according to James 5: 14,15, , nile went to sleep and rested welleall' night, and the next morning: was all right. To God be all the glory Pray for us that we may -- hoe_ ' a deeper sinking down in- GI: 4s_ itwei Your saved sister, Araczt kOst. MOORLAND, MICH., Nov. 25. To THE SAINTS OF GOD, GREETING: As it has been a long time since I have testified through the TRUMPET, I feel that the Lord would be pleased to have me write and tell what the dear Lord has done for me. For twenty- two years I was trou-bled with bronchitis. At camp meeting, June 17, the Lord wonder-fully healed me, for which I give him all the glory. From camp meet-ing we went in company with Bro. Speck till near the assembly in, et-ing. While at the Clark Co., Ohio meeting during the wet weather, the devil afflicted me with rheumatism, which was the greatest trial of faith I ever had. Vk as anointed repeat-edly and would receive a benefit for a while, then it would come back as bad as ever. We kept inquiring of God why I could not get a perma-nent cure. The Lord showed us that I was not patient enough, hut was too anxious to get well. When we could say, Lord, not my lk ill, but thine be done,, the Lord gave us the victory, and we are praising God for. victory over the devil. After the assembly, the Lord led us here to Moorland, sixteen miles rom Muskegon, and we began meeting in the name of the Lord; and held three weeks and two days. t is a Free Methodist neighborhood, and we had quite a fight with the ect spirit. They said when we be-gan, thafthey would walk in all the ight the Lord let shine on their athway, and would stand by us as ong as we sta. yed in the Word. But here were truths little Word they Id not know were there, and when - I: began to come, they stepped out nd would not keep their promise. There w, re three consecrations, two or pardon, one for: sanctification, nd other dean § oigs, convicted. Quite_ a.. curnber Vitro v, onvince4 of life. Now I feel to praise God for what he has done; he saves me and heals me. I promised God if he would heal my body I would give him all the glory, and now he shall have it. I was healed of an invisible affliction, at the camp meeting which was held this summer near New Carlisle, O. Remember, dear readers, it was not the preachers that did the healing, as some poor blind people think and sometimes say when some one is not healed. They will say, " See there! Why did they not heal this one or that one?" Just think, in this day and age where the people seem to be so well learned, and still they are so blind in the Bible that they can-not see that we cannot be healed ex-cept we have the faith in God, and he is the only one that can heal both soul and body. The Word says the prayers of a righteous man availeth much. I have found it so, I am still saved and healed and kept by the mighty power of God. But my little blind boy has not been healed, although he said he could see a little better. We took him to the Emlenton camp meeting and bad him anointed with oil, according to James 5: 14,15. There he said he still received more sight. We let him go back to the blind school at Philadelphia. again in September, and there is where he is at the pres-ent time. We received a letter from him a short time ago. He says in his letter, " I can see better than I could when I left home." Oh how I feel like praising God for - his healing power! We have a precious promise left here in God's word, where it says, " Whatsoever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive what ye ask, and . it shall be given to you." If it is not given at that moment; keep on importuning and believing without a doubt; for he that doubteth in his heart is not likely to receive anything from , the Lord. Praise God, his grace is able - to bring me through all things. Dear saints, pray for me that- God may usenne to his own glory. Your saved sister, MRS. MARY WEIN GARD. settle down in communities until the work is thoroughly established. We expect to go to Tullahoina, Tenn. in a few days. Pray much for us, E. E. BYRUM AND WM. G. SCHELL. REPORT FROM MEXICO DEAR SAINTS: We praise the Lord that in his loving and tender mercies he has brought us to this field of labor here in Mexico. In this town of more than two thousand inhabitants there is not the sound of the preaching of the gospel in a language understood by the people. Lately three Catholic priests have come from Rome. They speak the Italian language and I suppose say mass in Latin. One of them is to remain here. Outside of this there is no religious service. We arrived here a little over a week ago. As yet we have no- place of service. Our souls are crying to God to open up our way for a place to hold meetings. There is much prejudice against us, as nearly all are Catholics. Rooms large enough for meetings are very scarce and rent .14 quite high. Everything that can be had for that purpose is rented for a saloon. There is a small building, centrally located, which is in charge of the American consul, the owner of which does not care to rent it fora saloon. The rent is fifteen dollars, Mexican money, per month. In American money it would be eight dollars per month. We also need some benches and lamps. The Lord has graciously opened a way for us to earn our necessary food by working with our hands at making baskets, which we shall con-tinue to do unless we see it is more to God's glory to devote all our time to the ministry of the Word. Lately we have been reading Paul's letters to the churches about giving, and at the time did not fully realize what the Lord had in it for us. We thought perhaps he was stirring us up more on the line of giving, but for the past few days we have been more and more convinced it would be to the glory of God and the advance of the work to give others an opportunity to help carry on the work. We are giving our all in the work and are willing to go through on the self- supporting plan, if nec-essary, but if the Lord sees fit to lay it on the hearts of others tb help the work along with their means, we are willing to share the Lord's blessings with them. It will relieve us of these burdens and help us to advance more in the ministry of the Word. We feel led to devote our time especially to the Spanish, as we speak and preach in the Spanish language. We mention this as some who are not acquainted with us might not understand the nature of our work. We are trusting in him who makes a way where there is no way; who opens up a highway in a desert. But we feel that some of the dear ones would regard it a privilege to help pay the rent of- a mission down here in Mexico, where the pure, clean gospel of the Lord Jesus would be preached every day. We will report to each one send-ing us money the amount received from all, so that they may know how the needs are met. In sending money get a draft on a San Francisco, Cal. bank and send to us, or send to Trumpet Office to be forwarded to us. Yours all for J, sus, B. F. A. 1\ 13 G C. Enniorr. Ensenada, • Lower California, Mexico. Testimonies, : HUTTON VA! LEY, MO. DEAR SAINTS: I praise God to- day for salvation that saves and keeps from all sin. He has heal- d me. I have been afflicted for twelve years. Praise his holy name! Pray for me, dear saints, that I may sink deeper in the love of Jesus, and that I may know his whole will. Your sister, ever abiding in the love of Jesus, MRS. INDIA- N LIVINGSTONE. can testify to tliesaving grace of God : and his keeping power. Thank him for the great plan of salvation that keeps us each day. Blessed be God! With Paul, I can say that I die daily to the things of this world and that I do glory in tribulation. Amid all of my trials I find myself growing stronger, and more determined to work for the advancement of God's cause, as it seems to please God for one to sow and another to reap. As we are separated most of the time from any of the saints, I find that all we can do is to scatter the seed. I was saved six years ago away down in Mc Doneal Co., Mo., in one of the Rev. Mrs. C. A. Sunderland's meet-ings. Since that time I have had peace with God. During my stay in Los Angeles this summer, I met with a dear sister who was taking the TRUMPET, and I got to read it, and it seemed so reviving to my soul that I had to subscribe at once for it. I feel led by the Spirit to call upon each of you that read this to pray for the healing of my eyes. I feel that God wants to heal them, and I am ready to meet his conditions. So do not forget me. My eyes are not sore but so dim I can scarcely see. Pray for me that I may always prove true to the one body. I remain your sister, BERTA Row. DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I take pleasure in writing my. testimony. " Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy , moun-tain."— Joel 2: 1. Praise the Lord! I was saved by the power of God through faith, at the Open Door Mission, Chicago. Having served the devil faithfully for a number of years, I got weary and heavy laden, and with sorrow in my heart, I sought repentance at the feet of Jesus. Hallelujah! I was marine engineer on the lakes for several years, and like the majority of seamen, had become addicted to the frequent use of liquor and tobacco, and become so in bondage thatit was a part of my existence, and I thought I could not live without it. But thanks be to God, what a change took place! When he came into my heart he took the very desire away. I became the temple of God. " Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you " If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy."— I COr. 3: 16, 17. I have been in the work most of the time since I got saved, and they are the most happy moments of my life when I see souls saved. We are just through with meetings in Bourbon, Crawford Co., Mo. Five saved and one followed the Lord in baptism; twelve took Part in the or-dinance of feet- washing, and partook of the Lord's supper. This is not many considering the number that heard the gospel. But since little things are always claiming our atten-tion we must do them, as they come from a great motive, for the glory oi God, to win his smile of approval and to do good to men, and be con: tented to be a fountain in the midst of a - wild valley of stones, nourishing a few . lichens and wild flowers, or now and then a few thirsty sheep, and to do this always, and not for the praise of man, but for the sake of God. Youtfully saved brother and sister, -:-" THOMAS AND RISSA. LEONARD. TIONESTA, PA. f DEA* _ TRUMPET READERS: I am still praising God for salvation. I Stgaii_* ould be to the glory of God I to: tell: what he has done for me and my family. First, he has led Some s pf, hisaMessengers to this part of the ..,, u. try„ where the ' whole wo d of I God had not been held up to the p people. Then he gave me a - tkilling I minct.* Q go, and hear the preaching t ' 4 found out right away that it, d was the only pure gospel that had4 i = ever been preached around here. It a did not take me long to see that eg,.. cept- I- woUld come at the foot of tbp f cross and have Jesus cleanse tur ° shill sin I could not have eternia the truth, and as this was a., setd-sowing time, we hope in the near efuretudr feo ra trhiceh L horadr. vest may be..". lath- May the Lord keep tbpse.. who have taken the narrow way, true to the Lord. We expect to Filhour in a meeting at Hart, - then go wherever the Lord leads.. Your brother and sister in the gospel fight, saved and sanctified, LEROY AND DELLA SHELbON. - A Obituary. TIFF CITY, Mo. CRUZ kN.— Father J. W. Cruzan departed this life Nov. 11, 1896, aged eighty years and nine months. His death was caused by a fall. He lived in the service of the Lord over fifty years and left a bi igh t testimony of being prepared to go. On Sunday night before he died on Wednesday tie rejoiced in the meeting we had at my- house and helped sing one song, and testified of his future hope. He bore his sickness with all patience. He was a kind father and a good neighbor and left many friends to mourn their loss. But their loss is his eternal gain. Praise the Lord! Funeral service by the church at this place. M. T. CRUZAN. WALL ROLL. Thisthing is some that should be in every family. It is made of large white sheets of paper upon which is printed in bold heavy- inced type, a number of appropriate scriptural texts for every day in the month. In the center of each leaf is a large picture representing the scene described in the textS7 The printing is large enough to be read from any part of the room. The paper is strong and of a good quality. Twenty- six leaves are used which all are made fast to a nice crossbar so as to hang on the wall like a map. The leaves can be changed every day.. By tlrii means a number of beautiful texts and precious promises are before the eyes_ oi the entire family to become permanently fixed in their minds. This is said to be one of the most beautiful rolls made. Price, $ 1.00. Postage, 15 cts. What is the Soul? By D. S. WARNER. 68 pages. Paper cover, jocts. One hundred scriptures are given prov-ing that man possesses a spiritual and eternal element called the soul, the Spirit, and the ' inner man, which goes ' to God who gave it, - at the death of the bod3t. The eternal punishment of the wicked is: Also explained. INNOCENCE. A beautiful and touch-ing poem. By D. S. Warner. Paper cover, price, 5 cts. It contains cheering words of hope and comfort to souls lost in - a.$. d also for Christians on trxeir way:. - it must be seen to be appreciat- e d - Rays itttliope. A beautittirltIe booklet, ribbon tied, containing ele* ant floral : 4cotations and two of -. D: .4efsyfi.* o- rite poems, with ' atiptivillie scriptures, Price, 15 cts. The Sea is ' tills. Another booklet of handsome design, ribbon tied, contain- , soietrions of poetry, scriptural- pas- Akkeinliia s beautiful landsbape and floral desitiwpia moss, etc. Price, is eta.. : SMCIAL. ' TERMS TO AGENTS.. AGENTS WANTED.— GosPa-- rwviOpT, PUB. < 1)'.. Grand 4anction9 was in the Spirit on the Lord's day?' — Rev. 1: 1o. John nowhere tells us what day of the week he here designates by the appellation " Lord's day" but it is very evident that he refers to the day recognized by the Bible as the Sabbath in the new dispensation. The first day of the week is always called the Sabbath in the Greek and Latin Testaments, also in Luther's German version, and in many of the English versions. And as the seventh- day Sabbath of the old dispensation is declared to be blotted out, in COI. 2: 14- 17, it is evident that John was in the Spirit on the first day of the week. Another evidence that our position is correct, is the fact that Jesus is call-ed Lord in the New Testament, and he is the maker of the New Testa-mmeenntt.. The first day of the week is set forth as the Sabbath in the New Test-ament, hence the first day of the week was made the Sabbath by Jesus the Lord and is the Lord's day. ilivillo 1A Know Your Priolleges. same disease and was very low and life was almost despaired of, but the Lord has healed her and she is rapidly recovering. Mother Hazlett was also taken sick with the same disease and overmuch watching, but the Lord did not allow her to go down, and she is now going about her duties about the house. Our little child also was attacked severely with erysipelas but by anointing and prayer, she was permanently healed. The Lord has permitted us to be severely tested in the line of faith, but we are " more than conquerors through him that loved us." May God bless the dear ones who have en-couraged and assisted us inour trials. Yours, contending for the faith, A. T. RowE. " There are in all fifteen epistles which bear the name of Ignatius. These are the following: ONE TO THE VIRGIN MARY, TWO TO THE APOSTLE JOHN, ONE TO MARY OF CASSOBELAE, ONE TO THE TARSIANS, ONE TO HERO, A DEACON TO ANTIOCH, ONE TO THE PHILIPPIANS, one to the Magnes-ians, one to the Trallians, one to the Romans, one to the Philadelphians, one to the Smyrnsesns, and one t The Lord's Day, carp were fellow- disciples under St. EDGEWOOD, IOWA, John, is a tradition by no means in- DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel like consistent with anything in the praising God, for I am so glad that epistles of either."— Same preface. I saw the evening light. I am truly ! The latest of Ignatius' epistles glad to get the TRUMPET and read could possibly have been written no the testimonies. It does my soul later than eleven years after John good, when I have such peace in my I wrote the book of Revelation. soul. Praise God that I am permitted The testimony of writings of this to write. I am praying God to send date, by a true saint and fellow- laborer some of the dear saints this way. of the very inspired author of the text There are some souls here I would under consideration, ought to be re- like to see saved. And now as I ceived. write my eyes fill with tears of grati- ■ sit him onlyshalt thou serve. Matt. 4: to. Dear saints, is it not partaking of their evil deeds? Now dear brethren, I do not wish to try to lead any one, but only write this to the glory of God, as it seems to me to be the appearance of evil. Well, praise the Lord for salvation that makes us all one. Pray for me that Father may use me to his own glory in everything. From your brother in the one body, SYLLOGISMS. The first day of the week is the Sabbath of the New Testament. Jesus made the New Testament; hence, Jesus made the first day of the week the Sabbath. The day which Jesus made the Sabbath is the Lord's day; hence, the first day of the week is the Lord's day. Seventh- day- keepers arguing this subject fly to Mark where Jesus says, " The Sun of manic Lord also of the Sabbath;" then we hear them re-cite syllogisms as follows: The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. The seventh day is the Sabbath; hence, the Son of man is Lord of the seventh day. The day of which he is Lord is the Lord's day; hence,. the seventh day is the Lord's day. These syllogisms are logical and would have formed a bulwark of argument in the old dispensation. But as Jesus Christ is the originator of a new dispensation and a new Sabbath, their syllogisms need revision as follows: The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. The seventh day was the Sabbath of. the Old Testament; hence, the Son of man was Lord of the seventh day in the Old Testa-ment. The day of which he was Lord was the Lord's day; hence, the seventh day was the Lord's day in the old dispensation. The first day is theSabbath of the New Testament; hence, the Son of man is Lord of the first day in the New Testament. The day of which he is Lord is the Lord's day; hence, the first day is the Lord's day in the new dispensa-tion. If we are to accept the testimony of a minister of the gospel whose life was contemporary with the life of the apostle John, and who is said to have been a convert and co-laborer of him; we have plain state-ments that the first day of the week is the day which the apostolic church called the Lord's day. The life of Ignatius, in the preface to his epistles in the American re-print of the Edinburgh edition of " The Ante- Nicene Fathers" is dated A. D. 3o— tos. " That he and Poly- E desire to testify through the TRUMPET to the goodness of God and his healing power. In July my wife became afflicted with a very serious affliction following childbirth, and for a time she was very low and we saw something had to be done soon. So we took her case to God in prayer, and after anointing with oil and offering the prayer of faith, she immediatly arose, dressed her self, and was well from that hour, insomuch that she began taking care of the child and has not had the Ieastsymptoms or attack since, of the same disease, for which we give God - glory. Since that time; immediately after the Emlenton C. M. the hand of affliction was laid upon us by way of typhoid fever. First, Sister Zalda Hazlett ( my wife's sister) was taken down with it, and despite our prayers and faith she kept getting worse and worse. She had no appetite and lost strength rapidly, until she was unable to help herself; and finally hemorrhage of the bowels set in and continued almost two days, she hav-ing in all at least fifteen hemorrhages. We could not see for a time why she was not healed at once, but the Lord was going to get glory out of it in his own way. During all this time all surround-ing circumstances indicated that it was impossible for her to get well. Yet God witnessed clearly to our souls that she would be healed; and although she was delirious she never gave up the struggle, but kept pray-ing fervently to God and rebuking the power of the enemy. Some sectarians came in and said it was a shame to h t her die without a physician, As the hemorrhage- con-tinued we were strongly impressed to telegraph to the Trumpet Office for prayers, which we did. We then came home and after prayer we anointed her according to Jas. 5: 14, 15, and from that hour the amount of hemorrhage began to diminish, and near the middle of the afternoon it was completely stopped. The humane agent at the other end of the telephone line got hold of the message and took authority upon himself to compel us to have a doc-tor. He accordingly sent us a mes-sage to that effect, which we, not knowing our privilege ( according to law) supposed we must obey, and we called a physician. He came ( being a sectarian) and prescribed some medical treatment, which was admin-istered as best it could be done, it being difficult owing to her hatred to medicine. Meanwhile we set about to learn what our privileges were in this re-spect and found to our joy that there was no law to compel us to take medicine, and we knew we could not be prevented from praying. We immediately stopped giving her medicine and the doctor was dismissed, after having come nine trips. We want it understood that the hemorrhage was completely healed before the doctor came and he expecting it to return left medi-cine to use in case it should. But the Lord had permanently healed it. Under the doctor's treatment she seemed to get worse instead of better, and as soon as he was dismissed she took nourishment, which she had before refused to do on account of having to take medicine right after nourishment. She began to rapidly amend from that hour. Meanwhile bronchitis had laid hold upon her in a very bad form; and the doctor said, when dismissed, " I thought on Tuesday she would get well; but now I don't know how it will be." And after showing that he lacked pru-dence very much, by his abusive talk to the father of the g rl, he. left. Despite her weak condition she recovered rapidly and is at present able to attend meeting. My - wife was also taken with the Polycarp." " It is now the universal opinion of critics, that the first eight of these professedly Ignatian letters are spurious."— Same preface quote above. We have placed in small capitals in the above list, the epistles that are considered spurious, so the reader can at a glance draw the line between the spurious and genuine epistles of Ignatius. The reader will observe that the epistles to the Magnesians and the Trallians are among the genuine. The following are quotations from these epistles. " And after the ob-servance of the Sabbath, le every friend of Christ keep the Lord's day as a festival, the resurrec-tion- day, the queen and chief of all days ( of the week]. Looking for-ward to this, the prophet declared, ' To the end, for the eighth day,' on which our life both sprang up again, and the victory over death was obtained in Christ."— Magnesians chapter 9. " On the day of the prep-aration, then, at the third hour, he received the sentence from Pilate, the Father permitting that to hap-pen; at the sixth hour He was cruci-fied; at the ninth hour He gave up the ghost; and before sunset he was buried. During the Sabbath he con-tinued under the earth in the tomb which Joseph of Arimathtea had laid him. At the dawning of the Lord's day he arose from the dead, according to what was spaken by himself, " As Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of man also be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.' The day of the prepara-tion then, comprises the passion; the the Sabbath embraces the burial; the Lord's day contains the resurrection. — Trallians chapter 9, We consider the above sufficient proofs to convince teachable men and women that John in the Isle of Patinas, was in the Spirit on Sunday morning. Testanoni, s. CHESHIRE, MICH. DEAR. SAINTS: I praise the Lord this morning for salvation full and free, for the saving, keeping and healing power. No tongue can ex-press the wonderful dealings of God with his children. I ask all the saints to pray earnestly for me and mine. JESSIE SINKLER. tude to God, who has done so much for me. Yours in Christ, MARTHA KIDNER, DAWSON, PA. DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I feel led to write my testimony. This morning finds me saved and trusting in Jesus for all things. I never can tell of all the goodness of the Lord to me. I was wonderfully afflicted with nerve trouble and inward weak-ness. I sent a request to the Trum-pet family, as we were weak in the faith, and, there were no elders in the community. Praise God! he healed me. This is a very dark place, with many opposers of the truth. Pray for me, that I may let my light shine. Truly God is good to us and keeps us each moment and day of our life. Praise God forever! Amen. Your sister in Christ, MRS. MINNIE L. HONE. RICHMOND, IND. DEAR SAINTS: I feel that it has been a long time since I have written, but God has been wonderfully keep-ing me, and I give him all the praise. I do know that I am his child, and I find him a perfect Savior and a help in every time of need. I do ask the prayers of all of God's children; for I feel the need of your prayers, as I live in a place where they never heard the pure gospel preached by God's holy ministers. Pray that God may open up a way that the truth may be preached in Richmond, and that God may work through me that I may be instrumental in his hands in saving some poor soul Your brother, saved, sanctified and kept by the power of God each day, JOHN J. ELEV. DAWSON, PA. DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I feel led to write my testimony this morning. I can truly say that the Lord saves me, and by the second work of grace sanctifies me to do his whole will. Praise God! When I started to serve the Lord I started to go through, and by the grace of God I mean to do it. Truly the Lord is advancing my soul. We have taken the Lord as our family physician, and he has proved himself to be true. He has healed my wife of her afflictions, and he has also healed our child of the piles, for which we give him all the praise. The people here are great opposers of divine healing; but we pratice it as well as preach it. One woman said she could not help but believe it since she saw so much of it. Dear ones, pray that I may let my light shine here in this dark place. Yours all on the altar, HARRY L. HONE. H. W. W TE - 1 Advancemcn Duties of Eluers. elder, properly speaking, is a leader of the people of God. It is, therefore, his duty to go before the people in every advance move-ment. It is natural and scriptural for the saints to look to their _ elders to take the lead in every good work. And as a general rule they do not advance in spirituality faster than their elders. The elders are, there-fore, responsible to a great extent, for the spiritual advancement of the churches. Let us, therefore, who have been placed by the Holy Spirit into the eldership, seek to walk so close to God that we will feel the burden of our responsibilities, and make the progressiveness of holiness real and practical in our experience. And then, as true ensamples to the flocks, we will be qualified to teach advancement in example as well as Precept. Theoretical teaching on spirituality will never beget an experience of real spirituality in the hearers. " The keeper of the vineyard must first be partaker of the fruit." ' Therefore, beloved brethren and sisters in the ministry, ( God help us all to feel the weight of these words!) God requires us to first seek the real humility, meekness, sobriety, etc., of Christ, and such a the power of the Spirit, that when we stand before the saints to preach true spirituality unto them, the power of God will so rivet the truth upon their hearts, that they will be-come convicted for true advance-ment, and be enabled to make a real forward move in their experience. It is within our power, dearly be-loved, to raise the church universal in a very short time to a higher plane of spirituality than we have ever reached before. But we must do much fasting and praying and seek a closer walk with God. An elder is also an overseer. There-fore as elders, we should see that the congregations over which the Lord has placed us are advancing. We must not only teach by precept and example, but by personal admo-nitions, and by visiting the brethren, and praying with them in their houses. When a brother or sister confesses a need of advancement on some line, either have the whole church pray with them publicly, or call upon them at their home, and there wrestle with God in fervent prayer until a benefit is received. When a brother or sister absents himself from the public assembly once or twice, the elder should cal; e n him, and inquire into his spirhual welfare. If it be found that his soul is drifting from the true standard of God's grace, the elder should pray with him and encourage him until his soul has regained its firm grasp upon the throne of grace. Many souls can in this wa y be prevented from entering a backslidden state, and the churches may be kept in a good state of spirituality. God make us elders indeed! Wm. G. SCIIE L. EAST DENNIS, MASS. DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I want to testify to the work God has done for me in saving, sanctifying, and keeping me. Praise his name! I have just returned from Federals-burg, Md., where I attended the as-sembly meeting, where God showed his power in healing the afflicted, saving sinners, and sanctifying be-lievers. Truly it was precious to my soul to be with them. May God keep them all true, is my prayer. Pray for me, dear ones, that I may ever be kept in all meekness and love to do God's will. Amen. O. F. Swowe LOWNDES, MO. DEAR SAINTS AND TRUMPET READERS: It is with joy that I write my testimony once more to the GOSPEL TRUMPET, hoping it will be edifying to the church; for it does my soul good to tell of the wonder-ful dealings of God with us. Praise his holy name forever! he does bless us so wonderfully. Amid all this spiritual darkness Father just keeps us saved, for which we give him all the glory. But oh the sin and confusion among the people- politics, worldly lust, picnics, and everything, it seems, that the devil can get them into. Now brethren, it- seems to me that it is not to the glory of God to go to elections. Itiswritten, " Thou shalt Worship the = Lord - thy Gott, and Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.— James 4: tx. |
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