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Blow ye the Trumpet in Zion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joe12: 1.
The Lord God shall Now the Trumpet, and go - with whirlwinds. Zeck. 9: 14.
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he
lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a Trumpet, hear ye.
Isa. 18: 3.
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And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and the y hall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heavt. n t o
other. 	 Mat. 21: 31.
So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all plades wbert , they
have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. 	 Jer. 32: 39.
The eyes, too, are anointed with eye- salve,
so . all things can be seen clearly. The
glories in the new kingdom are so
brilliant, the beauties so rare and
attractive, and all so luminous that the
eyes must have the holy anointing in order
to see and admire all the beauties of this
holy sanctuary.
In him we look in love and pity on all
humanity. We love our neighbor as
ourselves. We love our enemies, because
we love through Jesus, who died for all.
We do not only love our own but all
mankind. We pray for all alike, for it is
not ourselves that pray, but the Holy
Spirit praying through us, ' making
intercessions according to the will of God,'
" who will have all men to be saved, and
to come unto the knowledge of the truth."
So when in him, we are concerned
about his kingdom; for it is now ours,
and we try to get all interested in this
kingdom we can. We are eager to tell
others of the riches we find in him. Also
to run on errands of love and mercy, with
the rays of his love and sunshine in us
continually.
Now that we are in his kingdom and
enjoying the riches thereof, we must not
forget that we are his, and that he expects
perfect obedience and loyalty on our
part. We now are no more our own; " we
are bought with a price, and we are to
glorify God in our bodies, which are his."
No more are we to run according to our
own mind and desires; but, " Lord, what
wilt thou have me to do?" It is no more
I, but Christ. How I shall please him,
and what is his highest will and pleasure?
How can I use the new health and
strength to his best good and glory?
Every thought and act now is for him.
No more shall my talents, time, or money
be used on self or my pleasure, but all
for him at his bidding. Fully and
completely his.'
Come, sinner, open the door of your
heart while he is knocking. Invite him
in as an abiding guest. He is waiting to
enter in. Give him the chance. Then
you too can enjoy the riches of his
kingdom.
Come, believe, enter into the holy of
holies. It is your privilege, also a
command. Why linger any longer near
the border? Get into the secret of his
presence, under the shadow of his wing;
for in him only we find rest. Let us enter
in and abide in his holy habitation.
Amen. 	 JENNIE M. BYERS.
Testimonies.
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AMAZONIA, MO.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: Wife and I
are both saved through the blood of
Christ and : anctified wholly. We
give all the glory to God and trust
him for every. hing, even to heal-i
ig • our bodies We praise him,
for free and full salvation that keeps
us saved every day. We have been
saved over a year. Whenever sickness
comes in our family we take it to the
Lord and we are healed. We ask
the prayers of God's saints that we
may always be kept humble at Jesus'
feet. Your brother and sister in
Christ, 	 F. J. AND KATE SEIFERT.
Volume i7. Number 9. 	 Grand Junction, Michigan, Thursday, Mar. 4, 1897. 	 Sample Copies Free.
OUR DUTY.
I love my Master's voice to heed.
My every duty do;
For he supplies my every need,
And leads me gently through.
I will but trust him every day,
Through trials and through fears,
For he has promised on the way
To wipe away all tears. 	 •
I know that nothing can befall,
Though Satan roar so loud;
For I am consecrated all,
To sail above each cloud.
I cannot sail alone, I kno'w;
But Jesus says, " Be true,
And every effort you bestow
Ill own, and take you through."
So now, dear ones, let each agree
To serve the blessed Lord,
And do the things which we can see
Would glorify his word.
And then when all our life is done,
Our pathway here is trod,
May all our labors here have won
Some other souls to God.
John IL ilerica.
Armageddon.
CHAPTER VI.
SOCIALISMAND UNION ON A FALSE BASIS.
T HE Devil comes again, this time
surrounded by an army under the
influence of the slimiest of - the three
spirits of devils that emanate from the
mouth of the beast. The most devilish
scheme concocted in the abyss of damna-tion,
is now manifesting itself. This agent
of destruction we will denominate, Social-ism
and Union on a False Basis.
Christ has not changed nor has his mi. -
mutable Word undergone any alterations.
But man, becoming alienated from the
" Father of spirits," has sought out many
inventions. Satan knowing the truth, that
a " house divided against itself - shall not
stand," his first deception was, to bring in
his damnable heresies ( Read 2 Pet. 2: 1- 3.),
dividing the professed world. This he
accomplished, as every honest individual
must confess. For centuries he has held
the ecclesiastical world in the thraldom of
sectish dependence.
But when the fullness of time came for
the proclamation of the truth in its orig-inal
purity, so clearly proving that the
divided state was not by the direction of
God, each sect began to excuse itself upon
the ground that it was as good as any other
sect; that they were not founded on the
Word, yet they were an unavoidable evil,
to suit the sinful conditions of man. The
carnal mind not being subject to God, in-ventions
must be produced with carnal
laws congenial with the " old man's"
wretched experience.. Each persuasion
justifies her own sins by the sins of her
sister sects, and justifies her sisters' sins
by her own ungodly life of fornication.
See Ezek. 16: 51. Each sect decried every
other one— the kettle saying to the pot,
" You are black; " the man in the mud
condemning the man in the mire; the eye
with a beam magnifying the other's mote.
Such a state ' of affairs afforded grand
opportunities for the holy , ministry to ex-pose
the evils of division, and reveal the
great gulf between carnal societies and the
church of God. The impartial and intelli-gent
world accepted the truth readily.
When cold formality and variance
among the different parties were revealed
as the effects of carnality, Satan, finding
himself uncovered and to save his work of
many years, spewed out this vile spirit of
communism. At the same time the beast
and the false prophet began to cry, union,
union; we must unite to oppose this reform,
or our hope is lost. Leagues began to
appear almost without number. Every-where
that the everlasting gospel is taught,
sectarians are ashamed to wrangle among
themselves. This caused Satan to hit up-on
the socialistic scheme.
But says one, " Does not this prove that
we are getting nearer together, and that
there is more congeniality among us than
in the past?" We answer, Yes, and a
I had held meetings at a certain place,
the result of which was a goodly numbel-lof
souls saved, and of course they made
their escape from sectism. On one occasion
in our meeting the sectarian class- leader
arose and said he was thankful I had come
to that place, as they had hadsome trouble
all along before I came with certain mem-bers;
but since our meetings the trash had
been taken out of their sect, since the
which they had gotten along nicely with-out
any opposition. To which I made
reply as follows: I believe Mr. R 	 s
statement to be correct, when he says they
get along- without opposition since you
saints have come out of their confusion,
for this reason: God says, Babylon will be
possessed by moles and bats, and be a
court for owls. See Isa. 2: 20 and 34: 13.
These creatures, being naturally adapted
to darkness, are hindered when coming in
contact with light, their opposite element.
God had some precious souls in the sect
who allowed the light of heaven to shine
out in their lives, and the owls, or false
professors, who love darkness, were tor-mented
by their light. But God has called
out his elect, and the light of a candle shall
shine no more at all in her; now darkness
reigns supreme. Owls can now hold court
and decide their cases in conformity to
their own natures, as there is no light to
confuse them.
This is a just conclusion . in reference to
the reason why the different sectish bodies
seem to be becoming more congenial with
each other; because utter night now
spreads over all, without a star of heavenly
glory.
Socialism not seeming to do what the
Devil desired, he donned another garb and
went forth in just a little different form,
calling his work union. Christian union is
no where taught in all of God's word, but
tnity is the principle feature in the church
of Christ. Union is a gathering together
of a number of bodies, - e- ach holding or
retaining its own identity or sameness, but
n unity each member interfuses and loses
ts own identity by merging it with that of
Him who is love. Hence, God did not
ntend a union, but a unit. Eph. 4: 3, 13.
This spirit of union on a false basis has
go taken hold of the world that it was even
displayed in the last political campaign.
There is a movement on foot intended, it
S said, for a great union, which we will
explain as follows: If in one little village
there were more sects than the people
could well afford to support— let us say, 1
Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian, sup-posing
the Methodists to have the lead in
membership and to be better qualified to I
pay a preacher a good sum, it is thought
wise for the Presbyterians or Baptists, and
perhaps both, to give way- and let the
Methodists have the whole ground, and
vice versa in other places. ( See tract,
Babylon and What it Includes," page 54.)
The prophets foresaw the coming of this
evil spirit. " So two or three cities [ sects]
wandered unto one city [ sect], to drink
water; but they were not satisfied; yet
have ye [ sectarians] not returned unto me,
saith the Lord."— Amos 4: 8.
Instead of forsaking the soul polluting
and God- dishonoring institutions, and
returning to the church of the firstborn
from which they have separated them-selves,
this vile spirit is gathering up all
of the abominable doctrines of destruction,
getting them consolidated as far as possi-ble,
getting all spirits of devils cooperating
with each other; a great company, mus-tered
by Gog and Magog, are surrounding
the plain of Armageddon.
As they pass into the valley of Jehosha-phat,
God Almighty himself renders the
decision. See Joel 3 ,: 12. As they pass to
the left, forced by the flaming presence of
the Son of God, the poisoned darts of their
own iniquity pierce their vitals, scattering
their gore to the altars of hell, from which
shall arise the smoke of their torment for-in
Armageddon there is still a perfect
calm, on the highway of holiness, drinking
the waters that are drawn from above.
The inhabitants of Megiddo, like the cedar
of Lebanon, aspire toward the Sun of glo-ry,
receiving his heavenly animation, it
constituting their impassioned life emo-tion,
and in the hands of God they
become as Aaron's rod, swallowing up
every discordant issue.
To them every stone of offense becomes
a stepping- stone by which they are pro-moted
to a greater prosperity; or, like
Jacob, they see heavenly visions from
their bed of stone. The flinty rock of trial
or persecution yields to them only the oil
of rejoicing and sweetness of love. Dent.
32: 13. Every thorn that springs up with-in
their terrestrial path, God transforms
into a rose celestial. They book not for
the cold charities of a heartless world, but
bow continually at the shrine of unifying
love, as upon the tables of their hearts is
portrayed the counterpart of Him who
trod the way before them.
The demoralizing cancer of sectish con-fusion
is not just seared over, but burnt out
by the fire of God's wrathful judgments.
The element of heaven is embodied in
each trusting soul. Each pure heart cen-tered
in Christ, by this means is furnished
the principles of this cooperative inter-relation
between God and his church. This
slimy spirit of false union is an enemy
intangible; therefore it is not by power
nor by might, but by the Spirit _ of God
that we overcome this inexorable devil.
From Zion's summit we behold his every
characteristic. With the eye of unity we
see upon his visage Satanic scowls that
look daggers of death.
The cup he gives is dregged with the
lees of hell, the which if once infused into
the soul of man, causes such an intense
deadness, in reference to real spirituality,
that there is found no antidote. Nothing
but a new creation that translates to the'
glory of jezreel will deliver from the death
grip of this awful power.
Just what will be the next change in the
costume of this spirit is not known. but be
it remembered he has several patterns.
Be ready; he will appear. Let all the
saints of Armageddon have their swords
furbished by much prayer and careful ex-amination.
See that none of your peapons
are carnal, but mighty through God. A
still greater host of maddened imps are'
gathering for a final conflict. Look well
to your munition. Under the dusk of the
fast sinking sun of time this earth will
seem to be turned into hell itself. Every
room in perdition will be empty and every
imp will follow their prince out in the
falling shades of night to make their final
charge against the holy city, at which time
fire descends from heaven in the person of
Christ, the King of glory, who casts the
dragon, beast, false prophets, and all the
deceived into the lake of fire burning with
brimstone. See Rev. 19: 20. But this is
not yet. He comes again. Be ready.
W. A. HAYNES.
of him! How foolish it is for formal
professors to expect to get the riches of
God's kingdom, when they live most of
the time in Satan's kingdom, serving the
god of this world, wanting the sin and
pleasure of the world, and yet trying to
serve God. No wonder they have such a
hard time and find no help or comfort in
his service. The prayer meetings are dry
and dull, and all devotional services are
monotonous and lifeless.
It is written, ' They that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in truth;
for he seeketh such to worship him.' It
is only as we have the Spirit of him that,
we worship him. It is impossible to
worship him with the spirit of the world.
That is no worship at all; it is mere form
and mockery.
Many think that by going to a church
and going through a form of worship,
they are worshiping God, but it is no
more worship to God than the heathen
bowing before his idol. We must have
the Spirit of God to worship God. Just
so it is impossible to love God aright
unless his love is " shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given
unto us." Otherwise it will be with the
carnal or fleshly love, with which we
cannot love him aright.
We must have the love from God and
of God, in order to love him in the spirit.
This accounts for the cold, dead, barren
worship of formal professors, who have
not been regenerated. They have not
the Spirit of him who seeks to be
worshiped. When we are partakers of
his Spirit, he of himself seeks to worship
him of whose spirit he is. It is that
living Spirit that raised up Christ from
the dead that is to dwell in us— the Spirit
that giveth life.
All this we find in him. The life we
are seeking is in him. " For in him is
life," and that life is eternal. The joy we
are to seek is in him. It, too, is one of the
n'pe fruits of the Spirit, which generated,
matured, and ripened in him. The joy of
the world is transient and fleeting and
soon passeth away. The joy in him is
eternal. In him we find health; " for as
he is, so are we in this life."
Our bodies, our health, and all are
committed to him, and as we abide in him
continually, he keeps us from sickness
Psa. -. 101 just as he does from sin; for
he says that he that abideth in him sinneth
not. I jno. 3: 6. So then we see these
things are only in him, and only ours as
we abide in him. 	 blessed resting- place,
holy habitation!
° But we are still living in the world—
but not of the world— and Satan is here,
at times going about as a roaring lion,
then again as an angel of light, and may
take us unawares. So the provision is
made that " if any man sin we have an
advocate with the Father." And if an- y
among you are sick, call the elders and
let them pray, and join their faith IA. ith
yours, and the united faith and prayers
shall save the sick and the Lord shall
raise hint up and if he have committed
sins they shall be forgiven him.
So let us enter in, leaving all sin and
worldliness behind and so commit our all
to him, into his keeping; for he says he
will " keep it unto that day." Now what
more can we ask? For now he says, " All
things are yours, and ye are Christ's."
What a mutual blessed exchange! Yes,
now all things are yours. Whether the
world, or life, or death, or things present,
or things to come; all are yours. All this
blessed catalogue.
What! All the world? All things
present, and all things to come? Do I
understand that heaven and all its glories
and joys and even Jesus Christ himself
are mine? Well, bless God! I accept him,
and get all these things . besides. I
accept the counsel in Rev. 3: 18. I throw
off the filthy rags of sin and unrighteous-ness
that do not cover my shame and
nakedness, and put on the white raiment
of holiness.
I take the gold tried in the fire, like
the treasure, " the which when a man hath
found, he hideth, and for joy thereof
goeth and selleth all he ha. th, and buyeth
that field." Yes, other fields and gold
outside of him sink into insignificance.
They are impure and often take wings
any fly away.
philosophical reason can be given, which ever and ever.
I will give by simply relating an i ncident ! After all the roar of Satan with his pro-occurring
in the West.
ET us see what we have in Christ:
for it is written, " He that spared
not his own Son, but delivered
him up for us all, how shall he
not with him also freely give us all
things?"
Now we see that the hall things"
promised are to be received with the gift
of Christ So then we must first seek this
Christ if we would have the riches in him.
Aside from him we cannot get those
things which are in him. Do we want
life? It is in him. Do we want health?
It is in him. Do we want comfort or joy
or peace or happiness? All are in him,
Then the shortest and quickest way to
get the all things promised, is to get
Christ. " For in him dwelleth all the
fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye
. are complete in him."
How unwise then for us to think to get
digious volumes of soul- destroying issues, any of the riches of his kingdom outside
In Christ.
Pra
CONCORD, TENN.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I will lc: ite my
testimony for the first time. God
saves my soul just now from all sin.
and he blesses me daily. I do praise
God that I ever heard the ‘ Aror. I
preached in its purity. How can we
praise God enough for what he has
done for us? He has forgiven all my
sins and after that he sanetified me
and then healed my body
Praise the Lord for his goodness to
us! By the help of God I am going
to serve him in holiness and ri„ znt-eousness
all the: days of lily life. Gc d
gives me light on his Lie. sed
every da of my life. He sees it h, s
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- Calls for Meetings.
Albert Price, Cedar Run, Muskingum
Co , O.
Send some one here to preach the pure
gospel, 0. B. Reynolds, Ewing, Jackson
Co., Ind.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED,
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
Please pray for entire healing of my
afflicted body, and eczema of face.
Lizzie J. Muir, Harper.
pondency are growing darker, if
man will follow the path that leads
to the glorious summit of nature's
economies, and allow the rising sun
of resoluteness to shine forth, it will
brighten the bow of hope, which, if
followed to its end, will produce not
the fabled pot of gold, but a richer
treasure, the increase of which will
be multiplied a thousandfold when
utilized by a soul purified and
a conscience uncondemned.
It was sinful vices and lusts that
brought the vengeance of God upon
the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
And as it was in the days of Lot so
shall it be in the days of the Son of
man. It is to be remembered that
such sins have not cursed just a
small district in these last and
" perilous times" but nations are
being swallowed up in the whirlpool
of this Sodom iniquity. Shall we all
become sacrificial victims to immod-erate
and excessive indulgences?
Cannot wisdom lead us where our
susceptibilities will be intense, yet
normal?
If we profess to be on a plane
where virtue is promoted, our claim
must not be merely superficial, but
must be exemplified by indoctrinat-ing
our fellow beings with the prin-ciples
of temperance, by precept and
example. A reformatory school
should be kept in our midst, where
we can all the while attend and be a
true beneficiary in manifesting to
the world what we have received
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The Old Way Is the Best,
Pray for my husband who is is the
Topeka asylum, that his mind may be re-stored.
Mrs. D. M. Roe, Hope.
Pray March 20 that M. E. England
may be healed of all bodily afflictions
and that Chas. England may be healed of
rupture.
Pray that the Lord will entirely heal
me of catarrh in the head, and bronchitis,
also stomach and kidney trouble. Also
pray for my little girl, who has catarrh in
the head and a cough. Mrs. C. Pliley.
Pray Mar. 28, at i i o'clock for the
healing of my two daughters, that they
may be healed of thtir diseases. Also
that God may send a preacher here who
has the gift of healing. H. C. Teal,
Cedar Glades, Ark.
Please explain Rev. 4: 4; 57, 8. W. D. H.
For the convenience of the reader
we quote the texts. " And round
about the throne were four and
twenty seats: and upon the seats I
saw four and twenty elders sitting,
clothed in white raiment; and they
had on their heads crowns like
' gold."
I " And he came and took the book
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lOut of the right hand of him that sat
upon the throne. And when he had
/ taken the book. the four beasts and
I four and twenty elders fell down
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before the Lamb, having every one of
them harps, and golden vials full of
! odors, which are the Prayers of the
! saints."
The four beasts and four
and twenty elders, represent the uni-versal
host of the redeemed upon the
earth. This is evident from the fact
that every one of them had vials full
of odors, which the Revelator tells us,
represent the prayers of the saints;
and who hath the prayers of a saint
but he who himself is a saint?
They also testfied that they were
redeemed unto God by the blood of
the Lamb, out of every kindred, and t
tongue, and people, and nation ( Rev. t
5: 9), which is positive proof that
they signify the children of God upon
earth.
The white raiment represents
righteousness; the crowns, victory; d
the gold, purity; the hook in the
right hand of him that sat upon the t
throne, the word of God; the Lamb, i
Christ.
esteerneth one day above another:
another esteemeth every day alike.
Let every man be fully persuaded in
his own mind. He that regardeth
the day, regardeth it unto the Lord;
and he that regardeth not the day,
to the Lord he doth not regard it.
He that eateth, eateth to the Lord,
for he giveth God thanks; and . he
that cateth mot, to the Lord he
eateth not, and giveth God thanks."
It is the eating of literal meat that
is mentioned here, which in apostolic
times was condemned by certain
fanatic teachers. It was Jews and
udaizers who maintained such doe-trines,
owing to the fact that the
eating of certain kinds of meat was
forbidden in the law of Moses,
which it was difficult for some to
understand was abolished by the
death of Christ. Read Col. 2: 14- 17.
In verse three, of the chapter in
question, Paul shows that the eating
of meat is to be left to the option of
the reader.
The regarding of days, spoken of
in this text, refers not to the keeping
of a Sabbath as some have supposed,
but to the observance of holidays,
which hasbeen prevalent amongst all
nations from time immemorial. The
apostle seta it forth as a matter af
conscience; that is, he does not cora- pu
mand nor forbid it, but simply say; be
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these great and lasting privileges.
The door that should be closed
against every element but that con
ducive to goodness and temperance,
humanity has opened to lustful
solicitations; therefore the enemy
readily enters the sacred sanctuary
of the soul, to pollute and desecrate
it with the worst sacrilege. Lust is
the Devil's altar, where he offers up
humanity as a burnt offering, the
offering being consumed by the
flames of passion and remorse. Such
idolatry, sanctioned and aided by
the influence of man, far exceeds the
fires of Malech.
While the nations are slumbering
in the valley of ignorance and folly,
they are inhaling the deadly scent
from the plant of lust grown along
the stream of pollution, and when
they are awakened it seems that the
prince of the power of the air has so
polluted the very atmosphere that
they who are not actually stagger-ing
in some gross soul- destroying
vice are walking as a somnambulist,
oblivious to the great gulf on whose
edge they are standing. As a nation,
this demon is on our trail, the fangs
of passion fasten upon us. We are
becoming weaker; for each time this
monster lays hold of us it draws a
greater portion of our vital supply.
There is only one remedy, and
that is obtained through the merits
of him who alone can extract the
poison of sin and implant in its place
the overcoming grace of God that
brings to view the principles of vir-tue
and goodness. Accept it: will
you? and you shall live. Or reject
it, and perish in the grave dug by
your own folly. Which is yours?
decide now. W. A. HAYNES.
OR a long time my heart has
been burdened because of some I
things which through careful and
protracted consideration before the i
throne, we have been led to see are t
becoming a great hindrance to tah is fI reformation.
A spirit seems to be getting;
possession of the beloved ministers'
of God, which is causing them to for-sake
the grand old commission of our
Savior: " Go ye into all the world and
preach the gospel unto every
creature," and to settle down in-to
children's homes, schools, faith
homes, etc. 0 beloved, I have care - i w
fully and prayerfully considered this
matter, and I know that it is the, y-
Spirit of God stirring my soul to's
admonish you to abandon such pro- c
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Chicago assembly meeting, March
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Bro. A. S. Kriebel and Co. write
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are coming out to hear the truth
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Ky., writes that he has one which
will hold 700 people, which he offers
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Requests for Prayer.
PINTIPOPTIMOVIMPTIMIt ' 1, VVVVVinrrVV 	
Pray for the salvation of my son.
Harriet Broadwell.
. Pray for Rebecca Kelley that she may
be healed of white swelling and other
diltipases.
Pray for , rny baby that he may be
healed of a humor in his blood. Laura
White, - Colfax.
ROM. 1: 18- 28.
RETHREN, the time is now
that duty must be observed as
the ordinance of heaven or decrees
of justice demand that it should.
Many places where we go to preach
the glad tidings of full salvation,
there is such an element of stupor it
seems almost impossible to break
over the dreadful sleepiness and un-concern
and get people to acknowl-edge
their duty to God. Then if
they do manifest a desire to be
obedient to the call to righteousness,
when they come to the altar, it is
often without genuine Bible convic-tion.
While many seem to exert every
power at their command to appro-priate
the promises unto themselves,
there is a spirit of indifference and
fearful stupidity that is a great trial
to the workers who labor with such.
And here I will add, that to any one
who is near the normal man in men-tality,
with determination and corn-bativeness
in proportion, when they
see their privileges and duty and
have a desire to gain the former and
perform the latter, there is no diffi-culty
but what is easily surmounted,
and will vanish into utter insignifi-cance
before a determined mind.
This being true there is then a
cause for such lamentable results.
When I first began to discern this
awful power at work I was some-what
perplexed to ascertain just how
to meet it. I would preach salvation
with more ardency by the aid of
God through much prayer; yet wit
no great visible victory over th
ungodly influence. At one place
ascended the pulpit, allowing God t
direct me. All I had previousi
thought vanished, and as a scriptur
recorded in isa. 46: 8 came forcibl
to mind, d preached on good man
ners and etiquette, before a respec
would be had for the worship o
God; another sermon to men an
boys, on secret sins of society; an
yet another to those in the marrie
relation, showing by the word o
God their relation to each other
At another place I was compelled t
preach on soap and water, byfor
he principles of salvation woul
ake any effect.
It needs much spiritual discern
ment to ascertain the actual need
of the slumbering world. I hay
ound by a close investigation in
ivers ways, that the effects, or such
wretched conditions, are clearly
raced to the cause, which is almos
nvariably the spirit of licentiousnes
in both the married and single rela-tion.
And at the very time that this
spirit is discerned by all the pure,
nd dealt with according to wisdom
his reformation is going to take
nother grand leap for grander and
ore powerful heights in the glory
f divine power.
Let every teacher teach in the
way of propriety according to the
ift of God. And let them look well
o themselves that they are free
rom every artificial or abnormal
ppetite or desire, then fearlessly
eclare to the world its true condi-on,
without any varnish whatever;
s a knowledge of any wrong must
e acquired before a means can be
ught to remedy the evil. If the
normity of the great havoc being
ayed by the ravages of lust were
enerally viewed in all of its horrify-g
aspects, there are not many sane
ut would adopt a means of escape
nd hasten to erect a fortification
ound the remaining principles of
rtue.
Leaving our race in ignorance as
the proper use and awful abuse of
e amative powers, will never effect
reform: as that has been tried
ng enough. If man would but get
righteous vehemence against every
stige of perverted nature, God
ould graciously bestow upon him
determination for the right, that
uld carry him to the heights of
mat piraticinta, where he would
free from -- Correspondence with
y foreign environment.
Though the dark clouds of des-jects,
and " go ye, therefore, and
teach all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost."
We cannot say that God does not
want a home or two where the chil-dren
of ministers may be cared for,
but he does not want his ministers to
become superintendents of homes
and schools. God has called his
ministers to preach the gospel. We
have noticed that in every instance
the schools and homes take an able
evangelist out of the field. We
ought at a glance to see that this is
contrary to the will of the Lord.
God's ministers are too few now.
We ought every one of us to be
actively engaged in the ministry of
the Word, and praying God to send
more laborers into his great harvest
field, and not to be leaving the active
work of the Lord, and becoming
superintendents of schools and chil-dren's
homes. No greater folly IV
exhibited by the apostles when they
decided after the crucifixion of our
Lord to go back to their fishing
nets.
In apostolic times the i ■ reachers
did not have time even to distrihnto
amongst the poor what had been
contributed for that plIndOSe ( See
Acts 6 ), and how can we whom 	 d
has called to the great work
rescuing souls, forsake the cimrge
God has given us, and bgin to erect
children's homes and achools?
for more of that apostolic - 7e- al ami
love for souls that will
preacners out of their
cause them to rush to the res(,. ct
the lost, even at the ctr1; t 	 s: tcri! te-
- I and great suffering!
" It is not reason ige shlerai
leave the word of Ge a id rvit
tables."--- Acts
Deacons have be
the church to loo
and orphans, and such
need assistance; the
give themselves " etia
prayer, and to the minis
word."— Act. 6: 4. It is rite
Christian to take care of the h
but you will certainly all P. gree wit
me that the D evil is th en:.; thor
every scheme to hold the I
firebrands from flying to the ep
the earth to spread this last great
reformation.
No less than a score of ministers
within the last year, have either
gone into the home business or have
been contemplating it. aye we
forgotten that it has been predicted
concerning this reformation that
" Many shall run to and fro and
knowledge shall be increased"? I
believe the Lord moves me to ask
the ministers, Who is going to do
this running " to and fro"? Oh, dear
ones! the old way, of ' going into all
the world and preaching the gospel
to every creature,' is far the best way
to spread the gospel.
It is probably very coin fortable to
sit in our little children's borne or
faith home, and we may perhaps
lead a dozen souls to Christ in a
whole year in this way, but this is not
the way to enlighten the world.
This entire world must be thoroughly
evangelized before our- Savior comes
in the great and final judgment.
And in no other way can the pure
gospel spread to - the ends of the
earth.
ishW weo nrlede dd ensoirt etsh isnok mthuatc hth tiso- hseecatr-the
truth, that they will hunt us up
in our comfortable little home, to
get us to teach them the truth.
Nine hundred and ninety- nine in
every - thousand will never do this.
Let us, therefore, after the example
of the apostles of old, forsake our
homes, and go forth with a greater
zeal to _ make men hear the blessed
evening light than ever before. And
the • Lord will work with us, " con-firming
the word with signs
following." -
There seems to be a spirit troub-ing
many of the Lord's ministers,
hitheauses them to imitate other
ministers more than . they should.
Then one Minister takes up a
pecial line of work, which seems to
all forth a great deal of • compli.
Please explain Rom. 14: 5, 6. J. L. M.
The quotation is, " One man a
a
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Obituary.
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ENGLAND.— Levi England departed this
life Feb. 9, 1897 ;. aged 58 yr. 5 mo. 11 da. Bro.
England was a sufferer from consumption,
caused by exposure in the late war. He has
been an invalid for many years, and for
some months was quite feeble. Just before
his death he made a Bible consecration,
mission wagon will haul all baggage.
Let every one make a special ef-fort
to get to Chicago for ten days.
Brethren, let us give this wicked
city a good stirring up. Do not for-get
the date, March 19- 29. Let
every child of God pray earnestly
for the outpouring of the Holy Ghost
at this time. It will take quite a
good deal of means to advertise this
in Chicago and to get ready for the
same, and so let all of God's people
do what they can. Your brother in
Christ, G. TUFTS, JR.
News from the Field.
FLOATING BETHEL,
SISTERSVILLE, W. VA., Feb. 23.
DEAR BRETHREN: We are enjoy-ing
the Lord and we are all blessed
with good health. The Bethel has
gone through another severe struggle
with the ice and was badly twisted,
damaging the roof so we will have
to put a new roof on the meeting-house.
Bros. H. A. Hoffman and
L. A. Kauffman have joined us in
the work here. A few souls are
still being saved and some are escap-ing
out of the sects.
G. T. CLAYTON AND CO.
ment from the general body, a score
of preachers will in a short time be
making calculations to take up the
same line of work. So it has been
in respect to divine healing homes,
schools, children's homes, discussions,
etc.
The past year I have received a
great many calls to come and help
some brother in a discussion. Were
I to respond to all these calls, I would
get little done but discussing. I am
called to preach the gospel. God
has blessed some discussions of the
past, but that line of work has been
carried too far. I admonish all the
Lord's ministers to refrain from
challenging or accepting a challenge,
if you do not feel able to defend the
truth in that way. Some have gone
through with discussions with which
God was not glorified. We should
be sure we have abilities before we
attempt to stand up before the
champion scripture twisters of Baby-lon.
It is a lack of humility that
causes men to take up a line of work
which they have not abilities to per-form.
" Let every man abide in the
calling wherein he is called."
In conclusion I wish to say, In
some localities the children's home
and school fever has raged so highly
that some of the saints have con-ceived
the idea that the public schools
are very wicked institutions, and
that they cannot raise their children
for God while they are sending them
to public schools. Some have even
gone so far as to denounce the secu-lar
governments as institutions of the
Devil. Oh! be careful, brethren.
" The powers that be are ordained of
God."— Rom. 	 II am fully conscious of the existence
The public schools, while they of the old nature and conflict going
have some disadvantages, have many
advantages over a private school.
And we ought not to think that we
cannot raise our children for heaven,
and send them to public schools.
The character of the child depends
more upon its home training than
upon what it learns in school. In
the public schools the children are
only allowed to play an hour and a
half in a day, in five days out of the
week, and in cities and towns, where
the children come home for their
dinners, only a half- hour in a day.
This of course is somewhat of an
evil influence to work against, but a
proper home training can overcome
this and fortify them against such
evil influences.
We have heard a clamor for a chil-dren's
home and school in localities
where the brethren are scarcely able
to defray the expenses of their camp
meetings. Do the dear ones think
the children, superintendent, and
teach( r can subsist on the wind?
Supposing they erect a home and
school, what will be the outcome?
Simply this: When the time for camp
meeting arrives the brethren will not
be able to meet the expenses, and
the camp meeting will not be held.
Can God be most glorified in this
way?
I do not say it would be wrong for
saints to erect schoolhouses in local-ities
where they have little or no
school advantages, but elsewhere I
believe their means is best applied
to the spreading of the glorious
gospel of Christ. Wm, G. SCHELL.
I have read have done me immense
good. The little bit of materialism
that I, for my own convenience, got
mixed up with Christianity has well
nigh vanished. The two books so
kindly sent to me are always before
me, and I am convinced more than
ever that the life of him who is
crucified, dead, buried, and risen;
that is, the life of a Christian is all
faith. He finds in Jesus a perfect
cure for both soul and body.
When a few days ago I was read-ing
your book entitled " Divine Heal-ing
of Soul and Body," my faith was
greatly strengthened as the evil one
tried me sore. I had a severe at-tack
of fever, but I got through it
all safe. Jesus, the Great Physician,
proved faithful. I laughed at the
doctors and said, " Certainly medi-cines
are not meant for the children
of the almighty and all- loving God."
Every one who has, read that book
says it is all true. Jesus says, " My
yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
How few there are who know the
real Christ! A European on reading
one number of the GOSPEL TRUMPET
said, " Oh there are many interesting
things in it, but I do not like the
letters telling of wonderful cures
through naked faith in Jesus!" Oh,
I wish he had known Jesus in re-ality!
The " Secret of Salvation" is a
storehouse of heavenly treasures. I
am getting richer and richer day by
day in its association. The possess-or
of all the precious jewels that are
in it can say with St. Paul, " I live,
yet not I, but Christ liveth. in me."
on within me, but I am willing to be
his only in all that is possible for me
to be. Pray for me. With love to
all, I am yours in the joyful service
of the Risen One, H BISWAS.
and brothers. Some of them which of the brethren, if you request. The
OPEN DOOR MISSION.
elder; and Bro. Muter, deacon.
Souls were born into the kingdom
who were never before converted,
and this meeting has truly been a
real blessing to all of our souls. We
go to- morrow, the Lord willing, two
and one- half miles northeast from
Geneva, and will begin meeting in
the Bunker Hill schoolhouse. We
can work through us and manifest
his power through us, both in preach-ing
the Word and healing the afflict
ed, also in our every- day life among
the people. Yours, saved and in the
one body, 	 J. N. WORDEN
AND WIFE, AND GEO. COPLIN.
desire the prayers of God's children I gave his heart to God, who forgave all his
and faithful, that she may meet him in glory.
Emanuel Myers.
that we keep humble where the Lord sins and made him happy in his love. He
leaves a companion. May God keep her true
A LETTER FROM INDIA.
CALCUTTA, INDIA.
MY DEAR BROTHER IN JESUS: God
is no respecter of persons. His sal-vation,
which is free and full, is for
" whosoever;" all conditions, and
castes, and creeds are outside his
glorious and ever victorious king-dom.
The gracious God has en-abled
me to see clearly the truth of
the above, and I even found in the
God man Christ all that I need for
my eternal welfare. Hallelujah!
Truly he is pure and holy, and the
remedy prepared by him for curing
sin- sick souls is quite unique and
perfect.
I must thank you for sending the
GOSPEL TRUMPET and other papers
and tracts and books to Bro. A. la
Khan for circulation among friends
59 PLYMOUTH PLACE,
CHICAGO, ILL., Feb. 26.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I am Con-strained
to praise God to- day for
what he is doing for us, and for the
glorious way in which he is reveal-ing-
himself to us. in him I find a
real personal Savior and I am learn-ing
day by day to walk and talk with
him. Praise God! And I have the
assurance, like Jesus when he stood
at Lazarus' grave and said, " Father,
I knew that thou hearest me always."
am learning how to trust him
With my life and for all things:
And my soul. filled with his glory
In exceeding gladness sings."
For six months we have been
caused to pass through deep waters
and dark hours, and toward the last
the Devil tried to discourage us,
telling us this life of trust was a
failure. But, praise God, just then
the voice of the Holy Spirit gently
whispered in my ear, " If I have told
you earthly things, and ye believe not,
how shall ye believe, if I tell you of
heavenly things?" I saw very dearly
then and there that if I could not trust
the Lord for earthly things, I could
not trust him. to save my soul; and
so I said " Lord, I will trust," and it
was only a short time until deliver-ance
came, beyond all I could ask or
think,
We now have a beautiful modern
six- story and basement building for
the mission work, right in the slums,
and many souls are being saved.
Praise God! Let every saint praise
God; for surely it is in answer to
your prayers. We have felt the
power and effect of your prayers in
Chicago. I cannot tell you more at
this writing about the work, but I
earnestly invite every one of God's
true ministers and the saints of God
who are interested in the work at
Chicago to come if possible to the
assembly meeting, and see what God
is doing. We will have room for
every one who will come. We can
take care of 700 people at the mis-sion.
So far as is possible bring
your own bed clothes. That is all.
Write what train you will come on,
and you' will be met at depot by some
VIOLET HILL, ARK., Feb. 12.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS:
Though it has been the will of our
heavenly Father to command us to
" pass under the rod" since you last
heard from us through the Lord's
good paper, yet we can greet you in
the fullness of the blessings of the
gospel of Christ, counting all things
joy that we may win Christ, and be
found of him, not having our own
righteousness but the righteousness
of God. We preached at Melbourne,
the county seat of Izard Co., Ark.,
Jan. gt to Feb. 3, to large and at-entive
congregations; then at a
schoolhouse the first Sunday in
February, and at Oak Grove Feb.
8-- to. We are now holding meeting
at Franklin, Ark. Pray for us.
A. B. AND CORA STANBERRY.
CLALLP.: N CORNERS, PA., Feb. 22.
BELOVED FAMILY OF Gore: The
McLallen Corners assembly meet-ing
was one of victory. The loving
Lord took charge, and his melting
Spirit took hold of hearts that - were
burdened with the guilt of sin, and
bound by Satan. A number found
freedom to the pardoning of sin in
the efficacious blood. Others were
sanctified; and the healing touch was
applied to the maladies of some
afflicted bodies Fighters of the
truth were won. The last night was
a feast in washing the saints' feet
and partaking of the bread and cup.
God held us in this meeting with the
fire of the Holy Spirit in the midst
so that we could not attend the
Tionesta assembly meeting. God
bless the dear ones at that point
The Lord willing, we cross the line
into Canada, March 5 or 6, where we
expect to make it our field of labor.
Our address will be Welland, Ont
Yours all on the altar and in defense
of the gospel,
J. A. AND ALICE J. DILLON.
CARROLLTON, GA., Feb. 16.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: This morn-ing
finds me saved and on the
abvance for God in meekness and
humility and faith. I have not re-ported
for some time but I have not
been idle. I have been doing my
duty with all my understanding,
working among sinners, in new fields.
The Lord is manifesting his power
in healing the sick. To God be all
the glory. This is a time of refor-mation
and every soul that comes to
the Lord must be reformed. Truly
God is moving in these last days
and the Devil is raging, bat God is
on the throne. We know and preach
but one God, one Savior; one salva-tion,
one Word, one people saved
and living according to the Word,
the church of God, of whom Jesus
Christ is the head. God help his
people to stand clear for Bible truth.
I am now with the church at Carroll-ton.
The work is slowly moving
along here, at present, on account
of so much opposition from false
professors, as Babylon is beginning
to die. We ought to obey God
rather than men. In Jesus Christ
" there is neither Jew nor Greek,
there'is neither bond nor free, there
is neither male nor female; for ye
are all one."— Gal. 3: 28. Now this
must be in body, name, faith, mind,
and spirit. Faithfully your sister,
LENA COOPER.
The Seciet of Salvation:
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It creates a desire and love for the Bible, and
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Interesting Thoughts for Infidels
and skeptics, as well as for those who are hunger-ing
after righteousness.
The one who is bound by the chains of Satan,
or in the depths of sin is enabled to find a, way
out and be made free. The sick are shown how
to be made well without the use of medicine.
Sinners are shown how to be saved from all their
sins, evil habits, and desires. The tempted and
tried find how to be overcomers, and the sorrow-ful
are made to rejoice. It tells every one how
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PART I teaches Divine Healing of the
soul from sin, and how to bring it into
proper relationship with God, where faith
can be exercised for the healing of the
body.
PART 2 teaches Divine Healing of the
body. The following chapters are espe-cially
interesting: The Doctrine of Heal-ing,
Is the Day of Healing Past? The Use
of Medicine, Means which God Blesses,
The Prayer of Faith, Can I Be Healed?
Hindrances to Healing, etc.
PART 3 consists of testimonies from
those who have been healed by divine
Thispobwoeork will help you to understand God's
simple way of healing. It will prove a blessing
to all lovers of truth and light, and is filled with
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oWiH POLrT, PA.
DEARLY BED. VED: The meeting
at Martinsburg continued almost
seven weeks. It was successful, in
that a little church was established
on the Bible line for God. () rite a
number were converted, and a few
received the Holy Ghost. In this
meeting we let people seek God
until the " fallow grout. d" of their
hearts was fully broken up, and they
would cry out to Ged with all their
hearts for mercy. There were some
of the clearest conversions we ever
saw. 0 my brethren. let us not
rush soul; through at the altar. We
cannot talk people into a heart
experience. Let seekers pray.
Thirteen happy saints were immers-ed.
At the ordinance service twenty-six
took part. We had immense
congregations throughout the met t-ing.
Bro. W. H. Cheatham assisted
us about two weeks. This was the
first m eting ever held in Blair
County. God bless the little church
there. We expect, Lord willing, to
return with a strong company of
workers about Aug. 1, and hold a
grove meeting. That part of Penn-sylvania
is ripe for harvest. We
BERNE, IND., Feb. 19 came to Cochrans Mills and spent a
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: We are few days with our children. I am
glad we can still report real victory at this place for a few days. Wife
in our souls and in the work of the and I will start north about March
Lord. We just closed an eighteen Will try and be at Utica, Pa., by
days' meeting, six miles east of about the i6th. I will just say that we
Berne, which has been a real success canoot fill near all the calls along
for God. Some ten or twelve con-verted,
and a number sanctified and
healed. e. Sinners were made to feel family the coming spring, and will
and acknowledge the power of God soon have to begin the same. We
in the meeting, as the praises of God will probably locate at Cambridge,
went up from the children of God Crawford County, and open the i
We had ordinance services, in which I work at that place. We know of no I
twenty- nine took part. The next better location in Pennsylvania, as I
Sabbath there were divine healing: hundreds of sick and afflicted I
services. We preached on edi'- tin 	 vsiti that pla. ce on account of the
people
healing of the body, after which five mineral springs- there. Brethren,
applied for healing. This was also pray for us. Yortrs in the love and!
a day of fasting among the church. fellowship of Jesus,
Then Bro. Alexander was ordained H. M. AND MINNIE M. gieh
the Alleghany river at present, as I
expect to build a home for my
How to Get Faith.
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AITH cometh by hearing
and hearing by the word of
God.: — Rom. 10: 17.
This text shows us that the preach-ing
of the Word is a great means of
increasing our faith. As a constant
dropping of water upon a rock grad-ually
wears it away, so the contiu-ous
declaring of the truth gradually
begets faith • in the heart of the
hearer. Therefore, to advance, as a
church, to the apostolic standard of
faith, the Word must be preached as
it was in apostolic times. All the
blessed promises must be declare
and over, until they become so
stamped in the hearts arid minds of
all the members of the church, that,
the exercising cif faith in God
becomes a spontaneous action.
We have not in the past fully
preached the Word on all points.
We have faithfully held up the
Unity and Purity of the ch urch,
Spiritual Birth, Sauctification, A
Sinless Life, etc.; but Faith, Assur-ance,
Healing, Miracles, etc,, which
subjects - seessential to an iecrease
of faith, nee ' Lye Pot placed so much
stress ution. We ham:, la lied tk: o
much upon the prooker time for God
to advance his church in faith, and
not enough upon the preachiog of
the Word.
The time for God to his
word is when man fully meets the
conditions. But how can the people,
meet the conditions God requires,
except they first be made acqux t, d
with those conditions? ed how
they become acquaiotcd that's
requirements except the Word be
faithfully preached on all points. A,-;
saith the scripture: h llow t
believe in him of whom
not heard? and hcon slut! l tit.
without preacher 4.
For years after I whs ioso
dations of many generations; a
thou shalt be called, The repairer
the breach, The restorer of paths
dwell in."— Isa. 58: 12.
This language is spoken concer
ing Zion. See Isa. 52: r. Zion
the church. Heb. 12: 22, 23. Isai
refers to the return from the a posta
After speaking of their return,
previous texts, the prophet, behol
ing the consequence of returni
from the awful darkness of apost
tizing, into harmony with God a
his truth, breaks forth in the beau
ful language: " Then shall thy lig
break forth as in the morning, a
thy health shall spring for
speedily."-- Isa 58: 8.
The' morning spoken of here w
the morning of the gospel day. " T
watchman said, The morning comet
and also the night."— Isa. 21: 1
The morning in the apostles' tim
was before the night of apostasy;
Amos says, in Amos 8: g, " It sh
come to pass in that day, saith t
Lord God, that I will cause the su
to go down at noon, and I will darke
the earth in the clear day." " Ther
fore night shall be unto you, that
shall not have a vision; and it sha.
be dark unto you, that ye sha
not divine; and the sun shall g
down over the prophets, and th
day shall be dark over them."
Mic. 3: 6.
Those scriptures : peak of th
night and dark day of the apostas
Then returning to this state th
church shall shine as the mornin
and build the old waste places, th
have been laid waste by the abom
nation that maketh desolate ( Da
9: 27), sectism. This implies cha
the city ( the church) shall be rebui
as in the beginning.
" Thou shalt raise up the founda
tions of many generations." Th
foundations— standard of the truth
which was lowered hundreds o
years in sectism— shall be raised u
to the Bible standard, when th
church is brought up to the Bibl
doctrine of holiness or purity. Rea
Eph. 5: 25- 27.
" Go through, go through the gates
prepare ye the way of the people
cast up, cast up the highway; gathe
out the stones; lift up a standard fo
he people."— Isa. 62: 10.
" And thou shalt be called th
epairer of the breach." The breach
which has been made in the wall
of the Zion of God ( the church) fo
undreds of years, has made it dis-strous
to the people who have been
herein; insomuch that the enemy
ad easy access to them. Conse-uently
it was more difficult for
hem to live as God would be pleased;
or the walls were broken, affording
ut little protection. The wall is
alvation. " In that day shall this
ong be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city; salvation will
od appoint for walls and bulwarks."
— Isa. 26: 1. See Isa. 60: 18. Hence,
e see the breaches pertain to salva-on.
They ccnsist in teaching for
octrine the traditions of men. •
Those errors began to creep in very
arly in the history of the church.
yen in the apostles' days they had
rebuke them. But as early as
e third century, one Origen taught
th it vas not necessary to live to
e whole word of God and also that
an could not be led by the Spirit;
hich was ignoring the two witnesses,
nd crucified them, and they lay
ead " in the street of the great city,
hich spiritually is called Sodom
d Egypt, where also our Lord was
ucified." See Rev. i1: 8.
Thus the darkness of the night
as brought over them; hence, the
() slaty into sectism. One error
ter another crept in; such as, " We
e sanctified when we are convert-
," which, leaving the carnal mind
ithin, would soon overthrow the
or individual and he would con-
Lde that he could not live without
D; which would bring forth the
nd of dcctrine, " We cannot live
thcut sin." These would be
eaches in the wall of salvation and
on rob the one who holds such a
ctrin+, t f every partit. le f : alva
n. helcevcr transgrcsEeth,
" If any of you lack wisdom, let
him ask of God, that giveth to all
men liberally, and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him."— Jas. 1: 5.
" See then that ye walk circum-spectly,
not as fools [ those that do
not obe the Word], but as wise
[ those that obey the Word]."— Eph.
5: 15. Read Matt. 25: 1- 4.
" Behold, I send you forth as
sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye
therefore wise as serpents, and
harmless as do ves."— Matt. to: 16.
" He that winneth souls is wise."-
Prov. II: 30. How necessary it is for
the children of God to get wisdom
from God, that , they may win souls
to Christ, and how few have the nec-essary
wisdom! The Word says, " The
children of this world [ sinners] are
in their generation wiser than the
children of light [ children of God]."
The children of this world are striv-ing
for wealth, knowledge, and
honor. They conduct their business
in such an energetic way, that they
gain what they are striving for.
They labor, strive, plan, and watch
closely in order to gain.
If all that profess to be God's chil-dren
would strive as hard to do
God's will as the children of this
world do to accomplish their ends,
they would be more spiritual and
there would be more souls won to
Christ. The ministers would visit
and pray with more families, put
forth more effort to scatter holy lit-erature
among the lost, and try
harder to keep down strife while
talking to and dealing with souls.
Other saints would do more for
the rescue of the perishing, by send-ing
of their means to help publish
literature, and to help the ministers,
so they could be constantly preach-ing
and working in the gospel field,
and would not have to stop to work
for means to support their families.
Missions and other enterprises could
be easily carried on, and there would
be more of them. All God's chil-dren
should understand that they
should all work in this common
cause, and that there should not be
any selfishness among us, and that
the most important thing is, to win
souls to Christ. T. E. ELLIS.
CHARLEVOIX, MICH.
DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: We would I i
like to tell of the goodness of the
, dear Lord to us. We do praise his h
holy name for salvation and for the t
healing power. Our two children, s
one five and the other six, had the
whooping- cough and they caught a 5
very bad cold and were very sick. a
We called for the elders and anoint- t
ed them and they were healed. Praise P
the dear Lord! He also healed wife's b
body. We do give him all the glory.
We are trusting all things in his care. 11
He is ever willing to keep us if we d
trust him. We ask the earnest f
prayers of the saints.
IRVING TODD AND WIFE.
PITTSBURG, KANS.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I praise h
the Lord for the privilege of testifyng
what the Lord has been doing for me. p
When I came to God with an humble a
and contrite heart he did speak to in
my soul and justified me freely. a
Afterwards, giving my body a liv-ing
sacrifice holy and acceptable in
Aunltthoo Gugohd , I hhea vsea npcrtoiffeiesdse md eit wbehfoollrye., ubse
I had never known what sanctifica-tion
meant. But now I do praise God th
for a real knowledge of salvation. I
a
WI
am praising God for his healing gi
power. I have been a sufferer for a- thl
bout five years with a severe head-
ache. When I would ride a short g24r
distance I would have a severe attack. C
I took my case to the Lord while at lig
Ash Grove C. M. The Lord did 01.1
wonderfully heal me. At times the Aher,
Devil would try me but I just said I , Fa
pkrnoemwi site ws. a As sd oI nhea vaen db eI ecnla aitm deidff tehre- lmI ef
ent places this fall, I will say to those wa
d
desiring to write to me, my address is di il
uPnitdtsebr uthrge, bKloaondsa, s. YEoLuTr Asa WveIdL SsiOstNer. tnaeg
Divine Healing.
Will the Lord Heal Me?
i‘ tXF the Lord has healed others
' 6' fhifX why will he not heal me?"
has been the expression of many
poor weak suffering people, whose
sickness has brought with it dis-couragements
and distress, until the
future is only pictured before them
as a life of pain and misery. But, so
many have not heard that the Lord
has the same power and willingness
to heal now, that he had in olden
times. Take courage, dear suffering
ones, it is his will to heal you. And
if you were to come to him with such
confidence as did the leper ( Matt. 8:
t), believing his ability, he would say:
" I will."
He is willing to heal you. Now
the question is, will you let him heal
you? Well, says one, he can heal me
if he wants to do so. No, that will
not answer on your part. You dare
not be so careless about it. A thing
that is worth having is worth asking
for; and what the Lord has promised
his children, he is willing to give, and
by so doing will not decrease his
wealth nor power.
Do you not know that• you are
promised health and strength, peace
and happiness, through the atone-ment?
Then why not have what be-longs
to you? He is the very same
Jesus as in days of old. He can do
more for you in an instant than
doctors can in years.
Do you remember the woman
( Mark 5: 26) who for twelve years
" had suffered many things of many
physicians, and had spent all that
she had, and was nothing bettered,
but rather grew worse"? She came
with such confidence that she said,
" If I may but touch his clothes, I
shall be whole." And as she pro-ceeded
to act out her faith, the work
was done according to her belief,
and the desire of her heart. The
faint- hearted sufferer exclaims, " Oh,
if Jesus was only here now, I would
touch the he m of his garment and be
healed." Listen to his words spoken
after he was risen from the tomb:
dAll politer is given unto me in
heaven and in earth." And he
speaks to you as he did to those of
old: " According to your faith so be
it unto you." " As thou hast be-lieved,"
etc. " All things are possible
to him that believeth."
Now the question comes: Will you
believe? ill you believe that he is
able to heal you? and that he is
willing to heal you? that he really
desires to heal you? that he desires
and wills to heal you now? and that
he does do it now? If so, faith says,
It is done; and you can shout the
victory, that he does do it now. Our
faith can reach unto him with a
touch that will cause virtue to go
forth. Praise his name! People who
are always putting off until some
future time for their faith to grasp
the promises of the Lord, are de-prived
of the rich blessings of his
storehouse, which they might other-wise
be enjoying, if they would only
accept their privileges.
There are those who are depend-ing
entirely upon the faith of others,
for their healing, when God wants
them to look to him alone. When
anyone comes in confidence to the
Lord, whether alone, or with some
one else, even though faith may be
weak, yet God will supply the need,
and send forth his power according
to the confidence manifest. Be sure
you are in line with his word as far
as it is possible for you to be, and as
far as you know, and that your con-secration
measures to the whole will
of God, and he will not withhold his
blessings for soul and body.
Still you ask, " Will the Lord heal
me?" The answer comes, Yes! " If
thou canst believe, all things are
possible to him that believeth."—
Mark 9: 23
Building the Breach( s.
and abideth not in the doctrine of
Christ hath not God."- 2 Jno. 9.
Teaching that the resurrection is
past is another error, and will steal
away the faith and cause ship-wreck.
Read 2 Tim. 2: r8. Sprink-ling
for baptism is one breach which
was made by the direful teaching of
Romanism, and carries with it the
spirit of division, sectism.
Teaching we are saved in the act
of immersion, or that we have to be
immersed to get the remission of
sins, is one of the horrid delusions of
Satan to steal souls from the truth
of God. Just think, make people
believe that water takes away their
sins, when there is no such doctrine
taught in the Bible! Make people
believe they are on the inside of the
walls of the city, when they are
camped outside in the wilderness,
an easy prey to the wild beasts! Oh,
what deception!
Many inauspicious renderings
have been made doubtless, some
from ignorance and some from
incongruous motives originating
from the evil spirit, to justify them-selves
in their opinions; which have
made breaches in the wall of salva-tion,
and many sects, dividing God's
people. Thus many souls have been
captured into the meshes of satanic
doctrines, but God in bringing his
church back to the state of the morn-ing
light, is repairing the breaches in
the plan of salvation, exposing the
errors, and revealing the truth of his
precious Word. 	 G. R. ACHOR.
Wisdom.
SDOM is the principal
thing; therefore get wis-dom."—
Prov. 4: 7.
We find in the Word that there
are two kinds of wisdom spoken of;
viz., wisdom of God, and the wisdom
of this world. The children of this
world are exercising their wisdom in
gaining knowledge of, and the
wealth of, this world. By so doing,
they neglect to get wisdom from
God, and lose their souls.
Wisdom is profitable to direct, and
we need wisdom from God so we
can be directed aright. In order to
get wisdom from God, men must
cease from their own wisdom - cease
to think they are wise. See Prov.
23: 4,
• " The wisdom of their wise men
3shall perish."— Isa. 29: 14. We should
seek for wisdom that does not
perish. " The wise men are ashamed
they are dismayed and taken: lo,
they have rejected the word of the
Lord; and what wisdom is in them?"
— Jer. 8: 9. By neglecting to obey
the word of God, they do not get
wisdom from God, and are left with
only their own wisdom. The wis-dom
of this world is foolishness with
God; for he taketh the wise in their
own craftiness.
" My speech and my preaching was
not with enticing words of man's
wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power: that your faith
should not stand in the wisdom of
men, but in the power of God. How-beit
we speak wisdom among them
that are perfect: yet not the wisdom
of this world, nor of the princes of
this world, that come to nought: but
we speak the wisdom of God in a
mystery, even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the
world unto our glory.."-- r' Cor.
2: 4- 7. Also verse 13—" Which things
also we speak, not in the words
which man's wisdom teacheth, but
which the Holy Ghost teacheth."
One reason why there is so much
darkness among the people is be-cause
they have heard man's wisdom,
or theories taught, instead of what
the Holy Ghost teacheth.' When
the word of God is taken from the
people, they go into darkness and
superstition.
" Let no man deceive himself. If
any man among you seemeth to be
wise in this world, let him become a
fool [ cease to think he is wise, or
from worldly wisdom], that he may
be wise [ get wisdom from God]; for
the wisdom of this world is foolish:
ness with God."— i Cor. 3: 18,- 19
refo.. rimation, I did, not hear a set lin:
on ovine heahnje. I It he min-isters
sometimes refer te u, sayieg,
God can heal, and will ' acal the steak
to- day the same as in ti , e
yore, but to take up loboi as
doctrinal subj et, and d
with emphasis was rarely heft
any of the Laid's minis:, r... e
the first ten years of this r 	 ma'
tion. I was a preach( r of le
for a numb: r oi y_ ars 	 11‘,
preached a sermon 	 e -
ng. When wec so h r ih s
we need 1101 rna_ v(- 1 hat ot
ave . recently toxak, ti .0 n
he‘ mselves far silk to of t e IhOL
tandard of faith.
When we hear of th., fai.. h 0
ome brother failing wi- c„ n i
ttacked by sickness, and he tahs
he doctor, we think it strange kk- neo
erhaps he is not alt: g, r
lame for the weakeess of ids h.
His desire is to trust the Lord, bet
e has never heard the doco- Me of
ivine healing set forth in ail the
ullness of God's word; hence, has
ever been able to grasp the Bible
tandard of faith in Christ- as a phy-ician.
And when . he is brought
nder the scourge of severe sickness,
is faith fails.
Let us fully preach Christ as a
hysician to heal all our diseases,
nd we will soon see a rapid increase
faith on the line of divine healing
mong the children of God.
The church has rapidly advanced
faith the last year. This is largely
wing to the fact that the Word has
en more fully set forth amongst
than ever before.
eW ea ntoonwe mcaen nste, e a d isvuinbeli hmeeal itnrgu tihn
hich we confess we never caught a
impse of until about one year ago,
though it is so clearly set forth in
C; M Watot. r d8:, 1S7e. e T Ishai. s 5h3a: s4 ; c aI uPseetd. 2a:
eater increase in our • faith in
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ar lpiantgh , o Int has enabled us to place
d when ac loemveel twoi tmhy s haelvaavteinonly.
ther for healing, I do not pray as
ormerly did, " If it be thy will, heal
doubting at the same time if it
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