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And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven t o the
other. 	 Mat. 24: 57.
So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they
have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. 	 Jer. 32: 39.
Blow ye the Tru nipet in Zion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain. JoeZ2: 1.
The Lord God shall blow the Trumpet, and go with whirlwinds. Zech. 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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I am on the Rock, and I do not fear,
When the binding storm rages far or near:
I am all content in his proffered hand,
Knowing every storm is at his command.
I am on the Rock, let the strong tides strain;
In his grace and truth I shall firm remain;
List the billows sweep and the storm- waves roll,
Heaven's Anchor's cast in my trusting soul.
I am on the Rock, I am all secure,
NiThile his name and throne shall fore'er endure;
He's the King of storms; he is reigning still—
As when winds and wavesdid obe y his will.
I am on the Rock, where his church was built:
Where his blood was shed to absolve from guilt,
Where his word is fixed. and it cannot fail;
For the gates of hell never shall prevail.
I am on the Rock of eternity,
Where the Lord's great throne shall forever be;
Where his fiat stands with himself to vie,
And his awful word says HE CANNOT LIE.
I am on the Rock. and I shall be, here,
When the earth shall pass from its orbit sphere:
When the dead are raised at the trumpet call,
I'll abide with him, I shall never fall.
I am on the Rock, and I shall be, there,
With the hosts of heaven, in that world so fair,
I shall swell the ceaseless chorus— choir.
Where our voibes never, never tire.
I am on the Rock; sinner, oh, come, too:
And deny yourself, Jesus died for you;
He would have you share worlds of joy and bliss,
He would robe your soul in his righteonsness.
B. E. Warren.
I AM ON THE ROCK.
Armageddon.
conclude that we are safe while standing
upon the truth of Omnipotence, outside
of all man - constructed machinery.
" We preach eternal redemption through
the blood of Christ, and the univer-sality
of his kingdom of grace. As
the body of Christ must contain all of his
members, anything that does notecontain
every child of God is not his church—
and it has no sisters. Cant. 6: 9. Nothing
but God's people is ever in his word, in a
single instance, denominated the church.
" The church is visible. Matt
2 Cor. 3: 2. The kingdom' of grace is
invisible. Luke 17: 20. Hence when
inducted into the invisible element of
love . by the remission of sins, we the
church are visible, but the operator is
invisible. Therefore the invisible operator
uses the visible instrument, the church, to
enlighten the world. Praise God for his
church; we are not against it or any of its
facilities; but against isms that divide
God's people. ' Churches,' in the plural,
spoken of in the Word has reference
every time to local congregations of
saved people in different geographical
locations. Read i Cor. 16: 10; 2 Cor. 8: 18;
CHAPTER VIII.
WHAT WE CONTEND FOR AND AGAINST.
T HE following is a reply published
in defense of the truth at Wilton,
Iowa.
" Inasmuch as there has been an
exhibition of the characteristics ever
manifestly displayed on the part ' of
carnality, in bringing forth fruit nourished
ofttimes by ignorance of. divine principles,
through disobedience to the laws of
heaven and violation of the standard of
eternal 	 justice— God's word— whose
infallible judgment must govern every
theocratic soul, and being watered by the
furrows of willful misrepresentation, is
canvassed by tongue and pen, for the
purpose of misguiding individuals who
may not have been influenced against the
truth by a more direct agency of darkness,
and as the public is agitated by the
desire to comprehend truth in reality, and
not in mere form or fiction, we desire to
see every thinking person take a stand on
a correct premise and, being influenced by
unselfish love, draw a right conclusion
therefrom.
" The truth that inspired the souls of
men in the apostolic age and characterized
the pristine Christians is the same we
should imbibe, nourish, protect, and
disseminate throughout the world by both
precept and example. 	 .
II mr. 	 and others of like passions,
who seem to find in their vast resources
of knowledge, the personification of the
embodiment of all truth, try to attach to
us as a people many appellations born of
irony, such as ' Trumpeters', ' Holy Rollers',
and a comparison to some obnoxious
plant; as, burdock, butterprint, cockle burs,
etc. For these things we praise God, and
simply send a prayer to glory for the
salvation of such of our fellow men as
may be wrongly informed or rather who
are not informed at all.
" It is true we do not believe in
sect ( dis) organizations that divide and
disorganize God's people; but that God's
church is an organized body we firm. ly
believe. We maintain that the Son of
God, and his apostles and their successors
were supplied with all the religious
facilities necessary to evangelize the
world. We declare that all knowledge
acquired in modern times should never
change the legislation of God, nor the
government of his church. . f the
multiplicity of ecclesiastical institutions
are indispensable for the purpose of
Christianizing the world, we say that the
church of God and her facilities were not
perfect until all of these modern sects
were brought to view; but if Christ
organized his church and invested it with
all things necessary, without the aid of
these many schisms and there being no
license for man to build a church, we
Cor. 16: 1; Rom. 16: 4; Acts 15: 41.
" Paul taught in every church ( congre-gation
of the saved). r Cor. 4: 17. Do
you suppose if Paul would come to
Wilton and preach a sermon for the
M. E's. or the Presbyterians, advocating
sprinkling, that he would be received by
the Baptists as a true teacher? I think
not. If he would preach a sermon for the
' Christian Church,' so- called, to the
effect that immersion in water is for the
remission of sins, do you think the M. E's.
would receive him? No. Then Paul
could not preach in ' all churches' in
Wilton, could he? Hence the ' all
churches' in Wilton are vastly different
from the ' all churches' of the apostolic
age. Paul did not preach different
doctrines to suit the ' all churches,' but
always the same faith. Therefore the
local assemblies all had one faith, and
these local congregations of earth
composed the universal body or church.
But there were not different doctrines.
There was but one church in each town.
See , Acts 13: 1; I Cor. ; 2; I Thess.
Philadelphia with her thousands o
inhabitants, had but one church; • but
Wilton with less than two thousand has
about a dozen.
" God himself takes members into his
church ( Acts 2: 47; 1 Cor. 12: 18); the
door is Christ ( Jno. to: 9); and no man
can open or shut it ( Isa. 22: 22; Rev. 3: 7).
Therefore anything man can open or shut
is not the church of God.
" Organization is what we are pleading
for. Organization is where every
member co- operates, one with another,
aiming at one common end. Should the
church aim only to get to heaven? No.
She should be arrayed against all manner
of sin and confusion. In a systematic
form? Yes. The different parts of work
must be carried on, but every facility is
found within the One organization.
" As sectism teaches we will illustrate,
and denominate M. E. ism, Co. A;
Campbellism, Co. B; Pt esbyterianism,
Co. C; Baptistism, Co. D. When the
archfiend sends his hosts to capture the
souls of our loved ones in the thraldom
of sin, the bugle is sounded from yonder
throne, ` 1.3p, to arms 1 the enemy is in
camp.' Co. A arises in the darkness of
sectish night, and starts against the
enemy. I hear the clashing of swords;
Co. A has found the foe and is in deadly
conflict. But ah, my heart sinks when I
behold the sword of Co. A struck to the
heart of Co. B. They are the enemies
that have met. Just so with Co. C and
Co. D. While they fight each other the
Devil gropes for the vitals of our race 	 HE people which sat in dark-murder
is increasing, asylums growing, ness saw great light; and to
prisons overflowing, prostitution Cursing them which sat in the region and
the earth, disease devouring the body, shadow of death light is sprung up.
and a great devastation in general. If From that time Jesus began to
half the time that is spent in church ' preach, and to say Repent; for the
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the Savior. But he used love, says
one. Yes that is true. His love is
the greatest ever known. And after
the sweet, melting invitation (" Come
unto me, " etc.) , his love was so intense
that he failed not to faithfully warn
( notify of danger) them of their
awful fate, providing they did not
repent and prepare to meet God.
" And Jesus answering said unto
them, Suppose ye that these
Galii2cans were sinners above all
the Galikeans, because they suffered
such things? I tell you, Nay; but,
except ye repent, YE SHALL ALL
LIKEWISE PERISH."— Luke 13: 2, 3.
And again he repeats this emphatic
warning in the fifth verse: - I tell
you, Nay; but EXCkPr YE REPENT, YE
SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH." So we
see Jesus WARNED ill love, as well as
to extend an invitation in love.
Some, though- not meaning to dis-annul
God's warnings, believe that
the proper manner in which to get
people saved, is to avoid warning
them of their awful destiny, but tell
them of the great love of Jesus, who
died to save them, While men
must serve God through love, it may
not be the starting- point with all.
Again, while godly sorrow worketh
repentance, do not the warnings of
God's word faithfully preached often
yield the said godly sorrow? I trow
it does. What then? shall we cease
to make known the wondrous low
of him who shed his own life's blood
for our redemption? No, No! Let
this great love be magnified. But
let us, like Jesus, not fail to give the
warning also ( in love), and thereby
clear ourselves, by preaching the
whole Word.
Now let us hear Paul on this point.
" And the times of this ignorance
God winked at; but now, command-eth
all men everywhere to repent."
- Acts 7: 3o. Why, Paul? " Because
he hath appointed a day, in the
which he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man [ Christ]
whom he hath ordained."— Vcr. 31.
" Who will render to every man
according to his deeds: to them who
by patient continuance in well- doing
seek for glory and honor r from God]•
and immortality, eternal life; but
unto them that are contentious, and
obey not the truth, but obey unright-eousness,
indignation and wrath,
tribulation and anguish, upon every
soul of man that doeth evil, of the
Jew first, and also of the Gentile."—
Rom. 2: 6- 9,
Again, says the apostle, Jesus is
coming " in flaming fire taking venge-ance
on them that know not God,
and that obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be pun-ished
with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord, and
from the glory of his power."- 2
Thess. I: 8, n.
We, also, must warn the people.
To tell of the love of Jesus, is proper.
and right; but to withhold the awful
warnings of God's word from the
people, would be very wrong.
In conclusion, we will notice how
God, through the mouth of the
prophet, speaks concerning the
watchman ( minister) who fails to
warn the wicked of his dangerous
position. " When I say unto the
wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and
thou givest him not warning, nor
speakest to warn the wicked from
his wicked way, to save his life; the
same wicked man shall die in his
iniquity; but his blood will I require
at thine hand. Yet, if thou warn the
wicked, and he turn not from his
they now seem to be resting, at par- wickedness, nor from his wicked
feet ease. 	 way, he shall die in his iniquity; but
What shall the warning be? I thou hast delivered thy soul."
rn. Ake lay first appeal to the WOrciS 	 A J ELLISON
sprees, frolics, grab- bags, picnics, foot
and toe festivals, pillow- slip socials, box
suppers, raffles, etc., etc., were spent to
destroy sin in men's hearts, there would
be a grand reformation brought to view.
If all professors would rally around Christ,
the sole life and center of all spiritual
vitality, instead of some modern sectish
invention, you would see a love manifest
among the ecclesiastical world that is
now a stranger.
" The truth makes one ( Heb. 2: II),
even as the Father and Son. See Ino.
17: 11. We are not based upon dogmatic
principles. We demand proof. Every
reformation established in the hearts of
men founded upon the eternal principles of
right, has ever demanded a freedom from
the slavish chains and thraldom of
sectish reign. The holy influence of
God's Spirit inculcates holiness within
the soul; takes away every band from the
mind, every prejudice from the heart; and
sends forth the proclamation of righteous-nest
in defense of the law of love and
vindication of justice, sanctification of the
human heart, to the utter annihilation of
every moral disease, and the elevation of
moral principles.
" When one has embraced the economy
of grace outside of all ecclesiastical
machinery, the conception of God's
goodness, the purity of his church, and
the universality of his kingdom, the
knowledge of his salvation binds us by
the bond of love so close to the source of
our joys that the burden of our souls is to
see thehighest manifestation of God's pow-er
in a united church, and to decry every
discordant element. We - acknowledge
allegiance to nothing but the matchless
ideal– CHRIST— from whom we may
draw every characteristic that should
mark the Christian life.
" Man, possessed of a ' spiritual and
eternal Principle, coming in contact with
the laws of divine justice, finds himself
standing between two eternities. From
one streams the light of immortal glory,
actuating upon the better judgment and
intelligent faculties of humanity, declaring
the heavenly environments and attributes
of purity to be compatible with the
eternal interests of man. From the other
emanates the insiduous treachery of the
archfiend, concocting nefarious schemes
to trammel the soul, to repudiate the
holiness of Christ, and bind with chains
of dark despair.
" There is but one means by which
man's rights are maintained and preserved
from the intricacy of sin and omnifarious
deceptions. That is a pure heart indwelt
by the Spirit of truth, that evades all
error and leads into the light of heaven;
the lack of which has given birth to the
conflicting creeds, and brought forth the
conglomerated mass of confusion or
great inpediment to the progress o
evangelization. The apostasy has through
a careless ministry, blinded, deceived, and
misguided, until the reality of perfect
love and unity is a stranger in the
Protestant realm."
Let every soul consider these facts and
flee to a more secure refuge, in Christ,
and the brighter clime in the liberties of
Armageddon, or the gospel. of God.
Fight on, brethren. Armageddon is
growing brighter; her host, growing
larger; hell's forces, becoming weaker;
and heaven is much nearer. Stand true,
Upon the hottest field of battle, sword and spear in hand
In Armageddon's plain, is where I take my stand
I'll fight to kill the creeds, yea every schismatic clan.
I'll work for God's own cause, against the cliques of man.
More infidels they've made than Voltaire, Ingersol and
Ifunt
And as justice meets her own, they will meet their doom. backed up by the mighty Holy Ghost
W . A. HAYNES. 	 power that w- 	 ill thr- i1ll the ears; and,
the Spirit effectually applying the
same, pierce an awakening arrow to
the hearts' of our hearers. Perad-venture
some of them will be aroused
from the awful lethargy, in whicn
kingdom of heaven is at hand."—
Matt. 4: 16, 17.
Sin, having now swayed its huge,
dark scepter over God's creation for
more than four thousand years, and
God now beholding their wickedness,
and the weakness of the Mosaic law
( See Heb. 7: 18.) to redeem them ( See
Gal. 3: 21.), sent his only begotten
Son into the world to die the igno-minious
death on the cross, and
thereby ransom them from the
Adamic fall. Read Rom. 5: 12- 21.
Ere long we find this same beloved
Son of God, at the beginning of his
ministerial service, using these noted
words of warning: " Repent; for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Again, after a short period of time,
we find him in pleading tones, crying
out thus: " Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I
will give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you, and learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye
shall find rest unto your souls. For
my yoke is easy and my burden is
light."— Matt. I f : 28- 30 At this
period, God seemed to extend his
utmost pity; which can be readily
preceived by these pleadings, which
he spoke through his Son.
For centuries the Jewish nation
was the only nation blessed by the
great omnipotent being, known as
the Almighty God. Buz now, having
sent his beloved Son into the world,
to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to
bring in everlasting righteousness
( Dan. 9: 24), he anoints him Prince
of Peace ( See Isa. 9: 6.) " that he
might reconcile both [ Jew and Gen-tile]
unto God in one body, by the
cros3, having slain the enmity there-by."—
Eph. 2: 16. There now being
no respective distinction made as to
nationality, Jesus, the great Prince of
Peace, in his sweet melting tones of
compassion, broke forth in this noted
invitation, " Come unto me. all ye
that labor [ both Jew and Gentile]
and are heavy laden."
Hithtrto the Jews, being the
chosen people of God and supposing
themselves in esteem to be above all
men, looked down very disgracefully
upon the Gentile world, regarding
them as dogs. But Jesus in his in-finite
mercy, even stoops so low as to
offer saving grace to this wretched
class of Adam's posterity. And
gives the Jews to understand the
same, by speaking in their presence
as follows: " I am the door: by me if
any man enter in, he shall be saved."
— jno. 10: q. And so it is at the
present epoch. No distinction is
made; but whosoever will, may come
and take of the water of life
freely.
Although such divine, infinite love
has been bestowed upon our fallen
race, they do not seem to appre-ciate
it; but glide swiftly over the
rapids of time, into an endless
eternity, there to reap the reward of
their own planting. Professors also,
in vast multitudes, scoffing and jeer-ing
at the work of God, that is being
undeniably wrought by his omnipo-tent
hand. They also, are fast
bounding their way down the broad
road ( Man. 7: 13) to an endless hell.
For this reason a warning must go
forth from the Word, in all holy love,
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Requests for Prayer.
Pray for sister Jane Kennedy who has
cancers. Also pray for me, that I may be
healed of rupture. 	 j. B. Mills.
Pray for F. M. Milican and wife, that
they may be restored to health.
J. Broughton.
Pray for me that I may get the full use
of my limb. My hip was broken last
fall and my knee and ankle have become
stiff from lying so long in one position.
Mary Collins, Morland.
Please pray that my niece may be
healed of convulsions and restored to
health. Mattie A. Lawrence.
Pray for my healing of kidney trouble,
catarrh, deafness, etc, Mar. 21. at two o'-
clock. 	 Joseph H. Dohip= r, Peabody.
Calls for Meetings.
I have pi; ch tsed w building for a hall
in which to hold meetings and desire
some or thc brethren to come and preach,
Thomas Keiser, Lindsey, Ohio.
We expect to have a cammepet itn, in
this vicinity some time in June: and' we
are in need of some workers sound in the
faith, filled with the power of God, to cast
out devils, and be uied in helping souls.
	
A man and w ife preferred. 	 Robert J.
Goode, Crittenden, Pima Co, Arizona.
Brother E. Townsend, New Field, Me.,
Writes: " I have been praying and waiting
and waiting with tears for over two years
fur some one anointed of the Lord to
come here and preach the whole gospel,
and none have come yet." Cannot some
messenger s: nt of the Lord answer that
call?
was heard on two occasions to call
the GOSPEL TRUMPET " a short cut to
hell." And when we asked him
personally about this assertion, he
acknr wledged he made use of such
expreorions, without the least
apology, but rather justifying him
self in the use of such vile language.
He also teaches that the ten corn
mandments are still binding upon
Caristians, which is contrary to the
p am n teaching of the New Testa-me
rit. See 2 Cor. 3: 4 14; Ex. 34: 28;
Help 8: 7- to, 13; to: g; 7: 18, 19 Creel
published an article in the secular
pater at Hammond, La. recenily, in
which he teaches this very thing.
Bradley stands shoulder to should-er-
wail Creel in his crookedness, and
sat s, " Crt ei is the purest man among
a thousand"
Bradiet also takes a stand against
divine healing, and teaches that it is
the duty of all Christians to call in
the doctor and take medicine when
they are sick. We faithfully ad-monished
him of his error face to
face, but he obstinately refused to
give it up.
It has also been clearly manifest-ed
that both Creel and Bradley pos-
, ess a St If- euriceited and puffed up
spirit. Bradley has for years made
it a practice to carry from place to
place certificates signed by both
saints and sinners to prove his
character. Sometimes he has even
written recommendations and hand-ed
to other brethren to copy and sign
so as to wear the appearance of hav-ing
been written by the party by
whom it was signed. We have in
our possession a letter of this kind,
which is alleged by the brother in
whose hand it now stands to have
been written by Bradley and handed
to him to be copied and signed in
his own hand. None but a graceless
and puffed up heart could descend
to such schemes to cover the detects
of his character. It has; also been
affirmed by many faithful brethren
that both these men have not been
straight in their financial dealings.
The evil spirit has been manifested
in them in many ways.
We therefore warn all the saints
to have no fellowship with them, ex
cept they repent of their sins and
obtain salvation. You cannot ac-knowledge
them in their present
condition to be men of G0d, nor al-low
them to preach in your houses
of worship, and remain guiltless be-fore
God. 	 Wm. G. SCHELL.
WIT WORK IN INDIA.
MISSION HOUSE, MY. MENSiNGH,
EAST BENGAL, INDIA., Feb. 1, 1897.
My DEARLY BELOVED BROTHER:
Thank you very much for kindly
: sending the books and tracts, which
all are helpful and have been dis-tributed
far and wide in the country.
They are doing thier work effectually
and the thoughts out of many hearts (
are being revealed. Many there are t
who when they once read a paper or s
a tract like to have some more again a
but there are others who would keep a
themselves away from its influence. b
Perhaps you remember that I told i
you of some friends who did not like b
" the tone of the paper," meaning the r
GOSPEL TRUMPET. I wrote this friend N
to let me know what it was in the h
paper that she did not like, where- s
upon she answered it was " faith h
healing," and gave her opinions on P
the matter. I answered her objc- h
tions and sent her a copy of your 0
" Divine Healing" and something else k
on the subject and requested her to f
read them. She kept quiet for a w
time, and then told me that she had I
been praying over it and would not m
say anything against it until the st
Lord teaches her. She made it a r
subject of her daily prayer. May the a
Lord himself teach her her privi- h
leges asia child of God, in the matter. 1 to
Again, I sent a copy of your h •
KALNA, BENGAL, INDIA,
JAN. 23, 1897.
DEAR MR. BYRUM: I thank you
for kindly presenting me with two
of your works; namely, " The Secret
of Salvation " and " Divine Healing
of Soul and Body." I received them
two or three days ago and have
gone through a little over half ofthem
since. I believe the fo rifler of the
two books reached me at the right
moment guided by the Divine Hand,
and certainly in answer to your prayer.
r A day or two before, I received two
Y sample copies of your GOSPEL TRUM-
" PET with a supplement advertising
d " The Secret of Salvation." The very
O sight of the name led me to wish
e that I could possess myself with a
k copy of it. In looking over the in-g
dex of adiajects I came to the subject.
e " Sanctified." I longed for that con-f
dition myself. Then I thought of
- writing to Brother A. D. Khan, your
Calcutta correspondent, to ask him
if he could help me, but now I have
h the two books in my possession. I am
e in much need of spiritual help to
S! know just how to reach the point I de-e
sire, and trust that by the time I
o i have gone through these books and
II / papers I will be able to reach that
t point. Pray for me, that I may get
to such a condition as would fill me
S with joy and with the Spirit to
serve him in a way acceptable to him,
f and to serve him with the whole
heart. I do wish that the Lord
' bless you more abundantly, and
thank you once more for the val-uable
present. Yours thankfully,
GUILD, OKLA., Mar. S.
EAR SAINTS OF GOD: Husband
and I are in the work here, also
Sister Rosa Turner. The pure Word
has never been preached in this
place before, but we are dealing out
the truth in love to the best of our
ability. This is our first work in
new fields and we are young and
need your prayers. We have had
many calls to pray for the sick, and
a number have been healed. There
are a few saints here that have be-come
more established by our com-ing
here. Some have been under
conviction. The Devil was seeming-ly
asleep when we came to this piace
but he has become wonderfully stir-red
and there is much opposition to
the truth. We have large attend-ance
and some are real favorable to
the truth. The schoolhouses are
open for our meetings. The Lord
is blessing us and providing for us.
We need much wisdom to know how
to deal with people. We have so
many calls for real gospel work here
and we often feel our weakness.
Pray much for us. We have passed
through many trials but the Lord is
our strength. Your brother and
sister in the one body,
S. C. AND D. C. CRUZAN.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Mar. 8.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: We are
all praising God this morning for
victory in our souls. We just closed
a fifteen days' meeting at Algodon,
Ionia Co., Mich., with victory for
the Lord. Praise his holy name!
Quite a number have chosen that
good part which can never be taken
away. This is a new field but.
praise the Lord, the glorious even-ing
light is penetrating the darkness,
and prejudice is being removed and
Babylon exposed, and her abomina-tions
brought to light through the
Gospel. The Lord blessed our la-bors
in saving souls and in healing
the sick. To him be all the glory.
The Lord is working here in the
ity. The congregations are increas-
GOSPEL ) 1. TRUMPET,
A WEEKLg HOLINESS JOURNAL
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E. E. BYRUM, ElDrrOR.
THURSDAY, MAR. 18, 1897.
LET OF MONEY LEThRS NOT OTHER WISE HUNTED
E. A. Soffits, W. H. Gorc n. W. C. Simmons,
H. J. Cunningham, W. F. Holton.
	 —
Chicago assembly, Nlarca 10- 29,
at the " Open Iintoe Mission," 59
Plymouth Place.
Brethren, do not forget to pray
for the work at Chicago. If you can
attend the meeting, do so; if not,
send up a special prayer each day
for the salvation of souls, the spread-ing
of the truth, and a general out-pouring
of the Holy Spirlt, that the
sick may be healed and signs follow
the preaching of the Word. Evety
lover of the. tnith is invited. People
will be cared for and all things be
common. and the apostolic standard
of Bible truth set forth, contending
earnesily for the faith once delivered
to the saints. Brethren litho cannot
be th( re should not forgst the
responsibilities of helping to care for
those who attend.
A. Painful Duty,
TDOYALTY to God and the purity
aA of his holy cause, has made it
our painfel duty to sound notes of
warning through the TRUMPET
against A. L. Creel of Meridian,
Miss. and W. W. Bradley of Ham-mond,
La. These men have by
crooked lives and false teaching
hindered the Lord's work in the
South for a long time. They are
both possessed with lying spirits,
which we have the testimonies of
many faithful brethren in the South
to prove. Also the very same spirit
was clearly man, ifested in them both
in a personal interview we had with
them while in the South. This
to warn me against such present-
! day errors as " Perfectionism" and
' Divine Healing" which according
to her opinion spoiled many an
active and useful worker and ren-
; dered them useless for life. And so
much so that they began to pray fo
I me that I may not be deceived b
any such false (?) teaching. And be
sides they wrote to our Principal an
N
Superintendent of the Barracks, t
have a talk with me about thes
things, who accordingly came to as
me what my views were concernin
" perfection," and tried to persuad
me to believe the popular views o
" holiness," which teach that we can
not get rid of the " sinful nature
this side the grave. I spoke to him
to hold up the pure truth in suc
words as the Spirit gave me at th
time. He was led to see that it wa
clear enough in theory to prov
from the Bible but it is not easy t
live it, and also that it is no fault o
God's part but on man's part that i
is so. Praise the Lord! He indeed
has won the victory. How bad it i
to say, God does not do it, only be
cause we do not get it because o
our unbelief!
In spite of all these oppositions
the word of God has not been
bound. The truth is making its way
on all hands. One of my friends is
seriously considering this matter and
praying about it and we have
studied together your " Secret of
Salvation," only last week. This
friend is almost persuaded to see
the will of God concerning " faith
healing" and the glorious privilege
of a child of God on that line.
Praise the Lord for that!
One brother who has got yOUI
books—" Divine Healing" and " The
Secret of Salvation" has been so
pleased that he expressed his desire
to write to you. He is a splendid
man working for the Master in East
Bengal. There are others who are
thinking seriously, and some have
seen the ' one part ( sanctification),
and are praying for the other part of
the truth ( divine healing). May the
Lord lead them right.
My dear brother, you would in-deed
be delighted to hear that the
sister on whom the anointed hand-kerchief
was applied is so much
better, both in body and soul. Her
sickly countenance has entirely been
changed, and she looks like a well
and healthy body, quite changed.
She has entirely changed her deli-cate
way of living, which she was
compelled to adopt on account of
her frail constitution. She has adopt-ed
a very simple way of living, and
given up many useless and unneces-sary
little and big things. Her case
has been a wonder to many. Be-fore,
she could not walk, but now she
can do it with ease. She is living in
East Bengal now, and as I was corn-ing
the other day from Calcutta
over 300 miles from here) passing
hat place where she was staying, I
topped there to see her and it was
pleasant surprise to me to see her
S she was. She has been compelled
y the Spirit to give up bitter feel-ngs
against her enemies and has
een reconciled to them even at the
isk of losing her own sense of pride.
ow she is as meek and lowly of
eart as any. Praise the Lord for
uch a signal defeat of the Devil and
is • hosts as the Lord has accom-lished.
Indeed he has manifested
is power unmistakably through her.
h, what a Savior is Jesus our
ing! I have come here to stay a
ew days more, and am doing the
orks of him whose I am and whom
serve. The Lord has been with
e continually to help me and
rengthen me, with power, so I am
ejoicing in him. Remember me to
II the brethren and sisters in the
ouse, and believe me, dear brother,
be one of the body of Christ our
ead, • 	 A. D. • KHA.
CRESSON, TEX., March II.
GOSPEL TRUMPET READERS: We
wish to report that the Lord is work-ing
among us here in Texas. We
labored six weeks in Ft. Worth and
vicinity, and the Lord was with us in
converting, sanctifying, and healing
power. About twelve or fifteen
sought the Lord during the meeting
and great blessing rested upon the
heritage of the Lord. A fortune
teller was heavily convicted and
sought the Lord earnestly, but the
blessing was held from her on
account of her cursing God at one
time in life. Pray that God may
grant repentance to that soul. An
old lady was delivered from tobacco
and snuff aftei- using the filthy weed
sixty- two years. Praise God for his
saving and healing power! Yours in
Jesus, E. F. HOUGHTON.
ST. LOUIS, MICH., March 9.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I feel
led of God to report throu gh the
TRUMPET some of God's goodness
and work in saving, healing, and
establishing his believers. Praise
God forever! We opened meeting
at Bush Creek schoolhouse Dec. 24,
which lasted over three Sundays.
Thirteen souls came to the altar,
some to be made free and some for
sanctification. From there we came
home and held four nights. There
were thirteen at the altar, also some
were wonderfully healed. From my
place we started for Gladwin Co.
and , found things in a very bad
shape; but by prayer and fasting
God showed us what to do and pro-ceed
and so we obeyed and God com-menced
to work. But on atcount of
cold weather we had not very large
assemblies, but a few were saved.
From there I came home and met
Bro. Wm. Warren at St. Louis where
he was holding meeting for some
time. Feb. 21 we commenced meet-ing
at Pleasant Vale. This meeting
lasted two weeks, with large congre-gations.
There was some opposition
from Adventism but the Word un-covered
their blindness. In this
meeting Bros. Shelby and Warren
were much used of the Lord. Only
one soul saved, but the truth went
forth in power. Your brother under
the blood, 	 DAVID MITCHELL.
LOVES LAKE, LA., March 4.
DEARLY BELOVED TRUMPET READ-ERS:
We greet you again in Jesus'
name. This morning finds us saved
from all sin. Praise his name! We
came here Feb. 5, and found the
little church in very good condition,
although in need of real advance-ment,
and all anxious to go forward.
We held meeting here ten days, and
the dear Lord gave us a glorious
meeting. Sectism is hard against
the straight way here, while they
claim to be sanctified. Several are
Coming out of sectism. To God be
all the glory. We just closed meet-ing
near Iverson, La. The Lord
gave us a precious victory in Jesus'
name. Two saved from sin, and one
I3aptist preacher came out of sectism.
I have never seen people more
anxious for the Bible way than they
are near Iverson. 0 dear brethren,
the harvest is truly great, and the
laborers are few. Let us pray the
Lord to send more faithful laborers
to help gather the remnant of his
people into the one fold. The dear
Lord is helping us to advance as
never before in meekness and
ing every night and the people are
accepting the truth. It takes real
humility and a complete consecration
to meet trials. But, praise the Lord,
his grace is sufficient. We have no
means only as the Lord provides.
We now have three places of wor-ship.
One place is at a private
house. and one at the Mission, and
the other is a large hall . about 40x
6o feet, which we have secured for
one year for $ 32. This is located on
Granville Avenue, quite a public
place, and we are looking to the
Lord to bless the work. Dear
saints, pray for us that we may glor-ify
God in all we do, and be kept
humble. Your brother, all on the
alta, r, 	 GEO. FILHOUR.
GOSTA V1HARI MAKAR.
P. S. Since writing the main letter
I have gone through a greater por-tion
of your " Secret of Salvation"
and have been greatly helped. My
case seems to fit in with the case
dwelt on under " Fetters Broken." I
am not despondent, but am enjoying
peace with God, but I still long for
perfect joy. Yours in the Lord,
G. V. M.
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Elberson depart-ed
this life Feb. 25, 1897; aged 57 yrs. 10 mo.
3 da. His sickness was of short duration, but
he had the assurance that all was well with
his soul. He shouted the praises of God, and
was ready for the call. 	 Viannah Crites.
Crowland. Ont.
SKINNER — Susie Annie Amelia, wife of
A. 0. Skinner, was born June 29, 1853, died
Feb. 20, 1897. Sister Skinner embraced the
apostolic light some nine years ago and she
walked in the light to the end. She leaves a
saved husband. 	 J. A. Dillon.
Thompsonville, Mich.
PERKINS— J. F. Perkins, aged 21. yr. 8 mo.,
died Feb. 12, 1897, leaving a wife and one
child. He gave his heart to the Lord last
spring and found him precious to his soul.
and when death came he fell quietly asleep
in Jesus. 	 C. Perkins.
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THE GOSPEL TRUMPET.
GOSPEL MISSION, 741- 15 ST.,
LOUISVILLE, KY., Feb. • 3.
TO THE TRUMPET READERS: The
Lord is establishing his truth in
various parts of the city. Meetings
have opened up in several new
places, and the honest are accepting
the glorious truth and walking in its
present shining light. Several
miraculous cases of divine healing
have been witnessed by he congre-gations.
Sinners do admit the day
of God healing the afflicted body is
only passed with . unbelievers, or
semi- infidels. God is saving some
from sin and division or preparing
the way for others in about every
regular service. There is much to
be done in this city, not only in
raising up the standard, but in show-ing-
the innocent ones how to detect
false doctrines. Several are to be
baptized • soon. • We enjoyed a
precious ordinance service with the
saints here. We praise the Lord for
" knowing these things," and he made
us happy in doing them. After fast-ing
and special prayer for several
days, and careful waiting on the
Lord, Bro. D. V. Shallers was ordain-ed
elder of the church of God in
this city; Bros. W. N. Meyers and
J. K. Morrison were ordained
deacons. Bro. J. S. Brinkworth was
ordained to the work of an evange-list;
Sister W. N. Myers, to the work
of a missionary. Pray that each one
of these chosen vessels may be true,
humble, sanctified, and meet for the
Master's use and faithful in these
high callings.
B. E. WARREN AND CO.
humility in all things.
We will stay in these parts until
April I, and then go to southwest
Louisiana and stop first at Lena
Station; then go to Mora or Hemp
Hill, and to Walnut Hill, La. All
wishing to write to us can address us
at some of the above named places.
Bro. G. B. Thomas at Loves Lake,
La. is very much in need of help
financially, and we feel led of the
Lord to - make mention of this to the
brethren. Yours in the blessed
evening light ( Zech. 14; 7),
R. H. OWENS.
humility and the love of Jesus. I askj • TIONESTA, PA.
you all to pray earnestly for me, DEARLY BELOVED: The assembly
that I may reach the depths of Bible meeting on German Hill was a good
meeting. Quite a number of saints
present from the surrounding coun-try.
The ministerial brethren present
were Bros. Gilmore, Stewart, and
Griggs. The meeting continued
over three Sundays. There were
nine converted and quite a number
consecrated for sanctification. It
was a real sinking down time into
the will of God, and some of us
applied to the Lord for healing, and
are healed. To God be all the glory.
We also attended to the ordinances
of God's own dear church. Thirty
happy saints participated in wash-ing
one another's feet. • God has a
little church in this place numbering
from twenty- five to thirty. • God
help them to keep in the love of
God. I intend to continue in these
parts for some time.
c. w. KOoNCE.
the dear Lord enough for his kind-ness
to me in bringing me from death
unto life! I am now upon the solid
rock Jesus Christ where nothing can
tear me down. I have a brother,
mother, and sister enjoying salvation.
Yours in the love of Christ.
EAIMA M. BA KER.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. though through God s love and mercy and temptations of the past,
DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I feel
led t did not hurt us. See Mark 16: 18. And we fear not those to come;
Oh I do thank God for his loving
kindness and mercy toward us!
After this we were taken to Indiana
and from there to Kansas where I
was among cowboys and learned to
be a very bad boy. I have heard
some of my friends say that if their
parents would not let them do as
they wished, and do as they desired,
they were going to leave home. I
tell you, dear friends, you do not
know what it is to be out among
strangers or you would not talk in
this way to your parents. I have
learned that there is nothing like a
good home and kind parents, even
if we are corrected; it is for our gocd
as the Bible says, " For what son is
he that the father chasteneth not?"
Well, I praise God that I know I am
saved and kept by his power. Though
I have many battles with Satan, et
the Lord gives victory over him.
Your saved brother,
GEORGE W. WILLIAMS.
one time we went into a cellar where 1 prayer and song. He took part in the
s death 	 hseingwinasg
we found some fresh cornbread mixed 	 y consecrated to the Lord. Friends who
came to visit him were admonished to get
ate it. 0 how good it did taste! After saved and u
we had eaten this we told our ne 	 igh _ quotations
full
up. This we took and cooked and
rged by many promises and
from the word of God. His con-versation
with the power of God affected
bors what we had found, and they many who visited him A h oouurr before he
told us they had put this down there died he sang the 8d verse of No 22.3 in " Ech
with " Rough on Rats" to kill rats, al_ from Ellory:" 	 • 	 ° es
• HHo 	 peh a sb ro g ht us through the dangers
By her blessing we'll go forward while our
mortal life shall last,
Then we'll joyously go home," etc.
S. V. Pinson,
WILBUR, WASH.
DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I am prais-ing
the Lord for salvation of my soul.
He has sanctified my nature, healed
me of catarrh, also of an affection of
fifteen years' standing. I was almost
a cripple with one of my limbs, had
to wear a bandage to keep the
veins from bursting, had to sit down
a great deal of my time with my limb
resting on a chair, and suffered pain
day and night. Now I have thrown
away the bandage and can do my
Own work, for which I give God all the
praise. I had doctored for years: had
given up all hope until I took the
Lord and found him as good as
his word. Also. I proved his mighty
healing power with my little children.
I give him all the glory. Your saved
sister, 	 ANNA KAUFMAN.
BONFIELD, ILL.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel led of
God to send in my first testimony. I
am praising God for salvation which
keeps me day by day. I was saved
while in the sect but I could never
find the real foundation to stand
upon until last August God sent one
of his little ones here to preach the
trirth, and praise God, I then could
see where I was standing. I was saved
and sanctified during the great soul
feast we had here last September.
I can truly say I never felt so free as
I feel now. I am very thankful to
the Lord that he brought me out of
that darkness I was in. When I liv-ed
out West my father and mother
belonged to the Lutheran sect and I
PHOENIX, ARIZ., March 5.
TO HIS SAINTS: We report vic-tory
through Jesus' name. , We
passed the winter in Fresno, Cal. in
street and cottage meetings, distrib-uting
tracts and papers. loaning
books, and visiting the sick from
house to house. If the truth ever
gets a solid hold in California it
rill be through consecrated and per-sistent
missionary efforts. " Flying
messengers" will accomplish little in
this state unless they become thickly
located and can follow each other's
efforts closely. Men that have
families and plenty of faith with
perseverance, competent to spread
this reformation in a missionary
manner— I mean those that can stay
a good long while in one place and
" wear well," so to speak 	 gain and
hold the confidence of the people.
You will find this a good field to
locate in. It is a common proverb
here: " Evangelists blow out in Cali-fornia."
This is true when they
come with much " blow" in them. So
if you have any anticipations of
coming to California do not let
climate, flowers, scenery, or fruit
tempt you to come, or you may find
some experience most too dear to
appreciate properly all at once.
A hint to the wise is sufficient; so be
sure God leads. You will be more
appreciated after being thoroughly
proved than before, that is, you will
be held more or less in suspicion as
a rogue until your virtues win confi-deuce
for you. We have witnessed
some good results in our own I sometimes would go with them; but
experience as well as seeing others the members themselves would go
blessed. These results will speak to dances: so I then started to dance
for themselves later on. We are too, when I was eight years old, and
here for a couple of weeks, after that led me away from God, and I
which Sister Mary will go to Wind- got so I did not want to be where
sor, Mo.; Lodema Kaset to Chicago; there was anything said of the Bible,
and I to Wymore, Neb. Yours in and the older I got the more I want-the
one body, 	 G. L. COLE. ed 	 ance. Oh, I cannot praise without ' anything to eat, and at fore be died the saints Met with him with
. 	 ,
I lived about five years, then myy weeks before he passed away, and left a glon-parents
moved to Chicago, and after 	 evidence that he was going home to be
being there about a year circumstan- std
o 	 ur llv in agn, 	 d m by 	 rother sold news- w aay from the Lord, but finally returned a
ith Jesus. We pray God to bless the sorrow-es
were such that I was left . with my log father and naother, who are unsaved, and
may they make their peace with God and
G- OULD.-- Barnabas Willard Gould was
born in Canada. March 14, 1834; died Feb
23, 1897; aged 62 yrs. 11 mo. and 9 da. He
heard the gospel of full salvation taught and
accepted Christ as his Savior. Those who
were with him in his last illness say that he
died at peace with God.
BATCHELOR — Margaret Batchelor died
at her home O. 19, aged 57 yr. 10 mo. 5 da.
The Sunday before she died she publicly
testified that she would soon he called home
and was ready and willing to go. She said
on her deathbed that everything. was clear
and bright. May the Lord bless the friends
and enable them all to meet her in glory,
John G. Batchelor.
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BROOKS.- 1". ornas Brooks departed this
life March 3 aged 80 yrs. 7 me 16 da. He was
horn in Caroline County, Va., July 18, 1816.
In his younger days he experienced salvation
but for about fifty- two years he lived the life
of a backslider, until last October, when he
returned to the Master's loving care, where
he foluad a perfect soul rest that made his
dying hour a sweet entrance into the world
where trouble never comes. Father Brooks
leaves a wife, the mother of eleven children,
six of whom are living. 	 Jas. Brooks.
EDGE.— Arthur Edwin Edge, son of S. and
M. M. Edge, was born Apr. 20, 1881 and died
Jan. 29, 1897; aged 15 yr. 9 mo. 9 da. He al-ways
tried to do what he was told to do.
Though he never made a public profession of
salvation, I am confident he was saved. He
said the first day of his sickness that he
would not get well. But he wanted prayer
offered for him, and we had prayer around
his bed and I sent a telegram to the Trumpet
Office, but it was not God's will to heal him.
So we say, Thy will be done. 	 S. Edge.
BRIGHT— Died, near Olive Bethel, Fulton
Co., Ind., Bro. Loyd Bright, son of Albert and
Mary M. Bright. He was born Jan 4, 1879 and
died Feb. 21, 1897; aged. 18 yr. 1 mo. 17. da.
Bro. Loyd gave his heart to Jesus just a. few
TOWELL.— Brother Frankle Towell died
Feb. 21, 1897; aged 16 yr. and 21 days. He
was saved four years ago at the Vichy, Mo
to glorify my Savior's name by a few
words of testimony. I am praising
God this morning for a salvation
that saves me and keeps me saved,
free from sin every moment. Oh,
how my soul does rejoice to know
that my name is on the book of life!
I never can praise the dear Lord
enough for calling me from sin and
confusion to his kingdom of peace
and love. I realize this morning as
never before that it is sweet to trust
In Jesus, trust him in sickness and
trouble as well as in health and
pleasure. He has so wonderfully
healed us several times, I would
much rather trust him than an earth-ly
physician. He healed a broken
arm for my little boy in answer to
prayer. There are only a few saints
here. This is a very wicked place.
Your sister saved and kept,
LAURA PICKETT.
WOODBURN, ORE.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I wish
to testify through the TRUMPET
of the goodness and mercy of our
God in healing all our diseases. I
took a severe cold in January and
had chills and fever es- ery day for a
few days. And then it settled on my
lungs and illy whole body was in
dreadful pain and I was burning with
fever. Husband and children and Sis-ter
Green united in prayer for me and
the dear Lord took the pain away
Glory to his name! But my body
was so sore I could not move with
out crying aloud; it hurt me so. They
prayed for me again at. d blessed
Lord removed the soreness. Praise
his holy name for ever! Then my
lungs filled up so I could hardly
breathe. • As there were no elders
within thirty miles, I had not been
anointed. Husba. nd sent for them to
come but the dear Lord willed it
otherwise; he had other work for
them to do. So on the thirtieth of
January in the evening at eight o'clock
we received an anointed handker-chief
from Brother Green, in the
name of Jesus to be applied with
prayer to God for my healing, and
glory be to Jesus, the work was done
I got right up and dressed myself in
the name of Jesus and did not go
back to bed until late. The news of
my sickness had gone quickly over
town. As it was Saturday the neigh-bors
had gathered in to see me and
thought I was going to die. They
told my husband if I died my blood
would be on his head. S0111; 1 talked
of putting him in the as3 lulu : But
I sent word in the morning that I
wanted to see them, and when I met
them at the door they were astonish-ed
at the wonderful works of God.
Oh! I cannot praise the dear Lord
enough for what he has done for
me and mine. Your sister in Christ,
healed and cleansed, through his
precious blood,
MRS. CATHARINE VREDENBURG.
REDDICR, ILL.
DEAR SAINTS AND FRIENDS: I
thought I would add my testimony,
hoping that it may benefit some one.
As I look back over my past life and
see what I have gone through, I hope
others will not have to go through the
same. I was born in Indiana where
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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-fill
are made to rejoice. It tells every one how
to enjoy this life and gain life eternal.
Divine Healing
A book showing that the body as well as the soul
can be he'aled by divine power.
PART - 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
. power.
This book will help you to understand God's
simple way of healing. It will prove a blessing
0 all lovers of truth all light, and is filled with
words of coin fort, and eonselation for the suffering
everywhere: It earni es sunshine and joy wherever
it goes. Thousands of afflicted persons have read
i message of peace with delight, and as a. result
are to- day well and happy.
Grand June 	 Mich.
Testimonies
ROY, MISS.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: We are
thankful to say the Lord is our Sav-ior
of both soul and body. He is do-ing
much to show us how to" take
root downward and bear fruit up-ward."
And I want to ask you to pray
for my little baby that the Lord may
heal it of sore eyes and bad cold.
Pray that I may ever hold out faith-ful
until the Lord calls me home.
Your saved sister in Christ,
MRS. M. A. MCLEMORE.
SUMMITVILLE, IND.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I desire
to praise God through the columns
of the TRUMPET for his goodness to
me. He has provided the way of
our escape from sin, and has given
me the actual knowledge of my
present saved condition. He has
shown his hand of sympathy and
love to us in the past few months.
The way gets sweeter and brighter.
God has been with us many times in
the healing of the sick of my family,
myself, and many others. I do
praise him for the privilege of stand-ing
on his word. Yours in Jesus, all
on the altar, 	 JAMES C. HULL.
elder brother an 	 i 	 ster, wh 	 o weer meet Bro. Loyd where parting w ) e no
thirteen and sixteen years of age. more. 	 W. B. Grover.
We were left in the slums of the city
to take care of ourselves and make
our living. My sister would take in
what washing she could get to make camp meeting but afterwards wandered a-d
papers, but they did not make very short time before his death. We requested
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much money to care for us children. prayer by letter to the saints, and also sent
Therewere days when we had to o afo tre
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g 	 his soul am. body. About five days be-
I Will God's children ever be sick if they
obey his will in the written word?
It is possible for them to obey the
laws of his written word, and yet in
some way transgress the laws of
nature. But we have the promise of
his keeping power, and if we should
unintentionally, or unawares, trans-gress
the laws of nature, or in any
way tg came sick, we can comply
with the instructions of the Word
and be made free from all diseases.
Do we have to inherit disease or commit sin to be sick?
No.
Keep Not Silent.
6 - EJOICE in the Lord, 0 ye
Questions on. Diuine Healing.
What is the differance between " sick" and
" afflicted" as spoken of in . l aeries 5: 13.14?
In the 13 , h verse it says, " Is any
among you aft c ed, let him pray."
The word " afflicted" here has refer-ence
to pain of body or mind— any
kind of trouble, distress, and such
like. Under such circumstances the
apostle admonishes us to pray. In
one place we are told to cast our
cares upon the Lord, for he careth
for us. " Many are the afflictions of the
righteous, but the Lord delivereth
him out of them all." Many people
would not be in so much trouble if
they would learn to cast their cares
upon the Lord.
If the affliction is of a bodily nature,
and your own prayers will not pre-vail,
then you have the privilege of
having some one to join with you in
prayer. Matt. 18: 19; James 5: 16.
When a person becomes so sick that
he cannot exercise faith, or grasp
the promises of God for his case,
then the instructions are in verse rat
" Call for the elders of the church;
and let them pray over him, anoint-ing
him with oil in the name of the
Lord: and the prayer of faith shall
save the sick, and the Lord shall
raise him up." When Paul was
preaching there were s J many calls
for him that he could not fill them all.
So we read in Acts 19: 12 that " God
wrought Fp, slat miracles by the hand
of Paul, so that from his body were
brought unto the sick handkerchiefs
and aprons, and the diseases departed
from them, and the evil spirits went
out of them."
The principal diffeseuce in the two
texts spoken of is, that the latter is a
sickness that deprives one of exercis-ing
faith for the healing of his body,
while in the first instance he
may only be in trouble, distress, or
some bodily pain that would not
render him helpless.
Who is the author of sickness?
The Devil is the author of sickness,
because if it had not been for his
causing man to fall in the beginning
there would have been no sickness,
and in these days sickness is directly,
or indirectly caused by him; although
a person may be sick without com-mitting
sin— may have a diseased
body without having a diseased soul.
But when a person is weak through
sickness and disease it gives the
enemy of the soul a better chance to
harrass him. Job was very much
afflicted with sores and bodily infirm-ities,
yet the Devil was not able to
touch his soul nor cause him to turn
against the Lord.
We read of one who came to Jesus
to be healed, and the question was
asked," Because of whose sin was this
affliction brought upon him?" The
answer was given that neither he,
nor his parents had sinned by which
the disease was brought upon him.
We also read of a woman who was
bound by Satan, and when she was
healed she was made whole.
Did the Lard Jesus ever inakerartrotte War?
He came to heal peoOle, not tip
make them sick. See Matt. 8: r i
rPet. 24. " And with b is stri
pes 9. ra
we healed."— Isa. 53 : 5.
SOUTH OMAHA, Feb. 2, 1897.
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS: For
the glory of God and the strengthen-ing
of the faith of others, I desire to
tell of the dealing of the Lord with us.
This morning my wife, came scream-ing,
and said the baby had a safety-pin
down its throat. I ran to where
it was, and found that it was down
its throat, and beyond our risach, and
the blood was running from its
throat, and the child was g sing into
convulsions. As we could do noth-ing
for it but pray, I laid my hand
on its head, and cried to the Lord to
heal the baby. It was no sooner
spoken than the pia loosed and came
out of its mouth, for which we give
God all the glory and praise. Your
saved brother, 	 L. E. WILSON.
102: 16- 18.
" Be ye glad and rejoice forever in
that which I create; for, behold, I
create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and
her people a joy."— Isa. 65: 18.
And in Zech. 1o: 7 he declares that
" their heart shall rejoice as through
wine: yea, their children shall see it,"
etc. Zech. 9: 9. Rejoice greatly and
shout, 0 daughter of Zion. 	 I
And the ransomed of the Lord corn
shall return, and come to Zion with " I
righteous; for praise is
comtly for the upr; ght."— P., a. .33: E.
" Whoso offereth praise glorifieth
me: and to him that crdereth his
conversation aright will I show the
salvation of God."-- Psa. 5o: 23
For some time I have felt the
Lord would have me write some, on
the subject of " Rendering unto the
Lord the praise and glory that is due
his name." When I see how the
enemy of all righteousness is doing
all he can, in every way, to keep the
children of God silent on this line,
my very soul cries out in defense of
the gospel and I canoot hold my
peace any longer. The God of our
salvation commands us to keep not
silent, and give him no rest; yea, we
are to never hold our peace ( day
nor night) till he c stablish and make
Jtrusalem a praise, in the earth.
0 dear saints of God throughout
the land, " let us sing unto the Lord:
let us make a joyful noise to the
rock of our salvation. Let us come
before his presence with thanks-giving,
and make a joyful noise unto
him with psalins."— Psa. 95; 1, 2.
And again, in Psa. 98: 4, he com-mands
us to make a loud noise, and
rejoice, and sing praise." Yea, " let
those that put their trust in thee
rejoice; let them ever shout for joy,
because thou defendest them."— Psa.
5: II.
Joy is one of the fruits of the
Spirit, and the kingdom of God is
righteousness, peace, and joy in the
Holy Ghost; and through the same
power we are filled with joy in
believing. See Rom 15: 13. Well,
but some may say, " I have it in my
heart." Ah, but the Word says,
" Out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh " And again,
" Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant
of Zion; for great is the Holy One of
Israel in the midst of thee."
But still some will hold to this:
" that they did not keep up the feast-ing
after the prodigal son returned."
Well, I do not know what the son
did, after he re. terned home. It was
his duty as well as his privilege to
eat, drink, and be merry; and we do
not read of his returning to the swine
to fill himself on the husks. No,
dear ones, he was glad to get home,
and I believe he enjoyed staying
there. Be that as it may, this one
thing I do know: we have a con-tinual
feast. And it is a feast of fat
things, a feast of wines on the lees,
of fat things full of marrow, of wines
on the lees well refined. " There-fore
let us keep the feast, not with
old leaven, neither with the leaven of
malice and wickedness; but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth."— r Cor. 5: 8.
Now let us see some more of the
precious word of God. " When the
Lord shall build up Zion, he shall
appear in his glory. He will regard
the prayer of the destitute, and not
despise their prayer. This shall be
written for the generation to come:
And the people which shall be
created shall praise the Lord."— Psa.
t
in deed.
" And in that day thou shalt say,
Lord I will praise thee Praise t
Lord, call upon his name, declare It
doings among the people, make me
tion that his name is exalted," Re
Isa. 12. " Be glad in the Lord, a
rejoice, ye righteous; and shout f
joy, all ye that are upright in heart
— Psa. 32: I 1.
Now we read in Nehemiah 12:
that at the dedication of the wal
of Jerusalem " they offered gre
sacrifices, and rejoiced; for God ha
made them rejoice with great jo
the wives also and the children r
joiced; so that the joy of Jerusale
was heard even afar off." And
Moses and the children of Israel sari
songs of deliverance, how much mor
ought we!
I do praise God that he has
people that are out on the sea of glas
mingled with fire, that have go
ten the victory over the beast, an
over his image, and over his mark
and over the number of his nam
having the harps of God. " An
they sing the song of Moses th
servant of God, and the song of th
Lamb, saying, Great and mrnarvelou
are thy works, Lord God Almighty
just and true are thy ways, tho
King of saints. who shall not fea
thee, 0 Lord, and glorify thy name
See Rev. 15: 2- 4. Surely not hi
redeemed ones, for " who is like unt
thee, 0 Lord, among the gods
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness
fearful in praises, doing wonders?",
Well, but some one says, " I have
not just been delivered out of sin ant
sectism, or else I would praise him
for it. My deliverance was some
time ago as well as my rejoicing, and
do I need to keep it up? Oh, when
we see the increasing deceitfulness
sin and sectism, we are made to
oice, more and more for our es-pe.
But this is not all we have to
oice, and praise the dear Lord for.
t as the Psalmist says, " Blessed
the Lord God who daily loadeth
us with benefits." And again, " Oh,
how great is thy goodness, which
thou hast laid up for them that fear
thee; which thou hast wrought for
them that trust in thee before the
sons of men. His word is the joy
and rejoicing of my heart. For his
statutes are right, rejoicing the heart.
Now charity rejoiceth not in iniquity,
but rejoiceth in the truth. Psa.
162. - Also the deeper we get in
humility and the more we increase
with the increase of God, the more
we have to praise him for, and the
more we have to declare to the
people of the beauties there are in
him. Yea, and we will declare it
with rejoicing.
he beautiful words of Acts. 2: 25
e forcibly to my mind, which says
foresaw the Lord always before
of
rej
ca
rej
Bu
be
songs and everlasting joy upon t
heads: they, shall obtain joy
gladness, and sorrow and sigh
shall flee away." " Let the redee
of the Lord say so, whom he h
redeemed from the hand of
enemy," and in his name. " By
therefore let us offer the sacrifice
praise to God continually, that
the fruit of our lips, giving thank
his narne."— Heb. 13: 15. For
saith, " The voice of rejoicing a
salvation is in the tabernacles
the righteous."— Psa. 118: 15.
They both go together,
where salvation is there is rejoici
Well, how long need we keep t
up? " Rejoice in the Lord alw
and again I say, Rejoice. — Phil. 4
" Rejoice evermore."— I Thess, 5:
" Let all those who put their trust
thee rejoice: let them ever sh
for joy, because thou defend
them: let them also that love t
name be joyful in thee."- P- sa. 5:
The Lord commands us to ren
unto him the praise that is due
name. And like the Psalmist,
will bless the Lord at all tint
His praise shall continually be
my mouth." May God hel ls us
" hold fast the confidence and t
rejoicing firm unto the end." It
not enough to simply say, " Prai
he Lord," but we are to praise h
with the whole heart, in truth a
heir my face, for he is on my right hand,
and that I shall not be moved; there-ing
fore did my heart rejoice, and my
med tongue was glad: moreover also my
ath flesh shall rest in hope; because thou
him neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy
s to thou shalt make me full of joy with
he thy countenance." " Bless the Lord,
nd 0 my soul, forget not all his benefi s."
and pays to render unto God that due
rig. his name.
his In Sam. 2: 1 Hannah declares
a
" Ye that fear the Lord, praise him;
all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;
and fear him, all ye the seed of
Israel.
" For he hath not despised nor ab-horred
the affliction of the afflicted;
neither hath he hid his face from
him; but when he cried unto him, he
heard."
Let the gates of praise be open,
Sounding forth the praise within,
Litt us magnify his praises,
For he saves and keeps from sin.
When the heart is filled with praises,
And the- lips declare the same,
How it cheers the sad and lonely,
How it magnifies his name.
And now may grace and truth
front God the Father be multiplied
unto all his redeemed ones; and may
this message, which we feel God
has sent, yield an abundance of re-joicing
unto God; And may the
saints everywhere be more joyful in
glory. " Let them sing aloud upon
their beds." Let everything that
hath breath praise the Lord. Praise
ye the Lord.
Praise him in the sanctuary,
Praise him in the song and prayer,
Praise him clay and night., adore him,
Praise him, praise him, everywhere.
Praise him for the love he bore us,
Praise him while he gives us breath,
Praise him round the throne in heaven,
Praise hint through the vale of death.
DELLA FRY.
,,
the wilt not leave my soul in hell,
of One to see corruption. Thou hast
of God help us to bring all the tithes
How to Get Faith.
HERE is nothing which we can
do that will prove a greater
means of advancing our faith than a
firm decision to trust the Lord for
everything, under all circumstances.
A great many of the Lord's people
have never made such a decision,
consequently when they become
afflicted with a serious affliction,
about the first suggestion the Devil
makes is, " You never said you would
take th e Lord only for your physi-cian
under all circumstances; hence,
it will be all ri ght for you to send
for the doctor, or at least it would
be all right to take a little medi-cine."
And these suggestions will
come up with such force that it will
be almost impossible to hold a per-fect
trust in the Lord for divine
healing.
But we so metimes hear some say,
" I have not sufficient faith to trust
the Lord for my healing under all
circumstances. This no doubt is
true in many cases, but we are now
telling you how to get faith. One
great reason why you have no per-fect
faith in God, is because you
have never decided to take the Lord
for your only physician. Perhaps
some one will stay when he reads
this, " I fear it would not be right for
me to set aside all earthly physicians,
and all earthly remedies, for I might
not have the faith to carry it out."
Oh, such spiritual cowardice! Why
should man be afraid to trust in
God? Why should we put more con-fidence
in finite man than in the in-finite
and omnipotent God?
" It is better to trust in the Lord
than to put confidence in man."—
Psa. ti8: 8.
" Blessed is that man that maketh
Lord his ttrruusstt..""— PsPassa .40: 4.
" Trust in him at all times, ye peo-ple;
pour out your heart before him:
God is a refuge for us."— Psa. 62: 8.
" Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be
the man that trusteth in man, and
maketh flesh his arm, and whose
heart departeth from the Lord; for
he shall be like the heath in the
desert, and shall not see when good
cometh; but shall inhabit the parch-ed
places in the wilderness, in a salt
land and not inhabited.
" Blessed is the man that trusteth
in the Lord, and whose hope the
Lord is; for he shall be as a tree
planted by the waters, and that
spreadeth out her roots by the river,
and shall not see when heat cometh,
but her leaf shall be green; and
shall not be careful in the year of
drought, neither shall cease from
yielding fruit."— jer. 17: 5- S.
Oh beloved! can we not with these
wonderful words of God before us
take him for our only refuge? Can
we not throw away our trust in
everything but Jesus? He offers in
his word to become our family phy-sician,
and to heal " all our diseases."
See Psa. Io3: 3. Can we not give
him such a position? We are only
stepping out upon that grand old
New Testament truth, " Christ is all
in all," to do so. And until we make
such a consecration we can never
possess perfect healing faith.
But sorne may ask, Is it scriptural
to take such a stand? We answer,
Yes. No place in the Bible are we
commanded, or even allowed to re-sort
to' human aid when we are sick;
but contrariwise we are commanded
to trust in the Lord. Therefore,
cthaer odn leyv secrriyp tpuhrayls sictaiannd , b 	 ut tod iIs-
Christ, and every remedy but
Jesus
" prayer of faith."
In conclusion, we wish to testify
that we have taken just such a stand,
and we realize that 	 t it has been a
great means of increasing
Just so long as I had not our
. faith.
evermore trust God for d
theecrdheedalttho
of my body, as well as for the keep-iutnopg
ok noe fes mpo myfr osemo lui tlr, te lIle yf iornuegmn tdeo d isty oi, mm wpeh oeisxcsthieb noletf
cBouutr ssei nscerev eI dh taov cer irpepmleo vmedy 	 efvaeitrhy.
hpirnodp , m aen, dI fbinudr nietd p eovsesribyl eb rtiod geex ebte--
cniesvee ra g d..,= e1. ign rpeooess soefs fsaioitnh o tf hbaetfo Ir ec. ould
W. G. SCHELL.
Divine Healing..
In Answer to Prayer.
is, made known to me the ways of life;
into Father's storehouse; for it truly
J
ys; that because she rejoiced in his
: 4. salvation, her heart was made joyful,
16 and her horn was exalted in the
in Lord, and her mouth was enlarged
out over her enemies. Also it was through
est the shouts of victory, in faith and
by obedience, that the walls of Jericho
I. were brought down.
der Now there are different mani-his
festationst of the Spirit, but the same
" I Spirit; and it is given to every one
es. to profit withal. Then if one through
in the inspiration of the Holy Ghost
to is made to make a joyful noise, yea,
he even to leap and shout, let all the
is people say amen to it. And if an-se
other through the inspiration of the
im same Spirit, is madeto sit quietly by
rid and weep, let all say amen, likewise.
Now, beloved saints of God, if at any
0 time while going through trials, and
he the powers of opposition of oppres-is
sign and accusation of the enemy
ii- are coming in like a flood, the Spirit
ad says, Shout, for the Lord has given
nd you the victory, quench not the
or Spirit, for the Word will agree, and
if you do not obey, you and perhaps
oth. ers, will lose a benefit, and God
43 will not be glorified.
Is But if ye rejoice in your own
at boasting; all such rejoicing is evil.
d Jas. 4: 16. But " in God we boast all
y: the day long, and praise thy flame
e- forever."— Psa. 44: 8. But we will
m not boast of things without our
as measure, but according to the tnea-g
sure which God has given. Read
e i Cor. 10: 13. And I am purposed
in my heart that my soul shall make
a boast in the Lord. For great is the
s Lord and greatly to be praised.
t- " Thine, 0 Lord, is the greatness, and
d the power, and the glory, and the
victory, and the majesty; .... and thou
e, art exalted, as head above all..... In
d thine hand is power and might: and
e in thine hand is to make great and
e to give strength unto all."
s " Happy is the people whose God
; is the Lord: yea, happy art thou, 0
u Israel. Who is like unto thee, 0
3 people saved by the Lord ? " Violence
? shall no more be heard in thy land:
s wasting nor destruction within thy
o borders; but thou shalt call thy walls
? Salvation and thy gates Praise.
, Therefore thy gates shall not shut
day nor night.