The Gospel Trumpet - 30:12

              AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TAUMPETAND THEY SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT 'ROM THE 'OUR WINDS, "R~M ONt: t:ND 0' HEAV£N TO THE OTHER.-MATT •• 4::11.
SO WILl- I SE£.l1. OUT MY SHEEP, AND WILL DEUV£.R THEM OUT 0' ALL. PLACES Wt4£RE THEY HAVE BEEN SCATTERED '" .THIt CLOUDY AND DARK DAY.-E:UK. 34:'2. HR. 32:311.
VOLUME NO. XX·X. ANDERSON, INDIANA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1910. NUMBER 12.
CONTENTS.
POETRY:
~rhy '.l..,TiU be Done. .................................................................... 2
'vVIlGl'e is FIome? ........................................................................ ·7
:ARTICLES:
Some Good Things God has Prepared .................. 1
Retrospection and Prospection .................................... 1
Gleaning'S from an Old Book .......................................... 1
A Re·1jgiousControversy Between a Husbancl
and Ilis Wife ...................................................................... _ ... 2
'rhe Financial :Ministration of the Ohurch._. 3
Scriphu'!UI Selectiol1s--" Blessed" ................. _ 4
Personal W ork ........................................................................... 9
1-1 UTIlility ............................................. _ ...... _ ....... _ ... .......... _ ...... 10
Biblt:caZ Si1tdy:
Stl1dies' in Daniel ..................................................................... 4
BjbJe Questions .................................... .. . _.. ......... _ ................. 5
Doctrinal:
Tht; Kingdom of God ........................................... .............. 5
tIistorical:
The Gospel to all Nations ................................................... 6
Purity and Horne:
Sex-Illstrtlction ............................................ .......................... 7
OFFICE AND frOME EVENTS ...................... _......................... 8
GENERAL NOTES AND NEWS:
"Questions Answered" Department. .................... S
Prepare forCamp-~1:eeting ........................ _.~ ................. 8
Books ................................................................................................... 8
To E"NT.ARGE SUBSCRIPTION LTST ................................ . 9
ThiISSIONARY .......................................................................................... 11
TESTIMONIES .................................................................. 11, 12, 13
FIELD Rll:PORTS ......................................................... _ ............ 14, 15
F ALLEN ASLEEP ................................................................................. 15
RF.QUESTS· FOR PRAYER ............................................................... 15
CALLS FOR MEETING .............. .................. ............ ...... ........ 15
MEETING N OTICES ....... ... _ ..................... _._ .. _ .. __ . ___ ... lfi
~A.DvERTISEMENT ......................................................... _ .... 10, 13, 15
DIVINE HEALING:
Testimonies -_ ...... . ..... __. _... . __. . _._ _ ._ _. _. .. 16
..... a ........ ~ ................... ~ .......... - ... ~ •••• ---.... ~~
Kno w:ec1ge which pu:fieth up may feed the
head, but spirituality feeds the soul and keeps
: low.
Though we travel the world over to find the
l)(jautiflll, we must carry it with us, or we :find it
not.-RallJh TValdo Iihne1·son.
Lamps do not talk, but they do shine. A light~
) house so-unds no drum, it beats no gong, andyet
far over the waters its friendly spark is seen by
ilip . mariner. So let your aciions shine out your
. religion. Let the main sermon of your life be
illustrated by aU yom: conduct.-,spure:eon.
SOME GOOD THINGS GOD HAS PREPARED.
BY SARAH E. AXTELL.
First, There is salvation for the s'Oul, then
tll€re is power to keep from falling i an ablmd­anC'e
of grace to sustain; a whole armor to pro­t(\
ct; there is bread of life to feed the soul, and
Jiving water to quench its thirst; healing for the
body; a loving hand to guide .anc1 protect; and
a home in heaven with. God throl1gh all eternity. ...
RETROSPECTION AND PROSPECTION.
BY C. B. JORDAN.
'\Ve should ever endeavor to make the future
of our lives better than that which is in the pa.st.
A retrospective view of the past may some­times
serve as an incentive to the accomplish­ment
o,f future possibilities. Aga,in, it may tend
to discourage rather than to encourage. Some
who look back over their lives and see nothing
but failure may be inclined to think that the
future holds nothing better for them. ,\Vhen
thjnking over our battles, if we can only think
of ona in which we crone out victor, let us enter
the next expecting when it is ended that anothel'
victory shall be added to the one already gaineu.
The more past victories we Mn. see in our lives,
the more encouraged we will. be for the conflicts
that are just before us.'
In the beginning of each new year, resolutions·-.
are made to make the coming year better than
the one that has just been numbered 'with the.
past. To Cal~ry out these resolutions, nlore
earnestness and greater diligence may be requir­eel
Here is where so many fail.
After enjoying a g'ood meeting, you l11ay go
home with a decision to do some things that
should have been done long ago. '.¥hen the op­pOl'hlnity
for doing them comes, you meet with
tho same obstacles that were encountered i~ the
first place. Now what shall'be c10net To draw
back means. defeat and to go for"\vard seems illl­-
possible. The watch-"worcl is "forward." Then
lookillg to' Jesus, onr captain, we press on.
a Press on i rllid stl'ong -tent2)iation,
l1eZZSat(£nhe rn1tst flee;
111 J eS~tS' nal1te1:esist him,,·
And victory thine shaH be."
Look back over your past life, and whatever
you' may ~ee, whether it be good or bad, decide
ttl make t-he future better. In either case, some
improvement can be made, by the help of the
Lord.
GLEANINGS FROM AN OLD BOOK.
'( 1Yl"illen in 1722 by a TJl'I:soner fm' Clll"ist in
Oastle BY8hen)
"Neverthless not my will but thine, he done.l1
"The disappointments I meet with may be ab­solutely
necessary for my eternal we1£are. I
know not the things. that are for my best good.
I do, therefore, protest a.gainst the desire to have
my will done, and not the will of God.
"Grant me an humble and resigned heart that
with perfect content I may ever acquiesce in all
the methods of thy grace, that I may never frus­trate
the designs of thy mercy by unreasonable
fears, by sloth or self-love.
"Importunity makes no change in God, but it
creates in ris such disposition as God thinks fit to
r~ward.
"fIe tihat has learned to pray as he ought, has
the secret of a hoJy life.
"Such as the heart of man is, such is his be­havior.
"A preacher eun save h1ms.elf only by labo-r­ing
to save others.
4' True 11umility makes 1.1S see our o"wn
faults without concerning ourselves with th.e
faults of others.
"The spirit of God·wiU not dwell in 3, divided
heal't. "We can· not feel the pleasure of devotion
while the world is onr delight.
, 'To be doing good to mankincl disposes t.he
{Soul most powerfully to devotion.
"Ire t.hat would be devout must beware of
indulging a habit of wandering in prayer. 1t
is a crime that will grow upon us and deprive
11S of the blessings we pray· for.
'( rrhey whose hearts desire nothing. In'ay fol"
n0thillg.
, 'The devil knows that when we have a rel~
ish for prayer and apply ourselves in good ear­n<:~
t to it vve Ul'e in the way of life; he therefore
strives by an ways possible to divert us.
"Let 110 \yorlc11y care hinder you from taking
cal~~ of your soul.
"I get more knowledge by my prayers than llY
an l1lJ· shi.dies.
"It is impossible for any man to teach wen,
who does not live well.
"Nature is content with little .. grace with
leRr.." -Selected by c. E. O.
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Take from our souls the strain and stress,
Ana let our orderecl lives eonfess .
The beautly of Thy l?eaee.-Whi"ttiltr.