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--- ksAuvcrIFICAT And ha shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather gather his elect from the Ibur winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Yid. 34: 81 alt my sheep, and will deliver them out of all nay and dark day. where they have _ Jar. 22: 39. N\ .\\ 1 I / sometimes call them " holy men" and " holy women." " For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of: God spake as they ', were moved by the Holy Ghost."- 2 Pet. 1: 21. " For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands."- 1 Pet. 3: 5. Some will doubtless wonder why the Bible calls the faithful ones who lived before the death of Christ holy, if nobody could receive a cleansing from all sin at that time. We believe that by the help of the Holy Spirit we can solve this mystery. The words holy and sanctified are synony-mons; hence you can use them interchang-ably in every text where they refer to state of holiness, without destroying the claims a place in this chapter. Prom the time that the oldest books of the Bible were written, God called his people saints. might be wondered why the servants of the Lord under the Old Testament were called saints, if they could not in those days obtain a perfect cleansing from all sin. But this mystery is solved in the same man-ner as we have explained the words holy and sanctified. In fact the word saint is dissolved intoh terms by its own definition. holy or sanctified person. There-fore, the explanations given above of the terms holm and zzanetificd explain both the Old and the New Testament signification o the word saint. VOLUME XVIII. . GRAND JUNCTION, MICH., U. S. A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, NUMBER 6 D PREF OF THE OLD DISPENSATION. T" question will naturally ans mind of the reader, after he has do .- hod rending the preceding chapter, Why the worthy Old Testament characters ea repeatedly deaignatod by the adjectives holy and perfect, if none of them received a per-feet cleansing from sin' These seeming + flastaoles at first sight appear to refute the subject of this volume, but a more careful consideration harmonises there with the ideas we have advanced. Job was truly stlled " a perfect and an upright man. — Job 1: 2. Noah was also " a just man and eet,"— Gen. 6: 9 * But we have seen fore that there are various kinds of per-motion; therefore, the mere fact that they are called perfect men is not sufficient to them to have been perfect in the of having been demised from all sin rding to the standard of New Testa-ment perfection. It is not unreasonable to suppose that they possessed perfection in another sphere. A careful study of the sacred volume reveals a modification upon the perfection utf all the OId Testament saints. The Bible does not say Noah was a petted man, without the special modification " in his generatiotue which shows that he was only perfect according to the privil w es of his day, which we have shown to have been far beneath the standard of the New Testa-ment. Job testifies concerning himself, " If I justify myself,, mine own mouth shall condemn MU if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. Though I were perfect, vet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life."— Job 21. Job was surely speaking here of being made perfect in the sense of being made free from sin, and it is very dear that he did not profess to have attained to such perfection. His perfection was like Noah's--- c! in' his generations." The perfection of Abraham, aini- uf ail those who died before the coming of Olkilet is to be viewed in the same light as the, action of Noah and Job. in W41. to the people of ho consider the adjective lived the Old Testament. They are repeat holy in the Old Testa-- Man w Testament writers We have seen that sanctified in the Old Testament, does not hare the same mean-ing that it does in the New Testament; that in the Old Testament it simply litt'IMS Bet apart or consecrated for the service of God, while in the New Testa-ment it means to be cleansed from all sin. Pile word holy, therefore, being synony-with the word sanctified, must also have a difference of signification in the two testaments; that its, it must in the Old Testament, like the word sanctified, signify a mere setting apart for the service of IRO by a formal ceremony, while its the New Testament it means to be free from sin. That the words holy and eanreitied are l: non moue in their application in the Old Testament, the reader may prove to his own satisfaction, by a careful investigation in which either a these words are found. Things animate inanimate are said to have been sanctified in the Old Testament, and in like manner things animate and inanimate are called. holy. Israel was a " holy people." Deut. 26: 19. Elisha was called " an holy man of God." 2 Wings 4.9 Among inanimate things the Israelites had " holy water' ( Num. 5: 17), holy anointing oil ( Ex. 30: 25), holy Sabbaths ( RY. 16: 23), holy convo-cations ( Ley. holy vessels ( Chron. 5: 5). The ground upon which Moses stood when the burning bush was holy. also was the tabernacle holy, and the of Jerusalem, the land of Canaan, anti every place and thing in any way rendered sacred by any religions ceremony or circum-stance. might here observe that the holy and sastctifusd are employed in a iustaaoes by the New Testament writers with their negatiye signification when speaking of inanimate things. Peter calls the meant of transfigured= " the holy mount."- 2 Pet. 1: 18. Paul speaks of the sandilication of our daily food. 1 Tim. 1: 6. In these texts the words sanctified and holy signify a mere negative sanctifi-cation; that is, a oonsecrations or setting apart, because inanimate things cannot receive a poaitiye sanctification. The Old and New Testament stignifica-dons of the terms holy and sandified may, therefore, be summed up as follows: when applied to inanimate things, either in the Old or New Testaments, they have , their negative significatioia, but when applied to the people, in the Old Testament they have the negative sipificathm, but in the New Testament they: have their positive signifi-cation, which ire have in the previous chap-roved to be a tcleansing from 1IIE doctrine of close ccoortemrnalnion is to the Raptiets a cherished i pet it and eulogize it as onethe most prominent chareeteristics of a true chute: b. By close communion is meant the commun-i ing with none but the members of a partic-tiler sect. Roney says, " The reason there were but l the twelve at the first communion, or Lard's I l eupper, wee beestuse none others were bap-tiled." We proved to him that the seventy 1 chosen ones certainly had : Erect baptized. Then he jumped to another bog, declaring that they Lei been beptized, but not taken into the church. We proved that they ordeined and sent to preach, posse_ s-sameA commission as the twelve. We asked hint if Baptista send out preashent whom they ordain and yet are not members of their chard.? His reply was: " My son ( the term he used in addressing me, as he eh the older of the two), do you know that the Missionary Baptist Church the author of open communion? was instituted by our church, and cast aside a heresy." ye, " The Baptists may be the only Christian society pure the doctrines of the gospel through all the apes "— Bap. Sus., p. 104. To a Baptist there is no greaator heresy hat is termed " open communion." According to their own testimony, they e been the author of one of the greatest heresies ever extant. In the face of all this they tell us they are the only people who have preserved pure the doctrine so I suppose that during the years they had : open coremetuion preserved, was the time that they let close commun-ion go protected and unpreserved, which for its having been overcome and destroyed to the extent that God's people 0 more. If close communion was by the primitive church and pre- Baptist succession, why was it fists lost sight of the true doctrine hold of such a heresy as they claim mmunion to be. The legs of the still ther's table, although the Baptists say we shall not. Praise God! Father's family is one, and his table free to all his children, or to those who have been able to " discern the Lord's body" ( church). No one can dis-cern the body of Christ and at the same time plead for or belong to a sect. Christ's body, or church, is not divided, and any one who thinks divided Christendom or even one division of modern churchism to the whole or even a part of the body of hrist, does not discern his bod y : and any e that rejects any of God's children is the table of a sect, and not the Lord's table church. C A ER VI. BAPTIST IDEA or A CURlSTIAN LIFE. are pure. ; 1 Tim. 1: 5; 2 Tim. 2: 22. Therefore we love the Lord with all their strength. Matt. 22 : 37. Oar hearts are od ( Luke 8: 15), because God has sent Ii his Spirit into them. GaL 4: ti. Our hearts are established unblemable in hull/ tees ( 1 These. 3: 13) becausewe do the " . Eph. 6: 6. " From wit hoiun, t of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornicse tions, murders, thefts, covetousness, wick clews, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”— Mark : 2143. Brethren, Come to t trist. BY MO. H. KERMA. ome home, dear sinner, Christ has come, Why should you think to longer roam? He came rich blessings to bestows Then taste his love end prove ' HS so. Oh, do you now, dear sinner, know Christ comes to you his love to show? If you'll forsake your sins this day, His blood will wash them a away. Why then should you thus longer wait, When Christ the Master at the gate Stands ready now your soul to bless, And crown you with his righteousness? He says, then, choose before tooAte, While he is standing at the gate; While mercy's door is open wide, Accept of Christ, In him abide. Then come to Christ for all yon need, Believe his ward, his teach'gs heeck And he will give you life wit To keep you living free from sin. Then come to Christ without delay, You say not live another dpky; And If you should, your life should he To honor him who died for thee. Now will you come this very hour? Believe and trust his mighty power To keep you through his recious blood, A living witness for our and open Iame equal. The God whom we serve has no pets inn. his family. He will not " provoke his chil-dren to anger" by inviting some to his eating others away. By " exam-elytes" we are made conscious hether or not we are worthy to eat at the Father's table. Our conscience, with the Word, being our judge as to our fitnees for this ordinance, we are still eating at, Fa- T° observe the lives of most Baptiste. and espeeially to hear their preachers talk, one could scarcely determine whet ptists have of a godly life, or, in 5 what it takes in their mind to stitute hristian. They say they believe in regenen don and Bible sanetificettion, but ask them if either one or both of these saves them from sin. They answer, " No one is saved front com-mitting sin." Quote to them 1 Jno. 3: E', land they reply, " That which is born of the esh is i? h; and that which is born of the ' t is spirit," telling us that the soul or • issit is all that is born of God, and it lives vithout sin, while the old body, or flesh, sins all the time. Such doctrine is inspired, but not of God; bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit ( 1 Cor. 3: 16; 6: 1; 1. 20), which temple is holy. " He that committeth sin is the Devil."•- 1 Jno. 3: 8. If the soul that is horn of God cannot sin, and the body does sin; then it is the body that is of the Devil end not the soul. The Baptiste %,, y all of our bodies do sin. Then inasmuch as our bodies are the temple of God, God has gone into partnership with the Devil, and just muted one of his ( the Devil's) horses for his ( God's) purpose. Shall we t rather believe God, instead of man's absurd dreams of falsehood? Cannot the Omnipotent One who inhabiteth ' eternity and weigheth the mountains, secure himself a habitation without Satanic asste- - ance? It must be understood by every rational mind that the members of our bodies are but instrumentalities used or propelled by some unseen ent, and that the members are not responsible for sin any more than he sword ins responsible for piercing the heart when driven by some human power. But we shall now prove that there is more n purified than the soul. MB KIND of the soul, and yet it is one of the prime factors in the construction of man. We are to be transformed and hare our minds renewed. Rom. 12: 2; Eph. 4: 23. Our minds are pure ( 2 Pet 3: 1), and kept through Jesus Christ. Phil. 4: 7. " doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"— Jas. 3: 11. When the heart or fountainhead of man's existence is purified, the issuing stream will not swell with sin, nor will there be seen upon its surface the scum or filth of any unholiness; but sweet and holy influences arising will cause the soul to aspire to the grand and noble environments of eternal praise and glory. OUR EYE has been divested of its beam and mote ( Matt. 7: 5) and is single to the glory of God ( Nett. 6: 22), being anointed with eye-salve ( Rev. 3: 18), our eyes are healed of all spiritual disease, until we behold only God's glory, and look straight ahead. prov. 4: 25. OUR HANDS we have cleansed ( Jas. 4: 8), and they are holy. 1 Tim. 2: 8. OUR FEET are shod with the preparation ( readiness) of the gospel. Eph. 6: 15. Therefore they are straight feet ( Ezek. 1: 7) and. can make and walk in straight paths. Heb. 12: 13. " And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit and SOUL AND BODY be preserved blameless unto [ not after] the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it." — 1 Thess. 5: 23, 24. Let us remember that all the saved in Christ are pure in soul, mind, heart, eyes, hands, feet, spirit, and body. Take these away from man, leaving the remainder to sin, what has the Devil left? He has nothing but a bruised head under our feet. Rom. 16: 20. Praise our God forever and ever! As it is only by the outward manifesta-tions of the physical members that the in-ternal characteristics of the purified soul are made visible, it is in the order of the eter-nal plan for us to " present our members bound to righteousness for sanctification."– Rom. 6: 19. Emphatic Diaglott. " Nor present your members to sin, as instruments of iniquity; but present yourselves to God, as if alive from the dead, and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness." — Rom. 6: 13. Emphatic Diaglott. Roney says, " Paul's prayer in 1 Thess. 5: 23 was never answered and never will be, and Paul knew when he prayed that it would not be accomplished, but would have been, like the people who prayed for Peter, astonished, had his prayer been answered." Oh, what shame thrown in the face of God's precious word; and that by one of the Baptists' ablest representatives. But thanks be to God, their infidelity does not make the word of God of none effect. God has promised and he " will do it," and has done so for all the faithful. Praise his name! Baptists teach us that the body is not adopted into God's family until the general resurrection; that it belongs to Satan while time lasts, and becomes God's by being immortalized. This position they are com-pelled to take in their defense for sin. Ray says, " Baptists immerse, or bury, with Christ in baptism only those who pro-fess to be dead to, or freed from sin." Bap. Sue., p. 20. • " We teach " * the burial by baptism of those who are dead to, or freed from sin."— Text B. on Cam. I desire to ask every Baptist preacher: When you baptize an individual, why do you not lay hold of the soul only and im-merse it? for it is all you say is freed from sin, and you will not bury any one except they profess to be free from sin. Is the body not the part you bury? Does it pro-fess to be sinless? If it does not, your actions belie your words. Be honest, and take your position where the honest world can see consistency and not so many pre-varications and contradictions of your own testimony. Two men never disagree upon what they both know; it is always something supposed or guessed at that causes differences. That is what is the matter with the Baptists. Hardly any two of their representatives agree entirely. That is because they have not reached a plane of knowledge, but have been hitting around upon suppositions and sectish ideas.. We will pray God to enable them as they hit around in the darkness, to break the painted windows of their con-science, permitting the light of truth to shine into their hearts, bringing the knowledge of, the glory of God, that they may serve him with singleness of eye, purity of heart, and. unity of mind. Baptists are very loud in speech in refer-ence to the literal and visible church of Christ. Roney pointing to his brethren, said, " These Baptists around me here that you see, are the kingdom or church of God." I looked and beheld twenty- two Baptist preachers, many of whom were like himself, polluting God's pure air by their filthiness of tobacco- using. I saw no spirit; all I saw was those tobacco- stained bodies, and. Roney said . they were the church of God. If Baptist testimony amounts to anything, we are compelled to believe that the Devil owns the whole Bap-tist kingdom; for it is visible, being com-posed of visible men. These visible bodies commit sin, they say, and if they do, they are of the Devil, as already seen. There-fore all there is of the Baptist visible king-dom belongs to Satan. Understanding this, it is not to be wondered at when we find them fighting for sin, and against purity of conduct. Roney, quoting 1 Tim. 1: 15, declared that Paul had no reference to his past ex-perience, but was up to the time of his death the " chief of sinners," or the leader of all sinners. Oh, for shame to hide in the fathomless depths of forgetfulness such heresy! Why cannot the professed world learn the glorious principles of the economy of grace— that where sin did. once abound grace cloth much more abound, through the power of a living Savior? Rom. 5: 20, 21. Roney says, citing Jas. 3: 8, " The tongue is part of the body, and no man can tame it; as it is set on fire of hell, the body cannot be pure." The reason the tongue is set on fire of hell is because the Devil sits upon a throne in the heart, where he can work the wires or issues of the heart that are joined to the tongue, and set the waters of folly boiling, and the tongue as a ladle only stirs the shameful contents of the heart, mani-festing it to the world. It is true, no man can tame the tongue. But when God almighty extracts the fires of hell from the soul, it is not a difficult task for him to tame the tongue. As from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, when the heart is tamed. it holds the reins of the tongue, bringing it into perfect subjection, showing to the world a perfect man. Jas. 3: 2. Professor, your last moment is soon com-ing, eternity is approaching; the angel of death is hovering over you. If Jesus should appear, how would you feel? Forsake the power of sin, open your soul to heaven's truth; imbibe the heavenly purity of divine grace, and walk in the statutes of life with-out committing iniquity: and you shall live. Down before the throne of humility, in the peaceful presence of Jehovah, you may receive purity of heart, and prepara-tion for the great change that is coming. " Repent, And Do Thy First Works." BY GEO. W. MARTIN. 44ME V ERTHELESS, I have somewhat 11 against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember, there-fore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works, or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent." " I know thy works, that thou art ' neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and nei-ther cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked."— Rev. 2: 4, 5; 3: 15- 17. These scriptures portray the beginning and final condition of those - that get away from the Lord, and still hold on to a profession. Their experience in the beginning or when converted was all right for a time, but the deceptions of the Devil overcame them and they got their eyes off the Lord. and fell under temptation, and the accuser of the brethren got them started to accuse some one or got them to compromise with some one that is out of the order of the Lord, and the final result is such as is represented in Rev. 3: 15 - 17. We see those who were once happy in the love of God but are down in a miserable condition, blind, and asleep, yet think-ing they are ready for the Lord to take them or show them there is a better ex-them. And often when you try to help perience for them, they will point you back to the time of their conversion, and tell you they got all the salvation there was, and that God did not do a " piece work," etc. They will admit that many times they have made crooked paths, and got out of the way, sinning more or less all the time. Now God says in his word the wages of sin is death ( Rom. 6: 23; Jas. 1: 15), and the only way to get back into favor with God is to re-pent and confess our sins to God. 1 Jno. 1: 9. Unless the conditions are met, there is no promise of divine favor; one may plead ignorance, but that will not excuse. Acts 17: 30. It is possible for the Lord to save and preserve blameless, the entire length of life, from conversion, but it means much; it means a close walk with God, of uninterrupted communion, and that only can be the fruit of a life wholly consecrated to God, sanctified through the truth by obeying the word of God fully. See Born. 12: 1, 2; 1 Thess. 4: 3; 5: 23; Heb. 10: 14, 15. The apostle James says, " Receive with : meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." The soul thus saved will always be ready to respond with a hearty amen to do the whole will of God. Walking in the fear of God and in the comfort of the Holy . Ghost. Acts 9: 31. Such experiences are not to be found among the dark creeds of men, especially in the fashionable and worldly- conforii 1 congregations; the majority of. their members never experi-enced the new birth; and them that have, lose their experience, drift into cold formality, and soon all spiritual life is frozen out. Thus they become puffed up, pleasure- loving, having a form of godliness, but are void of the power. God's word is now going forth in purity, trying and judging every spri,± and work of man. God is gathering thy; nations and is bringing them down into::: the valley of judgment, and is plea for his people. Joel 3: 2. The cur': tains of ecclesiasticism are being rolled back and everything is coming before the scrutinizing power of God's word wrath 4is: 1020) n, lealaldndthwehogsztl dbaeyabolfelt stand? Rev. 6: 14- 17. We are in the time of the cleansing of the san tuary. Dan. S: 14. God is separa' the precious from the vile ( Jer. 15: 19),. and is calling his people by the way of holiness to forsake sin and Babylon con. fusion. Isa. 35: 8; Rev. - What glorious and precious truths God liar given us in his word, and as the poet.; says, " Though we enter more and fume;_ it is better on before." Let us be eat' and rejoice, and give honor to him; far the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife [ the ehurehl bath made herself ready. Blessed ire they that are called unto the marriage supper et" the Lamb."— Rev. 10: 7- 0. " And to her was granted that she should he arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the tine linen is the righteousness of saints."— Rev. 19: S Now, dear reader. you can see by t word of God that unless we an, arrayed in the spotless robe of salvation from all sin and pollution of every kind, there win be no admittance to the marriav feast, no matter what your experience was & few years ago. Your experience at con. version may have } wen among the brightest, like the lesson Jesus gave about the ten Virgins ; they were all right as they started out, but only five of them were ready when Hite groom came. The other live not oultt thought it was not necessar y to obe t one who invited them to have a pa the bridal company; but bridegroom came they wert. in the See 2 Tim. 3: 4, 5. And when any one and when they came after try; egin talks to them about living a holy life in vain to make themsolvea ready er think obedience to the word of God, they will they were ready, they found t he door give a cold thrust at those who profess shut, and said, - Open unto us,- but sanctification, and take some one that the Lord said, " I know vii does not live a consistent life, perhaps, for Matt. 25: 1- 13. an example, and will give vent to their " And unto the angel of the church at carnality. Sardis write . . I know thy Ivorks, " Lord who shall abide in thy taber- that thou hast a name that them livest mole? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? and art dead. . . . Renuenher therefore He that walketh uprightly, and worketh how thou hast received and heard; and righteousness, and speaketh the truth in hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou his heart. - He that backbiteth not with shalt not watch, I will come on his tongue," etc.— Ps. 15: 1- 3. A per- thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know son does not need to be a condemned what hour I will come upon thee." criminal at the bar of legal justice, but " Behold, I come as a thief. Bless-many in good standing in their so- ed is he that N- vatcheth, and keepeth called church are condemned before the his garments, lest he walk naked, and court of 9heaven, and they continue to they see his shame. "— Rev. 3: 1, 3; 16: let the Devil deceive them, and unless 15. they repent and turn to God they have There are so many that do not seem no promise of a crows. of life. Jas. 4: to be awake to their awful condition; 8- 10; Isa. 55: 6, 7. and, sad to think, you cannot arouse There is no excuse for any one being them to see where they are. Dear in darkness, if they will humble them- reader, be not deceived; nothing but the selves and let God teach them out of his pure and holy have any inheritance in the precious word. Yet so many professing kingdom of God. " Follow peace with to be saved will not come to a knowl- all men, and holiness, without which no edge of the truth, but refuse instruction man shall see the Lord"— Heb, 12: 14. tahnedir r bejoeacstt ethde o wpionridon o af bGoovde , t haen dp lsaeint Wof er emligaiyo nd, e bcueitv we em ceann nwoitt hde ace ipvreo fGesosido. n teaching of the Word, and say they do With many, when they testify, there is not think the Lord requires us to try to not ' fRoellaodw J tnhoe. W11o: 2rd1; i1n Jenveor. y 2 l: i5tt; l3e : 3th, i2n4g.. efforatn, aenads yth aeny dc ajonynfoutl gtoivnee ain p otihneteidr testimony of a present salvation, but Now he lens us plainly in his word ( 1 have to refer back many years to the and: k Jno. 2: 4), " He that saith, I know him, time of conversion, and eepeth not his commandments, is perhaps when liar, and the truth is not in him." Dana. tghivee s at rtaeisgthimt Wonoyr da ti sa lpl; raenadch wehde cna nthneoyt 12: 10 says, " Many shall be purified, attempt to praise God for salvation, made white, and tried, but the wicked cannot come to a point and praise him swhicaklle ddo s hwailcl kuenddleyr, s taanndd ; n bounte t hoef wthisee ftohri nag phree sent experience, but for some- shall understand." Wise unto salvation is an acchainn gd o. It gives evidence theVe by obedience unto the word of God. 2 ilove of Goda hvaos igdo. n Te houet , r eandl tbhuern i dToim h. i s3 c: 1om5- m1a7n. d ` m` Benletsss, e tdh aarte t htheeyy m thaayt bsiorenss aarnedtoarasautsiesfy wti th worldly assocdiaer-have a right to the tree of life, and may world. men s, and fellowship the ceintyt. e" r— inR etvh. r 2o2u: 1g4h. the gates into the All such have left their first love, and do not realize . ffrroom - whence they are Man's Depravity. THE GOSPRi. TRUMPET 3_ fallen. " But whoso keepeth his word, in him is the love of God perfected." When we obey the word of God we keep his commandments, " Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world."— Titus 2: 12. We are commanded not to wear gold and any worldly adornment, fol-lowing the fashions of the world. 2 Tim. 2: 9; 2 Pet. 3: 4. Much could he said ' concerning our conversation, in which the Devil takes many a captive and allures them on. It is sad to see dear souls given to jesting or jolting, which is not pleasing to God. and is con-trary to the spirit of holiness. Christ our blessed Savior is our pattern., He that saith he abideth in him ought him-self also so to walk even as he walked ( 1 Jno. 2: 6), and follow his steps. 1 Pet. 2 : 21- 23. Now, dear reader, if you have become lukewarm may God by his Holy Spirit help you to be honest with your own soul, and may the blessed Spirit convict you of your needs and show you that God has a better experience for you. He says, " I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye- salve, that thou mayest see."— Rev. 3: 18. Some have lived in a cold backslidden oondi-tion so long, and held on to a profession, they do not realize that their sins and shortcomings have separated between them and God, as says the prophet. Isla 59: 2. Neglected duties and the many failures to do the will of God, minding worldly things, in many ways bring tentless in the soul. " Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works," etc. Make wrongs righ confess your faults, go and be reconciled to your brother or sister, meet every condition laid down in God's word. He says in Rev. 3: 19, 20, " As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Jeus wan t admission into your heart; tam mat . - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord."— Hosea 6: 3, ne ow. e. oorets. MAN, almost from the creation, has -" liven naturally a rebellious creature. When created in the perfect image God and placed in. a location delightful, surrounded by everything which could add to his enjoyment, being privileged to walk and talk with God— even when in this condition, to reach some seeming-ly more enjoyable and elevated state, and doubtless not aware of the dark plans of the adversary for the destruc-tion of that which God had created for his glory— he rebelled, and as the result, death rose triumphant ' and reigned for four thousand years over the offspring of the fallen pair. Also, as a result of the first sin, man-kind has inherited the spiritual'image of their ' ancestors, or in other words a rebellious nature which seeks pleasure and enjoyment in those things which are dis-pleasing to God. Never since that time has this nature been so cultivated as to be brought into subjection to the will of God. Btat in their natural state the human race love darkness rather than ht. They follow after that line thought which most accords with their own. WaSed ideas of right and wrong, and endeavor to establish - this satiefac-torily to themselves as the basis of right-eousness. Little do they realize that with them, in tise inner man, dwells an. element that is enmity against God, and that here securely hid and unsuspected dwells fiend wheelas a part in their reasoning, and to some extent, while undiscovered, influences their judgment and ideas. We cannot have a thought or meditation upon any point essential to divine life but what Swan working in unison with the inbred carnality tries immediately to flood the mind with numerous delusive, yet seemingly fair, ideas and sugges-tions. Therefore it is a fact that an im-mense majority of the human race are so captivated and controlled by this carnal mind, that they are not capable of es-tablishing any rule of right and wrong. God seeing our inability to form a plan of righteousness, gave us a law written upon stone, that we might be relieved, and that the responsibility of the law might rest upon himself. And in later times was ushered in the better covenant which abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light. It is this independent idea concerning what constitutes right and wrong, that leads men to worship idols, stones, and trees, and prompts the people of some parts of the earth to offer their children as a sacrifice to their gods. It is but the one element more fully developed. And as we look upon the professed Christian world of to- day we see the same prin-ciple manifested. People seemingly in-telligent and reasonable upon most any line of thought except that which per-tains to divine life, speculating upon the plan of salvation, giving their opinion, adding to and taking from the word of God. Many know that God's word condemns those who commit sin as being of the Devil, and yet the majority of those claiming to be sent vf God to preach his gospel are so under the influence of car-tdity and Satan as to presume to teach that Christians commit sin, and that no one can be free front sin. They know that the Word condemns the proud, but continue dressing contrary to the rd, and with the fashions of the orld, knowing that they are proud at heart, but presuming to get to heaven because they think some pride is all right, So it is in regard to divisions among the people of God. They are aware that the Bible teaches oneness and that there must be no divisions among the followers of Christ: but they still hold tenaciously to their creeds and teach although the Bible condemns sects, t be divisions. and that hey are of God. While the Word teaches positively that there is but one church, which was founded by Christ himself, that Christ also is the door, and t every one who has remission of sins ember of this body or church, they from their darkened standpoint see the church as numerous organizations con-sisting of saints and sinners, and that to become a member you must register e in a class- book and go through a ceremony arranged and ail-ministered by man hilts no one need be ignorant of the fact that the only water baptism spoken of in the Word is immersion, yet they continue to sprinkle and pour, though Christ nor the apostles never recognised as baptism. ut such is man, so long as he is in-fluenced by that inbred element of de-pravity. Take any line of truth con-cerning the Christian religion, and he Les sought out many inventions and im-provements upon the plans of the Al-mighty. And such will man appear be-fore the judgment bar: even there he will try to reason with God and cite him at which he has done; but it will not avail— the sentence passed, he will. be compelled to take his station. If humanity could only see their own In-significance as compared with the wis-dom of God, and that " he bath skewed thee, 0 man, what is good; and what doth - the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"-- 1130.6: e. Let us hear the onnehl4on of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man."— Ecel. 12: 13. " Be-hold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."— Ps. 51: 5. But there has been a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. In the plan of salvation God has made provisions for the destruction and eradication of this inherited deprav-ity so that the human race may once more attain through Christ, that divine state in which man was created. have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him. because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight."- 1 Jno. 3: 21, 22. Also read 1 Jno. 2: 28. But how much confidence can we have? " And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any-thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him."- 1 Jno. 5: 14, 15. But how are we to know whether we are abiding in him or not? Well. let us read: " And he that keepeth his com-nts dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he bath given us."- 1 Jno. 3: 24. - And hereby we do know that we know him. if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a linr, and the truth is not ; in him But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him."- 1 Jno. 2: 3- 5. Proof of abidi neg in, him: " He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."- 1 Jno. 2: 6. Now : let us read some more of God's word and see what the result will he if we abide not in Christ. - If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." Jno. 15: 6. " And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not . *** fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."— Matt. 3: 10. Let us not be deceived. but let us ex-amine ourselves and measure our life by God's word and see if we are abiding in Christ or not. Who Shan Stand? By JENNIE MTH. BEITOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way be-fore me: and the Lord, whom ye seek. shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall came. saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap."— Mal. 3: 1, 2. Who shell abide his coming? The in-habitant of Zion: • for there shall be a remnant, and there shall be an highway e remnant of his people." A ml the remnant of Israel shall do no in-iquity," because the Lord Jesus sits as a refiner and purifier; and - he shall pur-ify the sons of Levi,. and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.- - Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel "— isa. 12: 6. We the inhabitants of Zion are the abide the great and not-able day of the Lord. Christ as the re-finer, purifies and makes them clean through his word. Ins word is truth. " Abide in me and I in you." - Ile that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit." Then, if we keep his commandments, we can ask what we will and it shall be done unto us. Whosoever abideth in hint sinneth as he walked; - for that is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit, is Spirit." 4 11 a man abide not in me, he cast forth as a branch, and is withered." And now, little children, let us abide in him, that, when. he shall appear we may have confidence and not be aehamed before hint at his coming. So as dear children let us walk worthy of the vocation wherein we are called, ael be able to stand with Christ when the itta& trumpet shall sound. Abide in Me. By MARION BROw 44 A BIDE in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of it-self, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." e cannot abide in Christ until we get into Christ, and in order to get into Christ we must first forsake our ways. Read Isa. 55: 7- 10; Prov. 28: 13. We must also make restitution. Ezek. 33: 14, 15; Luke 19: 8. We must for-give te. ers, or God will not forgive us. 1, Matt. 6: 14,15: 18: 35; Jas. 2: 13. We I i must also confess. Read Prot. 28: 13; Ps. 32: 5; 1 Jno. 1: 9. I After we have met the Bible conditions laid down in Gods word, we can then ask with confidence and : faith. - There-fore being justified by faith, we have I peace with God through our Lord Jesus lettrist."— Rom. 5: 1. 1 When we have gotten into Christ the admonition comes to us: " Abide in me." Now to abide in Christ implies first a new creature. " Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old ! things are passed away; behold, all things am beeome new."- 2 Cor. 5: 17. It would imply also to be free from every I particle of condemnation. - There I therefore now no condemnation to them which agree in Christ Jesus, who walk not I after the flesh, but after the Spirit."— Rotn. S: 1. It also implies to live free from committing sin. Now there are a great many people in this day and age of the world who think we cannot live free from sin, but will commit sin mere or less every day. Yet they claim to be Christians. Let us see 1 what God's word says about it, " Who-soever abideth in him sinneth not."- 1 lJne. 3: 6. Also in the eighth verse it says, 1- Ile that committeth sin is of the Devil." So you see if we commit sin we are clear outside of Christ. We should abide in Christ in order to bring forth fruit. Juts 15: 5, S. As I the branch of a tree could not bring forth fruit if severed from the tree, so it is with us spiritually. Now let us see what kind of fruit we are to bear. " But the fruit of the Spirit is have, joy, peace, long- suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."— Gal. 5: 22, 23. This is the kind of fruit we are to bear exclusively. Some of the fruits of the flesh are as follows: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uneleannem, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, setlitions, her-esies [ or setts), envying; murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which do such things sl) all not inherit the king-dom of God."— Gal. 5: 19- 21. 0 dear ones, do not be deceived and think you elm do any of these things and yet be Christians. We should abide in Christ in order to receive answer to prayer. " If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."— Jno. 15: T. Praise God for such promises! We should also abide in hint so we can have confidence, and our prayers be not hindered. " Be-loved, if our heart condemn us not, then. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET The $ Gospel $ Trumpet. Grand Junction, Mich., Feb. ( 0, ( 898. 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If you want, to feel the power of dark ness in a meeting, you have only to testi-fy how the Devil is crushing you under his power and has the victory over you. The general annual camp meeting at Grand Junction, Mich. will be held a-bout June 10- 19. Let all the saints ev-erywhere pray earnestly for this meeting, and as many as possible attend the same. We have been able at last, by running the press night and day, to get out an-other edition of the book LETTERS OF LOVE AND COUNSEL FOR t OWE GIRLS, 7 7 and are thankful to be again able to fill all the orders for the same. May God move all our agents and the saints in gen-eral to work for the sale of this valu-able book as never before. It should be in every home; not only for the girls to read, but for every mother. Price: in cloth, 75 cts.; in paper binding, 35 cts. Questions Answered. USING WINE. I have met with a band of people who say we are wrong in using wine in the Lord's supper: Wine, of course, is wine, whether new or old, and the Lord says it is a mocker. I am persuaded that we have no Bible for its use. Please explain this matter through the TRUMPET. T. H. H. You are being misled, brother. The word of God does not forbid the use of new or unfermented wine; and we have an abundance of scripture for its use. The word of God does truly say, " Wine is a mocker" ( Prov. 20: 1), but as Solo-mon is the mouthpiece the Lord uses in this instance, his own explanation should stand first among c inments upon his words. We will therefore hear him. " Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder."— Prov. 23: 31, 32. This text shows the kind of wine that Solomon calls a mocker, and forbids the use of: that which " is red, giveth his color in the cup, and moveth itself," or in mod-ern terms, that which ferments. This is the only wine forbidden in the Bible. We might therefore lay down the follow-ing rule of scripture interpretation. Wherever the use of wine is forbidden, fermented wine is referred to, and wherever it is allowed, the sweet wine is referred to. That the New Testa-ment allows the moderate use of sweet wine is evident. See Eph. 5: 18; 1 Tim. 5: 23; 1 Pet. 4: 3. I met some of a sim-ilar class of water- drinkers in Oakland, Cal., who affirmed that we should not use wine in the Lord's supper, but water. They even affirmed that it was water that Jesus used in the institution of the ordinance of communion, con-trary to the Lord's own " plain statement that it was the " fruit of the vine."— Matt. 26: 29. Water is not the fruit of the vine. Let us not sit in judgment upon the teachings of God's word. The Bible is all right, and the use of sweet wine in the communion supper is all right. Those our brother met with, who condemn the use of unfermented wine in the Lord's supper belong to that class who are inclined to be righteous over muck See Eccl. 7: 16. DESERTING THE ARMY. If a man has enlisted in the service of the United States Army before he was saved, is it his duty to de-sert when he becomes converted? By no means. Such would be a viola-tion of the " powers that be," the which we are commanded to be subject unto. Rom. 13. God can keep him saved where he is until he has served his time. And if the Lord wants him freed before his time is up, he is able to free him in an-swer to prayer, by putting it in the hearts of the U. S. officers to release him. IS THE WORLD SQUARE? I write , you concerning the " Square World" theory. It is being taught in the western part of Missouri by a brother who claims to be out in the evening light, and it causes division. Is it a Bible doctrine? E. O. D. No, sister, the Bible does not teach that the earth is square. We find the expression " four corners of the earth," in Rev. 7: 1, but this is not intended to teach that the earth is square. It is a symbolic expression signifying the four major cardinal points— north, east, south, and west. The expression " four winds" in the same verse signifies the same thing. Those who are foolishly affirming the world to be square gen-erally say also that it is flat, which idea they draw from some passages of scrip-ture not intended to be literalized. The Bible was written before the scientists had discovered that the earth was round, and God not desiring to teach the science of astronomy, but moral principles merely, delivered his word in language that the people could under-stand. Modern writers, although they under-stand perfectly the movements of the various heavenly bodies, still continue to convey their thought by the use of such expressions as sunrise, sunset, ends of the earth, etc., but the man who would attempt to place a literal construction upon their words lacks understanding. That the earth is round may be as clearly demonstrated from a scientific standpoint, as the doctrine of holiness from a scriptural standpoint. But as the principles of the TRUMPET are to con-fine itself to the teachings of the Bible, we will not enter into a lengthy discus-sion of this ' load. However, for the benefit of some dear ones who are be-coming confused by these things we will cite a few proofs. The north star, which stands nearly over the north pole, seems to descend more and more as you travel toward the south, and when you reach the equator it stands just on the horizon. W hen you pass south of the equator it disappears below the horizon. This can be accounted for in no other way than by a recognition of the curvature of the earth. Surveyors must allow a certain number of inches in each mile for the curvature of the earth or they would soon find them-selves ascending. The ' allowance they make would cut a circle 25,000 miles in circumference. We forbear to go further into this subject. Any teachable man can convince himself by a brief investi-gation of any author's elements of as-tronomy. But to those who will believe the earth is square, we would say it will not in-terfere with your salvation to believe so, because it is not a Bible question, but do not try to teach it. It only genders discords, and the sowing of discord among brethren is one of the things the Lord hates. Prov. 6: 19. And we should not forget that God's ministers are to approve themselves, to some ex-tent , at least, by knowledge. 2 Cor. 6: 4- 6. For a minister of the gospel to teach in the pulpit that the earth is square betrays such great ignorance that it destroys his influence among the people; and a man who has not better things to teach is not a minister of the gospel. May God give us all much love, humility, and wisdom to win souls. There is no greater proof of a lack of humility than an unteachable spirit. W. G. S. NOTICE. A WARNING TO ALL THE SAINTS OF GOD i‘ V. 11, RYWHERE. South Haven, Mich., Jan. 21, 1898. In the name of the Lord I write this for a protection against the Devil coin-ing to you under the cloak of becoming sanctified, and thus gaining your confi-dence for filthy lucre's sake. We have just passed through an ex-perience. A young man about 28 years old, with round face, red cheeks, full chin, black hair, and about five feet ten inches tall, who talks low, with a mild voice, and a little through his nose, with a frequent laugh, came to our place, giving his name as Geo. Hempenstall ( which name we have since obtained sat-isfactory proof to have been an assumed one). He claimed his home was in Grand. Ledge, Michigan. He came to the Old People's Home about the first of August, 1897. He came to the meetings and soon seemed to become interested, and we were all interested in him, as we are in all sinners. He first made his home with Bro. Bay-less and won his confidence, then , he offered his services to the Old People's Home, having consecrated and, to all appearance, met the conditions and walked as a child of God. But at all times I felt an aching in my heart, I could not tell why; but the Lord clearly warned me, but I would not accept the warning as meaning him. Now we have proved him and found him a fraud in league with others to rob the people. He received telegrams when absent, which since seem to have been proved clearly to have been - of his own manu-facture, and by his schemes he beat the brethren here out of about $ 400. This was done by claiming ; that he , had an estate and his father owed him about $ 4,000, and that his brother, Fred Hem-penstall, was killed between two cars, requesting the said Geo. Hempenstall to settle his ( the brother's) estate. While purporting to be settling this estate he claimed to have been robbed of about $ 2,000. But forthwith telegrams were caused to be sent to him at this place to the effect that the sheriff had arrested the, parties. And he actually received two telegrams that the parties were caught, and for him to come. He borrowed what money he could for his journey, and afterwards telegraphed for more money. I said to the brother who was lending him the money, " How do you know that this is all right?" I felt God stirring my soul, but confidence had won his way. Now, dear ones, I write this to warn you of the awful deception that there is in the world. Every man will stand proving, and God says, " Let them first be proved." That will hold good every-where. If any man will notify me of this man's whereabouts, I will be greatly obliged. Please do not lay this notice aside, but remember the admoni-tion. Yours in Christ, S. Michels, Old People's Home, South Haven, Mich. An Inward Foe. BESIDES the foes that are without, there is also an inward foe, which causes the newly converted soul no little From " Secret of Salvation." ISOLATED. BY S. N. SORENSON. 4 UT he himself went a day's journey le" into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested • for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough now, 0 Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."- 1 Kings 19: 1. There are perhaps few if any of God's chosen servants, priests, or reformers, men who can say, " The burden of the Lord is upon me," that have not been under the juniper tree, and like this bold and fearless man, desired to be released of the duties and responsibilities required at the hands of a man of God. Elijah properly is entitled; " The grandest and the most romantic character Israel ever produced;" and when we read the short • sketch of his life as re-anxiety vy ce alk unless at times, there an is d a often iser leads - trouble, the los , cw withh God. This foe mind," spoken of in Romans 8: 7, and is against God;" although a per_ son may have the carnal mind, and yet not be " carnally- rainded;" that is, lea and controlled by it. Paul acknowl-edged the brethren at Corinth to be dill_ dren of God, yet he said he could not speak unto them as " spiritual, but as unto carnal." Then he showed them the fruits of carnality among them, such as envying, strife, and divisions, and told them. that they were carnal. 1 Cor. 1: 3. It is the evil nature that is inherited through the fall of Adam and Eve in the Orden of Eden. Although it is not imputed as sin unto us, yet it is a sinful nature, or such as naturally inclines the '- heart, or leads one into the ways of sin as soon as they become old enough to know what sin is, and realize its effects. The little child knows no sin, and is in_ nocent in the sight of God, yet it has that carnal mind, which is manifest long before it knows anything about sin. A nger. is one of the outcroppings of this evil nature in the heart, although there are many other ways in which it is man-ifest. The • sweetest disposition, and most loving, innocent child will at times show forth evidence of a nature within that is not in harmony with the real spirit of love and innocence. A woman once publicly declared in a meeting that her little two- year- old babe did not have any such nature, nor any such de-ments in the heart. But before the ser-mon closed, the minister, who was preach-ing on the subject, had. occasion to stop and call attention to the little one, who had thrown itself upon the floor in such intense anger, before the whole congre-gation, that: the mother was unable to conquer or quiet it until it had fully il-lustrated the sermon that was being preached. Yet, there was no sin com-mitted by the little one, because it was not old enough to know anything about sin; but the elements manifested there are what lead into the ways of sin, which must be forgiven when it is com-mitted. The little one having committed no sin, has none to be forgiven. But after reaching an age of accountability, and sins are committed, the child be-comes a sinner. Then it will take repent-ance and pardon before a state of inno-cence is reached again. When this is done, the one who was a sinner will be-come like a little child, and be innocent in the sight of God, yet have the same elements in the heart that the little child has, which is so often shown in its life. Jesus said: " Verily, I say unto you, Ex-cept ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."— Matt. 18: 3. A man becomes as a little child when he becomes converted from his state of sinfulness through the pardoning power of Jesus Christ. This inward foe still remains. corded in the Book of God, from his first bold appearance before the monarch with the declaration of the punishment that should fall upon the idolatrous king and people; his glorious victory apparently single- handed over the combined forces of darkness on Mount Carmel, till his illuminated chariot ride through the skies to his home, we are tempted, if I may so express it, to think that this remarkable personage had superhuman origin. But no; he was simply a man. ' Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are. "— Jas. 5: 17. This reference of the apostle to the great prophet in his de-scription of faith and prayer, is indeed encouraging to us if we are of like pre-cious faith. Yea, even the words ut-tered by the prophet under the juniper tree, and especially the divine help im-mediately received, is uplifting to the individual who has felt and experienced the power of the Spirit of Elijah's God. Now when I read of the movement of the present and last holy reformation, the cleansing of the temple or church of God from all manner of sin and sec-tarian idolatry, and men and women, holy and beloved, consecrated and tried, are raised up by God, scattered abroad over the world, isolated, as it were, even from the society and desirable com-pany of God's people, standing alone in the defense of this present truth, the one-ness of the church and the sanctification of its constituents, in short, the resto-ration of God's order in his house, 1 am constrained to ask, Is it presumption to believe that we are living in the very day of which Malachi the prophet proph-esied: " Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coining of the great and dreadful day of the Lord"?— Malachi 6: 5. Jesus himself said, " Elijah shall first come and rest ore things It is true, Jesus also said that John the Baptist was indeed filled with the Spirit and power of Elijah, for to prepare the way of the Lord's first coming, make his path straight. I ask, Is it too much to believe that the ss Spirit and powe in the saints of the Mt the sight of the world, a crank, they probably thought. But look at him confronting Israel's monarch. Perhaps the king had never been taken so by surprise in his life; but before he re-covered from the shock the strange but solemn messenger had disappeared— a short, terse message, and he was gone. Elijah had no time for needless argu-ments; the truth uttered, regardless of consequences, and his duty was per-formed. Now, my brother, if the Spirit of Elijah's God is resting upon you, and God has said to you, " Blow the trump-et in Zion;" you are aware there are kings and priests in so- called Israel to-day who are just as much idolaters in the sight of God as Ahab the king of Israel was, sectarian leaders who by their false doctrines and creeds are teaching Israel to sin and to commit fornication spiritually. You will not be afraid to confront them and deliver the message God has given you to deliver. True, you will stir up the wrath of Jezebel and may have to flee for your life ( when you have reproved her priests). You may be isolated in this wilderness of sin, and, like Elijah, wish your labor was ended. Do not despair, dear brother, the voice of God may direct you to go as his agent and. anoint poor sinners who shall be kings and priests unto God. Think not that you are left alone in Israel; the Lord has more than 7,000 that have not bowed the knee to the sectarian Baal nor bussed his image. Art thou poor? God can command the ravens to feed theel You and I, my brother, are not to sit o honored thrones in this gospel warfare. Think of the deluded old pope at Rome imagining he is occupying St. Peter's throne. None but the blinded priests of the old mother harlot will believe that Simon Peter ever sat on a throne in this world, though he deserved it a Ilion times more then any bigoted priests of Rome. No; my dear yoke-is at the end of the race; wren our course is unxsueu, righteous judge shall give it tca us. e are not to receive honor from meu ( Ise sectarian priest seeketh after that.); remember we are but the voice of one eI Lit clay in ritten a lengthy article, and a wI aarem preaching to a very large and I hope truth- loving audience; I beg you, dear reader, to remember 4 I am not in - Ilible. I have wr-ten principly for the encouragement of the Lord's isolated ones, and would con-clude with the words of St. Peter: ' Let us remember these things, though we know them, and be established in the present truth.' One Name. BY MARY HELDENBRAND. 41.40LY Father, keep through thine ". own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are one. "-- Jno. 17 : 11. For every one who loves the Lord Jesus Christ in spirit and in truth, was this prayer offered. Dear reader, is it fulfilled in your case? Under what name are you kept? Is it under the name of the Father alone, which makes you one - with an his chil-dren on earth, as much as you expect to be in heaven? Most all will admit the oneness of the redeemed in heaven, but say there is no difference under what name we are kept here on earth. Lei Jesus. answer you.. " And now I am no more in the world, but , these are in the wtot, r ld,, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name, . . that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the World may believe that thou hast sent me." In the name of the Father there are no little pens of division, or big ones either, for any pet doctrine or tradition of the elders, to which we may hold One who has not heard the gospel of Jesus Christ in its purity will ask, How can these things be? To look about upon the world or judge by appearance of untold divisions, it is impossible; but with God nothing is impossible, else Je-sus would not have prayed for it. When everything is swept away from us but the word of God, it will melt our hearts together as lead in a mold. Here is where many are deceived. They may take their name off every earthly book; yet if every element of division is not cleansed from the heart, they are not one with all the redeemed on earth, as Jesus prayed. Right in connection with this oneness he prayed for their sanctification as the means to make them one. " They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them. through thy the thy word is truth. A s thou has sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world." This brings us right back to the cleansing of thing by the Word. " I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one: and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hest loved them, as thou hest loved me." 0 Father, can it be that you have loved u did Jesus? he Lord help everylint of God includes all redeem) how t your door to help the world believe that the Father bath sent the Sore Jesus not only has declared his but will continue to declaim it, that the love of the Father and the Son may continue in us. " And this is life teraal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." - ieweii the 17th of John, prayed that his peopie might one, as he and the Father are one. We will now notice other scriptures on this me teaching. From Genesis t ion God has taught onen ess, and eo d mned divisions. Dear reader, do you think he would build again that which he destroys? No; for hie word is forever heaven. – Having made us the mystery of his will, pleasure which he pica, in hiinseif: that in the dispensation of the fnillne- of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and icih are on earth, even in hirn."— Eph. 1: 9, 10. All nations and whomsoever will may eeme, All that excluded any people was ugh the blood of Christ. erefore ye are no more strangers and fellow- citizens with e saints, land of the household , . . . in whom ye also are bnilded gether for an habitation of God through the Spirit."— Eph. 2: 19, 22. " Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that y be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. "= 1 Cor. 1: 10. As we have said before, there will be no trouble about the same mind and same judgment, when all doc-trines and traditions of men are given up, and the Word becomes a lamp to our feet, and a light to our pathway. I said to a person lately, Why so many doctrines?" The answer was, " Because there are so many faiths in the world." Bat why so many faiths? It certainly is not in the Bible. " There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."— Eph. 4: 4- 6. Furthermore he has given the different workers in the gospel " for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the . faith, . . . That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive."— Eph. 4: 12, 14. May the Lord help his children and also the ministry to search if they be in the faith or not, that they are all edify-ing the body of Christ and. not building that which will he destroyed by fire. The Baptism of Fire. BY JAMES S. M'CRF. ARY. delusion. conseeranting but they did not ge mid not allow them to be deceived. But some who are not willing to measure up to the word of God do really get this fiery manifestation. Now why is it? this: if they ever were sanctified, ey lost this experience through error or disobedience, and feeling their lack and emptiness, and not being willing to hum-ble themselves and repent, the Devil has en advantage of them and they are like Nadab and Abihu who put strange fire in their censer and offered it before the Lord. Lev. 10: 1, 2.. And if they do not repent and get the spirit of obe dience their fate will be the same. The principle text they use in teac this doctrine is Matt. 3: 11, last clause. He shall baptize you with the Holy host and with fire." They fail to see - hat the fire is the means used in the work of the clea nsing and that the Holy Ghost is the person doing the work; but separate the two and make his work of no effect. The spiritual- minded will see once that it is not literal fire that is meant, but in symbol or figure just as fire is a eleansi g or purifying element, so is the word of God as the Spirit applies it to the soul in its quicken; g and cleansing power; and as the soul takes hold of it and believes it and obeys, it is purified. " Seeing ye have: purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit."- 1 Pet. 1: 22. " Is not my word like as a fire?"— Jer. 23: 29. " And there appeared canto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon. each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."— Acts 2 : 3, 4. " Cloven tongues" signifies different d is manifes Iigh in this last holy reforitt, the restorat ioonf God's order in his church, before the glorious but dreadful day of his second coming? If we compare the missiop of El with that of the forerunner of Christ' first advent, and the present holy w of preparing for his second corning, does it not occur to the mind of the reader that much similarity exists? Elijah's principal mission the order of the true worship of and to rebuild the sacred which had been polluted and cor-rupted by the idolatrous king and Jeze-bel's false prophets— a tremendous task laid upon the shoulders of Elijah the Tishbite, but his faith made him equal to the occasion. John the Baptist's mis-sion was of . the same order; namely, to restore order in Israel, to straighten the crooked paths and make ready a the Lord. The same bold, un-compromising, fearless spirit which actu-ated Flijah's movements was manifest in John, the wilderness- preacher of Judea. And as for the present holy warfare, is it not mainly characteristic of restoring to order the true scriptural worship of ehovah, and to remove and destroy the sectarian idolatry which centuries has polluted, defiled, and. corrupted the temple or . church of the living God; to prepare and make ready the bride for the coming of the bridegroom? A glo-rious mission, my brother, is it not? Strange, you think, that God did not choose some greater than you, to per-form this mighty task. Ah, remember " God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the mighty." Has he not revealed this present glori-ous truth unto babes? What was Elijah? Was he the son of a king, or of a high priest? Elijah the Tishbite, is all you and I know about lihre- a Matt of obscurity, insigni fi mut the WE feel that the Lord would have us VI, sound a note of warning in regard to a doctrine which is being very exten-sively preached among professed holiness people, called the baptism of fire. Its advocates teach it as a work subsequent to sanctification, some claiming to have ceived it years after sanctification. We have read about all that has been written in favor of this experience and an conscientiously say that we believe it to be a delusion of the Devil. Those who teach such things are known to re-such portions of the word of God as teach the nnity of God's people, as Jno. 71- 23; 10: 16, etc. Also part of the ordinances— baptism, and washing of the ' nts' feet. The Word says that Jesus he Holy Ghost to them that obey him. Acts 5: 32. Therefore those who are living in disobedience to any known command of God do not have God's Holy Spirit, and those who reject a part of God's word and still persist in making a profession, make themselves a prey for false teachers and delusions Devil. See 2 Thess. 2: 9- 12. They also bring themselves under the wrath of God. Rom. 1: 18; 2: 8. We do not believe that God will leave any honest soul to be deceived by this honest souls have been of fire, aittee God THE GOSPEL TRUMPET languages, and these different kinds of languages came to them and they were enabled to speak to all the foreigners who dwelt in Jerusalem in their own language of the wonderful works of God. Verse 11. And as the word of God went forth as a living fire, and men and women. were melted down to repentance by it, there were about three thousand souls saved that day. Praise the Lord! Our God has the same wonderful gifts in store for those who will humble themselves before him. 1 Pet. 5: 6; 1 Cor. 12: 7- 12. We feel especially led to ask God's people everywhere to pray for the manifestation of the gift of tongues as it was in the church in the morning light. Mark 16: 17; 1 Cor. 12: 10, 28. Others besides the apostles received this precious gift. Why should we not have it in. the church to- day? Acts 10: 46; 19: 6. • • 4 ADORNMENT. BY CHAS. E. ORR. THIS word means to make beautiful by decoration, to render attractive. The young lady adorns herself with her jewels and costly array to make herself beautiful and gain the admiration of the world. She shines with splendor and is the center of attraction in the society world. She is termed the " light of society." The Lord has designed his people to be " heavenly lights" to this world. For this purpose he beautifies them with a heavenly adornment. He covers them with a robe of such whiteness as to en-able them to reflect the light of his throne and make attractive his salvation. Isa. 61: 10. While he adorns them with such beautiful garments and exquisite grace it is that they may in turn by , atrity of life . adorn his Word. In Tit. : 10 we are, as children of God, ex-horted to adorn the doctrine of God our savior in all things. As the young lady by her rich adornings attracts the attention of the world unto herself, so we by the adorning of God's rich grace may live in such heavenly light and holy sweetness as to render God's word and salvation attractive to the world. We should esteem and appreciate the won-derful privilege of being enabled by God's grace to live such a life as will make his word and Christianity appre-ciative and beautiful unto the people. W hat is more grand this side of heaven than a life which, as we read, constantly points us to God? The word of God seems to mean so little to a great many people, and it will be only by the lives of Christians that they will be brought to know that it means all it says. The scriptures teach that we should do all things without murmurings. Phil. 2: 14. God's grace will enable us to live such a patient, even, contented, and uncomplain-ing life as will adorn and make attractive the above teaching. We must love, we must be lowly, we must be kind, we must be gentle, have pure thoughts, sound speech, and holy ways. We must count all things joy, we must pray, we must do good, resist not evil, prefer others, and live righteous every day. Such is the teaching of the Bible, and God will put his truth in our hearts and enable us so to live that our lives will be a correct vindication of the same. Amen. Gleaned Points.. WM. L. WOODWORTH. THIS isan age of free speech and pul-pit, in which, by tongue and pen and public press, blessings find expression. It is also the age of factions and rival-ries. And false teachers, described by Jude 16, 18; and false prophets, as by 2 Pet. 2: 1; and a time when our motto must be, " Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only" ( Jas. 1: 22), remem-bering God works for man through the Holy Spirit by his servants: and man according to the divine endowment and appointment, is also to work for his fel-low- men. To hear the word of God and to do it with the inspiration coming not through human channels, but by direct divine inpouring of the ever- present Holy Spirit the Comforter, who is with us and with all who seek his presence and guidance. Every man aiming to be a complete Christian worker needs in his mission to possess the divine qualities of the four apostles— to be ever ready to make bold confession with Peter; to think profoundly with Paul; to love ardently with John; to work out courage, doc-trine, and experience into forms of self-sacrifice and enthusiastic service with James. By these men may know the realities of the life within. There is no danger of exhausting the Bible. We want to see things just as they are, and then tell the truth about them, and we can with the Holy Ghost as a teacher. Then the Bible will be-come richer to us than ever. Its words are letters of gold and silver, and words of true life to me. If I could not get another Bible, there is not enough gold in this world to buy mine. It is " a lainp unto my feet and a light unto my path."— Ps. 119: 105. We must study devoutly the works of his grace in our hearts. We should not forget to visit hospitals, poorhouses, and the sick, and neglected, and to teach ignorant children the way to Jesus and his church. We must have interest if we have success. Tardiness must be avoided in. religion, and we must study Jesus and his meth-ods and be filled with the Holy Spirit and we shall be a success in God's hands to win souls for Jesus. Let us keep hum-ole and hear his faintest whisper. News from the Field. Chicago, Feb. 3. Last night we arrived at Chicago and met with the saints who had been attend-ing the meeting in progress, where the word of God is going forth in its purity by a number of his holy ministers from various parts of the United States. Souls are being saved, and at this writing the work of the Lord is moving on with victory. [ Ed.] Kelat, Ky., Jan. 25. Praise God! I can report victory in Jesus' name. I am saved, sanctified, and all on the altar. We have had a glorious meeting here, where many souls were made happy and brought out of darkness into the light. Bro. H. T. Dunagan has been with us. The meet-ing closed last night. He will go from here to Poindexter to hold meeting. We desire all the saints to pray for him, as we believe he is called and sent of J. P. Lemons. St. Louis, Mich., Jan. 31. I wish to report victory once more in the name of Jesus. W e have just closed a meeting at New Haven Center, Mich., which lasted twenty- three days. This was a precious seed- sowing time, and a few souls were won to Christ. As the pure gospel went forth it fell with pain upon the heads of those who were not willing to walk in the light. But, thank God, we found a few honest souls that had been captured by sect- builders. When they heard the call from heaven— " Come out of her, my people" ( Rev. 18: 4), they were ready to obey. Among those that came out was the M. E. class-leader and Sunday- school superintendent. May God bless the dear honest souls that saw the light, and the evil of sectism. Oh, may they ever live by the pure word of God. Quite a few saints came in from the surrounding country to enjoy the meeting. Win. E. Warren and Co. Bartow, Fla., Jan. 27. Once more we greet you in the name of Jesus, through the columns of the TRUMPET. This evening finds us rejoic-ing because of freedom in our souls. Bless the name of the Lord! We left Dixon, Miss. Jan. 3, and came down to New Orleans, where we met Bro. A. J. Poulson and wife, and we joined in the battle with them against sin and the power of darkness. On the 15th we took ship for this place. We arrived here the 17th, and on the 20th we started the battle here in the name of Jesus, and the Lord is giving us victory on every line. Praise his holy name! But we find the power of darkness to be very great in every respect. Sin and confusion seems to be predominant on every hand. Dear brethren and sisters, do pray much for the work here in the South. The people seem so indifferent about the salvation of their poor souls. They will come out and hear the truth expounded in all its purity, and listen attentively, and that is about as far as they care to go. Very few you will find that are willing to get down and get a real experience of salvation. May God help the people to see they must be doers of the Word as well as hearers. The doer of the Word is the only one that is justified. We expect to work back north. Any one desiring our labors in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, or Louisiana can write us at once. We want to reach Mississippi in July or August. L. V. Strickland, A. J. Poulson and Wife. . Henderson, Pa., Jan. 27. With pleasure we write to inform you of our whereabouts and how the dear Lord is prospering our souls in the king-dom of light and truth. We arrived in America Dec. 18, 1897 much worn out in body, but after a few weeks' rest the dear Lord strengthened us, and we are now in the battle again with victory for Jesus. One of our objects in coming to this country is to raise money to pur-chase a printing- press to be used in for-eign fields for the publication of the truth, which is so much needed. Dear ones, we are interested in the work of the Lord. We have labored almost five years in foreign lands as missionaries, and space will not permit and time would fail me to tell you of the many trials and difficulties we were obliged to encounter because we were short of means to carry on the work. So after those years of testing and. suffering the dear Lord has said to us, It is enough; go tell your brethren of your needs on. this line, and of the thousands of poor little children who are dying daily of hunger and cold through sin, and the thousands of men and women going down to a sinner's hell daily for the want of the bread of life. Therefore we are going to make a missionary tour through part of this country. Those who wish us to visit them in this capacity can write us at Mariasville, Pa. J. H. Rupert and Wife. Note.— I wish to say in regard to the article in the TRUMPET of Jan. 20, written by Bro. Tufts relating to a Miss Glassy of Liverpool, England, who claims to have the gift of tongues and so forth, I am a witness to what Bro. Tufts said, and I am informed that some in this country have been duped by her deception and are still loth to believe what Bro. Tufts has written. So let me warn you again that the said Miss Glassy is a rank deception, although I must say I feel a pity for the poor de-luded creature, as she is not accountable, nor to be blamed for her hypocrisy as much as those who are with her, who are using her as a sort of Jumbo to their opublishing thei rt to g overt people. re r ot ptl hhe ee. world moee nnr laadgg ee rhiie,, aenf dofg Let me say, I conversed with thee s a• id Miss Glassy for a few mommenents s, , and the subject of tongues was brought up ( in which I am a believer). It seemed expedient for her to withdraw from the room and leave it all in the hands of her managers to further explain. They claimed that the girl while under the spirit had spoken words in a foreign tongue. So said a Sister Saylor. Miss Glassy knew nothing of it, nor could she remember anything she said. Mr. Black of Utica, Pa., one of her managers claims that when Miss Glassy is under the Spirit abaut her work, he can go out and purchase just what she wants, although be cannot understand what she says. The Spirit, he says directs him to get the very things she desired. You see the trick. Next Mr. Black will ap-pear on the carpet as an interpreter of tongues. Let me say they are all a poor lot of deceivers, who are imposing on the public. Yours in defense of the truth, J. H. Rupert. Testimonies Shultz, Mich. I am truly glad to testify to the Lord's goodness to me. I know if we take the Lord for all in all, he is our helper in all times of trouble. I am saved from all sin, and sweetly kept by the power of God. Dear ones, I ask an interest in your prayers that I may be true to God in everything. William Minzey. Meridan, Miss. I am washed in the blood of the Lamb, and mean to sink deeper and deeper into his blessed will, and learn more of Jesus every day. I have taken him for my all in all. The Lord has healed my baby of the pneumonia, for which I give him all the praise and glory. Pray for me. I am kept by the power of God. I an, satisfied with Jesus. Callie Calrin. Potash, Ala. I am praising the Lord this evening for ` present salvation. I lived in sin until the first of last July when God sent his precious truth to me, that I might be saved. I thank and praise the Lord that I did accept the truth and was saved. There are but few saints at this place. The evil one works outside doing all he can to break them down, but, praise the Lord! none of us have been hurt yet. N. E. Adamson. De Peyster, N. Y. I am saved and kept by the mighty power of Jesus. Oh, what a blessed thought! and to know that soon Jesus will come with ten thousand of his an-gels to gather together his saints to him-self. I want to live to go to meet him with joy in my soul. There are not very many around here that believe in divine healing but thank the Lord I do. 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I have been in the Baptist Church for four years, and I have never heard the true gospel preached yet. I thought we had true gospel preached in our church until I have been reading THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. Pray for me that I may come out on the Lord's side, saved and sanctified and free from sin and sectism. Mrs. Emma Robinson. Joy, Ky. I am praising God for the salvation of my soul and for his saving and healing power that keeps me daily. I find him to be a friend and help in time of need. Praise his holy name! My heart over-flows with praise and gratitude to my blessed Lord and Master for what he has done for me. Truly I can say that God is good to me and his tender mercies are over all. I do praise God to know that he is able to keep me anywhere and at all times, and that I have built on the foundation of Jesus Christ, himself being the chief corner- stone. Wm. Y. Rice. Covert, Mich. God saves and keeps me by his mighty power, ready to be revealed in the last day, with all his saints. I am still trusting the Lord and find him true to his word. I praise the Lord for the victory I feel down deep in my soul over the world, the flesh, and the enemy. I praise the Lord for trials and persecu-tions. If we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him in glory. If we deny him, he will also deny us. if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. I praise the Lord for his healing power. I was working cutting a tree, and behind the tree was a limb which held the stump back. I went behind the stump to knock the limb out, when the stump came back knocking me almost senseless, but the Lord delivered me from death. He is also healing my body. I had such a pain in my arm. The Lord removed the pain and is in-creasing my faith. I am all on the altar, and he saves even me. Norris Phillips. Lingleville, Tex. I am so thankful to God that I am one of his chosen few that have accepted the truth. I think it has been about four years since I first heard the truth preached in its purity. I was, as I thought, living a Christian. I was a member of the Baptist Church, and, as many of that sect are to- day, thought that was the true church which Christ came to build up here on earth. I verily thought, as many of my poor brothers do to- day, that all that God re-quired of me was to join the Baptist Church and live up to the church rules and pay the preacher all that I was able to, and when God's time came to call me from time to eternity, I would hear that welcome voice, " Come, ye blessed, into my Father's kingdom." But, oh, what an awful mistake there would have been with me. When Bro. R. H. Owens came in our neighborhood it was some time before I would go to hear him. I at that time lived in Louisiana. One day I was asked to go to the saints' meeting, and I went, but more to have something to talk about than anything else. But, praise God! I left the Bap-tists that day, and ever since have been living in God's church. I have been made to rejoice in the love of God many times, thinking how wonderfully I was saved from all sins and from sectism. Praise his holy name forevermore! I take the Lord for my doctor, and have ever since I first heard the truth. He has healed me several times. The other day I was taken with a severe affliction. I asked the Lord to ' heal me, and was healed immediately. I am living among sects. They are good people as far as they have the light; but none of them can take Christ for their doctor. I want to sink deeper and deeper in Christ every day. I ask all the saints to pray for Me. I would be so glad if some true saint would come and preach the Word here at Dublin; for there are some true seekers of the light. I do believe that there would be many saved. _ I want to be stronger in the faith. Pray for me and mine, that we may lead a godly life that will exemplify the Word. J. D. Holland. LIST OF MONEY LETTERS NOT OTHERWISE RECEIPTED. Mary Heldenbrand, Morris Thompson, Philip Kesler, Sarah M. Cleveland, R. F. Schmidt, I. J. Workman, Levi Ecker, W. R. Allen, I. B. Bennett, G. McBride, C. M. Rowell, Henry Pancake, John Wilder, A. L. Johnson, E. A. Soules, Mrs. Chas. Melton, J. S. Smurr. Requests for Prayer. Pray Feb. 12 for the healing of, my sister. Mary Geiger. Pray Feb. 13 that I may be healed of heart disease and sanctified. Mrs. N. E. McCarty. Pray that I may be healed of rheumatism and other diseases, and have the carnal na-ture removed. Bettie Dickens. Pray that my daughter may be healed of a bad cold and cough, and that I may be healed of nervousness. Laura F. Minshall. Pray for me that I may be cleansed from all sin and bondage of Satan, and that my body may be completely healed. Fannie Hudson. I desire the united prayers of all the saints that my mother may be sanctified, and her body healed. Mrs. Jerome Tufford. I have a complication of diseases, and have been a sufferer for fifteen years. Pray that I may be healed both soul and body, and pray for my husband and children. Martha Strange. I desire the prayers of the saints for the healing of my body. I have been afflicted with chronic rheumatism for over four years. I have not opened nor shut my hands since April. Pray also that I may be healed of eczema. Luella Thuma. A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR PRAYER. I am thirty- two years of age and have not walked a step since I was two years old. I have been compelled to crawl on my hands and knees for thirty years, but glory be to the almighty God! through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I am saved by his blood. I am trying by the help of God to raise money to get a reclining chair to roll around in, and then I can follow some kind of oc-cupation. This chair will cost $ 30.00. C. W. Fowler, Cynthiana, Ky. Calls for Meetings. West Union, Neb. Dora Sturm. Hartshorn, I. T. Mollie Parham. Meetings wanted at Camden and Foothill, both places in Spokane Co., Wash. C. W. Forker. Dayton, 0. Cannot some one come here and preach the whole gospel in its apostolic purity? Any one coming will find a home at my house. Aaron Straker, 18 Castellio St. Meeting Notices. Blocton, Ala. Assembly meeting. Begins Feb. 23, to last as long as the Lord leads. All lovers of the truth are urged to come. Let as many of the ministers as can come, dd so. Any of God's ministers desiring help to come, address Bro. John Gail. Atlanta, Ga. Assembly meeting. Begins April 20, to continue as long as the Lord leads. The prayers of the brethren every-where are asked in behalf of this meeting. Bros. J. F. Lundy, G. B. Collins, and others are expected. Come prepared to take care of yourself if possible: but come; you will- be cared for. Address M. A. Fambro, 230 Crew St., Atlanta, Ga. Obituary. HAWLTIRY.- Effie May, daughter of Bro. and Sistel. N. H. and Mary Ilawlley, died Sept. 22, 1897. May God bless and keep the dear parents saved and ready to meet their daughter in heaven. Eliza J. Hoffer. ••• ■ •../..• All•••••••••%./ Or••• 41••• ■ •.•• ■ •••• ■ •• 14• Adr••• ■ ••• ■ ••••• ■ ■ •• P•• ■ •• ■ ■ •%. 410r • Vlbc.• ■ ••• ■ •./ Irly % Age • to01•" " tie • 41 ■ ••• ■ • Wir. 41•.* ; 110" Ile tar'llre • 40" T1 hf/ N11 22P400.• •• 810"\•••• ■ •, A/ 9- Ntike • 49"• 16,•. W .• " Songs of the Evening light," By Permission.) IM. 11 411,•••• 1%,./.. 414,,,,•••• ■ ■ ■ ,/..‘ 6,411... 116,„/"..\•,./.../ 16.4/..\ ,011,..‘ t.../•• ■ ■ ■ ■ 0•• ■ ■ ••• tr• •• ftilk. 4F• • ■ . ••• 40.• R • I .. 0/•• ■ • \". 01/ • ■ ■ • .4/ 1. .411 ■ • ■ ■ • .41,116," / NNW WIVNIke• ■ 0" ttetati. V ■ Ift; • 41"" ike * 4/ Nile • No. 30. In the Hollow of His Hand. B. E. W. ( Is. 40: 12.) B. E. WARREN. 1A4. . IMMO= MIN • . M INIMMI "• 1M1IN1II= IO= NN. 1AM •= 1 ENNIS WIIIIMM1• 1111111= 1N1I1I 11.11• ■ •••• ■ • W ‘ 3, aarai lir7wituffm" J= MIIMMI Keep me, Lord, with glad submission In the hol- low of thy hand. He has prom- ised to pro - tect me In the hol- low of his hand. Shield me from each sin - ful lean- en, In the hol- low of thy hand. I will praise the Lord who kept me In the hol- low of his hand. - 10_ - ft- _ IL I have left all sin's do- min- ion, I'll o- be1,1y1 thy sweet command; 2. When the cares of life beset me, I will firm for Je - sus stand; 3. Keep me on the road to heaven, Let me join that hap - py band; When I end my pilgrim journey, When I reach the shining strand, He will keep me from all dan- ger In the hol- low - A- - R- i - a- • -•-^ c- r--- 1 0 I -,.....- In the hol- low of his hand In the hol - low of his hand, in the hol- low of his hand, -...-- 0.-- 9_ 9____. • • 0 -- p p •_ . From - P r I-- r- r BY M. HARRINGTON. 4 erA KE heed therfore unto your-selves and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of . God, which he hath purchased. with his own blood."— Acts 20: 28. I feel led to drop a few lines to the TRUMPET in regard to our labor as min-isters of the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ. Let us notice the first part of the sentence above. It says, " Take heed unto yourselves;" that is, we must be on the Bible line, with victory in our souls over all the powers of hell, and we must live straight before the people so they can have confidence in us. We might preach the truth on every line, but if the people know we are not living it, our talk will not be effectual upon them. " The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits."- 2 Tim. 2: 6. Rom. 15: 1. We are supposed to be strong and by being so and having on the whole armor we can feed the church of God, and our gathering with them will prove a blessing instead of a trial. God wants us so hid away with Christ in God that we can stand the trying hour, instead of saying " I'm just about ready to give up." He wants us to be able to say as in Rom. 8: 38, 39. It is our duty if we see our brother on background to go to him in the spirit of meekness and talk to him and encourage him Sometimes a little misunderstand-ing will get among the children of God, and it will keep on until it causes them to lose the spiritual life. Now, brethren as we see the results of such, let us do all we can to get these hindrances removed. The Devil is pleased when he can work division, or anything of this kind. I mean by the grace of God to do my duty on this line. To be sure it would be nice, in one sense, to just preach and not have to speak of these other things, but we all should be glad that we can be sunk down inthe very dust of humility till our meat will be to do the will of the Master. It means much to oversee the flock. May God help us all to do our whole duty and obey God rather than man. Let us not grow weary in well doing, for we shall reap in due season if we faint not. Every man has a work to do. Brother, sister, how is it with you? flow the Lord Helped Me. BY ELSIE L. Bows. T BELTEVE it would be to the glory of God. to tell you how God answered my prayer and helped me to know what church to join and : also taught me how to run references. First I turn to Jno. 15: 1. There Je-sus says, " I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman." Then I turned to 1 Cor. 6: 15—" Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What! know ye not that he which is joined to an har-lot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto - the Lord is one spirit." Eph. 1: 19- 23— " And what is the exceeding greatness of Isis power to usward who believe, accord- Divine Healing. Sending Anointed Handkerchiefs. Where in the Bible does it mention sending anointed handkerchiefs to the sick? J. H. Y. In Acts 19: 11, 12 we read that " God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul : so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them and the evil spirits went out of them." There is no scripture that says the handkerchiefs should or should not be " anointed," or that hands should be laid on the same, but it is evident by certain scriptures that it is right and proper to do so. We notice in the above scripture that it says these miracles were wrought by the " hands of Paul." So it is evident that he laid his hands upon. the handkerchief or apron that was brought to him by the friends of the sick— the same as he would have laid his hands upon the sick, had that one been present. The handkerchiefs may have first been anointed. Yet we have no positive proof that they were. But it is likely that Paul proceeded the same as if the sick were present. Probably some - were anointed and others were not, like the apostles when they visited the sick— sometimes they anointed the sick and laid on hands, sometimes just laid on hands; while at other times they only prayed or spoke the words, and the work was done. When Jesus sent forth his twelve dis-ciples to preach, he also told them to go forth and heal the sick. He did not at that time tell them just how to proceed; whether by prayer alone, by command, or by anointing and the laying on of hands. They : had been with Jesus long enough, and had : seen the sick healed and heard his teaching until they knew just , how to proceed. And Mark says as they went forth preaching they " an-ointed many with oil and healed them." = Mark 6: 13. In giving this commission Jesus said nothing about laying on of hands. But we find that he had set the example before that time. " Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid hands on every one of them, and healed them."— Luke 4: 40. Here we find Jesus himself laid hands on every one that was brought to him at that time. And in Mark 16: 16- 18 he said they that believe should lay hands on the sick, and Jas. 5: 14 tells us : the sick are to be anointed with oil. And we read that Paul laid hands on the sick ( Acts 28: 8), and the apostles " anointed many with oil."— Mark 6: 13. Then would it be unreasonable to think that Paul anointed the sick, or even the " handkerchiefs or aprons" sent by him? Healed . of Rheumatism. Eleanor, Pa. I am praising the dear Lord for salva-tion. I know that I am saved just now and enjoying good health. I suffered last summer with weak back, and could hardly do a day's work. r would have to get down on my- knees to shovel, until I took the Lord as my healer and obeyed Jas. 5: 14, 15 and was healed. Now I can do a good day's work, for which I give God all the praise and glory. The Lord has healed me different times. Pray for me that the Lord will speedily open up the way that I may get my debts paid, so I will have to give to him that needeth. E. P. Buzzard. God Will Do As Much For You. Breslau, Ont. I do praise God for the true gospel, and the many blessings that I do get from the Lord. I praise him for healing my body. There was a lump growing on my body and I had much pain, but when I stepped on the promises of my God and took him at hist word, and got others to pray for me and was anointed with oil as the word of God tells us to do, oh, I can never praise him enough! he healed my body, for which I give God all the glory. What the Lord did for me he will do for you, if you - measure up to the standard of God's word. Mrs. E. Schneider. A Wonder- working God. Praise the dear Lord! who has saved my soul and is my Great Physician. The Lord healed me of an mmatural growth on the left side of my face. It was there fourteen years. It was as large as a good- sized walnut. I had tried all kinds of medicine and ', liniments and Lit grew : larger every time I would use anything on it. It got very painful at times. The doctors said they did not dare cut it out as there was danger of cutting the large arteries. About two years ago I took it to the Lord, in. faith believing that he would do the work. Praise God! The work was done. I did not know when. it was removed, there isno lump there now. That side of my face is as natural as the other. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever! I have not taken any medicine in most three years. When I get sick I take my case to the Lord, and the work is done. I can say that I am saved and kept by power divine. James Riley. When the Doctor was Dismissed, God Healed. Comly, Ohio. We are saved and gloriously advancing in the Lord. Praise his name! A little over one year ago, all our children had the diphtheria. Our baby, then only eight months old, got exceedingly bad with it. In. our weakness of faith at the time, we summoned a physician, who came, and said that he had strong hopes of the recovery of the two older boys; but concerning the baby, he might die before morning. We knew he was very bad, but deep down. in our hearts we felt that the Lord might raise him up, if only we would exercise proper faith and step out upon the promises. Having re-quested prayers in the child's behalf, I felt so much the more constrained to take Christ alone for the healer. Finally we came to the conclusion that if God did not miraculously heal him he would with-out doubt not get well. Hence we di-spensed with both doctor and medicine, and gave the Lord a chance, and, praise be to Godl he immediately began to amend, and in a few days was well. This is only one of many healings which the Lord has wrought in our family. Pray for us, dear ones. J. L. and K A. Dennis Agreement According to Matt. 18: 19. Vowell, Miss. Dear saints of God, for some time I have felt that the dear Lord wanted me to testify through the TRUMPET. I glorify God for his wonderful power to save my soul from sin and heal all of my diseases. I know he is just the same to- day. Since I was saved four years ago last Septem-ber, the deer Lord has healed me of a chronic disease of long standing, which I suffered from very much. Last sum-mer I took the slow fever and : was sick many days. There were no elders near by, but my trust was stayed in the Lord. My brother- in- law wrote to the Trumpet Office for them to pray for me, and I sent for two brothers that lived near, and we agreed according to Matt. 18: 19, and the blessed Lord did heal me, for which I give him all the glory. While I was sick my earthly friends came to see me, and said if I did not take medi-cine I would die. But, praise the Lord! I was ready to go if Jesus wanted me. I was healed also of a bad spell of the chills immediately after the Lord healed me jug to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at SS:. his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only ja. this world, but also in that which is come; and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over es• all thing , the s fto ullness the church, which is his body, of him that filleth all in all." Matt. 28: 18—" And Jesus came and • u nto me spake unto them, saying, All , power given in heaven and in earth." In Rom. 12: 3- 5 we read: " For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many, members in one body, and all members have not the same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another." How are they chosen? " Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."— Jno. 15: 16. By this we see plainly how God has chosen us. Now the question is, Are we willing to meet the requirement made in Matt. 4: 17, where Jesus began to preach, saying, " Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"? And in the 19th verse he tells them to follow him. The Lord showed me that this was the way into his church. But still there was something more that was for me in Rom. 12: 1, 2—" I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God." Then. in. Jno. 14: 15, he tells us what to do. " If ye love me, keep m y com-mandments." In the 16th verse he promises us another Comforter that will abide with us forever. Praise God! bwIt nerhuc aatthtuh; se ettw hat 18th verses lie tells us world ree nIt n ect h tienhe cannot or St kpreceive, ni rei wt e to h of with you, and shall be in you. I will him not leave sryeeuknoeewinhhfiiemmr; t e fs so : r hI e ud w ee l el emt he to you." Praise God! ohoww true his word is! I have founnd yoke light. Praise God for thiss highway of holiness. He also says ( Jno. 14: 21), `-` 11e that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveet hme: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love hima. dn wa imllanifest myself to him." Then in John hee sh owed me the way people get out of thee chhurch. " Every branch in me that ebaeraeretthh not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth mo rfer uiintt.."— Jno. 15: 2. " For the earth, w, hhi. ch drinketh in the rain that comethof tupon it, and bringeth forth the herbs meet for them by whom It is dressed, , e rc eiveth• blessings from God: but thaa wt hhiich beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nig, hunto curs ing ; whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things ° f Yon, and things that accompany sal-vation, though we thus speak. For God unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have toward his sheaved tered to thnea msaei, n ints t, haant dy de oh mavien imstineirs. desire that do spew every one of you assurance tohfe h same diligence to the full 6: 7- 11. ope unto the end." Het.. - THE GOSPEL TRUMPET of the fever. 0 dear saints, help me to praise God for his goodness to me. Dear ones, before the blessed Lord saved me I was an. awful sinner, but where sin did abound grace does much more abound. We trust God all the time for soul and body, and never use the simplest remedy in time of sickness. Pray for us that we may ever be living witnesses for Jesus. I am now teaching the little ones at ' Crowell in Sunday- school. Pray much for us. H. M. Breazeale. Some Duties of Overseers.
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 18:06 |
Published Date | 1898-02-10 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 06 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Byrum, E. E. and Byrum, N. H. |
Subject | Newspapers -- Michigan -- Grand Junction ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
Copyright | Copyright 2009, Anderson University. |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Full Text | --- ksAuvcrIFICAT And ha shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather gather his elect from the Ibur winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Yid. 34: 81 alt my sheep, and will deliver them out of all nay and dark day. where they have _ Jar. 22: 39. N\ .\\ 1 I / sometimes call them " holy men" and " holy women." " For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of: God spake as they ', were moved by the Holy Ghost."- 2 Pet. 1: 21. " For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands."- 1 Pet. 3: 5. Some will doubtless wonder why the Bible calls the faithful ones who lived before the death of Christ holy, if nobody could receive a cleansing from all sin at that time. We believe that by the help of the Holy Spirit we can solve this mystery. The words holy and sanctified are synony-mons; hence you can use them interchang-ably in every text where they refer to state of holiness, without destroying the claims a place in this chapter. Prom the time that the oldest books of the Bible were written, God called his people saints. might be wondered why the servants of the Lord under the Old Testament were called saints, if they could not in those days obtain a perfect cleansing from all sin. But this mystery is solved in the same man-ner as we have explained the words holy and sanctified. In fact the word saint is dissolved intoh terms by its own definition. holy or sanctified person. There-fore, the explanations given above of the terms holm and zzanetificd explain both the Old and the New Testament signification o the word saint. VOLUME XVIII. . GRAND JUNCTION, MICH., U. S. A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, NUMBER 6 D PREF OF THE OLD DISPENSATION. T" question will naturally ans mind of the reader, after he has do .- hod rending the preceding chapter, Why the worthy Old Testament characters ea repeatedly deaignatod by the adjectives holy and perfect, if none of them received a per-feet cleansing from sin' These seeming + flastaoles at first sight appear to refute the subject of this volume, but a more careful consideration harmonises there with the ideas we have advanced. Job was truly stlled " a perfect and an upright man. — Job 1: 2. Noah was also " a just man and eet"— Gen. 6: 9 * But we have seen fore that there are various kinds of per-motion; therefore, the mere fact that they are called perfect men is not sufficient to them to have been perfect in the of having been demised from all sin rding to the standard of New Testa-ment perfection. It is not unreasonable to suppose that they possessed perfection in another sphere. A careful study of the sacred volume reveals a modification upon the perfection utf all the OId Testament saints. The Bible does not say Noah was a petted man, without the special modification " in his generatiotue which shows that he was only perfect according to the privil w es of his day, which we have shown to have been far beneath the standard of the New Testa-ment. Job testifies concerning himself, " If I justify myself,, mine own mouth shall condemn MU if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. Though I were perfect, vet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life."— Job 21. Job was surely speaking here of being made perfect in the sense of being made free from sin, and it is very dear that he did not profess to have attained to such perfection. His perfection was like Noah's--- c! in' his generations." The perfection of Abraham, aini- uf ail those who died before the coming of Olkilet is to be viewed in the same light as the, action of Noah and Job. in W41. to the people of ho consider the adjective lived the Old Testament. They are repeat holy in the Old Testa-- Man w Testament writers We have seen that sanctified in the Old Testament, does not hare the same mean-ing that it does in the New Testament; that in the Old Testament it simply litt'IMS Bet apart or consecrated for the service of God, while in the New Testa-ment it means to be cleansed from all sin. Pile word holy, therefore, being synony-with the word sanctified, must also have a difference of signification in the two testaments; that its, it must in the Old Testament, like the word sanctified, signify a mere setting apart for the service of IRO by a formal ceremony, while its the New Testament it means to be free from sin. That the words holy and eanreitied are l: non moue in their application in the Old Testament, the reader may prove to his own satisfaction, by a careful investigation in which either a these words are found. Things animate inanimate are said to have been sanctified in the Old Testament, and in like manner things animate and inanimate are called. holy. Israel was a " holy people." Deut. 26: 19. Elisha was called " an holy man of God." 2 Wings 4.9 Among inanimate things the Israelites had " holy water' ( Num. 5: 17), holy anointing oil ( Ex. 30: 25), holy Sabbaths ( RY. 16: 23), holy convo-cations ( Ley. holy vessels ( Chron. 5: 5). The ground upon which Moses stood when the burning bush was holy. also was the tabernacle holy, and the of Jerusalem, the land of Canaan, anti every place and thing in any way rendered sacred by any religions ceremony or circum-stance. might here observe that the holy and sastctifusd are employed in a iustaaoes by the New Testament writers with their negatiye signification when speaking of inanimate things. Peter calls the meant of transfigured= " the holy mount."- 2 Pet. 1: 18. Paul speaks of the sandilication of our daily food. 1 Tim. 1: 6. In these texts the words sanctified and holy signify a mere negative sanctifi-cation; that is, a oonsecrations or setting apart, because inanimate things cannot receive a poaitiye sanctification. The Old and New Testament stignifica-dons of the terms holy and sandified may, therefore, be summed up as follows: when applied to inanimate things, either in the Old or New Testaments, they have , their negative significatioia, but when applied to the people, in the Old Testament they have the negative sipificathm, but in the New Testament they: have their positive signifi-cation, which ire have in the previous chap-roved to be a tcleansing from 1IIE doctrine of close ccoortemrnalnion is to the Raptiets a cherished i pet it and eulogize it as onethe most prominent chareeteristics of a true chute: b. By close communion is meant the commun-i ing with none but the members of a partic-tiler sect. Roney says, " The reason there were but l the twelve at the first communion, or Lard's I l eupper, wee beestuse none others were bap-tiled." We proved to him that the seventy 1 chosen ones certainly had : Erect baptized. Then he jumped to another bog, declaring that they Lei been beptized, but not taken into the church. We proved that they ordeined and sent to preach, posse_ s-sameA commission as the twelve. We asked hint if Baptista send out preashent whom they ordain and yet are not members of their chard.? His reply was: " My son ( the term he used in addressing me, as he eh the older of the two), do you know that the Missionary Baptist Church the author of open communion? was instituted by our church, and cast aside a heresy." ye, " The Baptists may be the only Christian society pure the doctrines of the gospel through all the apes "— Bap. Sus., p. 104. To a Baptist there is no greaator heresy hat is termed " open communion." According to their own testimony, they e been the author of one of the greatest heresies ever extant. In the face of all this they tell us they are the only people who have preserved pure the doctrine so I suppose that during the years they had : open coremetuion preserved, was the time that they let close commun-ion go protected and unpreserved, which for its having been overcome and destroyed to the extent that God's people 0 more. If close communion was by the primitive church and pre- Baptist succession, why was it fists lost sight of the true doctrine hold of such a heresy as they claim mmunion to be. The legs of the still ther's table, although the Baptists say we shall not. Praise God! Father's family is one, and his table free to all his children, or to those who have been able to " discern the Lord's body" ( church). No one can dis-cern the body of Christ and at the same time plead for or belong to a sect. Christ's body, or church, is not divided, and any one who thinks divided Christendom or even one division of modern churchism to the whole or even a part of the body of hrist, does not discern his bod y : and any e that rejects any of God's children is the table of a sect, and not the Lord's table church. C A ER VI. BAPTIST IDEA or A CURlSTIAN LIFE. are pure. ; 1 Tim. 1: 5; 2 Tim. 2: 22. Therefore we love the Lord with all their strength. Matt. 22 : 37. Oar hearts are od ( Luke 8: 15), because God has sent Ii his Spirit into them. GaL 4: ti. Our hearts are established unblemable in hull/ tees ( 1 These. 3: 13) becausewe do the " . Eph. 6: 6. " From wit hoiun, t of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornicse tions, murders, thefts, covetousness, wick clews, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”— Mark : 2143. Brethren, Come to t trist. BY MO. H. KERMA. ome home, dear sinner, Christ has come, Why should you think to longer roam? He came rich blessings to bestows Then taste his love end prove ' HS so. Oh, do you now, dear sinner, know Christ comes to you his love to show? If you'll forsake your sins this day, His blood will wash them a away. Why then should you thus longer wait, When Christ the Master at the gate Stands ready now your soul to bless, And crown you with his righteousness? He says, then, choose before tooAte, While he is standing at the gate; While mercy's door is open wide, Accept of Christ, In him abide. Then come to Christ for all yon need, Believe his ward, his teach'gs heeck And he will give you life wit To keep you living free from sin. Then come to Christ without delay, You say not live another dpky; And If you should, your life should he To honor him who died for thee. Now will you come this very hour? Believe and trust his mighty power To keep you through his recious blood, A living witness for our and open Iame equal. The God whom we serve has no pets inn. his family. He will not " provoke his chil-dren to anger" by inviting some to his eating others away. By " exam-elytes" we are made conscious hether or not we are worthy to eat at the Father's table. Our conscience, with the Word, being our judge as to our fitnees for this ordinance, we are still eating at, Fa- T° observe the lives of most Baptiste. and espeeially to hear their preachers talk, one could scarcely determine whet ptists have of a godly life, or, in 5 what it takes in their mind to stitute hristian. They say they believe in regenen don and Bible sanetificettion, but ask them if either one or both of these saves them from sin. They answer, " No one is saved front com-mitting sin." Quote to them 1 Jno. 3: E', land they reply, " That which is born of the esh is i? h; and that which is born of the ' t is spirit" telling us that the soul or • issit is all that is born of God, and it lives vithout sin, while the old body, or flesh, sins all the time. Such doctrine is inspired, but not of God; bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit ( 1 Cor. 3: 16; 6: 1; 1. 20), which temple is holy. " He that committeth sin is the Devil."•- 1 Jno. 3: 8. If the soul that is horn of God cannot sin, and the body does sin; then it is the body that is of the Devil end not the soul. The Baptiste %,, y all of our bodies do sin. Then inasmuch as our bodies are the temple of God, God has gone into partnership with the Devil, and just muted one of his ( the Devil's) horses for his ( God's) purpose. Shall we t rather believe God, instead of man's absurd dreams of falsehood? Cannot the Omnipotent One who inhabiteth ' eternity and weigheth the mountains, secure himself a habitation without Satanic asste- - ance? It must be understood by every rational mind that the members of our bodies are but instrumentalities used or propelled by some unseen ent, and that the members are not responsible for sin any more than he sword ins responsible for piercing the heart when driven by some human power. But we shall now prove that there is more n purified than the soul. MB KIND of the soul, and yet it is one of the prime factors in the construction of man. We are to be transformed and hare our minds renewed. Rom. 12: 2; Eph. 4: 23. Our minds are pure ( 2 Pet 3: 1), and kept through Jesus Christ. Phil. 4: 7. " doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"— Jas. 3: 11. When the heart or fountainhead of man's existence is purified, the issuing stream will not swell with sin, nor will there be seen upon its surface the scum or filth of any unholiness; but sweet and holy influences arising will cause the soul to aspire to the grand and noble environments of eternal praise and glory. OUR EYE has been divested of its beam and mote ( Matt. 7: 5) and is single to the glory of God ( Nett. 6: 22), being anointed with eye-salve ( Rev. 3: 18), our eyes are healed of all spiritual disease, until we behold only God's glory, and look straight ahead. prov. 4: 25. OUR HANDS we have cleansed ( Jas. 4: 8), and they are holy. 1 Tim. 2: 8. OUR FEET are shod with the preparation ( readiness) of the gospel. Eph. 6: 15. Therefore they are straight feet ( Ezek. 1: 7) and. can make and walk in straight paths. Heb. 12: 13. " And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit and SOUL AND BODY be preserved blameless unto [ not after] the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it." — 1 Thess. 5: 23, 24. Let us remember that all the saved in Christ are pure in soul, mind, heart, eyes, hands, feet, spirit, and body. Take these away from man, leaving the remainder to sin, what has the Devil left? He has nothing but a bruised head under our feet. Rom. 16: 20. Praise our God forever and ever! As it is only by the outward manifesta-tions of the physical members that the in-ternal characteristics of the purified soul are made visible, it is in the order of the eter-nal plan for us to " present our members bound to righteousness for sanctification."– Rom. 6: 19. Emphatic Diaglott. " Nor present your members to sin, as instruments of iniquity; but present yourselves to God, as if alive from the dead, and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness." — Rom. 6: 13. Emphatic Diaglott. Roney says, " Paul's prayer in 1 Thess. 5: 23 was never answered and never will be, and Paul knew when he prayed that it would not be accomplished, but would have been, like the people who prayed for Peter, astonished, had his prayer been answered." Oh, what shame thrown in the face of God's precious word; and that by one of the Baptists' ablest representatives. But thanks be to God, their infidelity does not make the word of God of none effect. God has promised and he " will do it" and has done so for all the faithful. Praise his name! Baptists teach us that the body is not adopted into God's family until the general resurrection; that it belongs to Satan while time lasts, and becomes God's by being immortalized. This position they are com-pelled to take in their defense for sin. Ray says, " Baptists immerse, or bury, with Christ in baptism only those who pro-fess to be dead to, or freed from sin." Bap. Sue., p. 20. • " We teach " * the burial by baptism of those who are dead to, or freed from sin."— Text B. on Cam. I desire to ask every Baptist preacher: When you baptize an individual, why do you not lay hold of the soul only and im-merse it? for it is all you say is freed from sin, and you will not bury any one except they profess to be free from sin. Is the body not the part you bury? Does it pro-fess to be sinless? If it does not, your actions belie your words. Be honest, and take your position where the honest world can see consistency and not so many pre-varications and contradictions of your own testimony. Two men never disagree upon what they both know; it is always something supposed or guessed at that causes differences. That is what is the matter with the Baptists. Hardly any two of their representatives agree entirely. That is because they have not reached a plane of knowledge, but have been hitting around upon suppositions and sectish ideas.. We will pray God to enable them as they hit around in the darkness, to break the painted windows of their con-science, permitting the light of truth to shine into their hearts, bringing the knowledge of, the glory of God, that they may serve him with singleness of eye, purity of heart, and. unity of mind. Baptists are very loud in speech in refer-ence to the literal and visible church of Christ. Roney pointing to his brethren, said, " These Baptists around me here that you see, are the kingdom or church of God." I looked and beheld twenty- two Baptist preachers, many of whom were like himself, polluting God's pure air by their filthiness of tobacco- using. I saw no spirit; all I saw was those tobacco- stained bodies, and. Roney said . they were the church of God. If Baptist testimony amounts to anything, we are compelled to believe that the Devil owns the whole Bap-tist kingdom; for it is visible, being com-posed of visible men. These visible bodies commit sin, they say, and if they do, they are of the Devil, as already seen. There-fore all there is of the Baptist visible king-dom belongs to Satan. Understanding this, it is not to be wondered at when we find them fighting for sin, and against purity of conduct. Roney, quoting 1 Tim. 1: 15, declared that Paul had no reference to his past ex-perience, but was up to the time of his death the " chief of sinners" or the leader of all sinners. Oh, for shame to hide in the fathomless depths of forgetfulness such heresy! Why cannot the professed world learn the glorious principles of the economy of grace— that where sin did. once abound grace cloth much more abound, through the power of a living Savior? Rom. 5: 20, 21. Roney says, citing Jas. 3: 8, " The tongue is part of the body, and no man can tame it; as it is set on fire of hell, the body cannot be pure." The reason the tongue is set on fire of hell is because the Devil sits upon a throne in the heart, where he can work the wires or issues of the heart that are joined to the tongue, and set the waters of folly boiling, and the tongue as a ladle only stirs the shameful contents of the heart, mani-festing it to the world. It is true, no man can tame the tongue. But when God almighty extracts the fires of hell from the soul, it is not a difficult task for him to tame the tongue. As from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, when the heart is tamed. it holds the reins of the tongue, bringing it into perfect subjection, showing to the world a perfect man. Jas. 3: 2. Professor, your last moment is soon com-ing, eternity is approaching; the angel of death is hovering over you. If Jesus should appear, how would you feel? Forsake the power of sin, open your soul to heaven's truth; imbibe the heavenly purity of divine grace, and walk in the statutes of life with-out committing iniquity: and you shall live. Down before the throne of humility, in the peaceful presence of Jehovah, you may receive purity of heart, and prepara-tion for the great change that is coming. " Repent, And Do Thy First Works." BY GEO. W. MARTIN. 44ME V ERTHELESS, I have somewhat 11 against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember, there-fore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works, or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent." " I know thy works, that thou art ' neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and nei-ther cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked."— Rev. 2: 4, 5; 3: 15- 17. These scriptures portray the beginning and final condition of those - that get away from the Lord, and still hold on to a profession. Their experience in the beginning or when converted was all right for a time, but the deceptions of the Devil overcame them and they got their eyes off the Lord. and fell under temptation, and the accuser of the brethren got them started to accuse some one or got them to compromise with some one that is out of the order of the Lord, and the final result is such as is represented in Rev. 3: 15 - 17. We see those who were once happy in the love of God but are down in a miserable condition, blind, and asleep, yet think-ing they are ready for the Lord to take them or show them there is a better ex-them. And often when you try to help perience for them, they will point you back to the time of their conversion, and tell you they got all the salvation there was, and that God did not do a " piece work" etc. They will admit that many times they have made crooked paths, and got out of the way, sinning more or less all the time. Now God says in his word the wages of sin is death ( Rom. 6: 23; Jas. 1: 15), and the only way to get back into favor with God is to re-pent and confess our sins to God. 1 Jno. 1: 9. Unless the conditions are met, there is no promise of divine favor; one may plead ignorance, but that will not excuse. Acts 17: 30. It is possible for the Lord to save and preserve blameless, the entire length of life, from conversion, but it means much; it means a close walk with God, of uninterrupted communion, and that only can be the fruit of a life wholly consecrated to God, sanctified through the truth by obeying the word of God fully. See Born. 12: 1, 2; 1 Thess. 4: 3; 5: 23; Heb. 10: 14, 15. The apostle James says, " Receive with : meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." The soul thus saved will always be ready to respond with a hearty amen to do the whole will of God. Walking in the fear of God and in the comfort of the Holy . Ghost. Acts 9: 31. Such experiences are not to be found among the dark creeds of men, especially in the fashionable and worldly- conforii 1 congregations; the majority of. their members never experi-enced the new birth; and them that have, lose their experience, drift into cold formality, and soon all spiritual life is frozen out. Thus they become puffed up, pleasure- loving, having a form of godliness, but are void of the power. God's word is now going forth in purity, trying and judging every spri,± and work of man. God is gathering thy; nations and is bringing them down into::: the valley of judgment, and is plea for his people. Joel 3: 2. The cur': tains of ecclesiasticism are being rolled back and everything is coming before the scrutinizing power of God's word wrath 4is: 1020) n, lealaldndthwehogsztl dbaeyabolfelt stand? Rev. 6: 14- 17. We are in the time of the cleansing of the san tuary. Dan. S: 14. God is separa' the precious from the vile ( Jer. 15: 19),. and is calling his people by the way of holiness to forsake sin and Babylon con. fusion. Isa. 35: 8; Rev. - What glorious and precious truths God liar given us in his word, and as the poet.; says, " Though we enter more and fume;_ it is better on before." Let us be eat' and rejoice, and give honor to him; far the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife [ the ehurehl bath made herself ready. Blessed ire they that are called unto the marriage supper et" the Lamb."— Rev. 10: 7- 0. " And to her was granted that she should he arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the tine linen is the righteousness of saints."— Rev. 19: S Now, dear reader. you can see by t word of God that unless we an, arrayed in the spotless robe of salvation from all sin and pollution of every kind, there win be no admittance to the marriav feast, no matter what your experience was & few years ago. Your experience at con. version may have } wen among the brightest, like the lesson Jesus gave about the ten Virgins ; they were all right as they started out, but only five of them were ready when Hite groom came. The other live not oultt thought it was not necessar y to obe t one who invited them to have a pa the bridal company; but bridegroom came they wert. in the See 2 Tim. 3: 4, 5. And when any one and when they came after try; egin talks to them about living a holy life in vain to make themsolvea ready er think obedience to the word of God, they will they were ready, they found t he door give a cold thrust at those who profess shut, and said, - Open unto us,- but sanctification, and take some one that the Lord said, " I know vii does not live a consistent life, perhaps, for Matt. 25: 1- 13. an example, and will give vent to their " And unto the angel of the church at carnality. Sardis write . . I know thy Ivorks, " Lord who shall abide in thy taber- that thou hast a name that them livest mole? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? and art dead. . . . Renuenher therefore He that walketh uprightly, and worketh how thou hast received and heard; and righteousness, and speaketh the truth in hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou his heart. - He that backbiteth not with shalt not watch, I will come on his tongue" etc.— Ps. 15: 1- 3. A per- thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know son does not need to be a condemned what hour I will come upon thee." criminal at the bar of legal justice, but " Behold, I come as a thief. Bless-many in good standing in their so- ed is he that N- vatcheth, and keepeth called church are condemned before the his garments, lest he walk naked, and court of 9heaven, and they continue to they see his shame. "— Rev. 3: 1, 3; 16: let the Devil deceive them, and unless 15. they repent and turn to God they have There are so many that do not seem no promise of a crows. of life. Jas. 4: to be awake to their awful condition; 8- 10; Isa. 55: 6, 7. and, sad to think, you cannot arouse There is no excuse for any one being them to see where they are. Dear in darkness, if they will humble them- reader, be not deceived; nothing but the selves and let God teach them out of his pure and holy have any inheritance in the precious word. Yet so many professing kingdom of God. " Follow peace with to be saved will not come to a knowl- all men, and holiness, without which no edge of the truth, but refuse instruction man shall see the Lord"— Heb, 12: 14. tahnedir r bejoeacstt ethde o wpionridon o af bGoovde , t haen dp lsaeint Wof er emligaiyo nd, e bcueitv we em ceann nwoitt hde ace ipvreo fGesosido. n teaching of the Word, and say they do With many, when they testify, there is not think the Lord requires us to try to not ' fRoellaodw J tnhoe. W11o: 2rd1; i1n Jenveor. y 2 l: i5tt; l3e : 3th, i2n4g.. efforatn, aenads yth aeny dc ajonynfoutl gtoivnee ain p otihneteidr testimony of a present salvation, but Now he lens us plainly in his word ( 1 have to refer back many years to the and: k Jno. 2: 4), " He that saith, I know him, time of conversion, and eepeth not his commandments, is perhaps when liar, and the truth is not in him." Dana. tghivee s at rtaeisgthimt Wonoyr da ti sa lpl; raenadch wehde cna nthneoyt 12: 10 says, " Many shall be purified, attempt to praise God for salvation, made white, and tried, but the wicked cannot come to a point and praise him swhicaklle ddo s hwailcl kuenddleyr, s taanndd ; n bounte t hoef wthisee ftohri nag phree sent experience, but for some- shall understand." Wise unto salvation is an acchainn gd o. It gives evidence theVe by obedience unto the word of God. 2 ilove of Goda hvaos igdo. n Te houet , r eandl tbhuern i dToim h. i s3 c: 1om5- m1a7n. d ` m` Benletsss, e tdh aarte t htheeyy m thaayt bsiorenss aarnedtoarasautsiesfy wti th worldly assocdiaer-have a right to the tree of life, and may world. men s, and fellowship the ceintyt. e" r— inR etvh. r 2o2u: 1g4h. the gates into the All such have left their first love, and do not realize . ffrroom - whence they are Man's Depravity. THE GOSPRi. TRUMPET 3_ fallen. " But whoso keepeth his word, in him is the love of God perfected." When we obey the word of God we keep his commandments, " Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world."— Titus 2: 12. We are commanded not to wear gold and any worldly adornment, fol-lowing the fashions of the world. 2 Tim. 2: 9; 2 Pet. 3: 4. Much could he said ' concerning our conversation, in which the Devil takes many a captive and allures them on. It is sad to see dear souls given to jesting or jolting, which is not pleasing to God. and is con-trary to the spirit of holiness. Christ our blessed Savior is our pattern., He that saith he abideth in him ought him-self also so to walk even as he walked ( 1 Jno. 2: 6), and follow his steps. 1 Pet. 2 : 21- 23. Now, dear reader, if you have become lukewarm may God by his Holy Spirit help you to be honest with your own soul, and may the blessed Spirit convict you of your needs and show you that God has a better experience for you. He says, " I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye- salve, that thou mayest see."— Rev. 3: 18. Some have lived in a cold backslidden oondi-tion so long, and held on to a profession, they do not realize that their sins and shortcomings have separated between them and God, as says the prophet. Isla 59: 2. Neglected duties and the many failures to do the will of God, minding worldly things, in many ways bring tentless in the soul. " Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works" etc. Make wrongs righ confess your faults, go and be reconciled to your brother or sister, meet every condition laid down in God's word. He says in Rev. 3: 19, 20, " As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Jeus wan t admission into your heart; tam mat . - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord."— Hosea 6: 3, ne ow. e. oorets. MAN, almost from the creation, has -" liven naturally a rebellious creature. When created in the perfect image God and placed in. a location delightful, surrounded by everything which could add to his enjoyment, being privileged to walk and talk with God— even when in this condition, to reach some seeming-ly more enjoyable and elevated state, and doubtless not aware of the dark plans of the adversary for the destruc-tion of that which God had created for his glory— he rebelled, and as the result, death rose triumphant ' and reigned for four thousand years over the offspring of the fallen pair. Also, as a result of the first sin, man-kind has inherited the spiritual'image of their ' ancestors, or in other words a rebellious nature which seeks pleasure and enjoyment in those things which are dis-pleasing to God. Never since that time has this nature been so cultivated as to be brought into subjection to the will of God. Btat in their natural state the human race love darkness rather than ht. They follow after that line thought which most accords with their own. WaSed ideas of right and wrong, and endeavor to establish - this satiefac-torily to themselves as the basis of right-eousness. Little do they realize that with them, in tise inner man, dwells an. element that is enmity against God, and that here securely hid and unsuspected dwells fiend wheelas a part in their reasoning, and to some extent, while undiscovered, influences their judgment and ideas. We cannot have a thought or meditation upon any point essential to divine life but what Swan working in unison with the inbred carnality tries immediately to flood the mind with numerous delusive, yet seemingly fair, ideas and sugges-tions. Therefore it is a fact that an im-mense majority of the human race are so captivated and controlled by this carnal mind, that they are not capable of es-tablishing any rule of right and wrong. God seeing our inability to form a plan of righteousness, gave us a law written upon stone, that we might be relieved, and that the responsibility of the law might rest upon himself. And in later times was ushered in the better covenant which abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light. It is this independent idea concerning what constitutes right and wrong, that leads men to worship idols, stones, and trees, and prompts the people of some parts of the earth to offer their children as a sacrifice to their gods. It is but the one element more fully developed. And as we look upon the professed Christian world of to- day we see the same prin-ciple manifested. People seemingly in-telligent and reasonable upon most any line of thought except that which per-tains to divine life, speculating upon the plan of salvation, giving their opinion, adding to and taking from the word of God. Many know that God's word condemns those who commit sin as being of the Devil, and yet the majority of those claiming to be sent vf God to preach his gospel are so under the influence of car-tdity and Satan as to presume to teach that Christians commit sin, and that no one can be free front sin. They know that the Word condemns the proud, but continue dressing contrary to the rd, and with the fashions of the orld, knowing that they are proud at heart, but presuming to get to heaven because they think some pride is all right, So it is in regard to divisions among the people of God. They are aware that the Bible teaches oneness and that there must be no divisions among the followers of Christ: but they still hold tenaciously to their creeds and teach although the Bible condemns sects, t be divisions. and that hey are of God. While the Word teaches positively that there is but one church, which was founded by Christ himself, that Christ also is the door, and t every one who has remission of sins ember of this body or church, they from their darkened standpoint see the church as numerous organizations con-sisting of saints and sinners, and that to become a member you must register e in a class- book and go through a ceremony arranged and ail-ministered by man hilts no one need be ignorant of the fact that the only water baptism spoken of in the Word is immersion, yet they continue to sprinkle and pour, though Christ nor the apostles never recognised as baptism. ut such is man, so long as he is in-fluenced by that inbred element of de-pravity. Take any line of truth con-cerning the Christian religion, and he Les sought out many inventions and im-provements upon the plans of the Al-mighty. And such will man appear be-fore the judgment bar: even there he will try to reason with God and cite him at which he has done; but it will not avail— the sentence passed, he will. be compelled to take his station. If humanity could only see their own In-significance as compared with the wis-dom of God, and that " he bath skewed thee, 0 man, what is good; and what doth - the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"-- 1130.6: e. Let us hear the onnehl4on of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man."— Ecel. 12: 13. " Be-hold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."— Ps. 51: 5. But there has been a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. In the plan of salvation God has made provisions for the destruction and eradication of this inherited deprav-ity so that the human race may once more attain through Christ, that divine state in which man was created. have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him. because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight."- 1 Jno. 3: 21, 22. Also read 1 Jno. 2: 28. But how much confidence can we have? " And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any-thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him."- 1 Jno. 5: 14, 15. But how are we to know whether we are abiding in him or not? Well. let us read: " And he that keepeth his com-nts dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he bath given us."- 1 Jno. 3: 24. - And hereby we do know that we know him. if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a linr, and the truth is not ; in him But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him."- 1 Jno. 2: 3- 5. Proof of abidi neg in, him: " He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."- 1 Jno. 2: 6. Now : let us read some more of God's word and see what the result will he if we abide not in Christ. - If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." Jno. 15: 6. " And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not . *** fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire."— Matt. 3: 10. Let us not be deceived. but let us ex-amine ourselves and measure our life by God's word and see if we are abiding in Christ or not. Who Shan Stand? By JENNIE MTH. BEITOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way be-fore me: and the Lord, whom ye seek. shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall came. saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap."— Mal. 3: 1, 2. Who shell abide his coming? The in-habitant of Zion: • for there shall be a remnant, and there shall be an highway e remnant of his people." A ml the remnant of Israel shall do no in-iquity" because the Lord Jesus sits as a refiner and purifier; and - he shall pur-ify the sons of Levi,. and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.- - Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel "— isa. 12: 6. We the inhabitants of Zion are the abide the great and not-able day of the Lord. Christ as the re-finer, purifies and makes them clean through his word. Ins word is truth. " Abide in me and I in you." - Ile that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit." Then, if we keep his commandments, we can ask what we will and it shall be done unto us. Whosoever abideth in hint sinneth as he walked; - for that is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit, is Spirit." 4 11 a man abide not in me, he cast forth as a branch, and is withered." And now, little children, let us abide in him, that, when. he shall appear we may have confidence and not be aehamed before hint at his coming. So as dear children let us walk worthy of the vocation wherein we are called, ael be able to stand with Christ when the itta& trumpet shall sound. Abide in Me. By MARION BROw 44 A BIDE in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of it-self, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." e cannot abide in Christ until we get into Christ, and in order to get into Christ we must first forsake our ways. Read Isa. 55: 7- 10; Prov. 28: 13. We must also make restitution. Ezek. 33: 14, 15; Luke 19: 8. We must for-give te. ers, or God will not forgive us. 1, Matt. 6: 14,15: 18: 35; Jas. 2: 13. We I i must also confess. Read Prot. 28: 13; Ps. 32: 5; 1 Jno. 1: 9. I After we have met the Bible conditions laid down in Gods word, we can then ask with confidence and : faith. - There-fore being justified by faith, we have I peace with God through our Lord Jesus lettrist."— Rom. 5: 1. 1 When we have gotten into Christ the admonition comes to us: " Abide in me." Now to abide in Christ implies first a new creature. " Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old ! things are passed away; behold, all things am beeome new."- 2 Cor. 5: 17. It would imply also to be free from every I particle of condemnation. - There I therefore now no condemnation to them which agree in Christ Jesus, who walk not I after the flesh, but after the Spirit."— Rotn. S: 1. It also implies to live free from committing sin. Now there are a great many people in this day and age of the world who think we cannot live free from sin, but will commit sin mere or less every day. Yet they claim to be Christians. Let us see 1 what God's word says about it, " Who-soever abideth in him sinneth not."- 1 lJne. 3: 6. Also in the eighth verse it says, 1- Ile that committeth sin is of the Devil." So you see if we commit sin we are clear outside of Christ. We should abide in Christ in order to bring forth fruit. Juts 15: 5, S. As I the branch of a tree could not bring forth fruit if severed from the tree, so it is with us spiritually. Now let us see what kind of fruit we are to bear. " But the fruit of the Spirit is have, joy, peace, long- suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."— Gal. 5: 22, 23. This is the kind of fruit we are to bear exclusively. Some of the fruits of the flesh are as follows: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uneleannem, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, setlitions, her-esies [ or setts), envying; murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which do such things sl) all not inherit the king-dom of God."— Gal. 5: 19- 21. 0 dear ones, do not be deceived and think you elm do any of these things and yet be Christians. We should abide in Christ in order to receive answer to prayer. " If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."— Jno. 15: T. Praise God for such promises! We should also abide in hint so we can have confidence, and our prayers be not hindered. " Be-loved, if our heart condemn us not, then. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET The $ Gospel $ Trumpet. Grand Junction, Mich., Feb. ( 0, ( 898. 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If you want, to feel the power of dark ness in a meeting, you have only to testi-fy how the Devil is crushing you under his power and has the victory over you. The general annual camp meeting at Grand Junction, Mich. will be held a-bout June 10- 19. Let all the saints ev-erywhere pray earnestly for this meeting, and as many as possible attend the same. We have been able at last, by running the press night and day, to get out an-other edition of the book LETTERS OF LOVE AND COUNSEL FOR t OWE GIRLS, 7 7 and are thankful to be again able to fill all the orders for the same. May God move all our agents and the saints in gen-eral to work for the sale of this valu-able book as never before. It should be in every home; not only for the girls to read, but for every mother. Price: in cloth, 75 cts.; in paper binding, 35 cts. Questions Answered. USING WINE. I have met with a band of people who say we are wrong in using wine in the Lord's supper: Wine, of course, is wine, whether new or old, and the Lord says it is a mocker. I am persuaded that we have no Bible for its use. Please explain this matter through the TRUMPET. T. H. H. You are being misled, brother. The word of God does not forbid the use of new or unfermented wine; and we have an abundance of scripture for its use. The word of God does truly say, " Wine is a mocker" ( Prov. 20: 1), but as Solo-mon is the mouthpiece the Lord uses in this instance, his own explanation should stand first among c inments upon his words. We will therefore hear him. " Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder."— Prov. 23: 31, 32. This text shows the kind of wine that Solomon calls a mocker, and forbids the use of: that which " is red, giveth his color in the cup, and moveth itself" or in mod-ern terms, that which ferments. This is the only wine forbidden in the Bible. We might therefore lay down the follow-ing rule of scripture interpretation. Wherever the use of wine is forbidden, fermented wine is referred to, and wherever it is allowed, the sweet wine is referred to. That the New Testa-ment allows the moderate use of sweet wine is evident. See Eph. 5: 18; 1 Tim. 5: 23; 1 Pet. 4: 3. I met some of a sim-ilar class of water- drinkers in Oakland, Cal., who affirmed that we should not use wine in the Lord's supper, but water. They even affirmed that it was water that Jesus used in the institution of the ordinance of communion, con-trary to the Lord's own " plain statement that it was the " fruit of the vine."— Matt. 26: 29. Water is not the fruit of the vine. Let us not sit in judgment upon the teachings of God's word. The Bible is all right, and the use of sweet wine in the communion supper is all right. Those our brother met with, who condemn the use of unfermented wine in the Lord's supper belong to that class who are inclined to be righteous over muck See Eccl. 7: 16. DESERTING THE ARMY. If a man has enlisted in the service of the United States Army before he was saved, is it his duty to de-sert when he becomes converted? By no means. Such would be a viola-tion of the " powers that be" the which we are commanded to be subject unto. Rom. 13. God can keep him saved where he is until he has served his time. And if the Lord wants him freed before his time is up, he is able to free him in an-swer to prayer, by putting it in the hearts of the U. S. officers to release him. IS THE WORLD SQUARE? I write , you concerning the " Square World" theory. It is being taught in the western part of Missouri by a brother who claims to be out in the evening light, and it causes division. Is it a Bible doctrine? E. O. D. No, sister, the Bible does not teach that the earth is square. We find the expression " four corners of the earth" in Rev. 7: 1, but this is not intended to teach that the earth is square. It is a symbolic expression signifying the four major cardinal points— north, east, south, and west. The expression " four winds" in the same verse signifies the same thing. Those who are foolishly affirming the world to be square gen-erally say also that it is flat, which idea they draw from some passages of scrip-ture not intended to be literalized. The Bible was written before the scientists had discovered that the earth was round, and God not desiring to teach the science of astronomy, but moral principles merely, delivered his word in language that the people could under-stand. Modern writers, although they under-stand perfectly the movements of the various heavenly bodies, still continue to convey their thought by the use of such expressions as sunrise, sunset, ends of the earth, etc., but the man who would attempt to place a literal construction upon their words lacks understanding. That the earth is round may be as clearly demonstrated from a scientific standpoint, as the doctrine of holiness from a scriptural standpoint. But as the principles of the TRUMPET are to con-fine itself to the teachings of the Bible, we will not enter into a lengthy discus-sion of this ' load. However, for the benefit of some dear ones who are be-coming confused by these things we will cite a few proofs. The north star, which stands nearly over the north pole, seems to descend more and more as you travel toward the south, and when you reach the equator it stands just on the horizon. W hen you pass south of the equator it disappears below the horizon. This can be accounted for in no other way than by a recognition of the curvature of the earth. Surveyors must allow a certain number of inches in each mile for the curvature of the earth or they would soon find them-selves ascending. The ' allowance they make would cut a circle 25,000 miles in circumference. We forbear to go further into this subject. Any teachable man can convince himself by a brief investi-gation of any author's elements of as-tronomy. But to those who will believe the earth is square, we would say it will not in-terfere with your salvation to believe so, because it is not a Bible question, but do not try to teach it. It only genders discords, and the sowing of discord among brethren is one of the things the Lord hates. Prov. 6: 19. And we should not forget that God's ministers are to approve themselves, to some ex-tent , at least, by knowledge. 2 Cor. 6: 4- 6. For a minister of the gospel to teach in the pulpit that the earth is square betrays such great ignorance that it destroys his influence among the people; and a man who has not better things to teach is not a minister of the gospel. May God give us all much love, humility, and wisdom to win souls. There is no greater proof of a lack of humility than an unteachable spirit. W. G. S. NOTICE. A WARNING TO ALL THE SAINTS OF GOD i‘ V. 11, RYWHERE. South Haven, Mich., Jan. 21, 1898. In the name of the Lord I write this for a protection against the Devil coin-ing to you under the cloak of becoming sanctified, and thus gaining your confi-dence for filthy lucre's sake. We have just passed through an ex-perience. A young man about 28 years old, with round face, red cheeks, full chin, black hair, and about five feet ten inches tall, who talks low, with a mild voice, and a little through his nose, with a frequent laugh, came to our place, giving his name as Geo. Hempenstall ( which name we have since obtained sat-isfactory proof to have been an assumed one). He claimed his home was in Grand. Ledge, Michigan. He came to the Old People's Home about the first of August, 1897. He came to the meetings and soon seemed to become interested, and we were all interested in him, as we are in all sinners. He first made his home with Bro. Bay-less and won his confidence, then , he offered his services to the Old People's Home, having consecrated and, to all appearance, met the conditions and walked as a child of God. But at all times I felt an aching in my heart, I could not tell why; but the Lord clearly warned me, but I would not accept the warning as meaning him. Now we have proved him and found him a fraud in league with others to rob the people. He received telegrams when absent, which since seem to have been proved clearly to have been - of his own manu-facture, and by his schemes he beat the brethren here out of about $ 400. This was done by claiming ; that he , had an estate and his father owed him about $ 4,000, and that his brother, Fred Hem-penstall, was killed between two cars, requesting the said Geo. Hempenstall to settle his ( the brother's) estate. While purporting to be settling this estate he claimed to have been robbed of about $ 2,000. But forthwith telegrams were caused to be sent to him at this place to the effect that the sheriff had arrested the, parties. And he actually received two telegrams that the parties were caught, and for him to come. He borrowed what money he could for his journey, and afterwards telegraphed for more money. I said to the brother who was lending him the money, " How do you know that this is all right?" I felt God stirring my soul, but confidence had won his way. Now, dear ones, I write this to warn you of the awful deception that there is in the world. Every man will stand proving, and God says, " Let them first be proved." That will hold good every-where. If any man will notify me of this man's whereabouts, I will be greatly obliged. Please do not lay this notice aside, but remember the admoni-tion. Yours in Christ, S. Michels, Old People's Home, South Haven, Mich. An Inward Foe. BESIDES the foes that are without, there is also an inward foe, which causes the newly converted soul no little From " Secret of Salvation." ISOLATED. BY S. N. SORENSON. 4 UT he himself went a day's journey le" into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested • for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough now, 0 Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."- 1 Kings 19: 1. There are perhaps few if any of God's chosen servants, priests, or reformers, men who can say, " The burden of the Lord is upon me" that have not been under the juniper tree, and like this bold and fearless man, desired to be released of the duties and responsibilities required at the hands of a man of God. Elijah properly is entitled; " The grandest and the most romantic character Israel ever produced;" and when we read the short • sketch of his life as re-anxiety vy ce alk unless at times, there an is d a often iser leads - trouble, the los , cw withh God. This foe mind" spoken of in Romans 8: 7, and is against God;" although a per_ son may have the carnal mind, and yet not be " carnally- rainded;" that is, lea and controlled by it. Paul acknowl-edged the brethren at Corinth to be dill_ dren of God, yet he said he could not speak unto them as " spiritual, but as unto carnal." Then he showed them the fruits of carnality among them, such as envying, strife, and divisions, and told them. that they were carnal. 1 Cor. 1: 3. It is the evil nature that is inherited through the fall of Adam and Eve in the Orden of Eden. Although it is not imputed as sin unto us, yet it is a sinful nature, or such as naturally inclines the '- heart, or leads one into the ways of sin as soon as they become old enough to know what sin is, and realize its effects. The little child knows no sin, and is in_ nocent in the sight of God, yet it has that carnal mind, which is manifest long before it knows anything about sin. A nger. is one of the outcroppings of this evil nature in the heart, although there are many other ways in which it is man-ifest. The • sweetest disposition, and most loving, innocent child will at times show forth evidence of a nature within that is not in harmony with the real spirit of love and innocence. A woman once publicly declared in a meeting that her little two- year- old babe did not have any such nature, nor any such de-ments in the heart. But before the ser-mon closed, the minister, who was preach-ing on the subject, had. occasion to stop and call attention to the little one, who had thrown itself upon the floor in such intense anger, before the whole congre-gation, that: the mother was unable to conquer or quiet it until it had fully il-lustrated the sermon that was being preached. Yet, there was no sin com-mitted by the little one, because it was not old enough to know anything about sin; but the elements manifested there are what lead into the ways of sin, which must be forgiven when it is com-mitted. The little one having committed no sin, has none to be forgiven. But after reaching an age of accountability, and sins are committed, the child be-comes a sinner. Then it will take repent-ance and pardon before a state of inno-cence is reached again. When this is done, the one who was a sinner will be-come like a little child, and be innocent in the sight of God, yet have the same elements in the heart that the little child has, which is so often shown in its life. Jesus said: " Verily, I say unto you, Ex-cept ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."— Matt. 18: 3. A man becomes as a little child when he becomes converted from his state of sinfulness through the pardoning power of Jesus Christ. This inward foe still remains. corded in the Book of God, from his first bold appearance before the monarch with the declaration of the punishment that should fall upon the idolatrous king and people; his glorious victory apparently single- handed over the combined forces of darkness on Mount Carmel, till his illuminated chariot ride through the skies to his home, we are tempted, if I may so express it, to think that this remarkable personage had superhuman origin. But no; he was simply a man. ' Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are. "— Jas. 5: 17. This reference of the apostle to the great prophet in his de-scription of faith and prayer, is indeed encouraging to us if we are of like pre-cious faith. Yea, even the words ut-tered by the prophet under the juniper tree, and especially the divine help im-mediately received, is uplifting to the individual who has felt and experienced the power of the Spirit of Elijah's God. Now when I read of the movement of the present and last holy reformation, the cleansing of the temple or church of God from all manner of sin and sec-tarian idolatry, and men and women, holy and beloved, consecrated and tried, are raised up by God, scattered abroad over the world, isolated, as it were, even from the society and desirable com-pany of God's people, standing alone in the defense of this present truth, the one-ness of the church and the sanctification of its constituents, in short, the resto-ration of God's order in his house, 1 am constrained to ask, Is it presumption to believe that we are living in the very day of which Malachi the prophet proph-esied: " Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coining of the great and dreadful day of the Lord"?— Malachi 6: 5. Jesus himself said, " Elijah shall first come and rest ore things It is true, Jesus also said that John the Baptist was indeed filled with the Spirit and power of Elijah, for to prepare the way of the Lord's first coming, make his path straight. I ask, Is it too much to believe that the ss Spirit and powe in the saints of the Mt the sight of the world, a crank, they probably thought. But look at him confronting Israel's monarch. Perhaps the king had never been taken so by surprise in his life; but before he re-covered from the shock the strange but solemn messenger had disappeared— a short, terse message, and he was gone. Elijah had no time for needless argu-ments; the truth uttered, regardless of consequences, and his duty was per-formed. Now, my brother, if the Spirit of Elijah's God is resting upon you, and God has said to you, " Blow the trump-et in Zion;" you are aware there are kings and priests in so- called Israel to-day who are just as much idolaters in the sight of God as Ahab the king of Israel was, sectarian leaders who by their false doctrines and creeds are teaching Israel to sin and to commit fornication spiritually. You will not be afraid to confront them and deliver the message God has given you to deliver. True, you will stir up the wrath of Jezebel and may have to flee for your life ( when you have reproved her priests). You may be isolated in this wilderness of sin, and, like Elijah, wish your labor was ended. Do not despair, dear brother, the voice of God may direct you to go as his agent and. anoint poor sinners who shall be kings and priests unto God. Think not that you are left alone in Israel; the Lord has more than 7,000 that have not bowed the knee to the sectarian Baal nor bussed his image. Art thou poor? God can command the ravens to feed theel You and I, my brother, are not to sit o honored thrones in this gospel warfare. Think of the deluded old pope at Rome imagining he is occupying St. Peter's throne. None but the blinded priests of the old mother harlot will believe that Simon Peter ever sat on a throne in this world, though he deserved it a Ilion times more then any bigoted priests of Rome. No; my dear yoke-is at the end of the race; wren our course is unxsueu, righteous judge shall give it tca us. e are not to receive honor from meu ( Ise sectarian priest seeketh after that.); remember we are but the voice of one eI Lit clay in ritten a lengthy article, and a wI aarem preaching to a very large and I hope truth- loving audience; I beg you, dear reader, to remember 4 I am not in - Ilible. I have wr-ten principly for the encouragement of the Lord's isolated ones, and would con-clude with the words of St. Peter: ' Let us remember these things, though we know them, and be established in the present truth.' One Name. BY MARY HELDENBRAND. 41.40LY Father, keep through thine ". own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are one. "-- Jno. 17 : 11. For every one who loves the Lord Jesus Christ in spirit and in truth, was this prayer offered. Dear reader, is it fulfilled in your case? Under what name are you kept? Is it under the name of the Father alone, which makes you one - with an his chil-dren on earth, as much as you expect to be in heaven? Most all will admit the oneness of the redeemed in heaven, but say there is no difference under what name we are kept here on earth. Lei Jesus. answer you.. " And now I am no more in the world, but , these are in the wtot, r ld,, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name, . . that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the World may believe that thou hast sent me." In the name of the Father there are no little pens of division, or big ones either, for any pet doctrine or tradition of the elders, to which we may hold One who has not heard the gospel of Jesus Christ in its purity will ask, How can these things be? To look about upon the world or judge by appearance of untold divisions, it is impossible; but with God nothing is impossible, else Je-sus would not have prayed for it. When everything is swept away from us but the word of God, it will melt our hearts together as lead in a mold. Here is where many are deceived. They may take their name off every earthly book; yet if every element of division is not cleansed from the heart, they are not one with all the redeemed on earth, as Jesus prayed. Right in connection with this oneness he prayed for their sanctification as the means to make them one. " They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them. through thy the thy word is truth. A s thou has sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world." This brings us right back to the cleansing of thing by the Word. " I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one: and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hest loved them, as thou hest loved me." 0 Father, can it be that you have loved u did Jesus? he Lord help everylint of God includes all redeem) how t your door to help the world believe that the Father bath sent the Sore Jesus not only has declared his but will continue to declaim it, that the love of the Father and the Son may continue in us. " And this is life teraal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." - ieweii the 17th of John, prayed that his peopie might one, as he and the Father are one. We will now notice other scriptures on this me teaching. From Genesis t ion God has taught onen ess, and eo d mned divisions. Dear reader, do you think he would build again that which he destroys? No; for hie word is forever heaven. – Having made us the mystery of his will, pleasure which he pica, in hiinseif: that in the dispensation of the fnillne- of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and icih are on earth, even in hirn."— Eph. 1: 9, 10. All nations and whomsoever will may eeme, All that excluded any people was ugh the blood of Christ. erefore ye are no more strangers and fellow- citizens with e saints, land of the household , . . . in whom ye also are bnilded gether for an habitation of God through the Spirit."— Eph. 2: 19, 22. " Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that y be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. "= 1 Cor. 1: 10. As we have said before, there will be no trouble about the same mind and same judgment, when all doc-trines and traditions of men are given up, and the Word becomes a lamp to our feet, and a light to our pathway. I said to a person lately, Why so many doctrines?" The answer was, " Because there are so many faiths in the world." Bat why so many faiths? It certainly is not in the Bible. " There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."— Eph. 4: 4- 6. Furthermore he has given the different workers in the gospel " for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the . faith, . . . That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive."— Eph. 4: 12, 14. May the Lord help his children and also the ministry to search if they be in the faith or not, that they are all edify-ing the body of Christ and. not building that which will he destroyed by fire. The Baptism of Fire. BY JAMES S. M'CRF. ARY. delusion. conseeranting but they did not ge mid not allow them to be deceived. But some who are not willing to measure up to the word of God do really get this fiery manifestation. Now why is it? this: if they ever were sanctified, ey lost this experience through error or disobedience, and feeling their lack and emptiness, and not being willing to hum-ble themselves and repent, the Devil has en advantage of them and they are like Nadab and Abihu who put strange fire in their censer and offered it before the Lord. Lev. 10: 1, 2.. And if they do not repent and get the spirit of obe dience their fate will be the same. The principle text they use in teac this doctrine is Matt. 3: 11, last clause. He shall baptize you with the Holy host and with fire." They fail to see - hat the fire is the means used in the work of the clea nsing and that the Holy Ghost is the person doing the work; but separate the two and make his work of no effect. The spiritual- minded will see once that it is not literal fire that is meant, but in symbol or figure just as fire is a eleansi g or purifying element, so is the word of God as the Spirit applies it to the soul in its quicken; g and cleansing power; and as the soul takes hold of it and believes it and obeys, it is purified. " Seeing ye have: purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit."- 1 Pet. 1: 22. " Is not my word like as a fire?"— Jer. 23: 29. " And there appeared canto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon. each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."— Acts 2 : 3, 4. " Cloven tongues" signifies different d is manifes Iigh in this last holy reforitt, the restorat ioonf God's order in his church, before the glorious but dreadful day of his second coming? If we compare the missiop of El with that of the forerunner of Christ' first advent, and the present holy w of preparing for his second corning, does it not occur to the mind of the reader that much similarity exists? Elijah's principal mission the order of the true worship of and to rebuild the sacred which had been polluted and cor-rupted by the idolatrous king and Jeze-bel's false prophets— a tremendous task laid upon the shoulders of Elijah the Tishbite, but his faith made him equal to the occasion. John the Baptist's mis-sion was of . the same order; namely, to restore order in Israel, to straighten the crooked paths and make ready a the Lord. The same bold, un-compromising, fearless spirit which actu-ated Flijah's movements was manifest in John, the wilderness- preacher of Judea. And as for the present holy warfare, is it not mainly characteristic of restoring to order the true scriptural worship of ehovah, and to remove and destroy the sectarian idolatry which centuries has polluted, defiled, and. corrupted the temple or . church of the living God; to prepare and make ready the bride for the coming of the bridegroom? A glo-rious mission, my brother, is it not? Strange, you think, that God did not choose some greater than you, to per-form this mighty task. Ah, remember " God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the mighty." Has he not revealed this present glori-ous truth unto babes? What was Elijah? Was he the son of a king, or of a high priest? Elijah the Tishbite, is all you and I know about lihre- a Matt of obscurity, insigni fi mut the WE feel that the Lord would have us VI, sound a note of warning in regard to a doctrine which is being very exten-sively preached among professed holiness people, called the baptism of fire. Its advocates teach it as a work subsequent to sanctification, some claiming to have ceived it years after sanctification. We have read about all that has been written in favor of this experience and an conscientiously say that we believe it to be a delusion of the Devil. Those who teach such things are known to re-such portions of the word of God as teach the nnity of God's people, as Jno. 71- 23; 10: 16, etc. Also part of the ordinances— baptism, and washing of the ' nts' feet. The Word says that Jesus he Holy Ghost to them that obey him. Acts 5: 32. Therefore those who are living in disobedience to any known command of God do not have God's Holy Spirit, and those who reject a part of God's word and still persist in making a profession, make themselves a prey for false teachers and delusions Devil. See 2 Thess. 2: 9- 12. They also bring themselves under the wrath of God. Rom. 1: 18; 2: 8. We do not believe that God will leave any honest soul to be deceived by this honest souls have been of fire, aittee God THE GOSPEL TRUMPET languages, and these different kinds of languages came to them and they were enabled to speak to all the foreigners who dwelt in Jerusalem in their own language of the wonderful works of God. Verse 11. And as the word of God went forth as a living fire, and men and women. were melted down to repentance by it, there were about three thousand souls saved that day. Praise the Lord! Our God has the same wonderful gifts in store for those who will humble themselves before him. 1 Pet. 5: 6; 1 Cor. 12: 7- 12. We feel especially led to ask God's people everywhere to pray for the manifestation of the gift of tongues as it was in the church in the morning light. Mark 16: 17; 1 Cor. 12: 10, 28. Others besides the apostles received this precious gift. Why should we not have it in. the church to- day? Acts 10: 46; 19: 6. • • 4 ADORNMENT. BY CHAS. E. ORR. THIS word means to make beautiful by decoration, to render attractive. The young lady adorns herself with her jewels and costly array to make herself beautiful and gain the admiration of the world. She shines with splendor and is the center of attraction in the society world. She is termed the " light of society." The Lord has designed his people to be " heavenly lights" to this world. For this purpose he beautifies them with a heavenly adornment. He covers them with a robe of such whiteness as to en-able them to reflect the light of his throne and make attractive his salvation. Isa. 61: 10. While he adorns them with such beautiful garments and exquisite grace it is that they may in turn by , atrity of life . adorn his Word. In Tit. : 10 we are, as children of God, ex-horted to adorn the doctrine of God our savior in all things. As the young lady by her rich adornings attracts the attention of the world unto herself, so we by the adorning of God's rich grace may live in such heavenly light and holy sweetness as to render God's word and salvation attractive to the world. We should esteem and appreciate the won-derful privilege of being enabled by God's grace to live such a life as will make his word and Christianity appre-ciative and beautiful unto the people. W hat is more grand this side of heaven than a life which, as we read, constantly points us to God? The word of God seems to mean so little to a great many people, and it will be only by the lives of Christians that they will be brought to know that it means all it says. The scriptures teach that we should do all things without murmurings. Phil. 2: 14. God's grace will enable us to live such a patient, even, contented, and uncomplain-ing life as will adorn and make attractive the above teaching. We must love, we must be lowly, we must be kind, we must be gentle, have pure thoughts, sound speech, and holy ways. We must count all things joy, we must pray, we must do good, resist not evil, prefer others, and live righteous every day. Such is the teaching of the Bible, and God will put his truth in our hearts and enable us so to live that our lives will be a correct vindication of the same. Amen. Gleaned Points.. WM. L. WOODWORTH. THIS isan age of free speech and pul-pit, in which, by tongue and pen and public press, blessings find expression. It is also the age of factions and rival-ries. And false teachers, described by Jude 16, 18; and false prophets, as by 2 Pet. 2: 1; and a time when our motto must be, " Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only" ( Jas. 1: 22), remem-bering God works for man through the Holy Spirit by his servants: and man according to the divine endowment and appointment, is also to work for his fel-low- men. To hear the word of God and to do it with the inspiration coming not through human channels, but by direct divine inpouring of the ever- present Holy Spirit the Comforter, who is with us and with all who seek his presence and guidance. Every man aiming to be a complete Christian worker needs in his mission to possess the divine qualities of the four apostles— to be ever ready to make bold confession with Peter; to think profoundly with Paul; to love ardently with John; to work out courage, doc-trine, and experience into forms of self-sacrifice and enthusiastic service with James. By these men may know the realities of the life within. There is no danger of exhausting the Bible. We want to see things just as they are, and then tell the truth about them, and we can with the Holy Ghost as a teacher. Then the Bible will be-come richer to us than ever. Its words are letters of gold and silver, and words of true life to me. If I could not get another Bible, there is not enough gold in this world to buy mine. It is " a lainp unto my feet and a light unto my path."— Ps. 119: 105. We must study devoutly the works of his grace in our hearts. We should not forget to visit hospitals, poorhouses, and the sick, and neglected, and to teach ignorant children the way to Jesus and his church. We must have interest if we have success. Tardiness must be avoided in. religion, and we must study Jesus and his meth-ods and be filled with the Holy Spirit and we shall be a success in God's hands to win souls for Jesus. Let us keep hum-ole and hear his faintest whisper. News from the Field. Chicago, Feb. 3. Last night we arrived at Chicago and met with the saints who had been attend-ing the meeting in progress, where the word of God is going forth in its purity by a number of his holy ministers from various parts of the United States. Souls are being saved, and at this writing the work of the Lord is moving on with victory. [ Ed.] Kelat, Ky., Jan. 25. Praise God! I can report victory in Jesus' name. I am saved, sanctified, and all on the altar. We have had a glorious meeting here, where many souls were made happy and brought out of darkness into the light. Bro. H. T. Dunagan has been with us. The meet-ing closed last night. He will go from here to Poindexter to hold meeting. We desire all the saints to pray for him, as we believe he is called and sent of J. P. Lemons. St. Louis, Mich., Jan. 31. I wish to report victory once more in the name of Jesus. W e have just closed a meeting at New Haven Center, Mich., which lasted twenty- three days. This was a precious seed- sowing time, and a few souls were won to Christ. As the pure gospel went forth it fell with pain upon the heads of those who were not willing to walk in the light. But, thank God, we found a few honest souls that had been captured by sect- builders. When they heard the call from heaven— " Come out of her, my people" ( Rev. 18: 4), they were ready to obey. Among those that came out was the M. E. class-leader and Sunday- school superintendent. May God bless the dear honest souls that saw the light, and the evil of sectism. Oh, may they ever live by the pure word of God. Quite a few saints came in from the surrounding country to enjoy the meeting. Win. E. Warren and Co. Bartow, Fla., Jan. 27. Once more we greet you in the name of Jesus, through the columns of the TRUMPET. This evening finds us rejoic-ing because of freedom in our souls. Bless the name of the Lord! We left Dixon, Miss. Jan. 3, and came down to New Orleans, where we met Bro. A. J. Poulson and wife, and we joined in the battle with them against sin and the power of darkness. On the 15th we took ship for this place. We arrived here the 17th, and on the 20th we started the battle here in the name of Jesus, and the Lord is giving us victory on every line. Praise his holy name! But we find the power of darkness to be very great in every respect. Sin and confusion seems to be predominant on every hand. Dear brethren and sisters, do pray much for the work here in the South. The people seem so indifferent about the salvation of their poor souls. They will come out and hear the truth expounded in all its purity, and listen attentively, and that is about as far as they care to go. Very few you will find that are willing to get down and get a real experience of salvation. May God help the people to see they must be doers of the Word as well as hearers. The doer of the Word is the only one that is justified. We expect to work back north. Any one desiring our labors in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, or Louisiana can write us at once. We want to reach Mississippi in July or August. L. V. Strickland, A. J. Poulson and Wife. . Henderson, Pa., Jan. 27. With pleasure we write to inform you of our whereabouts and how the dear Lord is prospering our souls in the king-dom of light and truth. We arrived in America Dec. 18, 1897 much worn out in body, but after a few weeks' rest the dear Lord strengthened us, and we are now in the battle again with victory for Jesus. One of our objects in coming to this country is to raise money to pur-chase a printing- press to be used in for-eign fields for the publication of the truth, which is so much needed. Dear ones, we are interested in the work of the Lord. We have labored almost five years in foreign lands as missionaries, and space will not permit and time would fail me to tell you of the many trials and difficulties we were obliged to encounter because we were short of means to carry on the work. So after those years of testing and. suffering the dear Lord has said to us, It is enough; go tell your brethren of your needs on. this line, and of the thousands of poor little children who are dying daily of hunger and cold through sin, and the thousands of men and women going down to a sinner's hell daily for the want of the bread of life. Therefore we are going to make a missionary tour through part of this country. Those who wish us to visit them in this capacity can write us at Mariasville, Pa. J. H. Rupert and Wife. Note.— I wish to say in regard to the article in the TRUMPET of Jan. 20, written by Bro. Tufts relating to a Miss Glassy of Liverpool, England, who claims to have the gift of tongues and so forth, I am a witness to what Bro. Tufts said, and I am informed that some in this country have been duped by her deception and are still loth to believe what Bro. Tufts has written. So let me warn you again that the said Miss Glassy is a rank deception, although I must say I feel a pity for the poor de-luded creature, as she is not accountable, nor to be blamed for her hypocrisy as much as those who are with her, who are using her as a sort of Jumbo to their opublishing thei rt to g overt people. re r ot ptl hhe ee. world moee nnr laadgg ee rhiie,, aenf dofg Let me say, I conversed with thee s a• id Miss Glassy for a few mommenents s, , and the subject of tongues was brought up ( in which I am a believer). It seemed expedient for her to withdraw from the room and leave it all in the hands of her managers to further explain. They claimed that the girl while under the spirit had spoken words in a foreign tongue. So said a Sister Saylor. Miss Glassy knew nothing of it, nor could she remember anything she said. Mr. Black of Utica, Pa., one of her managers claims that when Miss Glassy is under the Spirit abaut her work, he can go out and purchase just what she wants, although be cannot understand what she says. The Spirit, he says directs him to get the very things she desired. You see the trick. Next Mr. Black will ap-pear on the carpet as an interpreter of tongues. Let me say they are all a poor lot of deceivers, who are imposing on the public. Yours in defense of the truth, J. H. Rupert. Testimonies Shultz, Mich. I am truly glad to testify to the Lord's goodness to me. I know if we take the Lord for all in all, he is our helper in all times of trouble. I am saved from all sin, and sweetly kept by the power of God. Dear ones, I ask an interest in your prayers that I may be true to God in everything. William Minzey. Meridan, Miss. I am washed in the blood of the Lamb, and mean to sink deeper and deeper into his blessed will, and learn more of Jesus every day. I have taken him for my all in all. The Lord has healed my baby of the pneumonia, for which I give him all the praise and glory. Pray for me. I am kept by the power of God. I an, satisfied with Jesus. Callie Calrin. Potash, Ala. I am praising the Lord this evening for ` present salvation. I lived in sin until the first of last July when God sent his precious truth to me, that I might be saved. I thank and praise the Lord that I did accept the truth and was saved. There are but few saints at this place. The evil one works outside doing all he can to break them down, but, praise the Lord! none of us have been hurt yet. N. E. Adamson. De Peyster, N. Y. I am saved and kept by the mighty power of Jesus. Oh, what a blessed thought! and to know that soon Jesus will come with ten thousand of his an-gels to gather together his saints to him-self. I want to live to go to meet him with joy in my soul. There are not very many around here that believe in divine healing but thank the Lord I do. Pray for me and two little boys, and that my husband may be saved. Mrs. Nora Combs. Media, Kans. The Lord has saved me through THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. I praise God that a copy fell in our home, and now we take it. I love to read the testimonies telling what God is doing for his little ones. I praise God that he has saved me from sin, sectism, and all desires for worldly pleasures, and has filled my heart with joy, peace, and blessings from on high. I praise him because he keeps me and gives me grace and victory in my soul. Praise God for freedom! Pray for me that I may grow stronger in the Lord and in faith, that I may take him for healer of both soul and body-. Cora Dutz. Perryville, Ky. I have been reading T. LIE GOSPEL TRUMPET for two months. I find it is the paper we need in our home. Pray for us that we both may have a free sal ied and free- vation in our hearts, sanctif from sin. 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I have been in the Baptist Church for four years, and I have never heard the true gospel preached yet. I thought we had true gospel preached in our church until I have been reading THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. Pray for me that I may come out on the Lord's side, saved and sanctified and free from sin and sectism. Mrs. Emma Robinson. Joy, Ky. I am praising God for the salvation of my soul and for his saving and healing power that keeps me daily. I find him to be a friend and help in time of need. Praise his holy name! My heart over-flows with praise and gratitude to my blessed Lord and Master for what he has done for me. Truly I can say that God is good to me and his tender mercies are over all. I do praise God to know that he is able to keep me anywhere and at all times, and that I have built on the foundation of Jesus Christ, himself being the chief corner- stone. Wm. Y. Rice. Covert, Mich. God saves and keeps me by his mighty power, ready to be revealed in the last day, with all his saints. I am still trusting the Lord and find him true to his word. I praise the Lord for the victory I feel down deep in my soul over the world, the flesh, and the enemy. I praise the Lord for trials and persecu-tions. If we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him in glory. If we deny him, he will also deny us. if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. I praise the Lord for his healing power. I was working cutting a tree, and behind the tree was a limb which held the stump back. I went behind the stump to knock the limb out, when the stump came back knocking me almost senseless, but the Lord delivered me from death. He is also healing my body. I had such a pain in my arm. The Lord removed the pain and is in-creasing my faith. I am all on the altar, and he saves even me. Norris Phillips. Lingleville, Tex. I am so thankful to God that I am one of his chosen few that have accepted the truth. I think it has been about four years since I first heard the truth preached in its purity. I was, as I thought, living a Christian. I was a member of the Baptist Church, and, as many of that sect are to- day, thought that was the true church which Christ came to build up here on earth. I verily thought, as many of my poor brothers do to- day, that all that God re-quired of me was to join the Baptist Church and live up to the church rules and pay the preacher all that I was able to, and when God's time came to call me from time to eternity, I would hear that welcome voice, " Come, ye blessed, into my Father's kingdom." But, oh, what an awful mistake there would have been with me. When Bro. R. H. Owens came in our neighborhood it was some time before I would go to hear him. I at that time lived in Louisiana. One day I was asked to go to the saints' meeting, and I went, but more to have something to talk about than anything else. But, praise God! I left the Bap-tists that day, and ever since have been living in God's church. I have been made to rejoice in the love of God many times, thinking how wonderfully I was saved from all sins and from sectism. Praise his holy name forevermore! I take the Lord for my doctor, and have ever since I first heard the truth. He has healed me several times. The other day I was taken with a severe affliction. I asked the Lord to ' heal me, and was healed immediately. I am living among sects. They are good people as far as they have the light; but none of them can take Christ for their doctor. I want to sink deeper and deeper in Christ every day. I ask all the saints to pray for Me. I would be so glad if some true saint would come and preach the Word here at Dublin; for there are some true seekers of the light. I do believe that there would be many saved. _ I want to be stronger in the faith. Pray for me and mine, that we may lead a godly life that will exemplify the Word. J. D. Holland. LIST OF MONEY LETTERS NOT OTHERWISE RECEIPTED. Mary Heldenbrand, Morris Thompson, Philip Kesler, Sarah M. Cleveland, R. F. Schmidt, I. J. Workman, Levi Ecker, W. R. Allen, I. B. Bennett, G. McBride, C. M. Rowell, Henry Pancake, John Wilder, A. L. Johnson, E. A. Soules, Mrs. Chas. Melton, J. S. Smurr. Requests for Prayer. Pray Feb. 12 for the healing of, my sister. Mary Geiger. Pray Feb. 13 that I may be healed of heart disease and sanctified. Mrs. N. E. McCarty. Pray that I may be healed of rheumatism and other diseases, and have the carnal na-ture removed. Bettie Dickens. Pray that my daughter may be healed of a bad cold and cough, and that I may be healed of nervousness. Laura F. Minshall. Pray for me that I may be cleansed from all sin and bondage of Satan, and that my body may be completely healed. Fannie Hudson. I desire the united prayers of all the saints that my mother may be sanctified, and her body healed. Mrs. Jerome Tufford. I have a complication of diseases, and have been a sufferer for fifteen years. Pray that I may be healed both soul and body, and pray for my husband and children. Martha Strange. I desire the prayers of the saints for the healing of my body. I have been afflicted with chronic rheumatism for over four years. I have not opened nor shut my hands since April. Pray also that I may be healed of eczema. Luella Thuma. A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR PRAYER. I am thirty- two years of age and have not walked a step since I was two years old. I have been compelled to crawl on my hands and knees for thirty years, but glory be to the almighty God! through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I am saved by his blood. I am trying by the help of God to raise money to get a reclining chair to roll around in, and then I can follow some kind of oc-cupation. This chair will cost $ 30.00. C. W. Fowler, Cynthiana, Ky. Calls for Meetings. West Union, Neb. Dora Sturm. Hartshorn, I. T. Mollie Parham. Meetings wanted at Camden and Foothill, both places in Spokane Co., Wash. C. W. Forker. Dayton, 0. Cannot some one come here and preach the whole gospel in its apostolic purity? Any one coming will find a home at my house. Aaron Straker, 18 Castellio St. Meeting Notices. Blocton, Ala. Assembly meeting. Begins Feb. 23, to last as long as the Lord leads. All lovers of the truth are urged to come. Let as many of the ministers as can come, dd so. Any of God's ministers desiring help to come, address Bro. John Gail. Atlanta, Ga. Assembly meeting. Begins April 20, to continue as long as the Lord leads. The prayers of the brethren every-where are asked in behalf of this meeting. Bros. J. F. Lundy, G. B. Collins, and others are expected. Come prepared to take care of yourself if possible: but come; you will- be cared for. Address M. A. Fambro, 230 Crew St., Atlanta, Ga. Obituary. HAWLTIRY.- Effie May, daughter of Bro. and Sistel. N. H. and Mary Ilawlley, died Sept. 22, 1897. 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He has prom- ised to pro - tect me In the hol- low of his hand. Shield me from each sin - ful lean- en, In the hol- low of thy hand. I will praise the Lord who kept me In the hol- low of his hand. - 10_ - ft- _ IL I have left all sin's do- min- ion, I'll o- be1,1y1 thy sweet command; 2. When the cares of life beset me, I will firm for Je - sus stand; 3. Keep me on the road to heaven, Let me join that hap - py band; When I end my pilgrim journey, When I reach the shining strand, He will keep me from all dan- ger In the hol- low - A- - R- i - a- • -•-^ c- r--- 1 0 I -,.....- In the hol- low of his hand In the hol - low of his hand, in the hol- low of his hand, -...-- 0.-- 9_ 9____. • • 0 -- p p •_ . From - P r I-- r- r BY M. HARRINGTON. 4 erA KE heed therfore unto your-selves and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of . God, which he hath purchased. with his own blood."— Acts 20: 28. I feel led to drop a few lines to the TRUMPET in regard to our labor as min-isters of the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ. Let us notice the first part of the sentence above. It says, " Take heed unto yourselves;" that is, we must be on the Bible line, with victory in our souls over all the powers of hell, and we must live straight before the people so they can have confidence in us. We might preach the truth on every line, but if the people know we are not living it, our talk will not be effectual upon them. " The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits."- 2 Tim. 2: 6. Rom. 15: 1. We are supposed to be strong and by being so and having on the whole armor we can feed the church of God, and our gathering with them will prove a blessing instead of a trial. God wants us so hid away with Christ in God that we can stand the trying hour, instead of saying " I'm just about ready to give up." He wants us to be able to say as in Rom. 8: 38, 39. It is our duty if we see our brother on background to go to him in the spirit of meekness and talk to him and encourage him Sometimes a little misunderstand-ing will get among the children of God, and it will keep on until it causes them to lose the spiritual life. Now, brethren as we see the results of such, let us do all we can to get these hindrances removed. The Devil is pleased when he can work division, or anything of this kind. I mean by the grace of God to do my duty on this line. To be sure it would be nice, in one sense, to just preach and not have to speak of these other things, but we all should be glad that we can be sunk down inthe very dust of humility till our meat will be to do the will of the Master. It means much to oversee the flock. May God help us all to do our whole duty and obey God rather than man. Let us not grow weary in well doing, for we shall reap in due season if we faint not. Every man has a work to do. Brother, sister, how is it with you? flow the Lord Helped Me. BY ELSIE L. Bows. T BELTEVE it would be to the glory of God. to tell you how God answered my prayer and helped me to know what church to join and : also taught me how to run references. First I turn to Jno. 15: 1. There Je-sus says, " I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman." Then I turned to 1 Cor. 6: 15—" Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What! know ye not that he which is joined to an har-lot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto - the Lord is one spirit." Eph. 1: 19- 23— " And what is the exceeding greatness of Isis power to usward who believe, accord- Divine Healing. Sending Anointed Handkerchiefs. Where in the Bible does it mention sending anointed handkerchiefs to the sick? J. H. Y. In Acts 19: 11, 12 we read that " God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul : so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them and the evil spirits went out of them." There is no scripture that says the handkerchiefs should or should not be " anointed" or that hands should be laid on the same, but it is evident by certain scriptures that it is right and proper to do so. We notice in the above scripture that it says these miracles were wrought by the " hands of Paul." So it is evident that he laid his hands upon. the handkerchief or apron that was brought to him by the friends of the sick— the same as he would have laid his hands upon the sick, had that one been present. The handkerchiefs may have first been anointed. Yet we have no positive proof that they were. But it is likely that Paul proceeded the same as if the sick were present. Probably some - were anointed and others were not, like the apostles when they visited the sick— sometimes they anointed the sick and laid on hands, sometimes just laid on hands; while at other times they only prayed or spoke the words, and the work was done. When Jesus sent forth his twelve dis-ciples to preach, he also told them to go forth and heal the sick. He did not at that time tell them just how to proceed; whether by prayer alone, by command, or by anointing and the laying on of hands. They : had been with Jesus long enough, and had : seen the sick healed and heard his teaching until they knew just , how to proceed. And Mark says as they went forth preaching they " an-ointed many with oil and healed them." = Mark 6: 13. In giving this commission Jesus said nothing about laying on of hands. But we find that he had set the example before that time. " Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid hands on every one of them, and healed them."— Luke 4: 40. Here we find Jesus himself laid hands on every one that was brought to him at that time. And in Mark 16: 16- 18 he said they that believe should lay hands on the sick, and Jas. 5: 14 tells us : the sick are to be anointed with oil. And we read that Paul laid hands on the sick ( Acts 28: 8), and the apostles " anointed many with oil."— Mark 6: 13. Then would it be unreasonable to think that Paul anointed the sick, or even the " handkerchiefs or aprons" sent by him? Healed . of Rheumatism. Eleanor, Pa. I am praising the dear Lord for salva-tion. I know that I am saved just now and enjoying good health. I suffered last summer with weak back, and could hardly do a day's work. r would have to get down on my- knees to shovel, until I took the Lord as my healer and obeyed Jas. 5: 14, 15 and was healed. Now I can do a good day's work, for which I give God all the praise and glory. The Lord has healed me different times. Pray for me that the Lord will speedily open up the way that I may get my debts paid, so I will have to give to him that needeth. E. P. Buzzard. God Will Do As Much For You. Breslau, Ont. I do praise God for the true gospel, and the many blessings that I do get from the Lord. I praise him for healing my body. There was a lump growing on my body and I had much pain, but when I stepped on the promises of my God and took him at hist word, and got others to pray for me and was anointed with oil as the word of God tells us to do, oh, I can never praise him enough! he healed my body, for which I give God all the glory. What the Lord did for me he will do for you, if you - measure up to the standard of God's word. Mrs. E. Schneider. A Wonder- working God. Praise the dear Lord! who has saved my soul and is my Great Physician. The Lord healed me of an mmatural growth on the left side of my face. It was there fourteen years. It was as large as a good- sized walnut. I had tried all kinds of medicine and ', liniments and Lit grew : larger every time I would use anything on it. It got very painful at times. The doctors said they did not dare cut it out as there was danger of cutting the large arteries. About two years ago I took it to the Lord, in. faith believing that he would do the work. Praise God! The work was done. I did not know when. it was removed, there isno lump there now. That side of my face is as natural as the other. Blessed be the name of the Lord forever! I have not taken any medicine in most three years. When I get sick I take my case to the Lord, and the work is done. I can say that I am saved and kept by power divine. James Riley. When the Doctor was Dismissed, God Healed. Comly, Ohio. We are saved and gloriously advancing in the Lord. Praise his name! A little over one year ago, all our children had the diphtheria. Our baby, then only eight months old, got exceedingly bad with it. In. our weakness of faith at the time, we summoned a physician, who came, and said that he had strong hopes of the recovery of the two older boys; but concerning the baby, he might die before morning. We knew he was very bad, but deep down. in our hearts we felt that the Lord might raise him up, if only we would exercise proper faith and step out upon the promises. Having re-quested prayers in the child's behalf, I felt so much the more constrained to take Christ alone for the healer. Finally we came to the conclusion that if God did not miraculously heal him he would with-out doubt not get well. Hence we di-spensed with both doctor and medicine, and gave the Lord a chance, and, praise be to Godl he immediately began to amend, and in a few days was well. This is only one of many healings which the Lord has wrought in our family. Pray for us, dear ones. J. L. and K A. Dennis Agreement According to Matt. 18: 19. Vowell, Miss. Dear saints of God, for some time I have felt that the dear Lord wanted me to testify through the TRUMPET. I glorify God for his wonderful power to save my soul from sin and heal all of my diseases. I know he is just the same to- day. Since I was saved four years ago last Septem-ber, the deer Lord has healed me of a chronic disease of long standing, which I suffered from very much. Last sum-mer I took the slow fever and : was sick many days. There were no elders near by, but my trust was stayed in the Lord. My brother- in- law wrote to the Trumpet Office for them to pray for me, and I sent for two brothers that lived near, and we agreed according to Matt. 18: 19, and the blessed Lord did heal me, for which I give him all the glory. While I was sick my earthly friends came to see me, and said if I did not take medi-cine I would die. But, praise the Lord! I was ready to go if Jesus wanted me. I was healed also of a bad spell of the chills immediately after the Lord healed me jug to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at SS:. his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only ja. this world, but also in that which is come; and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over es• all thing , the s fto ullness the church, which is his body, of him that filleth all in all." Matt. 28: 18—" And Jesus came and • u nto me spake unto them, saying, All , power given in heaven and in earth." In Rom. 12: 3- 5 we read: " For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many, members in one body, and all members have not the same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another." How are they chosen? " Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."— Jno. 15: 16. By this we see plainly how God has chosen us. Now the question is, Are we willing to meet the requirement made in Matt. 4: 17, where Jesus began to preach, saying, " Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"? And in the 19th verse he tells them to follow him. The Lord showed me that this was the way into his church. But still there was something more that was for me in Rom. 12: 1, 2—" I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God." Then. in. Jno. 14: 15, he tells us what to do. " If ye love me, keep m y com-mandments." In the 16th verse he promises us another Comforter that will abide with us forever. Praise God! bwIt nerhuc aatthtuh; se ettw hat 18th verses lie tells us world ree nIt n ect h tienhe cannot or St kpreceive, ni rei wt e to h of with you, and shall be in you. I will him not leave sryeeuknoeewinhhfiiemmr; t e fs so : r hI e ud w ee l el emt he to you." Praise God! ohoww true his word is! I have founnd yoke light. Praise God for thiss highway of holiness. He also says ( Jno. 14: 21), `-` 11e that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveet hme: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love hima. dn wa imllanifest myself to him." Then in John hee sh owed me the way people get out of thee chhurch. " Every branch in me that ebaeraeretthh not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth mo rfer uiintt.."— Jno. 15: 2. " For the earth, w, hhi. ch drinketh in the rain that comethof tupon it, and bringeth forth the herbs meet for them by whom It is dressed, , e rc eiveth• blessings from God: but thaa wt hhiich beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nig, hunto curs ing ; whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things ° f Yon, and things that accompany sal-vation, though we thus speak. For God unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have toward his sheaved tered to thnea msaei, n ints t, haant dy de oh mavien imstineirs. desire that do spew every one of you assurance tohfe h same diligence to the full 6: 7- 11. ope unto the end." Het.. - THE GOSPEL TRUMPET of the fever. 0 dear saints, help me to praise God for his goodness to me. Dear ones, before the blessed Lord saved me I was an. awful sinner, but where sin did abound grace does much more abound. We trust God all the time for soul and body, and never use the simplest remedy in time of sickness. Pray for us that we may ever be living witnesses for Jesus. I am now teaching the little ones at ' Crowell in Sunday- school. Pray much for us. H. M. Breazeale. Some Duties of Overseers. |
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