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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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testimony of a present salvation, but
Now he lens us plainly in his word ( 1 have to refer back many years to the
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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
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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
	
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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.
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Truth is precious— keep it sacred.
Are you ready, should the death angel
call?
There are multitudes of people yet un-saved
who can yet be reached. Are you
doing what you can?
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
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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
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a
often
iser leads
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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
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people.
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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.
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copy fell in our home, and now we take
it. I love to read the testimonies telling
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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.
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TRUMPET for two months. I find it is
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TEER.- Sister Mary Teer, of Prince,
Miss. died Sept. 7, 1897; aged 82 yr. 8
mo. 27 da. She leaves seven children.
God bless the bereaved, and prepare their
hearts to meet her in glory.
F. M. Williamson.
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in the Baptist Church for four years, and
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preached yet. I thought we had true
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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.
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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
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done for me. Truly I can say that God
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held the stump back. I went behind
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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.
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Sarah M. Cleveland, R. F. Schmidt, I. J. Workman, Levi
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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.
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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.
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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.
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