The Gospel Trumpet - 30:33

              AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANG&LS WITH A GREAT 'SOUND OF A TRUMPET !lND THEY SHALL GATH'£R TOGETI-:-£R ~IIS ELECT FAOM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END-OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER.-MAT"' .... :1110
SO WILL I SEE~ OUT MY SHE:EP. AND WILL OE:"LIVEA THEM OUT OF ALL PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE: BEE'N SCATTERED UII THE CLOUDY AN'D DARK DAY.-d:ItK. 34!12.JIt". 32:311.
VOLUME NO. XXX. ANDERSON, INDIA~JA, U. S. A.,. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1910.
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NUMBER 33.
CONTENTS.
POE'THY:
. Vie Shall Know Each Other There........................ 2
'ART1CT.ES:
Love of Goc1 ................................... _ ............................................... 2
How to l\Ink<: Advancerrient in the Chris-tiall
Life ......... : ........................... : ............... : ........... :; ............. _ ..... 2
Extracts from John "Tesley's JournaL ............... 3'
/J.1rue IIa.pp~ness ................. _ ........................................................ 3
An1usemeilts ................................................................................. 3
Keeping the R,oad..................................................................... 4
.. Comprolnise, ................................................................................. 4:
Comp lete in Christ.................................................................. 4
God's Revelations; Past and Present... .................. 5
Coals of Fire ........................................................ ;.; .. ;................... 6
Doctrinal:
, An End or Sins ...................................................................... 6
Our Physical Health: .
The return to the Open Air Lire .............................. 7
. Ventilating Iiiving Roolns~ ............................................... 7
OFFICE AND HOME ]~VENTS ....... ......... ~_ .. _ ... __ P
QUE.STIONS ANS"\VERED ................................................................ 8, £)
JX1:ISSION AllY ....................................................................................... 10
:MISCELLANEOUS :
Need of Christian Teaching .......................................... £)
r:eESTIMON1AL ........................................... : ............... JO, 11, 12, 1:~
FIELD REPOR'rS ............................................................... 13, 14, };)
FAI.I.EN A SLEEP ................................................................................. 1 3
~{I~QUESTS FOR PRAYER ................................................................ 1 ;)
CALLS FOR MEE'J·ING ..................................................................... 1.)
l\iEE'l'ING NOTICES .......... : ............................................................... 1;)
ADVERTlsE1vrENT .................... ~ ..................... ~ .................... II, 12, 1-1
DIVINE I-IEALING:
Our Great Physician ............................................................ 13
Tesiin·lonies .................................................................................. 1ti
:DEATH: OF THE TESTATOR .. ,
A will can not be of force until the death of
the one who makes it-the testator. This is true
in evelY c: .. se. 'rhis is u .ed to- .1 u trate the pO'wee
of the Ke,y rrestament. Jesus ITHlde the will.
He died to put it into force, and rose fr0111 the
dead to Bee that it is executed. Sanctification is a
part of the will. Jesus died to sanctify us. In
order that we may be able to receive thi~ pre­cious
geaee, we must make our will to God. In
th:s case we become a testat{)r,. and our will can
not be brought into force without our death.
rrruly, this means' everything t() us. There is
certainly a death included ine'very cons6'Cration,
and this death brings US into the Iulness of the
Christ life. The consecration is our will. It is
brought into force by our death-death to self
and all that we have. Then Chl'isiIJ becomes ev­erytkng
to us that heCtied for. ;~~iFV. B. oS'
THE HIDING OF THE LORTI.
"Verily thou art a Goel that hidest thyself."
Isa. 45: 15. Alas, how true! How much or God
and his wondrous wov,ks are hi c1deT~ from the
eyes of man. There are so very few tbat know
much abcut God. ,'\Thy men kno,\v so little of
God h~ because they do not lool( for him. The
prophet said, "I will ,,,Hit 11p0n the' turd, thnt
hideth his face fro:11 tl':eh01"!se of Jnc.:o1): and I
,yill leok for l1in\." Isa. 8: 17. God h:d:!s
him&:elf to havp, 1lH look for him. ,V(:~ could all
know more of him if we WCl1.:.lcllco!.;: more engerly
. and earnestly fa,:, him.
There are maDy l:illc1en Sfcret t.hings jn God.
Se:;r<~t th:ngs belong to him. But David, in
speaking' of him, says that he "rcyealeth the
der-p and secret th·ngs." IIe told Daniel the
ldng's dream. "The secrets of the Lord are ,,,ilh
them that fear hi::n." 'Iho:e 'who Lvc closest
to Gcd are these to whom he has r-eY0ulec1 him­self
more fully. If'we 'will· but seek after him
he wi11 revenl l~im;..:elf to nSf I am: Sllre there is
mnch heal1t.r jn God that mnnyof lB hav·,3
net seen) und whieh it If::! our privilege to
sec.
, If 'we ~vou] d hold hi'S pel' fections in more deep
and pr:(rftluna-eontei:tlp}ation we should: see·mere
6f their wond"':C)L1S beauty. 'There js fl.otniil&, bh
earth that can compare y{Tith the-beautir.s of
the Lord. They are the very delight and adm~­ration
'or theso111 that has caught sight of them.
Yen remember the ~Nords· or the Psalmist-" One
thing have I deEired of the Lord, 'that will I
seek after; that I may a,vell in the hou~e of the
Lord an the days or my life, to behold the
beauty of the. IJorcl" "Dwelljng in the honse of
God" implies nearness to him. It is getting
into his presence. It is only there that his
beauty is disclosecl to us. T·his rare beauty
is veiled to our eyes except we come near to him.
It is faHh that parts the veil and lets his glory
shine through. A clond hid the glory of God
from :Th[oses for six days. By earnest waiting
on God he that was hidden behind the cloud
revealed himself.
; God works'in' such a manner as is the least
like-ly to attract attention. Nature all about
us"is but the wondrous work of God. He paints
the fiower in such beauteous color, but doesit in,
such a manner that many fail to see' his hand.
The heav-ens should nightarter night declare his
glory to our contemplative souls; and day unto
day 'should speak to us of God, as we behold
his, woi:k in. nature. Billt he hideth himself. God
hides from his child only that he might more
fully reveal himself. More often it is the dull,
stupid, inattentive mind that obscures the glory
and beauty Df God. It is' contemplation that
stamps everyth~ng in nature with the reality, of
Gael It is contemplation that enables us to behold
him f!'Ou~ the blac1~ of grass to the" b~~nc1s o.t
Orlen." Isaac went out into the field at even­tide
to meditate. Jesus vrent out into the moun­tain
before the morning's dawning to pray. And
David meditated on God in t~le silent night-
. watchE's. Alas, for p~or, dun, stup' d man! rroo
:rr.uch attached ,to eurthlythings! He lieth tlo\vn
like the beast. His mind seldom :-eaches beyond
his fevi corruptible, earthly posce3~iolls.
If we are not very watchflil (lndprayerfuJ,.'
God will be doing things for us' ev.ery day
that we shall utterly f~dL to see. Thus we. may
g: ve praise to the creature, and not to the
Greator. You had a goodnight's rest~andyon
praised the bed; the, child was. good, and jl<m
p:mise the child; thciveather was plensfint, .and
you prah:ed the '\)'cathol"'; the horse did notgd
frightcnec1, and YOll praised the horse; the
bread baked nieely, and you praised the stove;
everything pasE:ed 'off nicely through the day,
and you caeed it "good luck.)]' <Joel. is h1d~lcl1
r·rom you. The c10eer we ge:t to him: the, nlore.
we shall see', of him in' everytlling .!in lire. Vle"
'\yatchforhim,wG wait for him. He cannot do
anything bl1t ,:,\rhat ,"ve b€hold him in:it: .The
least look of approval in his eye is ob~ervec1 by
those who love him and are attentive on him.
Not a smile is lost-nothing is hid from their
eyes. In him they ljve and move and have their
being. Spiritually minded take walks through
the fields of heaven; they talk with Goa and
listen to his secrets, whic.h untrained ears can not
hear; they see his movements and behold him
everywhere .. Hecun not hide himself from those
who hold his hand and ,valk close by his side .. T f
he should hide himself it will be because we have
fallen one step' behind; and he would have us
corne closer. If he· hides from you go seek for
him and he will he found of you.
Inthe tenth psalm David asks, "Why standest
thou 'afar off, 0 Lord ~ Why hic1est thou thy~
self in times of trouble ~" Then he complains of
the outrage of the wicked. In verse 12 he begins
to pray. In verse 16 he has a vision of God, and
then exclaims in Psa. 11: 1, "In the Lord put I
my trust; how say ye any' soul, Flee as a bird
to your mountain ~" Do not despair when God
hides from you, but seek for him, and seek until
you find him. . o. E .. O.