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And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-
. gether his elect from the feur winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31.
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So will I seek oat my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have
been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 	 ire. 34: 12. 	 . Ter. 32: 39.
VOLUME XVIII. MouNosvILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, AUG. ' 11, 1898. NUMBER 32
" Be Thou in the Fear of the Lord all the
Day Long."
When you think, when you speak, when you read, when
you write,
When you sing, when you walk, when you seek for
delight
To be kept from all wrong when at home or abroad,
Live always as under the eye of the Lord.
Whenever you read, though the page may allure,
Read nothing of which you are perfectly sure
Consternation at once would be seen in your look
If God should say, solemnly, " Show me that book."
Whatever you think, never think what you feel
You would blush in the presence of God to reveal;
Whatever you say, in a whisper or clear,
Say nothing you would not like Jesus to hear.
Whatever you write, though in haste or with heed,
Write nothing you would not like Jesus to read;
Whatever you sing, in the midst of your glees,
Sing nothing that his listening ear could displease.
Wherever you go, never go where you fear
Lest the great God should ask you: " Flow camest thou
here?"
Turn away from each pleasure you'd shrink from pur-suing
If God should look down and say, " What art thou do-ing?"
	 — Selected.
The Ordinances of the New Testa-ment.
Part of a series of chapters on this subject, from a tract
written by Win. G. Schell.
WHEN THE NEW TESTAM ENT CAME INTO
FORCE.
Water baptism is one of the ordi-nances
of the New Testament, and
not, as some affirm, of the Old. We
find no trace of it, as practiced by Chris-tians,
in the Old Testament. There is no
inspired proof of its existence earlier than
John the Baptist •' with whose preaching,
as we have seen in the previous chapter,
begins the introduction of the gospel.
But concerning John's baptism, was it
from heaven, or of men? Matt. 21: 25.
It was not of his own invention, be-cause
John testified that some one had
sent him to baptize. Jno. 1: 33. From
whom did John receive his commission?
" There was a man sent from God whose
name was John."— Jno. 1: 6.
The baptism of John was approved by
all the persons in the godhead. It was
approved by Christ when he received
baptism a t the prophet's. hands. It was
approved by the Holy Ghost when he
descended upon the Savior at the time of
his baptism, in the visible form of a dove.
It was approved by the Father when he
spoke concerning his Son on the occasion
of his baptism, " This is my beloved Son,
in whom I. am well pleased."
But Jesus did not only approve the
baptism of John, he was himself the in-stitutor
of a baptism now known as
Christian baptism, which, though not
differing from the baptism of John with
respect to its mode, is administered for a
different purpose. - We read of Jesus ad-ministering
baptism in Jno. 3: 22. He
did not baptize with his own hands, but
by proxy. " Jesus made and baptized
more disciples than John ( though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples)."
— Jno. 4: 1, 2.
While the law of Moses was still stand-ing,
baptism, as well as all other princi-ples
of the doctrine of Christ, was taught
and administered unto Jews only. If,
therefore, baptism had been, as the or-dinance-
fighters affirm, abolished at the
death of Christ, no Gentile would ever
have received it.
But ordinance- fighters
We find Jesus forty days after his resur-rection,
upon the mount of Olives, just
before his ascension, commissioning his
ministers to preach and administer bap-tism
unto all nations. " Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy G- host."— Matt. 28: 19.
" Go ye into all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved."
— Mark 16: 15, 16.
Opposers of the ordinances are often
heard saying that the baptism Jesus
commissioned his ministers to administer
to all nations is spirit baptism. This
must be considered an error, for three
reasons.
1. There is nothing in the context to
show that the word baptize is used. in a
metaphoric sense, and in such cases it
On the day of Pentecost Peter taught
baptism as follows: " Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost.''— Acts 2: 38.
That he here enjoined baptism, is evi-dent
from the fact that he snakes a dis-tinction
between baptism and the recep
don. of the Holy Ghost.
In obedience to Peter's teaching, the
three thousand converted on the day of
Pentecost proceeded at once to be bap-tized.
It was water baptism that those
converts received on that day, because
they did not receive the Holy Ghost until
a later date. See Acts 4: 31.
After the persecution had driven nearly
all the members of the church from Je-rusalem,
we read that " Philip went down
to the city of Samaria, and preached
Christ unto them."— Acts
" But when they believed Philip
preaching the things concerning the king-dom
of God, and the name of Jesus
Christ, they were baptized, both men and
women."— Ver. 12.
The baptism they received at the hands
of Philip was of water, because the lan-guage
immediately following shows that
they had not received the Holy Ghost.
" Now when the apostles which were at
Jerusalem heard that Samaria had re-ceived.
the word of God, they sent unto
them Peter and John: who, when they
were come down, prayed for them, that
they might receive the Holy Ghost: ( for as
yet he was fallen upon none of them: only
they were baptized in the name of the
Lord Jesus). Then laid they their hands
on them, and they received the Holy
Ghost."— Verses 14- 17.
No man of candor can fail to see in the
above, that the Samaritans received wa-ter
baptism. They were converted. and
baptized in a meeting held by Philip, and
received the Holy Ghost in. a meeting
held by Peter and John.
Surely none can deny that the eunuch
was baptized in the water. The words of
scripture are sufficient to settle this point.
" And as they went on their way, they
came unto a certain water: and the eu-nuch
said, See, here is water; what doth
hinder me to be baptized? And
Philip said, If thou believest with all
thine heart, thou mayest. And he an-swered
and said, I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God. And he com-manded
the chariot to stand still: and
they went down both into the water,
both Philip and the eunuch; and he bap
tized him. And when - they were come
up out of the water, the Spirit of the
Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch
saw him no more: and he went on h: s
way rejoicing."— Acts 8: 36- 39.
It is also very evident that water bap
tinm was administered in the case of Paul.
For after Ananias had laid his hands on
Paul for the reception of the Holy Ghost,
he commanded him to arise and be bap-tized.
Acts 9: 17; 22: 16. And we read
of him, that, " he received sight forth-with,
and arose, and was baptized."—
Acts 9: 18.
As his baptism took place subsequent
to his reception of the Holy Ghost, how
could we draw any other sensible con-clusion
than that it was a baptism by
water?
The next instance of the teaching of
water baptism in the inspired records, we
find in the tenth chapter of Acts. It is
best set forth in. the words of scripture
itself.
" While Peter yet spake these words,
the Holy Ghost fell on them which heard
the word. And they of the circumcision
which believed were astonished, as many
as came with Peter, because that on the
Gentiles also was poured out the gift of
the Holy Ghost. For they heard them
speak with tongues, and magnify God.
Then answered Peter, Can. any man for-bid
water, that these should not be bap-tized,
which have received the Holy Ghost
as well as we? And he commanded
them to be baptized in the name of the
Lord."— V erses 44- 48.
That Peter here taught water baptism
to Cornelius and his household is too
clear to be denied by any one. They
had received the Holy Ghost, after -
which Peter asked, " Can. any man for-bid
water," etc., and then he commanded
them to be baptized.
But the ordinance- fighters claim that
about this time Peter received different
light, . by which he saw that previous to -
this time he had been in error on the
ordinance question, and that after this
date he ceased to teach and administer
Water baptism. This they gather from
his words before the church at Jerusalem,
when they held him at fault for preach-ing
unto the Gentile household of Corne-lius.
The following are the words they
thus wrest : " Then remembered I the
word of the Lord, how that he said,- John
indeed baptized with water; but ye shall
be baptized with the Holy Ghost. For-asmuch
then as God gave them the like
gift as he did unto us, who believed on
the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that
I could withstand God?"— Acts 11: 16,17.
These words the antiordinance people
regard as Peter's confession. that he had
done wrong in teaching Cornelius and
his household to be baptized; when noth-ing
of the kind is hinted at.
In the first place let it be remembered
that Peter was not faulted by the church
for teaching Cornelius to be baptized;
but as Cornelius was a Gentile, they
faulted him, saying, " Thou wentest in to
men uncircumcised, and didst . eat with
them." — Ver. 3. At that date the
church in general had not learned that
the Gentiles as well as the Jews were -
entitled to , salvation. This is more clear-ly
set forth in verse 19—" Now they
which were scattered abroad upon the
persecution that arose about Stephen
traveled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus,
and Antioch, preaching the word to
none hut unto the Jews only." Think-ing,
as the above clearly shows, that none
A ND for this cause he is the Media-
1 tor of the new testament, that by
the means of death, for the redemption
of the transgressions that were under the
first testament, they which are called
might receive the promise of eternal in-heritance.
For where a testament is,
there must also of necessity be the death
of the testator. For a testament is of
force after men are dead: otherwise it is
af• no strength at all while the testator
liveth."— Heb. 9: 15- 17.
The apostle here shows that as the will
pf a man comes into force at his death,
; i? the New- Testament came into force at
. he death of the Savior. This is the
lame date at which the Old Testament
was abolished, as we have seen in the
? receding chapter.
The claim of ordinance- fighters that
? aptism, feet- washing, and the Lord's
upper are not to be observed in the new
lispensation, because they were institu-ed
under the Old Testament, and before
he New Testament came into force, is
very weak argument, because the
whole New Testament system was, and
t necessity had to be, introduced before
to death of the Savior. As we have
een before, the New Testament came
ato force at the death of Christ, in the
ame sense teat a man's will conies into
orce at his death; and it would hardly
e proper to say an addition to a will
Tould be legal after the testator's death.
Mark shows that the introduction of
he New Testament commenced with the
aptiara of John. The following are his
cords: " The beginning of the gospel of
esus Christ, the Son of God; . . . John
id baptize in the wilderness, and preach
he baptism of repentance for the reinis-ton
of sins."— Mark 1: 1- 4.
Jesus also taught, " The law and pro-hets
were until John : since that time
le kingdom of God is preached."—
ake 16: 16.
Taking all the aforesaid thoughts into
onsideration, we are enabled to see that
doctrine of the New Testament was
itroduced between the time when John
began to cry in the wilderness, " Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,"
and the crucifixion of Christ. As the
ordinances of baptism, feet- washing, and
the Lord's supper were instituted during
that time, they are of the New Testa-ment.
THE THREE NEW TESTAMENT ORDINANCES.
BAPTISM.
are mistaken.
must always be taken in a literal sense.
2. It is to be administered by men;
and men cannot baptize with the Holy
Spirit. Holy men can pray for, and
lay their hands upon, and exercise faith
for those who are seeking; but God only
can impart the Holy Ghost.
3. The apostles understood the com-mission
in a literal sense; because we see
them throughout the book of Acts, con-tinuing
to preach and practice water bap-tism.
2
	 THE, GOSPEL TRUMPET
The Tobacco Habit.
gone on unto perfection•; that is, had not
been = sanctified. Heb. 10: 14. Paul
urges them to " go on unto perfection."
It appears also that they had to some
extent strayed away from the true doc-trine
of baptism, and. the other very es-sential
doctrines of Christianity, hence it
became necessary that these doctrines be
taught them again. How any man can
see in this the least argument against
water baptism is a mystery to me.
We believe that we have now
produced abundant evidence to convince
any teachable person that baptism is an
ordinance of the New Testament, and we
leave the subject with you in the fear of
God.
BY JENNIE C. RUTTY.
A N evil habit that often fascinates the
boys is the use of tobacco. Why it
should appear nice to them is a mystery to
me, as the very appearance of chewing and
smoking has been so repulsive to me that I
bad to exert myself to avoid indifference
toward the users of the disagreeable stuff.
Nevertheless it is true that many keys do
see something manly in chew, chew, and
spit, spit, and in smelling strong and un-pleasant.
They generally have a hard time
in learning to use it, as it makes them sick.
If they had to work half so hard to please
father as they do to become accustomed to
the filthy weed, they would think him very
unkind. So you see, they will do more
to acquire a bad habit than tkey would to
please a good friend.
Surely the Bible is true when it says
" foolishness is bound up in the heart of a
child." And shall we mothers just as firm-ly
believe that " the rod of correction shall
drive it far from him?" There is not the
decision used against these things that there
should be. If some one were to offer a
deadly poison to our children, we would rise
up in all the strength of parental love and
protect them from it: but when some one
tempts them to use the poisonous weednnany
dear parents assume the attitude of helpless-ness
and. say," Well, I suppose he will learn
some time, like the majority of bo ys do; so
there is no use feeling bad about it or making
any fuss." If parents will restrain them
until they get to years of manhood, they
may then be so well instructed in regard to
US evil workings as to count it safer and
better to " let it alone."
After it is an acquired habit it is almost
impossible to break, as its effects are all
through the system so that the entire being
craves its continuance. There are a few
who " leave off tobacco," but they are very
few. If we ask those who use it why they
do not quit its use, many will say candidly,
" I can't. I have tried it, but there is such
a craving for it, that I am in distress, till I
use it again." • Is that a fine picture of
manhood? Is that personal liberty that is
valued so highly? Dear boys, is that where
you really wish to • be all through life? Is
that your ambition while you are learning?
Is that- net bondage? and if bondage, is not
tobacco master? and if it is master, who its
the slave? Now if you were my boys and I
knew you were learning to use it, I would
keep these words in letters large in every
available place so your eyes should see them
until they rested upon heart and. mind • in
letters of fire— Tobacco Slays. Where is the
boasted manliness - of such a condition?
Bound to chew and smoke no matter how
offensive it is to father or mother, broth-ers
or sisters, wife or children. Bound to
use it and pay out money for it no matter if'
the dear ones go without sufficient food and
raiment. Must have it, when the children
are obliged to stay away from school from
. lack of shoes and books. Must have it,
although what is spent for it in a few years
would provide a comfortable home for the
dear ones. Must have it, even if it causes
all manner of disease and suffering and
makes IN ak- hands provide for a fatherless
family of little ones. Must have it, though
its use cause one to lose his soul because
he loves it mere than God. Oh, the hea-thenish
god TobacCo! How it stirs our
soul with holy indignation to - hear people
complaining about hard. times, having . no
home, no clothes, no food; and yet using
from five to fifty dollars a year for that
which does not answer for food or anything
else that is good.
but Jews were to be saved, they thought
PZere had committed an offense when he
carried the gospel to Cornelius.
En defense of what he had done, Peter
related to them how God had showed
him with the vision of the sheet knit at
the four corners that Gentiles as well
as the Jews were entitled to salvation
( verses 4- 10) ; and how God had com-manded
him to go and preach the gospel
to Cornelius ( verse 12); and how an an-gel
had appeared to Cornelius, and com-manded
him to send for Peter. Ver. 13.
Then he told how, when he was preach-ing
to Cornelius' household, God poured
out the Holy Ghost upon them. Ver.
17. After that he asks, " What was I,
that I could withstand God?" Not in-tending
by these words to convey the
idea that he had withstood God when he
had commanded Cornelius and his
household to be baptized; bat that he
would have withstood God, had he re-fused
to preach the gospel to that Gentile
family.
Ver. 18 shows that Peter's defense sat-isfied
his accusers, and is further proof
that the point in question was not water
baptism, but the salvation of the Gentiles.
" When they heard • these things, they
held their peace, anal. glorified God, say-ing,
Then hath God also to the Gentiles
granted repentance unto life."— Ver. 18.
Neither do Peter's words in verse 16,
" Then remembered I the word of the
Lord," etc., show, as they affirm, that
Peter on that occasion found out that he
had been wrong in teaching baptism; for
immediately after these words came to
his mind, which was at the time the
Holy Ghost fell upon Cornelius and his
household ( Read carefully verses 15, 1G.),
he commanded them to be baptized in
water. Acts 10: 44- 48.
Another point worthy of mentioning
here is, that nineteen years after these
words of the Lord came into Peter's
mind, in his first general epistle, he
teaches water baptism to be an essential
ordinance of the New Testament. See
1 Pet. 3: 21. So it is very evident that
Peter never received any new light on
the subject of baptism, causing him
to turn antiordinance. But evidences
from every direction prove the Quaker
theories false.
We will cite one more instance of the
administration of water baptism. We
read of twelve brethren at Ephesus who
were converted and baptized by Apollos,
a disciple of John. Acts 18: 24- 28; 19:
3- 7. Apollos at that time knew nothing
of the coming of the Savior, because we
read that he knew " only the baptism of
John."— Acts 18: 25.
After Apollos had closed his meeting,
and had : left Ephesus, " Paul having
passed through the upper coasts came to
Ephesus; and finding certain disciples
[ They were those twelve converts of
Apollos.], he said. unto them, Have ye
received the Holy Ghost since ye be-lieved?
And they said unto him, We
have not so much as heard whether there
be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto
them, Unto what then were ye baptized?
And they said, Unto John's baptism.
Then said Paul, John verily baptized
with the baptism of repentance, saying
unto the people, that they should be-lieve
on , him which should come after
him, that is, on Christ Jesns. When
they heard this they were baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus. And when
Paul had laid his hands upon them, the
Holy Ghost came on them ; and they
spake with tongues, and prophesied."—
Acts 19: 1- 6.
The foregoing language shows clearly
that the twelve Ephesians had been bap-tized
unto John's baptism, but now they
were baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus; that is, received Christian bap-tism;
and apart from both these bap-tisms,
when Paul laid his hands upon them
they received the Holy Ghost. Surely
none would deny that water baptism
was applied in_ their case.
We sometimes hear ordinance- opposers
say, " Water baptism is of John, there-fore,
properly‘ lended with John's mis-sion."
We will admit that John's bap-tism
did end with his mission. But- the
fact that the Ephesians were rebaptized.
under Paul's instructions, and perhaps
by his own. hands, when they heard his
explanation of the difference between
John's baptism and Christian baptism,
proves that the renowned apostle him-self
understood that there was a Water
baptism that did not begin and end. with
John the Baptist.
Ordinance- fighters makei great hobby
of Paul's words in the first chapter of 1
Corinthians. But, as with other scrip-tures,
they place a different construction
upon them from that intended by
Paul. Surely it would not be sensible
to conclude that this great apostle taught
against baptism in his first- epistle to the
Corinthians, when his Roman epistle,
written. a year later, clearly sets forth
baptism as a Christian ordinance. See
Rom. 6: 4. Paul did not say, " I thank
God that I baptized none of you, but
Criepus and Gains ( 1 Cor. 1: 14.)" be-cause
he had received new light on the
subject of, baptism; but he himself as-signs
his reason for so saying, with his
very next breath: " Lest any should say
that I had baptized in mine own name."
— Ver. 15.
His words, " Christ sent me not to
baptize, but to preach the gospel" ( verse
11), prove nothing in favor of the antior-dina.
nce heresy. If he was not sent to
administer baptism, he was sent to preach
the gospel, and was therefore sent to
preach baptism; for baptism is a part of
the gospel. If he had never baptized a
single individual by his own hands, yet
preached baptism, the arguments still lie
on the side of baptism. But Paul testi-fiesin
the context that he did baptize
Crispns and Gains, and the household of
Stephanas. This proves that, though he
was not specially sent to baptize, when-ever
there were no other brethren present
to administer baptism, he did the work
himself. So in this as in all other in-stances,
the Quaker theory fades into
Ileb. 6: 1, 2 is also used by the ander-dinance
people against the doctrine of
baptism. The text reads as follows:
" Therefore leaving the principles of the
doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto per-fection;
not laying again the foundation
of repentance from dead works, and of
faith toward God, of the doctrine of bap-tisms,
and of laying on of hands, and of
resurrection of the dead, and of eternal
judgment."
By carefully studying these verses in
connection with the last three verses of
the previous chapter, we clearly see that
Paul classes the doctrine of baptism with
the first principles of the doctrine of
Christ; but no more so than repentance,
faith toward God, resurrection of the
dead, and the eternal judgment. If
therefore Paul is to be understood to
teach against baptism in Ileb. 6: 1,2, then
also we are to understand Min to teach
against the resurrection of the- dead, the
laying on of hands, and the general judg-ment;
and. also repentance and faith
toward God. This would make him a
rank infidel. Surely ordinance- fighters
have not fully analyzed this twist of the
inspired writings before they advanced
it. 	 .
Observe also that Paul tells the He-brews,
" Ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles of the
oracles of God."— lieb. 5: 12. So Paul
thought it was necessary that the Hebrew
brethren have the doctrine-' of baptism,
with the other Christian doctrines men-tioned
above, taught to them again.
This does not sound very much like a
refutation of baptism. Nay, it estabishes
it more and. more as a Christian ordi-nance.
The true teaching of Paul unto the
Hebrews, in the texts cited above, might
be summed up as follows: The Hebrew
brethren had been converted, but had not
" Well," says one, " it is work, worn,
work, all the time to provide for the family
and one ought to have a little pleasure ee
he goes along. My tobacco is great cone
parry tome." now is that? I never heard
any one say that their food and drink were
great, company to them. , If it is the move-
- ment of the- month in chew, chew, and spit,
spit, you might use elm bark, or wheat, or
corn, or anything else that is good and.
nourishing. You say, can't; for : noth_
ing suits me but tobacco." Now ow you
not see, dear boys, that it is the effect of
chewing - that is pleasurable just the same as
the effect al drinking liquor is pleasurable to -
the drunkard? Yes, many are really tobac-co
drunkards. As the effect of liquor upon
the human system while pleasurable for a
short time, is very injurious, so also is to-bacco;
for its use creates a craving for it
that can not be satisfied by anything else,
and to a degree impairs the system and pre-vents
- the natural working of different parts.
We are sorry to be obliged to write so plain-ts,
about this pet and idol of many of our
sons, and yet facts are facts, and, it may do
some good to state them plainly.
Come, boys, let us stand Mr. Tobacco up
- for trial, and see what the evidence is
enninst him, and if there is sufficient to
convict him as a fraud, a swindle, and a
murderer, then we Nall all bid him good- by
and choose a better friend. We will have
volunteer witnesses and. and lay the case
before an the boys of the world as jurymen. -
II; is a great case, greater than if all the
wealth of the world were at stake; for there
are souls, virtue, loved ones, prosperity and
tife of many depending upon the decision
of our sons. N ow let the boys talk. Who
will be the ti • it, witness? That is right,
john, we Ns- ill be glad to hear what you have
to say about Mr. Tobaeco. 	 •
John. My father is a great band to fig-ure
up the cost of everything, as he says
that is business. One day I asked him how
longsehe had used tobacco. lie said: " Just
forty yeare last Chriettnan Would you
Like to know how much it has ( wet me? I
eounted it up on New Years day when 4-
tiring up our expenses. Of course I can
not be very exact as I don't just remem-ber
what I used at first. I was fifteen years
old when IThele John gave me the first
chew on Christmas when mother and I
went to her father's for dinner, Uncle
John and. I were in the barn looking around
when he took out his tobacco and took a
chew, saying, ' I guess you're about as big
as I was when I began to chew. How
would ' you. like to have a taste?' I said,
` Mother does not want me to learn.' He
laughed, mid broke off a piece and put it
in my pockets saying, ' Now when you want
to you can.' We walked around the barn
yard talking, and when he took his next
chew I took just a little nibble at mine, and
so on until dinner was called. I did not feel
just right, but went in to dinner, and just
as soon as I entered the warm room and
smelled the victuals, I turned dizzy and
faint and went back to the barn and oh,
how sick I was! No Christmas dinner with
grandpa and grandma and no Christmas
supper with father and mother, but a long
miserable day just able to drive home for
mother and then go to bed and have her
wait on me most all night.. But I kept
chewing a little every week until I could.
chew as big as anybody. At first ten cents
a week Vas all it cost me. Mother bad
been giving me that much a week for build-ing
fires in the morning; so I could have
something of my own. to give for Sunday-school
and mission purposes— as I had done.-
until I learned to chew. Then it went for
tobacco; so that was about five dollars , a-year.
Then when I went to school in town
I chored for my board and was given fifty
cents a week for spending money. I used
this for candy and. tobacco; but most of it
went for tobacco, as I had so learned to
love it that I would rather have it than
candy. - That was when I was seventeen.
So we . will count that year $ 15 and that
amount for my eigliteenth and nineteenth
years. I remember - quite well that in my
twentieth year I spent just $ 20 for tobacco;
and was quite proud of it. After that it.
was about $ 25, until my thirtieth year, when
it was t30, and about that much for anima-,
her of years; and now for the last ten- years'
it has been about $ 40. So I counted it up,
and I had spent $ 1,175." NOW, boys, that
was just enough to buy a farm that father.
wanted to purchase for me, but could not, es
he did not think it right to mortgage the •
home to do so. I laughed when father told
me how much tobacco had cost him, and
told him he had " chewed tip my earim a He
- said, " Yes, it . has been a tough job; for I
bare chewed myself sick several times.
That last sickness was caused by the tobac-co
in my system, the doctor said; and he
advised me to stop if possible: but here I
am,. bound to it by fetters I can't break.
That sickness cost me a hundred dollars,
beside all your mother's hard work and
care; but if all this will only influence you
to let it alone I shall be satisfied." I told
my father I had heard sonic preachel. s claim
that religion could stop the use of tobacco
by taking away the appetite. I soon
noticed him reading the Bible more than
usual, and. then when summer came he
went to a camp meeting, and came home
praising God for freedom from tobacco ;
because the appetite for it wee all gone.
Then he wanted me to promise hin t that I
would never use it. lie said that if I would
not use it, when I became twenty- five years
old he would give me all I saved thereby, at
compound interest at ten per cent. I have
counted it up and. it will be a little over
$ 300 if used just as he used it. Now $ 300
is a good large sum ; is. spend to look like
others, who might, make fun about being
" goody, goody boy." Don't you thuds so,
boys?
Thank you, John, for your nice little talk
and for the figures you gave that are stronger
than words. Now, boys, how many of you
think this evidence counts one against Mr.
Tobacco on the line of finance? Why! we
can not count all your hands; so we are
sure it carries, and a great many of you will
think many times before you will agree to
chew up that much money for nothing
hut pain and. sorrow. If you worked for a
dollar a day at hard farm labor, you would
have to work just one year to make up the
loss for chewing until yon were tweittv- five
years old. Oh, how awful! to waste our
lives in such mire, Now who conies next as
a witness in this ease? Oh, here is Dr.
Smith's son Henry ready with a testimony.
Henry. Yes, boys, I tun always ready
to give a word against old Tobacco. As
my father is a doctor, he tells mo sonic.
things that aro real interesting, and some-times
tries experiments. ' Tobacco is a plant
that wag found growing here when Ameriiiitt
was discovered. It has been one of its chief
articles of agriculture and commerce, but
is now cultivated in nearl y every civilized
country. There is a story told of the early
settlers buying their wives of the London
Company for a hundred pounds of teacco
ty cents a pound, for eachone. Then
rds it was 150 pounds. I often
Auk of this when 1 see girls taking up
with lovers who ( thew and smoke when
there are far better ones who do not use
tobacco. It seems as if they must like it
some way, even though they say they do not.
Father says it is agreed among scientific
amen that toleteeo in all its forms contains a
very strong poison, and there are from two
to seven pounds of this nicotine poison to
every hundred rounds of dry leaf tobacco.
Father keeps a small bottle of this poison,
and one day as we were riding in the coun-try
we saw several boys just ready to kill a
snake. Father called to them to wait a
moment, and we drove up close and he got
out and held the snake with sticks and. then
told one of the boys to spit his tobacco
juice into its mouth. What do you think
happened to it? it just twitched a little,
half uncoiled its body, and never moved
again. It was dead. in an instant. The
boys looked so surprised that father asked
them if they had anything they wanted
killed real easy, and one- boy said, " Yes,
there is a stray cat that catches chickens "
• 8o father told him to get it quick, and in
a few moments he returned with it. Fatn-er
said it was too bad to a cat, but may
be some one might learn a lesson that would
save some one's life, and therefore he would
do it. He took out his bottle of , nicotine
oil and put two drops on the cat's tongue,
and it was dead in just three minutes by
my watch. Then father told the boys that
every pound. of tobacco contained 320
grains of nicotine, and one grain would kill
a large dog just as ( pick as the cat had
been killed. The boys were so interested
that father told. them to come to our house
and he would show them something more.
So they came last Saturday, and he had a
couple of frogs; several mice' and. rats, a
snake, and several birds. We called in our
neighbors, and had- quite a time observing
different Tugs. AA small piece of wood
covered with nicotine oil and placed in a
small wound in a bird's leg made it fall in-sensitle
in a few seconds, and another one
vomited when a little oil was touched to its
muscles. The rats. and mice acted very
strangely when father pierced them with
his penknife that had a little oil on it.
Some vomited, others were too sick' to
stand, and one fell over dead. Then father
took a needle and thread that had been
dipped in the oil, and ran it through the
skin of a frog, and in a few - moments it was
dead; hut it acted like a drunken - person,
vomiting, hopping about as fast as possible;
and then lying clown and twitching awfully
for a moment, and then became insensible
and soon was dead. When . father egot
through, the boys all looked sober, and he
asked them what they were going to do
about it. Two of the boys said firmly: " I'll
never chew again; for if that awful poison
is in the body it can't help doin g us harm
some time." Several of my nei ghbor friends
did not speak; for they were wondering if
they could give it up. The next day two of
them told me they were trying hard, and
if they succeeded they were going to make
my father a nice present. It is almost a
week now and they say they have not taken
a single chew. I believe they will come out
all right; for I told my mother about them
and she talked to their mothers concerning
it, and. so every morning they pray together
for the boys. I never knew before how
mothers hate to have their boys use to-baeco.
Well, Henry, I am real glad to hear - you
speak so plainly and strong about this
matter. And now, boys, what will you do
with this testimony? Shall we count it one
against Tobacco? " Yes, yes, yes," I hear
you say. Suppose those who doubt these ex-periments
try them for themselves, and
then they will be ready to give their voice
against Mr. Tobacco. Well, boys, who
speaks next?
Charles. I am Charles, the dentist's son.
My father has been a dentist twenty- five
years. He says that. people talk nonsense
when they say that tobacco preserves the
teeth; for the worst teeth that he- has to
care for are those whose owners are forever
chewing tobacco. He says that the reason
they do not have toothache is because the
poison of tobacco contains creosote-- that
deadens the nerves so that they do not feel
the pain of their badly diseased and decayed
teeth; for they are even worse than others,
as the tobacco injures the gums, and linings
of the stomach and bowels, and therefore
affects the teeth, making. them wear out
faster. Several physicians of renown have
asserted that the use of tobacco, because of
its poisonous and relaxing qualities, is posi-tively
injurious to the teeth, and most phy-sicians
agree with them. The teeth of to-bacco-
users are a dark- brown instead of a
pretty white; for the tendency of tobacco,
either in smoke or juice, is to darken what
ever it comes in contact with. My father
keeps two boxes for the teeth he pulls, and
whenever he takes out a tooth he asks the
man if he uses tobacco, and if he does, the
tooth is put in the tobacco box, and yell
ought to see the difference between them
and the others. Father says to every boy
who comes into the office, " Do you want to
see my specimens?" And thenhe gets out
the two boxes. You ought to see them
look. Father says it is a good object les-son.
We1i, Charles, we are very glad: to know
about the teeth; for we often hear people-say
they use tobacco to keep their teeth
sound and- white, but we see they are mis-taken.
What shall we do with this evidence
presented against Mr. Tobacco? Shall it
count one against him? As most of you say,
" Yes," we • will - count it one: as- Prom the
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Is One Your Master, Even Christ?
119: 45), walks at liberty, and is freed,
from every ignoble servitude. " If the Son
therefore shall make you free, ye shall
be free intieed."— Jno. 8: 3G. There is in-our
town a penitentiary- where individuals
who disobeyed the laws of the land now
obey with promptness the guards placed
over them. In the moral world, those
who disobey God's word and will not ac-cept
the easy yoke of Christ, in time be-come
the unwilling vassals of Satan.
The man who will not heed the reason-able
and loving admonition to " be tem-perate,"
a few years hence will go to the
most humiliating extremes to obey the
awful cravings that rule him. Many
despise the word of truth, and will not
walk in the light thereof. " For this
cause God. shall send them strong delu-sions,
that. they should believe a lie, that
they all might be damned who believed
not the truth, but had pleasure in un-righteousness."=
2 Thess. 2: 11, 11
Yet God " will have all men to be saved,
anti tas come unto the knowledge of the
truth "- 1 Tim. 2: 4. Sinner, be wise!
It is common for one to consider him-self
capable of being his own master.
God knows best, and he says, by the
mouth or Jeremiah, " It is not in man
that walketh to direct his steps."— Jer.
10,23 " Cursed is the Man that trusteth
in man, and ma. keth flesh his arm, and
whose , heart departeth from the Lord.
. . . Blessed is the man that trusteth in
the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is."
—. Ter. 17: 5- 7. - " One is your Master,
even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
And call no man your father upon the
earth: for one is your Father, which is
ine heaven."— Matt. 23 : 8, 9.
For years the writer served the enemy
of nil righteousness, until, ruined in body
and spirit, sin brought him within. the
very threshold of death. With. an , eter-nity
among the damned - staring him in
the face, he yet was made to realize the
justice of God were he . to be forever ban-ished
from his presence. In this hour of
dire extremity the Good Shepherd
sought for the sheep that had gone
astray, and finding it bleeding, wounded
to death, carried it tenderly back to the
fold. With infinite lore and patience he
nursed it back to life. In time I grew
stong in the grace which is in Christ
Jesus, for he gave me not the spirit of
fear, but of power, and of love, and of a
sound mind. 2 Tim. 1: 7. Then he
said, " Behold, thou art made whole: sin
no more, lest a worse thing come unto
thee. "— Jno. 5 : 11. Most gladly was the
old bondage to sin exchanged for the
glorious liberty of the sons of ' God.
" Blessing, and honor, and glory, and
power, be unto him that sitteth on the
throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and
ever." " I had rather be a door- keeper
in the house of my God, than to dwell in
the tents of wickedness. For the Lord
God is a sun and a shield: the Lord. will
give grace and glory: no good thing will
he withhold from them that walk up-rightly."—
Ps. 81: 10, 11.
FAITH.
uals either did not understand the law of
faith or failed to observe some of its re-quirements.
The law of faith is a - puz-zle
or mystery to all who do not under-stand
the rule of action by which it is
governed. Many a puzzle has been
worked by those wha did not understand
the law governing the same, but they -
accidentally, met all the requirements
thereof and the desired results were ob-tained.
Afterward they tried again and
again and a failure was ; the only result.
Did their failure disprove the law of that
puzzle? By no means; it , only proved
their ignorance of its law. If I did not
understand the law of a gun, but I would
first put in the powder, then tamp in
a wad., then the shot, place a cap on
the tube, draw back the hammer, pull
the trigger, the gun would be dis-charged.
Why? Because every condi-tion
governing the law of the gun was
complied with.' Yet if I fully understood
the law of the gun, and I should first
tamp in a wad, put in the powder, then
the shot, I might snap a Whole box of
caps and no discharge, because I - have
not complied with the law governing the
same.
You may wonder why it was so easy
to have faith at certain times, and so
difficult at other times. Again, you
have asked for something, and you had
faith to receive it at once. Again, you
have prayed for years for a similar thing
and could have no faith to receive, and
knew no reason why you were favored
- in one and denied in the other. The
secret is this, The law of faith was ob-served
in one and not in the other. I
was asked by a doctor why some got
healed and others failed? The reply, in
substance, was, " Those being healed
observed the law of faith by meeting all
its requirements, while those failing failed
to observe some condition mentioned in
the law of faith."
But what are the conditions required
in the law of faith? Answer: The re-quirements
in God's word corresponding
with the promises that are to be be-lieved.
Sometimes people are very sure
they have met all the conditions req-uisite
to faith, then fully believed the
promises, and still receive nothing.
Where is the trouble? Not in the law
of ' faith, not in the promises of God.
But some condition is not complied with
correctly, and if not correctly, it is not
complied with at all. Yes, but their
will was good, and they intended to meet
every condition exactly right. Well,
even so with the man who put the wad
in the gun before the powder. He
meant well, but his gun would not fire.
Good- meaning folks do not always get
what they want when they sometimes
fail to observe the law of faith. " But
grace and glory will he give, and no
good thing will he withhold from them
that walk uprightly." " Have faith in
God." The man or woman that under-stands
the law of faith can always have
from God what they will, when they
meet God's requirements. ' If ye abide
in me, and my words abide in you, ye
shall ask what ye will and it shall be
done unto you." But remember his
word does not abide in. ns when we fail
to meet the conditions corresponding
with theftromise that contains the thing
desired.
There is no possible ground for { Us-co-
aragement to the one failing to obtain
when he clearly understands the principle
of the law of faith, it remains only for
him to reach out and trust God to reveal
the hindrances. When these are removed
faith will grasp the promises as nicely as
a cable grip ever laid hold of a cable,
, and the desired results are sure to follow
the law of faith.
But unto you that fear my name shall
the Sun of righteousness arise with heale
ing in his wings; and ye stall go forth,
and grow up as calves Sef the 44,- 1041.
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EY R. ROTHMAN.
E ACH human being has his- master.
The unfortunate drunkard is mas-tered
by appetite, the licentious by lust,
the covetous by greed, the ambitious by
the world, the, sectarian by traditions of
men, and all sinners by the Devil. 1
Jno. 3: 8. The one who happily accepts
Jesus Christ alone as his Master, and
seeks and obeys his commandments ( 1) a,
BY G. L. COLE.
F AITH is an important factor in the
redemption plan from sin to salvation,
and is equally as important in the retain-ing
as in the obtaining of this divine
favor. Faith is not a blind system of
chancery, but being based upon the word
of God, it has a specific law or rule of
action. The cause or principle from
which a series of actions proceed is said
to be law, hence we read of the " law of
faith." " Where is boasting then? it is
excluded. By what law? of works? nay:
but by the law of faith."— Itorn. 3: 27.
The result of faith must follow when all
the conditions of faith are fully complied
with, else there could be no law of faith,
and. repeated failures upon the part of
individuals endeavoring to exercise faith
do not disprove the genuineness of its
law, but - only prove that those individ-
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fessed what she had done, and told how
she had been immediately healed. And
Jesus told her to go in peace, and said,
" Thy faith hath made thee whole.' ►
Others touched him, no doubt, and
rubbed against hiM and stood about him;
but this - ivoman just simply touched hini,
and the work was done. This is a good
illustration of how many people pray.
They pray all around and about the Lord,
and at him, and seemingly botherhim with
many words, when some one else will
quietly ask, and offer a few words of the
prayer of faith, and receive that for which
they ask, to the astonishment of those
who have been making such loud supple
cations. It is not always the long
prayers that prevail, but the prayer of
fai th.
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Men fail to see the beauty of the
organization of God's church. They fail
to comprehend that it is organized at all.
Jesus said, " My kingdom is not of this
world." If we can grasp the meaning
of this text, we can then understand that
the church of God needs no such limita-tions
of men as rules for receiving and
taking in members, creeds stating what
principles of the word of God we believe,
conferences for the appointment and
regulation of the circuits of preachers,
etc. All business pertaining to the gov-ernment
of God's church comes within
the realm and jurisdiction of the aoly
Spirit, and he is abundently able for the
same. The government of God's church,
if left to man, becomes disorganized.
Men have attempted such an organiza-tion,
and hence the multiplicity of sects
in the world to- day. To be sure they
each have, as a separate body, their
organization; but the human has the
ascendeney over the divine, and the Holy
Spirit is ruled out. And if we look
through this confused mass for the
' organization of God's church, where, oh,
where, do we see it? We are, compelled
to take the stand that not one of these
organizations is the church of God,
neither is the whole mass taken togeth-er.
But where God's people reject all
creeds and organizations of men and take
the word of God just as it is, then they
constitute a body that admits of all other
children of God; salvation becomes the
walls, Christ : becomes the door, the gov-ernment
then rests upon his shoulder.
Then only do we see the church of God;
then only does she stand out clear on
the gospel plane of truth; then only does
her unity appear— the feature which is so
necessary to convince men that Jesus is
the Christ, the Savior of the world.
MOUNDSVILLE CAMP MEETING.
We are glad to report concerning the
dealings of the Lord and his blessings
bestowed upon his people at the Mounds-ville
camp meeting. Heavy rains fell
for ceveral days at the beginning, thus
making the crowds not quite so large as
they would have been otherwise, and also
the advertising of the meeting being sent
out so late, a number of the brethren did
not get the announcement in time; how-ever,
a number of saints from various
parts of the United States and many
earnest inquirers after the truth were in
attendance; also several ministers, who
presented the ' truth in all its purity.
This being a comparatively new place for
the preaching of the full gospel, the doc-trines
were new- to most of the people;
and as the weather became more favor-able
towards the close, e oaf the Meetings
the crowds began to increase and a great
interest was manifested among the peo-ple,
and it was decided on the last night
of- the meeting to continue a few days
longer; and at this writing, Aug. 8, the
meeting is still in progress, and we ex-pect
it to continue with great results for
God. It has thus far been a real model
camp meeting, all things common The
large hall, seating a few thousand peo-ple,
and lighted with electricity, was
kindly furnished us free for this camp
meeting. No collections were taken, no
gate fees charged, but the Lord provided
the means for both boarding- house and
other expenses.
There were a number of consecration
services during the day meetings, and
some at night, but the night meetings
were principally for presenting the doc-trinal
points to the people. Many souls
were made free through the power of
the gospel.
Quite a. number of people have been
healed. Among them was Sister Sloan,
from Pennsylvania, whose eyes were
greatly affected through sickness about
four years ago, insomuch that' she was
unable to read common print with her
glasses. They continued to grow worse,
until a few weeks before she came she
could scarcely read her coarse- print
Bible. She felt within bar heart that
she would be healed at this meeting, and
was not disappointed. After being
prayed for according to the word of God
the healing virtue went forth through
her : eyes, and shortly after she took a
fine- print Testament and could read very
readily without her glasses, which was
impossible for her to do before. There
were also a number of other special cases
of healing, and to God be all the glory.
On Friday Aug. 5, was the day set
apart for fasting and prayer in behalf of
the publishing work. This was indeed a
precious day. Messages were sent forth
by the power of God through his minis-tering
servants concerning the publishing
work and the spread of the gospel.
Some of the earliest papers of THE Gos-pel,
Timer= were presented and shown
to the audience, also the paper called The
Herald of Goye. l Freedom, which was
published in the year 1878 and 1879.
During the year 1880 arrangements were
made to stop its publication and publish
THE Gospet Teuerea. It was encourag-ing
to the people to learn of the growth
of the publishing work, and to see the
papers that had been printed on a hand-press,
and to learn of the many testing
times through which it had gone, and
how it had passed through scenes of
great opposition and persecution, and yet
God had constantly had. his hand upon
the work and carried it through to the
present time. Even though now it has
just been passing through the most severe
tests, yet the Lord is enabling us to push
the battle, and the name of the Lord is
glorified, and the outlook is encouraging
through faith in Jesus Christ. About
one year ago we saw that it was a case
of necessity to pat up a very large office-building
and take the buildings then in
uses for a boarding- house or build a
large boarding- house and an addi-tional
office. But the way seemed to be
hedged up on every hand for building in
Grand Junction. The proper building
place could not be procured. Lots that
would have been appropriate were re-fused
to us with the statement that they
could not be bought for " love nor
money." Every department seemed to
be crowded for lack of room. We were
also lacking places for workers to room
who expected to come soon. There
seemed to be no extra rooms to rent just
at that time. Every plan and effort to
build there seemed to be defeated.
While considering these things seriously,
a brother wrote us concerning the out-look
for a place at Moundsville, IV.
Pa., although we had never thought of
moving so far east; but as our way
seemed so hedged up there, we began to
realize that it was the hand of the Lord
in order that we might get into a more
suitable place for the work.
The building we now have is almost
complete as an office- building, except ex-cavating
a portion of the basement. We
had counted the cost of building at Grand
Junction $ 5,000, and it will take no less
amount here. That, with the other ex-penses
and machinery needed, will
amount to several thousand dollars more.
NVe have but a temporary boarding-house,
which will be suitable only until
cold weather, and we shall not expect to
build until we can pay for the same, as
we desire to do a strictly cash business.
There were no collections, nor asking the
people for the money, but a statement of
some of these things was made in order
that the prayer of faith might be sent up
in behalf of the same. And. special
prayer was offered, also in behalf of the
work in India and in other foreign coun-tries;
and we feel confident that the time
is near at hand that the work will go
forth many fold more rapidly than it is
at the present time. We are praising
God for his wonderful blessings, and are
well satisfied in our new home for the
publishing work, feeling that it is by the
direction of the Lord.
FAITH.
44NOW faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen."-- lleb. 11: 1. " Without
faith it is impossible to please God."
To have faith in God is to take his Word
and believe it, and to realize that when
his word goes forth it is God speaking,
and - when faith and the Word go to-gether
in perfect unity something is sure
to be done.
In the case of the centurion who came
to Jesus in behalf of his servant who was
sick, the case was laid before the Master
of the sickness of the servant, and Jesus
said, " I will come and heal him."
But now the centurion felt that he was
not worthy to have the Master come tin-der
his roof, but told him that he was a
man of authority, and had soldiers under
him, and said to one, Go, and he goeth;
and to another, Come, and he comet- h;
and said. to his servant, Do this, and he
doeth it. By this he wanted to show
that what he said he meant, and that
when he gave a command he meant that
that command should be fulfilled. And
now he had come to one who was able
to give a command that would cause the
work to be done which was desired. So
he said, " Speak the word only, and my
servant shall be healed." He believed
that when Jesus spoke the word, the
work would be done just as surely as he
knew that anything would be done that
he would tell his own servants to do.
Jesus said: " I have not found so great
faith, no, not in Israel. . . . Go thy way;
and as thou hest believed, so be it done
unto thee. And his servant was healed
in the selfsame hour."— Matt. 8: 10, 13.
Another case of simple faith was
shown in the woman who came pushing
her- way through the crowd of people
who were standing around about Jesus,
desiring that she might get near enough
so as to touch his garment. She had
been a sufferer for many years with a
bloody issue. And she said in her heart,
if she could only touch the hem of his
garment she would be made whole, and
be healed of her plague. She had
spent all her living upon physicians, but
could not be healed by any. But as she
came behind Jesus and touched the bor-der
of his garment, her issue of blood was
immediately stopped. Jesus asked who
touched him, when, doubtless, Peter said,
" Master, the multitude throng thee, and
press thee, and askest thou, Who touched
me?" No doubt many of them were
touching him in various ways, but theirs
was not the touch of faith. Jesus knew
that virtue had gone forth out of him,
and he said, " Somebody hath touched
me, for I perceive that virtue is gone
out of me." And then the woman con-
— From " The & cut of Starattoto
The Trial of Faith.
is a weapon of warfare, the
I shield which wards off the darts of
nv, but. there are times when this
shield must be trW. When the attacks
of the enemy are tierce to the utmost,
the one who wields this weapon must do
it boldly, knowing that there is a power
emanating from heaven which enables a.
resistance against tin 	 sev
of the opposing elements round about,
There must be a determination on
part of the soldier for Christ to go
through with
Christ enthroned within, meeting
oppositions of Lire enemy, passing
through fiery trials, and enduring hard-ships
and I . does not take
away the this is the victory,
even our faith. It is our privilege to
have the vietory battle
begins, and to co it ialtle to bar
hottest Con 1 lc t with the enemy, when
Satan is raging with all his
every hand. 	 1nt1 n lu n the shield
faith is constantly held up and we an
moving on the perfeet line of truth, the
conflict end with glorious
Sometimes from an outward appearance,
and were one to go by feelings in the
matter, it might seem that defeat
not be avoided. Ilut as the true follow-er
of ' God does not walk by feelings, but
by faith, ho has the assurance that as
long as his faith is centered on Okrist, he
has the victory through Christ, and all
the powers of Satan are unable to make
a passage through the presence of God;
and his presence is round about us as a
wall of salvation. Oh, how precious to
be hid away in the secret of his presence,
abiding under the shadow of the Al-mighty!
" Knowing this, that the trying of
your faith worketh patience. But let
patience have her perfect work, that you
may be perfect and entire, wanting
nothing."— Jas. 1: 3, 4. Truly, we can
be true to God in time of trial, and it
will result : in rich experiences, and we be
entire, - wanting nothing, and better fitted
for what : is before us. Again, the apos-tle
says, " The trial of your faith being
much more precious than of gold that
perisheth, though it be tried with fire,
might be found unto praise and honor
and glory at the appearing of Jesus
Christ." Then when a people are true
to God in all things, and passing through
severe trials, we know they are getting
much gold, yet something more precious
than gold. They are having experiences
that will strengthen the soul, and enable -
them to stand more firm, and rejoice in
the glory of God. " For our light afflic-tion,
which is but for a moment, worketh
for us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory; while we look not at
- the things which are sen, but athe
things which Are not seen: for the
things which are seen are temporal; -
but the things which are not seen are
eternal."—. 2 Cor. 4: 17, 18. Faith then
enables us to look beyond the realm of
human vision, and lay hold upon things_
unseen. It enables us to grasp the eter--
nal promises of God; and as- we get e
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
The Mareionites at a later peri d
adopted the practice of baptizing a living
person for a dead one, doubtless because
they regarded that as the meaning of
the text. But we are informed that
generally it was unknown in the church.
A. L. B.
sure foothold upon them, their solid foun-dation,
and the truths implanted in the
heart, we learn not to stagger when
things are swept away from before our
eyes, but continue looking unto Jesus
Christ, who is the author and finisher of
our faith. And when we learn just
what he has promised, and then learn to
lay hold upon these promises, with per-fect
submission to his will in all things,
and a determination to go through, our
souls will take a wonderful advance, and
our pathway will be crowned with vic-tory
all the way along.
— Prom The Secret of Salvation."
Questions Answered.
Phase explain 1 Cor. 15: 29. " Else what shall they do
which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at
all? why are they then baptized for the dead?" Was
there a faction that did practice baptizing the living for
The dead? 	 M. A. E. C.
The apostle used this as a strong argu-ment
for the resurrection of the dead,
based on the resurrection of Christ,
which theme takes up the whole of the
chapter. The plainest and most sensible
interpretation of this text is what fol-lows:
Reference is here made to those
who were from time to time being bap-tized
according to the New Testament
ordinance, in which the Corinthians were
believers. Baptism. has the double
signification of a present death to sin and
new life in Christ, and also a future res-urrection
of the Way. The apostle
argued, " If the dead rise not, then. is
Christ not raised; your faith is vain; ye
ere yet in your sins." They were be-lievers
in the death and resurrection of
Christ. Now he argues from their belief
in baptism, which of course was in the
name of Christ. As the resurrection of
the body is the crowning work of our sal-vation,
therefore baptism, as the symbol
or testimon y of our salvation, is the
token of With the spiritual resurrection
and the coming la of the body.
Those who were b: zed were baptized
for ( or in Med or) 	 dead in the sense
of witnessing fbr their haptiSM that
there %% amid be a surreetion for
those in their graves. The baptism of
living bespeaks a venting resurrec-tion
t. hose ' Who ate deettl, hence t he
in tvhia` lt t he bal. is " for the
A REQUEST.
I am requested by some of the dear
saints to send my address in through the
Tnumerr, so that they can keep posted
as to - where I am, as they desire _ to
help me to spread this blessed gospel by
sending in their little mite as the Lord
may prosper. I also want to thank all
the dear ones who have so kindly aided
the in sending forth so much literature.
May God bless each one and reward us
all ' in the salvation of many precious
souls for our hire. One brother has sent
me $ 5.00. I praise the Lord for it all,
as it goes broadcast over the land. Dear
ones, let us pray the prayer of real faith
that it may bring forth much fruit for
the glory of God. Some of it I expect
to send to dark Egypt just as soon as I
hear from the brother there. My ad-dress
is now 516 East Fourth St.,
Topeka, Kans. Eliza. Chezem.
THE CHILDREN'S HOME.
South Haven, Mich.
To the Saints of God: I am praising
God for the privilege of talking to you
through the columns of the GOSPEL
Timmer once more; also I am praising
God for his mighty saving and keeping
power. Now we wish to talk a little
about the Children's Home at Grand
Junction. I am receiving many letters
regarding the home, and wish to say that
there is no reason why the Home should
not be made a grand success, and a real
blessing to the work of the Lord, as there
are some dear men of God who are called
to preach the gospel but are hindered
because they have no place or home for
their children. Now what we need is a,
consecrated brother and his wife who
have the ability, and qualifications for
local parents to the children. We want
some one who is saved, with a sweet,
gentle spirit, one that has God- given.
government, one who is kind and firm
without partiality, one who can say yes
and inean yes, no and mean no, one that
may be depended upon. If you are di-rected
by the Lord, you will find. it a
pleasant work. e also need one or two
teachers, owing to the'number of chil-dren.
We are not calling for a preacher
for this work, but some saved and well
qualified sister who has or is able to get
a teachers' license. The school will last
nine months out of the year. - We can
not offer a salary, but we expect to trust
the Lord to supply all our needs accord-ing
to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Now whoever the Lord may choose and
they obey will have a part in the gospel
work. Your service at the Home will
liberate many whom the Lord has called
for the work of the ministry. Also we
need about two faithful helpers in the
house, such as have the work of God at
heart and can be subordinate to those
whom the Lord may choose for overseers
in the Home. No idlers in. the vineyard
of the Lord.
Now, dear ones, as the Lord has laid
this work upon me, and I expect to do
my duty in the name of the Lord, will
you remember me in prayer? Perhaps I
had better say to the dear people, as I
have the care of the Old People's Home,
of South Haven, that I am not able to
be at the Children's Home all the
tune, but will do all I can. to assist those
whom the Lord will send for that work.
Direct all correspondence to me at South
Haven, Mich. When sending produce
of clothing for the children, send to
Grand Junction, Mich., in. care of the
Chrildren's Home. Yours in Christ,
saved by power divine,
S. Michels, Supt.
OUR SO
The ' writer has heard from the lips of
one of America's noble sons, a friend and
benefactor of all boys, this statement:
" Society chaperons her lassies, her lads
she pushes out to learn the world alone."
While we do not follow in the ways of
society nor belong to the society world,
may there not be much truth and food
for thought in this terse statement?
None too high can the standard of true
womanhood be held, and none too care-fully
can we guard the purity, chastity,
and all the fine traits of character and
affections of our daughters. But can we
claim that our fallen race is being lifted
up, much less restored to the high plane
on which they were created, if there be
not the same ' attention paid to the devel-opment
of honor, nobleness , and beauty of
character in our sons and brothers— the
fathers of future generations? True
it is that to- day in . the society world—
the busy, rushing, ambitious, covetous
world,— thousands of our daughters
robbed of their virtue, the most sparkling
jewel of woman, and without which she
can never be a true woman, are left for-saken
and spurned—" fallen women."
0 God, help every one of thy saints to
reach the arm of love down into the
very depths for the rescue of these erring
mothers' daughters and brothers' sisters!
May no sacrifice of reputation be too
great a price for us to pay for their
souls.
Bat now while this picture is often
painted, and it can not be brought out in
colors too strong, shall I venture the as-sertion
that it has its counterpart in a
deeper, darker scene? Surely it has.
These fallen sisters realize the depths of
their shame, and that they are subjects
' for the mercy of Him who died. to save,
and for the loving service of those who
go about doing His bidding who said:
" Neither do I condemn. thee; go and sin
no more."— Jno. 8: 11. But now to the
other picture, in. which those who have
robbed these dear ones and left them
helpless in such depths of wretchedness
and woe are se6n proudly lifting their
heads in every avenue of society— not
only leaders in the affairs of nations,- but
even. pillars in. the so- called churches.
What an awful picture! beneath whose
bright colors guilt and shame are thus
concealed. The predominating colors of
this picture are gold, hypocrisy, and
ignorance. But the latter of these is
the one of which I would speak.
Men may to- day almost openly commit
any crime on the calendar and_ still go
unpunished— and. thus gold covers a
multitude of sins; but not where right-eousness
and equity rule. Again, the
hypocrite may under his cloak of false
religion for a, long time conceal every
dishonesty, uncleanness, and even the
dagger; but not so under the blazing
light of the Holy Spirit's discernment.
But where ignorance is bliss, it is folly
to be wise; and in that genial clime
Satan's influence over man is supreme.
They may steal woman's virtue, decoy
innocent girls, and send their souls fast
down the road to hell. The state
licenses them, society fosters and
applauds them; and all because it has
notabeen taught that while our daughters
are to be as " corner- stones, polished af-ter
the similitude of a palace," it is
equally obligatory upon preachers, teach-ers,
and parents to give us sons that shall
be as " plants grown up in. their youth."
A little consideration- of what is necessary
in the choice of seed and soil, in climatic
conditions, and in much laborious and
judicious culture to develop a perfect
plant, will begin to bring out to the
reader's mind the beauty and force of
this simile of our sons being " as plants
grown up in their youth." - While the
world's philanthropists and benefactors
and moral men are getting an inkling of
this truth, may not God's true people
from henceforth blaze it abroad every-where
as the truth of that gospel that
knows " neither male nor - female"?
Let us thank God for the evening light
of God's truth, and that from its first
breaking forth from behind the clouds it
has been characterized by the boldest
declarations for puritythe " lifting
alongside the standard of ruins WOMAN-HOOD
and equally as high that other
standard in letters of gold on purest
white: PURE AND NOBLE MANHOOD.
In all the mass of good. books and pure
literature to encourage and help our
daughters to the higher life, the Writer
knows of none that More wisely and lov-ingly
expose the hidden foes along their
pathway than " Letters of Love and
Counsel for Our Girls," of which an
advertisement appears elsewhere in this
paper. Much we have to thank God for
in the production of such a work, boldly
declaring the truth against sin, plainly
pointing out the beautiful life in Christ,
and so lovingly appealing- to " our girls"
to join the author in the journey to the
heavenly home. And truly where about
only ten thousand of these books have so
far been placed in. circulation, there
should be before the close of this year ten
times ten thousand, and many more. I
wonder if our readers appreciate their
blessed opportunities of warning the in-nocent,
lifting up the fallen, and saving
souls by scattering holy literature?
There is hardly a reader of the TRUMPET
that could not afford to buy one or more
copies of some good book to give to those
who are too poor or who have never
heard the truth. Some of . our readers
could procure several copies and give
them away or lend them all over among
neighbors and acquaintances, or place
them in libraries or reading rooms, or
elsewhere where many would get to read
the precious truth.
But I see I have been. digressing some-what
from my subject—" Our Sons."
God. bless the boys, and. help their
parents to " bring them up in the
nurture and admonition of the Lord."
It is an old saying that a boy's best
friend is his mother. Solomon said:
` Forsake not the law of thy mother. .
When thou pest, it shall lead thee;
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;
and when thou awakest, it shall talk with
thee." It is a theme that never grows
old— the attachment between mothers
and sons— and I am sure that boys
everywhere, and even those that have
grown to manhood, will appreciate a
book: mothers' Counsel t6 Their Bons.
What a loving and comprehensive title—
Mothers' Counsel! Ever since the publi-cation
of Letter's of Love and Counsel for
" Our girls," the author of that book
has had her heart burdened for the boys,
and now we believe the time is near at
hand when her hopes shall be realized
and her prayers and her labors crowned
— by the publication of Arothers' Counsel
for Their Bons. The manuscript for this
book has now for some time been here
at the TRUMPET office awaiting publica-tion.
just as soon as God enables us to
accomplish the same with our other
work. It will make a large book, per-haps
a considerable over 400 pages. Be-ing
one among others whose privilege it
is to read such manuscripts before _ they
are printed, I can only say that the more
I read the more anxious I become for the
publication of this work, that it may be
scattered broadcast for the good of boys
the world. over. So the readers of the
TRUMPEP have been permitted to share
in the enjoyment of a few of the many
good. things the book will contain. The
TRUMPET of July 7 contained the chapter
on " Joys and sorrows" and the one of
July 28 gave you the chapter entitled
" Honor, Nobleness, and Beauty." In
this week's paper you will find part of a
chapter on " The Tobacco Habit," which
has been thought so good that it will
later appear in the form of a small tract.
Notice will be given through the TRUMPET
when this tract is ready for sale.
Now a word more about the book.
e are praying God to enable us to get
sense
dead.
The argu , is dais: Sinve the doc-trine
of Christ resurrection mean
ut ion s, why witness
( hktrine by the aet of baptism,
there resurrection of the dead?
Why sn iselves to so melt dan-ger
'' if the dead rise not at all?" or
∎ 71iere is the need of standing " in jeop-ardy
every hour?" The apostle declares
that he dies daily; that is, he has the
consciousness of an imminent, death at
any time. A ii ii scripture is, " For
thy sake we are killed all the da y long;
we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter."--- Rom. : 311. See 1 Cor.
4: 0 and 2 Cor. 1: 8, O. If the dead rise
not, why the necessity of all this? or
what advantage to the apostle in being
compelled to fight with beasts at Ephesus
the manner of men," or as men do
when they light for fame, notoriety,
etc.? " Let us eat and drink, for to- mor-row
we die." Life is short, and we may
as well spend our time enjoying its
pleasures, eating and drinking, etc.
Such argument was a strong reflection
and rebuke on the anti- resurrection
doctrine, and the 20th verse explains
a beautiful vise of the ordinance of
baptism.
Some think that the apostle alluded to
a practice at Corinth of baptizing a hying
person in behalf of a friend who died
unbaptized. But the apostle was basing
this argument on. something that both he
and the Corinthians acknowledged and
held as right— the common ordinance of
baptism. He does not mean to condemn
• whatever is meant by baptism. " for the
dead;" on the other hand, his argument
is strong because he refers to something
they understood and believed in.
5
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
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it printed before the end of this year.
At the time when the girls' book was
first published it was necessary to have
the type set, as the compositors in the
TRUMPET office had all the work they
could do on the papers and tracts. Now
with the typesetting machinery- with
which God has supplied the office it
should not be necessary to hire any such
work done elsewhere. Will every read-er
of this be agreed with us thgt God
may speed the work here, and bless and
qualify the workers in every department?
And until we can get the book out we
will ask you not to make inquiries as to
when it will be ready: for we do not
know. We will do all we can to push
the work, and you must pray for us.
Notice will be given through the Tnum-
PM from time to time concerning the
progress of the work; and just as soon
as it is ' known when the book will be
ready, priees and other necessary infor-mation
will be given for the benefit of
agents and all who are interested.
W. Milo Gleeten.
News from the Field.
Kirksville, Ill., July 26.
The meetings at Funkhonser and
Trimble closed with souls saved at for-mer
and good seed sown at both places.
Begin work here 27th. Will start by
team for N. E. Kansas about Aug. 8.
Those desiring meetings on the route,
please write us at Kirksville, Moultrie
Co., Ill. We had hoped to attend
Auburn, Nebr. C. - M. and may possibly
be able to do so yet should no urgent
calls be made. F. Busted.
Pitc1iin, Ohio, Aug, 3.
We are in the midst of a glorious camp
meeting at this new place. The truth
seems to be a strange thing to the people
here. None saved as yet, but their eyes
are being opened. Pray for us and the
work. Since our last report we have
held. meeting at West Liberty, 0., and
short meetings at other places. A few
souls received the truth and were de-livered.
from. sin and sectisin. To the
Lord be all the glory. We are here in
this new place in company with Bros. S.
A. Yoder, and P. A. Hartman, and Sister
King, and. the truth is prevailing. Pray
for us. B. E. ' Warren.
Hartsville, S. C., July 28.
I aan praising the Lord for victory.
We began meeting from house to house
in this boggy swamp section of Darling-ton
Co., S. C. July 10, and amid much
opposition on the part of strong sectari-ans
we . were able to praise the Lord
for his especial presence with us, as sev-eral
seekers both for conversion and.
sanctification presented themselves each
service. We hope to have another meet-ing
in this section in October or Novem-ber.
We hope that it may please the
Lord to send us Bro. Goodman, of
Lynchberg, S. C. to be with us during
that meeting; and any other brother or
sister who feels led to come this way,
please do so. We hope soon to build a
house in which to worship. Please pray
for us to keep on the advance for God.
H. T. Jones.
Monticello, Ill.
We left Grand Junction in company
with Bro. Davidson, and Bro. and Sis-ter
Craft, and traveled south into Indiana
and Illinois. Held meetings at the fol-lowing
places: Lapaz, and two other
places near there, Sheldon, Watseka, and
Milford, the company dividing so that
these calls might all be filled. At Shel-don
and Milford, many people came to
hear the truth, and the people gave good
attention and good order. These both
are places where they have had very lit-tle
of the preaching of the whole gospel.
At Sheldon we held meeting in the park.
At Milford we held meeting on the
streets. We leave God to write up the
number who. accepted and walked in the
light. We left Milford last Saturday
and came to this place to assist Bro. and
Sister and Father Krieble in a tabernacle
meeting at this place. We left the
other brethren, at Milford still holding
meeting there with good interest. Those
desiring to write to us, if you do not
know where we are, address us at
Moundsville, V. Va.
W. H. and. Anna Cheatham.
Violet Hill, Ark., July 30.
For the first time we write you a few
lines to tell how the work is progressing
in this part of the country. The saints
of Macedonia had a precious little ordi-nance
meeting the fourth Sunday night
in June, in which eight happy ones took
part. Meeting at Span's schoolhouse the
third Sudnay morning of this month, and
in the evening at Guthrie' schoolhouse:
a very good time considering the sur-roundings.
The Oak Grove people are
at work enlarging their meeting- house.
They expect to have it completed for the
camp meeting which begins Sept. 1.
We are expecting great things from the
Lord at this meeting, and we ask the
united prayers of the saints everywhere
that we may have a good meeting. Bro.
A. 13. Stanberry and other ministers and
workers are expected. Some of the
saints of this part of the country are go-ing
through severe trials and persecu-tions
at the present time. Therefore
they need the prayers of God's people.
S. R. McElmurry.
Moundsville, W. Va.
' W e greet you in Jesus' name. Many
of the saints, especially in the west, will
be anxious to hear from us. So I will
report through the TRUMPET. ' We are
praising God for salvation and victory in
our souls and good health for our bodies
through faith in the name of Jesus.
Oar trip from Colfax, Wash. to Pueblo,
Col. was very hot and dusty. We
stopped a few days in the vicinity of
Lincoln, Nebr. ' We found some hungry
souls in Seward County, where they want
a meeting, and I feel that when they see
the way of the Bible set forth they will
accept of the truth and get ` saved. We
also found some humble and hungry
souls in David City, Nebr. and I trust
the Lord will lead some to go there and
preach the Pure gospel of the Bible.
Our time was limited or we would have
held some meetings. If God leads any
one to go there, call on Mrs. T. C. Mar-tin,
a few blocks southeast of the court-house.
We are just awaiting the Lord's
time to send us on to the work he has
called us to in Scotland. May the dear.
Lord bless you all. Pray that we may
be kept in his order in the depths of hu-mility,
" hid away with Christ in God."
Amen. Our post- office address until fur-ther
notice will be Moundsville, W. - Va.
Geo. Martin.
Caringer, Tenn., Aug. 3.
This morning finds me saved. and kept
by the power of God, with victory in my
soul over all the powers of sin, and enjoy-ing
a real advancement in my soul. IV e
have had a glorious - meeting here.
Eleven obedient souls were baptized.
Thirteen took part in observing the ordi-nances
of the Lord's Supper and washing
of the saints' feet. The people seem
generally accessible, and the pure gospel
cuts its way through and leaves its
effects. The field is ripe to harvest and
the laborers are few. Truly there are
many hardships to endure in this field.
The valleys are so separated by moun-tains
that many long and weary jour-neys
must be endured. On my trip to
this place I had the opportunity to
visit several regiments of the H. S.
soldiers. Much good could be done
for the Lord by handing out tracts
and GOSPEL TRUMPETS. At Knoxville,
Tenn. some of the soldiers which I
visited would come to me and ask me for
tracts and. papers to read. May God
help- his children to see if they are doing
all they- can to help spread the gospel.
Much good can be done by distributing
holiness literature, it God's people would
use their means to his glory. If we fail
to do our duty it will be awful when we
meet God. Pray for ine. M. N. Roark.
Buchanan, Mich., Aug. 3.
_ Since we left the Grand Junction camp
meeting we have been holding up Jesus
to the people. During the short time we
have been out in the . work of the Lord
we have had our faith tested and tried.
At one place where we held meetings the
opposition was so great, and the powers
of darkness so arrayed against the truth,
that the good. Lord truly brought us to
see where we stood; that we were truly
nothing but clay in. the hands of the
potter. How precious his Word is to us
at such times! He says the trial of your
faith is more precious than gold. We
have found it so; praise his holy name l
We gave them the truth and left them in
the hands of God. At other places we
have been some have acknowledged or
accepted the truth to the salvation of their
souls. We are at present in Buchanan,
Mich. God has a precious little church
here, and we have had a glorious feast
at Father's table, which has resulted in
one soul being mved, one following the
dear Lord in the watery grave, and giv-ing
us all a deeper slaking down into
him. I am at present working with my
hands in order to get a gospel wagon to
take us through the country, where it is
inconvenient to go by rail. If any one
feels led of the Lord to help in this great
work, our address will be Buchanan,
Michigan. We are beginners in the
gospel work, but we are trusting in Jesus
to supply all our needs. Pray that
God will keep us humble and in his
order. E. W. and Alice M. Greeley.
Anderson, S. C., Aug. 3.
I am glad to report victory in tle
name of the Lord once more. I am just
back from the assembly meeting at
Blackville, S. C., which was wonderfully
blessed of the Lord. We had complete
victory over the Devil, and crooked spirits
could not stand; they were exposed with
the word of God. Crooked professors
were compelled to throw up their empty
profession and get to the Lord and get
saved, or there was no heaven for them.
Some got straight, while others left the
meeting without being clear in their
souls. I pray . God to have mercy on
them. Many saints attended this meet-ing
from various parts of South Carolina
and some from Augusta, Ga. They were
coming and going dru. ing all the meeting,
and every honest soul was well paid for
coming. The people of the town were
interested in it and turned out well to
hear the truth, and gave good attention
and we had good order. To God be all the
praise. The meeting continued on until
' Wednesday, the 27th, and souls - were
saved and sanctified. Twelve follow ed
the Lord in baptism. About fifty took
part in. the ordinance meeting, which
was blessed of God. Had meeting that
night, and then came to Augusta, Ga.
and opened fire on the enemy there.
May God bless the saints of Blackville,
and help them to stand firm. for God.
There were several workers at this meet-ing.
Bro. R. J. Smith from Charleston,
S. C. was present, whom the Lord used
much. I stayed in Augusta until Sun-day
morning, when I had to leave the
dear ones; but praise God, I left theist
with victory, and having a good meet-ing.
From Augusta I came up to Hod-ges,
S. C. and met with the little body
there, and found them getting along
very well, with a few exceptions. So I
arrived at this place recently and found
my wife well, and saved. Praise God!
We expect to start to the Ilartsells, Ala.
camp meeting next Saturday.- - We will
go by private conveyance by the way
of Atlanta, Ga. The work is great in
these parts, and workers few, very few.
Who will come to South Carolina to fight
the enemy? A large field open . and
urgent calls for meeting. Let no one
come unless you know nods sends you.
Pray earnestly for us.
AddreSs Hartsells, Ala.
S. L. and Lizzie Mitchell.
Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 2.
We are still out on the field'of battle.
After the close of the camp meeting ten
miles south of Colfax, we attended the
camp meeting at Oaksdale, Wash. This
was a new Mid. The results were not
so encouraging in the visible as at some
other places, but we have faith for great
results in. the invisible. A few souls
found the blessings of the gospel. From
Oaksdale we \ vent to Colfax and held
meeting there for one week. The congre-gations
were good and quite an interest
manifested, though not inuell result to be
seen. neither and Sister Chapman
brought their tabernacle to Walla Walla
and began meeting here. We joined
them in. the work last ' Wednesday and
have had a very encouraging season of
labor. A few dear souls have taken their
stand for the truth one() for all. Six
were baptized last Lord's Day. The
weather is exceedingl y warm here at
present, but the interest eontinues fair.
We expeet to start to the Grants Pees
camp meeting soon. The rest of the
workers, Pro. and Sister Chapman, Bm.
Tale, and Sister Mills, will remain hero
and continue the meetings as long as the
Lord wills. J. W. and J. M. Byers.
Cambridge sa , Aug. 3.
Wiih meth grniitie (;,, a we tin
greet. you. Wo held a live ‘ weeks' tsb-ernacle
meeting at- this pleee beginning
.. Nray 11. The present truth was never
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Avere saved, and. a few also fled out of
1N• e eNe•• t to continue the
work here next nee-, the Lord \ rifling.
Ilro. and Sister were ‘ with us part
of the time. also Sister Howard assisted
through the entire meeting. From here
Bro. and Sister Dillon anti myself went
to Stonebore, and pitehed the tabernacle
in the name of the Lord. This meeting
continued from June * 25 to , lil y 10, We
had a large attentlanee. Prejudice was
largely swept away, and many Wen won
to the truth. Besides a few receiving
pardon, quite a number of the church
sought the second grace, and we believe
received the real experience. Four were
baptized in Sandy Lake. From there
we returned home a few days, after
which Bro. Dillon and I went to
Sheloeta, Indiana Co. and held a ten
days' tabernacle meeting. Quite a num-ber
were saved in this meeting. Three
at the altar the last night. Five saints
were buried in baptism. The meeting
closed with a precious ordinance meeting
in which thirty- th • ee took part. From
here we expected to go to the Mounds-ville
camp meeting; but the way did not
open, so we held two night's meeting at
Newville with good success, then went
to Georgeville where we held meeting
over one Sunday. God gave us a good
meeting at Georgeville. The hand of
God was recognized in placing George
W. Hazlett as elder of the congregation
at that place. He was ordained by the
laying on of hands. ; While in. Indiana
County we had the pleasure of again
meeting our beloved brethren in the
ministry, A. T. Rowe, J. T. Stowe, and
Charles Dickason, who assisted us in
some meetings. Bro. Dickason is hold-ing
forth near the twn of Indiana.
Bro. Rowe and Co. expect to assist Sister
Mahal() Uber who is opening up work in
several new fields. From here we went
to Cochran Mills, where we preacheel.
two nights. From there we came home
where we will remain until the Me-.
Lailen Corners camp meeting. Sister
Howard has just returned from Franklin
Corners, and reports a good meeting.
Brethren, pray for us. H. M. Riggle
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Requests for Prayer.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
St. Louis, Mich. 0. M. Aug. 26. to Sept. 5.
Please pray for my sister's healing aof
lung trouble, Laura J. Ryland.
Pray that I may be sanctified and fully
healed. Also pray that my little nephew
and niece may be pied of catarrh. B.
Hughes.
Calls for Meetings.
Dover, Ill. A meeting is wanted. T.
0. Kuykendall.
Westport, Lawrence Co., Ills. We are
praying the Lord to send some one here
this summer. Mary Rogers.
Rally. Seward ( 3., Nebr. Address Mrs.
Addle Faust-.
Tivoli, Okla. Some of God's Holy Ghost
ministers are desired. Address [ rs. C.
A. Kropf.
Wells, Minn. Some one sent of God to
preach the pure gospel is much desired.
Address D. M. Huston, Box 140.
Meeting Notices.
This meeting is to be held four miles south
Burket, Ind. C. M. Aug. 10 to 21.
of Burket on the saints' camp ground, lo-cated
on the south side of Yellow Lake.
All coming on trains stop at Burket, Ind.
Notify Bro. B. P. Bear, Burket, Ind. or
Wm. Mendel, Ilurket, Ind. Notify early
and state amount of baggage. 11. N. Gast.
Geneva, Ind, grove fleeting begins Aug.
10. This meeting will be held about 5 mi.
N. I. of Geneva. Let the saints of eastern
Indiana prepare to come. A. J. Ellison.
Randolph Co., Ark. C. ; NI. Aug. 10- 20.
Tekonsha Mich. C. M. Aug. 10, to
continue!) dap; or longer.
Enid, Okla. rlahernaele meeting. Aug.
30. Bright and Co. Addres.; W. J. Rippy.
Hawthorn, Pa. Camp meeting. After
e C.: 11t11
Skippaek, Pa. r. Begins Aug.
continue o% 111,1 This is about.
2: 1 mi. front Phila: h ;:;, Pa.
tilt 1.: Il; rn Corn,-;- a, Pa. C. M.
Aug. 12.22.
Hartford City, Ind. Tabernaole meeting
Aug. 11, to continue as long as the Lord
ills. All desiring to attend come pre-pared
to care for yourseh es as it is a new
field. E. and E. Key, E. Bragg, and J.
Everit.
Kelet, Ky. Camp g. Begins
Aug. 13.
Roy, Clark Co., Miss. A meeting begins
Aug. 13 at the Oak Grave s• hoolhouse. R.
11. Owens.
Poi rla tion, Ind. T.
Tabernacle mee Aug. 15. Jas. Mont-
:' ulton Co., Ark. C. ' Nf. Aug. 15. It
held 6 mi. west of Salem and 6 mi.
S. B. of Viola, at Shady Grum J. D.
Perrin.
Ala. Camp meeting. Aug.
amp meeting will be held on the
ground near Fenwiek, Ontario.
Aug. For further information
addre ss , Vineland, or inc.
Smith, iek.
Jeff ersonville, Ky. C. M. Sept. 1- 11.
Izard Co., Ark. C. M. Sept. 1- 15.
Oxford; Ala. C. M. Beginning Sept. 1
and continuing as long as the Lord leads.
We are in need of ministers whom God can
use in this meeting. Address S. Morgan.
Ingalls, Okla. C. M. Sept. 1- 11. In-galls
is 35 mi. S. E. of Perry, R. R. town,
pvatdrti eorfe ' Maniys scooumri isnhgo furlodm g eKt aonffs. a Ist h oisr 9n omrti.
N. E. of the Clayton C. M. last year. Let
all attend this camp meeting that can. It
is in a new place. Those wanting informa-tion
address me at IngallsOkla. W. M. Wilson.
Crane Hill, Ala. Assembly meeting.
Begins Sept. 2. aa, s,
Zion, Leake Co., Miss. Assembly meet-ing.
Sept. 3- 11. We wish all the dear
saints gwho can to attend this meeting. All wishin to camp, come prepared to take
care of yourselves. All pray much for this
meeting. W. 0. Williams and R. H.
0 wens.
Cherokee, Okla. Tabernacle meeting.
Sept. 7. Bright and Co. Address J. M.
Robinson.
Macedonia, Miss. Assembly meeting.
b
Beg ins Sept. S. 7 mi. N. W. Shuqualak.
N. Lovelady.
Logan, Kans. General camp meeting
for northwestern Kansas. Sept. 9 to 19.
Logan is on the Mo. Pacific R. R. All
those coming from the west on the Rock
Island B. R. will get off at Phillipsburg,
Kans. and take stage to Logan. All those
wanting tents please let me know by Aug.
15. W. E. Kenny, Slate, Kans.
Apollo, Pa. Tabernacle meeting. Be-ginning
Sept. 10. II. M. Riggle and Co.
Address John R. Davis, Apollo, Pa.
Deputy, Ind. Grove and tabernacle
meeting
°
commencing Sept. 15, to continue
over two Sundays. Let those coming from
abroad prepare to tent on the grounds or
care for themselves, as this is quite a new
place. For ally desired information ad-dress
Bro. Thomas Howell. B. E. Warren
and others.
Washington Co., Ind. C. M. Sept. 29
if) Oct. 0. To be held near Blue River P.
0.: on Bro. Crow's farm. Those coming by
rail will get off at Borden on the Monon R.
R. Address Eugene Crow, Blue River, Ind.
G. P. Keeling.
Arlington, Okla. C. M. Sept. 15. Eden
and Co. Address Jas. Stocton.
Timber Lake, Okla. C. M. Sept. 20.
Bright and Co. Address Geo. Howard,
Milcn, Okla.
Cornell, Nebr. C. M. Sept. 23 to Oct. 2.
T. A. Phillips, Fairfield, Nehr..' 4'
Inka, Pratt Co., Kans. C. M. Begins
Oct. 21. To be held near the Carmie
schoolhouse, on Bro. Almen's place, 6 mi.
N. E. of Iuka. Address Bro. E. W. Davis.
Tionesta, Forest Co., Pa. Assembly
meeting. Oct 23- 30, in the saints' meeting-house
on German Hill, near Tionesta.
Chas. J. Stewart.
Cushing, Okla. C. M. Nov. 2. Six mi.
south of Cushing and. 18 mi. S. E. of where
the Clayton C. M. was held. W. J. Henry.
Address Grant Tetter.
Webb City, Mo. - Assembly meeting.
Nov. 15. W. J. Henry.
Obituary.
BLANKS.- Sister Martha A. Blanks,
wife of Bro. J. B. Blanks, of Blaekville, S.
C., departed this life July 23, 1898; age
about 40 years. She was saved some time
ago, and. the testimony of those that knew
her is that she lived. a humble, devoted life
to God. She was well tip to the time she
died, so far as any one knows. The as-sembly
meeting began at Blackville July
20, and she attended. the meeting right
along about a mile and. a half, and took
care of several of the saints who were at-tending
the meeting. I went home with
them on Friday night, the 22d. The dear
old sister was lively and. well when we re-tired,
which was about 12 o'clock; and. la-ter
she was heard up with the children.
Bat when morning had dawned and she
failed to get up, she was called, but she
never answered. Her husband went to
her bed,, and found that she was dead.
She looked like she had fallen asleep nearly
smiling. When they told me of it I thought
of Matt. 24: 44, and oh, my heart went up
to God. She leaves a husband and children.
May God bless the dear ones and help them
to live for God and. meet their departed
one in heaven. J. L. Mitchell.
LINN.- Brother J. M. Linn died at
Neodesha, Kans. July 24; aged 4S yr. 9 mo.
19 da. He leaves a wife and five children..
He accepted the evening light only a few
weeks before his death. Had never heard
it preached until the Neosho Falls camp
meeting. Brother Linn had been sick a
long time, but typhoid fever was the imme-diate
cause of his death. His home was at
Salina, Kans. Mabel Ashenfelter.
No. 57. 	 The Golden Harvest.
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By remission.)
Leiters of Love End oil sel
for " OUR GILLS."
By JENNIE C. RUTTY.
SS1
ect: od. A beautiful and valuable book written especially for
girls, by a Christian mother, in the form of Letters,
which bring to their young minds just the information
needed. tgEvery girl should have a copy.
Cloth Binding Stamped in Gilt, 	 t 1 - r, -
Strong Paper Cover,,,
ADDRESS GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB, CO.,
Moundsville, West Virginia,
Bieber, C. M. Aug. 19- 29. For fur-tlm
information write to J. Van Velden,
Davis Crock, Cal.
Bourbon, Ind. Grove meeting. Begins
Aug. 20. It will be held in Adam Mono-smith's
grove, 6 mi. N. E. of Bourbon. S.
P. Strang.
Pike Co. Ind. C. M. Aug. 23 to Sept.
4. This is to be a general meeting for these
parts, to be held near Otwell, Ind. Those
coming over the Air Line it. R. get off at
el pin. Thoae coming over the E. and I.
It. It, get oft at Petersburg. All persons
vowing can be conveyed from the R. R.
station free of charge by addressing Bro. A.
G. Craig, Otwell, Ind. for information.
U. P. Keeling.
Kintz, Okla. Tabernacle meeting. Aug.
24. Bright and Cu. Address A. Holder.
Summitville, Ind. Tabernacle meeting.
Aug. 25 to Sept. 4. For further informa-tion
write to James Hull. S. L. Speek andCo.
Emlenton. C. M. Aug. 25 to Sept. 5.
To Ise held on the White Hall camp ground,
2 mi. east of Enilenton. Samuel Martz,
Pittsville, Pa.
Auburn, Nebr. C. M. Ang. 25 to Sept 5.
All that want tents should let me know by
- Aug. 10, so I will know how many to order.
Prices will be reasonable. M. II. Long.
Prior Creek, Cherokee Nation, Okla.
Tabernacle meeting. Aug. 25• Eden and
Co. Address Harvey Cole.
Warrensburg, Ill. Tabernacle meeting,
beginning Aug. 25 to continue over two
Sundays. Let all in reach of this meeting
attend and help to push the battle on.
Warrensburg is on the P. D. and E. R. R.,
0 mi. N. W. of Decatur. B. E. Warren,
Edgar Fleenor, and others.
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I feel it would please the good Lord
for me to testify to his healing power.
Shortly after I was saved some six years
ago, the Lord healed me of salt rheum in
my hands. My hands were dry and
feverish on the inside and would crack
in deep cracks so I was at times hardly
able to work and many times had to wear
gloves to sweep and make beds, my hands
were so sensitive. I doctored with
different doctors and received no help to
amount to anything. When I got saved
the Lord verified this promise: " I will
cleanse their blood that I have not
cleansed." My hands have never shown
the least symptom of this disease since.
Praise God forever. For a year or more
I have been troubled with a scalp disease
and only recently learned that it was a
form of salt rheum or eczema. Ify scalp
in a few days after being thoroughly
cleansed would become covered with a
thick formation similar to dandruff, and
in places would be about an eighth of an
inch thick. This was very annoying
and as it constantly grew worse I be-came
somewhat alarmed about it. I was
anointed and prayed for at different
d got temporary relief, but was
not permanently healed. About four o
five weeks ago it became so bad that my
it commenced falling out in great
bunches and seemed perfectly dead. I
commenced then to talk to the Lord in
real earnest and decided never to step
praying concerning it until I found out
the reason God withheld the healing; for
I knew there was a cause somewhere o
my part. The Lord showed me it was
because of a lack of real earnestness of
my part, also a lack of resisting the
Devil steadfast in the faith. If it had
been. anything that endangered my life
would have been more earnest but as it
gave me no pain. and I only thought
about it when I combed my head, I was
not as earnest as I should have been. I
learned the lesson and decided I would
not allow any of the works of the Devil
to linger in my body, and I praise God
that he touched me, and my scalp is al-most
well and 1 know in a short time it
will be perfectly well. There is a place
about an inch. wide and three inches long
on top of my head where all the hair
came out and since I have been healed
the hair is growing out again. I give
God all the glory, for I have been made
- whole through his power without the aid
of any remedy. Praise his worthy
name! Nora Hunter.
Jordan, Ont., July 29.
my pocket, ' but found no money left,
having just paid away all that I had.
It struck me, " Will thy Master say,
` Well done, good and faithful steward.
Thou bast adorned thy wall with the
money which might have screened this
poor creature from the cold.' 0 ins-.
tice! 0 mercy! Are not these pictures
the blood of the poor maid ? See thy
expensive apparel in the same light; thy
gown, hat, head- dress!"
Everything about thee which costs
more than Christian duty required thee
to lay out, is the blood of the poor! Oh,
be wise for the time to come. Be more
merciful; more faithful to God and man;
more abundantly clad ( like men and wo-men
professing godliness) with good works.
. It is stark, staring nonse= nse to say," Oh,
I can afford this or that!" If you have
regard to common sense, let that silly
Word never come into your mouth. No
man living can afford to throw away anti
part of that food or raiment into the sea,
which was lodged with him on purpose
to feed the hungry and clothe the naked.
And it is far worse than waste to spend
any part of it in gay and costly apparel.
For this is no less than to turn whole-some
food, into deadly poison. It is giv-in'
gso much money to poison both your-self
and others as far as your example
spreads, with pride, vanity, anger, lust,
love of the world, and a thousand `` fool-ish
and hurtful desires" which tend to
' pierce them through with many sor-s."
O God, arise and maintain thy
wn cause! Let not men and devils any
ginger put out our eyes and lead us blind-foldde
into the pit of destruction.
– sez, ckd.
Divine Healing,
God 6 Able to Heat.
BY FREDDIE SMITH.
Tina, majority of the people of to- day
I do not believe in divine healing, and
that God is ableto heal the same as in
apostolic times. They believe that he is
able to forgive sins,' but will not believe
that he can heal also. hen Jesus was
here upon earth the people believed that
he could heal, but would not believe that
he could forgive sins; hence . the expres-sion,
" Who can forgive sins but God
only?" But our Savior is a twofold
Christ, one who is able to forgive our
sins and heal our bodies also.
We read in Matt. 4: 23, 24 that " Jesus
went about all Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of
the kingdom, and healing all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease among
the people. And his fame went throagh-out
all Syria: and they brought unto him
all sick people that were taken with di-vers
diseases and torments, and those
which were possessed with devils, and those
which were lunatic, and those that had
the palsy; and he healed them." So
the people surely believed in Christ as
the Healer. But in the second chapter
of Mark we read where they brought
unto him a palsied man, and Jesus said
unto him, " Son, thy sins be forgiven
thee"; and the scribes reasoned in their
hearts, " Why ( loth this man thus speak
blasphemies? who can forgive sins but
God only?" The scribes believed that
Christ could heal, for they saw many
manifestations of his power in healing,
but did not believe in hit saving power.
To- day the people believe that he can
forgive sins, but do not believe is his
healing power. But, thank God! " Je-sus
Christ is the same yesterday, and to-clay,
and forever," and his Word cannot
be broken. The commission Jesus gave
to his disciples in Mark 16: 15- 18 is the
commission of every true Bible minister
to- day--" Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature.. .
And these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name they shall cast out
devils; . . . they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover." But
these signs were to follow them that be-lieve.
The reason there have been so few
manifestations of God's healing power
is because the people do not believe; but
those who will believe and step out upon
the promises of God fearlessly will re-ceive
the desire of their hearts. Truly
it is a precious thing to have a Savior
who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who
: iealeth all thy diseases."
God's Promise Verified.
I believe it to Lilo glory of God to tell
you- all how wonderfully he healed me
this spring after eating some berries
which had got poisoned some way
through the tin lid that was on. the jar.
Ater eating I began to be very sick at
my stomach, with pain in my head and
terrible cramps in. my stomach and
bowels. I kept getting worse in the
evening.. I thought I would die I was
in so much. pain, and I- just thought of
this scripture in Matt. 18: 19: " If two
of you shall agree on earth as touching
anything that they shall ask, it shall be
done." I told my husband, and we
agreed on the. same, and God answered
our prayers. He took away all pain and
sickness, and I just praised him with all
my heart. I believe he saved my life.
I was tried once after the healing, and
I rebuked Satan and I had no more trou-ble
only I was very weak the next day.
I can't praise him enough for his goodness
to us. My husband was sick too, but not
like I was. Now, dear ones, I write
this to show you that- God will do all
things for them that walk close with
him, and trust him for everything.
How all these things do strengthen me
faith and how much nearer it brings
these ought ye to have done, and not
leave the others undone."— Matt. 2- 3: 23.
Jesus does not here enjoin. the tithing sys-tem
upon Christians, any more than he
enjoins the entire law of Moses upon,
them in verses 1- 3 in the same chapter.
" Then spake Jesus to the multitude and
to his disciples, saying, The scribes and
the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: all
therefore whatsoever they bid you ob-serve,
that observe and do; but do not
ye after their works: for they say, and
do not." This text as truly enjoins all
the Mosaic system upon the disciples of
Christ as verse 23 enjoins the tithing
system upon the scribes and Pharisees.
Why should we, therefore, enjoin the
tithing system upon Christians upon the
ground that Jesus taught it, and not the
entire law of Muses? I must say that
tun unable to see the fairness of such an
argument. If Jesus enjoined any part of
the llosaie law upon us lie enjoined it all.
A proper interpretation of Christ's
teaching is as follows: The law contin-ued
in force until the Savior's death,
at which event the ; New Mast/ tent
locates its abolition. Eph. ' 2 ;
Col. 2: 14. It was therefore p
Jesus should enjoin the law
lowers during his lifetime, for it
not be set aside until legally
but his teaching on this point, th
carry the law as a whole or a part over
into the gospel ago, properly
gins with his death. Ileb. 9: 1t1, 17.
A proper rule for determ
stituents of the New Testament is
lows: Whatever new Jesus intro.
ducted Burin;; mints
not himself repeal ( as in tit t. : 1. W of cer-tain
things enjoilied upon the twelve in
the first commission, Luke 10: 1;
; 10.), and NvIta i ■
tth the Ohl Testament iliined by
the Hol y Ghost in the ep
Lord's death is aa, component part
New Testament. The titian
no where carried this side of tin
Christ, and is, therefore', to be classed
with abolished ritt. ■ s.
Paul was doubtless spealc of the
tbolition of the titbit
s " For, brethret
ealicti unto liberty; itttl y ust nsrt lliilbretrrty•
for an oceasion to the flesh, ir 4
serve ono another. For a ll
fulfilled in one % v on], even in this:
Thou shalt love thy neighlsw as thy-self."—
Gal. 5: Tho law had
speeilled the per cent. that every man
should aive, but the law has been abro-gated
leaving every man to give " as he
purposeth in his heart." Therefore said
the apostle, " Ye have been called unto
liberty; only use not liberty for an
occasion to the flesh;" that is, do not use
the fact that we are eot required to give
a certain percent: tire for a cloak of covet-ousness
and refrain from giving, " but by
love serve one another," that is, give
from the principle of love to Clod and man.
The spirit of the tithing system is con-trary
to the spirit of the gospel. Under
the former, men could lay up of the nine-tenths
any amount of riches. But the
latter requires not, merely one- tenth,
but the consecration of the ten- tenths to
God, aid forbids the laying up of treas-ures
upon earth. Matt. 6: 19. All our
income except what is required for the
maintainance of our falai] e, is to be used
for the poor, and for the upbuildiug of
the cause of God.
John ' Wesley has pretty well represent-ed
the financial system of the New Tes-tament
in his sermon on money; in which
he maintained that we are required, 1.
To make all the money we can. 2. To
save all the money we cau. 3. To give
all the money we can.
When Jesus came in contact with
those who had laid up great treasures
under the tithing system, he required
them to sell their possessions and give
them unto the poor. Matt. 19: 21; Luke
18: 22; 12: 33. In this we see how much
higher is the standard of giving in the
New Testament than in the Old.
me to him.- I am still sweetly saved and
sanctified and free from all sin. I hope
some one will be made stronger through
this little testimony. Liaaie Clark.
A Case of Salt Rheum.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
On Dress. I F you could be as humble when you
choose rich apparel ( which I flatly
deny), yet you could not be as beneficent,
as plenteous in good ' works. Therefore
every shilling - Which you needlessly spend
on your apparel is in effect stolen from
tine poor! For what end do you want
these ornaments? To please God? No!
- but to please your- own fancy or to
gain the admiration and applause of those
who were no wiser than yourself. If
so, what you wear you are in effect tear-ing
from the back of the naked; and the
costly and delicate food you eat, you are
snatching from the mouth of the hungry.
For mercy, for pity, for Christ's sake,
for the honor of his gospel, stay your
hand! Do not throw this money away.
Do not lay out on nothing, yea worse
than nothing, what may clothe your
poor, naked, shivering fellow creatures.
Many years ago, when I was at Ox-ford,
on. a cold winter's day, a young
maid ( one of those we keep at school)
called on me. I said, " You seem half
starved. Have you nothing to cover you
but that thin gown?" She said, " Sir,
this is all I have." I put my hand in
Is the Tithing System in Vogue?
0. senara.
' WILE true origin of the tithing system
is unknown. ' Many heathen nations
as well as the Jews practiced it at a very
early dates The earliest account of it in
the Bible is found in Gen. 14: 20, where
it is stated that Abraham when he re-turned
from the slaughter of the kings
gave the tenth of all the spoils he had
taken unto Melchizedek- king of Salem
( Jerusalem). The next mention of the titl-ing
system is in Gen. 28: 22, where Jacob
vowed to give to the Lord the tenth of
all the Lord should give him.
From these proofs of the existenee of
the tithing system before the giving of
the law of Moses some have argued that
it could not have been set aside with the
abolition of the law. But this argument.
is not altogether sound because Moses
incorporated a number of customs in his
law that existed before his time, which
the New Testament affirms to be abol-ished..
Circumcision, for instance, origi-nated
with Abraham four hundred and
thirty years before the law was given; yet
the New Testament sets it aside with the
rest of Moses' law. Gal. 5 : 6. The offering
of the blood of animals for sin sacrifices
originated in the family of Adam ( Gen.
4: 4), and was practiced by all the patri-archs
of the pre- Mosaic age, yet it was
incorporated by Moses into the law, and
abolished by Christ with the entire Mosaic
System. So we can not consistently
hold that any part of the law continues
- in force since the abolition of the old
system upon the ground that it existed
before the law-.
The validity of. the tithing system de-pends
not upon. its existence before the
law, nor its incorporation into the law,
but upon its enforcement in. the New
Testament exclusively. If the New Test-ament
commands us to pay tithes, the
tithing system is in vogue; otherwise it
is not obligatory upon Christians.
It is affirmed by some that Jesus en-joined
the tithing system upon the
Christians.- If he did, it was with the
following words: " Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin,
and have omitted the weightier matters,
of the law, judgment, mercy, - and faith:
If the
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