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VOLUME XIX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, ' 1899. NUMBER ' 15
The Shield of Faith.
BY R. ROTHMAN.
" ABOVE all, taking the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able
to quench all the fiery darts of the
enemy."- Eph. 6: 16. Paul here tells us
that it is of the greatest importance to
learn to use the shield of faith: And
olin says, " And this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith.
ho is he that overcometh the world,
but he that believeth ' that Jesus is the
Son of God?"- 1 Jno. 5: 4, 5.
After a soul is converted into the king-dom
of God its conscience becomes very
sensitive, and although it may have not
the least desire to rebel against God or
transgress his laws, the Devil makes it
his business to accuse the babe in Christ,
and if the latter does not learn to hold
up the shield of faith, the adversary will
shoot his darts or accusations against
him and perhaps pierce him fatally.
Now how do we use the shield of faith?
Well, God in his mercy has given us the
Holy Spirit to teach us these things; but
in considering a few verses of script- lire I
am sure the Lord will bless and enlighten
US.
First we will consider what John said,
that those alone overcome who believe
that Jesus is the Son of God. If we
believe Jesus to be the Son of the God of
the universe, who made made heaven and
earth, then we will truly believe Jesus
when he tells us that all power is given
to him in heaven and in earth ( Matt.
28: 18); and if Jesus has all this power,
then he is able to do what he undertakes.
He came to this world to save his people
from their sins ( Matt. 1 : 21), and when
you come to him aright he has the power
and willingness to save you to th' utter-most.
It is your business to believe him;
stand upon his promises, and resist the
Devil steadfastly, not allowing him an
inch of territory. You can not do this
by your will power, but you can do it in
the faith. of the Son of God. When we
cease from our own works and live by
faith we will naturally be humble; but
he who lives not by faith is sure to be
more or less exalted. " Behold, his soul
which is lifted up is not upright in him:
but the just shall. live by faith."- Hab.
2: 4. When we stand our ground in the
faith of Christ the combined discharge of
Satan's fiery darts can not move us:
for " they that trust in the Lord shall be
as mount Zion, which can not be remov-ed,
but abideth forever."- Ps. 125: 1.
It is our right to be where Satan can
not touch us. See 1 Jno. 5: 18. God
tells us to consider ourselves dead to sin.
Surely the dead in graves are freed from
sin: but do you realize that God wants
us to hide under the shelter of his pro-tecting
arm and reckon ourselves dead
unto sin? Paul says, " Likewise reckon
ye also yourselves dead indeed unto sin,
but alive unto God through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign
in your mortal bod y, that ye should obey
it in the lusts thereof."- Rom. 6: 11, 12.
Of course these privileges are for only
those who are truly Christ's; but God
calls each of us to an experience where
we know sin has no more dominion over
us.
One thing all must guard against is a
creeping in of " works" to the crippling
of faith. It is so natural for men to
look away from the atonement to their
own righteousness. They make their
works the author and finisher of their
faith. When they consider they have
done a good day's work for the Lord
they think they can receive from God
such things as they need or want. It
can not be too strongly emphasized that
we are saved by grace through faith; not
by our works of righteousness. God
has made a plan of salvation which ex-cludes
all boasting except in the Lord.
" For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: not of works, lest any
man should boast."- Eph. 2: 8, 9.
It seems so hard for some to receive
the simplicity of the gospel: " Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved." They want something to do.
The apostles once came to Jesus desiring
to know what works they should do.
" Jesus answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye believe
on him whom he bath sent."- Jno. 6: 29.
Dear brethren, the atonement has
already purchased the salvation of all
who will accept of the riches of God's
storehouse; let us remember this fact.
The blood of Christ alone is acceptable
in the sight of God for the salvation of
souls. Our good Works are well- pleas-ing
in his sight; but " not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us."-
Tit. 3: 5. Seeing the all- sufficiency of
the atonement, we may then come hum-bly
to God through Jesus Christ, and
our hope being thus secure, we may have
all our needs abundantly supplied and
to use the
Seeking God.
BY FRED BUSTED.
A LL men are commanded to seek God
I. - that is, both the saved and the un-saved.
Acts 17: 26, 27; Matt. 6: 33;
Zeph. 2: 3; Col. 3: 1. The promises of
God are indeed glorious, setting forth
the things that are in store for those who
seek God; and the examples of what
men and nations have obtained are also
glorious. Read Dent. 4: 29 and 2 Chron.
15: 1- 15. Asa and his people found this
to be true in. their land, and we also find,
or will find, it true in the true inher-itance
of which theirs was but the type, or
shadow. " The Lord is good . . . to
the soul that seeketh him."- Lam. 3: 25.
He is a rewarder of them that diligently
seek him. Efeb. 11: 6. Those then who
seek God shall be rewarded; for God
is their reward. Let us then turn our
attention to the seeking; for it is our part,
since none can or need instruct God as
to the rewards. Rom. 11: 33- 36.
As to the time: " Those that seek me
early shall find me."- Pron. 8: 17.
" And ye shall seek me, and find me,
when ye shall search for ine with all your
heart."- Jer. 29: 13. God helps us in
this seeking. " And I will give them an
heart to know me, that I am the Lord:
and they shall be my people, and I will
be their God: for they shall return unto
me with their whole heart."- Jer. 24: 7.
But how shall we know when we have
sought with all our hearts; so many
claim to have done all they could do;
and yet have not found God? God tells
us how to seek with all the heart.
" Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn
ye even to me with all your heart, and
with fasting, and with weepi g, and with
mourning: and rend your heart and not
your garments, and turn unto your
God. "- Joel 2: 12, 13. " The Lord is
nigh unto them that are of a broken
heart, and saveth such as be of a con-trite
spirit."- Ps. 34: 18; 51: 17; Isa.
57: 15; 61: 1; 66: 2. Truly God does
here explain the matter of seeking him,
so that it certainly seems as though no
one should mistake him. Fasting, weep-ing,
mourning, a broken heart, broken
spirit are terms understood by all. Who
that has come to years of responsibility,
does not already know the meaning of
at least a portion. of these, by real experi-ence?
How many have had expel :: aces
that caused real weeping and mourning,
such as comes from the heart, from
actual sorrow? How many have had
the experience of a broken heart? Many
have had the latter, and all have had
the former. Is not the child's heart
broken at its. losses? The fact that it
heals so soon does not affect the real
anguish that it feels in. the moment of
loss. " He bath sent me to bind up the
broken- hearted."- Isa. 61: 1.
To those who feel in their souls a lack
of energy and ( as a result) stability, the
knowledge has come: " And thou hast
filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness
against me, and my leanness rising up
in me beareth witness to my face."- Job
16: 8. A man's leanness is his own
accuser. Perhaps every one has felt the
force of these words of. Job, at some
time in his experience. The cause: `` And
he gave them their request, but sent
leanness into their soul."- Ps. 106: 15.
Like the children of Israel, your own
way has been given you: you have been
at ease; and like Job you can say, I was
at ease. Now may you also say, But
he bath broken me asunder.
Now awake. It is time to seek the
Lord. Let there be a breaking up of the
fallow ground, break the clods ( Hos.
10: 11, 12); " sow not among thorns.
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and
take away the foreskins of your hearts."
- Jer. 4: 3, 4. See the energetic, stirring
calls of the Old and the New Testament
writers to their peoples. Wake, Stir,
Press, Be zealous, Be violent, Cry day
and night, Let us not sleep as do others,
and the like, of which instances there
are scores. Isaiah lamenting the state
of his people says, " And there is none
that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth
up hinmelf to take hold on, thee."- 64: 7.
Jesus speaks of the man who has found
that there is such a thing as salvation,
and who really desires it, saying,
" Again, the kingdom of heaven [ salva-tion-
Col. 1: 13; Matt. 6: 33; Rom.
14: 17] is like unto treasure hid in a field;
the which when a man hath found [ sees
there is salvation, deliverance] he hideth
[ makes sure of it], and for joy thereof
goeth and selleth all [ the world] that he
bath, and buyeth that field."- Matt.
13: 44. This teaches that those who
gladly give up the world get the treasure.
" Therefore with joy shall ye draw water
out of the wells of salvation."- Isa.
12: 3. They are delivered, who when
they have deliverance offered come and
gladly take it.
Poor Jonah! down deep in. the sea, all
the billows rolling over him, down to
the bottoms of the mountains, the weeds
wrapped about his head, says, " When
my soul fainted within me I remembered
the Lord and my prayer came in unto
thee, into thine holy temple. They that
observe lying vanities forsake their own
mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee
with the voice of thanksgiving; [ Jonah
yet in the fish] I will pay that that I
have vowed. [ Jonah had surely promis-ed
or consecrated at some past time to do
all Gol's bidding.] Salvation is of the
Lord." Upon this confession, resolution,
and the acknowledging of his helplessnes,
with his thanksgiving, God spoke to the
fish and Jonah found himself on dry
land. That the lesson he had learned
was thoroughly learned is proved by his
zeal, and its effects, on the king and peo-ple
of Nineveh.
Jonah returned to God with real joy
and thanksgiving, glad. indeed to have
the chance to do so. So should we,
whether saint or sinner, seeking God for
our special needs come as did Jonah
with thanksgiving that all God's bless-ings
await us. Jonah's former distress
was so great that - the first ray of hope
was hailed with gladness. Shall we not
as God's colaborers sink down before
God in humility, prayer, and supplica-tion,
with thanksgiving, until sinners
shall be in such great distress that they
Most High Thy Name.
BY MRS. G. W. GREENSTREET.
When I survey yon heaven's light,
And see the stars so twinkling bright,
The comet's flash or meteor's fall, -
I see the hand of God in all,
And ofttimes think of men who taught,
They came by chance, and God is not.
Oh, could it be that e'er a soul,
Or human voice had ever told,
There is no God to so create
Yon heaven's blue-' tis all mistake?
Bright sun, ye monarch of the skies,
Great fear would come, shouldst thou not rise;
O moon so fair, how could they say,
God bade thee not to go thy way,
And light the path of men who fail
To see their God in hill and vale?
O sun and stars, and moon sublime!
Ye speak of love and love divine,
They cannot say if truth was told,
There is no God who holds control.
Up from the south and darkening skies;
A little cloud doth quickly rise;
It comes, it spreads with flashes bright,
And speaks with voice of awful might;
It tells of one whose power demands
Obedience at his commands.
O God, Great God of all the earth,
Of heavens, sky, and universe,
The atheists of nature proud,
Shall humbly at thy feet be bowed.
I stood beside a lonely spot,
The grave of one whom " God knew not,"
The weeping willow at his head,
Sighed zephyrs soft' " He's dead, he's dead."
Oh, can it be, I ne'er shall see
That loved one in eternity,
Or join our hands around God's throne,
To sing his praise in joyful tone?
Yea, God shall in his vengeful ire,
Destroy the wicked in hell fire.
O atheist, how can'st thou know
When death's grim hand will bid thee go?
Oh, wouldst thou give, I pray thee, tell,
Thy soul to die in awful hell?
I plead thee come and know thy God;
Do not reject the cleansiog blood;
Jesus, his Son, he gave for thee,
To die in shame t ql. Calvary;
If thou wilt but his name confess,
His blood will cleanse- he'll gbi,: you rest.
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THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
BY MARTHA LOVE.
MY soul is stirred within me when I see
so may that have made a start in
the way of salvation and did run well
for a while; but when tribulation or
persecution arose because of the word,
by and by they were offended. Matt.
13: 21. Dear ones, you who are called
and placed in the one body, do not be
discouraged when trials come but be will-ing
to suffer for the cause of Christ.
Look to Jesus, do not look at the things of
this world. Now let us notice how he
tells us to behave in time of persecutions.
" Beloved, think it not strange concern-ing
the fiery trial which is to try you, as
though some strange thing happened
unto you; but rejoice inasmuch as ye
are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that
when his glory shall be revealed ye may
be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye
be reproached for the cause of Christ,
happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and
of God resteth upon you: on their part he
is evil spoken of, but on your part he is
glorified."- 1 Pet. 4: 12- 14. But let
none of you suffer as a thief, or as a
murderer, or an evil- doer, or a busybody
in other men's affairs.
Christ tells us in Luke 6: 22, 23:
" Blessed are ye, when men shall hate
you, and when they shall Separate you
from their company, and shall reproach
you, and cast out your name as evil, for
the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that
day and leap for joy; for behold, your
fy the afflicted soul, then [ at that time]
shall thy light rise in obscurity and thy
darkness be as the noonday." The sun
comes up and shines and yet many are
sleeping; as far as they are concerned it
had as well be Egyptian darkness. May
the sun shine in their face and awaken
them. When the prophet Joel described
the wonderful work of the New Testa-ment
army ( Chap. 2: 1- 11), he instructed
the people what to do. ( verses 12: 17),
and what God would then do ( verses 18-
32) as a result of their seeking with all
their heart. For the fulfillment see Acts,
chapters 1 to 5 inclusive.
W hen the New Testament gives the
experiences of the brethren in the morn-ing
light, it also tells us what they did
to obtain the experiences. Like doing will
bring like experiences. Lord, increase
our faith. " Then shall we know, if we
follow on to know the Lord: his going
forth is prepared as the morning," etc.
— Hos. 6: 1- 3. The " following on" is
for us. God has prepared his part, and
as we follow on we enter into and par-take
of the things God has prepared for
us. No doubt it could be likeneb to a
traveler, who starts out on a journey
with the intention of eating a meal every
ten miles. Ai. the meals are just so far
npart he must, should he desire to eat
more often, travel the faster. So have
God's people proved by their experience
in time past, and the precepts bear it out.
" My soul followeth hard after thee;
thy right hand upholdeth me."— Ps.
63: 8. God will- truly uphold us while
we are making great efforts, as David
says. ( See in the same Psalm.) " My
soul shall be satisfied as with marrow
and fatness, and my mouth shall praise
thee with joyful lips, when I remember
thee upon my bed and meditate on thee
in the , night watches." The day no
longer contains time enough for the
worship of God, and the full soul chinks
of the river . of pleasures in the night
seasons also. songs in the night are
given by- the Lord ( Joel 35: 10), and hap-py
saints sing aloud upon their beds.
They no longer sleep as do others, but
they watch and are sober. 1 Thess. 5: 6.
Through the path of self- denial they
reach glorious fullness of soul. How
glorious that " when tho'i saidst, Seek
ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy
- face, Lord, will I seek."— Ps. 27: 8.
Shall we not give glory to God? Amen.
reward is great in heaven." Thank
God! we can not only endure persecu-tions
and trials but rejoice in them. David
said, " Before I was afflicted I went
astray." Affliction if patiently borne
brings us nearer to God. I do praise
God, dear ones, for trials.' They make
me live nearer to God. When God
first saved me and I was called to go
through what I called severe trials, I
would get to looking at the trials in-stead
of looking to the Lord for help,
and I would lose the victory. But, praise
God! now I have victory through the
severe trials and can rejoice through
them, knowing if we suffer with him we
shall also reign with him in this present
world.
When we are going through suffering
of every kind then we can realize more
fully than ever what a comforting friend
the Bible is to us. When Satan comes
in like a flood with accusations, how that
blessedness is realized when God speaks
to comfort and encourage the tried soul.
And when those , around us persecute and
revile and slander, accusing us of many
things through envy and hatred, or even
when our brethren condemn us because
of not understanding the case, how bless-ed
it is to know that God knows all
about it and doth not impute sin! " If ye
suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are
ye: and be not afraid of their terror,
neither be troubled. For it is better if
the will of God be so that ye suffer for
well doing than for evil doing."- 1 Pet.
3: 14- 17. " But the God of all grace
who hath called us unto his eternal glory
by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffer-ed
a while, make you perfect, stablish,
strengthen, settle you."- 1 Pet. 5: 10.
" Rejoicing that they were counted wor-thy
to suffer shame for his name."— Acts
5: 41. " The sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with
the glory which shall be revealed in us."
— Rom. 8: 18. " For our light affliction,
which is but for a moment, worketh for
us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory." — 2 Cor. 1: 17. " See-ing
then we have a great High Priest,
that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the
Son of God, let us hold fast our pro-fession.
For we have not an high priest
which can- not be touched with the feel-ing
of our infirmities; but was in all
points tempted like as we are, yet with-out
sin."— Eleb. 4: 14,15.
You see, dear ones, we learn many
precious lessons of obedience by the
things we suffer. Let all be cheerful
and encouraged to do our duty, and the
Lord will bring us through more than
conquerors. I never have been more
encouraged than I am at this present
time. I see the children of God advanc-ing.
Our God is moving his children
forward and tea3hing them precious les-sons
in meekness, gentleness, and humil-ity.
As they get deeper their joy be-comes
greater. I have great confidence
in the dear brothers and sisters. I
believe most of those that have started
in the evening light mean to serve the
Lord with all their heart. Many are
being purified and made white and tried.
Sinners are far from God and have to go
through many things to reach the Bible
standard in everything, but let none be
discouraged while going through trials,
because we gain grace from the Lord
every time we are tried if we cling to
God.
The Devil is our enemy and opposes
every step we take to do good. So let
us not be surprised( if we are attacked by
him and his agents. We read in Job
1 . 7: " And the Lord said unto Satan,
Whence comest thou? Then Satan
answered the Lord and said, From going
to and fro in the earth and walking up
and down hi. it." You see God wants
us to be able to attack the strongholds
of the Devil, and drive his power back,
so that captive souls may be free, that
God may work among us in saving souls.
0 dear saints of God, you that are work-ing
for lost souls, just think of the saints
will come gladly to him who is so
merciful and mighty to save? Shall we
not then be able to point to the altar of
prayer as a place of praise rather than a
place of mourning? Shall not the
broken- hearted crowd to the altar with
the light of hope already kindled ill
their hearts? Will dear souls who act-ually
see their condition, and also see the
atonement of Jesus, need the personal
urging, the song after song of invitation,
to the extent that those things have
been used in the past?
As children of God, let us seek God
more earnestly in the secret chamber,
and we will not need to " labor so long in
preaching and singing, to produce the
conviction necessary to bring souls to
Christ. Paul describes the altar service
, of the New Testament, the early church,"
in 1 Cor. 14: 24, 25. " But if all proph-esy,
and there come in one that be-lieveth
not, or One unlearned, he is con-vinced
of all, he is judged of all: and
thus are the secrets of his heart made
manifest; and so falling down on his face
he will worship God, and report that
God is in you of a truth." " God is in
us of a truth"— the secret of his convic-tion,
of his concern for his soul. Then
let us seek God. As we are interested
in the salvation of souls, so the sours
themselves will be interested. " They
that , sow in tears shall reap in joy. I1:,
that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again
with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
him."— Ps. 126: 5, 6.
Paul says to the backslidden ones of
Galatia, " My little children, of whom I
travail in birth again until Christ be
formed in you."— Gal. 4: 19. This
travail of soul was a result of seeking
God, and living where God could use
him as a coworker with himself. Note
the experience of the one who goes forth
with weeping ( Ps. 126: 5, 6), in the
second verse. " Then was our mouth
filled with laughter, and our tongue with
singing: then said they among the
heathen [ sinners], The Lord bath done
great things for them." This was then
the secret: God had done great things
for them; they could go forth with weep-ing
and return with sheaves. May God
do great things for us whereof we shall
be glad. David's cry as a backslider
was thus: " Restore unto . me the joy of
thy salvation and uphold me with thy
free spirit. Then [ at that time] will I
teach transgressors thy ways, and
sinners shall be converted unto thee."
A loving God awaits us, no scolding,
no upbraiding for us when we come truly
seeking God's ways. Jas. 1: 5; Jno.
3: 17; 8: 11. Fear not, come praising,
come with thanksgiving; the entrance to
God's presence is through gates of
praise. Isa. 58: 8 says, " Then [ at
that time] shall thy light break forth
as the morning,?' and verses 8- 14 give
the experience of those who are in the
evening light— have it in them. The
fact that you, my professing friend, are
living in the time of a great light, by no
means proves that you have that light in
you. There is a door of entrance into
the light spoken of in Isa. 58: 8, and if
you have climbed up some other way
you are deceiving yourself in thinking
you are in the light. The door of verses
8- 14 is through verses 6 and 7. " Is not
this the fast I have chosen, : to loose the
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy
burdens [ see Septuagint], and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break
every yoke? Is it not to deal the bread
to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out to thy house? when
thou seest the naked, that thou cover
him: and that thou hide not thyself from
thine own flesh?" " Then shall thy light
break forth as the morning," etc.
Let no one presume he is in the light
( evening light) unless he bears the fruits.
" If thou take away from the midst of
thee the yoke, and putting forth of the
finger, and speaking vanity; and if thou
draw out thy soul to the hungry and satis-and
sinners that have passed away in the
last year; while the saints are enjoying
the glory of heaven and eternal bliss,
poor sinners are down in eternal misery
and woe. Let us have greater zeal to
move forward in the way of holiness
than ever before, and let us not stop and
trifle with trifling things by the wayside,
which are only to satisfy the lusts of the
flesh, and the lusts of the eye, and the
pride of life, which are " not of the
Father but of the world. The world
passeth away and the lust thereof; but
he that doeth the will of God abideth
forever."-- 1 Jno. 2: 16, 17. " NV hat-soever
thy hand findeth to do, do it with
thy might; for there is no work, nor
device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in
the grave, whither thou goest."— Eccl.
9: 10.
The Fountain for Sin.
Zech. 13: 1.
BY 0. A. CHAPMAN.
T HE fountain that was to be opened
to the house of David and to the in-habitants
of Jerusalem for sin and for
uncleanness, the Millennial teacher says,
has not been opened to the whole, house
of David yet, and will not be until the
beginning of the thousand- year age, or
Millennial reign of Christ, when the
bride ( the church) of Christ will have
been taken from the earth, and then the
fountain will be opened to the house of
David and to the inhabitants of Jeru-salem.
So says a certain Millennial
teacher that came to the Gospel Mission
in Walla Walla this winter. We praise
God that his word is plain and that we
are kept by the power of God from the
delusion of the Devil. This Millennial
teacher acknowledged that a few of the
Jews were getting saved through the
blood of Christ, but denied the fountain
being opened to , the whole house of
David. Now we will turn to the Word
and see whether this is correct or not.
In Zech. 14: 8, 9 we read, " And it
shall be in that clay that living waters
shall go out from Jerusalem; half of
them toward the former sea, and half of
them toward the hinder sea: in summer
and in winter shall it be. And the Lord
shall be king over all the earth: in that
day shall there be one Lord, and his
name one." In the foregoing scripture
we see that half of the living waters
was to flow to Jerusalem ( the Jews) first,
and the other half toward the hinder sea
( the Gentile world). These waters
( salvation) shall flow all the year" round
— in summer and in winter shall it be.
And at the same time of the flowing of
the living waters the Lord is to be King
over all the earth ( Jews and Gentiles);
and there shall be only one Lord and his
name one. To this agrees the apostle
Paul in Eph. 4: 5--" One Lord, one faith,
one baptism." Also in 1 Cor. 8: 6—
" But to us there is but one God, the
Father, of whom are all things, and we
in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom are all things, and we by him."
These scriptures show very clearly that
the prophet was prophesying of Jesus
Christ, as there is no other king that
bears the name of Lord and King. The
prophet shows that the Lord and King
should be the same person or name.
The words of Jesus Christaree with the
prophet about the living waters.
agree
" Jesus answered and said unto her, If
thou knewest the gift of God, and who
it is that saith to thee, Give i'ne to drink;
thou wouldest have asked of him, and
he would have given thee living water."
— Jno. 4: 10. " But whosoever shall
drink of the water that I shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that I
shall
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Endurance In Trials.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
thou, at least in this thy day-, the things
which belong unto thy peace!, but now
they are hid from thine eyes. For the
days shall come upon thee, that thine
enemies shall cast a trench about thee,
and compass thee round, and keep thee
in on every side, and shall lay thee even
with the ground, and thy children within
thee; and they shall not leave in thee one
stone upon another; because thou
knewest not the time of thy visitation."
- Luke 19: 41- 44. " And when he- had
called unto him his twelve disciples, he
gave them power against unclean spirits,
to east them out, and to heal all manner
of sickness and all manner of disease.
. . These twelve Jesus sent forth, and
commanded them, saying, Go not into
the way of the Gentiles, and into any
city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but
go rather to the lost sheen of the house
of Israel."- Matt. 10: 1, 5, 6.
These scriptures plainly show that sal-vation
from sin was first offered to the
Jews, but we will call for more testi-mony
and see whether we have abundant
proof to show that salvation was first
offered to the Jews. " In those days
came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent
ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand. For this is he that was spoken of
by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice
Of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare
ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight. . . . Then went out to him
Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the
region round about Jordan, and were
baptized of him in Jordan confessing
their sins."- Matt. 3: 1- 3, 5, 6. Read
verses 7- 12. John says that the kingdom
of heaven was open to them, and those
that were baptized of John received
Christ. " Ire came unto his own, and
his own received him not. , But to as
many as received him, to them gate he
power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his name: which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will
of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
of God."- Jno. 1: 11- 13. Are not these
scriptures proof enough that salvation
was offered to the Jews before it was to
the Gentiles? It does seem that if any
individual w ould read these scriptures
with an honest heart and an unbiased
mind, he surely would be convinced that
the fountain for sin and uncleanness
really had been offered to the Jews.
But now we will call on the converted
Jew, and hear what he says in his testi-mony
in Acts 13: 38, 39. " Be it known
unto you therefore, men and brethren,
that through this man is preached unto
you the forgiveness of sins: and by him
all that believe are justified from all
things, from which ye could not be jus-tified
by the law of Moses." " Now
when the congregation was broken up,
many of the Jews and religious pros-elytes
followed Paul and Barnabas: who,
speaking to them, persuaded them to con-tinue
in the grace of God. And the next
Sabbath: day came almost the whole city
together to hear the word of God. But
when the Jews saw the multitudes, they
were filled with envy, and spoke against
those things that were spoken by Paul,
contradicting and blaspheming. Then
Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and
said, It was necessary that the word of
God should first have been spoken to
you: but seeing ye put it from you, and
judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting
life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."-
Verses 43- 46. " For I am not ashamed
of the gospel of Christ; for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth, to the Jew first, and also
to the Greek [ Gentile]."- Rom. 1: 16.
" But unto them that are contentious,
and do not obey the truth, but obey un-righteousness,
indignation and wrath,
tribulation and anguish, upon . every
soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew
first, and also of the Gentile; but glory,
honor, and peace to every man that
worketh good, to the Jew first, and also
to the Gentile; for there is no respect of
persons with God."- Rom. 2: 8- 10.
The apostle Paul puts the Jew first in
receiving the blessings of the gospel
through obedience to the demands of the
gospel, and first to receive the judgments
of God for his disobedience.
To show that the Jew and Gentile are
on the very same plane in this dispensa-tion
we quote Rom. 3: 9, 10, 19-" What
then? are we better than they? No, in
no wise; for we have before proved
both Jews and Gentiles, that they are
all under sin; as it is written, There is
none righteous, no, not one. . . . Now
we know that what things soever the
law saith, it saith unto them who are
under the law: that every mouth: may
be stopped, and all the world may be-come
guilty before God." Now there
is just one way for both Jew and Gen-tile,
and that is in the one fountain
( Jesus' blood) that was shed over eighteen
hundred years ago, for sin and for un-cleanness.
So all must receive the cleans-ing
now or never. For the invitation is:
" And the Spirit and the Bride say,
Come; and let him that heareth say,
Come; and let him that is athirst come;
and whosoever will, let him come and
take the water of life freely.• 0 thirsty
one, come, whether Jew or Gentile.
Ohl the judgment that will rest upon
the false teachers that teach that man
can not get saved now, but must wait
until some fancied future age. 0 sinner,
do not believe them. There will be
no age to come. But plunge into the
open fountain that is flowing freely for
all mankind. To show that there will be
no age to come, we offer one more thus
saith the Lord, from Matt. 25: 31- 33-
" When the Son of man. shall come in his
glory, and all the holy angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the [ judgment]
throne of his glory: and before him shall
be gathered all nations: and he shall
separate them one from another, as a
shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats: and he shall set the sheep on his
right hand, but the goats on the left."
13.
41. INCONTINENCY.
" For men shall be. . . incontinent."
- 2 Tim. 3: 3. " They allure• through the
lusts of the flesh, through much wanton-ness,
those that were clean escaped from
them who live in error."- 2 Pet 2: 18.
" Let us walk honestly [ decently- margin],
. . . not in chambering and wantonness."
- Rom. 13: 13.
42. JEALOUSY.
Being pained by suspicions of preference
shown to another; painful apprehension of
rivalry. " Jealousy is cruel as the grave."
- Solomon's Song 8: 6. See the Law of
Jealousy in Num. 5 : 14- 31.
43. JUDGING- FALSE.
Judging rashly, harshly, or with-out
a proper understanding of the case;
or condemning another when you are guilty.
" Judge not, that ye be not judged; for
with what judgment ye judge ye shall be
judged: and with what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you again. And
why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam
that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou
say to thy brother, Let me pull out the
mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam
is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first
cast out the beam that is in thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out
the mote out of thy brother's eye."-
Matt. 7: 1- 5. " Doth our law judge any
man, before it hear him, and know what he
doeth?" " Judge not according to the
appearance, but judge righteous judgment.'
- Jno. 7: 51, 24. " By their fruits ye shall
know them."- Matt. 7: 20.
The Bible our only standard of judgment.
" Let . . a two- edged sword [ be] in their
hand; to execute upon them the judgment
written."- Ps. 149 : 6, 9.
Caution. " Having in a readiness to re-venge
all disobectience, when your obedience
is "- 2 Cor. 10: 6. " Therefore
thou art inexcusable, 0 man, whosoe- er
thou art that judgest: for wherein thou
judgest another, thou condemnest thyself;
for thou that judgest doest the same things.
But we are sure that the judgment of God
is according to truth against them which
commit such things. And thinkest thou
this, 0 man, that judgest them which do
such things, and doest the same, that thou
shalt escape the judgment of God? Or
despisest thou the riches of his goodness
and forbearance and Iongsuffering; not
knowing that the goodness of God leadeth
thee to repentance? But, after thy hard-ness
and impenitent heart, treasurest up
- unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath
and revelation of the - righteous judgment
of God; who will render to every man ac-cording
to his deeds."- Rom. 2: 1- 6.
44. LASCIVIOUSNESS.
Licentiousness, voluptuousness. " From
within, out of the heart of men, proceed .
. . lasciviousness."- Mark 7 : 21, 22. " Who
being past feeling have given themselves
over unto lasciviousness, to work all unclean-ness
with greediness."- Eph. 4: 19. " For
there are certain men crept in [ among you]
unawares, . . . ungodly men, turning the
grace of our God into lasciviousness. .
These filthy dreamers defile the flesh. . . .
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the
way of Cain.. . . These are spots in your
feasts of charity."- Jude 4,8, 11, 12.
45. LYING.
Forbidden. " Lie not one to another."-
Col. 3: 9. " Lie not against the truth."-
Jas. 3: 14.
Punishment for. 1. In hell. " All liars
shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone."- Rev.
21: 8. 2.' Shut out of the holy city and.
heaven. " And there shall in no wise enter
into it anything that deffieth, . . . or
maketh a lie."- Rev.
46. LAZINESS.
Slothfulness. " The desire of the slothful
killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor."
- Prov. 21: 25. " As vinegar to the teeth,
and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slug-gard
to them that send him."- Prov.
10: 26. See Prov. 6: 6- 11. " And that ye
study to be quiet, and. to do your own busi-ness,
and to work with your own hands, as
we commanded you."- 1 Thess. 4: 11. " For
even when we were with you, this we com-manded
you, that if any would not work,
neither should he eat. For we hear that
there are some which walk among you
disorderly, working not at all, but are busy-bodies.
Now them that are such we com-mand
and exhort by our Lord. Jesus Christ,
that with quietness they work, and eat their
own bread."- 2 Thess. 3: 10- 12.
47. LOVE OF THE WORLD.
" Love not the world, neither the things
that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of
the world. And the world passeth away,
and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth forever."- 1 Jno.
2: 15- 17. " Ye adulterers and adulteresses,
know ye not that the friendship of the
world is enmity with God? whosoever there-fore
will be the friend of the world is the
enemy of God."- Jas. 4: 4. " Men shall
be . . . . ' lovers of pleasures more than
lovers of God; having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof; from such
turn away."- 2 Tim. 3: 2, 4, 5. " Demas
hath forsaken me, having loved this present
world."- 2 Tim. 4: 10.
48. LAWLESSNESS.
Not obedient to laws of the land. " But
we know that the law is good, if a
man use it lawfully; knowing this, that
the law is not made for a righteous man,
but for the lawless and disobedient, for the
ungodly and. for sinners, for un-holy
and profane, for murderers of
fathers and murderers of mothers, for
manslayers, for whoremongers, for them
that defile themselves with mankind, for
menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons,
and if there be any other thing that is con-trary
to sound doctrine."- 1 Tim. 1: 8- 10.
God demands that we obey the laws. " Sub-mit
yourselves to every ordinance of man
for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the
king, as supreme; or unto governors, as
unto them that are gent by him for the
punishment of evil- doers, and for the praise
of them that do well. For so is the will of
God, that with well- doing ye may put to
silence the ignorance of foolish men."- 1
Pet. 2: 13- 15. " Let every soul be subject
unto the higher powers. For there is no
Dower but of God.: the powers that be are
ordained of God. Whosoever therefore
resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance
of God: and they that resist shall receive
to themselves damnation. For rulers are
not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power?
do that which is good, and thou shalt have
praise of the same: for he is the minister
of God to thee for good. Bat if thou do
that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth
not the sword in vain: for he is the minister
of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon
him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must
needs be subject, not only for wrath, but
also for conscience' sake. For for this
cause pay ye tribute also: for they are
God's ministers, attending continually upon
this very thing. Render therefore to all
their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom to whom custom; fear to whom
fear; honor to whom honor."- Rom.
13 : 1- 7.
49. MURDER.
Actual. " Thou shalt do no murder."-
Matt. 19: 18.
By hatred. " Whosoever hateth his
brother is a murderer: and ye know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."
- 1 Jno. 3: 15.
Punishment. " Murderers . .. shall
have their part in the lake which burneth
with fire and brimstone."- Rev. 21: 8.
Example. See Gen. 4: 3- 14.
50. MALICE.
Malevolence, malignity. " A malevolent
man desires to see others unhappy, and
rejoices when they are so; a malicious man
is habitually bent upon injuring others
without cause. Malignity goes further; it is
not only bent on evil, but loves it for e its
own sake."- Webster.
" For we ourselves were sometimes foolish,
. . .. living in malice and envy."- Tit.
3: 3. " Laying aside all malice." - 1. Pet.
2: 1. " As free and not using your liberty
for a cloak of maliciousness."- 1 Pet. 2: 16.
A Catalogue of Sins.
COMPILED BY B. E. WARREN AND C. W.
NAYLOR.
38. HYPOCRISY.
Falsely pretending to have- virtue or piety.
" And they come unto thee as the people
cometh, and they sit before thee as my
people, and they hear- thy words, but they
will not do them: for with their mouth
they show much love, but their heart goeth
after their covetousness. And, lo, thou
art unto them as a very lovely song of one
that bath a pleasant voice, and can play well
on an instrument: for they hear thy
words, but they do them not."- Ezek.
33: 31, 32. " Be not as the hypocrite."-
Matt. 6: 16. " The joy of a hypocrite [ is]
but for a moment."- Job 20: 5. " The
hypocrite's hope shall perish."- Job 8: 13.
" For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
though he hath gained, - when God taketh
away his soul?"- Job 27: 8. See Matt. 23d
chapter.
39. IDOLATRY.
Worshiping created things more than the
Creator.
Worship of idols. " Keep yourselves from
idols. "- 1 Jno. 5: 21. " Abstain from pollu-tions
of idols."- Acts 15: 20.
Covetousness. " Covetousness which is
idolatry."- Col. 3: 5. " Be not deceived:
neither . . . idolaters, . . . nor covetous .
• . shall inherit the kingdom of God."- 1
Coy. 6: 9, 10. " Who changed the truth of
God into a lie, and worshiped and served
the creature more than the Creator."-
Rom. 1: 25.
40. IMPLACABILITY.
Irreconcilable; relentless; unappeasable;
unforgiving. " Being filled with all
unrighteousness, . . . implacable, unmer-ciful."-
Rom. 1: 29, 31. " But if ye forgive
not men their trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses."- Matt.
6: 15. " Woe unto them! for they have
gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily
after the error of Balaam for reward, and
perished in the gainsaying of Core. These
are spots in your feasts of charity, when
they feed with you, feeding themselves
without fear: clouds they are without water,
carried about of winds; trees whose fruit
withereth, without fruit, twice dead,
plucked up by the roots; raging waves of
the sea, foaming out their own shame;
wandering stars, to whom is reserved the
blackness of darkness forever."- Jude 11-
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
It is. said that Bishop Andrews sat a
silent listener recently in the assembly
of Methodist ministers of New York
while the truth of the Bible was called in
question and the sacred word desecrated
by his fellow ministers.
The plain truths of the Bible are out
of date, are behind the times in Method-ism.
Their much- revered Bishop Foster
a few years ago penned the following
words: " Worldly socials, fairs, festivals,
concerts, and such like have taken the
place of the religious gatherings, revival
meetings, class and prayer meetings of
earlier days.... Under such worldly per-formance
spitituality is frozen to death.
... The early Methodist ministers went
forth to sacrifice and suffer for Christ.
They sought not places of ease and
affluence, but of privation and suffering.
They gloried not in their big sal odes,
fine parsonages, and refined conglega-tions,
but in the souls that had been won
for Jesus. Oh, how changed! A hire-ling
ministry will be a feeble, a timid,
a time- serving ministry with-etit
faith, endurance, and holy power.
In a few weeks we expect to make a
ten- cent offer on the Gospel Trumpet;
that is, to send the Trumpet each week
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Bro. John C. Fisher, of. Creekside,
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who might be interested in this matter.
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POWER VERSUS FORM.
The pulpit ought to be a center of po
But is it? God said to Jonah, " Pr
the preaching I bid thee." Jesus
" Preach the gospel." Paul said, " Pr
the Word." Again he said, " We pr
Christ." Philip " preached Jesus."
this means the selfsame thing. Chri
the soul of the gospel as well as the
stance of all doctrine. Much of the pre
ing, reading or talking— whatever you pl
to call it— is Christless and powerless.
course, this is a refined age, and the pe
are away up, but the Devil can. appea
refined. as a saint. Nothing suits
better than to get the preacher away f
the gospel on to some fine topic, and t
get some one to tell him ( the preacher) t
he made a fine effort. The pulpit sho
proclaim the great, fundamental doctri
of the Bible. But does it? The pee
are often treated to a well- written essay
dissertation on some abstract question t
does not contain an ounce of pure gos
There is neither lightening nor thunder in
One reason why Paul was not ashamed
he gospel of Christ was because it was
power of God unto salvation. But it
no more the power of God unto salvati
hen than it is now. It is the same eter
ruth, yesterday, to- day, and forever.
In Hosea we read, " Like people, li
Hest." In Isaiah we read, " As with t
eople so with the priest." There is
ood deal of harmony between the pul
nd the pew. Everything goes along in
rderly manner. All the services must
hort or the people cannot stand them
hort prayers, short sermons, short eve
hing. Oftentimes the service is go
hrough with, and. nothing in it but an on
nd- out performance; no life, no spirit,
ower. Protestants often speak dispara
gly of the ritualistic services gone throw
ith by the Roman Catholic Church, but
n come right down to it you will fin
out as much spirit and power in the on
in the other. The result is that scor and hundreds of men, women, and childr
e being gathered into the Protesta
lurch who have not an ounce of Christi
perience. If reformation was necessary.
e times of Luther and Wesley in Enrop
d Otterbein and Asbury in America, it
arcely less necessary now. But some on
ay say this is putting it a little too stron
hat are the facts? Is it not a fact th
e church is drifting away from the mor
iritual to the social and intellectual? I
e religion of Jesus Christ is what the Bibl
presents it to be, then the church in general
far below the standard. Where is the spiri-al
power that was breathed into the apos-ic
church? Peter's sermon on the day of
ntecost was not what the people of to- day
uld call brilliant, but the people were
eked, not in the head, but in the heart.
h
What did it? Two things. First, he
ached the gospel sitraight. Second, the
ly Spirit quickened the Word spoken and
de it powerful. What would the people do
nere should be such an uproar in some
our congregations to- day. It would
re some of them half to death, and many
uld run for dear life. But we have the
e gospel Peter had, and the same Holy
nit to accompany the Word. What is
matte' ? The people do not want it
t way, neither does the Devil. Thousands
hunch people instead of praying for the
tism of the Holy Spirit, are asking such
stions as these: Is it wrong for a Christian
ance? to go to the theater? to visit places
musemeat? to play progressive eacher?
Why don't they ask such questions as
e: Is it wrong to pray? to go to church?
ake the sacrament? etc. The fact is, a
or woman filled with the Spirit of
st knows without asking any questions
ther a thing is right or wrong.
at some may say that the writer is
ng old and feeble, and has fallen far
nd in the race, all of which is readily
ted ; but the fact remains that we have
same gospel, which is as changeless as
throne of God. If in the days of the
of Man and his inspired apostles it was
ssary that a man should be " born
," " born of the Spirit," " made a
creature," and be " cleansed from all
it is necessary now. If there ever
a time when men were born into the
Tom of grace by the power of the Holy
t, it remains the same to- day. What
e the heavens is the use lot preachers
eople to go whining around, and wink-
I this and that when they know it is
f harmony with the plain teaching of
word? It is all well enough to be nice
derly in the house of God, but there is
ibstitute for the power of the Holy
Jesus Christ is the advocate
en God and man, and the Holy Spirit
executive officer in the Holy Trinity.
Methodism formerly dealt in the great
central truth. Now the pulpits deal
largely in generalities and in popular
lectures. The glorious doctrine of entire
sanctification is rarely heard and seldom
witnessed in the pulpits."
The following is from Bishop ' Weaver
of the United Brethren denomination
who also bewails the coldness and worldly
conformity of his creed, which he
denominates the church.
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Dear Saints: In these days of peril,
when Satan's combined forces are set in
battle array against the work of God,
and the souls of the redeemed; and while
the dark resources of the bottomless pit
are being exhausted to invent and send
forth, through every known agency, all
manner of dark and cunningly devised
doctrines of devils to- deceive, if possible,
the very elect, and to bring again into
bondage those who have escaped the pol-lutions
of the world through the know-ledge
of the Lord and Savior Jesus; it
behooves every child of God to stead-fastly
behold the Son of God, and to
stand with both feet upon the eternal
Word. Rev.' 15: 2; Eph. 6: 15, 16.
" Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not
confidence in a guide."— Micah 7: 5.
" Thou art my hiding- place and my
shield; I hope in thy word. "— psi. 119:
114. Follow me even as I follow Christ,"
saith Paul. Even so to- day we dare not
A DENIAL.
NOTICE.
I would say to the brethren and sisters
who subscribed to help purchase a taber-nacle
that it has been purchased and Bro.
A. B. Stanbe. rf will take charge of it and
begin meeting as soon as . the weather
will permit. We owe twenty- five dollars
on the tabernacle yet. Those that have
not paid their subscription will please
send it as soon as possible; and any one
who has not subscribed and who feels like
helping us can 40 so and it will be thank-fully
received. 	 J. II. Ball,
Doniphan, Mo.
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7.1. follow the teaching of any man, be he
t Pope, Bishop, Priest or Preacher; 3,- ea,
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light preacher," if be depart from the
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5- him not.
Having learned recentlythat wihti ihds
te being reported that I had been carried
away by a certain false doctrine
had been taught in Denver and elsewhere,
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to the effect that carnality is not destroy-ed
when the Holy Spirit is received, and
fearing lest Satan discourage some who
entered the kingdom of peace during my
ministry among them, I desire through
the columns of The Gospel Trumpet to
emphatically deny the truth of such
reports; but on the contrary, the effect
of the one sermon to which I listened is
a deeper settling down in the precious
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believed and taught. The advocate of
this false doctrine taught while here that .
salvation consists of two works of grace,
namely: ( 1) Justification, which includes
pardon, and ingrafting into the vine: ( 2)
Sanctification, or. the receiving of the
Holy Ghost. This doctrine, like all
other false doctrines, is based upon cer-tain
passages which, until compared and
connected with other scriptures would
seem to teach that which is contrary to
that which is true. I have given this
doctrine my careful and studious con-sideration
according to 1 Thess. 5: 21—
" Prove all things," etc. — and find that
it looks very plausible at first, and is
very liable to deceive those who have
never been sanctified wholly, and also
those dear ones who have through some
trick of the Devil lost the grace of sanc-tification
and have become discouraged.
It is based upon scriptures like Acts 8: 5-
12, and verses 14- 17. Also Acts 2: 1- 4;
also Acts 19: 1- 5. These scriptures
testify to the reception of the Holy Spirit
by converts ( See also Acts 10: 44.), but
say nothing of cleansing.
This doctrine leaves the one who is
supposed to be sanctified in a state of
carnality, with the privilege of pruning
at his pleasure, according to John 15: 2,
which they pervert. And I believe that
one scripture in connection with those
which I have given above as being the
criptures upon which they base their do,-
rine will serve to show you why I cannot
crept it ( aside from my own experi-nce).
Peter, in relating to the apostles
nd elders at Jerusalem the things that-ccurred
during his ministry among the
entiles ( probably referrine. to the in-ances
cited in Acts 8: 14- 17 and 10: 44)
rtifies: " God, which knoweth the
carts, bare them witness, giving them
e Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
d put no difference between us and
em, purifying their hearts by faith."
Acts 15 : 8, 9. I understand by the
regoing that God, knowing their hearts
ere in condition, gave them the Holy
host— purifying their hearts— by faith,
d that Jews and Gentiles are purified
en they receive the Holy Ghost— not
fore, nor afterwards. So that the
rgi. ig or pruning of John 15: 2 is
cessary in order to fit our bodies for
e indwelling of the Holy Spirit. I
ieve that I have defined my position
arding the two works of grace; viz.,
tified freely, i ngrafted in to the vine,
d sanctified wholly by and through the
al destruction, annihilation, elimination
dication, or perfect cleansing from
hliness, and fleshly desires,
eiving of the Holy Spirit as an abid:
men. 	
and the
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John E. Roberts.
AN APPEAL.
885 Grand River Ave., Detroit, Mich.
To all the dear children of God: The
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If the church with its splendid machine'
were endued with power as it might an
ought to be, there is no telling what migh
be done in the next ten years. But wha
good is all this machinery, with no power t
fun it? What good is an engine witheu
steam? I saw Engine 999. It was beauti
ful to look at. Everything was as ilea
perfect as it could well be. But wa
standing stock- still. Why? There wris
steam; no power to move a wheel. Tha,
represents a good many congregations. Th
machinery is there but no power to run it
In Ezekiel's vision he saw a marvelou
vehicle which moved with great rapidity.
But it did not move of itself. The
spirit of the living creature was in the
wheels; but for that it would not have
moved at all. So it is with the church. If
the Spirit of the living God is not in it, it
will not and cannot move forward. Oh,
this spiritless, powerless performance called
worship. How it detracts from the useful-ness
of the. church!
A few years ago the creed to which
the bishop belongs became disunited
over the question of secret societies, and
some other points of doctrine. This
resulted in two factions being formed,
each claiming to be the original United
Brethren Church, one was called the
Radicals, and the other the Liberals.
The one was too radical to accept secret
societies, holiness, the doctrine of living'
without sin in this life, etc., while the
other was liberal enough to take secret
orders, church socials, worldly conform-ity,
and go hand in hand with the
world. The bishops with hearts of
lamentation have come to. a realization
of the situation, and bewail the fallen
condition of their babel creeds. But
now comes the serious moment with
them. Can the creeds be renovated, or
must they obey the angelic voice from
heaven: " Come out of her, my people."
Rev. 18: 4; 2 Cor. 6: 17. To remain
yoked up in such knowing the abomina-tions
thereof, is death and destruction
to their souls. To " preach the Word"
in its purity, and " contend earnestly for
the faith once delivered to the saints"
means to be branded as " an old fogy,"
and dismissed from their ranks.
Will the love of Jesus Christ and for
his gospel prevail and lead them out in
the freedom of the spiritual realm of
full salvation, or will they yield to the
bewitching influence of pride and popu-larity?
Oh, ye bishops! set your faces
Zionward, and trust in him who is
mighty to deliver.
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Prov. 19: 17. " There is that scattereth,
and yet increaseth, and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty.''— Prow. 11: 21.
Jesus left us an example that we should
follow in his steps and live very self-denying
for the gospel's sake and not
live to please ourselves; " for even
Christ pleased not himself."— Rom.
15: 1- 3. How can we indulge in super-fluity
( Jas. 1: 21) in eating, drinking, or
wearing apparel? " for after all these
things do the Gentiles [ or sinners] seek."
— Matt. 6: 32. If we seek to please our
appetites, and our tastes in dress, etc.,
and see our brother have need of the
gospel, and pure literature, and healing
of the body, and necessities of life, and
shut up our bowels of compassion against
him, how dwelleth the love of God in us?
1 Jno. 3: 17.
0 dear ones, let us let go of this world
and the lusts thereof, and " seek ye first
the kingdom of God and his righteous-ness,
and all these things shall be add-ed."—
Matt. 6: 33. " When we see so
many of the dear children of God and.
others on every hand who are suffering
and have been cripples for years, bound
in affliction by Satan, it stirs our heart,
to see our duty as a church and measure
to the apostolic standard, so as to be able
to exercise, faith in the name of Jesus,
as Peter did when the lame man was
healed. Acts 3: 6. 	 Della Sheldon.
not only in this country. but in foreig
fields: The great need of faithful thur
oughly consecrated workers who are will
ing to go anywhere, or to suffer with Jesu
and endure all things for the gospel'
sake, and also the great need of means t
carry on the work in this last great ref
ormation. Time is short and souls ar
perishing. Much has been said on th
line of giving, but I feel that the Lor
wants it preached and thoroughly im
pressed on our hearts till we practice i
according to the word of God." The
Lord not only wants us to give of our
means, but to give our hearts and lives
to him and his service; and if this is
really done it is an evident fact that our
means will not - be withheld. Think of
the nations in darkness and calling for
the gospel. India alone has been calling
for a number of years, besides many places
in Africa, China, and Japan, and the
Spanish islands have been recently opened
for the gospel. Shall we fold our hands
and say we can do nothing? May the
Lord help us.
If we have no money, we can earnestly
pray for them every day, that God will
send whom he will . to bring the glad
tidings of salvation to them, and that he
will provide means to send them. Then
search our consecrations and see if we are
ready to go if he says so, and if he calls
- for every cent we have and all we pos-sess,
say amen to that. It means much
to be as deeply consecrated as the widow
who gave two mites, or all her living.
Her trust was in God and not in money.
The rich men cast in of their abundance,
but they did not do what they could; so
they received no blessing. The young
lawyer thought he had done all that he
could, but when he was told to sell what
he had and give alms he went away
sorrowful, because he was very rich, and
the fact that he was not willing to give.
up his riches was proof that he was trust-ing
in them instead of God. ' And
Jesus said to his disciples, How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into the
kingdom of God!' And he said again
unto them, ' Children, how hard it is for
them that trust in riches to enter into
the kingdom of God!' Mark 10: 23, 24.
Is it not the same to- day? So many are
afraid of going to the poorhouse, afraid
to step out on the promises for fear God
will not fulfill them. Shame on such
faith. What does God think of them?
" And I said, I will hide my. face from
them, I will see what their end shall be:
for they are a very froward generation,
children in whom is no faith."— Dent.
32: 20; 31: 17; Matt. 17: 17 .
Jesus was talking to his disciples,
when he said, " Sell that ye have and
give alms.-"- Luke 12: 33. I really
believe that many of the dear children
of God in these days would find, if they
search their consecration carefully, they
are trusting in what they possess,
whether it be little or much, mere than
they have any idea of, and thus fail to
get the blessings, and increase of faith
that they might have if they would step
out on the promises of God. And indeed
it is a great hindrance to the work of
God. Let us read Jas. 5: 3—" Your gold
and silver is cankered; and the rust of
them shall be a witness against you, and
shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye
have heaped treasure together for the
last days." George Muller would not
accept any gift for himself to provide for
the future. He felt it would not glorify
God, and preferred to trust him to sup-ply
from day to day, like the children of
Israel receiving manna. Thus his whole
life was given to God, and freely he re-ceived
and freely he gave. Matt. 10: 8.
" The life of a Christian is a life of giving
and receiving, of receiving and giving."
If we have not a cent, yet we are not
excused from giving. Peter said to the
lame man at the gate, " Silver and gold
have I none; but such as I . have, give I
thee."" He that bath pity upon the poor,
lendeth unto the Lord; and that which
he hath given will he pay him again."—
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But what does the term " carnal" here
signify? It must mean that they possess-ed
in them some unholy elements, be-cause
to substantiate his charge that the
Corinthians were yet carnal, Paul refers
to certain outcroppings among them
that did not spring from sanctified
hearts. He says, " Ye are yet carnal:
fox whereas there is among you envying,
and strife, and divisions, are ye not
carnal, and walk as men?" Surely
there was a nature in them that was
foreign to holiness, and since they were
babes in Christ, what could it be if not
inbred depravity?
But some affirm that a justified person
can not engage in envying, and strife,
and divisons without losing his justifi-cation.
This depends altogether upon the
nature and extent of the envy and strife,
and divisions. Among the Corinthians
it was merely a preference of preachers.
" One saith, I am of Paul; and another,
I am of Apollos." Could not justified
children of God be contentious on these
lines without entirely losing the grace
of God out of their hearts? Is this any
worse than the envy and strife repeatedly
manifested in the apostles themselves
during the life of our Savior? Did
they not jangle about who should be
greatest? Did not James and John
attempt to make themselves the greatest?
Did not their carnal aspirations cause
envy and even anger in the other ten?
Yet we all believe them to have been
born of the Spirit. Why then should
we take such an inconsistent stand
against these Corinthians?
Some to prove that the Corinthians
addressed in the 3d chapter of Paul's first
epistle were sinners and not babes in
Christ, refer to other parts of the Cor-inthian
epistles that speak of some who
had committed actual sins, and thereby
made themselves actual sinners. We
should interpret the third chapter of 1
Corinthians by the context alone and not
compare those of the Corinthians address-ed
in the third chapter with others ad-dressed
and referred to in other parts of
the epistles.
We will now bring our series of chap-ters
to a close by considering the taber-nacleyitched
by Moses in the wilderness,
as a type of the two- fold cleansing under
the gospel, according to the teachings of
the epistle to the Hebrews.
One party by private letter, in his
zeal to oppose the second cleansing,
affirmed that the two apartments in the
tabernacle of Moses did not signify justi-fication
and sanctification under the gos-pel
as we have formerly taught, but that
the holy place in the tabernacle signified
the old covenant and the most holy place
the new covenant. But we will let the
New Testament set this matter straight.
In Hebrews S: 1, 2 we read, - Now
of the things which we have spoken this
is the sum: We have such an high priest,
who is set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; a minister
of the sanctuary, and of the true taber-nacle,
which the Lord pitched, and not
man." Sanctuary in this text is from
hagion, a plural adjective for holy.
Hence it can not be properly translated
in the singular as in the authorized ver-sion.
The conjunction and following
this word is from kai, which can be as
correctly rendered, even as and. Trans-lating
_ the adjective holy in the plural,
which must in this connection be rendered
holy places, and changing and to even, as
we have suggested, the text would call
Christ " a minister of the holy places,
even of the true tabernacle, which the
Lord pitched, and not man." This
translation we have submitted to the
criticism of a thorough Greek scholar,
and are assured that we have it correct.
But what is its meaning? Simply this:
The tabernacle of Moses typified the
church of God in the New Testament.
The two apartments of the tabernacle
typified the two states of grace in the
New Testament church. The holy place
typified justification, and the most holy
Zinzendorfism Refuted.
BY WM. G. SCHELL.
CHAPTER iv.
W E will now turn to Paul's first
epistle to the Corinthians. " And
I, brethren, could not speak unto you as
unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even
as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you
with milk, and not with meat: for
hitherto • ye were not able to bear it,
neither yet now are ye able. For ye are
yet ' carnal:- for whereas there is among
you envying, and strife, and divisions,
are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
For while one saith, I am of Paul; and
another, I am of Apollos; are ye not
carnal?"— Chap. 3: 1- 4.
In verses one and two of this quotation
Paul refers to the state of certain of the
Corinthian brethren at the time he had
made a visit to them and spoke to them
face to face. This visit of his to Corinth
he describes in the second chapter. He
shows in the text before us that al the
time he was present with them he could
not address them as spiritual persons,
but as carnal persons, as babes in Christ.
He further shows that when he was with
them he fed them. with milk and not
with meat, because he affirms that they
had not been at that time able to bear it.
Then he adds, " Neither yet now are ye
able. For ye are carnal." That is, you
are yet in the same condition that you were
in at the time I visited you. Whatever
was the condition of these Corinthians at
the time of Paul's writing, he shows that
it was the same at the time he was
among them and preached the word to
them. If they were sinners when Paul
was preaching to them, at Corinth, Paul
was not a faithful preacher; for no
minister who is faithful to the souls of
men will pamper them up and feed them
as babes in Christ, if he knows them to
be sinners. But Paul did not say they
were sin lers at the time he was among
them, but that they were babes in Christ
and he treated them as such, hence he
believed them to be born of the Spirit.
But although they were babes in Christ
whc_ n Paul was among them they were
nevertheless carnal, and Paul knew it.
Therefore he was careful, knowing their
carnal condition, to feed them with milk
and not with strong Meat. But what
was their, condition at the time of Paul's
writing? He does not say that they
had fallen from the new birth; he only
affirms that they were carnal when he was
with them and that they are yet- carnal.
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place, sanctification. The New Testa-ment
church is the true tabernacle, while
that of Moses was but a typical one.
Christ is the minister in both the state of
justification and sanctification; hence we
can see how beautiful is the signification
of Paul's words, " a minister of the
holy places, even of the true tabernacle."
" Then verily the first covenant had also
ordinances of divine service, and a world-ly
sanctuary. For there was a taber-nacle
made; the first, wherein was the
candlestick, and the table, and the shew-bread:
which is called the sanctuary.
And after the second veil, the tabernacle
which is called the holiest of all; which
had the golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round about with
gold, wherein was the golden pot that
had manna, and Aaron's rod that bud-ded,
and the tables of the covenant: and
over it the cherubims of glory shadow-ing
the mercy seat: of which we can
not now speak particularly. Now when
these things were thus ordained, the
priests went always into the first
tabernacle, accomplishing the service
of God. But into the second went the
high priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for him-self
and for the errors of the people.
The Holy Ghost this. signifyin g, that
the way into the holiest of all was not
yet made manifest, while as the first
tabernacle was yet standing: which was a
figure for the time then present, in which
were offered both gifts and sacrifices,
that could not make him that did the
service perfect, as pertaining to the con-science."—
Heb. 9: 1- 9.
Here Paul gives a brief description of
the tabernacle with its two apartments
and the holy furniture contained in each.
He also refers to the two orders of priests
and shows how that the priests accom-plished
service always, that is, daily in
the first apartment, or holy place, and
that the high priest alone went once a
year into the second apartment, the
holiest of all, to atone for the people.
Then follow the words of verse eight,
" The Holy Ghost this signifying, that
the way inlo the holiest of ail was not yet
made manifest, while as the first taberna-cle
was yet standing." " Holiest of all"
in this text is an erroneous translation of
hagion, which should be rendered, holy
places, as in chapter 6, verse 2. We
will insert a new translation of this
verse, which is more literal than the
received version. " By this the Spirit of
the holy one showing the way of the
holy places not to have been manifested
while the first tabernacle was yet stand-ing."
This translation we have also
submitted to the criticism- of a Greek
scholar, and are assured that it is clearer
than the authorized version. The mean-ing
of these words of Paul is as follows:
He had just referred, in the two verses
immediately preceding this verse, to the
services of the - priests daily in the holy
place, and of the high priest once a year
in the most holy place. It was by the .
services of the two orders of priests that
the Spirit of the holy one indicated under
the old covenant that the way of the holy
places was not yet made manifest. The
New Testament way is the way of the
holy places; justification is the true holy
place and sanctification the true most
holy place. Only the high priest was
admitted into the most holy place in
the tabernacle of Moses. This typified.
that admission into the true most holy
place, sanctification, typified by that
literal holy place, could not be obtained
while the services of the first tabernacle
continued. Also none but the priests
could serve in the holy place of the
literal tabernacle. This signified that
the true holy place or new birth typified
by that literal holy place could not be
entered while the first tabernacle was
standing. Surely we can not fail to see
from this teaching of Paul that the two
holy places in the tabernacle of Moses
typified the two states of grace in the
New Testament church.
MY TESTIMONY.
Five years or a little more ago I was
as a sheep having no shepherd. I could
not find any resting- place in any of the
sects, and I was hungering for the bread
of life, and looking for a people whose
God is the Lord. In the fall of 1893 a
Gospel Trumpet was given to me. I did
find food for my soul, and in a little while
I got to read " The Biblical Trace of the
Church" and I was made to see the true
church. Praise the dear Lord! & little
over one year ago when I was to pass
through a trial and persecution for the
gospel's sake, God gave me warning of it
and he showed me in his own way to
stand in defense of The Gospel Trumpet
and this holiness reformation; because
it was of him, and to defend it was to
defend the Bible. My earnest prayer is
that all the literature may be kept
pure, and I feel like saying here, when
any one is writing tracts or articles for
publication, in giving references be
very careful and get the right ones. If
not, the ones given may be far from the
subject and be misleading or not give
the light desired. May God bless and
increase the publishing work far beyond
what it is now, even more than it has
from its beginning until how. I am so
anxious about the work in Scotland
where God has sent us, and vet I feel we
have to learn lessons of patience, endur-ance,
and wait on God and he will give
us the desires of our hearts. The Lord
willing, I will return soon to Glasgow.
We feel that our meeting with Bro. and
Sister Bowker has been of the Lord and
beneficial to us all. Pray for the work
in this United Kingdom and for us, that
we may be true to God, pure, and val-iant
for the truth. 	 Geo. Martin,
460 Garscube Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
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THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
Stafford, Kans., Mar. 26.
Since my last report I have been
engaged constantly in the work of the
Lord, until Mar. 20. I have been in
three meetings. The meeting at Kintz,
Okla. began well and good interest was
manifested, but the severe winter weath-er
hindered the gathering of the people;
but the Lord gave victory, and accom-panied
his word with the Holy Ghost.
We had different kinds of spi: its to meet.
The worst of all the spirits we had to
contend with is the anti- ordinance come-out
spirit, which is being sown broadcast
in that locality. It seems that the Devil
has turned loose his full force on that
line, but the Lord is able to protect those
that will put their trust in him. The
meeting closed with very good success
and with victory. Hoping to meet the
church again in the near future, the
Lord willing, I took my leave ( in com-pany
with Bro. Willie Howe) to Aline,
where we met a few of the Lord's people
whom we believe were honest and living
up to all the light they had and were
greatly benefited by the meeting. There
were good congregations and good order,
and all seemed to be satisfied with the
way the Lord sent forth the truth; for
he sent forth his word with untisual
power and many had to acknowledge it
was the truth. Praise the dear Lord!
The meeting closed with much prejudice
removed and the little church strength-ened.
Bidding all adieu, I next began
to scatter the word of truth in Manches-ter.
The weather being somewhat
unfavorable this meeting was not very
largely attended, but we are glad that
the Lord is not confined to a multitude,
but where two or three are gathered
there the Savior is. Mar. 20, Sunday
afternoon, was improved by a prayer-meeting
and a healing service, in which
some were blessed and healed. This
meeting closed Sunday night, and I
started home next day leaving many
calls for meetings. Brethren, the har-vest
truly is great and the laborers are
few: for the calls are coming in from all
around and no one to answer to them.
Many poor people in the Cherokee Strip
are perishing for the bread of life, and
have no one to break it to them. I am
praying the Lord in whom I trust to
e. fgoa FOREIGN, 	
Svelvik, Norway, Mar. 20.
As some of the brethren know,
especially the church at Chicago, I with
my wife went to Nor way about a year
ago to see what the Lord would have us
to do. Ever since I came to Norway I
have felt to write to you about the Lord's
dealing with his people here in this much-confused
country. The Lord has some
people here also, but they are all scatter-ed
in the sects, and as such the dear Lord
is not their head and governor, but other
lords are reigning over them. We have
had a number of meetings since we came
here. I have also gone from house to
house and many have heard the truth as
it is in Jesus. Many have also acknowl-edged
it, but are afraid to take a real
stand for the Lord. Some tell me that
they believe the time is not yet for the
gathering. Others have objection against
feet- washing. - May the Lord give his
people courage to take a stand for
him on the apostolic faith. Praise God!
I know he will. I ask all the saints to
pray for this one thing, that the Lord
may gather out a people to himself in this
country. We have distributed some
tracts of " The Church of God" translat-ed
into Norwegian, also many in English.
There are many English- speaking people
in this country, and I can use many. such
tracts, if any feel led to send some, also
Trumpets. I can say to the glory of God
that Jesus has been our physician both
for soul and body. Praise his dear name!
He is always faithful to his promise. I
have worked most of the time with my
hands since I came here. As I have
said before there is nobody here to help
those that work in the gospel according
to the word. of God. They all help their
own " creeds" according to their own
laws. " Yea, people shall weary them-selves
for very vanity," " Thus saith
the Lord of hosts: The broad walls of
Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her
high gates shall be burnt with fire and
the people shall labor in vain."— Jer. 51:
58. " Ye that have escaped the sword,
go away, stand not still: remember the
Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into
your mind. We are eon founded because
we have heard reproach: shame hath
covered our faces; for strangers are come
into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house."
– Jer. 51: 50,51. We thank the Lord that
we are living in these last days, when
his bride is making herself ready for her
bridegroom. . There are no ministers
that preach the pure gospel. I have met
some that have been in America and are
acquainted with the light, but they have
not accepted it. The harvest is great
and the laborers are few. Pray the
Lord of the harvest to send more labor-ers
into his vineyard. There are many
that are sent by man here, and there are
many that hear them also. They heap
to themselves teachers having itching
ears. Our prayer is to God that he may
send more workers to this country; yea,
even raise some up here that are able to
teach others. Plove to sing his praises
in Zion. If any have some . songs trans-lated
from " Echoes from Glory" or
" Evening Light," please send me a
copy. We have a few but have them
not printed yet. I have also the tract
" Questions and Answers on the Church"
translated but not printed. May the
grace of God be with you all. Your
brother in the one body, A. Moe,
Svelvik, Norway.
Glasgow, Scotland, Mar.- 25.
I feel moved by the blessed Holy
Spirit that the Lord would have me write
again through The Gospel Trumpet, and
let the dear saints know how we are
getting along in this country which is
called Christian Scotland. I am praising
God for victory over sin, the Devil, and the
world. Jesus does reign within. Praise
his holy name! I left my home in Glas-gow,
Mar. 14, for Carlisle, in the north
of England. I felt it to be the Lord's
will to make a trip through the country
on foot and distribute papers and tracts
along the way, and prepare the way for
the preaching • of the gospel in the future.
The distance from Glasgow to Carlisle is a
little over one hundred miles. It seemed
to the natural man to be quite an under-taking,
in a strange land, but the Lord
promised strength and grace for the
journey and I set out in the name of
Jesus, with quite a supply of Gospel
Trumpets and tracts. I found the
people ready to take the literature, but
seemed rather surprised in me going
through the country giving away papers,
etc. It is very sad to see the people so
void of anything like a Bible experience
of salvation, and it is hardly necessary to
ask the people through the country if
they are Christians. Almost nine out
of every ten profess. But sad, indeed,
they canna testify that they are saved.
How sad when we see the awful con-dition
of the people! They are as ig-norant
of what Bible salvation is as the
people of Nineveh, who could not discern
their right hand from their left hand;
and yet ignorance did not excuse them.
Neither will it excuse any in these clays;
for we are told in the NV ord as it was in
the days of. Noah so shall it be in the days
of the coming of the Son of Man. Like-wise
also as it was in the days of Lot, etc.
Luke 17: 26- 28. When we think of the
thousands of souls who are thus ignorant,
and very generally on account of false
teachers, how earnest we who have been
brought to see and enjoy the wonderful
blessings of the full light of the gospel
— how earnest, I say, we should be, to
do all we can to spread the truth, that
" whosoever will" may come and drink
from the fountain of life.
fort my heart even in the mid hours of
the night, a stranger in a. strange land .
The third night I got a place to rest rev
weary body. Although it was not i t], a'
house, I did so praise Goyd taot : iota: hare:
reached Carlisle I went to the post- office
and found a letter awaiting me with a
halu
little means in it to pa
aBnl catc tracts ,
was exhausted
as my supplypapers
edsuand
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I
of
felt I
Pap
had
done the will of the Lord, I took the
train and came here. I found a good
home in which to rest and visit a few
days with dear Bro. and Sister Bowker.
I am still trusting the Lord for a Gospel
Van, and I do see the need of it more
and more all the time, and I am impress-.
ed the time will soon come When we will
be preaching the pure gospel from a Gos-pel
Van. Glory to Jesus forever! I
praise God and, I am so thankful for the
gospel literature that has been provided
for the work in Scotland. I have gone
here and there in the city of Glasgow
distributing the pure literature from the
Trumpet Office, and I am encouraged
more than ever when I read the many
testimonies of those who have received
the blessed light of a full salvation by
reading the Trumpet or some of the
tracts, I feel like giving my testimony on
that line.
Hammond, La., Mar. 25.
We are happy to report victory over
the powers of darkness. To God be all
the praise! The dear Lord has opened
up the way for the pure gospel to be
preached in China, La. We commenced
meeting at this place , Mar. 12, and closed
Mar. 21. No doubt the word of God
found its way home to a few honest
hearts. No one came out fully on the
- Lord's side, but truly it was a seed- sow-ing
time. Some doubtless will soon
come out wholly for God.. A few raised
their hands for prayer. Some were
weeping as we bid them good- by. Some
said it was the truth and could not be
denied. Let all the . saints join in prayer
for the people at China, La., that those
honest- hearted ones may get out clear
for God. We came from China to New
Orleans, Mar 23, and met with the dear
saints in a precious little meeting in Bro.
Schmidt's house at 912 Lizardi St. We
returned home Mar. 24.
F. M. Williamson
News from the Field.
Lowville, N. Y.
I can report victory over the enemy
and all his works. W e had a glorious
meeting last Sunday, Mar. 26. The
Lord was there with power and blessed
our souls in giving forth the words of life
to the people. After meeting three
precious souls were buried with Christ in
baptism; and in the evening we had ordi-nance
service, in which we obeyed the
Lord in washing the saints' feet and ob-serving
the Lord's supper.
John B. Vervalin.
send ministers that are full of the Holy
Ghost and power. if some that hart no
family could go , among these poor pea-sants
in the strength , of the Almighty,
they would be the means of leading many
to the cross of Christ and would lay up
for their reward many treasures in heav-en.
On account of my domestic affairs
I am called home for a while,. hoping
that you who read this will pray that I
may not be hindered long. I am to- day
saved, sanctified, and kept by the power
of God. My permanent address is Staf-ford
Kans. 	 S. M. Helm.
EXPERIENCES ALONG THE WAY.
I feel like telling some of my experi-ence
on my journey, and it will give an
idea how unlike Christians they entertain
or care for strangers who are interested
in the salvation of their souls. The first
day I was on the journey I came to a
village near 7 o'clock p. m. I inquired
for a lodging- place, and as there was no
hotel in the place, I was directed to
private houses, but I could not find any.
One lady was willing to keep me if her
husband would consent, but lie was out
and would not be iri until after some
business meeting he was at. So as it was
the best prospects for lodging I found,
I took some tracts and went to the Sal-vation
Army. I. got to testify to a Bible
salvation. I told them my mission and
that T was a stranger in the village, and
had no place to lodge for certain, and if
any one knew . of a place, I would be
pleased to learn of it, but no one knew
of a place or invited me home with them;
so I went to the house where I had a
little hopes. I found the man of the
house at home. He talked very unkindly
to me and refused to lodge ine. I talked
to them about their souls' salvation. I
did not ask them to keep me for nothing,
but all was in vain. I put on my
satchels and budgets and at ten o'clock
started on my journey. I had to walk
all night, only as I would sit down to
rest. Praise God! He gave me grace
to endure it, and the next evening I was
in the country. I tried to get lodging
but none would take me in. I did not
ask it without paying for it. So I walk-ed
all night or as much as I was able to.
I was very tired but the Lord did corn-
Gaston, Ind.
I am saved and kept in Christ Jesus.
There are few saints at this place, but
we are holding forth and pressing on to
all that God gives us to do. There are
many holiness- fighters here, but God
gives us victory over all the wiles of the
Devil. He heals us of all our afflictions
and keeps us from all sin. Pray for us
here and that there may be more saved
at this place. 	 H. E. Miller.
Barton, Fla.
One year ago last fall God led me out
of sectism into the glorious evening
light. Praise the Lord! he is keeping
me saved each clay. I have sweet peace
and real joy in my soul. I know I hare
passed from death unto life. Re has
Divine Healing of Soul and Body.
By E. E. BYRUM.
Beautifully bound in cloth and contains 256 pages.
A book showing that the body as well as the soul can
be healed by divine power.
PART x Teaches Divine Heal-ing
of the Soul from the effects
of sin.
PART a Teaches Divine Heal-ing
of the body. The following
chapters are especially interest-ing:
The Doctrine of Healing.
Is the Day of Healing Past? The
Use of Medicine. Means Which
God Blesses. The Prayer of
Faith. Can I He Healed? Hin-drances
to Healing. Etc.
PART 3 Consists of testimo-nies
from those who have been
healed by divine power. 	 -
It tells of over fifty who have
been healed of Cancers, Tumors,
Fevers, Consumption; Blind
Eves, Broken Bones, Nervous
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and how to be healed of all man-ner
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The Grace of Healing;
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It proves the grace of healing to
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extending to the end of time.
Objections offered by opposers
are plainly answered. Lessons
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and many other important sub-jects
bea- ing on the conditions
necessa for healing and retain-ing
it. Questions are answered
such as: " Does sickness come
from God?" " Are not medi-cines
recognized in the word of
God?" ' Is it possible that
people may be healed through
Satanic power?"
Letters of Love and Counsel
for " Our Girls."
By JENNIE C. RUTTY.
331 pages. 	 Beautifully bound in cloth.
A precious volume - for girls,
filled with motherly instruction
and counsel. The subject matter
is arranged in the form of letters
to " Our dear Girls." Any one
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the cost of the entire book. A
few of the subjects are: Hell-
* tire. ..- Imusonentr, Fashion,
So.- Iffy Lit e. Sorel- reading.
Danring, 1, tirting. Secret Sens,
Lore and Marriage. and Moth-erhood
It is filled with sweet
hope and encouragement. It tells
of the many snares and allure-ments
that beset the pathway of
girls and cause them to fall, and
bring inexpressible anguish
and sorrow to their own and
their parents' hearts. It points
the way to avoid all snares and
pitfalls.
Mothers everywhere, don't fail, during this opportunity, to
place a copy of this book in the hands of your girls.
Mothers' Counsel to Their Sons.
By JENNIE a RUTTY.
Companion to " Letters of Love and Counsel for
, Our Girls.' " A book nearly in press. By author of
" Letters of Love and Counsel for ' Our Girls.' "
It is beautifull y printed, bound
in cloth, and contains 425 pages.
The following are a few of many
interesting Points considered.
Home influences, responsibility
of parents. God requires proper
training- of boys. Companionship,
choose proper friends, do right,
an appeal to mothers and sisters.
Joys and sorrows, how depths of
misery may be turned to gladness
by salvation in Jesus. Honor
nobleness, and beauty— a chapter
of ideals. Education and its ad-vantages.
Habits. Tabacco hab-it,
how freedom may be obtained.
Intemperance and its awful ef-fects,
its perfect remedy without
cost. It is just the book your
boy needs.
This book is not quite ready to
send out vet, but the Binders
have promised to have it completed within three weeks.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
also sanctified my nature and so purified
my heart that every desire and impulse
is pure and all for God, who has done so
much for me. I also take him for my
Healer. He has also healed me of a spell
of chills and fever, of which I had suffer-ed
for a month. When I had given up
all medicine and applied according to
James 5: 14 I was gloriously healed and
have not had it since. Praise the Lord!
My whole desire is to do the will of God,
and ever have his smile and approval
upon me. Let each one of God's little
ones pray for me as you read this, that I
may be kept pure, without spot and
blameless. 	 E. A. Houze.
Palouse, W ash.
It gives us pleasure to testify of the
common salvation. Praise God! we are
saved to- day, walking by faith in the
narrow way. Praise God for a salvation
so common that the very poorest have
power to put on its beautiful garments.
It strips us of worldly pride and worldly
conformity, and makes us a peculiar
people, zealous in contending for the faith
once delivered to the saints. This salva-tion
had power to enable us to burst
every band and strap of sectish rule and
power, and throw off the tyrannical yoke
of ecclesiasticism and put on the yoke of
Christ, whose yoke is easy and his burden
light. Praise the Lord! He has sought
us out, and by his grace we will live for
him, who has power to save and keep
from sin. The blessed Lord has mani-fested
his healing power in our family
several times this winter. Sometimes
the healing was instantaneous. May
the grace of God which bringeth salva-tion
teach men everywhere, that denying
ungodliness we should live soberly, right-eously,
and godly in this present world.
G. W. and E. Nolan.
DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED.
Moundsville, W. Va.
I am thankful for the privilege I have
of testifying to the goodness of the Lord
to ire. I truly have much to praise God
for. He has dealt very graciously to
me, and I appreciate his tender love. I
praise God with my whole heart for the
salvation that I do enjoy within my soul.
L t is sweeter than all else in this world
to inc. For a long time in my past
experience my heart was made sad many
times on account of not enjoying the real
experience in my soul that God wanted
me to, and it was my privilege to enjoy.
But the time came some time ago when
God became much displeased with my
wavering experience and showed me he
was no respecter of persons, and it was
my privilege and his blessed will for me to
enjoy a settled and established experi-ence,
the same as any one else. My
heart was just craving for every longing
desire of my soul to be filled. So I came
to him in faith and full assurance that- he
would grant me the desire of my heart.
I was always easily accused and whipped
by the Devil, so easily discouraged and
looking on the dark side of things. But
1 was so tired of living that way; I
wanted something that would make me
happy and contented, and with which I
could have perfect victory over the Devil
and every discouraging element that
would rise against my soul. So the dear
Lord enabled me to reach the point
where my faith could get a hold of God
and bring the real experience ddwn from
heaven to my poor soul. Oh, it truly was
joy: more than tongue could ever ex-press.
Praise God, oh, praise his dear
name!
I find now it is so much easier to get
victory and to keep victory than it used
to be for me. God himself has stamped
eternal trueness to him deep in my soul.
To his worthy name be all the praise.
It is meat and drink to me to do my
Master's will; for ' he has done great
things for me, and how can shrink
' from doing anything he would desire me
• k: 1 do?
I pray God to help every discouraged
soul that is not settled in him and
has not a settled experience, to please
not the Devil any longer by giving
way to discouraged feelings. God is still
on the giving hand, and is much more
willing to give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask him than your parents are to
give good things to you. So be encour-aged
by God's great and rich promises if
your covenant with God is complete;
everything forsaken, nothing in your
heart towards any one, then God will
forgive you and abundantly pardon, as
his Nord declares. Praise God! Then,
dear ones, present your bodies a living
sacrifice, as God says in his precious
word: resign your will, give yourself
over into his hands for him to come in
and keep house. Let all self be crucified
and let God have right of way in your
hearts; and, dear ones, you need not be,
afraid that he will not clean and renno-vate
your soul, and keep house in a
perfect way. God loves cleanliness, and
he wants our hearts to be clean, our
homes clean, and our conversation clean.
So many dear souls are defiling the
temple of God ( their bodies) by using
filthy snuff and tobacco and at the same
time professing to be children of the most
high God.
Now, dear ones, be not deceived, God
is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth
that shall he also reap. If he sow to the
flesh, he shall of the flesh reap corrup-tion.
If he sow to the Spirit, he shall
of the Spirit reap life everlasting. So
let no one be deceived by the Devil tell-ing
you that you are all right in your
sins and you will get to heaven; for such
is not the case. Without your life is
measuring to the blessed word of God
you can never be able to enter heaven.
God is not only able, but is willing, to
satisfy every soul and make you fit sub-jects
for heaven. So every one that is
not enjoying this experience in his soul
is living far beneath his privilege. Praise
God! it is free for all.
How well I remember in my past ex-perience,
when any one would talk about
me to Others, how bad I would feel; worry
and get so down in my soul. Now there
is something in my soul that can rejoice
through it all. The trials that I have
had on that line of late have only been
the means of settling me deeper in God.
When a real hard trial comes I only bow
before God and ask him to help me get a
real benefit from it, and make me more
useful in serving him. There is one
thing I feel quite sure God wants me to
say, and that is this: Some dear ones
are too apt to speak of others' faults in
a way that is not right. In fact there is
too much talk about each other. . In the
past I have not been as careful and cau-tious
on that line as. I should, but for
some months I have made it a subject of
prayer especially, for God to help me,
and give me wisdom how to talk and
speak of others out of their presence.
God commands us to love one another,
and to forbear one another in love, and
again he says for us to have the same care
one for another. Truly this means
much. We ought to have a spirit that
will love to help and encourage each
other, and not try to speak of them in
a faultfinding way to others. This will
destroy the confidence in each other.
So we all ought to be careful in our talk-ing,
and let all we say and do glorify
God. I know the dear Lord is helping
me. to advance on this line. To him be
all the glory!
Dear ones, I desire my soul to increase
and be spiritual above everything else.
The things of this old world are becom-ing
more insignificant to me every day,
and my heart yearns for more of God,
so I can be better able to serve him. I
love God with my whole heart, and I
desire to see his cause prosper. The
Lord is teaching me many precious les-sons
every day. I realize we must live
close to God in order to obtain the many
rich things that he has in store for us,
and I intend by the help of God to seek
and find the hidden treasures that are
for his children. The . Lord saves me
from all sin, sanctifies my nature, and
heals my- body, for which I give him all
the glory. 	 Mrs. Lillian M. Bolds.
Requests for Prayer.
Sarah Trimble, of Kentucky, insanity.
Bro. Brubaker, of Pennsylvania, neural-gia
of the heart.
For the healing of Bro. John Taylor, o f
Indiana.
For my brother who is in the institution
for the feeble- minded. F. Nelson, Chicago.
I have been sick for fifteen months—
nervous prostration. Pray for my healing.
Mrs. R. D. Johnson, Dunkirk, G.
Calls for Meetings.
Nancy L. Thomas, Fairfield, Wash.
Maggie Cole, Hartshorne, Ind. Ter
Come with tabernacle.
Meeting Notices.
Condray, Mo. There will 14e ordinance-meeting
at the saints' meeting- house on
Norman in Phelps Co., Mo., near Condray
P. 0., beginning Friday night Apr. 2S, to
hold. over Lord's day. 0. C. Kennedy,
Wilson Mills, Mo.
Bartow, Fla. A general camp meeting
will be held 5 mi. N. E. of Ft. Meade, Fla.
and 10 mi. S. E. of Bartow, commencing
May 14th to last to the 24th. Everybody
is invited to attend this meeting. All
should come prepared to take care of them-selves,
as far as possible. Those having no
means will be eared for. We are expecting
a glorious feast at this meeting. We are
expecting Brother A. B. Palmer, of
Bangor, Michigan, to be present as thig,
meeting. A way will be provided to get
from Ft. Meade to the camp ground.
Arrangements will be made with the Plant
System R. R. for reduced rates. Those
wishing information may address A. J.
Poulson, Bartow, Fla.
Simpson, La. Camp meeting at Wel-come,
Vernon Parish, La. beginning July
14. Address F. O. Parker, of Simpson.
Hammond, La. Camp meeting. 12 miles
east of unmond. July 14- 23. Address
F. 31. Williamson, Hammond, La.
Due West, S. C. Camp meeting. July
22 to Aug. 1. Address W. C. Agnews,
Hodges, S. C.
Kentwood, La. Assembly Meeting. Be-ginning
July 24. Address M. 0. Simmons.
Obituary.
DROWLEY.— Bro. Jesse Drowley, of St.
Louis, Mich., died Jan. 31, 1899, aged 41
years. He died at the home of Bro. Z.
Edwards, near Grand Ledge, in which
vicinity he had been holding meetings. He
leaves a wife and one little boy three years
old. He was examined by a doctor and the
disease was pronounced consumption.
Funeral services were held at St. Louis by
Bro. C. E. Reeves.
East Prairie, Mo.
RYKER.— Sister Emma Ryker was born
near Liverpool, England, Jan. 17, 1868;
was married to C. Ryker Mar. 26, 1887.
She took pneumonia fever Feb. 12, and
died on the 19th. She came out in the
light of full salvation about three years ago.
She rejoiced and sang praises and praised
the name of God during her sickness. She
leaves a husband and five children. Pray
for me and the children that I may keep
saved, and bring up our children to the
glory of our God. 	 C. Ryker.
Joplin, Mo.
TOSH.— Wiliam Otis Tosli, the four-year-
old son of William and Sarah Tosh,
was burned to death Mar. 15, 1899. Otis
and two other boys ( eight and twelve years)
were playing together in a large barn of hay,
and by accident they set it afire. The two
elder boys escaped, but Otis was left, and
was soon exhausted and surrounded by
flames; and afterwards he was taken from
the ruins in a crisp. It is' sad indeed for
his parents, and they desire a special inte-rest
in your prayers, that they may be re-claimed.
Pray especially for the father.
May God bless them. 	 J. R., Hale.
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THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
Divine Healing.
Sent for an Anointed Handkerchief.
The dear Lord has healed me. I had
been troubled with some kind of throat
disease for a long time, and I became
earnest about my healing, enough so that
I sent a handkerchief and had it anointed,
and. applied it in the name of the Lord,
and I was healed. Praise the Lord!
I could feel the Lord's healing power pen-etrating
my body the moment I applied
the handkerchief. I have other diseases
which I have been praying to the Lord
to heal, but my faith is not as strong as
it was; for I went into the ways of sin
and did not exercise my faith as much as
I should have done, nor thank the dear
Lord enough for what he had done for
me; but I am praising the Lord , for
salvation this evening. He has been
so merciful to me I can not thank him
enough. Please pray earnestly for poor
unworthy , me, that I may be healed
of all my maladies and that I may be more
humble and more submissive and that
I may improve my time and talents
better in the future than I have done
in the past. 	 Lewis Strode.
Ramsey, 111.
A Child Healed.
I want to give God all the glory for
his goodness to me. My little babe, six
months old, was taken sick Jan. 16 with
the grippe and grew worse till the 24th,
when is was pronounced bronchitis in a
very bad form. 1 knew no earthly help
could cure her, but God is able to per-form
all things. I wrote for the Trum-pet
family to pray for her at a certain
hour, and, praise the Lord! from that
moment she began to grow better and
she is just as well now as she ever was.
My little girl eight years old was also
healed of catarrh at the same time, for
which I give God the glory. " Bless the
Lord, 0 my soul, and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. Bless the
Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his
benefits; who forgiveth all thine
iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases."
Pray for me. 	 Bertha El wood.
Lemore, Cal.
" Bless the Lord, 0 my soul : and all
that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget
not all his benefits: who forgiveth all
thine iniquities; who healeth all thy dis-eases.
. . who crow neth thee with
loving- kindness and tender mercies."—
Ps. 103: 1- 4.
and depths, the length and breadth of
this wonderful Salvation!
My heart is stirred within me as I am
writing; the fire burns, and I am long-ing
to speak with my tongue. " How
beautiful upon the mountains are the feet
of him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace; that bringeth good
tidings of good, that • publisheth salva-tion;
that saith unto Zion, Thy God
reigneth."— Isa. 52: 7. '` I create the
fruit of the lips; peace, peace to } limn
that is far off, and to him that is near,
saith the Lord. . . . There is no peace,
saith my God, to the wicked."— Isa..
57: 19- 21. We know the wicked think
they have a good time, think they have
peace, but it does not last, it is only
momentary, nothing abiding. Jesus says,
" Come unto me, all ye that labor and
are heavy laden and I will give you rest;
take my yoke upon you and learn of me;
. . . and ye shall find rest unto your
soul; for my yoke is- easy and my burden
is light." eMy prayer is that all who
profess the name Of Christ may by our
lives or words, or some way or other,
persuade some soul to this rest.
I have had people ask me how I could
tell whether I was a Christian or not.
Well, that is easy if we go to the Word.
Paul says, " Therefore being justified by
faith we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ." — Rom. 5: 1.
Again, " There is therefore now no con-demnation
to them that are in Christ
Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit."— Rom. 8: 1. " Happy
is he that condemeth not himself in that
thing which he alloweth."— Rom. 14: 22.
And. John says, " Whoso abideth in him
sinned' not: whosoever sinneth hath not
seen him, neither known him. Little
children, let no man deceive you:
he that doeth righteousness is right-eous,
even as he is righteous. He
that committeth sin is of the Devil; for
the Devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of man was
manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the Devil. Whosoever is born
of God cloth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in him: and he can not sin
[ Why?], because he is born of God."- 1
Jno. 3: 6- 9. " Whosoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even
our faith."- 1 Jno. 5: 4. We are com-manded
to love not the world, . neither
the things of the world. Now if we
have not overcome the world, and the
love of the world, how can we call our-selves
Christians? The Word says, " If
any man have not the Spirit of Christ he
is none of his." If we have the Spirit
of Christ we have love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness, temperance. Well, there are
a great many things that go to make up
a perfect Christian life, and a great many
ways to tell whether we are Christians.
" We know we have passed from death
because we love the brethren."
Blessing and Cursing.
BY JOHN A. VANCE.
iiWOR every kind of beasts, and of
birds, and of serpents, and of things
in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed
of mankind: but the tongue can- no man
tame [ but God can tame it]; it is an un-ruly
evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith
bless we God, even the Father; and
therewith curse we men, which are
made after the similitude of God. Out
of the same mouth proceedeth blessing
and cursing. My brethren, these things
ought not so to be."-- Jas. 3; 7- 10.
May the dear Lord help people whc
profess to follow him to see what it means
to keep the tongue under subjection to
his precious will. People . who profess
holiness will bless God and testify to
his saving grace and praise the Lord
with their lips, and when in company
with worldly associates the same lips will
utter light, foolish, vain, and unnecessary
conversation— something not edifying or
glorifying to God, but instead that which
brings his displeasure and is a curse to
the cause. Thus out of the same mouth
proceedeth blessing and cursing. My
brethren, these things ought not so to
be. The world hears us teach sobriety
and sound speech that can not be con-demned—
pure, holy conversation free
from any lightness or chaffiness or any-thing
vain or unnecessary but that
which is edifying and ministers grace to
the hearers. The Word says, ' Let your
conversation be always with grace.'
May _ the dear Lord help us to see what
God requires on this line_ The world
is not asleep to these things. When they
see the standard held up, if- we come
short of it, they can see it probably
quicker than some of us can, and it has a
tendency to weaken their confidence in
the reality of a possibility of living to the
standard. Thus a curse and reproach is
brought upon. the cause. Out" of the
sane mouth proceedeth blessing and
cursing. No wonder Jesus said men
should give- account of every idle word
they speak. Matt. 12: 36. Truly
" if any man among you seem to be relig-ious
and bridleth not his tongue, but
deceiveth his own heart, this man's
religion is vain."— Jas. 1: 26. Not
worth anything, but a vain, worthless
religion. " Who is a wise man and
endued with knowledge among you? let
him show out of a good conversation his
works with. meekness of wisdom."— Jas.
3: 13.
The tongue can no man tame. Nay,
ye must come to the Lord and be redeem-ed
from your vain conversation ( 1 Pet.
1: 18), forsaking and turning from it unto
God, who is able to transform and make
new, filling the heart with love and
gratitude. AN ith his fear resting upon
the soul, then it will not be hard to
bridle the tongue; for God's word
says, " For out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speals. eth." — Matt. 12:
34. So, beloved, if the tongue utters
things contrary to God's word it is be-cause
there is something in the heart con-trary
to God's word, and your blessing
God from the same mouth that cursing
proceeds from will not be acceptable, but
that part of your religion will be vain the
same as the rest. " In vain do they
` worship me.'-' They honor me with
their lips, but their heart is far from
me; for from within, out of the heart,
proceedeth evil thoughts, pride, foolish-ness.
All these evil things come from
within and defile a man_ See Mark 7:
21- 23. You see by this if you manifest
foolishness in your conversation, it is
because it is in the heart; so get the
heart right and the tongue as well as
every other member will be right, and can
be yielded as an instrument of righteous-ness
unto God. Rom. 6: 13
May the Lord help people to see that
their speech will condemn them, as well
as any other actions, if it is not holy;
for the Word tells us to be holy in all
manner of conversation. 1 Pet. 1: 15.
" For by thy words thou shalt be
justified, and by thy words thou shalt
be condenmed."— Matt. 12: 37.
The City of God.
BY RAY C. TUTTLE.
pVER since niy conversion God has
so wonderfully blessed and enlight-ened
me in the study of his holy word,
that I am encouraged to press on in this
" narrow way," following the meek and
lowly Jesus, because upon the willing and
obedient his '' cloctrine shall drop as the
rain, my speech shall distill as the dew,
as the small rain upon the tender herb,
and as the showers upon the grass.•'__.
Deut. 32: 2. Truly unto us which believe
he is precious, and since God is in his
word it is also precious when we search
for the truth therein. There are certain
scriptures on the city of God which 1
have enjoyed and hope they will benefit
others.
att.
is promised where two or three are
gathered together in his name. In Heb.
3: 6 we find that the house, which is also
In M 	 18: 20 the presencteoC
a relative term signifying theof church
t
( See 1 Tim. 3: 15.), is not composed of
inanimate material such as_ wood or stone,
but of the victorious redeemed ones.
Such are said to be lively stones built up -
a spiritual house, a royal priesthood, a,
holy nation, a peculiar people ( 1 Pet. 2:
5, 9) and in Ezek. 48: 35 it says, " The
name of the city from that day shall be,
The Lord is there." We learn from
these scriptures that the Lord is present.
with his people, which is the city of
God, the church. Rev. 3: 12.
So many people have imagined " the
city of God" to refer only to heaven;
hence do not expect to enter until after
death; while the millenarians who neglect
salvation here hope to enter this city
and reign- by and by, but the following
texts prove that we can enter this king-dom
now. Mark 1: 15 says the kingdom
is at hand. Mark 9: 1 says there were
some standing there that should not taste
of death until the kingdom of God should
come with power. See Luke 9: 27, which
was truly fulfilled on the day of Pente-cost.
Acts 2. Read Rom. 14: 17, Ms() Luke
16: 16. And now cloth there " in no wise
enter into it anything that defileth,
neither whatsoever worketh abomina-tion;
" none but those who are born of
God, whose names are in the book of life.
Phil. 4: 3; Heb. 12: 23; Rev. 20: 15.
In Rev. 21: 2 the Revelator says he saw
the city " New Jerusalem coming down
from God out of heaven," and in verse
10, " That great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God,"
" having the glory of God."
This city is the bride, the Lamb's
wife. The Lamb is Christ and his bride
is the church. 2 Cor. 11: 2; Rev. 21: 9.
Now we have before us this city having
the glory of God, and Christ is the light
of it, because he is our light. He said
to his disciples, in Matt. 5: 14, '' Ye are
the light of the world. A city that is
set on an hill can not be hid," and Paul
says we are come unto the city of the
living God ( Heb. 12: 22, 23), described
also in Revelation as composed of precious
stones. Read also Isa. 54: 13, which
says, " All thy children shall be taught of
the Lord; and great shall be the peace
of thy children." Read Ps. 119: 165.
This is the heritage of the servants of the
Lord. Only such as have salvation and
offer sacrifices of praise are in this city.
Isa. 60: 18. In Heb. 11: 10 Abraham
looked for such a city, whose builder
and maker was God; and, lo, we his
children by faith have found this city,
and Christ is King in it. Thus the
tabernacle of God is with men. Rev. 21:
3. This does not signify that earth is the
everlasting abode of the faithful; no,
every element of this holy city came
down from heaven and all will return.
See Jaa. 14: 3; Jno. 6: 40; 1 Thess. 1:
14- 17_
We are raised up, to sit with him in
heavenly places now, with a sweet
experience from heaven, a foretaste of
what we shall enjoy in heaven. Those
who live in unity here will dwell also
in unity there. We must eat of the
tree of life on this side the river, if
we wish to partake of it on the other
side the river. We must get heaven in
us before we can get into heaven. Do
not wait until death to seek this city, -
but enter it now, and enjoy its beautie s -
now if you wish to enjoy it in eternity.
The highway of holiness is the only Way
that leads to heaven; for without holi-ness
no man shall see the Lord.
" It is time to be thinking of heaven,
So our teachers most earnestly say;
But tah elahnedatvheant tios fwarh, i fcahr tahNevyayruld lead uS
" And they tell us that o'er the dark river
_ We will is on that heavenl y shore.
True, but s it not wiser and better
To discern that bright Canaan before?
A"' nTsdhoettkhiengdom of God is within you;'
greatest of teachers hath said,
the faithful and loving have found it
And enjoyed it before they were dead."
Gift of God's Love.
BY IT. SLAUGHTER.
" Peace, peace, sweet peace;
Wonderful gift from above,
011, wonderful, wonderful peace;
Sweet peace, the gift of God's love."
" And the work of righteousness shall
be peace; and the effect of righteousness,
quietness and assurance forever. "— Isa.
32: 17. Well, thank God for this text;
and I do thank God for an experience of
peace and quietness in my soul. Jesus
has stilled the tempest and storm. Glory
to his blessed name! " Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace, whose mind is stay-ed
on thee [ and it tells why]; because he
trusteth in thee."— Isa. 26: 3. So if our
minds are not on him ( Jesus) we need
not expect perfect peace. I find that it
means something to have a real Bible
experience and not get sidetracked on any
line. " Oh, that thou hadst harkened
to my commandments! then had thy
peace been as a river, and thy righteous-ness
as the waves of the sea."— Isa.
48: 18. If there is a lack in any of
God's children, it is in not harkening
to the blessed commandments of God.
The prophet says, " Thy peace . . . as
a river." Thank God. A river is sup-posed
to run all the time; so we can keep
this peace all the time. Oh, - the heights