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04E. N ES S IN And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 81. firewtro+ 6.4 So will I seek out been scattered in the my sheep, and will delive* them out of all places where they have cloudy and dark day Eza. 34: 12. - The 32: 39. 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. learn more and more how shield of faith. 1104 2 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 pringin give g up unto shall be a well of water springing Vtexert, 14. t unto everlasting life."— Jerusalem. M itarkmethanes" ljgehwossoevaesr" in this saying, If thou h ad st even wteollvear , as Gentiles. Behold Jesus weeping over it near, he beheld the city, and wep " And when he was come 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 for two months. This will give every one a chance to subscribe for themselves and for their friends. Let every one be ready to take hold of the work of help-ing to spread the gospel in that way when the offer is made. One brother has promised to procure one thousand sub-scribers when the offer is made. Order blanks will be furnished. Bro. John C. Fisher, of. Creekside, Pa. feels that it would be well to hold a camp meeting somewhere in the north-central part of Indiana Co., Pa., and he would like to hear from all the saints who might be interested in this matter. If the saints of said county desire a camp-meeting this coming fall, action should be taken at once so that arrangements could be made during the June camp-meeting at Moundsville, W. Va. The 99 cent Bible with the Trumpet for three months is one of the best Bibles for the money we have ever sent out. The publishers refused to sell any more at so low a price, but we have now arranged to have our orders filled and continue the offer as before. A sister in Lexington, Ky. writes that the people there are anxious for some one to come and preach the pure gospel. Address Laura Greene, South Broadway Park, Lexington. Some one should go there soon. Sister Amanda Sharp, of Hartsells, Ala. writes that a camp meeting is desir-ed at that place this summer or fall, and would be pleased to know who of God's ministers can come and preach the Word. Buttoos iiGnnsOeusSrsPe ECcrLoe dmTitRm; UoutMhnePircEwaTist eiPo wUneBs w,. CmillO onn. o, e tMy bsO, e eUrtecNs. p, D omnSusVsibItL lteLo. Ead, dWre. sVsAed. Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks i8 pf. Ail Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the tftnouha tilmihlt yeeS soaoaflf v iatnahltltse it. o r" Lnuo, er DdC iJhveirnsisuet siaH Cnesha rilniins t" g, t hfooef r ft athhitehe b pooundcbyel, i cdaaentliidvoe ntr heodef A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL, Entered at the Post- offlte at Moundsville, W. Va., as Second- class Matter. E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. AWAKE, YE BISHOPS, AWAKE/ Moundsville, W. Va., April 13, 1899. Editorial. sp th re is to tol Pe WO pri pre Ho ma if t of sea WO sam Spi the th a of c bap quo to d of a etc. tiles to t man Chri whe B getti behi gran the the Son nece again BOW sin," was king nude and p ing out 0 God's an or no St Spirit betwe is the w yo ab as ar cl ex th an SC m th t t t 1: 1 pg a 0 t ta in 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. wer. each said, each each All st is sub-ach-ease Of ople r as him TOM hen hat uld nes pie OT hat pel. it. of the was on nal ke he a pit an be ry ne t-no g-gh if de es en nt an in e, is e g-at f e 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. r 7.1. follow the teaching of any man, be he t Pope, Bishop, Priest or Preacher; 3,- ea, though he II units the evening Iot title of " light preacher," if be depart from the t Bible doctrine of heart purity, follow 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, s. 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 time Of doctriinnee element of complete at the the of rece every fleshly _ tion of the Holy Spirit, as I have ever 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 omforter. A John E. Roberts. AN APPEAL. 885 Grand River Ave., Detroit, Mich. To all the dear children of God: The lLaotred c ohnacse rbneienng tbhuer dwenoirnkg omf yth hee aLrot rodf 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. t a e a 0 st ce th an th fo w an wh be pu ne tit bee reg jus an tot era fie rev ing C Denver, Colo. 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."— n 0 e 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. d t 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. Testimonies 1198 b 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 pply 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 Prostration, Heart Disease, Etc., and how to be healed of all man-ner of sickness and diseases. The Grace of Healing; Or, Christ Our Physician. By J. W. BYERS. A new book. Companion to Divine Healing of Soul and Body. Just out of press. 342 pages. Beautifully bound in cloth. It is of greatest interest and value to those who are seeking to understand the truths touching the divine healing of the body. It proves the grace of healing to be a part of our redemption right extending to the end of time. Objections offered by opposers are plainly answered. Lessons are given on faith, importunity, 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 of the lette r s is worth more than 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. A SPECIAL OFTERit The Secret of Salvation: How to Get It, and How to Keep It. By E. E. BYRUM. Latest book from the author's pen. Over 400 pages. Illustrated. Splendid print. Elegantly bound in cloth. In this book the gospel is set forth in its beauty, purity, and power. Many important points which appear dark and mysteri-ous are clearly explained. A book filled with wholesome instruction, practical truth, and vivid illus-trations. Interesting, useful, in-structive. It tells why prayer is not answered. How to make the Lord hear. How to overcome discouragements. It will inspire new hope in the soul that is crushed. It tells how the power of God can sweep away all evil habits, tastes, and desires, and set men and women free and make them happy. Many thou-sand copies of this book have been sold. The price of the above books during the month of Apnl, 1899, will be 60c. During the month of May, 65c. Postpaid. 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To every person who will dispose of 7 5o books, or more, for which we receive the money before JUNE tst, we will send free of charge, freight prepaid, 7o books, also $ to, 00 in cash. 3. To every person who will dispose of too books, or more, for which we receive the money before JUNE 1st, we will send, free of charge, freightprepaid, 45 books, also $ 5.00 in cash. 4. To every person who will dispose of 25. books, or more, for which we receive the money before JUNE 1st, we will send, free of charge, freight prepaid, 25 books. 5. To every person who will dispose of too books, or more, for which we receive the money before JUNE 1st, we will send, free of charge, freight prepaid, to books. _ Gospel Trumpet Publishing Co., Moundsville, W. Va. 1200 8 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
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 19:15 |
Published Date | 1899-04-13 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 15 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Gospel Trumpet Company |
Subject | Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Moundsville ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
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Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Full Text | 04E. N ES S IN And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 81. firewtro+ 6.4 So will I seek out been scattered in the my sheep, and will delive* them out of all places where they have cloudy and dark day Eza. 34: 12. - The 32: 39. 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. learn more and more how shield of faith. 1104 2 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 pringin give g up unto shall be a well of water springing Vtexert, 14. t unto everlasting life."— Jerusalem. M itarkmethanes" ljgehwossoevaesr" in this saying, If thou h ad st even wteollvear , as Gentiles. Behold Jesus weeping over it near, he beheld the city, and wep " And when he was come 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 for two months. This will give every one a chance to subscribe for themselves and for their friends. Let every one be ready to take hold of the work of help-ing to spread the gospel in that way when the offer is made. One brother has promised to procure one thousand sub-scribers when the offer is made. Order blanks will be furnished. Bro. John C. Fisher, of. Creekside, Pa. feels that it would be well to hold a camp meeting somewhere in the north-central part of Indiana Co., Pa., and he would like to hear from all the saints who might be interested in this matter. If the saints of said county desire a camp-meeting this coming fall, action should be taken at once so that arrangements could be made during the June camp-meeting at Moundsville, W. Va. The 99 cent Bible with the Trumpet for three months is one of the best Bibles for the money we have ever sent out. The publishers refused to sell any more at so low a price, but we have now arranged to have our orders filled and continue the offer as before. A sister in Lexington, Ky. writes that the people there are anxious for some one to come and preach the pure gospel. Address Laura Greene, South Broadway Park, Lexington. Some one should go there soon. Sister Amanda Sharp, of Hartsells, Ala. writes that a camp meeting is desir-ed at that place this summer or fall, and would be pleased to know who of God's ministers can come and preach the Word. Buttoos iiGnnsOeusSrsPe ECcrLoe dmTitRm; UoutMhnePircEwaTist eiPo wUneBs w,. CmillO onn. o, e tMy bsO, e eUrtecNs. p, D omnSusVsibItL lteLo. Ead, dWre. sVsAed. Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks i8 pf. Ail Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the tftnouha tilmihlt yeeS soaoaflf v iatnahltltse it. o r" Lnuo, er DdC iJhveirnsisuet siaH Cnesha rilniins t" g, t hfooef r ft athhitehe b pooundcbyel, i cdaaentliidvoe ntr heodef A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL, Entered at the Post- offlte at Moundsville, W. Va., as Second- class Matter. E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. AWAKE, YE BISHOPS, AWAKE/ Moundsville, W. Va., April 13, 1899. Editorial. sp th re is to tol Pe WO pri pre Ho ma if t of sea WO sam Spi the th a of c bap quo to d of a etc. tiles to t man Chri whe B getti behi gran the the Son nece again BOW sin" was king nude and p ing out 0 God's an or no St Spirit betwe is the w yo ab as ar cl ex th an SC m th t t t 1: 1 pg a 0 t ta in 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. wer. each said, each each All st is sub-ach-ease Of ople r as him TOM hen hat uld nes pie OT hat pel. it. of the was on nal ke he a pit an be ry ne t-no g-gh if de es en nt an in e, is e g-at f e 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. r 7.1. follow the teaching of any man, be he t Pope, Bishop, Priest or Preacher; 3,- ea, though he II units the evening Iot title of " light preacher" if be depart from the t Bible doctrine of heart purity, follow 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, s. 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 time Of doctriinnee element of complete at the the of rece every fleshly _ tion of the Holy Spirit, as I have ever 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 omforter. A John E. Roberts. AN APPEAL. 885 Grand River Ave., Detroit, Mich. To all the dear children of God: The lLaotred c ohnacse rbneienng tbhuer dwenoirnkg omf yth hee aLrot rodf 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. t a e a 0 st ce th an th fo w an wh be pu ne tit bee reg jus an tot era fie rev ing C Denver, Colo. 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."— n 0 e 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. d t 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. Testimonies 1198 b 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 pply 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 Prostration, Heart Disease, Etc., and how to be healed of all man-ner of sickness and diseases. The Grace of Healing; Or, Christ Our Physician. By J. W. BYERS. A new book. Companion to Divine Healing of Soul and Body. Just out of press. 342 pages. Beautifully bound in cloth. It is of greatest interest and value to those who are seeking to understand the truths touching the divine healing of the body. It proves the grace of healing to be a part of our redemption right extending to the end of time. Objections offered by opposers are plainly answered. Lessons are given on faith, importunity, 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 of the lette r s is worth more than 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. 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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 |
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