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gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31.
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So will I seek out my sheep, and will dtliver them out of all places where they have
been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 	 Sze. 84: 12. 	 - Mr. 82: 35.
VOLUME XIX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1899• NUMBER 21
" Your rewara is great in heaven. "- Luke
6: 23. Surely the foregoing is sufficient • to
establish the fact that heaven will be our
future home.
Jesus, speaking of - the future state,
said, " In my Father's house are many
mansions: if it were not so I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place fOr
you. And if I go to prepare a place for
you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, there ye
may be also."- Jno. 14: 2, 3. There are
some who make a present application of
this scripture. But such is straining the
truth. True, the " spiritual house" of
God is the church, and each individual
is a temple for the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit. But in this text clear ref-erence
is made to * the future. " I
go to prepare a place for you, ' ' and " will
come again" [ and not remain here with
you- which is true of the spiritual pres-ence]
" and receive you ' unto myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also."
where did he go? Answer. Into heaven.
Luke 24: 51. When will he come and
receive us auto himself? Answer. Bee
1 Thess. 4: 16, 17.
It is clear to my mind that by the
" Father's house" in jno. 14: 2, 3 is meant
his vast domain, or the mighty universe
of God. The " many mansions" which
make up this great house doubtless refers
to the millions of worlds which. make up.
the great universe. One of these worlds
has been prepared for our future home.
The same is called heaven, and also a
" new earth." Peter, speaking of that
land . of light and bliss, says, " W e accord-ing
to his promise, look for new heavens
and a new earth," after the heavens and
earth which compose this globe are
" burned up" and pass away. ' 2 Pet.
3: 7- 13. Also the Revelator, after de-scribing
the judgment scene, when this
earth and heaven fled away, " and there
was found no place for them" ( Rev.
20: 11- 15), says, " I saw a new heaven
and a new earth; for the first heaven
and the first earth were passed away;
and there was no more sea."- Rev. 21: 1.
Mark you- he saw the new heaven and
the new earth after the first heaven
and the first earth were passed away."
When did they pass away? Answer.
Rev. 20: 11= 15. How did they pass
away? Answer. 2 Pet. 3: 7- 12. So
then after this earth has passed away
we look for new heavens and a new
earth."- Ver. 13. The new ' earth is
the " heavenly country," the " better
country."-- Hob. 11: 16. Thee new heav-ens
is the " heavenly city," " for he hath
prepared for them a city."- Heb. 11: 16.
" For here have we no continuing city,
but we seek one to come. "- Fieb. 13: 14.
" Blessed are they that do his command-ments,
that they may have right to the
tree of life, and may enter in through
the gates into the city."- Rev. 22: 14.
He Loved Me So.
By faith the Lamb of God I see,
Expiring on the cross for me;
He paid the mighty debt I owe,
He died because he loved me so.
CHORUS.- For me the Father sent his Son,
For me the victory he won,
To save my. soul from endless woe,
He died because he loved me so.
So glad I am that he is mine.
So glad that I with him shall shine,
I'll trust in him, for this I know,
He died because he loved me so.
o Lamb of God, that made me free,
I consecrate my all to thee,
My all, for this I surely know,
He died because he loved me so.
And when my Lord shall bid me come,
To join the loved ones round his throne,
I'll sing as through the gates I go,
He died because he loved me so.
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Our Future Home.
BY H. M. RIGGLE.
iv in this life only we have hope in
I Christ, we are of all men most mis-erable.
"- I Con 15: 19 The language of
the apostle Paul implies that our present
enjoyment is based largely on our future
prospects, which hope we have both sure
and steadfast. This was true in the life
of Christ: " who for the joy that was set
heore him endured the cross, despising
the shame." Amidst the trials, temp-tations,
difficulties, disappointments, and
adversities of life, the bright prospects
the Christian has in the future, is what'
encourages him to cleave unto God with
a purpose of heart. Tea, it enables him
to mount up on the wings of faith above
the billows of life, and outride its raging
storms. It puts new courage in him, so
that he is enabled to run and not be
weary, to walk and never faint.
On the subject of our future abode
there are many different opinions. A
very common belief among the people is,
that the earth, after being restored to
the Eden state, will be our future home.
The Adventists, as well as most Millen-nial
teachers, strongly advocate that idea.
They say that this earth will be burned
over and purified; that this fire which
purifies the earth will burn up the wicked
" root and branch." Then the New
Jerusalem will descend upon the earth
and be its capital. All the wild animals
will then be tame. The wolf shall dwell
with the lamb, " and a little child shall
lead them." Reader, if you are a be-liever
in that theory, let me ask you a
question. i While the fires are sweeping
over 4. earth, purifying the same, and
burning itip the wicked ( as you say),- what
will become of the wild animals? Will
they be translated and held in mid- heav-en
until the fires have swept over the
earth, and then let down again? or will
they be burned up with the wicked, and
afterwards be resurrected? According to
your theory one or the other must take
place. I asked an Adventist this question
not long since and the. only way he got
out of it was by saying that " God can
do,. di her." Such nonsense. Strange
that - men are fools enough to believe
suchchaffY doctrines. The secret is this:
" The natural man understandeth not the
things of the Spirit."
We will first take a negative proposi-tion
and prove that this earth will not
be our future home. Both the Old _ and
New Testament scriptures teach that
this earth will have an end; ` that it will
finally pass out of existence. " Of old
thou hast laid the foundation of the
earth; and the heavens are the work • of
thy hands. They shall perish, but thou
shalt endure."- Ps. 102: 25, 26. " The
earth is utterly broken down, the earth is
clean, dissolved, the earth is moved ex-ceedingly.
The earth shall reel to and
fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed
like a cottage; . . it shall fall, and not
rise again." - Isa. 24: 19, 20. " Lift up
your eyes to the heavens, and look upon
the earth beneath; for the heavens shall
vanish away like smoke, and the earth
shall wax old like a garment."-- Isa.
51: 6. " Till heaven and earth pass."
- Matt: 5: 18. " Heaven and mirth shall
pass away. "- Matt. 24: 35; Mark 13: 31;
Luke 21: 33. How clear the testimony!
This planet called the earth shall " wax
old" and " shall perish." It shall be
" clean dissolved," " shall pass away,"
" and shall be removed like a cottage,"
" it shall fall and not rise again." So
positively teaches the word of. God.
Now when will all _ this take place?
Answer. " And I sa y a great white
throne, and him that sat on it, from
whose face the earth, and the heaven fled
away; and there was found no place for
them. And I saw the dead, small and
great, stand before God .. . And the
dead were judged," etc.- Rev. 20: 11- 15.
lt is said that some fourteen planets,
some of them larger than this earth, have
been seen to catch on fire and - consume
away. Afterwards when the telescope
was pointed in the direction where the
planet once had a place among the heav-enly
bodies, nothing but empty space
remained. The fact that this has occur-red
with other worlds, proves the fore-told
doom of our own earth. The above
is very clear. The coming of Christ upon
the, great white throne ( the throne of his
glory- Matt. 24: 31), the coming forth'of
all the dead from land and sea, the same
being judged, and the wicked cast into
the lake of fire, will be the time when
this earth will pass away and " no place
be found for it." •
We will next notice the manner in
which it will pass away. " Bat the
heavens and the earth which are now, by
the same word are kept in store, reserved
unto fire against the day of judgment
and perdition of ungodly men. . . . But
the day- of the Lord will come as a thief
in the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and
the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that
are therein- shall be burned up."- 2 Pet.
3: 7- 10. It might be well to observe
right here that the " heavens" spoken of
in these texts refer to the aerial heavens
which surround this globe. Now mark
you, not only will the works in this
earth be destroyed, but " the earth also"
" shall be burned up." The same will
be the " day of judgment and perdition
of ungodly men." The day of judgment
and perdition of ungodly men, the utter
consuming, burning up and passing away
of this earth and the works therein, are
all Uomted forward to as the events, of
one great and last " day of God, wherein
the heavens being on fire shall be dis-solved,
and the elements ( that' compose
this earth) shall melt with fervent heat."
- Ver. 12. This is what the expressions
" end of the world" ( Matt. 28: 20; 24: 3)
and " end of all things" ( 1 Pet. 4: 7)
mean: Surely the foregoing is enough
to convince any reasonable man that this
earth will not be our future. home.
We wilt now take a positive proposi-tion
and prove that heaven will be the
place of our future abode. I have met
with some who deny there is such a
place as heaven. They say that all the
neaven there is is the heaven element we
possess in perfect holiness. True, we
are now raised up in heavenly places,
spiritually, but this only prepares us to
go aid dwell " with Christ, which is far
better." W e will first give a few scrip-tures
to prove that there is such a place.
" And Elijah went up by a whirlwind
into heaven, "- 2 Kings 2: 11. ' Jesus
Christ: who is gone into heaven,, and is
on the right hand of God."- 1 Pet.
3: 22. " For Christ is not entered into
the holy places made with hands; but
into heaven ITSELF, now to appear in the
presence of God for us."- Heb. 9: 24.
When Stephen was dying it is said that
he " looked up steadfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus stand-ing
on the right hand of God, and said,
Behold, 1 see heaven, ripened, and the Son of
man. standing on the right hand of God."
Then he cried, " Lord Semis, receive my
spirit."- Acts 7: 55- 60. These texts
with many others so clearly prove
that thare is a place called heaven,
that there is no appeal from the
fact. We will now prove that the same
will be our future home.
" Knowing in yourselves that ye have
in, heaven a better and an enduring sub-stance."-
Reb. 10: 34. Thank God for
this plain text. Everything in this world
has an end. The grass withereth, the
flower fadeth away. The sturdy oak, in
whose branches the fowls of the air lodge,
soon decays and is no more. All nature
teaches the " end of all things" pertain-ing
to earth. Even the monuments, the
pyramids, in time crumble to dust. This
mortal body will soon return to mother
earth. This earth will pass away. But
when time has run its course, when the
sun and moon no longer shine, when all
things pertaining to earth, and the earth
itself is no more, and is forgotten, " ye
have in heaven a better and an enduring
substance." Yes, dear pilgrim, " in
heaven," the place of God's throne, and
home of the angels. " To an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled, and that
fadeth not away, reserved in, heaven for
you, who are kept by the power of God."
- 1 Pet. 1: 4, 5. " For the hope which is
laid up for you in heaven."- Col. 1: 5.
" The Lord shall deliver me from every
evil work, and will preserve me unto his
heavenly kingdom."- 2 Tim. 4: 18. " For
we' know . . . we have a building of
God, an house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens."-,-- 2 Cor. 5: 1.
" Lay up for yourselves treasures in heav
en, where neither moth nor rust cloth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break
through and steal."- Matt. 6: 20. " A
treasure in the heavens that faileth not."
- Luke 12: 33. " Thou shalt . have trea-
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" There is a land where everlasting suns shed ever
brightness;
Where the soul drinks from the Eying streams ' 4/ filch
roll by God's high throne.
Myriads of glorious ones bring their accepted Offerings.
Oh, how blessed to look from this dark prison to '. that.
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To inhale one breath of Paradise divine,
And enter into the eternal home of rest, which awaits
the sons of G• od."
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THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
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BY G. S. BACKUS.
4iT HAVE planted, Apollos watered;
but God gave the increase." - 1
Cor. 3: 6. It is natural for one to inquire
how he or she may respond to the divine
call from heaven. Especially is this true
at the present time when so much is said
in high quarters of learning about the
many theories offered by the many
persuasions of to- day; about the suffi-ciency
of the human spirit to rise up in
its own strength domineering over its
environments and by itself get out of its
littleness and inefficiency into full royal
character meet for heaven. Without a
spirit of controversy, we do assume that
the Bible says what it means and means
what it says; that the moral condition
of the race as revealed by it is true. We
have the Bible declaring the lepravity
of the human race, and long ages confirm
the same to be true. If the human race
could make itself better, it would long
ago have done so. That this is not the
case all will agree.
The history proves another scriptural
statement of the race, that like produces
like. " Adam begat a son in his own
likeness." This is not only true in the
condition which man is born, but of
man's moral efforts to redeem himself.
hwichhic his born of the flesh ( carnal
mind) is flesh." Man can not, being born
depraved; raise himself out of such with-out
foreign aid. Rising up in his man-hood
is rising up in his depravity with
W E read in John 3: 3: " Except a m
be born again, he can not see
kingdom of God." How true the
words of Jesus are, and how sad to see
many dear honest souls who think th
are born again, trying to explain, th
grand mystery of the gospel; which, w
hid from the foundation of the worl
but is now revealed unto us by his Spiri
Christ in you the hope of glory. I ca
say from my own experience I was in t
same darkness on this line, thinking aft
I had given myself to the Lord that th
was all, and I felt a satisfaction that
was now a Christian. After living fo
some years up to all that I knew to b
right, God in his love sent some of
messengers preaching the everlastin
gospel, which soon sho
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much error in the so- called church t
which I belonged, and gave me a willing
ness to follow him after having heard hi
voice, which cost me much; but no on
has left all to follow Jesus but sha
receive an hundredfold: in this life, an
in the world to come life everlasting
Still I felt a lack of something in m
soul, and I began to seek the Lord with in
whole heart for what I was longing for
According to his ,' precious word he sen
his messenger to prepare the way befor
him, and the Lord whom I sought sud
denly came to his temple. Mal. 3: 1
Praise the Lord for this unspeakabl
gift! Anything short of this is not Bibl
salvation, and it is to be obtained by
every true seeker of the Lord Jesu
Christ. After I had obtained this glori-ous
experience the Spirit showed me I
needed a second. cleansing, as he comes
to sit as a refiner and purifier. I there-fore
presented- my body a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto him, which is our
reasonable service, and, praise God! he
accepted the sacrifice and cleansed me
from all sin ( inherited), sanctified me
wholly. Praise God! Dear reader, if
your experience does not reach this
standard, I would exhort your to seek for
it until it does; for my testimony is that
it is glorious. " They that come to God
must believe that he is and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek
him." He has promised to give the
Holy Spirit to them that obey him.
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LOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and
sound an alarm in my holy moun-tain;
let all the inhabitants of the land
tremble, for the day of the Lord cometh,
for it is nigh at hand." " Let the priests,
the ministers of the Lord, weep between
the porch and the altar, and let them say,
Spare thy people, 0 Lord, and give not
thine heritage to reproach, that the
heathen should rule over them; wherefore
should they say among the people, Where
is their God?"- Joel 2: 1, 17.
Dear ministers of God, you whom God
has called to stand as watchmen between
the living and the dead ( those alive in
Christ, and the dead in sin), do you
truly realize the position you are in? Do
you feel the responsibility of souls rest-ing
upon you as you should? Do you know
that the world and the church are looking
to you as to a sign- board pointing from
earth to heaven? How necessary then,
hat you get the right directions from
God's word and get tnem established in
our hearts! ROW important that you
11 speak the same thing, and that there
e no divisions among you! 1 Cor. 1: 10.
We all know that we are truly living
n perilous times, and the Devil is putting
orth all his strength in every way pos-ble
to deceive souls, and get them into
rror and confusion, especially God's
inisters; and he knows by doing this,
he succeeds, he is sure of a multitude
souls.
Now if any of you are confused, or
e be3onaing so, remember God is not
e author of confusion. 1 Cor. 14: 33.
nd the only way out that I can see is real
ble humility and meekness. " Put on,
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The Responsibility of God's Minis-perverted
passions, biased affections, and
wea! oened. conscience.
The word of God proves that mankind
acts as the scriptures teach. In harmony
with this inward condition, a good
man out of a good treasure of his heart
bringeth forth good fruit, and a wicked
man out of an evil treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is evil. Matt.
12: 35. The conclusion is that a man
can rise up only so far as his heart mea-sures.
The race is depraved and can not
raise itself out of it. This is a moral
axiom.
Man cannot go beyond this; he may
look at : the twinkling stars, but he can
not climb up to them. Man's ability
without divine aid is limited. He may
abhor the ditch into which he has fallen,
but he can not lift himself out of it.
" Can the Ethiopian change his skin? or
the leopard his spots?"- Jer. 13: 23.
Hope is not in selfhood but in God; not
in his endeavor, but in his being divinely
helped.
Man has no ability to cure his disease,
but he can get to one who can cure him.
He can not change his heart, but he can
turn it over to him who • has power to
create it anew. He can not cleanse, but
he can go to one who can wash it whiter
than snow. He can not grow into a
garden, but can offer God ground in
which to implant heavenly nature. Man
can not make corn, but can fallow up
the ground and pray God for the increase.
In God his ability becomes a coefficient
of infinite associations. " I can do all
. things through Christ which strength-eneth
me."- Phil. 4: 13. " Power be-longeth
unto God."- Ps. 62: 1. " My
help cometh from the Lord. "- Ps. 121: 2.
Man's help does not come up out of the
dignity and worth of the human spirit.
We have ability to stop; we have ability of
choice; we have power to use that which
is above and beyond us; ability to say yes;
ability to say no; free in God, but in
bondage out of him. Self- contained we
are a failure. Allied to God we are a
success. Separated a non- success. God
giveth the increase.
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debt yet on our boat and fishing tackle
and we want to get that paid for first;
or John and James had said, We want to
get a little something ahead to leave for
our families to live on; and Matthew bad
said, My business is so pressing and
times are close and I am'too much oe.
cupied to go just at present, etc., instead
of them believing what the Lord said,
" The laborer is worthy of his hires''
and, " Your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all these
things," do you think they would hays
been worthy to have been with Jesus it
the beginning of the gospel? See what
that rich young man lost whom Jesus
told to sell what he had and give to the
poor! He kept his money, but he lost
the riches of grace, and consequently
eternal life. From whence have come the
men of God through all ages? Are they
not men who have been quick to leave
all to follow God? Are they not men
who have been crucified unto the world
and the world unto them?
called the apostles
BY B. F. ELLIOTT.
THE Lord has been teaching us with the
following scriptures and we felt t
would be to the glory of God to write
them before others that others may be
benefiteclby their teaching also.
" For unto every one that hath shall
be given, and he shall have abundance:
but from him that bath not shall be
taken way even that which he hath."-
Matt. 25: 29. Here is a positive promise
that those who put forth what they have
in the Lord's service, according to the
ability God has given them, will be
strengthened and increased and enriched
in all abundance, and in the end they
will have eternal life. Those who refuse
or neglect to do according to their abili ty,
no matter what their excuse may be,
will become dried up and unfruitful,
whose end is to be burned. As we give
out what God has given us he gives us in
abundance. " Give, and it shall be given
unto you; good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running over,.
shall men give into your bosom. For-with
the same measure that ye meet with-al
it shall be measured to you again.-
Luke 6: 38. Here is another command
with a promise attached to it. These
promises' are true and they will never
ail; for the mouth of the Lord hath
poken it and this is God's order.
' Freely ye have received, freely give."
- Matt. 10: 8. " For we brought nothing
nto this world, and it is certain we can
arry nothing out."- 1 Thu. 6: 7. When
e are actually dead to this world we
ill cease looking after our own interests
nd the Lord's work will become the all-bsorbing
theme of our lives, in other
ords it will be Christ living in us, liv-g
as having nothing yet possessing all
hings; as poor yet making many rich.
We are not to be understood that we
ill become slothful or negligent in bus-ess,
nor are we to be unwise in the
rvice of the Master.. We are to have
good understanding what the will of
e Lord is, and then without carefulness
d without fear of consequences do it,
oking to God to give the increase in
s own way. Praise God! It is safe
trust in him. He is better than any
nk account in this world; for he has
mnised to supply all our needs accord-g
to his riches in glory, and what firm
individual would undertake such an
ligation as that? But how can we
pect him to honor our drafts on him if
do not make our deposits with him?
t us be as consistent with him as we are
h the people of the world. All he
mantis of us is according to what we
ye, and not according to what we
e not. The Lord will not commit unto
his true riches unless he has found us
faith in those things which we already
sing when Jesus
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To make it a little more practical
e all and follow him they had com-ced
to confer with flesh. and blood.
er and Andrew had said, We are in
Ye Must Be Born Again.
BY MRS. R. GEE.
Man With and Without God.
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BY ESTELLA PIKE.
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering."-
Col. 3: 12. " The meek will
he guide in judgment, and the meek will
he teach his way." - Ps. 25: 9.
Not only the ministers need to weep
and pray at this time, but every child
of God. " Let all the inhabitants of the
land tremble" and - cry mightily to God
with real humility of heart, with' perfect
willingness for God to have his own way
in everything. Seek to know his perfect
will; seek and ye shall find, is the prom-ise.
Oh, may God stir up your inmost
souls to a sense of duty and the great
responsibility resting upon you! The
dears Lord has burdened my soul for his
cause, and by his grace I will live for him
and allow him to make of me what he
wills I should be. " Show me thy ways,
0 Lord; teach me thy paths. "- Ps. 25: 4.
Use Your God- given Talents or You
Will Be Lost.
Counsel for the Young.
BY NETTIE BR1NKWORTIE.
iT ET no man despise thy youth; but
be thou an example of the be-lievers,
in word, in conversation, in
charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.' 7.- 1
Tim. 4: 12. Notice the importance of
the word let, which means permit, allow,
suffer, and signifies that the matter
rests with us, whether or not man shall
despise our youth. Dear ones, let God
so order your life that men will have no
evil thing to say of you, but rather,
seeing your good works, may glorify
your Father who is in heaven. See
Matt 5: 16
Be an example in word. After having
seen how often clear ones are hurt, or
lose confidence by a few words, we
should pray as did the Psalmist, " Set a
watch, 0 Lord, before my mouth, keep
the door of my lips." " Let the words
of m y mouth, and the meditations of my
heart be acceptable in thy sight, 0 Lord,
my strength, and my Redeemer;" " for
there is not a word in my tongue but
thou, 0 Lord, knowest it altogether,''
and " every idle word that men shall
speak they shall give account- thereof in
the day of judgment." " Whatsoever ye
do in word or deed, do all in the name of
the Lord Jesus. "- Col. 3: 17. " If any
man offend not in word, the same is a
perfect man."- Jas. 3: 2.
" To him who ordereth his conversation
aright will I show the salvation of
God."- Ps. 50: 23. " Only let your
conversation be as becometh the gospel
of Christ."- Phil. 1: 27. " For our con-versation
is in heaven." - Phil. 3: 20.
" Who is a wise man endued with knowl-edge
among you? let him show out of a
good conversation his works with meek-ness
of wisdom." n " Seeing then that all
these things shall be dissolved, what man-ner
of persons ought ye to be in all holy
conversation and godliness." " As he
which ha. th called you is holy, so be ye
holy in all manner of conversation."
Finally, so speak ye and so do as they
that shall be judged ,. by the law of
liberty.
In charity. " And above all these things,
put on charity, which is the bond of per-fectness."-
Col. 3 : 14. Charity means
love. Love is the only debt we are to
owe ( Rom. 13: 8- 10), and is of . Gad ( 1
John 4: 7), and is taught by God ( 1 Thess.
4: 9), and by the Spirit ( Gal. 5: 22). Love
is the royal law ( Jas. 2: 8), the fulfill-ment
of - ilia Jaw ( Gal. 5: 14), and the end
of the commandment ( 1 Tim. 1: 5).
How are we to love? With a pure
heart fervently ( 1 Pet. 1: 22), without
dissi mulation ( Rom. 12: 9). We are to
love our enemies ( Matt. 5: 44), and breth-ren
( 1 John 3: 14). Forbear in love
( wEapikh. in4 : 210) ; re serve by5: 21) o. ve E( yGall. ov5e: 1w%
abide in light ( 1 John 2: 10; 3: 14); are
known as disciples ( John 13: 35), and
BY C. H. DEWEY.
44pRAISE ye the Lord. . . Praise
ye him, all his angels, . . . all
his, hosts, . . . sun and moon, . . .
stars, . . . heavens, . . . waters, . . .
dragons and all deeps; fire and hail,
snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfill -
ing? ills word; mountains and all hills;
', trees, and all cedars; beasts and
e; creeping things, and flying
kings of the earth, and all people;
-
are able to comprehend with saints the
breadth, and length, and depth, and
height, and know the love of Christ
( Eph. 3: 17, 18), and by love show our
faith ( Gal. 5: 6).
Love works no ill ( Rom, 13: 10), and
ministers to the saints ( Heb. 6: 10, 1
Thess. 1: 3). Remember, God knows
your love ( Rev. 2: 19) and is not unright-eous
to forget your work and labor of
love ( HO). 6: 10). The Lord make you
to increase and abound in love one
toward another and toward all men to the
end he may establish your hearts un-blamable
in holiness before God, even
our Father, at the coming of Christ with
all his saints.
In Spirit. Spirit, in this instance,
means disposition or turn of mind.
" Blessed is the man to whom the Lord
imputeth not iniquity and in whose spirit
there is no guile." IV hat spirit or dis-position
is to be desired? 2 Pet. 1: 5- 7.
Sobriety. " Let us not sleep as do
others; but let us watch and be sober."
- 1 Thess. 5: 6. 1 Tim. 2: 9; 1 Pet.
1: 13.
Steadfastness. " Thou shalt fear the
Lord thy God, him shalt thou serve, and
to him shalt thou oleave. "- Deut. 10: 20.
Also 1 Cor. 15: 58; 1 Thess. 5: 21; Heb.
4: 14; 2 Pet. 3: 12.
Firmness. " Christ as a son over his
own house, whose house are we, if we
hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of
the hope firm unto the end."- Heb.
3: 6.
Long- suffering and forbearance.
" Walk worthy of the vocation where-with
ye are called with all lowliness and
meekness, with long- suffering, forbearing
one another in love."- Eph. 4: 2.
Patience. " For ye have need of pa-tience,
that after ye have done the will
of God, ye might receive the promise."
10: 36. Also Col. 1: 11.
Meekness and quietness. " Whose
adorning let it not be that outward adorn-ing
of plaiting of the hair, wearing of
gold, or of putting on of apparel, but let
it be the hidden man of the heart, in
that which is not corruptible, even the
ornament of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God of great
price."- 1 Pet. 3: 4. Also Gal. 5: 23;
Col. 3: 12; Tit. 3: 2.
Contentment. " Having food and
raiment let us be therewith content."- 1
Tim. 6: 8. See also Heb. 13: 5.
Faith. " Faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen."- Heb. 13: 1. We are justified
and sanctified by faith. Rom. 5: 1;
Acts 26: 18. ' W e live by faith. Heb.
10: 38. Salvation is the end of faith. 1
Pet. 1: 9. Faith is our shield ( Eph. 6: 16),
excludes boasting ( Rom. 3: 27), and over-comes
the world ( 1 John 5: 4), " Watch
ye, stand fast in. the faith, quit you like
men, be strong."- 1 Cor. 16: 13. " Fight
the good fight of faith, lay hold on eter-nal
life."- 1 Tim. 6: 12.
In. purity. " Keep thyself pure."- 1
Tim. 5: 22. " Walk in the Spirit and ye
shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh."
" That ye may be blameless and harmless
the sons of God without rebuke in the
midst of a wicked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the
world."
" If these things be in. you and abound,
they Trift lre you that ye shall neither be
barren. nor unfruitful in the knowledge
of oar Lord Jesus Christ."
His Mighty Name.
princes, and all judges of the earth; both
young men and maidens; old men and
children: let them praise the name of the
Lord; for his name aline is excellent;
his glory is above the earth and heaven.
He exalteth the horn of his people, the
praise of all his saints, even. of the
children of Israel, a people near unto him.
Praise ye the Lord!" So reads the
148th Psalm.
The thought desired to be, enforced in
this chapter is contained in the thirteenth
verse, viz., that " His name alone is
excellent."
In these man- praising and creed-honoring
days it behooves us as God's
elect to exalt our Father's name. " In
Judah is God known, . his name is great
in Israel."- Ps. 76: 1. But as people's
hearts beco me alienated from God they
are set upon adoring something else,
thus exalting other names instead of the
God of heaven. It is truly as it is
related in Micah 4: 5: " For all people
will walk every one in the name of his
god, and we will walk in the name of
the Lord our God forever and ever."
The sect devotee will still cry, " my
church," " our society," " our Leagues,"
" our Endeavors," " Honorable or Re-verend"
So- and- So, but God may say of
such : " I know thy works, that thou hast
a name that thou livest, and art dead."
But some say, " There is nothing in a
name." Outside of God's name this
saying is true as pertains to salvation.
Peter says in Acts 4: 12, " Neither is there
salvation in any other, for there is none
other name under heaven given. among
men, whereby we must be saved." Peter
was careful to emphasize in the healing of
theimpotent man at the beautiful gate that
the miracle was accomplished " by the
name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth" ( Acts
4: 10), and " his name, through faith in
his name, bath made this man strong."
- Acts 3: 16.
The saying as qualified above being
true, " There's nothing in a name,"
let us who name the name of Christ
depart from iniquity of exalting any
other name. The above and many other
scriptures plainly declare that there is
much in God's name.
God has declared that he is a jealous
God, and his name Jealous. Let us not
profane his name by walking in, or giv-ing
honor to'any other. But how man
insists upon honoring other names! Ask
a man of his religious standing and often
the reply is: " I am a Baptist;" " I
belong to the M. E. church;" " I am
converted to Elder Jones," etc. How
seldom do we hear such expressions as:
" I am a Christian;" " I am a child of
God:" " I am saved and kept in the
name of Jesus Christ."
It is thought by many professors of
salvation to be unwise to enter any gos-pel
work or even keep salvation without
taking upon. us some sect name. Col.
3: 17 says, " And whatsoever ye do in
word or deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Jesus." Let us turn to the Lord's
prayer in John 17th chapter. He says:
" I have manifested thy name unto the
men which thou gayest to me out of
the world; . . . holy Father, keep
through thine own name those whom
thou hast given me, that they may be one
even as we are. While I was with them
in the world I kept them in thy name."
God has a people who are walking
his name. They are kept in his name,
and as he has manifested his name, they
are standing aloof from any other. He
is gathering together his elect who have
been scattered heretofore among sectism,
which is represented by the many re-ligious
factions extant in the land. Many
are being taught by God's Spirit that tae
many names of sectism are contrary to
God, and are making their escape from
them, to take and walk only in the name
of Christ.
Such are not pleased to address certain
men. as " Reverend" and " Honorable,"
but love to give these titles to the Most
High, to whom they are justly due. " Holy
"" Thy Sun Shall no More Go
Down."
BY R. ROTHMAN.
MO doubt many of the saints of God
on hearing of some prominent min-isters
here and there taking up with false
doctrines, have questioned whether or not
the glorious pure gospel would again be
hid from the people by another apostasy.
So far as man is concerned, we believe
there would be just as much if not more
( Ian • er of another dismal falling away
from the faith, since the world is flooded
with false doctrines and the spirit of
heresy; but blessed be God! the Lord
has settled forever in heaven. that the
" sun shall no more go down."
The Word shows that the past apostasy
was prophesied. In Amos 8 : 9, 10 we
read: " And it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the Lord God, that I will
cause the sun to go down at noon , and
I will darken the earth in the clear day;
and I will . turn your feasts into
monrni g, and all your songs into lamen-tations;
and I will bring np sackcloth
upon. all loins, and baldness upon every
head; and I will make it as the
mourning of an only son, and the end
thereof as a bitter day." This prophecy
was fulfilled when. Rornanisra exalted it-self
above all that is called God ( 2 Thess.
2: 4); when the Sun of righteousness no
longer shed his rays, which was followed
by the darkness of Romish superstition.
During this period the gladsome songs
of Zion were hushed and the lamentation
of Popery took their place; the people
no longer rejoiced, but mourned, because
. the bridegroom was not among them.
Matt. 9: 15. The superstition. of this
dark religion brought " sackcloth and
ashes" upon its adherents, and the
monks were accustomed to shave the
tops of their heads. It thus would seem
that the prophecy of Amos was quite
literally fulfilled.
And during the dark ages when the
pure gospel was withheld from the peo-and
reverend is his name."- Ps. 111: 9.
David also said: " Let my mouth be
filled with thy praise and with thy honor
all the day," and " I will speak of thy
glorious honor and of thy majesty and
of thy wondrous works." ' W ell may the
Lord say to- day as by Malachi: " A son.
honoreth his father and a servant his
master; if then I be a lather, where is
mine honor? and if I be a master, where
is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto
you, 0 priests that despise my name,
and ye say, Wherein have we despised
thy name?"
Are we valiant adherents to this eter-nal
name? Are we willing to be reproach-ed
for the name of Christ ( 1 Pet. 4: 14)?
to be hated of all ( ungodly) men for his
name's sake ( Matt. 10: 22)? to forsake
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father,
or mother, or wife, or children, or lands
for his name's sake ( Matt. 19: 29? Yea,
as true children of our heavenly Father,
we take his name, and his alone. Since
our birth into his family ( for truly we are
born again) we cry, " Abba, Father."
Yea, as victors over sin we are " over
comers" and have written on us " the
name of my God." Rev. 3: 12.
Let us walk in his name, Zech. 10: 12;
let us trust in his name, Isa. 50: 10; let
us ask in his name, John 14: 14; let ns
do all in his name, Col. 3: 17; and they
that know thy name shall put their trust
in thee; for thou Lord hast not forsaken
them that seek thee."
Let us ever exalt the name of the Lord
of heaven, and walk in his name alone.
" My soul shall make her boast in the
Lord; the humble shall hear thereof and
be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together."-
Ps. 34: 23. " As for man, his days are as
grass; . . . the wind passeth over it and
it is gone."- Ps. 103: 15, ' 16. " But the
name of the Lord shall endure forever."
- Ps. 72: 17.
Verses 21; 22. Amen. 4
" 0 city of eternal truth, blest Mother of the free,
As in the glory of thy youth, thy saints have come to
' thee."
ple and the Bible was practically a sealed
book, this prophecy was fulfilled: " Be-hold,
the days come, saith the Lord God,
that I will send a famine in the land,'
not a. famine of bread, nor a thirst for
water, but of hearing the words of the
Lord: and they shall wander from sea to
sea, and from the north even to the east,
they shall run to and fro to seek the
word. of the Lord, and shall not find it. -
In that day shall the fair virgins and
young men faint for thirst."- Amos
8: 11, 12, 13.
Bat God has decreed that there shall
be no more going down of the sun; for
which let us be thankful. Though men
and devils may exhaust their powers in
the attempt to hinder the onward march
of Zion, the bride of Christ shall continue
to live on the glorious highway of holi-ness.
During the reign of superstition
the true Zion was forsaken and really
hated. Those who remained true to her
were destroyed as heretics. The Word
says, " Whereas thou hast been forsaken
and hated, so that no man went through
thee, I will make thee an eternal excel-lency,
a joy of many generations."- Isa.
60: 15. " For brass I will bring gold,
and for iron I will bring silver, and for
wood brass, and for stones iron; I will
also make thy officers peace, and thine
exactors righteousness. Violence shall
no more be heard in thy land, wasting
nor destruction within thy borders; but
thou, shalt call thy walls Salvation, and
thy gates Praise."- Verses 17, 18.
Here in passing we may notice that
the Zion of which such good things were
prophesied is a peculiar city, whose
walls are called Salvation. Praise God!
So all that are therein are surrounded
by salvation. There are no sinners in
Zion. " And there shall in no wise enter
into it anything that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or
raa, keth a lie; but they which are written
in the Lamb's book of life."- Rev.
21: 27. " His foundation is in the holy
mountains. The Lord loveth the gates
of Zion more than all the dwellings of
Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of
thee, 0 city of God."- Ps. 87: 1- 3.
This church is vastly different from the
so- called " churches" which are consid-ered
by the world to represent Christian-ity.
While the institutions of men may
rise and fall, the true church will con-tinue
henceforth forever to shine in her
divine splendor. " And of Zion it shall
be said, This and that man was born in
her; and the highest ' himself shall estab-lish
her. The Lord shall count when he
writeth up the people, that this man was
born there."- Verses 5, 6. This beauti-ful
city is made to ring with the praises
of God, and cooling springs of living
water are found therein. " As well the
singers as the players on instruments
shall be there; all my springs are in
thee."- Verse 7.
This glorious city whose " sun shall.
no more go down" is independent of all
the world; she needs not the wisdom or
light of men; God is all in all to her;
supplying her every need, leading all
her inhabitants by his own Spirit. ' The
sun shall be no more thy light by day;
neither for brightness shall the moon.
give light unto thee; but the Lord shall
be unto thee an everlasting light, and
thy God thy glory. Thy sun, shall no
more go down, neither shall thy moon
withdraw itself, for the Lord shall be
thine everlasting light, and the days of
thy mourning shall be ended."- Isa.
60: 19, 20. This church differs from
worldly institutions in that there are no
bad among the good; no sinners• as well
as mints. " Thy people also shall be all
righteous; they shall inherit the land
forever, the branch of thy planting, the
work of thy hands, that I may be glori-fied.
A little one shall become a thou-sand,
and a small one a strong nation; I
the Lord will hasten it in his time."-
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MANUSCRIPTS FOR SONGS.
We have occasionally received song
manuscripts, also Bro. B. E. Warren ,
and others have received quite a number
from persons desiring the manuscripts
examined, corrected, rewritten, and an
extra copy of same returned to them. In
many cases this would involve much
more work than composing a song in the
first place. Ofttimes the poetry for the
song is not up to the standard and not
what it should be for the music sent.
Again" it happens that the poetry is quite
good but the music is far from being
correct, insomuch that the change would
be much greater than the one in charge
of the work would care to make, or
probably the writer would care to have
made in order to put it ha proper shape.
Many suppose that some of these brethren
have time to do all this at their leisure
moments, but where so many manuscripts
come in, it is out of the question for
them to do so and then return the ' man-uscripts
at their own expense. However,
we would suggest that before such man-uscripts
are sent in both the words and
music be well studied, arranged, and
harmonized as nearly as possible, that the
valuable time may not be infringed upon
of those who are called upon to examine
and correct such, and also where a return
of the music is desired, sufficient postage
should be seat to defray expenses: While
some of the brethren have been preparing
and writing songs as the Lord has direct-ed*,
yet there has been no move towards
getting out a new song- book, and we do
not know how soon such will be brought
out. The Lord is blessing the " Songs
of the Evening Light" to the benefit of
souls and it is fuElling its mission on that
line for the present. A German song-book
is being arranged by Bro. Hahn.
The page plates are being made and it
will doubtless be ready to send out in a
few months. Announcement will be
made, however, in due time. Our sug-gestion
on this line need not keep any
from exercising their talent on the line of
music, as the Lord may move them.
A Word to Overseers.
he hath purchased with his own blood."
— Acts 20: 28.
Some seem to think because God's
church has no human rules and her officers
are not appointed by men, that she has
no officers; but it is clearly stated in this
text that she has overseers. Then no
child of God can- say, " I will have no
man over me." What are these over-seers
for? " The elders which are among
you I exhort, who am also an elder, and
a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and
also a partaker of the glory that shall
be revealed; feed the flock of God which
is among you, taking the oversight there-of,
not by constraint but willingly; not
for filthy lucer; but of a ready mind;
neither as being Lord's over God's her-itage,
but being ensamples to the flock."
— 1 Pet. 5: 1- 3. Again, we hear Paul
say to Timothy, who was an overseer,
" Them that sin rebuke before all, that
others also may fear."- 1 Tim. 5: 20.
In Matt. 18: 15- 17 Jesus informs us
how to deal with a brother who tres-passes.
Too often it is the case that if he
will not hear, it is never brought before
the church; consequently never receives
the seal of heaven, and he is never re-buked
before all ( if he has sinned), that
others may fear. So he goes on profess-ing,
and the world will say, " There
goes one of them," so bringing reproach
upon the cause of Christ. 0 overseers
of God's flock, awake to duty and de-.
mand a Bible course in every case, thus
receiving the approval of God on all your
work, and keeping all rubbish far from
your fold.
Jesus says let your light shine. A
light may be burning ever so bright and
yet be under a bushel and give no light
to those in the room, but remove the
bushel and the light extends to all. Now
it is not only the privilege of the flock of
God to be pure as heaven, but it is also
her glorious privilege to shine forth to
the world. " And the heathen shall
know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel,
when my sanctuary shall be in the midst
of them forevermore."— Ezek. 37: 28.
This will only be accomplished when her
overseers execute the judgments of God
so perfectly that every obstacle will be
cleared away that would hinder her rays
of light from shining forth to the world,
and the word of God is sent forth so
straight that all those who have not a
genuine experience of salvation will fear
to profess. " Then shall thy light break
forth as the morning, and thine health
shall spring forth speedily, and thy
righteousness shall go before thee; the
glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward."
— Isa. 58: 8.
every assertion by the Word. After hay.
ing been preaching for several years, the
minister gains such a knowledge of the
Bible, and his old Bible readings and
blackboard illustrations having lost
terest to himself, he takes the pulpit
trusting in his general knowledge, and if
he will notice it will not be long, he will
find, until he is using a great deal fewer
general, but the old- time manner of
ing every point solid by a well- prepared
ner, but not fipnly establishing every
point by some scripture text.
Bible reading seems to have
talk more and read less, and this leads to
a preaching of things in. a general man_
scriptures than formerly. He will now
Doctrinal subjects may be spoken of in
given place
mak-somewhat
to mere assertions. - We believe
that all our sermons, when. possible,
should be well prepared, not in the
theories and wisdom of men but in the
word of God. Paul not only charged
Timothy to " preach the word" but also
charged him to study to show himself
approved unto God a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth. We
believe it is well to carefully and prayer.
fully prepare Bible lessons, so as to give
as full force to every text as possible.
The Lord's Table.
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The present outlook is encouraging for
a glorious camp meeting this year at this
place. The people are coming from hun-dreds
of miles in various states, and we
are receiving letters from every direction
of people who are coming. We have
just received a letter from England from
a party who expected to start for Mounds-ville
the next day to be at the camp meet-ing.
Some are coming for spiritual help,
some for healing, and some to help rescue
perishing souls and preach the everlast-ing
gospel. ,
broken and were healed by the power of
God. Some instantly, and others who
felt the healing power from the time
of prayer and in a remarkably short time
were able to have full use of the injured
part of the body. We have not only read
these- testimonies but we have witnessed
the healing of a number of cases of man-gled
and broken bones. A short time ago
we received a letter from Mattie E.
Leach, of Fresno, Cal., dated March 31,
1899, in which she - says: " My dear
mother eight weeks ago fell_ and broke
her right arm off, and as we were alone
I had to set it, and she was unconscious
all night. In the morning I sent to a
tent where a meeting was being held for
the elders, and she was healed. She is
past 77 years of age."
We answered the letter and received
another one from her dated May 6, in
which she says: " Mother had both arms
broken, but the Lord healed both of them
instantly. She was near the point of
death when the elders came. They had
prayer and went to meeting. At two
o'clock in the afternoon they came back
to see her. She praised God as they en-tered
the room. Then we had prayer
again and she sat up and was anointed in
the name of the Lord, got out of bed and
walked. She has ' helped me wash all my
week's washing since, walks ten blocks
to the tent meeting and back. Ought I
not to have it published? I say yes,
praise the dear Lord! Mother is troubled
some with rheumatism now, which I am
praying the Lord to remove."
BY D. 0. TEASLEY-.
,4- rvAKE heed therefore unto your-selves
and to all the flock, over
the which the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of God which
PAUL'S charge to Timothy to " preach
the Word" is a very familiar text to
the children of God, but the scrip-tures
in no wise lose their power and
authority through familiarity. This is a
sacred solemn charge to e very God- called
minister. I fear there is a growing
disposition, unthoughtedly, among the
ministry in this final reformation to deal
too much ' in generalities. Sectism is
condemned in a general way, but its
' dangerous evils not so definitely pointed
out and the hideous monster so clearly
revealed by the word of truth as in the
earlier days of this reformation. Full
salvation is taught in a general way,
but not so definitely the two works of
divine grace.
Some seem to have found some aversion
to the little reference book. We do not
favor the custom of using the same Bible
reading over and over until we ourselves
have lost interest in it, but discarding
the note book altogether, and taking the
pulpit trusting to our general knowledge
has resulted in more talk and less reading
of the Bible and no doubt has led to the
preaching of things in a general way and
not firmly and definitely establishing
Preach the Word.
BY C. ORR.
BY MRS. M. J. GROVES.
4TELOU preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup
runneth over."— Ps. 23 : 5. On Father's
table we find the bread of life, the wa-ters
of salvation, milk, honey, and wine,
the oil of gladness, the cup of thanks-giving
( and sometimes our cup runs over).
His table furnishes the finest of the
wheat, hidden manna; and our meat and
drink is to do the will of God, and our
earnest prayer is, Feed us with food con-venient
for us, evermore give us this
bread of life from heaven.
Father invites to his table all who are
hungry and thirsty; for only such can
appreciate and relish the things he has
thirsteth, come ye,
prepared. Ile says, " Ho every one that
without money and without price"—
buy wine and milk
without price to us, yet it cost him more
than man can ever estimate. As he sets
h
a free table no one can possibly excuse
his absenc cteeabo
table
thheaspleloanogf limited
prepared
tedmeeaa: s
Father's
ed.
and its supplies are inexhaustible. Rig
resources never fail; for he greatly en-
BROKEN BONES HEALED.
We have frequently published testi-monies
from those who have had bones
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
Firm as a Rock.
riches the earth with the river of God, One day in Los Angeles a brother and
which is full of water. . The pastures are the writer started out to go to some
clothed with flocks, the valleys also are in, ' • ag. There were many meetings
covered with corn; they shout for joy, carried on under different names, but as
they also sing. He knows all the fowls
of the mountain, every beast of the forest,
and the cattle on a thousand hills are
his; yea, the earth and the fullness there-of.
Blessed are they that hunger and
thirst after righteousness; for they shall
be filled. The young lions do lack and
suffer hunger; but they that seek the
Lord shall not want any good thing.
Wherefore do ye spend your intney for
that which is not bread and your labor
for that which satisfieth not; harken'
diligently unto me, and eat ye that
which is good; and let your soul delight
itself in fatness. Whosoever will may
come and take the waters of life freely.
Wisdom bath furnished her table and
Invites all the earth to partake freely; do
not decline the invitation and perish for
ever.
You need make no long weary pilgrim-age
to reach Father's table; for it is be-fore
you. Be seated at once and partake
of his bounty and your soul shall be
satisfied. The righteous eateth to the
satisfying of the soul. The meek shall
eat and be satisfied. Oh, come, taste,
and see that the Lord is good. Come,
for all things are now ready.
The Jews like other oriental nations
were accustomed to anoint the bod y or
head with oil, and to abstain from anoint-ing
was a sign of mourning. Sometimes
a host anointed his guests. The Lord
anoints Christians with the Holy Ghost.
May we all have this anointing.
we were going along we came to a black-board
on the sidewalk with this inscrip-tion:
" The Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ." 7e wanted to find the church
of Jesus Christ, for fve knew we were
members of that, but this said " reorgan-ized."
We had our misgivings, but,
however, we took them at their word and
went in and felt at liberty to take a front
seat directly in front of the preacher, a
gold- bedecked pompous sort of man.
In his sermon he poured out his indigna-tion
against the " come- outers," preached
Joe Smith, misquoted and misapplied
some very precious- passages of scriptures.
Thus we found this so- called reorganized
church of Jesus Christ was nothing less
than Babel darkness. Others try to
organize the church of God, keeping rec-ords
of said organization, with names of
founders, members, etc., as though
God's works and promises had been a
failure. God has something far better
for his children than these human traps
for souls. " The glorious Lord will be
unto us a place of broad rivers and
streams wherein shall be no galley with
oars [ war ship] neither shall gallant ship
[ proud and haughty preachers, and rich
and haughty people] pass thereby." No
more taking meinebers in and turning
them out, nor lifting up one and pulling
down another. " For the Lord is our
judge." No man's creeds, rules, and reg-ulations
necessary, " for the Lord is our
law- giver." No need of presidents,
captains, leaders, etc.; " for the Lord is
our king." Then as we walk in this
free, holy, peaceful, humble, firm city,
or rather our God walks in us ( 2 Con
6: 16), our enemies are subdued, our
bodies have the privilege of being healed,
and our sins are all washed away and
walk in his ways and do no. iniquity.
Dear ones, are you walking in and
Broadwell, Ky., May 9.
We are praising God for victory over
sin and all the powers of darkness. We
left Jeffersonville the last of December.
Arrived at Wellington in the night.
We soon found plenty to do. We held
meetings at Back schoolhouse, Ezel,
Maytown, Grassy, Lee City, and Union.
The Lord blessed his word, and there
were a sfew saved at Back schoolhouse,
Maytown, and Lee City. We caine back
to Jefferson the first of April. 7e held
a few services at the saints' meeting-house
near Bro. Thos. Carter's home.
We were in that part about two weeks;
had services at different places. There
were a few consecrations. We came from
there to Winchester, where we held meet-ings
in private houses over two Sundays.
The last meeting was at Bro. Crew's
home about nine miles from Winchester.
A few were reclaimed or brought back
to the Lord and were saved. Any one
desiring meetings between Lexington and
Louisville, Ky, or through the southern
part of Indiana or across Illinois to St.
Louis, Mo., please write us at once to
Broadwell, Ky. We ask your prayers
that we be used only to the glory of
God. 	 Edward Ellis and Co.
South Haven, Mich., May 11.
W e are still praising God for salvation.
We feel led of the Lord to write a few
lines to The Gospel Trumpet respecting
our present labors at the home of the old
and infirm people. Feeling led of the
Lord and by request of Bro. Michels to
take the oversight of the home for a time,
as the Lord may lead, for the purpose of
relieving Brother and Sister Michels who
feel much led of the Lord to go into the
gospel field of labor for the rescuing of
perishing souls, we much desire the
prayers of God's people that we may
have the needed grace, wisdom, and
faith to successfully do our part, that
God may be glorified in all things.
There are about forty in all, counting the
laborers and Bro. Michels' family. About
twenty- six are aged and infirm, nearly
all enjoying the peace of God in their
souls, which makes a happy family in the
Lord. Numbers have come not only for
a home but to receive the light of the
feed them the words of life. For the
past six years I have devoted nearly all
my time to the ministry, traveling
constantly from place to place. God has
been good to us all this time in supplying
our needs, and When we were tried has
always brought us out after we have
been sufficiently tested. For all his
goodness to us we are very. thankful.
My family is getting so large that it is
almost necessary that I have a home for
them. I have been asking the Lord for
some time to furnish me a little home
for them. There is a nice little house
and lot here that I can buy cheap. If I
had about forty dollars I could get it.
If I buy, it will save me considerable
rent, as rent is quite high here. W e desire
the united prayers of the church that
the Lord will furnish us the above amount
at once. Some of the saints have prom-ised
to help us in getting a home. Those
among whom we have labored in Mis-souri
who desire to help us in this matter
can address us here. We will fill as
many calls for meeting within reach of
us as possible. The Lord has reinforced
our company by sending dear Bro. D.
0. Teasley to our assistance.
Our permanent address is Lutesville,
Mo. With much love to all, we remain,
Yours. justified and subsequently sancti-fied
by the blood of Christ,
R. L. Farquar.
FOREIGN. fiefie
Mission House, Bogra,
Bengal, India, April 19, 1899.
Bro. E. E. Byrum,
Moundsville, W. V., U. S. A.
My dear brother in " the Beloved" -
Greeting to you in Jesus' name. Praise
the Lord for the continuous outfiowing
of the grace of God that has ever been
attending us in this solitary station where
the dear Lord has called us to labor to-gether
with him to save the lost ones and
to rescue the perishing, and that - finds us
at this writing triumphing in him and
rejoicing in hope with joy unspeakable
and full of glory. The Lord himself has
been with us according to his blessed
promise ( Matt. 28: 20) and we are safe.
Hallelujah!
You would be glad to hear that the
Lord gave us many opportunities of late
to proclaim the glorious gospel to the
interior of the district. It was in connec-tion
with a " mela" ( fair) which takes
place once a year at :` Mahasthan," a
place of great sanctity both to the Hindus
and to the . Motammedans, who come
there every year on pilgrimage in great
numbers. There are many incredible
and wild stories and legends describing
the way in which it became a sacred
place, one only of which I shall briefly
mention in passing, to illustrate the
credulous superstition of these people.
In the days gone by there lived here a
Hindu king who is supposed to have
persecuted his minister, the then only
Mohammedan in the district, and this
oppressed minister is said to have cried
to God for help, who out of compassion
revealed to a Sultan of Balkh in Tartary
to leave his throne and turn a mendicant,
and then to come here as an ascetic to
wage war against this Hindu tyrant,
Parshuram by name. Accordingly the
Sultan came here, they say, and asked of
the Hindu king to grant him a parcel of
land big enough to sit down on and pray,
which the king granted him, and on this
plot of ground, the site of which is still
preserved, and which is considered a
sacred place by the Mohammedans, the
ascetic Sultan spread his cowhide which
he had with, him, as such skins are still
in use among the Indian ascetics even to-day—
the Hindus only use those of a
tiger or deer, of course. Prayer being
over, the Sultan began to strike the hide
with his palms and it began to increase
in dimensions, they say, and by and. by
it reached the temple of the king, which
was of course polluted and desecrated by
the cowhide, and hence a terrible war
brialce out. The shagle- havled ascetic
BY B. F. ELLIOTT.
THINE eyes shall see Jerusalem a
quiet habitation, a- tabernacle
that shall not be taken down; not one of
the stakes thereof shall ever be removed,
neither shall any of the cords thereof be
broken. But there the glorious Lord enjoying all the privileges of the gospel
will be unto us a place of . broad rivers of Christ? or is your soul still bound
and streams, wherein shall go no galley. and hindered by the yokes of men. In
with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass the name of Jesus we beseech you to
thereby. For the Lord is our judge, the conic out and be separate and touch no
Lord is our law- giver, the Lord is our unclean thing. God's promises are yea
king; he will save us. . . . And ' the and amen to him that believeth, also his truth, and do receive it to the joy and
inhabitants ; 3112111 not say, I am sick: the commands must be obeyed if we would satisfaction of their souls. Praise the
people therein shall be forgiven their meet him in peace. 	 Lord! We trust many a precious soul
iniquity."— Isa. : 12: 20- 24. 	 	 • will get home to glory through the agen
0 glorious prophecy I Happy the one
who can say, " This day are these words
fulfilled in our ears!" 	 Who is there 	 Friend, Mo., May 5.
among those who have hungered and I We do praise God for victory and a
thirsted after righteousness that has not real experience of salvation'. The little
felt a longing to see with his eyes the lchurch in this place is on the advance • for
people of God who a: e standing coin- , God. We have moved and are labcring
pletely in God's order, where not a stake for the Master. Last Sunday we closed
shall ever be removed nor a cord broken, I the meeting we have been holding
and an order of worship that shall never I where there were fifty- seven saved. Last
be taken away? Where death and judg- Sunday eighteen were baptized. As the
meat fires will make no changes and where
the final judgment will bring no disap-pointments
or shameful revelations. Hear
the apostle Paul using these expressions:
" Ye are come unto the heavenly Jerusa-lem."'
' We receiving a kingdom which can
not be moved ;" also, " Ye are no more
strangers and foreigners, but fellow -
izens with the saints and of the household
of God." Jesus said he would build his
church and the gates of hell should not
prevail against it. , How different are
the churches of men.
A young preacher belonging to some
religious denomination in Chicago said
he had gone all over the city to all the
different churches trying to get a clean
bite but had not found one. All organ-izations
and institutions of men have to
be revised, patched, and. remodeled to
keep up with the times, or as some say
' L as they get new light." But God's
way needs no revising, nor repairing,
nor - remodeling. " Not one of the
stakes shall ever be removed, nor any
of the cords thereof be broken." Many
are trying to establish or reestablish the
church of Christ, as though it had been
removed or broken.
Devil is mustering all his forces to gath-er
against the truth of God's word, let
us stand for the truth.
Geo. S. Backus.
Kennet, Mo., May 9.
Since last report the Lord has wonder-fully
changed our plans for the future.
On account of sickness I was called to
Kennet, Mo., in haste. Have been here
three weeks. God has manifested his
power to heal when life was almost gone.
We have been holding meetings ever
since we arrived here. W e can not near
fill the calls. Truly the harvest is great
and laborers few. This is almost a God-forsaken
place. Any one desiring a
field of labor can- find it here, but you-must
expect to endure hardships of all
kinds and be able to fight sin on every
hand. As duty calls me away from here
my prayer is, God send the right one in
here that will push the battle to the
gates. We will not travel through from
Danville, Ill., to Kennet, Mo., as expect-ed.
7e will probably, labor in and
through the neighborhood of Danville,
Ill., for the summer.
s from the Field
Tillie Craft.
ay of this home, who otherwise would
have perished and lost their precious
soul. The dear Lord is wonderfully bless-ing
and prospering the home in its work
of love. The home also is open as a
mission for the enlightenment and saving
of souls who are seeking to know the
truth. Family prayer service three
times a day. Gospel meetings three
times a, week: on - Wednesday evening
and Lord's day at 10: 30 a. m. and 2: 30
p. in. Souls are saved, the sick healed,
and God is glorified. Praise his holy
name! The home is a faith institution,
receiving its support by donations from
those led of the Lord. so to do. Many
of the inmates are homeless and helpless.
They were helped by the saint.; to get
here and depend wholly on the Lord for
sustenance. Our address hereafter will
be at the home of the old and infirm
people, South• Haven, Mich.
Wm. N. and S. J. Smith.
Lutesville, Mo., May 9.
Since our last report we have enjoyed
the peace of God in our souls_ We stayed
at Lotta about a month. We could not
see much results from the meetings held
there, but the word was preached, and
it is God's business to give the increase.
We came back here yesterday. For
some time past we have felt the impres-sion
of the Spirit upon our heart to locate
here. After prayerfully considering the
matter I have decided to permanently
locate here. There are many places
around here where they are calling for
the truth, and there are some who have
accepted _ the truth who need some one to
for all our brothers. I am yours la i
him, P. E. Mann: lawn.,
Carthanal,
Testimonies
McConnelsville, CC"
I am praising God for a full and free
salvation, one that saves and keeps frox
sin, and for a Savior that heals the body:,
Thank God for this evening light prekt
ing. I heard it first four years ago, aiA
it took all sect away from me, root
branch. The Bible is a new book to
It is so nice to have Jesus for a physiciaa'
when sick. I give him all the glory.
Pray that I may be kept by ' Ames
divine. Geo. W. Demster.
Anniston, Ala.
I am praising God for salvation that
delivers me from all sin, and gives me a
willingness to obey him in all things, I
have taken him for my physician and he
heals me at all times. I am praising hit
for the rays of evening light that pour
upon my soul each day I live. It is woe•
derfnl to know that the Comforter abides
with us at all times and brings all things
to our remembrance, whatsoever the Lord
bath told us, Pray much for me.
Dollie Ross,
turning many to righteousness. We
were glad to see the eagerness of the peo-ple
to buy them hearing that they contain-ed
more of what we preached, and in one
place in less than half an hour's time
we sold every copy that we took with
us, and could not supply the vociferous
demand for more. May the Spirit of
God himself water the seed sown in his
name in these uncultivated lands.
We came home at the close of the last
week and resumed our town work again.
But yesterday we went to another annual
gathering close to the town, where several
thousand people gathered from far and
near to bathe in the river to wash away
(?) their sins. Oh, what a pity that
these ignorant people do not know that the
blood of Jesus alone can wash away the
indelible stain of sin! When would
they kn o w this blessed secret of salvation?
e preached to the multitudes and sold
several hundreds of gospels and other
salvation literature. But what could we
do ( only two) among such an immense
crowd? We did our best, however, to
give the people an idea of our Savior and
Lord and a sense of their awful respon-sibility
we tried to arouse. The harvest
indeed is great, but the laborers are few,
is the only thing that I can repeat once
more in this connection. • Pray for us.
There are some young men here who
come to us to read the Bible to know
more of our Lord. Pray especially for
them, my dear brother. I have received
helpful and encouraging letters from the
brethren in the south who are having a
hard fight in the field. I enclose one of
them from an ex- priest of the Syrian
church (?) for your perusal, hoping that it
would interest you and perhaps others.
We have not yet moved to the new
house as I mentioned in a previous letter,
but hope to do so in the near future.
With much holy love for you and yours,
I remain your loving brother in the
same body, A. - D. Khan.
THE EX- PRIEST'S LETTER,
March 23, 1899.
A. D. Khan, Calcutta.
My dear brother in the Lord: Just
now I received a copy of the Fire Brand
of January, ' 99. - I am very thankful
for that and also for the GOSPEL TRUM-PET
which you are sending now and then
as a result of my request through a post
card. But I am sorry to say that I am
not receiving the GOSPEL TRUMPET
regularly. I am longing for it always,
and also for the Fire Brand. I have
been blessed in reading them. I am very
glad to have some different copies of
different tracts and books printed at the
Fire Brand office and also kept in the
office from other offices. I am very glad
to say at this time before the Master's
presence that I am not a paid agent of t
any sect or community; I ant living by t
the free- will offerings of Christian
brothers and sisters only. Praise the s
Lord for all his gifts and offerings up to a
this time. a
I was converted in the Reformed Syri- a
an Community of Malabar, in December,
1891, at Maramannu, the seat of the H
metran' ( bishop) of the Reformed Corn-munity.
At the time of my conversion
I was a deacon, ordained by this f
metran. I am very sorry to say that I f
was not a converted man when the is
metran ordained me as a deacon for the c
Master's work. I was ordained by the hi
same metran as a priest in 1896, Jan- p
nary, and was in charge of my own fo
parish at my native place, Kumpanadu. le
After some time the metran ordered me te
to another parish at a distance of two miles th
from my native place; and so I had the el
charge of these two parishes till May al,
29, 1898. The Lord showed me very m
definitely that it was very difficult to se
serve hmi while I am under the yoke of b
the worldly people. And not only that; w
it was very difficult fer me to go on with er
the ordinances and services of the Com- fo
Inanity because of the teaching of the bi
ordinances which is against the Bible. co
' You can know about all the liturgy if
got ready to fight with an enormous host
of the Hindu king, and succeeded in kill-ing
a great number of the infidels, but the
next day again the same number of men
appeared in the fight, which fact surprised
the foreigner and he began to pray God
(?) to reveal to him the mystery, where-upon
he was informed that the King
Parshuram had a well of life- giving wa-ter
which when applied to the dead they.
were brought to life again. He was
directed then to desecrate this well, and
thus to rob it of its quickening virtue, in
which he succeeded in making a kite
bring a piece of beef to throw into this
well. Then he fought bravely and in a
few days the king's army was exhausted,
and himself defeated and killed. On . his
fall his virgin daughter ( some say his sis-ter)
came to the ascetic and surrendered,
craving for pardon and protection from
any violence. This was granted her,
and the only place of safety that she
could have recourse to was the river bed,
where she plunged herself, and thus made
that spot a sacred place where thousands
of Hindus annually gather to bathe,
whereby they believe they acquire merit.
, The grave (?) of the Sultan is the chief
attraction for the Mohammedans, thus
making the place a double pilgrim center, a
fact so rare in history, as no Rindu shrine
has any room for a Mohammedan. This
perhaps is the only one of the kind which
became sacred to both of these antago-nistic
nations of opposite persuasions.
Such is the incredible story of antiquity
that this place possesses. Pray, dear
brethren, that the light of the world may
enlighten their mind's eye that they may
be reclaimed from such gross darkness of
prejudice and error. Christ is the only
remedy for them, but where are the men
and women of God, full of the Pente-costal
fire, to present Christ to them,
for " how shall they believe in hint of
whom they have not heard?" Think of
them and hundreds and thousands of
others similarly situated, if not worse!
Pray for them and pray for us.
But to return to my theme. We heard
that thousands of people will assemble
there at Mahasthan on this occasion, and
thought of availing ourselves of this
grand opportunity to preach to the in-,
coming crowd. We left for this place
on the 9th inst., and reached there at
noon, but failed to get any shelter at
first. There were temporary sheds erected
on the ground so exposed that they were
almost useless. We thought of staying in
a village close to the " vela" where we
could go for rest at night. This also
seemed to have failed in the beginning,
and while thus resourceless, so to say,
the Lord sent us a friend from among
the hostile camp in the person of the
Mohammedan health official of the
" mela," whb of his own accord offered
us shelter in his camp from the scorching
heat of the April sun. We praised the
Lord, and accepted his offer, and found
a grand opportunity to preach Christ to
him first of all. Then in the afternoon
we went out preaching, and it was there
that we met a man among the audience
in the open air, who offered his house
for a resting place for us at night. This
place was very near the " mela," so we
could come in the morning to preach, and
at night retire again. This reminded
me very vividly of the last week's mission
of, our Lord in Jerusalem, while Bethany
was the place for his retirement at night.
Thus we stayed there six days, during
which period we also visited other
neighboring places of great commercial
centers, where also we found hundreds
to attend our open- air meetings. These
places were never visited by any Christian
evangelist and they never heard the
gospel preached. In each of these places
we sold many hundreds of scripture por-tions
in circulars, so that they may back
up our words preached. Pray, my dear
brother, that these little messengers may
find entrances into the distant homes
whither they have gone ( I mean the
gospels, ect., sold) and be the means of
YOU can get a copy of J. G. Gregson's
tract about the subject. And so by the
grace of God I left the Syrian CCoom-munity
-
munity with all its unscriptural ordinances
and services, and also resigned the
charge of the parishes on Sunday, May
29, 1898. Praise his holy name
forever!
I laave gone through many temptationss
and much contempt and mockery, etc
from all the chiefs of the Community and
from. all my relatives and friends, and
from my parents and brothers, and from
my dear wife even, for the above de-cisions.
Kindly pray for her, because
she is even in sorrow and in grief be-cause
of me. From May 29, ' 98 I was
working at my native place and other
places for six mon
t
hs. I was working
for some time with Mr. Gregson who
had come especially to work among the
Syrians. Though I left the Syrian Com-munity
with all its unscriptural ordi-nances,
yet I had the priestly garments up
to December 9, 1898. According to the
Lord's guidance I went to Kunnan-kulam,
where I changed my priestly
garments while 1 was at Bro. V. Nagel's
bungalow at Kunnankulam. At that
time Mrs. F. S. Nicholson. was working
there among the Syrians. According to
Mrs. Nicholson's request I worked with
her as interpreter for two months.
have been blessed in the work.
After changing the priestly garments I
received Christian baptism at the bap-tismIl
cistern at Bro. Y. Nagel's bun-galow.
On account of my baptism and
changing my priestly garments great
was the excitement and feelings and
bitterness among the Syrians, and all
this is increasing day by day among
them. On account of this decision my
wife is in sorrow which I can not express
in words. While I was at Kunnankulam
she wrote me that she doesn't want to
see me without the priestly garments.
How can I express my sorrow concerning
my dear wife? I ant blessed with two
children, a boy and a girl. My wife is
with her parents now with our children,
and I am with my parents. My parents
are very sorry in seeing me without the
priestly garments, as well as my brothers
and sisters and all relatives. My pa-rents
are not willing to receive me here-after
because they are afraid of their
church government. The chiefs of the
Syrian Community are going to excom-municate
me, and my parents are afraid
to take me. I have no particular home.
1 am going here and there according
to the guidance of the Lord.
After I returned from Kunnankulam
I went thrice to see my wife and bring
her with the children to my home. But
her father, who is a priest, is not willing
o send her with me, and her father has
aken my box with all things in it and
also my English Biblical books by force,
aying that he is trying me whether I
m a Christian or not, taking for his
uthority Luke 6: 30. I praised the Lord
nd came off without my wife and. chil-dren,
my box, books, and other things.
e is keeping them and says he is not
going to give them. My dear wife is
willing to come with me without her
ether's consent. She is afraid of her
ather, who is a cruel man; and also there
no such custom here of the daughter
oming away from their father without
s consent, with the husband. I am
raying for her and I beg you all to pray
3 . her that I may gain her without the
asst effort. Also pray for my main-nance
and for building a house with. all
e necessary things. I want to take my
der child to my house. Pray for me
nd my wife. I had some money with
e when I went to see my wife the
cond time, and that too has been taken I
y force with the box. Last Sunday a
e had three baptisms, and four broth- f
s joined in breaking bread at a house t
tterness is going on among
r the first time in Malabanthe
p
Grea
ncerning me and those who are joined j
with me in these gospel ordinances. Pray
Mentone,
I feel like testifying through the col_
umns of the Trumpet of God's goodness
to me. I do truly praise God for what
he has done, and is still doing for me.
He has forgiven all my ins, and sancti-fled
my nature, and gives me joy and
peace in my soul, and victory over all
the power of the enemy. I realize more
than ever the necessity of living true to
God, and where we can trust him for all
things, for soul and body. I am contin-ually
learning precious lessons, and my
earnest desire and determination is
live humble at the feet of Jesus, where
I can have the blessed assurance that I
am continually reigning victorious over
the world, the flesh, and the Devil. The
Lord has healed my body many times,
for which I give him all the praise. 1
find him a present help in every time of
trouble. I am decided to go all the way
with Jesus and live true to him at any
cost. Grace Hunter.
Glen Campbell, Pa.
I think it would be to the glory of God
to tell what the Lord has done for me.
I have been a Methodist for twenty
years and suppose I would be yet except
for the the preaching of God's ministers
in Smithport. Six weeks ago I took sick
with heart trouble and sickness on the
stomach, so that I could keep nothing
on my stomach. I doctored with two
doctors and called the third in to ex-amine
me. He agreed with the other
two and they all said I could not live;
and the family doctor told me if I had
anything to fix I had better do it, as lay
tongue was paralyzed some. It was
true, for I knew it myself; but I told
him I had nothing to fix, neither in this
world. or the one to come. Praise God
for the hope beyond the grave!
So now 1 will tell you the best part of
the story. Two weeks ago to- day I
threw away all medicine and called on
Bro. Deloe and as many as could come,
and he and Sister Brickell came and
prayed with me, and I have been well
from that hour and am well to- day.
The Lord has opened the eyes of the
neighborhood around me. All things
work together for good to them that love
God. David Brubaker.
e or ep al et and To - dfaiynds
My heart breaks forth with praises as
Edinboro, Pa.
uirh
ing
ne h d
he Lord for my body as well as nlY
Albany, Ores C. M. Begins June 15, to
last selong as the Lord wills. This general
canqs meeting for northern Oregon will be
held, * a beautiful grove in the town of
AllAttg; about 15 miles south of Portland.
Albanyis on the S. P. R. R. and the Wil-lametfA-
river. Any one coming by way of
Per timid can take a river steamboat and
. & mai cheaper than by railroad. Let as
many aS possibly can attend this meeting.
All wilo. can should come prepared to take
Care of themselves, and those who cannot
4) 0- oared for. Bro. G. W. Bailey, of
Iv 4slitngton, and Bro. Sensney, of Cal-oraia
Will be present to preach the Word.
We ill* the Lord will send Bro. D. Adams
and ,:-. 01thers also. We are trusting God for
a biassed meeting. Let all interested pray
eniysork to this end. Any one desiring
feiaket information can write to Bro. G.
W: 4t, Bailey, Albany, Ore., J. G. Holt,
Thontas, . Ore., or me at IV oodburn, Ore.
1. i.--( iieea
4ten, ili, junction, Mich, Camp Meeting.
Wii'L be held, the Lord willing, June
Pores City, Mo. C. H. Commences ' Scpt.
7 to hold over two Sundays. W. A. Ford.
Obituary.
WINCI1EL.— Matilda Winchel was born
in Manheim, Germany, Dec. 2, 1811; died
in Cheshire, Mich, at her home, April 21,
1899, in the full triumphs of faith.
A. B. Palmer.
Columbia, Pa.
TEMPLE.— Lydian Temple, wife of J ohn
J. Temple, died April 7, 1899; aged 57
She had been sick in bed but a few
She died of cancer.
John J. Temple.
Eagletown, Ind.
WELLS.— Henry S. Wells was born June
9, 1845; died May 6, 1899; aged 53 yr. 11
mo. 3 da. He leaves a wife devoted to
God, and six children. Some are walking
in the light and some are not. Pray for
the unsaved ones. May Gsd save and keep
them.
Mrs. Alice Miller.
years.
days.
OUN § k6
Letters of Ldve and Counsel
for “ Our Girls."
By JENNIE C. RUTTY.
33p a1ges . 	 Beautifully bound in cloth.
A precious volume for girls,
tiled with motherly instruction
and counsel. The subject mafter
is arranged in the form of letters
to " Our dear Girls." Any one
of the letters is worth more than
the cost of the entire book. A
few of the subjects are: Plea-
- gore, Arntoarnents, Fa* hion.,
Society, Life, Norel- reading,
Dancing Flirting. Secret stns.,
Lore and iforrtage, 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
Vieir parents' hea rts. It points
I the way to avoid all snares and
pitfMaiolsthers 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 C. 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.' " a
soul. By serving God I have peace and
joy. In times of temptation and dis-eouragements,
when earth's friends for-sake
I find Jesus and my Bible the dear-est.
Some day not far distant earth's
sun will set behind the western horizon
never more to rise, and the thundering
tones of judgment will startle the sleep-big
multitudes of earth and the forked
lightning will flash from sea to sea.
- Then we will see Jesus comity:, in the
clouds Of heaven with the angels of his
° power, dispensing retributive justice to
those not acknowledging God, who shall
pay a just penalty— aionion destruction
from the presence of the Lord. Truths
like these once struck terror to my soul.
But now, I am looking, watching, with
a glad and happy expectancy for this
great event. Dear saints, although scat-tered
all over this cold and friendless
world, let us be true to God, and some
day we will meet above the fiery ele-ments
of this world, where angelic hosts
will escort us to that home where joy is
unspeakable and full of glory, where the
wicked shall cease ' from troubling and
the weary shall forever be at rest. As
each of yon read this, please ask the Lord
to keep the writer pure in heart, humble,
in spirit, and unspotted from this world.
J. T. Anderson.
Rectuests for Prayer:
Milo tanorman. Sanctification and heal-ing.
3' 0E4 Sinkler. Weakness of mind.
mit. W. Richey. Healing.
Sia Steinhoff. Neuralgia of heart.
Pray Pat we may be healed of all our
diseaset C. R. and Lucinda White.
Remember my mother who has lung troub-le,
40 Ay niece who is afflicted with par,
alysiai* loss of mind.
Calls for Meetings.
Mit& ' Center, 0. Will sonic one called
of God ( tome here and hold a meeting. Mrs.
Sarah Fishbangh.
Italy, Texas. We need some one here to
preach the gospel. Maggie Davis.
Greaten, Wis. Will some of God's chosen
ones come here to preach the gospel. Dell
Lovell.
Eagletown, Hamilton Co., Ind, A taber-nacle
meeting is wanted. Address Mrs.
E. E. Wells.
Roundhead, 0. Address Sadie Gossard.
A tabernacle meeting is desired at Amity,
Clark Co., Ark., this summer or fall.
Another place is Hot Springs, Ark., a town
of about fifteen or twenty thousand inhabit-ants.
It would be a good place to scatter
seed as it is a great health resort. Address
James 2.1.. Johnson, Sr., Amity, Ark.
— M eeting Notices.
Tekensha, Mich. Assei iene ting.
Commencing Thursday evening, May 25, to
' eutitinue over Lord's day. It, will be held
in the chapel five miles S. W. of Tekonsha,
Wheals_ 00., Mich. Ministerial help
desired. For further information address
C. H. Eldridge.
Biten'g- sun, 0. We will hold a taber-nacle
niveting near Rising Sun in the Roush
negliberhood, beginning J1ID e 1, to continue
as long as the Lord wills. All in reach of this
useeting are invited to attend. B. E.
Warren and Co.
16- 26, on the old camp ground, 29 miles
west of Kalamazoo, on the M. C. R. R
and 11 miles east of South Haven. Boats
run from Chicago to South Haven, fare 50
cents. The e. amp ground is located one
and a half miles north of Grand Junction.
All coming from the north or south come
aornr athneg eCm. eanndts Wto. sMto. pR . a lRl . l oWcael twraililn ms oakpe-posite
the camp' ground. Everybody in-vited,
rich and poor, everybody conic to do
good. and to get good. 	 S. _ Michels.
Grand Forks, N. Dak. North Dakota
and Western Minnesota general camp meet-ing
will be held at Grand Forks, N. Dak.,
near the Point Bridge, Jane 16- 26. We
trust this- will be the largest and best camp
meeting yet held here. All who are able
should come prepared to help care for those
who are not prepared to come with tent,
etc. Bro. Geo. Vielguth is expected. We
desire the prayers of all the church of God
that the power of the Lord be manifested
in the salvation of sinners, sanctification of
believers, and healing of the sick. C. H.
Tubbs.
Washington Annual C. M. The yearly
camp meeting of Washington will be held
at the Orphans' Home camp ground on
Union Flat, 10 mi. from Colfax, Wash.
commencing June 22, to last to July 2.
Every one within reach should attend this
yearly meeting and come prepared to take
care of themselves as far as possible. Those
having no means, come and you will be
cared for. We expect a glorious feast from
Father's table. We expect the Lord to
send Holy Ghost preachers to the meeting.
Any holy brethren who are called to the
meeting from the east will let us hear from
them. A way will be provided to get from
Colfax, Wash. to the camp ground for
those coming over the 0. R. and N. R. R.,
also from Pullman, Wash., over the N. P.
R. R. Those wishing information can ad-dress
G. T. Henwood, Palouse, Wash. or
A. B. Peterman, Colfax, Wash.
Meigs Co., Tenn. Grove meeting. July
1- 10. To be held. about thirteen miles west
of Sweet Water, and near Sewee P. 0.
This is our first grove meeting. Everybody
is invited to be there. Come to stay till
the meeting closes. We would be glad to
have some of the northern ministers be
present if possible. Address me at Pike-town,
Tenn. Noah Duncan.
Simpson, La. Camp meeting at Wel-come,
Vernon Parish, La. beginning July
14. Address F. 0. Parker, of Simpson.
Hammond, La. Camp meeting. 12 miles
east of Hammond. July 44- 23. Address
F. M. Williamson, Hammond, La.
Racine, Wis. Grove meeting. Jul i 15-
Aug. 15. Racine is sixty- two miles north
of Chicago, ten miles north of Konosia,
twenty- five miles south of Milwaukee.
Street- car track to grove from all points
named except Chicago, which has two rail-road
lines to Racine. All are invited to
attend, but you must come prepared to take
ease of yourself, as this is the first meeting
here and necessary preparations to care for
you can not be made this year. Bring
your tent and bedding and camp on the
ground, which is only one and a half miles
from center of city. Six foot sidewalk from
cit y to grove. We expect to see great
things of the Lord in this meeting. Let
all pray to this end. A. J. Ellison, 1612
Prairie Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Due West, S. C. Camp meeting. July
22 to Aug. 1. Address W. 0. Agnews,
Hodges, S. 0.
Kentwood, La. Assembly meeting. Be-ginning
July 21. Address M. C. Simmons.
Bollinger Co., C. M. July 28— Aug.
7. For further . information address
R. L. Farqua, r, Lutesville, Mo.
Grassy, Mo. C. M. Begins July 28,
to continue about ten days. Grassy is in
Bollinger Co., Mo. It is about 11 miles
from Lutesville. LntesviIle is on the Bel-mont
Branch of the St. L. I. M. and S. R.
R. Those coming on the train will get off
at Lutesville, where they will be met by
some of the brethren. Let as many saints
as can make arrangements to attend the
meeting. Bro. J. D. Perrin is expected to
be with us in the meeting. For further
information address Bro. J. R. Rea, Grassy,
Mo., or myself at Lutesville, Mo. R. L.
Farquar.
Poynor, Mo. Camp meeting, two miles
east of Povuor, and ten miles south of
Doniphan, beginning August 4 to hold over
two Sundays. Address J. M. Hester.
Sternly, Ala. Camp or grove meeting.
Aug. 4- 13, or as long as the Lord leads.
For further information address Allen
Cunningham, Coosa Valley, Ala.
Howell Co., Mo., C. M. will be held
at the same place it was last year, 9 miles
west of West Plains, Aug. 10- 20.
Neosho Falls, Kans. General western
C. M. August 10- 20. J. Pike and L.
Masters.
The general central C. M. of the church
of the living God will be held hereafter
four miles south of Burket, Ind., com-mencing
this year Aug. 15 and ending Aug.
24. A more complete notice will be pub-lished
later. S. L. Speck.
St. Louis, Mo.
SMITH.— Lueinda Smith, wife of Wm.
Smith, died Apr. 21, 1899; aged 36 years.
She embraced fall salvation a few years ago.
At times her faith was weak through trials,
but at last she renewed her covenant and
left a bright evidence that all was well. She
leaves a husband and three children; also
father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters.
C. O. Kennedy.
. Goss Mill, Ind.
0A. LLAHAN.— Neatea Elizabeth Call-ahan,
wife of Erasmus Callahan, was horn
Aug. 18, 1860; passed away Apr. 25, 1890;
aged 38 yr. 7 mo. g5 da. Since she was
fully saved she has lived a consistent Chris-tian
up till detail. She leaves four boys and
three girls. Sister Callahan was submissive
all through her illness and Jesus helped her
to bare her suffering with great patience.
. Barthiena Reynolds.
Visalia, Cal.
Mcli EN AN .— Sister Mary Me K o n an „ was
born July 17, 1870; died May 2, 1809, at-the
age of 28 yr. 9 rue. 16 da. She has been
a sufferer for some time from consumption.
She by s repeatedly in times past been blessed
as the ( bar saints would come and pray for
her, whose visits she enjo yed very much. She
was fully consecrated to go,. and one of her
greatest desires was to follow Jesus in
baptism.- The Lord opened the way and it
was granted two - days prior to her death.-
Although weak and frail in body, God did
give her glorious victory over it all. She
leaves an unsaved husband and four children.
She closed her life in triumph, saying,
" Jesus is near."
Bue.
MEADOR.— Miss Venetia, Wright was
born in Tennessee, March 16, 1842, died in
Pierce City, Mo., April 24. 1899. She was
married to Joel Meador in Texas in 1867.
Lived there five years, in Arkansas live
years, and in Missouri the rest of her life.
She leaves a brother, two daughters, one son,
and a husband. She was converted at
home about twenty- six years ago, wandered
in the wilderness ; now and then catching a
glimpse of Canaan, but like the children
of Israel, going back only to come and gaze
again over into that beautiful land of
Beulah. Finally about nine years ago, by
an entire consecration and an unbounding
faith in God she entereo that most wonder-fully
precious experience of perfect love or
entire sanctification in which she lived till
her death. She was patient and. kind, not
given to talking about her neighbors, and
bore the sufferings of consumption with
praises on her. lips. She told the writer,
who conducted the funeral, that she was
" resting in the Lord," and, as the death
angel came she said, " Come, Lord, and get
me." At the funeral the Holy Spirit was
present in much power, many with difficulty
refraining from crying alouit'for'jov.
0.. ias. A. Mitchell.
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 2 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
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to Healing. Etc.
PART 3 Consists of testimo-nies
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It tells of over fifty who have
been healed of Cancers, Tumors,
Fevers, Consumption. Blind
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and how to be healed of all man-ner
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The Grace of Healing;
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By J. W. BYERS..
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Everybody is invited to attend this meeting.
We are praying the Lord to send Holy
Ghost preachers. Any such who are led
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Bessemer, Ala., C. M. At Bessemer,
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Bessemer, Ala.
Em enton, Pa., general 0. M., two mile
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Samuel Martz, Pittsville, Pa.
A camp meeting will be held three miles
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Further information may be sent in later.
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Fulton Co, Mo., C. M. will be held
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with the " shut ins" and watch their
p
wards, positions, or professions they
passes on and they feel that life to
comanions obtain with pride thee24
with reason, looked forward to. t
has
Despondencya
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Ds bee and disease . settled n
me in this way and with other pa
a
hopes that perished I felt that I could
with the poet Hood:
" I never loved a tree or flower,
But ' twas the first to droop and die,
All my life had
So much sickness had
suffered various
brought on,
chronic disease, and with my weak cola
was not able to withstand
other ailments
i lmIe
nts that were fastening the
selves upon my system. I came to
Moundsville, W. - Va., and after a while
became unable to perform my daily work.
I was growing worse so rapidly that ely
friends became alarmed. A physician Ives
consulted, and my case was pronounced
beyond any common medical aid. Row_
ever, they decided that if I would resort to
a treatment by the best medical skill of the
east there might be some hopes of My
recovery. Having had so much illness
and treatment in the past I realized it
meant much suffering and perhaps hope.
less treatment, and death seemed sweet
in preference. I could not have a longing
for this miserable existence and 1
thought in the grave there would he rest.
The question so often came to me: " Why
should I live?" Then I thought per.
haps if I could regain health that in some
way I could slightly recompense for some
of the much kindness that has been
bestowed upon me by parents and friends
through all these years of care.
Sweet words of comfort seemed to
come to me now: " Let not your heart be
troubled ;" " Lo, I am with thee always;"
" I will never leave thee nor forsake
thee;" " My yoke is easy, my burden
s light;'''' ' I will: renew thy strength;"
` I will go before thee and make the
" Say not, my soul, from whence
Can God relieve thy care?
Remember- that omnipotence.
Hath servants everywhere "
Then I began to think perhaps this
then sought for the blessing and he
An Anointed Handkerchief Sent.
I received an anointed handkerchief
and applied it according to Acts 19: 121
and would say I am healed. Praise God
for it all! W hen I received the handker•
chief I could scarcely wash dishes or
sweep the floor without sitting down to
rest; I was so weak. Praise God!
can do as much work as I want to non'
without suffering any. Bless the Lord!
The truth has not been preached here.
Jennie Kimble.
Lawton, Mich., Apr. 20, 1899.
W HEN the Syrophenician woman
came to Jesus to get her daughter
healed, Jesus ( lid not answer her at first;
but afterwards he told her it was not
meet to take the children's bread and cast
it unto dogs. Matt. 15: 26. Here we
see that the healing that was promised to
God's children was called bread. Now
we know that, naturally speaking, bread
is considered the staff of life, and if
Jesus called healing the children's bread,
we must infer that it must be something
very necessary in order to maintain life,
both natural and spiritual.
We see by Christ's life when here that
healing was a great part of his ministry;
for he went about all , the cities and vil-lages
teaching in their synagogues and
preaching the gospel and healing every
sickness and all manner of disease among
the people, and when he sent out his
disciples he commissioned them with the
same power, but he told them only to go
among the children or the house of Israel.
He also told the seventy to go out and
preach and heal the sick as they went.
How grieved he must be to- day when
his own children will not trust him nor
accept this precious food foe which he has
paid such a great price. I am sure he
is moved to- day with as much pity and
compassion as when he was here in per-son
and saw his children under the
galling yoke of sickness and disease. He
knows the same remedy is at hand, and
that we have his word for it in his book.
In Matt. 8: 16 it says that when. the
even was come they brought unto him
many that were possessed with devils
and he cast them out with his word and
healed all that were sick, and never
turned any away. He ssays he is the
same yesterday, to- day, and forever. He
took our infirmities and bare our sick-nesses.
It was prophesied before Christ carne
that healing was to be a part of his work
and when the Israel of God came to him s
for their bread he was compelled to give
it to them. W hy? Because God's word t
had gone out that he would send a de-liverer,
and now that he had ' come the
children naturally came in for their in-heritance,
and Jesus had to give it to
them; but he loved to give to those that
came , to him in the right spirit. All the
way he had to keep from giving Was to
hide • himself for a while. Whenever
he did not many mighty works it was h
because of their unbelief. Matt. 13: 58. f
This work was given to him by his G
Father, and it was testified by prophecy u
years before he came that he delighted to G
do his Father's will. Giving is one of w
God's natural laws, and he could not e
refuse his own children when they came T
in such great distress and need.
Why will we not receive? Children p
of God, let us wake up to our privileges, a
when these things are provided for the
children. Why are we so far away from o
our Father's house, when: his table is w
loaded with all needed benefits. Chil- b
dren know their father's house is the place m
to get bread. They just feel that all hi
that belongs to father's house belongs le
to them; because they are partakers with an
their father. They sit down at their an
father's table to partake of what he has th
provided for them, and are not slow to w
do it either. W hen the blind man was an
healed ( John 9: 31) he in answering tile ch
rulers said, N ow we know that God th
heareth not sinners; but if any man be a wi
worshiper of God, and doeth his will, as
him he heareth." Here we see it is for an
those who do the will of God. Those an
who do not his will can not expect to to
share the children's portion. If they let
come to God in a humble attitude and pr
give him his portion, then he will hear ha
them and adopt them into his family sh
and they will become full heirs. We see hi
when one came to him even taking
dog's place she came worshiping hi
and saying, " Lord, help me," and
could not refuse, although he might n
have been ready at that time to best°
his blessings to - any but the chosen
God. She came in God's way; a
Jesus knew it, and granted her reques
When any one comes in God's way
will grant the petition; because of h
word, which must be fulfilled. His wo
has gone out and he magnifies his v, o
above everything else. He says, " Ilea
en and earth shall pass away, but m
words shall not pass away."
Many people can not have faith enoug
in God to take him at his word, and, o
what a pity if children should not belie
their parents! How would parents fe
about . it? 0 children of God, I fe
there is something wrong. We are n
doing God's will or faith would natural
follow. Abraham simply believed th
when God made " a promise he woul
fulfill it. We seem to be too . wise t
believe God. We want to see and unde
stand how he fulfills his promises, an
not simply like a child just take him
his word and believe he will give us w
we need. When we walk in perfe
obedience we will believe God and talc
him at his word. The leper who came
down from the mountain to meet Jesus
worshiped him, saying, " If thou wilt,
thou canst make me clean." Jesus said,
" I will, be thou clean," and it was done.
The leper knew- that was Jesus' work,
and had perhaps been looking for this
savior and healer, and I do not think
they would be slow in testing his ability
to heal the sick.
Do we thick for a moment those that
brought their friends to Jesus to be heal-ed
had no faith? No, not for a moment.
They had all faith in his ability and
power to heal, and surely the sick had
faith or they would not have consented
to have been carried from their homes.
Do we suppose the centurion and his
servant had no faith? They knew that
Jesus was both able and willing, for the
man said, " I am not worthy that you
should come under my roof, but just
peak the word and my servant shall be
healed;" and it was done. No doubt
hey came in a humble attitude, not
having any fears or doubts. In that
way they gave Jesus a chance to do his.
will, but we seldom give him that chance.
We often sing the song which says,
" Oh, what peace we often forfeit; d&
Oh, what needless pain we bear;
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer." ,
The reason we do not is because we
ave no faith. We are full of doubts and
ears and unbelief, and live so far from
od until perhaps some calamity comes
pan us and then we begin to call upon
od mightily. Will, he hear us? Can
e expect to share the blessings of Fath-r's
house when we do not dwell in it?
he ones that dwell there and keep his
ommandments and do his will have the
roll- Ilse that they will have what they
sk for. 1 John 3: 22.
Dear children of God, Jesus has borne
ur griefs, carried our sorrows, and was
ounded for our transgressions, and was
ruised for our iniquities. The chastise-ent
of our peace was on him, and with
s stripes we are healed, and when he
ft this earth he told his disciples to go
d preach the gospel to all the world,
d told them what signs should follow
em that believe. Mark 16: 17. So
e see his work was to be perpetuated
d continued through his believing
ildren. He commissioned them with
e same power and said he would be
th them working in them such things
were pleasing in his Father's sight;
d he is the same yesterday, to- day,
d. forever. Then he is just as willing
heal our bodies as he is our souls. So
us as children of God wake up to our
ivileges, and yield ourselves into his
nds and become material for him to
ow his power . through and glorify
mself in the healing of our bodies.
It has. been nearly two years since I
quit taking medicine, to just take Jesus
for my Physician. When my body gets
tall of pain and misery I take it to the
Lord in earnest prayer, and keep pleading
with him until he relieves me, and oh,
how I do praise his holy name for it! I
want to praise him more. and more as the
days go by.
Testimony of Healiee.
Divine Healing.
Food For Children.
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I desire to testify through the Trumpet
to the praise and glory of God, of his
great goodness and mercy in healing me
of a broken bone. Two weeks ago to-day
by an injury received by a colt, the
bone leading to . the great toe in the
instep of my right foot was broken
nearly in the middle. At first there
was a numb sensation, then great pain.
I cOurk: feel the bone pressing downward
into the flesh when I would. step. Two or
three times was I compelled to call
upon God to keep me from fainting be-fore
reaching the house from the barn.
After entering I took off my leather boots
and my socks, and surely the foot was
in bad in condition: the bone was brok-en
and pointed somewhat downward;
the injured place was black and blue and
swelling fast.
. Not knowing of any of God's min-isters
in Racine, I thought of going to
Chicago to have the saints there pray
for me. Then taking another glance at
my foot. it was swelled worse than be-fore
in just a minute or two, and I
realized that going to Chicago ( 60 miles
away) would be painful. Then, praise
God, a resolve came within me to be
healed then and there. God gave me
fortitude to push and work the bone into
what seemed the proper place ( compar-ing
by the other foot), and then mother,
sister ( both sanctified), and I knelt in
prayer. One simple, trusting prayer,
bringing before God the promises in John
14: 13, 11 and 15: 7, and the work was
done. God put it into me to jump around
on that foot; and around the rooms I
went, barefooted, jumping down full
weight on the toes of the foot that was
broken, with no pain at all. How God
flooded my soul with joy! And the text
in Acts 3: 8 has come to me several
times: `' Walking, and leaping, and
praising God."
• The healing was. instantaneous and
complete. No bandage, hot or cold
water, nor anything was put upop. it. I
had been healed of God many times
before. The bone was firmly knit. I
pulled on my leather boots again and
went to work, and have been using my
foot ever since. All the time lost be-cause
of the accident was about twenty
minutes.
Dear people, it does pay to serve and'
trust Jesus. ' While once I was dyspeptic,
sickly and taking great quantities of med-icine,
now I am hearty and well. Jesus
has been my healer for over a year.
Chronic diseases have forever gone.
Truly I have praises in my soul to God;
for he has made me a " new creature in
Christ Jesus," both soul and body.
And since he has done so much for me
I am wholly given up to him and his will,
and unspeakable peace is dwelling in my
soul. Carl J. Tilton.
Racine, Wis.
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reat Comforter might have some use for
me; I might bring this good cheer to
thers: " I have overcome the world."
pened the fount to me; he did not cast
me out. " Praise the Lord, 0 my soul,
nd forget not all his benefits, who for-iveth
all thine iniquities, who healeth all
by diseases."— Ps. 103: 3. " I aam
ealed, I know I am;" this is my testi-ony.
I feel myself longing to do
omething to recompense for this divine
plifting. Bat it is offered without mon-y
and without price. A cup of cold Wa-r
to one of the least is all he asks. • He
upplies all my needs. My life is now a
mple life of trust. - Worry and clisconr-a
I Am Healed.
I would like to write and tell what
manner of love the Father hath bestowed
upon me his unworthy child.
When I was instantly healed of my
afflictions I felt that the hand of the
Lord was upon me and that his everlast-ing
arm was around me. It seemed that
I had been walking with him in Galilee
and had really touched the hem of his garment. •
My heart goes out in great sympathy
to those young lives who are undergoing
oitter disappointments and blighted
ambitions by lingering sickness and the
gement that so long reigned tyrant over
e, as I see it doing over others, has no'
een defeated. Joy and peace now sit
pon the throne. " I will sing unto the
ord; for he hath triumphed gloriously,
e horse and rider he hath thrown into
e sea; the Lord is my strength and my
ng and he is become ray salvation."
" Who can dispel the awful gloom
That clusters round the lonely tomb,
And in its place make flowers to bloom,
Youndeville, Tv: Va.—
Jesus?"
Mabel Cox,