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1539 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31. liFeorontUityr. So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. IN. . Ter. VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900. NUMBER 7 Questions and Answers on the Church. ( Concluded.) THIRD LETTER. From A. H. S., Pontiac, Mich., Oct. 10, 1888. This letter was called out by our strictures on articles he had written in the " Free Methodist," in which he had. in very strong terms committed himself against the sects, and yet opposed the idea of coming out of them. Bro. S. is an intelligent preacher, who works in conjunction with the Free Methodist sect, but disclaims membership in any of its conferences. Ile says: 1st. I am a Free Methodist in the sense in which Paul said, " I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee," and in no other. 2d. In the F. M. articles referred to by you, I said distinctly that sects are of the devil. I have openly held that view for many years. 3d. In those articles I held, first, that sectism is an evil; second, that it is an unavoidable evil. I made the parable of the tares the basis of my argument. While he that sowed the tares was the devil, the servants were told that in pullinf, them up they would do more harm than the taxes would do if left alone. If any one will prove that the application I make of this parable is unwarranted, I will thank him and give up my position. My interpretation of this parable was an argument that the church in this present state is mixed; that is, it is not made up exclusively of the worthy, and can not be. Yours in Jesus, A. H. S. ANSWER TO LETTER NO. 3. The apostle Paul no more continued a Pharisee after saved than he continued to be a sinner. He said, " Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."- 1 Tim. 1: 15. Though in the form of the present, he evidently referred to what he had been. For he was not a sinner at the time of writing to Timothy, much less the chief of sinners. So when he said, " I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee," he simply meant that he had been born and brought up in that sect. But since he had. become alive in Christ Jesus he was dead to the sect. He was so far from carrying his old sect leaven into his new life that he taught " there* should be no schisms— sects— in the body," and that such as cause divisions serve not the Lord. Jesus. He did not hold meetings jointly with that sect, as Bro. S. says he does with the Free Methodists. He once stood. high in his strait sect, but after he bad obtained. salvation they pronounced. him unfit to live, and desired to take his life. He had embraced an exclusive Christ, an exclusive religion, and was a member of the body of Christ, an exclusive church; and in so doing he suffered the loss of all he had before ( Phil. 3: 5- 8), his hypocritical sect with the rest, and was therefore in reality no more a Pharisee either in spirit or in practice. " Sects are of the devil." " Are an evil, but an unavoidable evil." There are works of the devil in the world that we can not remove. This present evil world. will continue evil until destroyed. But Jesus came to save a people out of the world, and in his church there is no place for the works of the devil. The view set forth in the words quoted above dishonors God, is derogatory to the characterof the infinite Redeemer, andthe boundless grace of his kingdom. It " limits the holy one of Israel," and _ ascribes a victory to the devil that Christ can not avert. Why are sects unavoidable? Because men will not leave them? Well, there are plenty that will not - leave off lying, defrauding, etc. But are we compelled therefore to count such char-acters in the church? By no means. What then is necessary to dispose of sectaries, and all other sinners who will not repent and obey God? Simply this: Let God's minis-ters preach and apply the word of truth, thereby unchristianizing whatever God does not Christianize. Does not the Word. plainly tell us to " mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doc-trine which ye have learned, and AVOID THEM? For they that are SUCH SERVE NOT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.' '— Ro m. 16: 17, 18. But who are included in this class? When - the Lord saves men from their sins he brings them into " one fold," " one body," " one family." But should any of them set up or join something else, they would thereby " cause division." Shall we continue to acknowledge ' such as fellow servants of God, when the Bible does not? But what shall we do with them? Do just as God commands you. " A man that is an heretic— sectarist-- after the first and sec-ond admonition reject, knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, be-ing condemned of himself."--- Tit. 3: 10. We admit that men have been joined to heresies, and did not feel condemned in themselves. So they have lived in the filthy use of tobacco, and followed other lusts of the flesh without positive condemnation. But it was simply because the Bible stan-dard of purity was not preached to them. And so have the preachers been silent on the sin of sectism during its dark and. cloudy day; in fact, they erroneously iden-tified. sects with the church. It were just as inconsistent to say that any of the other works of the devil. are unavoidable, as to say that sects are. They are only unavoid-able when men avoid preaching the whole truth. But thank God1 he is now sending out flying messengers, who declare the whole counsel of God, laying " judgment to the line, and righteousness to the plum-met." And as a result men leave their sects, or lose all the grace they have; for God always stands by his own word and those that mithfully preach it. No sin is more clearly cut off in the Bible than here-sies, and to say they can not be purged out from among God's people is simply to say that men are too crooked or too cowardly to preach the pare gospel of Christ. " The church, in this present state, is mixed. . . . not made up exclusively of the worthy, and can not be," says Bro. S., and bases his conclusion upon the wheat and tares, or rather upon the dark- age tradition falsely drawn from that parable. Turn to and read it in Matt. 13 : 24, 30, 36- 43. ' Notice that the good seed— wheat-- are the children of the kingdom, God's children. But the tares are the children of the - wicked one. They are the representatives of two different families, and neither one can ever be in the family of the other. A child of God is never in the devil's family, nor a child of the devil in God's family. No person can prove from this parable, nor any other scripture, that God's church or family is a mixture of his own and Satan's children. One fact in the Savior's explanation of the parable is sufficient to overthrow that idea; namely, the field is not the church but the " world." This was a wise discrimination of the Lord. For had he said, The field is the church, it would have conflicted with every other description of it. Thank God for a Bible that is consistent throughout! But the Babylon use of this parable, i. e. to teach that we can not have a pure church in this world, is based on the idea that the field is the church, and that it therefore contains saints and sinners. This, we say, is false, both in premise and deduction. The Lord Jesus likened the kingdom to various things, many of which have no re-semblance to each other. How then could they all illustrate the kingdom? It is thus: Each lesson pictures out one or more elements of the kingdom. Now we give you - what the Spirit of God very clearly taught ns respecting the parable of the wheat and taxes. It is an historic parable. Its general outline pictures three conditions of the church which extend from the begin-ning to the end of its history. First, pure wheat, showing the church in its primitive and holy condition. Second, wheat and tares, showing the age of sectism, in which institutions of men saints and sinners are mixed together. Third, the fall of Babylon ( sectism), and the separation of the wheat and tares by calling God's children out of her; in which the pure wheat again appears. Good wheat was sown, it sprang up and " brought forth fruit" before any tares ap-peared. Turn to Acts 4: 32—" And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul." Acts 5—" And they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them, but the people magnified them." Here we see a pure church, all of one heart and soul, and not a sinner mixed among them. This is clean wheat, and history shows that it continued nearly so for over 200 years. Then gradually the enemies prophesied of by Christ ( Matt. 24: 11, 12) and by Paul ( Acts 20: 30; 1 Tim. 4: 1, 2; 2 Tim. 3: 6, 7) and by Peter ( 2 Pet. 2: 1- 3), sowed the seed of man-organized. churchism. Since that time have saints and sinners been mingled together in these institutions. But through all the dark age the church was still the body of Christ, and not a sinner in it, though it was much hid out of sight. Bat must it continue so until time ends? Bro. S. and about all in the education of modern sects thinks so, and, doubtless, most of them are honest in the view. They think the angels spoken of in Matt: 13: 41 are the inhabi-tants of heaven, and. their work of separation will take place at the instant of Christ's second coming. But this is a mis' under-standing of the symbolic teaching of the word. The word " anger— angelus in pure Greek— when rendered into English is sim-ply " messenger," one sent of God to pub-lish a message. It is so translated in Matt. 13: 41; 24: 31 by the Emphatic Diaglott, and all through it is rendered " messenger" in the direct from the Greek. And so is the word translated all through Rother-ham's version. The celestial order of beings we call angels are so denominated because God has sent them with messages to this world. Bat all God's ministers are also called messengers. Hence we find there was an angel, messenger, or minister, of eaod in each of the seven churches of Asia. See Rev. 2: 1, 8, 12, etc. So the angels that God sends to sever the wicked from among the holy are God's flying evangelists. " So shall it be in the end of the world." This does not relate to the instant of Christ's coming, but covers a short period of time that extends up to that awful event. The end of the world is rendered. " conclu-sion of the state," " the end of the age," etc. It corresponds with Daniel's time when " many shall be purified, made white, and tried." And all true children of God, whose names are written in the book of life, shall be delivered out of every crooked and humanizing way. See Dart. 12: 9, 10. " Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father" ( Matt. 13: 43), is the same thing as " And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever."— Dan. 12: 3. So we see the end of the age covers the time of the swiftly run-ning, flying ministry, through which God brings out a. pure church. The same angels — messenges, are sent of the Lord to gather together his elect; and their work consti-tutes a sign that Christ's coming is near, even at the door. Matt. 24: 31- 33. This proves that they do not gather the saints out from among the sinners, and unto unity, at the instant of Christ's coming, but just before. As the church was pure, unmixed, and in perfect unity at the begin-ning, it can be again, and will be ere Christ comes to receive his bride. This is the great fact taught by the parable. But the many scriptures that teach the same fact can not be given in this little work. One thing we will call attention to before drop-ping the parable. Had the Savior designed to teach an unavoidable intercommunion and mixture of saints and. sinners, he would have had the tares in the field first; for the world was full of sinners before Christ established his church here. But the clean wheat first, the tares sown in by an enemy, and. finally separated by the messengers of God, clearly shows the primitive pure church, the apostasy, and the cleansing , of the sanctuary before the return of Christ. The command, " Let both grow together," etc., is to be understood only with reference to the husbandman. The farmer so ordered his servants, and Christ used such an agri-cultural circumstance to illustrate what he foresaw; namely, that there would be a long time when his saints would be yoked up with sinners in man's organisms, and that just before his return the separation would take place by the fire of holiness. Christ does not forbid the separation of saints and sinners, but used the fact that the farmer let the wheat and tares grow together as illustrative of the apostate age of Roman-ism and Protestantism. FOURI. 11 liba TER. An. unknown brother by the name of G: 11. F., writes us from Arlington, Colo., March 30, 1889, as follows: D. S. Warner, Dear Sir and Brother: I have read several numbers of The Gospel Trumpet, and find much excellent teaching and soul food. I am glad to know that there are so many of God's children enjoying full salvation. A_ hearty " amen!" and " praise God!" often comes up in my soul as I read. I see that the ' Trumpet is, among other things, " for the destruction of sect Babylon." Well, you have taken a most tremendous work. Now ' let me ask, What will there be left of the church of God on earth, if you succeed? ANSWER TO LETTER No. 4. - " A tremendous work." Yes, but " it is not by might nor power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord." It is not the first time truth has dared to assail old, time- honored and established institutions. But where is the system of error that has been able to resist her infinite , power? It is not the puny arm of man, but God has risen in his might to " give unto her [ great Babylon] the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath."— Rev. 16 : 19. " For behold the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: My Redeemer Lives. BY CHAS. E. ORR. I know that my Redeemer liveth; Wherefore, my soul, should'st thou despair? When weak and weary grown, he giveth Support and bears away my care. My way though stained by feet all bleeding, And overcast with dark and gloom, Yet proves the way my God is leading To bring Me to my heavenly home. What though my soul is full of sadness, And friends untrue augment my pairs, There comes a day of peace and gladness; I know that my Redeemer reigns. 2 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 1340 ual nature; and the outward life, his words and actions. This was the image that man lost and to which we are re-stored in Christ by the gospel. We will now proceed to show by what way and when MAN LOST THE IMAGE OF GOD. Having proved that God created man in his own image, which is righteousness and true holiness- his spiritual and moral nature and life- we would natur ally ask, " From whence comes man's life?" In the beginning man's life was entirely and purely from God, because he had the privilege of eating of the tree of life, which was the means by which the purity of his life was supplied and preserved ( Gen. 2: 16), on condition. he would obey God by not touching the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Ver. 17. As a proof of this, we see that God deprived Adam of partaking of the tree of life because he disobeyed this command. Gen. 3: 22. This is how and when he lost the image of God, and becaue of that no man was ever privileged to eat of the tree of life, until Christ came; and we are made partakers of who bare twelve fruits, and the leaves are for the health of the nations. Rev. 22: 2. Adam begat children in his own fallen image after this, and this is included in " the old man," which is corrupt; and the nature and life of men are afterward thus spoken of: " And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil con-tinually."- Gen. 6: 5. " For the imagi-nation of man's heart is evil from his youth."- G- en. 8: 21. The reaton for this is because we are conceived in sin and shaven in inquity. Ps. 51: 5. These scriptures all go to prove that man as he comes into existence in this world has a fallen, corrupt nature, and naturally does not possess the image of God. This nature leads into sinful actions and blinds the, mind so that when the child comes to a knowledge of good and evil, it follows still its natural in-clinations, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and his heart be-comes hardened against God without being clearly conscious of the heiniouness of such a course in the sight of God. This brings condemnation to every soul of man, because God can not justify the wicked. Ex. 23: 7. , THE FIRST STEP TOWARD RESTORATION. We now come to the teaching of Jesus Christ, who is the author and finisher of the Christian's faith- the second Adam, and the head and representative of a new creation. He came as a redeemer to bring fallen man back to his original stale of purity and righteousness, to " serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life."- Luke 1: 74, 75. The first step he directs us to take is taught in these words; " The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent - ye, and believe the gospel." - Mark 1: 15. Repentance is a forsaking of sin and a confession of the - same, which leads to salvation, and is the result of godly sorrow for sin. Godly sorrow is a hatred for sin, because God hates sin. " For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death."- 2 Cor. 7: 10. Repentance will bring the soul into a condition for faith to be exercised. Faith for the pardon , of sins can not be had without repentance. For proof of this we read of Jesus telling a certain class of people they could not believe on him because they did not repent. Matt. 21: 32. Faith will bring us into the ex-perience of having forgiveness of sins, or justification. " Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins and by him, all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by and- the slain of the Lord shall be many." - Isa. 66: 15, 16. " Behold the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind; it . shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. The fierce anger• of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until ' he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter, days ye shall , conside• it. "- Jer. 30: 23, 24. Now it is during - the storm of God's wrath upon spiritual Babylon that God gathers out his pure remnant and " gives them one heart and one way."- Jer. 32: 3' 7.- 39. " He hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her forni-cation."- Rev. 19: 2. And thousands tes-ti'f, jr that God has utterly destroyed Babylon out of their hearts. For it - is thus she is consumed by the spirit of his month, and shall finally be destroyed with the bright-ness of his coming. 2 Thess. 2: 8. And now% to the final question, " What will there be left of the church of God on earth," after Babylon is destroyed? Answer - All of it. Every element of the chnrch. that Christ founded still remains after holi-ness consumes the wood, hay, and stubble of men's structures. After God's people have come out of her ( Rev. 18: 4), and she is " utterly burned" with the fire of holiness ( Rev. 18: 8), and God has thus judged her ( Rev. 19: 2), the bride of Christ only is left as the church. And she is " arrayed in fine linen, clean and white," ready for the mar-riage. For the fine linen is the righteous-ness of the saints. Amen. Bless the Lord! Restored to the Image of God. BY JOHN 0. BLANEY. 4 UT we all, with open face behold-ing as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord."- 2 Cor. 3: 18. It is here stated that we are changed into the image of the Lord, which implies at least two things. First. That before we were changed we did not bear the image of God, or there would be no necessity of any change in order to have it. Second. Paul and all who were enjoying the fullness of God in the gos-pel, " are changed into the same image." In reading the history of the origin of man we find he was created in the image of God. " So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."- Gen. 1: 27. We have now fully established three facts; namely, ( 1) Man was created in the image of God; ( 2) he lost that image by some means; ( 3) he is restored to that same image through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Since we are still in the dark as to what the image of God con-sisted of, we shall have to quote some more of God's word; that is the only reliable source from whence we can get any light on this subject. " That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness . and true holi-ness."- Eph. 4: 22- 24. " Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncir-cumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."- Col. 3: 9- 11. In considering these texts we learn that the life of Christ manifest in our mortal flesh is described as " the new man," and that this new man is created in righteousness and - true holiness after God. The expression " after God" means in the image of God, or " the image of him that created him." have, it now settled what the image of God is in man: it is righteousness and true holiness, or the inward and outward life of the Christian. The inward life would be the holy condition of his spirit-the law of Moses."- Acts 13: 38, 39. This is one step toward being restored to the image of God. We are now in Christ and free from condemnation. Rom. 8: 1. This brings the soul at peace with God. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."- Rom. 5: 1. Having now shown in as brief a man-ner as possible what is accomplished in the first step and how it is taken, we now consider THE SECOND STEP, which completes our restoration to the image of God. So far we have met no serious objection from professors of Christianity, and if we were to stop here and say this is as far as we can go in Christian experience, except a pro-fessed groweth in grace, we would not be likely to meet any. However, we will not take any notice for the present to objections of any kind, but will ex-amine the experience of Bible characters, and see if there ' was any need of them having a second work of grace to restore them to the image of God. W e must not forget that the image of God is righteousness and true holiness, as we have before proved from scripture. Eph. 4; 24; Col. 3: 10. We might de-scribe it as having a pure heart, for this is the end of, or the purpose to be ac-complished by the commandment or law of Jesus Christ. 1 Tim, 1: 5. If we can prove that children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, who have taken only the first step and have received pardon of sins, have need of any more cleansing of the heart in. order to have it free from any defiling element, we will have made it useless to object, on the grounds that what we teach is unscrip-tural. By examining the experience and lives of the apostles before the day of Pentecost, we can easily find traces of impurity cropping up unawares, appar-ently to them, but easily detected by comparing it with the example and teaching of Jesus, showing in them a lack of deadness to sin, which character-ized our Master. We read of them disputing among themselves who should be the greatest. Mark 9: 33, 34; Luke 22: 24. This certainly was contrary to the pure na-ture of Jesus, anct an evil thought. Let no man say this sprang from the head, because the record is, " And Jesus per-ceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me; for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great."- Luke 9: 47, 48. Whether this was the instance recorded elsewhere or not does not make any material differ-ence: the source of these aspirations to greatness was the heart which was not pure. Again, we see a tendency to retaliate manifested by James and John ( Luke 9: 54, 55) and Peter ( John 18: 10), which is repugnant to the pure in heart. If the position be taken that the apostles were not born of God, or justified, dur-ing the time they followed Jesus before he was crucified, scriptures again put to silence that objection by the uniform tes-timony that they were. " Then they that were in the ship came and worship-ed him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God."- Matt. 14: 33. " And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God."- Jno. 6: 69. This certainly is clear testi-mony that they believed with the heart, that Jesus was the Savior. " Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God."- 1 Jno. 5: 1. This was not a mere intellectual comprehension of the fact that Jesus had come, but something revealed to them by the Father through the Spirit of God. " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar- jona; for flesh and blood hash not revealed this unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven" clearly im. plies a saving knowledge of the truth. Believing this to be reasonable sufficient proof of the conversion of the apostles before Christ's death, we will consider his teaching concerning the - cleansing rof the heart after we become a believer in him. " Every branch in me-that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit."- Jno. 15: 2. The fruit spoken of is elsewhere described. as the fruit of the Spirit. " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- suffering, gentle-ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temper-ance."- Gal. 5: 22. 23. " For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and right-eousness and truth."- Eph. 5: 9. As those fruits are in opposition to the fruits of the flesh, which spring from the heart of the sinner, we would naturally conclude that the branch in Christ, which needs purging, would need it in the heart, since that is the source from whence comes good and evil. This the truth, and everything contrary to it is a lie, and no lie is of the truth, but comes from the devil. This, with the' testi-mony of Peter that God put no differ-ence between him and the Gentiles, pur-ifying their hearts by faith when they received the Holy Ghost, is proof that will stand the fires of eternal judgment, that there is a cleansing of the heart after conversion, before we can be said to have been changed into the same im-age of God. Acts 15: 8, 9. Jesus prayed that the disciples might be sanc-tified, which means a separation or cleansing from sin. John 17: 17. Paul prayed for Christians to be sanctified wholly, that they might tie preserved blameless in spirit, soul, and body. 1' Thess. 5: 23. We will now consider some exp° essions contained in the New Testament. " Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."- Matt. 5: 48. " That ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God."- Col. 4: 12. " Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is so are we in this world."- 1 Jno. 4: 17. " This is the will of God even your sanctifica-tion."- 1 Thess. 4: 3. The adjectives " wholly" and " perfect" in connection with " sanctify" and " love," plainly imply an experience previously imperfect. Love, sanctification, and salvation all relate to the same experience, that is, Christian experience. We are not mak-ing any comparison between Old and New Testament experiences, but teach-ing the way we receive the fullness of gospel grace in our souls. The complete, perfect, and entire cleansing of the heart from the natural disposition born in us to sin is not complete until we have re-ceived the Comforter; the Holy Ghost. Then, and only then do we have the peace that passeth all understanding, which keeps our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ. It is true there is a change in our hearts ' when we are converted. The hardness and blindness are removed, and we do not love sin, and our heart is ten-der like a child's, but the entire sanctifi-cation of our nature is accomplished when the Holy Spirit fills us and sheds the love of God abroad in our hearts. Praise God! " And the God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I - pray' God your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it:" Amen Put on the Whole Armor. BY THOMAS GREEN. IF ever there was a time in the Chris-tian dispensation that we as soldiers of the cross needed the whole armor on, it is now. Here is a command to be strong, which we can not obey without putting on the whole armor of God: THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 3 " Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles [ tricks] of the devil."-- Eph. 6: 10, 11. We are on the battle- field, contending earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. Jude 3. " For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wicked-ness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perse-verance and supplication for all saints." Oh, I do praise God for all this! He first commands us to be ' strong in the Lord and in the power of his might; then furnishes us with armor and weapons, to enable us : to be strong and go forth in the power of his might. He does not furnish us with carnal weapons, but with those that are " mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds" ( 2 Cor. 10: 4); " for though we walk in the flesh,' we do not war after the flesh." Ver. 3. " No man that warreth entan-gleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully."- 2 Tim. 2: 4, 5. Some people make a failure when they start out to battle for the Lord, in leav-ing off their armor, or a part of it. They meet the great enemy of souls, and at once he sends his dart so forcibly into their heart, that they are wounded and captured. Not so with the armed sol-dier, if he has the whole armor on. It is just as impossible for the devil to thrust his dart into us as it would be for a target- rifle to penetrate a cast- iron wedge. The armor God furnishes is so complete that when we are furnished with it the fiery darts fall at our feet. Praise God for the armor! Dear saints, let us march to the battle-field with full assurance of faith that our dear Lord will safely lead us through, no matter how many forces the devil musters up. Dear souls are at stake, and Jesus said to his disciples, " If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." — Matt. 16: 24. We are not fighting for worldly gain; it is for precious souls that are enslaved in bondage. Just look all around us at dear souls for whom Christ died, bound by endless chains. Oh, the many snares of the devil to entrap pre-cious souls! Our dear Father commands us to be strong in the power of his might, and he has abundantly provided weapons and an armor. Let us now see if we have on the whole armor. Are your loins girded with the truth? Have you on the breastplate of righteousness? Are your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace? Have you taken the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked? Have you taken the helmet of salvation? Have you taken the sword of the Spirit, the word of God? Dear one, we may have all on but one, and then lose a victory. You will notice it says " above all, taking the shield of faith." The most important part of the armor is that of faith; for without faith it is impossible to please God. I often hear persons say they know they ought to do certain things, but they have not the faith. God com-mands you to put it on for a shield, and you can not be a soldier without it. God will not send you without it, so be sure you do not undertake a battle without it; for you are sure to get defeated. Let us then obey God— put on the whole armor and not only win souls for him, but win the crown when we can say, " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: hence forth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the right-eous judge, shall give me at that day."— 2 Tim. 4: 7, 8. Notice, Paul kept the faith, that is what enabled him to win a crown. Ver. 7. While God has promised to supply all our needs ( 1 Cor. 9: 7; 2 Cor. 9: 8; and Phil. 4: 19), he yet extends his command in connection with the armor, by telling us to pray " always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all preseverance and sup-plication for all saints."— Eph. 6: 18. W e are told again to pray without ceas-ing ( 1 Thess. 5: 17); also to watch and pray. Mark 13: 33. Then let us step out into the battle- field with renewed courage. God is on our side; and if God be for us, who can be against us? May God give us boldness to do his will in all we undertake. Courage, My Soul! I T requires no little courage, coupled with the grace of God, to go to Cal-vary. There are many Christians who will follow Jesus so long as it is " Hosan-na to the Son of David," who fail to follow him to Calvary. Most persons love the sweets of grace, and thus fol-low the Lord for the loaves and fishes; but when it comes to following him for his own sake, even unto judgment where our earthliness is revealed, then too often we follow " afar off." Many will serve for reward that refuse to serve for righteousness' sake. Satan understood this in the case of Job; so he said to the Lord, " Both Job serve God for naught?" Job endured even unto the end, and proved by actual test his devo-tion to God and not to his gifts. Saints are like soldiers— many there be who enlist, but few who fearlessly face death. All like life, though it be a life out of harmony - with God. Satan said of Job, " All that a man hath will he give for his life." So Christians' last surrender is their own earthly life. They love the earthly, the dust; and to die to all that is not divine is a price that few will pay. Many talk of crucifixion, yea, claim to be crucified, who know hardly the first step away from self. To let self, the flesh, and all evil within perish, to draw the last drop of earthliness , from our veins is a price but few will pay for all the life of God. God through Moses gave to the children of Israel a heritage; but never in their greatest conquest did they attain all of that heritage. So with Christians: how few ever attain all of that God- life offered them through our Lord Jesus Christ. The Israelites made a league with certain of the inhab-itants of the land whom they should have destroyed. How many Christians spare those enemies within which should die. They may force the death of many, perhaps most of their earthliness, but somewhere there is that with which thy will not part. Of course the earth-liness may- not be manifest as before; " hewers of wood and drawers. of water" they become, yet they are there and live there. " I will be found of them when they seek me with their whole heart." Whole- hearted devotion to God is a rare quality, and only the fewest of the few ever attain it. An idol somewhere, a desires a wish, a preference, a hope not born of God, but of man or of the flesh, is the separation line. Yea, to cease from our labors as God did from, his, and thus reach true rest, is a haven but few ever reach. To literally cease that Jehovah may be the beginning and the end, means blood, and thorns, and nails in the hands. Yes, it means Calvary and the tomb. This is too much for many who go part way with Jesus. How few realize that perhaps the most of our religious aspira-tions are born not of God, but of blood, or of the will of the flesh, or of man; and this is why our efforts are so barren, futile, and earthly. Yes, to hide away so that every act, every purpose, every hope centers in God and points to him and away from man, what a rare spirit-ual attainment. Many who are said to be very spiritual and leaders in the work of God, if robbed of this glory, would cease. To work for the eyes of God alone is not a sufficient reward for very many who have climbed well up the gos-pel ladder. To know when we are dead in the highest light. Self- abnegation can not be discerned so long as we want to live. If we never reach the point where we literally " hate our own life," we will never know how much there is in us not divine. The flesh is ever the veil that separates between the holy place and the holy of holies. Until we have reached that place where we have lost sight of all that is human, and hunger and thirst for all the life of God, Christian perfection is an impossible at-tainment. Oh, that Jehovah would open the eyes of Christians to truly see what the highest heritage of grace does do, what Christian perfection really means. God help the Christian world to cease claim-ing Christian perfection while so many evidences exist that self still lives. God help us to be consistent and not dishonor God by claiming to be wholly his, while our life contradicts our profession.— Selected. Meek and Lowly. BY R. ROTICISAN. O R Lord said: " Take my yoke upon you, and. learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your sonla."— Matt. 11: 29. Rest is a, very essential thing in life, and its loss is always followed by more or less harm. The man that can sleep and rest his weary body thereby repairs the waste of toil and lays up strength for future efforts; but should he reach a state where his natural rest is disturbed by inward disorder, there is danger ahead, and this is the signal. The great workers of this world are not the restless, but rather those who have learned to spare their strength. The Rnglish statesman, Gladstone, was noted for his ability to take a nap during the intervals of very important engage-ments. And in passing we might say that this great man had framed over the door of his workroom this scripture: " Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." No man can run ti; ell the Christian race without learning to rest— rest in the Lord. - There is so much meaning in the words of Jesus in our text, and mastering this precious saying will add another to the treasures of wisdom with which the Christian may adorn his character. If you want rest, learn of me— seek a meek and lowly spirit, says the Master. Time and again have I read this verse and felt there was more in it than I could under-stand. Unexpectedly the good Lord somehow led me into its meaning. " Meek" means mild; soft; gentle. Did you ever realize how restful it was when you were perhaps on a sick- bed to have the nurse manifest mildness, soft-ness, gentleness? There was a charm about it that almost made you glad you were . Now if meekness brings such pleasure to us, it will do the same for others; and what is more, if we through God's grace manifest a spirit of meekness to others, most of them will return the courtesy and our paths will be strewn with many a fragrant flower, where formerly ill manners caused thorns to spring up. Some dear ones have altogether a false idea of what the life of a Christian is. They think they must be " out" with nearly all people in order to retain an " uncompromising spirit." Instead of this, the Christian should be able to win the love and respect of nearly all with whom he comes in contact— not by prov-ing untrue to God, but by the love shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Spirit. Christ was dearly loved by the common people while on earth; so was Paul highly esteemed. The religious preju-dices of their day resulted in their deaths, but they were not ill- treated because of their manners. Our Lord and the apostles suffered for righteous-ness' sake. They could bear it joyfully; and when we suffer in the same way, our peace and rest need not and will not be disturbed. It is only when punished for our faults that persecutions are so hard to bear. Jesus reckons persecu-tions for righteousness' sake among the blessings ( Matt. 5: 11), and Peter says the spirit of glory and of God rest upon those who suffer for Christ. So, dear ones, when our way seems hard, it is best to examine ourselves and sink lower in the meekness and goodness of our Lord; for the ways of wisdom are plea-sant and peaceful. The soul that goes forth with the meekness and love of Christ has a right to expect and will receive love and con-sideration in return. The Savior tells us that we will be repaid with our own coin. Luke 6: 38. To illustrate this point: In a certain school district the scholars obtained the reputation of being rude and mean. The school for several terms had been taught by persons them-selves not of the meek and lowly nature. There came a young lady teacher who possessed a very gracious Christian spirit. She said very little to the children re-garding their behavior, but nevertheless there was soon a remarkable improve-ment in their manners. A little girl was questioned as to the cause of this, and answered that the teacher " just acted nice and polite," and the children-could not help doing likewise. Does not Jesus say to us " for with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you. again?" There is won-derfd ' rest in store for the one that learns of Jesus to treat others with a meek and lowly spirit. But not only is this disposition appre-ciated by men, but God loves to dwell with the lowly, and his presence always brings sweet rest. " For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eter-nity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."— ha. 57: 15. ' Besidews'inning the pres-ence of the high and lofty One, the lowly spirit is blessed with the needed grace to go through the duties of the day without the friction and discomfort and restlessness which falls to the proud heart, whom God himself, as well as men, resisteth. See 1 Pet. 5: 5. While others are seeking in vain. for rest and satisfaction, the meek and lowly sink down on the plane of God's glory world, and rejoice in the Lord in spite of all that men and demons do and say. Praise God that we are privileged to par-take of Christ's meekness; for " the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel."— lsa. 29: 19. " He will beautify the meek with. salvation." " The meek- will he guide in judgment; the meek will he teach his ways." And from the distant days, of the prophet Zephaniah comes this exhortation: " Seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of, the Lord's anger."- 2: 3. to sleep in. This with the pressure from the " famine induced sleeplessness and nerv-ousness until it seemed that I could go no longer. • But I have come back refresh: di: praise our God! We have a hard year be-fore us; pray that with God's help we may prove equal to every emergency . . • • one prayer is that the scales may fall from the eyes of the heathen; that they may recognize the hand of God upon them. Oh, that they would, that they might see, that they might yield. The famine this year is more general than in 1597: Thou sands upon thousands are offering to work for a penny a day. Yours in Jesus' love, E. M. Smilley. A LATER LETTER. Kaira, Guzerat, India, Dec. 2,1, 1599. Dear —: Your precious letter brought cheer to my heart. We do thank you and all the friends for the money. I know God will abundantly bless each and all who let their hearts draw out to feed the perishing people. The need for both physical and spiritual food is sore. The poor people are suffering so it is hard for them to take in the plan of salvation, simple though it is. Our numbers still increase, almost every day one or more are brought in. The Hindus have opened an orphanage. Once a child is placed there it can not be taken out. The girls will be ruined. We want to get all we can and. so save them from a living death. The people who come to us show more and more the want of food. God is working for my children. I have had seven who have been healed by him of the awful India sore eyes. One little girl went blind. But in two weeks her sight was restored. She again took bad and one of her eyes bursted. She seemed near death. But God in mercy spared her life. She can see with her one eye now. We are trusting God to finish his work in her other eye. Nothing is too hard for him. He gave me such a vision when she was blind. ' If Jesus was here in his body, how quickly I would take each one of the girls to him without the least doubt but that he would heal each one, and I would not think of leaving blind Kullia back, but would bring her first to the Master.' So by faith I took them one by one to him, and the next day Kullia said, " 0 mamma, I can see." And there was a decided change for the better in all of their eyes. The Lord also healed one who had a famine sore mouth. The Lord also most wonderfully lifted me out of all the nervous prostration and sleeplessness. I have a quietness through my body that I have never had before. Praise him for it all! Our hands and hearts are full. Continue praying for us. Ever trustingly yours, E. M. Smilley. ANNOUNCEMENT. Colfax, " W ash., Jan. 18. Dear Brethren in. the West: I feel it to be to God's glory for me to write you a few lines through The Gospel Trum-pet in regard to the Evening Light Pub-lishing Co. at what has been known heretofore as the Saints' Home. For a long time we have felt the need of a branch office in the west. It takes so long to get books by freight from Moundsville. So now we have a book establishment with hopes of a branch office in the future. We have now a full stock of books in this office such as are published by the Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co. We also have a small press which we will keep at work for God printing tracts, etc. We are preparing to do business for God in the west. As to prices on books from the office, we will furnish books so agents can get them from us at the same prices they can from Moundsville. Any orders under $ 6.00 we will furnish at Moundsville retail prices, we paying postage or ex-press. Any one sending in orders for books that we do not carry, the order will be forwarded to Moundsville and books sent. direct from Moundsville to person ordering, at Moundsville prices. Anything on the line of camp- meeting bills can be furnished at a reasonable price and on short notice. We earnestly solicit the prayers of those who are inter-ested in the work in the west, that God thtehiLsotfd . ceGeao. wbleilslsinnagaktoe s. uwc. c eBsasileayn. d a THE W. Va., Feb. 15, 1900. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Metered at the Post- olidee at Moundsville, W. Va., . e Second- elms Matter. E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the Unity of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - Vita England, - 6s. 2d. . Germany, 6 Marks 18 pf. ELV— All Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. Business Communications, moneys, etc.. must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA. to Insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsible. Editorial. Remember the June camp- meeting at Moundsville, W . Va., June 7- 17. Bro. Axup from the Rescue Mission, Canton, Ohio, writes that they are hav-ing successful meetings in that place, and among those saved was a saloon- keeper who has given up his business to follow Christ. They are also calling for liter-ature for free distribution. Mrs. J. E. McLean, of Friend, Nebr., who is am importer of fresh flower seeds of choice selections, writes that she will furnish ten packages of fresh flower seeds for ten cents, and all the money sent in for the same will be used for sufferers and spread of the gospel in India, which she says can be sent to Bro. Tufts. who has recently gone to India. On " another page, is a notice of the earnest appeals for the gospel in. India. While the famine is raging, and people are dying in great numbers, many will send in for their temporal need, but how many will think of sending for the gos-pel? It is sad indeed to see them dying without the gospel ; therefore let us make every effort to relieve them, even though it may be at a great sacrifice. Since there have been frequent appeals for help for starving India, quite a num-ber of our readers have responded by sending in their means; others write that they would give, but would like to know whether or not the means will be properly used when it reaches them. In reply would say that we send to only such persons as are reliable, and who will use the same as directed and to the glory of God. We are in correspondence with a number of reliable persons in India whose heart is in the work of saving souls, giving the people the gospel, and relieving the hungry and famine- stricken. Bro. Tufts, at last report, was on his Way to India, and will give special atten-tion to the distribution of any means sent him after his arrival, as he will doubtless visit the various places among the fam-ine- stricken, and will acquaint himself with the best methods of relieving them. Arrangements have been made, also, for the distribution of any amount of Bibles, Testaments, books, tracts, papers, etc., that we may send. There are many thousands of natives who can read the English language; and our books and other literature are being translated into the native languages. A brother in Illinois asks for some in-formation concerning a man by the name of Francis Truth, who advertises himself as a great divine healer. This man says he gives the personal treatment to the poor free, but no absent treatment is free. For absent, as well as personal, treatment he makes a charge of $ 5.00 for one month's treatment no matter what the ailment would be. We have made some investigation con-cerning this man, and a perusal of some of his writings is enough to convince one NOTICE. Chas. E. Orr, Hynson, Caroline Co., Md. is writing a sixty- page tract entitled " Christian Conduct; or, The Way to Heaven." The first part of the tract speaks of the eternity and blessedness of heaven. The second part tells how man must live to gain that blessed abode. It exposes dishonesty in trade, slang and impure conversation, bad habits, worldly pleasures, fashionable dress, home brawls, etc. By his having a large number printed this office has agreed to print them for him at a very low price. Being unable ' to use so many himself he desires to sell a few thousand. Any one wish-ing any of these tracts to distribute in their neighborhood can get them by the hundred or thousand at a very low price. Write him and tell him how many you want, and he will give you the price. BEWARE OF IMPOSTORS. About two years ago we made a note in the Trumpet warning our readers against certain ones in. Jerusalem, Pales-tine, who were sending cards, bits of olive wood, ' etc., which were followed by cards and letters stating that the writer was a converted Jew in very poor circumstances, sometimes representing himself as a boy who was trying to pro-vide for his mother, again letters written in the same hand and by the same person representing himself to be a very poor man with wife and children who were struggling with poverty, and begging those to whom he had written to send him whatever they felt led to send, try-ing to place some obligation upon them for the little worthless articles sent, in this way touching the sympathies of many who sent considerable money, which when received only caused the wily beggars to laugh and be filled with glee because of the success of their abject plans. We nave received from our read-ers many letters which came from Jeru-salem with those plaintive pleas for help. A comparing of the same shows that they are written by notorious impostors; and we advise our readers to make prop_ er investigation before sending to people in Jerusalem or elsewhere who make plaintive appeals for help. Even while India is in such great need of help it is well to be cautious, as many impostors are claiming to be working in behalf of India, when if Money is given it will never reach its destination. Truly India is in need. of help for bread and for the gospel, but many who state that they are working for the benefit of the people of India are only working to fill their own pockets. Many of our readers whose names have appeared in The Gospel Trumpet with their address have received letters from these foreign countries, also from different parts of America, and have received papers and tracts filled with heresy and false doctrines. Some take the paper and peruse it for the purpose of securing the names; therefore we advise our readers to not be imposed upon by such impos-tors. In like manner when a call is made for meeting in a new place ofttimes some impostor will write and state that he is ready to go and hold meeting, ofttimes asking to have the money advanced. In such, cases it is well to investigate and find out whether or not they are worthy. Before making a public appeal for help in any line in this country or foreign countries, we aim to make thorough in-vestigation and know whereof we speak, and in every way possible try to enlighten our readers concerning such matters, warning them not only against impostors on these lines, but concerning spiritual affairs. LETTERS FROM INDIA. The following letters from India were written to a sister in Canada. Kaira, Guzerat, India, Nov. 17, 1899. Dear : Your good letter received. I can not tell you how grateful I am for the means by which we can feed the hungry and also for your quick response to help the poor and needy. The famine is tightening its reins more and more each day. In Viramgan, one of our stations, the people come and. lie down in the compound and die. Sometime ago a whole family died in this way and about a week ago all died out of a family of six except the baby, which was two months old. So we have three babies in the orphanage now-- the youngest only six weeks old. Its mother was starving and could. not stand to see it slowly dying; so she left the poor little waif on the dry sand in the river. The English officials got it and sent it to me. I have taken in twenty-one during the last few weeks, but what will it be in a few months? We dare not think of it. We are enlarging the orphan-age to about five times its present capacity. I have asked the Lord to seal the work by saving the soul of each child that comes to us, to heal them, and to provide them with food and clothing. Praise his name! I can say that he has already done all three. The new girls kneel down now in prayer morning and night, praying to the living and true God. We have Bible study with prayer and singing night and morning. He has also healed one of the new girls. She was in a dying condition, but after prayer she re-vived. As soon as she could understand I told her about Jesus, and he healed her. God too is providing for them through the friends in the home land. Many thanks to each and every one who has contributed: I can not tell yon how glad I am that you are holding us up in prayer; for the awful pressure of the famine, the starving people at our door from morning to night, the greatly increased work in the orphanage, and the changing and enlarging of the build-ings prove almost too much for us. But God is sufficient. I am just back from wBoemekbsa. y I, hwahde roen lIy w aa ste snetn itn ttoh ere gsitr lfso'r y tawrdo. THE CHICAGO WORK. The object of this article is to present the work in Chicago as viewed from both a financial and a spiritual standpoint. I desire to give the readers of The Gospel Trumpet as clear an idea as possible by presenting this work in detail as it now stands. GOSPEL TRUMPET • Inth tahte h . efi rirsss tto pnllayc ae dhiev iins ea d meaelreer qinu ancakm; he. e is in the business for the money there is in it. As the subject of divine healing is being greatly agitated throughout the world, by calling himself a divine healer he thereby works upon the sympathies of Christian people and captivates many who do not fully consider the teachings of the word of God. When Jesus Christ sent out his twelve apostles and told them to go and heal the sick, he did not tell them to charge five dollars for a month's treatment, but said, `` Freely ye have received; freely give."— Matt. 10: 7, 8. - When Jesus was here upon. earth the people who came to him for healing did not require monthly treat-ments, neither did his apostles require anything of the kind; but faith was re-quired on the part of the sick or those who brought them. To one Jesus said, " According to thy faith so be it unto you." To another, " As thou hast be-lieved." To another, " Thy faith bath made thee whole," etc. The instructions given to the children of God, which lasts throughout all generations, of which we read in Jas. 5: 14, 15, says that the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed any sins, they shall be forgiven. Now we will quote from Mr. Francis Truth's writings, wherein he says, " Many persons whom I cure are skeptics, infidels, atheists, unbelievers in God, and often revilers of God and religion. Belief of the patient does not make one bit of difference to me." He says, " The time is near at hand when. there will be many divine healers." In one sense his word may be true, but not of the kind of him-self. God will raise up people and give them the gift of divine healing and send them forth to do such work accordi g to the word of God. The Bible tells us in Rev. 16: 14 of the time when there will be false healers going forth, and says, " For they are the spirits of devils, work-ing miracles, who go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of God almighty." This man is doubtless of the Christian Scientist stripe, mingled with Spiritualism or mag-netic powers. He may be able to do wonders, but people should not be de-ceived by such men, believing them to be sent forth as divine healers. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 5 THE GENERAL GATTI- FIRING. It is necessary in a city of this size where there are a few ( say three hun-dred) saints, scattered to a radius of nearly forty miles, that there should be a general gathering at least once a week for the unity of the faith, concentration of effort, and mutual cooperation. Chi-cago like all other cities has a business center where most of the railroads, and street- car systems focus, and since there is no transfer throughout this central part without paying a second fare it is necessary that • the general gathering be somewhere in the center of Chicago, and we are favored with a nice, neatly fur-nished hall lighted by electricity, heated by steam, and having a seating capacity for 200, on the second floor of the Ma-sonic Temple, corner of State and Ran-dolph streets at $ 15.00 per month, or an average of $ 3.50 a service. This meeting is now going on its third year, and from the very first has done more to spread the light in Chicago than all other meet-ings. I know whereof I speak and wherein success has been apparent in the general gathering. It carried the same influence throughout the work as a whole, and a failure or neglect in this service has likewise carried an opposite effect, apparent to all. Scores and hun-dreds of people have found their way to this meeting and were so favorably im-pressed by the spirituality and unity manifested that soon they found them-selves in the light. People in rural districts may say $ 3.50 for one service is quite expensive. True, it is for rural districts, but not so for the center of Chicago; we are highly favored. But with nearly eight years' experience in rural- district evangelizing I will not hesitate to say to obtain the same results in winning souls in small towns and country places will average equally as great if not a greater actual expense. But God forbid that ally of his saints will undertake to place an estimate on gold or silver in comparison with the real value of souls. If all the finances ever invested to carry on God's work were placed on one side of the balance and one redeemed soul on the other side, your gold and silver would be as chaff. May God open our eyes to see this truth. But some have said since the mission is a large and beautiful hall with exclusive privileges, - W by not drop the Temple meeting and have the general gathering in the mission, and save the $ 15.00 per month? This looks plausible. But the mission has a line of work of its own, and to try to conduct the general gather-ing in the mission would simply dispense with the general gathering, and this will seriously cripple the work. But how about the fifteen dollars? Suppose one hundred fifty saints attend the meeting. Fifty of them could reach the mission or Temple for one fare, and fifty by walk-ing one mile could reach the mission for one fare, but fifty would be unable to walk the mile or limited in time; so it will cost two extra fares for them. This will amount to $ 5.00 per Sunday— over $ 20.00 per month. So it will not save any of the Lord's means to remove from the Temple, only as the interest of a general meeting wanes. THE SPIRITUALITY. I am unable to give you any idea. Each service is something like our best camp- meeting, where one hundred fifty to two hundred hungry saints and earnest inquirers are gathered to drink in the truth, followed usually by real salvation work, divine healing, etc., and the testi-monies are wonderful. OPE N massiox at 311W. Madison street is a large store-room with. basement, 24x100 feet, with a seating capacity of 300, with a parti-tion and four nice rooms for light house-keeping in rear, furnishing a home for workers and a means of access to the public, where spiritual help and counsel can be had at all hours. Rent is $ 50.00 per month. This may seem high, but remember W. Madison is a business street, where large crowds are continu-ally passing; small buildings in poor localities could be had cheaper, but city work has always proved a failure when located in some obscure quarter. It is the people we want, and we must go where they are. The results have been very satisfactory, the attendance fair, and interest splendid. Real conviction is settling down on the people, many hands going up for prayers, and several seeking God and landing him in pardon, purity, healing, etc. Services are held every night, and Sunday mornings at 10.30. As soon as we can get tables, bookcase, etc., we will open a quiet reading- room, open every week day from 8.00 a. m. to 4.00 p. m., and, the Lord willing, we expect to have a Sunday-school every Sunday morning in the near future. We now have our cards to ad-vertise the mission, and as the Lord sup-plies means we expect to arrange every-thing in order with signs, mottoes, etc. But best of all is the Spirit of God mov-ing in the camp of the saints and by the grace of God we all with united effort can but expect great things of our God. To- day the prospect for the future work is by far the brightest ever witnessed in Chicago. FAITH MISSIONARY HOME at 7300 Stewart Ave. is a large ten-room house, furnace heat, gas light, and located in a beautiful residence part of the city, centrally located between the city proper and South Chicago or Pull-man, Roseland, South Englewood; twenty minutes on railroad, or forty minutes on street- car from the Home to the business center of Chicago'. Young people's meeting every Monday night and a mid- week meeting every Thursday afternoon at 2.30 is held in the Home. No one inexperienced in city work can comprehend the advantages gained by having such a center from which there is access to all parts of the work, and to the general public, and a convenient stopping- place for workers remaining in Chicago, or those wild stop to help for a short time, etc. The rent for this house is $ 25.00 a month. The saints in South Chicago expect soon to open an every- night mission there, and those of Roseland are seri-ously contemplating an advance on the same line. 114TOIDENTAL EXPENSES. It would be difficult to estimate the expenses for fuel, light, water, and food. Besides general housekeeping expendi-tures there is expense for ear- fare, furni-ture, general wear and breakage by acci-dent, etc., etc. Also Bro. Bonk, who is devouting his entire time in the interest of the Open Mission work, has a large family depending on him for support. He needs your earnest prayers. I believe I have fairly opened before you the present state of the work. ', How-ever, I have neglected to state the pro-gress among the many different national-ities; but the outlook is grand. Now, dear saints, I am not going to beg you in this article to cooperate with faith and means, provision, etc. You are going to do what the Lord leads, and a solicitation on my part would be use-less, and more, a real source of tempta-tion on. the part of those whose hearts are narrow and rather disposed to mur-mur. But my prayer is that God will enlarge our hearts accoraing to his rule abundantly. Amen NOTE. Within the past eighty days the rent of hall in Masonic Temple has been kept paid up; Faith Missionary Home at 7300 Stewart Ave., with its present furnish-ings, has sprung into existence, and the rent paid in advance from Nov. 20; the Open Mission with its present furnish-ings, etc. and the first month's rent ($ 50.00) paid in advance, from Jan. 1; and the glorious assembly- meeting ex-penditures all met, every bill, including coal, gas, etc., all paid up to date except $ 14.00 back on furniture for the Home. A goodly share of next month's rent now in the treasury. I do not ignore the faith given me, but I attribute this success rather to the faithfulness of God and the mutual cooperation of God's dear saints who have the work of God at heart. - May God richly reward all who have so kindly contributed to the ad-vancement of the Lord's work in Chi-cago, either by prayer, money, or provi-sion. We hereby tender you our most grateful thanks. Geo. L. Cole. DELIVERANCE FROM CATHOLICISM. I was a Roman Catholic, and lived as I thought a good Christian. Until I reached my forty- sixth year. I firmly believed in " the Holy Roman Catholic Church," and thought that outside of its fold no one could be saved. God in his infinite mercy has brought me out of darkness into his marvelous light, and revealed to me the secret of all happi-ness. I no• longer believe it necessary to go to priest or bishop to make confession of sins. God's word assures me that " the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleans-eth us frond all sin" ( 1 Inc). 1: 7), " and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight." 1 Jno. 3: 22. One evening while on the street I was attracted by beautiful singing and wanted to go to hear it. My friend wanted to go to the Salvation Army, telling me it was they that I heard singing. We walked up the street and came opposite a group of God's children singing. I do not think I had ever heard such beautiful singing. I do praise God for the street-meeting. When they stopped singing a brother invited all to their hall. My company and I followed them. I was unconscious of what I was doing. We did not go very far into the hall. The dear Lord had convicted me of sin while on the street, but I did not know it at that time. I heard only a part of the sermon. I was so burdened and troubled. I soon felt that I must go home, and got up and left, feeling I had committed a great sin in going into that meeting. I was so troubled. I could not say my prayers— could not even read them from the prayer- book. I resolved within myself that as soon as morning came I would go to the priest and confess, thinking I would then feel better; but God did not permit me to go to the priest, but sent a friend of mine early the next morning to go to his sink wife while he went for the doctor. There I was kept all day, but when night came I went to the meeting again. It seemed I was not conscious of where I was going that night. I heard the testimonies of God's dear children, and I really wondered, can they be telling the truth? If so I wished I was like them. When the brother asked if there were any in the audience that wished the prayers of God's children, to raise their hands, be-fore I was conscious of what I was doing, lip went my hand, and then the devil said, " Now you have done it." But I did not them know it was the devil; for I really believed I was a good Christian, but I heeded the devil and got up and went out. I believe I was the most miserable person. on earth. I felt I was doomed. So I was, but was not conscious of it. When on my way home I again re-solved within myself that I would go to the priest as soon as morning came and tell all to him; for Catholics are not allowed to go to any other church. I did not close my eyes until after four o'clock. I was so deeply convicted, but I did not know it. I fell asleep and did not awaken— had to be called. It was near nine o'clock a. m., and I was to be at the conrt- house at half past nine. I did not even get breakfast, and all thought I was gone to the priest. I was kept busy all day, and when evening came went to meeting again regardless of all the resolutions that I had made the night before. This night I went up a little nearer the saints. It seemed that the brother was preaching to me, and when he got through he asked if there were any sinners in the audience that wanted pardon and peace. If so, they would unite in prayer with. them. Before I was aware of it I had presented myself for prayer, and it was there the dear Lord opened my blind eyes and showed me I was a sinner and showed me the need of a Savior, and there on my knees he forgave me and gave me peace and joy I never had be-fore. Jesus healed my sin- sick soul and my heart was full of praise to my God, and is full now. Praise the Lord! My faith grows stronger and I can trust him for all things. The dear Lord has been my physician seven years. I would give up my life sooner than renounce my faith in God. Oh, how my heart goes out after my dear Catholic friends. My prayer is for God to open their eyes to see that we ought to pray to him and not to Mary, the mother of Jesus. God says, " Thou shalt have no other God before me," and also " there is no other name given un-der heaven, or among men whereby we must be saved than the name of Jesus." I can testify that I am saved now. Praise the Lord! Let me say in conclusion a word of how the dear Lord healed my husband. About' Christmas he had a severe attack of the grippe. We were without any human aid. Our nearest neighbor is a quarter mile off. I thought my husband was going to leave me. I called on the Lord to help. He was all my depen-dence. I felt so weak and helpless, but I heard a whisper, " I will not leave thee nor forsake thee." " He shall de-liver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. "-- Job 5: 19. I was confident that my husband was healed. In two days he went to work, sowing grain and plowing, and improved every day. He is now well ' and we give God all the glory. Praise his name! IA/ e ask the prayers of the saints that God' may keep us in the straight and narrow path. Jennie Snyder. News from the Field. Mesa, Ariz., Jan. 29. I am happy to greet you all once more through the columns of The Gospel Trumpet, and to report victory through our Lord Jesus Christ, both in my soul and in the work of the Lord. I closed a series of meetings at this place last night, which I feel has been - very profit-able. About seven souls professed salva-tion from sin, and others were greatly benefited. To God be all the glory. The last day of the meeting, ten happy saints followed the el- ample of Jesus in baptism. The Lord has established his truth in this place despite the oppositions of the devil, and I believe there will be a more fruitful harvest of souls in the future. I hope to hold a series of meet-ings in Tempe, and also in Phoenix be-fore leaving the valley_ I expect ( D. V.) to return east through Texas. If there are any congregations in that part that would like to have us visit them on our return, we would be glad to hear from them soon. My address is Phoe-nix, Ariz. Please remember me in your prayers. The precious blood of Jesus cleanses from. all sin and sanctifies me wholly. Praise his dear name! Otto Bolds. Flat, Mo., Feb. 4. We are praising God for full salvation, perfect peace, and constant victory. We left our home three months ago to go out into gospel work, and have been much blessed of the Lord, he making 6 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET our labors fruitful, giving us souls for our hire, anointing us with his Holy Spirit to preach the pure word without compromise, with much love and joy in our souls. We have held meeting at the following places: Roseberry, and Flat and Brookshire schoolhouses, all near Edgar Springs. We preached twenty-one times at Roseberry. Three or four were saved, one sanctified ( by a second work of grace), and one healed of goiter and other diseases. We held meeting about four weeks at Flat; four or five were saved and one sanctified. At the Brookshire schoolhouse meeting lasted three weeks. Seven or eight were saved ( genuine conversions), three sanctified, and some healing done, of the Lord, for which we give him all the glory. Many have given up the use of tobacco and coffee. Some secret societies have gone to reading their Bibles. The parents of several families have gotten saved and are holding family worship. Truly the Lord has been working and has done great things for some, as they testify, whereof they are glad. To God be all the glory. W e expect to continue in this work as the Lord gives us good health and his divine approval. We ask the earnest prayers of all the dear saints for us and the work at this place, as well as all other. Julia Myers. Rayville, Mo., Feb. 1. To- day my report is that I am. saved. Hallelujah! I came to this point and began meeting in Jesus' name. Our meeting lasted just two weeks; from fifty to seventy- five were at the altar, and all got a benefit, as far as I know— some justified and others sanctified. One man told his wife he would not live with her if she professed sanctification; but all praise to God's matchless name, he sanctified her. I found much opposi ton from the whisky element, and one old man, a wandering star, left our meeting in a fit of passion. But God helped me to lay judgment to the line, and his pre-cious truth swept away false creeds, false customs, false traditions, false standards of morals, and false conceptions of God. My life is like a stormy sea, which in its depth is calm and undisturbed, but is lashed into commotions by opposition from false religions. And any man who will undertake to root up error and tear down the structure reared thereon must lead a stormy life, providing his aim is accomplished. The feet that will follow Jesus will be oftentimes bleeding, tired, and worn, but, oh, the sweetness and completeness! I shall go to Mound City, Mo., my old home, over Sunday, then to Shott, Mo., another new field. I am expecting great things this year. Brethren, let us take this work to heart more and try and enlarge the Trumpet. Labor together; in unity there is strength, divided we fall. May God bless us all more and more is my prayer. Geo. S. Backus. Colfax, Wash., Feb. 1. I again report through the columns of the Trumpet to let you know how the good Lord is dealing with as in Wash-ington. Our time is being faithfully and successfully spent in his service here, and the work is moving on glori-ously. This field seems more ripe for harvest than ever before. There are anxious calls on every side for the pure gospel, and we are praying the Lord of the harvest to send forth more laborers into this precious field. Last December we held a very successful meeting be-tween St. John and Pine City at the Enterprise schoolhouse, where twenty-one in all were saved and fled from sectism. There were some sanctified, but we are sorry to say that some of the young people did not stand very long. At the close of this meeting we had bap-tizing and a precious ordinance- meeting. After this we went home for a short time on business, and Jan. 11 we com-menced meeting a few miles north of Colfax at the Hubbard schoolhouse, where four were saved and one sanctified. We then returned to Enterprise again, and had a five days' meeting which was truly blessed of God. Three renewed their covenant with God, one was saved, and four sanctified. There are others yet at this place who will flee from Babel confusion. We left the happy little band rejoicing and full of victory, with strong determinations to live by every word of God. Luke 4: 4. We are now on our way to visit the dear breth-ren, and fill anxious calls about seventy-five miles north of Spokane where we expect to labor for several months. Any one writing to us can address to Colfax, Wash. Jas. B. and Flora Peterman. and L. E. Neal. Berne, Ind. We wish to testify to the goodness of God in saving and keeping our souls in his love. We wrote to the Trumpet from near North Star, Ohio, where we were engaged in a meeting in which there were about twenty- five consecrations. The Lord captured whole families. The meeting closed with good interest and with conviction on some. Bro. Bragg was with us the last week of the meeting. After this we held a two weeks' meeting at Nottingham, Ind., in company with Brother and Sister Bragg and Bro. Fos-night. The Lord was with us and blessed our souls, and the people were very much interested. There were three consecra-tions, and many acknowledged the truth and said they would walk in the light. This was a new place. The evening light had never been set forth here, but we found friends to the truth. After this meeting we returned home and moved our family to Adams Co., Ind. Our permanent address will be Berne, Ind. We came to Sidney, Ohio, about two weeks ago and have been laboring with the brethren at this place since our coming, and the Lord is blessing the people. We shall probably continue about two days yet at this place. There have been fourteen consecrations in the meeting up to the present time and a general good interest. We trust the Lord will keep the dear brethren at this place in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace. We give God the glory for all he has done for the people, and we much desire the prayers of all the breth-ren that the Lord will keep us humble, where he can use us to his glory and to the good of the people. Brethren, there is great need of us as workers to lose sight of self and selfish motives and see noth-ing in the work but God's glory and the people's good. Oh, that God would send really consecrated workers into the field. Elihu Key. Granby, Mo., Feb. 6. In the name of Jesus we can again report victory over the powers of dark-ness. With our company I have recently returned from Wichita, Kans., where for six weeks we have been laboring at the Gospel Mission. Most precious were the meetings; souls were saved and sanc-tified, and the little church, which has passed through many struggles, was much strengthened. For seven years they have kept rented a mission hall, and only God knows what the faithful few have suffered and endured that the people of that city might have the priv-ilege of hearing the pure gospel. Their labor in the Lord has not been in vain. Their prayers, their tears, their lives of sacrifice, have touched the heart of the loving Father, and they are reaping a rich reward. We shall ever praise the Lord that, we responded to his and their call and went to the assistance of those who so much needed some one. We believe the way is clear for a last-ing and glorious work there. Many colored people attended the meeting, several of whom sought and obtained an experience that thrilled their soul with joy and gladness. I have always found these people hard to reach, as it is a difficult matter to get them to attend the meetings, so ranch prejudice existing among them; but I have learned that when once saved, their consecration goes as deep as any people I have ever met, even more so than many others. How many- people would be glad to go to Africa or India to preach among those dark- hued faces? This is right, and we must do it, or their blood will be required at our hands. But are we as willing to hunt them out in our own native land? Is the heart filled with the same love and pity, as we behold them here, sitting in darkness? 0 dear ones, how my heart has been touched, as I witnessed among this people their devotion, their fastings, their sacrifices. I verily be-lieve they would rather go hungry from day to day than that any of their work-ers should lack anything. May God ever bless all the dear saints in Wichita, who so tenderly cared for us during our stay there, and supplied needs for the future. And now a word to all the saints everywhere. To you who have plenty, be careful. Did you when consecrating say, " Take my silver and my gold Not a mite would I withhold"? Be true to that consecration, or your gold and silver will eat like a canker. Forget not the needs of God's cause. Look for a moment at dark India with her mass of starving humanity— starving both for the gospel and for bread. W ho will respond to her stirring appeals? Other foreign fields are begging for the gospel. God demands that we send it to them. Then let your mind run back to our own land, to the many, many places where the evening light has never been taught. Thous ands are bound up in sectism and many other deceptions. Dear brethren, is there any of the Lord's money in your granaries, stock-fields, or purses, whereby this glorious gospel can be carried? Look quickly, and see. Then let us for a moment view the publishing work, sending forth its tons of pure literature by land and by sea. How many hearts have been glad-dened by unceasing labor of the workers! Will you by your earnest prayers and the means you have at your command help them bear their burdens? Neither would we forget the many missions that are being opened in different cities, with their earnest workers, who for the love of precious souls are enduring many hard-ships. God bless you, my dear colabor-ers. My heart is with you in this great mission work. Have you ever thought how much help a few hundred pounds of provisions would be in the mission home? Please take a peep into your wheat- bins, your cellars, and storehouses, and see if you do not find something there of which the Lord has need for these faithful workers. What a blessing you will get upon your soul; proving indeed that it is more blessed to give than to receive." Then here are the flying messengers going to and fro, carrying the glad tidings of salvation, sacrificing the com-forts and pleasure of home, enduring for Jesus' sake the separation of loved ones, besides the many poor and needy saints scattered abroad— all these must be re-membered. Now I will ask a question. With all of these needs staring us in the face, can we spend the Lord's money in an extravagant manner, lavishing upon our homes, upon our unsaved children, adorning them in fashionable apparel simply to gratify the pride of their car.. nal heart, that they may make an ap-pearance equal with worldly people's children? Dear ones, for the love that I have for you, and for God's eternal truth, I must answer this question for you. No, a thousand times, no. Be-ware! I sound in your ears a note of warning. Study the Word. Obey in all things. Do as did the wise men who came to see Jesus. Matt. ca': 2. Open up your treasures and present them unto him who died to save you and yours, and in the great eternity you will find them safely housed in the " building of God, an house not made with hands, eter-nal in the heavens." 2 Cor. 5: 1. Cornelia A. Sunderland. Winslow, Ark-, Feb. 1. God has been very merciful and good to us. Nearly two months ago I fell while on the mountain side, and threw my ankle out of place. Some of the neighbors found me and I was taken home. In a few days a doctor said he would like to see my foot. He exam-ined it and said there were three bones broken and that it never would be all right, but God wonderfully made it every whit whole. Praise his name! The doctors do not know our God. Without the aid of man I am walking. I weigh 325 pounds. Yesterday one of my horses kicked me and came very near killing me. It cut a gash three inches long in. my head. all who read this, pray for me. Dan Murphy. Requests for Prayer. Mary C. Stoup requests prayer that she may be perfectly healed. Pray that Eliza Beasley may have her mind, speech, and general health restored. Pray earnestly that Mrs. Perry's hearing may be restored. Physicians can do noth-ing for her. B. L. Brodersen requests the earnest prayers of all the saints on Feb. 25 for soul and body. I ask the prayers of the saints that I may be sanctified and. healed of a nervous dis-ease. Fannie Alexander. I have taken a severe cold and it has settled in my throat and back. Pray ear-nestly for my healing. Ann Stukey. For a year past I have been suffering from consumption and weakness of the stomach. Pray for my body and soul. Edward Kyle. G. Clasen desires the saints everywhere to join in earnest prayer that his little boy, three and one- half years of age, may be healed of inflammatory rheumatism. Calls for Meetings. Rutledge, Ore. Some tree ministers of the Lord are desired. Laura Whitney. Carbondale, Ohio. We want some of the Holy Ghost preachers with the gift of heal-ing to conic to our place with a tabernacle. The people here never heard much about the church of God. If any one feels led to come, address Mary M. Dowler. Fairfax, Atchison Co. Mo. I would be so glad to hear a good Co., Ghost sermon preached once more. The new doctrine against sanctification, we do not accept and know it is not Bible doctrine. They have preached against the healing power. Can not some of God's ministers come here and hold. a meeting? Write to us. Adda Stoner. Okean, Ark. We have felt impressed for some time that God would be pleased to have a line of meetings to begin sometime in May at St. Louis, then follow the Iron Mountain R. R. down as far as Walnut Ridge, Ark., making stops between St. Louis, Mo. and Walnut Ridge, Ark. as will hereafter be made known. From Walnut Ridge we take an overland route through Lawrence and Randolph counties, Ark., then Ripley Co., Mo. and as the Lord may direct. We greatly desire Bro. J. N. Howard to accompany us with taber-nacle during the trip, but only as God leads. We desire to correspond with all the saints interested in this matter alone the line. Our address is Okean, Ark. Charles Ford. Meeting Notices. Muncie, Ind. Beginning Feb. 12, to last as long as the Lord wills. Bros. Key and Everts will be here. All lovers of the truth are welcomed. Any desiring to come, and not acquainted, can write to me and I will meet, them at depot. Lewis E. Smith, Normal City, Muncie, Ind. Columbia, S. C. March 2- 11. Assem-bly- meeting. All come praying that God will give us a glorious feast. Bros. J. F. Lundy, E. B. Haynes, and others are ex-tpSCietoocD. ln, tu ee, Cdm t. whr btoaroiriai tltb, e, e esS Mt W. po iCnrc. e ,. hM , s• 8. oe. rnMWC tR. a. a . r lFJl. ao .1cr 5 Sef-, um2 3r5it2th. h 1eA, r Ps• 1isln7aef9imon rL bmSilntya. e--, meeting. All are cordially invited. Come prepared to care for yourselves as much as possible. Please bring bedtick and bed-mdiinngis. t Weriea la brere ttrhursenti nfrgo mth eo tLhoerrd p taor tsse ntod assist. We ask those who can not attend to pray earnestly in behalf of this meeting. LMeicrho. y Sheldon, 482 Baker St., Detroit, DYING INDIA .. WEEPING: For the Gospe 44 DO YOU HEAR HER PLAINTIVE PLEA? 4 4 A recent letter from a converted Hindu, speaking in behalf of the natives, says: " We need a great number of Bibles, good books, tracts, papers, etc." Another brother preaching among the Mohammedans said his stock of books was soon exhausted, and the heathen were anxiously desiring to know more about the gospel of Jesus Christ. A Starving Indian Woman and Children- The Dying India Woman's Request. ' A woman dying in India said to the missionary, ` Do ask the people to send us the gospel a little faster. Tell them, we suffer, we die, with no one to pity, no one to help. Do ask them to send the gospel."— Reformed eiturch Record. 0 beloved brethren and sisters, can we hear such cries from the starving millions of India who are dying both for bread and for the gospel without rushing imme-diately to their rescue? Can we enjoy the many comforts of this life with which we are surrounded and not share them with this poverty- stricken and deceived people of India? Can we allow these precious souls to go into eternity without consecrating our money to send them the gospel? It seems to me that a perfect consecration constrains us even to deprive ourselves and share with them. We are willing to do our part here at the Trum-pet office. God has a great many con-secrated brothers and sisters here who are willing to labor night and day to make books and tracts to send to these people if means are only provided to buy the material. 0 dear ones, we appeal to your hearts in. the name of Jesus Christ to help us send the gospel to these dark lands. - W have made arrangements with the American Bible Society to purchase Bibles and Testaments at a very low figure to distribute among the heathen and the poor everywhere, and just as soon as the means are provided we are going to buy these Bibles by the thou-sands and ship them to the missionaries wherever they are needed, and to the poor throughout the world. Yon could not invest your money in anything that would pay you a larger interest in eternity than in this noble work. W e can send a Bible to a poor heathen in India just as cheap as we can send it to any one: in the United States, the postage is just : the same, and if you send money to send books to the heathen there will be no ex-pense deducted from the amount you send us except the actual cost of mailing and shipping these Bibles, books, and tracts to their destination. For one thousand dollars we could furnish nearly twenty thousand heathen with a testa-ment with good print that can be easily read. Where could you invest a thou-sand dollars that could be put to a better use? Dear ones, I know that you believe the blessed Bible and that they who die without Christ must perish; therefore I appeal to your loving heart in the name of Jesus Christ to push this good work. Do not neglect the free- literature fund. In the last four months many thousand dollars' worth of books and Bibles have been sent out from this office and we can send out many thousand dollars' worth more during the coming summer if the means is provided. Let every brother and sister who reads this appeal offer a special prayer as soon as you read it for iieaus to send the gospel to the poor heathen. We mean business for God, and we are determined to- go just as far as our means reach. Besides helping the heathen we are going to spread this glorious evening light as much as we can in this country. We have commenced to fish out souls in every part of the United States by send-ing literature to every family as rapidly-as possible. If there is anyone among the Trumpet readers who feels moved by the Spirit of God to use a thousand dol-lars in sending literature to the people oil' his own state, we will apply: it as he may-direct. We are able to secure the names of nearly every family in the United States, and can send them tracts and Trumpets as , silent preachers into their homes that will surely lead the unsaved ones to Christ, and many in sectism out into this beautiful oneness into which God is now calling his people. There is no end to the good we can do in this way. We have in the past few months fished out in some states some precious souls, who are now rejoicing to read the Trumpet and our books, and we are go-ing to push this work just as fast as means are sent in to buy material, pay postage, etc. Let us work with one heart and hand in this matter and God himself will reward us. NS t0040 44414- a0- - 49- 0ir4 - 1, r4 - r0 4040,114- 9- 4 - o4- 4,14- r0 - 49- 4 - 1r4 49414944 - T9r- ,1444/ 9499" W ' 4• 9in". 4 G4. Sc4he, llX. fig THE KINGD011 OF GOD And the One Thousand Years' Reign. if Contains 260 Pages. V" By H. M. RIGGLE. Bound in Cloth, Price, . $ 1.00 The same in Paper Cover, . .30 A NEW BOOK, Which is Attractive, Intensely In-teresting, and Instructive. The author has considered nearly every phase of the Millennial doctrine. But few books have been written which so thoroughly treat on those vital scriptures which are attracting the attention and careful study of almost the entire Christian world. False theories are exposed and the truth is clearly revealed. The attitude of the apostle John and the primitive church toward the Millennial doctrine— which was introduced in their time— is clearly shown by ancient history. The exact time is given when the • ` nations were to learn war no more," when the " knowledge of God" would cover the earth, and the " wolf would dwell with the lamb, and a little child lead them." The prophecies of Dan. 2d, 7th, 8th, and 12th chapters are explained. The great conflict between Michael and the Dragon ( Rev. 12), the dark reign of the beast and his image ( Rev. 13), the bind-ing and loosing of the dragon, and the one thousand years' reign ( Rev. 20), are all ex- • pounded in their true light. A line of 4 striking events are given, which giveb us data to 4 calculate our whereabouts on the stream of time. THE BOOK IS INTENSELY INTERESTING THROUGHOUT. 4 4t Address Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company, lioundsville, W. Va., UU. S . A A. zw ; 4_ 4. 4. 4 4. 4. 4. 4- 4- 4- 16. 4- - 0- .4. + 4. 4- .0- 4- -++ ZeCo neGritfir 0$ 4,146$ 40V0144014414144$ 440# 44446/ 444.# 44444$ 41$ 44441414444/ 4,) 4144# 800440r104 though some have made it clash by their constructions. Let us notice Rom. 7: 18—" For I know that in me ( that is, in my flesh); dwell-eth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not." We are told by some, that this word means our bodies. Do we believe this a correct application? Let us go into the eighth chapter. Here we find Paul discussing the same. Now, if in the seventh chapter the term flesh means our bodies, so it will be in the eighth. Let us consider Rom. 8: 8—" So then they that are in the flesh can not please God." Brethren we can see how absured it is for us to make such an application; for if such be right, as long as we remain in this fleshly body, we can not please God. " But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit."— Ver. 9. There again we would have to conclude that Paul was talking to some who were not in this fleshly body. Let us hear Paul to the Galatian brethren. Gal. 5: 19- 21. Here we have the works of the flesh named. Would not this be an awful life, after being freed from all sin, yet the flesh would still do these things. But let us hear Jesus and determine where these issue from. " For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciv-iousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man."— Mark ' T: 21- 23. Here we have it made clear: these works of the flesh come from the heart; then this flesh spoken of is carnality without a doubt, and is located in the heart. A Warning to the Rebellious. BY EFFIE LAVELL. ‘ 40II the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God'! how unsearchable are his judg-ments and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor." — Rom. 1: 33, 34. Many are the people of to- day who seem by their criticisms to desire to be the Lord's counsellors. They say by their actions : " Your plan of bringing souls to Christ through a free gospel ( 1 Cor. 9: 18) has failed to meet our ap-proval, so we have considered it neces-sary, for the benefit and encouragement of the preachers, to hire them by the month or year, giving them some stated salary which reaches over and above their temporal needs. " Your plan of church organization as shown in 1 tJor. 12: 13, 18, 28, we con-sider altogether too loose a system for carrying on this great work, so we have decided to form various human organiza-tions, thus more effectually holding Christians together, and also giving them liberty, to choose for themselves among the various creeds, the one which suits them best. This liberty could not be had in the narrowly contracted way you have set forth in your W ord. " Your ordinance of feet- washing in Jno. 13: 14, 15 we consider too humiliat-ing for all classes, and quite inappropri-ate; so we have decided not to observe it, not being quite certain, however, that you meant just what you said. " As for your healing the sick as taught in Jas. 5: 14, 15, we know it is within your power, but since we have tested man's power, we have decided it will do quite as well, and trust that you will bless the means; but we have de-cided to leave this commandment as a thing of the past" What ignorance! To place the wis-dom of finite man above the wisdom of the infinite God, the Creator of all things. Nevertheless it is a positive fact that such ignorance does exist,' neither is it in any way excusable in the sight of God. For at one time God " winked" at ignorance, but " now com-mandeth all men every where to repent" ; and repentance endows us with wisdom from above. So there is no excuse. But how it must grieve that great heart of love to look down into the heart of man whom he died to save, and thus behold the expression of the heart acted out, lightly setting aside and ignoring his precious commands. I have even heard it argued by sect professors, that ignorance was the reason why human organizations were not adopted by the apostles ( whom God sent out giving them the Holy Ghost as their teacher), and that as people were grow-ing more intelligent they had found out that the gospel work could be carried on much more successfully by human or-ganizations than in the loose way in which it was conducted in those days. Thus placing their wisdom above tha of the Holy Ghost. Certainly, to say the least, this is a dangerous position to take, and it is time for each of God's true children with one accord to cry out against such presumption. Others who uphold infant baptism, and know it would be vain to try to call forth any scripture to substantiate their doctrine, acknowledge that there is no scripture for it, but say they believe it to be approved of God because it seems to them. like such a " sacred and sublime way of committing their children into the hands of God." This may seem so to some, but if this actually were a " sublime and sacred way," God in his wisdom would not have left it out of his word; for we read in 2 Tim. 3: 16- 17— " All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is prof table for doctrine, for re-proof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." Now, is not this plain enough that all may understand that not one thing could be added to these blessed scriptures which would be of any profit or would add to our spirituality or per-fection? And ninety per cent. of these dear souls who uphold this doctrine of infant baptism, actually do not realize what they are saying, or what it means to " commit their children into the hands of God," neither do they in many cases do it; but if God should call their little ones to come and dwell with him, they would rebel, and only give them up through compulsion, and could not, through a feeling of submission say, " Thy will be done." We have sufficient scripture to prove that anything presented to the people as doctrine found outside of the blessed Word, however sacred it may seem, has God's most positive disapproval. W e read in Prov. 30: 5, 6—" Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." In connec-tion with this read Rev. 22: 18, 19. This world is not only filled with pro-fessors who are adding to, but also those who are taking from the Bible, by de-claring that there are many command-ments in the word of God which are not necessary for us to obey; such as feet-washing, plain dressing, excluding of gold, etc., anointing of oil and praying for the sick, holy conversation, main-, taming perfect unity among God's chil-dren, and many other things too numer-ous to mention. Now I appeal to your better judgment and common sense. If these command-ments are not for us to obey, have we any reason to believe that the many promises connected with them, even the promise of heaven and immortal glory, are for us to enjoy? If we are so pre-sumptions as to exclude one, why not exclude all? No, says one, this wouldn't do. Then accept, believe, and obey one and all, and be made partakers of all the blessings connected with them. Is this more than our duty? And is it not " sound doctrine"? The other will land The healing may or may not be instan-taneous. Many were healed instantly. Luke 4: 40; Acts 5: 16. Palsied man-- by faith of those who brought him, Matt. 9: 2. The leper— by his own faith. Matt. 8: 2. The father of Publius— by faith of Paul. Acts 28: 8. The servant— by the faith of the centu-rion. Matt. 8: 13. The ten lepers were healed as they journeyed. Luke 17: 14. Epaphroditus sick— God had mercy on him. Phil. 2: 27. Some received handkerchiefs and aprons from Paul. Acts 19: 12. The blind man at first was not com-pletely healed. Mark 8: 23, 24. Perfect healing of the blind man. Mark 8: 25. The nobleman believed— his son began to amend from that hour. Jno. 4: 50, 52. Paul left Trophimus at Miletum sick. 2 Tim. 4: 20. Importunity. Blind Bartimeus. Two blind men. The woman of 22- 28. A woman suffered many things of phy-sicians. Mark 5: 26. She was healed by faith. Mark 5: 34. Instructions to us— prayer and sending for elders. Jas. 5: 13, 14. Means to be used— anointing with oil, laying on of hands, and prayer of faith. Jas. 5: 14, 15; Mark 16: 18. This privilege has not been taken from the church. Heb. 3: 8; Jas. 5: 15; Jude 3. " Is any sick among you?"— includes all who have faith enough to send for the elders— saint or sinner. Jas. 5: 14, 15. sinners may be healed and forgiven. Jas. 5: 15; Luke 4: 41; Matt. 9: 2- 6. Jesus still has the power, ability, and willingness to heal all who ask in faith believing. Heb. 13: 8; Eph. 3: 20,, 21.— From " The Great Phy-sician." Contagious Disease. Some time ago I wrote to the Trumpet brethren to pray that I might be healed of a contagious disease resembling itch. I was anointed by a sister here in accord-ance to the instructions in James, and God graciously healed me. Pray that I may always be true. Will Johnson. Spencer, S. D., Jan. 4, Neuralgia Healed. I feel that the Lord wants me to tell what he did for me on the 8th of Jan-uary, 1900. I had had the neuralgia in my jaw for three months. I was read-ing " The Grace of Healing" and by its instructions I was healed before I got off my knees. Praise the dear Lord! My jaw was starting to swell, but when the mighty healing power touched it I felt the disease leaving. Praise God! I am healed. Pray that I stay at the feet of Jesus. S. J. Ellison. Morrow, Miss. FLESH. BY EDGAR FLEENOR. THERE has been considerable said on this subject by some; and also a very wrong application made of the same. The word " flesh" does not always refer to our bodies; so we should be careful as to the applications. First, not to make an application that will conflict with some other part of God's word. Second, not to make application to carry out some point of doctrine. For God's word is a book of harmony, your souls into perdition with all those who " know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. 1: 8. Is it not time, dear ones, who are adding to and taking ! roin from Rev. 22: 18, 19, which says, " If God's precious words, to take warn ing any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." With these scriptures before us can we afford to continue teaching for doctrine the commandments of men, when, according to Col. 2: 22, " all are to perish with the using" ; thus sealing tour doom? S ome may say that they do not see it that way. Why not? Here it is plain before your eyes. There is only one cause given in the word of God for spiritual blindness, and that is, un-belief and rebellion against God. God speaking through the mouth of Paul concerning the Jews, in Rom. 11: 7, says, " What then? Israel hath not ob-tained that which he seeketh for; but the election [ those who were elected through believing God's word] bath obtained it, and the rest were blinded." " According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit : of slumber, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, unto this day." Some will cry out against God, injustice! But let us see if God is unjust, or if they have brought this spiritual blindness upon themselves. We read in P, in. 9: 31, 32—" But Israel which follon ed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness." Why? ( Ver. 32.) " Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law." Again in Rom. 10: 21 we read concerning Israel: " Ali day long [ saith God] I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people." We note again the heartrending words of Jesus in Matt. 23: 37. " 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem . . . how often would I have gathered your children together even as a hen gath-ereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" Mark the goodness of God; though they had rebelliously refused to accept the mercies of God and the law of right-eousness through faith, and he had stricken them with spiritual blindness, yet he says in Rom. 11: 23, " And they also if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again." So, dear reader, let no one cry out, " Injustice," without searching, haahnonizing, and fairly weighing the scriptures; and to other dear readers who may be like the rebel-lious Israelites in desiring to ho0ld tto your own vain theories, instead of accepting God's plan and swinging aloof from everything but the Word, take warning; for these things herein taught are for our admonition. And as a double warning we cite you. to Rom. 1 : 28, which reads " And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient;" and then innumerating their many indulgences in sin, says, " Who knowing the judgments. of God that they which commit such things are worthy of death." " And if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee." — Rom. 11: 21. In conclusion we would say with the Psalmist, " I esteem all thy precepts con-cerning all things to be right; and I hate e" vLeerty u fsa lhseea wr athye." c— onPcslu. si1o1n9 o: 1f 2th8e. wAhnodle, matter. Fear God and keep his com-mandments; for this is the whole duty of man. "— Eccl. 12: 13. Praying that these scriptures and few remarks may prove a benefit to some erring souls, I leave the results with God. Divine Healing. Divine Healing. Mark 10: 46- 52. Matt. 9: 27- 31. Canaan. Matt. 15:
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 20:07 |
Published Date | 1900-02-15 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 07 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Gospel Trumpet Company |
Subject | Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Moundsville ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
Copyright | Copyright 2009, Anderson University. |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Full Text | 1539 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31. liFeorontUityr. So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. IN. . Ter. VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900. NUMBER 7 Questions and Answers on the Church. ( Concluded.) THIRD LETTER. From A. H. S., Pontiac, Mich., Oct. 10, 1888. This letter was called out by our strictures on articles he had written in the " Free Methodist" in which he had. in very strong terms committed himself against the sects, and yet opposed the idea of coming out of them. Bro. S. is an intelligent preacher, who works in conjunction with the Free Methodist sect, but disclaims membership in any of its conferences. Ile says: 1st. I am a Free Methodist in the sense in which Paul said, " I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee" and in no other. 2d. In the F. M. articles referred to by you, I said distinctly that sects are of the devil. I have openly held that view for many years. 3d. In those articles I held, first, that sectism is an evil; second, that it is an unavoidable evil. I made the parable of the tares the basis of my argument. While he that sowed the tares was the devil, the servants were told that in pullinf, them up they would do more harm than the taxes would do if left alone. If any one will prove that the application I make of this parable is unwarranted, I will thank him and give up my position. My interpretation of this parable was an argument that the church in this present state is mixed; that is, it is not made up exclusively of the worthy, and can not be. Yours in Jesus, A. H. S. ANSWER TO LETTER NO. 3. The apostle Paul no more continued a Pharisee after saved than he continued to be a sinner. He said, " Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."- 1 Tim. 1: 15. Though in the form of the present, he evidently referred to what he had been. For he was not a sinner at the time of writing to Timothy, much less the chief of sinners. So when he said, " I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee" he simply meant that he had been born and brought up in that sect. But since he had. become alive in Christ Jesus he was dead to the sect. He was so far from carrying his old sect leaven into his new life that he taught " there* should be no schisms— sects— in the body" and that such as cause divisions serve not the Lord. Jesus. He did not hold meetings jointly with that sect, as Bro. S. says he does with the Free Methodists. He once stood. high in his strait sect, but after he bad obtained. salvation they pronounced. him unfit to live, and desired to take his life. He had embraced an exclusive Christ, an exclusive religion, and was a member of the body of Christ, an exclusive church; and in so doing he suffered the loss of all he had before ( Phil. 3: 5- 8), his hypocritical sect with the rest, and was therefore in reality no more a Pharisee either in spirit or in practice. " Sects are of the devil." " Are an evil, but an unavoidable evil." There are works of the devil in the world that we can not remove. This present evil world. will continue evil until destroyed. But Jesus came to save a people out of the world, and in his church there is no place for the works of the devil. The view set forth in the words quoted above dishonors God, is derogatory to the characterof the infinite Redeemer, andthe boundless grace of his kingdom. It " limits the holy one of Israel" and _ ascribes a victory to the devil that Christ can not avert. Why are sects unavoidable? Because men will not leave them? Well, there are plenty that will not - leave off lying, defrauding, etc. But are we compelled therefore to count such char-acters in the church? By no means. What then is necessary to dispose of sectaries, and all other sinners who will not repent and obey God? Simply this: Let God's minis-ters preach and apply the word of truth, thereby unchristianizing whatever God does not Christianize. Does not the Word. plainly tell us to " mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doc-trine which ye have learned, and AVOID THEM? For they that are SUCH SERVE NOT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.' '— Ro m. 16: 17, 18. But who are included in this class? When - the Lord saves men from their sins he brings them into " one fold" " one body" " one family." But should any of them set up or join something else, they would thereby " cause division." Shall we continue to acknowledge ' such as fellow servants of God, when the Bible does not? But what shall we do with them? Do just as God commands you. " A man that is an heretic— sectarist-- after the first and sec-ond admonition reject, knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, be-ing condemned of himself."--- Tit. 3: 10. We admit that men have been joined to heresies, and did not feel condemned in themselves. So they have lived in the filthy use of tobacco, and followed other lusts of the flesh without positive condemnation. But it was simply because the Bible stan-dard of purity was not preached to them. And so have the preachers been silent on the sin of sectism during its dark and. cloudy day; in fact, they erroneously iden-tified. sects with the church. It were just as inconsistent to say that any of the other works of the devil. are unavoidable, as to say that sects are. They are only unavoid-able when men avoid preaching the whole truth. But thank God1 he is now sending out flying messengers, who declare the whole counsel of God, laying " judgment to the line, and righteousness to the plum-met." And as a result men leave their sects, or lose all the grace they have; for God always stands by his own word and those that mithfully preach it. No sin is more clearly cut off in the Bible than here-sies, and to say they can not be purged out from among God's people is simply to say that men are too crooked or too cowardly to preach the pare gospel of Christ. " The church, in this present state, is mixed. . . . not made up exclusively of the worthy, and can not be" says Bro. S., and bases his conclusion upon the wheat and tares, or rather upon the dark- age tradition falsely drawn from that parable. Turn to and read it in Matt. 13 : 24, 30, 36- 43. ' Notice that the good seed— wheat-- are the children of the kingdom, God's children. But the tares are the children of the - wicked one. They are the representatives of two different families, and neither one can ever be in the family of the other. A child of God is never in the devil's family, nor a child of the devil in God's family. No person can prove from this parable, nor any other scripture, that God's church or family is a mixture of his own and Satan's children. One fact in the Savior's explanation of the parable is sufficient to overthrow that idea; namely, the field is not the church but the " world." This was a wise discrimination of the Lord. For had he said, The field is the church, it would have conflicted with every other description of it. Thank God for a Bible that is consistent throughout! But the Babylon use of this parable, i. e. to teach that we can not have a pure church in this world, is based on the idea that the field is the church, and that it therefore contains saints and sinners. This, we say, is false, both in premise and deduction. The Lord Jesus likened the kingdom to various things, many of which have no re-semblance to each other. How then could they all illustrate the kingdom? It is thus: Each lesson pictures out one or more elements of the kingdom. Now we give you - what the Spirit of God very clearly taught ns respecting the parable of the wheat and taxes. It is an historic parable. Its general outline pictures three conditions of the church which extend from the begin-ning to the end of its history. First, pure wheat, showing the church in its primitive and holy condition. Second, wheat and tares, showing the age of sectism, in which institutions of men saints and sinners are mixed together. Third, the fall of Babylon ( sectism), and the separation of the wheat and tares by calling God's children out of her; in which the pure wheat again appears. Good wheat was sown, it sprang up and " brought forth fruit" before any tares ap-peared. Turn to Acts 4: 32—" And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul." Acts 5—" And they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them, but the people magnified them." Here we see a pure church, all of one heart and soul, and not a sinner mixed among them. This is clean wheat, and history shows that it continued nearly so for over 200 years. Then gradually the enemies prophesied of by Christ ( Matt. 24: 11, 12) and by Paul ( Acts 20: 30; 1 Tim. 4: 1, 2; 2 Tim. 3: 6, 7) and by Peter ( 2 Pet. 2: 1- 3), sowed the seed of man-organized. churchism. Since that time have saints and sinners been mingled together in these institutions. But through all the dark age the church was still the body of Christ, and not a sinner in it, though it was much hid out of sight. Bat must it continue so until time ends? Bro. S. and about all in the education of modern sects thinks so, and, doubtless, most of them are honest in the view. They think the angels spoken of in Matt: 13: 41 are the inhabi-tants of heaven, and. their work of separation will take place at the instant of Christ's second coming. But this is a mis' under-standing of the symbolic teaching of the word. The word " anger— angelus in pure Greek— when rendered into English is sim-ply " messenger" one sent of God to pub-lish a message. It is so translated in Matt. 13: 41; 24: 31 by the Emphatic Diaglott, and all through it is rendered " messenger" in the direct from the Greek. And so is the word translated all through Rother-ham's version. The celestial order of beings we call angels are so denominated because God has sent them with messages to this world. Bat all God's ministers are also called messengers. Hence we find there was an angel, messenger, or minister, of eaod in each of the seven churches of Asia. See Rev. 2: 1, 8, 12, etc. So the angels that God sends to sever the wicked from among the holy are God's flying evangelists. " So shall it be in the end of the world." This does not relate to the instant of Christ's coming, but covers a short period of time that extends up to that awful event. The end of the world is rendered. " conclu-sion of the state" " the end of the age" etc. It corresponds with Daniel's time when " many shall be purified, made white, and tried." And all true children of God, whose names are written in the book of life, shall be delivered out of every crooked and humanizing way. See Dart. 12: 9, 10. " Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father" ( Matt. 13: 43), is the same thing as " And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever."— Dan. 12: 3. So we see the end of the age covers the time of the swiftly run-ning, flying ministry, through which God brings out a. pure church. The same angels — messenges, are sent of the Lord to gather together his elect; and their work consti-tutes a sign that Christ's coming is near, even at the door. Matt. 24: 31- 33. This proves that they do not gather the saints out from among the sinners, and unto unity, at the instant of Christ's coming, but just before. As the church was pure, unmixed, and in perfect unity at the begin-ning, it can be again, and will be ere Christ comes to receive his bride. This is the great fact taught by the parable. But the many scriptures that teach the same fact can not be given in this little work. One thing we will call attention to before drop-ping the parable. Had the Savior designed to teach an unavoidable intercommunion and mixture of saints and. sinners, he would have had the tares in the field first; for the world was full of sinners before Christ established his church here. But the clean wheat first, the tares sown in by an enemy, and. finally separated by the messengers of God, clearly shows the primitive pure church, the apostasy, and the cleansing , of the sanctuary before the return of Christ. The command, " Let both grow together" etc., is to be understood only with reference to the husbandman. The farmer so ordered his servants, and Christ used such an agri-cultural circumstance to illustrate what he foresaw; namely, that there would be a long time when his saints would be yoked up with sinners in man's organisms, and that just before his return the separation would take place by the fire of holiness. Christ does not forbid the separation of saints and sinners, but used the fact that the farmer let the wheat and tares grow together as illustrative of the apostate age of Roman-ism and Protestantism. FOURI. 11 liba TER. An. unknown brother by the name of G: 11. F., writes us from Arlington, Colo., March 30, 1889, as follows: D. S. Warner, Dear Sir and Brother: I have read several numbers of The Gospel Trumpet, and find much excellent teaching and soul food. I am glad to know that there are so many of God's children enjoying full salvation. A_ hearty " amen!" and " praise God!" often comes up in my soul as I read. I see that the ' Trumpet is, among other things, " for the destruction of sect Babylon." Well, you have taken a most tremendous work. Now ' let me ask, What will there be left of the church of God on earth, if you succeed? ANSWER TO LETTER No. 4. - " A tremendous work." Yes, but " it is not by might nor power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord." It is not the first time truth has dared to assail old, time- honored and established institutions. But where is the system of error that has been able to resist her infinite , power? It is not the puny arm of man, but God has risen in his might to " give unto her [ great Babylon] the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath."— Rev. 16 : 19. " For behold the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: My Redeemer Lives. BY CHAS. E. ORR. I know that my Redeemer liveth; Wherefore, my soul, should'st thou despair? When weak and weary grown, he giveth Support and bears away my care. My way though stained by feet all bleeding, And overcast with dark and gloom, Yet proves the way my God is leading To bring Me to my heavenly home. What though my soul is full of sadness, And friends untrue augment my pairs, There comes a day of peace and gladness; I know that my Redeemer reigns. 2 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 1340 ual nature; and the outward life, his words and actions. This was the image that man lost and to which we are re-stored in Christ by the gospel. We will now proceed to show by what way and when MAN LOST THE IMAGE OF GOD. Having proved that God created man in his own image, which is righteousness and true holiness- his spiritual and moral nature and life- we would natur ally ask, " From whence comes man's life?" In the beginning man's life was entirely and purely from God, because he had the privilege of eating of the tree of life, which was the means by which the purity of his life was supplied and preserved ( Gen. 2: 16), on condition. he would obey God by not touching the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Ver. 17. As a proof of this, we see that God deprived Adam of partaking of the tree of life because he disobeyed this command. Gen. 3: 22. This is how and when he lost the image of God, and becaue of that no man was ever privileged to eat of the tree of life, until Christ came; and we are made partakers of who bare twelve fruits, and the leaves are for the health of the nations. Rev. 22: 2. Adam begat children in his own fallen image after this, and this is included in " the old man" which is corrupt; and the nature and life of men are afterward thus spoken of: " And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil con-tinually."- Gen. 6: 5. " For the imagi-nation of man's heart is evil from his youth."- G- en. 8: 21. The reaton for this is because we are conceived in sin and shaven in inquity. Ps. 51: 5. These scriptures all go to prove that man as he comes into existence in this world has a fallen, corrupt nature, and naturally does not possess the image of God. This nature leads into sinful actions and blinds the, mind so that when the child comes to a knowledge of good and evil, it follows still its natural in-clinations, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and his heart be-comes hardened against God without being clearly conscious of the heiniouness of such a course in the sight of God. This brings condemnation to every soul of man, because God can not justify the wicked. Ex. 23: 7. , THE FIRST STEP TOWARD RESTORATION. We now come to the teaching of Jesus Christ, who is the author and finisher of the Christian's faith- the second Adam, and the head and representative of a new creation. He came as a redeemer to bring fallen man back to his original stale of purity and righteousness, to " serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life."- Luke 1: 74, 75. The first step he directs us to take is taught in these words; " The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent - ye, and believe the gospel." - Mark 1: 15. Repentance is a forsaking of sin and a confession of the - same, which leads to salvation, and is the result of godly sorrow for sin. Godly sorrow is a hatred for sin, because God hates sin. " For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death."- 2 Cor. 7: 10. Repentance will bring the soul into a condition for faith to be exercised. Faith for the pardon , of sins can not be had without repentance. For proof of this we read of Jesus telling a certain class of people they could not believe on him because they did not repent. Matt. 21: 32. Faith will bring us into the ex-perience of having forgiveness of sins, or justification. " Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins and by him, all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by and- the slain of the Lord shall be many." - Isa. 66: 15, 16. " Behold the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind; it . shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. The fierce anger• of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until ' he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter, days ye shall , conside• it. "- Jer. 30: 23, 24. Now it is during - the storm of God's wrath upon spiritual Babylon that God gathers out his pure remnant and " gives them one heart and one way."- Jer. 32: 3' 7.- 39. " He hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her forni-cation."- Rev. 19: 2. And thousands tes-ti'f, jr that God has utterly destroyed Babylon out of their hearts. For it - is thus she is consumed by the spirit of his month, and shall finally be destroyed with the bright-ness of his coming. 2 Thess. 2: 8. And now% to the final question, " What will there be left of the church of God on earth" after Babylon is destroyed? Answer - All of it. Every element of the chnrch. that Christ founded still remains after holi-ness consumes the wood, hay, and stubble of men's structures. After God's people have come out of her ( Rev. 18: 4), and she is " utterly burned" with the fire of holiness ( Rev. 18: 8), and God has thus judged her ( Rev. 19: 2), the bride of Christ only is left as the church. And she is " arrayed in fine linen, clean and white" ready for the mar-riage. For the fine linen is the righteous-ness of the saints. Amen. Bless the Lord! Restored to the Image of God. BY JOHN 0. BLANEY. 4 UT we all, with open face behold-ing as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord."- 2 Cor. 3: 18. It is here stated that we are changed into the image of the Lord, which implies at least two things. First. That before we were changed we did not bear the image of God, or there would be no necessity of any change in order to have it. Second. Paul and all who were enjoying the fullness of God in the gos-pel, " are changed into the same image." In reading the history of the origin of man we find he was created in the image of God. " So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."- Gen. 1: 27. We have now fully established three facts; namely, ( 1) Man was created in the image of God; ( 2) he lost that image by some means; ( 3) he is restored to that same image through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Since we are still in the dark as to what the image of God con-sisted of, we shall have to quote some more of God's word; that is the only reliable source from whence we can get any light on this subject. " That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness . and true holi-ness."- Eph. 4: 22- 24. " Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncir-cumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."- Col. 3: 9- 11. In considering these texts we learn that the life of Christ manifest in our mortal flesh is described as " the new man" and that this new man is created in righteousness and - true holiness after God. The expression " after God" means in the image of God, or " the image of him that created him." have, it now settled what the image of God is in man: it is righteousness and true holiness, or the inward and outward life of the Christian. The inward life would be the holy condition of his spirit-the law of Moses."- Acts 13: 38, 39. This is one step toward being restored to the image of God. We are now in Christ and free from condemnation. Rom. 8: 1. This brings the soul at peace with God. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."- Rom. 5: 1. Having now shown in as brief a man-ner as possible what is accomplished in the first step and how it is taken, we now consider THE SECOND STEP, which completes our restoration to the image of God. So far we have met no serious objection from professors of Christianity, and if we were to stop here and say this is as far as we can go in Christian experience, except a pro-fessed groweth in grace, we would not be likely to meet any. However, we will not take any notice for the present to objections of any kind, but will ex-amine the experience of Bible characters, and see if there ' was any need of them having a second work of grace to restore them to the image of God. W e must not forget that the image of God is righteousness and true holiness, as we have before proved from scripture. Eph. 4; 24; Col. 3: 10. We might de-scribe it as having a pure heart, for this is the end of, or the purpose to be ac-complished by the commandment or law of Jesus Christ. 1 Tim, 1: 5. If we can prove that children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, who have taken only the first step and have received pardon of sins, have need of any more cleansing of the heart in. order to have it free from any defiling element, we will have made it useless to object, on the grounds that what we teach is unscrip-tural. By examining the experience and lives of the apostles before the day of Pentecost, we can easily find traces of impurity cropping up unawares, appar-ently to them, but easily detected by comparing it with the example and teaching of Jesus, showing in them a lack of deadness to sin, which character-ized our Master. We read of them disputing among themselves who should be the greatest. Mark 9: 33, 34; Luke 22: 24. This certainly was contrary to the pure na-ture of Jesus, anct an evil thought. Let no man say this sprang from the head, because the record is, " And Jesus per-ceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me; for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great."- Luke 9: 47, 48. Whether this was the instance recorded elsewhere or not does not make any material differ-ence: the source of these aspirations to greatness was the heart which was not pure. Again, we see a tendency to retaliate manifested by James and John ( Luke 9: 54, 55) and Peter ( John 18: 10), which is repugnant to the pure in heart. If the position be taken that the apostles were not born of God, or justified, dur-ing the time they followed Jesus before he was crucified, scriptures again put to silence that objection by the uniform tes-timony that they were. " Then they that were in the ship came and worship-ed him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God."- Matt. 14: 33. " And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God."- Jno. 6: 69. This certainly is clear testi-mony that they believed with the heart, that Jesus was the Savior. " Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God."- 1 Jno. 5: 1. This was not a mere intellectual comprehension of the fact that Jesus had come, but something revealed to them by the Father through the Spirit of God. " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar- jona; for flesh and blood hash not revealed this unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven" clearly im. plies a saving knowledge of the truth. Believing this to be reasonable sufficient proof of the conversion of the apostles before Christ's death, we will consider his teaching concerning the - cleansing rof the heart after we become a believer in him. " Every branch in me-that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit."- Jno. 15: 2. The fruit spoken of is elsewhere described. as the fruit of the Spirit. " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- suffering, gentle-ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temper-ance."- Gal. 5: 22. 23. " For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and right-eousness and truth."- Eph. 5: 9. As those fruits are in opposition to the fruits of the flesh, which spring from the heart of the sinner, we would naturally conclude that the branch in Christ, which needs purging, would need it in the heart, since that is the source from whence comes good and evil. This the truth, and everything contrary to it is a lie, and no lie is of the truth, but comes from the devil. This, with the' testi-mony of Peter that God put no differ-ence between him and the Gentiles, pur-ifying their hearts by faith when they received the Holy Ghost, is proof that will stand the fires of eternal judgment, that there is a cleansing of the heart after conversion, before we can be said to have been changed into the same im-age of God. Acts 15: 8, 9. Jesus prayed that the disciples might be sanc-tified, which means a separation or cleansing from sin. John 17: 17. Paul prayed for Christians to be sanctified wholly, that they might tie preserved blameless in spirit, soul, and body. 1' Thess. 5: 23. We will now consider some exp° essions contained in the New Testament. " Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."- Matt. 5: 48. " That ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God."- Col. 4: 12. " Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is so are we in this world."- 1 Jno. 4: 17. " This is the will of God even your sanctifica-tion."- 1 Thess. 4: 3. The adjectives " wholly" and " perfect" in connection with " sanctify" and " love" plainly imply an experience previously imperfect. Love, sanctification, and salvation all relate to the same experience, that is, Christian experience. We are not mak-ing any comparison between Old and New Testament experiences, but teach-ing the way we receive the fullness of gospel grace in our souls. The complete, perfect, and entire cleansing of the heart from the natural disposition born in us to sin is not complete until we have re-ceived the Comforter; the Holy Ghost. Then, and only then do we have the peace that passeth all understanding, which keeps our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ. It is true there is a change in our hearts ' when we are converted. The hardness and blindness are removed, and we do not love sin, and our heart is ten-der like a child's, but the entire sanctifi-cation of our nature is accomplished when the Holy Spirit fills us and sheds the love of God abroad in our hearts. Praise God! " And the God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I - pray' God your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it:" Amen Put on the Whole Armor. BY THOMAS GREEN. IF ever there was a time in the Chris-tian dispensation that we as soldiers of the cross needed the whole armor on, it is now. Here is a command to be strong, which we can not obey without putting on the whole armor of God: THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 3 " Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles [ tricks] of the devil."-- Eph. 6: 10, 11. We are on the battle- field, contending earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. Jude 3. " For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wicked-ness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perse-verance and supplication for all saints." Oh, I do praise God for all this! He first commands us to be ' strong in the Lord and in the power of his might; then furnishes us with armor and weapons, to enable us : to be strong and go forth in the power of his might. He does not furnish us with carnal weapons, but with those that are " mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds" ( 2 Cor. 10: 4); " for though we walk in the flesh,' we do not war after the flesh." Ver. 3. " No man that warreth entan-gleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully."- 2 Tim. 2: 4, 5. Some people make a failure when they start out to battle for the Lord, in leav-ing off their armor, or a part of it. They meet the great enemy of souls, and at once he sends his dart so forcibly into their heart, that they are wounded and captured. Not so with the armed sol-dier, if he has the whole armor on. It is just as impossible for the devil to thrust his dart into us as it would be for a target- rifle to penetrate a cast- iron wedge. The armor God furnishes is so complete that when we are furnished with it the fiery darts fall at our feet. Praise God for the armor! Dear saints, let us march to the battle-field with full assurance of faith that our dear Lord will safely lead us through, no matter how many forces the devil musters up. Dear souls are at stake, and Jesus said to his disciples, " If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." — Matt. 16: 24. We are not fighting for worldly gain; it is for precious souls that are enslaved in bondage. Just look all around us at dear souls for whom Christ died, bound by endless chains. Oh, the many snares of the devil to entrap pre-cious souls! Our dear Father commands us to be strong in the power of his might, and he has abundantly provided weapons and an armor. Let us now see if we have on the whole armor. Are your loins girded with the truth? Have you on the breastplate of righteousness? Are your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace? Have you taken the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked? Have you taken the helmet of salvation? Have you taken the sword of the Spirit, the word of God? Dear one, we may have all on but one, and then lose a victory. You will notice it says " above all, taking the shield of faith." The most important part of the armor is that of faith; for without faith it is impossible to please God. I often hear persons say they know they ought to do certain things, but they have not the faith. God com-mands you to put it on for a shield, and you can not be a soldier without it. God will not send you without it, so be sure you do not undertake a battle without it; for you are sure to get defeated. Let us then obey God— put on the whole armor and not only win souls for him, but win the crown when we can say, " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: hence forth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the right-eous judge, shall give me at that day."— 2 Tim. 4: 7, 8. Notice, Paul kept the faith, that is what enabled him to win a crown. Ver. 7. While God has promised to supply all our needs ( 1 Cor. 9: 7; 2 Cor. 9: 8; and Phil. 4: 19), he yet extends his command in connection with the armor, by telling us to pray " always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all preseverance and sup-plication for all saints."— Eph. 6: 18. W e are told again to pray without ceas-ing ( 1 Thess. 5: 17); also to watch and pray. Mark 13: 33. Then let us step out into the battle- field with renewed courage. God is on our side; and if God be for us, who can be against us? May God give us boldness to do his will in all we undertake. Courage, My Soul! I T requires no little courage, coupled with the grace of God, to go to Cal-vary. There are many Christians who will follow Jesus so long as it is " Hosan-na to the Son of David" who fail to follow him to Calvary. Most persons love the sweets of grace, and thus fol-low the Lord for the loaves and fishes; but when it comes to following him for his own sake, even unto judgment where our earthliness is revealed, then too often we follow " afar off." Many will serve for reward that refuse to serve for righteousness' sake. Satan understood this in the case of Job; so he said to the Lord, " Both Job serve God for naught?" Job endured even unto the end, and proved by actual test his devo-tion to God and not to his gifts. Saints are like soldiers— many there be who enlist, but few who fearlessly face death. All like life, though it be a life out of harmony - with God. Satan said of Job, " All that a man hath will he give for his life." So Christians' last surrender is their own earthly life. They love the earthly, the dust; and to die to all that is not divine is a price that few will pay. Many talk of crucifixion, yea, claim to be crucified, who know hardly the first step away from self. To let self, the flesh, and all evil within perish, to draw the last drop of earthliness , from our veins is a price but few will pay for all the life of God. God through Moses gave to the children of Israel a heritage; but never in their greatest conquest did they attain all of that heritage. So with Christians: how few ever attain all of that God- life offered them through our Lord Jesus Christ. The Israelites made a league with certain of the inhab-itants of the land whom they should have destroyed. How many Christians spare those enemies within which should die. They may force the death of many, perhaps most of their earthliness, but somewhere there is that with which thy will not part. Of course the earth-liness may- not be manifest as before; " hewers of wood and drawers. of water" they become, yet they are there and live there. " I will be found of them when they seek me with their whole heart." Whole- hearted devotion to God is a rare quality, and only the fewest of the few ever attain it. An idol somewhere, a desires a wish, a preference, a hope not born of God, but of man or of the flesh, is the separation line. Yea, to cease from our labors as God did from, his, and thus reach true rest, is a haven but few ever reach. To literally cease that Jehovah may be the beginning and the end, means blood, and thorns, and nails in the hands. Yes, it means Calvary and the tomb. This is too much for many who go part way with Jesus. How few realize that perhaps the most of our religious aspira-tions are born not of God, but of blood, or of the will of the flesh, or of man; and this is why our efforts are so barren, futile, and earthly. Yes, to hide away so that every act, every purpose, every hope centers in God and points to him and away from man, what a rare spirit-ual attainment. Many who are said to be very spiritual and leaders in the work of God, if robbed of this glory, would cease. To work for the eyes of God alone is not a sufficient reward for very many who have climbed well up the gos-pel ladder. To know when we are dead in the highest light. Self- abnegation can not be discerned so long as we want to live. If we never reach the point where we literally " hate our own life" we will never know how much there is in us not divine. The flesh is ever the veil that separates between the holy place and the holy of holies. Until we have reached that place where we have lost sight of all that is human, and hunger and thirst for all the life of God, Christian perfection is an impossible at-tainment. Oh, that Jehovah would open the eyes of Christians to truly see what the highest heritage of grace does do, what Christian perfection really means. God help the Christian world to cease claim-ing Christian perfection while so many evidences exist that self still lives. God help us to be consistent and not dishonor God by claiming to be wholly his, while our life contradicts our profession.— Selected. Meek and Lowly. BY R. ROTICISAN. O R Lord said: " Take my yoke upon you, and. learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your sonla."— Matt. 11: 29. Rest is a, very essential thing in life, and its loss is always followed by more or less harm. The man that can sleep and rest his weary body thereby repairs the waste of toil and lays up strength for future efforts; but should he reach a state where his natural rest is disturbed by inward disorder, there is danger ahead, and this is the signal. The great workers of this world are not the restless, but rather those who have learned to spare their strength. The Rnglish statesman, Gladstone, was noted for his ability to take a nap during the intervals of very important engage-ments. And in passing we might say that this great man had framed over the door of his workroom this scripture: " Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." No man can run ti; ell the Christian race without learning to rest— rest in the Lord. - There is so much meaning in the words of Jesus in our text, and mastering this precious saying will add another to the treasures of wisdom with which the Christian may adorn his character. If you want rest, learn of me— seek a meek and lowly spirit, says the Master. Time and again have I read this verse and felt there was more in it than I could under-stand. Unexpectedly the good Lord somehow led me into its meaning. " Meek" means mild; soft; gentle. Did you ever realize how restful it was when you were perhaps on a sick- bed to have the nurse manifest mildness, soft-ness, gentleness? There was a charm about it that almost made you glad you were . Now if meekness brings such pleasure to us, it will do the same for others; and what is more, if we through God's grace manifest a spirit of meekness to others, most of them will return the courtesy and our paths will be strewn with many a fragrant flower, where formerly ill manners caused thorns to spring up. Some dear ones have altogether a false idea of what the life of a Christian is. They think they must be " out" with nearly all people in order to retain an " uncompromising spirit." Instead of this, the Christian should be able to win the love and respect of nearly all with whom he comes in contact— not by prov-ing untrue to God, but by the love shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Spirit. Christ was dearly loved by the common people while on earth; so was Paul highly esteemed. The religious preju-dices of their day resulted in their deaths, but they were not ill- treated because of their manners. Our Lord and the apostles suffered for righteous-ness' sake. They could bear it joyfully; and when we suffer in the same way, our peace and rest need not and will not be disturbed. It is only when punished for our faults that persecutions are so hard to bear. Jesus reckons persecu-tions for righteousness' sake among the blessings ( Matt. 5: 11), and Peter says the spirit of glory and of God rest upon those who suffer for Christ. So, dear ones, when our way seems hard, it is best to examine ourselves and sink lower in the meekness and goodness of our Lord; for the ways of wisdom are plea-sant and peaceful. The soul that goes forth with the meekness and love of Christ has a right to expect and will receive love and con-sideration in return. The Savior tells us that we will be repaid with our own coin. Luke 6: 38. To illustrate this point: In a certain school district the scholars obtained the reputation of being rude and mean. The school for several terms had been taught by persons them-selves not of the meek and lowly nature. There came a young lady teacher who possessed a very gracious Christian spirit. She said very little to the children re-garding their behavior, but nevertheless there was soon a remarkable improve-ment in their manners. A little girl was questioned as to the cause of this, and answered that the teacher " just acted nice and polite" and the children-could not help doing likewise. Does not Jesus say to us " for with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you. again?" There is won-derfd ' rest in store for the one that learns of Jesus to treat others with a meek and lowly spirit. But not only is this disposition appre-ciated by men, but God loves to dwell with the lowly, and his presence always brings sweet rest. " For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eter-nity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."— ha. 57: 15. ' Besidews'inning the pres-ence of the high and lofty One, the lowly spirit is blessed with the needed grace to go through the duties of the day without the friction and discomfort and restlessness which falls to the proud heart, whom God himself, as well as men, resisteth. See 1 Pet. 5: 5. While others are seeking in vain. for rest and satisfaction, the meek and lowly sink down on the plane of God's glory world, and rejoice in the Lord in spite of all that men and demons do and say. Praise God that we are privileged to par-take of Christ's meekness; for " the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel."— lsa. 29: 19. " He will beautify the meek with. salvation." " The meek- will he guide in judgment; the meek will he teach his ways." And from the distant days, of the prophet Zephaniah comes this exhortation: " Seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of, the Lord's anger."- 2: 3. to sleep in. This with the pressure from the " famine induced sleeplessness and nerv-ousness until it seemed that I could go no longer. • But I have come back refresh: di: praise our God! We have a hard year be-fore us; pray that with God's help we may prove equal to every emergency . . • • one prayer is that the scales may fall from the eyes of the heathen; that they may recognize the hand of God upon them. Oh, that they would, that they might see, that they might yield. The famine this year is more general than in 1597: Thou sands upon thousands are offering to work for a penny a day. Yours in Jesus' love, E. M. Smilley. A LATER LETTER. Kaira, Guzerat, India, Dec. 2,1, 1599. Dear —: Your precious letter brought cheer to my heart. We do thank you and all the friends for the money. I know God will abundantly bless each and all who let their hearts draw out to feed the perishing people. The need for both physical and spiritual food is sore. The poor people are suffering so it is hard for them to take in the plan of salvation, simple though it is. Our numbers still increase, almost every day one or more are brought in. The Hindus have opened an orphanage. Once a child is placed there it can not be taken out. The girls will be ruined. We want to get all we can and. so save them from a living death. The people who come to us show more and more the want of food. God is working for my children. I have had seven who have been healed by him of the awful India sore eyes. One little girl went blind. But in two weeks her sight was restored. She again took bad and one of her eyes bursted. She seemed near death. But God in mercy spared her life. She can see with her one eye now. We are trusting God to finish his work in her other eye. Nothing is too hard for him. He gave me such a vision when she was blind. ' If Jesus was here in his body, how quickly I would take each one of the girls to him without the least doubt but that he would heal each one, and I would not think of leaving blind Kullia back, but would bring her first to the Master.' So by faith I took them one by one to him, and the next day Kullia said, " 0 mamma, I can see." And there was a decided change for the better in all of their eyes. The Lord also healed one who had a famine sore mouth. The Lord also most wonderfully lifted me out of all the nervous prostration and sleeplessness. I have a quietness through my body that I have never had before. Praise him for it all! Our hands and hearts are full. Continue praying for us. Ever trustingly yours, E. M. Smilley. ANNOUNCEMENT. Colfax, " W ash., Jan. 18. Dear Brethren in. the West: I feel it to be to God's glory for me to write you a few lines through The Gospel Trum-pet in regard to the Evening Light Pub-lishing Co. at what has been known heretofore as the Saints' Home. For a long time we have felt the need of a branch office in the west. It takes so long to get books by freight from Moundsville. So now we have a book establishment with hopes of a branch office in the future. We have now a full stock of books in this office such as are published by the Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co. We also have a small press which we will keep at work for God printing tracts, etc. We are preparing to do business for God in the west. As to prices on books from the office, we will furnish books so agents can get them from us at the same prices they can from Moundsville. Any orders under $ 6.00 we will furnish at Moundsville retail prices, we paying postage or ex-press. Any one sending in orders for books that we do not carry, the order will be forwarded to Moundsville and books sent. direct from Moundsville to person ordering, at Moundsville prices. Anything on the line of camp- meeting bills can be furnished at a reasonable price and on short notice. We earnestly solicit the prayers of those who are inter-ested in the work in the west, that God thtehiLsotfd . ceGeao. wbleilslsinnagaktoe s. uwc. c eBsasileayn. d a THE W. Va., Feb. 15, 1900. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Metered at the Post- olidee at Moundsville, W. Va., . e Second- elms Matter. E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the Unity of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - Vita England, - 6s. 2d. . Germany, 6 Marks 18 pf. ELV— All Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. Business Communications, moneys, etc.. must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA. to Insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsible. Editorial. Remember the June camp- meeting at Moundsville, W . Va., June 7- 17. Bro. Axup from the Rescue Mission, Canton, Ohio, writes that they are hav-ing successful meetings in that place, and among those saved was a saloon- keeper who has given up his business to follow Christ. They are also calling for liter-ature for free distribution. Mrs. J. E. McLean, of Friend, Nebr., who is am importer of fresh flower seeds of choice selections, writes that she will furnish ten packages of fresh flower seeds for ten cents, and all the money sent in for the same will be used for sufferers and spread of the gospel in India, which she says can be sent to Bro. Tufts. who has recently gone to India. On " another page, is a notice of the earnest appeals for the gospel in. India. While the famine is raging, and people are dying in great numbers, many will send in for their temporal need, but how many will think of sending for the gos-pel? It is sad indeed to see them dying without the gospel ; therefore let us make every effort to relieve them, even though it may be at a great sacrifice. Since there have been frequent appeals for help for starving India, quite a num-ber of our readers have responded by sending in their means; others write that they would give, but would like to know whether or not the means will be properly used when it reaches them. In reply would say that we send to only such persons as are reliable, and who will use the same as directed and to the glory of God. We are in correspondence with a number of reliable persons in India whose heart is in the work of saving souls, giving the people the gospel, and relieving the hungry and famine- stricken. Bro. Tufts, at last report, was on his Way to India, and will give special atten-tion to the distribution of any means sent him after his arrival, as he will doubtless visit the various places among the fam-ine- stricken, and will acquaint himself with the best methods of relieving them. Arrangements have been made, also, for the distribution of any amount of Bibles, Testaments, books, tracts, papers, etc., that we may send. There are many thousands of natives who can read the English language; and our books and other literature are being translated into the native languages. A brother in Illinois asks for some in-formation concerning a man by the name of Francis Truth, who advertises himself as a great divine healer. This man says he gives the personal treatment to the poor free, but no absent treatment is free. For absent, as well as personal, treatment he makes a charge of $ 5.00 for one month's treatment no matter what the ailment would be. We have made some investigation con-cerning this man, and a perusal of some of his writings is enough to convince one NOTICE. Chas. E. Orr, Hynson, Caroline Co., Md. is writing a sixty- page tract entitled " Christian Conduct; or, The Way to Heaven." The first part of the tract speaks of the eternity and blessedness of heaven. The second part tells how man must live to gain that blessed abode. It exposes dishonesty in trade, slang and impure conversation, bad habits, worldly pleasures, fashionable dress, home brawls, etc. By his having a large number printed this office has agreed to print them for him at a very low price. Being unable ' to use so many himself he desires to sell a few thousand. Any one wish-ing any of these tracts to distribute in their neighborhood can get them by the hundred or thousand at a very low price. Write him and tell him how many you want, and he will give you the price. BEWARE OF IMPOSTORS. About two years ago we made a note in the Trumpet warning our readers against certain ones in. Jerusalem, Pales-tine, who were sending cards, bits of olive wood, ' etc., which were followed by cards and letters stating that the writer was a converted Jew in very poor circumstances, sometimes representing himself as a boy who was trying to pro-vide for his mother, again letters written in the same hand and by the same person representing himself to be a very poor man with wife and children who were struggling with poverty, and begging those to whom he had written to send him whatever they felt led to send, try-ing to place some obligation upon them for the little worthless articles sent, in this way touching the sympathies of many who sent considerable money, which when received only caused the wily beggars to laugh and be filled with glee because of the success of their abject plans. We nave received from our read-ers many letters which came from Jeru-salem with those plaintive pleas for help. A comparing of the same shows that they are written by notorious impostors; and we advise our readers to make prop_ er investigation before sending to people in Jerusalem or elsewhere who make plaintive appeals for help. Even while India is in such great need of help it is well to be cautious, as many impostors are claiming to be working in behalf of India, when if Money is given it will never reach its destination. Truly India is in need. of help for bread and for the gospel, but many who state that they are working for the benefit of the people of India are only working to fill their own pockets. Many of our readers whose names have appeared in The Gospel Trumpet with their address have received letters from these foreign countries, also from different parts of America, and have received papers and tracts filled with heresy and false doctrines. Some take the paper and peruse it for the purpose of securing the names; therefore we advise our readers to not be imposed upon by such impos-tors. In like manner when a call is made for meeting in a new place ofttimes some impostor will write and state that he is ready to go and hold meeting, ofttimes asking to have the money advanced. In such, cases it is well to investigate and find out whether or not they are worthy. Before making a public appeal for help in any line in this country or foreign countries, we aim to make thorough in-vestigation and know whereof we speak, and in every way possible try to enlighten our readers concerning such matters, warning them not only against impostors on these lines, but concerning spiritual affairs. LETTERS FROM INDIA. The following letters from India were written to a sister in Canada. Kaira, Guzerat, India, Nov. 17, 1899. Dear : Your good letter received. I can not tell you how grateful I am for the means by which we can feed the hungry and also for your quick response to help the poor and needy. The famine is tightening its reins more and more each day. In Viramgan, one of our stations, the people come and. lie down in the compound and die. Sometime ago a whole family died in this way and about a week ago all died out of a family of six except the baby, which was two months old. So we have three babies in the orphanage now-- the youngest only six weeks old. Its mother was starving and could. not stand to see it slowly dying; so she left the poor little waif on the dry sand in the river. The English officials got it and sent it to me. I have taken in twenty-one during the last few weeks, but what will it be in a few months? We dare not think of it. We are enlarging the orphan-age to about five times its present capacity. I have asked the Lord to seal the work by saving the soul of each child that comes to us, to heal them, and to provide them with food and clothing. Praise his name! I can say that he has already done all three. The new girls kneel down now in prayer morning and night, praying to the living and true God. We have Bible study with prayer and singing night and morning. He has also healed one of the new girls. She was in a dying condition, but after prayer she re-vived. As soon as she could understand I told her about Jesus, and he healed her. God too is providing for them through the friends in the home land. Many thanks to each and every one who has contributed: I can not tell yon how glad I am that you are holding us up in prayer; for the awful pressure of the famine, the starving people at our door from morning to night, the greatly increased work in the orphanage, and the changing and enlarging of the build-ings prove almost too much for us. But God is sufficient. I am just back from wBoemekbsa. y I, hwahde roen lIy w aa ste snetn itn ttoh ere gsitr lfso'r y tawrdo. THE CHICAGO WORK. The object of this article is to present the work in Chicago as viewed from both a financial and a spiritual standpoint. I desire to give the readers of The Gospel Trumpet as clear an idea as possible by presenting this work in detail as it now stands. GOSPEL TRUMPET • Inth tahte h . efi rirsss tto pnllayc ae dhiev iins ea d meaelreer qinu ancakm; he. e is in the business for the money there is in it. As the subject of divine healing is being greatly agitated throughout the world, by calling himself a divine healer he thereby works upon the sympathies of Christian people and captivates many who do not fully consider the teachings of the word of God. When Jesus Christ sent out his twelve apostles and told them to go and heal the sick, he did not tell them to charge five dollars for a month's treatment, but said, `` Freely ye have received; freely give."— Matt. 10: 7, 8. - When Jesus was here upon. earth the people who came to him for healing did not require monthly treat-ments, neither did his apostles require anything of the kind; but faith was re-quired on the part of the sick or those who brought them. To one Jesus said, " According to thy faith so be it unto you." To another, " As thou hast be-lieved." To another, " Thy faith bath made thee whole" etc. The instructions given to the children of God, which lasts throughout all generations, of which we read in Jas. 5: 14, 15, says that the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed any sins, they shall be forgiven. Now we will quote from Mr. Francis Truth's writings, wherein he says, " Many persons whom I cure are skeptics, infidels, atheists, unbelievers in God, and often revilers of God and religion. Belief of the patient does not make one bit of difference to me." He says, " The time is near at hand when. there will be many divine healers." In one sense his word may be true, but not of the kind of him-self. God will raise up people and give them the gift of divine healing and send them forth to do such work accordi g to the word of God. The Bible tells us in Rev. 16: 14 of the time when there will be false healers going forth, and says, " For they are the spirits of devils, work-ing miracles, who go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of God almighty." This man is doubtless of the Christian Scientist stripe, mingled with Spiritualism or mag-netic powers. He may be able to do wonders, but people should not be de-ceived by such men, believing them to be sent forth as divine healers. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 5 THE GENERAL GATTI- FIRING. It is necessary in a city of this size where there are a few ( say three hun-dred) saints, scattered to a radius of nearly forty miles, that there should be a general gathering at least once a week for the unity of the faith, concentration of effort, and mutual cooperation. Chi-cago like all other cities has a business center where most of the railroads, and street- car systems focus, and since there is no transfer throughout this central part without paying a second fare it is necessary that • the general gathering be somewhere in the center of Chicago, and we are favored with a nice, neatly fur-nished hall lighted by electricity, heated by steam, and having a seating capacity for 200, on the second floor of the Ma-sonic Temple, corner of State and Ran-dolph streets at $ 15.00 per month, or an average of $ 3.50 a service. This meeting is now going on its third year, and from the very first has done more to spread the light in Chicago than all other meet-ings. I know whereof I speak and wherein success has been apparent in the general gathering. It carried the same influence throughout the work as a whole, and a failure or neglect in this service has likewise carried an opposite effect, apparent to all. Scores and hun-dreds of people have found their way to this meeting and were so favorably im-pressed by the spirituality and unity manifested that soon they found them-selves in the light. People in rural districts may say $ 3.50 for one service is quite expensive. True, it is for rural districts, but not so for the center of Chicago; we are highly favored. But with nearly eight years' experience in rural- district evangelizing I will not hesitate to say to obtain the same results in winning souls in small towns and country places will average equally as great if not a greater actual expense. But God forbid that ally of his saints will undertake to place an estimate on gold or silver in comparison with the real value of souls. If all the finances ever invested to carry on God's work were placed on one side of the balance and one redeemed soul on the other side, your gold and silver would be as chaff. May God open our eyes to see this truth. But some have said since the mission is a large and beautiful hall with exclusive privileges, - W by not drop the Temple meeting and have the general gathering in the mission, and save the $ 15.00 per month? This looks plausible. But the mission has a line of work of its own, and to try to conduct the general gather-ing in the mission would simply dispense with the general gathering, and this will seriously cripple the work. But how about the fifteen dollars? Suppose one hundred fifty saints attend the meeting. Fifty of them could reach the mission or Temple for one fare, and fifty by walk-ing one mile could reach the mission for one fare, but fifty would be unable to walk the mile or limited in time; so it will cost two extra fares for them. This will amount to $ 5.00 per Sunday— over $ 20.00 per month. So it will not save any of the Lord's means to remove from the Temple, only as the interest of a general meeting wanes. THE SPIRITUALITY. I am unable to give you any idea. Each service is something like our best camp- meeting, where one hundred fifty to two hundred hungry saints and earnest inquirers are gathered to drink in the truth, followed usually by real salvation work, divine healing, etc., and the testi-monies are wonderful. OPE N massiox at 311W. Madison street is a large store-room with. basement, 24x100 feet, with a seating capacity of 300, with a parti-tion and four nice rooms for light house-keeping in rear, furnishing a home for workers and a means of access to the public, where spiritual help and counsel can be had at all hours. Rent is $ 50.00 per month. This may seem high, but remember W. Madison is a business street, where large crowds are continu-ally passing; small buildings in poor localities could be had cheaper, but city work has always proved a failure when located in some obscure quarter. It is the people we want, and we must go where they are. The results have been very satisfactory, the attendance fair, and interest splendid. Real conviction is settling down on the people, many hands going up for prayers, and several seeking God and landing him in pardon, purity, healing, etc. Services are held every night, and Sunday mornings at 10.30. As soon as we can get tables, bookcase, etc., we will open a quiet reading- room, open every week day from 8.00 a. m. to 4.00 p. m., and, the Lord willing, we expect to have a Sunday-school every Sunday morning in the near future. We now have our cards to ad-vertise the mission, and as the Lord sup-plies means we expect to arrange every-thing in order with signs, mottoes, etc. But best of all is the Spirit of God mov-ing in the camp of the saints and by the grace of God we all with united effort can but expect great things of our God. To- day the prospect for the future work is by far the brightest ever witnessed in Chicago. FAITH MISSIONARY HOME at 7300 Stewart Ave. is a large ten-room house, furnace heat, gas light, and located in a beautiful residence part of the city, centrally located between the city proper and South Chicago or Pull-man, Roseland, South Englewood; twenty minutes on railroad, or forty minutes on street- car from the Home to the business center of Chicago'. Young people's meeting every Monday night and a mid- week meeting every Thursday afternoon at 2.30 is held in the Home. No one inexperienced in city work can comprehend the advantages gained by having such a center from which there is access to all parts of the work, and to the general public, and a convenient stopping- place for workers remaining in Chicago, or those wild stop to help for a short time, etc. The rent for this house is $ 25.00 a month. The saints in South Chicago expect soon to open an every- night mission there, and those of Roseland are seri-ously contemplating an advance on the same line. 114TOIDENTAL EXPENSES. It would be difficult to estimate the expenses for fuel, light, water, and food. Besides general housekeeping expendi-tures there is expense for ear- fare, furni-ture, general wear and breakage by acci-dent, etc., etc. Also Bro. Bonk, who is devouting his entire time in the interest of the Open Mission work, has a large family depending on him for support. He needs your earnest prayers. I believe I have fairly opened before you the present state of the work. ', How-ever, I have neglected to state the pro-gress among the many different national-ities; but the outlook is grand. Now, dear saints, I am not going to beg you in this article to cooperate with faith and means, provision, etc. You are going to do what the Lord leads, and a solicitation on my part would be use-less, and more, a real source of tempta-tion on. the part of those whose hearts are narrow and rather disposed to mur-mur. But my prayer is that God will enlarge our hearts accoraing to his rule abundantly. Amen NOTE. Within the past eighty days the rent of hall in Masonic Temple has been kept paid up; Faith Missionary Home at 7300 Stewart Ave., with its present furnish-ings, has sprung into existence, and the rent paid in advance from Nov. 20; the Open Mission with its present furnish-ings, etc. and the first month's rent ($ 50.00) paid in advance, from Jan. 1; and the glorious assembly- meeting ex-penditures all met, every bill, including coal, gas, etc., all paid up to date except $ 14.00 back on furniture for the Home. A goodly share of next month's rent now in the treasury. I do not ignore the faith given me, but I attribute this success rather to the faithfulness of God and the mutual cooperation of God's dear saints who have the work of God at heart. - May God richly reward all who have so kindly contributed to the ad-vancement of the Lord's work in Chi-cago, either by prayer, money, or provi-sion. We hereby tender you our most grateful thanks. Geo. L. Cole. DELIVERANCE FROM CATHOLICISM. I was a Roman Catholic, and lived as I thought a good Christian. Until I reached my forty- sixth year. I firmly believed in " the Holy Roman Catholic Church" and thought that outside of its fold no one could be saved. God in his infinite mercy has brought me out of darkness into his marvelous light, and revealed to me the secret of all happi-ness. I no• longer believe it necessary to go to priest or bishop to make confession of sins. God's word assures me that " the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleans-eth us frond all sin" ( 1 Inc). 1: 7), " and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight." 1 Jno. 3: 22. One evening while on the street I was attracted by beautiful singing and wanted to go to hear it. My friend wanted to go to the Salvation Army, telling me it was they that I heard singing. We walked up the street and came opposite a group of God's children singing. I do not think I had ever heard such beautiful singing. I do praise God for the street-meeting. When they stopped singing a brother invited all to their hall. My company and I followed them. I was unconscious of what I was doing. We did not go very far into the hall. The dear Lord had convicted me of sin while on the street, but I did not know it at that time. I heard only a part of the sermon. I was so burdened and troubled. I soon felt that I must go home, and got up and left, feeling I had committed a great sin in going into that meeting. I was so troubled. I could not say my prayers— could not even read them from the prayer- book. I resolved within myself that as soon as morning came I would go to the priest and confess, thinking I would then feel better; but God did not permit me to go to the priest, but sent a friend of mine early the next morning to go to his sink wife while he went for the doctor. There I was kept all day, but when night came I went to the meeting again. It seemed I was not conscious of where I was going that night. I heard the testimonies of God's dear children, and I really wondered, can they be telling the truth? If so I wished I was like them. When the brother asked if there were any in the audience that wished the prayers of God's children, to raise their hands, be-fore I was conscious of what I was doing, lip went my hand, and then the devil said, " Now you have done it." But I did not them know it was the devil; for I really believed I was a good Christian, but I heeded the devil and got up and went out. I believe I was the most miserable person. on earth. I felt I was doomed. So I was, but was not conscious of it. When on my way home I again re-solved within myself that I would go to the priest as soon as morning came and tell all to him; for Catholics are not allowed to go to any other church. I did not close my eyes until after four o'clock. I was so deeply convicted, but I did not know it. I fell asleep and did not awaken— had to be called. It was near nine o'clock a. m., and I was to be at the conrt- house at half past nine. I did not even get breakfast, and all thought I was gone to the priest. I was kept busy all day, and when evening came went to meeting again regardless of all the resolutions that I had made the night before. This night I went up a little nearer the saints. It seemed that the brother was preaching to me, and when he got through he asked if there were any sinners in the audience that wanted pardon and peace. If so, they would unite in prayer with. them. Before I was aware of it I had presented myself for prayer, and it was there the dear Lord opened my blind eyes and showed me I was a sinner and showed me the need of a Savior, and there on my knees he forgave me and gave me peace and joy I never had be-fore. Jesus healed my sin- sick soul and my heart was full of praise to my God, and is full now. Praise the Lord! My faith grows stronger and I can trust him for all things. The dear Lord has been my physician seven years. I would give up my life sooner than renounce my faith in God. Oh, how my heart goes out after my dear Catholic friends. My prayer is for God to open their eyes to see that we ought to pray to him and not to Mary, the mother of Jesus. God says, " Thou shalt have no other God before me" and also " there is no other name given un-der heaven, or among men whereby we must be saved than the name of Jesus." I can testify that I am saved now. Praise the Lord! Let me say in conclusion a word of how the dear Lord healed my husband. About' Christmas he had a severe attack of the grippe. We were without any human aid. Our nearest neighbor is a quarter mile off. I thought my husband was going to leave me. I called on the Lord to help. He was all my depen-dence. I felt so weak and helpless, but I heard a whisper, " I will not leave thee nor forsake thee." " He shall de-liver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. "-- Job 5: 19. I was confident that my husband was healed. In two days he went to work, sowing grain and plowing, and improved every day. He is now well ' and we give God all the glory. Praise his name! IA/ e ask the prayers of the saints that God' may keep us in the straight and narrow path. Jennie Snyder. News from the Field. Mesa, Ariz., Jan. 29. I am happy to greet you all once more through the columns of The Gospel Trumpet, and to report victory through our Lord Jesus Christ, both in my soul and in the work of the Lord. I closed a series of meetings at this place last night, which I feel has been - very profit-able. About seven souls professed salva-tion from sin, and others were greatly benefited. To God be all the glory. The last day of the meeting, ten happy saints followed the el- ample of Jesus in baptism. The Lord has established his truth in this place despite the oppositions of the devil, and I believe there will be a more fruitful harvest of souls in the future. I hope to hold a series of meet-ings in Tempe, and also in Phoenix be-fore leaving the valley_ I expect ( D. V.) to return east through Texas. If there are any congregations in that part that would like to have us visit them on our return, we would be glad to hear from them soon. My address is Phoe-nix, Ariz. Please remember me in your prayers. The precious blood of Jesus cleanses from. all sin and sanctifies me wholly. Praise his dear name! Otto Bolds. Flat, Mo., Feb. 4. We are praising God for full salvation, perfect peace, and constant victory. We left our home three months ago to go out into gospel work, and have been much blessed of the Lord, he making 6 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET our labors fruitful, giving us souls for our hire, anointing us with his Holy Spirit to preach the pure word without compromise, with much love and joy in our souls. We have held meeting at the following places: Roseberry, and Flat and Brookshire schoolhouses, all near Edgar Springs. We preached twenty-one times at Roseberry. Three or four were saved, one sanctified ( by a second work of grace), and one healed of goiter and other diseases. We held meeting about four weeks at Flat; four or five were saved and one sanctified. At the Brookshire schoolhouse meeting lasted three weeks. Seven or eight were saved ( genuine conversions), three sanctified, and some healing done, of the Lord, for which we give him all the glory. Many have given up the use of tobacco and coffee. Some secret societies have gone to reading their Bibles. The parents of several families have gotten saved and are holding family worship. Truly the Lord has been working and has done great things for some, as they testify, whereof they are glad. To God be all the glory. W e expect to continue in this work as the Lord gives us good health and his divine approval. We ask the earnest prayers of all the dear saints for us and the work at this place, as well as all other. Julia Myers. Rayville, Mo., Feb. 1. To- day my report is that I am. saved. Hallelujah! I came to this point and began meeting in Jesus' name. Our meeting lasted just two weeks; from fifty to seventy- five were at the altar, and all got a benefit, as far as I know— some justified and others sanctified. One man told his wife he would not live with her if she professed sanctification; but all praise to God's matchless name, he sanctified her. I found much opposi ton from the whisky element, and one old man, a wandering star, left our meeting in a fit of passion. But God helped me to lay judgment to the line, and his pre-cious truth swept away false creeds, false customs, false traditions, false standards of morals, and false conceptions of God. My life is like a stormy sea, which in its depth is calm and undisturbed, but is lashed into commotions by opposition from false religions. And any man who will undertake to root up error and tear down the structure reared thereon must lead a stormy life, providing his aim is accomplished. The feet that will follow Jesus will be oftentimes bleeding, tired, and worn, but, oh, the sweetness and completeness! I shall go to Mound City, Mo., my old home, over Sunday, then to Shott, Mo., another new field. I am expecting great things this year. Brethren, let us take this work to heart more and try and enlarge the Trumpet. Labor together; in unity there is strength, divided we fall. May God bless us all more and more is my prayer. Geo. S. Backus. Colfax, Wash., Feb. 1. I again report through the columns of the Trumpet to let you know how the good Lord is dealing with as in Wash-ington. Our time is being faithfully and successfully spent in his service here, and the work is moving on glori-ously. This field seems more ripe for harvest than ever before. There are anxious calls on every side for the pure gospel, and we are praying the Lord of the harvest to send forth more laborers into this precious field. Last December we held a very successful meeting be-tween St. John and Pine City at the Enterprise schoolhouse, where twenty-one in all were saved and fled from sectism. There were some sanctified, but we are sorry to say that some of the young people did not stand very long. At the close of this meeting we had bap-tizing and a precious ordinance- meeting. After this we went home for a short time on business, and Jan. 11 we com-menced meeting a few miles north of Colfax at the Hubbard schoolhouse, where four were saved and one sanctified. We then returned to Enterprise again, and had a five days' meeting which was truly blessed of God. Three renewed their covenant with God, one was saved, and four sanctified. There are others yet at this place who will flee from Babel confusion. We left the happy little band rejoicing and full of victory, with strong determinations to live by every word of God. Luke 4: 4. We are now on our way to visit the dear breth-ren, and fill anxious calls about seventy-five miles north of Spokane where we expect to labor for several months. Any one writing to us can address to Colfax, Wash. Jas. B. and Flora Peterman. and L. E. Neal. Berne, Ind. We wish to testify to the goodness of God in saving and keeping our souls in his love. We wrote to the Trumpet from near North Star, Ohio, where we were engaged in a meeting in which there were about twenty- five consecrations. The Lord captured whole families. The meeting closed with good interest and with conviction on some. Bro. Bragg was with us the last week of the meeting. After this we held a two weeks' meeting at Nottingham, Ind., in company with Brother and Sister Bragg and Bro. Fos-night. The Lord was with us and blessed our souls, and the people were very much interested. There were three consecra-tions, and many acknowledged the truth and said they would walk in the light. This was a new place. The evening light had never been set forth here, but we found friends to the truth. After this meeting we returned home and moved our family to Adams Co., Ind. Our permanent address will be Berne, Ind. We came to Sidney, Ohio, about two weeks ago and have been laboring with the brethren at this place since our coming, and the Lord is blessing the people. We shall probably continue about two days yet at this place. There have been fourteen consecrations in the meeting up to the present time and a general good interest. We trust the Lord will keep the dear brethren at this place in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace. We give God the glory for all he has done for the people, and we much desire the prayers of all the breth-ren that the Lord will keep us humble, where he can use us to his glory and to the good of the people. Brethren, there is great need of us as workers to lose sight of self and selfish motives and see noth-ing in the work but God's glory and the people's good. Oh, that God would send really consecrated workers into the field. Elihu Key. Granby, Mo., Feb. 6. In the name of Jesus we can again report victory over the powers of dark-ness. With our company I have recently returned from Wichita, Kans., where for six weeks we have been laboring at the Gospel Mission. Most precious were the meetings; souls were saved and sanc-tified, and the little church, which has passed through many struggles, was much strengthened. For seven years they have kept rented a mission hall, and only God knows what the faithful few have suffered and endured that the people of that city might have the priv-ilege of hearing the pure gospel. Their labor in the Lord has not been in vain. Their prayers, their tears, their lives of sacrifice, have touched the heart of the loving Father, and they are reaping a rich reward. We shall ever praise the Lord that, we responded to his and their call and went to the assistance of those who so much needed some one. We believe the way is clear for a last-ing and glorious work there. Many colored people attended the meeting, several of whom sought and obtained an experience that thrilled their soul with joy and gladness. I have always found these people hard to reach, as it is a difficult matter to get them to attend the meetings, so ranch prejudice existing among them; but I have learned that when once saved, their consecration goes as deep as any people I have ever met, even more so than many others. How many- people would be glad to go to Africa or India to preach among those dark- hued faces? This is right, and we must do it, or their blood will be required at our hands. But are we as willing to hunt them out in our own native land? Is the heart filled with the same love and pity, as we behold them here, sitting in darkness? 0 dear ones, how my heart has been touched, as I witnessed among this people their devotion, their fastings, their sacrifices. I verily be-lieve they would rather go hungry from day to day than that any of their work-ers should lack anything. May God ever bless all the dear saints in Wichita, who so tenderly cared for us during our stay there, and supplied needs for the future. And now a word to all the saints everywhere. To you who have plenty, be careful. Did you when consecrating say, " Take my silver and my gold Not a mite would I withhold"? Be true to that consecration, or your gold and silver will eat like a canker. Forget not the needs of God's cause. Look for a moment at dark India with her mass of starving humanity— starving both for the gospel and for bread. W ho will respond to her stirring appeals? Other foreign fields are begging for the gospel. God demands that we send it to them. Then let your mind run back to our own land, to the many, many places where the evening light has never been taught. Thous ands are bound up in sectism and many other deceptions. Dear brethren, is there any of the Lord's money in your granaries, stock-fields, or purses, whereby this glorious gospel can be carried? Look quickly, and see. Then let us for a moment view the publishing work, sending forth its tons of pure literature by land and by sea. How many hearts have been glad-dened by unceasing labor of the workers! Will you by your earnest prayers and the means you have at your command help them bear their burdens? Neither would we forget the many missions that are being opened in different cities, with their earnest workers, who for the love of precious souls are enduring many hard-ships. God bless you, my dear colabor-ers. My heart is with you in this great mission work. Have you ever thought how much help a few hundred pounds of provisions would be in the mission home? Please take a peep into your wheat- bins, your cellars, and storehouses, and see if you do not find something there of which the Lord has need for these faithful workers. What a blessing you will get upon your soul; proving indeed that it is more blessed to give than to receive." Then here are the flying messengers going to and fro, carrying the glad tidings of salvation, sacrificing the com-forts and pleasure of home, enduring for Jesus' sake the separation of loved ones, besides the many poor and needy saints scattered abroad— all these must be re-membered. Now I will ask a question. With all of these needs staring us in the face, can we spend the Lord's money in an extravagant manner, lavishing upon our homes, upon our unsaved children, adorning them in fashionable apparel simply to gratify the pride of their car.. nal heart, that they may make an ap-pearance equal with worldly people's children? Dear ones, for the love that I have for you, and for God's eternal truth, I must answer this question for you. No, a thousand times, no. Be-ware! I sound in your ears a note of warning. Study the Word. Obey in all things. Do as did the wise men who came to see Jesus. Matt. ca': 2. Open up your treasures and present them unto him who died to save you and yours, and in the great eternity you will find them safely housed in the " building of God, an house not made with hands, eter-nal in the heavens." 2 Cor. 5: 1. Cornelia A. Sunderland. Winslow, Ark-, Feb. 1. God has been very merciful and good to us. Nearly two months ago I fell while on the mountain side, and threw my ankle out of place. Some of the neighbors found me and I was taken home. In a few days a doctor said he would like to see my foot. He exam-ined it and said there were three bones broken and that it never would be all right, but God wonderfully made it every whit whole. Praise his name! The doctors do not know our God. Without the aid of man I am walking. I weigh 325 pounds. Yesterday one of my horses kicked me and came very near killing me. It cut a gash three inches long in. my head. all who read this, pray for me. Dan Murphy. Requests for Prayer. Mary C. Stoup requests prayer that she may be perfectly healed. Pray that Eliza Beasley may have her mind, speech, and general health restored. Pray earnestly that Mrs. Perry's hearing may be restored. Physicians can do noth-ing for her. B. L. Brodersen requests the earnest prayers of all the saints on Feb. 25 for soul and body. I ask the prayers of the saints that I may be sanctified and. healed of a nervous dis-ease. Fannie Alexander. I have taken a severe cold and it has settled in my throat and back. Pray ear-nestly for my healing. Ann Stukey. For a year past I have been suffering from consumption and weakness of the stomach. Pray for my body and soul. Edward Kyle. G. Clasen desires the saints everywhere to join in earnest prayer that his little boy, three and one- half years of age, may be healed of inflammatory rheumatism. Calls for Meetings. Rutledge, Ore. Some tree ministers of the Lord are desired. Laura Whitney. Carbondale, Ohio. We want some of the Holy Ghost preachers with the gift of heal-ing to conic to our place with a tabernacle. The people here never heard much about the church of God. If any one feels led to come, address Mary M. Dowler. Fairfax, Atchison Co. Mo. I would be so glad to hear a good Co., Ghost sermon preached once more. The new doctrine against sanctification, we do not accept and know it is not Bible doctrine. They have preached against the healing power. Can not some of God's ministers come here and hold. a meeting? Write to us. Adda Stoner. Okean, Ark. We have felt impressed for some time that God would be pleased to have a line of meetings to begin sometime in May at St. Louis, then follow the Iron Mountain R. R. down as far as Walnut Ridge, Ark., making stops between St. Louis, Mo. and Walnut Ridge, Ark. as will hereafter be made known. From Walnut Ridge we take an overland route through Lawrence and Randolph counties, Ark., then Ripley Co., Mo. and as the Lord may direct. We greatly desire Bro. J. N. Howard to accompany us with taber-nacle during the trip, but only as God leads. We desire to correspond with all the saints interested in this matter alone the line. Our address is Okean, Ark. Charles Ford. Meeting Notices. Muncie, Ind. Beginning Feb. 12, to last as long as the Lord wills. Bros. Key and Everts will be here. All lovers of the truth are welcomed. Any desiring to come, and not acquainted, can write to me and I will meet, them at depot. Lewis E. Smith, Normal City, Muncie, Ind. Columbia, S. C. March 2- 11. Assem-bly- meeting. All come praying that God will give us a glorious feast. Bros. J. F. Lundy, E. B. Haynes, and others are ex-tpSCietoocD. ln, tu ee, Cdm t. whr btoaroiriai tltb, e, e esS Mt W. po iCnrc. e ,. hM , s• 8. oe. rnMWC tR. a. a . r lFJl. ao .1cr 5 Sef-, um2 3r5it2th. h 1eA, r Ps• 1isln7aef9imon rL bmSilntya. e--, meeting. All are cordially invited. Come prepared to care for yourselves as much as possible. Please bring bedtick and bed-mdiinngis. t Weriea la brere ttrhursenti nfrgo mth eo tLhoerrd p taor tsse ntod assist. We ask those who can not attend to pray earnestly in behalf of this meeting. LMeicrho. y Sheldon, 482 Baker St., Detroit, DYING INDIA .. WEEPING: For the Gospe 44 DO YOU HEAR HER PLAINTIVE PLEA? 4 4 A recent letter from a converted Hindu, speaking in behalf of the natives, says: " We need a great number of Bibles, good books, tracts, papers, etc." Another brother preaching among the Mohammedans said his stock of books was soon exhausted, and the heathen were anxiously desiring to know more about the gospel of Jesus Christ. A Starving Indian Woman and Children- The Dying India Woman's Request. ' A woman dying in India said to the missionary, ` Do ask the people to send us the gospel a little faster. Tell them, we suffer, we die, with no one to pity, no one to help. Do ask them to send the gospel."— Reformed eiturch Record. 0 beloved brethren and sisters, can we hear such cries from the starving millions of India who are dying both for bread and for the gospel without rushing imme-diately to their rescue? Can we enjoy the many comforts of this life with which we are surrounded and not share them with this poverty- stricken and deceived people of India? Can we allow these precious souls to go into eternity without consecrating our money to send them the gospel? It seems to me that a perfect consecration constrains us even to deprive ourselves and share with them. We are willing to do our part here at the Trum-pet office. God has a great many con-secrated brothers and sisters here who are willing to labor night and day to make books and tracts to send to these people if means are only provided to buy the material. 0 dear ones, we appeal to your hearts in. the name of Jesus Christ to help us send the gospel to these dark lands. - W have made arrangements with the American Bible Society to purchase Bibles and Testaments at a very low figure to distribute among the heathen and the poor everywhere, and just as soon as the means are provided we are going to buy these Bibles by the thou-sands and ship them to the missionaries wherever they are needed, and to the poor throughout the world. Yon could not invest your money in anything that would pay you a larger interest in eternity than in this noble work. W e can send a Bible to a poor heathen in India just as cheap as we can send it to any one: in the United States, the postage is just : the same, and if you send money to send books to the heathen there will be no ex-pense deducted from the amount you send us except the actual cost of mailing and shipping these Bibles, books, and tracts to their destination. For one thousand dollars we could furnish nearly twenty thousand heathen with a testa-ment with good print that can be easily read. Where could you invest a thou-sand dollars that could be put to a better use? Dear ones, I know that you believe the blessed Bible and that they who die without Christ must perish; therefore I appeal to your loving heart in the name of Jesus Christ to push this good work. Do not neglect the free- literature fund. In the last four months many thousand dollars' worth of books and Bibles have been sent out from this office and we can send out many thousand dollars' worth more during the coming summer if the means is provided. Let every brother and sister who reads this appeal offer a special prayer as soon as you read it for iieaus to send the gospel to the poor heathen. We mean business for God, and we are determined to- go just as far as our means reach. Besides helping the heathen we are going to spread this glorious evening light as much as we can in this country. We have commenced to fish out souls in every part of the United States by send-ing literature to every family as rapidly-as possible. If there is anyone among the Trumpet readers who feels moved by the Spirit of God to use a thousand dol-lars in sending literature to the people oil' his own state, we will apply: it as he may-direct. We are able to secure the names of nearly every family in the United States, and can send them tracts and Trumpets as , silent preachers into their homes that will surely lead the unsaved ones to Christ, and many in sectism out into this beautiful oneness into which God is now calling his people. There is no end to the good we can do in this way. We have in the past few months fished out in some states some precious souls, who are now rejoicing to read the Trumpet and our books, and we are go-ing to push this work just as fast as means are sent in to buy material, pay postage, etc. Let us work with one heart and hand in this matter and God himself will reward us. NS t0040 44414- a0- - 49- 0ir4 - 1, r4 - r0 4040,114- 9- 4 - o4- 4,14- r0 - 49- 4 - 1r4 49414944 - T9r- ,1444/ 9499" W ' 4• 9in". 4 G4. Sc4he, llX. fig THE KINGD011 OF GOD And the One Thousand Years' Reign. if Contains 260 Pages. V" By H. M. RIGGLE. 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The great conflict between Michael and the Dragon ( Rev. 12), the dark reign of the beast and his image ( Rev. 13), the bind-ing and loosing of the dragon, and the one thousand years' reign ( Rev. 20), are all ex- • pounded in their true light. A line of 4 striking events are given, which giveb us data to 4 calculate our whereabouts on the stream of time. THE BOOK IS INTENSELY INTERESTING THROUGHOUT. 4 4t Address Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company, lioundsville, W. Va., UU. S . A A. zw ; 4_ 4. 4. 4 4. 4. 4. 4- 4- 4- 16. 4- - 0- .4. + 4. 4- .0- 4- -++ ZeCo neGritfir 0$ 4,146$ 40V0144014414144$ 440# 44446/ 444.# 44444$ 41$ 44441414444/ 4,) 4144# 800440r104 though some have made it clash by their constructions. Let us notice Rom. 7: 18—" For I know that in me ( that is, in my flesh); dwell-eth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not." We are told by some, that this word means our bodies. Do we believe this a correct application? Let us go into the eighth chapter. Here we find Paul discussing the same. Now, if in the seventh chapter the term flesh means our bodies, so it will be in the eighth. Let us consider Rom. 8: 8—" So then they that are in the flesh can not please God." Brethren we can see how absured it is for us to make such an application; for if such be right, as long as we remain in this fleshly body, we can not please God. " But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit."— Ver. 9. There again we would have to conclude that Paul was talking to some who were not in this fleshly body. Let us hear Paul to the Galatian brethren. Gal. 5: 19- 21. Here we have the works of the flesh named. Would not this be an awful life, after being freed from all sin, yet the flesh would still do these things. But let us hear Jesus and determine where these issue from. " For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciv-iousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man."— Mark ' T: 21- 23. Here we have it made clear: these works of the flesh come from the heart; then this flesh spoken of is carnality without a doubt, and is located in the heart. A Warning to the Rebellious. BY EFFIE LAVELL. ‘ 40II the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God'! how unsearchable are his judg-ments and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor." — Rom. 1: 33, 34. Many are the people of to- day who seem by their criticisms to desire to be the Lord's counsellors. They say by their actions : " Your plan of bringing souls to Christ through a free gospel ( 1 Cor. 9: 18) has failed to meet our ap-proval, so we have considered it neces-sary, for the benefit and encouragement of the preachers, to hire them by the month or year, giving them some stated salary which reaches over and above their temporal needs. " Your plan of church organization as shown in 1 tJor. 12: 13, 18, 28, we con-sider altogether too loose a system for carrying on this great work, so we have decided to form various human organiza-tions, thus more effectually holding Christians together, and also giving them liberty, to choose for themselves among the various creeds, the one which suits them best. This liberty could not be had in the narrowly contracted way you have set forth in your W ord. " Your ordinance of feet- washing in Jno. 13: 14, 15 we consider too humiliat-ing for all classes, and quite inappropri-ate; so we have decided not to observe it, not being quite certain, however, that you meant just what you said. " As for your healing the sick as taught in Jas. 5: 14, 15, we know it is within your power, but since we have tested man's power, we have decided it will do quite as well, and trust that you will bless the means; but we have de-cided to leave this commandment as a thing of the past" What ignorance! To place the wis-dom of finite man above the wisdom of the infinite God, the Creator of all things. Nevertheless it is a positive fact that such ignorance does exist,' neither is it in any way excusable in the sight of God. For at one time God " winked" at ignorance, but " now com-mandeth all men every where to repent" ; and repentance endows us with wisdom from above. So there is no excuse. But how it must grieve that great heart of love to look down into the heart of man whom he died to save, and thus behold the expression of the heart acted out, lightly setting aside and ignoring his precious commands. I have even heard it argued by sect professors, that ignorance was the reason why human organizations were not adopted by the apostles ( whom God sent out giving them the Holy Ghost as their teacher), and that as people were grow-ing more intelligent they had found out that the gospel work could be carried on much more successfully by human or-ganizations than in the loose way in which it was conducted in those days. Thus placing their wisdom above tha of the Holy Ghost. Certainly, to say the least, this is a dangerous position to take, and it is time for each of God's true children with one accord to cry out against such presumption. Others who uphold infant baptism, and know it would be vain to try to call forth any scripture to substantiate their doctrine, acknowledge that there is no scripture for it, but say they believe it to be approved of God because it seems to them. like such a " sacred and sublime way of committing their children into the hands of God." This may seem so to some, but if this actually were a " sublime and sacred way" God in his wisdom would not have left it out of his word; for we read in 2 Tim. 3: 16- 17— " All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is prof table for doctrine, for re-proof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." Now, is not this plain enough that all may understand that not one thing could be added to these blessed scriptures which would be of any profit or would add to our spirituality or per-fection? And ninety per cent. of these dear souls who uphold this doctrine of infant baptism, actually do not realize what they are saying, or what it means to " commit their children into the hands of God" neither do they in many cases do it; but if God should call their little ones to come and dwell with him, they would rebel, and only give them up through compulsion, and could not, through a feeling of submission say, " Thy will be done." We have sufficient scripture to prove that anything presented to the people as doctrine found outside of the blessed Word, however sacred it may seem, has God's most positive disapproval. W e read in Prov. 30: 5, 6—" Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." In connec-tion with this read Rev. 22: 18, 19. This world is not only filled with pro-fessors who are adding to, but also those who are taking from the Bible, by de-claring that there are many command-ments in the word of God which are not necessary for us to obey; such as feet-washing, plain dressing, excluding of gold, etc., anointing of oil and praying for the sick, holy conversation, main-, taming perfect unity among God's chil-dren, and many other things too numer-ous to mention. Now I appeal to your better judgment and common sense. If these command-ments are not for us to obey, have we any reason to believe that the many promises connected with them, even the promise of heaven and immortal glory, are for us to enjoy? If we are so pre-sumptions as to exclude one, why not exclude all? No, says one, this wouldn't do. Then accept, believe, and obey one and all, and be made partakers of all the blessings connected with them. Is this more than our duty? And is it not " sound doctrine"? The other will land The healing may or may not be instan-taneous. Many were healed instantly. Luke 4: 40; Acts 5: 16. Palsied man-- by faith of those who brought him, Matt. 9: 2. The leper— by his own faith. Matt. 8: 2. The father of Publius— by faith of Paul. Acts 28: 8. The servant— by the faith of the centu-rion. Matt. 8: 13. The ten lepers were healed as they journeyed. Luke 17: 14. Epaphroditus sick— God had mercy on him. Phil. 2: 27. Some received handkerchiefs and aprons from Paul. Acts 19: 12. The blind man at first was not com-pletely healed. Mark 8: 23, 24. Perfect healing of the blind man. Mark 8: 25. The nobleman believed— his son began to amend from that hour. Jno. 4: 50, 52. Paul left Trophimus at Miletum sick. 2 Tim. 4: 20. Importunity. Blind Bartimeus. Two blind men. The woman of 22- 28. A woman suffered many things of phy-sicians. Mark 5: 26. She was healed by faith. Mark 5: 34. Instructions to us— prayer and sending for elders. Jas. 5: 13, 14. Means to be used— anointing with oil, laying on of hands, and prayer of faith. Jas. 5: 14, 15; Mark 16: 18. This privilege has not been taken from the church. Heb. 3: 8; Jas. 5: 15; Jude 3. " Is any sick among you?"— includes all who have faith enough to send for the elders— saint or sinner. Jas. 5: 14, 15. sinners may be healed and forgiven. Jas. 5: 15; Luke 4: 41; Matt. 9: 2- 6. Jesus still has the power, ability, and willingness to heal all who ask in faith believing. Heb. 13: 8; Eph. 3: 20,, 21.— From " The Great Phy-sician." Contagious Disease. Some time ago I wrote to the Trumpet brethren to pray that I might be healed of a contagious disease resembling itch. I was anointed by a sister here in accord-ance to the instructions in James, and God graciously healed me. Pray that I may always be true. Will Johnson. Spencer, S. D., Jan. 4, Neuralgia Healed. I feel that the Lord wants me to tell what he did for me on the 8th of Jan-uary, 1900. I had had the neuralgia in my jaw for three months. I was read-ing " The Grace of Healing" and by its instructions I was healed before I got off my knees. Praise the dear Lord! My jaw was starting to swell, but when the mighty healing power touched it I felt the disease leaving. Praise God! I am healed. Pray that I stay at the feet of Jesus. S. J. Ellison. Morrow, Miss. FLESH. BY EDGAR FLEENOR. THERE has been considerable said on this subject by some; and also a very wrong application made of the same. The word " flesh" does not always refer to our bodies; so we should be careful as to the applications. First, not to make an application that will conflict with some other part of God's word. Second, not to make application to carry out some point of doctrine. For God's word is a book of harmony, your souls into perdition with all those who " know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. 1: 8. Is it not time, dear ones, who are adding to and taking ! roin from Rev. 22: 18, 19, which says, " If God's precious words, to take warn ing any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." With these scriptures before us can we afford to continue teaching for doctrine the commandments of men, when, according to Col. 2: 22, " all are to perish with the using" ; thus sealing tour doom? S ome may say that they do not see it that way. Why not? Here it is plain before your eyes. There is only one cause given in the word of God for spiritual blindness, and that is, un-belief and rebellion against God. God speaking through the mouth of Paul concerning the Jews, in Rom. 11: 7, says, " What then? Israel hath not ob-tained that which he seeketh for; but the election [ those who were elected through believing God's word] bath obtained it, and the rest were blinded." " According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit : of slumber, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, unto this day." Some will cry out against God, injustice! But let us see if God is unjust, or if they have brought this spiritual blindness upon themselves. We read in P, in. 9: 31, 32—" But Israel which follon ed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness." Why? ( Ver. 32.) " Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law." Again in Rom. 10: 21 we read concerning Israel: " Ali day long [ saith God] I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people." We note again the heartrending words of Jesus in Matt. 23: 37. " 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem . . . how often would I have gathered your children together even as a hen gath-ereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" Mark the goodness of God; though they had rebelliously refused to accept the mercies of God and the law of right-eousness through faith, and he had stricken them with spiritual blindness, yet he says in Rom. 11: 23, " And they also if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again." So, dear reader, let no one cry out, " Injustice" without searching, haahnonizing, and fairly weighing the scriptures; and to other dear readers who may be like the rebel-lious Israelites in desiring to ho0ld tto your own vain theories, instead of accepting God's plan and swinging aloof from everything but the Word, take warning; for these things herein taught are for our admonition. And as a double warning we cite you. to Rom. 1 : 28, which reads " And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient;" and then innumerating their many indulgences in sin, says, " Who knowing the judgments. of God that they which commit such things are worthy of death." " And if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee." — Rom. 11: 21. In conclusion we would say with the Psalmist, " I esteem all thy precepts con-cerning all things to be right; and I hate e" vLeerty u fsa lhseea wr athye." c— onPcslu. si1o1n9 o: 1f 2th8e. wAhnodle, matter. Fear God and keep his com-mandments; for this is the whole duty of man. "— Eccl. 12: 13. Praying that these scriptures and few remarks may prove a benefit to some erring souls, I leave the results with God. Divine Healing. Divine Healing. Mark 10: 46- 52. Matt. 9: 27- 31. Canaan. Matt. 15: |
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