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              Lind 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.
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So Nail) I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have
been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 	 Bze. 34: 12. Jir. 32: 39.
VOLUME XX. 	 MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1/ tO. 	 NUMBER 15
church, which includes our sympathy,
compassion, love, prayers, influence— in
fact, all the abilities we possess are free-ly
given; even our life is laid down, for
the. brethren, being members one of an-other.
If one member suffer, all suffer;,
if one is honored, all rejoice with him;
if one is persecuted or in distress, or
in need, we share according to our abil-ity.
Besides this are the gifts and
graces of the Spirit bestowed upon the
church in teaching, admonishing, re-proving,
rebuking, correcting, disciplin-ing,
etc.
The ministry of the church extended
to an individual, means very much. To
withdraw from an individual means-equally
as much, and this power is given
unto the church; therefore it is said in
Matt. 18: 18, " Whatsoever ye shall bind
on earth shall be pound in : heaven; and
whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven." A similar text is
found in jno. 20: 23—" Whosesoever sins
ye remit, they are remitted unto them;
and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are
retained." Then how cautious we should
be to receive them that God hath re-ceived,
and to reject them that God hath
rejected.
FORGIVING BINS.
It may sound strange to seine to say
that we forgive sins. Do not accuse me
of turning . Roman Catholic if I say we
do forgive sins. I recently remarked,
" I have been forgiving sins for many
years." I will now explain how I forgive
sins. When I am conscious through the
Spirit that God has forgiven the sins of
any one, I forgive him too. Every one
does not do this as perfectly as is pleas-ing
unto God. For instance, here are
two sinners; one has not gone very far
into crime and in. ] iity, the other has
gone into the depths of sin. Each alike
repents of his sins and. God freely for-gives
both. How ; natural it is for us to
forgive the one that : has not been deep
in sin, never calling to mind his past
sinful life, but how about the other one.
Do we forgive him his sin, blot it out of
mind, and consider him as pure as the
other one? Therefore " if thy brother
trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if
he repent, forgive him." There is a
sense in which we may forgive those who
trespass against us and do not repent;
that is, we do not hold their trespass in
our hearts as a grudge, but entertain a
kindly feeling toward them; but if they
have not repented of their trespass, we
can not restore them to our confidence or
grant them the privileges belonging to
the redeemed ones, whereas if they
repent, we restore them to their
primitive state or to that of any child of
God.
Now if there were no discernment in
the church of God, hoW. would we know
who are the proper ones to receive the
privileges of the church? Therefore ye
shall " return, and discern . . . be-tween
him that serveth God and him
that serveth him not." " Then thou
shalt see, and flow together." Again,
" And have been all made to drink into
one Spirit." Hence the love and fel-lowship
flowing out to the redeemed is
sufficient to warrant us who are worthy
of such privileges.
BY Oho. L. COLE.
TT is a generally conceded fact that
I wherever this glorious reformation of
Bible holiness has gone forth, God is
gathering a pure people who discern the
one body— the church of God— which is a
pure church without spot or wrinkle or
any such thing, holy and without blemish.
But the simple fact that the church is a
spiritual church, and God takes in tha
members by the new birth, and separates
all who sin from this spiritual body, is
not sufficient of itself to keep the church
pure; because many profess to be
justified whom God has never justified;
and of those whom God justifies, many
fall from grace but still cling to a pro-fession,
and if unrestrained, evil spirits of
every kind will assume a profession of
Christianity and presume to belong to
the body of Christ; therefore God has
a method of dealing with such, by re-moving
them from the field of profession
or from the confidence and acknowl-edgment
of the ti uly saved ones.
It is not enough that God accepts
those whom he saves; the church must
also receive them. Rom. 14: 1 reads:
" Him that is weak in the : faith receive
ye, but not to doubtful disputation;" and
Rom. 15: 7 says, " Whereby receive ye
one another, as Christ also received us
to the glory of God." The Lord re-ceives
, them through salvation, and. we
receive them through acknowledgment.
To those whom the Lord saves he grants
all the rights and privileges in the church
so far as he administers exclusively, and
we grant the rights and privileges so far
as the ministry is committed unto us
and according to the ability and grace
given us for service. Of course we can
not take any one into our fellowship ( I
mean spiritual fellowship), neither can. we
exclude any from our • ellowsnip. Fel-lowship
is of the Spirit. If I have the
Spirit and the Lord gives his Spirit to
others, he thereby puts them into my
fellowship; and should they grieve the
Spirit until he departs, the fellowship
is broken; but I can take a person into
my confidence and grant him equal priv-ileges
with myself in the body of Christ
to the full extent of my ability.
THE MINISTRY OF THE Mullett.
A great deal is committed to the
EXECITTING THE JUDGMENTS WRITTEN.
God has given certain authority to the
minister to rule the church of God. To
judge them that are within, to care for
their souls, and to serve them in spirit-ual
things; to reprove, rebuke, stop the
mouths of gainsayers; and, as John says,
remember the deeds of those who prate
against us, and, with the joint co- opera-tion
of the church, " purge out the old
leaven"; or, as Paul has expressed it,
" Put away from among yourselves that
wicked person" ; and again, " With-draw
yourselves from every brother that
walketh disorderly"; and considering
the trespasser that rejects the one who
tells him his fault alone and again in
the presence of two or three witnesses,
and also in the presence of the church,
he is to be regarded as a heathen man
and a publican.
I would ask, What kind of church
would God have if she were to accept
every one who professes, and retain in
her confidence all who wished to share
the benefits of the church, regardless of
their life and character? Every devil in the
pit would clothe himself in sheepskin
and come among us, not only to assume
the rights and privileges of the church,
but in so doing find their way to the
judgment- seat and crush down the pure
children of God, and ' feed themselves
without fear whilst they feasted among
us.' But thank God he has clothed his
church with power and authority against
unclean spirits to cast them out and bind
all who are unruly and insubordinate, all
who will not walk uprightly, according
to the gospel of Jesus Christ. When the
church proceeds according to the word
of God, God will stand by her according
to his promise—" Whatsoever ye shall
bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,"
etc.
I am persuaded that it was, the spirit
of judgment in the apostolic church that
caused a ` fear to fall upon all thosge who
heard the word' ; and again, " Thirst no
man join himself unto them"; that is,
they did not dare to presume to profess
to be Christians without Bible regenera-tion.
The secret did not lie in the sim-ple
fact that the apostles were holy or
that their preaching was by inspiration
of the Holy Ghost, but in the fact that
they were vested with the authority and
discernment to detect all impostors and
deal with them according to the judg-ment
of the Lord. Therefore we may
cling tenaciously to the doctrine of holi-ness
and live a holy life, but if we fail
to comprehend our privileges in the
power and authority God has vested in
his ministers, all kinds of wicked spirits
will swarm around us and defile those
who are pure, causing a great apostasy, as
such spirits soon gain ascendency and
presume to rule in the church, welcom-ing
kindred spirits, and holding back
those whom God could use. But the
church in her normal condition is fully
equipped to protect the sheep from in-vasion
of wolves, even if dressed in.
sheeps' clothing, and thus keep the
church pure so far as concerneth that
which is committed unto the church
for its purity.
A TWOFOLD PROCESS.
Parallel throughout the entire plan
of salvation is manifested a twofold
process— God' s part and man's part-- what
God will do, and what man must do.
These are promises and requirements,
God's prerogative, and man's commission.
In order to have a pure church on earth
this process must oe perfectly carried
out according to the Word. Therefore
it is essential that we fully understand•
the part that God is to perform exclu-sively,
so that we do not foolishly under-take
to do God's part, for that means a
failure; however, modern sectarianism
was born in this mistake. Sectism is
identical with the apostasy, and it was
said concerning the apostasy that the
" man of sin . . . sitteth in the temple of
God, showing himself that he is God."
— 2 Thess. 2: 3, 4. That is, man assumed
God's prerogative.
Again, we must understand the part
that God has committed to man, in order
to be able to trust him for ability to per-form
what he has commissioned his
church to do. But I suggest that the
part which we as a church are to per-form
is not what we dictate for our-selves,
but what the Lord has already
dictated in his word—" Execute the judg-ments
written." That which God does
in order to have a pure church— accepts
only those whom he regenerates, and re-jects
all who sin by omission or commis-sion—
the church must receive and ac-knowledge;
also the church must accept
those whom God accepts. Then " wis-dom
is justified of her children." In
this God leads out by word and deed,
then the church follows by approving
the same. But that part which the
church is to perform is disposing of im-penitent
trespassers ( Matt. 18 : 15, 18),
rejecting heretics ( Tit. 3: 10, 11), put-ting
away from themselves wicked per-sons
( 1 Cor. 5: 13), trying them which
say they are apostles and are not ( Rev.
2: 2), bewailing them which sin ( 2 Cor.
12: 21), delivering to Satan them which
blaspheme ( I Tim. 1: 20), withdrawing
from those who walk disorderly ( 2 Thess..
3: 6), refusing to eat with fornicators,
idolaters, covetous, railers, drunkards,
or extortioners, if they profess, or be
called brothers ( 1 Cor. 5: 11), those hav-ing
the spirit of Antichrist, and deceivers.
Receive them not into your house, etc.
2 John. When the church has done her
duty in disapproving of every character of
impostors according to the word of
God, God also acknowledges what the
church does. The church leads and
God follows. " Whatsoever ye shall
bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose
oa earth shall be loosed in heaven."—
Matt. 18: 18.
Brethren, we may teach, preach, and
acknowledge God's part up to the stan-dard
concerning a pure church, but if we
fail to comprehend or comply with our
part, the church will not . be pure. God
wants our co- operation. Will we do our •
part up . to the standard? If we are qual-ified,
let us obey; if not, let us tarry un-til
qualified. God's part and man's part
are complete. The result is a model
church— pure, no sinners in it, no sinner
accepted by it; all saints acknowledged
as saints, sinners and impostors rejected
from the confidence of saints. Amen.
He Leadeth Me.
Not always into quiet ways
He leadeth thee:
Not always in the peaceful days,
Shall thy lot be.
But, whether he send toil or rest,
Known that his way is always best
Eternally.
Trust thou the Lord with simple heart,
Nor wish to know,
More than his Spirit would impart
Or his Word show.
Plain the Commandments he has given;
Narrow the path which leads to heaven;
Then onward go.
Firm be thy footstep all the way.
Turn not aside;
His precious Word keep and obey,
Rightly divide.
Fear not to tread a darksome road
For he will share thy heaviest load
And safely guide.
Until at last he bringeth thee,
All sorrows past;
Where thou shalt never sorrow see
Home, home at last.
Then shalt thou entering into rest,
Own that his way was always best
From first to last.
— Sel.
A Pure Church.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
BURDEN- BEARING.
BY RUSSELL L. AUSTIN.
THE burden- bearer stands above all
others in God's sight, because he
is more like the great burden- bearer
Christ. He is always found by the side
of the dying, the afflicted, and the needy.
He is ever on the alert to see how his
neighbor is getting along. He is never
neglectful of his duty. He has his bro-ther's
intereseas much at heart as his
own. Every real saint of God has
within his heart this predominating prin-ciple—'
' love thy neighbor as thyself."
His aspirations for self were all cruci-fied
with Christ, and selfishness was swal-lowed
up by love. He no longer finds
comfort in laying up treasures for him-self,
but, on the other hand, he seeks his
brother's best interest by trying to sup-ply
his needs and bear his burdens. If
you have any selfishness, I woula advise
you to ask God to give you a clean heart.
Selfishness begets disobedience, crime,
and death, and stands in opposition to
every good thought or action. It blasts
every good intention, blinds the mural
and affectionate, and undermines the
temple of virtue, causing it to fall to
ruins. If you can not find real comfort
in putting yourself: out to benefit some
one else, you are not a saint, and • I pre-dict
that your life will be a failure. God
pity that one who is so unfortunate as to
be enslaved by selfishness, and whose
love for his neighbor is eclipsed by a dol-lar.
What is more revolting than to see
one whose every move sanctions self? or
whose every word is only an echo of
gain? Show me a selfish person and I
will show you one who is Satan's best
friend.
• There is no other evil which Christ so
completely scorns and sets at naught as
selfishness. He placed the standard so
far above it that saints are compelled to
love their enemies; and to lend, not hop-ing
to receive again; and to give to the
man that asks our coat, our cloak also.
To the young lawyer who had kept all
the commandments from his youth up, he
said, " If thou wilt be perfect, go and
sell that thou Nast, and give to the poor,
and thou shalt have treasure in. heaven:
and come and follow me." Like many
professed saints of to- clay he turnedaaway
sorrowful. How lamentable the fact that
many who appear to be saved sicken and
turn aside if shown their duty on this line.
There are many who can endure hard-ships,
and give up mother and father
and wife and children for Christ, or
could leave home and friends to go to
some heathen land to herald the gospel
of love, but would shrink if their pocket-book
is mentioned. If you could judge
by their actions, they would say, Take
all else, but let my property alone. It
is certainly astonishing to see how tena-ciously
some people cling to their prop-erty.
They are willing to give their
own time, and even offer themselves for
anything to which duty calls, but some
way if you talk to them in regard to
something which would require money,
they seem to lose all interest. They
show by the expression of their counte-nance
that they have no disposition to do
their part of the giving.
Christ Jesus, the great example and
pattern of saints, showed by his own life
and words that we must use the utmost
care about our brother's needs, and still
more, do good unto them that despite-fully
use us. He never intended that
one of his children should endure hard-ships
and undergo privations, - etc.,
and another have everything turn to
his hand, and live in ease and luxury.
He never intended that you should bear
a burden all your days, and 1 go light-hearted
and free.
" Must I be carried to the skies
On flowery beds of ease,
While others sought to win the prize
And sailed through bloody seas?"
God is not a respecter of persons, and
when he built the church he placed the
members all on au equality; and " whether
one member suffer, all the members
suffer with it."- 1. Cor. i2: 26.
Many contend that all things can not
be common as was the practice of the
church in the beginning. Why not?
Does not the church still stand on. the
same foundation? Is not that founda-tion
the same yesterday, to- day, and
forever? Is not the church the same as
it was when its members were together
and had all things common? In Baby-lon
there are rich and. poor, great and
small, all promiscuously planted togeth-er;
tut God has tempered the members
all together in his church. There are no
millionaires in the church of God; for
when such get saved they sell their pos-sessions
and give to the poor. W hat
says some one, you do not mean to say
that I must sell my property and distri-bute
it among the poor, do you? I mean
to say that when you are born into the
kingdom of God, your property goes
into his hands, and if you see that your
brother is in need, your first duty will
be to supply his needs, if it takes the
last dollar or the last cow; and if you
refuse to do it, you do so at the expense
of everlasting life. The law of Christ
requires me to bear my brother's burdens
and so fulfill the law. I must be so
completely modeled after the nature of
Christ, that my brother's cares become
my own, and that I will rejoice with
him when he rejoices, and weep with
him when he weeps. To do less than
this is not obedience to God's command-ments.
If my brother needs the money_
I have in my pocket more than I do, I
am duty- bound by virtue of my saint-ship
to hand it over without grudging;
and if I refrain from doing it, I prove
myself to be out of God's order. If I
have but one sack of flour in the house
and my brother has none, I must give
him half, because it justly belongs to
him. If you are a saint, your brother's
needs are yours, and you will not be
slow to find them out, and do all in your
power to supply them. This may seem
too much on the extreme for many, but
if you are determined to meet every con-dition
coupled with the word " Chris:
tian," you will soon find yourself, under
this obligation.
There is no custom or law in Babylon
to compel one to observe such a saintly
duty, and it does not mean much to be
a member of a sect, but it means every-thing
to be a real saint; it is the most
exalted and lofty position obtainable,
and its meaning can not oe overesti-mated.
What a stupendous thought
that I am a; child born of God— my an-cestry
of heaven, my lineage of the
skies! . How sublime the thought that
I am an heir of God and heaven, and a
joint heir with Jesus Christ! What pos-sibilities
are centered in the realization
of a life free from sin! What glory
halos the experience of him whose mind
and heart have been purged from every
unclean thing and flooded with light
from the throne of God! Sectism holds
no saintly charm, dresses no longer in
a saintly dress, and lifts up no standard
of holiness; hence we can not expect to
find its members in possession of this
spirit of equality, which Christ made
the test of fellowship in his kingdom;
but those who have been truly born of
God must and do comply with this as
well as every other command.
The saint is detected better by this
practice than by any other; for there
are many who can pray, and sing, and
act devotional, when they are not saved.
There are many who are willing to be
baptized, or wash one another's feet, or
greet with the holy kiss, and eat the
Lord's supper— they can do all this after
the custom of their sect— and yet not
possess any part of that principle which
prompts the true child of God to feel
and supply his brother's needs as readily
as his own. Dear reader, do you pos-sess
this nature and spirit of Christ?
Are you so completely in love with your
brother, that you can see in his care and
daily needs so much interest that you
would gladly, if needed, give your best
cow or horse or anything else to help
him? God's word tells us that we
know that we have passed from death
unto life " because we love the breth-ren";
and if we are not found bearing
our brother's burdens as much as ability
will permit, it shows that we have not
passed from death unto life. If your love
for your brother does not exceed that
you have for your property, it is of no
godly nature, and you would do well to
realize yourself unsaved. •
There are many ways to tell whether
or not the one who professes to be your
brother is a saint, but the one mentioned
is the surest test of true saintship. We
will mention a few more, however, that
the reader will do well to observe. Any
one who will see God's cause suffer or the
gospel work languish without making
an effort to help, when he has money or
property to give, is not a saint. Any one
who spends money for unnecessary
things or to gratify selfish desires, or go
on pleasure trips, has proved beyond all
question that he needs yet to be born
again, because he is spending money for
that which is not bread; and if we shall
answer for every idle word, how much
more for every idle deed! W hen 1 was
a Campbellite I many times found myself
confronted with opportunities to do good,
but through false teaching and ungodly
fellowship I had been robbed of every
instinct that would have a tendency to
cause action , in the right direction ; never-theless,
I knew my duty, the neglecting
of which often resulted. in remorse, and
burning conscience. The world has
enough of these pretended benefactors
who are seeking to buy a name. It
needs some good Samaritans now to take
up the wounded and pour in the oil and
wine, setting them on their own beasts,
carrying them to the inn, and footing the
bills— that is the kind of compassion we
want; that is the kind of compassion
that emanates from a pure heart; that
is the kind of sympathy that begets con-fidence,
and stirs our affections; that is
the kind of burden- bearing that inspires
the soul and sheds a halo of glory around
the one who bolds the God- given prin-ciple
that gave it birth.
There are many even in sectism who can,
and do, often give large sums that their
names may appear before the public as
benefactors; but when one like the poor
widow casts in all his living, or sends
the contents of his pocket- book to some
needy brother without signing his name,
you may look for one whose divine gifts
have never been stunted by selfishness.
W e are all children; God is our Father,
and we live in his house ( the church); he
holds all the property in his name; he
feeds and clothes us; he gives us a place
to sleep. These are all we need. . If we
get more than this, we get it unjustly,
and he will punish us for it. This is
why God will not take you unless you
deed him your property: he wants to
handle it. Do you see? One dollar
spent by me might buy enough to feed
me a day or two; but if spent by him,
it might save a soul from hell.
PRAYER.
13Y H. R. HALTN.
' THE question is often asked, " Does
God always hear ' and answer
prayer?" Yes; when it is the prayer
of faith. Unless we have genuine faith
in God our prayers will not accomplish
anything. Paul said without faith it is
impossible to please God. The Word
says, " What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, believe ye receive them,
and ye shall have them." Yet there
are people who say they have prayed and
knew that their prayers were not an-swered;
and yet say that they have ful-filled
the command. Then they would
get discouraged and go back into the
world declaring that God does not al-ways
answer our petitions. I thank
God that he does answer prayer. May
God increase the faith of the people. May
we be constrained to call upon God for
an increase of faith. We have the priv-ilege
of coming to God for temporal
needs as well as for the spiritual. -
GOct works in mysterious ways. Ny e
must have faith in him, knowing that
he will make all things work together
for our good. We must take advantage
of every opportunity to help some poor
soul into the light of our bleasnseduSnlaevsisorit.
There are many precious souls dying for
the want of the pure gospel, and
is preached, how can they hear; unless
it is believed, it can not be received.
" Men ought always to pray, and; not to
faint." Let us not pray to be heard of
people or for the sake of words, but send
our prayers up to God in faith, believing
that God will answer. Then. let us have
the confidence in God when we ask him
to do anything for us, that we not only
believe but we knew he will do it. Still
the question comes to us, Does God really
answer prayer? I will give but a few of
the many scriptures on this line. First,
we will find out whether Jesus Christ is
the same as when he was on earth.
" Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day,
and forever."— FIeb. 13: 8. Then
if he is the same as when here on earth,
we can prove that God answers prayer.
" Elias was a man subject to like pas-sions
as we are, and he - prayed earnestly
that it might not rain: and it rained
not on the earth by the space of three
years and six months. And he prayed
again, and the heaven gave rain, and the
earth brought forth her fruit."— Jas. 5:
17, 18. Now we can plainly see that God
hears and answers the faithtul prayers.
Elias prayed twice, and God heard him
each time; and the answers were yea, and
amen. " Brethren, if any of you do err
from the truth, and one convert him; let
him know, that he which converteth the
sinner from the error of his way shall
save a soul from death, and shall hide a
multitude of sins." " How shall we es-cape,
if we neglect so great a salvation?"
W hat a terrible thing it would be to
miss heaven. The unsaved do not think
about the condition of their souls; ' but
unless they turn from the error of their
ways they will be lost forever. Yet
when a miracle is performed in the pres-ence
of a sinner or a so- called Christian
they will not believe it was wrought
through faith in God. They avoid such,
because they are afraid of being con-vinced
of the fact, and of having to
receive and appropriate the truth to their
own lives. Sinners often oelieve sooner
than the so- called Christian. Pride has
gotten possession of his heart; and unless
a belief is attended with much pomp and
style he will not have anything to do
with it at all. Oh, may God open the
eyes of the blind to see the truth; may
he open the ears of the deaf to hear the
true gospel; and may their ears and
eyes not only be opened, but may they
be convinced of the truth and receive the
blessings of divine love in their own
hearts. You can not please every one,
neither can you make every one believe
that God will grant . your petitions. You
may be convicted of your sins, but if you
will not yield to God, just as sure as
there is a God in heaven you will be lost,
and eternally lost. We must expect to be
persecuted for Christ's sake. If our con-science
is clear in thes ibght of God, then
we can rejoice and be blessed through
our temptations. Let us watch and pray,
lest we enter into temptation; for the
enemy is going about as a roaring lion
seeking whom he may devour. Let us
obey God's word in every way,
what it may be. Let us march to the
front as brave soldiers fo 	 r
no matter
rs or Christ. Let
us pray with faith, doubting nothing.
The word says we shall be called the
sons of God; so let us then unite, and
pray the prayer of faith, then we can
walk out on God's promises, and be
blessed with every good effort we put
forth.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
May the Lord help us to be firm in
prayer and hold up the true gospel.
Let us take an interest in prayer. If we
want to prosper in the work of the Lord,
let us not wait to be called upon, but
may we deliver the message God gives
us. What would become of us if we
should neglect to pray? The conse-quences
would be a falling back into sin
and ruin. If we are led to pray in any
place, we should do it with the will; for
if we do not, we shall lose the blessings
God gives. - Prayer is the foundation
from which all other good work starts.
We may be convinced of the truth by
hearing it preached, but we are brought
through prayer to God. We could not
be healed without ! prayer; neither could
we accomplish anything without our
prayers. The Word says, " Tile prayer
of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord
shall raise him up." Every house should
become a house of prayer. We see that
prayer is the only hope the Christian
has to resort to when in temptations.
Through it Jesus will deliver him from
theca all.
" Let us lay aside every weight, and
the sin which doth so easily beset us, and
let us run with patience the race that is
set before us." We should pray until
we gain the victory ; for many times
this has to be done to please God.
Therefore we must pray for the unsaved,
as well as for ourselves. " Praying always
with all prayer and supplication in the
Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all
saints;" for by prayer our feet are estab-lished
upon the solid rock Christ Jesus;
for without prayer we are useless in the
work of Christianity.
beliefs, each holding the tradition that
they are nearer right than their sister
churches; thus they are living and termed
Christians bs, the outside world., I am
sorry indeed that these things are existing
in the present world, and for the sake of
genuine gospel truth I am constrained to
write. 	 -
There are many now who have escaped
these errors that exist in the various de-nominations,
not by reforming them, but
by separating themselves from them, as
the written word commands. 2 Cor.
6 : 14- 17. The. Bible teaches unity for all,
and it is necessary that we be in unity
that we as Christians may stand. Christ
prayed for this unity ( Jno. 17), and re-veals
to us how we may get it. Heart-cleansing
is essential, : and without it there
is no unity. To get rid of division by.
the shortest method is to first get divi-sion
out of your heart, then if you are
joined to a division, disconnect yourself
with its membership. Divisions are the
results of carnality, as Paul shows ( 1
Cor. 3: 3); therefore a man can not be
a sectist and have the sanctifying Spirit;
for the Holy Spirit purifies the heart.
Acts 15: 8, 9..
All established Christians must pos-sess
this standing grace before they can
say of a truth " they shall see God."
Truthfully one has said, " Out of a. thou-sand
church members eight hundred are
sound asleep." Oh, that I could awaken
some, if not all. You are not only
asleep, but y are dead. Wherefore he
saith, " Awake, thou that sleepest, and
arise from the dead." Genuine Chris-tians
do not sleep. True, many whose
names appear on the class- book are asleep;
for they are not members of the " body
of Christ," the true church. Do • you
suppose that there are any sinners in the
church of God? Do you suppose that a
person could get into Christ's body and
still be an empty professor? Yet many
of this class are in the denominations and
think they are in one of the churches of
Christ. The body of Christ consists only
of Christians. Because your name is on
the records here is but little sign that it
is written in heaven. Seeing then how
nonessential it is to join a sect, and also
seeing that sects are only divisions which
proceed from the carnal mind, is it not
just as easy to see that they are an abom-ination
in the sight of God? Surely the
reader is not wholly blind concerning this
matter. If the reader is not convinced
that the sects are evil, let him consider
the lives of those who are connected
therewith. The words of Paul to Tim-othy
are fulfilled in these days —" This
know also, that in the last days perilous
times shall come. For men shall be lov-ers
of their own selves, covetous, boast-ers,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy, without
natural affection, trace- breakers, false
accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of
those that are good, traitors, heady,
high- minded, lovers of pleasures more
than lovers of God; having a form of
godliness, but denying the power thereof:
from such turn away." " Ever learn-ing,
and never able to come to the knowl-edge
of the truth." This is a true type
of the church- goers at large. Reader,
are you one of this class? If so, sad is
your condition. Ah, there is a doctrine
that is true, though it is not so new.
It is the doctrine that Paul: charges Tim-othy
to keep, and this doctrine pro-ceeded
from the mouth of God. Study
the life of Christ, yea the life of Paul,
and let yours be likewise.
True fellowship is found only in Christ,
" who is our life." Let the reader pause
a little and examine himself until he
knows whether he has ever attained to
membership in the true church. As I
have already said, your membership with
the denominations does• not determine
your membership in Christ's church, for
that is not the way in. You do not join
Christ when joining a denomination. By
joining you only connect yourself with
ship, adhering closely to their respective a certain creed or discipline of human
True Discipleship.
BY J. E. FORREST.
44THERE is - one body, and one Spirit
. . . one Lord, one faith, and
one baptism, one God and Father of all,
who is above all. . . iti herefore he,
saith, When he ascended up on high, he
led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto
men. . . . He that descended is the
same also that ascended up far above all
heavens, that he might fill all things."
— Eph. 4: 4- 10.
In most cases among professed Chris-tians
it seems rather difficult for them
to catch a glimpse of the true church,
the mode of entrance, and the cost of
discipleship. These points I wish to con-sider
for a short space, and will refer to
the written word of God for my author-ity
for thus speaking. The apostle says,
" There is one body." This body repre-sents
the church of Christ or of God.
" Which he wrought in Christ, when he
raised him from the dead, and set him at
his own right hand in the heavenly
places, far above all principality, and
power, and ' might, and dominion, and
every name that is named, not only in
this world, but also in that which is to
come: and hath put all things under his
feet, and gave him to be the head over
all things to the church, which is his
body, the fullness of him that filleth all;
in all."— Eph. 1: 20- 23. " For as we
have many members in one body, and all
members have not the same office: so
we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another."
— Rom. 12: 4, 5.
These words are very plain. They
show the relation we have to each other
and also to Christ— only one body
( church) because there is only one Christ.
All Christians aim members of the
" body," the church, and are under the
same " Head." We have only one Spirit
as our guide, hence are led to , keep the
same ordinances. " Members one of an-other,"
" perfectly joined together in the
same mind and in the same_ judgment."
— 1 Cor. 1: 10. Contrary to this teach-ing,
we find the many denominations of
the, day having their many forms of
church discipline and manners of war-structure,
but you are born into Christ,
which is the church, as is already shown
— born there and not ' joined to. " Ex-cept
a man be born of" water and of the
Spirit, he can not see the kingdom of
God."— Jno. 3: 5. This' was a great
mystery to Nicodemus; and there are a
great many like him, who do not under-stand
the new birth. But be it ever
such a mystery, Christ verily said, " Ye
must be born again." Merely setting a
few resolutions, joining a sect, and pay-ing
the preacher, will not pave your way
to heaven. If you are depending upon
man- made machinery, you and all the
chaff will be blown to destruction by
God's mighty whirlwind. Jesus Christ
has already told you that there is no other
name under heaven given whereby man
must be saved except his own. Whoso
climbeth up some other way is a thief
Yea, when that great day comes, ' all hu-man
props are going to give way and
many, many will fall far short of that
they expected. The apostle Paul tells
us that " if any man be in Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed
away, behold, all things are become
new. And all things are of Ged."- 2
Cor. 5: 17. Then how say you that we
can go on doing the old deeds all our pil
grimage here and expect to be received
into heaven at the last day? Shame on
you and your false theory! I know you
think there is no way to overcome those
" little sins." You. say you can not help
it. Stop! You are not trying to help it.
" That ye put off concerning the former
Conversation"- the old man, which is cor-rupt
. . . and that ye put on the new
man, which after God is created in right-eousness
and true holiness."— Eph.
4: 22- 24. It is proof of your discipleship
when ye have done these things. How-ever,
it takes some figuring to learn the
cost, and one must count and see belore
he is able to meet every obligation.
" For which of you, intending to build a
tower, sitteth not down first, and count-eth
the cost. . . So who-soever
he be of you that forsaketh not
all that be bath, he can not be my dis-ciple."—
Luke 11: 28 33. " If any man
come to me and hate not his father, and
mother, and wife, and children, and
brethren and sisters, yea, and his own
life also, he can not be my disciple."—
Ver. 26. There is something more yet
that is in the contract besides just hating
your own life. " Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart.”—
Matt. 22: 37. And more yet, we must
follow him, no matter where he goes, or
where he leads. The true disciple is one
that follows fearlessly on. V hosoever
doth not bear his cross, and come after me,
can not be my disciple." — Luke 14: 27.
Remember, reader, when you start out
on the march to meet the enemy with-out
Christ, it is like going with ten thou-sand
to meet twenty thousand. You
can not sway the scepter over your ene-mies
without having sufficient force to
conquer. This force is found in Chris;.
You can not deceive the enemy by a mere
claim of having the suliaient force._ He
will try you to see if you have it; he
will soon find whether you will be able
to meet him or not. No outward dis-play
of armor, but the real breastplate
of faith and righteousness is needed in
the conflict; see that ye have them.
" Let no man. deceive you with vain
words; for because of these things coin-eth
the wrath of tied upon the children
of disobedience."— Eph. 5: 6. Search
thine own heart, and then search for
God with thy whole heart, and you will
find him.
eat the good of the land: but if ye refuse
and rebel, ye shall be devoured with: the
sword; for the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it."— Isa. 1: 19, 20.
Much has been written on this subject,
but it is one that will bear much teach-ing
upon, as it is one of vast importance,
and the destiny, not only of our own
souls but of multitudes of others, depends
upon. our obedience; hence we need to be
often reminded on this line. If there ever
was a time that the dear children of God
needed to be stirred up on all lines, it
surely is now. It seems there is a spirit •
of lethargy to some extent taking hold
upon the professing saints, and they do
not seem to have the decided rebuke in
their souls that they should have against
every false way; therefore many are en-snared
thereby. One thing that so forci-bly
impressed this subject upon my mind
was rereading the book of Daniel and
others. Much has been said about the
faith of'Daniel and the Hebrew children.
Of course faith without works is dead,
and works without faith is dead; but
they would rather have suffered death in.
the most cruel manner than to have dis-obeyed
God; hence by their obedience
and loyalty to God, we have the most
encouraag iang results. Read Dan. 3: 29
and 6 : 26. We read of Saul, David, and
others having equal success so long as
they were obedient.
I consider any disloyalty to God disobe-dience.
Consider the defeat of Ai, of
Saul's dethronement, of the awful plague
that the dear people had to suffer on ac-count
of David's misstep in numbering
the people, and many, many others of
God's chosen ones suffered for disobedi-ence.
0 dear ones, it behooves us all to
put on the whole armor and to keep the
shield of faith up, then the devil with all
his combined forces can not make us dis-obey
our Commander, the King of glory.
Praise God forever!
soul does truly magnify God for
the truth and belief of the truth. The
cause of the present heresy is due to dis-
I obeying God, the Word, the truth— all
the same. Isa. 35: 8 says: " And an high-
1
way shall be there, and a way, and it
I shall be called the way of holiness; • the
unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall
be for those: the wayfaring men, though
fools, shall not err therein. No lion
shall be there, nor any rarenous beast
shall go up thereon, it shall not be found
there; but the redeemed shall walk
there." Now by these words we see we
can not partake of any false spirits.
Therefore they are not to be found there;
so any - that have erred— been deceived
by false spirits— had to step off the way;
therefore that means sin or disobedience
to God by not believing the truth. May
God help every one that is still going on
teaching this anti- cleansing doctrine to
set that they are in sin, and must re-member
from whence they are fallen,
and repent or they will surely be forever
lost. Since I wrote my testimony, I
have received several sheets concerning
this theory; but they have had no weight
upon me, as they are _ without power ex-cept
of the devil; for I do realize and
know I am established in the present
truth. Praise God forever!
My testimony is that I am still saved
and have sweet peace in my soul, though
I am passing through a great trial. I
am not trying to flinch, but asking God
to let me have the lesson, and he get the
glory. Some very beautiful vines and
flowers do not send forth their perfect
sweetness until touched or pressed; so as
God permits me to be touched or pressed
almost beyond measure, I ask you all,
dear ones, to pray that he may bring
forth the sweetness out of my life that he
desires, and that I may be more efficient
in his hands.
I feel that God would be pleased and
glorified in having some one filled with
the Spirit and established in the truth,
come here. All kinds of doctrines are
taught here, and we have had the truth
taught only a short time, and that was
delivered in a driving spirit, and thus did
more harm than good.
OBEDIENCE.
BY LAURA SHROYER.
4pEROLD, to obey is better than
sacrifice, and to harken than the
fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin
of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as ini-quity
and idolatry."- 1 Sam. 15: 22- 24.
" If ye be- willing and obedient, ye shall
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E. E. BYRU1VI, Editor- in- Chief.
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Editorial.
A PREACHER'S IDEA OF HEALING.
Cleveland, Ohio, Apr. 6.
My Dear Brother Byrum: I most pro-foundly
believe in divine healing, but I think
every man has a perfect right to trust the
Lord for healing. I question whether you
or any one else has a right to impose upon
a poor, sick, little innocent child who fails
to understand the import of prayer. My
THE GENERAL CAMP- MEETING.
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name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of
full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the
[ hay of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered
to the saints."
The first general camp- meeting this
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and a glorious meeting in the name of
the Lord. Many have been writing or
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and desiring to know about accommoda-tions,
etc. Concerning these matters we
would say that arrangements will be
made to the best of our ability to take
care of those who come. The invitation
is given to every lover of the truth, to
those who desire to do good and get
good. The pavilion on the camp- ground
will seat four thousand people. Those
coming should, if possible, bring a bun-dle
of bedding, such as blankets, pillows,
and an empty straw- tick ( Straw will be
furnished free.), as it would be impossi-ble
for us to furnish complete outfits of
bedding for such crowds of people;
therefore it , is necessary to - come pre-pared
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are willing to consecrate to put up with
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: the general camp- meetings, and
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You say- that Paul called Luke " my
beloved physician," and hence he must
have given Paul some medicine occa-sionly.
Paul did not call Luke " my"
beloved physician, but he said Luke
" the" beloved physician. Col. 4: 14.
He doubtless meant by that that he was
a physician at one time. But we never
read of him giving a dose of medicine
when treating a case . of sickness, from the
time the Lord called him into the work
of the ministry. It is only some mod-ernized
preacher's idea that he probably
gave Paul some medicine now and then.
If he did, he never said anything about
it in any of his writings, neither did
Paul say anything about it. It would
seem plausible that if he even believed in
a minister of God acting in a capacity of
a physician by way of giving medicine,
etc., he woulct surely give such instruc-tions
in writing the: Gospel that is attrib-uted
to him, or in writing up the Acts of
the Apostles. Ile probably tells of more
healings by the power of God than any of
the other writers. In the Gospel of St.
Luke he speaks very freely of the many
cases of healing by Christ and the apostles
and the seventy, and when he wrote the
Acts of the Apostles he told about the heal-ing
of the lame man at the temple, by
Peter and John, and how shortly after-wards
the streets were filled with the sick,
who were healed by the power of God.
He traveled with Paul and wrote up the
news from the field and told many cases
of healing, such as the impotent man at
Lystra who heard Paul preach, and Paul
looked upon him and saw that he had
" faith to be healed, " and told him to
stand upright on his feet, and he leaped
and walked. See Acts 14: 8- 10. He
told of Paul upon the island called Mel-ita,
where " the father of Publius lay
sick of a fever and of . a bloody flux: to
whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and
laid his hands on him, and healed him."
And he also says, " When this was done,
others also which had diseases in the
island, came, and were healed."— Acts
28: 8, 9.
Another case mentioned by Luke. He
gives a narration of their travels and says
that when they came to Troas, Luke and
others being with Paul at that , place,
Paul preached until midnight, and a
young man by the name of Eutychus,
who was sitting in a window, fell into a
deep sleep; and during Paul's preaching
this young man fell from the third loft
and was taken up dead. Acts 20: 7- 11.
Luke in writing up the account of this
says that Paul went down and took
charge of the case; and the young man
Was restored to life. Now had Luke
been acting in the capacity of a physi-cian,
he would probably have said that
he was called to administer unto him.
But Luke undoubtedly had nothing to do
with the affair more than to send up a
prayer of faith together with Paul and
others. No, it is a very flimsy argument
to try to argue away the power of God
by- such statements that Luke still fol-lowed
his profession and that the apostles
gave medicines. We have one thing
very positive to show by the word of
God that the apostles did not carry their
pill- boxes and medicine- cases when they
started out to preach, as we read in Matt.
10: 8- 10 that When they were sent forth
to heal the sick they were to take noth-ing
with them, not even a walking- stick.
So this surely would exclude all medicine-cases
and pill- boxes.
As to what is said about the best schol-arship
doing away with the last verses of
the sixth chapter. of Mark, we would say
that those verses are in the oldest manu-scripts;
and even if the best scholarship
could exclude those verses from the Bible,
there are others . that will take their
place and set forth the very same teach-ing.
And as to Jesus saying nothing
about it in his sermon on the mount,
would say there are a great many things
Jesus said nothing about in the sermon
on the mount, and yet he preached and
practiced; and in fact healing was one of
judgment is, that when I have prayed with
such an one, and am conscious that I have
not prayed the prayer of faith, to do the
next best thing to help the child is religion
and common sense. What say you? The
New Testament clearly recognizes physi-cians;
for the Holy Ghost permitted one to
write one of the Gospels and the Acts.
Paul calls. Luke " my beloved physician";
hence he musk have given Paul some medi-cine
occasionally. You are perhaps aware
that the best scholarship says that Mark 16:
9- 20 is not in the oldest manuscripts, and
that Jesus said nothing about it in that
wonderful sermon on the mount, and that
healing is only mentioned once in all Paul's
letters. 1 Cor. 12. Here clearly a gift— a
bestowment by the Spirit to whomsoever he
will. All can not have it, and all saints do
not possess it, and that the " more excellent
way" is love. 1 Cor. 13. To my mind it
is a million times more important to get
men saved and sanctified than to press the
claims of the body which will crumble into
dust. A man with• a healthy soul will most
always take care of his body, knowing it is
the temple of the Holy Ghost. I wish you
would indicate to me where you get your
scripture that Trophimus was healed by di-vine
power. Yours, etc., C. E. C.
It is true, as you say, every man has
a perfect right to trust the Lord for heal-ing.
The reason for this is because the
Lord instructs us in his word and gives
so many precious promises, and he says
that the prayer of faith shall save the
sick, and the Lord shall raise them up.
If the time comes for some one to die and
the Lord reveals that fact, it is not often
any one will be enabled to pray the prayer
of faith; but it is very often the case
where people are not healed that it was be-cause
of unbelief, and the prayer of faith
was not offered for that reason, and not
because it was not the will of God to
heal.
You say you prefer religion and com-mon
sense when you pray for a child and
do not pray the prayer of faith. Now
were we to refer to the word of God to
find out what religion and common sense
would be in such a case, we would find
that the religion part of the matter
would be to contend earnestly for the
faith once delivered to the saints ( Jude
3), and the faith once delivered to the
saints takes in the healing of such cases.
It is faith andprayer. That mixed with
pure religion ,-( if that is not the religion
itself), would surely be religion and com-mon
sense. The common- sense way for
a Christian to do is to follow the instruc-tions
of Christ. The means to be used
are the means set forth in the word of
God. See Jas. 5: 11. 15; 1 Ines 5: 14,
15. Common sense for an unbeliever
would probably be to use some other
method besides faith. We do not say it
would always be common sense to pro-cure
a doctor and dope the sick one with
poisonous drugs, even if they are unbe-lievers.
If a person has no faith in God
and an abundance of faith in medicines
and doctors, let him take what he be-lieves
in; but to the children of God the
remedy to be used is plainly set forth.
You say the New Testament recog-nizes
physicians, and - the Holy Ghost
permitted one to write one of the gospels
and the Acts. Yes, the New Testament
recognizes physicians, but not one place
in the New Testament does it- advise a
person to have a physician or to take
medicine. Let us see how it recognizes
physicians. Turn to Mark 5: 25- 29, and
there we read: " A certain woman, which
had an issue of blood twelve years, and had
suffered many things of many physicians,
and , had spent all that she had, and was
nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
when she had heard of Jesus, came in the
press behind, and touched his garment.
For she said, If I may but touch his
clothes, I shall be whole. And straight-way
the fountain of her blood was dried
up; and ' she felt in her body that she was
healed of that plague." Here we have a
case where many physicians doctored this
woman for twelve years. She spent all
that she had for doctors and medicine
and kept getting worse all the time.
This is the way the New Testament rec-ognizes
physicians, and it is about the
only way they, are recognized in the
New Testament as to their treatment of
such cases.
the things that always went with his
preaching and the preaching of the
apostles, and does yet follow the preach-ing
of the whole word of God. 	 -
You also state that healing is men-tioned
only once in all Paul's letters.
Cor. 12. One scripture, however, is
enough to make it obligatory, but it is to
be found twice even in that one chapter;
and the power of healing accompanied
Paul's work throughout his entire life.
As to what you say about Trophimus
being healed, we would say that as we
have no account of him dying at that
time we have every reason to believe that
the Lord raised him up, as Paul doubtless
prayed the prayer of faith and left him
in the hands of the Lord.
A SPECIAL REQUEST.
I feel it my Christian duty to
general request of all the saints in the
state of Oregon, in behalf of the convicts
in our state penitentiary. I have felt for
a long time that we as a church ought
to make a small contribution and buy at
least a few good books and place them
there for the benefit of those poor men
who have no chance to hear the full
gospel, and whose souls will be required at
our hands, if we do not put forth an effort
to point them to Christ. I know that the
saints in this state are, generally spmk-ing,
quite poor; but I fully believe
will say amen to this.
ought to raise at least $ 40.00 at one,
and send for a choice selection of the
books published- at the Trumpet Office.
I will suggest that each one send at once
to A. Jordan, Hubbard, () re.,
feels led to give for this purpose.
is a faithful brother and will kee
count of all sent in, and present it a
general camp- meeting in June. As soon
as the amount is raised, he, with two or
three other brethren, will make selec-tion
of the books and the number of each
kind, and send for them so as to have
them here before camp- meeting. If
more than this amount is sent in, it will
be used as may be decided at the camp-meeting.
We ought to have a waxily
number of Gospel Trumpets sent to the
penitentiary each week. Dear brethren,
will you not respond at once in this mat-ter?
If each will help a little, it will be
a very small matter. If you have not
the money to send at once, but intend to
send soon, it would be well to write stet
ing the amount you will send, as such
will insure safety in sending for books,
even before the money may all be sent in.
it may be well to state our reason for
wanting the books by camp- meeting time.
It is . because we believe that if some of
the ministers take the books to the peni-tentiary
and obtain the privilege of
preaching a sermon to the prisoners, and
then present the books and explain the
nature of the same, many more will read
them than would otherwise, and it will
likely have a • much better influence on
them. My address is Woodburn, Ore.
J. L. Green.
News from the Field.
I expect to be at Tenino, Wash. about
Apr. 10, and will go from there to
Brooklyn and Montesano. I will be in
those parts about six weeks, and will be
glad to meet as many of the saints in
western Washington as I can. My ad-dress
while there will be Montesano
J. L. Green.
Simpson, La., Mar. 29.
We are glad we can testify that we are
saved from all sin. We are moved of
the Lord for the good of the work in the
South, and oar own advancement in
soul- winning for Jesus. We wish to at-tend
the camp- meeting at Moundsville,
W. Va. in June, and we ask the prayers
of all the saints and their co- operation.
Now I wish to correspond with the saints
on the way from here to Moundsville, as.
I am to start, the Lord willing, the first
A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL.
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ME CARED TRUMPET.
Moundsville, W. Va., April 12, 1900.
of May, and I wish to told meetings as I
go, so as to get to camp- meeting on
time. Those in Mississippi, Alabama,
and Tennessee, who wish meeting,
address me at once at Simpson, La.
R. H. Owens and Co.
Hammond, Ind., Apr. 5.
Since our last report we have been
constantly in the battle for the Lord.
After the Chicago assembly we went to
- Racine and spent ten days very profit-ably.
Some received pardon, others
were healed, and the church much
strengthened. At the close of this meet-ing
we returned again to Indiana and
opened meeting at Olive Bethel near
Akron. This meeting continued about
three weeks. A few souls were re-claimed
and the cause of God in general
built up. Truly the work of God in this
community is on the advance. The pros-pect
for the Barket camp- meeting is en=
couraging and we believe the Lord will
give them one , of the best camp- meetings
ever held on those grounds. The tenth
of March we opened meeting at Germany
Station. The word of God went forth
in power. Many friends were won to
the truth and souls were brought under
conviction. We omitted the meeting
one . night in. order to attend the Beaver
Dam ordinance- meeting, which indeed
was a precious feast to all who attended
it. . Owing to illness Bro. Leininger was
not, permitted to be present. The Lord
sent Bro. Koffel and others to our . assis-tance,
whose labors we very much ap-preciated.
The Lord reward them for
their ' faithfulness. The last week was
one of victory for God. About fourteen
consecrations were made, of whom the
greater part received an experience.
The church at Germany was greatly
built up. At present we are on our way
to Ableman, Wis. and expect to stay a
few days in Racine. W e expect to labor
in the communities where the Iv o. k has
been. hindered by heresy as long as the
Lord wills. W e solicit the prayers of
the entire church in our bchal f.
Lena L. Shoffner and Nora Hunter.
Springfield, Ohio, Apr. 3.
Since last report in the Trumpet I
have labored in Springfield and vicinity.
I can truly report victory in my soul over
all the powers of the enemy. I have
held protracted meetings in three places.
The Lord has truly done signs and won-ders
among the people; sinners have
been converted, believers sanctified, and
the sick healed, and the work still goes
on. • During these three meetings Bro.
F. Rosenberry, Bro. B. E. Warren, Bro.
S. Yoder, Sister Nancy King, Sister
Sadie Chapman, and others have helped;
and it has truly been blessed to work
together with the Lord. The refreshing
showers of his grace have been abundant
and free. The presence of the Lord was
so manifested many times in the upper
room at 28 N. Center St., that the hearts
of those present overflowed with praise to
our dear heavenly Father for such sweet-ness,
fellowship, and unity of the Spirit.
Oh, hallelujah to our King! He is gather-ing
his dear children home to their own
land, to the high mountain of Israel, and
they feed in a good pasture in the one
fold.. , Praise God, praise God! On
Lord's day, Apr. 1, at the river just
west , of the city, ten happy children of
God followed the Savior in baptism.
Twenty- seven took part in the ordinances
of washing saints' feet, and the Lord's
Supper, after which two sinners were
converted and two reclaimed, for - which
we give God all the glory. Pray that
the church at Springfield may be kept in
the unity of the Spirit; and pray that I
may be kept humble, always knowing
and doing God's will. 	 J. D., Hatch..
Detroit, Mich., Mar. 30.
The Detroit assembly has come and
gone and we have had perfect victory in
our souls. We found Bro. and Sister
Sheldon in- good spirits and in working
order for the Lord, and the place of
meeting in good shape for the assembly.
As . the people began to gather in, the
word went forth with the unction of the
Holy Spirit sent down from heaven, and
only eternity will tell the great good
that was done in - the ten days' meeting.
Some precious souls consecrated, and the
most of them seemed to get the desire of
their hearts, for which we thanked God,
and give him all the glory. We were
glad for the coming of some of the saints
who are older- in years than we are, and
one especially who said he was living
on borrowed time. Dear Bro. Pixley was
one of the oldest, and also Bro. Defoe,
of Adrian, Mich. was with us and at-tended
the meeting, and went home
benefited for his assembling with us.
May the Lord for Jesus' sake bless the
old people who took pains to attend the
meeting.
The saints of Detroit have a very nice
place for their mission, at No. 482
Baker St. It is a three- story brick
building, and is occupied by the saints,
both up- stairs and down. The lower
part is used for the meeting room; while
the upper part is used for housekeeping
for Bro. Sheldon and family, and the
Workers that come. The rent is $ 20.00
per month. We found the saints in De-troit
consecrated down on the financial
point, which wonderfully helps the mis-sion
to run for the Lord. Workers are
invited to stop and help in the work
when convenient, as the saints there need
them assistance. May the Lord bless
all the saints at Detroit. I. L. Pike.
Hutchinson, Minn., Apr. 2.
For some time we have not written to
the Trumpet, but the Lord has been. our
helper. He has supplied our every need,
for which we are very thankful. We
have just closed a four weeks' meeting at
this place, in which all realized a benefit.
This settlement is principally of Scandina-vian
people. During the first two weeks
the services were conducted in the Dan-ish
language by Bro. Thos. Nelson, after
which Bro Nelson was called to Norway
Lake, where he held a few meeting's
among the Norwegian people. The Lord
saw fit for me to remain at this place
and hold meetings in English. Both the
Danish and the English meetings were
quite well attended.
And now I would speak a word of en-couragement
to all who are interested in
the Scandinavian work. It seems to me
there is a vast field of labor opining up
in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and
Dakota, especially among the Norwegian
and Danish- speaking people; and I sin-cerely
believe that this reformation will
gain a great victory when earnest, pa-tient
workers send forth the glorious doc-trine
of full salvation and unity in Christ,
among the Scandinavian people. And I
think that God ' will soon call those of us
who can speak the language to leave the
English field, and work among this
nationality. The following statistics
will give an idea of the work that is to
he done among these people. Accord-ing
to the census of 1890 the foreign-born
Scandinavians in the states named
were as follows:' Wisconsin, 99,738;
Minnesota, 215,214; Iowa, 72,873;
North Dakota, 34,116. Total, 421,941.
Brethren, does not this denote that a
great responsibility rests upon us for
these dear souls, some of whom are
bound in the thraldom of Catholicism;
some in Protestantism, and many others
stained with sin? Let us send up an
earnest petition to God for holy litera-ture
to distribute among these people.
in this also we encounter another diffi-culty
which our prayers and faith must
surmount. Literature, to have the de-sired
effect, must be in their own lan-guage,
although a ' great many of them
speak and even read English; but the
vocabulary used, in every day life is so
different from the one used in- religious
literature, that they fail to get the real
benefit. There are also some that can
not speak a word of English, who must
be reached with this glorious light; so
let us pray God to hasten the time when
we can print books and tracts in their
own language. It is hoped that there
will be a company of Scandinavian work-ers
at the Grand Forks, N. Dak. camp-meeting
in June. Bro. Thos. Nelson
expects to be there, and he would be
glad to have a company of singers pres-ent.
I will leave this place for other
fields Apr. 3 ( D. • V.). I leave a happy
little band of saints here, rejoicing in the
Lord. I have also had the pleasure of
teaching a singing- school here, and will
leave a class of about twenty to hymn
the present truth. May sweet peace and
heavenly prosperity be the happy lot of
every saint, for Jesus' sake. Brethren,
let us make an extra effort during the
coming summer months to plant the
banner of gospel truth in many new
places now occupied by the enemy, by
taking advantage of the warm weather in
camp and grove meetings. My general
address is 1102 Isett Ave., Muscatine,
Iowa. 	 D. 0. Teasley.
Reynolds, Nebr., Apr. 2.
I desire to tell you of God's goodness
to me. He is keeping me gloriously
saved and walking in the light. I have
just arrived home form Strang, Nebr.,
were I have been laboring in the Lord's
work. I held a meeting about three
weeks, and it was one of the severest
battles between lignt and darkness I
ever witnessed. The devil with his com-bined
forces seemed present to hinder the
work; but, as is always the case, the
Lord gave us the victory. Hallelujahl
Some saw their need of salvation, and
said they were determined to seek the
experience. We held a series of meet-ings
here at our home. Bro. Geo. Viel-guth
was with us.
Dear brethren in the field, let us push
the work in the name of king Jesus.
Truly I see the need of earnest laboring
with tears and prayers by fasting and
denying ourselves. It is my desire to be
useful in the service of my Lord; regard-less
of the sacrifices. I am satisfied the
more we deny ourselves for God ( that is,
with such denial as is in his order) the
greater the blessings will be. Also I
pray that the dear saints of God who
are not called to leave their homes and
go out to publish the glad news of sal-vation,
may have such love for God's
work and for perishing souls, that they
can deny themselves more for the sal-vation
of souls. It is a fact that there
are many of the dear brethren who love
to go to meeting, love to hear the word
of God expounded, and yet manifest very
little desire for the salvation of others.
Brothers and sisters, let us wake up and
look around us and see what we can do
for others; let us put our whole being
into action for God; let us put our
means to work for God and precious souls.;
let us begin. to inquire, Lord, what can
I do to help your cause? W hat God wants
is men and women who are consecrat-ed
to his service— not only in word, but
in their actions to back up their testi-mony.
I often think when I am at a
place were they have so much of this
world's goods laid up— probably large
herds of cattle, big cribs of corn, horses,
and lands— how much they could do for
Jesus, and what a benefit those things
could be to their souls, if used in the right
way; but, alasl instead of a blessing,
they are a hindrance. Why? Because
they let these things stand as it were be-tween
them and God.
0 beloved brethren, be careful; do not
let these things be a witness against you
in the judgment. " Charge them that
are rich in this world, that they be not
high- minded, nor trust in uncertain riches
but in the living God."- 1 Tim. 6: 17.
The same Jesus that told the young man
to sell that he had and give to the poor is
the one we worship to- day; the same
love which caused his disciples to sell
their possessions, and brought an equal-ity
in financial things, is the same love
we enjoy to- day. Brethren, we talk
about apostolic signs: let us see that we
have an apostolic consecration. Apos-tolic
power and salvation can only follow
an apostolic consecration. I have often
thought about the people who lived in
the Mosaic dispensation, how they
brought of their substance offered wil-lingly.
Read 2 Chron. 24: 8- 11. Truly
they were interested in repairing the
temple. Are we as much interested in
repairing the house of God to- day? The
church has been trodden down and
breaches have been made in the wall.
Let us use our means to get the truth be-fore
the people, to gather out timber to
repair the house. Let us pray God to
make us more self- sacrificing, and then
put it into practice. Let us be earnest
laborers with God. 	 T. A. Phillips.
Chicago, Ill., Mar. 30.
We can still report victory in our souls
and in the work here. Many victories
have been gained, but still there is room
to gain many more. Of late God has
been doing a grand work in the church,
clearing up and settling down; also
saving some backsliders, and leading new
ones to the light; and, best of all, God is
giving his servants a clearer insight con-cerning
a rapid extension of the work.
The work here has never had a sufficient
number of stanch, reliable workers and
as there was not that holding on to God
for the right kind, the mission and home
naturally began to fill up with a spongy,
superficial, inactive kind of would- be
workers, such as usually run five or ten
years ahead of their calling. This class
of workers are only dead weights and
detract from the vital force and power of
the qualified workers, consuming much
time and labor to keep them at all in
proper bounds. However, we have not
been flooded with this kind, as we have
measurably stood out against such inva-sions.
But God has made us to under-stand
that it was our duty to ignore all Un-consecrated
and unqualified helpers, and
that it was our privilege to call upon him
to send laborers into his harvest, and he
would send the right ldn •. Amen
So this week has been i [ pointed as a
week of prayer for the church in Chi-cago:
first, for a deep and mutual con-cern
for the work, with soul- travail npon
all; second, for means enough to push
the work and avoid financial strains,
etc. ; third, to pray for God to supply
workers wholly consecrated and quali-fied,
so that the work will not lag on
this line.
UNITED PRAYER.
I know the hundreds of our dear breth-ren
all over the world have the cause of
God at heart, and are praying for God's
work here; and if they only had a little
insight to the actual needs of the hour,
they would gladly stand shoulder to
ihoulder with us in effectual, fervent
prayers, which availeth much. Beloved,
sectism may be boomed by policy, wit,
and worldly wisdom, but the cause we
represent can be moved only by prayer.
Paul discovered that salvation work is
not attained through boasting. Boasting
" is excluded. By what law? of works?
Nay; but by the law of faith."— Rom.
3: 27. I have never seen any great and
lasting good come to this reformation,
except what came by faith. I propose
as far as lieth in me to move out on the
faith line, and that means prayer. We
must not separate prayer and faith. As
far back as my earliest acquaintance with
the Chicago work, its true success is due
directly to the prayer of faith. I have
seen the finances lag for months at a
time, and the wheels refused to turn un-til
the workers reached a unity of effort
in the prayer of faith; then it moved, and
not until then. Last summer certain per-sons
assumed responsibility in the work
in Chicago, when there was not a unity
of effort on the faith line. Money al-most
ceased to flow into the Lord's trea-sury,
and rents accumulated until a large
sum was borrowed to liquidate the same
and'save the cause from reproach. But
unto this day the money borrowed has
not been returned. Some doubtless will
say Bro. Cole's reports in the Trumpet
have secured for the Chicago work the
help from abroad. To such I would an-swer:
When faith took God for the need-ed
means, it came; and when we were
tardy in faith, money was tardy too. I
know it will be up- hill business for the
saints abroad to pray the prayer of faith
_ for the work here, if the saints in Chica-go
fall short; but if we keep prayed up,
it will be only a delight for all saints ev-erywhere
to join us in the prayer of faith.
But I know even then if you are praying
God to supply the needs of the work
here, and you have some of the Lord's
means on hand or in reach, and withhold
the same, you will not be able to get
your prayers up; so if the need is supplied,
remember it is not your faith, but that
of some faithful ones that moved the
arm of God to supply; hence the success
of the work will be booked to their ac-count,
ancl not to yours.
I crave your constant agreement in be-half
of the financial support of the work
here. But I felt moved especially to
request your prevailing prayers for God
to supply the needed workers, and I
want to tell you when to pray. First,
when you read this; then in your special
prayer- services; and last, but not least,
whenever you think of the Chicago work
— a stupendous work, and only few work-ers—
pray. " Pray ye therefore the Lord
of the harvest, that he will send forth
laborers." Amen.
A CALL FOR WORKERS.
I have actually been afraid to make a
call through the Trumpet for workers,
fearing lest the work would be flooded
with incompetent volunteers; but if they
knew the nature of the work and the
moral stamina necessary to work in such a
wicked city, no feeble nor faint- hearted
ones would ever think of offering their
services here. In the first place, I am sure
God wants the work here to move on
the faith line; hence all . workers will he
expected to trust God to supply their tem-poral
needs, and not try to ride , through
on the faith of others; also the needs of
the mission and home must be supplied by
faith, therefore every worker will be ex-
Acted to fall in line, share responsibili-ties,
each one making himself or herself
responsible to pray the prayer of faith,
jointly with all the other workers; in
other words , the workers must be " ex-amples
of the believers in word, in char-ity,
in purity." We : must be able by
our lives to teach faith and unity to the
church. As yet there is not a sufficiency
of competent workers to teach and drill
new and inexperienced workers. The
work needs such as are posted in the
present truth, apt to teach, and settled
in the experience of holiness. Young
workers that are bothered with having
their minds on the opposite sex, will find
the current altogether too strong for
them. The battles are entirely too se-vere
for persons that are unsettled in
their experiences or in their calling. God
wants workers that can face devils and
influences of every kind, and not get
affected. God will have none other than
clean workers, and a clean and thorough
work in Chicago. None else will stand.
There is at least five times the work
in sight that the workers are able to do.
Workers that can do only one or two
things are not in demand; but the kind
that can be used of God in any branch
of the work are those that are full of faith
and the Holy Ghost, and very coiira-geous,
able to teach publicly, privately,
edify saints, perfect believers, preach to
sinners, on the street or in mission, in
their homes or anywhere, with authority
over devils, and wisdom to dig out
chronic cases, etc. Perhaps this may
seem to be a pretty high standard. No;
this simply includes the whole armor,
without which none are able. Also it is
best to have some knowledge of city ways
and city work, but if willing- hearted and
truly called and qualified of God for the'
work here, you will soon get a knowledge
of city work. Literature needs to go into
many homes; the sick need to be prayed
far; saints are to be visited ; the gospel
must be sung, prayed, and preached on
the street; also there is some temporal
work to be done. Any one that is too
nice to do every kind of temporal work
will be in the wrong place here. You
may be sent to the wash- tub the first
thing, or to scrub the mission, clean the
steps, carry out the ashes, build fires,
light the lamps, or anything needing to
be done. Read Luke 9: 57, 58, and come
if the Lord leads; but if you can not
come, pray the prayer of faith that the
Lord may send the proper ones, and do
not stop praying until your prayers are
answered. God means business, and we
mean business too; and we are sure the
faith and faithful efforts of the saints in
1900 will tell for the future of the Chi-cago
work.
Now while I have made a general re-quest
for prayers, I now call especially
on the ministers to lay this matter ear-nestly
before God in humble prayer. I
am sure you ao not envy our position
here. r No, far from that; but it does
seem that you are a little shy of Chi-cago,
and the saints here almost wonder
what is the matter with Chicago, that
the preachers are not more inclined to
pass this way. Brethren, you ought to
be able to bear a little of the time what
we encounter all the time. Now I am sure
if the dear workers in the field pray much
for the work here, they will feel that
they have an interest here; and you will
understand: it is no joke, the river in
Chicago is now running the other way.
Much holy love to all.
Geo. L. and Mary Cole.
Testimonies
Milledgeville, Ga.
I thank God for The Gospel aTrumpet.
By reading it I was led out of the Meth-odist
sect. I had been a member of that
denomination nearly twenty- three years.
Praise God for the wonderful light that
has come to my heart. I am walking in
all the light I have. I am not sanctified.
I want all God's dear children to pray
that I way be more humble and do the
Lord's will in all things.
Mary Press wood.
106 E. Court St., Cincinnati, tahio.
It has been some time since I have
written to the Trumpet. I am praising
God for salvation full and free, and for
his power to heal the body as well as the
soul. We have a few precious souls here
who are out for God and the truth. We
have opened a little mission at 4482
Sixth Street. Any of the saints passing
this way will find a welcome. If the
Lord so leads, we would be glad to have
them stop with us. 	 R. Campbell.
Anniston, Ala.
I received the light about six years
ago, and have been living a life of holi-ness
for two years and a half. I have
taken a stand in my heart against every-thing
that is not like God, and I do praise
God for receiving the light in time. I am
praising him now for a full and free sal-vation.
I am kept by his mighty power
each day of my life, free _ from all un-cleanness.
Oh, praise his holy name for
salvation! 	 Celia Crooke.
Lima, Ark.
I can testify to salvation that keeps me
saved from the sins of the world, and
am praising God that his grace is suffi-cient
to make us rejoice in tribulation.
Our God is mighty to heal. Glory to
his name! We have a large family, but
need not an earthly physician. God
heals us, according to his Word.
walking in ell the light God shines on
my path, and contending for the faith
once delivered to the saints, doing. all I
can for Jesus. Let all saints who read
ibis pray God to bless my weak efforts,
and save my husband, who is a backslider.
Hettie E. Cunningham.
Groesbeck, Texas.
I am so glad that we can report vic-tory
in our souls through Jesus. We are
saved and walking in all the light we
have. We would be glad to have some
of the dear ones come and hold meet-ings
in this country. We have holiness
preaching here sometimes, but they are
anti- ordinance. I do not think they have
the full light, but they are good people
and walking in all the light they have.
We also have sect holiness. My prayer
is that they may soon see where they
stand. If any of the saints feel led to
come this way, I would like to hear from
them. We need the pure gospel very
badly. Any Trumpets or tracts sent
here will be placed where we think they
will do most good.
J. M. and Annie Land.
Commerce, Mo.
I feel thankful that I can testify to
what the Lord is doing for me. He has
healed me of a sore mouth, • He has
been faithful to us in all things. Hus-band
and I are here alone serving the
Lord. We have not heard the gospel
preached for almost two years, but the
Lord has been faithful to what he has
promised. 1 Cor. 10: 13; Eph. 3: 20;
Isa. 59: 1. We are always glad to see
The Gospel Trumpet, which we enjoy
reading very much. The Lord has kept
our bodies in health through the past fall
and winter. It will be five years next
fall since I took a dose of medicine or
used remedies of any kind; and I have
found it is better to trust the Lord than
any earthly physician. Mark 5: 25- 30.
Pray that we may stand true to the Lord,
and that he will open up the way for
the truth to be preached at this place.
Glendora Klemme.
Christiansburg, Va.
I was converted and pardoned of my
sins Oct. 16, 1890. This was not in any
meeting. 	 There was none going at
that time. I just became seriously
aroused about my lost and ruined condi-tion,
and set out to seek the Lord, with a
determination to find him or die trying;
and thanks be unto the name of the
Lord, I found him to my soul's satisfac-tion;
but not having any light on the
second work of grace, I failed to seek it_
The next thing which claimed my atten-tion
was, What church, shall I join? For
I had been taught from my youth up,
that we must join one of the so- called
churches, and I firmly believed it. But
the great and important question with
me was of all the different denominations
which one is right. I desired from the
depth of my heart to know which is the
church that our Redeemer established.
Well, the subject continued to lie heavily
upon my heart. W hen I would lie down
at night, I would hope that the Lord
would appear in a dream or vision, and
show me which church I should join. I
must say here that the vision has never
come; so I talked first to one and then
to another about the church question,
and pondered over it until some time in
the following June or July I consented
to join the Missionary Baptists, and be-came
pretty well reconciled for a while.
Now 1 had always from a child loved to
hear the Bible read, and after learning
to read myself, before and after my con-version,
I spent some time reading the
Bible; but before I was converted I never
was able to grasp the true meaning of
the scriptures I : would read like I could
afterwards. Truly, the Bible afterwards
appeared like a new book. Well, after
reading and rereading portions of the
New Testament scriptures, I began to see
very plainly that there was something
wrong somewhere. I would read of the
different gifts of the Spirit, and of the
wonderful promises of God to his chil-dren,
and how he would endue some of
them with wonderful power, and also of
the ordinances of the New Testament,
with many other things too numerous to
mention. I would read, and meditate
uwpoonnl dth sil nidges ,0
in the scripture.
wvehricahs tthheo 111) g- on'they
preacher
ww eeerare hnneot
After three or four years in the Mis-sionary
Baptist Church I became some-what
dissatisfied and would have a hun-dgierinngandtthii
rrrssettaii nnllggy after sito mweatsh. ing,, but
did not know
and then I would find myself in deep
wonderment regarding the state of the
church, after seeing so much of their
dead formality and multiplicity of creeds;
and at the same time remembering that
there is only one Lord, one faith, and
one baptism. Then 1 could begin to see
that anything that causes division and
separates God's people is wrong and
against the scriptures. I wearied along
with them, not knowing of anything
better.
One Sunday evening, in the latter part
of August, 1898, while I was out in the
Flattop coal fields, I was caused to
have a double desire to search and find
out the true meaning of the scriptures,
so I closed up my little . shanty and
walked down off the little hill where I
lived, to go down to the bottom to bor-row
a New Testament with notes, which
a gentleman had, and when I got to the
man's house, he and some other men
were sitting out in the yard, and one of
the men was using the very book I came
to borrow. So I did not say anything to
him about borrowing the book, and just
made myself content to sit and look on
and listen. Before I had been in his
presence long I discerned that he had
something that I did not have, but I
wanted it. He had a knowledge and
understanding of the Lord such as I had
never been taught was for us till death.
e all soon became interested in him
and in his conversation. He said Many
things that I had never heard any man
say before. But when I heard the words
with my ears, my heart said, " Amen.
Thank God." It was in accordance with
what 1 had seen so often in the Bible,
but I did not know there was anybody
practicing it on earth. He began to tell
us of the one church, and of the saints
at Grand Junction, Mich., and Mounds-ville,
and of their faith and practice, and
of some whom God had healed, just in
answer to prayer, etc. When he left the
house I followed him out into the street,
where we talked for some time; and be-fore
we parted he promised to give me a
holiness catalogue, which he brought to
the mine to me the next morning, I
think. As soon as I saw it I fell in love
with it. So in a very few days I sent
an order to the Trumpet Office for the
Trumpet for three months; also for sev-eral
books and tracts, enough to amount
to about two dollars. Among the books
I ordered was " The Secret of Salvation,"
" Divine Healing of Soul and Body,"
" Church of God, " and several others, with
quite a number of tracts. Well, in four
or five days these books came, and 1 be-gan
to read them, and am reading them
yet. As soon as: I began to read them
my soul became knit to them on ac-count
of the precious truths they set
forth, always pointing me to the Bible
for the " thus saith the Lord"; and it
just pleased me to find out that God still
has a people on the earth, preaching and
gToshpeelbojouksts laiknde the
gospel
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disciples
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been
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their coming to this place.
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p- tor ebaee hoout ts amned po ua rt tpsfeoorpolfet
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me
straight, but other parts they preach in
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year. Ministers, workers, and all lovers of
the truth are invited. All come praying
that God will give us a glorious feast.
Bros. J. W. B yers, Sensney, M. Bue, F. J.
Van Velden, Hale, and J. L. Green are ex-pected
to be present. For further infor-mation
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Hubbard, Oregon. Jane 15- 25. C. M.
This is to be the general camp- meeting
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mile from the station at Hubbard. The
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the ministerial brethren. Hubbard is about
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Jordan, Hubbard, Ore.
Fresno, Cal. Beginning May 18, to con-tinue
three days or longer. Assembly- meet-ing.
This meeting will be held in the hall
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For further information address W. W.
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All are cordially invited.
Grand Junction, Mich. June 20- 30.
C. M. Those coming via Chicago would
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and thence by rail to Grand Junction.
Those coming via Pere Marquette ( formerly
C. & W. M.) R. R. will stop at camp-ground
( except fast trains). Those coming
via Michigan Central R. R. will stop at
Grand Junction and will be met there and
conveyed to the grounds. All who are
able are expected to care for themselves and
teams or to pay for it. Eatables and hay
and grain can be had upon the grounds at
a reasonable price. The poor have the gos-pel
preached and also are fed. ; A. B.
Palmer and W. B. Grover.
Grand Forks, N. Dak. June 22 to July
3. ; amp- meeting.
Woodsfield, Ohio. Beginning June 23.
Tabernacle- meeting. This meeting will be
held by G. T. Clayton and wife, and other
workers. All lovers of the truth invited.
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Ohio.
Colfax, Wash. June 28 to July 8.
Camp- meeting. This- meeting will be held
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miles west of Pullman. For further infor-mation
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Bessemer, Ala. July 12- 22. C. M. All
lovers of the truth are invited to come.
Come praying that God may give as a glori-ous
time in the salvation of souls and healing
of the sick. All the workers in this part
of the vineyard are expected. Come pre-pared
to care for yourselves as far as pos-sible.
For further information address
Robert Wright or A. B. Harney.
Pocahontas, Ark. July 13- 22. Camp-meeting.
This meeting will be held 3 mi.
S. W. of Pocahontas. All lovers of the
truth are invited. All come praying that
God will give us a glorious feast. Those
coming on the train will be met at Poca-hontas,
Ark. Bros. G. B. Collins and Jas.
D. Ferrill are expected. Come prepared to
take care of yourselves as far as yon can,
but do not stay at home because you are
poor. For further information write John
M. Wann, Pocahontas, Ark.
Ripley, Okla. Beginning July 19. Camp-meeting.
We give this notice in time for
all to get ready to attend. Will give more
particulars later. Ripley is a new town built
up in the last two months. It is in the
eastern part of Oklahoma. This meeting
will be a general : gathering of the saints.
W. M. Wilson. 	 -
Burket, Ind. Aug. 1- 12. General camp-meeting
of the church of the living God.
S. L. Speck.
Neosho Falls, Kans. Aug. 2- 12. C. M.
Address S. G. Bryant, Galesburg, Kans.
Eugene, Ind. Aug. 16- 26. Camp- meet-ing.
Address S. A. Sprouls.
Obituary.
Ripley, Okla.
WEST.- Grandfather West died at his
home near Clayton, Okla. Mar. 20, 1900.
He was 77 years of age. He was one that
greatly appreciated the love of God, and be-lieved
God's work from the heart. He said
he was ready when God called for him. He
leaves a wife, three sons, and one daughter.
Willie H. Oldham.
BAYLESS.- Bro. Daniel Bayless died
Feb. 27, 1900; aged 64 yr., 14 da. He
was born in Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y. Bro.
Bayless died happy in the Lord, leaving ev-idence
behind that it was well with his soul.
He accepted the evening light and came out
of Babylon when he first heard the voice
from heaven saving, " Come out of her, my
people." He leaves a wife, three sisters,
and one brother. Funeral was held on the
camp- ground, where a large assembly gath-ered
to witness the burial, and look for the
last time upon Bro. Bayless.
W. B. Grover.
Grand Forks, N. Dak.
JOHNSON.- Sis. Laura Johnson departed
this life to be with Jesus and the family
above. - She was 1 orn May 17, 1864; died
Mar. 26, 1900. She ] eaves three chil-dren;
also an unsaved husband. Her last
words to him were, " Come to Jesus." May
God hasten it. She took her bed about a
year ago with consumption. Just a few
weeks before her death God used some of
his dear ones to find her and to point out our
loving Savior, whom she accepted and is
now with him, we believe. Oh, praise his
name! May God- continue to bless and
use his dear ones in seeking out the needy
and caring for their every need.
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death, just as calmly as though she were
just going to sleep, and closed her eyes
upon earth, and awoke in the arms of Je-sus.
Oh, let us mark the upright man, and
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one brother and a mother, besides a host of
near and dear friends. 	 W. B. Grover.
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Chills and Fever.
li'ttle'gialrfive years old, was tal
a chill' on Saturday before Christ-mas
and' was 411: 61i " Most of the day;. but
seemed to get better, aannd We went to
preaching that night,. Oa 46nalay fol-laWint
slitahaleitiother 	 and Bro.
and railitiallason and Sister Daniels were
` here sand we prayed for the - healing of
her b4,44,: and the dear Lord healed her,
And running and playing
a; roundlay t WO o'clock. The was not sick
any‘ inSitelarain, month She Lord per
. initt6d devil to affiict her again with
fever; and she was sick three days and
nights, and she had several spasms and
was very sick. I fasted and prayed, and
theaLord headed her again. To God be
all Last summer I had the
fever, and * e Lord healed me. He has
healedine several times. I do praise the
dear - Lord for his saving and healing
power. I am all alone in the one body.
There is a small body of saints about
eight miles from here. I do not often
hear the truth preached; I would be
glad if the Lord would send some of his
Holy Ghost preachers here to preach the
trath''' I ask The saints of God every-where
when they read this to send up a
prayer to God that 1 may live closer to
him in the future, and be found. doing his
will in all things. l'ray for my unsaved
husband. 	 Tennie Jackson.
Franklin, Ark., _ Mar, 1R.
HEMORRHAGE.
On Dec. 26 I was taken down with
hemorrhage. I was near death, and
thought my time was come to go. I felt
that I was saved and was perfectly re-conciled
to die. To avoid having an in-quest
after death, I sent for a member of
the board of health to decide what was
the trouble. He came and pronounced
it a complication of diseases. He told
husband that my case was fatal. He
wanted to fix me up some medicine to
stop the hemorrhage, and said I could not
live though more than two or three more.
I did not take the medicine, but trusted
my case in the Lord's hands, willing
that the Lord's will be done. I kept get
ting worse, still having hemorrhages
every day. The - twenty- third Psalm was
a great comfort to me.
The elder and some of the little ones
came. We prayed and . asked the Lord
to show us his will concerning me. The
Lord gave us the evidence that he was
going to raise me up. I complied with
the Word. Jas. 5: 14. Brother and
Sister Smith anointed me and prayed for
me, and the Lord raised me up. This
was on Friday. J was up until Sunday,
then I_- was taken worse than ever. I
called on the elder, and was anoint-ed
and prayed for again. I had a real
test of faith for three days— had hem-orrhages
every day, and at one time
while unconsciou husband thought I was
dead; but I revived, and we held right
on to the Lord by faith, knowing that
we had the petition asked for. To God
be all the glory. In about four weeks
I was able to attend meeting, and am
getting stronger every day. Praise God!
1 ask the prayers of all the saints that I
keep humble and grow in grace and the
knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Sarah Carter.
Covert, Mich., Feb. Plk.
My Healing.
It was been four years this winter
since God saved me from the wickedness
of this world, and I have not tasted a
drop of medicine since. Before I was
saved 1 was always taking medicine, but,
I have been very sick since I was saved,
and God has always been true to his
word. I will speak of how God wonder-fully
healed me. Three years ago last
November I was away from home at-
4tending a meeting, and I commenced
feeling sick on Wednesday. 1 was trust-ing
God, but I was worse Thursday and
Friday. 1 called on God with all my
heart, but it seemed he did not hear, yet
I was determined . to trust him at any cost.
About four o'clock I got so bad that I
was walking the floor and praying and
crying, and the brothers and sisters were
praying also, and it seemed as if God had
forsaken us. My sister asked me if I did
not want, some medicine, and'I told her
No; I was going to trust God. The
weather being bad we could not get a
minister that day, and I suffered till
about one o'clock Saturday morning,
when we got Bro. Peterman and Bro.
Baldwin to come. They were just one
mile from where the meeting was being
held at this time. I was anointed accord-ing
to Jas. 5: 14, 15, and I went to bed
and went to sleep. I awoke about four
o'clock just as bad as ever, and called the
brethren. They laid hands. on me and
rebuked the devil. I was praying to
God to heal me, and he did instantly.
I got right up and I know he healed me,
and he gets all the praise. It was kidney
trouble and female weakness, and only
God knows how . I suffered; but I trusted
him through. Many other times he has
healed me and my children, for which I
give him all the praise. He will help us
if'we will trust him and obey.
' 	 Allic Hall.
Amenia, N. Dak., Mar. 8.
Broken Bones Healed.
On April 15, 1899 1 was on the hill-side
milking, when the cow stepped on
my foot. I fell down, breaking the
bones above my ankle. A physician
Was sent for, who came and set the
bones. For four weeks I suffered and
was unable to bear any weight upon my
foot. The physician came six times.
His last visit was on Saturday before I
was healed on Monday. I had been
healed, by the power of God in answer
to prayer, of other troubles before I was
hurt. As I was sitting with my foot on
a pillow in front of me in a helpless o em-dition,
a brother and sister in Christ came
to visit me. The sister gave me some
very precious promises from the word of
God and asked when these promises were
for us. She then told me that they
were for us now, and not to- morrow;
and the Bible says, " What things soever
ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them."
— Mark 11: 24. And again," And this is
the confidence that we have in. him, that,
if we ask anything according to his will,
he heareth us: and if we know that he
hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know
that * e have the petitions that we de-sired
of him."- 1 Jim. 5: 11, 15. As I
heard the word of God presented, I
seemed to take new, courage, and my
faith laid hold upon the promises as they
prayed for me, asking the Lord to send
his healing power. As my faith began
to increase, the Lord began sending his
healing virtue and power, and the sister
said, " Arise and. walk," and as I de-cided
to do so the Lord sent his healing
power. I walked omit of the room into
the bedroom alone, and the same day
walked out of doors and got into the
buggy and went with the sister to a
town four miles away to see another sick
sister. As we went our way, my soul
was filled with thankfulness and praises
unto God, and I was made to sing,
" Praise God from whom all blessings
flow." 	 Elizabeth A. Davis.
West Liberty, Ohio.
Healed and Strengthened.
I am saved and kept by the mighty
power of God. I praise him for his won-derful
healing power. I was taken sick
in 1896, and was in bed nearly a year with
chronic spinal meningitis. No one but
God knows what I suffered. I was kept in
a dark room for five months or more,
and could not bear a noise of any kind.
We hadfive different doctors. 01 was so
near death's dear when we got the fifth
one that I'Ind death blindness. I have
a small vial at medicine he kept for
mother to give: tae when I was dying, to
quiet the Rain in my head, so that I
,, would be conscious. He came every clay
but did not have any hope of my recov-ery
for a lone. time. In June I was able
to slide around the house in a rocker. I
was just so I could drag around from that
time on until a year ago last December.
I was then taken'Evith the grippe and
came very near having pneumonia.
I got all run down so it broaglit on a re-lapse
of spinal trouble. I was in bed
until April, when T ! Tot so r could slide
to the table and back to the bed in a
small rocker. Sometimes it seemed as
though I would faint away before I could
get to the bed. One Sunday in July I
was alone. I had been reading testimon-ies,
and I felt God was waiting to
heal me, so I stepped out on his promises,
got up. went into the kitchen, got dinner
over, and walked back and forth from
bedroom to kitchen several times. I felt
quite smart for a few days, then one of
my old troubles came on and the enemy
got me to take medicine for it. The
' Minute I took it I felt I had done° wrong.
I then wrote to Sister Clark at Grand
Rapids. She came the last of August
and anointed me, and the dear Lord
wonderfully healed my body. I began
doing my own work and in less than two
weeks I did a three weeks' washing.
On Jan. 1 the dear Lord blessed me
with an 11 lb. boy. I had no one with
me that could trust the Lord, so they got
a doctor. I took his medicine and all
my troubles returned. I continued taking
medicine for four weeks, • then Sister
Clark came and anointed me, and glory
to his name, I was healed. In less than
two weeks baby and I took the train for
Riverdale, to visit Sister Clark. Baby
had never been out of doors before, but
the dear Lord wonderfully took care of
him, and kept him from taking cold.
When two months old he weighed eight-een
pounds. I am twenty- three years
old and weigh 155 lbs. We came back
to Stanton yesterday. People are sur-prised
to see how well I look. It is my
prayer that these few lines may be the
means of leading some poor sufferer to
take God as his physician. Praise his
holy name forever! Pray that I may
get a deeper experience, and that I may
always be doing the Master's will.
Mrs. Bertha Cummins.
Stanton, Mich.
Human Helplessness.
4W4I THOUT me ye can do noth-vv
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this important truth. We think
that we believe it, but we really do not
while there remains the least human
effort to do something to help ourselves.
The Holy Spirit implants in our souls the
desire to be more like Jesus, to live a life
of holiness, and instead of yielding utterly
to that blessed Spirit of Life that he may
work all his works in us, and show forth
through us the character of Jesus, we
are full of plans and efforts to make our-selves
holy. We feel that we must strug-gle
to have more faith, we must try to
pray more, we must work more for the
Lord, and all the time Jesus is saying,
" Without me ye can do nothing." He
watches our efforts to make ourselves
holy, he is sorry for us, but he must wait
until failure has proved to us that we can
do nothing of ourselves. During Jacob's
midnight encounter with the angel, he
learned the lesson that he was a com-plete
failure in himself, but he had to
learn it through having the very center
of his human strength broken and with-ered
by the angel of God. Then he
could know the power of God taking hold
of his weakness, and turning him from
the " worm Jacob" into the Israel of
God— a prince who could prevail with
both God and men.
Dear discouraged one, thank God to-day
that all human. effort has brought
nothing but failure. He says to you,
" Without Me ye can do nothing." Just
say that after him, whisper it back into
his ear, tell him you know it is true be-cause
he said so, and tell him also that
you are glad it is true. Tell him you can
do nothing. He says it himself, and
therefore he will never expect you to do
anything; but tell him you will let him
do everything in and through you hence-forth.
Yield fully to him in your help-lessness,
and let his Spirit think within
you, pray through you, and do all his
works through you. Ho* restful! how
sweet! just to sink back in the " ever-lasting
arias," and. know they will not
let you go. You have tried to pray, and
even prayer has tried you in the past.
But that is because you have not let the
Spirit pray through you. Do you not
remember God says that " we know not
what we should pray for as we ought."
( See Rom. 8: 26.) So he sends his Spirit to
help our infirmities, and he makes inter-cession
for us with groanings which can
not be uttered. He has wonderful
prayers. He is longing to pray through
us. Let us yield, YIELD, YIELD to those
marvelous currents of prayer which will
carry us far. out beyond our own little
needs, and give us a beautiful ministry
of prayer for others. The Holy Spirit
prays always " according to the will of
God," so that will relieve us from all
fears on that line. And those marvel-ous
prayers shall have marvelous answers,
and bring glory to our blessed Jesus.
In 2 Cor. 3: 5 we read: ' ' Not that we
are sufficient of ourselves to think any-thing
as of ourselves; but our sufficiency
is of God." You see how Paul takes the
place of utter nothingness, when he
declares he is not able even to think any-thing
of himself. In this same chapter
he tells us that we are " the epistle of
Christ," " written . . . with the Spirit
of the living God," and we are " read
and known of all men." How blessed
to have the Holy Spirit use the tables of
our heart on which to write the epistles
of Christ. But we must not write any
of the words ourselves, or even try to
put in any of the commas or periods.
When we take up our pens, the Spirit
lays down his. How sadly we have in-terrupted
and marred his work! In the
18th verse we read, " But we all, with
open face beholding 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." W hat,
then, is to be our attitude? 	 simply
" beholding." Beholding ourselves,
with all our imperfections? No! " be-holding
the glory of the Lord." ' With
open or unveiled face we are to. be-holding
Jesus, beholding his glory as
revealed by the Spirit, and the sight
shall fill and thrill us, and transform us
" into the same image" by the power of
the Holy Ghost. 	 " From glory to
glory." Glory to- day, fresh, new glory
to- morrow, ever increasing and widening
as the days go by, until we shall be with
him, where he is, and behold the full-ness
al his glory. How tenderly he
prayed for this in Jno. 17: 24, ' Father,
I will that they also whom thou hast
given me, be with me where I am; that
they may behold my glory." It is his
will, and we may say joyfully, " Thy
will be clone."
Dear Father, give us the unveiled face
to gaze at the glory of thy dear Son,
while thy Spirit transforms us into " the
same image." It seems too wonderful
to be true that we may just behold him,
and be like him, losing all self- conscious-ness
in his beauty, but it is true, for thou
host said it, and we yield to thy miracle-working
power in our lives. And let us
ever know the meaning of thy word,
" He that is entered into his rest, he also
hath ceased from his own works, as God
did from his.''— Ileb. 4: 10.— Triumph
of Faith_