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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. A/ YAW/ (- 1-/ f 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 1606 4 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET E. E. BYRU1VI, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. 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. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the [ hay of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." The first general camp- meeting this year will be held at Moundsville, W. Va., June 7- 17. Application has been made to the railroad companies for reduced rates which, if procured, will be announced later through The Gospel Trumpet. We are expecting a much larger attendance this year than usual and a glorious meeting in the name of the Lord. Many have been writing or making inquiries concerning the meeting 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 to take are of yourselves. There will be a place for sleeping furnished- free of charge on the grounds for those who are willing to consecrate to put up with camp life. There will also be an eating-house on the grounds, where good, plain, wholesome food will be furnished at very reasonable rates. For those who do not care to camp on the ground and are able to provide for better accommodations the same can be obtained in the city, either private or hotel accommodations. How-ever, those camping on the ground will be better able to attend all the services. Divine- healing services will be held every day during the meetings, and other ser-vices beginning early in the morning and continuing throughout the day, and also at night. We desire to urge the ministers to at-tend : the general camp- meetings, and would say to the brethren everywhere that it will be of great benefit not only to the minister of your community but to the people of your community for you to help the minister to attend these gen-eral meetings, as here they learn much from the word of God and the experiences of other brethren, and will be enabled to make such spiritual advancement as to better equip them for the gospel. work. Let all who can, come praying; come believing, and we will not fail to have abundant help from the Lord.' Let us ask God to save many souls from their sins, sanctify believers, heal the sick, and better equip his ministry for preach-ing the gospel. Business Commitnirn tions, moneys, etc., must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA. to Insure credit: otherwise we will not be responsible. Subscription price, _ postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. Bat— All Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. • ■ ■ ■ ■ •= 111. 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. Intared at the Host- office at Itounds. 110, W. Va., as Second- class Matter. 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 JdpTB irarrusoancei. mst. p disciples go of t ho led pdrdie 2pefc, tolrawaynaatdsol inatplt lIr eaet nahoedevheeprTdrai ettiahewceeyhei week. 1 . g0 amIamehn Myy soul hd sfree eo true lwi eays emtandaet grlaaudchangdootod rrehjoasicbee; been anod n Ib by their coming to this place. There are some p- tor ebaee hoout ts amned po ua rt tpsfeoorpolfet hete hrie ee rw dsh. cur pc, h They me straight, but other parts they preach in aadwhaeryeItcoanthenotm isleleenintiumSotmheeo ory fI and Meeting Notices. Stanley, Ritchie Co., W. Va. Beginning Apr. 18, to last twelve days or longer. Meeting. Bro. G. T. Clayton and company expected. L. P. Garner. West Lodi, Ohio. April 21 and 22. General ordinance- meeting. Bro. A. M. Dick is expected, and whomsoever the Lord may send. All are invited. For further information address W. D. Garman. The Secret of Salvation: How to Get It, and How to Keep It. Over 400 pages, bound in Cloth. Puce - - $ 1 00 The same in Paper Cover - - 35 ... The Better Testament.. Christ's beautiful law of liberty compared with the law of bondage under Moses. 420 pages. Bound in Cloth, Price - $ 1 00 " " Half Morocco 1 50 Salvation, Piet el t, Perfect, Now or. Never. 118 pages. Cloth, 35c. Paper, 15. ... Tobacco and Its Effects... Au excellent work. 100 pages. Paper, 10c. ... Duty of Parents... 31 pages. • Paper, 5c. ... Echoes from Glory... A collection of more than 200 beautiful songs. Words only. Paper cover - 10c. The Kingdom of God and the One Thousand Years' Reign. 260 pages. Bound in Cloth - $ 1 00 " " Paper Cover 35 Letters of Love - and Counsel for " Our Girls." 331 pages. Clotl. $ i 00 Paper Cover - 35 Mothers' Counsel to Their Sons. 436 pages. Cloth - - $ 1 00 ... Innocence- A beautiful poem by D. S. Warner. 26 pages. Paper, 5c. - ... Two Works of Grace... • Justification. Sanctification. 90 pages. Cloth, 25c. Paper, 40c. The Church of God; or, What is the Church, and What is Not. 32 pages. Paper, 5c. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET claim that the baptism of the Holy Ghost is a separate work from sanctifica-tion, wrought in the soul as a third work of grace. Now, I love these dear peo-ple, and would love for us all to agree in all things; but I can not see the scrip-tures in that light. Brethren, will all who read this please pray for me. Pray that God's Spirit may lead me into a much deeper, and a more rooted and grounded experience, and that I may be led to see my place in the body, and fill it to the glory of God. - John T. Bannister. Requests for Prayer. I earnestly desire the prayers of the saints everywhere that I may have a settled experi-ence of salvation, and that my body may be healed. Joseph Kohn. • I hereby request the prayers of all the saints that I may be healed of all my afflic-tions and be delivered from all the powers of darkness, and Satan. Mrs. Mollie E. Smith. All who can, please pray and fast on Apr. 22 for the healing of my wife, who is very mach atllicted. Pray also that her faith may be increased, for her sanctification. R. II. - Owens. Calls for Meetings. West Lodi, Seneca Co., Ohio. If any of the brethren have a tabernacle that they want to sell, or rent, or give. to use to hold meetings in this summer, write to W. D.. Garman. Spokane, Wash. Pray much for us and the work in Spokane,- that God may send consecrated workers to help open up this vast field. Any of the saints coming or passing through wishing to call, or any one wishing to write us will address 2215 Broad-way. J. C. and II. M. Benton and Co-. Ryan, Morgan Co., Ala. Can not Bro. Noah Dittman or sonic of God's holy minis-ters come here and help us? Our house is open for the truth. Der neighbors have never heard the whole truth. Some sister could do a good work here. ° We would glad-eaeramenniummammeamenteciae Lodi, Cal. Beginning May 4, to con-tinue as long as the Lord wills. Assem-bly- meeting. This meeting is to be held in the grove - where camp- meeting was held last 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 address J. M. Hudson, Lodi, _ Cal. Hubbard, Oregon. Jane 15- 25. C. M. This is to be the general camp- meeting for northwestern Oregon. It will be held in a beautiful grove less than one- half mile from the station at Hubbard. The outlook is good for a glorious meeting this year. Let all that can,' attend, especially the ministerial brethren. Hubbard is about 32 mi. south of Portland. Address Bro. A. 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 in Spinney Building, Cor. Merced and I Sts. For further information address W. W. McAboy, B. F. Arnett, or J. L. Chaffin. All are cordially invited. Grand Junction, Mich. June 20- 30. C. M. Those coming via Chicago would do well to cross the lake to South Haven 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. Those wishing to come to the meeting will please address Bro. Philip Vaughn, Griffith, Ohio. Colfax, Wash. June 28 to July 8. Camp- meeting. This- meeting will be held at what was formerly known as the Saints' Home, ten miles south of Colfax, and ten miles west of Pullman. For further infor-mation address Evening Light Pub. Co., Colfax, Wash. 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. J. C. Peterman M ' INT 0 SH.- Lizzie McIntosh, dau ghter of Sister Hannah Bell ville, of Geneva, Mich., departed this life Mar. 26, 1900; aged 36 yrs. 3 mo. 15 da. Lizzie was born in Ontario, Canada. She came with her parents to Michigan, and in 1880 she was married to Chester Eastman, of Geneva, where she lived until death called her away, the father and one daughter having g- ne before her. Lizzie died in Christ, fully re-conciled to God, with the full assurance that she was going to be with Jesus. She Made arrangements for the funeral before 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 let our last end be like his. Lizzie leaves one brother and a mother, besides a host of near and dear friends. W. B. Grover. ly receive aril help whomsoever the Lord sends. Ada Brock. They will increase your Faith and Spirit-uality; renew your Hope and Courage; en-able you to lay hold upon the promises of Should Be in Every Home. and ' give you a better understanding of the' God and obtain answers to your prayers word of God. They will exert a good moral influence upon your children and teach the way to heaven. Thousands of copies are being sold. CD- V= 1R. all- 1E F1401_ a_ IOWIl\ TC4- GOB I D B OKS That The Grace of Healing; or, Christ Our Physician. 342 pages. 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MAILED FREE. GOSPEL TRUMPET PUBLISHING COMPANY, oe de, az MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA., U. S. A. GOSPEL wipe Healing. 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 ing.."— Jno. 15: 5. Spiritual failure often comes because we do not be-lieve 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_
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 20:15 |
Published Date | 1900-04-12 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 15 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Gospel Trumpet Company |
Subject | Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Moundsville ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
Copyright | Copyright 2009, Anderson University. |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Full Text | 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. A/ YAW/ (- 1-/ f 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 1606 4 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET E. E. BYRU1VI, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. 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. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the [ hay of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." The first general camp- meeting this year will be held at Moundsville, W. Va., June 7- 17. Application has been made to the railroad companies for reduced rates which, if procured, will be announced later through The Gospel Trumpet. We are expecting a much larger attendance this year than usual and a glorious meeting in the name of the Lord. Many have been writing or making inquiries concerning the meeting 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 to take are of yourselves. There will be a place for sleeping furnished- free of charge on the grounds for those who are willing to consecrate to put up with camp life. There will also be an eating-house on the grounds, where good, plain, wholesome food will be furnished at very reasonable rates. For those who do not care to camp on the ground and are able to provide for better accommodations the same can be obtained in the city, either private or hotel accommodations. How-ever, those camping on the ground will be better able to attend all the services. Divine- healing services will be held every day during the meetings, and other ser-vices beginning early in the morning and continuing throughout the day, and also at night. We desire to urge the ministers to at-tend : the general camp- meetings, and would say to the brethren everywhere that it will be of great benefit not only to the minister of your community but to the people of your community for you to help the minister to attend these gen-eral meetings, as here they learn much from the word of God and the experiences of other brethren, and will be enabled to make such spiritual advancement as to better equip them for the gospel. work. Let all who can, come praying; come believing, and we will not fail to have abundant help from the Lord.' Let us ask God to save many souls from their sins, sanctify believers, heal the sick, and better equip his ministry for preach-ing the gospel. Business Commitnirn tions, moneys, etc., must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA. to Insure credit: otherwise we will not be responsible. Subscription price, _ postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. Bat— All Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. • ■ ■ ■ ■ •= 111. 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. Intared at the Host- office at Itounds. 110, W. Va., as Second- class Matter. 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 JdpTB irarrusoancei. mst. p disciples go of t ho led pdrdie 2pefc, tolrawaynaatdsol inatplt lIr eaet nahoedevheeprTdrai ettiahewceeyhei week. 1 . g0 amIamehn Myy soul hd sfree eo true lwi eays emtandaet grlaaudchangdootod rrehjoasicbee; been anod n Ib by their coming to this place. There are some p- tor ebaee hoout ts amned po ua rt tpsfeoorpolfet hete hrie ee rw dsh. cur pc, h They me straight, but other parts they preach in aadwhaeryeItcoanthenotm isleleenintiumSotmheeo ory fI and Meeting Notices. Stanley, Ritchie Co., W. Va. Beginning Apr. 18, to last twelve days or longer. Meeting. Bro. 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Bound in Cloth - $ 1 00 " " Paper Cover 35 Letters of Love - and Counsel for " Our Girls." 331 pages. Clotl. $ i 00 Paper Cover - 35 Mothers' Counsel to Their Sons. 436 pages. Cloth - - $ 1 00 ... Innocence- A beautiful poem by D. S. Warner. 26 pages. Paper, 5c. - ... Two Works of Grace... • Justification. Sanctification. 90 pages. Cloth, 25c. Paper, 40c. The Church of God; or, What is the Church, and What is Not. 32 pages. Paper, 5c. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET claim that the baptism of the Holy Ghost is a separate work from sanctifica-tion, wrought in the soul as a third work of grace. Now, I love these dear peo-ple, and would love for us all to agree in all things; but I can not see the scrip-tures in that light. Brethren, will all who read this please pray for me. Pray that God's Spirit may lead me into a much deeper, and a more rooted and grounded experience, and that I may be led to see my place in the body, and fill it to the glory of God. - John T. Bannister. Requests for Prayer. I earnestly desire the prayers of the saints everywhere that I may have a settled experi-ence of salvation, and that my body may be healed. Joseph Kohn. • I hereby request the prayers of all the saints that I may be healed of all my afflic-tions and be delivered from all the powers of darkness, and Satan. Mrs. Mollie E. Smith. All who can, please pray and fast on Apr. 22 for the healing of my wife, who is very mach atllicted. Pray also that her faith may be increased, for her sanctification. R. II. - Owens. Calls for Meetings. West Lodi, Seneca Co., Ohio. If any of the brethren have a tabernacle that they want to sell, or rent, or give. to use to hold meetings in this summer, write to W. D.. Garman. Spokane, Wash. Pray much for us and the work in Spokane,- that God may send consecrated workers to help open up this vast field. Any of the saints coming or passing through wishing to call, or any one wishing to write us will address 2215 Broad-way. J. C. and II. M. Benton and Co-. Ryan, Morgan Co., Ala. Can not Bro. Noah Dittman or sonic of God's holy minis-ters come here and help us? Our house is open for the truth. Der neighbors have never heard the whole truth. Some sister could do a good work here. ° We would glad-eaeramenniummammeamenteciae Lodi, Cal. Beginning May 4, to con-tinue as long as the Lord wills. Assem-bly- meeting. This meeting is to be held in the grove - where camp- meeting was held last 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 address J. M. Hudson, Lodi, _ Cal. Hubbard, Oregon. Jane 15- 25. C. M. This is to be the general camp- meeting for northwestern Oregon. It will be held in a beautiful grove less than one- half mile from the station at Hubbard. The outlook is good for a glorious meeting this year. Let all that can,' attend, especially the ministerial brethren. Hubbard is about 32 mi. south of Portland. Address Bro. A. 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 in Spinney Building, Cor. Merced and I Sts. For further information address W. W. McAboy, B. F. Arnett, or J. L. Chaffin. All are cordially invited. Grand Junction, Mich. June 20- 30. C. M. Those coming via Chicago would do well to cross the lake to South Haven 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. Those wishing to come to the meeting will please address Bro. Philip Vaughn, Griffith, Ohio. Colfax, Wash. June 28 to July 8. Camp- meeting. This- meeting will be held at what was formerly known as the Saints' Home, ten miles south of Colfax, and ten miles west of Pullman. For further infor-mation address Evening Light Pub. Co., Colfax, Wash. 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. J. C. Peterman M ' INT 0 SH.- Lizzie McIntosh, dau ghter of Sister Hannah Bell ville, of Geneva, Mich., departed this life Mar. 26, 1900; aged 36 yrs. 3 mo. 15 da. Lizzie was born in Ontario, Canada. She came with her parents to Michigan, and in 1880 she was married to Chester Eastman, of Geneva, where she lived until death called her away, the father and one daughter having g- ne before her. Lizzie died in Christ, fully re-conciled to God, with the full assurance that she was going to be with Jesus. She Made arrangements for the funeral before 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 let our last end be like his. Lizzie leaves one brother and a mother, besides a host of near and dear friends. W. B. Grover. ly receive aril help whomsoever the Lord sends. Ada Brock. They will increase your Faith and Spirit-uality; renew your Hope and Courage; en-able you to lay hold upon the promises of Should Be in Every Home. and ' give you a better understanding of the' God and obtain answers to your prayers word of God. They will exert a good moral influence upon your children and teach the way to heaven. Thousands of copies are being sold. CD- V= 1R. all- 1E F1401_ a_ IOWIl\ TC4- GOB I D B OKS That The Grace of Healing; or, Christ Our Physician. 342 pages. 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MAILED FREE. GOSPEL TRUMPET PUBLISHING COMPANY, oe de, az MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA., U. S. A. GOSPEL wipe Healing. 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 ing.."— Jno. 15: 5. Spiritual failure often comes because we do not be-lieve 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_ |
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