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-- ----- VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1900. NUMBER 25' -- sAINcTIFICATioN And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Kat, 24: 31. So will I seek opt my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in Lae cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. ' Ter. 32: 39. ENESS 1N C1- 051--=- the pure word of God and become in-structed in the doctrine of the Holy Ghost life. " The promise of my Father which the resurrected Christ said he would send upon his justified disciples, was no more of a promise for them than for every justified believer throughout this gospel dispensation. Why then should any of us come short of enter-ing into this blessed covenant of an entire consecration and receiving the fulfillment of the promises? Thank God, it is for us and our children and to all that are afar off. Until the believer reaches this grace, he is not in his normal spiritual condition, and can not live the Christ-life in a manner that is perfectly satis-factory to his own heart. - The great need within, is a clean heart, and the indwelling Holy Spirit, without which there is not the power within at all times to withstand every evil attack of the enemy with perfect victory. Jesus knew this need in his disciples. Their usefulness in the world could not be sat-isfactory until they received the fulfill-ment of the promise. They had been useful in his hands and under his per-sonal guidance in the ministry of the gospel of the kingdom. They had al-ready by his help been able to bear fruit, but it was the will of the Father that they should bring forth more fruit, through the power of the Spirit- filled God's Loving Care. A IlTIt'LL IV. THE mils. := 1.11: fr or, pi; , misE., ISE1) throli alt the prophets. - Until the Spirit. be poured out Upon m On hi: di, anti the wilderness be a ul field, and the fruitful field be a forest. Then judgment dwell in the wilderness, and rig; lft-it reimain in the fruitrul field. ltd tho work of righteousness shall be ; and the elteet of righteousness nC and assurance tortivOr. And all dwell in a peaCeant • Iti, and in sure dwellings, and in t resting- places.'`— Isa. 32: 15- 1S. " And 1 will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and will take the , tour heart out of their ' 11, and will give them a heart of flesh: t they may walk in my statutes, • / rttillallt! e:;, allti do Clem: they shall be my people, anti I shall 1 — Ezelt. 11 : 19, • 0.• air water upon him that is and floods upon the dry ground: will pour my spirit upon thy seed, Mid BY CHARLES E. ORR. " Behold the fowls of the air, They sow not neither do they reap"; Yet kings have not more healthful tare Nor rest in calmer, sweeter sleep. They have no barns nor boarded grain; Vet all day long a soft, sweet strain They warble forth from forest tree, Ever happy and ever free, Teaching a lesson dear to me. So free from care, C) sylvan band, Fed by a heavenly Father's hand, Your freedimi, 0 ye fowls of heaven, New courage to my soul hath given. I no more can doubt or sorrow; God will care for me to- morrow. tile lilies, how they grow: They tt ail not, neither do they spin"; Yet kings in all their pinup and show Are not arrayed like one of them, Smiling and tree in breezes sway. Yet clothed by heavenly hand are they. Meek lilies ot the quiet 11,: ld, Your growth, instruction to me yield. The One \\ Ili, il,, thes the lily lair, Gives it greatest husbandry care, Will he not hear my earnest prayer? The ( hie : who notes the sparrow's fall, C), ' CS he rn . t have his c i eaiures all? It he so chillies each p utt and tree And gives the birds such liberty, Will he ni • 1 clothe and care tor me? I no more can doililt tar sa. rri. w; God will late tor each to- morrow. ItY J. W. DYERS. my Liming upon thine offspring. . And they shall spring up us among the grass, s : w8i, l lows by the water courses."— lea. 4. " Then will I sprinkle el tun water up- , and ve shall be clean: from all r filthiness, and from all your idols, 1. cleanse you. A new heart also \ rill re you, and a new spirit will I put, in you: and 1 will take away the ltiy heart out of your flesh, and I will Ye you an heart of flesh. And I will y spirit within you, and cause you walk in my statutes, and ye shall cep my judgments, and do them. ye shall dwell in the land that I Ve to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God."— Ezek. 36: 95- 28. ,` And it shall come to pass afterward, t I will pour out my spirit upon all and your sons and yonr daughters all prophesy, your old men shall dream cams, and your young men shall see ,'- visions: and also upon the servants and pon the handmaids iu these days will I the prophet Joel: And it shall come_ to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall proph-esy. . . . This J esus bath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having recei red of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he bath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear." — Acts 2: 16- 18, 32, 33. TO WHOM IS THIS PROMISED? " Then Peter said unto. them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is un-to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."— Acts 2: 38, 39. " And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him."— Acts 5: 32. " That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might re-ceive the promise of the Spirit through faith."— Gal. 3: 14. " That I should be the minister of Je-sus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost."— Rom. 15: 16. " But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salva-tion through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth."- 2Thess. 2: 13. In a previous article we have noticed that the Fioly Ghost experience of the apostles and all those of the early church was the same; and we see definitely by the texts just quoted that it is the design of God that ail believers shall receive it. Also we have seen that this Holy Ghost experience is a subsequent one to regen-eration, and identical with sanctification. Every young convert who has truly been regenerated, will in due time find that something more needs to be done in his heart before he can realize an experience that will correspond with the fulfillment of the many exceeding great and pre-cious promises of the Holy Ghost. The scriptures clearly teach us that regeneration is a work of the Holy Spirit. " For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body."- 1 Cor. 12: 13. This does not have reference to the Pen-tecostal baptism, but to the work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration, inducting us into the body of Christ, the church. This is - very different from the baptism with the Holy Ghost. In regeneration the Holy Ghost baptizes the believer into Christ; in sanctification Christ baptizes the believer with the holy Ghost. " He , shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire."— Matt. 3: 11. This latter is the sanctification and Pentecostal ' experience. Both are spirit-ual experiences and when reading these wonderful promises by the prophets, we pour out my spirit."— Joel 2: 28, 29. Promised tin ough Christ. " And, be-hold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Je-rusalem, until re be endued with power from on high."— Luke 24: 49. `‘ But whosoever drinketh of the water that shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."— Jno. 4: 14. " He that believeth on me, as the scripture bath said, out of his belly shall flow riv-ers ot living water. ( But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)"— Jno. 7: 38,' 39. " If ye love me, keep my command-ments. And I will pray the Father, : and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; even the spirit of truth; whom the world can not receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. But the Comfort-er, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, be shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."— Jno. 14: 15- 17, 20, 26. `' But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the spirit of truth, which proceed-etch from the Father, he shall testify of me."— Jno. 15: 26. " Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, ind of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye can not bear them now. Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father bath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you."— Jno. 16: 7- 15. " John truly baptized with water; bat ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days nence."- a– Acts 1: 5. A. FULFILLMENT OF THIS PROMISE. And when the day of Pentecost was full y come, they were all with one ac-cord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as ° fa e rush-in^ mighty wind, and it filled all the a house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy ( host."— Acts 2: 1- 4. A TESTIMONY OF ITS FULFILLMENT:: " But this is that which was spoken by can clearly distinguish the two works of grace foretold. The birth of the Spirit ( Jno. 3: 3- 8), or that experience which inducts us in`:.) Christ, must necessarily precede the ex-perience of sanctification. The Holy Ghost will never come into the temple to abide until he has first gained possession of the same. The heart must' first be both justified and fully consecrated be-fore the divine Guest can make it his ex-clusive and permanent abode. This glori-ous grace of sanctification does not de-tract from the marvelous work of justifi-cation. Both have their import and place in God's wonderful redemption plan, and stand out distinctly in many of the scriptures, and yet we occasionally hear of some who say of this beautiful doctrine that it is not taught in the word of God. Why such remarks are made is simply because of a misconception of the glorious redemption plan— in some in-stances it is owing to the perverted doc-trines of men, while in others it may be because of a perverted individual experi-- ence of justification. To the willing and obedient heart God will impart knowl-edge and understanding of his sweet and glorious soul- rest. Oh, let us praise and SANC11F1CATION. magnify the Lord for his wonderful grace that he has so abundantly supplied through repen-tance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, that he is so willing and ready to remove from our hearts the guilt of all our sins and transgressions, and remember them against us no more forever, and then bestow upon us- this blessed inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Christ Jesus. Would that every justified be-liever might be kept from, all the per-verted doctrines of men, so that the heart could receive the knowledge of Qualifications of Elders. BY It. W. salaam.. T UE writer of this article has bee very much stirred , f la te concern-ing this very important auestien. I re-alize that it means mucei tee he au elder in the church of God. ; i ? wive is a house of order, : Ind lie has • set the members every one of itom. iu the bedy, as it bath pleased hint-; ; eel therefore he has certain lines to take care of his house. lie does not make choice of one simply because he is teha- ated, and hdr, received a diploma. if yeti should have all these qualifications, and yet be void of the qualifications set forth in ( Ted's word, you would nut It.' qualitied to take care of the church of Ood. I believe that in tile past there been some mistakes made in ordaining elders in the church; net that I want to accuse any one, neither do I want to ex-cuse any one. - We have the rule where-by we can know who are elders. And those that can nut meet the requirements in the word Of God should not under any circumstance be ordained elders, and rec-ognized as such by the church, by the laying on of hands; for if ( Tact has not n. ordained him, it would only be the worse for him., and the church over es which he would rule. If I understand' the mind of the Lord, in ordaining elders, the elder is to be an example for the" flock. • Jesus is our example, and Gor - wants the example set before us followed out in every respect. First, he wants our life to be pure, and our lives can be made pure only by meeting the condi-tions of God's word. God has so = ordered, that if care is taken in ordaining elders, there need not be any very serious mistakes mmaaddee.. Let the ministry look. deeper into this very important question, and see that every condition is met. ' ly e wonder why Nye are not up to the apostolic standard, but we should not..: wonder when we look around and see a.. the mixed condition of those that are re-cognized as elders in the body, " tee church." What we need, : Ind what we must have, is apostolic ministers. We learn by reading the word of God, that - in the apostles' time they were ver strict. When this rule is strictly coin plied with as it was in Um days of the apostles, then it will be that we shall see the power of God manifested as in thos e days. Some have seid, " I thourrht was called to preach: a • aso uls. Seeing their lostt r:'. oltn( lIiutrict) inei: eIdri: real zeal in my soul for them; and do not go and preach I shall lose salvation." They take zeal for the world, but have our bodies presented. to God a living sacrifice. " I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a liv-ing sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God."— Rom. 12: 1, There are a number of things we will mention in this article, which are prac-ticed by the world, and which it is wrong for Christians to practice. First we will consider DRESS. When we presented our bodies a living sacrifice and were wholly sanctified, we gave our bodies entirely and unreserved-ly unto God; and we can not have our own way about how we are to dress them without trespassing on the rights of God; for we now belong entirely to him. In fact, the teaching of the Word is that our bodies are to be a living sacri-fice when presented to God, holy and ac-ceptable; and that this is only a reason-able service. We would infer that our bodies to be holy and acceptable as a sac-rifice to God must be dressed according to his teaching. " In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobri-ety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; but ( which be-corneth women professing godliness) with good works."- 1 Tim. 2: 9, 1q. " Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of ap-parel: but let it be the hidden man of the- heart, in that which is not corrupt-ible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."- 1 Pet. 3: 3, 4. It is not hard to see by these scriptures how God desires people to dress. God certainly forbids the wearing of jewelry and costly dress, and ornamental fixing of the . hair. Women only are men-tioned, but of course men who wear jew-elry and curl and ornament their hair are included. No doubt some might ask, " Can we not wear useful articles made of gold and other expensive mate-rial?" The Word forbids costly array. We all agree that this would include cost-ly material in dress. A dress is a very useful article, and if costly clothing is forbidden, surely none can justify them-selves for wearing any other costly arti-cle, especially of gold or pearl, and use as a plea that it is useful. Costly array is not confined to dress alone, but there are many things that could be less ex-pensive and yet serve the purpose for which they are used, and much better become a saint of God. We look at the world to- day, which is composed largely of professors of Christ, and behold, they entirely disregard these scriptures which plainly teach our duty on dress. The Word refers to holy wo-men of old as examples in dress, and we will read their history and see what they did with their jewelry. " Then Jacob said unto his household and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean and change your garments: and let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my dis-tress, and was wits me in the way which I went. And they gave unto J acob all the strange gods which were in their hands, and all the earring which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shachem."— Gen. 35: 24. It is very evident Jacob realized that coming into the presence of God to wor-ship all bedecked with jewelry was not acceptable in his sight. " And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; z man did put on him his ornaments. '-' 7 or the Lord had said unto Moses, Sapl: tikto- the children of Is-life; hence they- were not to depart om Jerusalem until they were endued " with power from on high. " Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you." How many there are to- day of the . dear people of God who have never had ' their Pentecost. Some are out in the world preaching then gospel with no deeper spiritual experience than that of the disciples before they tarried at Jeru- . Weir. Many have mistaken some nat-ural ability for the power of the Holy Ghost. Others have accepted the doc-trine of sanctification theoreticall y-- made a formal consecration and claimed the experience, but have never received the Holy Ghost. Dearly beloved brethren and sisters, let us entreat you to tarry and do not depart from your positive death-bed consecration, until you are endued with power from. on high. It is the will of the Father that you receive the Holy Spirit to possess your being— the consecrated temple— and make your life from this moment a, reproduction of the life of Jesus. He is not here now as he was during his earthly ministry, but the Father has designed that the Holy Spirit should dwell in the hearts of consecrated men and women who shall go forth into the world and be witnesses unto Jesus— representatives that will live the Christ- lite in this world, so that men may plainly see his character and fruits in us. V hen Jesus ascended to the throne he by no means intended that his people should be left comfortless, or deprived of his presence, I at rather he said, " It is expedient for VoU. that I go away." The " Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost," is the divine executive of Jesus. Be was the power and life in Jesus when here in his redemption work, and when Jesus ascended to his throne in heaven the Holy Ghost descended to earth to ... carry on this glorious redemption work to the end of the world. But he must have human instrumentality through which to work. NV here he can find a - truly consecrated tem' le there he makes his abode, and takes full control of the entire being, and performs the perfect will of God through this instrumentality. This is why the apostles were so much more useful after Pentecost than before. They were now fully possessed by the Holy Ghost, and in the name of Jesus through faith in his name were enabled to shake the world. Jesus has left his name here on earth, through - which the Holy Spirit now effects this great re-ch- mption. Ile can not do this by him-self. He can not " reprove the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judg-ment," only as he can find consecrated hearts on earth in which to abide. The Spirit- filled lives of the people are the only factors that can be used in the hand of God to produce apostolic results in these perilous days in which we live.' This final reformation has unquestion-ably been begun by the power of the Holy Spirit, and will never be completed by any other po veer. It is a spiritual work, and only as the glorious doctrine of sanctification is taught, the experi-ence obtained and retained, will the church reach the apostolic plane. , Be. Not Conformed to This World. BY JOHN C. BLNEY. THIS world is composed of sinners, and their desires and customs are described as " the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life," and if any man love these things the love of the Father is not in him. 1 Jno. 2: 15, 16 The gratification of pride, cov-etousness, and inbred, perverted human appetites and desires, is a prominent fea-ture noticeable in the life of the natural man. This is the result of spiritual blindness through sin. Christians are not of this world. even as Christ is net of this world. Jno. 17: 16. The Word teaches us not to be conformed to this reel Ye come ' mt 1: 11, ta,: ; i: tifrin - nide setkoedf tphe eoepl i en al 111 v1 jol!: ment and Oiri_ ka Me thee: therefore put off the orneeients from thee, that I may know wIeitik '- ‘# ello unto thee. And the children, or Israel stripped themselves of their -‘ nhitr. i iie by the mount Horeb." Here again we behold how God- abhors jewelry and ornamental dress. " Moreover the Lord saith, Be-cause the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched- forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and ' making a tinkling with their feet: therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will dis-cover their secret parts. In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling: ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon. the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers. and the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the head-bands, and the tablets,- and the earrings, the rings, and nose jewels, the change-able suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, the glasses, and the fine linen, and the } hoods, and the veils." — Isa. 3: 16- 23. At the time this scriptuee was first given God nad appointed a day in which he was going to strip his people of their ornaments. He further states that in that day " he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy:" and this is the result of a cleansing fountain for his people. Isa. 4: 1- 4; Zech. 13: 1. This certainly has reference to this present dispensation, in the which, " if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." — 1 Jno. 1: 7. We can not read these passages of God's word without feeling that he abhors the pride of heart which prompts people to rob hint of what means belong to him, in order to deck their persons with ornaments and costly array to catch the lustful eyes of the worldy- minded, and gratify the pride of life in the hearts of the enemies of the cross. No true saint loves vanities, and every professor who dresses in a worldly manner does not do so to please saints, neither does he do it to please God, but to please some one whose heart is not pure— either himself or some other per-son. Let us who profess to be cleansed from sin, show it outwardly in our man-ner of dress. Jesus has given us to un- • erstand if we are clean inside, the oat-side will be clean also. The Holy Spirit always leads God's people to dress in a plain, modest manner, and the Word says, " As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are ' the sons of God."— Rom. 8: 14. OTHER FORMS OF WORLDLY CONFORMITY. - Many saints in. these last days have not yet, apparently, learned the value of a strict adherence to the law of Christ concerning separation from. the world, in many ways. Accordingly, we see them go to celabrations, Babylon picnics, anti their services, etc., after God has plainly shown them her downfall and called them . out of her Of course we do not mean to say that all professors who do these things are saved: most of them are not; but I feel like warning all men to remember that God says by the mouth of Paul that we should have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. " Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you."- 2 Con 6: 17. Some people think that by not being radical in making the separation from this sinful and adulterous generation they can have a greater influence to lead them into the truth; but here again they are conforming to the wisdom of the world, which is : ensual and devilish. The way God teaches us is his wisdom, and while men call it foolishness, yet, the foolish- I ness of God is Iviser team men. the habit of lay ing up treasure earth is : mother term of worldly fortuity which is so plainly forbidden the law of Christ. Matt. 6: lta think they are very wise wiz hoard up means for future use, and,: the same time they- see many needy hungry creatures iri n might Ile het The world of sinners are doing this, ey until an opportunity occurs by tte w, to copy after them in this way, thinl they are wise in withholding their m of course some of (' tad's people a( aain they may make a greater show of lo good. The world's- plan of laying ul*, store for the future is by hoarding a their money, but Goilis ,․) ( t- hheiLI-dren is: " That they be rich in .1- eooil works, ready to distri ute, willing to communicate."- 1 Tim 6: 18. Let us not be conformed to the Iva of this world, since their ways are no God's ways, and the worlo passeth away and the lust thereof, but ho that doeth. the will of God abidetn forever. . WeA are pilgrims and foreigners in this world, and as such let us use this world as not, abusing it, for the fashion of it passetV away, but contrariwise, let us he trans-formed that we May prove what is ac-ceptable unto God. Amen. THE COSPEL TRUMPET 3 ETERNAL ' LIFE. Speak the words that will touch the sphl. I feel there is room for much imp* Ve-meat on the line of sobriety. ''' Lover of hospitality," " apt to teach." Our dai-ly life must be so that the cause willlonot receive any reproach through the elder. If a stranger comes to our home, make him feel that he is welcome, and let our teaching be such as will be instructive. Let us by studying the word of God be-come so acquainted with it that we May rightly divide it. " Not given to wine." That is, not acting like one that isounder the influence of wine. The margin, " or ready to quarrel, and offer wrong as one in wine." '` Not greedy of filthy lucre' — ravenous, covetous; eager to obtain.. " No striker." Paul says, " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." To desire to be a bishop is one thing. and to have the qualifications is another. " One that ruleth well his own house, haying his chloren in suojection with all gravity." A ruler is one who rules; and in this case it says " with all gravi-ty.'' That is, to be serious, have your house regidated in harmony with the word of God, and see that the rule is enforced. For Paul sa ys if a man I know not how to rule his own house, how shall lie take care of the church of God? So let us first commence at home, and if we prove successful at home, then it is that God will trust us with the church of God, anti not until then. The elder must have " faithful children not ac-cused of riot or Unruly." Ile must be an example in everything; and to have faithful nil: Et- en is very needful, for we see many children that are unfaithful anti wed to ha corrected; so if the chil-dren of the elder were riotous and un-ruly, how could he correct others, or tell parents how to govern their children. A man might be qualified in a good roan'; things, that is, he might under-stand much of the word of God, and vet if he lacked in example, his preaching would not amount to much; for if he would undertake to enforce rule and or-der, lie would fail., " The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits." Some say that if all these conditions have to be met, there will be fewer preachers. ' While that is true, it would be better for the cause to have only those who are qualified for the office f a bishop, and do not let any one think that God can not get along without him. It is just as necessary for us to, be quali-fied in everything pertaining to the office of a bishop, as in any one of the things mentioned. in the word of God. " Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride lie fall into the condemnation of the devil." There should be great care in this. lie being just newly converted to the faith, there is danger of the devil exalting him, and he fall into condemna-tion; where, if he had waited awhile, this might have been avoided. We should not act or judge by outward ap-pearance, but judge righteous judgment. I am led to believe that if this had been observed strictly in the past, there would have been less occasion for the devil in bringing someinto condemnation. God ordains only such as are qualified according to his word. So we only make a mistake if we undertake to do something that- God has not called us to do. Those of us that are not qualified according to the Word, let us humble ourselves, and be willing to do with our mi ght what our hands find to do. Sure-lY we all want to see the cause prosper. Well then let us get out of his way. Even if half that are in the ministry would have to tarry until they can go forth as God's qualified ministers, - it would be better for the cause and for those that are not qualified. and away they go, not stopping to don- . sides whether their zeal is according to knowledge. They lose their eiperienee and imperil the souls of others. Dear ones, let us all acquaint ourselves with the rule, and see if we are where we can meet every condition laid down in the Word, then we can exercise the authority given to such elders. All that come short of any one of the things mentioned in the Word, as to the quail, fications of eiders, are not elders, and should not be recognized as such. The sooner we come to this the better it will be for the cause. Let us humble Our-selves; obedience to the word of God is humility. We will notice by the Word who are elders in the church of God. Paul r in writing to Timothy told. him whom to ordain as elders. So we will quote 1 Tim. 3: 1- 7—" This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then mast be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filth y lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous, one that' ruleth well his own house, haying his children in subjec-tion with all gravity ( for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he - take care of the church of God?); not a novice, lest heing lifted up with Bride lie fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good septet of them which are without; lest lie fall into reproach and the snare of the devil." Paul also writes to Titns eoncerning the ordirat ion of elders, which. we quete. " To Titus. mine own E on after the common faith: 1.2: race, merc y , and peave, from Got! the Fat her and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the thin “: s that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I hail aippteinted thee: if : WY be blameless, the husband of one wire, hav-ing faithful children net at us of riot or v. ir a bishop must lie blattle-less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon an: o. y, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lu-cre; hut a lever or hospitalit y , a lever of good mere sober, just, holy. temper-ate; holdint fast 1110 faithful word as ii has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to cenvinee the gainsayers."— Titus 1: 4- 11. In the foregoing scriptures we have two inlq aticos whore Paul wrote concern-ing they tertlinati in of elders; t me to Tim-tel ly, and tole to Titus. If I understand these scriptures, they are in force to-day. If it ‘ vere needed in the apostles' time, it surel y needed now. Let us rehearse them. " A bishop must be blameless"; that is, he must be clear before that in every respect— without blame. — Tito hushand of one wife"; that is, it married, he must not have more than one wire. 1 t matters not as to whet her he has been divorced and lias married a second one while the first one IS living, or whether living in polygamy; either disqualifies him for the office of a bishop. Let no oue think that God. has called him to the ministry or eldership with this hint against him or her; for God will not do that which opposes his word. So let every one that has gotten into that condition throupth ignorance in the past, be satisfied that God has saved you, and not try to do that which yeti are not qualified by the ' Word to do. Next, he must be vigilant— watchful; circumspect; attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety. The elder must not become neglectful ur careless: but with carefulness he mast provide evervtitini, needful fur the safe-tyeof the flock. " Sober." 01h1, how needful it is for God's ministers to be sober, grave. " But speak thou the things which * become sound doctrine," not that which will cause laughter. . er shall any man pluck them out of my hand."— Jno. 10: 28. There are a great many errors on this as well as- all other subjects. Among , t he greatest is that after once having eternal life one can not be lost, using the foregoing text to establish their theory; for a theory on-ly it is. But let us see what eternal life is; and to do this we will let the in- Spired torch answer. eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou. hast sent. "- 1- no. 17: 3. • Therefore eternal life is to know God. There is ' a difference between knowing, of God and knowing. God. The first. is from what we have heard or believe of God; but to know - hirti is to have fellowship with him, or to have his- very Spirit and life within. "( For the life wits manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and slioiv unto you that eternal life, which' was with the Father, and, vas manifested unto us); that which we have seen and heard declare we unto yon, that ye eh- in may have fellowship with us: and truly our. fellnwship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.'' flow do we get this fellowship? " But if we - walk in the light, . as he is in the- light, we have fel-lowship one \ tali another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleansed] us from all sin."— 1 Jno. 1: 7. Therefore obedi-ence ( walking in the light) to the . whole Will of Clod brings us into . fellowship With him, which is to know him, and which is to have eternal life. Praise God! So as long as Ave live in obedience to hint we have fellow- ship with him, and know him; and as soon as we sin we lose fellowship, and can not say of a truth that we know him. - " Ile that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in Jno. 2: 4. We no longer know him if we disobey him, hence we no longer- have eternal life if we do not keep his commandments. But Some will say, " If we are born of God we can not be unborn." To this we will agree-- we will acknowledge every true statement— but while a person can not be unborn, he. can die, and death ends the family relationship. He is no more one in the family after death. Ilia place in the family circle is vacant or filled by some one else, and so with every other place that he has filled while in life; and the only way for him to be one again with the family would be for God to do as he did by Lazarus after he was dead— call forth from death unto life. Just so with one born in the fami-ly of God. He can not be unborn, but he can die, and when once dead he is no more one of the family of God. There-fore being born of God. is a spiritual birth; hence a spiritual death will separate from the family of God. This is caused by committing sin, which produces death. Adam died, yet he lived. Gem 2: 17. Paul died, yet he lived Rom. 7: 9. Also read. 1 Tim. 5; 6. More scriptures might be produced to prove that there is a spiritual death, but we believe these to be sufficient for any honest heart. But some may ask, does not the text say, " No man stall pluck them out - of niy hand," etc. This is true no power in earth or hell can Wrest us from the arm of God. Yet, by us receiving salvation, God does not de-stroy our will, and therefore if we will to leave the things of God, we- can do so. Again you ask, Does not Jesus say, " I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee"? But he also says, " If ye for-sake him, he will forsake you."- 2 Chron. 15: 2. -" If thou forsake him, he will east thee off forever."-- 1 Chron. 28: 9. But -; still I hear some one ! say, God never grants. a divorcement. To this we also agree; but death ends all marri-age relationship." At death the marriage ties teas= s-. and• either husband or. wife is :•. r " we have proved that when a person commits sin he dies ( spiritually), hence his marriage relation-ship with the Lord has come to an end; and before that person can remarry he must be resarrected, or brought back to life. But still, says another, it is eternal life; and if I am in possession of it, how can it become anything else? It will nev-er change. Eternal life can never be WISDOM. BY c. w. CIREY. tt FIE wisdom that is from above is first. pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy, and good fruits, without partiality, and. without hypocrisy." There is a- marked difference between those who are Christians and those who are not, the term Christians we mean those who have God's love abiding within them, and are prompted by that principle in all. their motives and purposes. The soul - that possesses this heavenly wisdom does not any longer desire the sinful pleasures which the world seems to en-joy. - The unwholesome food which the soul once relished it soon loathes, and seeks a complete separation; for better things are given by the divine Giver. As the Giver is pure in his nature and character, so must the gift be pure also, and whosoever receives this gift must and-does partake of the nature of the Giver. This heavenly gift is peaceable. The_ soul that was troubled is now settled in-to a calm, - holy quietude. A peace which passeth all understanding, and which the world can neither give nor take away, holds the reins of the heart, and all of the faculties are brought into subservience to our - blessed Redeemer. Motives and purposes which are not in harmony with the will of God are cheer-fully laid aside; for wisdom possesses the reins of the soul and sits as queen upon the throne; and if wisdom reigns in the temple, she must have complete sway. " Imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God". must be cast down, and every thought must be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Gentleness, which is one of the fruits of the Spirit, is characteristic of this heav-enly wisdom; bitterness, hatred, and malice take their flight, for they now no - longer find a welcome where they once held complete- sway, ready for any rude-ness or retaliation toward those who may have offered offense. The holy principle — desiring and working for the highest good of mankind— is now put into prac-tice. Under various perplexing circum-stances the spirit of gentleness is always manifested, and aids in gaining complete victory over opposing foes. - Dypocrisy can not any longer find a biding- place in the heart; for the abode of that and kin-dred evils has been . broken up, and that which is• ptire and good must appear in its true character. All- that is sinful is detested and - held at a distance. Erie mies are no longer slightingly treated, and affronts and buffets are no longer no-ticed. The poor are treated with as much respect and kind consideration as the rich; for wisdom is without partiality. - The value of wisdom is above rubies. " The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal - it, neither shall it be valued with' pure gold." " The merchandise . of it is bete. ter than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than tine gold. She is' more precious than rubies: and all the things thou - enlist desire can not be cores pared unto her." By B. le. WEIKEL. ND I (• ive unto them_ eternal and they stall never perish, neitk free to - " And this is life made anything else. For an illustra-tion, supposel own a farm and have a clear title to the same. No one can take it from me, but I can mortgage it with mortgage after mortgage until it is all mortgaged. away. That does not change the property; it still remains a farm, but it. has passed out of my possession. It was not taken from me either, but I gave it away by mortgaging it; or in other words, I myself signed away my home. Just so we can do with eternal life. We can lose fellowship with God . through sin and disobedience, which is to lose eternal life; for to know him is life eternal. Amen. to Nv hero it reads that Christ was tem end by the devil forty days; and overcame and sinned not, I must o come also. Then I ask him to help naft,.! Then I rejoice. I am so lull of love tha; I could suffer the saute death as our KS Savior suffered. Of course we did not ( yet good all at once. Yon opened the N door of our hearts and our eyes to 04 light, and as sensible men we could nothing more than accept the di*, truth. We read The Gospel Trumpet;.' and what we read there told us plainly.* what would become of us if we continuedi in sin and sect. It showed us that he were in confusion, and called us out hi the name of Christ. Thank God, I am out and accepted as a child of the Lamb, = E;:,:•:: I am sure that The Gospel Trumpet is leadin g more souls to Christ than any other paper. You ask my reason for thinking this. I will tell you. Because when a man reads- that paper it seems as if Christ commands: you to obey its teach- J::,: ings in a loud voice. You want know, you said, how long we have to stay here. There will be only two left Monday, As for myself I have had my trial and. will stay here the greater part of the summer. We received the book all right, and will send any thanks and will study it this week and tell you:, t; more about it next time I write. I close my letter with a prayer asking God - to give you health and strength, and to bless the good work. Pray for us, please, and we will pray for von. God bless you, is my prayer. Prisoners of Benton Jail. THE GOSPEL TgUif4l'P THE 40SPEL TRUMPET. Moundsville, W. Va., June 28, 1900. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Eaten: 41 at Use Post- office at Ilreandsvtl/ e, W. Va.: as Second- class Mattes E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. " D* FpaTE, RADICAL, and Anil- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the • - ' mine of the Lord. Jesus Christ, for the publication of fall Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the 11'.. iity of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. Alf Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. Business COMMIMiCatiODS, moneys. etc.. must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA: to Insure credit otherwise we will not be responsible. Editorial. SPECIAL TRACT OFFER. On the seventh page of this paper is a special offer of tracts. During the last three months we have sent about seven thousand dollars' worth of books and tracts from the free- literature fund. These have been sent: to all parts of the World, and have found their way as silent messengers of : salvation into the homes of all classes of people, and have been the means of awakening thousands from their spiritual slumber. Prisoners, al-though behind iron.- bars, have had the fetters of Satan broken, and been set free in the liberty of the gospel. Some time ago we received a letter from a noted prisoner of rank, from Constanti-nople, who was rejoicing because of the Died tidings of salvation received through the literature from our office, which had found its way to him in his seclusion in Palestine, Syria. Since beginning a more extensive prison work during the last few months many in the penitentiaries and jails are rejoic-ing on account of the same, having been drawn by the Holy Spirit to know the ways of the Lord. Many have never realized that they could encourage and gladden hearts by always placing a good tract in the envelope with each letter written. By pursuing such a course the gospel would soon reach every home in the land. During the next sixty days is the best opportunity you will have to procure good tracts cheap. Send and gel a hundred pounds or more and help push the work. Place them in prisons, jails, public and private reading- rooms, and everywhere. Sow beside all waters, and you shall not lose your reward. Prison Work. WHAT PURE LITERATURE DOES. Dear Readers of The Gospel Trumpet: We are praising God for salvation to- day. The Lord is wonderfully blessing us in the prison work. There have been nine prisoners converted that we know of, and they write such nice Christian let-ters. It fills our hearts with joy and praise to God to know , that souls are being saved even behind prison- bars. We want to thank all the saints for send-ing us literature. We get a large supply - all the time, and we hope the Lord will abundantly reward those who send us literature. Bless his holy name! he will reward them. We earnestly ask the prayers of all God's children in be-half of this prison work. We have re-ceived many encouraging letters from the prisoners, a few of which we give below. We received $ 1.00 through the mail to be used for the good of prisoners. We were so glad to get it, as it is the means of helping send papers and books to the prisons. Our postage is what holds us back. We are poor in this world's ffoods, but consecrated to do God's wit. We know God will reward us for all we do. We have received a call from Jefferson City Penitentiary for The Gospel Trumpet and literature, and also from the Government prison of Mis-souri. Our earnest prayer is for God to supply us with literature and postage that the good work may go on. We are yours in. the one body, Laura Pickett and C. E. Cook. [ Tile prisoners' names were signed to the following letters; however, we with-hold the publication of the same.— Ed.] Warrensburg, Mo., May 20. Mrs. Laura Pickett: Your kind letter and papers received and I thank the Lord and you for your kindness. I de-sire to live a better life. I have read your papers and there are no papers that I have read that seem to show so plain and simple the way to everlasting life as The Gospel Trumpet. I will soon be taken to the state prison and would be glad to get them all the time, and will hand them to other prisoners. Hoping to be remembered in prayer, O. B. T. Greenville, Mo., April 27. Mrs. Laura Pickett: Some time ago you sent a Bible to the prisoners in jail. Would you be so kind as to send one to me? Since you sent the other one, that prisoner has left, and I found a good deal of pleasure in reading it. I am a prisoner and if any one needs one, it is I, and I have not the means to buy one. I still get the papers you are sending. Trusting that you will comply with any request, I remain Yours truly, L. B. P. S.- Address in care of Sheriff Schlater. L. B. Charleston, Mo., May 18. Dear Friend: I received your kind and welcome letter and was very glad to hear from you. I read and paid close attention to it, and I think it good ad-vice, and I will pay good attention to it and follow it through life. I am alone in the world now, as I have no brothers or sisters, and my mother, I expect is dead. Therefore I have no one to look after but myself, and I am going to try to serve the Lord the rest of my days. I think it good for me to begin while 1 am young, and I think this is the best chance for me to do it, while I am in a place where I can control myself. Wish-ing you good success in life, I remain Yours truly, H. B. S. Shelbyville, Ill., May 18. Dear Mrs. Pickett: We were very glad to reeeive your papers. They are very nice and have some very good ad-vice in, if a person will follow it. If I nad lived in the way it points out, I would never have been here. I am go-ing to take a new start, and walk in a different path when I get out. There are three in jail now. We have a very nice sheriff, and his wife is a splendid woman. I have been here three months, and have been a trusty two months of the time. I will get out in June. Well, we were very glad to get your papers, and would thank you very much to get them regularly. I will close, hoping to hear from you soon again. I remain your friend. Yours - respectfully, C. M. B. Marshall, Mo., May 23. Mrs. Laura Pickett: Yours of the 20th at hand, and I was truly glad to receive it; also a bunch of papers, which I was truly glad to receive, and to think that we had some Christian friends on the outside of the prison walls that take some thought of us. And again, we can have a friend in Jesus, who will all our troubles bear if we will carry every-thing to God in prayer. Now I have promised any God that I will serve him the rest of my days. My dear sister, pray for me, and I ask all Christians to pray for me, and I know that God has forgiven my sins; for the Bible tells me so, and also the Spirit. Many thanks to you and my heavenly Father for that letter and the papers that you sent. PMra7 isyomu) rr1; 71; errs: Furs': truly, II. T. B. Clinton, Mo., May 7. Mrs. - Pickett: Your letter and papers_ sent to the sheriff of this ( Henry) county were this day handed to us by him. I write to thank you on behalf of the twenty- seven prisoners confined here at this time. - We are always glad to re-ceive such things, not so much for the papers alone, but for the sentiment be-hind the sending of them. I am sorry to say that we, none of us perhaps, read such literature as much as we should. I have been in jail now for seventeen months, and it has been my observation that the average prisoner does not lose much sleep over his religious beliefs or future life. The predominating desire seems to be a desire to get out of jail, and many of them when they do get out seem to try how quick they can get back in. - As to my own part, 1 will be here for about six months yet, and any books or papers sent to us will be thankfully received by me. - I will read them and try and profit by them. With best wishes and an earnest desire for the fu-ture betterment of society and all man-kind, I am your friend and well wisher. W. B. R. Benton, Mo., May 5. Mrs. Laura Pickett: In answer to your kind and welcome letter received May 2 we received ' papers and Testa-ment and were glad to get them. This place seemed dark and gloomy to us, but no more. Bro. C. E. Cook and his help-ers have opened the doors and the dear Savior has come in with open arms, giv-ing us hope and new courage. We have read The Gospel Trumpet, and the more we read it the more we see the divine truth that it teaches. You can not re-alize the joy and happiness that The Gospel Trumpet and your kind letter brought us. It was a message of life in the world to come, and- peace and con-tentment in this world. We shall pray and ask Jesus • to help you win other hearts as you have won ours for him. It seems as if God was speaking to me through Bro. Cook and his helps. Yes, I Should say that we have been neglect-ed. The sheriff and wife are Christians at heart, and they do all they can to brighten our life. Please pray for us, and we. will try and live near God. God - bless you and give you success, is my prayer, we see the light and will follow. Every one sends you a good wish, and God. speed you in the work; we will write a better letter next tune. ( Signed by prisoners of the Benton Benton, Mo., May 5. Mrs. Laura Pickett: We were glad to get your kind and encouraging letter. It was full of love and hope. After we read it we knelt down beside our humble bed and prayed and asked God to bless you, and to help you in your work, and that we might stand firm to our faith. Oh, if we had more such women and men like you, what a glorious country we would have in this land of the free. Our little band of prisoners are leaving one by one. There are only three left to- day. To- Morrow there will be only two left. They have left us rejoicing in Christ, and with an undying love and gratitude for you. They say that you and Bro. Cook shall live in their memory and shall never be forgotten while they live. I know that they are determined to live in Christ's love and are thankful to you for pointing his love to them. We - do read our Bible. It is always in some one's hand. You asked if we thought that God had forgiven our sins. We do. I for one do believe that I could meet my God in peace now. Of course we are subject to many temptations, but when tempted I get your kind letter and read it- and then get my Bible and turn DECEP1 ION. Ir YIANNAU clams. 4 4 LESSED is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile [ de-ceit]." We take a glance back over the,.:.. annals or history, told we see What awful misery, woe, anti sorrow, deception has brought on the human race. We think of our foreparents when first placed in the garden of Eden, their faces radiant with purity and frecoom, every thing they needed was at their command— but, behold, along comes that old deceiver' the devil, in the form of a serpent, and commences an argument with the wo-man; and as the woman continued to ten to his arguments she was at last per,: suaded to take his advice, and eat of the, forbidden fruit; and her husband who,: was considered the stronger of the two,. was also deceived through her influence,' he, too eating what God had told thema not to eat. Then when the Lord hade': walked into the garden, they were':' ashamed, and hid themselves; and when he called for them., they tried to deceive ' 1: him by making excuses about their being: naked. But we hear God saying, " Who-told thee thou vast naked? Mist then_.: eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded! thee that thou shouldest not eat?" They-began to make excuses, but God drove° them from that beautiful garden to eat, the bread of sorrow. What a warning this ought to be ter people to harken diligently unto' the commandments of the Lord. Yes; they eat the bread of sorrow as the result of that one transgression. But they were not the only ones to suffer for this act of disobedience; the whole human race af-ter them must. suffer. AV hat untold mis-ery has followed in the wake of that transgression caused by deception. Ad-am and Eve had two sons, . whom they called Cain and Abel. Cain rose up and slew his brother, anti then tried to de-ceive God about the killing of his brother, but God told him that the blood of Abel . cried unto him front the ground; and then he pronounced a curse upon him. Oh, there is no use in tr ying to de-ceive God. That great piercing eye of.. God can look through the thick darkness, and his ears can hear the caries of the in Docent that are being slain, when tli* 7.; murderer thinks himself secure. And*. then follows that awful remorse of con-science, haunting by day and by night, making the individual ashamed to meet the innocent, and especially the God a-bove him. He is ready to start at every sound, fearing his crime has come to light and the pursuers are after him. Murder-ers often feel as Cain did, and their pun-ishment is greater than they can bear. Many have confessed their crimes, to re-lieve themselves, and given up to the officers, who locked them up in the lone-ly prison cell, there to spend all. their days on earth, if they did not come to the gallows. What a world of sorrow indeed to them! They must also suffer the consciousness of an awful eternity which awaits them, if they do not find some means by which God's wrath may be appeased and the guilt removed. To such we would say, God so loved - the world ( or sinners) that he sent his only Son to suffer and die on the cross, and his blood which was spilt will wash away all your sins and take away all your guilt, if from the heart you repent and ask his forgiveness for past Wrongs. And he will then write your name in the book of life in heaven; and when he calls for you, to exchange time for eternity, you will not be ashamed to stand in his presence. No, the gates will open to re-ceive you. Glorious thought! Con-demnation fell off at the cross, where the blood of the Son of God was spilt. Re did no sin, neither was guile ( or de-ceit) found in his mouth. Then, dear ones, you need not be afraid to trust him. Ile will not deceive you, its did that old enemy who told you you could do the dastardly deed and not be found out. If that old deceiver says you 011.11 not live free from sin in this life, do not believe him. Take the word of him, who gave his life for you, and re-member that he promised that he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies ( from all our sins) might serve him without fear, in holiness, and righteousness all the days of our life. The old deceiver may say you can not stand, but God says we shall serve him without fear. If yam put whole armor of God, then watch; Satan will lay snares to catch you, so watch and pray . Ask God to keep you, and then trust him to do it. Ho tells us to ask, and we shall receive. Any-thing nut worth asking for is not worth having; and so if you fail to ask him to keep Yon, you may be caught in Satan's snares before you are aware of it. The Lord has said if we keep his word, or commandments, he also will keep us very hour of temptation, which upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth. The Lord has said he will come quickly. " Hold that, fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." " Him that over-emnetli will I make a pillar in the temple of my God." Do you want to be made a pillar? Then you must be an over- . May God help you. A Literal Translation of Eph. 4: 1- I6. far above all heavens, in order that he . might fill all thing. And'this one gave some apostless, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,.- in order to the complete adjustment of the saints to the work of serving, to the, building up cf the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, in order that no longer should we be in-fants, tossed to and fro and carried about in the dice- box of men, in craftiness by the method of deceit, but speaking • the truth in love might increase in him in all things, who is the head, Christ, from whom the whole body, fitly joined to gether and compacted through the aid of every joint, according to the inworking in the measure of every single part, maketh increase of the body to the ed-ification of itself in love." Is the World Getting Better? large cities and there is more crime and wickedness committed on Saturday night, than there is during the whole week of daylight. It has been truthfully said, I believe, that " the night- time is the devil's best harvest- time." If we were only to go some Saturday night, after business for the - week has closed, to where the gay and reckless have their enticing scenes of attraction, the saloons and dance halls are running at full blast, music sending forth its enchanting sounds; we would be forced to say that " wickedness and sin abound on every band;" they are regular mills of destruction grinding to pieces the health, honor, truth, and happiness of the young and rising gener-ation. Surely people can not say that the world is getting better morally and spiritually. These perilous places and pitfalls of humanity are increasing from year to year and are forced by the " license law" to make their ' places more enticing and attractive; they are an hundredfold more destructive at night than they are in the daytime, for the simple reason that they think their " evil deeds" will not be found out. " Oh, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil- doers, chil-dren that are corrupters: they have for-saken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away back ward."— Isa. 1: 4. Dur-ing the night the majority of respectable people are at home, and only the " night watchman" knows of the evil that is going on; hence the Lord makes inquiry of him, " Watchman, what of the night?" Many young persons, some I am sorry to say profess to be Christians, will sink into this whirlpool of destruction nevea to rise again this side of eternity. If a young man spends his evenings at such places, he is pretty sure soon to spend his days in prison and his soul finally with the " damned." Will the time spent at night by the gay young men and women in the city bear the search-ing glare of the day's sunlight and God's holy word? Dear reader, you may an-swer this question for yourself. If a record of the deeds done during the night by the disciples of Satan, and some professors were published next day in the daily paper, what would the re-sult be? Would not a great many sneak away and hide their faces in shame? We will venture to say that some would hardly dare to enter their places of busi-ness next day; some would hesitate even to go home; some we are quite sure would leave the city, home, and friends. There would be shame and confusion on every hand, while the courts would be filled with many criminal cases. News from the Field. Winchester, Ky., June 22. I am glad T had the privilege of meet-ing with the little church at Winchester, where I found them enjoying the ' one-ness and love of God. The Lord willing, I intend to stay here awhile. Any one desiring meeting in this state can address me at Winchester. M. N. Roark. North Vernon, Ind., May 30. The last of April Bro. R. B. Bolt went from Missouri to southern Indiana and held a meeting at Pond Creek, Incl. A majority of the brethren were confused by the anti- cleansing. heresy, but most of them renounced it, and I hear since that some more are seeing their mistake. From there we went to Velpen, Pike Co., and found most of the professors standing aloof from the heresy, but four, cling to it, it seemed. From Velpen we went to Blackburn, Ind. The brethren there were in trouble. They claimed they were in harmony till that heresy came to them, but other troubles fol-lowed and the result was division, which we believe was overcome. And we hope that the brethren at the different places will stand against delusion and be dili-gent in serving the Lord, and be joyful in his service. We are now holding meetings in Jennings Co., near North Vernon. If any in western West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, or Tennessee want meetings, address me at Moundsville,: W. Va. Thos. E. Ellis. Grant, Iowa, June 10. For some months I have felt like call-ing the attention of the ministerial breth-ren to the gospel work in Iowa, especi-ally southwestern Iowa. It seems that this state has been overlooked by most of the workers, except along the eastern part. I am acquainted with many, who I believe would gladly hail the blessed gospel in all its purity and truth. It makes my heart sad to see how eagerly the people will drink down the first few truths that some new minister ( sect) or missionary will throw out, as a cloak for their covering. Then to see the dis-appointment that follows the discovery of their real nature and design. I have heard the cry of the heathen in foreign countries, but we can not go while our own neighbors and friends are groping, starving, and dying in the shadows, and darkness, and deception of sectism. 1 know of no other saints, besides my own family, in this county . ( Montgome-ry) or surrounding ones, that have tasted of the full pardoning and cleansing Bower of God. Will not some one come this way and labor for a few months. All that God has given us is ready for his use. I will gladly correspond with any one that desires to write me. Be sure God says go, then do not fear the results. I can testify to the saving grace of God that gives us victory un-der all circumstances. Praise God for-ever and ever! Seth E. Smith. BY 0. J. BLEWMP. OREOVER I, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk wor-thy of the calling of which ye are called, with all humility of mind and meekness, with long- suffering, bearing with each other in love, being in earnest about keeping the unity of. the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one im-mersion. One God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift: of Christ. Wherefore he saith: ` Raving ascended on high, he led cap-tivity captive, and gave gifts to men.' But that he ascended, what is it unless that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? The one having de-iscended is the same also who ascended EY JOHN NOSSAIAN. T HE question is very many. times asked, " Is the world getting any better . from year • to year with the in-crease of membership to the man- made organizations called by them churches, endeavors, unions, and societies of every order?" The majority of Christian pro-fessors to- day will answer at once and say, T. We will submit a few facts and let each one decide for himself. " In the latter times some shall. depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience- seared with a hot iron." " Evil men and se-ducers shall wax worse and worse, de-ceiving and being deceived." " This know. also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, • unthankful, unholy, without natural , affection, truce- breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high- minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power there-of: from such turn away." " Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample." " For many walk . that - are the enemies of the cross of Christ." Thus we see by the foregoing scriptures that Paul understood that there. were a great many false professors in his day claiming to be " walking" ( preaching) for Christ; yet Paul tells us " that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ." Paul also tells the brethren I that " of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them." The sarre is true of the present time. No time in all the history of the world was there as much hypocrisy, fraud,- and deception among the professing people as there is at present. The American nation is supposed to be one of the leading nations in Christian. reforms, of the globe. The annual liquor bill in the United States is $ 1,200,000,000; tobacco bill, $ 600,000,- 000; while the missionary fund for send-ing the gospel to the heathen is $ 5,000,- 000. W hat do these figures show to a thinking mind? Some people can pay the tax on a worthless dog every year and- can not spare money enough to_ bny even a cheap Bible, not saying anything about the keeping- of a dog. " Many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall. wax cold." The question once was ask-ed, " - Watchman, what of the night?" If we look around us to- day and make a little - inquiry, we would very often find that the deeds done in a single night often destroy a whole life, and- finally send the soul to hell. Take it in our Gordon, Nebr., June 12. We still praise God for salvation that saves and keeps us. To God be all the praise. I commenced meeting at the Norman schoolhouse May 21. The peo-ple turned. out to hear the truth, and the schoolhouse was filled nearly every night. . They were hungry for the bread of life. It has been two years since they have had the word of God preached to them. Four made a start to serve the Lord, and I believe others will get out straight for God yet. I was treated very kindly there. If the Lord wills, I shill go eighteen miles southeast of Gordon to hold meeting in. Bro. Green's school-house. We desire your prayers that we maybe kept hirmble. John B. Vervain. Ulysses, Nebr., June 18. I am at this point very busy for the dear Lord. I have held forth the pure Word in a number of places, mostly for a . few days at a place. The meeting at Athelstan, Iowa was a success for God. The mayor of the city said he had not heard a gospel sermon in thirty years. Others made like expressions. To God be all the praise. Several escaped the Weaver sect, and while my tent was pitched at that place the elder ( Weaver) came and began meeting in opposition to our meeting. Citizens told me this was not the first time either. But alas for Baalam! I went south from there to llay‘ ille, where the Lord helped us in presenting his word on prophecy and other points of importance. Then I went to Dockery and preached in Bro. M. L. Harris's yard to a number of pa-tient listeners, some of whom said, " Pray for us." Next I went to Mili-ville for our first time, where we had a precious feast in Zion. Saints were re-joicing, weeping, and praising God. What impression it left on sinners judg-ment alone will tell. Sunday afternoon nine souls followed the dear Master into the flowing river, where a large congre-gation had gathered to witness the same. Oh, halleluiah to God! I am expecting great things of the Lord. Now we have plenty of room for all who will come. e need singers very much. This meet-ang will continue indefinitely. Those coming in from a distance can tent on the ground. We have one small tent up r'atid can erect more when needed. May ' God send in the saints from all round. , - is the prayer of my heart. G. S. Backus. Testimonies Dewey, Ind. T. It is . my chief desire to love God and * Oak- for him. Praise his dear name forever! He is saving and keeping me amid sore trials and temptations, and God shall have all the glory for saving me from all sin and putting his Spirit in my heart, that cries, Abbe, Father. I know my redeemer liveth and ruleth supreme. M. C. Miles. Ferndale, Wash. I am praising God because he is keep-ing me from sin. When we came out from South Haven, Mich. to Washington we lost three satchels in transportation. We have never gotten them. It leaves us poor. But, praise God, he has been with us all the way. We are in a place whre the true gospel has never been preached, but some of the people are read-ing the books I had. I have no money to get more. I believe much good could be done here if the Lord would send a band of workers to this place. It is four miles from Ferndale. We are out on a ranch. There is a large schoolhouse one-half mile from our place. Pray that the ' Lord may keep us very humble, and also that he will send workers here. M. B. Hunt. Clarksville, Mich. My testimony is that God keeps me saved ' each day and free from all sin, and heals me when sick or afflicted in any way. Praise his holy name! My heart's desire is to obey God and do his com-mands as L find them in his word. I am learning more of his precious will each ( lay. I am so glad he deemed me wor-thy to be called, and gave me an under-standing of his word. Now, dear ones, remember me often ac the throne of - grace. I am living in a new place, and as yet have not found any of God's saints. How I long to meet some of them once more, but the Lord is with me and able to keep me trusting him. The Lord has healed me of kidney trouble, headache, quick consumption, child- birth, and many other times. Just last week he healed my eyes. Praise God for his love to his little ones. Della Bostwick. Visalia, Cal. Nearly four years ago God for Christ's sake forgave my sins and put a new song in my mouth, even praises unto God. Oh, bless the dear Lord for his loving-kindness and render mercy to us! I am so glad that I ever learned to trust him. Every` one of my family has turned to God, and to- day we are rejoicing in Christ Jesus. Praise his holy name! I could tell of many, many cases of healing which God has done for us, but I will tell of only the latest ones, trusting that God will get glory out of it. About a month ago my brother five years old was stricken with pneumonia. We were not afraid _ to trust the Lord, and put his case fully in God's hands. The suffer-ing was awful. All night long our faith was tried, but, glory to God! in the morning glorious victory came. Then brother sat up in bed and said, " Praise the Lord! I am healed;" and he asked us to sing, he himself helping with every song. The next day the symptoms re-turned, and we had quite a testing time. I telephoned to Lodi for the saints at the camp- meeting to pray, and, all glory ' to Jesus, he was up and around in a few days. Night before last my other broth-er, who has all his life been afflicted with heart- disease, was anointed and healed. Bless the Lord!. T am so glad that I have found him a present help in every time of need. There is nothing too hard for the Lord. Pray that we may know and do God's will in all things. Kate McGinnis. Buffalo, W. Va. I praise the dear Lord for saving me and sanctifying my nature. I gave my. heart to him when fifteen years of age, and was gloriously saved, in a Mission-ary Baptist revival. I joirAed the M. E. sect. The class got to quarreling with each other; some went to the Baptists, some to the Soutnern Methodists, and I with a number of others joined the United Brethren sect. I spent about twenty- two years with them, taking an active part in their meetings. I thought I lived as good as my brethren, yet I was conscious all along that I was not the kind of Christian the dear Lord de-mands, so I thought some way would open up by which I would at last reach heaven. Those long years of doubting and hoping and trusting, without suffi-cient faith, finally came to an, end, when Bros. Drew and Boyer came here last January with the true gospel of salva-tion, preaching freedom from sin, and a second work of grace. I soon saw where I was, and went to the altar and received justification, and then sanctification. Praise his dear name forever! My heart leaps forth in joy and gladness for a full salvation. Glory be to God! About twenty- eight were sweetly saved, and most of them have been sanctified. We are censured on every hand; are called Mormons, Salvationists, etc. Praise his name. We . would be glad if any of the ministers in passing from the South to the camp- meeting or returning would stop with us a few days. Write me at Buffalo, Putnam county, W. Va. C. C. Withrow. Braidentown, Fla. I left my home and friends in Illinois and came south the last of January to look at the country and tell the glad tid-ings of salvation. Some parts of Flor-ida are very beautiful, especially the orange groves, the salt water bays, and the rivers. This spring the enemy tried very hard to afflict me. Sometimes I was not able to do anything for pain. I kept resisting the devil, but still the pain would come back. I wrote to my hus-band in Illinois to agree with me that the Lord would heal me. The night he received my letter I was healed, praise the Lord! To God's children of to- day he says: " If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." — Jno. 15: 7. " And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight."-- 1 Jno. 3: 23. My friends prescribed many different remedies and told me that I could not live in the south without taking medi-cine, but I told them the Lord was my physician. My little boy had the tooth-ache very bad Tuesday night, and we prayed to God to relieve him of the pain and he lay down and went to sleep and it has not hurt him since. Praise the Lord for what he hat done for me since I accepted the whole truth. I was a Baptist for twelve years, but did not know what salvation was. Now God has saved me from pride and all foolish-ness of this world. We need the pure Word preached here. There are no saints here except myself and son. If any one feels led to come here, we would be, glad to have them. We need a cdhapany with a tabernacle. Pray for me, and the work here. . Mrs. Emma Parker. Roundhead, Ohio. I am sanctified . and satisfied. I take the dear Lorad eal4ipay. physician: Five. , . years ag. 04liatteptember I was healed of art afilKtkit the brain caused by. being badly Wirt viikthe side of my head. The blood ra* lfrom my ear for three days; and for, si* ,',, days I could not stand a moment ltrithOut support. Our daughter went to4O Wne to gte arnica, to put on the orotund. Our faith in divine heal-ing was very weak, not having heard much preaching on that line; but it was the Lord's band that enabled me to amend, so I could work some again. But my head never ceased to pain. We chanced to get some Gospel Trumpets. Before this the doctor gave me some morphine tablets, and when my head would begin to pain I would take one of those. One d. ty after I had been reading The Gospel Trumpets my head felt worse, but 1 wanted to read; for the reading of them was previous to me. I thought, I would lake one of the tablets, and just as I put out my hand to reach the box of medicine, it seemed as if a voice , said to me, " Way not trust the Lord?" I quickly withdrew my hand and said immediately, " I will," and, praise God forever! • I went to my room and began to read without any difficulty whatever. I read most of the afternoon, and did not - take any more medicine. Awhile after this I began to get so dizzy that I could not stand alone. The saints of God were holding a meeting at Fora-ker, in this state, and I said to my com-panion, " 1 want to go to the meeting, and be anointed for healing, for I be-lieve it is God's will to heal me." So we went on Sunday, and obeyed the Word, and the work was done. 1 felt the mighty healing virtue go through my entire being. Praise God! be enabled me to magnify his precious name with a loud voice, and some that were there said they saw as it were fire flash from my face. Oh, I just give him all the praise. He has healed me of many sicknesses since them. I have not taken any med-icine since that voice said to me, " Why not trust the Lord?" God does so much for his children. When we are perse-cuted he gives us grace to bear it; when we are tempted, he makes a way for our escape. Dear ones, let us use our prayers and means to help in this blessed evening light. God sent holy ministers to our neighborhood to tell us of this wonderful salvation. How glad we were, and are yet, to have some of the clear ones come among us to proclaim the glad ' tidings. Pray that we may stand true. Sadie Gossard. eoing to break out with this dreaded disease. On the second day of my fever this faith cant a and I told the people that I \ vas not going to break out. That night just before I retired I noticeda: few blisters coming on my hands mat"' arms, and it was said that I wou'. d ha broke out 1w morning. In answer tri.: this I did not say anything. But ns going to bed Got! spoke to me and asked me if it was possible that I sv gs going to let the devil get the vier ory. 1t that mo-ment I rebuked the devil and he fled, and on rising the next morning it was found that those few blisters had dried up. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! The people tried hard to get me to take medicine, but the bed kept me strong enough to resist the enemy. I was told that I would ( lie it' I did not take some.. thing. I carried on my work during aut this time; never lost a day. This was a wonder to many. I ! nut not beeR, vaccinated either, and had not, taicen dose of medicine in two years. Befotel. could get an assurance ft ton the Lord that I was not going to break out with the disease, I had to hecothe willing to break out from head to foot if it was the will of the Lord. Then petite the blessing. Praise the Lord! There was not a sing- le' person in that (. 10111 11111 tlity that believed in this precious evening light; therefore I could not comply with Jas. 5: 14, 15. I intended, if it had gotten to where my faith was too weak to stand, to send a telegram to the' different saints. My prayer is that some pool,• Soul wilt be strengthened by this. Amen. Wm. Barris. Requests for Prayer. Pray for the healing of Laura F. Min shall, North Platte, Nebr. My son is sick with heart trouble. Pray for his healing. Alice King, Orville, Ala. Pray for my little grandson. two years old, who has lost the use of his legs from • his hips down. Mrs. Louisa Rtss, Catoesa, Ind. T. Pray that, my husband may ho healed hay fever; anti that, it May he the means of:': drawing his soul closer to Clod. A sister in Marion, Ky. I earnestly request your prayers for thet, healing of myself of paralysis, also for tittle'. healing of my wife of several diseases, and; also for the salvation of myself and entire.`, family. Washburn Blatehley, . Neeedah, f Wis. Calls for Meetings. Stoneboro, Pa. Wm. Reither. Brooklyn, N. Y. • VW Atlantic Ave. Dayton, Ohio. Aaron Straker, 18 Cos.. tall° St. Ashland, Icy. Good workers with tent desired. Mrs. Henry Schmuch. Center Bond, - Morgan Co. Ohio. Tab-ernacle meetia, desired. Jelin Tennant. Canton, Ohio. Minister dosirett to work in Rescue Mission at 72: 3• 1 N. Eighth St.. S. S. Fix. Mole 11111, W. Va. Ministerial help de-sired to hold a camp- meeting beginning Aug. Ili. J. K. P. Whitecotton. Pleasant Arnold, ' Madisonville, K y. re-quests that some of the ministers come to his vicinity and hold meetings. Raymondville, Mo. We desire that some minister of God come and preach the pure gospel. Several desire a camp- meeting any time after Aug. 15. A. Joslen. Rice Lake, Wis. We would like very much if some of God's ministers would come up this way and hold a few weeks' meeting the latter part of Tuly. There are souls to save. You will be welcome at any time. John Mossman. Norton, Kans. It is greatly desired that:; a company of workers come here with tent and hold meeting- about the middle or t; last of September. The Word has not been taught here for over four years. The saints are very anxious that sonic one come teach them the truth. Nettie Louk. s Detour, Chippewa Co., Mich. There": t isnoimac n ilhselew. ilviloicaarreesbicoku of slavery in t disease and they have earnesiltdlydroewqnuell srtiethOti me to send for some minister of Gok Tchula, Miss. Last November I was called to/ teach school in a district where the people were having the small- pox. But before I went I was assured by one of the trus-tees that the dreaded disease had ceased. With this direction, of course 1 went and opened school Nov. 15. In a few clays T had a full school, a good number of which were marked with that loathsome disease. After I had taught about four weeks one of my scholars took down with the small- pox. At this the devil began to try to frighten me, but my mind and heart could not get away from the ninety- first Psalm. About the first of January a boy that stayed at the place where I boarded broke out with the same disease. At this point the devil told me to run and get another place to stay, but God said, " Be still, I will fight your battle." in three weeks from this : time another case broke out in the same place. At this point I felt impressed to wr. i te• to the saints at different places to unite with me in prayer to God concern-ing the disease. This I obeyed on Satur-day. On the following Monday I took with a severe chill at school and had a high fever for three days, and also a se-. vere sore throat— so severe as to cause me to spit up blood. During this time I was continually talking to the Lord and trying to get faith enough to thank the Lord and testily to the people that I was not F ar: Irttiralr1„,, E, F- or Jails, s and istribution ere. 2 come as soon as possible. They believe that God will answer the prayer - of faith. Dear saints, do take this to God in prayer that he may send some one with a tabernacle that meetings may be held around heres. o Mrs. Fred Hardy, Box 34. Meeting Notices. General Statement. To make the separate notices brief it is here stated that the saints at the different places are accustomed to meet at the trains those coming from a distance ( if notified to do so), and so far as practicable to provide for the comfort of all. Those attending camp- meetings should proaifie + hemselves with straw- tick and bedding. Provisions can always be procured at reasonable rates. In no. case arc there gate fees or charges for admission. No one needs to stay away from a meeting because he is poor. The • person named at the end of each notice is a proper one to address for any information regard-ing that meeting. Rochester, Ind, June 2S to July 15. Tabernacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Bannister, Mich. June 29 to July S. Tabernacle. Stephen Cook. Oakohay. Miss. June 30 to July 8. Oakohay is 20 mi. N. W. of Ellisville. L. V. Strickland. Rochester, Iowa. Begins July 1 to last over the 4th. Tent. Four miles south of Tipton, near Bro. Staly's farm and Mt. Zion Church. 11. Behbehn, Box 3. Cernentville, Ina. July 4. East Bliss, Mich. July 6- 16. Grove. This meeting will hi' hold on Bro. Jerome Keiser's farm. Ministerial help needed. ( let off G. II. and i. R. It. at Levering. Notify Jerome Keiser, East Bliss, Mich., or P. E. Isaac, Czutby, Mich. Muncie, Ind. July 7- 22. Tabernacle. Elihu Key & Co. Bessemer, Ala. Jul y 12- 22. Camp. Robert Wright or A. B. II arney. Pocahontas, Ark. July 13- 22. Camp. This NiveliNg will lie 110141 3 mi. W. of Pocahontas. John M. Wann. Hammond, 1,4. July 13- 22. This meeting will he held at the Home, 12 mi. east of Hammond. \ Villiarm ctn. Goldonna, Natchitoches Parish, La: July 13- 22. Camp. R. T. Kornegay. Blue River, Washington Co., Ind. July 13- 23. Camp. Dempsey Rickard. Poindexter, Ky. July 13- 22. Camp. North Yakima, Wash. July 13- 23. Camp. At Natchess Bridge, 5 mi. from N. Yakima. Ministers needed. Geo. Roakelt, Cowiche or R. R. Ruddell, North Yakima. • C Weatherford, Okla. Beginning July 14. amp. A. B. Stanberry. Heckton, Kosciusko Co., Ind. Begin-b nine- July 14, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Grove. It will be - held in S. S. Mailer's grove, 2 mi.- south of Heck-ton. S. P. Strang. - Ft. Worth, Tex. July 15- 29. Taber nacle. S. M. Rich, Eastland, Tex. Yellville, Ark. Beginning July 15. Meeting 4 mi. N. W. of Yellville, at George's Creek. - Wm. A. Gray. Reily Springs, Tex. Beginning July 15. There are quite a number of anti- ordi-nance people there,. and the mints are pray-ing the Lord to send a minister baptized with the Holy Ghost. T. J. Harley: • Ripley, Okla. Beginning July 19. Rip-ley is on a new railroad running 45 mi. N. E. front Guthrie, and the meeting will be held 2% mi. from where the Clayton meeting was held 3 yr. ago. Those coming on the Frisco R. R. can stop off at Stroud and be brought * by private conve yance to Ripley or they can go on to Guthrie and come out on the new road. Those coming from the north can stop at Perry and- dome by hack or go on to Guthrie. Willis Old-ham, Ripley or W. M. Wilson, Cushing. Defiance, Ohio. July 20- 29. Grove. John Hughes, 1001 Francis St. Black ville, S. C. July 21- 30. Assembly. C. C. Holman. Beach Springs, N. C. Beginning July 21, to continue over two Sundays. Chas. E. Orr is expected. Other ministerial help solicited. T. W. White. North Star, Ohio. July 25 to Aug 12. Tabernacle. Elihu Key & Co. mi. N. W. of Pocahontas. Milton Vandergriff. Grassy, Ky. July 26 to Aug. 5. Camp. P. T. Wells, Mize, Ky. or W. H. McClure, Daysboro, Ky. Enterprise, La. July 27 to Aug. 5. Camp. T. N. Watson, Hariisonburg, La. Collinsville, Miss. Commencing July 27. Camp. Ministerial help needed. W. R. Burrel, Bozeman, Miss. Woolley, Wash. July 27. Camp. Let whomsoever the Lord may call and qualify, come to preach the gospel. M. Davison. Grassy, Mo. Beginning July 28, to con-tinue as long as the Lord wills. Camp. Those coming by railroad will stop at Lutesville. H. W. White or J. R. Rea. Kentwood, La. July 28 to Aug. 5. As-sembly. 6 mi. N. W. of Kentwood-, near Hollis Hilbun. S. N. Hilbun. Burket, Incl. Aug. 1- 12. Camp. S. L. Speck. Sturdevant, Ala. Aug. 1- 12. Camp. Israel Jones or G. G. Sudduth. Handley, Tex. Aug. 1- 12. Camp. S. M. Eastland, Tex. Neosho Falls, Kans. Aug. 2- 12. Camp. Any one desiring tent will please send order at once. Sizes run as follows: 7x9; 10x12; 12x14; 14x16. L. Master. Hartselle, Ala. Beginning Aug. 3, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Camp. E. W. Sharp, Somerville, Ala. Tekonsba, Mich. B. F. Heath. Iola, S. C. Aug. 8- 18. Camp. H. S. Mack. Poynor, Mo. Beginning Aug. 10. Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Social Point, ( 10 mi. W. of Panola P. 0.) Panola Co., Texas. Aug. 10 Camp. Railway station is Keatchie. H. J. Johns, Deberry, Tex. Grants Pass, Ore. Aug. 10- 20. P. T. Everton and Grant Clark, Merlin, Ore. Ableman, Wis. Aug. 15- 26. Camp. August Meyer, Ableman, Wis., or Ed Du- Bois, Rcedsburg, Wis. St. Louis, Mich. Aug. 16- 26. Camp. J. R. Walter. Eugene, Ind: Aug. 16- 26. Camp. S. A. Sprouls. Willshire, Ohio. Aug. 16- 26. Taber-nacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Brushy Prairie, Ind. Camp. Aug. 16- 26. S. Y. Greenawalt. Emlenton, Pa. Aug. 16- 27. Camp. Samuel Martz, Pittsville, Pa. Keisters, Butler Co., Pa. Date following the Emlenton meeting. Grove. . Henry Latshaw. Potash, Ala. Aug. 16- 26. Camp. B. B. Adamson or G. W. Lipp. Pachuta, Miss. Beginning Aug. 16, to continue about ten days. Assembly. This meeting * ill be held 1y4. mi. from town. Ministerial help needed. H. P. Stephen. Kensington, Kans. Camp. Aug. 17- 26. Geo. Vielguth. Plattsburg, Miss. Aug. 17- 26. Camp. Plattsburg is 20 miles from. MeCool, 30 miles from Kosciusko, the nearest R. R. stations on C. A. & N. R. R. Geo. W. Breazeale. Desdimonia, Eastland Co., Tex. Aug. 18- 26. Camp. S. M. Rich, Eastland, Tex. Camp, Fulton Co., Ark. Aug. 20. Camp. A. B. Stanberry. Jeffersonville, Ky. Au g. 22 to Sept. 2. Camp. Those coming by train stop at Mt. Sterling and take mail hack at 2 p. m. for Jeffersonville. Thos. Carter or J. E. Watts. Vichy, Mo. Aug. 21 to Sept. 2. Camp. T. E. Ellis. Sanford, Tenn. Aug. 30 to Sept. 8. Camp. James Miller. Gaston, Ind. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Tab-ernacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Near Cherrytree ( Grant P. 0.), Pa. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Ed. Wetzel, Burnside, Pa. or J. B. Arble, Cushcreek, Indiana Co., Pa. Violet Hill, Ark. Beginning Sept. 1. Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Hinkle, Tenn. Sept. 25. Grove. Sam-uel Ford, Millville, Tenn. Ft. Meade, Fla. Oct. 7- 17. A. J. Poulson. Camp. Hamil, Randolph Co., Ark. Beginning Saints' July 25, to continue as long as the Lord F. M. wills. Camp. This meeting will be held at the same place it was last year, about 13 Aug. 3- 13. Camp. THE GOSPEL -" TRUMPET Have you heard the pris-oners calling for good tracts and papers? Will you help send them the gospel? Now is the time to do so. AN* X- AS, Regul aprrice of tracts by mail, postage paid, is 35c. a pound. We will send them in lots of 10 pounds or more, by freight or express, for 175/ c. a pound, shipping charges to be paid by purchaser. THIS OFFER GOOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1. No order for less than 10 pounds will be filled at these prices. Cash must be sent with order. TIIB FOLLOWING TRACTS WILL BE SENT AT THE ABOVE POUND RATE. Please order by number any tracts selected from this list. It requires from 1,000 to 1,100 pages of printed matter, tract size, to weigh one pound. Those marked * are also published in German. No. 135.* The Great Tobacco Sin. 136.* Poison, Tobacco as an Evil. 13S.* Parable of the Tobacco Seed. 139. Novel- Reading. 140. Gospel Giving. 141. A Message from God unto Thee. 142. Words of Love to Girls. 143. Opium. No. 56. 59. 77.* 83. 84. 101.* 102.* 103. 107. In Christ. What Think Ye of Christ? Salvation of Our Children. Holy Wisdom. The Tobacco Habit. An Open Letter. From Darkness to Light; or, A Catholic Woman's Conversion. Divine 144. 145. 146. 147. 149. 150. 151. No. 3.* The Apostasy. 5.* No- Seetism. 6.* What Church Should I Join? 8.* Questions and Answers on the Church. 9.* Babylon is Fallen. 10. Sects. 11. Word of God and Sectism Considered. 13. Fifty Scriptural Objections to Sects. 16. Questions for Saturday- Keepers. 174 What the Bible Teaches. 18. Jewish and Christian Sabbath. 19. Bible Unity. Prepare to Meet Thy God. 21. The Better Church. 514* Must We Sin? 524* Sanctification. 53. Can We Fall? 554* Spiritualism. The Gift of the Holy Ghost. Hypnotism. Secret Vice. Counsel to Young Saints. Evil Effects of Tight Lacin The Doctrine of Healing. A Wonderful Deliverance. Nine Years An Invalid. Questions and. Answers on Healing. 125. The Master's Call. 127.* Repent and Believe the Gospel. 128. Little Things. 130.* Lost. 131.* Why Are You Not A Christian? 132.* Have Faith in God. 133. A Friend to the Friendless. 134. Masonic Mysteries. As a Further Inducement we here give a list of some of our larger size tracts, with their regular retail prices, which are also included at the pound rate of 1754c. This is an extraordinary offer, as it is away below half_ price. Retail Price The Ordinances of the New Testament, 15c. Missionary Baptists Not the Church of God - 100. The Last Dispensation Sc. The Church of God 5c. Duty of Parents 5c. Bible Humility - 50. The Church of God ( German) 5c. The Prayer of Faith •( German) - 10e. We expect these tracts to go rapidly. We may be out f some kinds before this offer expires. Order at once. Address iospel Trumpet Pub. Co Moundsville, W. Va., U. S. A. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET An Experience in Divine Healing. Divine Healing. ) 3Y : war. STOUT: HE history of divine healing - began" in the days of Abraham, When he-- offered up payer unto God fur the heal- , ing of. Abirnelech and his house, and the Lord healed them. Gen. 20: 17. In the promise of God. to Abraham, that his seed should be in number as the stars of sheeaa, v en, a• nd the promised land should be .;: thetrs for an inheritance, in blessing of fullness of vintage the land of corn and wine; but without the blessing of health, their joy could not be full, for health is greater wealth to us than much gold. And the Lord heard the prayer of Abraham. Ile also said to Moses: " If thou wilt diligently harken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these dis-eaSes upon thee, which t have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord that healeth. thee. "-- Ex_ 15: 26. " And I Will take sickness away from the midst of thee."— Ex. 23: 25. When Miriam waasmitten with leprosy, Moses cried Ainfri-:,, 04 Lord, saying, " Beal her now, tea God,‘ I beseech thee" ( Num. 12: 13), the Lord healed her; and when the plague: ca ttle upon Israel for their mur-urings, and they fell upon their faces, tart atonement was made, and the Lord staid the plague, ( Num. 16: 50); and when lerael was bitten with fiery serpents, and Moses prayed for the people, the Lord comm„ anded the serpent of brass to be raked poll a pole, and it came to pass that if a- serpent had bitten ant- man, : SMLA he bc held the serpent of brass he lived. Num. 21: D. " And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness." --- Debt. 7: 15. The little maid of Israel in S y rian bondage could tell N: inznan, captain of the king's host, when he was smitten with leprosy. She expressed a wi- h that he were up in Samaiia with the prophet, for he would recover him of his leprosy. Nan m in believed the re-port, and journeyed thither, and returned every whit whole. 2 Kings 5. W hat joyful news! Them e is a God in Zion who healetIi all our diseases. Shall the Hide maids and the missiona-ries carry the news — our Gott healeth all diseases— to heathen lands to day, or shall the quinine and surgeon's knife, with too often stimulants of ruin, be-among the equipments of a missionary's supply? " Awake, thou that sleepest,'' teach the whole truth at home, and prac-tice it then shall those sent far away declare that the uncl angeable God is the world's physician. Rezekiah was sick, and was told he must die; and he prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord lengthened out his life fif-teen years, and gave him a sign that it should be so. The shadow went back-ward ten degrees. 2 Kings 20. And Asa was diseased in his feet, and he sought not to the Lord, but to the pht si-chins, and Asa died. 2 Chron. 16: 1'), 13. David exclaimed: " Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his bene-fits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healoth all thy diseases."— Ps. 103: 2, 3. Isaiah is very bold, declaring, " The eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall he un-stopped. Then shall thelame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing."— Isa. 35: 5, 6. - Read Matt. 11: 5. Trumpet. Ellen Ashenfelter. Potwin, Ale Jane 1. When diseharged from the army at the close of the civil war, I returned Hattie the worse physically for having bei: in a soldier: My life has been one' of excessive hard labor, both physically and mentally, so much so that in 1890 in spite of all that medicine and doctors could do I felt that my work was donee. and all that Was left for roe was to die and be buried; but it is natural to cling to life, so I disposed of my hard earn-ings at ruinous prices, and went to New Mexico, hoping that a change would help me. At the end of two years I moved back to Colorado no better, but growing worse all the time. I knew I must die, my family knew its my doc-tors knew it; everybody knew it. So I hurriedly packed my grip, and wife and I started back to my old home in Ohio, that I might be buried beside my people; and that I might see my mother once more. When I reached home I found what was called a holiness craze among some of the people, and divine healing was much talked of. I carefully took in the situation. I saw much inconsistency a-mong some who professed the most, but saw nobody healed. The result was I became disgusted. Among others a lady evangelist, Miss Buckman, came into the neignborhood to rest a spell. She too talked divine healing, and said that - the Lord had healed her. One day I was sitting in the room at mother's, and through the whitlow I saw . Miss Buck-man approaehing. I thought her talk-would weary me very much. I felt in-nli- gnent. As she came in she said the Lord told her to come and talk to me, but that he had not told her what to say. I said, " Fire away." Shestayed at), Ort t ‘ vo an4I proved to be a Merv- pleasant. agteeable lady, but never said one word about healing. When she turned to leave she chanced to notice that the top of the bureau was covered with medicine. She sailed and made some casual remark about my drugstore. I said, " I suppose you would have me throw all this medicine away." She said No. I said, " Do you - believe in divine healing with medicine?" She an-swered No. I asked, " Well then what do you believe?" She said, " I believe that it you would throw your medicine away, you would die; but if the time ever comes that you have faith to be healed, you would not need any one to tell you to throw your medicine away," and she turned and left me astounded. She did not do at all what I had ei-pected. I did not know what to think. I took down the Bible, I turned to every place referring to healing. I studied it carefully, and God soon gave me to see there was nothing wild or fanciful about it, but that there was something very practical, yet I was not healed. In September, 1S94 wife and I went to the Rand community ( in Colorado),- and began a series of meetingS. It was a new thing; curiosity brought the people out. Soon the Spirit of the Lord got hold of the people; then the devil came, and threatened to mob me, throw me in-to the creek, or shot- gun me out of the country. Men would come for the pur-pose of breaking up the . meeting, but would be converted before they got a-way. , At many meetings there were no lookers- on; every one bad an interest. All this time I was so weak I could scarcely- stand up to Preach. 1 was dyspeptic. All I could eat was a little Graham mush. I had heart trouble and a most fearful throat affliction. In fact, it seems that there was not a square inch of my body sound. One afternoon. I was feeling worse than usual. I told my wife I wanted her to walk out on the side of the moun-lain with me. We stopped in a little park, and sat on a fallen tree. I then told heir what I wanted. I told her that 1. 1v: tew the Lord could heal; that I believed it - was his will to heal ine;. that I was determined to settle the mat-ter then and there. I knelt, She laid her hands on my head, and we both prayed. I there gave the whole busi-ness over into the hands of the Lord. I went to the house, and took thirteen kinds of medicine from my pockets. I bade them good- by, and have never taken any since. That evening I ate a big slipper of bread and butter, pota-toes, beefsteak, pickles, preserves, etc., went to meeting, preached an hour and a half, had a profitable meeting, went home, and slept all night. Ever since that time I have been ready for three meals a day, and a good night's sleep. I was so pleased that I wrote up the account of my healing, and had it pub-lished in the church paper, supposing that people would rejoice with me. But far from it; instead of that I was called a- knave, fool, ignoramus; was accused of being weak- minded, etc. Everything it seemed to me that the devil could con-trive to deceive me and make me disown my healing has been resorted to; but mine was too clear a case for these things to shake me. l• could sad-, " Get behind me, Satan." The Lord bad healed me and I knew it, and all the imps of hell combined with all the dead church members on earth could not make me deny what the Lord had done for me. My testimony is that healing is for any or all who will meet the conditions, be they rich or poor, white or black, wise or oth-erwise.; and I feel that it is m y business to publish it to the ends of the earth, regard-less of what people May say, think, or do. Yes, I have been ostracized, kicked out, opposed, and misrepresented. And by whotn?— Those who stand the highest in the denominations. My brother, there is but one thing to : lo. Plant yourself squarely on the word of God. Preach the Word, the whole Word, and nothing but the Word; never once think of compromise. You may make enemies, so did Christ. They may arrest and per-secute you, but they did the same with the apostles. I. II. Greene. Walden, we. The Limitations of Faith. 4641? thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." There is no limitation to the possibili-ties of real faith, but there may be a limi-tation to the Possibility of faith, that is to say there may be things we can believe for and other things we can not believe for. A right understanding of the limi-tations of faith may save us from many perplexities in praying for others and understanding the dealings of God in sometimes failing to answer our most earnest supplications. We have not the right to claim for others, irrespective of their spiritual conditions, all that we might claim for ourselves when we are in spiritual touch with God. God does not authorize us to claim healing for people over the head of their own unbelief and in spite of their wrong attitudes and con-ditions. God is much more anxious to have them right than to have them well. So we mast carefully discriminate and feel our way to the mind of the Lord and the true ground of believing prayer in every instance, and remembering that God deals with each individual upon his own standpoint and in accordance with his own faith. So we read that Paul when he perceived that the cripple at Lystra had faith to be healed, command-ed him to step forth and claim his deliv-erance. Let us be more anxious to get people right with God and to teach them to trust for themselves than to help them out of their troubles by a lever-age which will not lift them unless they have within themselves that strtnoe power of living faith that does not need to be carried because it has learned to carry itself— Set. Filthy COtiversatiod. BY A. T. nowE. 4413 1. T now ye also put off all th anger, wrath, malice, blasphe filthy communication out of your molt — Col. We are told. in 2 Pet, that Lot, a just man, was vexed with_: ififhlthovwecroen. versation of the wicked; here to- day, ho would, d less, be more sorely vexed from the me cause. This awful degrading practietya which is fastening its poisonous fangs deep in the nature of our young men, has few weeks than ever before, and I reel been brou g ht to my noticew: o. nrienign the pmt like sounding a note Of young men, in whom I am interestede that peradventure some of them may he persuaded to forsake their way ot sin and come to him who lath said, " Front all y our filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you." This practice of filthy talking is a growing evil, among our young men especially, and even among those who put on a nice outside appearance in every other way. Jesus has said, " Out ' of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh." This being the case, we would judge that the hearts of these persons correspond to their con. versation; and it is truly appalling to consider. Go with 1110, if you please, to the barber shop, the grocery, the meat market, the post- taco, or any loafing-place in the average town, and listen for fifteen minutes to the filthy stories, and you will agree with me that we need re-form on this line. I have of late been brought in contact with many young mil), who did not know my business, and I Was shocked at the indeeency of their conversation. Young men who may read this, let me appeal to your intelligence, to your man-hood, to your respect for the opposite sex, to forever stop this God- dishonoring,. soul- polluting practice, that is fast mak-ing you a repraach to the that that cre-ated you. Your mind and soul, your en tire being, is tined with corruption, f.- somuch that you see vul: ratit v in ' that which is not intended as such. Your ;: s>. Bret thoughts are thought of Ieswdnc s, and you all ow your i11107t, rit lations to dwell on lustful thityrs that will tape your soul deeper and deeper into tbe pit of depravity, until it will be impossilili for you to escape. The young ladies a bout whom you make your remarks at they pass you, are fast being draggel down to a level with you, and you ari. partl y to blame for it. W lay will yog do this? Doubtless you expect some day to make some young lady your wife, wig you wish her to be a pure, virtuous w6=- man; yet you congregate in public place es in the evenings, and pass obscene, vul-gar remarks about them; or take plea- 7 sure in carrying with you, and exhibit: ing, pictures of lewd women, thus defiV ing the minds of others around you; or put in your evening rending trashy lief erature, such as love stories, dime novs els, and stories of dissipation and prostis tution. Awake to you danger; stop these practices, and stop them at once. If you are unable to do it of yourselves, call on God to help you, and you will find deliverance: God wants you, and he will make you a new creature, turn your thoughts in a different channel, change your desires and inclinations, and give you a new vocabulary, so that you will discard many of the words you. now use, and they will become foreign to you, Then, and not. until then, will you k, wake to a full realization ot where yo. 41 have been drifting. It is a burning shame that we, who boast of our enlight-enment, should allow ourselves to be car-ried down into this awful pit of degra da y to read pure li t- tion. It is just as eas - erature, to speak pure words, think pure thoughts, to be pure men and wo-men, as it is to be vulgar. We leave these few lines with you, praying God's Blessing upon them, that they may en a - 1) 10 you to se von condition, and tart' from your evil wa y. Amen. Divine Healing. Chills and Fever. This evening . finds me saved and re-joicing in a Savior that is mighty to keep. About two months ago the dear Lord healed me of chills and fever, for which 1 give him all the glory. When I pat my case in his hands I promised him I world testify to it through. the
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 20:25 |
Published Date | 1900-06-28 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 25 |
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 | -- ----- VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1900. NUMBER 25' -- sAINcTIFICATioN And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Kat, 24: 31. So will I seek opt my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in Lae cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. ' Ter. 32: 39. ENESS 1N C1- 051--=- the pure word of God and become in-structed in the doctrine of the Holy Ghost life. " The promise of my Father which the resurrected Christ said he would send upon his justified disciples, was no more of a promise for them than for every justified believer throughout this gospel dispensation. Why then should any of us come short of enter-ing into this blessed covenant of an entire consecration and receiving the fulfillment of the promises? Thank God, it is for us and our children and to all that are afar off. Until the believer reaches this grace, he is not in his normal spiritual condition, and can not live the Christ-life in a manner that is perfectly satis-factory to his own heart. - The great need within, is a clean heart, and the indwelling Holy Spirit, without which there is not the power within at all times to withstand every evil attack of the enemy with perfect victory. Jesus knew this need in his disciples. Their usefulness in the world could not be sat-isfactory until they received the fulfill-ment of the promise. They had been useful in his hands and under his per-sonal guidance in the ministry of the gospel of the kingdom. They had al-ready by his help been able to bear fruit, but it was the will of the Father that they should bring forth more fruit, through the power of the Spirit- filled God's Loving Care. A IlTIt'LL IV. THE mils. := 1.11: fr or, pi; , misE., ISE1) throli alt the prophets. - Until the Spirit. be poured out Upon m On hi: di, anti the wilderness be a ul field, and the fruitful field be a forest. Then judgment dwell in the wilderness, and rig; lft-it reimain in the fruitrul field. ltd tho work of righteousness shall be ; and the elteet of righteousness nC and assurance tortivOr. And all dwell in a peaCeant • Iti, and in sure dwellings, and in t resting- places.'`— Isa. 32: 15- 1S. " And 1 will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and will take the , tour heart out of their ' 11, and will give them a heart of flesh: t they may walk in my statutes, • / rttillallt! e:;, allti do Clem: they shall be my people, anti I shall 1 — Ezelt. 11 : 19, • 0.• air water upon him that is and floods upon the dry ground: will pour my spirit upon thy seed, Mid BY CHARLES E. ORR. " Behold the fowls of the air, They sow not neither do they reap"; Yet kings have not more healthful tare Nor rest in calmer, sweeter sleep. They have no barns nor boarded grain; Vet all day long a soft, sweet strain They warble forth from forest tree, Ever happy and ever free, Teaching a lesson dear to me. So free from care, C) sylvan band, Fed by a heavenly Father's hand, Your freedimi, 0 ye fowls of heaven, New courage to my soul hath given. I no more can doubt or sorrow; God will care for me to- morrow. tile lilies, how they grow: They tt ail not, neither do they spin"; Yet kings in all their pinup and show Are not arrayed like one of them, Smiling and tree in breezes sway. Yet clothed by heavenly hand are they. Meek lilies ot the quiet 11,: ld, Your growth, instruction to me yield. The One \\ Ili, il,, thes the lily lair, Gives it greatest husbandry care, Will he not hear my earnest prayer? The ( hie : who notes the sparrow's fall, C), ' CS he rn . t have his c i eaiures all? It he so chillies each p utt and tree And gives the birds such liberty, Will he ni • 1 clothe and care tor me? I no more can doililt tar sa. rri. w; God will late tor each to- morrow. ItY J. W. DYERS. my Liming upon thine offspring. . And they shall spring up us among the grass, s : w8i, l lows by the water courses."— lea. 4. " Then will I sprinkle el tun water up- , and ve shall be clean: from all r filthiness, and from all your idols, 1. cleanse you. A new heart also \ rill re you, and a new spirit will I put, in you: and 1 will take away the ltiy heart out of your flesh, and I will Ye you an heart of flesh. And I will y spirit within you, and cause you walk in my statutes, and ye shall cep my judgments, and do them. ye shall dwell in the land that I Ve to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God."— Ezek. 36: 95- 28. ,` And it shall come to pass afterward, t I will pour out my spirit upon all and your sons and yonr daughters all prophesy, your old men shall dream cams, and your young men shall see ,'- visions: and also upon the servants and pon the handmaids iu these days will I the prophet Joel: And it shall come_ to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall proph-esy. . . . This J esus bath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having recei red of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he bath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear." — Acts 2: 16- 18, 32, 33. TO WHOM IS THIS PROMISED? " Then Peter said unto. them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is un-to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."— Acts 2: 38, 39. " And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him."— Acts 5: 32. " That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might re-ceive the promise of the Spirit through faith."— Gal. 3: 14. " That I should be the minister of Je-sus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost."— Rom. 15: 16. " But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salva-tion through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth."- 2Thess. 2: 13. In a previous article we have noticed that the Fioly Ghost experience of the apostles and all those of the early church was the same; and we see definitely by the texts just quoted that it is the design of God that ail believers shall receive it. Also we have seen that this Holy Ghost experience is a subsequent one to regen-eration, and identical with sanctification. Every young convert who has truly been regenerated, will in due time find that something more needs to be done in his heart before he can realize an experience that will correspond with the fulfillment of the many exceeding great and pre-cious promises of the Holy Ghost. The scriptures clearly teach us that regeneration is a work of the Holy Spirit. " For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body."- 1 Cor. 12: 13. This does not have reference to the Pen-tecostal baptism, but to the work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration, inducting us into the body of Christ, the church. This is - very different from the baptism with the Holy Ghost. In regeneration the Holy Ghost baptizes the believer into Christ; in sanctification Christ baptizes the believer with the holy Ghost. " He , shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire."— Matt. 3: 11. This latter is the sanctification and Pentecostal ' experience. Both are spirit-ual experiences and when reading these wonderful promises by the prophets, we pour out my spirit."— Joel 2: 28, 29. Promised tin ough Christ. " And, be-hold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Je-rusalem, until re be endued with power from on high."— Luke 24: 49. `‘ But whosoever drinketh of the water that shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."— Jno. 4: 14. " He that believeth on me, as the scripture bath said, out of his belly shall flow riv-ers ot living water. ( But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)"— Jno. 7: 38,' 39. " If ye love me, keep my command-ments. And I will pray the Father, : and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; even the spirit of truth; whom the world can not receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. But the Comfort-er, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, be shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."— Jno. 14: 15- 17, 20, 26. `' But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the spirit of truth, which proceed-etch from the Father, he shall testify of me."— Jno. 15: 26. " Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, ind of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye can not bear them now. Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father bath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you."— Jno. 16: 7- 15. " John truly baptized with water; bat ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days nence."- a– Acts 1: 5. A. FULFILLMENT OF THIS PROMISE. And when the day of Pentecost was full y come, they were all with one ac-cord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as ° fa e rush-in^ mighty wind, and it filled all the a house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy ( host."— Acts 2: 1- 4. A TESTIMONY OF ITS FULFILLMENT:: " But this is that which was spoken by can clearly distinguish the two works of grace foretold. The birth of the Spirit ( Jno. 3: 3- 8), or that experience which inducts us in`:.) Christ, must necessarily precede the ex-perience of sanctification. The Holy Ghost will never come into the temple to abide until he has first gained possession of the same. The heart must' first be both justified and fully consecrated be-fore the divine Guest can make it his ex-clusive and permanent abode. This glori-ous grace of sanctification does not de-tract from the marvelous work of justifi-cation. Both have their import and place in God's wonderful redemption plan, and stand out distinctly in many of the scriptures, and yet we occasionally hear of some who say of this beautiful doctrine that it is not taught in the word of God. Why such remarks are made is simply because of a misconception of the glorious redemption plan— in some in-stances it is owing to the perverted doc-trines of men, while in others it may be because of a perverted individual experi-- ence of justification. To the willing and obedient heart God will impart knowl-edge and understanding of his sweet and glorious soul- rest. Oh, let us praise and SANC11F1CATION. magnify the Lord for his wonderful grace that he has so abundantly supplied through repen-tance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, that he is so willing and ready to remove from our hearts the guilt of all our sins and transgressions, and remember them against us no more forever, and then bestow upon us- this blessed inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Christ Jesus. Would that every justified be-liever might be kept from, all the per-verted doctrines of men, so that the heart could receive the knowledge of Qualifications of Elders. BY It. W. salaam.. T UE writer of this article has bee very much stirred , f la te concern-ing this very important auestien. I re-alize that it means mucei tee he au elder in the church of God. ; i ? wive is a house of order, : Ind lie has • set the members every one of itom. iu the bedy, as it bath pleased hint-; ; eel therefore he has certain lines to take care of his house. lie does not make choice of one simply because he is teha- ated, and hdr, received a diploma. if yeti should have all these qualifications, and yet be void of the qualifications set forth in ( Ted's word, you would nut It.' qualitied to take care of the church of Ood. I believe that in tile past there been some mistakes made in ordaining elders in the church; net that I want to accuse any one, neither do I want to ex-cuse any one. - We have the rule where-by we can know who are elders. And those that can nut meet the requirements in the word Of God should not under any circumstance be ordained elders, and rec-ognized as such by the church, by the laying on of hands; for if ( Tact has not n. ordained him, it would only be the worse for him., and the church over es which he would rule. If I understand' the mind of the Lord, in ordaining elders, the elder is to be an example for the" flock. • Jesus is our example, and Gor - wants the example set before us followed out in every respect. First, he wants our life to be pure, and our lives can be made pure only by meeting the condi-tions of God's word. God has so = ordered, that if care is taken in ordaining elders, there need not be any very serious mistakes mmaaddee.. Let the ministry look. deeper into this very important question, and see that every condition is met. ' ly e wonder why Nye are not up to the apostolic standard, but we should not..: wonder when we look around and see a.. the mixed condition of those that are re-cognized as elders in the body, " tee church." What we need, : Ind what we must have, is apostolic ministers. We learn by reading the word of God, that - in the apostles' time they were ver strict. When this rule is strictly coin plied with as it was in Um days of the apostles, then it will be that we shall see the power of God manifested as in thos e days. Some have seid, " I thourrht was called to preach: a • aso uls. Seeing their lostt r:'. oltn( lIiutrict) inei: eIdri: real zeal in my soul for them; and do not go and preach I shall lose salvation." They take zeal for the world, but have our bodies presented. to God a living sacrifice. " I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a liv-ing sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God."— Rom. 12: 1, There are a number of things we will mention in this article, which are prac-ticed by the world, and which it is wrong for Christians to practice. First we will consider DRESS. When we presented our bodies a living sacrifice and were wholly sanctified, we gave our bodies entirely and unreserved-ly unto God; and we can not have our own way about how we are to dress them without trespassing on the rights of God; for we now belong entirely to him. In fact, the teaching of the Word is that our bodies are to be a living sacri-fice when presented to God, holy and ac-ceptable; and that this is only a reason-able service. We would infer that our bodies to be holy and acceptable as a sac-rifice to God must be dressed according to his teaching. " In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobri-ety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; but ( which be-corneth women professing godliness) with good works."- 1 Tim. 2: 9, 1q. " Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of ap-parel: but let it be the hidden man of the- heart, in that which is not corrupt-ible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."- 1 Pet. 3: 3, 4. It is not hard to see by these scriptures how God desires people to dress. God certainly forbids the wearing of jewelry and costly dress, and ornamental fixing of the . hair. Women only are men-tioned, but of course men who wear jew-elry and curl and ornament their hair are included. No doubt some might ask, " Can we not wear useful articles made of gold and other expensive mate-rial?" The Word forbids costly array. We all agree that this would include cost-ly material in dress. A dress is a very useful article, and if costly clothing is forbidden, surely none can justify them-selves for wearing any other costly arti-cle, especially of gold or pearl, and use as a plea that it is useful. Costly array is not confined to dress alone, but there are many things that could be less ex-pensive and yet serve the purpose for which they are used, and much better become a saint of God. We look at the world to- day, which is composed largely of professors of Christ, and behold, they entirely disregard these scriptures which plainly teach our duty on dress. The Word refers to holy wo-men of old as examples in dress, and we will read their history and see what they did with their jewelry. " Then Jacob said unto his household and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean and change your garments: and let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my dis-tress, and was wits me in the way which I went. And they gave unto J acob all the strange gods which were in their hands, and all the earring which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shachem."— Gen. 35: 24. It is very evident Jacob realized that coming into the presence of God to wor-ship all bedecked with jewelry was not acceptable in his sight. " And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; z man did put on him his ornaments. '-' 7 or the Lord had said unto Moses, Sapl: tikto- the children of Is-life; hence they- were not to depart om Jerusalem until they were endued " with power from on high. " Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you." How many there are to- day of the . dear people of God who have never had ' their Pentecost. Some are out in the world preaching then gospel with no deeper spiritual experience than that of the disciples before they tarried at Jeru- . Weir. Many have mistaken some nat-ural ability for the power of the Holy Ghost. Others have accepted the doc-trine of sanctification theoreticall y-- made a formal consecration and claimed the experience, but have never received the Holy Ghost. Dearly beloved brethren and sisters, let us entreat you to tarry and do not depart from your positive death-bed consecration, until you are endued with power from. on high. It is the will of the Father that you receive the Holy Spirit to possess your being— the consecrated temple— and make your life from this moment a, reproduction of the life of Jesus. He is not here now as he was during his earthly ministry, but the Father has designed that the Holy Spirit should dwell in the hearts of consecrated men and women who shall go forth into the world and be witnesses unto Jesus— representatives that will live the Christ- lite in this world, so that men may plainly see his character and fruits in us. V hen Jesus ascended to the throne he by no means intended that his people should be left comfortless, or deprived of his presence, I at rather he said, " It is expedient for VoU. that I go away." The " Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost" is the divine executive of Jesus. Be was the power and life in Jesus when here in his redemption work, and when Jesus ascended to his throne in heaven the Holy Ghost descended to earth to ... carry on this glorious redemption work to the end of the world. But he must have human instrumentality through which to work. NV here he can find a - truly consecrated tem' le there he makes his abode, and takes full control of the entire being, and performs the perfect will of God through this instrumentality. This is why the apostles were so much more useful after Pentecost than before. They were now fully possessed by the Holy Ghost, and in the name of Jesus through faith in his name were enabled to shake the world. Jesus has left his name here on earth, through - which the Holy Spirit now effects this great re-ch- mption. Ile can not do this by him-self. He can not " reprove the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judg-ment" only as he can find consecrated hearts on earth in which to abide. The Spirit- filled lives of the people are the only factors that can be used in the hand of God to produce apostolic results in these perilous days in which we live.' This final reformation has unquestion-ably been begun by the power of the Holy Spirit, and will never be completed by any other po veer. It is a spiritual work, and only as the glorious doctrine of sanctification is taught, the experi-ence obtained and retained, will the church reach the apostolic plane. , Be. Not Conformed to This World. BY JOHN C. BLNEY. THIS world is composed of sinners, and their desires and customs are described as " the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" and if any man love these things the love of the Father is not in him. 1 Jno. 2: 15, 16 The gratification of pride, cov-etousness, and inbred, perverted human appetites and desires, is a prominent fea-ture noticeable in the life of the natural man. This is the result of spiritual blindness through sin. Christians are not of this world. even as Christ is net of this world. Jno. 17: 16. The Word teaches us not to be conformed to this reel Ye come ' mt 1: 11, ta,: ; i: tifrin - nide setkoedf tphe eoepl i en al 111 v1 jol!: ment and Oiri_ ka Me thee: therefore put off the orneeients from thee, that I may know wIeitik '- ‘# ello unto thee. And the children, or Israel stripped themselves of their -‘ nhitr. i iie by the mount Horeb." Here again we behold how God- abhors jewelry and ornamental dress. " Moreover the Lord saith, Be-cause the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched- forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and ' making a tinkling with their feet: therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will dis-cover their secret parts. In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling: ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon. the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers. and the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the head-bands, and the tablets,- and the earrings, the rings, and nose jewels, the change-able suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, the glasses, and the fine linen, and the } hoods, and the veils." — Isa. 3: 16- 23. At the time this scriptuee was first given God nad appointed a day in which he was going to strip his people of their ornaments. He further states that in that day " he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy:" and this is the result of a cleansing fountain for his people. Isa. 4: 1- 4; Zech. 13: 1. This certainly has reference to this present dispensation, in the which, " if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." — 1 Jno. 1: 7. We can not read these passages of God's word without feeling that he abhors the pride of heart which prompts people to rob hint of what means belong to him, in order to deck their persons with ornaments and costly array to catch the lustful eyes of the worldy- minded, and gratify the pride of life in the hearts of the enemies of the cross. No true saint loves vanities, and every professor who dresses in a worldly manner does not do so to please saints, neither does he do it to please God, but to please some one whose heart is not pure— either himself or some other per-son. Let us who profess to be cleansed from sin, show it outwardly in our man-ner of dress. Jesus has given us to un- • erstand if we are clean inside, the oat-side will be clean also. The Holy Spirit always leads God's people to dress in a plain, modest manner, and the Word says, " As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are ' the sons of God."— Rom. 8: 14. OTHER FORMS OF WORLDLY CONFORMITY. - Many saints in. these last days have not yet, apparently, learned the value of a strict adherence to the law of Christ concerning separation from. the world, in many ways. Accordingly, we see them go to celabrations, Babylon picnics, anti their services, etc., after God has plainly shown them her downfall and called them . out of her Of course we do not mean to say that all professors who do these things are saved: most of them are not; but I feel like warning all men to remember that God says by the mouth of Paul that we should have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. " Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you."- 2 Con 6: 17. Some people think that by not being radical in making the separation from this sinful and adulterous generation they can have a greater influence to lead them into the truth; but here again they are conforming to the wisdom of the world, which is : ensual and devilish. The way God teaches us is his wisdom, and while men call it foolishness, yet, the foolish- I ness of God is Iviser team men. the habit of lay ing up treasure earth is : mother term of worldly fortuity which is so plainly forbidden the law of Christ. Matt. 6: lta think they are very wise wiz hoard up means for future use, and,: the same time they- see many needy hungry creatures iri n might Ile het The world of sinners are doing this, ey until an opportunity occurs by tte w, to copy after them in this way, thinl they are wise in withholding their m of course some of (' tad's people a( aain they may make a greater show of lo good. The world's- plan of laying ul*, store for the future is by hoarding a their money, but Goilis ,․) ( t- hheiLI-dren is: " That they be rich in .1- eooil works, ready to distri ute, willing to communicate."- 1 Tim 6: 18. Let us not be conformed to the Iva of this world, since their ways are no God's ways, and the worlo passeth away and the lust thereof, but ho that doeth. the will of God abidetn forever. . WeA are pilgrims and foreigners in this world, and as such let us use this world as not, abusing it, for the fashion of it passetV away, but contrariwise, let us he trans-formed that we May prove what is ac-ceptable unto God. Amen. THE COSPEL TRUMPET 3 ETERNAL ' LIFE. Speak the words that will touch the sphl. I feel there is room for much imp* Ve-meat on the line of sobriety. ''' Lover of hospitality" " apt to teach." Our dai-ly life must be so that the cause willlonot receive any reproach through the elder. If a stranger comes to our home, make him feel that he is welcome, and let our teaching be such as will be instructive. Let us by studying the word of God be-come so acquainted with it that we May rightly divide it. " Not given to wine." That is, not acting like one that isounder the influence of wine. The margin, " or ready to quarrel, and offer wrong as one in wine." '` Not greedy of filthy lucre' — ravenous, covetous; eager to obtain.. " No striker." Paul says, " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work." To desire to be a bishop is one thing. and to have the qualifications is another. " One that ruleth well his own house, haying his chloren in suojection with all gravity." A ruler is one who rules; and in this case it says " with all gravi-ty.'' That is, to be serious, have your house regidated in harmony with the word of God, and see that the rule is enforced. For Paul sa ys if a man I know not how to rule his own house, how shall lie take care of the church of God? So let us first commence at home, and if we prove successful at home, then it is that God will trust us with the church of God, anti not until then. The elder must have " faithful children not ac-cused of riot or Unruly." Ile must be an example in everything; and to have faithful nil: Et- en is very needful, for we see many children that are unfaithful anti wed to ha corrected; so if the chil-dren of the elder were riotous and un-ruly, how could he correct others, or tell parents how to govern their children. A man might be qualified in a good roan'; things, that is, he might under-stand much of the word of God, and vet if he lacked in example, his preaching would not amount to much; for if he would undertake to enforce rule and or-der, lie would fail., " The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits." Some say that if all these conditions have to be met, there will be fewer preachers. ' While that is true, it would be better for the cause to have only those who are qualified for the office f a bishop, and do not let any one think that God can not get along without him. It is just as necessary for us to, be quali-fied in everything pertaining to the office of a bishop, as in any one of the things mentioned. in the word of God. " Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride lie fall into the condemnation of the devil." There should be great care in this. lie being just newly converted to the faith, there is danger of the devil exalting him, and he fall into condemna-tion; where, if he had waited awhile, this might have been avoided. We should not act or judge by outward ap-pearance, but judge righteous judgment. I am led to believe that if this had been observed strictly in the past, there would have been less occasion for the devil in bringing someinto condemnation. God ordains only such as are qualified according to his word. So we only make a mistake if we undertake to do something that- God has not called us to do. Those of us that are not qualified according to the Word, let us humble ourselves, and be willing to do with our mi ght what our hands find to do. Sure-lY we all want to see the cause prosper. Well then let us get out of his way. Even if half that are in the ministry would have to tarry until they can go forth as God's qualified ministers, - it would be better for the cause and for those that are not qualified. and away they go, not stopping to don- . sides whether their zeal is according to knowledge. They lose their eiperienee and imperil the souls of others. Dear ones, let us all acquaint ourselves with the rule, and see if we are where we can meet every condition laid down in the Word, then we can exercise the authority given to such elders. All that come short of any one of the things mentioned in the Word, as to the quail, fications of eiders, are not elders, and should not be recognized as such. The sooner we come to this the better it will be for the cause. Let us humble Our-selves; obedience to the word of God is humility. We will notice by the Word who are elders in the church of God. Paul r in writing to Timothy told. him whom to ordain as elders. So we will quote 1 Tim. 3: 1- 7—" This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then mast be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filth y lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous, one that' ruleth well his own house, haying his children in subjec-tion with all gravity ( for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he - take care of the church of God?); not a novice, lest heing lifted up with Bride lie fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good septet of them which are without; lest lie fall into reproach and the snare of the devil." Paul also writes to Titns eoncerning the ordirat ion of elders, which. we quete. " To Titus. mine own E on after the common faith: 1.2: race, merc y , and peave, from Got! the Fat her and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the thin “: s that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I hail aippteinted thee: if : WY be blameless, the husband of one wire, hav-ing faithful children net at us of riot or v. ir a bishop must lie blattle-less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon an: o. y, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lu-cre; hut a lever or hospitalit y , a lever of good mere sober, just, holy. temper-ate; holdint fast 1110 faithful word as ii has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to cenvinee the gainsayers."— Titus 1: 4- 11. In the foregoing scriptures we have two inlq aticos whore Paul wrote concern-ing they tertlinati in of elders; t me to Tim-tel ly, and tole to Titus. If I understand these scriptures, they are in force to-day. If it ‘ vere needed in the apostles' time, it surel y needed now. Let us rehearse them. " A bishop must be blameless"; that is, he must be clear before that in every respect— without blame. — Tito hushand of one wife"; that is, it married, he must not have more than one wire. 1 t matters not as to whet her he has been divorced and lias married a second one while the first one IS living, or whether living in polygamy; either disqualifies him for the office of a bishop. Let no oue think that God. has called him to the ministry or eldership with this hint against him or her; for God will not do that which opposes his word. So let every one that has gotten into that condition throupth ignorance in the past, be satisfied that God has saved you, and not try to do that which yeti are not qualified by the ' Word to do. Next, he must be vigilant— watchful; circumspect; attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety. The elder must not become neglectful ur careless: but with carefulness he mast provide evervtitini, needful fur the safe-tyeof the flock. " Sober." 01h1, how needful it is for God's ministers to be sober, grave. " But speak thou the things which * become sound doctrine" not that which will cause laughter. . er shall any man pluck them out of my hand."— Jno. 10: 28. There are a great many errors on this as well as- all other subjects. Among , t he greatest is that after once having eternal life one can not be lost, using the foregoing text to establish their theory; for a theory on-ly it is. But let us see what eternal life is; and to do this we will let the in- Spired torch answer. eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou. hast sent. "- 1- no. 17: 3. • Therefore eternal life is to know God. There is ' a difference between knowing, of God and knowing. God. The first. is from what we have heard or believe of God; but to know - hirti is to have fellowship with him, or to have his- very Spirit and life within. "( For the life wits manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and slioiv unto you that eternal life, which' was with the Father, and, vas manifested unto us); that which we have seen and heard declare we unto yon, that ye eh- in may have fellowship with us: and truly our. fellnwship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.'' flow do we get this fellowship? " But if we - walk in the light, . as he is in the- light, we have fel-lowship one \ tali another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleansed] us from all sin."— 1 Jno. 1: 7. Therefore obedi-ence ( walking in the light) to the . whole Will of Clod brings us into . fellowship With him, which is to know him, and which is to have eternal life. Praise God! So as long as Ave live in obedience to hint we have fellow- ship with him, and know him; and as soon as we sin we lose fellowship, and can not say of a truth that we know him. - " Ile that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in Jno. 2: 4. We no longer know him if we disobey him, hence we no longer- have eternal life if we do not keep his commandments. But Some will say, " If we are born of God we can not be unborn." To this we will agree-- we will acknowledge every true statement— but while a person can not be unborn, he. can die, and death ends the family relationship. He is no more one in the family after death. Ilia place in the family circle is vacant or filled by some one else, and so with every other place that he has filled while in life; and the only way for him to be one again with the family would be for God to do as he did by Lazarus after he was dead— call forth from death unto life. Just so with one born in the fami-ly of God. He can not be unborn, but he can die, and when once dead he is no more one of the family of God. There-fore being born of God. is a spiritual birth; hence a spiritual death will separate from the family of God. This is caused by committing sin, which produces death. Adam died, yet he lived. Gem 2: 17. Paul died, yet he lived Rom. 7: 9. Also read. 1 Tim. 5; 6. More scriptures might be produced to prove that there is a spiritual death, but we believe these to be sufficient for any honest heart. But some may ask, does not the text say, " No man stall pluck them out - of niy hand" etc. This is true no power in earth or hell can Wrest us from the arm of God. Yet, by us receiving salvation, God does not de-stroy our will, and therefore if we will to leave the things of God, we- can do so. Again you ask, Does not Jesus say, " I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee"? But he also says, " If ye for-sake him, he will forsake you."- 2 Chron. 15: 2. -" If thou forsake him, he will east thee off forever."-- 1 Chron. 28: 9. But -; still I hear some one ! say, God never grants. a divorcement. To this we also agree; but death ends all marri-age relationship." At death the marriage ties teas= s-. and• either husband or. wife is :•. r " we have proved that when a person commits sin he dies ( spiritually), hence his marriage relation-ship with the Lord has come to an end; and before that person can remarry he must be resarrected, or brought back to life. But still, says another, it is eternal life; and if I am in possession of it, how can it become anything else? It will nev-er change. Eternal life can never be WISDOM. BY c. w. CIREY. tt FIE wisdom that is from above is first. pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy, and good fruits, without partiality, and. without hypocrisy." There is a- marked difference between those who are Christians and those who are not, the term Christians we mean those who have God's love abiding within them, and are prompted by that principle in all. their motives and purposes. The soul - that possesses this heavenly wisdom does not any longer desire the sinful pleasures which the world seems to en-joy. - The unwholesome food which the soul once relished it soon loathes, and seeks a complete separation; for better things are given by the divine Giver. As the Giver is pure in his nature and character, so must the gift be pure also, and whosoever receives this gift must and-does partake of the nature of the Giver. This heavenly gift is peaceable. The_ soul that was troubled is now settled in-to a calm, - holy quietude. A peace which passeth all understanding, and which the world can neither give nor take away, holds the reins of the heart, and all of the faculties are brought into subservience to our - blessed Redeemer. Motives and purposes which are not in harmony with the will of God are cheer-fully laid aside; for wisdom possesses the reins of the soul and sits as queen upon the throne; and if wisdom reigns in the temple, she must have complete sway. " Imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God". must be cast down, and every thought must be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Gentleness, which is one of the fruits of the Spirit, is characteristic of this heav-enly wisdom; bitterness, hatred, and malice take their flight, for they now no - longer find a welcome where they once held complete- sway, ready for any rude-ness or retaliation toward those who may have offered offense. The holy principle — desiring and working for the highest good of mankind— is now put into prac-tice. Under various perplexing circum-stances the spirit of gentleness is always manifested, and aids in gaining complete victory over opposing foes. - Dypocrisy can not any longer find a biding- place in the heart; for the abode of that and kin-dred evils has been . broken up, and that which is• ptire and good must appear in its true character. All- that is sinful is detested and - held at a distance. Erie mies are no longer slightingly treated, and affronts and buffets are no longer no-ticed. The poor are treated with as much respect and kind consideration as the rich; for wisdom is without partiality. - The value of wisdom is above rubies. " The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal - it, neither shall it be valued with' pure gold." " The merchandise . of it is bete. ter than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than tine gold. She is' more precious than rubies: and all the things thou - enlist desire can not be cores pared unto her." By B. le. WEIKEL. ND I (• ive unto them_ eternal and they stall never perish, neitk free to - " And this is life made anything else. For an illustra-tion, supposel own a farm and have a clear title to the same. No one can take it from me, but I can mortgage it with mortgage after mortgage until it is all mortgaged. away. That does not change the property; it still remains a farm, but it. has passed out of my possession. It was not taken from me either, but I gave it away by mortgaging it; or in other words, I myself signed away my home. Just so we can do with eternal life. We can lose fellowship with God . through sin and disobedience, which is to lose eternal life; for to know him is life eternal. Amen. to Nv hero it reads that Christ was tem end by the devil forty days; and overcame and sinned not, I must o come also. Then I ask him to help naft,.! Then I rejoice. I am so lull of love tha; I could suffer the saute death as our KS Savior suffered. Of course we did not ( yet good all at once. Yon opened the N door of our hearts and our eyes to 04 light, and as sensible men we could nothing more than accept the di*, truth. We read The Gospel Trumpet;.' and what we read there told us plainly.* what would become of us if we continuedi in sin and sect. It showed us that he were in confusion, and called us out hi the name of Christ. Thank God, I am out and accepted as a child of the Lamb, = E;:,:•:: I am sure that The Gospel Trumpet is leadin g more souls to Christ than any other paper. You ask my reason for thinking this. I will tell you. Because when a man reads- that paper it seems as if Christ commands: you to obey its teach- J::,: ings in a loud voice. You want know, you said, how long we have to stay here. There will be only two left Monday, As for myself I have had my trial and. will stay here the greater part of the summer. We received the book all right, and will send any thanks and will study it this week and tell you:, t; more about it next time I write. I close my letter with a prayer asking God - to give you health and strength, and to bless the good work. Pray for us, please, and we will pray for von. God bless you, is my prayer. Prisoners of Benton Jail. THE GOSPEL TgUif4l'P THE 40SPEL TRUMPET. Moundsville, W. Va., June 28, 1900. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Eaten: 41 at Use Post- office at Ilreandsvtl/ e, W. Va.: as Second- class Mattes E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. " D* FpaTE, RADICAL, and Anil- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the • - ' mine of the Lord. Jesus Christ, for the publication of fall Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the 11'.. iity of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. Alf Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. Business COMMIMiCatiODS, moneys. etc.. must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA: to Insure credit otherwise we will not be responsible. Editorial. SPECIAL TRACT OFFER. On the seventh page of this paper is a special offer of tracts. During the last three months we have sent about seven thousand dollars' worth of books and tracts from the free- literature fund. These have been sent: to all parts of the World, and have found their way as silent messengers of : salvation into the homes of all classes of people, and have been the means of awakening thousands from their spiritual slumber. Prisoners, al-though behind iron.- bars, have had the fetters of Satan broken, and been set free in the liberty of the gospel. Some time ago we received a letter from a noted prisoner of rank, from Constanti-nople, who was rejoicing because of the Died tidings of salvation received through the literature from our office, which had found its way to him in his seclusion in Palestine, Syria. Since beginning a more extensive prison work during the last few months many in the penitentiaries and jails are rejoic-ing on account of the same, having been drawn by the Holy Spirit to know the ways of the Lord. Many have never realized that they could encourage and gladden hearts by always placing a good tract in the envelope with each letter written. By pursuing such a course the gospel would soon reach every home in the land. During the next sixty days is the best opportunity you will have to procure good tracts cheap. Send and gel a hundred pounds or more and help push the work. Place them in prisons, jails, public and private reading- rooms, and everywhere. Sow beside all waters, and you shall not lose your reward. Prison Work. WHAT PURE LITERATURE DOES. Dear Readers of The Gospel Trumpet: We are praising God for salvation to- day. The Lord is wonderfully blessing us in the prison work. There have been nine prisoners converted that we know of, and they write such nice Christian let-ters. It fills our hearts with joy and praise to God to know , that souls are being saved even behind prison- bars. We want to thank all the saints for send-ing us literature. We get a large supply - all the time, and we hope the Lord will abundantly reward those who send us literature. Bless his holy name! he will reward them. We earnestly ask the prayers of all God's children in be-half of this prison work. We have re-ceived many encouraging letters from the prisoners, a few of which we give below. We received $ 1.00 through the mail to be used for the good of prisoners. We were so glad to get it, as it is the means of helping send papers and books to the prisons. Our postage is what holds us back. We are poor in this world's ffoods, but consecrated to do God's wit. We know God will reward us for all we do. We have received a call from Jefferson City Penitentiary for The Gospel Trumpet and literature, and also from the Government prison of Mis-souri. Our earnest prayer is for God to supply us with literature and postage that the good work may go on. We are yours in. the one body, Laura Pickett and C. E. Cook. [ Tile prisoners' names were signed to the following letters; however, we with-hold the publication of the same.— Ed.] Warrensburg, Mo., May 20. Mrs. Laura Pickett: Your kind letter and papers received and I thank the Lord and you for your kindness. I de-sire to live a better life. I have read your papers and there are no papers that I have read that seem to show so plain and simple the way to everlasting life as The Gospel Trumpet. I will soon be taken to the state prison and would be glad to get them all the time, and will hand them to other prisoners. Hoping to be remembered in prayer, O. B. T. Greenville, Mo., April 27. Mrs. Laura Pickett: Some time ago you sent a Bible to the prisoners in jail. Would you be so kind as to send one to me? Since you sent the other one, that prisoner has left, and I found a good deal of pleasure in reading it. I am a prisoner and if any one needs one, it is I, and I have not the means to buy one. I still get the papers you are sending. Trusting that you will comply with any request, I remain Yours truly, L. B. P. S.- Address in care of Sheriff Schlater. L. B. Charleston, Mo., May 18. Dear Friend: I received your kind and welcome letter and was very glad to hear from you. I read and paid close attention to it, and I think it good ad-vice, and I will pay good attention to it and follow it through life. I am alone in the world now, as I have no brothers or sisters, and my mother, I expect is dead. Therefore I have no one to look after but myself, and I am going to try to serve the Lord the rest of my days. I think it good for me to begin while 1 am young, and I think this is the best chance for me to do it, while I am in a place where I can control myself. Wish-ing you good success in life, I remain Yours truly, H. B. S. Shelbyville, Ill., May 18. Dear Mrs. Pickett: We were very glad to reeeive your papers. They are very nice and have some very good ad-vice in, if a person will follow it. If I nad lived in the way it points out, I would never have been here. I am go-ing to take a new start, and walk in a different path when I get out. There are three in jail now. We have a very nice sheriff, and his wife is a splendid woman. I have been here three months, and have been a trusty two months of the time. I will get out in June. Well, we were very glad to get your papers, and would thank you very much to get them regularly. I will close, hoping to hear from you soon again. I remain your friend. Yours - respectfully, C. M. B. Marshall, Mo., May 23. Mrs. Laura Pickett: Yours of the 20th at hand, and I was truly glad to receive it; also a bunch of papers, which I was truly glad to receive, and to think that we had some Christian friends on the outside of the prison walls that take some thought of us. And again, we can have a friend in Jesus, who will all our troubles bear if we will carry every-thing to God in prayer. Now I have promised any God that I will serve him the rest of my days. My dear sister, pray for me, and I ask all Christians to pray for me, and I know that God has forgiven my sins; for the Bible tells me so, and also the Spirit. Many thanks to you and my heavenly Father for that letter and the papers that you sent. PMra7 isyomu) rr1; 71; errs: Furs': truly, II. T. B. Clinton, Mo., May 7. Mrs. - Pickett: Your letter and papers_ sent to the sheriff of this ( Henry) county were this day handed to us by him. I write to thank you on behalf of the twenty- seven prisoners confined here at this time. - We are always glad to re-ceive such things, not so much for the papers alone, but for the sentiment be-hind the sending of them. I am sorry to say that we, none of us perhaps, read such literature as much as we should. I have been in jail now for seventeen months, and it has been my observation that the average prisoner does not lose much sleep over his religious beliefs or future life. The predominating desire seems to be a desire to get out of jail, and many of them when they do get out seem to try how quick they can get back in. - As to my own part, 1 will be here for about six months yet, and any books or papers sent to us will be thankfully received by me. - I will read them and try and profit by them. With best wishes and an earnest desire for the fu-ture betterment of society and all man-kind, I am your friend and well wisher. W. B. R. Benton, Mo., May 5. Mrs. Laura Pickett: In answer to your kind and welcome letter received May 2 we received ' papers and Testa-ment and were glad to get them. This place seemed dark and gloomy to us, but no more. Bro. C. E. Cook and his help-ers have opened the doors and the dear Savior has come in with open arms, giv-ing us hope and new courage. We have read The Gospel Trumpet, and the more we read it the more we see the divine truth that it teaches. You can not re-alize the joy and happiness that The Gospel Trumpet and your kind letter brought us. It was a message of life in the world to come, and- peace and con-tentment in this world. We shall pray and ask Jesus • to help you win other hearts as you have won ours for him. It seems as if God was speaking to me through Bro. Cook and his helps. Yes, I Should say that we have been neglect-ed. The sheriff and wife are Christians at heart, and they do all they can to brighten our life. Please pray for us, and we. will try and live near God. God - bless you and give you success, is my prayer, we see the light and will follow. Every one sends you a good wish, and God. speed you in the work; we will write a better letter next tune. ( Signed by prisoners of the Benton Benton, Mo., May 5. Mrs. Laura Pickett: We were glad to get your kind and encouraging letter. It was full of love and hope. After we read it we knelt down beside our humble bed and prayed and asked God to bless you, and to help you in your work, and that we might stand firm to our faith. Oh, if we had more such women and men like you, what a glorious country we would have in this land of the free. Our little band of prisoners are leaving one by one. There are only three left to- day. To- Morrow there will be only two left. They have left us rejoicing in Christ, and with an undying love and gratitude for you. They say that you and Bro. Cook shall live in their memory and shall never be forgotten while they live. I know that they are determined to live in Christ's love and are thankful to you for pointing his love to them. We - do read our Bible. It is always in some one's hand. You asked if we thought that God had forgiven our sins. We do. I for one do believe that I could meet my God in peace now. Of course we are subject to many temptations, but when tempted I get your kind letter and read it- and then get my Bible and turn DECEP1 ION. Ir YIANNAU clams. 4 4 LESSED is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile [ de-ceit]." We take a glance back over the,.:.. annals or history, told we see What awful misery, woe, anti sorrow, deception has brought on the human race. We think of our foreparents when first placed in the garden of Eden, their faces radiant with purity and frecoom, every thing they needed was at their command— but, behold, along comes that old deceiver' the devil, in the form of a serpent, and commences an argument with the wo-man; and as the woman continued to ten to his arguments she was at last per,: suaded to take his advice, and eat of the, forbidden fruit; and her husband who,: was considered the stronger of the two,. was also deceived through her influence,' he, too eating what God had told thema not to eat. Then when the Lord hade': walked into the garden, they were':' ashamed, and hid themselves; and when he called for them., they tried to deceive ' 1: him by making excuses about their being: naked. But we hear God saying, " Who-told thee thou vast naked? Mist then_.: eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded! thee that thou shouldest not eat?" They-began to make excuses, but God drove° them from that beautiful garden to eat, the bread of sorrow. What a warning this ought to be ter people to harken diligently unto' the commandments of the Lord. Yes; they eat the bread of sorrow as the result of that one transgression. But they were not the only ones to suffer for this act of disobedience; the whole human race af-ter them must. suffer. AV hat untold mis-ery has followed in the wake of that transgression caused by deception. Ad-am and Eve had two sons, . whom they called Cain and Abel. Cain rose up and slew his brother, anti then tried to de-ceive God about the killing of his brother, but God told him that the blood of Abel . cried unto him front the ground; and then he pronounced a curse upon him. Oh, there is no use in tr ying to de-ceive God. That great piercing eye of.. God can look through the thick darkness, and his ears can hear the caries of the in Docent that are being slain, when tli* 7.; murderer thinks himself secure. And*. then follows that awful remorse of con-science, haunting by day and by night, making the individual ashamed to meet the innocent, and especially the God a-bove him. He is ready to start at every sound, fearing his crime has come to light and the pursuers are after him. Murder-ers often feel as Cain did, and their pun-ishment is greater than they can bear. Many have confessed their crimes, to re-lieve themselves, and given up to the officers, who locked them up in the lone-ly prison cell, there to spend all. their days on earth, if they did not come to the gallows. What a world of sorrow indeed to them! They must also suffer the consciousness of an awful eternity which awaits them, if they do not find some means by which God's wrath may be appeased and the guilt removed. To such we would say, God so loved - the world ( or sinners) that he sent his only Son to suffer and die on the cross, and his blood which was spilt will wash away all your sins and take away all your guilt, if from the heart you repent and ask his forgiveness for past Wrongs. And he will then write your name in the book of life in heaven; and when he calls for you, to exchange time for eternity, you will not be ashamed to stand in his presence. No, the gates will open to re-ceive you. Glorious thought! Con-demnation fell off at the cross, where the blood of the Son of God was spilt. Re did no sin, neither was guile ( or de-ceit) found in his mouth. Then, dear ones, you need not be afraid to trust him. Ile will not deceive you, its did that old enemy who told you you could do the dastardly deed and not be found out. If that old deceiver says you 011.11 not live free from sin in this life, do not believe him. Take the word of him, who gave his life for you, and re-member that he promised that he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies ( from all our sins) might serve him without fear, in holiness, and righteousness all the days of our life. The old deceiver may say you can not stand, but God says we shall serve him without fear. If yam put whole armor of God, then watch; Satan will lay snares to catch you, so watch and pray . Ask God to keep you, and then trust him to do it. Ho tells us to ask, and we shall receive. Any-thing nut worth asking for is not worth having; and so if you fail to ask him to keep Yon, you may be caught in Satan's snares before you are aware of it. The Lord has said if we keep his word, or commandments, he also will keep us very hour of temptation, which upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth. The Lord has said he will come quickly. " Hold that, fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." " Him that over-emnetli will I make a pillar in the temple of my God." Do you want to be made a pillar? Then you must be an over- . May God help you. A Literal Translation of Eph. 4: 1- I6. far above all heavens, in order that he . might fill all thing. And'this one gave some apostless, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,.- in order to the complete adjustment of the saints to the work of serving, to the, building up cf the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, in order that no longer should we be in-fants, tossed to and fro and carried about in the dice- box of men, in craftiness by the method of deceit, but speaking • the truth in love might increase in him in all things, who is the head, Christ, from whom the whole body, fitly joined to gether and compacted through the aid of every joint, according to the inworking in the measure of every single part, maketh increase of the body to the ed-ification of itself in love." Is the World Getting Better? large cities and there is more crime and wickedness committed on Saturday night, than there is during the whole week of daylight. It has been truthfully said, I believe, that " the night- time is the devil's best harvest- time." If we were only to go some Saturday night, after business for the - week has closed, to where the gay and reckless have their enticing scenes of attraction, the saloons and dance halls are running at full blast, music sending forth its enchanting sounds; we would be forced to say that " wickedness and sin abound on every band;" they are regular mills of destruction grinding to pieces the health, honor, truth, and happiness of the young and rising gener-ation. Surely people can not say that the world is getting better morally and spiritually. These perilous places and pitfalls of humanity are increasing from year to year and are forced by the " license law" to make their ' places more enticing and attractive; they are an hundredfold more destructive at night than they are in the daytime, for the simple reason that they think their " evil deeds" will not be found out. " Oh, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil- doers, chil-dren that are corrupters: they have for-saken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away back ward."— Isa. 1: 4. Dur-ing the night the majority of respectable people are at home, and only the " night watchman" knows of the evil that is going on; hence the Lord makes inquiry of him, " Watchman, what of the night?" Many young persons, some I am sorry to say profess to be Christians, will sink into this whirlpool of destruction nevea to rise again this side of eternity. If a young man spends his evenings at such places, he is pretty sure soon to spend his days in prison and his soul finally with the " damned." Will the time spent at night by the gay young men and women in the city bear the search-ing glare of the day's sunlight and God's holy word? Dear reader, you may an-swer this question for yourself. If a record of the deeds done during the night by the disciples of Satan, and some professors were published next day in the daily paper, what would the re-sult be? Would not a great many sneak away and hide their faces in shame? We will venture to say that some would hardly dare to enter their places of busi-ness next day; some would hesitate even to go home; some we are quite sure would leave the city, home, and friends. There would be shame and confusion on every hand, while the courts would be filled with many criminal cases. News from the Field. Winchester, Ky., June 22. I am glad T had the privilege of meet-ing with the little church at Winchester, where I found them enjoying the ' one-ness and love of God. The Lord willing, I intend to stay here awhile. Any one desiring meeting in this state can address me at Winchester. M. N. Roark. North Vernon, Ind., May 30. The last of April Bro. R. B. Bolt went from Missouri to southern Indiana and held a meeting at Pond Creek, Incl. A majority of the brethren were confused by the anti- cleansing. heresy, but most of them renounced it, and I hear since that some more are seeing their mistake. From there we went to Velpen, Pike Co., and found most of the professors standing aloof from the heresy, but four, cling to it, it seemed. From Velpen we went to Blackburn, Ind. The brethren there were in trouble. They claimed they were in harmony till that heresy came to them, but other troubles fol-lowed and the result was division, which we believe was overcome. And we hope that the brethren at the different places will stand against delusion and be dili-gent in serving the Lord, and be joyful in his service. We are now holding meetings in Jennings Co., near North Vernon. If any in western West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, or Tennessee want meetings, address me at Moundsville,: W. Va. Thos. E. Ellis. Grant, Iowa, June 10. For some months I have felt like call-ing the attention of the ministerial breth-ren to the gospel work in Iowa, especi-ally southwestern Iowa. It seems that this state has been overlooked by most of the workers, except along the eastern part. I am acquainted with many, who I believe would gladly hail the blessed gospel in all its purity and truth. It makes my heart sad to see how eagerly the people will drink down the first few truths that some new minister ( sect) or missionary will throw out, as a cloak for their covering. Then to see the dis-appointment that follows the discovery of their real nature and design. I have heard the cry of the heathen in foreign countries, but we can not go while our own neighbors and friends are groping, starving, and dying in the shadows, and darkness, and deception of sectism. 1 know of no other saints, besides my own family, in this county . ( Montgome-ry) or surrounding ones, that have tasted of the full pardoning and cleansing Bower of God. Will not some one come this way and labor for a few months. All that God has given us is ready for his use. I will gladly correspond with any one that desires to write me. Be sure God says go, then do not fear the results. I can testify to the saving grace of God that gives us victory un-der all circumstances. Praise God for-ever and ever! Seth E. Smith. BY 0. J. BLEWMP. OREOVER I, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk wor-thy of the calling of which ye are called, with all humility of mind and meekness, with long- suffering, bearing with each other in love, being in earnest about keeping the unity of. the Spirit in the bond of peace. One body and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one im-mersion. One God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift: of Christ. Wherefore he saith: ` Raving ascended on high, he led cap-tivity captive, and gave gifts to men.' But that he ascended, what is it unless that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? The one having de-iscended is the same also who ascended EY JOHN NOSSAIAN. T HE question is very many. times asked, " Is the world getting any better . from year • to year with the in-crease of membership to the man- made organizations called by them churches, endeavors, unions, and societies of every order?" The majority of Christian pro-fessors to- day will answer at once and say, T. We will submit a few facts and let each one decide for himself. " In the latter times some shall. depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience- seared with a hot iron." " Evil men and se-ducers shall wax worse and worse, de-ceiving and being deceived." " This know. also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, • unthankful, unholy, without natural , affection, truce- breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high- minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power there-of: from such turn away." " Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample." " For many walk . that - are the enemies of the cross of Christ." Thus we see by the foregoing scriptures that Paul understood that there. were a great many false professors in his day claiming to be " walking" ( preaching) for Christ; yet Paul tells us " that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ." Paul also tells the brethren I that " of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them." The sarre is true of the present time. No time in all the history of the world was there as much hypocrisy, fraud,- and deception among the professing people as there is at present. The American nation is supposed to be one of the leading nations in Christian. reforms, of the globe. The annual liquor bill in the United States is $ 1,200,000,000; tobacco bill, $ 600,000,- 000; while the missionary fund for send-ing the gospel to the heathen is $ 5,000,- 000. W hat do these figures show to a thinking mind? Some people can pay the tax on a worthless dog every year and- can not spare money enough to_ bny even a cheap Bible, not saying anything about the keeping- of a dog. " Many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall. wax cold." The question once was ask-ed, " - Watchman, what of the night?" If we look around us to- day and make a little - inquiry, we would very often find that the deeds done in a single night often destroy a whole life, and- finally send the soul to hell. Take it in our Gordon, Nebr., June 12. We still praise God for salvation that saves and keeps us. To God be all the praise. I commenced meeting at the Norman schoolhouse May 21. The peo-ple turned. out to hear the truth, and the schoolhouse was filled nearly every night. . They were hungry for the bread of life. It has been two years since they have had the word of God preached to them. Four made a start to serve the Lord, and I believe others will get out straight for God yet. I was treated very kindly there. If the Lord wills, I shill go eighteen miles southeast of Gordon to hold meeting in. Bro. Green's school-house. We desire your prayers that we maybe kept hirmble. John B. Vervain. Ulysses, Nebr., June 18. I am at this point very busy for the dear Lord. I have held forth the pure Word in a number of places, mostly for a . few days at a place. The meeting at Athelstan, Iowa was a success for God. The mayor of the city said he had not heard a gospel sermon in thirty years. Others made like expressions. To God be all the praise. Several escaped the Weaver sect, and while my tent was pitched at that place the elder ( Weaver) came and began meeting in opposition to our meeting. Citizens told me this was not the first time either. But alas for Baalam! I went south from there to llay‘ ille, where the Lord helped us in presenting his word on prophecy and other points of importance. Then I went to Dockery and preached in Bro. M. L. Harris's yard to a number of pa-tient listeners, some of whom said, " Pray for us." Next I went to Mili-ville for our first time, where we had a precious feast in Zion. Saints were re-joicing, weeping, and praising God. What impression it left on sinners judg-ment alone will tell. Sunday afternoon nine souls followed the dear Master into the flowing river, where a large congre-gation had gathered to witness the same. Oh, halleluiah to God! I am expecting great things of the Lord. Now we have plenty of room for all who will come. e need singers very much. This meet-ang will continue indefinitely. Those coming in from a distance can tent on the ground. We have one small tent up r'atid can erect more when needed. May ' God send in the saints from all round. , - is the prayer of my heart. G. S. Backus. Testimonies Dewey, Ind. T. It is . my chief desire to love God and * Oak- for him. Praise his dear name forever! He is saving and keeping me amid sore trials and temptations, and God shall have all the glory for saving me from all sin and putting his Spirit in my heart, that cries, Abbe, Father. I know my redeemer liveth and ruleth supreme. M. C. Miles. Ferndale, Wash. I am praising God because he is keep-ing me from sin. When we came out from South Haven, Mich. to Washington we lost three satchels in transportation. We have never gotten them. It leaves us poor. But, praise God, he has been with us all the way. We are in a place whre the true gospel has never been preached, but some of the people are read-ing the books I had. I have no money to get more. I believe much good could be done here if the Lord would send a band of workers to this place. It is four miles from Ferndale. We are out on a ranch. There is a large schoolhouse one-half mile from our place. Pray that the ' Lord may keep us very humble, and also that he will send workers here. M. B. Hunt. Clarksville, Mich. My testimony is that God keeps me saved ' each day and free from all sin, and heals me when sick or afflicted in any way. Praise his holy name! My heart's desire is to obey God and do his com-mands as L find them in his word. I am learning more of his precious will each ( lay. I am so glad he deemed me wor-thy to be called, and gave me an under-standing of his word. Now, dear ones, remember me often ac the throne of - grace. I am living in a new place, and as yet have not found any of God's saints. How I long to meet some of them once more, but the Lord is with me and able to keep me trusting him. The Lord has healed me of kidney trouble, headache, quick consumption, child- birth, and many other times. Just last week he healed my eyes. Praise God for his love to his little ones. Della Bostwick. Visalia, Cal. Nearly four years ago God for Christ's sake forgave my sins and put a new song in my mouth, even praises unto God. Oh, bless the dear Lord for his loving-kindness and render mercy to us! I am so glad that I ever learned to trust him. Every` one of my family has turned to God, and to- day we are rejoicing in Christ Jesus. Praise his holy name! I could tell of many, many cases of healing which God has done for us, but I will tell of only the latest ones, trusting that God will get glory out of it. About a month ago my brother five years old was stricken with pneumonia. We were not afraid _ to trust the Lord, and put his case fully in God's hands. The suffer-ing was awful. All night long our faith was tried, but, glory to God! in the morning glorious victory came. Then brother sat up in bed and said, " Praise the Lord! I am healed;" and he asked us to sing, he himself helping with every song. The next day the symptoms re-turned, and we had quite a testing time. I telephoned to Lodi for the saints at the camp- meeting to pray, and, all glory ' to Jesus, he was up and around in a few days. Night before last my other broth-er, who has all his life been afflicted with heart- disease, was anointed and healed. Bless the Lord!. T am so glad that I have found him a present help in every time of need. There is nothing too hard for the Lord. Pray that we may know and do God's will in all things. Kate McGinnis. Buffalo, W. Va. I praise the dear Lord for saving me and sanctifying my nature. I gave my. heart to him when fifteen years of age, and was gloriously saved, in a Mission-ary Baptist revival. I joirAed the M. E. sect. The class got to quarreling with each other; some went to the Baptists, some to the Soutnern Methodists, and I with a number of others joined the United Brethren sect. I spent about twenty- two years with them, taking an active part in their meetings. I thought I lived as good as my brethren, yet I was conscious all along that I was not the kind of Christian the dear Lord de-mands, so I thought some way would open up by which I would at last reach heaven. Those long years of doubting and hoping and trusting, without suffi-cient faith, finally came to an, end, when Bros. Drew and Boyer came here last January with the true gospel of salva-tion, preaching freedom from sin, and a second work of grace. I soon saw where I was, and went to the altar and received justification, and then sanctification. Praise his dear name forever! My heart leaps forth in joy and gladness for a full salvation. Glory be to God! About twenty- eight were sweetly saved, and most of them have been sanctified. We are censured on every hand; are called Mormons, Salvationists, etc. Praise his name. We . would be glad if any of the ministers in passing from the South to the camp- meeting or returning would stop with us a few days. Write me at Buffalo, Putnam county, W. Va. C. C. Withrow. Braidentown, Fla. I left my home and friends in Illinois and came south the last of January to look at the country and tell the glad tid-ings of salvation. Some parts of Flor-ida are very beautiful, especially the orange groves, the salt water bays, and the rivers. This spring the enemy tried very hard to afflict me. Sometimes I was not able to do anything for pain. I kept resisting the devil, but still the pain would come back. I wrote to my hus-band in Illinois to agree with me that the Lord would heal me. The night he received my letter I was healed, praise the Lord! To God's children of to- day he says: " If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." — Jno. 15: 7. " And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight."-- 1 Jno. 3: 23. My friends prescribed many different remedies and told me that I could not live in the south without taking medi-cine, but I told them the Lord was my physician. My little boy had the tooth-ache very bad Tuesday night, and we prayed to God to relieve him of the pain and he lay down and went to sleep and it has not hurt him since. Praise the Lord for what he hat done for me since I accepted the whole truth. I was a Baptist for twelve years, but did not know what salvation was. Now God has saved me from pride and all foolish-ness of this world. We need the pure Word preached here. There are no saints here except myself and son. If any one feels led to come here, we would be, glad to have them. We need a cdhapany with a tabernacle. Pray for me, and the work here. . Mrs. Emma Parker. Roundhead, Ohio. I am sanctified . and satisfied. I take the dear Lorad eal4ipay. physician: Five. , . years ag. 04liatteptember I was healed of art afilKtkit the brain caused by. being badly Wirt viikthe side of my head. The blood ra* lfrom my ear for three days; and for, si* ,',, days I could not stand a moment ltrithOut support. Our daughter went to4O Wne to gte arnica, to put on the orotund. Our faith in divine heal-ing was very weak, not having heard much preaching on that line; but it was the Lord's band that enabled me to amend, so I could work some again. But my head never ceased to pain. We chanced to get some Gospel Trumpets. Before this the doctor gave me some morphine tablets, and when my head would begin to pain I would take one of those. One d. ty after I had been reading The Gospel Trumpets my head felt worse, but 1 wanted to read; for the reading of them was previous to me. I thought, I would lake one of the tablets, and just as I put out my hand to reach the box of medicine, it seemed as if a voice , said to me, " Way not trust the Lord?" I quickly withdrew my hand and said immediately, " I will" and, praise God forever! • I went to my room and began to read without any difficulty whatever. I read most of the afternoon, and did not - take any more medicine. Awhile after this I began to get so dizzy that I could not stand alone. The saints of God were holding a meeting at Fora-ker, in this state, and I said to my com-panion, " 1 want to go to the meeting, and be anointed for healing, for I be-lieve it is God's will to heal me." So we went on Sunday, and obeyed the Word, and the work was done. 1 felt the mighty healing virtue go through my entire being. Praise God! be enabled me to magnify his precious name with a loud voice, and some that were there said they saw as it were fire flash from my face. Oh, I just give him all the praise. He has healed me of many sicknesses since them. I have not taken any med-icine since that voice said to me, " Why not trust the Lord?" God does so much for his children. When we are perse-cuted he gives us grace to bear it; when we are tempted, he makes a way for our escape. Dear ones, let us use our prayers and means to help in this blessed evening light. God sent holy ministers to our neighborhood to tell us of this wonderful salvation. How glad we were, and are yet, to have some of the clear ones come among us to proclaim the glad ' tidings. Pray that we may stand true. Sadie Gossard. eoing to break out with this dreaded disease. On the second day of my fever this faith cant a and I told the people that I \ vas not going to break out. That night just before I retired I noticeda: few blisters coming on my hands mat"' arms, and it was said that I wou'. d ha broke out 1w morning. In answer tri.: this I did not say anything. But ns going to bed Got! spoke to me and asked me if it was possible that I sv gs going to let the devil get the vier ory. 1t that mo-ment I rebuked the devil and he fled, and on rising the next morning it was found that those few blisters had dried up. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! The people tried hard to get me to take medicine, but the bed kept me strong enough to resist the enemy. I was told that I would ( lie it' I did not take some.. thing. I carried on my work during aut this time; never lost a day. This was a wonder to many. I ! nut not beeR, vaccinated either, and had not, taicen dose of medicine in two years. Befotel. could get an assurance ft ton the Lord that I was not going to break out with the disease, I had to hecothe willing to break out from head to foot if it was the will of the Lord. Then petite the blessing. Praise the Lord! There was not a sing- le' person in that (. 10111 11111 tlity that believed in this precious evening light; therefore I could not comply with Jas. 5: 14, 15. I intended, if it had gotten to where my faith was too weak to stand, to send a telegram to the' different saints. My prayer is that some pool,• Soul wilt be strengthened by this. Amen. Wm. Barris. Requests for Prayer. Pray for the healing of Laura F. Min shall, North Platte, Nebr. My son is sick with heart trouble. Pray for his healing. Alice King, Orville, Ala. Pray for my little grandson. two years old, who has lost the use of his legs from • his hips down. Mrs. Louisa Rtss, Catoesa, Ind. T. Pray that, my husband may ho healed hay fever; anti that, it May he the means of:': drawing his soul closer to Clod. A sister in Marion, Ky. I earnestly request your prayers for thet, healing of myself of paralysis, also for tittle'. healing of my wife of several diseases, and; also for the salvation of myself and entire.`, family. Washburn Blatehley, . Neeedah, f Wis. Calls for Meetings. Stoneboro, Pa. Wm. Reither. Brooklyn, N. Y. • VW Atlantic Ave. Dayton, Ohio. Aaron Straker, 18 Cos.. tall° St. Ashland, Icy. Good workers with tent desired. Mrs. Henry Schmuch. Center Bond, - Morgan Co. Ohio. Tab-ernacle meetia, desired. Jelin Tennant. Canton, Ohio. Minister dosirett to work in Rescue Mission at 72: 3• 1 N. Eighth St.. S. S. Fix. Mole 11111, W. Va. Ministerial help de-sired to hold a camp- meeting beginning Aug. Ili. J. K. P. Whitecotton. Pleasant Arnold, ' Madisonville, K y. re-quests that some of the ministers come to his vicinity and hold meetings. Raymondville, Mo. We desire that some minister of God come and preach the pure gospel. Several desire a camp- meeting any time after Aug. 15. A. Joslen. Rice Lake, Wis. We would like very much if some of God's ministers would come up this way and hold a few weeks' meeting the latter part of Tuly. There are souls to save. You will be welcome at any time. John Mossman. Norton, Kans. It is greatly desired that:; a company of workers come here with tent and hold meeting- about the middle or t; last of September. The Word has not been taught here for over four years. The saints are very anxious that sonic one come teach them the truth. Nettie Louk. s Detour, Chippewa Co., Mich. There": t isnoimac n ilhselew. ilviloicaarreesbicoku of slavery in t disease and they have earnesiltdlydroewqnuell srtiethOti me to send for some minister of Gok Tchula, Miss. Last November I was called to/ teach school in a district where the people were having the small- pox. But before I went I was assured by one of the trus-tees that the dreaded disease had ceased. With this direction, of course 1 went and opened school Nov. 15. In a few clays T had a full school, a good number of which were marked with that loathsome disease. After I had taught about four weeks one of my scholars took down with the small- pox. At this the devil began to try to frighten me, but my mind and heart could not get away from the ninety- first Psalm. About the first of January a boy that stayed at the place where I boarded broke out with the same disease. At this point the devil told me to run and get another place to stay, but God said, " Be still, I will fight your battle." in three weeks from this : time another case broke out in the same place. At this point I felt impressed to wr. i te• to the saints at different places to unite with me in prayer to God concern-ing the disease. This I obeyed on Satur-day. On the following Monday I took with a severe chill at school and had a high fever for three days, and also a se-. vere sore throat— so severe as to cause me to spit up blood. During this time I was continually talking to the Lord and trying to get faith enough to thank the Lord and testily to the people that I was not F ar: Irttiralr1„,, E, F- or Jails, s and istribution ere. 2 come as soon as possible. They believe that God will answer the prayer - of faith. Dear saints, do take this to God in prayer that he may send some one with a tabernacle that meetings may be held around heres. o Mrs. Fred Hardy, Box 34. Meeting Notices. General Statement. To make the separate notices brief it is here stated that the saints at the different places are accustomed to meet at the trains those coming from a distance ( if notified to do so), and so far as practicable to provide for the comfort of all. Those attending camp- meetings should proaifie + hemselves with straw- tick and bedding. Provisions can always be procured at reasonable rates. In no. case arc there gate fees or charges for admission. No one needs to stay away from a meeting because he is poor. The • person named at the end of each notice is a proper one to address for any information regard-ing that meeting. Rochester, Ind, June 2S to July 15. Tabernacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Bannister, Mich. June 29 to July S. Tabernacle. Stephen Cook. Oakohay. Miss. June 30 to July 8. Oakohay is 20 mi. N. W. of Ellisville. L. V. Strickland. Rochester, Iowa. Begins July 1 to last over the 4th. Tent. Four miles south of Tipton, near Bro. Staly's farm and Mt. Zion Church. 11. Behbehn, Box 3. Cernentville, Ina. July 4. East Bliss, Mich. July 6- 16. Grove. This meeting will hi' hold on Bro. Jerome Keiser's farm. Ministerial help needed. ( let off G. II. and i. R. It. at Levering. Notify Jerome Keiser, East Bliss, Mich., or P. E. Isaac, Czutby, Mich. Muncie, Ind. July 7- 22. Tabernacle. Elihu Key & Co. Bessemer, Ala. Jul y 12- 22. Camp. Robert Wright or A. B. II arney. Pocahontas, Ark. July 13- 22. Camp. This NiveliNg will lie 110141 3 mi. W. of Pocahontas. John M. Wann. Hammond, 1,4. July 13- 22. This meeting will he held at the Home, 12 mi. east of Hammond. \ Villiarm ctn. Goldonna, Natchitoches Parish, La: July 13- 22. Camp. R. T. Kornegay. Blue River, Washington Co., Ind. July 13- 23. Camp. Dempsey Rickard. Poindexter, Ky. July 13- 22. Camp. North Yakima, Wash. July 13- 23. Camp. At Natchess Bridge, 5 mi. from N. Yakima. Ministers needed. Geo. Roakelt, Cowiche or R. R. Ruddell, North Yakima. • C Weatherford, Okla. Beginning July 14. amp. A. B. Stanberry. Heckton, Kosciusko Co., Ind. Begin-b nine- July 14, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Grove. It will be - held in S. S. Mailer's grove, 2 mi.- south of Heck-ton. S. P. Strang. - Ft. Worth, Tex. July 15- 29. Taber nacle. S. M. Rich, Eastland, Tex. Yellville, Ark. Beginning July 15. Meeting 4 mi. N. W. of Yellville, at George's Creek. - Wm. A. Gray. Reily Springs, Tex. Beginning July 15. There are quite a number of anti- ordi-nance people there,. and the mints are pray-ing the Lord to send a minister baptized with the Holy Ghost. T. J. Harley: • Ripley, Okla. Beginning July 19. Rip-ley is on a new railroad running 45 mi. N. E. front Guthrie, and the meeting will be held 2% mi. from where the Clayton meeting was held 3 yr. ago. Those coming on the Frisco R. R. can stop off at Stroud and be brought * by private conve yance to Ripley or they can go on to Guthrie and come out on the new road. Those coming from the north can stop at Perry and- dome by hack or go on to Guthrie. Willis Old-ham, Ripley or W. M. Wilson, Cushing. Defiance, Ohio. July 20- 29. Grove. John Hughes, 1001 Francis St. Black ville, S. C. July 21- 30. Assembly. C. C. Holman. Beach Springs, N. C. Beginning July 21, to continue over two Sundays. Chas. E. Orr is expected. Other ministerial help solicited. T. W. White. North Star, Ohio. July 25 to Aug 12. Tabernacle. Elihu Key & Co. mi. N. W. of Pocahontas. Milton Vandergriff. Grassy, Ky. July 26 to Aug. 5. Camp. P. T. Wells, Mize, Ky. or W. H. McClure, Daysboro, Ky. Enterprise, La. July 27 to Aug. 5. Camp. T. N. Watson, Hariisonburg, La. Collinsville, Miss. Commencing July 27. Camp. Ministerial help needed. W. R. Burrel, Bozeman, Miss. Woolley, Wash. July 27. Camp. Let whomsoever the Lord may call and qualify, come to preach the gospel. M. Davison. Grassy, Mo. Beginning July 28, to con-tinue as long as the Lord wills. Camp. Those coming by railroad will stop at Lutesville. H. W. White or J. R. Rea. Kentwood, La. July 28 to Aug. 5. As-sembly. 6 mi. N. W. of Kentwood-, near Hollis Hilbun. S. N. Hilbun. Burket, Incl. Aug. 1- 12. Camp. S. L. Speck. Sturdevant, Ala. Aug. 1- 12. Camp. Israel Jones or G. G. Sudduth. Handley, Tex. Aug. 1- 12. Camp. S. M. Eastland, Tex. Neosho Falls, Kans. Aug. 2- 12. Camp. Any one desiring tent will please send order at once. Sizes run as follows: 7x9; 10x12; 12x14; 14x16. L. Master. Hartselle, Ala. Beginning Aug. 3, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Camp. E. W. Sharp, Somerville, Ala. Tekonsba, Mich. B. F. Heath. Iola, S. C. Aug. 8- 18. Camp. H. S. Mack. Poynor, Mo. Beginning Aug. 10. Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Social Point, ( 10 mi. W. of Panola P. 0.) Panola Co., Texas. Aug. 10 Camp. Railway station is Keatchie. H. J. Johns, Deberry, Tex. Grants Pass, Ore. Aug. 10- 20. P. T. Everton and Grant Clark, Merlin, Ore. Ableman, Wis. Aug. 15- 26. Camp. August Meyer, Ableman, Wis., or Ed Du- Bois, Rcedsburg, Wis. St. Louis, Mich. Aug. 16- 26. Camp. J. R. Walter. Eugene, Ind: Aug. 16- 26. Camp. S. A. Sprouls. Willshire, Ohio. Aug. 16- 26. Taber-nacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Brushy Prairie, Ind. Camp. Aug. 16- 26. S. Y. Greenawalt. Emlenton, Pa. Aug. 16- 27. Camp. Samuel Martz, Pittsville, Pa. Keisters, Butler Co., Pa. Date following the Emlenton meeting. Grove. . Henry Latshaw. Potash, Ala. Aug. 16- 26. Camp. B. B. Adamson or G. W. Lipp. Pachuta, Miss. Beginning Aug. 16, to continue about ten days. Assembly. This meeting * ill be held 1y4. mi. from town. Ministerial help needed. H. P. Stephen. Kensington, Kans. Camp. Aug. 17- 26. Geo. Vielguth. Plattsburg, Miss. Aug. 17- 26. Camp. Plattsburg is 20 miles from. MeCool, 30 miles from Kosciusko, the nearest R. R. stations on C. A. & N. R. R. Geo. W. Breazeale. Desdimonia, Eastland Co., Tex. Aug. 18- 26. Camp. S. M. Rich, Eastland, Tex. Camp, Fulton Co., Ark. Aug. 20. Camp. A. B. Stanberry. Jeffersonville, Ky. Au g. 22 to Sept. 2. Camp. Those coming by train stop at Mt. Sterling and take mail hack at 2 p. m. for Jeffersonville. Thos. Carter or J. E. Watts. Vichy, Mo. Aug. 21 to Sept. 2. Camp. T. E. Ellis. Sanford, Tenn. Aug. 30 to Sept. 8. Camp. James Miller. Gaston, Ind. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Tab-ernacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Near Cherrytree ( Grant P. 0.), Pa. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Ed. Wetzel, Burnside, Pa. or J. B. Arble, Cushcreek, Indiana Co., Pa. Violet Hill, Ark. Beginning Sept. 1. Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Hinkle, Tenn. Sept. 25. Grove. Sam-uel Ford, Millville, Tenn. Ft. Meade, Fla. Oct. 7- 17. A. J. Poulson. Camp. Hamil, Randolph Co., Ark. Beginning Saints' July 25, to continue as long as the Lord F. M. wills. Camp. This meeting will be held at the same place it was last year, about 13 Aug. 3- 13. Camp. THE GOSPEL -" TRUMPET Have you heard the pris-oners calling for good tracts and papers? Will you help send them the gospel? Now is the time to do so. AN* X- AS, Regul aprrice of tracts by mail, postage paid, is 35c. a pound. We will send them in lots of 10 pounds or more, by freight or express, for 175/ c. a pound, shipping charges to be paid by purchaser. THIS OFFER GOOD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1. No order for less than 10 pounds will be filled at these prices. Cash must be sent with order. TIIB FOLLOWING TRACTS WILL BE SENT AT THE ABOVE POUND RATE. Please order by number any tracts selected from this list. It requires from 1,000 to 1,100 pages of printed matter, tract size, to weigh one pound. Those marked * are also published in German. No. 135.* The Great Tobacco Sin. 136.* Poison, Tobacco as an Evil. 13S.* Parable of the Tobacco Seed. 139. Novel- Reading. 140. Gospel Giving. 141. A Message from God unto Thee. 142. Words of Love to Girls. 143. Opium. No. 56. 59. 77.* 83. 84. 101.* 102.* 103. 107. In Christ. What Think Ye of Christ? Salvation of Our Children. Holy Wisdom. The Tobacco Habit. An Open Letter. From Darkness to Light; or, A Catholic Woman's Conversion. Divine 144. 145. 146. 147. 149. 150. 151. 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As a Further Inducement we here give a list of some of our larger size tracts, with their regular retail prices, which are also included at the pound rate of 1754c. This is an extraordinary offer, as it is away below half_ price. Retail Price The Ordinances of the New Testament, 15c. Missionary Baptists Not the Church of God - 100. The Last Dispensation Sc. The Church of God 5c. Duty of Parents 5c. Bible Humility - 50. The Church of God ( German) 5c. The Prayer of Faith •( German) - 10e. We expect these tracts to go rapidly. We may be out f some kinds before this offer expires. Order at once. Address iospel Trumpet Pub. Co Moundsville, W. Va., U. S. A. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET An Experience in Divine Healing. Divine Healing. ) 3Y : war. STOUT: HE history of divine healing - began" in the days of Abraham, When he-- offered up payer unto God fur the heal- , ing of. Abirnelech and his house, and the Lord healed them. Gen. 20: 17. In the promise of God. to Abraham, that his seed should be in number as the stars of sheeaa, v en, a• nd the promised land should be .;: thetrs for an inheritance, in blessing of fullness of vintage the land of corn and wine; but without the blessing of health, their joy could not be full, for health is greater wealth to us than much gold. And the Lord heard the prayer of Abraham. Ile also said to Moses: " If thou wilt diligently harken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these dis-eaSes upon thee, which t have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord that healeth. thee. "-- Ex_ 15: 26. " And I Will take sickness away from the midst of thee."— Ex. 23: 25. When Miriam waasmitten with leprosy, Moses cried Ainfri-:,, 04 Lord, saying, " Beal her now, tea God,‘ I beseech thee" ( Num. 12: 13), the Lord healed her; and when the plague: ca ttle upon Israel for their mur-urings, and they fell upon their faces, tart atonement was made, and the Lord staid the plague, ( Num. 16: 50); and when lerael was bitten with fiery serpents, and Moses prayed for the people, the Lord comm„ anded the serpent of brass to be raked poll a pole, and it came to pass that if a- serpent had bitten ant- man, : SMLA he bc held the serpent of brass he lived. Num. 21: D. " And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness." --- Debt. 7: 15. The little maid of Israel in S y rian bondage could tell N: inznan, captain of the king's host, when he was smitten with leprosy. She expressed a wi- h that he were up in Samaiia with the prophet, for he would recover him of his leprosy. Nan m in believed the re-port, and journeyed thither, and returned every whit whole. 2 Kings 5. W hat joyful news! Them e is a God in Zion who healetIi all our diseases. Shall the Hide maids and the missiona-ries carry the news — our Gott healeth all diseases— to heathen lands to day, or shall the quinine and surgeon's knife, with too often stimulants of ruin, be-among the equipments of a missionary's supply? " Awake, thou that sleepest,'' teach the whole truth at home, and prac-tice it then shall those sent far away declare that the uncl angeable God is the world's physician. Rezekiah was sick, and was told he must die; and he prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord lengthened out his life fif-teen years, and gave him a sign that it should be so. The shadow went back-ward ten degrees. 2 Kings 20. And Asa was diseased in his feet, and he sought not to the Lord, but to the pht si-chins, and Asa died. 2 Chron. 16: 1'), 13. David exclaimed: " Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his bene-fits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healoth all thy diseases."— Ps. 103: 2, 3. Isaiah is very bold, declaring, " The eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall he un-stopped. Then shall thelame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing."— Isa. 35: 5, 6. - Read Matt. 11: 5. Trumpet. Ellen Ashenfelter. Potwin, Ale Jane 1. When diseharged from the army at the close of the civil war, I returned Hattie the worse physically for having bei: in a soldier: My life has been one' of excessive hard labor, both physically and mentally, so much so that in 1890 in spite of all that medicine and doctors could do I felt that my work was donee. and all that Was left for roe was to die and be buried; but it is natural to cling to life, so I disposed of my hard earn-ings at ruinous prices, and went to New Mexico, hoping that a change would help me. At the end of two years I moved back to Colorado no better, but growing worse all the time. I knew I must die, my family knew its my doc-tors knew it; everybody knew it. So I hurriedly packed my grip, and wife and I started back to my old home in Ohio, that I might be buried beside my people; and that I might see my mother once more. When I reached home I found what was called a holiness craze among some of the people, and divine healing was much talked of. I carefully took in the situation. I saw much inconsistency a-mong some who professed the most, but saw nobody healed. The result was I became disgusted. Among others a lady evangelist, Miss Buckman, came into the neignborhood to rest a spell. She too talked divine healing, and said that - the Lord had healed her. One day I was sitting in the room at mother's, and through the whitlow I saw . Miss Buck-man approaehing. I thought her talk-would weary me very much. I felt in-nli- gnent. As she came in she said the Lord told her to come and talk to me, but that he had not told her what to say. I said, " Fire away." Shestayed at), Ort t ‘ vo an4I proved to be a Merv- pleasant. agteeable lady, but never said one word about healing. When she turned to leave she chanced to notice that the top of the bureau was covered with medicine. She sailed and made some casual remark about my drugstore. I said, " I suppose you would have me throw all this medicine away." She said No. I said, " Do you - believe in divine healing with medicine?" She an-swered No. I asked, " Well then what do you believe?" She said, " I believe that it you would throw your medicine away, you would die; but if the time ever comes that you have faith to be healed, you would not need any one to tell you to throw your medicine away" and she turned and left me astounded. She did not do at all what I had ei-pected. I did not know what to think. I took down the Bible, I turned to every place referring to healing. I studied it carefully, and God soon gave me to see there was nothing wild or fanciful about it, but that there was something very practical, yet I was not healed. In September, 1S94 wife and I went to the Rand community ( in Colorado),- and began a series of meetingS. It was a new thing; curiosity brought the people out. Soon the Spirit of the Lord got hold of the people; then the devil came, and threatened to mob me, throw me in-to the creek, or shot- gun me out of the country. Men would come for the pur-pose of breaking up the . meeting, but would be converted before they got a-way. , At many meetings there were no lookers- on; every one bad an interest. All this time I was so weak I could scarcely- stand up to Preach. 1 was dyspeptic. All I could eat was a little Graham mush. I had heart trouble and a most fearful throat affliction. In fact, it seems that there was not a square inch of my body sound. One afternoon. I was feeling worse than usual. I told my wife I wanted her to walk out on the side of the moun-lain with me. We stopped in a little park, and sat on a fallen tree. I then told heir what I wanted. I told her that 1. 1v: tew the Lord could heal; that I believed it - was his will to heal ine;. that I was determined to settle the mat-ter then and there. I knelt, She laid her hands on my head, and we both prayed. I there gave the whole busi-ness over into the hands of the Lord. I went to the house, and took thirteen kinds of medicine from my pockets. I bade them good- by, and have never taken any since. That evening I ate a big slipper of bread and butter, pota-toes, beefsteak, pickles, preserves, etc., went to meeting, preached an hour and a half, had a profitable meeting, went home, and slept all night. Ever since that time I have been ready for three meals a day, and a good night's sleep. I was so pleased that I wrote up the account of my healing, and had it pub-lished in the church paper, supposing that people would rejoice with me. But far from it; instead of that I was called a- knave, fool, ignoramus; was accused of being weak- minded, etc. Everything it seemed to me that the devil could con-trive to deceive me and make me disown my healing has been resorted to; but mine was too clear a case for these things to shake me. l• could sad-, " Get behind me, Satan." The Lord bad healed me and I knew it, and all the imps of hell combined with all the dead church members on earth could not make me deny what the Lord had done for me. My testimony is that healing is for any or all who will meet the conditions, be they rich or poor, white or black, wise or oth-erwise.; and I feel that it is m y business to publish it to the ends of the earth, regard-less of what people May say, think, or do. Yes, I have been ostracized, kicked out, opposed, and misrepresented. And by whotn?— Those who stand the highest in the denominations. My brother, there is but one thing to : lo. Plant yourself squarely on the word of God. Preach the Word, the whole Word, and nothing but the Word; never once think of compromise. You may make enemies, so did Christ. They may arrest and per-secute you, but they did the same with the apostles. I. II. Greene. Walden, we. The Limitations of Faith. 4641? thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." There is no limitation to the possibili-ties of real faith, but there may be a limi-tation to the Possibility of faith, that is to say there may be things we can believe for and other things we can not believe for. A right understanding of the limi-tations of faith may save us from many perplexities in praying for others and understanding the dealings of God in sometimes failing to answer our most earnest supplications. We have not the right to claim for others, irrespective of their spiritual conditions, all that we might claim for ourselves when we are in spiritual touch with God. God does not authorize us to claim healing for people over the head of their own unbelief and in spite of their wrong attitudes and con-ditions. God is much more anxious to have them right than to have them well. So we mast carefully discriminate and feel our way to the mind of the Lord and the true ground of believing prayer in every instance, and remembering that God deals with each individual upon his own standpoint and in accordance with his own faith. So we read that Paul when he perceived that the cripple at Lystra had faith to be healed, command-ed him to step forth and claim his deliv-erance. Let us be more anxious to get people right with God and to teach them to trust for themselves than to help them out of their troubles by a lever-age which will not lift them unless they have within themselves that strtnoe power of living faith that does not need to be carried because it has learned to carry itself— Set. Filthy COtiversatiod. BY A. T. nowE. 4413 1. T now ye also put off all th anger, wrath, malice, blasphe filthy communication out of your molt — Col. We are told. in 2 Pet, that Lot, a just man, was vexed with_: ififhlthovwecroen. versation of the wicked; here to- day, ho would, d less, be more sorely vexed from the me cause. This awful degrading practietya which is fastening its poisonous fangs deep in the nature of our young men, has few weeks than ever before, and I reel been brou g ht to my noticew: o. nrienign the pmt like sounding a note Of young men, in whom I am interestede that peradventure some of them may he persuaded to forsake their way ot sin and come to him who lath said, " Front all y our filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you." This practice of filthy talking is a growing evil, among our young men especially, and even among those who put on a nice outside appearance in every other way. Jesus has said, " Out ' of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh." This being the case, we would judge that the hearts of these persons correspond to their con. versation; and it is truly appalling to consider. Go with 1110, if you please, to the barber shop, the grocery, the meat market, the post- taco, or any loafing-place in the average town, and listen for fifteen minutes to the filthy stories, and you will agree with me that we need re-form on this line. I have of late been brought in contact with many young mil), who did not know my business, and I Was shocked at the indeeency of their conversation. Young men who may read this, let me appeal to your intelligence, to your man-hood, to your respect for the opposite sex, to forever stop this God- dishonoring,. soul- polluting practice, that is fast mak-ing you a repraach to the that that cre-ated you. Your mind and soul, your en tire being, is tined with corruption, f.- somuch that you see vul: ratit v in ' that which is not intended as such. Your ;: s>. Bret thoughts are thought of Ieswdnc s, and you all ow your i11107t, rit lations to dwell on lustful thityrs that will tape your soul deeper and deeper into tbe pit of depravity, until it will be impossilili for you to escape. The young ladies a bout whom you make your remarks at they pass you, are fast being draggel down to a level with you, and you ari. partl y to blame for it. W lay will yog do this? Doubtless you expect some day to make some young lady your wife, wig you wish her to be a pure, virtuous w6=- man; yet you congregate in public place es in the evenings, and pass obscene, vul-gar remarks about them; or take plea- 7 sure in carrying with you, and exhibit: ing, pictures of lewd women, thus defiV ing the minds of others around you; or put in your evening rending trashy lief erature, such as love stories, dime novs els, and stories of dissipation and prostis tution. Awake to you danger; stop these practices, and stop them at once. If you are unable to do it of yourselves, call on God to help you, and you will find deliverance: God wants you, and he will make you a new creature, turn your thoughts in a different channel, change your desires and inclinations, and give you a new vocabulary, so that you will discard many of the words you. now use, and they will become foreign to you, Then, and not. until then, will you k, wake to a full realization ot where yo. 41 have been drifting. It is a burning shame that we, who boast of our enlight-enment, should allow ourselves to be car-ried down into this awful pit of degra da y to read pure li t- tion. It is just as eas - erature, to speak pure words, think pure thoughts, to be pure men and wo-men, as it is to be vulgar. We leave these few lines with you, praying God's Blessing upon them, that they may en a - 1) 10 you to se von condition, and tart' from your evil wa y. Amen. Divine Healing. Chills and Fever. This evening . finds me saved and re-joicing in a Savior that is mighty to keep. About two months ago the dear Lord healed me of chills and fever, for which 1 give him all the glory. When I pat my case in his hands I promised him I world testify to it through. the |
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