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sk\ • TI ON • OIENESS IN C. 1- 05t, IterA So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. Jer. 32: 39. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31. VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900. NUMBER 26 sinner, escape from the wrath to come. Unless you harken to the voice of God, you are ruined for time and eternity; you are doomed to everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. It makes no . difference how good you may think you are, except you repent you shall likewise perish. Beloved, you may even be a loud professor of religion and be considered a number- one man among your friends and neighbors. You may pay your honest debts and pay the preach-er so much every year. And yet you may be a wretched sinner. Oh, it means everything to be right with God. Un-less you love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and_ stren gth, and your neigh bor as yourself ( Luke 10: 25- 28) you have no promise of life anywhere ' in. God's word. If you want life, you must for-sake your way, no matter how pleasant it may seem to you. God knows what is best for you. God knows that your sin-fulness is dragging you down to hell. You may choose life or death. God does not force you to take his way. He simply lays out his way before you, and if you do not take it and are lost, it is not God's fault. REPENT. Rept nt means to be sorry, to be really pained for sin as a violation of God's holy law. This is a godly sorrow, which by the apostle is defined in. 2 Cor. 7: 10 as sorrow which " worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of." The word " repent" is also used in a sense of a change of mind, a turning back. To be sorry for sin without turning away from it is not true repentance. To re-pent with godly sorrow brings the soul to the cross, where confession is made and mercy implored. This is the first commandment that God has given to the world through Jesus. John the Baptist had been warning the people of Judea of the near approach of Jesus, and com-manded them to repent. Repent. ye and believe the gospel. The disciples when sent out to preach, both before and after Pentecost, sounded forth the command-ment: " Repent." The Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul, makes it very plain that God " now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." - Acts 17: 30. WHEN SHALL WE REPENT? Behold, now is the accepted- time; behold, now is the day of salvation." You have no promise for to- morrow. " To- day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts." How shall you es-cape if you neglect this salvation? Sad to say, you are upon the verge of hell. Oh, repent and believe the gospel. RESTITUTION. " If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neigh - 1 or in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing tak-en away by violence, or bath deceived his neighbor; or: ha- vefound that which is lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or Oat which was delivered him to keep, or the Unfit For Service. One night, ' twas a Saturday evening, I sat alone in my room, - Watching the fading daylight And the steadily gathering gloom. And I longed and watched for an op'ning, A word for my Master to say, Ere the twilight gave place to the darkness And the week had cleared away. I knew that there had been moments Afforded me through the week When I might have witnessed for Jesus, But I hadn't the heart to speak. And now, when I would have spoken, The privilege was denied. So I went in my sorrow to Jesus, And " Why is this?" I cried, AhI the Master knew all about it So he said- and I knew It was right- The tool is too blunt for service, I can not use it to- night. The shaft to be used must be polished, Must be hid in the Master's hand. The arrow, while hid in the quiver, Must be sharpened to perform his command. Then polish and sharpen me, Master, Tho' painful the process may be, . And make me an instrument fitted To be used any moment by thee. - Florence A. Newman. " Seek the Lord While He May Be Found." BY NEI. LIE BALL. 4C EEK be" found, call ye upon him Nvhile he is near. "- Iva. Beloved, you see here you must both seek and call. But you ask: how ( elle I seek and call? God answers in the next v r e: " Let the wicked forsake his wa y, and the unright-eous man his thou , ghts; and let him re-turn unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our CrOd, for be will abundantly pardon. • ' First, You Must forsake your way and he willing to take God's Nvay. This is where so Many poor sinners make sad mistakes and stop seeking. They are not willing for God's will to be done instead of their own. t you must give up your Your way is corrupt. You are a poor and wretched sinner be-lore God. Your heart is full of sin. Your whole burl y is depraved by sin and sinful appetites. Your life is not pleas-ing to Gad. You enjoy pleasures only for a moment, and then they vanish away. Your life is full of destruction and misery, both to yourself and to those around you. You have broken the hearts of your dear ones and brought them to the grave in sorrow. By sen-sual debauchery V(. 0 have disgraced your-self and family. Sinner friend, you dare not deny these facts. You may say that you are not guilty of all these sins, and that you are a good moral man or woman. N o mat-ter; if you are guilty of none of these that have been mentioned, you are guilty of the blood of Jesus, and you are condemned before God as long as you 2:.: a- re disobedient and do not repent. You never be justified before God as long as you rebel against him. " To him that noweth to do good, and doeth it not, to it is sin." " From the sole of the mot even unto the head there is no Soundness in it; but wounds and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment."- Isa. 1: 6. In this verse your whole moral being is decribed. The only chance for your life is to turn and forsake your way. 0 lost thing which he found, or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth in the day of his trespass- Offering."- Lev. 6: 2- 5. " Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had rob-bed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; Ile shall surely live, he shall not die."• Ezek. 33: 14, 15,. In Luke 1.9: 8 we have an example of true restitution. This man was willing to do anything to meet the demand of justice and be right With God and man. Resti-tution must be made before a soul can be right with God ( that is as far as pos-sible). MUST WE FORGIVE? " For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also . forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father for-give your trespasses." You must forgive them if you want God to forgive you-even those who were your bitterest ene-mies. You must forgive them and " love your enemy." It is utterly impossible for a truly saved man or woman to hold a grudge against any one, although some neighbor has cruelly treated you- possi-bly stole something or told some false-hood- you must forgive that person or you can. never enjoy what God has in store for his dear ones. You can never enjoy this full and free salvation unless you meet the requirements of God's eter-nal word. May God bless these truths and may some dear souls see their need of seeking God while he may be found. The Same Jesus. world."- 1 Jno. 5: 4. " Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remainetli in him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil."- 1 Jho. 3: 9, 10. " Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God."- Matt. 5: 8. " Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven isper-fect."- Matt. 5248. " Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, 0 Lord, forever."- Ps. 93: 5. Many other sMapttires prove that we can live free from sin in this life, and must live a pure and holy life here en earth in order to be admitted into heav-en; for " Jesus Christ the same yester-day, and to- day, and forever," with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning. Jesus went about doing good, preaching the gospel, raising the dead, casting out devils, healing all : manner of sicknesses and diseases. " And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and - many others, and .1, cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he haled them."- Matt. 15: 30. " Then Jesus answered and said unto her, 0 woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour."- Matt. 15: 28. " And as he was yet corn-ing the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child and delivered him to his father."- Luke 9: 42. " And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go. thy way; and as thou bast believed, so be it unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a- fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them When the even was come they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."- Matt. 8: 13- 18. The sick of the palsy were healed. See Mark 2: 3- 5. The withered hand healed. Mark 3: 5. The impotent- man healed. John 5: 5- 10. The healing of the woman who had an issue of blood. See Mark 5: 29. The ear of the servant of the high priest healed. See Luke 22: 51. Jesus gave his disciples power against unclean spirits and to heal all manner of sickness and disease. See Matt. 10: 1., " And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the- dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give."- Matt. 10: 7, 8. " And these signs shall follow them that believe: in my name shall they cast out devils.; they shall speak with new. tongues. They shall take up- serpents; and if they drink any deadly thingit shall not hurt them; they shall lay half's on the sick, and they shall recover."-- Mark 16: 17--.. 19, "' find God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: so that from his body were brought unto the sick hand-kerchiefs, or aprons, and the disgaeli. the Lord while he may be Old sinful BY PEARL M. HUDSPETH. JESUS Christ the same yesterday, and to- day, and forever."- lleb.. 13: 8. " With whom is no vaziablenessi - neither shadow of turning. "- Jas. i Some people seem to think tlfat Jesus has changed and they need not believe or' practice all the Bible;- that the day of miracles is past and that holiness and healing were only for early followers, and that we can not be holy until just before we die. But Jesus said. that we " might serve him without fear, in holi-ness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life."- Luke 1: 74, 75. " Being then made free from sin, ye be-came the servants of righteousness. . . But now being made free from ii,-, and become servants to God, ye haw. your fruit unto holiness, - and the end everlast-ing life."- Rom; 6: 18, 22. " Follow peace s with all men, and holiness, with-oat which no man shall see the Lord. "- Heb. 12: 14. " For by one offering he. hath perfected forever them that are sanctified."-- Heb. 10: 14. " And every man that bath this hope in him purifi-eth himself, even as he is pure."- 1 Jno. 3: 3. " Whosoever abideth, in him sin-neth not." 1 Jno. 3: 6. " He that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous." " He that committeth sin is of the devil."- 1 Jno. 3: 7, 8. " For what soever is born of God overcometh the THE GOSPEL TRUMpET we have always found one chief obstaellki; in that ruling passion, which is found woman in all ages, in all t ma tries, t love of dress and display. That obstae became niece formidable on the arriv of some missionary si st° 1' s dr essud a te adorned in that manner Nrhich is so pre after alent in our beloved Ittiti, teivie, 1111: itiei i land. On our meeting year's absence I beheld an appallin sight, a profusion of ornament that demon of vanity w as laying waste th not maturely considered the subject, and did not feel sure female deportment. A; 11, ;, oil ititt atIti n; eisghIhothuati ddo. take. 1- appreheni be unsupported, and perhaps opposed, by some of lay coadjutors. I confined ray efforts therefore to private exhortations, and. with but little effect. Some, out o regard for their pastor's feelings, took off their necklaces and car ornam ents be-fore they entered the chapel, tied them up in their handkerchief, and on return-ing, as soon as they were out of six stopped in the middle of the street to array themselves anew. In the meantime I was called to visit the Karens, a wild. people north of Maul-main. Little did I e.; lect there to en-counter the same enemy, in those wilds, horrid and dark with overshadowing some twelve or fifteen necklaces, of all trees. But I found he had been ther s before me. On one woman I counted colors, sizes, and materials. _ Brass hells above ankles, braids of black hair tied below the knees, rings of all sorts on the fingers, bracelets on the writs anti arms, long instruments of si quo metal perfo. rated the lower part or the ear by an im-mense aperture, reaching. nearly to the shoulders; lane] fully she ped bags in-closing the hair; not to sp,. ak of the or-namental part of their elothing— censti-tuted the sin and fashions of the fair Karenesses. The female converts' dross was not essentially different f • i• in that of their country Ivonien. I. saw t was hrouglit into a situation that precluded all retreat — that I must die. For a few nights I spent seine sleepha.: leetra considered the religion 44 rite' Lora Jesus Christ. I opunekl to 1 Tire e: d and read the words of the inspirtd apostle: " I will . . . also that moilea adorn them-selves in modest apparel, with shuttle-facedness ami sobriety; not with broid-ed hair, or E,- old, or p, • arls, ur c ) stly array." I asked myseli, " Can I bap-tize. a Karen woman in her present at-tire?" " No." " Can I refrain from en-forcing the prohibition of the apostle?" " Not without betraying the trust I have received from him." Again I considered the question concerned not the Karens only, but the whole Christian world; that a single step would lead me in a long and perilous way; that its decision would involve a train of unknown conse-quences. I considered the state of the public mind at ho: ne. _ Bat " What is that to thee? follow thou me" was the Continual response, and lveighed mole than all. I renewedly offered myself to Christ and prayed for strength to go for-ward in the path of duty, come life or supported or deserted. Soon come death; come or reproach; after coming to this resolution, a Karen woman offered herself for bap-tism. I inquired if shweo1u1 give up her ornaments for Christ. It was an unexpected blow! I explained the spirit of the gospel. I appealed to her own consciousness of vanity. I read her the apostle's prohibition. She looked again and again at her handsome neeklace— she wore but one sion that ! would:_ tthdeori rnwbith aa air of deci-adornment , any of mycZtile' el sall \ e" vathr( el honor of addressing, she quietly too:: it this." The news began to spread. The off, saying, " I love:, Christ more than Chnri. stitT zwr, oovmen made but little hesita wt ork went on. others opposed, but the v io At length the evil I most dreaded things witich their conscience approves of but which are far from the truth. The promise wee given to the disciples that they shoal " know the truth;" also, that the Bialy Spirit would guide them into all kith. Jno. 8: 32; Jno. 10: 13. These promises are yours if you are truly his disaiple. What will be the effect of knowing the truth? " Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."-- Jno. 8: 32. Will you be like the Jews who said, " We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man?"— Jno. 8: 33. Are you free? Free from the bondage of tradition and superstition? Is your faith such that you have the word of God to back you up on every point? or do you have to use the props of men to sustain you? Can we know of a certainty what is truth? Yes, Jesus said, " If any man will to do his will, he shall knew of the doctrine. "— Jno. 7: 17. Are you will-ing? The promise- is to such. Do you want the truth? Then be willing to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, living in perfect obedience to all his command-ments, and. you shall have it. departed from them, and the evil spirits Vent out of them."— Acts 19: 11, 12. " And it came to pass that the father of / Pubria. # lay sick of a fever anal of a ,: bfeaidy flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands en him, - and holed , him. So when this was clone, Others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed."— Ads 28' i8 9. " Paul healeth a cripple." See Ants' 14: 8- 10. " Is any among you Afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let: him sing psalms. Is any sick among you!? let him call for the elders of the - and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save— the sick, and the Lord shall raise ilaine up, and if he have committed, sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye iiiay be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a right-eous man availeth much. "— Jas. 5: 13- 17. pod. healed : his people before Christ's advent into the world. The. Father and Son are one, and Jesus is not a dead Savior, but a living Savior who still pos-sesses the same power that he did while he was heie - n earth. So he is " Jesus Christ the me yesterday, and to- day, - and forever." " With whom is no vari-ableness neither shadow of turning." " Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."— Ps. 103: 3. God healed Ilezekiah. 2 Kings 20: 5. God healed his people. See 2 Chron. 7: 14. " So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wile and his maicIservants."— Genesis 20: 17. Having proved divine healing to be the word of God, also holiness to be the word of God, if not believed and prac-ticed how can people profess to be Chris-tians when they utterly deny- and ignore the same, when Jesus says, " Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"?— Matt. 4: 4. " But the word of the Lord enclureth forever."- 1 Pet. 1: 12, i5. It matters not what people say or*. " Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmi-ties; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."— Feb. 4: 14- 16. Let us not limit God's power. " For with God nothing shall be impossible." — Luke 1: 37. " Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to- day, And forever." " With whom is no vari-ableness neither shadow of turning." A fetter.- standing of Child and his teachings is therefore essential in order to have a knowledge df the truth; for erroneous ideas of - Christ will cause wrong concep-tions or the truth. Ofttimes early influ-ences and teachings are the cause of wrong ideas of the character and teach-ings of Christ, and hence a source of ig-norance concerning what is truth. This being so, it follows that we must be sure that what we already know, or rather think we know, be correct, in order to make right progress in our search after truth. - If we accept - the premise that Christ is the foundation stone of all truth, it would be folly for us to expect to grow in the knowledge of the truth unless we accepted and followed his pre-cepts and example; for to do otherwise would he certain to lead us into error. Many seem to think that it makes no difference what a man believes so long as he is honest in his belief, but such an opinion can come only from those who are thoughtless; for what we believe influences our lives and future welfare for good or evil according as our belief is truth or error. The heathen who though he is honest believes in his gods of stone and worships and sacrifices to them is not benefited by his belief; but rather it is his belief that adds to his misery and unhappiness through fear of the wrath of his gods upon him. One who is honest in his belief but still fanat-ical is not benefited by it; neither is he of any benefit to others, but rather a detriment, ofteh drawing others into the same error with himself. The man who drinks a deadly poison honestly thinking it water is not benefited be-cause he is honest, but must suffer the consequences the same as one who drinks it knowingly. Hence it is all-important that we know the truth. As we can not expect to know those things pertaining to higher mathematics until we have first learned the rudi-ments, neither can we expect to know the deeper things of the Spirit until we have first learned the first principles of the spiritual life. When we have found Christ, " The Truth," as our personal Savior we are then in a position to ad-vance in truth and have that experience which the Psalmist spoke of, the " truth in the inward parts." It is vain to imagine that we shall ever make progress along this line unless we first become possessors of him ti, ho is " the truth." When we come into possession of him, many times early teaching, tradition, etc., must' be cast aside; for if allowed to remain, advancement is very slow. In this day especially there is much to% unlearn, if we may be allowed to use sea an expression. It is a common fallacy that if mankind be guided by their conscience they will be unlikely to stray far from the truth. This fallacy comes through a lack of understanding as to what the conscience is. That which we call conscience has no power of thought and can not of itself reason with regard to what is right or wrong. Conscience is merely feeling, and is directed by the reason; hence it follows that if the reason be directed aright in the line of truth, the conscience will be also. If that we have learned be truth, our conscience will follow the truth; and if error, it will likewise follow that. To prove this let us illustrate. The poor heathen who worships his gods of wood and stone, should he fail to attend to duties as he has been taught them, would be lashed by his conscience. 3314- / train-ing and teaching have been such that he - considers it right to do that which others could not do, even though heathens. The Roman Catholic does many things his conscience would trouble him for leaving undone, which the Protestant could not do. Why is this? The con-science in each case , is all right, but has not been directed, ; aright in all. COIL-science then is na always a sure guide to truth; for we Innst- see that multi-tudes have been: snit are doing ) nany BY M. ELLA SAINT. E all probably know something of the pioneer missionary . Adoeiram Judson, who preached the gospel in re-gions beyond. There are a number of incidents in his life which have made a deep impression on my mind, and my heart thrills with delight as I realize more and more that our God is the same at all times and leads in the same holy way, by the same precious Teacher, that is given to - all men, in all ages, alike, for the asking— the same yesterday, to - day, and forever. Praise his dear name for-ever! When Judson crossed the ocean the Holy Spirit asked him in what way he was going to baptize the heathen con-verts the Lord had promised him. He had been taught that sprinkling was right. He did not get any rest till he studied the question pro and con for months with a determination to follow the light as it came, let it cost what it would. There was but one conclusion he'could come to, and that was that the Word taught only one way, and that was baptism by immersion. When this truth Came to him and his dear wife who was with him and who had been his zealous companion in his researches, it was a bitter trial to both, as they had hoped the contrary. It meant giving up their reputation in the foreign home, renounc-ing their salary, and the society that sent them out, and going in paths they knew not of, in a strange land. Yet their hearts were in the Lord's hands, and he prevailed, and they promised to follow faithfully all the way. Their hearts ached and were and de sail many, many times, as their friends in the dear home land forsook, reproached, and misunder-stood them. " But the Healer was there, and his arms were around, and he led with tenderest care." It was wonderful how the Lord trans-formed a life that at one time sought only the plaudits of men. Now Judson sought only to be little and unknown. After years, when the Lord had done such wonderful things through him, and had vindicated his own, his friends voted Infer on him the title of D. D. He wrotili back thanking them for the in-tended kindness, but said he could. not accept the honor. Charity seeks nothing of men. One letter especially that he wrote back to America I believe will be blessed of the Holy Spirit if reprinted. " Ye should earnestly contend for the faith whieh was once delivered unto the saints. Dear Sisters in Christ: In raising up a church in this heathen land, and in laboring to raise the female converts to the standard of the gospel, TRUTH. BY WILLIA\ i ROWLEY. 4i . WHAT is truth?" Pilate asked but yv would not stay for an answer. Many to- day are asking the same ques-tion. The world has the strange sight before it Of various bodies of people all possessing one Book which they claim is their guide, and by which they form dis-ciplines, and yet all differing to some ex-tent in their belief and practice. Each one of these bodies claims to possess the truth and to be living in accordance with the teaching of this one Book. To any candid - mind it is plain to be seen that all can not be right and still hold to differ-ent views. There can be little doubt but all in some degree possess truth, though it be mixed with error, but the ques-tion - Crimes: Are any of them right in all that they believe? Should there be one who possesses truth unmixed with error, how are we to know? How discern be-tween. truth and error? Jesus speaking of himself said, " I am the the truth, and the life."— Jno. In order to know the truth then, we1 :* st know him; for he is the founda-tioaittne of all truth, A correct under-me THE ,00 RE, upon me. Some of the Karen men had been to Maulmain and seen what I wished they had not; and one day when we were discussing the subject of ornaments, one of the Christian men said that he bad seen at Maulmain one of the great female teachers wearing a string of gold beads around her neck. Was it not a bard case? However, though cast down, I was not destroyed. I maintained the warfare as well as I could, and when I left those parts the female converts were, generally speaking, arrayed in modest apparel. On arriving at Maulmain partially re-covering from a fever : I had contracted in the Raren woods, the first thing I did was to crawl out to the house of the pat-roness of the gold necklace. To her I related my adventures and described my grief. With. what ease and truth could that sister , say, notwithstanding this necklace, " I dress more plainly than most ministers' wives and professors of religion. This necklace is the only orna-ment I wear; it was. given to me when quite a child by a dear mother I. never expect to see again, and she begged ' me never to part with it, but to wear it as a memorial of her." To the honor of my sister be it recorded, that as soon as she understood the merits of the case and the mischief done by the example, off went the necklace, and she gave decided proof that she loved Christ more than father or mother, and yet nothing can reall y be done, and why? because your sisters and daughters are constantly com-ing to take the place of those that are removed b y death and to occupy HUM-heriess stations still unoccupied. The female convetts will run around them and when they see the geld, the beads, chains, and rings, etc., they will cast a reproachful triumphant glanee at their old teachers and hasten to reload their arms, necks, and ankles. SO Volt see, tkar sisters, by your exoni-authority, that, you had aklorned your-selves with and pearls and costly attire," cherishing sell- lave, vanity, mid pride? Or will von wish you had uteed the world. lived a. lire of selfs tekee nit the cross daily and fol-lowed hint. ," ts you will then wish you Lad done do 1: ow. Your it.!, ate brother in Christ, A. Judson. / Safi. Are 1. ft Athirst? By Not: A bt: 14 1 :: r 1' 4) 1.16E. ever ene t thirstetle conic ye waters, and he that hath no money ; come ye, bu y , and eat; yea, come, buy wine mat inn without money and without price."— Isa. 53: 1. But, Lord, I am so sinful; or, I have come before, but did not prove : faithful to you. " Come now, and let us reason together, saith the lord: thort a h your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as White as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, v • shall eat the good of the land: but if ve refuse anti rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword."— Isa. 1: 18- 20. What shall the thristy one do in order to come? " Seek ye the Lord while he may be - found, call ye upon him while he is neaa"— Isa. 55: G. For " 1 said not un-to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain." ( Isa. 45". 19); but `.. Seek ye me, and ye shall live."— Amos 5: 4. " Seek, and ye shall find."— Luke 11: 9. Also, " Whosoever shall call upon the name- of the Lord shall be saVed.'!— Eom. 10: 13. To begin seeking the Lord, first, - 1,4 the wicked forsake his way, and the un-- righteous man. his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."— Isa. 55: 7. One must first become tired enough of sin. to forsake it forever, and take a stand against it. Then he can come to the Lord, who is waiting to abundantly pardon, and confess them. And, " If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."- 1 Jno. 1: 9. Here is the testimony of David, who did this—" I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgression unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin."— Ps. 32: 5. There are many living witnesses to- day, who can testify the same thing. Praise our God! " The sacrifices of God are a brok-en spirit: a broken spirit and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt• not despise." — Ps. 51: 17. Now harken to the invitations. " And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And who-soever will, let him take the water of life freely. "— Rev. 22: 17. " In_ the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink." — Jim. 7: 37. " Whosoever drinketh of the water that I 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."— J no. 1: 11. " And. Jesus said unto them, I mn the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. . . . And him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. "— Jno. 6 : 35- 37. Further words of the Savior—" Come unto me, all ve that labor and are heavy laden, Out of Darkness Into Light. BY CHAS. JENNER. I HATE long desired to write and thank God for the beautiful Holy Ghost teachings of The Gospel Trumpet. It has been the means in God's hands by the blessed Holy Spirit of leading me into all truth, bringing to light the hid-den things of God, making the rough way plain, and the crooked way straight, keeping me out of devil's doctrines, ena-bling me to live a holy life; and, last but best of all, making me perfect in love. I do praise God with my whole heart that the teaching of the whole glorious gospel is so plain that a way-faring man though a fool need not err therein. Praise the Lord! I met a brother while yet I was a member of Booth's Army, who revealed to me the glorious church of God, the church that Christ loved and gave him, self for, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and wit bout btpulL ish, for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. I immerli-: ately left the Salvation. Army, and nay What Would Jesus Do? From the " Chicago Inter Ocean." A S Mr. Sheldon has undertaken to I I- tell the editor what Jesus would do, or would not do, if he were an editor, it may not be amiss for an editor to tell him what Jesus would do, or would not do, if he ‘ aere a minister. If Jesus were a minister, he would never accept money for teaching men the way of life and salvation. Least of all would he hire himself out by the year to a society, and bind himself to preach certain doctrines at certain times and places, instead of keeping himself free to follow the leadings of the divine Spirit in all things. He would never hire himself out to preach to a wealthy and fashion-able society, and then in order to gratify those who paid his salary, preach an emasculated, gospel. He would tell them plainly that it was easier for a shad to climb a tree than for certain of his par-ishioners to get to heaven. Of course Jesus would never change one field for another simply because he might be offered a larger salary. If Jesus were a minister, he not only would not be engaged in any money-making schemes, but he would not seek to acquire competency nor to own his own home. He would act on the principle that if he became so absorbed in doing good that he forgot himself he would be miraculously provided for. If Jesus were a minister, He would not preach many set sermons. His time this far- distant, land. The eye of Christ vou. I > oath is hastening to strip vt tl Of your ornaments, and to turn your forms into dust. We_ shall all soon ap-pear before the juagment seat of Christ. When placed heft tre t hat awful bar what peated invitations and promises, oan any course will you then wish you had taken? dear, hungry, thirsty soul find a reason Will y ou Nvish then, in defiance of his for not coming? Can any feel that they are excluded— that salvation is for others, but not for them? Ali, no, dear ones, come; for, " He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make inter-cession for them." Ileb. 7: 25. Praise our God! Come, eat, and let your soul delight itself in. fatness. lsa. 55: 2. pie you spread the poison vanity through 1 and I will give you rest. Take my yoke all the rivers, mc ■ untains. and wilds of upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and. my burden is light."— Matt. 11: 28- 30. In the face of so many broad and re-would be entirely taken up in works of practical charity, and his teaching would be merely the framework of his deeds of love to suffering humanity. When Jesus preached he would not preach on the moral influence of railroads, nor on the Bacon- Shakespeare controversy, nor on the. necessity of the free coinage of silver. He would never turn aside from the vital truths of religion merely to attract a crowd or to get his name in the newspa pers the next morning. If Jesus were a minister, he would dress decently and comfortably, but he would not waste a cent on fine chothing, and he would never wear jewelry. If Jesus were a minister, he would not, as soon as the weather grew warm, complain of. brain- fag and go across the ocean to European pleasure resorts, living in fri-volity, and occasionally go slumming. When Jesus wanted to renew his strength he would probably hjde himself in some desert in Arizona and pass a month in fasting and prayer. If Jesus were a minister, he would never allow anybody to call him " Reverend" or " Doctor of Divinity." He would never be a favorite with the religions classes. He would never be a pampered divinity. His deep spirituality would throw him out of touch with the average congregation of fashion, and his faithful preaching would empty pews and close church doors in every neighbor-hood where fashion does gather. - Precious Promises. BY CHAS. MELTON. E strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them; for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee."— Dent. 31: 6. " Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man. shall do unto me."— Ileb. 13: 5, 6. " The Lord is my light and my salva-tion; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? . . Though an host should en-camp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. . . . For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his taberna-cle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock."— Ps. 27: 1, 3, 5. " Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavil-ion from the strife. of . tongues."— Ps. 31: 20. " oh, fear the Lord, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hun-ger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. . . The right-eous cry, and the Lord heareth, and. de-livereth them out of all their troubles." — Ps. 34: 9, 10, 17. There are many more precious prom-ises in the word of God, but surely these are sufficient to prove to us that our God - is able and will deliver the , godly out of all their troubles, although sometimes it seems we have to pass through the fur-nace. But even that will prove a bless-ing to us if we stand firm as did the $ e brewchildren, and the presence e the, Holy One of God will be with s and bring us through without even the , smell of fire upon our garments. Praise God! .- 0 ye children of the living God, take courage. " He it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake, thee: fear not, neither be discouraged. "-- Deut. 31: 8. " Sing unto the Lord, 0 ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness; for his anger endureth but a moment, in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy corneal in the morning.''— Ps. 30: 4, 5. ` 93e of good courage; and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope In the Lord."— Ps. 31: 24. abide in the glorious church of God. L no more want to labor for filthy lucre's sake, but for the salvation of souls and for the glory of God. But now being made free from sin, and become servants of God, ye have your fruit unto holi-ness, and the end everlasting life. It is . so good to be free from sin and free from sectism, which is sin. How truly God says it is the abomination of the earth. Alas! Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. I am glad I obeyed his voice and came out of her. The servant can not condemn her more than his Master does. All her members that I have ever met say they are sin-ners; so they must do their duty to their father the devil, and be a member of the devil's body. Halleluiah! salvation and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God; for true and . right-eons are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did. cor-rupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. In my preaching from house to house I meet people who have been carrying a burden to sectism and to hireling min-isters for a long time and have not been able to be rid of it, by reason of their blindness. If the blind lead the blind, they shall both fall into the ditch. But thanks be to God, when they hear the truth in the glorious, pure, gospel of our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, their fetters fall off and he whom the Son makes free is free indeed— free ‘ 4 from the law of sin. and death. They become new creatures in Christ Jesus, all old things pass away and all things become new. Glory to God! Souls are saved and God's name is glorified. It makes us love the brethren indeed and in truth. People thank me and praise God for truth! The joy of the Lord is the strength of his people. The chil-dren of the Lord have a right to be glad and rejoice in God our Savior; for the path of the just is as a shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Glory to God! Souls are on the wing. We are living moment by moment in the glorious presence of our King, fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, already in the new Jerusalem. Glory to Godl , $ 7.4ascription price, postzge paid, * United States Canada, and Mexico, - - $ 1.00. - England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. — All Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. Business Communications, moneys, Mt., must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MouNnsviu. e, W. VA. to Insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsible. THE GOtkL TIE GOSPEL , ' TRUMPET. .: Moundsville, W. Va., July 5, 1900. WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL ... imerect at the Post- office at Ideands- one, W. Vs., as Seeoad- class Matt" E. E. 13YRU1V1, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the Batty of all true Christians M " the tadh once delivered to the saints." • Editorial. Read the tract offer on seventh page. The offer of a sample pack has been a dded. To those who have not received our catalogue we would be glad to mail one free. - We have a number of them yet on hand. Orders for our publications from Kan-sas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma should be sent to tiro. ' W. R. Duncan, Topeka, Kan. Considerable expense will be- saved on large orders, and goods Bah be received on short notice. - We call attention to the sample pack of tracts offered on seventh page, al it was omitted last week. This will ac-commodate those who wish to send a small order, consisting of all the tracts advertised. For fifty cents a copy of each of the tracts will be sent. When going. to God in prayer, remem-ber that he is, that he is love and loves you, that he is Willing that you should hate everything that is- for your good, and with you can be trusted. Remem-ber that without faith it is impossible to please him. He that wavereth need net expect anything from the Lord. LET US LABOR EARNESTLY. Now is the time to do a good work in the distribution of literature, as we are sending out tracts at half price, or less. The sale cif tracts at these rates can not always be kept up. bat we have an abundance of- them on hand which we desire to turn into means that are needed at once that the capacity' for publishing the gospel may lie enlarged yet more. There is no telling what the magnitude of this work will yet be. The pure doc trine of the Bible is not popular, but it does not need to be in order to reach every corner of the globe. Praise the Lord! God turns even the oppositions of the'devil into victories for. the truth. It is a fact that this work is rapidly spreading, not with such a mushroom growth as soon to fall into decay, like the fame of some divine healer, so call-ed', or of some quack physician whose new discovery attracts the attention of the world for a time.. God's work is not to be compared to such. " The kingdom of God cometh not with observation," neither does it continue with observation. It is not with pomp, splendor, or show, and does not engross the attention of the world: but in a silent, unseen but sure way its influences spread, and seek. out every honest soul; its waters gradually overflow the hiding- places of sin, carry-ing either victory or condemnation on its way. The spread of this reformation should not make us boast; for we have nothing of ourselves to boast of, bitt it should cause us to rejoice. In the rapid increase of his kingdom God employs his church-consisting of every saved man and man. " Ye are the light of the TABERNACLE FOR CANADA. We intend to purchase a tabernacle to be used in ' Canada. We would ask all the saints in Canada, and others that feel so disposed, to send in your mite as the Lord has prospered you. Send all money to David H. Moyer, Vineland, Ontario. FROM A CONDEMNED PRISONER. Santa Fea N. Mex. Mr. Editor: Through the kindness of Sister Eva Protzman of Lodi, Cal. a few copies of your noble paper, The Gospel Trumpet, have found their way into this prison ( Santa Fe, N. Mex.). Each copy has been met with a hearty welcome, and well read. This prison has about NO Men behind its walls. About one hundred of these men can read the Eng-lish language, and are in need of the true gosh. If any of God's . children who may read this feel that they would like to send a few copies of the Trumpet, or tracts, or any other spiritual litera-ture, to this prison, the writer will take pleasure in distributing the same. I am happy to say that I feel the effects of the many , earnest prayers that are rising daily in my behalf. I am a condemned man, and have been lying under a death sentence for over thirteen months. My case will be disposed of in August, and I need the prayers of all God's dear peo-ple. Brothers : and sisters, pray for me. I have many friends and loved ones pray-ing that it may be God's will to give me my liberty next spring. Will every one who may read this join us in this prayer, and always close with " God's will be done." Dear friends, I am only in one of God's schools, and his great Spirit gives me strength to rejoice, with all my sad trouble. I was placed in this dun-geon April 4, 1899, and have not seen a star since. Oh, I know they would look beautiful! . The sun never reaches my little palace; but I am very happy to say, " There is sunshine in my soul to-day." Have not been sick an hour since here. All the praise to my dear Savior. I am expecting to get my case reversed in August, am putting my trust in higher power than man. " lf God be for us, who can be against us?"— Rom. 8: 31. I know that I have the prayers and sympathy of) every one that loves Jesus Christ and his cause, and when my case is decided, I will let you all know- the verdict through the Trumpet. My ene-mies are many, and I will ask you all to remember them daily, in your prayers. I love their souls, and my earnest prayer is that I may meet them all in heaven. Any of The Gospel Trumpet readers that would like td write a condemned boy a few words of cheer and comfort, know that your letters will be met with a hearty welcome. Reader, meet me at Jesus' feet. W. B. Hall, Box 426. Crooked, Professors. BY 431- 7W. VA. BEY. - REQUENTtt we meet thole ' iairho have lost: Weir experience ofikdra- Purification of the Heart. BY J. W. YOUNG BLOOD. 4• iRLESSED is the pure in heart: for 1- 0 they shall see God."— Matt. 5: 8. That the heart of man must be made per-fectly pure and holy before entering heaven, all Christians admit; for we all agree that nothing can ever enter there unless it is perfectly pure and holy. And almost all Christian people admit that the heart of man is not pure by na-ture. That even the infant's heart is far from being pure by nature, few de-ny; and to this the word of God agrees. See Eph. 2: 3; Ps. 51: 5; 58: 2, and Gen. 8: 21. There is not a passage of scrip-ture which teaches that man is born in a state of purity; but all the scripture that bears on the subject at all teaches that he is born in a state of depravity; so we all agree that at some time be-tween our brith and our admittance into heaven we must be made pure and holy. But as to when and how we are made pure there are a great many different opinions. The Roman Catholics teach that we are made pure in purgatory; that there the souls of men are made fit for heaven. This we deny; for to accept that theory would be making purgatory our Savior and Sanctifier, instead of the precious blood' of Jesus. Another • theory ad-vanced by a great many is that death makes ' us all pure and free from sin. This we also deny, for it would make death our Savior; and while we that some may be saved and purl when very near death, et it is not d that does the work; for death is our emy, and is to be destroyed by Christ. Still others advance a that man is what he makes hi That he makes himself pure and fit heaven. This we also deny-. We not make ourselves pure any more tha the Ethiopian can change his skin, the leopard his spots; and to woe such a theory would be to claim 0* selves as our own Savior and Sanetill*, We can not in any way make ourselvig, pure. All the good works we can is and all the self- sacrifice we can make not in any way make us pure in his sigh or remove our transgressions from. us. No, my dearly beloved, man is no his own Savior. Neither purgatory death, the grave, nor man's own work`:'- will save or purify the soul of in Then what will atone for his transgreaa sions, or wash away his sins? We an-swer, Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Jesus - paid it all. Then the next ques-tion that presents itself is, When may, we get a pure heart? Some will an-swer, At conversion. This we deny. We admit that in conversion all our sins are forgiven us, and we are engrafted into the true vine Christ Jesus, and be-gin to partake of the life of Christ. But while Christ is a good olive tree, we are by nature wild, and we know that sim-ply grafting us into him does not take the wild nature out of us, but only ena-bles us to draw our life from him. So that when we are first grafted into him there are then two separate and distinct natures within us; and while we are draw-ing our spiritual life from Christ, there is a wild nature within us that wrestles against the spirit of life, for this wild na-ture will often manifest itself in anger, pride, and love of self more than the love of others or of God. This is the general testimony of converted people before they are sanctified. And this wild nature frequently breeds division among God's , hildren, as it was wi some of the Corinthian brethren. Some were for Paul, some for . Apollos, and some for Cephas; and while the apostle addresses them as brethren, and says that they were in Christ, he tells them that they were carnal like babes. Read 1 Goa 3: 1- 3. This was only the out-working of the wild nature that they possessed before they were converted, or grafted into Christ. It had never yet been purged away, and if suffered to remain was liable to hinder them in great many ways from being as fruitful as they would be if it were taken away.* ' W e see also that this nature was man-ifested in the apostles before they werea, sanctified. On one occasion the y wer disputing among themselves as to whoa should be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and Jesus rebuked them, say-ing that whosoever humbled himself the - a most should be the greatest, and that if any among them desired to be chief, he should first become servant to all, and that he himself did not come to be served but to serve others. So we find they did. not get a pure heart when they were, converted, and Jesus makes this very' plain in Jno. 15: 2, where he promises: to purge them if they bear fruit; and then in verse 5 he tells them they are branches in him; for he says, " I am the true vine, ye are the branches." So we learn from this that they were branches, but not purged branches; and since " to purge" means to make pure, it follows that they were not pure in heart, al-though they were clean from all actual - transgressions_ They were not of the world; they were in Christ; they bad their names written in heaven; they were clean front the sins of the world,- and yet they were not' pure in heart;-: for if they had been, Jesus would not have promised to make them pure who'' bearing fruit. They still possessed the",: r wild, carnal nature; and while the1H. World," Christ said, and we are to un-derstand that God requires us to shine, and to work in his vineyard. Some have the gifts for preaching, others are helpers, and others have the qualifica-tions for private and personal work. All these can make their work more effectual and complete by the vise of. tracts and other reading matter. Then there are those who have the qualifica-tions of a steward to accumulate and manage the possessions God places in their reach. But God intends that such talents be put to use for him the same as any other gifts. Let- such withhold not their means from the gospel cause, but prove the blessedness and prosperity of giving to the Lord, and prove the reward that faithful stewards shall receive. May God stir up his people to more ac-tivity in the vineyard of the Lord. tion and are living without God and without Nape in the world, and when we talk With them about their condition they will point to the crookedness of professors as an excuse for getting away from the Lord. It is a very easy matter to find fault with others when we are in fault our-selves, and the enemy of our souls will make things appear as faults that when Looked at in the propor light would not be anything very serious at all. ' It is sin that will distort and cause the appear-ance of unseemliness in. the lives of those who are or profess to be the children of God. It was unwillingness to obey God in the first place, perhaps, that caused those souls to step out of the way and when once out of the order of the Lord, then „ spiritual darkness soon fol-lowed, and to ease the guilty conscience they began to look around to find some excuse. About the first ' thing that the enemy presents to them - is the crooked-ness of professors, and like a drowning man grasping at a straw they take this for a refuge or something behind which to hide. They forget that the " waters shall overflow their hiding- places," and this " overflowing scourge" will overtake them in a time when they least expect it. There are some dear souls who lack stability, and in time of trials and temp-tations fall away. They fail to keep their eyes on Jesus, and like Peter begin to sink in the waters of despair. They fail also t3 do as Peter did and cry to God for help—" Lord save me, or I per-ish." While they are trying to hide behind the imperfection of others they seem to forget that perhaps some one is looking at them and pointing out their imperfections and thus because of their sinful ways finding an excuse for an un-godly life. There is not anything that will excuse us in the day of ' lodgment; for every one must give an account of himself to God, and we shall all appear before the " judgment seat of Christ." Those dear souls do not realize that while they are away from the Lord in their waywardness, they are frequently real blocks in the way of God's work, and if they. would let Jesus save them, and then trust him to keep them, their lives would be made a blessing to others in-stead of a blight, and by steadfastness in God's way the solitary place and the desert would soon rejoice and " blossom as the rose." Stokesbridge, S. C. Since the assembly in Augusta, Ga. I have been almost regularly in the field. I am praising God to- day for giving me increased light on his word, which is to me very helpful in soul and body. I have preached privately and publicly at the following places, and the Lord bless-ed his word, which proved to be the means of great benefit to many precious soulS. Ionia, and Lynchburg, S. C., and surrounding country, and at Bro. Duke's place about ten miles north of might grow and bear some fruit, they could never grow this wild nature out of them, or purge themselves from it, but it must remain until purged away by the blood of Jesus. And this he did for them on the day of Pentecost. When he sent the hlessed Holy Spirit upon them, whch filled each of them full of the perfect love of God which was shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost, which sanctified and made them perfect, it was indeed a mighty work wrought in them; for it delivered them from fear and strife and carnality, and everything that was not like Jesus. And from that day on there was no more striving for great-ness among them; there were no more carnal divisions among them, and no more seeking after honor, but they were all of, one heart and one mind; and they spoke the word of God with bold-ness and with fear, and this blessed Holy Spirit baptism did actually make them pure in heart. See Acts 15: 8, 9. It sanctified them ( Born. 15: 16); it made them perfect. Heb. 10: 14. So we have learned that we do riot get a pure heart when we are converted, but when we are sanctified by the B oly Ghost. Then to get a pure heart means to get sanctified wholly. News from the Field. Lima, Ohio, June 25. We are glad to inform the readers of the Trumpet that God is bestowing his favor on us, and causing us to triumph. For several weeks we have been engaged in house- to- house work in this city. Many are becoming interested in the lit-erature. We distributed a good many tracts and Trumpets, and believe if a tabernacle meeting were held here, much good would be accomplished in the name of the Lord. Many are anxious to hear the truth preached, and some one with a tabernacle should come to this city soon. We expect to continue here a month or two, hoping the Lord will direct some of his ministers here in the near future. For any correspondence with us address Lima, Ohio, General Delivery. Lorenzo Cook. Hubbard, Oregon, June 25. The Hubbard camp- meeting has just closed. The saints from various locali-ties of this state and Washington are re-turning to their homes rejoicing in the benefits of grace received in this blessed season of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. This meeting has been a har-vest of precious souls. About twenty-five were turned from the power of Satan unto God and received forgiveness of sins. Some of these, with many oth-ers, entered the inheritance among them which are sanctified. Many received the benefits of healing grace with many other good things from the bountiful hand of God. The attendance at this meeting was good, though materially diminished by the continuous rains which kept up almost during the entire time. All on the grounds were kept from sickness and colds and seemed to become unconscious of the conditions of the weather. Bros. G. - W. Bailey, James Bamford, J. L. Green, and C. H. Hale, with other workers, were present to assist in this in-gathering of souls. The truth was preached with power and the simplicity of Christ, which produced a desirable effect upon many- hearts. We believe that this community has been profited much by this meeting, and pray that much more lasting good may yet come forth from this bread cast upon the waters. Twenty- six were baptized and seventy- one participated in the ordi-nances. J. W. Byers. Denver, Colo. My soul truly magnifies the Lord for his precious keeping power in. both my soul and body. He does not suffer me to be defeated by the enemy, but helps Louisville, Ky., June 25. We are enjoying more of God to- day than ever before. Praise God! We have no, discouraging reports to bring about the good land; it is even better than what we had heard. The dear ones who have gone over and took their pos-sessions and are now living on the fat of the land understand these things. Of course we would like to see more souls saved, more believers sanctified, more of the sick healed; yet if we do all we can, God clears our souls. For the past two years wife and I have been working in Pennsylvania. The dear Lord led us to the Moundsville camp- meeting, where we enjoyed a most glorious feast of fat things. Previous to coming to this meeting ' we had been thinking some of going west to Illinois, but while waiting on the Lord for his will concerning our field of labor, the Lord suffered us not to go into Illinois but the Spirit said go down into Kentucky. So we came, and we are now engaged in a meeting here in Louisville. If the Lord wills, we expect to be at some of the camp- meet-ings here in Kentucky. We expect the Lord will have us to labor some through central Kentucky. I was born and raised in Washington county. We are not in the least discouraged about this glorious work of the Lord. The work looks more encouraging than ever before. The reason why some get discouraged is often from the fact that there is a lack in their own souls. if we as workers are filled with the Holy Ghost and fire, the people and the saints will find it out, and some will get hungry for the same experience. Praise the dear Lord. We beg an interest in your prayers, that we may live in the Spirit, walk in the Spirit, and be led of the Spirit, and that we may be kept low down at Jesus' feet, Our address is 25 and Main Sts., Station B, Louisville, Ky. W. H. Cheatham and Wife. Safety, Miss., June 25. We are having some soul- stirring meet-ings in these parts. Praise the Lord! Souls are being saved out of Babylon. They are coming from Babylon, Sodom, and Egypt, and making their way over the plains. Glory to God in the highest! And the ' ransomed of the Lord shall. return and come to Zion with songs and I everlasting joy upon their heads. The Greelvville, S. C. Elbow, Rosindale, and Kelly, N. C. I stopped also a short while at Bennettsville, S. C., and found Sister Sarah E. Stone seeking very ear-nestly for light on the church. This I gave in the name of the Lord, and it proved to be to her a means of great satisfaction, which caused much rejoic-ing in the Lord. Pray for the dear peo-ple at all these placesnud here in this part of the south - generally. In travel-ing through several different counties in these two states I find many standards lifted up in the name of holiness, and when they are examined by the Bible they are clearly seen not to be of God. Their differing so greatly among them-selves seems to be the means of bringing to light the most confusion that has been. - seen among the sect holiness ( so- called) people. One of the ministers of the South Carolina conference with whom I was intimately acquainted eight years ago, who at that time preached holiness, now denies that the Bible is a divinely inspired book. Let us see what God says about it. 2 Tim. 3: 16, 17; 2 ret. 1: 2u, 21. Then let God. be true, but every man a liar. I also met a very prominent evangelist of South Carolina who told me that he was afraid to try to know anything much about the Bible. Since the leaders are despairing of ever finding God's way, how could it be bet-ter with their poor deluded followers? The Bible is our lamp and light. Ps; 119: 105, 130. We love it. Ps. 119: 140. • It saves us from being offended. Ps. 119: 165. We must live by it. Luke 4: 4. We will be judged by it. Jno. 12: 48; Rev. 20: 12. E. B. Haynes. eaaa FOREIGN. eeee Shillong, India, May 26. Dear Brethren in Christ: I am glad to inform you that I have received the- Bible, tracts, etc., with thanks. They prove very useful to myself and to some of my friends. The people of this coun-try are addicted to smoking, chewing betel and tobacco, and drinking tea, even among those who profess to be Chris-tians. But thank God, he has saved me from these habits, to which I was form-erly enslaved. There is a great differ-ence between our experience and yours. Christians are taught to look upon entire cleansing as a thing unattainable through-out a man's life and so regard those who profess to be perfect and to be leading a sinless life as fanatics and presumptuous. I have heard of people falling down in the meeting and crying for mercy that the Lord would * save them or of persons preaching with Pentecostal power, but I have never seen such personally because it is not practiced in these hills. Our Christian life is more or less hazy. I pray that God may send us one of his servants who has been endowed with the Spirit, to wake us up out of this dormant state, to make us also realize the need of a personal Savior. We have translated and published in our paper one of the tracts named " Must We Sin?" and I in-tend to translate some more later on. I am led to see that you over there are really in the right in following rigidly the word of God, and I am trying to fol-low in your footsteps, but, oh, the odds that are against me. Please pray for me, that I may persevere, and send me words of encouragement too. I feel so helpless and weak sometimes, although I am conscious that the Lord has been help-ing me all along. Yours in Christ, W. M. Roy. Lahore, North India, May 24. Dear Friends of The Gospel Trumpet: No doubt you are hearing something about the famine. From letters we re-ceive we realize a wide- spread interest is felt, and we thought perhaps it might encourage you a little to hear from us. Those who have never really been in a famine can not picture to themselves the awful suffering attending it; even those fourth Sunday in May six precious souls followed Jesus in baptism, and, praise God! five more are now ready. Dear ones, we are all young saints, and we need your prayers. The little church in this part is undergoing some severe tests. Being fully led of the Lord on last Sun-day to visit the Baptist sect On their meet-ing day, after service was over ( preaching and- taking up collection) we intended to have preaching somewhere in the settle-ment. So I asked- one of the deacons to announce it, and so the preacher in charge got in possession of the word and he be-gan to abuse us. In the midst of the yells and shouts we were moved to shout salvation full and free, for which cause they ran violently upon us and threw us out of the house, then led us away from in front of the door. All the glory be to God. On Monday following they pros-ecuted us under- the charge of disturbing public worship. Amen. For which myself and three others of the saints were, arrested and placed under bail. The suit is pending for the Saturday before the second Lord's day in July. We want all the dear saints to pray that the dear Lord may direct- us in all things and that all . the glory may be. his. Praise the dear Lord! Please pray much for us, that the dear Lord may direct all our ways and that we keep humble at the feet of Jesus, where he can always use us to his own glory. Praise the Lord! S. S. Lenten. Whirlwind, Tenn., June 25. We can report perfect victory in our souls over all the power of the enemy. Some few days ago we arrived from Johnson City, where we had been bat-tling for the Lord. Some precious souls came out straight for the truth, but nev-ertheless the devil was there with his army doing all he could. He was there in the garb of holiness, but the Lord has given us his Spirit, which will not fel-lowship the spirit of error. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth us not. Hereby we know the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."- 1 Jno. 1: 6. Let us ask God for much wisdom that we may always be able to discern the crook-ed spirits that are out in the world. Truly we once thought it was all right to fellowship everything that came along, and we were honest in it. But, beloved, since the pure light has come so brilliant we can. not do it. If we do, before we know it almost we * ill be as crooked as the devil wants us. " If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed; for he that biddeth him God speed is par-taker of his evil deeds."- 2 Jno. 10, 11. May the Lord help U3 to see these things. Three, followed the Lord in baptism and one professed the blessing of sancti-fication. We feel sure the Lord is going to do a grand work as Johnson City in addition to what he has already done. We are expecting to begin meeting the last of this month here at this place. There are not very many saints at this place, but what are here are solid. Pray for us and the work at this place. Any one desiring to correspond with us re-garding holding meeting or anything else can address us at Greenville, Tenn. and we will go wherever the Lord opens up the way. W. A. Sutherland and Wife. in my every need. Leaning on him ate are able to continually preach his word, work for souls, and perform every other duty required of us, and still prove that his yoke is easy and his burden light. God is graciously opening doors for ser-vice in hospitals, jails, and street work— so much needed in this city. Thus far he has blessed every effort put forth in his name. But we are praying the Lord of the harvest to send us laborers truly sent of God for this work— those " who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way." — Bab. 5: 2. At one time God laid the burden for souls heavy upon our hearts, and it has never pleased him to take it away. So to- day I can truly testify that God's work still lies the nearest thing to my heart and life in this world. Let us pray God to roll such a burden for lost souls on us that we can with love and real care warn every soul faithfully and pray the real prayer of faith for their deliverance from sin. In the past year God has won-derfully answered believing prayer for healing, in my own body and on my lit-tle boy. From birth he had eczema, but as soon as we knew certainly what it was we took it to the Lord in faith, and he perfectly healed it. Dear mothers, do not be afraid to trust your children in the hands of the Lord for healing. Do not be anxious nor careful for fear of his taking them away from you. " He does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men." — Lam. 3: 33. Mae L. Adams. Kensington, Kans. Camp. Geo. Vielguth. Plattsburg, Miss. Aug. 17- 26. Camp, t Plattsburg is 20 miles from MeCool, miles from Kosciusko, the nearest R. R.. stations on C. A. & N. R. B. Geo. Breazeale. Desdimonia, Eastland Co., Tex, Aug,. g 18- 20. Camp. , Tas. Bone. Camp, Fulton Co., Ark. Aug. 20. Camp. A. B. Stanherry, Jeffersonville, Ky. Aim 22 to Sept. 2.. 8 Camp. Those coming by train stop at Mt. Sterling and take mall hack at 2 p„. in. for Jeffersonville. Thos. Carter or J E. Watts. Vichy, Mo. Aug. 24 to Sept. 2. Ca T. E. Ellis. Sanford, Tenn. Aug. 30 to Sept, Camp. James Miller. 17- 20, A 83 THE GOSPEL 7 WMPET Poynor, Beginning Aug. 10, A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Social Point, ( 1.0 mi. W. of Panola P. Panola C. o., Texas. Aug. 10 Oa Railway station is Keatehie. H. J. Jo Deberry, Tes. Grants Pass, Ore. Aug. 10- 20. p, Egerton and Grant Clark, Merlin, Ore. Ableman, Wis. Aug. 15- 26. Oa* This meeting will be held on the farm,;: E. F. DuBois, 7 mi. E. of Reedsburg mi. N. E. of Ableman. Those from north address E. F. DuBois, Reedsb Wis. Those from the south address A Meyer, Ableman, Wis. St. Louis, Mich. Aug. 10- 26. C J. R. Walter. EngeneAu, ge. 10a. 2m6. p,, S. A. Sprouls. A illshire, Ohio. Aug. 16- 26. Taber4 nacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Brushy Prairie, Ind. Camp. 26. S. Y. Greenawalt. Emlenton, Pa. Aug. 10- 27. Camp. Samuel Martz, Pittsville, Pa. Keisters, Butler Co., Pa. Date following the Emlenton meeting. Grove. Henry Latshaw. Potash, Ala. Ang. 10- 20. B. B. Adamson or 0. W. Lipp. Pachuta, Miss. Beginning Aug. 10, to continue about ten days. Assembly. This meeting will be held mi. from town, Ministerial help needed. 11. P. Stephen. on the field fail to picture it as it really is. Some try hard, but they come far short. Such sights meet the eyes- men, women, and children like moving skele-tons, some covered with sickening sores, are to be met at every street corner and under almost every shady tree, and, in - many places the dead lie putrid in the bleaching sun, throwing out an awful smell. What an awful death to die! I saw many human skulls and bones scat-tered by the roadside and. railway track as I traveled throughout the famine dis-trict. The people with their solemn legki. and tread make you feel you are in lihe city of the dead. Though crowds of people are moving here and there, yet there is ' scarcely any noise. • An awful form of Asiatic cholera is adding its hor-rors to the suffering caused by famine, and the people are dying by hundreds. The papers say that the cholera mortal-ity at the various famine relief works is simply appalling, and the panic- stricken people are leaving these works by shoals and spreading themselves over the coun-try, whilst the hospitals attached to the works are crowded with sick, and suffer-ing people. 46,000 have run away from the Gujrat district alone on account of the outbreak of cholera- many to die in the jungle where none can pity or help them. These sights are enough to melt the hardest heart. If the dear people at home could but hear the pitiful cries of - those famishing multitudes, they would pray as never before, and would feel like saying: " Were the whole realm of nature mine, That wert an offering far too small: Love so amazing; so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my alL" The suffering is much worse than it is represented to be by the Government. Some of the Government officers I fear have an awful reckoning time awaiting them in regard to this famine. God in - his compassion will not bear it forever, but will throw a flood, of light over this whole business, revealing its corruption to the world. Very little notice is taken of the famine by the public at large. Re ask your prayers at this time. Great responsibilities are upon us- greater than we are now aware of- in training as well as rescuing the children. We have recently rescued 154. Some have died, but we believe we shall meet them again. We are here to obey God at all cost. Will rescue more as God opens up the way. Please write direct to us. Yours in the Lord, Robert Jarvis. Testimonies Plattsburg, Miss. I had religious impressions in my early youth. There was a hungering and thirsting in my soul, but I could find no food in the modern sectish preaching that would satisfy my hunger. In 1893, having seen a copy of the Trum-pet and seen some folks that taught holi-ness, I sent for another copy of the Trumpet. The Trumpet came to me several weeks, also some tracts which gave me much light; and I began to look into this doctrine. I was impressed that the teaching was right. About this time Bro. Owens came to our community and held a few meetings, and I was con-vinced of the truth, but there was so much opposition, and father and mother fought it so bitterly that my convictions were drowned or overruled by the love of popularity and fear of what friends and relatives might think of me.. So I quit attending their meetings, but often felt the Spirit of God piercing my inmost heart because of disobedience. In spite of my resistance, the Lord had his hand on me. I decided to attend the Platts-burg tabernacle- meeting in the fall of 1896. Here I accepted Jesus as my Savior. I thought the battle was fought and the victory won. The sweet peace and comfort I felt „ in my soul, I thought -` wodd always last; but, alas! the trial came- the temptations and trials I had never thought of. I had not fhlly " counted the cost;" so I began to asso-ciate with wordly young people saf the opposite sex, and though being admon-ished by dear friends, I was stubborn and persisted, but soon found myself fast drifting away from the Lord and finally gave up my profession, bringing a re-proach upon God's holy cause. For several months I lived a miserable life. I had lost confidence in myself and every-body else.. I imagined that everybody else was baok- slidden. I was often seized with conviction and felt miserable over my wretched condition, and would make effort after effort to serve the Lord, but was soon overcome and found myself again under bondage to Satan, driven captive at his will. He would often quote this scripture to me: " For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there re-maineth no more sacrifice for sins."- lieb. 10: 26. Also Heb. 6: 1- 6. This I thought meant my case; but I read in this word: " Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely," and I knew that " whosoever will" meant me. I plead for mercy, and found peace to my soul- an unutterable joy that is bet-ter felt than told. Young brothers and sisters, let me admonish you, never do as I did, but heed the admonition of those that are over you in the Lord; it will save you many heartaches and stripes. When first converted I was deeply im-pressed that the Lord wanted me in the work, but I would dismiss it from my mind, believing it to be a delusion. But since the Lord has reclaimed me, the calling has been made so plain to me that I can no longer doubt. I feel so weak and unable to undertake the work of the Lord. I ask the brethren all who read this to pray that I may ever be kept humble and obedient, where I can ever say amen to the Master's call. Pray for the work in the south. We need more workers here in Mississippi. Can not some of the brethren' be with us in oar meeting at Plattsburg, beginning Aug. 17? Again I ask the saints everywhere to uphold us by your prayers. Geo. W. Breazeale. Requests for Prayer. I desire all praying people to pray that I may have my health again. Damaris Smith, Zero, Miss. Pray for the healing of Mrs. Nannie Wal-lace, Sulphur Springs, Miss. who has heart trouble and bronchitis. Please pray for the healing of my boy who is poisoned badly with poison oak. Pray also that his soul may be saved. Mrs. Lizzie- Caughran, Oregon, Tenn. Pray earnestly for J. N. Hamilton, Chance, Ark., for healing of lung trouble. He was healed of tumor five years ago, for which he gives God all the glory. Calls for Meetings. Hebbardsville, Ohio. We want two or three Holy Ghost workers to come and use the tent that is here. Amos Masters. Lima, Ohio. Some one with a tabernacle is desired to come in July or August to stay as long as the Lord wills. Lorenzo Cook. Chenoweth, Colo. We are hungry icr the word of God to be preached here. We are greatly in need of . one : of the Lord's workers. Nora A. Tamlin. 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 provide themselves with straw- tick and bedding. Provisions can always be procured at reasonable rates. In no case are 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 aty information regard-ing that meeting. Muncie, Ind. July 7- 22. Tabernacle. Elihu: Keyt Besse_ me; 4.1a. July 12- 22. Camp. Robert Wright- Of A. B. Harney. Pocahontas„ Ark. July 13- n. Camp. This meeting will be held 3 mi. S. W. of Pocahontas. John M. Wann. Hammond, La. July 13- 22. Camp. This meeting will be held at the Saints' Home, l mi. east of Hammond. F. M. Williamaont 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. Rockelt, Cowiche or R R. Ruddell, North Yakima. Weatherford, Okla. Beginning July 14. Camp. A. B. Stanberry. Heckton, Kosciusko Co., Ind. Begin-ning July 14, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Grove. It will be held in S. S. Hepler's grove, 2 mi. south of Heck-ton. S. P. Strang. Ft. Worth, Tex. July 15- 29. Taberna-cle. Workers from the east earnestly de-sired. J. Louck, 2001 Terry St. 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 saints are pray-ing the Lord to send a minister baptized with the Holy Ghost. • T. J. Hurley. Bedford, Ind. Beginning Jul y 15 to last as long as the Lord wills. Tabernacle. B. E. Warren, Springfield, Ohio. Ripley, Okla. Beginning July 19. Rip-ley is on a new railroad running 745 mi. N. E. from Guthrie, and the meeting will be held 25 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 conveyance 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 conic, 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. Blackville, 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. Hamil, Randolph Co., Ark. Beginning July 26, to continue as long as the Lord wills. damp. This meeting will be held at the same place it was last year, about 13 mi. N. W. of Pocahontas. Milton Vandergriff. Grassy, Ky. July 26 to Aug. 5. Camp. P. J. Wells, Mize, Ky. or W. H. McClure, Daysboro, Ky. Enterprise, La. July 27 to Aug. 5. Camp. T. N. Watson, Harrisonburg, La. Collinsville, Miss. Commencing July 27. Camp. Ministerial help needed. W. R. Barrel, 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, Ind. 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. Handley is S mi. E. of Ft. Worth on the T. & P. R. R. Those coming from the east get off at Handley. The meeting will be held on Bro.! Cook:'' s farm, and there is pas-ture for all who come with team. J. ook. 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 • Hartsells, Ala. Beginning Aug. 3, to Continue as long as the Lord wills. Camp. E. W. Sharp, Somerville, Ala. Tekonsha, Mich. Aug. 3- 13. Camp. B. F., Heath. Iola, S. C. Aug. S- 18. Camp. M. S. Mack. Gaston, Ind. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. T* ernaele. S. L. Speck & Co. Near Cherrytrec ( Grant P. 0.), Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Ea. Wetzel, Burma Pa. or J. B. Arble, Cushereek, Indi Co., Pa. Jordan Harbor, Ont., Canada. ping Aug. 30. Camp. Let everybody wants tents order at once, stating David II. Moyer, Vineland, Ont. Violet Hill, Ark. Beginning Sept. 1.1 Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, 1 Okla. Calvert, Miss. Sept. 0- 17. Grove. On -. 1! H. A. Johnson's farm. This place is in Kemper Co., about 25 mi. N. W. of Merid-ian, Miss. H. A. Johnson, or E. M. Mayo, Calvert, Miss. Welcome, Vernon Parish, La. Sept. 745: Camp. Willie II. Jackson, Simp-son, La. Millville, Tenn. Beginning Sept. Assembly. Samuel L. Ford. Hinkle, Tenn. Sept. 25. Grove. Sam:,. uci Ford, Millville, Tenn. Ft. Meade, Fla. Oct. 7- 17. A. J. Poulson. Obituary. Glean, N. Ya HARDY.- Maria Hardy was born ( W.._ 10, 1825; died June S, 1900. She wog united in marriage to Orange S. Hardt. April 6, 1844. To them were born six dren, three of whom survive. She in earki: life was converted, joined the Baptist sect.* and lived a sinning and. repenting life until in the year 1890, when husband and myselfH• had the privilege of spending the winter with her and by reading the word of God 10 her and explaining it she began to inquire into the deep things of God and began read The Gospel Trumpet and tracts she often said we could not live withtl* them, as they were such comfort to 1190' Having accepted the Bible way, she rejoic.. to know it was possible for her to live less life. She never heard a sermon on one church or purity of heart, but just to God at his word. At last she clasped hands and said, " 0 Lord, thy will done." Her daughter says she lived Christian life. May God in his infirk. mercy convict and save her loved ones 1 behind, is the prayer of my heart. Mrs. Fred Hardy:,:' Aug. 16. ferable, and will be available for continuous passage only, no stop- over being allowed. 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Why Are You Not A Christian? 132. Have Faith in God. 133. A Friend to the Friendless. 131. Masonic Mysteries. - * The Great Tobacco Sin. Poison, Tobacco as an Evil. Parable of the Tobacco Seed. Novel- Reading. Gospel Giving. A Message from God unto Thee. Words of Love to Girls. Opium. 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 Coaversion. 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 17% c. 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 - - - no. The Last Dispensation 5c. The Church of God - 5c. Duty of Parents - 5c. Bible Humility - - - Sc. The Church of God ( German) 5c. The Prayer of Faith ( German) - 10c. 136. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 149. 150. 151. pacThose ceo nn tanii nti ighzeomf tehne. aboevdewtr awo / srmun il baetr 6e0dc3. - 1,5rt. inclusive Sam le Pack. seAll s% P4nc leone la rger size would be $ 1.00 for the whole lot To introduce and help the sale of these 50c. tracts, we will send a pack containing all the above mentioned tracts to any address, postage paid, fa. expect these tracts to go rapidly. We may be out of sonic kinds before this offer expires. Order at once. Address Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co., Moundsville, W. Va., U. S. A. The Gener ET, IN G. 1 = 129 00. CCent` Camp- meeting of the Church of the livin g God will be held 4 mi. south of Burket, Ind. and 7 mi. southwest of Claypool, hid., on the banks of Yellow Lake. The Apostolic Gospel of Full Salvation will be presented. Prophecy and Revelation, Divine Healing, Unity of Th Believers, and other Bible subjects of interest will be taught. This meeting is anti- sectarian. GENERAL INVITATION IS GB' EN TO ALL. Reduced Rotes of I Second. When you purchase a ticket request the agent to give you a printed cer- One and One- Third Fare have been granted by the Central Passenger Association, comprising the railroads in general in Ow following states: Michigan ( S. Peninsula), Indiana, Ohio, the south-western portion of Ontario, the northwest-lug portion of Pennsylvania and the adjoin-mg corner of New York, and that portion of Illinois lying east of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. titicate of the standard fmta, properly filled out and signed by himself, showing that you have purchased ticket, etc. This is abso-lutely necessary, in order to secure reduced rates on the return journey. No refund of fare can be expected because of failure to obtain certificate. Third. These certificates must be brought to the meeting and given to the secretary or clerk of meeting when called for. After they have been signed by secre-tary and also by the special agent appointed by the Railway Association they will be re-turned to you. The special agent will sign on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Fourth. Tickets for the return journey will be sold at one- third the first- class lim-ited fare, provided the following conditions are 04: namely ( 1) That the certificates were procured not more than three days before nor more than two clays after' the first day of meeting; ( 2) That there have been in attendance at the meeting not less than one hundred persons holding standard: certificates, and that these certificates ha'e been signed by the secretary and agent4 stated above; ( 3) That certificates are pie; sentecl for the return purchase of tick** Claypool within three clays after the ; list day of meeting. - Fifth. ' These certificates are not trans 1, Eatables and necessary provisions for the table can be procured on the grounds. 2. A boarding- house and sleeping, apart-ments have been arranged to aid in caring for the people. 3. Do not stay away from the meeting because you are poor. It is not a place to put on style, but " all things common." 4. Do not stay away because you are rich, as there will be needy ones to look after, both spiritually and temporally. 5. Do not stay away because you are un-saved, if you desire salvation; for God will be there in saving power. , 6. Do not stay away because you are ' sick, if you have faith to believe the word of God; for he will be there in heal-mg power. 7. If you are in need of any of the gifts of the Spirit, or an advance or increase of akin, or in fact, help from God on any line, he will be there to " supply all your needs according to his riches in glory." 8. If you have a tent or can rent one, bring it along, and as much as possible pre-pare to care for yourself, as there will be a great number of people to look after, and. ca • e for during the meeting. 9. H convenient, bring a straw- tick and. sufficient covering to make yourself com-fortable. 10. Those who are unable to care for themselves will be cared for in the name of the Lord. 11. Under the heading of " Reduced Rates," above, we give the territory over which rates have been granted. If yon live beyond the limit of territory, purchase your ticket to the nearest point within the limits of territory given. If reduced rates have not been granted for the territory through which you travel, procure certificates any-way, as it will assist in making up the re= quired number of one hundred holders of certificates. 12. A very convenient Bus Line will run to and from the Camp Ground. The fare for the round trip will be 40e. All hand grins will be hauled free- Trunks will be carried as one passenger. For further in-formation write S. L. Speck, Burket, Md. Read Carefully the Following. First. You must procure a full- fare first- class ticket ( limited or unlimited) to Claypool, Ind., the price of sante being not less than seventy- five cents. if you can not get a through ticket at starting- point, pur-chase one to the nearest point where such through ticket can be obtained, and there purchase through ticket. Claypool is on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Persons coming from any direction must, without exception, purchase ticket to - Claypool. ine Healing. ! wile- d - By the L. ord.. ago : Or littletatey - was eve" cold ,, aid ctingitiagt - Ewa-. Whdkezing her -• at laitkoneked to ' liektilter.. She t Wo400k hei., lo the Lord in yert , andi wry to his name' he ' lier in aa. short time, - and She is Ir, eato- day, and did not take the poison-one medicines that the doctors give. Wq .- are trusting Jesus for our healer. Pisalis name! X. F. and M. M. Epps.. 46: 94,#: grset,_ Iploa. Healed of Rheumatism. I promised God last winter that if he w ouulldd heal me of rheumatism, I would make it known through the Trumpet. Glory to God for such a wonderful salvation. It has reached even me. Halleluiah! " My soul shall make her boast in the . Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad."— Ps. 34: 2. " 0 taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him." = Ps. 34: 8. I have been trusting the Ibrd for seventeen years, and only once in that time did I yield to the threats of skeptics to have a doctor, but I would not take medicine. It pays to trust in the promises of God. I often feel sad to see those that profess to be Chris-tians, trusting ill everything else but G id.' I have passed through many trials, ' but when I keep very near the laird I can always feel his loving arm taiderneath, , bearing me up. Bless his name? I ask all who read this to pray that I may always do those things that please Goth Mary W. Moyer. Vineland, Ontario, Nay O. ■ Healed of a Spider Bite. gain ' Praising God for salvationthat keeps us free from sin. I am l eaf precious lessons every day. I am prais ing God for his healing power; for he heads us both soul and body. Last fall I was healed of a, spider bite. I suffered severely for about two hours, then, it seemed to- naq. -- that I was swollen twice as large as nay natural size: bat I was not; it was the poison that had gone through my body. Satan tried to make me believe I was bound to die, and I had better send for a doctor, but in the name of Jesus I bid him depart, and I was healed in answer to prayer. Halleluiah! Praise the clear Lord! for his tender mercy has been extended unto us many times when everything seemed to be against us. Jesus is ever ready to help us in every time of need if we will only trust him. Blessed be ' the name of Jesus. We are praying God to send some gospel wonkers here. I am satis-fied with Jesus. Hie'salvation is com-plete. Pray for ini. , Rhoda Howard. Elmore, Ind. T. Healed of a Burn. The dear Lord has saved me from all sin and keeps me saved all the time and heals me when I am sick. A. few weeks ago I was carrying out a kettle of hot lye and spilled some on one of my feet. I went into the house and took m• y shoe off as quick as I could, and there was a space burnt about two inches long. The skin was ready to come off. I got a cotton rag and tied it up and then went to the Lord with it for a few minutes. It was just eleven o'clock and I had to dinner. By the time I got dinner. y- foot hurt me so bad I could not walk_ on it, and had to use a crutch. In tvr:. hours the whole top of my foot was red as fire, but I kept pleading with 44 dear Lord to stop the burning, and' knew he wenid do. it. By evening was left , egvi One• blister as large: half- dollar, but ' before bedtime 1st w deal-souls shun account et. ,3"- bold-ness to assert that, alliny,. 4; 11ealragyras. o God, and think I talk - upe doctrine: but wilt testify-, hie: ness while I live; for I pearl of great price and teen a telling it. Annie lite Orehill, Pa., June 4. Healed of Hoeft... I: road*, . • W ' it was Jesus, ; ties speak of. e ' go precious to my recently raised me d sickness of complicated t troubled me so much I ehels and Grover, and hhe name of the Lord, - me ' up so I coi. eld. work I overdid and the dear the disease to come back. Meriga,. called to see me. I told m I would like to be anointed again. God gave me victory, but I could not hold it. Those heart spells would come In spiteof all I could do. Believing God had' gotten through with me here I could not exercise faith for healing. The dear saints of this place and at the camp-ground held on to the Lord for my heal-ing. I still continued having heart spells, in which it would seem that I was dying. On the 21st of May I had a hard spell. Thinking that I could not live through another, I went down on my knees to my God. I felt no strength of nalself in the sight of my Lord and realized ray littleness before him. I was perfectly submissive to his will in all • things; if he were ready to take me, I eould only say amen. After talking to jesns I returned to my chair with very little strength. A neighbor lady came in to see me. While talking to her the 401ti - LOTC1 touched my body with his -. healing- power. Praise his dear name! * AO happy. I asked this neighbor " wise the Lord. She looked at me gely and left my room. I went out t- ain_ ert., 014 another that I was healed. She smidj" " I Triter it." After two days I () died an anointed handkerchief and reaappld to ray afflicted body, and I haste b: een, able to go about my house-worfre: glifer9tRd all the praise. It is only` threqh; the prayers of the saints and the mercy ' of the dear Lord that I DECEPTION. BY YDINTWAR CRITES. zi ad world- is full of deception. r•-` f- evil men and seducers shall wax - we- and worse, deceiving, and be-ing deceived.'"- 2 Tim. 3: 13. Some are, po'l} linded by the god of this world, ` that t1- 1Wy tell in the world is getting , better; but God's word does not agree ill So '` let God be true, but every sa; Tats.", They call our attention flue Many different organizations of called Christians, and the vast ti ers that assemble in the costly tares, or modern synagogues. They say they are " rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing"; they l;` n © ,; not that they are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and na- _*. 9a, _ Rev. 3: 17. Many never see their itered• af aTists because the preacher with gold' chain, and other 4-,: 1: 4: 44e tofoils, told them if they would rd and join his church, he iron14- tit t„ heir nam es down on his class- : 1344i*” a 1 gtv right hand of along with tr tooot thrbi road a tal kkt 0;, 4v 1,, tQt required to sins' to join his ' ay an,- go; to the- dance, the the show, fairs, and fes- - other worldly amusement. fth 915ind of preachers not long base- ball game, lawyers, dressed r'bright colors, were e terity; and these heir approval, not nce, but by taking lz:, a, nd acting as judges. theme prophets ran, but t o ektpito them yet; they f`.::' Oey say unto every one that walketh after the imaginati of his own heart, No evil shall co upon you." 0 God, awaken these deceivers,-- possible, to the awful calamity that:- soon to overtake them, if they do repent and forsake their evil wayl,„ has pronounced a woe upon such and " the anger of the Lord shalt. return, until he has executed, and he has . performed the thoughts of heart."— Jer. 23: 20. " For both et and priest are profane; yea, i house [ or professed church] have I folk their wickedness, saith the Lord.. " Can any hide himself in secret plea that I shall not see him? saith the Lo Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Lord. I have heard what the prophe said, that prophesy lies in my name. . . How long shall this be in the h of the prophets that prophesy it Yeat, h eyy prophets of the de it their own heart; which think to my people to forget my name by th dreams which they tell every mart to h neighbor, as their fathers have forgot my name for Baal. The prophet that bath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let hint speak ray,. word faithfully. What is the chaff to' -; the wheat? saith the Lorda" The Lord says he is against those prophets that cause the people to err by their lies, and by their lightness. He says he sent them not, neither commanded them;„ therefore they shall not profit this peo-ple at all, saith the Lord. Then, dear readers, some of you had better begin to search God's word to see if your preacher is teaching the truth faith-fully, or whether he is merely relatin some pleasant dream of the future, which he tries to make you believe YOU go to heaven without keeping the cc mandments of the Lord. This class preachers will tell you it is impossible to'. live free from sin, but believe them no they are deceivers; for God's word sa y " Ye must be born again." " Old things [ sins] are passed away," and " Whos ever is born of God doth not commi sin."- 1 Jno. 3: 9. Praise God for word ! They will tell you that Chri tians do not have any persecutions no days. No doubt this kind do Lot; for they are compromising with the devil;- and while lie is , the author of all perse*: cation, it is not likely he would perseeut his friends. For truly he has no such good friends as the false preacher, and none who will bring him such number to the bottomless pit. For " if the blin lead the blind, both shall fall into tb ditch." 0 false prophet, stop lo enough to consider that it you go on your own way, taking with you tho sands of precious souls, their cries an curses will haunt you through all- eternitya Yea, you assured them they were right, and at the same time they we deceived. You know if you had requi them to meet the conditions of God word, not so many would nave join your church. Remember how bit your cup will be, when God requir these souls at your hand. See Ezek. 8 You may daub them over with ant pered mortar, and cry, " Peace, peac when there is no peace," and pl many of them with smooth sayings tickle the ear, but when the fires of e nity begin to burn, then your flatter and smooth sayings will prove curses, n only to yourself, but to your liste Oh, may God help you to awake to duty, and help you to warn the peo to flee the wrath to come. For ice ye repent and forsake your evil way " ye shall all likewise perish." God no respecter of persons. It will not ma ter to him whether you dwell in a pa! or in a hovel; if you do not forsake yoi sins and live a holy life, you will a to the bottomless pit," where their dieth not, and the lire is not quench " What weeping and wailing, Such anguish was never known What stout hearts were failing, While facing the judgment throttle. gorie,,, as good a ni did. The nex 2; F- es thanking: t rep aui Kingston, Oregon. The Lord My Deliverer. God has saved: • i feet on t,. 1.10 OM re picked niecintOf: tt?,! z gave Sze this. Plias& his dear P.: 0443- 4 ra343- Y ,41' d the children of the of Ole living Goel,:- au times he afflicted; sole e wi d my but I walk within. I en my foot'ow so fall the soreness WO - gone and1 I .. a little tender. I walked into the ititoUn an praising God acrd told my hifebitnd thia„ - 401*, 3. my foot_ Wask not a bit sore. He aitonished— that he never said a WOT fox he- had seen my foot the night before and knew mow bad it was burned. I just give, q. pd all the glory. Oh, I ant-so glad the dear Lord let me live until I` learned how to take him for my physi-cian for both soul and body. He is my all and in all. Praise his holy name! I ask an interest in the prayers of all God's Children that I may ever be kept humble and low down in humility, al-ways ready to do anything the dear Lord wants me to do. Praise his name? Lizzie King. It is thirteen years since I was first saved, and for eight years I belonged to the Methodist sect. Seeing the confu7 sion in the churches I almost gave up that there was any such thing as a Christian life any more, and I thought I could live better out of th3 sects than- in, them.. SO I struggled along for almost three yeara; until I heard the plain gospel preach in the evening light wai- glad know that God had a people thto Wor, shiped him in spirit and iii h was just what my hung!" for I: wed it gladly led and out clear of all O d I de& rejoin.° in my soul that I Nisi- ei found the raiih once delivered to theSiints. At the time accepted the evening light• as a wreck, sei` i kb. diffrent- am made whale. Amen. a I was scarcely able to Mrs. Susan Smith. as I learned to trust for m' Orand funotion,, vich. diSeAses Otelyv; orie disa aft became healthier than fee -- pars. I have had many . I hid ,110iplithgia and other a-cute diseases, but the lint healed. all in. answer to prayek. I _ int taken g dose a me: Ea* - for Years, aii* the teirCk= hixityin me a sweet healthy baby that- ifss ItteN a year old. I was delivered witheni . any painet vait, where the . livehirtlis before Were almost death to me and doctets said I ad: UM never go through another. Butt praise. the Lord! I had real victory over: sllthe powers of darkness, and was without a doctor or any means, as others can testify I op all the glory 0 deafOateri, age. Jeans l. e, even what has bet... int: O.- 4; a of sickness: many in
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 20:26 |
Published Date | 1900-07-05 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 26 |
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 | sk\ • TI ON • OIENESS IN C. 1- 05t, IterA So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. Jer. 32: 39. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31. VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900. NUMBER 26 sinner, escape from the wrath to come. Unless you harken to the voice of God, you are ruined for time and eternity; you are doomed to everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. It makes no . difference how good you may think you are, except you repent you shall likewise perish. Beloved, you may even be a loud professor of religion and be considered a number- one man among your friends and neighbors. You may pay your honest debts and pay the preach-er so much every year. And yet you may be a wretched sinner. Oh, it means everything to be right with God. Un-less you love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and_ stren gth, and your neigh bor as yourself ( Luke 10: 25- 28) you have no promise of life anywhere ' in. God's word. If you want life, you must for-sake your way, no matter how pleasant it may seem to you. God knows what is best for you. God knows that your sin-fulness is dragging you down to hell. You may choose life or death. God does not force you to take his way. He simply lays out his way before you, and if you do not take it and are lost, it is not God's fault. REPENT. Rept nt means to be sorry, to be really pained for sin as a violation of God's holy law. This is a godly sorrow, which by the apostle is defined in. 2 Cor. 7: 10 as sorrow which " worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of." The word " repent" is also used in a sense of a change of mind, a turning back. To be sorry for sin without turning away from it is not true repentance. To re-pent with godly sorrow brings the soul to the cross, where confession is made and mercy implored. This is the first commandment that God has given to the world through Jesus. John the Baptist had been warning the people of Judea of the near approach of Jesus, and com-manded them to repent. Repent. ye and believe the gospel. The disciples when sent out to preach, both before and after Pentecost, sounded forth the command-ment: " Repent." The Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul, makes it very plain that God " now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." - Acts 17: 30. WHEN SHALL WE REPENT? Behold, now is the accepted- time; behold, now is the day of salvation." You have no promise for to- morrow. " To- day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts." How shall you es-cape if you neglect this salvation? Sad to say, you are upon the verge of hell. Oh, repent and believe the gospel. RESTITUTION. " If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neigh - 1 or in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing tak-en away by violence, or bath deceived his neighbor; or: ha- vefound that which is lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or Oat which was delivered him to keep, or the Unfit For Service. One night, ' twas a Saturday evening, I sat alone in my room, - Watching the fading daylight And the steadily gathering gloom. And I longed and watched for an op'ning, A word for my Master to say, Ere the twilight gave place to the darkness And the week had cleared away. I knew that there had been moments Afforded me through the week When I might have witnessed for Jesus, But I hadn't the heart to speak. And now, when I would have spoken, The privilege was denied. So I went in my sorrow to Jesus, And " Why is this?" I cried, AhI the Master knew all about it So he said- and I knew It was right- The tool is too blunt for service, I can not use it to- night. The shaft to be used must be polished, Must be hid in the Master's hand. The arrow, while hid in the quiver, Must be sharpened to perform his command. Then polish and sharpen me, Master, Tho' painful the process may be, . And make me an instrument fitted To be used any moment by thee. - Florence A. Newman. " Seek the Lord While He May Be Found." BY NEI. LIE BALL. 4C EEK be" found, call ye upon him Nvhile he is near. "- Iva. Beloved, you see here you must both seek and call. But you ask: how ( elle I seek and call? God answers in the next v r e: " Let the wicked forsake his wa y, and the unright-eous man his thou , ghts; and let him re-turn unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our CrOd, for be will abundantly pardon. • ' First, You Must forsake your way and he willing to take God's Nvay. This is where so Many poor sinners make sad mistakes and stop seeking. They are not willing for God's will to be done instead of their own. t you must give up your Your way is corrupt. You are a poor and wretched sinner be-lore God. Your heart is full of sin. Your whole burl y is depraved by sin and sinful appetites. Your life is not pleas-ing to Gad. You enjoy pleasures only for a moment, and then they vanish away. Your life is full of destruction and misery, both to yourself and to those around you. You have broken the hearts of your dear ones and brought them to the grave in sorrow. By sen-sual debauchery V(. 0 have disgraced your-self and family. Sinner friend, you dare not deny these facts. You may say that you are not guilty of all these sins, and that you are a good moral man or woman. N o mat-ter; if you are guilty of none of these that have been mentioned, you are guilty of the blood of Jesus, and you are condemned before God as long as you 2:.: a- re disobedient and do not repent. You never be justified before God as long as you rebel against him. " To him that noweth to do good, and doeth it not, to it is sin." " From the sole of the mot even unto the head there is no Soundness in it; but wounds and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment."- Isa. 1: 6. In this verse your whole moral being is decribed. The only chance for your life is to turn and forsake your way. 0 lost thing which he found, or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth in the day of his trespass- Offering."- Lev. 6: 2- 5. " Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had rob-bed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; Ile shall surely live, he shall not die."• Ezek. 33: 14, 15,. In Luke 1.9: 8 we have an example of true restitution. This man was willing to do anything to meet the demand of justice and be right With God and man. Resti-tution must be made before a soul can be right with God ( that is as far as pos-sible). MUST WE FORGIVE? " For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also . forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father for-give your trespasses." You must forgive them if you want God to forgive you-even those who were your bitterest ene-mies. You must forgive them and " love your enemy." It is utterly impossible for a truly saved man or woman to hold a grudge against any one, although some neighbor has cruelly treated you- possi-bly stole something or told some false-hood- you must forgive that person or you can. never enjoy what God has in store for his dear ones. You can never enjoy this full and free salvation unless you meet the requirements of God's eter-nal word. May God bless these truths and may some dear souls see their need of seeking God while he may be found. The Same Jesus. world."- 1 Jno. 5: 4. " Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remainetli in him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil."- 1 Jho. 3: 9, 10. " Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God."- Matt. 5: 8. " Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven isper-fect."- Matt. 5248. " Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, 0 Lord, forever."- Ps. 93: 5. Many other sMapttires prove that we can live free from sin in this life, and must live a pure and holy life here en earth in order to be admitted into heav-en; for " Jesus Christ the same yester-day, and to- day, and forever" with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning. Jesus went about doing good, preaching the gospel, raising the dead, casting out devils, healing all : manner of sicknesses and diseases. " And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and - many others, and .1, cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he haled them."- Matt. 15: 30. " Then Jesus answered and said unto her, 0 woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour."- Matt. 15: 28. " And as he was yet corn-ing the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child and delivered him to his father."- Luke 9: 42. " And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go. thy way; and as thou bast believed, so be it unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a- fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them When the even was come they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."- Matt. 8: 13- 18. The sick of the palsy were healed. See Mark 2: 3- 5. The withered hand healed. Mark 3: 5. The impotent- man healed. John 5: 5- 10. The healing of the woman who had an issue of blood. See Mark 5: 29. The ear of the servant of the high priest healed. See Luke 22: 51. Jesus gave his disciples power against unclean spirits and to heal all manner of sickness and disease. See Matt. 10: 1., " And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the- dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give."- Matt. 10: 7, 8. " And these signs shall follow them that believe: in my name shall they cast out devils.; they shall speak with new. tongues. They shall take up- serpents; and if they drink any deadly thingit shall not hurt them; they shall lay half's on the sick, and they shall recover."-- Mark 16: 17--.. 19, "' find God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: so that from his body were brought unto the sick hand-kerchiefs, or aprons, and the disgaeli. the Lord while he may be Old sinful BY PEARL M. HUDSPETH. JESUS Christ the same yesterday, and to- day, and forever."- lleb.. 13: 8. " With whom is no vaziablenessi - neither shadow of turning. "- Jas. i Some people seem to think tlfat Jesus has changed and they need not believe or' practice all the Bible;- that the day of miracles is past and that holiness and healing were only for early followers, and that we can not be holy until just before we die. But Jesus said. that we " might serve him without fear, in holi-ness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life."- Luke 1: 74, 75. " Being then made free from sin, ye be-came the servants of righteousness. . . But now being made free from ii,-, and become servants to God, ye haw. your fruit unto holiness, - and the end everlast-ing life."- Rom; 6: 18, 22. " Follow peace s with all men, and holiness, with-oat which no man shall see the Lord. "- Heb. 12: 14. " For by one offering he. hath perfected forever them that are sanctified."-- Heb. 10: 14. " And every man that bath this hope in him purifi-eth himself, even as he is pure."- 1 Jno. 3: 3. " Whosoever abideth, in him sin-neth not." 1 Jno. 3: 6. " He that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous." " He that committeth sin is of the devil."- 1 Jno. 3: 7, 8. " For what soever is born of God overcometh the THE GOSPEL TRUMpET we have always found one chief obstaellki; in that ruling passion, which is found woman in all ages, in all t ma tries, t love of dress and display. That obstae became niece formidable on the arriv of some missionary si st° 1' s dr essud a te adorned in that manner Nrhich is so pre after alent in our beloved Ittiti, teivie, 1111: itiei i land. On our meeting year's absence I beheld an appallin sight, a profusion of ornament that demon of vanity w as laying waste th not maturely considered the subject, and did not feel sure female deportment. A; 11, ;, oil ititt atIti n; eisghIhothuati ddo. take. 1- appreheni be unsupported, and perhaps opposed, by some of lay coadjutors. I confined ray efforts therefore to private exhortations, and. with but little effect. Some, out o regard for their pastor's feelings, took off their necklaces and car ornam ents be-fore they entered the chapel, tied them up in their handkerchief, and on return-ing, as soon as they were out of six stopped in the middle of the street to array themselves anew. In the meantime I was called to visit the Karens, a wild. people north of Maul-main. Little did I e.; lect there to en-counter the same enemy, in those wilds, horrid and dark with overshadowing some twelve or fifteen necklaces, of all trees. But I found he had been ther s before me. On one woman I counted colors, sizes, and materials. _ Brass hells above ankles, braids of black hair tied below the knees, rings of all sorts on the fingers, bracelets on the writs anti arms, long instruments of si quo metal perfo. rated the lower part or the ear by an im-mense aperture, reaching. nearly to the shoulders; lane] fully she ped bags in-closing the hair; not to sp,. ak of the or-namental part of their elothing— censti-tuted the sin and fashions of the fair Karenesses. The female converts' dross was not essentially different f • i• in that of their country Ivonien. I. saw t was hrouglit into a situation that precluded all retreat — that I must die. For a few nights I spent seine sleepha.: leetra considered the religion 44 rite' Lora Jesus Christ. I opunekl to 1 Tire e: d and read the words of the inspirtd apostle: " I will . . . also that moilea adorn them-selves in modest apparel, with shuttle-facedness ami sobriety; not with broid-ed hair, or E,- old, or p, • arls, ur c ) stly array." I asked myseli, " Can I bap-tize. a Karen woman in her present at-tire?" " No." " Can I refrain from en-forcing the prohibition of the apostle?" " Not without betraying the trust I have received from him." Again I considered the question concerned not the Karens only, but the whole Christian world; that a single step would lead me in a long and perilous way; that its decision would involve a train of unknown conse-quences. I considered the state of the public mind at ho: ne. _ Bat " What is that to thee? follow thou me" was the Continual response, and lveighed mole than all. I renewedly offered myself to Christ and prayed for strength to go for-ward in the path of duty, come life or supported or deserted. Soon come death; come or reproach; after coming to this resolution, a Karen woman offered herself for bap-tism. I inquired if shweo1u1 give up her ornaments for Christ. It was an unexpected blow! I explained the spirit of the gospel. I appealed to her own consciousness of vanity. I read her the apostle's prohibition. She looked again and again at her handsome neeklace— she wore but one sion that ! would:_ tthdeori rnwbith aa air of deci-adornment , any of mycZtile' el sall \ e" vathr( el honor of addressing, she quietly too:: it this." The news began to spread. The off, saying, " I love:, Christ more than Chnri. stitT zwr, oovmen made but little hesita wt ork went on. others opposed, but the v io At length the evil I most dreaded things witich their conscience approves of but which are far from the truth. The promise wee given to the disciples that they shoal " know the truth;" also, that the Bialy Spirit would guide them into all kith. Jno. 8: 32; Jno. 10: 13. These promises are yours if you are truly his disaiple. What will be the effect of knowing the truth? " Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."-- Jno. 8: 32. Will you be like the Jews who said, " We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man?"— Jno. 8: 33. Are you free? Free from the bondage of tradition and superstition? Is your faith such that you have the word of God to back you up on every point? or do you have to use the props of men to sustain you? Can we know of a certainty what is truth? Yes, Jesus said, " If any man will to do his will, he shall knew of the doctrine. "— Jno. 7: 17. Are you will-ing? The promise- is to such. Do you want the truth? Then be willing to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, living in perfect obedience to all his command-ments, and. you shall have it. departed from them, and the evil spirits Vent out of them."— Acts 19: 11, 12. " And it came to pass that the father of / Pubria. # lay sick of a fever anal of a ,: bfeaidy flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands en him, - and holed , him. So when this was clone, Others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed."— Ads 28' i8 9. " Paul healeth a cripple." See Ants' 14: 8- 10. " Is any among you Afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let: him sing psalms. Is any sick among you!? let him call for the elders of the - and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save— the sick, and the Lord shall raise ilaine up, and if he have committed, sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye iiiay be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a right-eous man availeth much. "— Jas. 5: 13- 17. pod. healed : his people before Christ's advent into the world. The. Father and Son are one, and Jesus is not a dead Savior, but a living Savior who still pos-sesses the same power that he did while he was heie - n earth. So he is " Jesus Christ the me yesterday, and to- day, - and forever." " With whom is no vari-ableness neither shadow of turning." " Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."— Ps. 103: 3. God healed Ilezekiah. 2 Kings 20: 5. God healed his people. See 2 Chron. 7: 14. " So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wile and his maicIservants."— Genesis 20: 17. Having proved divine healing to be the word of God, also holiness to be the word of God, if not believed and prac-ticed how can people profess to be Chris-tians when they utterly deny- and ignore the same, when Jesus says, " Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"?— Matt. 4: 4. " But the word of the Lord enclureth forever."- 1 Pet. 1: 12, i5. It matters not what people say or*. " Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmi-ties; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."— Feb. 4: 14- 16. Let us not limit God's power. " For with God nothing shall be impossible." — Luke 1: 37. " Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to- day, And forever." " With whom is no vari-ableness neither shadow of turning." A fetter.- standing of Child and his teachings is therefore essential in order to have a knowledge df the truth; for erroneous ideas of - Christ will cause wrong concep-tions or the truth. Ofttimes early influ-ences and teachings are the cause of wrong ideas of the character and teach-ings of Christ, and hence a source of ig-norance concerning what is truth. This being so, it follows that we must be sure that what we already know, or rather think we know, be correct, in order to make right progress in our search after truth. - If we accept - the premise that Christ is the foundation stone of all truth, it would be folly for us to expect to grow in the knowledge of the truth unless we accepted and followed his pre-cepts and example; for to do otherwise would he certain to lead us into error. Many seem to think that it makes no difference what a man believes so long as he is honest in his belief, but such an opinion can come only from those who are thoughtless; for what we believe influences our lives and future welfare for good or evil according as our belief is truth or error. The heathen who though he is honest believes in his gods of stone and worships and sacrifices to them is not benefited by his belief; but rather it is his belief that adds to his misery and unhappiness through fear of the wrath of his gods upon him. One who is honest in his belief but still fanat-ical is not benefited by it; neither is he of any benefit to others, but rather a detriment, ofteh drawing others into the same error with himself. The man who drinks a deadly poison honestly thinking it water is not benefited be-cause he is honest, but must suffer the consequences the same as one who drinks it knowingly. Hence it is all-important that we know the truth. As we can not expect to know those things pertaining to higher mathematics until we have first learned the rudi-ments, neither can we expect to know the deeper things of the Spirit until we have first learned the first principles of the spiritual life. When we have found Christ, " The Truth" as our personal Savior we are then in a position to ad-vance in truth and have that experience which the Psalmist spoke of, the " truth in the inward parts." It is vain to imagine that we shall ever make progress along this line unless we first become possessors of him ti, ho is " the truth." When we come into possession of him, many times early teaching, tradition, etc., must' be cast aside; for if allowed to remain, advancement is very slow. In this day especially there is much to% unlearn, if we may be allowed to use sea an expression. It is a common fallacy that if mankind be guided by their conscience they will be unlikely to stray far from the truth. This fallacy comes through a lack of understanding as to what the conscience is. That which we call conscience has no power of thought and can not of itself reason with regard to what is right or wrong. Conscience is merely feeling, and is directed by the reason; hence it follows that if the reason be directed aright in the line of truth, the conscience will be also. If that we have learned be truth, our conscience will follow the truth; and if error, it will likewise follow that. To prove this let us illustrate. The poor heathen who worships his gods of wood and stone, should he fail to attend to duties as he has been taught them, would be lashed by his conscience. 3314- / train-ing and teaching have been such that he - considers it right to do that which others could not do, even though heathens. The Roman Catholic does many things his conscience would trouble him for leaving undone, which the Protestant could not do. Why is this? The con-science in each case , is all right, but has not been directed, ; aright in all. COIL-science then is na always a sure guide to truth; for we Innst- see that multi-tudes have been: snit are doing ) nany BY M. ELLA SAINT. E all probably know something of the pioneer missionary . Adoeiram Judson, who preached the gospel in re-gions beyond. There are a number of incidents in his life which have made a deep impression on my mind, and my heart thrills with delight as I realize more and more that our God is the same at all times and leads in the same holy way, by the same precious Teacher, that is given to - all men, in all ages, alike, for the asking— the same yesterday, to - day, and forever. Praise his dear name for-ever! When Judson crossed the ocean the Holy Spirit asked him in what way he was going to baptize the heathen con-verts the Lord had promised him. He had been taught that sprinkling was right. He did not get any rest till he studied the question pro and con for months with a determination to follow the light as it came, let it cost what it would. There was but one conclusion he'could come to, and that was that the Word taught only one way, and that was baptism by immersion. When this truth Came to him and his dear wife who was with him and who had been his zealous companion in his researches, it was a bitter trial to both, as they had hoped the contrary. It meant giving up their reputation in the foreign home, renounc-ing their salary, and the society that sent them out, and going in paths they knew not of, in a strange land. Yet their hearts were in the Lord's hands, and he prevailed, and they promised to follow faithfully all the way. Their hearts ached and were and de sail many, many times, as their friends in the dear home land forsook, reproached, and misunder-stood them. " But the Healer was there, and his arms were around, and he led with tenderest care." It was wonderful how the Lord trans-formed a life that at one time sought only the plaudits of men. Now Judson sought only to be little and unknown. After years, when the Lord had done such wonderful things through him, and had vindicated his own, his friends voted Infer on him the title of D. D. He wrotili back thanking them for the in-tended kindness, but said he could. not accept the honor. Charity seeks nothing of men. One letter especially that he wrote back to America I believe will be blessed of the Holy Spirit if reprinted. " Ye should earnestly contend for the faith whieh was once delivered unto the saints. Dear Sisters in Christ: In raising up a church in this heathen land, and in laboring to raise the female converts to the standard of the gospel, TRUTH. BY WILLIA\ i ROWLEY. 4i . WHAT is truth?" Pilate asked but yv would not stay for an answer. Many to- day are asking the same ques-tion. The world has the strange sight before it Of various bodies of people all possessing one Book which they claim is their guide, and by which they form dis-ciplines, and yet all differing to some ex-tent in their belief and practice. Each one of these bodies claims to possess the truth and to be living in accordance with the teaching of this one Book. To any candid - mind it is plain to be seen that all can not be right and still hold to differ-ent views. There can be little doubt but all in some degree possess truth, though it be mixed with error, but the ques-tion - Crimes: Are any of them right in all that they believe? Should there be one who possesses truth unmixed with error, how are we to know? How discern be-tween. truth and error? Jesus speaking of himself said, " I am the the truth, and the life."— Jno. In order to know the truth then, we1 :* st know him; for he is the founda-tioaittne of all truth, A correct under-me THE ,00 RE, upon me. Some of the Karen men had been to Maulmain and seen what I wished they had not; and one day when we were discussing the subject of ornaments, one of the Christian men said that he bad seen at Maulmain one of the great female teachers wearing a string of gold beads around her neck. Was it not a bard case? However, though cast down, I was not destroyed. I maintained the warfare as well as I could, and when I left those parts the female converts were, generally speaking, arrayed in modest apparel. On arriving at Maulmain partially re-covering from a fever : I had contracted in the Raren woods, the first thing I did was to crawl out to the house of the pat-roness of the gold necklace. To her I related my adventures and described my grief. With. what ease and truth could that sister , say, notwithstanding this necklace, " I dress more plainly than most ministers' wives and professors of religion. This necklace is the only orna-ment I wear; it was. given to me when quite a child by a dear mother I. never expect to see again, and she begged ' me never to part with it, but to wear it as a memorial of her." To the honor of my sister be it recorded, that as soon as she understood the merits of the case and the mischief done by the example, off went the necklace, and she gave decided proof that she loved Christ more than father or mother, and yet nothing can reall y be done, and why? because your sisters and daughters are constantly com-ing to take the place of those that are removed b y death and to occupy HUM-heriess stations still unoccupied. The female convetts will run around them and when they see the geld, the beads, chains, and rings, etc., they will cast a reproachful triumphant glanee at their old teachers and hasten to reload their arms, necks, and ankles. SO Volt see, tkar sisters, by your exoni-authority, that, you had aklorned your-selves with and pearls and costly attire" cherishing sell- lave, vanity, mid pride? Or will von wish you had uteed the world. lived a. lire of selfs tekee nit the cross daily and fol-lowed hint. " ts you will then wish you Lad done do 1: ow. Your it.!, ate brother in Christ, A. Judson. / Safi. Are 1. ft Athirst? By Not: A bt: 14 1 :: r 1' 4) 1.16E. ever ene t thirstetle conic ye waters, and he that hath no money ; come ye, bu y , and eat; yea, come, buy wine mat inn without money and without price."— Isa. 53: 1. But, Lord, I am so sinful; or, I have come before, but did not prove : faithful to you. " Come now, and let us reason together, saith the lord: thort a h your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as White as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, v • shall eat the good of the land: but if ve refuse anti rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword."— Isa. 1: 18- 20. What shall the thristy one do in order to come? " Seek ye the Lord while he may be - found, call ye upon him while he is neaa"— Isa. 55: G. For " 1 said not un-to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain." ( Isa. 45". 19); but `.. Seek ye me, and ye shall live."— Amos 5: 4. " Seek, and ye shall find."— Luke 11: 9. Also, " Whosoever shall call upon the name- of the Lord shall be saVed.'!— Eom. 10: 13. To begin seeking the Lord, first, - 1,4 the wicked forsake his way, and the un-- righteous man. his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."— Isa. 55: 7. One must first become tired enough of sin. to forsake it forever, and take a stand against it. Then he can come to the Lord, who is waiting to abundantly pardon, and confess them. And, " If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."- 1 Jno. 1: 9. Here is the testimony of David, who did this—" I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgression unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin."— Ps. 32: 5. There are many living witnesses to- day, who can testify the same thing. Praise our God! " The sacrifices of God are a brok-en spirit: a broken spirit and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt• not despise." — Ps. 51: 17. Now harken to the invitations. " And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And who-soever will, let him take the water of life freely. "— Rev. 22: 17. " In_ the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink." — Jim. 7: 37. " Whosoever drinketh of the water that I 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."— J no. 1: 11. " And. Jesus said unto them, I mn the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. . . . And him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. "— Jno. 6 : 35- 37. Further words of the Savior—" Come unto me, all ve that labor and are heavy laden, Out of Darkness Into Light. BY CHAS. JENNER. I HATE long desired to write and thank God for the beautiful Holy Ghost teachings of The Gospel Trumpet. It has been the means in God's hands by the blessed Holy Spirit of leading me into all truth, bringing to light the hid-den things of God, making the rough way plain, and the crooked way straight, keeping me out of devil's doctrines, ena-bling me to live a holy life; and, last but best of all, making me perfect in love. I do praise God with my whole heart that the teaching of the whole glorious gospel is so plain that a way-faring man though a fool need not err therein. Praise the Lord! I met a brother while yet I was a member of Booth's Army, who revealed to me the glorious church of God, the church that Christ loved and gave him, self for, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and wit bout btpulL ish, for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. I immerli-: ately left the Salvation. Army, and nay What Would Jesus Do? From the " Chicago Inter Ocean." A S Mr. Sheldon has undertaken to I I- tell the editor what Jesus would do, or would not do, if he were an editor, it may not be amiss for an editor to tell him what Jesus would do, or would not do, if he ‘ aere a minister. If Jesus were a minister, he would never accept money for teaching men the way of life and salvation. Least of all would he hire himself out by the year to a society, and bind himself to preach certain doctrines at certain times and places, instead of keeping himself free to follow the leadings of the divine Spirit in all things. He would never hire himself out to preach to a wealthy and fashion-able society, and then in order to gratify those who paid his salary, preach an emasculated, gospel. He would tell them plainly that it was easier for a shad to climb a tree than for certain of his par-ishioners to get to heaven. Of course Jesus would never change one field for another simply because he might be offered a larger salary. If Jesus were a minister, he not only would not be engaged in any money-making schemes, but he would not seek to acquire competency nor to own his own home. He would act on the principle that if he became so absorbed in doing good that he forgot himself he would be miraculously provided for. If Jesus were a minister, He would not preach many set sermons. His time this far- distant, land. The eye of Christ vou. I > oath is hastening to strip vt tl Of your ornaments, and to turn your forms into dust. We_ shall all soon ap-pear before the juagment seat of Christ. When placed heft tre t hat awful bar what peated invitations and promises, oan any course will you then wish you had taken? dear, hungry, thirsty soul find a reason Will y ou Nvish then, in defiance of his for not coming? Can any feel that they are excluded— that salvation is for others, but not for them? Ali, no, dear ones, come; for, " He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make inter-cession for them." Ileb. 7: 25. Praise our God! Come, eat, and let your soul delight itself in. fatness. lsa. 55: 2. pie you spread the poison vanity through 1 and I will give you rest. Take my yoke all the rivers, mc ■ untains. and wilds of upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and. my burden is light."— Matt. 11: 28- 30. In the face of so many broad and re-would be entirely taken up in works of practical charity, and his teaching would be merely the framework of his deeds of love to suffering humanity. When Jesus preached he would not preach on the moral influence of railroads, nor on the Bacon- Shakespeare controversy, nor on the. necessity of the free coinage of silver. He would never turn aside from the vital truths of religion merely to attract a crowd or to get his name in the newspa pers the next morning. If Jesus were a minister, he would dress decently and comfortably, but he would not waste a cent on fine chothing, and he would never wear jewelry. If Jesus were a minister, he would not, as soon as the weather grew warm, complain of. brain- fag and go across the ocean to European pleasure resorts, living in fri-volity, and occasionally go slumming. When Jesus wanted to renew his strength he would probably hjde himself in some desert in Arizona and pass a month in fasting and prayer. If Jesus were a minister, he would never allow anybody to call him " Reverend" or " Doctor of Divinity." He would never be a favorite with the religions classes. He would never be a pampered divinity. His deep spirituality would throw him out of touch with the average congregation of fashion, and his faithful preaching would empty pews and close church doors in every neighbor-hood where fashion does gather. - Precious Promises. BY CHAS. MELTON. E strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them; for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee."— Dent. 31: 6. " Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man. shall do unto me."— Ileb. 13: 5, 6. " The Lord is my light and my salva-tion; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? . . Though an host should en-camp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. . . . For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his taberna-cle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock."— Ps. 27: 1, 3, 5. " Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavil-ion from the strife. of . tongues."— Ps. 31: 20. " oh, fear the Lord, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hun-ger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. . . The right-eous cry, and the Lord heareth, and. de-livereth them out of all their troubles." — Ps. 34: 9, 10, 17. There are many more precious prom-ises in the word of God, but surely these are sufficient to prove to us that our God - is able and will deliver the , godly out of all their troubles, although sometimes it seems we have to pass through the fur-nace. But even that will prove a bless-ing to us if we stand firm as did the $ e brewchildren, and the presence e the, Holy One of God will be with s and bring us through without even the , smell of fire upon our garments. Praise God! .- 0 ye children of the living God, take courage. " He it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake, thee: fear not, neither be discouraged. "-- Deut. 31: 8. " Sing unto the Lord, 0 ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness; for his anger endureth but a moment, in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy corneal in the morning.''— Ps. 30: 4, 5. ` 93e of good courage; and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope In the Lord."— Ps. 31: 24. abide in the glorious church of God. L no more want to labor for filthy lucre's sake, but for the salvation of souls and for the glory of God. But now being made free from sin, and become servants of God, ye have your fruit unto holi-ness, and the end everlasting life. It is . so good to be free from sin and free from sectism, which is sin. How truly God says it is the abomination of the earth. Alas! Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. I am glad I obeyed his voice and came out of her. The servant can not condemn her more than his Master does. All her members that I have ever met say they are sin-ners; so they must do their duty to their father the devil, and be a member of the devil's body. Halleluiah! salvation and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God; for true and . right-eons are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did. cor-rupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. In my preaching from house to house I meet people who have been carrying a burden to sectism and to hireling min-isters for a long time and have not been able to be rid of it, by reason of their blindness. If the blind lead the blind, they shall both fall into the ditch. But thanks be to God, when they hear the truth in the glorious, pure, gospel of our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, their fetters fall off and he whom the Son makes free is free indeed— free ‘ 4 from the law of sin. and death. They become new creatures in Christ Jesus, all old things pass away and all things become new. Glory to God! Souls are saved and God's name is glorified. It makes us love the brethren indeed and in truth. People thank me and praise God for truth! The joy of the Lord is the strength of his people. The chil-dren of the Lord have a right to be glad and rejoice in God our Savior; for the path of the just is as a shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Glory to God! Souls are on the wing. We are living moment by moment in the glorious presence of our King, fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, already in the new Jerusalem. Glory to Godl , $ 7.4ascription price, postzge paid, * United States Canada, and Mexico, - - $ 1.00. - England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. — All Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. Business Communications, moneys, Mt., must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MouNnsviu. e, W. VA. to Insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsible. THE GOtkL TIE GOSPEL , ' TRUMPET. .: Moundsville, W. Va., July 5, 1900. WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL ... imerect at the Post- office at Ideands- one, W. Vs., as Seeoad- class Matt" E. E. 13YRU1V1, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the Batty of all true Christians M " the tadh once delivered to the saints." • Editorial. Read the tract offer on seventh page. The offer of a sample pack has been a dded. To those who have not received our catalogue we would be glad to mail one free. - We have a number of them yet on hand. Orders for our publications from Kan-sas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma should be sent to tiro. ' W. R. Duncan, Topeka, Kan. Considerable expense will be- saved on large orders, and goods Bah be received on short notice. - We call attention to the sample pack of tracts offered on seventh page, al it was omitted last week. This will ac-commodate those who wish to send a small order, consisting of all the tracts advertised. For fifty cents a copy of each of the tracts will be sent. When going. to God in prayer, remem-ber that he is, that he is love and loves you, that he is Willing that you should hate everything that is- for your good, and with you can be trusted. Remem-ber that without faith it is impossible to please him. He that wavereth need net expect anything from the Lord. LET US LABOR EARNESTLY. Now is the time to do a good work in the distribution of literature, as we are sending out tracts at half price, or less. The sale cif tracts at these rates can not always be kept up. bat we have an abundance of- them on hand which we desire to turn into means that are needed at once that the capacity' for publishing the gospel may lie enlarged yet more. There is no telling what the magnitude of this work will yet be. The pure doc trine of the Bible is not popular, but it does not need to be in order to reach every corner of the globe. Praise the Lord! God turns even the oppositions of the'devil into victories for. the truth. It is a fact that this work is rapidly spreading, not with such a mushroom growth as soon to fall into decay, like the fame of some divine healer, so call-ed', or of some quack physician whose new discovery attracts the attention of the world for a time.. God's work is not to be compared to such. " The kingdom of God cometh not with observation" neither does it continue with observation. It is not with pomp, splendor, or show, and does not engross the attention of the world: but in a silent, unseen but sure way its influences spread, and seek. out every honest soul; its waters gradually overflow the hiding- places of sin, carry-ing either victory or condemnation on its way. The spread of this reformation should not make us boast; for we have nothing of ourselves to boast of, bitt it should cause us to rejoice. In the rapid increase of his kingdom God employs his church-consisting of every saved man and man. " Ye are the light of the TABERNACLE FOR CANADA. We intend to purchase a tabernacle to be used in ' Canada. We would ask all the saints in Canada, and others that feel so disposed, to send in your mite as the Lord has prospered you. Send all money to David H. Moyer, Vineland, Ontario. FROM A CONDEMNED PRISONER. Santa Fea N. Mex. Mr. Editor: Through the kindness of Sister Eva Protzman of Lodi, Cal. a few copies of your noble paper, The Gospel Trumpet, have found their way into this prison ( Santa Fe, N. Mex.). Each copy has been met with a hearty welcome, and well read. This prison has about NO Men behind its walls. About one hundred of these men can read the Eng-lish language, and are in need of the true gosh. If any of God's . children who may read this feel that they would like to send a few copies of the Trumpet, or tracts, or any other spiritual litera-ture, to this prison, the writer will take pleasure in distributing the same. I am happy to say that I feel the effects of the many , earnest prayers that are rising daily in my behalf. I am a condemned man, and have been lying under a death sentence for over thirteen months. My case will be disposed of in August, and I need the prayers of all God's dear peo-ple. Brothers : and sisters, pray for me. I have many friends and loved ones pray-ing that it may be God's will to give me my liberty next spring. Will every one who may read this join us in this prayer, and always close with " God's will be done." Dear friends, I am only in one of God's schools, and his great Spirit gives me strength to rejoice, with all my sad trouble. I was placed in this dun-geon April 4, 1899, and have not seen a star since. Oh, I know they would look beautiful! . The sun never reaches my little palace; but I am very happy to say, " There is sunshine in my soul to-day." Have not been sick an hour since here. All the praise to my dear Savior. I am expecting to get my case reversed in August, am putting my trust in higher power than man. " lf God be for us, who can be against us?"— Rom. 8: 31. I know that I have the prayers and sympathy of) every one that loves Jesus Christ and his cause, and when my case is decided, I will let you all know- the verdict through the Trumpet. My ene-mies are many, and I will ask you all to remember them daily, in your prayers. I love their souls, and my earnest prayer is that I may meet them all in heaven. Any of The Gospel Trumpet readers that would like td write a condemned boy a few words of cheer and comfort, know that your letters will be met with a hearty welcome. Reader, meet me at Jesus' feet. W. B. Hall, Box 426. Crooked, Professors. BY 431- 7W. VA. BEY. - REQUENTtt we meet thole ' iairho have lost: Weir experience ofikdra- Purification of the Heart. BY J. W. YOUNG BLOOD. 4• iRLESSED is the pure in heart: for 1- 0 they shall see God."— Matt. 5: 8. That the heart of man must be made per-fectly pure and holy before entering heaven, all Christians admit; for we all agree that nothing can ever enter there unless it is perfectly pure and holy. And almost all Christian people admit that the heart of man is not pure by na-ture. That even the infant's heart is far from being pure by nature, few de-ny; and to this the word of God agrees. See Eph. 2: 3; Ps. 51: 5; 58: 2, and Gen. 8: 21. There is not a passage of scrip-ture which teaches that man is born in a state of purity; but all the scripture that bears on the subject at all teaches that he is born in a state of depravity; so we all agree that at some time be-tween our brith and our admittance into heaven we must be made pure and holy. But as to when and how we are made pure there are a great many different opinions. The Roman Catholics teach that we are made pure in purgatory; that there the souls of men are made fit for heaven. This we deny; for to accept that theory would be making purgatory our Savior and Sanctifier, instead of the precious blood' of Jesus. Another • theory ad-vanced by a great many is that death makes ' us all pure and free from sin. This we also deny, for it would make death our Savior; and while we that some may be saved and purl when very near death, et it is not d that does the work; for death is our emy, and is to be destroyed by Christ. Still others advance a that man is what he makes hi That he makes himself pure and fit heaven. This we also deny-. We not make ourselves pure any more tha the Ethiopian can change his skin, the leopard his spots; and to woe such a theory would be to claim 0* selves as our own Savior and Sanetill*, We can not in any way make ourselvig, pure. All the good works we can is and all the self- sacrifice we can make not in any way make us pure in his sigh or remove our transgressions from. us. No, my dearly beloved, man is no his own Savior. Neither purgatory death, the grave, nor man's own work`:'- will save or purify the soul of in Then what will atone for his transgreaa sions, or wash away his sins? We an-swer, Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Jesus - paid it all. Then the next ques-tion that presents itself is, When may, we get a pure heart? Some will an-swer, At conversion. This we deny. We admit that in conversion all our sins are forgiven us, and we are engrafted into the true vine Christ Jesus, and be-gin to partake of the life of Christ. But while Christ is a good olive tree, we are by nature wild, and we know that sim-ply grafting us into him does not take the wild nature out of us, but only ena-bles us to draw our life from him. So that when we are first grafted into him there are then two separate and distinct natures within us; and while we are draw-ing our spiritual life from Christ, there is a wild nature within us that wrestles against the spirit of life, for this wild na-ture will often manifest itself in anger, pride, and love of self more than the love of others or of God. This is the general testimony of converted people before they are sanctified. And this wild nature frequently breeds division among God's , hildren, as it was wi some of the Corinthian brethren. Some were for Paul, some for . Apollos, and some for Cephas; and while the apostle addresses them as brethren, and says that they were in Christ, he tells them that they were carnal like babes. Read 1 Goa 3: 1- 3. This was only the out-working of the wild nature that they possessed before they were converted, or grafted into Christ. It had never yet been purged away, and if suffered to remain was liable to hinder them in great many ways from being as fruitful as they would be if it were taken away.* ' W e see also that this nature was man-ifested in the apostles before they werea, sanctified. On one occasion the y wer disputing among themselves as to whoa should be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and Jesus rebuked them, say-ing that whosoever humbled himself the - a most should be the greatest, and that if any among them desired to be chief, he should first become servant to all, and that he himself did not come to be served but to serve others. So we find they did. not get a pure heart when they were, converted, and Jesus makes this very' plain in Jno. 15: 2, where he promises: to purge them if they bear fruit; and then in verse 5 he tells them they are branches in him; for he says, " I am the true vine, ye are the branches." So we learn from this that they were branches, but not purged branches; and since " to purge" means to make pure, it follows that they were not pure in heart, al-though they were clean from all actual - transgressions_ They were not of the world; they were in Christ; they bad their names written in heaven; they were clean front the sins of the world,- and yet they were not' pure in heart;-: for if they had been, Jesus would not have promised to make them pure who'' bearing fruit. They still possessed the",: r wild, carnal nature; and while the1H. World" Christ said, and we are to un-derstand that God requires us to shine, and to work in his vineyard. Some have the gifts for preaching, others are helpers, and others have the qualifica-tions for private and personal work. All these can make their work more effectual and complete by the vise of. tracts and other reading matter. Then there are those who have the qualifica-tions of a steward to accumulate and manage the possessions God places in their reach. But God intends that such talents be put to use for him the same as any other gifts. Let- such withhold not their means from the gospel cause, but prove the blessedness and prosperity of giving to the Lord, and prove the reward that faithful stewards shall receive. May God stir up his people to more ac-tivity in the vineyard of the Lord. tion and are living without God and without Nape in the world, and when we talk With them about their condition they will point to the crookedness of professors as an excuse for getting away from the Lord. It is a very easy matter to find fault with others when we are in fault our-selves, and the enemy of our souls will make things appear as faults that when Looked at in the propor light would not be anything very serious at all. ' It is sin that will distort and cause the appear-ance of unseemliness in. the lives of those who are or profess to be the children of God. It was unwillingness to obey God in the first place, perhaps, that caused those souls to step out of the way and when once out of the order of the Lord, then „ spiritual darkness soon fol-lowed, and to ease the guilty conscience they began to look around to find some excuse. About the first ' thing that the enemy presents to them - is the crooked-ness of professors, and like a drowning man grasping at a straw they take this for a refuge or something behind which to hide. They forget that the " waters shall overflow their hiding- places" and this " overflowing scourge" will overtake them in a time when they least expect it. There are some dear souls who lack stability, and in time of trials and temp-tations fall away. They fail to keep their eyes on Jesus, and like Peter begin to sink in the waters of despair. They fail also t3 do as Peter did and cry to God for help—" Lord save me, or I per-ish." While they are trying to hide behind the imperfection of others they seem to forget that perhaps some one is looking at them and pointing out their imperfections and thus because of their sinful ways finding an excuse for an un-godly life. There is not anything that will excuse us in the day of ' lodgment; for every one must give an account of himself to God, and we shall all appear before the " judgment seat of Christ." Those dear souls do not realize that while they are away from the Lord in their waywardness, they are frequently real blocks in the way of God's work, and if they. would let Jesus save them, and then trust him to keep them, their lives would be made a blessing to others in-stead of a blight, and by steadfastness in God's way the solitary place and the desert would soon rejoice and " blossom as the rose." Stokesbridge, S. C. Since the assembly in Augusta, Ga. I have been almost regularly in the field. I am praising God to- day for giving me increased light on his word, which is to me very helpful in soul and body. I have preached privately and publicly at the following places, and the Lord bless-ed his word, which proved to be the means of great benefit to many precious soulS. Ionia, and Lynchburg, S. C., and surrounding country, and at Bro. Duke's place about ten miles north of might grow and bear some fruit, they could never grow this wild nature out of them, or purge themselves from it, but it must remain until purged away by the blood of Jesus. And this he did for them on the day of Pentecost. When he sent the hlessed Holy Spirit upon them, whch filled each of them full of the perfect love of God which was shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost, which sanctified and made them perfect, it was indeed a mighty work wrought in them; for it delivered them from fear and strife and carnality, and everything that was not like Jesus. And from that day on there was no more striving for great-ness among them; there were no more carnal divisions among them, and no more seeking after honor, but they were all of, one heart and one mind; and they spoke the word of God with bold-ness and with fear, and this blessed Holy Spirit baptism did actually make them pure in heart. See Acts 15: 8, 9. It sanctified them ( Born. 15: 16); it made them perfect. Heb. 10: 14. So we have learned that we do riot get a pure heart when we are converted, but when we are sanctified by the B oly Ghost. Then to get a pure heart means to get sanctified wholly. News from the Field. Lima, Ohio, June 25. We are glad to inform the readers of the Trumpet that God is bestowing his favor on us, and causing us to triumph. For several weeks we have been engaged in house- to- house work in this city. Many are becoming interested in the lit-erature. We distributed a good many tracts and Trumpets, and believe if a tabernacle meeting were held here, much good would be accomplished in the name of the Lord. Many are anxious to hear the truth preached, and some one with a tabernacle should come to this city soon. We expect to continue here a month or two, hoping the Lord will direct some of his ministers here in the near future. For any correspondence with us address Lima, Ohio, General Delivery. Lorenzo Cook. Hubbard, Oregon, June 25. The Hubbard camp- meeting has just closed. The saints from various locali-ties of this state and Washington are re-turning to their homes rejoicing in the benefits of grace received in this blessed season of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. This meeting has been a har-vest of precious souls. About twenty-five were turned from the power of Satan unto God and received forgiveness of sins. Some of these, with many oth-ers, entered the inheritance among them which are sanctified. Many received the benefits of healing grace with many other good things from the bountiful hand of God. The attendance at this meeting was good, though materially diminished by the continuous rains which kept up almost during the entire time. All on the grounds were kept from sickness and colds and seemed to become unconscious of the conditions of the weather. Bros. G. - W. Bailey, James Bamford, J. L. Green, and C. H. Hale, with other workers, were present to assist in this in-gathering of souls. The truth was preached with power and the simplicity of Christ, which produced a desirable effect upon many- hearts. We believe that this community has been profited much by this meeting, and pray that much more lasting good may yet come forth from this bread cast upon the waters. Twenty- six were baptized and seventy- one participated in the ordi-nances. J. W. Byers. Denver, Colo. My soul truly magnifies the Lord for his precious keeping power in. both my soul and body. He does not suffer me to be defeated by the enemy, but helps Louisville, Ky., June 25. We are enjoying more of God to- day than ever before. Praise God! We have no, discouraging reports to bring about the good land; it is even better than what we had heard. The dear ones who have gone over and took their pos-sessions and are now living on the fat of the land understand these things. Of course we would like to see more souls saved, more believers sanctified, more of the sick healed; yet if we do all we can, God clears our souls. For the past two years wife and I have been working in Pennsylvania. The dear Lord led us to the Moundsville camp- meeting, where we enjoyed a most glorious feast of fat things. Previous to coming to this meeting ' we had been thinking some of going west to Illinois, but while waiting on the Lord for his will concerning our field of labor, the Lord suffered us not to go into Illinois but the Spirit said go down into Kentucky. So we came, and we are now engaged in a meeting here in Louisville. If the Lord wills, we expect to be at some of the camp- meet-ings here in Kentucky. We expect the Lord will have us to labor some through central Kentucky. I was born and raised in Washington county. We are not in the least discouraged about this glorious work of the Lord. The work looks more encouraging than ever before. The reason why some get discouraged is often from the fact that there is a lack in their own souls. if we as workers are filled with the Holy Ghost and fire, the people and the saints will find it out, and some will get hungry for the same experience. Praise the dear Lord. We beg an interest in your prayers, that we may live in the Spirit, walk in the Spirit, and be led of the Spirit, and that we may be kept low down at Jesus' feet, Our address is 25 and Main Sts., Station B, Louisville, Ky. W. H. Cheatham and Wife. Safety, Miss., June 25. We are having some soul- stirring meet-ings in these parts. Praise the Lord! Souls are being saved out of Babylon. They are coming from Babylon, Sodom, and Egypt, and making their way over the plains. Glory to God in the highest! And the ' ransomed of the Lord shall. return and come to Zion with songs and I everlasting joy upon their heads. The Greelvville, S. C. Elbow, Rosindale, and Kelly, N. C. I stopped also a short while at Bennettsville, S. C., and found Sister Sarah E. Stone seeking very ear-nestly for light on the church. This I gave in the name of the Lord, and it proved to be to her a means of great satisfaction, which caused much rejoic-ing in the Lord. Pray for the dear peo-ple at all these placesnud here in this part of the south - generally. In travel-ing through several different counties in these two states I find many standards lifted up in the name of holiness, and when they are examined by the Bible they are clearly seen not to be of God. Their differing so greatly among them-selves seems to be the means of bringing to light the most confusion that has been. - seen among the sect holiness ( so- called) people. One of the ministers of the South Carolina conference with whom I was intimately acquainted eight years ago, who at that time preached holiness, now denies that the Bible is a divinely inspired book. Let us see what God says about it. 2 Tim. 3: 16, 17; 2 ret. 1: 2u, 21. Then let God. be true, but every man a liar. I also met a very prominent evangelist of South Carolina who told me that he was afraid to try to know anything much about the Bible. Since the leaders are despairing of ever finding God's way, how could it be bet-ter with their poor deluded followers? The Bible is our lamp and light. Ps; 119: 105, 130. We love it. Ps. 119: 140. • It saves us from being offended. Ps. 119: 165. We must live by it. Luke 4: 4. We will be judged by it. Jno. 12: 48; Rev. 20: 12. E. B. Haynes. eaaa FOREIGN. eeee Shillong, India, May 26. Dear Brethren in Christ: I am glad to inform you that I have received the- Bible, tracts, etc., with thanks. They prove very useful to myself and to some of my friends. The people of this coun-try are addicted to smoking, chewing betel and tobacco, and drinking tea, even among those who profess to be Chris-tians. But thank God, he has saved me from these habits, to which I was form-erly enslaved. There is a great differ-ence between our experience and yours. Christians are taught to look upon entire cleansing as a thing unattainable through-out a man's life and so regard those who profess to be perfect and to be leading a sinless life as fanatics and presumptuous. I have heard of people falling down in the meeting and crying for mercy that the Lord would * save them or of persons preaching with Pentecostal power, but I have never seen such personally because it is not practiced in these hills. Our Christian life is more or less hazy. I pray that God may send us one of his servants who has been endowed with the Spirit, to wake us up out of this dormant state, to make us also realize the need of a personal Savior. We have translated and published in our paper one of the tracts named " Must We Sin?" and I in-tend to translate some more later on. I am led to see that you over there are really in the right in following rigidly the word of God, and I am trying to fol-low in your footsteps, but, oh, the odds that are against me. Please pray for me, that I may persevere, and send me words of encouragement too. I feel so helpless and weak sometimes, although I am conscious that the Lord has been help-ing me all along. Yours in Christ, W. M. Roy. Lahore, North India, May 24. Dear Friends of The Gospel Trumpet: No doubt you are hearing something about the famine. From letters we re-ceive we realize a wide- spread interest is felt, and we thought perhaps it might encourage you a little to hear from us. Those who have never really been in a famine can not picture to themselves the awful suffering attending it; even those fourth Sunday in May six precious souls followed Jesus in baptism, and, praise God! five more are now ready. Dear ones, we are all young saints, and we need your prayers. The little church in this part is undergoing some severe tests. Being fully led of the Lord on last Sun-day to visit the Baptist sect On their meet-ing day, after service was over ( preaching and- taking up collection) we intended to have preaching somewhere in the settle-ment. So I asked- one of the deacons to announce it, and so the preacher in charge got in possession of the word and he be-gan to abuse us. In the midst of the yells and shouts we were moved to shout salvation full and free, for which cause they ran violently upon us and threw us out of the house, then led us away from in front of the door. All the glory be to God. On Monday following they pros-ecuted us under- the charge of disturbing public worship. Amen. For which myself and three others of the saints were, arrested and placed under bail. The suit is pending for the Saturday before the second Lord's day in July. We want all the dear saints to pray that the dear Lord may direct- us in all things and that all . the glory may be. his. Praise the dear Lord! Please pray much for us, that the dear Lord may direct all our ways and that we keep humble at the feet of Jesus, where he can always use us to his own glory. Praise the Lord! S. S. Lenten. Whirlwind, Tenn., June 25. We can report perfect victory in our souls over all the power of the enemy. Some few days ago we arrived from Johnson City, where we had been bat-tling for the Lord. Some precious souls came out straight for the truth, but nev-ertheless the devil was there with his army doing all he could. He was there in the garb of holiness, but the Lord has given us his Spirit, which will not fel-lowship the spirit of error. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth us not. Hereby we know the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."- 1 Jno. 1: 6. Let us ask God for much wisdom that we may always be able to discern the crook-ed spirits that are out in the world. Truly we once thought it was all right to fellowship everything that came along, and we were honest in it. But, beloved, since the pure light has come so brilliant we can. not do it. If we do, before we know it almost we * ill be as crooked as the devil wants us. " If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed; for he that biddeth him God speed is par-taker of his evil deeds."- 2 Jno. 10, 11. May the Lord help U3 to see these things. Three, followed the Lord in baptism and one professed the blessing of sancti-fication. We feel sure the Lord is going to do a grand work as Johnson City in addition to what he has already done. We are expecting to begin meeting the last of this month here at this place. There are not very many saints at this place, but what are here are solid. Pray for us and the work at this place. Any one desiring to correspond with us re-garding holding meeting or anything else can address us at Greenville, Tenn. and we will go wherever the Lord opens up the way. W. A. Sutherland and Wife. in my every need. Leaning on him ate are able to continually preach his word, work for souls, and perform every other duty required of us, and still prove that his yoke is easy and his burden light. God is graciously opening doors for ser-vice in hospitals, jails, and street work— so much needed in this city. Thus far he has blessed every effort put forth in his name. But we are praying the Lord of the harvest to send us laborers truly sent of God for this work— those " who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way." — Bab. 5: 2. At one time God laid the burden for souls heavy upon our hearts, and it has never pleased him to take it away. So to- day I can truly testify that God's work still lies the nearest thing to my heart and life in this world. Let us pray God to roll such a burden for lost souls on us that we can with love and real care warn every soul faithfully and pray the real prayer of faith for their deliverance from sin. In the past year God has won-derfully answered believing prayer for healing, in my own body and on my lit-tle boy. From birth he had eczema, but as soon as we knew certainly what it was we took it to the Lord in faith, and he perfectly healed it. Dear mothers, do not be afraid to trust your children in the hands of the Lord for healing. Do not be anxious nor careful for fear of his taking them away from you. " He does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men." — Lam. 3: 33. Mae L. Adams. Kensington, Kans. Camp. Geo. Vielguth. Plattsburg, Miss. Aug. 17- 26. Camp, t Plattsburg is 20 miles from MeCool, miles from Kosciusko, the nearest R. R.. stations on C. A. & N. R. B. Geo. Breazeale. Desdimonia, Eastland Co., Tex, Aug,. g 18- 20. Camp. , Tas. Bone. Camp, Fulton Co., Ark. Aug. 20. Camp. A. B. Stanherry, Jeffersonville, Ky. Aim 22 to Sept. 2.. 8 Camp. Those coming by train stop at Mt. Sterling and take mall hack at 2 p„. in. for Jeffersonville. Thos. Carter or J E. Watts. Vichy, Mo. Aug. 24 to Sept. 2. Ca T. E. Ellis. Sanford, Tenn. Aug. 30 to Sept, Camp. James Miller. 17- 20, A 83 THE GOSPEL 7 WMPET Poynor, Beginning Aug. 10, A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Social Point, ( 1.0 mi. W. of Panola P. Panola C. o., Texas. Aug. 10 Oa Railway station is Keatehie. H. J. Jo Deberry, Tes. Grants Pass, Ore. Aug. 10- 20. p, Egerton and Grant Clark, Merlin, Ore. Ableman, Wis. Aug. 15- 26. Oa* This meeting will be held on the farm,;: E. F. DuBois, 7 mi. E. of Reedsburg mi. N. E. of Ableman. Those from north address E. F. DuBois, Reedsb Wis. Those from the south address A Meyer, Ableman, Wis. St. Louis, Mich. Aug. 10- 26. C J. R. Walter. EngeneAu, ge. 10a. 2m6. p,, S. A. Sprouls. A illshire, Ohio. Aug. 16- 26. Taber4 nacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Brushy Prairie, Ind. Camp. 26. S. Y. Greenawalt. Emlenton, Pa. Aug. 10- 27. Camp. Samuel Martz, Pittsville, Pa. Keisters, Butler Co., Pa. Date following the Emlenton meeting. Grove. Henry Latshaw. Potash, Ala. Ang. 10- 20. B. B. Adamson or 0. W. Lipp. Pachuta, Miss. Beginning Aug. 10, to continue about ten days. Assembly. This meeting will be held mi. from town, Ministerial help needed. 11. P. Stephen. on the field fail to picture it as it really is. Some try hard, but they come far short. Such sights meet the eyes- men, women, and children like moving skele-tons, some covered with sickening sores, are to be met at every street corner and under almost every shady tree, and, in - many places the dead lie putrid in the bleaching sun, throwing out an awful smell. What an awful death to die! I saw many human skulls and bones scat-tered by the roadside and. railway track as I traveled throughout the famine dis-trict. The people with their solemn legki. and tread make you feel you are in lihe city of the dead. Though crowds of people are moving here and there, yet there is ' scarcely any noise. • An awful form of Asiatic cholera is adding its hor-rors to the suffering caused by famine, and the people are dying by hundreds. The papers say that the cholera mortal-ity at the various famine relief works is simply appalling, and the panic- stricken people are leaving these works by shoals and spreading themselves over the coun-try, whilst the hospitals attached to the works are crowded with sick, and suffer-ing people. 46,000 have run away from the Gujrat district alone on account of the outbreak of cholera- many to die in the jungle where none can pity or help them. These sights are enough to melt the hardest heart. If the dear people at home could but hear the pitiful cries of - those famishing multitudes, they would pray as never before, and would feel like saying: " Were the whole realm of nature mine, That wert an offering far too small: Love so amazing; so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my alL" The suffering is much worse than it is represented to be by the Government. Some of the Government officers I fear have an awful reckoning time awaiting them in regard to this famine. God in - his compassion will not bear it forever, but will throw a flood, of light over this whole business, revealing its corruption to the world. Very little notice is taken of the famine by the public at large. Re ask your prayers at this time. Great responsibilities are upon us- greater than we are now aware of- in training as well as rescuing the children. We have recently rescued 154. Some have died, but we believe we shall meet them again. We are here to obey God at all cost. Will rescue more as God opens up the way. Please write direct to us. Yours in the Lord, Robert Jarvis. Testimonies Plattsburg, Miss. I had religious impressions in my early youth. There was a hungering and thirsting in my soul, but I could find no food in the modern sectish preaching that would satisfy my hunger. In 1893, having seen a copy of the Trum-pet and seen some folks that taught holi-ness, I sent for another copy of the Trumpet. The Trumpet came to me several weeks, also some tracts which gave me much light; and I began to look into this doctrine. I was impressed that the teaching was right. About this time Bro. Owens came to our community and held a few meetings, and I was con-vinced of the truth, but there was so much opposition, and father and mother fought it so bitterly that my convictions were drowned or overruled by the love of popularity and fear of what friends and relatives might think of me.. So I quit attending their meetings, but often felt the Spirit of God piercing my inmost heart because of disobedience. In spite of my resistance, the Lord had his hand on me. I decided to attend the Platts-burg tabernacle- meeting in the fall of 1896. Here I accepted Jesus as my Savior. I thought the battle was fought and the victory won. The sweet peace and comfort I felt „ in my soul, I thought -` wodd always last; but, alas! the trial came- the temptations and trials I had never thought of. I had not fhlly " counted the cost;" so I began to asso-ciate with wordly young people saf the opposite sex, and though being admon-ished by dear friends, I was stubborn and persisted, but soon found myself fast drifting away from the Lord and finally gave up my profession, bringing a re-proach upon God's holy cause. For several months I lived a miserable life. I had lost confidence in myself and every-body else.. I imagined that everybody else was baok- slidden. I was often seized with conviction and felt miserable over my wretched condition, and would make effort after effort to serve the Lord, but was soon overcome and found myself again under bondage to Satan, driven captive at his will. He would often quote this scripture to me: " For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there re-maineth no more sacrifice for sins."- lieb. 10: 26. Also Heb. 6: 1- 6. This I thought meant my case; but I read in this word: " Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" and I knew that " whosoever will" meant me. I plead for mercy, and found peace to my soul- an unutterable joy that is bet-ter felt than told. Young brothers and sisters, let me admonish you, never do as I did, but heed the admonition of those that are over you in the Lord; it will save you many heartaches and stripes. When first converted I was deeply im-pressed that the Lord wanted me in the work, but I would dismiss it from my mind, believing it to be a delusion. But since the Lord has reclaimed me, the calling has been made so plain to me that I can no longer doubt. I feel so weak and unable to undertake the work of the Lord. I ask the brethren all who read this to pray that I may ever be kept humble and obedient, where I can ever say amen to the Master's call. Pray for the work in the south. We need more workers here in Mississippi. Can not some of the brethren' be with us in oar meeting at Plattsburg, beginning Aug. 17? Again I ask the saints everywhere to uphold us by your prayers. Geo. W. Breazeale. Requests for Prayer. I desire all praying people to pray that I may have my health again. Damaris Smith, Zero, Miss. Pray for the healing of Mrs. Nannie Wal-lace, Sulphur Springs, Miss. who has heart trouble and bronchitis. Please pray for the healing of my boy who is poisoned badly with poison oak. Pray also that his soul may be saved. Mrs. Lizzie- Caughran, Oregon, Tenn. Pray earnestly for J. N. Hamilton, Chance, Ark., for healing of lung trouble. He was healed of tumor five years ago, for which he gives God all the glory. Calls for Meetings. Hebbardsville, Ohio. We want two or three Holy Ghost workers to come and use the tent that is here. Amos Masters. Lima, Ohio. Some one with a tabernacle is desired to come in July or August to stay as long as the Lord wills. Lorenzo Cook. Chenoweth, Colo. We are hungry icr the word of God to be preached here. We are greatly in need of . one : of the Lord's workers. Nora A. Tamlin. 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 provide themselves with straw- tick and bedding. Provisions can always be procured at reasonable rates. In no case are 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 aty information regard-ing that meeting. Muncie, Ind. July 7- 22. Tabernacle. Elihu: Keyt Besse_ me; 4.1a. July 12- 22. Camp. Robert Wright- Of A. B. Harney. Pocahontas„ Ark. July 13- n. Camp. This meeting will be held 3 mi. S. W. of Pocahontas. John M. Wann. Hammond, La. July 13- 22. Camp. This meeting will be held at the Saints' Home, l mi. east of Hammond. F. M. Williamaont 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. Rockelt, Cowiche or R R. Ruddell, North Yakima. Weatherford, Okla. Beginning July 14. Camp. A. B. Stanberry. Heckton, Kosciusko Co., Ind. Begin-ning July 14, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Grove. It will be held in S. S. Hepler's grove, 2 mi. south of Heck-ton. S. P. Strang. Ft. Worth, Tex. July 15- 29. Taberna-cle. Workers from the east earnestly de-sired. J. Louck, 2001 Terry St. 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 saints are pray-ing the Lord to send a minister baptized with the Holy Ghost. • T. J. Hurley. Bedford, Ind. Beginning Jul y 15 to last as long as the Lord wills. Tabernacle. B. E. Warren, Springfield, Ohio. Ripley, Okla. Beginning July 19. Rip-ley is on a new railroad running 745 mi. N. E. from Guthrie, and the meeting will be held 25 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 conveyance 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 conic, 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. Blackville, 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. Hamil, Randolph Co., Ark. Beginning July 26, to continue as long as the Lord wills. damp. This meeting will be held at the same place it was last year, about 13 mi. N. W. of Pocahontas. Milton Vandergriff. Grassy, Ky. July 26 to Aug. 5. Camp. P. J. Wells, Mize, Ky. or W. H. McClure, Daysboro, Ky. Enterprise, La. July 27 to Aug. 5. Camp. T. N. Watson, Harrisonburg, La. Collinsville, Miss. Commencing July 27. Camp. Ministerial help needed. W. R. Barrel, 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, Ind. 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. Handley is S mi. E. of Ft. Worth on the T. & P. R. R. Those coming from the east get off at Handley. The meeting will be held on Bro.! Cook:'' s farm, and there is pas-ture for all who come with team. J. ook. 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 • Hartsells, Ala. Beginning Aug. 3, to Continue as long as the Lord wills. Camp. E. W. Sharp, Somerville, Ala. Tekonsha, Mich. Aug. 3- 13. Camp. B. F., Heath. Iola, S. C. Aug. S- 18. Camp. M. S. Mack. Gaston, Ind. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. T* ernaele. S. L. Speck & Co. Near Cherrytrec ( Grant P. 0.), Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Ea. Wetzel, Burma Pa. or J. B. Arble, Cushereek, Indi Co., Pa. Jordan Harbor, Ont., Canada. ping Aug. 30. Camp. Let everybody wants tents order at once, stating David II. Moyer, Vineland, Ont. Violet Hill, Ark. Beginning Sept. 1.1 Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, 1 Okla. Calvert, Miss. Sept. 0- 17. Grove. On -. 1! H. A. Johnson's farm. This place is in Kemper Co., about 25 mi. N. W. of Merid-ian, Miss. H. A. Johnson, or E. M. Mayo, Calvert, Miss. Welcome, Vernon Parish, La. Sept. 745: Camp. Willie II. Jackson, Simp-son, La. Millville, Tenn. Beginning Sept. Assembly. Samuel L. Ford. Hinkle, Tenn. Sept. 25. Grove. Sam:,. uci Ford, Millville, Tenn. Ft. Meade, Fla. Oct. 7- 17. A. J. Poulson. Obituary. Glean, N. Ya HARDY.- Maria Hardy was born ( W.._ 10, 1825; died June S, 1900. She wog united in marriage to Orange S. Hardt. April 6, 1844. To them were born six dren, three of whom survive. She in earki: life was converted, joined the Baptist sect.* and lived a sinning and. repenting life until in the year 1890, when husband and myselfH• had the privilege of spending the winter with her and by reading the word of God 10 her and explaining it she began to inquire into the deep things of God and began read The Gospel Trumpet and tracts she often said we could not live withtl* them, as they were such comfort to 1190' Having accepted the Bible way, she rejoic.. to know it was possible for her to live less life. She never heard a sermon on one church or purity of heart, but just to God at his word. At last she clasped hands and said, " 0 Lord, thy will done." Her daughter says she lived Christian life. May God in his infirk. mercy convict and save her loved ones 1 behind, is the prayer of my heart. Mrs. Fred Hardy:,:' Aug. 16. ferable, and will be available for continuous passage only, no stop- over being allowed. 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It requires from 1,000 to 1,100 pages of printed matter, tract size, to weigh one pound. Those marked * are also publisfted in German. No• Please ordc No. 8.* The Apostasy. 5. No- Seetism. 11 hat Church Should I Join? Questions and Answers ou the Church. !).* Babylon is Fallen. 10, Socts. IL Word of God and Scotism Considered. 13. Fifty Scriptural Objeetions to Sects. 16. QncAions for Saturday- Keepers. 17. What the Bible Teaehes. 13. Jewish and Christian Sabbath. Unity. ' 0. Prepare to Meet Thy God. .21, The Better Church. i1.* Must We Sin? 52, Sanetifiention. 53, Call We Pall? 55. Spiritualism. No. 56. The Gift of the Holy Ghost. 135. 59. Hypnotism. 77.* Secret Vice. 83. Counsel to Young Saints. 84. Evil Effects of Tight Lacing. 101. The Doctrine of Healing. 102.* A Wonderful Deliverance. 103. Nine Years An Invalid. 107. Questions and. Answers on Divine Healing. . 125. The Master's Call. 127.* Repent and Believe the Gospel. 123. Little Things. 130.* Lost. 131. Why Are You Not A Christian? 132. Have Faith in God. 133. A Friend to the Friendless. 131. Masonic Mysteries. - * The Great Tobacco Sin. Poison, Tobacco as an Evil. Parable of the Tobacco Seed. Novel- Reading. Gospel Giving. A Message from God unto Thee. Words of Love to Girls. Opium. 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 Coaversion. 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 17% c. 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 - - - no. The Last Dispensation 5c. The Church of God - 5c. Duty of Parents - 5c. Bible Humility - - - Sc. The Church of God ( German) 5c. The Prayer of Faith ( German) - 10c. 136. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 149. 150. 151. pacThose ceo nn tanii nti ighzeomf tehne. aboevdewtr awo / srmun il baetr 6e0dc3. - 1,5rt. inclusive Sam le Pack. seAll s% P4nc leone la rger size would be $ 1.00 for the whole lot To introduce and help the sale of these 50c. tracts, we will send a pack containing all the above mentioned tracts to any address, postage paid, fa. expect these tracts to go rapidly. We may be out of sonic kinds before this offer expires. Order at once. Address Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co., Moundsville, W. Va., U. S. A. The Gener ET, IN G. 1 = 129 00. CCent` Camp- meeting of the Church of the livin g God will be held 4 mi. south of Burket, Ind. and 7 mi. southwest of Claypool, hid., on the banks of Yellow Lake. The Apostolic Gospel of Full Salvation will be presented. Prophecy and Revelation, Divine Healing, Unity of Th Believers, and other Bible subjects of interest will be taught. This meeting is anti- sectarian. GENERAL INVITATION IS GB' EN TO ALL. Reduced Rotes of I Second. When you purchase a ticket request the agent to give you a printed cer- One and One- Third Fare have been granted by the Central Passenger Association, comprising the railroads in general in Ow following states: Michigan ( S. Peninsula), Indiana, Ohio, the south-western portion of Ontario, the northwest-lug portion of Pennsylvania and the adjoin-mg corner of New York, and that portion of Illinois lying east of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. titicate of the standard fmta, properly filled out and signed by himself, showing that you have purchased ticket, etc. This is abso-lutely necessary, in order to secure reduced rates on the return journey. No refund of fare can be expected because of failure to obtain certificate. Third. These certificates must be brought to the meeting and given to the secretary or clerk of meeting when called for. After they have been signed by secre-tary and also by the special agent appointed by the Railway Association they will be re-turned to you. The special agent will sign on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Fourth. Tickets for the return journey will be sold at one- third the first- class lim-ited fare, provided the following conditions are 04: namely ( 1) That the certificates were procured not more than three days before nor more than two clays after' the first day of meeting; ( 2) That there have been in attendance at the meeting not less than one hundred persons holding standard: certificates, and that these certificates ha'e been signed by the secretary and agent4 stated above; ( 3) That certificates are pie; sentecl for the return purchase of tick** Claypool within three clays after the ; list day of meeting. - Fifth. ' These certificates are not trans 1, Eatables and necessary provisions for the table can be procured on the grounds. 2. A boarding- house and sleeping, apart-ments have been arranged to aid in caring for the people. 3. Do not stay away from the meeting because you are poor. It is not a place to put on style, but " all things common." 4. Do not stay away because you are rich, as there will be needy ones to look after, both spiritually and temporally. 5. Do not stay away because you are un-saved, if you desire salvation; for God will be there in saving power. , 6. Do not stay away because you are ' sick, if you have faith to believe the word of God; for he will be there in heal-mg power. 7. If you are in need of any of the gifts of the Spirit, or an advance or increase of akin, or in fact, help from God on any line, he will be there to " supply all your needs according to his riches in glory." 8. If you have a tent or can rent one, bring it along, and as much as possible pre-pare to care for yourself, as there will be a great number of people to look after, and. ca • e for during the meeting. 9. H convenient, bring a straw- tick and. sufficient covering to make yourself com-fortable. 10. Those who are unable to care for themselves will be cared for in the name of the Lord. 11. Under the heading of " Reduced Rates" above, we give the territory over which rates have been granted. If yon live beyond the limit of territory, purchase your ticket to the nearest point within the limits of territory given. If reduced rates have not been granted for the territory through which you travel, procure certificates any-way, as it will assist in making up the re= quired number of one hundred holders of certificates. 12. A very convenient Bus Line will run to and from the Camp Ground. The fare for the round trip will be 40e. All hand grins will be hauled free- Trunks will be carried as one passenger. For further in-formation write S. L. Speck, Burket, Md. Read Carefully the Following. First. You must procure a full- fare first- class ticket ( limited or unlimited) to Claypool, Ind., the price of sante being not less than seventy- five cents. if you can not get a through ticket at starting- point, pur-chase one to the nearest point where such through ticket can be obtained, and there purchase through ticket. Claypool is on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Persons coming from any direction must, without exception, purchase ticket to - Claypool. ine Healing. ! wile- d - By the L. ord.. ago : Or littletatey - was eve" cold ,, aid ctingitiagt - Ewa-. Whdkezing her -• at laitkoneked to ' liektilter.. She t Wo400k hei., lo the Lord in yert , andi wry to his name' he ' lier in aa. short time, - and She is Ir, eato- day, and did not take the poison-one medicines that the doctors give. Wq .- are trusting Jesus for our healer. Pisalis name! X. F. and M. M. Epps.. 46: 94,#: grset,_ Iploa. Healed of Rheumatism. I promised God last winter that if he w ouulldd heal me of rheumatism, I would make it known through the Trumpet. Glory to God for such a wonderful salvation. It has reached even me. Halleluiah! " My soul shall make her boast in the . Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad."— Ps. 34: 2. " 0 taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him." = Ps. 34: 8. I have been trusting the Ibrd for seventeen years, and only once in that time did I yield to the threats of skeptics to have a doctor, but I would not take medicine. It pays to trust in the promises of God. I often feel sad to see those that profess to be Chris-tians, trusting ill everything else but G id.' I have passed through many trials, ' but when I keep very near the laird I can always feel his loving arm taiderneath, , bearing me up. Bless his name? I ask all who read this to pray that I may always do those things that please Goth Mary W. Moyer. Vineland, Ontario, Nay O. ■ Healed of a Spider Bite. gain ' Praising God for salvationthat keeps us free from sin. I am l eaf precious lessons every day. I am prais ing God for his healing power; for he heads us both soul and body. Last fall I was healed of a, spider bite. I suffered severely for about two hours, then, it seemed to- naq. -- that I was swollen twice as large as nay natural size: bat I was not; it was the poison that had gone through my body. Satan tried to make me believe I was bound to die, and I had better send for a doctor, but in the name of Jesus I bid him depart, and I was healed in answer to prayer. Halleluiah! Praise the clear Lord! for his tender mercy has been extended unto us many times when everything seemed to be against us. Jesus is ever ready to help us in every time of need if we will only trust him. Blessed be ' the name of Jesus. We are praying God to send some gospel wonkers here. I am satis-fied with Jesus. Hie'salvation is com-plete. Pray for ini. , Rhoda Howard. Elmore, Ind. T. Healed of a Burn. The dear Lord has saved me from all sin and keeps me saved all the time and heals me when I am sick. A. few weeks ago I was carrying out a kettle of hot lye and spilled some on one of my feet. I went into the house and took m• y shoe off as quick as I could, and there was a space burnt about two inches long. The skin was ready to come off. I got a cotton rag and tied it up and then went to the Lord with it for a few minutes. It was just eleven o'clock and I had to dinner. By the time I got dinner. y- foot hurt me so bad I could not walk_ on it, and had to use a crutch. In tvr:. hours the whole top of my foot was red as fire, but I kept pleading with 44 dear Lord to stop the burning, and' knew he wenid do. it. By evening was left , egvi One• blister as large: half- dollar, but ' before bedtime 1st w deal-souls shun account et. ,3"- bold-ness to assert that, alliny,. 4; 11ealragyras. o God, and think I talk - upe doctrine: but wilt testify-, hie: ness while I live; for I pearl of great price and teen a telling it. Annie lite Orehill, Pa., June 4. Healed of Hoeft... I: road*, . • W ' it was Jesus, ; ties speak of. e ' go precious to my recently raised me d sickness of complicated t troubled me so much I ehels and Grover, and hhe name of the Lord, - me ' up so I coi. eld. work I overdid and the dear the disease to come back. Meriga,. called to see me. I told m I would like to be anointed again. God gave me victory, but I could not hold it. Those heart spells would come In spiteof all I could do. Believing God had' gotten through with me here I could not exercise faith for healing. The dear saints of this place and at the camp-ground held on to the Lord for my heal-ing. I still continued having heart spells, in which it would seem that I was dying. On the 21st of May I had a hard spell. Thinking that I could not live through another, I went down on my knees to my God. I felt no strength of nalself in the sight of my Lord and realized ray littleness before him. I was perfectly submissive to his will in all • things; if he were ready to take me, I eould only say amen. After talking to jesns I returned to my chair with very little strength. A neighbor lady came in to see me. While talking to her the 401ti - LOTC1 touched my body with his -. healing- power. Praise his dear name! * AO happy. I asked this neighbor " wise the Lord. She looked at me gely and left my room. I went out t- ain_ ert., 014 another that I was healed. She smidj" " I Triter it." After two days I () died an anointed handkerchief and reaappld to ray afflicted body, and I haste b: een, able to go about my house-worfre: glifer9tRd all the praise. It is only` threqh; the prayers of the saints and the mercy ' of the dear Lord that I DECEPTION. BY YDINTWAR CRITES. zi ad world- is full of deception. r•-` f- evil men and seducers shall wax - we- and worse, deceiving, and be-ing deceived.'"- 2 Tim. 3: 13. Some are, po'l} linded by the god of this world, ` that t1- 1Wy tell in the world is getting , better; but God's word does not agree ill So '` let God be true, but every sa; Tats.", They call our attention flue Many different organizations of called Christians, and the vast ti ers that assemble in the costly tares, or modern synagogues. They say they are " rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing"; they l;` n © ,; not that they are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and na- _*. 9a, _ Rev. 3: 17. Many never see their itered• af aTists because the preacher with gold' chain, and other 4-,: 1: 4: 44e tofoils, told them if they would rd and join his church, he iron14- tit t„ heir nam es down on his class- : 1344i*” a 1 gtv right hand of along with tr tooot thrbi road a tal kkt 0;, 4v 1,, tQt required to sins' to join his ' ay an,- go; to the- dance, the the show, fairs, and fes- - other worldly amusement. fth 915ind of preachers not long base- ball game, lawyers, dressed r'bright colors, were e terity; and these heir approval, not nce, but by taking lz:, a, nd acting as judges. theme prophets ran, but t o ektpito them yet; they f`.::' Oey say unto every one that walketh after the imaginati of his own heart, No evil shall co upon you." 0 God, awaken these deceivers,-- possible, to the awful calamity that:- soon to overtake them, if they do repent and forsake their evil wayl,„ has pronounced a woe upon such and " the anger of the Lord shalt. return, until he has executed, and he has . performed the thoughts of heart."— Jer. 23: 20. " For both et and priest are profane; yea, i house [ or professed church] have I folk their wickedness, saith the Lord.. " Can any hide himself in secret plea that I shall not see him? saith the Lo Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Lord. I have heard what the prophe said, that prophesy lies in my name. . . How long shall this be in the h of the prophets that prophesy it Yeat, h eyy prophets of the de it their own heart; which think to my people to forget my name by th dreams which they tell every mart to h neighbor, as their fathers have forgot my name for Baal. The prophet that bath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let hint speak ray,. word faithfully. What is the chaff to' -; the wheat? saith the Lorda" The Lord says he is against those prophets that cause the people to err by their lies, and by their lightness. He says he sent them not, neither commanded them;„ therefore they shall not profit this peo-ple at all, saith the Lord. Then, dear readers, some of you had better begin to search God's word to see if your preacher is teaching the truth faith-fully, or whether he is merely relatin some pleasant dream of the future, which he tries to make you believe YOU go to heaven without keeping the cc mandments of the Lord. This class preachers will tell you it is impossible to'. live free from sin, but believe them no they are deceivers; for God's word sa y " Ye must be born again." " Old things [ sins] are passed away" and " Whos ever is born of God doth not commi sin."- 1 Jno. 3: 9. Praise God for word ! They will tell you that Chri tians do not have any persecutions no days. No doubt this kind do Lot; for they are compromising with the devil;- and while lie is , the author of all perse*: cation, it is not likely he would perseeut his friends. For truly he has no such good friends as the false preacher, and none who will bring him such number to the bottomless pit. For " if the blin lead the blind, both shall fall into tb ditch." 0 false prophet, stop lo enough to consider that it you go on your own way, taking with you tho sands of precious souls, their cries an curses will haunt you through all- eternitya Yea, you assured them they were right, and at the same time they we deceived. You know if you had requi them to meet the conditions of God word, not so many would nave join your church. Remember how bit your cup will be, when God requir these souls at your hand. See Ezek. 8 You may daub them over with ant pered mortar, and cry, " Peace, peac when there is no peace" and pl many of them with smooth sayings tickle the ear, but when the fires of e nity begin to burn, then your flatter and smooth sayings will prove curses, n only to yourself, but to your liste Oh, may God help you to awake to duty, and help you to warn the peo to flee the wrath to come. For ice ye repent and forsake your evil way " ye shall all likewise perish." God no respecter of persons. It will not ma ter to him whether you dwell in a pa! or in a hovel; if you do not forsake yoi sins and live a holy life, you will a to the bottomless pit" where their dieth not, and the lire is not quench " What weeping and wailing, Such anguish was never known What stout hearts were failing, While facing the judgment throttle. gorie,,, as good a ni did. The nex 2; F- es thanking: t rep aui Kingston, Oregon. The Lord My Deliverer. God has saved: • i feet on t,. 1.10 OM re picked niecintOf: tt?,! z gave Sze this. Plias& his dear P.: 0443- 4 ra343- Y ,41' d the children of the of Ole living Goel,:- au times he afflicted; sole e wi d my but I walk within. I en my foot'ow so fall the soreness WO - gone and1 I .. a little tender. I walked into the ititoUn an praising God acrd told my hifebitnd thia„ - 401*, 3. my foot_ Wask not a bit sore. He aitonished— that he never said a WOT fox he- had seen my foot the night before and knew mow bad it was burned. I just give, q. pd all the glory. Oh, I ant-so glad the dear Lord let me live until I` learned how to take him for my physi-cian for both soul and body. He is my all and in all. Praise his holy name! I ask an interest in the prayers of all God's Children that I may ever be kept humble and low down in humility, al-ways ready to do anything the dear Lord wants me to do. Praise his name? Lizzie King. It is thirteen years since I was first saved, and for eight years I belonged to the Methodist sect. Seeing the confu7 sion in the churches I almost gave up that there was any such thing as a Christian life any more, and I thought I could live better out of th3 sects than- in, them.. SO I struggled along for almost three yeara; until I heard the plain gospel preach in the evening light wai- glad know that God had a people thto Wor, shiped him in spirit and iii h was just what my hung!" for I: wed it gladly led and out clear of all O d I de& rejoin.° in my soul that I Nisi- ei found the raiih once delivered to theSiints. At the time accepted the evening light• as a wreck, sei` i kb. diffrent- am made whale. Amen. a I was scarcely able to Mrs. Susan Smith. as I learned to trust for m' Orand funotion,, vich. diSeAses Otelyv; orie disa aft became healthier than fee -- pars. I have had many . I hid ,110iplithgia and other a-cute diseases, but the lint healed. all in. answer to prayek. I _ int taken g dose a me: Ea* - for Years, aii* the teirCk= hixityin me a sweet healthy baby that- ifss ItteN a year old. I was delivered witheni . any painet vait, where the . livehirtlis before Were almost death to me and doctets said I ad: UM never go through another. Butt praise. the Lord! I had real victory over: sllthe powers of darkness, and was without a doctor or any means, as others can testify I op all the glory 0 deafOateri, age. Jeans l. e, even what has bet... int: O.- 4; a of sickness: many in |
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