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DUENESS IN And lad shall send his angels with e. great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to- & la& his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat, 24: 81. AnIXIM, ken. So win I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy, and dark day. Ezo. 84: 12. . Ter, 32: 89. Possibilities In Christ. Ail things ate possible to Rini That can in Jesus' name believe: Lord, I no More thy truth blaspheme,; Thy truth I lovingly receive; I can, I do believe in thee, All things are possible to me, When thou the work of faith hast wro't, I here shall in thine image shine Nor sin in deed, or word, or thought; Let men exclaim and fiends repine, They can not break the firm decree, All things are possible to me. Thy mouth 0 Lord, ! lath spoke, hath sworn, That I shall serve thee without fear, Shall find the pearl which others spurn, „ Holy, and pure, and perfe. t here: The servant as his lord shall be; All things are possible to me. All things are possible to God, To Christ, the power of God in man, To me, when I am all renewed, When I in Christ am formed again, And witness, from all sin sct free, AU things arepossible to me. - St. leefed. Is Holiness a Bible Doctrine? BY J. URANT ANDERSON. VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1900. NUMBER 27 ful witness; the' plan of salvation is a failure; Christ's death then only per-petuated that which he came to destroy; the Bible is proved untrue; faith is made void, and we are all living under the, curse of a broken law; spiritual death is reigning over all the inhabitants of earth, from which there is no escape. Shame on you who oppose plain Bible teaching and account the blood of Christ an unworthy thing. Shame on you who profess- to know God but deny his power to save. Think you that the laws of the universe are ao changed that you can sow to the flesh and of the flesh reap life everlasting? Think you that God so favorS us that he will allow us to com-mit sin each day either in thought, word, or deed, and not receive the wages of the same; when for only one sin in the early morning of creation the decree of death was passed upon the whole human fam-ily, and which could only be abolished by sacrificing the brightest character in the courts of God? " Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long- suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repen-tance? But after thy hardness and im-penitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and rev-elation of the righteous judgment of God; who will render to every man ac-cording to his deeds; to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life. But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth * Rom. 2: 4- 9. What is truth? " Thy word is truth." What does the Word say? " Blessed are the pure in heart; for they ronly] shall see God."- Matt. 5; 8. " The oath which - lie swear to our father Abraham, that he would grant unto ns, that we being delivered out of- the hands of our enemies might serye him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life."- Luke 1: 73- 75. " The grace of God that bringeth salva-bon bath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present word; looking for that blessed hope."- Tit. 2: 11- 13. " And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he [ Christ] is pure."- 1 Jno. 3: 3. " Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord."- Bab. 12: 14. " If any man teach otherwise, and con-sent not to wholesome words, even the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godli-ness; he is proud, , knowing nothing, . . . men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, . from such [ the apos-tle says] withdraw thyself."- 1 Tim. 6: 3- 5. " Holiness becometh thine house, Lord, , forever."- Ps. 93: 5. " Know SERE are thousands of theories ex-nt in. this world to- day, opposing each other in every conceivable manner; yet they generally all unite in battle army against the doctrine of holiness or of living a sinless lite. But glory to ost the doctrine of holiness has conic talbis world to stay. It was introduced r a maxi who spathe as never man spike, lttt Who " suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should. follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth."- 1 Pet. 2: 21, 22. Aanid We clashing and confusion of bran opinions the word of God stands Atshaken. Yea; heaven : laid earth will away, but the doctrine of holiness witt not Ram away, but will live and last threnghout the ages of the ages. We aaW told in the fifth chapter of Romans that by one man's transgression sin en-tered into the world, and death by sin: eilat that death passed upon all men ; for al have sinned: also that death reigned loin Adam to Moses. Then God tiliongh his servant Moses gave the peo-ple a law, but the law was only a shad-ow of good things to come, and could not make the comers thereunto perfect. RA* 10: 1. Yea; - the letter killeth, bathe spirit giveth Cor. 3: 6. fore we find that spiritual death reittaed over the inhabitants of earth am clear down unto Jesus Christ. this evening time the sweet words gospel are announcin g that Christ abolished death, and hath brought immortality to light through toe '- 2 Tim.. 1 : 10. Are the words the gospel true? " All scripture is by inspiration of God, and is ble for doctrine, for reproof, for On, for instruction in righteous-that the man of God may be per- . thorouablv furnished unto all good "- 2 Tim. 3: 10, 17. ia positively declared in the forego-t that Christ " abolished death." 0e garden of Eden man was in pos- Ma Of physical and spiritual life; but obedience, he lost both. For " the of sin is death."- Rom. 6: 23. the soul that sinneth, it shall die." - zek. 18: 4. Therefore, by not having fiver to keep from sin, spiritual death the result. Man tried for thousands ye not that ye are the tern* e of God, and thatibe Spirit of God dayelleth in you. If* ly man defile the temple of God, him; shall God destroyO'or the temple of Pod is holy, whieb. 46ple ye are."- 1 Cor. 3: 16, 17. "- Mai% said of years, by sacrifices without number, to keep from sin: but it was impossible; for with those sacrifices which they offered, God was displeased. But God promised that the time would come when the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's bead ( Gen. 3: 15): when out of Zion would conic forth a deliverer, who should turn away ungodliness arid take., away sins. Rom. 11: 26, 27. also that a fountain would be opened in Which people could wash and be free from the stain which sin had made. Zech. 13: 1. - We find this last prophecy fulfilled in Rev. 1: 5, when John declares that Jesus Christ is the " faithful witness," and he who washed us from our sins in his own blood. The same was fulfilled in Matt. 1: 21, 22-" And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet." Man was like unto a candle whose light had gone out, and by not having power within himself to relight, was in a retrograding condi= tion. But while man was without strength, Christ came into this world to be a deliverer; to destroy the works of the devil; to turn away ungodliness and to save his people from their sins. As death is the result of sin, death can only be abolished by destroying that which causeth death, which is sin. " But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, . . Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, . . him, . . . ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: whom God hath raised np, having loosed the pains of death."- Acts 2: 14- 24. If these words be true, Christ through his death and resurrection abolished both. physical and spiritual death. - Now we have clearly proved that sin-was the cause of man's downfall; and that God of old promised that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head; which was fulfilled when Christ was born into this world of the virgin Marv; and was declared to be the faith-ful witness; the only potentate, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, " who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto."- 1 Tim. 6: 15, 16. Paul knowing God's promise, and accepting Christ to be the faithful witness, and who alone hath immortality, exclaimed: " Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,. which was given us in Christ Jesus be-fore the world began, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who bath abolished death and bath brought life and immortality, to, light through the gospel."- 2 Tim.; 1: 9, 10. If death has - been abolished, surely there is a holy people in to- day. If there are no people ari the world who are living a holy, sin* life, perfect in word, deed, and thought, then God, who can not change, has changed his mind and broken his orOm-ise; Christ is declared to be an unfaith4 before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, - let him be ac-cur sed. "- Gal. 1: 9. The Spiritual House of God. BY WM. W. FITZWATER. 44yE also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house." - 1 Pet. 2: 5. Is this house visible or invisible? It is both visible and invisible. It is called a spiritual house because it is com-posed of spiritual- born people both in heaven and in earth. Therefore Paul says, " But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we."- Heb. 3: 6. " If I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the hoese of God, which is the church of the living God."- 1 Tim. 3: 15. " Ye are come unto . . • . the . . . church of the first- born. "- Id eb. 12 : 23. " For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named."- Eph. 3: 14, 15. The foregoing scriptures prove that this house is composed of saved people, and that the house` is the church; and the fact that the apostle says, " Ye are come unto . . . the . . . church" proves that it is in earth as welt as in heaven; hence, where we see a congregation of spiritual people gathered together, they are the spiritual house or church visible to the human eye. Since we have proved by the immutable word that the house is composed of spiritual, or saved, people and that the house and church are iden-tical, if we can prove that the church is the body and that there is but one body, it ought to convince any teachable mind that there is but one true church. " Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church." - Col. 1: 24. " There is one body."- Eph. 4: 4. " But now are they many members, yet but one body."- 1 Cor. 12: 2. " We believe these scriptures are suf-ficient to convince any unprejudiced mind that there is but one true church. Christ built this church. He says, " Upon this rock I will build my church."- Matt. 16: 18. Some one may ask, " How did he build it?" He framed it together ( Eph. 2: 21), tempered it together ( Col. 2: 24), knit it together ( Col. 2: 2); " That there should be no schism in the body [ church]; but that the members should have the same care one for another." - 1 Cor. 12: 25. Now the question is: How do we be-come a member of this church or body? by a spiritual birth when you fully meet the Bible requirements such as repenting ( Acts 17 : 30), forsaking sins ( Isa. 55: 7), forgiving trespasses ( Matt. 6: 14, 15), confessing your sins to God and believ-ing that he forgives. 1 Jno. 1: 9. The effect of believing is: " Whosoever be-lieveth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God."- 1 Jno. 5: 1. " As new- born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gra-cious. To whom coming, as unto a lively stone, disallowed indeed of men, THE GOSPEL TRUMPET man ekthe Beautiful gate did not re-ceive iasi strength until he arose in the name ; ot.- Wisas, and then he immediately received strength and leaped and walked and praised God. Acts 3: 7,8. May AO clear Lord help each one of chilaien'to stand upon his word; for indeed these are perilous times. Truly the enemy is walking about seeking whom he may devour, and nothing but the grace and strength of God will carry us safely through. "' Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of Tpeace; : above all taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salva-tion, and the sword Of the Spirit, which is the word of God."— Eph. 6: 13- 17. Let us so live that when the time of our departure is at hand we can say with Paul, " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." BY WALLACE M. POTTER. « T ET brotherly love continue."— - Rob. 13: 1. Love is the very es-sence of the divine life. It is the true savor of holiness. It is the highest thing attainable, either in this world or the world to come-- the very consummation of the mission of Christ to a fallen world. It was love to man. who was lost, who was undone, who was without hope and without God, that caused God to send forth his Son, who also was the very embodiment of love, mercy, and truth. " For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."- Jno. 3: 17. It is not only a high privilege to be enjoyed by the brethren in Christ, this continuance in love, but also it is an ab-solute necessity in the church of God. Now the church We understand to mean a congregation of faithful men and women met together for the true wor-ship of God, the edification of believers, and the conversion of the world. As a mighty machine constructed for a partic-ular work, and needing the care and at-tention of an experienced overseer, who is careful to apply oil on the journals, that friction may not cause heat to melt the babbit from the boxes, causing a stoppage for repairs, the church for the purpose already stated, must have the oil of love constantly applied. As " God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, govern-ments, diversities of tongues," it is abso-lutely necessary that brol herly love con-tinue--- that love that yearns for the spir-itual and temporal welfare of your breth-ren in Christ. That love must continue which is sorely grieved should any of the brethren fall into sin or into an er-ror of doctrine, but which will not give nim up until he be fully restored to the way of life everlasting. While God bath commanded that we be " perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment," vet in this day and age of the world when Christians are brought up under different schools of religion— in this day when the unity of the faith lies deeply buried in the ruins of the mighty Baby-lon— we need to exercise great charity and love for trite Christians who are not as ', Jet perfectly : agreed with us. " Let brotherly love continue," even if your brother seemeth to be at variance with you for- awhile. Brotherly love is that holy thing that holds that estranged brother's name up before God in holy supplication and prayer, praying that but chosen of God, and precious, ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house."-- 1 Pet. 2: 2- 5. " For by one = Spirit are we all baptized into one body [ church]."- 1 Cor. 12: 13. Now comes the often- asked question: " Is this an organized body or church?" We an-ewer: " It is, but not by man." Mortal man does not possess the ability to or-ganize the_ house, or church. It is a spiritual institution; it is therefore spir-itually organized. What does the word c ` organize" mean? Webster says: " To form with suitable organs; to construct so that one part may co- operate with another; to distribute into parts and appoint proper officers, that the whole may act as one body." God does this, " but the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal." " And he gave some, apostles; and some, - prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the per-fecting of the saints, the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ."— Eph. 4: 11, 12. " For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wis-dom; to another the word of knowledge by the same spirit; to another faith by the same spirit; to another the gilts of healing by the same spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spir-its; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:" — 1 Cor. 12: 8- 10. Man can organize the House of Representatives, secret so-cieties, religious sects, etc.; but he can not organize the church of God. Let us just see how it would work for man to undertake to organize the house of God the Bible way. For example, Mr. A. is an eminent preacher, but he would rather not believe and teach all the Bible teaches. So he takes certain scriptures apart from the rest, teaches them and no more, and starts out like all other sect- builders to build his so-called church, and B., C., D., E., F., G., and I. join him. They seem to be prominent members. A. concludes to organize his church ( so- called); so he appoints a meeting. They all meet to organize, " to appoint proper officers that the whole may act as one body." A. says he is going to organize the church the way the Bible teaches it. He quotes: " But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to prophet withal." Then they begin to organize. They say: " - We give Bro. B. the word of wisdom," Bro. C. " the word of knowledge," Bro. - D. faith, Bro. E. " gifts of healing," Bro. F. " the working of miracles," Bro. G. " prophecy," Bro. H. " discern-ing of spirits," Bro. I. " divers kinds of tongues," and Bro. J. " the : interprets_ tion of tongues." Reader, do you not see the inconsistency of a man or a set of men undertaking or even talking about organizineg the church or house of God. No man nor men possess the ability to administer the aforesaid gifts to man; but God does. He therefore is the sole organizer of the whole structure; " And God [ not man] hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily proph-ets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, govern-ments, diversities of tongues" ( 1 Cor. 12: 28); " that there should be no schism [ divisions] in the body [ chaucti]." " Mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve. not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own bellies."— Rom. 16: 11, 18. " Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, that there be no division among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."- 1 Cor. 1: 10. " Be no more child- en, tossed to and fro [ divided and subdivided], and carried about with every wind of doc-trine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to de-ceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ."-- Eph. 4: 14, 15. " He is the head of the body the church. "— Col. 1: 18. " From- whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of- every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edi-fying of itself in love.''— Eph. 4: 16. " And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power." — Col. 2: 10. " For it pleased the Father that in him [ Christ] should all the full-ness dwell." God who directs all things well search thine own heart, to see whet thou art yet in the faith, to show whether thou art entirely free from sure. And further. this love will sh thy brother his true state, his alien from thee, and that from no just ea it max be; and it will pray that will give wisdom and guidance to that may be turned aside. " Let brotherly love continue;" fo is the ver y elixir of the divine life. is the healing balm that binds up. broken hearts, that forgives all tresp that refuses to take up a repr against thy brother. Jesus saith, ( JR 13: 34: 35), " A new commandment give unto ‘ rou, That ye love one anotha as I es ye loved. you, that ye also- lo one another. By this shall all men kilo. that ye are my disciples, if ye have lo one to another." Let that brother love continue that shall bind us togeth in one strong band for truth and righ eousness. It shall make us invulnetabi to the foe of mankind. " Charity suffer eth long, and is kind; charity envie not; charity vaunteth not itself, is n puled up, cloth not behave itself u: seemly, seeketh not her own, is n easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejohy.;. eth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the; truth; beareth all things, believeth things, hopeth all things, endureth all thing. Charity never faileth."- 1 Cor.- Love is the ver y embodiment of the Christian graces. The ultimatum of t Christian's hope. Heaven will be a heaven::: indeed because all is love. Loire is that holy thing that dispel' all darkness from the human soul and lights up the pathe! way with the divine glory; that makes the possessor thereof to tread the hig places of earth; that, makes him n above the bickering, the strifes, the lo contentions of the rabble. " Let brotherly love continue;" for it.;; may rescue a brother who has fallen by:, the wayside. It may bring him back(' into the fold of God. It is the bond QV perfectness. It does shod forth over, thy spirit that wonderful peace, and th soul cloth feel " that underneath are the, everlasting arms'' of Jesus. " Let" brotherly love continue" in the obureit of God, and may the grace of the La Jesus Christ rest and abide with you all. Continuance of Brotherly Love. It Is Finished. BY CRAB- MELTON'. W hEN Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said, " It is finish-ed," and bowed his head and gave up the ghost. What love the blessed Son of God had for this lost world— not willing to die until he had took the vinegar, until he had drunk the dregs of sorrow and suffering; not until he had finished the work his Father had sent him to do: then and not till then he bowed his head and gave up the ghost. What perfect love! What a perfect life! What a perfect plan— not satisfied until he had fulfilled to the very letter what his Father had sent him to do. ' What did his Father send him to do? " The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken- hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."— Isa. 61: 1. Did he do that work? " I have glorified thee on earth; I have finished the work thou gayest me to do."-- Jno. 17: 4. Dear ones, it is finished; the work of our sal-vation is complete, which means deliver-ance from all the works of the devil. " For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."-- 1 Jno. 3: 8. So let as move forward and take God at his word. You suffering ones that are waiting for healing to come to you, arise, move forward to it. The promised land would never lave come over to the chil-dren of Israel. They had to go over and take possession of it, and fight for it after they crossed over. So, dear ones, if we expect to enjoy the blessin gs and benefits of God's promises, we will have to cross over to them. Let us not say, " I have done all I can, and yet I have not received the healing," and continue to wander around in the wilderness and let the devil hold us down with sickness . and disease. But arise in the name of the Lord and cross over to the promised land. Many who have started toward the promised land, have become murmurers and com-plainers, and have fallen prey to the lep-rosy of Miriam. Num. 12: 10. Some become alarmed at the giants, the sons of Anak, trusting in their own strength that they are able to overcome them. Dear ones, let us go in the strength of our God. David says, " I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress.: and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies."-- Ps. 18: 1- 3. David's God is our God, and he is the same deliverer. Praise God! his salvation binds up the broken- hearted. It proclaims liberty to the captives. It opens the prison to them that are bound. The woman whom Satan had bound for eighteen long years immediately found deliverance in Jesus. Dear ones, It is finished. It is left to you whether you will cross over or remain in the wilderness. God will not come down and lift you from your bed; but by faith you must arise, and then you will receive the promise. The 4e OR. we are glad, when we weak, and ye are strong; and thi also we wish, even your perfection."• 2 Cor. 13: 0. " Therefore leaving t principles of the doctrine of Christ let us, e go on to perfection."— Ileb. 6: 1. " If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, what further need was there: that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not after the.,!'; order of Aaron?"— Ileb. T: 11. This; priest was Christ by whom perfection ik given to us; for by one offering he hath; perfected forever them that are sanctiV ed, whereof the Holy Ghost also is witness to us."— Ileb. ,10: 14, 15. That we can be made perfect through the shed blood of Christ by which he bas, made an atonement for our sins and pures chased redemption for us, the scriptures; s abound with evidences. For some time' I have been made to consider the extent of this perfection. God in the beginning made man perfect, not only good, but " very good ;" but man lost his perfec-tion and goodness by the fall, until he became imperfect and very wicked and sinful. All agree as to that. But that. goodness and perfection can be regained{ again through Christ very few even Of those who profess to receive him believai. but what does redemption mean? is it not a restoration, a bringing back? Surely it is. " For thou [ Christ] Ira4 slain, and host redeemed us [ back] WC God by thy blood out of every kindrect and tongue, and people, and nation PERFECTION. BY EMU. KREUTZ. -- Rev. 5: 9. The fullness ofre edeapteen " But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son. of man, that - thou visitest him? Thou modest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honor, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: • thou hest put all things in sub-jection under his feet. For in that he- put all in subjection under him, he left noth-ingthat is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower then the angels, for the sufferin- v of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace or God should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren."— Heb. 2: 6- 11. " And being made perfect he became the author - of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." — Heb. 5: 9. " The law made nothing - perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which We draw nigh unto God."— Heb. 7: 19. The better hope is in Christ. Under the law the tabernacle, the vessels of the ministry, and " almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of the things in the heavens should be purified with these [ the blood of bulls and goats, etc.]; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;" viz., the precious blood of, Christ and Christ is entered " into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us."— Hela 9: 11- 2.6. Re came to this earth once, and while here he conquered the world ( Jno. 16: 33; Gal. 1: 4), and the flesh. Rom. 8: 3. Re did not yield - to the appetites of the flesh. ( Luke 4: 2- 4), and the devil. Heb. 2: 14- 16; Rev. 12: 7- 11. He trium phed over all principalities and powers. Col. 2: 15; Eph. 1: 17- 21. " W herefore he is able Mee to save them to the uttermost that come to God by / aim, seeing he ever liv-eth to make intercession for them."— , Reh. 7: 25- 27. And in that he bath conquered the world, the flesh, and the devil; yea, he triumphed over every foe and enemy, and is set down at the right hand of God, reigning tiiiumphant, he will also save as from every enemy, and likewise cause us always to tiiamph if we'trust and- obey him. The very height of perfection is found in him, his life was holy, harmless, un-defiled, and he sahirifi3ed himself in giv-ing this life for us in order that this of deceit • was sweet while they were eat-same life might be imparted to us. Mg it have found it did turn to gravel, " Except a corn of wheat fall let) the and every one knows gravel is not a very • ground and die, it abidedh alone: but if pleasant thing in the mouth; bat if any it die, it bringeth : forth much fruit."— such should read these lines, let me say. Jno. 12: 24. This is a metaphor, teach-ing us the result of the death of Christ, the likeness of a grain of wheat dying and bringing forth fruit, or multiplying itself in the death process. So Christ by his death will - bring forth the same life in us that he gave up on the cross for us, multiplying himself or his life, if we re-ceive and appropriate his death as we ought to. - That is why we have the promises - ( Jno. 14: 19 and 12, and the statements of the apostles- 2 Cor. 4: 10; Curl. 2: 20; Jno. 4: 17; also Ps. 85: 14 We have a ri ght to put his blood up against every sin, weakness, and imper-fection that the devil through the fall You will not be asked what religious d. a ainet the society you belonged to, but yen will be, has imposed upon us, an g - devil himself; for we overcome him De the blood. There is power and virtue in his blood to sanctify, purify, cleanse, and purge our soul, spirit, mind, con-science, and body from all the work of sin and the devil, and the blood will imam us clean from it, being sprinkled upon us ( Heb. 12: 21), and it will enable as to seyvo Goa necep? Ny la obedience to all his will. Heb. 9: 14; 1. Pet. We are invited to come boldly to his throne. Ileb. 4: 15, 16. Every evil thing is subject to the blood, and it has power to restore and bring to perfection. " And having an high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having• our hearts Sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water, and let us hold fast the pro-fession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised."— Heb. 10: 21- 23. And this also God wishes, " even your perfection." DECEPTION. 33Y TIANNAH CR/ TES. ` 4 READ of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his month shall be filled with gravel."— Prov. 20: 17. We now copie to another point on the sub-ject of deception. The world is so full of it that we can hardly refrain from speaking of it, and surely the words of the wise man are fulfilled every day. Oh, how much deception is practiced in commerce. " lt is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." How is it, my friend, when you wish to buy anything? do you pretend it is not worth as much as you know it really is, in order to get it cheaper; and then if the individual lets you have it at your price, do you boast how you made him believe it was worth but little, and how cheap you got it thereby, especially if he was a poor man and you thought he had to sell? Did you grind the face of the poor? If so, God will reward you. " An inheri-tance may be gotten hastily at the be-ginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed."— Prov. 20: 21. - We see the merchant trying to palm off broken or cracked jars and dishes; overrunning weight and measure when he buys, and skimping when he sells. What a time some of these people will have when they come to repent and ge . ready for that long eternity! " 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 robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live."— Eeek. 33: 14- 16. It is much better to do a straight busi-ness as we go. It will not be half so hard as to have to begin to straighten up the crooked work done in the past. No doubt some who thought- the bread too late, to begin. Satan hits- many snares laid to catch the unwary. In 1 Tim. 6: 10 we read: " For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." Satan says to the taxpayer when the assessor comes around, " Hold back part of your taxable property; it will save you a few cents." Deception! yes; Satan would have you sell your soul very cheap. We see some at the counter: tke clerk makes a mistake in their favor; thy see it, but say noth-ing. Satan says, " If he does not see it, you keep still; it will be that much more in your pocket." Yes, my dear soul, if the clerk did not see the mistake and you did, God sees and knows all and he said, " As ye would that others do to you do ye even so to them." If that money was due you, would you— could you honestly— say you would rather they had kept still and not told you? Let us judge ourselves; for if we put the tri-square of God's word on our heart and life and judge ourselves we shall not be judged. God's word is our judge. " He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, bath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the sane shall judge him, in the last day."— Jno. 12: 4S.. To correct these mistakes is one way to let your light shine for the right, and no one can be a Christian and do other-wise. May the Lord help us all to see ' we are doing business for eternity, and knowing the business hour is fast draw-ing to a close, let us see that the book accounts are all square, as God keeps the record and he will reward. Where Will You Spend ' Eternity? destiny depends altogether on, how you live in this world. If your life is spent for God and his- gospel while here upon earth, after death your soul is transported to eternal bliss; but if it is spent in sin and disobedience to the truth, you are condemned to eternal misery and woe. Jesus says, " Ye . . . shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye can not come." — Jno. 8 : 21. Where will you spend eternity? You must decide, or death will decide for you. No doubt there have been times during your sinful life that you have heard the wooing of the Spirit, invit-ing your perishing soul to come " and take of the water of life freely," and you have been almost ready to decide, and drink of the ever- flowing stream, when the enemy of your soul would suggest that you wait until some other time to decide; your friends will be no more friends of tours when you decide for Christ. But, fainting soul, it is not for your good that he makes you believe this; he seeks only to devour you by telling you these things. Therefore, heed not the voice. Your worldly friends can never save your soul from sin and eternal ruin. Jesus stands ready to save, with the extended invitation, " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."— Matt. 11: 28. " Come now, and let us reason together . . . though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as w- ool."— Isa. 1: 18. " Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will . sup with him, and he with me,"— Rev. 3: 20. To hear his voice is to hear his Word. Then N hy not accept the invitation now, and _ lee from the wrath to come, and escape your awful doom? " Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."- 2 Cor. 6: 2. " To- day if you will hear his voice, harden tot your hearts. "— Hub. 3: 15. “ flow shall we escape, if ye neglect so great salva-tion?" Again we, ask, Where will you spend eternity? Suffer Wrong. • 33Y WM. W. FITZWATER. n SIN N ER, there are two eternal •-/ " places— heaven and hell. Where will you spend eternity? Have you considered this important question? It concerns you more than everything else put to-gether. Oh, think of it! The - word says, " The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." ( Ps. 9: 17), " where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."--- Mark 9: 46. Sinner, you are in a miserable, then-gerons condition, ," having no hope, and without God in the world." And it is only by the goodness and long- suffering of God that you live, and move, and have your being. If God were to withdraw his dear arm of mercy, and snap the brittle thread . of your life, your soul would land in eternal help but God is " not willing that any should perish, bat that all should come to repentance." Then why not repent and obey the gospel, that you may " escape the dam-nation of hell''? " When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, You had better begin to straighten up and that obey not the gospel of our Lord your life and prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with the Lord. You have no assurance of ieverlasting destruction from the presence your life, wad when God sends the pale of the Lord, and from the glory of his horse and his rider after you, you must I power."- 2 Thess. 1: 7- 9. go and leave this world behind, with ell The gospel is a savor of life unto life, your ill- gotten wealth, and you will find and a savor of death unto death; that that the end has not been blessed. Un- is, to reject and disbelieve the gospel is less you resolve to forsake y our evil ways, spirituel death here, and death and ever-- restore the pledge, give: T( 1in thit which lasting destruction in hell; but to accept,. you robbed, and heartily repent of all believe, and. obey the gospel, is spiritual your past sins and ask God to pardon all quickening, parnan, and comfort in this of them for Christ's sake, who shed his- life, and life eternal in the ' world to blood for you, you need not think the come. Therefore God says, " There is gates of heaven will open to receive you. no man thet bath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands', for my sake. and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, . . . and in the world to- come eternal life. "— lfaik 10: 29, 30. " But unto them that asked whether you did God's will as he gave you comma cut; and if vel have not measured to its standard, you will be bound baud and foot and cast into outer darkness, where there shall be are contentious, and do not obey the weeping and wailing' and gnashing ea truth, but obey unrighteousness, indigna-teeth. Then, dear soul, resolve now to' Lion, and wrath, tribulation and anguish, settle this matter as fast as God gives ! upon every, isoul of man that doeth evil." BY M. ELLA SAIN. H ISTORY repeats itself. We find Sa-tan causing division among the Cor-inthian brethren just as he does to- day. We find some of them carrying their differences to the - world to settle. Paul censures them for this, saying, " Dare any of / you, having a matter against an-other, go to law before th; unjust [ out-siders], and not before the saints?"- 1 Cor. 6: 1. Then he tells them it is their mission to judge - the world and angels. If the world were to be judged by them, then why were they unworthy— unfitted — to judge differences between the breth-ren? " Know ye not that we [ God's people] shall judge angels [ false messen-gers] how much more then things [ tem-poral troubles] that pertain to this life?" 0, brethren, what a lesson there is in this one verse. Then in yer. 4, which has been a puzzle to some, we get the key from a literal translation, and it should read like this: " If then ye have judgments [ as he just said] as to things pertaining to this life, should you set them to judge [ the unjust of vet. 1] who are least esteemed in [ or by] the church?" " I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you [ one with true discern ment and the gift of government- 1 Cor. 12: 28]? no, not one that shall be able to judge[ set matters right] between his brethren?" Then Paul shows that if troubles can not be settled by the saints, one shoul I suffer the wrozg and be defrauded, tell-ing them that they that do wrong and defraud shall not inherit the kingdom of God. So if differences can not be settled for the lack of wisdom, it is a privilege God's children have to leave it quietly in his dear hands; for Christ says, ' Will not God avenge his elect that cry unto him day and night?" you opportu- aity. To- morrow may be. — Rom. 2; 8, 9. Yea, your eternal Praise his dear name forever! THE fiOSPEL TRUMPET. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Entered et the Post- once at Moundsville, W. Pa, as Second- ass. Matte E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFDIITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARI" sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the t] iiity of all true Christians in " the taith once delivered to the saints." THE GOSPEL TRIMIZE- T Business CommunicationSt moneys, etc., must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., mourinsviLLE, W. VA. to insure credit: otherwise we will not be responsible. Editorial. Read the offer of " millions of tracts at half price," on seventh page. There is now a good opportunity to supply your neighborhood with tracts on the various Bible subjects. These will prove a blessing to many a soul. A sample pack will be sent for 50 cents. Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Cunurlu, and Mexico, - - England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. Za— Ail Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. On the seventh page is a notice of the Burket, Ind. camp- meeting, which will be held Aug. 1- 12. Reduced rates have been obtained over the Central Associa-tion lines. Through tickets must be pur-chased to Claypool, Ind. ( not Burket), as certificates presented- for the return journey will not be honored at any other place. A very convenient Bus Line will - run to and from the camp ground. Round , trip, 40 cents. A trunk will be carried as one passenger. Hand baggage free. " VIEWS" OF THE BIBLE DOCTRINE. The experience of salvation brings an. internal evidence of the truth about itself, so that we may not be deceived. By the professing masses the Bible is held to be a book of no definite meaning. The expressions: " your views," " my views," etc. betray the sad fact that such is true. People are so accustomed to an indefiniteness of understanding . that when we present the Bible truths to them they regard it lightly and make reference to them as " your views." Despite the fact that this is a Christian nation ( professing the Christian religion) the devil has quite succeeded in keeping the truth from the people on the account of divisions alone. The fact that divi-sions exist gives the people liberty to say, " our views," " your views," or refer to the doctine, as, " the way you people un-derstand it," etc. The truth is, when people give credit to such expressions, they do not understand at all. Oh, the awful curse of division! Why can not people understand that the doctrine of the Bible is definite, that it is whole, entire, and that it clings together! So many professors seem to be indiffer-ent to the fact that God deals with what is termed the heart, or the soul, or the inner man, our intellect simply compris-ing the God- given faculties through which we acquire light and truth. The intellectual part of man is necessary, but if a man undertakes to know the truth merely by the mind or intellectual facul-ties and does not let it control the heart from the start, that man is apt to come to some wrong conclusion; and he is just as apt to be different from some one else in his conclusions as he is to be like that person in his views. Each thinks he is right because his own reflections cause him to think so. That is just the way with every creed devotee on earth; they all think they are right because their own reflections lead them to those con elusions. Be it known that God intends that his truths shall penetrate deeper than the mind. He imparts instruction through the mind, of course, but he also speaks to the hearta To control the 610 REPORT OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CAMP-MEETING. Bangor, Mich., July 2. This meeting is one long to be remem-bered because of its sweetness, power, and thoroughness. There were about thirty preachers present. The Lord enabled them to put forth the Word in power and simplicity. Many were con-verted and many sanctified. Quite a number were healed. The Lord did wonderfully magnify his precious name. Many declared it the best meeting they ever attended. A. B. Palmer. TO THE CHURCH. Bangor, Mich., July 2. After prayerfully and carefully exam-ining the character, and proceedings of Geo. Filhour and wife in the evangelistic work for the last two or more years it be-comes my painful duty to shy to the church everywhere that it would not be best to receive them as preachers - until they prove themselves worthy of the confidence of the people where they have' labored in the past. Let us all pray that God may show them the necessity of making wrongs right. We acknowl-edge his usefulness in the early part of his ministry. God did use them in the salvation of many souls. May God humble them and again get them into line where he can use them to his glory, is our prayer. Amen. A. B. Palmer. An Exhortation. words ancLaCts` of kindness. A life of this kimilwhich is the life of Christ in us) will< and prove to the world greater Wags than years of preaching can withoat ' the life of Christ lived be-fore the people. Oh, that God would give us lunch holy wisdom, to walk in all meekness and humility before him. Truly there are great depths in the love of God to be attained in this life. Surely the church has not been moving up to her privileges in the gospel. We have been held back by shorelines, in-stead of letting go, and losing sight of and forever forgetting the things that are seen; but pressing forward to the things not seen, - which are eternal. 2 Cor. 4: 18. Many have been looking after the sweet joys, which are precious ( but have not reached them), instead of the real holy God- life which actuates the whole being by love— holy love that subdues the hardest heart and melts it into tears. The apostle Paul tells us to " consider the Apostle and High Priest of our pro-fession, Christ Tesus."— Heb. 2: 1. Con-sider him. First, his love; do we love as he loved? If we do not, we need not be discour-aged. God surely oan do as much for us as he did for the church in the rcorn-ing light. We should seek, and cease not till we measure up to our privilege. Second, his compassion for the lost. He wept over Jerusalem, as he beheld them in their blind condition. Do we weep when. we see souls that are lost— praying for them in tears, pleading to God in their behalf. Surely Jesus sor-rowed even unto death for us. Also he had great compassion for the erring ones. The Lord help us likewise to feel deeply for them. If we convert him from the error of his ways, we shall be the means in the hands of God of his salvation, and perhaps save him from committing many sins. Also he had compassion for the-sick and afflicted. " His fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them."— Matt. 4: 24. Praise the Lord! he is the same to- day. His conversation. It is recorded of him that never man spake as this man. He spake and the sea obeyed him. Dev-ils feared and trembled, and the raging mob retreated. Yet every word was full of love, and such tenderness of voice. Those officers could not take him. Only the heart of those hypocritical, proud priests and Pharisees could resist his words. No time for lightness. His mis-sion was a great one. Sound speech which can not be condemned, edifying the hearer. The fruits of tha Spirit are in all love; goodness, and gentleness, easily entreated, not stubborn, self-willed, heady ' or high- minded, but conde-scending to men of low estate. The words of Christ were full of comfort to the sad and weary. Dearly beloved, do we measure up to the pattern? If not, do not be discour-aged, but " bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."— Mal. 3: 10. If we do our part, God will do his. But remember there must be meat in his house. It takes all the tithes; then there will be meat in abundance in God's house, the church."- 1 Tim. 3: 15. Let us make Christ and his word our daily study and practice. By so doing our life will become full of activity and power. All formality will pass away. It will , become an Eden; yea, a heaven on earth. ' Instead of being formal and dead, we will have life, activity, power, and glory. There must be a moving up. God will have a pure, holy church, full f life and glory. These are sifting- News from the Flea Pheba, Miss., June 30. For the glory of God only I feel 1 to inform you all of my whereabouts 0.4C, the condition of my health. 1 have bey: unable to go out in the work of the Lorit: any this year. Since I came home ludo winter my health has been on a rapti: j:: decline, I am now confined to my room; and bed nearly all the time and hash been for some time, but be it understo od that I am not fretting nor murmurin but knowing that God doeth all thing* well, I gladly submit to his will. I not close enough to any elders to meatir& the requirements of Jas. 5: 14, but 14- 1, have eiod's promise. Now if it be GodiCT will, I want to get well and be useful his vineyard; but a sweet amen to God's will goes out from the very deep of my heart. Praise God forever! Pray for me. All is trusted with him. All who desire to correspond with me can address me at Pheba, Clay Co., Miss. G. A. Thomas._ Rochester, Ind., July 1. I am praising God to- day for a WM-plete salvation through the blood o Jesus Christ which cleanseth me from; all sin. Halleluiah! I was first justi-' fled from all acutal sin, and by a second instantaneous work of divine grace 1, was sanctified wholly from all inherited4 sin. To God I give all the glory. Since I last reported through The Gospel Trumpet the work of God through out labors, I have held meetings at the folL lowing places with good results. WiV;: mot, Ind.; Lindsey, Ohio; Elwoo4t Ind. ; Pleasant Mills, Ind. ; McLallekt Corners, Rootville, Blvstone, and West': Monterey, Pa. ; and on my way home LL: x_ off at Moundsville, W. Va. and took in a few days of the camp- meeting At this place I found a host of saintisi, i, and best of all God in the midst oe them. Praise God for the fellowship of the saints! Bro. and Sister Ilowze Florida, 1.1. S. A. are with me in. thine' town, where ewe have our tent pitched in a beautiful grove which we have rent. ed for seventeen days, or until the 15th of July. The interest is good, and con-gregations large. Some are seeing the::`: truth. May God help them . to walk the light of the full gospel. Samuel L. Speck and Co. heart is the grand object in view, and in order to keep clear in the truth the heart must act in harmony with the truth re-ceived through the mind. If the heart is stubborn or unyielding, or if intellect-uality gains the ascendency in impor-tance, then let that individual look out for deceptions. He may reach a state wherein he thinks he is all right, or may even think that his heart says so, but it is all‘ because he resisted, at some time or other, his heart's convictions, and there-fore he is accountable before God. Oh, the deceived that will help to make up the number that shall go away into ever-lasting punishment! - We will append a few scriptures. " If any man will do his [ God's] will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God," etc.— Jno. 7: 17. " And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments."- 1 Jno. 2: 3. " With the heart man believeth unto righteousness" ( Rom. 10: 10), and there-fore " He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself."- 1 Jno. 5: 10. Therefore it can be said, " We know that the Son of God is come, and bath given us an understanding," and " we know that we are of • God, and the ' whole world lieth in wickedness." — 1 Jno. 5: 19, If every person would keep the heart in perfect conformity to the dictation of the Spirit of God, divisions would be im-possible, and all would believe and speak the same thing, and the expressions, " my views," " your views," etc. would be unknown. NOTICE. All who want to rent a cloth tent about 12x14 to use in the Burket, Ind. camp- meeting, must write me at once. The price of the tent will be $ 2.00 for the whole or part of the meeting. S. L. Speck, Burket, Ind. BY WM. N. SMITH. AY the dear Lord bless the- saints with a deep spiritual discernment of all their needs of soul, for real spirit-ual advancement. There is such a need of the real Christ- life of faith and purity, which gives us power with God and our fellow beings— a life of sweetness and gentleness, all our pathway strewn with I o times. God is siftin g the remnant al.,„ ready gathered; and if we do not measurgo up, God will drop us out altogether,, No time for trifling. Then let us deep, remove all the quicksands of nu .4 lief, and quagmires of false doctrine, alit. opinions of men, and everything that opposed to godliness, till not one graiii: of sand remains between your soul ane God. Then your feet may press the sole rock. Heckton, July 3. After laboring in company with Bro. S. L. Speck during the winter, I came home in the spring and labored some with my hands in putting out a few acres of corn, oats, and potatoes, at the same time holding meetings over Sun-days in new places around home, which has resulted in a few. souls getting out for God. At Locke ( which is about nine miles from our home) there are about six or eight souls that the Lord has gathered out and established in the one body, and they are holding regular meet-ings Tuesday nights. Also at Bremen, which is about nine miles from our home, we have been holding regular meetings for some time with good interest, and i. the people are anxious for a series of meetings to be held there, which we'f hope to be able to do ere long. June S I went to Decatur, Mich. to assist in the grove- meeting there. This meeting resulted in the salvation of two-souls, and the wile of a Free Methodist preacher taking part in the ordinance 00 THE GOSP UM' leet • washing, and she also took her stand farsthe truth. The workers pesent were B. Akin and Simmons, and Sister L. Ida er. I was called home before the ... i, Tf'oeeent. iRngu bcylo, sSerd. t( of aptrheearc oh ft hoeu rf ubneelroavl eodf Ike. Ruby). He took his own life by shooting himself. He had at one time ; been saved, but had become backslidden in heart and had concluded there was no Suture life. Oh, what awful delusions the devil will get souls into that forsake the Lord. it was the largest funeral I ever attended. There were over two hundred teams. Only about one- third of the people could get in the large meeting-house. They paid very good attention to the word. I then went to the Lapaz grove- meet-ing, which was to begi n June 22, but because of the sickness triad death of Bro. J. Rittenhouse the meeting did not begin until Sunday morning, the 24th. This meeting was quite well attended and was a blessing to all our souls, and a real benefit to the church in that place. Conviction was upon the people. Some wept and raised their hands for prayers, but did not pay the price; therefore did not get saved. About thirty took part in the ordinance- service. workets present were Bro. W. A. David-son and wife, Sister L. Kaser, and the last few days of the meeting we were made to rejoice by the coming of Bro. Ed. Ellis, whom the Lord used in preaching the IN ord. I expect to begin meeting at the Broneman schoolhouse Wednesday evening to continue over Lord's day. Pray for me. S. P. Strang. Orders for our publications from Kan- . sal, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma should be sent to Bro. W. IL Duncan, Topeka., Kans. Coneiderable expense-will be saved on largo orders, and goods Ilan be received on short notice. Testimonies Bluefield, W. Va. be good Master wants me aeon doing for me. has justified faith, scantified by faith. o. eals nav body, and I am or his coming. Ile healed me last spring of catarrh and of a severe lung trouble. Praise his name! he is the same yesterday, to- day, and forever. J. II. Pearson. Meek River, S. C. saved and kept by the mighty power I am glad the dear Lord ever showed sae tie way that leads to him. I am gl the Lord brought me out of the horrible grit of sin and set my feet on the rock Christ Jesus. Praise his holy name! There are only a few saints her Pray that the Lord might build up, his church here. Olivia E. Dukes. at his word; for his word is yea and amen to them that believe. The Lord is settling down his little church at Cali, place, helping us to work together more in unity. He wants his children to be united everywhere, and then the work is sure to move. George Mallory. Triumph, Ma. I am praising the dear Lord for the light of the gospel. It showed me my condition and I went to the Lord and got clean; so I can say that I am washed and cleansed in Jesus' blood.' My heart is filled with praises. I am just glad because the Lord has delivered me nom all sin and sectism. I was a P, B. Bap-tist nine years, but I can say to- day that I belong to the church of God and not a sect. Glory to God for saving grace that saves from sin. I am also praising the Lord for his healing power that heals both soul and body, In 1899 for about four months I had a cold and suffered intensely. After meeting the conditions of the word of God I was healed. - T. J. OMs. Calvert, Miss. About seven years ago wife and 1 joined the M. E. sect and lived in the same about six years. But was not sat-isfied on the church, as we had not heard the church preached on as we wished to before last fall when Bro. W. 0. Williams came to our place and preached on that subject and made it plain to me that that was not the church of God, and the Lord- opened our eyes and led us out into this blessed evening light, and his blood has made us every whit whole. Praise his holy name for-ever! We expect to have Bro. W. 0. Williams with us again in September, if the Lord wills. - We need some Holy Ghost workers in here. The devil is at work. Pray that we may keep bumble. E. M. and M. D. Mayo. Omaha, Ala. I am praising God for full and free salvation that saves me from all sin and gives me perfect peace in my soul. It has been about three years since the Lord wonderfully saved my soul and brought me out of sectarianism. I am truly glad the truth reached me before too late. I belonged to the Baptist sect, but when: the truth was preached here I began to see that I had only an empty profession, and that it would take a real experience of salvation to get to heaven. We are expecting a glorious meeting at Potash in August and would be glad to have as many come as can. Would be glad if some workers would come now and stay till after the camp- meeting. Potash is about forty miles southeast of Oxford. t J. T. West. St. James, Mo. We are glad we can report victory in our souls over sin and all evil spirits around us. Glory be to God! We are saved just now by two works of grace, and are determined to fight the good fight of faith. Praise our God! We have been permitted to pass through deep waters of late, but have not been forsaken. Jesus has been our strength and help. Truly he is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, and we know these trials and all things do work for our good, because we love God. - We do not think it strange concerning these fiery trials, but rejoice and praise God for the precious lessons he is teaching us. Now, dear ones, pray that we may be true to God and precious souls. Gussie Montgomery. Petersburg, Intl. I have been saved five years this month, and I am still praising God for salvation. I do love to serve the Lord and trust in his keeping power. I have been very sick many times, and would call on the Lord and he would heal me. Oh, do ever praise him for his good-ness. I am in a very weak and run- down condition now, and do earnestly ask an earnest interest in all your prayers, that the Lord will restore me to full health and strength if it be his will, and if not, pray that he may give me patience to bear all my afflictions. I have kidney trouble very bad. I am able to be up but very little, but, praise the Lord! I know he is able to heal me no matter what ails me. Pray for me as soon as you receive this, is my earnest request. Rosa IL Smith. " Vienna, Mo. I am wonderfully praising the Lord for full and free salvation that keeps me free from all sin and in the way. I know that I have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. Praise his holy name! I have been saved and sanctified by his precious blood, and I have „ learned to take him for my all in all. 1 always find him a present help in every time of need. IN e have a little church at this place, and God has won-derfully strengthened it. We have a good Sunday- school and prayer- meeting every Sunday. There are several saved at this place and they are always ready to stand up for the Lord. Dear saints in the Lord, pray for the church at this place and for the salvation of precious souls. May the Lord bless every reader of The Gospel Trumpet, is my earnest prayer. Frank Bassett. Leesville, La. I have been trusting the dear Lord nearly three years— ever since I first heard the true gospel. Praise his holy name forever! Last week my oldest boy ( nearly eleven years old) took the fever and I promised the dear Lord if he would heal him I would testify of it through the Trum pet.„ He ha d be. en co m plaeining for two - weeks. He would al- most cry with- r44 in his legs. They: hart him S3 • oxil* gio he might he taking the slows1WC but I was willing to trust him to- flyi6ar Lord, antlilie only had fever two:;= days and night? i; sind now he is as well, 0 ever. To God be all the Woodhull, Ill. Several weeks ago my eyes became so affected I could read only a few lines at a time, and they hurt me all the time. I had. them examined by a physician, and he said I had granulated eyelids and had better have them treated; but 1 felt that I would rather commit them to the Great Physician. So I just left them entirely in God's hands, and I wrote. to the Trumpet Office, asking them to.,- 1,10y for me, and also requested the Sante. of the saints in Chicago, and the dear healed my eyes. I can see now aS. Well as ever in my life. 0 - dear suffering friends, how much better to go to the Great Physician with . all our afflictions than to earthly phYsidians. I promised• the Lord if he would heal thy eyes I would use the means he had given me the way he would direct, and helm greatly blessed me. It pays to obey and trust God. Last winter my husbandHad a paralytic stroke in his face One side _ of his face was badly affected, but the Indianola, Iowa. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth me '' from all sin. I stand ready to do God's whole will here in this world or to be taken to him, as he sees best. 0 dear saints, what wonderful things God will teach us if we will but listen to him. My faith is as bright as the noonday sun. 41ory to God! I am a child of the Pray that I may always be kept ' s order to be used at his will J. A. Matson. Harper, Kans. ; By God's grace I am saved to- day and ng in him who is my Savior and Per. God has done so much for wife me that we can not give him enough aise. Our only desire is to glorify him cur lives while we live on this earth. Lord healed me of an awful bad case ' catarrh. I tried different remedies, t, they all failed. Jesus did not fail, will he ever fail if we just take him Oakley, 4ant. I lived in sectism four years, and' l• 4 a zeal for the work of God, but_ 33ot; a0- cording to knowledge. I was lea: nat, o: the glorious evening light by ta. 4120-: fulness of some of God's children Ins winter. Since that time God has wons derfully saved wife and sanctified pti. f, natures.. He has healed us in sickness and has taken away the appetite for coffee. Praise our God forevermore! there are two families here that have accepted the truth and are living up to all the light we have. We have some precious meeting here and we earnestly desire some of God's true ministers to come here and preach the whole truth. We pray for God's blessing to rest upon all saints, and especially upon those that did us much good in the Lord. II. C. Drake. Duff, lnd. I can. truly praise the dear Lord for his wonderful love to me, and that he has saved my soul, and brought me out of darkness into this blessed evening light. I can. testify that I enjoy myself much more in living for Jesus than living for the world. Praise the dear Lord! I will tell how God healed me of a sore hand. My left hand broke out in little sores, and soon it was all covered with sores so that I could not use it. . We sent to the Trumpet Office for an anoint-ed handkerchief, and applied it in Jesus' name; and now the sores are all gone and my hand is well. Although the devil was arrayed against me and tried to deceive me in many ways, I can praise God for victory over the powers of the enemy. Truly it pays to put our trust in the Lord. Pray that I may be kept humble and true to God. Mattie Osborn. Braidentown, Fla. I praise God that he has saved my soul and sanctified my nature through a sec-ond definite work of grace. I am praising God for the glorious liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, and for. the peace and joy which is flowing deep in my soul. About the last week in August, 180 I was taken with the typhoid fever. I was so nervous at times that I could hardly bear to have any one come into the room, but I found the Lord was sufficient and I could bear all things in his name. Praise his holy name! Bro. Geo. L. Cole and Sister Nettie Henderson were called for, and it, was a great battle in fighting the devil, who was conquered. A fter being sick for about four weeks 1 was told that I looked like a living skeleton and ought to have a doctor— that I was near death's door— but the dear Lord did wonderfully raise me up, for which I give him all the praise. And now I praise God for health and strength. Pray that I may be kept at the feet of - Jesus doing his whole will. Any minister filled with the spirit that is led of the Lord to come here and open up the work will be wel-comed and cared for. Lee E. Parker. Dockery, Mo. Wile and I were Baptists for many years. Last November dear Bro. Backus came to this place and held forth the pure gospel and Jesus says, " My sheep hear my voice." So we escaped the awful doom that awaits those in sectish night. Oh, halleluiah to God and the Lamb forever! We then lived up to all the light we had, but when a heavenly gleam pervaded our very being, how much different. Oh, we do praise God! I eras a Baptist deacon, but I now feel I am one with all of God's children. Moreover, we thought that we could not live free from sin, but, oh, how different when we were enabled to see the pure light, since which time we have many tracts . and books and the Trumpet, which is a welcome visitor to our home. To- day our hearts tri umphantly exclaim, " The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Others have escaped sectism also. So the dear Lord has raised up a little church here, for which we do praise God. We ex pea Bro. Backus here with his tent the last of July or the middle _ of August. Any saints coming this way, please stop and they will find a welcome at our home, We expect this tent- meeting to be an assembly- meeting. All are cordially invited. M. L. and Mollie Harris. glory. I had some - severe trials last fall. My baby had cholera infantum. Ile got to be almost a skeleton, but the' dear Lord did heal him. Now he is in tine health. Praise God! Oh, it pays to have faith in Jesus, for he has done move for me than I could think or ask. D. E. Dennis. Camp, Fulton Co., Ark Aug, Camp. A. B. Stanberry. Jeffersonville, Ky. AMT. 22 to Sept. 2, Camp. Those coming by train stop at Mt. Sterling and take mail hack at 2p m. for Jeffersonville. Thos. Carter or E. Watts. Vichy, Mo. Aug. 24 to Sept. 2. Camp, T. E. Ellis. Sanford, Tenn. Aug. 30 to Sept. 8. Camp. James Miller. Gaston, Lid. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Tab-ernacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Near Cherrytree ( Grant P. 0.), Pa. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Ed. Wetzel, Burnside, Pa. or J. B. Arble, Cushcreek, Indiana Co., Pa. Oxford, Kans. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Camp. Will McAlister. Jordan Harbor, Ont., Canada. Begin-ning Aug. 30. Camp. Let everybody that wants tents order at once, stating size. David H. Moyer, Vineland, Ont. Violet Hill, Ark, Beginning Sept. I. Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Springfield, Ohio. Begins Sept. 5 to continue over two Sundays. Tabernacle. B. E. Warren and Co. Calvert, Miss. Sept. 6- 17. Grove. On 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. 7- 16. Camp. Willie II. Jackson, Simp-son, La. Millville, Tenn. Beginning Sept. 8. Assembly. Samuel L. Ford. Manchester, Okla. Sept. 13- 23. 0 Wm. Boniue, Camehester, Kans. Hinkle, Tenn. Sept. 25. Grove. uel Ford, Millville, Tenn. Summitville, Ind. Begins Oct. 3 to co tinue over two Sundays. Tabernaol B. E. Warren and Co. Ft. Meade, Fla,. Oct. 7- 17. A. j Poulson. Obituary. Kensington, Kans. Camp. Aug. laaea Any one desiring tents address P. Engstru ill Kensington, Kans. at once, and state si' of tent wanted. Geo. Vielguth. Plattsburg, Miss. Aug. 17- 26. Cam Plattsburg is 20 miles from McGee', 30 miles from Kosciusko, the nearest R. stattons on C. A. & N. R. It Geo. Breazeale. Desdimonia, Eastland Co., Tex. 18- 26. Camp. Jas. Rene. Due West, S. C. Beginning Aug. 18 last one week. The nearest station DO is Donaldsville. The meeting will be halt 10 mi. west from Abiseville. Any one wish-: ing conveyance from Donaldsville shonldi write to J. B. Bobo, Due West, S. 0. ..... dear Lord. entirely healed him. : 1Year friends, you have your Bibles to ` i* ad, search them and try the spirits, and if they preach contrary to the W ord, es not receive them. Pray that we may intik more worthy of God's love. Mrs. M. W. Bailey. Todd, Ky. I praise God to- day for salvation that Saves from all sin, and he sanctifies me with- a second work of grace. Praise - God forever! He keeps me saved from all the sins of this wicked world. We have- been taking God for our physician for about six years. We find he is faith-ful that has promised, and what he has promises he is able also to perform. Thank God! He healed our baby of something like the grippe, and , has heal-ed me and my family many times of different diseases. Truly it is like the Psalmist said, he forgiveth all our in-iquity, and healeth all our diseases. I do love God and all of God's people. I love to read the testimonies of God's little ones. I feel that I am the least of all saints, but thank God for what he has done and is still doing for me and my family. I truly know that the old man is crucified and that henceforth I shall not serve sin. Pray earnestly for me, dear brothers - and sisters, and pray for my husband that we may live pleasing to God, and obey him in all things. Mattie Nelson. Spokane, Wash. I do praise God this morning for sal-vation, for his blessed word, and for his loving- kindness and mercy; for I once was a poor lost, ruined, undone, helpless sinner without hope and without God in this world or the world to come, unwor-thy to ask God for mercy or help. Finelly I resolved that if I did go to hell I would go there praying and pleading for mercy and acknowledging my sins. But, blessed be Godl he heard niy cry and came and took my load of guilt away and told me to arise and shout and praise God and tell sinners what a grand and glorious reality there is in the reli-gion of Jesus, and never to doubt it as I had done. That was about thirty- five years ago. Praise God! He is just as near and dear to me this morning as ever; yes, more dear than ever before, because I know of realize much better what wonderful things he has done and is still doing for me. Glory be to his name! Not only for me, but for all who will come to him with a contrite and, a broken heart. I desire to have no will of my own,' only to do his blessed will. May God help all his little ones not to theorize any part of the blessed Word away, but to understand the meaning thereof and to walk accordingly. Praise God for his saving and keeping and heal-ing power, which he is manifesting to his true followers even in these days. Amen. J. M. Ricky. Bagley, ' Minn. I promised the dear Lord I would tes-tify to his goodness and healing power. Last Sunday night I was awakened as if some one had spoken to me, " Your baby has the croup." I jumped, as the baby was breathing so hard, and got hold of her. I knelt down and asked God to heal her, and after committing her to the Lord I went to bed with such peace in my soul, and soon she was breathing easier. The next day she grew worse again. I then went to our heavenly Father in secret prayer and poured out my want to him who sees and hears in secret. Then came the assurance that my baby was healed. I went to the bed and looked at her as she slept, and she was covered with sweat. In a short time she was all over her cold. Oh, how I praised God! Be has been so much to me, as I am alone here on our claim with my three little children, and over a mile to the nearest neighbor, but if anything happens I can just go to Jesus and he makes all things right. Bless his precious name forever. Last winter while washing as I went to empty some water out of a tub I slip-ped and sat down, hurting my spine so that thereafter when I sat down I could hardly get up. No one but Jesus knows what I suffered. I kept praying and pleading with God to make me well. At night when we would have worship, after asking God to make me well our little boy three years old would say, " Mamma, Jesus will make your back well;" but in the morning I would be in pain just the same. He would say again, " Mamma, didn't Jesus make your back well?" I would tell kim I knew Jesus would, and praise the Lord! he did. Our little boy was healed of earache and our little girl was healed of piles last fall, after complying to his word accord-ing to Jas. 5: 14, and of worms, after the prayer of faith was offered. Oh! he is our all and in all. I have an affliction on my right eye which I have had over two years. I was anointed and prayed for last summer. It all went away, but afterwards it came back again worse than ever before. I was anointed and prayed for again and it became some better, but not well. I found that the Lord had several lessons for me to learn. I thanked God for the lessons and my eye has been getting better, though very slow. I have committed all to the Lord and let him have his way; for I am his and he is mine. I found the devil was always lurking to get a hold, but we must stand fast to Jesus and rebuke him in Jesus' name, and I find the Lord ever ready to drive him away. May Davis. Calls for Meetings. Smithfield, Wetzel Co., W. Va. Any one who can hold a meeting there should write to E. R. Milton. Marengo, Crawford Co., Ind. Some Holy Ghost preachers with a tabernacle are de-sired. Marengo is on the Louisville and St. Louis Air Line. If a tabernacle can not be brought, a meeting can be arranged for without it. Benjamin N. Sloan. Coosa Valley, Ala. We are going to have a meeting the 22d or July at this place. It will be but a short distance from the depot. We want some of the dear brethren to come and help. You will be cared for. Allen Cunningham. 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 proeiee 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 any information regard-ing that meeting. Fremont, Nebr. Beginning July 12. Tabernacle. Bro. Geo. Backus and others are expected. All others are invited to at-tend. J. G. Collins. Poindexter, Ky. July 13- 22. Camp. This meeting will be held on Wesley Lemons' farm 1% mi. from Poindexter. Poindexter is on the Ky. Cent. R. R run-ning south from Cincinnati, 0. Wesley Lemons. 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. Win. 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 Lopi, t0 send a minister - baptized with thi: 40.4 ( post. T. J. Hurley. BedfaidaThd. Beginning July 18 to last as long a the Lord wills. Tabernacle. B. E. War* Springfield Ohio. Ripley,, Okla.: Beginning July 19. Rip-ley is on da new railroad running 45 mi. N. E. from Guthrie, and the meeting will be held 2% mi. from where the Clayton meeting was held 3 yr. 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 come 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. Beachapring, 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. Elba Key & Co. Ramil, Randolph Co., Ark. Beginning July 25, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Camp. This meeting will be held at the same pla, ce'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 HolliwHilban. S. N. Hilbun. Dirket, 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. 11. 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. Cook. 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. 8- 18. Camp. M. S. Mack. Poynor, Mo. Beginning Aug. 10. Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Social Point, ( 10 mi. W. of Panola P. 0.) Panola Co., Texas. Aug. 10 Camp. Railway station is Keatchie. H. J. Johns, Deberry, Tex.- Grants Pass, Ore. Aug. 10- 20. P. T. Everton and Grant Clark, Merlin, Ore. Ableman, Wis. Aug, 15- 26. Camp. This meeting will be held on the farm of E. F. DuBois, 7 mi. E. of Reedsburg and 7 mi. N. E. of Ableman. Those from the north address E. F. DuBois, Reedsburg, Wis. Those from the south address August Meyer, Ableman, Wis. St. Louis, Mich. Aug. 16- 26. J. R. Walter. Eugene, Lad. Aug. S. A. Sprouts. Wiltshire, Ohio. Aug. nacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Brushy Prairie, Ind. Camp, 26. S. Y. Greenawalt. Emlenton, Pa. Aug. 16- 27. Samuel Martz, Pittsville, Pa. Keisters, Butler Co., Pa. Date following the Emlenton meeting. Grove. Henry Latshaw. Potash, Ala. Aug.. 16- 26. Camp. B. B. Adamson or G. W. Lipp. Pachuta, Miss. Beginning Aug. 16, to continue about ten days. Assembly. This meeting will be held 13( mi. from town. Ministerial help needed. H. P. Stephen. Driftwood, Okla. Aug. 16- 26. Camp, John Hardison, Kiowa, Kans. or Harvey Guinean, Friends, ' Woods Co., Okla. RUB Y.- John Ruby, Sr. was born in Switzerland Dec. 25, 1827; died June 15, 1000. He leaves five children to mourn their loss, three daughters and two sons, one our beloved Bro. John Ruby, Jr. God bless and save the unsaved, is our prayer. S. P. Strang, RITT H 0 USE. - James Lester, son of Dennis and Emma Rittenhouse, died June 20, 1900; aged 22 yr. u me. 6 da. He was setter known by the name of James Pea-cock, as his mother died when he was a tI small child and Bro. and Sister H. Peacock! took him into their home and raised him as their own son. He had been a constant sufferer from his youth,. being afflicted. with falling fits, which somewhat injured his mind, but his desire was to live a Christian life. We believe he has gone home to Jesus. May God bless and save the unsaved g friends and reward dear Bro. and. Sister ---- Peacock for their labors in so kindly caring for him during his life. S. P. Strang. Bushong, Kans. HAllARD.--- Bro. J. K. P. Hazzard, born in Reading, Pa. Nov, 7, 1846, moved ,1 to Kansas about twenty- three years ago; ' died. June 27, 1900 at Buusshhoonnge,, Kans. aged , 54 yr. 6 mo. 22 da. Bro. Hazzard aro .. 73 saved nine years ago in the evening 1, light, I was ordained elder of the church at Busb-,‘ A-' ong shortly after and servetras such n friends which he had made by his eupprright his death. He leaves a wife and four chit dren to mourn their loss, and many warm and aftaithful his home life. July Funeral 1 at which services the heldi ces wh neighbornood met to pay their last resp to the departed. one. We trust many accept of all the truth and walk therein the result of the example given by Hazzard's life before them. Emil Km* 16- 26. Camp. 16- 26. Taber- Aug. 16- Camp. Camp. Have you heard the pris-oners calling for good tracts and papers? Will you help send them the gospel? Now is the time to do so. ettkgegi THE FOLLOWING TRACTS WILL BE SENT AT THE ABOVE POUND RATE. Please order by number any tracts selected from this list. 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Cash must be sent with order. 14811101111111115112381111211110126E11110131M The General Central Camp- meeting of the Church of the living God will be held 4 mi. south of Burket, Ind. and 7 mi. southwest of Claypool, Ind,, on the banks of Yellow Lake, The Apostolic Gospel of Full Salvation will be presented. Prophecy and Revelation, Divine Healing, Unity of Believers, and other Bible subjects of interest will be taught. This meeting is anti- sectarian. A GENERAL INVITATION IS GIVEN TO ALL. Reduced Rates of One and One- Third Fare lave been granted by the Central Passenger Association, comprising the railroads in general in the following states: Michigan S. Peninsula), Indiana, Ohio, the south- ' western portion of Ontario, the northwest-e. rn portion of Pennsylvania and the adjoin- Ing earner of New York, and that portion of . 111inois lying east of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Read Carefully the Following. t. You must procure a full- fare Allk- elass ticket ( limited or unlimited) to 9* 60001, Lid. the price of same being not an seventy- five cents. If you can not a through ticket at starting- point, pur-one to the nearest point where such gh ticket can be obtained, and ther chase through ticket. Claypool is on t - New York, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & ) By. Persons coming from any direction must, without exception, purchase ticket to Claypoo l.. Second. When you purchase a ticket request the agent to give you a printed cer-tificate of the standard form, 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 filled: namely ( 1) That the certificates were procured not more than three days before nor more than two days 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 have been signed by the secretary and agent, as stated above; ( 3) That certificates are pre-sented for the return purchase of ticket at Claypool within three days after the last day of meeting. Fifth. These certificates are not; trans-ferable, and will be available for continuous passage only, no stop- over being allowed. They will not be honored by conductors, but must be presented to ticket agents where return ticket is purchased. Neither will they be honored if issued in connection with children's half- fare tickets, clerical tickets, or at less than regularly agreed first- class fare. A Few Points Information. 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 anti 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 tw. uog rpdo owfe Gr. od; for he will be there in heal- 7. If you are in need of any of the gifts of the Spirit, or an advance or increase of faith, 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 care for during the meeting. 9. If convenient, bring a, straw- ticic 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 you 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 40c. All hand grips will be hauled free. Trunks will be carried as one passenger. For further in-formation write S. L. Speck, Burket, - THE GOSPEL TIAIX Divine Healing. Beet Scalded and Healed. earn praising_ God for victory. I was wash, and when we tea the oilerpft I dropped my side, which threw * 41 ing suds on. me, scalding both feet - quite badly. I asked the Lord to eal we, and, praise Godt- the work, was buil A woman came up- stairs to see and Wanted to know if I was not going to put something on- j. :`` I ; the Lord will take care of that" Glory be to his precious name! In fifteen minutes I was back to my wash. It left two wars on one foot and one on the other, cut the pain was all gone. To God be all the glory. Mrs. E. Chase, Mama, 316. Typhoid Pneumonia. - We are praising God for a full and tree salvation, deliverance of soul and body. It has been some time since we have been out in the work, but we have tot been idle in this country in giving out tracts. We expect to get out in the work soon; if the Lord is willing. Now since we have been here the enemy has given us many trials. Persecution has been great, but, glory to God! we can shout through it all. " We have much sickness in this country. Wife and I have been sick once or twice; we trusted it in the hand of the Lord and he healed us at once, and in giving out tracts the people asked us if we did as we preach. We told them yes. Our baby took sick with the typhoid pneumonia. The , peo-ple said if we did not get a doctor for her she would die. She was so sink she would not pay us any attention. We prayed for her and it seemed that she got worse. I wanted to send to the Trumpet Office for prayer for her. The devil told me she would die before they would get the letter. So we proved the Lord and rebuked the fever in Jesus' name, and it left her at once. After that she suffered about five days with pains in her breast. W e agreed in prayer for her and the Lord healed her of that. After that the devil afflicted her all over her body. We felt that the Lord wanted to have his way in it. We got willing to give her up, then the Lord healed her every whit. Glory to his name! He is just the same to- day. Pray that we will do our duty in every-thing. We have taken the Lord for our physician. E. W. and Ida B. Spence. Buffalo, Ala. Healed of Congestion. To the glory of God, I wish to tell what great things he has done for me. His word says in Ps. 107: 2: " Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." Yes, I do praise him for redemption. Cod healed me of a very bad case of conges-tion of the lungs. In the fore part of April 1 was taken very bad with cough-ing and pain in the lungs— so bad that I was out of my head at times. A doctor who is an agnostic and whom I had told that if I got sick I would not take any medicine came in to see me. Re said he had heard that I was very sick, and he thought he would come in and see me. He said he did not come to doctor me, butejust to see how I was. He asked me to let him examine me, which I did. He said that I was very bad with congestion of both lungs, and told my wife some simple outward applications, knowing that. I would not take any medicine; but even. these were never applied. We just complied with the W ord in. Jas. 5: 14, 15, and sent for Bro. George Cole. He came eighty- five miles from Chicago to . Sheldon, where I then lived, and, praise God! when he anointed me there were several present who were seetari-au. One man had said he would never believe in the healing unless he could see Prevailing Prayer. • BY JENNIE M. BYERS. WE little realize what mighty things Y4 can be accomplished through prayer. We look at some of the rich gifts and graces and wish for them, but little realize the power within our reach, through prayer to God. In order to pray the prayer of faith, that moves God, we must be fully yielded to God in all things, ready to do his perfect will, or in other words our will must be whol-ly lost in his will, so that our whole aim and desire is to do his will. We can know if our hearts cry out—" I delight to do thy will, 0 God." We know too if we would just a little rather have our own way and will. Selfish prayer will not move the heart of God. When our whole lives are yielded to him, then the Holy Spirit can pray through us; for it is he that indites our prayers. He knows what is the mind of God, and he puts the desires in our hearts according to the will of God, and we just yield to him, and he preys through us. In this way he uses us as channels through which he can convey his messages to his needy ones who are at the throne of grace, asking some favor or blessing. We see by this process how necessary it is that the channels be empty and clean, in order, that his perfect will and message may be conveyed to his children free from all contamination of self or selfish motives. We see God works through human instrumentality, and " ye that bear the vessels of the Lord must be clean.° There is so much to be done everwhere and so few trusty vessels; so many are inclined to crack or leak just at the most needy time. This is why we are to" ken through the fire, that we may be hard and ready to stand any test and trial that we may have to pass through. How blessed that God himself prepares us for every good word and work. We see when God was about ready to build the beautiful temple, how he put the desire in David's heart and he just prayed out what God put in. He was not displeased at God either when God told. him he could not build the house then, but that his son should build it. God told David it was well he had it in his heart to build it. In my own. mind. I feel that David built the temple. He had it in his heart to do it and God just put it down to his credit. Indeed David had the temple builded— by faith. He saw it a beautiful, grand structure, even before his death. I W e see in the early church what was accomplished by prayer. While the brethren and sisters were praying and supplicating the throne, the. Holy Ghost came on them and filled them all and fitted them for the work God had for them to do. Then we see them go forth in power and authority, but still continu-ing to pray. We see some of them so called to the ministry of prayer that they told their brethren to serve the tables, while they gave themselves: continually to the ministry of prayer and the word. No wonder such mighty things' were done by these hoil,.. i) raying men and women who were so given up to - the Lord that he cpuld reveal himseleto them and Work-:** and through them -: to will and to do Oflila good pleasure, . 1% ■ lo doubt there cottabe. list as mighty & ids. done c4aiy w. re would give ourselves more fe* aye* and less to the contain-dnating thingsg this world. We always can tell a praying man when we meet him. Some way you feel he has been in the , ce- ol God. Not only did the apostiesVv* thernselves to prayer, but it appears the w- ode church knew how to prevail witg -- God. We see Paul stoned death..* ft was thbhght, but his breth-ien were there and what is recorded next? " He rose up.' 5 We next see another servant in prison) put there for preaching the gospel, _ and to please the wicked Jews. But what else do we see? We see a room full of men and women, praying " without ceas-ing." " But prayer was made without ceasing, of the cntirch unto God for Here prayer broke the prison chains and bars, it opened the gates. It defied all rule and authority and power. What though the king did use extra precaution and care, the prayer of faith overpowered all. Here we see interces-sory prayer. Peter had. committed him-self to God, " whose he was and whom he served." Yes; he could afford to he in prison if God could afford to have him there. It was all the same to him. He did not rebel nor worry.. Yes; he could sleep, even though he was bound with two chains and sleeping between two soldiers and the prison securely guarded and kept. We see how vain is the power of man. God could waken Peter, and take him out, even through the first and second ward. The great iron gate had to obey the command of tiod and open even of itself. No doubt this holy man of God had to exclaim: " Surely this is the finger of God." We see another similar instance when Paul and Silas were thrust into prison and their feet made fast in the stocks. What condition do we find them in? Crying and mourning and lamenting and finding fault? No; the record says they " prayed and sang praises unto God." Yes; and the prisoners heard them. They must have been glorying in tribu-lation, and " counting it all joy," that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for Christ's sake. In this case prayer shook the earth and loosened the prison doors, and loosened every band and chain. It defied every power and skill of man; even the bold and defiant keeper of the prison was weak and frightened, and cried out, " Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" Yes; he too saw that it was the mighty hand of God. The record does not say what the object of these brethren's prayer was. Was it their own deliverance or was it the conversion of the prisoners and their persecutors and enemies? Ah! I believe it was the latter, and God saw their unselfish prayers and saw lit not only to answer their prayers for the wicked men, but also to grant their deliverance. Putting them in prison did not stop their work. No; the throne was just as accessable as ever, and they knew it, and the spirit within them kept on working. God wanted those prisoners converted, and that is the way he took to do it. Was not the greatest longing of the breth-ren's hearts to see souls saved? What matter was it then who or in what way they should be saved? How apt we are to make plans, then pray accordingly. God knows where the souls are that need help; he knows too where the fallow ground is that can be broken up, and he will lead us to that very place if we will suffer ourselves to be led. We see how the Spirit called Paul into Macedonia when he was in-tending to go to some other field. The Spirit never makes a mistake; for he knows what is the mind of the Father. We see other instances where prayer breaks the bands of death asunder and sets the captive free; where it breaks the chain of disease and sickness. Nothing can break fever and sickness as prayer. We read _ of John Welch, the Scotch Covenanter, who prayed and waited en God until a dead body was restored. life. lie prevailed with God and the suit was, a body restored to life. k is a mighty cable to God, by which. ils are cast out, sickness and disease m depart onnulalneddsoorki, to djeoayt, hprissonddisoaorrss that moves sme to at s I i tbheer t yv; e r3,-- rea t, throne of::: ' What true servant of God but call a time or times when he prevailed. God and mighty things were Itch*, for God? See J ohn Paton on those errt:::-, nibal islands— ho w he so prevailed ' With God that his life seemed almost iramor. tal. See George Muller feeding those thousands of children by faith and prayer. See many of the niissionariek on the dark fields of India to- day wh say that God can feed a thousand as sly as he can one child. How many stances we read of those who prayed all night that they might accomplish seine- :- thing for God. See Daniel praying with his windows open toward the Waved city Jerusalem. His prayer took him to the lion's den, but did it stop there? Was he destroyed and his life and influ-ence and power stopped? No; he ac-complished by passing through the den. of lions what possibly could not have been clone any other way. Was not the king convinced who was the true and liv-ing God? Hear him: " I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and stedfast forever. . . Ile delivereth and rescueth. . . . Who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions." It is while at prayer that the Holy Spirit can show us the work the Lord has for us to do. Listen what the Holy Ghost said to Barnabas and Paul while they were wait, ing on the Lord and fasting. Ile showed them the great missionary field at Anti. och and sent them there, and a glorious work was done for the people. Not on-. ly did the Jews receive him, but the Gentiles also. The Lord knew of the open and ready hearts over there when he sent his servants there. So he will for us it we wait on hint in prayer and faith, and something will be accomplished too; fo when " he putteth forth his sheep he eth before them." - We see what the prayers of Cornelius: brought to him and his people. Ile w a devout man and one that prayed to God always. Surely nothing better could be said of a person. How beautiful by the Lord answered his special prayer, when the Spirit led him to fast and uray. At for his use; for he knows where tlyk:;' his Spirit, that we too may pray the: prayer of faith. the same time, the same Spirit called grand is the work of the Spirit. Surely it looks the like Spirit telegraphy. talked to Ananias In the while same way member how needy Saul was of help when he was in his room blind, but he resorted to prayer, and while he was praying, the Spirit spoke to the other holy man of God to go and help him. , n and s as a channel el r io n rg instpru mehnit s ee s of m ones. Let us not only pray but beinrlellalcdilyys hands needy ones are and how to touch us by4 Peter to prayer on the housetop. How another servant was praying. We re- Lord of the harvest would send forth We see in this case how God used Ana-- We are commanded to pray that the a d he l rei. ycsste, hhsreit; shall aaov nnof dA ueerrhlegloedaestfsrnehtrtehonerf( a einec e);. e01d workers into his harvest. l- ecilvathboseoar, iae0irr. snvg, esltYtate. nvaitleshemaere This is indeed IsinoldneIlo.€ 3thewi ililoigdosfoserryuasix?" who are ready and willing and can sewer back: " Here am I; send me Those whom the Lord sends always the Lord's work and are never a dis pointment; so let us continue the prayer,- that he may send forth laborers into his - harvest; for trelv the harvest is grey and the laborers are few. it himself, and he did see it. 100 Bro. Cole prayed of tai anointing nie,' the same man with all the rest broke down and wept - like little children, and went and proclaimed my heading through the town. That doctor came back to see me after I had been isolated and said that undoubtedly I was lots better. Oh, help me to praise my Redeemer more and more. Please pray for me, and mine that we may sink deeper down into the sweet will of God. Isaac N. Ulsh. Illanteno, Ill., June 24.
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 20:27 |
Published Date | 1900-07-12 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 27 |
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 | DUENESS IN And lad shall send his angels with e. great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to- & la& his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat, 24: 81. AnIXIM, ken. So win I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy, and dark day. Ezo. 84: 12. . Ter, 32: 89. Possibilities In Christ. Ail things ate possible to Rini That can in Jesus' name believe: Lord, I no More thy truth blaspheme,; Thy truth I lovingly receive; I can, I do believe in thee, All things are possible to me, When thou the work of faith hast wro't, I here shall in thine image shine Nor sin in deed, or word, or thought; Let men exclaim and fiends repine, They can not break the firm decree, All things are possible to me. Thy mouth 0 Lord, ! lath spoke, hath sworn, That I shall serve thee without fear, Shall find the pearl which others spurn, „ Holy, and pure, and perfe. t here: The servant as his lord shall be; All things are possible to me. All things are possible to God, To Christ, the power of God in man, To me, when I am all renewed, When I in Christ am formed again, And witness, from all sin sct free, AU things arepossible to me. - St. leefed. Is Holiness a Bible Doctrine? BY J. URANT ANDERSON. VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1900. NUMBER 27 ful witness; the' plan of salvation is a failure; Christ's death then only per-petuated that which he came to destroy; the Bible is proved untrue; faith is made void, and we are all living under the, curse of a broken law; spiritual death is reigning over all the inhabitants of earth, from which there is no escape. Shame on you who oppose plain Bible teaching and account the blood of Christ an unworthy thing. Shame on you who profess- to know God but deny his power to save. Think you that the laws of the universe are ao changed that you can sow to the flesh and of the flesh reap life everlasting? Think you that God so favorS us that he will allow us to com-mit sin each day either in thought, word, or deed, and not receive the wages of the same; when for only one sin in the early morning of creation the decree of death was passed upon the whole human fam-ily, and which could only be abolished by sacrificing the brightest character in the courts of God? " Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long- suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repen-tance? But after thy hardness and im-penitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and rev-elation of the righteous judgment of God; who will render to every man ac-cording to his deeds; to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life. But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth * Rom. 2: 4- 9. What is truth? " Thy word is truth." What does the Word say? " Blessed are the pure in heart; for they ronly] shall see God."- Matt. 5; 8. " The oath which - lie swear to our father Abraham, that he would grant unto ns, that we being delivered out of- the hands of our enemies might serye him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life."- Luke 1: 73- 75. " The grace of God that bringeth salva-bon bath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present word; looking for that blessed hope."- Tit. 2: 11- 13. " And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he [ Christ] is pure."- 1 Jno. 3: 3. " Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord."- Bab. 12: 14. " If any man teach otherwise, and con-sent not to wholesome words, even the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godli-ness; he is proud, , knowing nothing, . . . men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, . from such [ the apos-tle says] withdraw thyself."- 1 Tim. 6: 3- 5. " Holiness becometh thine house, Lord, , forever."- Ps. 93: 5. " Know SERE are thousands of theories ex-nt in. this world to- day, opposing each other in every conceivable manner; yet they generally all unite in battle army against the doctrine of holiness or of living a sinless lite. But glory to ost the doctrine of holiness has conic talbis world to stay. It was introduced r a maxi who spathe as never man spike, lttt Who " suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should. follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth."- 1 Pet. 2: 21, 22. Aanid We clashing and confusion of bran opinions the word of God stands Atshaken. Yea; heaven : laid earth will away, but the doctrine of holiness witt not Ram away, but will live and last threnghout the ages of the ages. We aaW told in the fifth chapter of Romans that by one man's transgression sin en-tered into the world, and death by sin: eilat that death passed upon all men ; for al have sinned: also that death reigned loin Adam to Moses. Then God tiliongh his servant Moses gave the peo-ple a law, but the law was only a shad-ow of good things to come, and could not make the comers thereunto perfect. RA* 10: 1. Yea; - the letter killeth, bathe spirit giveth Cor. 3: 6. fore we find that spiritual death reittaed over the inhabitants of earth am clear down unto Jesus Christ. this evening time the sweet words gospel are announcin g that Christ abolished death, and hath brought immortality to light through toe '- 2 Tim.. 1 : 10. Are the words the gospel true? " All scripture is by inspiration of God, and is ble for doctrine, for reproof, for On, for instruction in righteous-that the man of God may be per- . thorouablv furnished unto all good "- 2 Tim. 3: 10, 17. ia positively declared in the forego-t that Christ " abolished death." 0e garden of Eden man was in pos- Ma Of physical and spiritual life; but obedience, he lost both. For " the of sin is death."- Rom. 6: 23. the soul that sinneth, it shall die." - zek. 18: 4. Therefore, by not having fiver to keep from sin, spiritual death the result. Man tried for thousands ye not that ye are the tern* e of God, and thatibe Spirit of God dayelleth in you. If* ly man defile the temple of God, him; shall God destroyO'or the temple of Pod is holy, whieb. 46ple ye are."- 1 Cor. 3: 16, 17. "- Mai% said of years, by sacrifices without number, to keep from sin: but it was impossible; for with those sacrifices which they offered, God was displeased. But God promised that the time would come when the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's bead ( Gen. 3: 15): when out of Zion would conic forth a deliverer, who should turn away ungodliness arid take., away sins. Rom. 11: 26, 27. also that a fountain would be opened in Which people could wash and be free from the stain which sin had made. Zech. 13: 1. - We find this last prophecy fulfilled in Rev. 1: 5, when John declares that Jesus Christ is the " faithful witness" and he who washed us from our sins in his own blood. The same was fulfilled in Matt. 1: 21, 22-" And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet." Man was like unto a candle whose light had gone out, and by not having power within himself to relight, was in a retrograding condi= tion. But while man was without strength, Christ came into this world to be a deliverer; to destroy the works of the devil; to turn away ungodliness and to save his people from their sins. As death is the result of sin, death can only be abolished by destroying that which causeth death, which is sin. " But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, . . Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, . . him, . . . ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: whom God hath raised np, having loosed the pains of death."- Acts 2: 14- 24. If these words be true, Christ through his death and resurrection abolished both. physical and spiritual death. - Now we have clearly proved that sin-was the cause of man's downfall; and that God of old promised that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head; which was fulfilled when Christ was born into this world of the virgin Marv; and was declared to be the faith-ful witness; the only potentate, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, " who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto."- 1 Tim. 6: 15, 16. Paul knowing God's promise, and accepting Christ to be the faithful witness, and who alone hath immortality, exclaimed: " Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace,. which was given us in Christ Jesus be-fore the world began, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who bath abolished death and bath brought life and immortality, to, light through the gospel."- 2 Tim.; 1: 9, 10. If death has - been abolished, surely there is a holy people in to- day. If there are no people ari the world who are living a holy, sin* life, perfect in word, deed, and thought, then God, who can not change, has changed his mind and broken his orOm-ise; Christ is declared to be an unfaith4 before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, - let him be ac-cur sed. "- Gal. 1: 9. The Spiritual House of God. BY WM. W. FITZWATER. 44yE also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house." - 1 Pet. 2: 5. Is this house visible or invisible? It is both visible and invisible. It is called a spiritual house because it is com-posed of spiritual- born people both in heaven and in earth. Therefore Paul says, " But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we."- Heb. 3: 6. " If I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the hoese of God, which is the church of the living God."- 1 Tim. 3: 15. " Ye are come unto . . • . the . . . church of the first- born. "- Id eb. 12 : 23. " For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named."- Eph. 3: 14, 15. The foregoing scriptures prove that this house is composed of saved people, and that the house` is the church; and the fact that the apostle says, " Ye are come unto . . . the . . . church" proves that it is in earth as welt as in heaven; hence, where we see a congregation of spiritual people gathered together, they are the spiritual house or church visible to the human eye. Since we have proved by the immutable word that the house is composed of spiritual, or saved, people and that the house and church are iden-tical, if we can prove that the church is the body and that there is but one body, it ought to convince any teachable mind that there is but one true church. " Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church." - Col. 1: 24. " There is one body."- Eph. 4: 4. " But now are they many members, yet but one body."- 1 Cor. 12: 2. " We believe these scriptures are suf-ficient to convince any unprejudiced mind that there is but one true church. Christ built this church. He says, " Upon this rock I will build my church."- Matt. 16: 18. Some one may ask, " How did he build it?" He framed it together ( Eph. 2: 21), tempered it together ( Col. 2: 24), knit it together ( Col. 2: 2); " That there should be no schism in the body [ church]; but that the members should have the same care one for another." - 1 Cor. 12: 25. Now the question is: How do we be-come a member of this church or body? by a spiritual birth when you fully meet the Bible requirements such as repenting ( Acts 17 : 30), forsaking sins ( Isa. 55: 7), forgiving trespasses ( Matt. 6: 14, 15), confessing your sins to God and believ-ing that he forgives. 1 Jno. 1: 9. The effect of believing is: " Whosoever be-lieveth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God."- 1 Jno. 5: 1. " As new- born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gra-cious. To whom coming, as unto a lively stone, disallowed indeed of men, THE GOSPEL TRUMPET man ekthe Beautiful gate did not re-ceive iasi strength until he arose in the name ; ot.- Wisas, and then he immediately received strength and leaped and walked and praised God. Acts 3: 7,8. May AO clear Lord help each one of chilaien'to stand upon his word; for indeed these are perilous times. Truly the enemy is walking about seeking whom he may devour, and nothing but the grace and strength of God will carry us safely through. "' Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of Tpeace; : above all taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salva-tion, and the sword Of the Spirit, which is the word of God."— Eph. 6: 13- 17. Let us so live that when the time of our departure is at hand we can say with Paul, " I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." BY WALLACE M. POTTER. « T ET brotherly love continue."— - Rob. 13: 1. Love is the very es-sence of the divine life. It is the true savor of holiness. It is the highest thing attainable, either in this world or the world to come-- the very consummation of the mission of Christ to a fallen world. It was love to man. who was lost, who was undone, who was without hope and without God, that caused God to send forth his Son, who also was the very embodiment of love, mercy, and truth. " For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."- Jno. 3: 17. It is not only a high privilege to be enjoyed by the brethren in Christ, this continuance in love, but also it is an ab-solute necessity in the church of God. Now the church We understand to mean a congregation of faithful men and women met together for the true wor-ship of God, the edification of believers, and the conversion of the world. As a mighty machine constructed for a partic-ular work, and needing the care and at-tention of an experienced overseer, who is careful to apply oil on the journals, that friction may not cause heat to melt the babbit from the boxes, causing a stoppage for repairs, the church for the purpose already stated, must have the oil of love constantly applied. As " God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, govern-ments, diversities of tongues" it is abso-lutely necessary that brol herly love con-tinue--- that love that yearns for the spir-itual and temporal welfare of your breth-ren in Christ. That love must continue which is sorely grieved should any of the brethren fall into sin or into an er-ror of doctrine, but which will not give nim up until he be fully restored to the way of life everlasting. While God bath commanded that we be " perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment" vet in this day and age of the world when Christians are brought up under different schools of religion— in this day when the unity of the faith lies deeply buried in the ruins of the mighty Baby-lon— we need to exercise great charity and love for trite Christians who are not as ', Jet perfectly : agreed with us. " Let brotherly love continue" even if your brother seemeth to be at variance with you for- awhile. Brotherly love is that holy thing that holds that estranged brother's name up before God in holy supplication and prayer, praying that but chosen of God, and precious, ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house."-- 1 Pet. 2: 2- 5. " For by one = Spirit are we all baptized into one body [ church]."- 1 Cor. 12: 13. Now comes the often- asked question: " Is this an organized body or church?" We an-ewer: " It is, but not by man." Mortal man does not possess the ability to or-ganize the_ house, or church. It is a spiritual institution; it is therefore spir-itually organized. What does the word c ` organize" mean? Webster says: " To form with suitable organs; to construct so that one part may co- operate with another; to distribute into parts and appoint proper officers, that the whole may act as one body." God does this, " but the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal." " And he gave some, apostles; and some, - prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the per-fecting of the saints, the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ."— Eph. 4: 11, 12. " For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wis-dom; to another the word of knowledge by the same spirit; to another faith by the same spirit; to another the gilts of healing by the same spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spir-its; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:" — 1 Cor. 12: 8- 10. Man can organize the House of Representatives, secret so-cieties, religious sects, etc.; but he can not organize the church of God. Let us just see how it would work for man to undertake to organize the house of God the Bible way. For example, Mr. A. is an eminent preacher, but he would rather not believe and teach all the Bible teaches. So he takes certain scriptures apart from the rest, teaches them and no more, and starts out like all other sect- builders to build his so-called church, and B., C., D., E., F., G., and I. join him. They seem to be prominent members. A. concludes to organize his church ( so- called); so he appoints a meeting. They all meet to organize, " to appoint proper officers that the whole may act as one body." A. says he is going to organize the church the way the Bible teaches it. He quotes: " But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to prophet withal." Then they begin to organize. They say: " - We give Bro. B. the word of wisdom" Bro. C. " the word of knowledge" Bro. - D. faith, Bro. E. " gifts of healing" Bro. F. " the working of miracles" Bro. G. " prophecy" Bro. H. " discern-ing of spirits" Bro. I. " divers kinds of tongues" and Bro. J. " the : interprets_ tion of tongues." Reader, do you not see the inconsistency of a man or a set of men undertaking or even talking about organizineg the church or house of God. No man nor men possess the ability to administer the aforesaid gifts to man; but God does. He therefore is the sole organizer of the whole structure; " And God [ not man] hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily proph-ets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, govern-ments, diversities of tongues" ( 1 Cor. 12: 28); " that there should be no schism [ divisions] in the body [ chaucti]." " Mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve. not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own bellies."— Rom. 16: 11, 18. " Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, that there be no division among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."- 1 Cor. 1: 10. " Be no more child- en, tossed to and fro [ divided and subdivided], and carried about with every wind of doc-trine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to de-ceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ."-- Eph. 4: 14, 15. " He is the head of the body the church. "— Col. 1: 18. " From- whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of- every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edi-fying of itself in love.''— Eph. 4: 16. " And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power." — Col. 2: 10. " For it pleased the Father that in him [ Christ] should all the full-ness dwell." God who directs all things well search thine own heart, to see whet thou art yet in the faith, to show whether thou art entirely free from sure. And further. this love will sh thy brother his true state, his alien from thee, and that from no just ea it max be; and it will pray that will give wisdom and guidance to that may be turned aside. " Let brotherly love continue;" fo is the ver y elixir of the divine life. is the healing balm that binds up. broken hearts, that forgives all tresp that refuses to take up a repr against thy brother. Jesus saith, ( JR 13: 34: 35), " A new commandment give unto ‘ rou, That ye love one anotha as I es ye loved. you, that ye also- lo one another. By this shall all men kilo. that ye are my disciples, if ye have lo one to another." Let that brother love continue that shall bind us togeth in one strong band for truth and righ eousness. It shall make us invulnetabi to the foe of mankind. " Charity suffer eth long, and is kind; charity envie not; charity vaunteth not itself, is n puled up, cloth not behave itself u: seemly, seeketh not her own, is n easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejohy.;. eth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the; truth; beareth all things, believeth things, hopeth all things, endureth all thing. Charity never faileth."- 1 Cor.- Love is the ver y embodiment of the Christian graces. The ultimatum of t Christian's hope. Heaven will be a heaven::: indeed because all is love. Loire is that holy thing that dispel' all darkness from the human soul and lights up the pathe! way with the divine glory; that makes the possessor thereof to tread the hig places of earth; that, makes him n above the bickering, the strifes, the lo contentions of the rabble. " Let brotherly love continue;" for it.;; may rescue a brother who has fallen by:, the wayside. It may bring him back(' into the fold of God. It is the bond QV perfectness. It does shod forth over, thy spirit that wonderful peace, and th soul cloth feel " that underneath are the, everlasting arms'' of Jesus. " Let" brotherly love continue" in the obureit of God, and may the grace of the La Jesus Christ rest and abide with you all. Continuance of Brotherly Love. It Is Finished. BY CRAB- MELTON'. W hEN Jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said, " It is finish-ed" and bowed his head and gave up the ghost. What love the blessed Son of God had for this lost world— not willing to die until he had took the vinegar, until he had drunk the dregs of sorrow and suffering; not until he had finished the work his Father had sent him to do: then and not till then he bowed his head and gave up the ghost. What perfect love! What a perfect life! What a perfect plan— not satisfied until he had fulfilled to the very letter what his Father had sent him to do. ' What did his Father send him to do? " The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken- hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."— Isa. 61: 1. Did he do that work? " I have glorified thee on earth; I have finished the work thou gayest me to do."-- Jno. 17: 4. Dear ones, it is finished; the work of our sal-vation is complete, which means deliver-ance from all the works of the devil. " For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."-- 1 Jno. 3: 8. So let as move forward and take God at his word. You suffering ones that are waiting for healing to come to you, arise, move forward to it. The promised land would never lave come over to the chil-dren of Israel. They had to go over and take possession of it, and fight for it after they crossed over. So, dear ones, if we expect to enjoy the blessin gs and benefits of God's promises, we will have to cross over to them. Let us not say, " I have done all I can, and yet I have not received the healing" and continue to wander around in the wilderness and let the devil hold us down with sickness . and disease. But arise in the name of the Lord and cross over to the promised land. Many who have started toward the promised land, have become murmurers and com-plainers, and have fallen prey to the lep-rosy of Miriam. Num. 12: 10. Some become alarmed at the giants, the sons of Anak, trusting in their own strength that they are able to overcome them. Dear ones, let us go in the strength of our God. David says, " I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress.: and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies."-- Ps. 18: 1- 3. David's God is our God, and he is the same deliverer. Praise God! his salvation binds up the broken- hearted. It proclaims liberty to the captives. It opens the prison to them that are bound. The woman whom Satan had bound for eighteen long years immediately found deliverance in Jesus. Dear ones, It is finished. It is left to you whether you will cross over or remain in the wilderness. God will not come down and lift you from your bed; but by faith you must arise, and then you will receive the promise. The 4e OR. we are glad, when we weak, and ye are strong; and thi also we wish, even your perfection."• 2 Cor. 13: 0. " Therefore leaving t principles of the doctrine of Christ let us, e go on to perfection."— Ileb. 6: 1. " If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, what further need was there: that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not after the.,!'; order of Aaron?"— Ileb. T: 11. This; priest was Christ by whom perfection ik given to us; for by one offering he hath; perfected forever them that are sanctiV ed, whereof the Holy Ghost also is witness to us."— Ileb. ,10: 14, 15. That we can be made perfect through the shed blood of Christ by which he bas, made an atonement for our sins and pures chased redemption for us, the scriptures; s abound with evidences. For some time' I have been made to consider the extent of this perfection. God in the beginning made man perfect, not only good, but " very good ;" but man lost his perfec-tion and goodness by the fall, until he became imperfect and very wicked and sinful. All agree as to that. But that. goodness and perfection can be regained{ again through Christ very few even Of those who profess to receive him believai. but what does redemption mean? is it not a restoration, a bringing back? Surely it is. " For thou [ Christ] Ira4 slain, and host redeemed us [ back] WC God by thy blood out of every kindrect and tongue, and people, and nation PERFECTION. BY EMU. KREUTZ. -- Rev. 5: 9. The fullness ofre edeapteen " But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son. of man, that - thou visitest him? Thou modest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honor, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: • thou hest put all things in sub-jection under his feet. For in that he- put all in subjection under him, he left noth-ingthat is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower then the angels, for the sufferin- v of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace or God should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren."— Heb. 2: 6- 11. " And being made perfect he became the author - of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." — Heb. 5: 9. " The law made nothing - perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which We draw nigh unto God."— Heb. 7: 19. The better hope is in Christ. Under the law the tabernacle, the vessels of the ministry, and " almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of the things in the heavens should be purified with these [ the blood of bulls and goats, etc.]; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;" viz., the precious blood of, Christ and Christ is entered " into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us."— Hela 9: 11- 2.6. Re came to this earth once, and while here he conquered the world ( Jno. 16: 33; Gal. 1: 4), and the flesh. Rom. 8: 3. Re did not yield - to the appetites of the flesh. ( Luke 4: 2- 4), and the devil. Heb. 2: 14- 16; Rev. 12: 7- 11. He trium phed over all principalities and powers. Col. 2: 15; Eph. 1: 17- 21. " W herefore he is able Mee to save them to the uttermost that come to God by / aim, seeing he ever liv-eth to make intercession for them."— , Reh. 7: 25- 27. And in that he bath conquered the world, the flesh, and the devil; yea, he triumphed over every foe and enemy, and is set down at the right hand of God, reigning tiiiumphant, he will also save as from every enemy, and likewise cause us always to tiiamph if we'trust and- obey him. The very height of perfection is found in him, his life was holy, harmless, un-defiled, and he sahirifi3ed himself in giv-ing this life for us in order that this of deceit • was sweet while they were eat-same life might be imparted to us. Mg it have found it did turn to gravel, " Except a corn of wheat fall let) the and every one knows gravel is not a very • ground and die, it abidedh alone: but if pleasant thing in the mouth; bat if any it die, it bringeth : forth much fruit."— such should read these lines, let me say. Jno. 12: 24. This is a metaphor, teach-ing us the result of the death of Christ, the likeness of a grain of wheat dying and bringing forth fruit, or multiplying itself in the death process. So Christ by his death will - bring forth the same life in us that he gave up on the cross for us, multiplying himself or his life, if we re-ceive and appropriate his death as we ought to. - That is why we have the promises - ( Jno. 14: 19 and 12, and the statements of the apostles- 2 Cor. 4: 10; Curl. 2: 20; Jno. 4: 17; also Ps. 85: 14 We have a ri ght to put his blood up against every sin, weakness, and imper-fection that the devil through the fall You will not be asked what religious d. a ainet the society you belonged to, but yen will be, has imposed upon us, an g - devil himself; for we overcome him De the blood. There is power and virtue in his blood to sanctify, purify, cleanse, and purge our soul, spirit, mind, con-science, and body from all the work of sin and the devil, and the blood will imam us clean from it, being sprinkled upon us ( Heb. 12: 21), and it will enable as to seyvo Goa necep? Ny la obedience to all his will. Heb. 9: 14; 1. Pet. We are invited to come boldly to his throne. Ileb. 4: 15, 16. Every evil thing is subject to the blood, and it has power to restore and bring to perfection. " And having an high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having• our hearts Sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water, and let us hold fast the pro-fession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised."— Heb. 10: 21- 23. And this also God wishes, " even your perfection." DECEPTION. 33Y TIANNAH CR/ TES. ` 4 READ of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his month shall be filled with gravel."— Prov. 20: 17. We now copie to another point on the sub-ject of deception. The world is so full of it that we can hardly refrain from speaking of it, and surely the words of the wise man are fulfilled every day. Oh, how much deception is practiced in commerce. " lt is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." How is it, my friend, when you wish to buy anything? do you pretend it is not worth as much as you know it really is, in order to get it cheaper; and then if the individual lets you have it at your price, do you boast how you made him believe it was worth but little, and how cheap you got it thereby, especially if he was a poor man and you thought he had to sell? Did you grind the face of the poor? If so, God will reward you. " An inheri-tance may be gotten hastily at the be-ginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed."— Prov. 20: 21. - We see the merchant trying to palm off broken or cracked jars and dishes; overrunning weight and measure when he buys, and skimping when he sells. What a time some of these people will have when they come to repent and ge . ready for that long eternity! " 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 robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live."— Eeek. 33: 14- 16. It is much better to do a straight busi-ness as we go. It will not be half so hard as to have to begin to straighten up the crooked work done in the past. No doubt some who thought- the bread too late, to begin. Satan hits- many snares laid to catch the unwary. In 1 Tim. 6: 10 we read: " For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." Satan says to the taxpayer when the assessor comes around, " Hold back part of your taxable property; it will save you a few cents." Deception! yes; Satan would have you sell your soul very cheap. We see some at the counter: tke clerk makes a mistake in their favor; thy see it, but say noth-ing. Satan says, " If he does not see it, you keep still; it will be that much more in your pocket." Yes, my dear soul, if the clerk did not see the mistake and you did, God sees and knows all and he said, " As ye would that others do to you do ye even so to them." If that money was due you, would you— could you honestly— say you would rather they had kept still and not told you? Let us judge ourselves; for if we put the tri-square of God's word on our heart and life and judge ourselves we shall not be judged. God's word is our judge. " He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, bath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the sane shall judge him, in the last day."— Jno. 12: 4S.. To correct these mistakes is one way to let your light shine for the right, and no one can be a Christian and do other-wise. May the Lord help us all to see ' we are doing business for eternity, and knowing the business hour is fast draw-ing to a close, let us see that the book accounts are all square, as God keeps the record and he will reward. Where Will You Spend ' Eternity? destiny depends altogether on, how you live in this world. If your life is spent for God and his- gospel while here upon earth, after death your soul is transported to eternal bliss; but if it is spent in sin and disobedience to the truth, you are condemned to eternal misery and woe. Jesus says, " Ye . . . shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye can not come." — Jno. 8 : 21. Where will you spend eternity? You must decide, or death will decide for you. No doubt there have been times during your sinful life that you have heard the wooing of the Spirit, invit-ing your perishing soul to come " and take of the water of life freely" and you have been almost ready to decide, and drink of the ever- flowing stream, when the enemy of your soul would suggest that you wait until some other time to decide; your friends will be no more friends of tours when you decide for Christ. But, fainting soul, it is not for your good that he makes you believe this; he seeks only to devour you by telling you these things. Therefore, heed not the voice. Your worldly friends can never save your soul from sin and eternal ruin. Jesus stands ready to save, with the extended invitation, " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."— Matt. 11: 28. " Come now, and let us reason together . . . though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as w- ool."— Isa. 1: 18. " Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will . sup with him, and he with me"— Rev. 3: 20. To hear his voice is to hear his Word. Then N hy not accept the invitation now, and _ lee from the wrath to come, and escape your awful doom? " Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."- 2 Cor. 6: 2. " To- day if you will hear his voice, harden tot your hearts. "— Hub. 3: 15. “ flow shall we escape, if ye neglect so great salva-tion?" Again we, ask, Where will you spend eternity? Suffer Wrong. • 33Y WM. W. FITZWATER. n SIN N ER, there are two eternal •-/ " places— heaven and hell. Where will you spend eternity? Have you considered this important question? It concerns you more than everything else put to-gether. Oh, think of it! The - word says, " The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." ( Ps. 9: 17), " where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."--- Mark 9: 46. Sinner, you are in a miserable, then-gerons condition, " having no hope, and without God in the world." And it is only by the goodness and long- suffering of God that you live, and move, and have your being. If God were to withdraw his dear arm of mercy, and snap the brittle thread . of your life, your soul would land in eternal help but God is " not willing that any should perish, bat that all should come to repentance." Then why not repent and obey the gospel, that you may " escape the dam-nation of hell''? " When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, You had better begin to straighten up and that obey not the gospel of our Lord your life and prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with the Lord. You have no assurance of ieverlasting destruction from the presence your life, wad when God sends the pale of the Lord, and from the glory of his horse and his rider after you, you must I power."- 2 Thess. 1: 7- 9. go and leave this world behind, with ell The gospel is a savor of life unto life, your ill- gotten wealth, and you will find and a savor of death unto death; that that the end has not been blessed. Un- is, to reject and disbelieve the gospel is less you resolve to forsake y our evil ways, spirituel death here, and death and ever-- restore the pledge, give: T( 1in thit which lasting destruction in hell; but to accept,. you robbed, and heartily repent of all believe, and. obey the gospel, is spiritual your past sins and ask God to pardon all quickening, parnan, and comfort in this of them for Christ's sake, who shed his- life, and life eternal in the ' world to blood for you, you need not think the come. Therefore God says, " There is gates of heaven will open to receive you. no man thet bath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands', for my sake. and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, . . . and in the world to- come eternal life. "— lfaik 10: 29, 30. " But unto them that asked whether you did God's will as he gave you comma cut; and if vel have not measured to its standard, you will be bound baud and foot and cast into outer darkness, where there shall be are contentious, and do not obey the weeping and wailing' and gnashing ea truth, but obey unrighteousness, indigna-teeth. Then, dear soul, resolve now to' Lion, and wrath, tribulation and anguish, settle this matter as fast as God gives ! upon every, isoul of man that doeth evil." BY M. ELLA SAIN. H ISTORY repeats itself. We find Sa-tan causing division among the Cor-inthian brethren just as he does to- day. We find some of them carrying their differences to the - world to settle. Paul censures them for this, saying, " Dare any of / you, having a matter against an-other, go to law before th; unjust [ out-siders], and not before the saints?"- 1 Cor. 6: 1. Then he tells them it is their mission to judge - the world and angels. If the world were to be judged by them, then why were they unworthy— unfitted — to judge differences between the breth-ren? " Know ye not that we [ God's people] shall judge angels [ false messen-gers] how much more then things [ tem-poral troubles] that pertain to this life?" 0, brethren, what a lesson there is in this one verse. Then in yer. 4, which has been a puzzle to some, we get the key from a literal translation, and it should read like this: " If then ye have judgments [ as he just said] as to things pertaining to this life, should you set them to judge [ the unjust of vet. 1] who are least esteemed in [ or by] the church?" " I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you [ one with true discern ment and the gift of government- 1 Cor. 12: 28]? no, not one that shall be able to judge[ set matters right] between his brethren?" Then Paul shows that if troubles can not be settled by the saints, one shoul I suffer the wrozg and be defrauded, tell-ing them that they that do wrong and defraud shall not inherit the kingdom of God. So if differences can not be settled for the lack of wisdom, it is a privilege God's children have to leave it quietly in his dear hands; for Christ says, ' Will not God avenge his elect that cry unto him day and night?" you opportu- aity. To- morrow may be. — Rom. 2; 8, 9. Yea, your eternal Praise his dear name forever! THE fiOSPEL TRUMPET. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Entered et the Post- once at Moundsville, W. Pa, as Second- ass. Matte E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFDIITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARI" sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the t] iiity of all true Christians in " the taith once delivered to the saints." THE GOSPEL TRIMIZE- T Business CommunicationSt moneys, etc., must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., mourinsviLLE, W. VA. to insure credit: otherwise we will not be responsible. Editorial. Read the offer of " millions of tracts at half price" on seventh page. There is now a good opportunity to supply your neighborhood with tracts on the various Bible subjects. These will prove a blessing to many a soul. A sample pack will be sent for 50 cents. Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Cunurlu, and Mexico, - - England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. Za— Ail Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. On the seventh page is a notice of the Burket, Ind. camp- meeting, which will be held Aug. 1- 12. Reduced rates have been obtained over the Central Associa-tion lines. Through tickets must be pur-chased to Claypool, Ind. ( not Burket), as certificates presented- for the return journey will not be honored at any other place. A very convenient Bus Line will - run to and from the camp ground. Round , trip, 40 cents. A trunk will be carried as one passenger. Hand baggage free. " VIEWS" OF THE BIBLE DOCTRINE. The experience of salvation brings an. internal evidence of the truth about itself, so that we may not be deceived. By the professing masses the Bible is held to be a book of no definite meaning. The expressions: " your views" " my views" etc. betray the sad fact that such is true. People are so accustomed to an indefiniteness of understanding . that when we present the Bible truths to them they regard it lightly and make reference to them as " your views." Despite the fact that this is a Christian nation ( professing the Christian religion) the devil has quite succeeded in keeping the truth from the people on the account of divisions alone. The fact that divi-sions exist gives the people liberty to say, " our views" " your views" or refer to the doctine, as, " the way you people un-derstand it" etc. The truth is, when people give credit to such expressions, they do not understand at all. Oh, the awful curse of division! Why can not people understand that the doctrine of the Bible is definite, that it is whole, entire, and that it clings together! So many professors seem to be indiffer-ent to the fact that God deals with what is termed the heart, or the soul, or the inner man, our intellect simply compris-ing the God- given faculties through which we acquire light and truth. The intellectual part of man is necessary, but if a man undertakes to know the truth merely by the mind or intellectual facul-ties and does not let it control the heart from the start, that man is apt to come to some wrong conclusion; and he is just as apt to be different from some one else in his conclusions as he is to be like that person in his views. Each thinks he is right because his own reflections cause him to think so. That is just the way with every creed devotee on earth; they all think they are right because their own reflections lead them to those con elusions. Be it known that God intends that his truths shall penetrate deeper than the mind. He imparts instruction through the mind, of course, but he also speaks to the hearta To control the 610 REPORT OF THE GRAND JUNCTION CAMP-MEETING. Bangor, Mich., July 2. This meeting is one long to be remem-bered because of its sweetness, power, and thoroughness. There were about thirty preachers present. The Lord enabled them to put forth the Word in power and simplicity. Many were con-verted and many sanctified. Quite a number were healed. The Lord did wonderfully magnify his precious name. Many declared it the best meeting they ever attended. A. B. Palmer. TO THE CHURCH. Bangor, Mich., July 2. After prayerfully and carefully exam-ining the character, and proceedings of Geo. Filhour and wife in the evangelistic work for the last two or more years it be-comes my painful duty to shy to the church everywhere that it would not be best to receive them as preachers - until they prove themselves worthy of the confidence of the people where they have' labored in the past. Let us all pray that God may show them the necessity of making wrongs right. We acknowl-edge his usefulness in the early part of his ministry. God did use them in the salvation of many souls. May God humble them and again get them into line where he can use them to his glory, is our prayer. Amen. A. B. Palmer. An Exhortation. words ancLaCts` of kindness. A life of this kimilwhich is the life of Christ in us) will< and prove to the world greater Wags than years of preaching can withoat ' the life of Christ lived be-fore the people. Oh, that God would give us lunch holy wisdom, to walk in all meekness and humility before him. Truly there are great depths in the love of God to be attained in this life. Surely the church has not been moving up to her privileges in the gospel. We have been held back by shorelines, in-stead of letting go, and losing sight of and forever forgetting the things that are seen; but pressing forward to the things not seen, - which are eternal. 2 Cor. 4: 18. Many have been looking after the sweet joys, which are precious ( but have not reached them), instead of the real holy God- life which actuates the whole being by love— holy love that subdues the hardest heart and melts it into tears. The apostle Paul tells us to " consider the Apostle and High Priest of our pro-fession, Christ Tesus."— Heb. 2: 1. Con-sider him. First, his love; do we love as he loved? If we do not, we need not be discour-aged. God surely oan do as much for us as he did for the church in the rcorn-ing light. We should seek, and cease not till we measure up to our privilege. Second, his compassion for the lost. He wept over Jerusalem, as he beheld them in their blind condition. Do we weep when. we see souls that are lost— praying for them in tears, pleading to God in their behalf. Surely Jesus sor-rowed even unto death for us. Also he had great compassion for the erring ones. The Lord help us likewise to feel deeply for them. If we convert him from the error of his ways, we shall be the means in the hands of God of his salvation, and perhaps save him from committing many sins. Also he had compassion for the-sick and afflicted. " His fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them."— Matt. 4: 24. Praise the Lord! he is the same to- day. His conversation. It is recorded of him that never man spake as this man. He spake and the sea obeyed him. Dev-ils feared and trembled, and the raging mob retreated. Yet every word was full of love, and such tenderness of voice. Those officers could not take him. Only the heart of those hypocritical, proud priests and Pharisees could resist his words. No time for lightness. His mis-sion was a great one. Sound speech which can not be condemned, edifying the hearer. The fruits of tha Spirit are in all love; goodness, and gentleness, easily entreated, not stubborn, self-willed, heady ' or high- minded, but conde-scending to men of low estate. The words of Christ were full of comfort to the sad and weary. Dearly beloved, do we measure up to the pattern? If not, do not be discour-aged, but " bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."— Mal. 3: 10. If we do our part, God will do his. But remember there must be meat in his house. It takes all the tithes; then there will be meat in abundance in God's house, the church."- 1 Tim. 3: 15. Let us make Christ and his word our daily study and practice. By so doing our life will become full of activity and power. All formality will pass away. It will , become an Eden; yea, a heaven on earth. ' Instead of being formal and dead, we will have life, activity, power, and glory. There must be a moving up. God will have a pure, holy church, full f life and glory. These are sifting- News from the Flea Pheba, Miss., June 30. For the glory of God only I feel 1 to inform you all of my whereabouts 0.4C, the condition of my health. 1 have bey: unable to go out in the work of the Lorit: any this year. Since I came home ludo winter my health has been on a rapti: j:: decline, I am now confined to my room; and bed nearly all the time and hash been for some time, but be it understo od that I am not fretting nor murmurin but knowing that God doeth all thing* well, I gladly submit to his will. I not close enough to any elders to meatir& the requirements of Jas. 5: 14, but 14- 1, have eiod's promise. Now if it be GodiCT will, I want to get well and be useful his vineyard; but a sweet amen to God's will goes out from the very deep of my heart. Praise God forever! Pray for me. All is trusted with him. All who desire to correspond with me can address me at Pheba, Clay Co., Miss. G. A. Thomas._ Rochester, Ind., July 1. I am praising God to- day for a WM-plete salvation through the blood o Jesus Christ which cleanseth me from; all sin. Halleluiah! I was first justi-' fled from all acutal sin, and by a second instantaneous work of divine grace 1, was sanctified wholly from all inherited4 sin. To God I give all the glory. Since I last reported through The Gospel Trumpet the work of God through out labors, I have held meetings at the folL lowing places with good results. WiV;: mot, Ind.; Lindsey, Ohio; Elwoo4t Ind. ; Pleasant Mills, Ind. ; McLallekt Corners, Rootville, Blvstone, and West': Monterey, Pa. ; and on my way home LL: x_ off at Moundsville, W. Va. and took in a few days of the camp- meeting At this place I found a host of saintisi, i, and best of all God in the midst oe them. Praise God for the fellowship of the saints! Bro. and Sister Ilowze Florida, 1.1. S. A. are with me in. thine' town, where ewe have our tent pitched in a beautiful grove which we have rent. ed for seventeen days, or until the 15th of July. The interest is good, and con-gregations large. Some are seeing the::`: truth. May God help them . to walk the light of the full gospel. Samuel L. Speck and Co. heart is the grand object in view, and in order to keep clear in the truth the heart must act in harmony with the truth re-ceived through the mind. If the heart is stubborn or unyielding, or if intellect-uality gains the ascendency in impor-tance, then let that individual look out for deceptions. He may reach a state wherein he thinks he is all right, or may even think that his heart says so, but it is all‘ because he resisted, at some time or other, his heart's convictions, and there-fore he is accountable before God. Oh, the deceived that will help to make up the number that shall go away into ever-lasting punishment! - We will append a few scriptures. " If any man will do his [ God's] will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God" etc.— Jno. 7: 17. " And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments."- 1 Jno. 2: 3. " With the heart man believeth unto righteousness" ( Rom. 10: 10), and there-fore " He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself."- 1 Jno. 5: 10. Therefore it can be said, " We know that the Son of God is come, and bath given us an understanding" and " we know that we are of • God, and the ' whole world lieth in wickedness." — 1 Jno. 5: 19, If every person would keep the heart in perfect conformity to the dictation of the Spirit of God, divisions would be im-possible, and all would believe and speak the same thing, and the expressions, " my views" " your views" etc. would be unknown. NOTICE. All who want to rent a cloth tent about 12x14 to use in the Burket, Ind. camp- meeting, must write me at once. The price of the tent will be $ 2.00 for the whole or part of the meeting. S. L. Speck, Burket, Ind. BY WM. N. SMITH. AY the dear Lord bless the- saints with a deep spiritual discernment of all their needs of soul, for real spirit-ual advancement. There is such a need of the real Christ- life of faith and purity, which gives us power with God and our fellow beings— a life of sweetness and gentleness, all our pathway strewn with I o times. God is siftin g the remnant al.,„ ready gathered; and if we do not measurgo up, God will drop us out altogether,, No time for trifling. Then let us deep, remove all the quicksands of nu .4 lief, and quagmires of false doctrine, alit. opinions of men, and everything that opposed to godliness, till not one graiii: of sand remains between your soul ane God. Then your feet may press the sole rock. Heckton, July 3. After laboring in company with Bro. S. L. Speck during the winter, I came home in the spring and labored some with my hands in putting out a few acres of corn, oats, and potatoes, at the same time holding meetings over Sun-days in new places around home, which has resulted in a few. souls getting out for God. At Locke ( which is about nine miles from our home) there are about six or eight souls that the Lord has gathered out and established in the one body, and they are holding regular meet-ings Tuesday nights. Also at Bremen, which is about nine miles from our home, we have been holding regular meetings for some time with good interest, and i. the people are anxious for a series of meetings to be held there, which we'f hope to be able to do ere long. June S I went to Decatur, Mich. to assist in the grove- meeting there. This meeting resulted in the salvation of two-souls, and the wile of a Free Methodist preacher taking part in the ordinance 00 THE GOSP UM' leet • washing, and she also took her stand farsthe truth. The workers pesent were B. Akin and Simmons, and Sister L. Ida er. I was called home before the ... i, Tf'oeeent. iRngu bcylo, sSerd. t( of aptrheearc oh ft hoeu rf ubneelroavl eodf Ike. Ruby). He took his own life by shooting himself. He had at one time ; been saved, but had become backslidden in heart and had concluded there was no Suture life. Oh, what awful delusions the devil will get souls into that forsake the Lord. it was the largest funeral I ever attended. There were over two hundred teams. Only about one- third of the people could get in the large meeting-house. They paid very good attention to the word. I then went to the Lapaz grove- meet-ing, which was to begi n June 22, but because of the sickness triad death of Bro. J. Rittenhouse the meeting did not begin until Sunday morning, the 24th. This meeting was quite well attended and was a blessing to all our souls, and a real benefit to the church in that place. Conviction was upon the people. Some wept and raised their hands for prayers, but did not pay the price; therefore did not get saved. About thirty took part in the ordinance- service. workets present were Bro. W. A. David-son and wife, Sister L. Kaser, and the last few days of the meeting we were made to rejoice by the coming of Bro. Ed. Ellis, whom the Lord used in preaching the IN ord. I expect to begin meeting at the Broneman schoolhouse Wednesday evening to continue over Lord's day. Pray for me. S. P. Strang. Orders for our publications from Kan- . sal, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma should be sent to Bro. W. IL Duncan, Topeka., Kans. Coneiderable expense-will be saved on largo orders, and goods Ilan be received on short notice. Testimonies Bluefield, W. Va. be good Master wants me aeon doing for me. has justified faith, scantified by faith. o. eals nav body, and I am or his coming. Ile healed me last spring of catarrh and of a severe lung trouble. Praise his name! he is the same yesterday, to- day, and forever. J. II. Pearson. Meek River, S. C. saved and kept by the mighty power I am glad the dear Lord ever showed sae tie way that leads to him. I am gl the Lord brought me out of the horrible grit of sin and set my feet on the rock Christ Jesus. Praise his holy name! There are only a few saints her Pray that the Lord might build up, his church here. Olivia E. Dukes. at his word; for his word is yea and amen to them that believe. The Lord is settling down his little church at Cali, place, helping us to work together more in unity. He wants his children to be united everywhere, and then the work is sure to move. George Mallory. Triumph, Ma. I am praising the dear Lord for the light of the gospel. It showed me my condition and I went to the Lord and got clean; so I can say that I am washed and cleansed in Jesus' blood.' My heart is filled with praises. I am just glad because the Lord has delivered me nom all sin and sectism. I was a P, B. Bap-tist nine years, but I can say to- day that I belong to the church of God and not a sect. Glory to God for saving grace that saves from sin. I am also praising the Lord for his healing power that heals both soul and body, In 1899 for about four months I had a cold and suffered intensely. After meeting the conditions of the word of God I was healed. - T. J. OMs. Calvert, Miss. About seven years ago wife and 1 joined the M. E. sect and lived in the same about six years. But was not sat-isfied on the church, as we had not heard the church preached on as we wished to before last fall when Bro. W. 0. Williams came to our place and preached on that subject and made it plain to me that that was not the church of God, and the Lord- opened our eyes and led us out into this blessed evening light, and his blood has made us every whit whole. Praise his holy name for-ever! We expect to have Bro. W. 0. Williams with us again in September, if the Lord wills. - We need some Holy Ghost workers in here. The devil is at work. Pray that we may keep bumble. E. M. and M. D. Mayo. Omaha, Ala. I am praising God for full and free salvation that saves me from all sin and gives me perfect peace in my soul. It has been about three years since the Lord wonderfully saved my soul and brought me out of sectarianism. I am truly glad the truth reached me before too late. I belonged to the Baptist sect, but when: the truth was preached here I began to see that I had only an empty profession, and that it would take a real experience of salvation to get to heaven. We are expecting a glorious meeting at Potash in August and would be glad to have as many come as can. Would be glad if some workers would come now and stay till after the camp- meeting. Potash is about forty miles southeast of Oxford. t J. T. West. St. James, Mo. We are glad we can report victory in our souls over sin and all evil spirits around us. Glory be to God! We are saved just now by two works of grace, and are determined to fight the good fight of faith. Praise our God! We have been permitted to pass through deep waters of late, but have not been forsaken. Jesus has been our strength and help. Truly he is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, and we know these trials and all things do work for our good, because we love God. - We do not think it strange concerning these fiery trials, but rejoice and praise God for the precious lessons he is teaching us. Now, dear ones, pray that we may be true to God and precious souls. Gussie Montgomery. Petersburg, Intl. I have been saved five years this month, and I am still praising God for salvation. I do love to serve the Lord and trust in his keeping power. I have been very sick many times, and would call on the Lord and he would heal me. Oh, do ever praise him for his good-ness. I am in a very weak and run- down condition now, and do earnestly ask an earnest interest in all your prayers, that the Lord will restore me to full health and strength if it be his will, and if not, pray that he may give me patience to bear all my afflictions. I have kidney trouble very bad. I am able to be up but very little, but, praise the Lord! I know he is able to heal me no matter what ails me. Pray for me as soon as you receive this, is my earnest request. Rosa IL Smith. " Vienna, Mo. I am wonderfully praising the Lord for full and free salvation that keeps me free from all sin and in the way. I know that I have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. Praise his holy name! I have been saved and sanctified by his precious blood, and I have „ learned to take him for my all in all. 1 always find him a present help in every time of need. IN e have a little church at this place, and God has won-derfully strengthened it. We have a good Sunday- school and prayer- meeting every Sunday. There are several saved at this place and they are always ready to stand up for the Lord. Dear saints in the Lord, pray for the church at this place and for the salvation of precious souls. May the Lord bless every reader of The Gospel Trumpet, is my earnest prayer. Frank Bassett. Leesville, La. I have been trusting the dear Lord nearly three years— ever since I first heard the true gospel. Praise his holy name forever! Last week my oldest boy ( nearly eleven years old) took the fever and I promised the dear Lord if he would heal him I would testify of it through the Trum pet.„ He ha d be. en co m plaeining for two - weeks. He would al- most cry with- r44 in his legs. They: hart him S3 • oxil* gio he might he taking the slows1WC but I was willing to trust him to- flyi6ar Lord, antlilie only had fever two:;= days and night? i; sind now he is as well, 0 ever. To God be all the Woodhull, Ill. Several weeks ago my eyes became so affected I could read only a few lines at a time, and they hurt me all the time. I had. them examined by a physician, and he said I had granulated eyelids and had better have them treated; but 1 felt that I would rather commit them to the Great Physician. So I just left them entirely in God's hands, and I wrote. to the Trumpet Office, asking them to.,- 1,10y for me, and also requested the Sante. of the saints in Chicago, and the dear healed my eyes. I can see now aS. Well as ever in my life. 0 - dear suffering friends, how much better to go to the Great Physician with . all our afflictions than to earthly phYsidians. I promised• the Lord if he would heal thy eyes I would use the means he had given me the way he would direct, and helm greatly blessed me. It pays to obey and trust God. Last winter my husbandHad a paralytic stroke in his face One side _ of his face was badly affected, but the Indianola, Iowa. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth me '' from all sin. I stand ready to do God's whole will here in this world or to be taken to him, as he sees best. 0 dear saints, what wonderful things God will teach us if we will but listen to him. My faith is as bright as the noonday sun. 41ory to God! I am a child of the Pray that I may always be kept ' s order to be used at his will J. A. Matson. Harper, Kans. ; By God's grace I am saved to- day and ng in him who is my Savior and Per. God has done so much for wife me that we can not give him enough aise. Our only desire is to glorify him cur lives while we live on this earth. Lord healed me of an awful bad case ' catarrh. I tried different remedies, t, they all failed. Jesus did not fail, will he ever fail if we just take him Oakley, 4ant. I lived in sectism four years, and' l• 4 a zeal for the work of God, but_ 33ot; a0- cording to knowledge. I was lea: nat, o: the glorious evening light by ta. 4120-: fulness of some of God's children Ins winter. Since that time God has wons derfully saved wife and sanctified pti. f, natures.. He has healed us in sickness and has taken away the appetite for coffee. Praise our God forevermore! there are two families here that have accepted the truth and are living up to all the light we have. We have some precious meeting here and we earnestly desire some of God's true ministers to come here and preach the whole truth. We pray for God's blessing to rest upon all saints, and especially upon those that did us much good in the Lord. II. C. Drake. Duff, lnd. I can. truly praise the dear Lord for his wonderful love to me, and that he has saved my soul, and brought me out of darkness into this blessed evening light. I can. testify that I enjoy myself much more in living for Jesus than living for the world. Praise the dear Lord! I will tell how God healed me of a sore hand. My left hand broke out in little sores, and soon it was all covered with sores so that I could not use it. . We sent to the Trumpet Office for an anoint-ed handkerchief, and applied it in Jesus' name; and now the sores are all gone and my hand is well. Although the devil was arrayed against me and tried to deceive me in many ways, I can praise God for victory over the powers of the enemy. Truly it pays to put our trust in the Lord. Pray that I may be kept humble and true to God. Mattie Osborn. Braidentown, Fla. I praise God that he has saved my soul and sanctified my nature through a sec-ond definite work of grace. I am praising God for the glorious liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, and for. the peace and joy which is flowing deep in my soul. About the last week in August, 180 I was taken with the typhoid fever. I was so nervous at times that I could hardly bear to have any one come into the room, but I found the Lord was sufficient and I could bear all things in his name. Praise his holy name! Bro. Geo. L. Cole and Sister Nettie Henderson were called for, and it, was a great battle in fighting the devil, who was conquered. A fter being sick for about four weeks 1 was told that I looked like a living skeleton and ought to have a doctor— that I was near death's door— but the dear Lord did wonderfully raise me up, for which I give him all the praise. And now I praise God for health and strength. Pray that I may be kept at the feet of - Jesus doing his whole will. Any minister filled with the spirit that is led of the Lord to come here and open up the work will be wel-comed and cared for. Lee E. Parker. Dockery, Mo. Wile and I were Baptists for many years. Last November dear Bro. Backus came to this place and held forth the pure gospel and Jesus says, " My sheep hear my voice." So we escaped the awful doom that awaits those in sectish night. Oh, halleluiah to God and the Lamb forever! We then lived up to all the light we had, but when a heavenly gleam pervaded our very being, how much different. Oh, we do praise God! I eras a Baptist deacon, but I now feel I am one with all of God's children. Moreover, we thought that we could not live free from sin, but, oh, how different when we were enabled to see the pure light, since which time we have many tracts . and books and the Trumpet, which is a welcome visitor to our home. To- day our hearts tri umphantly exclaim, " The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Others have escaped sectism also. So the dear Lord has raised up a little church here, for which we do praise God. We ex pea Bro. Backus here with his tent the last of July or the middle _ of August. Any saints coming this way, please stop and they will find a welcome at our home, We expect this tent- meeting to be an assembly- meeting. All are cordially invited. M. L. and Mollie Harris. glory. I had some - severe trials last fall. My baby had cholera infantum. Ile got to be almost a skeleton, but the' dear Lord did heal him. Now he is in tine health. Praise God! Oh, it pays to have faith in Jesus, for he has done move for me than I could think or ask. D. E. Dennis. Camp, Fulton Co., Ark Aug, Camp. A. B. Stanberry. Jeffersonville, Ky. AMT. 22 to Sept. 2, Camp. Those coming by train stop at Mt. Sterling and take mail hack at 2p m. for Jeffersonville. Thos. Carter or E. Watts. Vichy, Mo. Aug. 24 to Sept. 2. Camp, T. E. Ellis. Sanford, Tenn. Aug. 30 to Sept. 8. Camp. James Miller. Gaston, Lid. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Tab-ernacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Near Cherrytree ( Grant P. 0.), Pa. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Ed. Wetzel, Burnside, Pa. or J. B. Arble, Cushcreek, Indiana Co., Pa. Oxford, Kans. Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Camp. Will McAlister. Jordan Harbor, Ont., Canada. Begin-ning Aug. 30. Camp. Let everybody that wants tents order at once, stating size. David H. Moyer, Vineland, Ont. Violet Hill, Ark, Beginning Sept. I. Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Springfield, Ohio. Begins Sept. 5 to continue over two Sundays. Tabernacle. B. E. Warren and Co. Calvert, Miss. Sept. 6- 17. Grove. On 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. 7- 16. Camp. Willie II. Jackson, Simp-son, La. Millville, Tenn. Beginning Sept. 8. Assembly. Samuel L. Ford. Manchester, Okla. Sept. 13- 23. 0 Wm. Boniue, Camehester, Kans. Hinkle, Tenn. Sept. 25. Grove. uel Ford, Millville, Tenn. Summitville, Ind. Begins Oct. 3 to co tinue over two Sundays. Tabernaol B. E. Warren and Co. Ft. Meade, Fla,. Oct. 7- 17. A. j Poulson. Obituary. Kensington, Kans. Camp. Aug. laaea Any one desiring tents address P. Engstru ill Kensington, Kans. at once, and state si' of tent wanted. Geo. Vielguth. Plattsburg, Miss. Aug. 17- 26. Cam Plattsburg is 20 miles from McGee', 30 miles from Kosciusko, the nearest R. stattons on C. A. & N. R. It Geo. Breazeale. Desdimonia, Eastland Co., Tex. 18- 26. Camp. Jas. Rene. Due West, S. C. Beginning Aug. 18 last one week. The nearest station DO is Donaldsville. The meeting will be halt 10 mi. west from Abiseville. Any one wish-: ing conveyance from Donaldsville shonldi write to J. B. Bobo, Due West, S. 0. ..... dear Lord. entirely healed him. : 1Year friends, you have your Bibles to ` i* ad, search them and try the spirits, and if they preach contrary to the W ord, es not receive them. Pray that we may intik more worthy of God's love. Mrs. M. W. Bailey. Todd, Ky. I praise God to- day for salvation that Saves from all sin, and he sanctifies me with- a second work of grace. Praise - God forever! He keeps me saved from all the sins of this wicked world. We have- been taking God for our physician for about six years. We find he is faith-ful that has promised, and what he has promises he is able also to perform. Thank God! He healed our baby of something like the grippe, and , has heal-ed me and my family many times of different diseases. Truly it is like the Psalmist said, he forgiveth all our in-iquity, and healeth all our diseases. I do love God and all of God's people. I love to read the testimonies of God's little ones. I feel that I am the least of all saints, but thank God for what he has done and is still doing for me and my family. I truly know that the old man is crucified and that henceforth I shall not serve sin. Pray earnestly for me, dear brothers - and sisters, and pray for my husband that we may live pleasing to God, and obey him in all things. Mattie Nelson. Spokane, Wash. I do praise God this morning for sal-vation, for his blessed word, and for his loving- kindness and mercy; for I once was a poor lost, ruined, undone, helpless sinner without hope and without God in this world or the world to come, unwor-thy to ask God for mercy or help. Finelly I resolved that if I did go to hell I would go there praying and pleading for mercy and acknowledging my sins. But, blessed be Godl he heard niy cry and came and took my load of guilt away and told me to arise and shout and praise God and tell sinners what a grand and glorious reality there is in the reli-gion of Jesus, and never to doubt it as I had done. That was about thirty- five years ago. Praise God! He is just as near and dear to me this morning as ever; yes, more dear than ever before, because I know of realize much better what wonderful things he has done and is still doing for me. Glory be to his name! Not only for me, but for all who will come to him with a contrite and, a broken heart. I desire to have no will of my own,' only to do his blessed will. May God help all his little ones not to theorize any part of the blessed Word away, but to understand the meaning thereof and to walk accordingly. Praise God for his saving and keeping and heal-ing power, which he is manifesting to his true followers even in these days. Amen. J. M. Ricky. Bagley, ' Minn. I promised the dear Lord I would tes-tify to his goodness and healing power. Last Sunday night I was awakened as if some one had spoken to me, " Your baby has the croup." I jumped, as the baby was breathing so hard, and got hold of her. I knelt down and asked God to heal her, and after committing her to the Lord I went to bed with such peace in my soul, and soon she was breathing easier. The next day she grew worse again. I then went to our heavenly Father in secret prayer and poured out my want to him who sees and hears in secret. Then came the assurance that my baby was healed. I went to the bed and looked at her as she slept, and she was covered with sweat. In a short time she was all over her cold. Oh, how I praised God! Be has been so much to me, as I am alone here on our claim with my three little children, and over a mile to the nearest neighbor, but if anything happens I can just go to Jesus and he makes all things right. Bless his precious name forever. Last winter while washing as I went to empty some water out of a tub I slip-ped and sat down, hurting my spine so that thereafter when I sat down I could hardly get up. No one but Jesus knows what I suffered. I kept praying and pleading with God to make me well. At night when we would have worship, after asking God to make me well our little boy three years old would say, " Mamma, Jesus will make your back well;" but in the morning I would be in pain just the same. He would say again, " Mamma, didn't Jesus make your back well?" I would tell kim I knew Jesus would, and praise the Lord! he did. Our little boy was healed of earache and our little girl was healed of piles last fall, after complying to his word accord-ing to Jas. 5: 14, and of worms, after the prayer of faith was offered. Oh! he is our all and in all. I have an affliction on my right eye which I have had over two years. I was anointed and prayed for last summer. It all went away, but afterwards it came back again worse than ever before. I was anointed and prayed for again and it became some better, but not well. I found that the Lord had several lessons for me to learn. I thanked God for the lessons and my eye has been getting better, though very slow. I have committed all to the Lord and let him have his way; for I am his and he is mine. I found the devil was always lurking to get a hold, but we must stand fast to Jesus and rebuke him in Jesus' name, and I find the Lord ever ready to drive him away. May Davis. Calls for Meetings. Smithfield, Wetzel Co., W. Va. Any one who can hold a meeting there should write to E. R. Milton. Marengo, Crawford Co., Ind. Some Holy Ghost preachers with a tabernacle are de-sired. Marengo is on the Louisville and St. Louis Air Line. If a tabernacle can not be brought, a meeting can be arranged for without it. Benjamin N. Sloan. Coosa Valley, Ala. We are going to have a meeting the 22d or July at this place. It will be but a short distance from the depot. We want some of the dear brethren to come and help. You will be cared for. Allen Cunningham. 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 proeiee 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 any information regard-ing that meeting. Fremont, Nebr. Beginning July 12. Tabernacle. Bro. Geo. Backus and others are expected. All others are invited to at-tend. J. G. Collins. Poindexter, Ky. July 13- 22. Camp. This meeting will be held on Wesley Lemons' farm 1% mi. from Poindexter. Poindexter is on the Ky. Cent. R. R run-ning south from Cincinnati, 0. Wesley Lemons. 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. Win. 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 Lopi, t0 send a minister - baptized with thi: 40.4 ( post. T. J. Hurley. BedfaidaThd. Beginning July 18 to last as long a the Lord wills. Tabernacle. B. E. War* Springfield Ohio. Ripley,, Okla.: Beginning July 19. Rip-ley is on da new railroad running 45 mi. N. E. from Guthrie, and the meeting will be held 2% mi. from where the Clayton meeting was held 3 yr. 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 come 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. Beachapring, 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. Elba Key & Co. Ramil, Randolph Co., Ark. Beginning July 25, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Camp. This meeting will be held at the same pla, ce'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 HolliwHilban. S. N. Hilbun. Dirket, 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. 11. 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. Cook. 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. 8- 18. Camp. M. S. Mack. Poynor, Mo. Beginning Aug. 10. Camp. A. B. Stanberry, Weatherford, Okla. Social Point, ( 10 mi. W. of Panola P. 0.) Panola Co., Texas. Aug. 10 Camp. Railway station is Keatchie. H. J. Johns, Deberry, Tex.- Grants Pass, Ore. Aug. 10- 20. P. T. Everton and Grant Clark, Merlin, Ore. Ableman, Wis. Aug, 15- 26. Camp. This meeting will be held on the farm of E. F. DuBois, 7 mi. E. of Reedsburg and 7 mi. N. E. of Ableman. Those from the north address E. F. DuBois, Reedsburg, Wis. Those from the south address August Meyer, Ableman, Wis. St. Louis, Mich. Aug. 16- 26. J. R. Walter. Eugene, Lad. Aug. S. A. Sprouts. Wiltshire, Ohio. Aug. nacle. S. L. Speck & Co. Brushy Prairie, Ind. Camp, 26. S. Y. Greenawalt. Emlenton, Pa. Aug. 16- 27. Samuel Martz, Pittsville, Pa. Keisters, Butler Co., Pa. Date following the Emlenton meeting. Grove. Henry Latshaw. Potash, Ala. Aug.. 16- 26. Camp. B. B. Adamson or G. W. Lipp. Pachuta, Miss. Beginning Aug. 16, to continue about ten days. Assembly. This meeting will be held 13( mi. from town. Ministerial help needed. H. P. Stephen. Driftwood, Okla. Aug. 16- 26. Camp, John Hardison, Kiowa, Kans. or Harvey Guinean, Friends, ' Woods Co., Okla. RUB Y.- John Ruby, Sr. was born in Switzerland Dec. 25, 1827; died June 15, 1000. He leaves five children to mourn their loss, three daughters and two sons, one our beloved Bro. John Ruby, Jr. God bless and save the unsaved, is our prayer. S. P. Strang, RITT H 0 USE. - James Lester, son of Dennis and Emma Rittenhouse, died June 20, 1900; aged 22 yr. u me. 6 da. He was setter known by the name of James Pea-cock, as his mother died when he was a tI small child and Bro. and Sister H. Peacock! took him into their home and raised him as their own son. He had been a constant sufferer from his youth,. being afflicted. with falling fits, which somewhat injured his mind, but his desire was to live a Christian life. We believe he has gone home to Jesus. May God bless and save the unsaved g friends and reward dear Bro. and. Sister ---- Peacock for their labors in so kindly caring for him during his life. S. P. Strang. Bushong, Kans. HAllARD.--- Bro. J. K. P. Hazzard, born in Reading, Pa. Nov, 7, 1846, moved ,1 to Kansas about twenty- three years ago; ' died. June 27, 1900 at Buusshhoonnge,, Kans. aged , 54 yr. 6 mo. 22 da. Bro. Hazzard aro .. 73 saved nine years ago in the evening 1, light, I was ordained elder of the church at Busb-,‘ A-' ong shortly after and servetras such n friends which he had made by his eupprright his death. He leaves a wife and four chit dren to mourn their loss, and many warm and aftaithful his home life. July Funeral 1 at which services the heldi ces wh neighbornood met to pay their last resp to the departed. one. We trust many accept of all the truth and walk therein the result of the example given by Hazzard's life before them. Emil Km* 16- 26. Camp. 16- 26. Taber- Aug. 16- Camp. Camp. Have you heard the pris-oners calling for good tracts and papers? Will you help send them the gospel? Now is the time to do so. ettkgegi THE FOLLOWING TRACTS WILL BE SENT AT THE ABOVE POUND RATE. Please order by number any tracts selected from this list. It requires from 1,000 to 1,100 pages of printed matter, tract size, to weigh one pound. also published in German. No. Those marked * are No. 3.* The Apostasy. 5. No- Sectism. 6. What Church Should I Join? 8.* Questions and Answers on the Church. 9.* Babylon is Fallen. 10. Sects. 11. Word of God. and Sectism Considered. 13. Fifty Scriptural Objections to Sects. 16. Questions for Saturday- Keepers. 17. What the Bible Teaches. 18. Jewish and Christian Sabbath. 9. Bible Unity. 20. Prepare to Meet Thy God. 111.. The Better Church. 51.* Mast We Sin? N. Sanctification. 53. Can We Fall? O. Spiritualism. The Great Tobacco Sin. As a Further laducement 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. W hat Think Ye of Christ? Salvation of Our Children. Holy Wisdom. The Tobacco Habit. An Open Letter. 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Cash must be sent with order. 14811101111111115112381111211110126E11110131M The General Central Camp- meeting of the Church of the living God will be held 4 mi. south of Burket, Ind. and 7 mi. southwest of Claypool, Ind,, on the banks of Yellow Lake, The Apostolic Gospel of Full Salvation will be presented. Prophecy and Revelation, Divine Healing, Unity of Believers, and other Bible subjects of interest will be taught. This meeting is anti- sectarian. A GENERAL INVITATION IS GIVEN TO ALL. Reduced Rates of One and One- Third Fare lave been granted by the Central Passenger Association, comprising the railroads in general in the following states: Michigan S. Peninsula), Indiana, Ohio, the south- ' western portion of Ontario, the northwest-e. rn portion of Pennsylvania and the adjoin- Ing earner of New York, and that portion of . 111inois lying east of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Read Carefully the Following. t. You must procure a full- fare Allk- elass ticket ( limited or unlimited) to 9* 60001, Lid. the price of same being not an seventy- five cents. If you can not a through ticket at starting- point, pur-one to the nearest point where such gh ticket can be obtained, and ther chase through ticket. Claypool is on t - New York, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & ) By. Persons coming from any direction must, without exception, purchase ticket to Claypoo l.. Second. When you purchase a ticket request the agent to give you a printed cer-tificate of the standard form, 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 filled: namely ( 1) That the certificates were procured not more than three days before nor more than two days 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 have been signed by the secretary and agent, as stated above; ( 3) That certificates are pre-sented for the return purchase of ticket at Claypool within three days after the last day of meeting. Fifth. These certificates are not; trans-ferable, and will be available for continuous passage only, no stop- over being allowed. They will not be honored by conductors, but must be presented to ticket agents where return ticket is purchased. Neither will they be honored if issued in connection with children's half- fare tickets, clerical tickets, or at less than regularly agreed first- class fare. A Few Points Information. 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 anti 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 tw. uog rpdo owfe Gr. od; for he will be there in heal- 7. If you are in need of any of the gifts of the Spirit, or an advance or increase of faith, 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 care for during the meeting. 9. If convenient, bring a, straw- ticic 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 you 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 40c. All hand grips will be hauled free. Trunks will be carried as one passenger. For further in-formation write S. L. Speck, Burket, - THE GOSPEL TIAIX Divine Healing. Beet Scalded and Healed. earn praising_ God for victory. I was wash, and when we tea the oilerpft I dropped my side, which threw * 41 ing suds on. me, scalding both feet - quite badly. I asked the Lord to eal we, and, praise Godt- the work, was buil A woman came up- stairs to see and Wanted to know if I was not going to put something on- j. :`` I ; the Lord will take care of that" Glory be to his precious name! In fifteen minutes I was back to my wash. It left two wars on one foot and one on the other, cut the pain was all gone. To God be all the glory. Mrs. E. Chase, Mama, 316. Typhoid Pneumonia. - We are praising God for a full and tree salvation, deliverance of soul and body. It has been some time since we have been out in the work, but we have tot been idle in this country in giving out tracts. We expect to get out in the work soon; if the Lord is willing. Now since we have been here the enemy has given us many trials. Persecution has been great, but, glory to God! we can shout through it all. " We have much sickness in this country. Wife and I have been sick once or twice; we trusted it in the hand of the Lord and he healed us at once, and in giving out tracts the people asked us if we did as we preach. We told them yes. Our baby took sick with the typhoid pneumonia. The , peo-ple said if we did not get a doctor for her she would die. She was so sink she would not pay us any attention. We prayed for her and it seemed that she got worse. I wanted to send to the Trumpet Office for prayer for her. The devil told me she would die before they would get the letter. So we proved the Lord and rebuked the fever in Jesus' name, and it left her at once. After that she suffered about five days with pains in her breast. W e agreed in prayer for her and the Lord healed her of that. After that the devil afflicted her all over her body. We felt that the Lord wanted to have his way in it. We got willing to give her up, then the Lord healed her every whit. Glory to his name! He is just the same to- day. Pray that we will do our duty in every-thing. We have taken the Lord for our physician. E. W. and Ida B. Spence. Buffalo, Ala. Healed of Congestion. To the glory of God, I wish to tell what great things he has done for me. His word says in Ps. 107: 2: " Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." Yes, I do praise him for redemption. Cod healed me of a very bad case of conges-tion of the lungs. In the fore part of April 1 was taken very bad with cough-ing and pain in the lungs— so bad that I was out of my head at times. A doctor who is an agnostic and whom I had told that if I got sick I would not take any medicine came in to see me. Re said he had heard that I was very sick, and he thought he would come in and see me. He said he did not come to doctor me, butejust to see how I was. He asked me to let him examine me, which I did. He said that I was very bad with congestion of both lungs, and told my wife some simple outward applications, knowing that. I would not take any medicine; but even. these were never applied. We just complied with the W ord in. Jas. 5: 14, 15, and sent for Bro. George Cole. He came eighty- five miles from Chicago to . Sheldon, where I then lived, and, praise God! when he anointed me there were several present who were seetari-au. One man had said he would never believe in the healing unless he could see Prevailing Prayer. • BY JENNIE M. BYERS. WE little realize what mighty things Y4 can be accomplished through prayer. We look at some of the rich gifts and graces and wish for them, but little realize the power within our reach, through prayer to God. In order to pray the prayer of faith, that moves God, we must be fully yielded to God in all things, ready to do his perfect will, or in other words our will must be whol-ly lost in his will, so that our whole aim and desire is to do his will. We can know if our hearts cry out—" I delight to do thy will, 0 God." We know too if we would just a little rather have our own way and will. Selfish prayer will not move the heart of God. When our whole lives are yielded to him, then the Holy Spirit can pray through us; for it is he that indites our prayers. He knows what is the mind of God, and he puts the desires in our hearts according to the will of God, and we just yield to him, and he preys through us. In this way he uses us as channels through which he can convey his messages to his needy ones who are at the throne of grace, asking some favor or blessing. We see by this process how necessary it is that the channels be empty and clean, in order, that his perfect will and message may be conveyed to his children free from all contamination of self or selfish motives. We see God works through human instrumentality, and " ye that bear the vessels of the Lord must be clean.° There is so much to be done everwhere and so few trusty vessels; so many are inclined to crack or leak just at the most needy time. This is why we are to" ken through the fire, that we may be hard and ready to stand any test and trial that we may have to pass through. How blessed that God himself prepares us for every good word and work. We see when God was about ready to build the beautiful temple, how he put the desire in David's heart and he just prayed out what God put in. He was not displeased at God either when God told. him he could not build the house then, but that his son should build it. God told David it was well he had it in his heart to build it. In my own. mind. I feel that David built the temple. He had it in his heart to do it and God just put it down to his credit. Indeed David had the temple builded— by faith. He saw it a beautiful, grand structure, even before his death. I W e see in the early church what was accomplished by prayer. While the brethren and sisters were praying and supplicating the throne, the. Holy Ghost came on them and filled them all and fitted them for the work God had for them to do. Then we see them go forth in power and authority, but still continu-ing to pray. We see some of them so called to the ministry of prayer that they told their brethren to serve the tables, while they gave themselves: continually to the ministry of prayer and the word. No wonder such mighty things' were done by these hoil,.. i) raying men and women who were so given up to - the Lord that he cpuld reveal himseleto them and Work-:** and through them -: to will and to do Oflila good pleasure, . 1% ■ lo doubt there cottabe. list as mighty & ids. done c4aiy w. re would give ourselves more fe* aye* and less to the contain-dnating thingsg this world. We always can tell a praying man when we meet him. Some way you feel he has been in the , ce- ol God. Not only did the apostiesVv* thernselves to prayer, but it appears the w- ode church knew how to prevail witg -- God. We see Paul stoned death..* ft was thbhght, but his breth-ien were there and what is recorded next? " He rose up.' 5 We next see another servant in prison) put there for preaching the gospel, _ and to please the wicked Jews. But what else do we see? We see a room full of men and women, praying " without ceas-ing." " But prayer was made without ceasing, of the cntirch unto God for Here prayer broke the prison chains and bars, it opened the gates. It defied all rule and authority and power. What though the king did use extra precaution and care, the prayer of faith overpowered all. Here we see interces-sory prayer. Peter had. committed him-self to God, " whose he was and whom he served." Yes; he could afford to he in prison if God could afford to have him there. It was all the same to him. He did not rebel nor worry.. Yes; he could sleep, even though he was bound with two chains and sleeping between two soldiers and the prison securely guarded and kept. We see how vain is the power of man. God could waken Peter, and take him out, even through the first and second ward. The great iron gate had to obey the command of tiod and open even of itself. No doubt this holy man of God had to exclaim: " Surely this is the finger of God." We see another similar instance when Paul and Silas were thrust into prison and their feet made fast in the stocks. What condition do we find them in? Crying and mourning and lamenting and finding fault? No; the record says they " prayed and sang praises unto God." Yes; and the prisoners heard them. They must have been glorying in tribu-lation, and " counting it all joy" that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for Christ's sake. In this case prayer shook the earth and loosened the prison doors, and loosened every band and chain. It defied every power and skill of man; even the bold and defiant keeper of the prison was weak and frightened, and cried out, " Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" Yes; he too saw that it was the mighty hand of God. The record does not say what the object of these brethren's prayer was. Was it their own deliverance or was it the conversion of the prisoners and their persecutors and enemies? Ah! I believe it was the latter, and God saw their unselfish prayers and saw lit not only to answer their prayers for the wicked men, but also to grant their deliverance. Putting them in prison did not stop their work. No; the throne was just as accessable as ever, and they knew it, and the spirit within them kept on working. God wanted those prisoners converted, and that is the way he took to do it. Was not the greatest longing of the breth-ren's hearts to see souls saved? What matter was it then who or in what way they should be saved? How apt we are to make plans, then pray accordingly. God knows where the souls are that need help; he knows too where the fallow ground is that can be broken up, and he will lead us to that very place if we will suffer ourselves to be led. We see how the Spirit called Paul into Macedonia when he was in-tending to go to some other field. The Spirit never makes a mistake; for he knows what is the mind of the Father. We see other instances where prayer breaks the bands of death asunder and sets the captive free; where it breaks the chain of disease and sickness. Nothing can break fever and sickness as prayer. We read _ of John Welch, the Scotch Covenanter, who prayed and waited en God until a dead body was restored. life. lie prevailed with God and the suit was, a body restored to life. k is a mighty cable to God, by which. ils are cast out, sickness and disease m depart onnulalneddsoorki, to djeoayt, hprissonddisoaorrss that moves sme to at s I i tbheer t yv; e r3,-- rea t, throne of::: ' What true servant of God but call a time or times when he prevailed. God and mighty things were Itch*, for God? See J ohn Paton on those errt:::-, nibal islands— ho w he so prevailed ' With God that his life seemed almost iramor. tal. See George Muller feeding those thousands of children by faith and prayer. See many of the niissionariek on the dark fields of India to- day wh say that God can feed a thousand as sly as he can one child. How many stances we read of those who prayed all night that they might accomplish seine- :- thing for God. See Daniel praying with his windows open toward the Waved city Jerusalem. His prayer took him to the lion's den, but did it stop there? Was he destroyed and his life and influ-ence and power stopped? No; he ac-complished by passing through the den. of lions what possibly could not have been clone any other way. Was not the king convinced who was the true and liv-ing God? Hear him: " I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and stedfast forever. . . Ile delivereth and rescueth. . . . Who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions." It is while at prayer that the Holy Spirit can show us the work the Lord has for us to do. Listen what the Holy Ghost said to Barnabas and Paul while they were wait, ing on the Lord and fasting. Ile showed them the great missionary field at Anti. och and sent them there, and a glorious work was done for the people. Not on-. ly did the Jews receive him, but the Gentiles also. The Lord knew of the open and ready hearts over there when he sent his servants there. So he will for us it we wait on hint in prayer and faith, and something will be accomplished too; fo when " he putteth forth his sheep he eth before them." - We see what the prayers of Cornelius: brought to him and his people. Ile w a devout man and one that prayed to God always. Surely nothing better could be said of a person. How beautiful by the Lord answered his special prayer, when the Spirit led him to fast and uray. At for his use; for he knows where tlyk:;' his Spirit, that we too may pray the: prayer of faith. the same time, the same Spirit called grand is the work of the Spirit. Surely it looks the like Spirit telegraphy. talked to Ananias In the while same way member how needy Saul was of help when he was in his room blind, but he resorted to prayer, and while he was praying, the Spirit spoke to the other holy man of God to go and help him. , n and s as a channel el r io n rg instpru mehnit s ee s of m ones. Let us not only pray but beinrlellalcdilyys hands needy ones are and how to touch us by4 Peter to prayer on the housetop. How another servant was praying. We re- Lord of the harvest would send forth We see in this case how God used Ana-- We are commanded to pray that the a d he l rei. ycsste, hhsreit; shall aaov nnof dA ueerrhlegloedaestfsrnehtrtehonerf( a einec e);. e01d workers into his harvest. l- ecilvathboseoar, iae0irr. snvg, esltYtate. nvaitleshemaere This is indeed IsinoldneIlo.€ 3thewi ililoigdosfoserryuasix?" who are ready and willing and can sewer back: " Here am I; send me Those whom the Lord sends always the Lord's work and are never a dis pointment; so let us continue the prayer,- that he may send forth laborers into his - harvest; for trelv the harvest is grey and the laborers are few. it himself, and he did see it. 100 Bro. Cole prayed of tai anointing nie,' the same man with all the rest broke down and wept - like little children, and went and proclaimed my heading through the town. That doctor came back to see me after I had been isolated and said that undoubtedly I was lots better. Oh, help me to praise my Redeemer more and more. Please pray for me, and mine that we may sink deeper down into the sweet will of God. Isaac N. Ulsh. Illanteno, Ill., June 24. |
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