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VOLUME X. X. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1900. NUMBER 46
Thy Sweet Will
Clouds that gather round my head
Seem the wings of God outspread;
Hours of thought and worldly care
Full of sweetest comfort are;
Words of bitterness and sneer
Fall like music on my ear.
Once I could not thus partake
Of each cup for Jesus' sake,
But I learned, one bitter day,
To look up and meekly say,
" Thy sweet will, dear Lord, ngt. mine,
Thy sweet will, and only thine."
As the dear Christ on the sea
Hushed the billows, so to me
Did he speak, and gently say,
" Peace, my brother, peace alway;"
And upon my soul he breathed,
I the peace of heaven received.
Like a quiet little child,
Striving to be meek and mild,
Day by day I try to take
All that comes for Jesus' sake.
On this thought my soul doth rest,
" God for me will do the best."
Oh I how easy now to see
• All things are for good to me:
Pain and loss, or smile and cheer,
Christ in all is very dear ;
For my heart is whispering still,
" Thy sweet will, Lord, thy sweet will."
- 3, Letcd.
Present Salvation.
BY J. M. HARRINGTON.
THERE are many living to- day with
the expectation of getting saved in
heaven. But the word of God offers us
a present salvation. '' And you bath he
quickened, who were dead in trespasses
and sins. "-- Elph. 2: 1. " And you, being
dead in your sins and the uncircumeision
of your flesh, hath he quickened together
with him, having forgiven you all tres-passes."-
Col. 2: 13. Notice that the
apostle declares that Christ bath quick-ened.
Ile does not say in the millennium
or in some future time or in heaven; but
bath already quickened them- made
alive. Again the apostle declares, " Who
hath saved us, and called us with an holy
calling, not according to our works, but
according to his own purpose and grace,
which was given us in Christ Jesus before
the world began."- 2 Tint. 1: 9. Paul
here calls attention to a present salvation.
The apostle Peter knew somethin g of a
present salvation, hence, he says, " Who
are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed
in the last time."- 1 Pet. 1: 5.
All the foregoing scriptures teach sal-vation
now in this present world. This
is a great mystery to the world, and the
great mass of professors are made to
wonder and say as one of old, " How can
these things be?" Thank God, the saved
know how these things can be, . having a
salvation to enjoy, not merely enduring
a profession. once a lady joined a; so-called
church and the minister told her she
bad taken a great burden upon her. . Is
this the way we find it, you who are
saved? No, no! Read Hatt. 11: 28- 30.
Praise the Lord! he relieves us from our
burden when we take his yoke upon us.
It is through the . blood of Christ we
are saved. See Rev. 1: 5; 1 Pet. 1: 18,19;
Heb. 9: 26. The question might be asked,
Where was the blood shed? We answer
in this world. This being true, it is in
this world where the blood is applied.
A common prayer among the professors
is, " Finally at last in heaven save us."
We have not a single scripture proving
heaven to be a place to save us. - Heaven
is a place for saved people to go after
death. See 1 Pet. 1 : 4,5. Some say i t looks
as if we boast it'we say we are saved now.
Surely it would be if we did not make
our boast in God. The Psalmist de-clares,
" My soul shall make her boast
in the Lord: the humble shall hear there-of,
and be glad."- Ps. 34: 2. See Ileb.
13: 5, 6. It would be very wrong for us
to boast within ourselves or tell the good
we have done. Praise God for what he
has done for us.
MANNER, OF BEING SAVED.
The sinner inuA repent. Christ preached
it. Matt,. 9: 13; 4: 17. All must repent.
Luke 13: 1- 5. Some teach that the moral
man will stand a better chance in the
judgment than the outlaw, but the Bible
says, " Except ye repent ye shall all like-wise
perish." It matters not how good,
moral, kind, or honest you may be, you
will lose your precious soul if you do not
repent and enjoy a present salvation.
No doubt we could gain some friends,
and have the applause of the world bY
giving the moralist encouragement on
this' line, but I would rather have the ap-proval
of Christ upon me than the ap-proval
of all this world. " Woe be unto
you when all men speak well ot you."
• CONDITIONS TO BE MET.
1. Confessing of sins. 1 Jno. 1: 9;
Prey. 28: 13.
2. Forsaking of sins. Isa. 55: 7.
3. . Forgiving trespasses. Matt. 6: 14,
15.
4. Restoration to the extent . of our
ability. Ezek. 33: 15.
These conditions must be met in order
to obtain this present salvation. There
was a man attended a meeting we held
once- his soul was awakened. He saw
his lost condition, but he and his neigh-bor
could not get along. He said he
could not forgive him. So instead of
paying the price he joined a so- Called
church to ease his conscience. Oh, what
a deception! We can not have anything
in our heart against any one and be right
with God. Christ is the door and the
doorkeeper in his church. See Jno. 10:
9; Rev. 3: 7. We must meet the Bible
conditions to enter in through him. Oh,
remember that the word of God is our judge. ito. 12: 48. It pays to meet
the conditions in the Bible. There is joy
in the fold of the Lord. Phil. 4: 4; Gal.
5: 22. Those that neglect salvation lose
a pearl- a pearl of great price. 	 We
urge you to seek it.
WHAT SALVATION WILL DO FOR TOIL.
It saves from sin. 1 Jno. 3: 0- 10; 1
Jno. 5: 18; Horn. 6; 1 Con 15: 31;
7: 25. This is sufficient proot that Jesus
saves from sin. Some seem to think the
Bible teaches we can be a child of God
and commit sin. Let us briefly notice a
few of those texts. Notice the awful
condition of those mentioned in Rom. 3:
10- 19. Could we call, those murderers
Christians- destruction and misery in
their way, and the way of peace have
they not known? These could not have
been Christians, for the Christian has
peace. Rom. 5: 1. Notice in Rom. 3:
10 it says, " As it is written." 	 It
was written under the law. See Ps. 14;
Ps. 53. This was the condition of the
world before Christ made his first advent
into the world. Some might say, What
about Ecel. 7: 20-" There is not a just
man upon earth, that doeth good, and
sinneth not"? At that time there was not.
This was 977 years before Christ be-came
the surety of a better testa-ment.
See lleb. 7: 22. One says, " We
can not please God while in the flesh."
The flesh refers to man's sinful condition.
Read Rom. 3: 9. God's people are not in
the flesh, bat in the Spirit. Again we find
some that did please God. Heb. 11: 5.
Another might say, Yg hat about the
scripture that says, ' c ite that sayeth he
Iiveth and sinneth not is a liar"? We
find no such scripture, but it does say,
" It we say we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not in us."-
1 Jno. 1: 8. The meaning of this text is
that if we say we have no sin to be
cleansed from, . we deceive ourselves.
Instead of these scripture teaching us that
we can sin and be a Christian, they when
rightly understood,. prove to the con-trary.
Dear reader, do you enjoy this great
salvation.? It is for you. It saves from
the love of the world- makes us over-comers.
Seel Jno. 4: 4. 5. All the love for
shows, fairs, picnics, etc. is gone and the
love of God fills the soul. I anew a
preacher to dismiss a meeting to go to a
show, but thank God those that enjoy
this present salvation have something far
better than the pleasures of this vain
world. We can eat in plenty and be
satisfied. Joel 2: 26, 27. It saves from
worldly conformity. We no longer
desire to follow the fashions and the
styles. See Ram. 12. The saved gladly
lay aside everything the Word con-demns.
Yet• we should dress neat and
tidy no matter how cheap. Plain drass
alone does not make a saint, unless our
lives are in harmony with God's word.
Let us see that we measure to God's
word on every line. In this way we can
let our light shine and men will see our
good works and glority out' Father which
is in heaven. 	 Amen.
A Needful Duty.
BY J E. FORREST.
44 UT whoso bath this world's good,
and seeth his brother have need,
and shutteth up his bowels of compassion
from him, how dwelleth the love of God
in him?"- 1 Jno. 3: 17. We are com-manded
to distribute to the necessity of
saints ( Rom. 12: 13), and this command-ment
is to be obeyed as much as any
other; in fact, if we fail to keep it, how
dwelleth the love of Gon in us? The
apostle says, " We ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren."- 1 Jno.
3: 16. That is, deny ourselves or sacri-fice
something of ours that we may help
those who are in need- greater need than
we. " My little children, let us not love
in word, neither in tongue; [ but how?]
but in deed and in truth."- Ver. 18.
How many of us stand perfectly clear
in this line of truth? Do you see or
know of a brother who is in need right
now and you are withholding this world's
good from him just because you are
afraid to give for fear you will never get
it back? Some are trusting Ge`-' sup-ply
their daily needs, while others who
claim to be just as consecrated and as
spiritual, are afraid to let their pile of
corn run down in the winter for fear
they will n it have any to make a crop
on the coming year. Brother, is this
your case? is your brother in need al-most
at your door? Or have you heard
that a brother a score of miles off is in
need? And have you inquired of the
Lord in what way you may help bear
your brother's burden? It seems that
some are so close- fisted t hat there has to
be a general shaking up among them to
get them to their duty. The cry comes
occasionally that some one is in great
want and needs our prayers that lie may
receive help. Well, it is all right to
pray, and it is all right to trust in God
for our needs, but how does God supply?
Is it not largely by the liberality of his
people toward cacti other? It we fail
to give ot our means that those in need
may be supplied, others will give, because
God must fulfil his word to those who
trust in him; but who will be the prize-winner?
Those who give, or those who
do not?
We are all running for the prize; each
of us expects to . aTin or we would not be
running, so let us be diligent about our
duty, God has not ordained that some
of his people should live " deliciously"
hile others suffer for food and clothing
and always have a burden of debt hang-ing
over them and such like. All of God's
people belong to the same body and
are one body. Rom. 12: 5-" Members
one of another." 1 Cor. I2: 26-" And
whether one member suffer, all the mem-bers
suffer with it."
It may be that you need a deeper work.
If you do, get it, for this duty lies before
us just as much as it did in the days of
the early church. Why not? We are
earnestly contending for the same faith
they had, should we not do the same
works as they, that our faith be a living
one and not in vain? " Faith without works
is dead."-- Jas. 2: 26. Let us bear the
same fruit, do the same works as the first
disciples it we expect such faith. Yea,
first of all let us get the experience they
had of salvation - and then methinks the
works of charity will follow us even as
they did them. The apostle Paul speaks of
some who were willing above their ability
( 2 Cor. 8: 1- 3) while others had to be ex-horted
to their duty. See 2 Cor. 9: 5- 7.
Now, brethren, I trust that your minds
may be stirred up and that your faith
will Mount up above the care of your
own needs so you may not look at your-selves,
but at the wants of others, for
this is well- pleasing to God. Just as ye
would that men should do to you, do ye
even so to them. " Bear ye one another's
burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."
" Prepare to Meet Thy God."
BY W. • TzwATEB.
[ Amos 4: 12.]
" BL° W ye the trumpet in Zion, and
sound an alarm in my holy moun-tain:
let all the inhajaitants of the land
tremble: for the day of the Lord comoth,
for it is nigh at hand."- Joel 2: 1. By
reading the blessed Word of God we are
made to believe that ere long God's
wrath is going to fall on the world ot
sin and this ball on. which we stay is go.
ing to he dissolved and the elements melt
1852
2 THE GOSPRT TRIM=
Lifting up of Holy Hands.
BY GEO. w., BAILEY.
SIN CE some have been doubtful as to
the lifting up of holy hands being an
ordinance in God's house, I feel the Lord
would have me write a few lines on the
subject. An ordinance is something
ordained or established by authorities;
an established rite or ceremony of the
church. Now who has the right to es-tablish
an ordinance in the house of God,
which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and the ground of the truth?
See 1 Tim. 3: 15. The Holy Ghost
( which is the executor in the house of
God) will not lead nor guide contrary to
the Word, for the ' Word and the Spirit
agree. Some have objections to taking
evidence or testimony from the Old
Testament, but in Eph. 2: 20 we read con-cerning
the church that we " are built
upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets." So it we neglect either
apostle or prophet we ignore a part of
the foundation of the church of God.
In 1 Tim. 2: 8 we read, " i will there-fore
that men pray everywhere, lifting
up holy hands without wrath and doubt-ing."
Here is a positive command to
lift up holy hams in prayer. Many of
the songs the church of God sing, are
prayers. Now the executor ( Holy
Ghost) will surely carry out the will of
the Father and lead the true worshiper
of God to lift his hands in prayer and in
such songs as are in the form of prayer.
Then in Ps. 134: 2 we read, " Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless
the Lord." Surely this has reference to
praising God in public worship. Many
of the songs the church of God sing
are songs of praise, and in such the
Spirit and Word agree and the true wor-shiper
will feel led of the Spirit to lift up
his hands. In Lam. 3: 41 we read, " Let
us lift up our hearts with our hands unto
God in the heavens." How natural for
a spirit- filled soul to lift his heart to
God in prayer and praise with uplifted
hands. This the Spirit will do that the
Scriptures might be fulfilled.
It has been said of lief). 12: 12 that
it could have but a - spiritual meaning
since it refers to the knees as well
as the hands. Now Goa's order of
things is, forward march, and never sit
down in ease; then the meaning of
this text is surely this, " Lift up
your hands in victory and march
straight on." How can you get for-with
fervent heat. Realizing this fact
we can not refrain from seizing the
trumpet, the word of God, to sound an
alarm to warn. you, sinner friend, " to
prepare to meet thy God," and escape
• the awful doom that awaits you. Do
you not realize that some time sooner or
later you MtISt leave this time- world and
spend eternity somewhere; either with
the saved or the lost? and if you still
persist in sin, • where Jesus is you can
not go? See John 8: 21. And, again
God has eternally declared that " tne
wicked shall be turned into hell, and al!
the nations that forget Gott."- Ys. 9: 17.
Therefore we appeal to you; take warn-ing,
" prepare to meet thy God." " The
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels, in flaming fire
taking vengeance on. them that know not
God, and that obey not the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ.”- 2 Thess. 1: 7,
8. Then why not accept and obey the
gospel? Do you not realize the awful
danger of rejecting God's word? If not,
hear the solemn warning, " Hear, 0
earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this
people, .. because they have not hark-ened
unto my wares, nor to my law, but
rejected it. "- Jer. 6: 19. " They refused
to harken, and pulled away their
shoulder, and stopped their ears, that
they should not hear. Yea, they made
their hearts as an adamant stone, lest
they should hear the law, and the words
which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his
Spirit. . . Therefore it is come to pass,
that as he [ the prophet] cried, and they
would not hear: so they cried, and I
would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts."
- Zech. 7: 11- 13. Take warning from this,
and " to- day, if ye will hear his voice,
harden not your Hearts." 7- Heb. 3: 7, 8.
To hear his voice is to hear his word ( Ps.
103: 20), and his word says, " Behold, I
stana at the door, and knock: if any
man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sap with
him? and he with me."- Rev. 3: 20.
The Lord does not say if certain ones wil l
hear my voice, but he says if any man.
Sinner, that means you; but perhaps you
think concerning yourself, " I am so vile
a sinner, I have sinned against heaven
and earth, I have heaped sins upon sins
until they tower up like mountains, I
am a miserable, undone sinner in the sight
of God, I feel that I am lost." Dear
friend, if those are your feelings, you are
in a good attitude to begin to " prepare
to meet thy God" and get saved. " For
the Son of man is come to save that
which was lost."- Matt. 18: 11. And
the invitation is, " Come now, and let us
reason together, saith the Lord: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool."- Isa.
1: 18. God offers to do this for you on
reasonable terms; that is, it you will for-sake
your sins, he will pardon, and that
abundantly. He says, " Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts: and let him return
unto the Lord, and he will have mercy
upon him; and . to our God for he will
abundantly pardon."- Isa. 55: 7
Sinner, here is an abundant pardon
offered you it you will make the proper
applications for it by meeting the Bible
requirements. You surely will do that.
For example, suppose you had violated
the civil law in committing some crime
worthy of death or the penitentiary for
life and you were sentenced to the same;
would you not make every effort to get
a pardon and be released from the sen-tence?
Yea, doubtless you would.
Now yon have violated the divine law by
committing sin, " for sin is the trans-gression
of the law."- 1 Jno. 3: 4. And
you are sentenced be be turned into hell
( Ps. 9: 17) if you fail to apply for pardon
and get it while it may be found. " Seek
ye the Lord while he may be found, call
upon him while he is near."- Isa. 55: 6.
0- r- s- ome time you will wish you had.
Beware, listen," I have called, and ye re-fused;
1 have stretched out my hand;
Eating of Meats.
BY E. J. - AIL- P, JR.
( Conclusion.)
MANY may wonder whether it is
right for the ministry to allow the
weak in faith to hold to their theory of
certain meats being unclean and unfit to
eat. To this the writer and every true
minister, or child of God who is sanc-tified,
say no. We now apply to the
Word, and see whether the voice of the
church and Word agree. The follow-ing
truths are contained in Paul's letter
to the church at Corinth. " Whatsoever
is sold in the shambles [ the place where
butchers' meat is sold- a flesh market],
that eat, asking no question for con-science'
sake: for the earth is the Lord's
and the fulness thereof. It any of them
that believe net bid you to a feast, and
ye be disposed to go, whatsoever is set
before you, eat, asking no question for
conscience' sake."- 1 Cor. 10: 25- 27.
Paul here surely teaches that pork can
be eaten to the glory of God. " I know,
and am persuaded by tne Lord Jesus,
that there is nothing unclean of itself."
- Rom. 14: 14. " Now the spirit speaks
expressly, that in the latter times some
shall depart from the faith, giving heed
to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy;. hav-ing
their conscience seared with a hot
iron; forbidding to marry, and command-ing
to abstain from meats, which God
bath created to be received with thanks-giving
of them which believe and know
the truth. For every creature of God
is good, and nothing to be refused, if it
be received with thanksgiving: for it is
sanctified [ cleansed or purified] by the
word of God and prayer. If thou put
the brethren in remembrance of these
things, thou shalt be a good minister of
Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words
of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto
thou hest attained.'' - 1 Tim. 4: 1- 6.
Paul's teaching to Timothy in these
scriptures tells just what the doctrines
of devils are and mentions the " corn-manaing
to abstain from meats." One
may now say that does not include th e
hog; for it is pronounced unclean to the
children of Israel by the law of Moses.
True it was pronounced unclean but re-member
in the beginning God saw all
things and said they were very good.
Now since the law is done away we hear
Paul, a Jew, and a minister of Christ to
the Gentiles saying that " every creature
of God is good, and nothing to be re-fused."
Brethren, let us do our duty in
teaching this truth. I believe it Paul
were here in the flesh among the minis-ters,
he would exhort us, as he did Tim-othy,
" to put the brethren in remem-brance
of these things." If we do, we
" shall be good ministers of Jesus Christ."
" I charge thee therefore before God, and
the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge
the quick and the dead at his appearing
and his kingdom; preach the word;
be instant in season, out of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering
and doctrine."-- 2 Tim. 4: 1- 2.
PETER'S VISLON.
Sonic sects at this present ag e time
I who still hold the Mosaic system, and
others who acknowledge that the Mu.
saic law was fulfilled or done away
in Christ, yet hold that pork and
other creatures that were pronounced
unclean by the law of Moses are still
this, thteoyesa a:
from his earlier teachings. or teach him
unclean. 	 in order to do t,
that God did not purpose to turn Peter
that pork was clean, and g
God only wanted to teach him the lesson
that he would not be defiled by going
into the house of Cornelia e the Gentile;
because God bad cleansed him, and he
( Cornelius) should not be called unclean.
Dear reader, we will now turn to the
truth of the whole matter and see what
God purposed, and did teach Peter while
in a trance upon the housetop. " And
he [ Peter] became very hungry, and
would have eaten: but while they made
ready, he fell into a trance, and saw
heaven opened, and a certain vessel de-scending
unto him, as it had been a great
sheet knit at the four corners, and let
down to the earth: wherein were all
manner of four- footed beasts of the earth
[ the hog was among these], and wild
beasts, and creeping things, and fouls of
the air. And there came a voice to
him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat."- Acts
10: 10 - 13. Surely this meant that Peter
was not to be a respecter of beasts, etc.
" But Peter said, . Not so, Lord; for I
have never eaten anything that is cora-mon
or unclean."- Verse 14. Now we
know that the reason of Peter's refusal
was because of the hog and other things
that he considered unclean being in the
vessel or sheet. lie did not mean to re-fuse
to eat beet, venison, or mutton, but
the tact was, the Lord held before him
all the beasts, creeping thing, and
fowls; then called unto him to rise,
kill, anti eat. Titus Peter becomes dis-gusted
with the sight of the contents of
the sheet, and cries, " Not so, Lord; for
I have never eaten anything that was
common or unclean." " And the
voice spake unto him again the second
time, What God hath cleansed, that call
not thou common. This was ( lone thrice:
and the vessel was received up again
into heaven"- Verses 15, 16.
The solution of the problem before us
is this, That the thing. which God bath
cleansed were the very saute things that
were in the vessel. And Cornelius was
not in the vessel. So God did not have
special reference to Cornelius; he va tot t
to get at the cause of the enmit y be-tween
Peter - a Jew- and the Gentiles;
consequently he held the very things
before him, that stood between Jews and
Gentiles; namely, the eating of meats.
The Jews considered the Gentiles com-mon
or unclean, because they would in-dulge
in the eating of flesh that was for-bidden
them. We find in Matt. 15: 11
that Jesus plainly tells the Jews, that
what• a man eats does not . defile him.
" W bile Peter thought on the vision, the
Spirit said unto hi u, Behold, three men
seek thee. Arise iierefore, and get thee
down, and gu with them, doubting noth-ing:
for I have sent them."- Acts 10:
19, 20. " And the moreow after they
entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius
waited for them, and had called together
his kinsmen and near friends. And as
Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him,
and fell down at his feet, and worshiped
him. But Peter took him ap, saying,
Stand up; I myself also am a man.
And as he talked with him, he went in,
and found many that were come together.
And he said unto them, Ye know how
that it is an unlawful thing for a man
that is a Jew to keep company, or come
unto one . of another nation; but God
hath showed me that I should not call
any man common or unclean."- Verses
24- 28. Peter learned the lesson of his
vision; he doubted nothing, but believed
that all things were clean, and that the
ef oatin g* of meats defil ed no man, hence-he
could mingle with the Gentiles.
and no man regarded; but ye have set
at naught all my counsel, and would none
of my reproof: I also will laugh at your
calamity; and mock when your fear com-eth;
when your fear cometh as desola-tion
and your destruction as a whirl-wind;
when distress and anguish cometh
upon you. Then shall they call upon me,
but I will not answer; they shall seek
me early, but they shall not find me.
- Prov. 1: 24- 28. Sad then, sad will
be your awful fate.
Be wise, sinner, " prepare to meet thy
. God." " Whoso harkeneth unto me
shall dwell safely, and, shall be quiet
from fear of evil."- Prov. 1: 33. Then
why not harken diligently to the counsel
of the Lord, and escape the wrath of a just
God? " For God bath not appointed us
to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ. "- 1 Thess. 5: 9.
" Behold, now is the accepted time; be-hold,
now is the day of salvation."- 2
Cor. 6: 2. " Ho, every one that thirst-eth,
come ye to the waters, and he that
hath no money; come ye, . • . buy
wine and milk without money and with-out
price."- Isa. 55: 1. " How shall
we escape, if we neglect so great salve-tion?"-
Ileb. 2: 3. A eain we exhort
you to " prepare to meet thy God,"
" when we which are alive and remain
shall be caught, up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall w ever be with the Lord."
- 1 Thess. 4: 17.
ward without lifting the knee? Do you
not lift up your knees as you walk?
God has pronounced a woe upon those
that are at ease in Zion. Now it the
Spirit led Jesus to send his disciples and
bring the colt of an ass, and sit thereon
I that the scriptures might be fulfilled;
will not the same Spirit prompt the
saints of God to lift up their hands in
worship of God that the scriptures
might be fulfilled? " For as many as
are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God."- a-- Rom. 8: 14. Quench
not the Spirit."- 1 Thess. 5: 19. When
Moses lifted up his hands, God's people
had victory. When Moses' hands went
down the enemy had the victory. So it
is to- day when the saints' hands go up
there is victory in the camp, but when
their hands hang down the enemy pre-vans.
1853
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
44TN the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. . . . And the Word
was made flesh and dwelt among us, ( and
we beheld his glory, the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father,) full of grace
and truth."- Jno. 1: 1- 14. Now, be-loved,
if the Word is God, can we have
God in us and yet reject the Word? Nay
verily, for this would be God rejecting
himself, which is utterly antagonistic
to his doctrine. He says, " My doctrine
is not mine, but his that sent mes"-
J ohu 7: 16. Again we read, " Through
faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God."- H. eb.
11: 3. To- day we look out on the earth
land in the firmament and read with re-
I
verential awe the infallible testimony to
' the truth of God's word. Yet in the face
conscience is defiled."- Ver. 15. Praise
God for the precious truth of the Bible
that makes us pure and free to serve
God and do straight and clean work for
him. " Stand fast therefore in the liberty
, wherewith Christ bath made us free, and
- be not entangled again with the yoke
s of bondage."- Gal. 5: 1.
d
e
Under the Blood.
d• 	 BY ROBT. ROTHMAN.
“ A
ND the blood shall be to you for
a token upon the house where ye
are: and when I see the blood, I will
e pass over you, and the plague shall not
be upon you to destroy you, when 1
smite the land of Egypt."- Ex. 12: 13.
This blood of the lamb in the old dis-pensation
being a type of the blood of
Christ the Lamb of God in. the new and
better dispensation, is something worthy
of prayerful consideration. We learn
from the context that God intended to
execute judgment on the land of Egypt
by smiting the first- born in the land, both
man and beast. Ile promised his chosen
people, through Moses, that if they would
take the blood of a lamb without blemish
and strike it on the two side- posts and
on the upper door- posts of the houses, he
would spare them and not permit the
plague to destroy them. There are great
depths of meaning to this type which we
will not venture to reach, but we wish
to point out a few lessons to be learned
from it. God promised to pass over cer-tain
houses, not because the inmates were
particularly good, but because of the
blood upon the door- posts. So the wrath
of God abides not on the Christian, be-cause
he is living under the blood of
Christ, making that his only plea. There
is safety nowhere else. Our good works
have their proper place, and are a sacri-fice
well- pleasing unto God ( Heb. 13: 16),
but if we would ever live where the Lord
protects from the works of the destroyer,
we must keep the merits of the blood be-fore
our spiritual eyes.
We have heard one who was in willful
sin say that he was in safety because he
was under the protection of the blood.
This person presumed on the long- suffer-ing
of God. Were this not the con-dition
of great numbers who have been
falsely taught, it might be passed by; but
the eternal welfare of souls demands that
we learn both what part the blood per-forms
and what Goa expects of us.
Returning to Ex. 12: 8, we see that not
only was the blood to be sprinkled on
the door- posts, but the flesh of the lamb
was to be eaten. W hat can this fore-shadow?
Truly that in this better dis-pensation
we are to partake of the very
life of Christ. " Then Jesus said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say mate you,
Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man,
and drink his blood, ye have no life in
you. Whoso eateth my- flesh, and drink-eth
my blood, bath eternal life; and I
will raise him up at the last day. For
my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is
drink indeed. He thateeateth my flesh,
and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me,
and I in him. As the living Father bath
eat me, and I live by the Father: so
e that eateth me, even he shall live by
e."- Jno. 6: 53- 57.
These verses open to us something far
eyoncl the popular profession of living
nder the blood and yet living in sin.
o abide in Christ or live under the blood
e must possess the life of Christ. And
we have his life we will surely walk in
s steps. God is ready to give us power
become his children if we receive Christ
he is. See Jno. 1: 12. God never
tended the followers of his beloved Son
dishonor him by a life of sin. " For
en hereunto were ye called: because
hrist also suffered for us, leaving us an
ample, that ye should follow his steps:
ho did no sin, neither was guile found
his mouth."- 1 Pet. 2: 21, 22. Let
ery one that nameth the name of Christ
g nothing pure; but even their mind and depart from iniquity. " He that saith
he abideth in him, ought himself also so
to walk, even as he walked."- 1 Jim
2: 6.
To walk as Christ walked, it is neces
sary that we not only have our sins
blotted out by the blood of Christ, but
that we be sanctified by the blood.
" Wherefore Jesus also, that. he might
sanctify the people with his own blood,
suffered without the gate. "- Heb. 13: 12.
Dear ones, let us get this verse in our
hearts more and more; then will we learn
to value sanctification as God values it,
as all the heavenly hosts no doubt value
it. Sad it is to see souls go to the altar
and have uppermost in their minds the
offering of themselves. ' W e must present
our bodies fully to God when we seek
sanctification and the indwelling of the
Holy Ghost, or else how could God have
his way with us? how could' he live and
move in a vessel not surrendered to Min?
But it is alone by the precious blood that
we are sanctified. Let us see the blood
more and more, then will we lose sight
of self and the way will grow more and
more glorious. " Christ being come an
high priest of good things to come, by a
greater and more perfect tabernacle, not
made with hands, that is to say, not of
this building; neither by the blood of
goats and calves, but by his own blood,
he entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption for
us. "- Heb. 9: 11, 12.
And now, dear reader, if you are pro-fessing
to live under the blood and are
still a sinner, these words apply to you.
" Purge out therefore the old leaven, that
ye may be a new lump, as ye are un-leavened.
For even Christ our Passover
is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep
the feast, not with the old leaven, neither
with the leaven of malice and wicked-ness;
but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth."- 1 Car. 5: 7, 8.
And to the children of God who have
not obtained their inheritance, these
other words are addressed. " Having,
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by
a new and living way, which he hath
consecrated for us through the veil, that
is to say, his flesh; anti 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. Let us hold
fast the profession of our faith without
wavering; for he is faithful that prom-ised."-
Heb. 10: 19- 23. Will you enter
by the blood into the inheritance of the
saints? It is glorious, it is what your
soul needs, and the price is all paid.
And to the dear ones who have entered
the land of Canaan through the blood
of the everlasting covenant we address
the words of the poet:
Several years alter, we find Peter eatin
with the Gentiles. See Gal. 2: 11, 12.
Now we will agree that God wanted to
teach Peter that the Gentiles were not
unclean, but we have further p rove, d that
God pointed at the things that caused
Peter to think the Gentiles to be unclean
and taught him that the things in them
selves were not unclean. W hen J esu
sent out his twelve disciples, he tol
them to not enter into any city of th
Samaritans- Gentiles; but to the los
sheep of the house of Israel- Jews. Se
Matt. 10: 5, 6. But after the death an
resurrection of Jesus, we hear him saying
unto the same disciples, " Go ye there
fore, and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of th
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. "_ Matt.
28: 19. The Mosaic law, as we have
proved, was abolished by the death of our
Lord, and now the disciples- Peter in-eluded-
were commanded to go to all
nations of the Gentiles. Peter had not
thoroughly learned the complete work
that was accomplished between Jew and
Gentile, by the death of Christ; never-theless
the middle wall of partition which
consisted in enmity, even the law of com-mandments
contained in ordinances, was
torn down: But Peter did not thoroughly
comprehend it, nor learn the lesson, until
he fell into a trance, or vision, upon the
housetop.
In conclusion, I will further say, that
there are some who abstain from eating
pork, and other things, from a hygienic
standpoint. They believe, and know,
that pork does not agree with them.
Now, dear brethren, let us be careful lest
we teach others that pork is unclean, or
not fit to eat. If we do not teach it in
public, we can advccate the idea in pri-vate,
or in individual conversations, and
thus influence others into bondage which
will be detrimental to their spiritual pro-gress.
God tells us to preach the Word
and not hygiene. I further believe that
if we have faith in God, there are things
abstained from that could be eaten, with-out
injury to the eater. Let us remember
that it is sanctified- cleansed or purified
- by the word of God and prayer. Amen.
Of course we must use wisdom in eating;
and there are seasons in the year when
pork and other flesh is little needed. In
the cold seasons the system needs more
fats than in the warm seasons. " For in-stance,
in northern Russia larger quan-tities
of pork and beet are eaten, and the
frozen carcasses of animals stand exposed
for sale in the winter air for a consider-able
time. Among persons living in cold
climates, the appetite for oleaginous food
is especially eager, and they require large
quantities of it to enable them to resist
the depressing influences of cold. The
Eskimo consumes daily from ten to
fifteen pounds of meat or blubber, a
large proportion of which is fat. The
Laplander will drink train oil- the oil
procured from the blubber or fat of
whales by boiling- and regards tallow
candles as a great aelicacy."
Brethren, God wants ministers in these
places to preach the gospel. He may
send you or me. Oh, let us be free
and keep free in Christ, living in ac-cordance
with the New Testament so
that if God sends us to these cold s
climates, we will be able to . adapt our- h
selves to the customs of the people and
eat such things as are set before us. See
Luke 10: 8. " Holding fast the faithful b
word, as he hath been taught, that he may u
be able by sound doctrine both to exhort T
- and to convince the gainsayers."- Titus
" For there are many unruly and if
vain talkers and deceivers, specially they hi
of the circumcision [ Jews or proselytes]." 1 0
- Ver. 10. " V hose mouths must be as
stopped, who subvert whole houses, in
teaching things which they ought not, to
for filthy lucre's sake."- V er. 11. " Not ev
giving heed to Jewish fables [ eating of C
meats] and commandments of men, that ex
turn from the truth."- Ver. 14. " Unto iv
the pure all things are pure: but unto in
ev
3
of all, man - who is the chief workmanship
of the great I Am, will try to refute and
reason away the word of God: and bring
it to his own plane. The carnal mind
- is not subject to God's law, neither in-deed
can be. See Rom. 8: 7.
But We praise God to- day, those of us
that are sanctified through the truth can
boldly say with Jesus, " Thy word is
truth."- Jahn 17: 6. Again we hear
Jesus say, " I have manifested thy name
unto the men which thou ga yest me out
of the world: thine they were, and thou
gayest them me; and they have kept
thy word."- John 17: 6. 0 beloved, it
is m t hard for those that have come out
of the world to believe the precious word.
of our blessed Redeemer. Why? Be-cause
of his own will begat he us with
the word of truth, that we should be a
kind of first- fruits of his creatures. " He
that is of God heareth God's word: ye
therefore hear him not, because ye are
not of God."- John 8: 47. Yet how
many dear eternity- bound souls to- day
are taking to themselves the honored
name of Christian and are unconsciously
harkening to the same voice that our
mother Eve did in the garden when the
great enemy of man said unto her, " Ye
shall not surely die." 0 dear ones, this
voice has a- death sentence in it. Al-though
it may come from a person dis-guised
as a minister of the gospel or some
one looked upon by you as a friend, let
me warn you to- day to let God be true
and every man a liar. " For false Christs
and false prophets shall arise, and shall
show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it
were possible, even the elect."- Mark
13: 22. But we praise God that by his
Word and Spirit we are able to try the
spirits and see from whence they come,
for they that have not the Spirit of
Christ are none of his. See Rom. 8: 9.
W here would we be amid all the con-fusion
of this world were it not for God's
word, which " is a lamp to our feet, and
a light to our path?"- Ps. 119: 105.
God also is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart. How often
we meet with those professing to be fol-lowers
of Jesus, who when you ask
if they are Christians, say they hope so,
and when the mirror of God's word is
turned on them the intents of their hearts
are at once discerned, for out of the
abundance crt the heart the mouth speak-eth."
See Luke 6: 45. Praise the Lord
for the balance of his word wherein we
may know Whether we are able to stand
in. the great day of God Almighty when
he comes inflaming fire to take venge-ance
on all that know not GI- ocl and that
obey not the gospel ot • our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. Dear professor,
you who are contending against the word
of God and for your creeds and. dogmas,
what will they be worth to you in the
awful moment when you must render
an account of all you have said and
done in this life to an all- wise God who
has said, " Man cloth not live by bread
alone, but by every word that proceed-ash
out of the mouth of the Lord"?-
Deut. 8: 3; Matt. 4: 4. Take warning
and " prepare to meet thy God," for the
hay, wood, and stubble are being burned
by the fire of God's holiness and the
sandy foundations are falling, and only
that which is built on the Rock can stand.
" Therefore whosoever heareth these say-ings
of mine, and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man, which built
his house upon a rock, and the rains
descended, and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and
it fell not: for it was founded upon a reek.
And every one that lieareth these sayings
of mine, and doeth them not, shall be
likened unto a foolish man, which built his
house upon the sand: and the rains de-scended,
and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon that house;
and it fell: and great was the fall of it."
- Matt. 7: 24- 27. " Heaven and earth
shall pass away: but my word shall not
pass away."-- Luke 21: 33. God's word
shall judge us in the last day. Amen.
" Oh, by all the sacred bliss of heaven,
And by all the lovewe owe to God,
Keep the solemn charge the Lord has given,
Watch and pray, and live beneath the blood."
The Word of God.
BY SARAH DARR.
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Are you a Christian? If not,
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. Those who repeat their prayers never
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estions Answered.
We rtehe apostles con%
cost? a hey were. See Jno. 6: 17.
How do you know they were converted?
Jesus said, Jno. 17: 10, " They are not
of the world, even as I am not of the
orld." Surely the y must have been
converted, as he compared them with
worldly people who were not converted.
Have you any other evidence of their conversion?
When Jesus came preaching the gospel
hey believed in him and were saved front
their sins; as sNe read he came to save
is people from their sins. Matt-. 1: 21.
d whosoever b. lieveth shall be saved,
Read . a no. 3: 36. The y were branches
in him. Jno. 10: 5.
Was anyone else convened before the day of Pente-cost?
The seventy who were sent out to
each, when they returned rejoicing,
were told by Jesus that their names were
written in heaven, and surely they were
converted it their names were written in
heaven. Luke 10: 20. The man who
was sick of the palsy, Matt. 9: 2; a
Luke 7: 50. To another he said,
To, and sin no more." " As many as
believed," etc.
Had Christ been cruciid at this time?
Ile had not.
How then ctTull they have been converted, or have
had their sins forgiven. as the Bible says i Hebrews
that without the shedding et Wood there can be no
remission cl sins?
The Bible also sa ys Jesus " waS a
Lamb slain trims time foundatien ot the
world. The plan of redemption was
ed from the beginning. When
esus came he promised everlasting life
o all who would believe on him.
Would it not be more reasonable to believe that the
- ornise was that if they obe yed, their sins wou d be
) rgiven when his blood had been shed upon the cross?
No. Do you not remember that he
said to one in Luke 7: 47—" Tny sins
which are many are all forgiven"? He
did not say they would be, but all are
forgiven. He told the scribes that " the
Son of man hate' power on earth to for-give
sins."— Matt. 9: 16.
What did Jesus require of the people in order to get
saved?
He said unto them, " Repent ye, and.
believe the gospel."— Matt. 1: 15. Read
Jno. 6: 47.
Could not they have been followers of Jesus without
repentance, providing they believed he was time Christ?
They may have followed him for the
" loaves and fishes;" but that would not
have cha, n aged their heart nor given them
an entrance into the kingdom. Many
people of to- day pretend to be followers
of Jesus, and call themselves Christians,
who are only atter the " loaves and
fishes." They have never been born oil
the Spirit, and have only a profession
instead of a possession of the ; race of
God. John the Baptist would not baptize
the Pharisees because they would not I
repent. He not only told - them that
they should repent but must show forth
fruits of repentance. They tried to slip
through on their old law profession; but
he called them a generation of vipers.
The Difference.
BY N. S. DUNII& N.
OUR object . in sending this article
through The Trumpet is to show
the difference between the saint and sin-ner.
We read in Ezek. 44: 23—" And
they shall teach my people the difference
between the holy and the profane, and
cause them to discern. between the un-clean
and the clean." You can see that
the prophet transpiercing the ages saw
the time whenGod woula raise up a people
that - would teach the gospel in such a
plain way that the people would easily
see the difference between the man that
= cad and the man that served him
It is needless to multiply words to
get you to see the difference between
heaven and hell; Ciod, and the devil.
he same good Book which shows that
heaven is a place of rest and that hell is
a place of torment also shows that there
is a difference between him that serveth
God anal - him that serveth him not. - We
read in Mal. 3: 18s--" Then shall ye return,
and discern between the righteous and
the wicked,- between him that serveth
God, and him that serveth him not."
The word serve, means to work for, to
obey, to worship. So we see God has
fixed this great salvation so complete
t makes such a change in people
that we can tell who works for God and
who does not; who obeys God and who
obeys him not; who worships Goo and
who worships him not. We find also
in Matt. 6: 24 that Jesus said, " No man
can serve two masters. . . 	 Ye can not
serve God and mammon." By this we
can discern between him that serveth
God and hint that serveth him not; be-cause,
since it is impossible to serve both
at once, it is easy to be seen from one's
life anti actions which is served.
The reason some people have such a
hard time is because they try to do some-thing
which God said they could not:
that is,- serve two masters. They try
ristians and yet sin more or less
every day.
Dear reader. you know if a person
could be a Christian and sin more or less
every day, there would be no difference
between saint and sinner. That is just
what is the matter to- day, so many
people claiming to serve God and acting
just like time sinner and talking just like
the sinner and dressing just like the lin-er.
Of course, the sinner sees all these
timings, and be stumbles over them, - con-tinuing
in his sins.
May God Almighty thunder these
truths to every heart, and help each one
o see that his life is wielding an in-nce
to send men either to hell or to
heaven. I ask you which it is with you?
May God help you to get wide awake to
is, and to live the lite of Christ. Paul
said, " Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. '
So many people try to put on Christ like
they do their Sunday. clothes. They
look so good on Sunday but act so badly
through the week that even the devil
must be ashamed of them that they do
not better hide the fact that they are
serving him.
Please go with me to the 6th chapter
of Romans and the 10th verse, and see
it Paul does not show the difference be-tween
him that serveth God and him that
serveth him not. Here it is—" Know ye
not [ or in other words, do ye not know
that to Whom ye yield yourselves ser-vants
to obey, his servants ye are to whom
ye obey?" And Jesus said you could
not serve two. 	 So now, - where do you.
stand? When you get angry and sin,
who prompts you? Does God? You
answer, No. Well then, if Goo does
not, the devil surely does. Then, when
you have gotten angry and sinned, ' whom
have you obeyed? You well know.
Dear Jesus speaking in Jno. 6: 34—
W hosoever comsaitteth sin is the serv-ant
of sin." Who is the servant of sin'
Anybody and everybody that Commit-teth
sin. Just one sin makes them serv-ant,
of sin. Now, it they are the serv-ants
of sin, they can not be the servants
of righteousness at the same time. If
they could, that would make them - serv-ing
two masters, and Jesus said they
could not do that. Rom. 6: 20 says,
" For when ye were the servants of sin,
ye were tree train righteousness." Christ
said he was the servant of sin who com-mitted
sin, antl Paul said, " When ye
were the servants of sin, ye were free
n rio. nteousness." So, you see
- ighteousness frees you from sin; ant
sin frees y ou front righteousness.
Reader, w here do you stand, free fro
sin, or Iree from righteousness? $&:.
tember this is Bible, anti not sim yt
man's opinion. We read in I3. eb. IS:
—" Therefore we 	 receiving a kingdont
which can not be moved, let us hay.
grace, whsreby we ma y serve God ac--
eeptabi v." Is your life acceptable
God? It is it you have grace to live da
b y da y free from sin. De sure you
right with God; for you are got
through this life but once.
i Ve read in Luke 1: 74, 75—" That
would !; rant unto us, that we being
livered out ot the hand of our one
uii hit serve him without fear, in holiness:
and righteousness before bun, all the
days of our lite." It We obtain this de-liverance,
it will lift us above sin,
give us power over all sin, and enabi
us to live holy and righteous all the days
of our life. 	 I praise God for such a
11; onderful salvation'.
Dear reader, have you confidence in
your experience!? Are you willing to go:
into eternity with it?
One night in meeting after a brother
had finished preaching God moved me:
ito rise and ask Um people this question:
I " It Gel. ‘ vare here in thins teat in. visible
form and were to say, II you are clean
and clear, and have a pure heart, when
iyou step ot this tent yeti will step
into giery; it not, you will step into hell,
I WOIBIVr how many ot you would rise
to y
our feat w : le Ite,; ita 	 uit. l start
for Ow door?" /' t hat some people
\ v` 	 claim to be Cii • ktions would have
been aliaid hi go out.
nt: Q.- God help you. reader,
to :=. ee why it is that we urge - on to get
as rt; liie salvation. 	 1:, , moinl] er you are
going to see God some 	 and answer
for the way you have li• ed.
ExuouTaTios 	 TI E MI XIS` VRY.
I. p • ay God to help a nil ilistors to be
true to souls and [ Bit to be atraid ta show
them jest \ vital it tai:;', to he a servant
iaf ( 4 ,„". In itial boll) ti 	 preach the \ vord
in such power that it will make num and
women tremble and be afraid to claim
they: are serving God it they are
not straight in their lives:- My heart is
stirred within me to see the ministers
gvia into sneh close touch ‘ vitit Goa that
he can use them to shake this wicked
world. 0 brethren, the reason why
there is no mere power m so lunch et the
preaching is this, God kinays if he were
to turn on the power lie probably would
spoil you forever. You wt, eild get puffed
up. I pray taut he may make us humble.
Soinetime. s 1 wish I could have all the
saints in heaven and on earth pray for
me, for I feel so unworthy and realize
so keenly ma- need of leaning on Jesus.
The responsibility is so great, brethren,
I. sometimes feel as though I clan hardly
bear it— to know that 1 am dealing in
a work for eternity. 1 would rather be-come
speechless in the pipit titan to talk
when God has not given me a message.
Just think, brethren, if we do speak when
God is not leading us we will simply
scold and deive the people so they will
Become angry. Please stay out of the
pulpit if God can not use you. flay he
i help you to get all your messages from
himself. Brethren, hear what I Say— I
will stay on my knees day and night and
know the mind or Christ in this matter.
Glory to God! my heart is full and I am
resting in the arms of Jesus. Just let
me ask you one queslion, When you
stand in the pulpit do you talk and ex-plain
time word just as you would it Jesus
were sitting before you catching your
every ‘ vord and looking von in the face
as you ephase? My brethren, Gott has
made me afraid to attempt to preach.
unless I know he has given me authority
from heaven to speak. Mav God thun-der
these taut hs where they belong! If
we preach with power, people will get
under conviction and get something real;,
ore the thy of Pente-e
this paper? It has been, ccoomminingg to
hormme for a number of weeks. I rent
with interest and find its pages filled
with the Spirit- life ot our blessed Lord,
and would recommend that every Chris-tian
in this land read it.
M: N. De Graw.
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will have mercy upon them and to our
God; for he will abundantly pardon, that
they may warn. others to do the same
and deliver their precious souls. Then
they may say like Paul, " I am pure from
the blood of all men."
Good Conversation.
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and then there will not be so many dead
professors hanging on. May Goa help us
to not be afraid to go to our brother with
our hearts melted with love and show
hiin his faults. This is for eternity and is
worth doing right. Remember what
we are engaged in Will go through.
the test in judgment. Brethren, my
heart is in this work and gladly have
I yielded myself to God for him to use
my tongue, my pen, and what money he
sees fit to place in my hands. I am wholly
given up. Praise God! I have read of
Jesus and talked of Jesus and dreamed of
Jesus, but that is not enough- 4 must see
Jesus with these eyes and embrace him
in these arms and shall shout his praises
through all eternity for delivering poor
unworthy me. May God bless these few
lines to the good of every reader. Your
brother saved, sanctified and satisfied,
and all on fire for God.
False Teachers Can Not Cease
From Sin.
BY WM. W. FITZWATER.
THE apostle Peter foretells the corn-ing
of false teachers, in which he
says, " But there were false prophets also
among the people, even as there snail be
among you."- 2 Pet. 2: 1. The apostle
goes on to describe the false teachers so
that we can know them when they a
pear. He describes them thus, " Hav-ing
eyes full of adultery, and that can not
cease from sin." Hence when we hear
preachers say they sin more or less every
day and that we can not live free from
sin in this life, etc., we are forced to
believe they are the very characters Peter
had reference to when he said " that
can not cease from sin." The belief that
all the people commit sin and can not
cease from it is like unto a contagious dis-ease;
most people have it or have had a
good chance to have it, and it is all due
to false teachers not doing their duty in
obeying the command given in Ezekiel
which reads as follows, " Son of man, I
have made thee a watchman [ preacher]
unto the house of Israel: therefore hear
the word at my mouth, and give them
warning from me. W hen I say unto
the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and
thou givest them not warning, nor speak-est
to warn the wicked from his wicked
way, to save his life: the same wicked
man shall die in his iniquit y ; but his
blood will I require at thine nand .
because thou hast not given him warn-trig."—
Ezek. 3: 17- 20.
In the great day of reckoning the blood
of many will be on the hands of false
teachers for failing to do t heir duty in
warning the wicked to turn from their
wicked way. The apostle Paul, a true
teacher, was aware of the fact. He there-fore
was not slow to no his duty on this
line. " Awake to righteousness and sin
not; for some have not the knowledge
of God: I speak this to - your shame."—
1 Cor. 15: 34. Here the apostle Paul
commands us to sin not and declares
that they that sin are not even " awake
unto righteousness" and " have not the
knowledge of God." - Then, he adds, " 1
speak this to your shame." 0 shame!
shame! on the. people professing godli-ness
and committing sin, especially the
false teachers . who affirm they can not
cease from sin. Again the apostle says,
" Let every one that nameth the name of
Christ depart from iniquity [ sin]."- 2
. Tim. 2: 19. Dear reader, do you not
see how unhesitatingly and forciblyPaul
taught a sinless life in warning the peo-ple
to sin not and depart from iniquity?
He says, " 1 take you to record this day,
that I am . pure from the blood of all
men."— Acts 20: 26. " Yet if thou warn
the - Wicked, and he turn not from his
wickedness, nor from his wic ked way,
he shall die in his iniquity; but thou
hast delivered thy soul."— Ezek. 3: 19.
Therefore we want the false teachers to
sin not and forever cease from sin, and
let them return unto the Lord, and he
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This leaves me saved, sanctified, and
kept by the power of Gail, and thankful
that he has permitted me to take the
field again to lead precious souls to him-self.
Last spring I stopeed traveling to
prepare a home for my family, during
that time I preached every two weeks at
our home place. Last October the Lord
called me to travel again and stop the
work at home. And he has proved me
in his order by the salvation of souls and
the healing of diseases. To God be all
the glory. My home is now situated in
a neighlnrhoed where there is not a
Christian outside ot my family, and this
last su. nmer I preached mostsot the time
to an audience that were all sinners.
Though no one got saved, yet some were
deeply convicted of their sins. The
dancing stopped in the neighborhood.
Now the people are disgusted at sectism,
they Said when I commenced preaching
to them, it I could preach the Bible they
would like to hear me, but they did not
want a sectish doctrine. 1 consider this
a good - place for some one called of God
to hold a meeting. Such a one can find
a home with me while here. I have
received letters from some wanting to
come here and hold a meeting, but they
want the expenses paid before they come.
That is all right when it can be done,
but I am all alone here with but little of
this world's goods and can not do this at
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44 	 WORD fitly spoken is like ap-
Pies of gold in pictures of silver."
— Prop. 25: 11. The dear Lord has been
showing me for some time the need of a
pare conversation among his saints. By
searching his olessed Word On this all-important
subject, I flan there is mach
said about the way we should control
our conversation. I Know there has
Keen much harm done by talebearers and
those who form opinions and evil- surmis-ing
among the dear saints. I find those
who are always ready to form an opinion
about their brother's walk, his leadings,
and zeal are those who neglect the words-of
the Savior in Matt. 7: 3. They fail to
see their mote or beam. Paul said our
conversation should be such as becometh
the gospel. See Phil. 1: 27. " The
wicked have drawn out the sword, and
have bent their bow to cast down . the
poor and needy and to slay such as be of
upright conversation. Their sword shall
enter into their own heart, and ' their
bows shall be breken."— Ps. 37: 14,
15. We see by this scripture that
God's people have an upright conversa-tion
and the thrusts of the enemy do not
prevail. Joel speaks of a people of God
who were strong and set in battle array
and who did not break their ranks
neither thrust one another. See Joel 2:
5- 8. Praise God! we are living in that
day when the people of God have fel-lowship
one with another and the blood
of Jesus cleanseth us from all sin.
Peter, speaking of this old world being
on fire and everything going to be dis-solved,
says, a W not manner of persons
ought ye to be in all holy conversation
and godliness?" We have peculiarities
some of us and God leads us according to
his Way. Some of us have to go through
great tribulation to learn precious lessons.
Therefore, I believe we should be very
careful about judging our brother.
Much wrong is done by not going di-rectly
to the one who we think is
being led wrong. Then if they can not
see it as we do, let us be content to pray
over it for a season and not give the
enemy a chance to accuse and cause
doubts or suspicion by telling other breth-ren
about the matter. I am convinced
by the Word if we love one another we
will not do so.
Paul admonished the Thessalonian
brethren " to ' study to be quiet" and to
do their own business, also to the Ro-mans—"
We then that are strong ought
to bear the infirmities of the weak."
We . should receive one another as
Christ also received us.. Tv hen 1 vas in
Babylon I had such a spirit to contend
with— evil rigs, talebearing, and
uch, but praise God he has set me in the
body, sanctified my soul and taken all
uch out of me. Glory to his name!
` Let. the word of Christ dwell in you
ichly in all wisdom; teaching and
dmonishing one another in psalms and
ymns and spiritual songs, singing with
race in your hearts to the Lord: and
whatever ye do in word or deed do all in
he name of our Lord Jesus, giving
hanks to God and the Father by him."
— Col. 3: 16,17. " Sound speech, that can
ot be condemned; that he that is of the
ontrary part May be ashamed, having
o evil thing to say of you."— Titus 2: 8.
` To speak evil of no man, to be no branv-ers,
but gentle, showing all meekness
nto all - men."— Titus 3: 2. The grace of
ur Lord, Jesus Christ be with you all.
" Beloved, if our heart condemn us
not, then have we confidence toward
God." Amen-any
one Who will obey his call. I pray
God to send some one to this place
will preach the true gospel by the Holy
Ghost sent down from heaven, that his
kingdom may, be set up in the hearts
this people, and give us souls for ou•
hire. May we first seek the kingdom of
God and all other things shall- be added.
Pray for me and ' the people of this
place. M. F. Maple.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 7.
We are praising God for victory in our
souls through the precious blood of Jesus.
our Redeemer. Oh, how we do orals
him for a Savior that is able to save from
all sin, yea, from the uttermost to the
uttermost. " Behold tin Lamb of God
which taketh away the sin it the world.''
We do thank God that he eves laid up tn
us such a burden for the work here le
this dark and wicked city, and it is WW1-
derful how he has opened up the work.
It has only been in progress about a yeas
and a half, but in that time God has won-derfully
manifested his power, and sin-ners
have been saved, believers sancti-fied,
and the sick ( some given up by phy-sicians)
have been healed. Glory to God!
Christ said, " If I be lifted up, I will draw
all men unto me." Praise God we
have found it so! Here we meet all
classes and all kinds of people, but God
is no respecter of persons, all who
plunge into the fountain that flows free
from Calvary and are willing to take the
narrow way of the cross are made every
whit whole. One dear soul who was
so burdened by a load of sin that he came
near committing suicide came into our
meeting, and the Lord so convicted him
that he yeilded up all to God and he said
he would go home to his wife and little
ones and set up the family altar. We have
had much to battle against, for the enemy
who seeks to destroy precious souls is
bard ac work here and has tried to send
in almost every possible delusion into our
meetings, especially upon the line of sect-ism.
" But the word of God is quick, and
pmverful, anti sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the divid-ing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart."
It has never failed: to cut off and drive out
all who would not measure up to it. Oh,
how true it is that only those who will
measure up to the Word will ever he able
to stand the judgment fire of almighty
God in that great day of the Lord. Doors
have been closed against us but blessed
be the name of the Lord, he always
opens up new ones. A very short time
ago every door but one ( which meant but
one meeting a week) was closed against
us, yet we are looking to God and not to
man. All glory be to his precious name,
he has now opened up three new places.
One of these places was opened by giving
out of a tract on. Babylon. Two meetings
a week are field at this place.
The Lord has greatly blessed us within
he past few months by sending Bros.
Hale, Bue, and Byers to us for a short
ime. The Word has gone forth in
nighty power, but we are greatly in need
f consecrated workers. This is a large
eld. Truly the harvest is great but the
aborers are few. " Pray ye therefore
he Lord of the harvest, that he will
end forth laborers into his har-est."
The meetings here are all cot-age-
meetings. The work is moving
n, but what is heeded is a public mis-ion-
hall where the masses of people can
e reached, and where the gospel in all
s fullness anti purity can be preached
very night; street- meetings held, and
racts, books, and papers given out by the
housands. We believe and feel that it is
oil's will to open up such a place here.
V e ask an interest in the prayers of
le saints everywhere for the work here.
ur address is 613 Post St.,
Carrie M. Maggart.
Fresno, Cal., Nov. 4.
As I have not yet seen in the Trumpet.
Coldwater, Ky., Nov. 12.
We came to this place Oct. 27, and
commenced meeting in JC. 31.13' name. W e
have had services nearly every day and
night since, and believe much good has
been accomplished. The attendance was
good and the majority of people seemed
to be interested. Very little opposition,
apparently; several requested an interest
in our prayers by lifting their hands, and
a few came to the altar. We believe
some of them received the desire of their
hearts. To God be all the glory and
praise for what is done! - We have many
homes and friends in these parts, and are
truly tankful to the people . for their
hospitality. May the dear Lord bless
them abundantly for the same, is our
prayer. We feel sure that the truth is
planted in many hearts which will spring
up and b trait to th3 glory of
Go:!. Praise his n:: tm f 1 We expect to
go about tour miles train to Farming-ton,
Graves Co., met betin meeting
Friday night, to continue as long as the
Lord wills, then go to other places near,
the Lord willing. We exp ct to remain
in these parts until some time in Decem-ber.
Any one desiring meeting between
here and St. Louis, Mo. may write to us
at Cold water, Ky. Remember us in your
prayers.
Thos. and Lillawah Carter.
News from the Field,
Dekalb, 111. Nov. 14.
I am glad to report victory in the
name of Jesus. Since the Burket camp-meeting
we have been constantly search-ing
atter the lost and helping to pull the
perishng out at the fire. We attended
meetings at the following places : Chicago,
Highland Park; Squireville, Mich; Six
Fonts, Ohio; Lindsey, Ohio.
We can truly say t hat God has been
with us, also much and lasting good we
trust has been done in all these meetings.
We Fay that God may bless the dear
ones wh i have cared for u all along the
line. Afeeting closed at Linlsey Sunday
night; on M in t ty we took tin train for
this place. This is a new field. Pray God
may help us to so live and preach that
souls may be won to the truth. We are
much in need of a soprano singer. Should
any one be called to work on that line
and desire to join us in the winter cam-paign,
address me at faskalb, Ill.
Wm. E. Warren,
Arthur and Nellie Bennett.
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any report of our late camp- meeting
here, I thought I would write some-thing
about it. As announced before,
the dates set were from Oct. 5 to the
1.5th. A few days before the date for
beginning some of the saints began to
arrive on the grounds, and as soon as
the Lodi camp- ineetink was over the
brethren at that place shipped the big
tent to Fresno and it arrived in good
season, although the dates of the meet-ings
at these places ran rather close to-gether.
The tent is quite a large one,
capable of holding many more people
than the one we have had before; yet
the extra space was at times found. to be
needed. It is oblong and measures
about 40x60 feet. We experienced some
difficulty about getting seats, as we failed
to get some that we had expected to se-cure
for the occasion, but the Lord helped
and so the difficulty was overcome by
making some. The first meeting . began
on Friday the day announced for the be-ginning
of the camp- meeting and by Sun-day
a good interest was being taken, in-somuch
that the big tent was nearly filled,
with eager listeners to the truth.
Throughout the meetings the good in-terest
awakened continued and God's
blessing was upon his word unto saving,
sanctifying, healing, and reclaiming of
backsliders. Many who came for other
benefits aid not rail to go away satisfied.
Quite a number of young people made
a start for heaven and some very blessed
young people's meetings were held. The
little folks were not forgotten, but had
a daily lesson from God's own. Word.
The visiting ministerial brethren were J.
W. Byers, J. H. Hudson, and M. Bue.
Local elders attending were J. J. Frame,
Elias Frame, Eli Sensney, B. F. Arnett,
Martin Wright. During the meeting
two deacons, Bros. W. W. McAboy and
J. L. Chaffin, whose ordination of God
had been first proved by their works,
were acknowledged as such by the im-position
of hands by the presbytery. A
Jewish convert, Brother Moss by name,
was present during part of the meetings
and gave an interesting lecture one after-noon.
Be is much interestea and ear-nestly
working for the salvation of his
own people. The blessed ordinances of
feet- washing and communion were ob-served
by a large number of happy saints,
whose joy was unrepressed, but burst
forth into many a shout of praise to his
worthy name for the privilege of follow-ing
the dear Savior's example and prov-ing
that " if ye know these things, happy
are ye if ye cto them." The Lord greatly
blessed also in the matter of finances,
not only supplying the expenses of the
camp- meeting, but leaving a neat balance
on hand, which is expected to be used in
purchasing benches or lumber to make
them. As there is much fruit raised here
and a great deal of it dried, Bro. Byers
suggested the matter of sending a quan-tity
to the Trumpet Family. This has
accordingly been done and we all feel
glad of the privilege of helping a little
those who are sacrificing so much for
the dear Master's cause. May he give
us all more of a spirit of sacrificing for
him.
The matter of taking the support of
some of the India children met with a
good response. Quite a number volun-teered
to take the responsibility of one
or more children each. About $ 80 more
was received by Bro. Bute who was ap-pointed
to look after the matter of for-warding
the money, which has been done.
Many hearing of the ten- Lent offer of
the Trumpet to Jan. 1, availed them-selves
of the opportunity- to get much
valuable reading at so low a cost. On
the whole the camp- meeting was a grand
success in answer to the many prayers of
the saints which had gone on before, and
Las resulted in much good for the unify-ing
and upbuilding of the church. To
God be all the glory. Amen.
J. L. Chaffin.
God is ever faithful, and knoweth all.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Bro. S. L. Speck's address is now
Claypool, hid. instead of Basket, Ind.
Testimonies
Iris, S. C.
I am praising the Lord for a present
salvation that keeps me in perfect peace.
I am glad that I received the light before
too late. I was saved two years ago and
the Lord has wonderfully blessed my
soul. I have learned. more in those two
years than in all my life before. 1 have
not taken any medicine since I am saved.
Dear saints, pray that I may ever keep
the faith. 	 Nina Thomas.
Ashley, Ind.
" Bless the Lord, 0 ray soul, and for-get
not all his benefits: who torgiveth all
thine iniquities; who healelh all thy dis-eases."—
Ps. 103: 2, 3. To the glory of
God I testify to- day, that he has healed
me of that dreadful disease the piles,
which I bore on my body for nine years,
but praise and thanks to God! he gave
me the victory through my Lord Jesus
Christ. He has also delivered me from
sectism. Praise God! It is sufficient
for me to know that my name is written
in heaven. 	 Emilie Eohli.
Fullerton, Neb.
I praise God for calling me out of sect-ism
ana for his many blessings. He has
healed me of headache and female weak-ness.
Praise his holy name! I ask all
the saints to pray for my brother and me
that we may always be found walking in
the straight and narrow way, also that
the Lord send some of his ministers here.
I am with the Lord's help trying to open
the eyes of the people. 	 Pray for them
also. 	 Almyra Weeks.
Burlington, Mich.
I do praise God for his saving power.
He has saved my soul from all sin. Oh,
it is so sweet to trust the Lord for all
things! He has also saved my husband
and two daughters. We have taken him
for our physician and he has healed our
bodies many times. To him be all the
glory. Ile also saved us from sectism
and showed me what it meant to be in
the body of Christ which is the true
church. Praise his holy name! Pray
that I may ever do my Master's will.
Mrs. C. Marble.
Farmersville,
I take this chance to tell you I am sav-ed
and sanctified and kept by the power of
God. Praise the Lord! I am happy all the
time. Heals my body when afflicted.
Last summer I was afflicted with sores all
over my body as big as the end of my
little finger. I knelt down beside my
bed, asked the Lord to remove them, and
he took them all away. Oh! how I en-joyed
the camp- meeting; it was a bless-ing
to me; the Lord is good and his
mercies endure forever. It pays to be
true to God. The blessings are to nu-merous
to tell. But Jesus loves me and
that is enough for me. I give him all
the glory. I am so glad that he saved
me from the allurements of the world and
sectism and by his grace I am going on.
I want your prayers that I may be kept
humble gnd ready for the Master's use.
Amen. 	 W. L. Britton.
Range, M.
Dear brothers in Christ: I am so hap-py
to testify to the saving grace of our
Lord. 1 realize he heals both soul and
body. Since I last wrote to you 1 had
a very severe attack of inflammatory
rheumatism. The pain first attacked me
in m y lungs and nearly shut oft my
breath, then my lower limbs, then my
arms. My mother and others kept pray-ing
to the good Lord for him to heal me.
At last tile distress went to my left hand
and both feet. They were badly
swollen for two days but mother and I
did not cease praying, and now I am
well and happy in the Lord, for 1 feel
his saving power in soul and body.
Praise his holy name forever and ever!
I am trusting in him for everything
and live to do his hol y will. Pray for
us as we are the only family here that
we know of who are standing for the
whole truth.
Cora E. Boozer.
Leamington, Canada.
I praise God to- da y for salvation.
Glory be to God! Oh, it is so sweet to
trust in Jesus! 	 I was saved about two
months ago at a meeting held_ at Ardoeli.
I was saved on Lord's day and baptized
the next Tuesday. Praises be to our
most high God. I have not semi any 01
God's saints since, but I have a silent
preacher in my home. Oh, I do praise
God for the Trumpet, it is food to my
soul. I have man y trials, but bless
God! he helps me through them all and
gives me the victory. I pray that God
may send some Holy Ghost preacher up
here. This. is a oig held, but the labor-ers
are few. 	 The gospel has never yet
been preached in all its fullness. 	 Pray
that I may be sanctified wholly. The
first ray of light I received through a
dear uncle of mine, then the summer
after Bro. J. C. Blaney canie and preached
the pure gospel to us, but I am sorry to
say. I did not live up to the light at that
time. I praise God that he ever saved
me. 	 M. Vankoughnett.
Olney, Miss.
" Bless the Lord, .0 my soul, and for-get
not all his benefits." Truly he
has wonderfully helped me in showing
me the true church. I can not praise
his dear name enough. I have been en-tangled
with the yoke of bondage for
about fifteen years, but by the grace of
God I am going to live free in Christ the
rest of my days. My greatest desire is
to live for God and have Christ shining
out of my life daily so that I may really
Iive conviction apon the unsaved people
of this place who are constantly watch-ing
my life and daily walk. I joined the
Baptist sect and lived an up- and- down
lire for several years; lived to please my-selt
and the world. About three years
ago I saw the true light. I would de-cide
to live for God, but the devil would
beat me down, yet still that gentle voice
would follow me, saying, " Come out of
her,, my people." At the Plattsburg
camp- meeting I yielded to that gentle
voice and got an assurance from Christ
that my past sins were forgiven. I do
not write this to try to exalt myself, but
to cause some dear soul to come out of
Babylon's contusion and accept the
beautiful light. I have been benefited
greatly by reading The Gospel Trumpet.
My husband is saved. God is keeping
us while we do the trusting and obeying.
Bless the Lord! Pray that the Lord
may direct us and use us to his glory.
- Mrs. Henrietta Kea.
Meadville, Pa.
Praise God for Jesus who came into
the world to save us from sin. I am
glad that he has redeemed my soul from
the powers of darkness and translated
me into the kingdom of light. In this
kingdom we come boldly to the throne
of grace and find help in every time of
need. " The kingdom of God is not meat
and drink; but righteousness and peace
and joy in the Holy Ghost."--- aRoin. 14:
17. It is my joy to trust Jesus as m: e
Savior, my physician, my all and in all.
The professed Christian World will per-mit
us to say Jesus is our Savior, but it
we say he is our physician they will look
upon us with contempt. - However, I
know Jesus does save, does heel, does
help. The other day our baby took
sick, it had lever that night, and became
so sick that I had to get up with it. I
called upon the Lord for help in faith be-lieving.
The fever left him, and he went
to sleep and slept till - morning. At an-other
time the baby took sick and com-ineneed
crying. IV ifs t riedto pacify:
but all in vain. Finally she sat
would have to send to town and
bottle of soothing syrup, as we had
totore used it for our babies. When &-
spoke, of medicine, I asked it we coil
not look to the Lord. She being tried:;
with crying and worrying of baby, did:
nit give me much encouragement.
took the babe- and tried to pacify it, but
all in vain. I gave. it back to her an
! rot down and commenced to call tip
God for help. Had not pleaded for het
long till baby stopped crying.
that I had the victory. 	 Arose to
feet praising- God for the same. 	 Veen
to the barn to do chores but had not bee
there long till one of my children cam
and told 	 mamma 	 bottle
of syrup. Now came tide trial.
I started the boy to tile town for media:
eine, still trasting in the Lord. I said
- Lord, heal the baby, so that when. the.
medc: lee comes it will not be needed.'!,
11. y prayer was answered, baby was
healed. Praise God forever! I could
give more instances of God's healing '
our family. 1 give this humbly to
ray God. Also I covenanted with
Lord the night he healed the bab
fever that I would testify to the same.
J. A. Stewart,
Meeting Notices.
Cornell, Nebr. Nov. 29 to Dec. 9,
A ssembly. E. Hay.
Lena, La. Beginning Dec. 1. Assembly. h
At Camel Creek ( there!' 5 mi. from bent;
Station. IL II. Owens.
Winchester, Ill. Doc. 10, to continue as
long as the Lord wills. Seeond annual
meeting at Rutledge Chapel, - 1: mi. northwest
of Whicheeter, Ill. J. D. Henson..
Palen, Taus. 	 Dee. 13- 23. 	 Assembly.,-.
C. Cox.
Eaterprise, La. Beginning Dec.
continue as long as the Lord leads. Meet. H.
ing brill be held on came- grouud.
0 we e&
Augusta, Ga. General assembly of the
South. Dee. ' ail to Jan. 4 Ministers to be'' l
present J. F. Lundy, J. L. Pike, R. J. Smith, E. B. Haynes. Any one desir-ing
information address J. L. Edwards.
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Obituary.
KANE.— Dorees Louisa Kane was born at:
Browning, Jan. 27, 1856; and died in the.,"
triumphs of living faith at Parkston, S. Dark.:-
Sept. 21, 1900. She leaves a husband and
eight children, one brother and four sisters.
She was sick about ten days and her death.,
was yery unexpected, but she left every evie:-
deuce that she is forever with the Lord.
Pray much for her bereaved family.
Hannah F. Alexander.
ROWLES. — Sister Louisa Rowles died
Sept. 4, 1900; aged 41 yr. 9 dec. She was.,,,
one of the first to accept the truth at that'll*,
place. She made a full surrender of herselte
to God and received a glorious experience of:
salvation which was clearly manifested in her
life until God called her home. She fully::
trusted her life in the hands of God. While-`
her arenas gone to reap its reward her
memory still lives in the hearts of those who,
knew her. We would sa y to the bereaved,
Do not grieve after her, ' but live that life:
that she lived and you shall spend eternity
with her in abetter world than this. Funer-al
services were held in the Friends meeting
house, interment in the Friends' cemetery.
E. W. Darken.
Daniphan, Mo.
NEWCOM13.—. Ethel daughter of Bro.
and Sister W. J. -. Newcomb was born Aug.
26, 1882; died NOV. 3, 1900. She had been
traveling in our eompany in the work since
July 23, 1900. She was converted in the
Weatherford eathp- meeting held near her
father's farm in Caster Co., Oklahoma, in
July she was sanctified at the Ripley, Okla.
camp- meeting and baptized at Po yuor. She
was a consecrated devoted servant of the
eras : and won matey souls to Jesus during
her Flion life' in the work. It seems that
one SO useful would have been left with us,
but God know best,. Her crown in glory
will be decked with stars and her good works
that will teley : after her will vet influence
others heavenward. God bless all the be-reeved
and help us all to bow in submission
to his will. After reading from. the 15th ,
c- hapter of 1 Corinthians, exhortation,
prayer, songs and mach weeping, we left
her bell in the . taints' cemetery at Poynor,
Mo. beside one of our own le
ing the final call. 	 A. liBtt. Stoannebe) r rwya. l
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Healing of Eyesight.
I wish to testify eai the healing a ray
eyes which were afflicted for isora„ than
ten years. I am praising Ged for his
healing power, and give him all the
gime. 	 Mamie IV atson.
Caney,
Divine Healing finally came and said if she Were 4este
would put something on it. I toldier
the same God thatteok the pain out,
could take the swelling out when he got
ready. Bat I got anxious about it and
went to the Lord in prayer. He gave
me the words, " Wait on the Lord: wait,
I say, on the Lord." He revealed to me
that the reason he did not take the swell-ng
away when he did the pain, was, that
every one woulekeay that it was not tee
snake that bit him.
He was bitten Tuesday morning and
before 10 o'clock the pain had ceased.
After two days the swelling and spots
went away, and by Sunday one could
not tell by looking as it that it ever had
been bitten. Oh, the wonderful love
Jesus has for his people! I can testify
that he healed our boy without the aid
of any eurthly thing. Oh, may the Lord
help us to believe his word, and keep
lose to him, that others may know that
we have been with him! The child said
atter his foot quit paining him, " Mamma,
it makes me believe in Jesus." Praise
the Lord, all ye his saints, and forget not
his promises. Pray that we may be kept
humble, and may know his will concern-
Incr US. Juste Arney.
Emorygap, Tenr, Oct. '? 4.
add unto thy, • dieYe fifteen years."- Isa. to the doctrine wnieli is according to
38: 1- 5, 	 ' godliness: he is prime, knowing nothing,
These things happened unto them ter 	 . . men id corilipt, minds, and desti-examples
and they are written ter our ad- tute of the truth. 	 . from such with_
monition. The dear Lerd has never chin . r drax thyself.''- 14 - 1113. 	 To
ed or disanuulled any promise he his contend t; tr the eiith filet was once
ever made to his children, hut li: 1s cloliveree to tee saiivs, 	 inuit inquire
brought us in closer touch; lie hes . d God whet thet f: ttii is. Ile tells us in
ought us High by the blood ot Christ. les meseete 	 is ; tee Lord,
God tells us repeeteal y that we are te be ne hith, on. , 	 H : 3 	 t 	 hence
doers of the word. 	 " And wil y call ye it ls te 	 tie 	 ef eseie 	 ' My
me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things betheen, lisve not tiet Lieii deur Lord
which I say?"- Luke 6: 46. " lit be Jesus Cie 	 tee 	 of eiery, with
ye doers ot the word, and not iestrers on- respect el e 	 - Jas. 2: i. 	 " In
1! ddeecceeiivviinngg your own selves." -," 1: 1S. 1: 	 lte, leess ; Ind eccese with
22. What does the Word tell y ea t do it con 	 bv fait h or him Liesust."._
there be any sick among yoe? 	 Let 	 : 1: 12. 	 Fgen the l*. f! ttl.!; insness of
him call for the elders ot the church." • Go. 1 w: iicit of Christ an-
- Jas. 5: 14. Not your or oar ceirch to all and : hem all tIn. mii that helitive; for
but the church ot God for whom Christ t there is no dillerence. - - Rom.
" I : 11: 1 cruy i: le. i. with Christ: nevertheless
I live; v ,2t not I, hat Christ liveth in.
me! tin I the life w;: ich I now live in the
flesh I lire b y the taitli of the Son of
God, who loved 	 itnit gave himself
for me." - Gel. 2: 20. 	 '' Only let your
conversation ee as it becometh the
gospel ot 	 that Nvliothtlr I come
long ago, they do not believe neither do and see von, ter else be absent, I may
they teach all the counsel of God. There hear of your idIairs, that ye stand fast
is quite a thought on this point or de- in one Spirit. with one niiitd striving to-daring
all the counsel of God. " Sun of eether for the eith of the gospel."-
man, I have made thee a watchman unto Phil. 1: 27. '' I know thy works, and
the house ot ' Israel: therefore hear the where thou dwelleee even ■ vhere Sntan's
Heeled of a Snake Bite.
Beieve 6od's Promises.
BY ROBERT AND HATTIE SCHOFIELD.
III- turn to man for help, when
God says, " I am the Lord that
healeth thee"?- Re. 15.. 26. " And ye
all serve the Lord your God, he shall
bless thy bread, and thy water; and I
will take sickness away from the midst
Ut thee."- Ex. 23: 25. " And I will
walk among you, and will be your God,
and ye shall be my people."- Lev. 26:
12. Verses 15, 16 -" And if ye shall
despise my statutes, or it your soul abhor
my judgments, so that ye will not do
all my commandments, but that ye break
you; I will even appoint over you terror,
consumption, andthe burning ague, that
shall consume the- eyes, and cause sorrow
of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in
vain, for your ereenies shall eat it." He
further says, '' The Lord shall send upon
thee curbing: vexation, and rebuke, in all
that thou settest thine hand unto for to
do, until thou be destroyed, and until
thou perish quickly; because of the wick-edness
of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken me."- Deut. 28: 20. - Now there-fore
be ye net mockers, lest your bands
be made strong: for I have heard from
the Lord God of hosts a consumption
even determined upon the whole earth."
- ha. 28: 22. " And the Lord will take
away from thee all sickness, and will put
none of the evil diseases Of Egypt, which
thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay
them upon all them that hate thee.''-
Dent. 7: 15.
Refer to Lev. 26: 16 and Dent SS: 22.
In these chapters you will see what the
diseases are, and causes of them. There
are plenty of people suffering. and dying
all Deer the land from the diseases of
Egypt because they will not turn from
their vanities and trust the true and liv-ing
( led, - for vain. is the help of man."
- Ps. 10S: le. People are fighting the
gospel of healing, while precept upon
precept; line upon line are given, here
a little and there a little. Read 2 Kings
1 and you ti1l observe that God told Ala-ziah
why he should die. Another ex-ample
was " Asa in the thirty and ninth
year of his reign was diseased in his feet,
until his disease was exceeding great: yet
that time his foot had quit hurting him. in his disease he sought not to E lie Lord,
In a short time ' my husband came; the but to the physicians. And Asa slept with
child was pertectly easy and was eating. his fathers, and died in the one and for-
His foot and leg were swollen stiff tieth year of his reign." Notice he
nearly to his knee, so stiff he could suffered two years, yet turned not to the
scarcely walk on it. It remain swollen Lord. See S OLTOR. 16: 12- 14. Now
for over two days, and 4 foot was notice how quickly Hezeldah turned in
' spotted, but it did riot hurt lum Most prayer and tes, ts ban heavenly Fathe
every onesthat saw it advised me to pat . who heard his 	 hand saw his tears
on it to draw it. 	 titer aM seio- wurCW. fiart, " Behold, I wil
seat is: anti. then leil, lest fast my name,
and 11: 1.. A hot denied my faith, even in
those Hats wn - rein intiris was my
faithful neit her, wee, was stain among
votowhere Sa eel dwelletii.-- hlev. 2: 13.
- Here is the peist e: g if the lints: here
are the y tee: keep tile commenements
of Godhead th, y faith of . lesus."- Rev.
14: 12.
The doer Lent re: centsif![,; to examine
ourselves, iv: le: hes %•.. e be in the faith;
prove our t kw a solves. Se. 2 Cor. 13: 5.
If you are net hi the LCih, he tells you
NVICIL tO ( le. 	 ruo, i ly eeetene tor the
faith thit was one ,.! delivered to the
saints. 	 111 turther tells us lust whore
NYC ate' 	 not veer erns selves,
how that leses terhe 	 y WI, except
ye bei eierehstese"---- e Cer.. le: e. " But
eo are net 	 bit', in the Spirit,
if se be t! itt the Spirit or { oil dwell in.
you. 	 Niev if any in. tn have not the
Spirit OE ( Ilitkt, he is none oh
E, 111. S: 13. 	 It is very plain if we have
the Spirit of. Christ we al o nave the faith
of Christ. 	 For thl testbnon:.° u1 ; Jesus
is the spitit ot proplioey."- P, ov.
any one to a position in the body unless
he qualifies for that position or office.
God tells us plainly that faith without shall le. ev of the deetrine."- John 7; 17.
works is dead. lie further says, '' This Praise his name! we can know. We say
is the work of God, that ye believe on with the Psalmist, Oh, send out thy light
him whom he hath sent."- Jno. Y: 29. 	 and thy truth: let them lead inch let
Dear reader. this is Gears own teaching them brine me unto the hole- 11111, and to
that without faith it is imposstble to th y tahertiscles."- Ps. 43: 3. " Many are
eslease him. You see in this scripture the aril of the righteous, but the
we must have faith, so we could not be a Lord deliveretti him out of them all."
child of God and not have faith. You - Ps. 34: 19. According to the word of
hear some sav, that all men have not faith, God. it is God that delivers us from our
speaking of people who are professing afflictions. 	 " Is any at- Meted? let him
to be Christians. When God said all men pray."- Jas. 5: 13.
have not faith he was speaking of un- 	 There is not a place in the Bible
reasonable and wicked men. " Finally, where it says to go to a physician, but
brethren, pray for us, that the word of it does tell us of " a certain woman,
the Lord msy have free course, and be which had an issue of blood twelve years,
glorified even as it is with you: and that and had suffered many things of many
we may be delivered from unreasonable physicians, and had spent all that she
and wicked men: for all men have not bath and was nothing bettered, but rather
faith." " Beloved, when I gave all grew worse," and he further says unto
diligence to write unto you of the coin- I her, " atuseliter, thy faith. hath made
mon salvation, it was needful tor me to thee whole; go in peace, and be whole
write unto you, and exhort you that ye of thy plague."- Mark 5: 25- 3 .1. How'
should earnestly contend tor the taith quick she was healed when she sought
which was once delivered to the saints." the . Lord. This ease, Nvith many others
- Jude 3. Do you think for a: 	 t'ttlhlaatt Jesus healed, was given for our
Paul would say it was needful for hint to struction and for our doctrine, letting
write and exhort us that we should ear- Jesus' doctrine be our doctrine. " All
nestly contend tor the faith once delis-- scripture is given by inspiration of God,
ered to the saints if it wese not tor us to . ztrid is prefitable for doctrine, fur reproof,
have? Oh, no! he meant hie. what lie for correction, for instruction in right-said,
" if any man teach otheSwise a nil eousness: that the man of God may be
conseat not to wholesome words, even perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ i end geed Works."- 2 Tim. 3: 16, 17.
1 prise God this morning for salva-tion.
Jesus is the same yesterday, to-day,
and forever. See Heb. 13: 8. Oh,
what a few there are that believe it! I
have felt impressed for some time to re-late
through the Trumpet an experience
we had not long ago. It is for the glory
of God and the advancement of his cause
that I do so, hoping it may do some soul
good.
The latter part of August our oldest
son got bit by a snake. He was carry-ing
in some wood ( the snake being hid
under the wood). It bit him just as he
started to the house with a load. He
screamed, and 1 ran to him, and he said
something bit him. I saw at once that
something had bitten him, as the place
was plain to lee seen, and told him that
Jesus would take care of it. I went t
see if I could find what it was, but I did
not go to the right place so 1 did not
find the snake, but came on into the
house and had him wash the blood o
his foot. There were one or two drops
of blood where it hit him. I told him
we would ask Jesus and he could heal it.
It began to swell and the pain became
more severe. I realized it was something
bad, but took it to the Lord in prayer,
and went about my work feeling assured
that he would fulfil his promise. Ob,
may God help us never to be afraid to
stand on his promise. He went with me
to the spring, but his foot hurt him so
badly he had to come hack to the house.
It kept getting worse all the time and I
pt looking to the Lord and claiming
the promise. I came to the house and
fixed a place for him to lie down, and
knelt, down by him and prayed, then
% vent back to the spring. After finishing
my work there, I came to the house
again and found him no better, but get-ting
worse, his foot still swelling. He
wanted to go into the other room to his
grandmother's. I carried him in there.
Mother went out and found the snake
nd killed it and brought it to the house.
My- brother and father came in and said
it was a spreading adder. They wanted
me to put something on the boy's foot,
but I told them the Lord would take care
of it. My father rebuked me, but I prais-ed
the Lord and told him I knew God
would do what he promised.
I had joy in my soul. Praise his name'.
My father started over to town, andI
sent my husband word, wha was at work
at. Harriman. I had the victory and the
child was better. A sister who came
wanted rue to send for a doctor. I told
her we had the promise and I believed the
word. She asked the child " if he wanted
the doctor." Ile toed her, " No." She
asked him if he was Jesus' little boy.
He said, " Yes." Any the- Lord open her
eyes. Oh! what victory I had in my
soul. Bless his holy name forever! She
went back, but told mother to come and
ask me it I wanted her to tell the doctor
to come, and it I did for her to call to her
and see would go and tell him. Mother
caine in, but forgot to ask me till she was
geut of sight. I did uot. want him any-way,
I had the Great Physician. By
my covenant: 	 1 also will do this un
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died. " Upon this rock will I bale my
church."- Matt. 10: 1S. Not churches.
but church. " But now bath God tin the
members every one of them in the body,
as it bath pleased him."- 1 Con 12: 1e.
You are withoat excuse even if the elders
in your church do not believe in divine
healing, as 1 have heard said not very
word at my mouth, and give them warn-ing
from me." - Ezek. 3: 17. " Where-fore
I take you to record this day, that
I am pure from the blood of all men."
- Acts 20: 20. Notice the reasen why
Paul was pure from the blood of all
men, " For I have not shunned to de-clare
unto you all the counsel of God."
- Acts 20: 2T. The dear Lord sets forth
very plainly what amen must do to be an
elder in the church. They are not,
neither indeed can be elders oolained
of God unless they believe and declare
all the counsel ot God, and that includes
' 5 power to heal the body and sanc-tity
us wholly. " Prove all things; hold
fast that which is good. Abstain from
all appeanince of evil. And the very
God of peace sanctity you wholly: and 1
may God your whole spirit and soul and
body be preserved bkoneless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Chtist."- 1
Thess. 5: 21- 23. It would be inconsis-tent
to send tor an elder that did not be-lieve
in divine healing, " Therefore I say
unto you. What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, believe that ye receive
them, and ye shall have theme"- elerk 	 Knowin! this first, that no propheey
11: 24. 	 The dear Lord does not call 	 et the serieture ISot aut.- private inter-pig
	 ''- 2 1' e or 1: eo. 	 For Jesus
sa ys, " le any man will do his will, he