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And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shill gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 24: 31. Ar, d/ Yerfileiey- rh So - will I seek out my sheep, and willdeliver them out of all places where they have s• eatternd in tae cloud y and dark d § – F7P. 1867 VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900. NUMBER 48 When Moses had completed_ the work of buildine- the t ithernaele and had placti the least degree contrary to the pure ever y thing in its proper order, as Guff word ot Ged, whether it be word or deed; commandcd him, it is said that " Moses is but the outgrowth of this evil thing, finished the work." So it can be said which was created and planted into the hearts of Adam and Eve by the devil, and has become the dominating - char-acteristic of depraved humanity. Justi-fication does not cleanse this out of the heart.. It only takes away the guilt and trespasses of the sinner, and brings him into the favor of God, who gave his Son a " trespass- offering" for the world. But Jesus gave himself a " sin- offering" for the church, and when the heart has yielded up to the death for the destruc-tion of this depravity it can truly be said e such an one that we are dead to sin, for the blood of Jesus in - this sin- offering will most certainly effect the cleansing. But a true Bible consecration includes something more than a yielding up of the heart for the cleansing out of this sin principle. In. the type, we see there fellowship of his sufferings and death, for all that we have and are, and all that we expect to be in the future, and all that we know and ever expect to know, are now forever and eternally yielded up to that precious will of God. It required the will of Jesus to be yielded up to death to do the will of the- Father that we might be sanctified, anti it equally requires our . will to be yielded up to death and the loss of all things, that we mi ght be sanctified. It re-quired his will even to the death to ob-tain it for us, and it requires our will even to death to receive it from him. Yes, dear reader, a real death; so real that it includes everything. , and it can truly be said of us as it was said of the Colossian saints, " Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in. God." This death consecration is beautifully typified in the consecration and sancti-fication of the priests in the Old Testa-ment dispensation. In Lev. S we read that Moses was commanded of the Lord to take Aaron and his sons with him and three animals. The blood of one of these animals was to be shed for the sin-offering; one for the " burnt offering," and. one tor the " consecration" offering. The blood ill each was shed and applied separately for a special purpose. Each finds its anlitype in the precious blood of Jesus, who offered himself without spot to God that he might sanctify the church. The blood of the sin- offering provides for that part of our nature which would naturally reach out and cling to those things which are sinful. In every justified heart which is not yet wholly sanctified there exists such a principle which in itself is depraved and sinful, and were it to be permitted to re-spond to the sinful thin gs without, it would bring the believers into transgres-sion. This is the" body of sin." or " our old man," which, according to the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, must be destroyed and cleansed out. This ex-isting sin the heart, it unrestrained, is the fruitful soil out of which grows every evil work. We can see its productions in marry different aspects in the religious world to- day. Every sect on earth is a production of this body at sin. Every aniinitestatioi2 ot carnal division is some of its evil frnits. Eyver thing that is in REIROSPECTION. BY ANNA SHIP7ON. He was better to me than all my hopes, He was better than all my fears; He made a bridge of my broken works, And a rainbow of my tears. The billows that guarded my sea- girt path, Carried my Lord on their crest; When I dwell on the days of my wilderness march I can lean on his love for the rest. Be emptied my hands of their treasured. store, And his covenant love revealed; There was not a wound in my aching heart, But the balm of his breath bath hea: ed. Oh, tender and true was the chastening sore, In nisi: ion- I that taught a!• Li tried, Till the soul that he sought was trusting in him And nothing on earth beside. Ile guided by paths that I could not see, Br way s that I had not known, The crooked was straight and the rough made plain As I followed the Lord alone. I Praise him still for the pleasant palms, And the water- springs by the way; Fiir the gl., wing riilars of flame by night, And the she: t: rhig cloud by day. Andif to warlat- e he calls me forth lie bncLIeS m y arin., r on: Pe greets me with smiles and a word of cheer, battles his sword ! lath won; Ile wires my brow as I droop and faint, blesses my hand to toil; '. ful is he, as he washes my feet, Front the Shave of earthly There is light for me On the trackless wild, As the wonders of old I trac;! When the Gild of the whole earth went before search me a resting- place. Iles he changed for me? Nay; he changes nut: Ile will bring me by some new Way Tim ' ugh lire and and each crafty foe, As safely as yesterday. And never a watch on the dreariest halt, But s.. me pr.. inise of love I read fr.. in the that my future shall be Fur better than all my fears. Like th golden rot c, f wild;: rness bread, Laid tip with the blossoming rod, All safe in the ad;, with the law of my Lord, Is the covenant care of my God. SANC 11FICATION. ill .1. IN'. An'ficl. t.:. XI. SOME IIELPICI, ' Mot: GUTS OX CONSECRITION. x. perienee of sanctification is ob- .. ed upon the conditiens of definite conSeeratl stn and faith. In every con-secration the soul reaches a point where it must either go throu gh to the death, or else go Lack and lose the grace of God entirel y . The Holy Spirit will make it plain what this death implies, and at last the dyile r soul goes throuh its last strientle and yields up its last treasure. ` When this point is retched and passed., the ii. dv - Spirit tial bear witness that the demands lit God are now fully met. cd us and so each of us can personally testify by the witness of the Spirit bear-ing witness with our spirit in this abso-lute and definite consecration, that we have " finished the work." Every doubt as to the completion of this con-secration is banished, and has no room to exist in our hearts, for we know that it is complete. We can so sweetly and willingl y sa y , " Thy will be done," with a most delightful consciousness that all the past, present, and future, of all that pertains to our life, is yielded up to his lilk, setl will. Nothing on earth is held half so sweet and precious as this will. e can realize down deep in our souls what Jesus meant when he gave himself to sanctify us and said, " 1 come to do thy will." W e can. e, nter into the publish the word of God; and as these cherished objects thus vanished out of her sight she could say, " They are the Lord's, not mine." In one, of her let-ters she wrote - me these words: " Well, my dear boy, I truly realized what it meant years ago to . lay - my dear chil-dren upon the altar of the Lord; but now I realize what it means to see them consumed into smoke." Dear brother and sister, this is what a burnt offering means, anti how good our heavenly Father is to require this sacri-fice of us! Oh, how many sad heart-aches it saves us! How many bitter tears of anguish and sorrow ! I have stood at the open grave where a poor grief- stricken mother wrung her hands and cried out, " Oh, I can pot, I can not, give up my precious darling. ' Let me be buried with it— I can not be parted from it!" I have also stood at another grave, where the form of a con-. secreted loved one was sinking out of human sight. The mother stood gazing at the object of earth as- it was laid back elusively. This means that we willingly to dust, then with her eyes turned toward lay upon the altar our loved ones, no heaven she said, " Dear Lord, thou hest matter how sacred or precious they may only taken thine own to thyself; my be— father, mother, brother, sister, bus- heart feels the parting pangs, but I say willingly, ' Thy will be done."? Ah, what a contrast! The one mother knew nothing of this blessed consecra-tion, the other did. The one had but. little grace to sustain her in her bereave-ment, the other had the abounding grace, for she had already yielded up all her sacred treasures to the Lord. The one buried all her comfort and hope in the grave, the other simply buried a lifeless term of clay; though sacred and precious to her heart, yet she had consecrated it to the Lord, and now in seeing it vanish out of her sight, she could feel that it was not her own. The one returned to her empty home with her heart full of sarrow, the other returned in the coin-fort of hint who comforteth us in_ all our tribulations. She had paid the price of her all, and now she enjoys the blessing of Jesus' all— the abiding of his glorious presence, which comforts her heart and home, and fills the emptiness with him-self and his bountiful grace. Oh, how beautiful and- reasonable to consecrate everything that our affections have held sacred and dear to him.. We all know very well that all these trea-sures of earth are of no enduring subs stance. No matter how much they may be to us, they in due time will- either vanish out of our sight, or else we will have to leave them. Row much better, and how much more satisfactory it is, to yield them all up to Jesus; to whom. they rightly belong, and who has only loaned them to us in the first place. He is justly entitled to all of our affections, for what has he not yielded up that Was due to himself, that he might purchase this glorious grace for us? _ Tow he wants the supremacy in our hearts' affections, so that he can fashion us ac-cording to himself through and through, and impart his own nature into our a ffections, that we may henceforth- love with his love, those sacred treasures around which our affections have so en-twined, and claimed as ours. Before our consecration We loved ' him, but these T1 was another animal sacrificed in this con-secration service. It was the one tor the " burnt offering. The blood of this sacrifice corresponds with the sacri-fice of the blood of Jesus, which also provides for the cleansing of that part of our nature that clings to the things of life which in. themselves are not sin-ful but are God- given blessings. Our unsanctified affections must also become purified from every tiint of depravity. That this may be accomplished, it . be-comes necessary that the heart yields up to the death every cherished object, even though it be a God- given blessing; it must be yielded up and laid upon the altar as a " burnt offering." The affec-tions can not he purified until the object of the affections is yielded. 11' e can not perfectly obey the first and great commandment, " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength," until every affection is fully taken off from every object of earth and placed upon God ex-band, wife, children, home, property, reputation, and everything within the scope of our earthly existence. All henceforth and forever yielded up to God, no more to be ours, as really and as perfectly as though we were breathing our last upon our deah- tbed, and then in clue time we were laid into our coffin, the lid fastened down, and lowered into the grave, the grave filled up and noth-ing left but a mound to mark where our earthly remains lie. Or, to view the subject from another standpoint, this yielding up must be as real as though our loved ones and every cherished treasure of earth were laid upon the altar, to be offered up a burnt sacrifice. In due time the fire will be kindled, and our cherished objects will one by one be consumed into smoke and finally all will disappear, a consumed sacrifice unto the Lord. A quarter of a century ago my own precious mother was brought to this con-secration. She was shown by the Holy Spirit that she did not have her children perfectly yielded up to the Lord. She was praying for their conversion. At last she became willing to lay them upon the altar and she did it thoroughly. She gave them. to the Lord a living sac-rifice. In a short time her four oldest were converted, and in due time the two others as they grew up were also brought into the fold of Christ. She rejoiced and praised God for this and often ex-pressed herself that her children were not her own, they were the Lord's, for his service or sacrifice, just as he should see proper. At last this consecration was• brought to the test. The Lord began to kindle the fire to consume the " burnt offering." He laid his hand upon one and took her home to heaven. Then another, and sent him thousands of miles away to preach the gospel in. regions beyond. Then another, and sent him far distant in another direction to labor in the gospel vineyard. Then another, and sent her still another direction to 2 • THE GOSPEL TRUMPET other objects of our love were between us and him. They hindered our love towards him, and equally hindered his love from perfectly flowing into our hearts.. We loved him, and realized that he loved us, but it was not perfect; there were objects in our way, and there were objects in his way. These objects were our sacred treasures. Depravity had affected our affections so that- we could not hold these treasures as we should. But now what a satisfactory change'. We yielded all these objects to him, and took him in their stead. Now he occupies the place. He owns our treasures, and we own him. But what of our treasures? ' We have them all back again, through him. Betore our consecration, they were between us and him. Now he is between us and them, and with him he freely gives us all things. He can use all of these things according . to his own good pleasure, making any disposition of them which might seem good in his sight, tor they are his, not ours. If he should place us over them as his stewards, then we hold them in trust for him and do with them just as he orders, and when, one by one, they consume away on the altar of his service or if, according to his sovereign will, he shall remove them out et our sight, we can say, " Amen, Lord, thy will be done!" Now, in the act of a Bible consecra-tion, the believer may not realize all of this, and the utmost depth of the cleans-ing that has been wrought in the heart and affections, or the difference between the sin- offering and the burnt offerinee but it will not he long afterward, until the knowledge of this cleansing shall begin to dawn upon us and our soul be-come more and more enraptured in this glorious experience of sanctification. But we see in the type still another ani-mal to be slain— the consecration offer-ing. The blood of this animal was ap-plied to the bodies ot Aaron and his sons. First it was put upon the tips of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands. and the great toes of their right feet. Then afterwards it was sprinkled with the anointing oil upon Aaron and his garments too and upon his sons and their garments. This cere-monial process was the completion of their sanctification. The blood ot this consecration offering corresponds with the blood of Jesus which provi les for the sanctification of our body. In this consecration we not only offer up our hearts and affections to Jesus, but we also present our body a living sacrifice. This includes our all, spirit, soul, and body. Oar ears, hands, and feet, our entire physical being, is dedicated henceforth to his service, to labor and snffer hardships, to be used in sacrifice, or service, either at the martyr's stake or on the gospel altar, any way, and every way, in which he may order it for his own honor and glory. These eyes shall see, this tongue shall speak, this mine shall think, these ears shall hear, these hands shall labor, these feet shall I run, this strength and these energies, this heart shall beat, every faculty, organ, and appetite shall be used only tor him, who has so freely given him-self for us; and thus this body becomes the temple, and the earthly dwelling-place ot the Holy Ghost, his own exclu-sive dedicated property. While it is not possible that we could itemize these things in the consecration of our body, there is a yielding up of our ail which sweeps the scope and brings the witness of the Spirit that our con; secretion is complete, and we have `` fin-ished the work." We are now upon be-lieving grounds, and faith can appropri-ate the power of the all- cleansing blood. " By faith I venture on his word, My doubts are o'er, the vict'ry won; He said the altar sanctifies, I just believe him and ' tis done." " City of God." BY ALVIN J. ELLISoN. HE church is often represented as being a city. This is a very proper signification, as the redeemed ot the Lord, which comprises the church, are a vast multitude. This fact will be plainly revealed to the reader in the several texts to which we shall reter under this topic. In Heb. 12: 22, 23 we read: " But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innum-erable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first- born, which are written in heaven." Here we find a number of relative signitications of the New Testament church; viz., " Mount Zion," " heavenly Jerusalem," " general assembly," and " city of God." Isaiah speaks of the church being a faith-ful city, the city of righteousness. See lsa. 1: 26. FOUNDER OF THIS CITY " By faith Abraham when he was called to go out into a place which he should atter receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the lent( of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which lath foundations [ S 2e Eph. - - 22.1 whose builder and maker is God. "— Heb. 11: 8- 10. S mie expositors teach that this city spoken ot in these scriptures is a literal city yet to descend from heaven. But this is vain supersti-tion and error. We learn by Heb. 12: 22, 23 that this city is the church; and in the last quoted text we find it is the fulfillment of the promise made to Abra-ham, of the New Testament church. Thank God for this glorious city! In Rev. 21: 2 we find that John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Here is another text which is used by false teachers to prove a literal city to yet de-scend from heaven. But this is absurd in the extreme. Fur this city is noth-ing more or less than the NOW Testamsnt Church as we have already proved; and in this text we learn that this city which . 1 clown from heaven is a bride. I ask what kind of bride a literal city would make? Such a position is but a base production of the spirit of error. But let us see it the holy cits, the church, is a bride; if so, then we have our position thoroughly proved, and this false idea fully overthrown. In the third chapter ot St. John we read where the Jews were informing John the Bap-tist, that Jesus was also baptizing and gaining many followers; and Jehn ans-wered and said," Ile [ Jesus] that hath the bride [ church], is the bridegroom." It is here made clear that the church, the briue, is the wife of Christ. the bride-groom. Aldo in Plo y. 19: 7, c we read: ' Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: tor the marriage of. the° Lamb [ Christ] is come, anti his wife [ the church] bath made herself realty. And to her was given that she should be clothed in fine linen, clean and - white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of. saints." Now since the wife's adorn-ment is the righteousness of the saints, the wife herselt could only be the saints — the church. ( Not a literal city.) Therefore the holy city which J olm saw 1 coming down from heaven was unlms-takably the church of God. Din in what sense did the church come down twin heaven? We have in the preceding chapters proved to you that the Son of God was the builder of the city or church; and it is in this sense, it being of heavenly origin and a spiritual construction, that How rns CITY IS LIGHTED. One of the very important features to lake a beautiful and comfortable literal ity, is to have it properly lighted. J nst so it is with this spiritual city; it IMISt have the proper light also. We read ill I Rev. 21: 22, 23—" And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city bath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for . the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamh is the light thereof." Oh, hallelu-iah! This is a most glorious city to dwell in, which is so beautifully lighted with the glory of God and the Lamb— Christ. You will remember that Jesus on a certain occasion said that he was " the light of the world." And besides all this, he puts his light in every citizen of this city, and makes them to shine even as himself. He further declares: " Ye are the light of the world. A city which is set upon a hill can not be hid."— Matt. 5: 14. It is therefore evident that in this glorious city there is no want ot light. Pra, ise the Lord! can say the light has never gone out since I have lived here. THE WATER 5LITPLY. The next important feature of this city which we will notice, is that of the water supply. Jesus sa ys. " He that believeth on me shall never thirst." Why? Be-cause " the water that I shall . rive him shall be in him a well of water springing up unto everlasting life." Oh, the joys that are produced by this well of spi • it-ual water constantly springing up within and quenching our weary souls, which had already been parched by the flames of sin, while in the service of the evil one! Again, we read in the heok Revelation, 22: 1, of a beautiful truth which will answer the question, \ l` here is the fountainhead that suppliea this vhst city with such an aiminhare of water? And he shored me a pure river water of life, clear as crystal. pro out of the throne of G and the Leith." Here we have found the toaetainl itat t at this wond. ndhl stream whi. 4 hsvor rime ! dry. Glory to Gal! Then you will notice that ties water, though in abond-ance, is of an excellent quality, '• pare,' and " clear as crystal." ivid in speak-ing et this river said: " There is a ricer, Next we will notice the pantity of the excellent food allowed. ' " And ye shall eat- in plenty, anti he satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your ( 4od, that bath dealt Nvon. krously with- you : and my people shalt never be ashanied."- 2: 20. This eeri 111; t: clearly the holy Joel syhcooiwwtyss US that the inha;) itantS have free fteeOSS to the great storehouse lot God, and that we may " eat in plenty and be satisfied." Ohthtltit;, illreelunieatt: t ii! nIev eisr such nourishing food ver grow lean, bat can be " fat and flourish- , ing; to show that the Lord is upright." Truly it is wonderful! eoeue HEALTH. " Is any sick among yint? let him call for the eiders of the church; and let tifem pray over him, anointing him with oil in tile name at the Lard: and the prayer ot faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up."— Jas. 5: 14, 15. " And these signs shall follow them that believe, . . . they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."— Mark 16: 17, 1:;. So you see, dear reader, that when is this glorious city, we need no earthly physician in case of sickness. we serve the blessed Christ " who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who heal-eth all thy diseases. "— Ps_ 103: 3. In Matt. 4: 23 we reatl that he did so when upon earth in person, and in Heb. 13: 8 we read: " Jesus Christ the same ' ester-da y, and to- day, and forever." Praise his name! Therefore in t Itis city he is our all in all. Amen. WPM Y. BY VIANNAH ,7erres. I it came down troth_ God out of heaven, and located itself in the mountain of 4ave you learned to really trust God? I God's holiness. See Rev. 21: 9, 10. THE FOOD SUPPLY. The most important of cit y features is the ability to supply its inhabitants with the proper a : tad quality of food. Let us ex taint t - I spiri tual city on this point. First, es to quality: In Isa. 53: 2 We hear the L , r1 sNalts on this wise. -' 11arkm dilig? Htly unto me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness." Wo SeH that the tOOLl. is of an eaeelleut quality. The price to ohtain it is, " harken diligently unto me" saved. God. Or in other words, the price is, perfect obedience. Then the promise is that your soul shall itself is tataees. " Humility. thou 7ecret va! e, Unknown totrruii in heart; Where showers of teessews never tail, And e girt , s ne'er- & Tart. Oh, make thy bk. st. aboiie with me, aneci of the si, y; If I may ever dwell with thee, My sou: shail never die." . lay the dear Lord grant to us all an ahundanee Of this prvehma grace. Oh, v preteceia the tlionght, humility ; telling to be the least, trilling to live in oiseurity all our days if God can be riled most in such a life, % Yining take the lowest seat and remain until the '. Iaster invites us up higher, willing to ILI ye out' name east out as evil, Jesus' own words, " Blessed the streams whereof shall make glad the are ye. you, and city of God.' Oh, glory to God fer this wonderful ricse. of lite! I- es, a river of' pleasure flowing so peacefally through outhsoul; and its crystal st feanti keeping us washed, evea " whiter than snow." Its life- giving principle so animates oar souls with jhy that our voices cry out in sweet strains of celestial music, and in hign praises to Christ our majestic king. Praise and honor ha to his most excellent name for ever! Oh, weary; soul in the thirsty land of sin, does not this beautiful description make you feel like takir h possession of this glorious city of righteousness? It so, forsake your sins. and you shall have a welcome. - For in this city the inhabi-tants are " all righteous."— Ish. 60: 21. " And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: . . A city, not forsaken. "— Isa. 62: 12. So you see that no one can abide in the city except they are washed in the blood of the lamb and are - living a holy life each moment. Nvhen mon shall revile persecute you, and shall say all manner Of evil against you talsely, let' my sake." How do we ; eel, dear ones, if some one raises a false report about us: do we realize it is one of the ell things and will work out to the glory of God in sonic way; or do we feel rebellious and as though we kVittlie. I revenge? All, dear Ones, have we humility enough. to take it patiently sand leave the mai ter in God's hands, who has said, " Vengeance is mina; I will repay, saith the Lord," and remember also that he has said he would reward_ every man aehordinh' as his wors; also the offender will not h. o unpunished? Our God is a just God, and the main thing is to keep in harmony with his will and give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. A;-,;: tin, iE you think some brother or sister is in too high a seat, do not worry about them, but let humility and patience on y our part have its perfect work, for b y and by the Master will come alone and if they have taken a seat too high up, he will call them down to give place to a more honor-able or lauuble person. " Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed With humility; for God resisteth the proud, and fr ivelh .'* rate to the humble. Heinhle yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that lie may exalt you in due time: casting" all Your care up-on him; tor he careth for yon."- 1 Pet. 5: 5, 6. Have we humility and love enough, when. we see a brother or sister in a fault, to . g. o anti tell them of it? One among the hardest things for people to hear patiently is to have their faults pointed out to them, and it is because of a lack THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 3 of- humility. Those who hare true I or will we choose our ow humility- want to have their inns isuele known to them as seen b y others, xellther by saint or sinner, and they will endeav-or to profit by the same. One remarked in meeting he could go to others and toil them their faults much easier than he could have some one come to brim and tell him his faults. 0 dear ones, tine humility would prefer to have some one come to us and tell us our faults it we have any; for by it we could have op-portunity to improve and become' better. And nothing but deep love for our fellow beings should prompt us to go and tell others their faults. We all should try to profit by every reproof, whether it comes from God direct, or it he should-choese to use some humble agency to accomplish his desire, though in most cases it is not so hard to receive it from Goa direct as when it comes through some human agency. But the harder the rod is applied the longer we will re-member. Then there are other points of humil-ity, such as asking forgiveness. In some cases it seems like a very hard duty to perform. There is a husband or wife who has done many things to grieve tine other, and they hate to humble them-selves to ask that one's forgiveness. They may try to get saved; try to claim salvation by faith, and may ask forgive-ness of strangers, and try to think it is not necessary to ask forgiveness of wife or husband, but the other knows he has been grievously wronged at times and all the while is waiting To hear them come with that humble confession, " t ire or husband," as the case may be, " I have said things to you, and did things that were wrong, and I have heartily repented of it and I want you to forgive me." And what is the result of humbly confessing? Answer— peace and con-fidence. " If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest tnat thy brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first no reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." " When thy soul the perfect price hath paid, God will send the holy fire." Amen. No use trying to climb up to heaven any other way— you will onl y labor in vain. God's word tells the way to heaven is narrow and the gate is strait, and Jesus himself opens and shuts it. See Rev. 3: 7. You may join a so- called church if you like, where the y are not required to make wrongs right, ask for-giveness, nor forsake their sins either, and have a very pleasant time generally. As you enter the modern synagogue dressed in the latest fashion, it does not matter to the preacher either whether you kneel in prayer, nor whether you forsake your sins, so long as he gets his pay. But God looks down from his throne and sees the pride and wickedness of such hearts and will brin g every work into judgment with every secret thing; whether it be good or evil. See Eeel. 12: 14. Then take the narrow way at once, flee to the rock Christ Jesus. Humble yourselves, cry aloud for mercy, heartily repent of all wrong doings, ask God. for Christ's sake to forgive you and let you in at the strait gate. Lay off your worldly conformity of superfluity of dress, which God's word forbids. See 1 Tim. 2: 9, and Jas. 1: 21, 22. W hen we love these things it is evident that we do not love God as we should, or we would humble ourselves and obey h any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: hut he that death the will of God abided). forever."- 1 Jno. 2: 15- 17. Will we harnhle our-selves and abide with our dear heavenly Father, his Son, and the angels forever, him, that lie will command his children, and his. houselnild after him, and they shall keep the way of, the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord . may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." Here we see the re-ward is according to the merit. The reader, by stud ying the Bible, may find many more instances where God has delighted to honor those who honor him. See 1 Sam, 2: 30. In this reformation there is everything to encourage us, if we keep our eyes ever toward the Lord. Many have had to. sacrifice much in order to walk in the light, and may have thought they must give all and receive little in return; but sooner or biter they have found God to be true wherein he says," Verily, I say unto you, There is no man that bath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and. in the world to come life everlasting."— Luke 18: 29, 30. We may have to leave a good home, but are we not made a member in the family ot God? We may have to part with hoarded means, but when we are on the peaceful plains of full salvation, we do not in the least grudge parting with means which . are often more of a curse than a ofessing. No man enjoys God's creation more than the one who is in harmony with God and all his glorious works. " The Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk up-rightly."— Ps. 84: 11. There is one precious blessing granted to those who walk in the straight Bible way that no other people enjoy: that is, confidence. In a certain book much valued by- Christians, which aims to teach the secret of a happy life in Christ, much space is devoted to an attempt to inspire confidence. Converts are urged to believe the promises of God, and many helps are pointed out to this end. But it is true that no manner of means can - take the place of obedience to God, to secure confidence hi the Word of God. " In the fear of the Lord is strong con-fide- nce."— Frov. 14: 26. The one who rejects the teaching of divine healing or sanctification when taught with the pOwei of the Holy Spirit,. will soon find his confidence in other parts of God's word diminished and if he does not walk in the light, he will soon go into dark-ness and be without God and without hope in the world. So much false light is in. the world, that when one humbly witnesses to obeying God, formal church goers are apt to say be is going about to establish his own righteousness. Never-theless, when God tells us to do some-thing he wants us to obey; and we will not get " under the law" in so doing— unless it be under the perfect law of liberty. All the philosophizing and set-ting at naught of God's acrd by false teachers, is not to be compared with one statement of divine truth. " If ye know these things, happy : are ye if ye do them." Dear brethren, when we are trusting and obeying God's word it is well with us, though the power of darkness and all this world say otherwise. " Say ye' to the righteous that it shall be well with them." And to you, dear reader, if yOou believe that obedience to God is a hard matter, let me assure yonthat it is not so. " His commandments are not griev-ous."- 1 Jno. 5: 3. You may be consol-ing ' yourself- with the self- assurance that you are trusting in the merits ot Christ; but if you are not willing to. obey Christ in his word, you are building on a sandy foundation. " Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his command-ments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and. the truth is not in him." -,- 1 Jno. 2: 3, 4. This may seem hard, but it is nevertheless God's loving warning to awaken you to your condition, to get you where he can pour out good things upon vehemently, but can not overthrow us., your needy heart. " Wines° keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected."— Ver. 5. " Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near." " For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel., In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength."— Isa. 30: 15, Amen. BY MARY RELDRNBRAND. 447OR we . are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why cloth he yet hope for?" — Horn. 8: 24. Rope is something in the human heart, that all possess to some ex-tent; even the atheist has a hope that death ends all existence of soul and body. So many again have a hope that as God is a God of terry, he will not permit them to be cast into everlasting punish-ment, but we read in God's word, " Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water? Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web."— Job 8: 11 14. Just as the herbs need their natural en-vironments to give them life, the hope of the soul, must be founded upon the en-vironments of heaven, that it may not perish. The poet understood this when he wrote these words: " my hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' name." The all- atoning blood of Jesus is the only hope as an anchor to the soul, both sure and steadfast. " God commendeth his love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Could he have commended nis love in stronger terms than this? Man was in sin and re-bellion against him, yet God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but Crave everlasting life. I hope these scriptures will en-courage every sinner to turn from his sins and seek the Savior. If God did all this that we might be saved, " much more then, being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were sinners, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciles, we shall be saved by his life." Because he lives we shall live also— live in this lite free from sin, which gives us a hope of the life that is to come. Listen to the inspiration of hope in these words—" For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God bath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon tale face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, becauSe.\ ye were more in number than any people s for ye were the fewest of all people."— Dent. 7: 6, 7. This not only applied to the Jews as a nation, but to the Israel of God through all ages. " According as he hath chosen us in him [ Christ] before the foundation of the world, that we should he holy and without blame before ' him in love."— Eph. 1: 4. " But we are bound to give thanks always to God for You, brethren beloved of the Lord, be-cause God hath from the beginning chose you to salvation through sanctification. the Spirit and belief of the truth: . and bath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace."- 2 Thess. 2: 13- 16. God is a God of mercy, therefore he has provided salvation for us through our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our hope through grace without which we have no reason for our hope, but have built on a sandy foundation. God has chosen us through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, that is the sure foun-dation against which the storms may beat HOPE. ways, refuse to humble ourselves and obey his holy word and go down to eternal night, where there shall be weeping and wail-in: 4: and gnashing of teeth? Nothing is more pleasing to God than to see his children obey him in all things. Pride and disolledience have been the real cause of all failures in the Christian's journey. It was so in the ancient church, and is ne o less so in this Christian era. Before honor is humility. Christ humbled himself end became obedient to death, even the death of the cross. Beea_ me willing to be reckoned among trans-gressors, and yet God hath " given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee shall how, . . . and that every tongue. should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." Then, dear ones, let us begin now to humble ourselves and do ' whatever his Word requires of us, that he may exalt us in due finite Search the Scriptures to find out, Lis will and then do it, for not the hearers or the law shall be justified, but the doers o the same. May God help. Amen. ft is WA With the Righteous. BY noels laystimas. A ye to the righteous, that it shall e well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. - Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with them: for the reward of his hands shall be given him."— Isa. 3: 10, 11. It is plain to be seen that as a man lives, so is the results of his life. " What-soever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For lie that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."— Gal. 6: 7,8, Seeing therefore that a man must take out of life what he puts in it, we have much for which to be thankful in that Christ has the power and willingness to- set us perfectly free from sin and place us in a _ position where our doings count gloriously on the right sine for eternity. In the first verse quoted we see that God does not make limitations to the time when it is well with the righteous. " It shall be well with them," takes in all times. It is well with the righteous whether they be in the furnace of afflic-tion, on the rack of persecutions, in the testing times of trials, or under the most favorable worldly circumstances. For " we know that all things work together for good to theirs that love God, to thorn who are the called according to his purpose."— Rom. 8: 28. In these days there is an abundance of teaching among the " popular" evange-lists and pastors which would appear to make the way of salvation an exceeding-ly easy one. They tell their hearers simply to believe on. the Lord Jesus Christ and they shall be saved. This is of course true; but to believe in Christ means more than accepting a certain mental proposition. If I truly believe in Christ, there will be very apparent effects of the same in my life. I will make haste to obey his word. " Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and- do not the things which 1 say?"— Luke 6: 46. It is not the object of this article to make the way of life harder than our Lord says it is, but to encourage those who are earn-estly seeking to walk as Christ would have them walk. We will see as we proceed that God rewards personal refits. The Lord has honored Abraham very highly, by calling him the " father of the faithful"; by making his children numberless as the stars of heaven. It was the ambition of the Hebrew parents to leave a family that would honor their name, and to be desolate or without chil-dren was considered a great sorrow. Now why did God single out Abraham thus? Doubtless for many reasons; but 1 one lies in Gen. 18: 19—" For 1 know THE fiOSPEL TRU PET. Moundsville, W. Va., Dec. 6, f 900. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Fateratt at the Past - sake at Noraadestils, W. Ta.., as Second- eke. Netter E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL. TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and thi Unity of an true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saint," Subscription prier, postage United States, Canada, and Mexico, - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2.1. 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Master, Dear Sirs: — Our honorable Superin_ this woman was taken in adulter y , in tendent gave me your letter accompany- the very act_ Now Moses in the law ing some books, and tracts, you sent to commanded tilat stunt. should Ise the prisoners in the Territorial Prison, at stoned: hut what sa gest theu? Tins Yuma, Arizona, a few days ago. As it they said. tempting him, that they might happens to be my misfortune to be one have to IICCIISO hill'. But Jesus stooped of the numoer incarcerated in this place, down, and with his finger wrote on the I take pleasure in writing you and ground, as though he heard them not. testifying to my experience what Jesus So Mr n : hey continued asking lihn, he can do for a man behind tir. prison walls. lifted up himself and said unto them, He Like many others behind the misen - bars, that is IsiT bout sin amonz you, let him no doubt, I enjoyed the blessing of being first cast a stone at • her. And again he brought up in a Christian community, but stooped down, and v.- rote on the ground. had never been brought to realize the fact And they which heard it, being convicted that I needed the protection of a loving t by their own conscience [ for they were Savior, to guide me through this life, j allguilty', under condemnation], went and like the prodigal son 1 thought I out one by one, beginning at the eldest, could take care of myself. But like so even unto the last: and Jesus was lett snome."- 1 Con 15: 34. Yes. Paul con- Sitiereu people who lived in sin as not a knowissee ot God, and it made lit], ashamed to see sueli ones with a DD: Ccssion. And he uttered anether commandment to the same class, saying, " Int every one that Itaillt` l h the name of Christ depart from Tim. 2: 19. Jelin gives us to understand that those wild cu: 11u it sin have not SCCI1 or known ( iol, hat says they ' Ire lit the devil. See 1 .1 no. : 6, S. Again Paul the peopie to " let not sin therefore regn iih Your mortal bodies, . . neither yir, Ie y ee your members as of t t aright,: ounoss unto sin: but yiold yeersel yes unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your memhei- s as instruments of rightettusness unto I4 d. 6: 12. 1 ;. And in the next verse lie ins his reasons for com-manding them thus. Ere says, " For sin shall not have dominion over von: for .,. ye are not under the law, ', let under grace.'' — Ver. 14. Some people think after con-version the inner mon is hely and can not Editorial. Heavenly blessings accompany holy - living. ing With it Sin.— Some Corn-andments. According to the 11th chapter of i Corinthians, is it right for women at the present time to pray with their heads uncovered? Paul was here speaking to a people whose custom was for the women to wear a covering upon the head, especi-ally while in prayer. It is still a custom in those countries for the women to do likewise. It is a custom of the coun-y, and not a custom laid down by the Waerd of God. There were many cas-tomas of the country which Paul gave his coneent for people to adhere to, but they were not to teach them as religious rites. The apostles in preaching the freedom of the gospel of Jesus Christ often overthrew many of the customs of the Jews and idolators and their rites and customs from a religious standpoint. But in speaking of the covering of the head of the women while praying, he gave them to understand that it was all right for them to do so if they desired, but in the 16th verse he says, " But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither in the churches of God;" that is, if some one contends that the woman shall have a covering over her head, and a man shall not; or one shall have this, and another that, and begins to contend that this cus-tom of the country is a religious rite; then Paul answers it by saying, " We have no such customs, neither in the churches of God." There are some classes of good, honest, religious people who are very sincere in their belier that they must always wear some kind of a covering on their head, but their belief is not founded on the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it is only something to bring them into bondage Questions Answered. Orders are already being received for the Number 7 Teacher's Bible, as ad-vertised last week. It is printed with Bourgeois type, large enough for both old and young to read. Sent, postage paid, for $ 1.60. Thumb- index, $ 1.95. Read the seventh page of this paper it you desire to secure small books anti tracts at special reduced prices. This offer will be good until Feb. 1. A Christian is one who lives free from sin. — Ile that is born of God doth not commit sin."- 1 Jno. 3: 9. Children of God do not commit sin. " He that committeth sin is of the devil." — 1 Jno. 6: 8. The Lord offers an abundance of grace for every one. Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. lieb. 12: 11. read it through. By the time 1 read it through I had become so interested I would take my Bible to the cell with me at night and read till the lights were turned out, ana 1 concluded to read it through again and take more thine in reading and try to get a better under-standing of it. Before I got through the second time, .1 was convicted by the Spirit of God. I realized that I was not only a convict, but a sinner. I accepted Christ as my Savior, and have been try-ing to serve hiin ever since. It has made a new man of me. The days and nights are now not too long, and 1 can work as though I were draw-ing a salary. The Bible is the most precious book in the world to me, and the longer I serve Christ the more de-termined I am to serve him the remain-der of my life. My prayer is that every man behind the prison- walls mazy accept Christ as their Savior, while in prison; for it they wait till they get out, the temptations are too great and the chan-ces are against them. My advice to my fellow convicts is to read the Bible; if it is not interesting at first it will be-come interesting; it will broaden your minds, it will make better men and women of you, it will help you to bear your burdens, and may be the means of saving your soul. so I thank you for the books and tracts, and assure you they will be read and appreciated by quite a number of the men here, and trust God will bless you in your efforts to lead fallen men to the Savior. ln. O. live aft er the Flesh ye shall die; but it ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds ot the testy, ye skull live. For as many opportunity to react. Tue more I read where it sa ys, " Ms comman , huents are i as are led by the Spirit of Cod, they are the more interesting it became; so I finally not grievous." the sons- of God.''— lioin. 8: 12 - 14. " Now there is at Jerusalem by the " For to be carnally minded is death; but sheep dial ket a pool, which is collo! in a to he spiritually minded is lite and peace. the Hebrew tongue Beansato having live Because the carnal mind is enmity against porches. In this lay a groat eolith God. fel' it is not subject to the law of hatt, withered. God, neither indeed can be. So then they that ate in the flesh can not please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit if so be that the Spirit of - lotl dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ In) is none ot his.".— Rom. siante " And they And a certain nein was there, which had that are Christ's have crucified the flesh an infirmity thirty and eight years. with the elections and lusts." ( Gal. 5: When Jesus saw hint lie, and knew that, 24') and are tree. from condemnation a. s. he had been now a long time in that long as they walk not after the flesh case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be but after the Spirit. See Rom. S: 1. made whole? The impotent man ans- So it is possible then and required of Christians to overcome the flesh; yea,. they are to mortify it, even let it be. crucified— put to death. " Knowing. this, that one old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be de-stroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. "— Rom. 6: 6. " For if ye live after the flesh, y e shall die: but if ye through the Spirit co mortitv the deeds of the body, ye shall lire." " The soul that sinnet in it shall tile."— Ezek. 18: 20. The soul is responsible for what the body does; " for from within, out ot the heart ot men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornieations, murders, thefts, covetousness, . . . lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and the mare"— Mark 7: 21- 23. In many hundreds of others that take no alone, and the woman standing in the sin bocan,; e it is born or God; but the heed to their earlier training, fell into midst. When Jesus had lifted up him- flesh, the old man, eies body with its bad company, which finally led to the self, and sz?, w none but the woman, members can not cease from sin, because, cause of my misfortune, that placed mel he said unto her, Woman, where are i the y sa y , it is pr, ine to sin as the sparks behind the prison- walls. AL first the those thine accusers? hath no man con- fl y upward. But such is not the case thought of being in prison, and loved demned thee? She said, No man, Lord. with God's people. For the salvation of ones at home, almost drove me And Jesus said unto her, Neither do. 1 l Jesus Christ a: Teets the mortal man, the The days were too long, the nights too condemn thee: go, and sin no more." F flesh, the same as the inner man. In long; 1 could not content myself with — duo. 8: 4- 11. fa t,. the outer man is only an instrument reading, and could scarcel y work. 1 What does he mean to say— that a t the inner mon uses to carry out his works, thought I was the most miserable man on woman g uilty of such wickedness can Ile I Svhether the y be good or evil. SO when earth, and ahnost wished i could die. treed from sin and then live witheut, the inner man is fully redeemed from sin Finally 1 concluded to try to read the committing any inure sins? Yre;, that is i the whole being is affected and brought Bible. I had scarcely looked in a Bible what Jeses taught. Ile spike condemna- lion) subjection to the Spirit of holiness, for nine years, much less read a sintsle tion away and pronounced her clean, land has triumphant: victery over sin. in-chapter. So I secureda Bible and began and then commanded her to no and sin ' somuch that " we are ( loboa s not to the the first chapter of Genesis, and would no more. He either made it possible for read a few chapters at leisure hours. her to live without sin, or else commanded Would mark the place Where I left off her to do a thing which was impossible. and commence there when I had another' for her to do. We read in 1 Jim. - 3: 3 at flesh, to live after the flesh. For it ye went down at a certain pool, and trouhled the water: whosoever then first after t troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. of impotent foal it. o' for the moving ot the ‘ rater. For an angel season into veered ' Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while 1 am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto. him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and_ took up his bed, and walked. . . . Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto hint, Behold, thou art made wuole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee."— Jno. 3: 2- 9, 11. The idea of Jesus commanding a man to do a thing that is impossible, and then pronouncing a greater curse on him than he had just been delivered from, should he not obey! No, his great loving heart is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and moved with compassion • toward poor defile suffering and fallen humanity, hist- nut/ eh this eat;: lone the very sins committed that hene'er could have conceived the idea were with the members of'. the body of permitting us to be punished for a thin `. — that is, b y y ielding their members to we can not help. So we conclude the commit such as murder, adulter y , torni-man could forever cease from sin, or cation, theft, etc. It sa ys the y come from Jesus_ would not have commandea him the heart or inner man, the seat ot As quite a number of subscriptions are to do so, and then threaten him with i air:-. T. tions. " An evil man out of the being sent us under the ten- cent offer, such wretchedness if he did sin. Ma y evil treasure [ of his heart] bringeth should you receive The Gospel Trumpet God help the people to see that when forth evil things."— Matt. 12: 35. you need have no fears about taking it the Lord speaks he always means just ": Now the works of the flesh are manifest, from the office regularly. There will be what he says, - and says what he means. which are these; Adultery, fornication, no further charges nor back pay, as it has When Paul was addressin2 some people s uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, been paid for by some friend and sent as one time be said , " Awake to righteous- iwitchcraft, hatreo, variance, emulation, a donation until Jan. 1, at Which time it ness, and sin not; for some have not the wrath, strife, seditious, heresies, envy-will be stopped. knowledge, of God: I speak this to your ings, murders, drunkenness, reveling, NO CHARGES. THE GOSPEL iRLTIVIPET and such like: of the which I tell von before, as I have • lso told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."-- Gal. 5: 19- 21. So you see, beloved, that you can not commit sin and blame the flesh; for they that do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. " Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul."- 1 Pet. 2: 11. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin : and sin, when it is finished, bring-eth forth death. "— Jas. 1: 15. " The soul that sinneth, it shall die."— Ezek. 18: 20. By this he meant clearly that lust would affect the soul, bringing it into condemnation. " For it ye live after the flesh, ye shall aie."— Rom. 8: 13. Paul says, " I keep under my body and bring it into subjection; lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."- 1 Cor. 9: 27. And he com-mands us to glorify God in our bodies and in our spirits, which are God's. See 1 Cor. 6: 20. Because our bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost, which temples are holy. See 1 Cor. 3: 16, 17. in Born. 12: 1, we are commanded to pr& sent our bodies a living sacrifice holy, acceptable unto God, which is our rea-sonable service. So if our bodies are to be presented holy, I suppose the outer man is affected by the grace of God the same as the inner man. And whatever change takes place must be in this life, for at , he coming of Christ all will be judged as they are found. For it is written, in that day it shall be said, " He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: .. he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my re-ward is with me, to give every man ac-cording as his work shall be."— Rev. 11, 12. So let us watch and be ready. Meet the conditions . of his word, let him make von holy, and then live right, " and 1 pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the com-ing of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it."- 1 Thess. 5: 23, 24. Amen. News from the Field. Eastland, Texas, Nov. 20. Truly we do praise God for victory in our souls over the flesh and the devil. Since our last report we have preached in different localities with good results. The power 01: God has been manifested. We have baptized six. There is a great field of labor here and the laborers are few. Pray God to send more laborers into these parts. There are more calls for the gospel here than we pan fill. Pray much for us and the work here. - S. M. Rich and Wife. Gordon, Neb., Nov. 19. I can report victory this morning in the name of King Jesus over all sin by two works of grace. God also has healed me. Praise his name! I am still on the battle- field, fighting under the banner of love ( S. of Sol. 2: 4) and hold-ing up Christ as a perfect Savior; the one who saves from all sin. ' Some are getting saved, others are being healed. One brother came twenty miles to be with the saints in meeting. Re was suffering from a disease that he had, but we obeyed the Word according to James 5: 14, and the Lord healed him. He went home rejoicing, to tell what great things the Lord bad done for him. If it is the Lord's will, I will stay in Nebraska this winter. Pray much for me. John B. Vervalin. Sumac, Tenn. Once more we can report victory in Jesus' name over all sin and the devil. Praise God forever! Amen. We had about ten days' meeting at Sumac. God did bless his word and send it forth, and it cut its way. Poor sinners were made to see their lust condition and also to call upon God for mercy. Some got saved. To God be all the praise. The whole country seemed stirred up for the truth. We found many warm- hearted friends in that country. At the close of the meet-ing there was a Ca. mpbellite there, who declared that nobody lived without sin. He confessed he sinned and he told the people he was a preacher- sinner. Some of his members fell out with him and de-clared they were no longer members of that sect. The people in that country are seeing the corruption in sectism. From that place we came to the assembly-meeting near Wolff, and at the present we are in the midst of a wonderful feast. God is blessing his worst and he is settling his little church here upon that word more and more. Poor souls are being delivered from the power of sin and evil spirits. The glory is increasing and God's word is having its effect. Breth-ren, the fields are ripe ' n this country. Poor souls are starving for the gospel and calling for help on every side. Oh! I do pray God to send some workers dnto these gospel ' fields who will keep true to God and precious souls. By the help of the Lord I shall stay on the battle-field till God says I have fought a faithful fight and finished my course. Oh brethren, my soul is leaping for joy. God is blessing unworthy me so much. lielp me to praise his holy name. Ad-dress me at Hoy, Ala. N. S. Duncan. Buttercup, Pa. , Nov. 22. . I am glad to report victory through Christ over the wicked one. Praise God ! After the Emlenton camp- meeting, in company with Brother and ' Sister Householder, we began meeting at Keis-ters, Pa. Here we found a number of dear people whose hearts were open to the truth, and as the word went forth in the Spirit it fell in many good hearts and brought forth fruit to the honor and glory of God. This was a new place for the truth, yet God gave us favor with the people. They treated us with such kindness that our hearts were made to rejoice many times. During our stay of about three weeks there were about eighteen precious souls translated out of the kingdom of Satan into the kingdom of God's clear Son. To God be all the glory. Next we pitched our tabernacle near Tunnelville, Pa. Here we found much preju-dice in the hearts of the people. Still our God gave us the victory, and as the word went forth much prejudice was re-moved and a few souls made their escape from sin. After this we spent a week with the church at Neale, Pa. God has a precious little flock of about twenty at this place. Here Satan has been busy trying to bring in division and confusion by one who has been busy trying to teach and lead the flock, but is under a spirit of error and fanaticism. After this thing was rebuked and exposed by the word of God all excepting one took their stand for the truth, and the spirit of peace and unity prevailed again. God's approval was so manifested upon this work that at the next meeting- nearly all were made to weep on account of the presence of God and the sweet spirit of peace and harmony. May God have mercy on these dear souls who are in er-ror, that they may make their escape from the deceiving power of the enemy. The Lord permitted me to attend the assembly-meeting at Moundsville, which was a glorious victory from beginning to end. Pray for me. Henry A. Hoffman. Poplar Bluff, Mo., Nov. 18. We feel that God would- have us report to you concerning the prison work. God is blessing the work. Praise his dear name! In June we received two large boxes of books and tracts from the Trumpet 011ice and we are glad to say Eastland, Texas. We feel it to be to the glory of God to report through the Trumpet once again. e are praising God for salvation that keeps us sweetly saved each day of our lives. Praise the dear Lord forever! Beloved, we have been in the gospel w ( irk this year, and have had some precious meetings in San Saba County, Texas, also good meetings in different parts of the state. _ At some places we met very much opposition, where we do not see much results for good at the present time, but God only knows the good that has been done. W e are in his hands to do his precious will at any cost. Praise his dear name forever! We are in need Of some consecrated workers in Texas; this is a large field for gospel workers. It will take . some who are not afraid to preach the whole gospel at any cost and who are willing to work with their hands it necessity demands it; for if they stay here very long they will have it to do, unless God sends them the means. The cause is suffering in Texas for the want of a people who have their means consecrated. My dear brothers and sisters, it is one thing for people to say they have salvation, but another thing to be in possession of it. There are many people that can sit and hear the gospel preached in its purity and say amen to the truth, and call themselves saints, but when the Lord needs some of their means they are too poor to help the cause, while at the same time they claim everything is on the altar. Now, beloved, those who have an experience of Bible sancti-fication have everything on the altar; for it has to go there before God will sanctify the soul. So when we see the saints adding house to house and land to land and withholding their means from the Lord, while the cause is suffering all around them, there is something wrong somewhere. God has faithful ones who have consecrated their houses and all of their time and are willing to die on the battle- field in the rescue of perishing souls; and who are having to Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 21. I am glad to report victory in the name of Jesus. The last report was from Pelzer, S. C., from there I went to Augusta, Ga., where we had some glor-ious meetings; then to Aiken, S. C., where we found the saints still in the faith; then to Charleston,. S. C., where we had some precious meetings in the name of Jesus. May God bless the work in that wicked city. Then from Charleston to Summerville, S. C.; had a profitable time and found some standing alone for Jesus, while some had forsaken the Lord that bought them. May God bless the church in that place. I went back to Charleston, then to St. Paul, and had scene glorious meetings. We left the church in good condition; they were moving out for the Lord. They were building a meeting- house 40x 25, and the lot paid for, ana only twelve saints there. They are certainly at work, so pray for them and the work at that place. I left there for Augusta; then to Elberton, Ga., where I met my wife, and we came to this place for the assembly- meeting, and have been here ever since conducting meetings.. The assembly- meeting began October 19 and God gave the victory from beginning to end. Some workers from Macon and Carrollton, Ga.. attended this meeting. We had good attendance and the people seem to be interested about their souls; several were delivered; twelve baptized on the Sunday before the meeting closed. Some have accepted Christ since and have been buried with him. We have now opened a mission at No. 8134 Decatur Street. The rent is $ 15.00 per month. Pray that God may bless the work here. There are honest souls in Atlanta. We held one meeting in Elberton, in a sect meeting- house. The people seem to be stirred. May God bless the word that went forth there. There is a good place for workers at Elberton. The harvest truly is ripe, but the laborers are few, so pray that the Lord will send laborers into his vineyard. From here we expect to go to the Augusta as-sembly- meeting. All are invited to at-tend that meeting. Come prepared to take care of yourselves, but if you can not, do not stay away because you are poor. Come praying and aspecting good things of the Lord. Address 301 Taylor St., Augusta, Ga. Pray for us. R. J. and M. L. Smith. If you feel led to send any free litera-ture send it to 81% Decatur St., Atlanta, Ga. Oliver Tambro. Ferndale, Wash. I am still the Lord's. Praise his name! We are enjoying better health than usual, although my foot is severely afflicted, and as you read this I desire you to pray for my healing. We have never received our household goods which were lost on the way when we that God enabled us to dispose of nearly all of them to his glory and the benefit of the prisoners. Many dear souls be-hind prison- bars have been led to God through reading this literature. They are now enjoying his love in their hearts and helping us in the work by distribut-ing among the inmates of the peniten-tiaries books and papers sent to them for that purpose. It is truly wonderful to see with what readiness most of these dear ones accept the light and move out, taking Christ as their bavior and Healer. We send out literature as fast as possi-ble almost, and then we get calls from prisons for books and papers. Of the hooks sent us we have only a very few copies of " Divine Healing" and " Secret of Salvation." We have several song-books and " The Kingdom of * God." There is not much demand for them in this work. We are entirely out of the following books: " The Boy's Compan-ion," " Salvation, Present, Perfect, Now or Never." The books most needed in this work are: " Secret of Salvation," " Divine Healing," " Trace of Healing," " Sal vation, Perfect Now or Never," and The Boy's Companion" and tracts of all kinds, with plenty of Trumpets. Oh, how we are praying God to supply us with plenty of these to carry on this work. We thank the dear ones who have been so kind in helping us to bear the burden of this great" work; but there is ranch to be done yet; hundreds of prisons never have been visited with these mes-sengers of love and we do not feel like giving up the battle and the victory so near won. May God impress upon each one the great need of carrying on this great work. We beg all who can pray the prayer of faith to pray with us that God supply us with all that we need to keep this work moving on. Your saved sister in the prison work. Laura Pickett. stop the battle and return home to labor with their hands, to support their family. May God help the saints to measure up to the Bible on all lines, is my prayer. J. T. Holland. Bro. W. R. Duncan, Box 89, Topeka, Kans. is prepared to fill orders from the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri, and Oklahoma Territory._ Orders sent to him can be filled on short notice, and considerable expense saved in freight or express. Testimonies Rossmoyne, Pa. It is five years since my wife and I were saved. Both of us have been healed through obeying the Word in - ' aii-ointing with oil and laying on of hands. I was healed of typhoid fever about two weeks ago, when I just rose from my bed and went about my usual duties. James K. Wells. 1S72 6 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET moved out here. Please pray with us that the way may be opened for a band of workers to come here and hold some meetings. M. B. Bunt. Lynchburg, 8. C. I am praising God for his wonderful salvation that keeps us tree from sin; and for a Savior that we can cast all our cares upon and let him bear them all fur us. I am also praising the dear Lord for his healing power. He has healed me many times since I began to trust him. He is our physician and we have no other. I ask an interest in the prayers of all God's true children that myself and family may keep saved and do all we can for the Lord. M. B. Evans. McCall Creek, mss. It has been five years this month since the dear Lord sanctified my soul and healed my body, though I had been a sufferer for many years. He has kept me through all my trials. It pleased him to take my husband from this world the fifth of last June. Be had trusted the Lord and stood upon his promises. For over five years Christ has healed all our afflictions and neither earthly physi-cian nor medicine has been in our house during that time. 1 praise his holy name for all his blessings to us. I want tb4 prayers of all God's people that 1 may hold out to the end. L V. McDonald. Springfield, Ill. I am praising God for salvation and his wonderful love to me. " Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways." His yoke is easy and his burden is light. I have found it so wnile living humbly at his feet. Oh, 1 do praise God for saving me and calling me out of sectism. My soul doth magnify the Lord. I can say with the poet, " I have found it, Lord. in thee, An everlasting store Of comfort, joy. and bliss to me, How can I wish for more?" The Lord is my help in every time of need. Ile has been my healer fora little overihree years. The way grows brighter and 5righter. Praise God for the blessed holy rest. I used to think I could not live without sin, but praise God! since he has saved me and has applied the cleansing blood in a second work of grace, sanctifying me, 1 can do all things by his grace. Praise God! Pray that I ever may be kept pure and walking in all the light God gives me. Elizabeth Graham. Fraley, Ky. For the glory of God and for the bene-fit of suffering humanity I wish to testify to the healing power of God. We are saved and trusting the Lord for soul and body. We have witnessed a most wonder-ful case of healing. Our little girl was taken with fever September 28, and was very ill tor three days and nights. The fever was so high that it did not seem as if she could live much longer, but we kept trusting the dear Lord for her deliverance and on. the second day of October we wrote to the Trumpet Office for prayers; and on October 3 the fever left her and she fell into a deep sleep. The Lord healed her then and raised her up in a few day's. All praises be to his holy name for evermore! We have been healed many times of many diseases. I still have catarrh of the head, but have been greatly benefited and am stronger now than ever before in my life. Pray for my complete deliverance from this inherited disease, and also from inbred sin. Vary B. Mitchell. Ky. I am praising trod this morning for salvation that saves my soul from all sin. I find it real easy to serve God; for in every temptation he makes a way for our escape. I do praise the dear Lord, he is so precious to my soul: my way gets brighter and brighter every day. me fied me by a second definite wore which cleanses my soul from all inherited sin or depravity. Praise the dear Lord! How sweet it is to trust him for both soul and body! It is just natural for us when we have a sant tilled heart to have our minds stayed on God; we have the very peace of God ruling and keeping oer hearts. Praise the Lord tor his keeping power! I am a reader of the Trumpet; would not he without it. 1 ask the prayers of every saint that I may ever be humble at the feet of Jesus. read y to do tue work which God has for me to do. Praise the dear Lord for the sweet peace which we receive by living close to him. Mary C. Obeyer. Drayton, N. Dak. Believing it would be to the honor and glory of God, 1 send m y testimony to The Gospel Trumpet, declaring What the Lord has done for my soul. God did in-deed save me several years ago, but not being required to measure to his blessect Word by the denomination to which I eelonged. I was in a cold or backslidden state most of the time, yet hungry to know more of God and his power to save and keep from sin, so that when any one came along preaching what seemed a radical doctrine, 1 readily became a hearer. In that way I was led out of the M. E. sect nearly two years ago. For a time it seemed all went well, but not having the clear lie- h• en the word of God error crept in and the doctrine of the " Fire" being preached with vehem-ence and force, many were led into doing and saying fanatical thine- 5, and the sheep were scattered. But " God is faithful, he cares for his own." He sent. his messengers to gather them together. Praise him! At first I could not believe this to be the way, being in confusion as I was, but the Holy Spirit and the Word said plainly: " This is the way, walk ye in it." By this time I was convinced 1 must obey and follow on to know the Lord in his own beautiful way. Later on I was permitted to attend the camp- Meeting at Grand Forks, N. D. where the truth was preached in its purity and power. I was much blessed in obeying the Lord in baptism and partaking of the Lord's Supper. I proved Jesus' words true in the ordinance of feet - washing. " It ye know these things, happy are ye it ye do them." It was indeed a most delightful service to my soul. Although many opposers of God's word are scornful and say Jesus did not mean us to literaley wash each other's feet, only gave us an example of humility, yet it takes obedi-ence to be ti my humble. Jesus said, a man love me he will keep any words." Since that meeting the Bible has been more precious than ever before. The way so plain, the truth so sweet; al-though trials or temptations are many, in Jesus' name we can resist the foe. To-: ay I praise him for salvation; for deliverance him confusion- and strife; for a settled, restful assurance . that I have found " the way, the truth, and the light." The work of righteousness is peace; the effect of righteousness quiet-ness and assurance. Pray that I may be faithful, humble, true to God. Eva Kibbee. Luray, Kansas. I am so glad to know that we can have victory in our souls through Jesus. Eph. 4: 21. So that he could accuse me wad tell me I had lost victory. Then giving wa y to do little tihngs that I ought not, to do or neglecting little duties that 1 should do, I would get confused and so impatient sometimes. But the dear Savior has delivered me and he keeps me bath soul and betly, and renews my strength from time to time. God. is so patient arid lonse sulariies ; surely his goodness and merc y have no end; the farther we launch out in the ocean of his love and mercy the wider it seems. My heavanly Father has helped' me through the Spirit to see precious opportunities of doing good and his grace is alwa ys suffi-cient fer u- t, but if I begin to think I am stron and trust a little in myself, then I find I am weak; but when I realize my utter 11- pleesness and weakness then Jesus makes me strong. 1 find in Jesus that which satisfies my soul; he gives me peace that passeth understanding and joy unspeakable. Ile is my all in all and 1 am happy in him to- night; but I desist, to sinii deeper in his love. I know it is sweet to be submissive to his will, just et let Jesus have full possession, to live and reign in us and manifest his goodness through us. My desire is to keep humhlt and submissive to God s9 that he ear make me victorious to the end. May Schurr. dan Hai oat., Can. I praise the dear Lord that he lets save: 1 and sanctified me, and I am walking in all the light that lie lets shine ucon my pathwa y. Praise his deer name! 1 nse: i to live an up- and- down life. siattieg arid repenting, until last tali when the Li es1 allowed an affliction to come uptm me. In October an abcess began to gather. and in a menth or so entailer one. I was anointed and prayed tor, but kept getting worse; so I beeart searching lil y - self to see why I had to steles so, and found that I had been disteettliont to the Lord. Afany times when led to pray in meeting I held back. throu g h listening to the su, rrest ions of the enemy, that I could not pray as well as others, etc., and thii 7riered the Spirit away. Paul says in the 1 • t pter of Hebrews t hat " whorl, the Lord leveth he chasteneth." Oh, I praise the dear Lord for the chastisement. for it has been the means of drawing me closer to God than ever before. It used to seem so hard forme to live a Christ ie life; but, since I have made a full sur-render to God and put all on the altar, Christ Jesus, and ant willing to obey the Lord in all things, it is a delieht to serve him. St. John says, " it the Son there-fore shall make you tree, ye shall be tree indeed." — Jno. 8: 36. I praise God that the Son has made me free, and I am determined to go tit; on, 11 for God at any cost, trust aim for all things, and do all 1 can for my heavenly Father, who has done so niuch for me. " I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.' '— lesas 34: 1. David says in the hth Versa; of the same psalm, 0, fear the Lord y e his saints; for there is no want to thein that fear him." I pray to God to put just such a fear ' as David speaks of in each one of his saints, that they will never disobey him. Do not go hack into sin, for the devil has such a hold on a verse!) if be once gets them back. It the Lord wants y ou to do anything, obey him, and do not al-low the devil to defeat you. W hen I repented of my disobedience and waver-ing experience 1 promised God that I Meeting Notices, Muscatine, Iowa. Assembly meeting. Doe. e, to last as losg as the Lord wills. Let all who east tittend. The saints have plenty of house- room to accommodate all who come. Thos. elson. Winehester, Ill. Dee. 10, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Second annual meeting at Rutledge Chapel., 4 mi. northwest of Winehester, J. D. Henson. Pelee, Kans. Dee. 13- 23. Assembly. C. Cox. Findlay, Ohio. Assenehly meeting. lice. le, to last as long as the Lord leads. Bro. S. L. Speck will minister the word in this meeting. For further information address Thos. Sinift, 1027 N. Main St., Findlay, Ohio. Sr. Louis, Mich. Assembly meeting. Beginning Dee. ee, to continue through the holitlays. Ministers expected are Bros. Foote, Sheldon, and whomsoever the Lord may send. J. B. Braman'. Enterprise, La. Beginning Dee. ee, to continue as long as the - Lord leads. Meet-ing will be held on cant- ground. R. H. 0 wens. Augusta, Ga: General assembly of the South. Dee. et; to Jan. A. Ministers to be present J. F. Lund y, J. L. Pike, R. J. Smith, E. B. lIavnes. An y one desir-ing information address J. L. & beards. Handl, Ark. Assembl y meeting. Be-ginning Feb. 1, to continue over two Sun-days. All lovers of the truth are invited to attenen. 0j oli;'). o. r further information. address Milton Yandeer gril, T Hamil, Ark. J. M. Brownstown, Ills. Assembly. Beginning Jan. 1, 1901, to continue as lung as the Lord wills. Bro. Strang and others are expected. J. W. Skipper. For years I was a member of the Baptist sect, where I was dissatisfied, but thought it would not do to live without a " church"- home. I praise God that the time came when he showed me the have not heeded the proniptiners of the true church, and I gave up . the sect and Spirit ; sometimes I felt impressed to fast to- day I am attached to the true vine and just commune with Jesus, hut I that is able to nourish its branches enu would put it off and think I would wait cause them to bring forth fruit in abun- till next time, and when next time came dance. Praise his holy name! Oh, bow I would put it off again, and thus I gave can we fail to walk - straight when it is place to the enemy. God's word says God that says, " l will dwell in them and we should not give piece to the devil. walk in tnem, and I will be their God"? Oh, praise the Lord for the promise! lie ' has saved from all sins, also sancti- Though I have not kept peafeet victory woule serve him IN the d tees ° I my life, at all times, still it has not been through thote sh t! le enemy tied to keep me front any fault of the clear Savior, but all of that decision; then when I was sanetilietl my own. I can see where so often I I felt led to testify to the same, but the enemy said it was better not to do so now, but wait until I should see whether I was or not; but I had the witness within, and I obeyed. When you seek salvation or sanctification, seek until you find, then keep it and do not let the enemy bring in doubts. James says, " Resist the devil and he will ! lee from you. 1 praise God that- his is my physician tor both soul and body. Ile is a present help in every time of need. When I get sick I go to Jesus and tell him all about it, and he helps lies' every time. Some-times he does not help me at once, may want to try me to see whether I would stand true to him, whether I would give up when the test comes. Well, praise Cron, I can say with Jo ie, " Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." Just a few weeks ago the Lord graciously healed me of cramps in my limbs, which for two years had troubled me occasionally, but for two weeks before I was healed they came inure frequent until I had them every night; so I took it to the Lord in pra y er, anal praise Goa: he healed me; although I MIA tested a couple of times afterwards. I held on to God's promises, knowing [ net the work was done. I hare not had any cramps trout that day to this. Praise the dear Lord! I trust for the little things as well as the great. A tee- days I g.) I gilt something in my eye. 1 tried and tried to get it out, but could not; then 1 asked the Lord to do it, and he did, for which I give hint all the praise. 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Rini: ewe, in " Bible Doctrine,” page thilh says: " I think Christ has a true chareh on earth, but its members are scattered among the various denomina-tions, and are more or less under the in-fluence of mystery Babylon and her daughters.'' iilexander Campbell says: " The wor-shiping establishments now in operation throughout Christendom, increased and - emented by their respective voluminous confessions of faith, and their ecclesias-cal constitutions, are not churches of Jesus Christ, but the legitimate daugh-ters of that mother of harlots, the Church of Rome." Lorenzo Dow says of the Romish church: " If she be the mother, who are the daughters? It must be the corrupt, national, established churches that came out of her."— Dow's Life, page 542. In the " Religious Encyclopedia," Art. Antichrist, we read: " The writer of the Book of Revelation tells us he heard a voice from heaven saying, ' Come out of her, my people, that ye partake not of her sins, and receive not of her plagues.' If such persons are td be found in the ' mother of harlots,' with much less hesitation may it be inferred that they are conueeted with her unchaste daugh-ters, those national ceurches which are founded upon trhat are called Protestant principles." Tile Tennessee Baptist says: " This ‘ eoinan ( popery) is called the mother harlots and abominations. Who are t ie daughters? The Lutheran, the Presl: ' erian, the Episcopalian churches are all branches ot the ( Raman) Catholic. re not these denominated ' harlots and i tiond nations' in the above passage? I so decide. I could not, with the stake be-fore me, decide otherwise. Presbyterians and Episcopalians compose a part of Babylon, They hold the- distinctive prineiples of papacy in common with papists." In. the " Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge" we read: " An important question, le evever, sates Me. . tones, still remains for inquiry: ' le antichrist con-fined to the Church of Rome? The answer is readily returned in the affirma-tive by Protestants in general and happy bad it been tor the world had that been the case. Bat although we are fully warranted to consider that church as ' the mother of harlots,' the truth is that I desire to testify to the healing power of the Lord. Last summer while in Texas, some of my children became afflicted with chills, and the people there had never heard of divine healing in these last days. They said I would have to give chill tonic, if I remained in that country, but I told them that I knew in whom I put my trust. One man oflered to give me the tonic if I would use it. I had placed the trutn before them the help of the Lord and now Satan was trying to hinder what seed had been sown, and the Lord allowed me to be severely tried. But glory to King Jesus, after a close examination and a deter-mination to walk closer to him at any cost, I looked to God in whom I trusted and he healed the children of chills, one of slow fever; for which I give him all the praise and glory. The people saw that there was something in it utter all. Three made their escape out of the dark-ness they were in and tound the Lord pre- . - cious to their souls. If we can not preach sermons as others do let us not get dis-couraged; for we can by our lives preach sermons that will tell fur God. The eyes of the world are upon us, therefore let u, live that our good may not be evil spoken of. No* that the seed has been sown in Texas in many other places, pray that God may send some one there to gather the harvest. Pray that I may be kept humble before him and be used to his glory. • Mrs. Ella Boone. at his word." There is only a few of us here, but the Lord is with us. Bless his dear name! He is always with his chil-dren. I am so glad we have the Bible to read for ourselves, and the blessed Holy Spirit to lead us. Oh! I do love the dea r saints, and when I read their testimonies I feel as if I was really acquainted- with them. Let us be faithful, then some sweet day we Nvill all meet face to face. ay the Lord bless you all. Mrs. Chas. Healed of a Broken Arm. I can testify to the glory of God that the precious promises recorded in Beb. 13: 8---" Jesus Christ the same yester-ddaayy,, and to- day, and forever," is true And we read in Exodus 15: 26 where he said to the children of Israel, " I am the Lord that healeth thee." And again in Matt. 8: 11 it says, " Himself took- our infirmities, and hare our sicknesses.', Then in Mark 5: 22- 43 we see three who were healed by faith. And we have the precious promise in Mark 16: 17,81--" And these signs shall follow them that believe: . In my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay- hands on the sick, and they shall recover." And again in James 5: 14 he says, " Is any among you a H icted? let him pray... . Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of e church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up." Praise the Lord, 1 can say by experi-ence that these scriptures are true, and he is the same Jesus that healeth me. One week ago I fell and broke my arm and also put it out of place at the elbow, and it was badly bruised. My husband d it into place. Those who were present said to go to the physician, but t was hurting me so badly I thought if tent to have it examined perhaps my faith in God would weaken; so I said, " No, I will go and have the saints pray for it."' So I walked three- quarters of a mile to Bro. J. L. Green's. My husband went for Bro. and Sister Vredenberg, and they came, and while we were pray-ing I laid my hand on my arm where I broke it and felt the bones settling back eir places. Then Sister J. L. Green anointed it and immediately I raised it above my head. I did not even tie it up that night and slept as sound as usual. I have done my work ever since, such as had to be done. I suppose those same people who wanted me - to go to the phy-sician will say my arm was not broken, but- 1 know it was, for I have had the same arm broken twice before. The first time it was broken in the same place as this time, and I had a physican and he kept a bandage on it for six weeks and it was six months before I could use my arm good. The next time it was broken I went to the Lord and he healed it. Praise his holy name: I just give him all the praise for what he has done for me. " Bless the Lord, Q my soul, and . forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities, and who healeth all thy diseases; • who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving- kindness and tender mercies. .. 1 as a father pitieth- his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remern-bereth that we are dust. But the mercies of the Lord are from everlasting to ever-lasting upon them that fear him, and hit righteousness unto children's children: to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them." " 0 give thanks unto the . Lord; for he is good: for his mercies endured' forever." My testimony- is that 1 am saved, not by any works of righteousness that I have done, but by the grace of God, and faith in. the atoning blood . of Divine Healing. " He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." — Rom. 11: 6. Headed of Jaundice. I feel imjressed to make known how the Lord healed my fiiteen- year- old son from jaundice. Be was very sick; confined to bed, but would take no medi-cine and tainted God for his physician. We sent to the Trumpet Family for prayer, he was soon healed and is again et school. We give the Lord all the praise. I can not praise my - Lord too - much for what he has done for me and my family. I am saved and kept by the power of God. Jesus is my physician and has been for over seven years. Praise his holy name! H. N. Moyer. Columbana, Ohio, Nov. 11. Testimony of Healing. " The Lord healed me of a spell of fever - which lasted for three weeks. I was further tried with chills, which lean also thank him for healing. God has a small remnant here who accepted the truth when it was first preached here; others seem to become case- hardened, and the more of God's ways they see, tie farther they get from the truth. 1 want you all to pray for me and the little flock here. We all have had many afflictions this year, but the Lord is still standing by us, and will stand as long as we look to him. - We would be glad if some minister would come here. F. A. Lee. Veto, Missy Heated of Chills and Fever. Trusted in God. Oh, how I do praise God for this blessed salvation. 1 am saved and trusting God for all things. Our little girl had stomach trouble very bad, she would take spells that it seemed she would die. The dear Lord would always raise her up, but she got very poor and still took bad spells. I sent to the Trum-pet Office for an anointed handkerchief, and asked the saints to pray for her, and before we received the handkerchief she got better ma has never had a spell since. Oh, I do bless the dear Lord for teaching me to trust him. ulis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take him Jesus. I am in the kingdom, and the kingdom is within me. I have the Spirit of God witnessing to my spirit to the new creation and to my acceptance with him. Praise his holy name! I am writing this with my arm which was broken but is now healed. Mrs. J. C. Green. Woodburn, Ore., Nov. 17. ' EXTRACTS. BY A. B. PALMER. by whatsoever arguments we succeed in fixing that - odious charge upon her, we shall, by parity of reasoning, be obliged to allow other national churches to be her unchtste daughter:, anti for this plain reason, anions others, because in. their very constitution and tendency they are hostile to the nature of the kingdom of Christ." When one of Martin Luther's guests remarked that the world might continue fifty years, he replied: `' fray God, it ' nay not exist so long; matters would be even worse than they have been. There would rise up infinite sects and schisms, which are at present hidden in men's hearts and nature. No; may the Lord come at once, for there is no amendment to be expected." • Harthy, a learned thurchman, has rernarketi as follows; " There are many prophecies which declare the tall of the ecclesiastical powers of the Christian world and though each church seems to flatter itself with the hope of being ex-emptc d, yet it is very plain that the prophetieal characters belong to all. They ail have left the true, pure, simple eligion, and teach for doctrines the cam-mandments of men." T is needful to irquire what the term Babylon means. It occurs several times in the New Testament. Here ( in the Apocalypse) it is spoken of as ' that great city,' and her fall is doomed ' be-cause she bath made all nations drunk with the wine of her fornication.' In Rev. 17: 5, a scarlet harlot is seen sitting upon the seven- headed and ten- hornet monster, and upon her forehead is written, ystery, Babylon the great.' With this woman the kings of the earth are said to have committed fornication. In chapter 18 the fall of the great city, Babylon, is detailed at length, and it is again said, that all the kings ofthe earth have committed fornication with her. The harlot with Babylon stamped upon her brow, and the great city of fornica-tion styled Babylon, in chapters 14 and 18 are one and the same existence. There is an ancient city of Babylon otters mentioned in the Old Testament, but ages before John wrote, it had ceased to be inhabited, the only dwellers among its lonely ruins were howling wild beasts and hissing serpents. It has never been rebuilt to this day and has passed away sever. John refers theretere not to old Babylon, but to some power yet un-seen ( when he was upon the earth), that hould be revenled in due time, and o which old Babylon was a symbol. Let us notice some of the features ot ancient Babylon. 1. On that site took place the con-fusion ot tongues which divided those who before had been of one speech and one family, into various ti i hes and schisms at variance with each other and of various tongues. The word Babylon, a memorial of this event, means confusion, and is derived from babel. 2. Old Babylon persecuted the people. of God and destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. 3. It carried the people of God into captivity. 1. h. was a mighty, resistless uni-versal Empire. The antitype, the spiritual Babylon, must correspond. There is a power that exhibits all these character-istics. By apostasy from the truth it originated the set ism which has divided the family of God into sects and parties which speak a different spirituel language. It has carried the church into a long captivity by binding upon it the thrall-dom of superstition. It has been a con-stant persecutor of the saints, and has enjoyed an almost universal donhnion. That power is the - woman that sits upon the seven headed beast, the seven hilled city, the false woman, symbolical of a - false ceurch, the great apostate spiritual dominion of Rome. And we may add, out of which have come— directly or indirectly-- all the re-ligious sets or the present day."-- From Vision of the Ages; or, Lectuers on the Apocalypse. By B. W. Johnson, member of the Christian Sect. The above extract, coming, as it does, from a sectarian, speaks volumes. it seems strange that great men, such as Johnson, and Alexander Campbell, of the Christian and Disciple orders, and many others teach either directly or in-directly that sectism is not ot God, and then remain in them. We will give a few extracts showing how noted men of different religious denominations view this subject, thus showing the readers of the Trumpet that we are not alone in our denunciations. We quote from r " Facts for the Times." Dr Barne ssays:
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Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 20:48 |
Published Date | 1900-12-06 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 48 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Gospel Trumpet Company |
Subject | Newspapers -- West Virginia -- Moundsville ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
Copyright | Copyright 2009, Anderson University. |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Full Text | And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shill gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 24: 31. Ar, d/ Yerfileiey- rh So - will I seek out my sheep, and willdeliver them out of all places where they have s• eatternd in tae cloud y and dark d § – F7P. 1867 VOLUME XX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900. NUMBER 48 When Moses had completed_ the work of buildine- the t ithernaele and had placti the least degree contrary to the pure ever y thing in its proper order, as Guff word ot Ged, whether it be word or deed; commandcd him, it is said that " Moses is but the outgrowth of this evil thing, finished the work." So it can be said which was created and planted into the hearts of Adam and Eve by the devil, and has become the dominating - char-acteristic of depraved humanity. Justi-fication does not cleanse this out of the heart.. It only takes away the guilt and trespasses of the sinner, and brings him into the favor of God, who gave his Son a " trespass- offering" for the world. But Jesus gave himself a " sin- offering" for the church, and when the heart has yielded up to the death for the destruc-tion of this depravity it can truly be said e such an one that we are dead to sin, for the blood of Jesus in - this sin- offering will most certainly effect the cleansing. But a true Bible consecration includes something more than a yielding up of the heart for the cleansing out of this sin principle. In. the type, we see there fellowship of his sufferings and death, for all that we have and are, and all that we expect to be in the future, and all that we know and ever expect to know, are now forever and eternally yielded up to that precious will of God. It required the will of Jesus to be yielded up to death to do the will of the- Father that we might be sanctified, anti it equally requires our . will to be yielded up to death and the loss of all things, that we mi ght be sanctified. It re-quired his will even to the death to ob-tain it for us, and it requires our will even to death to receive it from him. Yes, dear reader, a real death; so real that it includes everything. , and it can truly be said of us as it was said of the Colossian saints, " Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in. God." This death consecration is beautifully typified in the consecration and sancti-fication of the priests in the Old Testa-ment dispensation. In Lev. S we read that Moses was commanded of the Lord to take Aaron and his sons with him and three animals. The blood of one of these animals was to be shed for the sin-offering; one for the " burnt offering" and. one tor the " consecration" offering. The blood ill each was shed and applied separately for a special purpose. Each finds its anlitype in the precious blood of Jesus, who offered himself without spot to God that he might sanctify the church. The blood of the sin- offering provides for that part of our nature which would naturally reach out and cling to those things which are sinful. In every justified heart which is not yet wholly sanctified there exists such a principle which in itself is depraved and sinful, and were it to be permitted to re-spond to the sinful thin gs without, it would bring the believers into transgres-sion. This is the" body of sin." or " our old man" which, according to the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, must be destroyed and cleansed out. This ex-isting sin the heart, it unrestrained, is the fruitful soil out of which grows every evil work. We can see its productions in marry different aspects in the religious world to- day. Every sect on earth is a production of this body at sin. Every aniinitestatioi2 ot carnal division is some of its evil frnits. Eyver thing that is in REIROSPECTION. BY ANNA SHIP7ON. He was better to me than all my hopes, He was better than all my fears; He made a bridge of my broken works, And a rainbow of my tears. The billows that guarded my sea- girt path, Carried my Lord on their crest; When I dwell on the days of my wilderness march I can lean on his love for the rest. Be emptied my hands of their treasured. store, And his covenant love revealed; There was not a wound in my aching heart, But the balm of his breath bath hea: ed. Oh, tender and true was the chastening sore, In nisi: ion- I that taught a!• Li tried, Till the soul that he sought was trusting in him And nothing on earth beside. Ile guided by paths that I could not see, Br way s that I had not known, The crooked was straight and the rough made plain As I followed the Lord alone. I Praise him still for the pleasant palms, And the water- springs by the way; Fiir the gl., wing riilars of flame by night, And the she: t: rhig cloud by day. Andif to warlat- e he calls me forth lie bncLIeS m y arin., r on: Pe greets me with smiles and a word of cheer, battles his sword ! lath won; Ile wires my brow as I droop and faint, blesses my hand to toil; '. ful is he, as he washes my feet, Front the Shave of earthly There is light for me On the trackless wild, As the wonders of old I trac;! When the Gild of the whole earth went before search me a resting- place. Iles he changed for me? Nay; he changes nut: Ile will bring me by some new Way Tim ' ugh lire and and each crafty foe, As safely as yesterday. And never a watch on the dreariest halt, But s.. me pr.. inise of love I read fr.. in the that my future shall be Fur better than all my fears. Like th golden rot c, f wild;: rness bread, Laid tip with the blossoming rod, All safe in the ad;, with the law of my Lord, Is the covenant care of my God. SANC 11FICATION. ill .1. IN'. An'ficl. t.:. XI. SOME IIELPICI, ' Mot: GUTS OX CONSECRITION. x. perienee of sanctification is ob- .. ed upon the conditiens of definite conSeeratl stn and faith. In every con-secration the soul reaches a point where it must either go throu gh to the death, or else go Lack and lose the grace of God entirel y . The Holy Spirit will make it plain what this death implies, and at last the dyile r soul goes throuh its last strientle and yields up its last treasure. ` When this point is retched and passed., the ii. dv - Spirit tial bear witness that the demands lit God are now fully met. cd us and so each of us can personally testify by the witness of the Spirit bear-ing witness with our spirit in this abso-lute and definite consecration, that we have " finished the work." Every doubt as to the completion of this con-secration is banished, and has no room to exist in our hearts, for we know that it is complete. We can so sweetly and willingl y sa y , " Thy will be done" with a most delightful consciousness that all the past, present, and future, of all that pertains to our life, is yielded up to his lilk, setl will. Nothing on earth is held half so sweet and precious as this will. e can realize down deep in our souls what Jesus meant when he gave himself to sanctify us and said, " 1 come to do thy will." W e can. e, nter into the publish the word of God; and as these cherished objects thus vanished out of her sight she could say, " They are the Lord's, not mine." In one, of her let-ters she wrote - me these words: " Well, my dear boy, I truly realized what it meant years ago to . lay - my dear chil-dren upon the altar of the Lord; but now I realize what it means to see them consumed into smoke." Dear brother and sister, this is what a burnt offering means, anti how good our heavenly Father is to require this sacri-fice of us! Oh, how many sad heart-aches it saves us! How many bitter tears of anguish and sorrow ! I have stood at the open grave where a poor grief- stricken mother wrung her hands and cried out, " Oh, I can pot, I can not, give up my precious darling. ' Let me be buried with it— I can not be parted from it!" I have also stood at another grave, where the form of a con-. secreted loved one was sinking out of human sight. The mother stood gazing at the object of earth as- it was laid back elusively. This means that we willingly to dust, then with her eyes turned toward lay upon the altar our loved ones, no heaven she said, " Dear Lord, thou hest matter how sacred or precious they may only taken thine own to thyself; my be— father, mother, brother, sister, bus- heart feels the parting pangs, but I say willingly, ' Thy will be done."? Ah, what a contrast! The one mother knew nothing of this blessed consecra-tion, the other did. The one had but. little grace to sustain her in her bereave-ment, the other had the abounding grace, for she had already yielded up all her sacred treasures to the Lord. The one buried all her comfort and hope in the grave, the other simply buried a lifeless term of clay; though sacred and precious to her heart, yet she had consecrated it to the Lord, and now in seeing it vanish out of her sight, she could feel that it was not her own. The one returned to her empty home with her heart full of sarrow, the other returned in the coin-fort of hint who comforteth us in_ all our tribulations. She had paid the price of her all, and now she enjoys the blessing of Jesus' all— the abiding of his glorious presence, which comforts her heart and home, and fills the emptiness with him-self and his bountiful grace. Oh, how beautiful and- reasonable to consecrate everything that our affections have held sacred and dear to him.. We all know very well that all these trea-sures of earth are of no enduring subs stance. No matter how much they may be to us, they in due time will- either vanish out of our sight, or else we will have to leave them. Row much better, and how much more satisfactory it is, to yield them all up to Jesus; to whom. they rightly belong, and who has only loaned them to us in the first place. He is justly entitled to all of our affections, for what has he not yielded up that Was due to himself, that he might purchase this glorious grace for us? _ Tow he wants the supremacy in our hearts' affections, so that he can fashion us ac-cording to himself through and through, and impart his own nature into our a ffections, that we may henceforth- love with his love, those sacred treasures around which our affections have so en-twined, and claimed as ours. Before our consecration We loved ' him, but these T1 was another animal sacrificed in this con-secration service. It was the one tor the " burnt offering. The blood of this sacrifice corresponds with the sacri-fice of the blood of Jesus, which also provides for the cleansing of that part of our nature that clings to the things of life which in. themselves are not sin-ful but are God- given blessings. Our unsanctified affections must also become purified from every tiint of depravity. That this may be accomplished, it . be-comes necessary that the heart yields up to the death every cherished object, even though it be a God- given blessing; it must be yielded up and laid upon the altar as a " burnt offering." The affec-tions can not he purified until the object of the affections is yielded. 11' e can not perfectly obey the first and great commandment, " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength" until every affection is fully taken off from every object of earth and placed upon God ex-band, wife, children, home, property, reputation, and everything within the scope of our earthly existence. All henceforth and forever yielded up to God, no more to be ours, as really and as perfectly as though we were breathing our last upon our deah- tbed, and then in clue time we were laid into our coffin, the lid fastened down, and lowered into the grave, the grave filled up and noth-ing left but a mound to mark where our earthly remains lie. Or, to view the subject from another standpoint, this yielding up must be as real as though our loved ones and every cherished treasure of earth were laid upon the altar, to be offered up a burnt sacrifice. In due time the fire will be kindled, and our cherished objects will one by one be consumed into smoke and finally all will disappear, a consumed sacrifice unto the Lord. A quarter of a century ago my own precious mother was brought to this con-secration. She was shown by the Holy Spirit that she did not have her children perfectly yielded up to the Lord. She was praying for their conversion. At last she became willing to lay them upon the altar and she did it thoroughly. She gave them. to the Lord a living sac-rifice. In a short time her four oldest were converted, and in due time the two others as they grew up were also brought into the fold of Christ. She rejoiced and praised God for this and often ex-pressed herself that her children were not her own, they were the Lord's, for his service or sacrifice, just as he should see proper. At last this consecration was• brought to the test. The Lord began to kindle the fire to consume the " burnt offering." He laid his hand upon one and took her home to heaven. Then another, and sent him thousands of miles away to preach the gospel in. regions beyond. Then another, and sent him far distant in another direction to labor in the gospel vineyard. Then another, and sent her still another direction to 2 • THE GOSPEL TRUMPET other objects of our love were between us and him. They hindered our love towards him, and equally hindered his love from perfectly flowing into our hearts.. We loved him, and realized that he loved us, but it was not perfect; there were objects in our way, and there were objects in his way. These objects were our sacred treasures. Depravity had affected our affections so that- we could not hold these treasures as we should. But now what a satisfactory change'. We yielded all these objects to him, and took him in their stead. Now he occupies the place. He owns our treasures, and we own him. But what of our treasures? ' We have them all back again, through him. Betore our consecration, they were between us and him. Now he is between us and them, and with him he freely gives us all things. He can use all of these things according . to his own good pleasure, making any disposition of them which might seem good in his sight, tor they are his, not ours. If he should place us over them as his stewards, then we hold them in trust for him and do with them just as he orders, and when, one by one, they consume away on the altar of his service or if, according to his sovereign will, he shall remove them out et our sight, we can say, " Amen, Lord, thy will be done!" Now, in the act of a Bible consecra-tion, the believer may not realize all of this, and the utmost depth of the cleans-ing that has been wrought in the heart and affections, or the difference between the sin- offering and the burnt offerinee but it will not he long afterward, until the knowledge of this cleansing shall begin to dawn upon us and our soul be-come more and more enraptured in this glorious experience of sanctification. But we see in the type still another ani-mal to be slain— the consecration offer-ing. The blood of this animal was ap-plied to the bodies ot Aaron and his sons. First it was put upon the tips of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands. and the great toes of their right feet. Then afterwards it was sprinkled with the anointing oil upon Aaron and his garments too and upon his sons and their garments. This cere-monial process was the completion of their sanctification. The blood ot this consecration offering corresponds with the blood of Jesus which provi les for the sanctification of our body. In this consecration we not only offer up our hearts and affections to Jesus, but we also present our body a living sacrifice. This includes our all, spirit, soul, and body. Oar ears, hands, and feet, our entire physical being, is dedicated henceforth to his service, to labor and snffer hardships, to be used in sacrifice, or service, either at the martyr's stake or on the gospel altar, any way, and every way, in which he may order it for his own honor and glory. These eyes shall see, this tongue shall speak, this mine shall think, these ears shall hear, these hands shall labor, these feet shall I run, this strength and these energies, this heart shall beat, every faculty, organ, and appetite shall be used only tor him, who has so freely given him-self for us; and thus this body becomes the temple, and the earthly dwelling-place ot the Holy Ghost, his own exclu-sive dedicated property. While it is not possible that we could itemize these things in the consecration of our body, there is a yielding up of our ail which sweeps the scope and brings the witness of the Spirit that our con; secretion is complete, and we have `` fin-ished the work." We are now upon be-lieving grounds, and faith can appropri-ate the power of the all- cleansing blood. " By faith I venture on his word, My doubts are o'er, the vict'ry won; He said the altar sanctifies, I just believe him and ' tis done." " City of God." BY ALVIN J. ELLISoN. HE church is often represented as being a city. This is a very proper signification, as the redeemed ot the Lord, which comprises the church, are a vast multitude. This fact will be plainly revealed to the reader in the several texts to which we shall reter under this topic. In Heb. 12: 22, 23 we read: " But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innum-erable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first- born, which are written in heaven." Here we find a number of relative signitications of the New Testament church; viz., " Mount Zion" " heavenly Jerusalem" " general assembly" and " city of God." Isaiah speaks of the church being a faith-ful city, the city of righteousness. See lsa. 1: 26. FOUNDER OF THIS CITY " By faith Abraham when he was called to go out into a place which he should atter receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the lent( of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which lath foundations [ S 2e Eph. - - 22.1 whose builder and maker is God. "— Heb. 11: 8- 10. S mie expositors teach that this city spoken ot in these scriptures is a literal city yet to descend from heaven. But this is vain supersti-tion and error. We learn by Heb. 12: 22, 23 that this city is the church; and in the last quoted text we find it is the fulfillment of the promise made to Abra-ham, of the New Testament church. Thank God for this glorious city! In Rev. 21: 2 we find that John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Here is another text which is used by false teachers to prove a literal city to yet de-scend from heaven. But this is absurd in the extreme. Fur this city is noth-ing more or less than the NOW Testamsnt Church as we have already proved; and in this text we learn that this city which . 1 clown from heaven is a bride. I ask what kind of bride a literal city would make? Such a position is but a base production of the spirit of error. But let us see it the holy cits, the church, is a bride; if so, then we have our position thoroughly proved, and this false idea fully overthrown. In the third chapter ot St. John we read where the Jews were informing John the Bap-tist, that Jesus was also baptizing and gaining many followers; and Jehn ans-wered and said" Ile [ Jesus] that hath the bride [ church], is the bridegroom." It is here made clear that the church, the briue, is the wife of Christ. the bride-groom. Aldo in Plo y. 19: 7, c we read: ' Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: tor the marriage of. the° Lamb [ Christ] is come, anti his wife [ the church] bath made herself realty. And to her was given that she should be clothed in fine linen, clean and - white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of. saints." Now since the wife's adorn-ment is the righteousness of the saints, the wife herselt could only be the saints — the church. ( Not a literal city.) Therefore the holy city which J olm saw 1 coming down from heaven was unlms-takably the church of God. Din in what sense did the church come down twin heaven? We have in the preceding chapters proved to you that the Son of God was the builder of the city or church; and it is in this sense, it being of heavenly origin and a spiritual construction, that How rns CITY IS LIGHTED. One of the very important features to lake a beautiful and comfortable literal ity, is to have it properly lighted. J nst so it is with this spiritual city; it IMISt have the proper light also. We read ill I Rev. 21: 22, 23—" And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city bath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for . the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamh is the light thereof." Oh, hallelu-iah! This is a most glorious city to dwell in, which is so beautifully lighted with the glory of God and the Lamb— Christ. You will remember that Jesus on a certain occasion said that he was " the light of the world." And besides all this, he puts his light in every citizen of this city, and makes them to shine even as himself. He further declares: " Ye are the light of the world. A city which is set upon a hill can not be hid."— Matt. 5: 14. It is therefore evident that in this glorious city there is no want ot light. Pra, ise the Lord! can say the light has never gone out since I have lived here. THE WATER 5LITPLY. The next important feature of this city which we will notice, is that of the water supply. Jesus sa ys. " He that believeth on me shall never thirst." Why? Be-cause " the water that I shall . rive him shall be in him a well of water springing up unto everlasting life." Oh, the joys that are produced by this well of spi • it-ual water constantly springing up within and quenching our weary souls, which had already been parched by the flames of sin, while in the service of the evil one! Again, we read in the heok Revelation, 22: 1, of a beautiful truth which will answer the question, \ l` here is the fountainhead that suppliea this vhst city with such an aiminhare of water? And he shored me a pure river water of life, clear as crystal. pro out of the throne of G and the Leith." Here we have found the toaetainl itat t at this wond. ndhl stream whi. 4 hsvor rime ! dry. Glory to Gal! Then you will notice that ties water, though in abond-ance, is of an excellent quality, '• pare,' and " clear as crystal." ivid in speak-ing et this river said: " There is a ricer, Next we will notice the pantity of the excellent food allowed. ' " And ye shall eat- in plenty, anti he satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your ( 4od, that bath dealt Nvon. krously with- you : and my people shalt never be ashanied."- 2: 20. This eeri 111; t: clearly the holy Joel syhcooiwwtyss US that the inha;) itantS have free fteeOSS to the great storehouse lot God, and that we may " eat in plenty and be satisfied." Ohthtltit;, illreelunieatt: t ii! nIev eisr such nourishing food ver grow lean, bat can be " fat and flourish- , ing; to show that the Lord is upright." Truly it is wonderful! eoeue HEALTH. " Is any sick among yint? let him call for the eiders of the church; and let tifem pray over him, anointing him with oil in tile name at the Lard: and the prayer ot faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up."— Jas. 5: 14, 15. " And these signs shall follow them that believe, . . . they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."— Mark 16: 17, 1:;. So you see, dear reader, that when is this glorious city, we need no earthly physician in case of sickness. we serve the blessed Christ " who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who heal-eth all thy diseases. "— Ps_ 103: 3. In Matt. 4: 23 we reatl that he did so when upon earth in person, and in Heb. 13: 8 we read: " Jesus Christ the same ' ester-da y, and to- day, and forever." Praise his name! Therefore in t Itis city he is our all in all. Amen. WPM Y. BY VIANNAH ,7erres. I it came down troth_ God out of heaven, and located itself in the mountain of 4ave you learned to really trust God? I God's holiness. See Rev. 21: 9, 10. THE FOOD SUPPLY. The most important of cit y features is the ability to supply its inhabitants with the proper a : tad quality of food. Let us ex taint t - I spiri tual city on this point. First, es to quality: In Isa. 53: 2 We hear the L , r1 sNalts on this wise. -' 11arkm dilig? Htly unto me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness." Wo SeH that the tOOLl. is of an eaeelleut quality. The price to ohtain it is, " harken diligently unto me" saved. God. Or in other words, the price is, perfect obedience. Then the promise is that your soul shall itself is tataees. " Humility. thou 7ecret va! e, Unknown totrruii in heart; Where showers of teessews never tail, And e girt , s ne'er- & Tart. Oh, make thy bk. st. aboiie with me, aneci of the si, y; If I may ever dwell with thee, My sou: shail never die." . lay the dear Lord grant to us all an ahundanee Of this prvehma grace. Oh, v preteceia the tlionght, humility ; telling to be the least, trilling to live in oiseurity all our days if God can be riled most in such a life, % Yining take the lowest seat and remain until the '. Iaster invites us up higher, willing to ILI ye out' name east out as evil, Jesus' own words, " Blessed the streams whereof shall make glad the are ye. you, and city of God.' Oh, glory to God fer this wonderful ricse. of lite! I- es, a river of' pleasure flowing so peacefally through outhsoul; and its crystal st feanti keeping us washed, evea " whiter than snow." Its life- giving principle so animates oar souls with jhy that our voices cry out in sweet strains of celestial music, and in hign praises to Christ our majestic king. Praise and honor ha to his most excellent name for ever! Oh, weary; soul in the thirsty land of sin, does not this beautiful description make you feel like takir h possession of this glorious city of righteousness? It so, forsake your sins. and you shall have a welcome. - For in this city the inhabi-tants are " all righteous."— Ish. 60: 21. " And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: . . A city, not forsaken. "— Isa. 62: 12. So you see that no one can abide in the city except they are washed in the blood of the lamb and are - living a holy life each moment. Nvhen mon shall revile persecute you, and shall say all manner Of evil against you talsely, let' my sake." How do we ; eel, dear ones, if some one raises a false report about us: do we realize it is one of the ell things and will work out to the glory of God in sonic way; or do we feel rebellious and as though we kVittlie. I revenge? All, dear Ones, have we humility enough. to take it patiently sand leave the mai ter in God's hands, who has said, " Vengeance is mina; I will repay, saith the Lord" and remember also that he has said he would reward_ every man aehordinh' as his wors; also the offender will not h. o unpunished? Our God is a just God, and the main thing is to keep in harmony with his will and give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. A;-,;: tin, iE you think some brother or sister is in too high a seat, do not worry about them, but let humility and patience on y our part have its perfect work, for b y and by the Master will come alone and if they have taken a seat too high up, he will call them down to give place to a more honor-able or lauuble person. " Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed With humility; for God resisteth the proud, and fr ivelh .'* rate to the humble. Heinhle yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that lie may exalt you in due time: casting" all Your care up-on him; tor he careth for yon."- 1 Pet. 5: 5, 6. Have we humility and love enough, when. we see a brother or sister in a fault, to . g. o anti tell them of it? One among the hardest things for people to hear patiently is to have their faults pointed out to them, and it is because of a lack THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 3 of- humility. Those who hare true I or will we choose our ow humility- want to have their inns isuele known to them as seen b y others, xellther by saint or sinner, and they will endeav-or to profit by the same. One remarked in meeting he could go to others and toil them their faults much easier than he could have some one come to brim and tell him his faults. 0 dear ones, tine humility would prefer to have some one come to us and tell us our faults it we have any; for by it we could have op-portunity to improve and become' better. And nothing but deep love for our fellow beings should prompt us to go and tell others their faults. We all should try to profit by every reproof, whether it comes from God direct, or it he should-choese to use some humble agency to accomplish his desire, though in most cases it is not so hard to receive it from Goa direct as when it comes through some human agency. But the harder the rod is applied the longer we will re-member. Then there are other points of humil-ity, such as asking forgiveness. In some cases it seems like a very hard duty to perform. There is a husband or wife who has done many things to grieve tine other, and they hate to humble them-selves to ask that one's forgiveness. They may try to get saved; try to claim salvation by faith, and may ask forgive-ness of strangers, and try to think it is not necessary to ask forgiveness of wife or husband, but the other knows he has been grievously wronged at times and all the while is waiting To hear them come with that humble confession, " t ire or husband" as the case may be, " I have said things to you, and did things that were wrong, and I have heartily repented of it and I want you to forgive me." And what is the result of humbly confessing? Answer— peace and con-fidence. " If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest tnat thy brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first no reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." " When thy soul the perfect price hath paid, God will send the holy fire." Amen. No use trying to climb up to heaven any other way— you will onl y labor in vain. God's word tells the way to heaven is narrow and the gate is strait, and Jesus himself opens and shuts it. See Rev. 3: 7. You may join a so- called church if you like, where the y are not required to make wrongs right, ask for-giveness, nor forsake their sins either, and have a very pleasant time generally. As you enter the modern synagogue dressed in the latest fashion, it does not matter to the preacher either whether you kneel in prayer, nor whether you forsake your sins, so long as he gets his pay. But God looks down from his throne and sees the pride and wickedness of such hearts and will brin g every work into judgment with every secret thing; whether it be good or evil. See Eeel. 12: 14. Then take the narrow way at once, flee to the rock Christ Jesus. Humble yourselves, cry aloud for mercy, heartily repent of all wrong doings, ask God. for Christ's sake to forgive you and let you in at the strait gate. Lay off your worldly conformity of superfluity of dress, which God's word forbids. See 1 Tim. 2: 9, and Jas. 1: 21, 22. W hen we love these things it is evident that we do not love God as we should, or we would humble ourselves and obey h any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: hut he that death the will of God abided). forever."- 1 Jno. 2: 15- 17. Will we harnhle our-selves and abide with our dear heavenly Father, his Son, and the angels forever, him, that lie will command his children, and his. houselnild after him, and they shall keep the way of, the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord . may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him." Here we see the re-ward is according to the merit. The reader, by stud ying the Bible, may find many more instances where God has delighted to honor those who honor him. See 1 Sam, 2: 30. In this reformation there is everything to encourage us, if we keep our eyes ever toward the Lord. Many have had to. sacrifice much in order to walk in the light, and may have thought they must give all and receive little in return; but sooner or biter they have found God to be true wherein he says" Verily, I say unto you, There is no man that bath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and. in the world to come life everlasting."— Luke 18: 29, 30. We may have to leave a good home, but are we not made a member in the family ot God? We may have to part with hoarded means, but when we are on the peaceful plains of full salvation, we do not in the least grudge parting with means which . are often more of a curse than a ofessing. No man enjoys God's creation more than the one who is in harmony with God and all his glorious works. " The Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk up-rightly."— Ps. 84: 11. There is one precious blessing granted to those who walk in the straight Bible way that no other people enjoy: that is, confidence. In a certain book much valued by- Christians, which aims to teach the secret of a happy life in Christ, much space is devoted to an attempt to inspire confidence. Converts are urged to believe the promises of God, and many helps are pointed out to this end. But it is true that no manner of means can - take the place of obedience to God, to secure confidence hi the Word of God. " In the fear of the Lord is strong con-fide- nce."— Frov. 14: 26. The one who rejects the teaching of divine healing or sanctification when taught with the pOwei of the Holy Spirit,. will soon find his confidence in other parts of God's word diminished and if he does not walk in the light, he will soon go into dark-ness and be without God and without hope in the world. So much false light is in. the world, that when one humbly witnesses to obeying God, formal church goers are apt to say be is going about to establish his own righteousness. Never-theless, when God tells us to do some-thing he wants us to obey; and we will not get " under the law" in so doing— unless it be under the perfect law of liberty. All the philosophizing and set-ting at naught of God's acrd by false teachers, is not to be compared with one statement of divine truth. " If ye know these things, happy : are ye if ye do them." Dear brethren, when we are trusting and obeying God's word it is well with us, though the power of darkness and all this world say otherwise. " Say ye' to the righteous that it shall be well with them." And to you, dear reader, if yOou believe that obedience to God is a hard matter, let me assure yonthat it is not so. " His commandments are not griev-ous."- 1 Jno. 5: 3. You may be consol-ing ' yourself- with the self- assurance that you are trusting in the merits ot Christ; but if you are not willing to. obey Christ in his word, you are building on a sandy foundation. " Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his command-ments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and. the truth is not in him." -,- 1 Jno. 2: 3, 4. This may seem hard, but it is nevertheless God's loving warning to awaken you to your condition, to get you where he can pour out good things upon vehemently, but can not overthrow us., your needy heart. " Wines° keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected."— Ver. 5. " Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near." " For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel., In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength."— Isa. 30: 15, Amen. BY MARY RELDRNBRAND. 447OR we . are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why cloth he yet hope for?" — Horn. 8: 24. Rope is something in the human heart, that all possess to some ex-tent; even the atheist has a hope that death ends all existence of soul and body. So many again have a hope that as God is a God of terry, he will not permit them to be cast into everlasting punish-ment, but we read in God's word, " Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water? Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web."— Job 8: 11 14. Just as the herbs need their natural en-vironments to give them life, the hope of the soul, must be founded upon the en-vironments of heaven, that it may not perish. The poet understood this when he wrote these words: " my hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' name." The all- atoning blood of Jesus is the only hope as an anchor to the soul, both sure and steadfast. " God commendeth his love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Could he have commended nis love in stronger terms than this? Man was in sin and re-bellion against him, yet God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but Crave everlasting life. I hope these scriptures will en-courage every sinner to turn from his sins and seek the Savior. If God did all this that we might be saved, " much more then, being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were sinners, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciles, we shall be saved by his life." Because he lives we shall live also— live in this lite free from sin, which gives us a hope of the life that is to come. Listen to the inspiration of hope in these words—" For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God bath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon tale face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, becauSe.\ ye were more in number than any people s for ye were the fewest of all people."— Dent. 7: 6, 7. This not only applied to the Jews as a nation, but to the Israel of God through all ages. " According as he hath chosen us in him [ Christ] before the foundation of the world, that we should he holy and without blame before ' him in love."— Eph. 1: 4. " But we are bound to give thanks always to God for You, brethren beloved of the Lord, be-cause God hath from the beginning chose you to salvation through sanctification. the Spirit and belief of the truth: . and bath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace."- 2 Thess. 2: 13- 16. God is a God of mercy, therefore he has provided salvation for us through our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our hope through grace without which we have no reason for our hope, but have built on a sandy foundation. God has chosen us through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, that is the sure foun-dation against which the storms may beat HOPE. ways, refuse to humble ourselves and obey his holy word and go down to eternal night, where there shall be weeping and wail-in: 4: and gnashing of teeth? Nothing is more pleasing to God than to see his children obey him in all things. Pride and disolledience have been the real cause of all failures in the Christian's journey. It was so in the ancient church, and is ne o less so in this Christian era. Before honor is humility. Christ humbled himself end became obedient to death, even the death of the cross. Beea_ me willing to be reckoned among trans-gressors, and yet God hath " given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee shall how, . . . and that every tongue. should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." Then, dear ones, let us begin now to humble ourselves and do ' whatever his Word requires of us, that he may exalt us in due finite Search the Scriptures to find out, Lis will and then do it, for not the hearers or the law shall be justified, but the doers o the same. May God help. Amen. ft is WA With the Righteous. BY noels laystimas. A ye to the righteous, that it shall e well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. - Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with them: for the reward of his hands shall be given him."— Isa. 3: 10, 11. It is plain to be seen that as a man lives, so is the results of his life. " What-soever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For lie that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."— Gal. 6: 7,8, Seeing therefore that a man must take out of life what he puts in it, we have much for which to be thankful in that Christ has the power and willingness to- set us perfectly free from sin and place us in a _ position where our doings count gloriously on the right sine for eternity. In the first verse quoted we see that God does not make limitations to the time when it is well with the righteous. " It shall be well with them" takes in all times. It is well with the righteous whether they be in the furnace of afflic-tion, on the rack of persecutions, in the testing times of trials, or under the most favorable worldly circumstances. For " we know that all things work together for good to theirs that love God, to thorn who are the called according to his purpose."— Rom. 8: 28. In these days there is an abundance of teaching among the " popular" evange-lists and pastors which would appear to make the way of salvation an exceeding-ly easy one. They tell their hearers simply to believe on. the Lord Jesus Christ and they shall be saved. This is of course true; but to believe in Christ means more than accepting a certain mental proposition. If I truly believe in Christ, there will be very apparent effects of the same in my life. I will make haste to obey his word. " Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and- do not the things which 1 say?"— Luke 6: 46. It is not the object of this article to make the way of life harder than our Lord says it is, but to encourage those who are earn-estly seeking to walk as Christ would have them walk. We will see as we proceed that God rewards personal refits. The Lord has honored Abraham very highly, by calling him the " father of the faithful"; by making his children numberless as the stars of heaven. It was the ambition of the Hebrew parents to leave a family that would honor their name, and to be desolate or without chil-dren was considered a great sorrow. Now why did God single out Abraham thus? Doubtless for many reasons; but 1 one lies in Gen. 18: 19—" For 1 know THE fiOSPEL TRU PET. Moundsville, W. Va., Dec. 6, f 900. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Fateratt at the Past - sake at Noraadestils, W. Ta.., as Second- eke. Netter E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL. TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and thi Unity of an true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saint" Subscription prier, postage United States, Canada, and Mexico, - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2.1. Germany, 6 marks IS pf. af— Aff Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. In about two weeks after your subscription is re-ceived, receipt and credit of same will be shown by the address label attached to your paper or wrapper, pro-vided the subscription is for more than three months. Business ammuniCationst moneys, etc., must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB CO., MotmDSV7LLE, W. V. A. to insure credit: otherwise we wilt not be respons, tie. 1 870 and under accusation should they forget to place somethin g upon their heads in time of prayer. FROM A PRISONER. BY JOHN A. VANCE. ONE time there was a woman brought TERRITORIAL PRISON OF ARIZONA. to Jesus wno had been accused of Yuma, Ariz., . Nov. 17. lewdness. " They Say unto him. Master, Dear Sirs: — Our honorable Superin_ this woman was taken in adulter y , in tendent gave me your letter accompany- the very act_ Now Moses in the law ing some books, and tracts, you sent to commanded tilat stunt. should Ise the prisoners in the Territorial Prison, at stoned: hut what sa gest theu? Tins Yuma, Arizona, a few days ago. As it they said. tempting him, that they might happens to be my misfortune to be one have to IICCIISO hill'. But Jesus stooped of the numoer incarcerated in this place, down, and with his finger wrote on the I take pleasure in writing you and ground, as though he heard them not. testifying to my experience what Jesus So Mr n : hey continued asking lihn, he can do for a man behind tir. prison walls. lifted up himself and said unto them, He Like many others behind the misen - bars, that is IsiT bout sin amonz you, let him no doubt, I enjoyed the blessing of being first cast a stone at • her. And again he brought up in a Christian community, but stooped down, and v.- rote on the ground. had never been brought to realize the fact And they which heard it, being convicted that I needed the protection of a loving t by their own conscience [ for they were Savior, to guide me through this life, j allguilty', under condemnation], went and like the prodigal son 1 thought I out one by one, beginning at the eldest, could take care of myself. But like so even unto the last: and Jesus was lett snome."- 1 Con 15: 34. Yes. Paul con- Sitiereu people who lived in sin as not a knowissee ot God, and it made lit], ashamed to see sueli ones with a DD: Ccssion. And he uttered anether commandment to the same class, saying, " Int every one that Itaillt` l h the name of Christ depart from Tim. 2: 19. Jelin gives us to understand that those wild cu: 11u it sin have not SCCI1 or known ( iol, hat says they ' Ire lit the devil. See 1 .1 no. : 6, S. Again Paul the peopie to " let not sin therefore regn iih Your mortal bodies, . . neither yir, Ie y ee your members as of t t aright,: ounoss unto sin: but yiold yeersel yes unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your memhei- s as instruments of rightettusness unto I4 d. 6: 12. 1 ;. And in the next verse lie ins his reasons for com-manding them thus. Ere says, " For sin shall not have dominion over von: for .,. ye are not under the law, ', let under grace.'' — Ver. 14. Some people think after con-version the inner mon is hely and can not Editorial. Heavenly blessings accompany holy - living. ing With it Sin.— Some Corn-andments. According to the 11th chapter of i Corinthians, is it right for women at the present time to pray with their heads uncovered? Paul was here speaking to a people whose custom was for the women to wear a covering upon the head, especi-ally while in prayer. It is still a custom in those countries for the women to do likewise. It is a custom of the coun-y, and not a custom laid down by the Waerd of God. There were many cas-tomas of the country which Paul gave his coneent for people to adhere to, but they were not to teach them as religious rites. The apostles in preaching the freedom of the gospel of Jesus Christ often overthrew many of the customs of the Jews and idolators and their rites and customs from a religious standpoint. But in speaking of the covering of the head of the women while praying, he gave them to understand that it was all right for them to do so if they desired, but in the 16th verse he says, " But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither in the churches of God;" that is, if some one contends that the woman shall have a covering over her head, and a man shall not; or one shall have this, and another that, and begins to contend that this cus-tom of the country is a religious rite; then Paul answers it by saying, " We have no such customs, neither in the churches of God." There are some classes of good, honest, religious people who are very sincere in their belier that they must always wear some kind of a covering on their head, but their belief is not founded on the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it is only something to bring them into bondage Questions Answered. Orders are already being received for the Number 7 Teacher's Bible, as ad-vertised last week. It is printed with Bourgeois type, large enough for both old and young to read. Sent, postage paid, for $ 1.60. Thumb- index, $ 1.95. Read the seventh page of this paper it you desire to secure small books anti tracts at special reduced prices. This offer will be good until Feb. 1. A Christian is one who lives free from sin. — Ile that is born of God doth not commit sin."- 1 Jno. 3: 9. Children of God do not commit sin. " He that committeth sin is of the devil." — 1 Jno. 6: 8. The Lord offers an abundance of grace for every one. Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. lieb. 12: 11. read it through. By the time 1 read it through I had become so interested I would take my Bible to the cell with me at night and read till the lights were turned out, ana 1 concluded to read it through again and take more thine in reading and try to get a better under-standing of it. Before I got through the second time, .1 was convicted by the Spirit of God. I realized that I was not only a convict, but a sinner. I accepted Christ as my Savior, and have been try-ing to serve hiin ever since. It has made a new man of me. The days and nights are now not too long, and 1 can work as though I were draw-ing a salary. The Bible is the most precious book in the world to me, and the longer I serve Christ the more de-termined I am to serve him the remain-der of my life. My prayer is that every man behind the prison- walls mazy accept Christ as their Savior, while in prison; for it they wait till they get out, the temptations are too great and the chan-ces are against them. My advice to my fellow convicts is to read the Bible; if it is not interesting at first it will be-come interesting; it will broaden your minds, it will make better men and women of you, it will help you to bear your burdens, and may be the means of saving your soul. so I thank you for the books and tracts, and assure you they will be read and appreciated by quite a number of the men here, and trust God will bless you in your efforts to lead fallen men to the Savior. ln. O. live aft er the Flesh ye shall die; but it ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds ot the testy, ye skull live. For as many opportunity to react. Tue more I read where it sa ys, " Ms comman , huents are i as are led by the Spirit of Cod, they are the more interesting it became; so I finally not grievous." the sons- of God.''— lioin. 8: 12 - 14. " Now there is at Jerusalem by the " For to be carnally minded is death; but sheep dial ket a pool, which is collo! in a to he spiritually minded is lite and peace. the Hebrew tongue Beansato having live Because the carnal mind is enmity against porches. In this lay a groat eolith God. fel' it is not subject to the law of hatt, withered. God, neither indeed can be. So then they that ate in the flesh can not please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit if so be that the Spirit of - lotl dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ In) is none ot his.".— Rom. siante " And they And a certain nein was there, which had that are Christ's have crucified the flesh an infirmity thirty and eight years. with the elections and lusts." ( Gal. 5: When Jesus saw hint lie, and knew that, 24') and are tree. from condemnation a. s. he had been now a long time in that long as they walk not after the flesh case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be but after the Spirit. See Rom. S: 1. made whole? The impotent man ans- So it is possible then and required of Christians to overcome the flesh; yea,. they are to mortify it, even let it be. crucified— put to death. " Knowing. this, that one old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be de-stroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. "— Rom. 6: 6. " For if ye live after the flesh, y e shall die: but if ye through the Spirit co mortitv the deeds of the body, ye shall lire." " The soul that sinnet in it shall tile."— Ezek. 18: 20. The soul is responsible for what the body does; " for from within, out ot the heart ot men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornieations, murders, thefts, covetousness, . . . lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and the mare"— Mark 7: 21- 23. In many hundreds of others that take no alone, and the woman standing in the sin bocan,; e it is born or God; but the heed to their earlier training, fell into midst. When Jesus had lifted up him- flesh, the old man, eies body with its bad company, which finally led to the self, and sz?, w none but the woman, members can not cease from sin, because, cause of my misfortune, that placed mel he said unto her, Woman, where are i the y sa y , it is pr, ine to sin as the sparks behind the prison- walls. AL first the those thine accusers? hath no man con- fl y upward. But such is not the case thought of being in prison, and loved demned thee? She said, No man, Lord. with God's people. For the salvation of ones at home, almost drove me And Jesus said unto her, Neither do. 1 l Jesus Christ a: Teets the mortal man, the The days were too long, the nights too condemn thee: go, and sin no more." F flesh, the same as the inner man. In long; 1 could not content myself with — duo. 8: 4- 11. fa t,. the outer man is only an instrument reading, and could scarcel y work. 1 What does he mean to say— that a t the inner mon uses to carry out his works, thought I was the most miserable man on woman g uilty of such wickedness can Ile I Svhether the y be good or evil. SO when earth, and ahnost wished i could die. treed from sin and then live witheut, the inner man is fully redeemed from sin Finally 1 concluded to try to read the committing any inure sins? Yre;, that is i the whole being is affected and brought Bible. I had scarcely looked in a Bible what Jeses taught. Ile spike condemna- lion) subjection to the Spirit of holiness, for nine years, much less read a sintsle tion away and pronounced her clean, land has triumphant: victery over sin. in-chapter. So I secureda Bible and began and then commanded her to no and sin ' somuch that " we are ( loboa s not to the the first chapter of Genesis, and would no more. He either made it possible for read a few chapters at leisure hours. her to live without sin, or else commanded Would mark the place Where I left off her to do a thing which was impossible. and commence there when I had another' for her to do. We read in 1 Jim. - 3: 3 at flesh, to live after the flesh. For it ye went down at a certain pool, and trouhled the water: whosoever then first after t troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. of impotent foal it. o' for the moving ot the ‘ rater. For an angel season into veered ' Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while 1 am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto. him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and_ took up his bed, and walked. . . . Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto hint, Behold, thou art made wuole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee."— Jno. 3: 2- 9, 11. The idea of Jesus commanding a man to do a thing that is impossible, and then pronouncing a greater curse on him than he had just been delivered from, should he not obey! No, his great loving heart is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and moved with compassion • toward poor defile suffering and fallen humanity, hist- nut/ eh this eat;: lone the very sins committed that hene'er could have conceived the idea were with the members of'. the body of permitting us to be punished for a thin `. — that is, b y y ielding their members to we can not help. So we conclude the commit such as murder, adulter y , torni-man could forever cease from sin, or cation, theft, etc. It sa ys the y come from Jesus_ would not have commandea him the heart or inner man, the seat ot As quite a number of subscriptions are to do so, and then threaten him with i air:-. T. tions. " An evil man out of the being sent us under the ten- cent offer, such wretchedness if he did sin. Ma y evil treasure [ of his heart] bringeth should you receive The Gospel Trumpet God help the people to see that when forth evil things."— Matt. 12: 35. you need have no fears about taking it the Lord speaks he always means just ": Now the works of the flesh are manifest, from the office regularly. There will be what he says, - and says what he means. which are these; Adultery, fornication, no further charges nor back pay, as it has When Paul was addressin2 some people s uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, been paid for by some friend and sent as one time be said , " Awake to righteous- iwitchcraft, hatreo, variance, emulation, a donation until Jan. 1, at Which time it ness, and sin not; for some have not the wrath, strife, seditious, heresies, envy-will be stopped. knowledge, of God: I speak this to your ings, murders, drunkenness, reveling, NO CHARGES. THE GOSPEL iRLTIVIPET and such like: of the which I tell von before, as I have • lso told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."-- Gal. 5: 19- 21. So you see, beloved, that you can not commit sin and blame the flesh; for they that do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. " Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul."- 1 Pet. 2: 11. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin : and sin, when it is finished, bring-eth forth death. "— Jas. 1: 15. " The soul that sinneth, it shall die."— Ezek. 18: 20. By this he meant clearly that lust would affect the soul, bringing it into condemnation. " For it ye live after the flesh, ye shall aie."— Rom. 8: 13. Paul says, " I keep under my body and bring it into subjection; lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."- 1 Cor. 9: 27. And he com-mands us to glorify God in our bodies and in our spirits, which are God's. See 1 Cor. 6: 20. Because our bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost, which temples are holy. See 1 Cor. 3: 16, 17. in Born. 12: 1, we are commanded to pr& sent our bodies a living sacrifice holy, acceptable unto God, which is our rea-sonable service. So if our bodies are to be presented holy, I suppose the outer man is affected by the grace of God the same as the inner man. And whatever change takes place must be in this life, for at , he coming of Christ all will be judged as they are found. For it is written, in that day it shall be said, " He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: .. he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my re-ward is with me, to give every man ac-cording as his work shall be."— Rev. 11, 12. So let us watch and be ready. Meet the conditions . of his word, let him make von holy, and then live right, " and 1 pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the com-ing of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it."- 1 Thess. 5: 23, 24. Amen. News from the Field. Eastland, Texas, Nov. 20. Truly we do praise God for victory in our souls over the flesh and the devil. Since our last report we have preached in different localities with good results. The power 01: God has been manifested. We have baptized six. There is a great field of labor here and the laborers are few. Pray God to send more laborers into these parts. There are more calls for the gospel here than we pan fill. Pray much for us and the work here. - S. M. Rich and Wife. Gordon, Neb., Nov. 19. I can report victory this morning in the name of King Jesus over all sin by two works of grace. God also has healed me. Praise his name! I am still on the battle- field, fighting under the banner of love ( S. of Sol. 2: 4) and hold-ing up Christ as a perfect Savior; the one who saves from all sin. ' Some are getting saved, others are being healed. One brother came twenty miles to be with the saints in meeting. Re was suffering from a disease that he had, but we obeyed the Word according to James 5: 14, and the Lord healed him. He went home rejoicing, to tell what great things the Lord bad done for him. If it is the Lord's will, I will stay in Nebraska this winter. Pray much for me. John B. Vervalin. Sumac, Tenn. Once more we can report victory in Jesus' name over all sin and the devil. Praise God forever! Amen. We had about ten days' meeting at Sumac. God did bless his word and send it forth, and it cut its way. Poor sinners were made to see their lust condition and also to call upon God for mercy. Some got saved. To God be all the praise. The whole country seemed stirred up for the truth. We found many warm- hearted friends in that country. At the close of the meet-ing there was a Ca. mpbellite there, who declared that nobody lived without sin. He confessed he sinned and he told the people he was a preacher- sinner. Some of his members fell out with him and de-clared they were no longer members of that sect. The people in that country are seeing the corruption in sectism. From that place we came to the assembly-meeting near Wolff, and at the present we are in the midst of a wonderful feast. God is blessing his worst and he is settling his little church here upon that word more and more. Poor souls are being delivered from the power of sin and evil spirits. The glory is increasing and God's word is having its effect. Breth-ren, the fields are ripe ' n this country. Poor souls are starving for the gospel and calling for help on every side. Oh! I do pray God to send some workers dnto these gospel ' fields who will keep true to God and precious souls. By the help of the Lord I shall stay on the battle-field till God says I have fought a faithful fight and finished my course. Oh brethren, my soul is leaping for joy. God is blessing unworthy me so much. lielp me to praise his holy name. Ad-dress me at Hoy, Ala. N. S. Duncan. Buttercup, Pa. , Nov. 22. . I am glad to report victory through Christ over the wicked one. Praise God ! After the Emlenton camp- meeting, in company with Brother and ' Sister Householder, we began meeting at Keis-ters, Pa. Here we found a number of dear people whose hearts were open to the truth, and as the word went forth in the Spirit it fell in many good hearts and brought forth fruit to the honor and glory of God. This was a new place for the truth, yet God gave us favor with the people. They treated us with such kindness that our hearts were made to rejoice many times. During our stay of about three weeks there were about eighteen precious souls translated out of the kingdom of Satan into the kingdom of God's clear Son. To God be all the glory. Next we pitched our tabernacle near Tunnelville, Pa. Here we found much preju-dice in the hearts of the people. Still our God gave us the victory, and as the word went forth much prejudice was re-moved and a few souls made their escape from sin. After this we spent a week with the church at Neale, Pa. God has a precious little flock of about twenty at this place. Here Satan has been busy trying to bring in division and confusion by one who has been busy trying to teach and lead the flock, but is under a spirit of error and fanaticism. After this thing was rebuked and exposed by the word of God all excepting one took their stand for the truth, and the spirit of peace and unity prevailed again. God's approval was so manifested upon this work that at the next meeting- nearly all were made to weep on account of the presence of God and the sweet spirit of peace and harmony. May God have mercy on these dear souls who are in er-ror, that they may make their escape from the deceiving power of the enemy. The Lord permitted me to attend the assembly-meeting at Moundsville, which was a glorious victory from beginning to end. Pray for me. Henry A. Hoffman. Poplar Bluff, Mo., Nov. 18. We feel that God would- have us report to you concerning the prison work. God is blessing the work. Praise his dear name! In June we received two large boxes of books and tracts from the Trumpet 011ice and we are glad to say Eastland, Texas. We feel it to be to the glory of God to report through the Trumpet once again. e are praising God for salvation that keeps us sweetly saved each day of our lives. Praise the dear Lord forever! Beloved, we have been in the gospel w ( irk this year, and have had some precious meetings in San Saba County, Texas, also good meetings in different parts of the state. _ At some places we met very much opposition, where we do not see much results for good at the present time, but God only knows the good that has been done. W e are in his hands to do his precious will at any cost. Praise his dear name forever! We are in need Of some consecrated workers in Texas; this is a large field for gospel workers. It will take . some who are not afraid to preach the whole gospel at any cost and who are willing to work with their hands it necessity demands it; for if they stay here very long they will have it to do, unless God sends them the means. The cause is suffering in Texas for the want of a people who have their means consecrated. My dear brothers and sisters, it is one thing for people to say they have salvation, but another thing to be in possession of it. There are many people that can sit and hear the gospel preached in its purity and say amen to the truth, and call themselves saints, but when the Lord needs some of their means they are too poor to help the cause, while at the same time they claim everything is on the altar. Now, beloved, those who have an experience of Bible sancti-fication have everything on the altar; for it has to go there before God will sanctify the soul. So when we see the saints adding house to house and land to land and withholding their means from the Lord, while the cause is suffering all around them, there is something wrong somewhere. God has faithful ones who have consecrated their houses and all of their time and are willing to die on the battle- field in the rescue of perishing souls; and who are having to Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 21. I am glad to report victory in the name of Jesus. The last report was from Pelzer, S. C., from there I went to Augusta, Ga., where we had some glor-ious meetings; then to Aiken, S. C., where we found the saints still in the faith; then to Charleston,. S. C., where we had some precious meetings in the name of Jesus. May God bless the work in that wicked city. Then from Charleston to Summerville, S. C.; had a profitable time and found some standing alone for Jesus, while some had forsaken the Lord that bought them. May God bless the church in that place. I went back to Charleston, then to St. Paul, and had scene glorious meetings. We left the church in good condition; they were moving out for the Lord. They were building a meeting- house 40x 25, and the lot paid for, ana only twelve saints there. They are certainly at work, so pray for them and the work at that place. I left there for Augusta; then to Elberton, Ga., where I met my wife, and we came to this place for the assembly- meeting, and have been here ever since conducting meetings.. The assembly- meeting began October 19 and God gave the victory from beginning to end. Some workers from Macon and Carrollton, Ga.. attended this meeting. We had good attendance and the people seem to be interested about their souls; several were delivered; twelve baptized on the Sunday before the meeting closed. Some have accepted Christ since and have been buried with him. We have now opened a mission at No. 8134 Decatur Street. The rent is $ 15.00 per month. Pray that God may bless the work here. There are honest souls in Atlanta. We held one meeting in Elberton, in a sect meeting- house. The people seem to be stirred. May God bless the word that went forth there. There is a good place for workers at Elberton. The harvest truly is ripe, but the laborers are few, so pray that the Lord will send laborers into his vineyard. From here we expect to go to the Augusta as-sembly- meeting. All are invited to at-tend that meeting. Come prepared to take care of yourselves, but if you can not, do not stay away because you are poor. Come praying and aspecting good things of the Lord. Address 301 Taylor St., Augusta, Ga. Pray for us. R. J. and M. L. Smith. If you feel led to send any free litera-ture send it to 81% Decatur St., Atlanta, Ga. Oliver Tambro. Ferndale, Wash. I am still the Lord's. Praise his name! We are enjoying better health than usual, although my foot is severely afflicted, and as you read this I desire you to pray for my healing. We have never received our household goods which were lost on the way when we that God enabled us to dispose of nearly all of them to his glory and the benefit of the prisoners. Many dear souls be-hind prison- bars have been led to God through reading this literature. They are now enjoying his love in their hearts and helping us in the work by distribut-ing among the inmates of the peniten-tiaries books and papers sent to them for that purpose. It is truly wonderful to see with what readiness most of these dear ones accept the light and move out, taking Christ as their bavior and Healer. We send out literature as fast as possi-ble almost, and then we get calls from prisons for books and papers. Of the hooks sent us we have only a very few copies of " Divine Healing" and " Secret of Salvation." We have several song-books and " The Kingdom of * God." There is not much demand for them in this work. We are entirely out of the following books: " The Boy's Compan-ion" " Salvation, Present, Perfect, Now or Never." The books most needed in this work are: " Secret of Salvation" " Divine Healing" " Trace of Healing" " Sal vation, Perfect Now or Never" and The Boy's Companion" and tracts of all kinds, with plenty of Trumpets. Oh, how we are praying God to supply us with plenty of these to carry on this work. We thank the dear ones who have been so kind in helping us to bear the burden of this great" work; but there is ranch to be done yet; hundreds of prisons never have been visited with these mes-sengers of love and we do not feel like giving up the battle and the victory so near won. May God impress upon each one the great need of carrying on this great work. We beg all who can pray the prayer of faith to pray with us that God supply us with all that we need to keep this work moving on. Your saved sister in the prison work. Laura Pickett. stop the battle and return home to labor with their hands, to support their family. May God help the saints to measure up to the Bible on all lines, is my prayer. J. T. Holland. Bro. W. R. Duncan, Box 89, Topeka, Kans. is prepared to fill orders from the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri, and Oklahoma Territory._ Orders sent to him can be filled on short notice, and considerable expense saved in freight or express. Testimonies Rossmoyne, Pa. It is five years since my wife and I were saved. Both of us have been healed through obeying the Word in - ' aii-ointing with oil and laying on of hands. I was healed of typhoid fever about two weeks ago, when I just rose from my bed and went about my usual duties. James K. Wells. 1S72 6 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET moved out here. Please pray with us that the way may be opened for a band of workers to come here and hold some meetings. M. B. Bunt. Lynchburg, 8. C. I am praising God for his wonderful salvation that keeps us tree from sin; and for a Savior that we can cast all our cares upon and let him bear them all fur us. I am also praising the dear Lord for his healing power. He has healed me many times since I began to trust him. He is our physician and we have no other. I ask an interest in the prayers of all God's true children that myself and family may keep saved and do all we can for the Lord. M. B. Evans. McCall Creek, mss. It has been five years this month since the dear Lord sanctified my soul and healed my body, though I had been a sufferer for many years. He has kept me through all my trials. It pleased him to take my husband from this world the fifth of last June. Be had trusted the Lord and stood upon his promises. For over five years Christ has healed all our afflictions and neither earthly physi-cian nor medicine has been in our house during that time. 1 praise his holy name for all his blessings to us. I want tb4 prayers of all God's people that 1 may hold out to the end. L V. McDonald. Springfield, Ill. I am praising God for salvation and his wonderful love to me. " Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways." His yoke is easy and his burden is light. I have found it so wnile living humbly at his feet. Oh, 1 do praise God for saving me and calling me out of sectism. My soul doth magnify the Lord. I can say with the poet, " I have found it, Lord. in thee, An everlasting store Of comfort, joy. and bliss to me, How can I wish for more?" The Lord is my help in every time of need. Ile has been my healer fora little overihree years. The way grows brighter and 5righter. Praise God for the blessed holy rest. I used to think I could not live without sin, but praise God! since he has saved me and has applied the cleansing blood in a second work of grace, sanctifying me, 1 can do all things by his grace. Praise God! Pray that I ever may be kept pure and walking in all the light God gives me. Elizabeth Graham. Fraley, Ky. For the glory of God and for the bene-fit of suffering humanity I wish to testify to the healing power of God. We are saved and trusting the Lord for soul and body. We have witnessed a most wonder-ful case of healing. Our little girl was taken with fever September 28, and was very ill tor three days and nights. The fever was so high that it did not seem as if she could live much longer, but we kept trusting the dear Lord for her deliverance and on. the second day of October we wrote to the Trumpet Office for prayers; and on October 3 the fever left her and she fell into a deep sleep. The Lord healed her then and raised her up in a few day's. All praises be to his holy name for evermore! We have been healed many times of many diseases. I still have catarrh of the head, but have been greatly benefited and am stronger now than ever before in my life. Pray for my complete deliverance from this inherited disease, and also from inbred sin. Vary B. Mitchell. Ky. I am praising trod this morning for salvation that saves my soul from all sin. I find it real easy to serve God; for in every temptation he makes a way for our escape. I do praise the dear Lord, he is so precious to my soul: my way gets brighter and brighter every day. me fied me by a second definite wore which cleanses my soul from all inherited sin or depravity. Praise the dear Lord! How sweet it is to trust him for both soul and body! It is just natural for us when we have a sant tilled heart to have our minds stayed on God; we have the very peace of God ruling and keeping oer hearts. Praise the Lord tor his keeping power! I am a reader of the Trumpet; would not he without it. 1 ask the prayers of every saint that I may ever be humble at the feet of Jesus. read y to do tue work which God has for me to do. Praise the dear Lord for the sweet peace which we receive by living close to him. Mary C. Obeyer. Drayton, N. Dak. Believing it would be to the honor and glory of God, 1 send m y testimony to The Gospel Trumpet, declaring What the Lord has done for my soul. God did in-deed save me several years ago, but not being required to measure to his blessect Word by the denomination to which I eelonged. I was in a cold or backslidden state most of the time, yet hungry to know more of God and his power to save and keep from sin, so that when any one came along preaching what seemed a radical doctrine, 1 readily became a hearer. In that way I was led out of the M. E. sect nearly two years ago. For a time it seemed all went well, but not having the clear lie- h• en the word of God error crept in and the doctrine of the " Fire" being preached with vehem-ence and force, many were led into doing and saying fanatical thine- 5, and the sheep were scattered. But " God is faithful, he cares for his own." He sent. his messengers to gather them together. Praise him! At first I could not believe this to be the way, being in confusion as I was, but the Holy Spirit and the Word said plainly: " This is the way, walk ye in it." By this time I was convinced 1 must obey and follow on to know the Lord in his own beautiful way. Later on I was permitted to attend the camp- Meeting at Grand Forks, N. D. where the truth was preached in its purity and power. I was much blessed in obeying the Lord in baptism and partaking of the Lord's Supper. I proved Jesus' words true in the ordinance of feet - washing. " It ye know these things, happy are ye it ye do them." It was indeed a most delightful service to my soul. Although many opposers of God's word are scornful and say Jesus did not mean us to literaley wash each other's feet, only gave us an example of humility, yet it takes obedi-ence to be ti my humble. Jesus said, a man love me he will keep any words." Since that meeting the Bible has been more precious than ever before. The way so plain, the truth so sweet; al-though trials or temptations are many, in Jesus' name we can resist the foe. To-: ay I praise him for salvation; for deliverance him confusion- and strife; for a settled, restful assurance . that I have found " the way, the truth, and the light." The work of righteousness is peace; the effect of righteousness quiet-ness and assurance. Pray that I may be faithful, humble, true to God. Eva Kibbee. Luray, Kansas. I am so glad to know that we can have victory in our souls through Jesus. Eph. 4: 21. So that he could accuse me wad tell me I had lost victory. Then giving wa y to do little tihngs that I ought not, to do or neglecting little duties that 1 should do, I would get confused and so impatient sometimes. But the dear Savior has delivered me and he keeps me bath soul and betly, and renews my strength from time to time. God. is so patient arid lonse sulariies ; surely his goodness and merc y have no end; the farther we launch out in the ocean of his love and mercy the wider it seems. My heavanly Father has helped' me through the Spirit to see precious opportunities of doing good and his grace is alwa ys suffi-cient fer u- t, but if I begin to think I am stron and trust a little in myself, then I find I am weak; but when I realize my utter 11- pleesness and weakness then Jesus makes me strong. 1 find in Jesus that which satisfies my soul; he gives me peace that passeth understanding and joy unspeakable. Ile is my all in all and 1 am happy in him to- night; but I desist, to sinii deeper in his love. I know it is sweet to be submissive to his will, just et let Jesus have full possession, to live and reign in us and manifest his goodness through us. My desire is to keep humhlt and submissive to God s9 that he ear make me victorious to the end. May Schurr. dan Hai oat., Can. I praise the dear Lord that he lets save: 1 and sanctified me, and I am walking in all the light that lie lets shine ucon my pathwa y. Praise his deer name! 1 nse: i to live an up- and- down life. siattieg arid repenting, until last tali when the Li es1 allowed an affliction to come uptm me. In October an abcess began to gather. and in a menth or so entailer one. I was anointed and prayed tor, but kept getting worse; so I beeart searching lil y - self to see why I had to steles so, and found that I had been disteettliont to the Lord. Afany times when led to pray in meeting I held back. throu g h listening to the su, rrest ions of the enemy, that I could not pray as well as others, etc., and thii 7riered the Spirit away. Paul says in the 1 • t pter of Hebrews t hat " whorl, the Lord leveth he chasteneth." Oh, I praise the dear Lord for the chastisement. for it has been the means of drawing me closer to God than ever before. It used to seem so hard forme to live a Christ ie life; but, since I have made a full sur-render to God and put all on the altar, Christ Jesus, and ant willing to obey the Lord in all things, it is a delieht to serve him. St. John says, " it the Son there-fore shall make you tree, ye shall be tree indeed." — Jno. 8: 36. I praise God that the Son has made me free, and I am determined to go tit; on, 11 for God at any cost, trust aim for all things, and do all 1 can for my heavenly Father, who has done so niuch for me. " I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.' '— lesas 34: 1. David says in the hth Versa; of the same psalm, 0, fear the Lord y e his saints; for there is no want to thein that fear him." I pray to God to put just such a fear ' as David speaks of in each one of his saints, that they will never disobey him. Do not go hack into sin, for the devil has such a hold on a verse!) if be once gets them back. It the Lord wants y ou to do anything, obey him, and do not al-low the devil to defeat you. W hen I repented of my disobedience and waver-ing experience 1 promised God that I Meeting Notices, Muscatine, Iowa. Assembly meeting. Doe. e, to last as losg as the Lord wills. Let all who east tittend. The saints have plenty of house- room to accommodate all who come. Thos. elson. Winehester, Ill. Dee. 10, to continue as long as the Lord wills. Second annual meeting at Rutledge Chapel., 4 mi. northwest of Winehester, J. D. Henson. Pelee, Kans. Dee. 13- 23. Assembly. C. Cox. Findlay, Ohio. Assenehly meeting. lice. le, to last as long as the Lord leads. Bro. S. L. Speck will minister the word in this meeting. For further information address Thos. Sinift, 1027 N. Main St., Findlay, Ohio. Sr. Louis, Mich. Assembly meeting. Beginning Dee. ee, to continue through the holitlays. Ministers expected are Bros. Foote, Sheldon, and whomsoever the Lord may send. J. B. Braman'. Enterprise, La. Beginning Dee. ee, to continue as long as the - Lord leads. Meet-ing will be held on cant- ground. R. H. 0 wens. Augusta, Ga: General assembly of the South. Dee. et; to Jan. A. Ministers to be present J. F. Lund y, J. L. Pike, R. J. Smith, E. B. lIavnes. An y one desir-ing information address J. L. & beards. Handl, Ark. Assembl y meeting. Be-ginning Feb. 1, to continue over two Sun-days. All lovers of the truth are invited to attenen. 0j oli;'). o. r further information. address Milton Yandeer gril, T Hamil, Ark. J. M. Brownstown, Ills. Assembly. Beginning Jan. 1, 1901, to continue as lung as the Lord wills. Bro. Strang and others are expected. J. W. Skipper. For years I was a member of the Baptist sect, where I was dissatisfied, but thought it would not do to live without a " church"- home. I praise God that the time came when he showed me the have not heeded the proniptiners of the true church, and I gave up . the sect and Spirit ; sometimes I felt impressed to fast to- day I am attached to the true vine and just commune with Jesus, hut I that is able to nourish its branches enu would put it off and think I would wait cause them to bring forth fruit in abun- till next time, and when next time came dance. Praise his holy name! Oh, bow I would put it off again, and thus I gave can we fail to walk - straight when it is place to the enemy. God's word says God that says, " l will dwell in them and we should not give piece to the devil. walk in tnem, and I will be their God"? Oh, praise the Lord for the promise! lie ' has saved from all sins, also sancti- Though I have not kept peafeet victory woule serve him IN the d tees ° I my life, at all times, still it has not been through thote sh t! le enemy tied to keep me front any fault of the clear Savior, but all of that decision; then when I was sanetilietl my own. I can see where so often I I felt led to testify to the same, but the enemy said it was better not to do so now, but wait until I should see whether I was or not; but I had the witness within, and I obeyed. When you seek salvation or sanctification, seek until you find, then keep it and do not let the enemy bring in doubts. James says, " Resist the devil and he will ! lee from you. 1 praise God that- his is my physician tor both soul and body. Ile is a present help in every time of need. When I get sick I go to Jesus and tell him all about it, and he helps lies' every time. Some-times he does not help me at once, may want to try me to see whether I would stand true to him, whether I would give up when the test comes. Well, praise Cron, I can say with Jo ie, " Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." Just a few weeks ago the Lord graciously healed me of cramps in my limbs, which for two years had troubled me occasionally, but for two weeks before I was healed they came inure frequent until I had them every night; so I took it to the Lord in pra y er, anal praise Goa: he healed me; although I MIA tested a couple of times afterwards. I held on to God's promises, knowing [ net the work was done. I hare not had any cramps trout that day to this. Praise the dear Lord! I trust for the little things as well as the great. A tee- days I g.) I gilt something in my eye. 1 tried and tried to get it out, but could not; then 1 asked the Lord to do it, and he did, for which I give hint all the praise. I ceitht relate many more inetan• es of how the Lord has healed me, and I give him all tile glory tor what he has done for me. Some ' temple say the y bel ieve in divine heeling, hut when the y get sick they take a little modicine, or perhaps send for a dieeor, as thottelt the y thought. Cod needed help. Yesetnti then the y say they give. Gee the praise, when the y get well. I balieve we dishonor God when we try tit help him. by usintl: medicine., and it als, w;: akens our faith. " - Cis so sweet to trust in . Itms, Just to take him at his % vont." All glory to his name. Pray for Ow w.) rk iCnana la. " The harvest truly is great, but the` laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest."— Lukel 0 : 2. Lavine C hurch CA DIE • EFANGELIUMS POSKUNE. A four- page Semi- monthly Religious Journal published in German. 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Rini: ewe, in " Bible Doctrine,” page thilh says: " I think Christ has a true chareh on earth, but its members are scattered among the various denomina-tions, and are more or less under the in-fluence of mystery Babylon and her daughters.'' iilexander Campbell says: " The wor-shiping establishments now in operation throughout Christendom, increased and - emented by their respective voluminous confessions of faith, and their ecclesias-cal constitutions, are not churches of Jesus Christ, but the legitimate daugh-ters of that mother of harlots, the Church of Rome." Lorenzo Dow says of the Romish church: " If she be the mother, who are the daughters? It must be the corrupt, national, established churches that came out of her."— Dow's Life, page 542. In the " Religious Encyclopedia" Art. Antichrist, we read: " The writer of the Book of Revelation tells us he heard a voice from heaven saying, ' Come out of her, my people, that ye partake not of her sins, and receive not of her plagues.' If such persons are td be found in the ' mother of harlots,' with much less hesitation may it be inferred that they are conueeted with her unchaste daugh-ters, those national ceurches which are founded upon trhat are called Protestant principles." Tile Tennessee Baptist says: " This ‘ eoinan ( popery) is called the mother harlots and abominations. Who are t ie daughters? The Lutheran, the Presl: ' erian, the Episcopalian churches are all branches ot the ( Raman) Catholic. re not these denominated ' harlots and i tiond nations' in the above passage? I so decide. I could not, with the stake be-fore me, decide otherwise. Presbyterians and Episcopalians compose a part of Babylon, They hold the- distinctive prineiples of papacy in common with papists." In. the " Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge" we read: " An important question, le evever, sates Me. . tones, still remains for inquiry: ' le antichrist con-fined to the Church of Rome? The answer is readily returned in the affirma-tive by Protestants in general and happy bad it been tor the world had that been the case. Bat although we are fully warranted to consider that church as ' the mother of harlots,' the truth is that I desire to testify to the healing power of the Lord. Last summer while in Texas, some of my children became afflicted with chills, and the people there had never heard of divine healing in these last days. They said I would have to give chill tonic, if I remained in that country, but I told them that I knew in whom I put my trust. One man oflered to give me the tonic if I would use it. I had placed the trutn before them the help of the Lord and now Satan was trying to hinder what seed had been sown, and the Lord allowed me to be severely tried. But glory to King Jesus, after a close examination and a deter-mination to walk closer to him at any cost, I looked to God in whom I trusted and he healed the children of chills, one of slow fever; for which I give him all the praise and glory. The people saw that there was something in it utter all. Three made their escape out of the dark-ness they were in and tound the Lord pre- . - cious to their souls. If we can not preach sermons as others do let us not get dis-couraged; for we can by our lives preach sermons that will tell fur God. The eyes of the world are upon us, therefore let u, live that our good may not be evil spoken of. No* that the seed has been sown in Texas in many other places, pray that God may send some one there to gather the harvest. Pray that I may be kept humble before him and be used to his glory. • Mrs. Ella Boone. at his word." There is only a few of us here, but the Lord is with us. Bless his dear name! He is always with his chil-dren. I am so glad we have the Bible to read for ourselves, and the blessed Holy Spirit to lead us. Oh! I do love the dea r saints, and when I read their testimonies I feel as if I was really acquainted- with them. Let us be faithful, then some sweet day we Nvill all meet face to face. ay the Lord bless you all. Mrs. Chas. Healed of a Broken Arm. I can testify to the glory of God that the precious promises recorded in Beb. 13: 8---" Jesus Christ the same yester-ddaayy,, and to- day, and forever" is true And we read in Exodus 15: 26 where he said to the children of Israel, " I am the Lord that healeth thee." And again in Matt. 8: 11 it says, " Himself took- our infirmities, and hare our sicknesses.', Then in Mark 5: 22- 43 we see three who were healed by faith. And we have the precious promise in Mark 16: 17,81--" And these signs shall follow them that believe: . In my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay- hands on the sick, and they shall recover." And again in James 5: 14 he says, " Is any among you a H icted? let him pray... . Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of e church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up." Praise the Lord, 1 can say by experi-ence that these scriptures are true, and he is the same Jesus that healeth me. One week ago I fell and broke my arm and also put it out of place at the elbow, and it was badly bruised. My husband d it into place. Those who were present said to go to the physician, but t was hurting me so badly I thought if tent to have it examined perhaps my faith in God would weaken; so I said, " No, I will go and have the saints pray for it."' So I walked three- quarters of a mile to Bro. J. L. Green's. My husband went for Bro. and Sister Vredenberg, and they came, and while we were pray-ing I laid my hand on my arm where I broke it and felt the bones settling back eir places. Then Sister J. L. Green anointed it and immediately I raised it above my head. I did not even tie it up that night and slept as sound as usual. I have done my work ever since, such as had to be done. I suppose those same people who wanted me - to go to the phy-sician will say my arm was not broken, but- 1 know it was, for I have had the same arm broken twice before. The first time it was broken in the same place as this time, and I had a physican and he kept a bandage on it for six weeks and it was six months before I could use my arm good. The next time it was broken I went to the Lord and he healed it. Praise his holy name: I just give him all the praise for what he has done for me. " Bless the Lord, Q my soul, and . forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities, and who healeth all thy diseases; • who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving- kindness and tender mercies. .. 1 as a father pitieth- his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remern-bereth that we are dust. But the mercies of the Lord are from everlasting to ever-lasting upon them that fear him, and hit righteousness unto children's children: to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them." " 0 give thanks unto the . Lord; for he is good: for his mercies endured' forever." My testimony- is that 1 am saved, not by any works of righteousness that I have done, but by the grace of God, and faith in. the atoning blood . of Divine Healing. " He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." — Rom. 11: 6. Headed of Jaundice. I feel imjressed to make known how the Lord healed my fiiteen- year- old son from jaundice. Be was very sick; confined to bed, but would take no medi-cine and tainted God for his physician. We sent to the Trumpet Family for prayer, he was soon healed and is again et school. We give the Lord all the praise. I can not praise my - Lord too - much for what he has done for me and my family. I am saved and kept by the power of God. Jesus is my physician and has been for over seven years. Praise his holy name! H. N. Moyer. Columbana, Ohio, Nov. 11. Testimony of Healing. " The Lord healed me of a spell of fever - which lasted for three weeks. I was further tried with chills, which lean also thank him for healing. God has a small remnant here who accepted the truth when it was first preached here; others seem to become case- hardened, and the more of God's ways they see, tie farther they get from the truth. 1 want you all to pray for me and the little flock here. We all have had many afflictions this year, but the Lord is still standing by us, and will stand as long as we look to him. - We would be glad if some minister would come here. F. A. Lee. Veto, Missy Heated of Chills and Fever. Trusted in God. Oh, how I do praise God for this blessed salvation. 1 am saved and trusting God for all things. Our little girl had stomach trouble very bad, she would take spells that it seemed she would die. The dear Lord would always raise her up, but she got very poor and still took bad spells. I sent to the Trum-pet Office for an anointed handkerchief, and asked the saints to pray for her, and before we received the handkerchief she got better ma has never had a spell since. Oh, I do bless the dear Lord for teaching me to trust him. ulis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take him Jesus. I am in the kingdom, and the kingdom is within me. I have the Spirit of God witnessing to my spirit to the new creation and to my acceptance with him. Praise his holy name! I am writing this with my arm which was broken but is now healed. Mrs. J. C. Green. Woodburn, Ore., Nov. 17. ' EXTRACTS. BY A. B. PALMER. by whatsoever arguments we succeed in fixing that - odious charge upon her, we shall, by parity of reasoning, be obliged to allow other national churches to be her unchtste daughter:, anti for this plain reason, anions others, because in. their very constitution and tendency they are hostile to the nature of the kingdom of Christ." When one of Martin Luther's guests remarked that the world might continue fifty years, he replied: `' fray God, it ' nay not exist so long; matters would be even worse than they have been. There would rise up infinite sects and schisms, which are at present hidden in men's hearts and nature. No; may the Lord come at once, for there is no amendment to be expected." • Harthy, a learned thurchman, has rernarketi as follows; " There are many prophecies which declare the tall of the ecclesiastical powers of the Christian world and though each church seems to flatter itself with the hope of being ex-emptc d, yet it is very plain that the prophetieal characters belong to all. They ail have left the true, pure, simple eligion, and teach for doctrines the cam-mandments of men." T is needful to irquire what the term Babylon means. It occurs several times in the New Testament. Here ( in the Apocalypse) it is spoken of as ' that great city,' and her fall is doomed ' be-cause she bath made all nations drunk with the wine of her fornication.' In Rev. 17: 5, a scarlet harlot is seen sitting upon the seven- headed and ten- hornet monster, and upon her forehead is written, ystery, Babylon the great.' With this woman the kings of the earth are said to have committed fornication. In chapter 18 the fall of the great city, Babylon, is detailed at length, and it is again said, that all the kings ofthe earth have committed fornication with her. The harlot with Babylon stamped upon her brow, and the great city of fornica-tion styled Babylon, in chapters 14 and 18 are one and the same existence. There is an ancient city of Babylon otters mentioned in the Old Testament, but ages before John wrote, it had ceased to be inhabited, the only dwellers among its lonely ruins were howling wild beasts and hissing serpents. It has never been rebuilt to this day and has passed away sever. John refers theretere not to old Babylon, but to some power yet un-seen ( when he was upon the earth), that hould be revenled in due time, and o which old Babylon was a symbol. Let us notice some of the features ot ancient Babylon. 1. On that site took place the con-fusion ot tongues which divided those who before had been of one speech and one family, into various ti i hes and schisms at variance with each other and of various tongues. The word Babylon, a memorial of this event, means confusion, and is derived from babel. 2. Old Babylon persecuted the people. of God and destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. 3. It carried the people of God into captivity. 1. h. was a mighty, resistless uni-versal Empire. The antitype, the spiritual Babylon, must correspond. There is a power that exhibits all these character-istics. By apostasy from the truth it originated the set ism which has divided the family of God into sects and parties which speak a different spirituel language. It has carried the church into a long captivity by binding upon it the thrall-dom of superstition. It has been a con-stant persecutor of the saints, and has enjoyed an almost universal donhnion. That power is the - woman that sits upon the seven headed beast, the seven hilled city, the false woman, symbolical of a - false ceurch, the great apostate spiritual dominion of Rome. And we may add, out of which have come— directly or indirectly-- all the re-ligious sets or the present day."-- From Vision of the Ages; or, Lectuers on the Apocalypse. By B. W. Johnson, member of the Christian Sect. The above extract, coming, as it does, from a sectarian, speaks volumes. it seems strange that great men, such as Johnson, and Alexander Campbell, of the Christian and Disciple orders, and many others teach either directly or in-directly that sectism is not ot God, and then remain in them. We will give a few extracts showing how noted men of different religious denominations view this subject, thus showing the readers of the Trumpet that we are not alone in our denunciations. We quote from r " Facts for the Times." Dr Barne ssays: |
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