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VOLUME XXI. 	 MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1901. 	 NUMBER 6
SANCTIFICATION.
BY J. W. BYERS.
XIV. — QUE" HUNS AND ANSWERS.
Q UESTION. Can a person lose the
experience of sanctification?
Answer. Yes, it is possible to lose it.
This experience does not place us be-yond
temptation. It only fortifies us
more strongly against the world, the
flesh, and the devil, and greatly dimin-ishes
the probability of falling.
Ques. Does not the word of God
teach that " Whosoever abideth in him
sinneth not;" and " Whosoever is born
of God doth not commit sin"?
Ans. Yes; this is certainly true.
There is no possibility a sinning in
Christ. It is only when a person gets
out of Christ that it is possible to com-mit
sin. The term " born of God" in-cludes
both the justified and sanctified.
No justified person can commit sin and
retain the justified experience; therefore,
no one who is born of God and retains
this divine relationship in him will sin.
Every one who commits sin must do so
outside of this life in God. The apostle
John says, " Whosoever sinneth hath not
seen him, neither known him," which
signifies that in the act of committing
sin a person gets entirely outside of
Christ. In such an act he has not seen,
nor known him. The apostle also says
concerning those who are born of God
that they " can not sin," because they
are " born of God." This statement
agrees with the one just quoted, and
proves that it is not possible to commit
sin in Christ; but it does not infer that
it is not possible to get out of Christ and
commit sin. The expression " can not
sin" simply signifies that there is no dis-position
in the heart to commit sin. We
are constrained by love to him who gave
his life for us, to do nothing to displease
him. e have the privilege and power
to displease him if we will, but we have
no will to do so. ' We " can not" do it
and. abide loyal to him. A mother may
be requested to take a weapon and. slay
her child, but she at once answers,
can not! Yea, she can if she will; but
the answer would in every case be repeated
" I cannot!" It is not diffieult to see why
she can not do such a deed. She has no
disposition to do so, even though she has
the power to do it. Her love for her
child renders it impossible so long as that
love continues.
Ques. Can a person be restored to
this experience of sanctification if it
should be lost?
Ans. yes; by complying with the
conditions; but the same act of sin
which would cause us to lose our experi-ence
of sanctification would also forfeit
our justification, and bring us into con-demnation.
Therefore the conditions
necessary to get back into Christ would
be: first, repentance and faith; then by
a definite consecration or a renewal of
our consecration which has been broken,
and a definite faith in the all- cleansing
blood of Christ we will be restored to
sanctification.
Ques. In case a person shall unfor-tunately
sustain such a loss, how long
would it take to become restored?
Ans. Just as long as it would take to
meet the conditions. No one in such a
case should wait an hour, but knowing
just what conditions are required, they
should be complied with at once.
Ques. How can we understand the
seventh chapter of Romans to harmoni7e
with the doctrine of holiness?
Ans. From the seventh verse of this
chapter the apostle describes his experi-ence
when under the law, before he had
been. brought into the grace of God.
From the seventh to the fourteenth verse
he speaks of his experience, making use
of the past tense. From the fourteenth
verse through the rest of the chapter he
makes use of the present tense, but still
continues the description of his past ex-perience.
It is held by holiness- opposers that this
chapter is a description of the apostle's
experience under grace, and that this is
the highest possible experience attainable
in this gospel dispensation. But such an
experience is not consistent with grace at
all. If this were all that grace can do,
there would be no encouragement in it for
any one to accept. No sinner could do
worse than the experience described here,
except that he might deliberately choose
to sin and do everything wrong. This
chapter describes the sinner as having a
desire in his mind to do right but no
power within him to carry out his desires,
in any respect. He is awakened to the
requirements of the law of God, but finds
that he is held fast by another law which
holds him with such power as to render
him helpless, utterly helpless, to do any-thing
good. This does not apply to the
justified experience under grace. It ap-plies
perfectly to that under the law,
because the Mosaic law had no other
power, nor design, than to awaken the
conscience; and this is just what the
apostle here describes concerning himself :
" For I was alive without the law once:
but when the commandment came, sin
revived, and I died."— Rom. 7: 9. He
died in trespasses and sin. This was
the ' condition of all men under the law,
and. this is where grace found the world.
" Now we know that what things soever
the law saith, it saith to them who are
under the law: that every mouth may
be stopped, and all the world may be-come
guilty before God."— Rom. 3: 19.
Ques. Is every child at birth sinful
by nature?
Ans. The race of mankind has de-scended
from Adam through Seth, who
was born not in the image of God as
Adam and Eve were created, but in the
image and after the likeness of Adam
as he was after the fall. It is evident
that our first parents lost the image of
God through their disobedience, and it
is also evident that this image of God
has never been regained through the first
Adam. The word of God plainly
teaches us that Christ the second Adam
is the image of God, and by the power
of his redemption grace he will restore
this image to every son and daughter of
Adam's race who will meet the condi-tions
for the same. The first Adam is
depraved and a sad failure. He has no
power within himself to change his moral
condition. The second Adam ( Christ) is
a glorious success. Re possesses all the
moral characteristics of purity and holi-ness
that the first Adam did before the
fall, and also has the power to impart
this image of God to all who come to him.
The image of Adam is entailed upon
the race through the fall, and evidently,
though mysteriously, affects mankind
through the natural law of generation.
The image of God is provided for the race
through redemption in Christ, and is
imparted to- each individual through the
divine law of regeneration and its accom-panying
grace. It is compatible with
the word of God, with reason, and with
observation that every child born into
this world through the natural law ot
generation, very early in life in a greater
or less degree manifests some of the
characteristics of this image of Adam.
Just how, when, and where the child
partakes of this nature would be a sub-ject
of conjecture and speculation. The
psalmist says he was conceived in sin
and shapen in iniquity ( See Ps. 51: 5.)
and according to the condition ot the un-regenerate
world this is as true to- day as
it was in the days of David. The in-nocent
child, of course, is not accountable
for this inward condition of its nature,
but as it grows to the age of accounta-bility
it becomes an easy prey to the
powers of sin because of this condition.
While innocent it is unquestionably ac-ceptable
in the sight of God and comes
under the provisions of the redemption
of Christ unconditionally; for " sin is
not imputed where there is no law.''—
Rom. 5: 13. The apostle says " I was
alive without the law once; but when
the commandment came, sin revived, and
I died."— Rom. 7: 9. He no doubt had
reference to the innocent period of his
life. The principle of sin was in his
nature, but " without the law sin was
dead;" it had no power to bring him
into condemnation. As soon, however,
as he became able to know what the law
required of him,- sin revived and made
him a transgressor by causing him to
disobey the commands of God. There is
no room to question the fact that sin
was in his nature; for he plainly states
it so, and the expression " sin revived"
indicates that it had been in him during
the period of his innocent state.
" Better is the poor that walketh in his
uprightness, than he that is perverse in
his ways, though he be rich." " A little
that a righteous man hath is better than
the riches of many wicked."
A Sinless Life.
BY THOS. NELSON.
PT/ HERE is no doctrine in the word of
A God which is of so much importance
as the one that teaches that man must
live a holy and sinless life, or that Jesus
saves and keeps his people from sin in
this present evil world; yet there are
many precious souls who think that such
can not be, and there are others claiming
to live a holy or sinless life who are far
front doing so. This is a reproach on
the cause of Christ, and a great hindrance
to the workings of his Holy Spirit. As
all true Christians desire the salvation of
souls and the advancement of the king-dom
of (- od, we should do all we can to
better the conditions of things; and
surely if the Word teaches we can and
must live without sin if we expect to
enter heaven, none of us will want to be
among those who tight the word of God,
which is only to fight our own interests
and at the same time the means of
keeping others away from God.
We will now see that the Bible teaches
that man by the grace of God can live
without committing sin, and that people
have been, and can be made free from
sin in this present world. In Jno. 8: 36
Jesus says. " If the Son therefore shall
make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
This freedom was freedom from sin; for ,
in the 24th verse we read: " Whosoever
committeth sin is the servant [ slave or
bondman] of sin." Then in the 36th
verse Jesus tells us that he came to make
man free from the bondage or slavery of
sin. This is just what the prophet Isaiah
foretold concerning him. " He [ God]
hath sent me [ Jesus] to bind up the
broken- hearted, to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and the opening of the
prison to them that are bound."— Isa.
61: 1. The New Testament also plainly
teaches that the mission of Jesus in this
world was to save and make men free
from sin. " And she [ Mary] shall bring
forth a son, and thou [ Joseph] shalt
call his name Jesus; for he shall save his
people from their sins."— Matt. 1: 21.
" But now once in the end of the world
hath he [ Jesus] appeared to put away
sin by the sacrifice of himself."— Heb.
9 : 26. " Behold the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world."— Juo.
1: 29. " And ye know that he was
manifested to take away our sins; and
in him is no sin."- 1 Jno. 3: 5. " For
this purpose was the Son of God mani-fested,
that he might destroy the works
of the devil."--- 1 Jno. 3: 8.
This makes it very plain that Jesus
came to save from, take away, and de-stroy
sin. When he removes the con-demnation
and guilt of sin by pardoning
the penitent sinner he also says, " Go,
and sin no more."— J no. 8: 11. And he
will give grace to obey his command-ments.
" Sin shall not have dominion
over you: for ye are not under the law,
but under grace."— Rorn. 6: 14. How
different this sounds from the doctrine
that sin shall and must domineer over
us as long as we live and that there is no
way of escaping from its tyrannic rule
while in this world. Also in the 18th
and 22d verses of the same chapter Paul
plainly teaches freedom from sin: " Be-
When Jesus Found Me.
BY ISABEL C. BYRUM.
A lonely, sad, and aching heart,
I carried in my breast,
When Jesus came inviting me
To comfort, peace, and rest.
I knew I oft before had tried
To be a Christian true,
And walk the strait and narrow way,
As Christians all must do.
But failures were on every hand,
My strength would always fail,
Because it was my own, you see
God's only, can avail.
And now, dear Jesus, reign supreme,
In this poor heart of clay;
Make it thy humble dwelling- place
Till time shall pass away.
My heart Is full of love for thee,
Thou art my strength, ray all;
And if I true to thee remain
I nevermore shall fall.
India telling some pitiful things that had
happened in that country; he then arose
and said, " The brother has touched my
heart to- night," after which he gave the
preacher five dollars, and became a mem-ber
of the " church.'' Was it any won-der
this man could, not live without sin,
and while judging from his own experi-ence
did not believe any one could do so,
when he was without Christ in his heart?
It is not man in his own, strength who
can live a sinless life, but it is Christ who
is our life ( Col. 3: 3, 4) and lives in and
through his people, who are abundantly
able to live a holy life. Let us hear the
testimony of the apostle Paul on this sub-ject:
" But if, while we seek to be justi-fied
by Christ, we ourselves also are found
sinners, is therefore Christ the minister
of sin? God forbid."— Gal. 2: 17. Do
you not see, dear reader, that if you
claim to have Christ dwell in your heart,
while you are committing sin, you virtu-ally
say Christ is a sinner.
Others oppose the doctrine because
they do not understand what sM is. They
are really saved, but having been taught
that it is impossible to live without com-mitting
sin, when asked it they commit
sin, they answer, " Yes;" but it asked
what they do they answer, " I do not
know." Now it is impossible to commit
sin and not xnow it; for to sin is to
knowingly transgress the law of God,
either by commission or omission.
" Therefore to him that knoweth to do
good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."
— Jas. 4: 17. Some of these dear ones
hold we can not be tempted without sin-ning.
° This is not the case; for in Matt-
1 we read of Jesus being tempted of the
devil and we also read that he did no sin.
It is not until we stop resisting the devil
and accept his evil suggestions into our
hearts that we are guilty of sin in the
sight of God, but all who knowingly do
wrong or leave undone their duties to-ward
God and their fellow man are sin-ners
and, as we have seen, can not be
children of God until they lay aside their
profession and their sins and find pardon
and grace to live a holy life.
Pr HERE is no subject more shamefully
I abused by the sectarian world to-day
than that of the Sabbath. Some are
clamoring for the seventh day as the
present Sabbath of the Lord, and are
thus trying to bring as under the juris-diction
of the old law. Others are try-ing
to prove Sunday, or the first d'ay of
the week, to be the antitype of the old,
hence the gospel Sabbath. But a little
reasoning from the sacred volume will
prove these theories to be based upon
rather sandy foundations that will not
stand the storm of truth Law- teachers
in trying to prove these, doctrines from
a New Testament standpoint generally
quote Matt. 5: 18 and 1 Jno. 5: 3. These
seem to form the fundamental part of
their argument outside ' the old covenant.
But let us investigate these scriptures
with the sole purpose of ascertaining the
truth that lies hid within them.
" Think not that I am come to destroy
the law, or the prophets: I am not come
to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I
say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass-from
the law, till all be fulfilled."—
Matt. 5: 11, 18. Notice carefully the
language in verse 17— ' I am not come
to destroy, but to fulfil." From this
we learn that a part of Christ's mission
to earth was to fulfill the law, of which
he said not one jot or tittle would pass
until be had accomplished his purpose.
So we find that Adventists in declaring
the law to be of force, in the gospel era
accuse our Savior ot not completing his
mission to earth. But we find him say
ing in his prayer to the Father: " 1 have
glorified thee` on the earth I have finished
ing then made free from sin, ye became
the servants of righteousness," " But
now being made free from sin, and be-come
the servants of God." Now if Paul
taught and testified to freedom from sin,
why should there be objections to us do-ing
so? Surely in the light of reason and
truth there can be none.
We will next notice that we can not
be Christians and commit sin at the same
time. We have seen that he who com-mits
sin is the servant of sin ( Jno. 8: 34),
and Jesus tells us in Matt. 6: 21 that no
man can serve two masters; therefore if
we can not serve two masters at the same
time, and he who commits sin is the serv-ant
of sin, it is impossible to serve God
when we are committing sin. God
wants no sin to be committed, but his
works are all works of righteousness.
Sin is the devil's work ( 1 Inch 3: 8) ;
therefore when we commit sin we are
not serving God but the adversary of
our souls. " Know ye not, that to whom
ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death [ The wages
of sin is death.] or of obedience [ to God]
unto righteousness?"— Rom. 6: 16.
We can not commit sin and be in Chr! st
at the same time. " He that saith he
abideth in him [ Christ] ought himself
also so to walk even as he walkecL"- 1
Tim 2: 6. Let us notice ° how Jesus
walked. " For even hereunto were ye
called: because Christ also suffered for
us, leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps: who did no sin, neither
was guile found in his mouth."- 1
Pet. 2: 21, 22. So to abide in Christ
we must walk as he walked, and to do
this we must commit no sin. To this
agree the words of the apostle John:
" Whosoever abideth in him [ Christ]
sinneth not: whosoever sinneth bath not
seen him, neither known him."- 1 Jno.
3: 6. V e can not be children of God
and sin at the same time. " He that
committeth sin is of the devil; for the
devil sinneth from the beginning. . .
Whosoever is born of God doth not com-mit
sin; . . . In this the children. of God
are manifest, and the children of the
devil."- 1 Jno. 3: 8- 10. " We know
that whosoever is born of God sinneth
not; but he that is begotten of God keep-eth
himself, and that wicked one touch-eth
him not."- 1 Jno. 5: 18.
W e have now seen that Christian people
can and do live a sinless life. We will
next notice why people oppose this vital
Bible doctrine. One reason is that people
interpret the Bible according to their
own experience. Jesus tells us that
many who profess to be his followers in
this world will be found wanting in the
day of judgment ( Matt. 7: 21- 23), and
Peter tells us that false teachers would
arise and many would follow their per-nicious
ways; by whom the way of truth
would be evil spoken of. 2 Pet. 2: 1, 2.
This shows us that a great number of
those professing Christianity are out of
Christ and without the real experience of
salvation; and it is certain that this class
of people can not live without sinning
more or less every day, in thought, word,
and deed, and as they are unwilling to
think themselves beneath the standard
of Christianity, they try to lower the
Bible standard from a sinless life to one
low down in sin, by saying none can live
free from committing sin in this world.
, Many of them may be honest, but having
been deceived by false teaching and made
to believe they are Christians while liv-ing
in sin and without the grace of God,
even the plain teaching of the New
Testament becomes obscure to them be-cause
of the veil of deception which covers
their spiritual understanding, and they
are even made to believe the Bible stand-ard
of Christianity is a lite of sin instead
of a life of righteousness.
I remember of once hearing a man
testify that no one could be perfect or
finless in this lite. Afterwards 1 learned
/,: aw he became a Christian(?). He heard a
preacher who had been a missionary to
the work which thou gayest me to do."
— Jno. 17: 4. And again, while suffering
the untold agonies of the cross, we find
him saying, " It is finished." Surely
this is enough to convince an honest heart
of the false construction they put upon
this passage of scripture. Thus their
first prop being destroyed by the applica-tion
of the hammer of truth, let us see if
their next will not suffer the same fate.
" For this is the love of God, that we
keep his commandments: and his com-mandments
are not grievous. "- 1 Jno.
5: 3. Upon this they place great con-fidence,
but it is either a lack of discern-ment
or wilful ignorance that they do
not understand what commandments the
apostle John was alluding to; for a little
searching of the Scriptures makes that
very plain. " The Lord thy God will
raise up unto thee a Prophet, from the
midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto
me; unto him ye shall harken."— Deut.
18: 15. " And the Lord said unto me,
They have well spoken that which they
have spoken. I will raise them up a
Prophet from among their brethren like
unto thee, and will put my words in his
mouth; and he shall speak unto them
all that I shall command him. And it
shall come to pass, that whosoever will
not harken unto my words which he
shall speak in my name, I will require it
of him."— Verses 17- 19. Here we find
a prophecy foretelling the coming of
Jesus Christ, and saying, ' Unto him ye
shall harken," and furthermore, that
he would speak forth the commandments
of God, and whosoever would not hear
him, God would require it of them.
Again we find a command in the New
Testament to thesaane effect: " While he
yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud over-shadowed
them: and, behold, a voice out
of the cloud, which said, This is my be-loved
Son, in whom I am well pleased;
hear ye him."— Matt. 17: 5.
So then, dear reader, let us hear Christ
in this matter; for I am certain he will
clear up the mystery concerning the com-mandments
that are not grievous. " He
that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my
words, hath one that judgeth him: the
word that 1 [ not Moses] have spoken,
the same shall judge him in the last day.
For I have not spoken of myself ; but the
Father which sent me, he gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and
what I should speak. And I know
that his commandment is life everlasting:
whatsoever I speak therefore, even as
the Fatner said unto me, so I speak."
- Jno. 12: 48- 50. In the prophecy God
said he would put his words into the
mouth of the prophet that he would raise
up, and that he should speak forth all
that he commanded him. Now we find
Jesus declaring that he spoke as the
Father gave him commandment; so we
see that prophecy has been fulfilled to
the letter, and Jesus Christ is the Prophet.
Again, Paul says, " God, who at
sundry times and in divers manners
spake in time past unto the fathers by
the prophets, bath in these last days
spoken unto us by his Son."— Heb. 1: 1,
2. Furthermore we find that he has given
him " all power in heaven and in earth,"
and that " he must reign till he hath
put all enemies under his feet. The
last enemy that shall be destroyed is
death." This being the fact, it is easy
to see why Jesus took upon him all the
authority` to say unto his disciples when
he commanded them to go forth: " Go
ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name ofthe Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;
teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I [ not Moses] have command-ed
you: and, lo, I am with you alway,
even unto the end of the world. " — Matt
28: 19, 20. Now we ask any one to
point us to one commandment of Jesus
Christ or his apostles that says, " Re-member
the Sabbath day to keep it holy."
Man can search and research the Scrip-tures
from Matthew to Revelation but
will never be able to satisfy this desire.
So the New Testament Christians are
free from the obligation of observing the
seventh day as
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of the old Sabbath and the losing of its
seen the abolition
sacredness at the coming into force of
the " better testament," the question
may arise: is there still a Sabbath for
us under the gospel? There certainly is;
for Paul says, " There remaineth there-fore
a rest [ Sabbath, for sabbath means
rest] to the people of God."— Ileb. 4: 9.
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people of God." This can not mean
that the observance of the first day of
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the Sabbath that remains must be one
that only those who believe to the sav-ing
of the soul can enjoy.
An antitype is one of ‘ viiieh the type is
its prefiguration. By revertin g to the
old law we find that the old Sabbath was
only for the Jews, the chosen people of
God. The outside world was unac-quainted
with and strangers to it; " hav-ing
no hope, and without God in the
world." Now in order to find its anti-type
we will have to look for one that
the outside world does not enjo y, and
is unacquainted with. Can such be
found? Yes. Listen: " Come unto me,
all ye that labor and are heavy hitch,
and I will give you rest. Take m y yoke
upon you, and learn of me; for 1 am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls."— Matt. 11:
28, 29. This surely explains the rest our
beloved brother Paul had reference to
when he said. " There rernaineth there-fore
a rest to the people of God"— not a
rest to the body, but a rest to the soul,
obtainable only through Christ the true
Sabbath of the last dispensation. And
now instead of enjoying a Sabbath only
one day out of the week we can enjoy
it seven days in the week and' 305 days
in the year. What a glorious rest! Who
would not exchange the former for the
latter?
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inwedrayesedtthh- e nameh giitve:, astooirtigbiynatlhlye
called Sunday
awn hdpoaryodp ebe dryii cy ta htreedet ha iienta t ititoehnatth3e, nesatumnie. t
among Christians, because it is dedicated
to the honor of ' The true light, which
lighteth every man that cc: meth into the
world,' of him who is styled by the
prophet ' The Sun of righteousness,' and
who on this day arose from the dead.
But although it was, in the primitive
times, indifferently called Lord's day or
Sunday, yet it was never denominated
the Sabbath; a name constantly appro.
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Christ Our Sabbath of the Gospel
Dispensation.
BY P. T. EVERTON.
priated to Saturday, or thes_ Seventh day,
both by sacred anc(;= iecclesiastical
writers. " - Good, GregO4,01w1 Bosworth,' s
Pantology, Vol.
From this we should have to conclude
that the expression so constantly used in
speaking of : ale first day of the week in
our day is ot modern invention, and I
believe a relic from Babylon which ought
not to be used in the church of God.
We find the apostle John using the term
Lord's day in Rev. 1: 10. This or Sun-day
( the common name) I believe the
most proper to be used when alluding to
the day on which our Savior rose. Law-keepers
try to prove that John had re-ferred
to the old Jewish Sabbath: but
we have all the reasons one could desire
to believe, their argument to be mere fic
tion; because John certainly understood
the passing away of the old law at the
coming into force of the new testament.
Hence it would be unreasonable to think
he would use that expression in honor of
a day that had lost its sacredness, and
became as any other ordinary day of the
week to the Christian sixty- three years
prior to that time.
So from all the evidence that can be
obtained from the Scriptures or histor-iographers
John had reference to the day
on which our Savior rose from the dead,
" and became the first fruits of them that
slept;" namely, " the first day of the
week."
their own righteousness, have not sub
mitted themselves nu' o the righteousness
of God." - Rom. 10: 3. " For Christ
the end of the law for righteousness to
every one the t believeth."- Ver. 1.
You say, How can 1 believe? Our
Savior said the same thing, " How can
ye believe, which receive honor one of
another, and seek not the honor that
cometh from God only."- John 5: 11.
" If any man will do his [ God's] will, he
shall know of the doctrine."- John 7:
17. " Jesus said unto them, Ye are they
which justify yourselves before men; but
God knoweth your hearts: for that which
is highly esteemed among men is abomina-tion
in the sight of God."- Luke 16: 15.
Now, my dear reader, if you are not
saved you- are a sinner in the sight of God.
What you believe will not save you un-less
you obey the commands of the Holy
One of Israel. And by the help of God
1 will prove to you where you stand be-fore
God. For, " who can say, I have
made my heart clean, I am pure from
my sin?"- Prow. 20: 9. The Lord look-ed
down from heaven upon the children
of men, to see if there were any that did
understand, and seek God. They are
all gone aside, they are all together be-come
filthy: there is none that doeth
good, no, not one."- Ps. 11: 2, 3. " For
there is not a just man upon earth, that
doeth good, aml sinneth not."- Ecci.
7: 20. " For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God. "- Rom. 3: 23.
" For we have before proved both Jews
and Gentiles, that they are all under
sin; as it is written, There is none right-eous;
no, not one: there is none that
understandeth, there is none that seek-eth
after God.:'- Rom. 3: 9- 11. " But
the scriptures hath concluded all under
sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus
Christ might be given to them that be-lieve.
"- Gal. 3: 22. " Wherefore, as by
one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin, and so death pssaed upon
all men, for that all have sinned: ..
Therefore as by the offense of one judg-ment
came upon all men to condemna-tion."-
Rom. 5: 12- 18. " If we say that
we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us. It we say
that we have not sinned, we make him
a liar, and his word is not in us."- 1
Jno. 1: 8- 10. " For in thy sight shall
no man living be justified."- Ps. 143: 2.
" For God hath concluded them all in un-belief,
chat he might have mercy upon
all."- Rom. 11: 32.
Praise God for the truth! I could go
on farther, bat I deem this to be suffi-cient.
Now we will show " that the
promise by faith of Jesus Christ might
be given to them that believe" ( Gal.
3: 22), which will redeem you from all
the preceding scriptures, so that they
will not mean you, and will restore you
into the image of God ( See Eph. 4: 24.)
and make you the seed of " Abraham
by promise." - Gal. 3: 18. " And he
[ Abraham] received the sign of circum-cision,
a seal of the righteousness of
faith which he had being yet uncircum-cised:
that he might be the father of all
them that believe, though they be not
circumcised; that righteousness might
be imputed unto them also: . . . For
the promise, that he should be the heir
of the world, was not to Abraham, or
his seed, through the law, but through
the righteousness of faath."- Rom. 4: 11-
13. " Therefore it is of faith, that it
might be by grace; to the end the prom-ise
might be sure to all the seed; not to
that only which is of the law, but to that
also which is of the faith of Abraham;
who is the father of us all."- Ver. 16.
This faith came through Jesus Christ.
Gal. 3: 22. " Know ye therefore that
they which are of faith, the same are the
children of . abraham.''- Gal.
" And if ye be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to
the promise."- Verses 29. " We be
Abraham's seed," " we are the children
of God" ( Rom. 8: 16), " and if children,
then heirs; heirs of God, and joint
heirs with Christ."- Romans. 8: 17.
What a blessed promise! " Let the
wicked forsake his way, and the unright-eous
man his thoughts: and let him re-turn
unto the Lord, and he will have
mercy upon him, and to our God; for he
will abundantly pardon."- Isa. 55: 7.
" Wash you, make you clean; put away
the evil of your doings from before mine
eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well;
seek judgment, relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless; plead for the widow.
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be
devoured with the sword."- Isa. 1: 16,
20. " Except ye repent, ye shall all
likewise perish."- Luke 13: 5. ‘` Re-pent,
and be baptized . . . . in the name
of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and
to your children, and to all that are afar
off, even as many as the Lord our God
shall call."- Acts 2: 38, 39. " But what
saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in
thy mouth, and in thy heart. . . . That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved. . For with the
heart man believeth unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation. For . . . whosoever be-lieveth
on him shall not be ashamed. . .
For whosoever shall call upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved."- Rom. 10: 8-
13. " There is none other name under
heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved."- Acts 4: 12. " For by
grace are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves, it is the gift of
God: not of works, lest any man should
boast."- Eph. 2: 8, 9. lot by your
honest dealings with your fellow man,
not by your kindness, not by giving to the
poor, or being charitable; not by any of
your good works, but I y Jesus Christ.
" Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily,
verily, 1 say unto you, 1 am the door of
the sheep. I am the door: by me if any
man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and out and find pasture."- John
10: 7, 9. " Jesus zenith unto him, I am
the way, the truth, and the life: no man
° meth unto the Father, but by me."-
John 14: 6.
My dear reader, let me exhort you as
one that loves your soul: Flee to Jesus,
from the error of your way; for you will
" be found wanting" in the day of judg-ment.
You must give an account of
yourself before God. Rom. 14: 12.
" Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap. For he 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:
, 8. " Prepare your hearts unto the
Lord, and serve him only."- 1 Sam. 7: 3
" I have overthrown some of you, . . . yet
have ye not returned unto me, saith the
Lord.. . Prepare to meet thy God."-
Amos. 4: 11, 12. God will not accept
your idea of right and wrong. " It is a
fearful thing ' to fall into the hands of
the living God." - Heb. 10: 21. Oh,
turn you! You are lost! God's word
says so. Make a way of escape while it
is yet day, and flee from the wrath of a
living God, who will take vengeance on
all them that obey not the gospel of God.
" To- day, if ye will hear his voice, harden,
not your heart."- Heb. 4: T. " Behold,
now is the accepted time; behold, now
is the day of salvation."- 2 Cor. 6: 2.
We have no promise of to- morrow. May
God bless these few words that are sent
forth in the name of Jesus to the salva-tion
of some- soul and to the upbuilding
othis cause, for Jesus' sake. Amen.
Work the Works of God.
By V . W. TITLEY.
WE find many who, though they do
not cry out in audible voices, are
longing to know, like one of ; old, what
they Must do to work the works of God,
and in their natural state thev'itire quick
to grasp any opportunity the fleshly mind
may present., that they may ease this
voice of conscience by human efforts. In
this condition deceptions are presented by
crooked teachers and false apostles; and
dear souls for whom Christ died are
blinded and deceived, so that their case
is less hopeful than at first. We are glad
we can give you the glorious truth from
God that will enable you by his Spirit to
work the works of God. " This- is the
work of God, that ye believe on him
[ Jesus] whom he hath sent."- John 6:
29.
" Believe in the Lord your God, so shall
ye be established; believe his prophets,
so shall ye prosper." " Without faith it
is impossible to please God." Some one
will say, " Yes, but how can I receive
faith? how can I believe? I am so sub-merged
in this way of doubts and fears,
evil surmisings and apprehensions, that
I seem out at sea without a compass to
direct or a chart to guide." The mariner
at sea in such a condition would be
utterly helpless and at any moment might
expect an awful - wreck upon the rocks,
when all his hopes would be cut off and
all would perish in the waves, to there
await that awful day when the sea shall
give up its dead, and they shall be judged
by the Bible, about which we talk so
much. Truly people are in awful peril
when going on in this life, full of desires
of the flesh; desires for a great name,
worldly gain, ease, earth's joys and treas-ures,
all of which tend to make our souls
more barren and empty and destitute of
the one thing needful- God. What a
wonderful privilege we have here of
knowing God! " Faith cometh by hear-ing."
Can you not hear him, sinner?
" Reari g" cometh by the word of God.
In Jesus' name, break loose from your
worldly pleasures and associates and give
God's word at least a moment's careful
thought each day, and open your heart
without reserve to ' God, and you will
not walk in darkness, but have the
light of life. " Say not in thine heart,
Who shall ascend into heaven? ( that is,
to bring Christ down). . . . The word is
nigh thee, even in thy month, and in thy
heart, . . for with the heart man be-lieveth
unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation."
- Rom. 10: 6- 10. Fellow traveler to the
unseen world beyond, let us determine
by the grace of God to be more diligent
in the study of the precious Word that
has ever been the light of glory to illumi-nate
darkened hearts. God is pleading
yet, and the gospel day in all its- beauty
is shining, revealing mercy's door ajar
and Jesus the Lamb of God saying, " My
sheep hear my voice, and . . . follow
me." What an awful time awaits the
souls that spurn the offered mercy!
When the great day of his wrath shall
come, who shall be able to stand?
Nothing can tide us over that day but
the work of God wrought in our soul by
the engrafted word through the eternal
Spirit. I pray God to inspire every reader
with new courage and zeal to make sure
of your soul's safety. " What shall it
prafit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul?"
Jesus says, " How can ye believe,
which receive honor one of another?"-
John 6: 44. This desire for worldly honor
is a work of the flesh, and if we give
place to it we will hinder the operation
of faith. Worldlings and false prophets
desire to justify themselves before men,
but God knoweth their hearts. " That
which is highly esteemed among men is
abomination in the sight of God. "- Luke
16: 15. Let us see that we are clean and
free from all these hindrances and
have on the wedding garment- the spot-less
robe, which is the righteousness of
saints ( See Rev. 19: 8.), giving glory to
God who hath created us to this end.
" Glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's."- 1 Cor. 6: 20.
` Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of
God."- 1 Cor. 10: 31.
The Condition of the Moral Man.
BY J. T. GIBBERS.
TT is the great love I have for my fel-
1 low men and for humanity's sake,
that I pen these few lines in the name
of Jesus, and 1 pray God's blessing to
rest upon the same. I was a. moral man
inyselt, going to heaven, as I supposed,
through my own efforts. My good name
or my reputatidn was my idol. While
these are all right in their proper place,
we as men should have something better.
It is in store for us. Praise God I Now,
dear reader, while you may be living in
all good conscience and fidelity to the
world, yet you are not satisfied; you are
longing for something you do not have.
Christ says, " You have your reward."
You have no promise of the future, which
is worth more to you than all this
world's goods. " For what shall it profit
a man, if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul?"- Mark 8: 36.
" Came now, and let us reason together,
saith the Lord: though your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as wool."- Isa. 1: 18. You no
doubt think you are good enough; you
say you work for what you get, and. pay
your bills; you like to see your, name in
the town paper possibly; belong to the
Odd Fellows or Masons, or possibly both;
trying to satisfy the feeling of unrest.
Did you ever stop to ask yourself the
question, Will God accept my opinion of
what is right without my: searching to see
what he has to say to IMO Isay, Nay,
verily. You are looking at sour poor,
lean professing Christian who mnet liv-ing
up to the light he has, and yownon-itemn
the whole gospel of Jesus Ohrist
ever possibly that one man or woman,:
is the case may be, and you console your-self
with saying that you are just as good
is tie or the. That may be true, but
VeU will " both fall in the ditch." Your
condition before God is what should
ntei est you most of all things in this
, vorld. ' W here will-- y ou spend eternity?
! low do you stands - are you prepared to
meet your Got1?- eslt - Christ were to come
night would* p): 4, z. joy, or sorrow,
to your heart? It-. On: sare either saved or
lost, there is no middeav4e: r oseu, nd to occupy.
I t is in your power tOaitswer these ques-tions
in the aifirmativeA wants your
li e, not your death. YarS;" righteous-esses
are as filthy, rags."-- 4sS; ; 61: 6.
Fur they being,- IgnOrant of God's right-eousness,
and. . gob about to establish.
UESBONS ANSWERED.
Will Vie natural man or any part of it
be raisedat the great day? What sort
of body will come forth? , W. H. A.
1 Cox 15: 35- 51 will make this clear.
Read it.
Please explain the words of Jesus: " I
am the resurrection."— John 11: 25.
W. H. A.
The resurrection depended on Christ.
There could have been no resurrection
without him. He had power over death,
and was resurrected himself, thus mak-ing
the resurrection possible. Read 1
Cor. 15: 12- N.
Rom. 3: 30—" Seeing it is one God,
which shall justify the circumcision by
faith, and uncircumcision through faith."
Please explain the words " by" and
" through." A Reader.
We can see no particular significance
in there being two different prepositions
used, unless it be that the apostle wished
to vary his language. The real emphasis
is on the words " circumcision" and
" uncircumcision;" that is, Jews and
Gentiles, as the preceding verse shows.
It is on account of faith in both cases
that salvation is effected, and it is proper
to say either by faith or through faith.
A. L. B.
A TESTIMONY.
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reformation of Bible holiness and the
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believers, etc. As the word of God be-gan
to go- forth with power and authority
people were convinced of the truth, and
the devil saw that people could not al-ways
be deceived on that line. Sectism
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associations, some of them even inserting
it in their disciplines— any way to de-ceive
souls without getting the real ex-perience
or walking in the light to keep
posed by them until the truth had been
preaohed on that line by, holiness
hers, and practiced to such an extent
t almost all sectism began to mare or
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" Neither is there salvation in any
other; for there is none other name under.
heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved."— Acts 4: 12.
The words of Jesus to hypocrites were,
" Judge not, that ye be not judged."—
Matt., 7: 1, 5. Hypocrites often use this
scripture with which to defend them-selves
when their wrongs are pointed out
by the word of God.
E. E BYRUM, Editor- in- Chlef.
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There is power in the name of Jesus.
stir up his imp
s to Circulate falsehoods
about ub, that he may turn some of you
from the truth. But if you have the ex-perience
set forth in Eph. 4: 11- 14 you
will not be tossed to and fro either by
falsehoods or even it we should go back
on our former teaching. Oh; 1 do praise
God tor giving us a Christ " who gave
himself for us, that he might redeem us
from all iniquity, and purify unto him-self
a peculiar people, zealous of good
works," and settled, rooted, and grounded
in salvation. Halleluiah to God and
the Lamb! I feel glorious in my soul
while writing this my testimony. Hoping
it may be satisfactory to all concerned,
I remain yours anci God's in holy love,
A. B. Palmer.
STRIKING AT THE VITAL POINT.
Sometimes when men get under a per-verse
spirit and hear the word of God
sent forth by the power of the Holy
Ghost, the spirit in them will cry out,
" Let us not therefore judge one another
any more;" thus trying to hide behind
Paul's admonition concerning those who
were weak in the faith and concerning
the eating of meats, etc.
God is love, and those who belong to
him are filled with his love, and must
manifest the same. It will be shown in
the daily life towards unsaved souls, and
toward those who are in Christ. The
one who is filled with the love of God
and is true to his calling and service to
Christ will be faithful to show forth that
love to his brethren in tithe of trouble,
in time of need, in time of adversity and
persecution; as well as in time of pros-perity.
He will be faithful to warn or
admonish the one who is being led into
the ways of deception and sin. The
minister of God especially has a great
responsibility resting upon him, in order
to be true to God and his brethren and
give the necessary warning in time of
danger, that the flock be not scattered
and destroyed. He must live in a prayer-ful
attitude before God in order to have
the necessary wisdom to know when to
act, what to do, and impart knowledge
and instruct them in the ways of right-eousness.
Divine healing was also bitterly op
f
a greater part of them, yet believe that of th* , is a, compromise. Beware of
it was only for the days of the apostles. such fob 9* soul's sake.
All sects yet oppose the real Bible unity
of believers. Many of them have light
enough to know that the Word teaches
it. They have for years been trying to
unite all sectism, but their walls of divi-sion
are so high that it will never be
done. The only way that the prayer of
Jesus Christ in John 17 will ever be
fulfilled is by getting a full experience of
salvation arid living it, and walking in
the light of the word of God. This will
not only take all the Catholicism out of
Catholics, Presbyterianism out of Pres-byterians,
Methodism out of Methodists
as they get the experience and walk in
the light, but will take them out of all
those places and make them one in
Christ. Paul says, " Ye are complete in
him." That was the way the church
was in the days of the apostles. They
were not divided into various sects and
creeds. When some one had a bad spirit
and was even prominent enough to go
about doing wonders, they were ' dealt
with as Simon the sorcerer was by one
of the apostles when he was told that his
heart was not right with God and he was
in the gall of bitterness: and Peter had
to come down in very plain terms with
Ananias and Saphira, insomuch that
it caused the whole church to fear. We
read where . Paul had to publicly expose
those who were causing division- and
going contrary to the word of God. In
1 Cor. 5: 4, 5 he instructs the brethren
how to deal with a certain party. in
another place one man became so offen-sive
to the cause of Christ that Paul pro-nounced
a judgment upon him, and the
man was smitten with blindness. Some
were publicly exposed and the brethren
and church in other places warned against
them At one time Paul in writing to
Timothy urged him to be true to the
faith, and made mention of Hymenaeus
and Alexander, whom. he said he had
delivered to Satan that they might learn
not to blaspheme.
There is now an element backed up by
a pernicious spirit trying to work into
this reformation which would call all
such work as the apostles did, if done
now, human authority, bigotry, human
ecclesiasticism, popery, etc. This element
is striking right at the vital point; viz.,
Bible unity of the church. Beware of such.
It is working just the same as it did
some time ago— the Zinzendorf heresy
opposing the true teaching and doctrine of
sanctification as a second work of grace.
As there were some good brethren who
took up with that doctrine, so there are
with this. It is clothed with enough
truth to make the deception strong. You
will find the tenor of it the regular old
sectarian views ot Bible unity— to be of
one mind means, one in intention, one in
purpose; or, in other words, it will for it, I began in earnest to seek for it.
finally develop to this belief: All pro-fessing
Christians are aiming for the
same place, heaven; you can go this
road or you can go that road; you can
find the narrow way anywhere and be-lieve
about what you please, so you
acknowledge Christ.
But we do not find the word of God " So
teaching. John the Baptist did not even
baptize the Pharisees until they showed
forth fruits of repentance. Jesus Christ
said, " Except your righteousness shall
exceed the righteousness of the scribes
and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
the kingdom of heaven." Nicodemus was
a ruler of the Jews, a great religious
teacher, etc., bat Jesus gave him to un-derstand
that his profession would not
take him through. Re says, " Ye must
be born again." His knowledge of the
law and belief in the Jewish church, etc.,
was not sufficient. Jesus also prayed in
John 17 that the believers might be one
even as he and the Father were one; and
he said, " That they also may be one In
us, that the world may believe that thou
hest sent ma" People must come to
Bible unity, faith, and doctrine pi oittOr
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A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL.
Entered at the Pmt- office at Moutalmile. Va., as Second- alas, Matter.
Bangor, Mich.
As I have been informed that some
false reports have gone out about my
stand in regard to some point of doctrine,
I deem it necessary, in order to stop the
mouths of gainsayers, to relate a little of
my experience.
First. W hen I was a wretched sinner,
God by his blessed Holy Spirit showed
me my condition and gave me a Bible
godly sorrow, which led me to a Bible
repentance, the forsaking of all sin, and
meeting the Bible conditions, which gave
me the new birth— the kingdom ot God,
which is " righteousness, peace, and joy
in the Holy Ghost," cleansing me from
all my actual transgressions.
Second. At a subsequent period 1 re-ceived
light from one of those messengers
whom God gave as a teacher for the per-fecting
of the saints, etc. ( Eph. 4: 11, 12),
and, after comparing the teaching with
the Bible, I found them to agree. This
brought me to fully realize that there
was something for me not yet attained.
I became convicted for that something,
and very anxious to receive it; and,
after carefully studying the word of God
on the subject ( as I had heard it taught)
of entire sanctification, and finding by
the Word that God had made provisions
After meeting the conditions and realizing
that I was fully cleansed from sins, and
being a member of God's church, and
knowing that Christ gave himself for the
church that he might sanctify and cleanse
it, etc. ( Eph. 5: 25- 27), God for. Christ's
sake sanctified my nature and cleansed
me from inbred sin and that too by a
second, definite work of grace, subsequent
to and separate from justification, or
pardon of actual transgressions. Notice
I use " cleanse" in a two- fold sense: first,
in justification as pardon or forgiveness
of sins; second, in sanctification as purg-ing
out or destruction of the carnal
nature, or that element called sinful
nature— hence the expression " second
cleansing." Now if I have ever dropped
any remark that would cause anyone to
think that I bad gone back on my former
teaching it is from one of two causes;
either that whoever understood it so
lacked comprehension, or that I failed
to sufficiently explain, and either of
these is possible.
' Now, dear brethren and sisters, I am
aWare ot the fact that if the devil can
gat succeed in getting us to accept and
to convincethe4orx - Anythiv ooft - teaoh the anti- cleansing doctrine, he will
Learn to Sing By Note.
BY A. L. BYERS.
T HE new E on g- book, " Salvation
Echoes," is being sent out as rapidly
as the book can be made and we are
still several hundred copies behind in
filling orders. It is a collection of most
beautiful songs and is by tar the best
book we have ever used. The fact that
the songs are nearly all new may make
the book seem objectionabl e in the minds
of those who do not know how to read
music; but this very feature of the book
is one of the greatest importance, not
only in affording a change from the old
songs we have used so long, but also in
awakening an interest in musical practice
and study. Music is something that
goes hand in hand with the preaching of
the gospel, and if we are to be efficient
workers in this reformation we should
endeavor to know something about music,
especially if God has given as the least
musical talent and a voice to sing.
Otherwise how are we to " study to show
ourselves approved unto God' '? Or how
are we to obey the injunction—" What-soever
things are lovely, . . . if there be
any virtue, . . . think on these things"?
Many who have been content to depend
upon learning songs from some one else,
could, it they would only think so, learn
the new songs themselves froin'the music,
after a little practice and study. They
would then have them learned correctly.
We feel like stirring up more interest
among the mints on this line. As it is,
it takes several years tor the average
song to get around to all the congrega-tions
of the saints; that is, by way of
actual use, and it is all because they de-pend
on learning the song from some one
else, while perhaps that some one else
learned it from some one whoa had been
to camp- meeting, and even there it was
learned by ear. We are not expecting
that those who are unable to learn to
read music should try to do so, but we
will say that there is a small per cent
that could not learn if they would try.
This passing of songs from hand to hand,
so to speak, many times robbing them
ot their usefulness by getting them out
of their channel, should give place to a
better way. Besides urging every in-dividual
to cultivate a knowledge of music
himself, we wish to say • that in many
congregations there are one or more
persons whom God has gifted with some
musical talent who should stud v with the
view of teaching the rest by having sing-ing
classes at least once a week. If God
puts such a duty on any one, attend to
it. There certainly is great need of ad-van
eement on this line. The new book
contains the first principles of music,
which will be a great help to those
learning to sing by note.
A Double Sin.
GRANT ANDERSON.
WHEN the first rays of truth and sun-shine
began to penetrate the dark-ness
and gloom in this present evening
time, men began to see amid boldly declare
that divisions among Christ's. iollowers
were contrary to the word of God. For
a number ot years holy ! rosters ceased
not to warn men land women day and
night with tears, to js. Vjea.,. out of the
midst ot Babylon, and Aliver every man
his soul."— Jer. 51: 6. As people be-gan
to discerlphat their crafts were in
danger, thkilt ■ egan to• cry like the rabble
of old, " Great is Diana of the Ephe-sians.''=
Aets , 49: 34. Persecutions
waxed bitter against the kingdom of
Christ, the church of the living God.
Wonderful signs began to follow those
who endured the persecutions, insonMeh
that the blind received their sight, the
deaf began to hear, the tongue o0 he,
dumb spake, and the poor mans 6itlA
hear the gospel preached witho4e0' OailOn
ticket or a reserved seat. BA: after a
while the devil suggested that . possibly
we were a little too severe or radical
upon the sin of SeCtiSM) - and?. thitif a lit-tle
more love ( so- called) WemnSed, peo-ple
would not get offended, and better
success would be sure to follow„ This
advice was followed in part and a num-ber
of dear ones and some of God's min-isters
have drained the dregs of that Bab-ylonish
cup, and to- day they wander
upon an unknown, uncertain road.
A man can sin against his body and
against his soul, but he who teaches men
that schisms exist in the body of Christ
commits a double sin, which alone, if not
repented of, will sink his soul into the
flames of an endless hell. There is no
greater sin than sectarianism. No great-er
punishment will or can be meted out
to any than those who are guilty of the
infernal sectish sin. Selfishness is the
latent working principle of all sects. A
man, or society of any kind, can not or-ganize
into a body without rejecting a
part of the word of God, which is a
double sin— the sin of addition and sub-traction.
" 1 Jesus have sent mine angel
to testify unto you these things in the
churches [ namely]; a a- If any man shall
add unto these things, God sliall add unto
him the plagues [ all the plagues] that
are written in this book; audit any man
shall take away from the words of the
book of this prophecy, God shall take
away his part out of the book of life."—
Rev. 22: 16- 19. ' tHeaven and earth
shall pass away*, ; hut my words shall not
pass away. "= alatt. Whoso add-eth
to or subtraateth' from God's words
and teacheth men so, will receive all the
punishment that is awaiting those who
disobey God.
the Spirit, which Spirit baptized tOri-into
the one body, which Jesus declairo-to
be the church, the ZionCof God.
tell them that that is not sufficient; . thy
need a band to hold them together; Oa
take the members of Christ and me
them the members 4 a harlot by ha
them voted into my particular soci
These scriptureaseem to be against nm,
but I believe them to be non - essential.-
1 then open to 2 Tim. 3: 16--" All scrip-ture
is given by inspiration of God, and;
is profitable- for doctrine, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in rigiatr
eousness; that the man of God may
perfect, thoroughly furnished _ unto - 411
good works." How can 1 keep salva-tion
and not believe this, or believe and
not practice it? This scripture positively
declares that the Bible is all- sufficient
to guide and make us perfect. But with
my selfish spirit to goad me on in trying
to establish my own opinion, 1 overlook
this scripture or call it an exception.
riaNgeex its w heo ntobu. rraln eb tl. oe" . H ' eWb. e 1 a3c: 4c— ept" Mthaisr.-
James 5: 14, 15—" Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of the
church, and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil the name of
the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall
save the sick, and the Lord shall raise
him up." This we believe has been
abrogated; so we mark it out in spite of
Mark 16: 17—" And these signs shall
follow them that believe: = In my name
shall they cast out devils; they shall
speak with new tongues; they shall take
up serpents; and if they shall drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them;
they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall recover." if I were truly an
honest, unselfish man, I would see that
I was subtracting from God's word, and
adding my own opinions. Some one
comes along and says, " Show me where
the Bible gives you permission to make
out a class- hook or book of discipline."
Thinking I am answering him cunningly,
I reply, " Show me ivhere the Bible for-bids
it." Blinded by my selfishness, I
can not see that if the Bible is silent upon
the subject that surely is an addition to
God's word. The plan of salvation is a
success. God's word is complete and is
silent upon no question appertaining to
the perfecting of God's children upon the
earth. See 2 Tim. 3: 16.
We next come to the ordinances. In
Mark 16: 16- 18 we read: " He that be-leveth
and is baptized shall be saved; . .
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover. We accept the first
! lane,: but reject the second by popular
rote. In the name of Jeans, am I note a
subverter of God's holy word? Next
we turn to 1 Cor. 11: 18- 25, and John
13: 4- 17. " For first of all, when ye
come together in the church, 1 hear that
there be divisions [ margin— schisms]
among you, and. I partly believe it. For
[ from what I have heard] there must be
also heresies [ margin— sects] among- yeas
for I have received of the Lord that
Ifirlaieh also I delivered unto, you, That
the ' Lord Jesus the same night in which
he was betrayed took bread: and; when
he had given thanks, he brake Rat and
said, Take, eat: this is my body, whiali.
is broken tor you: this do in remain-brance
of me. Atter the same manner
also he took the cup." " Ile riseth from
supper, and laid aside . his- garments, and
took a towel, and girded: WM* 1C Atter
that he poureth water intiaa basin, and
began to wash the disciples' feet
And so.' I might- go on with an imagin-
Ary_ weed- building; if space would permit.
is 1 proceeded, however, the Scriptures
' would confront me, plainly showing
: that staked- out circuits, hireling minis-
: terse, etc., are all additions to God's
word and such teachers will receive the
! plagues- written within the same. Oh,
llay! Grod help men and women to realize
Ithwaiondition into, which false teachers
, have led them, and may they speedily
; mime- themselves from that deceptive
mirage which shuts out the light of
! heaven and leaves them doubting in this
world, and which will leave them naked
when called to meet their God. Thou-sands
of God's true children are to- day
yoked up with unbelievers, but God's
Ashen are fishing them out and one by
one they are coming into this beautiful
light- Which now shines so bright. Then
we hear them singing songs of eternal
victory, songs of everlasting joy as they
return to Zion the church of the living
God. It the love of God is in people's
hearts it will hold them together; if not,
all the associations, unions, or other
societies of earth can not unite them to
God or make them one with their fellow
man.
The whole Bible, from beginning to
end; is against sectism, and he who reads
it to get God's way, instead of proof to
a pre- adopted creed, will soon stand in
line with the truth, which will cut oft
both extremes; will give him peace in
this life and eternal rest with God.
News from the Field.
East Point, Ky., Jan. 21.
I am praising God for full salvation in
Jesus. We are holding a meeting at the
Elkins schoolhouse in Johnson county,
Ky., and having large attendance. We
desire the prayers of the saints that we
may do more this year for the dear . Lord's
cause than we have in the past. We
will go from here to Jeffersonville to the
assembly- meeting Feb. 1- 10.
R. F. Dunagan and Wife.
Mt. Olivet, Ky. , Jan. 26.
Again we can report victory in Jesus'
name. Bro. Vance and I have just
closed a ten- days' meeting near Mt.
Olivet, in the McKinze schoolhouse, with
very good results. One old brother sixty-eight
years of age came to the altar and
was converted. Two more were sancti-fied.
To God be all the praise. Our
next meeting will be in Nicholas county,
the Lord willing. Any one desiring to
correspond with us may address Bro.
Vance at Jeffersonville and write to me
here at Mt. Olivet. 	 M. N. Roark.
Hurley, Okla.., Jan. 19.
The meeting closed at Johnson, Ind.
Ter. the night of Jan. 15 with victory
tor Jesus. The Lord m nifested his
power in straightening up the professors
and in sanctifying believers. Also in
the healing of_ tthe. sick. The Lord sent
his word forth with power, clearing away
prejudice and settling the believers on
the doctrine, for which we ascribe all
praises to him who has saved us and
washed us in his own precious blood.
This leaves us in company with Bro. A.
B., Stanberry, in the Hurley assembly-meetin$
Y, with prospects encouraging.
kray for niaaad theaneeting.
Wm. A. Gray.
. A. 00ormiek, Mo., Jan.. 2s.
di., a meeting in EvanSville
aaelaae! teTtv-;- aervices at differenkTlaces
Inriiter= north, I came to eastern Arassouri
as; =, w a- meerin at Victoria, in
whiela/ Several- consecrations were made,
soreofer, jn$ ification and some for
sianetikatieta -- Also 1 was in a meeting
ikt! DeaSate= rin, wilich several consecrated.
Thelleardt; seems to be. workingamong the
am new holding a Meeting at
e: - A considerabIkbaterest
, inanitested among the--, people.
Several are attending that have not at-tended
meeting for years. No doubt
they have been disgusted with sectisiii
and discouraged. Those that desire our
help please address us at once.
T. E. Ellis.
Testimonies
Amenia, N. Dak.
I am still saved and sanctified and the
Lord has healed my body, for which I
give him all the praise. Our children
have all been sick with very sore throats
and the dear Lord took care of them. 1
am so glad I have learned to trust him.
We must do his will, be satisfied with his
word, and rest upon his promises. We
know that he does not tell us anything
in his Word only what he means for us
to do, and he wants us to be satisfied
and not grumble about it. I ask yon all
to pray for me. 	 Allie Hall.
Oakohay, Miss.
We feel it to be to the glory of God
that we can testify to a free salvation in
our souls. It has been almost a year since
we first heard the pure gospel preached.
Bro. L. V. Strickland came here and
we got ender deep conviction. We kept
trusting the Lord until we got peace in
our souls Praise his holy name! We
would read the Bible to see if we had to
join any church, and we found that
there was but one true church. So we
waited and trusted the Lord to send some
Holy Ghost ministers here, and praise his
name! in July Bro. Strickland came back
and held a ten days' meeting and we
were baptized. We are now living for
Jesus. Pray for the Lord to send more
laborers here, also for our unsaved
parent. Rosa and Rebecca McCarty.
North Webster, Ind.
I am still praising God for a present
salvation and complete victory. The
dear Lord is strong to deliver and mighty
to save. Oh, praise his precious name!
1 have found it so. I thank God for show-ing
me the true church, the bride, the
Lamb's wife. I am truly glad that I have
been privileged to live to see this light,
and have found the true saints who wor-ship
God in Spirit and. in truth. I must say
that I am falling in love with this way
more and more. God is our refuge and
strength. The Lord of hosts is with us,
the God of Jacob is our refuge. Dear
ones, let us be encouraged to trust our
Father for all things. He is my justifier
and sanctifier and I am learning to trust
him for my healer. Pray for n e tnd my
family, as I am alone in this light in my
home and in. the community in which I
live. I also have afflictions to contend
with. May God's richest blessings rest
on us all. Amen. Mrs. L. Gervard.
Dracon, Ont.
For some time past I have felt as
though I ought to give my testimony
through the Trumpet for the glory of
God and the sake of his cause. I am
glad to say I am rejoicing in the salvation
that Jesus Christ brought into this world
for poor sinful man. It is nearly three
years since the dear Lord delivered me
from all my sins and gave me victory
over them through faith in his precious
blood. Praise his name forever! Then
some time after while seeking the Lord
very earnestly for the Holy Ghost, so
that I might glorify him and that the
root of sin might be destroyed which
sometimes casts a shadow over our title,
he came into me so that now I can say.
I am blessed with full salvation. I
am glad Christ came to destroy the
works of the devil; not to destroy the
works of the devil in the world but in
those who believe. amen- I want the
prayers of God's people that I may be
kept humble and in his order. Any of
God's people passing through this way
and wishing to meet with us, will find a
warm welcome. Oh, I praise God for the
little band he has called out for his
name. 	 Geo. Fuller.
If by reason of sortiOPeetdiar tenets to
which I might give Mite' special promi-nence
than others, I sholirdWarate- M,
self from the body of hoii1
attempt to organize a sect after the ° S-ample
of the majority of . rroinlnal
churches of to- day, let us notice the
trouble into which,! would , seen. arrive,
First I would preach my seur5sehiste
and probably would soon: have al few
followers. In order tO'aseeAainbow
many, I woukthaVO: lhafrnaineil:! itOten',
upon a book, ir 44_ to the
number in my class.
proceed to arrange e o tgrai
by which we might s n-iently
teach this new doctrine. ‘ Believ-mg
ourselves to be the true
true Zion of ' God, we would i
any one unsaved; Next we openitee
Bible and begin Nre? -. open to PS. Eiltrt
—" And of Zion it shall ` lie said, This
and that man was born -* her." " Be-ing
born again, not- 	 tible seed,
but of inearrup e 	 e..;* ord of
God. "- 1 Pet 	 ='-[ Jesus']
own will tb,.
truth."
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Ye call me Master anct: Lord: and ye= wse
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and Master, have washedAyouirfeet; ye
also ought to [ must] wash , clue
feet. For I have given yohnn example,,,
that ye should do as I have done to yOu.:
. . . If ye know these things, ,, happy
are ye it ye do them." Row MU& of
this to accept is the question., ' I find My.
own little schism condemned: 1n the- fir'
part, and the last part We'. believe' - had
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Woodburn, Ore.,
We are saved and sanctified and kept
by divine power free from all sin and
sectism and putting our whole trust in
God for both soul and body. ' We know
he is able to supply our every need.
Christ said, " Seek ye first the kingdom
of God, and his righteousness, and all
these things' shall be added unto you."
I do praise God that he has added divine
healing. About six weeks ago our little
girl ten years old woke up in the morning
eq. Ing with pain in. her body, arms, and
Her head ached and she had a
ha fever. Her throat swelled almost
shut, and a number of dark brown spots
came upon it. Her tongue also turned
a dark brown color. There being no
elders present, husband and I obeyed the
Word in Mark 16: 18—" They shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall re-cover."
Glory be to God! he just
touched her with his healing power and
healed her immediately. Praise his name
forever! Three other children were
taken with the same disease, but God in
his tender mercy healed them by his
mighty power. I do praise the Lord for
his goodness and kindness to us in sparing
our lives and giving us willing hearts to
accept the true light of the pure gospel.
Pray that God may keep us low and
humble, right down at the blessed feet of
Jesus, where we can say, Thy will be
done. J. and C. Vredenburg.
Laverne, Okla.
My soul doth magnify, the Lord this
morning for his goodness to the children
of men. how glad I am he said through
the mouth of the prophet that the even-ing
shall be as the morning, and that I
am permitted to live in this evening time.
1 have been. serving the Lord nearly four
years and truly it is sweeter than when. I
began. How wonderful to be able to
trust him for our life and for all things!
Truly the signs follow them that believe.
He has healed me a number of times.
About four weeks ago he healed my little
girl, thirteen months old, of what we
thought was pneumonia. She became so
sick 1 thought the Lord was going to
take her home. I examined my consecra-tion
to see if I was willing, and from my
heart I could say, Yes, Lord, thy will,
not mine, be done. 1 kept on praying
and in a little while he said, She shall
live. 1 was awake all that night, and
could not sleep the next for praising the
Lord. 1 promised the Lord then I would
spend more of my time in serving him.
I have done so thus far and he has filled
my soul with glory. I aril here in the
western part of Woodward county,
Okla., where the pure gospel has never
been preached. We have been here only
about one month. If any of God's
ministers feel led to come here they will
receive a hearty welcome. Pray that I
do his will continually.
Mrs. Hattie Shewmake.
Chanute, Kan.
Believing it will be to the glory of
God, 1 send my testimony to The Gospel
Trumpet. 1 truly priaise the Lord for
his saving power that can save us from
all sin and sanctify our natures. Praise
the Lord! 1 was in the darkness of
sectism for about ten years. I used to
long for something better and at times I
would weep and pray to the dear Lord
to draw me closer to him, yet I would
feel condemned; but " there is therefore
now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus; who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the
law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
path made me free from the law of sin
and death."— Rom. 8: 1, 2. I would
talk to them that were older Christians
and they would always say that we would
have to suffer with this Adamic nature;
but praise the Lord for full salvation
that can keep us from sin and keep our
natures sweet, and for the blood that can
tense our hearts and make them pure
and tree from the Adamic nature.
Berne, Lid.
" Weeping may endure for a night, but
joy cometh in the morning."— Ps. 30: 5.
Prompted by the Holy Spirit I will write
my testimony this morning, as I never
have done so heretofore. Truly I pr aise
the Lord for his salvation, which is so
wonderful and powerful in. filling our
souls with joy and peace by simple faith
and trust. While feeling called of the
Lord to write my testimony this morning
the scripture quoted came so forcibly to
my mind, which 1 shall use to accompany
my testimony, because it is mightily ful-filled
in my case just now. I am grieved
over the fact that we have no one here
in our town who preaches the word of
truth in all its parity. There are those
who are most earnest, yet have only a
profession, preaching perversely some
things in the Word, causing nearly the
whole congregation to accept it as the
truth, and to accept it as being a good
sermon, because the preacher and the
congregation have no better 1 . get I
retired to rest last night committing my-self
and all cares into the hands of the
good Lord and earnestly asking 13 irn to
fill me with a real spiritual life, and I
soon was sleeping. Then the Lord per-mitted
me to have a blessed dream. ( I
make no hobby of dreams, but the Lord
can and will visit us sometimes by dreams
in order to bless us or advance his cause.)
1 dreamed that I was in a house be-longing
to a class of people living in ( tar
vicinity who deny that "" can know
when we are saved; yet they se4-- h the
Scriptures diligently, and evidently show
a great zeal to live according to its tssch-ings.
In my dream they held their meet-ing,
and while there I heard a young
lady tell how the Lord was dealing with
her. She manifested a great desire for..
genuine salvation. I then perceived
that the Spirit of the Lord was striving
with her, powerfully drawing her to
true repentance and faith in Christ
Jesus. She seemed to look forward with
great anticipation for that blessed and
genuine peace which will Dome only to
those who have kitty repented of their
sins, and believed in Jesus as their per-sonal
Savior , : 	 - 1114
to my feet at once, and preach to them
that real and genuine, and yet so simple,
salvation of which the Lord God gives a.
clear knowledge to all who have truly
repented and believed in a personal Sav-ior.
I asked that lady whether she
wanted that salvation, and with a peni-tent
heart she said, " Yes." Oh, it was
sublime! Then I ceased dreaming.
By this dream I realized forcibly, that
it is indeed blessed to be in the service of
the Lord, if we stand in the right atti-tude
and 3 a obedience to him. Halleluiah!
Right here 1 want to encourage especially
all the ministers in the field, and all who
are in the service of the Master, and
also those engaged in the publishing
work. Be al ways in the right attitude and
obedience to God, and then behold his
blessings— partake of all the good things
of our King's table, which is the word of
God, and is revealed or manifested in. our
hearts through his Spirit. Praise the
Lord! After I awoke I felt well rested;
then° I arose, and it was three o'clock.
While I was building the fire I asked the
Lord. what he wanted me to do. Then
I read several good testimonies in the
Trumpet, telling how the good Lord de-livered
them from sectism and was feed-ing
them with the heavenly manna of a
whole gospel with its brilliant light of
truth. This quickened me again and re-vived
my spirit, which was depressed the
night before, filling my soul with joy,
fulfilling to the letter the text spoken by
David. " Weeping may endure for a
alt, bat joy cometh in. the morning."
Thus while reading these testimonies the
Spirit of the Lord moved me to write my
terdamony, in answer to my previous
prayer, " Lord, what wilt thou have me
to do?"
' To those in distress and cumbered by
the cares of life and hearing the whole
gospel of Jesus but little preached, and
thinking that their night is so long, arid
the bright morning far distant, I wish
tonar Look up to Jesus, trust also in
laim and ere von think, your eight will
be past, and yon will sing with the Psal-mist,
" Weeping may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning." Halle-laiah!
Peter Scheidegger.
Requests for Prayer.
Pray for Bro. J. H. Dataly, of Missouri,
who is afflicted in his back and also has
the grip. G. C. Jenkins.
Prayer is requested for Mrs. Alice M.
Webster, of Michigan, who is badly afflict-ed.
She was given up to die over eighteen
months ago by four doctors, but believes
God can heal her.
Calls for Meetings.
Ft. Wayne, Ind. If any of the saints
passing through this place stop off, I would
be glad to have you call on me at 232 St.
Mary's Ave. W. K. Mix.
We greatly desire that some of the saints
come here and. preach the truth. I live
four miles from Seward Station, on the Ill.
Cent. Ry. and two miles from Egan, Win-nebago,
Co., Ill. I. Highbarger.
The church of God. at Clinton, Iowa will
hold an assembly- meeting in the city,
which will last three weeks or as much
longer as the Lord wills. The meeting is
already begun. The ministers present are
Bros. Geo. Martin and A. J. Kilpatrick.
All in reach of this meeting are invited to
attend. For further information address
Bro. Alfred Weeden, 627 St . ckholm St.,
Clinton, Iowa.
W./ M/ WERMAIM
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Philadelphia, Pa. Assembly- meeting.
Beginning Feb. 14, 1901, to continue ten
days, or as long as the Lord wills. Minis.
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624 W. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, Pa,
Columbia, S. C. Assembly. Beginning
March 22, to continue 10 days. All lovers
of the truth are invited to attend. Come
prepared to take care of yourselves as far
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THE ZWEL
Praise the Lord for an escape matauf
Babylon! By reading some tracts- 4nd:
Trumpets, I found . that there ,, Irak, 4t,
people who seemed to love the Lord, iaiad,
the narrow way. Reading of the cantia
meeting at Neosho Falls, last Ault
the Lord gave us a desire to attend; : a
sister and myself went to the meetin&
and as soon as we got with the . seArats-we
found they had something we . Wake;
looking for but could not find in. sectisM.
The Lord says, " Ask, and it shall be
given you; seek, and ye' shall findsis
knock, and it shall be opened unto you,";
— Matt. 7: 7. So by coming to the Lord
and seeking with all our hearts we found
him. Praise his name! Now we have
found the true church and the children
of God, for whom the Lord had led me
to pray for more than two years, and yet
not knowing where they were until now.
Bless the Lord! But now we have to do
as the Lord bids us in. 2 Cor. 6: 14- 18, to
come out from among them, which was
quite a battle, as we belonged to the Swed-ish
Baptist sect. The dear Lord took out
five of us in. a short time and still the
Lord is working with more of our Swedish
brethren. Pray that the Lord may
bring them out in the light of the full
gospel.
I also praise the Lord for his healing
power. We have taken. him for our
physician. He has healed me at different
times, also my husband has been healed
of fever and rheumatism, and the children
have been healed. Just a short time
' afro two of the little ones were sick with
a very high fever and cough, but we had
the baby anointed and the Lord gave us
victory over the fever. Praise his name!
e can trust him at all times. Pray
that I may keep humble and obedient at
all times. Emma M. Johnson.
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Healed By Believing the Promises.
I feel it is my duty to write my testi-mony
and let all God's people know
what he has done for me. Last fall I
was taken very sick and suffered very
much with pains in my back. The
pain was so severe that I could not even
lie down, and was obliged to walk the
floor all night. I knew that something
must be done at once. So my husband
went to have one of the sisters come and
pray with me. After her arrival and
while she was praying the word of God
siiae to me, Have faith, and go and do
For the glory of God and the benefit
of others I want to tell how the dear
Lord healed my little girl of something
like the pneumonia. She was taken
very sick with a pain in her side so that
she could not rest— only sometimes when
she was sitting up in a chair. She also
had a very bad cough, and as there were
no elders living near I wrote to Bro.
Orr to come, and the night after he
came after he had gone to bed she grew
worse. Her fever seemed to increase,
and her pain grew worse. Next morning
he anointed and prayed for her and
about night sue began to get better.
The fever all left her, and has never re-turned.
Praise the Lord! She is now
well. Dear ones, it pays to trust the
Lord. We find him a present help in
every time of need. He also heals my
body and keeps me saved. Praise the
Lord! Pray that I may ever keep saved.
" Cast thy cares upon the Savior,
He will gladly bear them all,
Even though they seem like mountains,
Even though they may be small."
Janey Hutson.
Sharptown, Md.
The Promise fulfilled.
your work. At tbatanona. ent I aefnaaedi
to grasp his promises and felt tbs. * —
body was healeft. fl
glory and praise for what he has dohe.
Mary J.
Muskegon, Mich.
Healed By the Power of God.
A Wonderful Healing.
About the first of December, 1900, I
being a member of the Salvation Army,
was at a holiness meeting. After the
meeting closed one of the soldiers and
myself entered into . a conversation and
while in this conversation I was thrown
into a spell of nervous prostration.
Immediately a severe pain struck me in
the back of the head. This grew worse,
and worse, and by night my neck began
to get stiff. This continued until ray;
neck was perfectly stiff. On Wednesf
day my husband went for the doctor,;
who checked the pain, after which there:
came a very strange feeling in my ' heade4
FAITH.
Divine Healing.
ME UNCHANGING CHRIST.
= one
t
, .
aza hardly describe. Noth-el:
Con- was real. Things that
happened itzlemed like they hal happened
several months before. My eyesight was
almost gone, and I. was so weak in body
nothing. These feelings con-tinned
for: four weeks, and grew worse
each day. •
On Tuesday, Dee. 18, I was much
w€ R# 0i44404: usual, but did not let my
out to tell all my friends what the Lord
had done for me. I spent that day in
that way. The next day I got up early
and prepared breakfast, did a good- sized
washing, papered my kitchen, and did
other work. I have been. working,
sleeping, eating, and praising God ever
since, and I have never been the- least bit
nervous. To God be all the glory. My
mother saw by my face I was healed
before 1 dot to her to tell her. Oh, it
is wonderful what God can do for us
when we are fully given up to him, and,
dear readers, it ever I was entirely given
up it was that morning. Then I was,
as it were, groping along in a dense fog,
not half seeing my way and hardly
knowing it if 1 did; but, glory to God
in the highest! when he healed me I
just stepped out of darkness into his
marvelous light. I took my glasses off
and have never had them on since. I
do not need them; I see well without
them.
God has cut me loose from all sects,
and to- day I am free. Bless God for-ever!
He has said that whom the Lord
makes free is free indeed; and now in-stead
of belonging to this or that denom-ination
I belong to Jesus, who gave him-self
for me, and where he leads me I will
follow. Mrs. Etta Pritchard.
Selma, Cal.
I feel it to be my duty and to the
glory of God to testily to God's healing
= power. I know that a great many peo-ple
say that the day of healing is past,
but I am glad to say that it is not.
James 5: 13 says: " Is any among you
afflicted? let him pray." Many times I
have been afflicted and prayed earnestly,
and the Lord answered prayer and healed
me. Praise his dear name! Again, he
says in Mark 16: 18—" And these signs
shall follow them that believe: . . . they
shall lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover." " Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of the
church; and let them pray over him, an-ointing
him with oil in the name of the
Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save
the kick, and the Lord shall raise him
up."-- Jas. 5: 14, 15. I do praise God
for his healing power and for healing my
family ( that is, all who are willing to
trust him), and for raising them up.
About two weeks ago our little boy seven
years old lost the use of his lower limbs
from his knees down and could not walk,
had to be helped to and from the table
and waited upon as a small child. ' Wife
and I prayed for him, but felt that God
did not want things done in a corner,
and he impressed me to send for the
elder. So 1 went for Bro. L. B. ' Wilson
and he came and prayed and anointed
with oil, and the prayer of faith has
saved ( or healed) the child. About that
time I was writing to the brethren at the
Trumpet Office, and they prayed for
him, and he began to amend and is now
well and going to school. Praise God
forever! Pray that we may be humble
and true to God.
John S. Hodarmel.
Pondcreek, Ind.
BYR. ROTHMAN.
A LL Bible doctrines rest on very plain
principles that are easily under-stood
by the most simple- minded. God
says concerning his way of salvation,
" The wayfaring man, though a fool, shall
not err therein." The reason there are
many different ideas of Bible doctrine is
partly due to the fact that men do not
desire to do God's will, but simply to
please themselves. If any man will do
God's will he shall know of the doctrine,
says our Lord.
The doctrine of divine healing is not a
complicated thing. It rests on the sim-plest
principles. God tells us in his
Word what to do in case of sickness
( Jas. 5: 13- 15), which ought to settle the
matter with all who fear God; and not
only James but the entire New Testa-ment
encourages us to trust in. God
rather than in men.
Truth will stand the test of reasoning.
We learn in Hebrews 13: 8 that Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday, and to- day,
and forever. When on. earth he healed
all manner of diseases; healed all who
came to him for healing in faith believ-ing.
He says, " Ask, and ye shall
receive." It he has not changed, he is
able to do what he did on earth; and
since his compassion is the same, and
since he tells us to ask for what we
need, is it strange that his people should
take him at his word, and boldly trust
him in spite of the devil and popular
prejudice?
The fact is, that those who know the
truth on divine healing must accept
Christ as a healer of body as well as
soul, or limit his power and willingness
to heal— make him not the same yester-day,
and to- day, and forever.
The curing of our bodily diseases is
not the most important thing in connec-tion
with divine healing. The trying of
our faith brings results more precious
than gold. Those who take Christ
for their healer get something more than
a form of godliness. Christ becomes
real to them— and they are better fitted
to trust him for the saving and keeping
of their souls. Praise the Lord! Let us
trust him living or dying; if he sees fit
to take us to glory, it shall be well with
us; and God is not unfaithful, but will
be a help to the helpless, it such be
left behind.
We feel sate in saying that there is
less sickness among the children of God
who really trust him, than among those
who have the best earthly physicians.
For my own part, I know that before
God saved me the doctors got a good
portion of my earnings, and they
seemed only to make me the worse with
their drugging. Now for nearly four
years I have trusted the Lord for health
and have not been delayed one day with
sickness, while before I lost many weeks
through disability. To God be the
glory. Let us boldly contend for the
faith of the Bible, resisting the devil
steadfastly, and grow strong in the grace
of God and the power of his might,.
until mighty signs and wonders may
continually be done in the name of his
holy child Jesus.
I 0.0 wy badly, and I do not think 1
will ever get well unless the Lord heals
me." 1 said, " I am looking for all I
carafind on healing in the Bible." I
thought perhaps he could help me, for
indeed I felt I needed all the spiritual
I could get. He said he knew many
people who said they were healed, and
yet they were always sick. He said he
believed Jesus could heal a person and so
on and so on. Still he did not encour-age
me in leaning wholly on Jesus for
my healing. So he lett.
After I went to bed I had an awtul
spell, had a nervous chill, and did not
expect to see morning. _ all the time
God in his goodness was showing me
that he would heal me, but some way 1
did not know how to come to him for
healing. During my sickness one or
God's chosen ones came several times to
see me. He spoke to me about the
saints of God in Fresno, and said if I did
not get better he would send them down
and I could be anointed in the name of
Jesus. In the meantime he met one of
the saints and told her of my sickness
and she came to see me and told me
they were having a series of meetings in
Fresno all that week, and. insisted on my
going. SO I went and called on Bro. Hud-son.
He began to read and explain
God's word, and as I was very hungry
for spiritual food, 1 took it all in as fast
as he gave it out. I told him that for a
great many years 1 had been suffering
frequently with a dreadful headache. 1
had tried all the doctors and earthly
remedies that I ever heard of. but all
had failed. So 1 came to the Lord for
that and the strange feeling in my head,
also for nervousness and everything that
was wrong with my entire being. He
read a portion of ' the fifth chapter of
James, and we knelt in prayer. He said
for me to pray. Just then the Spirit of
God took told of me and 1 poured out
the real longing desire of my heart to
God. I felt the power of God as I had
never felt it before. When I stopped
praying, : afro. Hudson anointed me with
oil in the name of Jesus, and, praise God
forever! I was healed from head to foot
right then. We arose to our feet prais-ing
God, and his praises have been my
delight ever since. To God be all the
glory. I do praise God that he ever al-lowed
me to meet the dear saints. They
have been a source of blessing to my
soul. The first one I ever met was a
brother on the train last April as I came
from Los Angeles to Selma, where 1
bade him good- by not expecting to meet
him again on earth. Re talked of God
and his goodness, and I saw he had more
of God's fulness than I had, if I was a
Salvation Army soldier— but no more
than I was hungering tor; and God has
said in his blessed Word that he that
hungers and thirsts alter righteousness
shall be filled. But, dear reader, did
you ever stop to think that we so often
ask God to fill us when really we ought
to ask him to empty us— empty us of
self— and then we are ready to be filled
with God. Before God healed me I
could not sleep unless I took an opiate.
I had no appetite at all. I would eat a
little to keep my family in good spirits.
was healed about noon. We went
from the house where I was healed to a
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family Know just how badly 1 did feel;
but in the evening ttlie captain of the
Army came out to see me, and when we
were alone in the room 1 said, " Captain,
BY MARY A. PHILLIPS.
4 4N ONV faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen."— Heb. 11: 1. It is one thing
to believe there is a God and another to
have faith in him. We are told in the
Word that the devils believe and tremble.
But living faith in God believes and ac-cepts
his promises and believes all things
are possible with God and that he is a re-warder
of all who diligently seek him.
It is faith which connects us to God and
which brings pardon and peace to our
souls. True repentance and faith bring
us near to God. It is then we are
brought nigh by the blood of Jesus, and
are made new creatures in Christ. Faith
not onl y unites us to God but also to all
who have obtained like precious faith
through the exceeding great and precious
promises. See 1 Pet. 1: 1. When this
new creation has taken place we stop
sinning, for sin has no more dominion
over us. We, having been adopted into
the family of God, have become heirs of
God, and joint heirs with Christ. We
live by faith in the, Son of God, drink his
blood and eat his flesh; thereby growing
in grace continually and. in the knowl-edge
of the truth and grace, which en-ables
us to endure persecution and be
willing to be counted as filth and off-scourings
of the earth, " esteeming the
reproaches of Christ greater riches than
the treasures of Egypt" ( Heb. 11: 26),
and " choosing rather to suffer affliction
with the people of God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season."— Ver.
25.
Let us " earnestly contend for the faith
which was once delivered unto the
saints," and then we will not doubt
God's willingness to forgive and save us
from our sins and heal all our diseases;
for " the prayer of faith shall save the
sick, and the Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins, they shall
be forgiven him."— Jas. 5: 14, 15. God
grant that the time may soon come when
we shall all come in the unity of the faith,
and the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man and unto the measure
ot the stature of the fulness of Christ.
" Time would fail me to tell of Gedeon,
and of Barak, and of Samson, and ot
Jephthae; of David also, of Samuel, and
of the prophets: who through faith sub-dued
kingdoms, wrought righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of
lions."— Bob. 11: 32, 33.
" Stay not in feeble unbelief,
When God commands be 	
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strong.
Be strong in him, the Word believe,
Aud shout the overcomer's song."