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VOLUME XXIV. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1904. NUMBER 52.
THE THOUGHT OF GOD.
FABER.
O how the thought of God attracts
And draws the heart from earth,
And sickens it of passing shows
And dissipating mirth.
' Tis not enough to save our souls,
To shun the eternal fires:
The thought of God will rouse the heart
To more sublime desires.
God only is the creature's home,
Though rough and straight the road;
Yet nothing else can satisfy
The love that longs for God.
tO utter but the name of God
Down in your heart of hearts,
And see how from the world at once
All tempting lights depart!
A trusting heart, a yearning eye,
Can win its way above;
If mountains can be moved by faith,
Is there less power in love?
— Selected.
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO
NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE BIBLE,
HEAVEN, AND THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE.
TALK II.
MR. Guideright—" Come in neighbor
Misled, I am glad to have you come
again."
Mr. Misled—" The storm still continues
but it is an ' ill wind that blows nobody
any good.' " I enjoyed our conversation
this morning and believe I am nearing the
kingdom of God. Oh, how my soul longs
for rest!
Mr. 0.—" Jesus says, ' Come unto me, all
ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly
in heart : and you shall find rest unto your
soul.' "
M.—" The yoke I have had on for
these twenty years has filled my soul with
groanings instead of rest."
Mr. G.—" It is evident you have had on
a wrong yoke, Christ's yoke brings rest
to the soul. A rest that satisfies every
longing and unless the soul is not fully
satisfied it is under a wrong yoke."
Mr. M.—" I have come over to learn
what I must do to be saved. I was down
at the Dunker's church at Mixbelieve this
last summer and heard Mr. Waters their
preacher preach from the text, ' He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved.'
lie said that baptism was a saving ordi-nance
and finless one is baptized he is not
saved. Now if this is true I want to be
baptized."
Mr. 0.—" We will try Mr. Waters' ap-plication
of the text you quote by our
rule. If baptism is a saving ordinance
then such application he has made of this
text will not conflict with other texts."
Mr. M.—" Mr. Uncertain also said in one
of his sermons that in baptism our sins were
washed away. He preached from Acts 22:
16. ' And now why tarriest thou ? Arise,
and be baptized, and wash away thy sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.' Of
course this text puts an end to all contro-versy
or at least it looks so to me. If we
are going to take the Bible we must take it.
But our preacher says we are not saved by
the baptism of water but by grace through
faith."
Mr. G.—" What does the Bible say? Let
us try both Mr. Waters' and Mr. Uncer-tain's
application of these texts by our
rule. In Eph. 2: 8 the apostle says, ' For
by grace are ye saved through faith ; and
that not of yourselves: it is a gift of God:
not of works, least any man should boast.'
Nothing is said here about our being saved
by baptism but we are saved by faith. This
harmonizes with what the beloved disciple
John said in his first epistle fifth chapter.
` Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God.' Nothing is here
said of baptism. According to this text
we can experience the birth of the Spirit
through faith alone. If baptism must ne-cessarily
be performed to have salvation or
be born again, why is it not mentioned
here ? Then again, when the jailor asked
what he must do to be saved he was told to
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and he
should be saved. See Acts 16 : 30, 31. If
baptism is a saving ordinance why has the
apostle failed to mention it here to this
penitent jailor ?"
Mr. M.—" Can you give me any instan-ces
in the Bible where people were saved
without baptism?"
Mr. G.—" Baptism is an ordinance and
must be observed the same as any other
commandment but it has nothing and can
have nothing to do with our salvation from
sin_ I can give you a number of instances
wherein persons were pardoned without
baptism. Mr. Uncertain says, by the au-thority
of Acts 22: 16, that water washes
away sins ; but Jesus said to one, ' thy sins
which are many are all forgiven thee.'
And again to the thief that died on the cross
with him, he said, ' This day shalt thou be
with me in paradise.' He was not baptized
at all. In the tenth chapter of Acts we
have account of Cornelius hearing the
Word of God and receiving the Holy Ghost.
It is there said that while Peter yet spake
the Holy Ghost fell on all them which
heard the Word. In the fifteenth chapter
Peter in referring to this occurrence said
their hearts were purified by faith at the
time the Holy Ghost fell on them. If
their hearts were made pure they certainly
were saved. After the Holy Ghost fell on
them. Peter said, ' Can any man forbid
water, that these should not be baptized,
which have received the Holy Ghost as well
as we ? And he commanded them to be
baptized in the name of the Lord.' "
Mr. M.—" Well, it certainly does appear
that some were pardoned or saved before
they were baptized, but I would like to
have an explanation of Mark 16: 16 and
Acts 22: 16. I do not understand how you
can make them harmonize with those scrip-tures
that seem to teach we are saved by
grace through faith only."
Mr. 0.—" The scriptures do not only seem
to teach salvation by grace through faith
but they most positively teach it. Now I
will take pleasure in explaining these texts
and to make them very clear to you will
necessitate the bringing in of a number of
other texts treating on the subject of
baptism."
Mr. M.—" This will require no doubt con-siderable
length of time and I can not
remain longer to- day but will come again
soon. I want to find the way. Some of the
preachers at Mixbelief say we can not be
saved at all in this life, and some say we
are saved by grace through faith, some
say we are saved in baptism. Such is very
confusing to me. If I can be saved now,
and I am sure from the Bible proofs you
gave me this morning that we can be saved
now and can have a knowledge of the same.
The next thing for me to know is what I
shall do to be saved."
Mr. G.—" Come again as early as you
feel disposed. I am sure we will have no
trouble in making the way very clear and
plain to you because the Bible is a plain
book and one and all can easily understand
when it is rightly explained. Good bye."
C. E. O.
REDEMPTION.
BY MRS. S. 0. SUSAG.
AND the ransomed [ redeemed] ] of the
Lord shall return." Ise. 35 : 10. Those
who get redeemed return. From what do
they return ? They return from their sin-ful
ways and get upon the highway, which
is called the way of holiness. This way is
also called in the Scriptures the narrow
way, which very few in this world want to
enter because it is so narrow that they can
not take any of this world's pleasures with
them. But every one that gives up his own
way and gets redeemed of the Lord, can
have great peace and joy and is redeemed
from the awful torment of hell. There is
no condemnation for them as long as they
walk after the Spirit of the Lord.
The Lord is able to redeem from every
thing that will hinder us from serving him
with our whole heart. We read in Psa.
130: 7, 8, " Let Israel hope in the Lord: for
with the Lord there is mercy, and with him
is plenteous redemption. And he shall re-deem
Israel from all his iniquities." Glory
to our God. His Word says from all in-iquitiy
he is able to redeem, and why not
believe his Word and be redeemed by the
blood of Christ, as we read in Heb. 9: 11,
12. " But Christ being come an high
priest of good things to come, by a greater
and more perfect tabernacle, not made
with hands, that is to say, not of this build-ing;
neither by the blood of goats and
calves, but by his own blood he entered in
once into the holy place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us." " For as much
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from
your vain conversation received by tradi-tion
from your fathers ; but with the pre-cious
blood of Christ, as a lamb without
blemish and without spot."
Praise the Lord for the blood of the
Lamb! The power of that blood just fills
our souls with glory and we like to let
others know about it, because it is too good
to keep to ourselves. We want the others
to come and return to the Lord, where
they will be rejoicing in Zion and get into
a state where they do not have to serve
the devil, but can be able to serve the Lord
and worship him in Spirit and in truth.
For our part it gets like the poet says in
his song,
" Yes, yes, yes, it fills my heart with glory,
To tell the hungry, thirsting soul
Of the redemption story."
God also redeems us from the law. " But
when the fulness of time was come, God
sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made
under the law, to redeem them that were
under, the law, that we might receive the
adoption of sons." Gal. 4: 4, 5. In Gal.
3: 13 we read, " Christ has redeemed us
from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is
every one that hangeth on a tree." And
now in this life we can rejoice in the free-dom
from law service and we can serve God
in the Spirit. " Now the Lord is that Spirit:
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty." 2 Cor. 3: 17. " Who also hath
made us able ministers of the New Testa-ment
not of the letter, but of the Spirit:
for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth
life." Verse 6. Our life is also redeemed
by God. " Who redeemeth thy life from
destruction; who crowneth thee with lov-ingkindness
and tender mercies." The soul
is also redeemed. " The Lord redeemeth
the soul of his servants : and none of them
that trust in him shall be desolate." Psa.
34: 22. The Lord will also redeem our
body, for we read in Rom. 8: 23, " And
not they only, but ourselves also, which
have the firstfruits of the Spirit. even we
ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting
for the adoption to wit, the redemption of
our body." Amen.
Glory to God! Let us be ready, waiting'
for the Lord. The call goes out to every
nation. And God is no respecter of person
but wants to redeem every one from all
their iniquity. The redeemed are " look-ing
for that blessed hope, and the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Savior
Jesus Christ; who gave himself far us, that
he might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar people zeal
ous of good works." Titus 2: 13, 14.
We the redeemed of the Lord shall reign
with Christ, and are made kings and
priests, and he has washed us from our sins
in his own blood. " And from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the
kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us;
and washed us from our sins in his own
blood, and hath made us kings and priests
unto God and his Father; to him be glory
and dominion forever and ever. Amen,"
Rev. 1: 5, 6. " And they sung a new song,
saying, thou art worthy to take the book,
and to open the seals thereof : for thou wast
slain, and hast redeemed us to God by the
blood out of every kindred, and tongue,
and people, and nation; and hast made us
unto our God kings and priests: and we
shall reign on the earth." Rev. 5: 9, 10.
The Lord has prepared so clear a way
through his own Son. It is described in his
Word that every one can get an under-standing
of how to get in the way. The
way is so plain that even a fool need not
err therein, but be more than conquerer
through Jesus Christ who loved us. Let
us ever be singing and telling the redemp-tion
story to the lost soul, and one here
and one there will hear and come to God
who gave his only son to redeem us from all
sin and to fill us with joy and peace in the
Holy Ghost. Amen.
PROSPERITY OF THE WICKED.
BY C. S. WYATT.
" WHEREFORE do the wicked live, become
old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed
is established in their sight with them, and
their offspring before their eyes. Their
houses are safe from fear, neither is the
rod of God upon them. . . . They send
forth their little ones like a flock, and
their children dance. They take the tim-bre'
and harp, and rejoice at the sound
of the organ. They spend their days in
wealth, and in a moment go down to the
grave. Therefore they say unto God, De-part
from us; for we desire not the knowl-edge
of thy ways. What is the Almighty,
that we should serve him? and what prof-it
should we have, if we pray unto him?
Lo, their good is not in their hand." Job
21: 7- 15.
How often we see and hear this very
scripture acted out. One time after I had
come from meeting a man came into my
house and said, " What good have you done
by — ikaing to meeting? What good does it
do 4to pray? You can not change God's
plans; he has everything fixed to suit him-self
and you need not pew or preach or any-
Dee. 29, MA.
No child left to its own way will ever
escape the pitfalls of Satan. It must be
trained up and away from the natural
downward tendency. There is too much
evil power in the old world and too much
natural inclination in the inherent de-praved
life to leave a poor innocent and ig-norant
child to its fate. Ruin, eternal per-dition
awaits every such child. God gives
the child parents, and gives . the parents a
responsibility for which we must answer.
In the text, " Bring them up in the nuture
and admonition of the Lord" the Revised
Version reads, " Nuture them up in the
chastenings of the Lord." The child must
be brought up with chastenings which are
essential to its wellbeing.
We all are thankful to God to- day for
all the chastenings our godly parents min-istered
unto us. We may look back and
think we know where they made some mis-takes,
but we have no regrets over our child-hood
chastenings. if our parents did their
duty on every line where they had under-standing,
we are exceedingly thankful and
would not have missed one stroke of the rod
applied by a loving hand that perhaps is
long ago departed from us. That same
hand that labored and toiled for our sup-port
physically, and often smoothed our
troubled brow, and held our little hand as
we walked over dangerous places and
caught us as we were falling,— that hand
also applied the rod of correction for the
purpose of our security from the evils that
so thickly surrounded us.
If we can give reverence to our dear
parents for all the chastenings we received,
can we now as parents be guiltless before
God and neglect our own responsibilities?
We want our children to have all the bene-fits
we received and must therefore see to
it that the divinely ordained plan is recog-nized
in our home. These chastenings must
be applied in a careful manner that the
child may soon learn that it is no personal
comfort nor any other object of the parents
for their own pleasure but wholly for the
benefit of itself. It would be difficult, of
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
course, for the child to see this in its early
years, but the time will come when it will
see it and give its parents reverenee, and
whether or not it would ever see it, the
responsibility remains the same on the par-ental
side. Some are disposed to think
that an act of disobedience or rebellion or
stubbornness may be passed by and over-looked,
. and a child permitted to go on
without any serious result from such an
act. But there can be no more fatal error
than this. Every such act in a child will
develop more and more rebellion until in
due time the word of the parent has lost
all its power, and the child becomes a down-right.
rebel. 0 dear parents, let me warn
you against this awful spirit of these last
days. One of the plain indications of the
signs of the times as prophesied by the
apostle is " disobedient to parents." ' 2 Tim.
3: 2.
God can not look with approval upon
our home where disobedience is permitted
to exist. Every transgression of this kind
must be accounted for by the child or else
ruin will be its doom, and the careless
parent will have to give account for it in
the day of reckoning, while in this life
there will be untold sorrow and regret on
the part of both parent and child. The
law of heaven is obedience. The universe
is held by the same law. Every earthly
government must recognize the same, or
else anarchy and ruin will be its shameful
destruction. The church of God can not
exist upon earth without this law strictly
enforced and no home will ever be worthy
of the name without this same law recog-nized
by every member of the household.
In other words, no rebel dare exist under
any form of proper government, unless 11,
be kept imprisoned,- or in some other way
prevented from coming in contact with
anyone else. There is no place in heaven
or earth where this is more real or serious
than in the home, and yet there are many
professing saints I fear, who are wholly
ignorant of this stupenduous fact.
Disobedience under any earthly govern-ment
dare not go unpunished. Rebellion
is a crime, and punishable by banishment
or death. Otherwise no government can
stand. I have seen mothers and fathers let
their little babe become stubborn and re-bellious,
and they look upon it as something
smart and cute. As the child grew that
awful element grew also and in a few years
the child was a disgrace to parents, itself,
and community. Mothers allow their little
ones to defy them, and strike at them, or
kick and squall in a fit of anger, sometimes
right in a public place of worship, where
many eyes behold the shameful scene. I
have sometimes felt that the most accept-able
service to God in public meeting
where such display of Satanic power is
manifest, would be to stop preaching and
help some poor perplexed parent to con-quer
that little rebel, and rebuke the devil
out of the meeting. The rebel must be con-quered,
no matter how young, whether in
the home, the meeting, or the school. It
must be punished by some rigid method
until every grain of stubbornness is ground
out of it, and it becomes a good obedient
child.
• In Col. 3 : 21 we
child has been permitted to have its Own
way, which condition will never exist where
the parents have done their duty in the
proper instruction of the child. But since
we see our duty now and are required of
God to do this duty, we must begin in the
fear of God. Where the child has been
trained, there will he little difficulty in cor
rection, but this important part of our life
must necessarily he carried out. Instead of
a feeling that it is an awful burden and
the next thing to an impossibility to admin-ister
correction, we must consider it one of
the necessaries of life and humbly look to
God and his Word for knowledge and grace.
The child of course does not like this part
of life, and would soon take up with the
thought that it is very much abused etc.,
but all such foolish logic must be ignored
and a careful system of correction estab-lished
in every home. One father said he
loves his children so well that he can not
correct or punish them. Such a parent
does not love his child as he should.
Punishment of some kind for disobedi-ence
and stubbornness is absolutely neces-sary
in the proper training of the child.
Chastening means more than simply inflict-ing
pain. It means correction and discip-lining
in every necessary respect. Applying
the rod of correction means more than using
a rod in the- form of a whip, and yet a whip
is one of the most effectual means of chast-ening
in many instances. As children of
our heavenly Parent we all know how un-pleasant
some of the chastenings of God
seems to us. " Now no chastening for the
present seemeth to be joyous, but grevious :
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of righteousness to them
that are exercised thereby." Heb. 12 : 11.
How true this has proved in our experience.
The very chastening that we naturally
would have avoided if we could turned out
to be the means of the most precious bless-ings
of our life. The parental eye of God
saw the danger ahead and brought to bear
upon us the influences that served in his
hand as the rod of correction to guide our
feet past the danger place. We would not
have had it so, but he would, and when it
was over and we could look back, we could
thank him unspeakably for just the way
it all was brought about. The chastenings
afterward yield the peaceable fruits of
righteousness to our grateful hearts.
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thing of the sort" He was a believer in
the Hard- shell or Presbyterian doctrine.
I did not try to argue or convince him that
he was wrong; I had done that many times
before. I just commanded him to stop such
talk in my house or before my family. God
stopped his mouth. We see many such
eases in our travels, but such men as that
are not the worst curse to the cause of
Christ. The church- member ( so- called)
that says we can repent, pray, and seek and
find favor with God, and then do the wick-ed
things mentioned here by Job, at the
same time claiming to believe in God and
the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
belong to some denomination, and think
they are safe and sure of heaven, are a
greater curse to the cause of Christ. I know
that Job was talking to non- professors, but
you know that if it is a sin for the wicked
to do such things, it is a sin and a shame for
followers of Christ to indulge in such
things. Now for the glory of God, this is
written. Take warning, dear ones, and flee
these idols.
You that are yet in some fine, fashionable
church, surrounded with all the latest im-provements
of scientific Christianity, with
your societies and clubs, bees, parties, etc.:
you church- members that send your chil-dren
to the dance- hall and have them train-ed
to the movements of some ungodly danc-ing
master— do you know what you are do-
' lug ? I do. You are peopling hell with
your own offspring. How will you feel,
and on what grounds do you expect to face
a just God, when your son or daughter will
rise up in judgment and say, " Father,
mother, you sent me here to this awful
place of torment; you sent me to the fash-ionable
society, parties, and dance- hall;
there I learned the ways of high life, the
fine fashionable dressing which nod's Word
forbids: why did you not read that to me,
and advise me to dress in modest apparel?
there I learned to play cards and gamble—
just a sociable game for a prize— and there
I learned to drink just a sip of the harm-less
wine because it was fashionable, and
learned many other sins that you knew
lurked about such places, but it is too late
now; I am cast off forever, and must spend
eternity with the foul demons of hell."
Father, mother, you that are living in a
fine mansion in New York, or the one that
lives in the dirtiest log hut in the moun-tains
of Kentucky, this is to you. Stop,
think what you are doing! God will hold
you to account for the way you train your
children. Now a word to the rich, with
all due respect. I have not held any malice
or hatred toward the rich, but what are you
doing with your increase of wealth? Are
you spending it for the cause of Christ who
died for you? or are you like the Word
says: " Their eyes stand out with fatness:
they have more than heart could wish."
Psa. 73: 7. " They spend their days in
wealth, and in a moment go down to the
grave." Job. 21: 13.
Dear reader, professed Christian or not,
you can enter heaven only by the door, that
is Christ. John 10: 9. He has given us
his Word the gospel, which is just the same
as if he were here now telling us as he talk-ed
while he was on earth; when he speaks
once about any certain thing, that is just as
good• as if he had said it a thousand times.
Ile says, " But woe unto you that are rich!
for ye have received your consolation. Woe
unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger.
oe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall
mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all
men shall speak well of you! for so did their
fathers to the false prophets." Luke 6:
24- 26.
" But Abraham said, Son, remember that
thou in thy litetune received thy good
things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:
but now he is comforted, and thou art tor-mented."
Luke 16: 25. Take warning, pray
God to take the scales from off your eyes,
or, in other words, take the dollars from
before your eyes so you can see Christ
plainly. God help us all to live true to his
NN ord.
PAIIENT AND CHILD
ARTICLE IV.
DUTY TO CORRECT.
THE disposition of a child to take up
with that which is contrary to the wish of
the parent must be overcome. Sometimes
this is a difficult task in cases where the
read, " Fathers, pro-voke
not your children to anger, lest they
be discouraged." This admonition means
much. It applies to chastening as well as
to other parental dealings. You have often
seen children when punished, fly into an
outrageous fit of anger, or when already in
a paroxysm of rebellion and stubbornness,
some little fellow will catch its breath and
fall over like one dead, become black and
blue in its face, and frighten the perplexed
parent that it really might die. The rod of
correction is laid aside, and the parent be-gins
to coax and pet the little rebel to
bring it out of its spell, after while the
little fellow sees that it has conquered and
straightens up, the master of the situation.
The parent simply provoked it to anger,
and the next time it feels like it there
will be a repitition of the scene, and al-most
invariably at such a time when it is
the most humiliating to you. In meeting
or when company comes, little Johnny or
Mary will take advantage - of the circum-stance
and boss the parents around t7 his
or her own satisfaction, or- ' elsc there will
be a scene on hand.
Beloved parent, you do wrong when you
allow your little one to have its own way.
The whip breaks before- the will of
the child breaks : you must break its
\ rill. or it will break your heart and
home. If one whip breaks get another, and
another. and with a loving, though sor-rowful
heart you must keep at your un-pleasant
task until your object is accom-plished,
your little subject comes up to
you and puts its arms around your neck
with a loving little heart full of sorrow
beeause of its stubbornness. A proper
chastening on this line will not need be
repeated often, and if in some rare cases
it must he repeated, do it in the fear of
God, and do it right away. If you must
be excused from the presence of company,
or must go out of meeting or Sunday-school,
out 011( 1 off with your child and set-tle
this matter. In a eertain city where we
were living., good whips were so scarce
that I had to go several miles to get them,
but we had to have them. In another city
I positively - could find no whips suitable
for needs. The thought of a little raw-hide
came to my mind. I purchased one
and took it home under my coat for fear
it would grieve Manuna's heart to think
of punishing our children with such a
whip. She soon found it and protested,
hut I said I knew I could use it in love
with a sanctified heart and do the children
no harm. It was not long until she could
use it as welt as I. We have the whip yet
as a family memorial, and the sight of it
has often proved an effectual restraint to
our children. Since our dear boy is saved
he has asked me to give him that whip
now as I do not need it any more for him,
but I said, We will keep it until you are
grown then you may have it. The only
reason we used this was, that it would not
break. Of course no parent has any bus-iness
to chasten a child in any other way
than in true parental love, and the effectual
method of the chastening must be deter-mined
by the parent as wisdom and divine
guidance may suggest. 	 J. W. B.
Poindexter, Ky.
I do praise God for a full and free sal-vation
that keeps me each day. I have
been a reader of the Gospel Trumpet for
eight years, and am in no way tired of it.
I love to read its pages as well as I ever
did ; it is food to my soul. Husband and
I are the only ones in this neighborhood
that believe in the straight way. The Word
has been preached many times, but the
people did not receive it. I praise God
for the way; it just suits me. We do not
get to hear the Word preached much; but
God is a present help in every time of
need. I take him as my healer. I have
good health and praise God for it, for he
is worthy of all the praise. Pray that much
good be accomplished in this neighborhood
for those who are taking the Trumpet. Oh,
that conviction may rest upon their hearts.
Pray for me and family, that I may stand,
firm until the end and that My unsaved .
children be saved. . Yours in the one body,
Mrs. Nancy E. Lemons....
As I live, saith the Lord God, I have
no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but
that the wicked turn from his way and live.
If it is angry by your chastening, or be-fore
you begin to chasten it, you make the
mistake if you stop or fear to begin. you
simply encourage it in its wrong, you
must conquer the child's will. Many a
time we only provoke it to anger by an
proper or partial punishment. When
we begiu we must go through with it. h
may often seem a hopeless task, but no
matter; we must go through with it, in
the fear of God, or else our dear child is
ruined. He that spareth his rod, hateth
his son : but he that loveth him chasteneth
him betimes." Proy 13: 24. To spare here
means to neglect to chasten and incom-plete
chastening. If in case a little whip
is the means of chastening, you must apply
it until the child is conquered. If it needs
chastening only because it was disobedi-ent,
or made some mistake, and it takes it
in a submissive manner, you can safely
stop as soon as this correction indicates to
you to be sufficient according to the need of
the occasion. But if it is a ease of stub-bornness
and rebellion the rod must he
applied until the will is conquered, and
the child recognizes your authority over it.
Frequently, a little hickory is not sufficient.
Dec. 29, 1904. 	 THE GOSPEL mumprr
Every principle of righteousness is nec-essarily
as truly eternal as the God whose
upright and holy character it represents;
so every such principle contained in the
law is carried over into the gospel ; not be-cause
it was in the law but because it is a
principle of natural righteousness. It
is the righteousness of the law that is ful-filled
in those who possess salvation through
Jesus Christ. Rom. 8: 4. Every right-minded
person knows that the return of
stolen property, or that by which we may
have at any time overreached our brother
man, or anything that we may have deceit-fully
gotten, is necessary on the part of
all who hope for forgiveness, even were
both the law and the gospel silent upon
this point. The question is sometimes ask-ed,
" But if the one against whom the of-fence
was committed be dead, and have no
near relative to whom to recompense the
trespass what shall we do ?" The Word in
Num. 5: 5- 8 will I think make the will of
God sufficiently plain ; let the trespass be
recompensed unto the Lord; that is, give
it to the poor or to the work of the Lord.
As to the offender being personally unable
to make the restitution, I would say, God
requires no impossibilities, and if we can
persuade him that we mean business in our
hearts, and will make an honest effort to
do what we can, he will accept of the re-pentance.
Now, all these offerings and sacrifices
for sins were typical of something. We
know from Ex. 25: 8; 29: 43- 46, and many
other texts, that the tabernacle was God's
house or dwelling upon earth under the law.
We also know from Eph. 2: 19- 22; 1 Cor.
3: 16; 1 John 4: 13 and many other scrip-tures,
that the church of God is now his
house or dwelling. In fact, Paul plainly de-clares
in 1 Tim. 3: 16 that the house of
God is the church of the living God. See
also 1 Pet. 2: 3- 6. We have not space here
to go further into this subject; but there
is no truth more evident to those who have
studied the matter than that the Jewish
sanctuary or house of God ( Mark 2: 26)
was typical of the church of God, the body
of Christ. Col. I : 24, 25.
A DAY HAVING NO END.
Now, what bears to the church and to the
world, including all professed worshipers
of God, a relationship answering to that
which the brazen altar bore to the taber-nacle
and to Israel ? There can be but one
answer- Christ crucified. This is the first
thing that meets the one who, hearing the
gospel trumpet sound its call to " an holy
convocation" and sabbath rest from sin in
view of the atonement, leaves the world and
sin and draws nigh to God. See Lev. 23:
23- 32.
The many offerings and sacrifices pre-sented
by the priest upon that altar in be-half
of the worshiping Israelites, fore-shadowed
Jesus who presented " himself for
us, an offering and a sacrifice to God" up-on
the cross. Eph. 5 : 2. " For every priest
taken from among men is ordained for men
in things pertaining to God, that he may
offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins."
" And every priest standeth daily minister-ing
and offering oftentimes the same sacri-fices,
which can never take away sins. But
this man [ Jesus] after he had offered one
sacrifice for sins forever sat down on the
right hand of God. For by one offering
he hath perfected forever them that are
sanctified." Heb. 5: 1; 10 : 11, 12, 14. " For
such an high priest became us, who is holy,
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners,
and made higher than the heavens; who
needeth not daily as those high priests, to
offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins,
and then for the people's: for this he did
once when he offered up himself." Heb.
7: 26, 27.
Yes, once, for us, a sacrifice
On Cabe ry's cross was made.
0 sinner, look! Believe the Book;
On Christ thy sins were laid.
Through love to thee, up to the tree,
He bore the loathsome load;
And died to free both thou and me,
And bring us unto God.
B y J. GRANT ANDERSON.
" FOR the Lord shall be thine everlasting
light. Isa. 60: 20. Everything in the
whole universe, had its beginning, will have
its noontime, and its end. The sun which
has been shining for ages some time will
withdraw its light. If the world was then
in existence, it would be wrapped in eternal
night. Astronomers tell us that this earth
is speeding swiftly towards a night which
has no star. They tell us that outer dark-ness
reigns beyond the milky way. Think
of a guilty soul standing on the outermost
star of the milky way; his eyes open, but
he sees nothing but a dark bottomless abyss
before him. He must jump, so he takes
an awful leap, and down, down, down
through endless darkness, with increasing
inomentmn, his poor soul is forever lost.
N\ hen the athiest, who had trampled
G od ' s mercy beneath his feet all through
his life, was dying he left this awful testi-mony,
" I am taking an awful leap into the
dark." Jude in speaking upon the terrible
condition of persons who by rejecting God,
reject light, declares, " To whom is reserved
the blackness of darkness forever." Jude
13. " He has reserved in everlasting
chains under darkness unto the judg-ment
of the great day." The outer dark-ness
of that terrible abode admits no ray of
light. A bottomless pit without light.
Love, mercy, or hope will never enter that
dark abode. The thought of such an awful
condition is enough to awaken almost any
soul.
The sinner on earth is said to be in a
kingdom, or state of darkness and almost
unconscious of the same, being asleep.
We sound the alarm loudly, and many
quickly arouse, the same as it will be in the
judgment, " some to everlasting life, and
some to shame, and everlasting contempt."
Dan. 12: 2. " To them who by patient con-tinuance
in well doing seek for glory and
honor and immortality, eternal life." Rom.
2: 7. Those who have eternal life have
been translated out of a kingdom or
darkness into a kingdom of light, and the
Bible states that their sun shall no more go
down. There is no darkness in the kingdom
where the Christian dwells, for God is light
and in him is no darkness at all. How mark-ed
is the contrast between outer unending
darkness, and the peaceful sunlight of an
eternal day. The Christian has now en-tered
into a day whose sun will never set.
Quietness and eternal peacefulness are his
companions forevermore. There will be no
midday, sunset, or twilight, but his path-way
will become brighter and brighter un-til
the perfect day.
The Christian's path is paved with vernal flowers,
His soul is bathed in softest streams of light,
His heart abounds with praise in darkest hours;
He sees no threat'ning clouds, he fears no night.
Contented as the lilies white beside the way,
We walk in peace; suffice with daily bread,
He fears no darkness; mourns not those who pass away;
To him there is no night, there are no dead.
Christ's Atonement and Its Effects
vs
Adam's Sin and Ls Effects,
BY G. P. TASK It.
CHAPTER VI.
OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES FOR SINS.
THE first thing that met those who under
the old covenant drew nigh to God, to his
sanctuary, was the large brazen altar which
stood just inside the door of the tabernacle
court. To it all whole burnt offerings, meat
offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings and
trespass offerings were brought and sacri-ficed.
The burnt offerings, meat offerings and
peace offerings were directly connected with
worship. In them the worshipers grateful-ly
acknowledged God's goodness, his pre-servation
of them, and his authority ; as
well as humbly acknowledged the fact that
they themselves were under sin and requir-ed
the reconciliation of an atonement.
The sin and trespass offerings were more
particularly connected with acts of trans-gression
or oversight, unwillingly or unwit-tingly
done against any of the commands
of the Lord, either as regards something
forbidden or something commanded to be
done. Atonement for every form of guilt,
transgression, or offence against the law,
was provided in these various offerings, ex-cept
for anything done presumptuously
or " with a high hand." Such an offence was
said to be reproaching the Lord and despis-ing
his Word; and that offender was utter-ly
cut off. Read Num. 15: 22- 31; Dent. 17:
12, 13. Whoso despiseth the Word," said
Solomon, " shall be destroyed; but he that
feareth the commandment shall be reward-ed."
Prov. 13: 13. Natural death,- a com-plete
severance from the congregation of
the people of God, was the punishment of
such a sin. " He that despised Moses' law
died without mercy." Heb. 10: 28.
For one to sin presumptuously was to
wilfially, premeditatedly, and deliberately
despise and give the will over to transgress
any of the commandments of God. Judas
was an example of this form of sin. His
case and that of Peter were very different.
' the disposition of the will in each case was
by no means alike, as a few moments'
thought will convince the reader. The sin
of our first parents was not presumptuous.
They were led away and beguiled. Man's
knowledge of the truth regulates his re-sponsibility
to a great extent. God under-stands
the heart and comprehends exactly
under what pressure a human soul may have
been brought either from within or without,
in order to commit a sin. He knows just
where to strike the balance of responsibility,
for " his judgments are true and righteous
altogether."
But to return to our subject. At this
brazen altar the worshiper laid his hand
upon the head of the unblemished animal
which he had brought as a sacrifice, and
whose blood was then shed to make atone-ment
for his sin. Lev. 1: 2- 4; 3 : 1, 2. Here
also the Israelite who had found that he
had transgressed some commandment or
left undone something enjoined in the law,
brought his sin offering of an unblemished
calf or goat, male or female as the law
governing his case might require. Lev. 4, 5.
By giving himself up to the careful observ-ance
of the law of the use of these latter
sacrifices when he found he had unwittingly
or unwillingly transgressed any part of it,
he could have the experience and testimony
of Paul, who said that touching the right-eousness
which was in the law he was blame-less
( Phil. 3: 6), and that he had always
lived before God in all good conscience.
Acts 23 : 1. Zacharias also and his wife
Elizabeth were both righteous before God,
walking in all the commandments and or-dinances
of the Lord blameless. Luke 1: 6.
But the goodness of God also provided
that the sinner could bring an unblemished
ram for a trespass offering to the altar; and
upon confession of his transgression against
his neighbor and making full restitution
to the latter for the wrong he had done, he
could be forgiven through the blood of the
trespass offering with which the priest made
atonement for him. Lev. 6: 1- 7.
kind, " For we must all appear before the
judgment- seat of Christ." 2 Cor, 5 : 10. If
we abide in him, we will have eonfidence
when he shall appear, and not be ashamed
before him at his coming. 1 John 2 : 28.
" Herein is our love made perfect, that we
may have boldness in the day of judgment:
because as he is, so are we in this world."
1 John 4 : 17. It is best to put our trust
and confidence in God in all circumstances
in life. David says, " It is better to trust
in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to
put confidence in princes." Psa. 118: 8, 9.
When a penitent soul is first led to trust
in Christ there is a confidence which they
place in him that gives them real assur-ance
and hope of eternal life, and this con-fidence
we must keep or hold fast to the
end. Paul says we ( who are saved) are
the Lord's house, " if we hold fast the con-fidence
and the rejoicing of the hope firm
unto the end." Heb. 3: 6. Again he says,
" For we are made partakers of Christ if
we hold the beginning of our confidence
fast unto the end." Verse 14. Notice
in both these instances he says we must
hold fast our confidence " unto the end."
It will not avail anything if we con-tinue
only for a time; they who " endure
unto the end shall be saved." But, alas!
a great many do what Paul tells the Hebrew
church they should not do; viz., east away
their confidence. Heb. 10 : 35.
In the early part of my Christian expe-rience
this command and declaration was
a source of great help to me when the ene-my
would try so hard to crush and discour-age
me. I would be tempted many times
that I might as well give up. I would re-member
this exhortation of Paul, " Cast
' not away therefore your confidence which
hath great recompense of reward. For
ye have need of patience, that, after ye
have done the will of God, ye might re-ceive
the promise." Heb. 10: 35, 36.
Thanks be to God for this way- mark, that
has kept a great many souls from being
wrecked. Another command that is very
fitting right here is found in the same chap-ter,
23d verse. " Let us hold fast the pro-fession
of our faith without wavering; for
he is faithful that promised." There are
those who go over the same ground over
and over again, simply because they fail
in observing the truth taught in these
verses. Jesus also in speaking his mes-sage
to the church at Thyatira tells them,
" But that which ye have already hold
fast till I come." Rev. 2 : 25. See also
chapter 3: 3, 11.
Dear reader, if you are of that number
that are often being " tossed with tem-pest
and not comforted," often being buf-feted
by the enemy, and easy to give up,
purpose never to cast away your confidence.
It is dangerous to do so. In time of trial
and battle with the enemy, " in, quietness
and in confidence shall be your strength."
Isa. 30: 15. Rely wholly upon God to
bring you out " more than conqueror
through him that loved you." By faith in
Jesus we have boldness and " access with
confidence" to all that God has promised in
redemption. Eph. 3 : 12. There is help
in him. " And this is the confidence that
we have in him, that, if we ask anything
according to his will, he heareth us : and
if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we
ask, we know that we have the petitions
that we desired of him." 1 John 5: 14, 15.
Let us notice one more scripture in 1 John
3: 21. " Beloved, if our heart condemn us
not, then have we confidence toward God."
Here is the secret of having confidence,
" if our heart condemn us not." If our
heart condemn us, it would naturally fol-low
that we would not have confidence.
Right here is where we must have confi-dence
in ourselves in this respect that we
know we have done and will do all that
God demands of us in meeting the condi-tions
of his Word, upon which he has given
his promises. Then we can understand-ingly
and confidently resist the enemy and
look up to God and receive mercy and
grace to help in time of need. Y ea," What-soever
we ask, we receive of him, because
we keep his commandments, and do those
things that are pleasing in his sight"
Verse 22. " And now, little children, abide
in him ; that when he shall appear, we may
have confidence, and not be ashamed be-fore
him at his coming." 1 John 2: 28.
May the Lord grant it. Amen.
Then let not sin still shut thee in,
' Tween earth and leaden skies;
Awake, awake, 0 sleeper, wake;
Love calls thee forth. Arise.
" There is therefore now no condemna-tion
to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit." Rom. 8: 1.
OUR CONFIDENCE.
BY EMIL RRRUTZ.
CONFIDENCE is a characteristic very es-sential
to the Christian. In order to Make
success in the Christian life, one must have
confidence in God, and there is a sense in
which we must have confidence in ourselves,
though not to trust in ourselves or in the
arm of flesh. Paul says, " For we are the
circumcision, which worship God in the
Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and
have no confidence in the flesh." Phil. 3:
3. But " In the fear of the Lord is strong
confidence: and his children shall have a
place of refuge." Prov. 14: 26.
Confidence signifies assurance, boldness,
or courage, trust or hope. God himself is
spoken of as being our confidence, and
" the confidence of all the ends of the
earth." Psa. 65: 5. " For the Lord shall
be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot
from being taken." Prey. 3: 26. God is
our confidence in the sense that we trust
and confide in him for our salvation and
deliverance from the enemy. In time of
trouble or trial, man naturally looks to
some one or something for help, and hopes
for deliverance. God is the best one to
look to. He only can save from sin and the
pending judgment that is waiting all man-
BY JENNIE MAST.
Farewell to the departing year,
While chiming bells ring in the new.
Farewell we say, and brush a tear
For what we might have failed to do :
For time is fleeting, oh, so fast!
The Master will be coming soon;
May this year's service be the best,
In gleaning jewels for His crown.
A valued leaflet, white and clean,
This glad New Year presents to view;
May not one shadow stand between,
To hide the good it offers you.
For many golden threads entwined,
The burdened heart may fail to see;
While pearls and rubies some may find,
If faithless, they are lost to thee.
Upon this solemn New Year Eve
Our heart is praying earnestly
That we no longer wound and grieve
By slothful, selfish penury;
But give to Him ungrudgingly
Of all His gracious hand has giv'n;
Then will He not refund to thee
Far richer treasures up in heav'n ?
Oh! be not through this coming year
As he of whom the Savior spake,
Who stored his goods till death drew near—
Alas ! how fatal his mistake !
When speaks that same stern sentinel
( Time's dial true has set the day),
Will we be hoarding riches still,
When called to leave this house of clay?
If of our bounty we extend
To homes and missions everywhere,
Will not our straitened hearts expand
With valued profit through this year?
Yea; send afar an offering
From ' mong the firstlings chosen well,
Then others absent tithes would bring,
And thus his last command fulfil.
If truly happy thou wouldst be,
If heavenly wealth thou wouldst obtain,
Through fervent liberality
Alleviate thy brother's pain :
For, lo, they hasten here and there,
Forsaking all with cheerful heart,
Of off'rings sent to them this year—
Oh! will we each one share a part ?
If Father wills that we survive
Another New Year's rising sun,
When at the close of nineteen five,
If these good works we've gladly done,
Will not our hearts together flow
In deeper, sweeter harmony,
And by performing what we know,
Preserve our blessed unity?
Then at the pealing New Year's chime,
With one accord reciprocate,
And bid farewell to fleeting time,
With no regret or slothful weight.
We pledge fidelity through grace
To make this precept practical;
And when we meet Him face to face
The- good accomplished we may tell.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
	 Dec. 29, 1904.
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On the Monday morning mail of last.
week there were 407 letters received. On.
account of the many orders for books, cal-.
endars and subscriptions, the business de-partments
are kept very busy.
The bookbindery sewing- machine was:
broken recently, and in less than two days.
the broken part was sent to New York, re-paired,
and received back again in our-office.
On last Thursday night, shortly after
midnight, Sisters Josephine McCrie and.
Edith Ashenfelter took the train for New
York, from which place they intended to
sail on the White Star S. S. Baltic for
Liverpool, and from thence will sail for
Calcutta, India. Sister McCrie came to
the Trumpet Office three years ago, and
has been a faithful, earnest worker, and
we will miss her presence among us. Sis-ter
Ashenfelter came from Kansas last
summer to spend a while with the Trumpet
family before departing for India. She
expects to engage " in the work with Bro.
and Sister Jarvis at Lahore.
A brother in South Dakota sent in two
hundred and ninety subscriptions for the
Gospel Trumpet and one hundred and
sixty- five orders for calendars, all differ-ent
names.
Bro. G. P. Tasker is at present engaged
in holding meetings in Canada, having,
left Moundsville last week.
Our engineer, Thos. McAaron, left last
week for Boston, Mass., not expecting to.
return till spring. He went as far as New
York with the sisters who are on their way
to India. His place as engineer will be
taken by Bro. C. J. Weiss.
By mistake the initials of Bro. C. E.
Orr's name were omitted from his answers
to questions and also from an article of
the " Conversation" series that is now be-ing
published.
Judging from the kinds of questions
that some individuals send us to be an-swered,
we are confident that they do nol
read the articles nor their Bibles as they
should, or they would find the informa-tion
they desire. It is impossible to pub,
lish answers to all that are asked us, for.
United States, Canada, and Mexico $ 1.00
Foreign Countries 	 $ 1.50
Expressed in English Currency 	 6s 2d.
lle, e. 29, 1904. 5
Western Park, Kan.
To the Saints, Greeting: We are re-joicing
in God's salvation. We have just
closed a meeting here which resulted in
victory for God. This is a community con-sisting
largely of Campbellites, with some
few Baptists, who believe and teach that
the body is responsible instead of the soul
for sins committed. The devil had arrayed
himself to destroy all that he could, and
to discourage the church if possible. It
was a real battle with the enemy, but by
waiting upon God and letting him fight for
us the enemy was defeated. Praise Godt
A few were saved and reclaimed, and the
church was encouraged and strengthened,
and seed was sown that we believe God will
take care of, and will bring forth fruit to
the glory of God in his own good time.
One brother was prayed for teed received
healing of afflicted eyes. Pray that we may
keep humble and useful in the hands of
God. Amen.
G. W. and Ernest W. Carey.
they increase by the rule that the more
questions are answered, the more still ethere
are asked. We are willing to publish a
reasonable number of questions and an-swers
each week.
We would kindly ask that when you
send in subscriptions for the Trumpet, you
will please write names and addresses
plainly. Sometimes we fail to make out
the writing, names get entered wrong, and
the papers fail to reach the subscribers.
Who's to blame? A little care in business
writing generally will save a very appreci-able
amount of perplexities and mistakes.
Always have a certain way of signing your
name to your letters of business. If, for
instance, the wife writes a letter for her
husband, whose name we possibly have on
our books, and signs her own name, we
may not know that the two individuals are
of the same family, or that the two names
are connected with the same account. Be
uniform and plain. Write your business
, correspondence on a sheet separate from
pair requests for prayers or anything that
is intended for the editorial department.
' Ve sometimes receive Canadian postage
stamps, and would say that we can make
no use of them here. Send money by post-office
or express order, or currency at send-er's
risk,
GE
Reports from Canada give favorable re-sults
in the gospel work amidst much op-position
in some places. Bro. Tasker who
has been working in the Office will now
spend some time among the Canadian
churches.
Jennie S. Vail, a missionary in Japan,
who has spent a number of years in that
country, sends us a little pamphlet and
greetings from Japan.
A missionary in Turkey in Asia last
week sent us a letter expressing his grat-itude
for another order of books which he
had just received from our Office, from
which he was receiving benefits through the
reading of them.
A few days ago a letter was received from
: a brother in England, expressing his grat-itude
toward God for the out- pouring of the
Holy Spirit, and also sent a donation to-wards
the publishing work and to help send
forth the gospel to all lands.
Bro. Jas. B. Peterman and wife and W.
J. Murphy have been for some time work-ing
in the gospel work in neglected fields
in Kansas and report that a good work is
being accomplished.
The church in Pittsburg, Pa., have se-cured
a good house of worship in a promi-nent
part of the city, and the outlook is
favorable for a good work to be accomplish-ed
there. They are desiring ministerial
help and a series of meetings, as this will
be their permanent place of worship for
some time.
It now requires three tons of paper to
print one issue of the Gospel Trumpet to
to sent to the regular subscribers. Be-sides
this it requires quite an amount of
paper to publish the other two papers and
the book and tract work.
The prayers of the children of God every-where
in behalf of India are not in vain.
While there are many things that are hin-dranees
to a rapid spread of the gospel in
that country, yet the Lord is moving upon
the hearth of the people, souls are being
saved, and the sick healed in that dark land.
Sister Georgia Elliott, of La Paz, B. C.,
Mexico, writes an interesting letter from
that dark country. They are working a-mong
a people who speak the Spanish Ian-image,
whose religion is principally Roman
Catholic, and situated as they are, their va-ried
experiences and tests are many, and
they need the earnest prayers of the peo-ple
of Cod.
Questions Answered,
Ques. Please give an explanation of
Rev. 1: 1.
Ans. The text cited reads thus: " The
revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
unto him, to show unto his servants things
which must shortly come to pass." Rev.
1: 1. The expression, " Things which must
shortly come to pass" refers only to what
was at that tune future; but you will no-tice
that the angel in the same chapter con-tinues
to instruct the apostle to " write
the things which thou halt seen, and the
things which are, and the things which
shall be hereafter." Rev. 1: 19. In the
above is included all that John saw from
Pentecost and on out beyond the final judg-ment,
and finally right on up in heaven
itself.
Ques. Please explain Mat. 13: 47- 50.
Ans. The text referred to speaks of a net
being cast into the sea, and gathering of
every kind. The question no doubt is, are
there good and bad in the kingdom? By
the preaching of the gospel, men of every
kind have been gathered into a religious
profession. The bad referred to simply
means the average nominal professors of
the world. Of such it may be said that they
are in the kingdom simply by profession ;
have a name that they live and are dead.
These shall be cast into the furnace of
fire. The good in verse 48 are in reality
the kingdom or people of God, his spiritual
family or church, they that possess the
kingdom. Dan. 7: 14.
Ques. Please explain what is meant in
Luke 21: 32 by the words " this genera-tion."
Ans. Two things were being spoken of by
Jesus,— the destruction of Jerusalem and
the judgment day. The word " genera-tion"
is used to describe a certain class of
people, distinct from all others. Then the
generations of Jewish people were not to
become extinct till all that was spoken of
at this time should be fulfilled. Some races
or generations of people have become and
are becoming extinct, or passing away as
Jesus put it; but not so with the Hebrews,
proof of which is abundant everywhere.
Ques. Explain " Neither in the world
to come" as found in Mat. 12: 32.
Ans. Jesus was speaking concerning sin.
One special kind he denominated " blas-phemy
against the Holy Ghost" in verse 31.
The word " neither" was intended to teach
men the awful truth contained in the a-bove
quotation, " Neither in this world,
neither in the world to come." Upon this
fragment the papists have built their soul-destroying,
deceiving doctrine of praying
for the dead masses, etc., saying that the
above is proof that some sins are forgiven
after death or in the world to come. In
the above text it is neither taught nor
implied that sins will be forgiven in the
world to come, nor in an imaginary mil-lennium.
Ques. Explain 1. Cor. 15: 29,
Ans. The whole of this chapter is a
strong argument in defense of the resurrec-tion
of Jesus, and also of the whole human
family, The verse in question is brought
forward as a question, " What shall they
do who are baptized for the dead?" The
meaning is this, Water baptism being a
burial ( See Col. 2: 12.) is highly figurative
of the death and burial of Jesus, and also
of his resurrection. It is clear from read-ing
the 11- 14 verses of the 15 chapter, that
certain false teachers had taught that there
was no resurrection of the dead. Baptism
being a proof of our faith in the doctrine
of the final resurrection, and thus testify-ing
publicly to this end by being baptized,
Woodburn, Ore., Doe.
As many of the dear once ► requested me
to write and let them know when I arrived
t home, I will let a few words in the
Trumpet serve fur all. I left home Sept.
12th, and arrived at home Dee. 11th, dur-ing
which time I met many dear ninth
whose holy lives, deep consecration, Chris-tian
love, and fervent zeal fur the Mas-ter's
work has served as an inspiration to
my own soul to settle down deeper into
the graces of the kingdom of God. Yet my
heart was often made sad tki hear so many
calling for the pure gospel, and so very
few true ministers to fill the calls. I ar-rived
borne on Lord's day morning in time
to meet with the home congregation for
worship, which I truly enjoyed, and espec-ially
so to find them in good spiritual con-dition
so far as we have been able to learn.
I should be glad to fill calls near home this
winter as much as possible. I found my
family well and prospering in the Lord.
With love to all, and thanks to those whom
we met for their hospitalities to me. I am
as ever, your brother in Christ,
J. L. Green.
Jonesboro, Ark., Dec. 13.
I am glad to tell you this morning that
Jesus saves. Since my last report from
Moundsville I attended the assembly meet-ing
at East Prairie, Mo., which was grand.
God sent forth the truth under the anoint-ing
of the Holy Spirit, stamped the same
upon hearts. There were eighteen con-versions,
some healed. One lady that was
an invalid for years came there from Ar-kansas
and was healed. In answer to pray-er
she arose and walked. Souls were deliv-ered
from deception. The meeting was a
grand success in every way. The apostolic
power was manifested in every way and
the brethren remembered many other in-terests
of the Lord's work. They donated
twenty- five dollars and twenty- five cents for
Bro. Needham of Lamb, Ill., whose house
was burned recently.
Charlie and I went from there to Jones-boro,
Ark., preached a few nights in a
schoolhouse about three miles and a half
from town. Interest was good, and we feel
there could have been a good work done
if we could have had day meetings. We
will begin meetings near Joy, Ky., Dec. 20,
to continue to Jan. 1. All saints and work-ers
are invited as singers will be specially
needed. Any one desiring to come address
M. E. Radcliffe, Lola, Ky., or H. I. Trim-ble,
Joy, Ky. Yours under the blood,
Willis M. Brown.
Kenton, Okla., Dec. 12.
I write to report victory in the precious
name of Jesus over all the darkness of
this world and the powers of Satan. I am
rejoicing in the light of the gospel in this
evening time, and can truly say it shines
brighter each day of my life. Praise God
I have of late been engaged in many con-flicts
with the enemy but in each one the
Lord has given the promised victory, and
to him is given all the glory. I attended
the Denver assembly which was a time
of refreshing to the souls of his saints, and
a salvation time for those lost in sin. A
number were also sanctified and healed
in this meeting and the church as a whole
strengthened and encouraged. I believe
all the ministers in Colorado were present,
but in all there were but a few in number.
Indeed there is a scarcity of laborers here,
but in the Lord Jehovah is our strength,
and through his might we expect contin-ued
victory. From Denver I came to
Rocky Ford, spending a few days with the
saints there. One brother who had fallen
through the deceitfulness of Satan, found
his way back to the cross, The church
there has been widely scattered by the work
of the devil. We trust they shall be gathered
again ' ere it be too late. I am now in a
meeting with Bro. Johnson at this place.
The Lord is working with us, and we ex-pect
to glorify his name while here be bids
us stay. The saints here are as " sheep
without a shepherd," but the Lord is with
them and they are coming out of their
trials as gold when tried in the fire. From
here I expect to go to my work again in
western Colorado. Requesting your pray-ers
for the work there and here, I am your
sister wholly sanctified,
Clara McAlister.
then the apostle was reasoning with them
thus: why are you being baptized, if there
resurreetion / They would be testi-g
to a lie, while professing to believe
the truth.
Qum. Does not the word " resume-,
tion " ss used by Jestus and the swat: lea,
elways refer to the resurrection of the body
death?
Ans. No. Jesus himself
	 • l
the resurrection and the life"
word to describe deliverance of the soul
from the state of spiritual death in sin.
which resurrection is obtained through be-lieving.
See proof of this in John 11:
25. " I am the resurrection, and the life :
he that believeth in me, though he were
dead [ in sins], yet shall he live." A dead
body can not believe. The apostle uses the
word in the same capacity in Rev. 20: 5.
Further proof of this lies in the fact that
all that have part in Christ in being spir-itually
resurrected are said to be " blessed
and holy." Verse 6.
Ques. If, as the Bible . says, God only
bath immortality when does mortal man
put on immortality?
Ans. In the resurrection at the last day
when we shall be changed. 1 Cor. 15; 51,
52, 54. Then we shall have a body like
unto his own glorious or glorified body.
Phil. 3: 21.
Ques. When God breathed in Adam's
nostrils did he not then begin to inhale and
exhale the same kind of air or breath that
all men and lower animals have been
breathing ever since?
Ans. Yes; the physical being of Adam
was, and all men since have been, formed
with a sort of a bellows arrangement, call-ed
by physiologists the lungs, capable of
performing a muscular action called expan-si
on and contraction; also " inhalation; the
act of taking in air, and exhalation or the
act of forcing it out again." The lower
animals are equipped with the same breath-ing
arrangement and use the same kind of
air in breathing. However the air that all
men and animals breathe, being composed
of material substances has no similari-ty
or resemblance to the soul or spirit of
man, which is wholly immortal or as Jesus
said, " A spirit hath not flesh and bones."
Luke 24: 39.
Ques. Please explain the following
scriptures. Some here say that a barren
woman can not go to heaven. The texts
cited are Luke 23: 29; Mat. 24: 19; Gal.
4: 27.
Ans. If the above were true then the re-production
of the human family would be
a condition of salvation, since only those
who are saved will have admittance into
heaven. No: such teaching and ideas are
not only unscriptural and preposterous, but
purely devilish, of heathen origin, contrary
to all sense of reason and good judgment.
By carefully reading the above texts you
will see that no such thing is hinted at.
I. S. McCoy.
News from the Field.
■ ERA VMS kND NEWS
Among the idol worshipers are the Hin-dus,
who have a custom of worshiping idols,
images of stone and other kinds of idols,
also certain kinds of plants and green trees.
They have such confidence in their idols
that even in times of sickness they will
sometimes start toward a certain stone or
green tree where the spirit of their god
is supposed to be, and will lie down on the
ground, measuring themselves length by
length prostrate in this way until the image
of their worship is reached.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
	
Dee. 29, 1904.
Requests for Prayer.
all spring, summer, and fall. I was with
Bros. Robold and Reynolds in several meet-ings
in the early spring in my home county,
Vernon Co., Mo., which were much hindered
by rain as these were tabernacle meetings.
God blessed in giving his Word. In Au-gust
I went to Senath, Mo., and held a se-ries
of meetings with not much re
suits but it was a seed- sowing time. Then
I returned to the New 	 ton County camp-meeting
and enjoyed a feast with the saints.
Truly- it is blessed to meet with those who
have hazarded their lives for the gospel.
Then I went home for a few days. My
next meeting was at Ritchey, Newton Co.,
Mo., in company with Bros. M. H. Tyler,
Robert Porter, and others. God blessed
his Word and saved a few souls. My next
meeting was Monett, Mo., with Bro C. M.
Shipley. It only lasted a few days. God
blessed his Word and quite a nuotber be-came
interested and some were healed. I
again joined Bro. Tyler, at Pepson, for a
few days. This was another new place and
we hope the seed of the kingdom will ger-minate
and bear much fruit. From Pepson
we went to Springfield assembly meeting,
where we enjoyed meeting again with God's
faithful ministers. We heard several good
gospel sermons and mingled our voices in
prayer and praise to our God for his co-pious
showers of blessings which he poured
out on us there. From Springfield we
came to Pinecreek settlement about six
miles northeast of Willowsprings. There
God blessed his Word and gave us a blessed
meeting. Oh, how good it is to break the
bread of life to hungry souls. There were
four converted, and three sanctified, and
eleven followed the Lord in baptism.
From here we went to Couch, Mo. Here
the devil had the people so stupid that few
came out to hear, so we closed and went
about five miles to Lizzardeamp schoolhouse
and held meeting but a few days there.
At the last place mentioned much false
doctrine had been preached. We expect
to commence here to- morrow night and
desire your prayers that God's will may
be done and souls may be saved. Yours
in the one body,
R. F. Ropp and M. H. Tyler.
SAGE.— Walter Taylor, only son of Bro.
John W. Sage, Goodland, Ind., was born
Feb. 27, 1895; died Nov. 21, 1904; aged
9 yrs., 8 mos., 25 das. Little Walter's death
was a sad one indeed to the family, rela-tives,
and the community. he was bitten
by a mad dog last August, which proved
fatal, and he died of hydrophobia. The
child was most wonderfully helped of God
through answer to prayer. He was patient
and put his whole trust in God and passed
out of this world with a smile. He was
only sick one week, and violent about
twelve hours, when Jesus called hie) to
himself to join his mother who preceded
him to the spirit- land. Walter was a good
little boy and is greatly missed by the
family and all who knew him. He leaves
a father, stepmother, and sister to mourn
their loss. His funeral was attended by
a large concourse of people. S. L. Speck.
I fell from a load of hay and bursted
some blood- vessels in my foot and sprain-ed
my ankle. I ask the prayers of the
children of - God for my healing, so that I
can walk and glorify God.
Emanuel Hilt.
Geneva, Ind.
My mother is in very poor health, hav-ing
had a stroke of paralysis about six-teen
months ago. Pray for her recovery,
128 Calaveras Ave., Fresno, Cal.
I am glad we can say we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood.
Bros. Eli Sensney, Martin Wright, and
my wife and I have just closed a three-weeks
tabernacle meeting, Dec 4, at Reed-ley.
This was a new field, and a very
small town. Congregations were not very
large, but the order was good, and con-viction
rested upon the people from the
beginning to the end. Some got saved and
made their escape out of the sects. The
devil was stirred. The M. E. sect preacher
called his flock together three times, and
warned them against coining to our meet-ings;
but it only showed the people the dif-ference
between the clean and the unclean,
between him that serveth God and him that
serveth him not. The Word went forth
with real authority from heaven and won
many friends to the truth.
We are here at Fresno until after the
holidays. Then, Lord willing, we shall go
out in the foot- hills and have meetings in a
union meeting- house, which is seldom used
now. God has a few sheep that are calling
for help in this vicinity-. Bros Wright and
Sensney are at home at present preparing
for winter, so their families will be cared
for while they go forth again to battle
against sin. Dear ones, pray for us here.
This seems to be a hard field to work in,
but we know that the furnace is never so
hot but what our Lord will go with us
through the fire. Amen. Your blood-washed
brother and sister,
P. F. Ropp and Wife.
Eltopia, Wash.
We can report victory in our souls over
all the works of the enemy. We have been
permitted to attend a number of camp and
assembly meetings during the summer and
fall and to meet many of the dear brethren
whom we had not met before, which was a
real joy to our souls and for which we do
most gratefully thank the dear Lord. We
were permitted to attend the Walla Walla
assembly, which was a precious meeting,
especially so on account of the number
saved from sectarianism. At the close of the
Walla Walla meeting, the Lord directed us
to this place, where we have held up the
truth for two weeks, assisted by Bros. J.
C. Peterman and W. J. Baldwin. Two
have been saved and conviction rests heavi-ly
on several others.
The brethren have departed for North
Yakima, Wash., to continue the battle for
the Lord, and we will open the battle at
Connell, Wash., to- morrow, the Lord will-ing.
We feel that the Lord will have us
fill two or three more calls here and then
we believe the Lord will have us go into
Missouri. We will travel to Missouri by
way of Boise City, Cheyenne, Omaha, and
Kansas City. Any of the saints desiring
meeting along this route may address us at
Elgin, Oregon, in care of Dave Alexander.
This will be our address until Feb. 1st.
We are justified and sanctified and healed
to- day, and in the battle until Father shall
say it is enough. Yours in Christ,
W. G. and J. Alexander.
Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 13.
I can report victory in my soul over all
the powers of darkness. I preached here
a few nights. The Lord has only a few
souls at this place who are remaining
steadfast in the truth. Some who have
professed to have seen the true light and
to have taken the straight way, have gone
after strange doctrines, others have again
taken the old ruts. An anti- ordinance
preacher from Texas made quite a distur-bance
in the meeting. Some who had been
enemies to each other united ( like Pilot
and Herod) in acrimony against the
Trumpet. There is a meeting now in prog-ress
held by J. C. Fisher and wife, who
with great severity fight the work of the
Gospel Trumpet. This place is surely an
Armageddon, but God in time will vindi-cate
his truth in this place and take ven-geance
upon those who obey not the gospel.
In the name of the Lord, we will continue
to blow the tr irnpet inthe land and lift up
a standard for the people until God shall
show who are his. May some strong
angel fly this way in the Spirit and power
of Elijah's God to cry out against Moloch.
and Baal's altars, until they shall fall, con-fusion
cease, and the people set free to
worship God in the Spirit. Amen. Yours
in the one body, 	 W. E. Spencer.
Mentone, Ind., Dec. 17.
After a fall summer's and fall's work,
we are happy to report victory in our souls,
also for the work of God where we have
labored. Though the enemy is ever on
hands to oppose us, we can say like Paul,
" Thanks be unto God, who always causeth
us to triumph." Praise the Lord! There-fore
we have nothing of a discouraging na-ture
to write of, but can say that God has
blessed our labors to the salvation of pre-cious
souls and to the upbuilding of his
holy cause. About the first of this month
Bro. Duncan went to New Era, Ind., to
hold a meeting and I went to Leiders, Ind.
Both meetings were greatly blessed and
owned of the Lord. Backsliders were re-claimed,
and sinners were saved at each
place. Truly it does encourage us to know
that our labor in the Lord is not in vain.
At present we are in a very precious meet-ing
at the saints' meeting- house in Beaver-dam,
Ind. This meeting- house stands in
plain view of the old Winebrennerian meet-ing-
house where dear Bro. Warner first re-nounced
the sects as the work of men, and
took his stand upon the whole truth for
Zion, the church of the living God. And
we can truly say, that God is wonderfully
blessing his people and cause in these parts,
by supplying that abundant grace which
makes us more than conquerors through
him that loved us. We humbly ask the
prayers of the children of God abroad, that
we live a humble and devoted life of use-fulness
in the Master's vineyard. Yodr
servants for Jesus' sake,
Alvin J. Ellison and N. S. Duncan.
Job, Mo.
It has been a long time since I have re-ported
through the Trumpet, but I have
not been long time idle. I have been busy
also that God will send some of his min_
isters here with the signs following. Your
saved brother, 	 L. G. Evans.
Calls for Meeting.
At Biloxi, Harrison Co. Miss., is a call
for a colored preacher or preachers to hold
a meeting. Address T. A. McElroy.
Meetings are wanted at Custer, Breckin-ridge
Co., Ky. Address A. C. Kirtley.
Meetings are desired at Graniteville,
Washington Co., Vermont. Address Mrs.
H. Gray, Box 129.
To- day finds us all well and saved. We
are alone in this place. We do not know of
any saints nearer than twenty- five miles
of us. We would be very glad to have
some of the saints come and see us. We
feel there could be much good done if we
could have a meeting in this settlement.
There are several good homes in this set-tlement
that can yet be homesteaded. Lib-eral,
Kan., is our nearest railroad town,
twenty miles from us on the Rock Island
R. R. Your brother in Christ,
D. J. Cross.
Dombey, Beaver Co., Okla,.
We would like very much for some of
the saints to move to this country. There
is some vacant land here yet, with plenty
of timber and good spring- water. There is
one place near where I live that can be
homesteaded with about ten acres cleared
on it and the remainder timber land.
J. M. S. Mariott.
Jessieville, Garland Co., Ark.
The few believers who are here are spir-itually
starving to hear the truth. We do
pray the heavenly Father to open the way
for some true minister of God to come.
Any of God's children are welcome at
my home while they stay. This is a rail-road
town. Any one wishing to come can
write to 	 Mrs. Myrtle Jackson.
Mansville, I. T.
MEETING NOTICES.
To save space it is necessary to have meeting
notices brief, omitting all that is unnecessary to
be repeated week after week. We will publish
them with full particulars for two or three suc-cessive
weeks immediately preceding their date, if
furnished us. Where reduced rates have been
granted by the railroads and special instructions
are necessary, space will be given on seventh page,
if desired. As a general statement that will apply
to all meetings, will say that the saints at the
different places are accustomed to meet at the
trains those coming from a distance ( if notified
to do so), and as far as practicable, to provide
for the comfort of all. Provide yourselves with
bedding if possible. Provisions can always be
procured at reasonable rates. In no case are
there gate fees or charges for admission. Invita-tion
is extended to all.
Verona, Ont. Assembly. Dec. 31 to
Jan. 3. Let all the saints in the Central
and Eastern parts of the province and on
the Quebec side make a special effort to be
present as it is the first of such meetings
that we have had in the Eastern section.
Bring bedding with you if possible. It can
be checked as baggage. Verona is on the
K. and P. railway, about midway between
Kingston and Sharbot Lake. It is prob-able
that there will be single fare rates on
all railroads at this time. Come praying
for and expecting God's blessing to be
poured out upon the meeting. H. W. Nel-son,
Verona, Ont.
Indianapolis, Okla. Assembly. Jan. 4- 7.
Let the churches at Canute, Colter, Sams-ville,
Hurley, and all others in reach make
a special effort to attend.
A. B. Stanberry.
Somerville, Ala. General assembly.
Jan. 6- 15. This meeting will be held at
Bethel two miles east of Somerville. Bros.
W. A. Hand, and W. R. Butler are expect-ed,
and probably others. Address J. M. or
J. H. Sharp, Somerville, Ala.
Fillmore, Mo. Assembly meeting. Jan.
20- 30. For information addres J. M. Walk-er.
Potash, Ala. Assembly commences Feb.
4th. W. R. Butler, La Fayette, Ala. R.
F. D. No. 2.
OBITUARY.
MARK.— Bro. Boone Mark departed this
life to be with Christ, Oct. 16, 1904; aged
47 yrs., 4 das. He accepted the truth a
year before his death. He was sick two
months before the Lord called him home.
He leaves a wife, one daughter, and five
sons, and one brother and many friends.
Funeral services by H. Dunagan.
Jessie Mark.
Morehead, Ky.
Gorman, Tex., Dec. 6.
Our assembly closed Sunday evening.
The meeting was not as well attended as
we expected, but we had a precious meet-ing.
The church was built up more than
in any meeting we have ever held here.
The ministers present were Bros. J. E. For-rest,
J. D. Ferrill, W. J. Henry, S. M. Rich,
E. A. and N. A. Fowler, and G. W. Johnson.
We go from here, the Lord willing, to
Stacy, ' 1' ex., to commence meeting the 11th
inst., to continue as long as the Lord wills.
Any one desiring meeting can address us at
Gorman, Tex. Yours in the one body,
J. D. Ferrill, J. E. Forrest.
- Gila, Mo., Nov. 27.
We are praising God for his saving grace
and keeping power which he bestows upon
us abundantly through Jesus Christ our
Lord. The Gila meeting has come and gone.
We can report victory on the Lord's side.
Although the opposition was strong there
were three saved and six baptized. In the
first part of the meeting the antiordinance
people came in for a compromise. There
were eight preachers, and in the last part
of the meeting there was not one left. Sis-ter
Julia Myers and Bro. Ad. Brown were
the ministers present. We are thanking the
good Lord for the truth in this place. We
pray that the Lord send some one in here
filled with all the fulness of God to preach
to this people this winter. We ask the
prayers of all the dear saints that we ever
keep humble. Yours in him,
Jas. P. and J. M. Byerly.
Woods, Ark., Dec. 8.
To- day finds me saved and in the service
of my Master. Since the Springfield meet-ing
we have been busy in the vineyard of
the Lord. We came by home when we left
Springfield, and went to Jumbo, Ark.,
where Bro. Seaton and I held a ten- days
meeting. We think there was good done.
Bro. Seaton and I separated, he going south
and I east. We expect to join him again
in the near future. We are at this place
now, having meeting at night as they have
school in the daytime. We go from here
home, and after that we are ready to go
wherever the Lord leads. Would be glad
to get letters from God's little ones. Our
present address is Salem, Ark. Your broth-er
and sister in the one body,
J. W. and Nila Mason.
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Dear Saints : We have long been intend-ing
to write our testimony concerning our
little boy for whom we asked you to pray
this fall. In the first place we had noticed
for some time that he was not well and fi-nally
he became very ill. He was stricken
down with a burning fever, and lay un-conscious,
breathing with difficulty. We
sent for the elders according to Jas. 5: 14,
and Bros. ll. IcKinly and Long came and
prayed for him, anointing him with oil and
he immediately raised up and said, " Mam-ma,
I want a bite." He got down and
played a while, but doubtless on account of
improper diet he took down worse than ev-er
in a few days: The same steps were
taken as at first with the same results, but
he was taken again the third time. Food
would not agree with him.
We sent a telegram to the Trumpet Of-fice
and others were written to, and the
dear Lord healed him of his affliction, but
boils began coming on him, and his stomach
was not in order, and he showed marked
symptoms of St. Vitus' dance. We asked
the saints to pray, also sent a request to be
published in the Trumpet, and at last he was
healed, entirely healed— a marvel of divine
power. How sectarians and other sinners
did howl and threaten because we trusted
God, but by his grace we were permitted
to hold him up during the assembly meet-ing
to a large audience and exhibit him a
big, fat, healthy, laughing boy, healed by
the power of God, but alas, " they have Mo-ses
and the prophets" and truly if one rose
from the dead they would not believe.
There is great opposition and an awful
power here to face, but God is working in
spite of it all. He is raising up a church
here in his own name. Husband and I have
met many. discouraging things, and - seem-ingly
faced impossibilities, but God has
been our undertaker, and he makes ways
where there are none. We came here to
stay until he said go, and we are here yet
with as strong a determination as ever, and
we find his grace keeps us sweet and vic-torious.
The Trumpet will find its way into many
homes here for the next ten weeks as some
of the brethren sent in a large list during
the assembly. We are all doing all we can
to spread the good news in the atoning grace
of our Savior, sanctifier, and healer. We
can testify that while trusting God, we and
our children have escaped entirely the rav-ages
of contagious diseases at different
times although we were necessarily thrown
with them. Of many things would We be
glad to testify to prove the goodness and
compassion of God, but perhaps this is
enough this time.
Frank and Mabel Porter.
Norwood, Mo., Dec. 8.
ENTIRELY HEALED.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
I have been trusting him for over three
years. During that time I have been
through many severe trials of sickness,
but praises be to His name, I have come out
more than conqueror. I am fully decided
in my soul to trust him for everything that
may come upon me. Last spring I and
two of my children had the measles, and
just took the Lord for our physician and
he healed us in a short time without money
or price. Pray that God may heal me of
granulated eyelids. My eyes are in a bad
condition and cause me to suffer a great
deal at times. Pray that my husband and
I keep saved and live a godly life before
our children, and prove to the unsaved
that we have been redeemed by the blood of
Christ. Your saved sister, all for Christ,
Mary Rice.
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that she had faith for healing, and she was
healed.
When. Paul was preaching there Avere
sc me at their homes and some distance away
that could not be brou ght to him, and he
did not have th, time to go and visit them;
therefore handkerchiefs and aprons were
sent to them, and " the diseases departed
from them, and the evil spirits went out of
diem." Acts 19: 12.
The same things are given to the Chil-dren
of God to- day as were given to tho se
in the days of the apos9. as. Marie 16: 16- 18,
Jas. 5: 15; Heb. 13: 8; Eph. 3: 20, 21; 1
John 5: 14, 15.
DURING the time when Christ and his
apostles were here upon earth people were
healed by faith. At the present fine it is
just as necessary that there be an exercise
of faith. It may be of some encouragement
to those who are afflicted to refer to a few
instances of healing in those days. There
were many that were instantly healed at
some general healing service. Luke 4: 40;
Acts 5: 16.
The palsied man of Mat. 9 : 2 was proba-bly
not healed by his own . faith; but by the
faith of those who brought him, as the Word
says, " Jesus seeing their faith, healed him."
The leper of Mat. 8: 2 was healed by his
own' faith. He had learned of the wonder-ful
power of Jesus, and no doubt had Wit-nessed
the healing of others, and concluded
if Jesus would condescend to notice him
and be interested in his case, that he could
be healed. He therefore said, " Lord, if
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." Im-mediately
Jesus said, " I will; be thou
clean," and the man was made well.
The father of Publius was healed by Paul
laying his hands upon him. No doubt he
first instructed him concerning salvation
and healing, and then laid his hands upon
him and prayed, and the healing was ac-complished.
Acts 28: 8.
The centurion who came to Jesus in be-half
of his servant ( Mat. 8: 13), exercised
the necessary faith for the healing of his
servant.
The ten lepers as mentioned in Luke 17:
14, were healed as they journeyed along the
way. Jesus had told them what to do, and
as they proceeded to obey, they were made
well.
Epaphroditus was sick nigh unto death,
and no doubt it was a very testing time for
his faith, and also the faith of Paul, but
God had mercy on him and healed him.
Phil. 2: 27.
There was a blind man who came to Jesus
for healing. Mark 8: 23, 24. At first he
was not completely healed, but could see a
little. However, he was not discouraged,
but it was the means of encouraging his
faith, and upon applying again for healing,
he was made completely well, and could see
perfectly. Mark 8: 25.
The nobleman had a son who was at the
point of death. This nobleman believed
that Jesus could heal his son, and his faith
was honored insomuch that the son began to
amend from that very hour. John 4: 50- 52.
When Paul left Trophimus at Miletum
sick ( 2 Tim. 4: 20) there had undoubtedly
been prayers sent up in his behalf, but be-cause
Trophimus was not healed before Paul
left was no reason that Paul had lost his
power with God nor no longer had the gifts
of healing nor that the day of healing was
past; but Paul went on to another place,
preaching the gospel, praying for the sick,
who were healed according to their faith,
and we have no record that Trophimus died
from this sickness.
Sometimes it requires much earnestness
and continual calling upon God with im-portunity,
as it was in the case of blind
Bartimmus. Mark 10 : 46- 52. However,
Jesus heard this man's earnest plea and
complied with his request, and the blind
man was made to see. Likewise the two
blind men of Mat. 9 : 27- 31. When they
earnestly called upon Jesus, he said, " Be-lieve
ye that I am able to do this ? They
said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he
their eyes, saying, According to your faith
be it unto you. And their eyes were open-ed."
Why? Because when it was left to
their faith, they concluded that they could
have the desire of their hearts, and it was
granted unto them.
The woman of Canaan ( Mat. 15: 22- 28)
continued presenting her petition unto the
Lord until he granted unto her the desire
of her heart in the deliverance of her
daughter from the power of the devil.
The woman who had doctored for twelve
years and had suffered many things from
the physicians and spent all her living,
could not with all her patience and impor-tunity
with them get help, but rather grew
worse. But she came to Jesus realizing
305 W. 80th St., New York City.
I am praising • God for salvation, and for
this peaceable way which leads to life eter-nal.
" Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for
he is good, for his mercy endureth forever."
I can truthfully say that he has been a
present help to me from the time I started
to serve him in righteousness and true holi-ness,
which was a little over two years ago.
He has healed me many times. On the
twenty- fourth of September my father, D.
T. Washington, received a Paralytic stroke
on his right side from his face down. The
Lord has wonderfully healed him so far,
and he is able to walk alone and can move
his right shoulder, but can not use his arm
yet. I ask the saints everywhere to pray
mightily for the healing of his arm. We
firmly believe that God will heal him com-pletely
because he has said, " If ye abide
in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall
ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you." Pray for me. Yours in the one body,
Frank Washington.
Shawsville, Va.
I am saved to- clay and sanctified and
kept by the power of God. Glory to his
name! I am trusting God for both soul
and body. He is the only one that can
help us at all times of need. It pays to
trust Jesus for all things. I am praising
God for a Bible salvation that keeps me
from all sin and the evil of this world.
Every good and perfect gift comes down
from above. " Be ye therefore perfect, even
as your Father which is in heaven is per-fect."
Mat. 5: 48. We must live a perfect
life in this world, if we expect to meet God
in peace. Praise God! I am in the church
of the living God; one that will stand for-ever,
the one that Jesus built and purchas-ed
with his blood. I am so glad to know
the love of God is shed abroad in my heart,
and God has made me free from all con-fusion
and from sects. I love the way more
and more every day of my life. Please pray
for me that I ever be kept humble and low
at. Jesus' feet. Your blood- washed broth-er,
	 J. C. Branch.
New Decatur, Ala.
The Lord has been very good to me. I
have been a sinner most of my life since
I have been accountable for my sins; but
part of the time living up to all the light
I had. That was very little as I had never
heard the whole truth preached until this
year. I have been in three different sects,
trying to find the right church. I would go
to dances, parties, and most any other
worldly enjoyment; read novels, story pa-pers,
and sing love songs, but still I pro-fessed
to be a Chirstian most of the time.
The Lord blessed me with the opportunity
of going to the saints' camp- meeting at
Hartsells last August. While there . God
showed me my condition, and gave me the
willingness in my heart to accept his pre-cious
truths_ Then he pardoned my sins,
as he promised he would do. 1 John 1: 9.
He saved me from all the things named
above, and has taken the pride and all de-sires
to be like the world out of me. Praise
his holy name! About three weeks after
the Lord saved me, he sanctified me wholly,
taking the carnal nature out and giving
me a pure heart. He keeps me now each
hour and moment of my life free from all
sin. ' He also heals me when I get sick. I
realize that it is nothing good that I have
done, but it is all through his love and
mercy. My parents, brothers, and sisters,
who are all unsaved, are prejudiced against
the truth. Please pray that they will be
Dec. 29, 1904.
saved. I have one brother that is saved.
Pray that we may be true and ready for
the Master's use. Your sister saved in the
one body, 	 Sallie Brawn.
Welland, Ont.
To- day finds me saved, sanctified, and
kept by the Tower of God. I was saved
over two years ago in the F. M. sect but
God in his mercy showed me in his Word
that they were no better than the other
sects, and by walking in the light as fast
as God let it shine on my pathway, I have
found more perfect peace than ever before.
Glory to his precious name ! My husband
is also saved in this beautiful evening
light, and we take the Lord as our healer.
He has healed us and also our dear children
runny times, for which we give God all the
glory. Praise his precious name, we can
trust him in every time of need.
Oh, it seems good that we found such a
loving Savior before our children grew up,
for now we can teach them the way to heav-en.
The oldest one is six years old, and she
knows now that God has one church only.
The one four years old asks God to heal
her every time there is anything the mat-ter,
and she tells very nearly every one she
sees that she was sick and the Lord healed
her. I do love to read the Trumpet; for it
is food for my soul. I ask an interest in
the prayers of all the saints scattered
abroad, that I may ever do the will of
Jesus. Your saved sister all on the altar,
Jennie Becken.
Tremont City, Ohio.
It has been over nine years ago since I
first started to serve the Lord. I was then
seventeen years old, and had never heard
a sermon but feeling the burden of convic-tion
on my heart, I went to meeting, think-ing,
that would ease my conscience. How-ever,
it only increased my sorrow until Feb.
23, 1895, when I yielded myself to God and
repented of my sins, and the Lord forgave
all my transgressions. Glory to God! This
was in a so- called holiness meeting, which
was. being held in Tremont at that time.
I had been a tobacco user up to that time,
but had quit using it entirely for about
two months, when one day the devil sug-gested
that I commence it again. Instead
a resisting the devil as I should I bought
some tobacco, and began using it again.
The devil said others were using it and
keeping their salvation and I could do the
same. I then joined the M. E. sect, as one
old gentleman told me I would lose my
salvation if I did not. I had already lost
it, but was ashamed to confess it. I stayed
in the sect, and used my tobacco until
nearly five years ago, when God sent Bre.
J. D. Hatch to Tremont who earnestly
prayed for my deliverance, and God heard
and answered his prayer. Praise the- Lord:.
I was in the field plowing when I became so
burdened that I took the tobacco from my
pocket and plowed it under. I also had
some at the house and God said destroy that
too. I then unhitched and went to the
house, and threw what tobacco I had left
into the stove, and went down to the meet-ing,
and requested prayer and repented of
my backsliding, and God forgave me and
received me back again. Since that time I
have not had any desire for tobacco. I
then received the true light on the church.
Glory to God in the highest!
The Lord has healed me many times,
since I fist learned to trust him. One of
which I will mention for his glory. Th4s
fall my stomach became so affected that I
could scarcely eat anything without great
suffering, ofttimes having to sit up the en-tire
night. I cried unto the Lord in my
distress, and he heard and sent me relief,
but I was not - entirely healed until two
weeks ago; when the Lord told me to go
to Millerstown, O. where Bros. Warren and
Naylor were engaged in a meeting, and
have them pray and anoint me. - This was
on Wednesday. The devil told me that I
was too weak to go, but I went as the
Lord told me, and requested prayer. We
prayed until Friday evenin g, Nova 18th,
at Bro. Glassford's house, when the breth-ren
anointed me according to Jas. 5: 13- 15
and the work was done. Oh, praise the
Lord for his goodness to the children of
men. I am gaining rapidly in strength,
for which I praise God. Please pray for
me that I be faithful. Your brother in
the one body, 	 John M. Fenton, Jr.
TESTIMONIES.
Macedonia, Miss.
The Lord saves me from all sin and
sanctifies me wholly. Bless his holy name!
In this beautiful highway I find joy, peace,
happiness, yes, and perfect rest to my soul
at all times. He gives me grace to go
through every test with victory, for his
sake. Be is my healer and also heals my
family. I mean to do all I can to help
carry and spread the gospel. I ask the
prayers of all the dear saints that I keep
in his order and be used to his glory. Yours
in the one body, 	 Mary IL Brown.
East Point, Ky.
This morning finds me sweetly saved in
Jesus and praising his name for his bless-ing
he bestows upon me each day I live.
DIVD E HEALING
HEALED BY FAITH.