| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 ." • d he said, un„ nle, Whabsees edt; h Io sue? e Aan tdly Xin agrnesiwt., er- Then, said he uatomet sidsaeh v4sa. iesl- drther eymbvu aaenoe crn eycboeao e tonrt dhonefifaeanirtt gOt tu ' sh Af* wia; LR4ste 1 ta ash4rnta ee. s- tta rntilhteiittsb cthWoei. lTl ohgeiar / ozf iht: foosrtths, . s a- it- h-,- , AND MALL GO WrZE WEIRLIVINDS." 71tilliamton, . dugust 11884x. Munze 6. Alumber l2. Cavap Grout ' The sali:: s ih Wesiciu 2. ticat 0011,0eatiOtt On the Camp Gro of Bangor, August 15, II. together with one accts • will be shaken • bless that holy sue; which they received by the Spirit of God, and by visions. The following stood by, whom he recooized, as a holy man, who his leader was. He told him " it is Jesus." He then cried out to Jesus, when immediately oHyas right by him. The Lord asked him what hewanted. He said he wanted to get loose, andfollow him. gent , miles n let all cote e, and the place askenibled. God Dear Brethrn we are going to have great opposition on this line. But it is God's line of march and we must stick to it or leave Him. Praise God He is with us, and we Him. I believe our heaviest opposition is from tame, and sect compromising holi-ness editors and preachers. But God will remove every obstruction He will either bring them out straight or remove them from the work. - The Lord bless you brethren; let us keep pushing the battle. Reprove, rebuke with all long suffering and doctrine. Pati-ently wait, for f uruitist sof the word, for they are rapidly appearing, and will con-tinue to spring up. Yours sanctified wholy. F. H. SUMPTER. Saved surdl Healed. BY A. H. Lea. I was converted Dec. 22d, 1874, and lived a sincere christian life for eighteen months, with the exception that I was a slave to tobacco all the time. Our minis-ter took his tea. " Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which satisfieth not : harken. diligently unto me and. eat that which is good and let your soul delight its- self in fatness."— Isa. 55: 2. _ Here the Lord showed me that 1 was doing wrong, in spending money to satisfy an appetite of my own creating, and promised God that I would do it no more. But I made the promise in my own strength,- and the result was that I failed to keep it. But given to the above brother, and sent tons by the Elder of the Church of God : at Jerry City 0., clearly agrees with the h- Eciptures, and shows just how Christ is leading all that know His voice. iiii": 11E Ohio. tai t^ ftua ( 14). Ohio is ish„ 3tts 3yehiettitt7 nfit_ tt O, . groomr, nttn e- several days. One Mille oitiiii,: and four miles north- east of k 10.- 10h will be the best point to come to Brethren coming that way address qtr ji,*! Smith, Burbank, Wayne O. O. stating ttlev w ill Unlit:, and they will 1): 1 met B • the # 4. eep oi On! Lotti Jesus Christ Brodie . td ister r, ourseli expisez. tm then-, We Amid 1,07;,- 14, 11.1- illy of tot1,3W1i. rit i 111. o xis at. na===:, tinc, Jesus reached him Hishipd, when suddenly there seemed to fall frotis him great chains. He could hear them clink and rattle, but did not dare look back to see them., because the man of God had said, " Keep your eye on your leader. Jesus now took him by the hand, and he found he could easily walk on the narrow, * eight track, over the sea of glees, and his gout was filled with glory. Bless God ! the glory can be seen upon him ever since.: He rejoices and praises God continualY. For he has re-nounced old babylon an: I her seductions, and is a free man in. hriet Jesus. 0 glory to God for tee om in Millet Your Brother saved through the precious blood of the Lamb. will have time botw.- 2ea the elot.,, a I the above met: tit: or, and thc Sandy 1. 9k41 Pa C.- on g, use, where the- Lord 1 al el Holy Celebration in, _ Iowa. f MT PLEASANT, IOWA, JULY 7th 1884. e D B h - s- sc el / 3 .71EFTI. VG-the Lord said, " pay thy vow," and I sal I will Lord. Then I went to Him for special work in my soul. I told Him o my failing, and falling on my face befor Ilinr implored His help. I had a roll o tobacco in my pocket, and the Lord said throw it, away, and the work shall be dote: we JPItRY CITY 0. JI- 114E 9th. ' 84. DEAR BRETILRFNI praise the Lord that I am stall saved, in these perilous times. iThe Lord is leading His- Church in a won- ' derftil sittanner. He is preparing His Bridefer the great marriage feast of the I Lamb. Glory to God. He is bringing in those who are willing to know the way of truth. Eider J. Lenge from Bowling Green, was with us a week- ago yesterday. He enjoyed himself very much. He says having tasted of the salt, he would sure-ly come hack again. Praise the Lord! " They that hunger and thirst after - righ-teousness shall be filled." The old man says he finds scarcely anything hut death in the sects: preachers and people, are blind lei- Klieg the blind, and falling into hell together. Surely they are blinded by the god of his world. " Eyes have they, but they seenot ears they have but they hear not, lest - they believe the glorious Gospel and be converted." The Word of God says, that the " friendship of the vorid • is enmity with God," and " he that vill he a friend to the world is an enemy of God.'- 0 praise the Lord for the vic- Phillip Spackey. are sure to succeed d if we remain true to render to God. for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sake before our God. And the Lord make you to increase There will be a camp meeting. th Lord willing, at Williamston Mich. commenciuei July 30th : 1 t- 34-. Let every body co, roG up 1 to this glorious feast of tabernacleshPriug your tents dear brethren, and your hp' revi- sions, SO as to entertain strangers, is td let not I he poor depart from your take- eau- tele' Without being filled both with meat and; the Holy Ghoet. Let ne give oiarselves continnally to prayer, autd. tile Wm* of the! for ho tel The saints in the light, understand and appreciate this glorious vision. It de-scribes the experience ofthousds. He that would follow Christ, must pass by all sect institutions,' lie that tarries, and lasts after babytalte altars, will find Jesm passing on, and . liavieg him. He LoTrdh. is meeting has been called of the Lord, . tchreaet dis, njoaimneed, a tnod s sepcirti thsaavb vbloounn. d b byy p- athrtey and the time is ittery short, and what we ale we must do quickly; souls aro - pertah-ing alai sinners 4, r • Ving to ftVil and rnauy ( 51 . the salutal* Oaittirt of the full-; t D oss of God, whieh: qiiilVea them to labort ory ! The Church here is f • ee from the devils chains. He that would follow Jesus on clean Gospel plain of holinentrist east off all sect bonds. He that Would walk with Jesus in white, will feel the eeet chains of bondage, in any branch of bate lea. If hoes-ever, he is of her spirit, and Hot longing - eke: babylon, alai saved from all and I said I will obey, and threw it- away and praise the Lord! the fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice, and I died. I was dead to all around me, for the space of three hours, when my heavenly Father saw fit to resurrect me in newness. of life. Praise the Lord! that was July 16th, ' fait). I could not use to-bacco since, for God cleansed out, of me, the appetite. Praise Ills holy name! I commenced the use of tobacco when bu eight years old, and used it until was 40. in all, 32 years. I never can praise God enough; for He healed me . both soul and hody. About the first of h'an. 18S4, I went to a meeting of the saints. at Father t + : a'= near Bueyrus - a, and the brethren erid this Meeting was oar the eels ataon of utters, and the sanetitication ofbelievers nal for the healing of the body. I had a li, ease of the bead, caused by getting rozeo. % soon. to ditrerent doctors, and hey to! kl me that I never could be Cured. gave up all hopes :' f eevveerr being weir ess tlie y lee I not le accursed hams. FF in Love, isna tteh ias plaersist hsitnrgu- gro* d- aef. eNroowd DAelmar ig13hrteyt hto-ren tosl nos hleeeed you withal) almeden hervest, ( 11011 one out and offer up itual en- videos • eceptable unto Him, . ink r : Cot- Him, as as due exprossioo slits h.; unttritiTiifor 1tiS alonoitoo It ' you all. 0 yo great ': rangy-. yo der have on the Irani ie or the _ Lord. and abound in love. " Elect according to the fore- knowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. grace unto you and peace be multiplied." I would like to see you that I might tell you something of what God is doing for my soul. Hallelujah! About 40 of the . saints gathered at Oakland on the fourth to celebrate our liberty and freedom in Chris t, Jesus. The " King Immortal Eternal In- ' visible," was present and oh what, a feast to our souls we enjoyed. 0 Glory to God! for the real freedom in Christ Jesus. It was blessed to sit and drink in the Spirit as it flowed from heart to heart. It, was a real victory through the blood. Our its, kept away all evil and dissenting spit- Glory to His name! It was a real melting time before God. Our Saturday night meeting was bless-ed, a feast of fat things indeed. It le wonderful how God is leOding Ills little ones here, how He enables them to " Seerlt evil spirits, and to stand free from them. 0 glory to His mole! We Lad a Bible read- : leg on Sabbath, the G th, asking for truth polity tor her. The saints ,] tout for over the wreek of her Surely loed at' the mat tyrs will be required her kends," Ilse the Lord', lie is leading out o ' 71, all such es are being saved. to what the Lord has done try. He could nanny let go until about t wo weeks ago, ilr ! Jesus, of God. and 1 t or tit,, =. et, called rah o His pupae i t , o „ i S / Om. lout the holy Spirit told me that I ! The Lord blessed it: and it moved the ad-versary so as to manifest himself. brethren. Then I Went down before God, 0 let the GOSPEL TRUMPET blow the n void he healed. So I made it known to the coosidor Elisha Who WA- 3 a exten- ive r- ehe , e t et, appezued tint . in a , 1 holine- a.- 3. We rejoice mar, a Ito htel tw e Ivo ha rate of oxen plow- en. Ilc belouged to the I:. B. sect. He ! for the sweet fellowship : co; c JXoligja ahn pda hse- c wdi tbhy t hhiem tawnedl fcthas at tW ths emaOhwtleo lw . a- ,. a.,.' t• ieltld tiielkW, d wye. iathrs tahgeo , s painrdit , t vanads tl oorulrr ssouunl , wruitth] hyhohuh a1, ll whoBmle swsee 1d0 a0.,., J , os, e s i - •• ,, , iand the brethren hti. I on hands. and Bro. t , I / eaenlo , ilenstetids. ianue ilw Withe opiIr iany tehed. tnhaamt eI Aettme ley nd e1l ivYeoru trh bereo 0th Dera inni eCl. h Arimste. nS z! tavncdd he met w t lie healed. And the Lord answered : to the uttermost. it h opposition. hacked down lost 1 eic Woo: e. . eraam sound, and keep true to ( Tod, and him; liow he It 1t. his oxen and ran orol venom thou serest will contin- or him. end returned anti flax a treks-itsea led fed the people, went end pietinsal loss of all things : and whose p body and sp and horses iota fun 6aerative Unto your Goo. net le every whit whole. I give God all glory. Praise. Hie holy name! for He. Instantly Healed by Faith. is able to save. and to heal all manner of A RESE31114Y MEETING: The matt y of the Church of the First the Lord o 4 at Williamston Mich. e Lon: kills that place where all speak a ward you. inmane, es. Ile said to humbly iaeseeching you all to help forw: tril s place and go ! this work of the Lord. Much • money addressed, said be has been laid out by bra. Horton to for- . Then Brother H. 1 nisi/ a good office. sod oweii4 to the fai:- in the crops, and doehitess sit some lure to do their dduitttyy. . tin' i ueome as• o l ayers, and dory toGod I was healed,' C. Z. Lindley. Bower. Insoumch that the sect preachers our v life, ana for whom we ! Nye could not stand his testimony. ( it course ! illness. He had been- seeking the5 it. Amen earnestly. And in his dream, Dearly beloved. nd hi s i to be his sewn ! nssem " let us LItv, o than . t'fe_ doi WilS a ho liness s mhaim, et' the glorious . rience he ha I received. and now in pa ret The mini replied, - I was there when ssouch received Chit esperiense, and know that, o is : soon t _ Tease in a alamt . Also reminded hien ul" am the aei. ei : ery mu- nec- zi. Ile is always near comfort and to Weiss He live; in diseases. I am as well as I ever Wa.- 3 in ! To all be saints G We . hilt ' tayi H ie. 1 : mu saved from 411 human or say to the glory of . then the great Pit ' gaoizations. ixaslie,, I in the blood of the ereian leads us to acknowled ge Ca- al- Luri e, I tind o t.„, i, a present. help in ev „ : nig power. Our child, 13 months ' e7i to a cellar, WaS hurt very badly . slit that it would eol nit' hope n :: c".". u1 411 I re: ;' 7Q that cOver. - col to 1:(. 1%, the past. is ender the !:. modsknow tl. tat 1 / 1 ° n' i's 1111 '' 1 PrlY— 64. I'd' o te wo coaid s: lot' • instantly healed thedein. se His holy name, fm His great good-4 fit fessd Teulintoy, publisher- lbeem to feel and Piston. Matt Oen` Onto, Sff ` 2 at. l3rtt; rattns:— I, am Rived d itothe blood ‘ f the Lain r,: b- cs ere white as slink?, () I praise nr savitur power, and a ard Mat Ile can forgive all y S, air cit'ause us fi- em kkOILSIlt4Sz'• i i Glory to God from whom all blesainge flew] lie has eleaneed me all sin. and given, ne the victory the beast and- lig lamp. And I am ding on - the- sett of4lass. Here j'esus laves me and keeps me?. oleos. We are All saved and waiting for- tire. coining of akin Lord and Master. Male - the' Lord ever loaep US all Meetly Savql: G., DOeaS• PbrEeLth rTena, r p mleaasne'. : aYtmo ur Bwtheed' thr ouugghh anti through. Praise G . J. Hen. ao; I ' t!-‘• e, •-:. t1_ he eal. grnee. 4. .4 I - , r eentinehte in - prat- es, eetn e • ma meetmgs, lir, ono 1, con : tt sod tit3; 17, i nittritx( f. ! fie?: he W auvseer. lie thel- t, t o do_ r ,.,„ part „ I' I citw t 3,3 . o . 1 1 baclookw rwien tmaho liattmhere. kr eBehxdirmpo teth. rh iaeIettn r sc liHeee e. a wmtghaoeeiunndl, d istf hltheaeeary tdwe 3 odh0u 0itml1od1 ! wlttihraoanauctlt tdiaso hnmae roolepnf nttthhreameley s df pinaeaadnpn. d ecw reo eswth . k ieAlnl rlont h'womot u av1gei3lbherryer wtht. o.; 1t r0 ItLh eu sIee. dB t. om weeotrisnhgi pho. uAsse- twhehyer we r! idteem uanntod . yTohue rteof osrteir iut pis ynoeuer dpfuurel / mhiint dwse, mmbly beseech you in du w! la: you lhikoeu sae , s seoam oetth ignlga lsikse. Twhaeteirr, ebouut mrsoer em eaaanurye, idn esaern dhienga rmtse tahnaet. lnoon kgn otow d toh. e bruet them right past the house, over the porch, have not the meat's. God ales all such! raenaigdci nhrigeg dh tt hoen pthlaaitsfn osdre msat, o obpfrp oge. l daH. s . H she. e Anasord tti hctheeedym iAf tnphdreo ytsh pceoerureel dda hriene atthhr eoth utehs iavnongidsc seo fwo 0fh, 4 aG wmood r- Gl- dao, dwS hhpaiors, poth er persons stannddiningg by, to whom he it, and properly estimate their privileges, said " This man I came with, eaid he would to do good, in sending the saving light of lead me into the experience of holiness truth to poor souls that are perishing, in - I would follow him; but I cant walk on the mazes of sect corruption, would soon of glass and thought I would turn in endow this publishing house with means But he replied, " You ought not sufficient to flood this world with the pure to go- ftitoothis- house, for those within, are Gospel of Christ, and heaven and earth your 1 6Ast: e6Vies, and the enemies of with shouts of victory, and praises to God ksGaeofeepd. _. y oSbuuort h e: teryo ese tafartlelde"-, O hrita ty wnohdue ryn l eohaued sewter, ip lalp nbedde a ynodn t hheon Loarm Gbo. d O whi tbh ryoothuer rs aubnsdt aseisctee, r awnildl oft the porch it seemed as if some great power laid hold upon him, and pulled him back. He struggled with all his might, but could not get away. It seemed so glassy, he thought he could- not walk. looked to " his guide, but he was some clie, tauce ahead, but yet in He 414 " The experience of help, He tared ho tat- that - 310w /. Sz3a nd mercy toward us! We are out oe Cn eft Brethren:— ritotse e, S4eN era! dity: I have promises, and under the blood, that you. In Dec. cleansed/ us from all sin, cut loose Irn o. ppr - led, he saw, just beyond La3 e YOU. and s ' habylon, trusting Jesus only. The work - z t• ripturat views _ on here. God Is perfecting with ( s Welt ififflyconeurretl. Li s hale 3 iu this country. Praise L had " rea'" tit change ' llY His name, yours in the love of Jesus. views, but am the more convinced - lot Nehemiah, and Mary Vincent. God has but one Church, and that He keeps the record co' its membership in heaven. At the time I wrote to you there Church. was a great deal of division among the evangelists, and holiness people generally in this stale, on the subject of the Church, and sect relationship. But we are praising God that that, questioa is now settled with a large majority of the holiness people. I believe that nine out of ten of the evan-gelists are straight with the Bible in the one Church of Christ. Some of us have been laboring, and praying with great pa-tience for the time to come when we, as teachers in Mo. might all reach the clear Bible light on this subject. We have la-bored under many difficulties. If the ho-liness papers, had been open to discussion on this subject, the matter would have been settled sooner. I showed brathee A. M. Kirgan your letter yesterday, add he eudersed every word of it. Say; Dugan Clark, a Quaker, and ettiiot Gospel Expositor, a professed —" God's int. ssage, ' Be ye holy for I am holy is not to the Methodists, nor Quakers, nor Epise nor Presbyterians, nor Baptists— at is to His enut Is not this a direct ackuir. viedgement of th- J fact. the Methodist, Quaker, Episcopal Presbyterian, Baptist, any or all other sects are not God's Church ? Does not the language clearly distinzuish between a. 11 these human organisms, and God's Church? Hence they are not God's Church at all. To whin). do they then belong? We think Luther's dtclara-don sta nd. i. e., " Whatsoever is not of God . is cf. the devil " When men think of the Church from the Bible stand point, they admit that,. neiiher,- nor ail of the sects, is the Church: but when they think of it from tbeir party idol standpoint, they are ready to stns, s as for ignoring their " he- church," sect ti ii nn a, and tire up the prejudices of their sectarian: v.{ 1 fritzda, against us, by cry ing " no-, churchite." This the confusion and inconsistency of the _ Highway, from which we take the above words. Thank God we belong to none of the sects, hut to G!.: Ift's Church, to which is addreiseft ti w nu, sage, bQ ye holy for I am holy.” Yes all that really : AU: token. the sea of glass appreciate God's Tankeit. Three-`,. years ago, God shoWed us that that sea - eifglgtss represented the , Gospel basis, upon which only they , stand- who have the victory over the beastr, his: linage, and tae number oftisnameeee*. 15: 1- 3 Which means they have get: 741*.' of seat rubbish; anchtradifion; and aetandahm tist0hps- ire Word oftiod:; iniuglednOtk pTy Spirit • y aver ithitati:* 44: '' h oollyy At the 5aVtl' have a part in the great reward for help-ing immortal souls to God. Oh beloved do lay up your taeasurs in heaven. Invest itathe cause of Christ for His name's sake. Daniel. holiness seetaria EDITOR utaawAy. other Reid tt- it. A I: EMI- mm. 0. 7 EOLINEOP; OU3ITAL All matter for puldicatim mist be sent to D. S. warner AU birAness communications, moneys etc, must in; ad tressed to the GOSPEL TRUMPET. 12. - CZCZT'SS, g57- 7: 117; a7ThSt072. PRO71,. Entered at the Post Office at Winiaxastou. Ingham. Co. Mich., Os second chum Inatter. Plea. ie observe the above directions Business let ers that also contain matter suited for publication will be used Remittancea fur less than tivn dollars, should sent in postal notes, over that amount in post oft. orders. Where theso cannot be obtained, send b; 2.- uistered letter, or small amounts in two C2/ 1 stamps nit litDtUED, BY J. IfisnER. I'm redeemed I'm redeemed, From the darkness of the night, That so thickly enveloped my soul, In my heart there hath gleamed' Rays of wonderful light, Where the waves of thy glory doth roll. Cho- I'm redeemed praise the Lord, I'm redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, I am saved from all sin and Ian walking in the light. I'm redeemed by the blood of the Lamb• I'm redeemed by thy blood, From the power of the grave, And the vict'ry I have over death, Oh that wonderful flood! 0 I felt its power to save! When I plunged in its fathomless depth I'm redeemed front all sin' And I'm walking in the light' And thy Spirit illumines my way, I've no fear now within' " For the terror of the night, Nor the arrows that flietli by day. ' The redeemed they shall walk, In the pathway of the just, Which shines brighter and brighter each day, They shall sing and shall talk, With the bright angelic hosts, Where all sorrow and sighs flee away. rote no one has a right to copy this song, without permision of the author. A SEW TRACT Dear beloved brethren and sisters in the Lord, if ye love Jesus, I beseech you to consider the, following matter. You all know our dear brother Warner has thro his whole might, soul, body and mind into the work of publishing complete salvation. Many of you know that bles eed book he has written, " Bible Proofs, of the Second Work of Grace." Ile had 2000 printed, cost some over $ 1,100. which is all paid but about $ 300. lie has a row over two hundred books left vet. Now the pub-lishers, the Mennonite house, are pressing him very much for the rest of their pay. It is an easy matter to make an appear-ance of evil out of this, and it is being flung at brother Wainer, and Used as a re-flection upon the cause, by that sect. It is true they have had to wait a long time, and bro. W. feels thankfull that they have born it as well as they have. But now beloved we feel moved to say, that this matter must be shouldered by the saints, and this occation of offence removed out Elie way, Our brother has done what he could. You all know that; not long alter the completion of this werk, he was led of God to take the Bible stand against sects, and fin- the Body of Christ. This C ut; eir the sate of his book among all who are wedded to the sect idol, All the sectarian holiness editors and evangelists have since cast their influence againt the book, even though they had highly com-mended it and some ' of them pronounced it the best book in the world besides the Bible. Brother - W. has clearly seen what was needed in this age of i gnorance and confusion, and at the sacrifice of all things, and. with the intense ferrer of his soul, he has thrown his might into God's band:, to do His will. And while God has greatly blessed his labor, He seems not to have given him time to develope the necssary financial faith and tact to meet the wants of the work committed to him. Hence it is evident He would lay that duty up-on others, and we are commanded to " bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the Lord it is very importar t ter the They are awfully- up. Surely old Babylon is near her- utter distrucsteio ant. Lord has spoken it, and it is clo haT n they feel it too, hence have. great wrath. The school house was Well filled. Bro. Michaels read and preached from the 17t of John. The power of God filled the-- house, wich brought tears to the eyes of most of the people. Glory to God ! The work is spreading in every direction. We have frequent meetings in different localities which, by the power of the Holy Spirit, often last to a late hour. One was so at-tended by the divine glory, that we- did not close until two o'clock at night. The Lord keeps the good work rolling on, He is • op-ning up new light to us all the while. May the Lord be with you all. Amen! Brother M. T. Maddox' Writes from Grand Junction July 22. Dear Brethren,— My prayer is that God will continue. to " blow the Trumpt, and go', with whirlwinds," all over the land, carry inge the true Bible light. Praise the Lord forever and ever for this pure salvation so full and free in my heart. May God bless you all and keep you abounding in the spread of the Gospel. All the saints are getting along well here : the Lord is with us all- the time, our weekly meetings are precious. One poor sinner gave his heart to God and was converted, two weeks ago last Sabbath. i am saved and sanctified wholly- to God, and ready to be revealed in the last time. Daniel, We leave just published a tract of six-teen good sized pages, neatly bound in extra paper. Written by brother J. C. Fisher, the contents of which is pretty well expressed in the title page as follows. ' CHRIST IS THE BODY, THE CHURCH.' A tract containing set' ipturaJ proofs that Christf is the Church, and Ihe Church: is Christ, This little work has been much needed. Nothing is more clearly taught in the Word of God than the identity of Christ— His body— and the Church, and yet no truth is more generally overlooked. Through the current sectarian teach, tug, nearly all think the Church is a hu man organism. Thus, through the tradi-tion of dark age creeds, Christ is supplant-ed by the work of wens hands. There-fore this humble presentation of truth, cuts off all party rallying grounds, and draws all directly to Christ. For " unto Him shall the gathering of the people be." Let every body that loves the truth, and the souls that need it, send in their orders for the little book. And all that God has blessed with the means, will glorify Him by ordering a dozen or more to feed poor hungry souls with pure, strong, Gospel food. You will also assist the finances of the office by helping to scatter this little work. Order freely, we have printed three thousand of them. Price 10 cents. One dozen copies $ 1.00 Fifty copies 3 50 Orders may be sent in- postal note, pr small amounts in two cent otamvs, Will sAne dear brother explain " To de-: liver such an one unto satan for the de-etructfon of the flesh, that the spint may be saved in the day or the- Lord Jesus."- 1 Cot. 5: 5 Isaac Kee. This is the Light the Lord gives us. When all has been done that can be done for the salvation of a crooked, stumblin g soul, and such a one persists in yielding to the lusts of the flesh, and filthiness of the spirit, thereby _ bring reproach upon the cause of Christ; and if he still tries to shelter his evil character by a professed membership in the Church of God, and seek to clasify himself with the saints, it is their duty to Withdraw fellowship from him, if necessary renounce him publicly. This puts him in his true light before the world. Turns him over to the devil, or classifies him with satan's children, where he belongs, which mortifies his pride, humbles his soul, and may prove the destruction dills flesh ly lusts, and the aalvation of his soul, pre-paring him for the coming of the Lord Je-sus. Whereas if they were to suffer him to pass himself as one of, the Church he would cover his vile character, by the Churches good life, and be found a hypo-crite, and lost at the coming of Christ. Bro. R. P. Gooding, of Maysville Allen Co. Ohio, writes that they are going to have a special meeting in his community, over Aug. B, 9, and 10. We are invited to meet wiih those clear children of God, at that time but cannot because of prior engagement in Medina Co. May the Lord there in much power, ane grace, and many of His little ones come together to drink in the same, and praise His name. / ET PLEASNAT IowA, JULY 27th 1884. Dear Brethren:— Please say through the TRUMPET tbat the saints expect to have a two days basket meeting near Oakland. the hlw ` if Christ'" And now beloved in 02, of Aiove77- 02t. In several papers we have recently no-ticed frail man spoken of as the leader of what is called " the come out movement." Such remarks betray shameful ignorance of the Bible for therein Jesus Chnst is the leades of the " come ont of babylon" movement. He, the " Captian of our sal-vation." The " Commander and leader of the people," does not say, " go out of her." nor yet ask some man to lead his people out, except by the faithful preaching of the Word. But with a loud voice of a leader, He says " come out of her my people, that ye be not pertaker of her sins, and receive not of her plagues.'' If Christ were in babylon H imself, He would have to say " go out of her," but He has gone cut before His people, hence He says " come," " come out of her." " For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go . by flight: for the Lora will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rere-ward.' Isa. 52: 12. You see beloved, the Lord goes before, and is Himself the leader of them that come out of Babylon. while the God of Israel is their rere guard, cut ling Off the attack of the babylonians, who remain behind and " refuse to let them go.”--- Jer. 50 : 33. " I will surely assemble, 0 Jacob! all of thee. I will surely gather the remnant onsraol; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah as I he flock in the midst of their fold : they shall make a great noise by reason of the multitude of men. The breaker is . come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it— but who has lead them out?— and their King shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them."— Micah 2: 12, 13. Glory to God! Here is the leader of the come out of bab-ylon movement. - But He is not the man that has been so stiled by blinded and silly opposers of the truth. He is no mor-tal man on. earth. But the " king Immor-tal, Invisible, Eternal." The Lord Jeho-vah passes on before them. The sheep know His voice. The same voice from heaven snying, " Come out of her my peo-ple." It is God speaking, 0 will assem-ble, oh Jacob, all of thee." " I will put them together." organize them. " I will put them together, as the sheep of Bozrah." Take them from the several huhdred wolf pens, where they have been . fensed apart, starved and fleeced. " T, the Almighty will do this thing." " For thus saith the Lord God. Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As the shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep and will deliver them out of all places ( sects) where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day."— Eze. 34: 11,12. ' Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey, and I will set up one shepherd over them, and He shall feed them, even my servant David."— e. i., Christ the " root and. offspring of David. `: And I, the Lord, will be their God." Amen !— Ezekiel 34. Read the whole chapter. God Himself, is, the leader of His sheep out of the apostate organized divisions. He brings home to Himself, " as the flock in the midst of their fold. where they make a great n oise by reason of the multitude of men" that are escaped and have gained the blessed. freedom of the Gospel. Even as i is this day. Praise the Lord I For in many places, - they have broken up ( the sect pale) and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it, their Kin. W passing before them, and the Lord on the head of them." Blessed be the Lord for this glorious Lead-er. All they that have come out of Her recognize no other, and need no other. And all that know not the voice of this shepherd, remain back in their disper-sion and. confusion. Opposite Policies. All sectarian holiness workers, labor on the supposition that the sects belong to God, and that the devil has brought into them some of his works, which they are trying to purge out. But God is moving forward in the opposite direction. While they treat the sects as belonging to God, and are trying to get the devil's stuff out, God treats them as belonging to the devil, and is calling " His people to come out of her," and thus escape the plagues of her destruction. These two policies directly conflict with each other. Which will suc-ceed? Titus saith the Lord, " Every pur-pose of God e: hald. be fulfilled upon babylon," Sister Emily Berner writes from GENEVA CENTER, MICH. JULY 18 th Dear Brethren:- 1 praise God for full and complete salvation, that keeps me just sweetly saved all the time. 0 I do praise the Lord that He ever called af-ter me, and gave me a willing heart to ac-cept of the Holy Gospel. I thank Him too, that He took me out of babylon. Now I do know that I shall stand firm for God's grace is sufficient for me. Hallelujah! I am saved and- sanctified, washed and re deemed in the precious blood of Jesus. I must tell you that there has been four souls saved and sanctified since the camp meeting. God is adding to His Church daily such as are being saved. There are:: more under coviction, that we expect to': see saved soon. We had a glorious meet-ing last night. God was with us in might and power. Your sister in Christ. Healed By The Power Of a* o- tf, J. N. SLAGLE. Dear Brethren:— J am still saved and sanctified in the blood of Jesus. Glory to His holy name. I am " abiding in Him and His words are abiding in me;" so you see T can ask what I will and it shall be done for I have to ask according to that word that is abiding in me. My mother in law came to visit us this summer, or rather live with us, and she had been an invalid for 12 years, had not walked alone for over a year, when she came to our house she came on a bed very feeble. I began to talk to her about being healed by faith. It seamed she grew worse, and worse. We began to think her end was nigh. One sabbath afternoon she seemed to be de-clinin g fast. I was called to her room. She did not know what she should do, for she was very Weak. I told her I did not' know unless she would look to the LOA.: and be healed- I laid my i citids on then I asked her if she knew she ever haci„,: a change of heart, She said I guess nos`. I told her the promise is " if you haViFi,:: if commited sins, they shall be forgiven". In about a minute she was praising God. Ind e:- • she felt better- in body. The following Tuesday she got another bad spell. I waS; called to her room, commenced rubbing her hands, I told her I thought the Lord wanted to sanctify her before she. got out of her bed, she said she was ready. again laid hands on her, telling her the. best I could, how to consecrate herselfetb ' the Lord. All at once she was praising; God for that blessing, for which she been praying all day. Glory to God! the she got so she could sit up some during the day. On a Sabbath she felt very weak]- 4 I came in the room, she wanted nie lay iffy builds on her I did so, telling h to look to the Lord for heath tchoed w reoardki nasg dsoonmee, ssactr idpotuwrne sa TabidoIu eta eh: meteeeta/ Plniin* g. asked the Lord to strengthen her, when. schaen ju"! m Spheed wtiaps, sfualyli nogf t" hI ec agnlo wrya lokf! G SooeCI Went to my wife shaking hands. came O. me also, then went to the door called tt: d her so u Saying, " 1 can walk! So 1 can. She has been walking every day sinceh took a ride out, to one orahe nei ghbors t day. 0 glory to God! My soul says hale lelujaid for the wonderful power of Ged, l, to heal and save to the uttermost, Yout DEPrVI R111Q. A. 11.5 ., 21. Sent Vorth in the name of the Lord TeUtin Cityh roifs tis V Colh. u trhceh P, uthriet : Dir ea- nd l'extee of 4LL His Truth, Alta the Deeitvoction of saot. nob-ylon. S. WARNER, and C. E75H. E1,-- Etlitora. TROMAS RORTON, Publisher. with J. C. Fisher . financial assistant. 419, TERMS, ' t. 00. Per Year, In advance. To the Poor free Basket Meetin SPECIAL MEETING. s. soro F Id. ILFIC. 13 Pa. C. 1• 1113° OIKETLIVG• Aug. 23d this feast of tabernacles begins, in brother and sister Farrah's beautiful grove two miles south of Sandy Lake Mer-cer Co, Pa. The Lord willing, Brother and sister Clayton from Pittsburgh, Bro-ther and sister Fisher, and ourself expect to be there, and the Glorious King of all saints will be there, with salvation and blessings upon the people, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Come every body in the name of the Lord. --- - NO PAPER AUGUST 15th. The last of this week, Brother and Sister Fisher and mirelf go to the grove meet-ing in Medina Co. 0. Thence to Pa. hence we cannot get out a paper the middle of August. The Lord willing we will greet you again September 1st. Let us have your continued prayers. Hallelujah, we are leaping and shouting and peaising God, in the blessed fullness and sweet-ness of His love. Amen! Henry Co. Iowa, Aug. 23d, 24th. Let all the saints attend. Come filled with the Spirit, and; ready to work for the Master. God is working here, and the devil israg-in Some, 4the saints may suffer, butt we have victory in Jesus. We had a blessed meeting last Saturday night. Some seek-ing. Can you be with us at the basket meeting ? Yours in Christ. C. E. Lindley, The Camp Jhleeting Praise God! The King is in the Camp, and the saints shout glory in triumphs of His Cross. The meeting began last Thurs-day. But a few souls were saved ' up to Monday morning, but God has since rolled burden for souls, and spirit of prayer upon His children, and Holy Spirit is mightily at work. There were four converted, and about six sanctified yesterday. ( Tues-day) Many awakened, Seven tents on the ground. Three houses of the saints by the ground, which is at the edga of town. We abide in onr hone with, some of the little ones zOopping will) us. me being very far from the camp. Order is good. Attendance quite large. Praise the. Lord I clearing of the truth, and the relief of our dear brother's mind, that this matter be shouldered at once. Yea we feel like sayntg von all in the name of Jesus, that this three hudred dollars, must be raised innuediatel: ye Many of you should send (, riders for the book, $ 1.25. And then we suggest that every one that can, send donations front one, to twentyfive, dollars. Let it be done speedily, for Christ's sake. If you love the Lord Jesus Christ, and our brother \ rho has suffered so much for His sake, I know you cannot help but respond to t his. In the name of God we beseech you all to do so between now and Sept. 15th. Send to Bro. Warner's ad-dress, by Post office order, registered letter, and amounts under $ 5.00 by Pos-tal note. All receipts will be privately acklke‘ iledg'erl. In the love of Jesus. Joseph. The ft5'• or. k Wester I Bro. S. Michaels writes, July 22. Praise the Lord fie complete salvation just now. The Lord is using me on the dor-dere, or in the " regions beyond" the saints. The Lord is blessing us and hacking the truth with power, and sinners are made to quake and tremble. The work is going on, and souls are being saved. The Lord there will be a meeting on the camp ground near Bangor, the 10th anb 17 of Aug. I expect to put forth efforts to help the. T. aumplyr as soon as the people thresh drier grain. Trust God will open many hearts to give means. Dearly beloved of the Lord. The Lord bless you and keep ycuall under the blood. Amen! Bro T. W. Travis. frcen Glendale Van Buren Co. Mich. July 15th. Severed of the brethren from South and West Geneva were hereon the 13th, and we had a glo-rious time. There were four baptized, at Scott Lake. 0 glory to God! He wonder-fully co m § mnsi eaarnni ddn, I my .' 1n: el God I have washed in obeying Jesus in this my soul and body from the dust of babylon. God so filled my soul when in the watery grave with Christ, that I felt amwilling to rise to tee surface again. I cannot tell you how happy I was in my soul. It was the most solemn baptismal occasion I ever witness d. Sinners and babylonians stood off and looked on in silent amazement. The faces cif some of the latter turned black k. lot CLuut. God Moving in alo. are ,; wllait i conscientiously come out of the sects ine • ► I dime; mad ye that are near, aekeowlede el siaVe t of God as any sect devotee in the world ifearrIlint'ss hair ''' llrlirised 11P" hYPoel'iles- 1 and it might be added, and just ae Scrip . W11. amin, e. us shall dwell with the deeous. 1 aurally. True, they do not believe in the mg fire? Who among us shad dwell with 1 Chuurch after the sect definrition of it, for ' vced" ing burning? l ie that " rketh i that always invests the Church with rulee • righteously and speaketh uprightly; thialet1 of man's invention, Vaud recognizes ite that depsiseth tne gain of eppression, Tih • e sseie lee only wwhhyy yee: suc h rules exi- st ,. shaketh his hands from holding bribes, 1S. that we have from God a COMOL under-t andi ng and a correct expression of the eComeoutism" is defm4td ae no- • " Timm may he such a thing sroh- party, hest it 1.331S WA beets my risfortnne to_ meet with any such. To define Conmentism by no churchis ► Ply an injustice, if applied in the wholesale manner above ' indicated. Fur my part I object to both words; [ Se do we.] I would much prefer the word stay. or Primitire ritionity 1 # ay an inj ustice, tweause ant pure: laded cln as truly and thinl y believe in the chtu•, flij my might. The Finnerz. in Zion are afraid; So the real issue ia trt Awn noschurchiera that stopneth his ears from hearing ■ ( f blood, but upon tho real e . attar41ad. oonstitte sahd adl ls hdewtteeltl ho hni sh iegy- hC. S hIeiso mpl awceei rosf edveitlh. nHseel shall be the munition of rocks: bread shall be given him; his water shall be sure." Hallelujah to God for His glorious proill-ses. But they are only to the obedient. aaas says, " He that bath my command-touts, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me.,. i. k- e- John 14 21. And, " If ye love me, keep my oommandmenta" " If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what * will , and it shall be done mite you. " As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved von; continue ye in my love. How ? " If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love even al I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in IIis love." --- John 15: 9, IQ. In- verses 11, 15, He says Fie " has spoken these things, that His joy migh, t remain in us, and that our joy might be fiill." Reader, would you_ have the pure, everlasting joy obulets os ft hbea bGyoloond aWnda ya reed firteoer , i nanddee hde. lGp ohdim I aN ‘‘ aoyw fr otmhe a rnut to bo true to God at any cost. We fake ! wori • i'tillaviDstig ex tracts from Bra, Kiergnws , - " A PRESPN Issue." The comes an open door to a frank ation of the subject ssuluee, tioso ,1 1f1r) a01u ► g hUtS wniothn ec ocnasne qdtetenny-, s ihnfuiulie Chrrith of: God tas, „ lee tri„:, test moment, . A$ the-= matter; o refrain from grappling with s God may lead, cannot beiu other word thee * Mara,- All that we need to be careful Abu: ' 014 Ii tion of the " Church of Eecleeia ton Theon— od— is simply a congregation o or snipers of God, constituted SA according to the New Testament.: Now, I ask in all candor, if such ' A gregation refuses or fails to worship ai according to the rules of man's in-vention, whet right has any one to dub it jurtice would thigohea it Ors suppo ;. e you. invest the oaniitie* an with• ail the rules of sects, wottlatike- it any more the Church of God e Mier d if it were divested of alleeuia dwould it make it any less the C1 a of Chid Surely not Yet this seettle exactly what. Our friends are' doingeest: otaiee the cry Of no churchism. $ 1: r - nfs firmdit'anctcenfirmede that thk'- iiiar: ISefie is not .- between no, aihrelifanie- and the to w aect, but no reply has yet appeared in ship and work. which is no other than, a that paper, and in the last Good Wisy we real and Scriptural experience of saving see that the editor is becoming rather gT000e. et: 4nd seeketh such to worship fearful of the free? discussion of tile subject. Him as worship Him in spirit and in truth. I He is evidently between two fires. if he None others can worship Him. True the trufltashh flh out, through his eel- e is claiming felloship mains, it will cut ofrinany sectarian sub- have IM porters, and if he eltesta his columns with / tel. They , ire Ring the saints but againsstt, it he is in danger GI being left not ,, e them. Paut writing to the Chnrchl a. large army in that state who ! DINT COW i at Corinth on very point said• •• put In Good Way of June 21st, Bro. A. M. Kiergan appears in a straight forward vindication of God's Church in opposition human scene The editor then opened his columns for the discussion of the sub- On every feature bl Salvation dot Within my heat Thy blood uitileee* Iiiter than the snow. Oh now, t/ aydglory shines so bright, A.** ietiqieot dazzling rays, Fil all y heart- with floods of light, bile perpetual glowing blaze. weetedvers of thy precious love, Flows through my heart in sweet repose, Supplied by fountains from above, Each day the channel deeper grows. Perfect in love, no fear I know, Redeemed, I've vict'ry over death, I triumph now o'er every foe, I'll praise thee, Lord whilst I havebreath. - Note no one has a right to copy this song, without permision of the author. very- few of those christians Wit, > LIAINt Lord tliO: iriCe. ry": 25, OW is mine, Bycleansing, in thy Precious blood, :. Ahdial1- the glory shall be thine, VII tell the virtues or that flood. Irs. till the glory shall be • vlonette With ceasless praiees. Oh wondrous vicery it is Thy blood has cleansedS, - asti-- all sin, e; ga y ow; : every- chord ra 4,, come- outism or notchnrchism? what ' And 11( 4 In die name Id- Jesus we present the law-ful truth t God to all that, in the provil , denee oGf od, reach, and admonish = you to live in perfect nd tamable obedience , tseo h- reievte r; y t. oc rl ttnhmat Iins dtl ae ontlhye w Layo rtod rJeetsauins, our eelvation. lel t is w et n shall 1 not live by blend . i t word that preeeetieth 0 1God."--- Matt. 4 4. 1 " Hear ye that Are af, tr .4 may dth ii sa Church of God, bnt between human creeds or rules the sects they constitute? and blind. and the Church of God. The above definition of the Church yolevs same points thoroughly vital: It must constituted aaccccoordrdinign to e New Tstament plan. That plan must a be transcended in any direction. But t is asked " How can we certainly know his planJ u? st" l a ya- side all leaning on self and preconceived notions and go to the Word of God. The essentialerroa leading from the simplicity and beauty of God's Church is, that only the outlines of the constitution thereof are laid down, and much is left to man in ' s wisdom' accord-g to expediency in making rules to fill out these outlines. But we will find every child * ay of Satratio BY J. N. Howeee, fell work, this ultine hil; l be blessed in -- se. you that wicked perstm. fail the sects in. the made him " of them" " • el; of God. d• epite all hid and I - hihl ref God f me titberhip eube• ription thertet ie being 1r the d." virgins, and without the " oil ofgladdesie And not having the " second gracel' the" oil in their vessels, with their lamps," they will only discover their sad want after the door shall have been shut, and will be too late to buy the oil of salvation. May God help you, dear reader, to examine your lamp, and see if it is burning, see if you are in the faith, if you are really justified in the sight of God, living without commit-ting sin. If so, then you should at once " go on unto perfection," " perfecting holi-ness in the fear of God." This is the " more grace," even entire ssnctification, which makes us " perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect," and " one even as Christ and the Father are one." see John 17 : 21- 23. Perfect holiness removes all party walls' and sehisms. ' For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren." Heb .2 : 11. It is evident from this, and many other scriptures, that Christ is ashamed of all this " my church," " your church," " and oar church" confusion; of all unsanctified, tobacco and sect defiled, carnal babel, that constitute the current religion of these times. Christ, the Father, • d angels in heaven ashamed of this divid ed, corrupt denominationalism? Why even the devil would be ashamed of much of their works, if it were carried on in his name. " Awake, Awake, put on thy strength 0 Zion. Put on thy beautiful garments, oh Jerusalem, the holy city; shake thyself rein the dust arise and sit down, oh Je-rusalem loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, oh captive daughter of Zion." Gio: y to God ! I have shaken off the dust of babylon, and now stand complete in Christ. I entered this glorious experience second. distinct, and instantaneous • rk of grace in my soul. Your Brother for the whole truth. ii: . hidee $ i el. tion of asSociety by rule of man, s inven- L bon , , then we need- not wait for so called no chuechism to deny it, for the Word of God upsets that notion world without end. No human rules can make it more - visible than God has dope; but they may make, Something else' not the Church of. God very literal, earthly, visible and sensual. Is it not. stange that some people cannot see the organization alio of the Church orGod unless thencan hear the nue of the ecclesiastical machinery, be the wheels threof never so few and small? Strange! The nature of the Church in- 1 valves a God given qualification for Wor- „__ John 17; 3, 11,, ' seem- G. A. is eternal. .14y witar ea: t we kilos that c know Him ? Answer, • And etrehy 0 know tit it we know Hee, ifav . tkee. etledn• nseete ell,- that envool : they share it. But, let the Gospel eeeseete Iii is es.„ t1 e„, ilia ihnite, not in word only, but in power, and counnandmente, t : a liar." -- lIe that see- ie Me Hay Ghost, and with much aseu-eth he abideth iii flee., of l,. eke to wai l; l . tece.- 1 These. 1: 5,— searehing the in-even as lie walked." Now see . ti• w ! most et flashing the lightnings lie walked. lie says ,• 1 ;;;-. 170 414 ^ my t n tli around the walls of the tern- Father's coa. mandantees anal elide ie Pie: thee are the dispositions and thoughts love." -- John 14 : 32; 15: till .: y pre. of inaey hearts revealed.— Luke 2: 35. Let fess to love God with theie Aoie hearti lt nu I/ of God strike home once or twice evhen they have seareely siv: 011- 0.7 proof ' with teasepected vividness, then behold that they love Hine ihat Ave c retrary, t i; tide of the carnal mind. y their werke they deny Me 81; t: prove itl: g11: ttitne what malice what revert they ale no: love Itte. Nsibia rd., lava who flung the Oita • ap-love tiod's true sidldree. : eh less tiees et. • ese, • e eencerned! love one another Dar pssitive pr.„. : is of the Go AM UAL- GREY. e tone r a ther be called i. dmpertin a- men. : hen .- unlaithful" by the Lord. 14 id yll is s: ifest, think you? By the way, this revive! le the season for the study of inunttu nature. It is with minds as with the fields upon a. farm— it is the season wet or dry, which develops the nature the soil, and the roots which best flourish there accordingly. When al! is quiet, and the Gospel Genie, in word only, how veer aeod- ea t red Eiuneri ire! The preacher a very tine fellows— an agreeable, eloquent eontleman. it you please, of rare talents ea! rninge— the very preacher for them! leve pe! ite and amiable they are! Fine eeles for elturelemembers, too! Religion e.; hesking in the sunshine of the world, David's_ With a pure heart and the gl . i,,,,- •' roin snakes; bring them to the fire, how-ud. life and enmity will soon under ea our soul, it is delightful to ran ap-all His eommandments. The' Psalmist z!"-' waYlpear. It is like fire smouldering a of ashes— that is carnal enmity; stir says they are " truth and rhisliteouseess.' up, and it shows red life sufficient to iann dtr o" suebttlele adn fdo raenvgeuri sinh hheea svaean s:." “ atnhdy even i kindle a conflagration that many waters mandmeuts are my delight ." ) ecI • n- I could not quench. Neutrality is next to graceless ignorance, all this whinin( g 1Nbr- cIa. t what'l impossible„ when the true Word is preach-the " bondage" of keeoinn the ordinanc: sle- d. Like the pendulum in a clock, the of the Lord Jesus Chri_ st. Such acmiliaii; e'N imind finds no rest in an intermediate space of the Lord Jesus ought to read James. 1: lt3- 27, and get some of the S, iris of Pethvsaeatrl ymJ eps ru1os1f e9ns. es evindel rac yhg iatlhvdeeo Efnltsei rlasnnatyl' Fcuaotnhatileenrrh lgtniaviliie,, d" loollseiod; e oonr tthh ee owtohrelr, d ossni dthe; e o snid teh oe fL roerlida'ns bat what He intended should be o. b7co' I side or on the devil' sside. Well some good. And He never Purchased any salvation ea Iamong the evil; if my preacing hardens' it us to slight. When He said seek first the softens others. That is a mercy. limy between likes and dislikes, affection and aversion; it is ever in one state or the oth-er, and flies indifference. It must be on preaching stumbles some, it humbles () th-ere; and saves them, too. My Mastent preaching had a similar effect. He waa Rock of offence, a - tone of StUlnblin& of the dear Son ' of'God in . your - heart would you prove y- Ou • love to Jesus? thg be cleansed in His precious blood, from. all sin, and then live in perfect obedience to all the coiranandinents of Jesus, both by he W o. ardn, d Spirit of G- od. And these two alwaya agree in enforcing the will a God. The latter laways leads into obe-dience to the former. If you would prove yourself to be a friend of :. Jesus, He tells you how to ldo it. " Ye serially friends if ye do whatsoever I cominsia4 you. There is ba ysreecjet ctthiuagt cthalel " thcoemmmsealvnedsm' seeltlsr" ie or. fd Cs, h" rliisntt, they prove that they ate= . not Christ's friends but, like other see% they are gen-erally conformed to the wOiti and enemies of Christ. In the final commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, He said. `.` Go ye there-fore, and teach nations, ptizinIlglg them in the name of the Father, end of the S0115 and of the Holy Ghost, ten th. em to observe all things whatsoever I have com-manded you."— Matt. 2& a249, 20. Here ' bJeasputsi zpel atihnelym c othmamt banedlise vleit *- 5 / d Haise• icmip, l easn dto teach them to observe all tangs whatso-many.— Rom. 9:- 38. " Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel," said Simeon.— Luke 2: 34. There were weepers under His ministry: ay; and eyes as tearless as the firmament during the three years drought under Elijah the prophet; By the side of my Lord Jesus allow me to stand, and rise or fall with him, in human estimation. " The disciple is not above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord."— Matt. 1 0: 25 Amen! DEVILS AND SINNERS COMPARED. Devils themselves cannot maintain neu-trality. They could not in the days of our Lord. But [ pardon me] there was a digni-ty and candor about devils not found in many human opponents of revivals. Dev-ils always accosted our Lord with respect and deference, " I know Thee, who thou art, the holy one of God; art thou come to torment us?" Again: " What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God; art thou come hither to torment us before the time?" Again: " What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment. me not." Again: " What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not." Sues was the language of devils, usually est i mated as mind. at its worst. Great energy in their deprecations, but great respect and veneration. But look at the treat-ment our Lord received from the tongues of sinners. Anything of this respect and deference to his character? C- Is not this the carpenter's son?" And they called him '- a wine- bibber and a glutton, a blasphemer a perverter of the nation, a drunkard, a friend of publicans and sinners, a Samari-tan, the prince of the devils, madeposses-sed of a devil," and other hard names, and language. That Name, to which every knee upon earth, as well as in heaven, shall bow, made a jest and a by- word! That devils prompted to all this I would not deny; but- it seems they could not or dare not, do so themselves. Se• 1 The: Sect Barn By, B. GEORGE. Dear Brethren:— I praise God for the ruth, the Trumpet brings to us. Spiritus. ity is very low here. The sectarians , think of the Trumpet, like the peo-ple did of the prophet Amos. " The land cannot bear all his worth." They cannot endure the present truth, but want smooth things. I see in the Banner of Holiness un 6, an article from Reid of the High- , in which he calls the various seek, the branches, of which Christ speaks in John 15. Is it possible that any man can be so blind; or must we conclude that e-ven good men cannot be quite honest' ars I stain human sect divisions. Can ales • d that is capable of reading at ell, read John 15, and not see that individie ers are the branches spoken of I y st d not sects. Bro. Reid calk et; the sects, the ship of Zion and the 1: members the barnacles, on the bottom. u: hindrances to the ship. But if be ree - his bible he ought to see that the Berly Christ, the Church, is the Ship Zion, I the sects are the huge barnaelee. the ere. - est hindrances; to the old ship Zion. . • says that holiness wants the job of take the branches off at' the ship; but is hind. ed by ecclesiastical powers. Well noel-the sects hinder the work of holiness, thov are hindrances to Gods's Church, and tie: is just what the barnacle is to the ship. If these sects, or ecclesiastical powers, hi:.- der the ship, as he says, and yet they a: • the ship of Zion as he calls them, then the ship is a hindrance to the ship. Did you ever see worse confusion? Surely that poor man is in babylon. According to his talk he wants to clear the hindrances from hin-drances; take the barnacles off the barna-cles. Better call things by their proper names, call the sect, a sect, and the Church the Church, instead of trying to get the barnacles off the sects, cut off the sect barnacles themselves from the Church, with- all their deformities. how blind a man must be to identify the sects that men have made in these modern times, with the Church which our Redeemer bought with His own precious blood. The Church of the First Born which is written in Heaven. Thank God! I belong only to the Church, and not to any of i he denom-inations, hence I am not troubled, with those hindrances. I am redeemed by the Precious blood of the Lamb. and kept by the power of God, through faith. Six Mile Ind. June 14, ' • • • necessary provision iii the Bible, and that is just what all the no- sect people as far as I am informed, believe. The Church of God on earth isavisible. It is so because composed of visible men and women and of certain principles which can only be practiced in a literal way. If our sectarian friends mean by " visible church organisation tee constau- everH e had commanded them. But these professed " friends," teach this disciples not to do those things. They say that Jesus nailed, baptism, feetawnsidne, and the Lord's supper, to the reitisse Did He I institute the latter two, one ni ght, and strictly charge the disciples do the same in remembrance of Him, alid the next day I nail His own " New Testament" ondinances I to the cross? Would His oordi-nanceof baptism to the cross at His death, and then. after His resurrection cemmand it to be done? He did the latter, hence to teach that He did the' forth*, were confu- 1 sion and contradictory. Shame on such false teaching. It cometh not: from above, but is earthly. Christ is - the nronhet whom it is written, that we'llhoeld Him in all things whatsoeveirie Ainll say unto you, and it shall eontiii- to 1- eus that eevery soul, which will ntot heavhat Proph shall he destroyed from eau9Oge:!., 1 people." Acts 2 2, 23. The post e, teet• h: either to be baptized.-- : : 1,3, 39. And all . ‘ continued sieadfastfe t Apstssle's doctrine. and fellowehhe- aser. 42. An inspired Apostle : zap, whovue - hell keep, I Ithe whole law. and yet : e t: pa,. he is guilty of ell. • e wa see it is! hotter to ( thee in an thinds. •• sulutely necessary le oar eeasieued, P. 114 eternal salvation, to ' , bey ail the CriAIIII. LTRIS of the Lord Jesus. In 11k preyer to f c Father, Jesus eeiti, " Tlds fife ee at they Might know ? boo. ea.?, • and Jesus Chr: et, wheel then List enemies. But how atey ee kietw rase we kingdom of God, and His righteousness." He intends we should not ets4a elea• t of the latter. All that refuse to aeek His righ-teousness, are represented : bee the foolish e geed sight to detect Sk' 1r 1iAe ll- iehde ttl pW ilOl d! eier:, e t,' h o r- d , t. i e' . Ily tJh." o ' i3o. d-. i I1 •: 1:,,:,: t1! t- i!, f fia.- lz e,. y I! irceiviyo ke t'ewe • lutdhee ttheeemth when we love God and keep Ilia- asemaands i ar - Iasi _ eels- seen, protruding in battle er-m2w, ee n 3kt. s e. B eupt eiatAtt h- en kede : esin pte caeIe . l et, evi. e. e- so-, t 4 eG ejm4o. mh1n atn h5da: t- ipi- reeauw; in: i tai: tl e oiesvr t eihnru . a sT rwehviitishv a etlnh. mIet ciitsay rl niiksae ln tmhoetin Aadpm, tt ehtroe-meets of the Captian ofour ealehtiou : Yes, ! jeee snake, seldom caught napping in hot eatoon udGa tnohadeu ! Ad Ii nPaeednsdCt eme a yrjeu t ieeneu: tt i tngeeisentvEei eea s. g. ,•. t" o a Gnthta UItn crsY Ii nw; aelalitehlte, rr. In coldw w zeeartoh, etrh, ewreh iesn n toh ed athnegre- r es. VANDALIA, Mo. Jima- 13111, 1884. Dear Brethren :— I feel a great interest ' in you, and the rapid spread of the Gos-pel, es authorised by Jesus, and practiced and tntight by His chosen Apostles. I would say be of good cheer.— Jas. 1 : lel. Count; it all joy when you fall into temp-tation for the trial of our faith worketh 1 fatie. 0 let patience have her perfect work that ye may be perfect,- entire, Wanting nothing. Marvel not if friends leave, or forsake you. Satan may gain powerful elements against you and the truth; but truth is mighty, and. will prevail. "[ t is written"- 2 Tim. 3: 12, " Yea and all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution. " Blessed are they which are. persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and - be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven."— Mate 5: 10- 12. " Think not strange of the firey trial which is to try you. But rejoice that you are made par-taker of Christ's suffering, that when His glory shall be revealed, ye lathy he glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be re-proached for the name of Christ, happy are ye. Jas. 1: 12. Blessed is the man that enlureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord bath promised to them that love Him. " For He has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee, so that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do un-to ume."— Heb. 13: 5,6. Therefore I would soy, though ten thousand. foes arise,. and friends forsake, buckle on the whole ar-mor of God, and battle the harder against satan and sin. Let us consider all things work together for good to those who love the Lord. May God's blessings rest on the GOSPEL Tnumma, and the good it may do toward the perfecting of the saints. After much and careful searching of the scriptures I can clearly see that baptism in water is the duty of all that believe in Christ. And that Holiness, sanctification, or cleansing from all sin, is necessary to the perfecting of the saints in this world, and eternal life in the next. I felt it a duty on me to declare the truth, but soon the Lord. taught me through the TRUMPET Ho had already men in the• field, declar-ing the same Gospel in its purity, I re-j oice that you know the truth and pro-claim it though the world oppose. I see five commandments in the Epistles to greet, or salute the brethren with an ' Holy kiss,' and " kiss of charity." Do you believe it a duty? [ yes, and pratice it.] We need the truth preached here. I can hardly help crying, come over into Macedonia and help us. Wonld that the Lord would send you. Now may grace and peace be with you, and may God guide and help you with His Spirit in all truth. Yours in love of all truth. GENEVA CENTER, MICH. APR. 28th, 784. Dear Br ethr en:— I praise Led to- night that I can say to the glory of God that the blood of Jesus Christ, God's ion J. M. Robinson. the Lamb forever. I ant saved and sano• liberty wherewith Christ hats made them free," and in spite of all the powers of sa-tan which are wonderfully manifest against them, still shout and praise God and the Rock of our salvation. " Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect precious, and lie that beleiveth on Him shall not be confounded." Glory be to God for His glorious promises which we have when just now. Glory to God Your sister in we live so there is no condemnation rest Christ. Z. Lowe. ing, upon us. Praise God who gives us the victory through our Lord and Savior GENEVA, MICH. MAY 9th. Jesus Christ. How tile love or God does Dear Brethren:—` The Lord bless you' fill my soul just now. Glory to His name all. Glory to God for His saving power. for salvation that saves me, and keeps me, Forty
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