| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 Henry C. Sharpnadk. HEALING BY FAITH. - 4. 1= +. 41d+.— 93ehold they that sat in darkness, saw great light". he good Lord has given me such won-hderful light and faith in His name. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of thingsnot seen. By faith Noah beim,. warped of God with 3 being things not yet seen, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by the . which he condemned the world, and became an heir of righteousness, which is of faith. Bless God But how do we get this faith? The - Word says, " So, faith cometh by hearing and hearing hi, the Word of God. Let us believe the Word even to the heal-ing of our bodies, as well as to the saving of our souls. I do praise God for this precious, Word. I am believing it through and through and living it every day. In Titus 1: 2, it says that God can not lie, neither will He change one jot or tittle of His Word; but we must meet his re- OSPEL THE DESOLATION OF BABYLON. • * 0* 4,— " Thus saith the Lord: behold I wiliraise tip against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against Me, a destroying wind; and I will vend Unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land : fir in the day of trouble they shall be against . her round about. Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul be not cut off in her iniquity for this is the time of tin Lord's vengeance He will render unto her a recompense. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all tine earth drunken : the na- . tions have drunken of her wine thererore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed! howl for her: take balm for her paingso be she maybe healed. We would have healed Bayblon, but she is not healed : forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country : for her judgment reacheth, unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. Jer. 51: 1, 2, 6- 9. What an awful picture is here drawn by the prophet. But, more impressive still is the awful words of the inspired prophet fulfilled. Some one asks where? On every hand as we look around us at', the cold graceless dead formal ecclesiastical world of denominationalism; we see the fulfillment of Jeremiah's words. _ Truly she has fallen, and become the habita-tion of devils. Rev. 18: 2. But some one says the word babylon has reference to sectism. Let us look at its definition : taken from babel, which means confusion, or disorder. Is there any other place on earth where there is more confusion than in the sects ? The word babel came from the confounding of the language of the people, when they were trying to " build us a tower that shall reach unto heaven". So in the denominations of to day. We see their language confounded; no two speaking the same thing. Thus bath God decreed that they shall fall in this, their one, and only point of unity, namely that of building a war of their own to reach unto heaven. So those builders said, " let it• make 218 a namedest we be scattered abroad, , Qike each sect is trying to build up their own name instead of Christ, and building tip the body of Christ, which is the one, and only true Church. Of which body every person becomes a member of Christ, the instant he is truly born Of the Spirit of God. Having no need of man's manifestation, whatever in the process of joining Christ's body, which is the- Church.— Col. 1: 18,24. But how the ? he Lord God shaZ2B LOW Vie UM ETand go with irhiriwinds debit does rack the brain of his devoteers in sect babylon, to keep them continually' Casco, Allegan Co. Mich. We _ h a- ving inventing some new- fangled notion to turn the minds of the people from the truth Of the Gospel, unto some image gotten up - bk the enemy to deceive, and to beguile unstable souls. How true are the words of Paul to Timothy. 2- Tim. 4: 3,4. But thank God they shall proceed no further for their folly is being made manifest unto all men"- 2 Tim. 3: 9. From the days of paganism unto the present time, as The light of God has continued to shine, bright-er, and brighter upon the earth, the devil has tried to keep pace with the light trying to invent something just off the line of truth, in order to turn the minds of- the people in the wrong direction. He knows that the counterfeit nearest the genuine is the . most dangerous. And now we have reached the evenin g light, when the full light of the glorious Gospel ‘ of Christ is shining on the earth, showing that all creeds and. isms only tend to bring 1 such poor deluded souls, And enable Beni Thoughts. : 0: There is a brighter world The spirit tendeth Upward, on the strong wings Which fancy lendeth From eyes whence bitter tears. Were lately streaming, A ray of holy joy Is oft seen beaming. Gleams of a brighter world Have caught the vision, And borne the spirit To scenes elysian. Such thoughts as these are not Mere earthly feelings From heaven they came, they are God, s own revealings. , • Selected. • yoke upon the people, we have lost our power over them entirely. And as the Old creeds and disciplines have become stale and dead lettere, and no longer have any influence with the people, and the devil says: I am disgusted with them myself; let us have a new creed, and let us have more holiness teaching - connected with it, as the - tgeraecaht imt majuocrhit, ya nodf tthheeir ofoldll oowneerss dproa cntiocte it less. So he says: where will T find a man in all my realm upon whom I shall best- ow the honor of standing at the head of this new babel tower, I am about to build ? So in looking all his servants ' over, he concludes that he has found in S. B. Shaw of Dutton Mich; a man after his own heart, that shall fulfill all his will. So as Shaw- has long felt that ith was to his interest to stand at the head of some sect of rituals to be enforced upon his dev-otees, he very readily accepted the nomi-nation, and sets to work to compile the rituals, of the man- tower, called the itord- NESS ausshos, and starts out to propagate the same. They also admit that it- is use-less to longer try to conceal the fact that the condit i on of salvation. All such en-says we must take active steps to stop this of the past. But as Shaw was a faithful work. Finally he hits upon thplan that he servant of sectism, he allowed it to pass as thinks will Succeed in a measure at least. lit is, knowing that this frail little daugh- So he say that it is useless to longer try' ter of old mother Rome came into the to make candid people believe that holi-ness of heart by a second work of grace is not a present attainment, so we sun- hood inasmuch as the evening light is render that point ia the battle, and turn I now shining, and the destruction of baby-our whole attention to the church joining Ion is going forth with whorlwinds. Amen ! business; for unless' we can keep the sect Even so come Lord Jesus. Your Bro. in the faith and fellowship of Jesus preserved unto His heavenly appear-ing. discord, and divisions among God's peo- Ple, instead of bringing them into the uni-ty of the faith; and as those that are hon-est that have beerensnared in sect . bab-ylon, are stepping out, and renouncing all her abominations as fast as the light is shown to them. Therefore the old fellow is becoming alarmed, as he sees the spell, under which he has held the people, being broken. Therefore he sees that the old routine of seetishness will no longer suffice to deceive the mind of the more candid thinking people, and as the light of Per-fect holiness of heart, which ' makes all God's people one, outside of alt sects, and division walls, completely delivering them out of the devil's powers, dawns upon the people, the devil sees that this threatens the destruction Of phis whole realm. So he saints, which means holy ones, is a script= oral name of God's children, and wishing to put a holiness garb on : their bundle of sect rituals, they call themselves saints, to better decieive. But thank God the days of mixture of darkness and light are at an Flee out of the midst of babylon, ancl deliver every man his soul: be not cut off iii her iniquity; for this is ' the time of the Lord's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense. And the land shall tremble and sor-row: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against babylon, to make the land of babylon a deso-lation without au inhabital•— Jer. 51: 6, 29. heard that Shaw was doing such a great work for God at that place, went one evening to see for ourselves. And of all the disgusting soul crippling, God dishonor ing wcrk we ever - witnessed under the name of a revival meeting that was the worst. About 20 souls came to the altar. when the invitation was giveinand instead of instructing them how to take hold of God by faith, the nB. presiding elder got up, and said he did not think anyone corn potentto teach souls at the altar. , But they must be taught by the Spirit. So the dear souls struggled at the altar for some time, and finally they left as they came, ex-cept one young man who would not leave the altar, and they finally got around him, and sang and shouted till they got him worked up to that pitch, that he thought he had salvation. No faith about it, but a mere wrought up,- feeling taken as an evident acceptance with God. God pity - FIRST puR6. them to realize that faith not feeling is thusiastic feeling worked up by physical force, is not on the line of salvation, but is only a mental - delusion. Thank God for salvation bY faith which brings the wit-ness in our hearts, by' the Holy Ghost. No wonder that the " Angel cried. mightily I that babylon is fallen, is fallenand, " come lout of her my people, that you partake ( ri ot of her sins and that you receive not of I her plagues, for her sins have reached un-to heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquity. " Rev. 18: 1- 6. And although the devil was highly- elated at the prospect of a new holiness creed; yet when he come to look it over he was disgusted with it from the fact that it contained so many traditions taken from the old musty creed world too late in the end of time to be rea-sonably expected to grow up to woman- And lie said Iln. to Me, What seeS thou? And X answer-ed; I see a ilyingsou. Thel. said he unto me, every one that stealeth sisdhea rlle cBaon tciuntg sSior 1 o4n a tnhdis Avery one that swearetli twhesil ilrLd aboetrr aidann cgo c bf iohte ro fedosatrisntt hga, t t sooan . ik tta. h Ian Grand Junction, " bra d. 1890. Volunze 10, Number 8. shall follow them that Believe: " In ma, name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall shall he do also, and greater works than those shall He do- Praise the Lord! What more could we ask ? Well I do bless God that I am still trusting Him for all things. We have been having the LaGripPe and the Lord has healed us without any med-icine. I have never been sick enough to to pass just as He said. Peter let a Jew-ish maid back him. out; but notice the dif-ference in film after he was sanctified on the day of Pentecost. There were dwell-ing in Jeruaalen, devout men, out of ev-ery nation under heaven( Acts 2: 5) and they accused them of being full of new give you the Word for it. God says, Al0y,, wine, or drunk. Then notice the differ-son, despise not thou the chasten. ing the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked I mice in him after he had received the " And lie shall send His angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heav-. en to the other. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh. So likewise re when ye shall see all these thing know that it is near, even at the doors."— Ilfatt. 13: 24- 85. of Him. For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth'and scourgeth every son * He receiveth if ye endure chastisement, God dealeth with you as with sons; but if ye be without chastening, then are ye bas-tards - and not sons. Shall we not much rather be in subjec-tion to the Father of spirits and live ? Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grevious peverthelps, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness unto them who are exercised thereby. Praise the Lord! I find it so, I find it so. May, God wonderfully help us all to let patience. have its work, that we may be perfect entire wanting nothing, and run with patience the race which, is set before us, looking unto- Jesus the au-thor and finisher of our faith. Amen. I praise God for a Bible salvation in His word, and am walling in all the light He gives me. Your sister in the Lord. Mrs. John grimes.* FOLLOWING JESUT A BOVE ALL THINGS. 1- n+ WHAT IS THAT TO THEE? FOLLOW thou 11E. It is real blessed to know that the Savior was once on earth; was manifest in the flesh and left us an example that we should follow His steps, who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth; and it is so blessed for us to have the mind of Christ, so as to do His will in all things. A person must besayed from all actual transgressions before he can follow Jesus indeed and in truth. They cannot have strife, divisions, backbitings, heresies among themselves and follow Jesus at the same time. He never was guilty- of, never left such an example, nor never. gave- any command to be such. When Jesus spoke the above text He was talk-ing- with Peter about how he loved Him. This was after He was crucified and rose. - Before He was crucified He told them that they would- be offended because of Him; and Peter affirmed Him that if all men forsook Him, he would follow Him even unto death, and Jesus, told him that before the cock would crow, he would de-ny Him thrice. But he did not believe'. Big " I" or self got in the way. He did. not consider that Jesus had given him strength to follow that far, or- to . do what he had. done. sanctifying power. While the Jewish maid backed him out and now there are devout men from all nations under heaven accusing them falsely, and before it was said truthfully. Did Peter run off and Say, brethren - hold the fort if you can the maid, backed me out . by. the truth, and now this multitude is aced's-ing me falsely, and I must take care of no one ? Day. He arose in the presence of all of them and withstood them, and con-trthieted their assertions; saying. These are not drunk as ye suppose, seeing it it but the ( bird hour of the day. And he went on to tell them, that was the fulfillment of the prophet Joel. Read-er have you the power of the HolyGhost that you can look a wicked man in the face when- they MSS the teachings - of God's truth, and falsely accuse you, and tell them of it, without fear„ yet in love, and tell them of God's truth in spite of their opposition. Think of what a victory for God by Peter opening fire upon the devil, with the power of God; 3000 souls won to Christ. If you are not fighting the devil, it is because you are in his clutches, and he is leading you captive at his will. It is a fight from here to glory. God help us to fight the good. fight to the end, fight sin on every hand. Be sure you repent, and let the Lord justify you freely and sanctify you wholly. 1 Thetis. 5: 23; then follow the example the Saviour left us to follow( 1 Pet .2: 21- 22) amid reproach and shame; for without you do this, hell - awaits you as your home through eternity. Heaven's- decree has gone forth. " With-out holiness, no man shall see the Lord", Heb. 12: 14. You say you are like Peter; you was once converted, but when the test conies,, you will deny the Lord. Do not go back on what You was once. How are you now ? If you are converted to God you will nct deny the Lord as long as you are justified. Peter was con-verted before he denied the Lord„ but he was not when he was engaged iu the act, For his conversion see Matt 18: 26 and Luke 10: 20. Peter's act in denying the - the Savior was like all others of that kind, preceded by a desire to do so, instead of standing up boldly for Him, and his fail - took place when he conceived that idea with an intent to do so. And. when Jesus told him how He would suffer and be crucified, Peter rebuked Him and said : be it far.- front Thee, Lord, this shall not be done unto Thee. He pretended to know more about Jesus' suffering than He did Himself; and when Jesus told him he would deny him, he contradicted Jesus and said : " Though all men forsake Thee, I wilhfollow Thee, even unto death"; but it came to pass as Jesus said and Peter found out that- Jesus knew something about him; and after Jesus arose and asked if he loved Him, he answered: " Yea Lord". ( i. e., he loved Him), but , said: " Thou knowest it. When a person is willing to admit that Jesus knows all about them, he is reaching a good point. God help us, when Jesus says anything, to admit it to - be - true. Jesus says. : " Follow thou me". And he told him to feed his lambs( i. e., justified ones) aud then, sheep( sanctified ones). God help us beloved, to feed then as God would have them fed. - Ministers of the many so called churches do not feed their flock as Christ command-ed, but seek to feed themselves, and. have the people follow them and. their creeds and disciplinesenore than to obey God and and the teachings of His word, and they receive their teachings, instead of " Thus saith the Lord". It is well enough to fol-low the example of a godly Bro., but be sure he is following the steps of Jesus. As Paul says, " be ye follwers of the. How ? Even as I am also of Christ. Notice the conversation between Peter and. Jesus, be-fore lie utterad the words of, " what is that to thee? follow thou Me". Jesus started off and Peter following, and Peter turned and wanted. to know what a cer lain disciple would do. So many get their eyes on persons according to the flesh. Now reader it makes no difference what people believe in you , must consider what Jesus says. " What is that to thee ? follow thou Me. He is the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except by Him. Then be sure that you follow Him all things and at all times. S. H. Bozeman. quirements. " He that bath my command- Sonie people t eke Peter's case. and try meats and keepeth them, he it is that to fight holiness with it. They say: " Oh loveth me and he that loveth me shall yes, you say You are saved, and. God . The true light now shineth, which be loved by my Father, and all things is keeping you from sin each day, end whatsoever ve shall ask in prayer, believ- but , you will soon deny the Lord like Peter e shall receive. I praise God for His did. Dear reader, do not act as Peter did shows that sectism is the greatest sin now rust Hi So we find that some of the sects promises , aand " whatsoever- we ask pt or worse, and then vilify ' him. Never extant. receive because we keep think they can stand to have holiness' Hinh we shall anyone that does better than, you His commandments, and those t even not say any th And this is the confidence we have hi l fo lament over Christ poor Judas who pr eretetennddeedd to , and then a the Him with H ev saints and sinners; but above all things 1 Him- I if we ask any thing & cording to / kiss, a token of affection, but never see agaipnrseta wchoerrl dmlyu ssetc nt orgaonizatiionn. kndg 1lllis will, He heareth us, mid these signs' poor self. If y ou profess to follow Jeaus, as Shaw just fills the bill in this respect, we find some of them calling him in to try and. revive them from their dead fallen grace- less condition. Among his recent take up serpents, and if they drink al ' the devil,( Jno. 3: 8) and that . you cannot e deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they serve two masters". You say . you are a attempts . at reviving that - which ' God had shall lay hands on the sick and they slain christen but cannot live without sinning: cursed, Was in the IL B. meeting house' a recover. Bless God for the positive prom- If christianS- sin, what, do sinners do : to ises. In St. Jno. 14: 12, Jesus says, 1"- ie make themselves sinners? The, Bible that believeth - on me, the things that I do makes Peter's case : very plain. He was preached pleasing in is sightSoule stand in tthheenir' meeting theline drawn houses; an betty eon i which are can l do things I do, but do better vonaself, a Soule try to adnads saisn haeg awinasst. HDimoa , y yoo uu naoret aksn boiwg at hJua- t God says, " he that committeth sin is ' of not sanctified when he denied the Lord; and Jesus told him that he would deny Him, and said: " Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass a-way". God help us to obey His word in all things, for we are going to be judged by it. The fact is this: He knew what send for the elders, but I would send for I Peter would do and just spoke the truth them if neccessary. If the Lorda dboouets t , n foort iH e knows what is in the heal me immediately, I j ust_ hold on o f mbany,( st . hJohen 2a: 2r0atnidt t came faith until He does do so. While our bodies are the temples of the HolyGhost God does not want us to be taking drugs andmedicine when He has provided us a much better way. If we cannot trust our bodies with God we ought to get deeper in Him. Some people ask why God afflicts us if we live free from sin each day. We just in LIST OF MONEY LETTERS RECEIV-ED SINCE LAST le5SUE, NOT OTH-ERWISE RECEIPTED. Wm. McConnel, T. A. Miles. B. F. Armitage. Win. S. Zuber, Orsborn F. Snow. Caroline Robins. .3, A, uardacher. S. A. Harris, W. G. E. Hempton. W. B. rover Mu. F. O. Dodge. C . C. Lane. W. M. Willson Julia Patterson. G. J. Detweiler. J. W. Eyers. Deniston. S. VanSlike, Clara A. Kinney. S. B. Hector: C. D. Eldridge. F. 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And a way was opened through the saa ay they tue apo • , May God help His people, and especial- and the Lord brought them to the • d - s to c1 o l ive in the light of God of the promised land but they see, er • sties and aret , n acnclhast command was, FoWard Ex r ta6 through the devil's telescope, their faith f iled, and they had to wander in the Nil-derness till they were taught to alai/ N( 1 a G0 1 , Where, Moses being dead , the Lord raieed up a Saviour, Joshua wh6 brou, c. rht them safely_ over Jordan into the holy land, and in reading further' wo will see that at all times of refreshing, Goit anointed some man to lead His people to a higher, and better plain of experieme, and showed him a perfect way by which li utc fortioldin bfalling e s ave da w; naoyt if ntlhyeyfi. o q But at last God spoke to man hy this 834 would abide' l past sin in Him. 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PRICE, Cloth, . . . . 50 cts Per. dozen. $ 3.00 & $ 4.80 MUST WE SIN? - A conversation betwe Bro. Light and Foggy, giving Bible proofs that wa must live freefrom sin. This tract hat been enlarged to 43 pages, and is now ready. All who love to read the truth, send for them by the hundred. ( Per single copy. cts. ' - Doz. . . . . . 20 cts. 4 4 Hundred. . .$ 1. 50. It is now time to send in calls for meet-ings. Time will be arrangedjust as fast as can be. Brethren feeling directed to any certain parties to hold meeting at your place, confer with then, and you and them arrange the time. Let there be a glorious summer campaign. F4 some time we have been moved in reference to a general campmeeting in Gratiot Co. Mich. We feel desirous to meet the brethren in such a meeting. Bro. Sharp-neck- eXpects , to get a tabernacle for this summer campai gn if so we can use it at Bangor 0. M. ai7d Gratiot. As both he and Bro. Michels are inclined in the Spirit to tabernacle work, we trust the Lord will put them together and - blesa them with an Outfit. Amen, Bro. G. V. Austin, has a farm of good land, comfortable buildings, two good or-chards. He is involved, and being clearly called of the Lord to go forth and labor in His vineyard, he longs to be loosed from this earthly care, so as to obey the voice of the Lord. He feels led to pray God to send him a buyer, and also make this an-nouncement in the Trumpet. There are 71 acres of land. Price $ 1800. Or will exchange for a smaller place. May the Lord send some one to loose him and let him go. CONFESSION. Bro. J. W. Sickles of Kane now in Mo., who was publicly admonished through the Trumpet tome time ago for improper con-duct, after having been privately labored with by Bro. Achor, now sends us the fol-lowing statement: " I frankly acknowl-edge my wrong, and ask the forgiveness of all God's people and pledge fidelity to the cause. The Lord. has wonderfully anointed me to preach the Word. Praise His name forever? I send this epistle forth in the name of my Master, seeking only the glory of God, asking the prayers of all God's people. Amen." J. W. Sickles. We are glad to receive this communica-tion from the brother, and we assnre him our love, and prayers, that he by a holy life may have the confidence of all the saints, and the blessing of God on his soul and labors. In our very responsible po- . sition we are determined to give sanc-tion and toleration near in no way_ to any- person not walking: in Bible purity. And yet we pledge our love and sympathy to any soul that manifests an humble and sincere spirit to get right with God, and ready to manifest fellowship toward any brother or sister as we are made conscious of his fellowship with the Father and the Lord Jesus. I is with holy indignation because of a, disgrace on the cause of Christ, that we speak of a notorious rascal, who has been tolerated by the inconsistent stupidityof some brethren, and even to some extent by some elders of God's Church ill Wood and Sandusky, Co. Ohio. We would like to know what elders are for, if prowling devils, in. sheep clothing are per-mitted to enter and devour the flock of God, and blaspheme the name of Jesus. When describing the qualification and duties of elders, the Apostle says. " For there are many wanly and vain talkers and deceivers specially they of the circumcision:" Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's . sake.-- Titus. 1: 110,11 And then it is plainly seen that it is the duty of the elders to discern, expose and rebuke, yea stop the mouths of such beasts of prey. For this Christ fills faithful souls with the Holy Spirit, discerning, and all authority. There is no other way for the Church of the New Testament to maintain harmony, peace and purity, but by the possession of holiness, and authority and power of the New Testament dispen-sation. God's Church is not run by hu-man machinery, her preachers are not known by paper credentials. and„ the only license that God gives is a pure heart, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and a divine call, which is always accompanied with a divine qualification. As soon as any man loses the Spirit of God out of his soul, he loses his license, and Ged's children'should live in God where you know what spirits come unto you. Christ rebuked the Church at Thyatira because thy suffered" Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce •, His servants. "— Rev. 2: O. And He commended the Church at Eph-esus because they had, " tried them which Address Allegan Mich. of Persiville. Said there that he had been here at the Trumpet office and added some base falsehoods concerning things here and concerning another saint who he said he met OD. the train. Next we received letters from Rising Sun, Wood Co. Ohio, that aman had made his appearance there calling! himself Paul. As soon as we re-ce ived the letter, we felt assured that t gian to cry out against wickedness hi. high places, and to preach " repentance for the remission of sins, " but there was still a higher place where the light was blighter and purer, and the Wesleys coming nigh to it, saw that " without holiness no man shafl see the Lord."— Heb. 12: lt Ana they preached that through faith," do enter in the rest of the people Of God, — Heb. 9: 10. And. the Church stepped up higher, and walked nigher with God. But the Kings business requires haste, and God in moving foward at accirerated speed, and as the wise man says, that three fold cord, is not quickly broken. Eccl. 4, 1.2. So we see shortly the gathe- r-ingeof the three strands of justification by faith, sanctification through. faith, and the oneness of God's people with Hfinself, gathered into a mighty cable in our God's hand to bind us to Him, and to each other, and this brings us to the present truth, when God is leading His Church out of bondage into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. Praise His holy name for. ever. Beloved keep your eyes fixed on the Lord, that you may not lose step with Him, and cause a break in the ranks, and perhaps the loss of some one for whom Christ died and if we fall out, we may never be able. to regain the lost place, and lose the reward of all our labors. Itseems that I can almost see the wondegul things God has in store for His holy ones a few short years hence. For who shall dare to say, He has done all, for His Church He can do. No there are hights and depths of His love yet unfathomed. Glory tellis name. Amen I Your Bro. under the blood saved, sanctified and kept by the power of God, ready. to be revealed in thelast days. F. J. Kiefer. was the same character that had called himse l f Personal and Persiville in other places, and we so informed the brethren, that they would thin he was under an as-. sumed name, a devil under a cloak. At first he seemed tooveach very good straight doctrine. But was• soon found in the fel-lowship of the worst enern' . ies of the truth. Preaches love, love; flatters, and draws by his deceptive magnetic coils. But " while he criespeace, he bites with his teeth, " the saints of God who_ are absent; slanders the ministers and cause of Christ in other states. He told in Wood Co. ()- that he had been a Lutheran priest in Bucyrus 0. - lie told several conflicting stories in. the same neighborhood, the breth-ren write us. He has also tarnished clear evidence that he is the identical man that was in Crawford Co. as Personal. For he has admitted that he was there, and even mentioned the name of Bro. john Slagle, so we know it is the same man, but he had one name there and another at the next place. He should he arrested and fined for his assumption of false names, or at leapt exposed and rebuked. As further proof that he is the same man that was in the Slagle neighborhood, a scrap of paper he dropped in the stand in Wood Co. con-tamed the name and address of the very anti- ordinance man that he stopped with in Crawford Co.; and some other names at Bucryrus, 0. , who, a brother that lived there informs us are freelovers. From Crawford Co. he is described as follows. Mediem. size, slim face, hair dark but not black, light complexion blue eyes little bald on front part of his head, of German descent, which is noticeable, in his language. And is thought to be a good scholar. • This was Personal, and Persiville and this is the description of Paul. Medium height, dark hair, a little bald on the crown and in front. Large perceptives, heavy eyebrows, large . blue eyes, upper front teeth out. A bass voice of strong force. Mrs. Paul, or rather Mrs. any body, is medium size, brown eyes, and quite a soprano singer. You see as far as the two descriptions go they agree. We wirn all' God's people of the impostors. The cause of Christ has suffered much by their satanic in! Tuence. The man affects much love, sympathy and feeling, even able to shed tears by the help of his father the devil, so as better to deceive unstable souls. His vile aspersions on the saints was very palatable food for corrupt apos-tates. He claimed in Wood Co. to have come from Ba. He said his name appeared in the Trtimpet, under the name of Z. R. Powell of Pa. We know that person, and do not think he- has condescended to that character. Any person who can furnish us his real name, and whence he- is we should like to learn it. Look out for devils in sheep clothing, Know who men are before you give them- , access to the Lord's house of worship.' Re member this impostor can change his ap-pearance by false, teeth, hair dye, etc:, as well as change his- name. GO POW D x. 11: 15. -' 0 ' E DEARLY BELOVED ' SA; Ts:-- In the full-ness of time when God would bring His people out of Egypt. He raised up Moses; who by signs and wonders brought them to the Red sea. Where nature's barriers encompassed them on three sides. _ and tbvir 011- eilliO. on the funrtil; but rOtY Cheshire, Atich. We commenced meeting in the Collins shool- house on the 16th of March. Many who had not been out to meeting foryears were in attendance. They were wonder-fully cenvicted of their need of salvation! but would not deny themselves, 9„ 4, tke up their cross and follow Christ:, Bow true are the scriptures. In the cinitelt, we find this positive declaration: alf man is unwilling to lose his life in this world, i. e., reputation, high standingia B°. ciety, his idols, & c., and serve God irrepeot - ive of al men, Christ wil not acknowl edge him.( emphatic)". " Many eremite& but few chosen," or that will Meet the stated requirements and be saved. One man, a methodist, same tO the meeting, and God's word showed hire his deficiency, spiritualy, and when he got home he knelt down, and the Lord gave MB° real experience— is his testimony; There are many calls for the Gospel near We. Pray for us. Your humble; saved Bro. B. E. Warren' to the Lafayette Church and labored one, commencedmeB: ti Gng° iitn' fraell, I on Church in the name of the linru, Dear Brethren:— Sunday the 9th of March we 1 1. We remained there two weeks, then Vn' pwoe‘ evlerr. to Thtlel eLsoarldvatwiaosnwoitfshouuiss ianndlervefereasuhd, tug of the churches in both plaCeS• °, 1 Wednesday night the 26th, about raidnig'iti the tabernacle in Lafayette took fire 0 was burned; the origin of the fire iS un; know". We held meetings ill Pri* 3 — : 0 :— let Yr II 111.11 § 11I1l There will be a general assembly meet-ing in Hamilton meeting house, Gratiot Co. Mich. May 30th to June 5th. Bro. tify the same. Palmer & our Co. hope to be in atten- Address all letters to GOSPEL TRUMPET dance, and whoever else the Lord sends. JUNCTION, MICH. Let all the saints in that part of the state come up to the great feast. A GROVE MEETING-Will be held, the Lord willing, at Potters-yule, Eaton Co. Mich. June 6- 8. BANGOR CAMP MEETING. This annual feast will be held on the old camp ground June 10- 18. No new audi-torium will be erected but 1, and perhaps 2 large canvas pa- villions will be pitched on the ground so as to accoMmodate • the large concourse ofpeople that come on sabbath, with preaching from 2 or 3 stands. Let all the holy saints, and such as wish to seek God come from far and near. Better provisions we trust, will be made for teams than heretofore, and we hope that all things willbe very satisfacto-ry and to the glory of God. Saints come in time, or tarry after the meeting, and' make us a visit at the Trumpet office, the Lord wi ling. Amen! THE BIBLE READINGS BY Bro's Kilpatrick and Speck, is DOW ready to send. out. It is a very thorough work giving the Bible readings or refer-ences on about 100 subjects. Single copy. . . . . . . $ .75 Price, Per half Doz . . . 3.30 " Doz 6.00 ADDRESS:— GOSPEL TRUMPET, ' Grand Junction, Mich. CALL FOR THE GOOD OLD GOSPEL. Bro. C. Moon Writes us from Big- Prairie Newaygo Co. Mich. " We dowant to hear the Gospel preached here once more.' ' The Lord send the Gospel to the people there. Amen! — : 0:- — § og-- WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, § — § •••• ■ ITZ ITOU TZFULD' BEDFORD, Met. March 29th 1890. There will be a grove meeting at Johns-tow!', Barry Mich. Commencing May 28th and.: t eing until June 4th. May the Lord send some holy brethren full of I he llolyGLostand fire to preach the Word. We feel it would be to the glory of God for Bro. A. B. Palmer to be in attendance, and trust tlie` Lirrd will lead him to come, and as many others as can come. Battle- Creek is- the nearest R. R. station, and any of the brethren will be met at the de- Pot by notifying Bro. D. Swanson & Bro. W. Merrit of Bedford, Calhoun Co. Mich. Your Bro. saved in Jesus. Thos. ' Daniels. EDITORIAL NOTES. or not, makes no difference. If they represent figures of speech, they are sol-id certainties. Our knowledge of that life is small, The mortal. eye so dim; But ' Us enough that Christ knows all, And we shall be like Him. — sot— THE SUICIDES MANUSCRIPT. An avowed infidel, whose language and conduct had been most profane, and who had boldy argued for man's right to kill himself when he found it expedient, swal-lowed a quantity of_ opium, which put an end to his life. Among his papers, was found on which was written : " I have this moment swallowed a vial of tincture of opium, consequently, my life will be but short. Whether there be a heaven or hell, I leave parsons to divine." The part of the manuqcript which followed was blotted, and concluded thus : " My hand trembles, my eyes grow dim, I can see to write no more but he thatwould be hap-py should be religious." Fire Brand. 1.0.111111••• Correspondence PAIR HAVEN*, ILL. BELOVED SAINTS or Gm— With a great deal of pleasure and interest I read a few papers of the Gospel Trumpet which was loaned me by sisters Lydia and Lottie Wressel. As I attended a protract-ed n; ecting this winter at this place, 1. got, a deep interest for the salvation of my soul. I knew and feel that I am justified from sin, but since I: have examined the Word of God, I still feel that I have' j ast commended the work - of salvation. I praise God for the glim-mer of light He has shown me by His Word and a few of the saints. I pray to God for that satisfying portion that - my soul is. so hungering and thirsting foie I have promised God to ' consecrate myself as soon as I can avail myself of the oppor-tunity. I am just commencing to realize how much God has done for me. May God. bless and keep you n11 holy is my prayer. Your Bro. bringing an honest heart at the foot of thecross. H. W. Hechler. § 0 HUMBOLDT, KAN. Dear Brearen:— The dear Lord Ness you all. My soul is joyful in the Lord this evening I do know my feet press the ev-erlasting rock, and Jesus gives me prec-: ious Victory over all the powers of dark ness. Praise our t- lod who always mak-sae.- eth us to triumph and. doeth all things well. Our last - report was from Gales burgh from there we went to Thayer a small town, miles distant and commenced meeting which lasted 2 weeks. Crowds listened Jo the Word, and the Lord gave special anointing in delivering His truth. It was a good seedsowing time. Only a few yielded and made free. Thank God for a few honest souls that hear the bridegroom's voice and prepare to meet Him. From thence we came to Humboldt and com- . menced meeting near sister Rogers. A few soulewere reclaimed, and the church s strengthened. Next vie went 3. miles dis-tant to hold meeting, but the weather was so bad that we just had a little meet-ing at Bro. Wolfe's house, and two of their children were converted and sanctified. Praise the Lord ! Truly our labors in the Lord are not in. vain, The word says, " SOW beside all waters." I have never felt more led to go from house to house, and tun( to the people about Jesus than Wm. I feel that the Lord is blessing our labors in that direction. It seems to Me like God Wants us to give the gentiles a last pressing call before they go into outer darkness. Let it be said of all God's dear children, they have done what they could. The Kings business requires haste. Whatyou find to do, do it with your might; let there be no sluggards in God's vine-yard, for all things in Christ is ready, and the guests are invited. Who will be pres-ent at the manage of the Lamb. Your sister in Christ. Mary Cole & Dema Kaser. MERIDIAN, Miss. April 9th 1890. DEAR SAINTS: I feel led of the Lord to let you know through the Trumpet con-cerning the Work of the Lord in this state. I will begin by, giving my testimony. I was converted at the early age of eleven years; but did not unite with any of the religious denominations. After awhile I grew cold and got into a backslidden staate. was reclaimed at the age of 16. Feeling it my duty to be baptised I joined the baptist sect, alt• hotigh I was raised by a Methodist mother and under Methodist influence, yet I felt sure that immersion was' the right way. Holiness was my idea of religion and I was hungering and thirst-ing after righteousness all the time. I soon houses the balance Of that, week then re-turned to the Sarniltion Church and held meeting os- er Sunday. We had Ordinance meeting in the evening, the two churches being together. The two churches are in a very good : condition. There was much rejoicing over the return of some who had wandered away. There were in all 36 dif-ferent ones at the altar during the meetings at both places. The blessed Lord. was in the work from first to last. Dear Bro 0. Reeves labored in the work with us. May the good Lord ever bless, and use him in the work to the salvation of many souls Tuesday night we met the little church near Potterville, Eaton Co. at the houge of Bro Wm. G. Lewis; Wednesday night and thereafter until Sunday night we held meeting at the Myer's school house. The roads and weather were so bad that the people could not get out to meeting so that the meeting was not of much success at that place. • The Church at that place was encouraged and desire to have a grove meeting this summer. May the Lord bless and keep them faithful is our prayer. . A. B. Palmer. well. I began to preach and teach boll-ness when quiteyoun g but it being con-trary to the faith, I had to stop, which ended in a loss- of confidence. in the - whole thing. About six years age Bro. A. M - Riergan and wife of Missouri came to the states of Ala. - where I then lived and began a holiness meeting in which I learned it was my privilege to be sanctified wholly as a second, definite wcrk of grace. I em-braced the truth and sought _ the blessing. My wife was converted at the early age of 12 years, and. was then in a justified state having accepted the trufh, began to seek with me. We earnestly sought the one desire of our souls until we were filled with the love of God- I was sanctified in p • d ife was sanctified in June - PAYNE 0.- April 11th 1890. Dear Brethren:— God bless you all, Amen; From Mechanicsville, we went to Henderson Pa. where We commenced a Meeting in the name of the. Lord. The roads were very muddy during the most of the meeting yet the night. meetings were. well Attended considering . every thing; but the day meetings there were few that' attended. them. Nevertheless there were a few saved during the meeting. I believe there were two converted - and about five or six sanctified and - to Go- 1 be all the glory for ever. We went to Haz-zard Pa: and held meetinge for a few evenings with good effect and then re-turned to Henderson and on - the Lord's day in the evening we held ordinance ser-vices in the - There were about thirty-five of the dear saints present who en-gaged in the services. God bless them all- Amen. On Monday morning We left for Payne, O. at which place; we arrived on the, following day and: found Bro. Freddie Jacobson engaged in a protracted meeting with the saints. God bless their labors for Jesus sake. We expect to - wait at Payne for a short time- or at least until we get Orders from Headquarters to march on. Praise the Lord! Pray for us. Yours in the love of Christ. A. J. Kilpatrick. SOLID CERTAINTIES IN CHRIST. cA - 1- n+ mid all the disappointments of this world, none have been disappointed in Jesus Christ. Our cisterns of enjoy-ment often become broken cisterns Our little wells dry up and vanish away but who ever saw the fathomless ocean run low l 0 the depth of the riches of - wis-dom, knowledge and grace in Jesus ! . " Of • His fullness have we all received": said that disciple who leaned on His bosom at the feast or love. John was never disap-pointed in lois Master, nor WELS Paul when he found himself filled unto all the fullness of God. There is a fullness of power in Him Who is able to save to the uttermost, and a fullness of leve in him who lovetli his - own ransonied hock unto the end. All the sinners in this universe cannot exhaust the infinite supply which Christ bath in store for us. We cannot ask too much or too often from Chnet. Nay; He - must take it ill we ask so little, and then with a hesitating faith. Open your mouth and I will fill it. " WhatsOever ye shall WINFIELD, KAN. ask ia my name, that will I do". These DEAR Taumprr REApEas:— May the dear are imperial promises; and the only lim- Lord bless you, and keep you sweetly sa y wisdom which . ed in Jesus. I feel led by the Lord this- itations are in the infinite decides just what he ought to give, ' and evening to write a few lines to the Trum-what he ought to withhold. Christ must pet. I do praise God for this blessed sal-wonder at our feeble faith and stammer vation, that keeps the from all sin, and ing hesitations, in presenting reqnests to makes us complete in Christ. I have corn- Him who loveth to be inquired of. My plete victory over the world, flesh and the soul., wait thou only upon God for all my devil, praising my dear Savior for this expectations are from Him. Paul realized sweet peace in my soul, which the wo'rld his own splendid heirship, and drew large cannot given. either can it take it away. drafts on the inexhaustible treasury. " I I do realize thivvening that I am dead know whom I have believed" gave to Paul indeed unto sin, but . alive unto God. faith and kept the sunshine of assurance Reigning in this life by one Jesus Christ. playing on the old furrowed face. After 0 - I do bless the Lord that I sought Him he had tested his Lord for more than 30 in my - yooth and found Him very precious years, he summed up his glorious experi- indeed to my soul. It has been 3 years mace in these words. " I have -. finished since I started to serve Jesus. I am not ray course; I have kept the faith; hence- tired of the way yet, and by- the grace of forth there is laid up for me a crown of God I expect to serve Him all my life. righteousness which the righteous judge Why should we not serve Him when He shall give me in that day". The veteran careth so much for us, and the way is so apostle had never been dissapointed in easy and so plain. Praise God, : His yoke Christ's service, its joys, its toils or its re- is easy, His burden is light. Pray for me wards, he knew that he never would be. that I may be true to God and do my duty He felt just as certain of heaven as he did in all things. Your sister saved and sane-of the morrow's rising sun. So should titled to do the will of God. Aehor. we, if we have given ourselves to Christ, and aimed to follow Him honestly in the spirit of obedience. Salvation is not guess work. If I have given myself into the hands of Christ, I ought to feeleonfident that no man or dev-il could pluck me out of these omnip-otent hands. I confidently expect that through faith I shall be kept by the pow-er of God unto salvation. I expect that when I walk ' through the valley of the shadow of death, Hie rod and staff shall-comfort me. I look forward to an hour when poor imperfect sinner as I was, Am become like Him, and shall see Him as He is. I have not seen any body who has seen heaven, no ' mere than I have seen any body Who has seen next week, but they are both . coming. I feel isure if I hold fostato Christ, He will bring me in-to His father's home and show me its in-describable pleasure. I confidently ex-pect to find there - a joy that shall be to me a harp, and a triumph that shall be to me a palm, and a reward that shall be an unfadin g crown. Whether these words used by the - inspired. Nan are figurative word: It was not long until I found Lord claimed all my time. I was afflicted and in debt, and felt it my- duty to work and pay my debts- and then I would have been willing to give all my - time to the work of the Lord, but I was impressed to give my whole time tie the ministry, so I sold my possessions, paid my debts, and entered the vineyard as an evangelist. I came to Miss. in the fall of 1886. Wife and I began work for the master with others. There was not over 50, I think inthe state Who testified to sanctification, God blesrs-ed our labors from the first. Now Holi ness is being preached ir a good portion of the state, and many precious souls have the experience of en tire . sanctification My whole time is now given to the Lord and He is still blessing my laborS, He hay-ing given me strength to work almost day and night. We have manytrials and hard battles to fight, anal the work has been bins dered, but I believe the Lord will give us victory in the future as He has in the past. I have ever believed in one Lord, one faith one baptism,- the Lord showed me both by the Word, and His Spirit that immersion was right. I have never been able to practice any other mode. I have borne some trials, even among professors of ho-linese, on this account, and also because I hold to feet washing. • We have a great many holiness people in the south, who believe in immersion as the only mode of baptism practiced by the Apostles, and a goodly number of our preachers will not baptize any other way, and a great many of us believe in feet washing because the Master said, we might to do it, and we are sure all true christians are willing to do all the Master tells them to do, it not they are above Him as He says. The work is still moving. on, and many precious souls are seeing eye to eye, and speaking the one and the same thing. I feel sure- the Lord has led me to the stand, I have taken on the ordinances, and by His grace I expect to be firm to the end. .0h I am so thank-ful He showed me what was right before I baptized any one, praise the Lord. It has been some time since some unknown persons sent me a copy of the Gospel Trum-pet. I met Bro. John Shanks, who sent the Trumpet to me. I have received several copies since, all of which I am well pleased. 011 the bright testimonies are a feast to my soul. - Let us- pray for each other that we may abide at His coming. - W. Bradley. ANTWERP OHIO. MARCH, 27 1890. Dear 8aints:— May the riches of God's grace, and glory rest upon you all, Amen ! The Lord wrought a precious work at Auburn. The Lord so graciously helped in presenting the truth, which the Spirit of God applied to the hearts of the people. The saints were greatly strengthenedanuch established in the Lord. There were about ten Or eleven consecrations, Most of whom were backsliklers. Oh what rejoicing in the family of God, as the Heavenly Shepherd eame, bringing the Wanderers home. Much good was done for the cause, hallelujah ! There were also some precious, and glori-ous cases of healing.- Mother Tripp who first consecrated her all, was gloriou, dy heal ed from a severe affliction caused by a disease which she had for years; after receiving the victory, she administered to the wants of those present. Mother Morse was joyfully saved and sanctified. After laying on of hands in the name of the Lerd. She arose from her bed, walked about in the room clapping her hands, and prais-ingpod, then she walked out into the kitchen Which she had not done for 4 years, Oh bless the Lord. Also mother Lutz was justified through grace.' She had been quite crippled by rheumatism, also claim-ed her healing by faith, after which walk-ligion of that' day and discouraged. ae led more erect. and perfect than she had • done before. Oh May God richly bless them became disgusted with what I saw of the ne-and keep their faith, that it fail not, amen! Another wonderful deliverance wrought by the power of - God, was the deliverance of dear Bro. G. Lahnum's little child 5 years of age from a host of evil spirits, which were. cast out of. her by the laying on of hands in the - name of Jens. It was the most wonderful deliverance from evil spirits which thave Seen in, out labors in the Gospel. Itreininded us ' of Mark. 9: 17, to P. Hallelujah 1 There were other cases Of healing. Bless the Lord. - We had a precious ordinance meeting in which 23 saints participated. The Lewd, bless and reward the saints, Ana father McClellan for their kindness, whoee house was our hospitable home. - At the close of the Auburn meeting dear father McClellan brought to this place, where are Lit present. The Lord wrought a 1885. Being called to the ministry I began to preach whenever I had a chance. Ilglorious work here since we came. was surprised at the abundant entrance Pray fee us, your - fully saved Bro. the Lord opened for me to preach Hie F. N, Jacobson. — § 0 § — DEACON, IND. DEAR TRUMPET READERS:— I am 9 years old. Glory be to God for - salvation full and free that- saves me just now from all sin. le arn kept by His mighty- power above all sin, that the devil cap bring a-gainst me .0h how I do praise His holy name. I am walking in. the light day by day. Tray for me that I may ever work faithfully for the Lord. Your Bro. in Christ, P. F. Benn. —: o:— PORTLA. ND, MICH. DEAR Samrs:— Praise the Lord oh my soul. The Lord keeps me sweetly saved all the time praise His holy name for ever 1 Four years ago last fall, the Lord healed my body. I love the Lord, and all His dear children, and am in the Church of the first- born. The Lord took me out of babylon, and 13abylon out of me, and I am walking in this evening light, saved and , sanctified. - a Polley Colby. — 101— JOIEKSTOWN, MICR. DEAR SArerS OF GOD:– My testimony for Jesus is that He saves me now. I feel that His blood washes whiter than snow. The Lord is teaching me to walk in the clear light. 0 glory be to His name! It is so much better than the Egyptian darkness which I have walked in the most of my life for the want of sanctified teachers to keep me in the way. But fthank God that I have had the happiness of being led to th e light by a few of God's chosen ones who have never sought for light out aide of God's word, as too _ many of the teachers do, asking light at the altar of baal, instead of tarrying at Jerusa Tem for the endowment of power from on high. I feel that it is woe, woe, to such bl ind guides who are deceiving the people all over the laud. : Illy prayer is that there may be spiritual leaders raised up every where, andthat the light may so shine that the blind guides may be rejected I y the peo-ple, and that the chariot of salvation may roll on in majesty, crushing the powers of iniquity. He keeps my soul tranquil and unmoved through the rough storms and tempests that are raging all around. Je-sus can calm the troubled soul as easy as - when on earth - with his diselpleswhen he calmed the stormy deep. 0 come to Him ye tempest tossed ones ewl o are tired of sin, and tell Jesus all your sorrow, and ask Him to cleanse your hearts and fill you with His spirit; He - will do it, and enable you to walk Le-fore Him without one blot or stain. His blood wash-es whiter than snow. Do not dbubt Him for a mo-ment but look to Him for the cleansblg power, Your sister in christ. Lucy Daniels. -- OP — DEAR SAINTS IN TuE Loan:— God bless you all to- day I feel it would be to the glory of God for me to add my testimony, to- day that I am fully saved in Jesus. Praise the Lord! Some are getting saved here. God bless and keep them true to Him. I am saved and sanctified, A gold-en stream of glory flows over my soul. The blood cleanses me from all sin. Hallelu-jah! Amen. Your sister fully saved in. Jesus. Louie Bolds, CARTHAuE MO. Dear Saints:— I do praise God for this wonderful salvation that saves me just now. thank God for a peace that flows like art river in my soul, He is keeping me from sin each hour of my life; oh it is sweet to trust God at all times. I ever expeot to put my trust in the living God, My prayer is that He may save poor souls from the burning pit. Your brother saved and sanctified. George Chamber. DEARLY BELOVED SAINTS: — Christ says, " Ye are my witnesses, " and it is to witness for Him that I Write thishoping it may encourage some of the dear saints to walk out on God's promises, and trust for the healing of the body. I was saved many years ago, was a member of tle Presbyterian sect, and having lived up to all the light I had, but hearing the saints preach that the Bible was all the creed or discipline we needed I readily accepted the light 4 took Christ as all_ and in all, and the Word of God as my only guide. God has been learning me les, Sons of faith all along for the last two years. I have been healed by the laying on of hands in Christ narn of a bad stomach difficulty caused by lead poison-ing and later, of a trouble of the brain pronounced by a physician, the beginning of apoplexy which I accidentally met. But God still meant to try my faith. A. bout 4 weeks ago I was taken - with the La- Grippe. in a mild form. at first, but of a relapse of. lung trouble, brought me very low, so that, neighbors and friends thought I would not recover. I was soon led to think of the command in.— James 5: 14, 15. and sent for Bro. and sister E. Eldridge who anointed me, laying on hands and praying, the prayer of faith at the same time. Bro. E. received a wonderful blessing, as the evidence that Ins prayer was an-swered, and I just left it with the Lorcl, knowing His promise never fails. And Ile has healed me and brought me back to health to Him be all the glory. I feel that I am consecrated to do His - will more t han ever, and. my heart yearns to be the means of savin: 4 souls May the Lord bless all the dear saints and keep - them humble, willing to take any place that will glorify Him, even if it be through suffering. Your sister in Christ. Mrs. H. M. Cook, FT. MADISON, IOWA. DEAR TRUMPET READERs: Throwth the providence of my Father in heaven the Trumpet came to my hands, for which I gave thanks and took courage., - My testi-mony is that I am saved to the uttermost and under the all cleansing blood of Jesus. Having made my escape from spiritual babylon and Gonfalon that is in thee world through lust. Glory to God I There is a little company of us here who are out on the highway Of holiness and they see the sins of the different sects, and some have made their escape, while oth-ers think to reform the divisions in the body of Christ. 0 what great darkness over the face of all the earth. Pray for us. Your. saved Bro. • 0.- A. Stout. MELROSE, OHEo. DEAR TRUMPET READERS:-- I am saved to the uttermost, and the blood of Jesus makes me whiter than snow. Pray for me, that I may stand firm unto the end, and meet one and all in glory. YOUr sistel: saved in Christ. - F. R. Richards. and led I — Iw nouelvd er fectl re any to become Sister a Sarah V. May, of Clieshiene NI arc It el tit. . SOO. Aged 21 Yell- 044% 14 Otatnnatitti Mich, peacefully departed fromtteeW earthly tabernacle, to be preeera4eteh ° I WORMING, S. DAIL Dear Trumpet Readers: want to give my Dear Trumpet Ra
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