| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 athew Kerr. , let light come forth. Yours in the Lord, years at most, the conflict will be ended rd sighing. and weeping shall flee away. The armour and the battlefield wi_ ll be WILLIAMSTON Mien, MAR. 16th ' 85. EAR TRUMPET READERS, seek the better land. Let your present home be a preparation for, and a pilgrimage, to a home in heaven. You are now in the wilderness beset on every side, by en-emies. Go forward, you are now in the deep vale, in the lowly retreats of a pil-grims life. Brethren, get up higher, there is better things for you, be thorough, and faithful, until death, and you shall receive a crown of life, be patient in tribulation, overcoming the world. The storms will soon subside, and the clouds disappear, and the Sun of righteousness, burst in up-on von, the winter gloom and desolation, will soon pass away, and sweet fields ar-rayed in living green, and rivers of delight will spread them selves out before your enraptured vision. Remember, that the suffering of this present time, is not wor-thy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in our hearts. Jr a few RUMP ET. Attgitst addend so mei ritsiterigi thouT And I answer-act; I see a Sylael'alL nett Bab/ he lune ate, every sue that etealeth Mail be out ( IX au this side acenedhug * 14 and every one that sweath shun_ he4 eat area that side aceordang ha it. I win brier it teeth,' It! the Lord or hogs' — 11:- 1" - . ifiRq7 PURE. Then OSP EL " THE LORD GOD SHALL BLOW THE TRUMPET, AND SHALL GO WI TE WHEILWIRDS." Viniamstpn, : Ora 15,1885. Volume 7. Number 3. exchanged for the crown. Soon this typ-ical homestead shall be exchanged for the antitypical home, and we shall unite the songs f/ f everlasting joy, and sing unto Him that loved us, and washed us in His own precious blood. To Him be praise and glory, for ever and ever. Let the hope of soon entering that hap-py home, stimulate you to increased ardor in the cause of your Master. I think some who will read this paper, have snow white Locks, and wrinkled brow, and faded cheeks, and these tell you that soon your pilgrimage will be ended, your tent homes dissolved, and Oh if you have made God, your strength and your portion for ever, you will welcome death with joy yea you will be anxious to lay aside these gar-ments, of toil and conflict, and soar away to that better home, where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest, for ever to be with God. " Even so come Lord Jesus." Let ru e go, I fain would follow, • Where I know their steps have passed, For beyond lifes heaving billows, Finding home, and heaven, at last. While my exile heart is pining, To behold my Fathers face, There in His own brightness shining, Beckon me to that blessed place. Your sister, saved and sanctifiedby His precious blood. 1 Go to the place where there is " much I water."— John 3: 23. Acts 8 : 36, 37. 2 Go down int,) the water— Matt. 3: 16. Acts 8: 38, 39. 3 Be baried with Christ in - baptism. Rom 6, and Col. 2. - Now any honest, sincere, regenerated child of God, that will do just as these scriptures read, will from ' that time know of the doctrine, will be '" blessed in the deed," with the confirmation of God's Spirit. Therefore it is only the doer of the above scriptures that know positively the mind of God concerning water baptism. And all that relbse to do the Word, but stand aloof; and question this burial with Christ, simply occupy the attitude toward this command of Christ, that the infidel ! does toward the whole Bible. But says one, the Word says they were baptized " WITH water." And does not that edicate that the water was applied to the disciple, and not he plunged into it? Not necessarily. These scriptures refer TO the element in which the act was per- - I- brined. Both baptism into water and into the Spirit are spoken of. And not being performed without water, nor without the / Spirit, it was with them. But with George Campbell, a Scotch presbyterian transla tor of the four Gospels, we charge down-right dishonisty upon the translators in the substitution of the word " with," for the prot er word ID. Though a Presbyterian, he renders it every time, in. And he re-hakes. the translators for the sin of having wilfully wrested the scriptures for the sake of their partisan creed: He says the prep-osition should be in, not. only because that isits literal meaning, but because " the word baptize, both in sacred authors, ( Bible) and classical writings, literally means to dip, to plunge, to immerse. It is always construed suitable to this mean-ing." And this very learned Prebyterian translator, says that the word " Baptize never means sprinkle, or pour." Hence it is just as redictlous to say " I baptize you with water." as to say " I dip you with water." The verb baptize expressing the act of induction, the preposition must be in or into. But let us now open the Greek Testament, at the third of Matthew, also open your common version at the same place. The very first word of the chapter is " In"—" In those days." etc. Now look in the Greek and see that the word is EN. Again in the same verse we have these words : “ in the wilderness;" the preposi-tion " in" is from the Greek EN. In the 3d verse, in occurs again—" The voice of one crying in the . wilderness"— and is ren-dered frem EN. The . next instance is in the 6th verse, " And were baptized of him in Jordan." The " In" is from the Greek EN. Now coming down to the 11th verse, we read " I indeed baptize you with water ** * He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire." But what is the Greek word from which the preposithiou " with" is taken? It is EN, the same that is translated in, nearly every time it occurs in the New Testament. Now it must be clear to all, that there can be no reason or honesty in ch anging the translation of the Greek word EN, from its regular English in, to with, in that verse. It must be ap-parent to all, that if to translate ENIINDATI," with water, " EN TE ERNMO," should be trans-lated " with the wilderness, instead ofin the wilderness. But a child can see that t were rediculous. If the Greek word EN means with. it should have been so trans-lated in verse 6, then it would read, " and were baptized of him with Jordan." But they could not translate wrongly here, without every body seeing their dishonesty. The Emphatic DIaglott, H. T. Anderson, Bible union, and George , Campbell, all have rendered it in, according to the o-riginal. And the latter did so against the creed and. precept of his own sect. The late revised Version, for the sake of their eprinleling creeds retained the " with," but their conscience disturbing them, they put it " IN" in the margine, thus acknwl-edging to the original text. And the A-merican part of that body translation, have pue it on record at the close of the book, tha, t, they wished to put it " in" in the trans-lation. This WRITRING, or twisting of the Scripture, to favor their dark age, papal sprinkling, is too staring to be hid. As Geo. Campbell Bays, concerning thi living " wan." They " allowed their judge- THE FALL EAleenON. By A. B. Glen,. RSLEEV. P.;. mippliment to the piece, " The Ch the world, m TRUMPET NO. .-: The eenferlinty et baby lon– epresent day sects -;:- tO: the work!. • Thus i / her wealth she grew very vain, Ner jewels and ribbons unfurled. Breast- pin : Ind bracelets, dinions and chain. All Atited to walk with the world. - Embroidered Mar, and costly array, . d foreheads all covered with bangs, S if to cover the " mark of the beast." The merchants of earth have Waxed rich, . From the abundance of jewels she nu- s; Of precious stones, and jewels and gold, U linen and purple and scarlet. . And cinnamon and odors, , And spies and frankincense rare. Then the An gel did mightily cry, ." Babylon the great has- fallen. The habitation of devils became, ad of birds that are very unclean. And the nations are drunk with her wine. ' Shipmeu and sailors that trade by the sea, : And merchants came Weeping and mourning, Standing afar for feat of her torment so great. Lamenting to see the smoke of her burning; Bewailing, " Alas, Alas, the city, they cry. IMbylon has fallen from lofty estate, 8. nd no man our merchandise buy." And it shall be more tolerable for Sod- - 0111 aud Gomorrah 111 that day than for this city,— Babylon. LIGHT Vi AN rED. —: o:— v urch RAYMONT ILL. OCTOBER 29. DEAR. BRETHREN :— Do you believe in water baptism by inimersion only, or do ooiladmit sprinkling and pouring as cor- : rect. - Also is feet- washing an - ordinance to be observed at this time. Give your thoughts with Bible reference as proof. Quite a number here would like to have an expositien of this subject. May God bless Du. Your Bro. 4 . C. Woodward. GELATIN Mo DEC, 13. DEAR BRETHREN believe. in baptism, Alt I never was immersed, yet I believe 1 was baptized. . - I can't see that feet- washing is an ordi-nance. It may be, but if so I have not : properly understood it. I wait for light. may be an ordinance, but if it is give us the lioht. Your Bro. D. M. Creighton. ANSWER. HE same two questions occur in each - of those letters. Hence they may both: be answered together. The two questions are, immersion in water the Scriptural act of baptism? . ot Is the washing of the saints feet a - standing ordinance of the New Testament? t. e.' These brethren ask us for light on these things while we are alweys ready to give gluts saith the Lord, for all that we believe practice an ti take pleasure in teaching othera- all the light we aVe we neverthe-leSs Claire that the New Testament itseli will give all the light necessary to see and Obey- ' its institutions. But in order to know positively the commands of hrist, . . must be " doers of the Word." As teltriSa says, t ' If any man will do His will, knew ot the doctrine." And " the idOrs. of the W ord shall IT blessed in the deed:!:'.: Following these directions, and teats, - we hae learned, to absolute certain trlhe truth respecting these things. ThirOore. with " all authority," we say. P. ail .4o -- both of these questions. The uniniarsinn or clipping of a believer in water jii: 1403toeitive command of Christ, and the :--- PiajKseriptural act of baptism. Do you a. sk 11.9i know ? I answer by being a " doer of- the Nord I know of the doctrine." And any else can know the truth by corn- Wilt with the directions in the Nevi,- .1_ 4a. tnent. ' Christ, in His finalcommission * ins: tided all believers in Him to receive alatiSni. ' at the hands of the teachers. inbm ted to tins ordinance, as 4aid. 1 -- c. To fulfill all righteousness." P: s: Other : translations render. " Thus it ke. hkOYea, US to ratify every institution." The command and example of Christ. , M wateris a commandment upon el § li0053. But how shall we know itt the'-.;: nidinance ? By doing the * 011 let ' use do as the Word ments to be warped by the sentiments, and customs of the sect which they pre-fer. The true partisan, of whatever de-nomination, always inclines to correct the diction of the Spirit by that of the party." If the New Testament bads said, " We are sprinkled with him in baptism," would not every advocate of that poPish rite say that it were settled, and that they were right, beyond dispute ? It does not say that, but it does say that " we are buried with Him in baptism.' Now every one knows that to be bnried is to be put clear under. So according to the plain words of God, no one is baptized in water, unless eubmurged under the water. But this burial in baptism, sprinklers try to wade by saying that it is spiritual bap-tism. But if that were even so, it would not weaken the force of the' words one particle. For baptism must be the same act or opporation, whether in one ele-meat or the other. When John said, " I indeed baptize in water, but He shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost,' can any imagine that that same verb repeated in the same verse represents two different actions. This were an utter confounding of language. Anyone can see that what-ever the verb baptize means, it must de-note the same act in either water or the Spirit. Except that in the one case the act is a literal one, in the visible substance water, and in the other, it is a spiritual operation in the invisible element, the Holy Spirit, the baptismal act must be the same thing, being expressed by the sarneword. Therefore if the Apostle metait spiritual baptism when he said " we are buried with Him in baptism," it would prove immersion just as strongly. as if he directly alluded to water baptism, Apr the act is the same. The glorious sanctifying baptism of Holy Spirit, is simply clothed in figurative language, based uprn, and shadowed forth from the literal act of - wa-ter baptism. But that the words, " buried with Him in baptism," in Rout. 6 : 4, al-luded to the literal ordinance is very evi-dent. Read verses 3 & 4, know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death ? Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism. Now ill the third verse, baptism into Christ is of the Spirit, " Fir by one Spirit are we all batiied into one body." 1 Cor. 12: 13. And when thus inducted into Christ, we are baptized. into His death. That is, being merged into Christ, we are not only merged into, and made partakers ol His life, His peace. His joy, but neces-sarily ', are are baptized into, and become sharers of His death. Therefore, i. e., be-cause of this fact, we are buried with Him by baptism. As the Spirit baptism pro-duces death to the world, water baptism, a literal burial, was instituted of Christ, as a monument of that fact. Baptized into Christ, lion His death. " therefore we are buried : tit Hint in baptism." The two can/ ( it he the same , for the latter is based upoe, ltd because of the former. Hence the baptism into Christ is by the) Spirit, and the burial is literal. Therefore the act of water baptism is a burial in water, hence an immersion. This fact is clearly shown by the preposition connected with the verb. " Baptized in Jordan," " baptized in water," " baptize you in the Etoly Spirit." In all these and other places, baptism is follow-ed by in, ( en in the Greek,) which shows that it is not an induction hence an im-mersion. There is another preposition still stronger, that is connected with the verb baptize : namely cis, literly meaning into. " And that all were immersed into ( eis) Moses in the cloud. r-- Empliatie Dictglott. " For indeed, by one Spirit we are all immersed into ( cis) one Body."— Cor. 12: 13.— Diaglott. " Baptized by one Spirit into one body".— common ver-sion. Mark. 1 : 9. We read that Christ was * baptized in Jordan." The direct rendeing from the Greek in the Diaglott is, " And was dipped by John into ( eis) the Jordan." Now this Greek word eis is the one from which our preposition in-to is rendered. We have counted 590 in-stances of this word translated " iuto," in the conarnon verson. Thus we ice that the etymology rift : baPtism makei it ith.= mersinu. Would it not be redicalous to . OUR DEPARTURE FROM IOWA. FTER writing our last from here, we remained yet a week. We held meeting in the Woods school- house. and- in the day time, in the saints houses. The awfnl powers of darkness endervor-ed to crush some of the little ones. But God delivered them, and we felt all, pretty clear, and about all established, in holi-ness. A few souls were converted, and some sanctified wholly, and anointed by the Spirit. Many were great13,- strength-ened. The " old leaven," the deluded, and serpent beguiled, were fully purged out, and the " Church of the First Born," was brought out clean and pure, from this taint. The whole was a complete victory, over the devils attempt to destroy the flock of God. Since God by visions, and revelations, has brought to light the abominable works of darkness, one of the parties hag been arrested, and is now un-der a thousand dollar bail bond. That deceived and deluded preacher. Roberts, has further proved his inter- fellowship, with the disgraceful set, by working for the guilty parties, and going on their bail bond. Sabbath eve, March 22nd, we closed in the evening just before the night meeting. It was a season of Christ's presence, in deep and holy love. 0 how our hearts are knit together with those dear saints. Truly they have been tried as with fire, but the conflict they have passed through, has strengthened their faith, and opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, which describe these perilous times. We left things in good heart, in love and un-ion, and in much assurance. The Lord bless all those beloved, and kind saints Bro. James . 0. Smith, feeling called, and. ordained of God by the Spirit, to take the oversight of the Church, and feed the flock of God; was ordained by the laying en of hands, to the office of an Elder. May the. Lord bless, and anoint the dear brother for the work. Monday March. 23d, we started for Hun-newell, Mo. Daniel. THE BETTER LAND. - Ida Butters. " THE CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN," —: 0:— PITT OHIO MARCH 15, 1885. EAR BRETHREN IN THE LORD: I feel moved in the Spirit to write a few lines to the readers of the GOSPEL TRUMPET, that they may have a part of my experience. and light of the wonderful re-demption that Christ has purchased for me, and not for me only, but for all humanity that are willing to have His Spirit, dwell in their hearts. It is over three years since I got the light and have felt His great power to cleanse from all sin, and to be kept spot-less. The children of the Heavenly King, must first be purified, before they can be kept pure. Praise God. for His willing-ness to both save and keep, lost and ruined man. And although I have enjoyed His presence, and power to save, through these few years, never have I so much as in the last few weeks. I am glad and thankful to God, that I do know what it is to hunger and thirst after righteousness, and to be filled. Praise God! so we are at rest and all sin has died out. " No room for it no need of it Ad glory within. Choose it before mirth Tin heaven on earth, Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. A kingdom of righteousness set up on earth, by the " King of Kings; " peace on earth and good will to man." The Spirit of Christ in us " The Church of the living God." One Body of which Christ is the Head each member is set in its proper place by Christ Himself; all are under His controle— No schism in the Body, none are allowed: held together by the love of God. There is a Church on earth, a liv-ing assembly; One with the other do love to meet. And love to wash each others feet. I am glad we can express our feelings and give light to each other, through the GOSPEL TRUMPET. I do hope that every saint on earth will throw in their mite, that has an opportunity, and may God add His Spirit's power more than ever before, until all shall know the truth. And the honest heart shall find their way from sects and darkness, from creeds, and priest- craft, unto the pure and living Church. Oh how many thousand are led along, deluded and kept in darkness, by their sect Idol; taught that they can never be free from sin, need not expect to, as long as they live on this earth. They have gone to sleep, through delusion, and will sleep on, until time shall sweep them off, and they awake in the gulf of dispair. " Awake! Awake !! thou that sleepest" and flee to the city of refuge the New Jerusalem. Let every saint blow the trumpet, until " the whole earth shall hear." - Up now, ' let your light shine as a city set on a hill that cannot be hid." Up! now is the time, say, that the " people were sprinkled into Moses, or poured into Moses" " By one Spirit we were all Sprinkled into one body)/ " Know ye not that so many of us as were sprinkled into Jesus Christ were sprinkled into His death?" " Christ was sprinkled of John into Jordan." Any one can see that sprinkle, or pour, cannot be put in the stead of the Greek word baptizo or baptize. Therefore, baptize does not mean sprink-le. But when properly translated dip, or immerse, it corresponds with the prepo-sition in, and into. " I immerse you in wa-ter," Christ was immersed " of John into Jordan." So by the meaning of the word, is universally agreed upon by all Lexicog-raphers, and scholla, rs, and by the connec-tion in the Scriptures, baptize only means dip or immerse. Daniel exclusively seEararaRrsh, t. tens - osasee ma-. § ceees nee ' pent * oi4t• I Vie e otilte • s Cita- tat oi. gt. Pur4 5- 9Xt nitsr, Chitroef, aiett‘ e of !. Sruth. • Ai t1i DestrUCtion? of Seat Bab- . E Publish the following list of Camp and Grove Meetings, and Assemblies, which is as - well as we can lay out the work at present. if other meetings are desired, we will do the best we can to fill in between. Some of the following may, in the Lord's providence require vaidatione. Should the Lord raise up a little company of co- workers for each of us, we could get over more teritory by holding at two places at the same time. We expect to hold an Ordnance Meet-ing with the Church at Dimolidale Mich., as soon as practical, but cannot now an-nounce the time. Beaver Dam, Kosciusko Co. Ind., Pen-tecost Meeting 22- 24. Bangor Misha Came Meetin g June 19- 28. Gratiot Co. Mich. Camp, or Grove Meet-ing July 21, to Aug. 2. Jerry City 0., Camp, or Grove meeting, - Aug. 7- 16. Sandy Lake Pa., Camp Meeting, Aug. - 21- 31. Payne 0., Assembly Sept. 4- 8. Beaver Dam Ind., Assembly Sept. 25- 29. Hunnewell Mo. Camp Meeting 06f. 9- 19. Mt Pleasant Iowa, or vaeinity, Assem-bly, beginning Oct. 23. 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The Son of God. d says priests of Babying drow respecting '} i5 Positive institutions " All right, Bnother Pier, o jrtst as yoileel about it." Nay. " It I wish ee no ou hest no part with t'„ 11,43- d Some say that Christ here practiced, an old Jewish ctiStome. But Peter was a Jew yet. knew not what Christ did. In verse 10 Christ connects this washing with moral cleansing. Showing that it sustains a relation to the purification of the soul by His blood. Baptism is a figurative, " washing away of thy sins." Acts 29: 16. The washing of the saints feet, being con-nected with Christ's " new commandment" of perfect love, may represent the cleansing of entire sanctification. The washing of the feet, will represent, the purification of our nature, to our extremities, " to the ut-termost. And as we tread the earth with our feet, this ordinance represents that grace, whereby we fully " escape the cor-ruption that is in the World through lust." It is the water of entire separation be-tween us and the world. So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, aud was set down again, He said in'. 3c He said they „ ought" to, and to them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord : and ye say well for so I " should" , d, o to each other just what He am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed had done te them. your feet ye also ought to wash one another's feet 4th Hatiurther encouraged them by the For I have given you an example. that ye should do greater than his Lord neither he that is sent great- 5th 35 years ailer Christ instituted this er than He t h a t s e nt him . If ye know these things, ordinance, Paul appeals to its practice as happy are ye if ye do them. Vprses 12- 17. an evidence of true piety, and making it a Here we have an wtplanation o shall be admitted to the benefit fund. " If Did He tell them that He had simply wash- she bath washed the Saints feet-" 1st Tim. ed their feet to show His love and human- 7 5: 10. ity, and to put on reccord a scene that 6th, That Christ Commanded the disci-would always tend to promote humbleness pies to wath one another's feet, no one but are stranded. They suppose that we must of mind in His disciples? And that He an infidel can deny. And in His final corn- needs be; assuming too much authority, had no other object in view ? Now Redid mission, He says, " Disciple all nations, and are Popes and Lords and become sect f Christ's ' condition in the widows of the Church that strange conduct. How did He interpet it? not talk as though the practical part of that feet washing, ended with His own act. He begins by calling attention to His aa-thority to enact laws over them. '' Ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well; for so I am." Then He brings this acknowl-edged Lordship and authority to bear di-rect upon the precept He had already set forth by example. " If I then, your Lord and Master have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet." This language and verse 13 seem to allude to the humiliation involved in this ordinance. it seems to say, " I know this duty is nat-urally a humiliating one, bat you ought to be willing to stoop as low as I, whom you acknowledge Lord and Master " For the disciple is not above his Lord." " For I have given you an example that you should do as I have done to you." Here is a as I have done to you. promise,- happy are ye if ye know these Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not things provided, ye de them. f db : el, sot that ell Who dt .'. the ae: set forth in . john 13, krw athi ilectrhie; of this chap-ter. They know that it is a precious love-ly and fruitful command e; f. Christ., And they that refuse to do the word,: remain lee norant'of the doctrine. They'trefuse to constplydaatth the conditions upon which Christ Cinaleit us know positively what He means. '' So- they oppose that of which bey knovessething about, and speak - evil of that which they understand not, No one has a right. to speak against Christ's ordi-nance, but they that do them; for all oth-ers are ignnrant of them, and the benefit they arc to the soul. But the doers of the word, find the " belssing in the deed," so they love and keep His ways, and have no complainta against Christ, for even the lowly ordhiance of feet- washing. They always prove the Promise of Christ; , while critics, murmurers, and fault finders, through all time in the Church every stand off in ignoranee of the doctrine, and where-" In every City." Yea in - every chafe over the happiness of those who Church, which we will speak of farther on. " know and do those things." The word ordain in the text- Titus 1: 5, Why not feet- washing an ordinance? is from the Greek word KATHISTEM which 1st Christ washed the disciples feet. means, " to appoint, or set in place, or 2nd He did it as an example or patter order, or to constitute." Constitute in for them to imitate. one sense means to make, but not in the sense of to make or qualify, which alone is the work of Divinity wrought by the Holy Spirit. As the Scripture saith, " a Bishop ( or Elder) must be blameless" or perfect, and the Holy Spirit perfects through the blood of the great Shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus. For ordination in this sense we have the Greek word POIE0 which means to make, in the sense in which Jesus made, and ordained the Apostles through the gift and , power of the Holy Spirit. This is the very point where all those who have not the knowledge of the truth, flounder, and froth Paul's epistle to Titus 1 : 5. For of the Sa yler, until over three hundred this cause left I thee ( Titus) in Crete that years after. In this history we find in all thou shouldest set in ORDER the things that the Churches from the tirst century to the are wanting, and ORDAIN Elders in every fourth. They ordained them, Elders and City as I had appointed thee. The post Deacons, : by prayer - end imposition of tie also proceedes in the same chapter to hands. We find also, although some of give the necessary qualification's for thus those whom the Aeostolic Fathers or-orda. ned as well as of their families. . The dained themselves, apostasized, and proved Apostle says, " Set hi ORDER the things trator, some rernainin g, faithfui but a short that are wanting." We see here that the time. . One in particular, only holding the congregations, or Churches were not in office one month. Thus we find in our complete order without Elders to oversee] ONVD times, and experience, some have or take the oversight of the flock, as a proved trator in a few weeks. Then those Shepherd to " watch for their souls." He who are always seeking occasion, set up a was to set in order and ordain Elders in ery of false prophets! false prophets! every City. Now the order in this text is because those ordained had thus fallen from the Greek word Dietatasso which away. Upon those grounds the Apostles means to darrange thoroughly or through- and teachers in the early Church might be out." To set in order is to arrange thor- proven false. " Nevertheless the founcla- ° uglily. To ordain Elders in every Church tion of God standeth sure, and the Lord or City, is to arrange throughout, even knoweth them that are His." But let us purge ourselves from all the vessels of dishonor. " Let them alone they be blind leaders of the blind if the blind lead the they tthall all fail into the ditch." They are " ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." But " all Scripture given by inspuration of God, is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteous-ness that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." Such will that man of God be, who holdeth fast the faith word. Amen ! - 0- Is the washing of the Saints feet an or-dinance of the New Testament to be ob-served now? We answer, that if the teach-ing a Christ Jesus can be relied on at all, as ever meaning what it says, the above is positively a standing institution of Christ's Church. By reference to Matt. 26; 21- 27. Mark 14: 18- 24. John 13: 21- 30. we see that Bath the Lord's supper and feet- washing wereinstitated by the same Jesus the same night, and during the same pass- over meal. Both therefore are sustained by equal au-thority. Please open your Bibles now and read with lie John 13. The first verse as-sooiateft the love of Christ with His act of washing their feet. So that is an eapres-s• ion of His love. And in verses 34, 35. of the same chapter, He says, " A new com-mandment I give unto you, That ye love one another as I have loved you.*** By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one for another." Now while this new covenant of love, is to extend to a willingness to lay down our life for the brethren, it includes the manifesta tion of love, by His new commandment to wash one another's feet, by which He also showed that He " loved them to the end." " And supper being ended." ver. 2 This is evidently an incorrect rendering. The first three verses all together is an ' adverbial element qualifying, verse 1 When did lie rise from supper? The first three verses answer the question. And it begins with, " Now before the feast of the paseoveir," ate. This is the same meal spo-ken of in the second verse. Now the feast as supper, could not be over, " before the feast." The chapter also speaks of them eating afterward. The EMPHATIC DIAGLOTT translates, " and as supper was prepar- loyeth me. And he that loveth me, him ing." " THE BIBLE Ulmer," renders it, will my Father love," Does not this make " And supper being served." These reh- the soul happy? " If ye know these things derings are consistent with the facts of the happy are ye if ye do them." Then we whole thapter Scriptures. may know these things. How can we How particular in giving the exact parts know them? The directions are plain. " If] who sturabl of this ordinance as Sot forth in Christ's any man shall do ills will he shall know oeylon confasi positive command, enjoining the practice, among the disciples, of the identical thing He had just performed unto them. Peter says " we ought to walk in His footsteps." That Christ is our example in all things, the Scriptures clearly teach: but there is not on receord to our knowledge a single act that Christ did, that He said at the time, " I have done this for an example, that ye should do unto each other as I have done unto you," except the case of this ordinance. It would appear that the Son of God fore- saw how the wisdom of this vorld would take exceptions to this humil-ty service, hence He enforced it just that much stronger than any other command. If any one doubts this ordinance of Christ I ask you to tell us how Christ could have made it any plainer. Suppose that Christ wished to establish such an observance how could He enjoin it any more clearly and positively than He has ? He performed the literal act of washing their feet that cannot lie denied. He then said He did it for anexample, that they should do to one another, the identical thin g that He had done. Then He enforces the command by, both the word " ought" and " should." " Ye ou ght to wash one anothers feet." Ought means " morally bound." Should S the same as shall, and is au imperative command. '' If ye know these things hap-. py are ye if ye do them."- ver. 17. What does, " do them," mean does it mean you need not do them? In this verse we have a special promise of happiness in doing this part of Christ's will. This is another point in which Christ has put special stress upon this ordinance. He that thinks himself happy in discarding the ordinances of ' Christ is deceived of the devil. and knows not what spirit he is of. " Ho that bath my com-mandments and keepeth them, he it is that to give som ordination, relating the The Apo builders; not knowing the authority given us by the . Holy Spirit. But they that have the unction from the Holy One know all things, - for the Spirit seatcheth all things. Let he enquire into the authority givena the teachers ' of the truth, by appealing to the written Word. In * Acts 14: 23. They ordained them Elders in evei- y- Church or congregation. Notice, who Ordained them Elders ? The Apostles, Paul and Barnabas who were teachers of- the Weed. After they themselves haying been ordained, as Pahl himself declares in both of hie . epia-ties to Tim. 1 Tim. 2 : r. 2 Tim. 1 : 11. Of which We have a record in Acte9: 15- 17. And in 13; 2, 3. Here we have his ordination_ in both senses. The first to make, from the, Greek woad POIEO, to qualify as the . Lord said, " I have appeared unto thee ' fon this purpose to are- s- E thee a inihister." - Which was by the gift - of the Holy Ghost., Acts 9 : - In the ' second sense ' which is the- part with which God honors His ministers, in Ants 13 : 2, 3. " Now there were in the Church that was at Antioch certain Prophets and teachers." What did they do? " As they ministered to, the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost saith, separate me, Saul and Barriabas for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and' prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away." Here we have the - word ordain in theeense of, to put in their proper place, or to send out. From the Greek Word Terinteti. Then we have another Greek word, CHEIROTONE0, Which conveys to our mired the manner in which the Evangelists and Teachers performed their part. The word CHEIROTONE0 means, to elect or ordain by laying on of hands, o- r imposition of hands and prayer. Thus the Apostles and teachers ordained Elders and Deacons in every Church. See Acts 6: G. 13: 2, 3. 14: 23. Titus le 4, 5. 1 Tim. 4: 14. 5: 22. In his first epistle he gives Timothy in the third chap. instructions in reference to the ordinations of Elders and Deacons, and tells him how to conduct himself' if he tarries long. In his second epistle he - instructs him again saying; " And the things that thou hat heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful inen who shall he able to teach others also." How was he - ta connnit or entrust to others the things which Paul had communicated to him. In the Emphatic translation it is entrust. . So he could entrust the case of the Churches to other faithful men; only by appointment or ordination. Hence it was not for a few select cases, as some affirm. But to be transmitted to- others, for all thne throughout the whole Church. By consulting the priinitive history of the Church written by Eusebius giving us a col- reef, history of the modes, and practices e word, they are im'bab- t of the Church Fathers, from the very Let us quote another text: beginning or even before the ° maxim Joseph. CAMP, AND OTHER MEETINGS. -: 0:- â1OT- fiE1INEW TRAM THE SABBATH, hYHICH D. 21Y TO irEEP.- IB _ LE Proofs that the change from ' 1) the seventh, to the first ,: lay of the week, was made by the _ T, ord lirimself. This tract contains 64 pages : the price is 25 cts. It has been longer coming forth than we anticipated, owing to hinderencd es heretofore mentioned: but we have done the best we could, to get it out soon- Cr. God has enabled us to -. set forth the subject in the clear light of abundance of Scripture. Every soul that ie delivered from the law heresy, is as lunch as one con-verted for the law, propagated by the Saturnarian, is inseparably connected with bondage, sin and death. So every; reader of the TRUMPET can glorify God in sending your orders for this Tract: read it and loan it. This Will also be e good fluidal help to spread other matter ' for the Lord. Special Elotice. -: 0:- Please, don't send us any more lOct, Set, or let, postage stamps. ( We cannot use them; they are a dea, d loss to us.) But send us twos, ' and ones. SW- Send us t new St1h5eiiher.,,, ON baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, " tecah,- ing them to observe all thins whatsoever I have commanded you." Matt 2 : 8. th Bless God we do know these things, because we do His will. We know posi-tively, by the Word and Spirit of God that, with war baptism, the Lord's supper that feetwashing is also an ordinance of " Christ elm Lord and Master. Daniel. -: 0:- t RDER is one of God's highest laws, La and as He " is not the author of con-fusion," He is therefore the author of all order, rule, and regulation. Order is the opposite & confusion - Which is babylon, as that word means confusion. Many are crying, babylon ! babylon! but they them-selves are mixed and confused, not know-ing what they assert, nor wherof they affirm. They oppose what God hath ordained. And through their ignorance, and for fear the enemies of the cross of Christ, will say it is sect making to ordain, or appoint the Elders and Deacons to their proper places and order. Hence they oppose God's Word and order, and one of them even said, it was only for those cer-tain cases mentioned in the Scriptures, ( that is those mentioned, and practiced in the Apostolic Church.) but they say it was not handed down to us. The y infere that God's Word has changed, or that He is a respecter of persons. Those that oppose the ordinances of baptism and feet- washing and the Holy communion, do not deny the Word, or that they were practiced in the early Ohureh. But like those who oppose the ordinance of ordination, they say they were no, t htanded down to us, and not for i us to perfo . This is the rankest kind of heresy, d s propagated only by the spirits of error. But the Spirit of truth into all truth," and “ teacheth gs, yea the deep things of t those who are destitute ofthe are alwaye floundering, being nd harrased with unsettled d problems. But praise God! erstand the mysteries of the d the children knoweth what will " guide us of all thi God." Br Holy Spirit mixed up, questions a children un kingdom, a the Father oeth. We will now proceed Scripture respecting Bible and God's order and laws eto. le says, let every thing be done decent y and in order. 1 Cur. 14; 40. The word mder here is from the Greek word Taxis which means arrangement, order, or esaablished order, executed order, which is op osite to disorder and confu-sion. Whi4 is the case with all those " Tait ORDAINED THEM ELDERS IN EVERY CHURCH." Ezra Smith, r- mtec. • 11: ::. 00PRCH: She is bated, by worldlings, Dispis'ed by fools Who f. ails the black sea, Till they shipwreck their souls; She kindly invites them, Their course to bewail Yet tarry not, for them, But spreads the more sail. The world, and the devil; And sin, all unite, And bold persecutors, Do try, her to • fight To hinder her pragress, Her course to oppose; She hoists no her canvas, And out- sails latr foes. The ebbtide of nature, That feeds the Dead sea; And the gulf of confusion, Together, agreed, She steers her course onward, Nor heeds the alarm, With Christ in the vessel, She smiles at the storm. With all her sails hoisted, A fair wind doth blow; She mounts o'er the ocean, VV - ith spray at the bow. See, high o'er the Royal, The whize tlag of peace, She is bound for the harbor, Where pleasures ne'er cease. SIIC is rapidly sailing, With strong gales of love; A. nd soon will strike sounding, On fair costs above, Mark the highlands of heaven, And enter that road, Aud anchor forever, In the kingdom of God. She has outsailed sect bable, The ola mother Rome, Come out! JI Gods people, For She's falren down, The habitation of devils; And foul Spirits hold, Fill her the cup double, All that's in the one fold. Selected for the TRUMPET. with addition of last verse, composed by J. N. Howard. Dear Brethren:— We are saved to the uttermost, by the washing of regenera-tion, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost. Justified, and afterward sanctified, by the Holy Ghost, with Jesua own blood. Glory be to God for ever and ever! We stand on the sea of glass, mingled with fire. Hallelujah! Oa Christ the solid Rock we stand, All other ground is sinking sand. Glory be to God for His wonderful deal-nieis to us. Since He sanctified us, we have Of the- AleVil that Cannot gee As they : de. We feel it our duty to say, of whom is D. Dill, and?. B. Morley, the latter,. in a certain meeting, while in a rage, under delusion, in renouncing certain ones, as of the devil, ( prayed that God would cut • a certain sister off in her sins, and send her down` to hell, saying that his heart bled for the cause of holiness, for it was hang-ing over hell, yea it had gone down to hell.) 0 may God in His mercy give those poor souls to see where they are standing, and give them willingness to repent. To every saint of God, we say stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made you free, for these are truly, peril-ous times. Your brother in the kingdom and patience of Christ. Free from babylon and in the Church of the living God. J. N. Howard. OB1TVAEY. HR dear beloved sister, Emma Thom-as, departed this life, March the 31st 1885. Sister Thomas, experienced a change of heart, some years ago, and joined the M. E. sect, where she remained untill some over one year ago. Under the straight preaching of the Gospel, by Bro. Fisher finding that she had backslidden, renewed her covenant with God. Last September during the assembly, she recei-ved the cleansing of her heart, from all sin. Her testimeny on the Sunday of the 15th of March; was that God sanctified her soul, to do and suffer His will. On the Sunday eve before she died, some of the sisters came in as usual, to help take care of her during the night, about 12 ° clock they had prayer, and the Lord blesseb them all very much, the deceased offered up to God a fervent pray-er, asking Him to take her two dear little boys, into His own special care, and save her husband. And closed by saying that she was now ready to go. Our dear sister, on Tuesday eve about half past 9 ° clock, fell asleep in Jesus, and was carried by the angels in-to the Paradise or God, forever to dwell with the Lord. She was about 40 years of age, leaves a husband and two sons, to mourn her ' loss; eldest eight, and the other four years of age. A faithful wife mother, and sister, has left us. - May God bless and save the dear hus-band, and keep the- dear children, for His name sake. Wm. THE WORK HERE. BuCYRUS Onio. MARCH 20th, 1885. EAR BRETHREN:— And saints en. ery where. Peace be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. I want to tell you what the Lord Jesus is doing for me; He is bringing me through great trials, and keeping me so sweetly saved, and an-ointeth me/ with that anointing which abideth. 0 glory to Jesus! There was two or three of us agreed to go through town, and visit those who could not go to meeting. , We went to see a family, by the name of Friend, and the first time we went, the parents were strengthened, and the next time, two of the children were converted. That was last Tuesday eve. Others feel their need of a Savior. 0 ieft; : that; and lle will heal itIsOat' The. -" docidt; said that lie mu t eh- ebnt our faith says will live, and he did live, and got • Now pray that the. devil mayebe defeated again. Your brother saved and. sanctified, by the precious blood: of. Jests, and. healed both soul and . body. ' et often wonder, why do people cling so tenaciously to their sects ? What help are they to their soul's salvation ? None at all but a hinderance, and a drag: a weight to drag you_ down, and hinder you from rising, into the fullness of God. If you undertake to make any advancement in the higher life of Christ, you will find the great wall of sectism rearing up before you. But fear not to break through, for Jesus is outside of the wall. Now if Je-sus is outside, He is not inside. " Let us go forth with Him without the camp, bear-ing His reproach." 0, you say, " we only stay here for a home, we are not sectarian." But you are for the very fact that you adhere to vision. Its glorious lieaut 6OfifiionStt described, but I will try to give Yoi a'n idea of it as I saw it. We had gathered stones from the fields and roadsides, and were at work polish-ing/ and fitting them for the tower. While we were at work, passers by would enquired what we were doing : we explain-ed that we were polishing these stones to fit in the tower. We did not build the DEAR Bussruntish= Since last writing, I have seen some hot battles; and grand, victories. I had some vaarMt sieges iin Pittsburg with the aristocratic holineee, will not mix with the Lord's kinds They tried to sing me down, and finally dis-missed, to keep me from reading ° Mies; prayer, for His disciples. They will nof endure sound doctrine, having heaped to themselves teachers, having itching ears, they want smooth things. I went from there to Breakneck Fayette Co. Pa. where Bro. Koonce was holding a meeting. Bro. Koonce has recently de-clared himself free from babylon. He is on the definite holiness line. At this meeting over 50 professed to be converted, and some claimed to be sanctified, and 21-, were hurried with Christ in baptism. We had an ordinance meeting. There was much opposition from the sectarian, tobac-co, and pride elements. From there I came to Clarks Ville, Mercer Co. Pa. Began a meeting in the disciples house, but after two days they closed the house. They are not disciples of Christ, for they would not hear His Word. I am now at Fairview holding a meeting. G. T. Clayton. —: 0:— BEAVER DM IND. MARCH 9, 1885. DRAR BRETHREN :,— I praise God through our Lord for full and free salvation. Halle-lujah ! I am saved by the blood of the Lamb. Well Brethren the work is going on here. The Lord is with His people, glory to His name I We have good meet-ings; last night one was converted in prayer meeting, and one a week ago. Next Sunday Bro. David Leininger preach-es in the meeting house. Pray for us. Your Bro. F. Krause. Latezt News frOM the rielL —: 0:— EOM PEbussyLvANIA. •••••••: i . IAkei shipee the Church, . O'er the ocean she roils; Well baillinced with grace, • nd IIIRTMed Out with live souls. • Midst whirlwinds and tempests, She sails through the world, While storms, and temptations, Against Her are hurled. She is bound from the world, Thr.-.- eugh the tempt st She flies, She sails o'er the ocean, Sae is boun for the skies; The high lands of heaven, She still keeps in view; Intends there to anchor,• And there land her crew. - taken Jesus for our sine; He is our family p s. man, poise Ms holy name. He has uwOnderfully healed every member of our family, for which we give Him all the glory. For God bath not given us the Spir-itof fear. but of power, and of love, and - a a sound mind. Glory I Glory I I Glorst ! I d Therefore.) we• are hot ashamed of the testimony, of our Lord, and we are parta-ker. s of the afflictions of the Gospel accord-i. n. gi• to the power of God. We would love to. Meet all t he dear saints at the Taman- *. OEPICE. We some times feel like leav- - 4• 4k, tnntlittle home, to win souls to Christ. only : we want to know that thou God .10deth . us. We want the prayers of all tints of God, that we may know • 11/$ twill concerning us, more perfectly. e: W* have. been asking the Lord to meas- . 14.6. 1( 0.:. out another thousand cubits, hallo- ! we feel that we are getting deeper Into God, Dear brothers Warier, and ' orlShert we would like to have you come •. A4a.:. b‘ with us, and bold meeting here, lint the will of the Lord be done. We feel thatarOu are needed here. The Lord is W9tiderful1y using brother A. J. Kilpat tiOte : Glory to Jesus!. he has this seal, hd ` c. Mielhpeeple added unto the Lord." But there has ' eertain ones roae up speaking . perverse thin gs to draw away disthplea after theit. Theo are grievous wolves not , SParing . eVen the flock." Saying that no ise, has any right according to the Word • . :: 0- 0d, •, to say he is justified, and sanctifi- * Ulu- each that God's people must babylon, or to preach against 0060, Orr to preach hell, to the people oft; , L, they that do such things, are of galevil, and led by the blind." And V, YAD011.4 such' as Bro. Fisher, and Bro. atnerstand. Bro. Kilpatrick, are sinners power. " These signs shall follow them that believe; in My name shall they cast out devils," they shall speak with new tongues, they shall lay hands on the sick nd they shall live. Halleluiah! for these promises for they have been verified in our midst. Sister Slagle has been sick, the most of the winter, and for years be-times, with ulcerations of the stomach, and they have tried different remedies, but could not get any cure; only relief for the present. On the 25th of January, the saints met at Father Coats, and sis-ter Slagle4desired to be healed, according to the Bible; we laid on bands, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and she was healed from all her diseases. Glory to God, for His healing power. She is now, able to do her work, and to ride through the storm, six miles to meeting. 0 gloryeto • the Lamb for ever. Hallelujah I Well the Lord is doing great things for His children here, and for sinners too, for He is saving them from their sins. 0 glory to Jesus! we have meetings from two to three times a week, and God meets . with us every time. Father Coats, has' another tamer abcess, and he asks the prayers of all . the saints, for his restoration. This one is on , the sect, and do not behold the body of Christ, proves that you are sectarian. Although you may be deceived, as ,' the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his doings."— Jer. 17: 9, 10_ The blood of Jesus will cleanse you frOma. all sectism as well as all other sin and He will write your name in the Lamb's book of life. In the 12, 13 verses of the above chapter we read, " A glorious high throne from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary, 0 Lord, the hope of Israel, all that, for-sake thee, shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me, shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken me, the fountain_ of living waters." Every good gift. and every perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no veriableness, neither shadow of turning. James 1: 17 What good, then, did we receive that did not come from God? Or what element a salvation have we receiv-ed that we could not have received by standing with Christ alone ? Every thing else that men join, only attracts their at-tention from the blessed Son of God, who died for us. He only desires our at-tention. He is our hiding place. " A man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. And the eyes them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall harken."— Isa. 32: 2. • So if we have received the Efoly Spirit we cannot be blind as touching ' these things, for the Holy Spirit was given to guide us into all truth. And the Word of God is truth, and the Spirit agrees with the Word. Andl we do not find one word in the Bible favorable to sects. .4. For the Lord God is a Sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory what a glorious meeting we bad. hallehn good thitt= 2, will He with- hold from them jab I God is with us all the time. in Con I lila- sightly.° Lord of hosts, bles-vestin g and sanctifyiug, and healing sett IS : It` % I II that trusteth in Thee."— Pea. 12. He is our dwelling place : fnr Jesus says, " He that eateth of my flesh, and drinketh of my blood, dwell-eth in me, and I it' him."— John. 5: 56. What better dwelling place, or home do we want than He ? What more do we need? He is all and in all. All we need, in Him we find. He is the fountain of cleansing. He alone is to be praised. I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed ' into Him. " For behold, .1 have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Jiidah, against the prince thereof, against the priests there-of, and against the - people of the land." Ter 1 : 18. And we do not want any oth-er walls, fences, or defences. Praise His holy name! He is " my goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my de-liverer my shield, and He in whom I trust."-- Psaei14: 2. Also in the 12th verse we read,- " That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth that our danghters may he as corner stones, pol-ished after the similitude of a palace. 0 I wish I could draw a picture of the glorious high tower, made up of polished sa the devil‘ roiouncing everY DodY his right shOtildert the Other wab, , On eton51" 016 Ticirft• eholged it teOet Some time after receiving this sublime vision, I found in the writing of the Apos-tolic Fathers, a beautiful vision of • the Pasture of Hermas. That very striking-ly corresponds with the one the Lord gave to me. " Our foundation is the Jesus, He the topmost crowning stone; Hallelujah! we adore Him. King upon His living throne. And His crimson glory streaming, Through each crystal stone below, Tints the whole ectatic temple. With the beauty of His glow_ • 0 the glory of the temple, Far exceeds the former one; All its stones are bound together, In LOVO'B dear Eternal Son. In this builbing, what a wonder! There's a dwelling place tor me, Tee thy beauty, 0 my Savior! I tivan INre tONVer tower, but we polished the stones to pat into it. The foundation and a part of the tower were laid. They also asked where we found these stones that were so beau-tiful they had never seen any thing like them. As we were at work on one, we held it up in a position that they could look through it; it having already been polished on two sides. It was so pure in-side, so clear, and bright and sparkling, clearer than glass, that they wondered where we found such rare stones. We told them that they were just common stones, the same as those that were lying on the ground about us, and that we had gathered them from the roadsides and fields. They expressed much surplice that such beautiful material was in those rough, hard, ugly looking stones. We in-formed them. that they were changed while subjected to the process of polish-ishing. Here the scene changed and we saw the tower completed. The stones were all set in their proper place in the body of the tower, and they were so closely joined to-gether, that seems could scarcely be seen. It was a gradual slant from the founda-tion to the top. The top- stone was round andjust fitted on the tower. It was like the other stones, sparkling and bright, but in the center of this stone there was a blood red spot, and the stream of. light that shone every way from this stone, shone down through the rest of the tower. We could see the red and the rainbow hues streaming down through, and reflect-lug from each stone. —: o:— This tower is the Church God, the body I JERRY CITY 0., MAR. 16th 785. of Christ. " Speaking the truth in love, _ Dear Brethren and all the saints:— we may grow up into Him in all things, God bless you all, and the TRUMPET. whichis the Head, even Christ : from give glory to God for His great salvation whom fitly joined together and coMpact. and deliverance from all sin. Glory be ed by that which every joint suppheth to God ! We had a glorious meeting on according to the effectual working in the the Lord's day the Lord is wonderfully measure of every part, malseth increase blessing His dear saints in every meeting. of the body unto the edifying of itself in Brother and sister Miller and myself weue love.-- Eph, 4: 15, 16. I would suggest in Henry Co:, t assisting Bro. Dicky, and that you read the rest of the chapter. Al- Bro Wilson in two meetings there were so 1st chapter, 22d yes. " And hath put all a few souls saved and sanctified, in each things under His feet, and gave Him to meeting, and declaired their freedom in be head over all things to the Church, Christ. One sister was Justified and which is His body, the fullness of Him sanctified and gloriously saved from tea that filleth all in all." " And He is the and coffee, and from her pipe, which was head of the body, the Church: who is the worst of all her habits. Oh how she the beginning, the first- born from the praises God for deliverance from all sin ! dead; that in all things He might have The Lord blessed us in preaching the Gos-the preeminence," Who art thou, oh pd; sinners were made th tremble, and moun tam? before Zerubb able thou shalt be- the devil in man was wonderfully stirred. come a plain; and he ( Zerubbable) shall Oh, my soul says praise the Lord for com-bring forth the head- stone thereof, with plete victory in my soul, through the blood. shoutings, crying grace, grace unto it."-- Oh, Hallelujah to God and the Lamb for- Zech. 4: 7. The great mountain is the ever ! and ever !! I am redeemed, mid sect which looms up before every one tried as by fire; I am made white through that undertakes to escape from babylon. the blood, and by God's grace I will stand. Zerabbable are those that are " scattered I am standing alone with Jesus : He sticks to babylon, or born at babylon," but re- closer than a brother. Glory be to God! turned from their captivity, to Jerusalem, He will never leave, nor forsake, nor be-bringing forth the head- stone with shout- tray. Glory! Glory ! I Glory be to God ings, crying grace, grace be unto it. Then forever I!! and ever I ! ! ! are their eyes opened to behold Jesus on- Your Sister saved and sanctified just lv. and honor Him with His head- ship. / low. God bless you all. is my prayer. Arise ! Shine I for the light has come, Amen ! and Amen I! and the glory of the Lord has risen upon thee, " For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen in thee." Isa. 60: 1, 2. Yes it is reflected from every precious stone in the tower. And this is the Church of God, to which every sanctified child of God belongs. Having come unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, they all see eye to eye, and all speak the same thing. —: 0:— BITRBANK. OHIO. Dear Brethren:— We are all well, and saved, glory to God, and traveling on the high way of holiness. My soul is full of His love. God is showing me how to live by faith on His sure promises. It is glori-ous to work with Christ, obeying all His commandments. Bro. Ecker, held a meeting two miles from Smithville; 20 converted, and a number sanetified. God has come to give wonderful light to His Church, which is the body of Christ, and they are walking out on His promises, and proving Him as good as His word. I believe the time is near at hand, when the inhabitants of Zi-on, shall no more say " I am sick; for Christ, the great Physician is in her, to take sickness away. I also praise God, that He is giving His saints the light of the holy Spirit to discern the works of the devil, and. every evil spirit. God meets with us in power, in our Tuesday night meetings ' and we are look-ing to see souls saved. • We are in God's hands, ready for any thing He has for us to do, for His glory. Praise His name! Your brother, saved. Sarah Smith. HE wiee shall inherit glory2L- Prov. 2:: U. " And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place in mount Zion, asset upon her assemblies, . a - cloud aud entiolte by day, and the shining of a flams ing lire by night: for upon all - the glory i shall be a defense. This is a striking description of the di-vine glory and rest upon the habitation of the redeemed, and upon their assem-blies. 0 Lord makens indeed the " shin-ing of a flaming fire." This shall be one defense; nothing but " joy unspeakable and full of glory," is a sure protection against' the enemy of the soul; he can break through our strongest resolutions,. : and defy our greatest vigilence, but that ." wicked one cannot touch us," when sur-rounded by, and filled with the shining, - flaming fire of the Holy Spirit. " This honor hatli all the saints." It is purchas-ed for us. Thus saith the Lord, " The glo-ry which thou hast given me, I have given them, that they may all be one."— Jotin 17. This glory is God Himself.—" The Lord shall be unto thee an everlastin light, and thy God thy glory."- -- Isa. 60: 19. This glory is Christ Jesus—" Lord, now Iettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy Word : for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, ** * A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel."— Luke 2: 29- 32. This glory is the Holy Spirit.— If ye be reproached for the name ot Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God is upon yon."- 1 Peter 4 : 14. The glory, then, which Christ gives to us, is really the Father, Son and Holy . Spirit, the triune God Himself. As He promised to come unto us. and bring the Father, and make their abode with us. " As God hath said, I will dwell in you and walk in you," and as Paul prays, that " ye may be filed with all the full ness of God. and that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith." And in Him dwells all the God- head bodily." Now the reception of the divine glory is the part of sanctification. " Therefore, " says Paul, " I endure ail things for the elect's sake, that they may receive the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory." The elect are the chosen and adopted Sons of God.- 1 Thes. 1: 4. That which is in Christ Jesus for elect or converted men, is the second work, and state of grace, The salvation is the cleansing of the heart., the glory is the coming in and abiding of the Father and Son, through , the Holy Spirit. " And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the . midst of them forever more."— Ezó. 37 : 28. But how shall the heathen determine that God is in the midst of Israel ? Answer:, " The Lord shall arise npon thee and His glo-ry shall be seen upon
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