| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 OSP EL ISlow ye the Trumpet in Zion, sound an alarm In my holy = lintels, Joe12: 1. The Lord God shall blow the Trumpet, and go with whirlwinds. Zech. 9•: 14. All ye inhabitants a the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he fteth up an ensign on the mountains; arid when he bloweth a Trumpet, hear ye. Isa. 18: 3. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather together hi elect from the four winds, from one end of hiairen t o the other. Nat. 24: 31. Bo will I seek. out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places. where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. , Exe. 34: 12. * Ter. 32: 39. Volume 17. Number 2„ Grand Junction, Michigan, Thursday, Jan. 14, 1897. Sample Copies Free. GLIMPSES OF HEAVEN. We may not know how sweet its balmy air, How bright and fair its flowers; We may not hear the songs that echo there, Through their enchanted bowera. The city's shining towers we may not see With our dim earthly vision; For death, the silent warden, keeps the key That opes the gates elysian. But sometimes when adown the western sky A fiery sunset tinges, Its golden gate swings inward noiselessly, Unlocked by unseen fingers. And while they stand a moment half ajar, Gleams from the inner glory Stream brightly through the azure vault afar, And half reveal the story. Seketed by Kate Tucker. Feet- washing and the Lord's Sup-per, and Order of these Ordinances as Christ Instituted Them. ( Continued term kut issue.) THE LORD'S SUPPER. HE Lord's supper was next in order, as we shall see as we return to the scene in the upper chamber. They have just eaten the last mouthful of that last passover supper, as we enter, and we see Jesus immediately ( so that it would almost seem a continuation of that supper) take the bread ( unleavened) and give thanks, break and give to the eleven, and the cup in like manner,—" after supper." We listen and we hear him say, " Take, eat, this is my body," and, " Drink ye all of it, for this is my blood" ( emblematically). Oh how solemn the scene! As we gaze with tear- filled eyes, we seem to be car-ried on to the garden, and the hill Of Golgotha, and then we close our eyes; but oh, our ears! We seem to hear his groans, and his cries, " Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" and, " It is finished." Now let us open our Bible again and read Matt. 26: 26- 30—" And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new tes-tament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's king-dom. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives," Here we have the account of Jesus in-stituting the " Lord's supper," " the C0111- amnion of the body" and " blood of Christ" to be observed, and to stand as an ordinance and a monument in his church through all ages to the end of time ( and perhaps " anew" in the beyond). " And as they were eating, Jesus took bread," " and he took the cup," etc.— Verses 26,27. " And as they did eat, Je-sus took bread," " and he took the cup," etc.— Mark 14: 22,23. Here we have the testimony of two inspired apostles, and they both agree as to the time of the in-stitution of this sacred ordinance and so closely was it in connection with this last passover supper, that they use the terms " As they were eating," and, " as they did eat," which proves exclusively that there was no time between the eating of the passover and the institution of the Lord's supper for Jesus to wash the disciples' feet. Praise God for the truth! Now let us turn to Luke 22: 19,20, and we read, " And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper. say-ing, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you." It might be well to here call the read-er's attention to a fact that you may have already observed; namely, In giving Luke's ace stint of eating the passover supper, the conversation, and the point-ing out of Judas; I left out, or omitted to quote or give the above two verses ( Luke 22: 19,2o); but to any spiritual mind, reason for doing so is apparent, or will be when I explain. The fact is, that Luke in the midst of his a. ceount of the4 eatihg the passover, speaks of the institution Of the Lord's supper, and then continues his narration of the passover supper. Bill shall we conclude that Jesus instituted the Lord's ' supper in the midst of their eating the passover, or, that the conversa-tion in the following verses was after the Lord's supper? No. " Yes, but," say smite, " they had all night in which to eat the passover or lamb." Is that so? Let us see. Turn to Ex. 12: 11, and we read, " And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and , ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover." So we see that instead of having all night in which to eat it, God commanded, " Ye shall eat it in haste." Of course they * had till morning to destroy what re-mained ( if any), and if any did remain when morning came, they hsd to burn it with fire. But what they ate of it had to be eaten in " haste." And if the words, " But behold, the hand of him that betray-eth me is * with me on the table," were after the Lord's supper, then we make it worse than ever, and have Jesus for the third time pointing out Judas on that night; once at the passover, once at the Lord's supper, and once after the Lord's supper. And then have the disciples, as In verse 23, casting reflection on their Master by wondering who " should do this thing," as much as to say, " Master, you have told us twice that it was Judas, and now refer to it again: it is a question with us as to whether you have told us the truth or not" So we see that such a position will never do. But what Luke did here is a very common thing with the inspired writers. ' Both Old and New Testament writers often did the sante thing; for example, see the first and sec-ond chapters of Genesis. Moses does not tell of two creations oecause he refers to the manner of the creation after what he said about it in the first chapter. I might refer to many such occurrences. Luke does it often and so do the other apostles. Luke does the same thing in this same chapter when he tells what Christ says about Peter denying him. The question may be asked, Well, why did Luke do this, then? Ans.-- The reason is very clear, if you will turn to Luke 22: 17,18. Let us read. " And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and di-vide it among yourselves: for I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come." Here Luke speaks of a cup which belongs to the pa. ssover, or at least one they partook of in the midst of their eating the passover supper; and he no doubt knowing what Matthew and Mark had written about the bread and cup ( for Matthew had written his gospel eighteen years, and Ma k fourteen years before), to prevent some from saying that this was the cup belonging to the Lord's sup-per, he says, " And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you "— Luke 22: 19,20. As much as to say, " No: this is not the cup that belongs to the Lord's supper; for he blessed and gave them ( the bread and that cup) after supper." This is very clear; praise the Lord! Now a little MORE ABOUT THE TRAITOR. Was Judas present at the Lord's sup-per? It is thought by some that he was, because they have failed to see the fact as given above respecting the order of Luke's account of the passover and Lord's supper, and concluding that all Luke said after these t9th and 20th ver-ses was after the passover supper and was said while they ate the bread and drank the wine of the Lord's supper; also they fail to take notice of the fact that these two verses are a separate paragraph, and that the apostle returns to his former sub-ject in verse 21, and continues it for a few verses. " But, behold, the hand of him that be-trayeth me is with me on the table. And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: hilt woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing."— Verses 21- 23. This was not at the Lord's supper. When was this language used, then? Now to see when this was, we have but to com-pare verse 23 with Matthew's, Mark's, and John's account of the conversation while they ate the passover supper. John says when Judas received the sop he " went immediately out; and it was night" So we have no proof whatever that Judas was present at the Lord's supper; for he received the sop near the close of the passover supper, and " went out," and the Lord's supper was " after" the passover supper. So we are safe to say that Judas was not present but had gone on his mis-sion to betray the Lord of glory. Another fact / wish to call attention to before I leave this point, and that is that at the close of the Lord's supper they " sang a hymn and went out." See Matt. 26: 30 and Mark 14: 26. Out where? " Into the mount of Olives." I will give my reason for calling special attention to this, farther on. Now let us recapitulate what we have learned from God and his word concerning the order of the institu-tion of these two sacred ordinances ( feet-washing and Lord's supper), and that last passover supper. I will not reproduce the proof texts, as I deem it unnecessary. I also omit what happened two days before. First, Christ sends Peter and John, and they make ready the passover. Second, He and the twelve came at the proper hour and sat down to the supper. Third, He rose from supper, laid aside his gar-ment, etc., and washed his disciples' feet, and sat down to supper again. Fourth, They ate the passover supper ( in haste), and while they were doing so Jesus ex-plained to them what he had done by washing their feet, and he also talked of the traitor and pointed him out with, " He that dippeth his hand - with me in the dish," and, " Thou hast said," and by giv-ing him the sop ( morsel) when he had dipped. Fifth, That Satan again entered into Judas ( which he had done two days before), and that Judas in his doubly pos-sessed condition went immediately out ( not tarrying for the Lord's supper). Sixth, That Jesus immediately a. the end of the eating of the passover supper in-stituted the Lord's supper by taking the bread and cup. Seventh, They sang a hymn and went out. When did they go out of that upper chamber? This is a point I wish to settle before I close. LEAVING THE UPPER CHAMBER. Dear readers, God has enabled me to ascer, ain the facts in this matter by a prayerful and careful investigation of his word. Some say that all the conversa-tion from John 13 to, 18: t, was before they left the upper chamber. Others say that at John 14: 31 is where they left. J for-merly thought this was the correct place myself; but neither is right. The correct idea, SETTLED BY THE WORD. Now turn again to Matt. 26: 31- 36. " Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scat-tered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this night before the cock crow, thou shah deny me thrice, Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also Said all the disciples. Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane. and sa. ith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder." Be it remembered that this conversation was after they had gone front the upper chamber, out into the mount of Olives. See verse 30, and turn to Mark 14: 26- 32; and Luke 22: 31- 34. All three agree that this conversation was ( after they left the house and) while they were in the mount of Olives, and as they came to Gethsemane. But I call your attention to a special fact " Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That that this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples."-- Matt. 26: 34,35. " And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee. That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will net deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all."— Mark 14: 30, 31. " And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me."— Luke 22: 34. This was somewhere in the mount of Olives just before they entered the gar-den. Now turn to John 13: 36- 38 and read: " Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou eanst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life foie thy sake. Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice." Praise God for the truthi Here are the facts we have learned by investigation of the truth on this point: Immediately after the Lord's supper they, Christ and his eleven disciples ( Judas was gone), sang a hymn and went into the mount of Olives. In their conversation on the way Jesus told Peter that " before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice." But what of John 14: 31, " Arise, let us go hence?" We 1, I will just say in answer, they had already left the upper ch , mber and were in the mount of Olives. They may have sat down somewhere in the moun-tain while Jesus gave them the instruction in John ati, or a part of it at least, and be-ing ready to proceed on his way to the garden, he said, " Arise, let us go hence," and as they proceeded the conversation in the 15th and u5th chapters and the prayer in the t7th, took place before they entered the garden. Chap. 18: 1. When Jesus ended his prayer ( chap. 17) he and his eleven disciples crossed " over the brook Cedron" into the garden, and Jesus took Peter, James, and John and drew a little apart from the others; ' then leaving them also, saying, " Tairy ye here and watch," he went a little farther, fell on his face, and prayed. Oh, the un-told agony! Look at that face!, See him bow beneath that awful load— the sins of the whole world! See him! He sweats as he prayed, " as it were great drops of blood!" Let us drop the veil, and look again at Christ's betrayer. After having gone out, at or near the close of the passover sup-per, see him as he goes possessed with demons, determined to accomplish his work. Methinks I see all heaven draped in mourning. But hark! what do I hear? A giggle from the pit. I turn, oh! horror! Methinks I see the demons grin. Per-haps by this time the Lord's supper is over, the hymn is sung, and Christ and the eleven start for the mountain and the garden. Away Judas speeds to get his clique. For ( See John s8: 2,3.) just at this paint we hear Jesus say, " Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand." " And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. And he that be-trayed h m had given them a token, say-ing, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, Master; and kissed him."— Mark 14: 42- 45. In conclusion I wish to say I have not referred to the few Greek words and their literal meaning to make it appear that " I am a Greek scholar;" neither do I pre-sume to be able to teach it, but hsmbly confess my limited knowledge of it But thank God for the truth, and the privilege of getting rid of all error. I ask your prayers, and remain your humble and free brother in Christ, all on the gospel altar, for the unity of the faith and all the saints, J. N. HOWARD. Obey the Word. TN the name of Jesus and his word, X we make an earnest appeal to the many weakly ones who are pro-fessing to be Christians, who want a real experience and are struggling along day after day, week after week, and year after year, unstable and unsatisfied, and wondering why they cannot get the satisfying portion. To all such we would say that God is no respecter of persons, and he does not want you in the above con-dition. Listen to the blessed word of Jesus: " If ye keep my command-ments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments; and abide in his love."— Jno. 15: 1o. Dear reader, note the conditions, " If ye keep my commandments," and then note the positive promise, " Ye shall abide in my love;" and now, beloved, if we are not abiding, is it not evident that we are not keeping his commandments? And the next verse seems dearer still: " These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full."— Jno. 15: 11. Oh how sweet it is to have these words and this experience in our hearts! Truly it is a satisfying blessing. And now, dear ones, we wish to ask you a few questions. Do you really want the pearl of great price? Would you sell all you have to pur-chase it? And when you began to serve God, did you carefully count the cost? Beloved, God's way is a holy way. God is holy. And when our will is lost in his will and our way conformed to his way, we then are in line with God and immediately fellowship sweetly blends with Gcd, and all saints But, d ar ones, we cannot serve God and mammon. Read again— if ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you." I believe many are kept lean in their soul be-cause they are not separated from the I the world. Sometimes when we meet a friend we are accosted with a j Ace. How do we answer? Does our answer encourage joking or is our answer seasoned with grace ( God's favor), and edifying to the hearers? Do we converse for long periods of time without their knowing that we love God? And if some worldly friend should make us a call on the Sabbath, do we talk about our business, our work, our neighbor, or politics, and neglect to tell them about JESUS? DJ we love to go visiting on the Sabbath ( except to do good) ? Are we living epistles known and read of all men, ready to hold up Jesus to one and all? Brethren, I am persuaded that many are deprived of God's love because of their. own relatives. " He that loveth father or mother more. than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of m. e. -- Matt. 10: 37. Just as a man leaves father and mother and cleaves to his wife, just so must we leave all and cleave to Christ. We may have a good mother, good father, good wife, good hus-band, or dear friend whom we love; but remember, if they are not in harmony with all God's will and word, we must not be under their influence, though they may be good ( as people call good) and profess religion, and would not do us 2n ( Continued on foil r. lt page.) Meetings. There will be an assembly meeting held in the saints' meeting- house, McLallen Cor's., Erie Co., Pa., commencing Feb. 5. All lovers of truth are cordially invited, and will be taken care of. All desiring to be met at either depot, Cambridge or Waterford, notify E. St. John or J. H. Sanders, McLallen Corners. We are look-ing to God for this feast of tabernacles to be of love. J : A. and Alice J. Dillon. 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BYRUM, PUBtabaklid E. E. BYRUM, EDITOR. EAR unsaved friends, do you realize for a moment the con-dition of your soul before the great Almighty? Do you stop to realize that your lives are in the hands of a just God? That our God is the t di tic M sa th an th br OU eye of God is over us; there is an eye that never sleeps, an ear that never goes deaf, a God who says, " Thou shalt not kill;" and when I hear those seraphic sounds from yonder shore, especially from him who said, " Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord," and, " Thou shalt not kill," I am forced to the conclusion that he meant what he said. He did not limit the killing to any age especially. and the Word says, " No murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." The murder of unborn babes is a frightful sin, and a sin that will close the gates of heav-en against thousands of polluted and deceived souls; for every one who commits this awful deed is a mur-derer of innocent blood before God; and anybody who assists in accom-plishing it, is a partaker of the evil deed, and will not escape the wrath of an angry God; and I believe it will meet them at the great consum-mation of time, when the secrets of all hearts will be manifested before the Judge of the quick and the dead. I am aware many think that if this deed can be done before life is felt, no evil is done; but that is the darkest evasion, of the archfiend himself; for be it known unto you, 0 guilty woman, whoever you may be, that at whatever period, after con-ception takes place, you destroy the germ, you destroy a human being or life; for life exists from the first moment, for the germ is life itself. If you destroy a peach bud, you de-stroy a peach; if you pull a cherry bloom, you destroy a cherry, or the fruit thereof. Now let us quote from " The Science of a New Life." It says, " For it should be remembered that the moment conception takes place, at that moment a new soul is origi-nated, and that this soul cut off by a murderer's hand from growing and developing into perfection, wings its flight to another world, there to re-main and be a witness against the one who looses it from its earthly tenement. There is no doubt about this, and all self- argument will avail naught against the great truth, hat the soul, no matter what its tage of development may be, never es." In olden times the heathen sacri-ed their children to theird god oloch, but in Christendom they crifice them by the thousands to e god of lust. " Walk in the Spirit, d you will not fulfill the desires of e flesh." My God, awaken fire-ands in every land that will cry t against such a soul- destroying machine as lust. How long 0 Lord like a mighty tornado, sweeping over every land, sapping from the human race all the vitality God has given us. And this is universal, the rich and poor, high and low, black and white, married and unmarried, are helping in this soul- destroying, and : laughter of unborn babes. Be it remembered that the all- seeing To the Unsave. At length, one night when no one was saying anything to me, it seemed as if something took me off my feet and carried me to the altar; without any will of my own. There God showed me I was a sinner. I when father, mother, brother, and wept and prayed and plead to- be forgiven, till peace Was spoken . to my poor childish soul, and such a burst of light and joy came into my life that no words can picture. For days all nature seemed to take on a gold-en tinge. It was indeed " a new heaven and earth." The years passed on, and then came a time in my life that I hunger-ed and thirsted after more righteous-ness. I knew I loved God and yet I was not sanctified. This lasted two or three years. Then God in his infinite goodness and mercy sent one of his dear messengers to me to lead me over into the land of perfect love. Like my conversion, I never doubted it; for there was a wondrous work wrought in my soul, clear and plain to others as well as myself. I was still a member of the M. E. denomi-nation; had joined soon after my conversion. The sister under whose teaching I had received the blessed message from God looked at me one day and said, with sadness in her eyes. " I feel sorry for you." My face was beaming, my heart was so light, and my feet were like hind's feet; I asked why. " You will have to go through so much percecution," was her reply. I felt so glad, so safe, so happy. The persecutions and trials came as predicted, but the dear Father wonderfully kept me. The blessed Holy Spirit taught me day after day as I could bear it. Oh how unworthy I feel as I lock back and see how wonderfully good God has always been to me! I lived this life in the denomina-tion about five years, walking in all the light I knew. Then I began to see that something was terribly out of joint. One preach r after another was sent us that was a wolf in sheen's clothing. And the elder would tell us " to pay them and go and hear them or it would be warm for us next time." I knew God never meant it so. So I earnestly began to inquire of the Lord what it meant. I felt so willing to be and do what he would show me. And I do believe it was in answer to prayer that the tract On " The Church," and copies of the GOSPEL TRUMPET were plc: ced in my hands. In- a flash I saw what was wrong. It was sectism. It eves not many weeks after that till I had my name taken off the M. E. roll and I was Out in the blessed evening light. That was some six years ago. Since then, as before, I have had an eye single only to God's glory, hold-ing up the standard of the Lord Jesus Christ the best I knew how, in great opposition- and often in great weak-ness. It seems that I have been tested and tried in almost every way; yet I would not have it otherwise, for I have always felt the everlasting Arms underneath even when my heart was aching almost past endur-ance. I have been peculiarly situated for the last few weeks, but feel certain,. for some reason. it is the Father's will for me at present. I have felt the saints' prayers- for me. So, " hoping all things," with victory in my soul; I send a New Y‘- ears greeting to all the household of faith, beseeching you to be true and steadfast. A few more trials and victories and the dear Father will say, " It's enough; come up higher." Es- I found it was true. I give it h Requests for Prayer. unto other gods, whom neither they sins, not in them. He calls the sin- traveling the downward road step by and I as often, stubbornly refused,' CCLAY BANKS, MICH., J an . DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN overruling power that knows the step into the deep abyss of sin, and till at last they left me alone. THE LORD: I am glad to report vie. ere, how long? GEO. BACKUS. gone to reap that rich reward that hoping it will help some dear one as God has prepared for the faithful. it helped me, to see that everything Then again, to look upon the other' that comes into our lives is to his can but close our eyes and behold now is in heaven, plead with nne day the awful solemnity o those that are after day to give my heart to God, 1 — oh what a sad picture! when we ters, friends of my dear father who side in the gloom of despair, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, where there is misery and woe through a never- ending eternity M. E. camp meeting. - Two minis-give me thine heart. Jesus suffered and died upon t rugged cross for poor fallen ma He, our Savior, has prepared a pla of rest for us all. All he requires you is to give him your heart. W you not do it? Are you not willing to pay the price? It is the enemy that leads you by his cunning devices and draws you into his snares and captures your soul. When we are entangled the enemy's clutches, when he hur his fiery darts around us and dra our minds from the great I A then he is apt to leave us for a se son in the deepest despair and woe Dear sinner, the precious words Jesus are: " Come unto me, all ye th labor and are heavy laden, and I wi give you rest." When our hear are filled with iniquity, when sin dot so abound therein, our lives ar filled with sorrow, misery, grief, an woe; but Jesus comes and knocks the door of your heart— so willing t save your precious soul. Will yc not open the door of your heart an bid him enter? " Ask and it shall be given you seek, and ye shall find; knock, and shall be opened unto you; for ever one that asketh receiveth; and h that seeketh findeth; and to him tha knocketh it shall be opened." God is willing to forgive you o your trespasses, if you will onl come unto him. Scripture teache us that except a man be born agai he cannot see the kingdom of God Some think that their good mora principles will save them. That is mistake. Morality alone will no save us. We must be born o the Spirit of Christ. Stop for one- moment, and think what love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we might be the chil-dren of God. Dear friends, Jesus is pleading with you to come and be saved, Now is the day of salvation; now is the accepted time. We have no promise of to- morrow. - - " Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Unsaved friend, will you not listen to that gentle voice, and cry unto God to be merciful to you, a sinner, when there is such sweet peace, wonderful peace, to those that love the Lord our God with all their heart, mind, and strength? Sorrow, grief, and woe are promised upon those that love not the Lord our God. Sadness creeps o'er our hearts in the silent, stillest shades of the night, while the angel of mercy is whispering with his smallest, most gentle voice, " Come unto me, and I will give you rest." Heaven is a beautiful place of abode, where saints and angels dwell. What consolation one feels within, when he looks upon the form of some departed one and can feel that our loss is their eternal gain; they have ners and not the righteous to repent-ance. Will you not heed the call? sister are as one in Christ Jesus! Will you not heed, and take warn-' All can speak the same thing, all ing before too late? By and by the i have the same mind, all see eye to angel of death will call you away; I eye, all speak forth the glad tidings then it will be too late, too late! of overwhelming bliss. Life of peace When the last summons has come, and happiness reigns within that the harvest is past, the summer is household, while the adversary is ended, and your soul is not saved, trampled beneath their feet, and and why? Because you would not peace prevails within. Dear sinners, heed the warning nor listen to that my prayer to God is that he will sweet, gentle voice, as it breathed . bless you with the arrow of convic-sweet whispers unto your ear, Come, tion, and help you to see your lost condition before him. he C. E. PIERCE. n. ce A Greeting. of ill EAR SAINTS OF GOD: . The book of 1896 is closed forever: its joys and sorrows, its smiles and tears, its trials and victories, are things of the past; and I do praise God from a full heart that 1 Sgr in finds my feet on the rock Christ la Jesus, and I feel that the dear one ors who has said, " When thou passeth M, through the waters I will be with a_ thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou of walkest through the fire, thou shall at not be burned, neither shall the 11 flame kindle upon thee," has been is with me all the way along. As I h look in the face of the new year I e am not afraid; for I see only the face d of Jesus who has said, " I will never at leave thee nor forsake thee," and o " Lo, I am with you alway, even unto u the end of the world." 0 how d precious! I learned a sweet lesson some years ago, in reading the experience it of a dear saved sister. She said she had great difficulty in living the life of faith," on account of second causes, as it looked to her, that seemed to control nearly everything that concerned her. • Her perplexity f at last became so great that she be-y gan to ask God the truth about it. S After praying for a few days she had n what she described as a vision. She • thought she was in a perfectly dark I place and that there advanced to-glory in some way. How good God has always been to me! I was con-verted when a child of eleven at an a ward her from a distance a body of t light which gradually surrounded B aanndd enveloped her and everything around her. As it ap proached, a voice seemed to say, " This is the presence of God! This is the pres-ence of God!" While surrounded by this presence all the great and awful things of life seemed to pass before her— fighting armies, wicked men, raging beasts, storms and pesti-lences, sin and suffering of all lands. At first she shrank back in terror; but she soon saw that the presence of God so enveloped and surrounded herself and each one of these things that not a lion could reach out its paw, not a bullet fly through the air, except as the presence of God moved out of the way to permit it. And she saw that if there was even a thin film, as it were, of this glorious presence between herself and the most terrible violence, not a hair of her head ruffled, nor could anything touch her, except as the presence divided to let the evil through. Then all the annoying things of life, small and great, passed before her, and these she saw also, were equally so enveloped in the presence of God that not a harsh look or unkind word nor trial of any kind could affect her, unless God's encircling presence moved out of the way. ipecially sweet to me is the memory By comparing this with God's word • iof those that I have met and loved so much in the flesh; and vv- hen I think how sweet is our communion here below, I think of the golden life beyond, and of what it must be to be there. Your saved sister, ELLA SAIN, News from the Field. THE GOSPEL FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS This is another equally valuable book, well known as a standard work of great value as a historical record. It gives a HISTORY OF THE CREATION, DELUGE, TOWER OF BABEL, ETC., and it gives probably the best and most complete account of the rise, progress, and final destruction of the Jewish nation, there is extant. 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Marginal references, with all the teacher's helps, con-cordance of 40,000 references, fourteen maps, etc , bound in French seal, divinity circuit, round cornerc, t es. A good Bible for the price. NO. 2153. Price, $ 2.00. TRUMPET. GRAND JUNCTION, MICH., Jan. it. DEAR BRETHREN AND READERS OF THE TRUMPET: May the blessings of heaven be upon you all. At our last writing we were in Mississippi, and the callsi for meeting and work being so urgent, Bro. Schell remained there for a short time, while I went on to Augusta, Ga, to the assembly meeting, arriving there Dec. 3t. Bro. Lundy was there and had corn-menced the meeting. He has been faithfully laboring in the South. The work in this part of the country has had many hindrances, and we be-lieve this meeting will be blessed of the Lord in the advancement of the work in this part of the South. There were saints and gospel work-ers from different parts of Georgia and South Carolina, whom we were! rejoiced to meet. The work wa. s1 moving along nicely and souls were being saved, believers strengthened, and the sick healed. I was intending to start North in a few days, but on the evening of Jan. 6, received a message bearing % the news of the death of my brother, of New Pittsburg, Ind. It being almost on my way home, I started that night, arrivirg there just as the corpse was being carried from the hearse to the house of worship, where the funeral was preached by Bro A. J. Kilpatrick. • Was glad to meet with the dear TRUMPET family this morning, after an absence of nearly two months and found them rejoicing in the DEAR TRUMPET READERS: May the peace and blessings of the Lord rest upon you all. We are glad we can report victory. Since Oct. 19, we in company with Bro. and Sister Bunn have been laboring in the vicinity of Kingston. A number of meetings have been held. Some have been saved, others have discerned the body and escaped from Babylon. God has anointed for the preaching of the word. Many have heard the truth and were not willing to. meas-ure up. We closed the meeting in Kingston with a precious ordinance-meeting, in which about twenty took part. God has a precious church here. A few were reclaimed who had fallen away. Others ' weresanc-tified wholly. One dear soul was saved. He is much afflicted with an infirmity of his speech. Pray for him that he may be delivered complete-ly. The church here is on the ad-vance. May the Lord constantly move them out. Two souls were buried with Christ in baptism. We are now holding a meeting three miles from Kingston, in a schoolhouse. On account of the in-clemency of the weather there have not been many present, until last night we preached the word to a goodly number, who listened atten-tively. At the close of this meeting we ex-pect to go to Iowa and answer calls from Center Point, Edgewood, and Masonville. Pray for us. Yours, sep-arated unto the gospel, FANNIE GARDNER, LENA L. SHOFFNER. tory on the Lord's side. The Lord is manifesting his power among u here in healing the sick and saving souls, for which we give him all the glory. Praise his name! We had a glorious meeting the 27th of las month, where 39 dear souls partook of the broken body and shed blood of the Lord. After services were over another dear one surrendered her soul to the Lord. " And he shall send his angels [- messengers], with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."— Matt: Let us work earnestly in the strength of the Lord to gather souls into the one fold, where the one Good Shep-herd will feed them with the bread of life. Amen. Dear ones, pray with us that the Lord will open the way for a camp- meeting here next summer. Your brother, saved in his name, CHARLES A. CLEMENTS. Lord, and firm in the faith. We S ask your earnest prayers that God may give special aid and strength for our abundant labors. Yours in him. PHOENIX, ARIZ. DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN. CHRIST: I feel led to write my testi-mony to the glory of God. I was a member Of the Methodist sect for forty years. But when I heard the true Gospel preached I was willing to accept it. It was very hard at first for me to get all that sect out of me; but praise God, it is all cut of me now. It takes the whole word of God to satisfy my soul, and I do not want it twisted. It is none too straight for me, The Lord has done a great work for me. I was a great lover of coffee and tea, but God has taken that all out with the rest of the crooks. Praise his dear name! I give nim all the glory. Your sister, saved to the uttermost, MRS. M. A. CLARK. REDFIELD, ALA. t DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I praise God for Bible salvation. I am livinglt here alone, as far as having Any ofl i the saints near. but God has promised I to never leave nor forsake those that put their trust in him. I do not have the privilege of hearing the pure word of God preached, but praise 1 God I have it in my heart. Praise the Lord for the Spirit and the Word! I have no desire for the counterfeit. I praise God he is able to work all things after the counsel of his- own will, bringing his children all out into the unity of the faith into the one fold of Christ, where God can keep through his own name, they being sanctified through the truth, that they may all be one as the Father and the Son are one, where God can have all the glory and the pre- emi-nence in all things. Amen. Your sister in the love of Christ, Mis. C. M. EDDY. t SANGABRIL, CAL. DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST: I am saved and praising the dear Lord for saving my soul. When I am sick, or any of my family we take it to the Lord in prayer and he heals us every time, and we give him all the glory. He has saved me from chewing tobacco. I had chew-ed it for twenty- six years, and had tried to quit a good many times, but I could not till I came to the Lord for help. Now I have no appetite for tobacco whatever. Glory be to God! What a good Savior we have! How sweet to trust Jesus for all things! I am so glad that I ever learned to trust him, he is so precious to my soul. Pray for me that I may ever stand true to God. Your saved broth-er, J. F. ROPP. NOWATA, I. T. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel it would be to the glory of God to write my testimony. I am saved and sanc-tified. Praise God! Oh I do praise his name for his wonderful salvation that keeps me day by day. I attend-ed the C. M. at Clayton, Okla. It I was a feast of good things for my soul, and a real heart- searching time. I am eating the little book, praise God. We are praying that God will lay his hand on some of his holy ones to come to this wicked place with the pure word. Pray for my unsaved husband, and that I may be kept very humble. Your sister in the one body, • S. E. YOUNG. OTTOKEE, OHIO. DEAR SAINTS AND TRUMPET READ-ERS: I am saved, sanctified, and ! trusting in the Lord. Praise his : holy name! He is a present help in time of need. He has healed me and my little children, and I give him all the praise, and ask the prayers of all God's true children. Your sister in Christ, NELLIE BARNES. Testimonies. [ ED]. LAMAR, S. C. DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel led to write my testimony to the glory of God. To- night finds me saved and trusting in my Savior for all things. I am walking in all the light I have on God's word. Oh what a jo“ ul thing it is to b .!. a child of the Kmo! I do thank God for ever sending the true Word to us in this part of the country, and a willing heart to ac cept the truth. While I was in darkness I persecuted the saints, but I did not realize what was doing. I humbly ask the forgiveness of the saints and ask every one in sin to take warning. Pray for me, dear ones, that I may indeed be very humble and submissive to God's will and that I may overcome all trials and temptations. May the Lord bless you all and stand by you in all things. Amen. Your sister in the one body, EDITH HUGGINS. CHICAGO, ILL. DEAR TRUMPET READERS: It has been a long time since I have writ-ten my testimony for the TRUMPET, but the dear Lord has kept me saved and trusting in Jesus, who is able to keep me free in my soul con-tinually. Praise his holy name! About two months ago I started from my home in Michigan to go South, and intended to stop at he Open Door Mission over the Sabbath and then go on my way; but he Lord seemed to order otherwise n such a way that there could not be any mistake about it. So I told he Lord if he wanted me to work here, his will be done, and the bur-den rolled away at once. I have earned that it is best to obey the Lord at once when he makes his- will known to us. Dear children of God, pray for us, that the Lord may en-due us with much heavenly love and wisdom and give us much faith and patience in dealing with judgment-bound souls in such a way that we may lead them to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. Truly the harvest is great and the laborers are few. There is room for many more gospel workers in this - wicked city, to preach the whole truth to hungry souls. Yours in the one body, saved and kept, WILLIAM STOWELL, TULLAHOMA, TENN. DEAR READERS OF THE TRUMPET: About three years ago I was a Bap- ' tist. I prayed for the Lord to teach me the right, and soon the Lord di-rected Bros. Lundy and Carter to come here, and they began to preach holiness. I soon found they had something that I did not have, and began to seek sanctification, and claimed it; but soon after found there was yet carnality in my heart, and ! consecrated again. Then I corn- ! menced reproving the people right and left, and my lack of wisdom, to-gether with my harshness, did not have a good effect, and I soon found it was not pleasing to the Lord, and caused confidence in others to be broken. After seeing this I came to the Lord, and I can say of a truth he hawgiven me back my first love, and sacctified my soul. Your sister, HESTER MULLINS. ROBINSON, KAN. - DEAR TRUMPET READERS; With joy we greet you. Knowing what our 0 Müiks dear Savior has done for us, it makes our hearts rejoice. While I was re-ceiving a benefit to my soul read-ing- in the TRUMPET the tes imonies of those God had healed, I felt he would be glorifi, d by my giving in my testimony on that line. He has heal-ed me of lung trouble. About a year and a half before I heard divine healing taught, I took a severe cold, which settled on my lungs, and I was so hoarse I could _ hardly talk loud for some days. After that neatly every time I would take cold it would settle on my lungs and cause me much trouble. My lungs began to pain me and I consulted a physician After examining my lungs he told me both were badly affected. So I began to take medicine. Had taken it just a few weeks when I heard di-vine healing taught. Then I threw away all medicine, put my case fully in God's hands, and he healed me, for which I give him glory. I have taken him as my physician for every-thing ever since, and this was over five years ago. And now he wants me to tell it wherever I go. Please pray for me that I may be true to him in all things. From your sister, saved and sanctified to do his whole will, EMMA DANSBERGER, EMERADO, N. DAK. DEAR TRUMPET READERS: About a year ago I gave my heart to God, was saved, sanctified, and healed of a dreadful disease which had been a torment to me every fall. Two years ago this winter I suffered all winter. We had the doctor but he could do but little good. But praise God, the Lord healed me and to- night I can praise my God for his healing power. I have been bedfast for a week but to- night I am healed a. nd am able to go about my work. I took very sick i Nov. 13 and suffered terribly. A brother came and anointed me ac-cording to James 5: 14, 15, and glory be to God, I am healed. Oh, dear saints, I would not be back in secism where I was a year ago. There is • co ' ping to persuade me to leave in Savior. I do believe our sickness is a blessing to us in this way— we may neglect our duty and the Lord wili allow us to be affl; cted, that we may see wherein we have been neglectful. The Lord did show me and I praise-him for it. He showed me my duty to read some of his Word and talk as he led me. I did so several times and was wonderfully blessed. In a short time it came to me some of the brothers and sisters did not like the way I talked. I said too much about ! Babylon, I said I would say no more. God showed me my duty several times afterward and I did not obey So during my sickness God seemed to say to me, " Are you willing to obey?" I thought for a moment, and I , said, " Yes, Lord, I will obey."- It seemed Jesus was by my side and .1 felt so good and rejoiced in my Sav-ior. I am going to do whatever the Lord has for me to do. If he says go preach, glory be to God. I will sat amen, and go at my first opportunity. I must do something for the Lord, he has done so much for me. Pra3 for me a. nd my husband thattive may do the Lord's will at all times. Your sister, saved, sanctified, healed, and kept in the name of the Lord, MRS. J. W. OVENS. Obituary. BYRUM.— Fletcher N. Byrum died Jan 6 1867, at his home near New Pittshirg, Ran-dolph Co., Ind.; aged forty- two years eleven months and one d ay. His sickness was of short duration, but whf n the death sum-mons came, he was ready to go. having been faithful unto the end. His companion had de-parted this life a, number of years ago and gone to dwell in that heavenly land. Two daugh-ters were left to await a, later call by the I messenger of death We pray that they may follow the example of their parents and heed I the words of the Master and be found ready I when he cometh. The home of this our dear I brother was a welcome place for the messen-gers and children of God, and while he will he missed here. on earth, he Baps to swell the chorus in the heavenly choir amid the realins of heaven's bliss. Funeral services were held , KIRKVILLE, DEAR SAINTS OF THE LIVING GOD: I believe it to be to the glory of God for me to testify through the TRUM-PET what the good Lord has done for me. He has saved me by his grace and sanctifies me by a second work of grace. I know the good Lord reigns in my soul, and I expect to walk in the light of God's truth every day that I live. He heals my body. too. He has just healed me of a very severe attack of neuralgia, from which I suffered all that a human being could endure, it seemed. After suffering for two days so severely, wife and I rebuked the enemy and agreed ac-cording to Matt. 18: 19 that the/ Lord should heal me. The Lord graciously heard our prayer and healed me, praise his name. Pray for us that we keep low at his feet and that he may have his way in our souls. Your saved brother, LINK MCCIME. Genuine International Bible. No. 2590. and only about one inch thick. Price, $ 2.50. A Holman Self- pronouncing Bible, same size and price, can be furnished if desit ed. Minion type, bound in French morocco, di-vinity circuit, red under gold edges, round cor-neis, containing Teter-t nces, subject • index, chronological tables, harmony of the Gospels, maps, etc. Thin- paper edition. Size, 5 x GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. by 33rother A. J. Kilpatrick. Grand Junction, Mich THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. OBEY THE WORD. took counsel of her, until he too sees things differently. Blinded by the 4- od of this world, they still profess. Now, dear ones, I do not think we must be religious abusers, but we must be firm and make converts fo r God instead of being made converts for the world. " The pure testimony cries out, Separation." Another command is, " Be not conformed to this world [ or be not like this world]; but be ye trans-formed by the renewing of your mind [ What for ?] that ye may prove [ Prove what?] what is that good, Ind acceptable, and perfect will of God."— Rom. r2: 2. But some say this scripture refers to the second work of grace. Yes; but the first . work requires just as sinless living as the second, and the Word must be obey ed just as strictly. Beloved, if we are conformed in any way, let us fay aside every weight, and then we will have confidence to ask God for such things as we need. Then again we have known some who speak very harshly to their horses and other stock— so much so that it is chilling to hear them, and their stock is even afraid of them. This ought not so to be. A child of God should have tender feelings towards all of his creatures. And then some who are poor, will spend much means in dressing their children in worldly style, and they themselves go ragged. I believe God will hold us account-able for the way we allow our chil-dren to dress as long as they are under our care and protection, and that we cannot let them wear anything that we would be condemned in wear-ing, neither go to any place where we would be condemned in going. These are only a few of the many weights that beset us, and if you do not see your condition in these few lines you certainly can find it by searching the " perfect law of liberty" ( the Word) with a steadfast mind to die indeed unto sin and live unto Christ, by whose stripes ye are heal-ed. And let us not be as the man who saw his face in the glass, and forgot how he looked. God's Spirit wants to lead us into all truth, but it cannot do it unless we walk in every ray of light. He is light, and in him is no darkness at all. We felt constrained to write these lines because we know so many who are living beneath their privileges, and are not enjoying what they ought to enjoy, and the Word tells us to exhort one another and so much the more as we see the day approaching; also, to examine our-selves to see if we are in the faith. We close with prayer that this ex-hortatian will help some soul to get to God, and that God will get the glory. Yours in the faith of the gospel, E. A. SOULES. ( Catitinued from first page. ) injury ( knowingly), yet are they dangerous spiritual counselors. ' Did you ever consider the scripture that says, " For scarcely for a right-eous man will one die; yet perad-venture for a good man some would even dare to die"?— Ram 5: 7. It seems to me that Christ died for sinners, and the class that people generally call good, though unright-eous. And as all unrighteousness is sin, therefore they are sinners too. " Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt"— Matt. 12: 53. To more fully explain the danger of associating with unrighteousness, I will narrate some true cases. A young lady who was fully saved and much used of God hired out to work at a place where both the man and woman of the house were considered good Christians ( but the real way of the cross was too narrow for them). Little by little the young lady began to conform to the world, until she was real proud and fashionable; and when spoken to about her experi-ence, she said, " I see things differ-ently now," and it was so. The god of this world had blinded her. Another young lady equally as spiritual kept company with a good moral young man. He professed religion and always had a weak testimony. She was warned of her danger, but did not heed it. They were married, and alas! she too saw things differently. Another, a married man whose wife was a good professor ( bat an opposer of the truth), got firmly converted, bat in-stead of standing firm in the narrow way, and kindly telling her her con-dition, he compromised with her and! And thus the number of exampl might be multiplied, showing ho Jesus used healing as a means of a cess to souls for their salvation. No if healing was a means of access to t salvation of the soul when Jesus w here, would it not be just the sam to- day? It certainly would. And it reasonable that God would ado a method so effective in savi souls, then drop it, when he is just anxious to save souls now as he w then? I trow not, For there a many living witnesses now that hav found healing in the atonement an with healing, salvation - yes a ye happy combination, salvation an healing, " made whole," just wh the people need. MADE BELIEVERS We find that healing the sick n only made believers of those wh were healed, but bystanders wh witnessed the same were convince convicted, saved, healed, etc., in co sequence of the healing power o God. Jesus expected them to believe b cause of his works, when he said " The Father that dwelleth in me, h doeth the works. Believe me, tha I am in the Father, and the Fathe in me: or else believe me for th very works' sake."— Jno. I. When the sick of the palsy 1172 healed ( Matt. 9: 1- 8), when the mu titudes saw it, they marveled an glorified God which had given suc power unto men. Jesus answere them, " If I do not the works of m Father, believe me not. But if I do though ye believe not me, believ the works; that ye may know an believe that the Father is in me, an I in him."— Jno. 10: 37,38. But what kind of works did Jesu do? When John was in prison, h sent messengers to Jesus to inquir into his divinity, and Jesus referre them to his works, saying, " Th blind receive their sight, and th lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raise up, and the poor have the gospe preached to them."— Matt. : 1- 6. When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, " many of the Jews which came to Mary and had seen th things which Jesus did, • believed on him."— John 11: 45. " By reason of him [ Lazarus] many of the Jew went away, and believed on fesus."— Jno. Iola. " And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did; for unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them; and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed."— Acts 8: 6,7. When the man at the beautiful gate of the temple was healed and Peter explained how it was done through faith in Jesus Christ, " many of them which heard the Word be-lieved; and the number of the men was about five thousand."— Acts 4: 4. ( See the third and fourth chapters of Acts.) And when the cripple at Lystra was healed, the people, seeing what had been done, said ( in their language), " The gods are come down to us in the l i keness of men." — Acts 14: 8- 11. When Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Melita and a viper fast-ened on his hand, they thought he must have been a murderer, whom, though he had escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffered him not to live. But he shook off the beast into the fire and felt no harm. " Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen or fallen down dead sud-denly; but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god." This led to a number of cases of healing on the island. See Acts 28: ieto. Paul was greatly used in the work of healing, even to special miracles. See Acts 19: 1212. But he said, " For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round abou unto illyricum, I have fully preache the gospel of Christ."— Rom. 18, 19. After the woman was enboldene to touch Jesus' clothes and go healed ( for virtue went out o him and healed her, Mark 5: 25- 34 Jesus came to Gennesaret, " An when the men of that place ha knowledge of him, they sent ou unto all that country roun about, and brought unto him all tha were diseased, and besought hi that they might only touch the he of his garment: and as many a touched were made perfectly whole. — Matt. 14: 34- 36. Thus the healin of one emboldens others to b healed and saved, etc. Then, if healing made believer then, why not like cause produce lik effect? And this being a reason fo healing then, would it not be reason for him healing now? HEALING AN INCENTIVE TO A HOLY LIFE. " Sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee." When a person has been a long time overcome by disease, he can appreciate health as never before; and after being helped, this is not soon forgotten and when they remember that they are to "
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