| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 s/ INCTIFICATION And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-tether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31. ./ Td‘ wrm, ojy-. 0r. So - will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver - them out of all places where they have bean seattprpd in t. 11P ctlaririv and dark da, P: Ze. 34: 12 , Tpr 32: 39. s'esiszakal : 2;'); 7: VOLUME XVIII. GRAND JUNCTION, MICH., U. S. A., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1898. NUMBER 8. The Better Testament. BY WM. G. SCHELL. CHAPTER VII. SPIRITUAL BIRTH. SPIRITITAL birth implies the impartation of a new spiritual life. From the new life imparted within, emanates a new life without; hence, those who have obtained this sublime experience no longer commit sin. The new birth is that part of justification that could not be obtained under the Old Testament. It is an exclusively New Tes-tament experience. It was not a doctrine of the Old Testament; Jesus Was the first to teach it. It is not mentioned by the writers of the Old Testament, except in some obscure passages in the prophets, where it is ranked among the graces to be enjoyed in the new dispensation. That spiritual birth was not obtained be-fore the coming of Christ, is evident from the plain statement in the Bible that life could not be obtained in those days. In Rom. 5: 13, 14, we read, " For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed where there is no law. Neverthe less death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over Menem that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come." The word death in this text refers to spirit-ual death in trespasses and sins, because it is used interchangeably with the word sin. And if spiritual death reigned from Adam until Moses, no spiritual life ivies obtained in that age. And if the people possessed no spiritual life, they obtained no spiritual birth. Having now seen that the people who lived in the Premosaic age did not receive spiritual birth, let us inquire into the state of those who lived in the Mosaic dispensa tion. Moses gave a law, but his law was too weak to give life. Paul says, " If there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law."— Gal. 3: 21. Here we have-the plain statement that spiritual life could not he obtained under the law, and as life implies a birth, they could obtain no spirit-ual birth in that dispensation. We may therefore, safely say, spiritual death reigned from. Adam to Christ, and the spiritual life lost in the fall was never regained until restored by Christ. Life is often found among the rewards promised to the obedient in tire Old Testa-ment, but in every instance it applies to that eternal life to be enjoyed at God's right hand in heaven, or to a prolonging of Missionary Baptists Not the Church of God. BY W. A. HAYNES. CHAPTER IX. A. GROSS ERROR. BA'TISTS reject • the error generally maintained by the many religious sects, in reference to " church militant and church triumphant," and say the church is not thus divided, but define it as " church local and church universal." D. L. Dagg, a popular Baptist theolo-gian, says, " Church local is a body of be-lievers organized according to the New Tes-tament order [ which order he thinks is a sect built by man, as we shall see]. Church universal is the whole company of those saved by Christ. Local churches [ sects] possess external organization, and in this organization human agency is em ployed, and since every church [ sect] on earth has probably one or more false pro-fessors in it, it may be objected, that if God had designed the churches to be free from false professors he would not have commit-ted the management of them to fallible men."— Cla Order, p. 98. Baptists give us to understand that God intended when he built his church to so arrange it as to ac-commodate false professors. We have learned that Christ is the door of his church. Therefore no one can ob-tain admittance into the true ' church with out getting in through Christ, in whom there is no sin. 1 Juo. 3: 5. No one can be in the church without being in Christ. As the church is his body, none help to compose it except those who, are members of Christ. If there are arty , false professors in the church, they are also in Christ. Oh, what shame and disgrace this sect throws into the face of the lovely Lamb of God! Let us notice how much fallible man has to do in the management of the church of the living God. Jesus said he would build his church. Matt. 16: 18. The apostles say it has been built. Eph. 2: 20- 22; 1- Pet. 2: 5. Every organ is placed in by God. him-self. Eph. 4: 11- 13; 1 Cor. 12: 1- 13, 28. God takes people into the church. Acts 2: 47; 1 Cor. 12: 18. So man has no part in the management of the church, unless he would assume the prerogative of God. Jesus gave himself to sanctify the church. Eph. 5: 25, 26. God's people are the body, or church. 1 Cor. 12: 27. Jesus is the vine, they are the branches ( members). Jno. 15: 1, 5. Jesus is holy ( Heb. 7: 26); and if Christ is holy, his every member is holy also. Rom. 11: 16. As the saved of God are his church ( Greek— ecelesia, con-gregation) it follows that companies of saved persons located in different places of the earth are indeed local churches, or con-gregations, in different geographical loca-tion, as the seven congregations of Asia, etc. and these compose the universal church, with those in heaven. So we see but one church after- all. Roney says each local congregation is within itself the body of Christ. If so, each congregation has its separate head; and different heads would give different minds. This solves the mystery, I suppose, why one Baptist congregation is a stranger to the others in communion, acting so selfish with their own brethren. Dagg says, " The members of a local church may be known by the record of their names in the church- book."— Ch. Order, p. 129. Here is our proof that he calls sects local churches, which are only known by their names on a sect register. But on the same page he says, " The church of the first- born are written in heaven, and no record on earth determines their mem-bership; but it may be known by their fruits of righteousness." Praise God! This last- named church is the one the, saints of the Most High are in, and none other; who are written in heaven. Heb. 12: 23. Then what use for another than " the church of the first- born"? He answers, " The universal church ( or church of the first- born) is in progress of construction, and will be completed at the end of time." — Ch. Order, p. 137. He says Christ's church is not complete. So Jesus made a mistake and did not build a perfect church, and man undertakes the business, and ' furnishes what Christ failed to do. What does God say? " Christ as a Son over his own house, whose house are we [ saints]."— Heb. 3: 6. " The house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and. ground of the truth."- 1 Tim. 3: 15. " And ye [ saints, house, or church of God] are [ present tense] com-plete in him."— Col. 2: 10. It is not the great number of persons admitted into the church that makes it complete, nor does a less number make it less complete. As our physical members are but the instru-mentalities of our real body, and are the means by which we are to determine the perfect character of the man; just so we are the members or instrumentalities of the body of - Christ. And ' when he caused to flow through the members the di - vine circii-lation of heavenly potency manifestly dis-playing the characteristics of the eternal Head by observing the law and ordinances as instituted by divine authority, the body, or church, was perfect and complete in him. The time may be when there will be more who have entered the fold, but they will not make the church more complete; as their entrance will only give them the priv-ilege of enjoying the light and glory of the already perfect church. Such will not make the light brighter, nor the glory more radiant, nor will it make the laws more perfect; but is merely admitting more communicants to the already perfect plane of fellowship and communion. Should the objector ask the question whether the diminishing of the number of physical members would not alter the body as to its being complete, we answer that such is not logical in reference to the church; for since her establishment not one office has been removed, nor will there ever be, nor is there any to be added there-to. Therefore if her offices have ever been filled, now are filled, and ever will be filled, it is a complete organization, which upsets another false dream. " What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord." Again, Dagg says, " The subjects of Christ's reign are divided into two classes, the obedient and the disobedient. The obedient subjects are the same persons that compose the church universal."— P. 189. So that leaves the disobedient for those who are known by a sect register: and " they [ the disobedient] that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord."— Jer. 17: 13. On page 143 he says, " Membership in the church universal is determined by God himself the infallible judge determines the membership in . the great eeelesia ( true church), but fallible men admit to member-ship in local churches ( Baptist congregaa tions); hence a corrupt element finds entrance into local churches, and because of it they ( Baptist congregations) are not strictly homogeneous with the universal spiritual church." Here the Baptists say plainly that God manages the great eeclesia, or true church, all of whom are written in heaven. But man rules Baptist congrega-tions, and this is the reason they are corrupt, and are not homogeneous with, or of the same nature as, the- church that Christ built. The difference in the nature of the Baptist sect and the true church with which it is not homogeneous, is that the former is a car-nal construction of man, while the latter is the bride of Christ purchased by his own blood. As Baptists acknowledge that man rules their congregations, and that they are corrupt, and of a - different nature than that of the church of God, may God help all honest souls to see the enormous sin of supporting institutions of man's corrup-tions, and enable them to come out of such confusion and abide with the " saints in CHAPTER X. CONCLUDING REMARKS. D ONEY says, " The reason Baptists do IN. not observe the ordinance of feet- wash-ing ( Jno. 13: 1- 17) is because it is not essen-tial to salvation." He said, " We must have salvation before joining, but believe it in God's order to unite with our church." When asked whether he believed he would get to heaven without doing what he knew he ought to do, he said, " No." The Lord says we " ought to wash one another's feet," and gives us a positive command to come out from among the disobedient unbelievers, ands be separate. 2 Cor. 6: 14- 17. But they put " darkness for light and light for darkness;" doing what God positively forbids, and leaving undone what he says we ought to do. When referred. to the command. of the Lord. in Rom. 16: 16; 1 Cor. 16: 20; 2 Cor. 13: 12; i Them. 5: 26; 1 Pet. 5: 14, and reprimanded for his filthiness of tobacco using, Roney said,- " I would. just as soon use tobacco as to have this kissing in mine ;" and his ministerial brethren shouted, " Amen, amen." By this we un-derstood that Baptists would just as soon use the " filthy weed" as to keep God's holy word, and' they give correct testimony again. Flee From Confusion. BY J. G. ANDERSON. i_ iod's sheep have been scattered away on the moun-tains In Antarctic regions th, y're hungry and cold; Their pastors have caused them to leave the pure foun-tains, But Jesus is calling, " Come back to the fold." " My people," he said, " have forgotten their places," And they weep when they think of the days that are gone; Thev hang up their harps and they cover their faces, When asked by their captors to sing them a song. The people in Babylon now welear singing, " We're marching to Zion," which cannot be right; - For those who to Jesus for refuge are clinghig, Are now on Mt. Zion, in this evening light. When the seven last thunders ha- 4 uttered their warn-ing, And the angel of God stands on sea and on land, And sweareth by Him who is star of the morning, That time on this earth has now come to an end, Then these in confusion who long have been sleeping, And dreaming of eating and drinking as well, Shall awake at this warning, lamenting and weeping, With, " Depart," as the sentence, " to the regions of hell." naturallife. But that any one who lived before Christ enjoyed- the sweet spiritual life in this world, enjoyed by us in New Testament spiritual birth, there is not a text of scripture to prove. How full of meaning, therefore, the announcement of our Savior, " I am come that they might have life." Jno. 10: 10. And also the declaration of Paul concerning Christ, " Who bath abolished death, and bath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel."- 2 Tim. 1: 10. To enable the reader to see more clearly the consistency in the position we maintain, that those who have been- redeemed by the precious blood of Christ can live free from committing sin in this present world, we will cite some clear and unmistakeable dec-larations of inspiration. " Whosoever is born of God cloth not com-mit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God." 1 . J 3 : 9. - " We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toncheth him not."- 1 Jno. 5: 18. Here we have two plain statements that whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin.- Surely, no further proof is needed to show that New Testament saints can and. do live free from committing sin. that or THE G- OSPRT • TRUMPET consideration of these solemn engage, rents will help you to sustain the loss 0. t your little ones; especially will it arouse'.• you to fervent prayer that they may boi gin to serve God here, and in eternity to the praise and glory of his rich grace. Baptists' teach that Christ is the personal corner- stone and literal head of the church, when contending that the church was perfected before Pentecost. Roney asked, " How could the church be com-pleted when Christ the personal corner-stone and literal head was in heaven? With-out these. a church could not exist." We answer, " If a church could not exist with-out these, when Christ the personal founda-tion and literal head ascended to heaven the Missionary Baptist Church was left with-out foundation or head, and such a struc-ture is this institution of man." Failing to bring any word to his support, Roney resorted to a little pleasantry in his last affirmative, as follows, " Brethren, be-hold that great ship on the wide sea of time, with her banners unfurled; bearing into yonder port? That is the Methodist ship. Behold another great vessel, even newer than the first, with her variegated colors, by the side of the former; that is the Presbyterian ship. Behold again. I see a third vessel: her banners may be somewhat worn from long use, but she has stood the storm for ages and ages, and will soon anchor in yonder port. That vessel is the old ship of Zion, or the Missionary Bap-tist Church. But behold in the distance we see a little speck, it comes nearer, it is a little tug, snorting and puffing away. I; seems that it will soon sink or blow up; 1 know not which. That little tug is this church- of- God institution." Thanks to the Baptists for the acknowl-edgment that the church of God is at work, insomuch that it is attracting the notice of all around. As perhaps all know, the tug is made specifically for the purpose of tow-ing objects into the harbor and ports or running vessels ashore when they are help-less. The Baptists have become helpless, stranded upon the sandy foundations in the sea of confusion; and by this tug, or word of God, we rcaeh the old hull, making a way of escape for all on board who will flee to the great Rock of eternal ages, leaving the old wreck to decay with the sinful de-bris that has accumulated during the reign of sectism, but must now perish by the fire of eternal judgment. This tug is working energetically to pull these stranded vessels Bible Humility. BY J. W. BYERS. ( Continued from last issue.) 1 Pet. 3: 12. This makes life delightful; for it is one of continual Communion and harmony with God. Many a dear child of God has had seasons of such a blissful life in the past, but per-haps this perfect communion has gradually become less perfect, and the voice of God that had been so distinct and clear has grown indistinct and dim; and yet there bas been a loss to know just what has caused this. In many eases this condition is brought on through a lack of humility. By a careful self- examination there will be found a time or place in . the past, where there was a glance or look upol something else than the perfect will of God; and in-stead of an immediate turning away from it, ' the soul has taken counsel with itself and thereby lost the perfect communion. There are many little things that can come in our way, which must be at once ignored, else they will surely prove to our hurt in this respect. The same is true with reference to additional light that comes to us through the word of God. The per-fect communion can only be maintained by an immediate obedience And measuring up to every ray of light - as it flashes upon us, humbling ourselves under the mighty hand of God. This is where the glorious har-mony will continue to increase • M1 the riches of God's grace continue to flow in an unbroken stream, until our life becomes like a watered garden, bearing bountifully the delightful fruits of the Spirit. The humble soul that learns how to let God have his own way in everything, will reach the blessed state of harmony where God will let him have his way in everything. God will honor him who loses his own hon-or under the mighty hand of God; not with the vain honor of this world, but with that which is from heaven. " He giveth grace to the humble," and everything in the con-text warrants us in the assertion that the more humility the more grace. The proud have no promise but utter resistance. The humble have all the grace. No wonder there is such a barrenness of the grace of God in the professing religious world. In sectism, everywhere, the cry is heard from such as have yet a spark of life remaining, " We need an old- fashioned re-thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbl y with thy God?"— Mic. 6 : 8. The Hebrew rendering of this last sentence reads: " humble threll to walk with thy God." We have the same admo-nition from the apostles dames and Peter. "- Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."— Jas. 4: 10. " Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time."- 1 Pet. 5: 6. This implies implicit obedience to all the requirements of God— a perfect agreement with him. There is a striking difference between the omnipotent sovereignty of God and humility. A walk with God at once suggests an exalted and lofty position, quite opposite • from one of humiliation. But this is all clear when we see that humil-iation is the requirement neces,: ary for exal-tation. It is a sinking before a rising. A htunitation of all that pertains to self, that there may be in us the exaltation of God in all his perfect will. This is what exalts us. It is God working " in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure." This is the most exalted and honored position that redeemed mortals on earth could ever desire. Enoch must have enjoyed a life similar in many respects to this; for he had this tes-timony, that he pleased God. He humbled himself to walk with his God. His exal-tation was so great and his walk so perfect and the harmony so complete, that it would seem that God could not do without him, and " took him." A wonderful exal-tation, and yet no greater in the part of his life on earth with God than ours should be. All this divine requirement is for our high-est good. It is also a most reasonable de-mand. Every earthly king demands as much of his subjects. Who could reasonably expect a promoted position for life with a king, without a complete submission to all his sovereign will? Thus we through true humility may rise into the glorious life in-terests with God. A few more scriptures will emphasise this thought, that humility precedes honor. " The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility." — Prov. 15: 33. " Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is huinilty."— Prov. 18: 12. " By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and. honor, and life."— Prov. 22: 4. " A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit." — Prove 29 : 23. upon his family, by his counsel, and by the respect he manifests for the feeling' and ooppiinniions of the motehaerrly instruction other of his eh% an o dren, and often, by the direct exercise of his authority. and discipline are necessarily the peculiar work of the mother. It is her steady and gentle influence, and daily i- nstrue. tions which fall from her lips, that are to mold the infant mind, and give a direc-tion to the character. Many parents defeat their cve_ designs by delaying to bring their children under . subjection, until their wills have become obstinate and their passions strong, and by frequent- practice, they have learned to govern rather than obey, This arises in part from an idea that children do not know what is required of them, until at least a year or two old; and in part from a secret dread, of which perhaps the parent is scarcely conscious, of beginning this contest for supremacy. This is a radical error, and the frequent cause of habitual disobedience and open rebellion in succeeding years. THE USE OF THE ROD. I would be the last to recommend the use of the rod upon an infant; but there are few children, of eight or ten months old, who do not sometimes attempt to procure the gratification of their wishes by passionate crying or obstinate perse-verance. If you would have them un-derstand, in the very outset, that yon are to govern, never give them the de-sired object until they have become quiet. Severity of manner is unnecessary and would be unkind; you have onl y voursal to be tranquil, and your child will soon be-come so. You may think yourself a favored mother, if before your little ones have attained the age of eighteen months, you are not compelled to subdue them by the gentle use of the rod. At this period they are incapable of being influenced by reason, and yet they have sufficient intelligence to be determined in their own way. If they are indulged in this determination, because they are too young to be reasoned with, their resolution will soon acquire a degree o strength which neither the force of reason nor the Use of the rod can easily conquer. I know Christian parents will seek to be directed by God's word, and it teaches, " He that spareth the rod hateth his son, but he that loveth him, chasteneth him betimes." Of course the parent's heart shrinks from this trial, and there is a real conflict between tender maternal feelings and a deep value of dduuttyy, as you , va under e the such Buwell- bteing o f your child, and your own future happiness, never yield when you have once attempt-ed to produce an obedient spirit. Lift up your heart to him who giveth power to the faint, and then go forward with quiet firmness. You will succeed: you will have the pleasure of seeing the re-bellious spirit followed by gentleness and affectionate obedience. There is a great difference in the dis are- position of children, and those who naturally gentle, may never need. to be cor-rected a second time for the same offense, W bile others, of a quick temper, may oblige you to resort to it, painful as it is, a gar and again. Should this be the case, do not be discouraged. Prevent whenever it is possible, the excitement of self-will; but if it be excited, never yield t° it. If you are careful, by steadiness and consistenc y, not to lose what you ' lave gained, your children will learn to praetice self- government; and, probably; light. May God enable all honest souls to escape their awful doom. Dear reader, the bright day of glory is coming into view. The judge of the quick and dead is soon to be faced. The word of God. that is forever settled in heaven will soon confront us. Therefore let us forsake sectism, or churches of man's make, and abide in the presence of God, identified with him and all the pure in heart, and as one great army march forth against the forces of the enemy of souls; and victory will be for God, and glory for those we may lead into the heavenly way. With holy love to all, I remain yours all on the gospel altar. Amen. PROMISES TO THE HUMBLE. 44 ORD, thou hast heard the desire of 1— ■ the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear." — I's. 10: 17. " My soul shall make her boast in the Lord the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad."— Ps. 34: 2. " A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit." — Prov. 29: 23. " For God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble."- 1 Pet. 5: 5. " But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giv-eth grace unto the humble."— Jas. 4: 6. " And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble him_ self shall be exalted."— Matt. 23: 12. The advantage of a life of humility is herein plainly set forth. The rich bless-ings and deep things of the secrets of the Lord cannot be found anywhere else. It is here where God prepares the heart to respond. to every whisper of his will, and plants his own holy desires there so he can ever incline his ear to the whispers of that heart. This is a blessed life. The ear of the humble soul is always open to the voice of God, and the ear of God is always open to the prayers and whispers of that soul. rival." The cause of this is, " God resist-eth the proud." Grace and pride can never dwell together. They are as opposite as day and night. Humility always precedes grace, and the two are inseparable. Pride and sin are alike in harmony with each other. 0 beloved, let us seek deeper humility. May it so illuminate our lives that we may shine like a brilliant star in the midst of this dark, vain world of pride, pomp, and show. May the exceeding riches of grace, through the necessary channel of Bible hu-mility, become so manifest in the church of God that she may be indeed a crown of glory, and a royal diadem in his hand. " GOD DWELLS WITH THE HU3IBLE. " " For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, * hose name is holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and hum-ble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite."— Isa. 57: 15. Wonderful grace! that almighty God, whom the heavens cannot contain, would take up his abode in the heart of him who has humbled himself under that mighty hand! Who would imagine an unclean thing in God's dwelling- place in heaven? The holy God will have a holy dwelling-place, whether in heaven or in earth.: His earthly abode, our hearts, must correspond with heaven; the dwelling- place with its occupant. For this purpose God has given us the perfect revelation of his holy will— to instruct us in the complete preparation for his incoming and indwelling. This in-structs us in every possible respect, even to the outward adornment of our bodies, which altogether, if faithfully observed, will obtain all the promised graces of his pres-ence. He promises in this text to dwell with him who is of an humble spirit, and also to revive the spirit of the humble. Is not this glorious? A continual revival It must be so. His dwelling- place must necessarily correspond with himself with respect to life. The God- life is there, and the spirit of the humble receives continual sustenance. -, HUMILITY A REASONABLE REQUIREMENT. " He hath showed thee, 0 man, what is good; and what cloth the Lord require of Duty of Parents. BY 11' A YMIE MARTIN. D EAR parents, to train up your chil-dren for heaven is a wonderful work the great God has assigned to you; and he will hold you responsible if you neg-lect this duty. I pray God to awaken you OD this point; and, beloved, as you see this great responsibility do not be discouraged or faint- hearted. While it is true that this is a great responsibility you cannot measure to without the help of your God, he is a present help in time of need, and you can do all things through him who strengthens you. Now, dear ones, this training requires the highest degree of diligence, the most solicitous watchfulness, and a spirit of wisdom, and fervor in prayer which none but God can give. May your , minds ever be awed with the consideration of tile final result of duty faithfully per ormn eti. or heedlessly neglected. Are you aware, dear mothers, of the high trust reposed in, you, when you receive into your arms your new- born infant? Ah. Geld help you to know that lie in his word commands you to train that precious little soul for heaven. Then, dear pa-rents, choose God as the Father of your children, Jesus Christ for their Savior; choose a treasure in heaven for their riches, the. service of Christ for their em-ployment, and the honor of being chil-dren of God as their highest distinction. You should engage by the assistance of his grace, submissively to receive every afflictive dispensation of his providence respecting them; and, if he should call them, to say, " Thou bast taken thine own— Thy will be done." A frequent in Christ Jesus. The affectionate husband and judicial* father, will afford most efficient aid the general influence of his character at length become habitually - obedient. Were I to try to enumerate the motives for thus early subduing the waywardness of children, I should find myself at a loss. Their happiness and usefulness, every day and hour, depend upon it. When I see devout Christians perpetually subject-ed to trials, which originate in faults produced in them by early indulgence, and I see the hand of God chastening them for these faults, that they may be partakers of his holiness, I pray God to help parents_ to see that they may save their children from many of these trials, by early subjecting them to the salutary discipline of parental authority. PARENTS MUST AGREE. The opinion of parents on this subject should be united, and their government so perfectly blended that the will of the one shall ever be seen to be the will of the other also; so that, when reproved or corrected by the father, the child will not expect sympathy from the mother, or if by the mother, will not think of ap-pealing to the father. If in any instance. however small, there is a difference of views between parents, with respect to the children, the mother should yield her opinion and act with the father, and afterward, in the absence of the children, seek union of sentiment upon the point in question. I can scarcely believe that there ever was a child who could not be made submissive to the wise decision of united parents. But, for the want of union in opinion and practice, many a family is ruined, both for this life and that which is to come; many a husband and wife are permanently alienated; and the home which might have beta happy, is converted into the abode of discord and misery. It is expedient to make but few rules, lest you stHaild be frequently obliged to pass the violation of them unnotieed, or I to administer reproof so often as to hard-en the feeli ngs and render admonition ineffectual. Children are incapable of retaining a great number of rules; they are heedless, and must remain so, until by observati( m and experience they have acquired some knowledge of what is ex-pected of them. It, is of far greater im-portance than is generally supposed, that the language used in our intercourse with children should be perfectly intelligible to them. HELP FOR DIFFICULTIES. The difficulties attendant upon the gov-ernment of children are great, and of frequent occurrence; but the greatest of all is the difficulty of ruling one's own spirit. lIow often is a mother, amidst her numerous and pressing cares, so dis-turbed in her feelings, that although she be not really ill- humored, she has lost that mildness of demeanor by which she was wont to quiet the restless spirits of her chillren. But I believe, my dear friends, nothing will act so perfectly and produce such an effect upon your little ones, even when they are not more than two or three years old, as that self- pos-session on your part, which is the result of communion with God. When you find yourself assailed by many perplexities and the follies of your children, so that you are tempted to speak unkindly, flee to the closet, and implore the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, the patience and gentleness of Christ; and if you do not immediately obtain that tranquility which you seek, go again and again. God hears prayer, and blessed be his name, he giveth wisdom liberally to them that . ask him, and upbraideth not. GO then to him, and you will learn - 1. y sweet experience that _ the soul that is filled with spiritual peace, can quietly endure the little adversities of life. Should - yeti early succeed in training your children to habits of prompt and cheerful Obedience, you will still -. find that many evils remain to be vanquished. It is a huniiliating truth, that all children possess a fallen nature, and with this you will have to contend at every step in their education: While they are greatly endeared to you by their winning ways and loving traits - of character, - you are painfully compelled to see that they. early go astray from God, " speaking lies." - Probably there are few parents who have escaped the agony of knowing, for the first time, that a beloved child has uttered a deliberate falsehood. The. disposition to deceive exhibits itself in a variety of forms in children, and it should be carefully watched, and . stead-fly resisted. So far as you can with safety, confide in their veracity; and let them see that you honor, uprightness and truth and hate deceit.- PROPER EXAMPLES. Our example should be blameless in this respect, for children are frequently led into this practice of deception by the want of sincerity and integrity in those around them. These little creatures early learn to imitate the ways of others, and, with surprising vigilance and accu-rady do they detect inconsistencies be-. tween language and conduct. It is to be regretted that children are often driven to false representations in their own favor by the exercise of too great severity toward their faults. With Lender regard for their feelings, we should avoid a harsh course of conduct toward them. The child who fears to tell the truth, lest he should meet with unkind treatment, is indeed to be pitied. Ile careful, dear ones, when your children are in fault, especially if you are wholly, or in part, unacquainted with the cir-emnatances, to encourage them by your mildness, to tell you the whole affair, hidding them recollect exactly how it took place. Regrind them that God, who knows all things, will know whether they speak the truth and will be greatly : lispleased if they say what is false. If, ifter all your care, they will not ac-knowledge the trnth, parental fidelity re-quires you to punish them. Let your conduct on these occasions be such. as to make a deep impression upon the heart of your child. You should talk to him alone, and with affectionate solemnity tell him the dreadful nature of the sin he has committed. Repeat to him those passages of scripture in which God has expressed his displeasure against the sin of lying. Tell him about Anna-nias and Sapphira. Entreat him, if he wishes to be happy here and to gaonIe live with God and. all the good in heaven, to repent and beg God to forgive him and keep him from doing so any more. After this, pray with him, care-fully adapting your petition to his case, and your language to his understanding. Possibly the solemnity of these instruc- I Lions and admonitions may produce that I tender contrition and abhorrence of his crime, which will furnish a high degree In assurance that it will not be repeated. If so, and if this be the first offense of the kind, it will lie safe to Ilmit the use of more severe means. Otherwise tell him God requires you to punish him, and you must obey. and blesses his own word, and if you would more fre-quently avail yourselves of its authority, and. of the influences of prayer upon the little ones, you should be happier pa-rents, and. they would be beater and hr, p-pier children. Parents should be careful to teach their children kindness and gentleness toward each other, and not allow them to tease, or snatch one anther's playthings. And another thing I think parents should be very careful about, and that is to teach their children to respect old people. My heart has been made sad by hearing children speak of old people, and even their own parents; as " old fools," or " the old nia- n." Dear ones, you are to blame. May God help you to bring up your children to love and obey you; and they Will respect you. Teach them to be polite and- courteous- to -• every one. The Bible teaches us to be courteous, and honor to prefer one another; so parents should set the ox041: 1 and teach this to. their . children. If we are true Christians, our first wish for our chils dren will he, that they may early be brought into the fold of the great Shep-herd; and there be shielded from those enemies of the soul, by which so many youth are fatally enticed. A MOTHER'S DUTY. Oh, if there is anything which should constrain us at early dawn, when sur-ronnded - with midday cares, at evening hours, yes, and in the watches of the night, to enter into the closet; if there is anything which should lead us to God with a fervor of prayer surpassing that with which we plead for our own'soulsa it is the early conversion of our children. One of the most delightful offices of a mother is that of leading the minds of her little children up to God, as the Father. Early should they be taught that he takes care of them every day, and keeps them safely every night; that he knows when they are sick, and pities them; that it is he that heals them, and gives them kind parents to love and watch over them. As soon as they are. old enough they should be taught short prayers, such as they will perfectly un-derstand, and be encouraged to offer some one of them, morning and evening. And often at these times will the heart of the loving mother be gladdened by the intelligent inquiries of her little ones about the great God. They should often be told that God loves to have them be good, and is displeased when they do wickedly; this will make an im-pression upon their minds. Improve the opportunity, when they have been guilty of misconduet, to tell them that their little heart is sinful, and they can never he really good until God gives them a new one. Tell them every-body had a bad heart at first, but God says in his word that he will take away the bad heart and give them a good heart, one that will love and obey him. They should be persuaded to go alone and confess their sins, and ask their heavenly Father to make them better. The frequent reference to their sins and troubles will powerfully tend to teach them that happiness is inseparable front love and obedience to God. It will - ale them feel the importance of prayer, and prepare them to understand their need of a Savior. BIBLE STORIES. I know of no way in which we can so effectually impart to children a knowl-edge of God and their duty, as by instruct-ing them in the history and precepts of the Bible. Little ones like to hear stories, and with none (- it seems to me) they would be so much delighted, as those relating to God and his wonderful goodness and severity. You should avail yourselves of this desire, to pour divine knowledge into their tender minds and us open to them the fountain of reli-gious truth. Dear ones, if you perform this duty with fidelity, you will be abun-dantly rewarded at every step. Oh, I know God will bless you and your chil-dren. The story of Moses, concealed by his anxious mother by the side of the river, exposed to be devoured by crocodiles, discovered and adopted by the king's daughter, and nursed by his own mother, will awaken deep interest. After they have become familiar with these circum-stances tell them of his progress in learn-ing, and that he became a pious man, and God employed him to do a great deal of good.- Perhaps they will inquire where lie is now: and when you have told them that he is in heaven, and that all good people will go there, it will be ti = ell - to add, that if they love and obey their heavenly Father they will go there too. God's displeasure- with the wicked and kind care of the good, - may be illustrated by the history of the deluge, and the story of Joseph and his brethren. The sad effects of anger and ill- will max exhibited by the story of Cain and Al! and the manner in which one sin les to another, should be pointed out et Cain's answer, when inquired of by Goki concerning his brother. It is very im-portant to communicate these histories in a gradual manner, malting them perfectly familiar with one, before taking up an-other. You should be careful to use simple language, such as they can readily understand. If your language is above their comprehension, it will give them a distaste for religious instruction, ' and thereby deprive you of the means of ac-cess to their minds, and thus of the op-portunity of doing them good. The story of Samuel will delight the children. As you tell it to them, point out the condescension of our heavenly Father, in speaking to a little boy. On some occasion when you are obliged to correct them, tell them of the troubles which were sent upon Eli and his sons, because of his unfaithfulness to them, and their disobedience to him, and thus show them that you will displease God by indulging them in misconduct. Tell them of Daniel's courageous per-severance in the service of God, and his preservation from the fury of the lions. And here again, the love and care of our gracious Father ' toward such as obey and trust him may be impressed upon their minds. The sad consequence of disobedience to God cannot be more clearly portrayed ,. hag in the history of Jonah, and many more by which the minds of the children may be enriched with divine knowledge. TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. It is of great importance that our chil-dren have just views of our blessed Sav-ior. The happiest consequences may re-sult from a pre per exhibition of his char-acter and works, and a judicious inculca-tion of his instructions. Let me say to you that you will never communicate the knowledge of him so suitably and with such happy effect as when your own soul is filled with his Spirit. Learn of him who was meek and lowly in heart, and whose meat and drink it was to de the will of his Father, and you can scarcely foil to produce in your children reverence for his character, and respect for his precepts. Endeavor to impress them deeply with a sense of his wonderful condescension and. love, in laying aside the glory which he had with the Father before the world was, and assuming our nature, that we might be redeemed from destruc-tion: Tell them of his humble birth, his life of sorrows, of his crucifixion, res-urrection, and ascension into heaven. Tell them of his tender sympathy for the afflicted, of the wonderful miracles which he wrought, the attention he paid to little children, his forbearance toward the wicked, his forgiveness of his enemies, his meek endurance of suffering in the garden and on the cross, how his very life was made up of acts of love and kindness. Tell them that sin was the cause of all his humiliation and suffering, and seek to make them - understand the necessity of repentance, of love to Christ, and trust in him, in order to be • saved. After talking to them, pray with them, confessing their faults, and affectionately commend them to the mercy of this kind Savior. It may be thought that I do not sufficiently recognize the work of the Holy Spirit in saving the soul, and that too much efficacy is attributed to religious in-struction. I answer, We do not look for the rewards of industry without its toils, nor the harvest without having cast in • the seed and cultivated the soil; and we are taught in the scriptures that God does not - commonly save souls without means. He also- says in his word to train a child in the way it should go, and when it is old it will not depart from it. ( Confirmed on eighth page.) • THE GOSPEL TRUMPET Explain Matt. 3: i0—" And now also the ax is lai d unto the root of the trees; therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." The trees are men. The root is the heart. The fruit is the life and deeds. The ax is the word of God. All who will not meet the conditions of the word of God shall be condemned. j. MARRIED WOMEN IN EVANGELISTIC WORK. Dear Bro. Schell: Do you believe married women are in the order of the Lord when they are in the gospel field? If so, explain Tim. 5- 14. B. F. F. The text you cite says, " I will there-fore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none oc-casion to the adversary to speak reproach-fully." This truly sets forth the real work of the married woman; namely, that of a housekeeper; and if this were all the Bible said about women, we should certainly decide that no married woman could travel in the work of the Lord, in the Lord's order. But we must not lose sight of the fact that in Christ Jesus there is neither male nor female, and God sometimes calls married women into the work as ministers, helpers, etc., in which case they arereleased from their work as a housekeeper just as a man is released from " working with his hands," the thing which God commands him, when he is called into the ministry. But married women should never go into the work simply because their hus-bands are ministers. In such a case they would hinder rather than increase their husband's usefulness. Neither should a woman having a family of small children, go into the work until a suitable home has been provided for her family. But when they have a real call from God into the work, and God has fully opened the way for them. to obey their call, let them alone. Married women in apostolic times traveled in the work. Priscilla traveled with her husband Aquila in the work. They were the companions of Paul. Acts 18: 18. It is also very evi-dent that the wives of Peter, the brethren of the Lord, and other apostolic minis-ters, traveled with their husbands in the work. 1 Cor. 9: 5. W . G. S. E. E. BYRUM, Editor. E. E. BYRUM and N. H. BYRUM, Publishers. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, Sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the Unity of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pf. Business Communications, moneys, etc., must be addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., GRAND JUNCTION, MICH. to insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsible. • Editorial. Grand Junction, Mich. camp meeting, June 10- 19. The date on the label of your paper shows the time that your subscription expires, and not the time that your sub-scription begins. We now have* a good supply of Divine Healing Calendars. The proceeds for the sale of fifty of them is to go to help the work in India. In writing business letters and testi-monies never mix the two together, but write all business on a separate sheet. W e will thereby be saved much inconve-nience. Hungering and Thirsting. pEALIZING that there are elements ". within the heart * which hinder the spiritual progress and advancement, as the prayer ascends earnestly imploring divine aid, there comes a hungering and thirsting for something more. And those who have not yet learned what God has in store for them, are at a loss to know just what it is for which the soul is thirsting. It is for righteousness and true holiness, or heart purity. " Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."— Matt. 5: 6. But before this filling takes place there must first be an emptying out of self, and all else that is not in harmony with God; there must a real purging take place, as Jesus says: " Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit."— ino. 15: 2. Then is the soul made " clean through the Word, " which the Lord hath spoken. For past centuries the Bible standard of truth has not been lifted up as it should, and people generally have known but little about their privileges in the gospel, because they have listened to the preachers and taken their advice instead of the advice of the Lord, as given in his word. However, some have broken loose from the traditions of men and launched out into deeper things of God's truth, and obtained an experience where-in the soul delighteth itself in fatness with a constant staisfying portion of his love. It has been universally heralded from the pulpit that such an experience can-not be obtained in, this life, and that a person cannot have a perfect salvation until the time comes to cross over the river of death, and then the dying grace would be given; and when the other side of the river was reached the perfect state of salvation would be attained. Sonic time ago we heard of a lady whose creed taught such a doctrine, and when she was drawing near the hour of death, she realized that she had not the expe-rience desired to face death. She was in-structed to seek for dying grace, which She did, and when her consecration was Did God make sin? No. Sin came into the world through transgression of Adam in Eden. " Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.' 5: 12. Explain Titus 2: 11—" For the grace of God lint bringeth salvation bath appeared unto ail men." The grace of God appeared when Jesus came preaching the gospel of the king-dom and healing all manner of sicknesses, and all manner of disease among - the people. It was continued by the apostles in both commissions— the one before the death and resurrection of Christ, the other afterand will continue to be preached until the close of this dispensa-tion, and the end of the world. This dispensation may scripturally be called the dispensation of grace, in comparison with the dispensation of the law. " For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus 1: 1T. Grace teaches us that, " denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world."— Tit. 2: 12. Imioor; tify a nd deeds of the body, we sh, " and by walking in the Spirit 11. condemnation, and are free to hwaovreshinpo For he is seeking such to worship hira. in Spirit and in truth. ness we take God What a blessed live, life if of we godliness only and e boll. may to Father's commandments. Ile has promised to give us all things freely with the gift of his Son. He can easily intrust to us the key to his store. house, if we live in his Spirit. He knows we will not ask of ourselves but let hen dictate for us. We oftn odo not how what is for good; so we ask him, and lie tells us through our own. prayers by his Spirit. We yield to him and he : gener. ates the prayer, and we assent: lo it and thank him for revealing his will to as. How often in our Christian experience have we waited on him and he revealed himself to us, or his will, and it was far above what we would have ventured to ask. Yet he gave us the assurance it was according to his will, and gave us the faith to ask and receive it. How did he give us the faith? Because our hearts did not condemn us, and we were enabled to ask and receive because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. In this same condition, he is " able to do ex-ceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us." By ms power working in us, and we living and walking in the Spirit, he can intrust to us the things of his kingdom, knowing that we will no' consume them on our pleasures, but use them to his honk: and glor y , and for the promotion of his cause and kingdom. By living near him and constantly yielded to him he can make known his will to us. How often before a need came to our sight, has the Holy Spirit sent in the pe-tition to the throne, even unaware to us; for by the time we saw or felt the need, the answer was there. This is why it is so necessary for us to _ wait on the Lord and listen very intently to his mind, that he may at any tune put his hand on us, and we respond immediately. There may be some of his children Jn distress or need, and he puts the spirit of inter-cession on us, and shows us to hold them up in prayer until the temptation is end-ed. This is all the work of the Spirit, and though we are often unconscious as to the extent of the need, yet we feel the Spirit of intercession on us. Then let us live in the Spirit, that he may use us as his channel through which he may pour out blessings to others— like the two golden pipes Zechariah speaks of, the oil flowing from God through us to others. Let it flow and let us listen. Some missionary in the dark fields may be petitioning the throne for help. Who is listening? Who hears? Who responds? While they may lie calling, are our hearts so open to his call that we hear and say, Yes, Lord? Some one may feel called to some poor, neglected, hard field, and he cries for means to go. The cry is heard, and Father says to some of us, Send. Do we hear and re-spond? If we fail, to whose charge is that neglected field? Some need y field calls for workers. The message is sent to one, and he chooses his own field, and so hinders the work; or refuses to go at all, and so fails to gather that fruit. 1 > r s• o • me one called to send another, goes himself, and so fails to abide in the call-ing wherein he is called of God. Oh, the necessity of living in the Spirit, that GoIat'si s phl iasnisullntohtatthww_ ea responfnfeicttoTthien esg, raanpdh he nseet. onedill tvV- Viete : soh: 0111; 1h:: capoentiiineteir: tion between him and us be like been. heatitifiillY demonstrated thoasnosftitetn Dirt life Of faith• Many, many times has the atigiiitr before we called. Many times, toe, had the blessed Spirit so planned it all oft that oJ' thi et ino h-, tv e t sha w zttliites Itneered was sit; Praying in The Holy Ghost. BY JENNIE M. BYERS. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. Grand Junction, Mich., Fel). 24, 1898. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Entered et the Past- oftlea at Grand Jandien, Mich., as Second- class Natter. made complete the Lord accepted the sacrifice and sanctified her soul; and as she was filled with the power of God, and realized the cleansing was made com-plete, she felt that she could now depart in peace, and willingly enter the portals of glory without a doubt or fear. But the power of God also was manifest in the healing of her body, and she was made well in body also. Realizing that she had received the dying grace, and was now made well, and her creed did not believe in people having that experi-ence while living here on earth, she said to her husband: " Now, what will I . do about it?" It was so glorious she did not like to part with it. As she lived and enjoyed the experience, it was a mystery to the members of her creed, as it was not in harmony with their doc-trines and teachings. If people have liv-ing grace, up to the Bible standard of what they should enjoy, there will be no need of putting in for a greater grace in order to be ready for death when the hour comes, because the " dying grace" has already been obtained, and is the only kind that is safe to depend upon even while in the bloom of health. It is not only glorious to have when death comes, but is glorious to enjoy through the varied scenes of life. From " Secret of Salvation." Questions . Answered. What . is the meaning of Matt. 8: 22—" But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead." ? There are two kinds of dead spoken of here. The first has reference to those who are dead in trespasses and sins, or spiritually dead; the second, to those who are physically dead. There are a number of instances in scripture where the spiritually dead are spoken of, as the following will show. " Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him. that sent me, bath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live."— Jno. 5: 24, 25. " And you bath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. . . . Even when we were dead in sins, bath quickened us together with Christ, ( by grace ye are saved)."— Eph. 2: 1, 5. " Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."— Eph. 5: 14. " But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth."- 1 Tim. 5: 6. 44• TITE Spirit also helpeth our infirmi-i ties : for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." — Rom. - 8: 26. In this we see the necessity of entirely yielding to the Holy Spirit, that he may pray through us. When we once have learned to wait on God and get his mind, and so yield to the Spirit that his thought may enter us, then the Spirit can reveal w us the things of God. By this we se ' it is the work of the Holy Spirit to reveal the things of God. How blessed it is that we can so yield to God that he can through the Holy Spirit gen-erate and form the very prayer in our hearts that is in the mind of the Father, while we are so yielded to him that we just breathe out the prayer of the Holy Spirit, feeling the assent of it in our spirit that it is the mind of God. " Ile that searchet h the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints accord-ing to the will of God."— Rom. 3: 27. What a sure and blessed guide we have, that we may not mistake the will of the Father. Where we may often make the mistake is in not being perfect-ly yielded to God, and then waiting to get his mind; in which case we max' take our own desires or inclinations, and so fail to know and do hio will. We should first see , to . it, that " the law of the spirit Of life Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death." If this is our experience, then we are not only to " live, but walk in the Spirit;" an then " if we through the Spirit do Often when we would not. be aware. of a coming need, would the Holy Spirit have the answer even come with our sense of the need. At other times, as we petitioned the throne we would at the time only get the witness ( which is always as good as the answer itself; for we know he is faithful), and the answer would come at the time of need. A sweet little instance comes to my mind, and I will relate it here. Some four years ago we were laboring hard in mission work at Los Angeles, and as I was going to meeting one damp, drizzly morning, realized my feet getting damp, as my t shoe soles were worn and thin. So I thought, " The Lord does not want me to take cold," and I just offered this simple request in my heart: ." Father, can I not have new shoes?" and I felt the assent at once, and went on, and forgot the petition entirely, until in the afternoon meeting a dear old mother in Israel took me aside and hand-ed me a piece of money, saying, " This morning as I was preparing for meeting the Lord showed me to take this and give it to you, as you were in need of it." ' Well, I praised the Lord, and saw that the Lord spoke . to her about the same time I was speaking to him. How beautifully these things correspond. The Spirit recalls another instance, when we had a little bill to meet and were looking to him for the means. NV e had all but a few dollarS, andthe evening before, when it was to be paid the next morning, the last exact amount came in and came a distance of 2000 miles, and just in time to meet the demand, and yet the donor or no one knowing our needs, but the Lord alone. Fee how the Spirit had been making into: feessions for us before the need, and yet in time for the demand to be me!. Praise his holy name! Hints About Freedom. [ all men, not sects], that I might gain the more."- 1 Cor. 9: 19. ". Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned: and avoid them."— Rora. 16: 17. " For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us."- 2 Thess. 3: 7. " Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate., saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: and I will receive you."- 2 Cor. 6: 17. News from the Field. g&- oai DOMESTIC. fs@ ele Kelate Ky., Jan. 25. The camp meeting at this place will begin the second Saturday in August. e have a large tent to hold meeting in, and desire all the saints to come and bring tents to take care of themselves, if they are able to do so. Let all who are not, come anyway, and they will be cared for. J. P. Lemons. Hawthorn, Pa., Feb. 8. We are glad to report victory. We are now located for a time at this place, and have begun a meeting at Truitts-burg about three miles from here. Bro. Barr has given us three rooms and we are boarding ourselves. We expect to be in these parts for some time and will answer calls for meeting as far as possible. Any of the brethren coming this way stop with us a few days. Address us as above. A. T. Rowe. Cameron, Kans., Feb. 8. We are here with Bro. and Sister Her-ington working in meetings. We have meeting at two different points, one at Bro. Christon's schoolhouse, five - miles south of Cameron, Kans., in Oklahoma; and the other at the Young schoolhouse, eight miles south of Cameron. The dear Lord is blessing our souls. Praise his dear name! The people seem to be real attentive to the truth. Much prejudice is being broken. Some souls are being benefited. W. T. Howe. Children's Home, Grand Junction, Mich., Feb. IL-I feel like penning a few lines this morning in regard to the Children's Home. We are all well, with few excep-tions. As to our needs in the Home, we can use corn, wheat, meat, and clothes, and in fact anything you can use in your homes. The men working outside cut-ting wood for the Home need clothing and footwear. By the time this reaches you the last of our wheat will be gone. We write this to stir up your pure minds and put you in remembrance of these things, and pray that - God may direct you in both faith and works. J. L. Pike. Note.— In behalf of the Children's Home we feel to praise the Lord for his goodness to us, and also feel to thank the dear ones who have contributed to its support, and we trust God and the saints at large for what is to come. A. B. Palmer. - Woodburn, Ore., Feb. 7. The meeting at Yankton was a real success for God_ The Spirit of God rested upon the meetings in power and glory from the first. The roads were not too muddy, nor the hills too high, nor the weather too rainy and damp for the people to come, who came out from all directions, and some who had not been out before to any kind of meeting for years, were present to hear the glorious gospel of the Son of God. Conviction rested upon the people. In this meet-ing some sought the Lord with all their hearts, and obtained a definite experience both in justification and in entire sancti-fication. There were a few cases of heal-ing, which truly glorified God. Our 4a3e- FORF, IGN eQC- it4 3 Bow Bazar St., Calcutta; Jan. 13, 1393. E. E. Byrum, Grand Junction, Mich. My dearly beloved brother:— The long expected and eagerly awaited box reached us after all, to our great delight. Oh, how delightful was the appearance of the box coming as it did, from our dearly beloved brethren in such a distant land! The transport of joy was all the more intense, because of the suspense that preceded it on account of the long and protracted delay in the transit. We have not had such a: time of great rejoic-ing— the arrival of your photos excepted — for a long while. Oh, I cannot really tell you how much glad I was to receive your photos I had been craving to get for a long time. Praise the Lord for this wonderful love that we have for
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