| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 1443 PC \\\ II/// A/ CT/ TIC: ATI 0 ', etAhnedr hhies sehleacllt sfreonmd hthise afonugre lws iwnditsh, afr ogmre aotn seo uenndd ooff ha eTarvuemn pet, and they shall gather to- to thF, other. Mat. 24f31. So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have •• " • 7? 9. a. A4f19 Thr The Mission Field. Don't forget the thousand workers Who shall go as Christ commands, To set free from Satan's thraldom His own fair and waiting lands. Now the doors are standing open, Christians! . who will enter in, And with Christ's own mighty weapons Storm the citadel of sin? Let our watchward be " Go forward," Let us rally round the cross, . And with tried and trusted weapons Let us fear no pain nor loss; For be sure the God who sends us, Will be with us all the while, And when hard the work, and toilsome, He will cheer us with his smile. Who will go to India's peoples, Where idolatry is rife? Who to China's starving millions Hasten with the Bread of life? And in lands of " Darkest Africa," Where the martyrs' blood was shed, Who will tell of peace and pardon, And avenge the faithful dead? And to islands of the ocean, Shrouded still in darkest night, Who will take the Gospel message? They are waiting for the Light May a wave of God's great Spirit Sweep in power across our land, And impel the hearts of many To obey Christ's last command.— Sel. " Lo d What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?" VOLUME XIX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U S. A., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1899. NUMBER 46 Going to Foreign Fields. BY MATTIE A. SCOTT. H AVE we, who are consecrated to do whatever God would have us do, the habit of asking him this question in regard to the little acts of our daily lives which make up their grand sum total? Undoubtedly he would like to have us do this. Whenever we are in doubt in regard to any action, if we stop and prayerfully ask, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?"— ask with a heart that knows no will but his— and then follow his bidding, we shall be able to do all things to his glory. How differ-ently would many things be determined if thus submitted to our Lord; and how well- pleasing in his sight would our lives soon become! " Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus," to guide every thought and feeling and decide every action; and then it will be possible that " ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth." We are commancled, to do all things to the glory of God. My dear brother, do you ever think of this when spending your means, ruining your health and Your mind, and defiling the temple of God with the filthy, poinsonous weed? Do you ever think of the pernicious ex ample you thus set before the young? Can you say to them, " Be ye followers ° f me, even as I also am of Christ"? nave you ever asked in regard to this vile, expensive habit, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" " Be not conformed to this world."— Rom. 12: 2. " Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting 011 of apparel. "- 1 Pet. 3: 3. Dear sis-ters, with these commands before us let us ask, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" in the matter of dress. When We select a dress pattern and the fash-ion- plate calls for as much to be ex-pended on trinnnings and ornaments as We have paid for necessary material, let have stop and ask, " Lord, what wilt thou ' aye me to do?" In the face of these ° Intaaands, can we doubt what he would have us do? When we hear his sacred women, and little children who are dying in hunger, cold, and nakedness without hope and without God in the world. Think of him who said, " Depart from me, ye cursed." " Verily, I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me." Do we wear these things because we think it is what the Lord would have us do? A thousand times, No; but it is for the gratification of personal vanity, or to gain admiration from those as worldly and inconsistent as ourselves; to fill with jealousy and bitterness of spirit those who can not afford like extrava-gance. It is utter folly to say we can afford these things and have a right to have them. Have we a right to any-thing which our Father has forbidden and which causes our brother to offend? Every one knows that hundreds of people are kept away from the services of the Lord's house by the rich attire of those who attend. Now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not with thy gold and costly apparel him for whom Christ died. ' Wherefore, if gold and costly apparel make my brother to offend, I will wear no gold or costly apparel while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. The parting command of our Savior was, " Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." But if our raiment must be as costly, our furniture as grand, and our food as dainty as that of our neighbors, how shall we have the means of going: Truly " ye can not serve God and mammon." " For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lusts thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever." WRITTEN BY A BOY TWELVE YEARS OF AGE. 4/ G0 ye therefore, and teach all na-tions, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have com-manded you; and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." — Matt. 28: 19, 20. I pray that all who read this may read it in the right spirit, and that God may let them understand it; also that I may write nothing but what would be to his glory. Dear friends, it means a great deal to consecrate to go to foreign fields, the sin- benighted world, among the poor heathen— it takes a real consecration. It means a great deal to leave home and go to foreign lands, and perhaps never see ' your dear father and mother again. The wife and children may find it harder than they think it is, after living in comfort and ease. Then it may be that they will have to say good- by for the last time. Tears will start to their eyes in spite of themselves, and they will cling to their own native country, as never before. But God has given us promises that he will be with us to the end, if we do not hesitate when he tells us to go and preach the Word. We should not preach anything but what he voice call our names and give us th pleading command " Feed my sheep,' shall we feed instead the lust of worldl pride? How can we have the means t feed his sheep when we are so con formed to the world that we seek afte all the things the Gentiles seek? Now it is required of stewards that a man b found faithful; so let us each count fo ourselves how much of the Lord's mone we can save by denying ourselves for hi sake in this matter; and instead of tha outward adorning, let ours be " even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." In regard to hats, we may purchase a dainty combination of floral fair and poultry show, and in a few weeks find it out of season and out of style with its delicate, unnecessary trimmings ruined by contact with the elements, and again use the Lord's silver and gold to make a similar purchase; or, we may buy a sailor of fine straw and wear it a year with perfect respectability. By applying French polish and a band of new ribbon occasionally, we may wear this until really worn out. It was stated recently by a prominent religious paper that five dollars given to home missions would save a soul. Then, my dear sisters, I implore you in the name of Christ, con-sider well before you spend what should be used in sending the gospel to dying souls, for useless things that you may be conformed to the world of fashions. " 0 consistency, thou art a jewel!" But where is the consistency when a lady bedecked with costly apparel and jewelry, the value of which would keep an evan-gelist in the field a year, stands up and reads: " Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of ' gold, or of put-ting on of apparel." " If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Was not the Spirit of Christ one of self- sacrifice— one that sacrificed all, even life itself, to the salvation of per-ishing souls? Then when we are so selfishly and so completely conformed to the world that an observer can detect no mark of self- denial, can we, dare we, claim that we have the Spirit of Christ and that we and all that we have are consecrated to him? Does not our glar-ing inconsistency falsify our words when we profess to believe that souls by thou-sands are perishing for the bread of life, all around us, while we spend for naught the means of sending divine relief to them— spend it in direct disobedience to Christ's precept, Spirit, and example? Should the watchman cry aloud that the bodies of men were perishing from fire or water and we should show the cold- hearted indifference that we do to the perishing of immortals osuol s,, would any one think that we believed. the alarm? Could they do so and think us Christlike? Nay; the world is simply reasonable to say that we do not believe what we profess. " Actions speak louder than words." Think of the thousands of dollars that are spent annually by the professed fol-lowers of the self- sacrificing Redeemer for jewelry, laces, ribbons, and other useless ornaments. Think of the men, tells us to, for in that he will bless us and keep us always. Now in the denominations of to- day, the ministers are appointed to certain circuits or stations, and they have to stay in those particular fields. God tells us to go into all the world and preach the gospel. W e must obey his commands, and that gives us a very wide field of labor to work in, and yet there are comparatively so very few to work in it. I will earnestly pray God to send more out to work in this vast vineyard to sac-rifice the whole life to his use; for he has done so much for us. He died on Calvary's cruel cross, that we might be saved and enjoy salvation. Well, perhaps you have no money to pay your way over to India or other foreign countries; but he says in his precious word, that we should ask of him, and he will supply us all we want and a great deal more. If he wants us to go, why of course he will give us money to go with, and since he will provide, trust him for all. But how, asks one, do we know for a certainty that it is the Lord's will for us to go to foreign fields? Some may go when God does not send them, and others may hold back when God does put it upon them to go. But as the poet says, " Can we tarry home for dross, While beholding such a loss? If we can, from heaven's grace we'll surely fall.', God says in his precious word, if we do not obey his commandments we can not enter nor stay in Christ's kingdom. Very few of the present Holy Ghost saints who are called to go over to for-eign countries know how to talk the for-eign language, hence what good will they be if they go to India to preach and not know how to speak in the foreign language? Why, the word of God says that- to some he will give the gift of tongues, and to some prophecy; but per-haps God will give you an interpreter to go with you over to the other side of the ocean; but if not, why not ask God for the gift of tongues, and then trust God for it and keep trusting? God will answer your prayer, and reward you for your diligent supplication. Lately in India there has been a very distressing famine, millions upon millions of lives lost and I am safe in saying their souls went down to eternal night with-out a ray of hope of salvation. I know a brother who was over there at the time and had to suffer, while he could have had comfort at home. It means much to give up home and go off to a place where misery is well known among the poor natives of India. Oh, dear brothers and sisters, we know very little. I have been told that people sleep on boards; also the dear- mothers, as loving and kind as our dear niOhers are to us, throw their dear, bayi*, into the river for the alligators to,, es4; , Itt, axsacrifice. They know no bette pr, o eor wretched Hindus, who are ignorant, bow down to gods of wood and stone, just because they know no other to worship; and they offer up their children to such gods. Oh, I pray God 0 sends some one to their help, before it istoo Wet, Sonar; Apple. may make objections;. mostk 91, iy, VAlit, A, Aafxet mentioned here- V e y r e r t 2 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET tofore; but I think I can give a few others. They say, " I have a wife [ and perhaps he has some little children] and who will take care of them if I go and leave them?" Well, I would tell him to just trust them away in Jesus' arms. Another one would say, as I have said before, " I have not one- half enough money to take me across the ocean, and no money to get me anything to eat." Well, I- know a brother who got in a worse fix than that; but the blessed Lord delivered him. Above all things you must be settled and securely grounded on the truth. " Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first, and that man , of sin be revealed, the son of perdition."- 2 Thess. 2: 3. Well, the day has come, and the falling away also; and I do pray God not to send any one or let anybody go that is not in the right spirit; for if they do, they might not preach straight, and deceive the natives. I pray the Lord to send some earnest laborers into the field. I can say I am saved, sanctified, and healed, and glori-ously kept by the power of God, and I am resigned to go to foreign fields. " Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you" ( 2 Thess. 3: 1), is my earnest prayer. What We Are to Seek For, and What Not. BY EMIL BREHM " Tv. lik., Lord. " Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near."— Isa. 55: 6. God desires and would have all nations to seek him. " That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him." We may find him if we seek after him with all our hearts. " And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."— Jer. 29: 13. " When thou art in tribulation, . . . even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord t by God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice, . . . he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee." " But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul." The kingdom of God first of all. " But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things [ everything else that is needed in this life] shall be added unto you."— Matt. 6: 33. Seek God's face. " When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek."— Ps. 27: 8. God told Moses no man could see God's face and live. Ex. 33: 20. So it was a puzzle to me for a long time when we should seek God's face. On a certain occasion while in deep meditation over it, the Lord helped me to understand it like this: The apostle John tells us that we should " abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming." We have the privilege of having an experience that will present us unblamable and unreprovable in his sight," having all guilt and condemna-tion removed, so that we would not be ashamed to meet God. When we are guilty or have wronged some one, we shua their presence, and are not able to look them into the face without expressing Ibut when all guilt and condemnation iiioved, we can look any one in the fa So we are to seek to live so dia we- tie a " con-science void of offense too God, and toward man." That is t^ e way we are to seek God's face, se4.1 ' would not be ashamed to face t, ty before his judgment seat Bo " thy face, Lord, will I see Seek judgment. " o well; seek judgment, relic) ed o? pressed, judge the fatherless, 04. the widow. "— Isa. 1: 17. " Execute the judg-ment of truth and peace in thy gates." " Let judgment run down as a mighty stream." Seek the law at God's mouth. " For the priests lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts."— Mal. 2: 7. Seek good. " Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph." Seek to edify the church,. " Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spirit-ual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church."- 1 Cor. 14: 12. Seek meekness and righteousness. " Seek ye the Lord all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment, seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger."— Zeph. 2: 3. As the Lord is sifting all nations, and even his remnant, " the city that is called by his name," there will be only a remnant brought through the fire, a remnant of the rem-nant. Isa. 1: 9; Zech. 13: 8, 9; Isa. 37: 31, 32. And they must " seek meek-ness and righteousness." For all that exalt themselves and glory in their wis-dom, and say, " The evil shall not pre-vent ns" shall fall and be cut off by the sword of truth. For " all the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor pre-vent us"; and " woe to them that are at ease in Zion." So awake, awake, 0 Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, 0 Jerusalem. Yea, " put on thy strength." Our strength is the joy of the Lord, we receive it by humbling ourselves before God, for he that " humbleth himself shall be exalted." Seek the glory that conies rom God. The Savior says, " I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." " I receive not honor from men." Paul tells the Thessalonian church, " Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others." Again, the Lord says, " How can ye believe, which re-ceive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh , from God only?" We are to patiently and con-tinually seek for glory and honor and im-mortality, eternal life ( Rom. 2: 7), and not " be desirous of vain glory." Beek those things that are above. " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sittetli on the right hand of God."— Col. 3: 1. We seek a city to came. " For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come."— Heb. 13: 11. SOME THINGS WE ARE NOT TO SEEK AFTER. _ Familiar spirits. " And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?"— Isa. 8: 19. gard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God." — Lev. 19: 31. " Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." — 1 Jno. 4: 1. There are many to- day who claim to be of God who are per-forming miracles • that are the spirits of devils. We are not to seek wine. " Who bath woe? who hath sorrow? who bath con_ tentions? who hath babblings? who bath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder," etc.— Prow. 23: 29- 32, Not seek after signs. " And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generetion: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet." — Luke 11: 29. Not to seek to same 01, L7' life. " Whoso-ever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it."— Luke 17: 33. Not seek what we shall eat and drink: and wear. " And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of a doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things." Again " labor not for the meat that perisheth." " Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? . . Why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, Than Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass . . shall he not much more clothe you, 0 ye of little faith?"— Matt. 6: 25- 31. Not seek our own wealth. " Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth."- 1 Cor. 10: 24. " Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."— Phil. 2: 4. Not after great things for ourselves_ " And seekest thou great things for thy self? seek them not." — Jer. 45: 5. " Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits."-- Rom. 12: 16. SOME " LETS" IN CONCLUSION. Let everything be done decently and in order. Let all things be done unto edifying. Let him that stole steal no more. Let him labor working with his hands, the thing which is good. Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any sick? let him call the elders of the church. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his com-mandments; for this is the whole duty of man. Spirituality of the Church of God. unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and pre-cious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."- 1 Pet. 2: 3- 5. For some months past I have felt very keenly the vast necessity of speaking upon the theme now before us, which I have not failed to do by the word of mouth; and now my pen must no longer lie dormant. The principal fact of which the Lord wants me to write is that the church of God is a spiritual institution. Hence it is composed of spiritual persons only. This fact is clearly set forth in the text used above. " Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house," etc. Just as Jesus Christ was spiritual, " ye also" are to be likewise spiritual; thus composing the house ( church) of God. The spiritual dearth now prevalent in sect Babylon ought to be a beneficial rebuke to us, long to be remembered. The time was when these unman instittl-tions contained many spiritual saints, - Her doctrine was not corrupt as now presented to their fashionable- filled pews. But as soon as their spirituality began to decrease, just so much they received the imposition of the devil; and to- day as she lies in a state of spiritual death, she becomes " the habitation of devils; and the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird." My soul is made to ex-claim, " 0 God, shall we, as the saints of . this glorious evening gospel, ever fall prey to such delusive and merciless spirits?" You may think such an exclamation to be folly; but we see those who once seemed bright and clear for God, swal-lowed up in heresy and merciless decep-tions of the devil. " Ye also, as lively stones, are built ap a spiritual house." Because of the foregoing text we must exclude every person who is not spiritual from being a part of the church of God. Why is it that your meetings are not enjoyable as they formerly were? How is it that you do not take pleasure around the family circle as you did soon after embracing this glorious eveningligh t? How is it that you do not pt.- ess the real soul- satisfaction that you formerly enjoyed? - Will you allow me to answer? If so, I shall conclude it is because of your depreciation of the goodness of and your lack of spirituality. When our worship ceases to be spiritual t also ceases to be accepted of God. " They that worship him m ust worship him in spirit and in truth." " Offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." • The following scriptures with that already quoted will enable us to see the extent of or the standard of spirituality commanded to be obtained. " Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but - be filled with the Spirit." '' Quench not the Spirit." God demands us to be at all times filled with the Spirit; and implies that ofttinies we will not be able to maintain, if we quench hiin not. Are we filled to the extent of our capacity? Do you often give vent to your feelings in glorious praises, by not quenching the Spirit? Beloved, there is no reason why we should not be even more spiritual to- day than we ever were; for we are taught to increase with the increase of God. My prayer to God for Israel is, that we may get more of God in us than ever before, that we may become more spiritual, hence more useful; that God may be more able to talk to our hearts, that the glo-rious gospel may be more speedily herald-ed to all parts of the world. Oh, let Israel's banners float more nobl y, more heavenly, and more in honor of her crucified, but now risen Lord. Amen. INFIDELITY. MEN HAVE LOVED DARKNESS lemma THAN LIGHT. W E have endeavored to hold up to view that strange tendency and natural leaning towards falsehood ( in matters of religion) which we possess without being aware of it. We will endeavor to illustrate this same truth by another process. It should be presented in another attitude. We think the weakness of props on which opposers rest gives full exhibition of this truth. If men base a fabric of their eternal expecta-tions on decayed weeds, whilst an en-during rock is close at hand, there is some strange reason for such a choice. There is something defective in his heart or in his head, who is content to cast away the Book of God, and venture all the terrors of the judgment day upon some feeble cavil, which is annihilated as soon as a few facts are presented. Out of many we must select a few, and such as we have heard urged most frequently, In conclusion. " Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, " and ye shall find; BY A. J. ELLISON. knock, and it shall you."— Matt. be opened unto 44 TF so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious, to whom coming as THE GOSPEL TRUMPET 4445 Case 1.— An amiable lawyer, after urg-ing his toilsome but successful course for many years, at last won a seat in Con-gress. On his way to the meeting of that assembly he was taken with a - dis-ease which at first did not seem alarm-ing. A physician, with whom he was on terms of intimacy, went to see him. This physician was one who thought the soul of great value. He believed the disease one of those which flatter but destroy. He felt impelled to tell his friend so, and to ask as to his prepara-tion for crossing the river of death. The lawyer answered him that he could not believe in Christianity. The doctor asked if he had ever investigated the matter. He replied that he had read such and such books on the subject ( nam-ing over some five or six infidel authors), and that he deemed this a sufficient re-search. Being asked if he had ever read anything on the other side, he confessed never had. His friend told him that lie deemed this a strange investigation, hut would wish to hear the argument of his strongest confidence, that on which his hope leaned with the most quiet ecurity. His answer was substantially as follows: " I can never believe in the darkness said to prevail over the land at lie crucifixion of Christ. The strange Aence of all writers, except the evange-lists, disproves this statement: the elder Pliny particularly, who devoted a whole elm pter to the enumeration of eclipses and strange, things, would surely have told us of this occurrence had it been true." his friend the physician answered him Ivith the following facts: " My dear friend, permit me to tell you where you obtained that statement concerning the silence of contemporary authors, and the chapter of Pliny devoted to eclipses. Yet' read it in the second volume of Gibbon's ' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' There would be some degree of ferse in the statement, were it not for one individual circum-stance; that is, it is not true! A tree painted on paper may resemble an oak, but it is not an oak. There is not a word of truth in ' Al r. Gibbon's account, although the fals• hsod is polished. That which he calls a distinct chapter of Pliny devoted to ociii ses seems to have taken your full Pliny has no such t hapter! It is only a sentence, an inci-dental remark as it were. It consists of eighteen words. I will repeat them to von, if von wish to hear them. The import of the remark is, that eclipses are eimn• times ver y 14mg, like that after Caesar's death, when the sun was pale almost a year. A man hears of many things of which he does not write. Plin y tloes• not mention the darkness, but t t'iStIS does, and so do Thallus and Ph/ et: on, Origen, Eusebius, Tertullian, : 0 ' 41 others, some of them Christians and s=- me of them Patrons." ( The reader can see Ho • ne's introduction, 1 vol., chap. ' 20 " 1 am sorry you took the word of that zmttior, splendid as were his talents, for he sometimes penned falsehood without scruple, if religion was his topie." The sick man was silent— fell into a long, deep revel ie— after a few days he said to a relative, " If what I read in youth gave m y mind a wrong bias, I suppose I must abide by the conse-quences, for I can not investigate now." He fell into convulsions and died. Reflections.— Poor man! The truths of the gospel and the evidences of Chris-tianity were presented to him, and he turned away. lie read a statement against the Bible, made by a modern historian who hated Christianity, and he received it at once, without asking fur-ther. He took hold on a falsehood with-oat a moment's delay or hesitation, relied upon it, and continued to believe it for twenty Years, never asking after further testimony. Surely men love darkness rather than light. Ten thousand fruitful $ 4143 were before him and around him, on the page of history— they favored Christianity, and he did not observe or remember them. The first historic lie he met satisfied him. It seemed opposed to revelation. Case 2.— Several physicians of Virginia declared to each other that the Bible could not be true, because the doctrine of the resurrection was taught there, and this they deemed impossible. They mentioned the case of a man whose body-was carried in fragments to different parts of the earth, and asked, with exult-ing laughter, how he was to recover his body after it had been dissolved, mingled with earth, grown again into vegetables, then again forming a part of other animals and other bodies, age after age? Hundreds and thousands make this the strongest prop of their system of unbe-lief, but physicians are mentioned here because they are familiar with facts which would utterly forbid any one being influenced a moment by such reasoning, unless he had a strong appetite for falsehood, and a full disrelish for the truth_ That men of science have trusted in the hope that the resurrection could not take place, because part of the same body may have belonged to different men and different- animals, exhibits so glar-ingly and undeniably the love for dark-ness, that we must take some time and some space to review the fabric of their confidence. W e must encounter some toil, and exercise some patience, to make that perfectly plain to the youthful, or the unlettered, which is so readily under-stood by the anatomist. We must and will expose, if we can, that which has led the scientific to propose a difficulty in the doctrine of the resurrection. Let enlightened readers then bear with us, whilst we explain things well known to them, for the sake of the uncultivated. The inferences will be of equal impor-tance to all. The application is profit-able to each one of us. Let the following facts be noted and impressed on the memory: First fact.— God tells the righteous that their bodies, although made out of the materials belonging to their present frames on earth, will shine and be very splendid. ( See 15th chapter 1 Corin-thians.) God can make very durable, and very glorious things out of materials the very opposite of firmness or of bril-liancy. He has done this. Of all the substances with which we are acquainted, we esteem diamond the hardest, and the most glittering. Charcoal is as black and as crumbling, as any other body known to us; yet, these two bodies are the same. The learned know, the ploughboy does not, that the difference between the charcoal and diamond is, that the Creator has ordered a different arrangement of particles. The same materials are differently placed, that is all. If an y are wishing for a body more beautiful than they now have, they may be assured that God can, if he chooses, take a part of our present fragile, cor-ruptible forms of clay, and make out of it something exceedingly glorious. " It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in elory" Out of a certain spot of earth a flower arose, which waved in splendor; the soil from which it grew was very black. Second fact.— God has not told us how much of our present body goes into the composition of the new, on the morning of the resurrection. The figure used as an illustration by the inspired writer„ to make his instruc-tions plain on this subject, is the grain which is sown. in the earth, decays, and out of which springs the new grain. It is perhaps a twentieth or thirtieth part of a grain of wheat, which springs up and forms a part of the new grain; the rest rots and stays in the ground. It is not needed in the new body which God gives the wheat, and is not called forth again. Whether it will be a tenth, a twentieth, or an hundredth part of our present body, which is to enter into the formation of the new, God has not chosen to tell us, ant, we need not care, for the work will be well done, and we shall know enough after a time. . Third fact.— The man who has lived here seventy years, has had very many bodies: perhaps less, perhaps more than seventy. God has not condescended to tell us out of which of these bodies he will take the new, or whether a portion of each will be used. Here let the young reader be very careful to note and remember, the body he has now is not the same body he had last year. Our : bodies change contin-ually. The man who is kept from food in any way, no longer than one week, finds at the end of that time, he has not as much body by many pounds, as he had seven days before. In this way, how fast the body wastes, is not yet accurately agreed on. Our food is only supplying this continued waste. The bones change also, but not so fast as the softer parts of our frames. How the body can waste, and be again renewed, is singular and interesting; but not easily understood without close think-ing. It will be worth while to take some pains, and drop anatomical style, or physiological style, and speak in a way understood by all. The young reader may be led to admire the wonderful works of God, whilst preparing to com-prehend a fact connected with his own resurrection. Every little boy knows what a vein is. He is also capable of understanding what is meant by a vein forking, or branching again and again, until it becomes exceedingly small, like those he has seen running over the eye when it is inflamed. Then again, he can fancy that if one of these small veins shall divide into a thousand branches, in running a short distance, they must be-come so small that they can not, be seen by the eye alone. s. And if thousands of these branch a thousand times, they will lay over each other finer and more plentiful than the hair of the head. These small veins physicians call vessels, blood vessels. Running through and along with these, are other vessels, as small and as numerous, that are not called blood vessels. If we place a small pebble in a leathern tube, and contract our fingers behind the pebble, we may push it from one end of the tube to the other. In this way, and through these countless millions of vessels, our food is conducted to every part of the body where it is needed. W e call that which is so much smaller than a dust of flour that we can not see it, a particle. When any of the body, which we now have, shall have remained long enough where it is, so as to become too old, and need changing, it is taken up by particles into these hair- like vessels; the vessel contracts behind the particle and pushes it on to the skin, and much of the body is lost in one day by what is called insensible perspiration. Others of these vessels lead in a different direction, and take up particle lifer particle of the old body, it is thrown upon the bowels, and so passes off. But where these particles are taken from there is left a vacancy of course, and if not supplied, the man is said to be falling away, or declining in flesh. Our food, day after day, is taken into the stomach, there prepared, taken up in particles by these small vessels, conducted to every part of the body and deposited in these vacancies. Thus we think that any one can understand the necessity of daily food, and the wonderful process by which our sinking flesh is constantly sustained. But the inquiring mind sometimes demands, " If my body is thus totally changed, and so often, how is it that I look as I formerly did, or retain my shape in any way?" Answer.— This you shall understand if you are willing to think industriously. Take a plate and cov-er it with apples: On the top of this first layer of apples place a second, and on these a third, and so continue; after a time you will have a pyramid, and one to crown 3 the top alone. Then suppose one man approaches the plate, takes up an apple and throws it to a distance. Another man by, immediately drops another apple as large into its place, your pyra-mid is still there and retains its shape. The first man takes up apple after apple in swift succession, casting them to a distance, whilst the second man drops an apple into each vacuum as fast as they are made; your plate of apples may be changed a thousand times, and the pyra-mid is still there in full shape. Thus your body is changed and renewed by particles. The shape remains, although there is nothing about you ( soul excepted) which was there in former years. It is a man's immortal part which constitutes his real identity. Blessed be God, the soul does not waste, and glory to his name, the body does; thus leading us to remember our dependence on our heav-enly Father. Fourth fact.— We never had a body, a part of which did not come from every cor-ner of the world. The rice of which that man is eating grew in Georgia or the East Indies. The waterfowl once swam on the surface of a northern lake. That sugar came from Jamaica, and that fish once floated on the Newfoundland surges. Young reader, do you expect to live a few months longer? If you do, you must have a new body, and where is it to come from? It is probable that you will eat bread; but the wheat from which this is to be made is now growing in your father's field, or in that of a neighbor. How is the growth of this wheat to be continued? Plants are sustained and nourished much from the air that floats past them; it enters into the pores, the leaves drink it up, and it forms a part of their substance. But the air of the earth is always changing and streaming in torrents from one part of the earth to the other. This incessant motion is ne-cessary to preserve its purity. The air which is to help to sustain that grain on which you are to feed is not near it now; it is on the other side of the earth. Vegetation is fed by the showers of heaven. W ater forms a part of the wheat, an indispensable portion. But that water is not over the fieW now. The clouds come from a distance. The process of evaporation will proceed on the surface of distant oceans, if the at-mosphere is made heavy with the showers that nourish that which is to nourish you. You never partook of any food part of which had not been collected from distant lands and oceans all over the earth. Application.— Here is a man who is acquainted with all these facts. He knows that the body which he is to have, if he lives, is now diffused and com-mingled through all the elements of earth, air, and water; but his belief is, that when he dies, if his body should go back into these elements, and be scat-tered abroad once more, God can not collect it again. - w ell might heaven mourn, earth be astonished, and hell rejoice. I never could have believed this if I had not seen and • heard it. That scientific man is fully aware that for the twentieth time he has had a body gathered from the corners of the world; but his prop for eternity is, God can not do this once more on the morning of the resurrection. The fabric of his everlasting expectations rests on the creed, or the hope, that the Creator, who has given this other man fifty new bodies, will fail in the fifty-first effort, should he endeavor out of all these bodies to gather one new frame. If this system or religious creed, is not the result of man's disrelish for truth, and his love for darkness, then there is no such thing as cause and result. : My- dear friend, I do not envy you your tower of refuge. Be not angry with me if I prefer the Rock of Ages for my security when the world reels. cause we realize that we- are selling liter-ature to the Lord. " Wm. G. Schell. For Whom Are Ye • Bearing Fruit? BY JO C. FISHER. 44 ND now also the ax is laid unto root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." — Matt. 3: 10. We find as the ax was being laid unto the root of the trees in the ushering in of the gospel dispensa-tion, so it is being done in this evening time.- - This ax ( God's eternal truth) is being laid to every tree, or person, that will not bear fruit for God, and he will be cast into the fire. This text is a ful-fillment of the prophecy, " Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflo A- the hiding- places." — Isa. 28: 17. Those of us who are living for God can truly praise his name that we are living in the time that this prophecy is being fulfilled. How thank-ful every child of God ought to be that is separating his fruit trees from the enemy's. God's way is an highway ' And an hie- liwa. v- shall be there, and a ay, and it ^ slrall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those, the wayfar-ing men, fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there: but the re-deemed shall walk there. ''— Isa. 35: 8, 9. Praise God that this way is a high-way— so high that none but the redeemed walk on it. Since coming out of seetish night, God's people all dwell in Zion, which is holy; so nothing but holiness can dwell there, or saved people of God that are living free from sin each day. Some people try to live very good before men, but do not try to please God; that kind do not dwell in Zion. Live for God, keep his commandments, then there will be no trouble in living before men. Live in the fear of God, and your light will shine naturally; you will not need to try to make it shine. " So shall ye know that- I am the Lord your God dwellin y in Zion, m y holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem he holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more."— Joel 3: 17. " But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions."— Obad. 17. Those that dwell in Zion shall possess, not merely profess to have, but shall have the real possession. Amen. " And there shall in no wise enter into it any-thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or- maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life."— Rev. 21: 27. A tree is known by its fruit. A good tree bringeth forth good fruit. " Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 0 generation of vipers, how can- ye being . evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance- of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bring-eth forth good things [ fruit]: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. . . . For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."— Matt. 12: 33- 37. Now let us look at the fruit of these trees a little. We will tarn over to Gal. 5 : 19- 23 and notice the fruit of the corrupt tree. " Now the works of the flesh are - manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, las-civiousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedi-tious, heresies, envyings, murders,. drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in times past, that they which do such things shall not inherit 1446 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. Moundsville, W. Va., Nov. 23, 1899. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Entered at the Post- office at Moundsville, W. Ts., as Seeond- elas4 Matter. E. E. BYRUM, Editor- in- Chief. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. 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 Wily 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. jAll Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. Business Communications, moneys. etc. must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOUNDSV/ LLE, W. VA. to insure credit: otherwise we wilt not be responsible. Editorial. Are you in trouble? Take it to the Lord in prayer. Are you in sin? Repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and he will save you. Are you in sectism? Obey his voice: " Come out of her, my people." Rev. l.: 4; 2 Cor. 6: 14- 17. Are you afflicted? Pra y. Are you sick? Send for the elders of the church, and let them pray the prayer of faith for you. See Jas. 5: 13- 15. - It has become a. custom for people to make some one a present at Christmas time. If you do this year, why not ive a Bible, Testament, or some goot book that will be of some spiritual help t., your friends? While rememberin _ your friends, do not forget to send some-thing to those who are poor. The act of kindness will be remembered by the Lord, who will reward you with his rich blessings. We are now setting the type for another book by Wm. G. Schell, enti-tled " The Better Testament." It shows the difference between the law and the gospel; or the better privileges under the gospel than those under the law, or Old Testament dispensation. This book will contain about 450 pages, and will probably be ready some time in January. On another page you will notice the advertisement of the new book on divine healing, entitled " The Great Physician and His Power to Heal." If you have friends who are somewhat skeptical regarding the doctrine of divine healing, or who do not fully understand their privileges on this line, send them this book. it will remove prejudice from their minds, and drive away their skep-ticism. The book was completed and printed in November, 1899. It is hound in both paper cover and cloth. The price is very reasonable, and we expect to receive many orders for them by the dozen and by the hundred.' Some will want them to sell; others, to give away. It will make a valuable present to any one. SEWNG LITERATURE TO THE LORD. The number of those who are willing to give 10 cents a week for one year to the free- literature fund is increasing daily. " We are still praying God to move 10,000 consecrated hearts to take hold of this opportunity to gather in a great harvest of souls. Ten cents a week from each one of the Lord's little ones will count much by the end of the year. Some are giving 25 cents a week, some 50 cents, and some a dollar, but we are asking for only 10 cents a week. As the money comes in to pay for free liter-ature we are sending it out all over the world. It is a most blessed work, be-the kingdom of God."— Gal. 5: 19- 21. Now, dear reader, if you belong to some organization called a church, read these scriptures carefully and consider your chances for the inheritance of the kingdom; because the so- called churches are full of these things. Take Webster's dictionary and see the meaning of each of these; and if yOu are bearing any of these fruits, nothing less than the blood of Jesus can remove them, if you are doing them willfully. You need to re-pent. Now take - notice of the fruit of the good tree. " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace long- suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."— Verses 22, 23. Take particular notice of the word " temperance," as that Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ve should be - married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God."— Rom. 7: 4; Phil. 1: 10, 11. Now we will notice what God lvill do with those that bear no fruit and those that do. " He spade also this parable: A. certain man had a fi:,- tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sou! rht fruit thereon, arid found Mint'. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three Years I come seeking fruit on this fig- tree, and Iind none: cut it down, why cumbereth it the round." — Luke 13: 6, 7. Also read isa. " I am the true vine, Inv Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that b- eareth not fruit, he takaah awa y and every branch that beareth fruit, he purg-eth it that it. ma y brut! , forth more fruit."— Jno. 15: 1, 2. " Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear lintel fruit: so shall ye be my disciples."— Ver. S. Praise God that we have the blessed privilege of glorifying him. Now let. each one professing to be a saint. of God examine himself by God's word and Spirit and know that he is bearing fruit for God. This is the way to glorif y our Lord and Savior. Amen. God's Fool. Only twice in the Bible does God N--. 1 call man a fool. In the one case, referring to the man who leaves his Maker out of his creed, the inspired ex-clamation is: t ` Tihe fool bath said in his heart, There is no God."— Ps. 14: 1. The other case is one in which a man of industry and fine business qualities left God out of his life and tried to feed his soul on earthly things. Luke 12: 13- 21. The man whom oar Lord so emphatic-ally calls a fool was what Sve might term a successful farmer. His grounds " brought forth plentifully." Doubtless he at-tended strictly to business, working tong and arduously. And providence is on the side of industry intelligently directed. " Trust in God, and keep your powder dry," is as religiously true as it is wise. No other trusting will secure the great Father's sympathy. Further, there is no intimation that this " model farmer" was dishonest or oppressive in his dealings with the poor. He was an earnest worker, and the earth responded to his skill and industry. He sinned neither against God nor man in pulling down his old barns and building larger ones. He would have sinned- against his own busi-ness sense if he had done otherwise. And yet, " God said unto him, Thou fool." - When God calls a man a fool he is a fool, sure enough. But why was this man a fool? Not for being an industrious, thrifty farmer, nor because he was rich as a result of his well- directed energy; but solely because he left God out of his life. He ignored God and the hope of immor-tality, and set his affections exclusively On. earthly things. He tried to feed and satisfy the cravings of his spirit with food ( rain constitutes that - parasite of the soul which climbs up into a man's being, ever sending out its arm- like tendrils as it ascends, until its deadly bloom of utter worldliness at the summit of his being declares that, so far as God and heaven are concerned, the man is lost. " If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." Ile may seem wise in his own eyes, but God's verdict is, '' Thou News prom the Field,, luka, leans. ets been some tine ' I reported thrtitt € ' 11 t he Trine l pet, iott We are still rejoiclu- in a Savior's 01' 0, (;, ill is still keepirb* 115 saved and sanctified. : 11- y.' e have been farming this sum-el', God has bocn tea,' hag i s preeiens lessons. We are haviie , regular mecting: F. here now, whieh are blessed of God. We attended the ONford, Kans., meet-ing. We aro at home now and have our corn almost out anti \ rill be read y to go into the gospel field in a felV 1110' 8, Any 0110 wanting meet ing or help in meetings can address me at luka, Kans. I am ready to go anywhere the Lord leads. We need a mooting here very much. Is there a vompany or any one that, can come and help us as soon as the Lord permits? Pra y much that tho Lord keep 11S whore he can use 115 ( 0 his glory. Chas. Pright. Mee Lake, Wis., No y. 10. I am , Main we can once more report. victor y in Jesus' name over all the power of the enemy. Praise the dear Lord! W e held a live days' meeting at Grantor. whieli resulted in the salvation of one precious soul; also the healing of her body. Some are under deep convic-tion; pra • that they may be saved. From here ‘ ve started on our way to Rice Lake, which is our home. We stopped at Eidsvold and had a precious season with God's little ones there. We left them praising God for victory in their souls. To God be all the glory. We are now at Thee Lake. Pray for the church here. Those desiring meet-ings in Wisconsin, write to us at once. Our permanent address will he Rice Lake, Wis. Pray that we humbly do our Master's bidding. --- E. W. and Alice- M. Greeley. Greenville, Tenn., Nov. 14. We are praising God for his loving kindness and tender merc y . Truly the dear Lord is blessing our labors. - We came to Greene count y and began meeting in Jesus' name. Two have been saved, one sanctified, and others are earnestly seeking pardon. One lady eighty- three years old came to the altar. May God help us to do all we can for the salvation of precious souls. Truly the harvest is great, but the labor-ers are few. Who will say, " Lord, here am I, send me"? Ma y God help us to work for him while it is day; night cometh no man can work. God's for when that could only satisfy the appetites o his mortal body. His conduct was a violation of the laws of nature in. their applicatien to his own being. So it is with all who, like the rich fool, live for this world only. Many excellent men of business at the present time are so absorbed in secular affairs that they have no time to take God into their lives. Worldly things exhaust all their energy, and their actions and words proclaim Unmistakably that their affections are set upon things of earth. In Brazil there is a plant called the " matador," or murderer. It . climbs the most vigorous trees of the forest, clasping the trees with its arm- like tendrils at short intervals, until it reaches the top, when it shoots out a huge flowery head word covers more ground than many above the strangled summit, as if in think. Be temperate in all things. token of triumph, for the tree is de- God wants us to bear fruit for him. stroyed. Selfish grasping after earthly Adville, Ala. The Lord is keeping me saved from all sin each day. He also heals my body when I get sick. 1 had a spell of the chills while my wife was hurt; but the Lord healed me, for which I give him all the praise and glory. I am trusting him for all things. Brethren, pray that I may ever keep humble where the Lord can use me to his glory. Amen. W. W. Conway. Oxford, N. Y. I am glad that I can report victory in Jesus' name over all the powers of the enemy. I do praise God to- day that he heals my body,- without money or price. He is my physician. He has healed my eyes so that I can read without glasses, which I had worn for a great many years. To him be all the glory! I am now in my seventieth year. I desire an interest in your prayers that I may always be faithful to God. Mrs. Mary Cady. 4447 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET Olney, Miss. I can praise God this morning for lead-ing me out of sectism and showing me the truth. I am a babe in Christ. It has only been about six months since I gave up this world to follow our Savior. Since I started I have been blessed though I have had trials to bear. I had to give up my husband in September, and was left with three little girls to raise; the oldest one is seven years of age. Pray that I may train them in the way they should go, and that I may look to Jesus for everything, and go on and have all that is in store for me, keeping my feet on that solid rock. Mary S. Barrett. people must do something. He has no idlers in his vineyard. The good work is going on. Over 300 were out to meet_ Jag last Sunday night. To God be all the glory. Pray that God may keep us humble. J. J. Smith and Porter Lang. Testimonies Moundsville, W. Va. I praise the dear Lord for his saving and keeping power, and for healing my body. T. E. Courtney. Kenesaw, Nebr. I do praise God that this leaves me saved and kept by power divine. I can also say that the dear Lord is my physi-cian. Glory to his name! He has healed me many times when I was sick. I still trust him for soul and body. I ask an interest in the prayers of all God's people. J. Berlochen. Cottontown, Tenn. I am praising God this evening for the many blessings he has bestowed upon me, and my little family. I have learned to take him for my physician for both soul and body. Thank God for the true church. Pray that I may ever be kept humble. D. J. _ Harrison. Fishville, Mich. I am praising God for salvation in Christ Jesus, for saving me from all in-iquity and the sin of this world. We have had a glorious meeting in the name of Jesus. Bro. Shelley. Bro. and Sister Walter, and Sister Todd were present. Four dear souls were brought back to Jesus, and we give God all the praise. Nancy L. Shaw. Coop wood, Miss. I am praising God for the victory over the devil and all his hosts. 1 have trials here in this place, but God's grace is sufficient to carry me He says he will never forsake us. I am still founded on the rock Christ Jesus. He still keeps me saved and sanctified wholly. Pray for the healing of my body. I have catarrh of the head. M. E. Talbert. Vincennes, Ind. I can may hold up a perfect Savior, perfect to save and sanctify and heal. I want to tell what the dear Lord has dune fur me and m y family in the last three mentlis. Ile has sanctified my nature and healed mo of sore eyes; also healed my baby of summer complaint twice, and sore oyes. Ile healed my three-yortr- old tlauriiter of sore eyes and chills. MI praise and glory be u• nto his holy name. Mrs. Mary J. 0.1e11. Savonbure- Kans. I Praise the Lord that I am saved and sanctified. I take the Lord for my phy-sician, and 1 am ! al- ad I can report vic-tory in the name of Jesus. I find the Lord a ver y present help in time of need. I mean to trust him at all times and under all circumstanees. I am healed of Curia afflietikm, and desire the earnest prayers of all the Lord's people that my lungs may be healed. I was led to the true 10it of God at Neosho Falls camp-meeting last August. Nora Herrin. Dresden, Hans. Whom shall we trust but God? Ile will help us through all trials and sickness. lie is my physician at all times. If we come in faith believin g, he will never leave us nor forsake us. I know his blessed word is true, and I find it so. I have been afflicted for several years with m y limbs. I have always been able to do my work, but of late my limbs are getting weaker. They will not hold Me up. I desire: your earnest prayers that I may be healed. M. R. Lorenz. Lithium, Mo. Some time ago I wrote you to pray for Annie Miles, who was severely burned in the face and for whom a handkerchief was sent, according to Acts 19: 12. When the handkerchief was received it was the ninth day after she was burned. She was suffering very great pain, and as the handkerchief was applied to her face she cried mightily unto the Lord, and the pain in her face ceased. When we took the handkerchief off she raised up and could see, but her eyes were still weak. Her throat was so sore that she could not eat. On Sunday we prayed and used the handkerchief on her throat. In a few hours she was able to eat. We do thank the Lord for what he has done for us. Martha Edmonds. Kingston, Ore. I am still praising the dear Lord for salvation that keeps me saved every mo-ment of my life, free from sin, and gives me victory in my soul over the enemy. I do praise the dear Lord for the sweet peace and joy that is in my soul. I never had it when I was in sectism, and I know the world did not give nor can it take it away. My experience grows brighter and brighter. I have seen more true happiness in the last two years than I had seen in twenty years before. I just feel more determined every day to do all I can for the cause of Christ that I love so well. Let what may come, 1 am going to stand firm on the rock Christ Jesus. I ask an interest in the prayers of all the saints. Lizzie King. Burlington, Mich. Husband and I were led to the light by reading a copy of The Gospel Trum-pet. We were in Kansas at the time. I was about seven years ago. We then belonged to the Independent holiness sect, but after having received a copy of the Trumpet which came to the post-office, we corresponded with Bro. Byrum and inquired about- the saints, and in the spring of 1893 we came to Grand Junc-tion, and stopped with the Trumpet family a few days, and then came on to Union City, and located within a short distance of the saints' meetings, and have had the privilege of attending meeting with Bro. C. H. Eldridge. Praise our God! Truly he is searching out his sheep where they have been scat-tered during the cloudy and dark day. Judson E. and Clarinda Foster. Wichita Falls, Tex. I can say that I am saved and ready to do my Master's will, standing firm on the solid rock Christ Jesus, who is able to keep us from falling. I thank God for salvation that leads us to eternal life, and takes us out of the confusion and sin of this world, also for his healing power which he has manifested to me at- differ-ent times. As far as I can learn I am alone here, standing in the evening light. But the dear Lord is wonderfully leading me, I can feel his presence, and trust him for all things. Although we have our trials, temptations, and afflictions, we can look up to him, for " all things work together for good to them that love God." Then, if we love him and keep his commandments, we can rest upon his precious promises; for his word is forever settled in heaven. Let us serve him with all humility. I ask the prayers of the children of God that I may be kept hum-ble. being always submissive to God's will. To God be all the glory r Amen Mrs. W. S. Hackett. I will give my experience in regard to the light I have received on holy litera-ture. I was a Baptist for thirty- five years. I saw that the members did many things contrary to scripture; but not knowing of any better way, I stuck to them. I would never indulge in any of their revelry, which I thought a dis-honor to God's law. So about five years ago a dear neighbor of mine gave me a Gospel Trumpet to read, and I found that it taught the pure W ord. I then would read my Bible, and I found it to be true that there is but one body-- the church of God. I subscribed for the paper and bought several books such as the " Biblical Trace of the Church," " Divine Healing of Soul and Body," " Salvation," and several others, besides many tracts which taught me a great deal, and showed that I was in the wrong place. I praise God that these, with the Bible showed me the way out of sectism. After I had read and reread them, I sent a letter to the so- called church to exclude me from their denom-ination, as I could see where Christ had built but one church. They called me a fanatic, and still regard me as such, but I am praising God for the evening light. May God prosper The Gospel Trumpet publishing work, and establish the light of his holy word in every heart. Pray that I may ever be kept meek and lowly, trusting in his holy name, and obedient to God's holy word for both sou
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