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RITE VI; TON, AND CONFERENCE SCENE EAR Brethren: --- The f011owiith Is a' To the President ( Acarman) and, Osted-rio Pastor of ‘ the church at this place, and members of the Protestant - Confer-ence: Dear brethren, the time has now arrived, when I, must ' speak forth to you the words of truth • and soberness, and I: feel happy to know you grant me thie privilege therefore hear me . patiently, and may the Spirit of out God cause you to understand the truth I now declare to you. • I was sincere in rhy • detotions, and made an effort to approach- God, under the present traditions of the Elders, and Jut, ter-ly failed. Being led by the Spirit. I be-gal) to approach Him as it is revealed in Isa. 58, wadi • soon realized that we were living in the days spoken of in Micah 3: 6. For to- day is the Lord working a work in your midst that you will not believe, though a man declare it unto you. Breth-ren, the ' illness of the times have come, spoken of by Joel, and rehersed by. Peter. — Acts 2:: 17. And it is a vision now declare unto you. Whilst I fasted and prayed in the Spir-it to know if I should longer declare for doctrine, the commandments I received from you, or whether I should forbear. I was in tho Spirit and looked before me, where I saw a Celestial clime, whose glo-ry out- shown the noon- day sun around ' which there was a high wall, and an open gate in front of me, a porter outside beck-oned me to gd in, but as . I made , to go in, a multitude thronged the gate. When I saw them coming out, I stepped back, be-side the porter, and he said, what seest thou? I answered, I see a large gun, borne on the Slidulders of men the barrel of the gun Was quite rusty, and the stock other voice from hen ven, saying, eome , Out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins; and that ye re-deye not' of her plagues— Rev 181- 4 tered the house and clOSed, the door after them. I stood without, yet I could see within. The front of this- house was of fine marble, and extended as far as " could see„ toward the north, and toward the south, yet from a distance it seemed to be a, dense, wilderness, except the room this multitude occupied, or those who bear the gun, its walls were adorned . with fine hangings of Silk and velvet, and in the center of the room stood a large table, whose top was marble, and on this table they iilaced the ' gun. And one Of the number began to grow in stature until he was much larger than any of his fellows, and his countenance was fierce ., to look upon. He ca. me . up to, the table and , took up the gun, and began to shoot those who were in the room when he hit them, they would weep, wail and gnash , their teeth. Whilst they thus • wept, another of the multitude began to grow in. stature until he became larger than his fellows, and he contended with him that shot, for thegun, and they . fought, and contended long for the mastery, but at length made friends. Thep they two, taking the gun upon their shoulders, came out and went hast-ily to the work shop. The porter bid me follow them, they entered the work shop, but soon came out, bearing the gun. The angel said, consider the gun. I looked, and to! . the old barrel was gone, and a new one put in its steadanade of polished steel, glistened like the sun, and a name was written thereon with - emerald, the name ' was Episcopacy. They returned , haste to the room where they were before, placed the gun On the table * and . began to shoot. those within, who now rejoiced when they were hit. They then came roundthe . table, re-ceiving each a gun. from those tWO who _ _ fruit, which those ate, which you shot, as a man eats bread and they became fat from eating it, yet I saw I quite a number Of the poorest men I ever Saw, in front of me. ( See Amos 8: 11, 12.)- One of them begged me to shoot . him, but my gun would not. sheet. Bro. Akar-man Said my gun was not4oaded, that I should load it and it woUld shoot. He gave me a cartridge, said Shoot one of the multitude to serve me, . ad send him to the work shop for cartridges. As I load. ed gun,. a poor mani. begged me to shoot him. I aimed at his breast, and fired, when . to my astonishment,. he fell. As I approached him, he said he was se weak he could . not bear the contents of my gun, and began to weep Over his con-dition. I helped him up,. , he could not stand, his countenance was an index of terror and ? misery. I wept over his con-dition,, feeling that I had added to his pain, instead of giving him relief. And as I thus wept, the angel who had been. guid-ing me, approached me and gave me a gun, bade me . shoot him with it. I at once - recognized that it was tile Same gun that I saw first in the vision, . but how it was very bright, no rost„ nor worm holes: And . the name was written en either. side of the barrel and stock, The 117 of God. 1: considered the gun, it : was not hollow like a gun, but was sharper than any two-edged Sword. I raised the gun to my face to. shoot: the poor, mart,, when the an-gel stopped me and said, Shoot those who ' bear the other gun first. Brethren, I aimed- at you, and fired, When there was terrible report, when at, tke same time there came forth a parch** containipg the exact words found inV, ie 3d. chapter of Micah,. Which I will. nOST. proceed; to Tad, to you,. and AS 1 read, rtaY the•. Sprit of GO enable . you to realize that. this Scripture is directed to yon. ' And may you put away thk evil of your doings, and return to God, win will abundantly par-don you.- - Brethren, thhda, you, and hencefert gulf between your whilst you reason I must plead lirith to Him, lest they be who forsake God. realize the power ma 1 also know the visio and may. the . Spirit . of O, save tire erring, is After the 3d chapter by Bro. Funchess, the ciairman ' and pres-; ' dent of the Protestant hurch fAcarman.) made a short address the Conference, stating that to deny visi us was to deny God's W ord. . And that ithout the least' shadew of a doubt, we w e now living in the days spoken . of by Jo 1 the prophet, 2: 28, and rehearsed by P er, Acts 2: 17, age of sects; resting in the Kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ. H. L. Hargrave. Nelta, Texas. INTERPRETATION. The " Celestial clime" the brother saw, is the " Heavenly Jerusalem," " the Church of the First- born, . which are written in Heaven." The Methodist army marched out of that City as they proceeded to make a sect organization. Notwithstanding the Wesley's had ignorantly marched out of the salvation- walled City when they formed their sect, they still bore the Word of God which did real execution, ' until Methodism increased threefold. Then as they began to depart from godly humility and plainess, the Bible doctrine of humility and holiness incorporated into Methodism, sorely kicked those that shot the old gnu. Then they bore the gun away into a dense ' wilderness, that is where the great whore sitteth.— Rev. 17. Methodism de-parted from holiness and became a part of the apostate woman in the wilderness of carnal religion. • There they began to. tink-er, organize, and paint until the Word . of God was supplanted by the sham, shody, flashy colored gun of " Methodism," and sect " discipline." Which, when the Wes-lays saw they wept. Observe Methodism is a gaudy and stylish room in the great wilderness house of sect babylon. The man becoming so much larger than his fellows, represents the man power of sectism. The authorty . given to the beast by the old dragon . the devil, the eelesi-astical power by which the human lords rule the People by force and by cruelty. The second one becoming large and con-tending with the first, represents the rival spirit for lordship. They strove With each other, but going to the devil's work shop, where, " sects are made to order," and or. ganizing the new sister sect, she was s son recognized as an additional member of the harlot family, and taken into • the sister-hood. This has been true in the history of every sect that has been formed." After the gun had been tinkered over into mere sect bigotry, and sect proselytism, its shooting did not kill nor hurt any one, but only amused and pleased their carnal hearts and itching ears, and instead of being led to praise God, " they praised them that shot them."' The great aim and object of carnal, empty hearted preachers, ' is to please the flesh, and . draw men to . the preacher and to the sect. The big . I s frown on the little u s in sect lordship. Because the little u s did not have a fare show with- the big I s they went to the sect factory and brought out the gun in a new style, now called " protestantism," the Protestant Methodist sect, which was a " different room" in the great habylon ". house that had the appearance • of a wild-eniess. The brother having got some Spiritual light in his soul, shot the poor lean Meth_ odist, and it only crippled him, and gave him greater distress. it . could- not kill him to sin, because he shot with the gun be received from the Methodist Cenfer-ence. but having some holiness in his gun' it had an awakening effect, which caused a great distress. . When the angel, the Holy Spirit, gave him a gun, it was the " Word of God," and though somewhat identical with the one the Wesleys hay used, and was superi-or, and sharper, and had the appearance of a sword, which is the real Word of God. With this gun, or Gospel Sword, the angel commanded him to shoot the fat Lords of babylon, " who bear the sect gun." According to Ezekiel 9: 6,—" Slay ' utterly old - and young, both maids, and lit- IIEW$ VIZ IIELD, SOUTH HAVEN MICH. To the dear Saints of God scattered abroad greeting:— May the blessing of our God rest upon you all. Amen t I feel led of God to write my testimony in the TRUMPET, and tell the dear saints how the dear Lord saves and keeps me through the everlasting Covenant, and makes me perfect, and enables me to preach the Gospel of the awful present truth. Oh it is glorious to walk in the blessed eve-ning light. The darkness is past and the true light is shining in my soul. Praise God forever and ever! I want to: say to the dear saints that for the last two weeks I have been laboring in the vicinity of LaPaz Ind. The Lord blessed our labors. The saints were strengthened in faith and power, and some dear sinners were convicted of their awful condition and came to the altar pleading for pardon, and when all brokeu to pieces looked up to the cross and there by faith seeing the blood dropping fromJesus wound-ed side, and crying “ It's for me, for me," gilt was all washed away, and they were enabled to testify to salvation from all their sins., Some consecrated for entire sanctifica-tion, and received the Holy Ghost. Dear Bro. Barden, who the devil had almost beaten back from his inheritance, renewed his Covenant with God, renounced his three dip baptism, and was baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus, and also five others went fbrward in the solemn Com-mand. Oh it was a glorious day to our In tile beginnieg of the meeting the devil was much stirred, but God enabled us to Let the Word before the people in such a clear light, that every candid and honest mind had to acknowledge it. We closed the meeting Sept. 9, and met the dear saints at Covert on the Lord's day, and 0 what victory we had in the name of the Lord. Dear Bro. Grover and Bro. Bates from Geneva Center met AS at Bro. Nelson's. where the congregation came together in the morning, having us-ually met in the school house, but the doc-tor living close by, was anoyed by the shouts of the saints, therefore insisted that the school house should be closed. But none of these things move them, they can worship God in private houses. The saints of God are " a noisom grievous sore" to all that will not square up with God's Word. Well I love this holy war. The harder the battle the more glorious the - victory. Praise our God forever ! Now you dear ones that are called to wield the Sword, press the battle to the front. Yours in the love of Christ, sanctified and constantly kept by the mighty power of God, and ready for the battle wherever he leads. S. Michels. Correspondence, . and the other was snovv white rubber. As " SECTS MAU TO ORDER." I thought- on the change that was made hey tamed within but a moment, , a man came hurriedly out of the multi: T ' ' . • . tude with painters cups and bruShes, and when I saw them come out be2ring the gun. The angel . said, consider the lock. Whrote a name on the scralet red half 01 I looked, and there was a bright silver _ 1 0 stock, in divers cOlors the name was lock and trigers instead of the old rusty li. etilediSM. A . npme WaS already' on ones. And a name was written upon it the snow white rubber half of the stock ' in beautiful letters, and it was Protestant- Vaercititeedu with gold pod silver, and Was be- . with jewels and pieciouS stones iSin. The n . . . They carried the gun back again, to the ,_ aramtneed w tahse d gtsucni, p wiihnoe ' wAendre t hJooshen w ahnod. h, n nu w, hen n• i nth . 1- . . Rrst c . ' • ' o se ie ey weie oelme, but to a ° t hanes Wesley, came and looked upon " meren" 1:—. he Change that had been made in the eun al"- id weep - but the ' .4,1 d • • -• ' , w, n. yri._ ehey looked upon it. After this, ' cule h gan to shoot the multitude as be- ' 4_ 1,,, Iled) Yet they were alive; anly those who it was but one gun, and they began to fire n the- multitude. Thtl angel said, 71) tthe gun now rejoiced when the gun uP6 ' ARCOLA IND. DEAR. BRETDREN:— I am still well and praising my God for His goodness be-stowed upon us. Especially for bringing me into this glorious and marvelous light. 0 praise His holy name for what I feel in my soul! Free from every stain I am, having all my trust and care on Jesus. / feel a thrill of joy in my heart all the time, since we had that glorious meeting at Bro. Felger's. 0 what love I feel in my soul: for the dear saints. I wish you could have stayed longer with us. I have been since your departure en-countered by the enemy on all sides. But glory to Jesus I- the Lord has bunt me up strong to rebuke satan's attacks. I thought I had folly died out to all sectism, but I found out that I had not. But I made a new consecration that night, and the Lord wonderfully blessed my soul. He shows me I must rebuke all evil spirits, and He has. enabled me to do it. I was attacked by a host of M. E's. also by the F. Ws. ' and both their preachers. But they are like " dumb dogs that cannot bark." They could not produce any Scripture to prove that they were right in building Sects. They . could only through- out slurs and call us names. Sister Sites who was sanctified the last night of meeting when you were here, Seems strong and very faithful, whole soul out for Jesus. Others attend our meetinas and lake much interest. Bro. Henry Smith preached . here yesterday, we had a. good congregation- The. Free Meth-odist preacher sent an appointment for next Sabbath, but the Lord shows us we should not go near, as we have no fellow. ship with any one who opposes , the truth, and says all manner of evil falsely against those who hate clean escaped from those who. live in. error. lkty wife has ordered her name . off the F. M. class book. She considers herself - free from sectism. We are determined to go straight for God, and keep unspotted from the world, and all things that are not of Christ; and hold the fort of truth against wind and tide, though . the' enemy rage against us with all his fury. By the grace of God we will not surrender. "- My testimony I arn saved, . sanctified and freed from all sects, and tea and coffee, I am also healed . by the Lord. ' I- our Brother,- E. K. - Menges, vision seen by Bro. Thad S. Furltess' gyrates: mitt preacher,. and his farewell ad-dress to the conference ist Fairview, Hop-kins Co. Texas, July 1886 the which I here deliver and by his honsent, I write aad- request that the same be published ina the GOSPEL TRUMPET as follows. ,/ e l- Angel come down ' from Ilea vet] ha vi lig . great- polver : mitt tile. edrilt lie- ciliieg, h1t 1e1n' 1e1d0 - t1' t' 0iny / w iitlhl sa ,. S. tgrluonr- yv. o Aicn. eil. saying. tabylon the great is- fallen, is fallen. " and is become the habitation Of devils, and the hold of every foul - spirit. and a cage of every mud: elm, and hateful bird. And I heard an- Were increased three fold. , The number had not strength to set the hammier. 49iicreased them, began to coMplain _ The angel said tome, see, . the hammer •. whentliey shot, for the gun rebounded is strong through rust. I then looked at , aial gave them much pin Who did the the leek, and the name had rusted away, ,. slaiotihg, I saw those who carried the .' gue which I had read on it a t first. The small , stint, bearing teh on awaya rtdo wa men . then complained to the mighty men sliaot' they shot as when a man silents a shot them. guinyet it'WaS but one Their shots TJpon the left side of the barrel there • , hit Many of the multitude, killing them, were some who • weie dwarfs in statute, yet they were alive.: thus they continued who had the gun, and when thy were or-hi do until- the number of these who shot dared to shoot,- they could not : for they , . vArlifeaten. The two men in front had nad the gun,- yet it was. but one gun. theien'aine written in their forehead. They then opened the . door, crying • One; John Wes/ eye - the other Charles Wes- aloud for the multitude to come in, who ley. The gun had a name . written ' on er-. came in with a loud shout, and after they titer- side, the barrel, the stock, and the became quiet, those. two who were at , - lock; and: the . namewas the Tord of God: the table gave orders to those who' had . . Those two men were followed arm- a- the gun tofire on the people,. which they fitude of people- and when they all came did, but the effect was not . prOduced. As out at the gate, those who had the gun when they shot before, they were not finked upon the, multitude and began to killed, but rejoiced, , and. praised those who • wise wilderness. The porter said follow that they could not shoot; ., but , being theihr I did, until they came ' to a large looked at by them . with a . frown, they workshop, and they bear the gun within, took the gun on their shoulder and ' started hut the multitude stood without. They bacg. toward the work shop. The angel tarried within but a moment, after which said, fbllow them closely, lose nor, sight of they cathe forth bearing the gun as before. them. . . , . . ,_ They ' e, ntered. the d. oor I asked The porter said to consider the gun; I the guide if this was the same ship We looked, and they had removed • the old saw them at before. He answered, yes, stodit ' and 1 d • • Th half look . t the sign. I read the sisei in laree . , . e o, rep ace a new one. e la oo K a , nearesst the barrel was scarlet red wood', letters on the front, te .71; e d, Thus they did- until their number " consider who . shoots, and what they as again nicreasea thie f id They shoot." I saw. you, Acarman and Hedric, as see you now, and _ Bro. Heslric offered e gun, : upon their shoulders, and e a gun to shoot with. I accepted the taarchedtoWard the Wilderness, and the m e o then teak th Isc'tte atey r said foliow them and consider well gun) tried to shoot, the gun snapped the t e second time. - I then beheld the contents m y. time expires with there is an impassible ork and my work, for. ith the carnal world, od's childien to come consumed with those nd no* Brethren, 1 ifested anadegyou. I had is a reality, 0( 1 be with you, prayer.: f Micah. Was read On their return, a multitude of people eee t , , intl. i u e iejoiced stood without, and followed them within. They closed not the door, audI followed in also Those who had the gun; Stood in Ihrh e. The effect was the same, they were line of battle, each one having a gun, yet an d AearitAh n moved, and i was seconded,- the the Conference bid Bro. : Thad S. Funchess God speed, and tie motion car-ried unanimously, and. as bey gave him the parting hand there was much weep g: " And a cried mightilT with a strong voice, saying, Babylen the great is fallen, - fallen, and has become ihe habitation of devils, - and the hold of e;, ery foul spir-: it, and a cage of every uncbah and hate-ful bird. For. all nations htve drunk of ' the wine of the wrath of hr fornication, and the kings of the earth have. commit ted fornication With her, tild the mer-chants of the. earth are. wasedrich through the abundance of her . deliiadies. And I heard , another . Voi ce froth leaven, . saying, Come out of her, my peope, that ye - be het partakers of her sins, aid that yo re- , ceive not of her plagues. For her sins reached unto Heater, and Crodhath remembered her, iniquities • ' Reward het even as she bath rewarded yott, and doub-le unto. her double, accordiig toiler works: ' wh . " Th , multitude followed 41414tIleY Caine to ailarge house, they ells of Yeu i guns, and it seemed_ to be a fine blood of Jesus, from all sir, and the bond- . - And Ile shall send 1th; angels wit h L great sound of a T ntmilet, unit they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heav-en to the other. Now learn a paralOe of the fig tree; When his branch Is yet tender, and putteth forth leave. ye know that summer is nigh. So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at- the, doors."— Matt. 24: 81- 53. the cup- which she bath filbd, - fill to her double,' for she hath glorifid herself, aid lived deliciously, so much onnent and sor-row give her." ' Amen ! VIay all of God's little ones keep thernselvesfrom idols, and ' whipoGodronlsy, fhor th eiepstuno ny . ofJe- confession that they themselves were of s us is the Spirit of prophesy." the devil. For there wa5. an impassible Your Bro. saved throteh faith in the gulf between them., s ' Daniel. tle children, and women : but come not near aey man upon whom is the mark : and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were be-fore the house." It is wonderful how the power of God compelled the Conference to acknowledge the hand of God in this vision. 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TRTIMPET OFFICE, by registered letter, or express order, Or small amount in bill, or. stamps. CARD OF THANKS. To the saints greeting:— We are still on the fire line, glory to joins God is still enlarging and filling our souls with His glory. This present assembly has been a wonderful feast to our souls. ,0 the won-ders of His love, and power, and glory contributed to our necessity in view of our indebtedness on horse, we tender our heart's sincere thanks and gratitude for what we have received, through the mail and in hand. We have received by mail seven or eight dollars. We still lack some $ 23. May God bless you all with the mighty but pouring Of His Spirit. Our address will be permanently, Grand Junction Mich. Your sanctified Bro. and Sister. Wm• . N. & S. J. Smith. To the beloved saints that have already the Spirit of God that their faces shown as it- were au angel. Many received the Ho-ly Spirit baptism by the laying On of hands, according to the Apostolic practice. The mighty shock from Heaven usually dropped them instantly to the floor like dead men and women, but the resurrec-tion was in the glow of eternal glory. - - Not very many eases for healing were presented but those that applied to the Great Physician Were wondrously cured of whatever disease they had, One dear sister had been a great invalid, and sufferer, nearly- all her life. Her home is in southern Indiana, but she had been stop-ping for some time, with Sister Courtney at Petoskey, Mich. for her health, and came with sister C. to the meeting. • She was a Bapti, t member, 1: Ait renouncing all this world she gave her- God, and was wondrously filled with the Spirit of God, and perfectly healed by His mighty pow-sdeed made a new woman, nd spirit, and, overwhelmed and astonishment at that wrought for her, and in r God for His wonderful hildren of men ! several souls powerfully ' od. Old men in gray hairs, and strong young men. had known the Lord in a e of salvation. A brother rney Warren, of our little" converted in the fore- noon anctified wholly in the after-day. And that night as ore the house full of people, the holy fire came upon e leaped, and shouted the through the instrumental-n Church, in her normal s, freedom and power, the sprang up to the Heavenly estament freedom in a few ok about fifteen years for ough the malarious swamps S of sectism. Glory to our vine freedom. D. S. W ABNER, and J C. FISELER,- L7- Edi- ix; it - 1. • a _ FISHEB,—:-. Publisher. . - WParties desiring papers to . canvass with should' notify us regularly of . their whereabouts„, 0 posite thi. 3 item Mean8 that your paid subeription • is out. When thus marked please 7' 611620 at once, ,09', if the Irumpet is, not desired longer, 71000 ' 1. G8 to stop it- FR must be' notified by letter and the amount due us as back pay must be sent to us, when a subscriber wishes their paper discontinued. 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Please remit money by registered letter, or by express draft, through the American, or the United States Express Co. Or small quantities in stamps. - Address all business letters to the GOSPEL TRUMPET. INTe appeal, to the dear Brethren who subscribed : to the building fund to be paid Aug. 1st, please send in yenr subscription as fag as possible:. The` Money has been hired at a' high rate of ' intereat upon the strength of these sabsbriptions whieh were to be faithfully Met en the 1st of Aug. ' 86. Many Of the Brethren have not Paid, nor have we heard , from them. Will you please send in your subscription as soon as possible and relieve us of our burden. The Lord bless you all and reward your kindness. and. bye in helping in this great work. . JOSEPH. —: o: Bro. S. M. Smith of Silver Lake Ind., sends $ 4.00 to pay on Bro. Wm. N. Smith's horse. He suggests that thirteen such offerings to the Lord would pay for the horse. The Bro. got a noble animal for $ 75.00 and paid $ 25.00, and gave his note for six months for the balance, which time will soon be up. Now please help the Bro. out of this debt. Send your $ 1.00, less or more. If you do not know where to address the brother, as they are con-stantly in the field, yon can send it to the shouting. Many were so filleu with the self, sect, an self wholly t sanctified an er. She was in soul, body with wonde which God h her. Praise works to the There wer converted to young ladies Some of th past experie of dear Bro. company, wa meeting, and noon of the s he testified b the baptism his soul, and praises of Go Being save ity of God's o state of Min young hrothe ' plain . of New hours, which us to reach, t and dense fo Virsend us a new Subseribet east iced for this - right. Since on the camp ground, and applied the rod keenly to some who were out of the way. Satan tried to sour many against this judgment, which must begin at the house of God. So this meeting began Withjudg. out of captivity. said they tAg. k, ets and all the faithful ones). *# cient Church and people. . The Jews carried on their, f00? 5, ship in the name of the 14441, usual zeal, until the evext, OCOLXL. the temple was rent in twskii/&* Pr.' ' 4, Hero of them were made to regin4. L. 7' first time, the consesitteuces OfiCaR‘ Joy the great feast in Mich. ( lad bless mistate WOK hid bin 1Y,' DEAlt FRIENDS:— As you have to address me by note, rather thatil son; please allow me in like mail' send you a few lines relative to thf Coming directly to the subject ' Lien, I will say, that any party of who exclusively profess to be th Christ, are false pretenders, and ural. I have never met with ati but have read of some whose idemn. The Body of Christ, by the Word, is composed of everkom child of God, both in the sects indb them. Each individual who is. . God and led by His Spirit, is a p Body; and this is wily the servanti io have received the Divine which has a special reference er days, are appealing to the churches all over the land uaryin and sparing not," according to the of the Prophet, showing t‘ Judah IWO gression, and hrael Ins Bin," beekaiiit to - the nominal clturcVes tilat the is sent, We read in the hook ' of Dan that the Lord said unto him, (( Seal words of the book until the end, for then shall the vision be.' vision which Daniel saw is closely _ to that which John saw, which ni the greater part of the book of vm, the reason that this book has bee*. ten refered to than other books , In ku, ble, and not as readily underst0A cause it did not apply to time not until the time of the end which*, it present truth to us who are 2 these days; and that which was m ous in time past, is being re* eaT set forth through the preached_ ' Pi:, those to whom it is given, with ilk force and power. In the book of rSamnet 8 ehapteT1 read where the Spirit was first. ram4egt which finally led to divisions in of Christ. The children of Isree. 114. transgressions, had wandered. j, narrow path at obedience and Po_ much that they desired to ha! e,!, 4:, reign and rule over them. BA displeased the Lord, and He ji4 Samuel, protest solemnlyuht_ 0) 1_ show them what. munner, Of# 14.; be, and what oppressions ish#,, them, and that they should fint., s. saken of the Lord when they PR. unto Him. Nevertheless king which was granted them- 12 how they fe. ll ( as i'peo„ ple), . intk, ner of sin, until theY . were isuel7;, 9, captivity. We read that. PPIA. P1 repented and turned unte,;:. He heard them, and in ! t* e • • 01 that fills our souls. Araen • 111 A. B. Palmer. ment, and ended in glory. The Lord -. 714.441 mightily Purged Jerusalem with the Spir- TEE GREAT AND WONDERFUL FEAST. it ofjudgthent, and the Spirit of burning. —: o:— And those Who had talked against judg-ment,' praised God for jiidgment, before find language adequate to d e the meeting closed, being filled with the escrib peacable fruits of righteousness. EARLY beloved, readers we cannot saints of thellost High God, just closed over the deliverance of dear Bro. Grover the glory of the holy Assembly' of the There was joy in Heaven andon earth at Geneva - Center, Mich. The dear broth- a chosen vessel of G' od who had for some good house - Of worship, which was nearly spirit. ren of that place had just - completed a tithe lost the real power and unction of the 0 bless the name of Jesti s for the filled. with the. holy people. There was renewal of his license by the Holy Spirit not a very large attendance from abroad. sent down from Heaven. We hope to Afew little ones from Kalamazoo, Battle hear of his reception of the complete ful- Creek, and froth Petoskey and Pisliston, up ness he desired. God bless dear Bro. and north. Nevertheless there were a . great sister Grover abundantly for Christ's sake. cloud of witnesses, and the mighty power 0 that God may abundantly use him in of God was awful upon all the meetings' the rescue of multitudes of souls from the Satan had been at work, at his business, . trying to destroy the children of God. A powers of darkness Tuesday after- noon, the last great day good many had been crippled by his per- of the feast, near the beginning of the nicious devices. But the all- searching service, we sang" Perishing Souls at Stake," presence of God detected every inward NO. 87, when the Holy Spirit overwhelm-defect. And about every meeting was ed all our souls with the awful condition attended with an altar service at which of this dark world, and the worth of mill-scores were washed in the blood from ev- ions of souls, who would receive the pure ery spot, deliverecrfrom every subtle fault, Gospel and be saved, if it were brought and- filled with the mighty power of the to them. 0 how all our hearts were melt- Sanctifier. Every varieuce was swept ad in sympathy for " perishing souls at away and all hearts were melted together stake to- day." into one indivisible lump. Glory to the Up to that time we had been looking great God of Our salvation, for this Mar- for one of the dear ministerial Brethren velous and wonderful clearing up, and fill- work with us; but. then we said " Oh Lord ing up of all hearts. 0 what inexpress- send them every- where, and we will trust ible glory filled the ransomed of the Lord l Thee to " make all grace abound unto us " And I heard as it were the voice of a so that we always, having ail sufficien s great multitude, and as the voice of many in all things, may abound unto every good waters, and as the voice of mighty thnn- work." Through the Lord. Jesus Christ, derings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God we feel abundantly able to do Us much omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and preaching and laboring with souls as one rejoice, and give honour to Rim : for the man would be supposed to perform, and marriage of the Lamb is come, and Ms also one man's work with the pen. Wife bath made herself ready. And to Glory to Jesus, who strengthens us with Tier was - granted that. she should be array- might by His Spirit in the inner man, s ed in fine linen, clean and white : for the that we can do all things through Him, fine linen, is the righteousness of saints." Well the solemn parting time came, 0 — Rev. 19 : 6- 8. how the tender chords of love drew our 0 what holy and Heavenly leaping and hearts together. Glory be to Jesus! for this wondrous, wondrous love. It is grow-ing deeper and deever. How beautiful the sight of Godts host. all mustered to the battle by the Lord Himself. No jealousy, strife, and selfish manipulating for the best places, and Jut-test fields. Every soul feels that he has the very best place while abiding in Christ and Christ abiding in us. 0 what fools the devil has made of poor blind baby/ o-nians whose backs are gaulded by the sect harness, and whose hearts are often crush-ed beneath the sect machinery. We speak from experience. For ten years we felt this cold, heartless,' heal of selfish oppress-ion. More than once we wet our pillow with the tears that the accursed bead idol pressed from Our wounded heart. By the grace of God we will render unto her double, as God bath commanded us. Instead of wire- pulling, and ungodly plotting against oneanother, and each one greedily looking for his meat from his quarter, each worker in the Lord's vine-yard, is looking to the Lord to guide his feet in the paths of His own will. And all go out in perfect freedom, whether the Lord will, and yet all work in perfect harmony, under the sweet and Heavenly management of the Holy Spirits We having left our little company at Jerry City Ohio, return immediately, open up work about nine miles east of there at Rising Sun, and from thence move on as our great Pillar of Fire shall lead. Dear Bro's. Fisher and Speck, return to Pa. Bro Michels expects soon to resume the battle in Marshall Co. Ind. Bro. Palm-er feels duty upon him to labor some with the Churches in Van Buren and Allegan Co's. Others- go forth- as the Lord shall direct them. ' Dear Bro. Win, and Sister Jennie Smith. who are abundant in labors for the Lord, are talking of lifting up the standard or the Lord on the hills of Hills-dele Co. Mich. Since the Bangor Camp Meeting they - have traveled about 1200 miles with horse and buggy. Had a glori-ous victory at Sharon Ohio, then came to Jerry City meeting, and returned . to PiurrotroN1lo NZ $ VtiOlitIrtZ 71; r4 _ ' 17 MI ttl rata', ts( t'aJ th jj litafror int r tAllg a targ, 4121g! ntliK 1300 50 3 s golf' $ 011 r, .1 Olo ' We' read in the book of • Front that hour he has gone aorth in. 0e ehitisWrittefl, -,, yet, will I the name Of the Lord Of Hosts', clothed . in, the'USPlivity Of Moab . and of power and might; Which :: has ' caused- Wei'days; Saitli the , Lord." theit sandStetreMbIebefore him, bec• ause In 1rt, iiiit : Apostle'S day we see the of the Mighty God who has ' led hilt on. r1 mun1fest, where some desired And to day several religious papers are elif - laVibider smile ' other name than proclaiming the fall Of babylOn- in ' these' !: 11 0-, ifie, for ' Which', they . were ' re; United States, and : these laborer in the. t) e Apostles• field who are doing the' ItiriieSt.'( gentine) over the suprenacy Of, ', mirk, ire oitsididee of the deneinihations,' ° LA 0 tôIther and ' Wesley's : and it IS eViderit ' that the' time fast ap- ° atlierSWhe'Were inipelled ' , With preaching when the great spiritual CitY- 1fOr the a'clvanceMent : And pur- shall not have " the light Of - candle- left ° in ler, for she shall be left desolate ( of gGe•' C'" 7 I. ' • s I• o ita4reatlf•• Paine because Spirituality) : Saith theLerd,", : ' yet :: doubt:• Idliness Which : '* ai so prevalent less she Will go On - With the' forms '. and' With' . - WhOin UwansitionS'ef_ teligion, as ' did ' the thinkingthAt a better' state of Cluirch : Of old; Until : the end Cerifes-, On' jig be effected. So by the help But, praise God, in accordance to - the rea many inte'a . hetter: :; eXperi= Divine : scores' Of ministers have: Corrie : iineS • aasein'r out from. the • denoMinatiOns . -' declaring oilitile'tO time ' very Much : in the their freedom in ' and With thiS deo: platy of thelApastle s day, and real- laration, the Spirit and power of : - God has itind, effill ': outpouring Of grade ceine . dOWia upon '-" them ifi Pentecostal Ieithg n their midst But thefireph: shOWerS, • WenderfiillY'Preparing ' Meth to! ctibn had id : befiilbliediand SO in deelare: theWhOle Otiose!: of ( 3eii en ' the of time, 14-* 40- 6a;' with ail Walls of Zion'. • And a glorious hest Of MelleVeSiliNt• it WOUld-: be ' Well deeMediouls haVe reSponded to ' the lieAV-tilaiind'Make : Ceitain laws, feritis;- enly message in Bef. : I8tkchatiter Where attethatiieti; Which_ he: eipeeted'they in'the'llMit of transgression - bY -= = modern Buitain, and live Up: to without : any - 1Srael'iS portrayed, which Makes it - thedil-alAS, it is said tb., e: re ty of every sincere child - Of God ' to obey' iiiiiiifeitatien of the Wthiderftil : . the voice Of . the' ' Lord,- ' When they Shall theinitom the tithe' . have learned the order ' Of His plans, dis-frit • net - is an OrganiiatiOn. ' This' ' corning the import and application Of tile fit itt4iiidenee that something - - had ' words written. • - niWtafterr: thedivi& peoPle all OYer ' the : World ShOwingtheM ':. 6ftfie Bray Of ChriSt,' bite ' sect; after the ' Share of : satan; ' Whereby- they ' hive their'creed; - COfintry,' 1: 4 been tibject'to the . creedk ' and : craftiness ntik,', einh'Cliffering;' onefrittin - the of men, and they : Are rejoicing in ' freedörn tediniequ6rit death of Spirituality from Captivity, - knowing that - their, names ethnngly forgetful of the - words • of are : Written in Heaven,' and - they stir, rwhere Ile ' cOrimiandedllis die- henceforth walk in the name ' of the ' Lord is that'they ' all remain : One; ' Almighty. fitiMber• Mentioned in ReV. • 13th May God hasten the- time ' When all ci O- r ' irSeached', 144' Claildren shall. be !' lbredglit YititO a oii-uèh time, •( althetigh . SeVeral Men ness ' With eachether - and • With nized : Other _ SeetS; they. h ate : OillY that the' Body Of Chris, His holy uledior a Short periOd,' When they fell and His people be' ready to' : meet ! Him r11, because' GOd's • word was ' ffilfilled When ' He conies; " Ming sheuld. s• aild'beyond ' Thedestructi- V6 ' egg; - the above!' writer t the tithe of ! the speaks of; is Only - destructive • to' the ' mi-n ikt- he Lord came to tod s faithini scriptural ' creeds . and • OrganiZect,: diVisions ( now persecuted for. Christ's - Of: men, that are: contrary to - Christ,' ' and 6) * big,' Sever.' YOui ' relation - froin all - RigsalvationAnd, the!. writer dreads the-organizations:!' 4ed!. '°- e. ig• tieh, onward ' march ., of this campaign - of = fire, J, stand before me, and call my peo simply bee- an : se he has : more: interest in 4fit Of ' eaptiVitY. :" Cry aidad.'. A. o- d, gpare the combustiblei eli glen: ' of , human sects, w and I Will'be, With thee.' ' ' My ' Belli; ' than he : , has ' in , aud e they divided : Until my name is- net Church, against - which the gate of . hell hily known . arnojig • the children örth.' dial- Filet prevail* • ' have they ' di g- ,::- The writer* admits that thosepeople are' itbied Me Until' their ' sing have_ reached• “ really _ Haccomplishing something .- the talliettven; , Go,' I ' cOminand'thee and Wa- V of Spiritual • qiiiCkening - atfiong the ffq 1t the' reninant'aMY people ' who * rim Me and' • Wilk in' ' thy • edu• risél. With istabishinent äfld trethbIiñg, they' rank backi'saYing, Oil LOrd;' ni God, ' I nstOt,' I - Cann- et'. Why hait• thoulehOsen el'iiiie'se; feeble.: tinknOWii, - and- the liffigdein ? But. : the' * bide 10' agai1 still ' hinder, - siYirig., 1 ( 1• 6; I Coin atiathee,: iiiia he With theel•-!--'''''- itgain'thershrank-' back- trembling at ethkight Of cotifronting. the great city With ' her Vast '' nutribers,;' her tiat'llie- Ologians;! her - Wealth- and m agni f-ewe, her supposed security and bound-keiPeetations„ ' Said ' one- ' in . nlY - hear7 f. fgt'dlf the Vowels of- the earth tould, haVe could have dropped ! out. 2of I lt; i ! Wen Id havefelt rel Rut the ifid • ef, Gbdwas. uPon me. : . In the midst r: this SOlemnreflectioni r f - was told , by . a Whitt that theSpirit had ! iinpressed, hiM lilitialdl preach ' that night. 1 . LWeittbefore Custom tiás hot aeceiding te His Across the seas also we read that' the OA Wilt . The - snatied ' Wesleys laid same messs agneg i pbreei claimed, • and tilirest With Many' ' Stare ' in their God is calling the faithful reninant of His', 01114 knees to ask : God for- a'Message, ivhen ley mind was directed very forcibly it) 41t15-: 19; = 20, - 21. :`, TherefOrethtiSSaitlitheLortl,:- If thou . t#, e then thee' .6kain,- lake forth the Precieue fro) the Yile, then ' halttot Amu - unto them." .1 4_ 1. akdihee mite- this peciple, afencedbra-, ha, 1111 a ' they aliall fight against thee,: hey shall jio prevail against: thee; J., ana With thee . to ' save thee; and td Yer thee- saith. the Lord :" • will deliver thee:, from the band ottliewicked; and I Avill- redeein thee- out ole, 44). afor the- terrible- : 1 aroSe and „ These WOOS' alOnd. And then,' AS ' by veeiy magic, there flowed. fre. 1. ny ! 1!"- kb!!! slieli. a. readputterance„, that was , t. conteiOns Of , what, I was saying 4ii. eqllijadilliiStratabliS in perfect ,- keep-thliSCAAtire, ' and ithth gt of the call which God had put hl befere Mei '. ancl if : thpu Lord of Hosts to reign an u pon me." people." , Brit, = thinks- they Go„ a greater amount of harm. = this , were true, then thy Were a- tree that brings forth both geed and evil fruit But' Christ - eniPhat-iCallY r declar6S that no: tree can do thiS. And since this Man Must admit that these saints who haye gone' - without the . camp with Christ, bearing His . repreach; are do-ing iood,- and- Voikin g reett,: L4tot shallow, s, epsational— Spintual quickenings, any person with alittle exercised sound pidg:. ment can see. thatthey are doing genuine salvatiOn ' work, and- the harm alledged to - theni is only the destruction - of mett's idolized organizations, whichhave no place in the Word o. f God. We kno. w of DO pee-pie , on earth that are . so . filled , with . the love of God as these people, and as to the bitterness ascribed to then], it. is only that winch Christ and' the prophets of old Man-ifested against the crooked : ways. and do- . . ings of, men who claim to be the children of God. ' The wrath , - of God against the idolatrous works of men, is the love ofGod * toWards ' their • Yoor Sister iii Christ. - To all the saints in Christ Jesus, greet-ing ;• God keep You, and lead- you and. fill yOu With the: fulness of His power and glory.; We are saved, and , sanctified;' - and - fined with_ the love. of God , this, morning. Oh the deep peace that fillsour, soul. .0! praise His name! The Spirit of! God. bade 113 to go up to- Duslaville, in ' Isabella Co.; confirm and help the' , brethren,- who were much refreshed by our coming together. The people opened their meeting house for us. Our beloved - Bro. Dodge was with us, • who labored with us. in the-, Gospel. The people received the Word with glad-ness, and we found'a goodly number striv-ing for theliingdom; , May God bless the Word; and give the increase.- Amenl . • .„ ST LOWS, 3SIOR. „ • : •. • - , . Josephine- CourtneY A. J.' 1.-; bade farewell - to, the t'S of God at Beaver Datil Ind fid came to yeptone where- We ' ethhat'keer Far accoMpOOied - Vrttm., Widetriart ' Sister- Alice Vivia: anWd companione , obrf. piee we l irreea cbheegdan hid pieipus1y sent an apprniìtmettt b us long bieeganui toe. Fostoria Ohio, w hi, ch pleee'e'reaelied the - - - - - sweet to meet the deaf evening ' Mir departure. - 11a? nd7mo, jey the hely ' fell• e* shiP Of iu,. so the Lord provided a place for ' Us: he'fOrdWenderfellY Orlieli was una e to get us the house te pre'dcl; the Spirit W'e began the meeting ThurSt There was a com any of colored perSons' th glt ' holding a grove meeting in the suburbS'br. ' e Poly joy into our ' hearts, the power of tl d : the t. ipirit was present fo s a ve to the utter= atteirici. : The p. i. e4oher invit, e9: iis to proaoh,;: thoes. t. p. o. T. itliwe ansex, ptodwaeyrftihiiey. m tiant. e 6le. st:. eitarboini, eoaf Gespel af ChriSt," Which , was recei llea' w so V: i• - • O've themthe " glorieus ljght'of tie sanctification at thealtar. ' Two'Of- tlie with shouts andpraises to , Giad, d We ere slain by the power of Goe'haYing felt that, the evening was profitablyaPSPel't-. yeceived the baptismof the holy Ghciit yy, ren . 4, Henderson Pa., who were comforte The next evening we met with the bretli- Bthrt laWyjanrgn e7 aonfdhbains: dial t ' at In! bi3trinaSd'ere a mPee ato by our coming. Bro. Speck preached, and Bro. Miller's I'i. iday evening, an came o e„ Holy, Spirit filled , our , seul with jey the Grove Saturday morning. : Our meet tunspeakable, hand the high Praises of G od ing agai- n caused our joy te burst roithiii-were sounded forth: . The next. day'We ' ' to glorious Peals of shouts aod Praise. : 0 went to the, greve in Venango Co. Where glory , to God! wha' t a glo. r• i m' si - l, i, t. e. is The the brethren, had prepared , a place . to life of the _ saint. Saturday WAS another reach to thepeeple. This is' in a: cern- . day of victory, glory to God 1 - There were p mnnity where the people had but a little d quite a number of oonsecrations that daY, . ,. . „,. an men an. dw ( ) m en rec. eiV4.,, , the baPtithil the minds. of the, light on the pre speenotp tlreu athre. 0 it, hiso awlm doarskt of the Holy Ghost and fire., ,. They Weie impossible to open their . eyesJo . see'the slain by . the mighty povier and lai ' d. like' real light. of the Gospel . and the aWful dead C persons. arr's ouse Sabbath ailday wag taken darkness they are ni. There * Ls mfich up in preaching to the , i. ieopl, e the Ever-oppos'i t'i on f- rom the. pow' ers 9„?,. t he adver - at , , ., 13ro . h where theLord threW lasting Gospel. in the, evening we met sary, We were left almost entirely alone, the pentecostal fire in our midst, and a only a few of the saints were with us dur- glprious scene f011ewed iu the healing of le y, an we were led of' the Spirit to m • • ing the mee ting: NeverthelesSWe preached 18 persons from. various diseaseS, and the the searching truth which pierced the c nvertion of two and sanctification a hearts of sinners and sectarians, and not three others. Glory to God 1 for His Won-dear souls who received the trlith for Se- . sus' sake. From there we, . Wetit- to Hen-dersen, and held a. meeting the grove near that place. ' Here also ae at the former : pl ace: there was much oppOsition, : never-theless Man y received the trath- feW seals were saved, and the wickedness of the hearts of the sectarians were made ManifeSt So that it was' apParent all; both saint and sinner, that their professiOri was a but mask to coyer their sin polluted hearts, , ' They , dirred, up the young' Men to Make distUrbance, and thus' hinder' the work:. u t. praise the Lord I We' hid j56, feet victory over all ' of the powerkof dArk-neSs. , Hallelujah tO God I knell- interest Was manifested by . these . Who dedied know the truth,' ' arid many would have seed sown here. May God - 7save those Amen! • . been saved had we been able to have staved lon aer. We went frOm Hendersen to, Fairfield Crawford Co. and held ' a few days , meeting there, where also great gOod was done. in : establiShing the saints', : and stre, ngthening them. ' Seine others ' alt. tb received thetruth, . and expressed their ' determinatio n te Walk L116 May God grant deliverance to the captive souls who are in babylon bonda2: e. I do not think we ever found a corner on earth where so many full fledged hyp-ocrites are to be found as at that place' . The salvationist's cage near there is' noth-ing else ( spiritually speaking) but , a roost of unclean and hateful birds, or hypocrites of the most inalignant type. The most of them profess to be saved an sane e , and chew and smoke their tobacco, re5ect the ordinances of the Church, in fact they want all Spirit and none of • the Word. Therefore as . the Spirit of God - : agreog to theWord, theya re obligted o . take the spirit of error. The Word also cOndemus , „ cOntractin g a debt and not paying, letting it outlAW and then repudiating the debt it also condemns marrying another wife, or husband while the former one or- more are living. But these things are practiced' among them, , still , they claim to be Saved and sanctified. ' Do ' yen ' wonder they do not want the Word Or like it ? iS it- a Won-h shameful thiegs are practiced ? wAhmena nsit7hat will contract a debt, let it outlaw and not pay it, is an outlaw him-self, and no better christian than the () evil. Iwthtaatli. wse o we, and no , man can be a ohm- ' e 100 cents on the dositlarcentots pa; 0 tian without paying the la der that, poor sinners . cannot be sav d ye' shall kno*, , . this meeting we alne tb Jerry City Ohio. Bro. WM. killer Met AN at t lie train and took us to his liofte . - where we me. t. once- more Bro. Wm: N. Sinith and sisler , Tennie and sister Sarah ' Smith, , andetliers . of the saints. 0 glory to God. we were gyeeted with shouts , which were matter_ what they profess, " by their fruits Your Bro. an '. ssamomm""•".". 11mIlml". 1" 11". H. 0. Wickersham. ' Baia Cm Duals BRETEMF. 17:- 0d itaeSS. you. got,. I would love tir meet the hosts ' oitt Woe& - washed saints it Jerry City. But . 1 haire been sick since retorrOng from the ineetint in Ohio. I do prairie Goct there is- rint cloud that doth arise, to hide raY Savior from my eyea. Praige ' God ! if ifisilia will I want to gd lieine bat irit irkOt will, I want to stay to, expose falde and work fbr the ' salvation of souls: I am trUsting the ' LOrd.' Smile Etdvisti-` 1 me to take medieine, ' but Chriat has: been"''' physkiiii for thelait ' ten years.= • Hia- ' will be done. ."- Little Freddie is getting along Well.; He - tt plays ' awhile, then goes to ' the barn or 1. ipt. staira and: prays. I give hini- lessona every day froth the Testament arid how richly it pays me to care for. thim.- , Please pray ler' Me. ' If see you ' ne' More, I will meet you in° the City where wewill never get old. Your Brother, • ' Christ.' a iew received the Word and Will walk in derful savin o• and healing Power. ' Halle: the light of it, There was only two con- lujah to His name !. This meeting is , one secrations during the whole meeting, s° low, to be remembered. What love and great was the conflicting elements. The power was manifested no tongue can tell order was, good excepting on tifo occasions, nor pen describe There was an affecting some one threw a stone on the roof of the . ._ . , ., . scene at parting. Oh how our hear. ts were' stand which passed* over into ' the cengre- i 1 - , • melted as we clung to eac 1 ot ier - but we gation and struck a woman on the : f. o- r e. - .„ sorrow nt o ast hoe rs wh o h a v- e no 1lo p'e ." . . head, cutting a large gasi, .,: i . came May the Lord preserve H. i s ' little, one, s ne, ar proving fata . , ,. , bl' 1 s- till we all meet in the Celestial We expect to reap much - fruit f- r! o m „ the City where parting shall be no More. JOSEPII. NEW PITTSEITEG DEAR BED. mr Cituagr:— Praise God for, ever I am saved and sanctified through the blood of Christ Jesus our Lord. We met last Saturday night at Bro. Iley's place and the Lord met with ua in mighty power, five came to the altar. The Lord is doing His work, sinners are crying what shall we do, And babylonians are crYing, My church! my churchl alas! my. church The next day we met at 10 and 3 o'clock. After the after- noon meeting three were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 0 what a glorious salvation! Find enclosed clippings from lOiNNI CITY EAGLE, a report of our last Saratoga meet-ing, •, J Smurr. DEAR BRETHREN OF TEE GOSPEL' ' Tatrmr=. - ttr— The Lord wills that'L Write yen.- The Lord haS been wonderfully blessing, -- and leading me in His ways. Praise His: name forever! I have decided long Since, in the ordinances, and believe . we - Muit practice them, and that the Lord willaIbe:' baptized and ordained Elder to Work in His vineyard by some God sent'Elders-that'belong to the Church ofthe First- herb, and not to sectism. God takes the Will for the deed as I am slone. . I traveled for - several years, preached the - Gospel -- with, the light I had for the U.' B. sect,! - till L found something better. - Some . nine years. ago I OOD118 out of sectism. - Since that time the LOrd h- as been wonderftlly leading rr‘ vzi.,, Since I left, Neb. two years ago.: this: sum-mer, I have met some professed, holiness-peciple'who rejeCt the ordinances. Ibegan.- to read mere closely,' and I found Matti: mt. Apostle Paul must have meant the Jewish, ordinances ih Col. 2: 13,14, from . ther ft44-. the sanie Apostle Paul., said -, to. practice?. them- 1 Cor. 11: 2, 23, 24. I was ordained Elder sect! in. the:, year ' 72: but believing that sectism of the devil, and that there are' but . few. se0‘ preachers- that enjoy Bible salvation., yet, gard it null And void. Dear Brothers, if the Lord wills, , write; to me soon, and come to this state. not come to you, as I am poor as far as this world is concerned:, . I, am now , mak-ing arrangments, the Lord wills, to: have several meetings in the north part, pf this country, this fall. ' There, is one called Freedom . Baptist church . in the , uorthwest part of this country that is all split upon sanctification. - The MOSt of them expect to be. turned . out. or ,, to leave. - One old Elder asked me how we got along without organization. I told him we were, organ-ized by the Holy- Ghost,. We to, ok the Bible and nothing else, thatwe knew each other 1y the Holy Spirit., Hallelujah Obey God by the Word,; M ordaining Elders and every., thing else ie God's orcler. meeting in, or near Sharon Center, Medi- Yours. in Christ, na 00. Ohio, and went to Lodi, preaelied once and preached twice at the Chase school house, several times at my broth-. er's, and then returned to Sharon for an ordinance meeting. The Lord was with ' as in powOr in all theSe placee; but es- Pecially at Sharon. Oir: Sanday, , two ' con-secratedfor sanctification; and' follOwed their. Lord in . haPtisin:. '' . 0: whata glbriOns tinie we: had, They ea: MO ' out of tlie Water shoOting ' and praising '. Ged:' The'seetari. an s .16oked , on in wonder and amaZeMent. At night We waS'hed - the Sainta'feef ,. and o f the em erns o Yth ' ea d broken Body, of our'Lerd; There : were 1' 5 partook ep ere that followed their Lerd in the Ordinances. The toi. d. has a precions Church at • that jlace GlorY ' to .1IiS , naine Tfie ` Lerd, is with in mighty power, d Sister Saved and sanetified'. WM: R: '&' 8.• J. Surat': —: 0:— SEWN CE. blai, 0. To all the saints greeting. We closed ••• ! IUAVER PAIC. 11,115. Dear Brethren: I : feel led Of , theLord' to write my testimony. I do,: thank God - for ' salvation that saves my soul . ironvall the work of the- devil. 1, am saved,. dud sanctified, ' ready: to be revealed in. the last time. '' ' • • Your Sister saved and kept bythepOWL Ontina'llryani; ' • , . Dear Bretli, 9., en:-. 11, feel' that. the Lord wants me tp. send in my, testimony, for Je-sus this morning. I am saved, sanctified, anakept by pie power of god,. r, a. ciy to he, revealed thelast , I have never had a . chance Jo, lre ban-tized since . I was converted,. (- tha t being about six months ago).- and. this, after, noon if it is the Lord's will 1, ' will follow . - His footsteps down intothe riverof ,, Jordan. Pray for your sigeria,, Qhrwi niu; 1r 011° roat GAINES, MICE; DESTIY bekiired CfiriSt : this' Morning finds us well arid Saved . ' of the* Lord, : and doing His will at all times. Bro. and sis-ter Drowley are helding meeting here' at preSent, the. Lord Weiiderfally ' blesses us, and' gives ns vietbry - ' Over- the- deVil. We bad a glorihuS Meeting' last night, iud this afterzhoon, the Lord Willing,- we Will ' go tO the river side' where mY eoin- Paidon is to' be buried With Christ bap-tism'. - Your Bro. : in Christ, saved and ' Sanctified. Jay Hilt' Ni• J.! I joins auything the communion (-)' the precious time and space to correct ' such s feet a Are they and of the Holy Spirit. You know f the whole book of the law, never once me We regret the eecessity of taking bread and the wine. And you know ' that. blind and positive contradictions of the the devil innog p oref coenpet - oafn tohthee lra'sw f eeentj. o iYnoeud. pthroep wosaeis tho_ i nIntos pthireedp eWrfoecrdt . l a0w t hoaft lmibeenrt yw, oaunldd klonoo wt imagine I hat it wus Al( m4e" N'lm tall write another article proving that these what they ought to speak before they pre- tak etot: titehi: shiilsd trIc: yn ient) dIsyl. ae. 4 rind and s ordinances ere instituted by Gol, in the sums to teach, the old dark traditions of at law of Moses. Very well, send en the ar- babylon. We are sick of such abomina- cup, and gna: e- e k nttliii ye ain all sy, of abili it, dogGia? v” for this hi e tide. And if you point to the book, chap- ble, disgusting rubbish. 0 God ! we love saying, eggi ng: ter, and verse, where these ordinances are all men, but we do exceedin gly hate every esta enjoined. iii the Old Testament, as they false way. ib7iat . atshese- asaases greatly eed \ I ! NI, ILii" iLte: 1e1 ealVEus:: s11ea: 1d)
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