| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 jt- nei he chap send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet. and they shall gather t gather his elect from the four - winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 313*. 24 31 So Will I seek out my sheep. and will deliver them out of all places where they have 01,7,1 ,7 an'' Fllrk Fre. 24: 1? VOLUME MI. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGIN/ A, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1902. NUMBER 5 The Devil. BY W. W. Trm. sar. The Devils a t erm that's used By saint and sinner here; But saints endeavor all the time, From devils to keep clear. The sinner, too, sometimes concludes, He will his power evade By resolutions of his own, He foolishly has made. But devils are not conquered thus, By human schemes of men; For all the plans they may invent, Still leave them in their sin. All men conceived by Adam seed Are destitute of power To live above the hellish schemes, Of Satan for one hour. Delivered to destruction dire Was all the human race, When Adam, being tempted, fell, And lost his saving grace. But God in heaven, who designed That, men should live down here Bo clean and pure and free from sin, Has sent good news to cheer, To lift us up above the plane Of human grief and wwooee;. And thus we're free indeed from death, And every hellish foe. The weapons of our warfare here Are not of carnal power; With sword and shield and breastplate on, Our triun: Qh crowns each hour. These make us conquer in the fight, And victory sweet is given To every soul that's born of God, And in the race for heaven. So let us keep the weapons on, And not be overcome; But valiant soldiers may we be, Until the conflict's won. The war is not forever more, ' Twill soon be finished here, And we shall rest with all the blessed, Where devil's neer appear. Knowing God. BY 0. ream J ESUS in leis prayer in John 17 prayed that his disciples might know God and himself. After haying been frith Jesus for years, haf etititrerSiitions with him personally, Skewed' on him, seen his wonderful war*, - 11A4 due wonders in his nanie itl: Mlitit'Seein that they cer-tainly e lelibtlititinted with God. Yet Jesus * ilk tfiey might know thee the'ontte: trU4' 08it'aid. Jesus Christ whom - thou iiiitt'lksitit" There were heights ant the' kno wl edge of God * if- leit• readhed. The school of 0 - 61.-- edtlehlhere are no gradual es. des` appre-ciate the knOWlefil0of ,'"* Taul did. Ile said, qeentant all things Wit l'ess for lie excéfilent&- theknoWledgit4Vlifist nii) Lde" Nothing fait he lied possessed or ' mitt obtain, would be per-mit to come This way and hinder him from Ito owin& od. There are (* bite steps to be taken in. obtaining` the ikiiithiledge of God, and then an every` sday walk and talk with Jesus. I: V* 4 to know Jesus as our Savior 4 scary' to repent of all sins, with y- sorrow, then and only then can aon believe on him from the heart. Te belief that can be had without the work of repentance is only a head belief, intellectual and not believ-ing unto righteousness, and does not en-able a person: to get into the narrow way. That kind of believing can he found the bib Ld way. Many sinners believe ittelleetually, even devils believe and tremble, jinxes said, but it is " with the heart man believeth unto righteous-j3ess./., This knowledge is higher than any branch taught by man. True, many facts about ‘ Grod can be found out by the unsaved, and possibly when recited in the presence of some who are the Lord's, the one who has experienced the things mentioned by the speaker, rejoices with the truth. I am told of a preacher who once asked one of Ida hearers what she thought of his sermon. The reply was that he had done very well for an un-saved man. Another man, a D. D., who saw two you g women praying for the salvation, of a drunken man on a street in Canada, said, " l have been a preacher for twenty- five years, and here is some-thing I can not do." He soon humblea himself, came to the altar, repented of his sins, found the Lord willing to save even him, and so got to know Jesus as his personal Savior. What a miracle! I knew this man, and heard his testi-mony. I believe his fruits showed for a time at least that he was born of God. Bat it means much to follow Jesus with Out the camp hearing his reproach and then stay out of the camp and hold up the whole truth, no matter how offensive to the ungodly. Atter knowing that our sins are for-given, and that our names are written in heaven, having the witness of t Spirit to the same, then to advance in the knowledge of God it is necessary to " go on unto perfection." It was for this that Jesus prayed as recorded in John 17. He commanded them to tarry in Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high— until they were baptized with the Holy Ghost. They did not resist the command of the Lord and say they had no need of a secand cleansing of the heart, but obeyed and tarried with one accord in one place until the Holy Ghost came, purified their hearts by faith, and took up his abode in them. The question to the justified is, " Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye be-lieved?" Also the Word says to you, " Having therefore these promises, dear-ly- beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, per-fecting holiness in the fear of God." Cor. 7: 1. " Go on unto perfection." The purified soul is willing to obey God. There are none in the family of God guilty of the sin of stubbornness. 1 Sam. 15: 23. As soon as a complete con-secration is made and all is laid on the altar, Christ, and faith claims the prom-ise, the glorious work is done. The heart is made pure, the Holy Ghost takes up his abode and God is known and loved as never before. The promise is that " when he the Spirit of truth is. come he will guide you into all truth." He is a wonderful teacher and the word ot God is the text- book used in the school of Christ, and the reading and studying of his Word is not an irksome task, but a delight, more interesting than a novel is to the worldling. Beloved, if God's word is not your delight, if it is neglected and forgotten by you, it will be well for you to examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith and find out whether the cares of this life have not already entered into your' heart and choked the word. There are hours of precious time spent by professing Chris-tians, in conversation, that does not pro-voke to love and to good works. Had these hours been spent in prayer and with the word or God, how different would be the result in those who are wasting time that, they profess is conse-crated to God. The difference would be manifested in the heart and life, in the home and in the meetings, by a glorious ringing testimony that shows a present intimacy, a joyful acquaintance with God, and not a testimony, whether given in word or by an appearance, that be-trays the sentiment of the heart to be, " My leanness, my leanness: woe unto me." Isa. 24: 16. There are so many lines on which we need to know God. In 2 Cor. 6: 1- 10, Paul mentions twenty- nine experiences, states or circumstances through which the children of God pass, in which, to a greater or less extent, it is necessary to know God. ' We as ministers and gospel workers need to knowGod as our supplier. Phil. 4: 19. Give people to understand that we have a good paymaster who does supply all our needs, and is not com-pelling us to go on half rations. Let us honor him and he will honor us. Al-ways " by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests he made known unto God," and never by a sad story of a hard time work on the sympa-thies of people, desiring a gift. It is not honoring to God for us to hold our per-sonal needs before men, but prevail with God in prayer and thus please him, and by these experiences become better ac-quainted with him. - We are commanded to " preach the word," and the word says, " Upon the first day of the week let every one of you [ elders not ex-cepted] lay by him in store, as God has prospered him." How can we preach this with authority and not. be obeying it ourselves? May God help us to be from now on ensamples to the flock on this line. There is much in the saying, " He only is worthy to command who has first obeyed." Every circumstance in lire, every trial, every temptation, every duty, no matter how humble, may be a means to enable the believer to know God better. " The people that do know their God shall be strong and do ex-ploits." Dan. 11: 32. The " Also" Grace or Christ- life. BY JE SNIE M. BYERS. 4 OR. we which live are always de-livered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh." 2 Cor. 4: 11. Here we find the secret of our trials and tribulations. It is that the Christ, life may be manifest in us. Were we never to have any trials or tribulations or persecutions, there would be no op-portunity for the " also" grace or Christ-life manifesting itself in our mortal flesh. No wonder our brother Paul says he glo-ries iu tribulations. He had learned the secret. His experience had taught him that with the tribulations came the bles-sing. So he says he - gloried in tribula-tions, knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope maketh net ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the ELoly Ghost which is given unto us." We should always obey the command to " count all things joy when we fall into divers temp-tations," with the knowledge that these trials are as gold to our spiritual life and that these are the times that the Christ-life is manifested in our mortal flesh. There is only one way that we get the divine help in days of trial and tribula-tion, and that is when we rejoice in it and count it joy. In this attitude we are in a trusting one and with the trust comes the help and then the " also" grace is manifested in our flesh. For these treasures, or the Christ- life, we have in earthen vessels, " that the excel-lency of tile power may be of God and not of us." We are troubled on every side, we are perplexed, persecuted, and cast down and always bearing about the dying of our Lord Jesus. Why? " That the life also ot Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal body." Then need we ask why these severe trials come upon us when it is only that Jesus may be seen in us? How careful then we should be in these trials that we hold still and be quiet, that the grace be not frustrated and spoiled, and so the " also" grace tail to be manifested in our mortal flesh. When we are in trial, sickness, or danger and fail to trust for the sufficient grace, it fails to come in, and so we are left to ourselves and the enemy sees his chance and comes in with doubts, and tears and distrust, and so we fail to get the needed benefit and God is robbed of the glory. No wonder when sickness comes into our household and we begin to doubt and fear, teat there is no heal-ing to accompany our prayers. No won-der that the healing is delayed even when. the elders have been called. it must be hindered and delayed until we learn the lesson, so we can get the good designed for us and God get the glory of the healing life manifested in our mortal bodies. The quickening must begin in the spirit before it can in. the mortal body. So when the trial comes on and we go to our Father and appropriate his grace and strength, with it comes the faith and confidence to stand on his promises and claim the healing of our bodies. We see, first, the spirit is quickened and thin the body. No wonder cold, formal pro-fessors fail to see healing for theme No wonder either that those who say they will " try healing" fail to get it. We must be fully convinced that these bles-sings are for us, then in firmness and as-surance of faith ask and appropriate what our Father has provided. It " God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts," it will be a very little matter to shine the light on. all he has promised for us, for our hearts are open to all the light of God. Our brother Paul had so learned the lessons of trials and patience that he could boldly say, " I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content." He had a goodly share of trialsatoo, Hear him enumerate them- " Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten With rods, once was I stoned." That was Otteof- tea ;: times when , eke " also", grace ' was grant unto us eternal life if we would meet the conditions of his Word. Then why should we hesitate one mo-ment when we know that he is the same unchangeable Savior, and he has said, " Though heaven and earth pass away, my word shall not pass away." Let us therefore grasp the plain promises and go forth and wield an influence for God and for good in this world. This world is a dressing- room for heaven, so if we neg-lect to put on the wedding garment, or if we die without salvation or hope of eter-nal life, we have missed all. . There is no reason why any of us should be lost when we have this eternal King who has never lost a battle and who is so compassionate that he will pick up fallen humanity and restore them to a plane of purity and holiness and lead them and guide them into all truth: He has given us such glorious promises. He says, " Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God." I thank God that I am saved, sancti-fied, and on the high and holy way that leads from earth to glory. For we know there is salvation in no other name than the name of Jesus, and we know that God has said that the soul that sin-neth it shall die. So, dear sinner, look to Jesus for the cleansing power and he will give you an inheritance with the saints in the kingdom of God. where the truth has been held up in all its beauty and fulness, Christ may not be able to show mighty signs and won-ders because of the unbelief of the peo-ple. God has so arranged it that even he can not, or will not work among un-believing people. This we see from Mark 6: 5, 6—" And he could there do no mighty works, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marveled because of their unbelief." There are some people who seem to get much satisfaction believing God for a time, but when trials and temptations come they fall away. Jesus speaks of such on this wise: " And some [ seed] fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away." " They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away." Lu. 86, 13. Dear ones, we should not be numbered among those who believe only when all goes well; but let us have a steadfast faith in the promises of God, so that he may shower upon us the dews of heaven, and that we die not for lack of moisture — the grace of God. 0 trust in God, believe his word, Though all thy friends depart; Sink deep in Father's tender care, And he will grace impart. As thou hast faith that morning sun Will rise into the sky, So rest on Jesus' written word, For he can never lie. mam ested in. his MoetaLflesh. And thereeicame thitOr Certain Jews from Antioch to Iceniunt- WhO persuaded the people, and having stoned' Paul drew him Atit of supposing he had been dead. Eowbeit as the disciples ' stood . around about him, he rose up, and came into the city," and the next day went about his Master's business. Diet us take a look here at the " also" grace, or Christ- life. Paul's life was gone out, but the Christ- life flowed in and set him to preaching again. God was not done with him yet, even if at times he had the desire to " depart and be with Christ." How did the Christ-life flow in when he was dead? Ah, `` the disciples stood around." And were they idle and lamenting of having lost one of their numbers? Did they murmur and complain because one of their number was lost through persece-tion? No! They staggered, not at the promises of God through unbelief, but were strong in faith, giving glory to God and believed that God was able to " quicken the dead" and restore him to lite again. Had they given way to lamenting and weeping, they would have failed of the appropriating faith and so failed to see the Christ- life manifested in his mortal flesh. But we will finish Paul's record of his tribulations. " Thrice I suffered ship - wreck; a night and day % was in the deep. In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in tie wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren. In weari-ness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things which are without, that which cometh on me daily, the care of all the churches." But he continues his testi-mony in these words: " But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish in course with joy." This was his testimony even when the Jioly Ghost witnessed to him that bonds and afflictions abide him. Many of us would have given up in despair entirely, but it only made him bolder and strong-er. Why?— Because of the abundant Christ- life, that came in with each trial. That is why he could say, " When I am weak thenv am I strong." Dear breth-ren and sisters, in these days of trials and afflictions, -" let us have grace" that we too may come out more than con-querors through him who hath loved- us. Let the Christ- life be manifested in our mortal flesh. Our Savior. " Have Faith in God." BY ROBT. ROTHMAN. O NE of the most important duties that the Christian owes to God, his neighbor, and himself, is the exercise of a living faith in God. The question was once put to our Savior—" What shall we do that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." Jno. 6: 28, 29. Unbelief is a serious offense to God, as we learn from Num. 14: 11, 12—" And the Lord saidanto Moses, How long will these people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? I will smite them with the- pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation, and mightier than they." - We also read in Heb. 11: 6—" But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must be-lieve that he is, and that he is a reward-er of them that diligently seek him." God has so arranged the law of faith that we are rewarded according to our faith. And Jesus said unto the centu-rion, Go thy way; and as thou hast be-lieved, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the . selfsame hour." Matt. 8: 13. We see this illus-trated also in Matt. 9: 27- 30—" And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed, him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know • t." One of the principle reasons for the lack of faith in the world to- day lies in the fact that the word of God is not preached in its purity by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. " Faith corn-eal by hearing, and hearing by he word of God." Born. 10: 17. If in some local congregation there is a lack of faith in the glorious doctrine of sanctification, it may often be traced to a want of faith- ' ul preaching on this line. The ksamme in re card to divine healing and other doe- 2340 2 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. Jan. 30,. 1902. Again, the gifted teacher by his pro-pounced - personality may indocarlitate with error while he gives pleasing truth, and stimulates to Bible study on the line of his teaching. The most precious thin thing about our personality is that it goes with us into eternity, by which we shall know each other. In the glorified state all the blemishes will be removed. and the beau-ty of our personality will be brought out in the perfection of Christliaess, and in his beauty we shall shine. On the other hand it is sad to think that in the lost state these personalities will become tormenting agencies according to their devil nature. How quickly and fully the unsaved should avail themselves of the provisions God has made to save them from sin and its consequences, by repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. The wisdom and goodness of. God in tweeting man with such personal endowments can not be understood in our earthly life, but we should value what God prizes in our-selves and others and receive and give the blessings that aretto be wrought out in this bestowment.— - Fang actrd. DARKNESS. What a blessed Lord! Truly we Aber God for such a Savior, the un-r t, iaahle Christ, the Redeemer of man- . There could not have been a eeratgato this old world, that is so • eyreoltefl, a4 sin, than Christ the Lord. ep- itaStf# Aaultitudes of souls that sat in growdatleacep and that wore the galling yoke 0: 041 gave been set free by this uacharigable tAfirst, and still we see him goingiateOntothe great avenues of sin and 1: 00,: otk Fulling them: " Come unto me, 144sal thettt labor and are heavy laden, acid I wive you rest." No weenelne- elso heavenly host sounded forth praises to Gititi for such a one that was borne Tinto - t world, who would bring sweeping - over all the ele-ments of dark: Wrench the* eys 4,/ 2134aRcls of BY W. H. SHOAT. US Christ the same yesterday d. to- day and forever." Heb. PERSONALITY. the future, in w p p be in darkness. Not the darkness that is over the earth after the setting of the sun at night, but spiritual darkness, in hich men would not be able to see light. Darkness is the opposite of light, or a state in which the vision is obscured. But was this because there was no light? Surely not; for just as the sun sets in the west and darkness covers this portion of the earth, the sun continues to shine, but the earth in its revolution has gotten between us and the sun and so caused darkness, just so with spiritual darkness. In. the first verse of the same chapter the prophet says," Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." Ile is here speaking of Christ as the light, and Jesus also testi-fies to the same by saying, " I am the light of the world." John 8: 12. Read also John 1: 1- 9. As the earth in its daily revolutions obscures the light of the sun, so the world in its daily revolu-tion of sin has gotten between Christ the Sun of righteousness, or light of the world, and the world, or the people of the world. Hence the text that dark-ness should cover the earth and gross darkness the people. There are many reasons why this darkness is so preva-lent in the world to- day, but the principle one is found in John 3: 19—" And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." Sin is so prevalent in our land to- day and men love it so that even those who take the place in the pulpit and claim to be called of God to preach the gospel, will tell us that there is no way for us to live without committing sin. Only a few days ago I heard a man make an attempt to preach on the sub-ject of the church, and among other things when commenting on Rom. 12: 4. 5 said that " all Christians are in the body of Christ [ the church]" and that sinned." This isia thteatothuesis till out sin;" yet he said " all Christian " Christ [ the body, the church] was with-illqeus isty—, — una lrli g so ssiFf or a short, ao irrknt :- disobedience to any part of the New Tes-tament, will hide the face of God from US, which is darkness. " Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it can not save; neither his ear heavy, that it . troy, a ss t not ever; hut your iniquities have BY B. F. WEISEL. " F OR, behold, the darkness shall cov-er the earth, and gross darkness the people." lsa. 60: 2. The prophet Isaiah is here pointing to a time, then in hick the co le would BY ANNA ABRAMs. T HE Lord has given every individual a distinct personality by which he is known, and which characterizes all his actions. Some have a more pro-nounced personality than others, wield-ing a stronger influence for right or wrong. Decided personal power is not necessarily demonstrative. Silent forces are often the most powerful. There are individuals who by their words and de-cisions carry the people over to their side, seemingly against their will. There are others who say little yet decide pow-erfully for ' weaker ones. The strong man gets into trouble; he has thought himself sufficient for any difficulty, but failing, he goes to his quiet little wife for help, saying, " I'll see what mother says about it." No man is responsible for difierences in personality. It is God's endowment, an inherent power inseparable from the individual. It is not to be hated for its uncouthness or its peculiarities, but beau-tified by grace, and used for tile glory of God. This quality in man gives infinite variety in the human race, and makes each person a mighty factor for good or for evil. It works consciously or uncon-sciously, therefore it is of infinite impor-tance that we should have this gift whol-ly in God's hands, else the carnal nature will operate in the interests of self to our own and others' hurt. How this is seen and felt when the Spirit lets light on the corrupt nature. There is no safe-ty in this world for any one, only under the cleansing blood. The personality of ministers may be a great means of drawing men to Christ, but if they are• unsanctified they will draw to themselves instead, and receive praise and admiration of men. Much so- called revival work is of this charac-ter. The people have been converted to the minister instead of to God,- and when he is gone they drop into their old life. It is an awful thing for a min ister or gospel worker to use personal power to this end. What shall we say of those who exalt sell and claim a tol-lowing? There can be but one Scriptur-al conclusion. They sway the multitudes - yea, that would trines of the New Testament. Of course by personal power combined with Satan-th and hell out of people who were once enlightened may ic. , This influcreco is ac the charm of the of our souls, and fall back into darkness, But even serpent to many : tt hold, to 3 ran. 30, 1902. TEE GOSPEL TRUMPET. separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear." Isa. 59: 1, 2. Christ came " to give life and light unto all who sit in darkness." Lu. 1: 79. And he says, " All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." Jno. 6: 37. Paul was sent to the Gentiles that their eyes might be opened and they be turned from darkness to light. Acts 26: 12- 18. Has this been accomplished? " But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shore forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." 1 Pet. 2: 9. The very thing which Paul was sent to do, Peter tells us has been done. Praise God! " He that saith he is in. the light and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that lo yetli his brother abideth in the light, and there is no oc-casion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in. darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness has blinded his eyes." 1 Jno. 2: 9- 11. ( Remember that as darkness is the op-posite of light, so hate is the opposite of love. ) " Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. He that walk-eth in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth." Jno. 12: 35. Be Not Deceived. BY " WILLIS FELTON. I T is the privilege of all who profess to have salvation to know their true con-dition before God. There are many peo-ple, no doubt, who think they are all right and at the same time are under the deception of Satan. The times are peril-ous, and sin and deception were never at such a high tide since the world began as they are at the present. There is almost every kind of false religion. man-ufactured by the enemy in order to de-ceive souls. Those whom the devil has under his control already he is not uneasy about, but is busy trying to cap-ture those who are God's, and he does not care how he gets them. He does not even object to a person professing inn salvation as long as he knows it is not real, as he can use such to deceive others. It is the devil's business to counterfeit that which is genuine by that which is false. He knows that God's people are holy, therefore he has a peo-ple with a false holiness. He also knows that God's people have power with God, so he gives power to those who are un-der his control and at times causes them to seem very spiritual and happy in. the Lord. " Sporting themselves with their own deceivings." 2 Pet. 2: 13. " Be not deceived; God is not mocked." But how is a person to know whether be is deceived or not? The Scripture says, " Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Xnow ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be rep-robates?" iteCor. 13: 5. A careful ex-amination " of ourselves by God's word wilds ow * here we stand it we will be hawed with our sesva souls. 11 a person discovers that his heart is once more fled with pride, jesting and joking, evil speaking, and such like, even though he profess to be saved, he is only blinded by the devil's devices, as the proud, God knoweth " afar off," and jesting is " not convenient." Eph. 5: 4. And Titus 3: 2 says, " Speak evil of no man." So it is plain to be seen that a person. can not stand clear before God and have these things in his heart. Some can now indulge in such things quite freely, whereas once they looked upon them with abhorrence. Bnt it is not because the things themselves have taken a " nage, but it is heoanse they themselves. have changed. The sunshine of God's love that once filled their souls has through their unfaithfulness to God left them, and murmuring has taken the place of rejoicing, and it is " peace, peace, when there is no peace." Though sad their condition, yet. Jesus cast break every chain that binds and set the cap-tive soul free, and those who are free can remain so by living " by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matt. 4: 4. A Blameless Ministry. BY J. E. FORREST. l'HE word of God demands that a New Testament minister be blame-less, and we find certain qualifications that he must possess in 1 Tim. 3 in or-der that he may be an acceptable person for this office. No doubt quite all of God's true ministers are well acquainted with the qualifications he should possess. However, it is well that our minds be stirred up by way of remembrance. While a minister must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach, one that rnleth well his own house, and so on, we find that he also is to be an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in. charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.' 1 Tim. 4: 12. " Moreover he must have a good report of them who are without [ sinners]; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil." We are also instructed to " abstain from all appearance of evil," and again, not to let our " good be evil spoken of." So in the name of Jesus Christ let us be careful in all things that we may ever be New Testament ministers in deed and in truth. The idea of men going out trying to appear as New Testament minis-ters without being properly qualified is utterly wrong. Jesus commanded his apostles to tarry at Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high, and this power came when the Holy Ghost came. The Holy Ghost was to teach men. all things anu to guide into all truth, and I want to say that when men receive the Holy Ghost they have an understanding of the word of God and they will all ( those under the influ-ence of the Holy Ghost) understand it alike, the, Holy Ghost being the teacher. The Holy Ghost does not teach one man that certain scriptures mean one thing and teach another man they mean a different thing. Some claim they are getting " more light." I will admit that a man may receive more light, but the light he gets will be in harmony with what he already. has if given by the Holy Ghost. For illustration, we claim that the New Testament ministry under-stand and teach in harmony that certain scriptures mean certain things and the church accepts such teaching as being truth., and they agree, and by and by some one comes along and teaches that these scriptures mean something else, stating that he just got light on them a short time ago, he then having been preaching for a number ot years. Who is it that does not see the lumen-sistenc. se of such teaching? I ask, Shall the whole ministry together with the church confess a supposed, false interpre-tation of the scriptures and suppose that they did not have the Holy Ghost as their teacher, and accept the ': new light," so- called? Whae inconsistency! In the name of Jesus Christ let us see our-selves. Oh, how often this supposed. " new light" has proven to be gross darkness to many souls! The Holy Ghost brings unity among the preachers, and let us live and preach it blameless before God. Amen. The fact that the Word says that we mast leave a good report of them. that are withcist, br'egs a thane: It like * als. that a srfonlat. anFrnT1 att la such , s4 wayr- fOr trg. arnR1, 1x1 0; 1.4"' 9.1! tom): cation— that it forever destroys his influ-ence for good as a New Testament min-ister, leaving a stain upon his character that he can not outgrow. ( I speak of those that have become guilty of such after having been a minister for some time in the church of God.) I pray God to lay a rebuke upon such things in the name of Jesus. Ali, thou man ot God, where is thy " good report?" Now let us examine ourselves on the line of " abstaining from all appearance of evil." Occasionally we find that ministers are not altogether to the stan-dard of God's word in this particular. For instance, a man and woman travel-ing together in the ministry and they not being married to each other, or per-haps not married at all. Now, while such persons may be perfectly innocent of misconduct, yet, had you ever thought just how this appeared to those with whom you meet? Brother, sister, such things will leave bad impressions wher-ever practiced and will destroy your in-fluence for good in most if not all places. The fact is, it does not look right. This is truth and it can not be denied. I affirm in the name of Jesus Christ that God wants a blameless ministry, and will have such, and if we do not stand free and complete in all the will of God, blameless, he will smite us and raise up those that will. if there happens to be a sister who is called and qualified for the ministry and expects to travel, then she may find another sister, or brother and wile to accompany her, etc. And also a brother may find a man and wife to accompany him if so be that he desires help to and fro from meeting to meeting. " Let everything be done decently and in order," and " let not your good be evil spoken of." Let me say that sinners are reading us much more than they are their Bibles, and what we do and say will have its weight for good or evil ac-cording to our manner of life. So then, seeing all these things con-fronting us, how careful and watchful we should be that we may be " blameless and harmless" in this ministry. " Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the believers in word, in. conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." " Be not partakers of other men's sins: keep thyself pure." Brother, sister, the question is before you, Are you blameless? Salvation To the Sinner. BY J. M. E k- RniNGToN. ART. U— GOD'S LOVE. 44WOR God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Jno. 3: 16. Here we get a glimpse of how God loves the souls ot those who are in sin. He gave the brightest jewel from heaven, the only thing that could have paid the price, God freely gave him; and he freely suffered and died, shed his blood for us all. Truly there is a vast difference be-tween human love and divine love. It is human love to love those who love us, and do good to those who do good to us; but divine love is different, so mueh so that" even when we were dead in sins ' lath he quickened us together with Christ: ( by grace ye are; saved.)" . Eph. 2: 5. So we see when we were going down to hell without God and without hope in the world, God remembered us and sent a Savior to redeem man. It is human nature, it one loses his good character, or falls into the hands of the devil, to shove him on down. Cast them out of your company or society. No matter how much they repent and endeavor to assert their manhood and womanhood. Thank GA Koh it het true_ with di- \ tie lq% tcere axit4Tq werkq olq, x4ciA Akktiiqs q- s to, the extent of the sin and vice we may have been in, the Lord will gladly re-ceive us when we come to him on the Bible terms. I am sorry to admit'that the actions of the professors sometimes have discouraged the poor sinner, because they held themselves in reserve and acted in a bigoted manner. Divine love either in God or man loves the sinner and en-deavors to draw him to Christ. Oh, sinner, if you could only realize the death and suffering of the Son ot God. While centuries have passed by since he shed his blood, yet it has never lost its power to save. Every soul can know him in reality it they will only come. You may say, " I would love to be a child of God, but feel so weak I am afraid to make a start." True it is, within ourselves we are weak, but we need not plead our weakness, since God sent his Son as the Savior of men. Hence we read, '-' For when we were yet with-out strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly." Rom. 5: 6. In the appointed time Christ came to give us strength so we could live a Chris-tian life. The reason so many look at the Christian lite as something impossible is because they look at it from a human standpoint. God never intended man to serve him in his own, poor, weak way, as we hear the cry in sectism, but he wants us to serve him in his way therefore he wants to make you a new creature. 2 Cor. 5: 17. Then you can serve him in newness of life. Remember the great love God had for sinners. " For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever-lasting life." God's love was manifested in Christ in order that the poor guilty sinner should not be lost, but be saved and live happy in this life and happy through all eter-nity. Oh, how my heart goes up to God in prayer that God may awaken the sin-ner, and help him to see the awful place of torment where he will land unless he repents and believes in the only begot-ten. Son. of God, who is calling " Come home." if the sinner could only believe that God loves him, surely it would move his heart toward God. God loved us first. . " Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he love' us, and sent his only begotten Son into the world, to be the propitiation for our sins." Jno. 4: 10. We learn from this that God does not love us because we loved him, but even when we were strangers to his love. Rom. 5: 8. This was the time God loved us. For whom did Christ die? He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. We can see from this that Christ is in-terested in the salvation of our soul. Again, we read that " likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that re-penteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance." We learn from this that the angels in heaven are made happy _ when one sinner comes home. Dear sinner friend, dc not get the impression because yon are steeped in sin, that no one loves you. You may be a slave to liquor, ar the dancing- hall, etc., but Jesus loves your precious soul; God's people love you and the Spirit of Christ loves you. Rev. 22: 17. My sinner friend, you have mane things to encourage you to give your heart to God, and live a happy Christian life all through this life and at art go home to glory. God's great love is that you may be saved. As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried; he is a buck-ler to all those that trust in him. For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God? It is God that gird-eth me with strength, and maketh my-way perfect, HQ mcQth tit; 111; hilade fbet tinft EtAteittt. 406R 112,1; tc'es-, Ps, 184Q- 4%, GOSPEL TRUMPET. Jan. 30, 1902. ME GOSPEL TRUMPET, Moundsville, W. Va., Jan. 30, 1902. 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' Our help cometh from the Lord. --- The Bible tells us that the Lord is a " Very present help in trouble;" " able to supply all your need;" and " do exceed-ing abundantly above all that we ask or think." Would you be rich in the grace of God, seek, those treasures as a pearl of great price, and when you obey and believe, when your part is accomplished you will find yourself abounding in his grace and the riches of his love. The general camp- meeting at Mounds-ville, W. Va. will probably be held this year June 1- 10. We desire as many as possible of our readers to be in attend-ance. Bring your friends and neighbors; they will be cared for. Each commun-ity of saints should make a special effort to send the elder in charge of the congre-gation, or the ministers who may be la-boring in your midst, as it will enable them to be better qualified for the work of saving souls. All lovers of the truth invited. " A Thousand Things in a Minute." a testimony recently a brother was Melling how marvelously God had illu-minated his understanding, since the Tioly Spirit had come into his „ heart to abide. Before this incoming of the Spirit the word of God had not yet been very clearly understood, but now it is won-deriul how the deep things of God are flashing in upon the soul, and so rapidly that it seems he can see a thousand things in a minute. How true it is that " the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." The human intellect and the wisdom of men may seek to reason out the things of God, but this is an utter impossibility. Oc-casionally some one says he has studied out something from the Bible and knows he is right in his belief. This is just where men are making sad mistakes to-day. Every human creed on earth has been studied out by men, and is claimed generally to be taken from the word at God, and thus the world is filled with division and confusion. This all comes from the effort of man - to study out something from the word of God. God has hid all the spiritual things from the wise and prudent, because man in his Wisdom thinks he can comprehend that which is right and thus becomes indepen-dent ot God and makes himselt a prey to the deceptions of error. How forcibly tbe apostle expresses himselt in this ret-yped) saying he was determined to know bathing among men " save Jesus Christ - and him crucified," God says he will ontroy the wisdom of the wise and. bring The Gospel Call for Workers. 1W Y heart goes out in real prayer and supplication when I see and hear the many calls for the gospel. Would to God there were more lsaiahs who had the living coal laid on their mouths and who were near enough to God to hear the voice of the Lord saying, " Whom will I send? and who will go for us?" and the quick response—" Here am I, send me." The Lord never makes any mistake in his call, neither does he fail to prepare the ones called. Nor yet fail in going before them, when ' he put them forth. We hear the call on every hand for reapers, and we see the great field white to harvest; also we hear the command to us—" Pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers into his harvest." Who is obeying this command to pray? W ho has tailed to obey the command Go? Who has failed in obeying the command Send? This takes us all in. We all must observe one or more of these com-mands. We all have our part in this great harvest field. Where are we? setting in the shade waiting for the cool breezes of the evening? Some of us loi-tering on the way because the sun is hot? Some not willing to use the self- denial? Some not willing to make . the'sacrifices? Our time, money, and life ours? But where are the reapers? Look! the harvest is ripe. Thrust in the sickle and reap. " Lift up your eyes and look on the field, for they are white already to harvest." Have you, or are you. looking? Can not see? Well, wash the sleep from your eyes and the stupidity and lethargy from your body and rush into the harvest field. Yes, the work is hard and the heat intense, and you feel weak. Well put on His strength, shake yourself. " Many hands make light worle.", By your delaying, the work rests harder on others. They, too, get weary, but the Master has bid them work and they must obey his command. Will you not lend them a helping hand? The night is coming, the heat is intense, the grain is falling and must be garnered in-to Father's garner. The sweat is pour-ing from, their bodies, soon they will fall if not cooled and strengthened by ar 001- " Be knows and loves and cares, Nothing this truth can dim; He gives the very best to those Who leave the choice to Dim. A. Laborer. News from the Field, Harbor Springs, Mich. I feel it would be to the glory of God to let you know about the work in these parts. At the close of the Bliss meeting we went to Conway, where we had Bro. Brooks with us. We found that the people were so prejudiced that they would not come out to meeting, but nevertheless the word of God went forth with power and. the victory was gained. The church was built up and we left it in a good condition. At- the close, of the Conway meeting, Bro. Brooks went to Canada, and we went back to Bliss and held a meeting over Christmas. It was much blessed of God, and two souls were delivered from the power of the, devil. Praise God! We have just. commenced a meeting here in a new place, and the people seem very much interested in the truth. Pray for us that the Lord may have his own way with us in all things. We are alone in these parts now and there are more calls than we can till. We are praying the Lord of hosts to send some one to help us. We desire some one who can come and stay with us, and we can assure you that you will find plenty to do, for the fields are white to harvest. If any one feels led to come, write to us at Conway, Mich., which will be our ad-dress for the winter. Pray for us. Jas. B. and Marion Douglass. Ruth, Tenn. The assembly- meeting at Wolff, Ala. commenced Dec. 5, and lasted about ten days, ending with perfect victory for the Lord. The weather was so cold on. the mountains that weshsvere obliged to give up the meetingvit the last night. The rministere present - were Bros. W. Hand, iBia. dad Sister.-,. Ford,-. ind L. L. Porter and ilis r vcrjfe;':' Whenr • ure were very glad to- meet, not having had the opportunity of being in- Meeting. w* h them for several years. . aef Thexecistere Mete consecrations: some • tor pagOit: And: m 691eark heart, I We feel that they were wonderf ally strengthened by the pure word, which went forth to the glory Of God. From there we went to Summerville, Ala., where we commenced meeting in the name of the Lord, with grand success. We found a number of brother s and sis-ters, who were very kind to us in supply-ing our needs. Many precious truths went forth from the pulpit, precious souls were strengthened, cleared up in their experience, and then enjoyed the meet ing. It leas a grand success tor the Lord from beginning to end. We are now at a place called Ruth, Tenn., where Bro. Hand and I expect to commence a meeting to- night. All that read this pray that God have his way with us in all things. Midway, Kans. We can truly report victory in the name of Jesus. He has fulfilled his promise in giving us victory over all the' power of the enemy. We have had the pleasure of enjoying a feast of good. things with Sister Sunderland and Co. at Big Cabin, I. T. From there we went home for a short vacation, and as soon as home duties would permit we be-gan a meeting at Quapaw, I. T., which was a success from beginning to end. The word went forth with power, and all, I believe ( both saint and sinner), acknowledged it was the truth. Three professed pardon. A young man who began to take morphine tour years ago for the headache, and fella victim to the awful habit, gave it up, together with tobacco and other evil habits. We ask your prayers in his behalf, that God will keep him delivered from these awful habits. We find that God is dohs°. ex- ceedinga abundantly above all that we can ask or think. Eph. 3: 20. Ile is a ko able to supply our needs according to his riches in glory. Phil. 1: 19. W- e have some trials, but the trial of our faith worketh patience. Rom. 5: 3; Jas. 1: 3. We also suffer persecutions. 2 Tim. 3: 12. But we know that all things work to-gether for good to them that love God, who are called according to his purpose. Rorn. 8: 28. - We will go, the Lord will ing, near Newport, Mo. about the middle of January, to hold a meeting. Pray for us and the meeting. Your sisters, saved and sanctified, Annie Shipley and Nellie Ball. Skaguay, Alaska, Dec. 16. Dear ones in Christ: I desire to write a few lines letting you know how God is blessing the people of Alaska. lie has wonderfully ma, nitested his power in cav-ing souls during the last few days. Bless his name forever! A man who had been so skeptical and seemingly hard-ened against religion, ` was wonderfully saved ot God about a week ago. God just showered his blessings upon him so that he said he was being blessed to death. Just as soon as he was converted he commenced talking to sinners about their souls' salvation. I look upon his conversion as a miracle. Nothing but the power of God could have humbled him to come to God. He. was filled with the Spirit for three days. Wherever he went he caused saints to rejoice and sin-tiers to weep. Like all other Christians, he fails to be able to tell what God has e done for his soul. He says he was so u n iwt o s ret he my. s we had to come to Alaska to see the power of God manifested. God is doing a great work among the natives. One native went home to glory last Fri- ' day. They are hungering even in Alaska. Bless his dear name! ipiestoipnlg Be for God. is going to have a e I have seer saints get up in meetings to testify-, whose faces were shining with the glory of God. I well remember one evening of hearing a colored brother speaking. His face was just beautilul, although it was black, simply because ph not be afraid to call upon Him to supply your needs both spiritual and eei - tenapciral. to nothing the understanding of thgrpre.- draug4. Where are those who can dent. it is to the humble 42eart, molt . give the cup tf cold water in Ills name? as are willing to be as a little- ellikEnn4 :. ' Are they lagging under the shade- tree be taught of God, that the Spirit . rU) ttealk-', When the laborerisenalling for the cool-the things of God. The learneiLaipesthi 4111 7X dri nifk: had perhaps one of the very best oppisii Where toOis- the shelter far these tired tunities to know the things of aied- from: laborers at, the close of the day's toil a human standpoint, brit alltthis labor? - 1Where is the breacl and nothing to him when he considered €; a044tater to refresh his exhausted body? from the position of revelation. eet4- What has become of the Shunammite learned more about divine things wbo will add the little chambers minute when lying upon his face app . to_- their house for the men of God? the public highway from- Jerusalem to Where are- the " great women" \- sho Damascus, . than in all his previous life live near enough to God to know his in the Jewish religion. voice, that when the man of God goes It is evident that, no one understands by, may constrain him to come in and God or his word except by revelation of eat bread and rest a while? Where are the Spirit. It each heart would lee) - the roomOor the Elijahs to- day? are the absolute necessity of this, would they all WS. that the man of God must search the scriptures and be willing to be seek shelter: among the ungodly at the taught by the Spirit alone, there would inn? be no place for divisions or conflicting Do we tibi41k, of the sacrifices of those doctrines, but all would be brought into laborers „ when we desire them to come the light of the perfect unity of the Into - our community? Do we remember Spirit and faith. " Where is the wise? they have loved ones at home, on whose where is the scribe? where is the disputer s. hOulders tall double responsibility in of this world? Rath. not God made fool - the absence of the companion and help-ish the wisdom of this world?" meet? Do we think of the sacrifice it In speaking ot the things of God Jesus takes on their part to leave home and said: " I thank thee, 0 Father, Lord of loved ones to battle against the powers heaven and- earth, that thou bast hid of lost world? Do we know of the these things from the wise and prudent keen yearnings for the lost world of those and bast revealed them unto babes. who have been called into the harvest Even so, Father, for so it seemed good field, and yet hindered because some one in thy sight." Lu. 10: 21. It is not that fails to do his or her part in this great we were any Letter by nature than oth- commission? Do we know what can be eis, but because we are simple enough to done by an encouraging word or a pleas-btlieve God and to feel our utter depen- ant look, or a sympathizing heart? Do ( fence upon him, and thus taking our po- we know . what it means to have the re-sition humbly at the feet of Jesus, that sponsibility of the gospel work? Well— we can be taught of the Holy J. W. B. 7 7 L. Pike. an. 30, 1902. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. God was ruling and reigning in his heart; and how he did entreat sinners to came to Jesus. After testifying he bowedihis head in silent prayer and wept for the unsaved. Your sister in the ono body, Selma Salatxam. •°. appanee, \ aiti 17. Once more I take up haf pen to inform you of my whereaboith. I can report victory all along the way. The meeting at'Leiters Ford was blessed of the Lord in saving and sanctifying souls and healing some that were sick, for which we give him all the glory. There was good in-terest throughout the entire meeting. From there we went to Shiloh Chapel, near Teegarden, Dec. 27, and in com-pany with Bro. David Leininger and Sis-ters L. Baser, Plant; and Monesmith, held a two weeks' meeting, in which there were twenty- one consecrations. The little church there had become some-what discouraged, but the dear Lord en-couraged their hearts again by saving sinners, reclaiming backsliders, and sanc-tifying believers. Conviction was upon others, so much that they wept, but would not yield. Several that were sick were healed. The meeting closed with an ordinance service, which was blessed of God, about twenty- age taking part. The night being very stormy and cold, quite a number were not permitted to get there. Expect, the Lord willing, to begin meeting the 25th at Cayuga, lnd. Pray for me. Your saved brother, S. P. Strang. Wolff, Ala., Jan. 18. This leaves me with victory in my soul, and doing all 1 can for the advancement of His cause. It has been some time since I reported through the Lord's paper, but I have been busy the most of the time. At the close of the Atlanta meeting I came to Joppa, Ala. and held the last tent- meetineg for the season. Since that I have been in the assembly-meetings. The meeting at Elyton, was a success for the Lord. It was said by the saints to be the best Meeting ever held at that place. At the close of the aeeting about sixty happy saints observed t lie ordinances of the house of God, par-taking of the Lord's Stipp*.* and washing the saints' feet. We ihen a t to Ala-bama City, where we Cie'it present hold-ing forth the word of God. The people seem to be interested and the Lord is blessing his word. Bro. N. E. Setser and his wife are with me, whom the Lord is using to his glory. Dear saints every-where, pray for Me that God have his own, way with mo'' ind use me to his glory. Tour saved'brOtlier, duel Ford. bird . St., Qat Jan. 11. Ono mare I am 9t 19- Od's most won-sitifies me freely and : sanctifies me Praise the dear 19.441, We are haPPY, t9report that the Lord mss, inen with us in our hiTteinpg,,, 4d blessed us bYhiaiprei. ence, - dear saints in thci. jur- With us in Los Angeles-together in heavenly the Least; some being l ed, and healed; and to the truth as it is unity prevailed dur- & . and all seemed to be 1y those coming from 496; 4 ' hate not the privilege ci : 0- 1490ng the weekly, meetings we have here poi; - Angeles. May God open up the idiot- in their localities, that they may dot be deprived of the privilege of assembling themselves together weekly tR-. ship Od commune with God in the assembly of his saints. This country hasabeen quite thoroughly canvassed with 4,40 doctrine of holiness as a second work of grace, by Ho, l. iness Associations, Al-lie. noel Free Methodists, and others, but the unity of the body of Christ, aS Jesus prayed for it in Jno. 17: 11- 23, showing that there is but one church, the 1: church of God, has not been preached ,_ much, outside of Los Angeles, in this section. The millennial heresy has obtained an extensive support among these Parlous movements, and is one of the greatest hindrances to unity here, for the: Ai: ample reason that the millennialist unit is a thing of the future, after the coming of Christ, when actually it was purchased by the precious blood of Christ for the gospel day, which is now. " For this gospel of the kingdom must first be preached in all nations for a witness to them, then cometh the end." We expect the work to take a forward move from this time and have engaged a hall in the center of the city to meet in. Meetings after this, will be held on Lord's day at 119% So. Spring St., up stairs, in Caledonia hall, at 10.30 a. m., and cottage- meetings will be held through the week in every place where an open door can be found. Bro. J. W. Byers and Sister Lena L. Shoffner were here to preach the word, others whom we expect-ed to come did not come. There is a great work to be done in this city and surround-ing country. Pray for us that utterance may be given us, that we may open our mouths boldlv, to make known the mys-tery of the gospel. J. D. Hatch., Bolivar. Pa., Jan. 18. We are praising God lorsalvation that keeps us saved each day- of our lives. Praise the dear Lord forever! Beloved, we are still on the battle- field fighting under the banner of love. S. of Sol. 2: 4. We just closed a precious two weeks meeting at Garfield, Indiana. Co., Pa., Jan. 6. The word went forth with the power of the Holy Ghost. One got saved and sanctified, others were brought under conviction, and much prejudice was broken down in that place. Then we began meeting in Jesus' name in Bol-ivar, Pa., which lasted about two weeks, with sweeping victory. One got saved and sanctified in this meeting; there were several cases of healing and devils cast out; one baptized and others con-vinced of the truth. Bolivar and Gar-field are towns close together, divided by the Conemaugh river, with a popula-tion of about 3,000 inhabitants, divided into eleven so- called churches. The truth first reached this place about four years ago. Quite a number came out this way at that time, bat only a few have held out faithful to this time. The church had been praying to the Lord to send some true minister to hold a meeting here, so the Lord sent Bro. Dunmire of Neale, Pa. to our town, who was much used of the Lord in this glorious meeting. Praise the dear Lord! This was the most precious little meeting we ever witnessed. The truth went forth with so much power that we were made to rejoice, and sin-ners to tremble and devils cry out. We had sweeping victory in everything. Praise the dear Lord! So the meeting closed with a precious ordinance- meet-ing, Friday evening, Jan. 17, with God's blessings resting, upon as. Jesus said, " If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them." N. P. and Mary A. Decker. Wichita, Jan. 16. We are praising God to- day for a com-plete salvation and victory over all the powers of darkness. Praise God! He has been leading and blessing us in our labors for him. We held meeting eight days at Pale% Kans., beginning Nov. 3. Though none were saved, a few saw the truth and the saints were much encour-aged. From there we went to Eill City and held meeting one week and fiVe'days. This was a new field, the truth having been preached there only once before, but quite a number saw the l alit and said they were going to walk in We then went to Jagua, lians. and held a two weeks meeting. Eight souls were saved. This meeting was indeed precious to our souls. The next meeting was at Kensington, lasting only one week, as the weather was very unfavor-able and the people did not come out. From there, to the Nicodemus assembly-meeting, which was a very profitable one. Truly the power of God was man-ifested and the children of God much strengthened. Several souls were saved, and others sanctified. Two followed the Lord in baptism. At the close of the meeting we had a very precious ordin-ance- service. A large congregation of happy saints met together, and the hu-mility and sufferings of Jesus were felt as we partook of the ordinances of feet-washing ana the Lord's Sapper. Praise God! From the assembly we came home, and will stay until God sends us out again. surely, his ways are ways of pleasantness and all his paths are peace. Cornelia Bateinan, Claudine Heald. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 21. We are glad to inform the readers of the Trumpet that we are rejoicing in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free; and we have constant victory in his name. Praise our God foreverl We have had some very precious meet-ings since we came to St. Louis, and a few precious souls have been delivered from the bondage of sin and made free in Christ. Praise his name! We also held a meeting near Bingham, in company with dear Bro. A. S. Kriebel, who is with us now in the city. Ttie meeting near Bingham was truly owned and greatly blessed of the Lord, from first to last. One precious soul was wonderfully delivered the first night and a few others later on. Truly it was a very precious meeting to our own souls, for which we praise the dear Lord. May the blessings of heaven be upon the little church at that place, and „ may the Lord abundantly reward the dear ones for their kindness to us, is our earnest prayer. Wife has returned to our home at Jef-fersonville, Ky., and I remain here a month or so, with my fattier and Sister Amanda, to do what I can in helping to push the work in this wicked city. The Lord is blessing our labors to the good of precious souls. The church is in a much better condition than when we first came. To God be all the glory. May the Lord stir our hearts and fully qualify us for the work whereunto he hath called us, that we may win many souls to Christ. Truly we are living in periloas times. There are so many de-ceptive spirits abroad in the lead, but thank God, we are overcomers, for great is he that is within us. Halleluiah! I wish to say to all the dear saints in eastern Kentucky, in regard to the im-provement of the Jeffersonville camp-ground— the lumber has heen purchased to build a tabernacle or large shed, and all who desire to help, and those who have promised to help, please send same to W. W. Stevenson, Jeffersonville, Ky., as soon as convenient. Brethren, please do not neglect your duty on this line. God will bless and abundantly reward you for all you do. Try h
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