| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 --, s4ATCTIFIC4 TION And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matt. 24: 31. So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Ezek. 34: 12. . Ter. 32: 39. VOLUME XXII. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1 902. NUMBER 27 A RT1t71. E V. I I? no unsaved person would presume to he saved, no one profess but those who are born again: and if all that became se-duced by the devil to do sin ( after profess-ing faith in Christ), with those who imbibe raise doctrine, seducing. spirits, etc., would immediately drop their profession, let the elmrelt know that they no longer wish to be reeognized as members. and take their place test where they- belong, as sinners, there would lie Do hitc her need of action by the eintr• h to purge herself. There would be no , an• lt texts as " Putt away from yourselves Ilia t wicked p e rson " " Withdraw your-selves from every brother that walketh dis-orderly' : " Deliver such an one unto Sa-tan"; " An heretic after the first and sec-ond admonition reject"; "- Whatsoever ye hind on earth shall be bound in heaven"; " Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump" " Mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doetrine which ye have learned, and avoid I hem. " New, when the church does her duty on these lines, she is pure, and when she gets mixed up with all. kinds of doctrines, per-verse spirits, etc., she is not pure, and there is no use to claim that she is pure. God proposes to " ease himself of his adversar-ies" by putting the spirit of judgment in his messengers, and unity in the hearts of the faithful, to stand with his messengers, and unanimously expose and reject " all things that offend and that do iniquity.'' " Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." " Bind the tares in bundles to burn." Some have supposed that when a person sins, confesses it, re-nounces himself, drops his profession and takes his place among sinners, he is still a member of the church, or until the church takes action on his case and turns him out; but this is a misunderstanding. Simply to recognize him as a sinner and not a mem-ber is all that is necessary hence he can have no more claim to the privileges which belong to the members of the church unless he gets saved. The church needs only to take action against these who assume to be members when they are not. Once a certain man in a fallen condition ( but still going on as a preacher) de-clared we as a church have no right to re-ject one until there is something disreput-able in his life; that when any one comes a-mong us professing to be saved we are bound to accept him until we see him do some crime or wicked deed, regardless of the spirit or doctrine with which he is possessed, etc. This was a pretty wide gage -- wide enough to let the devil in under al-most any ldnd of garb of profession and hy-pocrisy, and would disarm the church so she could not maintain her purity. " If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his"; there is no ' fellowship, and the church is not bound to accept any but those whom God accepts, and by the Spirit of truth they are able to commend them-selves to the consciences of the saints. Hal-leluiah! There are those whom, God has not ac-cepted, and the church knows they are not saved and does not accept them; yet they come, try to worship with God's people, count themselves in, and expect the church to extend to them all the privileges which belong to the members of the church, etc. Sometimes they are suffered to go on in this condition for a long time, and no one in-forms them that they are not recognized as members. You see, as long as they have a cloak of profession, count themselves as members, and have a degree of courtesy ex-tended to them, they think the church re-cognizes them and that they are all right; and unless God in mercy permits the devil to sift them until they wake up to the fact that they are in the hands of the devil, they would drift on with a decep.- tion and the church would be to blame for it. Brethren, it is time we wake up and see the awful condition of men and women around us who are deceived and under the power of the devil, but assuming to go a-long as saints. We are preaching a pure church, which indeed is pure ( that which God recognizes) and God wants us to so live that the church which he recognizes is the one to which we belong, and we can point to our home congregation as the church of God, and the sinners in our com-munity can not point to some hypocrite and say, " There is one of your saints," from the stondpoint that he is accepted among the saints. " Because judgment doth never go forth, . . w. rong judgment proceed-eth." " Then shall ye return, and discern between . . him that serveth God and him that serveth him not." The children of the devil know their own. " If ye were of the world, the world would love its own." " They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth them." Ye " are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." " Ye are of God. little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." Praise our God! generally accepted as truth, etc., and no definite conclusion will be arrived at. In nine cases out of ten the doctrine, advocate, and all will slip through. The most sat-isfactory way is for those of clear under-standing to personally investigate, and in-quire into the doctrine until they do un-derstand it and can state it as advocated. Then if the ministers and saints in gener-al wish to consider it, let those who under-stand it perfectly state it clearly, then an-alyze it and compare it with the light and truth which the Holy Ghost has made plain to all. But we know how those who advo-cate it will consider it. They will consider it good but they have no voice with the church, which determines the nature of the doctrine. Then if the church stands clear from it and recognizes it as a doctrine of devils, she will know how to deal with thole who advocate it. Let me state it again: No one that has " given heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils" has any voice with the church in determining the nature of such doctrine or spirit which ad-vocates the same. To debate the doctrine with heretics is folly: we are nowhere instructed to do so; but after the first and second admonition reject them. We may in meekness instruct those that oppose themselves but to com-bat with the thing publicly will strengthen its advocate in his deception. . If we can not help him out privately his case is hopeless. To pursue the wrong course, not only increases the peril into which the de-ceived one has fallen, but it endangers the innocent and unsuspecting, who may fall a prey through sympathy or former confi-dence. I pray God to give his people wisdom on these lines, and faithfulness to execute the word of God against evil doers, seducing, spirits, and doctrines of devils, etc., that the part which God has committed to his church to perform in order to steer clear of the impositions of the devil and main-tain her purity, unity, power, and useful-ness on earth may be fully accomplished. The Lord grant us a full knowledge of his will, that we may forgive those whom he forgives, receive those whom he receives, acknowledge as members ofhischurehthose whom he acknowledges, and reject those whom he rejects that we recognize none others as ministers and officers in his church than those called, qualified, proved, and found faithful. Thank God, it will be so easy to teach a pure church. We do not want to get the standard too high, and have people think that all who profess have the real experience, lest some one profess and have no salvation and have to be called down, which sooner or later will be the case, if the church does- her duty. If peo-ple get the idea that all is peace and unity all the time, then some fellow gets crooked and has to be dealt with and it makes a stir in the church, people are disappointed and we are to blame for it. Let us teach them that while all have the experience of salva-tion, and especially sanctification, there is perfect unity, and harmony; but as soon as some one gets wrong and still professes, things are in an unnatural condition and unanimous peace and unity will not pre-vail until the intruder is either saved or rejected; and that these things are liable to occur at any time, and. will last till the thing is cleared up, and purity, unity, pow-er, and glory again prevail. " If thou take forth the precious from the vile, then thou shalt be as my mouth." And let all the A CLEAR TITLE. BY n. OWENs. Now I can read my title clear To a mansion with my Savior dear Has fitted for my blissful home, Where from his side I ne'er need roam. My title once was very dark- Yea, nothing but a Babel " mark," And none could lead me to the light, For they were bound in seetish night. The time arrived by seers foretold, When men should see the single fold; And through the evening light so pure, I've gained a title, safe and sure. Now I'm abiding in the Lord And feeding on his holy Word; In Jesus I am all complete, And with him I've a heavenly. Ile heals each sickness, dries each tear, And gives me victory— naught 1 fear Oh, what a Friend I have, to bear Each trouble, trial, and each care! Since he has come to stay with me, I'll shout the story— I know in free; Oh, come, each friend, I've news to tell, For JeraLS came to make you well. I fill cleanse your life from sin and shame; 1 Iis love and power are the same As when, a man, the friend of all, Ile hearkened to each humble call. A Pure Chnrch. EO. L. COLE. HO< V TO DETERMINE A DOCTRINE IS OF TH DEVIL. If a doctrine is questionable and its ad-vocates are held under charges for the same, one thing is certain: if the doctrine is a doctrine of deyils, the spirit of the doctrine will be in those who advocate it; hence, if the saints are assembled to consider the doctrine from those who teach it, they hear it from the spirits of devils. From that standpoint the thing is blindin • and blearing, and will be changed over and fixed up with emphasis on that which is saints say, Amen. ENCOURAGEMENT. BY W. W. TITLEY. T EE great fountain- head of encourage-ment is the Word of God. " For all the promises of God in him [ Jesus] are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us." 2 Cor. 1: 20. We do not bathe in a fountain unless we know there is one in which to bathe. We can not get to the place where the river of God's pleasure is exhausted, only when we lose the grace of God; not holding faith, failing to watch and pray, and to be properly exercised in the word and doctrine which we have learned and received. " Faith cometh by hearing," by receiving the truth in a good and honest heart. All such honest ones obey the teaching, and they eat the good of the land, they increase with the increase of God, they go from strength to strength, they flourish and grow and are as calves of the stall, fat and filled with all the fullness of God. God never intended to have those spiritually lean or dwarfs in his kingdom. There is no provision made for such. On-ly Holy Ghost sacrifices are acceptable to God. No blemished or lean, dwarfish cattle are allowed on his sacred altars. When we become such we find little or no encourage-ment in his Word, and no food. The soul is cut off from the fountain and tree of life, the planting of the Lord, and becomes life-less, dry, and formal; a burden to ourselves and no encouragement to those around us. Perhaps we may have been used in the preaching of the word, in exhortation, and in fervent prayer, but now the cord is brok-en, the wire severed and dead. The instru-ment may click, but the message does not go through, and the answer is not forth-coming. • The salt has lost its savor and is henceforth good for nothing but to be trodden under the feet of men; e., de-ceived into doctrines, ideas, and notions foreign to the Word and Spirit of God. " Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils." There seems to be no room for any encouragement when we hear of brethren who have been used of God, doing as the above text of Scripture declares they will do, and the devil makes it his business to herald such news to all the weak brethren, whom he tries to cause to doubt and think the Lord's church is ruined, and the reformation come to naught. - But thank God for his Word! which has said the sun shall go down no more. No more shall this glorious gospel he hidden from those who love the joyful sound. Although the enemy may sometimes cause us to think, as Elijah of old, that we only are left, and they seek our life also to take it. While some are going back to the husks, leeks, and unions of Egyptian dark-ness, yet God is raising up a mighty host ye. 1, many thousands, who will not baw the knee to Babylon or Baal confusion. Let us see well to our own souls. As long as we keep victory, with power over all the power of the euen. y, we will be able continually to assure our hearts that God still reigns and his church has not been prevailed a-gainst by the gates of hell. We do well to keep the admonition to hold fast that which we have already. Rev. 2: 25 and .3 : 11. Let us reme nber those things which God has verified by his Spirit, and. not forget that we have received some things front. God. We haxe the doctrine of Christ, and he that abideth in the doctrine of Chrtif 2508 2 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. July 3, 1902. he hath both the Father and the Sen. " Take heed unto thyself and unto the doc-trine , continue in them." 1 Tim. 4: 16. " Ifhnsoever transgresseth, and abideth noteen the doctrine of Christ ha* not Got" " If there come any rio and bring not this deettine, r him not in-to your house, neither - bid him. God- speed." 2 Jno. 10. We . are the h, ouse of God, pro-viding we hold-- fast the ' Confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. Heb. 3: 6, 14. " My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth." In hearing his words and doing them, we become like the house built on the rock, strong, for in the Lord is strong confidence. If our confidence is becoming weak, we had better examine our-selves and see if we are in Christ; for in him is strong confidence. Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not then we are not un-der condemnation ( damnation) but we have confidence toward God. " And what-soever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments"— abide in him. An Everlasting Inheritance. BY J. GRANT ANDERSON. 44THE Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and the- it inheritance shall be forever." Ps. 37 : 18. Amid the combinations of forces and actors which are so swiftly carrying us on-ward in these evening days, men often seem to forget, for the time, the real object of life. We are living in a wonderful world and surrounded by many things lovely and beautiful, yet, man, in his wild rush for gold fails to behold the beauty or enjoy its blessings. There is a time soon coming when the earth and all its grandeur will fade away; when the sun which has shone for ages will withdraw its light, and the moon and stars will cease to shine. All this seems quite strange, yet, all seem to be-lieve it in a far- off, dreamy way. As we behold the beauty of earth and as we look upon the faces of our friends we are apt to say, " Surely, some of these things will endure." Yet, we read that " things that are seen are temporal [ for time only], and things that are not seen are eternal." Did you ever think that you never saw a thing that will forever endure? Look around you • on your loved ones and the earth and all its magnificence and you only behold that which is for time alone. You recognize the face of a friend, yet, that face will return to dust. That which you love and that which is to endure is the spiritual man; that which is unseen. The " things which are not seen [ only] are e-ternal." 2 Cor. 4: 18. Man was made to know God and it is natural for him to worship something. He may succeed in heaping up many treas-ures upon earth, and in laying a strong foundation against the storms of time, yet he is not entirely satisfied. Why? Look-ing through temporal eyes he beholds no-thing but things which are for time alone. By merely supplying his temporal wants, leaves his real self, the inner man, uncared for beyond the hour of time; consequently, by disobeying the natural laws of his real self, leaves himself continually in an unsat-isfied state. Man longs for his Creator with a longing which lust can not satisfy. He who clothes only his natural body will stand naked in the day beyond time. Nak-ed and trembling he will stand before the hosts of earth and before the judgment- bar of God. Those who have founded an in-heritance upon the earth alone, and whose foundation is temporal works on temporal things, will be astonished when all together are consumed. But he who by patient con-tinuance in well doing strives always for the things unseen, at last will receive a crown of eternal rejoicing; an eternal in-heritance, incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. " The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and his inheritance shall be forever." The unrighteous are not so, for their inheritance will end with time. David declared: " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like e. green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, .1o, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." James exclaimed: " Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Ye have heaped treasures together for the last days." " Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton." In laying up only a temporal inheritance and by not us-ing his gold, to the glory of God, and not clothing 11** er self, it cankered and the rust will be a swift witness against him in time to come. All things that are seen: the sun, moon, and earth will pass away, but the things that are unseen : the soul of man and its spiritual inheritance, will never pass away. Every one who expects to re-ceive an eternal inheritance must forsake every temporal thing. Oh, how plain it looks! Things which are seen are for time alone; and things unseen are for eternity. Jesus spent considerable time in trying to make this plain. He reasoned that it was as impossible for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle as for a man to enter heaven when his inheritance was temporal things. Peter heard him make this remark and exclaimed, " Lo, we have left all and have followed thee." Jesus answered and said, " Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, - or lands for my sake and the gos-pel's, but he shall receive a hundredfold in this time, . . : and in the world to come eternal life." Notice, please, that our eternal substance is composed of things not seen. Now we see only the temporal part, and that darkly, but in the age to come we will know even as we are known, and meet each other face to face. Men meet with temporal reverses in this world, and riches sometimes suddenly fly away. But the poor man who cried un-to the Lord in his distress, who in life laid up a goodly store of things unseen, will stand undaunted when earthly foundations crumble, for he knows in whom he has be-lieved, and is persuaded that God is able to keep that which he has committed unto him against that day. " Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace." Ps. 37: 37. But there is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked, but great peace have they that love thy law and nothing shall offend them. In the midst of manifold temptations he has a calm, sweet peace. Separated from loved ones and with a body racked with pain, he still has an enduring peace. Far from- the scenes of his childhood, among strangers, on the vast prairie or on the raging sea, he still has peace, for he knows that when this house of his earthly tabernacle shall crum-ble, that he has a better house, a more en-during substance eternal in the heavens. This peace is only an earnest of our inher-itance to come. When the earthly storms are all over and these old temples which have given us so much trouble, have been transformed into glorified ones, we will be glad that we suffered so many days for Him. For " the Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and his inheritance shall be forever." TOGETHER. BY NORA HUNTER. H ' w " can two walk together except they be agreed?" Amos 3: 3. The world to- day is, filled with division and strife, not only in the political but in the religious realm. We have only to look a-bout us to see the confused, divided state of affairs in sectism, and how sad to think how far short of God's plan many profess-ors are to- day. While we preach against the divided state of sectism, we must not forget to turn the two- edged sword loose among those who profess to be God's elect in these last days. If we are measuring up to the standard it will not hurt us and if not it is all the more necessary. It is not only necessary to preach it to the laity but God wants the ministry to see that they are agreed and of one heart and one soul. Sectarians agree to disagree, but that is not God's plan. " We then as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain." 2 Cor. 6: 1. This means vastly more than for preachers up-on entering a meeting together to lay aside their conflicting ideas and theories and a-gree to disagree. It means to be of one heart, one soul, one mind, and one mouth, and that ye all from the abundance of the heart " speak the same things." May God help us to measure up to these things. We may try and try and try to get our heads together and make our theories harmonize, but God calls a halt and commands us to have our hearts together. Just as well try to weld two cold pieces of steel together as to get people's heads to harmonize when their hearts are estranged. Thank God, when he saves us he saves us together— not apart. " Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us to-gether with Christ. And bath raised us up together, and made us sit together in eether groweth unto an holy temple in the Eph. 2 : 5, G. framed to-heavenly places in Christ." " In whom all the building fitly Lord : in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spir-it." Verses 21, 2. In Col. 2: 2 we have the most beautiful of all the " togetliers,' for it shows that our hearts are together. " That their hearts might be comforted, be-ing- knit together in love." When we have these scriptures fulfilled in us we are where we can obey Phil. 1: 27—" Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : that whether I conic and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your af-fairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel." Some people to- day are striv-ing but they strive apart. One strives to establish his doctrine, creed, or faith, and the other strives to rebut it and establish his own pet theory, but here we are taught to " strive together for the faith of the gos-pel." We who have reached this experi-ence do not have to point to some future time when God will manifest his mighty power in unifying his people, but can bold-ly hold up the truth and point to a min-istry filled with the Holy Ghost, who are " striving together" for the faith of the gospel at this present time. We may sit together side by side in a meeting and profess to be God's ministers, p't if our hearts are not together we are not workers together with God. Each fac-tion of sectism claims God is working with them, but God does not work with part of his people independent of another part. In fact there should be no parts, but all one and of the same mind and same judgment, whether we are in the same meeting or sep-arated by thousands of miles. May God bless his ministry and help each one to realize what it means to be a good mi./ litter of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the voids of faith and good doctrine. " Workers together with God." This means when we are dealing with heretics and crooked persons of every sort that we work together and when God leads one to do something, all the rest sanction it and stand by it. Nothing is more painful when God's ministers are laboring and faithfully deal-ing with some crooked person than for some to hold back - and say, " I have nothing in it," or perhaps go far enough to sympa-thize with the offender and find fault with those who are dealing with him. May God put his eternal rebuke upon such things, and help us to stand shoulder to shoulder and our labors will be more effectual, the power and glory of God be manifest, fear collie upon every soul, " and of the rest durst no man join himself to them." The devil's choice scheme for the past few years has been to destroy the unity of the Spirit among the ministry, knowing if this were accomplished, even if the stand-ard of unity were preached, there would be nothing visible to the people on this line, consequently the preaching would fail like a bubble to the ground. The work has been hindered by the unfaithfulness oe some, but God is housecleaning these days and all who will not measure up will be purged out and fall by the wayside. " Be-held. how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran. down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard; that went - down to the skirts of his garments." We are exhorted to " behold" this picture, and when breth-ren dwell together in unity men and women can see it and. their hearts will be made to yearn for such an experience. Notice the expression, " It is like the precious oint-ment upon the head." Thank God, when we get heart unity it brings an anoietee4 his people. Two brethren in f upon the- liwc eadwitlIliat ekepeepins thisarionfotaythy nt : 1- 11: 1( iiiiitliiiislti iizI: e( 1- 11. mi gghhtt live in the same neighbor_ hood or house, yet not fulfill this scripture: r wteheviT, ajtklred ollrithslemep: aet-, Q1 hence the necessity of having our " ee knit tog- ether" in love, then we shall be ably to fulfill 1 Thess. 5: 10, 11—" Who died for together, and edify one it; e hdimo., , tiskiits), 1,„,: ftit., 1,1irttti. tiyt. tl,,, vilitirstegtii, l iel sr 2a. tl also WhAlexs07: i : 3104 i : 0: 311_ 7. oe vlenittlgtliisi fy us exalt his name together." The Duty of Servants. BY EMIL KREUTZ. W BILE the " grace of God that bring. eth salvation hath appeared unto men," the word of • God is not silent con. eerning the duty of all mankind in their relation toward God and toward one an. other. " All scripture is given by hive_ ation of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for instruction in righteous. ness [ whatever relation in life he may a]: that the man of God may be perfect, thor- () uglily furnished unto all good works." 2 Tim. 3: 16, 17. Consequently we have reproof, correction, and instruction given therein for all who will live for God, and gain eternal life. God in his mercy and kindness in providing salvation for man, devised a plan that would take in all who would meet the requirements of his Word; but he requires obedience of all. " He [ Christ] became the author of eternal sal-vation unto all them that obey him." Ileh. 5 : While man generally looks to and re-spects the wise, noble, and great of earth, God condescends to men of low estate. " He bath respect unto the lowly." Yea, he hath chosen the poor, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised t) them that love him. Jas. 2: 5; 1 Cor. 1: 26- 29. But he will save the rich also if they will humble themselves, and not be " high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God; . . do good, be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate [ be sociable] laying up k store for themselves a good foundation a-gainst the time to collie, that they nee lay hold on ctrrnal lifr." 1 Tim. 6 : 17- 19. But we desire to call attention to a few passages of ee • ipture concerning servants. Many of God's people at the present fine are servants, or employees of others, mil generally of those who are not saved. These who have unsaved masters, have a good chance to let. their light shine. The enemy would often make such believe that it is just the opposite, that if they were ore ly working for saved people, and had saved people to associate with, they could live fir God very easily but what says the scrip-ture? " Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters as worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed." 1 Tim. 6: 1. If you will read the first and second verses and compare them carefully, you will see that the first applies to those ministers who are not saved. " Exhort servants to be o-bedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering a-gain [ being saucy] not purloining [ steal-ing, or taking advantage of them in order to serve themselves] , but showing all good they fidelity [ faithfulness, trueness, honestfl i h riinayalaidtohrinnat. sh., nin e, t g. s your doctrine of God our Savio obey in all things 09u, r1011. " 1as tors according to the flesh; not with eV" sseerrvvice, f heart, as , fearing men- pleasers God; and but in whatsoever Ye singleness of do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men knowing that of the Lord Ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance' for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that do-eth wrong shall receive for the wrong will he bath done : and there is no respect o persons.' ' Col. 3: 22- 25. " Servants, be obedient to them that afP' your masters according to the flesh' fear and trembling, in singleness of heart. as unto Christ: not with eY'''- service doing but as the servant of as n eart Chhrriist, with ggootidle wwilillldooifn gG: Irvfieoetnastht: h July 3, 1902. the Lord, and not to men: knowing that whatever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free." Eph. 6: 5- 8. In both these texts Paul speaks of " eye-service," which no doubtmeans, doing bet-ter work when the boss is around, or when they are being watched. How many there are that serve in this way; but that is not God's way. No doubt, all who work out and are employees of incorporations and companies would be glad if Jesus were at the head of them and were their boss. So Paul teaches that so they should work, as if they were actually working for the Lord Jesus. While the ministry are exhorted to endure hardness as a good soldier of Je-sus Christ" ( 2 Tim. 2: 3), servants like-wise may have the same privilege if they have hard masters to please, if they work for them as unto the Lord. While perhaps some to whom Paul wrote were slaves, or bondmen, the principles taught in these texts of scripture hold good and apply to all who work for others. No matter what the work may be, blacksmith-ing, carpentering, housework, farming, or any other legitimate work or trade. God wants all to be honest and true workmen, and approves of the same. Work that is irksome and hard can be ligiitened by go-ing at the same with fortitude, courage, and good will. So Paul commands, " With good will doing service, as to the Lord and not to men." Amen. Give No Offence. Benefits of Salvation. BY MARY RELDENBRAND. THE height, depth, length, and breadth of the love of Christ, the gift of salvation, is the greatest gift to man. Who can comprehend it? After we have said all we can about the love of God in our hearts, still the half has never yet been told. Psalm 103: 1- 5 is a beautiful praise for salvation—" Bless the Lord, 0 my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his benefits : who forgiveth all. thine iniquities; who healeth all thy dis-eases; who redeemeth thy life from de-struction who crowneth thee with loving-ldnclness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." Bless the Lord for forgiveness of all our iniqui-ties; for " the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." " Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light : who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: in whom we have redemption through his blood, ev-en the forgiveness of sins." Gel. 1: 12- 14. Halleluiah! And when we consider what it means to be delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son, we just begin to comprehend the benefits of salvation. What is the life of the unsaved? It is filled with sorrow, re-morse, and woe. In the deep recesses of the soul there is that fear of meeting God, or the thoughts of Christ's corning. They are ever spending their energies, time, and means to find joy and happiness, but it van-ishes away like the dew before the sun, when the thoughts turn to God and eterni-ty. That is the side of pleasure this world affords; on the other hand, life is full of contention, strife, hatred, etc.; for " the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedi-tions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunk-enness, revelings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." Gal. 5 : 19- 21. A long list indeed! While all these works may not be attribu-ted to many, yet one or more of them will be found there, and the Scripture says. " - Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." Jas. 2: 10. For, " man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." The works of the flesh bring much sor-row, disappointment, unhappiness, sickness, pain, and death, and after that the judg-ment to hear the awful words, " Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity." Salva-tion brings the fruit of the Spirit, which is " love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: a-gainst such there is no law." Gal. 5: 22, 23. The children of the world think they would not be so weak as to let others im-pose on them, but here is the patience of the saints, and the riches of his grace, the joy there is in peace with God. Oh, glorious possession ! Again, through faith and pa-tience we inherit the promises—" Exceed-ing great and precious promises: that by these we might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." Faith is one of the benefits; for by it " the elders ob tamed a good report. Time would fail to tell of all who through faith subdued king-doms, wrought righteousness, obtaine3 promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong." We need go no farther, for those who feel weak, by faith may be made as strong as the saints that have gone be-fore, and may obtain a good report even as they. The benefits of salvation, next to the say - ing of the soul, or forgivenes sins, sems to be the glorious privilege of Christ as our Physician, who healeth all our diseases; and when we understand that he is just as Gospel tight: BY J. E. FORREST. 44THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 1 am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." Jno. 8: 12. There is much in the above words. There has been much preaching and writing from theni, but nevertheless, I wish to add a few lines to the already much- extended writings about " Jesus the light of the world:" How many have comprehend-ed the true meaning of the text, may I ask? Jesus declares himself to be the " bread of life," the " good Shepherd," " the resurrection and the life," and the " light of the world." Let as care-fully examine his words: " 1 am the light [ righteousness] of the world. He that tolloweth me [ keeps my commandments] shall not walk in darkness [ sin], but shall have the light [ righteousness] of life." There are many who are not willing to accept Jesus as being this kind of a light; but he is. " That [ Jesus] was the true light which lighteth every man [ which believes in him] that cometh into the world." Jno. 1: 9. " And this is the condemnation, that light [ Jesus] is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." Jno. 2: 19. Some claim to be in the light, but there are few who have entered the true gospel light. It is as much impossible for men to live in righteousness, and in sin at the same time, as it is for men to walk in light, and darkness at the same time. This is just what . Jesus teaches in the text before us. Jesus is the righteousness of the world; none can become righteous except by him. " For as by one man's disobedi-ence many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one many were made righteous." Rom.* 5: 19. And if we fol-low Jesus we shall do no sin. " For he left us an example that we should follow his steps, who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth." 1 Pet. 2: 21, 22. This agrees with Jesus' own words, for he says, " He that tolloweth me shall not walk in darkness." But will the reader observe that Paul tells the Roman brethren also that " being made free from sin ye became the servants of righteousness." Rom. 6: 18. Jesus said that a man could not serve two masters; but we find so many people trying it. Trying to serve God, and affirm that they constantly commit sin. ' ' He that comrnitteth sin is the servant of sin." Jno. 8: 34. Thus says Jesus; but some say, Not so: and by so saying they change the truth of God into a lie. See Rollo 1: 25. HE ATIED OF TUMOR Dear ones in Christ: This morning fines me sweetly saved and trusting the Lord for all things. Praise his dear name ! I prom-ised the Lord some time ago if he would heal me I would testify to it through the Trumpet. About eight years ago a lump began to grow on my wrist it did not grow very fast until the last two years. I then began to get alarmed about it and con-sulted a physician as to what it was. He told me I should have had it attended to long ago. I could not think of having the knife applied, for I knew I was serving a God who hears and answers prayer. I then began to call on God in real earnest, and praise his dear name ! in less than three months it was all gone. That was one year ago this month, and there is no sign of it returning, and I do not believe it ever will. As quite a number of the saints know of this, I desire them to praise the Lord with me for his healing power. He has also healed me and my family of many other afflictions, for which I give him all the glory. Your sister in the one body ( Lizzie Meckley. Fern, Pa. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. BY J. O. JOYNER. 44G. IVING no offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed." 2 Con 6: 3. " But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, dis-tresses" ( Ver. 4) " by pureness, by know-ledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the nob- Ghost, by love unfeigned." Ver. 6. We see that the beloved apostle is writ-ing, eoncerning the ministry. It is Well e-nough for each one to examine himself to see if he is as patient in dealing with pre-cious souls as lie ought to be. Are we as kind and longsuffering as God wants us to lie ? • I believe there are precious souls to-day wandering in darkness who would now be rejoicing in the light, if they had been dealt with in the right way. While God wants his word preached straight, he wants wisdom used. He says, " He that winneth souls is wise." Sometimes we hear some say, " Well, the people will not come out to meeting, they can't stand the truth." No wonder they can't stand it, when the bread and meat that belong to the full-grown men and women is forced on the babes. It might be well to read, and re-read, the 14th chapter of Romans. There are plenty of babes that need the sincere milk of the word, that they may grow and become able to take the strong meat. No wonder that the people are disgusted, and harden against the truth; for in some places when they come out to meeting, some fel-low will jump up and begin to thrash sect-ism, and tell them they are of the devil. We know that sectism is wrong; but God has a few people in there, and nothing but patience, longsuffering, gentleness, kind-ness, and trueness to God on our part will ever lead them out. Again, we have seen dear souls get up to preach, and they would have a lot of scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, all written off, and they would stand there and read about two hours, until all would get up and go home, except a few profess-ors, and some of them asleep. Then again, we have seen brethren get into a subject that they did not understand, and were not capable of explaining. 0 beloved, what God wants of us is to speak according to the ability he has given us. Read 1 Pet. 4: 11 and see if this is not truth. In many places where the work was flourishing it is now dead, and none seem to be getting saved. May God help us to find out what the trouble is. For some time I have been troubled over this state of things, and almost discouraged; but by the grace of God I am going to do my duty and follow where he leads. May the Lord help us to give no offence, that the ministry be not blamed. willing to heal our bodies as to forgive our sins, we are not troubled about faith for healing, if we obey and accept his word. Glory be to God ! A s the glorious deliver-ance comes as a reward of faith, we can on-ly exclaim, It is the Lord! it is the Lord ! giving God the glory. Though he may have used some of his children as instruments in obeying his Word, by prayer and anoint-ing with oil ( Jas. 5: 14, 15), or in agree-ment ( Matt. 18: 19), the healing is never done except through faith. " Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to- day, and forev-er." Not only the deliverance of the body from afflictions brings joy and gladness, but the great change in the life under grace brings joy unspeakable and full of glory. So we can sing, „ I love my Lord, He loveth me; The life of a Christian suits me, I'm happy as I can be." The promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come_ The heart once stained by sin, now washed in the blood of the Lamb, and power given to live free from sin, with peace, joy, and happiness, having food and raiment and therewith content. The Lord our righteousness, a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, one who will carry all our burdens. Such are the benefits of, salvation. Praise the Lord forever ! Jesus also tells us that he came a light into the world, that whosoever believeth in him should not abide in darkness— sin — and this is just the reason we live without committing sin: we have moved — been translated. See Col. 1: 13. I will quote it. " Who— God— hath delivered us from — not in— the power of darkness — sin— and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son." What a change! Think of it, will you? Changed from darkness— even a darkness that blinded our eyes, right into this " mar-velous light." Could a man be thus changed and not know it? If so, a dead man could be brought to life and not know it. But some say they don't know the time of their conversion. True, they may not, for the simple reason that they were never converted, and of course can not remember a thing that never existed. John says, " We know that we have passed from death— sin; see Eph. 2: 1— into life— righteousness; see 1 Jim. 2: 29; E: : 10— because we love the brethren." 1 Jno. 3: 14. " And hereby we know that he ahideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us." 3: 24. " Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his." Rom. 8: 9. " And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments." 1 Jno. 2: 3. Praise God for the light! I wish to say in conclusion, that a light that does not dispel every partiole of darkness from our entire being and separate us from it, is not true gospel light; but is a false one, and will go out and leave us in utter darkness at a time when light is most needed. Let us examine the oil that is in our vessels, and see if it is genuine, and will hold out until we meet the Bridegroom and go in with him to the marriage. Another thought; Jesus says, " Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you." Jno. 12: 35. NV hen people are led into the true light they are commanded to walk in it; if not, darkness will come upon them. It has often occurred that people who were saved in sectism, heard the full gospel light and having refused to accept it and to walk in it, they soon were overtaken with darkness. W hen we know that a thing is truth, and see a more perfect way, it is not enough to merely agree that such is truth; but God requires every one to walk in it. For instance, a person may hear this evening light gospel preached, endorse it as truth, have fellowship with those that have come out of sectism, but let them tail to make their escape out of her, and they will be overtaken by darkness— sin — as sure as God reigns in glory. " He that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin." Then " walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you." 2510 4 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. July 3, 1902. 1 . glut ilivei; iitt, sho eilt. setlil f7 i. , , sscfo, iet .) 1: eit: le sake . ni3,, saisbt. I ' ' 1 1 ti‘::: r: wI i Ife! yfrdieisneidpsleh, ays,::: Hat fa_ l ens. " Ile that loveth father and mother my sake, earl nut be m-- forsaken, for who then and mot more titan me is not worthy of me: and he shall tied it. tie daughter more than. ate and children, tot i is not worthy of me." The young man that that loveth son 1 mine to t he savior with What must " I do i sions and give to the poor, and lay up his treasure in heaven. Luke 18: 22. Jesus cause he would not sell his earthly posses. to be savedl" could Hot follow Jesus be. sa iidd,; ' W' hosoever forsaketh not ail that he I bath, van not be my disciple." If we follow him we will not be found Ili the hall- room or in the theater or in the secret ohamber. For Jesus taught the pea ple openly and in secret said nothing. Matt 2- 1: P. If we follow Jesus we will be lin, n own to world, and known alone to God, and go forth as sorrowing, yet always k the wo rejoieing; Os poor, yet making mmHg. persecuted, yet not forsaken; cast dm; yet not destroyed always bearing about is OM' body the - mark of the Lord Jesus." Gal. 6: 17. In order to follow Jesus, some of us may have to leave our homes, and go out in heathen lands after the lost. He left his heavenly home in glory and became an outcast 011 earth for our sakes. Al-though he was rich, he became poor; suf. f h en e deross , an , dthat an ignominious death on t we poor mortals might have life. What love! THE tIOSPEL TRUMPET Moundsville, W. Va., July 3, 1902. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL lateral at the Past- Ake at Isatuirvilla, V. Ta., as r40311144111118 Natter, E. E. BYRUM Editor. A. L. BYERS Office Editor. Contributing Editors: H. M. RIGGLE, CHAS. E. ORR, J. C. BLANEY, J. W. BYERS, GEO. L. COLE. Published by GOSPEL TRUNIF'ET PUB. CO. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- secTARTAN'sent forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of full Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the Unity of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - - $ 1.00. England, - 6s. 2d. Germany, 6 marks 18 pr. All Subscriptions must be paid in Advance. In about two weeks after your subscription is re-ceived, receipt and credit of same will be shown by the address label attached to your paper or wrapper, pro-vided the subscription is for more than three months. Business Communications, moneys, etc. must to addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOtINDsYILLE, W. VA. to Insure credit; otherwise we wilt not be responsible. Holiness is the gateway to happiness and heaver,.:. If you will trust Wheiryou a tried, you will triumph. If the church of God would beget chil-dren unto the Lord she must be in travail. To see God is to experience him in the life and enjoy him in the heart. Such a blessing have the pure. Christ is unchangeable in his nature. The nature of faith remains forever the same; consequently to touch Christ by faith produces the same effect upon him and ob-tains the same result to the believer to- day as when the woman touched the hem of his garment. - Along the Christian's way hang various pictures. Some are bright and beautiful. They cheer the heart, eanoble the mind, light up the pathway, and draw the trav-eler into a deeper and more sacred com-munion with God. Others are dark and unsightly. They discourage the heart, bri g in anxieties and unrest. They despoil the soul of grace and love. If you would be successful and happy in the Christian life, look only upon the bright pictures. C. E. O. At the general camp- meeting at Mounds-ville, W. Va., June 1- 10, 1902, A. B. Palmer of Bangor, Mich. was again recognized as the proper person to revise the ministerial list for reference by the Railroad associa-tions in considering clergy favors for 1903. CONFESSION. I wish to state that hitherto I have ad-vanced ideas in regard to Divine Healing that are not in harmony with the general teaching in the evening light, thus causing divisions and suspicions, for which I hum-bly ask pardon of ' all concerned. A. B. Palmer. Instructions about Railroad Permits From Aug. 1 to Oct. 1 is the time limited for ministers to make application for en-rollment on the ministerial list to be filed for reference in considering applications for clergy favors for the year 1903. Any time between the two dates above men-tioned, ministers may send to me for blanks to be executed as heretofore, and to be re-turned not later than Oct. 1. Be sure to date your application. If you do not re-ceive your blank after a reasonable time, write again; letters sometimes miscarry. Those whose applications are rejected will be notified in due time. In making applica-tion for blanks, all that is necessary to state in your letter or postal is that you want a blank. Be sure and give name and address plainly. Communication in regard to any other matter should be separate from your request for blank. When the time comes for making appli-cation to the associations, secure a blank from any station agent in the territory of the association, whose duty it is to furnish it to you. If for any reason you can not get one in this way, write to the chairman ( If Ole association for one. As- a number have written to me for a permit; I wish to say that I can not give. it. My business is to furnish your name for the association to refer to in consider-ing your application for permit. Read carefully all the instructions on. the application that you send in to the association. Do not try to evade any ques-tion on the blank. Avoid all unnecessary explanations. Where the question requires yes or no, give it so. The question in re-gard to your time being exclusively en-gaged in the work of the ministry does not mean that you have no right to now or then do a little manual labor, but the mean-ing is, Is that your business or occupation ( the work of the ministry)? In regard to the question about receiving all your sup-port from the work of the ministry, if you do, answer Yes; if you do not, simply say, " Not altogether"; then if they want any explanations, they will write to you, then you can explain in what other way you get your support. All unordained ministers should state the fact to me when applying for blank for enrollment, as different blanks are fur-nished for them. _ If you can not find any minister near you to endorse you, send your blank ( after– being properly filled and signed by you) by mail for them to sign and send directly to me ( always enclosing a stamp for postage). If you are an ef-ficient minister and worthy of R. R. rates, it seems to me you can find some well- known minister to endorse you. If I do not know anything about the applicant or the endors-er, I have to investigate hence the neces-sity of getting a well- known applicant or endorser. Brethren in the ministry, if any of you have any conscientious scruples a-bout endorsing an applicant, have spiritual backbone enough to say No. If any one knows any reason . why a minister should not hold a permit, please inform me; at the same time furnish me positive proof in the matter, Do not write to the association about it, for they will not act on it until they first write to me. It would be well for all the ministers in the evening light to have their names en-rolled on the list, whether they are in the territory of any association or not, far we expect to file lists with many general pass-enger and ticket agents of roads outside of associations that do not grant joint per-mits ( a joint permit means a permit that gives rates on all the railroads in the asso-ciation). On all roads outside of such as-sociation, you have to get a permit from each individual road, therefore it might help the ministers to get rates by having a list of names in the general office of such roads. A. B. Palmer. 1 • 4 Christian Progress. BY CHAS. E. ORR. THE physical being of man is subject to decay. He may give the most care-ful attention to diet, exercise, and clothing; comply as perfectly as possible with the laws of health, yet age will sink the cheek, dim the eye, and furrow the brow. The limbs will become feeble, the voice grow weak, and that once beautiful, symmetri-cal form, yielding to the inevitable in the course of nature, will , become slowly but surely marred. While this is true of the physical being, the spiritual being, under the careful till-age of the all- wise Husbandman, will daily unfold and increase in strength, health, and beauty. " Though our outward man per-ish, the inward man is renewed day by day." The Christian is God's tillage ( see margin, 1 Cor. 3: 9), and under his careful husbandry, though the body enfeebles, the soul gathers strength and grace and be. comes daily more like him. The Lord uses different means in culti-vating the soul which he designs shall be arrayed in beauty here, and bloom in par-adise. Whatever the means of tillage, it is the tender hand of God that carries OD the mystery of growth. " I planted, Apol-los watered," but " God caused it to grow.' 1 Cor. 3 : 6, E. D. If the Christian will use the means God has provided for his im-provement, he will daily and constantly improve. If you would be more kind and gentle, more meek and lowly, more tender and compassionate, more forbearing and longsriffering; if you would be a better Christian, as the plant opens its pores to the light, heat, and elements of air,. so open your heart to the Holy Spirit and he will cause to grow and develop the pure graces of God all along the avenues of your soul. While the body grows frail and feeble, and comes on down to its certain dissolution; the soul strengthens and increases. Through holy meditation, prayer, study of the Scrip-tures; resisting all evil and fleshly temp-tations, the immortal soul fledges its wings for its eternal home beyond the skies. Golden Moments. BY A. J. BIXI. ER. O UR, years of life are rapidly gliding by; how short and precious our life-time is: it - is compared to a hand's breadth and passing shadow. The time that knows us now will soon know us no more; soon we all individually must appear in the pre-sence of a just Judge to give an account or the way we have spent our life in this world. God created man for cue wise and noble purpose of glorifying his name by a life of holiness and righteousness all the days of his life. We are told to " redeem the time, because the days are evil." Since our life at file longest is but a few years, it be-hooves us to make the most of life by dili-gent devotion to active service for the Master, that we need not face eternity emp-ty- handed, but come home rejoicing bring-ing golden sheaves. We may be the means; of many souls being blessed and helped a-long the road to heaven. It surely would be a consolation to look I back over a well- spent life in the service and work of the Lord, and know that a-round the throne there were precious souls who might have been lost forever had we not faithfully carried the glad tidings of salvation to them; so let us rescue the pe•- ishing while the few years of life remain. Then when up in glory we may sing songs of everlasting praise, and clasp glad hands and better understand the fruit of our toil and labor in this world. God is not pleased with us scarcely pulling through ourselves; but in our possession of the abundant grace of God, and being a blessing and . encour-agement to others. Then let us sow seeds of truth and love, for God can cause them to grow and bring forth fruit to his glory. Perfect satisfaction in Christian life is not to be obtained short of entire consecra-tion to all the will of God, and perfect sub-mission to God brings rest to the soul. The aim and ehject of every child of God should be to do all within his power through the grace of God to spread the light of salva-tion to all lands. Each one has a place in he body to fill; one may be a preacher, an-other may be called to labor with his hands, and in so doing have to give to him that necdeth. Then let us all live as did the one of whom Jesus " She hath done what she could." Following Jesus. BY MARY A. PHILLIPS. j F any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me." Luke 9: 23. " En-ter in at the strait gate : for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadetti unto life, and few there be that find it." Matt. ' 7: 14. Howenuch easier it seems for man to find the broad way which leads to eternal ruin; than the way which leads to life everlasting. In order to follow Jesus we must keep in the narrow way for it is the only way that leads to heaven. It leads to life; but there is life all along the way. For Jesus and his word are a lamp to our feet, which shineth brighter unto the perfect day. In order to follow Jesus we have to for-sake the world. " Ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hate you." " Marvel not if the world hate you." " Blessed are ye when men shall separate you from their company." See Luke 6: 2. If we follow Jesus, we will endure persecution, perhaps, A Letter from India. iy dearly beloved Brother Byrum: May the blessings of the Lord be upon you anal all that Lail on his name out of a pure heart! I received both of your last letters in due time, but, having been under confusion, I was obliged to keep you waiting long for the reply, as I was expecting all the time some better news to convey to you. I do praise the Lord that we are out of CM& sion. A few days ago we wrote you a unit-ed let ter, telling you all about our peculiar trials as well as victories. This letter will let you know, that we have left 154 " Bow Bazar St. and have nothing to do with the Apostolie Bible School. We are now work. ing the way we did before. Dear brother, if we ever needed your prayers we need them now. We require the power of God, as we see trials and persecu-tions before us. - We request the earnest prayers of all the saints, that we may be able to *. fight the good fight of faith" and eontend earnestly for the faith which was one fur all delivered to the saints. Dna self have been very sick. I believe you will be pleased to read the following account-- how the dear Lord healed me. For about three weeks I had suffered a great deal on account of a pain in the upper part of my body. Night after night I went without sleep, simply rolling on my bed. God above knows how I had suffered on account of the penis I was prayed for ( but without be-ing anointed), yet I was not healed. Then I began to search my heart, with prayer. and I found that the dear Lord was seek-in ititg) liteiznlyql some precious lessons dd aa rk India. ' heretoforheiswwhielnl, II Prayed and yielded myself called for the elders, they came and prayed over me, anointing with the oil, and I was healed. tPoraise thIreis ddeeaarr name! once more He proved himselfill I am now waiting to enter that cold closed land. Tibet. I believe the Lord has called igllietliet7 to bear testimony to his saving grace has raised up some one to go with me. Se,„ Pirit of the Lord. Already workers filled are withou love. the knowled tehleoeTiableat.- slisa'a‘ ila- heos, the myself highly honor mean to go there to work and die. 1 land, that he may in Prayer for him to open my way t° honored of the Lord that ilte has ever called me to a people who are °- terly different in every way from MY PI Pie. I am at present waiting on. the t ge‘ io. altootrlil ie)/ est thoaNiereeaxdpirtets. seegdosth peor. desir e eon' any Of my friends are writing to me many` 011' eaaro-- aging letters, informing me tb. 04.10/ ,-.••-•• • 2511 July 3, 1902. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. 5 Widows. As forGthe absent trader, he usual-ly contracts a temporary marriage with some cue else. A period is. fixed, it may he. nearly a month, or it may extend to one or two years, and the marriage is binding till the period expires. There is very little polygamy, however, in the true sense, though some of the wealthy practice it in the southern parts, influenced by the In-dian habits. The administration of what is called jus-tice is barbarous. Only lamas are allowed on the bench. The culprit has his choice of paying a fine or being maimed. Any criminal can purchase immunity from pun-ishment. The most common offence is stealing it is said to be a " fine art," in Tibet. Kindly let me hear from you at your ear-liest convenience, telling all about yourself and the work. Please convey my warmest Christian love to all the dear saints over there. NOW I close, with much holy love, I am yours in His service, M. Moses. News from the Field. Tibetan family life is undoubtedly pe-culiar. ' One woman has generally several husbands,- but the husbands are always brothers. It seldom happens that more than one of them is at home at a time. The others are absent with the cattle or for purposes of trade. A belle is purchased from her parents and sometimes costs thir-ty yaks. The Tibetans- like and defend this custom of fraternal polyandry. They re-gard it as economical and as tending to keep the family together and to build up the estate. Moreover, it releases a certain number of the males for pastoral work a-way from home, and for the long jour-neys they have sometimes - to take. It would be difficult to find an asylum for the wife if she were not also the wife of the wanderer's brother. The women especially appreciate the arrangement. With only one husband they would become widows at his death; having many, they are never which go far to support such a contention. He is always alert and present at the_ crit-ical moment, though he prefers to keep in the background at other times. He is sin-uous and insincere. Ile will write you a passport, commanding all everywhere to meet you with submission and assist you to the full extent of their power, under pen-alty Of the serious displeasure of the Em, Peror; and he will seal this document of-ficially, and place it in your hand with ev-ery profession of friendliness and support, only to seal another and despatch it by secret carrier, the moment your back is turned, conveying exactly opposite instruc-tions, ordering the people to stop you, turn you back, and put every obstacle in your path. He maintains a amban, or residence, at Lhassa, and his mandarins are stationed in all large towns. The gates of the coun try, even on the Indian side, are guarded by his soldiers, and it- is he who concludes treaties with foreign powers. He is a prom-inent figure, especially on the trade routes, up and down the land, and a privileged per-son wherever he goes. He affects to de-spise the people. He is the porcelain; they are but common clay. And in many parts they yield him the homage he is for-ward to claim. For all these reasons it is better to travel with a Chinaman than with mere Tibetans. The Tibetans consume vast quantities of tea. It is poor stuff ( from China), but they could not do without it. Together with butter and barley- flour it forms the staple food of the country. Sundry housewives keep the pot boiling all day. Generally the beverage when cooked is poured out into small
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