| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 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. Jere 82: 39, VOLUME XXIII. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1903. NUMBER The seed of Jacob inherited the promised land of Canaan. Jerusalem was chosen by the Lord to be the capi-tal, the place where God's name was to be placed, and there he should dwell. Esau inhabited Edom, Idumea, and the chief city was Bozrali. Jacob, Canaan, and Jerusalem were chosen by the prophets as types of the true church of God in this dispensation; whereas Esau, Edom, or Idurnea, and Bozrah were chosen as types of the apostasy, or all false religions labled Christian, etc. The battles of Jacob with Esau, the Israelites with the E-clornites, have a beautiful analogy with the true church and the apostate church. Their contentions for suprem-acy taken for an allegory represent the controversy of the church ever since the rise of the apostasy. " Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord is up-on all nations, and his fury upon all their armies : he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the moun-tains shall be melted with their blood." Isa. 34 : 1- 3. Edom was one of the many nations that were enemies to the Israelites; hence that prophet says, " The indig-nation of the Lord is upon all nations." Just so the indignation of the Lord is upon all systems of religion, both apos-tate Christian, and heathen. And the church of God stands opposed to Esau — apostate Catholic, Protestant, and all pagan religions. " He bath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter." This signifies the complete authority and triumphs of the church over all false religion. We omit the 4th verse as it treats of the final judgments of God at the last day, and we only wish to treat of the pre-paratory judgment and battles of the church during this dispensation prior to the last day. " For my sword shall be bathed in it shall be well with you. As the vine - grows beside your door laden with fruit and green foliage : so your wife shall bear children and be ' pure, vir-tuous, cheerful, and happy. Your children round about your . fireside shall be as olive plants: In Brande's Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art, we have this de-scription of the olive tree : " The- olive tree has, in all ages, been held in pe-culiar ' estimation; and some authors have styled it a a mine upon earth.' It was sacred to Minerva. Olive wreaths were used by the Greeks and Romans to crown the brows of victors. It is still universally regarded as emblem-atic of peace. Growing in your door-yard, you can gather fruit from its branches, and find comfort in its shade. If thou fearest God, your children shall be a " mine upon earth" to you: they shall be sacred to your heart and crown your aged brow with a wreath of peace and comfort. This is just what is contained in the promise, Thy children shall be as " olive plants round about thy table." Many parents wonder why their chit-ehildren are so listless, careless, and in-different in the family worship. What example are you setting before them? it may be there is not enough of godly fear and reverence in your own heart. A deep sense of gratitude, and a feel-ing of profoundness filling your soul, as you come info the august presence of God around your family altar, will beget a feeling of reverence and re-spect ill the hearts of your children. If you read the Bible in the family worship in a listless indifferent and unfeeling manner, with your mind out u1 , o11 your farm work, and your pray-ers cold formal and spiritless, you need not wonder that your children have such little fear and reverence to God upon their hearts. Such manner of worship begets a lazy careless and indifferent feeling in the children. A mighty current of cold formal-ism is sweeping over the world, and Christians need to be very ernest in prayer, that they may keep a warm glow of love in their hearts, and a spir-it of sincere devotion filling their breast. Thank God, we can have our hearts warm with his love, and can feel a sense of_ delight, in our souls. It is true, we are to live by faith; but holy living and faith in God brings a feel-ing of joy to the soul. See to it, 0 be-loved, that a deep feeling of grati-tude and reverence to God fills . your heart as you gather round your family altar; and, in the fear and love of God, command your children to reverence and respect him, and your family devotions. C. E. 0. " Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently lest any mail fail of the grace of God." Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed- like one of these." " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." on Idumea, and upon the people of m_ y curse, to judgment. The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat With fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great- slaugh ter in the land of Idumea. And the - unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. For it is the day of the Lord's ven-geance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy " of Zion. And the streams. thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brim-stone, and the land thereof shall be-come burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up forever: from gen-eration to generation it shall lie waste none shall pass through it forever and ever." Isa. 34 : 5- 10. The awful slaughter and bloodshed in this lesson is to be - understood in a spiritual sense, and now is the time of this slaughter. The sword is God's Word. " Bathed in heaven" signifies the antority by which it is executed.' " It shall come down ripen Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment." This Idumea is Esau, the apostasy. The apostasy to begin with was not the invasion of foreign powers: it was Jacob's twin brother, his elder brother. The ministers and teachers in the church of God, like Esau, sold their birthright— lightly es-teemed the purity, unity, power, and God's divine system of government— which was the true inheritance and birthright of the redeemed in Christ Jesus. As I said before, the ministers that led the way of the apostasy sold their birthright, and the curse of God - rested upon them, as it did upon Esau. Read the curse which Paul pronounced against those who would presume to preach another gospel. " But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel mite you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." Gal. 1: S. Hence, all who get under the spirit of the a-postasy are " the people of his curse," and the judgments of God are being poured out upon them. While false doctrines and antichrist spirits de-stroy souls, the " sacrifice and slaugh-ter" specially refer to those who had a degree of light and were willing to serve God according to the light they had in sectism but when greater light came they chose to stick to the people of his curse and follow the spirit of antichrist instead of coming out and standing a unit in Christ; therefore they are sacrificed in the land of Esau. " For it is the day of the Lord's yen-geance, and the year ' of recompense for the controversy of Zion." Jacob and Esau were ever contend-ing for the scepter. Saul and David conquered the Edomites so Edom was for a long time a vassal of Judah, but again revolted, and after a struggle - got its independence in the reign of Jehoram. See 1 Sam. 14: 17. 2 Sam. 8: 14; 2 Kings 8: 20- 22. But from the seed of Esau arose one named Anti-pater, who obtained : government of Judah in B. C. 47, and his son was Herod the Great. The true church of God had the lead in the . early history THE: FAMILY ALTAR. When the shades of night come softly stealing, Softly stealing, o'er the window sill; When the busy day is slowly ending, Slowly ending, peacefully and still, Father' with the precious holy Bible, Angels smiling from the courts above, Mother, with her darling, happy children, List'ning to the tale of wondrous love. When the shades of night are slowly deep'ning, Slowly deep'ning, ' long the chamber wall; When the burnished evening lamp is lighted, And a holy awe is over all; Father, with a heart full of devotion, Mother, with her children glad and free, ' Round the sacred hallowed family altar, Lift the heart to God, and bend the knee. When the morning light is gently dawning, Gently dawning, in the eastern sky; When the darkness fast away is fleeing Duties of the day are drawing nigh; Once again around the sacred altar, Happy family bowed in fervent prayer, Givingthanks to God for life's sweet blessings, For the day, imploring his kind care. The Family Worship. Jacob and Esau. T HE birth of these two sons of Isaac is recorded in Genesis 25th chap-ter. However, before their birth, Re-becca " went to enquire of the Lord, and the Lord said unto her, Two na-tions are in thy womb, and two man-ner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger." Gen. 25: 23. Esau being the elder, or first- born, was the heir of his father's estate but after he and Jacob were grown up, Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage. Real enmity did not arise between the two until the time came when the blessing of their father Isaac was to be given, and Jacob supplanted Esau and re-ceived the blessing. The true charac-ter of the two sons were- such that God said, " Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." The blessing, the in-heritance, and the genealogy were all reckoned to Jacob— Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Judah, through the lineage of whom Christ was to come: this hon-or was not given to Esau. Ir II ERE can be a no more sacred R'elle HIMn thall that of pious lrarents gathered with their de-voted children around the family al-tar in reverential worship to God. The angels bend low to cateh the chants of praise which arise as sweet incense to the gates of heaven. See the husband and father, with the Bible in his hand, his face bemning with joy and hope; and his soul, fired by the burning words of inspiration, swells with the fountains of love, 11S he reads the s. weet story of redeeming grace, and the duties Christians owe to God. See the gentle wife and mother, with her children listening with eager, interest-ing faces. Such a picture vita may say is in-deed very beautiful set as a painting in bright and attractive colors before the mind's eye; but where is the orig-inal? Thank God, such scenes are to he found in real life; but, that they are so feW is 1l source of deep regret. My heart is often pained to see the indifference and cold formality that pervades the family worship of many a home. The Psalmist said, " My Heart. standeth in awe of thy word." rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil." Psa. 119: 162. .\ 1l heaven rejoices, and God looks down in pleasure upon those who are contrite in spirit, and who " trembleth at his word." 0 beloved saints, does a sweet sa-cred heavenly awe fill your soul as you gather with your olive plants'' around your family altar? Do you collie before God in a deep spirit of devotion with a hallowed, reverential fear of him filling your heart, If you do, I want to give you a promise that is of greater worth than a thousand worlds. Read it, meditate upon it, and may it be a fountain of joy in your soul. " Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall he as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord." Psa. 128: 1- 4. God here promises you, if you fear him, that you shall be happy and that heaven: behold, it shall come down up- of Christianity; but finally the apos- tasy arose and threw off the yoke and scepter of Jacob and the controversy set in. The supremacy of papal rule lasted through the dark ages, and wore out the saints of the Most High but under the reformations of Protestant-ism, the_ controversy was greatly re-newed in the multiplying of sects, each one assuming to be the true church of God. However, this was only a babel contention. But, when the true light came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, " The time came that the saints possessed the kingdom." Then the real controversy began; and the judgments of God are being executed against all sect institu-tions, the Edomites, sons of Esau; be-cause the inheritance belongs to Jacob, the Israelites. The controversy waxes extremely hot. " The streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch." Then follows her waste and desolate condition. " But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it : and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confu-sion, and the stones of emptiness. They shall call the nobles thereof to the king-dom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof : and it shall be a habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for himself a place of rest. There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow : there shall the vul-tures also be gathered, every one with her mate." Isa. 34: 11- 15. Here the prophet suddenly changes, and in vision he sees and describes the ruins of a desolate city, the debris of a downtrodden empire, and the doleful creatures that inhabit such wastes. The language used is identical with that which describes ancient Babylon after her utter overthrow, and the fall of mystery Babylon as recorded in the book of Revelation, which is but the antitype of that ancient city of Baby-lon. These doleful creatures are but the doctrines of devils, and antichrist spirits that inhabit the apostate insti-tutions of modern sect Babylon; and their caucuses, conferences, synods, and human legislation is, in the lan-guage of the prophet, " a court for owls." " The wild beasts of the des-ert also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow." Such a meeting is the world's congress of religion, gathering Protestants, Catholics, and pagans in-to one brotherhood— Gog and Magog union. " Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath - commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. And he hath east the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line : they shall possess it forever, from gen-eration to generation shall they dwell therein." Isa. 34: 16, 17. Here the prophet describes the church of God in her gathered condi-tion. As by the wisdom of God the birds have their instinct in time of mating, so by the wisdom of God the power of the Holy Spirit gathers all whose names are in God's book into perfect oneness. " His spirit it hath gathered them." Those who claim to be saved, and are teaching the one body, yet have never been gathered into the.- oneness— never been melted and the tin ( traditionary teaching) taken away—" His spirit has not gath-ered them:" they are not the kind de-scribed in the last two verses of this chapter, but are only the scattered sons of Esau, " the people of God's curse." Esau is also called Mt. Seir but Israel is called mount Sion, and is the real Zion which stands with God in this great controversy against all false religions, and for the pristine power, glory, unity, and government, as it emanates from its divine architect and builder, who is Jesus Christ. G. L. O. Are there two Doors of Entrance into Canaan? BY F. J. KIEFER. T HAVE seen the statement that there I are two modes of entrance into the land of Canaan, or holiness: the one only requiring one work, from Egypt, or the world the other, requiring Iwo, to bring them into the full possession of the land. To prove it, reference was made to the experience of the children of Israel in the wilderness. I do not think it will take a very ex-tended examination of the history re-ferred to, to show the fallacy of the reasoning. Any one that has ever read the story of the exodus knows that it was - unbe-lief that kept them out of Canaan at Kadesh- Barnea. God had promised them the whole land of Canaan, and had brought them safely to the borders of it, and had commanded them to go in and possess it; but the spies they had sent out to view the land reported that giants dwelt there in walled cities, great and strong; and, while the land was very fruitful, the nations were stronger than they, and caused the peo-ple's hearts to faint within them. They would not believe God, and so failed to enter, and had to wander in the wil-derness until the rebels were all dead; and they had come to Jordan in front of Jericho whence they crossed over and possessed the land. It is argued from this that if we pass directly into Canaan from Egypt ( or the world), one work is all that is necessary; but that if we wander in the wilderness, or Babylon, a second work is necessary to cleanse us from the things we gathered up in our wander-ings. But it seems evident that it was not the crossing over Jordan that brought the blessing ( though that was a wonderful experience), but the be-lieving God and doing what he told them. They had the same enemies to fight after crossing Jordan as they would have had after Kadesh- Barnea had they entered there_ — the same land to conquer, and the same provision made for them. God was the same God and would have given them the same victory, had they had the same faith. And, notice, they had been two years already in the wilderness, and had all the experience of it God in-tended they should have. They had re-ceived the law by which they were to be governed in the land of their inher-itance, and not in the wilderness and further there was no way by which they could pass from Egypt to Canaan except through the wilderness, and ev-ery move they made was under God's special direction. Hence, we conclude that there is only one door into the land of Canaan— the door of faith— let them pass through Jordan or at Kadesh- Barnea and also that it is a door distinct from the door through which they entered into the wil-derness experience. In Egypt they knew of God, and they had to stay in the wilderness until they knew him as a God of truth who is able to do all he promised; for without that knowledge they would not be able to possess the land God had given. We will now notice that the wilder-ness experience was not a Babylon ex-perience; for God was their God and only king and their guide in the wilder-ness while in Babylon people are ruled over by man, and have oppres-sive human laws over. them. They are not free to obey God, of whom Daniel and his companions are a very good example. In the wilderness, while they were free to obey God, they chose rath-er to disobey, with very disastrous re-sults. " Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep; through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will." Will Heaven be on Earth? BY J. GRANT ANDERSON. bti- GO - to prepare a place for . you. - 1 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, von unto and receive myself - that where I am, there ye may be also." John 14: 2, 3. In the above text, three facts are plainly set forth: 1. Christ declared he would go away from the earth. 2. That while away he would prepare our future , abode. .3. Heaven is not a state, but a prepared place. The readers of the Trumpet have seen this subject- set forth many times by very able writers however I feel led of God to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance for many false teachers are gone out into the world. A. t the present writing, C. T. Russell of Allegheny, Pa., editor of the Watch Tower, is preaching to large audiences in Carnegia Hall, Pittsburg, Pa. During services held Sunday, Jan. 11, he made the statement that the Scriptural expression," End of the world," means notthe end of the world, but rather one after another of suc-ceeding . ages and dispensations of time and that this planet will ever abide, and forevermore be the home of a sinless people. It makes little difference to the Christian where heav-en will be and if such teachers as Mr. Russell would stop there, we would not take the trouble to warn - people of his teachings but after he has got-ten one to accept one unscriptural doc-trine, the way is clear for endless chains of unsound and unbiblieal be-liefs. Our text needs but little com-ment. Christ positively stated that he would go away from the earth, and while away would make ready our future home. Instead of bringing the house of many mansions with him, he will come and take us to them, where we who are accounted worthy will live eternally. " I say unto you, that like-wise joy shall he in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance." Luke 15 : 7. " Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? Do not I fill heaven and earth?" , Ter. 23 : 24. " And, behold, there was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone." Mat. 28 : 2. " Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named." Eph. 3 : 15. Jesus said he would go and prepare a place for us, and then return for us there-fore we are instructed " to wait for his [ God's] Son from heaven, who'll he raised from the dead, even Jesus." 1 Tiles. 1: 10. " The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven." Psa. 11 : 4. " For the Lord [ Christ] himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive [ Physically] and . remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air." 1 Thes. 4: 16, 17. When Stephen was dying he exclaimed, " I see the heavens opened, and the Son of msatanndi nbo• on the right hand of God." Acts 7: 56. He was standing in that land he went to prepare for us. " And Jesus answered and said unto them, the chil-dren of this world shall marry but they which shall be accounted wor-t2nmh0e yia: t 3rht4roe- yr 3o c6nba. ton aW ritn hah etrehyena d tgJi ewiev saoeunnrsly d iwm, n . ao ms. r e. ao . nrn" re iLeiataughrketeher; he taught his disciples to pray, Father, which • • t in heaven." He further taught them, " Lay not up , or b on earth, but lay " OO ur up for yourselves treasures in heav-treasure d/ yourselves enl\' 1' r. Russell looks out upon this beautiful world., and imagines that it will forever endure but God deeccl aarreess last for a time. " We look nitow not n othleythings which ar, at the thinggs sw h '. eh are not seen: for seen bbut March 12, 190g. the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen [ only] are eternal." 2 Cor. 4: 18• Peter says, " The earth also and the works that are therein shall be buried up." 2 Pet. 3: N. Nahum Said, ', EN earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world." Nahum 1: 5. Isaiah says: " The earth shall remove out of her place." Isa. 1.3: 13. " The earth dissolved " Isa. . 24 it : shall ll 29 fall . j , esus and not rise . said: " The harvest is in the end the world; and the reapers are the an-gels. As therefore the tares are gath-ered and burned in the- fire so shall it be in the end of this world." Mat. 13 e30, 40. " The world passeth away, and the lust thereof but he that doeth the will of God abideth." " Heaven and earth shall pass away." Mat. 24: 35. The Latter- day Saints, Advents, and C. T. Russell, say, " The earth will not pass away." Is it not strange that people will believe man and disbelieve God? God says, " Heavenismy throne, and the earth is my footstool." Acts 411- 191 1. is old planet, is simply the scaf-folding upon which we stand, while building our • spiritual house. These temporal things which we behold is but the ladder leading up to the eter-nal world. The time will come when the scaffolding will be taken down and thrown away not because it is base or rude, but because its work is done. While the saints of God are enjoy-ing the glories of that heavenly land, C. T. Russell and Isis followers, if God sees fit to answer their prayers, will be roaming around over the scattered fragments of a discarded staging, which is to be burned, to fall and nev-er rise. They will be seated upon a footstool away out somewhere in space while the blood- washed of millions of ages, will be seated around Father's table in that land Jesus went to prepare for them. " To an inher-itance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you." 1 Pet. 1: 4: Instead of believing everything that men declare, let us study to show ourselves approved unto God, a work-man that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. The Power to Bind and Loose. ' 4 A NT) I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven : and whatso-ever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Mat. 16: 19; 18: 18. " Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them and whose soever John 20 : 23. sins ye retain, they are retained." These words of Jesus declare the au-thority conferred upon the church. Peter was not the only one who pos-sessed the keys of the kingdom of heav-en, as popery vainly teaches, but all who are entrusted with the word of life. They have no power to forgive sins that are not repented of. " If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; if he repent, forgive Ject all such e Igfu eempeenotis) eocfl do the n o t measure to the dom, and to receive such as obey the o ads haveb eaiun tgh i gospe saints of te, k nrtgheei gospel. Ikliingthdiosmseonfseh othaev- 3e-, n open and shut the If some would presume to bind one who had not offended against God, such action would not be recognized by God. If two or three who are ini perfect harmony with God should set aside an erring brother who would not measure to the gospel, the action would be sanctioned by God himself. Ai soon as the party would obey the heaven. on earth is bound in heaven; and ' Olt-soever is loosed on earth is loosed pretqhuiimreirauntds, the bWir• eotil'id; enanwd ollu'ledetaietsc. e Father in heaven. action would be recognized by our In this manner, whatsoever is bound 2 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET- March 12, 1908. VTR GOSPEL TRUMPET. Hide the Outcasts. By EMIL KREUTZ. “ HIDE the outcasts." Isa. 16: 3. The Word of God teaches very plainly that, we should confess our sins as a condition of receiving salvation, especially confession to God in con-nection with asking forgiveness. There are also some sins which God would have us confess to our fellow men. If we have wronged some one it is right and pleasing to God that we make it right with them. This the Scriptures - teach that we - should do. Restitution and reconciliation both are taught in the Word of God. First of all, we are to confess our sins to . God. As David prayed: " Have mercy upon me, 0 God, according to thy loving- kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight." Psa. 51: 1- 10. . We also, find David confessing sins — not only his own sins, but those of The Call. BY EFFIE LAVELL. „ r_ OD is not a man, that he should k-. 1 lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall ha not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good y " Num. 23: 19. - Truly we are serving a God who changes not, and a God who can not lie. How often have we seen the truth - of this demonstrated before our eyes, yea, in our own lives. When liv-ing in obedience, how often have we proved God's Ward true; and when disobedient, how faithfully he has used the chastening rod. If God pos-sessed only the finite mind and wis-dom of man, then, through mistakes, he might often repent. If he were not All- powerful and All- wise, he might say and not do, speak and not make good. But, this is not the quality or true character of God. " 0 Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom bast thou made them all." Psa. 104: 24. Surely, he who by wisdom made all things can foresee the outcome of all his plans that he need not repent. In wisdom God chose Moses, the meekest of all men in his day, to go before the children of Israel, as an in-strument in his hands to deliver them out of Egyptian bondage. In this un-expected call, it seems that for a mo-ment Moses lost sight of the unchange-able nature of God, and at once began making excuse, first saying that the people would not believe him; and then when 0 od gave him power to per-form certain miracles that they might believe, behold, another excuse : " 0 my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou ' last spok-en unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue." Ex. 4: 10. Did God regard his excuses, or re-verse his oall? No " The Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's Mouth? . have not T _ the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say." Many are offering the same excuses to the Lord to- day, but over three thousand years of time since he spoke these words to Moses has not changed the character of God. To you whom God has called to preach deliverance to the captives, and to lead precious souls from the bondage of sin, and who are shrinking from duty, God's message to you is, " Who bath made num's mouth? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say." Excuses will not stand before God. Gideon also thought it quite strange : rocs almost incredible that God should : send him to deliver Israel; fel-, he ! said, " My family is poor in. - Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house." But God, not regarding his poverty or lack of fame, declares, " Surely, I will be with thee," and " have not I sent thee?" Many lose sight of the fact that while man looketh upon the outward appearance, God looketh on the heart only. All he needs is a voice and ves-sel sanctified and meet for his use. Although Paul had been a man of worldly wisdom, and was highly es-teemed by men, yet the earthly attain-ments became of no value to him in his calling and qualifications as a min-- istei of the gospel. He counted them but loss that he might win Christ: To the Carinthian brethren he says, " And I . came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto Yea the testimony of God. For I de-termined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him cru-cified. And I was with you in weak-ness, and in fear, and in much trem-bling. And my speech and my preach-ing was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." 1 Cor. 2: 1- 5. Just here is the secret why, as Paul his people, who lived in his time, and also those of their fathers. See ' Dan. 9: 3- 19. This had been commanded in Leviticus 26: 40. In the New. Testament we have this precious promise : " If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to cleanse sins, he is faithful and. just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1John 1: 9. We also read in Proverbs 28: 13: " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." This would imply that if we do not confess them, we shall not have _ mer-cy. While the Scriptures teach that we are to confess our sins, we find that the devil is ever- ready to cause us to go beyond what the Word teaches. He does not care in what way we dis-obey the Word of God, whether we add to or take from, just so we diso-bey. We - find some dear souls who are very anxious to • obey God and to be right with slim, and the enemy makes them believe they must confess in de-tail everything that they have done, said or thought, and that publicly. We also find there are some Christian workers who urge confessions to the extreme from those with whom they labor. I have know some to confess publicly things that they did not real-ize they Were confessing. This is not to the glory of God. God wants us to do these things understandingly, and not in a haphazard way, all confused, not knowing hardly what we are do-ing. May the Lord help us. There are some sins that the devil leads people into that do not concern anyone but themselves and God, and it would not be to the glory of God to confess them publicly; it would only injure their influence for good; and the Word teaches that we should not let our good be evil spoken of, and that it is a shame to even speak of some things done of some in secret. Titus 2: S; Eph. 5: 10- 12.- In Isaiah 16: 3, we have this expres-sion, " Hide the outcasts." The Lord gave this to me upon one occasion when I was severely tried in. regard to making some confessions. I thought perhaps I ought- to tell every detail of my sinful life. I was willing to confess, but this would not have been to the glory of God, as no one would have been edified by it. We are told " let all things be done unto edi- -• " 1 Cor. 14: 26. Again, the apostle tells us that " all things are lawful unto me, but all things edify not." 1 Cor. 1.0: 23. I do thank God that the Holy Scrip-tures is a lamp to our feet and a guide to our pathway, to lead us into the right, if we will obey it. We need not add to nor take from; it is sufficie " for doctrine, for reproof, for correc-i ofno, r instruction in righteousness, lie man of God may he perfect. ioroughly furnished unto all good works." It is able to make us wise unto salvation, if we only obey it. The Chief Stone of Adventism Removed. this article I attack with the weap-ons of truth the , Wain pillar upon which the whole Advent movement is predicated. Tn the previous article I clearly showed that instead of the temple of God being a literal structure up in heaven, it is the church of God upon earth. The view of the seventh-day Adventists on the sanctuary is vital to them. If they are wrong on this, their whole theory breaks down. But let us briefly examine their posi-tion. They based their time of 1811 upon Daniel 8: 14: " Unto two thou-sand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Speculation upon this text started the whole excitement under William Miller. His theory was as follows: " The sanctuary is the earth. It is to be cleansed by fire at Christ's second advent. The Iwo thousand three hun-dred days end in 1811; hence Christ must come that year." This was the says, " that net many. wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not Many noble are called; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to con-found the wise; yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought the things that are : that no flesh should glory in his presence." 1 - Cor. 1 : 26- 29. There are a few, but not many: and those few usually have a very hard death to die in coming to the point of surrender where self can be slain and real humility of heart obtained, where they can " count all things but loss" and they " dead indeed" and their life hid with Christ in God; because there are not many of such class who are willing to pay the price, and make themselves of no reputation, but take upon themselves the form of a servant, as did Jesus. This is the reason why there are not many called. However illiterate we may be, if our lips be touched with the finger of God, and we have the promise from God, " Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth," as did Jeremiah, the prophet, we need not fear to rely on his prom-ise and speak only " as of the ability which God giveth." This prophet, Jeremiah, said in reply to his call, " Ali, Lord God! behold, I can. not speak: for I am a child." But God said, " Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak." Jer. 1: 6, 7. Truly, the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.- Rom. 11: 29. We say not these things to encourage the uncalled, unqualified, or would- be preacher; for God says of them, " I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied." Jer. 23.: 21. There are many of this class who ought to be at home caring for their families and, " with quietness work, and eat their own bread." 2 Thes. 3: 12. There are those also who have felt the call, and through zeal or some other impulse, perhaps through lack of understand-ing, have not " tarried" until they. were endued with " power" and au-thority from heaven; and thus their labors have not altogether met the ap-proval of God. However, the " harvest is great and the laborers few"; and there are those whom God is calling, qualifying, and sending; who, perhaps, like Jer-einiah, Moses and others, need encour-agement, to lose sight of their defi-ciencies ( as the worldly- wise must lose sight of their abilities), and put full trust in him who has promised to be mouth and wisdom to them. For " of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption." 1 Cor. 1: 30. canon. will give a number of Bible sons why the whole theory is a shift infernal to uphold a decayed system. First. The sanctuary of the new - ovenant is neither this earth, nor a literal building in heaven, but the church of God upon earth. This the ' lowing- twelve texts positively prove: Hob. 8: 2; 9: 11; Isa. 63: 18; 1 Con 3: 16, 17; 1 Con 6: 19; 2 Cor. 6: 16 : Eph. 2 : 21, 22 Rev. 3 : 12 1 Tim. 3 : 15; Mat. 16: 18; Heb. 3: 6; 1 Pet. 2: 5. Second. Instead of Christ entering the most holy place in 1811, he had already entered it in A. D. 64, just one thousand eight hundred and elev-en years before Adventism was born. " That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consola-tion, - who have fled for refuge to lay, hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest forever after the order of Mel-chisedec." Heb. 6: 18- 20. Jesus our High Priest had already " entered" " within the nail " at the time of this writing, and prepared the way for us to enter. " Having therefore, bretll ren, boldness to enter into the holiest ( Continued on page 5.) doctrine of Miller in toto. This alarm called out thousands, and spread. ex-citement far and. wide. Was it a true or a false alarm? Was it truth or a lie? Did Christ come in 1844 and cleanse the earth? No; Miller's dupes waited in vain. Their time calculation passed and still the earth was not cleansed; thus the very message that called out the whole Advent movement was a false-hood and deception. The Advent tree took its root in error and a false cry; and the result is, it is left to be blown over by the whirlwinds of eternal truth. Feeling keenly their mistake, and not humble enough to acknowl-edge it, they endeavor to put the blame on God; and say that Miller's preach-ing was " a last solemn message to earth from Almighty God." Thus they cast the falsehood Miller preach-ed right back into the face of the Al-mighty. May God have mercy and grant them repentance unto life. Now since the earth was not cleans-ed, and Christ did not come in 1811, how did they get out of their dilemma? They said the time was all right ( 1844), but they were mistaken in the work to be accomplished. Instead of the sanctuary being this earth, it is a literal building in heaven just like the tabernacle Moses. built. Up to 1811 Christ ministered in the holy place, but in 1811 he left the first place and entered the most holy to cleanse the heavenly sanctuary, which really is the judgment. Jesus went into the most holy of the heavenly sanctuary to begin the judgment in 1811, instead of coming to earth, as at first expected and preached. This is their position as set forth by U. Smith in " Thoughts on Daniel and Revelation," mid in " The Sanctuary." Upon this beautiful story rests the fabricated structure of Adventism. This notion, now universally accept-ed by Adventists, was first taught and advocated by one 0. R. L. Crosier of im Arbor, Mich., in 1846. He pub-lished the same in the Day Star, Cin-cinnati, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1846. Mrs. White, their prophetess, said of it, – The Lord showed me in vision more than one year ago that Brother Cro-sier had the true light on the cleans-ing of the sanctuary."— E. G. White, in " A Word to the Little Flock," page 11, 12. This is the source of their present theory. But it is of vital in-st to know that O. R. L. Crosier, author of the present accepted theory, has renounced it as an error, and has opposed the seventh- day Ad-ventists for many years. A theory looks pretty sickly when its very au-or renounces it as an error. But is the pile of sand underneath iese crafty children of the bond- 711 1e 1" 000114- 10/ 1- cent SUNS- M* 1141011 of-fer 011 the Gospel Trumpet has 110I failed to yield an abundance of fruit lay way of loading souls into Alio light, and encouraging many hearts. It would probably he of interest to our readers fur us to quote a few words from a few letters before us out of the many hundreds that are being re-ceived. It the beginning of that offer one brother paid for 9511 subscriptions, fifty of , which were sent to as many fails, and about one hundred of them went to hotels. One woman who had never seen the Trumpet wrote fliat she was stopping at. a hotel and saw a Trumpet lying on the table, and saw it was just the teaching she had been de-siring to get hold of, and was yen.' much interested in it and anxious for more light and truth. A gentleman traveling in Nebraska, stopped at an-other hotel and upon the center table found a Trumpet, which imparted to him the information that God had power to heal the sick in these days. His brother was given up as incurable, and he wrote at once for our prayers. A lady in Indiana writes : " I am a subscriber to the Trumpet, but some kind friend is sending it to me, I pre-sume for ten weeks. By what I learn in reading, I can truly say I enjoy reading your paper very much; while if the construction You place upon the, teaching of God's Word is right in Id' things, I must. say_ that I have been taught wrong." Some one from Colorado writes ' " I was just reading a copy of the Tram' pet, which a friend had ° i.- Nt and THE GOSPEL TRUMPET Maundsville, W. Va., March 12, 1903. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Entered a the Po. t- offiee et Moundsville, W. Ya., as Second- Mass Setter. E. E. BYRUM Editor. A. L. BYERS Office Editor. Contributing Editors: H. M. RIGGLE. . . Cambridge Springs, Pa. CHAS. E. ORR . Federalsburg, Md. J. C. BLANEY Lemieux, Ont. J. W. BYERS Lodi, Cal. GEO. L. COLE. 7300 Stewart Ave., Chicago, HI. Published by GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO. DEFINITE, RADICAL, and ANTI- SECTARIAN, sentforth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, for the publication of fur' Salvation, Divine Healing of the body, and the Ur ity of all true Christians in " the faith once delivered to the saints." Subscription price, postage paid, United States, Canada, and Mexico, - - - $ 1.00 Foreign Countries, $ 1.50 Expressed in English Currency, - - 6s. 2d. " " German Currency, - 6 mark 18 pf 0— A11 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. Business Conainunica, tions, moneys, etc., must be addressed to GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA. to Insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsible. The pure in heart are free from sin. To be pure in heart is to be filled with love to God and man. None but holy people will enter heaven. Are you holy'? Are you pure? Behold, now is the clay of sal-vatton. People love God only as much as they love to obey his Word. If you do not love to obey the Word, you do not love God, and will lose your soul unless you obey. Many are called, but few are chosen. God calls everybody, but will choose only those who will repent and obey the gospel. He rejects all who try to climb up some other way, and calls them thieves and robbers. John 10: 1. What are you trying to do? Do not suppose God is going to change his way of preparing his peo-ple for the glory world. We can not escape if we neglect so great salvation. In these last days God has spoken to us by his Son from heaven, and we can not afford to neglect his voice. Heb. 1: 1, 2. Whosoever despised what Moses said died without mercy. Heb. 10: 28. He spoke on earth, but Christ speaks from heaven: " See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they es-caped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we es-cape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven." Heb. 12: 25. Oncemore Godwin speak from heav-en, but not in. mercy to the sinner. He will then say, " Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire pre-pared for the devil and his angels." Mat. 25: 41. His mercy is now full and f ree, but some day his wrath will consume and destroy all workers of iniquity. Sinners, seek salvation now, while you have opportunity: time is swiftly passing away, and you can not afford to procrastinate. Reader, you are either a saint or a sinner. There is no neutral ground you can stand upon before God. If you have not faith that gives you pow-er over temptation, and keeps you from committing sin, you are a sinner. If you have a joyful faith that works by love, you are a saint. If you are a professor and know you are not what you profess to be, you are a hypocrite. You may be respected by many good people, and appear out-wardly like a saint; but you are a hypocrite just the same, if you are not at heart what you appear to be. If you are such, renounce your pro-fession and get saved. There are great inducements offered tia'all who will forsake sin and follow Christ. The beauties of a holy life and the glories of the future home of the saints are so real and attractive, that the eloquence of the most gifted orators, the exquisite beauty of the rarest and richest paintings, the mel-ody of the sweetest music, the rhythm of the most divinely inspired poets, and the deep meditation of the pro-foundest of human thought, have been employed in describing and searching out its unsearchable riches, and un-fathomable mysteries; but it is only by God's Holy Spirit that their beau-ty can be discovered. " Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have en-tered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God bath revealed them unto us by his Spirit." 1 Cor. 2: 9, 10. , T. C. B. THE CHICAGO ASSEMBLY. Let every one who can possibly do so, attend this meeting March 20- 29. Start in time to take advantage of the special rates. See notice in another column. _ Questions Answered. Please explain Psa. 37: 10. F. W. S. The text reads, " For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : yea, thou shalt diligently seek his place, and it shall not be." This text is greatly relied on by materialists to sustain the notion of annihilation of the wicked beyond the judgment; but before it can be thus applied, it will first have to be proven that David was speaking of the state of the wicked beyond the judgment- day. No such thought is expressed or implied from his language. The same thought is ex-pressed in many other texts; viz., though the wicked flourish and spread himself like a green bay- tree, and for a time wield a mighty influence in the earth, he is soon cut down by death and is not. That is, he wields no more in-fluence among men, is not known upon earth. The place he once filled, he no longer fills. Explain 1 Cor. 3: 12. w. S. We are all building structures for e-ternity. Some day our structures will either stand or fall eternally, when every man's work shall be tried in the presence of his majesty and aw-ful glory. To build gold and silver, is to labor according to the gospel, and build according to the truth. Then our work will stand. But all who la-bor and work contrary to the truth, and build up that which the Bible con-demns, are simply building wood, hay, and stubble. Some who have labored long years to build up sectarian insti-tutions are now getting saved through the fire of truth and holiness; while all their works of many years' labor are destroyed. Explain Mat. 24 :_ 28. F. w. s. This text no doubt reached a ful-filment at the destruction of Jerusa-lem in the awful destruction of the Jews. That great event could well ful-fil the figure. However it is clear to our mind that the Savior intended more than the destruction of the Jews. Being used in such close connection with his second coming, no doubt it reaches its true fulfilment in these last days. The carcass represents the host of formal professors who are being cut off by the Word of God; and the eagles represent the myriads of unclean spir-its which prey upon these dead pro-fessors, and which throng the babel of fallen sectism. • Is it right for a woman to be a dea-con? I. A. H. Yes. In the family of God, as far as relates to spiritual privileges, and the government of the church, there is no distinction, " neither male nor female." Gal. 3: 28. The word " ser-vant" in Rom. 16: 1 is more correctly rendered deaconess from the Greek text. Phebe was a deaconess of the church at Cenehrea. TRUMPET. Is marriage with a deceased wife's sister forbidden' K. W. We know of no place where such is forbidden. No principle laid down in the New Testament would forbid such a marriage, if " in the Lord." Is it right for the saints to use or-gans and have choirs made up of part sinners on funeral occasions? J. No more is it approved than for the saints to have organs in their gen-eral worship. Such a practise is gen-erally to make a fair show in the flesh. Of course, it is often wisdom on funer-al occasions for a number to get to-gether and carry the selections. Sin-ners are not forbidden to sing in any of our meetings. H. M. R. FREE LITERATURE FUND. Receipts for week ending Feb. 28 OFFICE ITEMS. We are preparing for camp- meeting here, May 31 to June 10. --- Bro. Otto Bolds returned last week from Kentucky, where he has been in gospel work for the past few weeks. He reports good meetings. Bro. Louis Berghouse, who has been! cawrating the Linotype maehine at night for some time, is tailed home to remain until the Lord opens the way for his return. He has been with us since the camp- meeting last June, and was very much attached to his work, and is loath to leave. - The cloth edition of the new book entitled, " What Shall I do to be Saved'?" has just been printed and is now in the bookbindery. Sonic books will probably be ready to send out by the last of the week. A paper cover edition will be issued at once. The last pages of type are now be-ing set for the book, " Cleansing of the Sanctuary.'' It will contain be-tween 500 and 600 large pages. The writing of this book was begun by D. S. Warner, several years ago and since his death was completed by II. Al. _ Announcement of its publica-tion will be made later. Each Monday night the Trumpet family meet for special prayer for the publishing work, the workers, and gen-eral consideration of business, and the needs of the family, both temporal and spiritual. There is also a remem-brance of our readers and the sick whose requests have been received during the day. March 12, 1903. directed, and the blessings Of the Lord rested upon all. Letters were sent to some who had formerly } Teen workers, telling of our meeting, and we here give one reply, which expresses the appreciation of such a privilege, FROM AN Al SENT MEMBER of THE TRU M P ET FAMILY. oisliet, eilr Tsrttitiiiit t, e: t. 1) 1111: 1,. yCoth., ie St oneboro, Pa., Febe. 2S, blessings of ( loll rest upon each flue you ill the work at Aloundsville othi may your labor of love result in th„ deliverance of many souls front sin end sect bondage. I heartily thank yon for your kind. miss in writing to III' concerning the matter tit' indebtIluess and the wort put forth by the Trumpet Famil y for o w removal of the same. Ain so :~ Intl you did not forget toe, and thank thr. dear I . ord for the privilege of Itelphro.,. (;\,\ 1::: ftili:,: 11: 1: 1111111: 1: 1: 1'::. t.: 1 ::: nirglillite, 1,1. all 1. YflolritS,$ o en- 1111Slit'D'il D . I gaVt' all I hail HOW and sIms I thought neetied it, I_ , omit net be aide to save enough to go to emu], meeting, but J plainly told him if the ,14; ta" ■ .( 1 !!' aUui'^ I lilt ' to gives rill I had, alul is hello 111: 11: ilia' ltlisint'a nor his caller. • ' slieztking lair wind" to the devil and that 1 , ohliy, too. t how I apprecho, ( rod's salvation tti day preeious from all sin, and my es. e " eag ( keep- 101 t l1: 11 .0 ist sect , where I was held a captive. I am now at in Zion. sorrow 111,1 sighing have ;• ay. IVIs heart fi'l'ls ! Ott'' of heaven: the old P l ot ut silt is gone and t 10.1 tilled the va• num with his Spirit. I am saved sanctified and satisfied with all clod's Will 11111 ways. 1 .111' 11 1 1' r NMI Se I 0\ 1.0,1 to of the Lord still give. 11111110St do all van t though it 1 very little) to advance his l iugrlolu and spread his truth through world. I hope that all the saints will do as the Trump-et Family has done, and thus quickly remove this hindrance to the work. Thanking you very much for the family list, 1 remain, Your sister all the Lord's. die Eynon. Sown Beside All Waters. THE GOSPEL $ 14.20 At the regular family meeting, Feb. 93, 1903, the matter of- office indebted-ness, was talked over, and a suggestion made that the Trumpet family make a special effort, aside from their reg-ular work, to help remove it. There was a' general expression in favor of this, and they unanimously decided that the family could during this year give one thousand dollars to that end, aside from giving their service free. Many had no money, nor . any income; others had hut a few cents or dollars but all heartily purposed in their hearts to give a certain amount accord-ing as the Spirit of the Lord made known • to them. Some stated how much the Lord had made known to them to give. The amounts ranged from $ 3.00 to $ 100.00. A little boy said his faith would take in three dol-lars. A twelve- year old girl, who was not there, when she heard of the meet-ing, said she had no money, ' but felt the Lord wanted her to give five dol-lars before the close of the year. An-other young sister, who is giving her whole tune free to the work of the Lord, said she had no money, and did not know where any was coming from, but was confident the Lord wanted her tsoh eg ipvuer ptwoesendty i- nfi rhee rd ohlelaarrst t oth deroe, fore faanictlhf elt tshtei rres with Twmowu lady etgo rf ahi tehr 0 So, p urposed in their hearts as the Lord March 12, 1903. THE GOSP a TRUMPET. there were such blessed truths in it; it made - me feel like writing . my testi-mony." • Another one in California writes: " Since reading the Gospel Trumpet, I have asked to have my name taken s off the Methodist class book. I feel that I have been relieved of a great weight, and am trusting fully in the Lord." Some one writes from Philadelphia, Pa.: " For some time I have been a reader cf the Trumpet, through the kindness of some one whose identity do not knsw, and am very thankful for the very many good things it contains from time to time." A lady from Idaho writes: " My fa-ther became convicted and then con-verted by reading the Gospel Trumpet. He is an invalid and has heart trouble and is lame, but he has faith to be healed. Will you pray for the salva-tion of my husband? He wants to be saved." A lady in Kansas writes: " I have been a reader of a few of your papers handed me by a neighbor, and I believe have found the treasure of great price to me, in the book entitled, ' SSe-eret of Salvation.' It just explains everything and makes so many things in the Bible to be understood!" From South Dakota another one writes : About three weeks ago a lady brought me a bundle of old papers, heel: numbers of all kinds. Part of them were given her by other people and amongst them was the Gospel Trumpet, and it. was the paper I have been looking for for many long years. I saw it in an advertisement of the book, ' The Secret of Salva-tion,' and sent for it and tun well pleased with it. I had been praying that God would send us some light in the right way." THE CHIEF STONE OF ADVENTISM REMOVED. qUortfinurd from page 3.) by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he bath consecrated fer us, through the vail, that. is to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house of God let us draw Hear With full assurance of faith, hav-lag our hearts sprinkled from an evil r[ illse'le'nt'C, an ti ( air hedieS hashed lvit. 11 pure Water." I lob. 10: 19- 22. " Within the wail" is in the holy of holies. See Ex. 26: 33: 1. el% 10: •' _ 13, 15. The table of shewbread was in the first apartment \ vithout the vail." Ex. - lit: 22. The golden altar was in the tent " before the rail." ver. 26. The mercy seat, ark of the cov-enant, : Bid cherilliiins were said to be - within the N- ail, " and these here the holy of holies. Paul positively de-elares that in A. D. 64 Christ had al-ready " entered- within the veil"; viz., the holiest of all. Thus the the-sry that Christ never entered the ho-liest. lanlil 1S44 is a lie invented by men. Yet this very falsehood is the wain pillar of Adventism. Oh, what a precarious condition and losition these deluded people are Placed in, having no God hut. Satur-day- keeping. ( Iroi ' lug in the dark smoke of Sinai, with their understand-ings darkened while the vail is upon them, buried ill a pile of sinking sand, a falsehood their only hope- these Nwit sleepersy or sleeping souls, will soon awaken at the pealing thunders ef final judgment. to hear the King say, " 1 never knew you.'' God pity honest souls who are being ensnared hi these holds of foul spirits, these cages of unclean birds. " Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood lie entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eter-nal redemption for us.'' Heb. 9: 12. In the last. text " holy place" is more correctly rendered, in other versions, holy places. This is its true meaning from the original Greek text. The language simply teaches that Christ by his own blood entered the holy, and most holy places of the sanctuary- " the greater and more perfect one"- he himself " pitched" upon earth, and thus obtained eternal redemption fm us who now have " boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus." He sanctified himself, was made per-fect as our Savior, by the shedding of his blood; and in this sense he entered the holiest, from which place he now ministers salvation from his throne of grace to every penitent who ap-proaches the house of God, the church. Thus, he dwells in the midst- of his church on earth, in the holy of holies, in the hearts of all the sanctified. Hal-leluiah ! But, in person, he entered heaven itself, our everlasting high priest, and took his seat upon the throne, which also to him is the ho-liest; and from his lofty throne, he ministers in his high- priestly office in the church of God, his sanctuary upon earth. He also executes his righteous judgments. This has been going on not only since 1844, but ever since Pentecost. Amen. This upsets the whole Advent theory of 1844. Third. Daniel 8: 14, which is the text they so strongly rely upon, has no reference to a cleansing of this earth, or a temple in heaven. Let us exam-ine it. " Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. And it waxed great, even to the host of heav-en and it cast down. some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he mag-nified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground and it practised, and pros-pered. Then I heard one saint speak-ing, and another saint said unto that certain saint that spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the dai-ly sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foal And he said unto me, Unto two thou-sand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Dan. 8: 8- 14. This he goat represented Grecia. Ver. 21. The great horn was the first king. Ver. 21. This was Alexan-der the Great. The great horn was broken. Greece reached her highest glory as a unit under Alexander the Great, who, no doubt, was as famous a general as the world has ever seen; but following his death the kingdom seemed to go into fragments. The " four notable ones" represented four kingdoms which were to stand up out of the nation. Ver. 22. This was ful-filled when Alexander's kingdom was divided between his four generals-t tassandar, Lysimachus, Ptolemy, and Seleucus. The four divisions were Macedonia, Thrace, Syria and Egypt. " And out of one of them came forth a little horn." Neither imperial Rome, nor the papacy came out of Greece. Antioclius Epiphanes came out. of the Syrian division, and ful-filled the prophecy to the letter. ( Con-siderable space is given to this point in the Bible Readings.) This Syrian king was the " king of fierce ' counte-nance" who went to Jerusalem and east the host to the ground, took away the daily sacrifice, placed the abomi-nation of desolation, and cast down and defiled the sanctuary. See Jo-sephus and Maccabees. Following this was the question, how long the host would be trampled, the daily sac-rifice remain taken away, and the des-olate condition of the sanctuary con-tinue. The answer was, " Unto two thousand and three hundred - days then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Had the propagators of the Advent faith taken a moment's thought, they surely could have seen that the very sanctuary that the little horn defiled Was the one to be cleansed. But, as their story runs, the sanctuary was defiled on earth, and cleansed in heav-en. Surely this is nekushtan- a piece of brass. See 2 Kings 18: 4. A care-ful reading of Daniel 8: 11- 14 shows clearly that but one sanctuary is spok-en of. The little horn defiled it, and at the end of two thousand three hun-dred days it was " to be cleansed. Ac-cording to Adventism, that little horn actually ascended the skies, and accom-plished what is recorded in verses 10, 11, 12. Surely these blind zealots have darkened counsel by their cunningly devised fables. Fourth. The two thousand three hundred days do not extend to 1844 A. D. The same sanctuary Antioclius defiled was the one to be cleansed, and not an imaginary one in heaven, as Advent fiction teaches. The ' two thou-sand three hundred days measure the length of time the sanctuary and host were to be trodden under foot. It measures the length of the continua-tion of the little horn, who defiled the sanctuary, trod down the host, and took away the daily sacrifice. Dan. 8: 10- 14. Therefore, the two thousand three hundred days must relate to the length of the trium
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