| Summary: | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 0 t. 1 EN ESS IN CV1RASTF AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET, AND THEY SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER. MAT. 24: 31. CO WILL I SEEK CUT MY SHEEP, AND WILL DELIVER T'IEM OUT OF ALL PLACES M ERE THEY NAVA' BEE7 8,'" ATTERED 17 THE CLOUDY AND DARK DAY. Ems. 34: 12. 32.39. VOLUME XXIV. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1904. NUMBER 44 CONCERNING GUIDANCE. — : : — BY H. W. S. PERHAPS there is no one point upon which God's children are in greater per-plexity at the present day than upon the matter of divine guidance. And especial-ly is this the case with those who have con-secrated themselves to the Lord, and who are desirous, above everything else, of fol-lowing him whithersoever he may lead them. - They feel their especial need of di-vine guidance in the paths they are tread-ing, because they know that merely human wisdom can not safely lead them there, and they see that the Lord has promised this guidance to his faithful followers. It all seems perfectly plain and simple until they begin to put it in practise, and then innu-merable perplexities arise that sadly hinder the soul's interior progress, and that often lead into grievous outward difficulties. The trouble comes from the fact that there are many other voices which- speak to our souls ' besides the voice of God, and the difficulty lies in distinguishing the voice of the good Shepherd from the voice of the Stanger. build upon that foundation material that will not stand. " Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble." " Gold, sil-ver, precious stones," refer to good mate-rial, such as fire will not consume. " Wood, hay, stubble," signifies material that is perishable, easily consumed by fire. Paul is here discussing a minister's work. See entire chapter. " Every man's [ min-ister's] work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is." The building of gold, silver, precious stones, it done when a minister that is blameless, and who has the true oracles of God, enters into a community, and, through preach-ing the gospel with signs following, a num-ber of people believe and are saved. In this case, none are converted to the preach-er; none are deceived by wrong or false teaching; none are deceived in the man; and, as the preacher possesses a true and clear experience of Bible salvation, so do those who are begotten by him through the gospel. " Like priest, like people." The building will stand because he built upon the right foundation; and, he being a wise master builder, the material used is all good and will stand. He does not wait for some future day to use fire to try his work, but uses fire in preparing the material. " Is not my word like as a fire 7" < Ter. 23 : 20. Consequently, the building when complete has already gone through the fire test for, in building the minister preached the Word straight, lived the Word straight, and the signs of a church planter and true gospel teacher followed him. Why not his work stand fire hereafter? But, suppose that a crooked minister enters into a community and preaches the Word. I mean that he preaches this pres-ent truth, the true theory'of it. If a num-ber accept his teaching and are baptized, dare we say that such building is gold, sil-ver, precious stones; or will it be more or less wood, hay, stubble? Or suppose the preacher enters a place and preaches the wrong theory, a heresy, a false doctrine. In such a case as this there will be more or less who - will accept him and his teach-ing ( and so it is even with the other cases I have mentioned) but will such building be " gold, silver, precious stones," or will it be " wood, hay, stubble"? The answer is that in these latter cases there is wood, hay, stubble, in the building to some extent, if not wholly so and when the gospel is preached unmixed with error by a man who is qualified and living as he preaches, the fire ( Word) tries the work of those who have built with wood, hay, and stubble; and the builder suffers loss. We some-times see a work almost wholly consumed by the preaching of the pure Word with the Holy Ghost, because of a deficiency in one or the other of the things mentioned at the beginning of this article. There is one thing sure: God's Word will try our work either here, or on the day of judg-ment, or at both places; and, for the good of souls, it would better be tested here; lest, at the general judgment, there be wood, hay, and stubble, to be burned, which was here supposed to be " gold, silver, and precious stones." Preachers should be careful to ' take heed to themselves' and then having measured up fully to the gospel standard in their own experience, take heed to the doctrine; then they will save themselves and those who- hear them; otherwise there will be a perishable material to be burned, and they - will suffer loss. It is not pleasant for a It is on this point of knowing how to dis-tinguish that I wish to speak. And first I would say that two things are absolutely necessary as the foundation of any true discernment: A complete sur-render of one's own will, and an absolute confidence that God will guide. Without an entire surrender, discern-ment is impossible, because the voice of our own will is always strong enough to overpower and drawn out every other in-ward voice, and often every other outward voice also. We must get to the place where we can honestly say, " Not my will, but thine, 0 Lord, be done"; and where to know that anything is his will is enough to make us embrace it with delight. I be-lieve the want of a will thus surrendered lies at the bottom of many of our difficul-ties. But if this matter is honestly set-tled, then, next we must have an absolute faith that God will guide, and we must ex-pect his guidance as confidently as we ex-pect an Adirondack guide to tell us the way through that wilderness of lakes and mountains. This is absolutely essential, and we are told so in the plainest possible words, in Jas. 1 : 5- 7. These two foundation points being set-tied— that we honestly want to know God's will and mean to do it, and that we are perfectly sure he will tell us his will, we may next consider how to distinguish his voice from THE OTHER VOICES THAT SEER TO MAKE THEMSELVES HEARD IN OUR SOULS. But perhaps you will ask what other voices I mean; for it may be you have never thought any voice but God's voice mild speak to your soul. I mean by other voices, the voices of evil and deceiving spirits who lie in wait to entrap every traveler entering the higher regions of spiritual life. In the same Epistle which tells us that we are seated in " heavenly places in Christ" ( Eph. 2: 6), we are also told that we shall have to fight there with spiritual enemies. Eph. 6: 12. And the whole teaching of the New Testament reveals to us the fact that we have to re-sist not only the world and the flesh, but the devil also. Now the devil, being a spirit, must necessarily communicate to us by means of our spiritual faculties, and his voice, therefore, will be, like the voice of God, an inward impression made upon our spirits. Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit may tell us by impressions what is the will of God concerning us, so also will evil spirits tell us by impressions what is the devil's will concerning us, though not, course, giving it that name. It is very plain, therefore, that we must have some test or standard by which to try these in-ward impressions, in order that we may know whose voice it is that is speaking. We hear in some circles a great deal about being " led" to do this, or that, or the other and it is all right if it is rightly guarded. The Lord does " lead" his people, and it is very blessed to be led; but the devil also wants to lead God's people, and he is always seeking to make his leadings look and sound like God's leadings in order to deceive the soul who, except by being deceived, could never, as he well knows, be induced to yield to his will. It is not enough, therefore, to have a " leading," we must find out the source of that lead-ing before we can safely give ourselves up to follow it. And it is not enough either for the leading to be very " remarkable" or the coincidences to be very striking, to stamp it as being surely from God. In all ages of the world evil and deceiving spirits have been able to work miracles, foretell FALLEN, ANOTHER. — : 0:— BY GEO. Q. COPLIN. ( In memory of our deceased brother, G. T. Clayton, who departed this life early Sunday morning, Oct. 23, 1904.) Fallen! another on the battle- field Lies cold and lifeless in the early dawn; Another silent in death's cold embrace, Another from our valient ranks is gone. Sorrowing, yet our tears are mixed with joy To realize that he's better off than we Who still remain to press the battle on Our brother now lies dead among the free. Free! yes, free, from mortal care set free; From pain and grief and every earthly tie, To now explore and view the grand unseen Where waits our Lord in mansions in the sky. His parting words, " He calls and I must go," Now prove a comfort to the aching hearts, And we resign and say, Thy will be done, Though for the present we must dwell apart. With patience firm he bore his trials well, Nor lisped a murmur in his dying hour, But trustingly relying on His grace Committed all into a higher power. His battles now are o'er, the victory won; Dear ones now greet him on yon brighter shore With garlands rich, and with triumphant songs, Where dwell the sainted millions evermore. While he now roams amid angelic bowers His works and faithful prayers will follow on; The truth he once proclaimed still stirs our hearts, Inspires our souls with courage, strength and song. We can not say he died, nor fell a prey Unto the monster death's cold, icy hand. For Christ hath conquered him who had this power He only called him to a better land. God bless and speed the cause he long espoused, Send forth the present truth cy'sr land and sea; Awake the nations to the glorious sound Of full salvation, rich, complete, znd free. The dear ones whom he left may Goa sustain, Comfort and cherish with his lavish bind; Yes, keep them true to him, that soon they may Surround the throne in one unbroken band. We now commit the dust to earth again, And pay our last respects' to this cold form, And patiently await the trumpet sound To join him in the resurrection morn. THE TRUE FOUNDATION FOR CHURCH BUILDING. — : o :— BY J. E. FORREST. THERE is only one true foundation for church building, or church planting. To build a church or plant a church in the New Testament sense means to labor in a community until men and women are saved and an assembly of saints is raised up to serve God according to his Word. In or-der to build a church on the true founda-tion, and one that will stand, there are at least two things necessary namely, the pure gospel, all of it, must be preached; and it must be preached by a man or wo-man who has a clear, definite experience of full salvation, and whose life is in harmony with the Word of God. It is possible for a minister to apostatize in his experience, or to be living below the standard of truth, and yet preach the true theory of the gospel. In Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, 3: 11, he penned these words, " For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." We have the foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a true foundation; upon whom, if a person build, his work will stand the storm and rain; but it must be built in the right way by the proper builder. It is possible to minister to close his work but sometimes it occurs because of a failure on his part to live a Bible life before his assembly, after he has preached the gospel to them or dur-ing the time he did the preaching, or be-cause of a failure to declare the whole truth, or because he preached the wrong thing and called it " gospel." One reason the sects are being burned is because of so much " wood, hay, stub-ble" in her building which can not stand the fire. And even in this reformation there are places where the proper work was not done in the beginning, and the fire is damaging the work considerably. Brethren, these things are before us, and each of us should take warning and see that we keep in gospel order, and in a con-dition that God can and will use us to his glory. We can not get out of this attitude and keep preaching without doing bad work, which will some day be tested. If I do but little building, I want it to be gold, silver, precious stones. I had rather have an ounce of gold in the build-ing than a car- load or ship- load of wood. The gold will stand the fire; the wood will not. A hundred souls at the judgment with a clear experience of salvation as the result of my work will cause me rejoicing and increase the brightness of my crown, while, if I were to pretend to convert a thousand and by my crookedness or com-promising the truth in some way get num-bers, only twenty- five having salvation, and the rest destitute, I should suffer a great loss, even if I be saved myself. Then where is my crown of rejoicing? it has faded away in a moment. Brethren, keep straight, keep clear, live holy, be sincere and bold. Do not compromise the truth to increase numbers. Let your building be done on the only true foundation, and see that no wood, hay, or stubble goes in to build up the walls or to pave the streets. This is the time in which God is gather-ing out his people from every false way, and he calls for only the " gold, silver, and precious stones," " my people"; and the wood, hay, and stubble is being burned by the ' Word He does not want it in this refor-mation. Especially should our work stand now, because of the great opposition, and the fact that when our work goes down it brings a much greater reproach than if an assembly of some sect had gone down. Oh, how great our responsibility I Nov. 3, 1904. 2 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET events, reveal secrets, and give " signs"; and God's people have always been emphat-ically warned about being deceived there-by. In Dent. 13: 1- 3, we have the clearest sort of warning on this. point: " If there arise among you a prophet, or dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder come to pass where-of he spake unto thee saying: Let us go after other gods which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; thou shalt not harken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams for the Lord your God proveth you whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul." In Mat. 24: 24- 26 we see that this warn-ing is needed for our dispensation also, for our Lord says: " For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders insomuch that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before." And further, in Rev. 13: 13, 14 we read concerning the " beast," that he " doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by means of those miracles which he had power to do." From all these passages, and many sim-ilar ones which might be quoted, we see that signs and wonders and remarkable coincidences are not, in and of themselves, proofs of the Divine source of any " lead-ing" or experience. It is well Lmown to all who have witness-ed the phenomena of mesmerism that a mere human being can entirely control the mind and spirit of an impressible person, leading him about at his will, and causing him to think, desire, and act at the pleas-ure of the magnetizer. It is not at all in-credible, therefore, that the wicked spirits in the invisible world should have a simi-lar power. And it is indeed expressly said ( 2 Tim. 2: 26) that there were some in that day who were " in the snare of the devil," and were taken captive by him at his will. A person may make abundant professions of being led by the Spirit, and may in truth be actually led in a very wonderful way by a spirit: but this is no proof that he is led by the Spirit, under whose guidance lie professed to walk. SPIRITS ARE TO BE TRIED AND PROVED as well as every other thing, and the mere fact that a spirit has the power of leading with a seemingly supernatural foresight and accuracy is not sufficient proof that it is of God. This brings me to the question which I propose to consider with the best light I can, as to how to distinguish the voice of God from any and every other voice that may seek to make itself heard in our souls. I find that God speaks to us in several dif-ferent ways; and I lay down at once, as a foundation principle, which no one , can gainsay, that, of course, his voice will al-ways be in harmony with itself, no matter in how many different ways he may speak. The voices may be many, the messa ge can be but one. God tells me in one voice to do or to leave undone anything, he can not possibly tell me the opposite in an-other voice. . H there is a contradiction in the voices, the speakers can not be the same. Therefore, my rule for distinguish-ing the voice: of- God would be to bring it to the test of this harmony. There are four chief and special ways by which God voices himself to his people. These are: The voice of Scripture, the voice of the inward impression, the voice of our own higher judgment, and the voice of Providential circumstances. Where these four harmonize it is safe to say that God speaks. All " leaslings" therefore, should be brought to this test, and only accepted and obeyed when the point of harmony is reached. If I have an impression I must see if it is in accordance with Scripture, and whether it commends itself to my higher judgment, and also whether, the " way opens" for its carrying out. If either one of these tests fails, it is not safe to proceed, but I must wait in quiet trust until the Lord shows me the point of harmony, which he surely will, sooner or later, if is his voice that has spoken. A writer on this subject has said some-where that we " must seek the radical dis-tinction between true and false spirits in their moral character, and not in their physical powers." And this is only an-other way of saying what our Lord him-self declares in a passage of Scripture that seems to me' to supply an almost in-fallible test of all teachings, whether in-ward or outward. It is in that wonderful epitome of truth concerning the real king-dom of God— the sermon on the Mount, Mat. 7: 15- 23: " Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven : but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Surely this must mean that no amount of high religious profession, nor even the doing of many wonderful works, is any proof either in men or spirits of the Divine power and presence, if there is not also a doing of the will of the Father. Our first test, therefore, of the genuine-ness of any pretended " leading" of the Holy Spirit, must be its harmony in moral character with the mind and will of God, as revealed to us in the gospel of Christ. Whatever is contrary to this can not be divine, because God can not contradict himself. But it is essential in this direc-tion to remember that the Bible is a book of principles, and not a book of disjointed aphorisms. Isolated tests may often be made to sanction things to which the prin-ciples of Scripture are totally opposed. I heard not long ago of a Christian woman it a Western meeting, who, havin g had the text. " For we walk by faith, and not by sight," brought very vividly before her mind, felt a strong impression that it was a command to be literally obeyed in the outward, and,. blindfolding her eyes. in-sisted on walking up and down the aisle of the meeting- house, as an illustration of the walk of faith. She very soon stumbled, and fell against the stove, burning herself seriously, and then wondered at the mys-terious dispensation_ The minciplor of Scripture, and her own sanctified common-sense, if applied to this case, would have saved her from the delusion. The second test, therefore, to which our impressions must be brought, is that of our own higher judgment, or common- sense. Paul writes to Timothy concernin g this gift of God, on this wise: " For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love, and of a sound mind." And he exhorts the Corinthiana: " Brethren, be not children in understanding, howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understand-ing be men;" or,- as the New Version has it, " in mind be men." It is as true now as in the days when Solomon wrote, that a " man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels"; and his exhortation still continues binding upon us: " Wisdom is the principle thing: therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understand-ing." As far as I can see the Scriptures every-where make it an essential thing for the children of God to USE ALL THE FACULTIES WHICH ' HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEM in their journey through this world. They are to use their outward faculties for their outward walk, and their inward faculties for their inward walk. And they might as well expect to be " kept" from clashing their feet against a atone in the outward if they walk blindfolded, as to be " kept" from spiritual stumbling if they put aside their judgment and common- sense in their interior life. I asked a Christian of '' sound mind" lately how she distinguished between the voice of false spirits and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and she replied, promptly: " I rap them over the head, and see if they have any common- sense." A little more of this rapping over the head would have-saved many a dear soul from sad spiritual ' delusions. And I am afraid sonic really devoted children of. God whom we know have tried to illustrate the " walk of faith" in as mistaken and absurd a way as the Western sister to whom I referred, simply from failing to apply this test. Some. however, may say here : " But I thought we were not to depend on our hu-man understanding in Divine things?" I answer to this that we are not to depend on our unenlightened human understand-ing, but upon our human jud gment and common sense enlightened by the Spirit of God. That is, God will speak to us through the faculties he has himself given us. and not independent of them_ So that just as we are to use our eyes when we walk, no matter how full of faith we may be, so also we are to use our mental faculties in our inward life. The third and last test to which our im-pressions must be brought is that of provi-dential circumstances. If a " leading" is of God, a way will always open for it. Our Lord assures us of this when he says in John 10: 4: " And when he putteth forth his own , sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice." Notice here the expressions '' goeth before" and " follow." He goes before to open a way, and we are to follow in the way thus opened. It is never a sign of Divine leading when the Christian insists on opening his own way and riding rough-shod over all opposin g things. If the Lord " goes before" us he will open all doors for us. and we shall not need ourselves to hammer them down. Neither shall we be obliged to " hurry." One of the marks of a false impression is that it is so imperative and admits of no delay. " He that believeth shall not make haste"; for the good Shepherd would always have us wait to be sure that it is he and not a stranger who speaks. And he will always, if we leave it to him, pre-pare the way of the Lord and make straight in the desert a highway for our God; and every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain." I mean by this that if the Lord has really called us to any step, he himself will open the way for that step, if we will only wait long enough and leave it all to him. These four voices, then, will always be found to agree in any truly Divine lead-ing, c., the voice of the inward impres-sion, the voice of the Scripture, the voice of our own sanctified judgment, and the voice of providential circumstances. For just as our impressions must be tested, as I have shown, by the other three voices, so must these other voices be tested by our inward impressions and if we feel a " stop in our minds" about anything, we must wait until that is removed before acting. A Christian who had advanced with un-usual rapidity in the Divine life, gave me as her secret this simple receipt: " I al-ways mind the checks." We must not ignore the voice of our inward impressions, nor ride roughshod over them, any more than we must the other three voices of which I have spoken. I repeat, therefore, that it is a harmony of all God's voices which decides the question of how to dis-tinguish the voice of the good Shepherd from the voice of the stranger. Perhaps some illustrations may help some just here. Suppose a Christian should feel a strong impression to pursue a course of action of which the way seemed to open in a remarkable manner but which was entirely contrary to the plain princi-ples of Scripture and to the verdict of his own best judgment. Tried by the tests I ha- ye mentioned, this " leading" would be proved to be a false one. Or suppose the Scripture and common- sense, should seem tc point out a certain course, and the way should be open for . it, but he should feel an inward check and uneasiness concern-ing it. In such a case it would be unsafe tc proceed until or unless the sense of un-easiness should be removed. Or if the other three voices— of the Scripture, of the impression, and of common- sense— should all lead to a course of action, and the way should not open for it, then here, also, there ought to be a patient waiting until the Lord either opens the way prov-identially, or until the judgment and im-pression are both changed as to the right-ness of the proposed step. A Divine sense of oughtness will always accompany every truly Divine leading. It will conic with " I ought," rather than with " I must" or " I shall have to." We shall be drawn, rather than driven, - when the call is from God; and we shall never, I believe, under any circumstances, be led by him to outrage this sense of oughtness, derived from the harmony of all his teach-in .-, which is surely the work if his osan. Spirit, and is meant to be the deciding test ef all our leadings. — Selected. GALILEE. — : 0 : EVALYN A BEAUTIFUL sprin g day in Galilee's land is drawing to its close. The sun has just sunk beneath the western sky, leaving the eastern sky and landscape richly tinted with h the Blowin g reflection of his depart-in°. rays. ' Tis the most perfect time of the year: nature seems at her best, Spring hay s spread the ground with her fresh, green- in carpet thickly dotted with brilliantly dyed poppies; and now it is just that hour of the day. between the dark and daylight, when our thoughts love to steal away from the cares. of life to be with God. and the sacred memories of God and life cluster about our hearts, winning and drawing us close to his great loving heart. The rugged hills and low- lyin g plains seem taking their rest after the burden and heat of the day, and all nature is folded in the calm of the Eternal Peace. In the midst of such surroundings, a small company of God's saints wend their way by carria ge, up the long, rocky hill, four hours' journey eastward from Naza-reth. Their hearts and thoughts are blend-ed with the inspiring scene, and the bur-den of their conversation is of Him who once walked over these hills. and in some of these lonely nooks between the hills, stole away from the villages with their multitudes, and poured out his heart to his Father and called upon God to tit and prepare him for the great life- work before Cana has been passed. where our Savior performed his first miraele at the marriage feast as recorded by John in his second chapter. Just at sunset ' twas a pretty sight that lay before Its as we overlooked the valley where Calm is located among the hills. Descendin g the steep rocky hill to the west of Cana, we arrived at the out-skirts of the village where is located a way-side well, surrounded by Galilee's native women and girls, who after the Eastern custom were bearin g water- pots on their heads and leadin g their goats to water. This is the well, they tell us, whence the which was afterward con- Then we were guided to the wedding- feast took BY water was drawn vested into wine. tplliae ces. pot where Leaving this place of sacred association, we descended into a broad and fertile, though somewhat stony plain where dwells the tribe of Naphthali. Farther on to our right we passed the large and - flourishing village of Lubiyeh and arrived at the opening scene of our narrative. Now we . come to a spot we have often desired to visit:— the mount of Beat-itudes, or Horns of Hattin, at whose base the most bloody and decisive battle of the Crusades was fought when the Christians were utterly routed by the Moslems. It is a strange coincidence which strikes us with horror, that this terrible battle, waged nominally in defense of the Faith of the Prince of Peace, was fought almost on the very spot, where He called his dis-ciples unto him and delivered to the multi-tude the Sermon on the Mount. Mat. 5, 6 and 7. One of the opening sentences of that sermon was, " Blessed are the peace-makers; for they shall be called the chil-dren of God." This seems holy ground and we fain would linger here, but must hasten on. The- light of departing day is fast fading into the dusk of the evening and night folds her warm blanket about us as the beautified stars of God light up the . heav-ens, and we sing the sweet songs of Zion which unfold the message Our hearts would tell. Here is the first verse and chorus of one: " Joys are & wing like a river, Since the comforter has come, He abides-- with us forever, Makes the trusting heart his home. Chorus :- " Blessed quietness, ' holy quietness, What assurance in my soul! On the stormy. sea, Jesus speaks to me, And the billows cease to roll." Nov. 3, 1904. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET lowed up in the fact that Jesus is right there ready and anxious to deliver you, you will so completely ignore the devil and so fully realize God's presence that in spite of appearance and surroundings, you will get deliverance and victory in Jesus, only " be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid." " Come." We are now in almost the same spot where their boat was during the storm. " When they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the ship came and wor-shiped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. And when they were ge ne over, they came into the land of Gen-nesaret." The second scene, which stands out prominently this morning is beyond Galilee to the north, and separated from the sea by low ranges of hills. As our boat swings into position around that curve and out toward the middle of the sea, where Mount Hermon comes into full view, e are held as if spellbound as the mmx-pected scene breaks upon our view, and then exclamations of wonder and admira-tion escape our lips, and iminediately there is a call for the telescope, that the beautiful scene may be drawn closer to us. This mount was the scene of Christ's transfig-uration. " He took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray. And as he was. pray-ing the fashion of his countenance was altered and his raiment became white and dazzling, " and his face did shine as the sun. and his garments became white as the light." Mat. 17: 2. " And behold there ` talked with him two men which were Moses and Elias; who appeared in glory, and spoke of his decease which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem." Luke 9: 28- 31. " And Peter answered and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here:. if thou : wilt I will make here three tabernacles; one Tor thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he was yet speaking; behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid: And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise and be not afraid. And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only. Mat 17: 4- 8. Well can we imagine the scene this morning, for in-deed it looks as if the transfiguration were being re- enacted, the lofty snow- capped peaks being overshadowed with clouds, and the shafts of sunlight piercing through the mists and clouds give the appearance of a halo of heavenly glory over the whole mountain. It is one of those rare sights of a life- time never to be forgotten. The day seems especially appointed for our sat-isfaction, and deep gratitude fills my heart for this rare privilege, but soon we pass on so far that the hills between the sea and Hermon conceal it from view and. our attention is directed to more immediate interests. To our right and opposite Gennesaret we notice a narrow valley lying in an east and west direction, which forms the meet-ing of a steep bluff and a hill. This is the country of the Gadarenes : down this steep declivity the herd of swine violently ran, into which Jesus allowed the legion of devils to pass. Mark 5: 1- 15. There are many pretty valleys and high rocky head-lands all along the shores, and as we draw nearer to the land of Bethsaida, we real-ize how vain would be the attempt of a pen to portray the rare beauty of this country in the spring- time. Though these villages along the northern shores were once large and flourishing, now, there are very few scattering tribes there, so that the country has been left to the beautify-ing hand of nature, which after all is equaled by none of man's attempts, espe-cially at this time of year, after the rains and in such a favored climate. The plains are luxuriant in thick herbage and brilliantly adorned with myriads of wild flowers, of the richest hue, nature's own jewels. The ruined remains of the esplanade or sea- wall of ancient Bethsaida, the " Home of Fish," can be seen by the side of the sea. This then was the home of the Galilean fishermen, Peter and An-drew, James, John, and Philip. Bethsaida was among those cities upbraided by our Lord because they repented not. " Woe unto thee, Bethsaida 1 for if the mighty works, which were done in you had been bboiisterous waves about you, wholly swal- done in Tyre and Sidon they would have Another is: " Silently the shades of evening, Gather round my lonely door; Silently they bring before me, Faces I shall see no more. Chorus:— " Come ye silent shades of evening, Holy mem ' ries cluster round me, Pointing up that fair haven, We still hope to gain at last." Then other snatches of song, a verse or two of " Nearer My God to Thee," " Lord Jesus My Sweet Rose of Sharon," " Cal-vary," and " Gethsemane." As we pass on nearer to our destination, our hearts become so charged with sacred thoughts, that for long intervals no sound is heard but that of the horses and the carriage wheels and an occasional stroke of the driver's whip. How the presence of the Holy Spirit floods our souls ! We are nearing Galilee with all that Galilee means to a loving fol-lower of the meek and lowly Jesus. As we ascend the last steep of the long wind-ing road up the hill, whose summit over-loal sea, the moon, rising out of the eastern sky as if to bless and grace the sub-lime occasion, illumines and makes thrice beautiful the scene about us. At last the summit is reached, and there, far beneath Mr present level, illumined by the soft rays of the moon, lies the beautiful, placid sea of Galilee, and amidst glimpses of scen-ery almost unearthly in their beauty, still-ness and lonely solitude, as the sea unfolds to our view we slowly descend by a long, winding road, the hill at the foot of which, we reach the walls and gateway of Tibe-rias. It is a late hour, as we have been over an hour descending the long hill, so partaking of our frugal meal, we commit ourselves to the cave of Him who " giveth his beloved sleep,- and lie down for the night by the sea. Morning has come, and as the sun bursts forth in the East, with eager hearts we make hurried preparation for the day; for, since we are to visit the scenes on the shores around the sea by boat, it is wisdom to start in the early morning, as our boatmen tell us treacherous storms are apt to burst upon us suddenly in the afternoon, rendering navigation in. fishing- boats unsafe. Residents of Cal-cutta can well understand this freak of nature. We are soon embarked, oars manned and sails hoisted and we shoot off into the clear blue waters of the sea. A peculiar sensa-tion of awe yet of safety accompanies one riding where the Master so perfectly con-trolled the elements. Two scenes stand out before me more than any others as we glide into the waters opposite Gennesa-ret,— the scenes of two of the most wonder-ful events while Jesus was with his disci-ples :— the first taking place the night fol-lcwing the marvelous feeding of the five thousand. " And straightway Jesus con-strained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitude away. And when he had sent the multitude away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves : for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disci-ples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spoke unto them, saying, Be of good cheer it is I; be not afraid. " And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water to go to Jesus." At the simple command " come" from the lips of his Lord, Peter without hesita-tion fearlessly stepped out of the ship onto the water and " walked an, the water to go to Jesus." How it must have delighted the heart of the Lord to see Peter's trust and confidence ! Dear saints of God, here is a lesson for us. Our Lord wants us to have this trust in him and in his Word. In the night of discouragements, in the storm of afflictions and disease, open your spiritual eyes, Jesus is there before you, on the troubled sea, saying, " Come," and if you look with faith; if you pierce through the storm- cloud straight into the face of' your Lord, losing sight of the repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes." The woe pronounced upon this city was certainly fulfilled, for there is scracely a house standing to mark the spot. From the boat at this place Jesus taught the multitudes on the land, in parables, among which was the memoriable Parable of the Sower. An intense desire seizes us to walk to Capernaum; to tread the same ground where Jesus must often have walked to and from Capernaum to Magdala. Crossing by stepping- stones the many delightful brooks and springy places of Bethsaida we proceed on our way through the fields on which Jesus and his audience probably looked while he preached to them the Parable rof the Sower, for we notice along the shore and through the fields all the natural features spoken of in the para-ble : the trodden foot- path, the projecting surfaces of rock, clumps of thistles and thorns, and the fertile fruit- bearing soil: also as we pass on plucking a few heads of grain for souvenirs, we note the tares among the wheat. How close these associa-tions bring us to our Savior. He seems very near indeed as we walked where he walked, talked and prayed, and we kneel down by the foot- path and pour out our hearts in humble supplication to Him that we may walk even as he walked. Such an intense craving seizes me for a more perfect conse-cration, a more real crucifying of self— the Ego— and I feel that I am sinking down into the will and love of God more than ever before. These are precious Moments, but seeing the threatening sky, and our guides entreating us to return to the boat, we turn our footsteps homeward, having caught only a glimpse of Capernaum. We tread our way back along the sinuous, hard- beaten path through brambles and over brooks again. Days of childhood come to me with memories of green woods and rippling brooks. Who has not had the pleasure of being out alone with God and nature and ' listening to nature's song in bird and brook? Tennyson's beautiful Song of the Brook comes vividly to mind. It seems to chatter on in its delight, tell-ing of steadfastness and faithfulness and sounds so soothing and friendly, but the storm- cast sky demands haste. Taking boat again we begin the journey skirting along the northwestern and western shores past Magdala forever memoriable for its associ-ations with Mary Magdalene, for this was her home. We must stop here if only for a few minutes to- gather a few of the thou-sands of beautiful white spiral shells and sea- stones. They may be gathered up by double handfuls here, almost as shells. Soon after embarking again, clouds thickly overspread the sky and the wind rises. Though the rain and storm seem heavy all about us, we are almost entirely exempt getting only a sprinkle of rain; but the boat rolls enough to be interesting. The oarsmen tug painfully at the oars as the wind is contrary, rendering the sails use-less most of the way, and therefore we ar-rive at Tiberias for a late dinner. We are rather weary to start back to Nazareth, but it has been a rare, precious day on Galilee, for beautiful Mount Hermon has been seen at its best in the morning, and I am thank-ful, for as we returned from Bethsaida the mount was enveloped in thick fog and misty cloud. The rain has been withheld, and we have seen Jesus' sea in sunshine and shadow, fair weather and storm. ACKNOWLEDGE RIK. - : 0:- " IN all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Prov. 3: 6. When are we to acknowledge the Lord in our ways ? 1. Now, in the present moment begin to see his hand, his leading or his permissive providence in your ways. " But," you an-swer, " everything is wrong in my path-way just now, I can only see the enemy's work. Surely God did not bring about the present state of things." One question let me ask first, " Are you his child? Do you love him?" " Yes," you answer de-cisively. Then his Word declares to you, " All things work together for good to them that love God." Some things that surround you may not be in themselves good, but be-cause you are the Lord's own little one, he is with you to protect, to help, and to de-liver, and he is making all things work to-gether for your good. Now begin to praise LITTLE THINGS. =-: 0:-- BY MARY COLE. WE are aware that many little things put together make up our life in the nat-aral world. It is equally so in the spirit-ual. Little things neglected soon bring a house into disorder. The children's clothes not mended, their stockings not darned, the floors = swept, the pantry not kept in. order, the china closet untidy; in short, little things not looked after, housekeep-ing would soon be a failure. Just so with a man in business. If he does not take care of the pennies and dimes he will soon be in debt, unable to pay his way out. There is a maxim like this: " If you take care of the pennies - the dollars will take care of themselves." Little temptations not resisted will grow it to greater ones which will be much more difficult to overcome. Wrong habits, though seemingly very small, if not broken up at once, will, in time, become as a fenced brazen wall which will be difficult to over-throw. It is the little foxes that spoil the vines. Little duties left - undone help to make up a life of disobedience. If we fight the little battles, resist the little tempta-tions, watch the little things that go to make up character, we will be the better prepared to fight the greater- battles and to subdue the stronger foes. It is leaving the little things undone that places us where we are more liable to be un-faithful in the more important matters. " He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is un-just in the least is unjust also in much." Luke 16: 10. Then may the Lord help us to give the greatest heed to the things which are small. In so doing we will lay a good foundation for our faith, and build character for eternity. " Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in. the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God." Ise. 62: 3. him for this, and to acknowledge him in all your ways; not in some of them, but all. How many times evil has been averted, my own judgment about a matter has been clarified, or the contrary wills of people about me have been subdued or changed by a silent lifting of the heart to acknowledge the Lord in my ways at that very moment. 2. We are to acknowledge him in our ways when they are past, and when the enemy tempts us to believe God has not been in our ways. Of course, we can only trust thus definitely about the past, when we have in. the first place so committed our ways to God that he has had the dis-posing of them. If there has been this def-inite committal, we may indeed trust that all is well even when things seem to be en-tirely opposite from what we expected. Keep trusting and he will work out his own good for you through the seeming mis-take and confusion. Commit, trust, and he will bring it to pass, according to his Word. If you fail to believe that he has been working for your good when you put all into his hands, you are grieving and dis-honoring him. Praise him that he has been faithful to his trust, for he is able to keep that which is committed unto him. 3. Acknowledge him in all your future ways, their you will not be full of fear and anxiety about the morrow, but can rest calmly, knowing that each day and hour of the unknown future shall be filled with his loving care. Goodness and mercy have followed you in the past, and are with you now. Can you not say, They. sha ll follow me all the days of my life, and therefore - I will rest in his, love? " And he shall direct thy paths " Only in the attitude described can. be sure of divine guidance. Each day and hour we acknowledge him in our ways., and each, ma-ment he will direct our paths. Sometimes dearly to ourselves as. the , sunshine of big' felt presence beams upon usi sometimes in the fog of uncertainty and strange per-plexity, but always directing us through light and shadow, and knowing this we rest and praise, " trusting where we can not trace." Dear Lord, we will, by thy grace, ac-knowledge thee in all our ways, and these ways shall become thy ways for us. — Triumphs of Faith. 4 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET Nov. 3, 1904. THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. Moundsville, W. Va., Oct. 27, 1904. A WEEKLY HOLINESS JOURNAL. Entered at the Post- office at Monndsyille, W. Ya. as Second- class Matter. E. E. BYRUM Editor. A. L. BYERS Office Editor. Contributing Editors: H. M. RtooLt. . Cambridge Springs, Pa. CHAS ORR Federalsburg, Md. J. C. BLANEY Lemieux, Ont. J. W. Exlats Lodi, Cal. GEO. L. Cori 7300 Stewart Ave., Chicago. Publishes by GOSPEL TRUMPET CO. 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Va., to Insure credit; otherwise we will not be responsible. A consecrated life is one that is wholly devoted to the personal ministry of Jesus. Was it not a. beautiful ministry when an angel came from heaven with cake and wa-ter and gave to Elijah as he lay dying un-der the juniper- tree? Your ministry can be just as beautiful. It is not the donation of large sums of money that is the Most beautiful ministry for Jesus. Deeds, howsoever small, done in love, is what is a sweet odor unto God. The widow who gave the two mites gave more than all the others. Do not despise an obscure life neither be disheartened because you are unnoticed and unknown. The little homely flower in the sick chamber may do more to cheer life than the brightest ones that bloom in the king's garden. Go on in your lowly sta-tion, doing your deeds of love with willing heart and hands, and when eternity dawns God will confer honor upon whom it is due. ggPIPTO- F01 - 1g1P- F- R' gop_ p_ pprw_ JorgpogEogoordi NOTICE! — : : — IF YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS PAPER AND HAVE NOT SUBSCRIBED FOR IT, YOU NEED NOT FEAR TO TAKE IT FROM THE OFFICE, AS THERE WILL BE NO CHARGES TO 6 YOU. IT IS PAID FOR BY SOME - 21 FRIEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR OFFER OF TEN WEEKS FOR TEN CENTS. THE PAPER WILL BE PROMPTLY STOPPED WHEN THE I TIME EXPIRES. FerNIP_ FNE101Er- 0.1g0F EFOrgVE. 12 The orchard drops its golden fruit into the hands of the keeper. The little flower scents the evening air with its sweet odor, and gladdens the heart of the florist. The fields pour their sheaves of ripened grain into the lap of the husbandman; the little caged bird sings its sweetest song for its mistress: the vine yields its clusters of grapes for the dresser; and all nature is smiling her loveliest for man. Then shall not those who have been created anew in Christ and planted in the fertile garden of grace yield their very best fruits for the Master? Beloved, give the very best of your life to Jesus. You owe it all to him. He has given all for you. Bring therefore the very best service to him from a heart of love. Do not use the hours for yourself and give the moments to Jesus. Do not spend the dollars upon yourself and give him the pennies. Do not skim off the cream for yourself and give Jesus what is left. Do not eat the best and give him the crumbs. Do not keep the flowers for yourself while they are fresh and bright, and then give them to Jesus when they are faded. Oh, for shame! Bring him the best. God re-quired the best of Israel's flock. Remem-ber, the very choicest belongs to him. C. E. 0. . v. OFFICE ITEMS 4 ****************************** 4****** A number of ten- cent subscriptions have already been received. William A. Bigler and wife, who were both with us in the work while the office was yet at Grand Junction, Mich., are vis-iting relatives at this place. They have two small children and have been residing in Colorado. Father and Mother Biller have also returned from their visit in In-diana and Ohio. The funeral of Bro. G. T. Clayton was held in the chapel of the Home on Monday. afternoon, the 24th. See obituary in this number. A new worker by the name of Frank Shaw, of Spring . Green, Neb., has arrived. The Trumpet workers make an interest-ing family, coming as they do from such distant parts of the country. They have gathered here from Maine and from Cali-fornia, from Georgia and from the State of Washington, from Minnesota and Wis-consin on the North and from Mississippi and Louisiana on the South. Canada is well represented. One sister remarked, " Wouldn't there be some awful ' scraps' if we didn't have salvation I" As it is, all dwell in peace and harmony as the result of the grace of God, which makes us one in heart and purpose. A police officer in this town, in speaking of the Trumpet people, remarked that none of us had yet been hauled up for any misconduct. A sister at Beaver, Oregon, has sent us a quilt; also Bro. Ebel and others at Nor-walk, Wis., have shipped us 130 pounds of hazel and hickory nuts. For the donations we are receiving we ere under obligations of thanks to God and to the senders. In a few instances, ship: ments have been made to us on which the transportation charges which we have had to pay have been more than the price of the articles in this market. For instance, a recent shipment of a bushel of pears from Illinois ccst us $ 1.87 for expressage, which is about three times the price of pears here this fall. Such donations, of course, are not profitable, and it is well to consider the value of a shipment in connection with the cost of transportation. I GGENE SAL N OTES ************************************* The Moundsville. assembly will be held at the Trumpet Home Nov. 20- 27. Pray for the success of the meeting, and come if possible. After the ten- cent offer on the Trumpet last year our regular subscription list was increased about four thousand. Do not forget that Nov. 20- 27 is the time chosen for a united effort in the work of the gospel, and for special prayer. During the . past week the amount of $ 67.38 was received for free literature. The following extracts taken from let-ters from our daily mail show the appre-ciation of the literature received: OHIO,.—" I have taken the good old Trumpet far twenty- one years, and could not do without it. I would rather do with-out my supper any night than not have the Trumpet."— E. H., Tiffin, a MISSOURI.— Enclosed find $ 12.00. I send $ 10.00 for one hundred names, se-lected by yourselves, for the ten- cent offer, and the $ 2.00 for good measure, for post-age, or anything most needed for the glory of God, and his cause."— S. P. B., King-ston., Mo. CALIF ORNIA.— " The book entitled ` Divine Healing of Soul and Body,' re-ceived. We know by years of experience its truth, and we send for those books to help others."— I. B. R., Oakland, Cal. TEXAS.—" I have a part of your book, the ' Secret of Salvation,' lying before me. I know not whether you are still living, as the note at the beginning is dated April 7, 1896; but in it you said you would re-ceive further communications by letter. I am miserable, and all the Christians here seem to know so little of the power of faith or anything. I am afraid there are none here. I have been trying to live a Chris-tian life for thirteen years, but am not a Bible Christian. Oh, if I could only be with some one who knows how to take hold of God and help me through to him. Please pray for me that nothing be held back, and that I may have a pure heart. Pray for a poor sick sister, soul and body. My help must come from Him."— Mrs. M. M., La Grange, Tex. KENTUCKY.—" Yesterday I saw a ' Gospel Trumpet for the first time, and read of a lady who was healed of the samie dis-ease I have. I have never heard this doc-trine preached, but know it is the doctrine of the Bible, and have faith to believe the Lord will heal me."— L. F., Murray, Ky. THE OFFICE WORK. We have been asked to explain how the Office came to be in debt. This has been explained through the Trumpet, however we are glad to give further explanation. In the year 1898 the Office was moved from Michigan to Moundsville, • W. ' Va., because of the greater facilities for car-rying on the publishing work more exten-sively. Before leaving Michigan our stock of books and tracts was reduced as much as possible so as not to have so much to ship. Upon arrival at Moundsville, there were heavy expenses on every hand. An office building had just been purchased, and required several hundred dollars to fit it up for the work. The business was systematized so as to conduct it on a more extensive scale. We had no home for the workers, nor place for camp- ground. About six acres in the city with a large auditorium built t' i seat four thousand people, was pur-chased for $ 6,000.00 This provided for a place for a camp- ground and a site for a Home building. We were almost obliged to erect the Home building at once, which was a large brick veneered building consisting of over one hundred rooms, the largest being 35x75 feet. The building cost sev-eral thousand dollars for its erection. An outfit for water, electric lights, and steam heating apparatus were placed in both Home and Office. As the stock of books and tracts was so nearly exhausted at that time, with our equipment of machinery, we were unable to supply the demand. An edition of five of the books. we hired printed and bound in New York, at a cost of about $ 4,500.00. It was deemed best to purchase machinery and print and bind the other books, of which over twenty- five editions have since been issued at an average cost of from five hundred to one thousand dollars each, besides hundreds of tons of tracts and papers which have been printed. The ma-chinery added since coming to this place cost us over ten thousand dollars. Soon after our arrival there there was a change in the business management, and for a time the business was almost una-voidably left in charge of inexperienced persons in that line of work. The prepa-rations for the extension of the business all being made in so short a time, a heavy debt was incurred, which increased until March, 1900; since which time it has been gradually decreasing, until now only a few thousand dollars of the debt remains unpaid. Since March, 1900, the business has been carried on practically upon a cash basis, and the old debt decreased as fast as possible. Every bill has been satis-factorily met, and during this time the amount of literature sent out has been on the increase from year to year. While we were sorry to have become thus involved, the Lord has enabled us to honorably meet our bills, and our breth-ren and Trumpet readers have put their shoulder to the wheel, as it were, and aided with their prayers and means, for which e- e are unable to express our appreciation. While. under the circumstances. it seemed almost unavoidable at the time, and we deplored the situation, and decided to snore carefully guard the future manage_ ment nevertheless the debt was not made by squandering goods and property, but the stock of books, etc., machinery, and property, is still on hands in an increased amount, as a witness of the expenditure. Some may wonder what becomes of the money sent in for subscriptions and books, and why there need be so many donations when other large publishing houses pros-per without the donations. This is easily explained. Other papers are not able to carry on their business with the money re-ceived for the subscriptions alone, but principly from the advertisements. A representative of a paper in Wheeling re-cently told us that one man gave them $ 35,000.00 a year for advertising done for him. Publishers generally charge from $ 1.00 to $ 75.00 an inch for one insertion, and some even more, according to the number of subscribers. The Trumpet has no paid advertisements, therefore receives nothing from that source, and a portion of the necessary income must of necessity come from donations. There is an average of about one hundred and twenty- five per- SOBS to provide for who are directly con-nected with the publishing work, aside from the many who are constantly coming and going from all parts of the country for spiritual help and healing, who are eared for free of charge. Our postage bill is about $ 10,000.00 a year, and the bill for paper even more . than that amount some-times. Having this heavy debt to face during the past four or five years we could only ask the Lord to overrule it for good in some way, and help us to make the best of the situation. In calling upon the brethren to aid us in this matter by donations, we offered for each dollar donated toward the debt, to send out an equal amount of free Literature. In that way we have been ena-bled, during the past few months, to send out about thirty thousand dollars' worth of literature to all parts of the world for free distribution. Having been placed in these circumstances, we have made special effort to get the literature before the peo-ple. We feel that by the help of the Lord and the faithful cooperation of the breth-ren it will be but a few months until the work will be relieved of this encumbrance. To this end we desire your earnest prayers. MURDER— MANSLAUGHTER. — : 0: — SOME time ago we stated that at a later date an account would be given of the trial of Bro. Henry Hoffman of Conoqueness-ing Pa., concerning the death of his son Myrl, which occurred in May, 1903. The child had scarlet fever. A number of chil-dren in the village where he lived had been having what was called " three days' rash," a skin disease. The children of the Hoff-man family and also another family near by were attacked with something which at first appeared to be the rash; but after-wards proved to be of more severe nature. The boy Myrl was prayed for,- and about the same time the Board of Health physi-cian was consulted as the symtoms showed that he had something like fever. The physician came and found him in no dan-gerous condition after prayer had been of-fered, and for several days he was appar ently almost well. Two of their children were healed by the power of God in answer to prayer. The doctor was consulted con-cerning the food and care, etc., and it was found that they were doing all that could be done for the child. After some time had elapsed, he seemed to take a relapse, during which the physician called as a member of the Board of Health, to examine the child. But he was unable to advise further than what was already being done. This last severe affliction did not last over about forty- eight hours until the child died. Another doctor, a minister, and a few others agitated the matter of having Bro. Hoffman arrested on the following indict-ment : THE GOSPEL TRUMPET and practised divine cured under thou-with of the The brother who was placed upon the witness stand to set forth the doctrine of divine healing was asked the following questions by the judge together with many others: " Have you been to college?" " Yes. sir." " Did you study physiology and hygiene under a practising physician." " Yes, sir." " Did you graduate in college?" " Yes, sir." " Did you graduate in the study of med-icine?" " No, sir. I studied physiology and hygiene and passed my grade in these branches, but did not study medicine." " I beg to say, your honor, he found a better system," replied the attorney for the defendant. " Have you studied healing?" " Yes, sir." " How long ?" " Over sixteen years." " How many eases have been your system of healing?" " I have witnessed the healing of sands of persons during that time." " Of what kind of diseases?" " Almost every kind of disease which I have come in contact." " Have you known of any cases healing of scarlet fever?" " Yes, sir." " Does the State grant you a diploma for the practise of divine healing?" " No, sir, the State does not grant a diploma but it does recognize our rights and privileges on that line." " In what way are those rights recog-nized?" " They are the privileges granted to the , church." " To what church have you reference?" " To the church of God." " Does the church to which you belong give you authority to practise divine heal-ing?" " Yes, sir.'' " In what way?" " I am an ordained elder of the church of God; and the duties of an elder of the church is to fulfil the Word of God, which sets forth the office and duties of an elder." The judge told the attorney that he might proceed with his questions. The attorney said, " Witness, you may now state the duties of an elder in case of a sickness." " It is the duty of an elder when called for, to visit the sick and pray for them." " And you do this?" '' Yes, sir." " Why do you do it?" " Because the Word of God instructs us to do it." In the fifth chapter of James it says, ' Is any sick among you, let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.' " " Do you administer any medicines?" " No, sir." " Why do you not administer medi-cines?" " Because the Word of God does not teach us to do so." " What kind of hygienic treatment do you advise?" " Proper nursing and care concerning f
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