2 March 1893, Volume 13, Number 9.
A Picture of Human Life.
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To-day I’ve viewed the pictures o’er
That hang on memory’s wall,
A sadness steals within my heart,
As I these scenes recall.
I look upon the morn of life.
Where joy and gladness reign,
For lamblike hearts have never felt
The load of grief and pain.
The flowers of hope on every side
Are blooming at their feet.
The songs of joy delight the ear,
And fancy whispers sweet.
But other picture now I see,
A few years farther on;
The path that once was smooth and bright,
Has steep and rugged grown.
The hearts that once were free and light
Are burdened now with care,
And us they stop to pluck a flow’r,
They find that thorus are there.
They find a joy in friends they love.
Which cheers them day by day.
With courage in their hearts afresh.
They journey on their way.
But oh where can we find a joy
That with us long will stay?
Far pleasures like the transient dew
All vanish soon away.
Some friends, perhaps the most they loved.
The idols of their heart.
Have found the way alas too rough.
And from their side depart.
The grave has closed above their joys,
Their hearts are filled with woe;
But they cannot stop, time has decreed
That they should onward go.
The way they they is intermixed
With sunshine and with shade,
Sometimes the load does lighter seem,
Sometimes ’tis heavy laid.
But other pictures still I saw.
My heart with wonder filled:
They’d journeyed on until they reached
The summit of the hill.
I gazed with awe upon the sight.
Can these be what I saw,
In other years so free and light.
Now bent with toil and care so low?
They pass the zenith of their life,
And with slow steps decend;
Time will not stop but bears them on
Near to their journeys end.
A few more days of grief and toil.
A few more days of gloom,
I saw them lay their burdens down,
And sink into the tomb.
I turned away with saddened heart.
Ah vain and foolish man!
The lesson I shall ne’er forget,
That life is but a span.
I there resolved within thy heart
To live in such a way,
That I may leave a shining mark
When I have passed away.
Lucy M. Lewis.
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THE ONE THOUSAND YEARS REIGN.
Binding and loosing of Satan.
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IN our former article we have seen that the loosing of Satan is followed by the war of God and Magog. See Rev. 20:7-9. That during that war the birds and beasts, evil spirits, are summoned to feast on the slain of the Gogites. Eze. 39:1-3, 17-20. And we have seen that this great battle is fought by Christ and his bride going forth to smite the nations with the sword of his mouth, hence it is not a literal, or national conflict, but a great battle between truth and error. And this battle, and the sacrifice, or supper to the birds and beasts that attend it, comes immediately after Christ calls his bride out of Babylon, arrays her in white, and places her on white horses. Rev. 19:8-18. But as God is now calling his elect out of her, and the final battle of God Almighty against all Gog and Magog creeds and forces has begun, and this conflict is to transpire when Satan is loosed, therefore the thousand years of his binding is a thing of the past. Again we called attention to the fact that no other scripture corroborated the idea of a thousand years reign on earth.
And now we ask this question: If those souls who reigned with Christ were really disembodied souls, would they not likely be spoken of elsewhere in the Bible as such? For our part we have found no Bible truth confined to a single mention in the Bible. And so it occurs that we have another mention of those souls that reigned with Christ a thousand years. Yes we find in Rev. 6 the time indicated when they were seen. Let us analyze the chapter and endeavor to point out the application of its scenes.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. — Rev. 6:1, 2.
Here is the same Christ on his white horse of holiness that we see in Rev. 19. “And — here in the beginning of the gospel — he went forth conquering and to conquer.” This has reference to the triumphant and rapid spread of the gospel in the white horse purity of the primitive apostolic church, or in the morning light. As there was a pure church at the beginning, and shall be at the end of this dispensation, we see Christ on a white horse at the opening of the first seal, and behold him again on his white horse followed by the white robed bride all on white horses in the last great conflict just before the end of time.
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard a second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. — Rev. 6:3, 4.
Here is the red horse power of Pagan Rome, made red by the slaughtering of the saints of God.
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. — Verses 5 and 6.
This black horse denotes the rise of the apostasy. A long and bloody persecution ceased in 260, from which time the church went into corruption and apostasy with astonishing strides. And so were fulfilled the prophetic words of Jesus: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven. — Matt. 24:29. As soon as the long persecution of fifty years subsided, Christ and his word were obscured by the ambition and corruption that prevailed. Therefore the moon, God’s church, ceased to give her light, and the stars, the ministers of the gospel, fell from the plane of heaven’s purity. All this corruption and vile apostasy is denoted by the “black horse.”
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. — Verses 7 and 8.
In the wake of this worldly ambition, lordly bishops, and complication of human machinery, which had supplanted the pure and simple order of God’s church, follows a persecution that far surpassed the bloody deeds of Pagan Rome. Satan now reaches the climax of cruel torture and wholesale slaughter wreaked upon the saints of God in the use of a God-forsaken hell-inspired apostasy that still professed the heaven-born religion of the lovely Son of God. “And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell — HAGES, the receptacle of all departed spirits — followed with him.” Heaven could not more strikingly paint that murderous policy of the papal beast which shed the blood of many millions of God’s holy saints. “And power was given unto them, over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.” Such is the bloody record of the wicked Roman hierarchy.
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. — Verses 9-11.
Now comes a long period of stagnation, and of formality. Persecution has ceased, and the souls of the ancient martyrs are waiting under the altar the final day of judgement, to see their wicked persecutors punished, and to obtain their crowns which the “Righteous Judge will give them in that day.” These were the same souls spoken of as reigning with Christ a thousand years, in Rev. 20. The identity is very clearly established in the following words: “The souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God.” Rev. 20:4. The souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. — Rev. 6:9. Surely the two passages refer to the same class. Both were put to death for their devotion to the word of God, and for their testimony. Having already informed us that they were seen at the opening of the fifth seal, and the place where they rested was under the altar, in the second instance nothing is said as to where or when they were seen. What is meant by under the altar? “The golden altar which was before the throne.” Rev. 8:3. This shows the place of disembodied spirits near the presence of Christ. Before the throne of his reign. This corresponds with the inspired apostle who informs us that, “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” The place this scene occupies in the drama of prophetic truth that passed before the eyes of John on the isle of Patmos was in the opening of the fifth seal, which was after the fires of Papal persecution had become smouldered into a peace policy of Satan, under which souls have been more endangered and deceived than under the reign of martyrdom. To understand the time covered by the opening of the fifth seal, take your Testament and read the opening of the sixth seal. “And I beheld, when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake.” Here we reach the present great earthquake or upheaval by the fire of holiness which destroys sects, and burns up the old dark age creeds. And the “sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth.” Here is another darkening of the sun and moon, the utter going out of the light of God in Babylon. Another falling of the stars, the many holiness evangelists and editors that dropped from their plane of holiness when they rejected the evening light in the last twelve years. It cannot be denied that God’s ancient illuminated ministry fell from their bright orbits in the apostasy of the third century, and we have seen them fall again “unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.” Only men reflecting the glory of holiness can properly be denominated stars. That the primitive ministry did, and also great numbers who compromised with Babylon in the last twelve years,since the voice from heaven has cried, “Come out of her my people.” This latter falling of the stars is pictured in Isa. 13. It begins with “the burden of Babylon.” When God determined to judge her. “I — saith the Lord — have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger.” Ver. 3. “They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation.” “As a destruction shall it come from the Almighty.” “Behold the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.” This is the “great” and “perpetual whirlwind,” which has cast down the stars like untimely figs from a tree that is shaken by a great wind. It is the present fire, and uncompromising storm of holiness which destroys the sinners out of the land of professional holiness, and separates the precious from the vile. And just as we read under the opening of the sixth seal, Rev. 6:13 — And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. So we read in Isa. 13:10 — For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Other verses of parallel truth in those lessons might be cited. But let the reader trace the events covered by the sixth seal, and he will find himself reading the present holiness reformation, and the judgement of the great whore, — Babylon — and the stormy day of God’s wrath upon all the corrupt works of this latter day sect confusion, become more and more terrible until it reaches “the great day of his wrath,” the final judgement; so we see that the time represented in Revelation in which the souls were seen under the altar was just before the going forth of the hail and fire mingled with blood, of the present and last reformation.
And it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants also, and their brethren, that should be killed as they were should be fulfilled. — 6:11. Here we see that from the time they thus cried out under the fifth seal, till the day of judgement would be only a little season. But there will be a short time, at least, of terrible persecution and martyrdom before the end comes.
So remember when John said in Rev. 20:4, “I saw the souls of them that were beheaded,” etc., it was just before the slumber and spiritual death of these last days was broken by the general holiness reformation of the last forty years.
“This is the first resurrection,” 20:5, refers to both the spiritual resurrected in the primitive fruitfulness of the church, and “the rest of the dead,” who are now being spiritually resurrected in the last days. Instead of the first being the righteous literally resurrected, and the “rest of the dead,” the wicked, in chapter 6:11 the second class are seen to be the “brethren and fellow servants” of the former.
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COURTING BABYLON.
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Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. — Heb. 2:1.
We have recently through a number of letters been asked the question whether it is right to attend sect meetings or not. We will notice what object you have in going. Suppose you go there to worship: 1 Cor. 6:15 — Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What! know ye not he which is joined to an harlot is one body; for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. How dare you join old mother Rome, or the various sects which are the daughters? Well you say: Oh we could not join her. Well do not court her then. You cannot keep justified and give your money to help her. God would not justify you in building up sectism. Paul said, Gal. 2:18, “If I build again the things which I destroyed I make myself a transgressor.” And when you renounce Babylon and come out, if you go back that is about the same with you; and as for food, you will not find any. Those who come out of sectism generally have to consecrate for pardon. The people who are yet in there are very much to be pitied. You who have heard the evening light will have to live up to it or lose your souls. It certainly is dangerous to visit Babylon, and especially those who are babes and not established are more apt to compromise with her than to let your light shine. The way to let your light shine is to testify against her. Read Rev. 18:1-4, there you will find a description of things in sectism.
Lena L. Shoffner.
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Dushville, Mich.
Dear Trumpet Readers: God bless you all. Amen. I feel led to write and give in my testimony on the Lord’s side. I do praise the Lord for salvation. I am saved and sanctified and kept by the power of God. Praise the Lord forever and ever! I enjoy the blessed peace of God in my soul. This is the first time I ever wrote my testimony. I am a little girl nine years old. Pray for me.
Edna Pierce.
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Pellston, Mich.
Dear Saints: I feel it the will of God to write a little of my experience. I joined the Disciple sect when I was twenty-one years old; lived with them ten years. I thought I was a Christian but when I look back and think of the past I know I had not been converted. Praise the Lord, I know I have salvation now. I cannot praise. God enough for his goodness unto me. I am deaf; have not heard a preacher for twenty-five years. But I believe the Lord will let me hear yet. I have been tested many times. I was quite sick this winter, but I prayed God to heal me and he did. Pray for me that the Lord may open my deaf ears and let me hear the prayers of the dear saints once more. Also pray for my unsaved husband that he may be saved.
Your sister in Christ,
Lavina Hawkins.
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Requests for Prayer.
Visalia, Cal., Feb. 18, 1893.
I wish to ask all of the dear people of God who read this, to pray for me, that I may be healed; as I am afflicted with heart trouble and not able to work for the support of my family. I have been a member of a sect for nineteen years and am sure they are not teaching and walking in many things as the Lord would have them. I feel it my duty to withdraw, and by the grace of God, more fully consecrate myself to the work of the Lord, following more perfectly his blessed word and the leadings of his Holy Spirit.
Yours in Christ,
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Sarah Wainscott of Wingate, Montgomery Co., Ind. writes a very earnest appeal for some elder of the church to come at once to visit her son who is suffering very much from a severe affliction. She also writes that they are in need of spiritual help at that place. Who can go?
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Bro. J. S. Smurr reports having spent some weeks visiting from house to house in Portland, Mich., and held some meetings with the church at Eagle. He reports some souls saved and others healed and the Lord is with his people.
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The rebuke we gave some time ago to the Taylor and other missions in heathen lands for selling tobacco was sent by a lady to Zion’s Watchman, with an inquiry if it were true, and she received the following answer. We are thankful to learn that the abominable practice has been discontinued.
Question. — Bishop Taylor is charged with selling tobacco to the heathen as a source of revenue to the missionary cause. Is the charge true?
MRS. C. S. WILBER.
Answer. — Bishop Taylor’s missionaries did, for a short time, use tobacco as change — a practice followed by traders in that country. But one of the directors of the Bishop’s fund in New York was so opposed to it, that when a cargo left New York for this purpose, (to use in making change,) he prayed the vessel might go to the bottom of the ocean. The Lord answered his prayer, and since then no tobacco has been handled by Bishop Taylor’s missionaries. We were greatly surprised when we learned the fact, and said, amen, to the New York director’s prayer.
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Arkansas City, Kan., Feb. 7, 1893.
To the Dear Brethren and Readers of the Trumpet: Praise the Lord! It has been pressed upon me for some time to write to the saints of God everywhere through the Trumpet, and inform them that there is a brother at this place that we believe is a true child of God, and an able minister of the gospel, who could be very useful in the vineyard of the Lord; he has already been the means of bringing many souls to Christ. He has a large family to support, is not able to do much manual labor, and he is in debt over a hundred dollars. He has promised both God and man that if he could get out of debt he would spend the rest of his life in the ministry. Now we ask all the dear brethren in the name of Christ to help us in getting dear Bro. Caldwell out of debt. Let all give just as you feel able, from fifty cents up. Let this be done in side of thirty days. You can send it to Bro. James Caldwell, Arkansas City, Kan. By the help of the Lord I will give $10 to start it with. I believe the Lord will bless all that will give.
I will have other brethren sign this appeal with me.
Your saved brother,
W. Gates, A. Markwell, Wm. Cook.
I will say to the Trumpet readers that the above statement of the brother is true, and that he is much needed in the field.
James Willis.
Beloved we would also add a word to the above. We met both the writer of the above article, and our dear Bro. Caldwell at the Wichita, Kan. camp meeting last summer, and believe them true, humble brethren, and we do earnestly hope God will incline your hearts to respond at once. Better lay down the paper and send your offering unto the Lord before you go farther, and see if you do not get blessed in the deed. We believe the brother worthy. Amen.
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News from the Field.
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Danville, Ill., Feb. 25, 1893.
Dear Trumpet Readers: Can report victory on the Lord’s side. Meeting still going on. Large crowds attend the meetings, sometimes as many as two hundred and fifty are out. Two weeks from date will go six miles north of Danville and three miles west of West Newel where a large meeting house is also open for the word. Have just returned from a two days trip to Veedersburg, Ind. Found the saints praising the Lord for salvation. Will remain in a radius of ten or twelve miles for a month or more, Lord willing. Can some brother come and help us in the grand field opened here for the work of God?
Your saved brother,
F. Husted.
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Fair Grove, Mich., Feb. 23, 1893.
This morning our hearts are rejoicing in God the rock of our salvation. Feb. 4 we left Norwood in company with Sister Fisher and went to Bro. Kauffman’s place. Held meeting from the 4th to the 12 th. A few came to listen to God’s word, and we hope that it may be as seed sown upon good ground, and that it may bring forth fruit meet for repentance. Sister Fisher returned to East Jordan Monday. We left Bro. Kauffman’s Feb. 21 and arrived at this place last evening. The pure gospel! has never been preached here. Pray for us, dear brethren and sisters, that we may not shun to declare the whole counsel of God. We do not know how long we shall stay here, but just as long as the Lord wills.
Your saved brother and sister,
A. L. & F. M. Sheldon.
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Rose, Kan., Feb., 23, 1893.
Dearly Beloved Saints: Since our last report we held a few meetings at Chanute in Sister Heller’s house, also held a week’s meeting north of Chanute. The weather being bad part of the time, the attendance was poor, yet much good was done in spreading the gospel truth. Alter the close of the country meeting we returned to Sister Heller’s for an ordinance meeting. Had a very precious time. There were four consecrations, and the Lord was with us in power. The saints were much strengthened and a good work accomplished. From there we came to Otter Springs and held about two weeks meeting in the name of Jesus, and there were several consecrations. Our address is Grand Junction, Mich.
Yours in Jesus,
Wm. N. & S. J. Smith, & E. F. Houghton.
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St Louis, Mich.
To all the Saints, Greeting: May God’s rich blessings ever rest upon all the family of God. It has been some time since I wrote to you. We are all well and saved in Jesus. He keeps us from all sin; walking in the blessed evening light; doing his will in all things as he makes it known unto us. We meet with the saints in the worship of the Lord as he leads us from place to place, and our souls are wonderfully refreshed, and the church strengthened in the faith once delivered to the saints, and these signs shall follow them that believe: they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall be healed. Praise God forever! He is a present help in time of need. Pray for me and my family that the Lord may continue to lead us and use us to his glory in teaching his word.
A. J. Shelly & family.
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Anthony, Kan., Feb. 24, 1893.
Dear Trumpet Readers: We are well and blessedly saved. God’s cause is prospering: the work is moving on grandly in these parts. A number have been saved and sanctified. Seven at the altar last night, five for pardon and two for sanctification. All seemed to get what the came for. Some of them came out very bright. To God be all the glory. Some of them had been saved before, but some had never been clear. One of the number was an old lady over sixty years old. Praise our God! We close to-night and go about fourteen miles south and commence meeting. Pray much for us and God’s work trusted in our care. Different ones coming to the altar are bound down by Satan, some in one way and some in another, some by the tobacco devil; but God is able and does deliver them from it all. We are saved, sanctified and kept.
Mary Cole & Co.
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Slate, Kan., Feb. 22, 1893.
I am rejoiced to report that I am saved by the blood of Jesus, filled with joy inexpressible, and satisfied with the ever abiding presence of the Holy Comforter that leads us in this land flowing with milk and honey. I help meeting near Stockton for about two weeks, and as the country was thinly settled the congregations were small, and prejudice kept some from coming to hear the truth at first; but the melting love of God broke down the great wall of prejudice and stubbornness. As the word was preached by the power of God, people saw the way of holiness, truth and light. We know not the fruit that the seed will bring forth, but God knoweth. Some were sanctified, others being justified we pray may go on to perfection. Some who had not gone to meeting for twelve or fifteen years attended regular, praise the Lord! I came to Slate, Kan. Feb. 21, and will continue as long as the Lord leads, believing that much good will be done. We desire all to pray for the work at this place where the evening light has not been taught to the people. I was rejoiced to meet Bro. James Edy and his father at this place, whom I had not heard from or seen for several months. Was greatly comforted in my spirit to meet them here filled with the holy fire. Hallelujah to Jesus!
Your saved brother,
W. A. Haynes.
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Apple Grove, Ala., Feb. 28, 1893.
Dear Saints: God bless you all for Jesus’ sake, and keep you free. I am praising God for perfect victory in my soul this morning. The dear Lord is keeping me both soul and body for which I give him all the glory. I keep free by perfect obedience to him alone. I have been laboring in North Ala. since the 22d of July. Bro. Achor and I came here together. After one meeting near Hartsells he returned north and I continued the work alone until October, when Bro. Carter joined me and has been here every since, but expects to go to Tullahoma, Tenn. the nth of March, from there to his home in St. Louis. Mo. I expect to continue the work in Ala. until the Lord releases me. Many precious souls have been saved, who are now rejoicing in the Lord. Pray for me and those who are saved in this land. My address will be Somerville, Ala. until further notice.
Yours in Jesus,
J. F. Lundy.
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Covington, La.. Feb. 15, 1893.
Dear Saints and Trumpet Readers: The Lord bless you all. It has been some time since I wrote to the Trumpet. We are in the midst of a glorious revival in this part of the field. There are several churched built up in the last year in the new south country in Miss. We have just closed a real revival meeting near Abita Springs in this state. Several saved and quite a number left consecrating and seeking the Lord. Last night there was at the evening service here about twenty-five or thirty that came to the altar for prayer. Bro. J. Cole and Bro. Wiley Smith are with me. We left Ellisville over a month ago for a trip across La. over into Fla., and along the sea shore, but we have only gotten this far. There are flow calls coming from all over Miss., calling us hack there and some new calls in this state, but I am very anxious to get over into Fla. My health is very poor indeed most of the time. Last year there was a part of the time that I was able to do but little. Please keep praying for me. Oh how we do need more help in Miss., Ala. and La. Oh Lord, send us some consecrated help! Oh who will come? Come over and help us. Anyone desiring to write to me will please direct to Ellisville, Miss. as all mail sent to me there will be forwarded to me.
Your brother in Christ,
W. W. Bradley.
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55 Chatham St., Liverpool, Eng., Feb. 10. 1893.
Dear Saints of God: May great grace be multiplied unto you. As I know many of you are anxiously waiting to hear from us I drop you a few lines of good news from over the sea. Praise God for victory in our souls and in the work of God. We have had to exercise much patience and faith in opening the work in this new strange field. We found many who claimed to be out of sectism, but when we came to give the truth they were far from the truth. We have gone to about every open door we could find, only with a hope to be blasted in seemingly a failure, but we were not to be defeated, for we knew God sent us here and the work must go on. At one mission place we worked a while and were rejected, but gleaned a few souls out by going there, and the prospect of more. A few, four or five, dear ones accepted the truth there and got out for God, so we held meeting at a private house
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a few nights until God opened another mission hall. The man claims to be out of sects sixteen years, and said they had been praying God to send some one to work there, and told us we could have his hall as long as we wanted it without cost, and had bills printed and circulated advertizing the meeting. The first night they got repentance, it was strong meat. The second night they got an exposition of sin and the character of a Christian, and to-night on grafting in the vine. One man got up and said he was cut off and wanted to be saved. His wife the same. We had altar service and three were at the altar and all came out victorious and joyful. Let all the saints praise God for the great work he is doing in the world.
Yours saved and separated to the will of God,
G. R. Achor.
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Attica, Kan., Feb. 23, 1893.
Dear Saints of God: I believe it would be to the glory of God to tell what he is doing for his cause. On Feb. 7 Bro. Jas. Willis and I left Bro. F. M. Gates near Arkansas City. Kan. intending to go home, but stopped with Bro. Alerich, near Akron, Kan Immediately they sent out for the saints. Some sinners also came to the meeting at Bro. Alerich’s house and three were converted, and conviction rested on others. Bro. Willis staid until the 10th and then went on home and left me to go on with the meeting. The Lord sent some of the saints from Atlanta, and God was with us in mighty power in the ministering of his word. To him be all the glory. Some four were clearly sanctified. Others consecrated for sanctifying power, and conviction rested on sinners, and the church is more settled and established. Pray God that they may continue steadfast in the faith, and rooted, grounded in the truth, and be one in Christ Jesus our Lord, that the world may know of a truth that God has a pure people and that he is in the midst of them, his church. We closed the meeting Sabbath. Wife and I came on to this place some three and a half miles out in the country, where Bro. R. M. Haynes and wife and Bro. Swinburn have been holding a meeting. God is doing a wonderful work here; quite a number have already been saved and last night the mighty power of God rested on the little church he has planted, and on us in delivering his word to the people. Bro. Frank and Sister Lue Daugherty have been laboring, talking and praying among their neighbors and telling them about the blessed evening light. They wrote to us to come and hold a meeting, but the Lord sent the above named brethren first, and our God abundantly reward them for their labor of love for his cause: And we pray that the young converts may be kept by the power of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Yours saved in Jesus,
A. & L. Markwell.
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Webb City, Mo., Feb. 24, 1893.
Dear Brethren and Sisters: May God bless you and keep you from evil and make you very useful for him. We have not reported any of our work for God through the Trumpet, for some time, but are happy to report victory on the Lord’s side. We have been in the work all winter, in Texas Co., Mo., where we found a new field for labor and many anxious willing souls. We held meetings at five different points in that country and have never found a more willing people than we found there. Quite a number of dear souls were saved in Jesus’ name. We do not know how many. We learn since leaving there that the dear ones are going on with their meetings and that almost all of the dear ones, who have been recently saved, are working for God in the prayer meetings. We did not feel, by any means, glad to leave there, but it seems necessary for us to be here for a while, but as soon as the Lord wills we will see them again. The field is very large in that country, also they were very kind in administering to our temporal needs, and notwithstanding the long rough rides and walks and cold weather, God has given us almost perfect health. Praise the dear Lord! Dearly beloved, you that are at home, pray much for those in the field of labor, and all of you, who feel God has called you to his vineyard, go in Jesus’ name, for truly the harvest is great and oh, how few the laborers! We have had perhaps a score of earnest calls in the last few weeks, that for the want of time, are unable to respond. Sin and sectism is fast darkening the world. Who will say, Here am I, send me, send me, that those who are yet willing to hear and accept the truth of God’s word, may have it preached to them? We are with our parents at this place now for a short time. Pray for us and the work.
Yours, with love to all the saints everywhere. May the grace of God abide with you all.
Mattie & Rissa Bolds.
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Burket, Ind., Feb. 21, 1893.
Dearly Beloved Brethren, Greeting: May grace and peace to all be multiplied, with everlasting consolation and victory through Christ. Amen. I am indeed thankful to the dear Lord for another opportunity of reporting to you the work of the Lord. Jan. 28 in company with Bro. Geo. Howard and his wife we began and held over Lord’s day a meeting at Willow Chapel, about three miles west of Portland, Ind., and Monday the 30th moved the meeting to Portland, where we continued ministering the gospel of God according to the ability that he gave us for two weeks in a house which the brethren had rented of the Congregationalists. The greater part of the first week the congregations were small on account of much rain and sleet, but much more on account of frozen up hearts, chilled by prejudice. But praise the Lord, the truth is mighty, and does prevail, and it seemed that mountains of prejudice were moved from the hearts of the people, and the interest and congregations increased, although for the first few nights we had to go six and a half miles in the country through rain and sleet. As hearts began to open to the truth, doors and homes began to open to us, and we were given a kind reception, a hearty welcome by many to their comfortable homes. May God bless the many dear friends in Portland for their kindness to us, and may many of them be speedily led into the kingdom of God and the enjoyment and experiof full salvation. Two poor penitents knelt at the altar for pardon and one did receive a knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins. The last night of the meeting a score or more of honest hearts with the uplifted hands declared that they were free from sect Babylon and its ungodly carousals forever. O may God lead those dear ones on into the land of Canaan or perfect holiness. Monday, Feb. 13, I returned home to my family, and Bro. Geo. and wife remained to hold a few days meeting at Willow Chapel, which is greatly needed. If we had been able to continue the meeting in Portland there would no doubt have been much more good done, but the brethren did not feel able to pay the rent any longer, and we could not, so we had to close. Pray for your humble and free brother. I came here (Yellow Lake Bethel) Saturday, 18th. Bro. Schell had preceeded me one week. One soul was made to rejoice in the pardoning mercies of God Saturday night, five more last night. Pray for the work here.
Your brother, saved in Him,
J. N. Howard.
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Floyd’s Knobs, Ind.
Dear Brethren: May love, joy, peace and everlasting consolation abide with you forever. I am glad to report victory in Jesus’ name, with the peace of God in my soul. I left home Feb. 4, for Marengo, Ind. Began meeting that night in a U. B. meeting house. The attendance and attention was good; most all seemed to be favorably impressed. The meeting continued until Monday night; I received a notice not to announce meeting any further. The meeting was then moved to a large college building, where it continued until Wednesday night. This house is very large and can be had any time free of charge. Several of the people expressed a desire for another meeting in the near future. I would be glad to return there with a company of workers. I believe God has a people there, who will accept the whole the whole truth. One sister told me they had been praying for God to send them some light and now as the light has come I pray that they will receive and walk in it. On Monday night, 6th, one sister, while at home was gloriously sanctified and set free from all sect bands and straps. May God keep her a shining light to the world, that she may influence others to come to Christ. Feeling that the Lord was done with me at Marengo I started on Friday towards Pilot Knobs, about seven miles south. Stopped at a school house on the way and held one meeting. There were mostly young men at this meeting, and they are in much darkness. Some, however, were glad to hear the truth. On Saturday I arrived at my Uncle’s and began meeting that night in a school house. The Lord blessed wonderfully in giving the truth to the people. On Sunday morning I was greatly rejoiced by the coming of dear Bro. D. B. Moore whom the Lord used in delivering his message to the people; and also my dear sister, Mrs. W. N. Myers, of Jeffersonville, Ind. The people here seemed deeply interested and conviction resting upon several, but only one yielded to the call. The meeting at this place continued until Tuesday night. We felt it prudent to close as the weather turned bad so the people could not get out. On Wednesday, Sister and I returned home and brought one of our cousins with us who has since been converted. This sister has been afflicted with epileptic fits for eighteen years. She wants all the saints to pray for her healing. And I ask all the saints to pray for me that I may be kept humble at Jesus’ feet.
Your brother all on the gospel altar,
W. B. Schreiber.
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Atwood, Kan. Feb. 22, 1893.
Dear Saints of the Living God and Readers of the Trumpet: We are glad to report victory in Jesus’ name this morning. Since our last report we have been in active service here in this sin-benighted country, for the salvation of souls. We have had the blessed privilege of laboring in company with dear Bro. and Sister Kriebel, for the last four months, by whose teachings we have been much strengthened, but it seems to be Father’s will that we are to be left alone again, at least for a while as Bro. and Sister Kriebel are called home for a time. We took train for Bartley, Neb., begun meeting about four miles south of there, in the name of Jesus; the very atmosphere seemed filled with sin in that locality. They have been cursed with false teachers, and many follow their pernicious ways by reason of whom the way of truth is evil spoken of. The seventh day lawists of Battle Creek have their heresies afloat in that place, and many have denied the Lord that bought them, and turned again to the law, but praise the Lord, for he helped us to deliver his word, which had its desired effect, and many precious souls were won to the truth, although there were none saved. Six or seven raised their hands for prayer, and deep conviction rested upon the people. One dear brother that was enjoying a real experience of salvation, although in the Free Methodist net, declared his freedom in the Lord. I do pray God to help him to understand what it means where it says to not take a stone from Babylon for a foundation or corner. — Jer. 51:26. Also in Mark 11:16, we find that Christ would not let any of the old vessels through the temple, as he cleansed the temple. On the 16th we were made glad by the presence of Sister Kriebel whom the Lord used much to his glory. We continued the meeting until the eve of the 20th. Other places are open for meeting. We came to this place yesterday. I do pray the dear Lord to impress some of the dear ones to come to this western field and help to spread the gospel to a famishing people. We are not permitted to meet with many of the saints, as we are most of the time in new fields where the word of God is a stranger to the people, but we know our labors are not in vain and that the seed sown will bring forth fruit unto God. Any of the brethren wishing to come to this western country, will please address us at Atwood, Kan. We remain your brother and sister, saved by a second work of grace.
J. L. & L. Green.
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THY TESTIMONIES ARE WONDERFUL.
Psa. 119:129.
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Johnstown, Mich.
Dear Trumpet Readers: My testimony is that I am saved and sanctified and kept by the power of God, walking in the light and liberty of the gospel as it is in Christ Jesus, being able by his grace to go through affliction and trials, and to rejoice that he is my everlasting portion.
Your sister under the precious blood of Jesus,
Lucy S. Daniels.
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Detroit, Mich.
Dear Ones in Christ: I am praising God for sweeping victory just now over all sin. Dear Father has delivered me from the power of darkness and has translated me into the kingdom of his dear Son. And while my mind is stayed on the Lord, I am kept in perfect peace. O praise God for the peace that passeth knowlege, and truly fills the sanctified soul! I am so glad and thankful to God that he helped me to surrender all and pay the price, and now I have that sweet salvation that keeps me happy all the time. Others, too, could have a like experience, if they would but pay the price.
Yours and Christ’s,
Carrie Hitchcock.
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Wilcox, Neb.
Dear Brethren in the Lord: A friend handed me a copy of the Gospel Trumpet a few days ago, and I am delighted with the plain truths set forth, and especially with the testimonies of the wonderful works of God to fallen men. Oh how I praise his blessed holy Son Christ Jesus, for giving me free and full salvation! I do so much rejoice to read the testimonies of his dear children, who have been fully sanctified. I was converted four years ago this month, sanctified two years ago last Dec. and now rejoicing with joy unspeakable and full of glory. I feel sure I will meet you in the paradise of God. Jesus sweetly abides within. Praise his holy name!
Your brother for a home in glory,
A. J. Sisson.
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San Mignel, Cal.
Dear Saints: I feel that the Lord would be pleased to have me write I my testimony. I give him all the glory. Praise his holy name for saving and keeping me! I realize the blood of Jesus flowing over my soul, washing me whiter than snow. By the help of God I will serve him the rest of my life. Pray for me, that I may know how to do his will in all things, and pray for my little daughter that she may give herself to God in her youth. I feel the presence of God with us in our lonely home, as my little daughter and myself are all alone out in the country. I do love to read the Trumpet and my blessed Bible.
Your humble sister in Christ,
Jane Bennis.
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Daleville, Miss.
Dear Trumpet Readers: As it has been some time since I have written to the dear Trumpet, I want to tell you that I still have the testimony of Jesus Christ. I can say by faith in his word that I have a perfect salvation, a salvation that enables me to be dead indeed unto sin and alive unto God. Put above all I praise him for the grace that he gives me to keep it. “My grace is sufficient.” What a comfort is that scripture in every trial and temptation! It covers all. There is no trial so great nor temptation so strong, but what his grace will enable us to bear it, if we simply trust him. What a blessed privilege to serve God in the beauty of holiness. When we serve him thus we know that all his precious promises are for us. We know that these promises are sure, because he says that heaven and earth shall pass away but his word shall not pass away. I am in the midst of pride and sectarian confusion, but I have a sweet river of peace constantly flowing in my soul. Dear saints, pray for me, that I may have more zeal and courage for the Lord.
Your sister, saved now,
Tina Wright.
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Arkansas City, Kan.
Dear Saints of God: May the dear Lord bless and keep you saved. I feel led of the Lord to write my testimony. He has healed my body and my sin-sick soul, forgiven all my sins and saved and sanctified me wholly. My eyes were very weak, so I got very uneasy about them and went to see the doctor. He told me that they were in a dangerous condition. He said that I would have to quit reading for about a year, and said that I would go blind and my eyes could never be healed. But the dear Lord has healed them. Glory to God! My father was saved, and we heard there would be a camp meeting at Wichita, so Father wanted me to go with him up to meeting. I wanted to go to Wichita to see my friend, but did not want to go to meeting. But when I got up there I staid the first night with my friend and Father went on to the camp ground; next morning he wanted me to go to meeting. Praise the Lord, I went with him, and when I got there it was harder to get me away than it was to get me there. After I was there a a few days I thought I could just live the rest of my life in such a place as that. It was because I had received full and free salvation. Glory to his name! I can not praise God enough. Tongue can not express my love for my dear Savior. O it is sweet to trust in Jesus! I am still saved and trusting in his holy name.
Your sister,
Flora Gates.
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West Point, Pa.
Dear Readers: May the God of love bless and abide with you always. Amen. I feel led of God to testify that I am still saved and wholly sanctified and following the voice of my blessed Master in all things. I am walking on the highway of holiness and by the help and grace of God, I shall never depart from it. Praise his holy name! Oh what a precious thought, when I reflect back and think what my blessed Savior has gone through for you and me — I cannot but say, How easy it is to do his will! Oh dear ones, if we only give ourselves completely over to God, and let him make out of us whatever he sees fit, how happy we are in him! How happy I am when I hear the voice of my Savior speaking to me and am ready at all times to say, Thy will, O Lord, be done! I rejoice to say that I have wonderfully grown in this grace, for which I give God all the praise. I intend by the help of God to press on in this good fight, regardless of what men may say or do. Jesus says in Matt. 10:28, And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Pray for the little church at this place, that we may be kept together by the almighty power of God. Also pray for my companion and children, and myself, that we may all keep our trust fully in the Lord.
Your saved and wholly sanctified brother in Christ,
B. F. Weikel.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
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TEMPERANCE.
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CHAPTER IX.
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CLOTHING.
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THIS may seem very strange to some that we include clothing under the subject of temperance, yet it is properly so included according to the definition of the word temperance, and when we consider it in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, handed to us by the inspired apostles, we are compelled to acknowledge it to be rightly and appropriately classed under this caption. Consequently we will so consider it. And as it is one of the great evils of the world today as in almost all ages that history gives us light on, we need to deal forth the gospel of salvation on this very important subject. Paul says, Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds, that ye may prove what is that good, acceptable and perfect will of God. Rom. 12:2. What is it to be conformed to the world? Conform; to comply with or yield to; to live or act according to. How many dear ones, who are professing to be followers of the meek and lowly Son of God, are going directly contrary to the instructions of the Lord and his apostles, in conforming to the world in dress and other things.
Here is the woman professing to be a child of God, that gets sixteen yards to make a dress, just to have so many puffs, ruffles, flounces on the skirt, on the waist, and the high puffs on the sleeves, when they are no possible benefit whatever, but simply to be like her neighbor, when eight or ten yards at the most, would make a more convenient and commodious garment. Also, they have a nice hat that looks very neat and convenient decorated with plumes, flowers and ribbons at an extravagant cost only to look fine before the world.
Temperance is the moderate use of the necessaries and the abstinence of the things that are injurious. Those extra yards of dress goods cost that much extra money, which might be used for some useful purpose, or given to help to feed the poor, etc., around us, who are actually suffering for the necessaries of life. “Be not conformed to the world,” is a positive command. Are you obeying God’s holy word that will judge you in the last great day? Some think: why I have no flowers or feathers on my hat, but here you have the worth of several times the feathers and flowers in unnecessary ribbon stuck upon it that does no particle of good whatever, only just to make a show, some to look as well as their next neighbor, who is rich, lest you should be looked down upon and some to attract the opposite sex, whom you wish to admire you more than someone else. Also, some have much cash invested in gold rings on the fingers, or in the ears, or gold breast pin, or gold collar and cuff buttons and all such things for a show, when the word of God positively forbids all such, except the necessaries.
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided, hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array. 1 Tim. 2:9. Modest: not excessive or extreme, not extravagant. Webster explains it. Costly array does not necessarily mean goods that cost a high price, provided it is modest, not extravagant, nor excessive, for sometimes the high priced goods are the cheapest, because they will wear much longer for the same amount of money; but to purchase superfluous amount, such as is unnecessary. Here Paul positively forbids the wearing of gold, etc. A ribbon on the hat, sufficient to retain the proper shape, etc., is all that is necessary and more than that is immoderate, immodest and intemperate according to the deffinition of temperance. Whose adorning, let it not be the outward adorning of plaiting the hair and wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel: but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price, for after this manner the holy women of old, who trusted in God, adorned themselves.
1 Pet. 3:3, 4, Peter forbids the dressing for a show with the outward to appear so nice, but inwardly corruption. To disobey this word does not glorify God. We are commanded to have an eye single to the glory of God; not with an eye to gratify self and to attract someone else to admire us. May God impress those things with unbearable weight on many hearts and show the house of Israel their sins and the house of Judah their transgression, for this world is groaning under the curse of pride and extravagance. Another thing we see often in worldly conformity, some will say we are plain, we do not put on those unnecessaries, but they have a certain form, and everyone will follow that certain form in dress like the Quakers used to do and as the Salvation Army and some mission workers in European countries do, have a veil fixed in a certain way, with a certain kind of bow in front. It is conforming to a certain style, just as the world does. Also wearing badges as the Army and mission workers. That is con forming to styles as the world does. We are commanded to abstain from all appearance of evil. 1 Thess. 5:22.
G. R. A.
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A LETTER FROM KENTUCKY.
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Dodge, Ky.
To all the Saints, Greeting: We praise the Lord to day for salvation and for his keeping power. Truly it is good to trust in the Lord and to build on the solid rock which shall stand forever. Our little girl had diphtheria and the Lord healed her, for which we give him all the glory. We had no earthly doctor, and they said she did not have diphtheria, for she would have died without medicine. But she was very sick and now she is well and we know that the Lord healed her. Praise his name!
The saints meet often together here and people are getting saved right along. One Methodist preacher got saved out of Babylon and is now rejoicing in the true church. Sectarians do not bother us now like they did, for they see that we stand firm and the gates of hell do not prevail against us.
There were two Methodist preachers (one of them claimed sanctification and was editor of the Ky. Methodist, a sect holiness paper printed at Louisville, Ky.) that held a meeting one night at a neighbor’s house near by, and invited the saints to come, and then went to preaching against us and called us a sect. But during testimony the sanctified (?) one got mad, but we continued to read the word of God to them until they acknowledged that people were not going to hell through the church but through the sects, and that the day would be or now is when they would have to come out of her. But when he went away he put a piece in his paper misrepresenting us and the meeting. But when the Lord is or us who can be against us?
Quite a number here are very clear in experience and out of Babylon confusion, walking in the light of the gospel. We do earnestly glorify God for so wonderfully bringing us out of the darkness of sin and death, and quickening us into life by the blood of his dear Son, destroying the inbred carnality, and delivering us from the bondage of Methodism (one of the winds of doctrine), and so sweetly keeping us from evil every day.
Yours in humble praise, saved, sanctified and satisfied,
Jesse & Minnie Wade.
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Testimonies.
Thy Testimonies are Wonderful.
Psa. 119:129.
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Decatur, Mich.
Dear Saints of God: I am saved to the uttermost and kept by the almighty power of God. I have sweet peace in my soul which the world can not give, neither can it take away. Your sister in Christ,
Ella. Shoemaker.
Columbia City, Ind.
Dear Ones in the Lord: I feel led to testify that we are saved and sanctified and kept by the power of God, with perfect victory in pur souls. Jesus is our physician; he heals us soul and body. Glory to God! The dear Lord healed my wife this winter and now she is well, and has victory in her soul. Dear ones, pray for us.
From your humble brother and sister in the one body.
J. F. & E. A. Pence.
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CROWLAND, Ont.
Dear Saints: We feel led of the Lord to write our testimony and tell what God has done for us. It is some time since we wrote, but God has blessed us. We take him for all, both soul and body, and we are determined to give him all the glory. He is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. We are saved and sanctified by a second work of grace and kept by the power of God; and he is our physician.
Your brother and sister kept by the power of God,
Daniel & Mary Buchner.
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Fortescue, Mo.
Dear Saints: I can say from the depths of my soul, that the precious blood of Jesus does cleanse me from all sin. Bless his dear name forever! I have been saved about three-years, and Oh, what joy and sweet peace it has been to my soul, after being bound down in sectism for sixteen years! O how I do praise God for the freedom that I do now enjoy. I praise God for sending his holy ministers into this community to preach his word in its purity, which showed me right where I was standing, and showed me the sins of sect confusion.
Your saved and sanctified brother,
H. A. Stroud.
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Eldorado, Kan.
Dear Saints: Jesus saves me and keeps me each moment in his love. Praise his holy name! I am walking in this blessed evening light, all on the altar and kept by the power of God, having gained the victory over the beast and his image. We overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. Wife and I are praising God for his goodness and love to us. Praise his holy name for the wonderful words of life and truth, that bring such sweet and consoling peace and joy to our souls! God bless all the saints.
From your saved brother and sister in the Lord,
Wm. and E. Fox.
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Rathbone, Mich.
Dear Trumpet Readers: God bless you one and all and help each one to endure faithful until the end. My testimony is that the Lord saves me and keeps me through every trial and temptation that the enemy places before me. O it is good to serve God, because there is more joy and peace than there is in the world. God says he will have a tried people, and if we are “without chastisement where of all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.” God help us to stand firm on the rock Christ and do his will. Bless his holy and righteous name for his great love to us! Pray for me.
Edward Ehl.
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Hastings, Neb.
Dearly Beloved Satnts: We are praising God for complete victory in our souls, that when we were yet down in sin he did ever give us willing hearts to receive the truth. O the Lord is so good to the children of men! I am just determined to serve the Lord. There are but three here that are out in the evening light. We have prayer meeting twice a week. We had our last meeting at the house of a colored family. The Lord does wonderfully fulfill his promises to us; he has said that where two or three are met together in his name, he would be in the midst. Praise the Lord! Pray much for us that we may be able to battle against the powers of darkness in this wicked city.
Yours all on the altar,
S. S. & D. D. VanBuskirk.
Visalia, Cal.
Dear Saints: To night I feel called by the Lord Jesus Christ to write a brief testimony in which I wish to state that I have tasted of the good word of God and of the bliss of redeeming grace, and this tabernacle of day is full of the love of God. I was once a poor forsaken infidel, contending against the word of God, and consequently was drifting my soul to hell, and preparing myself to spend eternity in the dark regions of the damned. But praise God, he sent into our midst Brother J. M. Hudson who was filled with the love and of God, and he through the plain teaching of the word of God brought me to a saving acquaintance with the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, what a great source of peace and satisfaction it is to know that we are born of God! Amen.
Your brother sweetly saved in Jesus,
E. B. Elam.
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Hope, Miss.
Dear Saints of the Lord: May God bless and keep his little ones doing his sweet will. I feel it is my duty to write my testimony that others may know what the dear Lord has done and is still doing for me. He has cleansed me from all sin, and I am kept by his mighty power, through all the trials, troubles and persecutions that we have to go through. I know the dear Lord is my help in every time of need and his promises are sure. He is not slack concerning his promises, as some man count slackness. Over two years ago the Lord showed me what an awful condition I was in. I am so glad the dear Lord has shown me the true light of his gospel. Praise the Lord for lifting me out of the miry clay of sin! I desire the prayers of all God’s people that I may by healed of my infirmities. Yours in the love of Jesus,
Rebecca J. Clark.
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West Monterey, Pa.
Dear Saints: Praise the name of our dear Lord forever and ever! We do thank God to day for the wonderful peace and joy we find in the love of our Savior. We do thank him for coming to us in our pride and vanity, to wash us clean with his precious blood. Oh the wonderful love of Jesus! It is now more than a year since the blessed Master spoke peace to our souls.
It has been a very precious time to us. We are walking in the light as God has revealed it, and mean to love and serve him to the end. We are wonderfully saved from all worldly pleasures. Pray earnestly that we may be kept by his strong and mighty power. There is still a remnant left at this place, praise God!
Your sisters, saved and sanctified,
Effie & Carrie Daubenspeck.
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Abita Sfrings, La.
Dearly Beloved Saints: I feel it is the will of the Lord for me to give my testimony through the Trumpet. I am saved to-day and kept by the mighty power of God. I have been walking in this blessed way of holiness a little over five years, and I know that I have seen more real pleasure in the last five years than I ever saw before. I can say with the psalmist that truly God is good. He is a satisfying portion to my soul, consequently the devil has nothing in his kingdom that my soul desires. Praise the Lord! Oh dear ones, if you want to be happy, keep yourselves unspotted from the world, and just be wholly the Lord’s. Oh it does mean so much to live in perfect harmony with God and his word! But thank God he has promised us grace whereby we may serve him acceptably with reverence and Godly fear. While it means a great deal to live just right. I praise the Lord that we have the promise that he will never leave nor forsake us, but will be a father unto us. Well dear ones, Bro. J. Cole, Bro. W. W. Bradley, and myself are here at work for the Master. This is a new field and we need much help from the Lord. Pray for us.
Your brother in Christ,
W. J. Smith.
OBITUARIES.
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Died, at Chestnut Ridge, Clarion Co., Pa., infant child of S. B. and Amanda Heeter. Was born first day of Feb., 1893. died Feb. 3, 1893. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the Lord. Services by,
S. P. Gilger.
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Sister Lizzie, wife of S. L. Yoder, died in Champaign Co., O., Feb. 9, 1893; aged 23 years and 5 months. She died rejoicing in the Lord, and leaves a husband and four children. Was buried on the 12th. A large number of people gathered to pay their last tribute of friendship. Services by,
B. E. Warren.
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Deerfield, Ind.
Sister Martha Courtney died Feb. 18, 1893; aged 45 years, 11 months, 23 days. She leaves a husband, children and many friends to mourn her loss. May God bless and save the bereaved ones is my prayer. She left a testimony behind that she was going home in peace, also intreated her children and friends to meet her in heaven. Funeral services held at Praise Chapel by
H. C. Wickersham.
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Sister Nettie, wife of Bro. Johnnie McMinamy of Little Osage, Mo., fell asleep in Jesus: aged 30 years, 11 months and 10 days. Sister Nettie had not been long in the service of the Master, but during her illness she made her peace with God. She leaves a husband and two little girls, besides father, mother, brothers and sisters to mourn their loss; all except, the husband unsaved. May God bless the living and help them to be also ready.
R. F. Rapp.
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Kingsley, Mich.
Mrs. Mary I. Sheldon, wife of Geo. W. Shelden of this place, departed this life at the age of 52 years and 16 days. Sister Sheldon was a great sufferer the last few days of her life, but through it all she had a hope that reached beyond this vale of tears. She was a faithful follower of the Lord Jesus. Saw the evils of sectarianism and came out fully on the Lord’s side. May God bless Bro. Sheldon, and give him grace to bear this affliction. The funeral was well attended. The word was given by the writer.
J. J. Nichols.
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Died. Jan. 27, 1893, at the residence of A. Williams, in Columbia, Van Buren Co., Mich., of old age, Samuel Anderson; aged 87 years. Born in Kent Co.. Delaware, 1805. He was the father of four children, three of whom survive him. Elizabeth Williams. Charles and William. He leaves a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Was a professor of religion for many years. A few years ago he embraced the evening light, and at death expressed his readiness to depart and be with the Master. God bless the mourning friends. Funeral at the school house in Columbia. Jan. 29, 1893.
A. B. Palmer.
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Henderson, Pa.
Sister M Aggie M. Armstrong, wife of W. E. Armstrong departed this life Feb. 14, 1893; aged 42 years, 6 months and 27 days. She had not been well for some time but passed away without a struggled he was conscious to the end. She knew she was not to be here on earth long, and spoke comforting words and gentle admonitions to her children. She made a full consecration to God this winter at the meet- at Henderson and said that “all is clear; now I am satisfied and sanctified, praise God!” The text was Psalms 116:15 — “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” There were about four or five hundred people present at her funeral. Services by the writer, God helping us to preach the gospel to the people. Praise his name forever!