15 October 1889, Volume 9, Number 20.

Where Will You Be?

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Where will you be when the trumpet shall sound,
When the dead shall arise from the dust of the ground; (air
When the living are changed and caught up in the
With the Savior, please tell me where will you be. Where?

When Gabriel the mighty archangel shall stand,
One foot on the ocean, the other on the land;
And with voice like a trumpet, o,er land, and o’er sea,
Declare time is no longer. Then where will you be?

Oh, where will you be in that terrible day,
When the heavens and earth shall be passing away;
And the elements melting with horrible heat,
Where, Oh where will you be then, again I repeat?

Will you be with the thoughtless, the giddy, the gay,
Who in wantonness revel by night and by day
With the vile and the vicious, the hardened in crime,
Will you be in such company at such a time?

Will you he at the theatre, opera, dance,
At the card table playing at some game of chance?
Were you summoned to go, with composure and grace

Could you start for Eternity from such a place?

Should the angel of death stand before you to-day,
And say: come with me hence, not a moment’s delay,
For your day of probation is ended and so
Now to Hades your spirit must certainly go.

Will you be in the drinking saloon at that hour,
Where the dragon is holding the balance in pow’r,
And where liquid damnations dealt out by the glass
And to regions infernal you’re offered a pass.

Now these questions are pertinent; ponder them thro
And decide as you would with the judgment in view; (see
When the judge of the living and dead you shall
I ask you with emphasis, WHERE WILL YOU BE?

Selected.

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WHO WILL BE NEXT?

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THE BISHOP OF LONDON ARRAIGNS HIS SECT.

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He Voluntarily Gives Up His Bishopric., His Palace, His Seat in the House of Lords, and an Annual Salary of &10.000 and Professes to devote Himself to the Cause of Suffering Humanity.

WE copy from an Exchange the following synopsis of a sermon delivered by the Bishop of London, and published first in London Justice.

THAT: — “Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Behold the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabbath. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just, and He doth not resist you James 5:1, 4, 5, 6.

FELLOW CITIZENS — The text which I have just read you, and from which I shall preach the last sermon as bishop that I shall ever deliver from this pulpit, is one which is probably as unfamiliar to you on well to-do- people as it is familiar to all those who since it was originally penned, have toiled and suffered for humanity. Although it is read sometimes in the ordinary course of our church service, yet judging by your conduct, your ears have been deaf to its terrible denunciations. From the days when I was an humble curate until now, I I have had a large and varied experience of cathedrals, churches, preachers and sermons, but I have never yet heard a discourse based on these words, and I cannot learn from any of my brother bishops or priests that they have used them, or heard them so used.

… can see by your uneasy demeanor that you are asking yourselves why, on this Christmas day, when, in accordance with custom, I should be preaching smooth things to you, I should be mad enough to offend your susceptibilities by quoting the saying of one of the common people — words written eighteen centuries ago — which might have done very well then, but which cannot be applied to you and your class to-day; you who come here clad in purple and fine linen, who, some of you, live in kings houses, who fare delicately every day, and who consider that you have fulfilled every moral obligation when you have dropped a coin into the collection box before you step into your carriage to be driven to your luxurious home. It is because that I believe not only James, but Jesus Christ himself, if He could stand in my place today, would hurl these words at you with a force and a passion of which we, in the nineteenth century, have but little conception,. Not as a bishop, but as a man I repeat them to you, hardly hoping that they may touch your hearts, but more as a justification for my new and strange position.

For years I have been one of you. My home has been not where Christ’s home was, with the masses, but with the classes. I have an abundance of this worlds goods. I have lived with the fashionable and wealthy, and I have been a dignitary of the church which is the church of the rich, and not the church of the poor. Without a protest I have mixed in society with men and women whom. Christ would have denounced as bitterly as He denounced the Scribes and pharisees. In the house of lords, I have silently sat side by side with whoremongers and adulterers, and silently have I welcomed as my persona friends, high-born women — some of whom I see before me to-day — with whom no decent workingman would allow his wife or daughter to associate.

I have seen among you, spreading like a canker, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life, and instead of reproving you, as Christ would have done, I have taken refuge in generalities, and have not dared to denounce your individual sins. And all this time there has been going on around me, in this huge city and throughout the land, the surging, toiling life of humanity — the sorrow, the suffering, the poverty, the disease, the sin and the shame which I realize but dimly, as something altogether apart from my own existence, out of which, I at last see clearly, you and I have been up to the present time, mostly to blame. We and our class have kept back by fraud the hire of the laborers who have reaped our fields, we have lived in pleasure on the earth and been wanton, we have nourished our own hearts while we have starved the bodies of those to whom we owe the very bread we eat and the clothes we wear, and now we are condemning and killing at our very gates the people whose inarticulate cry is entering into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth whose faithful servants we pretend to be.

My fellow citizens, I know not how it may be with you, but for me this careless, selfish life is ended. Little by little I have awakened to the fact that all my days I have entirely neglected my real duty to my fellow men, and at last I have come to know that my proper place is not here, as a well paid bishop of the church which, in its present condition is utterly opposed to every thing which Christ taught, but among the poor, to whom he declared that the gospel should be preached among the laborers, whose hire we have kept back by fraud.

Too Long have I neglected the miserable social facts of our so-called Christian civilization. Too long have I spoken to you smooth things and cried peace when there was no peace. I have known by repute that there was misery among the people, starvation in our midst, and prostitution upon our streets, but hitherto I have taken these as something for which you and I were not responsible, but which were really due to the inherent wickedness of nature.

But now I have learned that our pleasures and our wantonness have been built upon this hideous foundation, and having learned this — as you may also learn if you will — I have resolved that this Christinas day my new life shall begin. To-day I lay down my robes, I give up my bishopric, my palace and income; I give up my seat in the house of lords; I give up my pleasures of society and of the world, and at last I take my place as MAN among MEN.

It is I know, a hold step that I have taken, but I have fully counted the cost. Resolved no longer to live on the labors of others, I shall probably have to join the great army of the unemployed. Tomorrow I shall attempt to preach my first sermon to them in Trafalgar square from the same text that I have used here to-day, and it is likely I shall pass tomorrow night in a police cell. But there I shall be no worse off than Jesus Christ would be if He attempted to enter this abbey (Westminster) now, for he would be arrested and locked up as a vagabond without visible means of subsistence. To you and your class He would simply be a laborer whose substance you have kept by fraud. To the abolition of this fraud, and to the misery and degradation which result from it, I shall henceforth devote my life. It will be no easy task, not near so easy as being bishop of London, but the reward of a good conscience and of noble work well done, is better far than a palace and ten thousand ($48,000) a year.

In this place I shall probably never speak again. But when freedom shall have opened out her arms and gathered all men into her wide embrace, when justice and truth shall have taken the place of oppression and fraud, some man of the people shall stand in this temple of the dead, and, inspired by the best traditions of the past, the noble aspirations of the present, and the ideal hopes of the future, shall send ringing through these lofty aisles that living Christmas message which, till then can never have its full significance —

“Peace on earth, and good will to men.”

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QUALIFICATION AND DUTIES OP ELDERS AND DEACONS.

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THE qualifications of an Elder are clearly set forth in the following scriptures: —

“A Bishop (or Elder) then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine (or not ready to quarrel and offer wrong as one in wine. Margin); no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity: (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?) not a novice (or one newly come to the faith), lest being lifted up with pride, be fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil.” — 1 Tim. 3:2-7. Another witness is, “If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly; for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just; holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful Word, as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine loth to exort and to convince the gainsayers.” — Titus 1:6-9. “In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. We have shown you the bible qualifications of Elders in the Church of the living God. Notice the vast difference between this, and babylon Elderships. That Bishops and Elders are the same, we refer you to Titus 1-5, in connection with what we have written. The question may arise, “who makes these persons Elders?” “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood.” — Acts 20:28. In the 17th verse of the same chapter he called the Elders, so this language Avas addressed to them; and he tells them that the Holy Ghost had made them overseers. Again in Acts 13:1-3 we read of the prophets and teachers in the Church at Antioch. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said: Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost departed. So we see these men were called and also sent by the Holy Ghost. Some may say: “how were they ordained?” By prayer and laying on of hands by the prophets and teachers; which showed that they recognized the calling of the Holy Ghost. We can clearly see by reference to 1 Cor. 12:18, 28 (which reads as follows) that it is God’s work by His Spirit. “But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body as it hath pleased Him (not man). And God hath set some in the Church, first apostles, secondarily prophets; thirdly teachers;” and so on “And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists and teachers.” What for? “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” — Eph. 4:11, 12. Now we can see by these scriptures that the calling, or choosing of Elders, is of God by His Spirit; and it is necessary that the Church should recognize this calling by ordination as shown by the Word. What, then, are the duties of an elder? In Acts 20:28 Paul says: “feed the Church of God.” Peter says: “feed the flock of God which is among you.” How shall he feed them? “I will take you one of a city and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion; and I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowlege and understanding.” — Jer. 3:14, 15. “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.” — 1 Pet. 5:2, 3. Jesus commanded Peter to feed both the lambs and sheep. The lambs need the sincere milk of the Word, while strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. Another duty is to strengthen the weak, comfort the feebleminded, bring back the straying, teach, entreat, admomish, reprove und rebuke, when necessary, And watch for the safety of the flock, which requires the gift of discerning, that you may know whether a spirit is of God or not; and being apt to teach is having the gift of teaching.

In conclusion, — an Elder must be a wholly sanctified man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, doing all things to the glory of God. Amen. “Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience; and let these also first proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.” This is the qualification of a deacon. And by reference to Acts 6:1-6, we can see the Church chooses them and they were ordained by prayer and laying on of hands by the apostles or eiders. Their duty is caring for the poor, gathering money for Church purposes, teaching, etc.; and should be holy men, full of faith and the Holy Ghost, as Stephen was, Amen.

Elihu Fey, Mier, Ind.

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Decatur, Mich.

Dear Saints: — Grace and peace be unto you. We are still on the Lord’s side, doing His will against great opposition. But in spite of all the enemy may do or say, we are still pressing forward, being filled with the spirit and power of the Holy Ghost. The Lord is with me by day and by night. O how my soul goes out in praise to God for saving me from the sect, and all the traditions of men. The people here at this place seem to be steeped in sectism; teaching for doctrine the commandments of men and rejecting the commandments of God: being “lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.” But praise the Lord, the blessed Holy Spirit is giving some of them some restless moments, and the devil is wonderfully stirred in some of them. Especially one dear old soul who is hanging on to the Lutheran sect. The devil gets full possession of him and causes him to foam out his vile stuff against the saints of God. But none of these things move me, and I rejoice in God to know and feel that I am saved from all the works of the devil. Amen.

Yours saved and sanctified by the blood of Christ.

S. A. Harris.

A TESTIMONY.

Chippawa, Ont.

Beloved Saints Greeting: — I feel impressed to write my testimony for the TRUMPET: of the mighty power of Jesus to save and to keep. I praise God for a full and free salvation, and for the victory over the world, flesh, and the devil and also the beast. Praise the Lord! He is my satisfying portion; in Him I stand complete. He is the way the truth and the life. Neither is there true salvation in any other, nor is there any other name under heaven whereby we can be saved, but b.. the name of Jesus! And the Word says: “He that climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” Although those scriptures are so plain, yet will men attempt to establish a way of their own, when they might know that it will lead them to nothing but mistakes and disappointments in the end. But in meekness we instruct those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. Everywhere can be heard the false cry of peace! peace! when God has never spoken peace to them. And they speak evil of the things they know not. Woe unto them for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward. Clouds they are without water and carried about, of winds, trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots. Such is the condition of the so-called christians here-about. Where is the life and power among them? Ah but these are things of the past, they have become withered branches, and have been cut off. They still have a form of godliness, but deny the life and power. And God says: know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot So then because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Because thou gayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel thee buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eyes salve, that thou mayest see. Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with me.” — Rev. 3:15-20. So then “awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Up and seek the Lord while He may be found.

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C. L. Kaumeyer.

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St. James, Mo.

Dear Saints: — I feel the Lord would have me add my testimony. I praise God for salvation full and free that saves me to the uttermost. I realize that there is a river of peace flowing down through my soul. Praise the Lord! God for Christ’s sake pardoned all my sins, and the atoning blood has been applied to my heart, and makes me whiter than snow. To-day I stand on the solid rock which is Christ Jesus with the real victory in my soul that overcomes all evil. Blessed be His name forever, who giveth us the victory, over the world, flesh, and the devil. I know that God has prepared a place for me beyond this veil of gloom. And when He comes to receive His own, I have washed their robes, and made them white in the precious blood of the Lamb. It is so sweet to trust in Jesus. I have an experience that out-shines the noon-day son, for the Son of righteousness illuminates my whole being which makes me rejoice evermore in my soul. He saves me from every thing that is not of God. It is glorious to stand on the sea of glass having the harps of God, with the victory in our souls over the beast and his image. Hallelujah to God! I feel to praise God for His goodness to me. For saving my soul and keeping me saved to the uttermost all the time. Straight is the gate and narrow is the way, and few there be that find it. I hope that all God’s children are determined to be among the few. I am determined to be true to God at all cost. Your sister saved, sanctified, and under the all-atoning blood.

Rissa Bolds.

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CAMP-MEETING AT CARTHAGE MO.

THE Lord willing, we will hold a camp-meeting with the Church of God at Carthage Mo. October 18th to about the 24th, Let there be a general coming together of preachers and people from every direction. Come prepared to tent if possible, or bring bedding. Address James Pine, Carthage, Mo.

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Augusta, Ga.

Dear Saints: — May God bless you all for Jesus sake, amen. I want to testify to the salvation, which is eternal glory in my soul. I am kept by His mighty power above every thing that the devil can bring against me. I do love this holy way against sin. Your Bro. in Christ.

H. A. Sanford.

GATHERING INTO ONE

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THAT in the dispensation of the fullness of times, He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in Him.” — Eph. 1:10. Also, “And not for that nation only, but that also He should gather in one, the children of God that were scattered abroad.” — Jno. 11:52. This is not a literal gathering together of the people of God, in any one state, terifory, or country, as Joseph Smith (and others) supposed, when He sought a suitable place to set up his dagon which he had whittled out of a mere whim of his mind, being effected by the spirit of antichrist, which spirit always lead men astray from the real truth of the Gospel of peace and oneness of all the people of God. Thank God! All who have the Spirit of truth which shall guide them in the truth, have a true knowledge of what the Bible teaches. This gathering is a spiritual gathering of all the redeemed children of God that are scattered, back into one spirit and one sentiment. When this symmetrical oneness is effected among the living in Jerusalem, through sanctification off the spirit; all shall possess the one and same “Spirit of truth” as in the morning light of the Church, yea! “all shall see eye to eye,’ and also see the Church of God as she is. “That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water, by the Word; that He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.” — Eph. 5:26, 27. They shall also, all speak the same thing, and publish the one Gospel. “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing; and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. —” 1 Cor. 1:10.

“And He said unto them, go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.” — Mark, 16:15. All be of one heart and one soul, “and the multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul.” — Acts, 4:32. Yea, and they shall sit together (or worship together.) “And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” Eph. 2:6. The extent of the oneness of the people of God when gathered together, is found in John, 17:22. “And the glory which Thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.” In the last 1600 years, the people of God have been scattered among the nations, (sects) Yea, and have been driven from mountain, to hill, (from big sect to little sect) but God hath promised, “that in the dispensation of the fullness of times,” or evening tight of the Church, He would gather together in one His people, and that they should possess their former dwellings.

Let us notice the scattering of the people of God.

1st, To where they were scattered. “My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.” — Eze. 34:6. “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” — Joel, 3:2.

2nd, The time of their dispersion. “As a shepherd seeketh out his flock, in the day that He is among His sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.” — Eze. 34:12. “The cloudy and dark day” have reference to the awful apostasy which broke in upon the harmless religion of Jesus Christ, a few years after His death. A. D. 270.

3rd, By whom were they scattered? Ans., “Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, against the pastors that feed my people. Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings saith the Lord.” — Jer. 23:1, 2. “My people hath been lost sheep; their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place,” — Jer. 50:6. The mountains and hills which the prophet makes use of to show the utter dispersion of God’s people, are big and little sects into which God’s people have been deceived. Yea, many have joined sectism thinking it would reform their lives or by so doing they would be saved. Hear what the Lord hath to say to all this. “Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitudes of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.” — Jer. 3:23.

4th The awful treatment which they received while they were scattered.

“Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. My sheep wander through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord; as I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock be came a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock.” — Ezek. 34:3-8.

It is said of the false shepherds, that caused the people to wander out of Zion into sect babylon, and forget their resting place. “For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. They are waxen fat; they shine: yea they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priest bear rule by their means.”

“Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.” — Micah 3:5, 6.

“All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. His watchman are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which never can have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.” — Isa. 56:9-11.

“I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the bands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as So join, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.” — Jer. 23:14.

The gathering of ou’s people out of their scattered condition.

1st The promises.

“For thus saith the Lord God, behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered: so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.” — Ezek. 34:11, 12, 16.

“And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.” — Jer. 23:3, 4

“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.” — Jer. 3:15.

2nd. The manner.

“Behold I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord; and they shall fish them and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mount ain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.” — Jer. 16:16.

“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. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near even at the doors.” — Matt. 24:31-33.

The word angel, both in the Greek and Hebrew languages, signifies a messenger. It denotes office and not the nature of the agent. Therefore the angels that are to be sent forth to gather together God’s elect from the four winds, are His holy ministers. The four winds spoken of are explained in Zech. 2:6, 7.

Let us notice the manner of their preaching and what they have to preach.

The first angel that started out which is spoken of in the 14th ch. of Rev., went flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, “Saying with a loud voice, fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgments is come: and worship Him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of water.” — Rev. 14:6, 7.

The second angel (termed “another”) that followed cried, “Saying, babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city.” — ver. 8. The third angel declared the awful wrath of God against all who will worship the beast (false religion).

“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.” — Rev. 14:9-11.

In the 18th ch., 1 and 2, another angel follows describing the utter corruption of the fallen city.

“And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird.” — Rev. 18:1, 2. Notice immediately after the exposition of babylon’s sinfulness, there came a voice from heaven to all God’s people is her, “Come out of her, my people.” — Rev. 18:4.

“See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh; for if they escaped not, who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from heaven.” — Heb. 12:25.

Jesus said: “My sheep hear my voice.” Again Jesus says: And, I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” “He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad” Any man or set of men who hold up to the people anything else than the Son of God as a means of salvation, and gather into anything else save the Body of Christ (the Church), are not with Jesus but are against Him, and condemned in the Word of God as a.. schismatic; a disperser of God’s people.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be.” — Jno. 12:26.

Being with Jesus implies both a moral state and location with Him.

1st. Moral state. “But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” — 1 Jno. 1:7. “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” — Jno. 8:12.

2nd, Location. “And I looked, and, lo a Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with Him an hundred forty and four thousand, having His Father’s name written in their foreheads.” “The Mount Zion on which Jesus stood, and the one hundred and fortyfour thousand that stood with Him is the Church of God and her subjects. “But

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ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and Church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to Cod the judge of all, and to the spirits of Just men made perfect.” — Heb. 12:22, 23. We shall next notice the location of the Church, and also of sect babylon.

1. Of the Church of God.

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow into it,” — Isa. 2:2.

When the prophet Isaiah made mention of “The Lord’s house” and “The house of the God of Jacob,” he bad reference to the Church of God — “The household of faith.”

“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” — 1 Tim 3:14, 15.

Again we read in Revelation:

“And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, come hither, I will shew thee the Bride, the Lamb’s wife; and he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.” — Rev. 21:9, 10.

2nd. Of sect babylon or the false church. “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness; and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads, and ten horns. And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” — Rev. 17:3, 5.

No wonder that John could behold the beauty and splendor of the Church of God, he was compelled to go into a high mountain; but to see and understand the false church — the mother of harlots, he was carried into the wilderness. Wherefore as the Church of God is an exalted plain — “The mountain of God’s holiness” — and “exalted above the hills” (sects), so the people of God are to be gathered in the present evening light of the Gospel, and sect babylon in the wilderness — of sin and confusion, out of which the people of God are being called and gathered. There must be a means in the plan of redemption by which they can and do receive translation.

O hallelujah to the great Eternal! The most glorious process through which all escape (who hear His voice) out of the dark mist, fog and contusion of sectism, up upon the “Mount Zion” where we are all one, and have the Father’s name written in our foreheads (“all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus” — Gal. 3:26) is found in Eph 2:5, 6 and John 17:22.

“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ; (by grace ye are saved). And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one even as we are one.”

Jesus said: I and my Father are one.” — John 10:30.

We shall continue to give further proof of the place to which the people of God are gathered; of the time also.

1st The place.

“Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.” — Jer. 3:14.

“In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, come and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.” — Jer. 50:4, 5.

“And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” — Isa. 35:10.

2.nd. The time.

“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for

the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: (Read what makes the troublesome times — 2 Tim. 3:1-5, 13.) and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.” — Dan. 12:1.

“For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without seraphim. Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; anil shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.” — Hosea 3:4, 5. Amen!

S. L. Speck,

Grand Junction, Mich.

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NEWS FROM THE FIELD

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St. James, Mo., Oct. 2, 1889.

Dear Saints: — Praise the Lord with us, and let us exalt His name together, for the glorious work that has been wrought here in the name of the Lord. The camp-meeting has closed. It was a precious time, a glorious refreshing from the presence of the Lord. The multitude of dear good souls who were delivered from the gross deceptions of the adversary on our first visit here two years ago, have had much to contend against, and a hard fight to get and keep the victory over the devil. Through the labors of dear Bro. Bolds and family many were strengthened and settled in the Lord, and a great many during this meeting were gloriously delivered, and we trust firmly established, in Christ Jesus, the only rock of salvation. The kind people of St. James did all they could to help on the good work of God. Gave us their fair ground freely, where a very large building seated a great multitude of people who came to hear the Gospel. Wherein also many found lodging place, besides which there were quite a number of tents on the ground. The order was excellent, and attendance large, except when cold wet weather kept many from enjoying the benefit of the meetings. The salvation work was deep and clear, about every soul that came to the altar, either for pardon or entire sanctification, received a powerful witness of the Spirit of God, and was made to arise and shout the high praises of God. In some of the meetings many were made to leap and shout with the pure joys of heaven, which came upon us in showers of blessing. Hallelujah! A number of sinners were converted, many poor backsliders returned with joy to their Father’s house, and nearly all went on to perfection, and received the fulness of Divine grace. In every way the meeting was a glorious success. A great host of saints were present Some came with private conveyances over a hundred miles, and were richly rewarded. The Lord is moving on gloriously in this state. Already a great cloud of witnesses has arisen, and the work is spreading rapidly. Sister Emma Johnson, a very frail little woman of West Plains Mo., has been called into the field to glean for the Master. A few months ago she went to Norwood, Wright Co., and the Lord has wrought mightily there. Four preachers, about all in charge of circuits, have come out of babylon, and a large portion of their flocks with them, and all are ready to go to work for Jesus, free from sect straps, “without the camp,” bearing the reproaches of Christ. One of the number, Bro. W. M. Wilson, was at the meeting, drank the Word eagerly, was baptized, and ordained by the laying on of bands, and returns in the Spirit of Christ, full of zeal to spread the precious evening light. We should be thankful to visit his place before leaving the west, and will do so if the Lord will. Bro. J. and sister Mary Cole, and sister Lodema Kaser, who are laboring together, were at the meeting to work for Jesus. They go 125 miles west to hold some meetings in Polk Co., and expect to meet us again at Carthage or at Windsor, the home of Bro. and Sister Cole. Sister Allie R. Fisher, and Nannie Donnell, and Bro. Willie Fowler, were also at the meeting here, who with sister Kaser and many good singers here made a glorious song force, which carried the people in wonder and admiration. Glory to Jesus for the power of preaching the Gospel by heavenly songs! Sister Fisher and her Co. go about 35 miles southwest to publish salvation to the people, where the unsaved are eager for the true Gospel. Let all the saints pray for them. Missouri is a good field. Large portions of the state are settled with poor people, who are not cursed with the prevailing sin of pride and selfishness of more favored society.

Bro. J. P. Bailey, of Vichey Mo., made a thorough consecration of all to God, and must devote himself to the great work of winning souls for Jesus. O pray God to help him out of encumbering circumstances, that he may be free to obey the heavenly call. Others are moved with the duty of working for the Lord. God bless them with willing and obedient minds to do His holy will.

Quite a number were healed by the Lord during this meeting. Seven were buried with Christ in baptism. On Sat. evening Sept. 28 we had a glorious communion service. The anti-ordinance doctrine of anti-Christ, was held by a few dark and doleful spirits that attended the meeting, who also, adding one delusion to another, deny the personal coming of Christ, the resurrection, and general judgment, and thus take upon their heads the rebuke the apostle Paul gave Hymeneus and Philetus, who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already.” — 2 Tim. 2:17, 18. It seems that God all the more wonderfully poured out His Spirit upon His true children in their obedience to these holy commands of Christ, in the presence of these disputers of the New Testament O it was wonderful and heavenly beyond description! O how precious, how sacred! It seems as though if Christ could have been present in person, with a halo of glory about His divine person, it could not have been more sweet, and His presence more real. O how He does honor those that “follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth.”

The mob forces that showed up so fiendishly two years ago, made no appearance. Some of them have become friends of the cause, and what remain in that murderous spirit had to keep in the dark. “Fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites.” One old preacher whose influence doubtless had something to do with the wicked inspirations of that masked mob, continued to abuse the saints in his preaching, until one Sabbath evening after preaching his usual routine of persecution he went home and at twilight, near his gate dropped down dead. Also, a man living in the vicinity of the meeting two years ago a member of the Baptist sect, told a brother some time before this meeting, that when the meeting got in good progress, he would come and break it up, and it is reported that he actually was working up a mob but his child got a bean in its wind-pipe, and died during the meeting, which put a stop to that wicked man’s mobbing the camp. O that the ungodly who so Late the righteous, may take warning, and cease to fight against God. The proprietors of the fairground have already expressed themselves willing for the saints to use it next year again. Amen!

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Donnesville, Ohio.

Dear Brethren: — At the close of the Sidney meeting, we went to New Hampshire, Ohio, in company with Bro. and sister Bolds; Bro. and sister Cole, Bro. Howard and others, to attend the grove- meeting at that place. We found the hosts of Gog and Magog in array against the truth of God at that place; but as the unadulterated truth was preached to the people by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven, it reached the hearts of a few honest souls who came to the Lord and were saved. Upon the last day of the meeting, we went to the river where a number of saints followed Christ in baptism. The following evening the ordinance of feet-washing and the Lord’s supper were observed in the grove. About 20 saints participated. The day following we took leave of the Church at that place and came to Springfield, Ohio, where we held a ten days meeting, part of the time in a beautiful grove which the saints had procured for that purpose, and partly in private houses. During this meeting there were about four souls converted and seven sanctified. Near the close of the meeting 5 dear saints were buried with Christ in baptism. Also a very precious ordinance meeting was held at sister Downs house. After meeting closed Bro. and sister Cole and sister Kaser started west for St. James, Mo., while Bro. Bolds and I remain in Ohio. Pray for us all ye saints. Your saved Bro,

Wm. G. Schell.

Payne, Ohio. Sept. 24, ’89.

Dear Brethren: — We have just returned home after an absence of about one month, during which time we were engaged in the rescue of poor lost souls; laboring in the name of Jesus, in meetings as follows: leaving home about the 20th of Aug., in company with our dear beloved Bro. G. Shimer, who accompanied us as far as Kenton Ohio, where sister Shimer had been visiting some friends for a few days. We stopped there a short time and then continued our journey eastward alone to Marion Co. Ohio., where we began a meeting in the name and strength of king Jesus, a few miles north and east of LaRue. We found this country a desolate place. Babylon here of a truth is a barren, desolate wilderness, with all her pleasant places dried up. The people are least concerned about their souls, at that place, of any where we have been for a long time. The congregations were small at first, but increased as the meeting continued, and also the interest in the hearts of the people, increased to the end. No one saved, several hands up for prayer and we believe if the meeting could have been continued, some souls would have been saved. I think the Lord will be pleased to send some one there in the future, to gather the harvest. The Lord bless our dear Bro. and sister Kerr, with whom we made our home during our stay at that place, and use them to hold up the truth to the people. From here we took train for the meeting near Sidney Ohio, where we arrived in good time, and was met at the station by a Bro. in the flesh and conveyed to the place. I pray God to bless and save him for Jesus sake. Here we met with our dear family which had arrived a few hours before us. We also met our dear Bro’s Schell, Bolds, J. Cole and sister Mary Cole who were used of the Lord wonderfully in preaching the Word. The meeting ended with victory on the Lord’s side. Several were saved. During the meeting there were 2 cases of casting out devils. Among those saved was Bro. George Howard, for which I do praise God. From here we went to New Hampshire and labored through the meeting, the same workers present, with a few of those saved in the Sidney meeting. Several consecrations were made in the New Hampshire meeting. From here we returned to Sidney, had a few meetings and returned home, We expected to be at the Melrose meeting, but were unable to reach it in time. We are home ready to rush to the battle wherever He leads. We expect to go into the field again soon. For nearly two years we have felt that the Lord was moving us to go south, into Kentucky, Va., and Tenn. and expect to do so as soon as the Lord opens the way. His will be done. Let all the saints pray for us. Your free Bro. and sister saved just now with a holy zeal for the cause of God, and all truth, and a mighty vehemence against the devil, and all his works.

N. J. & J. N. Howard.

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Crowland, Ont.

Dear Saints: — Grace be with all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen!

It has been a long time since I have written a report of the work of the Lord. The glorious work has been moving on. The Lord has been keeping me saved to the uttermost.

After enjoying a very precious time at the Red Lion camp-meeting, Bro. Evans, my wife and family, came to Welland, Ont., where we were rejoiced to meet so many of the saints. This was a tabernacle or grove meeting, and lasted over two Sabbaths. There were several came to the altar, and some were made clear, while some seemed to come short of a real thorough breaking up that God requires. “A broken and a contrite heart thou wilt not despise, O God.”

On the last evening of the meeting we were all made happy in obeying our blessed Lord in washing the saints feet, and commemorating the Lord’s death, until He comes,

From Welland we went to Chippawa, three miles above Niagara Falls, on the Niagara river, where the brethren had seemed the Burning Spring grove; where we held meeting one week. There were several presented themselves to the Lord; sister McClive was reclaimed. Bro. Jas. Durham escaped out, of babylon at this place. Preacher Ervine thought to do us much harm, by trying to prejudice Bro. Kaumeyer’s family against us; but the Lord overruled it to God’s glory in turning their minds toward us, in taking us into their house; and their hearts were greatly drawn toward the Lord. I trust they will all be fully saved yet. God bless the Kaumeyer family, and encourage Bro. Chris, and Bro. George in their work on the childrens paper, which is so much needed in all families of the saints.

When we entered the town of Ohippawa, the people were full of prejudice, so that but very few would come out to the meetings at first; but when we left it had cleared away, and there were many warm friends to the cause; and I think there can be a good work done there in the future.

Bro. Moore came after us, and brought us over to Crowland, where we are now laboring.

G. T. Clayton.

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Grand Junction, Mich.

MAY the richest of God’s blessings rest upon all of His children everywhere.

I wish to report a little of the opening and work of God that I neglected to write while at Xenia, Ind. tome came for us, and I, with the dear saints, went about eight miles south-west to Walnut Grove; a place where I used to preach while in the W. M. sect. We showed the holiness of the Bible, what it was, and what it does in unifying us. Sunday forenoon I was led to show up babylon, and the Church of God. Some could hardly endure it, but they professed sanctification and of course could not reject. In the afternoon God gave us a bible reading, on Zion and her glorious privileges, and was followed with a sweeping victory for God. Several expressed themselves that it was the right way; and Quakers, U. B’s, W. M. and Evangelical said they would walk in the light. It was a grand victory for God. One old Quaker that got us to go there, said we preached all the Quaker hairs out of his head. Now about Sweetser, and surrounding country for miles, is an open field for some Holy Ghost laborer. I feel very much myself like going to that field, and if God opens the way I am willing. Several calls for meeting in different places. May God send some one in there, Bro’s. Bragg are all afire for the work, and are wonderful helps in the meetings. Glory to God!

Since the Assembly Cod has used me here as follows; at Bangor two nights, God had to draw the line for the saints to stand separate from all delusions. Then to Bro. Smiths, near Grand Junction, from Friday till over Sunday; which was a wonderful time. The Saints being full of fire the work moved on. Several consecrations, and the dear ones established more in the truth. Glory to Jesus!

Thence we went to Cheshire, where we found the devil had done some of his terrible work. From the first God put it on us to score and hew with the awful Word. We were there three nights and feel that God will use the Word to accomplish much good there, and the dear ones will keep out of the works of the devil and prefer others before themselves. Instead of amening the Word off on to others, take it home to themselves and square up, or the spirit of judgment may take hold of them. Two consecrations there.

Then and last, we preached at Columbia, one mile east of Grand Junction, Saturday night and Sunday, with one consecration.

Glory to God! for the privilege of being in Mich., and with the Trumpet family. It will long be stamped upon my memory. I never felt I was more in the order of God than here in Mich. Hallelujah! May the richest of Heavens blessings abide with the dear ones in Mich. I wish to say, I have been about the Trumpet Office considerable, and saw. something of the responsibility upon them. They have printed many thousand free tracts, for free distribution; but dear ones when you send for them, if possible, send postage if no more, and as much more as you can afford, so as to furnish the Gospel more abundantly to the poor. It cost considerable to print and prepare them. Let God’s people help to bear it.

I am your Bro. sanctified to the Master’s use. Amen!

G. R. Achor.

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OBITUARIES.

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Six Points, Ohio.

ON the 23rd of August, 1889, Francis Ray, infant son of Bro. Geo. and sister Alvira Henry was taken from this earth to be with the Lord, “for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Age 10 months.)

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ON the 30th of August Amza Musser, infant son of Bro’. Wm. and sister Rebecca Musser died, age 11 mo. 23 days.

We weep not as those who have no hope, for we know that their angels are ministering spirits.

Philip Spackey.

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Correspondence.

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Langdon, Kan.

Dear Brethren: — I praise God for His tender mercy and loving kindness, toward me and my family. We are led to trust he good Lord every day. The more I meditate on the works of the Lord, the more I feel His love in my heart. Praise the Lord forevermore. Hallelujah to His name, He has set me free, and my wife too; my wife was brought down with the typhoid fever last Friday, just five days ago; Tuesday night, while the fever was raging, both of us went to plead with the Lord to restore her to health, if it was His will. She received the evidence that the Lord was going to heal her, and it is evident that the Lord has stopped the fever, and she is now recovering fast. Praise the Lord We prayed the Lord that He would show the sects, and the blind leaders of the blind, that the Lord was ready to heal the sick, if they have faith in Him, just as well as in the time of the apostles. O it is sweet to rest in Jesus. He keeps us every day. These blessings are hidden from the wise and revealed unto the foolish. We are glad to know that the pure in heart shall see God. Praise His holy name.

Nicholas Dittmor.

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Plum, Pa.

Dear Saints: — I feel led by the Lord to write my testimony for Jesus’ sake.

Praise the Lord I am saved just now by a second work of grace, and am kept by the power of God, free from all sin. I praise God for free salvation and pure holiness. I know by His Spirit that I have been redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus, and am walking in the light as He is in the light. Glory to His name forever! I bless God that I was led by His Spirit to follow my Savior in keeping all His commandments. Jesus is my satisfying portion, praise the Lord. I am dead to the world and its pleasures, but alive in Christ. I am free from all sects, and to-day finds me praising God. It was through the labors of Bro’s Perrine and Griggs that I was led to lay my all on the altar and get saved. To-day I can say I have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. I am sweetly resting in Jesus.

Your sister in Christ,

Harriet H. Morse.

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Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Dear Saints: — I do thank and praise the Lord that He has led me to write my testimony. The good Lord says: He chastiseth whom soever He loveth. I know He has been chastising me; and the devil has been trying me hard. Glory be to God! I realize I have the victory over the devil. This morning I know that I am sweetly saved in Jesus. He healed me of the chills. Oh how I do praise His holy name for His healing streams that flow so freely. I have fellowship with my dear Jesus; and I know He is able to heal my sweet little babe; and I want all the saints to pray for her that she may be healed, and that the Lord may make me wise unto salvation at all times, and keep low down at the feet of Jesus.

I am your sister saved and sanctified and kept by the mighty power of God until salvation. Pray for me.

Edna Brown.

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Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Dearly Beloved Saints: — I feel led to write my testimony to the Gospel Trumpet. I do praise the Lord for a full and free salvation that keeps me saved all the time, by me trusting in Him. Glory be to His holy name! I find Him a sufficient help in every time of need. I can say that I am still saved; both justified, and sanctified, and kept by the mighty power of God through faith unto salvation. I do thank and praise God that I ever heard the true Gospel preached in power, without any respect of persons. I do feel the blessed holy fire in my soul this evening as I write. Four years ago the Lord pardoned all my sins, and I lived an up and down hill life, sinning and repenting, until last June the Lord showed me my duty that there was another work for me to do, and I got down at the altar and the saints of God around me, and I consecrated my will into God’s will, and I received the witness of the sanctifying grace of God shed abroad in my heart. I do praise God for His wonderful love, and what he has done for me and my family. I have had a few chills since I was sanctified; but praise the Lord! when I came to Him He healed my affliction; and I give Him all the glory.

Pray for me and my family.

Thomas Brown.

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Fulton Ill.

Dear Saints: — I praise God for a full and free salvation. The Lord saved my soul from sin, and cleansed me from all unrighteousness. O praise God! He is waiting to forgive our sins as soon as we are willing. I do just praise God for sending Bro. Warner to this place. It seemed as if the devil just tried to exert all his power to prevent the people from getting saved. But praise God, I was saved in spite of the devil. Some of the sinners would not heed the calling of God. “Repent ye therefore, for the kingdom of God is at hand.’’ O sinner, salvation is worth having. “Verily, verily I say unto you, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Praise God for His precious Word. “Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.” — Jno. 15:14.

I remain your sister saved and sanctified. Amen.

Mabel Walkup.

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Pittsville Pa.

Dear Brethren: — Grace, mercy, and peace abide with you always, amen. I feel led of the Lord to write my testimony concerning my soul. It is now over two years since I heard the doctrine of true holiness; since which time I have been trying to serve the Lord the best I knew. There was some time that I did not enjoy myself as well as I had in the past, but during the camp-meeting I felt led of the Lord to consecrate, and did, from which time the Lord has wonderfully blessed me. And my full determination is to serve the Lord, let come what will.

Pray for me that I may stand firm in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made me free, and also pray for my companion, who was once enlightened, but has now wandered away into former sins.

Your sister in the Lord, saved and sanctified.

Luella Farren.

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Nevada Mo.

Dear Saints: — I am still saved and sanctified. I know that holiness is a Bible doctrine. I know too that these light afflictions work out a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Our God says: “count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.” He did not say we should go into temptation, but we are commanded to go not into the way of temptation. God does not obligate Himself to keep us only as we keep His commandments.

May God’s blessing attend all His little ones.

R. F. Rapp.

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Bangor, Mich.

Dear Saints: — Glory be to Jesus for salvation full and free, that saves me just now from all sin, inherited and committed. I do praise God that He enables me to walk before him “perfect, entire, wanting nothing, praise His dear name! For I do feel that these are perilous times indeed, and that I, with all the rest of God’s children should stand straight for God.

Your Bro. saved and sanctified, ready to be revealed in the last day.

J. L. June.

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St. James. Mo.

Dear Brethren: — I praise the Lord this evening for salvation that saves me from all sin. Praise the Lord! I do praise God for an experience that measures to the Word of God. Glory to Jesus! I know this evening that the blood of Jesus Christ does cleanse me from all sin and the very God of peace sanctifies me wholly. I praise Him for this high way of Holiness, and for the blessed Word we have to go by. I know it is truth that His Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my pathway. When I was about fourteen the Lord pardoned my sins, and sanctified me wholly. I went on and served the Lord about two years; the powers of darkness being so groat, I gave way under them, and then lived in sin about three months serving the enemy of my soul. Then by His visiting power I turned to the Lord and He saved my soul. Praise the Lord! I know this evening I have the sweet peace like a river flowing in my soul. And I am determined by the grace of God to stand true. Praise the Lord.

Your sister under the blood.

Amanda Carter.

St. James, Mo.

Dearly Beloved Saints: — Grace and peace be multiplied from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ: Amen.

I believe it is to the glory of God, that I write a few lines for the TRUMPET; as I have been, traveling some in the past few months in the work of the Lord, and have not written for some time. I am now at home, near St. James, Mo., have been, in Ill. and Ind. was with brother Bolds and family, part of the time, and some of the time with Bro. Otto Bolds and companion. We had some glorious times in the Lord. Praise His name forever! He gave us precious souls for our hire. Glory to Jesus! We also labored awhile with our hands and the Lord was with us, and blessed us abudantly with glory and victory in our souls continually. Hallelujah! His grace proved sufficient in every trial and temptation, and the Lord Himself who is our great physician, kept us in perfect health bodily; and His precious blood kept us pure in His sight. Hallelujah! We were permitted also through the goodness of God, to meet with the dear saints at Beaver Dam, Ind., which was a precious meeting to our souls. Bless God! Our hearts were made to leap within us, when we met with those whom we had seen a year ago, still saved and filled with the Holy Ghost and fire, and on the forward move for God. Hallelujah! The power of God was wonderfully manifest during the entire meeting, after which Bro. Bolds and family and myself started for St. James, Mo., reaching home Aug. 31st, where I had not been for more than eight months; and though our hearts were made to rejoice when we met with father mother, sister and brother again this side of eternity. It pays to be a christian under all circumstances. I realize that I am consecrated to do the blessed will of God. I am willing and ready to go anywhere or stay at home. I am going to live to please God, and work for the salvation of precious souls. Pray for me that I may ever be found faithful, doing my whole duty.

Your free Bro. saved, sanctified and kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed. Amen.

Thomas Carter.

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Welland, Ont.

Dear Saints: — Praise the Lord this morning for salvation. How sweet to know He sets me free, and perfects that concerning me.

We have a meeting at my house in Welland every Thursday evening and Sabbath afternoon. At night we go out about two miles to hold meetings. God is with us, for we are not as many which corrupt the Word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God; in the sight of God speak we in Christ. During the past week, our souls have been wonderfully blessed. Dear Bro’s. Clayton and Evans commenced meeting on Aug. 31st. On Aug 8th, we had a precious day. The saints from the surrounding country came in, and our hearts were enlarged; we did indeed flow together as two drops of water or as two torches coming together make one flame. Paul said: I beseech you brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you: but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — 1 Cor. 1:10. How simple this is to one who is spiritual, who hath known the mind of the Lord, but we have the mine of Christ. — 1 Cor. 2:16. The Lord helped Bro. Clayton to rightly divide the Word of truth. And if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth. — Jer. 15:19. Oh may God bless these dear brethren, and give them many souls. There is a great deal of prejudice against God’s little ones here, and much shoddy holiness. May God Help us to stand up tor the truth, as it is in Jesus. I love the truth, it sets me free. At night we followed the Lord in the ordi-dinance of feet-washing and the Lord’s supper. Oh how the Lord did bless our souls, filling us with the fullness of God, giving us the victory over the world, flesh, and the devil, and over the beast. Glory to His name! Four came out and claimed sanctification. May the Lord keep them true. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, for the Lord thy God bringeth thee unto a good land: a land of brooks and water, of fountain and depth that springeth from valleys and hills: a land of wheat and Barley, of vines and fig trees and pome-granites, a land of Oil Olive and honey; a land where thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it. a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art full, then shalt bless thy God for the good land which He hath given thee”. — Deut. 8:6-10. “Wherefore be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is, and be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. — Eph. 5:17-19. Thank God I am out of babylon.

Dear saints pray for me that I may be kept in the sweet pure love of God; for without it we are as suonding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. Your Bro. and sister in Christ.

John & Sarah Peach.

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Briceton, Ohio.

Dear Trumpet Readers: — I praise God this afternoon, that I am all given up to God. Glory to God and the Lamb! I do praise God for what He has done for me; He has so wonderfully saved me from all sin, and gives me complete victory over all the works of satan. Yes, praise God! I know the Lord has taken me out of babylon, and the best of all He has taken babylon out of me. Glory to God for such a cleansing. Praise God for the bread of life, and for the perfect fellowship with His true saints, and to know the Father has placed me in the body as it hath pleased Him. The Lord permitted me to go to the Melrose Camp-meeting and hear Bro. Palmer preach the straight Word with the Holy Ghost sent down from Heaven. Oh how God did help him to explain the Word to the people. The sects could not help but see their awful condition. Your saved and sanctified sister.

A. C. Sprague.

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Union Town, Md.

Dear Saints: — I feel impressed to give a little of my experience for the TRUMPET and the glory of God. I can say with a believing heart that I am save! and wholly sanctified; to the Lord be all the glory. I praise the Lord this morning for His saving grace that keeps me from all sin. The Word of God says: 2 Cor. 6:14. “Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers but come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord,” and if we obey the Lord’s commandments, we have the promise that He will be a father to us, and we shall be His sons and slaughters. I praise God that my eyes have been opened, to see the truth, and that I have been through the grace of God able to walk in the light He gives me on His Word. It brought me from sect babylon to the marvelous light of Jesus Christ, where I rejoice this morning in perfect freedom. I first belonged to the Episcopal Methodists sect, but I saw they were not right; I then joined the church of God, (so called) they said they took the Word of God for their guide, but I learned different when I became acquainted with the Gospel light and have a living witness in my soul. O praise God for a pure salvation! I am the only one in this place out clear for God; the rest belong to sect babylon. I was brought into the light through my dear cousin J. W. Senseney’s letters. I received one a week, on instantaneous sanctification. I had always believed in sanctification as a progressive work obtained through obedience to the three standing ordinances, baptism, feet washing, and the Lord’s supper; and becoming perfect in death. ..l saw that he was right and I was wrong. I began to search the scriptures daily. I saw plainly but I knew not how to obtain the blessing until I read Rom. 12:1, 2. Then I presented my body a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God which was my reasonable service, not being conformed to this world, but being transformed by the renewing of my mind. Then I proved what was that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God even my sanctification. — 1 Thess. 4:3. Now I am free; for whom the Son makes free is free indeed. Now I am trusting in God to choose out my changes in life for me. I have no place to go to meeting, I stay at home and write, and read my Bible and the dear GOSPEL TRUMPET. They are my preachers. I am hungry for hearing true straight preaching. Particularly since I heard dear Bro. Evan’s. I would love to spend the winter with the dear saints at their good meetings if I had the means to travel with. I am the Lord’s, His will be done. He will provide. I want all the dear saints to pray for me.

Your sister fully saved.

Mary A Creager.

Augusta, Ga.

Dear Trumpet Readers: — I praise the Lord for a clean heart. I rejoice to tell you, dear saints, of what the Living God has done for me, whereof I am glad. O, I understand what Paul means by saying “as many as are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.” I praise His holy name for the leadings of His Spirit. This summer I intended to be at the camp-meeting that was held July 21, but it seemed as if the Lord had me to go elsewhere this time. So He sent me again to the dark swamps of S. C., at which place I worked for the Lord three weeks, and had complete victory on the Lord’s side. He made my father and one of my sisters to rejoice with me in the blessing of sanctification. I can never thank the Lord enough for His mighty keeping power. Just after I returned home, the Lord sent Bro. H. A. Sanford to the same place, where he planted a little company of fire persons.

I ask all the saints to pray much for met that I may be kept low at the feet of Jesus.

Jane Williams.

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Covington, Ohio.

Dear Saints: — I feel led of the Lord to tell what the Lord has done for me. I was a strict Roman Catholic for 25 years, but this spring I was led to read the Bible, and thank God, I found a better way to serve Him, praise His name forever! I moved to Covington and was converted, and O, what great blessings I have every day and hour. I have received some TRUMPETS from C. Crampton and read them, and O how I was blessed in reading them. My heart is filled with the love of God, and O, how I do thank Him for free salvation! Oh, how I do praise His holy name for the faith I have in my blessed Master! My heart is free from all idols of the world, and I am serving God with all my heart and strength. Oh, praise His holy name forever! My prayer is that all the TRUMPET readers may be blessed as abundantly in reading it as I have been. Oh glory bo to God for His grace. I would like to be near some of the dear saints, that we might mingle our voices together in the worship of God, I belong to the true Church of God, the only true one that there is. Pray for me, dear saints.

Your sister in Christ,

Mary C. Runnels,

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Rising Sun, Ohio,

Dear Saints: — The Lord bless you all is my daily prayer. I praise God this morning for salvation, the Lord is so very good to me; He keeps me every moment of my life. Praise His name! O glory to God, I feel the holy fire in my soul just now, I praise God for the sweet and holy fellowship of the dear saints of God. O praise God for the holy oneness that exists among the truly sanctified. If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. O praise God for the precious Word of God, I do love it so much and to obey its teachings. Dear saints pray for me that the Lord may keep me humble at His feet. Your Bro. sanctified and kept.

Jacob Roush.

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Kingsley, Mich.

Dear Brethren: — I feel like writing my testimony this afternoon. Jesus saves and keeps me by his mighty power. Oh I do Praise His holy name for the way He leads me. I Praise Him for opening my blind eyes that I might see. I Praise Him for marking out the way and making it plain, Paul said: for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. Now if God’s ministers would come in the spirit of a dear crucified Saviour, they would not drive souls away but would win them to Christ and God’s cause would prosper better in these last days than it does; but the scriptures must be fulfilled; the cold come-outer must have his course, and decieve if it were possible the very elect, but when Christ comes he will find faith on earth and so we will trust Him, and praise Him, and keep looking for His glorious appearing in clouds of glory with all His holy angels with Him, and we that remain shall be caught up to meet Him in the air O I do praise God for this great salvation; this peace like a river that runs deep and smooth. Your Brother saved and under the blood

G. W. Sheldon.

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