16 March 1893, Volume 13, Number 11.
The Soul Redeemed.
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’Tis peace and happiness to know,
The blood of Christ, the crimson flow,
Has cleansed and made me free from sin —
’Tis untold joy and peace within.
Our Savior thrust the veil aside
That we might with the Lord abide,
And live in heaven while here below,
And rescue souls from sin and woe.
Blessed liberty that Christ bestows,
That none but souls redeemed can know.
With holy unction from above,
We’ll tell the lost of Jesus’ love.
Thou “Risen Christ,” how sweet Thy name!
It was for me that thou was slain;
My all, dear Lord, I give to Thee;
Not much, but all, I give it free.
My time, my talent and my all,
Are thine, and ready at Thy call,
To do Thy bidding day by day
While traveling on the King’s highway.
My life shall for the Lord be spent,
And winning souls be my intent.
When in the kingdom I shall come,
I’ll hear my Savior say, “Well done!”
Miss Flora M. Gates.
Arkansas City, Kan.
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THE TRUE CHURCH REVEALED.
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One day while meditating on the meaning of Rev. 18:3, these thoughts passed through my mind: that it meant the Church of Rome and Protestantism. They are surely practicing the abominations this verse speaks of. The 4th verse, “Come out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” A plain command for every true child of God to come out of sectism. 5th verse, ”For her sins have reached unto heaven and God hath remembered her iniquities.” 6th verse, “Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works.” Those who have escaped out of “Babylon” (confusion, sectism), “Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth,” shall reward her even as she rewarded them. 7th verse, “For she saith in her heart, I sit a queen and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.” Why is she no widow? She never was married to Christ, and is not the church he set up, neither are any of her daughters, down to the present day. She has over six hundred sect daughters, so there are also over six hundred jewels in the pope’s crown. Sects have been divided and subdivided, keeping God’s children from knowing the true body of Christ, which is his church. One in him, he being the head. The pattern is in the New Testament. It does not need man-made creeds or doctrines. God inspires his own preachers, and they set the church in order, as his Holy Spirit and the word dictate, not man’s opinions. Something like these thoughts went through my mind very plain.
I began to wonder if the sect I was in was doing the same things as spoken of in Rev. 17:4, (abominations) teaching only part of the commandments and construing the word to suit their own peculiar doctrine. Psa. 106:39. Fairs, festivals, cantatas, etc. The latter, they have to make a scriptural impression on the people, using them in place of trusting the Holy Spirit to do the work. This is Babylon confusion as God revealed it to me. They baptize infants and sinners by sprinkling, which is not the baptism our Lord instituted. It is by immersion, but “not for washing away of our sins, but the answer of a good conscience toward God.” 1 Pet. 3:21; and to be buried with him by baptism into death. Rom. 6:4. Sinners and saints take the Lord’s supper together. Does God’s church allow such a mixture? By no means. He adds such as should be saved by being born again, and then sanctified. When a man sins, he falls from grace and the church, and must come back through repentance, and God takes him back into his church. 1 Cor. 5:9-11. Sinners have no right to eat at the Lord’s table in any assembly of the true saints; it may do in the sects, but not in God’s church. The baptism is for believers only. Acts 8:12.
Next, feet-washing is disregarded, which is an ordinance commanded by our Lord. Then a hireling preaches for pay, sets his price and takes it from the poor as well as the rich. Live deliciously. Hab. 1:15-17. They speak intellectual words with no Spirit in them. They lord it over God’s heritage. They give man’s opinions, instead of the word of God. God does not care for man’s opinions.
Now I will tell how I got out of Babylon (confusion). One day God put it on my heart that the call of Rev. 18:4; 2 Cor. 6:17, meant for true believers to come out of sects. I said, “Lord when you put the ‘come out’ on my heart, and burn it in by thy Holy Spirit, so that I can understand what it means, I will come out. I will leave it with you at your own good time to do it.” A few days after, I felt I was called to my room for something. When I got there, the Lord said, “Take your Bible.” I did so, and it opened to 2 Cor. 6:17, 18. Across the 17th verse God wrote Babylon (confusion), by his Spirit, gave me the proper understanding of the verse, that sects are not of God, nor are their creeds and doctrines after his pattern or church. So a true believer is unequally yoked together with unbelievers in the sects. 2 Cor. 6:14-16 will show this to be true. So I said, “Lord open the way, give the order how to proceed.” I soon saw I had some little duties to perform first. I did them, and said, Now good Lord, is the time I want to come out. “Go,” seemed to sound in my ears and heart. I started for the sect preacher’s house. Now the devil commenced his threats. “You will lose all your friends and they will persecute you.” “It makes no difference, Satan, if I do lose them,I will obey God, not you nor them. “He put a man- fearing spirit on me, but of no use. I said, “Lord give me a sweet spirit, and I will know you are still guiding me.” He did so. I went and got a church letter, told the preacher I belonged to God and him only, not to any sect. He asked me where I was going. I told him I was going wherever the Lord chose to send me. That night I chose three of the best places in the city and said, Lord if it is your will tell me which one to go to. The three were the Holiness church or Association sect, Salvation Army, and Hervey and Stephen’s meeting, corner of Broadway and Temple streets. “Now to-night, Lord, please reveal by vision or some way, which of these, if any, you send me to.” At or near three or four o’clock I got it in a vision, and when I saw it meant something, I cried out, “Oh good Lord, why cannot you give me the interpretation of this, like you did Daniel of old? You revealed dreams and visions to him, why cannot you reveal this to a poor fellow like me?” There came a voice saying, “I will reveal it to you by breakfast time.” I will first give the vision. I seemed to be sitting in an open place reading a book. Suddenly rose up before my eyes a corps of Salvation Army folks on a platform. Their flag was lifted up in the center, a girl on the left and two men on the right, beating the bass and snare drums. The large bass drum was above the man’s head, so she had to reach up to beat it. The snare drummer had his attached to his body by a belt. Still farther on the right was a very large barrel, also elevated above the platform. While I was gazing up at them in mid-air, I waved at them, but they did not notice me. They were too busy showing themselves off. Some one spoke near by and said, “That girl is just going up in that balloon to show her bravery.” I looked at her countenance and there was no holy, spiritual look on her face, more like a worldly girl going up to show off sure enough. The platform now seemed changed to a balloon. I thought they looked very brave; that seemed to be their whole aim, to look brave and make a big show. Men were beating drums very hard, making a big noise. They now began to move from south to east, about one hundred feet above the ground. Their balloon platform had a lever to lower or elevate it at their will, having a pole with notches in it, to hold the cross-bar or lever. Some one said in a cool command, “Raise it up one notch.” I said in my mind, I will see how high they can go up on one notch. After examining and making some calculations, I concluded they had not notches enough to take them to heaven, as there were as many notches below as they had above the bar, so they could not go up any higher above than the same number as they had below. They moved over where I sat; I tried to look up and see the inmates, but could not for a few moments. There seemed to be about them and myself a. circle of meeting houses. They sailed off over them toward the west. I supposed they intended to take a trip to China over the ocean. I also was in a similar balloon or platform, and a friend with me. I said to him, “Can’t we raise ours up higher, so as to see them sail off.” The circle of houses hid us from seeing them go away. He remarked that this balloon or craft belonged to a man, and he would not allow us to rise above the circle of houses, for fear we would sail out over the ocean, and lose his craft. So we sailed around in the circle till I got tired, and I got out and walked away satisfied. I had all I wanted of the sect craft ride.
I awoke astonished at the vision and began to ask God what it all meant, as I felt a deep sense in my own soul it meant something, as it was not an ordinary dream of my head. This certainly means something for my good. Lord, reveal to me the meaning of this as you did Daniel’s vision. The voice came, You shall have the interpretation by breakfast time. So when I sat down to eat that morning, the interpretation came. The first sentence however did not come welcome to my mind, as I thought a good deal of the army, and the other two places I had picked out. This is the interpretation. The army is a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. A little better than the sects, but they came down from their professed aim of saving souls to make a big show and loud noise. They think more of their organization, their flag, creed and rules than they do of Jesus. They sing of army and flag more than of Jesus. The barrel is the wine of the wrath of her fornications and sects included. You can find the explanation in Revelations. So to a great extent they are deceived like the creed-bound sects of confusion, and by their traditions they make the word of God of none effect, as Jesus accused the pharisees. Look in the four gospels. The people cannot bear nor keep them, neither do they keep them themselves. They dictate your testimony in the sect, and you cannot sail any higher than they do. They are priest-ridden, governed by one man power and not of God. You have to disobey God, to obey their rules, creeds, laws and mandates. They want to keep the members under and rule over them, the same as Romanism. God says their faith only goes as high as their steeple houses. He will not give the gifts of his Spirit to profit by, such as gifts of healing, casting out devils, interpretation of prophecies, discerning of spirits, etc, only to true believers, and they must come out of sects or wither and die.
Praise God I said, I belong to him and him only. Now Lord where shall I go, I see you will not allow me to go to any of these three I picked out, or any of the sects; where do you want me to go? The Lord said to me, “You have heard that Bro. Hatch, a blacksmith, is called out and will rent a hall, and there the pattern of the true church shall be started.” Praise God! It was a grand lesson for me. Now I am free; I belong to no man’s institutions. Shortly after that I was at the meeting of the church of God, and by three clear tests, God showed me that this is his own church and people, and I am established in the true church of our God. I belong to God and him only. I do praise God for this blessed freedom. His yoke is easy, sure enough. The three tests were these: after I went to the meeting I said, Lord if this is the true church after your order, send in three souls to be prayed for to day. I felt led to pray for a person sitting in the middle of the room, to be convicted. That person jumped up and ran out of the hall. I said, Lord bring that person back in again. After a few moments they came back and sat down in the same place. The Lord directed me to go the penitent form and pray for that person to come forward and be saved. They immediately came forward and knelt down 4 P. M. Sunday. At 8 P. M. the Lord led me again to go to the form and pray. I went and got in earnest prayer. The Lord led me to cry aloud and spare not. A young lady got up and came forward and was sanctified. I knew in the Spirit some one was there before I opened my eyes. Then I looked over the congregation and saw a gambler under conviction. I said, Lord send Sister Moore to pray with him. She got up and went very quickly to him. She and another one got him to pray. These were my three tests. I said, This is the church of God. In a congregation or assembly of the church of God, he by his Holy Spirit will impress whoever he wants to teach or preach the word, and if one is called to be an elder or deacon, that one called of God will be recognized as such by the church. We do not get any sham preachers. We know their calling as well as they do. Some elders oversee more than one congregation in a city or country. Some are elders stationed in one place till God sends them elsewhere. Evangelists go about establishing churches where there are no elders.
Now a few scriptures to prove the controlling power, and how the church is set in order by God’s word and Spirit. The word church and churches occur in the New Testament one hundred and nine times, always translated from Ekklesia, which would have been more correctly rendered congregation. Which with the Bible qualifications would have read, The congregation of God; the congregation of the first born, etc., denoting its Divine Founder and owner; the congregation that was at Antioch; the congregation which was at Corinth; the congregation of Asia, etc., denoting the different geographical location of the congregations of God. Isa. 9:6, 7. — The goverment shall be upon his shoulder, etc. Matt. 28:18; Luke 2:11. This is the Lord, owner and overseer of his church, he is the head over all things. Eph. 1:22, 23. And he is the head of the body, the church. Col. 1:18, 24. The church is the body of Christ, and necessarily includes all its members. Therefore to call an organized division, the church, is subverting the truth. No sect contains all the body of Christ, therefore no sect is the church of God. The church of God are all the saved, either universally, or in any given locality. Who is the founder of the church? Heb. 11:10. And the apostle says to the converted Hebrews in the next chapter, verses 22-24. But ye are come unto Mount Sion, etc. Heb. 3:3, 4. Feed the church of God, etc. Acts 20:28. Husbands love your wives, etc. Eph. 5:25: 27. Upon this rock. Matt. 16:18. These texts show clearly that Christ purchased, founded and built the church. Therefore it follows conclusively that any institution that man founded or built is not the church.
When was the church built? 1 Cor. 3:9. — Ye are God’s building, ye are God’s husbandry. Built upon the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. — Eph. 2:20-22. Ye also as lively stones, etc. — 1 Pet. 2:5.
In A. D. 32, Christ said, “I will build my church.” In 59 and after that, the apostles write, “Ye are God’s building.” So the church was built between those dates. It is true that the church was begun under the labors of John the baptist, Jesus and his apostles before the day of Pentecost. Many believed and entered into the kingdom then and constituted the material for the church. But the coming of the Holy Spirit was the point of time, when the church was really built, and set in order, as seen in 1 Cor. 12:6, 11-13, 18, 24. The church is defined as, his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. — Eph. 1:23. The church proper then did not exist until the fullness of Christ came, which was on the day of pentecost. There it was fully set up, and “fitly joined together and compacted.” That being the time of the founding of the church of God, it follows that every religious body that has since come into existence is not the church of God, but a daughter of confusion born out of due time. This includes Romanism and all Protestant sects.
Who is its foundation? Behold, I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. — Isa. 28:16. For who is God save the Lord? Or who is a rock save our God? Ps. 18:31. For other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. — 1 Cor. 3:11.
Who is the head of the church. Eph. 1:22; 4:15, 16. For the husband is the head of the wife, etc. Eph. 5:23, 24. Jesus is the head of the body, the church. Col. 1:18; 2:18. The head of an institution is its lawmaker. For the Lord is our lawgiver. Isa. 33:22. One lawgiver. Jas. 4:12. All organisms that make their own laws, creeds, disciplines and systems of co-operation, “do not hold the head” — Christ. Their law-making synods and general conferences, ignore the divine lawgiver, usurp the place of Christ, and sit in the stead of God, and are not Christ’s church, which is subject to him. Again, there is one head, hence, there
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Pray for Bro. John Houngton, Nishnabotna, Mo., that he may be healed of bodily afflictions.
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Evansville, Ind.
Dear Saints: Pray for the healing of my little children, who are afflictted.
Nannie Downs.
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Arthur Howard, Guy’s Mills, Pa. requests the saints to pray March 19, that he may be saved.
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Pray for Mary Brown, Kershaw, S. C. that she may be healed of severe pain and bodily afflictions.
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Sister Downing, wife of a leading F. M. minister, wishes the prayers of all of the saints. Has been partially paralyzed many years. Let many earnest prayers be offered on March 26, for her deliverance and that she may walk in the light of the gospel.
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St. Louis, Mich., Mar. 11, 1893.
Dear Saints ok God: I wish to ask all the dear people of God to pray for me, Sunday, Mar. 26, at 11 o’clock A. M. that I may be healed of a severe bodily affliction. I feel that I am a child of God and Jesus is reigning in my soul. I have given all up to God and know that the blood of Jesus cleanses me. The will of God is my will. I have taken Christ as my physician.
Your humble sister, saved in the blood.
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Dear Saints: I am praising God for his goodness to me. I know the Lord saves me now. I am very much afflicted and I believe the Lord will heal me. On the 19th of March at 10 o’clock let the dear saints fall on their knees and ask Father to heal my afflicted body, for I know that the prayers of the righteous avail much. Praise the Lord forever!
Yours in holy love,
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Sister Wolf, of Los Angeles, Cal. asks if it is wrong to use an organ in the worship of God if played by a sanctified singer for to help the singing.
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St. Louis, Mich.
Dear Saints of God: We feel that it is an imperative duty for us to warn the saints everywhere, that there is a Mrs. J. L. Walters who goes about and claims to be a converted Catholic, and tries to class herself with the saints of God, but is an enemy to the cause of God by trying to cause division and spiritual death among the saints, by backbiting, malicious falsehoods, and vile slander against God’s true children. While she was in St. Louis she tried to do the church here much harm in pretending to worship with the saints, afterwards going to Babylon, and to secure the friendship and to please sectarians she had a frequent habit of railing against the saints. She was often and in all kindness admonished, but would not renounce her sins, but continues to profess that she knows God, but by works she denies him. When last heard from she was in the vicinity of Rochester, Ind. As we believe her disastrous to the cause of Christ we cannot keep silent any longer and be clear in the sight of the Lord.
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I AM THE VINE, YE ARE THE BRANCHES.
John 15:5.
YE are the branches or the limbs of the. vine, or in other words, Christ is the tree of life and we are limbs of that tree. Now if we are the branches of such a noble vine or holy vine, then our fruits will be holy, and by this we can tell who is of God, for by their fruits ye shall know them. — Matt. 7:16. For if we abide in Christ we are holy, for he is holy. — 1 Pet. 1:16. Then if we are holy, so also is our fruit; therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Brethren, what is it to be free from sin? Is not a man that is free from sin a holy man? For sin is what makes us unholy, and the Bible teaches us if we are in Christ we are freed from sin. Paul, speaking to the Roman brethren said, Now being made free from sin and become servants of God, ye have your fruit unto holiness. — Rom. 6:22. We then see that their fruits were holy and they were also at that time freed from sin, for we read in verse 20, that when they were servants of sin they were free from righteousness. Let not sin reign in your mortal bodies, Rom. 6:12, for your bodies are the members of Christ, or as he said in John, Ye are the branches. Now if our bodies are the members of Christ shall we take the members of Christ and join them to a harlot? If we are members of a harlot we are not members of Christ. He that is joined unto the Lord is one Spirit. — 1 Cor. 6:17. We see a great many different spirits among the professing Christians of to day, and we know the reason is because they have joined themselves to a sect, instead of the Lord, for every sect has somewhat of a different spirit. I have belonged to several of them, trying to find the right one. A great many of them will. promise you freedom, but they themselves are in bondage. Thank God for the evening light that sets a man free from sin and free from sect and every thing else but Christ! Thank God, to day finds me saved in Jesus from all sects and isms of this world. A man has no right to join himself to any thing but Christ, for ye are bought with a price. Your body and spirit belong to God. — 1 Cor. 6:20. Now you see we must be holy for God to dwell in us, and it means to be wholly the Lord’s. Not one part belonging to God and the other part to a sect, for we cannot serve two masters. I tried that when I belonged to the Advent sect. A man may belong to them or most any other sect and chew and Smoke tobacco and drink coffee and tea, and a great many of them allow their members to drink whiskey. But when you belong to Christ you must be clean. Whosever- abideth in him sinneth not, for in him is no sin. — 1 Jno. 3:5-6. He that committeth sin is of the devil. Verse 8. Amen.
Your brother saved from all uncleanness,
W. D. Beckom.
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News from the Field.
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Kenesaw, Neb., Mar. 5, 1893.
Dear Saints: We start from this place to western Kansas, first place Cornell, and then to Levant, and then will go east through Kan., Iowa, and Ill., and to the Grand Junction camp meeting. We have longed to attend one of those camp meetings, and the Lord has opened the way. Address us at Cornell, Kan.
Your brother in the battle,
James Willis.
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Grand Junction, Mich.
Dear Saints of God, Greeting: God bless you all. We are happy to report victory in Jesus over all the powers of the enemy. We went to Belknap, Feb. 27, and began meeting in the name of the Lord at the home of Bro. Frank Miller’s, which indeed was a wonderful victory. We preached from Joel second chapter, where God commanded us to blow the trumpet in Zion, which was continued all through the meeting, and God’s truth went forth, as Jer. 30:23 says, Behold the whirlwind of the Lord goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind, which fell grievously on the heads of the professors, and was grievous at the time, but yielded the peaceable fruit of the Spirit. Some who had long been deluded were recovered out of the hands of the enemy, and others who were possessed were delivered. Praise God! The church was much strengthened. Sister Fink was at Coldwater at the beginning of the meeting but God sent her and the rest of the company to me in a few days. We expect to begin meeting at Kalamazoo soon, the Lord willing. Let all pray for the work there.
Lena L. Shoffner.
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Mariasville, Pa., Feb. 28, 1893.
Dear Brethren: May the dear Lord ever keep you all. This date finds us at home, making arrangements to start on our southern and eastern trip. The dear Lord has wonderfully kept us saved and in good health, and blessed our labors since we left our home last August. Truly he did more for us than we were able to think or ask, and truly we are encouraged to go on and to do more for God and the salvation of dear souls, and we are looking forward with pleasure to the day when we can start out again. Praise his name! Now dear odes we did not come home for pleasure, although it is a blessed privilege to get home and see the brethren and friends, but we would have been willing to sacrifice all this for God. But having a little property here in this country the Lord showed us to dispose of the same and pay our debts, or borrow the money and give the property for security. Now we ask all God’s children to pray to the Father to send us a purchaser or some one that will furnish us with the money, for which we will be willing to furnish good reliable security, and pay lawful interest, as we wish to leave things in such a shape that there will be no reproach brought upon the cause of God. We leave home this time with the impression that God wants us to go and work with our dear Brothers Achor and Henry in the foreign land between now and next fall. Oh praise God for a willing heart and that we are all on the altar for God! We are ready to go whenever he leads or wherever he sends. Well God is working things to suit himself and we can see his mighty hand in getting the company to work with us this summer. Some have written us already that I believe God will have go with us. May his will be done. Now let all the dear ones that wish meeting in the. New England states during the coming summer, write me at once at Mariasville, Pa. in regard to the same, as we expect, the Lord willing, to begin our tabernacle meetings April 1st at Washington, D. C., thence to Eastern Pa. or N. J., New York, Conn.. Mass., N. H. and as far north-east as Maine if the Lord opens the way. Pray for us.
Your brother and sister in Jesus,
J. H. & H. A. Rupert.
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Adrian, Mich.
Dear Saints: I want to give in my testimony once more to the glory of God. I am saved with an everlasting salvation, and walking in the light as he is in the light (and in him is no darkness at all) and I have fellowship with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ, and with all the true children of God. My last report was from Washington, Kan. From there we went a few miles north and had a precious seed-sowing time for one week. I met with the church near Hollensburg the last evening of Feb. and the next day came to Table Rock, Neb., remained with them over Sunday. Met dear Bro. Stover. We had a few meetings. We found some who were professing to be saints, walking contrary to the doctrine of Christ. We admonished them and gave them the word of God, but they were unwilling to measure up to the word and get right with God. They went out from among us that it might be made manifested that they were not of us. We believe that the time is near when God will raise up more people in Table Rock to stand in defence of the gospel of Christ, as sinners are taking more interest in the meetings now. On March 5th I started for Michigan where I was permitted to meet with my dear folks at home once more. Truly I am very thankful to God for this privilege of returning home again after nearly three years absence, in the gospel field. Any one desiring me to hold a meeting close by here, address me at Adrian, Mich.
Your saved brother,
Wm. A. Randolph.
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Newburg, Mo., Mar. 10, 1893.
Dear Brethren in Christ: The grace of God be with you. We thank our God this morning from the depths of our souls for his saving and keeping power manifested to us daily. Glory to his name! We have been constantly laboring for the Master since our last report. Have passed through some severe trials but all to the glory of God. We have been in these parts holding meeting for three weeks. The dear Lord has blessed us in presenting the precious truth to attentive listeners. Deep impressions have been made and much pre-
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judice broken down. Several asked the prayers of God’s people. Many weep and say they do not see why they never woke up to see these things, and have resolved to get an experience that measures to the word and live Christian lives, and not a mere profession. Two were justified. To God be all the glory! We humbly ask the prayers of all God’s faithful ones that we may be strengthened both soul and body to do the work the Lord has assigned to us. We have found kind friends in this place, although the enemy is stirred. May the dear Lord reward them for their kindness to us with spiritual blessings. Amen. We expect to remain here yet for two or three weeks. There are many calls that we cannot fill. We need help in singing and speaking, as my lungs are much worn. Who will help us in this great work of saving souls?
Yours all on the gospel altar,
N. H. & Julia Myers.
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Jordan, Ont., Mar. 10, 1893.
Dear Saints of the Living God: May great grace be upon you all, and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Beloved, our first protracted meeting after we arrived in the Dominion of Canada, was held at Fenwick, Ont. The Lord gave us a good meeting in the name of Jesus and a few souls got gloriously saved, for which we give God all the glory. The protracted meeting closed on the Lord’s day evening, and the following Tuesday evening we had ordinance services at Dr. Birdsall’s residence in Fenwick. It was a precious season with the Lord, in which some souls were made happy in the Holy Ghost, the sanctifier. There were twenty-four saints present that participated in the services. We went next to Crowland and commenced a meeting in the public hall of that place. The congregations were not large, but generally attentive, and thank God, a few of them received the salvation of Jesus Christ our Lord. We moved the meeting to Bro. Kenedy’s house and continued a few evenings and closed with ordinance services, in which twenty- six of the dear children of God participated, rejoicing in the Lord and giving glory to our God who had dealt so bountifully with us. Well dear brethren, pray for us that we may have a constant victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Your saved and sanctified brother in Christ Jesus,
A. J. Kilpatrick.
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Weston, O., Mar. 7, 1893.
Dear Brethren and Sisters in the Lord: God bless you all. We are thankful to report a good work done at Ridgeville Corners, O. The Lord sent forth his word which did not turn void, but accomplished a good work. Thank God, the seed fell into good ground, took root and sprung up, and ripe fruit was gathered, all in a short time. There were some eight or ten consecrations, most of whom received a clear experience in the second grace. A number of whom also were delivered out of Babylon. Thank God we are happy to see souls escape out of the cages of deception, where they had long been captives, and their poor souls starved almost to death on the dry husks of theology, worldly wisdom, and formal essays delivered by professed preachers who sin more or less every day, and are utterly void of spiritual life or power. Oh how our souls are delighted to see those who have been delivered from such cages, feast their souls on the truth, God’s word, and drink of His Spirit, and be refreshed and praise the Lord! May the Lord help them to stand straight for God, and keep free in the Spirit and let their light shine so that others may see the light and escape also. We must let our light shine if we expect others to see the light and come out straight for God. We had a precious ordinance meeting near the close of the meeting, in which sixteen saints participated. We arrived here yesterday, had prayer meeting in a private house last night. Expect to begin meeting in a school house to night to continue as long as the Lord wills. At the close of this meeting we expect to go to Jerry City, O. Pray for us and the success of the gospel to the salvation of souls.
Your humble servants in the Lord, sweetly saved in Jesus,
Otto Bolds, J. N. Worden & Co.
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Springfield, O., Mar. 6, 1893.
Dear Saints: God bless you in all places for Christ’s sake. Amen.
During our short stay at home we had some glorious meetings on the Lord’s camp ground. A good work had already been done through the labors of Sisters Schoffner and Fink and others assisting. A few more souls were saved, and on Sabbath, Feb. 26 we had a very precious ordinance meeting. Not many saints were present from surrounding churches, perhaps it was not generally known. But there were about seventy-five saints present to participate, and receive the blessing from the presence of the Lord.
We were very loth to leave the dear ones at home so soon, but duty and the Spirit of the Lord leading we came over here to the pleasant little home of Bro. and Sister Warren, near the above place, and we are now at work getting the hymns ready for publication which the Lord has given us. We also find a glorious revival influence in operation at Lawrenceville and surrounding country. Yesterday had Sabbath school in the forenoon in the bethel near here, preached a few miles north of here in the afternoon, and three souls came to the altar and we trust received the salvation of their souls. One converted and two sanctified. At night we met in a large school room which was crowded with people, in the village of Lawrenceville. There was much attention given to the word, and three more souls bowed before the Lord and sought his great salvation. Bro’s Warren and Schell held meetings here last winter and many turned to the Lord, and about all the community love the truth; and the revival fire has been burning ever since. It appears as though God has much people in that place which he will lead out in the beautiful way of holiness. Amen.
We will be here a few weeks and then hope to visit the church of God in several localities between here and home. Pray for us, and the Lord be with you all in much love, grace, and power. Amen.
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Dawson, Pa., Mar. 11, 1893.
Dear Brethren and Trumpet Readers: We joined dear Bro. Clayton in the meeting in the Shellhamer neighborhood. The Lord met with us in power, with glorious showers of blessings and shouts of victory. From one to five souls were at the altar at nearly every invitation, and about all got the desires of their hearts. An ordinance service was held several days before the close of the meeting for the special benefit of our dear Bro. and Sister H. Riggle, who started for New Whatcome, Wash., which is now their home. May the rich blessings of heaven attend them at all times. Two were baptized by dear Bro. Clayton. The meeting closed with precious victory. Then all the workers begun a meeting in the town of Apollo. On Saturday we all were joyfully surprised by the unexpected arrival of our much beloved Bro. Daugherty, with Bro. Stowe whom the Lord used much to his glory in preaching the word. Bro. Stowe remained a few days with us in the meeting, then returned to his home near Kittanning. Also dear Bro. Ferris was at this feast about two weeks. Bro Daugherty continued laboring for the Lord in this meeting about twelve days, when he was called to Meadville to visit the sick. Bro. Daugherty is now at Fern holding a meeting. We left dear Bro. Clayton to continue on the work and returned to the Shellhamer neighborhood, and the Lord met with us in power. We arrived here yesterday and the Lord is already convicting the people, three men raised their hands for prayer. We desire to attend the Mich. June C. M. After that, the Lord willing, go to Washington, holding meetings by the way. Can not dear Bro. and Sister Bixler, Bro. Speck and company, or others come and labor in Pa. till the Pa. C. M., as there are so many calls for meeting and doors open, and the work plenty. Let some one come whom the Lord sends. Amen.
F. N. Jacobson & Co.
St. Petersburg, Pa.
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Bedford, Mich., Mar. 3, 1893.
Dear Saints: We came to Olivet or near that place on Feb. 15, commenced meeting in the school house the next night. Held meeting until the 26th, except two nights when it stormed so hard the people did not come out. There had been some bad work in that place and the prejudice was great, and so the most we could do was to build up confidence which we believe was done to a large degree. The few who do stand for the truth were very much crushed, having had no preaching for a long time, and many things to oppose them. But they were much strengthened and vowed that they would never yield, but would stand for the truth to the end. May the dear Lord ever bless and keep them true. We came to Johnstown on Feb 27. The saints desired meeting so we are here in the name of the Lord to do his will. The meeting here will continue over Lord’s day and longer if the Lore wills; then if it be his will we will go to Hope Center. Pray the Lord of the harvest to make the meeting profitable in the salvation of souls.
We remain your brother and sisters in Christ, saved and kept by power divine.
T. J. Cox & family.
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Getup, Ala., Mar. 7, 1893.
Dearly Beloved Saints: We are truly thankful to God that we can report perfect victory over all the works of the enemy, through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom be all glory and praise. Since our last report we preached a few times for the colored people with good results. Two were justified and one sanctified. The Lord has so established the truth in their hearts that there is quite a company of them that have their regular weekly prayer meetings. May the Lord bless and keep them faithful. We then returned to the white people. Five more were buried, with Christ in baptism, after which we left the place called Six Mile, and came to Blue Springs where we were told that the Baptist sect numbered about one hundred and fifty members. But we failed to find a Christian among them; so we made our abode with a man, John Gurrley, who made no profession. God bless the dear family for their kindness to us, and reward them with salvation. We stayed a week, but on account of much rain and very muddy roads the attendance, was small, and as we stated above, the people were principally Baptists and a very little pure straight gospel is all they can stand. One of their preachers said that he sinned every day and expected to as long as he lives. We came to Apple Grove, Feb. 20; were there a week but the roads were very bad, not very large congregations, but there are a few honest souls at that place who received the word gladly, and we believe will be saved in the near future. On Feb. 27 we came upon this mountain where we were last November. Those that were saved then are standing firm, trusting in the Lord, among whom is dear old Bro. Whipple; will be seventy years of age March 30. He has been noted for his profanity and universalism. He came to meeting through curiosity, but soon became alarmed about his condition. Came to the Lord and was saved, and now is rejoicing and praising God instead of swearing. The Lord has set fire to this place and the devil is stirred, trying in vain to put it out, only scattering it more. It will soon be a burnt-over mountain and every thing that can not stand the fire will be revealed. “For every man’s work shall be revealed by fire.” Truly the Lord has established holiness and truth in the top of this mountain. Some threatened to drive us away when we first came, but thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory, we have not been hurt; and the powers of the enemy are being consumed and swept away by the mighty truth and power of our God. Souls are being saved and the shouts and praises of God are ascending from many hearts on account of the wonderful deliverance through Jesus Christ our Savior.
Later. March 9.
Meeting closed upon the mountain last night with glorious victory in the name of Jesus. God bless the dear saints at that place and keep them faithful. We are now at Huntsville, on our way to Tenn., where we expect to begin a meeting on the nth, the Lord willing. Our address will be Tullahoma, Coffee Co. Pray for us and the work at that place.
Yours in the faith,
Thos. Carter & J. F. Lundy.
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Eubanks, Ky.
Dear Saints: We are truly glad in our hearts that we can still testify to full salvation in Jesus. The dear blessed Lord has been wonderfully leading us through the fiery furnace. In November last Bro. J. Cannon and I came here and held a meeting in the name of Jesus and there were twenty-two dear souls saved, and since we left here the Lord has added eleven more precious ones to them. We traded for a home here with a good frame house, and we moved here and met the dear saints in meeting at night. And during the meeting someof the devil’s agents set fire to our house, burning it to the ground. Oh praise God, it was one of the happiest hours of my life when I looked out of the window and saw the flames ascending high; it sent thrills of joy through my soul, and during that trying moment one dear soul made her escape from sin and was saved and made to shout the high praises of God. Truly I have learned that men do get meaner than the devil wants them to be, for that did work out to the glory of God and salvation of dear souls. For men who were so bitter against the truth have turned out to help us in every way they can to build us another house, and say we shall not want till we can help ourselves. Truly all things work together for good to them that love God. The little ones here are all filled with power and glory, having meeting three times a week. This is a good place for the work of the Lord. May God send more of his fire-baptized ministers here to help rescue perishing souls. Pray for us, dear ones, that God may keep us very humble and use us in bringing many from the powers of darkness into the blessed light of God.
From your brother saved in Jesus’ blood,
R. Cloe & J. Cannon.
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Latty, O., Mar. 7, 1893.
To the Saints of God: This morning finds us all sweetly saved. Praise the Lord! To him we give all glory for what he has done for us and others. Our last report was from Brushy Prairie, Ind. We went from there to Ashley and held meetings about two weeks in the school house. Three confessed that the Lord had forgiven their sins during that meeting and the Lord did wonderfully heal several in that place of bodily ailments. To God be all the glory! From Ashley we came on our way and met with the church near Antwerp, Ohio, where Bro. Bolds and Co. were holding a series of meetings. We stayed over two evenings and then on to Delphos, Ohio. We held one meeting in the Christian house. A large congregation came out here, and the Lord did wonderfully use us to his glory in giving out the word of life. We came on to Broughton, Paulding Co., Ohio, and held up the word of life, and about fourteen came forward for forgiveness of their sins, and a part of them went on and did receive sanctification. Bless God! We closed meeting at Broughton on Sunday evening. The meeting was well attended with people that wanted the truth. We came from Broughton to Latty, and last evening we opened meeting in the school house in the name of the Lord. Not very many out. The Lord did help us in giving the word and we expect to hold meeting here in this village as long as the Lord wills, and it it is his will we expect to work our way back north again. We are all on the altar for God to be used to his glory. I feel my weakness but he that is in me is almighty. Bless God! If any of God’s little ones feel led to go to Broughton, Ohio, you will find a welcome there among the saints. It would be well if some of the brethren that live near those places would meet with those dear little ones occasionally. May the richest blessings rest upon all of God’s little ones now and forever. Amen.
O. Dyer & wife.
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THY TESTIMONIES ARE WONDERFUL.
Psa. 119:129.
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Monticello, Ill.
Dear Saints: I feel led to write a few words. We are happy in Jesus this afternoon, justified and sanctified, and kept by power divine. We are no longer standing alone. There have three dear souls accepted the blessed evening light. Praise the dear Lord for. victory! We are having prayer meetings now and the Lord meets with us and we have a feast to our souls every time we meet. It is wonderful what God will do for us if we will let him. We realize that the harvest is indeed great, but the reapers are few. May God soon raise up some reapers in this part of the harvest field. Our souls are burdened for the dear souls that are in bond age of sectism and are living so far beneath their privilege, seemingly groping along without one ray of light. Pray for us that we may be true to our blessed Savior who gave his life for us. Amen.
Your brother and sister under the blood,
O. A. & S. E. Marquiss.
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North Denver, Colo., 806 Palmer Ave.
Dear Beloved Saints of God: Truly I can say this morning, Praise the Lord O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name for his wonderful dealings with my soul! I know that I am in the land of Canaan and am feeding on the fat things that the land possesses. My soul is joyful in glory. I once enjoyed this blessed experience, but by not doing my duty and keeping my eyes on Jesus, I fell away from God, and for several years I tried to get back where I could stand, but Satan would come to me with doubts and fears, and down I would go, and my body became afflicted and how discontented I felt. But praise the Lord, he has called me to himself and has saved my soul from all sin, and sanctified my nature, and I have an experience I can not doubt, and my faith is strong in the Lord that he will make me stand. Glory to Jesus! My body is receiving strength and I am trusting God for complete healing. I ask all the saints to pray for me. We are having just glorious meetings. God does wonderfully bless Bro. Roberts in reading and teaching the word to us. It is real food for our souls. God wonderfully blesses our souls in coming together, We all see with an eye single to the glory of God. Praise his dear name! Sinners are getting convicted and quite a number have been saved and a few have received sanctification since Bro. Warner was here. God has worked a wonderful miracle in the salvation of Bro. Sheffert. He, like Saul, was breathing out threatenings against the saints of God, and while he was thus running headlong into hell he ran into a rusty spike nail which went clear through his shoe and foot. This brought him down on his bed and his body filled with fever and pain. God showed him that it was done for his soul’s good, and God saved his soul and healed his body, and now he is rejoicing in God for deliverance of soul and body. Oh praise God for his goodness to us all! Dear saints, pray for us.
Your sister down under the blood, hid away with Christ in God,
Theresa Newkirk.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
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TEMPERANCE.
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CHAPTER XI.
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SLEEPING.
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Sleeping is a very important subject to consider, as very much depends on our sleep. Sleep a is wonderful kind provision of nature for the benefit of man, without which he could not exist. Different persons require a different amount of sleep. A person of a sanguine bilious temperament necessarily and naturally requires more sleep than a person of a nervo-bilious temperament; consequently there can be no exact fixed rule. But we are well aware that most persons habituate themselves to require entirely too much sleep. Eight and ten hours is an abundance of sleep for any one of mature age. Of course infancy requires more than maturity, for they grow well in a hearty, healthy sleep. You see a person who is in the habit of twelve or fourteen hours sleep, and you usually see one who is unhealthy, puny, indifferent and complaining. Disease of the liver especially makes a person more sleepy than while in health.
A person should sleep in a well ventilated room, because if the room is close so that fresh air cannot get in it we have to breathe the same air over and over again. The air forms an important factor in man’s physical existence. About one-fifth part of I the air we breathe is oxygen, and when the air we breathe passes through the very small fibrous passages of the lungs, the oxygen is taken up into the blood and there performs a very important office, changing the chyle, (the food we eat converted into chyle and taken into the circulation) into proper shape to be assimilated to build up the broken-down portion of the tissues of the body. Also while we take up the oxygen from the. air we breathe, we throw off the carbonic acid gas which is composed considerably of the debris or effete matter from broken-down or worn-out tissues of the body, which is constantly going on in the body, taken up by the blood and thrown out through the lungs as carbonic acid gas. This gas is very poison and if the air we breathe is not changed we have to breathe the same air over again. If being poison, we are constantly inspiring poison into our lungs which goes into the blood. Hence instead of receiving the oxygen to the blood to carry on the work of arterializing the blood, that is, to change its constituents so that the blue venous blood as it comes from the system loaded with poison decomposing animal matter where it is changed into red blood, we still receive more poison from the air by breathing the same air over again. Hence the necessity of having a little circulation of pure air into the room during the sleeping hours as well as during the day. That is the reason if is so healthy to take much out-door exercise, because it gives us abundance of exercise of the lungs as well as body generally, and an abundance of pure oxygen to purify the blood. How do you think you would feel if you would have to live in a tight room with a rotten carcase all decomposing? You would not feel very well nor enjoy it well. So it is to a certain extent when you shut yourself to sleep in a tight room, you are breathing just such foul air all night. We generally see persons who live in very open houses even in winter, are healthier than those who live in tight houses.
I have seen persons who were hardly out of doors during winter, but shut up in a tight room with a very hot fire and no ventilation. The consequence was they contracted an extreme cold and ended in lung fever. Poisoned by carbonic acid gas; which irritated the lungs, producing inflammation and pneumonia. It is dangerous to sleep with the head covered up. for the same reason I have just given above, the same as in the tight room. It is best in sleeping not to have the head elevated much, with a pillow, for it has a tendency to close the air passages so there is not a free respiration. Consequently too little air or oxygen taken into the lungs also prevents the escape of the carbonic acid gas, which if retained in the blood will poison the blood and produce an abnormal condition of the system generally.
One habituating himself to lying straight when sleeping will enjoy better health, will live easier and enjoy a more symmetrical form and erect posture of body. It is better to sleep with mouth closed and breathe through the nostrils, as nature has properly provided them for that purpose. The air is more properly conveyed to the lungs and purer through the nostrils than through the mouth. Breathing through the mouth has more of a tendency to irritate the fauces and pharynx. Also to breathe through the mouth the air takes up foul substances from the tongue and teeth which might collect from eating or arising from the stomach and make the air before reaching the lungs very impure. But because of the catarrh many people can scarcely breathe through the nostrils. It is best not to sleep in a room where there is fire, as the oxygen is not so abundant, and even if it was there is a greater liability to contract a cold by it, as the room will get cold before morning, and with the same amount of cover you will awake in the morning chilled more or less. The main thing is to see there is plenty of good fresh air. While holding a meeting in Kan. several of us were together and stopped at the one place sometimes, and there being so many, about ten of the sisters had to sleep in a small tight room, by making a bed on the floor, and they were not thoughtful enough to open the window, also having the middle door closed. I had business to enter the room the next morning after breakfast for something I needed, and the beds were unadjusted and window still closed. As I stepped inside the door I was struck with the stench of foul air till I could hardly endure to remain in the room till I obtained the desired object. While there during the meeting one of the sisters had a very hard sinking spell, almost like she would die. Was it any wonder after breathing such, inhaling it into the lungs night after night? There is temperance even in sleeping. The moderate use of the pure God-given air is a wonderful necessity. But as a rule, we do not use enough, especially in sleeping, instead of too much.
G. R. A.
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can be but one body.
What is the door of the church? John 10:7: 9; Rev. 3:8; Eph. 2:18. Christ is the door of the church, and salvation the mode of induction. No man can open or shut the door. Who takes members into the church? Acts 2:46, 47. Who places them in the body or church? 1 Cor. 12:13; 12:18. God never takes anyone into the sect.
Who are members of his church? Eph. 3:15; 2:19. The sons of God who are born of his Spirit are in the church. The two kinds are spoken of in 1 Jno. 3:8-10. Namely, in the fact that the children of the devil commit sin, and the children of God do not. 1 Jno. 5:18. There are no sinners in the church of God. But all sects are more or less filled with sinners. Hence, no sect is the church of God.
Who organizes the church? 1 Cor. 12:8-11. The Holy Ghost makes overseers to feed the church of God. Acts 20:28, and 2 Cor. 3:5, 6. The Spirit gives life. God furnishes his church with its proper organs, 1 Cor. 12:18, 24, 25, helps, goverments, etc. Verses 27, 28. Voting for officers, holding conferences, sending men out to preach is Babylon (confusion). God sets the church in order, and each member in his place. Isa. 44:7. Look at Jer. 51:17-19. Man’s doings are vanity, graven and molten images is falsehood.
How many churches has God? Jno. 10:6; Rom. 12:4, 5; 1 Cor. 12:12, 13, 20; Eph. 2:14-16. One body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, etc. Eph. 4:4-6. One body. — Col. 3:15. Now various sects or denominations is anti-christ and is of the devil. Hos. 2:19, 20; Rom. 7:4; 2 Cor. 11:2. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom. John 3:29; Isa. 54:5. The idea of Christ having more than one bride is repugnant to the Bible, and a slander on the Son of God. Eph. 3:15; 2:19. The church is God’s family or house-hold. So all sects are not God’s church. The word of God is truth, and the truth will make you free from sin and sectism. Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me. — Jno. 5:39. Readers, may you search the scriptures, even as they did in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. — Acts 17:11.
Jno. F. Hewitt.
Sta. B., Los Angeles, Cal.
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THY TESTIMONIES ARE WONDERFUL.
Psa. 119:129.
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Haynie, Pa.
Dear Saints in Christ: I feel led by the Lord to write my testimony. I am saved and sanctified and kept by the mighty power of God. Praise God forever and ever for this wonderful salvation that keeps us from sin, and gives us perfect peace and joy!
Your brother in Christ,
Jacob F. Kenemuth.
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Haynie, Pa.
Dear Saints: I am still saved and walking in the beautiful light of God. I praise God for this blessed evening light. I belonged to the M. E. society for about twenty years. Last year in March the dear saints came to Fern and heard the true word preached in its purity, and a few accepted the truth. I praise God for his keeping power. Your saved and sanctified sister in Christ,
Ann E. Kenemuth.
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Akron, Kan.
Dear Saints: I am praising God for what he has done and is doing for us. Praise God for salvation full and complete in my soul! He has established me on the solid rock Christ Jesus, where I can stand. I was brought to this light a little over four years ago. I am not tired of the way; it is a glorious way, and grows brighter every day. I ask all the dear saints to pray for me.
Your sister saved, sanctified and satisfied,
E. E. Yeaman.
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Rockville, Mo.
Dear Saints of God: May the dear Lord bless you all. It is so blessed to know that we are all one in the body of Christ. Praise his holy name! He is keeping me both soul and body. I would not give my pleasure in the dear Lord for ten thousand worlds. I ask the prayers of all the dear saints that my family may get where the Lord can use them, and that we can all praise him together.
Your sister, saved and sanctified wholly,
Mary E. Maddux.
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Hedges, O.
Dear Saints of God: It does my soul good to be able to add to the list of wonderful testimonies of so many of God’s dear children, free from all sects. Glory be to God! How wonderfully he saves us from all of Babylon confusion! Praise the Lord! He has wonderfully delivered me from the bondage of tobacco and strong drink. Praise God, the desire has gone forever. He is our Physician and we have committed all to his care, for we abide in him and he in us.
Yours, saved and sanctified,
Charles & Ocie Ford.
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Drum Valley, Cal.
Dear Saints: I feel led of the Lord to again write my testimony, hoping that it may be of interest to the dear saints. This morning I am rejoicing in full salvation. O how I praise God for his wonderful love that is filling my soul! Praise his holy name forever! The fire of the Holy Ghost is burning in my soul. We are a little band of the children of God, some eight or ten claiming santification, and several others seeking clean heats. The Lord is with us. Let all the saints pray that the Lord will direct some of his holy ministers to come to us. The Lord bless and keep all his dear ones saved and free in Christ.
Your saved brother and sister,
B. F. Arnett & wife.
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Holland, Mich.
Dear Brethren and Sisters: I praise the Lord this morning for salvation in my soul. I know that I am his redeemed child, walking in this wondrous way. I have read the GOSPEL TRUMPET and can say I like to read the testimonies of the children of God. Dear children of the living God, we are as a city set upon a hill which cannot be hid, and let us therefore walk worth of the vocation wherewith we are called, that all we act, or speak, or think, may result in the glory of God. O it is glorious to have such a Savior who will keep us from all sin if we put our trust in him. I expect to keep saved the rest of my days.
Your saved brother,
Okko Bosma.
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Mountain Grove, Mo.
Dear Saints of God: I feel led by the Holy Spirit to send in my testimony for the glory of God. I do praise the Lord this evening for salvation that saves from all sin, for tlie sweet peace I have that the work can neither give nor take away. Oh how I do thank the Lord he ever gave me a heart to serve him in the beauty of holiness. I do praise his name for saving me from all sin and sectism. Oh how sweet to trust the Lord and to have the blessed assurance that we are his children and know our names are written in heaven!. Oh how we need to watch and pray in full faith, and how careful we need to be in our conversation! “Be ye holy in all manner of conversation.” Let us ever be sowing seed; we know not when the seed will fall in good ground. I am determined to serve the Lord by his grace.
Your saved sister in the one body,
Katie Bradshaw.
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Arkansas City, Kan.
Dear Saints: Grace and peace be multiplied. I am just now rejoicing with exceeding great joy, for victory; victory over all the power of the enemy. Bro. Willis has just closed meeting in this vicinity, which he held with the help of dear Bro. Markwell. Truly the Lord has been gracious and many have come out from sects and creeds and many sinners that never made a start before have come out bright and clear and shining lights, and are standing on the line for glory. Praise his holy name! He has done more for us than we can think or ask. On Tuesday, Feb. 7th, we had our first prayer meeting at Collinson. Thirty-six newly saved souls were present, and we just had a melting down time. O it was just wonderful how our hearts were knit together in love and oneness. Pray for us that no wolf in sheep’s clothing will be permitted to enter into this little flock.
Your sister saved and sanctified,
H. E. Annis.
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Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Trumpet Readers: I think a duty now as well as a privilege to acknowledge the goodness of our God in sparing my unworthy life to this advanced age, 74 years, and after years of much suffering, healed my body two years ago last August. Praise his name forever! he keeps me ever since, saved, sanctified and all on the altar for God, rejoicing in the God of my salvation. It was his mercy alone that permitted me to come to this pleasant sea-coast clime over one year ago, first at National City, last winter. There I met a number of the Lord’s true saints, met … … … … often, had glorious sons of waiting upon the Lord and had some plain Bible teaching there, also at the camp meeting here in Los Angeles. O what a satisfaction it was to my soul to hear such truth revealed that I had not heard much said about since my childhood days, sixty years ago, back in my native land, Pa. It was then ruled out of most of the pulpits, but praise our God that he had a remnant left that did not bow their knee to Baal. That is what helped to keep me from utterly falling away. I always kept a warm place in my heart for the faith once delivered to the saints; would meet with a few of like faith occasionally. How our hearts did yearn over the condition of the different sects that we were ever connected with — the pride and formality, and setting aside of some of the holy commandments, We were yoked up with unbelievers communed with them, which is forbidden, but the Lord was good to me, at last delivered me from that bondage of pride, sectarianism, and all that is contrary to our Lord’s teaching. Praise the Lord! We are one in him and have the assurance that he can and does keep us. I am so glad that I can meet with the children of God this winter, which I was not able to do for a number of years on account of my affliction, cold winters also. It is a real joy to my soul to meet with the saints at the hall, to see such faithful workers, such promising young men and women that were saved at the last fall and summer meetings. Souls are being saved. O that many more may be made willing to heed the warning voice and flee the wrath to come, is the prayer of your devoted sister, who wishes to be remembered in your prayers.
Barbara Keller.
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Springfield, Ill.
Dear Trumpet Readers: I feel constrained by the love of Jesus to testify through the Trumpet to the glory of God, of what he has done for me. Jesus does save and sanctify me wholly and keep me by his mighty power. O I praise God for saving me from all sin, from all love of the world and the pleasures of this world. Now all my joy and happiness is in the Lord. O the fullness and completeness of the peace and joy in him! My Savior is a satisfying portion. It is nearly two years that I have been enjoying the fullness of his salvation and the clear light of the gospel. How glad I am for the evening light and for freedom from all sect confusion and darkness! Glory to God! How much better it is to dwell in Jerusalem than in Babylon! Since our God is my all and in all he is of course the physician of my body. I have no other. I had been in very feeble health for some time, but after my soul was made perfectly whole the Lord said to me, “I am the health and strength of thy body.” I said, Amen, Lord so be it. Since then I have ofttimes been tried and felt unable to do the work which was before me to be done. I would look to the Lord and ask him if it was to his glory for me to lack in physical strength, and if so, all right. But he shows me according to his word that it is to his glory to give sufficient strength to my body. “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” Surely if we glorify God for what he does for us, he would rather bestow gifts than withhold. “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him.” Also is “any among you afflicted, let him pray.” True, we are sometimes afflicted, and always for a purpose. “Many are the afflictions of the righteous,” but what saith the word? “The Lord delivered him out of them all.” I can find no reason in the word of God for continuing to suffer in body and not receiving anything from the Lord. Praise the Lord! this is a blessed life of faith, and so I go on trusting him continually for my health of both soul and body, and he supplies all my needs “according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Hallelujah!