21 January 1892, Volume 12, Number 4.
IN MEMORY OF BRO. WILLIE.
The following was written in memory of Bro. Willie Wright who was killed on the evening of Dec. 24, 1891; shot down from the side of his four hours’ bride, at the residence of her mother, Sister M. C. Phillips, in Kemper Co., Miss. Sister Wright had lived a devoted Christian for over two years, and always testified to the saving power of God, and was sanctified wholly. Bro. Willie was also saved, and had never given any one an offence. It was a jealous wretch who took his innocent life. The only offence that could have occasioned the wicked deed, was that Bro. Willie had gained the affections and hand of one he had failed to gain.
Farewell! dear Willie, we must say;
God knows we love you dear,
And all our hearts are sad to-day,
Because you’ve left us here.
Our loss is your eternal gain,
’Tis true enough to say.
O may our lives be true as thine,
While here below we stay!
God pity him who had the heart
To take thy noble life.
O cruel, wretched, fiendish, dark,
To rob thy bridal wife!
Though evil spirits laid the plot,
And nerved the felon’s hand,
God, in some way, will overrule,
And all shall understand
In future worlds, if never here,
That God is on the throne,
And cares for them who love him dear,
Who are the Lord’s, alone.
And so dear wife, yield not to grief,
Though joyful hopes have fled;
Some unseen good thy soul may reap,
From tears in sorrow shed.
O father, mother, comfort ye,
For Willie is at rest
It won’t lie long till God will say,
Come join him with the blest.
A word to brothers, sisters now,
Will you be ready too,
To meet dear Willic by and by
Where all are good and true?
O yes, we’ll see that face once more,
Crowned with a diadem,
Upon a sweet and tranquil shore,
Where felons never come.
Lord, help us live the Christian life,
In which our brother fell;
Then, reunited, safe at home,
We’ll know that all is well.
Composed by his sister,
Mrs. Anna Snowden.
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An Experience.
Dear Saints: I believe it will be to the glory of God to confess that my past experience, for some time, has not been a glorious one. We all know if we cease to obey the dear Lord, and leave duties undone we enter into darkness, and then after while we begin to wonder why we have no faith, and can’t trust the Lord.
But I praise the Lord with my whole heart that he did not leave me, for “whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.” Bless the Lord! The chastening is not pleasant at the time it, but when we have come to his terms, then it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness, hallelujah to our God! He has restored my soul; my cup runneth over. O may the Lord help us all to be living sacrifices unto him realizing that we are not our own, nor have anything that belongs to us. ..ow can we trust God if we trust ..e dollar to supply our needs for the ..ture? I praise the Father that he ..veals these things to such a sim..e and poor in spirit creature like ..e: but so it pleaseth the Father. Oh! … feel so rich in my soul. What a re..ard already! Now I don’t need to ..ar any more as I did sometimes ..st summer when the lightnings ..ere flashing violently around our ..ome, fearing that God would de..oy our home. O may it be a warn..g to all not to leave our duties un..ne! If we are perfectly submis..e to his will in all things, he will ..ad us and never fail to show us our ..uty, as well as he did Abraham of ..d. Therefore let us also “walk be..ore him and be perfect.” I am a gassfitter, doing my work as unto the Lord; and I have proved that the Lord can keep even a gassfitter from all sin, and he gives me work in spite of all the unions of evil spirits. How wonderfully the Lord has led me me in past years! How he proved nis promises true in all our way! Oh! it pays to do the will of God, and our reward is great joy and peace. A well of water in us springing up into everlasting life.
The day before my restoration I was at meeting and made a confession that I was not satisfied with my experience, and told the brethren that I had given all up to God, as far as I knew. But on my way home while praying, the good Lord showed me I had not given up my family into his care (I thought I always had); I began to pray, Lord give me a willing heart. Thank God he did it. The next morning I was trying to read the Trumpet, but the Holy Spirit gave me no rest. I was counting the cost in silence; I could not hold back my tears which were flowing down on the paper from under my hands. My wife came asking what the trouble was but I could give her no answer, and she needed no answer; she knew what was going on. After I had counted the cost I yielded, and the Lord poured out his blessing upon me, and gave me sweet assurance in my soul, and I lifted up holy hands, praising God. After that I was on my way to work, praising God, and saying in words, over and over, Lord I say yes to all thy will. Amen!
Your saved and sanctified brother in Jesus,
Wm. Speckels.
P. S.
In obedience to the Lord I send the little mite of which I was trying to rob God. Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Wm. S.
Note.
Even poor men, with a heart that is rich, and full of the love of God, look upon as a “mite” that which far exceeds the benevolence of wealthy men, who are poor and lean in divine grace and joy. But “the willing and obedient eat the good of the land.”
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Non-Confortmity to the World,
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The Character of Christians.
“Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” — Rom. 12:2. It is evident, from reading the scripture, that we must abstain from all pride and conformity to the world, if we accept the word of God as our discipline and rule in life. The modern church of God is precisely the same in point of moral character, and obligations, as the apostolic church. The discipline (Bible) is the same, and it declares that the root of pride must be extricated. Manysay, “I know the Bible teaches against pride; but if we do not follow some fashion of the world in dress, how shall we do?” for, say they, “Some sinners dress just as plain as the Bible enjoins it upon Christians.” We answer, do as the Bible says, “dress in modest apparel,” whether sinners do or not. But they still ask, “ Must there not be some uniformity in our dressing?’ We answer, Yes.
- Modesty, neatness, plainness, are all Bible terms, and uniform characteristics of all real Christians. God’s people have no time to hunt up some new style for a mere show, and then foolishly expend the Lord’s means to purchase the same and put it on exhibition. The real uniformity of saints is the hidden man of the heart.” David says, “He [God] fashioneth our hearts alike.” While our clothing may vary in many respects, it is all peculiar in plainness.
- If the world fashions after us, all right; but we should never fashion after the world; for worldly fashions change every little while, but God’s fashion is as unchangeable as he and his word; hence we are to be perfectly pure and unspotted from the world, and all its contaminating fashions and works. God’s cause has been reproached and disreputed by nominal professors, who have become as proud and stylish as the nonprofessing world. Plainness is in harmony with the character of the “saints in light.” — Rev. 7:9, 13, 14:3:4. And according to the principles of honesty and economy, we should provide that which is substantial, and do away with all vanity. Because this is the plain teaching of the Bible. “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” — Matt. 4:4. “While ye yet spake, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.” — Matt. 17:5. “Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule; let us mind the same thing.” — Phil. 3:16. And obedience to God and the Bible will result in prosperity, both spiritually and financially. God’s people carry with them a divine influence, by which sinners and hypocrites are impressed with the fact of their salvation, which influence is killed by vain dress. Ofttimes the modesty of pure, holy women of God, serve as a powerful sermon, and a lasting rebuke to those who are decked with pride and gaudy trappings. And it also wields a mighty influence over those more thoughtful. A stinging arrow of conviction is sent, into the heart of every honest lover of Christ, if they are ignorantly wearing that which the Bible forbids, when they see the true model of a Christian, in such as walk in the light of God’s word. — Jno. 8:12; 1 Pet. 2:20, 21; 1 Jno. 2:6, 4. There are many other reasons why we should thus dress; we cannot please God unless we obey him. Under the former dispensation, the priests were distinguished by their peculiar costume. Exod. 39:1. (Read it.) The above truth is typical of all Christians who are “kings and priests unto God,” in the new dispensation. — Rev. 1:5, 6.
“Is it wrong to pattern after our brother or sister, regarding our dress?” We answer, Pattern after the Bible. However, it is all safe to “follow them, as they follow Christ.” God says, “He knoweth the proud afar off,” “and they that be far from me perish.” We say to all, Live in God’s presence, dress to his glory and not to your shame. The plainness of dress and righteousness of life, together with all other positive injunctions, regarding our duty to God and to all men, are clearly laid down in the Bible, and are obligatory on all Christians. If you claim to be spiritual, following Christ, and have elements in your heart fostering pride, or sin in any other form, it is evident that you are not right before God. And if you think you are pleasing the Lord in this condition you are wrapped up in a deep and dangerous deception of the devil. Read 2 Tim. 2:24-26; 2 Tim. 3:1-5, 7, and the solemn charge to ministers, 2 Tim. 4:1-5.
May God grant all his teachers and workers much wisdom, that they may draw the line of distinction by the word of God between pride and plainness, without compromise and without letting the devil push them over into fanaticism. For it matters not with the devil which way you deviate from the truth, just so he can get you off the Bible way.
Shall I assume the Lord to know,
While decked with pride, for pomp and show?
If I should dress toe best I can,
All nature beats the art of man.
The birds, the flies, the flowery dells,
The bees, the worms my robe excels,
Then all is va..n for me to by; l’l! trust
His grace to beautify.
Christ’s virtue, truth, wrthin my heart;
These richest robes doth grace impart:
The hidden man, the inner soul,
Adorned with meekness, now is whole.
The body, spirit, all are free,
Arrayed in spotless purity.
Preserved from every stain of sin,
By power divine, and peace within;
Ready, anxious every day.
Our Lord to come and bear away
The happy soul from earth to heaven,
Where mansions bright to each are given.
Your saved brother in Christ, and in the gospel vineyard.
B. E. Warren.
Payne, O.
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Answer to Question.
Dear Bro. W. I have read with interest, your tract on the sabbath. You make it perfectly clear by the scriptures, that the old sabbath, or seventh day sabbath, is a thing of the past: that in the apostolic church there were two sabbaths, a “first” and a “second;” that the New Testament Christians met on the Lord’s day; and that God’s people to day are not under the law that governed the Jewish sabbath.
But one question arises in my mind Dear brother, I would love to have you answer if you can throw any light on it. How are we to observe this new sabbath, or “Lord’s day?” If the old sabbath is dead, the law governing it is also dead; we have a new sabbath. Where is the law that tells us just what to do and not to do on that day? I am living in the happy enjoyment of a “clean heart,” sanctified wholly. God bless you.
T. B. Walden.
Dixon, Miss.
Ans. — The difficulty in our brother’s mind, which called out the question, arises from an ideal sabbath largely like the legal one of the past dispensation, rather than a sabbath suited to the dispensation of the Holy Spirit. There are, it is true, three positive institutions of the New Testament that are of a monumental character, and are, except in the time of their observance, described, and set forth by that specific and minute example and commands of Christ, which characterized the Levitical rites. I refer to the three ordinances of baptism, washing the saints’ feet, and the Lord’s supper. But it can be readily seen why the Lord’s day would not, according to the nature of the New Covenant, the “perfect law of liberty,” be placed under such precise and inflexible laws. It extends over one seventh of our time, hence involves many varied circumstances and vicissitudes in human life, and since the new law is a law of love and not of rigid necessity, the scriptures have simply given us the fact that it was called sabbath (in the original Greek, and German translation), which means a “rest,” “cessation” from labor, and that the primitive Christians assembled regularly on that day, as their weekly day of worship. And so far as the word teaches, the Lord intends we should practice, and beyond its voice, we must lay down no imperative laws. The impression left upon our minds is that upon that day the regular manual labor should be, so far as practical, dispensed with, and the time devoted to spiritual improvement and divine worship. But that there should be absolutely no labor performed, under any circumstances, or just how much may be done would invest it with the rigidity of the law, and take it out of the genius of the gospel. The legal economy was specially intended to impress the sovereignty and justice of God; but the New Covenant, the mercy, and compassion of God. The first was a heavy yoke which the apostles said their fathers could not bear. The second is the law of liberty. The first was “added because of sin;” namely, given as a restraint over men indwelt with sin. The second is given for the government of holy men. The first said all the way through, “Thou shalt do” thus and so. The second gives us a few positive, but very simple and practical ordinances, a small book on duties and moral principles, and further says to us, “Whatsoever things are lovely, pure, etc., think on these things,” and “of yourselves, judge ye not what is right?” In fact, under the present dispensation, we shall all be taught of God; i. e. by the Holy Spirit; he will guide us into all truth, and teach us, under the existing circumstances of each sabbath as it comes, just what we should do. If the relief of the afflicted involves some labor, it is in harmony with the principle of righteousness to do it. But if no necessity exists to labor, rest, and devote the time to religious devotions, and “forsake not the assembling of yourselves together.” Even the three positive ordinances of Christ are left to our sanctified judgment, as to when and how often they should be practiced in any one place. “As oft as ye do it,” said the Saviour. The old law was not so. It prescribed just when and how every thing must be observed. The new gives the ordinances dearly, but leaves us to judge of the fitness of the time. And it gives us the sabbath, or Lord’s day, as a general rest, but leaves us to our holy judgment just how best devoted to the glory of God.
“One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.” — Rom. 14:5.
Does this mean that one man may labor, if he sees fit, while others abstain? By no means. But some men have not had their religious minds widened enough to see pure God- service in our daily labors. Such think they worship God on Sabbath, and labor for themselves through the week. Others understand that whatsoever we do, we do it unto the Lord, hence esteem every day alike given to God’s service, whether they labor at home in the week with their hands to his glory, or sing his praise in the house of God, on the Lord’s day.
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Democracy, O.
Dear Trumpet Readers: I am led of God to write my testimony. The Lord guides me at all times. I am trusting in Jesus that my last years will be better than the first. I don’t belong to any sect. I know God is with me, for Jesus said, “Ye believe in God; believe ye also in me.” I am glad we can be God’s children, and he will not leave us Hallelujah!
Your sister,
Hannah Myers.
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Sister Ella Booher writes that her baby is afflicted with a sore eye, and desires your prayers that it may be healed.
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Pray for the healing of Bro. E. F. Dinger; he has a broken leg, and two doctors say it cannot heal. But our God is able to heal it. Amen.
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Unite in prayer to God for the healing of my wife and children, from the La Grippe.
Chas. E. Orr.
Tampico, Ind.
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On Sunday, Jan. 24, at half past ten, A. M. pray for the healing of Lizzie Greely, daughter of Bro. and Sister G. Greeley, of Cadott, Wis. She has been very much afflicted for some time.
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Pray for the healing of Bro. Johnson, about Jan. 20. He is sick and discouraged. He is a member of the F. M. denomination, and is hardly able to sit up. He lacks faith to be healed, but if the saints will pray for him, I hope he will recover.
David Baldwin.
Decatur, Mich.
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Dear Saints of God: I feel that it is my duty to write for the prayers of the saints that I may be sanctified wholly. I had joined the F. Methodists, but I have no inclination to go near them. I have found the way of the saints to be the true and only way. Pray earnestly for me and for my unsaved husband also.
Yours in the love of Jesus,
Myra E. Lineman.
Fern, Pa.
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Dear Saints: I was a backslider; I had no rest; my mind was full of trouble. I saw my condition in the light of eternity, confessed to God, and realized that he pardoned my sins. Pray that I may overcome the world, and be wholly saved.
I am wonderfully afflicted with Neuralgia, and I wish to ask the prayers of God’s saints that I may be healed, for Jesus’ sake.
Dorthy A. Johnson.
Broughton, Ohio.
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Dear Trumpet Readers: I want all God’s people to pray for the healing of my body. I have been sick for five months, first taken with Typhoid fever, then LaGrippe, and I am threatened with Consumption, which has baffled the skill of one of the best physicians of our country. Now I put my case in the Lord’s hands and trust him for my physician. Pray for me January 23d.
M. A. Marcee, Jr.
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We are praying the Lord to send one of the saints here to instruct us more fully.
W. W. Stevenson.
Dodge, Ky.
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Auburn, Neb.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
In Brother McFarland’s letter last week, Rober Bodkin should have read Mennonite instead of Methodist.
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Prospects are good that the floating bethel will soon be bought and sent on its way with a holy crew of workers. Praise the Lord!
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Brother Frank Schively writes us from Washington City: “I advised a brother to send for your Sabbath tract, which he did, and through that one several persons who were rigidly keeping the seventh day, changed their views.” Amen! God set the people free from every slavish yoke of Babylon.
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Fifty Years in the Kingdom of Heaven.
I will give in my testimony to all the Trumpet readers. God bless all the dear saints and keep them saved for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
I can say to the glory of God that he keeps me saved just by trusting him. Hallelujah! I had a little touch of the LaGrippe but the Lord did not let it grip me very hard, for I rebuked it in the name of Jesus and claimed the victory and I was well. Hallelujah! Praise God! I am dead to this world and all that is of this world. If I live until March, praise God, it will be fifty years since God for Christ’s sake pardoned all my sins; and thirty one years ago last August God sanctified my soul as a second work; and ten years ago the 11th of January I stepped out of Babylon, and declared my freedom in Christ before a house full of M. E. sect people who had my name on their class book, and the U. B’s which had me in a holiness band book and had made me leader of the band. Praise God! I had Bible salvation and I was willing for God to lead me in his own way, and two years later he led me to cast back the last thing of Babylon, and wash away all her dust by going under the water in baptism. O hallelujah! about two weeks before we came out we had a wonderful meeting in Bro. Miller’s house; it lasted till after two o’clock in the morning. The Lord gave different ones wonderful chapters to read in that meeting. The 18th of Revelation he gave me, and Sister Miller was directed by the Spirit of God to read the 51st chapter of Jeremiah, and one brother read the 34th of Ezekiel. Read these chapters and you may know how God was leading us out of Babylon. That night I told the brethren that I could lead them no further, that we would now stand still and see the salvation of God. In about two weeks the Lord directed Bro’s Warner and Kilpatrick by the Spirit of God to Jerry City, and they commenced meeting in the name of the Lord and they showed by the word of God that we were living in a spiritual babylon, which is a confusion of six hundred and sixty-six different denominations. O hallelujah for that meeting! The meeting commenced on Monday night and on Thursday evening as I was walking into the meeting house the Spirit of God said, Will you do it? I said, What, Lord, and the same was repeated to me three times. And I said, Yes, Lord, anything for thee. And that night this evening light flashed into my soul by the preaching of the word, as clear as the noon-day sun. And as soon as that glorious sermon was finished the Lord had me on my feet, and I raised my hand and declared myself free from all yokes, bands, and all but Christ. And oh how God filled the house with his glory, as a witness that that was the work of the Lord! O praise God for saving me and leading and keeping me free in all these years! I never had any desire for a single moment to go back into sin, — almost fifty years in the kingdom of God. Hallelujah!
Mother Smith.
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God’s Church not Sects and divisions.
Dear Trumpet Readers: God is surely doing a wonderful work in and through his children, in showing what it takes to constitute a real Christian, and what is the church and what is not. The great need of to-day is more Christianity. Sinners can see that there is division among the different sects and creeds. The church of God which is composed of men, women and children teaches unity of God’s people, and not division, as do the sects and creeds. Since I have been out of sectism I can see the great sinfulness of it. Sect ministers raise lots of money for their salary, and get lots of members to join their sects. A great worldly display indeed! Souls are led to believe that they must join some sect in order to live right. Such is purely satanic. It pays to serve God only. They have their festivals, dances, Christmas trees; use tobacco, whiskey, and play cards. God’s people hate sin. Sectarians love sinful pleasures. Those that are in the sects who are living justified lives should get out of them and become wholly sanctified. Sanctification is an essential experience to every Christian. Entire sanctification destroys sectism in a justified person. Praise the Lord for the evening light! Oh! think of the whole world that lieth in wickedness, Oh! dear saints, let us publish salvation full and free to sinners all around. Amen! Jesus saves me and sanctifies me now. Praise the Lord!
James H. Hunter.
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Christ Our Example.
“CHRIST also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.” — 1 Pet. 2:21, 22.
“Who did no sin;” and we are to follow in his steps. If it were impossible to live without sin, Christ’s example would have been of no use to us. Did he require of us that which we cannot do? But what is it to follow in his steps? It is to possess holiness, and wicked men and devils scowl at the name and tremble at the power of holiness. Holiness is the seal of our sonship, and it means the complete destruction of all the works of ungodliness. Some say. We sin every day in word, deed or thought. I would like to know how the devil himself could beat that record. When are you going to quit sinning? He that says we cannot live without sin makes sin a necessity. Sin is the devil’s chief weapon — sin a little every day. But “this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” It is written, “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin.” — 1 John 3:9. No sin can be allowed in God’s kingdom. You cannot be in the kingdom and sin every day. And to hold to any sin is to encourage others to sin. It is impossible to preach repentance and advocate a sinning religion. But the devil can stand anything but holiness. There is but one way for all men to be saved; all must enter in at the strait gate. It is not the Roman Catholic way, nor the Baptist, nor the Presbyterian, or Methodist, but Christ’s own way, and that is a way without sin.
By one who is contending for the faith once delivered to the saints.
J. T. Speed.
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Muddled.
THE following extracts are from three sermons delivered by a babylon preacher in Van Buren Co., Mich., in Nov., 1890. His quotations are in the left-hand column, and scripture in the right column showing how muddled he is.
THE CHURCH QUESTION.
| 1st People are builded into the building by preachers. | And the Lord added to the church daily such as should he saved – Acts 2:47. |
| 2d We are built In by baptism.
Immersion builds into the body. |
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God. In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. – Eph. 2 18, 19, 22. |
| 3d. All churches hare hypocrites in them. There is only one church in the world. | Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; * * * * 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. |
| 4th. There is an awful division in the body. | There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling. — Eph. 4:4.
And hath put all things under his [Christ’s] feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church which is his body. — Eph. 1:22, 23. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? — 1 Cor. 1:12, 13. |
According to the word, there is only one body; that body is Christ, and Christ is not divided. Therefore there is no division in the body.
| 5th. This division is caused by us preachers. | 1 Cor. 3:3. – For ye caused by us preachers are carnal; for whereas there is among you envying and strife, and division, are ye not carnal and walk as men? See also Rom. 16:17, 18. |
In answer to the question, Does the Bible warrant denominationalism? he said, “It does not authorize it; the scriptures teach against it.”
| 6th. If I could, before tomorrow morning I would do away with all denominationalism. As far as I am concerned I am doing all I can towards it. We have for years been trying to discourage denominationalism. | Jer. 50:14. — Put your selves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord. |
| 7th. I belong to the Disciple denomination.
This answer was given when I asked him, after meeting was dismissed, What denomination do you belong to? |
Rev. 18:4 – And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not o.. her plagues. |
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On Sanctification.
| 1st. Sanctification is a Bible doctrine; it is very previous; it originated with John Wesley. | John Wesley commenced preaching sanctification in 1729
Jno. 17:17. – Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. (A D. 33.) 1 Thess. 4:3. – For this is the will of God even your sanctification, (A, D. 54.) 1 Thess. 5:23 – And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly &c. (A. D. 54) |
| 2d. A person is sanctified in conversion. | In Jno. 17, Christ acknowledged to his Father for his disciples that, 6th ver they have kept thy word, 9th verse, they are thine, 12th ver, none of them is lost but the son of perdition 14th ver, they are not of the world, 17th sanctify them through thy truth, |
| 3d. Sanctification is setting apart to God’s purpose.
(Webster’s dictionary) |
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth. |
QUERY.
Why do not those who oppose the second work of grace, give only the one signification given by Webster? Why not give THIS ONE TOO? “The act of sanctifying or making holy; or the state of being sanctified or made holy; the act of God’s grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love of God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.”
“SANCTIFY: To make holy or free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to make fit for the service of God, and the society and employments of heaven.
Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth.”
| 4th. Follow after ho- liness. It is a gradual work. | Mal. 3:1. — The Lord whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple Acts 2:l-4. – The Holy Ghost and fire came suddenly. |
Why not teach that the new birth is a gradual work too?
Living Without Sin.
| 1st. There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not — Eccl. 7:20.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin, means he that is in the habitual use of sinning. |
We believe that under the old dispensation 977 B. C. Solomon stated it just is it was. But under the gospel dispensation, we read, Acts 11:24, that Barnabas was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and, Mark 6:20 that John was just and holy; again, 1 John 3:6, Whosoever abideth in him [Christ] sinneth not. 9th verse. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin. |
| 2d. If a man gets angry and whips his horse, the horse kicks him and kills him instantly, it is a gloomy doctrine to think that he will go to hell. | Eccl. 11:3. – In the place where the tree falleth there it shall be. Eph. 4:26. — Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath. |
| 3d. A man can commit sin and be a Christian at the same time. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. — James 3:10. | Jas. 3:10. — My brethren, those things ought not so to be. 11th verse. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12th verse. So can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. Matt 6:24. No man can serve, two masters . . . . Ye can not serve God and mammon. |
| 4th. Christians may indulge in sin, yet not he classified as sinners. | 1 Jno. 3:8. He that committeth sin is of the devil.
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| 7th. I am saved from sin in this sense, for, when I sin I immediately repent and God forgives me. | But, Mr Preacher, you remember that you said you were built into the body by preachers and by immersion. Now when you commit sin you are severed from the body [Christ the church] therefore you must be IMMERSED into the body gain. |
| 8th. We have no right to affirm that we are holy and perfect. | Matt. 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect ..ven as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Phil. 3:15 Let ns therefore as many as be perfect, etc. Ps. 86; 2. Preserve my soul for I am holy. Eph, 1:4, According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love |
| 9th. I BELIEVE God has forgiven my sins. | 1 Jno. 4:13. Hereby KNOW we that we dwell in him, and he is in us because ho hath given us of his Spirit. |
10th. In private conversation since he preached the above, he said he dare not say all his sins were, forgiven yet.
| Isa. 55:7. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon I him: and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. |
A B. Palmer.
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NEWS FROM THE FIELD.
Teegarden, Ind., Jan. 6, 1892.
Dear Gospel Trumpet: We are praising God this morning, for a complete salvation and victory in our souls. Just closed a meeting last night at the Shild School-house. God was with us in mighty power in tearing down sin and building up his kingdom. There were about 13 consecrations, some for pardon and some for sanctification. There were others that were under deep conviction but would not yield. The meeting would have continued longer but we could only have the house during vacation of school. O flow God did touch the hearts of the people, until many of them wept because of their sin! To God be all the glory.
Your brother, saved just now,
Samuel P. Strang.
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New Pittsburg, Ind., Jan. 11, 1892.
Dear Saints and Trumpet Readers: We are real thankful to God we can truly report the Lord working in us to will and do of his own good pleasure. Bless God! our souls are full of holy fire and zeal to promote the truth in the hearts of the people.
The meeting at Dixon, Ohio, which lasted for two weeks was one of power and complete victory to all the saints. The church was not in a prospering condition when we arrived, but full of leaps and shouts before we left. There were a few reclaimed and also a few made to see the body of Christ and that we can by the grace of God live without sin in this life. On the last night of meeting we observed the ordinances of God’s house, and there were thirteen present who took part. Bro. H. Whitcraft and Lewis Basore were ordained elders of the church of God, and Bro. Adam Clem, deacon of the church at Dixon, Ohio. Bro. Whitcraft feels led to go out in the field, having a deeper experience in his soul than in the past. We hope to hear of the dear ones standing fast in the faith of the gospel. God bless all the dear saints for their kindness unto us. We go from here to Willow Chapel, west of Portland, Ind. Pray for us.
We remain your humble servants in the gospel,
S. L. & A. L. Speck, & Susie Kriebel.
Burket, Ind.
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Fenwick, Ont.
My last report was from Wheeling, W. Va. The meeting there was attended with much power. There was a wonderful shaking, as the Lord had gone on ahead and prepared the way by getting about half a dozen out in the evening light that had not learned it of man but had been taught of God. They secured the Zane St. M. E. house of worship for meetings. Among those who accepted the blessed truth was Dr. Hutchens who told me the Lord had called him to forsake his profession and preach the gospel; also sister McKim whom the Lord has called into the work. She is a good soprano singer; she should be with some company. My next stop was Elm Grove, where I stopped with dear Bro. C. Bartlebaugh who was preaching for the W. Va. eldership; but he said the Holy Ghost had not been in the thing since he went into it. He enjoyed the present truth concerning the church very much. I stopped with him over two Sundays preaching to different congregations. He went along with me confirming the word and bearing my expenses. May the Lord bless him abundantly and give him a Bible experience and help him to get free from being yoked up with the ungodly. The congregations all received the word gladly, especially the two in Ohio. Leaving Jacobsburg, Ohio, I came to Pittsburgh, Pa., and preached the same evening in the Mission on Grant St. I met Bro’s Kachlin of Fredonia, Pa., and Hanmel, of Altoona, Pa., and my brother, who is clear in his soul again and I trust will soon be out in the work again. This meeting was a real pentecost. Workers are needed so badly in Pittsburgh, and Altoona, Pa. There are so many anxious for the light and they are grasping at anything, and they get much that is very hurtful to their souls. Who will go? The way is opened up. I stopped nearly one week at Kittanning and Blanco, Pa., and we had a very precious time with the little ones. One soul was saved. We next stopped at West Monterey, Pa. Here we met dear beloved Bro. Schell and Co. in the midst of a meeting. We remained one week, an here Sisters Mary Sowers and Emily Dunmyer joined us to go Canada. We arrived at Welland about three weeks ago. We have been visiting the churches and are now here holding a series of meetings in Dr. Birdsall’s hall, trusting the Lord for the salvation of precious souls.
Your humble brother, trusting the Mighty to Save,
G. T. Clayton.
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Fishville, Mich., Jan. 7, 1892.
Dear Saints: I thought I would write some of my experience in holding meetings over in Gratiot Co. Thirteen souls came out in the clear light. There were two sect ministers who fought the word. They claimed that no man can live without sin. The unconverted told them to go home and read their bibles. One man who lad preached for the sects for twenty years, sought the blessing of sanctification and obtained it. Dear saints, pray for me that the power of God may still keep me. I have four children; they have all taken the straight way.
Your brother,
Wm. Cooly.
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TESTIMONIES.
Thy Testimonies are Wonderful.” —
Psa. 119:129.
Rockford, O.
Dear Trumpet Readers: I feel that I can testify to the glory of God through the Trumpet. I was converted seven years ago the 10th of Feb.; joined the U. B. sect, remained there three years, then took letters of commendation and joined the M. E. sect. I labored there in vain, supposing gain to be godliness, for I had gained many friends there; but seeing the ungodliness of brethren professing to do, and doing not; and having heard holiness preached, I was enabled to hear the command, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness, and what communion hath light with darkness?” “Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you.” — 2 Cor. 6:14-17. When I was received of the Lord I was cleansed from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. I know that he has placed me in his body as it hath pleased him. By his grace I am determined to do his will in all things, and to follow the Savior in every example we read of in his word. Dear saints of God, pray for me.
Your brother, saved and sanctified,
Levi Hessong.
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Enterprise, Miss.
Dear Saints: I feel that it is to the glory of God for me to write a few lines for my blessed Savior. Praise his holy name! He has saved me from the use of tobacco. I could not quit snuff because I loved the taste of it, but when I went to the Lord for help, he answered my prayers, and I have no appetite for it any more. Praise the Lord forever!
Your sister, saved and sanctified,
Laura Oxner.
Elk Dale, Mo.
Dear Readers: I am glad that I have a testimony for Jesus to day. I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Glory be to Jesus! I am not ashamed of the cross. In fact, I do not see anything to be ashamed of, but I glory in the cross of Jesus. I am not tired of the way. O that I had a tongue and words sufficient to tell the glories of perfect love! I am free from all sect thralldom. I am kept by the mighty power of God, sanctified by faith through the blood of the Lamb. Praise the Lord! Amen.
John G. Neff.
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Black Lake, Mich.
Dear Saints: I feel to praise the Lord for what he has done for me. He has forgiven all my sins and made me free from sectism. I was converted when about seventeen years old. I felt so happy in the love of Christ that I thought I never could sin or disobey God again; but trusting my own strength and not trusting Jesus, I soon fell into sin. I kept on sinning and repenting till last winter when God sent some of his Holy Ghost ministers here to preach the gospel in its true light, and I laid all on the altar. O this blessed salvation! I am sixty- eight years old. I was afflicted with Rheumatism, but the Lord healed me of that. Glory be to God! who forgiveth all our iniquities and healeth all our diseases. Pray that I may keep low and humble.
Your sister in the Lord,
Maria Short.
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Anthony, Kan.
Dear Saints: I feel that it would be to the glory of God for me to give in my testimony. I am saved from sin just now, and walking in the light as He is in the light. I would not exchange the peace that now flows in my soul for all this world. I do know I have found a pearl of very great price. Praise the name of the Lord forever! I know that God is ordering all things for my good and his glory. Dear ones, I want you to pray for me that I may be kept in the will and order of God at all times and filled with wisdom and understanding.
Your brother in Christ,
W. G. Sorrels.
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Stix, Miss.
Dear Saints: I praise the Lord for a free salvation that keeps my soul from day by day. It does me good to read the Trumpet. There are but a few of us here that are saved, but I praise God that his grace is sufficient to keep us as long as we trust in his promises. I am trusting in him, and am holding up the true light to the dying world.
Your brother saved,
J. C. Clemons.
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Free Trade, Miss.
Dear Saints: We will write our testimony. We are still praising God that he has saved us from sin, and has cleansed us from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. He keeps us perfectly holy in this life. We praise the Lord for the blessed evening light. Pray that we may ever be found walking in the light.
Your brother and sister, saved and sanctified through the truth,
J. H. & M. J. Watkins.
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Oakwood, Ohio.
Dear Brethren in Christ: I thought I would write my testimony. Soon after I was saved I had an awful headache or a very severe pain in my head and I began to pray to the good Lord to heal me and rebuke the disease, and I felt the misery leave me, and I was healed. At another time I strained my shoulders and I was laid up so I could not do any thing scarcely. I took my case to the Lord, and he healed me, and I have been healed ever since. I give God all the honor and glory, and praise him for what he has done for me. I am saved and sanctified by the power of God.
John Spillman.
Sidney, O.
Dear Saints: I truly feel thankful to God that he has spared my life to enjoy this privilege of writing my testimony through the columns of the Trumpet. Blessed be God! I am still trusting in Jesus, and through him I am able to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony. His praise shall be the fruit of my lips continually. Oh how I praise him that he ever saved my soul from the awful works of bondage. I am saved from all sin and kept by the power of God, and am sanctified to do my Master’s will. Pray for me, all the dear saints.
Your humble sister,
Jennie Morton.
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OBITUARIES.
Teegarden, Ind.
Allan Fulkerson, little son of J. W. and Emma Fulkerson, died Jan. 6 1892, aged 2 years, 10 months, 17 days. May God bless the bereaved family and help them to so live that they may meet little Allan in heaven.
Funeral service by the writer,
Samuel P. Strang.
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Near Hamilton, Mich., Jan. 15, 1892, Elsa Naomi Dannenberg went to her rest. A sweet child 9 months old. The Lord bless the parents, and draw them on to the happy place where they will meet with the dear little angel. Amen.
D. S. Warner.
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At Bunkerhill, Ill., on the 23d of October, 1891, Mother Comer, aged 58 years, 3 mo. and 11 days. She leaves a husband and one son and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. But hers is the eternal gain. She was sanctified over eight years ago in a little holiness meeting. She lived a holy life up to the time of her departure. She was a reader of the GOSPEL TRUMPET for years. We often read her testimony there, full of blessedness. She called her large circle of friends and told them that Jesus was calling her, and she was going home. She bade them all farewell, and as they gathered around her, her happy soul went sweeping through the gates into the city. Pray God’s blessing to rest upon the sorrowing husband, a minister of the gospel, that his last days may be crowned with success, in winning many souls to Christ.
Jennie Ferris.
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Near South Haven, Mich., Jan. 11 1892, dear Sister Catharine Simmons closed her earthly pilgrimage, and went home in peace, to dwell with Jesus, aged 57 years, 9 mo., 15 days. Dear Bro. and Sister Simmons gave their hearts to God and were fully saved about nine years ago, not long after the pure gospel was brought into that community, and they have sweetly walked together with the Lord ever since. Though quite calm and serene, they have stood firm, and let their light shine, and always demonstrated their love to God’s dear ministers in a very practical manner. Dear Sister Simmons has truly been a mother to all; and she was much loved and esteemed by all who knew her. God bless the memory of that dear woman. She being dead yet speaketh, and her life has left a light that will continue to shine in coming years.
She told all that she was prepared to go home, and requested all her friends to meet her in heaven. She leaves a husband and four children to mourn her departure. O may God write her dying words on all their hearts, and by his sweet Spirit, lead them in the pure path she has so faithfully trod, that their last end may be as hers, peaceful, and beautiful in the sight of the Lord. The Lord save the dear children and friends and sustain and comfort dear Bro Simmons in this great bereavement Funeral services in Maple Grove School-house. A large congregation listened with much interest to the word of God.
D. S. Warner.
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TESTIMONIES.
Thy Testimonies are Wonderful.” —
Psa. 119:129.
La Grange, Ind.
Dear Saints: I feel led of God to write my testimony to the Trumpet. This morning finds me saved and trusting in God. I have peace within my soul. There is no meeting, at this place that I can go to, but I know the Lord will never forsake me as long as I trust in him. He has done much for me and my family. Pray for me that I keep low and humble, and for my unsaved conpanion, that he may get saved again.
Your sister, saved,
Ella Booher.
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Clarendon Hill, Ill.
Dear Saints of God: I do rejoice in a free and full salvation this morning. God does keep me and mine from day to day. I do praise God for his wonderful goodness. May God send some of his ministers here to preach the truth to the people. We are saved and kept by the power of God.
Your brother and sister,
C. B. & A. M. Tracy.
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Robinson, Kan.
Dear Brethren in Christ: I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows how in the presence of his people. Praise the Lord! the day of his miracles is not past. I have sought him and found pardon, and being justified by faith, I have presented this body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which was my reasonable service, and I believe, yea I know that he does sanctify me wholly and entirely. I know that when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord does raise up a standard against him (Satan), and that he dares not cross the high and holy way because God hath said, “No unclean thing shall pass over it.” He has called me out from those that work iniquity, those whose works are in secret. I praise God, that I am not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, that I have forsaken the Free Masons and Odd Fellows and others, and that I find the grace of God sufficient. Pray for me.
Your saved brother,
Fred Husted.
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Litchfield, Ill.
Dear Saints: I will also send my testimony with the many redeemed. Glory to God! I feel the holy fire burning in my soul while I write. The precious blood of Jesus cleanses me from all sin. The Lord will bring us through trials, temptations, afflictions and death itself with victory in our souls. Glory to his name.
Your sister,
Jennie Ferris.
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Marianna, Ark.
Dear Trumpet Readers: I feel led this morning to write to the saints for the first time. I take the GOSPEL TRUMPET and could hardly live without it. I am on the Lord’s side and want to always remain there. I am trying to live soul and body for the Lord. I do not get to go to meeting, for there is no meeting; so I want to testify through the Trumpet, and want all the children of God to pray for me and my mother. My mother is about sixty-three years old and wants to live a perfect Christian. We do beg the prayers of all God’s children, that we may enjoy this great salvation. My mother’s name is Matilda Starrett; and we both read the GOSPEL TRUMPET.
Your sister,
Anna Kershaw.
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Bracken, Ind.
Beloved Saints: I desire to write my testimony to the Trumpet to-day. O, praise the Lord for his goodness to me! I can not hear, but the dear Lord has been so good to me, and has saved my soul, and filled my heart with perfect love, which casteth out fear. Oh! my heart flows out in love to all God’s little ones, and when I meet with them it seems hard to part. God’s saints love one another as he has commanded them to love one another, and as Jesus hath loved us. Praise his holy name! I am dead to the world, living and working for Jesus alone. I am glad I have met so many dear saints, and I hope you will not forget me in your prayers. I have had some severe trials and many temptations; but glory be to God! I find his grace is sufficient for me. And when I go to Jesus in much secret prayer, oh how he blesses me, and takes all my troubles away! God bless all his dear children, and keep them in the straight and narrow way is my prayer. Amen.
Your sister, saved and sanctified,
Clara Beaver.
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Meridian, Cal.
To the Saints and faithful Brethren in Christ: My testimony this morning is, I know that my Redeemer liveth, hallelujah! and that my God shall supply all my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. He says he will not suffer his faithfulness to fail. — Psa. 89:33, so I have entrusted all to him, and all that I am or ever expect to be is what he has made me. Praise our God! As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after the Lord continually. Christ is my Savior, sanctifier and healer. Looking for that blessed hope, and glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ. Pray for us, dear ones. We are a little band here that do not belong to any man-made machinery, but looking only to Jesus for life, light and salvation. God bless you all.
Yours, crucified with Christ,
A. W. Blackmer.
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932 1/2 Second Ave., Augusta, Ga.
Dear Gospel Trumpet: I write my testimony to the dear saints. I am saved and sanctified, and kept by the power of God each moment and hour I live; and am free from all sin. Glory be to God and the Lamb forever! Pray for me dear saints, as I do pray for all of you.
Your sister in Christ,
Emma Antony.
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Salem, Mo.
Dear Brethren in Christ: I am truly thankful for this opportunity of testifying through the Trumpet that I am saved, sanctified and kept by the mighty power of God. I do know that my soul is basking in the pure sunshine of his love. Pray for me.
John T. Watson.
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Hartsells, Ala.
Dear Saints: I want to tell you that I am sweetly saved in Jesus, and kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. Glory to Jesus forever! Since the desire to sin has been removed, and I have consecrated all to the Lord, my soul has been filled with joy inexpressible, and full of glory. Praise the name of Jesus forever!
Your humble brother, saved and sanctified,
S. S. Stinson.
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Moscow, Miss.
Dear Saints of God: I wish to write my testimony again. I haven’t been with the dear saints much for some time; but my prayers are always with them; for I love all of God’s children. This morning finds me saved and sanctified wholly, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses me from all sin. I thank and praise his holy name that I ever did learn to trust him for all things.
Your sister in Christ,
Jennie Talbert.
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Uhrichsville, O.
Dearly Beloved Saints: I can tell you that I am saved in Jesus’ blood; my all is on the altar and I am ready to do his will at all times. It was two years in December since I came to the dear Lord for the pardon of my sins. Praise his dear name! When I looked up to him he took the wonderful load off my heart and filled me with his peace. I could not say then that I hoped my sins were forgiven but I was perfectly sure of it. In two days he sanctified me wholly. Praise his dear name! The fire of his. dear love is burning in my heart this afternoon. He has healed myself and children at different times. It is in keeping his commandments that the eternal weight of glory comes. Pray for me that I may be kept low down at the foot of the cross.
Your sister, sanctified,
Araminda Hurless.
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Winger, Ont.
Dear Saints: I wish to testify to what the Lord has done for me. When I was going the downward way of sin Christ told me that if would give myself to him he would save me from my sins. I was in a lost condition, but he saved and sanctified my soul, and he keeps me.
Your sister,
Clara Putman.
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Clam Lake. Mich.
Dear Saints of God: To day finds us saved and trusting in God the rock of our salvation. We do praise the Lord for a present experience. Our desire is to be kept humble at the feet of Jesus where he can use us to his glory. We ask you to pray for us that God may use us to his glory.
Your saved brother and sister,
E. G. & Ona Averill.
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Guy’s Mills, Pa.
Dear Trumpet Readers: The Spirit leads me to give my testimony for Jesus. I am saved and sanctified by the blood of the crucified Savior. Glory to the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world!
Your brother, sanctified to do His will,
Arthur Howard.
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Fortescue, Mo.
Dear Brethren and Sisters: I praise the Lord for what he has done for me. He has saved me from sin and I feel the victory in my soul as I write these few lines. I enjoy a salvation that the world can neither give nor take away.
Your saved sister in Jesus,
Hettie Carter.
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Scammon, Mich.
Dear Saints: The Lord wants me to write my testimony for the Trumpet. I praise God for his keeping power. The devil tried to make me lose my sanctification, and he came so near doing so that he got me to believe it myself, and I got under condemnation. I had many sad hours and I began to cry mightly unto God to show me what I had done, and he showed me that I had been doubting his promises. I told the blessed Lord that if he would forgive me.. would never doubt again though the whole world should turn against me for what if we should gain the whole world and lose our own soul? Dear ones, pray for me.
Your sister, saved to the uttermost
Louie Hardy.
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Sidney, O.
Dear Saints: I feel led of the Lord to give in my testimony of a full salvation. He keeps me free from all sin. Praise his name! I am all on the altar to do his whole will. Your brother,
D. Davis.
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Nye, Ind.
Dear Saints: I bless the dear Lord for salvation that saves me from all sin. It fills my soul with joy to tell to the world what Jesus has done for me. He forgave all my sins, and then I gave myself a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable unto God which was my reasonable service, and to night I am saved and sanctified, ready to do whatever the Lord puts upon me. I love him with all my heart. Pray for me, dear saints, and for my husband, that he may be saved.
Your sister,
Delphia Hunter.
Winchester, Ind.
Dear Saints: I do praise God this morning for salvation full and free. The Lord has me in the furnace of trial, tribulation and adversity; but praise his name forever I am just resting in his sweet will and I do trust him to bring me out as pure as gold, reflecting nothing but the image of Jesus. Jesus learned obedience by the things which he suffered and so must we. If we suffer with him we shall also reign with him. Oh! dear saints, be firm and faithful. Let us not bring any reproach upon the cause of our dear Savior.
Your sister in Christ,
Susie Fisher.
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Reddick, Ill.
Dear Readers of the Trumpet: I am praising God this morning for full and free salvation which saves to the uttermost. I praise the Lord that he ever found me and brought me out of the mist and confusion and set me on the rock Christ Jesus, where I am free and happy as a bird, singing joyful praise ever more. I am determined to stand for Jesus, come what will. If every body is against me, I know the Lord is in me, if I keep humble and in God’s order. O pray for me that I may ever keep where the blood can flow over me. I am saved and sanctified by a second work of grace.
Your sister,
Rosa Kriebel.
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Reddick,. Ill.
Dear Readers of The Trumpet: I feel moved of God to give my testimony, although for the first time in print. Glory to God in the highest! One wave of glory after the other is flowing over my soul continually since I am dead to all but God. The Lord is my physician. He healed me of nervous weakness of which I suffered for several years. I had taken treatment for one year to no good. After I was sanctified and got light and faith in God’s wonderful power to heal the afflicted, my wife and I just went to God in prayer for my healing and I could feel God’s healing power take hold of me and I was healed. There my faith was tried harder. I was taken with a most serious erysipelas from which poison oozed out continually. The devil thought it must be that I would put something on it, and not simply trust the case to God. I called on Bro. Geo. Cole and company for anointing and prayer and at length I got the witness clear and I was soon healed. All glory to God! Oh blessed comfort Christ gives to his deal afflicted ones! Who can deny that Jesus was the most concerned about the sick? Who will believe on him? Oh! it is blessed to cease from our own works and to enjoy the Lord and glory in him only. I am saved and sanctified by a definite work of grace.
Your brother in him,
Jas. S. Kriebel.
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High Hill, Miss.
Dear Brethren and Sisters in Christ: I know to day that God loves me and keeps me by his tender mercies from sin and sectism. I feel as I write these lines that I am on the high way. We can plainly see that God’s cause is in want of workers — fire baptized workers who do not care for their butter and bread, nor for public opinion; who care not for howling mobs, but who have the burden of lost and dying souls upon them, and are willing to go into the streets of cities and toil for poor lost souls.
Your brother in Christ,
R. S. Savell.
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Winger, Ont.
Dear Saints: I can testify that I have a salvation that makes and keeps me clean. I praise God for the evening light. I feel that the Lord wants me to work in his vineyard.
Your brother under the blood,
James Putman.
Enterprise, Miss.
Dear Trumpet Readers: I am glad to tell you what the Lord has done for me. Five years ago the Lord let the light shine around me while at home reading his blessed word. I had never before met any of God’s holy ones. I heard that there was a band of two or three at Shadeville that were opening the eyes of the people at that place. I heard that they taught that we could be saved from all sin. I thought that if it were the truth I could find it in the Bible, so I began to look for myself. I soon found that we must quit sinning, and that it is God’s will that we should be sanctified. To my surprise I found that I lacked a great deal of being what my Savior required of me. But I just went to work praying night and day for God to forgive me, and he did forgive me for Christ’s sake. Well, I felt that I was saved. I soon found that I needed something more of the Lord, and praise the Lord! I know that he now saves me from all sin. I find it so sweet to trust in Jesus. Pray for me.
J. T. Speed.
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Dixon, Miss.
Dear Trumpet Readers: I praise God for a full salvation in Christ Jesus. I know that I am sanctified and free in the Lord. Am on the Rock unmoved from the truth.
J. B. Strickland.
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St. Louis, Mich.
Dear Saints: I wish to give my testimony. I am saved and standing alone with God. I know that God has adopted me as one of his children. I am dead to all partyism. I understand the body of Christ and know there is no division in God’s church.
Your sister in Christ,
Mary A. Carr.
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Calvert, Miss.
Dear Saints: I want to tell you that I am praising the Lord for a full and free salvation to night. I have so much to praise him for. I thank him for the blessed Trumpet. I find so many precious testimonies; it makes me strong to read them. I can testify to-day that this is the way to heaven. We can rejoice in it. Oh! thank God for the whole truth. Brethren, let us contend for the whole truth. The world is watching us very closely, and while the persecution in this country is great, the Lord bears me up and enables me to stand it all. Pray for me.
Your brother,
W. J. Gibson.
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Tekonsha, Mich.
Dear Friends of Jesus: I do praise God to day, that he has in these last days raised up a people for himself alone, who are willing to be measured by the Bible, and planed by the gospel plane, so they can be fitted into the great building of God, the house not made with hands. I am saved just now, glory to Jesus! and kept by the grace of God, daily offering up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, by Jesus Christ. God has done a great work for me and mine, in healing our bodies, for which blessings I praise his glorious name forever. I came to Christ beseeching him to let me touch the hem of his garment, and he never yet turned a beggar away empty, for God is at the right hand of such as feel their need of him. I see new beauties every day; the way grows more grand, more glorious. Praise the Lord that he called me. Pray that I may be steadfast.
Yours in the love of Jesus,
Hattie Douglass.
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Rockport, Mo.
Dear Saints: I feel led to add my testimony. Glory to God for a salvation that keeps from all sin! I was a backslider. I know that his love abides in me.
Your brother, saved in Christ Jesus,