21 November 1895, Volume 15, Number 46.

CHRIST IN THE GARDEN.

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While nature was sinking in stillness to rest,
The last beams of daylight shone dim in the west,
O’er fields, by the moonlight my wandering feet
Then led me to muse in some lonely retreat.

While passing a garden I paused then to hear
A voice faint and plaintive from one that was there:
The voice of the suff’rer affected my heart,
In agony pleading the poor sinner’s part.

In off’ring to heaven His pitying prayer,
He spoke of the torments that the sinner must bear;
His life as a ransom He offered to give,
That sinners, redeemed in glory might live.

I listen’d a moment, then turn’d me to see
What man of compassion this stranger could be:
I saw him low kneeling upon the cold ground,
The lovliest Being that ever was found.

His mantle was wet with the dews of the night,
His locks by pale moonbeams were glist’ning and bright,
His eyes bright as diamonds to heaven were rais’d,
While angels in wonder stood ’round Him amaz’d.

So deep were His sorrows, so fervent His pray’rs,
That down o’er His bosom roll’d sweat, blood, and tears;
I wept to behold Him! I asked Him His name!
He answered, “ ‘Tis Jesus, from heaven I came.

I am thy Redeemer! For thee I must die;
The cup is most bitter, but cannot pass by:
Thy sins like a mountain are laid upon me,
And all this deep anguish I suffer for thee.”

I heard with deep sorrow the tale of His woe,
While tears like a fountain of water did flow:
The cause of His sorrows to hear Him repeat,
Affected my heart, and I fell at His feet.

I trembled with horror and loudly did cry,
“Lord! save a poor sinner! O save, or I die!”
He smiled when he saw me, and said to me. “Live!
Thy sins which are many I freely forgive!”

How sweet was that moment! he bade me rejoice;
His smile, O how pleasant! how cheering his voice!
I fled from the garden to spread it abroad,
And shouted salvation and glory to God!

I’m now on my journey to mansions above,
My soul’s full of glory, of light, peace and love:
I think of the garden, the prayer and the tears,
Of the loving stranger who banished my fears.

The day of bright glory is rolling around,
When Gabriel descending, the trumpet shall sound,
My soul then in raptures of g’ory shall rise,
To gate on the Stranger with unclouded eyes.

Selected by Mrs Mary J. Scott.

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Temptation.

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“WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our profession, Jesus Christ, who was faithful to him that appointed him.” Heb. 3:1, 2. Our profession is holiness unto the Lord. Do we consider as we should how our Savior passed through suffering in temptation? Was made perfect through suffering that he might be a faithful high priest. For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. He also was subject to infirmities, but not to sin. “For we have not an high priest which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,” Like as he was faithful to the Father so may we be faithful, through his grace; for he said, Without me ye can do nothing. We so often fail to receive the real benefit, and become stronger from passing through temptation, just because we get our eyes off from Christ and on the trials.

‘Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing had happend unto you, but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” 1 Pet. 4:12, 13. As Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, let us arm ourselves with the same mind, that not only he may receive us with much joy, but we also be glad with exceeding joy when he shall appear. How our souls rejoice and praise the Lord, for bringing us out of the mists and confusion of spiritual Babylon, giving us a real Bible experience of salvation! Praise the Lord! Temptations and trials are a part of our inheritance. May the Lord help us to move forward on that line, as well as all other things pertaining to life and godliness. Our Father will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able to bear, but will with the temptation also make a way for our escape. I have found a sure way of escape lies in secret prayer, taking all our care to Jesus and leaving it there. Bless the Lord! The word of God is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Tim. 3:16, 17. We must be just as thankful for the reproof and correction, as for the doctrine and instruction.

When the Lord shows us any point or lack on our part, receive it with humility and thankfulness, that we have the high privilege to measure up to all the light God gives us. “Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but rather let it be healed” Heb. 12:12, 13. “Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?” If we will not receive the chastisements of the Father, and bring forth fruits unto righteousness, we shall be cast forth as a branch and burned by God’s eternal truth. May the Lord help the weak to become strong, and make his praise glorious in the earth. Amen.

Mary Heldenbrand.

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Another Talk to the Young.

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“REJOICE, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh.” — Eccl. 11:9, 10.

My dear young friends, we are on a pilgrimage to a distant land. We have been placed in this world for a purpose, and that is to prepare for the next world, and through our instrumentality enable those of our fellow travelers to ascertain their privileges in this life and their reward in that to come. Out of the fullness of a storehouse of an observing, earnest, truthful nature, comes words of wisdom, instructing, advising and warning us to lay aside all mock modesty, and with an unselfish and impartial soul in the fear of God, pursue those principles requisite to elevate us from the power of lust to the glorious plane of unalloyed happiness.

The requirements necessary to perfect this great end, is to be impressed with the importance involved in the right use of the social faculties, and carrying those impressions out to the extent of our individual enjoyment, love and harmony of friends, prosperity of humanity in general, in the reproduction of the most beautiful and original forms of humanity for this world and the next. I have a soul, so have you; my spirit shall return to God who gave it, so shall yours. Eccl. 12:7. I shall be judged, so shall you. 1 Cor. 5:10. And by the grace of God I shall spend eternity with Jesus, Will you?

In the text we see that the judge of truth and righteousness permits us to walk in the way we may choose. We may follow the vain and foolish things of earth, and indulge in the frivolity and deceitfulness of sin. Yet for all this God will bring us to judgement, where every secret thing will be brought to light, whether it be good or bad. Eccl. 12:14. There is a false consolation among many people, causing such to remark that “young folks will be gay;” “Boys will sow their wild oats,” etc. Such suggestions indicate a total lack of reflection and observation. For no right thinking person will upon investigation, or thoroughly comprehending the dreadful condition of present society, say that there cannot anything be done to help the young to escape the dissipating effects of the power of Satan. “They that plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.” “He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity.” You may search the pages of the moral law, but no promise is found that they who violate its holy precepts, and lightly esteem the glorious God- given ordinances of temperance and love, shall be exempt from its punishments pronounced upon all transgressors. “A prudent man forseeth the evil and hideth; but the simple pass on and are punished.” Simple indeed is he who supposes that after violating the laws of heaven, and scorning divine legislation, and sinning against the monitor (conscience) incorporated in the being of man, will eventually escape the judgment of divine justice. For there are no exceptions to the rules which operate on mankind generally. Such a delusion has proven fatal to many precious souls, who have discovered when too late how corroding are the links of the terrible chain of misery that fetters and galls. Ensnared in the trammels of hell the victim wakes to the realization that life has been a failure, hope lost, heaven lost, his soul lost, with no hope of ever being found outside the dread despair of everlasting shame and contempt. “Ye that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.” While you sow vanity, sin accumulates around you; link after link is added to the chain of wretchedness; inch by inch the cable shortens that binds you to your everlasting doom; the light of life is gradually growing dim; the flickering flame of true manhood moulders beneath the globe that encircles the soul which should have been perfected love and truth.

But ah, the elements of the infernal world through hellish schemes have blackened the very citadel of honor. The windows of grace are so polluted by sinful lusts that the precious all-inspiring sunlight of holy recreation fails to gladden the wretchedness of the poor captive of despair by the rays of eternal glory from the throne of freedom and peace. The door that should have given a glad reception to the feast of good things given by the bridegroom of heaven is closed against the son of God, and instead is receiving the blackness of darkness. An horrible tempest in this whirlwind of judgment to be reaped by all who violate the law of purity, is whirling thy poor soul in the bosom of despair. Around and around art thou tossed by the archfiend amid the shrieking demons that torment your already miserable existence, with the thought that a few more weary days of bitter remorse will send you to the great unseen, before the tribunal of the Almighty. The consummation of all things will appear, and ten thousand thunders will re-echo from the clouds of endless night the wail of the soul that is conscious of its polluted state and the brightness of heavenly purity.

The bells of eternity toll the requiem; the death march begins, led by the devil and his angels, never to cease unless eternity comes to an end.

Dear young friends, youth is the time to serve God; while the evil days come not, and your hearts are not hardened by sin. One strap is more easily broken than thousands. Though you may not be aware of the surrounding danger, nevertheless every lust you yield to is one strand of that great web that is being woven by the subtlety of Satan. Coil after coil of this thread of deception is being thrown around your soul, tighter and tighter you are bound. There is a time when by manliness and courage you may break loose from the docks of perpetual shame. But ah, the time is when hope is in the past; the sting of conscience smites thy soul, and you groan beneath the weight of a blackened future. Struggle after struggle is felt from the better element within, desiring to be delivered from the loathsome state of mind. But alas, you find so many abnormal characteristics embodied in your nature that every propensity seems to tend downwards instead of aspiring to a noble existence.

My boys, there is redemption through the love of Christ. For “there is a fountain opened in the house of David for sin and uncleanness.” Do not give up; if you have attempted to escape, and failed as often, try again. Invoke the help of God, and he will surround you with an influence that will give you energy and fortitude to accomplish the renovation of those old habits. Seek such associates as have a reputation for things manly and courageous; try to identify yourself with the feelings of all such, and with the principles that advocate a virtuous life. Make a covenant that you will break off from the debasing licentious habit, yea will die rather than submit to the filthy soul-polluting practice of self destruction. Vitality will return, courage increase, strength abound. That enervated, shrunken, almost lifeless spirit will be renewed; those depressed feelings will flee: an object will appear that will be worth living for; everything will take on a brighter appearance, and a radical reform will be the result. But the way you are at present your life is a failure everywhere. You must do something for yourself.

In views of the misery that is sure to follow such a course, I protest with all the earnestness at my command against the carelessness of parents in regard to those who have the care of the little ones. The origin of a blasted existence can often be traced to the ignorant, licentious female nurse, or sometimes to a depraved man of mature age. In a thousand ways the sensitiveness of the genital organs to the touch is liable to be known. Naturally the mischief is wrought in secret, and parents or guardians seldom suspect that the ruinous work is going on, and should their suspicions become aroused, a criminal delicacy in the majority of cases prevents them from taking appropriate measures to remedy the evil. Such conduct is moral cowardice in its worst form. To avoid responsibility brings guilt. And here let me say to all parents, for Jesus’ sake show yourself worthy of your trust. Your children will arrive at a knowledge of their sexual functions at an early age in some way; and the question is, Shall a knowledge be imparted by a judicious parent, or shall the information come from a debased companion, ignorant of consequences? As childhood advances to youth, the habit of masturbation, if unarrested by kindly warning and friendly counsel, binds its victim with stronger chains. And a celebrated physician says,

“Habitual masturbators have a dark, moist, cold hand, very characteristic of great vital exhaustion; their sleep is short, and great debility comes on; they may gradually waste away if the evil passion is not got the better of; nervous symptoms set in, such as spasmodic contraction, or partial or entire convulsive movements, together with epilepsy or a species of paralysis.”

Who can imagine a more pitable condition, than such an one who realizes the full measure of his degradation, and the ruinous consequences of his own misdeeds? No wonder that some sensitive souls are so filled with shame and self condemnation, as to end their seemingly useless life by a poisonous drug, or by a bullet through the distracted brain. Thousands of souls have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

The unseen is moving to receive thousands of thousands who are hastening to their eternal doom. Flee to Christ for refuge; time will soon end, and where is thy hope? None beyond the grave. Then call for mercy while it may be found.

Heaven to earth, in sympathy bows, rapturous, bright, and fair,
Hell enraged, exalts herself, and weaves a web of despair.
Jesus Christ, the Savior stands, calling, ‘‘Come up higher,”
The ruler of night, with fiendish laugh doth deride our good desire.
But by the power of inner might, we arise to a noble place,
And the jeers and mocks of Satan’s rage, we throw into his face.
Satanic bands are riven, my body alone the Lord’s shall be,
His love alone my soul shall hind; O glory! I am free!
And now, O God, my soul preserve, and may I to others show
How to escape the powers of hell, and perfect love to know.

W. A. Haynes.

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TESTIMONY.

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Looking Glass, Ore.

Dear Saints of God: I feel led to write a few lines of testimony. I was a member of the Campbellite sect four years before I ever heard justification mentioned, and a year ago last March, my aunt came from Illinois here and she led me out of darkness into light, but it took a long time to see, I was so blind. And the coming July I was converted, then sanctified. Then I did not have any more use for the sects, until in Nov. I went to a U. B. protracted meeting, and some friends, knowing that I had left the sects, told me I was out in the world and if I would join the U. B. sect I could help my brother and his wife so much, as they had just been converted. So after some coaxing I joined that sect, not knowing the evil of sectism. I stayed there until August, when Bro. Hudson and Co. from California held a tabernacle meeting in Roseburg, and there I heard the gospel preached in its purity as I had never heard before. Some said it would soon blow over, but praise God, it has not blowed out yet, but it is spreading all over the country. Praise his dear name! I do praise God for ever sending the dear saints to this place. The Lord has healed me several times, for which I praise his name. And I desire all the dear saints to pray for me. Your sister, saved, sanctified, and satisfied,

Annie B. Wright.

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Entered at the Post Office at Grand Junction, Van Buren Co. Michigan as second class matter.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1895.

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LIST OF MONEY LETTERS NOT OTHERWISE RECEIPTED

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T. C. Allen, E. J. Teer, Viola Shepard, Grant Shimer, J. L. Pike, C. Hutchens, Mrs. A. Reed, D. M. Russel, C. E. Ford, Nora Siens, Mrs. J. Plumb, J. W. Howard, Caroline Davis, Anna Henshall, A. M. Bixler, Kittle Powers, Jno. Shank, W. M. Wolcott, L. W. Bascom, Mrs. Samuel Smith, W. J. McCurdy.

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Remember the week of prayer beginning Friday, Nov. 22 to Thursday night, Nov. 28. Put in your own case for spiritual help and advancement, and healing of the body if needed, also any one else you desire, and all God’s people will be agreed with you for the work to be done.

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We have purchased the timber on several acres of land and have a limited time to remove it. If the Lord moves any one to help along the spread of the gospel by the use of the saw or ax and thus aid in saving souls let us know at once. There will be work enough to keep several hands all winter. As the work is advancing we can also make use of a few more type-setters. We have Bible lessons and faith meetings almost every night, and those coming will also have a good chance for spiritual advancement.

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Some of the brethren in England have suggested that we mail the TRUMPET to the different subscribers in one town by enclosing them all in one wrapper, thus saving postage which would amount to considerable in the course of a year. But in reply we wish to say that this is forbidden by the Postal Laws. We quote from General Regulations and Suggestions Respecting Foreign Mails: “A newspaper or periodical packet for transmission to the Postal Union, Canada and Mexico excepted, at the rate of one cent per two ounces or fraction, is restricted to a single (outside) address. Periodicals addressed to several different subscribers, must not be enclosed in the same package with postage stamps affixed only to the outside wrapper of the package.”

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Requests For Prayer.

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Please pray that I may be healed of spinal trouble, and enlargement of the liver.

E. J. Teer.

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Rushing Store, Miss.

I earnestly ask the prayers of all, for the healing of my dear children that are in distant lands, and for me that I may be healed. Your saved sister,

M. E. Talbert.

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Dawson, Pa.

Please pray for me, Nov. 28, that I may be entirely healed. I am very much afflicted in my body. My whole desire is to serve the Lord. I am given up to the Lord, soul and body, and determined to serve him. Please pray for me till you get an answer. I believe my healing would be to the glory of God. I am eighteen years old and have been afflicted nearly all my life. Your sister, saved and kept,

Minnie L. Davis.

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Calls For Meeting.

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We want some able minister to come here and hold a meeting. This is a place where the full gospel has not been preached.

Sarah C. Ewen,

Alexander, Morgan Co., Ill.

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Levant, Kan.

We request that some dear one, called of God, would come and preach the Word at this place, one that is filled with the love and meekness of Jesus. May the Lord send whom he will. Yours earnest-lycontending for the faith,

N. and A. B. Guilford.

Nicodemus, Kan.

We request some of God’s true ministers to come to this wicked place. Those who are saved are standing firm for God. There has not been a meeting here for about a year, and I am praying God to send whom he will. I believe it is God’s will for some one to come. If the Lord leads some one to come write me at Nicodemus, Kan. Your sister, contending for the faith,

Belle Myers.

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MEETINGS.

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Tekonsha, Mich.

The saints of S. E. Tekonsha will have a thanksgiving meeting at the chapel. Your brother in Christ,

G. H. Eldridge.

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QUESTIONS.

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Can saints let a man into their house of worship to hold a protracted meeting, who is preaching holiness to please the sects, or who does not renounce sectism, nor preach the whole truth?

Ans. They cannot do so to the glory of God, nor be consistent with his word. Nor can any good come out of it, but very likely confusion and division. Holiness that does not set a man against all sin is a fraud. And the greatest sin known to the word of God is sectism, or the sin of heresy. If a man shows a real willingness to walk in all truth, he might be admitted. But even then, he is not fit to preach in the sight of God until he accepts the word of God in full, and renounces the awful sin of schisms.

What religious sect or denomination does the GOSPEL TRUMPET represent? I have read three copies of your paper and I think it just grand. I love to read it. I would like very much to hear some of the elders preach. My love and best respects for the cause,

C. H. B.

The GOSPEL TRUMPET comes under the same commission that every other preacher of the gospel does that is sent of God. Its business is to preach the Word, and testify the wonderful works of God, just as God’s ancient heralds did. Since, therefore the Word endorses no denomination or body founded on earth, but sets forth the Church which is the body of Christ, and which is the New Jerusalem which came down from heaven, so does the TRUMPET. Since the Word positively forbids all sects, and condemns all heretics, that is, sectarians, so does the TRUMPET. Since the Word teaches that Christ is all in all, we also begin with Christ and end with him and add no more. The whole Christ, He the way, the life and the truth. “And ye are complete in him.’’ Amen.

  1. Is it wrong to attend sect meetings where you have the opportunity to talk to them on the straight word of God?

  2. And would it be wrong to partake with them at the Lord’s table? Your brother in the one faith,

G. F. Heselton.

Ans. to 1st. No, not if God sends you there, and the people are honestly disposed to receive the truth. But if they reject the word of God, “after the first and second admonition, reject them.”

Ans. to 2d. It would, according to the word of God, be a rare case where a free child of God would be justified in doing so. And we have serious doubts if there be any justifying circumstances at all. The fact is, if we are in the light of God’s word we must love what God loves, and abhor what he abhors. And sectism, heresies, are among the worst sins condemned in the Word. But our participation at a sect communion would be an endorsement of the sect.

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Confederation.

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The subject of a union of all sects is the leading topic of discussion in all the great sect conventions. The national council of the Congregational Churches in the U. S. convened at Syracuse, N. Y. Oct. 10. It appears that a proposition was before them, looking to union with the Free Baptist. The committee appointed to report the matter said, “Where corporate union cannot be secured, confederation may partly serve the purpose of exhibiting the unity of believers.” A “Basis of Church Unity” was laid down, for “the prevention of rivalries between competing churches in the same field.” And,

“The ultimate organization of the whole visible body of Christ.”

Of course not one word from the Bible entered into their platform; nor has it entered their minds that salvation is needed to produce unity. But in their blindness they talk of all the masses of the sects joining together, and constituting the whole visible body of Christ. But we hear “another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people.” Amen.

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THE FRISCO CHILDREN’S HOME.

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Frisco, Ark, Nov. ii.

Dear Brethren: Thinking that some of you may be interested and would like to hear from the home and school here, we wish to say that the school is now in progress. At present there are thirty-four scholars enrolled, and twenty-three in the home altogether. The school house is not finished yet, and there are many things lacking, which we are asking the Lord to supply. Even the windows are not yet supplied for the house. Those here in the school are nearly all in rather poor circumstances, but most all seem to be doing what they can. I am doing what I can by way of teaching the school and instructing the little ones as best I can until another teacher is supplied. We are also in need of first readers and other books for the school. Frisco is only a postoffice. The railroad station is Porter, Ark. Pray much for us in the work of the Lord as it is only in its infancy, but we desire that God rule in all things.

Your brother in Christ,

Emil Kreutz.

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THE GERMAN WORK IN WISCONSIN.

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Milwaukee, Wis.

Of Milwaukee, the principal city, it can be said, that it is Satan’s seat The enemy does fight as for his very existence, and we cannot at the present writing say more than that we have often grown weary in the fierce struggle for the dear souls, who accepted the evening light. Praise the Lord, however, who in every conflict thus far has given us the victory. Our number is still small and but very slowly increasing. A few have taken offence in my absence in the field, and hold aloof, for a season only I trust. It has been in the providence of the Lord to lead me back to the field in Sauk Co., sooner than I anticipated.

With the beginning of September I returned there and preached to hungry souls the gospel of completeness in Christ Jesus, and the dear Lord owned the labor, consecrated as it was to him. Soon also he sent me help by Bro. W. P. Halbesleben, and in the name of the Lord we held forth jointly, some in German, some in English, as the Lord led and circumstances required. The communication in No. 38 of GOSPEL TRUMPET gave some news. Below I translate for the benefit of the readers of the TRUMPET two testimonies furnished for the POSAUNE, and will add that the Lord also manifested his healing power in six or more cases, some very precious. I will add that Bro. Halbesleben is still at work there at date of writing, having labored three or four weeks in Baraboo, the county- seat of Sauk Co.

Will the dear people of God please remember the work in your prayers, and especially also pray for the editor of the POSAUNE. A special effort for work in Milwaukee is also in prospect. God Bless the children of the Lord everywhere. Your brother in Jesus,

Fred L. Hahn.

466 16th St.

Ableman, Wis.

Dear Brethren ane Sisters in the Lord: Come unto me all ye that fear the Lord and hearken; I will tell you what God has done unto my soul. I was converted six years ago. The burden of my sins was rolled away. I knew they were all under the precious blood of Christ. Peace and joy filled my heart. I was baptized and joined a sect. But my heart was not satisfied permanently. I sought to grow and get established. My soul hungered and thirsted after true righteousness. Often I had to say to myself, I have not done that I would, but what I hate, that have I done. O, wretched woman that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? And I endeavored to pacify myself by such and other passages of scripture. But I did not read them in their proper connection, nor yet in the Spirit of God. Then, I read again. “’He that committeth sin is of the devil,” “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin,” “Follow holinesss, without which no man shall see the Lord,” my heart was filled with sorrow, and never could I be satisfied with the teaching that holiness was acquired only at death. Abominable lie of Satan! Forever will I praise God that my eyes were opened.

In February, 1895, a sister in Milwaukee sent us the EVANGELIUMS POSAUNE, (the German TRUMPET). This stirred our family into fresh hunger after holiness. We ordered the paper and tracts and opened correspondence with Bro. Hahn. By these means the Lord gave us more light, and in his kind providence, Bro. Hahn come to us on Aug. 7, and preached full salvation in Christ unto us. Praise the Lord for this gospel! Under the sound of the pure Word the mists cleared away and I could see how to bring the sacrifice demanded in Rom. 12:1, and I do praise God, that he prepared me to bring it, to forsake all and follow him. In that moment when I surrendered myself fully, the Lord wrought a complete change in my soul. All desire and inclination to sin disappeared and my heart was filled with love and serene happiness. My longing was stilled, my soul satisfied, and I could say like Paul: I live, yet not I, but Christ, who worketh in me to will and to do. Unto God be all the honor! My experience is that of about thirty others. The Lord has done great things, yea he has founded a church here, that is built upon the rock Christ Jesus, not upon any human work. It is precious to see the purity and the unity of the body of Christ. And it shall remain pure praise God, for as soon as we sin we are no longer in the body. I have special cause for gratitude unto God, for that he has wrought mightily in our family. Father, mother, five sisters and one brother can say with me, We have died unto sin and now live unto God alone. Praise, thanks and honor unto Him!

Your sister in Christ,

Ida Meyer.

North Freedom, Wis.

Dear Bro. Hahn: The Lord be with thee and the dear ones with you, yea, bless and keep you, and cause his face to shine upon you and give you all his peace. May he also bestow his richest blessings upon your labor in his vineyard, and may call many souls out of the darkness, that are yet under the fatal error, which held me for so many years; viz., that we cannot be made free from sin. That is a seduction of Satan and the operation of the carnal mind in man, but often taught also by the false shepherds, that they may keep their net full and that their portion may be fat and their meat plenteous. But what says the Lord in Ezekiel 33? If the shepherd and watchman in Israel wall not warn the sinner of his sins, then shall their blood be upon their heads and from their hands will he require them. Oh, that every one would be exceeding careful and lay aside sin as the Word teaches, and walk in the true light, as the Lord requires it by reason of the blood shed for this purpose. Paul says: “If any man be in Christ Jesus, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.

I do praise God, since I surrendered fully unto God, truly all things have become new in me and the same with my dear wife. Unitedly we do praise him, and with the Psalmist say, “Praise the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me, praise his holy name!” We have been rid not only of the grosser sins, but also the little foxes, by the grace and mercy of God. The precious word of God becomes clearer and sweeter day by day to us and we cannot search enough in it. It is precious to serve the Lord with a whole heart and not in part.

Now dear brother, I will close for this time, with greeting from your brother and sister. We will be faithful unto death and in all eternity. Some of the friends send greetings. I praise God, that he keeps us closely in the bonds of love, as we commenced at the time of your visit, and that the Lord is yet among us. He stands pledged not to forsake us. Commending you to our God and Savior, I am your brother in the Lord,

Robert Leudtke.

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News from the Field

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Walnut Landing, Md., Nov. 8.

Dear Readers of the Trumpet: We extend to you all a hearty greeting in Jesus’s name. Amen. On the 29th of September we commenced meeting in the tabernacle at Pine Grove near Federalsburg, Md. Meeting continued about two weeks; the people were much interested in the truth, but it was too cold and damp to be comfortable in the tabernacle, so we prayed for God to open a place for the meeting to continue; on Saturday night, Oct, 12, the Lord let a storm come and blow the tent over. We did not feel like putting it up again, on account of the damp weather. The people were so interested they did not want the meeting to close, so they opened the Quaker meeting house for us, where we began meeting Monday, 14th. Large crowds attended the meetings which continued three weeks longer, with glorious victory on the Lord’s side. God wonderfully blessed his word and anointed for the preaching of the same; conviction rested heavily upon the people and many precious souls were saved. To God be all the glory and praise! The Lord has a dear congregation of saints at that place now. After the tent blew down, Bro. and Sister Weikel and Bro. Henry were called home on business. Sister Shoffner and I were left to continue the battle. This being the neighborhood where Bro. Louis Noble’s relatives live, he attended the meeting, whose help we appreciated very much. The last Sunday of the meeting, Bro. Henry was with us and was blessed in delivering the precious truth. God is wonderfully opening up the work in this country. Many doors open for the gospel, and many homes for God’s workers. The people in this country are very hospitable and kind hearted, and very ready to receive the truth. Of course we receive opposition from formal professors who have not the grace of God, but he always gives us the victory and causeth us to triumph. Praise his name! Sister Shoffner and I held services two nights for the colored people in “Solomon’s Temple;” we were to have meeting over Sunday but they called a meeting of the board after the first night and decided they would prefer a prayer meeting; the Word was too straight for them.

Bro. Henry and Bro. Noble began a meeting at Hurlock, Md. Saturday Nov. 9. Sister Shoffner and I came to this place Wednesday 6 and commenced meeting in an M. E. meeting house. The dear people seem hungry for the truth. Pray for us, dear saints. Will close by adding our testimony; we are both sweetly saved, sanctified and filled with the burning, melting love of Jesus. Yours in the fellowship of Jesus,

Nora Siens and Lena Shoffner.

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Saints’ Home, Wash., Nov. 8.

Praise God for salvation and for keeping us saved from sin. We completed the work at Wamic the Lord gave us to do. I believe that good will come from that meeting, for God’s word went forth with great power. Some acknowledged that it was the truth, but were not ready to act. Truly the sword of the Spirit is going forth and cuts people off in their sins. Praise God for a keen two-edged sword that cuts both ways, and either separates our sins from us or cuts us off in our sins. We must walk in the light as God is in the light or else walk in darkness. That is just the reason that so many are professing to be Christians and are walking in darkness (or in sin) and have so much division and striving among the different sects. God gives us light and promises to cleanse us from all sin if we walk in the light. We had good order in meeting. The Lord held the powers of darkness in subjection, for he gave us the witness before we commenced the meeting that he would do so. Praise his holy name! We believe that Wamic is a good field for work for God, also Tigh Valley about six miles from Wamic, and Duber and the Dalles, a few miles farther, and then about one hundred miles to Echo is another good place to work for God. Well we got safely through with our long trip over hills and dusty roads, having our faith tried many times, but praise God he gave us the victory. Now if some of God’s holy ministers feels led to go to Wamic, I hope they will go and work in that field, there is a hungry people there wanting light and truth. Any one feeling that God wants them to go there can write to Sister Edna Welch or Sister Anna Palmater, or Bro. A, Pratt, all of Wamic. From your brother saved and kept,

Ida M. and O. A. Chapman.

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Bannister, Mich., Nov. 16.

Dear Saints: We closed the as-

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sembly held in saints’ house of worship in Hamilton township, Gratiot Co., Mich., last Monday, which continued eighteen days. A dozen or more consecrated and most of them received a marked benefit. A real effort was put forth by some for a forward move, which is the prevailing cry of this present holy ministry. The devil would, and even does, in many places throw a stupor of indifference over the professed children of God, and unless a mighty vehement effort is made by those thus stupified, they will soon be left completely in the rear, without any spirituality. Brethren, we preach that we are the ministers or messengers of God. We are told to “give the people warning from his mouth.” If so, for Jesus’ sake, brethren, do not let the devil put you to sleep while God from heaven is actually speaking. If you get in the awful rut of sleeping, and the disease becomes chronic, ask God for more fire in your soul and do more praying the prayer of faith. I have seen some that make a high profession, go to meeting and before preaching commenced, they were asleep and possibly snoring. Now, dear people, that does not look as though you were in earnest. “Awake, thou that steepest, and arise from the dead,” says Paul.

We are now holding a week’s meeting near Bannister. God has been wonderfully good to us in healing wife from a low state of fever and restoring her to health again. Praise the Lord with us. Your brother and sister, decided for God,

A. M. and K. L. Bixler.

LATER.

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We closed the meeting mentioned above, with good results; nine consecrated, and eighteen partook of the ordinances. Wonderful conviction reseed upon the people.

A. M. B.

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Athens, O. Nov. 12.

Dear Trumpet Readers: It has been some time since I reported the work in this burt of Ohio. Sunday night we closed a series of three weeks meeting on Sand Ridge, resulting in the salvation of six or seven precious souls. Several dear ones got their eyes opened to the evils of sectism and fled the ruins, taking not a stone for a corner. Five dear souls were buried with Christ by baptism, and and there are yet more to follow. We expect to begin meeting on Strouds Run the last of this week. We have eight or ten calls around here and there is plenty of work opened up for all winter. God is wonderfully scattering his truth in these parts, and we are anticipating a grand soul harvest. And we want your prayers, dear saints every where. We give God all the glory for all things, and desire only to keep low at his feet where he can use us. Your brother consecrated to all the will of God,

E.G. Masters.

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Spring Run, Pa.

Dear Ones: Since last report we have had victory all along. Praise our God! We are here in the mountains, but the work is confined principally to the valleys, as but very few live on the mountains. This is a beautiful country to those who like mountains, but this is no place for one who is fearful and does not like hardships, such as walking and rejoicing in necessities, etc. I love to read 2 Cor. 6:4-11. Praise God! Surely this field is ready to be gleaned; the great beast powers of this county are Lutheran and Reformed isms which are nothing less than the same old Roman beast spirit. They say it was good enough for our fathers, and it is good enough for us. We held two other meetings since last report, which closed with the baptism of four others, also a glorious ordinance service in which twenty-two took part. The next day we bade the saints farewell, and came across the mountains into Franklin Co. where we found a few who have not “denied the name.” The meeting is in progress; calls are coming in from different quarters for meetings. Come over and help us. Amen. All for his glory,

W. H. Cheatham.

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TESTIMONIES.

“Thy Testimonies are Wonderful.” – Psa. 119:129.

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Caldwell, Kan.

Dear Children of God: I asked the prayers of the saints last spring for the healing of my lungs, and the Lord did hear and answer prayer, and did more than I could think or ask. Bless his holy name! He leads and feeds my soul. Please pray for me. Your sister,

Josie Adams.

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Evansville, Ind.

Dear Saints of God: I am made to rejoice in God for the healing of my little seven-year-old girl. It was wonderful. God does all we ask of him and more. She was taken with a fever and it lasted three days. Then she complained of a pain in her breast, and she got worse and worse. My neighbors were very eager for me to give medicine; but no, I had a doctor they knew nothing about. I just grasped God’s promise and the work was done; she was relieved and got up and is healed. Praise His holy name forever! My companion is still out in the sinful world. I pray God to save his soul before too late. I want you all to remember me in your prayers. Your sister in the one body,

Nannie Downs.

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Rock Ferry, England.

Dear Saints of God: I do thank and praise him whom my soul loveth for this wonderful evening light and the blessed and everlasting gospel. I know of a surety it is the power of God unto salvation to all that believe. Glory to God! I am so thankful to him for ever sending Bro. and Sister Rupert to Rock Ferry to preach the everlasting gospel. There are many here that have entered Mount Zion giving praises to Jesus. Glory to his holy name! we have ceased singing “We are marching to Zion;” we have arrived there. Heb. 12:22. I have been healed of a disease in my feet. Brethren, I have seen so much holiness profession, so much so-called christianity in this place, that I almost thought the word of God was in abeyance. But praise our God the pure gospel came, and the whole town was stirred. Men and women are being saved and sanctified, professers are scoffing, sect preachers are raging, but glory to God many are measuring up to the truth. Your saved and sanctified brother.

John Blanthorne.

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HEALED IN ANSWER TO PRAYER.

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Conroe, Tex.

Dear Ones Eyery Where: I tender many thanks to the dear ones for prayer and I thank God for his blessed healing power. As I wrote a request for prayer on the fifteenth of Oct, one of my children was healed on the twelfth and the other one on the eighteenth. Oh what a blessed lesson I have learned by the trial! And I feel that I am much benefited thereby. I am so happy in Jesus; truly my cup runs over. On the eighteenth as I was asking God to heal my little boy of chills, I was praying earnestly and God says, Can’t you believe? I said Yes, Lord I do believe that he is healed, although he was having chills every other day, and the day of prayer it seemed that he was worse than he ever was; but praise God, he is healed, and I give God all the glory. I feel thankful for dear Bro. Schell’s lesson on importunity. I had been asking God for three months to heal my children, and would not be put off, so at last the work was done. Praise God for his goodness to me! Your sister, saved, sanctified and satisfied,

Ellen Boone.

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Oak Grove, Del.

Dear Editor of the Trumpet: I greatly rejoice to-day that I ever gave my heart to God. I was permitted to attend a free gospel tent meeting conducted by Bro. W. J. Henry and company. There I drove twenty-eight miles night after night to hear the solid truth; it was a glorious meeting to me. I was in sectism but I say to-day I am out. Nothing can my peace disturb, free and happy as a bird. Temptations I say nothing about. He has promised to let nothing come against us but what is common to man. At the tent meeting the GOSPEL TRUMPET was handed me; it is food to my soul. Glory to God for the clean Word and a pure gospel! In 1893 I was wholly sanctified to the Lord, and then I felt the call immediately to came out of Babylon. No one had ever taught me in regard to sectism, but I felt the call just the same. They think it strange at the church where I belonged. The Lord is now having a wonderful revival, conducted by Sister Shoffner, Sister Seins and Bro. Noble. There have been a large number converted. I hope the gospel will continue to spread over this land of ours.

Your brother in Christ,

Peter K. Stevens.

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Six Points, O.

Dear Saints: I am glad in God, and rejoice that my name is written in heaven. I am happy to say Jesus makes my life happy and sweet. Praise his dear name! Truly this world has no charms for me, for Christ has set me free. Hallelujah to the Lamb who taketh away the sin of the world! I came home Oct. twenty- sixth and find much darkness in these parts; have no meeting at present. There is much prejudice on account of some who professed to be saints with their mouth, but by works and daily life have put Christ to an open shame. May God help us all who are straight out for God to keep our minds stayed on Jesus, and follow his footsteps, who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. I praise God for his keeping and healing power. He is my all and in all. He keeps me trusting every moment. Bless the Lord! I am praying God to open a way for meeting here about the holidays, and for God to send Bro. J. N. Howard or whom the Lord wills. I am very thankful to say that by the power of God I have been kept from sin up till this present moment. Glory to God! I ask an interest in your prayers. Your humble sister,

Mary Metter.

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Liverpool, Eng.

Dear Trtmpet Readers: God has been showing me a great hindrance in my past experience. Shore lines which haye not been loosed, and have kept me from launching out. But I do praise God that he has at last got me down humble enough to see and confess my faults. And this may be a help to others, for there are many more precious souls in England who are under the same delusions. Truly God says, “My people perish for lack of knowledge,” and we have been so much in the dark concerning the word of God, and my heart is made sad to see the blindness that has settled down upon us as a nation. There is a doctrine of devils, once in grace, always in grace, very prevalent here, and most all are tainted with it more or less. God has had a people in England in past years who have served him in the beauty of holiness, but judgement has been left off, and Bible repentance no longer preached, so that when a poor soul does get conviction, instead of being taught repentance they are at once put into office as preacher or teacher; the blind leaders mistaking their conviction for conversion, and put them to work out their own salvation without any God within. And then there are others who, like myself, have once really been justified, but for lack of knowledge soon lose that blessed experience, and when awakening up to the fact, instead of repenting and doing their first works over, just reform and go on professing, asking God to forgive their sins each time they pray, without any godly sorrow which worketh repentance, but just building on their old conversion. And while many are honest, not knowing any better, yet that does not alter God’s plan. But my heart is filled with gratitude and praise to him for his great mercy in sparing my life to see the truth, and I know he will do the same for every honest soul.

From my early days my soul has longed to serve God aright, but having proud impulsive impatient nature, the devil has taken advantage of me so many times. But praise God, my feet have at last struck the rock. When the devil sees a soul searching after God, he tries to either hinder or push them over line. My case has been the latter. Six months before hearing the evening light preached, God was preparing me to accept the same, and as I would wander from sect to sect to try and find food, but could not, God would bless me in reading his word and in secret prayer in my own home, as far as he could according to his word. So when I heard the evening light preached the devil tried to make me believe I had gotten it all, and he pointed me back to my old conversion and the many years I had served God in my way (truly I can see now it was not God’s way), and then told me God had surely sanctified me as I had been praying for the same, and that he had already led me out of sectism, so this was just like the evening light and I could just go right along. But I can see now I had only the theory in my head and not in my heart; for I had never humbled myself to pay the price, and very soon God sent a dear sister along to undeceive me who tried to let me down lightly at first by telling me she knew I was not sanctified. God made me feel the truth of her words, but when she left the room these thoughts came into my mind, “These people think no one is right but themselves,” and many other thoughts which soon shut me off altogether from God, so that I could not pray, and led me to cry for pardon and ask the dear ones forgiveness. Then afterwards when I consecrated for sanctification God did bless my soul, but it did not last long, for I allowed the devil to take me back to the good times I had before hearing the evening light, and would make me believe I had full salvation all right, but that when I accepted the sister’s admonition God took all away from me because I had doubted him.

Now dear ones, this was just a trick of the devil to delude my poor soul and leave a loop hole for him to take possession, which he did, and led me captive by his delusion. But I praise God there is deliverance in Zion from all false spirits; and by the laying on of hands God delivered my soul. But not settling the matter in my mind the devil would still whisper, perhaps they were mistaken, and thus hinder my progress, as I could not understand why God should have so blessed me if I was not right. But since our camp meeting the dear sister who first spoke to me explained the scripture in Rev 2:2-5, when God flashed the light into my soul about my past experience. For like the church at Ephesus, I had labored and had not fainted, and could not bear the false profession, yet I had left my first love and the devil wanted me to try and slip in without doing my first works over, making me think it would be dishonoring to God to ignore my conversion, although it had been over eighteen years previous and no doubt only lasted a very short time and had never been renewed. Oh dear ones, I do praise God that he has opened my dark understanding, and I do pray God to give his dear messengers such light on this line that they will hold each one to begin at the bottom and do their first works over, unless they are quite sure they are justified, and there are very few justified in sectism any more, for the very best I have met have acknowledged they were saved, but getting cold, and God says in his word he spews such out of his mouth. But like myself they are still holding on and working and doing all they know to do, and God has them marked and will eventually make them a way of escape, and the only way to get really clear out is to be honest in testimony and give God the glory for the glorious light he has revealed in this evening time, without clinging to any old branch which has ceased to bear fruit and been cut off long ago, and only fit for the fire. Oh I do praise God to-night for full salvation; know he justifies me freely and sanctifies me wholly, and although I have many cities yet to take, am fighting the good fight of faith, and God is leading me on to victory. Praise his dear name! I ask you all to pray for me that God will ever keep me faithful.

R. Croasdell.

38 Northbrook St. Liverpool, Eng.

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OBITUARIES.

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STONER. — John Stoner died in Oil City, Pa. Oct. 30. 1895; aged seventy-two years and nineteen days. He leaves many friends to mourn his loss. He accepted the evening lightsome five years ago, and told us a few days before his death he was ready to die. Services by the writer,

S. P. Gilger.

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HARRIS. — Mrs. Harris departed this life Nov. 12, 1895; aged fifty-one years, six months and seven days. She leaves a family of eight children and husband. They were lovers of the truth, but not saved. May God sanctify this dispensation of his providence to the good and saving of their souls. Services by the writer in the Enon M. E meeting house. This is a new place, and the first chance of the present shining truth to enter it. May its rays enter some hearts.

B. E. Warren.

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Laurel, Miss.

STEPHENS. — Bro. Ed Stephens, son of H. R. Stephens, departed this life Sep. 2, 1895; was horn June 15, 1867. He was saved about three years ago, has been a devoted follower of Jesus, and died in the same hope in which he lived. He was a great sufferer but did not complain. His death was caused by a logging train running over him, cutting off both legs, mashing his hip and other parts of his body which caused his speedy death. He lived two days and a half after being hurt. May the Lord bless all of his friends and keep the saved part true to him, and save the unsaved.

T. E. Covey.

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North Star, Mich.

FLECK. — Sister Sarah Fleck died Nov. 1, 1895; aged twenty-two years, ten months and one day. During her affliction she expressed an earnest desire to again be saved, and sent word to us at the Gratiot assembly requesting ns to pray for her soul. We learned afterward that she gave evidence of her acceptance with Christ in different ways. Funeral services were conducted by the writer in the Hamilton house of worship, which were largely attended. The deceased is a sister of Sister Effie J. Martin of Edgewood, Mich. May this prove as a solemn warning to the rest of the unsaved family.

A. M. Bixler.

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SANDER. — Near Akron, Ind. on the first day of November, 1895, sister Habkea Sander completed the pilgrimage of her life on earth. She was born in Germany, May 8, 1824. Aged at her death seventy-one years, five months, and twenty-three days. She was first joined in marriage to Henry Burker, with whom she came to America. After his death she was married to John G. Sander, of Onarga, Ill. He also preceded her into the unseen world about nine years ago. The holiness reformation that was sweeping over Illinois, some fifteen years ago reached their town, and Brother and Sister Sander embraced the doctrine. And when the issue arose for God’s people to come out of sectism, they took their stand on the side of truth.

About four years ago Sister Sander moved from Onarga, Ill., to near Olive Bethel, Ind., in order to enjoy the privilege of meeting with the saints, where she remained to the end of her stay on earth.

There is no doubt but that the real fixed purpose of heart was to be true and obedient to God. She chose the way of truth, and took her stand in favor of the present reformation. She also consecrated her means to the service of God. Having no children she bequeathed what remained of her earthly effects to the GOSPEL TRUMPET PUB. CO., through which, she being dead, will continue to preach, not only in the use of the same, but in the example she has here set, which many more should follow, and in the disposition of their goods, remember the Lord.

With all the good virtues of the sister, there were certain weaknesses that clang to her, which subjected her to great trial, and it seemed necessary that God should take her soul through the furnace of intense suffering. Satan also, knowing that her end was near, came against her soul with great power, and for some months past, she seemed to be in great conflict. But all this was permitted to try her, that she might be entrusted with the sure hope of a crown. Only a few days before her death, did the clouds of satanic power remove from the sky of her soul, and the cruel storms of trial pass over; leaving her soul in peace, hope, and victory, in which she passed away to be with Jesus. Funeral services on Sabbath, Nov. 3, before a large congregation convened at Nichol Chapel, near which her remains were laid to rest.

D. S. W.

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DIVINE HEALING.

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Preach Healing.

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By E. E. Byrum.

ALL the ministers commissioned and sent out by jesus Christ while he was here on earth were commanded to preach the gospel which not only consisted of the forgiveness of sins but also of the healing of the body. They were not only to preach the things commanded, Matt. 28:20, but were to practice what they preached. Matt. 10:1-8. Luke 10:1-9.

As they went forth they preached the Word, and preached it with boldness, not withholding the truth because of threatenings, stripes and imprisonments, or severe persecutions, and the result was that people upon hearing the word of God and learning their privileges were constrained to believe, and had faith not only for the salvation of the soul, but also for the healing of their bodies.

The Lord gives the same commission to his ministers now whom he sends out. He promises the same authority and power. Dear brethren in the ministry, are you going forth clothed with the authority and power that your commission contains? Do you preach the whole truth with boldness and practice it?

There is quite a difference between presenting facts, and going through even great physical and vocal demonstrations in presenting the Word, and that of preaching the Word with the authority sent down from heaven. Some ask why it is that people do not as a general thing have as much faith in healing, and the signs follow in the same proportion as in the days of the apostles. This is easily answered. It is because the word of God has not been preached as it was then, nor put in practice. Christ had been with them for three years, then the Holy Comforter was with them as he is with us now, and they went forth filled with the Holy Spirit preaching the Word with boldness and the signs followed as were promised.

Following this time was the apostasy, or dark reign of Catholicism, followed by the daughters of Protestantism. During the first, the word of God was kept from the people. During the second, or Protestantism, the people were permitted to have the word of God to read, but were taught that divine healing, sanctification, and other important teachings of the Bible were for the time of the apostles and not for us. This was a time when only a part of the gospel was taught, and was a time neither clear nor dark, as the prophet says, Zech. 14:6, it was as a dark and cloudy day. Eze. 34:12.

But the prophet says, “at evening time it shall be light.” Thank God, that time has come and the clear light is now shining. We are now in the last days of this gospel dispensation, when the Word is being preached in all its purity, and the evils of the divisions of sectism exposed, and the truth lifted up to a Bible standard.

God wants this great reformation speedily pushed forward by the preaching of the Word, and measuring to its standard. If the gospel of healing is not preached, how will the people have faith to be healed, as we read that “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, and how will they hear without a preacher?” etc. It must be preached in the demonstration of the Spirit of God by the authority of the Holy Ghost and it will take effect upon the hearts of the people, otherwise it will have but little effect.

Divine healing has been preached during the last few years as present truth by some whom God has given light upon that subject, but has been presented too much as a secondary matter. Throughout the gospel it is as prominently set forth as the forgiveness of sins; then why not preach it boldly as present truth. Wherever the signs follow (Mark. 16:16- 18) in the preaching of the Word it is the means of drawing the people together to hear the truth preached It opens the way to get at the people with the word of God. It may be regarded as a gospel bait to draw the people together. Some start out to preach it and do not have the faith to back up their preaching, or in other words to substantiate the same with the signs premised, and would rather be somewhere else than where they are likely to be called upon to pray for the sick in accordance to their preaching. It were better for such to tarry awhile and plead with God for the authority and faith that goes with a gospel commission.

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Extracts from a public confession

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Made at Oakland, Cal., by Dr. Geo. S. Smith of the same place, on Lord’s day, Oct. 10, with reference to the delusions of the devil from which he had suffered consequent upon partaking with Miss E. Sisson and others in the work of the devil conducted by Mrs. Maria Woodworth in that place for several months in the end of 1889, and first three and a half months in 1890. Reported by Mr. Baker of San Francisco, per Mr. Geo. H. Hawes, stenographer, of 3’20 Sansome St., San Francisco.

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DR. SMITH spoke of his experiences in connection with the Woodworth meetings last winter, and said that since that time, about six months, he had been without God and without hope, joy, or comfort. It seemed as though God had utterly hidden his face from him, and he was full of all manner of evil suggestions, temptations, purposes and impulses. It seemed as though God had given him over completely to the devil, and he had not had a particle of joy or peace for six months. He recognized that God had withdrawn from him entirely, and he felt at times that God had given him over to be destroyed. He had sought toward God, but felt that his prayers and his desires were not regarded, that God would not hear him. He had studied the phenomena in which he had become involved, and was satisfied that it was of the flesh and inspired by the devil. During all these six months when he knew that God had utterly forsaken him, he had studied these manifestations, and had determined to know as far as he could their influence and what they were, and he tried the experiment of holding up and waving his hands as he used to do in Mrs. Woodworth’s meetings, and the same physical and psychical conditions returned upon him, he began to go into this same trance Finding this to be the case, he at once dropped his hands and resisted and the feeling passed away. He was satisfied that this was the same psychical or mesmeric condition which Dr. Charcot, an eminent French physician was using in Paris, and that it was purely physical, and inspired by the devil, and that this gushing witness which they had with regard to the prophecies, etc., was all a witness of Satan — a lying witness. He could not, he would not try to express his regrets, they were too inexpressible, too intense, but from his position which he was now taking before them, people could see something of their intensity, and the sorrow and regret that he had been involved in them, and much more, that he had ever used his influence to involve others, and he would do all that he was permitted to do to neutralize the evil that he had done. He felt humiliated, mean, small, and contemtible before God, and he would strive never again to be overwhelmed of Satan.

NOTE.

For the safety of all our readers we give place to the above confession. We have long since understood something of this psychi — devil phenomenon. We warn all men and women to beware of seeking, working up, or giving way to all unscriptural demonstrations.

Be not anxious for power which simply inclines to the wonderful without the useful. God-performed wonders in and through his people are by their humble holy hearts and lives, and by their sound intelligent, active, but unportentous faith in the Word. Read the wonderful works in Heb. 11, and we see demonstrated the omnipotence of faith in God; but you see nothing of the mesmeric abominations, and devil delusions that attend Mrs. Woodworth’s meetings. Neither do you see anything like her seances in the apostolic records. Again we say, flee from all delusive spirits that operate outside the word of God. “Stay on God in truth.” Resist every tendency to go off into mesmeric swoons, which are the result of a worked up imagination, and Satanic influence. Worship and glorify God with your senses enthroned and not with senseless, devil- operated somnambulism. Let God be the object of your pursuit, and let his life and power be manifest in you, and not some vague mystical spell or power. Seek God in the way of his truth, and your soul will be satisfied and preserved. Amen.

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Explain.

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Acts 9:7 and Acts 22:9. And oblige,

G. S. G.

The two texts read as follows:

“And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.”

“And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.”

As these two verses stand in the Common version they involve a contradiction, and have often been used by infidels. But properly considered there is no difficulty in the matter at all. Though the word “hear” in both places is from the same root they are somewhat different. And were the word one and the same in both places, the Greek, AKOUO, like our English “hear” has different meanings. “Hear” not only means to perceive by the ear, but it also frequently means to accept and obey that which is spoken. Accordingly the Savior said, “The dead — in sin — should hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear — obey the message — shall live.” John 5:25. The word “hear” also means to comprehend, to take in the meaning of what is spoken. Thus saith the Lord, “Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.” John 18:37. Not with their literal ears only, but, being in the way of truth they can comprehend the great Teacher of truth. “Because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not; neither do they understand.” Mat. 13:13. “And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. Mark 4:33. Namely, he taught them as far as they were able to comprehend. These texts are abundantly sufficient to show that the word hear, AKOUO, often signifies to comprehend, or understand.

Now for the harmonizing of the two texts. In Acts 9:7, Mark, the author of that history was recording the conversion of Saul, and states that the men who journeyed with him “stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no man, “They were dumbfounded by the hearing of that awful voice which spake to Saul, which they at once perceived came from no man. In Acts 22:9, Paul himself was relating the story of his salvation twenty-five years after its occurrence, and he simply stated that the men with him “saw the light and were afraid, but they heard not — namely, did not comprehend — the voice that spake to him.” The statement that they comprehended not the voice would itself imply that they heard it with their ears. So there is no contradiction at all. The Emphatic renders the first instance “hear,” and the second “understood.” “But they understood not the voice of him who spoke to me.”

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TESTIMONIES.

“Thy Testimonies are Wonderful.” – Psa. 119:129.

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Covert, Mich.

Dear Saints: May God’s richest blessings rest on you all. The Lord saves me from all sins, and sanctifies my nature, and keeps me trusting in him. To him be all the glory. I do praise God for his healing power and his mercies to me. When Bro. and Sister Warner were here about a month ago, our little baby Ruth was quite sick with the sore mouth, and I asked the saints to pray for her healing, and God in his goodness made her well. Oh praise God for his goodness and mercies to me! Then in about two weeks from that time she was taken very sick, and the Lord spared her through all that, though there was a man died of the same disease. She was taken sick the day he was buried. But God in his loving kindness did for her what the doctors could not do for the man. Oh how good the Lord is to those that trust in him! The Lord is my shepherd, then what shall I fear? From your sister in Christ,

Clara Moore.

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San Diego, Cal.

Dear Brethren in Christ: I believe it is for the glory of God to write my tetimony for the first time, of his keeping and healing power. Praise his holy name that he is surely able to keep that which I have committed unto him! I praise him that he has freed me from all straps and bands, and made me free in Christ Jesus, from Romanism and all ism. Glory to his name! Last Saturday the Lord answered my prayers for increase of faith by healing the sting of a fish called Stingaree. I could not tell you the intense agony I suffered for awhile, until the Lord heard and answered my cry. My hand kept swelling and was so painful that I almost thought that God did not hear me; but he came in his own time. I would not use any medicine nor bandage the finger, for I clung stronger to the Lord; for he has said in his word that he will deliver us from all trouble. When the words came to me that Christ said to the man that had the palsied hand, “Stretch forth thine hand,” I was astonished, for the pain and the swelling was gone at once. Oh what a wonderful Saviour is Jesus our Lord! From your brother in Christ saved and sanctified,

John Morley.

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Muscatine, Iowa.

Dearly Beloved Saints: I can say that I am still in the narrow way, and am not tired either. The way is getting brighter for me every day. Bless the Lord! I am determined to live for my blessed Master, as long as he gives me life. Oh I am so sorry that I did not start in this good way before, but I was like a good many others; I was blinded through earthly gods and pleasure of the world. But now all is changed, and my heart swells with praises to my own heavenly Father. I want you all to pray earnestly for dear husband, so he can get free in Jesus.

And I have been under the impression for some time that I must tell you all how wonderfully the Lord answered my prayer in behalf of our cow. She had a sore leg; we never knew how it was hurt; she could scarcely step; and my husband told me to rub turpentine on, and just to please him I did, and the next morning it was much worse and swelled as largeagain as it was the evening before. Well I kept putting more on and it got worse. Oh it was a terrible leg! All this while that little voice within was saying to me, God can heal that if you will trust him; and I said, I will, and gave it over to him, and bless his holy name, it was all healed in a few days, so you could hardly tell which leg it was that was sore. Oh I praise my dear Jesus for the faith which he gives me! And does not that go to show us to come to him, even if it be for a poor dumb animal? I just feel as if I could weep for the dumb blinded people we meet with every day who think we are on the downward road, call us crazy, and all such names. Oh I am sorry for them! Dear sisters and brethren, I am so glad that we have a little church started here at last through our dearly beloved Sister Knight. All that is needed now is a good firebrand full of the Holy Ghost to come here and preach. I need all your prayers. From your saved sister, sanctified unto the Lord,

Lizzie Clark.

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