25 August 1892, Volume 12, Number 33.

All the Lord’s Forever.

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Dead in trespasses and sin,
Once the spirit found me,
Showed me awful guilt within,
Danger all around me.

Cho: – I am thine, wholly thine:
Prone to wander never,
Sanctified by power divine,
All the Lord’s forever.

“I will sin no more,” I cried,
Called on Christ to save me,
Then I knew the blood applied;
Freely he forgave me.

Now another grace I crave,
Sanctify me wholly,
From the carnal nature save,
Make entirely holy.

Every living power to Thee,
Freely I am giving,
Spotless blood-bought purity
From Thee I’m receiving.

As I yield my will, dear Lord,
Just let go and trust Thee,
Besting on the living word,
Mine the Blessing must be.

Oh how Jesus fills my soul,
Saves from sin and sinning
I am every whit made whole,
Glory is beginning.

But every thing the Lord says do,
We’ll do with all our might,
That all the world may fully know
We’re walking in the light.

Selected.

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FROM GRACE TO GRACE.

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“THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” — Rom. 5:1. Many different terms are used in the scriptures to express the same experience; such as, justified, regenerated, converted, born again, etc., all signifying the same thing. God only justifies the penitent soul, by the washing of regeneration, Tit. 3:5, which is the removing of all guilt, placing us in a new standing with God, where all is peace. Therefore whom God justifies are new creatures in Christ. — 2 Cor. 5:17. Being born in sin, as David tells us, therefore to get out of sin, we must be born again. Hence Jesus says, “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” — Jno. 3:7. None but the new creature can worship God, for we are commanded to worship God in the beauty of holiness. — Psa. 96:9. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. Hence Christ says, “God is a spirit, and they that worship him must worship him ..n spirit and in truth.” Again, our children are ours only by virtue of birth, or being born into our family. So likewise God’s children are his by virtue of the new birth.

Therefore to be in Christ is to be a ..ew creature. Therefore to prove to the world that we are Christians, nothing will answer but a new creature. — Gal. 6:15. “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.” Our fallen and degenerate spirit cannot worship God, hence regeneration must be brought about ..y the quickening power of God, to ..t us to worship him. Therefore Paul says, “And that ye put on the ..ew man, which after God is created … righteousness and true holiness.” – Eph. 4:23. So the first saving grace bestowed upon us is to make our spirit anew. “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh.” — Ezek. 11:19. But how will we know ..hat we are real children of God? God has promised us a witness. “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God, and if children then heirs with God and joint heirs with Christ.” — Rom. 8:16, 17. So the Spirit of God testifies that we are his children by a ..weet fellowship that our spirit is like ..is, or made after God in righteousness. Therefore God confesses that we are his, as in Luke 15:24. — “For this my son was dead, and is alive again; and was lost and is found.” So likewise the new born babe cries, My father. Rom. 8:15. “But ye have received the Spirit of adoption where by we cry, Abba, Father.” How precious the tie that binds together both father and son. As Abraham and Isaac were going out to sacrifice, Isaac says, My father, and Abraham says, Here am I, my son. So doth the babe in Christ cry, My Father, and God in quick response makes known his presence and willingness to satisfy every want, while He leads on to the great sacrifice of all things for Christ, which brings us to the second work of grace.

“I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” — Rom. 12:1. Paul calls it crucifixion. Gal. 5:24. “And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” – See Gal. 2:20 and 6:14. Here Paul gives his own experience. We will quote the first text for the benefit of the reader. “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Although Paul underwent the torture of crucifixion yet it brought a glorious experience, which was Christ living in him, taking the place of the old crucified ife. “Which is Christ in you the lope of glory.” — Col. 1:27. The difference between the first and second works of grace is this: First, being made a child of God, and being witnessed by the Spirit which dwelleth with you, and in this you receive a new nature, therefore having two natures. “For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and wringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members.” — Law of sin, which we inherit from our forefathers. In the second grace the old nature is crucified, and cast out, leaving only the one nature which is divine. “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” — 2 Pet. 1:4. This grace also is witnessed as a proof of the fact that we are in possession of it. Jesus says in Jno. 14:16 — “I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter.” Also in verse 17, “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive; because it seeth him not neither knoweth him: but ye know him: for he dwelleth with with you, and shall be in you.” He is not given to the world, but to the child of God. He is only a dweller “with” the child in the first grace, but “in” the child of God in the second. Shall be in you an abiding witness and comforter, also a guide. “Howbeit when he the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth.” — Jno. 16:13.

This grace is subsequent to regeneration, because none but the regenerated can receive him, for only they know him, for he dwelleth with them. “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” — Rom. 5:2. In the first there is no standing place but a going on unto perfection; but the second is a grace wherein we may stand forever, “rejoicing in the hope of the glory of God,” “which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus.” — Heb. 6:19, 20. “Then said he, Lo I come to do thy will, O God; he taketh away the first that he may establish the second; by the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” To be sanctified is to be like Christ. 1 Jno. 4:17. — “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is so are we in this world.” Also, “For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.”

God bless the dear people and give them ears to hear and hearts to understand the will of God concerning them that they may walk in the light while they have the light, is the prayer of your servant, in the faith of Jesus, and your companion in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Wm. N. Smith.

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VANITIES.

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“THE grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.” — Tit. 2:11, 12. Jesus Christ is the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world, and promises if we follow him we shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. When the grace of God that bringeth salvation appears, it gives us the true light of life, and translates us into the kingdom of his dear Son. Then he says to us, “Ye are the light of the world, a city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.” The word of God is the mediator between God the Son and those that accept him as their salvation, and the Spirit is the interpreter of the word. And if our gospel be hid, it is hid to the lost; to those whose eyes are blinded by worldly gods, and the glorious gospel light is not there to shine. O, how surely the grace of God does teach us to let our light shine, by denying ungodliness of all kinds, and live sober, righteous, and godly in this present world! And how surely the gospel, light is hid to so many that have a name to live! In the name of the Lord let us notice a few practical proofs of the darkness that covers the and, and gross darkness that covers the people.

The word teaches us that we must not love the world; neither the things that are in the world. Some of the things that are in the world and of the world are picnics, and political rallies, etc. Now the grace of God has given his children the light from the lamp of his word, which shines a strict denial of all this worldliness. Then let all the dear saints walk in the light, keep the fellowship of the spirit, and abide continually under the cleansing wave, with no desire to seek pleasure from any form of worldliness. “For if any man love the world, the love of the Father is hot in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but of the world.” As this is campaign year, let us all keep the grace of God in our hearts to teach us, and his love to control us, and an obedience that will keep our souls flourishing in the pastures of God’s promises.

I learned a lesson at the last S. of V. parade I attended. It was a grand reunion of that order, and the town was in throng and excitement, as the “Sons of the Old Soldiers” seemed to summon all available abilities to make a success of their conceived mimic. An old gentleman standing by remarked, “When Lee and Johnston surrendered, I surrendered too, and I do not wish to recall the awful scenes of those bloody battle-fields, by trying to mock such a solemn reality.” The scripture where David said, “Keep mine eyes from beholding vanity,” flashed the gospel light to me, and I saw the foolishness, and vanity of the whole proceedings, and realized as never before that the spirit of God was grieved by those who professed his name, being mixed up with all this worldliness of vanity. Some of the saints who profess to be out in the clear light have been in the habit of going to picnics, fourth of July celebrations, etc. Now we do not speak I of these things to make any one feel bad, or to discourage any one in any way, but a real God love for your spiritual progression, and an eternal interest in the welfare of your souls prompts us to say upon the authority of the word, if you want a continual communion with your Maker, don’t go where you can’t feel the abiding Comforter abiding in you all the time. And some who call themselves by the sacred Christian name, prefix the “Sabbath school,” to this devil’s playground arrangement and they, with all their children, go spend a day in reveling, fashionable pastimes, etc., that not only grieves the goodness of God, but stops all spiritual life from all the children of God the devil can persuade to attend them. To “let our light shine” we must prove by our works that we do not desire to resort to worldliness for pleasure, but the love of our God is sweeter than all the love the world can afford. One thing we have observed, and let all of God’s watchmen sound a note of warning on this fine for the special benefit of those that seem so weak in the faith as to try to justify themselves in this worldly indulgence, — that those who go to these places through the summer have to go to the C. M., or grove meeting in the fall feeling very lean in their souls, and about the first or second meeting they begin to confess they feel bad because they had neglected duty or gone some place that-the Lord never sent them. That is all right, God bless every honest soul that has a willingness to confess their faults and get out clear and free. But let us abstain from all appearance of evil, and escape the chastening rod. Let none expect to escape who are guilty.

God forbid that any of the dear ones should be led off by the spirit of the world in the fall election, or be found in political circles hurrahing for some man. Such conduct is not prompted by the charity that behaveth not herself unseemly. We must live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world, be purged from dead works and prepared for every good word and work, sanctified and fit for the Master’s use all the time. If you are sure God wants you to vote and you know why you are voting, you can do it all quietly and quickly, and leave the whole matter with the “count” without any ceremony or argument. I am praising God for the grace of God that bringeth salvation, that removes all carnal appetites, and therefore no carnal food is required God bless all the dear saints, and keep them low and humble, holy in thought and conversation, living soberly, righteously and godly in this present world.

Yours and Christ’s,

A. B. Stanberry.

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TESTIMONIES.

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Energy, Miss.

Dear Readers of the Trumpet; This evening finds me saved and sanctified wholly, and kept by the mighty power of God. Two of my children. are saved. Glory to his name forever! Pray earnestly for us that the Lord may help us to fight against the power of sin.

Your saved colored sister,

Georgiana Turner.

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Trufant, Mich.

Dear Saints: This morning finds me saved and trusting in God for all things. Jesus is my friend in sickness and in health. Praise his name forever! I love to read the testimonies of God’s children. It fills my soul with joy to hear how God is adding to the church daily such as are being saved. Pray for me and for my unsaved husband and children.

Your sister in Christ,

Mary Blake.

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Phoenix, Ariz.

Dear Saints of the Living God: I feel led of the Lord to write my testimony again to the GOSPEL TRUMPET. I am praising God to day for salvation full and free. I know that I am kept by the power of God continually. O I do praise him for the straight and narrow way. Since I wrote before we have had a blessed meeting here in Phoenix. Bro. James Willis came here on his way to Cal. and held meeting nearly three weeks. The Lord was with us in every meeting, and there were several saved. There is a great work to do for the Master here, and we will be glad to welcome any teacher filled with the power of God, that is led to come among us. May the dear Lord bless and keep all his little ones faithful unto the end.

Your sister, saved and sanctified to do the whole will of God,

Mary E. Smith.

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2400, Main St., Little Rock, Ark.

Dear Trumpet Readers: I write a few lines in testimony of my Christian experience. In 1843 I was converted. I tried to live a Christian in the Methodist sect for many years, always feeling there was a higher life. As in my struggle for justification, so it was a long hard one for sanctification. Never heard a sermon on that subject till late years. I had to seek it alone. I read all the books on that line I could find. I sought it earnestly; I plead the promises on the subject. Finally I was greatly blessed. The sweet, small voice saying I had an abundant entrance into rest. It was rest, sweet rest, different from anything I had ever witnessed. But felt there was more to follow. In less than three days, the thought and feeling came that the witness to this blessing was coming. I waited and. watched with fervent prayer, and finally was shouting and praising the Lord at the top of my voice. It seemed that everything was praising the Lord. I want all the Trumpet readers to pray for me that I may be strong in the Lord. I have never once doubted my sanctification. The different gifts and graces were added, such as charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Praise the Lord!

Mrs. M. H. Atkins.

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REQUESTS FOR PRAYER.

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COMLEY, O.

Please pray for the healing of my wife, who is afflicted with heart disease.

Your brother,

J. L. Dennis.

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Woodburn, Ore.

To the Saints of God: I ask you to set apart a day for fasting and prayer for the healing of my husband’s mind. He is in the asylum at Salem.

Mrs. A. H. Armstrong.

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Your brother in Christ,

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A BAD CASE.

Not long ago we published one Charles Woodruff as a carnal and sectish preacher, who was seeking to pass for a saint preacher, and at the same time prating against the saints of God and circulating falsehoods concerning this way. He showed up so crooked that persons who had been saints, and had been deceived by him lost confidence in him, and so he found refuge with a Free Methodist preacher. But a brother who was in attendance at the Grand Junction camp, knowing his past record, called on him to be sure it was the same man he had known at Danville, Ill. They recognized each other; and hear what the brother writes concerning him:

“I went to South Haven and found the man Woodruff the same I had known in Ill., but found him living with a different woman. To be sure of the facts, when I came to Danville, Ill. I had a conversation with his oldest daughter, who lives in this city. His former wife lives about two miles in the country. There have never been any legal steps taken toward getting a divorce. One of his children is in the children’s home near Frankfort, Ind. The woman he is living with at present has a living husband, and three children. So you see they are both doubly guilty. I was informed that the woman drew $90 of her former husband’s money out of the bank just before leaving with him. The fact that they are living in open violation of the laws of the land and of the Lord can be easily proven.

Yours for the truth as it is in Christ Jesus,

W. A. Davidson.”

This brother gave us certain references at Danville, Ill. to whom we could write for information about the matter of his abandoning his wife and eloping with another man’s wife. Having written to some of them we give you the following extract from a reply written by a holiness preacher.

“Concerning Woodruff, I would say, I saw his wife. She said she had not applied for a bill and did not intend to do so. She told me she had married him for life. She said they had no trouble, he went off without any cause.

John W. Walker.”

307 Amity St., Danville, Ill.

This Woodruff is the man who continually cried, “Rotten,” to cover his own corruption. Quite a number of poor souls had taken up with him, and all had to get back to God and repent. So it often goes. Selfish, crafty angels of satanic light come around, and rake in all the money they can get; get men to follow them, who lose salvation and speak evil of God’s ministers, reproach the cause of Christ; and then God’s true messengers go on their own expense, hold meetings, labor and wrestle with God for them and by hard work get them back to God. God help every child of God to know and never forget that all God’s ministers are a unit, and whoever comes to you with evil raillery against them are the devil’s angels. Well this impostor and wife became alarmed, after some one had passed through the country who knew his past record, so one night, he and wife left the Free Methodist preacher’s house, professedly to go to meeting, but instead they took the steamboat and escaped to parts unknown, and thus dropped his cloak of maliciousness after he had done all the work the devil could, in that community. Look out for them.

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GENERAL WESTERN CAMP MEETING.

A general western camp meeting will be held at Robinson, Brown Co., Kan., from Sep. 2—11. We will have a large tent to cook and eat in, and all who camp will cook and eat together as one family. We are renting 12×14

tents for $2.25 for sleeping departments; any wishing to rent, let us know as soon as possible and we will order for you. All who can should have tents and if you can not, please bring all the bedding and other provisions you can, and those who can not provide, for themselves will be provided for without cost. There will be no huckster stand or regular boarding place on the grounds, but meals will be provided. Address,

Geo. Dansberger.

Robinson, Kan.

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MANCHESTER, IOWA GROVE MEETING.

There will be a grove meeting at Manchester, Iowa, commencing Sept. 1 to continue as long as the Lord leads. Address Bro. H. C. Sanders, Manchester, Iowa. Bro’s A. B. Palmer, and H. W. Hechler are desired.

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NORTH EAGLE ASSEMBLY.

The Lord willing there will be an assembly meeting at North Eagle, Clinton Co., Mich., commencing on Sept. 7th, holding over Sunday, the 11th. Any one whom the Lord directs to come will find a welcome. The brethren and sisters in the ministry from Gratiot are expected.

T. J. Cox.

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PLAINWELL MICH. TABERNACLE MEETING

The Lord willing the above meeting will be held Sep. 7-14.

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RIDGEVILLE, OHIO, GROVE MEETING. Immediately following the Jerry City meeting Bro’s Wickersham and Orr expect, the Lord willing, to hold a meeting near Ridgeville, Henry Co., O. Beginning Aug. 27, and continuing to Sep. 4, or longer if God wills.

Address Bro. Spray.

Ridgeville, Ohio.

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WEST LIBERTY, O., CAMP MEETING.

The meeting at West Liberty, O., will be a camp instead of a grove meeting. The time is changed to Sept. 1-9. Let this be a general gathering of the saints. Let as many of the saints in neighboring congregations as can make arrangements to camp upon the grounds so as to lesson the burden upon the brethren at that place. Those not able to camp upon the grounds will be provided for. As the C. M. will be held five miles farther south than formerly it will be very inconvenient for us to meet any one at Bellefontaine. Those coming from east or west to Bellefontaine change cars and come to West Liberty. Those coming on the N. Y. P. and O. R. R. stop at Kennard and inquire for Jacob Detweiler, or stop at Urbana and change cars, and come to West Liberty, as all through trains do not stop at Kennard. Let every one that can come. To any one wishing to tent on the ground, we can furnish tents 9×9 ft. for $1.25 during the meeting and larger ones in proportion. Any one wishing to hire tents, please let us know and we will secure them for you and have them on the ground. State the size you want.

Address Simon A. Yoder, or Solomon Kenagy.

West Liberty’, Logan Co., O.

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TABERNACLE MEETING, NEW HAMPSHIRE OHIO.

There will be a tabernacle meeting near the above place Sep. 10-20. Held the Lord willing, by Bro’s Otto Bolds, R. N. Gast and others.

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TABERNACLE MEETING, SIDNEY O.

The Lord willing, there will be a tabernacle meeting six miles north of the above place, Sep. 22-30.

Bro’s Bolds, Gast and others.

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Meeting near Markleville, Ind., October 1-10.

Bolds, Gast & Co.

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Meeting Decatur, Ind. beginning about October 12.

Bolds, Gast & Co.

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GROVE MEETING, BROCK O.

The Lord willing, there will be a grove meeting near the above place in Dark Co., Sep. 10-20.

Bro’s Schell, Warren, & G. W. Howard.

Address S. J. Holsapple.

Brock, O.

GROVE MEETING, BEACH DALE, OHIO.

The Lord willing, there will be a grove meeting near the above place, Sep. 22-30.

Bro’s Schell, Warren & Howard.

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MEETING, LARUE, OHIO.

The Lord willing, a meeting will begin in the above place about October 2.

Bro’s Schell, Warren & Howard.

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WICHITA, KAN CAMP MEETING.

This convocation in a beautiful grove at the edge of the city, will be held, the Lord willing, Sep. 15-25. A glorious time is expected. Let all the saints pray in mighty faith, and with much earnestness for all those meetings. Bro. J. F. Lundy, myself, and we trust Bro. Geo. Cole and Co. and whoever the Lord will, will be there. For any particulars address A. Markwell, 709 Maple St., Wichita, Kan.

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GROVE MEETING, CLINTONVILLE, PA.

The saints of God expect a grove meeting to be held again near Clintonville, about one half mile north on the same ground upon which it was held before, beginning Sept 24, if the Lord wills. We invite the dear saints from everywhere to come to this meeting. Come all who love the Lord.

Your brother, free in the Lord, and saved from all sin,

Henry Latshaw.

Big Bend, Pa.

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LOS ANGELES, CAL., CaMP MEETING.

The Los Angeles camp meeting will begin Oct. 13, and will continue ten days. Efforts will be made for excursion rates from Chicago and Kan. City, for all who come from the east via. the Santa Fe route. Let all the saints upon the Pacific coast come to this meeting. Bring tents and bedding if possible. Provisions will be supplied at cost for all who are able to pay, and he that hath no money, come ye without money and without price. All who come from the east will be supplied with board and bed at lowest possible cost. We are expecting great victory in the name of the King of saints. The tent meetings now in progress will probably continue until C. M. Let all who are interested in this mighty conflict, come and help us. The saints are all poor in this world, but willing to share what they have with those who have not. All who come by R. R. should notify us previously so they will be met at trains. Let all who expect to come write us, stating what arrangements they wish to be made for them while here.

Address J. D. Hatch, or J. W. Byers,

138 N. Los Angeles St.,

Los Angeles, Cal.

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NEWS FROM THE FIELD.

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Denver, Colo., Aug. 15, 1892.

Dearly Beloved Saints: The dear Lord bless you dll and keep all his dear ones in perfect peace for his name’s sake. Closed meeting at West Denver (Bro. Speckel’s house) last night, with a glorious refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Had a precious ordinance meeting; sixteen took part and God wonderfully witnessed to his ordinances, by pouring out his Spirit upon us. Praise his holy name! The church seems to be pretty well established here with the exception of a few. May God bless them and bring them into his kingdom. Amen. We start for Oklahoma Wednesday, the Lord willing. Expect to stop at Granada, Colorado for a few days at least, and then press on to Oklahoma. Pray for us; for I feel the need of the united prayers of God’s people in this great work.

Your brother in Jesus Christ, saved,

Wm. N. & S. J. Smith & Co.

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Gaskill, Kan., Aug. 15, 1892.

Dear Saints of the Most High God: Grace mercy and truth be multiplied. We are praising God for a full salvation. We commenced meeting at Thompson, Neb. the 2d, and continued until the 13th. We found two professing sanctification but were still living in the U. B. sect, but they

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were set free. Four others were justified five were buried in baptism. The Lord has established a little church there which we hope will stand firm. They are surrounded with darkness, such as Catholicism. May the Lord lead some of the brethren to go there in the near future; it is a good place for those traveling by rail. Stop off at Thompson, on C. R. I. & P. R. R. Enquire for Brother Hamm.

We are here in the name of the Lord Jesus; held meeting yesterday in the Gaskill school house. Commence meeting in the tabernacle to night. Will continue until about 25th, the Lord willing, then go to Robinson camp meeting and from there where ever the Lord leads. Pray for us.

Yours in the body of Christ,
R. M. & Lizzie Haynes &
T. A. & Ella Phillips.

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Worstville, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1892.

To all the Saints, Greeting; The meeting at Crothersville, Ind. closed with, victory on the Lord’s side. After the baptizing on the 3d of Aug. we continued the meeting in the name of Jesus. Souls were saved. On the night of the 6th twelve were at the altar for sanctification. Some received the real experience and the shouts ascended to God, to whom be all the glory forever. On Sunday, the 7th, nine more saints were buried with Christ in baptism. Truly we had a real feast in our souls. We again assembled in the little school- house and the Lord was with us in his sanctifying power. This being the last night of the meeting we left some seeking sanctification May the Lord grant them the desire of their hearts. We left with many warm invitations to return. Truly our hearts are very much attached to this people and I would just say, Any brother filled with the Holy Ghost will find a hasty welcome and homes in abundance if you feel like stopping as you pass through. Our hearts pour out to God and also to the dear kind brethren and friends who administered to all our wants so freely. O may the dear Lord ever keep those dear ones faithful unto the end. After attending the Beaver Dam camp meeting, wife and myself came to this place and are now at my Father’s. We expect to be at the Logan Co. camp meeting the Lord willing. We desire all of the saints to pray for us, that we may keep humble and understand the leadings of the Spirit at all times.

Your sanctified brother and sister,

Geo. W. & A. Howard.

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FROM PRESBYTERIANISM TO CHRISTIANITY.

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FOR THE TRUMPET:

Six months ago if one had told me that ere ’92 had gone, I would experience the above change, I should have pronounced him a fanatic and in the first degree at that. But “God works in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform.” And if ever Christ worked a miracle while here, or through his power since the ascension, he has beyond doubt performed one on me. This I shall prove to all who may read this testimony.

What I was, what I am now and what I shall be must be briefly mentioned in order to understand my case. I was beyond doubt, a strict and good Presbyterian, so some said, but others thought I could be a little better if I would visit the theatre. This is a place I never would visit, more especially because my father and mother did not, than a consciousness of its sinfulness. I have been a strong advocate of Churchism (as it is called), ever since I knew its meaning, or before I found out what it does really mean, therefore was so much of a church member, that to turn from it and denounce it as something in the form of a cloak of righteousness, and in thousands and millions of instances a sure road to eternal hell, was by me never dreamed of previous to my coming in contact with one or two of God’s holy saints here. To show just how I stood on this subject, I only have to state that I am the son of a minister and the brother of another minister, and only twenty-three years of age myself. I believed in sects by tradition from infancy up, and therefore could not tolerate the least said against what are called churches, or at least the one to which I belonged.

I was a strong advocate of a gradual growing religion, and sanctification was entirely passed by; it would not suit me. I imagined that I was “growing in grace,” but since my transformation it looks clear to me that if was vice versa. The desire to sin taken away, was to me madness to the extreme. The healing of the body looked on as a diabolical dogma. I stood up for principles of youth, put there at a very tender age with a steadfastness, and not to be put down by every one who opposed me. Even after I began to see the light of the Bible dawning, I fought with fierce vehemence, and it is to me to day, an everlasting wonder why God did not pour out his wrath on me for stubbornness and sinful rejection of “entire salvation.” More and more the light broke forth, and like warriors on the battle-field in a dense fog, as the mist began to roll away they could see more plainly their condition and danger, and began to fight the more determined; so I could see my condition and danger, and fought the more to hold my grounds which were dear to me. Finally there came the sun-burst, then I could see that I was in great danger, not only of physical ruin, but spiritual destruction in this world and existence to follow. There I was. It was just like one living in one house for years; he loves the old habitation and he thinks nothing could induce him to leave it. The dear old home is old and crumbling, and after a severe storm the man notices a crack in the walls, and can see plainly that it is but a short time when it must fall to the ground, and instant death would come to all its occupants. But to leave it would break his heart. So it was with me, and I should never have been able to leave and pluck out of my heart the gods and idols of sectism if I had not fallen down prostrate at God’s feet. There I received the necessary strength. Praise God for such a wonderful light, and deliverance. God has sanctified me through and through, and now I can say I do not want to sin. I was a great cigar smoker; the desire is all gone, something I considered impossible. Many a time have I thought I would gladly give five years of my life to be rid of the tobacco sin, but could not. Christ did the work. Strange, yes, but true. Also previous to my sanctification I was a victim of heart disease; now I am cured wholly. The Bible to me is a new book.

I am proclaiming the truth to church members, and the Christian Endeavor Society, and my testimonies are Bible religion. Some do not like it, but God is with me when I speak. I I shall continue to teach these people the true way to heaven, and that which God demands of them until next March, when I expect to go out in the name of God, and go wherever God shall send me. My object will be to hold up Christ and purity to a dying people. My present condition prevents me from going right now. I was, next year, going to college for a preparation to preach, but can not go now, for God has told me not to. He has given me the Holy Ghost, and now I am prepared to go forth and trust him for all things. A few days ago I spoke in the Y. P. S. C. E. to nearly two hundred of my young friends, and told them what some said about me, viz., that I am a rising young crank and fanatic; and I told them then, that it is better to be called a crank and fanatic, and please God and go to heaven, than to be called a genteel gentleman and do the works of the devil and go to hell. God help me to declare the whole counsel of Almighty God.

Yours in Christ,

Philo Evans.

San Diego, Cal., S. W. Cor. 9TH. & Arctic Sts.

TESTIMONIES.

Thy Testimonies are Wonderful.
Psa. 119:129.

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Markleville, Ind.

Dear Saints: I do praise the Lord Jesus for saving my soul. I can say that I count myself dead indeed to sin and alive to God alone. Glory to his name! I want the dear saints to pray for me.

Lucinda Bray.

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Armada, Ark.

Dear Trumpet Readers: I am saved and sanctified by a second work of grace. I praise the Lord for saving a poor lost sinner like me. He saves me from sin, tobacco, coffee, and tea. Pray for me.

Your saved sister,

Cora Buck.

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Ft Stephens, Miss.

Dear Saints: I do praise the Lord for a full and free salvation. I know of a truth that I am saved and sanctified wholly. I have some fiery trials, but praise the Lord, I always find him a present help in every time of need. There are a few of God’s chosen ones here at this place. I ask the prayers of the saints.

Your sister in Christ,

Emma W. Roberts.

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Frisco, Ark.

Dear Saints and Trumpet Readers: I feel it would be to the glory of God to tell what he has done for me. He has taken my feet out of the mire and has placed them on the rock Christ Jesus, and this morning finds me saved and sanctified. Praise his holy name! I ask an interest in the prayers of all of God’s children.

Your sister,

H. M. Moody.

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Salisbury, N. H.

Dear Brethren: I will add my testimony with yours, although unknown to most of you. Words can not express the sweet peace and comfort the Holy Spirit gives me. When I realize the God of heaven is ever mindful of his children, my heart swells with love and adoration. O children of the living God, be watchful; put on the whole armor of God; work while there is light.

Your sister in Christ,

Susie F. Drew.

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Albany, Neb.

Dear Saints: I feel it is to the Lord’s glory that I write my testimony once more. It has been about five months since I gave my heart to the Savior to work for him. I feel that if is more blessed every day to live for my blessed Master, and I am determined to serve my Savior just as long as I live. I am seeking holiness and I want the saints to pray for me that I may be cleansed from all sin.

Your sister in Christ,

Ethel L. Wilber.

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Armada, Ark.

Dear Trumpet Readers: I am praising God for what he has done for me. He has saved me from all sin, and has been wonderfully blessing me ever since I gave up all to follow Jesus, and renounced sectism. I am made free through the truth. I praise God that I am in the church that is founded upon the rock Christ Jesus. I am walking in the light as he is in the light, and I have fellowship with God’s children.

Your brother saved and sanctified wholly,

S. P. E. Lane.

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Jerry City, O.

Dear Saints: I feel it would be to the glory of God to add our testimony to the many others. Praise God for salvation that redeems us from all sin and keeps us walking in the light as he is in the light. O how I do thank God for his wonderful goodness to the children of men! His blessed Spirit did strive with us when we were in sin and rebelling against the blessed Savior. Bless his holy name! It makes my heart rejoice when I read the many promises that God has written in his blessed word for the good of those that love him. Jesus is my Savior, my physician and my present help in time of need. From a brother and sister saved and kept by power divine,

Clark & Lue Atwood.

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Daleville, Miss.

Dear Saints, Greeting; May God bless and keep you. My testimony is that I am saved and Jesus is reigning in my soul. Oh praise his name! I do know that he saves and keeps me in that narrow way and the way grows brighter and brighter. I praise him for his healing power which has healed one of my little boys, where all medicines had failed. I am still trusting him and walking in all the light that he gives me. I request the saints to pray for me and my unsaved family.

Your sister saved in Jesus blood,

G. A. Watson.

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Ft. Stephens, Miss.

Dear Brethren and Sisters: I feel led to write my testimony as a witness for Jesus. I am about fourteen years of age, and I feel the saving power of God. I realize and know of a truth that I am sweetly saved and sanctified to do the whole will of God. Glory to God! I am so thankful that the dear Lord ever showed me my true condition, for I was deep down in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity; but praise his holy name, he thoroughly washed me from my iniquity and cleansed me from my sins. And he says, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world; and now I am resting on this promise. I find that his yoke is easy and his burden light.

Your brother saved to the uttermost,

C. B. Roberts.

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South Auburn, Neb.

Dear Saints: I can say that Jesus is my all in all, and that I am trusting only in him. I know that Christ abides in me and I in him. Glory to God for this wonderful salvation which has saved me to the uttermost! About two months ago I first heard holiness preached. I was taught before that no man could live without sin, but glory to God we can. O may God help every one to see this and come out and follow Jesus, is the prayer of my soul. Pray for me that I hold out faithfully.

Your brother in Christ, saved and sanctified wholly,

Geo. Vielguth.

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Gowen, Mich.

Dear Saints: I am so glad to tell you that I am saved and sanctified, all through the shed blood of my blessed Savior. O bless his righteous name! I feel his power all through my soul and body. When I look back over my past life it brings tears to my eyes and grief to my heart to think I was so rebellious, but bless his holy name, he has promised that though our sins be as scarlet he will make them white as wool, and he will blot them out and remember them no more against us. Oh what a blessed Savior! I am so glad that I did yield when I did, and I am satisfied with the way. The Lord is keeping me each day from sin. He has also healed my body. Jesus is all in all to me. I would be most miserable without Christ in my soul. I expect by his grace to be faithful to the end.

Your sister in Christ,

Hannah Cory.

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Galena, Ind.

Dear Saints: I believe it will be to the glory of God for me to testify to the cleansing power of Christ. I praise the Lord because he has pardoned my past sins, and has given me the Comforter, the Spirit of Christ to abide and reign in my heart. He has taken out all selfishness and so filled my heart with his love as to enable me to obey the commandment on which hangs all the law and the prophets. I praise the Lord for a religion that prompts me to love God’s believing children every where He has purchased me with his own precious blood; has given me so many precious promises in his word, and not to me only but to all who will walk in his ways and claim them. The Lord has healed my diseases, shown me beautiful visions and has given sweet peace and comfort to my soul, even while those of my nearest earthly friends were arrayed against me. I praise the name of the Lord for bringing me safely this far, and for counting me worthy to endure persecutions for his sake. I ask the prayers of all who read this, that I may ever walk in the light, and that God in his own good time may bring my friends and relations who are unconverted, into the fold of Christ.

Emma Engleman.

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Sandborn, Ind.

Dear Saints: As I sit and read the Gospel Trumpet I feel it would be to the confirmation of my hope and faith in Christ Jesus to write my testimony.

I feel that I am a child of God; persecuted but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed. Satan is as a roaring lion on the right and left seeking whom he may devour. But I know I walk in peace with God. As I write these lines I feel that I am his and he is mine. O how I wish I could be with the true children of God! I do rejoice when I read the precious testimonies in the Trumpet. I do praise God that he has given his children the Holy Spirit that will guide us into all truth. Pray for me that I may rise above the storms of this life. If it were not for that peace the Savior gives I would fall beneath the waves of trouble. I believe there is a happier and holier life for me than I am living.

Your humble sister in Christ,

Maggie Peden.

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Mahaska, Kan.

To all the Saints, Greeting: May the pure love of God be with you all for Jesus’ sake, and enable you to join with me in praise to God for what he has done for me, first for forgiving my sins and then sanctifying me wholly. Also for calling me to the field to spread salvation news. Oh how sweet to be resigned to the will of God! Pray earnestly for God to open the way for us to go to the Robinson camp meeting and from there wherever the Lord may lead I have duties that must be done, more than I can get done, unless the Lord leads in all things. Yet I feel it is God’s will that I shall have all things in readiness by that time. I claim the victory by faith. The Lord is doing great things for us here in pulling down the powers of darkness. Praise his blessed name!

Yours, consecrated to do the perfect will of God,

J. L. & L. Green.

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Pitkin, Ark.

Dear Saints: I will write my testimony. Eighteen years ago the blessed Savior washed my sins away, and I joined the M. E. sect. I lived in Babylon nine years before I ever heard the doctrine of holiness preached or the call, “Come out of her my people.” But praise the Lord, ten days after I heard the first sermon I presented my body a living sacrifice and was sanctified wholly, and came out of Babylon. Glory to Jesus! I am still out and sanctified wholly to the will of God. I did not believe in “feet washing” until about a year ago, when the Spirit witnessed to the Word that it was right. I was sprinkled in infancy and was never baptized till last Sept. Well praise the Lord, I am glad my eyes have been opened, and if there is any more true light on the Bible for me, I am ready for it. Bro. W. M. Wilson and son have been here holding meeting. God sent them to us as help in time of need. May the Lord bless them. I am praising God now for salvation full and free, for he saves me completely. May the Lord send more laborers into the vineyard that more precious souls may be saved. Your sister saved and kept,

Annie M. Davis.

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

EXERCISE AFTER MEALS.

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SUCH exercise is generally condemned, and a nooning recommended instead; because two dogs fed alike, the one put upon the chase, the other allowed to rest, on being killed two hours and a half after feeding, in the former digestion was scarcely commenced, while in the other it was nearly completed. Violent exercise is undoubtedly injurious, because it robs the stomach of energy to supply the extra exactions of the muscles; yet this does not comdemn moderate exercise. Nor are we told whether the still dog laid down all the time, or ran around about leisurely here and there, but only that he was not on the chase; so that these cases fail of proving that we should “after dinner sit an hour.” And since such sitting actually deprives the stomach of a part of that motion so indispensable to rapid and complete digestion, it is therefore positively INJURIOUS. Moderate exercise PROMOTES, instead of retarding digestion, though fatiguing labor is of course injurious.

“But,” it is objected, “nature seeks rest after meals, and what she, unperverted, inclines us to do, is beneficial.” But I doubt whether apathy after meals is natural. I even claim the converse. True, when we have overtasked the stomach, this organ withdraws energy from the muscles, brain, and wherever else it can obtain it, to enable it to discharge its burden, just as over-tasked muscles rob both stomach and brain, and an over-tasked brain robs all the rest of the system. Such robbery of organs not oppressed by those that are, is a physiological law of great practical utility. Nor is there a more certain sign of having over-eaten, than subsequent lethargy of mind, or indolence of body. The stomatic nerve robs the brain, or muscles, when thus overloaded. One function was never made to interfere with or obstruct another, else nature would be at war with herself, which, let alone, she is not. On the other hand, all promote all. So far from its being a law of things that the stomach should retard the action of brain or muscle, it was created to facilitate both; so that RIGHT eating will actually exhilarate instead of prostrating all the other functions. I never take noonings. Children never do, but are generally more lively and playful after meals than before, but never more stupid; and he who cannot take hold of labor with increased zest and strength, or study with greater success, after having eaten than before, has eaten too much. Eat exactly right — enough but not too much, of the right kind, and masticate well — and you can labor with augmented ease, and apply your mind with increased clearness and power after eating, and feel doing instead of loitering. Food, like sleep naturally refreshes and invigorates; and unless it does so, is excessive in quantity or injurious in kind. This physiological law furnishes a sure criterion of the quantity of food required for the most perfect sustenance of body and mind. Yet when we have over eaten, noonings and rest after meals are probably beneficial.

O. S. Fowler,

InPhysiology, Animal and Mental.”

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As it is not necessary to attempt to open a door till we reach it, so we need not worry in reference to the daily duties of to-morrow, or pine over its possible and anticipated troubles till they confront us, when it is wise to do the best that we can under the circumstances, doing far more to remove them, than to bewail their presence.

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The human face is a book, more or less accurately describing the characted of its owner, whatever may be the attire, or the surroundings. If one is sufficiently scholarly to translate this book, to decipher the many obscure characters and to remove the hypocrite-veil, he need not often be deceived or defrauded, however much of artificial drapery may be used to disguise the real character.

BE READY.

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I am praising God for salvation through the precious blood of Jesus. I would not give my trust in God for this world and all its riches. It is blessed to trust in the Lord. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Praise the Lord! He has promised to exalt us if we humble ourselves, and I know by observation and also experience that unless we keep humble, he cannot and will not use us to his glory. That is one of the greatest points in the Christain warfare, — humility. God resisteth the proud but giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he will exalt you. James 4th chapter. Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Mat. 23:12. Oh! dear ones, let us keep humble, where God can use us. Let us be up and doing while it is called today, for the night cometh when no man can work. Let us ever be ready to give an answer to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear.

I am so glad that we don’t need to care for the trifling things of this world, nor for what others say or think. If Satan could only get us to listen to what other people say, or what other people think, he would always have us into trouble. But praise God, we are saved from the opinions of the world, and we do not love the world, neither the things of the world. If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world passeth away and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever, 1 Jno. 2:15-17. Precious promises to all that obey the will of God. Dear children of God, it means something to do the will of God, to be in the sweet will of God continually. How few seem to realize this, but go along carelessly, never stopping to think or even care whether they please God or not. Many shall be called but few shall be chosen; how true! As we look around us on every side and see as it were people traveling the downward road to death and destruction, to everlasting woe, alas, to an endless hell; we stop in amazement and exclaim in our inmost souls My God! my God! mercy! have And then what shall the end be of them that know not God, of them who have no hope in Christ, of them that have not been redeemed — born again. They must be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

“Shall we begin to tremble
While looking on that sight,
And take our march in anguish,
Down to eternal night?

Oh! souls be up and doing,
We have no time to lose,
For life and death’s before us;
Oh! which one will you choose?

Then let us all take warning,
And heed the Savior’s call,
Be robed in white adorning;
Then we’ll be ready all.”

Procrastination is the thief of time. Step by step, moment by moment, the wicked one advances on our soul. If he can get us to put off our salvation for a few months, a few days, or even a few hours, till we have participated in some worldly pleasure or had a good time in our own imagination, he has gained a great point and accomplished his purpose. If we listen to the allurements of Satan, he will not only keep us miserable here in this world, but will have us miserable throughout eternity. And now dear ones, the only way we can keep free from the allurements and cunning devices of Satan, is to pray without ceasing, and ask God in great mercy and earnestness to help us in every time of need. He will never leave nor forsake us. Then let us cling to the word and hold on to God; for Satan will deceive if possible, the very elect. Then let us with much prayer and supplication to God renew our strength day by day and wait upon the Lord.

Now may the God of all truth and mercy, keep us continually saved, walking in the blessed evening light with an amen in our soul to all the will of God, is the prayer of your saved sister,

Mollie L. Robinson.

1212 Henry St., Moberly, Mo.

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TESTIMONIES.

Thy Testimonies are Wonderful.
Psa. 119:129.

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Winslow, Ark.

Dear Brethren: I am still saved and out on God’s word and sanctified to do the will of God. Praise his name forever! Pray for us in this part of God’s vineyard.

Cornelius Southern.

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Danville, O.

Dear Saints: I take the privilege of giving my testimony. Praise God for salvation! Dear ones, I am free from all sin, and the Lord is my physician also; he has healed me of heart trouble, and has healed all my children. Dear ones, pray for my unsaved companion.

From your saved sister,

A. E. Taylor.

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Watkinsville, Miss.

Dear Saints: May the Lord ever keep you in the love of God. I can still testify to the cleansing blood of Jesus. Oh I thank God that while times are perilous here, and we have persecutions to bear, I praise God that his grace is sufficient and I can bear anything for Christ’s sake. They that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecutions. I am so glad that the glory of God is a defence for my spul and for all who trust in Jesus.

Your saved sister,

G. A. Thomas.

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Union, Miss.

Dear Saints of God: The dear Lord leads me to write my testimony I am so glad that I can say that I know I am one of my blessed Lord’s little ones, saved and sanctified to do my Master’s will, as he makes it known. I know that I love all God’s dear children. Praise the Lord! I feel the love of God in my soul when I read the testimonies of God’s children. I ask the prayers of all the saints.

E. A. Graves.

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Dellvale, Kan.

Dear Saints: I am saved and kept by the mighty power of God. Six months ago I was justified in a meeting in Columbia City, Ind.; and about three weeks ago I was sanctified. O praise the Lord forever! I ask the prayers of all the dear saints that I may keep humble and low at Jesus’ feet. God cleansed me from the use of tobacco, of which I was a slave for about thirty-two years. I give God all the glory.

Your saved and sanctified brother,

Ira Kepford.

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Florida, O.

Dear Friends in Jesus: This leaves me saved in the Lord. Praise his holy name! I am all alone in this wicked place; my family are all unsaved. There are some here that seem to be very zealous on some points but fail in others. May God open their eyes before it is too late. If any of the true fire-baptized ministers of God feel led to come here and preach the gospel, we will do all we can to help the cause along. If the Lord leads any one to come please let us know.

Yours in Christ,

M. E. Hurd.

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Lompoc, Cal.

Dear Trumpet Readers: I am praising God for a Bible salvation. I have been a very great sinner, but Jesus has washed me from my sins in his own blood, and sanctifies me by his Spirit just now. I was a dreadful slave to tobacco and whiskey. Have had the delirium tremens, and have been near death’s door through the awful indulgences in sin. Used tobacco for forty-one years. Thank God for sending Bro. Byers to Lompoc to preach the gospel of full salvation. I am sixty-one years old and by the help of God I shall serve him my few remaining days on earth.

Pray for your unworthy brother in Christ,

B. L. Tibbitts.

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Napier, Mo.

Dear Saints of the Most High God: This evening finds me saved and sanctified wholly. Hallelujah to Jesus! I am praising the Lord for the way of holiness. Three years ago the God of peace sanctified me wholly to do his will. He has so wonderfully delivered me from Babylon and sect confusion. Oh how I am praising the Lord for this wonderful salvation that makes us free in Jesus. We have given our souls to God and he keeps us. Hallelujah!

Your free brother in Christ,

J. H. Whipple.

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Columbus, Kan.

Dear Brothers and Sisters: I do praise the Lord that he ever saved my soul and that I saw the light on the true church, and have walked in that light. It is so blessed to know that the Lord keeps us each moment of our lives. We can trust him for every thing. I realize that the dear Lord is a present help in time of need. O it is glorious to have such a Savior! He can keep us from falling in temptation and trials, and has made a way for our escape. Praise his dear name!

From your saved sister in Christ,

Alice A. Wilson.

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Nowata, I. T.

Dear Saints of God: I feel led to write my testimony. I am saved from sin and walking humble at the foot of the cross, praising God for letting this evening light shine in my soul. Praise the Lord for a salvation that saves! When temptations come around us we can say, Get thee behind me Satan, for God is in us and around us, and who can harm? Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Pray for my unsaved husband.

Your sister, saved and sanctified by the Holy Ghost,

S. E. Young.

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Robinson, Kan.

Dear Saints of God: I am praising God this evening for full salvation that saves me and keeps me from all sin. Bless God. Christ says the altar sanctifieth the gift. I have given all up to God and know that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses me. I thank God for the sweet peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. I once belonged to the U. B. sect, but thank God, I have found that Christ’s body is the church and to day I am in that church praising God for full salvation. The will of God is my will. I have taken Christ as my physician and he has healed my body.

Your saved sister,

Fannie Breeding.

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Mahaska, Kan.

Dear Saints of the Most High: I now write my testimony for the first time. Oh how I do praise God for what he has done for me. He has delivered my soul from sin and Babylon. For two years I have been in search of the truth, but was not able to find it. One year ago I was deceived and made to believe a lie. I was made to believe the Seventh Day Advent doctrine, and I lived up to it and thought I was doing the will of God. But at the same time I was not happy. I lived on in this deluded way until I came to Mahaska, Kan., where the true word had been preached, and my cousin who had received the light began to let me read the Trumpet. I found myself deeply interested. in it, and I began to feel just like a sinner under conviction, but why I should have that feeling I could not tell. More than once I was minded to express my feelings to my cousin and ask him why I should feel that way, for I could see the grace of God in his very word and act. And I knew that he was indeed a child of God. But I found I was trying to climb up some other way. I was indeed in the sight of my Maker a great sinner, a thief and a robber. Praise God, the deceiver cannot control me any more. I now stand clothed in the whole armor of God. My prayer is that God will guide other poor deceived souls into the light as he did me. I asked your prayers through the Trumpet and they are answered. I am your sister in Christ, saved and sanctified,

Mrs. Lile Babcock.

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Bushong, Kan.

Dear Trumpet Readers: May the good Lord bless you. I do praise the Lord that the scales fell off our eyes in our old days. My wife and I are now living in a new dispensation. We came out of sectism over one year ago. We heard the evening light preached here and we thought it strange doctrine, as we had been reared up in the lap of sectism, and had never heard the pure gospel preached as the apostles preached it. I have received the book on Divine Healing and must say that it is food to my poor soul. I wept as I read some testimonies of what the Lord has done in answer to prayer. My wife had a disease in her side and was healed by the laying on of hands and anointing. We give God all the glory. O praise his name! His word is the same to day as it was eighteen hundred yers ago. Praise the Lord for such a kind Redeemer! We are so glad we are permitted to enjoy the sweet communion of his Spirit, and to know that we can live here without sin. He that is born of God sinneth not.

Fred Shoup.

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Plainwell, Mich.

Dear Brethren and Sisters in Christ: While reading your testimonies my heart is so filled with the glory of God that I feel led to write a brief sketch of my Christian experience hoping it may encourage some poor souls.

At the age of 19 I was converted among the M. E’s in the state of N. Y., but not having any one to encourage me in my new life I was soon led away from God by worldly companions. But the Lord was merciful to me in sparing my unprofitable life until at the age of 21 I renewed my covenant with God, and united with the M. E. sect in Plainwell. And for 17 years I have been professing godliness and never knew the Lord until last Aug. when Brother Dillon & Co. came here to preach the truth. And the day before they went away I thought I would go and see what kind of people they were. I was advised not to go near them for they were what were called “come outers,” but I bless God that he even led me there, for I got saved at the eleventh hour; glory, hallelujah! As soon as they began to preach I saw myself a sinner and went to the altar and asked God to forgive my sins and he did. Oh how the light did shine in my soul! and it has been shining brighter and brighter ever since.

To day I am praising God for free and full salvation that keeps me each and every day from all sin and unrighteousness. I can say of a truth that old things have passed away and all things have become new. God saves and sanctifies me wholly to do his will in all things. I am willing to be an instrument in his hands, willing to become anything or nothing for his sake. The saints are called a very ignorant set of people, but I bless God I am one of them, for we were just ignorant enough to get salvation. Glory be to Jesus! that is all we want to carry us through this world. Seek first the kingdom of heaven and all other things shall be added unto you. Oh how I do praise God for the sweet river of peace that is continually flowing through my soul. I ask your prayers that I be kept low at the foot of the cross.

Your sister saved in the blood,

Mrs. Mary Carveth.

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