.. The Blood of JeJJIU Chrut .

Hu Son CkamJeth IU From All

Vol. XIII.
Los Ange.es, July 16, 1908
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No.3

tho;; teach my 9oul to rise,
__ .And seek my i!\ skies?; __ .
Why wouldst thou teach my thirsty soul
To wait
Then cease thy Jookfng here and
_An.d.Jh:a.t.J>.f all thy
Is He so far away?
. . Is Christ so far away?--- ..
:- By.pilrity from sin;
A;e skies a better dwelling place
Than man's Clllestial heart and face, .
Oh; no! I see Him now and near;
To my own beating heart I hear
And then, .ii.t up with heaven' s bright glow,
Thy soul of truth and love shall know
Made pure and bright with heavenly grace?
Oh find Him in-thy-heart!
His throbbing life, Hisword of cheer;
He turns my night to 'day.
That heaven above is heaven below,
And Christ is found within .
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"But We See Jesus."
IN this sentence we have victory for every redeemed
child of Adam. The final victory is not yet ours, but .it
is sure-just as sure as Christ has conquered. . In the
mind of God He has already "put all things in subjection
"gloried" in this ''infirmity. " Thank God, the "abund-
ant revelations" are no less real because of the .''thorn,,
but a scratch or two now and then reminds us that we are
.still in the "flesh, ?. ' and that our visit to Paradise was not
a residence there. R. P.
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The Sin of Not Praying.
" under His feet," and '.we see not_ yet all things
put under Him," "we see Jesus," and that is assurance
enough of triumph. I am poor, but my elder Brother bas .. ARE you a Christian? Then it is not. optional with
a big bank account, and He has given me a number of blank you whether you .pray or not. You musCpray or cease to
checks, signed by Himself, and my poverty: ceases in the be a Christian. The poet has said, :-
fact" of His riches. I may mourn my owrihiability, weak- "PI"aer isthe Ghristian's vital breath,"
ness and unworthiness, but I "see Jesus," and quickly my and if we cease praying we cease breathing the snirittial
unworthiness is met, my weakness becomes strength, and life. It is not only a nece8sitythat we keep in constant
my inability sinks down and accomplishments become communion with Go4 to keep in constant union with Him
easy. I may be discouraged because of for but there is a necessity we should con-
trial, and my soul sink down in despair, but I lift up my stantly be in intercession for others, even though they
eyes and " see Jesus," and all the resources of heaven are may "despitefully use . us." When Israel demanded a
marshaied to help me. 0 Thou who hast "tasted death king and turned their backs on God and faithful Samuel,
for every man," I see Thee crowned with glory and Samuel in his "good-bye" address to them said, "As for
honor," having all things in subjection" under Thy feet, me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in
and my soul is filled with the shout of a conqueror, already ceasing to pray for you.'' Evidently to keep. right with
assured of victory. R. P. God, he felt, notwithstanding their ungrateful rejeetion
.- .- .- of Him, that he must not cease to pray for them. 0
beloved, keep praying for others, especially your enemies.
Danger of Great Revelations. --It-is to do so. R: l>. -
IT would seem strange, atid yet it a fact, that when .111 .- .111
God would favor His servants with great revelations of The Seeker's Assurance.
divine glory, He has at the same time to weight them with WITH what assurance, with what confidence, can the
some trial that will keep them hum"ble at his feetr I t was sinner or saint come to. God, while this precious promise
so with Paul. He had been "caught up into is in the Bible: "Him that cometh unto me I will in no
and heard unspeakable words," and, as He says, "Lest I wise cast"out." We may Jet our imagination take range _
should be exalted above measure through the abundance and we cannot find any who are excluded under this divine
of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the call. It takes in all nationalities, and an conditions -and
and though he. "besought t;he Lord thrice" that it positions of men; all sexes and all ages. There is, how-
should be taken away, all the answer he received was, ever, a condition of fitness of the penitent
"My grace is sufficient fpr thee." .It may be a dangerous and the fitness of the believer-implied in the word .
thing to be seeking great revelations from God, unless we "Cometh." Really there is no coming to the Saviour-
are ready to lie in the valley of humiliation. It is here apart from these conditions. On the basis of this precious
where fanaticism has its birth-receiving "abundant reve- promise the seeker can sing,
lations" from God, without having a humble, self-forgetful "With confidence I now draw nigh,"
childlike spirit. Here the . devil - gets in and makes. the - with the .assurance .''nowise!.' . wilLhe be.tur-ned --
recipients believe they al"e special favorites of the Lord, away or refused mercy and blessing. Oh what joy to
... and as a consequence are "exalted above measure"" and know that when we come for pardon or purity we are not
"cast out;" and if we are not east out then weare
soon become proud and intolerant of others. This "thorn and if received, then He receives us to do for. us what ou;
in the flesh" of Paul 2omething that could exist with heart is longing for . . Oh brother, go to .Jes.u.s';, . y:qu are
the degree of grace which he experienced, and so he assured of a welcome. R. P. '
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Contributed Arilcles
GOD OF' THE EVENING.
God of the evening, qu(et, calm; .
: T]ly robes like silentrshadows fall.
Thy peace flows o'er my soul like balm,
To rest, .thy noiseless voices call.
God of the morning, shining clear; .
. Thy joyful dawn my soul revives.
beams break thro' all clouds of fear,
My spir:it wakes, and warms, and lives.
God of my life; in night or 4ay,
For toil or rest, in .joy or fear;
Guard of my peace, guide of my way, .
Th;y care and help are ever near. . . ...
-Rev. Franklin Noble.
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WISDOM.
E. D. HINCHMAN.
Wisdom is applied knowledge.
Sometimes it is received through pre-
cept and example, and sometimes it
has. to be po.unded into us by the hard
knocks 9f personal experience, and
then again some are so impermeable
it seems they never will become wise
unto salvation, but must batter their
way down to hell, walking in the lusts
of the flesh,. "fulfilling the desires i:>f
the flesh and of the mind," regardless .
of the consequences. ''The fear of
' the Lord is the beginning of knowl-
' edge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction. ''
''So teach us to number our days
that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.'' Wisdom is begotten of
knowledge, but knowledge does not
always beget wisdom. There are
many who know that "the wages of
sin is death,'' that it is destructive of
soul, mind and body, who neverthe-
less cling to it as a cherished idol and
roll it as a sweet morsel under their
tongue. But to the one who has his
own moral and spiritual wellbeing at
heart, who desires to be a man indeed,
and that a clean .man, before the bar
of his own conscience as well as before
the world, some difficulties become
manifest early in life, and these diffi-
culties enlarge upon his horizon as his
eyes are opened to the eternal realities
of things. The Holy Spirit is faithful,
and as the rE!f>rover of sin He shows
us how much . we are out of harmony
with the law of God and the law of
our wellbeing. '
Here, to the conscientious man, the
.. hattie of life. begins. He does not
reCQgnjze defeat as but feels the
of calling all the power of his
will into action in order to victory. It
is a long, wearisome struggle, QE!feat
alternating with partial victory at
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, times: but no matter how cieditable all others he< must repent of is unbe- .
may be hi!!! endeavor, he is.inevitably lief, orHe.cim have no z.nerey for any
forced at the bar of his own conscience sin committed.
to admit that he has "come short." . Second; "of righteousness." This
'!.For ali have sinned and come short has puzzled many Bible readers; but
of the glory of God." our Saviour was referring to His sac-
Many seek to rest here, saying they rifice, which is the righteousness of
are doing the best they can; but the.re believers.
is no satisfaction in defeat. or in par- The worldhavingrejected this; men
tial .victory. The promise of God is: are convicted of contempt against this
''If the Son therefore shall make you law and only hope of redemption.
free, ye shall be free indeed." . For said He to His disciples, ''Because
. "This is the not I go to my Father. n The world, or
- :we-h ave- been defeated, not flO Jews, thought that He was ... possessed
much that we have sinned, for God of a . Some supposed that He
knows our weakness, but "that light referred to the self-righteousness of
is. come," that redemption is provided, the world. . But this is rather a self-
continuance in sin is without hypocrisy. The world guilty of sins
excuse and is against God. hal;! no righteousness of which to
Thank God for conviction: real Holy boast.
.Ghost conviction, that "worketh Third, "of judgment." "It is ap-
repentance to salvation, not to be pointed unto men once to die, but
repented of." It is something more after this the judgment." Heb. 9:27.
than sorrow for a wasted life or the The prince of sinful men in the world
. cry of a defeated soul for help, or a is the devil. ForChristhadjustsaid,
desire to square" ourselves before the "The prince of this world cometh and
Almighty. It is a whole-hearted godly hath nothing in me." John 14:30.
sor.row for sin, an awful conviction of This prince, and the leader of evil
sin against God.. . workers, deserves to be brought to jus-
Repentance brings surrender,. un.,. . tice,. and. is condemned fort11e death
conditionaland absolute; and as faith of J.esus Christ: for said our LOrd,
begotten of God lays hold on the prom- "Because the prlnce of this world is
ises, we find ourselves new creatures judged." God has prepared a fiery
in Christ . Jesus, and our feet gladly hell for Him. See Matt. 25:41. And
walking in the ways of righteousness. of his infidelic followers the Lord said,
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CONVICTION.
G. W. BUGH .
"When He rthe Comforter] is come, He
will reprove tlie world of sin, and of right-
eousness, and of judgment." John 16:8.
The Revisers have changed the word
"reprove" and tran.slate the Greek
elegxei," "convict." This is its more
direct meaning. Of course, indirectly .
it means reprove, \!onvince, or admon-
ish. The scriptural thought of Christ
is, that when the Comforter is come,
He will refute the excuses o( the
world. First, "of sin," of sins:
for Christ expected to atone for all
those which did not especially refer
to the conditions of mercy: for said
He, ' ' Of sin, because they- believe not
on me." In a general sense the Lord's
!'!a<_!rifice . the sins of
world. Yet there . are exceptions.
Christ's . offering ''does not cover con-
tinued infidelity or Unbelief. Unbe-
lief is upon repentance, as
all other sins; but this sin is placed
for all general sins, where the gospel
is preached and faith in Christ de-
manded, There is no hope: for an
And the sin, above
''He that believeth not is condemned
already." John 3:18.
The word conviction is from the
Latin con and vinco, and as understood
in our courts of justice, it signifies
the proof of truth or evidence, by
which a culprit is found guilty of
crime, and by which he is condemned.
First, he is arrested, then he is brought
beforecourt to . receive an attentive
hearing. Second, he is imprisoned by
the law and accordingly receives sen-
tence .. an4 The Holy Spirit
is here very jurisprudent. The law
for morals and religious .faith is made
conditional for grace, whereas civil
law knows no mercy. But if a man
will spurn all conditions of grace,
such a sinner is adjudged with con-
demnation.
Conviction is then, first, an arrest
o{. the mind given to sinful indulgen-
ces. Second, it is a. , revelation of
truth, or the law of the gospeL This
not only reveals a sinner's accounta-.
bility, the impOrtance of a: peace with .
God, and a sense of fearful results;
but it especially demant)s of everyone
an to the morallaw of fai_th
and Jesus preached,
J uiy 16, 19U8T
Kingd<?:m of God is at hand: than it would cost to .. take the whole mer to put in, rather .than simply tO
repent ye, and believe the gospel." family to meeting. ''But my . see how much you can get out of it,
Mark 1:15. Third, it is an .impression children are unsaved. " You would we. will have some sweeps for truth.
made upon the mind. This must be not be likely to get them save<f at a Don't sit b;1ck. "It isn't my meet-
deeply fixed. It needs to. weigh heav- worldly watering place; try the holi- ing." What does.that prove? :Either
ily upon heart, and be pungently camp. Try it this year. If you or the meetip.g are not the
the conscience to do good. going, some things you should do. Lord's. You can t;lke hold in the'
.This state of mind with God is very You should pray the meeting down, meeting the way the Lord wants you
important. . It is: called "contrite" .by . before ... date . of the. public .service. to, anp not make people. think you
the prophets. ,.,. Read Psa. - 34:18, 51; For there should be, in every camp, Qfficious. Do not seek excuses fqr
17, Jsa. 5.7:15; .66:2. . something that comes. You your-laziness ..... Let us bow our heads
God has several ways by which to should pray for it. Talk it up,. speak in prayer. Great God, put us in the
bring conviction ;1bout in the minds of well of the godly men who are at the best possible condition for winning
s in.ners. 1.. 'Since faith in the tr.utlfis- head of it; say kindly-words of- th-ose --victories . -:-
necessary. in opening the mind unto who are expected to preach: No Show me my place, help me to fill it,
conviction, the Lord has instituted doubt you can firid'things to criticise,. use me in any way thou wil( .. 'only
the preaching.ofthe gospel. St. Paul but don't do it; remember others inake me a blessing. Here. I am,
writes: "Faith cometh by hearing, could find much in you to criticise. time, talent, . reputation, money and
and hearing .by the word of dod." Do you want. them to do so? all. . Lord, give .us Thy power _on the .
Rom. 10:17. . . Tell your neighbors the meet- people. Move in our midst. -Save
Faith in truth, on the part of a sin- ing write to a friend tell them what the sinner, sanctify the believer,
ner, has two results: First, it con- time you to have, make glql;lify Thyself. For .Jesus' sake,
demns the guilt:y soul; second, after . them.hungry to go. Then get there Amen.-Beulah Christia,_n.
due repentance, confession, humility, before service time have board and .:1 .:1 .:1
prayer, etc., is J?ade, it saves or. jus- lodging all fixed, in readiness to A GOOD INVESTMENT.
tifies the soul-Is for r1ght- be in the first service, sing the first . THE . NAZARENE MESSENGER is
eousness. hymn. Do not go for what you can greatly i.n need of a new mailing out-
But an awakened faith in a sinner get out of it. That is the way many fit . . We'hope tO have a weekly holi-
is as necessary to conviction as faith do, L _fear, __ and. are dit;>appointed. for young people in the
in a penitent is im-por.tani to a state They ought to be; such selfi!3hness near f.Utti.re. We have always.lal;lored
. of . justification . . or as- a . cleansing should. be disappoin.ted . . Go to put at a great 'disadvantage in mailing
faith, to entire . sanctification. If in. Put in of yourself. In singing, our paper, and when we have another
a sinner has no faith in the word how inspiring (?) to see a dozen good -one to mail it will be all the more
and its authority, he .. i's a repro- singers Iookipg-about. Sing, if you necessary that we have a better sys-
bate; that is, one hopeless and God- . do not call yourself a good singer. tern. Think of it-onl:t $5()0 invested
forsaken. We may preach, and saints Pray, pray in the spirit. Don't in an up-to-date appliance for mailing
may pray, but God never convicts a preach, when they call for prayer. . would save us in cost of mailing the
faithless sinner. The impressions of Just pray; then you will not be ted- two papers not less than $250 a year,
truth are only made in proportion as ious. When you testify, just testify; . or 50% on the investment.
faith. exists in sinners. 2. Another tell what you know about the great who wants to purchase stock in the
way by which sinners are impressed Gospel. Don't preach, unless asked . Nazarene Publishing Company, and
with the need of salvation is, (}od to. It will reflect on . you. If the thus help the work along? We will
often sends afflictions, d1sasters, hard- Lord wants you to preach, H'e will need all the money we can earn and
ships, bereavements, etc. Many open the way. Don't try to run the save to make our young.people'spaper
thousands have thus been led to yield meeting, unless appointed to do so. go. A dollar saved is a dollar earned.
up to mercy. This often creates Put in all of strength and helpfulness -That $250 would be quite a help in
emergency and affords God an oppor- on every line, and at the close .you making a good paper. Now is the .
tunity. Perhaps a few are saved this will say: "The best meeting I have time to invest some money in this
way. Others harden themselves. ever attepded; never got so much great work. Who will be the first to
Beebe, ' Ark: good out of a meeting ip all my life." . buy 100 shares of stock? We will
tc' tc' tc' Because you put in so much. gladly issue certificate for any
., GOING TO ... CAMP-MEETING? t h
C. H. Q.
It is the proper thing to do,
whether yo1,1 be. saint or sinner.
Camp-meeting, holiness camp-meet-
ing-going ought to be much more
general than it is. lt.is not the place
to go for the cheap fun .so many
seem to hanker after, but the spot
where eternity's values are obtained,
where the .soul gets fortified for life's
battles and <!Onquests.
The whole family should go.
Plenty of families go to the beach,
the mountains, and spend much more
Go to the meeting to hear whoever amoun you can pure ase.
those in authority put up to preach. NAZARENE PuBLISHING Co.
Never mind if you have heard them, ---,..,. _ .JI ,..,.
never if they-are not your fav- Two' New . Tracts. ..,.
orite. Listen, hear the Word, mix in "WHY YOU SHOULD BE HOLY,"
. a good lot of faith, with the hearing .. CHILDREN OLD MAN,"
of it; if it be God's Word, take it, hot
the. spoon. " If the spoon is clean, the Are Words in season to the justified.
Can be had from ' the author, Rev. R.
food will taste just as good, no mat- " Pierce, 730 San Pedro Stteet, Los
ter the size, shape or color. But says .. Angeles, Cal. 20c per doz.-; $1
one, "I dol)'t like him." Maybe per 100.
satan don't. Perhap"S God does. .JI .JI .JI
Beloved, if every one who reads The sin that is dear as a right eye,
t.hese lines will go to cainp this sum- must be given up.
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Corresp-ondence
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over> two years. As we only hav. e;jx - th_ere-we:re few dry. eyes .
churches," I suppose that is the cause. in the tent. - The Nazarene Quartette
I have been here over one year, and set the saints in a.jubilee of shouts in
TROY, IDAHO. never have I heard a call for sinners. the afternoon service, with Bro. Mar-
This Monday finds us after the Talk about sending out foreign mis- tin's.latest"song, ''The Glory S6ng:O
smoke of battle has lifted, with some sionaries when we are without the Bro. Ruth delivered a searching,
. "slain of the Lord.'.' Our first camp Gospel here. I am the .only Nazarene unique, Scriptural address on holiness,
work for the summer was at this here, and I am not worthy to bear the : with good results. He is a master
place, . where we conducted the annual name. But I want to break the ice,. Bible preacher. Bro. Huff proclaimed
meeting for the Holiness Association, . that is; begin paving, the way for our the final message. it . was a:
closing last night. Despite heavy ministers when they do come; and it dous sermon on the "Second Coming
colds and hoarseness from which Bro. looks as if the Lord was going to open of Christ. " The congregation was so
Creighton .and Siste.r Wallace have up the way, may He speed the day . . moved under the inspiration of the
been suffering, their preaching has to His giory. i thought you
heen effective, and .something have some literature that I ' could his climax they broke into shouting
eighteen souls have -found pardon or. delivertothehomesofthe (spiritually) and rejoicing, and many rose to their
purity (or both-the latter subse- starving people, so that they could get feet waving their handkerchiefs in
quently) at the altar. a taste of the good things, so that the air. Deep conviction was upon
Tod.ay, a class of twenty was when a Nazarene minister does 'come the people, and seeking souls were
organized into a "Pentecostal Church to Prosser they won't be looking for entering the kingdom after ' hour
of the Nazarene," with Mrs. S. Page his horns and isms, but may find _ a of midnight, when the camp ended.
as leader until a regularly appojnted gold brick tried in the fire. ALPIN M. BOWES.
pastor is secured. At the close of the I know any one looking for or need- .... .:1' ,:;c
altar service last evening, by request, ing spiritual food, after reading our s'i'. LOUIS, MO.
and with permission of the executive literature will gladly listen to our Just closed a meeting in St. Louis,
board, Bro. Creighton told of the .. ministers. A. B. Mo.; of' three weeks. The weather
work of our Church, what God had ,:;c ,:;c ,:;c was wa:rm but God blessed the meet-
called us to, etc., and after stating WEST PULLMAN CAMP. ing in the salvation of souls. Four-
. that if could be satisfied to The Fifth Annual Camp-meeting of teen was the greatest number saved
. . belong to -some other, an. y - other . ,
the Illinois Holiri.ess :Association, held. or sanctified in one serviceduring the
church, he had not called them to be a:t West Pullman, was a great meeting. meeting. Bro. Got.t and Sister Otto
Nazarenes, but if there were there _There were about sixty families camp- have been used of God to do a great
those whom God had called, if they ing in the circle of tents which sur- work in St. Louis. They.have secured
would come forward, their names rounded the large tabernaCle in the valuable property and are using it to
would be taken, and they would be beautiful oak grove. The camp was bless humanity. Sister Otto has been
taken into fellowship with us, well directed by the president, H. F. used of God to rescue over 1600 girls
arrangement for organization to oe Kletzing, the secretary, Rev. C. E. from a life of sin and lead them to
made later. Seventee_n persons came
. Cornell and others,_ Jesus. Bro. Gott is an able preacher
forward and the names ()f three. peo- d d f h
. The Evangelists, C. W. Ruth, w. H. .an a strong a vocate o t e doctrine
pie who could not be present had Huff and I. G. Martin, were given and experience of full salvation. The
been handed Sister Page, making great unction and liberty in proclaim- Lord is precious to us and we are
twenty in all. ing the word. The Missionary serv- .saved and sanctified up to date.
Our next meeting is at "American J A D
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ice, conducted by Bro. Kilbourne of .. . . OOLEY AND WIFE.
Ridge" (Kendrick P. 0. , then from Japan and Bro. Lawson of India, was rr _.
July 8 to 19 at Southwick. It is with an inspiration to the camp. MALDEN, MO.
pleasure we note the "zeal and Dear old Aunt Amanda Smith Rev. J. A. Dooley and wife assisted
knowledge" of these people, and attended several of the services and . Rev. J. N. Speakes and his people in
their freedom from .fanaticism or shouted while the evangelists dedicating to the Lord a fine large
"notions.' ' Bless God! they are one preached. She is doing well with her church in this city of 3,000, surrounded
with us.
orphans' home, though quite feeble in by a iich farming coup. try.
They desire very much to have body. Between 200 and 300 seekers The people soon expect to have over
Brother Creighton take up' his resi- were forward _during the' ten days, their church door, "Pentecostal
dence here among them and pusv our and 150 new members were addedto Church of the Nazarene," and are
work in this territory with all the the Association . . We witnessed some using our church Manual now. They
un.ited energies they and .he possess. -remarkable scenes about the altar; at will be a credit to our church.
We feel there is a fire started here times twenty or thirty seekers weep- ness knows place to stop and seeks.
that will burn until Jesus c.omes. ing, pleading, praying, and coming none, and the de:vil is on the run in
Amen. through shouting, . while hun- this town. It was npt always this
DELANCE WALLACE AND WIFE, dred people stood - around either way, but many of, them have come up
J. B. CREIGHTON. delighted or convicted. through much tribulation. Rev. J . N.
,:;c ,:;c ,:;c The last day was the best. Brother Speakes has been used of God to care-
PROSSER, WASH. Martin was in the Spirit while preach- fully gather and build this. work
This is truly a desert land, the won- ing to the morning congregation. The together for God, and is a man of God.
derful Yakima Valley. I am told there truth of his. tender message on ''Con- All the. moriey necessary for the dedi-
has not been a conversion here for secration'' -touched the hearts of his cation was raised in a few minutes
July 16, 1908]
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and great shouts went up in the camp:
To God be all the praise and glory.
Amen!
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LEHIGHTON, P A.
Nazarene Messenger
with the man. He cannot look into your mind from the 'holy purpose for
those All-see'ing Eyes. Guilt and which you have come into this place.
sin, because of transgression, . are In all , the ser'vice take ali active
upon his heart . and conscience. The part; as hearer, as worshipper.
gloom of spirit-separation from God At the close of the service, after a
Very neat:lY a year and a half ago .:_death-has settled down upon his moment of prayerful silerlce, greet
Sister Cunningham and myself came soul. His spiritual vision has failed; with c_heerfulness and good will
to this place to hold revival meetings; his heart is in total eclipse. He feels whom you happen to meet, remem-
the Church was without a pastor, and no reciprocal flow of love between -his bering that Christian fellowship is-a
as God had owned and blessed our own breast and that of his Creator. part of Christian worship. -Selected.
labors among the people, the Church The goiden tide has been arrested.
extended to me a unanimous call to The scene ch!').nges again. Man is . . 7\. Taza-rnne
the pas to prayip_g being driven fro in Paradise_, no longer .1. l' I . Ct
and feeling that it was from God, I fit for Almighty. -- .
accepted. Sin! sin did it all. Sin will forever :C:.
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During this time mY health has continue to make the enjoyment' of
been very poor, so that at times I . fellowship with 'God an impossibility
have been unable to be at my post of this_ world, or in the next. Our
. duty. Outside of this, sickness and . only hope is to get rid of it. Thank
death entered our home in Rhode . God, we can. ''The blood of Jesus
Island, and. we were c_alled away for Christ, His son, cleanseth us from all
several weeks. sin." . . "Blessed are the pure in heart,
About the latter part of April my for shall see (enjoy) . God.''-
health began to fail me more rapidly Beulah Christian.
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ON GOING TO CHURCH.
We have a new supply of Nazarene
Pins. The Nickel- plated, such as
we have heretofore sold, and a new
kind .made of Abalone . shelL with
black lette ring.
Nickel
Plated .
""' . 25c each
Abalone ---
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than before, until I was in bed.
Finally I was able to be _apout and.
went to church and preached a week
ago Sunday, but was nearly sick abed
all the week for it. After praying
about the matter;. it seemed none
to the will of the Lord .
for me to resign, which I did, and
next Sunday, July 12, will be my last
Sunday with them as pastor. Beloved,
don't forget _to pray for the Pentecos-
tal Church of the Nazarene of this
place. We shall remain in the place
for a while, after which other arrange-
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a suicide. This instinct was implanted
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with their Creator brought to the
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Nazarene Me . ssenue.r.. in all the tithes, the laying of .. every !lP stu,dies and passing examinations
power a.t the of Jesus, to be bap- as prescribed m our Manual.''
EDITORS:
P. F. Bresee, - ? Editor
R. Pierce, - 0/lice Editor
C. J. Kinne, Asst. Editor and Bus. Mgr.
tized with :h&iy -energy 'that . would . This is a move 'in the right direc-
remove fear and sen'd forth'a- force tion, and ought'to become a require-
into the YJ'Orld that would bring it: ment in au our Districts.
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS:
under conviction and to - the . cross. Another wise move would be, not
E . A. Giroin p; G. LinaiiJeaver C. E. Cornell
J. P. Coleman J. B. CreiQhton laiah Reid
H. D. Bro111n . J. W. GoOdUiln . W. c. Wileon
Let every true Pentecostal-Nazarene to recommend anyone for Evangel-
individual. and Church pray mightily ist's unless they intend to
and give thernsefves to .. this work. devote their time to field work-that
Enter<Od at the post-office, Aug. 7, 1900. at Los R p is, not 'to grant 'Evangelist's license
Angeles, California, as secdnd-elass matter. '
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towhichthepaperhas beensent,andtheoffice.andState The queen .grace of .humility is to . R. 1\. - .
to which you"' wish it sent.
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mistakes. . . . "keep us in place." "It is therefore
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EDITORIAL
EVERY cHRISTIAN A MISSIONARY.
dote to the poison of vain-glory."
There is a humility born of trial, the
outcome of the visitation of human
.suffering; and then there is a humility
born of the soui;s right attitude
Not until there is a more general toward God, which is a . "meek and.
conviction and arousement on tlie part quiet ::;pirit'' and is one of the ripest
of believer to their, of the mature fruit of the Spirit. It
ity for the salvation of w.o'rld, is not.produced by physical suffering,
will there be any marked advance on but is the. patient, unobtrusive, stib-
- the ever-increasingmultitudes-coming--m:i'ssive"' nature-;-which- springs- from
into existence. The Church must the pure heart :where nestles the
have its eyes open to the utter inade- Dove of Peace. It is ari experience,
quacy of simply giving a little. money the Bible tells us, ''above price,
to pay the few for doing the work being so precious, it ought to . be
which they are commanded personally sought and treasured according to its
to do. We should never have had a value. . It gets the victory every
church today if the early church had time, though never seeking the fight,
been as lackadaisical and indifferent and wears its crown of rejoicing more
as Christians are today. It is stated on the "inward man," than on the
of those who were persecuted at the outside. It is worth more than a
time of Stephen's martyrdom that shout of' victory, . because it hfsts
"they (all believers) went everywhere longer; and, like the sweet 'hidden
preaching the word," and so the fire Violet, makes itself known by shed-.
spread. The whole church is needed ding its fragrance wherever it is.
to evangelize. the whole world. Tlfere Hmnility is the' controller of. human-
must be a mighty, continuous on- ility; brother, do you possess it? . "
sll;mght of the whole church on the R. P.
. - ranks of the devil, and this ":nlUSt be .JJ .:11 ..,c .. -
by a church baptized with the Holy A WlSE RECOMMENDATION.
The following from
on Orders was adopted by
the Northwest District; at : their
recent Assembly session:
SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
AND CAMP-MEETING.
Word comes--from Dr; Bresee, from -
Oakland that the San Francisco Dis-
trict Assembly has closed after a very
profitable and enthusiastic session.
The regular business was transacted
and all adjustments for the district
made for the coming year.
The Camp-meeting . has' . been a
remarkably good onei and the blessing
of the Lord on the services has been
very manifest. We hope to. give a
fQll report of both the Assembly and
the Ca_mp:meeting in . our next_ issue.
NAZARENES, ATTEN'I:ION!
Fellow laborers! We have an
. opportunity for you. You know full
well that the church papers are an
important factor in the growth and
organization of our Church. The
work could not be accomplished with-
out them. . For years we have pub-
.lished the NAZARENE at
great 'financial loss. we' have had
a conviction that the Church must
have the paper and have cheerfully
provided the means for its publica-
tion.
We are glad we can truthfully say
we are not tired of the work. How-
ever the.re is a phase of the question
which we would ' like to have yo'u
look at. It is absolutely . necessary
that a amount of other bus-
iness be carried on that we may earn
the money to .meet _the .. .ai:mual deft:
ciency in the MEssENGER.
This business requires time, labor and
. talents, wh1ch would . accomplish .
mu-ch more good if turii.ed in. another
direction.
Ghost. Dr.- .P.earson says, that tpe .
gospel' could be given to the whole
world in this ' generation if we would J
meet the problem in God's own Way,
that is, ''for the Church and every
member. of it to bring all ,the brains,
heart, conscience, will, money,fntelli-
gence and enterprise at' its command,"
and lay them at the feet of
"That ail .'Elders be required either
to report in person or by letter to
each District Assembly: ..
The Church needs good_ Sabbath
School literature. such literature
must begin and as the MESSEN-
GER has. It cannot be expected that
0 for a . mighty' awakening in the
' Church that would arouse it to bring
"That each church see that .all its ..
Licensed Preachers are . 'at work'
before granting or renewing license
.and that they insist on them keeping
it will pay finanCi'ally at the start.
We are trying to furnish the litera- .
ture and need your help. How can
July 16, 1908]
Nazarene : Messenger
Y
ou help us? By lightening our load. . CHANGE :OF FOR DISTRIC;t'
. ASSEMBLY.
Get new subscribers for the NAZA- . .
RENE M-ESSENGER. . If you can not !'--t the earnest desire of many
7
we give. in . this jssu.e .. , .The. second
part will .be given next week.
.get any, send the . paper to your- fnends,. we have clanged the p!ace
friends who are interesteq in the th_e of the Souther_n Cahforma
holiness work (as many do). Distnct Assembly First Church,
Los Angeles, to First Church, Pasa-
lf we could have one thousand new dena. It will meet at the time here-
this year it would go tofore. announced, 9:30 a.- Thurs-
quite a way towards making the day, July 30, 1908.
BRo. LAFoNTAINE is ho.lding special
. . services in the district tent on the cor-
ner of Moneta avenue and Forty-thira
street every evening during the week.
The attendance is fineand the interest
MESSENGER s....Jf-supporting. . That . p F B s
. . RE EE, ...
would allow us to put much more H F R
- . . EYNOLDS,
time and ;money .into . the Sunday.
School literature. "-"-This we-will haVe
to do if we answer the call for a
weekly Sunday School paper for
young people.
. It is no small undertaking to start
such a paper' which would be at all
what the occasion demands. Yet it
can be accomplished, although we
could not expect it to be self-support-
Notice to Pastors.
Pastors are requested to send in at
once the naines and number of .'their
delegates who desire entertainment
during the Assembly, to Rev: B". H.
Kennedy, 106 Glorietta St., Pasadena,
Cal.
.JI .JI .JI
ing at first. We have our hands full Notes and Personals
now and can not take on new burd(m$
unless we. are relieved of some Of the .
old ones.
What say you? Pastors, evangel-
ists, laymen, shall we not make a
united and persistent effort to greatly
enlarge the subscription list of the
NAZARENE MESSENGER. Surely we
can do it. Willyou try?
THE .PILOT J>OINT ASSEMBLY.
This will be a glorious meeting!
As the minister enters. the pulpit.
an silent prayer in his
behalf.
REV; R. PIERCE supplied the pulpit
of the Long .Beach Ch1.,1rch on Sabbath
last and a gloacious season enjoyed.
There were two seekers during the
day.
A BRIGHT little son has come to
gladden the home ' of Brother and
Sister Ben Valjean, our workers at
Medical Lake, Wash: Mother and
baby are doing well.
Last year, at Chicago, the most mo-
mentious meeting perhaps that this
country has ever seen, was enjoyed;
but the gathering at Pilot Point will A NEW Pentecostal Church of the
be tremendous! We do not doubt that Nazarene has been organized at Troy,
in unction, and fervor, and holy Idaho, with twenty members and
impulse it will surpass 'that of last placed in charge .of Sister S. Page
October. The gathering forces are . until a pastor is chosen.
coming! Every one who can should THE Beulah Park Holiness Camp-
plan to go. We believe that the great- meeting, Allentown, Pa., will be held
estand highest good would be accom- August 7 to 17; with a large number
plished if the various. bands from the' of faithful Bro. Wieand
West, East, North, and Chicago, has chargeof the.camp.
would arrange beforehand for ali-day
meetings at large centers on the route, GooD news comes from Medical
taking plenty of time to make the Lake, Wash., that God is blessing the
journey. What fire it would kindle work there. .Two souls were. at the
on the way! What new hopes and altar Sunday, and the fire is burning
. - inspiration . it would produce-what .. in the souls of the .
good for the Redeemer's kingdom! DoN'T forget to make arrangements
Let the District and General to go with the Sabbath School of the
tendents take notice, and so arrange! First Church, Los Angeles, to Playa
L. D. P. Del .Rey on Thursday next, July 23,
LiT pastors and people of our
Southern California' : Churches get
ready for the District Assen:1bly which
convenes at Pasadena, July 30. We
a;e looking and praying for a gra-
Cious season of. refreshing.
. \
startirig.from Fourth and HilJ streets
. at 8:30a.m.
WE are sure our readers will peruse
with and added inspiration
the first installment of Sister Ave-.
toom's excellent .report on the work
of our Hope School in Calcutta, which
. q
. is on. the increase. .
WILL pastors of the Southern Cali-
fornia District see that 'the
bla;nks sent .them are properly fille9
out, and
Pierce, . ,73&-- San . Pedro street, Los
Angeles. If any pastor has. not
receivt!d the blank, send for one
once.
REV. G. W. Gi.ovER reports that
Sabbath was a day of refreshing from
the presence of the Lord at Santa
Ana Church, with one at the altar at
the evening serviCe, who .prayed
through and left' rejoicing in the vic- .
tory found through faith in Jesus'
blood.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT REY.;
NOLDS will be in Los Angeles early the
coming week, and. will have charge
of . the Tuesday .. afternoon and Wed-
nesday night meetings at the First
Church and will also preach morning
and evening on the Sabbath. Let all
friends rally to iive our .. brother ai
royal we1come.
WE have received an excellent little
four-page paper, called The District
Outlook, edited and published by Rev.
H. D. Brown, Superintendent of the
Northwest Distriet, and issued In the
of. that rapidly growi.ng . dis-
trict. It is filled with news . and
interesting artic1es and information.
about the District and .its
and is neat1y jl;Otten up.
rt' rt' rt'
"One day a lady was packing a box
Of' :-goods for India, when a->. child
b!ought her a .tract, which she just
threw into the box. The tract- fell
ultimately into the hands of a Burman
chief, and led him to Christ. He told
the ttory of his ne.w God and Saviour
and his riewlife. to .' bis friends: In
course of time, many believed and
cast away idol:;. A,church was.
built, a missionary was sent . OUt, and
fifteen hundred souls won for the
Kingdom. '-Selected.
"\'JI .JJI .,}}1
Have you .. ever used a Wall Roll? Try it.
You will find 'it a great blessing to have a
helpful text on the wall to keep your
thoughts heavenward as you go about your
daily work . The Favorite Text, Wall Roll is
the finest .in print. Get it.
8 Nazarene Messenger . [July 1908
Los Angeles and Vicinity the Likeness of Tastes. After speak- services were held in the Tent on the
ing of the benefits and value of friend- . corner of Moneta Ave. and 43rd St.,
AT THE TABERNACLE ship, he made an earnest exhortation where services are conducted every
Sabbath opened at the Tabernacle for the- people .to a friendship night during the-week. The tentwas
with a most early prayer- with God. God was graciously pres- . filled with people eager to hear the
meeting, which consisted of prayer, entin this service, and two seekers word of God. Many were present for
praifie and a brief message by were at the altar. . the time. The meetings . in the
Hill. .il Jll JII Tent are ail assured success, and will
A large audience greeted Pastor STREET be continued duringthe next week.
. - Whitcomb at the 11 o'clock service, The meeting on the street is becom- Come' out.rand enjoy the meetings .
. who, after a season of ing of so_much an
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the The altar service was of God
- .. p'raiS'e_-=a:nd:=praye:r, -took-for- his .. forward to
Heb. 11:16- "They desire a b.etter atively. c.ean obtam opportumty to gi rs
country; t}\at is an heavenly." In the . hour and a half so .,1 Jll .11
introducing his subject he dealt with rapidly. This has become . such . a
the call of Abral)am, and his expe- . bfessed spot and so many victories. CALLED HOME.
rience as a stranger in the earth . ., He won and "-such ... glorious- . triumphs Truly, "in the midst-of life we are
then showed that progress to a higher exhibited, that this corner will -- sud:d't:m arid sad--
state is the law of the universe; appear to many as sacred ground. news has come to the Nazarene Fam-
"Evolution of a Plan" is stamped We are so outgrowing our "hive" ily in general and to :the immediate
face of natui:e, and the whole itis almost time for us to "swarm., family in particular, than the sorrow-
creation groaneth for a higher mani- It appears to .. me that the LOrd fuf intelligence 'telling of . t)le taking
.festation even of the sons of God, and be pleased to have us go a little away of our faithful and loving little
stated . that unrest in ' incomplete- deeper in work and take on f:riend,. Edna :Lefler, and her .brother,
:riess is the law of the universe, both another street meeting on the same Blair Lefler, on July 7, at Corona,
visibie and invisible, but that com'- day and- hqp.r. Pleasetal{e tliis sug- on the ranch . of . ;Mr. White,
pleteness, and permanency in a state . gestion under advisement in prayel'. the family has been fora short
of. completeness; _the quest of all T. DuNN. time. They were on the steps of the
living as manifest in many . . ... ... Jll water and from the best
ways. . . COMPTON AVENUE CHURCH. theory that can be learned, one of
The heavenly or spiritual state is . The Sabbath . day was another one must have slipped off, and the
. tbe only answer to this desire for of glorious triumph. . Sistel'- Armour other one tried to rescue the one, and
completeness, evidenced by facts of :areached morning and night with lib- both were drowned. Their absence
science, of metaphysics and also by erty in the Holy Ghost, born of much from the house was n,ot until ,
the light of Revelation. Speaking on prayer. - The mor(}fng"theme was the when a-
the Heavenly state, he said it is a fact, of Elisha." Five persons search was instituted, with the result
proven by the moral conviction of v.' ere at the altar, three seeking sane- that theywere found together in the
man, the revelations of the spiritual tification and two pardon. The six reservoir, whence in one chariot they
state .. and the declarations . Of : the p.m. meetings of Company E and the . were taken from earth to the skies.
Scriptures. The Heavenly state is as Brotherhood of St. Stephen are well The bodies were brought to Los
real as the'most substantial experience attended. The night discourse was Angeles, and the funeral . was con-
.of and is ideal as to character- ''The . Wages of Sin and the Gift of ducted at the parlQrs of Bresee Bros.,
istici-and- is iooked--forward to as a God.,- Hearts were moved to tears -on Thursday afternoon, by Rev.
better country. _ were deeJ>IY moved by Charles LaFontaine, and attended
The speaker closed by showing our the Holy Spirit's - convictioi:i-:--:----;_rhe by a large number of sympathizing
relations t6 the Heavenly state and Compton A venue flock are truly thank- friends. The interment was at the.
the qualifications for adjustment to :ful for the blessed" ministry .of Sister Inglewood cemetery, whither the
its invironments, and that our duty in Armour during the vacation , of our family and friends were conveyed by
the is holiness of heart and who will be away about two. electric car.
life. weeks longer. .v. J . J. .The friends at First Church will
The afternoon Holiness .. . .JA .JA Jll remember the bright, . happy, clear
in charge of Bro. Noble, and was a AVENUE testimony of precious Edna, who was
gracious .season-of refreshing,--- ---- - --;; The -- -beginning of the Tent Cam- ... so ... brightly converted not long since,_
, .At.7:30 p m. BJ.'O. Whitcomb again . pai,gri was a victorious success; and . and has ever been a loyal and faithful
delivered themepsage of the Lord and Sabbath was a blessed day of salva- . doing all in
spoke fro_m James 2:23, on "Abraham tion for the Grand Avenue Church. manner to win other children and
the Friend of God." After clearly Brother LaFontaine preached at the older peptple to the Lord. The prayers
outlining what' i_s involved in this Church at 11 a. m. from Phil. 3: 12 on and sympathy of a host of friends are
declaration, he said that the basis pf "Laying_hol'd of that forwhich Christ :.a comfort tothe family, and while the
friendship is love, al}d dealt with the l.aid hold of me." Bro. Lauderbach, two are gone froin the family and
following characteristics of friend:.: the newly elected Sabbath-School Church circle, their mem_ory: wiiJ be a
ship: Fidelity, Faith, Sympathy and took his place with an benediction. .
Self-sacrifice. He . also showed the earnestness and vim which. means Edna was 1,1 years . 7' months and 8
Conditions of Friendship was ' Like- victory school. New scholar$ days old, while Blair was 16 years 1
ness of Spirit, Likenestf of Mind, .and c9me fn every Sunday. The . m<?nth and 2:7 days .
.I,
July 16, toosr
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SPANiSH MISSION. p-reached taking as liis ''God is - people- whq come to these-festivals .hom
W
. e can rep.ort victory. The .Lord love._" Many hearts wer.e touched as remote vlllages.- In many cases, where- the
Gospel has never been preached, and Is It
has been graeiously bestowing His he dwelt upon the mercy and kindness . not an oppoi'iuntty not to be lost, to gtve
th k h Th f H 1 F h I h f
them the Scripture In their own languages,
blessings upon e wor ere. . e o . our eaven y at er. n t e a ter- to take back with them to these dark plaees?
simple old-fashioned Gospel still noon our Bro. Juan Rios brought Since my return two Mahommedan men
h
.. th h ts -f b ..,.. k . f J h 17 24 h". h have been bapUzed .who .beard the Gospel
reac es e ear o tnen, rea s message, rom o n : , W IC waS 1
0
tbe halL They have . had to forilake' all
them up, and by its power a complete a blessing and a spiritual uplift. .. for the Lord's sake, one having left hJs wife
f t
. t k 1 d ts Th t ht B M and daughter, for whom he asks your pray-
trans orma IOn . a es P ace an pu en agam a mg ro. eJla m ers. we baptized them one momln'g early,
them. on of living. liberty of the Spirit sppke frQm Matt. . and how I wished you could .Jlu<e....,...been
meet
in,...s of the past week have bee. n 22:44, "W_hL.think .ye of Christ?" amongst those' ot' us' who stood around a8
Eo they publicly confessed their faith In their
times of great blessing and power The message was clear and direct, and newly-found Saviour, with beaming faces.
h
'rts Our Th d ht ed b th s "t b One of them had on very dirty clothes, but
upon our . urs ay mg_ was .us. Y e pin m he said his co-religionists .had snatched
prayer-meetmgs ,m - charge_-Of-Brother. cony1ct10n upon-the hearts of sn.mers. away-aJl .. hls-other. clothes, .. to- try to prevent-
- Peterson- ha-ve-been-signally- blessed-of- . God-grant- that- t-he-seed sown-may--blnL.fr.om____belng_ baptized,- say.lng- t-bat--=--be __ :._
. . . . . would be ashamed to appear In dirty ones,
God in the strengthemng of the fa1th bnng forth fruit for etermty. In the and, even if he did; nobody would baptize
of those present. God is surely bless- absence of Sister McReynolds, who is him. He said: "I am not ashamed, .for my
d
. . . . . - Lord the reason. The preachers of-
ing the wor as It IS giVen out, and away on a much-needed rest, we have fered .. to lend me theirs, but I reufsed lis 1
we are looking for grea;ter manifesta-. had to Sing-without the organ; but we knew 'it would make no difference." - ' .
h 1 were highly favored Sunday evening Some of our Hope School girls were pres-
--tions of-Hs power m-t e -sa vation - of - -. th -th . - f s t - S -. d - - ent,- and wer.e greauy- lmpreAse-a:-- one- -:-
th
1\K can people WI e presence o IS er evier an whispered during the service . "May I be .
e . daughter, who proffered her services baptized we did not her but I
Sunday mornmg a real heart- in playing the organ. a!D no.t sure whether we right, 'for we
melting time as our Bro. Alberto Mejia ALBERTO MEJIA Asst. Supt. know she Is sincere and ready. However,
' we shall soon ba ve . another baptism, as
-other glr)s -in the- school are desiring it.
WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT
.IN THE
Nazarene Hope School . and Mission, Calcutta.
It is now a year since l wrote a report of
the work here. I was away fr_om India for
just over eight months, and In that time I
went round the, world and b a d a grand time
in every way. Since my return I have often
wanted to write to you all, but various lllnd
ranees have come In the way. Now, how-
ever, I am ready to begin, but there is so
much t.o tell about eyery branch of the work
that I hardly know where to_start.- -
The Hindu day school is being held In the
same house, but we have changed landlords,
and are not quite so welcome with the new
one, I fear. He has) raised our rent, but l
hope we shall not have to move again. We
had our prize distribution just after my re-
turn, and about 130 dear- little Hindu girls
got their dolls and other presents from thelt
kind friends In the far-away lands .
As soon as I could I visited many of our
old girls, little child-wives, all having been
married before the age of and' how
many sad results of child-marriage are s een
as house after house Is visited. One dear
child we saw gets fits since her marriage,
and lies unconscious for hours; but her hus-
band in&ists on taking her to his home, twen-
ty-four hours journey. Into the country, far
away from any doctors. He blames the
parents for deceiving him as to her bealtn;
although she never had a fit until after she
left them. Another little girl is married,
but Is so delicate th.at it is painful to see
her thin condition. Her husband accuses
.the parents of half-starving her before he
marriage, to keep her looking small
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and
short, in order to .. 4ecelye their caste-people
about her age and prevent disgrace, because
they had not saved epough money to get
her marr-Ied in time. I hear from-others that
they r eally did this; and now she has got
so used' to not eating much that she cannot
eat. Think of these poor little ones, lll or
well, they must all be married by about the
age of ten or before. How glad we are that
the J..ord bas sent us amongst them to give
them three" or four happy years of school
life oefore their marriage,.. so that they can
learn to. read the Book of Boolcs, and learn of
the Saviour who alone. can help and comfort
. them In . their dark, heathen homes, where
they are the victims of these cruel heathen
customs. How sweet it is to see them re-
joiclng in their saviour under such Circum-
stances and in-such surroundings! -. _
.Chint a ' and' the other school teachers are
all well, and want me to be sure to remind
you of the dolls. Now we have two schools
to supply, we need more than we used to do.
.The Bible-women are a very energetlo
band. During these hottest months they do
t heir visiting from 6 a. m. till 11 u:. m. , for
it is exceptionally hcit this year. Seve ral
of the.!Jl villages lately and
ha\'e preached .to many who. ne.ver heard of
the Gospel before. They preach it and sing
It in the open air, In the homes of the people.,
who will !ldmit them, in the hospitals, le pe r
asylums, and everywhere they get an oppor-
tunity.
The preachers. are very busy, too, wltb
their open-air preaching twice a day, beside s
preaching 'in the vilhi.gei!, visiting 'the men'!!
wards of the hos pitals, and holding services
In their pall. In the evenings, too, they
often hold meetings In the homes of native
Christians. They try to get th.em to invite
their friends, and It is so nice to h ear the ir
'Gospel songs ringing out In the night air In
the hearing of the Hindus and Mahomme-
dans around. -
The hall servlces are much more encour
aging now. Often the r09m Is quite full of
Hindus, who are getting over their prejudice
graduany. we have a free reading room,
open all day, which gives constant oppor-
tunity of. a chat with those who. come In to
read. A young Brahmin conve rt helps in
the r eading room and is..a fine young Chris
tian.
Both the _preachers and the Bible-women
preach at the' idol' and held
In Calcutta and neighboring plac.es from
time to time; and they wish me to remind
their American .-fr iends of the "Bible and
Tract Dis tribution Fund" that they heard
was started. . They say that there are many
hands here w'imtlng to distribute as many
as they can get. In one bathing festival
-they- gave away 12,000 tracts and 600 Gospe.l
portions in Hindi, Ben galee, - Urdu . and ,
Arable. At least one_ hundred Hindu priests
and-ascetics, with their bodies smeared-with'
ashes, and ha.ir accepted the Gospel
portions, promising to .read them. One
Brahmin . put his bands on the preacher's
and blessed him for the gift. The
These services are always very' solemn to
me, as well as joyful, for this step means
so much in a heathen land. It means being
"out-easted," and nobdy who has not lived
here can guess what that really means. It
means being turned out of the home into the
.street-being bated and despised by father
and mother, wife or husband, sisters ancl
brothers, and even IJy one's own dlUdren,
who never wish to see the convert's face
a gain. It means lo13s of all: !!'lends, work,
position, and everything else that belongs
to them, In the world. Yes! solemn, but at
the same time joyful, that they are prepared
to count all things but loss for the excellency
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus their Lord, .
In whom they have all things, and abound.
Since these men have been baptized, there
ha,; been_ more marked _opposition in_ the
street preaching from Mahommedans, but
that we. must expect.
One of preachers, Probodh, was .mar-
ried just lately; and it was interesting to
see these two converts at the wedding. They
had neve r seen a Chris tian marriage before,
and were much struck by it. They told
Probodh they would like to have given him
a wedding present, but under the circum-
stances they could not.
We have another pr eacher since I l&t
wrote. His name is John Faithful, and lfu
is. a very fine man: In every way. ; He Is a
Bengal,ee, but be has had a good deal of
English education and can talk English flu-
ently. He is especially. qualified for work
amongst Hindus In the hall, besides all his
other work. Young men crowd round him,
for they soon know bow be longs to be a
help to.them.
These preachers are wanting two things
for their work. First,; a good magfc lantern',
. with good slides, especially slides lllustrat
i_ng the Gospet story; and, secondly, a nice
banner, with lnterehangeable Bengali and
English texts, In very large type, to carry
with them to tbe preaching stations. They
- can- make -the :latter themselves, . if they
have the money for printing the ' texts, ,I .
think. I am. sure ouP friends will be pleased
to . encourage them with these gifts.
What a reception I got at Hope School the
day after I arrived In India. I was told to
get , th-ere .at 11 a . m., but In my baste I
arrived a little before, and everything was
not quite ready. So a stool was sent down
to . the bottom of the garden for me to sit
down for a few minutes until the proces-
slot1 was formed to conduct me In! Mrs.
Banarjee's new grand-daughter, three .
months old, caught hold of my finger, au-cl
led me under a triumphal arch with "Wel
come" printed in large letters in front,
10 . - Nazarene Messengei .16, 19os
. . . wbllst all the girls followed, first letting ot'l; . second coming, and was-often heard_ w us -of- dJ,iidfear chifd, :
.some crackers, and then- singing a hymn of "Tlie :i3ridegro.oril Js co.mlng soon, and I wan-t . and we calf AU-picture-- lfer there betterthau --
welcome, composed for the occasion, the to be ready to meet Him." - She helped with enywhore else. in the house. Her illness was
.words of which brought a lump into my the cooking. in the school, at her own re a long one, and the girls nursed her so. lov-
throat. It W.;l,l'! <1-. joyful meeting, but as we quest . and as she_ peeled the vegetables or ingly all t)lrough. . During these sad months
sat down and looked into each' others' faces ground the spices she would be talking ot I cannot tell you the help our bigger girls
. .- was touched with pain." .-We re- her Saviour all th'e time, with such a happy have befm to us. We have called in no out-
-membered that four uea1 faces were missing. face. During the last . month h_!l.r . _short side help, but they- have.taken their turns,
. Ouli lovely baby's place was empty. Dear life she seemed to know that she would not nlgtit a.J:J.<1 day, regularly. All the disinfect-
little Lackie, Nesta and Koinolini were gone. live long, a,nd to realize the shortness of ing has been- done by them, :with our help,
.Cholera had. visited the school, and although time. The day before she got cholera, she and tho lnvr..ll(l cooking, and, In .fact, every-
many; . patients recovered, they looked so was teaching another little girl some nee- thlr.g. T.hey need a . lot of teaching and su- .. :
' frail, and u. was easy to read in their faces (llework, and she: was heardO: to say, as she prlmending, and .undersi:and
what they had suffered. I hardly knew poor .Jaid it aside for the day: "If .we both live Isolation pr ccntaglon hi the least, but they
Nermolla and Chapola-they were so thin till tomorrow, we will finish it." Two or have done ;heir best, and we could not have
and weak. But_ I am -glad to say. they arQ three days before this she sa:ld: "I want my got through without their ready help.
-now quite well again. , Lord to cleanse. me now, and make me holy. In my_ last. report I told of- a little girl
During all the illness, whilst I :was away, I know He can do it." And the same day named chlnta, who came _to. us In July, 1896,
-the doctors ordered moving the school . and she -said: "If I live;-1--want- to earn money. and- I- Illust now .tell . you -more about:her,
another house wa:s- ralten-;--:for two-:-nronths-, - ror -to. be trained- -she- wascone- of- the died_of. ___pneu,___
in, quite a different part of the city, but it tor something that would bring In lots of . monla, _ so suddenly. She. was very clever
was too expensive to allow of staying longer, money to keep other poor girls like my :at everything, and although she did not
and-although much time was lost in .looking self." . : . . know her -alphabet when she came, she was
for a cheaper one, it could not be found. When she was seized with cholera she soon able to read her Bible wltj:l delight
tl].e end, as the epide:tnlc was over, the school was sitting, In the evening, reading her Bible ::.he was very fond of calling all the younger
had to be taken back to . the old premises, with others before retiring. How -beautiful girls together around her to read to them .
. :where -it is still. We .. shall never get a it was that she was _so prepared, .for she soon When she got Ill, she put her treasured
cheaper or more suitable house than this, became unconscious; only saying, . just be- Bible under -her-: pillow. It had many book
and :3omehow I have not felt that the house fore -she died: "Pra,y." I want all my read- markers In It, arid' a few days before she
is.- to blame for the cnolera. As you know, ers to bear that last word from: . the lips of died she was reading to others "Blessed are
-it -is a disease -that is "all over the city at this dying child, :and -to pray, and continue the dead that die In the Lord." The day
times. Even Europeans, living in houses in to pray for these poor girls in this country, she died we found her reading twil!e from
.the best districts,- die of it, too. This house, who are in the same suq:gundings Komo- her loved Bible, but we had not the slightest
we have always felt, was ve'r'y speGlally llni was before she came t<l""Hope School. Idea that there was no hope of her recovery
1!;-iven tO' in the first place, and we were Pray that the Lor<} will guide us to them, until four hours before she dleq . . S_he l'ept
waiting for -the pillar of cloud to guide, if it and ;open the way for them to come amongst looking at a picture of .Christ blessing little
is the Lord's will for us to move later on.- us. children, and seemed to know she was going
. In the meantime, findin? that the Then Nesta was another who passed away . .to Him. aJ?-d appeared S() haPI>Y at the
tty have not been . keepmg the surroundmgs just after this. She was a girl . from SD.I,lth th()ught. Just as she was Promotha,
.. of .the house, are out our _hands, India, and a- child widow, who _ had been one of the preachers, said:, Chlnta, do you
as clean as possible, we ha.ve_ been agita_ting, stolen from her . home four years before, know where you are going? She could not
ang they have_ promised to unprov.:l t!lmgs, and brought 'to Calcutta sold. Probodh, speak, but pointed up, and ................ She
so we nq.w that we have done all m our preacher, fou[ld .. her, and got_.her aw'ay there! The first words that broke the sl
power,-for present at least .. . ; . quietly: She.' only looked about thirteen lence the room the lips of
But last month . br_oke years old when she came, lind was seriously He said: How 1s
out, all over the city, and Is :>till ragmg, ill. We did all we could for her health, J?ut death! Why do people fear It? These
a':ld we lost two more dear girls, one ot she never got very strong. For a long time deaths In the school have brought heaven
mne years of age and the _other of twe_lve. .she could not understand our language, and so near us, and the terr_or of death that
They were -both new girls, she was always quiet, but her bright con- Hindus have _is fast disappearing from
with wrecked and there was tinual smile showed us she was happy, be- amongst the girls. One girl said about
no hope of their tecovery, from the first. fore she could tell us so. She was not Chinta: !'The first _shall be last and the last
worst strong enough _to learn much, and until -her first." I wondered what she meant, when
!Ime for s1cRness th:at we have J;Iad last illness we could- not- say-how milch she she came_here;-after me, __
m Hope School. In February thirty girls had grasped of tha Gospel story. But sud- she has gazed on the Saviours face first.
got Influenza, and of their lungs were denly she, too, was seized with cholera, and The other day I found exercise ()f
badly by 1t. As. :hey were s!owly she was removed to the At first Chinta's. Every page of It had "Jesus _wnt
recove.r.mg, a new little gnl sent m _by there were hopes of her recovery, and she ten on the top. (The Hindu custom 1s al-
the pollee, who had been m a cocame
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ft the cholera ward but was not dis- ways to put the name of a god over any
den and h&d had an awful time there. _ She as she was tod weak. Day by day writing.) It had some }ittle prayers and re-
had stolen from her husband, parents . she lost ground, and' in three weeks she was solves written in it, and, amongst other
by some men, who In dying. Mrs. Banarjee and others visited her things, a letter. which had been to
Jail, a long sentence. of Impn:>on- fre quently, and one evening they found her me, to be sent to but 'Yh!Ch
for !heir treatment of this poor h_ttle very thoughtful. They asked her what she not gone. over the top was wntten: In
child of The _ day after she came mto was. thinking about, and she said, with her Jesus Christ Is my Hope."
Hope School she g()t a bad form ()f-measles, usual smile: "I. am thinking about mY soul." In It she. tells me how much the Lord
and although; we d1d our best to Isola_te her.- She then said: 'T can see the Lord Jesus, Jesus had done for her. It was only a short
Jn a short time fifteen others too!{ It, and I am going to se.e Komolini and Shu- letter, it _was full of Him. She
or ten of them were very senously Ill, hash." They asked her: "Are you going to me, In it; ' to give her " much much love to
as mfluenza _had weaken_ed then;t so. Two and she said: "Yes! I am going in- her supporter tn England. We can hardly
died of double pn_eumoma, and, strange to to His lap." She then asked to see all the believe that she was barely ten years old,
say, the little gill who, brought the girls but<> was told that they could not all when . we think of all she was and all she
measles into the school: the first day together- to the hospital. .E!ut she . suffered before she came to us, but the doc
that was out of_ qua1antme goJ cholera, smiled and said: "Oh, well, --
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hope I shall tor did not think was even that age .
. . and d-Ie?- too._ Dunng March we bad four them all together In heaven some day." She was Indeed a lovely little thing, In every
deaths m .t.t;ree weeks, and four other pa: Banarjee, in leaving her that evening, way, and we thank our God for allowing
-tlents (G_en s baby,. Mahabeer, Subodh said. "I wilf come again tomorrow morning," the joy of having; her us for even_ so
Porlmal) all given up by !he <loctOis, but said : "No! I shall have left here short a time. A few days after Chlnta dted,
and were Ill over a n;wnth, bemg watched before that," and so she had, for she passed we aiwthel""'little one, Jarminl. She
day and mgJ;It. but the Lord has them awa in the early morning to her Lord's pres- barely seven, but could read her Blb_Ie slow
so far. Ponmal, our sweet baby, IS not yet Y . ly, and was talking about her Savwur for
pronounced out of danger, but the other ence. hours before she left us. somebody aslwd
three are Shuhash or .Bash!!-, whom Nesta men- her, "Do y"ou know me?" and her answer was, .
I should !Ike to tell you much about these tioned; was our _,pretty baby, who was called "Yes! You are Jesus." He seemed to fHI
dear girls who have been taken from us, but away-with cholera, too. She was only four her vision and she saw nobody else. Eve ry
tb,is report would almost be an "In Memo- lfen months old, but was the pet of the thing that wa,s done for her was done bY
rlam" number .if I .told you all that I_ W_!;>uld__ >:chool. What a terrible loss and shock to Jesus. Was that not beautiful? .
like to tell abo]lt them. But I must give you the girls that "was! -At first we . hoped How we miss all these dear children. but
-a short account of three or four of for that she would recover, as she lingered they have "entered heaven itself," and we
their Jives and deaths wei:e so I three days, but she died of the after effects. would not wish them -back. . ,.
have more than once mentiOned Komohnl In Then, just before my we )ost little "Coming, coming, yes they are, coming, com
.my Hers was such a very .sad life Lacl{hl whom I have mentioned before. lng from afar, . ,
before :_we got her, but, young as she was, Small she was, she had learned to read From- the Indies, from .the Ganges, steadY
she qmckly grasped the Gospel story, and- her Bible, . and every mornfng, _ almost be foro flows the living stream,
her life became so full of the Lord Jesus It was light, she used to get up, wash her . To love's ocean, to His bosom, Calvary lllt elr
Christ that for months everybody. had re, face and hands, and, with her Bible under . wondering theme."
marked about the. wonderful .change in her. her little go to a quiet corner of the
She talked at all times of Him and of His verandah to have her morning read! . That {Concluded next week.)
JuJy 16, 19081
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thoughf " o{' Sadie"' BurweL"'cause'we .. L His good -starf in life.'
A LITTLE CHILD'S PRAYER.
had_ a fuss today; and while I waited, 2. - His succeBBful years of his rule dur
ing his earlier reign. .
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EVENING.
God said, 'Tell her you are sorry.," a: His years of testing when .porsperity
''Will you tell her, Susie?'' persisted came.
. Heavenly Father, now I pray.; .,
Thou bast lpved me all the day;
Love and bless me all the night,
--Wake me the morning light.
the eager little questioner. 4. His de_cline, and tragic end of a
wonderful life. ; _ ..
"Yes, of course, I must tell her. H , Our lesson . falls in the third period.
Mab I
b d 1 The last lesson left him popularly
e crept Into quiet y, saying crowned, and a well pleased people, and
--- to -herself. that -she -w9uld wait-for having .. one .of the experieneed and
-. .
" Heavenly Father, now it's light;
Thou hast loved me all the night;
Love and bless me all the day;
Make me good-andkind, I pray.-- .....
God's too, and wonderina if . - notable counselors_ of history iii the per- .
,. son of , Samuel. As W. H. Saville, th6
He would tell her to confess about . poet, is reported as saying:
breaking mama'S cut-glass flower '' each fresh, . glad
-- .. .. . ..: --- ... -Rev.-A.--Irvine -lnntb. --- ---
vase!-Junior--Herald. -- And-toiled, - and dared: " . -.
- --.Jt - JJ - .- - Saul!B---fi-rst------
... ---- - . great test. Though a king, he was under
SIX GOOD COUNSELS. orders.. , lie .. and crowned a "' .. .
. BEAUTIFUL HELPING.
1. Mind your tongue! Don't let it"' king, but not a priest . . The monarchy
, was not like the . _Theocracy, where the
-AS Jittle Gerald, a beautiful invalitl
-boy, sat in the window delighting
speak hasty, cruel, or wicked high priest was both priest and king. In
words. . . .. the crisis at Geba, Saul assumed priest-
hood and offered burnt oft'er.in_gs. It was
_himself with the sjght oi .a lovely sun- __
set, he exclaimed, "0, mama! how 'I
would like to help-God paint the sky!"
2. Mind your . eyeC3! . Don't permit a fatal -step,-- and- sbows- he-was not- able - ---
them to look on books, pic- to measure .. \IP to the ideal king. The
splendid record is broken, and he merits
tures or objects. . the repri-mand of Samuel, "Thou bast
"My darling," said his. mother, as
she . clasped him_ -to her heart, "you
are helping God the sky, for you
.. make the sky of my life very bright.''
Then _was little Gerald -_glad in. his
h.eart. Every pleasant smile,
3. Mind your ears! _ Don't suffer done foolishly, thou bast not kept the
- . commandment of the Lord thy God . . .
. them to listen . to wicked speeches, now thy kingdom shall not
.. songs or words. . The _first step was taken. The next test
- is in our lesson, and is worse than the
4. Mind your hands! Don't let them It is doubtless some years after
steal or fight, . or write any evil words. . the other. This test also is in his wa.rrior
5. Ml
.nd your feet.' D_ on't let them life, rather than his throne life. A great
gentle word, every cheerful deed, is
a stroke of the brush that adds beau-
tiful colors to -the skies, and so
mak(!s life's evert day This
is helping God.-Selected.
conflict was on by a people who for long
walk in the steps of the wicked. ' years had iJI treated Israel , and forfeited
their right to national existence. Both
_,. ,JI ,.
Tbe Sunday -School Lesson .
. . BY ls.uAB REID. .
July 26,
Saul Rejected by the Lord.
1 Sam 16:13-28.
, SUSIE WAITED.
Read 1 Sam 15:1:35. Commit verse
GOLDEN TEXT-The Lord our God will
''LET'S say our prayers out loud, we serve, and His voice will we obey.-
- - -- Susie," said MabeJ,_as .the two . . Josh. 24:
2
4
little sisters were getting ready for Suggestive Notes and Comments.
bed one night. HOME READINGS.
Mon., July 20, 1 Sam. 15:1-23. Tues.,
"All right," Susie. So 1 Sam. 13:5-14. Wed., 1 Sam. 15:24-35.
the two said their "Now I lay me'' Thu., 1 Sam. 28:15-20. Fri., Micah 6:1-8.
Sat., Prov. 1:22-33. Sun., . Is a. 1 :-10-20.
and their "God bless mama and papa" STATEMENT.
together. Then jumped right Though the heart of this ' lesson cbap-
.up on her bare feet, but Susie still ter 15:13-28, yet one must read chapters
13, 14 and 15: 1-12, in order to get where
quiet little while by the white the lesson is. These are the steps up .the
bed. "What are you waiting for, sis- ladder to where the fruit is on the tree.
1
Let not that man think he can fill his
ter?" asked Mabel. . basket who not climbed .the ladder.
"Why, I was listening for God to . We must enter into a. careful study of
chat puzzling personality called Saul, or
. answ,er, ', said sister; don't you 'mem- we will not get the best there is in this
her Miss Josepha said we mustn't st udy. We commend' to your cnreful con-
h
? Sh d h sideration -this quotation from Prof. W.
Urry OVer OUr e S81 t at 'V. 'Vhite 's "Old Testament Characters":
Was like tbe'tfttle boy that knocked at . ''By rapid reading secure the general
her door once, and ran . away before thought of I. Sam. 13:15-42: and nlso I . .
Sam. 16:2, 14, ' 23; and 18:8, !l, noting on a
she could open it. So now I always slip _of paper any revelation of Saul ' s
W "t t "f God ts t character therein fomd, and compare
ai 0 see 1 wan say any- these traits of charact er with I. Sam. 14:
thingtome;'' . 19 and 14:36. ' ' The period of the le&son
"Did He say to you to- -is locate<l .. his _early. prosperity
. and his later rapid decline. Notice the
night, sister?'' asked Mabel, looktng .. dialogue form of this lesson, 8s a conver-
atartled. __ -, . .. sation between SauL-and S,amurl.
Susie .. . COMMENTS. .
"0 h ? ' In verso 13, was Saul deceived or actu-
Slster! W at .' ally misrepresenting when he said ''I have
Susie didn't answer just at first, performsd the commandment of the
bee
lk bo Lord"? Compare 15:13.
- ause It IS not .easy to ta a Qt In 20 did Saul t ell the truth l
What -that little inside voice says. But See 15:9, 18. What made Saul lay the
in a few miniute$ she said in,, a }OW blame \ln the people, 88 in Yerses 20, 21,
as compared with verse 22 t
. tone, .' 'You know we said, 'God bless we may better -get the point of view ,
. Saul and Samuel seem to consider it a
great . ppril,- and a destiny marking
Samtiel Saul a speCific ... order from
the for this special campaign. Its
conditions were very specific. It was
the utter extermination of a nation wlm
for years CQntinued a criminal life, ana
judgment by . God's . orders was to be exe-
cuted by Israel under Saul's charge of af-
fairs. The penalty was capital punish
ment for the 'people, and the destruction,
not the confiscation, of the property.
Israel were not urging war for material
gain, but for self-protection, and by ap-
pointment were only God 's executioners.
Saul's Temptation. Doubtless it was
the temptation of the people as well. The
covetous devil rose up and wanted fiJthy
lucre now within such easy grasp. Per-
haps Saul not only desired the booty, but
he feared to resist the demand of his
army for it as well. His previous break
made him weak in the face of this. Go
ing down under a less t emptation made
. .him abl e to meet the harder.
Defeat in Victory. The battle was
fought. enemy was conquered. The
opposi rig nation destroyed. Saul was vic-
torious in battle and yet by . dis-
obedience and lost a crown in winning a
battle. Manv can stand in battle. who
. fail in prosperity. He obeyed Uod in . tb-a
fight whose spoil would defeat him. The
,._covetous devil rose up within, and greed
conquered and wrested from him his
crown.
Meeting the result. Back from the war
he meet s Samuel. . (1) The lowing of the
betray him, and puts the informa
tion in the possession of the observant
prophet. The sin would ... not hide. (2)
Samuel rehearses the comm;ssion. (3) Saul
tries .J._o e\ade the issue. ( 4) Samuel liad
_word from the Lord before whom be
seems to have been waiting.' in the night
time. He 'knew God's . mind as to Saul.
(5) Saul confesse_s iays the blame OJ)
the people. It was, in the closer analysis,
a confession of his unfitness for a king.
If the people ruled him was he a kingt
Is ''fear of the people'' more than-
the "fear of God "f (6) Saul confesses
sin. But it is too late. "God baa re-
jected thee.''
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