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Vol. XIII. Loe Angeles, Califomia, June 3, 1909 No. 49 .

. Enthusiastic District Assemblies ....
NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT ASSEMBLY. people and a member of the
Wednesday evening, May 13, saw bly. :>
the incoming tide of pilgrims gather: ---- -" As great as are our needs as to
ing at Church, schools, churches, publications, etc.,
filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. . there is one need that all .
Up from hard conflicts with sin and others, namely, -the conscious pres-
Satan up from toil and days of ardu- ence of our Lord in the person of the
ous for Jesus up from scenes of Holy Ghost. It is impossible for a
garnered and sheaves, to man to place a light at his door with-
meet and plan and pray fire from out lighting every passer-by. It is
for another year of victory. impossible for us to hold meetings for
With General Superintendent Rey- five days without immeasurably help-
nolds at his post, the blessed bymn, ing this whole Brother
'Love Divine, All Love Excelling, ' Reynolds closed by urgmg all members
rang out from grateful hearts, under of the Assembly to let the Lord shine
the direction of Bro. I. D. Archibald. through them while in the city,
District Superintendent Riggs," and Bro. Short was the next speaker.
Revs. Shol't, Eckel and J. A. Ward of He was at his best. He said, ''There
Brooklyn were on the platform. is plenty of room up higher. Room
After Scripture reading by Brother for us and our church up higher.
Reynolds, Bro. Ward led in prayer, There. is no room. for us any lower.
and then Pastor Eckel spoke, to the We are an encumbrance unless we go
joy of the listening Assembly, in part: higher. If we are true to our mission.
''Brethren and delegates, the trend the Lord has a large and wealthy place
of the times has given rise to. the Pen- for us. I am more and more impressed
tecostal Church. of the Nazarene. that the Lord has a great demand for
Such a miasma of doubt and skepticism us. Things are surely drifting. We
in the form of ''Christian Science,'' must press the battle energetically and
Unitarianism, and no-hell-ism has be full of fire and holy zeal!"
swept over us as to well nigh quench Brother Short sat down amid great
all revival fires, and the churches are shouting and Bro. Riggs rose up and
in afairwayto become the rendezvous said, approximately:- " If anybody
of the pleasure seeker and the gour- wants to back out, he had better go
mand. Shall we be recreant to our now. You can't keep the blessing of
trust? The awfulness of the times holiness if you talk discouragement.
urges us on. Our path is plain, The God wants \is to move forward. God
command is, 'This is the way, walkye wants us to shout before the walls of
in it.' Isaiah says it is the 'highway Jericho fall. Consecration means the
of holiness. ' To abandon this way is., . . last drop of blood, the last . penny _in
to turn our biicks on heaven. the pocket, and the last atom of influ-
"But it is my pleasure to welcome ence! We had a big Assembly last
you to our city. This I do in the name yel,lr, but this one must be bigger."
of our church, and we take you to our 'The next speaker was Bro. Ward of
homes and hearts for the next few Brooklyn, who was providentially
days, and can assure you that we s:id he: "I am delighted.
shall have all things common.". I was and sanctified in New
To this stirring address Bro. Rey- England) and am iri the Pentecostal
nolds fittingly_ responded, saying it Churcfi of the Nazarene because it.
was a particular pleasure for hi'm to spreads Scriptural Holiness over the
preside at this Assembly, as he had land." Bro. Ward, in his character-
the pleasure of being with his own istic way, exhorted and urged the
preachers to J)reach " second blessing
holiness." Amen!

THE ASSEMBLY.
Thursday morning dawned clear
and bright, and asweapproached'the
table of the Lord, with Bro. Reynolds
presiding, and other elders assisting,
we felt in a blessed measure the sweet
presence of Jesus, and vowed again
our eternal allegiance to Him. Bro.
Hartt sang "They are Nailed to the
Cross."
After roll call and election of secre-
taries, Revs. J. G. Nickerson, J. A.
Ward, W. E. Greene of the E. Maine
Methodist Conference, A. K. Bryant,
M. E. BorderS, T. DeLong, and Rev.
Gardner, late of Oklahoma, were
introduced to the Assembly.
The District Superintendent in his
unctuous manner read an annual re-
port full of victory and suc.cess, amid
songs and shouts of rejoicings. Rou-
tine business was taken up, and the
afternoon given over to Deaconess .
work. About twenty deaconesses
were on the platform and tremendous
enthusiasm was aroused as our dear
sisters told of the glorious victories
during the year. Last year only a
few, and now some twenty or thirty.
Amen forever!
At 6:30 a large open-air meeting
was held by Bro. Campbell. Bro.
Domina led the 7 o'clock praise meet-
. ing, which was large and enthusiastic.
Sisters Crow and Kell had charge of
the evening service, and sang and
shouted the victory as only they can
do. God was pleased to bless in a
gracious manner, and some were at
the altar.
Friday morning the roll call showed
about 100 members present. Amid
songs .and . praises, .after the usual
praise meeting, Bro. Riggs was again
overwhelming-ly elected District Sup-
erintendent, and exhorted the Assem-
bly mightily, as is his wont. After
some routine "business, our dear Bro.
George Morse was 'introduced to the
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Assembly and resp.onded in his usual
happy manner. Bro. Ingersoll also
was introduced and cast more sun-
shine on the Assembly.
The District Advisory Board was
elected, beingRevs. J. N. Short and
H. N. Brown, Bros. L. D. Peavey and
H. F. Milligan. .
At this juncture Bro. Riggs spoke
of the great sacrifice of Bro. John
Woodhouse in Ontario, who 1:tad been
receiving a salary of 75 cents per
week. A wave of blessing swept the
Assembly and an offering of over $30
was immediately taken.
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
The afternoon was given over. to
our Educational interests. Sisters
Barrett and Winchester and Bro.
Angell spoke to the blessing of all con-
. cerned for the furtherance of our
glorious work . at Pentec?stal Col-
legiate Institute. Further reports
were then taken up, but in the midst
of this a brother from Vermont whom
Bro. Campbell had brought to the
Assembly unsaved, came forward and
touching testified to a new-found sal-
vation. Under deep conviction he
had hired a a hotel, fell on
his knees, found Jesqs and came back
to tell the story. Amid the blessed
shout in the camp that followed, an-
other Vermont brother sprang to the
altar and said, ''Pray me that I
may be sanctified!" Down upon its
knees went the Assembly, and after
a quick round of prayer, another soul
arose with tear-stained face to sing
of the "cleansing blood." Amen!
This was enough ,..tor our dear Bro.
Morse, . who jumped to his feet and
gave $100- for the Vermont work.
Friday evening Bro. Fogg led a
praise service-a biggest kind of a
time! Oh, yes! Sisters Crow and
Kell sang "Rolled Away" and "My
Sheep Know my Voice." Rev. J. A.
Ward preached a blessed sermon on
carnality.
Saturday morning Bro . . Tal bee led
the hosts in song .and praise. Bro.
Leon V. and Sister Esther Sprague
were introduced as out-going mission-
aries to Brava, and sang for the
Assembly ''He will Hold me Fast.''
Sisters Barrett and Winchester of
Pentecostal Collegiate Institute were
introduced and signified their inten-
tion of leaving the faculty, Sister
Winchester to leave for Scotland.
Bro. Angell responded and raised
nearly $200 for the Institute.
Bros. Hoople and, Bache of New
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YORK DiSTRICT A'S.SEMBLY.
York Diskict were to the
Assembly. . It. was voted to organize .. . .
a .District Deaconess Association.
(Reported A . . C. . .
While the second Animal Assembly
. was . not scheduied to convene until
Thursday, May 6th, Pastor Ward, of
the Utica Ave. Church, Brooklyn, N.
Y., had everything in readiness for a
rousing platform meeting Wednesday
PUBLISHING INTERESTS.
. In the afternoon the Publishing
interests had the right of way. Bros.
Hillery, Pierce; Peavey and Campbell
spoke concerning this important
work, and . finr.tllY upwards of $400 in
pledges and subscriptions was raised
for the Beulah Christian. . The Lord
blessed 'abundantly and Deaco.n Morse
gave $100 for subscribers, and also
.$100 for the Pentecostal Collegiate
Institute. Amen! God bless him!
At this point Bro. Campbellpre-
sented Supt. Reynolds with a gavel
suitably engraven, and glory fell
again. Bro. Reynolds is 55 years old,
and full of zeal, but needs our prayers.
He reported traveling 38,000 miles
and visiting twelve Assemblies, doing_
an enormous amount of correspon-
dence, . being in perils oft, three times
in railroad wrecks, and in all things
similar to the Apostle Paul. God
bless him!
Elders, preachers and evan-
gelists reported. Bro. Wilkin spoke
of the donation .of $150 for a new
tent in. which to hold meetings In Bos-
ton in the !')ear future. Praise the
Lord! How the Lord does provide!
It was' voted to put our District
Superintendent in the field the whole
time and raise $800 for his support
and $200 for the General Superintend-
ent. Amen! Now let us make pro-
vision for this blessed work. The
returns for the additional outlay will
begin to come in at once. Business
was prolonged until a late hour Satur-
day and interest was una-
bated. It was decided to hold our
next Assembly at Lynn, Mass. What
a season of joy in the Lord it will be!
SUNDAY.
Who could adequately describe the
glory that enveloped this whole day.
The wonderful spirit that had charac-
terized each day previous, turning
. business sessions into times of salva:-
tiqn and bringing floods of glory and
power down from heaven, had whet-
ted the pe6ple's anticipation of some-
thing extraordinary on this_last great
day of the feast. Glory to God! No
one was disappointed.
Pent-up steam was let loose and the
glory of God fell all around. Audi-
ences filled the church all day.
So closed the greatest annual meet-
of this body ever held in the East.
Its memory and inspiration will live
forever!
evening.
Bro. Ward welcomed the ministers
and delegate expressing the hope that
all who attended the services woul$1
get something of ''the old, genuine
blessing." .
"Pentecostal work," he said, "rep-
resented Bible .holiness, not some
one's theories. We preach Scriptural
holiness and we 'place in our hearts
the second blessing which follows con-
version. Second blessing h'oliness is
the doctrine we preach. ''
District Supt. Hoople was intro-
duced and roused enthusiasm by his
fiery talk. He likened the Assembly
to a ''spiritual feast.''
Pastor Caldwell of the Bedford Ave.
Church, Brooklyn, spoke briefly. He
said that people must be zealous
and constant or the life of the church
will become "We preach-
ers of the Pentecostal Church are here . .
to minister not to be ministered unto,,,
he said. ''The reason other churches
are having trouble, and noting a fall-
ing off in attendance at services and
membership, is because the fire at the
altar has been allowed to burn low and
flicker out."
General Supt. Reynolds read from
the second chapter of the Acts of the .
Apostles. ''A recital of the first
meeting at Pentecost." He said in
part:
''We are a peculiar gathering; we
stand for peculiar doctrine, we empha-
size spirituality and have no apology
to offer for this or any other Pente-
costal Assembly or our existence
among other religious l;lodies. We are
called extremists. Yes, we believe
in extreme spirituality and in specially
emphasizing spirituality." The ser-
vice of the enjoyable evening closed
with fervent prayers at the altar.
On Thursday morning the nine
o'clock service was in charge of Supt.
Hoople. It was a time of refreshing
from the .presence of the Lord.
THE ASSEMBLY.
At ten o'clock Gen. Supt. Reynolds
called the Assembly to order. After
the organization -the business part
began iii real earnest which occupied
the remainder of the morning.
June 3, 1909] Nazarene Messenger
District Supt. Hoople presiaed at . ced to the A part of the held, -which-laated -for-one hour. . The.:
the meeting. -After sing..- afternoon .was given over .. . of _License4 P,ea::ehers and
ing and prayer, a Bro. Goodman, lishing interests. - Bro. Hillery was nea.conesses \vere . 'aqd
to South America and the on hand to represent this important acted upon. .
West Indies, was called upon to department of the Church. He At night Bro._ Fletcher the
briefly address the Assembly. He exhorted t<>' deeper and petter inter- leader of a large and enthusiastic song .
made special .referenceto the mission- est in the "Beulah Christian" for and teStimony meeting. As a large
ary interests . of the field he repres- such was necessary to the success of part of the business was unfinished,
en ted. He urged that the Christians the paper. the entire evening was given over to
take an interest in these needy fields Bro. Wieand wa:s called on to pray. finish the business of the Assembly.
and help in as ways as possible He poured out his heart to God in Bro. Golden of Syracuse, N. Y., was .
District Supt. Hoop1e spoke in the prayer for the Divine blessing on the called upon by Gen. Supt. Reynolds
interest of Home Missions. He preacher of the afternoon; :Bro. Wal- to present and expiain his own meth- .
pleaded for a more aggressive labor lace, who preac.hed an earnest sermon ods of raising money in the Sunday
and a greater interest in the home which was blessed to all. schQOl, . "', - . . ..
field. The Saratoga church was men- In the evening Bro. I. L. Gordon of Bro. White of Spring Valley was
tioned .as -in need of immediate sub- Patchogue was the leader of the given the privilege tO solicit funds.
stantial help. . praise serVice. . The testimonies, for a much needed horse and harness
Gen. Supt. Reynolds addressed the singing shouting betrayed an (Bro. Hoople having already promised
Assembly concerning . both the Home inner joy which comes with a rich the buggy) for the Clintondale cir-
and Foreign Missionary work. It is . experience of full salvation. PFeced- . cuit. A good amount was raised.
imperative that we carry oh this great ing the preaching an offering was Bro. Golden contributed a harness.
work. We cannot neglect it; it must asked for Saratoga church, which The principal of the Penteeostal school
be donki First at Jerusalem and thEm was struggling under very unfavor- suggested two methods for raising
iri other sections. able circumstances. Many responded m o n e Y for educational purposes.
Following a brief address and fer- cheerfully in a substantial way. These methods '(ere officially adopted
by the Assembly. .
vent -prayer by Bro. Bache Bro. Ker- Bro .. Brown, the preacher of the Bro. Hillery was given the oVP<>r-
nohan sang sweetly to the edification evening, took for his text, ' 'These
of all. ,. men are the servants of God and show tunity to get subscribers for the "Beu-
lah Christian. " Some made
The programme of the afternoon us the way of salvation.''
selves responsible for a certain nom-
concluded with a fiery sermon by Saturday morni"ng _Bro. E. R. Pyle ber of subscribers.
Bro. Burt M. Lewis, supply pastor of of Clintondale, N. Y., led thereligi- Reports Jrom the various commit-
the Syracuse church, his text being ous meeting. Many partook freely of tees were now called for. Several of
Heb. 10:14. this spiritual feast. these reports were inspiring and help-
Thursday evening Bro. A. C. Gold- The business session began thirty ful. ,
berg was in charge of the early praise minutes earlier because of the large The meeting closed to adjourn Sun.,
service. ..1\fter singing and . prayer amount of business which was still day evening.
Bro. J. X. Dillier, mountain evangel- unfinished. Rev. E. E. Angell prin- The Sabbath opened with a love
ist, was given ten minutes to address - cipal of the Pentecostal . Collegiate feast, in charge of Bro. Ware. The
the Assembly. {Ie gave a . short Institute, Bro. T. L. Waldford of the fellowship of the saints was heavenly.
account of his call to this special work Philadelphia District and Rev. M. G. Testimonies came from many who
and spoke of the methods which he Dickinson, pastQr of the East End were grateful to . God for His grace
employed in reaching the people in Baptist Church, Brooklyn, were and power in saving and cleansing
the mountain districts, and many tes- introduced to the Assembly. Bro. their souls from sin.
tified to the power and love of God to Hoople was re-elected District Super- General Superintendent Reynolds
save. intendent. The business continued was the preacher of the morning.
Bro. Hoople asked for an offering to up to a late hour. The discussions "One thing I do," was his text. We
meet the expenses of the entire meet- were many but the Spirit of Christ never heard our brother preach bett;er.
ing, and after singing heartily Bro. controlled all. The preachers were especially helped
H. --H. Kernohan preached an -exceed- A consideration of the educational and encouraged by the masterly ser-
ingly practical sermon. On Friday interests began at two o'clock. The mon.
morning the devotional service was principal of the school was present. The services by heartily
led by Bro. Marvin of Spring Valley, It was clear to be seen he was exceed- singing the doxology.
N. Y. The entire hour was given ingly anxious for the best welfare of A part of the afternoon was given .
over to constant and earnest prayer. our Eastern school. It is in great to the Sunday school superintendents,
The blessing of the Lord rested on the need and must receive help.from our who reported for the Sunday schooJ
praying company. churches for its support. which they represented.
remainder of the morning was Following the presentation of the Later in the afternoon Secretary
spent in the regular business of the Educational work, Bro. Ernest J. Marvin presented the names of Bert
Assembly. : Marvin, Pastor of Spring Valley W. Lewis, H. H. Kernohan and E. R.
Bros. Hillery and Brown from the Church, preached a powerful sermon Pyle for ordination. Gen. Supt. Rey-
New England District, Miss Esther on Ps. 139:23, _ ''Search me, 0 God, nolds proceeded with an ordination
Sprague and Leon V. Br-own, outgoing and know my heart." service . . After duly interrogating the
missionaries Brava, were introdu- At 4:30another business session was candidates they were ordained elders
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iri the church of Bro. Hoople
offered' .the , ordimitioh- prayer.: The
service was both solemn and impres-
'sive. The remainder of the hour the
saints spent in praise. The power of
God fell upon the people. The joyful
expressions, the fervent singing and
the glowing countf:mtnces made one
feel as if it were a repetition of Pen-
tecost.
:. Before the evening service, many
partieipated in a large open air ser-
yice in charge of. Bro. Kernohan.
Bro. Angell preached on ''Everlast-
ing Punishment" and depicted the
awfulness of hell and the punishment
which is consequent of sin and wrong.
Several came to the altar and made
tb.eir peace with God.
Thus ended the Second Annual As-
sembly. God was' present from first
to the last. . Not a discordant note,
nothing but peace. and harmony pre-
vailed.
May God help u,s the coming year
to do the great work which is before
us, ' ' the spreading of Scriptural holi-
ness over these lands. ''
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DISTRICT FI;NANCES.
Of course we were all gratified that
the first church to subscribe to the
District Fundw_as one of the youngest
churches (Grand Avenue), and they
subscribed liberally, thus setting a
good example for us all. Now,comes
Cucamonga. also subscribe $50
for the District Well done,
Cucamonga. Who next?
In. our first reference to this matter
we spoke of individual subscriptions,
but it seems that the Churches prefer
to act officially. This is good. Let
every Church in the . district take up
-the matter and subscribe to the fund.
C. J. KINNE.
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MlSSIONARY SECRETARY'S
SLATE.
June 6, Denver, Colo.
June 8 and 9. surrey, N. D.
June 10 and 11, Sawyer, N. D.
June 13, Cowan, Mont.
June 14 to 28, Northwest District.
July 1 to 11, San Francisco District Camp
Meeting, Cal.
July 12 to 18, San Francisco District, Cal.
July 22 to 25, New Mexico and Texas.
July 29 to Aug. 8, Mississippi Camp meeting.
Aug. 13 to 22, Tracy City, Tenn. Home
Camp Meeting.
Aug. 26 to Sept. 5, Nauvoo, All\,
Sept. 6 to 30, Kansas and Oklahoma Dist.
October." General Missionary Board Meet-
ing. H. F. REYNOLDS,
823 River St. , Haverhill, Mass.
ar IC' ..
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Books, Mottoes, Wall Rolls and 'l'racts.
Now friends, patronize your own pub-
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. :[,rune 3,1909
St. . Clair gave us in the evening a
very . from the
text: ... Prepare .to meet thy God.
OAKLAND,.. cAL. I was, for one, glad that things be-
The Fourth Annuaf District v\.ssem- tween God and me were all right, or
bly of tne San Francisco District has I am sure I should have _ felt .it tile
gone down in history as a most re- most important thing to attend to a
markable session. . The hand of God- preparation at once. The brethren
was marvellously seen all through. have a very important weekly street
There was a good spirit, sometimes meeting that the people attend and
shouting and holy laughter and some- God honors.
times weeping for joy. At each of the preaching -services
All the reports were good and full there were seekers and some finders
of .life and At oi.Ir at the altar. The church is . on the
first Assembly four years ago there upward grade numerically and spil:it-
were but a dozen or fifteen -.!members, ually. T)le church has done wisely
while now we have more than fifty. by unanimously inviting Bro. Welts
We are not growing very rapidly but and his spiritual wife and daughter
we are growing. Amen! to remain the coming year.
With the corvs of preachers We had the pri '{ilege Tuesday night,
and evangelists and sue- the 26th, to hear the Superintendent,
cess in the future is assured. Of Bro. Bresee, preach a masterly ser-
course we must all keep under the mon that lifted us up into the heav-
blood of Jesus and filled with the enly altitudes, into the sacred and
Holy Ghost. And this we mean to nea.r presence of Him who was re-
do, sealed on Mt. Sinai, Mt. Calvary, and
We were led on by our beloved Gen- came down in the upper room baptiz-
eral Superintendent His wise ing with tongues of fire, cleansing
counsel . and deep spiritual sermons . and empowering His church for ser-
were appreciated greatly and. we pray vices. G. L. SHEPARDSON.
God to spare his life yet , many years _,. _,. jc
to push this work that lies SO near his THE WORK IN BERKELEY.
heart. We were also greatly pleased
to have Sister Bresee with us. She
is an inspiration and blessing to us
all.
We are launching out this year fur-
ther into the regions beyond and ex-
pect marvellous victory. Thank God
for full and free salvation through the
mercies of the atoning blood of Jesus
Christ. P. G. LINAWEAVER.
For the past two months the Berke-
ley Church has been' kept. busy with
evangelistic and other s.srvices. On
:rylarch 27th Mrs. Phebe J. Epperson
began a series of . meetings, which
continued for fifteen days. . She
preached with ability and unction and
the Lord used her in helping the mem-
bers of the Church, as well as in win-
ning the unconverted to Christ.
,.,. _,. _. There was much There
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. were several sound conversions, and
Sunday was a marked day of the some gave evidence of being sancti-
Divine presence in all the services of fied wholly. As a direct result of
the Pentecostal Nazarene church. The these meetings, thr,ee young women
Sabbath school shows growth with united with the church. One of these
the spiritual and intelligent teacher is a niece of the writer and was })ever
of the Bible class, Bro. His key, .and before brought under sound gospel
the efficient superintendent that preaching, and there is no doubt as to
lieves it religious order to say glory the thoroughness of her conversion.
anywhere and any time. The pastor, At the close of the fifteen days'
Bro. Welts, gave us from the text: meetings, the condition of my health
" They that do these things shall made it necessary for me to withdraw
er fall," and as usual, or more so, un- froin the pastorate, and Sister Epper-
der the blessed anointing, the things son was invited to fill the position of
we must do to make our calling and temporary pastor, in conjunction with
election sure. The testimony meet- . Bro. H. 0. Wiley, who, although he
ing was.full of ringing of q.ad accepted the pastorate_ of the
personal experience such as the dis- church at San Jose, still retained the
ciples received in the upper room pastorate of the Berkeley church and
when the tongues of fire rested on the . did .all that he could as such pastor.
company. Bro. Garrett gave the af- At a meeting of the Church Board and
ternoon message in the sp,irit. Bro; congregation, held on the of
,June.a,., 1909} Nazarene
Mai 15th; Sister: Epper.sonwascalled. hel_d _with us, so far as visible
to the pastOrate <>f . the church for the res,ults would indicate. The meeting
ensuing church year, an9. on Monday, yesterday continued from early morn.-
the 24th }mit., she commenced her ing until late at night with great
pastoral labors, with every. prospect
of glorious success. After the. The building was comfortably filled
Wedne'sday ev-ening "Prayer-meeting at every s.ervice of the meeting, and
the Church Board met : and took up . yesterday the house was crowded to
the of . the church. The its utmost capacity. This has been
treasurer reported that $200 would be a great meeting t<J "prepare the way!'
require.d to meet all our obligations for the District Assembly, on the
and place us upon a sound financial third of June, when we are looking
and in a very _short timetli:ose . for the greatest time of. all. .
present had subscribed $172.5G DELANCE WALLACE.
this amount, the larger portion of .JI .JI .JI
which was paid immediately into the LAKE, wASH. .
hands of the treasurer. It has been some time since we
Dr. P. F. Bresee, our beloved Gen- reported to the MESSENGER. How;
eral Superintendent, commenced a ever, the Lord is blessing His work
series of meetings in our church vn We held a weel,t'srevival senr-
the evening of May 13th, which meet- ice the last of April with bro. C. How-
ings continued until the conveniflg of ard :Qavis. Bro. W. S. Rice filled in
the District Assembly in our church when Bro. Davis could not possibly be
on the 20th. These meetings were with us. Bro. Davis' meeting was
largely attended, and were a great with the power and unction,
blessing not only to the church, but and did the work much good, The
to many others who availed them- peoplk . came out well and God was
of the opportunity to hearDr. with us. Our prayer-meetings. are
B)esee. He preached with great times of refreshing to the people of
power and unction, and at times the God ... Our Sunday-School is increasing'
glory of God seemed to fill the place. in numbers and the church services
are being attended well. Last Sunday
night the Lord was indeed with us.
The saints were built up in the faith,
and deep conviction was on the sin-
s -
. ners. : Our w9rk at Tyle:r, Wash, _.-is
pushing the mtich inter'est is
shown in the .. Sun:day-School and the
church service.
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The meetings of the District Assem-
bly were well attended and exceed-
ingly profitable. They were
ful from every_ standpoint and were a
means of grace to those who took
part in them. Rev. P. G. Linaweaver,
our District Superintendent, who has
accomplished so much in buildi.hg up
the work of the district, was re-elected
as District Superintendent without a
dissenting vote. Rev. H. 0. _Wiley,
who labored so faithfully and effi-
ciently as Secretary of the. District
Assembly at Beulah Park in 1907, was
elected as Secretary again this year,
and by, his skill and accuracy contrib-
uted much to the success of the
Beulah Park Camp Meeting
Assembly.
Bro. Wiley leaves Berkeley with the
love of all our members. By his love
for souls, his earnestness in the Mas-
ter's cause, and his sweet spirit, as
well as his ability as an expounder of
the Word of God, he endear,!:!(! himself
to all his brethren in the church. We
pray and trust that his labors in San
Jose will be abundantly blessed by the
Lord. E. A. GIRVIN.
SEATTLE. WASH.
Our meetjng with Brother Martin
closed last, evening, and was produc-
tive of the most good of any meeting
Beulah Park,
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SAN FRANCISCO
This city has been rising out of the
ashes- I suppose rapidly rising-but
after all this time there is much of
ruin still. There are many great
buildings and blocks which have
arisen in more than the old time
strength and beauty, yet the city still
looks ragged and uncouth. It is a
very great center of business, travel,
and general traffic. multitudes pass
th_rough its streets, the graft trials
out their seemingly endless
processes and the churches are said
to be generally without life or hope.
No city in.the land.needs a great cen-
ter of fire more than San Francisco:
Our little church here is entirely inad-
equate, and yet it seems to us as if
it was the only hope for such a cen-
ter. We have but a shack of a build-
ing on a leased lot, which lease is
about to expire. This.lot was secured
and the building erected immediately
after the fire, and has done good ser-
vice. The work was never in better
condition than at present. I had the
privilege to preach here on Monday
night to a full house, with three
souls at the altar. Bro. Weltz has
done excellent service the past year,
and goes back expecting much greater
But what they need is a good
building in a convenient place, where
the hosts can be rallied and a great
center of holy fire and influence es-
tablished. Our people-as is usually
Nazarene :
the poor, a9d is yery .
dear, and JUSt what can done as
yet uncertain, but the pastor and the.
heroes associated with hifn are alert
and ' full of faith and earnestness for
the proper building up and establish-
ing of the work. May the dear Lord
open the way, that from here in this .
city where the gates so open to the
regions beyond the may be
opened wide to His glory. ..
ASHLAND, OREGf5N.
The way north from San Francisco
I have always found a delightful trip.
The long following up of the Sacra-
mento river and the crossing of the
Siskiyou mountains, witlt. all their
scenes of beauty, are always fresh
and pleasing, no matter .how often
repeated. The snow-capped
tains and cascades atid Waterfalls of
Shasta are always charming, and the
flowing river shut in by magnificent
mountain scenery, always pleases.
The vast views made possible by such
magnificent engineering over the Sis-
kiyou mountains, can fail to
fill the mind with admiration and the
devout soul with adoration. Ashland
is a ,.i ewel on the bosom of one .of the
most beautiful which I
.,have ever .beheld. I never visit this
charming valley without wishing that,
with its magnificent setting, it could
be picked up bodily and set down
within 40 miles of LosAngeies, where
it would certainly become the joy of
the whole earth. .
We arrived over 'two hours behind
time and were soon in house of
the Lord, where a good congregation
was gathered, and I had thB privilege
of preaching the Word, and. gathering
with a host of the saints about the
altar and rejoicing with them in the
glory which came streaming through
the open windows of heaven. Rev.
Hugh C. Elliott, who came from Sey-
mour, Ind., after the lasj; District
Assembly, in response to the call of
the church here to its pastorate, is in
charge. He has done an excellent
work here during these months. The
church is in love and harmony, and
the blessing of the Lord .evidently
upon pastor. and people. 'They have
a good, commodious church building
and great possibilities await them.
It is a joy to greet such a heroic band,
whose practical motto is: "This one
thing I do." P. F. B.
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DR. BRESEE is expected home one
week from today.
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VS. TREAS()N.
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If. tb.ere is any should be
the soul of honor, it is the minister of"
religion. . He should regard most
sacred his.relationship to his Church
and those with whom he is associated.
If there comes to him such changes of
belief, or of view of relationship, or
of duties growing out qf them so that
change is deemed necessary he evi-
dently should take the greatest care
to not use his position to injure those
who have confided in him and trusted
him, or the cause which has been
entrusted to hilll by them, or shared
by him with them to serve. He can
do nothing contrary to them or the
cause he and they have
until he has fully met obligations
and in a frank and open manner taken
the place which is his own and where
he is free to carry out his views. To
do otherwise is not only to disregard
Christian ideals, but to fall below
common worldly standards. of honor.
There seems to be such a lack of
appreciation of these things by some
men in the ministry as to lead the
Inter-Ocean of Chicago to ask: "Is
disloyalty a preacher's special privil,.-
ege ?''
The Inter-Ocean is impressed that
in the ministry, more than in other
professions, there are those who fall
below the ordinary ethics of the
world in respect to their obligations
to the cause which they are pledged
to serve. These grand obligations
cover a wide range which are care-
fully regarded by every true minister
of the Christian religion.
The immediate reason for the treat-
ment of this subject by the Inter-
Ocean is the course of certain minis-
ters in preaching or teaching that
which is subversive of the fundamen-
tals of the Church. It especially
referred to Rev. George B. Foster,
Professor of Philosophy of Reli-
gion in Chicago University, who'has.
written a. book on ' 'The Functions of
Religion" in which he assails the
vital truths for which the Baptist
Church stands. He had oeen com-
pared by some to Benedict Arnold
and Judas Iscariot, in his perfidy of
betraying the principles and the
Church he was employed to serve and
whose service he had accepted.
The Inter-Ocean disclaims any com-.
mission to discuss the matter from a
theological or philosophical standpoint,
but from the position of a layman it
states what it regards as the worldly
iune 1909]
standard in matters of lack of. fidelity
to accepted trust, and where
.the party still claims the rights, priv-
ileges and emoluments . of sajd minis-
try, or place in the Church. It speaks
especially of the lack. of propriety in_
likening such a one to Judas. ItJ
words showing that it is unfair 4:0 .
Judas to compare such a person to"
him seem especially forceful. . J:tsays:
Nazare.ne .
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Notes.and
EVANGELIST JOHN NbRBERRY com-
mences meetings at Saratoga, N. Y., .
June .6,.to continue until August 5.
BRo. WALLACE has resigned from
the pastorate of Wilmington, Del., to
accept .work in the New York District.
In its critisms of the Rev. George H. Fos-
ter the lnter-OtJean did not . take, the position .
ot a man of. religion but of a man of honor. . WE ARE mformed that R. Dayo, of
As regards the good taste .of comp11.ring-t' Washington is no longer a member of
the Rev. George B. Foster w1th Judas, the"-' '
Inter-Ocean has seen fit to make no remllrkQ, the Church of the Nazarene.
-.for sufficient reasons. It is able, however, .
to offer a. few, now it is pressed, but it offers
them merely as a secular newspaper and
leaves the application to its correspondent.
Judas, from the secular viewpoint, was a
personification of perfidy. He betrayed his
Master; He betrayed his fellow disciples.
He betrayed the cause which w.as theirs and
had been his. Yet there were several things
that he did not do.
He did not glory in.hisperfidy. No, he was
sorry for it. .
did not advertise his perfidy nor seek
to live in it or by it. No, he went away as if
to hide himself from it.
He did not deliver lectures on it, nor write
books about it, nor defy criticism of it, nor
try to make an institution of it.
He looked upon it and was horrified. He
cast from him the price of it and fled beyond
the uttermost -bounds of the earth to escape
from it.
It would have been quite different with
Judas if, after his J.>erfidy, he had tried to
remai11- with the disctP.les, sharing their bread
and their shelter; eating with them, yet
proudly proclaiming his betrayal of them and
their Master; dwelling with them, yet .pub-
licly defending his perfidy to their aster
and to them.
But Judas did none of these things. He
was sorry. He was ashamed. He hanged
himself.
So from the purely secular viewpoint, from
the viewpoint of purely secular honor, it may .
be in order to condemn the reference of the . ,
"so-called Christian minister" to Judas in
this particular connection.
As1de from all matters of . taste, we appre-
hend that the reference was somewhat mac-
curate both in. its suggestion and historical
interpretation.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY.
Entertainment of Delegates.
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SERVICES are being held every night
this week at Latin Station, and if any
of the saints can go over and help
. push the battle it will be appreciated.
BRo. H. 0. WILEY writes from San
Jose, Cal.: "God is blessing us greatly
here, and is sending in the people.
Remember this needy field . at the
throne of grace. ''
THE Wesleyan Pentecostal Church
oof the Nazarene, Washington, D. C.,
is in a prosperous condition, having
received thirty,. nine _ new members
since the first of the year.
PIKE'S Peak Holiness Camp-Meeting
will be held Aug. 12-22 inclusive, at
Colorado Springs. Evangelists Seth
C. Rees, G. Arnold Hodgin and others
will be present. . Address Wm. Lee;
539 West Dale St., Colorado Springs.
SAY, pastor, what about those stat-
istical blanks? .See that all numerical
and financial figures are neatly filled
in, with names of elders, licensed
preachers, evangelists, Sunday School
Superintendents, Deaconesses, etc.
Pastors and In charge of all PENTECOSTAL Revival Meetings,
churches delegates. to the

Friday June 4, will be held

will please have their name, the Newman M. E. Church, Ruth
or single, . as soon and Agatha Sts., Los Angeles, with
as. possible to theEntertamment services at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. Rev.
All delegates fr?m outside Joseph H. Smith with other workers
the city of Los Angeles will be enter- will push on the battle.
tained free.
Address "Entertainment Commit-
tee," 730 San Pedro St., Los Angeles.
EVANGELIST FRED ST. CLAIR writes;
"Expect a great meeting at the Mil-
ton camp. The District Assembly at
Berkeley was the greatest meeting of
its kind I ever saw. Old-time glory
and power upon. business and preach-
ing services. Sunday a marvelous
day. Hallelujah!"
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Supt. H; .. at
pher, Pa., May 20, with fifteen adult
members: C. Reddick is pas-
tor. "!'hey have. a fine corner lot free
from debt, upon which they"hope soon
. to erect a . church building . ..
THERE will . be a prayer-meeting
every Tuesday evening at the house
of Robert Y otiilg, 601 El Centro
St., South at 8 p. m., led
by Bro. S. Mashburn. . All are
invited to attend.
Bro. LaFontaine will preach at his
church next Sabbath morning, a,nd
Mrs. Lulu D. Rogers at the evening
service. Bro; LaFontaine wili address
a large "Prohibition Rally" of the
Boyle Heights Prohibition Alliance at
the Boyle Heights Methodist Church,
.and will speak on ''No Compromise.''
BRo. A;. 0. HENRICKS, Pastor at
Portland, Ore., writes: "We are still
going on to victory: Souls are coming
to the Lord constantly. Dr. Bresee
is to be with us to dedicate our new
church the 30th. Pray for us that the
Lord will send in all the money needed
to it. free from debt. GQd
will do it in answer to earnest prayer."
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CHIC,AGO SECOND CHURCH.
Folks have called this district a
hard one-but the prophet has said:
''Streams shall break out in the des-
ert." Glory to God! Anyone doubt-
ing the ability of God to raise up a
work in the stock yards district would
have had their doubts dissipated had
they been with us on the last Sabbath.
Oh how the fire fell as the sairits tes-
tified, prayed arid sang. Two souls at
the altar-took in six new members.
One-of them had been a Methodist
local preacher. He came to us with
his his wife, his son and his sister-in-
law-so God is helping us to victory.
Glory to His Name! We now have
fifty-one members or twenty-seven
more than we started with December
6, 1908. God has helped us double
our membership. The church has got
her fighting armor on, the revival fire
is burning and we are expecting big
things in June when . we get into our
new hall which seats about 500-meet-
ings every night, Revs. Kell and
Owen June 6 to 17; Rev. I. G. Mar-
tin June 18 to We are trusting
God to greatly use sanctified
WHITAKER'S ALMANAC shows that
the Wesleyan Methodists of England
have declined from 527,000 to 520,000
members, a loss of 7,000 in the last
two years. It . also shows that the
Baptists declined from 434,.741 to
429,877 during last year, a falling _off
of 4,864. Reason-they won't have
holiness.
A NEW Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene " was organi.zed by District
.. vessels of His, in ourmidst.
FRANCIS J. THOMAS, Pastor.
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L.Js Angeles and Vicinity
AT THE TABERNACLE
A deep devotional spirit fillt:d the
worship of the morning, anq the sing-
ing_was full of victory. The young
men from the College sang a special
song, with much blessing upon the
people. The sermon by the Assistant
Pastor, J. W. Goodwin, was based
upon John 17:17, :sanctify --_them
through. thy truth,'' and was much
enjoyed by all . .. He said in part: "Of
all the elegant portions fr.Qm this holy
book, set -withthe rarest "jewels of
sacred truth and fragrant with the
sweetest perfumes of holy inspiration,
ladened with the choicest riches of
divine revelation to satisfy the long-
ing of the human soul, none can com-
pare with the prayer of our Lord,
which comes wafted to us in the
breezes of heaven, soothing and filling
with hope our. waiting hearts; _This
prayer dashes us in the beginning
into the infinitude of Divine thought
when he declared that the glory given
Him by the Father, He in return had
given His followers, then taking us
through the condition and necessary
experiences He lifts us into the higher
altitudes of the Divine plan, reaching
the sublime climax in these words,
'I will that these be with me where I
am that they may behold my glory.'
"What may be comprehended in this
far-reaching expression we shall never
know until we stand around the throne
amid the splendors of angels and arch-
angels and behold the infi11ite glory
of His eternal conquest. when He is
named 'King of Kings and Lord of
Lords.'''
The then spoke of the con-
dition and means of the believer's
sanctification, showing how sanctifi-
cation implied cleansing.
The afternoon Holiness meeting was
in charge of Bro. Coleman. who led
the people on in great victory. Bro.
Hinchman read a short portion from
the Word. At the altar call three
seekers came to pray for purity and
arose from the altar in victory. How
God has been blessing these Sunday
afternoon meetings; they grow better
all the time.
The evening evangelistic service,
which was in charge of Bro. Goodwin,
was unusually blessed of God in gra-
. cious holy freedom. The singing was
triuropha.nt;, beginning-, a:nd
the few moments given to short testi-
monies filled with holy fervor.
Wave upon wave of holy joy swept
Nazarene MelitUinQer
over the congregation; .which seemed
very for the followed
with a sermon on "Christian Joy."
There were six at the altar, the most
of whom prayed and found peace in
believing and joy in the Holy Ghost.
As the dear people lingered around
the altar they seemed all to be filled
with holy joy over the victory of these
precious souls. This was indeed a
good day in the Lord . .
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CHILDREN'S SERVICE.
On Sabbath morning next the
eleven o'clock service of First Church,
Los Angeles, will be entirely devoted
to a service by the children and young
. people of the Sabbath School. Exer-
cises of singing, recitations and other
interesting matters will occupy the
time, and it is hoped that a very
large gathering will be present at
this annual gathering of the children.
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COMPTON AVENUE CHURCH.
On Sunday, May 23, we had the
pleasure of having the Kilbourne fam-
ily from Japan with us. At the morn-
ing service Bro. Kilbourne gave us an
interesting talk on Japan, and at night
Sister Kilbourne and Edwin told us
many interesting details of Japanese
life. Last Sunday morning the evan-
gelist Bro. Seth Rees preached a pow-
erful sermon from Isa. 58. We can
truly say the saints were "edified. "
During the day a number of seekers
were at the altar: We were also
during the past week by the conver-
sion of two brothers, each in his own
home. These were saved from drink
along with other sins. One handed
over to us about ten pounds of tobacco.
They both gave clear testimonies of
. salvation on Sunday night. L. P. K.
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GRAND AVE. CHURCH. .
The four days of Convention were
seasons of blessings and glory from
the Lord. Mrs. Lulu Rogers, on Sab-
bath evening and Tuesday afternoon,
was at her best for God, and did noble
service. Bro. Langdon's railroad ex-
perience of ''Twenty-one Years on an
Iron Horse,'' was full of fire and go,
on the through route to glory. Bro.
Pierce on "Prayer'" was heart-inspir-
ing, and the two services led by Bro.
Seth Rees were surely in the Spirit.
The closing service on Thursday by
Bro. Rees, when .. he preached on
''Divine was truly owned
of God. At the altar calls several
persons were reclaimed and others
and-- at the last call for
healing about a. dozen (fame forward,
were and proved the power
of God to bless both soul and body:
Last Sabbath the services were
especially inspiring: Bro. LaFontaine
preached at both The
liberty was on the saints and victory
was everywhere manifest. The street
meetings are attracting attention and
drawing the people to the church.
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VERNON CHURCH.
The Vernon Church enjoyed a' treat
by having Rev. R. Pierce with them
Sunday morning, for he brought a
blessed Gospel message brim full of
hope and encouragement to all, closing
with a refreshing season of prayer
and victory for one that was worn and
weary in body. The pastor expects,
God willing, to give his experience of
twenty-one years on the iron horse
next Sunday evening. c. B. L
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SPANISH MISSION.
We greatly feel the loss-on ac-
count of sickness- of our faithful
director of the children's work on
Saturday m., Mrs. Fredericks.
. Who will take her place? This branch
is a very important factor of our work
and enables us to reach many Catho-
lic homes.
We received help for our stereopti-
con work from Sister Young's Sunday
school class. They have faithfully
remembered and helped us with money
for gas for nearly two years.
Another. great plaza meeting was
held Sunday p. m. with much in.terest
and eagerness to receive the tracts
and gospels. Sunday night's meeting
was very precious-the Word brought
much conviction, and several were at
the altar; one man prayed through to
victory.
Sister Santos is receiving much per-
secution, but is growing in grace. We
expect a report from her soon.
MRs. M. McREYNOLDS.
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PASADENA, CAL.
Sabbath was a very blessed day
with the "Nazarenes. " Bro. Good-
win, the assistant"pastor of the First
Nazarene church of Los Angeles, was
with us both morning and evening,
in exchange with Bro. Walker.
There was a fairly good attendance
at the service of the morning,. and
the sermons were blessed to the peo-
ple. The young people's meeting
also a time of refreshing. At the
June a, 19091
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Nazarene Messeniier _
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the the people knelt . meetings with us this week We are
around tlie altar, asking for. an espe- praying the I:..ord to give us a
cial outpouring of the power of God, . place to worship in. Please rerriem-
and God wonderfully blessed our l(er us .before the throne of grace.
waiting souls. EDNA MURRAY. ANNA, McNAUGHTON.
MESSAGES TO SAINTS
Will Convict, /IUJpire and Bless
Apples of Gold;
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ANOTHER NEW "CHURCH.
As District Superintendent it was
my .privilege to be in Pasadena, Cal-
ifornia, Tuesday evening, May 18.and
organize the SeGond Pentecostal
Church of the Nazarene in that city.
Sister Palmer, a nolile. WOJl}an -of God
and an able preacher has been con-
ducting a mission . among the colored
people with some success. for a num:.
her of months. Some weeks ago she
was led, as Bro. Walker pastor of our
church in . Pasadena providentially
opened the door, to unite with our
church. That her work might be
conserved she asked that her people
be organized into a church, which we
were glad to do.
As this was the first African church
to be organized among us, it was fit
ting that we should have a high day
in Zion. A large number of our peo-
ple from Los Angeles went with me
for the service, and' with a number-
from the Pasadena church we filled
the Mission Hall. How the people
did sirig and shout as the meeting
rolled on in a holy jubilee. The peo-
ple of our dear old First Church, who
are always on hand for such events,
seemed just as pleased over the birth
of this Ethiopian daughter as any of
her children in this sunny land.
After the Church was set in order
and the pastor elected there were
brief remarks from Bro. Coleman and
Bro. Gay, who broke up the program
by being the first to present the riew
pastor, Sister Palmer, with a $5.00
gold piece, others followed and quite
. a sum was presented as a token of our
fellowship. Then came the commun-
ion service, which was much blessed
of the Lord. To close the service all
the charter members of First Church
with the new church were called
around the a}tar, _and J!raised God
together. J. W. GooDWIN.
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POMONA, CAL.
I am glad to say that the faithful
few out here are still having victory
in their own souls and looking to God
for a revival. There have been a
number saved and sanctified lately,
but the harvest is'great and the reap-
ers are few. We are expecting Sister
Lulu Rogers to start in a sel'ies of
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LONG BEACH, CAL.
The ladies of the Long Beach Church
gathered at our home on May 26, to
assist with sewing; .. which was much
needed in to prepare for our
moving. Lunch, which was also pre-
pared by them, was greatly enjoyed,
and we (instead of acting host and
hostess) were made to play the part
of guests. We certainly appreciate
the kindness and thoughtfulness of
these dear sisters, and each has a
warm corner in our hearts. Then
again on Saturday following we en-
joyed a pleasant social time with the
church people on the beach. Here we
had a feast which was enjoyed by all,
especially by the children. May God
bless these dear people and keep us
all true until we meet on . 'the other
shore" and feast upon the beauties
and joys of the "Home of the Soul."
MRS. W. C. WILSON.
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Brethren, are you preparing for the
Southern California District Assembly,
to be held June 17, by electing your
delegates. arranging for pastors, and
getting other matters under way? Be
careful to fill out the statistical blanks
fully anp send to R. Pierce soon as
possiblP.
Or Words Fitly Spoken .
Being a Compilation of the brief Spiritual
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10 Nazarene Messenger
MOTTQ-"BOLINESS UNTO THE LORD."
Deets Pacific Bible College
641 E. 28th St., Angeles, Cal.
PRESIDENT, REV. P. F. BRESEE, D. D. VtCEPRESIDENT. REV. ISAIAH REID, A.B.
. PRINCIPAL, LEORA BESS s. WOOD.
COLLEGE NOTES.
BY LEORA MARIS, PRINCIPAL . .
The closing of the College year is
upon us, and June 4 the reviews and
examinations begin and continue un-
til June 16, when class work will be
finished in all departments and the
students privileged to attend the Dis-
trict Assembly June 17, 18 and 19.
June 20 will be Baccalaureate Sunday
at First church, Los. Angeles, fol-
lowed by five days of college com-
mencement events, closing with the
graduating exarcises Friday evening,
June 25, of our lovely class of Seven.
It is a significant number, and if
you never saw seven bright enthusi-
astic young people, buoyant with life
and youth and ambition, wholly con-
secrated to God and His service, grad-
uated from a Holiness Bible School,
you cannot afford to miss being pres-
ent at the commencement exercises
of the Deets Pacific Bible College at
the First Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene, 7:30 p. m., June 25, 1909.
Another Commencement event you
cannot afford to miss is the student's
SYRACUSE, N. Y.
The First Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene of Syracuse, N.Y., is just
entering upon its second year's work.
Our first anniversary occurred on May
3, and surely we have great reason to
shout abroad the praises of our King
for the way He has led us and blessed
us. This church, like every Pente-
costal Church of the Nazarene, was
born in a day of tribulation and oppo-
sition; but glory be to God, who trans-
forms those bitter days into days of
joy and victory, for Jesus' sake. Hal-
lelujah! Hard work makes strong
workmen.
The first annual rep.ort shows
marked progress in every department
of our church. The Sabbath School
has grown from thirty-five . to one
hundred and five; more than two-
thirds of this number have crossed
"over" and are enjoying the Canaan
fruit. Twelve persons were added to
the church on Easter Sunday. The
spiritual condition of the church . is
good; God is with us and we have
had some very remarkable victories in
Jesus' name . . We rejoice in this, of
course. But we rejoice also that God
great missionary meeting Wednesday
June 23, at First
when the students called of God to
give their lives. for him for India,
Mexil!o and Japan will have part in
the program. This will take the place
of the regular Wednesday evening
prayer meeting at First church, and
we presume other churches will ad-
. journ their prayer me-etings . to enjoy
this great annual college missionary
meeting of the students.
The . program of Commencement
exercises for the entire week, begin-
ning June 23 and ending June 25,
will bt printed on this page soon; do
not fail to read it carefully, and ar-
range to attend the different exercises.
Three visitors were at our altar
last week, one was sanctified, and
one was clearly reclaimed in the
morning, and very definitely sancti-
fied in the afternoon--:-the Holy Spirit
witnessing most manifestly that the
work was done.
We thank God and Bro. and SistE;!r
Wynn of .Upland for $L5.00 for col-
lege needs-God bless them.
has touched our pocket-books ; we
believe that God demands every mem-
ber to tithe, and we are working on
this basis. During the year the flock
has pledged $4,790 for its new edifice,
besides raising its regular annual
budget of $1,854.
While we are grateful to Almighty
God for His many blessings through-
out the year that has just ended, we
are trusting Him for greater bless-
ings and asking Him for larger things
in theensuingyear. Weareconfident
that God will answer our prayers if
we keep low at the foot of the cross.
The Three in One are so precious.
Glory!
In the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Ghost we
greet our Sister Churches and bid
them God speed in the race for per-
ishing souls. We are praying for our
faithful superintendents, both general
and district. May God continue to
bless them ana us till we are ready
for the third great blessing, Glorifica-
tion on the other shore.
BURT W. LEWIS, Pastor.
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[June 3, 1909
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Cal., 9 a. m. , June 17.
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HOW HE KNEW.
A man of subtle reasoning asked .
A peasant if he knew
Where was the eternal evidence
That proves his Bible true.
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He laid his hand npon his heart
And only answered, ''I-I ere.''
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. THE GREAT MIRACLE.
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