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V:oL XIV. '
Los Angeles, Ut, 1909 No. 12
messages to .. tbe sa:tnts.
B11 R. PIERCE,
The firial test of a is the kind of character it
produces.
'iAbundantly Satisfied."
The riches of God's provisions saints are
beyond the comprehension of the finite mind; but, thank
God, can be known by experience. ''They shall be abun-
dantly satisfied with the fatness ofThy house." Here is
a river to swim in, a supply to revel in. In the
cient Lord we can have enough -the enlarged desires of
the soul can be satisfied. The pomp and gl()ry, gains and
position of the world may surfeit and delight the senses,
but never can satisfy; buttherevelation of God to the soul
will satisfy, but never surfeit. Though we may desire
more of God, we shall never desire more than God. "The
pleasures of sense are putrid puddle-water; those of faith
are pure and pleasant-clear ae. To live a life of
communion with God in this world, seeking and receiving
of His fulness to the extent of our: rapacity, goes beyond
all that the best of this world can supply; and with such
an experience the saint is in a hurry to exchange his
"days of heaven upon earth" for the heaven above. The
reason why some children of God are not enjoying these
"abundant things of God" is that they think little of, and
go so little to, the place where He makes them known and
bestows them- "the fatness of Thy house." But to the
soul longing for God the house of prayer is the place where
the Lord makes us to ''drink of the rivers of His pleasure,''
where the joy can be constant-ever flowing. 0 beloved.
are you fully satisfied - abundantly satisfied - satisfied
above measure?
The cure for a sick church is to feed on a missionary
diet.
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The Blessing of Giving.
Here is a treasure:.house that comparatively few
Christians have explored. When Jesus said "It is more
blessed to give than to receive," He gave utterance to a
real fact that can at any time be demonstrated to any and
all that care to try it. It is a sad fact that it remains a
"dead letter" to the great majority of professed beleiv- .
heart to give. It is easy to give if one have much, but to
give out of our poverty joyfully, like the Christians of
Macedonia did, i.s pleasing to God. The great secret of
true giving lies in the that you have already given
yourself unto the Lord; and you belonging toHim, all you
have is His, so that it is not hard to give money for the
Lord, if He has already got yourself. Abounding in the
grace of giving helps very much in the grace of living,
.for the blessing of God is-upon you: When we consider
that the poverty of Jesus provided riches for His saints,
our deep poverty and affliction should make us liberal also.
:A gift is worth much more if given with joy and real self-
We find it true that gifts of love beget a love for
giving, but withholding is a false saving. 0 beloved, let
us go in for a bigger blessing by---; . Amen.
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It used to be a sin .for any one but the High Priest to
enter thto holy of holies, and then only once a year; now
it is a sin to stay outside.
U nosed KnowledR"e.
Most people have a considerable stock of
on hand unused, the accumulation of which has cost them+-
hours of study or some very hard trials through whiclt
they have been called to pass. It is lying idle through
either thoughtlessness or indifference. They may be sin-
cere in their desire to . continue in the service of the Lord,
and though they may not be intentionally guilty, yet they
suffer a loss in their experiencethrough not turning what
they know into doing: They are like a farmer with plenty
of farm implements lying around rusting- unused; or a
. factory lying idle, the machinery of which becomes all
clogged with hard oil. There is ?- wide field of service .
among these people, who need to be reminded of what
they know and to have their "pure minds" stirred up by
"way of remembrance." We do not need "new thought" .
half so much. as we need to make practical use of the old
thought we have. and perhaps in a different way. It is
not more knowledge needed, butobediericeto'what knowi-
edge we have. What a wonderful world this would be if
we just stopp:d accumulating any more knowledge for a
while and put into that which we have on hand!
Especially in the line of divine things there is a wide
Say; would it not be a grand thing for some of us-and
for other folks as well-if we would just stop listening tp
more sermons and reading the Scriptures until we lived
out what we have heard and read?
. ers. And yet it is as true gospel as any iri the Book. It
is not confined to the rich, but is open to the poor; for a
little gift, that means much to those who have but meagre
The Calvary message must be preached in the spirit
of Calvary. '
. supply, brings as great a biessing as the thousands of the
rt consists not so much in the amount as in the
spirit of the giver. The first thing needed in giving is a
Every time you press the devil's head .. hard you will
get a sore'
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Contributed Articles
THE SECRET OF A HAPPY DAY.
Just to leave in His dear hand
Little things,
All we cannot understand,
All that stings.
Just to l et Him take the care,
Sorely pressing,
Finding all we let Him bear
Changed to blessing.
'l'hat is all and yet the way
Marked by Him who loves thee best,
Secr et of a happy day,
Sc<' ret of. His promised rest.
-Frances Ridley
MAKE ME A BETTER PREACHER.
HENRY C. ETHELL.
I have a friend who is a preachei.
.He is younger than I , but we have had
much in common. We were born and
brought up in the . same neighborhood,
only one farm between his father's and
mine. "'vVe attended the same country
school. \Ve were, sanctified in the same
meeting, he a little before me. vVe were
licensed to preach on t he same day. We
joined the conference together, were
ordained together and finished the
. course together.
This friend of mine -\.vas and is one
of the most transparently honest, sin-
cere a nd simple-h earted men I ever
knew. I never knew him to do a mean
. thing . . After he sanctified, and the
Lord began to draw him, step by step,
towards the work of the ministry, he
used to use language, in prayer ana tes-
. timony and preaching, so simpl e a.nd
childlike that it seeme1=l to some people
childish ; aml they criticised him for it,
perhaps with some good r eason.
I was with this fri end a few years
ago, helping him in some of his work
I was in his home a good deal , and we
walked and talked t ogether on the pub-
lic .highway, with no listener but God.
Our intimacy was. so grep.t, and our
:fellowship so perfeet that we could
speak ont the things that wer e. in onr
hearts without any fear that any lis-
tener (unless it might be God) would
t hink \\" C were men than we
wished t hem to think we were.
One day he said to me: ''Brother
Henry, I am praying the T.Johl to t each
me how to he a better preacher than I
am." These words of my true and sim-
ple-hearted friend made more impres-
sion on my mind than any confident
utteranc:e of any self-satisfied pulpit
orator could have done. The saying
was often afterwards referred to in our
Nazarene Messenger
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talk and in our letters. It has' often
since tl1at time been mingled with the
incense of my prayers. .. r
This may -be r ead by mariy preachers
who are wishing, if not praying, "Oh!
that I might be a preacher!" It
will be read mostly, I presume, by Pen-
t ecostal Nazarene preachers ; so pro b-
ably most of them breathing the wish
in tire spirit of my friend, but some no
doubt in a far different spirit. Let me
ask t"uy preacher-read ers; especially
t hose of the last class, if they
have tried the following methods, so
emnmonly r esorted to by mim who are
anxious .. to be bett er preachers. If so,
I should be glad to have them report
t.o me if the r esults are satisfying:
Have yon learned to speak, with a
proprietary air, in preachers' meetings
and before vi siting minister s, about
''my people 1''
HaYe you i earned to remind the hear-
er s on every public occasion you
are "up to date?"
Have you l earned to bring in the
word ''folks'' every four or five sen-
t ences, with that peculiar pouching and
explosive movement of the lips intend-
ed to let the hearers know that you
have learned to say " f olks" instead of
''people,'' and that you are ''up to
date?''
Have you learried to introduce the
Lord's Prayer in the public service with
some such "get-ready" clause as this:
' 'As thou hast taught n s to say' '-a
sort of '' runnin' shoot,'' as we boys
used to say, before we jumped .
Is it your common pradice in preach-
ing, especia lly away from home, to r e-
fer to our blessed Savior as ''the
Christ , " with a slight emphasis 011 t he
word ''the,'' and often enough to im-
press everybody that you are doing it
disignedly and for precision's sake ?
The .word "Christ;" as expressive of
the office and mission of the Di,;ine
Scnior , has been for about eighteen
. htmdred and seventy years constantly
linked , in Chri stian speech, with the
name " Jesus, " descriptive of his lm-
manity; and in the thought of His ldY-'
ing and adoring followers the two haYe
to he bl ended as inseparable parts
of one precious name. with of .
us the habit of years of increasing devo-
t ion and intimacy have made the name
of Christ (so uttered) the fitting expres-
s ion of all that is best "loved on earth
or heaven; and it will be hard to break
us in to a differ ent method. But the
twentieth century youth must be in-
structed in correct methods of speech.
[September 16, 1909
Do you "Jehovah" now
you learned as a boy to say "the
Lord Y '' If you have not yet hardened
yourself to it, you might practi<:e on
-your mother wheri you come home on
your little vacation. As you sit on op.
posite sides of the fire, while she talks
lovingly and gratefully about "the dear
J.Jord," do you put in every now and
then about what you lmow or have read
about "Jehovah.' 'c- If the dear old soul
ever thought a boni it at all, she would
be profoundly grateful to "the Lord"
that the translators of her Bibl e put
into it the best title they could find in
her mother tongue to r epresen t the
name of Him '' in whose presence her
soul takes delight." But, she ought to
be t aught what that Name is in the
Hebrew language. She is going on a
journey t<i heaven in a little whil e, to
stay; and it would be mortifying to
you, her son, the pastor of -the l"irst
Church of Swellville, 'the only church
in the village, by the way, to think of
your mother appearing ignorant and
awkward befor e the proud and learned
company into which she is so soon to
be introduced. I imagine now that I
can see my friend referred to,
with his equaily d evoted and simple .
hearted wife and their three chilchen,
gather ed around the sitting-room stove
while he prays: "0 Great Jehovah!
me a hetter way of preac:hing so
thAt I can win more folks for the
Christ.' ' And I can hear his wife, who
is a musieian, r esponding, "Ah-mPn !"
I must confess that. I ha vc not tried
any of these methods myself. Bnt then
I m nst also ronfess that I . am not as
good a preacher as I should like to be,
or as I beli eve my Heavenly F;1ther
t hinks I might have been and ought to
he. I feel impelled to <:onfess fmther
that I seldom preach in these Inter
;.' ear s without a good deal of lwnrt
si< lmess afterwards over the imperfcc
t ion of the message and the nHlllll<' l" of
its delivery. If [ only preac h to
my fdlowm<'ll wh11t God sometimes
prea<: hes to ml' , I should be a happier
man. 0 Sa,ior , teach me how to
preach!
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N FEW THOUGHts ON "LIGHT. "
Tf you were ever in total darlmess,
you would not ask " what is li ght ?"
I was once on a train, . when suddenly,
we found ourselves utter
'fhis state of
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affairs lasted but fo1 a
short period of time, yet it was so uu
desira ble that I inquiredwhat it meant.
When the light reappeared, it was s'o
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forcible and made such a marke(!. dif-
ference, that it seemed as though it
would blind me. I was informed that
we had passed through a tunnel that
was toO' short to cause the t;rain crew
to light up the cars.
As with natural light, so with spir-
itual-bringing with it great revelation
of things as they are. Scripture con-
firms the statement, that some . people
hate light. 'l'hey give proof of this by
their actions. St. John 3 :20: "For
every one that doeth evil hateth the
light, neither coriieth to the light lest
his dee(!.s should" be reproved.'' Ah !
they desire to continue in the things
wherein they think they have pleasure.
There is light for every man, woman
and child, and sooner or later they see
it. John 1:5: "God is light, and in
Him is no darkness at all." The Psalm-
ist says in chapter 27 :1, ''The Lord is
my light." John 1 :9, speaking of .this
wodrl, read thus: '''!'hat was the true
light, whieh lighteth every man that
cometh into the world."
Unsaved friend, this light is for you.
The light that is first meted out to you,
is, as it were, a spark in the flash of .
which, your load of guilt weighs heavy
upon your heart. This may come to
you at a revival meeting where the Holy
Spirit has right of way. I hear you
say, as has many others, "I never at-
tend th<?se kind of meetings so know
nothing about _the light you are talk-
ing about. Neither does the possibility
end here_. Each of God's holy ones is a
reflector of that' great light, and you
cannot come in touch with one whose
life is hid with Christ in God without
the "spark" that convicts
you of your uncleanness. If you take
no heed to these flashes that confront
you from to time, but turn your
back on them and choose, rather to
grope on in darkness, until your eyes
become so dim that you no longer sec
" I ight," you have fallen into a great
"alamity, and woe is you! for the word
nf God says . in Job 18 :5, this is a time
when "the light of the wicked shall be
put out, and the spark of his fire shall
not shine."
We read in Ecc. 11 :7, "Truly the
light is sweet." Now, if you through
. the spark that has brought conviction
h;t ve .realized that the light is sweet
and have cried out for more light, con-
tinue to look to the source of true liaht
and He will send a ray on before
for in Psalms 36:9, David says, "In
thy light shall we see light." Then
in writing to. the. 5:4,
Nazarene Messenger
PaUl says, "Awake thou that sleepest;
and arise the dead, and Christ
shall give thee light." Blessed promise
to the penitent sinner. . The cloud that
has been you will be
lifted, the darkness scattered, and the
sunlight of His righte9usness will com-
. pass you about; you will stand face to
face with Christ your ' personal Savior
from s'in. Henceforth, you are a child
of light. Now, you must believe in the
light (John 12 :36) and to prove that
you ' do, you will walk ias a child of .
light (Eph. 5 :8). Ask for wisdom and
understanding that you might know the
will of the Lord, and then do it in its
every detail.
We have tried to show, in a few
words, the way to walk in the light;
where we have failed, the word of God,
as given, will never fail-so take His
word for your guide. wherefore, de-
light thyself in the law of the I.Jord, and
choose to sit with Him in heavenly
places; seek fellowship with the saints
of God, and allow your faith, which He
always honors, to take hold of Him for
the cleansing blood to flow through
your once stubborn heart, and make
you clean and holy in His sight. This
is the remedy for that, that bas so long
confronted you, and dejeated your
highest aspciration.s, an'd manifested it-
self by pushing you head-long into
something that your better self .would
never have done.
1 John 1:7: ''If we walk. in the
light, as He is in the light , 've have
fellowship one with another and the
blood of Jesus Christ His son cleauseth
us from all sin.''
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Selected Articles
A WARNING.
The Advocate has given space to sev-
eral letters and articles from our good
brethren, advising toleration and a non-
commital attitude foward what is called
the Apostolic, or more properly, the
Tongues Movement.
The Advocate has never taught that
the gifts of the Spirit or the blessings
of Pentecost were impossible to God's
people today. Indeed . it has insisted
that the Acts of the Apostles were still
being written. and that any gift or
manifestation pecessary to bring inen
to a knowledge of Christ, in forgiveness
of sins, and the indwelling of the Holy
Ghost, might be the possession of men
today.
)31,1t the Apostle. jn advising the
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church to prove all things hold
fast to that which is good, that
also we are to cast out tftat ";hich is not
good. Where a proves a cer-
tain preparation "to contafn it
would be a false friend who woult.l
ommend those he loves to continue tak-
ing that preparation to prove it .
The Tongues 1\iovemeut has been
thoroughly proven. It contains poison,
deadly poison, .. and spiritual corpses
are strewn over the land, as a . result
of the "testing" it has hnd. -
Like all movements which .are of the
devil, one of its foundation stones is
truth, and one' falscliood: When the
false is destroyed the whole structure
built upon it falls.
God may give power to speak a lan-
guage before unknown-that much is
truth. That the Baptism with the Holy
Ghost, the gift of Pentecost, entire
sanctification, holiness, heart cleansing,
are not one and the same in time and
effect, is bare falsehood, and a denial .
of the plain record of scripture. The
doctrine speaking with ton.gues is the
only evidence of the Baptism with the
Holy Ghost, is a trick of the devil to
discourage honest hearts and either
keep them from laying hold of cleans-
ing by faith, or push them into a hypo-
critical mockery or babbling.
Its excusers say, "Of course there is
some false among.' the trne." Surely,
and it looks to me that if the thing
were of God, we could find, some true
among the false. I was able to stut.ly
some of the workings of this fraud at
close range, lately, and I say, with the
fear of judgment before me, that I be-
lieve a no more blighting heresy has
ever been imposed upon by the church
by the enemy.
"There are good folks among them."
Yes, there were good folks among those
I have been studying. but th<>y are good
for nothing for God now. They haven't
purity of heart, haven't . the Holy
Ghost, have not the tongues even, and
while they prate about the la<>k of
po,;er in the wholly sanctifiecl. they are
as dead and fruitless arid as
a burned-out nsh heap. Their wo'rk is
largely unsettling new converts in the
experience of holiness. and making
them seekers of ' 'power" they never
receive.
Our people should never allow tltjs
heresy to get a hearing; Sl!un . it as
you would any other temptation of the
deviL-Pentecostal Advocate.
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FROM 'J'HE FIELD.
Jaspar, Ala.
En roQte from Tracy City, Tenn., the
writer by invitation stopped off at Jas-
par to .make a call our District
perintendent and h1s excellent family.
We were glad to find him much better
in health and well in soul. That night
we went with him to Calamett. a min-
in.,. camp three miles from Jaspar, and
to . a school ho:use full _?f
miners their wives and children. Dis-
trict Sup.erintendent Lancaster fol-
lowed up the meetings for a week, re-
sulting in about thirteen good eouver-
sions.
Nauvoo Camp Meeting, Ala.
The writer arrived a day ahead of
time, and found about two dozen letters
waitin.,. his immediate attention. 'l'wo
of letters brought very serious
news one the severe illness of our dear
brother Tracy of Buldana, India, and
another the very sudden death of. a dear
friend, W. H. Edwards of North Dnrt-
mouth, Mass., who was sick only three
hours.: We have since l earned that our
dear missionary l et us
pray much for his speedy recovery.
The Meeting.
The meeting began August 26th and
closed last night, Sepetmber 5th. The
dear Lord was with us from the first
service, giving us some seekers, and
ever y service was crowned w ith seek-
ers at the altar, until the pastor, Bro.
Menasco, states that over one hundred
seekers were at . the altar and prayed
and testified, for which l et us truly
praise God.
'Ihe Children's Meeting.
About the fourth day of the meeting
a children's service was established,
which proved to be a great blessing to
about twenty-five children that .sought
pardon or purity, and some both, these
being included in the above number of
seekers. Pastor Menasco preached
both Sunday. afternoons and God gave
him souls. District Superintendent C.
H. Lancaster was with us four days
.and was much used of the Lord in the
various services.
A New Departure.
The District Advisory Board arid
the local camp meeting committee ar-
ranged to build a district parsonage
at this . place for the District Superin-
tendent to live in and his successors,
and also arranged to put the District
Superintendent into the field all the
time . . "Ain't that good news 1" Bro.
John A. Manasco is called as pastor of
this church for another year, and re-
ports about twenty-five new accessions
to -the chur ch from the camp meeting.
The att en dance was good, filling the
new combination chapel and.
tabernacle about every nigl:lt. Let all
Messen.(Jer
of the r ead.ers pray that the dear Lord
will _malte __ a -great center
for holiness. May God continue to
bless the people of N f.lllVOO.
( H. F, Reynolds.
OAKLAND CITY, IND.
I am glad to be able. to victory
all along the way.' The meeting at this
place is running .at high tide. 'l'bis is
a splendid camp. Bro. John Hatfield
has been laboring in this section of the
conntry; quite a little of l ate and . has
taken the saints .through a school of
prayer until they know how to prevail
with God.
Bro. L. Milton Williams is my com-
panion in the war, and a truer yoke
fellow I have never been associated
with. He knows nothing about defeat.
Things simply . have to come to pass
where he has the swing. Amen!'
He and I cam.e here from Wiehita,
Kansas, where we had of the
state camp. We had fully 500 seekers
at the altar. Bro. Williams .bas had
charge of that camp for thr ee or four
years, and bas built it up until it is one
of the l argest camps in the country.
It seemed good to meet Bro. and Sis-
ter Carpenter, our I;os Angeles neigh-
bors, in this Kansas camp. Then to add
to our joy Bro. and Sister l\icintire
came up from Ponca City, Okla .. and
helped shout on the battle for a day or
two.
We go from here to St. LQujs. l\'Io.,
for ten days, then wife and I will turn
our faces toward the setting sun and
p1sh on toward the Parific Northwest.
These are days of great to my
soul. I. G. Martin.
MERIDIAN, TEXAS.
I come for admittance to
vour columns. This has been a blessed
year in the work of the Lord with us.
We have seen one hundred or more
saved or sanctified in our work this
year. V,!e began our summer campaign
Satan's July 15tli, at
the mountain church. Bro. D. H. Hum-
phrey was with us and preached with
the old-time power, and God lwnored
the Word with many in the fountain .
Our next meeting was at Live Oak
church. Bro. B. l\'1. Kilgore and wife
wer e with us. They are straight Naza-
renes and know how to handle the
sword oJ the Spirit; they are the pas-
tor's friend . and will .stand by him.
This was one of the hardest battles of
our life, not very many professions, bnt
we believe much good was done. We
then went to Vista, Texas, where .we
had held a few days meeting in May and
organized a nice little Nazarene church,.
They had called us back to hold their
meeting. They are the livest little
church we have seen. Their pastor,
Bro. J . . T. Mason, and his corps of work-
ers, stood nobly by us: This was one
among .the best meetings of our life.
The peopl e came for miles and many
got into the fountain that was opened
up to the house of David for sin and
[September 16, 1909
uncleanness. Bro. 's mother, our
deaconess, with Bro. Slau2;hier, one of
our local preachers, have done much to
found .holiness in this place. They have
a nice little plat of two acres of ground
with a nice brush arbor on it where
they can preach . holiness. .We also
raised a good subscription to build a
of worship and some '\vho are
able say i.t must go.
OurJ .. ne.xt meeting was at Willow
Springs. Bro. R. E. Fletcher, our old
yoke fellovy, was with .us; here it was
the first time we had been together for
three years; but he preaches with the
Holy Ghost power. we had a good
meeting, the Lord a gracious vic-
tory. v.re closed Sunday night, Sep-
tember 5th, with blessed victory. To
God be all the glory for all these vit!-
tories. J. W. Bost.
DUNCAN, OKLA.
God is blessing us at this place. We
have recently seen a number converted
:or sanctified in a series of meetings.
Bro. J. B. McBride was with us for t en
days. He is a man of God and preached
with power and unction. We began
last night at a school house three mil es
south of town ; one bright conversion
and several requests for prayer. A
17-year-old boy who gave up to God to
preach during onr meeting here is help-
me and God 's band is surely on
him. vVe have a lar ge wooden taber-
nael e h ere at Duncan in which to wor-
ship and large crowds attend the ser-
vices. Out street and jail work is be-
ing nsecl of Go(l blessedly.
KINGSLAND, ARK.
Glacl to report victory at Kingsland,
Ark. Our pastor i s Rev. Bud B. Mul-
lins. and has put in one year's hard
y.-ork and God has blessed us wonder-
fully. Vte have just closed the most
wonderful meeting ever held here.
Bro. W. Y .. Phillips of Texarkana, Tex.,
was with us ancl did some fine work.
The meeting opened . on the first Sun-
clay in August and closed on the third
Sunday. '\Ve bad fourteen saved and
two sanctified. Since Christmas we
have had twenty-four saved or sancti-
fied and fourteen accessions to the
duuch with some more to follow.
The last night of the meeting we went
in the prayer service about sundown
and soon the power fell and people got
under convi ction and mourners wer e on
the platform singing well saved, and at
9 o'clock we had the pleasure of an-
nouncing that four had been saved.
Bro. Mullins announced that be bad no
apol ogy to make for not
only God has control of this service.
We then bad the Sacrament and closed
the meeting, but the. fire keeps burning
in our Sunday school, also in Friday
night's and Sunday ni ght's prayer
' .
We ll'!embers h.ere
and all of them will work any where.
We have a fi rfe Sunday school and do-
ing fine . work, but. next quarter we are.
-September-16,- 1909}- --
expecting much better work on account
of being much better supplied y;i.h
literature and we want to have twenty
'in our school.
Bro. Mullins is to be pastor of War-
ren Kingsland and Pine Bluff next
We want to say Bro. :).\iullins is
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fine man and a most excellent pastor-
and a fine preacher. We are glad to
' say we thiuk we have the best preacher
in the Arkansas District and he is a man
full of the Holy Ghost. Well, praise the
Lord I am determined to go through
with Jesus in company with those who
.endure. Alva C. Rogers.
ARK.
Just closed a fairly good meeting at
.Monroe, Ark. There were thirteen or
fourteen wl10 were definitely saved or
sanctified and many othE!rs were
warmed up and encouraged . The en-
emy fought hard, but as usual acted
the ' 'bushwacker. '' While some r e-
mained away and talked against the
meeting it caused others to come and
be bl(!ssed. The Georgia .Jumpers have
done untold damage in that country.
llfany homes have been broken up hy
them, and of course we had to bear the
blame for it. The Russelites also have
contributed their quota of influence to
the hindrance of the truth and helped
to seal the damnation of some who are
seeking a way to dodge the rea_! issue
- holiness of heart and life. HowcYer.
their influence is limited. as few are
yet ready to deny God's \Vord. Bro.
John Clegg 'helped me in the fi ght and
acted the part of a true and compet ent
soldier. His wife was also with ns
helping on the work J go next to Cally
Sprin gs camp to be wi t h Bro. Buctd.
Jos. N. Speakes.
MALDEN,
'Nell, amen ! Our dear pastor has re-
turned, and God gave us a gracious
day yesterday. Some '\vcre seeking.
The Lord has enabled us to gather in
over' $420 in our offerings during this
mon1h. All praise to Him! vVe needed
it. H. A. Hall united with us .in
full membership, and others are coming.
Oh, for a wave of salvation to sweep
souls to Jesus by the scores !
L. D .. P eavey.
FITCHBURG, MASS.
Sunday, AugMst 29, was a very gra-
cious day with us. The blessing of Goct
was upon every service of the day in a
most uplifting manner. At the evenin g
"revival meeting" one was at the altar
for prayer and professed victory. The
audi ence was excellent. The pastor and
wife have just enjoyed a three' weeks'
We are expecting a time of
great vi ctory this fall .. - Bro. Dearp
comes October lO for an extended cam-
Sunday evening above
to was the twentieth anniversary of t h e
Writer's spiritual .. birth, whi ch occurred
. at Foxcroft camp meeting, Maine, 1889.
-
It has been a tiine of varied experience
and of blessing. .
Rand Pierce.
KEENE, N.H.
I an1 glad to be able to say truly the
Lord is l;>lessing his saints here. '\V e
came here three weeks ago and took up
the work as pastor of the Bethany Pen-
tecostal Church, and God has been set-
tling us down in hiin and giving us an
increase of faith. Yesterday was the
best day since we came. Praise God.
0 . . L. W. Brown.
ALABAMA DISTRICT.
I am glad to report in Jesus'
name in my soitl. The dear Lord has
been with tis in the meetings that we
have held this summer.
Our first meeting was held at Cor-
dova, Ala., under a tent. vVe had about
twenty professions. . There was once a
splendid holiness work at Cordova but
being unorganized and without a pastor
the devil made inroads upon the work
and has about upset the entire work.
Bro. and Sister E. H. Sheeks of Beebe,
Ark, also Rev. F. H. Bugh were with
lis in the meeting . . Rev. R. M. Guy was
there for a few days and did some fine
preaching.
Next we opened up at Bro. R. T. Har-
din's, near Sarogossa. Here we had a
hard pull hut at the last of the week the
brake came, and souls begin to fall iuto
the altar and some were s:aved and
others sanctified. Mrs. Lancast er was
with me here and enj oyed th'e hospital-
ity of Bro. and Sister Hardin very
mnch. The interest is still fine and they
y;-ant another meeting this fall , so I
hope to r eturn in Ortober.
Our next hattie was at Galloway.
Here God gave us a great meeting. Vle
began wit h a small congregation but
the interest increased until the close.
Many times the house was packed to its
utmost capacity and many were turned
away for l ack of room. A goodly num-
ber were saved, reclaimed or sanctified
wholl y: On the last Sunday of the
meeting we organized a Pentecostal
Church of the Nazarene with t en char-
ter members. The church called t heir
pastor at once, Rev . .A. H. Romine of
Nauvoo. Bro. Romine is a fine young
man and has t1 bright future before him.
':\-lav God bl ess these dear people. One
the number, Sister Turner, has been
call'ed to her r eward since we organized.
I hope to hold another meeting with
t hem in November. Mrs. Lancaster was
,'vith us here and helped a)ong with the
good work. .,
. '\Ve then opened fire on the devil ' s
l{ingdom at Calomet, t hree miles south
of Jaspar, _ our ho1_pe ),own. Here we
had a splendid meeting. . Our much be- .
l oved General " sunerin'tendent Rey-
nolds spent one with us en route
to Nauvoo camp. and drove dowp and
pr,eaehed to the delight of. all. I had to
walk-back and forth a few nights, but
soon the Lord saved a man and he
turned his horse and buggy over to wife
and I and we soon had things going our
way. Hallelujah, the dear Lord is so
good to us. Had about thirteen saved
and many others were blessed.
Next I joined Bro. Reynolds in camp
meeting at Nauvoo," and what a great
time we had. Souls saved or sanctified
at almost every service. The glory was
on and much grace -upon the people.
Our church at this place is doing some
good work Rev. John A. Manasco was
called again as pastor and he is a good,
live man. These dear peoplfl want the
writer to move to Nauvoo and they pro-
posed 1 o stand by me and keep me on
the field, but I have not yet decided
what to do:
On Friday, September 3d, wife met
me on the train and we pitched battle
six miles from Haleyville, near Bro. W.
R. Randolph's, and from the very start
the people seemed inter ested. Two at
the al! ar last night for sanctification.
We are expecting a great It
seems as though we might be able to
organize here by the tiine we close.
Thank God for this great Penterostal-
Nazarene Church movement. God is
sure iri- tllC lead. The work goes on.
Rev. Allie Irick and wife will begin
a camp meeting in our new
at ,Jaspar , September 17th. We look
for a great victory. My next meeting
is at l\Ianchester, Ala., September 23
to October 3.
C. H. Lancaster, Dist.Supt.
PORTLAND, ORE.
r tak e t his opportunity to inform our
ft-i ends through the Messenger our
whereabouts. \ Ve l eft Oakland, Cal.,
some time ago, coming to Portland.
We wer e met at train by Bro. Hen-
ri:ks, pastor of our church, who kindly
assisted us in securing te.mporary quar-
ters. Of course we felt at home right
away. \Ve have been engaged, to-
gether with Bro. Blackman, in tent
meetings at Fremont Stationsince com-
ing here. Several people were saved
and some sanctified. A Sunday school
has been organized and Bro. Blackman
will take charge in addition to his work
at Sellwood. '\Ve are open to calls at
any place where we can preach
and help on the cause of God. W1th
vi ctory in ,Tesus. we are shouting on our
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EDITORIAL
PACIFIC BIBLE COLLEGE.
OPENING.
On Monday, Sept. 13, at 9:30 a. m.
an informal meeting filling the chapel
was held, at which Dean Danner pre-
sided, in which an hour was spent in
prayer and thanksgiving, and therest
of the day was given to registering,
matriculating, regulating in reference
to rooms, studies, books, etc.
At 7:30 a great public meeting was
held, at which time the chapel, recep:-
tion-room, hall and adjoining rooms
were packed by profe8sors, students
and friends. Dr. Bresee, the Presi-
dent, presided. After singing and
prayer, the President made a few
introductory remarks in referen<'e to
the Bible College, the necessity of
such a school, its scope and work, and
introduced the new Dean, Rev. W. W.
Danner, who dPlivered the address of
the evening. He spoke of the influ-
ence upon teachers and students of
such a meeting as this, of the freedom
and spirit and tone which it gave to
all connected with the and then
proceeded to discuss the aim, methods
and spirit of &uch education as we
&eek. .He spoke of the over-exaltation
of physical development in college life .
until it had a leading place, and its
ideals were pugilistic. He spoke of
the intellectual . work being made to
precede the necessity of righteous-
ness', and how that the most important
part of all training-that a man be
good and true and righteous alto-
gether, so that he might stands the
Nazarene Messenger
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straiir of temptation in all depart-
ments of life-: was almost if not alto-
gether ignored, and leaders in college
life were thus turned out athletes, and
men with rriore or less intellectual
culture" and strengt'h, with no pilot to
guide them in the w'ay. His address
was strong and . made a deep impres-
sion. - Afterwards the following
[September 16, 1909
beento and that tt would still be
his church home. He is much beloved.
by the many people who have come to
know him, who hope for his return
again. He bears with him the love,
benedictions and prayers of a multi-
tude of loving hearts.
teachers were introduced, who spoke STAND BY YOUR GUNS.
l::rief and happy words of greeting: Of recent years many leaders in the
Hon. W. Burt Clark, Dr. E. F. Walker, churches have published volumes as-
Rev. R. Pierce, . Miss Cora Snyder, sailing doctrines which are fundamen-
Mr.s. Graen, Mr.s. H. Scheide- tal to the spirituality, growth, and pros-
man and F. C. Epperson. Mrs. Lily perity of the church. They claim they
Bothwell, one of the excellent teach- are correcting well-established beliefs
ers in the past who has been so very by giving us a more reasonable and
sick, was introduced and received sounder philosophy, theology and ter-
.,hearty greeting, as was also Mr. An- minology. Their that Scrip-
drew Adams who has helped students ture has been falsely interpreted, be-
much to pursue their work. Mrs. M. cause of limited intellectuality, lack of
Hallowell, who has been such an scientific acumen; the dominance of
unfailing friend of the School from . . imagination over reason; and emotions
its beginning, was introduced and which mislead judgment leads them to
brought .words which aroused the , cast away from them as unreasonable
hearts of all. Mrs. J. H. Ely, the the doctrines, teachings and testimonies
Superintendent of the Home, was that are distinctively Christian. They
called for and introduced with such magnify the crude statementEI of igno-
manifest pleasure to the students and rant people, and claim that they repre-
friends as showed the hold she has on sent the reality of experience. 'They
the hearts of all. Mrs. A. F. McRey- claim the prerogative of determining
nolds, who has charge of the Spanish what is real and what is imaginative.
department of the College, was intro- They make their own non-consciousness
duced, who spoktl of that important the standard by which the testimonies
part of the work and brought forward of others are tested, and their philoso-
of the teachers who were able to be phy of experience is made to stand for
present Bros. W. C. Brand, Mr. Warn, the reality of experience itself. They
S. D. Athans, and Miss. L. McKee, are bold to contradict the clearest con-
who were also introduced. sciousness of witnesses as competent as
Words of special appreciation were they are to determine their own states
spoken in reference to Bro. Epperson, of consciousness. They reason away or
who has given so much time and capa- contradict plain Scripture satements.
ble service in helping to bring things Th 1 th' d 1 1
exp am no mg, an on y eave
to pass. The new students present to doubt those who have not experience
were presented and the meeting to confirm them.
adjc:mrned amid great joy and enthu-
siam, with the ben'ediction by Bro. Blind sophistry, sarcasm,
Brand. ' tion arid a daring, dashing dogmatic as-
"'"'"'
REV. W. S. DORWIN.
...
Rev. V-/. S. Dorwin left Los Angeles
for Cedar Falls; Iowa, ' on Monday
last. Bro. and Sister Dorwin united
with the First Church about four years
ago. .He had long been a minister in
the Methodist Church in Iowa, and a
preacher of full salvation, so coming
to this Coast he soon found ''his
folks.'' wife ascended to glory
nearly two years ago, but God has
given him grace to go on in holy tri-
umph. On last Sabbath afternoon,
asked to speak, he referred to his
going away, his unit.ing here with
his wife, and the home it had
sault on spiritual realities, is hardly to
be called sound reasoning, true phil-
osophy. Sound reasoning is always
clear reasoning, but no argument ,:can
destroy the facts of true spirituality.
The trouble with these W:riters seems
to be, they base their thinking upon
their own states of consciousness, and
deny all they have . not experienced
themselves. They ar.e especially op-
posed to what they call "emotionnl-
ism. '' President Eliot, who recently
outlined a natural religion for the
world, to which all might subscribe, is
especially opposed to emotion. They ig-
nore the historical value of these doc-
trines and experiences which have mod-
geptembe:r 1909]
and changed .the most learned re-
Jjgious systems, and with their
pirituality deny those truths which
created larger spiritual conscious-
ness in others.
Their intellectual peers, if not super-
iors, hn ve had enlightenments,
exaltations, and sublime emotions,
which changed their thought, character,
and life for the better, yet they are
pleased to call such ''deluded.'' They
claim nn advanced theology. Now ad-
vanced theology should mean a clearer
statemcn t of the truth witJ_tout e?Cclud-
ing any truth already in our possession.
When these writers include more in
definitions than what we now pos-
and when they lead us to greater
. , .
spiritual heights, we will become their
followers. We are not seeking a chance
to give away what we already possess,
nor mental bewilderment; but more of
truth, life and God. G. W. W.
.J/1 .J/1 .J/1
THE MATURING OF LOVE.
The reign of love in the heart and
life-whether human or divine-will
under its own law mahifest itself and
work under different phases, if it is per-
mitted to go on unhindered. From the
simple emotional it will go on with time
and develop the more practical aspectS
of its. nature. While the glow of its
presence will always burn, its possessor
will cease more and more to c!Eipend
upon its "feeling"' and find' the assur-
ance of its presence in its ''doing.''
More and more will he delight in turn-
ing away from being the subject of its
blessing to make it become the power
to bless some one else. It will find its
issue in. thoughtfulness for others-not
only in thought but in act; self-denial
and sacrifice for the blessing of those
in need will be its delight. It will learn
to find the. good traits in even the
worst, and hide (not .. condone) their
faults, and so love will become not only
the ''most wonderful thing in the
world,'' but will become the most prac-
tical thing in the world. Oh, love will
become mellower, sweeter, richer and
more satisfying in the good that it does
than it ever found in the emotions it
felt in its earliest stages. It may not
jump and shout and bubble over as at
the beginning, but it will be enlarging
its bank account in heaven, and gath-
ering . j ewels for . its eternal crown of
rejoicing._ Love is God's death-blow to
.the power of Satan, sin and self.
T.Jovc only can the conquest win,
The' strength Of sin subdue.
. .. R. P.
Notes an4
Dr. P. F. Bresee will preach next
Sabbath at First Church at 11 a. m.,
and Dr. E. F. Walker at 7: 39. Cor.
Sixth and Wall Sts., Los Angeles.
Rev. E. F. Walker is now settled at
544 Wall street, near the First Church,
where he can he seen on church matters.
Holiness camps from all quarters re-
port blessed meetings, with hundreds of
souls saved and sanctified.
Three tents are now in operation on
the Southern California District--Ver-
non, Garvanza and Pomona. This is
the way to reach the masses.
Bro . . W. A. Millar has resigned from
the pastorate at Whittier , Cal., owing
to ill health. He hopes to engage in
some outdoor work with a view to
restoration.
Sister McReynolds reports victory
and good attendance at the Spanish
Mission, Los Angeles. They have re-
recently had a baptismal font inl\talled
in the mission.
The Kentucky and Tennessee District
Assembly has just been held at Louis-
. ville, Ky., under the presidency of Gen-
eral Superintendent Ellyson. A very
gracious season was had.
Rev. W. VI'. Danner and family are
now settled near the College on 28th
street. We are glad to welcome them
to Los Angeles. They worshipped at
the First Church on Sabbath last.
Plans are being laid for the erection
of a new church for the Nazarenes at
Highway, Ky. Bro. J. A. Willingham
has charae of the '4rk, and Evangelist
John Roberts and yife have just closed
a blessed revival with them.
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"Rescue Work in the Great Citie8 of
the East .. " All are invited. Bring
lunch and hot coffee will be provided.
All mail, petsonal and relating to the
churches, for Rev. J. W. Goodwin, Dis-
trict Superintendent of Southern Cali-
fornia, ahould be addressed to him at
7::10 Pedro street, as the office is
always in touch with him and
will be forwarded to him at once.
Dr. and Mrs. Bresee leave next
Monday morning via the Salt Lake
route for the east. They will attend
the District Assemblies at Denver
Sept. 23-26, and Chicago Central Dis-
trict. Asst-mbly Sept: 30 to Oct. 3, and
the meeting of the General
ary Board at Chicago Oct. 5-7.
.. .. ..
CHRIST OR I.
There comes a time in the life of a
Christian wlien he deliberately chooses
between the crucifixion of self and the
nailing aga1n of Christ to the cross.
Such a choice is not possible to one who
does not know Jesus hS a Savior, be-
cause only to one who has been made
alive, who has come into a personal
knowledge of Christ, can the revelatic:m
of the selfish self be made.
Truly, it begins, unconsciously, when
to escape its effect we turn our back
npon sin and cry for pardon, but later
there comes to us a supreme moment
when consciously we must make the
choice between Christ and .self. That
moment marks the epoch in the . soul
when, yielding all in perfect submis-
sion, it becomes sanctified wholly-re-
ceives Christ within-or, in the
ness of a selfish heart, crucifies Christ
afresh . and goes out to wander around
in the desert of a formal, lifeless pro-
fession.
"Leave all and follow me'.' must
mean more than many of us
have been willing to believe. "The
world crucified unto me, and I mito .the
Bro. and Sister Davis with their gos- \vorld" is a state of grace not only pos-
d
sible, but short of which there is no
pel wagon have once more arrive at likeness to the Master.
Los Angeles, after a journey through Christ died that I might live, and
eastern Oregon and Idaho preaching Christ lives that I may taste of His cru-
the . gospel. They had charge of the
tent' service at Vernon on Monday night cifixion. In this the awful responsibil-
. ..
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.. ity presents itself, that I , having becom.e
last, with much blessing to the peop e. the . beneficiary of His death, must ac-
, Evangelist W. C. Wilson writes
Stone Fort, Ill. : ''The Eldorado camp
,vas a wonderful meeting; two hundred
and fifty professions; a gracious tide
of salvation. Unto Jesus be all the
glory. Miss Crow and myself in-
vited back another year. Good mterest
here; expect n great time."
The last great ali-day of the tent feast
at Vernon-corner 45th. street and Cen-
tral avenue-will be held next Thurs-
day, when Rev. Lucy P . . Knott ::wm
preach in the afternoon, and at mght
Bro. Pierce will give his lecture on
cept for myself the unselfish
ship, or I myself -become an actual par-
t.icipant . with those who, rejecting,
nailed Him to the tree.
It is Christ or .I .
Oh, my heart cries out in full surren-
der, ''Let me die! Let me Let .nie
say with Paul, 'It is no longer I that
live, but Christ liveth in mP. ' " . .
Epochally the choice -is made the
death, the crucifixion, 1s for all time.
Experimentally it is progressive-hour-
ly, momentarily choosing, dying, living_. _
''I clic daily'' that I may not know:
again the life of "self, is eternal
death.-'-Selected.
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Los Angeles and Vicinity
AT THE TABERNACLE
Sabbath morning, a large and appre-
ciative : audience assembled at First
Rev. W. W. Danner led in the
opening prayer . . Dr. E. F. Walker
preached again from the text, John
1:29, ' dwelling particularly on the
sufferings of our Lord. 'While He en-
dured great physical pain, yet back of
this and beyond all human or angelic
conception, Jesus the God man endured
such mental agony and anguish of
spirit that crushed out his life. The
sermon produced a deep impression
upon the congregation. At the clos<>
the Lord's Supper was administered,
in which a large number of our people
participated.
In the afternoon Dr. Walker gave a
very helpful, encouraging talk and then
called on our Bro. Dorwin, who in all
probability was spending his last Sah-
i>ath." with us, as he is to r eturn to the
home of his daughter in Iowa this week.
Though parting here; we shall meet
over yonder. There wele many pre-
cious -testimonies given which were
clear and positive along the line of a
second and definite work of grace
wrought in each individual and re-
ceived by faith in the cleansing plood
of the Son of God.
In the evening Dr. Walker preached,
using again the text, John 1 :29. He
spoke of the testimony of John to
J esus, calling the attention of the peo-
ple to Him as the Messiah. This was
a favorite expression with John and
frequently used by him. The word
Lamb signifies, liftle one, tender and
endearing, the beloved of the Father.
As the Son of God, he is his beloved
child. The Lamb of God has relation
to the Divinity of the Son. In Him is
found the eternal nature of God. He
is called the Lamb. of God because He
is provided by the Father. It is not a
human provision but was planned and
arranged by the God of all grace. Sal-
vation in its entirety has been provided
for us. The guilt, power and dominion
of sin is to be taken away. The nature
engendered from Adam's transgres-
sion is to be r emoved-in its _place is to
be the nature of the Son of God. All
men are born in sin, are actually in a
state of sin. The. r emedy for its r e-
moval is round in the Lamb of God.
"He taketh away the sin of the world."
_There is something we must do. To
receive the benefits of His atoning grace
we must look . unto Him. Behold the
Lamb of God. The dying Israelites,
bitten by the fiery serpents, were com-
manded to look. Looking is the act of
faith, and all mim everywhere are com-
manded to look and live. Each ar e to
a ct for themselves. Salvation is an in-
dividual matter. Bro. Walker was
greatly helped by the Spirit and
preached with unctv.ous power. There
was one seeker at the altar.
The following were r eceived into
Nazarene Messenger
church fellowship: G. W. Dawson,and
Mrs. G. W. Dawson, 1121 Santee
Mrs. Grace Bates and Miss Wilna Vas-
co, Bible College; Miss Ruth Johnson,
and Arthur Johnson, 1380 E. 17th
street; Andrew Bonita, Fullerton, Cal.;
Claude M. Rice, 5059 S. Boyleston ave-
nue, city. J .. P. C.
JJ JJ ;,1
VERNON .TE.l'IIT MEETING.
God . has graciously blessed these
meetings ever since they opened on
September 2. Large audiences have
been present an(l a deep interest mani-
f ested by the community in them. Bro.
Pierce is assisted by Bro. C. A. McCann,
and Dr. Bresee, Revs. C. A. LaFontaine,
.J. W. Goodwin; Thos. Fluck, and a
number of the college students have
been present on various evenings to
preach the gospel and push the battle.
A number have been to the altar as
seekers of pardon, sanctification, or to
be reclaimed, and the saints have r e-
joiced exceedingly. On next Thursday
the last all-day meeting will be held at
which time Rev. Lucy P. Knott .will
preach in the afternoon, an"d at night
Bro. Pierce will give his lecture on
" Rescue Work in the Great Cities of
the Eftst. ''
JJ . JJ JJ
SOUTHERN CA.LIFORNIA DISTRICT.
It was my privilege to spend a few
days with our church at Long Beach
1
which I found in good spiritual condi-
tion notwithstanding the trials of being
without a shepherd to lead them on.
Sunday was indeed a very precious day
and there were. eight seekers at the
altar during the services. Bro. Figg, a
young man of growing usefulness, was
with me in this meeting much to the
delight of the people. Long Beach, I
believe, has a good future and this
noble band of women will be
fully rewarded for fteir loyalty to the
cause of holiness.
I fully expected to commence a tent
meeting at. Garvimza Tuesday, Septem-
ber 1, but on account of the washout
on the Santa Fe the t ent did not arrive
in time. However, we opened fire there
Friday night. Sister Lulu B. Rogers
and Sister Wilson have been secured as
workers in this . meeting . . all the .
saints . pray much for this meeting
which bids fair to be a successful cam-
paign. The tent is situated on
street between Milwaukee and Toledo
streets. Take Gar.vanza car, New York
street.
We now have three tent meetings un-
der full head of steam, and all are push-
ing the battle redhot for- full salvation.
Bro. Fred St. Clair is with the tent
in Pomona in a second campaign there.
And the meetings are well attended ..
Bro. Pier ce has a good under
way in connection with his church at
Vernon, associated with Bro. McCann,
and using his tent: It was my privilege
to be with them . Thursday night, and
(September: 16.
the meetings are doing much to remove
the prejudice against our work in
field. The spirit .of real victory seems'
to fill this meeting and there were sev.
eral at the nltar:
I arrived in Bakersfield Saturday
night, and found Bro. Williams at the
depot to give me a hearty welcome.
Although it was late, and being out
nearly every night at some meeting, I
was somewhat worn, yet with a little
'r est and sleep, Sunday morning fonnd
me in old-time strength and vigor.
.T. W. Goodwin, Dist. Supt .
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BEACH. CAL.
Our meetings wi: h Bro. Goodwin
with us were surely good times-a feast
to our Sl?uls. Sunday was a real halle-
lujah time-Bro. Goodwin in the morn.
ing and in the afternoon the Lord's,
supper....:...which time was especially
sweet and precious, and then such a
stirring sermon by Bro. Figg in the
evening. Bro. Goodwin showed he
could listen as well &s preach and
showed hearty appreciation of this
young man, who is out and out for God
v:ith all there is. in him. Several were
at the altar during the day, and we
trust lasting good has been done for
our God during the meetings. It was
a great help to have Bro. and Sister
Whipple of Upland with us; we were
also glad to see Sister Ames and the
children in the congregation two or
three times. ' The Lord bless and keep
all who go away. Sunday, the 12th,
Bro. Figg came again to supply. In the
morning he preaehed on the call to the
foreign missionary work until we surely
all wanted to go or send some one ..
Many r (lsponded to different altar calls
and in the evening when he preaehed
on. "True IIoliness " one young sister
was reclaimed. We trust this young
brother will be used mightily of the
Lord in this country before the Lord
calls him to go to China, where he is
longing to go now. Pray for Long
Bea ch and that holiness may sweep 'on.
... .. JJ
PASADENA. CAL.
E. Todd.
Services here on Sunday; September
5, were as usual. Although we have
been without a regular pastor since
,June, _yet the Lord has supplied us reg-
ularly with a feast; Bro. F luck occu-
pied the pulpit last Sabbath day, to the
blessing of the saints.
The Youn g People's meeting was led
hy 1\tlrs. H. l\1. Kirk. The tho\lght
of the evening was, " Walking in the
r evealed light of God. " Verses from
the 119th Psalm were studied, viz, 11,
18, 97, 105, 130. The Lord was present
and gave great freedom _and liberty.
The text for the evening preaching
service was 2 Peter 1 :4.. At open-
ing of the service every one was given
a chance to testify, and these t esti-
September 16, 19091
monies together with the sermon,
formed a service where God was glo-
rifi ed and the souls of those present
were built up in this hol:v ca11se.
Edna Murray.
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POMONA TENT.
Fight is on-real, sure enough- in
Pomona. Victory is coming. Glory!
Have had some blessed services, and
Sunday was a great day, all day . . P as-
tor Stone and Rev. Bro .. Warren are
working like beavers to get the church
finished. It will be a valuable prop-
erty when they get through. It is
chur rh a nd p a r sonage combined. "Keep
your eye on Pomona." " Watrh us
grow.'' . Amen ! I will be . h er e indefi-
nitely, or until victory comes.
St. Clair.
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COMPTON AVE. CHURCH.
Sabbath ni oming our pastor
preached from the text, "Keep thy-
self," the following Scripture texts
bearing out her message: 1 Tim. 5:22,
thyself pure;" Jas. 1:27, "To
keep himself unspotted from the
world;" 1 John 5: 2t, "Little children,
kPep yourselves fri.Jm idols;" Jude 2L,
"Keep your.sel ves in the love of God. ''
The important truth set forth was
that after God thoroughly cleansed us
He put out these danger signals and
then laid the over on us
to heed them. The message was
bleqsed to our hearts, and a deep cry
went up from our souls to God that
He would. help us individually and as
a church to .. keep ourselves unspotted
from the along every line.
The evening service was given over
to our blessed bi-monthly Love-feast,
and after the young people's Quartet
of ''Our Business for the King,"
all har1 a chance to tell of what God
had done for them. One soul POUJ!ht
antf t estified to sanctification. and the
sister co.nverted in the evening was
made hungry throuo;h little Proctor
Richmond's home-going. c. D. COLE.
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We report a good .day at Grand Ave.
Church. The saint s broug ht the holy
fire so richly mavifes ted a t the Dis-
trict Campnieetin){ t hat there was a
victory for our Lord.
Bro. preached at 11 a.m.
Text, John 1:27. Bro. Brown led the
6:'45 meeting. His messacie was full
of life and power in the Holy Ghol'lt,
and the leaped and God
at a lively pace. Brllther Conaway
Preached at 7:45 on the S.1wer
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This will. give you a n opportunit y to
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When they were all of one accord in .
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At the home of the bride, in Whittier '
September Tuesday evening at
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of Deet 's Pacific College, arid Miss Alice
Henderson were united in marriage by
the writer. A number of friends had
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Our Young People
. TBE .. PONY
''1 do not want 'to go to bed-
I want to play some more!"
That's what . OUr little Bob_by .said,
And . sulked .behind the door.
We had a dreadful time, of course;
you never t:l,'ied
To hold a nighty up, and force
A naughty boy inside.
. may have heard' by .. and 'which,
if repeated, wol}ld seem: a thousand
times worse .. they are_. Blot out
of melllory, as as possible, all the.
disagreeable of life ; they
will come, but they will .grow larger
when you remember them, and the con-
stant of the of meanness,
or, worse still, malice, . will only tend
to make you more familiar with them.
Obliterate everything disagreeable
from yesterday ; start out with a clean
sheet for today, and write .upon it, for
sweet tnemory 's sake,' .only those things
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Bnt father came, and quick as wink
Caught Bobby by the go\vn.
"Get .up," he ducked, "get up! I think
I '11 take a v e to town. "
You would have laughed to see them go.
'rhey pranced around the chairs,
And in a mint1te more or so
Were scampering up the stairs.
Then back eame father looking 'vise.
" I th " 1 . d ra er guess, 1e sa1 ,
"Our pony did not realize .
That he was pt1t to bed.''
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LITTLE HARDER.,
'rhose of us who are inclined to gh;e
up in discouragement 'Vh(ln things go
wrong. might learn a helpful lesson
frnm a young woman who had left
homr h( .. canse her father 'vas a drunl{-
. arcl. When she becan1e a Chrirstian,
however. she announced her int(lntion
of returning and rloing what she ('ould
to reclaim hin1 . .
"But 'vhat 'viii yon do when he finds
fault 'vith a 1l yonr efforts to please
him?'' someone asked hrr.
"Try a little hArder." she answPred.
ldth a soft light in her
"Yes. hnt- when he is unreasonable
and unkind you will be ten1pted to lose
your temper, and him angrily.
'Yhat "rill you do then 1 ''
"Pray a little harder." r.ame the
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could. you -do but leave him again?"
"TJove hirri a little hard(lr." said the
young Christian steadily.
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very happy, than faded fto,vers
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THE HKART
''I say, John, . is your razor shal.p?''
"\\Tell, it was a while ago."
"Nay, nay, the Master has_ little
for good old 'has beens. ' Has it . a
sweet, keen edge . now 1 Be vet;y
ful with that rough elge, .that 'hard
holiness' razot:, John. It pulls badly,
doesn't do nice, clean work. 'Ritb' it on
the love strop. God loves you. with all
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enough to make and keep you cl ean.
He hates the disease of sin in. you, more
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"I say. John, is your. razor well tem:
pered? If it is too soft you cannot keep
a fine edge, it will turn at every cross,
at ever y difficulty. It will be. too soft
to suffer. too soft to witness.
''If it is too hard it will break and
fly. You will fail for want of patience,
half-way up the hill to victory. .
''It is t he fire which can produce the
pure steel and give it just the right
temper. It is a delicate process, but
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BEA.UTY OF HOLINESS.
\YOrd of God not only speaks of
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v of holiness. We hear of an
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l the beauty of holiness" and
-n their harps and God sent
..:tory. In three places in the
Psalms we are exhorted to
p tl1e Lord in the beauty of
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are said in the epistle to the
.Js to have our "fruit unto holi-
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r, bnt also the beauty of holiness.
Jd might have arranged it in nature
;o that fruit trees-" should have no
beauty, but he gives us the blossoms of
beauty and fragrance and the fruit also.
Holiness is like some kinds of trees that
have .both .frnit and blossoms at t he
same time. Holiness is not only a
necessity, but it is also beautifuL
There is no other quality or condition
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described in the word of God as pos-
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the hcauty of faith or love, but of holi-
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the Christian life and character, with
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the intellect, - the- aesthetic faculty or
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Holiness is. the combination of all
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rarest flowers. Here we have the frag-
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perfume of hu:filility, the lustre of faith,
the aroma of benevolence, the refresh-
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patience. These all unite in one cluster
of beauty which is a joy forevermore
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Lord, forever." Nothing can be _more
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r Pentecostal Songs of the -Nazarene,
( BY I. G. MARTIN.
156 Songs, also select Psalms and Readings. A larg-e number of
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book right up in your church meetings. I would especially call attention to,
No. 10, Brother Martin's 'Glory Song,' also No. 116, 'It's Real,' and No.
120, ' The Year of Jubilee ' This is the song the New England girls sung at
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