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. _ . - " or o o . e w o neg ec s u: 1- It I)'la es of public men. I hate it for
one of : his letters, Almost ev?r;v- gently daily study of and meditation its ruthless trampling of the solemn -
ntght there has been .a .shaktng. - th w d f G d 11 - .. 1. t ' . . .
th 1 d I h , m e or o o , w1 soon neg ec compacts of stMe constitutions. I
al!lonlgt e tpeopte atnl"b- t Tsheen secret prayer; while he who feeds hate it for .the load it straps to labor's. -
near y wen y se a 1 er y. en "t n b . 1 t
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u ye. n one[ ea - will cultivate,' and perfect "I hate-it for the human wrecks it __
I the sp!ri.t of ' . has 4_a_!lsed. I hate it for the alms-
. God." ._ _ _ Agam,. th1s . spirit - yviii -housesJt peoples; for the prisons. it
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'thmy odr ' af IS w a. wt? wan f. Lazy, slow faith quenches prayer. . countless graves in potfers' fields . . I
n ese ays o . orgamza 1on, o p t b f - 11 d b t h h f h - 1
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P Jel t" _Ivlersi e_ h'. sou -savtmgtahn wo.rk, else it will soon grow sickly and blight; 'for its I
ecc es1as 1ca mac mery, oge er d e -- . h
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a "th. IGngds;, e we wadn _ wres ehrs pride, over--sensitiveness that -destroyed: I hate it for the. hearts it
w1 o -men an women w O.
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eep no s1 ence an gtve 1m no. h "t bl "t "t" d th " -
t t"II H tabl" h d t"Il H k c arl a e spin ' crl lCism an e I hate It for the grief it causes
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the e like, will surely quench the spirit of womanhood-the tears the
erusa em a praise 1n e ear . . . ' .
. Some weeks ago . I went to- a corps prayer. . deferred, the strangled as.p1ra- -
for the Sunday mo:rning meeting, just Jesus says, "Men . ought alway w Its of want ang care.
the one meeting. Not many people. pray and not faint," while Paul says, . l .hate. It for _c.r_:uel_ty
knew I was .. coming, .. No special . ''Pray . without ceasing.,- M'ajor S. to the mfir-?I .and, the help- .
L. Brengle. .. . . I f th h d t th
preparation:.was snow was on .II . .II ess;. or e a
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the.ground, and less than one hun- of 1ts monstrous
dred pe.ople . were . present. But a GOV. HANLY ON THE SALQON; blame!ess httle ones:
wrestler with God was there and oh The following rin,ging words are I hate It as VIrtu: VICe, as
how - he prayed! My .from the Indiana Governor;s recent: truth as righteouliiless
within me yet as I think of it. He. speech before the Republica11 State . sm, and JUstrce hates wrong-, -as
pleaded with God, he poured out his Convention. With_such Qpen condem- . as
heart'before"Him . . in his manner a11d nation of the saloon as this in such :: _
was wonprously quarters we may .we.II -"De ... I sometimes seem e,l!d of . . -
:.with but it was that sweetfamil- world do surely move."-ED. ... . =-- - .. unholy. t.he tl,1e
iarity. that from utter self- The Governor squarely for time ":hen.Jf It do.es not __
abasement and. de-epest and county local option and for to It shall find ,no safe
which enables its posse13sor to come ,. _nance .ofthepresenttemperancelaws. Old s s.tam-:- ..
with faith right face to face ''Personally I have seen. sQ of . _less stars. -The Kentucky Patr-zot.
with God and .. ask great things .:of the traffic iri the last four 'years, so .11 .11 ;,.
Him; because asking only for His much of its economic waste, so much Mottos and. Holiness Books _ can be
. honor and the glory of His son. That of its physical so much of its had at the Publishing House. -
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THE WORK OF GOD lN OUR WORK. the . sinner is" a work iii the highest a church home 'worth.: $10;ooo- : for -
The Homiletic Review gives: three-- sEfuse :. artistic, -a_'Qo._ut half price a _ beautiful part of
_short sermons from what it calls __ And the Artist . who exe<:utes it is the cTty aric:l among a:class--orl>eqple
P_ reacher-Sta_tesinen, .v. iz. , President Lord; as Paul calls ArtJst .. we hope to . . - . _
.., and Architect of the C1ty which hath . _ - h
-Theodore Roosevelt, LL. D., William foundations. ,The fact _ that the Lord - ,Bro. began _a Wit us
__ J:en,:n.ings Bryan and Prof. Abraham is pleased to use fristrumenydor some ay 12, at . our - new h:ome, Chestnut
Kuyper, b., ex-premier of -parts of the work d,oes fiot-impa:r::t.to street,- between-23d-and-24th. -
- Holland. --We -,J-. -Dr-J-AMES.-
-would be glad to see what this latter to; accomplish. an:ythmg_ of_themselves .,c , .,c .,..
. - - without the Artist. He Is the on-ly
.. emment.scholar and says: Worker. MALDEN, .MASS .
--God- is- pleased_to_ use_ma:n_:as_an "God 1s on our -side!" - At o:ur-J
c..=instiument, of his A-J - annual business meeting our financial
- own ability and responsibility to _jncJ- : showed total receipts of nearly
. him to .A cav.alryman on the $ 00 h 1 fif th $300
battlefield is fullyaware'li ow much he PHILADELPHIA, PA: - S;O m t -e ast -teen inon - s,
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f h' of which was raised in the:Sunday-
depends upon t e goo serv1ces-o IS God has been -wonderfully helping
horse, and also that the animal cannot . School. The Lord has alsoolessed us
run unless God enabled it. Being a us and ble!)sing us in the EmmanueJ with an oincrease in nur:nbers. About
godly man, he prays before mounting - Church of We have had ' $2,000. has. been removed from our
that the Lord will enable his horse to much_ opposition from the churches indebtednes_s. Our Chui"ch Board of
bring him victory; but a.fter he is and neighbors, but our God is with us fourteen members is a very strong
mounted, with spur and knee, rein to deli' ver. Praise His dear name!
d c he s s 11 h"s t ngth to one. We look fo_r _ a __ v_ear of unprece-
an voi e, u e a I s re -. was a wonderful day -in . ,_
. make the horse do what it should do. dented yictory! Give God the glory!
. : And the same is true of sanciification. the holiness service in the afternoon; _ . L. D. PEAVE_Y. _ ..
the breath of five canie.forward for ' prayer, :.andin . :ii'"'Jc .- "" .
SALEM, MASS.
througl). the garden of . the soul not a . 'the evening ' eleven came; and all but
leaf can stir. T.he Lord alone per- three prayed through. Some who. got
forms the work froin the beginning "God is olir refuge and strength!''
to the end. But He performs it partly reClaimed or saved in the afternoon Fire' fell yesterday' in the early prayer:-
. by the aid of means; and the instru- were sanctified in the evening. There meeting, and continued to burn all
ment chosen is -often . man himself, was a shout in thecamp. :Two united day. Four united with ' the church,
who co-operates with God . . And to with the church, with some more to
- 1 h s orie whole _ famiiy. One was at the
this human mstrumenta Ity t e cr1p- . follow, _who are waiting for their let-
t refers When ln connect1"on w1"th altar for prayers. We expect four.
ure ters, and some who have beeri saved
sanctification, it admonishes us to more to. unite next Sunday, and six
good works: As in nature God gives but are not quit'e sure whether to go others are thinking seriously of leav-
the seed and the forces in the soil, with the Holi.ness band . . They say, ing their church relations and
and rain and sunshine to mature the " It ineans so much,'' and so it does;
uniting with the holiness people .. The
fruit of the earth, while at the same we mustgo all the way or we cannot
t o A H th f t f t . next four uniting will make the num
e uses e armer o per ec go at _all. Personally we are saying,
_His work, so it is also in sanctification. her twelve who have come to us since
----aod-causes-itto: .... '' ray... December 1907; Jesus says, ''I-;l!t'
He employs the human instrument to for us. . W. .. E. MILLER, Pastor, be lifted up, will draw , all men unto
co-operate . with Him, as the saw .- -" _,. me., Bless God, we intend to
works together with him that handles LOUISVILLE, KY.
it. However this should not be under- denounce sin in the strongest terms
stood as though God had made Himself God put it into the hearts of a few possible. The command is, "Lift up
absolutely dependent upon the human of His people, a few months ago, to thy voice like a;. trumpet!" We have
instrument. This is impossible; by lay the foundation for a Church of had folks get up and leave the hall in
nature man can indeed marsanctifica- the Nazarene in Louisvilie. On the a rage, but they were back the nexf
tion, but never further it. By nature first day of September we opened a
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"t u meeting to get blessedly saved.
e ates an opposes_) . .. J.T..._oreover, Nazarene . miss.ion, the blessings of
he is absolutely unable to prod_ilce . Praise God for victory!
from his own corrupt nature anything God upon. it f.rom the begin- .. . ALEX. J. McNEIL.
- for holiness: - Hi1>"insti'u- ning. _The 17th- day- of- November, .--- .--.--
mental co-.operation should therefore Rev. H. Agnew organized us into BOISE, IDAHO. .
not be abused either by ascribing to -a Pent-ecostal .Church of the _ . The Lord is blessing us a.nd the -
power for good or to with twenty members, and Rev. C. of holiness is moving along.
the work of God. - . . G d h
He that implants the holy disposi, _A, Bromley as .. our pastor._ o .. . as slowly, _ but surely, here. There- was
tion is the Lord. The combined exer- never let us want for anythmg. one conversion at the prayer:. meeting;
tii;>ns of- all - these instr,uments could There has been but one Sunday_ since a man that had : not been inside a
not one feature of the we opened that we haven't had f ;rom church for thirty-two years :until two
holy mmd,., :apy more than all the one to twelve at the altar seeking. weeks ago. We have traded our old- -
carpenter's tools together could _ . . . .
draw the molding of one Pllrnel. The .Y'f e have had a total of 220 at the church property for a new site in the
artist paints upon tl)e cat,lvas ; but We now have eighty members. west part of the whe,re there is
with all thei:r; exertions his. palette, We had the pleasurt of having Dr. -- no church .and lots of people,.; and we
and pamt box could never d_raw 19th' and , expect to open fire there Fr_iday night, :
a figure. The sculptor 20th o'f last It was a feast to May 22 with Rev." Guy as
the Image; . but of themselves his -
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hisle- mallet and stool cannof detach our sou s, an some soug tan oun evangelist aJ}d leader. . So i we. WI
chipfrom the rough marble. the Lord:- ... . . _ open .. our new field with a ten-day
To engrave .thefeatures of holiness: in On Monday, the 20th, gave us tent meeting and_ close up the Assem-:
May 2.1. -
bly yeal" at the: same .time .. In niany every oneof his appointments . . We characters have-prOfessed conversion
_of __ . exl?ec t to fro!_ll th_e . _y at._.e __ n.9.L .
tory . . We expect to omla a new Pentecostal Church of the accustomed to. spiritual salvation
church this summer. Pray for us. of Syracuse, New York. meetings, but are intelligent and ener-,
God bless .all. the' . Naza- .31 .31 .31 getic along other . pursuits..in
relies. CLYDE T. DILLEY. LAS VEGAS, NEV. We are expecting Bro . .. W. C. Wil_.
.-. .II .- -Our run of 334 miles to this desert . son i,n today to give a lift.
. _OREGON:- _ -cit:Y- was- made-6*8-e-tl-y- &n-Sehe.dtlle- . C. EDWARDS . .
We are still on the upward time. We were met at the depot by .31 olll .31 - .
Threesouls prayed through last Sun- the principal of the schools, Mrs: E'. SAN JOSE, .. CAL.
day and others are under conviction. H. Palmer, . who was the 'leading The Pentecostal Church of the Naz-
Last week we were:withthe Holiness spirit in arranging for tnis meeting. .arJme is moving on in more ways thari .
people of McMmv1lte, ana at the close 'After. a two..:blocks' walk we werr in one, as we have changed our location
of a good meeting in the home of our commodious rooms, are J.!L..irom to a church building,
nrod ind-Sis.ter--Houser one man was. the same building as the hall;-where-:-:kt1dWn as,_the Cumberland .Presby-
sanctifiell. We found a grand, loyal God is mightily working i-n harmony terian Church, South Third street, and
band of people here who-are pushing with ' His promise. Never were we . . S.lmday was a most -blessed day.
holiness. . .---.. recei-ved -people- . :Some new faces were present and the
" Yesterday we returned from Salem, this flock without a shepherd-or testimonies were given in. the Spirit,
whee we held a meeting on Thursday looked after more carefully. . The ; and we feel confident the Lord has
evening iilthe home of Bro. and Sis- . conditions are very sad indeed that great things for ahead. Rev.
ter Kyle, members of our church here imide it necessary for a fe.\>i hana-: -:- Henry preached in tne-:-
in Portland, and after a good meeting_ picked souls td"reut a hall, that they evening, with much help of the Lord,
... we . received 'four go'od people into might have' some soul':.food-bya ,clean and we all feel encouraged to p'ress
membership -qntil such a time as the ministry. of the leading busi- oh in the fight against and wick-
Lord shall open up and lead the way ness houses of the place are our 'faith- edness, until we' finish . our go
for an organized church. Cottage ful supporters. Thank God there has .go home with as many sheaves as
meetings are .held every week. been a real break in -these few days; While we are not seeing as
Pray_ for these places Lord at the altar last night; among many. souls _ sa:ved we would: like,
'may bless and establish great centers them was a respected Catholic the Lord is working just the same and
of fire, where-holiness may have right mother and her .bright On _drilling 1,1s for mighty things at our
of way and be preached in its fulness Wednesday night there were eight, camp-meeting which will tell. for God
without let or hindrance. when some _ good old-fashioned fire . and souls in the future.
The coming Assembly of the N. fell. Others have ... sought and found - C. B. LANGDON.
W. District to be held . in Portland in other services, so . the people are .ll .- .ll.
FirsLChurch, .fune 4 to 7, followed much rejoiced. They say jt .is a . A BA:i-m of God's people at Lithop-
by a Home Camp-meeting, June 7 to new experience for this-young three- olis, Ohio, have recently a
- 2-i-,-- will no doubt much not year-old city. - Several- of--the- worst-=--=Pentecostal;...Nazarene=Society=tliere. -
only to the two local churches, but to ....:......_
the entire district. Let all true Holi-
ness people joii1 us .in prayer for a
great outpouring of the Holy Spirit
and ingathering of precious souls.
All delegates who have not yet sent'
in their names, please do so at once, if
you wish to. be entertained, as rooms
will be scarce, being . .that. it is in the
"Rose Carnval Week" for the city of
Portland, and thousands of outsiders
wili be in the city.
Miriist.ers and -friends. frotn other
churches are and \vill be .
provided for the very. best way pos-
sible. . . A. 0. aE:NRICKS.
-WJ,o .Burris.ide. st. -
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SYRACUSE, N. Y.
An aU-day meeting was held here
Sqnday, May 3, and a .Pel!tecostal
Church of the Nazarene organized,.
with Rev. :John Norberry as pastor.
-In. securing Norberry as pastor
this young church has secured an
experienced m_an and one whose
cess has been marked in the past in
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Camp-'Meeting !
The Second AnnuaJ Camp-Meeting
OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO DISTR-ICT
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Pentecostal C)lurchJ5(_.the
will be in Beulah Park, Eas:t Oakland; Cal.,
July ], to ,12, 1908:.
SPECIAL WOR_KERS .:.
REV: P. F. BRESEE; Supt., LQs Angeles: :cal. .
REV. H .. . F. REYNOLDS; General .Supt., Hayerhill, Mass . .
- REV. W. C. WILSON, Upland, Cal. . . .
REV. E. CURR"X, Stoneham, Mass.
THE THIRD ANNUAL DISTRICT
will. be on the of July_8 to 10.
. Restaurant on the grou.nds. will be made for lodging by
the night or for the entire season at reasonable rates: . Tents furniture- .
can .be rented for the season. : Order early. . .
-FuT.ther. information can be had by seeing or writing to .
REV. H. 0. WILEY. Sec'y, 1816 Derby St., Berkeley, Cal.
or REV. P. G. L'INA WEAVER, District Superintendent,
1016 Tenth Street, Oakland, Cal.
Penn family, the Revolutionary patri- seem t6. havebeen held -iri -=if; -.-i'here:
ots, generals of the army and states- are some histg.ric treasures-the. first
men of at The Revolutionary Bible purChased "for t he cllurclf, wnicli
EDITORS: also of this country, and a is quite large and cost . $75, and the
k: - ORice multitude of those who were related infant church paid for it in install-
c. J . Kinne, - Asst. Editor and BU8. Mgr. in some way .to the great events of ments. There' is also an account book
. . s PECI AL those days. _The_ hall itself and the showing the income and expenditure
E . A Gor vrn P. G. Lrnawea.,er C. E. Cornell ""' h .,.. fi
--J.- P-:-co1eman- .r.n -:-creili1it on-- nlitaii-Re_td---chairs-in-wlliclt the men-sat-wh<r.w-ere- af-the-e-hlH'e- --f-o-r--tli'e-fircst- . .v.e-y...ears,.
H. D. B rown J. W. Goodwi n W. c. Wolaon famOUS by the creation of a new showing in
Ent er '><! at t he post-office, Aug . 7, 1900, at Los . ship of state, especially the speaker' s board, washing, traveling expenses,
Angeles, Cal ifornia. as second .. class matter. . . ..
Published Every Thursday. . . on the back of which is printed etc. , of the preachers, and amounting
in_goldtpe upper par.t of a sphere of during the five :yea! s to 105; 8 shil-_
to foreign countries $1.60. Sample copit>S f ree. . . the shininO' . sun to whieh Patric'k lmgs 6 pence. Here are also=t'fi'e"Ulu-
CHANGE OF ADDRESS- Name t h e a nd State .b ' '
to whi_ch t he 'p nJ>!'r fi_ns been sent,.and 1:1!1! office .and State Henry referred when he said that communion cups love-feast bowls, etc.
t o. Which YOU WISh It sen t. . _ . , , , , , . J
"'EXPIRATION OF :fiME- Subscrlpttons m- amid-the VICISSitudes of-the-diSCUSSIOn- - . . . K
ADVANCE. Un less payment is made or r eques t IS made THE WOR ,
. to _the.paper c;ontinued, it will be.DJSCONTINUED at Of that qUeStiOn he had Often l00ked
t he exptratlon of tune. . . .
SPECIAL NOTICE-:-Address' all bus iness . at that SUn behind the Speaker and
to C. J. KINNE, Bus1ness Manager .. Never wr1te bustl].ess ._... _ ...
rnatt'ers postal Or. sbeet w ith any_ other ml\tters. - WOrider ed whether it was 8 "tising or
It a lways cau'!eS trouble and delay, and may cause . . , .r . .
the pnper having . a setting sun, are all of J ntere'st.
subscribed for i t know that i_t has bee_n p r esen ted We were also much interested in
to t hem bysome and t here wll be no b1ll. . .
In case <?f any or f ai_lur e to receive your visiting the . City Hall and ascend-ing
_pnper, notify the P ubhsher b y mall at once. . . . . .
In this city. there are said to be a
gpodly number of holiness people, but
they seem to so:.Iac'K concentrat iori'as
to prevent their having any very sens-
ible iriftunce on the city life. Here in
modern.years have lived such sainted
How . TO REMIT -'- ReiJ;iit ' Money Or der or Bank in the e}eyatOI' 550 feet and looking
Draft, l!.nyable to .. , . men as Thompson, .Pepper and Levy,
N,. 'TADENE PUBLISHING co around down upon th.e city. I . b t. th - f l' th t th k t
.... b l' h .. h f h. t
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730 SAN PEDRO ST.; 'LOS ANGELES, CAL. _ e IeVe t IS e . urt eS ever WaS_. \., . k. t . d th - ft d
-ez Broadwau 4831 .v Home F-2676 " *f t .t; - ... -.. ep Un er . e 1n Uence an prO
rom. . . ..
tection of the old churches prevented.
EDITORIAL sT: GEORGE's : CHURCH. them from foundi ng and building up,
No historical place in the city, and as would probably been possible to
EDITORAL COR&ESJ>QNDENCE. . . ., .. any, _t!te .. have . them,a"great c.enter of holy fire; and
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. I d. t. ' t . I tt . f. t. h . . greater attraction to a class of persons now . there seems to be but a few
am g a o wri e. a _e er _rom e h h' f h h h' 1.. 1 1.. d d h d h
" . t f 'b 6th I r I " .. Th . . t an t IS amous c urc ' w IC! c aims ..Qra:n . s scattere . . ere_ an t ere.
- CI Y P. r . er ) ove. .. ere. to be the oldest Methodist edifice in There is a so-called mission carried
fe"": Cities have so many thmgs the world. It is said t'o be not only on by Rev. James D. Acker, which is
are h ou\ the oldest MethodistChurch.inAmer- really an independent church with: a
wh' IC come_- so neWarh' l. e ear 'has Itn ica, but the oldest Methodist Church comparatively small but earnest and
t Is great city. I e we are ere o d"fi d t '
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prehaclh ho an ktrty in th.eworld. What City Road Chapel a member of the Pentecostal Church
to e p m up t e precious wor o . 4-" u th !(r - G t B ' t St f h N 1.,.,4 h' .1..
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INDEPENDENCE HA.LL Joseph Pitman; of t ire first two ness Christian Churches which have
. and mark once :more the many things missionaries sent by John Wesley to voted to come in with us. I had the
which bring so.closethose days of earn- country. It was the first place of pleasur e of preaching. at these two
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' est patriotism and devotion to human worship that Francis Asbury ent ered . places, an_d was refr-eshed by their
liberty, as well a:s te: see the many on arriving in America and where he loving, Be,th .Brother
memorials to Wm. Penn and his work . preached his first sermon in the new . Reynolds and myself bore away with
of founding this commonwealth: Here world. Thos. Rankin a:od Dr. Coke us their precious God-speed.
is great :picture of Penn's also here preached their first sermons
with the Indians under the in this coun'try. During. its first hun- BROOKLYN; N. Y.
g reat elrri arid a large section of dred . :years it is said that her . aUars It is but a couple of. l10urs run from
---the bar-k.of the tree preserved under were almost always filied with p_eni- _ to New York, but it
.. glass. This treaty was' inade in 1632, t ents. t akes- half as .- much ' longer to get
-less thah 300 years ago, which is a were here witnessed . . At one held through the muititudes and laby-
;_: short time j n the life of a people, and about the middle.of the last cent1,1ry, rinths of this greatest city of the
y et what changes have been conducted by Charles Pitman, more new world, to this borough Of
The famous elm stood until1810, when than 1300 persons professed conver- lyn. The great question in this city
it was blow!) down: . - sion. The first Methodist conference has be_en and . is, to ... carry .the.. multi-_ . .
Here are the reminiscences of Ben- in America, . held 1773, met in this tudes from the more . suburban parts
jamin Httle -s t<:iol with churcn, a.t which teii to .. and return
it glass legs upon which he stood to present. I was espedally interested. them. It has -been answering it by
catch the lightning, and hiscompar- in a roorn in a:-siqeb'uilding about 16 . trollies on .the surface .. and . elevated
atively crude electrical apparatus. by 24 feet, called the co:oference room, lines and subways, and still the vast(
This place is rich in portraits-the , as some of tve early press for the insufficient
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Yet .. .. so the .. where he_ preached afternoon and
bly relatively as well provided as are enlarged. . . evening. We .are sure that victory
most great cities. Sabbath was both 'the closing and crowned the day.
crowning day. .The audiences were _,. ,. ,.
. . TliE_ .large, the.Word of- the Lord had free
..
The first Annua,.l Session of the course. -seekers were at the altar A SOCIAL EVENING.
New York District was he"ld in the and the .saints shouted for joy. A A very pleasant social time was
_ - Wel!ley_Church, .. ifrookly.n,.:_o.L.:..w.hich _ greater day- of-blessing- and-sabration spent on Monday evening at the b()me
Rev. Wm. Howard Hoople is the pas- is rarely seen in these days, a:nd it. is- of Rev. A; L.
tor. A year ago when: I was here; believed to be greatest day in 'the street, when over 200 of the members
they had just purchased the lot, and holiness movement in these parts. of the First Church of Los Angeles
a multitude of friends gathered in crowded every room and even out on
empty residetlce on the lot on the JOHN ST. CHURCH, NEW YORK the street, 6esiring
afte:rnoon and prayed. and I accepted a pressing invitation to pastor and his family in this .social
praised .. and . at the !!_OOnday . meeting" at way. The evening. was s :pent in social
its great purpose. Now there stands this old historic church. So much intercourse, singi_ng f1nd prayer, and
here a fine stone church which will sentiment has_ tllled my heart from . when the friends left foftheir homes
seat ejght _hundred, .. and wliich was my in reference to the first money and' good things .
crowded' with people at the .gather- preaching of the Gospel in the new for the table to: the value of about
ing-s of the Assembly. Every church w.ovld by the Methodists-who with $100 was. left as a token of their
-in theDistrict was there full and free salvation and their .. appreciation and .love.
'being about seventy preachers and . ItmeranLsystem, were to so . keep. . Bro.. Wpitcomb and .. family desire
delegates present. step with the invading hosts of emi- us to .e.xpress their heartfelt thanks
: The rep
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rts good and hopefuL grants:_. and ?reach in their homes, for the gaod feeling numifes.ted1 and
An era of promulgation is upon them, and to them_ m the forests and school- . .tokens brought
and they are filled with a gr_eat inspi- and plant to to their home by the church members . .
ration to plant in .every city a center. land fromheathemsm- gifts are all the more
of holy fire. Gr'eat advance has been begmnmgs bf which so clustered appreciated in the light of the fact
made all ,Iines. The churches place: that at that the. ehurch had already .fully_ met
are generally 'supplied _with . -good . I to be pres- all promises mage regarding temporal- .!. -
pastors, and all seem to be expecting . ent and preach on Fnday at noon. things.
even larger victories. . Brother The place was crowded and an earn- .- .- .-
Hooplewas re-eleGted. District. Super- est spirit of devotion was in the .. air. NOTICE
intendent, and while mani duties - I can-almost-see Barbary Hick fresh To Pastors of All Penteeo,stal Churches of
press .him, ha!? the work well in hand, Ireland hunting up her kinsman the Nazarene.
and seconded as he is by such a band Phihp Embery, who had preceded her . I desire to.send out th.is month mis-
of excellent pastors a:nd noble laymen a. few months . and was a Local s10nary envelopes sufficient for three
t lieirlarger hopes are .JiJ(eljr Preacher;= o?ly-to-find- him .. ..
more than realized. den and playmg cards, and her The Mmutes are not . accu-
Th C ll t I t"t t the cards and throwing them into the rate. I need a new hst; write at once.
Sent
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tehgia e I. ut eRwas fire-the only proper place for them On postal card give accurate
e Y e presi en , ev. .c.. dd d b f 1
An ell who abl r . . -and calhng him to repentance. 1 a an num er o enve opes
anl ne' d R y P F cl;uml s could see him toiling to build the little needed. Envelopes free to our
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t: ds . ev. t' ddi ery a so church, building the altar and pulpit churches. Others can get them at
presen e , m a s rong. a ress the h" h . . lo
Publishing inte-rests. . ' w. IC domg service here- w price.
Th A
. . d. With his own hands and then getting F. GAY, Trea.surer,
. e nmversaries were goo and h . St A L A 1 c 1
the cause
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t d w mto t e pulpit and preaching Jesus a. . os nge es, a,
s we presen e . e .were . d H" .
especially pleased to hear so .. an .:h,. this power . t? save. as
testimonies to the good help rendered. roue es.e . rem1mscences W Ich led SPIRITUAL INSPIRING REFRESHING
the . . raising of missionary funds . by me to .ol(l John .St. Church as the THE NEW BOOK
the envelope method, and of the sue- I!resent B?t I g_lad to. . . .. .
cess of' in the fields, and . the hvmgd Him IS a.hve for Apnles . or Gold . ...
. of the good work in education and a everm?re can save from. sm. . '.1:' ,
.-, .. tho'rough Christian Takmg It all this .Assem-.. . Or, Fitly -s.PO - .
interest of the Assembly c I . -. t d bly has been a royal tlme-a feast of
u mma e fat th" t b f 11
in the great reiigious gatherings . mgs, a gtea . egmnmg or a
ml:lltitudes hearing tne word, and that.are to follow . . . , P. F. B.
... _many firiding the blessing of God at _,.. ,J/1 .,
the. altar. Brothers Reynolds and !'fo doubt Dr. Bresee has more invi-
Being a CoMpilation of the brief Spiritual
Heart Messc which have appeared on the
first-page of the MESSENGER during the past
two year'!',. ..:
BY REV . R. PJE.RCE.
Angell much tat . ions to preach. while in the East
d Th
240 pages, paper. With and
power an unct10n. . ere was . a than- he can fill . together .with his ' Introduction by Dr. Bresee. .
class of eleven ordained on many other duties. :a;owever, where _ Price 25c, by mail 30c; in lots of 10$2.
. .- afternoon with impressive services he cart he if! to help, and . .. -rn. cloth, 60 c;ents .
. We h'ave never a more promising so Malden, Maas., was . fortunate in
The orders of two b:r:ethren securing him for Tuesday, May 12,
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Address "R. P.,"
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Nazarene Messenger [May 21, 1908
Los Angeles and Vzciility frorit all sin, but that sin J\T' t .. .. d D
-- _roan being _ what God desired. He -J.'f0 CS afi .. .rersonals
AT THE TABERNACLE then showed the cure for cause, . J
. The services throughout the day at the process of the cure;' and the im- PRAY. for tile Hpliness Camp-meet-
the First Church on last Sabbath portance of. -the cure. Close of- - ings Nst stapting in
seasons of great spiritual blessi!Jg. _ this impressive ten souls came WE are glad to report a pledge of
-The 8 o'clock morning prayer-meet- , to.t_he altar as and some very. $25 toward the seeond tent, for South-
-"ing was well "'attenaea.-- an-a--tire- ssion- .
of the Lord clearly manifest. in hearts. _ . . . . ary -Next> . . . .
song, prayer and praise. The saints Company E meeting was. in charge BRO. T. J. o.NEAL of Cucamonga
go to this meeting with a united pur- of Sister Radford, and a very gracious sends word that the Lord is
the holy fire .on se:;J.son was enjoyed under the pres- . the tent meetings at that place, and
. their souls as a opreparation for a full ence and blessmg of God. that the meetmgs will continue; .
of ?seful service and are JJ.'ever ..,c . ..,c ..,c _:A- new Communion table.
disappomted. ., STREET MEETING. of neat.design, the gift ot' friends,
The 11 o clock service was opened A deep impression was manifest on was delivered to the Gr-and Ave.
by a gracio,us season of _song and the faces of those gathered to Church, Los Angeles;on Satur-
prayer, followed by a very helpful hear about the love .of Jesus. . It day and is a splendi<l addition to- the
sermon by _ Whitcomb, who seemed as though His melting power pulpit furniture.
took for .his text Heb. 6:9, his theme would break upon us at any moment. S J s H f
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" T . - 'd O ISTER . . . ARSHMAN, o . .
_ - emg The Better h.ipgs that Accom- So much hunger is ev1 ent. man Twenty-severith street, has. been sick.
pany Salvation." . He clearly showed . fifty-two years oicl, never attne altar f.or so.rne time and .unable to atte-nd
what was {nvolved.-}n Salvation, and followed-us to the church and . the church services. She has gone to
under was saved. Others the -country. for a.brief season, hoping
showed that preceding salvation there need privately; but not-at to be_ benefitte_ d thereby, -. . . . .
was an advance guard,. consisting of the yielding point. Come,
three legions---1. The thundering give us more prayer concerning this Joy has come into another home by
legion-.of the law; 2. The lightning matter. It is joyous. to testify. It is . the.advemt of a prospective Nazarene
legion of the Spi.ri't; a:hq 3. The.SaJ:.. wondrous to .move under and in the preacher-Donald Carpenter Girvin, .. -
vation outriders. - There- was also .power of' "God. But let us add more borp to Rev. aii<l.. Mrs. Percy W. Gir .... .
the sappers and miners---Repentance, sweetness stm to our.full c'tlp. 0, let vin, at San Diego, on May 11. .The
prayer and faith. Afterwards carne us have these other lost sheep. Again Lord bless,the parents and chilo.
the "Things that accompany Salva- I repeat, let the incel)se of prayer THE Pittsburg District As.sernbly
tion. " There were many things, . but arise and be as ointment poured forth. convenes today (May 21) and will be
he could now only mention a few, THOS. J. DUNN. in session over Sabbath, May 24. It .
such as Humility, Liberty of the .JI .- .J/1 . is being held in the church over which .
. Spirit, Modesty, Courtesy and Self- THE GRAND AVENUE CHURCH. Rev. J. H. Norris is p_astor. Bro.
denial, and closed with a statment . Fourteen new scholars, formingthe
of other things that follow after .sa:l- neucleus for three more classes in the BRo. Bun RoBINSON has just closed
vation. This was a very gracious Sabbath-School, gave encouragement a very. ble1;1sed meetingn a Sayannah,
sermon. to the workers on Sabbath last; Bro. Ga .. having from .1500 to 2000 people
-ersons-united......:. with- the -- liaFontaine preached--with-much-bless- at his meetings each night. He
ch_urch---Mrs . . Anna Louise_ Ertell, ing and victory at 11 a. m. on 2 Cor. 5: . for fifteen. days, ,day and
Mrs. M. R. Mattox, 713}6 W. J effer-, 5, "Who hath also given us the earn-" mght,- and God gave them a blessed
son st. , and Mrs. Mary Kaiser, 317 est of the Spirit." He spoke on the victory.
Sixth st . . all of Los Angeles. hope and ass.urance of eternal glory. BRo. p. S. REED, who has charge-
Bro. Leslie F. Gay had charge of The power of God fell upon the people . of the work at Alameda, Cal., reports
the meeting in the afternoon. The at the close of the sermon and . the the wo'rk in excellent condition, with
time was given- largely to prayer and were set rejoicing in blessed inc,reasing attendance at the services.
testimony. The exhortation to holy liberty. The after:noon meeting was The Sunday School has increased frow, "
living and self-denial by Bro. Gay was filled with the presen.ce of God. The thirty to fifty-five, and the Lord is
timely.i:md appropriate. There were young _;meeting at 6:30 p. m. . rich,ly the people.
twQ at the_ altar. was well attended and very spiritual THE Boston Monday Holiness meet-
A good audience joined in a spirited - and' was a good- preiniration -the -ing,-on May 18, had the pleasure of
song-service at the opening of the evening service. The "Gideons".were listeninsr to our General Superinten-
evening service, after which Bro. in charge and gave testjrnony to the dent, Dr. Bres.ee, who;-gave the :riles-
Whitcomb preached from 1 Sam. i7.: saving and God, an!f sage- of the-:day. - lt . is some years
29, ".Is there,,;.. 'QQ,i;.' cause." He service was greatly' blessed since he had'the -opportun.ity of being
. showed the condition of Israel under -to the many participants.. . pre13_ent at one. of _gd-esta_blished _
Saul _and opposed by the Philistines, . ..,c ..,c . meetings .. . . ..
the presence o{'navid apd, dr- BRo. TALBERt ha.s been appointed-: :...'J,'HE many l:Jos -Angeles. friends of
cums.tances that brought out this ques- by the Church Board of the Ontario I Miss Naomi. Ruth, daughter of Rev.
tion. He showed the relation of God Soc.iety to provide for the'pulpit sup- C. W. Ruth,. will be glad to learn that
to causes, and clearly delineated that ply until the meeting of . the D1strict - she graduated recently from the
God's normal mariwas a man cleansed -Assembly. Epworth Evangelical Institute at St.
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City Ileaconess and Missionary .work have received .f.,om God. Even the
th t 't children can receive God's mfts.
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Witli. peace and joy in his beart, he
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