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Divine -Companionship

more; Are you fJilly consecrated to
him 1 If you are he fs fUlly yours-_
yours in divine fa'therhood. You are
his son or 'daughter-an heir with God,
a joint -heir with Jesll.s Christ; as wpite
By F. w. Robertson.
&s the blessed pblood of the divine Re-
How shall we get Him? The way deemer can make
Have you ever asked yourself .. this
qurstion, ''What_ do I need most Y vVhat
is 111y soul's sup'reme need?" It is a
great question. I!<! it not this-divine.
co111panionship 1 Houses, lands, wealth,
honor, power, fame, friends, fortunes,
ero\\'ns, kingdoms, creeds, churches-
ever! the Nazarene church:_any and all.
ea1thly things are utterly insufficent to
your soul for a single hour. I
will go farther. Heaven itself, with
all its possible beauty imd splEmdor,
without companionship would be a
dreary waste, .a solemn You
"-ould not take heaven as a gift if to
possess it you. must dwell there solitary'
ami nlone. P ersonality is -the .only ade.:
quate complement and co-mpanion of
personality. Adam. WOltld not long
dwelt alone in Paradise. God him-
self said: "It is not good for man to
be alone." Hence a companion was
PI'O\' ided. Put an angel or an arch-
angel alone somewhere in the vast pro-
found of space. His wings .will never
tPase their almost' omnipotent beating
through the vasty 'deep until he had
found companionship. Personality alone
can satisfy a personal l,>eing,_ howeycr
exalt ed t he order of be.ii'Ig. Let
m.< not speak unadYisedly, .but rever:
this the reason why there
arc t hree persons in the God-head rath-
er than one?
is plain; the achievement pos- t)lrough the eternal spirit. All thi.s he
sible to the humblest' soul on earth. gives with himself to him who
. First, desire Him. Desire him a fi.ill of cons-ecration.
great hini. ten thou- Fourth, faith. what is that? Just
sand times above all other things. Do the easiest thing in J;he world after the
not - think for a momen't that he wilJ soul has met .all the conditions. In its
take any second place. He will not. He full fruition it is the mounting of the
will never. Seek him now. Kindle de- soul upward into the heart. of God. _
sire into a holy flame. Let your soul The eagle's flight is up-
rise into a . white heat. , . l \vard: Above valley and forest ; above.
Dear _NazareJ?e, yon have blessed
companionship. There are
.. .Pirits, like your own, and
made white the . biood of tli e Lamb.
But do you know that you can never
be c1 uite satisfied with these human
companionships 1 Your soul's look is up-
Wilrd. The eye sweeps the universe fol
.invisible light:. It longs for the infinite
-infinite love, infinite power, infinite
personality. To satisfy that longing a
pnre, perfect, omnipotent, imrt1ortal
'personality is necessary. And God
offers himself. to The 's
preme need is God.
pray . . Mourit the heavens on - crag and mountains; above the clouds
wings of prayer. Did anything import- up. into the eternal sunshine. "They
ant ever come to a saint of God shaU mount up on wings as eagles."
out prayer? Our divine Lord himself That is faith full-fledged fullg'rown. It .
is ou-r example in this. life of. seeks the of God as naturally
pray.er rie led. All' the tinie; e ,;ery - as the eagle seeks the sun. There is
where; night and day ; in the city and another mode of faith, howeverLfaith
among the mountains, he prayed. How militant. It is that faith which takes
little we are like him. H_ow brief and God at his word; wrests victory in the
f eeble are our petitions. '\Ve are face name . of Jesus from a thousand foes ;
to face much of the time with infernal gets pardon, peace, purity and perfect
furies. How mnch we need God. No love from a divine Redeemer ; opens
human aid can suffice us. The delights wide the door of the heart for the in-
of song and shout in the sanctuary can coming, indwelling, allsimctifying Holy
n. ot make us conquerors. divine Ghost; smiles at Satan 's rage, know-
ing that he is already conquered and
Lord f9ught out his battles and won soon shall be chained. HaYe faith in--
his Yictories in prayer. Prayer is t he God. There -is omnipotence in faith.
Christian's vital breath. Stop praying " A grain of it. the size o'f a mustard seed
a net" von die. Laging in prayer is for- . is sufficient to moYe any
. that ought to be moved. If It ought
token of defeat. Pray, pray. . not t o be moved then you don't want
Third, . consecration. God longs to it to be. Faith just hitches onto om-
gi\e himself to yon. It is the supreme nipotence an? sails away to the con-
desire of his heart. He is giving him- ttuest of the world.
self to yon riaht now up to the hiahest Desire, prayer, complete consecraton,
"' . . . i "' . faith, militant and triumphant, these
measure of possibih.ty.. Let us- say It are the conditions. :\\feet them and God
softly, neverthel ess It IS true, God can. is Yours. The supi"&me need of the soul
gi:ve himself to you only as you give is 'yours-companionship with God. 0
yourself to him. This moment and all Holy .. l et us up a little closer to
. the . time you are the one . who deter- thee. Div_me Lord Jesus, we love thee;
. - . . we worsh1p thee. Thv name, thy nat-
m}'nes. the measur: _of the div.me pres- nrc. thy attributes. thy proYideniaL deal-
enee m . your soul. Do not thmk for a -ings. thy . disciplinings are all .infinitely.
moment that God is a beipg of moods. good. Thou are complete in. thyself-
He is not a man.that he should change. sole perfection, theme of countless
He is just the same all the time. He we thee. us jus_t _
l'k u' t h h f hke thyself m .. moral purity. Let the
IS I e 1e a mosp . ? blood omniptotently cleanse us. Let
lungs, th!lt he may giVe He IS m the Eternal Spirit . sanc.tify :us :world
you riow up to the full measure of your without end. Ainen.
commitment to him-just that and no Fayette, Iowa.
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CoTJ,tributed Articles
KEEP THE FIRE A-BURNING:
D. RAND . PIERCE.
Keep the a-bunrlng in my heart, good
Lord,
Satan's bound to quench it everywhere;
Show me how to pile on the fuel of the Word,
Op'ning wide the draughts of mighty prayer.
Keep the fire a-burning, that my life may be
S.omething worth in rousing up the lost;
Precious souls a-drifting to eternity,
Heedless_ yet . of what their course will cost.
Keep the fire a-burning in my heart, good
' Lord; .
Days are. passing swiftly, Judgment nears;
Let .me tell to many, ere thy wrath be poured,
How the Savior's grace can make them His!
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awful words from a just God, and amid existence? We .prefer to think that
awful wailing and gnashing of teeth, this class is a very small one and that
they shall ' go away into everlasting . the ii-eater number -Cif modem phari-
punishment, but the righteous into life sees or hypocrites are of those who
eternal. wilfuliy practice wickedness under
.J11 .JII .JI cover of church credentials. we ven-
TRE PHARISEE. ture to say. that any devil-deceived or
H. H. B. CIPRic.o. self-deceived professor of Christianity
The Pharisees were the largest and whatever his pretense, is a hYJ>ocrite.
most powerful sect of the Jews during He may be a Romanist or a non-con-
the ministry.of Jesus Christ. He found formist, a Calvinist or an Arminianist.
them His bitterest enemies. Especially His conceptions of truth may be foggy
so were the chief priests and elders and indistinct or clear as the sun, still
whose in:fl.uence prevailed in the put- if he rests his hope on anything but a
ting to death of the Son of God, the present living faith witnessed to by the
prince of glory. It is said of them that Spirit of God, he is a pharisee: He may
they gnashed upon Him with their have been a true believer and have fal-
teeth and desires in the place of the len from grace by trying as the foolish .
.,. .,. .,. Reily One, a . thief- and a murderer. Galatians did to . sanctify himself by
JUDGMENT_ Jesus in condemning them justly de- works and try 'to finish in the flesh
J. D. FRANKLIN. noUn.ced them as hypocrites, saying what he had begl.in in the spirit, and
Heb. 9:27. "It is appointed unto they were of their father, the devil, and was deceived thereby. Or he may re-
man once to die, but after this the not children of God at all. sist the Holy Spirit and refuse to let
Judgment. '' As sure as we were born, Imagine the commotion that would God sanctify him after he has had the
we will die, and as sure as we die we ensue today if the more powerful and light, and backslide. But we believe
will stand before God at the Judgment, popull!.r churches were to be thus ad- the type of modern pharisee who more
to receive ouf reward for what we The principal claim of the nearly resemble the original is the man
ha've done while in the body. (2 Cor. Pharisees to godliness seemed to lie in who adheres to a stiff and rigid en-
5 :10. ) conforming to . traditional ceremonial . forcement of certain non-essentials in
There. will be only two classes of peo- worship. Jesus told . them they the of dress, OJ," deportment, and
ple at the _Judgment, the righteous and be born again; that unless they were emphasizes doctrines that have little or
the. wicked, or the .just and the unjust . born from above they could not see the no bea,ring on the soul or heart condi-
'.(Matt. 13_:47-50; 25 :31-46) . There they of God; that God would witness tion God. H :e, like all of his
will be known by. any sect name, by His own. spirit to their acceptance predecessors. will ''strain at a gnat and
but the "Book of life" will be opened of Him. A few perhaps heeded what swallow a camel." He continually
and whosoever is x;iot found written in he said, but the majority we beli('ve harps on the outward life being perfect
the "Book of life" will be cast into were willing to join in the cry of the but is silent in testimony meetings. lie
the lake of fire (Rev. 20 :11-15). priests, "Crucify h1m," "Crucify him." ca,nnot bear to demonstration
In this world we have a general mix- Knowing their hear.ts he called them in religion but prefers to have every-
ture of people, 1vhite, black, red, yel- hypocrites. Hence while the sect of thing done decently and .. in order.
low, brown, and almost of every color; the Pharisees is no more in existence, Such manifestations as jumping or
also; we have seemingly, we have come to regard the terms shouting or holy laughter are sure signs
that is imaginable the way of sects, "pharisee" . "hypocrite" in the of fanaticism to him. He sits in juclg-
which claim to be Christians. Some Bible sense, synonomous. ment on . every sermon, every song,
are, others are not, ' yet they are all The words and,- worldly minded every testimony. He i it, the whole
mixed up. The sinners in tP,e church, church members, it is true, are prone thing. He . will frame nice sweet
and some Christians that belong to no . to apply the: epithet to any truly sin- prayers and will pull up his trowsers
church organization; but in that day cere anci p.ious .b.eliever who honors when he kneels to pray. He will toady
there is going to be a separation. God God's day, and gives up the world, and to the rich and bow and scrape before
will cause every heart to be . revealed testifies to the grace of God in Christ. the great. He will com promise in busi-
and every one will be seen as he really They will call him a bigot, a fanatic, ness and believes in keeping religion
is, and the God that makes no mis- a narro,vist or a pharisee. Strange as and business separate. He leans toward
takes will- separate the just from the it may seem the- very people who most h0iim3ss in a hoiiness but not
unjust, as a shepherd doth separate his represent the!r spirits and lives the in the ,presence of its enemies. J esns
sheep from his goats. The m,eek and lowly Nazarene are today said, "B.eware of the leaven of the .
will be placed on the right . hand of called by those who most Pharisees which is hypocrisy. " Let ns
Jesus and hear those beautiful words, approach the type of religionist beloved, . beware. "
"Come, ye blessed Father, in-. . to which the name was originally ap- tr tr tr
, herit the kingdom prepared for you plied.
from the foundation of the world.'' It behooves us then to consider wh'at
(iiatt . . 25 :31-46 .. ) .. ' 'Then shall the . the hypocrite or modern pharisee really
righteous shine forth as the sun in the is. Is he the poor wretch who is living
kingdom of their Father" (Matt. 13: a life of deception in the church, using
while the wicked hear those religion only as a mask to shield a dual
, ASSEMBLY MINUTES.
Only a few pastors have ordered
.The present . order will not
. pay half the expense of
Send in your orders at once. maRe-
them as large as possible.
January 28, 1909]
Selected A .r.ticles
KEEP Y(>UR GI!;T MORE.
BUD
'l'he ot.her. d?-Y I of .a
who was so sorry for me that .he sorter
iooked on . with pity: Well, I felt
so good in my soul; but I remembereQ.
th.at I had traveled more in a single
year than 'he will ever travel in his
life at the gait he is pacing now. and
that I had preached to more p eople in
a year than he has preached to since
he joined .the conference, and that I
s1:;: more souls kneel at the altar in a
singl e year that he will see in ten
years; and again I have received more
.l'or my work in ' the past twelve months
t han he has r eceived in ten years. -Now
[ don't refer to these things because
they bother me, for they don't; neither
do I r efer to them as one. that is a
bragger, for I "-am not, . but the point I .
wish to make, or rather the question I
want to ask is this: What kind of a
pair of eyes is there in the head of a
man who ]mows nothi;1g and goes no
Wh<'l'e and sees nothing and never gets
anything done, ana' y et can
th1ough his tobacco smoke and pity
md Now, I am wiliing for the fellow
to pity me with the right kin, of- pity,
hut l want the dcnr -brother to know
that I am having the hcst time . on
ca1'th. No man above ground has a
pla<:c I want. I have a job of my own
that just suits me, and if it were possi-
hll' for me to exchange my place with
the President of the United States,
wh i<'h it is not, of course, I would a
million times rather be Bud Robinson
in the Holiness Move than to be Presi-
Ll rnt in t he \Vhite House.
Every preacher needs the love and
sympathy of all other preachers, but
the man tlui.t 'the God of both heaven
and earth has laid . His on and
callP<l him into the field of labor is not
the nwn to be pitied; and if a man has
eyes so dull and heart so. hard, and a
hPa<l so thick that he pities us hccauJ)e
we have and c11joy the blessed cxpcri-
enuc of sanctification, we are at a place
where we can r eally pity him ; and
to<l a.v I want it lmown in three. worlds
that I am having such a good time that
a fellow who blows blue smoke and
trots after the lodges is &O far belo,w
where I am that -only way ' I could
get on tl1.e same . plane with him .. would
he for me to . backslide, for I in the
Canaan lan'd, and I don't think that 'he
lives in the country at all . . I have never
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seen him in this land of promise. I look
an. .<>f. the gE>Spel as . the
chose:O vessela. o( the .Lord, and
p_reacher :n eeds the iove .respect of
all other W.e can. help and .
encourage each other, and by the grace
of God we will do -it. The little sacri-
fice that a fellow has to make to get
wholly sanctified looks so small to him
after he gets the blessing that he is al-
most ashamed to ever refer to it again
in this life, and for a: fellow to pity him
bccaifse he has the blessing only adds
to the stream of joythat flows through
his heart and To see a fellow blow
out a big mouthful of smoke and look
over his giasses and look profound,- and
give his head a toss and pity the poor
little fellow 'that has gone after the sec-
ond when he himself has had
a thousands blessings. Oh, well, it al-
most tickles us to death; that is, we
who have r eceived the second blessing,
properly so called.
Don't you see, d ear reader , that the
111an who has been born of the Spirit,
then baptized with the Spirit and made
holy and filled with all the fullness of
God is not a for pity. A
wholly sanctified man is in a positiOI1
and a condition to really look down on
the man below him and pity him: The
man n eeds pity who is down under the
cioi1ci of toba.cco smoke, -and. no nian is
ahle to help him only the fellow who is
above him, spiritually. He is prepared
to reach down and take him by the
hand and l ead him on tlp into the
bles.sed of full salvation.
well, we ha vc the best thing on
earth, and I want to make a motion if
I can get .a second to it, tliat we keep
what we have got and get all we can.
' "Well, amen.-The Pentecostal Herald.
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OUR MISSIONARY - WORK.
AN IMPORTANT NOTlCE.
The has this day forwarded a
list of all of our churches in the East-
ern Division, . together . with the ad-
dres.ses of pastors .of the same, or some
other to Btother Leslie F . Gay,
2889 Idell str eet , East Los Angeles. Cal. ,
with the r equest that h e forward at
once a three months' supply of our
missionary envelopes. Please will our
pastors and member of the Church Mis-
sionary Board be on the lookout for the
same.
If you do not receive any for your
chnrch, '. Sunday school or mission,
please send a card to Brother Gay, stat
ing thereon the number of envelopes
you want, and give a clear and full ad-
3
. dress to wh01il they are to be sent, and
will be forthcoming..
lf. ;Yctn- receive a fif
ary envelopes and as yet liave not de-
cided to use them," just keep them till
you dowarit them, o-r -if-you deeide you
do not want them, jrist send a postcard
the writer 's home
mform you what to do with for
in sending these to.-_yQu w.e: .d9
. not wish to force the ,UpQn ,y(m,
but desire that all -have .
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hemt, for that i.s not
eas. . . , . . .
Very. truly
worker, . H. F . .. .'_. ..
General Missionary' Secretary;- .
823 River St.. Ha'vernill;' : '.;
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THE ENVELOPE SYSTEM.-...
In Article. l we gought to-'set" befdre
the Church Missionary .Board informa-
tion as to putting out and receiving
hack the ''missionary envelope,'' but
the Board says, "Now what7" Well,
having collected the envelopes the last
of the month, the Church Missionary
Board will arrange for a regular
monthly. missionary prayer meetin'g,
usually to be held on a week-night, st
which time the Church Miss"ionary
Board will spend much time in prayer.
At said meeting the envelopes are to be
opened and the .. contents emptied into
a pile, and the total offerings for the
past month counted and banded to the
treasurer of the Church Missionary
Board, who will keep an accurate ac-
count of . tlie same and . forward it at .
once to the treasurer of th9 Division in
which ihe church 'is located, who will
send a r eceipt for the same back to
the said treasurer, who will keep that
as his voucher for the money received
and paid out. In no case send mission-
ary money to anyone but the treasurer
of the District , whose addresses are as
below:
.Southern District, Rev. E. H. Sheeks,
l3eaqe,.., Ark. . .
Vvestern District, Brother Leslie F .
Gay, 2889 Idell street, East Los An-
geles, CaL
Eastern District, Rev .. H. N. Brown,
35 Autumn Everett, Mass.
Do Not!.
Do not send missionary money to
any of our church. papers, or to -any
other place, as they will have to for-
ward the same to the treasurer of the
Division in which the church is located
whose Missionary Board Treasurer
sent it to them, and at extra expense
and loss of time.
Tell the Pastor.
Tell the pastor the amount of the
missionary money r eceived last month
from the envelopes, and ask him to .
kindly notify the congregation the fol-
lowiilg Sunday of the .. amount of the
missionary offering, and ask them to
pray for the money given and the .
missionaries and their needs.
H. F. Reyriolds, G. M . . Sec.
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Cor-respondence
Fn.OM THE. FIELD.
. When I wrote last I was tied up at
St. Louis, Mo., with the thermometer
seven below zero anp t}le wind blowing
the blizzard gait.
J?es Arc, Mo. _ .
I arrived iri Des Arc on . Thursday,
January. 7th, and was detained at our
South Eastern Missouri Holiness Col-
lege until the 9th, owing to the cold
wave. We lost no time, however, for
throtl.gh the courtesy of our secrE:tary,
Rev. W. W. Strother, and wife; . Rev.
J. W. Smith, professor of Greek, and
Sister .Gater, principal, I . became well
acquainted with our institution, held
two chapel services, which were prec-
ious times of grace and glory ; did a
large amomit of desk work, and over-
hauled my trunk, located some of our
new Churches on the map, etc.
Our college at this point is doing good
work, and like all of our other holi-
ness institution!? is passing through the
''hardening processes,'' but it shows
signs of life and of ''the more abundant
life.'' It has forty-two students, three
able teachers, one g.ood building, sev-
eral acres of Jand, seven acres of which
are reserved for school buildings and
and the balance of which is
being sold for building lots. Already
several persons have bought, built and
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proposed and the Church endorsed the
licensing of Bro: F . . M. Allison, and re-
quested that he be granted an .evange-
list certificate. They also requested
that their pastor be ordained, that he
might be fully equipped to- do the
work of the pastor in that great and
isolated field.
A New Sunday School.
We were permitted to &ttend .the sec-
ond session of our new Sunday School
at Ellington;- It was born on Sunday,
January.lOth, and born alive, .with fifty-
five members. This will make an addi-
tion qf note to the Sunday Schools in
out great Southland, as our scholars
only numbered 422.
Following the School,. our
C. E. ' J3r.ightwell, and good
wife p!resented their daughters, Willa
and Nora, to the writer for baptism. It
was a precious . time, the
of. about 200 standing while the writer
administered the sacrament in the name
. of the holy Trinity.
Ordiml.tion.
. Following the baptismal service, in
harmony with the request of our Church
and as the writer believed in harmony
with the demands of our work in that
great field, the writer ordained Bro.
-Brightwell. It was a time not soon to
be forgotten, fo:J," as the whole Church
and Sunday School were gathered about
the altar, the Holy Spirit fell upon us
. moved there to educate .their children. :
all, -and there was great joy and glad-
ness .. After a few remarks
about . our work in general, and intro-
Bro. Strother and associates are
working hard to build up our erluca-
tional institution; let us pray that our
God will . make this and each one of
our other seats of learning great cen-
ters of holy and intelligent piety and
power, out from which shall go men
and women in all the callings of life
to make this world what it ought to
be, "Holy.,
Ellington, Mo.
On Saturday, Janu:).ry 9th, with Bro.
Strother we drove to Ellington, Rey-
nolds county, Mo., thirty miles through
the woods, wading streams, brooks and
, Black river, frequently the water reach-
ing the horses' necks, and nearly zero
weather, it might be called a ride,
and in all the distance there was but
one bridge and that was over a dry
gulley. The houses were far apart;
few people, some sheep, a few cattle,
horses and mules; and hogs-woods full .
of them.
We had a missionary service Satur-
day night, with a congregation of about
250. The dear Lord was present in
and ''our folks'' were greatly
encouraged, as they saw what a large
family they belong to, and praised the
Lord with a loud voice. After the serv-
ice a business meeting. was . held and
the Church organization perfected; .it
having been organized only . th:ree
. months, had not elected_ all of its com-
mittees and officers. The Church Boarq
ducing ouT envelope system which our
Church wjll install next month, and a
few remarks by Bro. Strother about our
college at Des Arc, we closed a most
precious season of fellowship and com-
munion with the saints at Ellington.
A New Church Building.
Although it is less than three months
since our general superintendent, E. P.
Ellyson, organized this Church, they
-have gone on and erected a good Church
house that will seat from four . to five
hundred people, at an expense of about
$1250, and have it about half paid for
and the balance on easy terms.
A Great Center.
Ellington is a great center for a good
work of holiness. There were at the
services Saturday night and Sunday
morning saved and unsaved people that
had come fifteen miles to the service,
aild 'it is a common thing to have people
come ten to fifteen miles to our week
night service there. Let all of God's
children pray for this work in this part
of Missouri. Bro. Brightwell is abund-
ant in labors, having two other places
to preach, six a:od eight miles ou.t. 1 1, :
We were mostroyally .entertained by
Bro; ,Barns ( cashier of the bank) and
his good wife, although we could
not stop to sit .to eat dinner, our .good
sister. (the 's wife)
hastily put up a fine lunch of hot roast .
beef with hot biscuits and blackberry
- ...
pie, .which I assure you was
by two hungry preachers as the .pqnies
hastened on thro'\lgh the mud, for it
had thawed a little, but when .we were
about half . 'vay to Des Arc we met a
"norther" and the last fifteen miles
severe enough; so that when we
came into Des Arc dear B'ro. Strother,
who had done tl}e driving,. was very
much chilled and I fear will be sick
from the Wen; we got back
right up, from our sixty-mile ride,
with a sixty-mile in our souls,
and were soon .. ready for the night
service. -
Sunday Night, . January 17th.
Notwithstanding the blizzard was on,
about .200 people gathR-ed. We h.ad a
very impressive ordination service in
keeping with the request of otir Charch
at Des Arc, and. in harmony with:. th.c
providential demands of our work at
Des Arc and adjoining country, I, with
the assistance of Rev. and Professor
J. W. Smith, ordained our Bro. W. Wal-
ter Strother. 1'he glory of our Ood was
upon us an'd filled the place. After the
ordination we had a missionary meet-
ing, talking from the Our Church
at this point will install the envelope
system next month. Everybody is glad
of the prosperity of Zion in this great
sot1theastern corner of Missouri. Prais(
God with a loud voice.
H. F. Reynolds.
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CHICAGO, ILL .
'l'he third Sunday of the .r e-
vival with Will Huff as evangelist is
passed. Nearly, if not quite, fifty souls
prayed through during the day. The
Church was crowded to the doors, and
some turned away who could not get in.
Two hundred have already been saved
or sanctified. We have another week
and it looks as though we would enjoy
. a great sweep of salvation. . C. E. C.
I presume you are aware that Bro.
Will Huff is with us and conducting
revival meetings since the 3d inst. He
will leave us on Sunday, the 24th inst.
He has brought the truth to the mass
of people who have flocked to hear him
nightly and I believe I am to say
that over 200 prceious souls have bowed
at our altars and r fl ceived God's bless-
ing. Glory be to His precious
I presume there will be added, I trust,
to the number already 100 or more prec-
ious souls. Sabbath day, the 17th, in
the evening service . the people had to
be turned away, as the Church would
not hold the people that came. Well ,
glory to God. Salvation is at high
tide. We want your prayers that God
will soon give us the other. $4000. which
we owe on our lot, so we can start to
build a Church to hold the mass of
people who to us. We have pai<l
already $6000 on our $10,000 lot:
R. H- Mathews.
January 28, 1..9091
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. SECOND CHURCH, CHICAGO.
Nazarene Me88e.nger
and .some were standing at the door. -several times, 7-a-nd had . our things
Go!f \vas there in convicting and melt- packed to come home, . God gave
ing P.9wer, and . th_ere were seven or such victory it seemed best to
eight seekers for pardon and holiness After three weeks of battle, in weather
at the afternoon and evening meetmgs.' .. 'part of the time 26 below zero, we.
Most of.them praye4 through fotind. came home. The last night of the serv-
soul rest. I was glad to meet the ice a young .man who was a Roman
of other days, and they gave me a royal Catholic, and one saloon keeper's son
welcome. In the providence of God, were saved.
myself and family spent about nine was very deep conviction on
We to let the saints kilow that
not only are we on the map, but God
has our address and our saints are hold-
ing on to God with faith. Glory to
God! The revival fire burns in our ..
Church. Yesterday five bowed at the
altar, making a total of_ ten since we
became a .Church. We organized De-
cember 6th with a membership of
t wenty-four. Since then we have re-
ceived two into fellowship and expect
to take in a few more next Sunday.
'!' here is not anything too an
here and in the adjoining-conn- all the people, and though many wept
ty two ago, and formed friend- in their seats, they would not yield ..
ships that ara Jasting. the Lord! An unclean profession of holiness a11d
Bro. Dearn is doing good work here an unholy way of preaching it can do
and is well liked by truth-loving people. much to damn both the soril of hearer
He seems to be the man for the place , . . and professor: 'Ben Valjea'n.-
. obstacle for faith, and if we. have the
bl essing of holiness . it will help our
faith. Pray for us.
F . J. Thomas, Pastor.
f/f' f/f' rt' .
0. -
I write this, I am on victory side ;
saved, sanctified, kept and in the center
of God's will. I never was so well sat-
isfied in my life. Two years and a half
ago I -was called to the ministry and
was out in thework a year later.
While attending school in dear old
Peniel, Texas, I joined the Nazarene
Church. Last October I was called to
Ohio as plain as I was called to . .the
.. lllinist ry. There is a large fi eld for the
whole Gospel here . . My husband has
_lH!Cil preachirrg eight years in. the M. E .
Church, but we are glad to be Nazar-
(!ll CS and. expod to organize as the .Lord
. inay lead.
\V e have held four meet ings the
fi l'st of November and God has blessed
c:wh meeting to the saving aml sanctify-
ing of souls.
\V c were at the dedication of the new
Church of the Nazarenes at Lithopolis,
Ohio. We continued on with two weeks
nwetings. It was a battle, but God g.ave
us a good time. Souls prayed through
t.i1 God and were saved and sanctified .
' l' hn old-time power was there and man-
ifesta t ions of power I never saw before
wit h sanctified souls. Bro. A. R. Welch
is pastor of this Church, We. fotnid
f;ome splendid Christian workers there.
God bless them. If anyone,after prayer,
(]Pf;i res our help, address us at Marengo,
Ohio. Mrs. H. 0 . Vernon.
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YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA.
I r eached here January 2d by steamer
ftom Boston. Bro. Dearn met me at the
wharf and escorted me -to my stopping
pl ace, and gave me a hearty welcome . .
On Saturday night-he preached for the
Salvn._tion Army in their hall on Main
str eet, and as he had announced my
coming, I sang for them. The large hall
was well filled and God met with us.
A precious soul sought and found
cloJl. for her sins. On Sunday night-the
sky was overcast and the weather for-
bidding, but our Church' services were
well attended. At nigh't it was packed .
at this time. God bless Yarmouth. _. .J/1 _.
Arthur F. Ingler. MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO.
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PEABODY, MASS.
We continue to praise God, keep full
. of divine love and labor for the salva-
. tion. of the lost. we are enjoying the
best time of our life at present, looking
for a gracious outpouring of the Spirit
in our midst. We expect to have--the
mid-winter convention of the Grand
"View Park Camp Meeting Association
at our Church , January 29th to Feb-
ruary 8th, 1909. We are expecting a
time of victory.
I am yours in Christ, J . W. Gillies.
.. .. ..
ST. JOSEPH, MO.
{am praising 'the Lord for salvatio-n.
and victory today. My soul reaches
out for more for God this eoming year
than ever before. I close my second
meeting in St. tonight. God has
given about thirty souls 'in this meet-
ing ; s01ne remarkable eases. I open
tomorrow night, 5th, with. the
holiness peoplein Omaha. Pray for me
there. Expect from Omaha to go to
Kansas City, Kan. , Have a call to re-
turn to South St. Joseph for a meeting,
hut may not be able to accept it for
some time. Some have said they wished .
a Pentecostal Nazarene ChJITCli might -
be organized here. Pray for the cause
in St. Joseph. . J as. G. Wilkin.
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MEDICAL LAKE, WASH.
The quarantine . has closed imd we
will nqw again have services. We have
had a great time during the. shutting
down of meetings. We had a call to
Tyler, Vlash., for revival meetingS, and
God gave us an . old-fashioned, time of
salvat ion. We prom'ised to give Him
all th'e glory, for the field was a
liarly hard one. They had had holiness
preaching for many years, .but nothing
much done for over ten years, because
9f inconsistent professors. At last
prayer prevailed, and the fire f ell in
old-time conversion, r eclamation and
sanctification, with the witness of the
Spirit.
We would have closed the service
Evangelist H. J. Elliott of Portland
has been holding meetings for .us for
t en days, coming to us January 8th.
We e:x;pected to have our brother with
us for three or four weeks, but on ac-
count of poor health in this climate he
felt that he must leave us, having re-
ceived an urgent call to come at once
to Southern California. We felt it our
duty to let him go, though we felt the
loss keenly, as the battle is a difficult
one here and our brother had gained
the love of both the Church and the
people. For all he gave the Gospel mes-
sages with no uncertain sound, causing .
the Church to feel their need of a closer
walk with God, and the unsaved to feel
the importance of getting right witJt
God.
Some of the believers sought and
found the blessing of a . clean heart.
The ground was broken and good seed
sown. \V e tmst for a good harvest of
souls in the near future. We expect
to continue the meetings, God willing,
f or some time. Pray for us.
'A. B. Culbet"tsoil, Pastor.
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' DONALDSONVILLE, GA.
\Vife and myself have peen here on
our new work just one month. Had a
good holiness meetin.g. Several were
greatly blessed. The church
of this place has fifty live members.
There is a good chance to organize
others near here. Last Sabbath was a
great missionary day ; raised . in cash
$38.80. We are going to use the envel-
ope system. Victory is our at high
tide here.
C. Preston Roberts, Pastor.
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TONALA, MEXICO.
The dear Lord is doing great things
for us here in the Shingler mission.
Over fifty at the altar Saturday night ..
Sunday night a r egular Pe.ntecost fol-
lowed. Almost the whole audience
arose and rushed to the altar. Mimy .
cried, shouted and heltl their hands to.
their hearts . . \Ve continue through
this Pray for us, for rsee signs
of a gr.eat r evival in ,o.ver county.
To God be all the glory. _ . .
S.- M. Stafford.
6 Nazarene Messenge,. [J 1909
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EDITORIAL
CHRISTIAN PERFECTION.
Perhaps we f?ay less about Christian
perfection, and emphasize perfect love
less than we should. .Entire sanctifica-
tion, saved to the uttermost, _perfect
love perfection; in a gen-
eral way all mean the same precious
experience which is 'wrought in the
heart of a believer through the power
of the blood by the baptism with the
Holy Ghost. Whatever term is most
disliked by worldly-minded people and
thus becomes the instrument of stig-
mati, that is the place for us, and that
is the-term to be used. John Wesley,
speaking of his day, says: "There is
scarcely an expression in Holy Writ
which has: given more offense than
'Christian pe;fection. ' .Tlie word per-
fect is what many cannot bear: The
very word is an abomination to them,
and hence some have desired wholly to
lay aside the use "of those expressions
because they have given offense. But
are they found in the oracles of God 1
If so, by what authority can any mes-
s(mger of God lay them aside, even
though all men shouid be offended 1
We have not s_o learned Chrif;!t, neither
may -we thus give place to the devil.
Whatever God hath spoken, that may
. we speak; whether men wiil hear, or
whether they will forbear. Knowing
that thus alone can any minister of
' Christ. be freed from the blood of all
men, hath not to
clare unts them all the counsel of God."
them. Less than this we cannot de- rain was pouring "down at the depot
sire, and less can!lot be the divine when we . reached this city, but the
ideal in the shed blood. Speaking of . pastor, Rev. P. W. Girvin, was there
what Christ will do in us, Dr. Adam and we were soon in a bus and con-
Clark says that it is ''His purpose to veyed to the hotel. Some of the
wash the polluted heart, destroy every streets in this city are finely paved,
foul and abominable desire; all tor- but others wer.e .. neither . paved nor
menting and unholy te.mpers, that He supplied with crossitigs. Rain and
might have the heart His throne and mud are seemingly too rare here to be
fiil the soul with His light, power and unnecessarily reckoned with, but .
life-and in a word destroy the works when they come woe be to him who
of the devil; buij if a man is not per- must navigate the highways. The
fectly saved from all sin, sin does tri- mud was not fathomless, but the nav-
ul)1ph and Satan exults, because they igation was exceedingly difficult. But
have done the mischief that Christ can- we succeeded, through darkness, rain
not or will not remove. To say He can- and mud, in getting to the church,
not would be shocking blasphemy where a little company of heroic souls
against the ili:fuiTte power mid -dignify'- gathered for the-first-of --the-series of
of the Great Creator; to say He will not meetings we were announced to hold .
. would be equally such against the in- For two days the rain continued, but
finite benevolence and holiness of His the people seemed to become accus-
tomed_ to it; and the meetings wer_e
nature. ''
_ .. Dr. Clark further say,s : ''Had I a remarkably well . attended, and the
oetter name than Christian perfection, blessing of . the Lord was- upo.n the
one with greater plenitude of meaning, . people.
one more worthy the efficacy .of the Sabbath morning the sun rose bright
blood that bought our peace and cleans- and clear, and the day was delightful,
eth from all unrighteousness, I would though the mud in places made get- .
gladly accept and use it-I . would tJng ab9ut somewhat . difficult. But
gladly employ a word more positive and there were good audiences at all of
unequivocal in its meaning, and more the three services, and several per-
worthy the merit of the infinite atone- sons sought the Lord for pardon, or
ment of Christ and of the energy of for full salvation. . The meetings are
to continue for a few days.
the Almighty Spirit; but there is none
in the language, which I deplore as an The condition of Bro. Girvin's
inconvenience and a _loss.:. In no part health has necessitated his resignation''
of the charge, greatly to the regret of
of the Script ures are w.e directed to
seek holiness by gradation. We arc to the people, who highly prize his min-
come to God, as well for instantaneorls istry and love both him and his gpod
perfection fro:m all sin as for instanta- wife. It is thought that a little time
of rest and change will give Bro. Gir-
neous pardon. Neither the seriatim nor
vin full restoration; for him we all
graduation purification exists iu ;the
devoutly pray.
Bible. " So with great definiteness we.
The District Superintendent, Rev.
are to seck, r eceive and possess our in-
heritence of Christian perfection, and
with the same definiteness testify to it
in word and life. Not on in
nor judgment, nor in free-
dom from error in life, but having cre-
ated in. us by the Holy Spiiit a clean
heart full of pure love.
A .b.eart in ev.ery thought ...
And full- of love divine;
Perfect and right and pure and good,
A copy, Lord, of thi,ne.
J. W. Goodwin, has appointed Bro.
Elliott, recently .of Selwood, 'Wash.,
to serve the people here temporarily
as supply. His excellent service in
his recent charge, and his in
evangelistic work, make . the people
expectant that he will do good.service.
"' He was to have here last week
but is evidently storm..:stayed on the
way;
San Diego is well known to be a
January 28. 1909]
. . city of . about 45,000 people;
Business seems to bedulfand laboring
men tell me that it is difficult
to secure employment . .' The city. is
well churched and I judge from what
I can learn that things with them are .
about in the usual fashion. The lead-
ing churches have congre-
gations, Sunday Schools, Young .
pie's Societies, etc.; with men in ijle
pulpits of _good abilities. The First
Methodist Episcopal Church has one
of the finest; perhaps the finest, church
building of that denomination on the
Coa,st. It is very elaborate and quite
elegant in all its arrangements. h's
pastor, I am told, does much lecturing
<m Sunday .nights and draws)are
audiences. The pastor of the Bap-
tist Church is represented to me
as the most able Biblical preacher
among the larger in the city.
Nazarene . Messenger.
on his lips towards God a:nd. m(m; ' a
kind and loving llusband and father
and a devoted member of the. Church
of Jesus Ch;rist. A wife and. siX:
and four daught.crs:;_
t ogether wfth his brothers and sisters
in the chutch, mourn his absence; hU:t
we trust that he is forever with the
Lord, E;Llso .hasten. He was
buTied from'the First Church, .t!te Post
o the Grand Army of the Republic be-
ing present and having services at the
grave. P. F. B.
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to. Bro. Gay, from Cedar .
Jo'alfs, Iowa: ' !.Jam-in my usual health.
Do not get out to Ghurch very . much,
being .about one from Church.
: .. .There are no meetings here like . our
own home Church gives us. Of course
.J would like very much. to be with you
in and holy fellowship. I trust
that I am nqt forgotten there.; indeed, I
know I am not. If life should be given
me to another fall I may go there again.
The Lord's will be done. However, it
can't be long till we shall meet on that
beautiful shore. Amen.''
'nUMMER.-Wm. H. Hummer, a.ged
68 yea,r s, 11 months and 15 days, died
r ecently in Oakland, Cal. Ris wife and
three children survive him. He was
buried from the church in Oakland,
\.Y edn.esday, J anuary 6, 1909. For sev-
Bro. FletchE'r, of Utica Ave. Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "We have
just:closed a wonderful17-days'.meet-
ing with Rev. Bud Robinson. Many
souls have been saved and many sane-
tified, and the church built up, and
there is victory all the way. ''
er al years he was a member of the First
Church in this city. The pastor at
Berkeley, Bro. Wiley, writes us that his
dbnth was peacefuL and that he left the
assurance of faith and hope
of life everlasting.
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PERSEVERANCE IN PRAYER.
Holiness as an experience has lhe
usul:il treatment accorded to it in the
popular churches of the day through-
out the country. are some
smaller churches and
it has a better chance, I am told. A
real Pentecost is greatly needed,
our Christ is anxiously waiting to
This is connectod with watching,
''watching therein 'with all persever-
Notes ance."
____ ----- \\r c .fail-
. give it. . P. F. B.
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. GENERAL SUPT . REYNOLD'S SLATE:-'
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ABILENE DIST.
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Wichita Falls, Texas
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Rogers, Texas
Goldthwaite, Texas
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OBITUARY
Jan. 30-31
Feb. 1
2,.., 3
3- 4
6- 6
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Bro. John D. Cart, pastor at Monroe,
\VasiL, writes that God is blessing the
work there, and holiness is on the in-
cr ease .
Revival fires arc burning everywhere .
Thank God . . Now for . mighty prayer
and faith' that the . fires may burn
hrightcr and hotter.
.
. The special meetings at the Long
lleach Church during the past week
have been seasons of great blessing,
with souls saved and sanctifi ed.
In a private letter from llro. Crci gh-
ton of North Yakima, 'Vash., he gives
gloriously inspiring news and a note of
victory, because of the Lord's b lessing
among. them.
Evangelist I. G. 1\Iartin closed his
services with 'the Brooklyn Heights
1\f. E. Church on SmHlay i1ight. The
. meetings have been seasons of great
refreshing, sevcraf having been saved
or sanctified.
.PREL.-Isaac Peel was born at Aza-
lia, Bartholomew county, .-Jndiana, .
tohcr 31, 1832, and died at Los Angeles,
Cal., January 16, 190!). He WU!!I ot
parentage and had a birthrig{lt
nwmbership in the Society of Friends,
He lived in the place of his nativity
ti l 1861, when he enlisted in the 39th
diana r egiment and served three years Emmanuel Church, North Attleboro,
in the civil war, when, being honora\ily 1\Iass., has voted to unite with P en-
discharged, he hastened back to his tecostal Church of the Nazarene. Bro.
home. He was soon after married tol Raymond has r ecently been call ed to
l\liss Anna Rebecka' Knowland at Ot- the pastorat e of this Church. One by
1umwa, lowa, December 29, 1864. In. ;;; n they cotbe. .
1887 t hey removed to California, lo- __ _
eati ng' at South Pasadena, where he: \Vhat would you do if your Church
converted- to God and became a would not holtl the peopl e who come?
l.!J ember of the Methodist Episcopal.; Why, build a bigger Church .. Exnctly:
Church, of which he remained a faith- that is what B'ro. Cornell of First
ful member until his r emoval to Los., Church , C hicago, wants to ,do. Yon can
Angeles about t en years ago, when he' send- hiin from $1 to $1000, and I am
united w\th the Church of the Nazar- ''!\nrc yon 'vill make him say ' ' Praise
cne, of which he was a loyar member to the L(lTd" on little oftener than usual.
the time of his death. He lived as a ;
man of God, with love in his heart and : Bro. W .. Dorwin, in sending $3 for
. to pray thro!tgh the confli ct and ac-
t he victory of prayer . This .
was what the Lord meant when. l)n
. said. that ought always to pray
.aJHf not t_o fa int." Literall y, that men
ought to "pray through." It has. been
\veil said most prayers fa il . to re-
cei ve their answer because t he sup
4
pliants "left out t he last half. h our. "
It is the last step t hat wins the race .
It is the .>last stroke t hat fells t he tree.
It is the last stone t hat cr owns the
walls and finishes the building. All
clf;e is lost if t his be left uildone . ... Yon
may pray for hours and weeks, but if
yon l ose the half hour. you have lost
it a ll. It has lH'l'n we>ll saill t hat the
reason Elisha got t he clouhlc portion
of t he Spi ti t was hecausc he stuck to
Elijah until he got it. Beloved , have
you htrc? Oh, _fm . tlic passion
of Goll that prays 1hrotlgh.-A. B.
S i m psou.
.JI .JII .JII
THE HOLY JESUS.
He. was the only man to " :hom holi-
ness could be appli ed--without rescne.
To Him srn was abhorrent and holiness
was a passion. Men before Hiin ha1l
taught that. a virtuous life was t he true
road to happin ess, but Yitt nc was a.
diffctent thing to h'oliness. Holiness,
in Christ 's Yiew. is an inward refining
passion that grips the -soul and makes
llH' n ery, "0 God make cl ean my heart.
within me." Clean, t.tansparcnt, pel-
lucid ns a hill-side spring in whi'eh all
foulness has sunk and whid1 rcfl t,ct s in
all its dt' pths onl y the sweet. glad light
of h P:1,=Pn. If iit II im ,;, :e develop this
characteristic we shall r eflect His
image allll .He will be hid f rom the.eyes
of the world.
8
Lvs Angeles and Vicinity
AT THE TABERNACLE
Although the sheets were very
muddy 011 account of the late rains, a
good congregation assembled _for the
morning worship. In the absence of
Dr. Bresee, who is in San Diego hold-
ing special meetings with our Chur ch
there, Rev. J . W. Goodwin brought
message of the morning. He read
a Scripture lesson a part of the third
chapter of James, and also a part of
the seventh cJ1apter of Mark, taking
for his text James 3 :8 and Mark 7:35,
announcing as his subject, "The Gov-
ernment of the Tongue." .
He spoke of the importance of a care-
ful government of the tongue, and how
,impossible it was to control the ton_gue
' by the natural man, and emplu-t.s1zed
the Divine. method in governing this
often unruly member. It was evident
that the people followed the speaker
ver y closely, as he took them step by
step on to the .climax. As he closed a
wave of inten.se desire and holy en-
thusiasm s,wept the congr egation while
he prayed that the Holy Ghost might
have more complete control of our
tongti'e, giving a loving tone to all our
utter ances and making our words fra-
grant with the Divine blessing.
The afternoon service was one of un-
nsnal unction and power. As Bro. Col e-
man urged upon _ the people the need of
l1eing filled with all the fullness of God,
how 1hc people prayed and wept. A
real burden of an intercessory prayer
came upon us as we continued over one
hour before the throne. Some prayed
through . and confes'sed their faith in
a great incoming wave of Divine bless-
ing on the Church.
'l'he increasing rain, which com-
menced about 6 o'clock, kept many
away from the evening service, but in
spite of this pouring r ain a good . nihm-
ber were present to enjoy the feast.
The service was in charge of our young
men of the Bible College. It was in-
deed inspiring to see such a row of ten
strong young men who have given them-
selves to preach holiness: Each took a
text and for five minutes they gave the
people red-hot truth . . It was astonish-
ing to see the wisdom and power mani-
fested in these short addresses by these
stndents. Many of tl}.em would make
cfl'ef'tive preachers even now. The serv-
i ce elosed with the altar call. It was
evident at" the close that our people will
take more interest in these young men
.after this, and we hope to have them.
again in the lead at some future time.
--" .Jl .II
MORNING AND STREET MEETINGS.
'\Ve are glad to be able to rPport
another victorious day's march toward
the celestian city. At the early morn-
ing prayer meeti ng God's holy presence
was felt by all and we believe by many
Nf!-Zarene Me-sseng6ir
for the saints praying. At
the stre'et meeting the same prevailing
spirit to.ok the meeting and I need not
say "tllat sii:uiers stopped to hear the
truth. Is it not. . marvelous to know
that the sinner loves to hear real blood-
washed men and women tell of Jesus,
and I am pursnaded that formal church
members would too, if they could only
lllemmre un to the standard of .r esus as
Ch'ristians.' Thank God for the victory
and joy and peace tJ1is Monday morn-
iJig in the Holy Ghost. L. E. R.
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GRAND.AVENUE CHURCH.
With glory and blessing! with sun-
shine and rain in torrents the . revival
meetings at this Church have continued
uninterrupted during the past week.
The heavy rains and impassable streets
have not affected the meetings, but
have, in a measure, limited the attend-
ance, but the Lord has been graciously
present to save, sanctify and bless His
believing children.
Bro .. and Sister Irick have preached
in the d emonstration of the Spirit, and
souls have. been saved and_ sanctified at
all the services. The work is going on.
TJte afternoon service on Sahbath
last was full of power . and the large
audience was greatly blessed, as six
seekers came forwa:rd and were sanc-
tified.
Afternoon meet ings are held every
Sabbath. 'l'he meetings 'vill continue
every niglit, save Saturday, during this
month. Cpme and enjoy them.
'rhe trustees of the Grand A venue
Church have decided to purchase the
lot upon which the Church is now lo-
cated, and whi ch is at present leased
on an annual r ental of $100. As prop-
erty is rapidly incr easing in value, it
is thought the part of wisdom to pur-
chase while it is possible to secure this
valuable lot at a r easonable figure. It
can be had now for $1500 and a deal is
now being consummated whereby this
corner lot, feet, shall become
the property of the P entecostal Church
of the Nazarene for the preacl1ing of
holiness.
Several friends have previously said
that when we came to the point of pur-
ehasing a lot they would help. Well,
friends, we are at that point now, and
any friend of holiness and the Pente-
costal Church of the Nazarene .who so
desir0s may be of valuable assistance
hy sending in their checks to the pas-
tm, which will he property acknowl-
ecl ged and applied. This Church is
regularly incorporated and organized
aecording to the Manual and is an in-
tngral part. of the General Church. Help
pay anc1 pray. C. V. r,.
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WHITTIER, ' CAL.
whittier \as not. heen heard from in
yonr columns for some time, .,everthe-
l css, thank God, we are still alive and
[January 28, 1909
ma-king progress on the heavenly way.
Our meetings a:re full of interest and
blessing, especially since Bro. Martin
Was here and gave us such a lift. We.
. have added a Sunday afternoon meet -
ing to our program, which is prov"ing
to be a great help to the work, giving
more' time for testimony and prayer
and affording an opportunity for 1>0me
who could not attend at any other time.
We are looking forward with happy
anticipation to the coming of
lists Allie and Emma Irick, who are to
hold a ten-days' meeting with us, he-
ginning on the 28th. We hear good
r eports of their work in Grand Avenue
Church, Los Angeles. Give . us yo1tr
prayers for great victory here in this
. meeting. . .
Herbert S. Johnsol'i', Pastor.
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SANTA MONICA, CAL.
I took charge of the Irwin Heights
work "the first Sunday in October, 1!>08,
and as far as hUman eye$ were COil
cerncd, it was not a very flattering pros-
pect. But the saints have all held 011
to God and God is answering prayer.
Our Sunday School has more than
doubled, ha-ving now sixty or more, an<l
the attendance at preaching services
is doubled and the interest is
good. There . have been some. souls
blessedly saved and some have been
sanctified, and some accessions to the
Church; others are - knocking at thc,
door for admittance. Some of the n1ost
influential people of this part of Santa
Monica are taking great interest in the
work. We have gone into many of the
very best homes of this part of our
city with our cottage prayer"mcetings,
and sometimes the cottage prayer mel't:-
ings are engaged_ for a month in ;ul-
vance.
So the dear Lord is with us . . W c ex-
pect in the near future to
a series of meetings at our Irwi11
Heights Church if the Lord wills it so,
and shall he .pleased to sec any of the
Nazarene family that the Lord nHf,V
he pl eased to send. T. B. Fisher.
$ .:A $
PASADENA, CAL.
J,ast week was one of encouragem<'nt
to the work of our Church in Pasadena.
The "Question Drawer" meetings, hPld
every J.<'riday after.Q.oon, are proving of
exceeding interest, and, it is believc<l,
of much profit. The attendance is 011
the increase, and quite a number ef
inquiring" fri ends whom we have nllt
before met show enthusiastic intcres1:.
The questions; which are written out
and handed in, signed or unsigned, aTe
accumulating, arc of great variety, 111111
manifest considerable . thoughtfulness.
'rhe following are a few samples:
"Does the tithing system of the Old
'l'estamcnt economy belong to the prns
<mt Christian dispensation 1 ''
"Please distinguish between Divine
January28, 19091 ._ Nazarene Messenge't" 9
,.
-- Healing. and mind-.- .cure, Christian
physical rcn:tcdics, faith heal-
sins arid -bciicvcrs
wholly.
can get sanc:tificd
. . 8 . __ w. Griffin.
is- g(!J.l,irig bl cHscd and moving
fotwitr<-t. We h.avc .just completed
some additious and improvcmcnts_.on
our" parsonage equivalent to about
$22;), Binl<ing .it a neat, c:omfortablc and
e:omBIO< 1 ions hom c. PraisP. the I;ord !
'l'lws<! are good clays for Cucamonga.
ing, etc:" . .
"Is healing in the atonement? If
so, in what sense and to what extent 1"
"Who arc the elders to be sent - fbr
when anyone is sick?"
"lly what will the ful.ly saved-- be
jru1ged at the judgment?"
"Ought California to have a Christ-
ian Rabbath law?"
"What is 'speaking with tongnes'?"
''Please explain 1 Cor. 15 :29. ''
"Do you think the thousand years of
I{Pv. 20 are to be taken literally?"
"What constitutes 'worldly WIS-
dom'?"
"Js tlJC Christian Alliance a churdt ,
;111<1 is it proper to speak of its meet-
ini!s as ' interdenominational'?"
" Pl ease explain Rom. 14:5. " .
"Is it consistent with .onr holy Chris-
tianity to belon_g to present-day labor
.unions?"
" Please explain, 'Be yc_ angry, and
sin not.' " -
"\Vhat is the particmlar mission of
11w Pentecostal Church of the Na;r,ar-
nrll' A ncl why is it callerl
al' and 'Na;r,arcne'?"
"Docs the present so-call ed Emman-
tt<l < !hurch movement get imipi ntt ion
anel support fiom the Bible?"
"Is it right for Chr istians t.o cat
swine flesh?"
" How docs the hlood ._of ucsus "dcansc
us ftom all sin?"" . -
' ' Explain Rom. 2 :1. '
Last Sabbath morning and afternoon
srvtccs ,\,ere blessed with vmy good
afhne1ancc. One new member was
adc1ed-Miss l\fnrion Ellison, from
< 'lrurch in Oakland, Cal., of
1hP. l<'i1st M. R Chtth:h of this eity. A
hP:t vy rain greatly depleted the C\'('n-
eongrcgation, but the I;orcl wns in
fl w 1nidst of the few nsscmbl ed in His
nantP.. Our n ext ali-day meeting wil l
IH! on 'l'hnrsdny, F ehrnary 4th.
Edward F . Walker, Pastor.
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POMONA, CAL.
mTi V<'tl here one month ago and
hircd .a fil1c. hall and hnve bccn hohling
meetings every night since with-
- I
out llllH:h success, as we c-an sec, owing
to the hindrance of Satan. I1ast Satur-
day we moved into the hall the Nn7.a-
I'<' It cs used to have and held meetings
all day with good attcndaJ;l-Ct_,.
ill the afternooi1 and evening. R ev.
brought the message in . the
cvening. At the close three souls came
t o 1 h<' altar and prayed through to Yi c-
t.my, for which we thank the Lord.
Pcnuona is a city of chure]res. \Ve ha vc
1 h_irty, I lllll told, by g_ood n
\nth a population of 8,000; lots of reli-
1-{ion hnt litt.le salvation. 'l'hcre is no
city in the county of its si7.c that ncetls
a Na?.arene church any more than this
orw, so we need your prnye1s that Oo<l
. will help ns to open up a work
where souls can get saved from their
,JI .JI .JJ
CAL.
Sabbath was truly a wonderful clay
for Cncalllonga. It began with the Sun-
day s chool, al,>out sixty_prcscnt. In the
morniug service the pastor prcachccl
from I Cor. 12 :31, on "the more ex-
eellent way." God preciously owned
this message of love. A holy hush
was on t h e people. 'rhe I1onl had sent
out <i good audi ence and all seemed . to
feel His presence. The young people's
mccti11g in t he evening was l ed by Miss
Rnth Ledig. Her rnesstigc wns from
Daniel. II is faithfulness, pmsee; tt1 ion
anel r csc: nc from the den of lions. lt
full as honey dew on all }warts. 'l'hc
t cstimonics were ri P.h. and dear. 'rhc!
ti.el c to rise imcl the saints
fllcssccL The sen i<c pm-
t-.ook of the same s\\cet spirit. '!'he: mes-
sage was from ,John 7 :'17; "If any man
t.hirst ld him Pome unto mn ancl
clrink. " 'fhrPc prec:ions lacli cs
camc forwm<l for snnPtifiea-tion. Two
p1aycd thron::rh and got bl<' ssed and
the other is sti ll seeking. 1'his is the
third we>P.k of onr r cvi\'al mPetinl!. 'l' lw
outlook is good for a gr:mcl \\'OI'k of
graC!c. 8omc have hnfk t ,, Goe1
:lllel sonw confC>ssions made>, 'l'lw f-{pi1it
o.f <'Onvietion is oft the p(}opl c 1[tHl the
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JJIOTTo--_"HOLiNESS cjNTO
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641:-1. =28111 'St., Cal;.
Pithlof!N-r: REV. J>: F . BRESEE: n.n. vrcE:PREsrbE.NT. REv. ISAIAH REh>. A,iJ.
PRINCIPAL, LEORA MARIS. B.ESS S. WOOD, . .
.. COLLEGE NOTES. .
[January 28, 1909
the .children' with d.O"ctrine of :.
hQ).inMs. .

ever !mew; , How .nicely_ he fit r:(into the
eap.se of missions. May he .. long be
spared to the .. work. . .
, . . Dr. E. F. _Walker has heen giv-
ing"our'sti.ldents a rare treat
eaeii week since Dr. Bies.ee and H.ev.
4.-. 4 . . hnve been out of the
c<ity . 'an_d absent from their regular
-- Classes a -few times.
The two-week!?' of
and examinations in both tlie Biblical
and. English courses began Monday
morning with Rev. R. Pierce's class in
Homiletics, and will continue in all the'
studies until February 5th, the close of
t!le first semester. .
"Th,ere a gloiiqus outlook before
us as a Church .to spread- Scriptunil
holiness among tlie people: Just 'What
hungry hearts are longing for. 'fhis is
what gives a cl ear .knowledge of God
and a good understanding of His' word.
"I should, rejoice to have the privi-
l ege of visiting Los Angeles again to
attend the services in the tabernacl e
and hear my old pastor, Dr. Bresee
preach the 'word; a:nc1 to look into
of the brathren. Pray for me.''
Thq students 'have appre-
Dr .. Walker's mo:;;t scho.larly lec-
thres; and .took .careful notes as he
ga_ye thein from his vast store of
'l3iblical .knowledge and research.
'fhe st).ldents in Bro. Whitcomb's
elass.hnvc also been working with keen,
est interest,- on the task he set them,
of reading in his absence Wesley's thir-
.tem'i sermons on Chrisf's Sermon on the
Monnt.
PROGRESS AND PRAISE.
It affonl s ns great joy and pleasure
to bring our . tribute of praise and vic-
tory, inicl be p ermitted to shout forth
or send . abroad. our trumpet blasts
through your . noble and valuable col-
umns. .,
We aTc}1appy to inform. y&\i of our
good health, joyous and . ex-
perience . of saving and sanctifying
. power, of blessed triumphs in His royal
service, and that are ->vitncssing
souls as they plunge b.eneath the
cleansing flow. Hallelujah!
Our last meeting was away over the
Rockies at Attica, in the Sunflower
State. 'Ve had many souls who found
the triumphs of "the double .cure."
Rev. C. E. Farney, pastor of the Church
(U. B.), where the meetings were con-
duct ed, stood nobly by us, and by the
whole truth. His wife, daughter and
eldest &on were sanctified. what re-
joicing!
vVe boarded the California Limited
and swept across the great rolling plains
of Kansas, Colorado and into Arizona.
Our train dashed around sharp curves,
leaped over flowing str"eams, __ snrged up
steep grades and went sweeping down.
long slopes until we shot into dark
nels and on- our long we went,
soon into the State of sunshine and
flowers we joyfully l anded.
We arrived in Los Angeles on sched-
ule time. vVe were m.et by Rev. La Fon-
taine and some other royal saints, and
. soon we were in ou.r comfortable quar-
ters of entertainment: Two hours after
our arrival in the city we were in
actual service. The battle opened up .
in the Grand A venue "Pentecostal
ChlJreh of the Nazarene. Qur noble
Bro. baFontai.ne is pastor. Despite the
incessa.'nt rains and flooded streets the
work grew .with steady power, interest
and victory. Souls arc getting
r eclaimed and sanctified. Glory to God P
Many dear saints of strength, abil-
The following February 8th,
the .second.semester will open. Already
new students have enrolled, and we are
. claiming, in living faith as great man-
ifestations of God's power upon the col-
lege . iri all its workin.gs, as . He has ;;;o
graciously given during the first half
of thil'j college year. Dear friends, pray
for the college! Gifts will be aclmowl-
edged next .week
'ity, proficiency and excellent Christian
character are coming and assisting in
making this meeting a splendid success.
We open next 1'husrday, January. 28th,
with Rev. 'Johnson of Whittier; then
next to Santa Ana, with dear Bro.
Glover. We will be on this coast sev-
eral months and will fill engagements
where Jesus leads, No guarantee or
stipuJntions; but a free will' offering for
our support is all needed. Our. western
address is 2908 south Flower street,
Los Angeles, Cal. Ten thousand bless-
ings be . upon the Messenger faml.ly.
Write us early if our services are
wanted. . Yours and His,
Allie and Em111a Irick.
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FROM DR. J. C. ANDREWS.
Dr. J. C. Andrews, who has long been
ill at his home at Los Olivos, Cal., and
who has been associated with our work
_from . its early beginning, at one time
being a n1ember of the Board of First
Churc.h, Los Angeles, in writing kindly
greetings says : ''I wish to expr ess
some appreciation for the bless-
ing and help received from the Mes-
senger. When it c.ome.s I go through
it before reading any other matter.
"I rejoice with you in the onward
advance of our work. Wonderful to
think of i So many assemblies and en-
larged increase in membership. It is
encouraging to read of the blessings of
God attending the labors of our work-
ers. in the field, especially oqr younger
men, so. many of whom have gone out
from First Church. As I write I recall
the names. of Bros. Henricks of Port-
land, Ore.; Valjerin and Clark of
ington,. Mcintyre of Oklahoma, Girvin
of San Diego and others. Bro. C. J.
manager- of the P.ubljshing
House, is engaged in a good w:ork, pub-
Sunday School literature imbued
with hohness. He iS surely the right
man to do it. The Youth's Comrade js,
a move in the right dir:.ection to
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"Jesus when He left the sky, -
And for sinners came to die,
In His passed not by
Little ones like me.
''Mothers then the Savior sought
In the places where He taught,
And to Him their children brought-
Little ones like me:
" Did the Savior say them nayT
No, He kindly bid them stay."
Suffered none to turn away
Little ones like me.
'' 'Twns for them His life He gave,
To redeem theni from the grave;
Jesus able to save
Little ones like me.
"Children then should. love Him too,
Strive His holy will to do,
Pray to Him and praise Him, too,-
Little ones like me. ''
.JJ " .JJ
--:" GIRLS AS SPENDTHRIFTS . .
C. E. CORNELL.
There is more than one girl who does
not seem to know the value of money.
E\-eJy cent that comes into her hands
mnsf be spent for something, and that
something is very often an unneces-
sary, .article. - Girls who thus
form the habit of spending money be-
come -wastefully extravagant, and of-
ten work hardship to parents or a lov-
ing husband. Many a man has been
led to incr ease his incdme by sinful
practices simply because he could not
meet home expenses. and live like his
neighbor. Usually t he young wife has
lllll<'h to do -with this by her injudicious
management and unrestrained, expen-
si ,c habits. Young wotnen, whether
they have little or much money, who
practice frugality, who cultivate the
hahit of ' 'making every cent count,''
will ;.hn.ve a decided advantage over a
spt>ndthrift in after years.
Extravagance is already a Jl10St hein-
ons si n in this country. It l eads to self-
inclulgence, pd.de, sinful appetites and
.passions. Unchecked, it often brings . .
pon'rty, misery, untold suffering, and
sometimes . suicide. Economy- not
stingi ness-is a virtue . . It l eads to judi-
cious habits, r estrained desires; careful-
ness. planning for the "rainy day,"
and is commendable in any character .
We need more young women wh<? h ave
tho economic side of their natu:re well
<l l'vl'loped. ;My young woman fri end, _
1hink about this.
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FIGHT_ AND CONQUER.
You cannot escape teinptation. It is
sure -to come. It is an unavoidable fac-
in every life. But you can conqu er
1t. And that is greater than to t,o
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escape -from it. There is a sense in ...... clasped her father round the knees and. -
which temptation is good. - It tries the said, her tears: ---------- ---- . -
fiber of the soul: It makes character: "Has Jeanie -gone to Heaven?" :.
it deepens . spiritual . possibilities. A . "Yes, dearie,,. said the heart broken
famous preacher has said that men are father. . . . .
not made by being protectld; they are "Will I -go orie day T" asked.the little
developed by exposure. That seems .a again. . ; , . , . .
hard doctrine, but it is true to human- 'Yes," said the father, "if you're a
experience. The resister . is stronger good girl yo11 will see Jeanie in Heaven-
than the nonresister. The one who falls some day. " _
dqwn before his temptations wili soon The little had now ca.ught he!'
be unable to stand upon his feet. The father's hand, and, looking np agaio
one who grapples with is likely to into his face, she f!!"ked: '
conquer over them, and a conqueror is . "Father, will you be there, too-T"
always a strong man. .That staggered him, and the drnnlt-
Do not think you can omit tempta- ard_ found no rest until he knelt in pen-
tions,to evil from you:c program.,ef life. itence before God and forsook his siu,
You cannot. But you can give sanctity . Both he and his wife, as well as" his
and beauty to yQur life by triumphing are God t?day.
over your temptations through the co-
operating grace 'of _J esus Chr!st.-Sel.
... - .....
THE fiVE- WISHES.
''I wish I in a beautiful palace,
with nothing to do but what I_ pleased; "
said little Susie Blake.
''0, I wish I .was very, very pretty,
so- that the p eople would look at me
and -say, 'She's the prettiest girl I ever
saw!''' exclaimed-Ella Dudley.
''And I do wish, more than anything -
else, that I had lots and lots of money,"
said Dora Kyle.
"I would like to be very bright, and
write beautiful story ho,gks," _said
)lagg,v Wilkins.
''I wish to be. good-so good that all
my friends will- l o.ve me, '' timidly said
little Kate Table.
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SOME BIBLE CHILDREN.
1. child wa.s one
:vears younger than- his father?
2. " hat child had a -coat of many
colo-rs?
3. What chi!tl was r escued from the
ri:vPr by a king 's daughter 7
.,4. What child heard the voi ce of
God calling him in the night ?
. 5. what child _kept his father's
sheep? .,. .
--6. What child was made king of
Jtldah at eight years of' age 7
7. What child . deliYered a IJJight
man from a terrible disease 7
8. What child sent tq_ open a gate
failed to do so ?-Selected.
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BOW A DRUNKARD WAS SAVED.
I know a man. a carter in
who \vas a clrnnkard. ancl n ever thought
ahout God or his soul.
There came a time when God, saw fit
to take to Himself the drunkard's little
girl. who was JOYed by her father With
a'll his heart. . '
The night the
took his h yo other little girls iJrto tbe
ro01:n -to have a last look at their sister.
Ther e they all W<'pt together bitterly.
After standing in the
a little while one ._of the wee girls
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1lelptitl Reading.
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FLETCHE.R'S RULES.
-John Fletclfer " as a man of deep
piety. lV[r. Wesley so indicated ir.t
preaching his funeral sermon. Mr .
Fletcher drEnv up for his own guidance ..
the following rules for daily selfex-
amination. I pass them along to the
young people:
1. Did I awake spiritual
1
:md
I watchful in keeping my mind fron:
wan<;lering. t his niorning1
. 2. Have I _t his day got nearer to
God in prayer , or have I given way- to
. a lazy, i<;lle spirit ?
3. Has my faith been weakened by
unwatchfuli1ess; or qui ck ened by dili-
gence? ..
4. Have 1 walked by faith, and seen.
God in all things ? .
5. I denied. myself in all un-
kind words and thoughts ? Have I been
-delighted at seeing others p r eferred Y
6. Have I made t he most of . my
time, as far as I had li ght, strength and
opportunity ?
7. Have I kept. the issues of my
h eart in the means of grace, so as to
profit by them?
8. What have I done this day for
the soul s and bodies .of God's dear
saints?
9 .. Have I l aid out anything to
please . myself, when I might luiYe
saved the money for the cause of God ?
-Sel ected.
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"Griffith J ohn on the fiftieth anm-
versary of his arrival in China as a mis-
sionary, made the following statement,
which is the secr et of a successful life :
" 'A missionary l ife s t he greatest of
'an possible l i ves. If a messenger from
God should come and t ell me my l ife
was to be spared .. for another fifty
year s, Ghina should have them all.
That :Inner Voi ce-::-I haYe always obey -
ed it, ariel it has never fai l ed me. Even
whe.n, in- earlier days going into Hunan
with m:y lif,e in my Iiands, I knew no
fear-return alive or not, I knew it was
the will of God for me. I learned a
great secret many years ago-Never
judge a man by what he says, or even
by whllt he .may __ do. Judge a man by
what I know him to be. Love-love
..:_love-this is the secret of a happy
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THE REVIVAL.
Will there be r revival in your church
. this year? God IS ready. God 'is
ng and anxi ous. Behold the Lord's
hand is not shortened, that it cannot
save; neither Hk-ear heavy, that it
ca1mot .. ':i.\ilany about us '
that are not saved and are hungry for
salvation,'. a1id -\vho "are going
in sin every. ,. and. be l'ost for
eve1;_ if they are not soon _saved. . The
Lord says t liat it depends upon an. in-
tercessor. Isa:. 59 :14. An inter.cessor
is one who :has i1p and through
for himself, and is ready to pray
others. He js 011'e who has come to the
end_ of self and for others, as
when he prayed, " Blot me ont"
if need be, bnt save the people. Will
t h ere be a r evival ? Yes; if you furnish
the intercessor. An intercessor is one
who holds with one hand to the love,
self-sacrifice, holiness of J esns, and
with other hand holds on tQ a per-
ishing world and pours out his soul in
prayer until the victory comes. \Vill
you f urnish an intercessor for the re-
; ,iva I ? An intercessor is one who is
willi1i.g to pay the pri ce of a p ersonal
wot;k er ; that is. one who's life is so
cleal'ly devoted to the Lord t hat peo-
ple cannot be mistaken on that point.
\Ve must be intercessors. Jesus. our
example, liveth to intercede for
us. If we follow Him we will have to
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go. His 'va_y. Will th(lre pe. a
May t he Lord help us to meet the con- ..
dition!)! of a_ revival
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'WHY YOU SHOULD BE HOLY,"
AND
. OF THE OLD MAN, "
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