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Vol. XIV. . Los Angeles, July 29, 1909

No.5

The Saint and Devil,s Veils

Selected and Abreviated for the bg Clara A. LeRingwell, Miuionarg to China.
l!iVIIHERE was once .. a child of God
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t.1 who walked in the light contin-
, .. ually, without swerving to the
right hand or to the left, and who had
unbroken communion with God and im-
mediate access to Him in prayer. As
the years rolled on the messengers of
Satan tried in many ways to tempt him
to fall ; but he was kept by the power
of God, until, the story reads, the mes-
sengers of hell met in converse to de-
vise a plan for the overthrow of this
one whose gaze seemed fixed on some-
thing before him brighter than the
prizes h.eld out by the tempter, so
: bright that it caused the shadows to
: fall on Satan's baubles.
''Has he not been tempted with many
things?'' asked Satan.
' 'He has, again and again.''
"\Veil, why did he not yield?"
"Because, dread master, he did not
seem to see the temptations at all. "
"And why not, pray 7"
"He sees only God and sees God
everywhere in everything, no second
cause. ''
"And why?"
"It is because he has a pure heart
and I have concluded that the Almighty
is always just above such a heart like
a blazing sun, and in the pure mirror
of the soul this fla111ing sun is reflected
with so overwhelming a refulgence that .
the little will- 'o-the-wisp light of temp-
tation which we are able to bring near
him are like the stars of midday
eclipsed by the greater lights. "
' 'Wisely explained,'' exclaimed Sa-
tan, ''and this man can never be over- .
come by any possibility unless God be
hidden from his view." .
"Who will devise a thick veil to hang
about his soul?" '
At length one volunteered and said :
"I will weave a veil that will shut God
out from the soul.,.,
"Of what will you construct it,
pray?" inquired Satan.
"It shall be woven of little displeas-
ures at God's mysterious providences."
A thunder-gust of followed
this speech and Satan himself nodded.
approvingly, as he said, "I think that
will succeed. Try it at oncq.. ''
Very carefully the demon went about
his work. Day by day he gathered and
wove the materials fqr his veil. Here
he caught a thread in the little
trary things of daily life. There he
wove in the unaccritmtable actions of
friends. Again he seized on petty neg-
lect and contemptuouS Deft-
ly he interwove the tangled skein of
good deeds misinterpreted, kind words
incorrectly reported and mysterious
disappointments in the work of the
Lord, and at last he ventured to ap-
proach saint in .an hour of great
and sore testing and cast the veil about
bis soul, \vhispering; "Ian 't it very
strange that God allows things to go so
astray Y You would not be half . so in-
different to your own child as God is
to you. How you have prayed and
wept, and toiled . and struggled and
yet all has gone contrary. There is
just no use trying to escape it; it is
hard and exceedingly strange, is it not Y
Just look at these calumnies and .slan-
ders against you. Didn't you trust God
to carry you through and"lfe has failed
you. He has left you in disgrace. Now,
that is hard, ian 't it?"
Straight upward th,rough the devil 's
veil, straight upward to the throne of
God, there .arose the saint's prayer and
praise. ''The Lord gave and the Lord
hath taken away; blessed be the name
of the Lord. Yea, 0 Lord, though
thou slay me yet will I trust in thee;
thy ways are ways of pleasantness, and
all thy paths are peace. From Thee,
0 God, cometll every ,good and perfect
gift, and thou not.
"I have no reputation but trust my
all with Thee. Let everything that
hath breath praise the Lord."
And as he spoke the fire of the Holy
Ghost swept about his soul and the
devil 's veil flashed into nothingness
while the saint's heart reflected the Son
of righteousness brightly than
before.
Once more the powers of darkness
convened and sought for some final
means by which to obscure the vision
of this man of God.
A spirit of unusual cunning said: "I
will essay to weave a veil which will
proye efficient.. I will put. in it nothing
more gross than mere natural choice
and preference. The man does not live
who has not these, and if I can but suc-
ceed in persuading this saint to lean
but a feather 's weight upon his own
choice rather than upon the choice of
God, the point of the will have
entered his soul, his gaze will be turned
toward something beside God, and he
will be less able to resist other tempta-
tions; his downfall at least for a time
is assured. ''
"Truly," replied Satan, "this is the
keenest shaft ever devised in perdition;
there remains nothing so fine that it
can enter where this fails. Away!"
The saint stood irresolute, seeking to
decide what .he should do. He pre-
f erred a certain line of action, in that
it would probably result in the most
comfort for himself, and as he thought
best work for God; but he felt a little
as if the Lord pointed to a less pleas-
ant path. Just at this juncture the veil
was thrown and the suggestion made to
him, ''Now do be reasonable about this
thing. Look at the matter sensibly.
You are not called upon to sacrifice
yourself unnecessarily, and it is 'cer-
tain that you can glorify God in either
\vay. Then why not have a . little com-
fort for yourself and choose this .which
you naturally prefert" .
He could get no special light; God
seemed almost to hide his face, and as
he hesitatEid in doubt, closer and closer
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Satan's hosts wheeled around his soul
with concentrated hate and malignity
aiding .. the suggestions of self-interest
in every way known to their experience,
while the arch-fiend c;lrew his bow and
sent this shaft tipped with the venom
that caused the fall of man: "Yea hath
God said? Are you sure? No ; you
know He hasn't said anything about it;
you have asked for . light, and yet you
are left to your own . . Now
remember, 'thus saith the Lord. Let
every man be fully persuaded in his
own mind, and also that now is
time.' Decide, and decide now ; choose
the path that seems best to your own
judgment, for you must . hasten, 'the
night cometh when no man can
work. '''
The saint dropped upon his knees
and at once the devils recoiled. "Lord
I am thine, " he b egan. "I cannot
choose ; 0 God make 'thou my choice
for me. Thou hast said lean not to
thine own understanding. Choose for
me Lord. If Thou sendest joy and
rest, I am glad and thankful ; but if
Thou sendest pain a:J?.d sorrow, it will
be as the sweetest roses in my pathway,
if I but continue to see Thee; but if I
fain must choose even so let it be. I
choose now forever Thine own sweet .
will in all things. This by Thy grace
is the preference of my inmost soul.
Thy will 0 Lord be done."
In dire confusion and defeat the
demon hosts vanished before the glory
of the Lord which fell upon that up-
turned face and into the open soul of
the praying saint,. transfiguring him
with the light of that eternal truth
which had set him free, and as he
moved among men those who knew him
best began to see in his face and in his
life, not the saint himself but the Christ
life. For as when a mirror is placed
opposite the sun the is not
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seen but only .the sun reflected in it. So
this saint by r eason of .the pure heart
which God had given him so faithfully
reflected the Sun of righteousness to-
ward whom he always turned, that men
saw and were drawn to the Christ en-
throned in his heart while the man re-
mained hidden.
"When Hehath tried me I shall come
. forth as gold.''
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MILLION MILES AHEAD.
.D. RAND PIERCE.
Some . people long. for riches,
And some are after fame,
And so;ne go to the theatre,
And think relj.gion 's tame,
And some run here, and some run there,
To get their poor souls fed,
But the good old time religion's
A million miles ahead !
Some love the world's adorning,
Its golden rings and chains,
Which often hides their wanting,
In moral worth and brains,
And some crave this, and some crave
-that,
By fickle fancy led,
But good old-time religion's
A million miles ahead!
Some think there's joy in drinking,
And squander all for rum,
And some seem happy smoking,
And smelling like a bum,
And some chase banqueting and balls,
Till they are nearly dead,
But good old-time religion's
A million miles ahead !
Let others chase the. devil,
And serve him if they will,
And ruin soul and body
By feeding on his swill,
But I'll choose Canaan's corn and wine
And holy joy, instead,
For good old-time religion's
A million miles ahead !
Give me a red hot meeting,
With Pentecost outpoured,
And waves of blessing washing
The whole thing overboard,
A.nd seekers praying till the skies;
Their floods of glory shed,
Oh, good old-time religion's still
A million miles ahead !
-Beulah Christian.
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THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.
EDWARD F. WALKER.
- "To them that have obtained like
precious faith with us through the
righteousness of God and our Savior
J esus Christ: Grace and peace be mul-
tiplied unto you through the knowledge
of God, and of Jesus our Lord. "
of God" is rightness
according to God. That is the Christian
standard of right. Not simply reck-
oned right, but made right; and not al-
most right, but all right; not in the es-
teem of men, but in the sight of God.
''Knowledge of God" is not theoreti-
cal, nor merely doCtrinal, but personal
and experiential. The word is very in-
. tensive in significance: to really know.
This divine tightness is dependent upon
the knowledge of God. We experience
it only as we know Him. A.nd all prO-
ceeds from Jesus "our Savior" and
'' o.ur God. ' ' These two relations are in.
separable. He saves UE! because we
crown Him; and He dominates our lives
because He saves us.
''Grace and peace'' are both the cause
and effect qf Jesus becoming_ our Savior
and Lord and of .the righteousness and
knowledge of God. And these all come
through faith, precious faith, and like
precious faith-the same in all who are
in Christ. Views may differ and divide,
but true faith that realizes the grace
and peace and righteousness and knowl-
edge of God is one and unites in one.
May all who have obtained such faith
-who have had all sin that divides
from God and one another subtracted-
from their lives, and who have had all
graces that unite in one added to them
-be in the class of multiplication. Oh,
this means such a reduplication in grace
and peace-such a holy compounding
in all Christian goodness-as shall re-
sult in a heavenly amalgamation away
beyond the best conception of the most
zealous ecclesiastical idealist. This is
the answer to the prayer of our living
Head, "that they all may be one; as
thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us." Dear-
ly beloved, let us all unite in this prayer,
and earnestly seek the answer.
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THE VALUE OF A SOUL
J. V. LANGSTAFF.
The lesson taught by our Savior in
Mark 8 :36, 37, is not only calculated
to show us as individuals that neglect
ing the salvation of our own souls for
any reason whatever, whether because
of an unwillingness to deny ourselves
and take up the cross, to lay down our
lives for His sake and the gospel's, the
accumulation of earthly treasures, - or
because of being ashamed of Him and
of His words, will prove an irreparable
mistake and not only cause us to cry
for ' 'the mountains and rocks to fall
on us and hide us from the face of Him
that sitteth upon the throne and from
the wra th of the Lamb," but to hear the
awful sentence : Depart from me into
everlasting fire prepmred for the devil
arid his angels and to "enter the gates
of hell and hear the sad wailings no
tongue can tell,'' but I believe should
as forcibly teach us as Christian people
the personal responsibility resting upon
us concerning the salvation of other
souls, so that we will gladly consider
ourselves as workers together with Him.
Inasmuch as "though he were rich yet
July 29, 1909]
for our sakes he became poor that we
through his poverty might be made
rich,'' (both spiritually and
ly) we should give of our
first with a willing mind, knowing that
it is ' ' according to that a man
hath and not according to that which
he hath not," "not thaf one may be
casccl and a nother burdened, but by an
,equality," thereby . showing to the
worlu as well as the poor saints the
'examples of self-denial and love set
us hy our Savior. Therefore l et us
learn His lessons with meekness not
alone by but by example as
,well. 1
Nazarene Messenger
INDIA INDUSTRIAL EVANGELISTIC
MISSION.
The India Industrial Evangelistic Mis-
sion, with headquarters at Pilibhit, in
the United Provinces, India, was found-
ed by Pastor J . C . . Lawson and Mrs.
Lawson, February 22, 1903, being the
outgrowth of twenty-two years of ser-
vice in India, the last of which
wer e spent largely in famine rescue
work. Thus Pastor and Mrs. Lawson.
have had nearly twenty-eight years of
missionary. experience in India. The
mission was incorporated in 1907.
The Aims of the Mission
are the salvation of the people through
the preaching of the gospel (especially Especially those of us who are called
to tlw mi11istry I exhort as doth-St .. Paul ;
"gi,ing no offense in anything that the
min i.stry he not blamed.'' Let us be
faithful to our charge. Preach the
WoJ'<l; it will give offense, we need not;
it' will not make us popular in the sight
of the world, or give us.th e friendship
theeof (which is enmity against God) ;
but preach. the Word, as given by in-
spiration of God. Do not modify it,
preach it; do not ap.ologize for it, but
preae)l it; do not be il"shamecl of Him or
of His words. He said, ''Except ye r e-
pent ye shall all likewise perish.' ' He
has never reversed the order. Ring it
out in John the Baptist tones; it may
shorten the supply of butter hut bread
shall be given him and his water sh all
he sure. Ha llelujah!
... .. and,
as means to this great end, to rescue
famine orphans; to give employment to
those who, when cast out for. Christ's
sake, would otherwise have no means
of support; to save from ruination
children born to native Christian par-
ents who otherwise must grow up in
idleness, and, by training all of these
classes to habits of industry and true
Christianity, to raise up self-supporting
and self-pr opagating churches.
1'1eaeh repentance t oward God and
fait h in the Lord Jesus Christ. He
prayed for the sanctification of all be-
lievers. H e sufferea without the gate
that He might sanctify His people with
His own Blood. '' us go forth
thc1efore unto Him without the camp
hearing His reproach." Oh Glory, wlat
a p1ivilege! Do we esteem the r eproach
of Christ greater riches than the treas-
ures of Egypt (of the world and its ap-
plause )? Oh, beloved, preach holiness.
Paul declares without it no man s hall
see the Lord. It is necessary. It never
was is not now, anti never shall be
pop;1lar in this world, but think of Him
' "who for the glory that was set before
Rim endur ed the cross, despising t he
shame and is set down at the right
hand of the Throne of God." f r om
whence
"He is coming, coming, coming, soon
I know;
Coming back to this earth again.
And the weary pilgrim will to glory go
When Jesus comes again." .IIallelujah!
l<' r esno, Cal.
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Have you sent in your order for a
tent at the camp meeting? Sei1d it. in
today. Do it n.ow.
As to Doctrine,
t he I. I. E. M. stands firmly for heart
holiness, since God 's \Vord says: " \Vith-
out holiness no man s hall see the Lord. "
The mission teaches a whole Bible, and
that ,Jesus is just the same today as
nineteen hundred years ago. Only holi-
ness missionaries can j oin .the mission.
It- is a. Fa.ith Mission,
and, at the same time, an industrial mif?-
sion, as its na me indicates. As we look
to God alone to supply all our spiritual
needs, so we l ook to Him a lone to supply
all of our tempor al needs. This He al-
ways does, according to Phil. 4 :19, 20:
''My God shall supply all your n eed,
according to His in glory, by
Christ Jesus. Now unto our Lord and
Father be the glory forever and ever.
Amen." The missionaries look to God,
and not to the mission. for thei r . s up-
port. Candidates must not offer them-
selves unl ess they can loyally accept the
principles of the mission, and are pre-
pared to maintain them at all times.
Tlwy should
Count the Cost,
and he prepar erl to l ive lives of toil,
antl loneliness, and of danger ; to live
apart from the comforts and associa-
tions of home. if need be; to persever e
in their work in spite of discourage-
ments from all sources, and to exercise
fnith in the keeping power of God who
called t hem. l\lark Guy -Pierce has said:
",Jesus still walks alone among us, bear-
ing the sor.r.ows of this poor world."
. We. His followers, should be glad to
share with Him.
In the mission the spiritual in placed
first, the industrial second, and the edu-
cational third. This order can scar cely
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be improved. First things IJlUSt be
placed first.
The writer would be_ glad to corre-
spond with those called of God to be
missionaries and who are not already
working .. with any missionary society.
His address is Pastor J . C. Lawson, in
care of Central Holiness University,
ORkalooRa, Iowa.
Will our friends of The Na.za.rene
Messenger please pray for the work
that our loving heavenly Father has
committed to our charge.
Pastor J. C .. Lawson.
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THE MISSION OF A LIFE.
The above is the title of a poem
which was published in the New Year
Number of the MESSENGER. It was
composed by Rev. J. W. ' Goodwin, in
honor of Dr. Bresee's 70th birthday,
and was read at the Anniversary
meeting on New eve. We
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(}orrespondence
DR. E. F. WALI{ER'S LETTER.
While in Philadelphia the other day
I visited the old St. George's Methodist
Church, where the first Conference of
denomination in this country
vened,. just one hundred and thirty-six
years ago today. The following inscrip-
tion is in a marble tablet on the front
part of the building :
THE FIRST METHODIST
CONFERENCE . IN AMERICA,
CONSISTING
OF TEN MEMBERS,
WAS HELD IN THIS CHURCH
JULY 14TH, 1773.
Since that time Methodism has great-
ly grown, in statistics if not in grace.
John Wesley said that he did not fear
there would ever come a time when
there would cease to be Methodists in
Europe and America; but he did fear
that they would become like the other
sects.
Surely the signs are great that the
people calling themselves by that name
a!e very far from becoming extinct.
fear expressed, by the great
founder of that great denomination ap-
pears to be in danger of realization. In
the beginning Methodists were very dif-
ferent from others. Their chief dis-
tinction lay in their spiritual aggressive-
. ness. Par.ticularly, unlike others, they
were a ''holiness people.'' They were
raised up, we are told, not for the forma-
tion of a religious party, but for the re-
formation of the continent and the
of Scriptural holiness over these
lands. Holiness was the doctrine pecu-
liarly committed to their trust--"the
grand depositum of Methodism.'' In
the middle of last century the bishops
in their address to the church earnestly
urged the aggressive evangelism of holi-
ness, and gave warning that if they
failed in that they were ''a fallen peo-
ple.,, In an address before the great
gathering of all Methodism in the city
of Washington several years ago Bishop
Newman declared holiness as taught by
Wesley to be ''the distinguishing doc-
trine of Methodism,'' and that if this .
were left out there would be no good
excuse for the continuance of Method-
ism as a separate religious movement.
Does this doctrine:.-preached, pressed,
professed-so mark Methodists today as
to distinguish them from others? It does
not so seem. Certainly among those"who
stand straight and stalwart and steady
for : holiness are many Methodists.
Thank God for such. The holiness
,, movement today under God more,
far more, to sanctified Methodism than
to any other people. But the great
Methodist movement as such, it is very
is not , moving along lines of
h
0
lfue8s as tau1ht by the early Method-
ists, It is j;p .close resemblance to
"the other ,. W e,ley feared it
might be. . .
Brethren : the mission and commission
I
Messenger .
of the Pentecostal Church of the Naza-
rene is exactly the same as original
Methodism. We believe that in the
providence of God our call is to do the
work which has been neglected by
others. There is a word I would add,
as I interpret our call-"to spread and
conserve scriptural holiness over these
lands.", We see the importance in these
days of properly caring for those who
get full salvation. ''Sanctified and pre-
served, '' is the Scripture. this
work let nothing deter, detract or dis-
tract us. Ecclesiastical ambition, bane-
ful respect for statistics, pe,I"sonal pre-
ferment have no place among us.
Holiness unto the Lord
Is our watchword and song.
0 God I keep up humble and faithful.
If need be
[July 29, 1909
There was much preaching on "Hell"
"Carnality," "The Old Man"
"Judgment." These are neglected
truths, but the preachers forced thelll
. on the attention of the people and God
used these truths to bring forth results;
Doubtless also the influence of these
truths will work conviction in heartaJ
for many days. The doctrine of holi.
ness was clearly set forth and modern
errors and fanaticisms fearlessly as-
sailed. '
Bro. Felix W. Johnson of Alameda
and Sister Epperson of Berkeley each
preached once. They are both new in
this district, but have already won the
confidence of preachers and people.
. .-- little and unknown; --- -
Loved and prized by God alone.
There were a number of very bright
conversions and sanctifications. A larger
number of young people were present
than ever before. They are a well.
- save d, inteltigent arid cultured class of
young people and will, in the hands of
Let no temptation of the eccleiastical God, be a power in spreading this grP.at
world; any more than the ungodly salvation. Several are planning to at.
world, prevail upon us in the least to tend the Bible College.
lower the Bible standard of holiness. All the leaders and preachers were
We will buy the truth, whatever the graciously anointed of God. At times
price, and sell it not, whatever the the Spirit was poured out abundan'tl.y.
- proffer. Amen I These times when . the Spirit of -God
hovered over the congregation, when
Jesus is so near, that the saints laugh,
shout, weep, wave handkerchiefs, shake
hands, march about the room or dance
beggar description. May we be kept
in the place where we can often have
such time of refreshing from the pres-
ence of the Lord. . . .

After nineteen of absence I am
again at Mountain Lake Park camp
meeting. I came-uncalled, unannounced,
unexpected-simply because I wished to
visit the made dear to me in the
long ago, and wanted to see here some
dear children of my heavenly Father
whom I tenderly love. .
Here it was that the Lbrd many years
ago called me out of the Presbyterian
pastorate into holiness evangelism.
The first sermon I heard after reach-
ing camp was from the anointed lips of
dear Dr. Chas. J. Fowler. Whenever I
hear this man preach I wish, "Oh that
I could preach." The sermon was
Scripture and logic on fire with the Holy
Ghost. The demonstration of the Spirit
brought conviction to many, a number
of whom came to the altar for ''the
blessing, " and found it."
It was my privilege this morning to
relate some special phases of my own
experience, particularly with the Divine
will and leadings. My soul exults in
the consciousness that He not only di-
rects my paths, but more particularly
orders my steps.
In and for Him,
Edward F. Walker.
.JJ .JJ
BEULAH PARK CAMP-MEETING.
The Third Annual Camp Meeting at
Be1;1lah Park, East Oakland, closed Sqn-
day night, July 11. The meetmg was a
successful one in every way, and in
some respects the best meeting of the
three. There was deep mani-
fested, and .tile l]leetings were .all well
attended.
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The preaching was by Rev. P. G.
Linaweaver, :District Superintendent;
H. F. Reyilolds, General Superintend-
ent, and W. C. Wilson, evangelist.
The singing was led by Bro. Cornwell,
assisted by Bro. Nilson. Bro. Bells and
Sister Mitchell were the musicians. .A
ladies' quartet composed of Sisters Ed-
minster, Linaweaver, Cornwell and
Grube greatly helped by their singing.
The children's meetings were largely
attended and the object lessons given by
Sister Linaweaver made the truth inter-
esting as well as easily comprehended.
These lessons showed much thought and
work in their preparation. The Y, P.
meeting was given largely to testimony,
and the testimonies had a genuine ring.
Bro. St. Clair's Bible readings were
given in his own characteristic way and
with peculiar unction. Several were
sanctified at these services and other
victories won as well, as the truth shone
from the Word on hearts.
Bro. Reynolds mentioned a certain
young lady who was planning to go to
the foreign field as soon as her college
expenses were paid. Bro. Reynolds was
requested to find out how mpch these
were, which he did, stating that they
were about $250. A lady agreed to pay
these, $100 was subscribed for passage
money by two ladies, and nine persons
subscribed $25 each for a month's sup
port. With other money h11nded in, over
$600 was raised spontaneously for the
mission wqrk.
At about 11 o'clock Sunday night the
.people again formed a large circle
around the inside of the circle and sang
"Blest be the tie that binds," and Bro.
W. C. Wilson pronounced the benedic
tion and then closed one of the greatest
-July 29, 1909]
meetings we have ever seen.
The District was well represented,
p,eople being present from Vallejo,
Sant a Rosa, Milton, Stockton, Santa
Cruz and San Jose, besides the bay
cities. People are asking for our people
to come to a number of places and start
a church where holiness is preached and
the Iloly Ghost has right of way.
Nazarene
lives. One young lady has been sweetly
r eclaimed and we do know that our God
is on the giving :Pear Bro.
Creighton and his family- are a great
help and blessing to us. I believe the
dear Lord sent me here. not only to be
a blessing to the church but to further
me along in the things of God. With
the Godly influence that I have, I truly
ought to grow in grace and in the
knowledge of our Lord and Savior.
6
GENERAL MISSIONARY SECRETARY'S
SLATE.
July 12 tq, 31,; SaJi Francisco District. Cal.
visiting the chqrcbea at San

Milton.
Oakland, San Francisco and .Herke1ey.
Aug. 13 to 22, Tracy City, Tenn. aome
Camp Meeting. . . '
Aug. 26 to 6, Nauvoo, Ala. ,
Sept. 6 to 30, Kansas and Oklahoma Diet.
. October. General .Missionary Board
mg. H. F. RIIYNOLDS, - -
823 River St., Haverhill, Mau; _-
God always honors His word and is
true to His promises. With these as
our security we intend to press the bat-
tle harder than ever, win more sopls and
have a bigger meeting next year.
H. Orton Wiley, Secretb.ry.
We love one another here, and the
holy fire is burning in our souls. We
ar e a set of people that are determined
to do things. Everybody here is will-
. ing to work, none refuse, and what I
say \mto you I say unto all, "Watch,"
for truly the prospects in North Yaki-
ma are encouraging. We dare to be-
Christian
Science -..
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SAN JOSE, CAL.
We have just had a three days' holi-
ness convention in the San Jose church .
Revs. Reynolds, Linaweaver , Epper son,
Bro. and Sister Corwell, Bro. and Sister
Mitchell, Rev. and Mrs. Rhoades were
down from the Bay cities and helped
in t he meeting- either a part or all
of the time. Sist er Epperson preached
Friday afternoon and Bro. Reynolds
the remainder of the time. Ther e wer e
six at the altar Friday afternoon and
othc>rs at almost every service. Two ex-
cellc>nt street meetings were h eld. We
are r eaching new people all the time.
A number have been saved and sancti-
fi ed in our services and our average at-
tendance l at ely has been between forty
and fi f t y. The people are getting hun-
gry for holiness. Some came from Mt.
View and went t o the altar to seek the
blessing. God is owning the Word, and
we mean t o press forward.
H. Orton Wiley, Pastor.
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A VISIT HOME.
A ftcr an absence of thirty-nine years
the Lord is making it possible for me to
see my dear f ather before he goes home.
Sail D. V. this a. m. for England on
the steamship Campania of the Cunard
line. Providentially, Br o. Will 0 .
Jones r eturns to Wales on the same
boat . We are anticipating a very pleas-
ant voyage. Praise t he Lord! The
wor k a t Hammond, Ind., is in charge
of Mrs. C. M. F elmlee, one of our au-
thorized evlm gelists, during my ab-
senre. The church is eilj oying a good
degtee of prosperity along all lines. I
ear nestly r equest the prayer s of our
Nazarene family. My l Jondon address
will hf" 97 Snowsfi elds. Bermondsey,
LotHl on, S. E . .
Herbert Hnnt.
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NORTH YAKIMA, WASH.
We ar c greatly enjoying t h e wor k iu
our new field of labor. We find some
loyal saintsher e. We found t he church
estnblished and on the up-grade, and
by the grace of God we expect to k eep
it going. We are having good meet -
ings, strangers are coming in, our con-
gregations are st eadily gr owing and we
are expect ing the very best year of our
lieve God. J. T. Little.
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SOUTH HOLLYWOOD
AUGUST 19-29, 1909
The First Annual Camp Meeting of the Southern California District of
the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene will be held in the beautiful grove
of the German Camp Grounds, at South Hollywood, beginning Thursday,
August 19th, and closing Sunday, August 29th, 1909. .
Rev. J. W. GOOD WJN, -- Supt. of the Meetinil
SPECIAL WQRKERS
REv. U. E. RAMSEY Upland, California
REV. W. W; DANNER San Diego, California
REV . . FRED. ST. CLAIR Santa Rosa, California
Assisted by the 'Pastors, Ministers and Evangelists of the District.
F. C. EPPERSON in charge of the Music.
"Pentecostal Songs of the Nazarene" will be used.
The grounds are clean. tUJnita,.,, healthy and inoiti1111, with plenty of aJuule. U,lat.
water and eve111 convenience. A clean, well-arranged restaurant, with meals at reasonable
rates, will be in charge of accommodating and attentive persons. Price lists of tents. fnr-
etC. , will be mailed to each Pastor on the District, and to all others on application to
Rev. C. V. LA FONTAINE
Supt. of Grounds, 730 San Pedro St., Loa Angeles
BOW TO REACH THE GROUNDS:- Take ''Bimini" carson Broadway or West Seventh
street with signs reading ''Western A ' ' or -Heliotrope," and go to the eud of line,
and walk North to Camp Grounds, 6c fare. Or take Colegrovelcars on Second or North
Spring streets or Sunset Blvd. , and get off at Holly Ave. and walk" ot,te-halfblock Soutb to
grounds; 10c fare.
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EDITORIAL
NOT "WARRING SECTS."
The Christian Witness in a recent
number has some good things' to say
iu reference to the avoiding proselyt-
ism, and for the laboring for the good
of men instead of seeking to ' ' add to
the list of our followers.'' We are glad
to add any emphasis possible against
the whole. proselyting business. We
were somewhat astonished at the state-
ments in reference to its prevalence
among the churches. This article says:
"A most serious statement is made
by one who does not seem to be a fault-
finder, but who rather sees things with
a purpose to remedy therri.
" 'Even in religious matters it is
hardly better. Instead of working for
the welfare of religion, it is your
church against my church. In the eyes
of the community religion stands for a
group of warring sects,-_ each out for
converts from the r anks of the other,
each trying not to make all men better,
but to add to the list of its adherents. '
thirst and nakedness and death and and give no quarter to the proselyting
liberty"; "That if a man could do the spirit, we are not to condemn people!
work to which God had called him in find sympathy and .little

his old church, he better stay there ; we b1hty to hve and push holmess where
could not, and that is the only reason they are, if . they do seek to find homes
that we are in a new organization. That in churches where the dispensational
no man in his senses will get off from truth-that Jesus Christ bap'tizes be-
a well-equipped train, in a desert, if it lie.vers with the Holy Ghost ,
is going where he wants to go." and them-is fully preach.ll
And. yet be.cause people been ed, and the testimony to the experience
driven to the wall in reference to the is freely welcomed; and men and
experience and work of holiness and
1
women are led to the cleansing
have been driven to find possibility and tain. There may be a species of un
opportunities with us, we have some- desirable churchianity that would liD
times been accused of proselyting them. righteously hinder . men in real Chris-
Among the other good things said in tian life and yet cry out" come-outism"
this editorial in the Witness is: or ''proselytism'' if they seek lihrt'ty
and fellowship and usefulness.
1
''It is quite easy for one to think that
his church or denomination is the best
place for the personal experience of
people to be conserved and it might be
true. At the same time we can possess
the spirit and motive we have men-
tioned.
''One should be able to most gen-
uinely say, 'We are not here to
down, but to build up. We welcome
you to any or all our services. If you
can get good from ns we shall be glad.'
And this spirit will win. Not the first
day, but sooner or later. Any other
winning has little . stability-is not
worth the name.''
"' ..,. .JI
THE WORD AND THE CHURCH. WILLI
STAND.
Mr. John Temple Graves of the New
York American, speaking of what Mr.
Boice has said of the teachings in the
colleges, declaring that ''No statP-rrient
so sensati-onal has startled the civiliza
tion of the decade'' con.tinues:
''This charge is an exceedingly ser-
ious one in that so much of truth is in
it. It would not .- be unreasonable we
think for the most of us to ask our- We went into a: large city at the invi-
''I am no mossback of religion, 11nd II
would not unloose the bloodhounds ofl
orthodoxy on any honest thought. But
I tremble before the flippant and irriW-
erent spirit of the time.
"There ar-e institutions too great a no
creeds too holy to be approached
out reverence, or to be condemned with
out far-reaching investigation.
selves, 'Are we really trying to make tation of. some people to hold a meet- .
all men better,' or seeking to 'add to ing having in . view the forming of a
the list of our followers. ' " church. This purpose was fully an-
. We have been long away from or- nounced. A minister of another. de-
dinary sectarianism that we had not nomination who was much loved and
thought that any such t}:ling as indi- admired by these friends who had in-
eated was in existence, and feel sure vited us, had ' been asked to assist in
-that among the churches which we hap- the meetings and had accepted the invi-
pen to_ know locally, there is no such tation. At the first meeting that he
of sects. In the little church mak- was able to be preRent; ip a conference
ing which has .ea,me to US as a neces- . with him he told US. that he could not
sity fo; the; housing o_f such people as . assist, as he could . not conscientiously
"For eighteen hundred years men
have heen saying the clmrcl1 of Christ
was waning and would die.
"Tt lives on.
"The heathen massacred its defend
ers and pillaged its temples, but it lived
on. Herod persecuted its innocents
and Pilate crucified its Lord, but his-
tory has pilloried Herod, and the inr
famy of Pilate will be linked forever
to the glory of the Cross.
July 29, 1909]
1
"Nero and Caligula drenched its
flickering life in blood, but it lived on.
' ' '('om Paine and Voltaire deluged it
with infidel ink and assailed it with
transcendent wit, but the scornful
tdmfts fell harmless froin its shield, and
its beautiful garments washed whiter
than snow.
"Bloody , Bill Cunningham plunged
his sword into its Scottish body, but the
blood: of the martyrs made the seed of
the church.
"It has :mrvived the shock of all its
ancient foes. Be sur,e it will not perish
before its modern enemies.''

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THE NORTH.
Bro. II. G. Cowan writes from Cowan,
Mont., urging the speedy carrying out
of the found
praeticable-of setting off into !1 new
district, l\Iontana, the Dakotas, etc.
He speaks of the good work being flone
in that country and the favorable out-
look. Also very appreciably of Rev.
Lyman Brough of North Dakota and
the good work he is doing as w;ell as
: of his reliability, level-headedness and
devotion to tbe work.
Speaking of .these matters, among
other th.rng.s h e , says, " I do. not know
that the bas yet come for such
. netion. r thi,lk it will he proper to
do so in the near fut1.1re. We now have
thrf'e churches, and several other
ptpachi ng places, two orflained minis-
ters and f our licensed preachers, anrl
, than s.ixitf llH'lllhers. one church
building, and IU1other will likely be
built i.1 ,the ne$r future, also a camp
purchased by our p.eo-
ple.' Except ime minister-myself-
nil thiB work is in North Dakota and is
tlw result of the work of Bro. Lyman
Btough during a little less than three
years. The Nazarene work was organ-
izrd last OC' toher hy Bro. H. D. Brown .. !
Here in :Montana t hP work llt OVdi slow-
ly. hnt .with tlw increase of population,
I ha ve goo<l hopes of being able, with
Gou 's help, to establish some churches.
A Di11tri ct Superintendent here would
be a great help to me. "
He makes some good suggestions as
Nazarene MeBBenger
Notes and Personab
7
Dr. A. M. Hills will return from Eng-
land in time to be at the opening of his
school, the Illinois Holiness University,
From the meeting in Colo.,
Rev. I. G. Martin goes to hold a meet-
ing at .Kensington, K3;n.
Every church in Southern California
should have more than one tent at the
coming district camp meeting. Ar-
r ange for them early.
. to which h e has been elected president,
September 14th. He has had a niost
successful campaign in England,
ing witnessed nearly two thousand con-
versions in a brief time.
'rhe prices for tents, etc., advertised
in another column, for Southern
California District Camp Meeting, are
for the whole meeting of t en days.
{J
P eniel (Texas) Holiness camp meet-
ing opens July 30 with Revs. W. H.
Huff and A. !J. Jefferies as principal
preachers. They expect a great t ime.
The district camp meeting has been
placed during the period of moonlight
nights and that will make it much
pleasanter for campers and casual at-
tendants.
. The address of the District Superin-
tendent, Rev. .T. W. Goodwin, is now
Station A, Pasadena, CaL, or until
August 16, Pomona, Cal. ''>
-L'r. P: F . . Bresee will preach' at the
First Church, Los Angeles, next Sab-
bhth morning, and Mrs. Mary E. Pal-
mer , pastor of our Second Church of
P asadena, in evening.
Some of Pilot Point workers . . on
a recent trip to Peniel, Texas, held a
"camp l[l ecting" all the way. They
sang, and talked, and preached. and
spr ead :oalvation! That's the way t o
do it'
Malden, :Mass. . r eports increasingly
blessed open air meetings. There is
nothing so bless<' cl as a Holy Ghost ring
of spnrlding saint!> in a city square!
Say. arc you doing anything this sum-
met'?
Gen. Supt. Ellyson writes that God
is giving him great victory in his camp
meeting work in the l\fay
God bless all his labors. Dr. Ellyson is
SJ.trely one of the greatest preachers in
the movement.
The Uplands church is soon to enjoy
the labors of Bro. St. Clair, who is to
The Beulah Christian has commenced '
a series of articles on the "Pentecostal
Nazarene Leaders," the one in the issue
of July 17 being Rev. John N. Short,
for thirty-nine years a leader . in N:ew
England holineli!B work, and now pastor
of the Berean Pentecostal Church of
the Nazarene, Cambridge, Mass .
The Superintendent, Bro.
Goodwin, has been wo.rking in connec-
tion with Pastor Humphrey of Ontario
to raise at l east $400 to- reduce the debt
whi ch has been carried by a note of
$800 at the bank. There is a growing
interest in the church under the effi-
cient labors of Bro. Humphrey and this
object seems clearly possible.
Are you planning to attend the
Southern California District camp meet-
ing 19-29T Let the Nazareries
in Southern California plan to come to
this great feast of tabernacles. Going
to take a vacation,. did you sayT Well,
put your time in at this camp meeting,
. where it will pay for God and souls.
A note in the Christian Witness says:
"Rev. U. E. Ramsey, who did faithful
and excellent work at the West Pull-
man camp meeting. spent a few days
in Chicago after the meeting closed.
Bro. Ramsey has been the superintend-
of a mission in Evansville, Ind., for a
number of years and God has . greatly
owned his labors. He is now called to
the pastorate of the Nazarene Church
of Upland. Cal. He will enter upon his
new work September 1. Bro. Ramsey
is a fearl ess and definite preacher of
holiness and God honors his labors
greatly.''
DEETS PACIFIC BIBLE COLLEGE.
We are glad to report that the
arrangements for the coming year are.
progressing favorably. According to
the announcement in the Catalog the
School is to open Sept. 14. We will
to t he n ew distri ct .
The tent meeting at Pomoita is now
under a full head of steam, and while
it is in the beginning of the battle, the
outlook is good for a successful meet-
. supply the pulpit until the camp meet-
. ing in August. We bespeak a pleasant .
time for Bro. St. Clair and good mcet-
lhgs for the church:
soon be able to announce the Faculty
and other arrahgements. It is ex-
pected that a College number of the
will be issued, giving full
particulars. It wo'uld be well for as
many as possible of those desiriq W.
' ing. Bros. Mashburn, Waldock, Stone,
and Talbert are with Goodwin,
1 . hlllping push the battle. A1so Sister
Bertha Wilson and Si ster Brewer are
hel ping in the singing.
The great service in the new .attend --tO -come into correspondence
church at Bakersfield has been post- with the SChool, that as m\lch outside
poned until after the disti-ict camp room may be secured as neeessaey, q,
meeting, and will b e held . about the meet all needs. Let those expecting
first of September, when it is hoped 'that bl
Dr. Bresee with the Distri ct Superin- to come write as soon as practiea e
tendent will be present to conduct the to F. C. Epperson, 517 Byrne Build-
services. ing, Los Angeles, Cal.
8
L.Js Angeles and Vicinity
AT THE TABERNACLE
At the 11 o'clock service Dr. Bresee
preached from Matt. 13 :44-46. He
spoke of how the blessings of God do
not come singly, but how one is sub-
served and made effective by another.
How pardon is made effective by re-
generation, and how justification is
maintained by sanctification. How
these two special blessings are here set
forth in parables, of the finding of the
treasure hid in a field, and the gaining
of by the purchase of the
field. How salvation was hid in the
field of truth, which bad to be pur-
chased by obedience andtrust, and thus
the treasure secured. Tbe:a how the
possessor of the treasure went into. the
pearl business, investing in pearls of .
peace, love, joy, hope, meekness,
patience, etc. How he discovered that
there was a pearl of great price, the
pearl of perfect love, and sold all and
purcha.sed it. He spoke of its cost and
glory, . how it shines in purity and
flashes with the fire of divine person-
ality. There was a good attendance
and much blessing. _,.) . .
In the afternoon the 3 o'clock holi-
ness meeting was led by Bro. J. P. Cole-
nfan, Simon Thomas bringing. the -
message. He read the latter part of the
6th of Galatians, especially emphasiz-
ing. the. 14th verse, "But God forbid
that I should glory, save in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the
world is crucified unto me and I unto
the world.'' He spoke with great
earnestness of the process of separation
from worldliness, and transformation
unto the Christly likeness. A goo.d tes-
.timony meeting and altar service fol-
lowed. There were several at the altar
as seekers and much blessing and vic-
tory.
At night Rev. C. J. Kinne preached
from St. Luke 1 :74-75. He spoke es-
pecially of the deliverance, and of the
blessed service of the followers of Jesus
Christ. He showed that sin was the
great enemy of man. That Satan and
death were conquered foes, but that sin
working in the human soul through
man's own volition bound and ruined
him. He showed the deliverance
wrought out and the blessedness of the
glad service rendered by the emanci-
pated soul. Some testimonies followed
and some came to the altar for deliver-
ance; the year of jubilee was sounded
and the day closed with shouts of
Victory.
... .J/1 ..
There was a very grevious error in
the article the heading-" Spanish
'Mission" in the issue of July 15. The
Bro. Athahs, wrote the words,
''If these dear people,'' referring to the
saints at San Diego. 'J'he types had it
"dead people."- We are sure the San
Diego saints muc:tt
I
Nazarene Messenger_
GRAND AVE. CHURCH.
A good day's progress in the land
of Caanan 'faS made by the Grand
A venue Church last Sabbath. While
many of the members are scattered on
. their surru:iier vacations, yet are
pienty to push on the battle. Brother
LaFontaine preached in the morning on
''The T)lessalonian Church Experi-
ence'' and in the evening on '' F1ollow.,
ing After Christ."
The church and Sabbath school pic-
nic will be held on next Wednesday,
August 4th, at Sycamore Grove on the
Garvanza. ear line, getting off at Wood-
side Station. Eight families of this
church has already ordered tents for
the coming district camp meeting, and
. others will do so later, and all will
there more or less during the services.
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DISTRICT TENT-MEETING AT POMONA .
It seemed necessary . that I should
change my location after the Assembly,
so after moving my family to Pasadena
an9. helping wife settle just a little, I
planned to commence meetings in Po-
mona July 15th. By the kindness of
three or four of the brethren in First
Church I was provided with a fine tent
40x60 and with smaller tent for
ing, 16x24. We have a fine outfit. I
was some-\vhat delayed in starting the
meetings in being disappointed concern-
ing the lot on which to pitch the tent.
\Ve could have obtained the use of one
lot for $5 per month, hut for several
r easons it was not desirable; and an-
other for $15, much better for our use.
But the lot of our choice, the owner
being away, we had to wait to get per-
mission to use. But it paid to wait a
day or two, for when the owner re-
turned he iet us have the lot free of
expense, with water all ready for use.
How wonderfully God provides for us
in this great work. I have had so many
evidences of the Divine hand leading
on to sure victory in the last few
that it would be-. impossible -to doubt "
the care of God for this movement.
We commenced meeting last Tuesday
evening (July 20th) with a good attend-
ance, a,nd the interest has been increas-
ing every night. ,_ Last night (Friday)
Bro. Storie, who is with me here in" the
work, gave the message and there were
three seekers at the altar, and they
gave good evidence that they had been
converted before leaving the tent. . I
have a good force of workers who are
camping with me in this meeting. W P..
are believing for a great meeting for
God and holiness.
We have but just commenced this
meeting, and. we are not able to say
much as to what has been accomplished,
but we would ask all the saints to pray
for1 a mighty outpouring of the Holy
Ghost in Pomona. We have
churches here to save this beautiful lit-
tle city, but everything seems so very
1
dead. Ezekiel's valley of dry bones,
[July 29. 1909
''very dry,'' would seem very appro-
priate. . But we breathing . upon
them night after night, and expect to
see what he saw; "a moving among the
dry bones," in t,Pe near future. ,
It costs to plant holiness
in these towns and cities; but this is
our job, and if it shall cost us ourprop-
erty OJ,", even our life it not, for
the call of God is on us and we will be
very true to' this trust. I was thinking
of what has been accomplished here in
Southern California in the last four
years in t.his work, and it caused the
bursting, forth of thanks. If I am not
mistaken we have built or secured eight
new"places for the worship of God in
the fQar years, and organized a num-
ber -of new churches. But .we must do
better in the next two years. And with
the new workers coming to this district
I believe we shall. All together let us
shout the victory while the walls begin
to fall . J. W. Goodwin.
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WHITTIER, CAL.
The- meetings at Whittier are still
growing in interest 'and numbers. Our
pastor, Rev. Millar, lifts the banner of
holiness a little higher dach succeeding
meeting. Praise the Lord! A week ago
the blind brother, Bro. Greeg of our
congregation, gave himself to be one of
. us, as did also Ethel Henderson, who
gave her young life to be a true Naza-
rene. Oh, hallelujah to God! Bro.
Shielman of the. Deets Pacific Col-
lege is with us during vacation, and is
helping push the battle for the J;ord.
The Sunday school enjoyed a most de-
lightful day on the San Gabriel river
last Thursday, the occasion being their
second annual picnic . .
Julia IS . Henderson.
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LONG BEACH, CAL.
We are surely having good spiritual
food in the sermons our pastor is
preaching us these days, b-at more than
all, I am sure God is getting his ._.ay-
if we can keep behind the cross of our
Lord and let him do--mighty things
will be br_ought about.
Thursday evening Sister Esther
Smith gave us a grand missionary ad-
dress, that ought at least to get us 1o
praying for the work, if not giving and
going, or all.
Bro. Summers talked to us today on
''Free Grace,'' and showed how as
water is free and adapted to -the need
of every being, so grace is free and
every sonl must have it to live-old
and young, rich and poor, sick and
well-and as the water enriches anrl
fertilizes the poor soil , so grace is to
the soul-cleasing, purifying, filling;
and as God has given the water in
ahunrlance, so there is an abundance of.
grace for those who. let down the
hucket of faith and slake their thirst '
in these iivers and fountains of salva-
tion.
July 29, 19091
Sister Viola Sharpless sang ''The
Comforter Comes to Abide,'' and she
surely sang in the. Spirit and with un-
derstanding, and hearts were blessed.
We are having a good many visitors
from other Nazarene church and others
. who are spending a little time at the
beach. Oh , tliat God will pour out on
us such a blessing that all who
within our walls may be blessed and
helped, and that the prayers of God's
peopl e may move heaven to work for
us. E. 1.'odd.
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PASADENA, CAL.
Sunday, July 18th, was a day of great
spiritual feasts in the Nazarene church
here in Pasadena. In the morning ..
ter Palmer, pastor of the Second Church
of .. the Nazarene, Pasadena, -preaehed.
scripture reading . was foun_d in
Psalms 84; while her text was Heb.
2: especially the first clause of t.he
third verse, "How shall we escape, if
we so great salvation T" This
was a very blessed service, and -the Lord
was present and blessed us abundantly.
Mrs. H . . M. Kirk had charge of the
Young People's meeting at 6:30 in the
evening; Genesis 24 :was the lesson
studied.
In the evening, Bro. Girvin, pastor
of Nazarene Church of Berkeley, Cal.,
brought the message to us. His sub-
ject was ''The Holy Life.,., Thi's ser-
vice was very helpful and encouraging
to all. Edna Murray.
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FROM C. W. RUTH.
I have just come from St. Johns, New
Brunswick, where the Lord gave us_ a
most glorious camp meeting. It was
the first time l have labored with the
Rl'formed Baptists, but had a most de-
lightful time with them. They are an
"out . and out" holiness people-our
kind_:_and ought to be a part of the
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, I
never had more delightful f ellowship
with a lot of ministers than I had with
those good brethren. During the camp
we had some genuine gales of blessing
and glory from the upper sanctuary.
On several occasions there were as
many as thirty definite seekers and
more. at the altar for pardon and pur-
ity in one service-with salvation flow-
ing in every service. The old gospel
of full salvation still plows.
Praise God! The camp here (Lincoln,
Nch.) opened full of promise. The
workers ar e Dr. Fowler, Dr. Carra-
dine, C. F . Weigele and your humble
scribe. We ar e expecting our God to
undertake for us. The fire of heavenly
loYc is burning in my own heart. Hal-
lelujah! J esus grows more precious to
me eyery day, and I love him better
than ever before.
I am expecting t o be on the Coast
again in September and October and
will expect to see you at that time. My
love to all the friends.
C. W. Ruth.
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words. Oh, I am so glad tliat I can re-
port victory in my soul oveJ;" the enemy.
As District Superintendent I have
just. begun my summer's campaign.
Myself and Bro. J. W. Randolph of Jas-
per, Ala., opened in Cordova, July 13,
under a tent. . This is a hard place, and
we need your prayers.
There are many things we need on
this district, but the greatest need at
present is a tent. H we . had a tent or
two there would be no trouble in get-
ting the gospel to the people; By next
spring I hope to have two tents in the
field on this district. The country is
ripe for holiness preaching. We hope
to beghi building our Nazarene church
at Jasper in a few days.
Rev. F . H. Neal arid wife of New
York have recently held. a good meet-
ing at Manchester, Ala. They reported
about 115 professions. .
Rev. H. F . Reynolds, General Super-
intendent, will have charge of our camp
at Navvoo, _ Ala., August 26 to Sept. 5.
This camp will mean much for .. the great
Nazarene work in this country.
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FROM DR. B. , F. BAYNES.
Trip to California-Pentecostal Church
of the Nazarene-Needs of
The Kingdom.
Editor Nazarene Messenger : Just a
few lines on my current trip to Califor-
nia which is now so near its end. I
left my home in Tennessee the ioth of
July and will reach home by the 31st.
My stay in Los Angeles was most de-
lightful. I will not speak of the mar-
velous growth of your city during the
ten years which have intervened since
my last visiL Thjs phenomenal growth
is startling to . Easte-ners but seems to
be so common in the West as to create
no surprise atj all. I have no time or
space here to speak of the marvelo-us
development and resources of this great
West which impresses a visitor more
and more. My mind and heart are
fuller of another development of the
past two decades or less. I refer to the
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene.
Of this church I have heard much but
had never come in touch with it or met
its founder, Dr. P. F . )3resee. I had
a week while in Los Angeles to see and
study this church and found the follow-
ing points to challenge my confidence
and admiration.
Na.me.
I like the name. The word "Pente-
costal'' thrills one with its holy, fiery,
spiritual significance and reminiscence.
A church should be pentecostal in this
day and should do pentecostal work.
Not on ritualistic, historic or prelatical
claims but on solid spiritual achieve-
ment-on bringing things to pass-on
soul winning-must rest the credentials
of any church in this age, There is a
holy, martial ring and rhythm, a divine
pulsation, a potent precept and proph-
ecy of aggressive evangelistic fire and
fervor in that sweet word which charms
and thriUs. I am glad the Holy Ghost
is thus honored in the name of this
church.
Then the lowly Nazarene is justly
honored in the name. How fitting that
the Spirit and the Christ should thus
be joined together. To Jesus we are
indebted for the coming of the Pente-
cost. He promised and sent us the Pen-
t ecost and it is beautifully fitting that
they should be joined in the name of
this holy church which seeks to honor
this twain in genuine aggressive evan-
gelistic work on holiness lines.
The Spirit.
If I may so speak, I admire the Pen-
tecostal Church of the Nazarene for its
esprit de corps. I have now worshipped
with, preached to and mingled with
them in domestic and social and eccle-
siastical relatioqs for a :week and must
testify to the apostolic spirit of broth-
erliness, simplicity and love which per-
vades them. The Spirit of the Master
is present . and presides in their assem-
blies: - -- -
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The Needs.
I hail this church also .for the reason
that it seems to have ''came to this
kingdom for such a time as this.'' For
many years I have wi t nessed with pain
the loss and waste to holiness by the
unorganized, haphazard way it has
been sought to propagate it. I had
well night lost faith in the ''holiness
movement, " as we have always termed
it, from this sickening waste and to the
lack of .any means for conserving the
work. The sanctified have made a
home-a .refuge or retreat-where, with
a service and pastoral oversight o1 a
congenial nature, could be nurturedand
trained and cultivated and not killed
out, dried out or frozen out.
Origin.
One. other thing I like. This church
Wl'\S not the outcome of any spirit of
lust of leadership but seems to have
been thrust upon the founder and his
co-laborers by combinations of provi-.
dences easily- discerned by the spirit-
ually minded. It seems so manifestly
of God, its work is so ,clearly apostolic
and its history so providentim that one
cannot withhold admiration ap.d prayer
for the broadening and extension of its
borders and influence. This church
meets the needs of the kingdom.
B. F . Haynes_
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DENVER, COLO.
We rejoice for the blessings of God
upon our young and growing church in
Denver.
This week closed a fruitful revival
with Evangelist I . G. Martin in charge.
The meeting was a j oint meeting of
the Nazarene Church and the Colorado
Holiness Association.
Bro. Martin was not a stranger to us,
having .been one of the evangelists in
our last two state camp meetings, and
having held a seri es of meetings in asso-
ciation with Bro. M. L. Haney in the
Denver Association Hall. He never
preached better, in our estimation, than
in the past twelve days, and his
straight, earnest messages brought con-
viction to the rmsaved and to the un
'sanctified, and much inspiration to the
saints. A number of souls were saved
or sanctified and the interest in the
church was much increased.
A special feature of the revival was
the active missionary work of Miss
Sadie Sherwood, matron of the Rescue
Home. She, with two assistants, was
arrested while talking to t he girls in
the slums one evening and driven to
the city jail. The chief of police asked
them why they called on those girls
without permission. They asked him in
r eturn why he protected those houses
of ill-fame, which are open contrary to
the law of the state. . He gave them
some instructions and let them go. So
they were more fortunate than Peter
and John the ~ i m e they whipped and
instructed theJl1 to preach no more in
Jesus' name.
[July 29, 1909
The authorities protect these open
1
houses of shame and forbid any active
effort to intervene for the deliverance
of the captive girls; but Miss Sherwood
and her workers purpose to continue
their --efforts to rescue the girls who
wish to escf.l,pe'.
We were delighted with Bro. Mar-
tin's riew song book, "Pentecostal
Songs of the Nazarene,'' which we also
expect to use at the annual camp meet-
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camp meeting and revival -song books
we have ever used. It contains a com-
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all services.
'fhe Colorado Holiness . Association
camp meeting at I.Jongmont, August 19
to 29, is expected to be a .great occa-
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evangelist.
Then we nrc praying that God will
wonderfully bless our first District As-
sembly, to he held in Denver, Septem-
berr 22 to 26. The coming of Dr. Bresee
and the general gathering of delegates
will, we trust, awaken deep interest
over the state in the Nazarene Church,
and strengthen our cords in Denver.
_Alpin M. Bowes.
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_Our .Young People
THAT BOY.
'What can I do with that boy?" she
cried.
"He plays and forgets to study.
Five years old, but he tears his clothes,
And gets his shoes a:Umuddy.
"He brings in cats and dogs and frogs;
He's late :when meals are ready;
I'm really worried half to death-
. What shall I do with you, Teddy T"
' The Culprit dropped a curly head;
But the little sister, bolder,.
Laid a soft, persuasive arm
Caressingly 'round his shoulder.
"You don't know what to do wit
. hi in?'' she" said, .
With love that could n ever doubt
him;
"But, oh ! supposin ' we hadn't got Ted,
What-would-you-do-wifout-
him ?"
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MORNING COMETH.
A little girl had been al-
to bid her father good-night in
I the -same words. She was an _ only
chil<l , and loved as only children are.
1She used to say: "Good-night; I shall
see you again in the morning. " The
time came when death 's bright angel
1
-bright to those who go, dark to those
who stay-summoned her to heaven.
In her last moments, she called her
!
father to her side, and putting up her
little arms, she clasped them around
his neck, whispering with her rapidly
,dying strength: " -Good-night, dear
,father, I shall see you again in the
morning. "
SHOW YOUR BANDS.
As I sat in my private corner tonight
:thinking of how meager seemed the re-
1sults of so many years of toil and en-
neav:or for the uplift of humanity I
thought of this little story, which per-
haps may do some reader good, as it did
!De:
"A little girl was left motherless at
the age of eight. There were four chil-
dren younger than she. Her father was
I
a poor man. So the. duties of home-
maker and mother fell upon the should-
ers of the little "girl. .
"At thirteen she lay dying. A neigh-
bor sat by her bed, giving what com-
fort and solace she could. The little
,'ace grew troubled. 'It isn't that I'm
afraid to . die; I'm not. . But I'm so
aahamed,' the little girl said.
[ " 'Ashamed of what? asked her
companion, in surprise.
' ' 'Why it's this way. YoU: know
I how it's been with us since mamma
died. I've b.een so busy I 've never done
,anything for Jesus, and when I get to
I
heaven and meet Him, I shall be so
ashamed! Oh, what can I tell Him T'
"Great sobs shook the neighbor's
breast as she gathered the little cal-
loused, work-scarred hands into her
own, and said : 'I wouldn't ,tell Him
anything, dear. Jrtst show Him your
hands.' "-California Voice.
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Helpful Reading. i1
THE PRECIOUS BLOOD.
. The blood of Christ : it is the fountain
of . imrriortaiity! The blood of' Christ:
it m.akes the soul summer war1n and
,beauteous! The blood of Christ: it
binds all heaven, with its many man-
sions and throngs without number, in
holy and indissoluble security ! My
soul, seek no other stream in which to
drown thy leprosy ! My. lips, speak no
other song with which to charge your
music! My hands, no . other task
with which to prove your energy! I
would be swallowed up in Christ! I
would be nailed to His cross. I would
. be baptized with His baptism. I would
the agony _of His that
I might triumph with llim in the glory
of His 1;esurrection.-Joseph Parker.
joy, and a lovely suit o' white as 'll
never wear out; and He says He will
make a ,o" me before He-ve done,
l).nd. that He'll take me home to His
palace to reign with Him forever and
ever. And- now you come up here "a-
talkin' like that!' "-Selected.
goods in the wagon and hastened to the
church, where he found his daughter :
crying ll)ightily to Qgd in . his behalf,
and he was there led to the Savior.-
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MESSAGES TO THE SAINTS
BILLY BRAY'S "TATURS." .
I was going_to tell_:t_h_e sto_ry that I
heard from dear old Billy Bray. He
was preaching about temptations, and
this is what he said:
"Friends, last week I was a-diggin'
up my 'taturs {potatoes). it was a
poor yield, sure 'nough; ,;there was
hardly a sound one' . in . the lot. An'
while l was a-diggin' the devil come to
me, and he says, 'Billy, do you think
yo_ur Father do love you 1'
'' ' I should .reckon He do, ' I says.
'' 'Well, I don't, ' says the tempter
in a minute.
"If I'd thought about it I shouldn't
ha' listened to him, for his opinio:p.s
ben 't worth the leastest bit o' notice.
" 'I don't, ' says he, 'and I tell 'ee
what for; if your Father loved you,
Billy Bray, he'd give you as pretty a
yield o' 'taturs; so much as ever you
do want, and ever so many of 'em, and
every one of 'em as big as your fist .
For it ben 't no trouble for your Father
to do anything ; and He could just as
easy give you plenty as n ot. An' if
He loved you He would too.'
' : '' 0' course I wasn't goin' to let him
talk o' my Father like that, so I turn-
ied round 'pon him. 'Pray, sir,' says I,
''who may you happen to be, comin' to
me a-talkin' like this here? If I ben't
!mistaken, I know you, sir, and I know
:my Father too. And to think o' your
comin ', a-sayin' He don't love me!
Why, I've got your written character
home t.o my house,. and it do say, sir,
' that you be a liar from the beginnin '.
I am sorry to add, that I used to
'have a personal acquaintance with you
!'jome years since, and I servec;l you
as any poor wretch could; and .;
you gave me was nothin' but rags -
' to my back, and a wretched home, and
an .!lChin' head.:_aP,' .:PQ 'taturs-:;-aud
' the fear o' t_o fini_::lh up with.
And here 's my dear Father in heaven;
I've been a poo.r servant' of His, off and
on, for thirty. years. And He's given
meri a clean . heart, and a soul full 0,
PREVAILING PRAYER.
At the close of a prayer-meeting, the
pastor observed a little girl about
twelve years of age, remaining upon .
her knees, when most of the congrega-
tion had retired. Thinking the child
had fallen asleep, he touched her and
told her it was time to return home.
To his surprise, he found that she was
engaged in prayer, and said, "All
things whatsoever ye shall ask in
pray'er, believing, ye shall receive."
She looked at her pastor earriestl'y .. an<:l
inquired, ''Is it so 1 Does God say
that ?' ' He took up a Bible and read
the passage: aloud. She immediately
commenced pr-ay-ing, . '' Lord, send my
father here_;_Lord, .. my to
the church.'' Thus she continued for
about half an hour, attracting by her
earnest cry the attention of persons who
had lingered about the door.
At last a man rushed into the church,
r an up the aisle and sank upon his knees
by the side of the child, exclaiming,
''What do you want with me 1'' She
threw her arms about his neck and be-
to pray, '' 0 Lord, convert my fa-
ther!'' Soon the man's heart was
melted and he began to pray for him-
self.
The child's father was three miles
from the church when she began pray-
ing for- him. He was packing goods in
a wagon and felt impressed with an ir-
resistible impulse to return home. Driv-
ing rapidly to his house, he left the
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