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This document discusses the dangers of new religious ideas and prioritizing human organizations over God and the church. It warns that new theological ideas that ignore sin and the atonement can delude people and lead them astray. It also cautions against depending too much on human groups like lodges, as this can frustrate God's purposes. True Christians should give their highest loyalty and allegiance to the church, as Christ did.
This document discusses the dangers of new religious ideas and prioritizing human organizations over God and the church. It warns that new theological ideas that ignore sin and the atonement can delude people and lead them astray. It also cautions against depending too much on human groups like lodges, as this can frustrate God's purposes. True Christians should give their highest loyalty and allegiance to the church, as Christ did.
This document discusses the dangers of new religious ideas and prioritizing human organizations over God and the church. It warns that new theological ideas that ignore sin and the atonement can delude people and lead them astray. It also cautions against depending too much on human groups like lodges, as this can frustrate God's purposes. True Christians should give their highest loyalty and allegiance to the church, as Christ did.
No.6 .J f The quickest way to be delivered is "hands off" and .let God have His way. , messages to tbe Saints. c;:::====-J .. Dang.er in New Things. This surely is an age when strange delusions eatch B11 R. PIERCE, The Divine Connection. the fancy, grip the judgment, and make captives of men JEsus never wasted words nor did aimless thingsi : who have known and haye been blessed by it.- there was a divine order and purpose in all that He did. : the only result bemg a mtellect at the cost of a On that last "great day of the feast," when He stood dead soul. These new -thmgs are fopnd only among forth and cried, "If any man thirst, let him come unt() the lowly, among the learned; an Ignorant man me and drink," it was simply the introduction to a greater gets a new Idea he when a truth which He immediately uttered: "Out of his heart professor finds somethmg, It IS called New Theology, shall flow rivers of living water." This He spoke of the . "Advanced Thought," or else, is lauded Holy Ghost which the disciples were to receive. There . a very lea;ned _man. The IS m some. of can be no flowing out if there be no drinking in. The hts hardest hcks m these days, by which many are being Lord never intended a Christian to be a reservoir with a deluded and led astray, both on spiritual and intellectual quantity of stored-up water, but a channel having its one lines ... Many a lie it a truth, and connected with the divine source and the other end in !ost out, untd awa_ke up With a soul. contact with some barren, weary, fruitless soul in this . .-that IS, the new religious fad world, so that its outflow might refresh and beautify all whtch Ig?ores si.n, the blood' of. atonement, that it came in contact with. Only in accordance with robs Chnst of Hts dtety-was well descnbed by a patient the inlet can the outlet be. If "rivers" are to flow out who went to consult his doctor. The physician asked him rivers must be taken in. A hose is kept full all the .as to his complaint, whereupon he said: 'I think I've got it is in connection with the mighty force behind while the New Theology.' 'Nonsense!' said the doctor; "what at the same time it gives out all that is needed:'' There .are the symptoms?' He explained that he 'had a swim- ought to be a continual "flow" of divine grace and power in his didn't know where he was/ through every believer to a thirsty world, and this not of .. You ve got tt, admttted the doctor. Oh, beloved, let stale, stagnant things, but of "living water." Brother, :us keep the blood as the only safe refuge from are the "rivers of living water" flowing at full tide? The these delustons. world is greatly in need of them. X A Helping That Hinders. The reason why we are not realizing God's mighty deliverances more is that we are resting too much on human dependences. To depend upon the human when the Lord has clearly marked out His way and made a promise thereto, is simply to frustrate His purpose. We are so apt to help the Lord, and then take the glory that belongs to Him, forgetting that ''no flesh shall glory .in His sight." Sometimes in our shortsightedness we think that some things must be be done. The only thing to be done is to get rid of human dependences arid trust God to bring things to pass. Paul, before he and his company were shipwreckecl on the Island of Melita, had some difficulty in teaching the captain and crew this lesson. God had promised Paul t}lat none of the ship's company should be lost and the only way to have this accomplished was to get rid of even the means of escape that they would naturally cling to; first the anchors were left in the sea, and seem- ingly they were left to drift helplessly. Then the boats were cast that seemed to be a very foolish thing to do. Then the very means of support - the wheat -was overboard. But in this helpless condition -stript of all human dependences...;.God landed them safe. X His Account. A prominent and effective holiness evangelist, who has now retired from that field of labor, said to the writer . at one time: "As a holiness evangelist, all that I have exacted or expected to receive for my services above my needs the Lord has taken from me, so that I am no richer today than I would have been if I had given Hhn His due. Now this brother was in constant demand, with more than he could fill, and therefore had an opportunity and necessity of choosing his fields, and naturally chose plaees which would yield the largest offerings. T.he point that our brother desired to make was the lia._bil- ity of evangelists yielding to the temptation of recoin- pense, rather than looking to the spiritual possibilities in '- less remunerative field. The evangelist is a hard-work- . Illg man, and for the sake of his calling has to deny fmself the comforts of home and family, and therefore jil.ould be well paid in addition to his traveling expenses. It is impossible, however, for "the poor" places to have . gospel preached to them, '' for they are unable to ._eet the heavy expenses entailed by some evangelists; d if they attempt it, the pastor suffers loss and other cflurch expenses run behind. This does not allude to lihndreds of consecrated. ones who simply '' take what tb.ey can get." Brother, do not overdraw your account. 2 Contributed Artiifles- . . . .: . :_. . . .. THE DEPTHS'Ol" Consecration means obedience To the Spirit's every call- Meaneth dying, .. meaneth living, Death of self, and .life in God; Meaneth work, or patient waiting, Or- submission 'neath the rod ! Meaneth such a full surrender, We shall never dare to ask Why God gives our faith such testing, . O.r assigns so hard a task. . We are here to be perfected ; Only Christ our need. can see; Rarest gems bear hardest grinding- God's own workmanship are "''e. 0 for the altar's glowing coal To touch my lips and fire my soul To purge the sordid dross away, And .pure as crystal make my clay. Then if a messenger He ask.:_ A laborer for -the naraest task_:_ Through all my weakness and my Love shall reply, ''Thy servant's here.'' Nor should my willing soul complain Though every effort in vain. Enough :the recompense shall be To work and suffer, Lord, for Thee. -Doddridge. ..,; THE LODGE AND THE cauRcH. EDWARD F. WALKER, D.D. "I was atthe lodge, Surely nothing could keep me away from prayer meet- ing but the lodge. ' ' These words I heard from the lips of a "Near-Chris- ' the night, in answer to the chidings . of a .brother church member, because of. the absence of the speaker . from the mid-week prayer meeting. Such words evidence some real interest in the chprch, if not the cause of Christ; but they betoken greater interest in the lodge-indeed that only the lodge meet- ing was esteemed above the church meeting, and more, it should be so. The tone with which the words were spoken, indicated that the preference ought to be accepted without question. As a matter of fact good lodge mem- bers, .who are also church members, gen- treat the church .as of less con- sequence than the lodge; and their loy- alty is supreme to the latter. But no real Christian can maintain such an at- titude. He prefers Jerusalem above his chief joy, and gives to the Church his supreme allegiance. He sings: "For her my tears shall fall , For her my prayers ascend, To per my cares and toils be given, Till toils and cares shall It is certain that the perfect Chris" tian...,.--the one who is complete in Him who loved .the church and purchased it with His own blood-will like his Lord give himself for its sanctification. N oth- Messenger 5,-_.. 1909 ... ,... ' \: <: .. ing at a moment 1 .'T.ell it --trot inGathi pubhsh. 1 !it '-not in .church in' his affection and devotjon. :. ' the 8tr6ets of lest. the daugh. If ali c:hlirch inetnbers irhat the ' ters' the the :Head . of cliurdh woul,d have them bf . Jhe. \ t;mclrcumcised be th(i"'glori6tts that 'triumph.''' .. , of Zion would be realized, and even in Oh, that the church of God would the, eyes . of the surrounding world jt . up as one man, and declare that would be the grandest institution in ex- its reproach should be taken away; and istence. But alas.! how is i.t now dis- then down on her knees to plead for credited, how feeble its influence- over the Holy Spirit to manifest His power the world, because of the. of . . in apd.through ea,ch iruiividuallife,.aridl its avowed devotee. the .whole collectively. Pentecostai In this city whence I :'lead- scenes' would then: be the ' order of the ing" church, with which a member of day, a.p.d the time would not be far my family is connected, -has a ioegular tant when "the knowledge-of the Lord attendance of from four to twelve at should cover . the earth as the water; prayer meeting and of from forty to co'ver the mighty . . 1
at Sabbath morning . This " ' oulcl be the splendid outcome wh:rle many of the members are lodg- . of obeying the injunction given by Paul . in,g, . .. - -to the Eph.esians : ''Be filled with th{ engaging in sOJne other diversion-to Spirit." . the of the earnest pas- The three principal reasons why . we: tor and his . faithful few, and tlie ought to be filled with the Spirit are credit of the holy cause that iff supreme . as follows: in fact, and ought to be in the esteem 1. Because God commands it, and it of all who are called by the holy naine. is impossible for the true believer to' More and more am I convinced that disobey a single command' salvation from sin and holiness unto the and maintain spiritual life. "He that Lord necessary to respectful and . is of God does not commit sin," or' consequent respectable church mem- the' more correct rendering: "Doth nof bership. All short of this is failure,- if possess a lawless spirit." not folly. 2. Because ample provision has been .,c ,.,c "" made for it. ''The Spirit was not yet' "BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT." given, because Jesus 'vas not yet HUGH c. ELLIOTT. fled.'' But now the redeeming work is. I am fully persuaded that what the clone; the Savior has fulfilled every church needs today above everything condition to the last jot and tittle, and else; is to turn her back once and for- the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, has en-' ever upon man-made creeds, human terecl upon His glorious work officially, philosophies, and higher criticism, and and is prepared to operate upon all who to return in one solid mass to will receive Him. apostolic plans and methods. 3. above everyt.hing we It is high time that we leave off ex- need the fulness of the Spirit. We need perimenting, and turn our attf'ntiC'n to Him: plans that have been tested arid tFied, (a) To cleanse and the heart, and proved adequate to grapple with and make us holy. the difficulties which confront us. , (b) To keep-us moment by momP.nt The metho(Js of the PentecoStal in the state of holiness. Church have never been known to fail, (c) To empower us for effectual ser- and it is becaus.e they have abati- vice for Christ. . doned by the modern church that the What is implied in the injunction, nations of the world are not being "Be filled with the Spirit 1" brought to Christ commensurate with 1. That our whole being must be ex- efforts being made for that object. elusively given up to Him. All that The baptism of the Holy Ghost, and. now fills us must be emptied out. To 1 the filling of the same would solve the be "filled with the Spirit" implies thnt problem of holy living, and power for He occupies every thought and spaec Christian service';' but the Holy Spi:it within us. Not a particle of room fo1 has been practically ignorecl, hence the any other element. shameful lives of professing Christians, 2. 'rhat we receive Him into onr and the unnumbered millions of un- hearts by faith. 'rhe emptying is not saved in our own Christian ( n Ameri- enough; there must be the actual fill- ca, and in aU the heathen countries. ing. This comes in answer to .. Well may lift our voices and cry, prayer; "'Whatsoever things ye desire,- 1' August 5, 1909] Nazarene. Messenger when ye pray, believe that ye .receive . dished out once before but not all eaten them, and ye shall have them." and now. brought buck, warmed over 3. 'rhat the Spirit comes into our and tried on the victims present the day hearts that He may control our lives. following. In Los Angeles. there is an Jience, if we are to retain Him we must ordinance against " such practices as yield perfect obedience to all that He inimicable to . health. But .if some of commimds. We must not grieve Him. the short-breathed parishioners that so We must not resist Him, or He will soon tire of the faithful pastor who is withdraw His presence and leave us in giving them wholesome food twice total darkness. every Sunday . only knew that the The results of being filled with the ecclesiastical pastry dished out to them Spirit: by the migratory angel had been over 1. The "old man" crucified.-Rom. the "comeback" route fifty times . a 3 many. Love that would make heroic sacrifices for tis We seld01h require, but the love that enfolds, _and car es, and gladdens every day, is the love that lights the world tor us.-.:..Sel. .31 .,. . ..il HOLINESS CAMP-EETINGS. What a blessing they are: How they have spread over the l and. Go where you will you are within r each of one to a half dozen; The fire they have scat- tered for over. forty years has kept the religion of this country from freezing 6:6. year, probably they.would not r elish it 2. Soul rest.-Heb. 4 :3, 9. with such gullibility, . up. Many prophesied the ' 'excitement'' 3. Liberty to speak for Jesus.- God bless the faithful pastor. He is would soon subside. What are the facts in the case? Ther e are more holiness camps this season than ever before. What are they doing? Keeping the old- time faith alive. Keeping theJ:>l!re p el f1;0m .si1 el by an un- converted, hireling ministry. Keeping before the public the important doc- trines of the new birth and enti.r e sanc- tification. Standing for religion that enjoys a know-so experience. Stirring up the saints to a life of earnest, pre- vailing prayer. Getting hundreds con- verted and sanctified, many of whom will be called to the pulpit and mission field. Affording many an opportunity to enjoy a feast that they have been starYing for. Who would not vote for . holiness camp meetings !-Beulah Chris- Acts 2 :4. the man who first' comes to the hom.e 4. All, fear gone, fear of faces, fear when there is sickness, misfortune or of unkindly criticism, fear of death, death and he comes with a heart fear ... of .. the. judgment ; . "perfect love -touched with sympathy and love: He casteth out fear.'' stands for the protection of the home. 5. God's holy Word loved and He fights every vice that attempts to studied. invade the home. This invites disfavor G. On fire for souls. I. Fulness of joy. Beloved, have you been fill ed with the Spirit? Or are you living just as though there had never been a Pente- cos t? The blessed Holy Spil;it is for you as much as for the apostles.--Joel 2:28, 29. May you receive this blessed. . experien ce. . Ashland, Ore. from the vicious element. They will endeavor to break his influence for he is the greatest foe to the enemy of the home. If h e has the support which h e deserves from parents the children will re..spect and revere him and will emu- late his virtues, while thoughtless ad- verse criticism may unhinge the faith of tender youth, and open avenues to vice and moral ruin. But blest and f a - $ ..,s Selected Articles vored are those children whose parents tian. have only good and appreciative words THE PASTOR INDISPENSABLE TO THE CHURCH. God so ordain.ed it. The church can- not live without the pastor. He is as indispensable as is the teacher to the school. Nor can a migratory evangel- ist. or any number of them, supply the place. The moral and spiritual welfare of the congregation demand the con- tinued presence of the man who is con- secrated to this office. And while inti- mate acquaintance will reveal some .qualities in the pastor that may not be likable and while the faithful discharge of his duty may force him to give wholesome advice to h is .parishioners which they may not relish, after all he is indispensable and the church can- not li ve without him. The man who comes and gives the congregation one or even a series of discourses may ap- pear ve1'y attractive and ent ertaining, yet if they were under the necessity . of hearing him for a hundred t imes a yenr t hey might find themselves f ed on what ti{e restaurants call ''come bnt'ks,'' that is grub that has been for t he faithful pastor.-Independent. EVERYDAY LOVE. '' I love Thee to the level of every day's most quiet needs,'' writes M:rs. Browning. .At first thought that may not seem a v er y fervent protestation of affeeti on, but, after all, it is the level , everyday love that alone makes earth a comfortable place to dwell in. There. are t hose who would give life, if n ec- essary, to rescue dear ones in danger; would spend the last dollar for them if they were in need, would overwhelm them with ministrations if they were ill , but who take small account of daily needs. The gentl e courtesy that cov- ers mistakes, the thoughtfulnessthat so lightens the burdens of care, the sweet words of praise that brighten the eye a nd make. the tired hands strong again -all t h ese are omitted, and too often fretfulness, _and selfish r egard of and " 1shcs take thClr plarc. Love is stron g as ever, and any extraor dinary demand would show its power, bnt the t imes are few while the everyday 1weds are WANTED. :i\-fen who desire to put in the follow- ing enterprises : Bank, hotel, general and special mer chandises, bakeries, steam limnclry, meat market and all en- terprises needed in a llew town. Also men who wish to work during t h e summer to help pay board and t ui- tion n ext session. $150 mailed before .August l Oth, or $160 before August 20th pays board and tuition for full session. Address \Ym. J. Beeson, Presi- dent , Sonthwest<>rn Holine<ss Coliege, La Lande. Se" "" "" 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 Qn New Year's eve. We have published it in a beautiful little Booklet so that those who desire to do so may preserve it. Sent post-paid for 'lOc; 3 for 25c. NAZARENE PUBLISHING Co. 730 San Pedro St . . Los Angeles. .4. ()orrespondence DR. E. F. WALKER'S LETTER. Enroute froin Mountain Lake Park, Md., to this place .(Logansport, Ind.), where I am .spending several days visit- ing a daughter and .her family; I stop- ped off a day at Seymour, Ind: The holiness people there were holding a meeting in a big tent in the city park. The meeting was in charge of Rev. Geo. Church, a Methodist, who is "out and (significantly) out" for holiness; and Sister D. A. Brewer, who, as a Presbyterian and wife of a ruling elder, got sanctified . under my ministry sev- eral years ago. Sister Brewer. is now very successfully doing the work of an evangelist. Our people, headed by the . very ef- - ficient leadership of their pastor, Rev. J. F. Harvey, are in the forefront of, the at Seymour, is giving victory. Not pastor had shown any interest for the meet- ing, aJtholfgh some of their members were aggressively identified, and many were in and interested attend- . ance. It was my privilege t<f-preach twice at this meeting, and-bless His name forever !-He _gave salvation fruitage. One was sanctified while I "spake the word,'' and several ' 'got through'' at the altar. Dr. Gerrish and wife, whom I have known for several -years, who a r e loyal and aggressive members with us, who are nnfch "given to hospitality, " most generously entertained me in their beau- tiful home. They are strong "Naza- renes. '' The home of the Pentecostal Church 'of the Nazarene in Seymour is of ce- ment blocks, is beautiful and dious, and (a good sign of faithfulness) is popularly known as ''brimstone cor- ner." \Vould that more church houses were worthy of such a cognomen. Tomorrow I begin at Eaton Rapids, l\iich. Calls for evangelistic work con- tinue to come to me. But I mllSt put them away, that I may be able soon to enter upon the new work to which my Lord calls me. In and for Him, Edward F . \\Talker. GENERLAL SUPERINTENDENT ELLY- SON I)l VERMONT. From Silver Lake we went up to l\1idclleb ery, a pretty Green Mountain city, the t hird station north of Bran- don, for a few days between the camp meetings. H ere .h ad the lr.>rivilcge that had !"!ever before and 'Probably n ever again will be ours. We preached in an old Catholic church. The Catho- lics had moved out of t heir old church, into their beautiful n ew chrurch, which is built of marble. The' old brick church was put up for - sale, and while others were waiting for : __ [August 5, 1909 . . . . . . them to come dow-n still .lower in "the and many of our people were away on j price, Bro. Campbell, who has charge their the has_ been of the Pentecostal": Nazarene work in filled and the services mtensely . mter, . Vermont bought it through a real estate esting . and helpful. Bro. Cornell, the agency. When the Catholics found it pastor, is preaching with great .POWef had gone into Protestant hands, and a11:d. l_lllctiori and through the faithfuJjl especially for a protestant church, they mm1stry of the Word many persoiiS were greatly enraged. Bro. Campb_ell have found Jesus as their Savior and "has been offered much more for . the Sanctifie_r. There were twenty-two at church than he .gave for it, but he is the altar the last Sabbath in June-and holding ' it. for God and holine,ss in that most of gave clear ringing testi. p lace. It is a very rai e thing to have monies. a Catholic church turned into a protes- Tlie church was closed for two Sun- taut church. days, July 4 and 11, in the interest of Bro. Campbell is a rustling worker the great West Pullman camp meeting and there is an a good work. and while we enjoyed a wonderful sea: \Ve stayed -with ti.Em from Monday son of refreshing in -that delightful . until Thursday,- antl I. ben were vff for camp, and received great blessing to our Camp Hebron near Attleboro, Vt., stop- souls, still we were gliHl to meet again ping over night "\Vith friends in Worces- in the old church wher e we have a cori. ter. tinual camp meeting the year around, Let me .just take the time to say that There were nine at the altar of prayer we --find-conditions- exiRting --throughout--- July 18th-and- .twel:v.e--more- the---follow this country that are alarming in the ing Sabbath. extr eme of which we know but little in The prayer meetings continue to pe the South. I r efer to_ t!J..!:l _ .. marful..en-. - real centers of spiritual fire and fervor, ci'oachnie.iif .. ()f"-lfoiiiliil on . Scarcely l ess than 250, and t h e one hand and on the a: lways 300 or more in attendance. . other. And this country,.is now so sat- The street meetings on Friday and mated with these things that they are Monday nights h ave been all attended beginning to look toward the South for and extremely helpful. The young our nation's safety and the 'preseryation p eople have found their Friday evening of orthodoxy. It is startling to discover services, on the corner of Sixty-third how Catholicism has gained influence street and Eggleston avenue, to be not in our government and in our schools. only a blessing to the great t hrong that If we do not arouse ourselves before gathers 'to hear their songs and t esti- we know it our glorious protestant lib- monies, but also a source qf strength erties will be lost:-Pentecostal Advo- and inspiration to their own souls: cate. The Sunday School is good and every department of the church in a harmon. ions and flourishing condition. As a chur ch we expect to push the battle to the gates-to have souls .saved and sanc- 1 tified at every service-to keep our faith strong and active and ourselves FARMINGTON, IOWA. Glad to report another church organ- where holiness can be preached salvation found by lost men. I organ- ized here wjth thirty charter members and a fine outlook for a vigorous soci- et y . A f ull church board was elected with Sunqay School superintendent. Two promising young people were licensed to preach by the church board, and one recommended to the District Assembly for evangelistic license; also delegates elected to the District As- sembly. The sahation- of souls was sought all through the fifteen days' meeting, and several converted, and a ll sought and found the second blessing. vVe had a great time of victory. A good impression on the community h as been made. The work will continue with bleising. Have other calls for church es and several new preacher s 'wanting work inthe Nazarene church. The work is generally good on the dis trict and we are planning for a good District As- sembly. T. H. Agnew, Dist. Supt. CHICAGO, ILL. 'rhe First Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene is still moving forward and God is giving us some good, old-fash- ioned times of salvation. June was a good month for us. Though the weather was quite warm unspotted from the world. F. L. SECOND CHURCH, CHICAGO. . . vVe h ave just returned from assisting! the Racine Holiness church in their annual camp meeting. R ev. D. :\'I. Smashey and wife were the oth-er special workers. Quite a number were saved or sanctified. Sixteei:J were bl!P.! tized in the l'ake and ten taken 1nto t he church . $165 was raised for Inrlia 's mission wodc Glory to God. We 1net Sister Cool ey, a Nazarene preiJ,cher,l who is now engaged with h er husband the of the JCan -M1sswnary associatiOn (I thml,); also Rev. M:ancopky, an evangelist: who holiness al1d labors in \ Visean- sin. The writer secured' the names of six p eople in l\1ilwm1kee who desire that a meeting be started so I shall tty to go there once a week when if does not c:ontli ct with my present past01al wol'lc I am snte if this trne, sane, holiness ever spreads we Nar.arrne preachers must 'do more pioneer wo1;k. There is but little true holiness in \ Vis- consin, divine healing and extremes in dress are all insisted upon as essential almost, if not August 5, 1009 J deified. Thank God for ''The More Ex- cellent Way.'' Love! Love ! Love ! so let us as Nazarene preachers beware of Bide . tracks. Let . us be symmetrical, otherwise we will blight and blast, as bave others. Insist on . clean hearts, then we 'U have .the washing of plates . and platters. God has raised the N aza- rene church up; let us be true to our calling. Let . the church be careful in its selection of preachers. F. J. Thomas, Pastor. AUBURN, ILL. A note from Bro. James T. , son-the real found of our churcp at Auburn, Ill., who built a beautiful . church and gave it to us, also gave a . parsonage adjoining, and has been its chief supporter-says: ''Our church is growing at Auburn and we have souls .saved_ almost -every week. --- .We ._ are growing numerically and some cially. Bro. Rose has been preaching for us for the last. year . and his wife :also is . a fine preacher. She has been I preaching for us the last two or three Sabbaths, as he has been absent at Kewanee and at the Pullman camp meeting. They take well with the peo- ple, and are good preachers. I would like to visit Los -Angeles. Thereis glory in my soul as I write. God keeps me living ,l.'lt the banqueting house all the time.' SEYMOUR, IND. 1 Onr annual tent meeting closed with last Sunday night's service. There . were a great n1any seekers at t he altar and most of them professed to. get that for which 'they sought. vYe r ealize that not many are going through in t hese awful times. l\Iany even come to the altar but never seen to get down to bed- rock where they can stand. vVe know that the pressure against t he true child of God in these days is at times tre- mendous, but God is able to make u& stand. \Ve believe our own church was helped. \Vhile it was not a meeting, yet the l argest part of the crowd that could be depended upon from our church. vVe were highly vored with the' presence of two of the greatest preachers in the holiness move- ment. Tlu-iy were not called workers but were passing t hrough m-r-their wa:Y 1 to other meetings and stopped off with us. One was Dt<: D: F . Brooks, who was wit h ris for three services. and greatly edifi ed us with his expositions of the I \V ord. The other was our own Dr. E. F. Walker. He remembered that there . was a little band of N a741r enes here and 1 wanting to encourage us stopped on for 1two servi ces. And he did help us. How , feasted as lHl. opened the Scriptures unto ns. l\Iay God ahnndantly hl ess him and continne to make him a bless- l ing. Let t he Nazar en es in all . places prfi v for ns here. The Blood now cl e;inses anc1 t he Comforter abides. J. F . Harvey. Nazarene Messep,ger 5 JONESBORO, ARK. GENERAL MISSIONARY SECRE'l'AR,Y"S Bro. Frank Bugh .and I have just . _SLATE. . . been in a fine revival with the. Church . Aug. 13 to 22, Tracy .Ctty, Tenn. Home of the Nazarene in Pine Bluff, Ark. At . Camp Meeting. . . first the battle w.as hard and crowds Aug. 26 to Sept. 6, Nauvoo, Ala. . small, but persistent prayer and faith- Sept. 6 to 30, Oklahoma ful preaching brought victory. Crowds . October. General.MJsstonary Board Meet- . d d'l d mg. . H. F. REYNOLDS, .mterest mcrease stea 1 Y .an eon- 823 River St., Haverhill, <Mass. viCtwn got hold of hearts. Some ten or twelve were definitely blessed in par- don or sanctification. The last Sun- . . day was a day of power and victoJ:y. 'Chrzstzan Bro. Fred Mendell was with us the , closing days of the meeting and was s - ' greatly\ used in preaching the Word. czence Rev. B. F. -Mullins takes charge of the church, it having been without a pas- tor since the A'ssemofY. ... --- -- . J os. N. Speakes. Jlf.JJJ/f SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. DISTRICT CAMP-MEETING; Prices of Tents and Furnishings. Order at once. To insure certainty remit $1 with your order. TENTS, 8xl0 $1.25; 10xl2 1.50; 12J,C14 1. 75; 12x16 2.00; 12x18 2. 25; 12x20 2.50; 12x24 2. 75. COTS, double 75; single .35 MATTRESSES, double. 75; single .35. Gasoline Stoves 75. Tables 2x4 .40. Chairs .05. Floor covers in tents . 75, These prices are for tents put up all ready to move into. Please let us know at once. Be. definite in your . order and you will get what you ask for. Order early of C. V. LaFon- taine, 730 San Pedro St. , Los Angeles. --IN THE LIGHT OF-- Holy Scripture A Remarkable Book of 441 pages by J: HALDEMAIN PRICE, $1.50 BY MAIL, - This Book has had such a wonderfui' sale that the thbid edition was printed within three weeks_ of the first. The New York Globe_says: "Dr. HIJ,.ldeman shows us the deadly difference. He aoes not attack Christian Science, he merely guotes it; yet nothing more effective ian Science has been published. ,. Every preacher should read this book. Buy one for your pastor or get it your- self and loan it to him to read. Nazarene Publishing_ Company 730 San Pedro St., Los A1111ela, Cal South.ern California District Camp Meeting . .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. GOODWJN, Supt. of the Meeting SPECIAL WORKERS. REV. U.- E. RAM8EY REV. W. W. DANNER REV; FRED. ST. CLAIR , Upland, California San Diego, California Santa Rosa, California Assisted by the Pastors, Mi nisters and Evangelists of the F. C. EPPERSON in charge of the Music. "Pentecostal Songs of the Nazarene'_' will be used. The grounds are clean, sanitary, healthy inviting, with plenty of shade, .light, water and every convenience. A clean, :Well-arranged restaurant, with meals at reasonable rates, will be in charge of accommodating and attentive persons. Price lists of tents, fur- nishings, etc., will be mailed to each Pastor on the Distr,ict, and to all others on application to . .: ,Rev . C. V. LA FONTAINE Supt. o.f Grounds, .730 San Pedro-St., Los Angeles BOW TO REACH THE GROUNDS:- Take "Bimini" carson Broadway or West Seventh street with signs "Western Ave. " or "Heliotrope," and go to the end of the line, and walk North to Camp Grounds, 5c fare. Or take Colegrove cars ori Second -or North . Spring streets or Blvd., and' get off at Holly Ave. and walk onE>-half block South to groundo; lOc fare. 6 Nazarene Messenger EDITORS: P. F. Bresee, Editor R. Pierce, ORice Editor C. J. Kinne, - Asst. Editor and BlUJ. Mgr. Enteroo at the post-office, Aug. 7, 1900, at Los Angetes, California. as second-class matter. Publishoo Every Thursday. TERMS - $1 a year In advance; to Ministers 76 cents; to foreign countries $1.60. Sample copies free. CHANGE OF ADDRESS- Name the post-office and State to which the paper has been sent. and the office and State to which you wish it sent. EXPIRATION OF TIME- Subscriptions are payable IN ADVANCE. Unless payment is made or request is made to have the paper continued, it will be DISCONTINUED at the expiration of time.. SPECIAL NOTICE-Address all business communications to C. J. KINNE, Business Manager. Never write business matters on same postal or sheet with any other matters. It always causes trouble and delay, and may cause mistakes. Parties receiving the paper regularly without having subscribed for it will know that it has been presented to them by some friend and there will be no bill. In case of any irregularity or failure to receive your paper, notify the Publisher by muil at once. How TO REMIT - Remit by Money Order or Bank Draft, payable to NAZARENE PUBLISHING CO. 730 SAN PEDROS1. LOS ANGELES, CAL. Tel. Brvadwau 4831 Home F-2676 EDITORIAL "WHAT OF THE NIGHT?" The people who look for signs of the times can, in these days, see almost any- thing which they desire. The op- timist and the pessimist alike have many signs to look to and by which each may be strengthened in his thought. What the conditions really indicate of the future may be difficult to tell. Some things in the preseU:t . seem certain. There are doubtless more holy people in the world than ever before, at least in modern times. .Jesus Christ is more widely preached. The Vvord of God is much more gener- ally disseminated among men. . The barriers between nations are more broken down, and the sense of kinship among the peoples more general. The incentives to war are less, and to peace are greater. While oppression in vari- ous forms still remains, and survives in hideous way:s, still in many forms it has passed aw.ay.- Education is far more general, and human liberty much more extended. The races of men never had so many comforts, nor as . great possibilities. Nevertheless, the great multitudes are without God and lmow little of real righteousness. In what are called Christian lands, people of real piety are a small fraction. \Vorld- liness, the trampling down of the Chris- tian Sabbath, disregard of all of the claims of truth, absence of the sense of responsibility to recognized truth, pleasure-loving and earth-seeking, are the general conditions. Few find the Nazarene Messenger- narrow way, and the vast multitudes throng the broad way of sin and death. What the times indicate, may be hard to tell. It may be worse than foolish, it may be classing ourselves with a wicked and adulterous genera- tion to seek after a sign. When the . voice. of God broke forth to Israel. in Babylon, calling them to arise and cast up the highway and _re- turn to their 9wn land, God gave to them no sign that the time had come, or that He would bring them in safety. There was His call, His word. He called attention to Himself. If they got their eyes on Him, and knew who Jehovah was, that was enough. If He called they could go; if He led they could but succeed. so- God calls the church of the holy people to look unto Him. The dashing waves, the tumultuous billows, the tramping multitudes, will but confuse. If God calls us, if He says ''Arise and be luminous,'' if His word is to go forth and conquer, one look at His face is enough to assure us of certain vic- tory. The call is, to look unto Him, to know the infinitude of His grace, the efficiency of His blood, the power and glory of His own personal presence, and to hear Him say, ''Lo I you, go ye therefore,'' to give assur- ance of victory. Difficulties, obstacles, foes, all are as nothing. God's call is unto victory, His .command is certain triumph. It may not look so, but we look not at things which are seen,. but at the infinite verities. Obedient trust in God allies us with the eternal throne, and makes us fellow warriors with the Conqueror from Bozra. God and holi- ness never fail. We are forever united with Him, and His glory is our des..: tiny. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURES. Mr. Frederick W. Peabody, LL.B., of the Boston Bar, is delivering a series of lectures at Blanchard Hall in this city this week. . We have not yet heard him, but it seems as if he has a message to the many people who seem inclined to run after that monumental humbug and delusion. Of ..him his lectures the New York Times says: . I "Mr. Peabody has gone deep and far into the history of Mrs. Eddy and of the healing system which, for purely commercial reasons, she calls hers. l\fnch of this history is familiar to many, but not a little is new to most, and it i:;; all supported so carefully by the citation of authorities, by the pre-. sentation of evidence supplied in the [August 5, 1909 woman's own forgotten letters, poems and articles, by the paralleling of her discoveries with the lucubrations of -the teacher whom she now repudiates, that the whole at least puts upon every 'Chrisian Scientist' the obligation either to refute these heaped-up accusations or else to abandon their allegiance the Concord prophetess. There is abso. lutely no middle ground. Either Mr. Peabody-is the most shameless of cal- umniators, or Mrs. Eddy is the basest of charlatans. And Mr. Peabody expresses an eager readiness to have this question submitted to any test. His charges rnn the whole gamut from attempted mnr. der to accomplished theft, with endless Jying scattered all along in betwecn: They ale not vague, but definite, and every one of them can be settled trne or untrue. Why do the Eddyites waitt The courts of arc open and until Mr. Peabody is a ronvietcd slanderer no sane and decent person, man ot woman, can afford to give any countenance to Christian Sr.ience." DEETS PACIFIC BIBLE COLLEGE. The arrangements for the new presi dent and a good faculty are rapidly approaching completion, together with the management, and all things pertain. ing to special excellence for the work of the coming year; which opens Sep. tember 14. Next week's Messenger is expected to be a special college number in which announcements will be made. Let those to attend next year write to Mr. F. C. Epperson, 517 Byrne building, Los Angeles, THE UNITY OF THE BIBLE. The Bible is a unit. One thought pervades it from Genesis to Revelation, One dominant purpose underlies prop. hecy and history, parable and poem. Although it took sixteen hundred years to write the Bible, and although pl'r- haps forty human writers, representing . all degrees of social life, intellectual culture, and spiritual attainment, were employed in this sacred composition; still a complete unity marks the entire book. There is, indeed, a great differ. ence between the Psalius of David and the Epistles of Paul; but it is the dif. ference between the moon showing ns a crescent of her disk, and the moon in the fullness of her beauty; it is the dif. ference between the gray dawn of the morning and the splendor of noondny. One thought pervades the Book as the diapason pervades, unifies and dom inates a great oratorio .. .The unity of the Bible, considering the manner of its human origin, is one of its great . wonders and one of its August 5, 1909] divine beauties. If we deny its divine inspiration, it seems impossible to ac- count for its . historic and spiritual unity. The charm of this unity grows upon us the more we study the sacred records. This unity is internal rather than external, esseQtial and not acci-- dental, spiritual rather than merely lit- 1eraty. It is delightful to note this unity in the harmony which. marks considerable sections of the Bible. The first three chapters and the last three chapters of the Bible show a harmonious unity to a rPmarkable degree. Those who have studied these six chapters with the thought of their harmony in mind, will be' surprised and delighted at its discovery. In the first thr ee of Genesis we have the first heaven and t he first earth ruined by t he sin of man. In the l ast three chapters of revelation we have an account of a new heaven and a new earth, the tabernacle of God being with men. In Genesis we had the victory of the tempter; in Revelati on we have his utter overthrow and })is eternal doom. In that first sec- tion in Genesis we had paradise lost ; in this last section of Revelation we have paradise r egained. In the first sect ion of Genesis we had . Adam with his new-found bride, and both of them tempted and f allen; in the last section 1 of Revelation we have the second Adam with his . holy and blessed bride, the church, forever safe and glorious. In the earlier section we have death and misery. In the later Scripture we have life and f elicity. In the beginning of the New Testa- ment, as in t he beginning of the Old Testament, we had the holy and blessed manuel, God with us ; and in Revelation, the crowning joy of t he redeemed in their consciou!;mess of God's presence, their rapturous realiza- tion of God 'Once agaill" as Immanuel. This presence is the grand consumma- tion, the glorious triumph, the blessed victory won by the ''Strong Son of God. "-Robert Stuart MacArthur, in The Watchman. .JJ .JJ .JJ The aiinual picnic of the Sunday School of the First Church of this city was held at the Eastlake Park on Thurs- day of l ast week. There was a goodly number who spent most of the day there. It gave opportunity for some social life among .the older people and thete was seeming gladness in all hearts. Real Christian f ellowship is always a joy. Nazarene Messenger Notes andPersonah Get ready for the Feast of Taber- nacles, Aug. 17-29.- ___ '' 'Vhat! Going to the district camp- meeting? Of course, I am. Wouldn't miss it for anything.'' --..,; . In a personal note-from Dr . . Walker, written at Eaton Rapids, he says : "The wo'rk h er e is great and the fruitage very blessed.'' T he fall t erm of the Na zarene Bible Institute, Pilot Point, Texas, opens Sep- t ember 8. with Rev. C. Edward Roberts as president. Last year t her e was a shrinkage in - the liquor bill of Great Britain of $3,- 000.000. It is yet too large . by about $800.000,000. . Rev. \V. C. Wilson writes from Water Valley, Ky .. that the camp there "opens well.'' They are expecting a good time, with gracious results. It will be well for. the Christian men and women who contribute liberally to the Los Angeles Y. M. C. A. to read the daily papers. and see what their money goes for-to train prizefighters for the ring. The Southern California district <'amp meeting must be constantly:kept on the hearts and minds of the people of this section of the church. It will be a great meeting. If you have not already ordered your tent do it now. Rev. H. S. pastor at Mena, Ark., .writes: '' God is blessing the work her e. Bro. C. C. Cluck , of Texas. has h<>ld a meeting with us in which t her e were about sixty-five prayed through and scYeral united with the church. " "The Pentecostal Experience" is a new book by ReY. C. \V. Ruth, coYering pretty fully the precious experience of \vhi ch it treats. Those who l1ave r<>ad Bro; Ruth's previous books will be sure t o want this. It can be ordered from tlw Nazarene Publishing Co., the price being clot h 75c, paper 25c. Rev. Fred St. Clair. of San Fran- eisi' O district.. eame in upon us at the young people's meeting at First Church on Friday night. He was on his way to Upland wh<>re he is to hold some meet- ings preceding the dist rict camp meet- ing. He received a hearty greeting and said some encouraging words. . " The Joyful Sq1md." a four-page paper, issued in the interests of the Compton Avenue church, Los Angeles, has. just come to hand, It is a bright little with interesting items 7 and r ecords of work done by that very live bodyof Nazarenes. Brethren ! Brethren I Thanks for the 11ews item ; but some of you write in- teresting little (sometimes) articles on .Holiness in the middle of your news items. Now, will you not oblige the editor by writing the "Holiness article" on separate sheets of paper and thus. save us cutting your to pieces. Send the two in the same l etter arid we will try. and use them. .. .JJ .JIJ DISTRICT FINANCES. At Ure time of the Southern Califor- nia District Assembly t her e were a num- ber of churches which did-not f eel r eady to pledge a definite amount t oward the district superintendent's salar y. They expected, however , to do as much as possible. would it not be a good plan for sitch to set aside a little each month for this fund. In t his .way th.ey will not f eel any burden as they would in trying to raise a lar ger sum once for the whole year. The other churches which pledged a definite amount ought to be paying a proportionate amount of t heir pledge. We ought to pay at least one-fourth of t h e sum in each quarter of the year. It would be better if it could be paid monthly, but perhaps that is too much t o ask. Brethr en, our Superintendent is in the field, doing our work. Let us pay his sal ar y promptly. C. J. Kinne. Treasurer. "" .>& .>& SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT CAMP. Another word about t he camp meet- ing for the Southern California district, to be held at the camp grounds of the ( : I' BH11l church at Sout h Hollywood, at the junction of Santa Monica avenue and Holly avenu e. Friends who are planning to camp on the grounds must furnish their own bed;ling. The com- mittee will furnish only things as are order ed from the list at prices as adwrtised in t he Messenger. Other . conveniences must .be prepared by the tenters. Already a goodly unmber of tents are order ed. but we ought to have a ver y large encampment from all over -the district . Let every church in thia district be well r epr esented. Tl:le L,eet- ing will b<> greatly beneficial b()th to body 111111 soul. Come along. folks, with your or<lcrs and camp. J/1 J/1 .. ''Apples of Gold" is just the book for an inspiring gift. It will bless the soul and inspire faith. Send for one. 25 , cents postpaid; 10 for $2. 8 Nazarene Messenger Los Angeles and Vicinity AT THE TABERNACLE and ready hearts in that land to re- ceive the Gospel. She said, among other things, that when they were con- . verted and received into the church, Sabbath morning witnessed a large each one promised to attend all the number at the 8 o'clock prayer meeting, p1ayer meetings and that they some- with the intensity which means victory. times had from 1200 to 1500 present. The Sabbath School re-echoed with the .J/1 .JJ .Jit joy of a new day. of holy service. GRAND AVE. CHURCH. At 11 o'clock Dr. Bresee preached vYell, we are keeping busy and going from 2 Peter 1 :3, "According as his on with. victory and salvation in the divine power hath given unto us all work of the Lord. Large congregations things that pertain unto life and goli- were present at. all services last Sab- ness. '' His theme was ''The munifi- cence of God to us." Af-ter defining bath. During. the absence of the Sun- " Life" as r eferred to in the text as dey School superintendent on his "conscious personality in certain rela- vacat ion, it was our privilege to lead tious and condi'tiOhs," au<} godliness as school and teach a class. 'rhen to the ''movements and activities of that preach at the morning service, baptize personality God ward,'' and that men the infant son of George and Vida .l-Iar- in sin are regarded as dead, i . e., legally rison, admi:qister the communion, and and morally dead, he proceeded to dis- preach from 1 Thess: 1 :1, and in the cuss how all things pertaining to. the afternoon :administer the Lord's Supper giving and maintaining of life and life at the bedside of a brother in his last in God, are freely and fully given. He illness; go to a wA.dcling where we made spoke of a few of the ''All things'' two hearts happy in wedlock; r eturn among which' were the revelations of in time for evening preachil}g, and after truth, .especially the truth in reference a happy time in preaching, lead- three to vicarious and redemptive atonement, souls to the Lord in a blessed altar the Spirit given to make the truth ef- service, and went l:ome shouting for fective, and to lead the soul to pardon the close of "one day's work for and adoption. Also the giving back of Jesus.'' Well, glory, we're going on the inheritance of holiness and the full- and having the time our lives. rnesc;; ness of divine love, as well as the im- the Lord for victory. Hallelujah. partation of the gifts nnd graces of holy C. V. L. spirituality and the of J1 ,.,c Jl the Christ in the hearts of men. WEDDING BELLS. At the mass holiness meeting at 3 At the home of :Mrs. Potts, 684 E. p. m., R ev. J: P. Coleman led; Brothers Twenty-first street, Los Angeles, Jnly -Darwin and 1 Gay Speaking a little more 20, l\1iss Lola Jaynes, daughter of l\fr. at length. The hour was given to and l\:Irs. J . A. Jaynes, and Mr. Floyd unctuous testimony and praise. Franklin were united in marriage. Rev. At night Mrs. Palmer , pastor of . the A. E. Rei nschmidt, pastor of Elysian Second rhurch in Pasadena, preached Heights Nazarene Church, officiating. from I saiah 6 :1, reading as a comment Quite a number of the friends of the the 26th chapter of 2 Chronicle:;;. She bricle and groom were present and all spoke of the great prosperity under enjoyed a .good time. Uzziah. and how his heart was lifted up unto presumption. and how Isaiah was led to trust in material forces and success for the good of his people, and how Uzziah ' s death opened his eyes and led to the revelation of Go.d and his own need. which was met by the touch of fire on his lips in purifying power, whi ch opened up his way to his great mini:;;try. She showed how the hope in all things else must perish, and God be all in al( An interesting altar ser- vice was held and several seekers were blest. $ $ $ AN INTERESTING MEETING. The Young People's Monthly Mis- sionary of First Church, J ... os held Sunday at 6 o'elock. There was a good anre and . 11 Yety enjoyable talk was givPu Florence Sii'crinan. Mrs. SlH'rrnan was, in connection with her husha ml. Dr. Sherman, a missionary in Korea, l)nt his health failing, they were obliged to return and he soon after died. She spoke of the open doors, At the home of the bride, 177 W. 37th strf'et, August 1st. lVI iss Vera M. Sny- der and l\Ir. Roy E. Jillson were mar- ried in the presence of the immediate members of the families by the Rev. Charles V. LaFontaine. The young couple will be at home to their friends after August 15, at 3818 '\Vall street. SPANISH MISSION. Mountains of diffi culties and persecu- tion and seemingly all the forces of t.h<J enemy have been tmnel1 our way 1he past week, but we r J :t .i 1 the JH' >'ll- ises of God to Jael'>b the seed of Abra- ham, His friend, and our heart.d rre comforted. We are seeing that it 1s Yerily so, the sharp instrument having teeth to thresh mountains and beat them small fan them and sec the wine! carry them away. Our God is a: great God and we are trusting in Him. :In El Paso, Texas, Santos reports vi e-ll tory with eight souls seeking pardon. SeYen found Jesus in our mission. One 5, 1909 of our young men who is away writes ' me that three received Jesus with him. j We praise God, for . the victory of the past week. , In Bakersfield the. Lo1;d gave great 1 victory with great interest among the ' people, and good prospects for a suc. l cessful work; in five days _of meetings at night there were twenty converted. Bro. remains for a time topress . ' on the good work. Bro. Williams and , his people are now occupying the new chnreh property and are full of faith for the future. Our niission folk'> re. l turn from the fruit orchards this week I and we are expecting great victory and blessing from the Lord. Pray for us; we need to be held up before the throne in a special way for wisdom and guid. ance and strength. We thank God for ; the faithftil ones who pray for us. \Ye I are in neell of some furniture and cloth. ing just now. If any of the friends have anything for us please advise.- Tele. ph01w Broadway 5367. Mrs. M. McReynolds.' oil .JI .JI LONG. BEACH, CAL._ This has been a g'oocl clay here spir- itually. The Lord was in His temple. Bro. Summers' morning subject was, "Essential Conditions of Soul \Yin ning. '' Thoroughly saved-completely 1 surienclered to God-'-not on methods, folks and conditions. Then look-ing to the risen . Christ go forth bearing precious seed ; sow the seed-word of God-and even then we must go in the proper spirit or our sowing will he in vain. The foolish virgin went forth with her lamp, but without oil; so we must have the Holy Spirit abiding with in, leading and controlling us, if we I are to accomplish the will of our Fathrr. \Ve were pleased to have with 11s Bros. \Viens and Chafin. Bro. \Vious is from Oklahoma. He preached for ns in the evening on heing fill <:> cl with faith and the Holy Ghost.. Two W('rc 1 at the altar fm sanctifieat.ion and elainwd to r eceive the blessing. Sister J. V. Smith is confined to the house with a sprained ankle and. Sister Viola Sharpless is sick. also Sister Am,v. Pray for these and others who are de- j' t.airwcl at home. E. Todd. .JI .. .JI .- POMONA 'tENT MEETING. Onr meetings this last week I heen much blessed of the Lord, and we have had some victories. There are many things which must be overcome and this field is called n hard one, hnt I the 1\fighty Nazarene is ahle to triumph I in any place "':here a few p eople will trust Him. We have had good attcn dance. especially on Sunday evenings, and the people are manifesting more rPal interest in our work. We found Sister 1\'fcNimghton here, wll_o has heen a good help in the meetings. .Sis1 r r Bertha \Vilson and Sister Gay hn ve hl:'en mneh 'bl esse1l and used o God! I August 5, 19091 in song. We have had a number of seekers at the altar, and much burden in prayer, which increases as the meet- ing goes deeper. \Ve are not making a trial trip, but ba-.: c planted our banners on advanced I ground, and marched out of the old ball and burned the bridges by giving up this rent. We expect God to open 1 for this church a new place for wor- ship. Already there is a cloud as big as hand in sight, and in a few days I we expect to be able to report a loca- tion. '\Ve have already raised in cash thre<:> hundred dollars for a new church, and hope to have more money in a few dRYS. bod is in this movement and plans to stahlish burning centc>rs of mighty nrc> in every town in Southern Califo"r- 1 nia. I find Bro. Stone a true yoke-fel- low and a God-used man for this work. I know .the dear friends are praying for me. I am conscious of the influence - of their prayers, and appreciate more I than I can. exp:ess the co-operation of onr people m th1s work. \Ve had a precious ali-day meeting last Thursday and a number of our On- tario and Upland and Cucamonga I people wer e present and gave quite a lift in spiritual enthusiasm. As these meetings conti nue for a few wecks, I trust all will do more praying. J. W. Goodwin, Dist. Supt. I All Day Meeting 1'here will be an aU-day meeting at Pomona next week, Thursday, Aug. 12, in the tent, corner of Second and El- mina. J.Jet us have a great rally to this . meeting. Come and see us, brethren, before we strike tent for another fi eld. Amen! All aboard! 1!l> Rt>member, Pomona. August 12! J . W. G .. Dist. Supt. _,. "" -"' BAKERSFIELD, CAL. \\e r ejoice that we can r eport Yi(tory through the blood. God has already be- gnu to give us souls from the first day \H ' la nd('d h e rP. The first convert was a drunkard, SR\' Cd at the first street meeting we held Saturday evening. 1 . was a r ed letter day for Bak- ersfield. ::\Irs. McReynolds had. charge of tllP. morning services at the Nazarene 'L'<:>nt. She prea ched the word with nnnsual lib(rty" and unction. \\' e held a great opc>n air meeting in tlw afternoon in one of' th< ma in streets of the city, in front of a saloon. Grtat, hungry ('rowds gathered in front and around us li stening to the Gos- pr-1 mcss_ages iu: soug ami t estimony. God's JWC'SCIIt' <' and power was nuinis- tal\ahly f tlt. in our mi<lst. Our audiPnte 1 \\'as of of Mt> xieans an<l AIIH' l'Ha ns. '' c preached and to thl' lll 'in both languages. Of eomsc, 1 thr .c.ame a_ronnd at t!JC sm.ne time roarmg lrkc a hon. gnashmg Ius teeth and sha:king his fist at Mrs. :MeRcy- ! nolds whil e she was playing the organ, Nazarene Messenge.,. but the. Lord did not allow the wicked one to !touch His anointed one. In the evening we held another open air meeting which was followed by our first indoor services in Spanish, held at Peniel Mission, which is in charge of - Mrs. Gardi, a faithful Nazarene. .God gave us r enewed liberty in preaching word. Six Mexicans bowed at the al- tar as seekers after God, five of whom gave a definite testimony to the power of God to save them from sin. Thir:; is indeed an awful wicked city, wholly gi,en up to vice and debauchery. Rut God has already begun to open up rivers of living waters in the dry place. Vic expect great tides of salvation from t his day on. Do not forget t o pray for Bakersfi eld. S. D. Athans. .$ $ VALLEJO, CAL: The meeting -in Vallejo-was-glorious; Several striking cases of salvation and sanctifi cation were the r esult. The old plow still plows. . There is a demand for onr church h ere, and we must enter there sooi1. Everywhere people see the n eed of organized holiness. \Vith a thou- sand dollars we could plant half a dozen church es right away on this district. Fred St. Clair. .JI' ,J/f ,J/f All communications "in reference to Deets Pacific Bible College should be addressed to F. C. Epperson, 517 Byrne Building, Los Angeles, Cal. Books ... BY. REV. GEO. W. 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OSKALOOSA, IOWA Co-educational . Interdenominational D EPARTMENTS: College of Liberal Arts, Civil Engineering, Academy, School of ology, Normal School, School of Oratory, School of Music. Common Branches for those who need them. Essentials of Commercial Course- Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Penmanship, etc. New, modern buildings and equipment. Location unsurpat' sed in beauty. Healthful cli- mate, good water. Strong faculty of experienced educators and college-trained teachers. Strong courses; thorough work; spiritual influence unexcelled. Enrollment last year (third year of its history ) 483. In three years the of Universi ty Park, composed of about sixty houses, has sprung up. It IS composed of Holiness people and has a-mayor and town who govern in the fear of the Lord a nd co-operate with the University. Prohibitory clause on liquor and tobacco in every deed m_ade the University. Lots selling rapidly to those who desire a safe place to educate theii' Chlldren. Place of the great Camp-Meeting of the National and Iowa Holiness Associatiqns. lnvesti- gatP. going P.lsewhere to school or locating. _ . Fall term opens Sept. -14th, 1909. Write for large catalog and read the wonderful h1story of this great school. It will strengthen your faith. A ddress, CENTRAL HOLINESS UNIVERSITY, B. W. AYRES, PH. D., Acting President University Park, Oskaloosa, Iowa. 10 PORTLAND, ORE. God has been greatly blessing us since we last reported to The Messenger. We dismissed our services for two weeks during the Oregon Holiness Association camp meeting and a large number of our p eople camped on the gtound and helped to push the battle, and God gave us a great victory. Some three hundred souls bowed at the altar and many were wonderfully ronverted and sanctified . About $1700 was raised for missionary purposes. four fie:ds being represented, namely Alaska, lVIexico, India and Africa. ...-\bout $700 was r aised for running expenses, and all obligations met. 'l'he Oregon Holiness Association is a live thing. It is better organized and equipped than ever be- fol' e. They ha...-c called ReY. Bud Rob- inson for the <'amp next year and are praying and looking for great victory. Our peopl e take a ver y active part in the association and the members of the association stand by us loyally, for which we praise God and press on to victory. ''Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to- gether. in unity." Sunday was our first day home_ again and God blessed us wonderfully aU day. Souls prayed through at the altar both morning and evening and the congre- gations were the very best. Sister Flor- ence who is home with us from Seattle, for a short visit, led the young people's meeting, where about fifty . were present, and after a very gracious time of comment on the lesson, songs, prayers and testimonies, about thirty or forty young p eople lined up on the street corner where a goodly number listened very attentively to the many songs and living fiery testimonies by the young pe9ple, and a number fol- Jowed and came to the church for the e,ening sen ice, wher e the tide of praise and prayer continued to flow and rise until souls came running_ to the altar and \Ye n ever had a chance to even an- nounce our text. But it will keep . No sermon was needed or wanted. God had His way and souls were greatly blessed. Some strangers who were with us said in their testimonies that it was . the warmest place they had found in Portland and they enjoyed it very much. Thus closed the first Sabbath after the camp, a little after midnight.. A . 0 . Henricks. I am here. in Portland preaching e...-ery night to large crowds on the street s in the open air. Large crowds gather around and seem to be quite in- t erested about their souls. Some raise their hands for pray, and one .or two have humbled themselves and have knelt clown on the street, and my prayer is that our blessed Savior heard and thnir nnmns in heaven. Port- . ln;1d is n good field for open work. The hnrvest is white. The l aborers are Go<'!' help to prcay more for onr side :work. Vf. R. Lowty. Nazaren.e MONROE, WASH. It has been quite a while since \V'e have sent . a repor.t to The Messenger. Yet we ha.ve not been idle. God lias blessed us greatly since the Assembly. We had two weeks of special prayer and scarcely a week has passed without some souls seeking the Lord, either for pardon or purity. Some have been blessed. Satan seems to be trying his best to hinder . in the work here. His agents are seeking every conceivable advantage to prevent the work of the Lord. Yet we are having and expect to continue to have victory in His name. vVe had a good Sunday. 'fhree at the altar seeking holiness. John D. Cart, Pastor. FROM NAOMI RUTH. Writing to her parents, Miss Naomi Ruth says: '' There is a wonderful blessed sweet- ness in this loneliness which I some- times realize; for I see that the Lord wants to bring me into complete uriion with Himself until all that tendency in me to rely on human props and friend- ships is fully conquered. I am so thor- oughly devouring and enjoying the holiness papers, and how glad I shall be when they begin to report the camp- meetings. The dear Lord makes up to me what I actually miss of good holi- ness sermons, and that spiritual enjoy- ment which is customary for us in the homeland,-hy especially blessing what I read, so that my books and papers seem to contain in them much more for me than formerly. This is so marked that I do not question its being thus in- spir ed to my h ea!t by the Holy Ghost. lVIy hope is, not to have good things said of me even by those of whom I r eally am fond, but 'to do the will of Him who sent me. ' My Life, my Light, my Star, my Sun!' Praise His precious name. " This is such a charming place, and I am enjoying it very much. We- and expect nothing here except ever- lasting heat and luxuriant plant life. At present I am visiting in the coun try, and living in a little, lonely house, 'girt round and round. with mountains.' The house is rudely put together of bamboo and palmleaf roof, with floors of :rlain planks, and nearly completely bare. The house is raised on stilts, is small, and looks just like pictures you have seen of native buildings in missionary pa- pers. I wish I could t ell you how beau- tiful this countrY'- is! High mountain peaks are all around us, with some smaller, exquisite hills just in front of them. They are clothed in rich green and on the lower, nearer I can detect tall palm trees waving on their s ummits. In the valleys everything is lovely and green; there being either for- ests or terraced rice fields. Each si d e of the roafl thickl y grown with hanana, bamboo, rnbber, and other trees. and many varieties of wild flowets. The children have even found [August 5, and presented me with a couple of small bunches of violets and spring beau. ties.'' Have you sent in your order for a t ent at the camp meeting? Send it in, today. Do it now. Southwestern Holiness Collegt Dear Reader Interested in New lVIex. ICO: 'fhe Soutln\estern Holiness College ia locatPd at LQ: . Lande, N. Mexico, in a beautiful, clean little town right against a reserve of a hundred and twenty thousand ncres, half of which will soon be irrigated.with water from the river. About five miles away, fifteen thousand acres are being put under the ditch and grow from fifty to one him. clred dollars of alfalfa a year and vege. tables and fruits in proportion. Some of these lands may be filed on soon. Work on buildings and grounds will shtrt at once and the college will open : '\\<th a camp mcP.t.ing in October, led by Rev. E. A. Fergerson. Much land is open for filing, and some fine bargains in. lots and deeded lands n ear the col. lege. \Vrite for . any information de- . 1 Yonr brother in Christ, WM. J. BEESON Nazarene Pins ... President We have a new supply of Nazarene Pins. The Nickel-plated, such as we have heretofore sold, and a new kind made of Abalone shell with black lettering. Nickel Plated 25c each Abalone Shell 50c each' Nazarene Publishing Company 730 SAN PEDRO STREET LOS ANGELES. CAL. ""Where Art Thou?" or, Spiritual Earthquakes. BY L. MILTON WILLIAMS . . This book by this noted Evangelist will 1 arouse, instruct a nd bless. Send for it. Bound in Cloth. 320 Pages Price, $1. 00 NAZARENE PUBLISHING CO. 730 SAN PEDRO STREET LOS ANGELES. CAL. .W,gust 5, 1909] :Our Young People MATHEMATICS. I have to do such silly sums Like this: "If you had two Nice pea,rs and gave your sister one, ilow many' d. be left you 'l" Now teacher knows as well as me I'd have the sa.me pears still, . 'Cause I haven't . any sister-'- ( And I hope I never will .!). But evirry time I answer ''Two ! '' She says: ''No! no! Just one!" 1So that's the way my trouble w.ith Arithmetic begun! 'I will not make believe I have A sister just for school, 'But teacher says until "! do I'm on the dunce's stool I -Selected. A BOY'S DINNER. Once a small boy went to a big out- . door meeting and took his 'dinner. A igreat many_ other people went and the preacher talked to them a long time. !They were glad to listen, for they liked what He said bett er than any else they ha'd ever heard, although they could not always understand what He meant, because they were not used to that kind of .talk. Another thing that made them like to stay was because this preacher made all the sick ones well as fast -as they asked Him to. Some of those who could not see He healed. And the deaf ones heard,. and .. the dumb ones could speak. So it was a wonderful meeting. One time,.-whim this same preacher held another meeting, the people stayed three days without going home to get anything to eat. Perhaps they stayed that long this time, but we are not told. At last the preacher thought it was 1 time to close the meeting, but He did not want to send the people away hun- 'gry, hecause they would be apt to get 1sick before they reached home. So he !asked some men what to do about it ,and they did not know, but told Him there was a little boy there who had five biscuits and two little dried fish. Now I am sure the boy had not thought of asking all these people to eat dinner with him, and I do not think he knew what t he preacher wanted of the bread when some one asked him for it. I am ,also snre this preacher did not take it t he boy without asking him for 1t, ancl. not unless the boy was 'villing for Him to have it; for I know of many peopl e hqw who have things He could nse. and :"ihen 'they do not want Him to have them He dot>s not take t hem away. . So t i'Ji} boy let the _preacher have his dmnr1. never thinl<ing what He would do with it. He told some of the men to t ell the hungry people to sit clown on the : grass, for .. there .. was a lot .of it Nazf!,rene :, Messenger . ,' . . l. ... . . . there. the preacher blessed the bread and fish and began to break it up, and somehow it kept growing and growing unti,l there was dinner enough for all the people there to eat all they wanted to; and after they were through they gathered up about twelve big clothes . baskets full of the pieces that were left. Does this sound like a fairy story 7 Well, it is not, for the preacher was Jesus, so it is all trqe. You can read about it in John 6 :5-13. If you will give your heart and what you have to Him, He can help you to be of much service also. A . J. "N. MAKING OVER A DISPOSITION. l\fost of yon girls know all about mak- ing over dresses. The blue muslin which was made for Aunt Betty, and did not prove satisfactory, 'vould have looked queer enough if you had tried to wear it' just as it was given to you. Shortening the skirt, and taking in the seams, was not enough;-. It had to be entirely made over, and thei1 it was becoming imd serviceable. Do not think that you must wear your disposition just as it was handed down to yon from a long line of ancestors. Make it over. Leave out the spotted breadth. Throw away the r agged part. Put 's-.nne new material with it. It is a s1range thing . that any girl should be williHg to take more pains making over a gown, than in making over a disposition. 11 BookB FOR PREACHE.RS' COURSE OF STUDY. FIRST YEAR Poetpaicl Smith's Smaller Scripture History .80 Theological Com pend. (Ellyson) . . 75 Manual of the Church . . ., .26 -Wesley's Five Sermons . . . . .26 Quiet Talks on Power (Gordon) .80 Preacher and Prayer (Bounds) . . .. 30 . None Like It (Parker) . $1.26; pa'per .60 We can supply the whole four-years' course and will publish prices later. :NAZARENE PUBLISHING Co. 730 San Pedro St., Los Angeles Mohave Children Sl;ories from life by MRS. 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Best methods in Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type- writing. No be tter Business College The Auditorium-One of our Three Large Buildinp . in the South. .. -MUSIC CONSERVATORY: Cannotbesurpassed by any school in the South. Com- petent, experie nced teachers, Voice, _ Piano, Organ, Violin. Viola, Cello, Mandolin, Guitar,.. Wind and Reed Instruments. Band, Orchestra and Mandolin Club. Low Prices, Thorough Work. Send for Illustrated Catalog. ., . REV. E. P. ELLYSON. B.S., Pres. II I 12 THE JOY OF O-BEDIENCE. Perfect obedience to the whole will of God is perfect joy happiness. We often seek for f eelin a wonder why )Ve . d.on 't feel the joy f tl1e Lord as in days of yore; hence we agonize in prayer with great distress, pleading for feeling. We forget that joy can. be obtained only as we obey, and all our is in vain unless we perfectly submit and obey the whole will of God. The same ''yes'' to all His will w4ich brought the joy when He first saved us is the only way whereby we may keep the joy. "As ye have Christ J esus, SQ walk ye in him." \Ve walk with Him only as we obey Him. ''Be- hold, -to obey is better than sacrifice." - - G-od-- is calling-for-obedient- soldiers; those who will work for Him willingly: Never do we receive His blessing when we are all the time murmuring or com- plaining-not service of duty, but a service of love.-Selected. BOUND TO THE WORLD. t ell us that in capturing the . whale the boat's lines sometimes become entangled with the flukes of the fish so -as to join the two together. When this happens, all depends on instant action . . These lines must be severed or the whole boat's crew will 'be drawn to the boUNn by prowess- of the monster. But one. thought possesses all, and that is to finq and cut every rope that ties . them to th.eir enemy. So it is that the lines of carnal desire bind us to . the world. Sometimes there is but one; sometimes there are many. Sometimes they are plainly in view ; sometimes they are hidden from any but the clos- est search. But 'few, or many, visible or hidden, they must be all searched out and severed, or the soul is dragged . downward to death. LOVE :FOR GOD. God cares more about how his crea- tures feel toward him than any service they can render. The perfections of His being lift Him above necessity or d ependence, but He is deeply concerned that intelligent beings should cherish right dispositions. The great. command is, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God!' The highest service is unacceptable un- l ess inspired and accompanied by love for Hiniself. A seraph's song would degenerate into a chilling musical per- formance, if q cold, unloving heart lay back of it. The melody of affection sweetens many a cr ack ed voice, and atones for many a vocaf discord. Both are better than . the most exact nmsical perform- ances without love and faith. "Love is the .fulfilling law, " . in both the letter and the spirit, and _contains in itself the inspira*ln to obe- di ence .. An can render this most ac- ceptable service, : Capacity be lim- ited, and . circumscribed, b.ut there . is unlimited freedom nere. T.he heart can pour out its richest ures when the hands are denied the ser- vice they would gladly render. The spirit ennobles the endeavor. Jesus lifted the smallest service to sublime heights when he said, ''Whosoever shall give you a cup of water, be- cause ye Jjelong-to Christ, verily I say U:nto -you, he shall not lose his reward." 'frue love does its best, and adds itself. - W. H. C., in Free Methodist. flo DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES. The following District Assemblies .are hereby called, to meet as follows: Rocky Mountain District--Septem- ber 23, 1909, 9 a. m. At Denver, Colo. Chicago Central District-September 30, 1909, 9--a.. m. At Canton, Ill. .... - P. F. Bresee, General Superintendent. . . .,.. .,. .,. THE SABBATH QUESTi"ON. Having noticed the advertisement in the .Messenger of the book, ''Seventh Day Adventism by Elder Canright, I wish to add my endorse- ment to same, having read the oook and believing it to be a complete refutation . of one of the most subtle 'heresies of the times. I know how that heresy has been used .. to. impede, if possible, the . work of holiness, and realize the im- portance of holiness preachers and peo- ple being well-grounded in th& -truth. In this connection there are ' two other books I wish to commend,_ viz., "Sun- day, the True Sabbath of God, " by S. W. Gamble, and "Sunday Is the Sab- bath Day, " by N. T. Whitaker. I sup- pose the P.ubli .. woulq furnish them. "they are well worth a an"d cannot fail to help all those who wish light on the Sabbath MESSAGES .TO THE SAINTS Will Convict, lJUJpire and Blat Apples of G9ld; Or Words Fitly Spoken. 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SHELBY, PARIS, TEXAS, says :-"I consider 'Pentecostal Songs of the Nazarene' the best Song Book we have ever had. It is especially adapted for revival work. It contains about forty new songs that have never c!>me to us before, as well as a choice lot of old, tried There is a suffi- Cient songs so will find no difficulty in taking the book right up m your church meetmgs. I would especially call attention to No. 10, Brother Martin's 'Glory Song,' No. 116, 'It's Real 'and No. 120, 'The Year of Jubilee. ' This is the song the New England giJ::Is sung at the General Assembly. Also No. 136, 'Mounting Up.' This No. is one of the sweetest songs I have ever heard. These four songs alone are worth more than- the price of the book. It is just the book you need for your sum mer meetings." Publishing Company l 730 San Pedro Street 1