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Vol. XIV. Angeles, CalifomJa,:IDeciember 16, 1909 No. 25

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TALL,\ beautiful angel stood by
the side of a winsome child; a
. . number of little ones are being
selected by a tender-browcd matron
f rom an overflowing Orphans' .Home,
to take to her own, a Training Home
.for Missionaries. She said in loving
tones to the child, "Will you come 1"
a'he nngel pushe'd open a life- door, the
door of Opportunity, and waited for
her answer.
Her heart thrilled with strange
yearning; she was ab'put to answer,
"Yes," but the voices of her daily play-
mates r eaching her from an adjoining
room, she answered, "No," and "the
door was .shut!"
A lovely young girl knelt at an altar
for prayer in a meeting afternoon.
'!'her e was something noble about her
brow, au expression of sweetness apart
ftom her natural beauty that seemed t o
seal her for some heavenly calling,
above t he earthl y that claimed her
young C'ompani ons from whom she had
broken to go to the altar.
Again the tall angel stood beside her.
Ilct face was white as a divine hand
i<>::;tcd upon hci and a solemn
her heart-depths: " \Vill yon
leave the alluring path on which you
ate enteri ng and in which you ar e pro-
ceeding and take the lowly track f or
me, my child ; will you strive for a
heav<.' nly instead of an earthl y crown ?
Will you go to the dark land of sor-
row, superstition and sin, and let your
life-work be i only for God?' "
The angel drew nearer and smiled
and t he door swung wide in his regal
hnnd. Her li ps parted, her eyes were
raJ)t with a faraway vision t hat pier ced
the gate of pearl and snw beyond t he
w.hi te-rohcd company of hm:pers inside.
She was looking at her own crown! Tt
was radiant with stars nnd .hrighter
tlum the sun in its glory.
nut t he thought of tlte <>arthly path
:t:.
how she give it up The angel's gaze was loving and en-
now 1 She was so yo$g and its honors treating. He threw the wide open.
were just opening her. Hers But--" my boys! Life is just beginning
had been a life of hatc).ship, and every for them; .shall I dash the cup of pleas-
step had been . upw&.rd. Her snowy ure fro,m their lips so soon ; shall I im-
gradnating dress awaited her, pose this hard way, this way that none
and besic;le t he. atiained, a but the unlearned and the lowly take,
career opened Could she on my household 1 ''
give this hard-earned ten own away. and
live a life of obsc.urlty Y And . again
she said, "No !" :I'he::angel drew back
with paling brow; "the door was
:>hut I" , ,'.
The years passed A beautiful,
ma'tur e woman sits in .an elegant home.
All the tokens of wealth and luxury
sutTound her. She. has succeeded in
her ''career ,'' and now t hat the silver
is crowning her brow, changed pub-
lic honors for private ,pleasures. This
is home,. and the two
young men in their college caps and
gowns, who are biddipg her a loving
"good night," a re two sons; the
t ender husband who foUows them is her
heart's desire, and h(>nccforth her ca-
r eer is restricted alone to household
love and honor. .
The brow is grave 't onight. Rising
np in the long-forgotten phantom of
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the eomes the memory of what
" might have beautiful, wide
harvest-field once hers, whose sheaves
wtre never reaped: ;
Suddenly the Angel a gain
stands by her chair. 'fhe divine voice,
long silent, in this solemn midnight
hour , once more stirs her heart: ."Will
yon turn aside from the world-current
in whi th yon are l eadlng husband and
children, nnd point them a holier,
lowlier way, one that not many wise or
mighty <' hooscY They:\vill listeri t o you,
yon arc queen of thi'\ r ealm, you are
1\fot.her. Will you light the holy fires
of the family altar; and even here shine
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for Me and these :JlVen you T You
have yet a little you can till.''
It was easy to say "No" now.' There
was a bard place in the woman 's heart
that constl'lntly grew harder. . Again
she said it, "No." and. "the door was
shut!"
An old. ":oman, :withered and worn,
lay on her death-bed. The fire burned
low, thC; shadows settled around her
hearthstone and around her bear.t. The
angel stood, beautiful and deathless
but with saddened eyes, by t he bedside:
She saw it all, the lost youth, the lost
souls, t he lost cr own ! She saw the van-
ished womanhood, the hardened mother -
heart that turned from God to the
world. She saw the Christless graves
of husband and sons, who had stood
high among men, and had gone out into
eternity without God-had gone to
ruin! She gav<' " a great and exceed-
ing bitter cry."
The angel drew near. The divine
voice awok<> once more. It was the last
call ! Her Savior spoke: " Behold, I
stand at the door and knock; if any
man hear my voice and open the door,
.I will come in.'' "If we confess our
sins, He is faithful a nd just to f orgive.''
The angel drew t he door- the last door
but surely apar t. \Vould she
enter? '' Oh, my heart is SO hard ; oh,
I cannot tall on the Lord ; I cannot
break out to praying all t hose old sins
a nd fai lnr<>s here. \Vhy, t he t rained
nurse and the .. neighbors-" but t he
brok<>. stopped, the breath flut-
tered, the gaze became startled, the lips
whitened, the heart ceased to beat .
" Thtrdoor was shut ! "-Selected.

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rt.on' t ... ;buted A. rti .. .,es . . . .of. the. Bible as a and .... saixits, eyen '.Where . reigns;
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._lilm who by prayerful study and re- have caught .the radiance of the heav:.=
search is enabledotto interpret it . more enly life withiri. Guilt puts its stamp
LEANING, . NOT LEADiNG. clearly: Oni- creed, our belief, our dac- upon the body. So . . where the HolY.
Once I thought to conquer, trine has stood between many a soul Spirit lives does our mortal the
.. _ Thought to stand so strong, and God so that they in the joy and glory of the heavenly One. The
Wished to be the leader, light dogmatic interpretation rather pure in heart see God. Like the rain.
now than in the light of the bow around the throne, so it breaks
To a softer key, The Jewisn interpretaiion of the out on the eartldy scene. The thou-
" Leaning," and not "Leading," prophesies prevented them from a c. sands of years of heavenly life of M.osea
For He leadeth me. . cepting the Messiah; Roman dogma- and Elijah drew out in Jesus His glory
Leaning on His goodness,
Leaning on His love,
Going where He leadeth
To the above.
Leaning on His
Listening to His voice,
Asking "that the pathway
May be all His choice.
Once I prayed fol' wisdom,
Prayed for strength to fight ;
Now the battle resteth
Only on His might,
For I'm Qnly leaning,
And Be leads the way
On tq fullest victory
And to perfect day.
-Jean Perry.
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DOGMATJSM. -No. 1.
E. D. BINCBMAlN.
doctrine or. dogmatic prej-
udice .has done more to hinder Chr is-
tian advancement than any other one
thing. We decry the ignorance of
Catholicism and its arrogant claim to
infallibility., but they are n9t t h e only
transgressors, for nearly every denomi-
. nation and people are afflieted with it
to a more or less extent. The old
Church of England persecuted the Pil-
grims and the Pilgrims in turn perse-
cuted the Quakers, and so on down
through the age we have sought to for-
bid the other fellow because he fol-
lowed not us.
we say there is nothing new in sal-
vation, and that is true, in that every-
thing pertairung to salvation is r e-
vealed in the Word, but that there is
coming to be a better understanding of
the Word, and that this light has been
increasing through the years, no one
who is walking in present.daylight and
knows anything of past history will
deny. But why bas it taken so long
for this added light to filter dow!?- to
us.Y Chiefly the doctrinal
of the church, we havecaid
in action if not in words, died
wit_h us.'' While is more lib.eJ;"ty
.of. thought now than formerly, yet in
our horror of . "higher criticism t" we
often fail to.differentiate between the
one who tries to or destroy .the
tism prevents satvatiop lu' grace; while life as they talked with Him upon the
Seventh Day Adventistli, close commun- holy mount. "Thou sowest not that
ion Baptists and the like proclaim t hat body that shall be." It is sown in if'&r.
truth is fou,nd only with them and ruption-in dishonor, in weaknese, a
works is substituted for faith. natural body; it is raised a spiriiuai
:Nor isthe putting <m of bandsupon body-in power, in incorruption, it. js
the scriptures confined to these alone, raised in glory.
but it obtains to altogether too great The heavy opake gold .of the earthly
.an extent with the holiness people. is transmuted into the transparent crye-
Somehow God did succeed in opening tal of -the streets of the heavenly
our blind eyes to the light of holiness, we see now as in a glass darkly. Our
but all our thinking is still tinctured sinful bias, where redemption comes in
with our old dogmas, and it hinders our force, put in a degree, the lights within.
vision. We look for these clay mortal b.odies to
''Search the scriptures'' ; ask God to drop the matter that makes them mor.
shed the light of the Holy Spirit upon tal. These bodies have taken on the
them, and then walk in the light. If form and looks of the spiritual body.
new light breaks in on your soul, don't The real body will be left when the
ask if it comports with your dogma; scaffolding is taken down. It will be
ask if your dogma comports with the a release to us whose bodies are be-
word of God. coming useless by age. " Oh death-
THE TRA.NSFIGURATION.
R. HURLBUT.
o ut of a transient evanescent mate-
rial body comes by a life-giving Spirit
a substance eternal in its l iberation-
fit to range, without a pain or tear the
fields of glory-fit for service such as
earth can never know. Each moment
hastens us on to this resurrection life.
Our body, like the scaffold of the build-
er , must be taken down. It st>rves a
. purpose-has in it the seeds of dissolu-
tion. We marvel, so frail a house can
endure so long. "This mortal must put
on immortality." The curse now is
upon it of the fall, as on all the earthly,
under ceaseless combination imd
change. To become ''immortal'' it
must cease to be mortal. The seed de
cays, but from t.he -life in it comes a
new body-the blade, the stalk. We
have borne the image of the earthly;
we shall bear the image of the heavenly.
"It is.sown a natural body," it is raised
a spiritu-al "oo"dy. ''
The weight of the heavenly in Jesus
on the .mount took aw:ay for a time the
.color Of garments arid put the in- .
shining. sun in His face.
For: a .moment His. mortal passed ovel'
into the resurrection life. Faces of the
then-where is thy victory?" Already
do we feel the stirrings of the immortal.
life.
Riverside, Cal.
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"EXTREMISTS" AND LOCAL OPTION
ROBERT L. VICKERS.
It is objected against Prohibitionists,
that we are "extremists." Would to
God t hat we were all real out and out.
extremists, even .as God is an extremist.
He is our great, almighty Exemplar ex-
tremist, even unto the giving of His
only begotten Son to save us from all
sin. Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of
God, is a sin-hat ing, soul-sanctifying
extremist, who gave .Himself to be our
sacrifice and example. .The third Per-
son in the Holy is t he Spirit of
Holiness, and an extr emist, for He,
knowing l10w God the Father's .extreme
love for guilty man had been con-
demned, and how Jesus. the sinner's
friend, had been spat upon,
and crucified, yet, such extreme love
had He for us, that He came to carry
on the extreme .purpose of rescuing the
perishing in all lands, and He still
abides in . the hearts of the believers "in
Jesus, for the one great, mighty and
extreme purpose of making all men
holy ''examples of the believers, in
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word; in conversation, in . charity; in
. spirit, in faith, in .1 Tim. 4:12.
Is it not the lack of this extr eme holi-
ness in, prayer, and in politics; in other
.words, 1s it not "preachers"
preach a local option which sanctions
the of the. brewer, the dt's-
.tiller, and the saloonist, by voting that
these of holiness and destroy-
ers of homes may have a legal right to
exist, and be restored to a
though OQce forfeited,. if a majority
-will uphold them T
Is not this and all that to this
bastard Christianity that, which is sup-
posed to justify the term "extremist,"
as an approbrious term of disgrace 1
We should indeed be in a bad case, if
we bad none but the vile devil and his
followers for our acknowledged friends
and patrons. They are extremists, like
their father, and please him by voting
for a 1ocal option law that gives to a
majority a right to do wrong-even to
voting back the abominable saloon af-
ter it has been kicked out by good peo-
ple. If it be a disgrace to be an extr e-
mist, put the odious cap upon your own
head, who go t o the damning extr eme
of demanding on bc.hl,l lf of the province,
the right to do wrong !
l\lay God in mercy save us from such
sham aR this, lest at the ,grea.t
judgment day J esus will profess unto
us, ''I never knew you: depart from.
l\'le, ye work iniquity. " Matt 7 :23.
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NECESSITY OF MISSIONARY WORK
IN CHINA.
"Win China to Christ, and the most
powerful stronghold of 'satan upon
earth will have fallen. Win China to
Christ, and the prophetic voice in the
suhli\ne vision on Patmos may be
<(noted in ringing tones of triumph as
fulfilled: 'The kingdoms of the world
have become the kingdom of Ol.lr Lord
and Christ. ' "-Mr . \:Vong.
China is a continent in itself. The
great bars are gone, and China is open;
not the rim of China, but China. China
is sure to be one of the dominant world
powers in the future. In working for
China. we are WQrking for all nations,
and for coming ages.-\'hannccy Good-
rich.
In his exile at St. Helena, Napoleon
spent his time in wntching with l<een
interest the affnirs t hroughout the
- world, nnd one of his sayings was:
"When Chinn is moved.' it will change
.the face of 'the globe.''
In almost every respect Chinn repre-
sents the gJ,eatest of. all mission fields.
With the single exception of Afriea it
is the greatest in ern. being one-third
larger than all Europe, larger than the
United :States and .. a half dozen Great .
Britains combined. It is the greatest
of all mission fields, and its population
is over four hundred million. It is the
greatest in the history and character of
its people. The history of China runs
back uninterruptedly over the rise and
fall of all great nations-Rome, Greece,
Assyria, Is.rael and Egypt. She was a
great nation, with settled government
and laws before Abraham went out of
Ur of Chaldees. Her empire was
nearly two thousand years old when
Isaiah penned his prop.hecy of its 'future
conversjon to God ;' and her people were
.prosperous a thousand years before
Romulus tho:ught of founding
Rome.
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dred and nineteen of these cities, and
has ninety-two without a . missionaey:
Honon has one hundred and five such
cities and nat one. of them lias a mis-
sionary. Goi.:-huei bas fifty-eight such
cities and fifty are still without a mis-
sionary. has seventy-four such
cities and sixty-three are yet without a
missionary. The vast province of
Szecheran out of one hundred and
forty such cities will show one hundred
and thirty without a missionaey. Far
off Yunan has eighty-nine such cities,
and eightr-fi.ve without a missionarj.
Kiever-Chan has fifty-six such cities,
and fifty-four are utterly unreached by
the true light. Finally, the provinces
of Hunan and Kwang-si with one hun-
dred and seventy-s'ix such cities, have
aS. yet no . missionary within their
borders.
Nine and thirteen . walled
cities in 'these walled provinces alone,
\:Ve boast of ninety million of people, to say nothing . of all tb'e large
what then must we think of over four towns and countless villages they-repre-
hundred mill\on of population of sent-what is feared...:....nine hundred
China. One-third of the human race. and thirteen without a single mission-
The country had its' singers long before .are o.vc;r 20,000,000 idolators
David, and 'thirteen centuries before old in North China, with one missionary to
blind Hom.er sang. Its history' extends every million. China annually gives a
over four thousands years; neverthe- sum equal to three hundred million dol-
less the country was but in the dawn Iars for jdolatory. while the whole
of civilization. The Chinese are a na- Protesta11t world give somewhat over
tion of poets and rhetoricians. They twelve million of dollars a year to ex- -
are comparatively a chaste people, and t end Christ 's kingdom. There is no
love their children. They are generous, time to lose. souls are passing
and contribute much for r eligious pur- out .into darkness continually, men and
poses. Why then do need Chris- women: for whom christ died, and who
tianity ? Because .every man in China have never heard His name. Fourteen
has at least three r eligions, and each hundred every hour, one million ' every.
two of these are worse than the other. month, they die in China without God.
So we see that China is a very impor- If the increase of China's population
tant field Qf labor. First. because it is would cease and you would stand on
a great nation. Second. because of its the shores of hell and see them pass by
influence amoi1g nations. Third, be- you into hell at the rate of twenty-five
cause of their "stickability." . a minute. it would take about thirty
Jn order to get a more perfect view years for t hem all to pass by. Think
of the necessity of this work let us look over it. weep over it, pray over it. The
at some statistics given some years ago. Lord has put a call on my heart td go,
Look for a moment at the map of China the to these poor dy-
proper. It is divided into eighteen Chmese. And !is soon as the way
provinces; s.ix of these border on the . IS opened. I am. go mg. . The may
sea. and one inland province-Hupeh seem dark. many diffi culties to be
- have been ronger and better evan- met. I gomg. yon can pray for me.
gelizcd than the remaining eleven. A m whatever way the Lord may
very large majority, therefore, both of put 1t on your heart.
exist ing missionaries and of converts A. J . Neufeld.
are to be found in these seven pro- Hutchinson. Kansas . .
vinces. ''but passing from these, '' says
Miss Guinness, "glance at the follow-
ing facts respecting eleven provinces
and their r espective needs. At a low
estimate there must be considerable
over a hundred . and fifty> million souls
in the vnst. cities, busy market towns,
and thickly scattered Yi"llages of this
region. To get .some idea of how un-
reached these millions are. think for the
present of eities only, .the important
walled cities of each province, where
the . cultured nud ruling elnsses reside.
The province of Kansuh hns seventy-
one such cities; sevei1ty-two are with-
out a missionary. Shen-si has eighty-
eight' such cities and eighty-six with-
Ol'tt a mil;sionary. Shan-si hns 01ie hun-
A DEVOTED LIFE.
David Livingstone gave his life for
Africa. He said. "Cannot the love of
Christ carry the missionary where the
slaYe trade ('arries the traderT" We
cry, "Surely!" People talked to
ingstoue about the sacrifice in sp('nd-
ing so much of his life in Africa. and
he "Anxiety, weakness, suffering.
danger, the foregoing of the .comforts
of this life make us pause and waver
and the soul to sink, but it is .nothing
compared with the glory that shall be
revealed in us and for us. I never
made a sacrifice . .'' So said that godly
man.
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. CHICAGO; ILL.
Rev. Isaac. F. Hodge; an evan_gelist
of Wichita, Kansas, led a three :weeks'
revival meeting 'in the First .Pentecostal
Church of the Nazare1;1e .during the
'mont h of November. The meetings be-
Sunday, November 7th; and con-
tinued until Mon,day, Novemb,er 28th.
During this period nearly 250 persons
were forward at the mourner's b.ench
seeking pardon, Nlclamation or
entire sanctification. N ear.ly all of
these .were very graciously blest. They
came. from all sections of the city and
some from surroundi.ng towns. The
Sabbath days especially were victori-
ous. The days of fasting and prayer
were also great. Thanksgiving day was
remarkable for spiritual power. .
Brother Hodge is .a p.reacher of abil-
ity and a persistent and indefatigable
worker, sweet' in spirit and tactful in
method. He was well liked by our peo-
ple. The church gave him a liberal free-
. will offering and sent him on his way
rejoicing. .
The church is in most excellent shape
to continue the victory. The r evival
will go right on under the leadership of
the pastor, Bro. Cornell, and his
cient. helpers.
Plans are now being made tq pay off
the remaining indebtedness on the
cbm;ch lot amounting to about $3,000
on the first Sabbath day in February
(February 6th).
Christmas will be appropriately ob-
served by the Sabbath school, which
will contribute articles of clothing for
one or more of our poorer Sunday
schools 'in t he south. Our school is most
excellent and maintains an high order
of efficien.cy. We are much encouraged
and press on for greater t riumphs in
the name of the Lord.
KEWANEE, ILL.
\Ve are moved and nicely settled at
l{ewanee. We wer e royally received
by .the noble and heroic band here.
a reception tendered us we were well
remembered with many of the neces-
saries of life, have vegetables and
groceries on hand for some time to
come. We are in a series of special
meetings assisted by Rev. and Mrs.
Brandyberry, who are doing splendid
work. The ice is melting, and there is
1 coming real old-fashioned conviction on
\ the people. , Some who have not been
in our church for a long time, are com-
ing again, and indications are good for
a revival There is a. handful of real
good people here who 'have stood by the
church through many a trial and battle,
and have weathered many a storm, and
who do not propose to give up until real
victory crowns their effort. This
church }las cursed with comeout-
ism, and Burning Bu8h-ism, and a lot of'
.. fanaticism, enough to sink most any
. \
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church, but still the faithful few have ' .w.orks :()f
held on, and .God is going, to .rewar<i tion. . . .
them. We ask the prayers of .the We Neville to I:i:anson,
church .at large. other point :the St. Francis circuit,
0. W. Ross, Pastor. and began a but after the first
two nights the weather became so vecy,
,bad . that the meeting was broken
and finally we. had to give it up with
the result, apparent, of one _soul
tified, .and anqth.er gotten out of the
mists in regard to sanctification. So
that .we :feel to rejoice more and more
on account of .such men as Bro:
ST. JOSEPH,
Praise God, He is on the giving band
in St. Joseph 1 About t}_lree weeks ago
I closed a tent meeting here, the meet-
ing was much hindered by cold, stormy
weather. I went to Stewartville for a
short engagement; and returned to St.
mond. A . . L. Ca:dton, Pastor.
Joseph to open up a Pentecostal-Naza_:_____,.. __ GREELEY, COLO.
rene Church. God marvelously led us . . .
in sec\lring a fine ball; our banner is The bless1_ng of God. 1s on H1s people
out and we see victory ahead. We nave . at .this place, for which 've praise Him,
about thirty-five enthusiastic, sanctified Sunday, November 21st, two souls at
charter members. I have written our the altar, one prayed thro\lgh and was
District Superintendent, W. F. Dallas, sanctified, aud four united with us in
of Ark., and await his instruc-. . church fellowship. Personally, we
tions concerning organizing. God is were never better saved than now.
blessing; we bave a fine, well-lighted Lewis E. Burger, Pastor.
hall, and for two months rent
in our pocket. The devil is doing so.me BOISE IDAHO.
fighting, but we would know there was We have bad hard times here but
something wrong if he did not. Bro.
and Sister :ij:utson, of the First Nazarene. &<>uls have prayed through. and some
Church of Chicago, have moved to St. were sayed a'n:d sanctified. We have a
Joseph to make it their home. They are nice little church now we can call ours
true. Naz.arenes. Sister Hutson is sec- which is seated with 115 chairs aud
ond deaconess of the Chicago church, some benches. All lines of the wo
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. and has .greatly in b;i;nging to .. are moving on; to Jesus we give all the
pass the of h..ere. . praise.
Pray St .. Joseph. TblS IS t just closed a meeting near' Emmett'
becommg a mtddle west metropohs, and where several souls found God in sa v.
should be a great cen!er of ing, reclaiming. and sanctifying J>Ower.
fire for north west M1ssoun . . Some were still . seeking, and we feel
James G. Wllkm. the revival has just begun. calls
HOLINESS HOLIDAY CONVENTION.
The fifth annual Holiness Holiday
Convention will be held at the Holiness
Bible School, and Pentecostal Church
of the Nazarene in Hutchinson, Kansas,
from December 22, 1909, to January 2,
1910. The local worker s will be as-
sisted by Rev. C. B. J ernigan, District
. Superintendent of the Pentecostal
Church of the Nazarene.
are more than I can fill, for the. work
in town takes so much of my time, but
I expect to work till Jesus comes. I
never had as good an experience as I
have now and I feel I am just where
the Lord wants. me, and the field is
large. Bro. Lewis has started a holi-
ness mission in Boise and "' e feel en-
couraged when other workers get in
the field that know God in saving and
sanctifying power .
Mrs. Eva Vernon.
Three services will be held daily. A
cordial invitation is . extended to all. SURREY, N. D.
Board and lodging will be provided at Well, hallelujah! we are having
reasonable rates for any from out of
town who may wish to attend. We are tory all along the. way. Closed a twO'
looking to the Lord for great victory. week'!? meeting, Novei1Jtber 24th, at New
H. M. Pastor. Dayton, Alberta, Canada; called there
by Sister Mary E. Green and Bro. John
ST. KANSAS. Smith, who are true Nazarenes at heart,
The meeting .at Neville, Kan., closed and are standing. true to the doctrine
with great victory, with ten sanctifies- of holiness. We have a few Nazarencs
at New Dayt'on who came from Moun
tions and five conversions. The .Spirit tain Home, Idaho, of the Naz'!'u .. ene
was present in great power and hard- church there .. We can report victory in
ened sinners became deeply convicted this meeting for God; some reclaimed
of sin, although some of them that and some sanctified wholly. We did
seeme atlle- mosC deeply conviCted re-_ .. _riot . organize a Nazarene cnt1rclf llierc """"
fused yield. . at . this time, for the reason we could
Rev. C. W. Raymond of the Naza- not take care of it, as .we did not have
rene Church conducted the meetings any pastor-to put there. We appointed
and we found him to be a man truly Bro. John Smit}). to take charge of the
filled with the Holy Ghost . arid power. class and hold a holiness prayer meet-
His sermons were good and just to the ing every week, or as many as they pos-
point, making clear the two definite sibly can to keep the fire burning. We
.promised them a camp meeting next
summer and we are looking forward to
the organizing of a Nazarene church
at place. Canada is a great coun-
try for holiness to be and we
have some place8 for men make
g9od pastol') that have the fir of heav-
enly love burning in their souls for lost
humanity, and faith in God; that will
go .Ot!-t in places and. build up tlie
work of holmess. Jesus our Master
said, ''Lift up your eyes and look on
the fields, for they are white
to harvest.'' ,
We commenced' our meeting at Saw-
yer, N.Dak., November 26th, with Bro.
E. M. Isaac, and we can report victory
up to this time. The saints are shout-
ing and the Lord, and souls are
coming to the altar of prayer and get-
ting saved and sanctified. Bro. Jacob
Luchsinger is. pastor of the Sawyer
work now. When through at Sawyer,
we open up at Surrey, N. Dak., in our
new church, which is about completed,
for which we praise God.
Lyman Brough, D. S.
SEATI'LE, wASH.
Our meeting in Sister \Vall nee's
church under the auspices of King
County Holiness Association is run-
ning at high tide. About eighty seek-
ing God yesterday. Bro. williams is
doing some tremendous preaching.
House packed. to the doors arid people
turned .. away. \Ve run another week.
I. G. Martin.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
The Pentecostal Church of the N aza-
rcnc, San Francisco, was organized
previous to the great earthquake and
fire which destroyed its property and
scattered the members until only three
or four, including the pastor, Rev. C.
B. Langdon, could be found. With real
Nazarene pluck they s.ccured a tent and
in a week were holding services, and
in a few weeks leased a lot and with
the help of the
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First Church of I.os An-
geles and others, built a small ClmTch
where hundreds have found the Savior.
The lease is now about expir ed and the
building in need of repairs. At th.e l.ast
meeting of the church board a bmldmg
<>ommittee was appointed to collect
funds and locate a suitable building
. site, and already about $500 has been
raised for this purpose. There are about
fifty r esident members-poor in this
world's goods but rich in grace-be-
sides the numerous members who }:lave
gone out from us and are scattered
wherever employment could be found.
We believe all true lovers of holiness
\vill help in the building of a plain
r hurch suitable for the needs of our
work of spreading scriptural holi ness.
C. W. Welts, 140 :Qorland street, San
Francisco, Cal., pastor.
Indorsement of Our District
ten dent.
The Pentecostal Church of the N aza-
rene is the only Bible "second bless-
Me.enger
ing, ' straight holiness church in San
Francisco. Let all lovers of holiness
help to build this m'l\ch-needed church
in this great and wicked
P. G. Linaweaver, Dist. Supt.
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Mountain State. Our MorrisviHe church
is pushing ahead; Last Sunday aftet-
noon w,_s a time of victory. . God
blessed His own truth. At the altar call
thr.ee came forward for. the .of.
entire sanctification. Let all the J)eo
. CliiFTONDALE. MASS. ple say amen. Yours under the- blood,
The Cliftondale Pentecostal Chnrcb J. McNeill.
of the Nazarene is marching on to vic- .JII J/1 _. ,.
tory. "Christ our . mighty Captain,
leads against the foe, forward into bat- I would like. t<>: .. few words to
tle, see His banners go. We are not the . ,, Five and one-
all one .body we, one in faith half years ago given up all
and doctrine, one jn unity." Praise the hope of living (my case bein'g a hoj>e.
Lord; .. 7tli. we received four. less one fiO far as man wa8 concerned),.
members into O\U' church, three by let- our blessed Lord appeared to .me as the
ters, one on proliation. November 14th healer of the body. Bless His holy
was a day of b'attle but God gave .the name I Assuring me that if I would
victory, when two souls who bad been Him He would heal me, and at
away on the mountain cold and bare, the same time .renewing a call of forJ?ler
wept their way back to Jesus. Glory years to preach His precious gospel.
be to God I God is faithful who has With such intensity that, crushed and
promised. 'l'bree weeks agq. we 'began bumbled by an awful sense of my_
holding cottage meetings (?n Tuesday ness. and neglect, I looked up m .HIS
evening. God is opening liomes to us prec1ous face and so gladly promised
which were .riever open to us before, and Him all my ransomed powers. And.
is setting His seal of approval on this praise His 9ear.name, that promise bas
advance step '"e ha.ve taken. Our pas- never been Fecalled not for one moment,
tor, Edward E. Martin and wife have as I firmly believe. .
already endeared themselves to our Well, I arose with newness of l}fe
hearts and there is no uncertain sound and strength, and only God knows w1tb
to the gospel trumpet which lie blows. , what intensity I threw myself .jnto the
To God be all the glory. battle day and night, ma.rvelously sus-
. C. M. Hudson Clerk. tained by His own precious right arm,
' , without a day's sickness until last .
LOWELL, MASS ....
We aN in the midst of a very gra-
cious revival in our church. Yesterday
(Sunday) was the greatest day thus
far. The crowds were fine, many
strangers being in tile audience. Bro.
Harney is preaching tremendous ser-
tnons. and conviction is strengthening
on the people. The <>limax of the day
was .the last night's service, when the
evangelis.t preached on HelL Nearly
every scat in t he house taken, and
the suspense was marked as, the preach-
er portrayed this neglec.t.ed theme.
Tlu.rc wer e a number of seekers at the-
altar. and nfter the altar service about
fifteen people 'valked to the front and
lnid their hands on the Bible, as desir-
ing the prayers of praying people. We
are expecting the greatest series of
meetings our church has ever witnessed
before the final service. The saints are
praying, the sinners are coming, and
the end is not yet.
C. P. Lanpher.
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JOHNSON, VE!fMONT.
we are still shouting and oelieving
God for His many blessings. Our
church nt. Johnson is moving forward,
our congregations are unusually large
Stmday mornings and Sunday evenings.
Honse crowded to the doors. Finances
increasing, great conviction on the peo
ple. We are looking lfp believing
for a breaker. Soon- we are planning
on having special revival services be-
ginning December 12 to 26 inclusive,
with Rev. R. L. Erickson of. Lynn,
Mass., in charge. Let ev.ery saint pray
for t he 'vork of holiness in this Green
spring, when, overcome by a succession
of heavy colds, I was compelled to give
up and when most of my friends
thought I would pass away, God as-
sured me that He would raise 'me up
and that I should yet have perfect
health with which to glorify Him. My
and other t hings seemed to
make it imperative that I should r esign
from the West Temple Street Mission,
and during the summer I have had no
regular work for t he I-'ord. and my
physical strength has been so little that
I felt compelled to give up my secular
labor (driving a laundry ,wagon) some
two weeks ago. Three days ago the
dear Lord touched me again ":ith new .
life ancl strength, with again the as-
surance of perfect health. Now, be- .
loved. I hnve long felt the call to evan-
gelistic work and I am very deeply con-
vinced thnt if the dear Lord gives me
health and I must use it for
Him. I awAit an open door. I don't
know much; am not a college graduate;
never studied orato\"Y. But, ble!>S. the
Lord, I know that "Jesus came to seek
and to snve that which was lost," also
t.hat "Gocl is not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come
to repentance." and that the '! blood of
Jesus Christ, His Son. cleanscth from all
s1n:" . Hallelujah ! I am not looking
for money, t hank the Lord, but for an
opportunity to and cry, "Behold
the J,nmb of God that taketh away the
sin of the world.'' If you know any
place such a stick might be used.
a postal card would r each me at 237
Welcome street., Los Angeles. or a t el e-
phone to Main 965. Your in
J . C. Rocklnll.
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We nre . warned .bY the
Wqrd. q_ga!nst Against
. deception, s)mting, 9W' eyes to, or
away. .the . forgetting
wh.at kind of . . pe.rs<;>ns . w the
visions which we have seen, and going
as if 'was no .pe.rfect' law of
liberty, nor ariy .. o,f God: The
most foolish of all is for a
man to deceive
But we nre espe.cially warned. against
deceivers, wh.o. make it business
to deceive..:_lie in. wait to deceive- like
false prophets' 'of old; wear a rough gar-
ment to deceive. The prophets clearly
declare that there ' are those who set
themselves to this work. Jeremiah
says; "They will deceive every one his
and will not speak the truth."
Jesus urges us to ''take heed lest any
man deceive you.'' .
In this day the deceivers who "lie in
.wait to deceive" may to a considerable
extent classi(y un<ter heads,
Fanatics, Pharisees, and Liars

Fanatics-there are many humbugs
and imitators-are people who, espe-
cially in the beginning of their fanati-
cism, are conscientious, and desire at
at;1y cost to be right, but have not the
buth, at least fully and clearly, or they
ei:alt secondary .truth to a primal
place and becoming passionately af-
fected by it, throw themselves out of
harmony with the whole syStem of
truth. Being driven on by conscience
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Nazarene
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into great intensity, the devil adds a
fire to their zeal, in which he imitates
in its upon the emotions and
sentiment s the of the Holy
Spirit. As it.$oes on, unirequently
it becomes a tide of devil spiritism, de-
by their pretense, nor be .carrie_d away
with. their unholy zeal. . :
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to be a new peptecost; and for
a time it is liable to sweep on in its
deceiving power, with the blessing. of
the devil on human. souls, causing their
emotional life to burn as though the7 .
had received the Holy Ghost. It bqros
i tsel out into black cold ashes after a .
little; and difficulties, sorrows, trials,
bereavements and death come on,. they
are without God and the holy, heavenly
grace they need. They soon
drift wood, stranded along the stream
of the years, without experience, com-
fort or helpfulness. A has
had his fingers burned with fanaticism
possibly retreat and get near to
J esus and be blest, and his lesson may
he sanctified to him as a. warning t.hat
he .. m.ay be careful to not be again de-
ceived; but a man burned
once by it, scarcely ever is so restored
as to be of value to the cause Christ.
Phatisaism .
It is against this class that Jesus
poured out His bitterest denunciation.
Over and over again He breathes out the
awful denunciat16n of woe. They arc
deceivers of men ; especially in refer-
ence t o themselves that meri might be-
lieve that t hey were righteou,s. This
was their advantage, enabling them to
bind heavy burdens upon men, and to
themselves win the places whicl! they
coveted. One of their peculiarities was
tha.t they dispised others. The pharisa-
ism of our day has the same elemf.'nfs of
pride, sel-se.eking, dispising of others.
It has the same aggressiveness of hat-
r ed against it s dispised objects. It was
the pharisaism of pretended superior
moral excellence which never rested
until the Lord of glory was nailed to
the tree, and that hounded disciples to
their death. They were so very good,
in their own estimation, that they de-
termined to stone everybody they could
find anything against. This is peculiar-
ly their abiding trait. They are so sa-
credly devoted to t he interests of reli-
gion and the church that t hey can not
stand anybody whom they even hnng-
ine has an odor of less sanctity than
they have; and they are ready to
secute to the death all such. The Phar-
isees who rise up in this work of God
are among its worst enemies. The. voice
of the Master is to beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees, and be not deceived
. Liars.. . .
While there is the spirit of falsehood
running through . all fanaticism and
pharisaism, yet there is a set who are
peculiarly entitled to this
While is much falsehood in many
places, this. should not rob a class of
people of this day of ,their peculiar pre-
eminence. Carlyle there
have been many the world's history
who have had a genius in this direc-
tion, but that a real liar, one who was
such in thought and word and deed,.
was a dissideratum even yet. . But he
thought that as near as anything could
be p erfect in this imperfect world he
had discovered a perfect liar . We hayc
on the earth in these days some whom
it would seem as if they would fill the
bill. They never rest unless they have
found or imagined some evil of some-
body. They. compass sea and land ..for
some evil to tell, to try to injure some
man's fair reputation. \ In pretense of
defending the truth, to turn every good .
thing i.n the life of men into evil
thus prev:ent tpeir A.nd this
is their stock in inc.asjng them-
selves in it as a pretended garb of right-
eousness, to give them standing that
despoil rob .. widows
and orphans, in pretense that 't pey
resent God, and. that He calls for t he
possessions of their victims, and t hey
are His. ministers to r eceive them. That
such vampires can find victims ou
which to subsist seems strange; but as
of olct it' still remains possible to devour
widows' houses cover up the deep
depths of wrong by pretense of superior
piety. The L.ord still says, "Be not
deceived; God is not mocked. What-
soever a man soweth, t hat shall he also
teap. " Vital godliness has not perisherl
from the earth. Let us keep our eyes
upon t he blessed. all-loving Christ. who
by His Spirit has promised t o preserve
and make us a covenant to men.
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SAN FRANCISCO CHURCH.
In my report of the churches which
had r esponded to my request to belp
with a thanksgiving offering on college
tnxes, in some way San was
omitted. I desire to report that the
church there sent $4.00. This church -
after the fire leased a lot and put up a
cheap board church, helped by
other churches, especially by the First
Church of Los Angeles, which they
since used. The lease has now about
expired and the cheap littlf:l church has
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iJe:hmbet 19091
_to properly care for the work
there. . The high price of property and-
the financial inability of t he cpurch
. make the problem especially difficult.
They are, however , heroically attack-
. ing the. problem. They are needy of
help and most worthy. The cause de-
mand.s it. P. F. B.
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AN ENLARGED' F AITB.
The J oy Bells of Chicago, speaking
of t he" Future of the Nazarene Work"
t hat city, says:
" There should be an aim. It should
tie consiAtent with God's way of doing
thi ngs. I t ought to be large, practical,
spiritual. It can be. Or. shall we be
sati:died with simply holding our own f
. '{s it not posAi ble to grasp with your
faith, and th(m work for its acMmplish.
merit a Very greatly enlarged work.
Soul-saving must be first and foremost.
Spirituality must continually be in the
ascendancy. But what about other im-
portant and endeavorT .l'he
new church with Its modern
icnces for practical work ; an enlarged
Sabbath school ; a place for t he children
to meet; a r est r oom; a free
dispenNnry; a r elief closet, etc. This
would be gloriomt, and is Rurely possi-
hle. But let your faith out another
not ch. Why not a Nazarene hospital,
with a corps of Christian physicians,
apq, n urses, where thousands
.l.>c mini&tered to in both body
'soit1. ''Think of what it would mean to
have a lot of sanctified nurses minister-
ing to t hose. who are sick!
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But let your faith out another
noth. Why not a school for the train-
ing of Christian workers, deaconesses.
and nurses? What n vast good hE're!
"But we forbear . This is, no doubt,
entirely too large for many. but not for
the writer. God li ves and moves and
hears prayer. If faith- mustard seed
faith-can remove mountnins. it can
build mountains. If some of us will
furnish the faith, God will furnish t he
material. Who says Amen !! My
brother, my sister, enlarge the scope of
vision."
These possibilities in our work ought
to be realized in all gr eat centers of
population. '' 0 for a faith t hat will
not shrink."
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. We cannot r eply personally to t he
.many friends who send in kind words
in refer ence to the Messenger, and the .
blessing it is t o them, but assure them
that we appreciate them, and each new
word of praise gives us fresh impulse
to make better yet.
The Sabbath school Christmas exer-
cises of the First Church, Los Angeles,
Cal., will be held on Christmas eve,
Friday, December 24th.
Notes and Rersonau
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Good. things f9r. the College Christ-
mas dinrier are in order this week.
Evangelist Harry J. Elliott com-
mences meetingsat Whittier December
15th. .
Our Second Church (colored) in Pas-
adena is making an effort to obtain
church property: ,
Read the appeal for the San Fran-
eisco church building and ask the .Lord
.what He wants 'you to do for it. .
The District Superintendent will be
in. Nordhoff, Sunday, and will r emain
in the north parts for a few days.
Be sure and be present at the Christ-
mas love-feast. First Church, Los An-
geles, on Christmas at 9 :30.
. .
Let all rally to the great <,;hristmas
love-feast at the Church, Los An-
geles, Christmas inorning at 9 o'clock.
Kewanee, Ill., ' chur ch has enjoyed a
gracious season of revival under the
labors of Bro. and Sister Wines of I n-
dianapolis, Ind.
The Pentec.ostal Church of the N aza-
r cne is being ea.rried into Canada. May
the Lord sweep over that might y coun-
try
. .
Bro. E: A. Rassman of Texas expects
fo spend a little time in Los Angeles,
_ on his way to India, to which fiel<l he
<>alled by the Hol y Ghost. ,
R1'V. C. A. Imhoff reports a good
meetin g at Bradford, Pn. Quite a mim-
mcr were saved and sanctified. and the
Nazarene church gr eatly E'n<'onragcd.
The Rescue Homes of our church at
Pilot Point, Texas, Oklahomn City.
Okla .. and other places, are worthy of
a fair dhision of our Christ ian benefn<!-
tion. '
Sister McReynolds makes a plea for
good east-off to make up a box
to be sent for the poor of onr work at
El Paso. Texas. Let all articles he sent
in by December 20t h.
Will secretaries of District Assem-
blies, who have had their minutes
printed, please send a copy of each to
Rev. R. Pierce, General Secretary, 730
San Los Angel es.
Sisters Carrie Crow and .Maud Kell
are in . . special st!fovices with the Pen-
Church of Mass., of
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which Rev. H. N. Brown is pastor. We
expect the Lord graciously bless.
The Witness 1l4ltes. that oil Septem-
ber 15th, the Je-wisll New Y,ear, more
thari 600,000 Jews . were in attendance. .
at the' servjees in New York City, and
every available meeting ball
pressed into us.e. .
A basket, with crockery and other
!hings at the catl)p meet-
at South Hollywood, its way
with the tent and other things to V er-
non .Church. The ow.ner can h\ve it by
c!lli.ng at Bro. Y 's, 1134 V en1on
avenqe, Los Angeles. . . . .
Bro . . St. Clair closed his meetingS
with the Cucan:wnga church on Snbbatli
last, which have been graciously
of the .Lord. He goes a tw.o
weeks' rest, aild then returns to.
mence meetings :with t)le .ch.nrch at
Long Beach, December . . . .
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NAZARENE DOME FOR IIBXICAIIfn . .
GIRLS .
Our Nazarene Spanish home 'for
gi rls is being blessed of the Lord. Fri-
night at Bro.
Brand's neice, who 'i's with us from
Washington; goJ, blessedly saved. our
girls are ver y . precious treasures of
God; pui in. trust in our hands, worthy
our best Bro. Gay's talk at the
Spanish missio'n, college night, cevealed
to our vision something of the marvel-
ous plan .of God in the Ralvation of
spanish people, of the perishing. darli-
ened, shrie_king souls going down inro
J\1\ endless hell. from o.nr very <l obi'S,
and within reach of Christiaii hauds.'
.. 1'his home for girls never looked so .
nor important, or necessary tls
now, that we begin t o a
li ttle of the mighty hand of God in
planting it for His own purpose. Here
the girls, not only from our Spanish
mission, but those whom God chooses
from El Paso, from . along the border
line, scattered here and there, on down
into Mexico, He will t urn with sur e
into our '' Ho_me. ''
The place of preparation for spirit-
filled missionaries, Christ-like mot hers,
spirit-fill ed a nd a nointed workers for
God. I wonder if ou.r people over the
land r ealize how G()d. is blessing nnd
t rusting us, by giving 'us this adderl re-
sponsibility.
We are going on in r eal victory.
trusting Him who is able to do much
more abundantly than we ask or think.
Ther e are J_Dany needs arid we need
your united prayers and help, in roll-
ing the rocks . away, that the mighty
voice of a. ljving, conquering Christ can
call to the dead of Mexico, ' ' !Jazarus,
come .forth. "
Mrs. F . M. Stockton.
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Los Angeles and Vicinity
.:'I.T THE 'TABERNACLE
. Pastor ."Walker. preached last
tr :morning on the .s.ecop<l .great command-
power .and ther results of conviction
and c6mfQit, seeking an9 findifig.
. Next Sabbath morning there will be
reception of new members . .. . ,
. E.F.W.
ment, "Thou s halt thy neighbor . ELYSIAN HEIGHTS CHURCH.
as thyself:" T o love God with our was a . good day at Eiysian
whole being and10ur neighbor as our- Heights. Our past or preached to us in
self is the full requirement of God- the morning, a'strong sermon from tbe
the or" text, "Woe to them that are at ease in
.. netghbor ts ev.e? Zion {Amos 6 :1). He showed to us
man bemg wtth whom we come m . that not measuring up to our possibili-
touch. Even a stranger is neighbor as ties in Christ, and being at our best for
soon as he comes within our It God, was a sure indication that we were
is necessary to know who or what more or less at ease in The only
he is. "Loveyetlrerefore the:stranger. the study God s 'Yord, and
* * * I was a stranger;and ye daily gomg alon.e With m the se.-
took me . in." , This love must . cret of our own _closets, m Importunate
. even to our foes. "Thou shalt love and praymg through to God and
ti1ine enemy. * * * If ye love
them that love you what do ye more It been a to us. to
than others?" This love does not have Bro. a.nd S1ster MciJ?tyre with
mean admiration. . We must love those ns agam. Their presen_ce brmgs to us
>yho are devoid of admirable qualities, many pleasant memor1es of
and whose ways are pc;>sitive'ly dis- when our lot was cast together m
pleasing. Divine love for humanity place. are a real m-
does not demand approval of spiratiOn and blessmg to _us. _Bro. c-
or commendation of conduct. We may Intyre gave the, ,message m the evenmg
love those whom we must condemri as from the text, ,Search me 0 God a?d
wrong-doers. God neither admires nor know my_ heart. The was w1th
commends the sinner; but He com- the of the Sp1r1t 3;nd a
mends His love .toward t hem while blessmg to all. Lord IS blessmg
t hey are yet sinners. He so 'loves that us a!ong temporal lines also, and is
'He sacrifices for the weal a nd salva- openmg the hearts and pocketbooks of
don of His enemies. And this is our our people hz;id friends, which has en-
law of love. We are . to be possessed us t9. .have the much-needed elec-
of t hat heaven-born love t hat seeks triC lights. A flood of light, as well as
not its own, but sacrifices its pre- of glory above, filled the house
erences and pleasures and profits for Sunday Praise God. T)lis was
the sake of others. Like Paul, let us made possible '!>Y the perseveran<:e and
consider ourselves in debt, for .Jesus' work of faithful PB;stor, w:ho IS also
sake, to the whole human race, and an electrician, who, a. little
show the divinity that is in us by self- ma?-e the fixtures, also puttmg them m,
sacrificing devotion to the highest good which gave us good tJxtures at a very
of our fellow-men. reduced rate, for which we thank God
In the afternoon Rev. J. p. Coleman, an.d take .. Forty was
assisted by Rev. J. H. Mcintyre, con- ratsed for a retammg m front of
ducted a very precious, triumphant the Other repairs arc
people's meeti"ng, in which the Lord and w1ll be done as God sends m t he
was manifestly present, and the people money.
shouted for joy. Our young converts are growing in
. At night our beloved general super- grace, and are being established in the
intendent, Dr. Bresee (whom others way. Our Sunday school is growing
would call our Bishop), preached from in numbers and in fervor under the effi-
what to be his fa'{orite book cient superintendency of Bro. Fike from
f<;>r exposition-the Gospel according our Bible School. A. J.
to Isaiah-the text being in the forty-
chapter .and eighth verse: "I
preserve thee, and give thee for a
covenant oJ the people." The doctor
especially dwelt upon t he preservation
of the holy people, especially from the
dangers peculiar to them, because of
their familiarity with sacred things-
!. Callousness,
2. Self-pleasing.
3. Uncarefulnes$.
Besides: not only is the divine cove-
nant established with His saints; they
are to be as I:Iis covenant to the pe<;>ple.
.Through them the people are to be led
to agreement with Himself.
The Lord assisted His honored min-
isters, and the w.ord spoken in demon-
stra11on, of the Spirit came with great
LATIN STATION, CAL.
Our special meetings conducted by
Evangelist Elliott for the past two
weeks, in face great odds lHwe been
much blessed and owned of God. The
attendance has gone beyond our most
sanguine expectations. During the
worst rain and storm peopl e came out
in considerable numbers, and one
brother 61 years of age, after working
hard all day, walked six miles some
two or three times so as to be present
at the. meetings. Sun.day night at the
farewell of Bro. EUiott the house was
crowded, with great interest and con-
'viction on the people ; so when we
for an expression t't> continue one /week
[Deceirtber 1&; 1009
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longer a urianimous standing ..
vote was the result. Some backsliders
have been reclaimed;. the saints much
blessed and helped with four accessions
to the church. A has been pur-
chased and we to soon start to
build a church: Pray for this needy
field, and as .you can, ' orne and help
us. T. S. Mash urn, Pastor.
LONG BEACH,
Our pastor, ' Bro. Allen, ' is giving us
some good sermons out of ''The Word. ''
He brings out the hidden things and
makes them so plain we wonder why
. we couldn't have seen that. Sabbath
our morning subject was! '' C,optending
for the . faith once delivered unto the
saints." He showed us it meant stand-
ing like a rock for defense of the.truth
of the Bible. In the evening his sub-
ject was "The Origin of Satan." If
we listen to his sermons long we will
know much more about our Bible.
In the beginning of the new year we
expect to have Bro. St. Clair with us
fox: a month's meetings. Next Sunday
Bro. Allen will preach in the morning
on ''The Rent Veil,'' and in the even-
ing "Man at his possible best." Oh
that we all may at our best for Him.
. . E. Todd.
PASADENA; CAL.
Owing to the inclemency of t he
,V'eather there was only a small num-
ber of people present at the services
Sunday. Bro. Wilson' preached both
morning and evening. The Young Peo-
ple's1meeting at 6 :30' had 8. fairly good
attendance, . instead of 'the regular
Bible study. The time was spent in .
testifying and quoting scripture. At
7 :30, the preaching service, . Bro. Wil-
son chose foi: ' his text 1 Corinthians
1:30. Several strangers were present
with us and the Lord wonderfully
poured out His Spirit upon us.
Edna .Murray.
SPANISH MISSION.
''Merry Christmas to you all.''
" Go your way, eat the fat, and drink
. the sweet, and send portions unto them
for whom nothing is prepared: neither
be ye sorry, fo1; .the joy of the Lord is
your strength. "..:....Neb. 8:10 . . .
Christmas is a special day which is
set apart by all Christian .. nations as a
commemoration of the birth of .. the
world's Redeemer.
Millions of souls, \Vho know the r eal
significance of the mysterious birth and
of J Christ to this world,
are made to rejoice and be .exceeding
. .
Thank God for His pre<;)ious,
abl e gift to us. We rejoice and have
a right to, with -joy unspeakable and
full of glory because these good. things
of great joy shall 'Qe to all people.
Tharik God that we have been en-
riched by Him in. all things dtiring thi.s
year. His good gifts.He freely bestows
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_upon us frow day to day, 'tempoJ."al 'and ''busted,'' as it had becu W/1S .sever('J asked for prayers. God
$piritual. : But b_eart's greatest de- in every point "ahead .. " He give.s ftlcts i.s giving us some glorious times. Yes-
sire is not only to make dw:Selves happy to that_ bad not been . we :had one of the best
during the coming Christmas rially increased, that _the public sel)ool s sermons on "tithing that we have ever
but to look after those also are had increased rata attendance heard. .. - L. D. Peavey.
poor, hungry, homeless, . and over any previous year, that the pQstal 1
widows, who do not know the true receipts and savings bank accounts"" bad
meaning of Christmas a"Qd of human materially increased, so that the people
happiness. Many of this people, and I were now paying their bills where they
might say th-e majority of them, used: to spend their money for drinks;
very' poor. We have been planning to___J!_hile the arrests for misdemeanor had
gi ve our Mexicans a good Christmas decreased from 170 to 28 of the same
dinner, instead of having a Christmas character ; that the valuation of prop-
program, as we usually have had in the erty had increased and ll the old places
past. We earnestly pray t he Lord to once occupied by saloons were now .
lay it. upon the hearts of His children- filled-w-ith legitimate business enter-
to supply the table 'vith what they prises, increasing licenses in this r e-
know is good to eat. . spect.
I believe we would get an extra bless- Ventura, situated by the sea, with its
ing if we would deny ourselves a little fine climatic-conditions, with its beau-
on the behalf of-others. tiful streets and sidewalks, as a no-
If I were rich I'd r eally send Mrs. saloon town should soon become a grow-
McReynolds some yellow-l egged chick- ing residential center on the coast. But
ens-the kind they sent from Cucamon- while 1 was glad to note all this, my
ga to the Bible College-some Whittier interest was centered in its spiri-
walnuts, and Cu camo_nga or Upland tual needs and possible openings for our
oranges, _and ordinary Southern Cali- work. I was much impres_sed that at
$ornia vegetables; but I am not rich. l east there was a j:lhance nnd t hat the
Are you T needs were very great.
These gifts will be thankfully re- The place has been known a1> a very
ceived before Christmas by Mrs. Me- difficult field for Gospel truth. Besides
RP-ynolds, 740 Buenn Vista street. the Catholic and Episcopalian churches,
S.D. Athans. there are four evangelical churches,
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT.
The work of assisting to secure
church lots and planning for two new
church buildings has largely occupied
much -of the time for the last week.
But the importance Qf suitable loca-
tions and comforta.Ple places of worship
for our people can not be over-esti-
mated. Latin is making a strong and
hard pull under great sacrifice to obtain
a church building, and this we expect
will be made possible in the near future.
Our (colored) church in Pasadena,
under the efficient labors of Sister Pal-
mer, with Bro. Hunter as her helper, is
coming to the front, and is. also plan-
ning to obtain church property. We
hope to have something to report re-
specting this matter next week.
Ventura.
On our way to Nordhoff we planned
to spend a few hours in Ventura. Ven-
tura is one of the oldest settlements in
Southern California. The Franciscan
fathers established a mission here in
1782. The town has not bad a strong
or rapid gr owth, its population .at pres-
ent being only about 4000. . Until a
year ago last July it was a salo.on town,
nt which time the town "went dry."
Since then the little city of V en.tura has
taken on new life and .bas made many
advances along the line of material
progress. In a l engthy article in
Free Press, one of its prog,..essive
daily papers, , Judge, Rogers, a promi-
nent citizen of the town, in answer to
some questions of a frieJ:)d, ;made very
clear that the town, since the saloons
''(ere abolished, instead oJ its going
with congregations ranging from fifty
to two hundred or more. Here full sal-
vation bas never been at the front. And
while it takes time and money, with
much heroism, to take a field like this,
yet me must not at any cost to
press the claims of holiness upon t he
attention of the people. Ventura must
near t he Gospel of full salvation.
Nordhoff.
Sabbath was a delightful day spent
with our church .. nt Nordhoff. This
work has had some very severe set-
backs in the last yenr, the former pastor
leaving the work to organize n Baptist
church in the same place where our
church held their meetings, has made it
difficult for the few who wer e left to
again get their feet down. But the
work has been cared for by Bro. Ken-
nedy and it now has a growing Sunday
school and will soon regain its str ength.
- At present Bro. 0 'Neal. who wns our
pastor at Cucamonga for a tim.e. is sup-
plying the work and bids fair to get n
good hearing and suc<>.essfnlly build a
good church.
We are now on our way to Santa
Barbara to spend a few days. The
blessing of God attends this work of
God, and these are the best days of my
life. The Divine Presence was never so
real, and His g}ory never more mani-
fest. . J . W. Goodwin, D. S.
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MALDEN, MASS.
Glory! How God is blessing all
.around. Our pastor is preaching some
strong sermons . . On the
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14th (Sun4ay)
a large number forward for
prayers. On the 21st several more were
seeking, and yesterday, one more, while
Parkey ,L. We.d-
dle Hendncks was born in Pulaska
county, Kentucky, March 1, 1840, and
ascended, J?ecember 2, 1909, having .
nearly the three score years
ten. She was married to :M:r.
G. Hendrick.s, December 23,
1857. She was converted when eigh-
teen years of age, and living a faithful-, -
earnestly devoted life, about fourteen
years the way more per-
fectly, she entered into that fullness of
faith and blessing the. blood
cleanseth . al,ld there i_s the fullness of
perfect -love. In the fullness of this
grace and served
until "the sudden su ons came to
come up higher. It found her r 5ady to
depart and be with Christ. In tlle lead- '
ing of a meeting shortly
before, she had dwelt upon the precious
experience which she bad which en-
abled her to feel that she was fully
ready for tpe heavenly glory. In 1893
she removed with her husband and
t<f Colora4o, w_here resi<Jed
unttl five ago when she and her
husband came to California, where they
have since resided, making their home
with their daughter, Mrs. Rillle. She
was a loved and ' faithful member of
the First Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene, Los Angeles, and leaves
in the fellowship of sorrow with
her husband, son and four daughters.
But the morning breaks-the shadows
flee awny. She was buried from the
chapel of Bresee Bros. Undertaking
Parlors. Dr. Bresee conducti ng the ser-
Yi ce. and laid nil that was mortal away
in beautiful Rosedale, to await the first
rcsitrrection.
MURRAY-Earle P. Mnrrav was
born at Minneapoljs, Minn., May 18,
1890, nnd died at Los Angeles. Cal.,
December 6, 1909. The deacesed came
with pnrents to San Jose, CaL when
about three years old, passing eight
years of his childhood days there, and
then, with his family r emoved to Los
Angeles, wher e be resided until his
death. About two years ago he was
converted and became .a member of the
Nazarene church of this . city. from
thence forward striving to conform his
everyday life to the requirements of his
professed following of the Man of Naz-
areth. The death of his father placed
him in a p_osition of ordeal and trial;
for he not only beaine the main stay
of his widowed m.other, but also was n
father to his younger brother and sis-
ters. The funeral services wer.e con-
ducted by Dr. Bresee of the Nazarene
church aasisted by Rev. \Valker, aud
R-ev. Ross of Newman M. E . ehurch.
J. L. Merritt.
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COLLEGE NOTES.
'l'he blessing of the Lord continues
with us in precious in our de-
votional services.
you will have the amount of -your offer-
ingfor the next forty weeks.
I said we can do it! One of our
cht1rches of. a membership of 130 has
given over $1800 in the last eighteen
'l' he five crates of canned corn and months, or an: average of nearly20 cents
five of canned sent up by_ Bro. per week member. . .
and Sister Spellmari in'et : a re- . Please, will all of our D1str1ct Super- .
ception, held in. room,.. and pastors and . SundaY:
we .feel t.hanksg
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vmg
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s not over. Supermten.dents and all our
folks pray about about_It, and
We are to H .. Sheid-
]nnn and wife from our college 'family.
They will reside in Whittier, . CaL, foi
a ti me.
\\' e appreciate the Cluistiau gtr,,it-
iugs the saints, who call o.n us,
when passing through or tarrying n
f ew rlays 'the city.
'l'o be truly the
traini ng' of the body, mind and heart.
'fhis statement has been made niany
times, but it a fact which
should be kept onr minds.
J/1 J/1 . J/1
.MISSI01VARY BULLETIN.
Only Forty WeekS!
help lo lnaktrit a success? .
Mexico.
Se,CJi converted at our mission in
Jalisco, Sunday night, November 21st.
Our superintendent, S. M. -Stafford, a
brother and Sister Clark of East Pales-
tine. 0., nnd Sister Richards of Kane,
Illinois, were to leave Peniel, Texas,
November 29th, for our work in Mex-
ico. Pray for them aud be on the look-
out for r eports f rom them.
London.
Our Bra va Brown and wife were de-
tained in England eleven days waiting
for steamer connections. They report'
n lovely voyage across the Atlantic, and
wer e making the most of their time in
visiting historic and r eligious places.
India.
The.' Gmieral Missionary Bonrd at its Whil e we have been made to rejoic:e
last 'Session decided that the very small- in that. the plague was about over at
est amount they could meet the finan- Chirkli. we nre made anxious wit.h ref-
ciRL. r esponsibilities of this year would erence t o our work and workers in Bul-
dann. wh<>re t.he plague has reeently
be $20,000, and have instructed its Gcn- brokPn out. It has taken such propor-
etul Secretary that they would ask t he tions t.hat. many of the people of this in-
. churches to contribute that amount for . corporatrd town nre moving into huts
home and foreign mission w01k. and hooths in the jungle . . \Ve need to
set,retary. I.Jeonard states '_'that _ "!t.''

<ome nigh our
the members of the wr: E. Church , 1ll d" cllm.,.
gi ve nn average of one street cat' nrc The Church Missionary Board.
a week for foreign mJsSIOtls then the:r , , . . .
will have $7,000,000 <t year in thef
1
: fhc wrrter has .1ust r ece1ved a call
treasury. " while the Pentecostal ft?m. a member of .one our Church
Churches of the Nazarene eanryot pay n?qmrmg about the
any such startling amount for miSSIOnary and
if we would give an average of five m1sswnartes. addresses. ?-'Ins member
cents a week, as small as we are, we beeame dls.tuTb.e'd be?ause t!1e. funds
would put over $26 000 in our trensury were not commg m for our m1ss1onary
this year. ' work t hat she out t? see wl1at could
Five rents a week would be $2.60 for he done to rev1ve the mterest. .. . .
earh member per year; multiplied lf other members of Church hsswn-
by t he number of mer11bers; would give
. I
LDecember 16, 1"09
ary where the. funds for nii".
sions . are not in _will stir them-
selves up to see, or write the General
Missionary Secretary; he wmesteem it
a privilege to devot.e as much till)e as
is necessary t9. such to inform them
either by conversation or by writing, or
sending literature..
General Missionary Board.
The W1-'iter has just. received a letter
from a member of our General Mission-.
ary Board, asking what can be done for
a church where the missionary meeting
and collection have been dropped for
months?
. These . two nbove visits- demonstrate--
the fnet that our missionary envelope
syst em will not succeed unless it is
worked! I t rnst that all of the mem.
bcrs of our General Missionary Board
may be as mnch interested as t he one
r eferred to above. Mnhy of our mem-
bers nrc a live to the needs of onr mis-
sionary work and doubtless are doing
all thnt they can, but we want the co-
. operation of every ,one of the f01-ty
members. If you cnnnot see me, do as
the above brother did, write, and let
us reason together and see what the
Lord will do to make our home and for-
eign missionary interests a blessed suc-
cess. One thing all of us C!\11 do, nnd
that if! continue to pray for t,lle work.
General Missionary secretary. .,
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or frame can obtain them from Mrs. N.
C. Radford, 946 Maple averiue, Los An-
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We have a new supply of Nazarene
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the t.otal amount t hat each church
would i hen contribute for home and
foreign missions. . .
It would not . be extravagant or pre-
sumptuous for our churdtes to
t he average of five eents a week per
member for missions this year.
BIBLE CHARACTERS.
Whil e it. is true that by t.he time this
statement. reaches our 'cbt.trches, there
will be only about forty weeks left for
us t.o raise t he $20,000 the Mi!';-
sionary Board asks for, :we can do it, if
we will adopt t he above plan ! Multiply
yonr chnrrh- memhership by $2.00 and
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Our -_Young -People
BETTER THAN GOLD.
"I shall give that to the
ies, M.i"d Billy; and he. put his fat hand
on a little gofd dollar, .as he counted the
of his' .money-box. "Whyf"
Susie asked. '' 'Cause it's gold. Don't
know the men brought Jesus
irifts of gold, and the missionaries work
lor ,Jesus." Stillness for a little bit,
then Susie said, "The gold all belongs :
to Him, anyhow. Don't you think it
would. be. better to-go. right .. to Him and--
Him just what He asks forf"
"What's that?" Billy and Susie
repented liiOftly: son f give me
thine heart."
BURNING OUT.
A little girl . was asked one ;eveqing
wty she kept so steadily a-t her work;
whereupon she promptly said, "My
tandle is almost gone, and I have no
other to take its place."
Her answer was suggestive. Life is
the candle; and it, too, is partly gone
-it may be almost gone-and we have
no other.
Because her candle would soon go
ont, the little girl felt impelled to make
the most of it while it should last.
What lesson comes from this to your
heart; as you pause to think of the
years gone by, . of the work to be done,
and of 'the time before yon in which to
do itT
One thing is sure; some of your can-
dle is gone. It may be the greater part
of it is burned out now. Quite a por-
tion of it has gone since this year began,
and here it is burning rapidly into next
year.
Have you any special work that
should be done before your candle goes
out? All that is gone has gone forever.
You cnn never again have the opportu-
nities that have been neglected. What-
ever we do must be done in the little
time that is left us. The candle is rap-
idly burning out and we have no other.
Let us fill full all the time we have left.
-Selected.
TOE LARGER LIFE.
No one should be satisfied with sim-
ply existing. Life is sweet when it is
lived for something. Many people live
for little things. Their desires and as-
pirations are too easily satisfied. A
young girl asked. lately, ''How can I
lead the larger life 7 '' The answer
came from a woman whom she admired
as representing it. "Look for that per-
son near you whom you can help in any
way, and help at once, and to your ut-
most.'' The girl tried it. She helped a
crippled child. Then she formed a.
shut-in society to help other cripples.
Then she with . other
. workers in the same field; and so her
work and influence go on enlarging
e.Tery. day. ThiS' is: the kind of & life-
Nazarene Me11senger
that is full of joy and peace. Such a
life is glorious arid will- be crowned
with the crown of eternal life.-Se-
lected.
JACKIE'S THANKS.
Poor little Jackie-!' felt so sorry for
him. It was hard lines not to have a
word of thanks after all his hard work.
But that night when I put him into his
little cot he. said to me, ''Auntie, this
m.orning I w.as sorry that I pulled the
weeds, but now .I'm l)ot sorry."
. "How is thatf" I asked. "Has
Cousin Frank thanked you f"
. . ''No, he._ hasn '.t, .but i011ide of me I
have a good feeling. It always comes
when I've . been kind to anyone; and do
yon know, I've found out what it isf"
"What is it, darling," I asked.
Throwing his around my neck,
he whispered: "It 'R God's thank
you.''
TRUE FRIENlJSBIP.
One defines a friend as "one who,
comes in when all the world goes out."
A true friend standS by the one to
whom he is devoted even though all
others forsake and malign. Such a
friend is .worth inore than his weight
in gold. In such friend we may safe-
ly confide. . , .
Such a friend in Paul, in his
last letter, says, my first answer
nll men forsook me, but the I.10rd stood
hy me. '' He stands by all who trust
in Him. He says, "I will never leave
' thee, nor forsake thee. "-Sel ected.
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GYPSY SMITH'S CONVERSION.
This is how Gypsy Smith describes
his conver sion: ''A little while ago
he looked upon an old gypsy tent where
there was no Bible, but there was a
father and five little motherless chil-
dren, without hope and without God.
Nobody cared. Who car ed for a gypsy
man and his motherless children? Yet
they were all hungry for love and sym-
pathy which did not come to t hem.
Church minister a nd church people
p a$sedt!>y that old gypsy {ent and saw
nobody t her e but 1iomads, despised and
;and hated. J esus
.looked .into 'that smoky tent, and some-
times I have. t hought I heard him say:
'There are six brothers in t here; and
the world does not know it, the
chmehes ar e ignorant of it, but I will
make them preachers and the -world
shall put His arms round
t hem, and t ltis' is one of them. It takes
love t o see. .
"SIX FEET OF' 'IT' WILL DO. F9R ME.,.
A clever lawyer sat in his office con-
versing wit h a client, for whom he had
been transacting some business. The
lawyer's clieni ' \vas Christian: : Tak-
ing exceptfon to 'the- 'Ways some men
make money, t he lawyer said, "Man,
if you are to- be so particular as that,
you will never possess much of this
world as your own."
"Six. feet of it will do for me, one
day soon, to -lay my bones to rest in;
that's all I 'll need of it then. It is
good to have an inheritance secured in
the world beyond the grave," said the
Christian business man.
The lawyer sat in dumb silence. His
thoughts never ran in that direction; he
was living only for the present world.
And so many are. They forget how
soon it wfll elude t heir grasp, and six
f eet of "mother earth " Jor a grave will
be all . they shall want. When your
body lies there, wher e will y'Our soul
be?-Living Water.
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GOD'S WAYS OF SPEAKING.
Geology copies God's handwriting on
the pages of His r ocks; astronomy
copies God's handwriting and voice
on the pages of His stars; physiology
copies God's speech uttered" through
t he human body; psychology-it is a
copy of t he laws of t he human intellect ;
art is a copy of G'od 's beautiful
t houghts organi zed into terms of steel
or iron or wood, and they give us these
marvellous textures. This universe of
ours is simply a great wheel, a wheel
fitted il\. another wheel, a vast compli-
cated a lever get-
ting out of place, never a wheel slip-
' ping a cog. But at the back of the
whole l>tands an Inveutor; at the back
of the whole printing-press there is one
ke eping watch over His mechanism; at
the \>Mk of all the flying wheels stands
the great . Father God in the silence,
Nazarene Messenger
keeping watch above His own: These
laws of natur6 through land and sea
and sky, th:rough all the fruits, t hx:ough
all that lends us beauty and truth-
they are t he voices of God. speaking to
us. you find a man t hat has
:visions like Moses, who takes off his
shoes wh.en t he acacia-bush flames in .
scarlet and burns like a sheet of fire.
When Paul with his visionary power
looks up, h e perceives t)lat God is
speaking to him. Tennyson - under-
stands that God is nearer than breath-
ing, and closer than hands or feet. We
never can escape from Him. The. angel
of His goodness goes before us; the
angel of. His mercy follows after us.
God is not a .bundle of thunder-storms:
God is not a sheath of r ed-hot. thunder-
bolts; God is not upon the track of 11
sinner to overwhelm him for his sins;
God follows after sinful men to Tecovcr
them out of their transgressions. We
are camped in the heart of God; we set
up our tent in the midst God's mind.
\Ye can no more lift ourselves out of
t he presence of God.than a mail can lift
himself 'of t his universe by-excuse
{he e.xpression-his boots. That is our
hope. The way to fly from God is to
fle.e : into .His arms. This world is $0
beautiful-this . world-steeped. in
God's colored with His love,
with His beauty; is the voice
of God. If we have a mind that is sen-
sitive His overtures of love, then t he
manifold voices of God in physical na-
ture are the marvelous fact an d event
of human life.-Newell Dwight Hillis.
The Inter denominational Commission
on Marriage and Divorce that
preach on Sunday night, J anu-
ary 2d, on the home, its sacredness and
pnrity. \Ve have felt assured that the
pastors of our churches as f ar as prac-
ticable, would be glad to comply with
this r equest.
(December 16. 1909
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