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Vol. xni.
Los Angeles, Califomj&; January 1909 No. 28

Interesting Watch-Night Services

'fhe \Vatch-Night Service. at the First .
Chul'ch, Los Angeles, was made of
especial interest by it being the seven-
tiGth anniversary c the birth of the
senior and well-beloved pastor, Dr. P.
F. Bl'esee. Arrangements had been
made, without' his knowledge, for the
first part of the evening to be devoted
to fitting exerc-ises to commemorate the
CYent, and .quite a large audience came
together at 8 o'clo.ck to take part in
the well-";ishes.
.Aft cl' a gl'acious season of song and
prayer , l\Irs. \Vm. Sloan and Bro. Fred
Flpperson read portions of the Word,
and Rev. J. W. Goodwin, the associate
pastor, read an original poem which
brought . out the main points in the life
of D1:. Bresee, whi ch was '\ell received.
(See this page. ) Bro. Goo.dwin
presented to Dl'. Bl'esee a purse of $80
in the name of the congregation as a
sli ght t ok en of their love and esteem.
Dr. Bresee, who was entirely taken
surprise, with deep feeling ex-
pressed his appreciation of the kind-
ness and l9,ve of his people, saying that
he never felt younger in his life. He
then gave some incidents of his early
life and ministry, and how twenty-five
yeal's ago he came to the :F&rt Street
l\L E. Church, this city, and of his four
years' pastorate' at F'irst Church, Pasa-
dena, where in that time he received
one thousand into membership; how he
"as "shoo ted out"- of the l\I. E. Church
and organized the Church of the Na:r.-
nrcne thirteen years ago. He also
spoke of the union of the Holiness bod-
ies, and claimed f or the nnitec1 Church
in the year to come the best :>' et, and
thanked the people for their kind r e-
and good wishes.
'l'he friends 'then marched past the
altar and shook hands with Dr. and
11'Ir8. Bresee, after which Bros. Fluck ,
l\fcKee, Coleman and Pierce and
Sister Livings ton each made bri ef ad-
dresses, giving r eminiscences of the
past or words of cheer.
. NOTE:.-At the request . of many friend we
'take the reponsibility of printing the poem
r eferred to above. R. P.
THE MISSION OF A , LIFE.
Re.ad by Rev. J_ W. Goodwin, . in Commemoration. of the Seventieth Birthday ot
Rev. Phi1UUJ8 F. Breee, D. D.
I sat alone to muse one day, - .
.. To lands my thoughts were
swept away. .
To the Empire State, and to Franklin town,
Where the snow falls thick, and N ' or-easters
frown;
Where the glorious sun from the early dawn,
Throws itl! silvery rays of light upon
Earth in white, beautiful garments hoary,
Emblems of purity .in redemption story.
Pas3 earth's mansions, stately, rich and
costly,
It was here 'mid such scenes of busy life
The preachet-boy came forth; to start his
strife
With sin and rum and shame. The days wore
on,
As the battle raged, till confidence was won.
Not alone was he called' forth w stand
Against the devil's wilds in this wicked land;
For another, help-mate true, must with him
share,
The sorrows and toils, and burdens bear.
There was no mjstake, as he turned back
To the hu511bler walks of life. Where mostly
'I;'hose who have fought earth's battles and
have won,
Receive from the master the words "Well
done. "
To the Empire State, feeling his lack
Of a nobler soul, with qualities rare,
By his side to stand and burdens share.
It was glad New Year's tide, when the great
event, -
Of whicl:t my heart and mind are strongly bent
To write, took place. Burdens of the old year
Were passing; the light of the new drew near.
The .time is sure, seventyy_ears a'go this date,
December thirty-fi-rst, eighteen thirty-eight;
Came the robust boy, Phineas .F, to be.
Bringing joy and honor to the name Bresee.
With .the passing years to manhood he
A noble youth, with high and lofty aim.
Having brawny arms and hands used for toil,
.With joy he learns the art of tilling soil;
Which gave him force, and a physique strong,
To carry the battle of 'right 'gainst wrong.
The Creator well knew'the struggle-of years,
The burdens and eorrows and flowing tears;
Which must to Him come if he wpuld give
Himself for others that they might live.
Thus; God gave him strength of body, mind
and soul,
For Leadership, the weary to console.
Of all the _great events here known on earth,
Not one can compare with the Second birth;
Which the young hero of my tale obtained,
Counting all the world los s this prize to gain.
And, at -an early age, he gladl y g ave
Himself and his all, a los t world to save.
Before he had passed out from hi s teens,
He a call Divine from the celestial scenes
Obtained, and with joy gave his t alents rare
To the Christian Mini stry, to do and dare.
To the great Middle West he we nt his way,
Where the broad fields stretch <1nd the wijd
V.inds play;
Here wher e the .waving fields of ripened grain
May be seen for miles on the We ster.n plain;
Here where nature's Gorl had placed in store
Great r ealms of wealth for ge nius to explore.
With all fair maidens true, there none were

In all the West like the Eastern Queen,
Whose heart imd hand he won. Who with a
joy
Counted the world only a trifling to,Y,
To stand by his side and simply be,
In joy_and sorrow, our Sister Bresee.
We may joyfully watch the Western skies
And see this preacher true from boyhood rise
To positions of trust, and worldly gain,
Unti-l almost a fortune he attained.
One hundred churches his to dedicate,
And schools and colleges his to regulate,
only a part of the cares he bore, _
Totling on for twenty long years or more.
When in a night, fortune seemed to frown,
Hopes, ambitions strong, must be thrown
down.
Great like a bird with wings had flown,
And leaving him nothing to cail his own.
Yet good Providence, still his unerring guide,
There a safe retreat, a place to hide,
With gentleness. and a soft, tender hand,
Took him o' er the Rockies t o this sun-clad
land. .
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He waswalking along the narrow way,
In deep humility from day to day;
There striving as always to do his best,
But as ye t not knowing the deeper rest.
Until all alone one day with God he stood,
Desiring only .the true and the good;
E arth fast r eceding from his stea.dy view,
And gaze, when ftom the throne a saphire
flew,
Touching his lips with the holy flame;
Then giving himself a message to proclaim,'
Of how the Holy Ghost in sacred fires
Baptize th believers and worship inspires.
With his soul enswathed in the heave nly flame,
He came forth to preach with a truer aim,
About the Nazarene, meek and lowly,
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0 it .is 'ror'me . . ": . - tal.drig ou:t;- liands:-off of science anu'"
. Of the conflicts sore to him befell, . . . philosophy, and leaving them to rnn
While for the truth standing so firmly by, KEEP YOUR EYE ON JESUS. without restraint and become wild, nn<l ,
Always willing 'to suffer, live or die. Keep your eye on Jesus, He's the one to see; Protestantism has lost its way in f<,[-
But of the mea.sureless good who could tell, Others want their own way; with Him you 1 1
Wh
. h h. th. ,_.- th 1 d t befell lowmg these unrcstra1uc< wall<
1c ere m IS sou - an o us , must agre'e; -
Who for a higher planP. would gladly seek,_ Faith and love and service increasing as you in t heir speculations. and ph il-
Reserved for them, the lowly and the_ meek; look. . . . osophy arc good, but they must he lwpt
Because our .God here found a fearless man, Your heart will show which way you. g;o; He m1eler r('straint, and maclc ::mbject to
Who for holiness dared to take hi$ stand. reads it like a book. the Bible the God of the Bible!.-
In ways mysterious God doth often move, Sometimes we long for others' love; He will
That to His creatures He may clearly prove . not say us nay;
His unchangeable love. This may be seen He gives the best in the universe; just watch
. In the ne.w movement of the Nazarene. and wait and pray;
Out u'nder the stars, with a brave band alone We need not things unlike Himself, when He
He went forth-and the world as hard as is all'olir o'wn;
. stone- . And if we dare to be His bride, He seats us
Despised, r ejected, their fortune to be; on Hi s throne.
Ah! but amid it all, God's glory see.
From hall to-hall untif at las t he came And thus we get the best there is, the all of
To Los Ang-eles Street, in a barn, a name God's own heart;
Gfven the old Tabernacle, whose fame That time and age will not decrease, the
Spread world-wide; here burned the holy everlasting part,
flame. The kingly wealth, "All things are
From one small band under the starry skies, His life, His heart, His all;
We may behold and see, yes, hundreds rise; And this is just the reason why we find
Until our fo1ces stretch from sea to sea,
earth's wealth so srnall. G.
Three united: bands, marching on to victory. ..c ..>1: ..tC
Our leader brave has been a giant of strength;
Why should we not give due honor at length,
To one who has given himself and all,
In glad obedience to the Master's call?
With a vision bright of heavenly glory,
Like the eagle above the lowlands moory;
With enthusiasm at a running pace;
With burdens an ox, and plenty ofg.race;
I have seen him in trial great and sore,
But Gibraltar-like the wild storms he bore.
Three score years and ten, did the good Book
say, .
The allotted time on earth which ends this
day?
Listen, "If by r eason of strength," t en more,
This making in all a round four score.
The laLorand sorrow we'll gladly take
On us, and bear it all for Jesus' sake,
That to him the four score may be. given,
Before his call to the bliss of heaven.
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THE STANDING ASTONISHMENT OF THE
CENTURY.
Governor Hoch, of Kansas, in his
Thanksgiving address, made this r e-
statement:
One-third of our counties are with-
out prisoners in . their jails o:.;: paupers
in their poor houses. One-half of our
counties contributed no convicts to our
prison population last year. One-half
of our prison inmates never lived in
Kansas long enough to gain a residence
her e. Our educational institutions were
never so flourishing. Our churches
were never so strong, nor the spiritual
outlook more hopeful. The saloon has
been practically banished from our
state and its baneful influence almost
entirely eliminated.
The above is 'the always, never fail-
. ing result of Prohibition. The stand-
ing astonishment of -the country is that
the Christian people will not see it.-
California V oiee.
WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM?
R. M. GUY.
You ask who ? I answer Pastors for
our clnirches. \Ve must organize con-
gregations in every city and town and
kindle a great fire of full salvation.
And order to do this, and keep the
fire burning w e must have preachers.
Yes we must have pastors who arc
trained. to think, and we cannot get
such as we need from the old ecclesias-
tical schools, for the reason that these
sehools are either directly or indirectly
opposed to the very truths we feel es-
pe(!ially called to make most prominent,
and the work or organized holiness to
which, we feel called.
Hence t he question, where nr c
to come from is quite a significant one;
the only answ er to which is, that we
must h ave. our own schools, and instruct
ana train our own preachers. . Yes we
must have full salvation schools all over
this. country,
I don it mean that we are to have col-
l eges everywhere. But we must have
graded and high s chools everywhere
and a few well equipped colleges, and
universities. In order to ao 'thrs we .
will . be forced in a large measure to
make many of our own text books. With
shame we are forced to confess that
Protestantism is not the mighty spirit-
ual force in the world. that it once was.
It is blackslidden from God. What has
been the cause of it 1 It has not been
bad theology. Nay, verily; take the
creeds and theologists of Protestanism
in the main and they are good.
Holiness Era.
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'I,:HE PREACHER .
JOHN S. KEEN,
If the 'l'cmple in the Eternal City is
to be entered exclusively by the s in-
l cssly clean (Rev. :27) . we .are sh nt
up to the coudnsion that the . Lortl of
tllC 'f empl e woult1 uever have
a world of s iuucrs with ari il1\ita1:ion
to enter the . 'l' cmpl c without having
made a mple pro\;ision fot the rcqnil'cd
cleanness.
If God made the provision it is eq ua 1-
ly conclusive that .IIc wonld ,rcscr\e to
Himself the right to choose His ambas-
sadors to bear the invitation, and
plain the terms to the corrupted world
-to ''call'' His preachers.
If He has reserved this right it is
unreasonable to believe He ' would sel ec-t
and send out men to 1nvite sinners to
a. salvation of which they thcmscl Yes
had not been partakers, surely I fe
would not send men to r epresent IJ is
remedy who dcuiC'd its ample cffici<nr,v.
A doctor claiming to cure all cnnccrn;1s
cases would not send out cnn cer tli s-
cnsccl men to invite cancer vi ct ims to
pat.ronizc him. "Be ye cl ean that bca.r
the vessels of the Lord." . I sa. 52:11.
If God has been more guarded _in his
dealings in His world-saYing plan ;1t
one point. than at another, i t seems to
me it has been iu the select ion of 11 is
priests, prophet:), apostles-His m s-
sengcrs to bear the glad tidings of 1 lis
great salvation with the conscqne_)t'S
of r ejecting it. Aaron's rod is still in
the Taber'Ilacle-buclding, blooming
blossoms and yielding almonds, '' kt>pt
for a token. " We r ead the Holy Scrip-
tures in vain to find any li cense for be-
lieving that God has clelegated the rij!ht
of preaching to the option of the iudi-
vidual or of the church. We still h ear
the cry of the Spirit in the New 'l' esta-
ment, "How shall they preach, except
they be sent.'' Rom. 11 :15.
While we cannot tonceive of God
sending an unclean man to an uncl('an
world to preach a clean gospel (at l e:ist
a man who has had a clean gosilcl
preached to He does not call every
Messenger.
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was the error of the two hundred and rise-in- ope who thinks, desires, strik- NATU FROM HINDUISM.
fifty princes of _the assembly in the ing out for a name for self, then be- Barna Churn Natu joined us in our
ancient church. They had become came a usurper. work here as a preacher last July and
famous and renowned in the congrega- Ever y sinner is a rebel. Every re- . I am sending friends an account
t ion. Their plea for equal .honors with hellion gains momentum through decep- life and conversion.
Moses ami Aaron was that ''all the con- tion, cunning and delusion. The great H e was born in 1867 in the village
g.-egation was . holy. " Num. 16:1-3. _ r ebellion of th<l angels against God's of Kamapur, forty miles south of Cal-
When the r eligious feeling is high, dominion was of this character . It was cutta. His f ather was a holy man of
and the Christians are working with full fledged when A:dam came upon the the Hindus, and a well known and
the preacher means no .Rtage of .action. The tempter knew highly respected Gurn (Hindu teach-
harm when h e cries out :'Let all the how to bring Eve war against the er). Barna Churn .was always especial-
people turn preachers." He would even authC?rity of God. He succeeded and ly fond of his father and his highest
quote l\loses to justify his cry (Num. we know the r esult. It was a simple a,mbition from a child was to be a Hindu
11 :2D) " -Would God that all the Lord.'s affair. religious teacher like him, 'then he
people were prophets, and that the Lord Just one divine prohibition, "Thou grew up. In his school days, he used
would put his Spir.it upon them "-but shalt not eat of this tree." The genera- to spend all his spare time taking les-
God only called two. It is right for the tions after sinned, ' 'riot aft er the simili- sons with his father from the Hindu
church to pray the Lord at the harvest tude of Adam's transgression." The r eligious books, and was oft en struck
to send laborer s into His vineyard, hut ten commands came later summed up with awe at his father's wisdom and
wa it till he sends-" l ay h a nds suddenly in the two, on in the one, "t_hou sh a lt expl a nations. He began very early to
on no man." Bretl}ren 'entering into love." go out a mongst the villages t eaching
t he (xperience of holiness, which loos- Sin is always full of delusion. It to Hinduism as he learnt it, and as he saw
his father do. But, it was not long
ens the tongue as well as the heart, may the r ebel appears as truth. The t empter 1 f
>e ore quest10mngs arose in his mind.
tak<: tlwit incr eased l ove for souls, and was keen m'Id wise in making the error The more he studied the Hindu books,
their liber ty of speech for a call to appear as truth. I t worked in her the t he more a want .was felt in his heart.
prcath. We have r eason to believe not same spi r it of rebellion t hat was in He was uncer tain how he was to obtain
a few have made this mistake. The satan. Sin workshy law, a liYe monster salvation from sin . '\\Then he was
resul t has been a compara tive failure, f . . . about six t een years of age, h e t old his
o .1111qmty propagating rebellion and .father t his, " ho car efully reason ed with
hul't ing yes, a nd the cause . always brings forth guilt. _ Satan tolrl him fo r a time. but finding the state of
lo\cd. Had they remained in their a truth "that i n the day ye eat thereof t he 's mind. he got anxious. The
plar:e a nd <! Ulti vntccl layman-gr ace they ye shall be as Go(J." Her eyes were father thought it prudent to letanother
would haYc grown t o strong Christian open ed and the eyes of t he raee after Hind u teacher take his boy in hand,
tna nhoo(l , and become useful in the l Tl I G who might preRent t hings to him in a
1er. 1e strugg e against od is the way that would appeal to him better.
church. loYe we get to set up a k_ingdom of our So for three Year s Bama Churn was
\\e believe this serious mistake would own. The convicted sinner sets up under his teacher. But his mind was
he largely aYoided if we would r eturn ever); p.ossible r eason to bring God t o unchanged and his heart tmsatisfi ed.
to the customs of our preaching fathers his waY. One by one desire i s -relin- His one cry was for sahation and no-
- preach oft<.'n on the "call to the min- quished unt il an absolute surrender. body could help him. H e was again
" L Tl1e lJol i.IIess t'.Jo,eiJient finds n1ost of sent on to a still more clever Hindu
Istry. et every preacher and lay- G d h
the church members r esisting holiness. urn, an e was under his instruction
man. "h o has heard a definite sermon f f d h If ' t t'h
This is as the s in of witchrraft. Others or our an a more year s. .n.. e
on t he call to the ministry in ten years keep their corruption, expecting' death end of this time he thou ght h e would
lJOI<l up his hands. I haYe not heard on e to rid them of it. This discredits the giYe himself up to meditation and asce-
in t\\'enty. Then men are in power and blood of Christ. All crv- tieism. So f or another two and half
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1at preac 1ec on t _1is s ubJect in my - " d h 1
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er }J,ns by matte mr. 1e tr1ed to forsake the
fa thcr 's house when I was call ed of God ' " " ld d t 1 B
l'l'hellion become a god. wor a n ge sa Yatwn. ut 1t was no
tn preaeh. God bless t h e. Xazarene
< 'hureh always with n ministry of His
own calling.
EVE'S . DELUSION-
REVILO HURLBUT.
fn the d ay-in the midst of the gf'ne-
rations of the heavens nnd the earth
- in the early morning. there flashed
out t he "Gartlen." In the mitlst of
the garden t her e wrr o the "tree of
lift!" and t he "tr ee of good and <'Yi l. "
,\l'cluutl t h is t r ee of gootl and eYil has
rag-Pd the tontroYC"rs.' o!' the ages. It
is a riil'llll'(', poet iea l : the ri.i':\ 1
r onHs down to us as simp! <' as si n
sPI I'. The huma n p ai r had a tmupl:<' l',
:1nd thP tc111pt er n witk.ecl spirit.. 'l'his
The force of the delusion hrj_ngs satan go. and at last he gaYe up a ll hope in
inrarnate. The "aprons" to coYer them Hinduism. So at the age of 26. h e
show t he force of t he rebellion ' "ithin. found his way to Calcutta and took up
liar will li e t o coYer np a lie. secular work in a printing press. In
Sin co,er s up its blackness so as t o ap- his spar e time he pri,ately studi ed
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war whi te. Habits of s in follow l\Ioh a mmedanism. But a ga_in h e was dis-
appointPd. The only person he eYer
groon's of its makiqg. It has wrinkles
ami t he marks of C'ain. Fenr of God. confided in was a nephew of his ( Am-
and a lost l ove of communion run in its ritn Lnll who was two or three
delusiYc t rain. Hatred anll all carnal' years older thnn himself and who also
nffertions grow rank iii. the fib<'r of t he h ad much unrest and was st>eking the
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rc Je . Sin 1s a n insane, abn_Qrmal state
of mind an<l heart. , C'al entta l-ni,ersity gradua t e and a
Holiness has th.P war elllled and nor- mnstf'r in a hi gh school. and h e and his
mal statrs in foree. tmf' l t> h<'ard of SOI11 L' peopl<' eallcd
Riyl'rsi<IP. C'alif. Rtahmas (Cnitarians) antl thf' Y soon
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APPLES OF GOLD is just the book
for a Birthday Gift. It will bless
the soul and inspire faith. Send for
o:n.1).:!. p ):;tpl.;J; 11) c) .
joined tllf'm. But t li t' ir <lissatisfa rt ion
got mort' aent<' and they nsetl .to go
into Christian pla<' <'S of worship
to St'<' if thtrt' was hC'lp for them
thf'r(l. For th{' first time they h eard of
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this new
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religion. Mter. a
time, a memorable day came. Barna
Churn called on his way as usual at his
nephew's.-home and found his pouring
qver the Christian's book (Bible) with
great. joy. He greeted his uncle with
the words, have found the Truth.
I have got salvation. Mly heart is full
of peace and joy." Barna Churn could
see by his face that he had found out
the secret. So uncle and nephew sat
all through the evening and all through
the night reading that new Book, and
Barna Churn would not rise from his
Naz.ar.e-ne::.
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FROM THE FIELD.
We hope all of the Nazarene Messen-
ger family had a Merry Christmas,
we pray that ail of you may have 'a
Happy New Year. I am sure you will
if you "trust and obey" our Lord J esus
Christ, whose .life, death and resurrec-
tion make it possible, for us to have and
. enjoy all these good things.
. Wilm:lngton, Del.
. seat until he was convinced that Jesus On 1\fon.day night, P ecember 14th,
Christ was the only Savior for his sins. the writer had the privilege of meetin_g
He says, "My eyes were opened in the our pastor, Brother wallace, and his
right, and I also knew that pardon and good wife in their .home, and enjoyed
peace and joy were mine too.'' In the the evening service very much. The at-
morning he went home to tell his wife t en dance was good for the first night
and found her an apt scholar, and it was of the convention and the altar service
not long before they all decided to be was a time of great refreshing from
. baptized:- Barna Churn w_rote to his t he presence of the Lord. There is an
and to his wife 's family of their deci- opportunity f or a great wodc in \Vil-
sion and his wife 's father came to Cal- mington at this time if we can only
. -eutta in hast e 'Yith a very Clever Hindu take .advantage of it. Our pastor anrl
Guru to try and prevent such a castas- his wife sparing no degree of sac-
trophe. But it was no good. They had rifice or labor to hold this important
to r eturn disappointed, and the baptism point in our 'work, and I trttst that all
took place on the 21st of August, 1898. of our holy people will make-it a special
The Church of England Mission now of- subj ect of prayer, both for the workers
fered to train him as a preacher -ill and the work.
their college and he accepted their offer. Philadelphia . .
on one condition-that when his train- T
ing was oer they would him to : e _our. pastor, W. E. 1\_' ll!J.er,
a district where the .Gost)el had never oof m an afternoon a_nd
been -preached or, as he says,. where evenmg _meetmg December 15th!
''Jesus'' had never been pronounced. was a. time of blessed w_Ith
. H e was two y ears in college, but the the samts, and also . .a tune of puttmg
condition he ha<l made was not carried on strength from the Lord. . Several
out by the mission. So he left and took wer e at the the
up printing again and in his spare time meetmg. In the evemng _we
visited the villages around his home. spoke from the l:uge map, m
But as the printing press was forty to the Our work m this
miles away from his mission . work, he great IS gettmg a good. foothold,
f elt he could do very little. So he and for which . we sh?uld certamly take
his nephew prayed that some mission courage. and praise God and expect
should be l ed to that district and be great Our pastor suffer ed
willing to support him in order that he loss the of his
might live amongst the p eople and but. he IS Gods grace
vote all his time to them. The answer Is. suffi c1ent and ls

the battle
to this prayer came in July last when w1th the to have
we asked him to join our band for the constant ,vJC_tory a perma-
village work and he is now living at nent work m tlus City.
Jugli, about eight miles from his native Reading, Pa.
devote_d wife is him . On WednesdaY., vin company with
and his two _boys, and mne Brother M.iller, we went to Reading, .
of age, m m CalcuttA}" Pa. , where we found our pastor, John
nephew IS m high school m Dmc Wesley Lee, and District Superintend-
n:ond Harbour and helps m his spare ent G. H. Traumbauer pressing the bat-
time. w?rd about father. After tle against sin. Pastor Lee had ar-
Churns he was very ranged with our friends of the "Never
a?xious to see his father, but no.ne of . Sink Mission" to hold his convention
h<_>me l?eople would ha\'e with them. This seemed to be pleasing
?o w1th h1m; and threatened to kill h1m to our Lord, for we had a wonderful
If he went them. But o?e day he time in the Lord all day long. The
heard that father was dymg, so h.e morning service was given wholly to
went. to see If ?e w<;mld be allowed to prayer, and .oh, how .. the }Jord. did flood
him. On his. arrival at the door of the place and the people! Preaching
home, h1s rush.ed on and testimony and singing were the or-
lum 1? rage and h_urt him serwusly. der of the rest of 'the day and a part
He Will carry grave. of the night, closing up with a good
caused by the lllJUries received, for number of seekers, some of whom gave
J es.su sake.'' evidence of finding. Praise God. '' Onr
E. C. A vetoom. folks'' were much encouraged as they
[January 7:; 19()9

the Pentecostal -Churches of the
Nazarene. . Our pastor, Br_o. Lee; om
District Superintendent, Bro; Traum-
and the local church are having
an unusual hard battle to wage at this.
time in ... this city of over a hundred
thousand, but they expect the God of
battles is going to fight this battle
through to a. glorious victoiy. )3ro. Lee
was als? by Revs. Henry,.
walls, Miller and Rev. J . R. Chamber-
lin, the last named being pastor of the
Never Sink l\:Iission. Bro. Chamberlin
and his faithful band showed us every
courtesy, and, indeed, were so mueh
like "our folks" that I could not t ell
one from the other, for none of us ever
expect to sink into the pit, but rather :
we expect to be caught up with the
Lord at His coming and reign with Hi1n
forever. Don ' t forget to pray for
work and the workers at Reading. fot
they arc in special need at this time .
Patchogue, N.Y.
Thursday ni ght ,. December 17t h.
found me with Pastor Goldburg aud his
never-give-up band of holy saints. \Ve-
were much blessed of the Lord whil e
talking from Dr. Bresee 's book, Is. 40,
and from the Assembly map. The
saints also were blessed as they tracet1
the mighty onward march of our God
in the planting of holiness churches all
. over this great continent. Our pasto.t
and people are planning for a great
revival this winter anc1 earnestly solicit
the prayers of all the Lox:d 's saints.
Spring Valley, N. Y .
l<,riday night was a time of jubilee
with the few saints who were able to
meet at our church in Spring Valley.
Owing to an exceedingly heavy wiJH1
and the slippery walks only a few of
the members could get out, but our '
Lord was not slack concerning His '
promise, and met with us in such a
blessed way that those who vcntnrN1
out felt that they were well paid for
their effort to serve the Lord. .\ !-
though the congregation was small , tht _,-
made a large offering for the " spec in l
fund, " which i.s very enr onraging. Brn.
Marvin, our pastor, has his "'ork we' ll
in hand and is also plnnniilg for a
much greater r evival effort . and is
heartily backed by a hand of
holy saints, which assures vi ctory.
Shall we not share in this also by pray-
ing for it? .
Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.
Through a long standing invitatiou
of Rev . . A. F. 1\loseley, one of our Elc1-
ers, who is now Secretary of the Sol-
di ers Y :' M: C. A: work at Fort Wads-
worth, the writer was permitted to
preach holiness to some of our soldier
boys Saturday night, December 19th.
The dear Lord is specially using our
dear Bro. Moseley and wife among the
soldiers. Not a few have been con- .
. verted, some have been wholly- sancti-
fied, and several have joined our John
Wesley Church in Brooklyn, and at
least two of them are called of God to
January 7, i909]
.. 5 . "
- and in addition to his :at dawne_d ,and the smoke of the . ruins sermons were -JUicy, and
thc fort Bro'. Moseley and wife car- . cleared, the . whole family were very ous, sane, safe alld . temper_ed
. rying a successful missi<?n on : composed and resolved _to J?l"ess on. scriptural radicalism which, of
thdsland, which doubtless soon will be- Bro. Ingersoll had but God's people !liked, and which the
come a Pentecostal Nazarene Churcl).. on the building, and none on ,the_ stock; SpiPit used mightly to put pungent con-,
Bmely all of our readers_:will praise the his loss is heavy. It will viction on the people. This deep con-
J,ord for this good work..&..nd pray God .. be felt by our work also in the East, as viction lnarked ' the- sE!Uond prominenC
to coniinue to use our dear brother and he was supporting fiveyoung people in feature in the meeting. Sinners and be-
wife for the spread of holiness -in these our school, giving heavily to our Beulan -. lievers became sick as they reviewed
lands. I thank God for these faithful Christian, and standing by our mission-. the sins . of years, trembled under the
fti cnds. ary and special funds, all of which he frown of God, and looked into the eter-
. . . will have to stop, for a season at least. : nal pit toward which they were speed-
Bedford Ave. Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. Let us all unite in praying that' this fire ing, or as the ugly features of the "Old
We had a delightful service with our may prove to be "orie of the things Man" of sin were vividly portrayed by
Pastor Coldwell and his few" that work together for good to them !he preacher. Conviction produced the
Sunday mor:ning. The Lord was with who love God," not only to our broth- settlement of old grudges and dehts.'
us in a special manner while we sought er's family and church, but to our work Forgiveness was asked, lodges
t o magnify His grace, _. as we spoke to in general. H. F. Reynolds. . worldly adornment d.iscarded and
the people from the great Assembly .JI _,. .JI things in general straightened up. One
map and tried to show the needs of the lodge in the place had three corner-
foreign and home work and lay before FROM siSTER .CRIST. stones knocked out from under it, and
them the plans of the General Mission- Greeting for the New Y car in His it looks now as though the whole fra-
arr Board. The service closed with a name. 'Ve just closed a'verY precious .. ternal structure would go down in
offering for the "special meeting in Austin Tabe'rnacle, where ruins. .
fllllfl." to be paid later in the year, as Of courlbe, seekers could pray after
Jnost. of t he offerings for t he "special God set His own seal on the Word they had paid so nicely, and the way .
f
11
nr1 '' arc made. Bro. Coldwell, as.well preached and .sang Uin :the ,salvation the Lord took many of them through
as cmr other Brooklyn pastors, are hop- of many souls. Bless His 'dear name. was the third prominent feature. Shin-
in" in the near future to have a church \Ve were associated; as we will be dur- ing faces, over which ran tears_ of joy,

to worship and. work in. Here B d while -from the lips there sprang shouts
ing the wmter months, With ro. an
is ;mother chance for all of us to get of praise, mingled with the clapping
hl rsscd by praying for this church, and Sister James l\L Taylor of Knoxville, of hands in token of victory. Such
t I I<! people also. Amen. Tenn., in this meeting. God blest our scenes of holy delight upset some of the
labors together and we give Him glory. ''established'' folks and we heard them
Stamford. Conn. Bro. Cornell and some 25 or 30 happy .shout ".ifh the rest.
Snnday night, December 20th, will be Nazarenes came over one night and We say come again, Bro. 'Williams,
n night long to be remembered by our helped us shout thebattle on. 'Ve el'!- even though you do belon'g "to the
littl c'church, and especially by the pas- praise God for the precious sect called the Nazarenes." \Ve will
tor, our dear brother, S. C. Ingersoll, . ' ! Missionary Day" He gave us the be glad to welcome -):our return, l1e-
and fami ly. \Ve had a .blessed mission- bath following the closing of the meet- cause you are a )fethodist. at least in
service at t heir large hall, for the ing. The three main services of the doctrine. E. B. Fish, Pastor.
JJotd truly met with us and refreshed day were given to missions, and the
om souls. The opening service was one Lord graciously met with us-the
of unusual liberty in song and testi- Spirit came as "dew on new mown
mony, as conducted by the pastor, and grass," and hearts were melted.
the writer was specially helped in pre- Some eight or ten earnest souls knelt
set1ting the needs of our foreign and at the altar, testifying t_he call of God
home work, and in explaining the plans upon them for the foreign field. An
of the General Missionary -Board, and offering of over $400 was made for the
every one was triumphant at the pros- work in South America, West Indies
pcct of the forward movement of the and Africa. \Ve begin a meeting in
l\' ntccostal Nazarene Church, Bro. In- Granite City, --I.!.L,__.. January 3rd. and
gcrsol! being esp ecially triumphant and covet the prayers of God's f_or
expressing himself as planning to do . this meeting. Rose Potter Crist.
more for the Lord's work in the future .- .- .-
than C\;er before, if the Lord prospered
him. Being eQtertained at our pastor's
home; the reader can imagine the feel-
ing we had when we were awakaned
ahout 2 o'clock in the morning by a
rap at our door and a staten1ent that
" Onr mill is gone." A fire had con-
sumed Bro. Ingersoll's gtain and feed
mill and business. Being too sick to
attompany Bro. Ingersoll and son to
the scene of the fire, we prayed for
th<!lll who went and for the family that
they all might -have grace sufficient for
this trial as hy fire. :when Bro. Inger-
soll r eturned from the ruins I asked him
if "the anchor h eld" ; he said it did.
only was Bro. Ingersoll kept, hnt
Ins good wife, who had shared in their
l ife-long toiL.to goLa Httlc ahead, was
also able to say, "The will of the Lord
hr done, " and the young peopl e stood
the shock bravely; and as the day
:, JUDD VILLE, MICH.
\Ye have just closed an eight-day
meeting at this place in, the l\I. E.
Church with Evangelist L. l\Iilton vVil-
liams.
Bro. 'Williams preached to us sixteen
times, and although the time was sh.ort
and the sermons few, God has l eft,
through the work of his skilled servant.
. a mark in this community for straight
Bible holiness which will never be ef-
faced.
Sinners were conn' rtcd. bar ksliders
r eclaimed, believers ganctificd and
saints Pstahlishcd.
Three features of the meeting im-
pr('ssed mi1ch. Bro . . \Vi'lliams
is a preacher of the \Ym:d, and one who
"necdeth not to hr TTr is
natural , magnetic and Spirit-fillr11. His
KEENE, N. H.
God is blessing in our services at the
Bethany Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene. Probably fifty or sixty peo-
ple have been seekers at our altar with-
in the past y:.ear, but we are far from
We must see a genuine old-
. time sweeping revival that shall gather
a multitude into the Kingdom of Jesus.
Christ. For this we pray, toil, believe
and claim the victory.
It seems a human impossibility to get
the unsaved into the sen-ires in any
large numbers. yet slowlY and in small .
numbers they a're comin'g in, ' and .God
. is putting deep conYiction npon many
unsaved, while Christians are getting
under the burden for souls. \Ve hold
fast to the promise, "All things arc pos-
sible to him that bl"lieYc t1l." so we hold
to our persistent cr.', ''Keene for J e-
sus. " and believe the tidal wa,e is
near. Pray for ns and for Keene. N. H .
:Mary C. "r ooclbury, Pastor.
Two Helpful Tracts.
'WHY YOU SHOULD BE HOLY,"
AND '
" CHILDREN OF THE OLD MAN,"
Are words in season to the justified. Can be
had from the author, Rev. R. Pierce, 780
San Pedro St. , Los Angeles, Cal. :Prjce, 20o
per doz.; $1 per lOQ.
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.EDITORIAL
of . Calvary and the . Upper Cha'mb'er,
that we are 'indeed dead unto sin and.
alive unto .. God; of realization that
Christ rules and reigns in. us, and brings
us .on into all the privileges, duties and
possibilities of the New Year. Christ
t)le Sol). is f aithful in all His house, and
He will fill with fidelity all His ow11.

DQ WE SUCCEED?
. "Just to be t ender, just to be true,
Just to. be glad 'the whole thiy through,
Just t o be mer ciful, just to be mild,
Just to be trustful as -a child,
Just to be gentle and kind and sweet,
Just to be helpful with \villing feet,
Just to be . cheery when things go
WrOllO'
Just to sadness away with song,
'Whether the hour is dark or bright,
Just to be loyal to God and right,
Just t o believe that God knows hest,
Just in His promises ever to r est ,
Just to l et love be . our daily k ey,
That is God's . .will for you and me. ''
"Ye shall kiww ,them by their ftnits.
Do men gather grapes of thorns; or figs
THE NEW YEAR. of tliistles ? Even as every good tree
watch night is past. " \Vatchman, bringeth forth good frnit; but a cor-
what of the night ?, is answer ed, rupt. tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A
good tree cannot hring forth evil fruit.
''The morning cometh.'' .t\ns,ver ed by neither can a corrupt tree bring forth
the morning New -Year, and with . good fruit. Wher efore by their fruits
it,- the duties, anxieties and meeting ye shall know them. :
-of . obligations, _ together with all -Are we It may. be . w.ell
home . and church privil eges . and possi= with the beginning of the n ew year to .
bilities. It is a happy man or woman wait for an hour, and t ake- if not an
who can look back over the past year inventory-at l east a glance at stock.
and f eel, with cl earness of mind and \Ve are _preaching holiness; are we sue-
a quickened conscience, that in the ceeding_? And if we are, are we sue-
varied relations and positions, I have ceeding as well as we should ? Is the
done what I could. This cannot be capital put into our hands, arid in-
possible to all, but the consolation is, vest ed in tl{e business-or on hand
that to those who earnestly desire to wrapped up in a napkin-multiply._jJ,1g
be right ther e is fo1;giveness and grace; as it ought to do ? \V c are assnrc.d t1)nt
and that the new year brings new pos- in some ways, nn<l we hope in all ways,
sibilities. \Ve do not say that it is the the work of holiness is making r npid
ti'tne to make new: or __ even _ ach_ra11Ce. Not in recent years, and p er-
simply to determine to do better, but haps the mes.sage .of full
it is the tirrie to come into such r elation salvation so widely pnhlished, .and pro-
to God that our life shall be possessed f essedly so many definite for
and filled by Him, so that He shall live the experience of what John w esley
. His own life in uti, and thus with us it used , especially to call Perfect Love,
shall be "to live in Christ. " Unex- and Paul insisted that it was to be
pected will_ arise, unlfeard sanctified wholly or through and
of difficulties will l;>e met, unknown through. There are many evangelists,
ways must be trod, but as J esus lives pastors and teachers who are insisting
His life in us, in every condition it will on : For the perfecting of the
be well. Whatever that is peculiar or saints for the work of the ministry, for
extraordinary in difficuity or trial the e difying of the body of Christ. We
IDI:!-Y come, we are sure that the con- r ejoice to believe that much ' is .. being
stant everyday service to God, to .done; that even great things are being'
friends, to foes, to the church, to home, accomplished-the h eart of. the church
to business, will need that He shall is being somewhat stirred; evangelism
1
,
direct it is being inaugurated, .the general stan-
This is a day for renewed consecra- dard of piety is higher than it other-
tion, iJ. day of reckoning by the stars wise woul(l be, and a g9odly
' . .
number find the depths of redeeming- .
love, and Christ revealed within.
But in the last analysis of results,
which is Christian character, is there
that accomplished w.bich ought . to he 'I
.!,U.he Gosp_el which :we preach not o'nly
proposes the forgiveness of sins and
the implanting of the new hut the
r emoval of inherited sin with its 'tcritl-
encies to evil, ,vhh a cl ean heart .fill eel
with the pure love of 'God, where a
man by a holy nature loves and seeks
the good by the divine impulse in him,
where sin and its fruit is and
the life of the Spirit' abonnll s, bringing
forth His own fruit. It is di vii1cly em-
phasized to ns that "the frnit of the
Spirit is in all goodness and righteous-
'ne>ss and truth. " The Apost le is very
specific and says: '' The fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long
gentleness, goodness. fait.i1. meekness.
temperan ce." Aceordiug to t his gosp1 l,
hoi;.' people have ahmHlm cc of life an<l
walk in the. light of t he life whi eh is in
Christ.
\Yc are scarce presuming that t he
world would come to lmow of the ex-
cellency of the spirit of holy peopl e'.
The same blurred eyes whi ch saw a
deYil in Jesus are likely to SeC him in.
those who arc like Him, nml those "ho
declared such things about Hrin aqJ
likeiy to say unhandsome things abont
His own. But those who come in close
contact with them are likely to sec as
the -Sanliedrin did in P et er and. ,John
that they had been with Christ an1l
learned of Him, and those who ha \c
spiritual discernment will know that
their robes smell of the perfmtJC of the
inner temple. . _,
\Ye r ecognize also that " human 11<1
turc is a poor thing," and that at the
very best there are in all pl a< cs mnny
failures. nut' ,\,lien an t hi1igs mc takl'n
into a.cconnt , is ther e suC' h general .
transformation of character as tlH'rC
should be ? The early church
from the world the exclamation: "How
these Christians love one '' and
men wer e driven to r ecognize thci
boundless fidelity even amid the
martyr fires. Do rugged honesty aml
fidelity and devotion as clearly 1iwrk
the holiness people as they should ?
That they can be trusted wit}wut limit
with your fortlme or your r eputation ?
That they will not betray the interests
to them? That they are sure
to fulfil the law of love ? they
are the soul of truth axid will. not claim
divine g_uidance to c<;>ver up -their own
_selfish 1 t}leY: coll1e _into
Jariuary7; 1909)
. ... . . . .. .
the standing grace where they rejoice
even in tribulation, and not falling .
down every other day? : Are the lips
cleansed from . perverseness and the
t ongue.from backbiting? Is the mouth
;Nazcire1ie
his burdens. One by. one the heroes
ascend. to God; the mournerS go a. bout
the streets, but God will carry on His
work.
..IC ..IC .II
MORE HEAT .
The people of the First Church of
Los Angeles are fixing up in the
church this week. Among . other
things they are installing additional
tl
Notes and Personals
All-day meeting today at Pasadena
Church. Go over and help
. The new Maimal is now Send
in your orders t o the N Publish:
ing Co. , 730 San Pedro St., Los Angeles, _
Cal.
. washed from fal_sehood and the ,worqs
fill eel with truth and love 1. To be a
holiness ' man, is it synonymous with
hmwsty, truthfulness, trustworthiness,
reliability, fidelity and unselfishness,
t ogether with earnestness and . con-
stancy in devotion and service.? . While .
we are not pessimistic, and are.- thank-
fnl for what has been and is being
(l one, we are painfully impressed in
th<'se days that we are not getting al-
furnace or _heating capacity, as the Rev. C. E. Cornell his aggressive
furnaces have :not been able this unu- . . Church are in the midst of a r evival,
sually to throw heat with. Rev. Will Huff leading on the ..
enough .to make the large audience- . hosts. \Ve anticipate a great meeting,
room comfortable. The, coldest wea- with gl orious
ther for the season is probably past;
but the friends are. determined to
have it comfortable, . whatever the
weather may be.
. together . what declares t he experience
ns fully as we shonld. Are we in dan-
g"'' of beii1g indi ct ed for not deliver -
ing t he goods 1
w hile we rej oice in the staunch, ro-
bnsf, holy char act ers whi ch been
produced and are among us, ,\,e rejoice
"i th trembling, and earnestly pray that
"e may be enlar ged.
..IC .JJS .II
OKLAHOMA DISTRICT.
Since my work began on the district
God has given us signal . victory in
real revivals. I have been at work
visiting and stirring up our churches
to active work, and securing pastors
for churches without one. Several
REV. CHARLES B. WARD. new churches have been organized
The news comes by cable of the and pastors secured for them. Pas-
death of this great man and mission- tors have coine to us from the United
ary, who died December 16 at Brethren, the Evangelicaf Church,
aban, India; For thirty-one years he the Free Methodists, theM. C. Church,
. has been. -a missionary to that couhtry, and the M. E. Church, South. How
where God has greatly blessed his toil Jesus' prayer is being answered! ALL
and enabled him to build up a large A r
ONE. men.
work, with thousands of converts and We have visited Durant, Coalgate,
many workers. Zion's Herald says, Chandler, Castle, Henrietta, Weleetka
"Under his direction large Christian and Wanette thus far, and are now at
. communities bave grown up in the Duncan. Our people are poor, most
regions centering in Jugdalpur, Sur- of them new comers in this pioneer
onchu and Yellandu, and valuable country, and are not able to build
properties have been built up, mostly churches. We have. a nice church at
as the result of special gifts. He Weleetka, Okla. , that cost about $700,
leaves a widow in India, .. and "two sons that is about to be sold. for a $385
who are students at Syracuse Univer- debt. Many of the members of this
Sl.t .. y." d h
church have moved away, an t ose
It well know;p .. J.hat . while Bro.. . who are left are very poor. But Bro.
Ward was connected with the Method- ' c. c. Chuck is in a revival there now.
ist Church, this great mission in Cen- Pray for this place, a nice new town
tral India has been . supported and of 2000 population, but a wild place.
provided for mostly by "the offerings I go to Kansas next to visit.' the work
"of the Holiness people of this country, there, but as car-fare must be paid, I
his work being along this line. , get around as fast as I would
like to, but must. hold meetings to pay
He was greatly in sympathy with expenses. This is a real missionary
the Pentecostal Church of the Nazar- district, with large possibilities for
rene, offered to help us in any way future work if we only had means to
possible in that country, and thought push it. Brethren, pray for this
it might he possible that in SOmP way needy field.
h
... C. B: JERNIGAN, Dist. Supt.
is own life-work might be yet allied Pilot Point, Texas.
or joined to it, so as to have its future
continue to be more especially given ..;a "" ""
to full salvation work. . . Dr. P. F. Bresee will preach at the
His death brings great sorrow to Taber.nacle, corner Wall and Sixth
many hearts who have long and streets, next Sabbath, at'll a.m.,
prayed for him and helped to share Rev. J. R. Goodwin at night.
wc profess the very hi ghest
grace, we ought to ...
of t he very lowest lost. The Rescue
1\f.issi on should he a well-known insti-
tntion in our work.
HeY. \V. C. \Yilson of Long Beach,
Cal. , informs us that thei r special meet- .
ings have start ed out well and they .'
will continue indefinit ely ,at 2 ::30 and
7 :15 each day.
Bud Robinson has just closed a meet-
ing at Portales, X. )I. , with sah-at ion
" lmec deep. " He is now in speeial ser-
"ith our Ut iea AYenne Church in
:\f. Y .. and we pray the Lord
t o him a blessing to the .
Bro. Culbertson. writing from
tain Home. Idaho, writes: '' \Ye find
the inter est in our meetings incr easing
and the outlook brighter . Evangelist
H . . J. Eli ot t of P ortland will begin a
sf' ri C's of reYivnl lll C'C' tings on .January
8th. "
Onr C' nerget ie Distri (t Super intend-
C' nts of the Southland-SC' ott, J ernigan
allll Fisher-with others, arc bringing
things t o pass on thC' ir respective
trids. with r C' Yi\al fires burning and
some ne" churches organized.
Bro . . J. B. ("r C' ighton, pf S orth Yak- .
.. \\-asTJ. . . that Sister-
. Phebe . Epperson will in the paf?-
t orat e of the C' hnreh at that place for
an illll l'finit e period. whil e he giYC' s his
t inie to the lllllll\" ralls which are coin-
ing t o him fron{ adjacent fields . . ;
The following persons . united w_ith
the First Church, Los Angeles, at the
morning service on last : Bio.
and Sist er Johnson. by letter ; Mrs. Di-
ana :Mowbray. Cal. ; Miss
Hatt ie. 636 Ruth Ave., Los Angeles;
:Mr. T. L. Spellman and Sarah J.
Spellman. 817 Francisco Colirt , Los An-
geles; l\Irs. J ane ;Frank, 1459. E. 42d
St.; .James L. Himrod, 1459 E; 42d St.
8 [J atiuary .7; 1909"
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Lfls Angeles . and Vicinity.
AT THE TABERNACLE
The first Sabbath of the New Year
at the First Church wasfull of bless-
ing, The. day was perfect without,
and a' gooa audience waited before the
Lord in newness of hope for the days
STREET M_EETiN:G. Brother and Sister Irick arl'ive. ."we
. .A"gain it is our priyilege to report want "you to know that" we are having .
anotller tl.'i.umphant vjcto'ry for our the best times of our lives, and are go-
- ing on into the new year with a shout
str.eet As ban- of triumph that will wake up the dead.
ner of righteousness directly m the Come with us when you can and help
enemy's territoiy it isn't surprising . -push on this battle for the Lord.
that he steadfastlv resists and inter- The servi'ces at Nadeau Station con-
feres with wo;k as far' as possible. tinue every night in "the Mission
B.ut the interruption Sabbath evening on Elm street. Brother LaFontauw
only added a stimulus to the faitl'i of on Sabbath .. O_n,e
our little band, and by our united lad;y was at the seekmg
strong pleading to God soon had tile catiOn. Brother Wilcox and his
to come. Dr. Bresee preached . . He .
read St. John .1:4-9, his theme being,
A Witness to the Lifei.n Christ. After
a brief discussion -of life as known
from its various manifestations, and
of the life in Christ which was not of
this wotld, but came do"wn from hea-
Word which was made flesh
-he presented John's testimony: 1st,
to the essential-deity of that life-bare
record that this is the Son of God;
2nd, to its atoning character; 3rd, to
its sanctifying power; 4th, to its
standards of law and its revelations .
of and of John's relationship
to. that life enabling him to be a Wit-
ness. Nine persons were received into
the Church, and one man was sancti-
. drunken man (who for a time took ful band ?pen every mght,
possession of our cir cl e) on his knees. and the Lord IS present to bless . and
And as we, with one accord, fell on our save.
faces before God in his behalf it brought
fied wholly. .
The service was given up
to the Sacrament of the Lord's Sup-
per. After all bad partaken, as the
multitude gathered around the great ..
altar as near as pbssible, and oong
'.'1 will s ing you a song of toot beautiful
. . land,''
and then those pressed toward the
center, with their praises, who jelt
that eveA the innumerable company
around the throne should not pxevent
them from praising to His feet and.
casting their cro.wns before Him, the
fire fell, souls pressed to the altar and
swept into the fountain of life.
Bro. Goodwin brought the message of
the evening from Phil. 3 :13-14. After
showing how the text was no objection
to Christion perfection, he said that it
was a view of one at his b.est for God.
If we ar.e to _be at our best, we cannot
trust in natural attainments, or even
in Spiritual attainments. At our best
the supreme desjre will be to know
Christ and the power of His resurrec-
tion, willing to take the sufferings. If
we fulfill t he Divine expectation we
must cut ourself away from past ideals,
a nd press to the work which is ever be-
yond ps. Reaching and pi:essing
expressions which mdicate intensity
of .. soul. or sluggishness
:are . nevet= known to those who. are at
their best. The message was an intense
plea for an aggressive Christian experi-
ence. . A number expr essed their desire
for the sanctified life, and two were
blessed at the altar . A lar ge company
came aroimd the altar expressing t heir
desire to be at their best this coming
year .
At the monthly missionary meeting
of Co. B, Bro. Gay gave
1
a stirring mes-
sage. He delt especially on the possi-
bilities of prayer; ,vhat has been ae-
. complislted, and .. ' what his faith is ex-
pecting. He exhorted Co. E to unite
with l1im in the coming
:mel hring things t-o pass in the foreign
lanl1s.
such a wave of spell-bound conviction
on the large company of hardened sin-
ners as we have scarce ever witnessed
before. And after praying, and talk-
ing, and singing for an hour arid a half,
many of t hem seemed loath to depart,
while several of their faces were after-
wards seen in the congregation at the
church.
For an of which -\ve give God
glor y and ask for greater things.
Mrs. M. J . Smoot.

'ELYSIAN HEIGHTS.
The Christmas exercises of the Stm-
day School wer e held on Wednesday
eve, December 23rd. The exercises were
mostly by the younger members, but
all had a part, and eve1wthing. passed.
off pleasantly. ..
Bro. and Sister L. A. Sprowl, who
haYe been absent from us for about two
years, have r etur1;1ed to their home in
Edendale, and expect to stay. He
brought the message to us on Sunday
morning, in the fullness of the spirit.
We are all glad to have them with us
once more. The work of the Lord is
moving on. H. N. E.
GRAND A VENUE CHURCH.
The revival is on in good earnest at
the Grand A venue Church. A full tide
, \rith salvation and seekers at all ser-
vices is flowing, . and victory is in the
hearts of the people. The first watch-
night service vtas full of glory and fire,
with a good attendance. Last Sabbath
Brother LaF'ontaine preached at both
morning and evening services from
Hab. 2 :3, '' 0 Lord, . revive thy work in
the midst of the year. '' The Lord
blessed t h e messages, and peopl e heard
the word gladly, nnd a number of'new
seekers were at -both altar services.
We are k eeping out. of the Book of
and staying with the Book of
Genesis, or the Book of Beginnings, t ill
the Holy puts n holy r evival into
every heart that will
1
burn high unto
heaven. .
\Vn menn lnt_siness, and 1he Lord is
putting His s.cul upon this work. Ser-
vices are held every night, except Sat-
urday, all this month. Brother LaFon-
tninc will preach each evening until

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PASADENA, CAL.
\Ve are praising God for victory.
Our .. faith is in one who tiev.er .. lost a
battl e. In the morning Bro. Walker
spoke on . t he minor things connectcd
with Pentecost. One little girl was
saved in the Junior League service. At
night Rev. D. D. Benedict brought the
message from Rom. 12 :1. He said:
''Ther e is no doctrine so often misun-
derstood and misquoted as the doctrine
of Holiness.'' While not a member of
this otganization, Bro. Benedict ex-
pressed his determination to preach
scriptural holiness wherever the Lord .
should place him in his vineyard.
Alma Orrin:
.JC .JC .JC
ALL--DAY-AT PASADENA.
Our church in Pasadena, corner of
Fair Oaks avenue and Mary street, just
opposite the Pacific Electric car barn,
will hold an all-day meeting today;
Thursday, January 7th. Dr. P. F . Bre-
see and others will preach. Everybody
invited. Come over and spend a blessed
day with us.
Edward F . Walker, Pastor.
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STEVINSON, CAL.
As 1. am one of them, I thought I
would write a little piece concerning .
my new earthly home. Just previous
to "leaving Oakland the Lord made me
willing to come here. I told the dear
. .ones there the Lord was pleading with
me to go, but I could not .understand
why He wanted a dry stick like me (as
I thoil.ght), but soon afteJ.h. l came I .
began to r ealize for what purpose he
brought me here. Brother White was
h er e dping as best he could under the
circumstances. So many denomina-
tions and prejudices ; so many profess-
ing not poss.essing, the battle has been
hard, but by on and lieeping
close to Him in prayer "\Ve have been
able to conquer. Some few have
claimed sanctification, for which we
give God all the praise, and more arc
on t he up-grade for a better experience .
\Ve nrc believing and expecting a banc1
of Holy Ghost people right here in the
colony. 1 Hallelujah! Since I arrived
we organized a cottage prayer meeting-.
which is getting real interesting. Had
January.J; l990l
Nazarene MeBBi:nget'
a splendid Iiu!t Thursday even- .. cleanses me now from sin.
lng . one was reclaimed, and thil.t of my Him.,, . . .
household; thank God! . Our meet- We have just closed a iblessed revival
ings are being held iJ?. uns_a've_d in our M. E. Church under the lea"der-
and glad to . say they are mtensely. m- ship of Sister Rose Potter Crist and
terested and I claim every one for James Reid. Colb! is on the up grade.
vV c earnestly request that the Samts
pray everywhere for us here. I am be-
lieving that G.od has a here, an_d
we mu.st pray that Go.d will throw His
true light upon their pathway . and
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. SANDSTONE, MINN.
bring them .
-Mrs. S. E. Bells.
'PodaY. finds us jn the snow Min-
nesota, sixty miles from Duluth Har-
bor, Lake. Superior, in a town of 2000,
with seven churches and seven saloons,
.$ . .$ .$ with Rev .. J. A. Johnson of the First.
ESTES, N. D. Presbyterian Church. Bro. Johnson
1 love the Messenger for the clear has just got the experience of entire
antl cl ean truth it teaches, and my sanctification and his people are hungr.y
I
)t'a.rer is that it inay be a power in this for the second work of Grace, and the
h altar has been .full and many have got
world for the upbnilding of t e pure into t he Promised Blessing. We have
un;ttl ulterated truth. preached only the Second Work of
1 anr so glad God, th"1'ough_ His Grace, as that seems to be what the
pto,idencc, permitted me _last church needs, and sinners have been
to know that there was lD existence converted. .
such a church as the Nazarene Chux:ch, ,. \Ve are having a very blessed meet-
alt hough I traveled_ s_ome hundred in"' and find the Presbyterians want
to fin d it. On a VISit to my mother m to "'get sanctified. God is 'very precious
K<!wanee, Ill., I first heard of and at- to us ; His Blood cleanseth now from
t<Jtdcd the of the all sin. Our prayer is that this will
Nazarene. I found m It the church be the greatest year of the history of
and peopl e t hat I had. for yea.rs b.ecn the P entecostal Church of t he Nazarene.
'-tishing to.find; for which I prmse. God. J ." A. Dooley and wife.
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tide is rapidly rising, and our faith
takes hold on God for an old-time,
:Pentecostal awakening in our midst.
The people are blessedly united in the
work, and all points . to sure 'v.ictory.
Amen! E. M. HUTCHENS, Pastor .
.JIJ .JIJ . .JIJ
VERNON, CAL.
Sunday, Jan. 3rd, came rolling in on.
schedule time, freighted with good
things for the Vernon Church. It
was Communion Day and the morning
service was blessed. All present en-
tered into the _spirit of the hour and
we are refreshed and bound together
in the ocean of Divine love. The
evening. service closed with a good
altar service and six seekers. We.ar.e
expecting and believing for the best
year of our life. c. B. L.
.$ .JIJ
STOCKHOLDERS' ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Stock-
holders of the Nazarene Publishing
Company will be held at the Publish- .
ing House, 730 San Pedro St. , Tues-
day, Jan. 19, at 7: 30 p. m.
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ASSEMBLY MINUTES.
-I "find that the Nazarene Church .Is not
a Ua it\ to t each and practice the true IC' IC' IC'
Rihl c and \Vcslcyan doctrine. I am so LONG BEACH,
thankful that it fills a long-felt want
in the hearts of some -peop}Jl.
1 am the only Nazar.ene by name in
t his wild range country, but I am
plPascd to know that been
a :\azarene Church orgamzed m North
Our special meetings continue. A
number of seekers at the altar, and a
few have found what they sought.
Meetings continue in the afternoon at
2:30, and at 7: 15 in the-evening.
Only a few pastors have ordered
Minutes. The present order will not
pay half the of printing. -
Send in your orders at once. Make .
them as large as possible.
Dakota. if not very near me.
The Thanksgiving Messenger re-
<'<i n d it is full of good things. I
thnnk for the extra copy. which I
will place in good hands. May God
bl rss t he holiness cause is the prayer
of one who lOV('S the truth and covets
the pra yers of God's people.
Anna D. l\fason.
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B.ARLOW, OREGON.
I haven't sent yon my hstimony
si ncc I l eft Compton Ave. Chitrch in
Los ,\ngel es 'and came to Oregon.
1 nm sti"ll saved and sanctified. Rev.
n. J. Eliott, a Nazarene CYangelist of .
Pmtland, is holding a r evival 11H'f'ting
at Rnrlow. Yesterday there were ten
souls seeking the blessing of sanctinca-
tion. and most all claimecl.. to get the
dPsite of their hearts. Pray for me; I
am going all the way. ,
Mrs. Myra Kcebaugh.
.$ .ll
COLBY, KANSAS.
1 jt1st want to testify,.that I have been
g<' t ting the Messenger nearly. two years,
and I like it very much, believe with all
my heart whitt it advocates. the blessed
and experience of entire sanc-
ti fication, and t4e spirit in which it is
all said. Personally want to say to
th!J. glory of God, that Jesus' blood
W. C. Pastor.
ONTARIO, CAL.
Dr. E. F. Walker is with us for a
two weeks' meeting. The dear Lord
did most graciously pour out His Spirit
upon the people during the week past,
the attendance increasing from night
to night. Wonderfully indeed did
Bro. Walker pour out the truth. Great
conviction is upon the p eot)le . Several
have already gotten the victory. The
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MOTTO- .. HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD."
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' PRINCIPAL, LEORA MARIS.' AssOCIATE PRINCIPAL, BESS S. WOOD. .

COLLEGE NOTES.

Only a short time now untii February
8th, the openi1ig of the semester
of the present College year. Already
visions of reviews and examinations
begin to haunt t he minds of the stu-
dents, . but as most earnest work has
b een done during the entire term, the
regular semi-annual tests are not to be
feared as in some schools where worldly
pleasures .tax the time of the students.
planning to enter Col-
l ege at the, opening of the new semes-
t er, February 8th, are urged, if pos-
sible, to arrange to come two weeks
earlier, in order to become some:what
acquainted with the first t erm's work,
by studying the review lessons
the classes for one week , and by search-
ing for the answers to the examination
questions during the last week. By
doing this work for two week s. n ew
students would find it of untold value
t o them, as they begin the work of
the second semester with the regular
classes. But if they are not able to
arrange to enter until F ebruary 8th
they will always find students, teachers
and principals r eady and anxious to
give them all assistan ce possible. and
make everything easy, pleasant and
homelike.
How our hearts were gladdened last
:Monday 1iwrning to greet again our
d ear Bro. Sprowl, who was so "\vonder-
fully sanctified in the class room, al-
most two years ago. Although he and
his wife have been holding up the Ban-
n er of Holiness amid persecutions, he
r eturned in '.'the fullness of the bless-
ing of the Gospel of Christ,'' and his
testimony was full of the fire and glory
of God. We hope to greet Sister Sprowl
n ext week.
At the Students' P.reaching Service
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock one soul
prayed clear through, and the Holy
Spirit witnessed definitely and clearly
that the work was done, while anoth'er
continued in prayer with some of the
students all the afternoon, and re-
turned the next clay to pray, and after
au all-clay siege, toward evening all
was given to God, and p eace and joy
abounded.
Dear Sister Franklin, mother of our
loved students, Bros. Benj. and Geo.
Franklin, and her littte church at Plain-
view, \Yash. , will never know how we
''thanked God and took courage'' when
w e l earned of their loYing interest and
prayers, whieh prompted them to send
$5 to h elp ligJ1Len the finaneial burden
of t he College, and later , " :hen extra
h eaYy fuel bills in, and we spread
our ''needs'' b efor e the L6rd, cl ear Bro.
and Sister \Vm. Brewer,. our students
from Plainville, Ind., gave $3 of their
tithe money to assist, and one of our
music teachers gave 50 eents to help
l ift the load. God bless them all.
It is very preeious, at family wor-
ship, to hear the "College Family"
r emember in most earnest prayer all
our ''Precious Praying and Paying
Friends. '' I
REST COTTAGE, PILOT .Pf>lNT, of imitation and would help the cause
To our Nazarene brethren who are of-God -if folloW'ed up by others. God
scattered abroad, greeting in the name has been with the inmates of the home,
and whole .l\fother vVood, our matron,
of the Christ Child. \Ve thought at has gone away for a few weeks of rest,
this season, ,\,hen your hearts were Sister Belle is in charge of the lwine;
filled with joy and a spirit of peace and Belle' is a redeemed girl and proves
good will, that you would r ejoice with God's power to save and ;k eep. The
US over some of the good thin.,O'S the father Of Orle of OUr girls came to visit
h er not long 'sinee in the home, and
Lord is doing for us. \Ve <>are con- when h e arriYed h e .. got under sneh aw-
vinced more and more that r eseue work ful coNYi ction that h e went clown imd
is the el eventh-hour call, the last call paid t h e pri ce, and God " ;onderfnlly
to the King 's supper, nnd our hearts saYed him. 'l'here was rejoicing in the
are encouraged to go on. \Ve haYe had home that ni ght.
much t o encourage us of lntg... Our Christmas Day was a day of rejoic-
needs .,haYe b een suppli ed nnd our girls ing all day. Onr hearts wer e melted
have all found the Lord precious to as we listened to Bro. Roherts tell of
their souls. some of God's denli11gs with us. 'i.'he
We have news of one dear woman girls shouted and cried and rejoiced
of means who has r emembered Rest over the Lord's goodn in bringing
Cottage in her will. HaYe al- ; ont of th.e depth s of sin to the
so had a letter from the superintend- ' lw1ghts of holmess. We are mdeed
cnt of a Snndny School in l\I ena. Ark.. . 1hmlldnl to the many friends who have
" ' ith a n offering for tl1c "ork h er e. He stoo<l hy ns and helpcc1 ns , with their
stated t hnt h is sehool hncl s<'t apart a nnd mPnns mH1 mnde t h is work
day in ench month to haye a r egular nnd we a thousand bless-
offering for the Rescu e \ York Bot.h mp:s on yon nndyours.
his example a nd our sister's nre worthy l\Tary .J. Kilgore.
[January ,7, . 1909
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DO YOU WANT WANT A TENT ..
.MEETING?
I will l;tave a large new tent for next
summer, with seating .capacity of about
500, and am now arranging dates and
places for meetings. . Any church or
association that w.ould like to arrange .
with me for a tent meeting for next
sum,mer will please do so soon,. as the
dates are being taken. _
I charge no rent for use of tent and
can go most anywhere in the eastern
and central states to ''Preach and Sing
Holiness,'' for that is our only busi-
ness. The tent work will begin about
June 1st.
I am an ordained elder and author-
ized evangelist in the Pentecostal
Church of the Nazarene and would be.
glad . to arrange with some . <;>f our
churches for either winter or
m.eetings. . """
The dear Lord is giving gracious "Vic-
tory in our humble efforts for Him and
is k eeping our souls in tune .with h eaven
and on fire for a lost world.
C. A. Imhoff, Evangelist.
Home address, Clarion, Pa.
,JC ,JC
" Love suffereth long (all . the year)
and is kind' ' at the end of it. Be sure
you get this kind.
Are you at p eace with everybody and
everything, except sin, as the New l'
. opens?
"God is with us" to do extraordinary
things for us spiritually. It is an ex-
traordinary thing to hope to be saved
every moment of the day, and ever y
day of the year. That is: it is an ex-
traordinary thing to expect a "level-
headed,'' clean-tongued and loving-
hearted goodness three hundred and
sixty-five days of the year. But, "God
is with us." This is Christ.mas, the
' Christmas of a full .salvation all the
year.-Seleeted . .

OR
Some of God's Pictures of
the Carnal Mind.
BY L. MILTON WILLIAMS
With Portrait and Introduction
BY REV. A. M. HILLS.
This is a volume pages packed full of
. striking lessons from the life of Jacob, writ
ten in the clear and direct style of this emi-
nent Evangelist.
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Our Y oU.ng People :
GOD'S LAMPS.
what atc t he stars, mamma,
'l'hc little stms so bright;
_,\ n : t hey tiny l alllps God hangs out
Up iu t he sky each mght 1
.Does he sclltl a li t tl e angel round
'l'o li ght up ovcr_h cad,
So that the baby b1rds, mamma,
Can sec to go t o bed ?
- Annie Horton Young.
JJC
HOW EDDIE PREACHED.
" \\"hen I get big <!nough I'm going
to he a preacher, " said Eddie one day . .
" \ Vhat is a preacher ?" saill granclma.
1-:ddit: looked surprised ..
"Dou 't you know what a prcaehcr
is? ,\ JH' each( t is a man t hat tells pco-
pl what t he Bihl c lllCII!Js. Aml he says,
" l' hinll y, my brcthtcn,' and everybody
li sl r rs to him. lt's nice to ha\' c peopl e
li slrJ to yon."
U I'<IIHlma smiled.
' .l t.h ink you arc big enough to
pr; wh no\\,' ' she said.
' f(t;d l,l and truly. gtandma ?" asked
th littl e hoy C'agcrly.
" Yts. rcnlly a nd t ruly."
I. r 'm 'frai tl not., " sa icl Edd ic, after
a 1"< \1 ll!i nutes of thought, "or I'd k now
ho11". antl I don't."
WhHt tfocs t he pi'Cach er do
ask<d gmndma.
' l r,. 1akcs a .t<xt, and t hen he
'spla ins it. [ can 't clo that. "
"0. yes, can. " snid grnndma.
' lfr c is a go<Hl text for you t o expla in :
' .f;,. ,.,. kind one to anothc>r.' "
' ;l'hPre 's ri'othin g to 'splain 'bout
t.ha t." sn itl Eddi e. "Yon just he kind
1n t' l"t'I',Vho(ly, and that's all there is of
it..' '
".\ I!Ootl text. though. for my li ttlt!
Jll'<'<lllwr 's first sc>rrnon. I should l ike
1n lral'f him pre<H h from it for a week. "
'' l'rpaeh a WPl'k ? \VIiy. grandma, I
an '!."
('a 11 't yon lw k intl t o C\' Crylwdy yon
llll' <'t i'or one wc>c>k ?"
Eddi e l ookc<l thoughtful.
" Would that be preaching?" lw
nskpr].
" ft would, t he very best. kind. A
preacher has to preach in that
11n.1, or people will not listen to whac:
Ill' says in the pulpit."
said Eddie._ with a sigh,. "!
suppose I can try; but I wasn't think-
ing ' hout t hat kind of preaching. "
"You'll. be showing everybody wha t
th nt verse in the Bible means, you
know," said grnudma.
"It's not kind to the teacher to
whisper in school , " said Eddie, the
nr xt day, and h e did not whisper once ..
"It's not kind. to Bridget to play
nlong the road and keep my dinner
. wniting, either," and he hurried home
from school. .
"It's not being kind to mamma when
I don't. do errands promptly,'' he said ;
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Nazarene Mess.enger.
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an(l' he -did (pijddy aild well-
he was hi.d. . . .
Every day aud <tll day he thought
about what was kind, and tried -to do it.
'l'he encl" of the week came.
" !I ow do you I ike prcachi ng 1" asked
granclma. .. .
" \ Vhy, [ like it; but, gtandma, I
gncss everybody must have been
IH;c_aehin g 'bout that text, for every-
body has bcwu s0 kind to me!. ".:.._'l'.hc
l\1ayl'lower. .
..';C ..';C
A LITTLE MISSIONAHY.
A li ttle girl \\' ns mtieh affected hy the
sermon one Bunday morning. a ncl on
her tetmrl hor ue . Q<un Pstly en1rca ted :
her ni othcr to a ceomj-1any her. to the
ehapcl in the ev<: ning to hem t he min-
ister talk ahont Christ. 'l'hc mother
a t last consented. 'l'hc t ext y.-as, " I am
not asharnctl of the Gospel of ( ' Jnist
fot it is the JHl \l'< t of God unto s;rlnt-
tion." 'rhc wo! nan \\'as scJiouF;lv im-
pr(sscd hy t lw \\' ol'(l of God. mu.l \\as
l ed to CaJ' Il('Stly seek salvation, a ntl oh-
tainr._d by .fa it h in Christ. 'fhr.
wife now,. naturall,\, became a nxious
for the sal vation of h( r hushand, and
him to atterHl th(! r. hapcl.
fn a li ttle whil e he too bcli cYcd. nnd
110\\' hot h parct ns ar(! gtat<'fttl for t he
c:hild who first Jed them t o hear t he
gospel of salva1 iorH-Sclccted.
BEHOLD THE SABBATH:-SCHOOL DAYS.
Look on the children and think of t he
judgment. The little ones have com-
menced to build characters for two
worlds. l\Iay the Lord help us to lend
them a helping hand nnd to prepare for
the judgment day. they together
with us \Vho arc older, r emember our
mother s
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prnyers and Christ's words,
'"' \Vi t hout me ye can do nothing. " Our ,.
nat ion's best. is t he mother who
trains her child in . t he way it s hould
go, and teaches it t o pray.
' 'And through this toilsome world, alas!
Once nnd only once we pass.
If a kindness we may show,
Or a good deed we may do
To our suffering fellow man,
Let us do it while we can;
Nor delay it, for 'tis plain
We shall not pass this way again.
Oh, the good we all may do
While the"'days are going by."
''As we sow,. so shall we r eap.''
Then let us be f earful of the little
sins. The tongue is a little member, yet
it can fill the universe with weal or -with
woe, with sunshine or gloom.
''If any man among you seem to be
r eligious, and bridleth not his tongue,
but deceiveth his own heart , this man's
r eligion is vain." .
"For whosoever shall give you a cup
of water to drink in . my name, because
ye belong to , Clirist, verily I say unto
you, he shall not lose his reward. ''
God uses the small things of life. A
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baby's cry touched. the .heart of Phar-
oa_h 's daughter and thus l\Ioses -was
saved for a 1eader for Israel. Many of
us hear cries -of need, but close our ears
and pass by unheeding.
A star is a very li t tle t hing seeming-
ly, but it .can hoid this great- in
its arms. A smile is such a small thmg,
still it is wort h millions, and it does not
cost a eeriE So let' ns smile we go
along life's pathway, for we shall no.t
pas's this way aga'in. r ... ife is
of little things, but life is no little thing.
Let us illust rate the value of . a little
thing: A penny put out at inter est dur-
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today be so great t hat one could buy
out the Globe. -Finall y, be of good
cheer , don't worry, for worry kills more
people than. Keep sweet, scatter
sunshine ; " and if you would not be
for gottci1. as .. soon as you are dead,
r ither write things worth r eading, or do
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HOLINESS.
In speaking _of Bible holiness one
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abused on earth.. Incarnated -it -walked
the eartl.t thirty-thre years and is still
having the. sa1i1e experience that the
Son of God had. Like Him, criticised,
opposed from the start, p ersecuted to
strange cities, watched, held . in sus-
picion, opposed by argum.ent, sophistry,
ridicule, jest and misrepresented, Ill-
suited, vilified, misunderstood by
fri ends and 'erfemies; accused as the
enemy of the Church of Eod; opposed
by those it .seeks to help; attended by
its -fearful Nicodemus, fickle . Peter,
doubting Thomas and treacherous
Judas. F.or a time it is popular and
tha people cry, Hosanna; and then i.t
is unpopular because it nevPr r.,)mpro-
mises.
"Then it_s trials begin. It ha<; its
Gethsemane and Calvary. It is put to
death by those who ought to know
ter. It is buried and the stone rolled
to the door of the tomb and every pre-
caution is made to keep it buri ed. But
it has its r esurrect ion in spite of every-
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each time it comes forth, it is mighti er
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or Book on holiness. Holiness is a great
thing for . sinners, just as money is a
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great thing for beggars. They may go
hungry, but they need not. Sinners
with a 'Bible and a Savior and a Sanc-
tifier, may ho unholy, but they need
not. The Bible t ells how God created
the first man holy, h11t commanded him
to keep it. How by disobedience m:f,tn
lost holiness, and how God at once put
in. operation the plan to. r edeem him .
bae: k to ho1ino;ss through the blood of
the everla8ting .covenant. I-Io\v the holy
prophets foretold t he coming of the
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anci. miracl es, establishing their cr edi-
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sprinkled with blood, to symbolize and
t estify .the work of r edemption. How
holy kings governed, the hol;v people
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days. :now Zacharias,-Elizabeth, Peter,
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How nations had holiness revivals and
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CHRIST'S LOVE FOR US.
[January 7, 1909
WENT HOME (>N. . .. .
The saintly Miss Frances Ridley
Havergal lived and moved in
. \Vorcl of God. It was her constant
solace, delight and inspiration.
It is related of her that on the last
day of her life she asked a friend to
read to her the forty-secon4 chapter of
Isaiah.. .
When the frieitd r ead the sixth verse,
''I the Lord, have' called thee in ;right-
eousness, and will hold thine hand, and
will k eep thee.'' Miss Haver gal stop-
ped her.
''Called -held -kept- used,'' she
whispered. ''Well, I will just go home
on that.''
And s11e did "go hom.e on that," a,;
.on a celestial chariot, and the home-go-
ing was a triumph, with an abundant
entrance into the city of God. What
word of God have you to go home on ?
-Epworth Herald.
Christ's love does not depend on our
faith, but our faith depends on His
love. Our service depends -on His love
also: Vfe n eed to feed our faith there
if we are to serve Him at. all. '' If any
mari .serve Me; let .- hini follow me. ''
'fhe way to serve is to be a disciple ; to
sit at i-Iis feet, to l earn of Him, to sub-
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work we must drink of His spirit and
let Him . t each us His secret. Before
we can sen ;e Him we must be humble
enough to l et Him serve us. ''Behold, ''
said Thomas a Kempis, ' ' all things are A GRAND GIFT BOOK.
thine which I have and whereby I
serve thee. And yet contrariwise Thou
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This is the root of our f aith, the
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