" The Blood of Jesus Christ His us From All Sin.

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Los Angeles, Californi&, August 26, 1909 No.9
"flhe 3hall ever be burning the altar; it 3hall never go out."
The Perpetual Fire.
''The fire shall ever be burning upol). the altar.''
The fire that God lights He can keep burning if we will
not put it out. We believe there are unintentional errors
being widely taught and believed in reference to the real
presence and work of the Holy Ghost. We hear about
"new baptisms,'' ''Baptism for power and service,'' ''new.
fillings," "the baptism of fire," and other such cries,
even among holiness people. As a result of this the peo-
ple are in a mixed-up condition, and are led to believe
: that the Holy Ghost takes Himself away, and has to be
continually recalled for special emergencies and efforts.
Now a careful study of the history of the early church in
the Acts of the Apostles will clearly prove that the Apos-
tles and Church were not constantly receiving new bap-
tisms or fillings of the Holy Ghost, but that their normal
condition was keeping . filled with His holy presence-
sometimes in great manifestations, and at other times in
abeyance- but always ready to be used when He so de-
sired. After the day of Pentecost, when they "were all
filled with the Holy Ghost,'' we read that Peter promised
all that they should "receive the gift of the Holy Ghost".
-a gift is to be retained. When this same Peter stood
before the rulers of the people, he stood there ''filled with
the Holy Ghost." And at a little prayer-meeting which
they held the "place was shaken" because they were "all
filled with the Holy Ghost." When the seven deacons
were chosen, even to ''serve tables,'' they were to be men
"full of the Holy Ghost;" and one of them, Stephen, when
called to answer for his faithfulness with death, '' being
full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into
Heaven.... And then we read that all the churches after
the persecution, walked ''in the comfort of the Holy
Ghost." 0 Pentecostal Nazarenes, the fire must be
"ever burning upon the altar," or we name.
The purpose of God and the promise of Jesus is that the
Holy Spirit "shall abide with us forever," and our part is
to so keep under the blood of cleansing, walking in obedi-
ence with the word, that the Spirit shall not be grieved,
but shall abide in our hearts, glowing, burning, 1llumin-
1ating and making our lives fruitful. In this attitude. of
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abandonment to Him and His control we shall be ready
for Him to use-us at short notice, either in flaming forth a
message through our hearts and lips or in the quieter
ministries of love among the sick or poor. We must cease
wanting to handle the Holy Ghost and have Him do our
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idding, but giving Him place in His temple continually,
e will drive us on and push us out and make us luminous

He shines out of us. 0 beloved, is "the fire ever burn-

Ing upon the altar"? 0 Lord, let it burn.
L er>. 6:13.
"It Shall Never Go Out."
It is very evident that the Lord has for His people an
experience that is burning, steady and continuous. The
of this article is part of His command in reference
to the fire on the altar of burnt-offering, telling Moses
that "the fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; itshall
,hever go out" (Lev. 6: 13). Human hearts and lives are
how the altars of God, and the Holy Ghost is the fire that
phould continually burn there. "It shall never go out" is
. not God's arbitrary decree by which He will keep the fire
t burning irrespective Of man's choices and acts, but it
His will and His wish that it should be so. It is a sad
:fact that thousands of those who have been baptized with
the Holy Ghost, and whose fires burned brightly for a
,while, have today nothing but dead ash.'es. They could
have kept "the fire . . burning upon the altar," but neg-
ligence, disobedience or sin grieved the Holy One and the
fires burned low and then expired. The great weakness
of the Holiness movement today, and the danger ofthe
future, is the multitudes of fireless altars, upon which no
sacrifices are being laid; and if there were, there would
be no fire to consume them. The tameness and deadness
of many of our regular services, and even now some of
'the Holiness camp-meetings, is the result of fireless altars
-hearts without the glowing, burning, sin-consuming fire
of the Holy Ghost. Beloved, the fire must be kept burning.
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Perpetual Adoration.
"Holy, holy, holy," is the perpetual cry of adoration of
the four beasts in and about the throne of the Lamb (Rev.
4: 8), for they rest not day and night. . And in answer to
this, and in harmony with it, the four-and-twenty elders
prostrate themselves before the throne and cast their
.crowns at the feet of the Lord. What holy beings these
must be to enable them to breathe out the adoration that
js implied in their words, "Holy, holy, holy!" While this
is perpetual before the throne, it is true that .every sanc-
tified soul has just such experiences, when with awe and
glory filling their souls they have prostrated themselves
before their Lord in holy adoration, and could say nothing
but "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty." Nothing to
ask for, nothing to tell Him, simply to adore Him. At
that time there is no position, or place, or thing before the
soul's eye-only Jesus; He rills the whole horizon, and He
is sufficient and eclipses all other things in His beauty,
majesty and glory. These seasons-epochs in our lives-
we would not blot out for worlds, many or few though
they be. 0 what will it be when it shall be the perpetual
outgoing of our ransomed souls! R. P.
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Contributed Articles
GOD, THE EVERLASTING.
When trials beset me
I praise the Most High ;
He doth not forget me
. When dangers are nigh ;
My burdens He shareth
That others may see;
My crosses He beareth
In mercy for me.
He teacheth my spirit
.The ways of the Word;
He telleth the merit .
Of Jesus, my Lord;
He sings of sweetness
He hath for His own-
The perfect completeness
His grace maketh known.
There is no true gladness
But that He doth send;
There can not be sadness
If He is my Friend.
And on Him relying;
All . ills I endure;
So, lfving or dying,
My soul is secure.
-L. A. Thompson.
THE HOLINESS MOVEMENT.
Nazare,.e . Messenger
is ''How long, . oh Lord, dost thou
avenge our bloQd upon the earth 7"
. White robes were given eveey one of
them-and they were to rest until their
brethern on the earth should be slain
as they had been; This is indeed a
promise of a peril to come.
Is peril only a name? Will the ser-
pent lose the poison of his fangs? Sin
and holiness. are in eternal antagonism . ..
The same foe has' :an a ccumulated ex- .
perience. The necessityfor a separate
place to incarcerate the incorrigible is
apparent. In that dark abode some will
be more moral than others against these
the wrath of the more lawless will abide.
The ravening wolves will set themselves
in array against the doves. This is an
eternal law of wicked spirits. It ,will
be the severest part of hell.
A peril to the movement is, those
who are only in r egeneration, profess
to be baptized of the spirit and are in
the first work .of grace. They have
alive the carnal life; And are not fully
born. Those who ought to ''die a
deeper death" are b ot dead at all. Those
who have the gift of discernmebt can
put their hand upon them everywhere.
They are . stumbling ChriStians. They
R. HURLBUT. have not the anointing that. abideth. ''
We speak as if the ' 'movement,' was . The ring . of the Holy Spirit is not in
a n ew thing ''under the sun,'' a coined them. All t he peril conies to the holy
phase of the twentieth century-Some life and movement by partially or
of us talk of the perils of it. Th.ere are wholly ruled sinners, in which Satan
perils, and they follow the movement, has a power of suggestion.
ever since sin was found in the ''cover-
Riverside, Cal.
ing cherub," that once beautiful,
mighty angel of God. There were perils $ ..- $
to the holiness of the first pure numan WHY A PENTECGSTAL NAZARENE.
pair, fresh from the hand of the creator. ROBERT L. VICKERS.
They were tempted and became guilty Because I agree with their doctrines.
and impure. But Holiness lived. "Men We are united and insistent on essen-
began to call on the name of Jehovah,'' tials. We agree to differ on non-essen-
and Enoch walked with God and pleas- tials. Full salvation from all sin for
ing Him was transtated. The perils to. each and for . all is constantly urged.
the movement multiplied as men be- The sheep and the l a mbs are duly cared
gan to multiply, until God saw the for. As brethren we dwell together in
wickedness was great in the earth. It unity with God. We are co-workers
was the mixing of the sinful with the together in labors, in fellowship, praise
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holy life which destroyed the holy lite. and in prayer. Each one is free to en-
The movement was then circum- joy the spirituality" of our meetings and
scribed to eight souls in Noah's day. to carry the sanctifying power of the
God always .had his witnesses. It is Holy into their-lives and thus be-
refreshing to behold holiness fanned to come " an example of the believers, in
a :flame in Abraham' s time; but sad 'to word, in conversation, in charity, in
see the perils of it during four hun- spirit, in faith, in purity. " 1 Tim. 4112.
dred years of history without a prophet, Holines.s is their chief characteristie.
Wttil the comll;lg of the Messiah. The The Pentecostal Nazarene Chttrch 'is a
earth awoke to a new day at the com- home of comfort for all lovers of holi-
ing of the Christ. The perils set in- ness, lovers of the Word, and of . one
a mixture of error and truth until the another. None stand aloof with ecole-
dark . ages of .more than a !thousand siastical pride. The godiy poor are wei-
years, when more than seventy-five come. We teach clearly the duty and
millions were made martyrs. Their cry the privilege of having the baptism
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with the Holy Ghost and with :fire. We
keep from sham godliness, from thea .
ters, cards, lodges, riew tho11ght, dances
. . .. . ,
. and tmti-Bible doctrines, worldly
' amusements, and from all known sin.
Our worship of God is free, earnest,
with noly spontaneous joy, thanksgiv .
ing and praise,. indoors and out, the
whole year round. The spirit' of revival
attends us. We allure to Christ, and
show the way. We teach prayer,
mony, progress in holiness, and how to
live as Jesus lived. It is a religion that
is adapted to .the church, the home, the
school, the store and the street. It is
the comfort of the sick, the bliss of the.
dying, . the joy of all true penitent be;.
Iievers in Jesus. Pentecostal N azarenes
have the Pentecostal tongue of fire;
They are filled with the Spirit. They
are free from the law of sin and death.
They witness to holiness as their pres-
ent personal experience with unction;
and power, on the glorious hallelujah
line. They shine with the smile of God
upon them, and being thrilled with the
life divine, they push things for
sake and give the glory to God. Their
:fiery love warms each other's heart.
w e make no proselytes, yet we . we}.
come all who push the enjoyment of the
liberty with which Christ has made us
free. Was not this the glorious purpose
which fired fhe apostles and primitive
Christian prea chers who first subdued
the nations to a loving intercourse with
God? And was it not to the insistent
pushing of entire sanctification as an
essential personal experience, that the
first Methodist ministers owed under
God their principal success? And, are
not we called to follow their heroic and
godly example, shouting our Great
Deliverer's praise ? What says my
conscience? What are your
God-given convictions 7 What is your
stalwart r esolve ? In God's Great
Dare to be right and then dare
. to do right, and give to God the glory;
and you may be a Nazarene witness for
Jesus. Hallelujah!
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"THE RIPENED HARVEST-FIELD."
CHAS. L ; SLATER.
Say not y e, there are yet four months,
and then cometh harvest 7 Behold, J.
say unto you, lift up your eyes, and
look on the field; for they are white al
ready to harvest. John 4 :35.
We can see by the above .scriptur&.
that the compassion of our )Jord was
d eeply stirred, as he beheld the
need of those Samaritan heathen, and
in reproof to: the disciples, when.
August 1909} Nazarene Me,enge.r
to eat. He said, My meat ia to otir hearts are touched ,as we visit from veals my need of a remedy, at the same
do .the will of Father.'' It was hut to hut, and kraal, and hear time shines down on the Word .and
,lhat the text. came from Hia . heart, thi.e same cry, to us." How we shows me the remedy. I am glad there
"th are white already to harvest., w sh we could stay ,at each .place, but is a remedy. . .
. e! . . we cannot. Oh that .we had cogsecrated . I joined the United Sia,tes arniy in
Yes It was His meat to .. men and money to scatter all over Afri- '62. When my time was -out I went
to the starving, perishing multitudes ca. Wbat a revival, would break out, home and joined another army to bat-
around Him, an_d it was .to the disciples at;td thousands would _be swept into the tie against sin. In .this war I had some J
rife. safd, up your eyes and look kmgdom. very hard battles, but came out
r the field., If the dear Ma8ter could yre cannot overlook t.he. good work c?nqneror. I stand today as llv-
on . .. " bemg.done by other ChriStian workers, mg wttneBS to the power of Jesus to
r,ay over 1800 -y_ears ago, the especially the . W esleyans. They are save to the uttermost. Glory I Oh
ras already white," what must be His and bringing many to Chriat, brethren, push into the deep and cast
today, as from His lofty throne and it does good to meet with their your nets on the right side of the ship.
He beholds the millions of earth who people, God. blt)BB .. them. Ye _they are are plenty of fish . . !tis the !rfas-
have never heard His name, totterin'g, few and far between. When .te!" s command. There
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and falling into unknown her are o.ver two hundred million wtth God. Fear not. ai!d I will be wtth
graves, only to rise to the coming judg- m A!r1ca, and that every Y.on, He saY:s. Yon God at your
ment, and there in the presence of our missiona.ry Is responsible for nearly side, wtll. power.
Lord, stare us, as Christians, in the face, 100,000 Immortal !lOuis; t? Th.ere .Is With
ud say, "You never told us. You that old clock of 18 With po'Y'er kingdoms will
never told us. , Its. 100,000 Immortal souls mto etermtr Thmk of creative power at your
Oh that the blessed Holy Ghost will we ytust hnmbl:t:,bury our faces side. Yon need no more po':er take
'open our eyes as Jesus did the disciples m the _dust say, .Yes L<?rd, our the world for Jesus. Don t wait for
that we may look and behold and act eyes are open, and bke Isaiah say, some one else to go, but go yourself.
before it is too Could dear "Here am I Lord, -send m.e." . Clean up. Put the whole armor . .
:readers see what we of the gospel . My dear brother and !llBtei', can you Go out .mto the thickest. of the battle.
'wagon have seen the past month could stt longer at ease knowmg tl;tese facts Fear neither man nor devtls. Keep your
,you hear what we have heard, and you do no.w f and there lies eyes on the . . orders to the
'eould you feel what we have felt we Bible and on Its sacred pages are these uttermost and devils wtll tremble. Hell
'are sure that your eyes would be solemn words, "If thou to will be while angels will shout
'and that your hearts would be stirred deliver them that .are drawn unto over the VIctory. If Y?n too weak
to their very depths, and your efforts and those ihat are ready to be. slam. go to your closet, remam says
would be t.en fold more to get this gos- If thou sayest behold, we knew It not, enough. Get your commiBBIOn from
pel to the heathen. ' doth. not .he that pondereth the he'art .and this world will not
Since leaving Port Elizabeth, we consider It, and He that .keepeth thy lie a waste very long. And
have seen and been in reach of thou- soul doeth not He know It, and shall when I see this take place I can say as
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sands of . poor men and women; many not !fe every man according Simon.of "Now let they ser-
ofwhom have never heard about Jesus. to his worksf Prov. 24:11-12. . . vant depart m peace. Amen.
Our meetings have been welcomed by . If thou forbear! Ah my friend If W. G. Stonecypher.
all and what a revelation it was to httherto you have been. slack and have
as we told them about the Lord done little or nothing to save the
1Jesus Christ and His power to save. At heathen, in name .begin now.
some places they have followed the You can pray, you can give of your
wagon and begged us with tears to means, and no doubt some of yo? can
eome and stay with them. Truly the come . and. thus together w_e wtll do
harvest is white. our part m .fulfilling desire of our
One place where we spent Sunday we Lord in . gathering the ripened
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were invited to preach in the native gram. Amen.
Wesleyan church. Here we found hun- P?rt Elizabeth, Cape Colony, South
gry hearts and at the altar call eight 1\frica.
eame to seek the Lord. Then as we
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went from hut to hut testifying to the
,grace of God, and praying, one dear old
woman looked up with t ears on her
toil-worn face, and said, '' Oh I am so
glad you came, you have done us. so
rii1,1ch good." At this place a naiive -
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Congregational preacher begged up to
stay and go nine miles to his appoint-
ment and preach Jesus to his people.
At another place we outspanned near
some transport wagons. One of the
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men had seen some of us before near
Port Elizabeth, and he begged us to go
to. his people. It would have touched
,your heart to hear him; he said, "Oh
'please come to our village. We need
You there, we need you there." As he
1drove away .he said, "Please .come to
118." Oh how ripe this field is; every-
where hands are outstretched and
voices are calling, "Come over and help
Ina!" One man said, "Why do you
on the main road,_ why don't you
drive over to us, we want you to preach
!this to .Pe.ople. '' Thus daily
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BEWARE OF THE BLIGHT.
I am a reader of the Nazarene Mes-
senger. It seems as though I am left
alone to fight the battle for true holi-
ness. I want to be snre that I am right
before I move forward. The Tongues
people are here holding meetings. I
cannot endorse their teachings. There
is a coarseness, harshness, full of cen-
sure '\,'\"ithout seeming catise, which
would not be according to perfect love.
I would like to hear from you; I don't
want to reject right or accept wrong.
I am 73 years old and too near the end
of life to tamper with wrong. My con-
science is clear and my heart is clean
and 1 want to keep it so. What I want
is more love. Grace has brought me
thus far and I have the promise of
grace to carry me through. The blood,
the blood, is all my cry. The Holy
Spirit holds the light in my heart, re-
[We would say to our correspondent,
that while there may be some good in
FOUR-MESSENGER-Aug 21 Bei
the Tongues movement, it is destroyed
by the amount of error they teach.
They are not scriptural in most of their
teaching, and the movement has left a
blighted mass of once holy people along
its track, who are "coarse, harsh, and
full of censure"-holy love having been
destroyed. We would advise : Keep
your clean heart and holy love.-R. P.]
NOT MENDING BUT ENDING.
Sanciification ia not the mending of
the old Adamic nature, for that can
never be improved; it is under a ban
and a curse. It ean never be made
pure. Its existence must be ended, not
mended. The "old man" must be cru-
cified with afJections and lusts, and
the new given in regeneration
cultivated . and developed. The life
freed from the last remains. of sin basks
in the sunlight of God andgrows rapid-
ly in the grace and knowledge of Jesus.
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"or-...egtnon-:lenCe plied the frightened young orie. He
' '.I:' U' had heard read from the Bible, "The
zeal of thine house hath eaten me
DR. E. F . . wALKER'S LETTER. and he imagined that zeal was some
. . sort of a monster hanging around the
Near this place, Pokagon, lVhch., ls /' church house seeking whom it inight
now being h eld the forty-ninth annual devour.: Just as ignorant and foolish i.s
. camp meeting of the Niles district of the many have when hob-
the M. :E. Church. It is popularly ness IS mention.ed.
known as the "Crystal Springs Camp We are no.w: in the middle of our ten
. . , "fi days here. The work has been. some-
Meetmg, because here IS a magm cent what hard and slow. but the Lord is
spring of cool, sparkling water. . giving us some acceptance . . Interest is
Though this is purely . a Methodist awakened, prejudice is being removed,
meeting it is not distinctively a holi- . conviction is deepening; and altars are
ness In the years agone there "filling. Bless the Lord!. . .
have labored here such holiness men as The other t}J. e District Superm-
. d J d tendent who IS at ..fhe head of the -man-
Bishops J anes, Peck an . oyce, an agement of the camp said publicly that
Revs. Enoch Stubbs, Wm. H. Boole and 1 was "the straightest Methodist" he
J os. H. Smith; but the camp has never had ever heard. '!'his was not a sur-
been taken for holiness unless it may prise to me. I am used, to that. Sev7
be in the years a.,;,ay back, of which eral. years . ago Bishop cried
. , , a out m meetmg that I . was an old-fash-
tlme an historian says : Amon., the ioned Methodist''; and years before
strong characters and earnest workers Bishop . Simpson declared that I was
at the meetings was Rev. Isaiah Wilson, "the most natural Methodist" he had
who, opposition and repr?ach, ever met.. Such accusations never hurt
stood for the doctrine and experience me. I neither resent nor refute. I feel
of entire sanctification until he saw that honored by such. speeches, and
doctrine and experience have full right wish that I was . more worthy of .bemg
of way on the camp ground." . called a MethoO:ist . . Not a Meth?dist be-
To this meeting I came in :response cause of ecclesiastical ?ut
to the call of the majority of the com- because of heart exper-Ience and hfe.
mittee on program who felt that holi- Methodism means "Christianity in
n ess must be preadh ed here. I am re- earnest." Re!ld. in Plai.n Ac-
minded of a sentence in a letter I re- count of Chr1stian PerfectiOn his de-
ceived from Bishop Fitzgerald several of the of a
years ago, inviting me to be a preacher dist. Not a IS spoken of
at the great Ocean Grove camp meet- tical connectiOn. The whole essay IS
ing. Said h e : ' 'We want you teach the. description of one who has full sal-
holiness to our people." For this pur- vat10n. When that father of Method-
pose I was called here. Confessedly is11_1 to a sister, "Be all a Meth-
the meeting had become run down, an.d odiSt, there not a of
some good brethren felt that what IS church membership. He himself was
needed is the doctrine and experience never a member of what we call "the
0 { holiness. Two years ago a brother Methodist Church." . He
whose home is not near here had of- through life a member and a m1mster
fered to pay half the expense if they of the established Church ?f
would call me. But his offer was then while head of the Methodist societies.
refused. This year I was called with- Episcopalianism, Presbyterianism and.
out any one making such a proposition Congregationalism stand. for a form <?f
to the management. . government; the their,
I cannot say that I labor h er e name because of their emphasis of a
''amidst -opposition and reproach, '' n ei - particular doctrine; Quakers are so
ther I say that the.'' doctrine called the among the.m
experience have full right of way. and their hearers origmally. An Epls-
T}:le preachers and are very kind c.opali!ln;- a a Congrega-
to me; yet I have a feeluig that some- bonahst, a Baptist, a Quaker, ?r a
tliing here pulls the other way, ar ene ma.y be a true J.\ll;ethodist,
secretly. Indeed a sister yesterday said one who IS a member of the denomma-
to me ''The people fiere are very much tion called Methodist may not be a real
afraid of the word ' sanctificatiOJ?..' ' ' .at all; for he is not a.
This reminds me of the foolish fears of dist who Is one outwardly, neither IS
a little. boy who was the grandson of .trqe Methodism that which is outward
. Rev. wm: Adams when the latter was in organization; but he is a real Meth-
pastor of Madison Square Presbyterian odist _who is imyardl;Y, si_>iritrial
Church in New York. The little boys experience and not m ecclesiastical re-
seemed to be afraid . of the sanctuary, lation, whose praise is not of men, but
and would never go into it alone. One of (}od: What I _Profess and and
day his ministerial grandpa took him press IS "the . high.est
by the hand, and led him in when there .of . . experience and hfe .for
was no one else there. The little fel- which origmal and true Methodism
low clung closely to his guardian and . stands ; and this I understand is the
looked restlessly around. "What a:e mission of . the Pentecostal of
you looking for'l :What are you afraid the Nazarene, .: and. the standard of
of 1 he was asked. ''The 'zeal ' !'' re- every intelligent and earnest Christian.
[Augiist 26, 1909
NORTHWEST DISTRICT.
There has been a certain ainount to
do to "get -loose'' froin our busine88,
but we ha:ve been among a number of
our churches; also went to Salelb
where we " had a .gbod time. had
the privilege of occupying three dif.
ferent pulpits thei'e on Sunday, and
have arranged.for a tent meeting in the
near fu.ture, when we expect to see the
prayers and sacrifices of our faithful
brethren and sisters answered in a mar.
velous way. There we found Brother
and Sister Stanford, who will
soon go to Garfield to ''shepherd the
flock'' there.
At Everett, Portland, Sellwood, North
Yakima and we have found the
folks with the real Nazarene Spirit, and
from l etters received, don't think any
place on the District comes behind. We
are now en route to Garfield and Troy
(or Walla Walla).
Our Seattle folks are not "rusting
in mind'' by idleness, as they are not
only "going on" in our own church,
but outnumber other denominations in
the Exposition campaign of the King
County Holiness Association, led by
- Bro. and Sister Thos. G. Rogers.
Bro. and Sister Vernon send us very
encouraging reports from Mountain
Home and Boise, Idaho, as does Bro.
Lyman Brough of the Dakotas. our
folks at Ashland expect to make a sp.e
cial r evival campaign during October,
when it is our plan to help them shout
the victory. . That we may have the
united prayers of our friends for real
reaping as well as sowing, will say that
we expect (D. V.) to "9e in evangelistic
meetings- in Walla Walla, Garfield,
Forest Grove, Salem, Everett, Monroe
and Plain,view during the next seven or
eight weeks.
DeLance Wallace, Dist. Supt.
GARFIELD, WASH.
Inclosed is a letter. from "our" little
girl in Indian. The Garfield church is
supporting her-we are so glad we can
work for Jesus in this way and find it
a pleasure and blessed privilege to sup
port her. There is so much money
spent foolishly and wasted, when only
$25 a year will support and educate "8
1
child in India.
The Garfield church reports victory
through the blood, and we .are marchl
ing on, glory to His name. We are l ook
ing forward to our camp meeting Sep-
tember 9th to 19th, to be a time, of re-
freshing and blessing to our church, and
are expecting souls to be saved. We
are asking these things in . ;r esus' name
that ''our joy may be full.'' John 16:
24. Ada Irwin.
GOSS, MO.
Praise the Lord! Still ahead! Just
closed the fifth annual camp of the
Monroe County Holiness Association!
and God was with us in power and rich
. blessings. This is a lively, holy, aggres
_ 29,
sive band of holiness people, and . the
Lord is giving them fruit and special
favor. We were urged to return for
1910. Our ministry, fellowship and
association with this camp and people
were rich, rare and sacred. We are
well, hearty, happy, busy, full of joy,
pressing forward and exploring new
fields in Beulah hmd. .
Allie and Emma Irick.
SPARTA, WiS.
Recently we were privileged to at-
tend the camp meeting at Racine where
we met Bro. Thomas and wife of the
Second Church, Chicago. It was very
pleasant indeed to come in touch with,
some of ''our own folks,'' for we are
the only Nazarenes (as far as we know)
in the State of Wisconsin.
We were r ecently privileged to hold
a meeting with a body of United States
troops stationed at Camp Robinson,
some six miles from our city. Chaplain
Snider, of 5th Field Artillery, very
kindly turned the entire service over
to us to conduct as seemed best to us.
The men, several hundred of whom
gathered on the grass before the chap-
lain's tent, sat in a semi-circle, and we
have never had more interested atten-
tion t han was given during the delivery
of the message. How our hearts
yearned over these imen, many in fact,
almost all of them, young men-moth-
ers' boys-some of them having left
home in anger perhaps, and then too
r ealizing that army life is not all
"dress parade. " How insufficient we
felt, how unworthy the great privilege
of speaking of the great Captain of
our salvation, but Jesus helped us won-
derfully.
At the close of the service several of
the officers thanked us and spoke very
kindly of the service, but that which
delighted us most was when quite a
number of the men came forward vol-
untarily and taking our hand said they
were soldiers of the Cross, and thank-
ing us earnestly, spoke of having re-
ceived help from the service.
How much these men need our
prayers, living as they do with little to
encourage them in the Christian life.
w,herever there is opportunity let us
help them, with books, papers, or a
personal word.
B. W. and A. M .. Cooley.
LOWELL, MASS.
'rhe work is going in many places
on my District. New churches are being
organized and others are coming. My
own home church has never beim doing
so well. We are. having a blessed re-
vival there hot summer day, hallelujah !
Some of the churches are closing these
hot Sundays, but God is pouring out
His spirit richly upon us and- many are
being saved and sanctified. Praise God.
Fire from heaven can be prayed down
on skeptical New England, and it is be-
. ing- done. -Oh -for- a--mighty wave--all
over this movement; we , should pray
much for it and not give it up until we
all receive a double- portion. God is
willing. Amen. A. B. Riggs.
ARKANSAS DISTRICT : A_SSEMBLY.
This Asse.nibly nieets at Maidel}, Mo.,
October 13-17, 1909. Rev: E. P . Elly-
sop, our General Superintendent, will
preside. . We wish to urge olir preach-
ers to take note o( this time and ar-
range your meetings so that you Clln
attend. Each church is hereby re-
quested to report -your year's work in
full; only a few churchesreported Sun-
day school work last year. Let us have
a full r epresentation from each church,
and come expecting God to meet with
us and make it a time of victory and
blessing. The District Assemblies are
composed of the elders, licensed preach-
er s, evangelists, deaconesses, SQnday
school superintendents and two lay
delegates from each church w.ithin the
bounds of the district, of fifty or less
membership (and one additional .dele-
gate for every twenty-five additional
members over fifty) . This gives each
church a l arger representation than we
formerly had ... 'f->J3e sure and come. Re-
member the tlme, October 13-17 ; the
place, Malden, Mo. Write to Rev. C.
L. Williams, Malden, Mo., and a . place
of entertainment will be furnished free.
If you fail to write, don't complain if
-.you, have to pay board while there. If
you are coming, write, so the Entertain-
ment Committee will have your place of
entertainment r eady !when you arrive
and thus save time and trouble.
Mrs. E. J. Sheeks, Secretary.
FROM O'ER
We are now settled in the principal-
ity of Wales, and commenced war
against sin last Sunday in Llanelly.
Tygwyn Hall surely. has God, and souls
are finding God. Keswick doctrines at
one time flourished, but now God 's own
truth so dearly loved by all Nazarenes
is coveted by many. We had commu-
nion in the m.orning and at 3 o'clock
song service and a Bible reading on
holiness. God honored his. word at
night to a fair crowd. The writer spoke
on being partakers of His divine nature.
Hands were uplifted for the second
blessing. At 8 o'clock we went to the
str-eet, and to an immense crowd, which
strongly characterized the r ecent revi-
val. Souls spoke of absolute deliver-
ance; and how they sang, within a walk
where Christmas Evans preached
h1s first .sermon on holiness. They re-
peatedly sang "Diolch Iddo" (Praise
to hearts wglling with
prtnse. Th1s song was greatly used
during the awakening. The green fields
appear beautiful in the glowing sun.
The Welsh harvesters are busy. Holi-
day seekers. haunt the hells and re-
sorts. - But 0 -how time fleets by . . Jesus
is cOining and all these reminders stirs
our 1:1ouls to work.
Our next meeting (D. V.) wjll be at
Bargold, where Bro. Chas. Stalker . was
a few -months, also Oswald _Chambers.
Pray for us. I hear of some, Nazarenes
Qeing in London ; would surely like to
meet them. -The tipping system seems
to be a second nature en route to
Europe. .
Bless God for a satisfaction in the
sol,ll; a well-fed soul is a life of peace.
Great Britain is overwhelmed with re-
forms and little salvation. Preachers
are satisfied vvith drawin:g a salary aoftd
large hats. Pray for us ; that
hundreds in this empire :will seek God.
The reaction to the Wales revival be-
cause of Keswickism is frightful. Con-
scious of His presence,
Wm. 0 . Jones ....
SAN FRt\NCISCO, CAL.
We are still pressing the battle for
God and &ouls. While we are conscious
that our great and wicked city is not
the easiest place we have seen to do
Christian work, we are truly thankful
that He that remembered the sparrows
is also mindful of. the Church of the
Nazarene in this city. Our services, es-
pecially the prayer meetings, are well
attended, and every week .we see souls
praying through to victory. Our Sat-
urday evening street meetings r each the
non-church goer and our Young Peo-
ple 's meeting Sunday evening promises
to be a success. Financially, times
hard, but the pastor is paid up to date
and the church is out of debt, our mis-
sionary society is well organized and
the envelope system is proving a sue-
cess. Our membership is increasing,
and a re full of courage and the pastor
is sanctified and preaching holiness.
Hallelujah ! C. W. Welts.
.JII.JI,JI
Rev. H. C. :Morrison is soon to start
on a trip around the world, sailing
from :Montreal, Canada.
.JI .JI .JI
DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES.
The. following District Assemblies are
hereby called, to meet as follows:
Rocky Mountain District--Septem-
ber 23, 1909, 9 a. m, At Denver, Colo.
Chicago Central District-September
30, 1909, 9 a. m. At Cant'on, Ill.
P. F. BresPt'!,
General Superintendent . .
.JI.JI.JI
. GENERAL MISSIONARY SECRETARY'S
SLATE.
Aug. 13 to 22, Tracy City, Tenn. Home
Camp Meeting. .
Aug. 26 to Sept. 5, Nauvoo, Ala.
Sept 6 to 30, Kansas and Ok lu.homa Dist.
October. General MisPionary Board Meet-
ing. H. F. REYNOLDS,
823 River f:jt., Haverhill, Mass.
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:EDITORIAL
CHARACTER.
"Character" is not a Bible word, but
is much in,; use among us. It means in
its Greek form, ''To make sharp, to cut
into fuh-ows, to engrave." The :first
definition given by Webster is, "A dis-
tinctive mark; a letter, figure or sign."
When applied to it is de-
fined as ''Good qualities, or the reputa-
tion of possessing them." It being so
much a surface matter, something
stamped or engraved upon the exterior,
or something which might be a matter
of reputation, may be the reason it is
not used in the Bible; as the Bible.
u.Sually deals with conditions of being
and modes of activity, and not with
figures on the surface.
While the word "reputation" is used
in the Bible, and a good reputation is
not disdained as an asset, yet it is also
stated that Christ "made Himself of no
reputation,' ' and this likewise has COzne .
to be the condition of many of His most
devoted followers.
There seems to be in the Bible a recog-
nizable preference for words which ex-
press things which are vital and forma-
tive, instead of that which is in the
outer life and appearance, it being cer-
tain tha.t if the inner life is genuine and
divinely beautiful, the surface will be
luminous and Christly. This may not
be regarded with. and may be of
itself sufficient to place the man among
those of ''no reputation. '' There seems
to be a strong t endency or trend to give
to this word, character, a deeper mean,.
Nf,lzarene ... M.essenge,.
ing than is really recognized by tlie
,.
1
a meaning of con-
ditions of being, of real qualities of ex-
cellence, . apart from reputa-
tion, or the judgment of nien; an excel-
lence in even though it
waits to be '
-a form of .. religion essential
.. It seems to need to be em .
. phasized afresh, that fidelity' to men ia
an essential part .of the Christian re:
. )igion. I:f a man .is_ not faithful to man
he has seeii, what ground of
faithfulness is there to God whom he
It would seem desirable that-the word
might be used m' this
as we seem:.to have no word that would
so express .what we desire to say.
If we might understand that Christian
character is that inward condition
wrought and made strong by 'the Holy
Ghost, and .not something wrought from
without, carved by habit or example .or
social ethics, or culture; something un-
affected by reputation; and may
sibly be but poorly interpreted in the
shadows of conditions.
With this definition of ''character''
there are some in Christian char-
acter of prime importance, and which
in these days need to be emphasized.
There seems to be on the part of some
a looseness in mental or moral condi-
tion or both, which swings back to that
half-paganized condition, which would
claim the blessing, of God without god-
liness; that would claim the experiences.
which are <Jhristian without the morals
of heart . and mind and life which are
Christian. They do not put it in the
phraseology of the colored woman in
the slavery times, who was shouting
and taking on with great religious fer-
. vor, who, when asked about some ducks
which had disappeared, said; "Bless
you, honey, do you suppose I am going
to let a few ducks stand between me
and my blessed Lord T '' But they ig-
. .;.
nore their course of transgressiop.
against God and men, and claim the
same position of religious experience
as if these things did not exist.
There are some things which seem to
need special among which is
Fidelity,
which Webster de:fin,es as
ness ; adherence . to right; careful and
exact observance of duty, or discharge
of obligations; especially adherence to
a person or party :to which one is
bound; loyalty.'' ' '.Adherence to one's
promise 'or pledge; veracity; honesty."
It lias been .our astonishment to see
how so many can profess a high state
of grace, and claim that the blessing
of t he Lord is upon them, without re-
gard ' to" t.liese old-time elements of be-
ing, which with the definition given
would necessarily enter into and be a
part of Chritian We seem
attacked by_.::_I .trust not in danger from
;r
has not seen T.
This fidelity is. not simply a matter of
law, but is a part of the very being of
a man whom the Spirit of God dwella
The loving of your neighbor as yourseU
. can come, from no other soil; and noth.
ing less than that can pass muster In
the presence of Jesus Christ in any
world. Let every one see to it .that he1
is faithful to man.. In these days when;
the betrayal of men and the cause ofl
righteousness se1;1ms to many such a
light thing, let there be a new turning
1
to the fundamentals of salvation and:
new value be put upon the real ele-1
ments of true Christian character.
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DEETS PACIFIC BIBLE COLLEGE.
The first term for the year .1909-1910
opens 'Monday, September 13th. Mon.
day will be given to matriculation, and
getting settled. .
Monday night there will be an open-
ing gathering of professors, . teacl1e" '
students and friends, at which there
will be opportunity for
hand-shaking, the renewing of old and
the beginning of new friendships, an
address . by the new dean, a word from
professors, etc.
On Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock the
professors will meet the students to ar- 1
range classes, announce lessons, etc.
Books can be procuredand full
tion made 'for work.
afternoon is the weekly!
holiness meeting at the First Church,
which is a part of. the curriculum, when i
the students will begin . that series of :
meetings which, running through thel'
year, mean so much in real soul culture
development i and the first will
be launched.
Academic Course . .
A full Academic course -has been ar-
ranged, and students desiring t)le first
year of such a course are provided for
in the regular Bible College course.
Students can take such studies in the
Academic course as they man elect.
Dean Danner.
The new Rev. W. W. Danner,
. who resides in the northern part of the
State, arrived in Los Angeles on Satur 1
day last. and spent 'two three; days ]
looking over the work of the college
'7
ZVotes and Perl$onak
The work on the New York District
:and for the coming year. He altar seeking God. : Bro. Fred St. Clair,
.preached at First Sunday morh- who is always on ike, has charge of the
:ing, and at the. camp meeting Sunday Bible study- at s;ao, which is being
Monday evenings, to the joy and much blessed of God.
profit of - the people. He expects to Rev; H: J; Elli<>tt, pastor of . our
I
.move here !JO as . to be on . the grOlmd church at San Diego, is intensely. inter-
: in good time to prepare for the opening ested for souls, Uiiual, arid has charge
under the lead of Superintendent
Hoople is graciously victorious.
of the College. of the 6 o'clock iborning prayer. _- It
I
Students. would be impossible to speak of all the
i. . Students expecting to attend will interesting things 6f this but
'please correspond as soon as the sweep ' on in victory while
with F. C. Epperson, 517 Byrne Build- precious souls find God at- every ser-
. .r- .. . . h .
' ing, Los Angeles, Cal. .A:. goodly num- Vice. .
ber have already done so. \It is desir- Last Sunday was so full of the divine
:able for him to hel!-r from especially-' power and blessing that to write about
I those who desire to work some in part . it seems indeed tame. The 9 o'clock
: payment for board, room, etc. love feast was full -of glory, and how
. Corrected List of Board of Trustees. sweet was the tide of holy love which
Rev. P. F. Bresee, D., President; swept over the congregl\tion. as they
Leslie F. Gay, Lily D. broke bread with one another, and sang
Bothwell, Recording . Secretary; Fred and shouted and testified, and praised
C. Epperson, 517 Byrne Bldg., Treas- God. The joy of this service lingers
urer. with me yet.
Rev. P. F. Bresee, D. D., Rev. Isaiah Good crowds were in attendance all
Reid, A. B.; Lily D. Bothwell, Leora day, and the morning sermon by Bro.
Maris, Fred C. Epperson, Martha L. St. Clair was deeply impressive and car-
Seymour, Rev. H. &>Johnson, C. E. Me- ried conviction to many hearts, and
Kee, Leslie F. Gay, Rev. John W. Good- brought several at the , altar, Bro.
win, Andrew Adams, all of Los Ange- Linaweaver's sermon in the
les, Qal; F. E. Crawford, Pasadena, was clear, strong and forcibly deliv-
. Cal.; Jackson Deets, Rev. W. C. Wil- ered, bringing results.
son, Upland, Cal.; Rev. E. A . . Girvin, .We were all glad hideed to meet Rev.
Berkeley, Cal. . . W. W. Damier, who has accepted a call
JIJ J/1 .Ill to otir College ; some met him . for the
FIRST DISTRICT CAMP MEETING FOR
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
The first imnual camp meeting of the
Southern California District is now in
progress. The camp opened Thiursday,
August . 19, in a tide of blessing; As
the campers came on the ground their
smiling faces and the glad shouts be-
spoke a great meeting. Bro.
ta_ine, who. has charge of the grounds,
had all things ready, and the campers
soon-roiiiid their tents, and were made
to feel at home. Everything seemed to
run as smooth as oil, no fault finding
I
or grumbling, forth? _privi-
Iege of attendmg this first meetmg.
As some of the workers who were ex-
! pected could not be present, Rev. P. G.
Linaweaver, Superintendent of the San
FranCisco District, was secured, and
opened the meeting with a strong ser-
mon on prayer. The spirit of victory
was in the air, the opening service gave
evidence that God had set his upon
the camp. __ .-It gratifying that nr.
, Bresee, the foundel'\ of this movement,
could be present and bring a word of
exhortation at this first service. -
. !Friday was kdeed a great day, and
. there were about tweniy-<- people at the
first time, but others bad knoWn him in
other days. He is 'a strong character,
with a noble mind, and gave a . dear,
well-put sermon Ui.' the evening to a
large and attentive congregation. There
were a number at the altar, some for
salvation and others for sanctification,
who prayed through. All in all Sunday
was a day . of great blessing. God is
making this meeting a blessing to our
own people, and as well as a blessing
ill reaching the unsaved. A good num-
ber are hearing full salvation for the
first time, and are givllig _good atten-
tion. . Pray for the closing services of .
-this camp.
_ On Monday morning the meetings
were well attended, and everything
bids fair for a week of victory. Already
the -people are saying ''We must have
a camp next year," and plans will soon
be set on foot to arrange for a camp
ground.
G. W. Goodwin, Dist. Supt.
Would it not be well, especially for
the last Sunday of the district _camp
meeting, for all our churches to oinit
the _Sunday afternoon and evening ser-
vices and m,ake a . grand rally for the
last day of the camp.
. . .
The work at Ontario, Cal., under the
p'astorate of Rev. L. H. Humphrey, is
.being graciously blessed of the Lord.
The West Pullman (Ill.) camp meet-
ing is pretty much a Nazarene meeting,
nearly all of the officers belc:mging to
the First Church, Chicago.
Here is something to think qf: In
Los Angeles county while tbe
tion has doubled in eight years,
divorces have almost doubled in eigh-
teen months.
Rev. C. Howard Davis, pastor at
kane, writes: "The Lord is blessing .us
with his . Spirit and some are being
saved. Received four into the church
last Sabbath. Baptized of them."
Rev. P . G. L.inaweaver of Oakland
will preach .,at First Ohurch, corner of
Sixth and Wall streets, Los Angeles,
Sabbath next, . at .. ll a. m. There will
be. no and night services,_ all
bemg transferred to the camp meetmg:
' The Holiness Evangel of August 18
.is issued as a special number- in tbe
interest of the Nazarene Bible Institute
of Pilot Point, Texas. It is .
and full of iilteresting facts of that in-
stitution. Send for a copy to Pilot
Point, Texas.
The Lord is graciously blessing the
District camp meeting at South Holly-
wood. Many of the preachers of the
District, and contingents from the
churches are present, and it is expected
that the camp will close on Sabbath
next in a wave of blessing. -
All mail, personal and relating to the
churches, for Rev. J . W. Goodwin, DiS-
trict Superintendent of Southern Cali-
fornia, should be addressed to him at
730 San Pedro street, as the office is
always in touch with. him and letters
will be forwarded to him at once.'
The August offering for missiqns
from the Upland . Church; Cal., was
n early $60. - One bright young lady
offered herself as willfug to go where
God desired her. Bro. St. Clair has
. been .. olding meetings . at this church,
which were much blessed of the Lord.
Dr. Edward F . expected t_o
r eturn from -his-workin .the-Eiist, abo-ut
tbe.first of SepJ;ember, arid to begin.his
work in First Church of Los Angeles
:september He will re-
. ceive hearty welcome, and find ear-
nest, -enthusiastic .co-operation in that
great ch:qrch ..
. . . .
8
Lus Angeles and Vicinity
AT THE TABERNACLE
Although Sabbath was one of the
camp meeting days, it was not thought
practicable to close up, altogether, so
the morning prayer meeting, Sabbath
school and preaching service went on ;
though somewhat depleted in numbers,
yet with blessing and victory. Rev.
W. W. Danner, the newly-elected dean
of the Pacific Bible College, preached at
11 o'clock from Matt. 5 :6, ' '-Blessed are
they which do hunger 3;_nd after
righteousness,'' etc. He. spoke of the
mystery and joy of appetite and its sat-
isfaction; spoke of it as found in the
physical, intellectual and spiritual life,
and how iri the latter it was for, and
only satisfied by, righteousness.
He gave a clear and comprehensive
discussion of man's necessity and the
divine provision that man might '' glo-
rify God and enjoy Him forever.'' The
sermon was clear, able and unctuous.
It was the first time most of the people
had been favored with the privilege of
hearing Dean Danner, and they were
gratified and blessed by this first min-
istry. . ,
The usual afternoon service was nbt
held, on account of the camp meet-
ing, but at night Rev. Fred St. Clair
" preached from the first words of the
Bible: ''In the beginning, God. '' He
spoke of how 'everywhere in the Bible
God was a recognized fact; how He was
the first great fact in the universe in
every way. He spoke of the glory of
His personality, and of His revelation
and manifestation to man, and how we
find our home in His life and our rest
and joy on His bosom, and of His in-
vitations to us all to come and live in
His life and be His own forever. One
young man . sought_ the. Lord and testi-
fied to His saving grace. There was
much victory :at the altar.
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COMPTON AVE. CHURCH.
Sunday morning we were blessed by
having a visit from Evangelist Dora
Rice of Texarkana, Ark., who came
over ' from the cam.p meeting to preach
for us. Her text was Matt. 22:37-40.
She proved to us so clearly from the
scriptures, and from her own experi-
ence that if we loved the Lord our God.
with all our heart, . soul and mind, it
was not hard to love our neighbor as
ourself.
We were so glad to have our dear
pastor home again, who unfolded to us,
in the evening, the two works of grace
brought out in the fishing narrative in
the 5th .chapter of Luke. She especial-
ly urged the unsaved to let Jesus have
their little boat, and to cut every shore
line and "thrust out."
Saturday morning our beloved Sister
Clark passed from this life of care to
fields -Elysian. The 'Lord has so bless-
edly sustained her daughter Margaret,
Naz9-rene . Messenger
whom He raised from a Ufe of invalid-
ism and the border of death about two
. years ago, that we could but behold
with wonder, except that we had found
the secret out. "
The Compton Ave. folks so love each
other in Jesus that we delight to flock
together.- Our dear Shepherd seeing
this, thought best to let our little
brother Frank accompany
Sister Clark to glory on. the same day.
'fhe Lord knows and gives what is best,
and the testimonies of this faithful elder
sister and young brother before their
home-going have left their "benediction
upon us.
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SPANISH MISSION.
Very preciously we have been made
to know that God is leading us on-
a time of testing and proving-with
great victory. Several have sought the
Lord the past week. One of our num- .
ber passed over with great peace, sing-
ing, ''One thing I know He loved me
so,'' to be forever with our Lord. Five
bowed at our altar on Sunday. One
Catholic young man saved, who wishes
to enter with several oth-ers who are
arranging for the opening of our Mexi-
can department of the Pacific Bible
College. Letters received from recent
converts tell of victory; also very good
news from Paso and Bakersfield.
Mrs. M. McReynolds.
oii.JI.JI
LONG BEACH.
Bro. Kerns of the Bible College has
been with us the last two Sundays and
deserves more than a passing word of
recognition. He is a young man who
can preach two clean, clear holiness
sermons each Sunday and seems to have
enough left to go right on with. He
showed the folks that if they "Qad car-
nality on hand and didn't get rid of it,
it would be a serious thing to go on re-
jecting light. A few strangers were in
who perhaps had not heard holiness
preached before, and we were not
ashamed of the way our brother pre-
sented his message. We feel sure the
Lord is going to use this young man to
His ,glory. May he hold the banner
high and go on shouting victory over
the world, the flesh and the devil. If
we keep under the blood we 'II never
lose a battle. E. Todd.
... ... ...
SAN DIEGO, CAL.
Sunday, August 15th, was a marked
day in the Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene in San Diego. We had the
privilege of hearing three wonderful
sermons preached by our pastor, Bro.
Elliott-wonderful sermons because of
the strong and faithful presentation of
the Word, indicted. by the felt presence
and power of the Holy Ghost. The
morning text was from 2 Cor. 13 :11,
"Finally brethren farewell. Be per-
fect, be of good! comfort, be of one
(Aug\lRt 26, 190&
mind, live in peace.; and the God of love I
arid peace shall be with you.'' A clear.]
cut holiness se:&mon tinged with a touch
of farewell, as our Bro. Elliott.is loudly' \
called for in evangelistic work, and the
test to us as a church has
whether we will joyously surrender
him to bless others in the broader fieJdl
of an evangelist. We feel, however, we'
need him just here . for a while longer\
and are asking for the large tent to
brought het;e and give Bro. Elliott an
opportunity to fulfill his commission
here in our midst. Our souls were knit
together in love and peace at this morn.
ing hour. Two admitted to (lhurch feJ.
lowship with mother and littlej'
son. Oh that an the children were in!
Amen. . I
N othwithstanding the extreme heat
the. afternoon holiness meeting went on\
in full victory-members from other
churches rejoicing with us, walking upl I
the "King's highway," adding their' -
testimony to the cleansing and keeping! 1
power through the blood of Jesus om
saviour. II
The evening service was the climax
of the day. We think Bro. Elliott never
preached better, "The Two Depart.l 1
ures'' being the theme, 2 Tim. 4 :6-8.
Nothing was left unsaid as our brother
1
hewed to the line. We felt the Spirit
was at work in hearts. One dear soul at
the altar was set free from bondagel
and claimed her inheritance.
vVe had the pleasure of a visit froni
our District Superintendent, dear Bro.
Goodwin, at the Monday business meet
ing. A.M. H.
Jll Jll Jll
BAKERSFIELD, CAL.
Just now .we are in the beginning ol jj
the _moving -.forward of God's . hosts in
Ba_kcrsfield for a great holiness cam11
pa1gn.
Bro. Speros Athans, a graduate of
Deets P acific Bible College, is with us.!
He certainly understands how to wield I
the Jerusalem blade. Already more
than fifty Mexicans have fallen upon!
their knees on the street corner, in the j
tent, and at the altar in their mission\
church.
What has God wrought? Now, the
1
poorest time in the year to reckon Sab-
1
bath school work, the Lord gave us
forty in -main school, nearly forty in
our ne,\r Mexican school, and twenty!
five in well trained home department,
with one hour's study each week; mak
ing in all, 100 attendance in the Naza-1
rene Sabbath school. We must double
this by January 1st. Our Lord has,
promised us great things.
Our Lord remains faithful to His
great work of threshing a mountain!
with a worm. He persists jn U!iing the
worm. Thank God for a holiness that
works well in hot weather, although it
1
is remarkably cool here for this time of
1
the year. We are praying for a glo-
1
rious down-pouring September 5th,
when Dr. Bresee and Bro. Goodwin
come to dedicate our First

Church of the Nazarene, and bless tbel
August; Z6, 19091
second one (Mexican), already estab-
l!isbed. We are sure three _worlds are
very much interested about -God's holi-
lness work . in Bakersfield. We invite
all of the Messenger family to pray that
September 5th will never be forgott_en
lbecause of our Father's pres-
ence.
Will C. Williams, P astor.
.JIJ .JIJ .JIJ
OBITUARY
C 0 M P 'f 0 N-Mrs. Emyly Flood
Compton was born in Farmington, Ia.,
january 21, 1840, and died August 12th
at her residence, Los Angeles, Califor-
'nia. She came with her parents to Cali-
fornia, across the plains, in 1852, they
!settling in San Joaquin county, where
she was married to Mr. G. D. Compton,
;July 4th, 1853. In 1865 they r emoved
to Santa Cruz, where they resided for
I two years, when they removed to South-
1 ern California and settled where the
town of Compton now stands, which
1
I her husband laid out and which was
named for him. In 1880 they came to
Los Angeles, where they subsequently
resided; h e preceding her t o the heav-
enly home about four year s. There
were born to them seven children, three
of whom survive them. Five of her
brothers and one sister al so still -live to
cherish her memory. She was con-
verted when about eighteen year s of
age and was with her husband long a
member of the Methodist church but
some years ago united with the Church
of the Nazarene of which- they both re-
I
mained faithful members until called
up higher. Whenever she could she was
in the house of the Lord, and faithfully
I pressed her way until the goal was won
-she was not for God took .her. Her
death was like a transition-she was
I
well and almost in a moment she ceased
to live and entered the eternal glory.
I
SHEARER-Mrs. Isabelle Shearer,
beloved wife of A. J. and mother of
Bessie, Grace and Dot, departed this
life August 12th after a long siege of
I illness. Hers was a victorious life and
a victorious death. Mrs. Shearer was
born in Tarantum, Pa., 18'62, and at an
I early age joined the Methodist Church.
In the year 1907 the family moved to
Chicago and very soon located the Naz-
I arene 9 hurch. After listening to. the
preachmg of Rev. C. E. Cornell, Stster
Shearer became convinced that if she
ever had any true religion it had leaked
out, so she went to the altar and sought
and obtained justification, March 14th,
1
. 1907. With her husband, who was also
saved about this time, they joined the
First Church, where they remained as

until the organization of the

Second Chur ch, wher eupon they be-
came charter members of the Second
1 Church . That Sjster Shearer was sub-
sequently sanctified we are assured, by
1
the testimonies which she so often gave
to this experience. The funeral ser- -
vices were held at the home, and were
Nazarene MeasengeY
in charge of her former pastor, Rev. C.
,E. Cornell (the writer assisting). The
remains were interred hi Oakwood
cemetery, Chicago; at some date in the
near future a public memorial service
will be held in the church. It was our
privilege to be -present quite often in
the sick room during her final illness;
what triumph and victory she had; of-
ten when her daughters cry she
would bid -them cease, for she said,
''I'm just going to move as' it
across the street," "I'm going to be
with Jesus." And when her little
daughter said tQ her, ''Mama, you are
not going to get 'better,'' Sister Shearer
replied, '' Oh yes, Dot! I'm going to
get better, but not in this world; I'm
going to be with Jesus." She had a
vision about six weeks previous to her
death that seemed to strengthen her
faith; but oh how she did want to be
with Jesus. Not a murmur or com-
plaint was heard from her lips. The
last day of her illness Sister Shearer,
enter ed into an unconscious condition
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LA LANDE, NEW MEXICO.
A genuine full-salvation College, located on a beautiful 480-acre tract adJoining
the town on one side and 120,000 acres of rich, le vel land reserved for irrigation
and s oon to be openeq for entry, some as dry, the other as irrigated lands. Any
- .one may file on the irrigateCl land when thrown open soon, whether he bas filed
on Government land or not, for this is territorial land, and is worth $100. 00 an
acre. No such opening near a Holine11s College has been offered for free homes
on fine, rich soil. Within four miles of the College several thousand acres of land
is now being irrigated, is producing from $50 to $100 worth alfalfa per acre
annually, and may be had on long-time payments for $100 per acre for the raw
land. Our town is in hearty sympathy .with our College and hungry for entire
sanctification. College is undenominational, coeducational, intensely religious
and missionary. It opens- with , camp-meeting October 1-11, led by Rev. E. A.
Come to this feast and get a good home among God's people. All
departments from primary through college that are found in other holiness col-
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Seven degree courses. Strong faculty. Several more can pay part or Kll ex- .
penses by doing industrial work this summer and during the session. $175. 00 sent
by September 15th pays board and tuition for the session. For circulars describ-
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WILLIAM J. BEESON, President
Le New
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UNIVERSITY PARK
OSKALOOSA, iOWA
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EPARTMENTS : College of Liberal Arts, Civil Engineering, Academy, School of The-
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those who need them. Essentials of Commercial Course- Bookkeeping, Shorthand,
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New, modern buildings and equipment. Location unsurpu sed in beauty. Healthful eli-
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Strong courses; thorough work; s piritual influence unexcelled.
Enrollmept last year {third year of its history) 483. In three Years the town of
University Park, composed.of about sixty houses, has ,sprung up. .It is composed of Holiness
people and bas a mayor and town !!Ouncil who govern in the fear of the L ord and co-operate
with the University. Prohibitory clause on liquor and tobacco in every deed made by the
University. Lots selling rapidly> those who desire a safe place to educate their children.
Place of the great Camp-Meeting of the National . and Iowa Holiness Associations. Iv esti-
gate b efore going elsewhere to school or locating.
Fall term opens Sept. 14th, 1909. Write for large catalog and read the wonderful history
of this great school. It will strengthen your faith. .
. AddN!fJIJ, CENTRAL HOLINESS UNIVERSITY,
B. W. AYRES, PH. D., Acting President Un'ioerailll Park. Iowa.
10
COLLEGE NOTES.
Fruit and
A large amount of fruit is being put
up at the College. Many of t:tJ,e friends
have shipped in fruit and busy hands .
have prepared and canned it.
There is to a
friends who raise vegeta"Qles and
can gt:eatly help by sending from time
to time potatoes, turnips, cabbage, to-
matoes; etc., together with all kinds of
fruit in their season. The College opens
September 13th.
. Students.
The prospects for the attendance at
the College the coming year are very
flattering. There is already a large cor-
respondence from those desiring cata-
logues and .to arrange to attend. It
looks as if there would be all that can
be accommodated. We should like to
know as as possible all who desire_
to arrange to come, and we will try and
make good provision.
Fred C. Epperson,
517 Byrne Building,
Los Angeles, Cal.
.. .. ..
OKLAHOMA HOLINESS COLLEGE.
Oklahoma now has a full-fledged
Holiness College, located on the inter-
urban el ectric line, . five miles west of
the city limits of Oklahoma City. It is
the successor of the Beulah IIeights
Holiness College, and is incorporated
under the laws of -the State of Oklaho-
ma. . The . trustees are from various
parts of the States-holiness men,
staunch and true.
The campus contains ten acres, laid
out by an expert landscape gardener.
Two large dormitories are now under
construction, and will be ready for the
opening of the fall term, October 5.
Rev. H. H. Miller, Ph: D., well known
in the holiness ranks in Oklahoma, and
a pastor in theM. E. Church in Oldaho-
ma the past six years, has been elected
president. The most of the f aculty is
already engaged. No one can teach in
:this school who is not in the experience
of entire sanctification.
A community is already gathering
around the new location, and the place
has been fitly. named, Bethany. The
Nazarene Rescue Home, under the su-
perintendency of Mrs. Johnny Jerni-
gan, and the Oklahoma Orphanage, un-
der the superintendency of Miss Mal-
lory, are located at Bethany on adjoin-
ing grounds. Each institution is u;nder
a separate bo'ard of trustees.
The college has platted thirty acres
in.' lots, large and roomy, .and these are
now on the market,. and are being rap-
. idly taken by holiness people who will
build and move to Bethany to educate
their children. There is no more beau-
tiful location in all this land :
Adjoining Oklahoma City, which. now
has 50,000 people and rapidly growing;
with abundance of pure, soft water at
fifty feet; plenty of shade trees already
on the land; right on the electric inter-
Nazarene Messenger
urban line with a station in front of
the campus, and near the center of the
State. 'l'hese and other reasons make
the location ideal. Those wanting a
place to educate their children. free
from the contaminating influence of
miscellaneous schools should investi-
gate this school at smaller
children, as well as the young people,
can here be educated. The courses of
study are...: Primary, intermediate,
academic" collegiate, theological, Bible,
music, business, and training for mis-
sionaries and deaconesses.
The Board of Trustees is elected by
the District Assembly of the Pentecos-
tal Church of the Nazarene.
If interested-and you should be--
write for catalogues and detailed infor-
mation to the Dean, Prof. H. L. Short,
Oklahoma City, Okla., R. F . D. No. 2,
Box 65.
Most of all we ask your prayers, that
God may help mightily in the establish-
ing of a great holiness sch<?ol here in
this great State, in the near center of
the United States. Our faith is up. We
are believing in God for victory-that
the youth of Oklahoma and surround-
ing States may here be fitted to
''spread scriptural holiness over these
lands.''
. H. H. Miller, President.
Oklahoma City, Okla., R. F. D. No.2;;.
Box 65. '
.JIJ .JII .JII
"ALL RIGHT."
''How are you today?'' said the
friend. "All right," was the rejoinder.
The young man says he is all right, the
young woman says she is all right; old
men and children claim that they are
all right. What does it mean? In
ninety-nine cases of fivescore the
speaker has reference to his physical
well being. He feels no aches or pains,
nor is he in distress of mind. He has
acquired the habit of answering back,
''All right,'' and follows this custom.
So far as the remark is indicative of
happiness, light-heartedness, and optim-
ism, it has a place in human . associa-
tion, but there are other things. When
one is all right, in deed and in truth,
he has no deformity of body or physical
pains ; his mind is strong and clear ; his
soul is correct and pure in the sight of
God.
To be all right means to be all right.
The expression often is voiced thought-
lessly without any comprehension of
what it includes. When one stops to
examine himself, and compare his life
with the life of the One which was ''all
right,'' he is careful to select another
answer the next time. Indeed, study-
ing the words with all they include, to
utter them makes one feel a little bit
like the Pharisee who stood and prayed
and thanked God that he was not like
other men. In effect he told the Lord
that he was all right, and that most
everybody else wrong. .It is
ful to hear. this response, and jet It
has a serious side which may escape the
notice of the Tele-
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Our Young
MAKING A MAN.
Jiurry the baby. as fast as you can,
,Jiurry him, worry him, make him a
man.
10if with his baby-clothes, him in
pan:ts,
Feed him .on brain-foods and make him
advance.
,!{ustle him, as soon as he 's able to walk,
Into a grammar school; cram him with
talk.
Fill his poor little head full of figures
and facts,
IJ(eep on a-jamming them in till it
cracks.
Once boys grew up at a rational rate,
Now we develop a man while you wait.
Rush him through college, compel him
to grab
'Of every kriown subject a dip and a
' dab.
Get him in business and after the cash;
All by the time he can grow a mus-
tache.
Let him forget he was ever a boy;
Make gold his god and its jingle his
joy.
Keep him a-hustling and clear 'out of
, breath,
Until be wins-nervous prostration and
death.
-Nixon Waterman.
WHY HE WAS HER BEST CUSTOMER.
On a street corner in a certain city
one may see daily in pleasant weather
a middle-aged woman, known to . the
publ ic as "Old Mary, " who tends , a
stall where apples and bananas and
home-made candy. and various other
wares are offer ed for sale.
One morning, a gentleman stopped to
make a purchase, and while waiting his
turn listened with some amusement to
the conyersation that passed between
the proprietor of the stall and a brown-
faced boy.
" An' how's business wid yer today,
,rna ' am?'' the lad asked solicitously.
"Fair. Just fair, Timmy. What 'll
.Yon have.?"
" Guess it'll be 'lasses this time.
Ain
1
t any to beat yours in t he city.
Allns git good weight, t oo, as I tell all
the fcller s I know. "
" Oh, now, Timmy!" r emonstrated
the proprietor with a little laugh, as
she began breaking a big round of mo-
lasses candy into smaller pieces.
" Fact . Same about yer apples, too,"
he a.dded, wat ching the weighing pro-
cess with inter est. "Reumaticks better
. today 1'' he asked suddenly.
Old Mary noddeu her head as she
handed him the paper bag and received
five pennies in exchange.
'' 'rhe sun's good for old folks like
me,'' she said.
"Much obliged to yer. Hope yer'll
have good luck . today. I'll be round
agin soon. '' A'11d the next moment he
'\Vas scuddling. down the street with his
Messenger
. . . . . - . . . . .
bare feet, and Old Mary, turning to the
gentleman, observed with a smile:
"I caH him my best cfistomer." .
' ' Yet;'' be wasn't a very heavy pur-.
chaser," the other replied.
"No, but I always feel a sight better
every time I see him, he's that full of
good spirits. . Somehow, he cheers a
body up with his pleasant talk and
ways. ''
''Then I don't wonder that you count
him your best customer," the gentle-
man replied, as he took his. purchase
and passed on his way. .
Nor. do we wonder. It is worth a
great deal, these busy, grasping ,days,
to meet with one unselfish enough to
stop and make a pleasant spot for an-
other to remember, be it by word or
by deed.
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Dear Reader in New Mex- ..
ico :
The Southwestern Holiness College is
located .at La Lan.de, N. Mexico; in .a
beautiful, clean little town right agamat
a reserve of a hundred and -tweJ1tr.
thousand acres, half of. which will sqon
be irrigated with water from tile'l>ecOir
river. About five miles fifteen
thousand acres are being put under the:
ditch and grow from fifty to one .hun-
dred dollars of alfalfa a year and vege-.
tables and fruits in propGrtion. Sonie'
of these lands may be filed on soon. . .
Work on buildings and grounds wiil
st::trt at once and the college will open
a camp mcP.ting in October,led by
liev. E. A. Fergerson. Much land is
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"ALL THINGS; "
A sincere, pious old Southern colored
man. was asked to talk at the funeral of
a little child. He was talking on the
text, ''All things work together for
good, to them that iove God. ' ' He said
in substance : ''Brethren, we can't take
one of God's dealings by itself; we got
to put them all together. He don't say
His dealings work by themselves. He
says dey work together for good. You
hea'r dat brass band 1 Take all dem
horns sep 'rate-be mighty poor music.
De high tenor horn makes shrill music
by itself. It takes all de horns together
to make de music. Dis is like de notes
ob de big bass horn. Dere 's no music
here. But let us wait in faith till God
brings in de other instruments and den
dere will be music. Dis is de bass horn .
ob death, a solemn sound. We will wait
for de horn ob de resurrection, for de
horn ob de ascens:i,.on, for de angelic
horn. When all de horns in God's great
band of providence get together, den
dere wilt: be music in heaven. "-Ex.
FULFILLING ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS.
''It becometh us. '' I like that word
"becometh." . If the Pivine Lord
thought so much about what wli's be-
coming, surely we may... It should not
be, a questioJ? with us merely as to. what
may be forbidden or harmful,. what may
or may not be practiced by our fellow-
Christians, or .:whether there are
distinct prohibitions in the Bible that
bar the way, but whether a certain
course is becoming. Need I pass through
that rit_e 1 It is becoming. Need I per-
forJII that lowly act' It is becoming.
Need I renounce my liberty of action in
that respect! It would be very becom-
ing. And whenever some he.sitant soul,
timid and nervous to the last degree,
dares to step out and do what it believes
to be the right thing because it is be-
coming, Jesus comes to it, enlinks His
arm, and says, "Thou art not alone in
this. Thou and I stand together here.
. It becomes us to fill up to its full meas- .
ure all righteousness. " Ah, soul, thou
shalt never step forth on a difficult and
untrodden path without hearing His
footfall behind thee and becoming
aware that in every act of
ness Christ identifies Himself, saying,
"It becometh us to fulfill all righteous- .
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77
A SINNER FREED.
A German prince Jraveling through
France,. visited the arsenal of Toulon,
where the galleys are kept. The com-
mandant as a compliment to his rank,
said he was welcome to set any of the
prisoners free, wnoni he should clwose
to select. The prince, wjlling to make
the best of this privilege, spoke to
many of the prisoners iq succession, en-
quiring why they were condemned to
the galleys. false accusation,
oppression were _the only causes they
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assign. They had oeen ill-treat-.
ed and were all innocent.
, At last he came to one who, when .
asked the same question, answered :
. ''My lord, I have no reason to complain;
I have been a very wicked, desperate
wretch. I have often deserved to be
broken alive on the wheel. I account it
a very great mercy I am here.' '
The prince fixed his eyes upon him,
gave him a gentle blow upon the head
and said, wicked wretch ! It is
a pity that you should be placed among
so many honest men ; by your own con-
. fession you are bad enough to corrupt
all of them, but you shall not stay with
them another day. Then, turning to the
officer, he said, " This is the man, sir,
I wish to see --
Let us take this story to our hearts.
All of the prisoners were offenders, all
equally guilty, but only one owned and
confessed it, and he was set free. So
our gracious God deals with us sinners.
If we confess that we are sinners, then
we can claim the sinner's Saviour, as
our Saviour, and his blood is sufficient
for wicked wretches.
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