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Vol. pv. Los Angeles, Califomia, December 2, 1909

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No. 23

The Disciples After Pentecost.
Guy Mark Pearse.

l!ii)il HE day of Pentecost is fully come.
[ID The promised gift is given.
Upon the dhwiplcs has <:ome t he
Jluly Ghost ' anu llOW thC:'' lll'l! witlli!S!:WS
uuto Him. The God of our Lord .Jesus
('hrist, the Father of Gloty. has gi,cn
upon them the spitit of wisllom ami
r,nlation; and now tht eyes of the
hatt arl' optnNl. an<l the:' stc what
tlll'y have in ,Ttsus and what .}psus
in them.
Perhaps, for the vel':'' first tinw. Pettr
, , nturcs to spealc thnt tln:Hlful worll
(ueifi cd. \Yith what :onfilience he
rings it forth! \\'hat. a rapturous
.. .
tri umph It \Yhat. a tone of
:111thority ht C!at<hcs ns h< thinks of it!
"Yc men of hrar these wonls ;
of ::"''azarcth, ... whom yc have
taken, and hy "ickcd hnnlis have (ru-
ilicd and slain: him hath God raisetl
up." \Vhat a \'i <: tory was this- not.
' ouly over rulers anti rhicf pri<'sts ami
Homan soltliers, l.mt. O\'<'r chath and all
tiH' powcrs of dadmess: \\'hat a Christ
is this ! Exat'tNl far a hove the throne
of David. to sit on tlw r ight hand of
the i\Iajcsty on hi gh, until his foes be
rnadc his footstool. l\o more the poor .
1art hly thought of n ('hrist. who has
(ome to indulge the selfish ambition of
a disc iplc. Peter ttiumpht'd 'inn Ptiutc
and n Savior, who was exaltml to
r .. pe:ttanee ancl' remission of si ns.
.And what J esus has got in tlum.
" And th<>y continuing with one :H-
(otd." One nccord-all strife nncl
wrangling dcacl. In that pure a tmos-
phcr e envy and jealousy t'l\11 find no
place-" did cat the it nwnt with glad-
ness nnd singleness of htntt"; as if out
brotherly spirit dwelt within
them. "They hatl all things common"
--how <>omplctc anti twl'l'l'l't the t.rans-
fonnat.ion! "1'hcy soh! I posses-
sions, and partl1l th<'m as l'\'l'l'Y man
hat! tll'etl.''
'l'hc < hnn::rc fills <'''<'l'Y
ghami ng. llnshing cv<'t':'' Wht' l'<'.
Peter and John went up togcthe1.
Together-that is .a new thing. were
they not the rival claimants, of all op-
Iiononts first and strongest 1 But now
there is no separating them. Here is
some acquaintance of Pctct 's who s tops
him for 'a moment. me, Peter,
hut a. little time since, wluu I met you.
things were looking vet,, hright. You
to rome into a posit ion of \'llst
intlucnce and wealth-Ptinu! Ministc1.
Keeper of the Keys of t hll HQuse of
David. l\fay I. ask after :'our position ?
l sec yon have come in to a fort nne. yo'n
look so happy."
"Si l\'er and gold han l t10n1," ,.,i es
lifii'JllHt l?e sball recet"e pow-
er, after tbat tbe bOll?
Gbost ts come upon l?OU: antr
l?e sball be witnesses unto
me botb tn 3erusalem, anb tn
all 3ubea, anb tn Samaria,
anb itnto tbe uttermost part
Of tbe eartb.-Acts l:A.
Pcttr , hut without a hint of disappoint-
ment 01' regret. He docs uot seem to
think about it for a moment. Rce what
.Tesus has got in Peter-one who cnn
not a beggar without pity and n
gtNtt. longi ng t o help him. .And see
what Peter has got in Jesus Christ-
not one who is going to make him rich
and happy and great, hnt one who
through him can bend OYer a lame man
and lift him up and set him on his feet!
be the keeper of thy keys, be not so
forgetful of thy dignity and high .posi- )
tion as to go taking by t he
hand ! Ah, Peter has forgotten all
nbout himself. The love, the pity, the
mighty helpfulness of Jesus Christ fill
all his soul. "In the name of Jesus
Christ of Nnzarcth, rise up and walk."
And Peter watches the man going. leap-
ing, and praising God ; he knows more
joy and blessedrH!SS than' ever lame to
minister or lord of the treasury.
the story. Things get
and worse with , Pete. Poor Peter!
how h<> riuf.<;t be: The last
time we saw him he had neither sih:er
1101 gold, and now they have taken him
off to prison. and tomorrow he is to be
brought before the judges. On, follow
them as they go to their own <>ompan;\.
:mel join in that praise-meeting. \Yhat
a might as of omnipotence thrsc men
find in the very name of Jesus! what
a defiance of triumph ! what a great nn-
trouhled rest is theirs as they sing of
him, ancl of the signs nnd wonders that
shall he wrought in the ltnm<' of the
Holy Child Jesus !
Worse yet. Po,<>rty was had: prison
was worse. But now here comes the
apostles-beaten . bruised. biec>ding
their dreams of gtcatness haYe had a
rude awakening. \Yhat now of thei1
strif<s and ambitious ? Bcntcn! what
indignity nnd shame is this : But fol-
low them. "And they departed from
the prese>n<>e of the conncil, r ejoicing
that they were counted worthy to suf-
fer shame for His name."
"And Peter took him by the right
hand "-took the beggar! Really,
Ptt<'r. Saint Pcttr. gtcat .At)ostle and
nishop, trusted with nwfnl author-
ity, of a line of wondrous sn<'ctss- .
OI'S of lords spiri t ua l and temporal , WhO
in their splendid p omp shall l'lnim to
What. think you of Christianity lik
this? It. is ours-yours and mine--if
we> will ha,e it. Docs it not kindle our
longing. and do not. our hearts cry out
for so completc a suncnder of on r-
selvl's t o Christ? Claim the promisl':
for it "Ye shall reccin
power. nft<'r thnt the Holy Ghost is
c>omc upon nnd shall be wit -
n<'ssc>s unto me."
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Names of the Inmates of HOPE scHOOL, Calcutta, India, as they appear in Group.
Back Row, beginning at left of
picture as you look at it-(1) Be
mulla, (2) Dherendra II, (3) Abola,
(4) Subodh.
Second Row, ten Shus
billa, (2) Promela, (3) Nolini, ( 4)
(5) Shudhera, (6) Hori, (7)
Chapola, (8) Komolini. (!l) Bebha
boti, (10) Karmini.
T_hird Row, sixteen girls-(1)
Luckia, (2) Taramoni, (3)" Rani, (4)
Raju (Faith Oberg), (!i) Amodini,
(6) Hemangini, (7) Keron II, (8)
Sanoda, (9) Geri, (10) Boshonts,' (11)
Torola, (12) Sha.roda, (13) Baby
Shushilla, (14) Keron I, (15) Probha,
( 16) Cliandra.
Fourth Row, sixte(' n girls...,-(1)
Radha. S<>ilobala. (3) Bidhu, (4)
Nermolla I, (5) Charushilla (6)
Oosha, (7) Porimot, (8) Bejoli, (9)
Nedhu, (10) Biraj, (11) Kheroda
(Baby) (1) Noni, (13) Shadomini,
(14) Shurabala, (15) Sh.anko, ( 16)
Soroju.
:fifth Row, seventeen persons-( 1)
Mawlena, (2) Shorot , (3) Lakhi I,
(-t) Shorno. (5) Nehar, (6) Sorojini,
(7) Mrs. Bauurjee, (8) Her Grand-
child on lap, (9) Mrs. -Avetoom,
(10) Mrs. Biswas, (11) Baby on lap, .
( 12) Asha, ( 13) Shurjoo, (14) Hem, '
(15) Rojini, . (16) Kooshum, ( l i)
Babz s. c.
Front Row, nineteen little ones.-
(1) Prembota, (2) I ndu, (S) Shud-
hangsha, (4) Ioteebala, (5) Maha-
brcr, (6) Putul, (7) Napu, (8) Sur:tj
I, (9) Monoronjon, (10) Sopal, (11)
Bepin, (12) Anunda; (13) Shot tesb,
(14) Nobin, (15) Baby 'Tone, (16)
Sbusbil, ' (17) Maghmala, (18) Lakhi
ll, (Suraj IT), (19) Monmohini, died
a few days after.
Mr. Biswas (Promotba) stands on
the lefti' and his brother. Mr. S. C.
Biswas (P.undit) is . on the right of
the group.


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Contributed Articles ..
AN EMERGENCY PROMISE .
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I. G. MARTIN.
If any man sin we have an Advocate
with the .Father.-1 John 2:1. .,
. are the words. of. a lqving
Fathl'!r .to his dear little chiidren. In
thus speaking' to them . He has no
thought of giving them to com-
mit sin, Or to pTOVidQ for a "sinning.
religion," for He has just been telling
them not to sin, and that "he that com-
mitteth sin is of the devil," and' " who-
soever born of God doth not commit
sin.,... .
But the import of this promise is to
furnish His children with a kind of
emergency hospital, a life-preserver, a
fire-escape, or a house of refuge, which
is f'o be used only in ease of extreme
necessity.
I luive noticed in ira veling over this
country that the coaches of the railroad
trains are each furnished with an ax
and. saw, which are placed in a glass-
covered case in some conspicuous place
in the These are for us in case
of accident or wreck. only.
On the steamships we see a supply
of which are'' for use
only in case the steamer springs a leak, .
becomes disabled, or something of 'the
kind.
Again, I have always been careful to
see that in the hotel where I have taken
lodging that there was a
convenient, which I have never had any
intention of using just because it was
th<>re, but only in case of emergency.
I have doubtless traveled more than
on<' hundred thousand miles withi1.1 the
last fifteen or twenty years, and so far
have never had to pnt on a life-pre-
. server or leave a hotel by way of a fire-
escape. But I have always felt glad
they were at my disposal in case of an
emergency.
Now, since we will never get where
it is impossible to sin, our Father has
provided an emergency promise-1
John 2 :1-which He expects us to use
only .in ease of extreme tieeessity; and
it would greatly rejoice His heart of
infinite love if we should never have to
use it, for says, "These things write
I unto you that ye sin not."' 'And
though we will never get where it is
impossible to sin, I re-joice know t hat
we can get where it is possible not to
.
reader, should yon, in some nn-
guarded moment, be . betrayed into
some act of wron g doing. do not <'nst
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Boys in outside schools and girls who were away or ill when the big group was 'taken.
Back Bow, stanaing, six boys-(1) Front Bow, two boys-(1) Khogendra,
Michael, (2) Cbaru, (3) 'l'arnk, (4) PhilliJ, ( 2) Surendra. . .
(5) Dberendr'a I (6) Pota.
Second Bow, seven-(1) Nermolla II,
(2) Bhola, (3) Ameodala, (4) .Shoroln
(Sotta), (5) Sheeshubala, (6) Amerendra,
(7) Birendra.
away y our confidence nor listen to the
tempter who will'begin to say: "There,
now, if Y.QU had been Qr
you had been sanctified, you -\vould
never have failed like that." Remember
the ''emergency promise,'' and hasten
to the Savior who bas said, "If we con-
fess our si'ns, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.''
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THE QUESTION OF CHRISTIANITY.
H. H. B. CIPRICO.
is the best way to make a
Christian?"
Use the simple methods of John the
Baptist, Paul and the apostles, Luther,
wesley and other noted prophets, evan-
gelists and preachers, viz: Preaching,
exhortation and instruction. By these
means men are warned, entreated and
enlightened. The efforts of all such
men are mainly directed to a promulga- .
tion of the central truth .tnat the salva-
t-ion of the soul is' a gift of God, is of
divine origin and character, and that
Jesus Christ is the only mediator be-
tween God and man. . Any method,
however .. simple and humble, whereby
a r e nroused and . made to see the
jnstiee nnd righteousness of God's law,
nnd the r emedy in Christ"s atoning
blood for the breaking of la\,, is
Jnact.i eal and productive of good . . Th.e
effectiveness . of such work depends
P. S.--On account of illness or worl, four
were. not able to be taken, viz: (1) Solo
man, (2) Sorala (Shoshi), (3) Shoondari,
(4) Medhu.
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upon the personal qualifications
of iii charge. Ministers, evan- '
gel.ists, exhorters. pastois or lay Chris-
tian workers .. should each have a living
personal r eligious experience of his
own, that he is exhorting others to .fol-
low. They should be held in high es-
. teem for their work 's sake and enjoy
the respect and confidence of all, with-
out the slightest taint of hypocrisy or
partiality. Great immediate results
follow definite testimony to the work
of divine grace. Positive, progressive
evangeli.sm, wherein ecclesiasticaf au-
thority or machinery is forgotten for
the moment, in pressing home to the
hearts and minds of the hearers the
claims of God through the teachings
and commandments of Jesus, brings
men under conviction and to a' place
of decision, producing definite tangible
results.
"How is the best way. to keep hiJD a
Christian T" :.
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By association with congregations of
Christian believers for fellowship and
mutual helpfulness. By the study of
the scriptures the practice of 'au
the Christian virtues, especially those
of self-denial and sacrifice for others.
''Is genuine Christianity on the
waneT''
The eomiJlercialism, the luxury-lov-
ing tendencies and the rollicking, fun-
st>eldug spirit of the times make the
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of the gentle Christian virtues
seem impractical, extreme and out of
place by way of contrast. Many good
efforts nre s"allowcd up in the mad
vortex of the whirl of social, in.dustrial
and political competition. The spirit of
selfishness, greed and folly grows apace
while indifference, }_lypocrisy, heresy
and schism -confronts the church.
Count. Tolstoi, the great Russian poet
and philosopher, takes a pessimistic
view, seeing no hope except iin a return
to the simple life. Ferrari, the great
Italian historian and sociologist, sees
hope in what he terms, "Is a struggle
for mastery now going on in this coun-
try between the religious ideals of the
Puritan fath ers atfd the foreign cus-
toms of alien races of later years."
/ The increased number of communi-
cants in this or that branch of the Chris-
tian church, is less a sign of genuine
Christian h than is pcrha ps the
awakening of the public conscience on
matters of. public and private honesty,
the widespread agitation against the
liquor traffi c. and great reforms
usually the forerunners of great spirit-
ual revivals in times past. \Vhile pres-
ent conditions indicate a decided spir"
itual wane, the signs of the times seem
to point to a great religious awakening
in the near friture or great propottions
affecting all branches of the Christian
church.
.JI .JI .JI
HIS WITNESSES.
I am glad that there are a few who
are standing true to God. And I am
glad that when I was down deep in the
mire and clay and in ihe Clutches of
the devil, I heard a sweet voice saying.
"Give me thine heart., . And I agreed
that I would quit the service of the
devil. And then I went to the cross
and implored for mercy and Jesus
heard my cry and saved my from sin.
HallelujaH! .A,nd .then I walked in the
light that God gave me and I soon
found out that there was something
more for me. For the word says; "It
is not all that says Lord, Lord shall
enter kingdom of God, hnt he that
doeth the will of the father." And this
is the will of God even your sanctifica-
tion. There was so much joy in serv-
ing Jesus that I diclp 't. back down but
had the old man and (He)
Jesus sanctified me wholly. And He
heals my body and has given me
a call to the foreign field. Praise God.
So he helps me a.s a Pentecostal Naza-
rene to pre.ach Pentecostal doctrine,
and God grant that we shall all unite
as one and push the battle forward for
victory is ours through J esus. Let us
keep on trusting Him for greater things
in the future than ever before.
Walter Cheesman.
Clayton, N. J.
Messenger
(}orrespolidence
OKLAHOMA DISTRICT.
\ c attended the dedication of our
beautiful church at Ponca City, Okla.
Dr. Bresee, our senior General Superin-
tendent, was in charge. The revival
runs the.year round here, the altar
wns often filled and they prayed
through.

We had the pleasure of taking Dr.
Bresee and his wife and . Bro. Leslie
Gny, our General Missionary Treasurer,
and his wife and Rev. J . H . Mcintyre
and his wife home with ris to see Beth-
aror, the Nazarene Home. and the Okla-
homa Holiness Coll<>ge. They spent two
days with us. ancl then hurried \On to
Cnlifornia. \Ve to Ryan, Okla.,
to fill ai1 engagement for Dr. Bresee.
where he had been called to organize a
Nazarene church. Next we went to
Hutchinson, Kansas. where the Holiness
church there with eighty-five members,
a splendid Bible scliool al)d a rescue
home. all came into the Nazarene
Church. The'' have property worth
$20,000. \Ve had a renl revival while
there.
Next we went to Kismet, in south-
west Kansas, and two chnr<:hes came
into the Nazarene's at and
Glendale. The Seward Co. Bible school
is the property of t hese tw0 iiodic_s
they have just completed a bmldmg .
which cost $4,000. .
We are at this writing at Newton.
Kansas. invited here by 1h< Holiness
church, who have a good ehnreh build-
ing and a fine membership. They are
seeking union also. Kansas has turned
into line in the last few w('c'ks as Okla-
homa has. This nutkE's forty-five
churches on this district. frorn the nine
to begin with. Amen.
. C. B. Jernigun. D. S.
OKLAHOMA DISTRICT ASSEMBLY.
Our first District Assembly has gone
to record. It was the greatest epoch
in the holiness movement in this new
state. Dr. E. P. Ellyson. our General
Superintendent, was at his best. His
sermons were excellent, especially his
charge to .the class of eleven young
preachers who ,\ere ordained. There
were about 150 delegat es in attendance.
The register of ' delegates and visitors
.reached the 500 mark The new
chm:eh-which is large-was often
crowded. Our pastor, J. H. Mcintyre
and. his faithful church truly deserve
credit 'for the way they entertained -the
Assembly.
There were forty-five churches that
reported from nine to begin with last
fall at the General Assembly. There
was about $1500 worth of church. prop-
erty at the beginning of the year; the
. reports show over $53,000 worth of
property in the district, making a gain
of over $50,000 in church pr.operty, in-
cluding the Oklahoma Holiness College,
[December 2, 1909
the Nazarene Rescue Home at Okiaho.
ma City, and the Holiness Bible .Sehool
at of the
old-fash10ned kmd hnvc swept thn dis.
trict this year. Our pastors arc nil live
men full of class of men
who .bring things to pass.. All of our
churches five are iri. Oklahoma
but Kansas is ripe -for the sickle now:
One week has passed and two new
churches. have been organized
and others waiting the visit' of the Dis.
trict Superintendent.
Vve have 107 preachers, 27 dca ton-
esses, and yet we n.eed a f <m good men
full of faith and fire who <>an brlieve
God in t he dark for great things and
are willing to go out nnclcr the stars
and gather sticks and buil<l a nest . We
e:an show yon the limb to hang it on.
No room for. roomers and hoatdets. and
our cradles a re full of ha hies-we want
MEN. Oklahoma is the state where
they do things." . . .
Dr. Ellyson dedicated t.hc
Hoine at Bethany Stntion, Oldnhitita
City. and preached once to the st ndcnts
in the Oklahoma Holiness C'olleg<.
The trolley car line gaYc ns a spial
car ont to Bethany. we are planning
and praying for still gt'<'llt<'r thiug;.; this
next year.
C. B. ,Jcinigan, Dist. Supt.
Oklahoma District Pastoral Arrange.
. ments.
Ada, Okla.-S. M. Pickens.
Amos, vVcaverton and Bolden. Okla.
-T. J . Ferguson.
.Altus-S. H. Owen. .
Buckeye, Keifer and Newberg, Okla.
-J. I. Hill .
Durant and Coalgate, Olda.-E. B.
Pritchett.
Duncan, Okla.-G. h Roher.
Erick and Canute, Okla.-D. J. \\ag-
goner. .
Howard, Kans.-0. W. Eclwar<k
Hugo, Okla.-V. P. Drake.
i\Iildrow and Sallisaw, Okln.-)frs.
Amnnda Coulson.
Oolagah and Collius,ille, Okla.- D.
M. Coulson. .
Horning. Okla.-W. F. ?.Iolcs.
Ponca City, Okla.-,J. H. i\Iclntyrc. .
Hutchinson, Kans.-H. M. Chamlwrs.
Kismet and Glensdal<'. Kans.-
James Demoret.
Plainville, Kans.-J. B. Mickey.
IJone Grove. Okla.-C. C. Goltr:v.
Oaklawn. Cement and Cyril-A. B.
Jones.
Bowden-J. S. Collins.
Wanette, Wayne and Purcell-T. E
Willis.
Bethany, Oklahoma City-H. H. )fil
ler.
Beulah Heights, Oklahoma Gity-J.
W. Vanter.
Norman-E. G. Cain.
Mill Creek and Sulphur-A. 0. DtJn-
can.
Maude-To be supplied.
Hill and Wister-T. P. Miller.
Okemah-To be supplied:
Foster-W. E. Hill.
Seminole-!. T. F,lynn.
December 2. l009J
PORTLAND, OHE.
We had a good day Sunday. Iu spite
of the hen ''Y rains we had good attend-
ance. In the evening Bto. t he
Disf J'ict Superintendent, w.ns witl; us
atid t hrce backsliders came to t he altar
and to get victory. God is
still in t he business of saving soul s, and
it worl<s fine. . We are goi ng on with
Hi111 to the end of the war.
A. 0. Hciniclts.
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WASH.
Y estcrday closed the second week of
Oiu great meeting in this city. The
lnl'l.!t! tabernacle was packed in the af-
tel'ltOOn services and at night many
.wc1n turned away. The altar and front
scat was lined with seekers. It surely
bas he en a great . week. ' e will run
hc1 nnothcr week hut wife and 1 will
go o1r to Seattle Friday and start the
mcl'fing thctc while .Williams doses
herr. .
I have ar1anged with Bro. Williams
to :-pend the mont h of l\iarch with us
in California. Let's go in for
a mid-wi nter district camp meet -
in{!. I. G. l\lartin.
CANTON, ILL.
God is giving us the vidory her e in
Cn11fon ; Glory t o His name. Last ni ght
(Sunday, November 21st) the scats in
ou1 church wer e all well 'filled. God's
Spil'it. moved mi ghtily upon hear ts; the
result was thred seekers at the altar .
We lunc organized a Young People's
Socicty which is proving a means of
g1a " to t he ehnrch a nd young folks
also. Glory to God. We a r e persuaded
that what tlie folks 1ieed is t he old-
fashioned gospel and t hat it is t he
power of God unto sahation. Glory to
Gotl forever.
F. J. Thomas, Pastor.
SEYMOUR, IND.
The work here is moving along.
'Siure the District Assembly we have
hacl seekers at the altar week and
last Sunday three united wit h t he
chmch. "'ith P aul we can say t hat a
dor11 is opened unto ns her e, nnd there
:trH many adversaries. 'Ve expect t o
be:.rin a revival 1st. Rev.
Gen. Church of Indianapolis is to be the
e\angelist. He is a true and faithful
. Jl)an, and successful in revival work.
Pray for us here.
J : F. Harvey, Pastor .
ALLEGHENY. PA.
Chapel, 442 F ir st street, of
which Rev. E . H. Leizure is minister,
has been having most blessed meetings.
Wt are going to have .Rev. C. A. Im-
hoff. District Superintendent, with us
on February 6 to 14. Pray that God
might he with us in these meetings.
w.l hold blessed street meetings which
nr.. devoted to si nging. prayer and
}n:i<'f addresses, and they are a blessing
to the people. Sunday afternoon we
m ... going to di.scont.inuc our ::J o '<>lo<"k
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Bible class to begin a Sunday school.
Sunday evening, Young People's praise
ser vice. followed by preaching service.
P ray for this work and do not forget
to pray for our pastor, who toils with
us mH.l' who is unsalaried. T. M. H.
BEVERLY. MASS.
Bless God for .victory t hrough the
Blood! We have met payl)1ent
on our lot when due; pnt the parson-
age on a seven-foot cement foundation;
built a cement aud stone foundation for
the church; have our church up, board-
ed in, and nearly r eady for the shing-
ling. We have hired no work done.
Our own members have done the great:::'
er part of it all, after their days' work
was done, oft en working u ntil ten
o'clock at night. W.c are a poor people.
Not one member owns his own ho'me;
and yet all are good lifters. Glory!
Oi1r God is blessing us sp iritually,. too.
'V c nrc pusliing ahead.
E . J . Lord,. Pastor.
FITCHBURG, MASS.
are enjoying special victor y here,
for which we humbly praise God. Souls
are getting saved and t he saints and
young converts blessed. Sunday, No-
vember 14th, was an unusually high
day in Zion, but our prayer is "Higher
yet." Three baptized, November 7th,
and more to go forward next Sabbath
(D. V.). The tide is t urning. To God
he the praise. D. Rand Pierce.
FROM THE IRICKS.
Truly, these are busy. happy
with us. Our time is all occupied in
preaching, enjoying 1\ nd promoting full
sal vation in song, prayer, testimony,
sermon and daily example. The Lord
is pleased to fight our battles; go he-
fore us. "Lo. I am with yon.". and
"will ever abide within yon, " and
"supply our every need." Hallelujah!
Vve never enjoyed the sacred func-
tions of the holy ministr y as in these
days. The gospel of Jesus was never
so sweet and precious to onr own souls
as npw. The ministry of int<>rcession
was ... never more important. effectual,
n<'edfnl and enjoyable to our labors and
life than at this writing. The .glor y of
winning souls to God is so great and
gratifying to . our hearts until we
"Give us souls or \Ve die. "
.Just recently we were offi cially ap-
pointed district evangelists of the Dal-
las District of the Pentecostal Church
of the Naz(lrene, which capacity we are
now ready to serve, and if enough work
demands we will put in all our t ime for
t he year or appointed time; but other-
wise, we will make engagements as
time and place shall request ns.
Our District Superintendent, Rev. J.
D. Scott. will assist us in tnnking elates
and will accompany us in some of these
conYentions.
The Lord gave us n very gracious
meeting in Collinsville, Okla. About
S<'venty-fivc w<'re saved and. sanctified.
Great grace and spiritual power and
fer vor upon these three weeks of meet-
ings. A fine Nazare ne movement. is on
foot here. Keep your eyes and ears
open. \ e began here in Wesley
Chapel, ncar Granby, last ' F riday
night and the jndications arc most
gratifying for a genuine revival. Great
dny her e Sunday. 'Vill r eturn to our
work on the Dallas District, after this
to put in a r ed-hot campaign
for aggressive evangelism. Amen. Our
home address is Box 397, Pilot Point,
'fpxas.
Allie and Emma Irick. c
.,
CHARLES N. CRITIENTON.
The name of Charles N. Crittenton is
one of t he a nd highly
est eemed on the Pacific Coast. He was
not only an evangelist of r emarkable
r esults; but a great philanthropist. He
established and largely sustained about
four score Florence Gri t t en t on Rescue
Homes for the protection and sah ation
of poor, unfortunate girls, ' ' i<: t ims of
t he brutal lust of rotten men. )[ore
than a ny man in the Uni t ed Stat es )lr.
Grittenton has in a quiet wHy t rca ted a
sentiment which has pointNI public pro-
test against the fearful ra \ages of the
white slave trade. The death of his lit-
tle daughter Florence awakened and 'iJl-
ftamed his soul. He became deeply,
definitely religious. He went into the
evangelistic work and soon came face
'
to face with the awful l"ri me against
womanhood and out of his gr eat heart
came the desi re a nd the plan t o estab-
lish the ''Florence (' ri ttenton Homes.
l\ h. Crittenton was a successful i}usiness
man-n wholesale druggist in
Yoik. lie s pent most of his t imc look-
ing aft er and proinoting these refuges
for the poor outcast wom<' n. He was
on a t our of inspection in San Francisco
and took suddenly ill of pneumonia and
died Wednesday night at t he Hotel
mandie. San Francisto. He had a re-
markable personality. He inspired con-
fidence and good will and good f eeling.
There was an abs.olntc st>lf-ahnegation
in all his work. As an e,angelist he
spoke in a direct. earnest. sincer e way.
He impr essed every one with his gen-
uineness. He was in a gener a l way affil-
iated wit h the Episcopal church. but lie
found himself in close f ellowship with
all t)1e of all the churches.
Well may the churches mourn the loss
of so good a man. The churches should
rally about these rescue homes he has
so generously founded and so devoutly
sustained. The Chur ch of J esus Christ
should rise in its terrible might and
stamp out the white slave t raffic. Chris-
t ianity is disgraced. The church has no
right to the confidence of men so long
as it allows this wicked, sensual and
deYilish business to on. The s tand-
ard should be raised, the colors should
be flung to the breeze, the church
should get together. and these lurking
woniim hunters. slave traffickers. 1m-
man degenerates. shonldbe driven out.
-{"nlifornia Christian Advocate.
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EDITORIAL
TO WHOM SHALL WE LOOK?
\Yho will take up and carry oi1 t he
work of holiness? \ e do not mean
what individual will preach it. testify
to it, anc;l try .to push the . work. The
work of the individual is subject to 'dini-
astahon in many ways, an(l he soon
ceases his work, and unless it is con-
served by organization, it is wasted and
wastes itself away. Individual power
and influence may for a little time seem
-very considerab.le, but in spite of all, it
soon fades out. Whitefield
large personal influence, but Wesley,
no organized body to conserve
his work, organized and made concrete
the r esults of his labors, and thus made
them enduring. Holiness work of con-
siderable magnitude P.as swept over dif-
ferent parts of this country, but where
it has found no organized body to pre-
serve and foster it, it has spent its force,
wasted its strength and like water
poured out upon the ground, disap-
peared. .
The burning question which
now upon the lovers of holipess in this
country is: \Vho will foster and care
for work? We certainly do not
care to deceive ourselves, and thus dig
the gra,e for our work anrl desires.
Whoever will do this work shall be as
the apple of my eye, and will .
be the joy of all holy hearts.
Methodism long provided a mecca
where hearts hungry for perfect. love
could find a table spread on the heaven
side of the valley and . the shadows,
where carnalit y had died . . It was J.ohn
!Vaza.rene Messenger
\esley's earnest confession. that 1\'Ieth.-
od ism was "raised np to spread scrip- '
tnral holiness over the lands. : She did
spread it, but thc t.ime. caine when she
ceased to conserve it, smd grflelually
both the thing itself and the spreading
of it very largely <>eased. \Ve all know
that. ,the .conservinl! it is as necessary
as t.hc sprcarling of it, and that if it is
not. cmerl for, the sprending of it. will
come 'to an end. To what organ.:
izcd body ran wc> look to . for the
wol'lcof holin0ss? It now seems evident
tn the most devot.c'l friends of Meth-
nclism. anxious ab1ntt t his mat-
t<'t'. that eannot look to that
eburch expec.t.ing it to give place and
opportunity to this g1:eat central truth
nn1 of fhis dispensation. n
is useless to bliml onr eyes ancl thus
misdirt>ct. out l'fforts. \Ye nil desire the
lwst nvcnnes and the strongest and
most. effi cient. agen<'i<>s to do work,
nnd it. is with gr<>at seeming sortow
that u1ose who have long trusted ancl
hop<'<l now giv<> way to their plnintive
sorrow and regret. Rev. I1. M. Haney,
so well known as an old war-veteran
for holinc>ss, anrl almost if not alto-
gctlier as much a devotee of Methodism,
who could have whispered. a doubt
88
to the coming glory of the church
when she had. doubled her numbers
a single ,day! t"
After giving or' the sad
to the church and the wo.rld of the
apostasy of the early he snys:
''A close a-nalysis of all cases of spir-
itual decline will reveal all the features
(in grea.te:f or less degree) desctibcd
under the above fonr headings. What
spititual darkness has struck the pnlpit
and pew of my own denomination in
. proportion as she nas drifted away ftom'
God! Darkness concerning her own
doctrines! 'The central doctrines of
Methodism! Deprav\t.y, sin, th'e atone.
justification by faith,
entire sanctification! What of
the Comfqrter! what meager fC'llow-
ship with God! . What blind se<'ldng
after substitutes for our glorious gos-
pel! What bewilderments ahont the
r esurrection! How fearfully tare,
really victorious experiences, hot h in
pulpit. and pew! What going to the
world for something to satisfy .us ! ffow
few, compared with the mult.itudo. who
do not die like otl1er people, who have
not one word of triumph, when soul
and body are parting! Is not \Vcslcy's
boast that 'our people die \vell," l:uge.
ly l eft in the shadows? Is there not
ground for humiliation, confession nnd
prayers, with a speerly return to her
says some very sad tl1ings in a recent own glorious. centers?"
art.iel<> in the Christian Witness, which.,. Having given a of t he char-
it. e<>l'tain ly presses his heart with pain . acteristics of the declii1 e in t he rarly
to ntt<>r. He says : church, he says :
"Having ministered with tremendous ""Would it be wise to study the rapid
interest at the altars of Methodism for rlevclopment of nearly all these features
sixty-three years, I have had wide op- in onr history in the past thirty years?
port.tinities for observations as to Arc we increasing ri t nnls? Arc we
changes which may have taken place. drifting from the simplicity of primi-
It can truthfully be stated that in all t.ivc worship 1 Are we subst.itnt ing
these years, not one hour's thought has church membership and service for tc-
been given to the CJUcstion of lea\'ing pentance, saving faith. and the tll'W
her communion: bnt before I leave birth? Are we bringing God's children .
for the clmr ch triumphant, aurl while now to bt> sanctifi<'d wholly by an Mt
rejoicing in the strength of her of faith in J<'sns, as we taught for sixty'
warks: to be true to her. -to Christ and years. or are we senrling multitudes of
race. I must raise some danger sig- hungry souls, through an endless Sl'tics
nals. If t he chur<'lt of Penteeost with of their own p<>rformances, to mnke
her heart of flame and tongue of fire, themselves holy? . Is there now a pre-
could so wander from God, so lower the mium put on completely sanctified men
standar(l of His law and gospel. and be- and ministers. as in the days of our silll-
come. so demoralized by millions plieit:v? or are.such men and minist.Prs,
of worldings into her fellowship. as to hC'Id at a rliscount by a great majorit.y
be <>ompellerl. to hide God's Book of. our leading ministers and offi,inl
for ages from the common people, lest boards? Ts it t rue that we now monrn
her ungodliness should be reproved, if a sufficient number of holy men ran-
and her false t<>aching and heathen not be found in a singl e churr.h to p()n-
worship should be exposed by its fiery stitutc a board of stewards, or, as a
light, why not see in the light of his- rule, nrc theM now chosen for th<>ir
tory, and the present worldwarrl trend. business or. or
in penning doom. and avoid it! ! ! r egarrllcss of the1t sp1r1tuahty? Is 1t
\\"hat apparent triumph, what shout- true that a brother wl10 has testifiecl to
ings, when the church of Pentecost God's sanctifying grace is therefore
t hrew her arms widely open, and took preferred and chosen to be a truste<' of
in millions from t he Roman Empire in church property? Is it true that a pas-
a single revival meeting! Who would tor responding to a call from a fir;;t-
have darerl to suggest that any victory class church should state, th.at if hr.
for truth and Christ's gospel, had come, he was sure he would come in I he
equaled it in the annals of man? He 'fulln,ess of the blessing,' be therchy
must have been a "croaking pessimist" more certainly chosen 1
December 2. 1909]
"None can deny that these questions
nrc plain. practical and appropriate,
and t.hnt tile answers we nrc compelled
to give would }?e exactly opposite to
what we would hnve given. if applied
to the Metl10dist sevent y years
ago. Who that is intelligent, as to l1er
past nncl present history, can faH .to sec
t he wondrous trend toward spiritunlity
in thcformer. and the trend toward un-
spiritnalit.y in the lntter? Holiness
t hen nt n p1eminm; holiness no:w n.t a
discotint!" . - .
Rev. TJ. M. Haney who writes these
things is nn intense r.fet hodist ehurch-
mnn. Not only as he snys hnsiic .. "min-
ist.crcd wit.h tr<' l!ICJJdons interest at. the
altars of Methodism for sixty-three
.vcnrs, " hut he believes. nn!l declares.
that such an effort. to give a home to,
and to conserve the experience of those
who may seek nn.d rome into the bless-
ing of ,entire sfuwt.ification. as the Pen-
fci'Ost.nl Chmth of the Nnzart?ne is do-
ing a wrong.
\Vha t is to he done? Vt/ e pointed
to Mr. Wesley and told' tlwt lH>. never
left. the Clumh of England. etc:. \\That
did h<> do? He at. oni'C or gnnir.cd his
peopl e into class<>s: he . hcl!l mNtings
with thCJil, he built meeting houses, he
sent forth prenrhcrs, he held confer-
ences with them and arranged their
work, adopted . for them. a nanw, etc.
The Chnrl'll of England was a state
church, nnd by the a ction of the eccle-
sinstics and of his own course, was
ahout as fully out of that erclesiasticism
ns t hose of ns who were Methorlists are
out of thnt church. If h<' rould get
along without ordaining men for the
wor1;: in Englnn(l he ordained men,
hoth elders nncl bishops, for other
lands, 11nd declared tl1nt he was as
much of a bishop as n ny man in Eng-
land.
With Bro. Haney ' s sho\\:ing of the
con(iitions of Methodism-and holiness
does not seem likely to get any mor e
genial home in any of the otll<'r older
churches-must we not do as Mr. \Yes-
l ey did-organize the people into socie-
ties, and preach to them, and give free
opportunity to worship and testify?
We nre not under a state church and
must do as Mr. Wesley did for tl1is
though there were oth-er
churches; yet he set -up t he banners of
Methodism to spread scriptural holi-
ness over these lands. He was not de-
terred by the fact that people in other.
churches who were hungry for holiness
might come to the people called -Meth-
odists, and. . thus prejudice other
churches against tpe work. It was his
to go and accomplish the work given
him to do- to publish his mess11ge in
the face of the sun il nd to organize his ..
followers that they might cr y forth
their message from the tops of the
. mountains .. S_hall wr not dp likewise?
God never blest Mctlodisin more nor
7
Notes atid Personal$
I !
See that your Christmas .gifts will
help the. receiver nearer to heaven. A
choice lot of holiness books are kept at / '
the Pnblishing House for that purpose.
spread it abroad more. rapidly .in its
beginnings, thnn He is t he Pentccostal
Church of the Nar.nr ene. It never.
proselytes; but does seek to fulfill the
command, '' Ari.se and be luminous," as
the light of God has com,e and.His glory
is upon. it. \Vith these aelmowlrdged
conditions, 'shnll we not push the battle
for holiness ev<>n more intensely, and
strive to conserve it more fnlly?
Bro. E . H. Sheeks, treasurer of the
General Missionary Board, .desires all
who scnii missionary offerings to
t.hc district they are in. . His address is
Beebe, Ark. '
.:.&
FOR JAPA.N.
Rev. and M1s. Thompson. Miss )tin-
nie Upperm11n and Rev. ,J. A. Chc:n11nlt
to sail for Japan as missionaries of
Pentecostal Chnr!;h of the NazareJ1C,
. 1st, from Francisco.
They wilt spend a few days among the
churches of Southern C11lifornia, and
will farewell at First Church, Los An-
geles. before they sail. 'rhey will aTso
prohably spend a few days witl1 the
churches around the Bay : San Fran:
ciseo, Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda,
etc.
Though these missionaries are 11rdent
N renes, and _go out under the aus-
pices of onr church, yet their going,
and provision for them, has been made
possihle by outsirle parties. who are
rleeply intt.>rcsted in mission work and
thorong-l_lly belieYe in this c.hurch. It
is well )mown t hat the ,foreign missions
already rstablished and the pr<ssure of
np of the work in this
malwsnrh d(>mands. that the GE'neral
Assembly advised the opening up of no
new missiol'ls for t he t.imc: hnt the over-
ruling proYirlcnces of God op('n np this
work. over and above what the f:hurch
could of itself ' do. The rxpense of this
1nission docs not decrease thE' offerings
from onr people for t hl' 'neeciy
work of the ehurch at homr or abroad.
but will doHhtlcss he an. in
every way. b ...
.:.& .JJ
MISSIONARY ENVELOPES.
Noitice to, Pastors. Chmch )lission-
ary Secretaries or Treasurers:
A new lot of emelopes
have been made up for us iti the East.
These should be pro('nrcd at once or as
needed from the following parties:
E. H. Sheeks. Beebe, Ark.
R.ev. H. N. Brown, 34 Autumn St.,
Everett, Mass.
Leslie F. Gay, 2889 !dell St., Los An-
geles, Cal.
Rev. C. E. Cornell, 6356 Eggleston
Ave., Chicago, Ill.
It. is not ioo early. for every pastqr
to announce t hat there will be a Christ-
mas offering of one dollar per 'member
for our General and District
tcndents. Now, will you sec to it?
God is moving in the churches. Re-
ports of gr:H-ions revivals, with gra-
f:io us visitations of divine power, are
reaching ns from all quarters. "Keep .
on brlicving." and pray, brethren.
Bro. St. Clair writes from Cucamon-
ga: "We are having a gracious revival
her e-some powerful cases of salvation
and sanctifi<:ation.. Good crowds. Peo-
ple are praying. Expecting greater
t hings. H11llelujah!"
Special mcetipgs are ,now being held .
at Latin Station and will continu in-
definitely. Evangelist H. .J. Elliott
will be on hand every night, and Di!)-
trict Superintendent Rev. J . W. Good-
win and other prominent preachers and
workers at different times. . '
'fhc Compton Ave. Chur.ch, Los Aii-
geles. Cal., with a membership of 145
-children iecluded-have for the past
eighteen months given $.100 per month
for home and foreign missions. Shows
what can J>e done, if-you want to.
From the home of Mrs.. M . . A.
Hitchens. whose daughter is one of our
mission11ries in India, 8072 pounds of
goods, bedding, clothing, shoes, canned
goods; and other useful things were
sent .Yo the Pentecostal mission in Igat-
pnri. India.
Ground was broken, No.vember 9th,
for the Central Nazarene University,
Hamlin, Texas.. exc:r.cises were
witnessed by a large gathering of peo-
ple. The main building is to cost $150,-
000. and is expected to be opened Sep-
tember 1. 1910.
Bro. rc heuanlt, who has been assist-
ing in district tent work in Southern
CaliforniA for some time. expects to sail
from San Francisco, February 1st, for
Japan, there to engage in missionary .,
work. He will speak at the .Young
P eople's meeting of the . First Chltrch,
Los Angeles. next Sabbath even-
ing.
8
LOs Angeli!s and Vicinity
AT THE TABb'RNACLE
It was our privilege to have as
preacher last Sabbath lllO"l'Uiug the sen-
ior G1neral Supcrint.enderit of our de--
nomination, Dr. Bresee, -who also con-
tinues in lovi ng pastoral relations ,\rith
us. His text was I saiah 49 : 5, 6; the
theme, the captivity of the church in
the Ba hylon woild, and its gra-
cious restoratio11 t.}1rough ''the pJ;e-
sened of I srael. " )
1
n his own inimit-
able and almost llllr<>por.tablc way the
doctor . handled the. s ubject, . and the
peoplt 1hnnk in tlw tl'uth and yielded
to t.h< inspil'ation of t he hour. 'rhis
writer n ever knew Dr. Bresee to be in
'hctt<'r tondition. physically, mentally
and spiritually, then he appeared last
Sabbath: and after the service was
ended ther e. seemed much str ength in
and repose.
The afternoon people's meeting was
lllOst delightful and profitable, a sort of
11ftermath of 'l'hanksgiving Day. The
key for the service was furnished by
Isai11h .12 :1 :. "And in that day thou
shalt say, 0 Lord. I will praise thee";
and tht' people did, with singing.
clear testimony and jo;vous shoutings.
Walkpr preached at night.
Agam the text was Psalm '7 :9: "Oh let
the wi ck edness of the wicked c!)me to
an end. " 'Wickedness was considere<)
as transgression, which t erm .in the He-
brew signifies rebellion. The attitude
of the wieked is rebellion against God.
From this was shown (1) the folly of
contending witl1 the Al mi ghty; (2) the
criminality of insubordination of right-
<>ons hn,; (3) the infamy of spurning
the divine goodness; ( 4) the heinous-
ness of trampling upon the Son 6f
love; (5) the dreadfulness of resisting
and blaspheming the Spirit of His
graee. After all this "there remaineth
no more sacrifice for sin; but a certain,
fea.rfnl l ooldng for of judgment and of
fi ery indignation. which shall devour
the adveisaries." Not only should the
appeal of t he t ext come to the wicked
to le11d them to r epentance; it ought to
inspire in the hearts of the righteous
a protest and prayer against wicked-
ness of all forms and degrees. .
Six eame to the altar as definite seek-
er s, and five of these testified as definite
finders.
Next Sabbath morning there will be
the r eception of new members.
E. F. W.
STREET MEETING.
The morning prayer meeting is still
a season of refreshing from the . Lord.
The evening str eet meeting was well
attended by t he worker s notwithstand-
ing the noise of str eet cars passing.
There was a great interest in the meet-
ing h;v the crowd on the !)idewalk. One
man followed the workers to the
church. He that soweth and he that
rcapeth will rejoice together in efer-
nity. Amen. S. Thomas.
I
hazarene Messenger
COMPTON AVENUE CHURCH.
Vtle wer e so glad to have with us for
both morning and evening on t he Sab-
bath day, Bro. and Sister Cowman,
from .Japan. organizers of the Oriental
Missionary Society.
In the morning Bro . . Cowman told us
of the spiritual condition in general
bot h in J apan and Korea, and especial-
ly of Ood 's workings in our stations at
Hachio,ji, Omiya, and Bonin Islands.
We. marveled at the_ wonderful .things
God is. doing, imd at the r ipeness of the
harvest in those natious so cnger for
the gospel.
In the e\ euing, after a song in the
nati,e language by Bro. and Sistei
Cowman nnd Bro . . 1\lillar, Sister Cow-
man told in a very way and
illustrated t11e customs of Japan, wJlile
our eyes beheld scveral nrrayed in the
natiYe of Japan and Korea.
'Phe rougr<>gat.ion was large and atten-
tive.
Ther e wer e five seekers of sahat.ion,
and the Young Peoph's meetings w<>rc
filled for the study of the Bihlc.
C. D.C.
GRAND A VENUE CHURCH.
As a fitting tribute of appreeiat.ion
for the blessings r eceived. a special
thanksgiving offering wns received at
the services on Thursday last at t.he
Gr and Avenue Church amounting to
$206, whi ch will he applied on c.ertain
obligations now held b;v the church.
The services of Bros. Goodwin anrl
Elliott and Chenault during the last
week were especially l1elpful ann ilk
spiring. The r egular ser vice for next
S11bbath will he in chmge of the pas-
tor. It is expected that a special pro-
t racted meeting in char ge of Rev. Fred
St. Clair will be held after the holirlays.
SPANISH MISSION.
God gave us a gre11t day of salvation
on the SabbatlL There came upon us
increase of faith in prevailing
prayer for t he salvation of souls. The
Spirit of the Lord convicted many
hearts in t.hc preaching services at. the
Plaza. A goodly number of men fol-
lowed ns to the mission. earnestly de-
. siring to hear t he beautiful words of
life. At the close of the service an altar
call :was given to which ten responded
hy coming forward, seeking salvation
through faith in blood of ,Jesus.
Among the converts.one was an Italian,
a Roman Catholic, whose heart the
Lord opened to receive the truth as it
is in J esus. Three more souls were at
the altar and got through in the after-
noon, t hus making 1:1 total of thirteen
seekers for the day. Well, God mov-
ing on and gives fruit all t he year
ronnel. Bless His name.
S. L. Athans.
PASADENA, CAL-
Sunday, November 21st, was a day
of wonderfully good attendaQce at t he
Church of the Nazarene her e. Brother
Wilson; our pastor, deli vered the mes-
2. 1909
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sages of l>ot h morJ1mg and evening.
'Jlhe text for the morning was Acts 2(i:
17, 18. He sp.oke at len.gth.abont
the deliveranee spok.en of i.n the sevcn-
tet!nt h verse, but dwelt particularly on
.t he eighteenth verse. At the
Brother vVilsop. spoke of the
. properties of the sun, and also of a
shield and showed how the Bible likeu.
cd t hem to " Our God." Then he said
that the gr;ae giYen to ns eonld he
made into four divisions. i.e.: (1) star t-
ing gr ace; (2.) Mh-ancing grace ; (H)
sustaining grace; and (4) dyi ng grace.
whi r h is in reality sanctifying gt'lll'l'.
One soul was forwnr<l:
Edna Murray.
WHITTIER, CAL.
\\c nrc glad to he able to report. tha t:
thl' cans<' of God is on the npg1ade. and
the Mi uts ar1 taking a new hold Olo
God and His JH'omi'H' S and are
for a time of l'<'\'ival hy the outpouring
of t.hf' Rpitit. and lahcning to .that etHl .
'flw rongrtgations inc. incr e11sing. that
of last Rahbath 1'\'<'ning .being the larf!-
<'st in the t"o mont.l1s of t he pr<>seut
pastorate, .'arh clepartment of
work is 't;lking on new strength ' for tlw
wnr :tgainst sin. The saints at \Vhitti<>r
seem to hnve a: good spiritual appetit<>
for the r ed-hot radical truth of God 's
Holy Bibl e and the ' interest among t he
unsaved is on the inncase, evidenced
b;v their attenclanee and taking pnrt in
the work of up cte.
The salvation interest is good and en-
couraging; one seeker at the altar on
evening la.:;t professed to ob-
taiti the blcssi.ng sought; others are un-
der conviction anrl the faith of the
snints is on the increase: Pray for a
mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit
on Whittier t hat God may be glorified.
T. F.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT.
It was indeed a pleasure to me to
holrl the fiye rla;vs' eonvention with our
Grand Avenue Chureh in Los Angeles.
This ehurch is a. bout two ,years old and
was organized by its present pastor,
Rev. C. V. !;a Fontaine, who saw the
needs and opening for our work in this
part of the city and has gathered about
him a noble class of men and women
who have loyally supported the cause.
They now have a n<>nt place of worship
and a gro,ving Sunday school with a
grand opening for aggressive work.
With the strength and gifts of their
.. able pastor and this loyal band of Chris-
tian workers standing wj.t.h him
strong church should cxown t hei r
united efforts. "' We helieve the conven-
tion resulted in good to the church ,
and t rust that they will soon. r eceive
the answer to t heir cnrnest prayer s for
a sweeping r evival vtith mighty tides
of salvat.io!!.
Evangelist Harry J. Elliott, who is
now with me in the f1eld work, com-
mences special meetings at Lntin this
December 2, 19091
week and will hold over Sunday. This
work wAs started sqmc two years ago,
])nt for mAny re_asons has not been able
to build a new place Of worship. But
1 here seems just now to. be a :possiOility
for them to nce.omplish their much dc-
sied obje1:t. 'l'hey now need about
$100 to purchase the lot so they ean
begin the building of a suitable place
of worship w.hich they so m_uch need,
:tncl the lacl{ of such a pla-ce has greatly
hindered the work. With a little help,
which we hope to give . a good
work will soon be established there. in
n I'Omfortnble place of worship.
'Phcre nrc many doors which should .
he citcred with the banner of full sal-
,ation. and with Evangelist Elliott we
.. xpect to as fully meet the 1ieeds Q.f .the
!tour as possible. \V c .hope to strength-
(' 11 the smaller chnr<:lu:s as well as to
plant ones. This wqk of build-
ing eenters of hoi_,. fire requires t.inie
and money, but it i>; dclightfnl to see
thc.fire hnrn and spread wh<>n onc>c well
planted.
J. \Y. Goo1lwin.
FROM EVANGELIST H. J. ELLIOTT.
T am now in the fl'eld work to help
push the haV!c for holincss. God has
giqn lllC a m-cssed ministty in San
Diego. I never lll<'t il' more loya I peo-
ple than in San Diego. They sing.
shout and keep the rc,iyaJ fire going all
the time. \Vhile we han dosed a
blessed revival meeting where a good
immhcr got through to Gocl. an.d a eon-
YCntion of five daYs with Dr. Bresee
and Rev. J. \V. Goo.dwln which will tell
throughout all eternity thc good it has
clmw. they are now planning for an-
ot he spec:ial Those people
hAve in the last five months and twenty-
six days paid in $906 for pastor. rent
and incidentals.
The new pastor. Rev. A. l\.f. Bowes,
starts in the work with t.hcm with all
hills payed, and they are looldng for-
ward to having a new church in t.he
next year . . Keep your eyes open to sec.
and your ears open to hear good things
from this noble band in the next year.
Anv holiness band that wants a P<>n-
teeostnl Church of the Nazarene and is
willing to help to pray A real revival
1lown on your town and stick to the job
until . God wins the hattie. yon may
write to me or .J. \V. Goodwin. District
Superintendent, or Dr. Bresee. Saints,
listen. We must have more c:hnrches
where ,holiness can have the right of
way. I have now a letter from a dear
man of God saying that he has given
a lot worth $700 and $300 cash to start
a work and if I come thnt way would
like to have me give them a meeting.
Well, that is what I am in the field for
-to help start new churches and help
the weaker ones on. ' .Address me at
730 San Pedro St., Los Angeles, caL
Evangelist Harry J. Elliott.
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Now I turn your paper over: and look
on the first page and see if your sub-
scription for the Messenger is due.
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FIVE DAYS' CONVENTION
FOR OUR CHURCHES .
, 'l'herc has been so much seeming de-
sire on the part of some of the churches
of . the district for short meeti_ngs or
lasting for. a few days,
bracing, if possible, a Sabbath, held
largely by our own preaehers and pco-:.
ple, that the Advisory Board of the Dis-
trict a<1,vised as District Superin-
tendent should arrange wherever it
should be found to hold a
five days convention. This 'I have al-
ready held in t\VO of our churches with
gratifying results, and I am now ar-
ranging for some farther senices of
this kind. .
Any church desiri"ng such a conven-
tion if they will eommnnic:ate with me
at an early date I shall be pleased to
undertake to arrange for them as soon
ris practicable. These mcctingf; unify
qm wol'l< and give oppcirtnnity to
gather t he people to us .
. J. \Y. Goodwin. District Supt.
7:lo San Pedro .. Los Angeles, Cal.
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SOUTHWE-STERN. HOLINESS COLLEGE.
God is so grAciously blessing us here
in La Lande, N. ffL, this Thanksgiving
wte1< in the special senices we are
holding for our college students and
friends. so many of our dear young
people are finding God precions to their
souls both by getting s::ned .and sanc-
tifil'<l wholly. Sister Dowe from Indi-
ana is helping us and she is being won-
derfnllv blessed of God. She and her
lmshnn'd ha<l a distind (all from God
to <'omc to onr conntr.Y and He is won-
using them both in the Sunday
serYic<>s ilnd in our meeting.
\Ym .. J. Beeson.
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BIBLE COURSE
Chapel Service Each Morning at 8:30.
Mouuay, 9 A. M.-Homlletlcs .. ............ ;;, ...... ... . . .. . Re v. R. Pierce
10 A.M.-Moral Science ..................... Rev. W . W. Danner
11 A. M.-Hollncss Biography . .............. Rev. W. W. Da.nner
Tuesday, 9 A. M.-Engllsh . . ................................ Benj. D. Scott
10 A. M.- Thoology .. . .... . ... . ........ .. ... Rev. w. \V. Danner
11 A.M. -Ail About the Bible ..... .. . .. ..... Rev. W. W. Danner
Wednesday, 9 A. M.-Publlc .Speaking ...... Miss Adelaide Haller, Teacher
In Cumnock School of Expression.
10 A. M.-Sermonlzlng .............. ... ...... Rev. W. W. Danner
11 A.M.-Isaiah and Methods of Work .. . Rev. P. F. Bresee, D. D.
Thursday, 9 A.M.-Life ot Christ ..................... Rev. W. W. Danner
10 A. M.-Oid Test Studies ................. Rev. w. W. Danner
11 A. M.-Church History . .......... ... ... W. Burt Clark. LL. B.
Friday, 9 A.M.-Text Drill ..... . ..... ........ . ....... Fred C. Jlpperaon
10 A. M.-New Test Studies ........... . Rev. E. F. Walker, D. D.
Ii. A.M.-Holiness .. ... ......... . ... .. . Rev. E. F. Walker, D. D.
Thursday, 7:30 P. M.-Vooal Music and Sight Reading ...... ........
. . . . . . . . . . . . Miss K. Stone, Supervisor Music, Los Angeles City Schools
Vocal Music ... .. .............. ... .. ........ . ... .. ....... . .. Miss Nellie Green
Plano ....... ............. . ... .. .... . ...................... Mrs. H . Schetdeman
Advanced Piano ....... :.................... .. ..... .. .............. .... . .. ............. .......... Miss Lela B. Torrey
ACADEMIC-AND SELEC1ED
Arithmetic, Algebra, Physical Geography . ... . ... ..... .... Miss Cora G. Snider
Greek History ...... ....... : ....................... .. : .. .... Mr. Leslie Gay, Jr.
E nglish, U. S. History, Latin ............. ... .. , . . ........ Mr. BenJ. D. Scott
Spanish ..... ....... ........ ...... . ........... .. . ..... ... . .. . ..... Mr. D. Mata
SPANISH MISSION
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COLLEGE NOTES.
Stildents are all getting dowu to busi-
ness after the Thanksgiving vacation.
ap!>les, 1 box oranges, 2 boxes grapes,
6 boxes raisins, 12 qts. honey, 3 doz. qts.
fruit, 1 bbx dried apricots, 1
s<H k dried apricots, 1 sack prtm es, 4
gals. 4year-old apple butter, 7 turkeys,
12 chickens, all material but the flour
to make 8 gals. of mince meat, . 1 gal.
olives. 2 parties sent $2 each and 1 party
$1 for table expenses. Other offers to
f urnish chickens came, l.mt we were not
in position to keep them until used. One
part.'; . fmnjshes us a Hless of fish every
week.
We all enjoyed a fine Thanksgiving
dinner; got.ten up under the supervision
of Sister Ely, our matron, and at which
we were favored by having with us our
pastor, Rev. E. F. Walker, D. D., his
wife and son; Rev. W. C. Wilson, pas-
tor at Pasadena, and his wife; also Bro.
F . C. Crawford and wife, from Pasa-
dena.
A precious vein of thankfulness has
of late been rnnning through the expe-
riences of our College family, in re-
sponse to the many gifts of material
supplies, sent in by friends expressing_
their Christian sympathy and interest
in the work being done in the sehool.
'l'hese good things are valuable to us,
not only to t he degree that they supply
our material needs, but more esp ecially
in that they make us feel this experience
we have and life we are living are of
larger proportions than Mnfined to one
community or locality. There is truly
a fellowship of .sl!ffering, but this is as
truly its opposite. While we are above
all giving "thanks to God for His un-
speakable gift," yet you will see from
the list below a cause for our gratitude
to tried and loving friends. The Lord
knowet h well each one who has had to
do wit.h sending the following to us,
and we know nearly all of them and are
praying that onr IJord may richly bless
ea<'h heart and life, "according to His
rirhes nnd in glory by Ghrist." .
1 sack sugar, 12 doz. rubbers f or cans,
25-lb. sark flour. 3 lbr;. Goffeet 24 qts.
tomato pirldc.' 2 hM<<'S tomatoes, 6 boxes
MISSIO.VARY BULLETIN.
Notice of a Notice.
Plense will the '1'r<'asurers of District
l\fissionary Boards, and TrC'asnrers of
Church Missionary 13oarrls, and Sunday
schools, or missions, who do not send
their missionary funds through the
Treasurer of their District (and all
ot11er persons) remember, that in a pre-
vious notice, request was made to all
mentioned above, that after November
30, 1909, all funds for missionary work
was to be sent to Rev. E. H. Sheeks,
Beebe, Ark., who is the Treasurer of
the General Missionary Board. Please
remember, and send all mi.ssionary
funds, by money order, draft, or check
on a national bank, payable to E. H.
Sheeks, Beebe, Ark. Please, brethren,
he prompt to obsC'rve t.he above request
of the General Missionary Board, for
by so doing -we will greatly assist our
Gm1eral Treasurer to forward the sal-
a l'ies of missionaries on time without
making it. neressary for our 'l'reasurer
(December 2, 1009
to hire mouey to Il')eet the heavy de-
niands of our missionary work.
Africa.
l'vfissiouaty Schmelzenba.dt has peti-
tioned t he Geneial Missionmy Board
for permission to transfer his work
f ro111. Dqrban, Natal, 'to Briti::;h East
Africa, where the laws are more favor-
able to onr kind of work.
Brava.
Superintendent Dia:r. at'l'ived at l\1a-
dctin. Novemher 3d, an<l will have to
r emain there till November 2!lth, . for

Our missionaries h V. Brown and
wife sailed from Live1pool, Novemb<w
18th, hoping to have met Bro. Diaz at
St. Vincent, bnt owing to t he detention
of Bro. Diaz, they will go on to Brava,
where they will be met by Bro. J,omba,
a. former schoolmate of Bro: Ui.own,
and will also have about sixty happy
Peutecostal Nazarenes; who have been
praying for several years for llJOt' e mis-
sionaries, to welcome them.
India.
'l'he from Bnldana says. tl!at
Bro. 'fracy \Vas gaining over a pound a
day, and is anxious to get to work
again.
The plague has subsided at Chickli;
and Sister Gibson will soon have the
work moving on.
At Igatpuri, Sisters Hitchins and
Neal were pr-essing the They
" ;ere well but weary, not,of, bnt in the
fight.
f'alcutta work is to be greatly en-
comaged by a visit from our much es-
teemed sister, Mrs. E. G. Eaton, of Port-
land. Oregon, who is the corresponding
secretary and treasurer of the North-
west District Missionary Board. Her
sailing date was November 16th, from
San Francisco. Follow her with yonr
prayers and watch for reports from her
pen in onr church papers.
Sister E. C. A vetoom finds time to
;end a .most excellent report of her
work in Calcutta, even while pressed
with the sorrowful duties in connection
with her departed mother, which r.e-
cently called her to England. This re-
port can be found in the Nazarene Mes-
senger of November 11th, and i s wor-
thy of careful reading. Our superin-
tendent states in her report that Hope
School has about twenty boys and
about seventy-seven widows and or-
phan girls. Many have been converted
during the past year and a few who11y
sanctified. Some have come in to our
mission from the street meetings and
have found real salvation. v-.r e do not
keep many of these converts for the
reason that we haven't money to pro-
vide industrial or other work for t hem
and they not being able to have work
longer with the natives, go to the larger
denominations that can provide for
them. Do you not see, my dear reader,
that if we shall conserve our work we
must have funds to perfect onr mission-
ary plants?
Geueral l\1issiona.I'Y Serrctary.
ITa Ycl'liill. Mass . .
December 2, 1909] :
Nazarene Messenger
more courage to fight si ngle-handed
t han in companies. Therefore, young
11
Our Young People
' ---
A NAUGHTY GIRL.
Sometimes when I am naughty
And am sent away to bed,
. men, seek to do more and more of per-
sonal work. Preach the Word .bY the
wayside, in the workshop, behind t he
counter, in your boarding-hou!lt:. any-
where, everywhere, when you lwve the
Jacob the Heelgrasper,
OR
Some of God's Pictures of
the Carnal Mind.
BY L. MILTON WILLIAMS
With Portrait and Introduction
BY REV. M. HILLS.
My bedstead heaves a mighty sigh
And shakes its walnut head.
.And as I lie and look about,
What do you think I see?
:ify little yellow booties
Sticking out their nt me I
-A. Kortrecht.
THE GIRL WITH A FROWN.
'l'hc girl with a frown is not the help
atHI comfort in t he home that she might
be if she should lose the frown and be-
come the girl with a smile. What
chcct is there in a frown 7 How much
comfort and inspiration can .it
to the mother? An unpleasant. task is
p(' l'formctl with a frown. The mother
asks her daughter to do some extra
wotk and is met with n frown darker
thnn common, for . t he girl wears her
frown about her ordinary tasks. She
frowns at the monotony of life. She
frowns at the extra tasks that come.
Shr frowns when her likes and dislikes
arn interfered with.
The trouble is not in the face, but in
the disposition of heart. If the heart
were right the frown of . discontent
would vanish. The frown of selfislu1ess
would disappear. The girl \vith the
frnwn would become the girl with a
smile, if she would give her life to
J rsus and hccome happy in Him.
HE WHISTLED FOR THE OTHER BOY.
The small boy was coming home at
a much later hour than he was wont to
be out nlonc. It was growing quite
<lark, and as he <amc through the grove
hr. could be heard whistling \"igorously,
if not. very tunefully, long before he
trachcd t.he house. 'rhc elders ex-
('hangt!d amused glances.
"W'hat made you whistle so loudly,
Willie?" asked one of them, as the lit-
tle fellow entered.
"\Vell, yon sec," answered Willie,
soberly, "it was pretty dark out there.
nnd I thought if .some boy-some little
hoy-should be coming along, he might
he afraid, and it would be l('ss lone-
some for him if he heard me whistle."
- \Yestern Christian Advocate.
SINGLE-HANDED WORK.
i\Iany young men covet the position
or t hose who address large audiences.
'!'hey fail to real ize that often much
more good is done in pleading with in-
tlividunls singly. There is little exal-
tation of self in personal dealing with
souls, and God honors those efforts t he
most where there is the most self-
effacement. All our powers are called
forth in such service. Then it requires
opportunity. .
When . you write letters to your
friends, tell them what Go(l hat; done
for you. Remember in all your plead-
ings with friends, to plead with God.
''The effectual fervent prayer of -n
righteous man availeth inuch. "-Sci. .
" IT'S ME, JESUS.' '
The Ram's Horn tells this little story:
"At a r eligious meeting in the south
_of London, a timid little girl wanted to
come to Jesus, and she said to the gen-
tleman conducting the meeting, 'Will
you pray for me in the meeting, please?
But do not mention my name.' Jn the
meeting, when every head was bowed,
this gentleman prayed: '0, Lord. there
is a little girl who does not want her
name known, but Thou dost know her.
Save her precious soul, Lord.' There
was a perfect silence, then away in the
hack of the meeting a little voice said,
'Please, it's me, Jesus.' "
DO SOMETHING FOR JESUS.
Children, wherever you are, be sure
you do something for J esus, and be His
little missionary. There are a number
of things you might do. Perhaps you
could do some kind of work and earn
some money to help send tracts and
Bibles to the heathen across the ocean
who do not know about Jesus. And
when vacation is over you will be hap-
py to know that you have helped sotn('-
and .ha ,.e clone it all for .J csns'
sal<c>.-Sclc('tcd.
This is a volume of 360 pages facked full of
striking lessons from the lifeo Jacob, writ-
ten in the clear and direct style of this emi-
nent Evangelist.
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of the Nazarene' the best Song Book we have ever bad. It is especially
adapted for revival work. It contains about forty new songs that h<Lve never
C?me to us before, as well as a choice lot of old, tried songs. There is a suffi-
Cient numb.>r of older songs so that you will find no difficulty in taking the
book right up in your church meetings. I would especially call attention to
No. 10, Brother Martin' s 'Glory Song,' also No. 116, 'It's Real,' and No.
120, 'The Year of Jubilee.' "This is the song the New England girls sung at
the General Assembly. Also No. 136, 'Mounting Up. This No. is one of
the sweetest songs I have ever heard. These four songs alone are worth
more than the J;>rice of the book. It is just the book.you need for your sum
mer meetings. ' .
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REVIVAL POWER.
Rev. Henry Bo<:>hm, <'Ompanion of
Bishop Asbury, jots (iown in his dia ry
such items as these: ''At sunset t hey
reported 3:39 conversions and 122 sanc-
tifications." '"l'here were t his day 264
conversions and 50 sanctifications."
"'fhere were 1100 conYersions and 916
sanctifica.tions during the meeting.
\Vhat a contrast to much of the limp,
lifeless, Christless religions wor k of
today! This was the old-time, sin-
destroying, devil-driving \Yay of doing
Thank God, if our Lord NlU
have His way, we can sec the same re-
s ults in this day and generation.
LOVE UNTIL THE H.EART ACHES.
Some parents know "hat it menns to
love theit dlildren until the heart
aches " :it.h its wealt.h of love, even to
the point of nlmost brcnking, and all
of this nnd more must be inelnded in
lovi ng God with all the heart. Broken
hearts can l ove more than whole hearts,
at least wounded hearts do. This may
be one reason why suffering is permit-
t<'d in n world where the God
can have His own way. i\Ior e and
more we are coming to sec that way-
watdness nnd sinfulness <'annot tax the
love of a suffering h<'art to the point.
where love gives out. The kind of
love we have in mind is begotten by the
God who is love. It is a baptism with
this love which will send men and
women tlnoughr seas . and fire and
storm and hatred and violence and
death to win n soul to Jesns-"-\Veslevan
1\Iethodist.
"WHO HIM."
One of the mysteries which puzzle
the .unconvert<'d is, ''How does .the min-
ister kno"' all about me?"
Said one man who had hid behind a
bed-curtain in a pri vat e house while
hearing. for the first time, King S.
thing I had done, public . and private,
Hastings pr each, "He told me every-
for the last three months.''
Of course he was in a r age with his
neighbors about telling on him, but the
fact was the pr eacher was n ever there
before, and cnme in late after meeting
had commenced; nevertheless the hid-
d en sinner was searolled out and never
found peace till he had turned to God
and confessed his sins and his wander-
ings. .
A h eathen woman once said to a
Christian Indian, named Esther: '' I
often go t o your meetings, and always
h ear something. One Sunday lateJy t he
minitser exactly dcs<>ribed the state of
my hear t. Indeed, I fully thought he
woulrl say, "l'here sits a woman who
jnst what I have said: " Do tell me
h ow the minister lmows, nnd who it is
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that tells him." yes," said ' clbthing and the comforts and the
Esther, "I will tell yon. The miniitEl,r . quilts and blankets and the boots
preaches the pure word of God, mid . and shoes and other good things, but
that word sp.eaks to our hearts. If we we would J10t \vant to have HiJU find us
a re willing to to 'it, God in staring at the ridiculous postcards and
our hearts by his Spirit, and sho'ws us the funny pictures a nd the things that
t hat it is spok en to ns. '' Then we see do harm.-Wesleyan Methodist.
and hear what is our r eal state, and =================
every one thinlcs, ' ' That is to
me.''
The Word. of God is no dead book-
it is living and powerful und is the
voice of the living spirit of God, which
reads t he heart and the lives of all men.
J;et us thank God for a gospel t hat
sear ches -hearts, and let ns pray that
ministers who kno.w all about their
hearers may be greatly multiplied.-
The
SOUL THROUGH THE :EYES.
These peopl e who look so much into
the shop windows me reveali ng their
inner character by t hat upon which
they gaze with so interest, and at
the saine t ime t hey an throwing open
the . eye-gate into their so1ils and ad-
mitting some t imes helpful and at .other
times harmful things. Through tlw
eyes into and out from . the soul is a
gate which should be carefully guard-
ed. He who looks t:oo mu<' h upon that
which is forbidden will be caught as
was the mother of us alL \Ve would
be ashamed to have an acquaintanc-e
catch us gazing intently into the t obac-
co store, and we would not want the
Lord Himself to come along and find
us listening to the music and l ooking
upon the pictures in some of the penny
shows so prevalent in all. cities. \Ve
would be willing to meet t he eyes of
the Lord after we had looked at t he
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Our Christmas Program.
''The Birthday of Jesus.''
Not" Santa Claus," but Christ.
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CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
which we trust will be examined carefully. We hope
that every Sunday School will celebrate Christmas with
a spe<:ial program by the school.
We would recommend that you go into the effort with
zeal and enthusiasm. Christmas represents to us the
birthday of our Lord. We should celebrate it thought-
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The event it commemorates means more to the human
race than any other event in the history of the world.
Get a liberal supply of ''The Birthday of Jesus," and use
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