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consecration of the moments that we shall really attain the consecration of the days and hours. Therefore He wants no This means that we are to receive the Holy Spirit in all His threads dropped, no links lost, no moments left out in all our various gift; and ministries. The Ap&e John calls Him complex life. Beloved, have we learned to take God with us the seven spirits that are before the throne, or, as the figure every day, every hour, every moment, and "in the calling wheremeans, the sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit in all His operations , in" we "are called, therein.abide with God?" Then shall we and ministries. As the atmosphere adiates the light and heat, ' indeed be filled with the Spirit, and the duties of our daily'life of yonder sun, and brings it into actual contact with the world instead of distracting us from spiritual things will bring the and our physical senses, so the Holy Spirit takes all the things heavenly into the earthly and make everything we do sacred, consecrated, and divine. of Christ and makes them real to us.

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But His ministries are as infinite and varied as our needs. Attention is again called to theAnnual Council, which meets He is the Spirit of light to illuminate the Word and enable us this year at Toccoa, Ga., May It is hoped that all to comprehend the truth as it is in Jesus. H e is the Spirit of B~~~~~~~ affiliated Churches will make arrangements early and life to quicken our soul and regenerate o h spirit into the n e y / Pastor and other delegates. L life of God. He is the Spirit of purity and holiness to'deliver , * * * . , j . us from the power of sin and conform us to the image of ; Christ. He is the Spirit of peace and joy, bringing rest, and gladness to the heart and filling us with the joy of now prayerfully considering plans for the enlargement of the Lord. He is the Spirit of prayer, awaking within us holy work both at home *andabroad. We have already intimate desires, purifying out petitions, inspiring them with faith, and our readers that these plans include an aggressive f ~ n ~ & bringing back to us the witness of God's answer. H e is the movement into several unoccupied Mission fields, which seem Spirit of power, giving efficiencyto our .words and works and very clearly to have been divinely given to us as a people. In enabling so to"minister Christ that men shall be convicted some of them the first steps of faith have brm taken and there and conve*ed. He is the Spirit of love, shedding abroad the Can be no retreat without a humiliating acknowledgment of faillove of God in our hearts and enabling us to love others even ur9. Such a contingencyis not in our ~ o & t , but lest t h e m m y as H~ has loved us. se the Spirit of quickening for our get any advantage and be able to harass, if not hinder us in our is bsk, there should be u o c a i n g and earnest prayer. physical life and for all the powers of our mind and being. a ~ w i n t e d , He is the Spirit of hope, showing us things to come and giving , to us the earnest of our future inheritance. H e is the Spirit We asked to make a slight of.our recent anof sonship, whessing to our spirit that we are the children of nouneement of the ~ i b and Missionary Conference which is l ~ God and imparting to our nature the confidence and love of ' to be held in New York City, April 13-16. There will be three children of God. H e is the spirit of faith, giving to Us the afternoon sessions, Monday, April 14th to Wednesday; Aptil - J faith of God and enabling us to belie& even as Jesus.believed , 16th~ the Calvary Baptist Church, 57th Street, between Sixth in ,, pnd to overcome through the omnipotence of faith. All this Seventh Avenues. There will be four evening services, and much more the Holy Ghost is able and willing to be in our ' sunday, ~ ~ ~ to wdnesday, ~ i l ~ 16th, in carnegie ~ i l I human life, and all this is included in the filling of the Spirit,. i 7 ~ a l l . R~,,. paul ~~d~~ will speak at allothemeetings. ,
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, . ,,. To bd &led Zth the Spirit meam also to have Him &h us LJ ' ; and in &.as ~e schrcc and supply of all our needs in J the -$a W; regret td announbe the,&ssing away of one of our fel- ,, circumst&es. and conditions of,,liie. Th=&ual h&&:life '+1~-workers. Miss Mary E l n g l i s , pf Stockton. W.':A pd of every orie of tii is not lived &'churches, priyer meetings, T a ymrs.ago she identified hqself with a humble company $ mt y l and relikous duties, but in the'cdmmanplack work of ,every11-gospd'people in her city, when to do ,so meant real j day lifiin o m families, in our places of businin pro- ,p fc. a $ie She modestly shrank from pu61ii ministry, but war fessioi&'duti((i and in all the c o d g u details+tha~fill up%iity'.$r&idenha1ly:thmst into, the place .of l e a d d p of tbs7plisL' second4 iii"eve.$fiinde and si&~~hin~tesidev~,ho~r:~~hd a. posiGok which sdb' f i h d aky&ablY fops &err Very esSenke of .the tdching of the New T&taxhent is He j&s,; Since t h b a church has been 'orpnized,'ubich is affil-.$ claims the right to intervene and control in all the minute de- iated with the Alliance. The work has p n e steadily fonuar&!;' tails of life. Nothing is too common fnr His interest; nothing and much of the blessing and success is doubtless due to the ,
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One of the highest proofs of the divine origin of the Holy wrath judging His enemies and consuming th; wicked W&L Scripture is the revelation which,it gives of God. In this re- flaming fire. p x t there is an infinite gulf between divine revelation and all As this fiery cloud draws oearer, Ezekiel next discerns the .he religions of human origin. The mythology of Greece and forms of four living creatures, whom we immediately recogRome was but a reproduction of the passions of corrupt hu- nize as the cherubim who appear elsewhere in so many places man natureon a higher scale. Jupiter was just an embodiment in the Old and New Testament revelation of God. They of Nero, and Venus a representation of one of Nero's m s differ somewhat in minor details in the several descriptions itresses. The deities of Hirrduism and the legends of their gods where they occur, but they are undoubtedly identical figures. are stained with the vilest corruptions of fallen human nature. We see them in the beginning of Genesis at the gate of Eden Still lower are the idolatries and fetichisms of more barbarous in the first manifestation of God to fallen men, where they heathen tribes. In contrast with these the Bible conception doubtless were intended to set forth in symbol the great reaf God is as lofty and sublime as the blue vault of heaven in demption which Gqd had just announced. We see them next contrast with a slimy cesspool. Abraham's conception of God in the tabernacle, hovering over the mercy seat and the ark, was a majestic presence, and while once that Presence as- unfolding the Shekinah, and here again evidently connected sum& a human form, and ate with him in his tent at Mamre, with the revelation of God's grace. Isaiah beholds them in yet he knew that back of that transient form was an infinite his vision of the glory of God, where again they are connected spiritual Being, higher than the heavens and holier than his, with the divine purposes in connection with the earth and man, highest thought. The God of Moses was revealed in the burn- and the Apostle John declares that this vision was a revelaing bush and the fiery cloud, and once the great lawgiver a ~ k e d tion of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. "These to see His glory, but was only permitted to behold "His back- things, said Esaias, when he saw his glory and wrote of him." parts." "For no man, saith the Lord, can see my face and live." We see them again in the book of Revelation in connection The God of Isaiah, as he beheld Him in his first vision, was a with the throne and the picture .of accomplished redemption. mighty and glorious presence, whose train filled the temple, These cherubim in Ezekiel's vision had eath four wings and but whose form he could not see, but the voice of the Seraphim four faces, the face of a lion, an ox, an eagle, and a man, and revealed His majesty.by their worshiping chorus, "HOD, holy, fC make the picture still more human he adds: "I saw the holy, is the e r d Godeof hosts; the whole earth is full of his hand of a man under the wings of the cherubim." There are some who teach that these cherubim represented certain qualiglory.'' Ezekiel -es nearer to a realistic picture of the divine per- ties of the divine government as set forth by the kingliness of sonality tbar, any of the ancient and yet, after all the lion, the strength of the ox, the loftiness of the eagle, and the magnific nt symbolism and the vivid representations of ~i~ the intelligence of the man. But their connection with resublime ,,ision, there is no attempt to paint a portrait or de- d a p t i o n is too obvious to he overlooked, and we therefore scribe a face or form, but all that he can say is, hi^ was the believe that they have always been intended as types of Christ's redemption and man's destiny. Indeed, the opinion is as old appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord." as Iremeus that the four faces of the cherubim w m typical of Shall we attemp( to follo,v in the lofty of the fourfold picture of Jesus Christ given us in the four Gossupernal vision? -pels. According to this beautiful theory, Matthew5tmds for w i t h "the hand of the Lord upon him," his whole being the lion, the king of beasts, and represents Christ as the King under the control of the divine Spirit, and all. the powers of of rsrael; represented by the ox, exhibits ~i~ in ~i~ his m i d exalted to prophetic =stW, he beholds a tempeftu- work d , as the Father's servant; Luke, true to the ous cloud approaching from the north. As it comes nearer, it image f the man, represents ~i~ in ~i~ humanity; and john, , flashes with waves of fire and seems to turn upon itself in the ,,,ding ~i~ deity to the figure of the soaring eagle, enfolding f l m w Round about it the heavens are luminous and His higher glory as the Son of God. The cherubim, therewith a halo of brightness. fore, were types of Jesus Christ in the first place, and in a , of His redeemed people in their future desThe significance of this symbol is not hard to trace. Th; e c o n d e way of Jehovah is "in the whirlwind and the stonn, and the tiny, after they shall have become conformed to His glorious clouds are the dust of his feet." H e came to Job and ,an- likmess. In this vision, therefore, the cherubim are intended swered him out of the whirlwind Often in Dur lives,'our to set forth redemption as the controlling principle of all God's meatest blessings come to us through thedarkest shadows, and operations. The God that Ezekiel was to represent in his

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flaines of fire. These wheels must'surelv rearesent the bmvi- :'tha;'we almost fear to touch the borders of wesumtion in dence of God, the mighty workings of Hishand in carrying attempting to realize it, but it is so real and so comforting out His purposes and fulfilling His word. They suggest ,the that we cannot afford to ignore it o r undervalue it. I t is that swiftness of God's movements, and indeed, the lightning ap- exquisite suggestion of the likeness of a man, not only in the pears continually in its vivid flashes as a feature of the vision. figures of the cherubim, but even in the more glorious Being The picture is one of intense life, action, and celerity. "God's who sat upon that jasper throne. As we said at the outset, word runneth very swiftly." "The eyes of the Lord run to there is no attempt to paint a portrait or to reproduce the and fro throughout the whole earth!' These eyes in the cir- image of a human face, but there is undoubtedly the suggescle of the wheels suggest the intelligence and wisdom of the tion of a human side in God, of something in our Almighty divine providence. "He knoweth the way he taketh." "0 Father yonder that is akin to somethjng in us His little chilthe depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of dren here. Is not this the instinct of the spirit of sonship? God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways When we cry, "Ahba, Father" (papa, father), we are instincpast finding out l" A peculiar feature of the wheels was a tively conscious of something in us which answers to somewheel within a wheel, or rather, a wheel across a wheel, so thing in Gad, and something in God which answers to somethat they could move in different directions without turning, thing in us. This is indeed true, for we are born of His heart the wheels crossing each other apparently at right angels. even as we were made in His imarre at the first. , Hence it is said "they moved straight forward and turned not But here we touch a subject fraught with as much peril as when they moved." This again suggests the idea of the mys- blessing. I t is right here that pantheism has made its fearful tery that we often find in God's ways. His providences seem mistake, and in trying to make nature part of God, it has to cross each other, and we cannot understand the seeming dragged deity down to the level of human lust and sin, withcontradiction. He gives Isaac to Abraham and then com- out lifting humanity up to the level of divine holiness and mands Abraham to give him up in sacrifice. So doubtless, in glory. It is here, too, that the New Theology is making a all ouf lives there are just such cross purposes of mystery and similar and fatal error by trying to find in humanity as such perplexity, but let us remember these living e y e which assure the germ of divinity. Some would tell us that every man has us that God understands where we cannot understand, and Gpd in him, and if sufficiently developed it will rise into unthat He shall "bring forth thy judgment as the noonday." Let limited divine potentialities. This is just the old story of the us also remember His wheels always move straight forward; tower of Babel, man tryng to reach heaven by his own exerand although,His dealings appear some time to involve a back- tions and aspirations, or as sohe one has crudely expressed ward step, it is not really so, but constantly His love is mov- it, "trying to lift himself up to heaven by pulling at his boot.( ing on to the certain end, and we know "that all things work 'straps." This is as impossible as it is ridiculous. NO, fall& together for good to them that love God," and that when His man is not divine, but devilish, and there is only one way plan is fully accomplished, we shall find that there has been which our lost divinity can be regained, and this is by dying, no failure, no mistake, but that "he who hath begun a good too, on the cross of'Jesus Christ, by fellowship,$h Hi ip " His death, and rising in the power of His resun;, ,ion to life, work in us will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." And now the vision rises to a sublimer height, and,we stand divine, and then by receiving into our spirit the &it of the , in awe as with the prophet we approach the Holy of Holies and Living God, so that we, by a new creation, becobe, not only the very presence chamber of Jehovah Himself. Rising above better men, but divine men and wohen, and really partakers the winged cherubim and supported by their wings is a glo- of the divine nature. This brings us into the fellowship of rious firmament which he compares to "the terrible crystal," a God and the fellowship of heaven This fulfils the dream of fight h o r e intensely brilliantnhan the blazing diamond. -Above a divine humanity and a-transhgured life in which earth ijthis finnarnent rises the throne of God which appears to hjs united to heaven, and God and man onEe more are one. Bevision like a jasper stone, or rather an azure jewel of vast loved, have you come through this new and living way of pr7portions and glorious brightness. And finally upon this death and resurrection into this heavenly fellowship and higher throne, half revealed, yet half concealed by the splendor that dignity 7 "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath be- , surrounded, he +w God Himself, suggesting the likeness of a stowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God' Now man. and yet so enrobed in waves of flame that nothine more are we the sons .of God, and it doth not yet appear what we than a &ern1 resemblance is revealed to his vision." I t is h n be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like e m ; for we shall see him w he is." . simply "as the likeness of a man," the suggestion of thing human about this glorious Being, and yet someth,ing so T H E ALLIANCE WEEKLY transcendently greater that no human form could ever fully compare with 33s majesty. A]odofChrirtiurLife~d~on8 .' VOL LII April 12, 1019 Finally, round about the throne& the circle of a rainbow with its rich -and blending colors and its gracious significance. The awful lightiand the fiery glory of the divine presenq'aresoftened by the 'rainbow arch as it proclah,(;od's 5ov-t " of love and seaas to repeat the gracious words of (r t o p e r prophet, ?For this is as thit waterspf Noah unto,are: for 9s' I have sworn that the waters of No& should np more ga qver the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wr~thf~dkitb thee, nor febuke the& For the 'mmmtaih s&ll,dipart$and " the' hills be removed; but my kindneks shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my &ce be removed,,saitb the Lord that hath mercy on thee." . I ti,' There is one featureof thia:vision which lingem aftet:all , the rest have lef<thar profound impression. I t is .so delicate

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Studies in Joel.
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We saw in the first chapter that as the land of Palestine sire to die; and death shall flee from them." And surely there was devastated by literal locusts, so it should be made desolate is something supernatural in Joel's description of the horseby the nations during the times of the Gentiles, and still more men not being wounded when they fall upon the sword, and in the end time during the great and terrible day of the Lord. in their climbing up upon the houses and entering in at the The subject of the locusts, so prominent in the first chapter, windows. All this could scarcely be said of an army of men. is not continued in the next two; but the first verse of the Hence we conclude that it is a description of one of the tribusecond chapter announces the subject, "the day of the Lord lation judgments when evil spirits will appear as an army and cometh." The first part of the second chapter deals with some overrun the land, inflicting torment and even death upon men. of the signs which will precede this day, a day which will come Does God call this army of evil spirits "his army," in that He after the Church has been caught up to meet her Lord in the will permit them to be loosed? and will He exercise authority air, and after God! has begun once more to deal with His over them by limiting both the nature and time of their torture and destruction, as we learn in Revelation ? earthly people, Israel, as a nation. Another sign, predicted in many prophecies as preceding the There are several things in this chapter which indicate that at the time predicted, Israel will in part be restored to their day of God's fierce anger, or the day of the Lord, is 'the earth land, Palestine. The trumpets are mentioned, the use of which quaking, the heavens trembling, and the sun, moon, and sters God had prescribed to the Jews; also the priests, the porch, ceasing to give light. Because the day of the Lord is great and the altar, indicating that the temple and its worship will and very terrible, the inhabitants of the Iand are entreated t o have been restored. The return of Israel to their land in un- turn to the Lord in order that H e may turn to them to deliver. belief is taught in the Word. There will be a godly remnant It is God seeking His earthly people amid the tribulation judgwho will believe in Christ, while the majority of Israel will ments. How tenderly He has promised to return to them when accept Antichrist. Then *will come fearful tribulation judg- they turn to Him! His heart is just the same today toward ments by which the nation will be sifted, the unbelieving part any who are far from Him. H e is ready to turn and be grabeing cut off, leaving only a third part. So the careful stu- cious when the way is prepared by repentance. But, as here, dent can make no mistake as to the time of this prophecy, or it must be true repentance, with all the, heart, and not in exas to the place of its fulfillment, for the time is the day of the ternal form. In response to God's call, an assembly of all Lord and the place is "in Zion." The people are warned by the classes of people will gather to fast, weep, and pray. They alarm trumpet to tremble because the day of the Lord cometh. will turn and cry for deliverance from the bondage of the nations. It had been God's gracious promise to them that Then the day is described as "a day of darkness and gloomithey should reign over many nations but that they should not ness, a day of clouds and of thick darkness." Darkness is ever be reigned over. How sad that, because of their rebellious a symbol of God's wrath. It means that the clouds of God's hearts, God had to permit His own people to be ruled by the judgment and anger will be gathering soon to break upon the nations! T h ,when Israel shall repent and cry to Him, God inhabitants of the land. But the day is also "as the morning ' will arise to deliver. spread upon the mountains." So the darkness is to be followed Christ's personal appearance is not given here, but it is in by light.. After the great darkness of the pjbulation will break &any other passages in the Word. In Zechariah wc read : "I the glorious light of .the millennium, as Christ will appear will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; then shall "with ten thousands of his saints." the Lord go forth and fight against those nations. And his The cause of the people's trembling is "a great people and feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives!' So rJ a strong," an invasion of the land such as never had been bein answer to Israel's cry for help, Christ will come, bringing fore and should never be again, an invasion suggested by the deliverance to His own, but judgment for persecuting nations. locust invasion of the first chaptk. May it not refer to one Surely only divine power could cope with such appalling conof the signs of the day of the Lord, one of the temble judg- ditions as will exist then. The blessings which will result from ments of the last part of the tribulation? Under the treaty Christ's appearance are next enumerated. which the Jews will make with Antichrist during the first part I. The land will become fruitful and His people will be of the tribu1ation;the Jews will be greatly favored and helped, satisfied-no more famine nor distress. 2. God answers their prayer, "give not thine heritage to reand Palestine will be to them like "the garden of Eden." But when Antichrist shall break the treaty, all the powers of dark- proach? by assuring them "I will no more make you a reness will be employed against all i h o follow God, and not proach among the heathen.". only will man db his worst to perseclite>ut G d will pennit . '3. H e will drive back the invading armies of the end time. o !'hordes of evil spirits to be loosed fropl the'pit.of the<&@ to N&& it,say$ because he, Antichrjst, "hath done great things." 'I do their worst. There is a mark& similarity between thd;de- ,'$@The land-will rdjoice, for Jehwah will do great things. 5 : ~ e beasts will no lo they will share with scription of this inmding army g h n by ~ band.ihe<one l :-given in Revelation of the invasion of wicked spirits. ,The meqrthe blessings of Chri : 6,IThe children of Zio n the Lord their God *spirits are said to bl locusts with s h a p like unto h o r s e ~ . ' ~ d pared unW.battk, and that the.numba of [%he a h 3 b'mvse !', ! ythe shment for their sin, 7. 'The raid, 'so long wi horsemen" will be great (Rev. gill. Joel says, "the appearW f o i t h give both form& ance of them is as the appeamte of horses; and as horse- will be restored, and God o men, so shall they r n " Then as to the distress of the people, and latter rain in their propa s a s ~ ~ , . trefresh and fertiiiize u. Joel says, "Before their face the Kople shall be much pained: the land of Palestine. Con8ult the 31uminating passages (Lev. And in Revelation we read 26:3, 4; Deut. I I :14-17; I Kingr 8:35, 36). , all faces shall gather blackness!' 8. As a result of proper rain, thee will,be ,abundant crops. that "men shall seek death and shall not find it; and shall de-

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g. The end of the times of the Gentiles will'come and the end a locust invasions, both of which God sent as His army for punishment. So great will be the blessings H e will bestow that Israel will forget past sorrows. 10.At last, Israel will praise their God that hath dealt wondrously with them. Their days of shame and reproach will be ended forever, for they will no more depart from God but will be His people forever. I r. The Lord will be in their midst and, weaned from all else forever, they will love and worship Him. Christ will be King, and will establish the long-looked-for kingdom, with Jerusalem as the city of the King. When will all these blessings come? After the tribulation judgments, after the repentance and restoration of Israel, after Christ has appeared in glory, during the kingdom age, in the day of the Lord. Then follows another blessing which God says shall be "afterward." After what? After all that has preceded in 'this chapter. During the day of the Lord, after the Church has been caught up, after Israel is back in their land, shall the Spirit be poured out on all flesh. And God says, "It shall come t o pars." After the earthly blessings just enumerated, God will give this great spiritual blessing. Then shall all flesh re-

ceive the fulness of the Spirit's blessing, not a favored few, .' not Israel alone, but all classes and conditions, old and young, male and female, bond and free, rich and poor, all shall be blessed through Israel's blessing. And at last God's promise, to make Israel a blessing in the world, will be fulfilled. And we may not expect it till the time God has set for it. So we are sure that this prophecy has never yet been fulfilled and never will be till Christ has come to reign over the nations of the earth. Do you ask what, then, did Peter mean in Acts 2:16? Notice the Holy Spirit in speaking through Peter did not say 'this is the fulfillment of Joel," but He said, "this is that." That they might not wonder at what was taking place at Pentecost, He assured them that Joel had promised an outpouring of the Spirit in the end time or in the day of the Lord, to which this was similar. The same power was manifested on Pentecost as will be manifested in the day of the Lord whcn the Spirit will be poured out on all flesh. Pentecost is on14an earnest, a sample, of the greater blessing t? come. But it is a great thing to understand that the same pbwer'will introduce the kingdom at the beginning of the next dispensation a, introduced the Church at the beginning of the present dispensation.
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The human will is at once the strongest and the stra'ngest I. Appropriated Blessings. thing in the universe. It is strong in that it can resist omnipThe sevenfold promise given to Abraham (Gen. 12 :I-3) has otence; it is strange in that God has seen fit to permit rebellion often been discussed and needs no enlargement here. I t may against His will. He limits man's independence, however, both sufiice to say that, so far as the earthly sphere was concerned, as to time and as to sphere. He does not allow a wilful rebel to it centered largely about three things: a land, temporal prostouch other lives for evil beyond the bounds of His will, and H e , perity, and a seed. This was not all, it is true, for Abraham's reserves the right to cut off the rebel whenever He chooses to faith caught the vision of "the city which hath foundations!' d o SO. The promise embraced time and eternity. It was big enough While the will of the unregenerate man is independent of to stagger the greatest mind and the wildest imagination on it is not free from control. "The spirit that now work- earth, apart from faith. How much Abraham was able t o eth in the children of disobedience" (Eph. 2 : 2 ) holds unbeliev- take in, when he took his first faltering steps of faith, may be ers under his Satanic spell and drives them where he wills. He uncertain, but it is more than evident that his heart really controls by means of "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes gripped the promises of God and that he stepped out boldly to and the pride of life," that attractive and powerful trinity of possess his possessions. Something of the price of blessing evil which began t o seduce mankind in the Garden of Eden and had been revealed to him and he did not hesitate to promise has never since ceased to captivite and destroy. The fall of to meet every demand of God. man merely meant a change of masters: God's authority was 1 . Surrendered Blessings. 1 refused, the rule of Satan was accepted. It was not long before Abraham was called upon to prove G d seeks a reversal of the conditions which sin brought o into the world. He offers to cast out the seducing spirit and whether he wanted the world or the Father, whether he sought to give to men the Holy Spirit, H e pleads with men to again the blessing of God or chose the God who promised the bless. exchange masters, by breaking allegiance with Satan and sin, i W He was led in a strange path that called for the d i n claimed. and confessing themselves bond servants of Christ and right-. quishing of the very gifts which faith * eousness. He demands nothing short of implicit and absolite , The first test was about the promised land. No descriptiop obedience, though not that of the slave who fears the lash but . had been given of it in advance; it was enough for faith to b i : that of the child who loves to please the father. H e requires , told by Jehovah, "I will show thee."' Such a proanise, fr& . such tests of obedienke as will give full proof of lave. In such a Gqd, awakened liveliest anticipation. Imagine the sur-:

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back to the promised land chastened and humbled (Gen. 13 3). 1 . $ 8 . The Sufficiency of Christ., Another test was concerning his possessions. Without doubt I f the missionary enterprise is a mistake, it is not our misone of ~ b ~principal h ~ reasons for the' flight .to E~~ was ~ ~ ~ this not a proper mo- take; it is the mistake of God. If the laying down of life in his desire toasafeguard his wealth. wag of ~ ~ should? he not the attempt to evarigelize the world is an illegitimate waste, let d tive? werenot his goods the carefully guard that which represented divine blessing? These the reproach of it rest on that one priceless Life that was, lt is therefore, laid down needlessly for the world. Nineteen hunqueries suggest another, was his heart set on futile to argue that God gave temporal rather than spiritual dred years ago, t~ the best of all the non-Christlall b and his seed, ~ ~ while he reverses the or- -the religion between which and all the other non-Christian h ~ ~ blessings to ~ der with Christians. He has but one rule for all ages and for religions a great gulf is fixed-Juhismr Jesus Christ came* must not get between the soul and ~ ~ and that, the best of all religions, H e declared to be outworn , j all people; his ~ and inadequate. The time had at last come, He taught, to ~ ~ , (Phi]. 3:7-Io; cola :I-3). upOn return from E supplant it with the full and perfect truth that was in H.AL showed by his walk that he had learned a deep leswho lo\' He yielded his rights and gave Imt the choice of the best It will be enough for us, quietly, as men and son. the wealth Jesus Christ, and to whom He is in no sham and unreal b i ' l ) r pastures in the land. H~ refused to touch any of Sodom which the king of Sodom offered himeH~ his Master and Lord-it will be enough for us to recall His o i w asections on things and very significantly the voice great words: "I am the good shepherd." "All that came be"I am the light of the from heaven said to him, after this .renunciation, not, fore me are thieves and robbers!' world? "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one A ~ I am thy shield, and thy: exceeding great ~ ~ ~ The supre* test came when Isaac was offered up. Pre- cometh unto the Father, but by me." "No one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save vious to this, every earthly tie that bound him to his home had been broken. Lot had Separated from him, Ishmael the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him." W e bow our heads beneath the cross on which our Saviour had been cast out. Abraham had almost the to assume that he had nothing more to give to Everything ,hd ap hung, and for us no other word needs to be spoken regarding the absoluteness of His faith and the inadequacy of the halfparently been yieHed, except the blessing of God, and surely were to come that would not be of hirn. But the test b a t was so teachers who have gone before Him Or strange and unexpected did come. The man of God had ter Him No word needs tc be spoken to us beyond His word, and the great word Of the man "I came to save the learned, through failures as well as through success that and implicit obedience was always best, and so has- who had loved Him dearly; whose life had been changed from tened to M,,,,~~ Moriah for the svpreme sacrifice. Giving up weakness into strength by His power, and who h2d to die in Isaac, he yielded every earthly hope, his dqest heart,s desires His service: "And in none other is there salvation: for neither is then any Other name under heaven* that is given among were put on the cross, the last vntige of was on the " E' altar. God couldtfind nothing more to ask of His beloved m' wherein we must be saved"'-R' friend.
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We would commence our report by humbly acknowledging the loving-kindness and tender mercy of the,Lord, and saying with the Psalmist, "Thou crownest the year with thy goodness!' As we review the work of the year that is gone, we feel that by His grace we may say that we have a "good report." Steady progress has been made. There is no. desire on the part of any of our missionaries to take unto themselves any glory whatsoever, but with one heart and with one voice, we would ascribe all glory to Him who died that these millions of souls, to whom we are endeavoring to bring the gospel, might have everlasting life.

"every kindred and tribe and nation and tongue."

. Progress. Lest by looking upon the vast region still unoccupied our heartj became discouraged and dismayed, it is well for us to note with praise to GO^ the definite progress that is being made. Looking back seven years since this work began, we can praise ~ i ,that whereas then there were no Christians in the land, that is, none as far as we could tell, and no regular witness of the pure gospel being given anywhere throughout Indo-China, now Christ is being .preached regularly in Hanoi, Haiphong,

Tourane, and Haichow, and sixty-one converts have been bap'tized into Christ. years ago we had no property in the possesThe Time I s Short. Whereas, seven One thought seems to be uppermost in the heart of all of sion of the Mission, now we have a property both at Tourane our missionaries as they are diligently and faithfully pursuing and at Hanoi. Furthermore, comparing statistics of 1917 with the daily round of their duty on their Mission stations The those of the )ear that has just closed, we may note advance in the followtime reing particulars. Comparisons. An increase in the num-

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other in definite Bible study; in prayer, and in praise. Appointments. Miss Hartman remained in the work at Tourane, Mr. Jackson returned with Mr. and Mrs. Cadman to Hanoi, while Messrs. Olsen and Stebbins were appointed to the opening of a new station in Saigon. We went forth from these conference days with deeper assurance and stronger purposes to live and work for the Master. Tourane Station. The story of the Tourane Station during the past seven years is a most interesting and inspiring one. The beginning of every work in a new field is always difficult. No messenger of Christ ever set foot on the enemy's territory, presenting the gospel of liberty and salvation in the power of Jesus' name, without meeting stem opposition. But thank God that ' the promise given to Joshua may be claimed by every missionary of the Cross today, "No man shall be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." Mr. and Mrs. Irwin have had the joy that even angels would covet of leading many souls to the Redeemer. Once the difficulties, caused by the peculiar circumstances of the war, were overcome, the Lord certainly revealed Himself in their midst. The meetings for the past two years have not only been very well attended, but have always been marked by the presence of the Lord in power to save, and souls have continually been brought to Christ until at the present time they have fifty-one members in the church and twenty-five inquirers. Fifteen new members wbyeadded in 1918. The Lord has'dertainly raised up a capable Spirit-filled Annamese preacher to administer the Word to this church. He is at once an able and a humble worker. The fact that he has been educated in the old school and reads readily the Chinese characters gives h i access through the Chinese Bible to the whole Word of God, as well as to much helpful literature in the Chinese written classical language. For example, he gave a series of messages or. the Lord's second coming, taking the -chapters of our b k , "The Return of the Saviour" in Chinese and translating them into Annamese, thus drawing and holding the interest of a large audience and pointing many to the Lord Jesus. Outstation.

and Haichow there is a prosperous Sunday Scbool of over one hundred children, and who can tell what the results from this seed-sowing may be ! Miss Foster has made good progress in the study of the language during the year, helping also as far as possible in the work. Miss Hartman arrived on the field in November, and has made a good start in her language study. Friends at home, we feel sure, will remember each of these faithful workers in prayer. Much depends upon the prayers of God's people at home for the success and blessing of the work of the missionaries on the field. Hanoi Station. Considering the fact that the work in Hanoi is only two years old, it is remarkable what splendid progress has been made. Mr. and Mrs. Cadman have given a large share of their time and strength to the all-important work of the tranelation of the Scriptures. They have completed a revision of the four Gospels, the Acts, and the Epistle to the Romans, also the Book of Genesis, and these are being printed by the British and Foreign Bible Society, and circulated among the people as fast as possible. Heretofore, the Scriptures distributed in Indo-China have been almost entirely Chinese Scriptures, but the rising generation of Annamese, educated in the French schools, is being weaned away from the Chinese characters, and is being taught the "Quec Gnu," that is, the Annamese language Romanized, so that the Gospels now published in the "Quec Gnu: is having a wider .circulation, and especially among the younger generation of Annamese. Our printing plant, though small, is doing good service in the sending forth of gospel tracts. These silent messengers go preaching the gospel where the human voice is forbidden to preach. Eternity alone will reveal the results in the salvation of souls. A store in a splendid location in the heart of the Annamese business section of Hanoi was rented a year ago, and opened as a, street chapel. It is particularly noticeable that the class of people who attend the services are of a rather superior and intellectuai type. Large and attentive audiences have listened to the gospel message from Mr. Cadman in our street chapel, and much seed has been sown. Ten precious souls have already been gathered in as a nucleus for the Church of Christ in Hanoi. Several of this number are men of very cdnsiderable influence in the city. They are faithful and earnest Christian men. One is a merchant of high standing; another is a -prpfessor, wha is highly respected in educational circles. We pray for these that Our friends at home will

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central chapel at Towane, also conducts evangelistic services at the outstation chapel at Haichow several times a week. who are the from province' In th'e month of May the Lord granted a signal victory to The call is coming from villages outside of the Tourane city limits asking that our ~ i go co ~then; with thei gospel- His ~ ~ ~ work in Hanoi and, indeed, it was a victory which vitally of these are even offering to build a meeting- affects our whole work in Indo-China. We refer to the restory. house and bear all the expenses themselves, asking only that a m a r w e way in which we were enabled to ~urchase property preacher be sent. The difficulty a t this point, however, is that from the Government, notwithstanding the opposition of our re- enemies. Humanly speaking, it was an utter impossibility for the pren& ~ ~ l~o~~~~~~ ihas~notl yet ~ ~ strictions placed upon protestant m*sionary kork in .rndo- {:US wit6 our limited means and our lack of influence, to secure I china, a b t we are confined to those parts of the comty d ' d e s i r e d lank fo? the Lord's work But in a wonderful, which am actual French possessions, and forbidden to preach and yet VeV simPk way, as has already been reported elsechrist in the vast regions which are considered only a prbtec-* where, the Lord brought it to pass, considerably to the chagrin ; @rate of the French Gwernment.' May. we ask that Chris- $Ottbose who sought . .., . .2. -r , , tiap friends ere they read further in this report lift ip their +. ; , ,' , . (? ' ' Haiphong. ' ' ' ' ' hearts t s God in earnest prayer that by His mighty power He . : ', r, will opeq a wide door for the gospel inessage to the whole of In connection with the Hanoi work, the outstarion at HaiIndo-China The hearts of rulers are in His hands as the phong .has also been opened, where regular gospel services rivers of water, and He turneth them whither He will. have been held during the year. I n days to coke, when the Mrs. Irwin's work among the women and children of Tou- number of our missionaries is increased, we will expect to rane has been honored and blessd?': God. Both in Tourane establish a main statiori at this important port of Haiphong,

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and more aggressive evangelistic work will then be carried on. In fact, this vast district of Tonkin, when once opened wholly t o the gospel, ought to have many missionaries stationed throughout all its large, populous centers. The arrival of Mr. R. M. Jackson in November, and the prospect of Mr. I. Jeffrey early in 1919,makes it possible for Mr. and Mrs. Cadman to return home on a w e k m n e d furlough. Tourane to Saigon. The Mission Conference held in Tourane in November appointed Messrs. Olsen and Stebbins to open a new station at Saigon. Immediately at the. close of conference, therefore. these brethren, in company with Messrs. Irwin and Jaffray, set forth on an overland trip from Tourane to Saigon. This journeY of a b u t a thousand miles across count7 gave a splendid opportunity to see the real condition of the people. As we passed through this thickly populated district in the south of Indo-China and beheld the whitened fields, our hearts were made sad that these millions are still left in heathen darkness without Christ and without hope, but one rtsult of our six days' trip was to inspire all our hearts as never in the past to more faith and prayer that the Lord the Harvest would thrust forth laborers into these many cities towns and that villages Christ has not yet been nmd. we must, as never before, get under the burdm Of great task, and pray in earnest that this people, one of the last of the to hear the gospel, may soon be given their chance.

~h~~ our friends at home may have some conception of the great field which we have entered with Saigon as a center, we may mention that one of the suburbs of this city called Gai Dinh has a residential population of 145,000,and another suburb of Saigon is a Chinese city with a population of &,-. Throughout the whole delta surrounding Saigon, which is situated sixty mrles from the sea, the population is very dense, and the opportunity for preaching Christ to these millions is one that any young man who, like Paul, is ambitious to preach Christ where he has not been named, might well covet. We were profoundly impressed during our days in Saigon that the Lord has "much people" in this region. Three Great Centers.

In closing this report, we would like to call the attention of our friends who are praying for us and the Indo-China work, to the fact that we have now as a Mission occupied three great strategic centers in the ~ ~ d ~field, namely,i~~~~i ~ the - ~ h ~ in north, the capital of the province of ~ ~ ~ k i~ located T ~ ;~ in the very center of the province of A ~ and saigon ~ ~ in the south, the capital of the province of cochin-china. It has been the privilege to traverse the whole length of t h i count7 by land from north to south, a d many times have we wished that Christian men at home could come and see the How we have wish* we had need and the thousands of dollars at our drsposal, and that the missionaries were forthcoming to flood this country with gospel light. We are solemnly impressed that the time is short, and that if IndoSaigon. China is to be evangelized, it must be a speedy work. May We spent a week with Mr. Olsen and Mr. Stebbins in Sai- the Lord move upon the hearts of H~~stewards at home, and ways upon young people to offer their money and their lives for the gon, helping them to get settled, and the in manifested His gracious interest and gave His help in a num- accomplishment of this great purpose. If we do our part in ber of details in connection with the opening of this new stasending the message t' the Annamese, we may b assured that tion. Our brethren are new missionaries and, for the the L r d will do His Part in bearing witness by His Spirit to being, can only devote themselves to the study the lanuage. The fact that our missionaries are thus located in this great, His Word in the hearts of this benighted people, and speedily Out a for His name' populous'center during the time in which they are to stud7 the . -language gives them an immense advantage and will enable P r a y e r . them to wisely select the proper place to commence their work One further word in closing. May we ask that the reader when the time comes to take this step. We are hoping that during 1919 regular preaching work will be cpmmenced in of this report become ap intercessor for Indo-China. First, we Saigon. Colportage work in the meantime is being carried on. would ask for prayer that the present restrictions that are laid and Foreign ~ i b society for upon the work by the French Colonial authorities may be rel ~ The returns of the

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helter our compound from this epidemic, if that were His seemed impossible for her to keep up another hour. Her real ighest thought for us, otherwise, that thiough d i c t i o n and love, and that of others, for these native girls was shown in uffering many might be blessed and purified. the abandonment of every thought of self, and the enduring At the beginning of last year many of the girls and babies physical suffering, through days and nights of patient nursing. ad whooping cough. This was followed by an outbreak of We still claimed the promise that "As thy days, so shall thy e ' W e rested in the assurance that God's hand was neasles, from which many suffered and several babies died. strength b! diss Rollier and Miss Wyeth were exceedingly tired and worn over all, and that H e would not permit us to be tried beyond fter many weeks of constant nursing. Therefore we realized, that which He would give grace and strength to endure. Then the shadows began to lift. Most of those who were t least in a measure, what it would mean to have another epilemic come over .our large family of more than seventy chil- critically ill passed the crisis, Miss Rollier received new Iren. But this was the promise God gave, and which we strength in her body, and Miss Wyeth returned to help take laimed throughout the following days, "I will be with thee in up the burden. Very soon many became convalescent, and were able to care for themselves, also to help wait upon the others; rouble." At this time Miss Wyeth was away to the hills for a much but it became necessary to make four more little graves before ieeded rest, having remained on the plains during the hot the epidemic subsided. A sweet and solemn spirit prevailed in all the compound, ~eason, Miss Rollier was having a t i r e charge of the work. and ' was busy studying Marathi. On a Sunday wening some of during these weeks of illness, 'and many were patient in sufhe girls came to. Miss Roilier's room to give the information fering. All who were called upon to help did so cheerfully; hat blind Radibai had been sick all day, but did ~ ) o want to a few from the outside volunteered their asdstance. We t isd nake it known. When her case was investigated, every symp- m s e the noise and,merry laughter of the girls at play; their om was that of the dreadful malady. The following day compound seemed so strangely quiet.' 'How happy we were when all the gi:ls were able to be up and running about once ieveral more cases developed. The head master of our school :ame to report that nearly all his family were ill, so school more. Especially did we thank God for those who through His mercy were raised up from the very gates of death. :losed that day and did not re-open. for a month. God proved to us His faithfulness and the infallibility of The same evening a procession marched to the cemetery to ~ r the first to die of influenza, a little baby which had been His promise. What a great privilege it is to uphold one any other in prayer. Thank God for all who were remembering :iven to us just a few weeks before. At first the sick ones were segregated, but after a few days the numbers had in- us in prayer when there was not much time to pray for our:reased so rapidly that one of the large schoolrooms in the selves, n6r be concerned about our own needs. While others $rls' compound was hurriedly fitted up for a hospital ward. were praying, God was doing for us the exceeding abundantly above all that we could ask or .think. Even this room soon became over-crowded, and other rooms Many hearts were made solemn and tender through sufferwere arranged for those less seriously ill. Miss Bushfield ing. There have been evidences of a deeper work of grace . =me from the other mission bungalow to assist, and we were in some lives. The girls who came here out of heathenism all kept busy. not many months ago are now giving bright testimonies of The fourth night another life was ebbing out. Just before salvation. The Sunday before Christmas a baptismal service daybreak the grave was ready. Miss Rollier and a few of the was held, where twelve of the girls were baptized. Praise servants laid away the body of a little girl while the stars were &d who still can make the bitter waters of Marah to beyet shining. The next small Company went to the cemetery a come sweet, and cause affliction to be the means of triumphs few nights later, shortly before midqight. of faith and blessing. By the following Sunday the patients numbered more than Famine seems to be following in the trail of influenza. The fifty. Among them were all the native helpers inthe orphanrains last year were a partial failure in some parts of India, age, the matron, and most of the larger girls. Both the day and a total failure in other places. Owing to the high prices and the night staffs 'of helpers in the sick-rooms had greatly of grain, many people are already in need, and the distress will decreased, as well as those needed for other work The few increase as the months advance. Still, however great the physlittle girls who were still playing about helped to care for one ical need may become, the spiritual need is greater. Thousands another, and did most of their own cooking. in India have died during the past few months without the The first part of the second week were the darkest days in hope of eternal life, many more have passed through sorrow the conflict. Monday, night Miss Bushtield became sick and without any balm to soothe their aching hearts. The prospects went back to her home the following morning. This made for the coming days look dark and forboding. Will you not, the second patient at the other bungalow, so we could not ex- dear reider, stand with us in prayer that, whatever the coming pect reinforcements from there. By this time only two of months may bring upon .the people of India, God will make the older girls were not afflicted. Day after day Miss Rollier it tend toward greater opportunities to proclaim unto them had been threatened with every symptom of influenza, but, oh, the gospel of life and light, comfort, and blessing? '. * ; how we besought the Lord not to let it overcomk h & l , + ~ i s s, ' * '. Wyeth had received our telegram andd- h~mewardibound~ " % * I ,$,I*. 6 '? but the journey r(tquired several days;:, ; ,, , fq hpiration of the e p h v e a ,'&!f .

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Truly a, good port of Alliance missionaries ! gratifying record ! The Advance jnto French Congo'-1t is planned to scncL Training School Prospects*-With special we two of our men missionaries, if possible, a few months note that the Executive Cammittee at its January meeting laid definite plans for the early resumption of the Bible hence, t o look over this prospective field with the object School, which has had to be suspended for a long period for of choosing a location for a first station. There should be a great "Iume Of prayer attending every forward step jntc lack of an available teacher, and is still delayed in reopening this great untouched field. Let us specially ask God to in because of scarcity of food due to drought last year welles and Miss Smootl were appointed teachers, fluente the French authorities t o grant us full sanction f a - dormitory of twenty-six rooms is to be erected. Let Our here as they have done in French and le' US ask also for adequate recruits for Congo so that somt be much prayer for this most important branch of the of our more experienced missionaries may be released fol work. the important work of laying foundations in the new terri Boma Buildings.-Another vital matter which engaged tory. the Committee's attention was the necessary new buildings Soudan. at Boma, which is our seaport, receiving station. and headin French Guinea,A letter has just First quarters. The home which 'as there for years from Mr. Roseberry in this new field, telling that he ant is in a bad and dangerous condition and must be replaced Mr. LNiis Ryan have fixed upon the location for our firs, without 'Ians have ken postponed because of station there. This is at Baro, a town on a very large trib. serious effect of the war upon prices and the lack of suffi- utary the Niger River and also on the railroad running cient funds for the necessary building. I t is now felt to be ~ ~ a best to separate the Home and Church, which have hitherto been under one roof. This center has a vital relation to our this station and the advance movement in this fkld, and and the Home ministers to Our Own are trusting with our pioneer brethren there that all that workers, as they arrive and leave. but also t o fellow mis- is necesMry will be forthcoming. sionaries of other societies up country. Prayer is asked for Encouraging Features'-Writing February 5n the full sum needed as well as for wisdom and strength for berry says: "We have reason t o believe that the climatc those who have to make and execute the plans. here is much better than in Sierra Leone and that our icnr Health of Workers.-we are glad for word of Mrs. Ave's on the field may be lengthened. The weather is quite coo improved health; also for the safe recovery of Mrs. Welles this time of year, especially a t nighi. W e are about ;,OO from a serious illness, and for deliverances of others tested feet above sea level. A much better variety of food i in W e ask special Prayer for our dear brother, obtainable. Horses can be had at a reasonable price an Mr. Pierson, who has had several attacks of the dreaded are much used by government officials and native chiefs fo hzmat~ric fever. The last was one of unusual gravity, and travelling. T h e people are very friendly, &hough they ar we have cause for praise t o God that his life has been mostly nominal Mohammedans. W e are picking up the dil spared.' H c greatly desires t o be able t o remain through the ferences in the language and also studying French, which i -< . usual term of service before furlough, and we commend him necessary here. Soldiers returning to their homes from th to the believing prayers of our people. East say that the same language is spoken for many day! ! i A Gift of Gratitude.-The Lolo Church, of which Mr. march eastward. This river rises away in the south, in th *ve is pastor, has done the unusual thing of contributing Kissi country, and we hope t o be able t o tap all that regio, the equivalent of $20.00 t o our general treasury at New by.boat." York. This comes as a sweet token of the grateful affecMr. Rupp's Projected Visit.-Mr. Rupp, our Souda - tion of the mission churches in cdistant h n d s for their Chairman, writes that he hopes to make a visit t o this qeT ' "Mother" Society at home.: ,h , ' *' French country in April, taking with himrMrs. Roseberq ' On thb Job *&-A letter from M;.~ A; R.,Williai\ who has been kept back for a time a t Mayoso by the ,claim tells of his joy in being back a t work on the Vunga station; of the work but is now about t o join h e husband, Wesbt On the last day of the old year he led sk,con&rtginto th; speak much prayer for' their journey and,for all the need

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Chile. ' -. .. ,;.; A Wonderful Convention.-The Convention held December 24-26 at Aromo was a time of the Holy Spirit's mighty working in many ways. Over 200 were present, and be* cause of lack of accommodations many gladly slept on the bare ground. An intense spirit of prayer prevailed, and God answered in the healing of sick by the laying on of hands, and even the casting out of demons. Twelve souls decided for Christ, and six were baptized, one of wham was an Indian. A New Church.-At Pillanlelbun a new church has been organized, the result of the faithful work of a Christian layman. Progress in Indian Work.-A permanent station has now been established among the Mapuche Indians at Costa Ignacio, with a Chilean pastor in charge. Plans are on foot for the building of a chapel. Several visits have been made also among the Indians near Lumaco, where it is hoped shortly to begin regular meetings. Prayer i s earnestly asked for this work. Whole Family Saved.-In Pucono an entire family has been saved, and they are preaching the gospel to the Indians of their neighborhood. Recently thirteen were baptized. Coming Bible Conference.-Mr. LeFevre requests prayer for the Bible Conference to be opened at Capitan Pastene, April 3rd. He adds : "We are expectipg great things from God in the reviving of Christians, the salvation of souls, and the breaking down of indifference on the part of many." Home-coming Missionaries.-Mr. Zook, Chairman of Qur Chile field, is now on his way home, with Mrs. Zook and their two boys, after a long and fruitful term of service. We look forward with much anticipation to our brother's fellowship and testimony in at least some of the summer Conventions. Argentina. Colportage Report.-Mr. Strapp writes of a recent tour inhabitants -in which he visited fourcities of over IO,OOO~ each, all without a missionary. They' lie within a short 'distance of our Lobos station. Thousands of tracts were distributed from door to door, Gospel portions were given away freely to many, testaments to those who showed interest but were too poor to buy, and Bibles and Testaments sold at cost to others. In Navarro a gospel meeting was held in a restaurant dining rocan, and several men who attended and listened respectfully afterwards accepted the Gospels'which were offered them, Our brother asks prayer for this wayside seed-sowing, that it may bear much fruit.
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Bubonic Plague.-& postscript to the same letter tell5 that owing to the serious increase of bubonic plague tht officials trad just given notice that all public meetings woulc have to be suspended until the danger was past. This i r indeed sad, particularly at this time when there are sign< of new interest and blessing in the work. Let there h t earnest prayer that the interruption may speedily end anc that our dear workers and members may be kept safe fron the scourge. Cragin writes of thc Opposition in Indian Work.-Mr. to overthrow om strenuous efforts of the Romish new work at the Indian station on the Andes, north o Quito. On the opening of our work here the priests re sumed the celebration of mass which, according to the In dians, had not been observed since about 1858. They alsc incited the Indians against us, telling them lies such as tha we were going to establish a foreign colony and take thei~ lands from them, that we were heretics and demons, and i they did not drive us out, there would be no rain for theil crops. God's Protection from Danger.-A band of over IOO In dians were incited to an attack upon our missionaries onc Sunday. At another time a night attack by a company o halfbreeds was planned, while Mr. Cragin was tolg of sever a1 attempts to waylay him in lonely places along the road But God has frustrated all these subtle efforts. The dan ger appears to have passed, at least for the time, althougl many of the Indians have been frightened from coming nea~ our station and only a few scholars attend the school. Y e there are some who remained friendly throughout the per secution, and some even vigorously stood up in behalf c our missionaries. ' ~ e i n ~ Things to All Men.-Mr. and Mrs. Cragir All were doing some tooth extracting and treating the preva lent itch among the Indians, as a means of winning thei confidence, and they were seeing the gradual breaking dpw~ of prejudice. * Return of Indian Expedition.-We cannot too ferventt! praise God for the safe return in February of Messrs. Poll and Johnston and an Ecuadorian worker who composed thl expedition to the region of savage Indians across the An des to the east from Quito. Our brethren were gone ove four months and travelled through difficult and dangerou country. But God heard the many prayers offered for then and preserved them from all harm. Mr. Johnston was weak ened by an attack of malarial fever and all were weary, bu they are resting at Quito, and preparing full reports of thei trip, which we await with much interest.

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separates the dross from that which is pure. He goes through and through the innermost Acts 2:r-8, 14-18. depths o i the being. While He is'thus faithApril 27, 1919. * ful and sometimes apparently severe in His G~I.LIEN TEXT:-"If ye then, being evil, know dealings with the saints, He never deserts them how to give good gifts unto your children: how to their foes, for He is a wall of fire about much more shall your heavenly Father give them to protect them from all that would dethe Holy Spirit to them that ask him" (Luke stroy. 11:l3) ? IV. THE RESULT (vsS. 4-13). There was not as much difference between Tongues of fire were given because the disthe ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Old ciples were called to be witnesses for the risen Testament and in New Testament times as one Christ. These tongues "sat upon each of them," might imagine. There was no difference as to indicating that this baptism of the Spirit was the fruit of the Spirit, as exhibited in human an individual matter. It was not limited to the lives. There was no essential difference as to the manifestations of the Spirit, for voices, leaders but was granted to every one who waited in the presence of God. The immevisions, and tongues are mentioned both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament diate result was that they all "began to speak with other ,tongues." The strangers who had ( I Sam. ro:5, 6, ro; 1g:23, 24). However, in come from many nations to Jerusalem heard the former +age the Holy Spirit was given the gospel in their various tongues. This was only to those in official positions or called to undoubtedly a supernatural manifestation and special service, whereas He is now given. to message. They did not give their own words all who will receive Him. Formerly, He was but spoke."as the Spirit gave them utterance." sometimes given even to wicked men, but in The multitudes in the vicinity had heard the this age He is bestowed only upon good men roaring of the wind. Attracted by this, they As Judaism was not a religion to be propa- hastily gathered together and then heard the gated, the Holy Spirit was not given in Old disciples declaring in their various languages Testament times primarily for witnessing, but "the mighty works of God!' The effect of all i in this age H great business is to control the spread of the gospel. The day of Pentecost this upon the people is told in five striking words :"confounded" (vs. 6). "amazed" (vs. 7), ushered in the new age which is frequently "marvflled" (vss. 7, I*), "perplexed" (vs. 11, called the dispensation of the Holy Spirit. R.V.), "mocked" (vs. 13). The only explanaI. THETIME (vs. I). tion the mockers suggested was that the disaThe word "Pentecost" literally means fifty ples were intoxicated. days and locates the day exactly fifty days af~ DEFENCE 14-18). S (vss. V. P ter the Feast of Firstfruits (Lev. 23:15, 16). The apostle knew' his audience, but he was This latter feast looked forward, prophetically, to the resurrection of Christ. This makes it not afraid Not many weeks before he'had settled that there was a fixed time for the out- been cowed by the insinuation of a little maid pouring of the Holy Spirit and the disciples that. he was a disciple of Jesus, and had diswere instructed to "wait!' When "the day of graced himself by denying the Lord. The Pentecost was fully come," the promise of Spirit of God had purged him of compromise Christ to the disciples was fulfilled. After Pen- and cowardice and had given h i ' a tongue of tecost there was no need to wait ten days or fire. I t is noticeable that when he faced these one day for the eaduement of the Holy Spirit bit- foes of Christ and Christianity, he was a3 polite and tactful as he was bold The (cf. Acts 4:31; 8:~s-17; I~:I-6). - baptism of the,Holy Spirit did mot give-him - IT. THEPUCE (VS.I). , any license to indulge in invective or display There has been much discussion as to the angkr. Neither did Peter stop to call anenlocation of the room where the disciples were tion to the strange manifestations which had gathered. Some have thought it was one of brought the curious mob tcgcther. H e was a the rooms of the temple; others have argued wise rreacher and went back to the Suioturer for the "upper room" where they fraluently which they all, as Jews. were supposed-to assembled for worship. I t matters little where spect and -. t it was. The ess&tial f a a is that the dd i The quotation from the prophet* ,.pies &eyed the command of the &faster to Peter does llot quote d l of the puswe, k m s e of tht Father!, Two -=-,,wait for the of &It dw were not a things especially mark this assrmbly: they fuE1hent of that the had spoken' ' of one accord (cf. I :rj, 14) and they prayed.

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God's conditions. 2. In some cases mentioned in the Book of Acts, regenerated believers had not been b a p tized with the Spirit (cf. 8:12; 1g:2-6). It is proper to ask every Christian, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" 3. Different expressions are used to describe the one experience: "baptized" (1:s; 12: 16). "filled" ( 2 :4 $3,"received the gift" (2: 38), "fell on them" (IOU-&; 11:15; 8:16), "poured out" (10 4 ) "received" (19 :2), "came 6. on them" (1g:6). Are not these facts suffr cient to indicate that it is unwise to insist upon the use of any particular words or phrases to describe the experience? 4. The important fact on the day of Pentecost was not that there were strange manifer ~tations,but that God, the Holy Spirit, came in person to control each disciple and to direct all the activities of the Church. Christ is the Head of the Church. The Spirit of Christ comes to preside in all the councils, appoint all the otliceh, plan all the ministry, and equip all the witnesses and workers. , 5. The gift of the Spirit is for all who will meet God's terms; the gifts of the Spirit are divided to each "severally as he wills!' 6. The message of Spirit-filled preachers on the day of Pentecost was Christ risen and exalted (vss. q,32). Let us take a lesson from them. 7. The Holy Spirit stimulates body, soul, and spirit, as wine promises hut fails ro do.

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The annual Convention was held March 916, 1919. The following were the speakers: Rev. A. E. Funk of Nyack, N. Y.; Rev. W. H. Chandler of Wheaton, Ill.; Rev. E. Torvaldson of Central China; and Miss H. Beardslee of India. The missionary offering amounted to $2,013.00. The Convention was preceded' by revival meetings, at which there was a large attendaacc .each night, and great interest shown. Some were reclaimed, many saved, and others filled with His Spirit. .These revi-I meetings were in cha~ge the new pastor, Rev. E. I. of Milburn, who took charge of the Allianw work in Altoona Jan. 8th. We are glad to report that the work here is moving along nicely with souls coming to God in nearly every service. Prav for the werk in Altoonz

The.FkI Gospel ~ r u A d under the leader- an encouraging conditik and the missionad i ship of Paul Rader; was held i n the Engineers' . pledge was over $1,200.00. The Indianapolis and Anderson, In& ConvenHall at Clweland, March 25-30. Rev. R K Mills, pastor of the Alliance tipns were held during the same week folbwChurch at .Bowling Green, Ohio, writes the ing Louisville. The speakers present were Rev. following: Evangelist H. W. Lucas closed a H. M. Shuman, Rev. S. H. Stokes, Rev. A. T. three we& series of meetings at the Gospel Rape, and Rev. Mr. Moon. Both conventioris Tabernacle on February ~ 3 r d . The first week were signally blessed of the Lord and were was a time of soul-searching on the part of marked by their generous and fruitful misthe bdievers. Then the sinners sought God sionary giving. A revival had just closed at North h d e r and between forty-five and fifty found peace in Jesus. I t was a time of refreshing from son where Brother Lewis Carter, a converted salo6nkeeper. has charge of the mission. Quite the presence of the Lord for all and will mean much for the upbuilding of the work of the a number of souls were saved. Also at East Alliance in Bowling Green. The crowds were Lynn Chapel in South Anderson, Brother Jack fighter a1,1 large and every service was well attended. Donovan, who is a converted ~ r i z e Evangelist Lucas is an efficient and faithful actor, held a most encouraging meeting u .d worker and his burning, searching messages about a dozen souls found the Lord. An Alliance Branch was recently orgall.. l never G I to grip saint and sinner. The people were sorry to see him go. We wish him at Terre Haute, Ind., where the friends ate God's richest blessings and heartily commend ready to rent a hall and begin regular meetings as soon as a pastor can be secured. him to an the brethren. The Hamilton, Ohio, Church, of which Rev * * * H. A. Dickman is pastor, has recently aflliliated The following brief items of interest have with the Alliance. We heartily welcome them been gleaned from the February and March in this ncw relations& I issues of the "District Tidings" which is a four Rev. D. J. Davies, of St. Louis, reports con. page monthly bulletin published by the Dis- tinued blessing in the work there. A numbel trict Superintendent in the interests of the have been baptized recently and there are Alliance work in the Central District. several 'other candidates. The convention tour was begun at Cleveland, A new church building was erected at Mom on January 12th. The Cleveland branch had roe, Mich., during the past year and there a n joined with the Zion Evangelical Church in living quarters for the pastor under the samc special meetings. A Sunday afternma mis- roof. Miss Jessie McIntosh, who has charg< sionary rally was the only meeting held by the of the work, is being blessed of the Lord ir convention pirty at which time a missionary her ministry, and the work is growing. offering about $r,ooom was received. The Branch at Lima, Ohio, held special meetThe next week was spent at Warren, Ohio, ings from January 10 to February 9th with with Rev. E. E. Johnson. Rev. H. M. Shwnan Rev. A. T. Rape as the evangelist. Miss Mar. and Rev. S. M. Gerow were the speakers and vin reported excellent success. bliss Beardslee and Miss Driscoll were the misE. E. JOHNSON. District Reporter. sionaries. Almost the entire congregation was in tears at the close of Miss Driscoll's Sunday Bible ConferenceWork in Williamspod morning message, which was most touching. For some time we have thought that a Biblt The convention resulted in a good increase in Conference along full gospel lines w o u l ~bc the missionary offering. Miss .Driscoll also practical and profitable. We have felt it nee spoke at a Sunday afternon setvice at Youngstown, where a hundred dollar pledge was made essary to guard against too general a testi, inony and to specialize occasionally, so \ha! for missions. the world might know what we stand for ir The Akron Convention was a time of rich particular. Accordingly, we arnaged for a blessing. T h e speakers were Rev. H. L.Zie- Conference on Divine-Hiding. To-the ave6 mer, Rev. E. L. Bowyer, and Rev. H. 8. Hall- , age mind this was rather an unpopular them man. The missionaries, Miss Beardslee, Miss for a Bible Conference. DciscoIl, and Mr. Chtistopherson. The latter The meetings were held in the Gospel Tab came especially to speak to a Chinese class, ernade, Erie Avenue and Beeber Street, Feb which has been organized in the church. Two ruary -23. Services, conducted by the pastor se~cea were held with them on Sunday and were held each evening and on Sunday. A deel over forty Chinese were present. 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