NUMBER 689 SPRINGFIELD, MO., MARCH, 19, 1927

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""1 T UF!: TIIY ~IIOLS FRO:\1 OFF THY I'HT, H)I< 1111 1'1,.\('1' \\l!I':I~EOl\ TIIO!.

:-,IA;>';J)ESl' IS HOLY GROU;.;n," E:\:, ,1:5.

pil.... \\'hl'll I .1ns\Hrnl him in the IICJ.(­ati\"(· 111' told 11Il' llij, 'I{lr~ :\at W:\5 a h\·I"\·l',1 irit·(\d ,·f nur.. I!t \\;\ a hui](l,

\11-: \'''1I:ra1l0r It J IPl'lIll'd til,lt 111 hi~ 1\atIH' l'ity do\\ 1\ In Ihf river bank \I,h a hwn' ",\lIcl pilt- T(l ('ITry Olll' {,lSI'

but Xat it \I.h IIh'rd\" all' un,iRhth, \\orllik __ ~,md \'il~', BUI :\at h,lIl ~. !Elm""", ,", .... ,,,", - pClHklln Ilal1 .If(' hoh

.J./1 ~roun'l to (;\,uy patriotic

MJI' \T1I1.:ncan 11I.'<lrt. Lctt)s~

~'~:' hurg .. \ntlctam, and Fred-~ tnd;~lnllg, .Ife hol\ ground

to t:"('r~ man of the :\orth and cynv man of the South

who walk,. OH'f those dramatic spot->. The ballididd .. of Frallct: art' hol\­gf(.t1lld to c(lulltk~~ lIIothers. whose hl""rts lurn ICllckrl\' 10 tilt' cro~s­

rnark('d ~ra\'\'~ \\"hl'~t· the bo(lie:; oi tlwir l'n'{'i(l\l~ hoys ~k{'p ami(\ tho,' hll",h ;,n([ b(";IU1r oi gTn'n fid,1s and 1I00n·r~. But do wc realize this word oi C;od to )'If",:s that the "place wh{"rt'on thou stancil'.',t is hoi y ground"? That the (\aily, prosaic ~('emi!lg].v hum·(jnulL round oi our en'n' day life nnc1 toil i~ hol.\· ~roull(1 If we would onl\" ~ee it n~ God sel'~ It alH! aee{'pt it if(lI11 llis haml, a~ the hulr plan' \, here lie.: i~ ready to \\ork (lilt Ili ... great purl'O~C for our

umblc Ih,C' ... :-

The place whereon thou .tandes. is the holy ground of con.ecration.

~Io ... t of us belil'\'c that God ncecl~ cnlls(!(:rat ... d men in the ministry, ill th ... f0n·i~n field .... and in all iorm ... l,j Chri~tian work But hm\" many (Ii II ... rcali~~' that Ih ... place wherl.:on we '>!and in our daily, work-a-day life is holy ground. and Ihal there is 110 limit to the hl('ssedness anel po\\er with \,hi\:h God will m~' con~ecratt.'cl ballke.:r~, 1<1\\\~·r~. merchants, derk~, mechanic .. an~1 other Christian laymen \\ ho ,qive them~('I\'('s to Ilim in COil·

<.,ecration, in the holy g"ro\l!l(1 of tla'ir t'nry-{\ay lik

Nat's Sand Pile

(haltin,q (11\1.' cla~' \\ilh a ckar Chri"tian fri~'llIl he said to Ille. "I-lave you ever heard ahout Xat's sand

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A Leper to the Saviour Came "Arid. behold, lhf'N' came a leper and wor_

Ihipped him, Nyln,., Lord, if thou wilt, thou can.t mak.. me dean, And Jesu. put forth hil hand, and touched him. and .~id. I win; be thou dean. And immediately hi, lepro.y Will dean.aed,-MaU. ,,%. 3.

A leper to !.he 5aViotlr came, And hun,bly he advanced.

And pleading for Ili. clelU\.!ling Nid, "Lord, if thou ",nt. thou canat."

The gnociOWl Master'1 heart waS mov~; His tende""," Wal ....,n,

He touched Ihe lo-athaome ~r " I wiD," He .... Id. "be deanl"

Once I wu leprous, l06t, undone, A IIinner. vile, .. bhol'n:d;

I knew nol God the Father t~n, I knew nol Chri.t my Lord;

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But lhat I might be de ... n*'<:! r ClUnl', And IIOUght the Saviour'1 fllce;

He he .. rd my he .. rtfrlt cry that day. And cleanKd me through H ill arace,

Aro ,you II. kpcr, loat. undenn? An ali.en from the fold?

In n~ of draruoi,,&"? 1...et your ,in. On Chrillt th.. Lord be rolled I

Uft up your downcallt eyu and For you the Saviour di.ed;

For you H .. ~. for you H e liv ....

look!

Christ who wal cnlcified 1

t-I e died to dean5e each leprous .aul Aa once I-U. blood c1e ... ~ me;

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. He lives 10 break the captivel' chAins. , I And Stl l the pria()fwrs fre<e! , H.. who the leper clea....,d enn now I I' By a ll who 100k be ....,n ; ,

To him who pMlJ" the leper's prayer, ! 1<,' 11 uy, 'I will, ~J~I':~~" eo"." i ~--.>-.-.- ,-.- ,---- -.~-.. -.:.

Ij,j,," about Ihi .lI1cl pIle, He JaIl

that !'\t'ry trllrk I"a,j he solei wuuld hring him a (1.,\1:11 ,\Iul I\hen tilt ~and pik \\as g"p\lt' tht· \t-n:lt'd gnlu~ld w(luld 1I1,.kl' a filII' sil~' {(lr a hu,im''I§ hlnrk. S(l :\at hou~ht till' ~and pill­\\"lu'l\ the II~'\I s ~ut ahfl)ad, llIall\" 01

hi Iril'IIJ" l\lr~ lI1ilinR" at 111('" i!l~:c oi Jus budnJ::" ;j \\orlhkss sand Iiiit­Ht'l I :\at's \ I ·j('11 hcgan ttl COIIll'

Ir\l(" \\'eck aill'r \\"\"!,k he ~()Id :Inc! ;11111 kH h'l! olf tIlt' I-!r"lIl1ci. Ihl' :tIH!

I)\t· tilt' sand \1.:1' all i>1tI; lltt' 1!r"uTlII \1 s kn'kd c,ff. ,\ h.w,h"me hu,jnrs" 1.1, Il;k \\ .,s h\lilt 011 tilt" itl'. Ih·IN c till H'ar \\as {O\", r. a gor>tl I':,rt of Ih(' \dUI\t- :11e Iradr .. f lilt· dty h.ltl mo\"t·d in I" that hlofk, nnel sonn aft~'r III ",1,1 pul making th"lI~aneb or clnlhr~ hy 1 lit, "lll:ratiotl.

FritlH\. \'our lii t· tlla\" he nhscurl IIIlla1c IItl"11. am! a~ \\ortb1e..,s in ~o\!r si~bl a'l that alit! I'ile. Bllt ii \0U

\\ill Irt'at Int· 1'101("(" in ncry-d.1~· lifc' 1I]lt·fl·"n .\('\1 ,tan(1 n'!.ll1lly grollwl. and (~!H" Ihat life tn (;0(1 in ("on~e('f:l.ti"n, (;ofl will ll1;1kt· (,f it .1. bC:l.utiful tr1ll' tun' \'lulceri!11.:' ior lli~ J..:lofy throug-h ,Ill lil1l(' and l"Il"ruily

The place whereon thou .tande.t il

the holy ground or Cod'i call.

\1'1'1 ni u .. \\h~l1 \H' piclurc (iotl" ridl . think of SIJIlH'lhillR: dralllali(" 1'l"\'oltlliC1nar~', and 'itart ling. TIlt" ~('('r1(' 011 Ill{' road 10 1):l.1ll:l.<;CU~ al nlKe ('(lIlle<, I1p. \\'t' ~t'(' th .... j:!"fl',t\

livht in tIll' ~k\'; \\l' hear the "nin' from heaven: \~.(' pirture the n'\'olu tioui/illg" dT('f( of it all upon the- ~n'at \pt"tk tn Ih!,: (it'nlilc" lint we for ~t"I tht' great llulIlh('r of men In whom {;od"s cal1 ("amc wht'n till'\" '1110(1 upon thl' hnlr !.:rounci of th('il t·\"t'r~-Ila~· life and ~t"r\·i("e. God's call

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Judgments of God and Revival Fires in Poland

By Gu.tave H. Schmidt

S1Tl ;11111 illflilfnt'lll; \\ill proHJkc the jUd~llIl'l\t of C;m! tn fall, and in turn, Ih. jUrlf.:I1U'11I of C;Of\ will I('ad people to a tatt- of n:1,('ntanrc :tn(\ the seekin/o:' of I I illl~('[r. ~u\\hnl' in till.: worlll \\;l!J thl' Ollthrcak

"f tlu' \\'orld \Vaf 50 1'111111('11 as in Poland, ,11111 in in\ !JIM'!' hai it rau<,('f! so much Ioufft'rinlt and dc~lru('li(}n a~ amonj!" .. t the \'OI'U]:lli',n in Poland. P('aqnt~ who had htC'1I irl\'iled frolll r;crmany to Russia a!.( llll I~O )t·ar aRn, live-II in ea .. (' and \\(-,Lllh. 1111.1 it llIi'-!ill hl, "aill of tllt'lII, a .. of th(· ri,h farTl1('r in the slorv of our I.flnl f t"Ll§: "Sc'ld, Ihnu hit<;1 111\;"h goods LLi,1 u'p for llIan\' ~Tan; takC' (hint' ('asc, ('at, (Irink. ;IIH1 br Illcrry," Throtlg-h the f'llrll~ld1\1{ ('H'l\h of tht· war, Cod ~poke 10 1I1111,hnl('<'s <,t'Ji. atisfll',J \\('ople. "Thou fo,,1. Ihi~ ni.'o:hl Ill\" Hlul II til hl' required of ,hel·. Ilwn \\ho~t, hall thos<," thin~'I be, \\ hidl thou h:1~ pro"ilh'I!?" So were th«!y who hid lip Ire:1<,l1r(' and w('re 1I0t rich to\\ard God.

Fnrv \\"I·II·to·do (·hri .. lian should take ;1 V('n' ~t'ri(l\l' le<,son frolll Ih('':;e events. and tli~('()lll i llue 10 IWilp up richl's, g iving fln'" a pittance 10 Ih\, I.orel. There are to-day nlan~' .:;udl founcl amOllg~t Chris­tian 'l, Oh, lhal Cot! miJ!ht :>('1111 10 them Jli~ Ill(·~ .. ('n~l'rs as lIt clid Hi<; disciple<; of old whcll 11(' rl''1uir('d a colt, <;a\"ing 10 Ih{' O\\"I1('r. "The Lord hath need of it" OLlIt. 21 :3). now Ill:'lny more souls I'oul<l II\' Ihh('red intn Iii .. Kingdom and rl'~cn('fl fmlll ("{('rllal tortl1('nl<; if the ! .0r,I''1 pe(')pl(' woull! 110 their full duly. o Go(I, stir Thy p<'"opi<' hdorc it i~ too lat(> ami hrfore the ni~hl comcth. when tll('\" mu,t appear hdor(> th(> judgment ~cai of Christ.

\Vith on(> ~trokc of till' pl'n, Ih(' Rus­.. ian \Var office decreetl that all German coloTli~t~ he cxprll('d ir01l1 their home~ and <;clli inlo far di"lant province~ and (>"('11 1(1 ~ibt·ria. Thi~ IcrrihJe eoict wa~ ('x('cllied afl('r h;'\f\"e~tinJ.::" lime. All that a /li\"en family \\"a'l lH"rmitlt'd 10 lake almw \\";I~ so I11l1ch a~ a wagon draw n h,' 1\\"0 hor~t'l cO\lIl1 dra\\". \\"hkh \\"a~ not 11111("11: heC'ame all Ih(' l11emb('f~ of the falllih· hat! 10 hI' ~ealt'd in th('~c vehicles. \Vhal all thi~ mrant to Iho~e ~ufferi n r:r peop le can ea~i l v be illla~ined. Try 10 put \'(ll1r,,-(>l£ in their place.

~h' IInde. who wa~ ol1e of Iho'l(, exi le~ . l(lld 111e of h(':'lrt·rendinl::" 'Iccne<; cnacted durins;! t hose dark dav'l. Before Ihe ex· iks qarlcd on that dr('arv jOllrner. they I!athcred a t Ihe villag-r ~chool to ha, re a fa rewell ~ervice. The whole vi ll age popu· lalinll con~ i ~linR"" nf 11t1l1dre(l ~ wa~ there. Th (> r l' \\"a'l such a sounet ~'ro(luced by weep· illg an et \\"ai li n~ that neither 'Ipeak ing no r .. in~illg could he h(>ard. \n ocean of woe. a~ it \\"ere. surKed CI\'(>1' thi~ company of Pt'ople IIntil t he t:"u:"lrd~ hroke up t hi ~ ~t ranR"e meet ing. after whic h they sta r ted on their J on ~ journey to S iberia. Thi s

\( 11<' nf uH1UrniTlg" \\"hirh J have desnihe-d \\30' rf' {'11:lct('fl in man .... hundreds of vil­la~{'s \\ h('r(' there were' Cerman colonists. Lill·rally hurHlre(ls of Ihnll~alld.. wNe moving along the roarh towards Siberia. Hut a tl\l'Y wac mo\"ed alon~ the way, th~'rC' \\ a!l One ",110 witl1es~td their un­p('akahl(' gn· ... t I1ffl"finR~ and who (Irew

niJ..:"h untn tht'Ill, and waikefl with 11H'1ll. In tlie I nuings a~ they (,:lmped in the Opt'n air. :lr()tmd hla7in'! 109" fire~. after th('\' had partaken of their inH!:!1 mt'al. 11H'11Ij,('r" of a companv would hrinR" out thC'ir old Riblcc;, a fc~v in numher, and which had been forgotten in tIll' /o:"old('n flayc; of pcace.

Ai Ille pr('rinuc; \Vonl e,f (~od wac; rearl aloll(l, t1'any c<"luld he oh<;('rvrrl weeping, -\R"ain thef(' \\"a~ that 1.0\\"1,\· OnC'. whn in greal compa~~jon, ('allw kno('kin(!" al th('ir h(,.1rt'~ Iloor. He did not knock in vain. ~I\mc ~aw Him in vi~ioll. How He wept wilh them. Manv. man~· he-arlo; were 11l('1ted. anti hnwccl ht fore 1Iim in ('ontri­tion an!1 hllmiliation :10; HI' ,\hi~Pt'rcel p(';!'ce tn their weary hearh. 1 f(' \\'a<; rkrhl there "h(>11 1I10lh('f.~ had to lav IlnWll in all ha<;te 011C' or more of Ih('ir Im'ed 011('<; in a cold g" r :\V(> at the wanir1e. Jec;u~ ~oothed the '1orrows ('If broken hcart<; and ~tr('nJ!thenecl Ilwlll. There ie; a trail of g-ra,'e<; near th(' way '1icle whcre the~e ('xi1e~ have troelden: and to-da~- manr ~rief-qrick('n per~om. in their thought~, are till ling"('r­in~ hv tho<;e \\'a~'side gr<t\"('~. \r~, own d(>ar grnndfath('r, 89 vear<; of a('"e, died on the way. Fxhat1~led and IrC'Tllhlinc:- bv f(',('r~. he was to he abandoned al the w3\"<;lfle. The guardc; permitlC't\ hi~ grant"!· r1al~(!'hter to ~ta\" with him There I1IHkr a mac-nificent old tree hi<; \\"ean' form wa~ lair! to re~t.

How wa<; it pos~iblt for till'<;e refugee<; to enclure ~lIch c;ulT~rin(!'<;? 011 I the Low,," One who walked wilh th~1I1 a~ain alHI ac-ain ponred lIew viJ,{or into their "Tarv hearlc;

During I ho~t dayc; of ~orro\\', the Lord Jrsm Chri~t reaped a very ~f('nt harvest. "J(><II<; ~a'" of the travail or his c;0111 and \\i1~ ~illi~fied." Isaiah 5.1:11, 12. Man\' who did not ~'ield qu icklv to the Lord \\('re hroken in <;pirit a11(1 their heart~ were l11a(h~ soft and recepti\"e to Hi<; gen-11(> plea(lingc;, Thi<; clark tilll(, marle il I)o~~ihll' for the Lord to bring ahout

A H a r velt of Prec:iou. Soul. upon the Ruin. of Old H ome. tead.

Rol .. hevism took ih rist.." in 11)18 when all t he r.(' rman coloni~ts a1ll1 othcr~ were permitled to return to their honte~. Thesc were dan of rejoicin(!' in the hearts of th e destitute, But when tlie\' rt'ached their homes the,· found ruin<;. Somc could not C\'(>n find tile spot where their hou<;es once <;Iood. The\" began to rebuild under <;evcrest deprkation~. I n tlw da,'c; of ex· ile, tl1l' Lord bad train('11 fo r H im~elf

I,reciou," \"e$scls in \\holll He eould imtill a hurning de~ire to he witnt:~ses to Iii .. saving Rrace. The~c aJ.;,o returned. and they eallt'd

Illl.:etings in tla'ir \·illages. and strange t<J ~ay. tht; IJt'OPit- f{·spoIHled. Befort: tilt· \Var, tlay \\ould not bal'e walked {JUt'

hundred teps tt· Il("ilr a Hammerin.o: te" timonv ahout <'alvatiou. K'ow they found tina' :tnd {'m r~y to crowd together into a little rO(,m and attentively li~ten 10 tIll glorious g-o~l'tl. TIH'Y went'dowli on their kllt·t· \\ IIl'n a grl'at cr~' aro~e to the Throne oi (;race for pardon and peace, anc! man\" \\C're "wept illto the Kingdom, As the)' -galhacd again al1(l agaill. and blg<ln I" pra; .. I' (;",' [or qlvation. the fire of the floh' Spirit iell upon thcm, <tlld many \\cre -pro~tratcd hy the power of tht· Spirit. Shouts fof prai"l' rc~oundt'd the\' ~an~ in tht' Spirit In·;tutiiul pqhm oth~'rs hrokl' iorth in new !01II.!Ue .. ; th~ Lord g-a\'c man'ellous "i~i(on~ Thc .. c· SIundi,ls had not heard as yet about the Pentecostal ~IOVt'ment, hut Ibt'y had rc­cl:i\"(';1 the Hapti "m in the lloly (;host with sign.. following- according to Acts 2:4, ancl the\" ~h()uted and rejoin'll. lik,' ,tht'r .. thc "orld O\'er, when the Spirit

takes possession of the<;e Icmple", of day Prai~l' thl' I ... rd. lie .:;wceps ;lwa,' llil' ruh hi,h oi formality. Human id~as ot so­hrit.:t, an d o(ll('r will ,,"Iway!' be ~\n'pt a\\a,:, a11l1 heaveTlJ~' or<l('r will be e<;tab lished where thc Holy Spirit rule<;. Ilal Irhljah!

Such Pl'nl('r(J~tal fires sprang up in depel1dclltly of each other, her~ and there. ),larullou<; powcr was manife.:.ted, I n childlih faith they met thc Lor~1. a~H' gave th('IIl~l""'e~ o\'er into 11is mf1l111e h'l..'ping wherr tbt:re ;<; ~afet~· fr~11l e\'~ry demon po\\"er. Until <;Ollle 11l1 ':;,I{l1Idcci.lllln jqers c<t1l1t' along to warn tlll'llI 01 till J.,::rt'at dang-I'f of "falling into th(' ha,nd .. of dClllon~." How many lInc;u~p('ctlllg,

~illgle-minr1('cl ,'OIllIA" b('lievers. out alH\ out for the Lord. have been brou~ht under thr I<;rrihle ~\ljrit of fear and bOllflaJ:t(>, be­caU~l' of alarll\i~ts who have fa1ied to (liscer1l r.od in thi" prc!'ent-day movement of the lIol\" Ghost.

Praise tile l.ord, the llIajorit~· of Ihr h('\i(>"er<; who wC're ble~sed in Ih(> R"~eat revival, heedell not the alarmi~ts' \\"arrllng~ and a illultitude of precioll~ souh were added to the Lord. A<; we Ira\'ell('(1 throug-h many ~ections of POla~l,tI \\"(' found OP('l1 Il('art~ e,'cry\\"her~. 1ravel lillA" ill Polan(1 i~ extremely ddTicu.lt. hut all till' toil '\'a~ nothin~ compar~d wllh thc tht' grcat readill{'~~ of these \'llIage peo­pic 10 receive hIli <;ah'ation. ,One metl· ing wa~ in many ea<;cs suffiCIent f~r I~(' people to crv out and accept C'Ilr1~t 111

I "'S \\'e havc ~een tholl~ands ~reat lll1m h ., 1'1 (,0111(' 10 (,hri"l. Irion' to J e<;u<; I , 1('" rccel\'('(l IiAht 011 the Scriptu~c~ wl~lch tin,

folded the t ruth of believers baptIsm and naturally they wcre not sati~fier~ with the infant hapt iml ther had receIVed: a.ncl havinj:!' hdie\"rd 011 the Lord Je<'\I~ CllrI~t. the\" w('r.;o inlll1er .. ed. To-cIa,·. there arc 111 Poland. thou<;ands 01 baplized helic~e r~ who fellO\nhip together without doctrinal strife.

Poland a~ a Roman Catholic country ha .. ~trol1g prejudice agai nst Gospel propa -

I{'Vld'l, and ~u hcli~'\"(:r' havc t'J " c !unler g'fl':tt difficuhil's.

F,lr the till It' I.t'ing' i' }'"lar.1I \\\. t'll

juy ('ivil and n·ligious riKht~, whi( 11 arc fuundt'd UII .a 1:1\\ (,~ ~t;lluH' .. ~r<tnlnl to tht, ".stt1lldi~b' "j R1Z~:si;( ail.r the rt'\O­

lUI ion in 1905, III 1907, th ... ~tll[)di~h rl' ('(,in-II Iht'~l' rhdlt~, otlieiallv, as .1 ClIr­Jlllrali,J11 <tnd Wl'ft' nlled Eval;gdical Chris­tians" L'l1dl"r this name our R,"\"jval Cir­dc~ afl" dnillj.! their \\(Jrk alld l"ujny re­cugnitioll b_\' till' Gon:rl1l11cnt; hut they han: h('ul illfnrllwd that whcn tIl(" P"li,h Cork of La\\" is rcac1~", tllcn: \\ill he a r('adju,ullent (.f tl1l'\c .l-:ranh, and p("rilaps a grl":\t stru.l-:xlt- is aht"ad, as tht" Catho lies an" certainlY not in favor of thc KO~­pl:I of in'e ).:"rarc \\"hos(' lIIini~I('f- arl' in 'tnull"lItal in its proclamation" Fn'l\ now tlll'y arc nrr mueh hindered Ill" the churches. Tht, ~n"al rl'coKnized (;11~r(;he!!: --Roman Catholic, Gn'('k Ortho,l,.,x" and LUlhc:ran han' g-real pO\\l·r. The p;l~tor IS the f('prt'sl'T1Iati\"c of Ihe GOh'rJllllent. \\llich lIlakl"S it vcr .... diincuit tn !In,cuft' a birth l't'rtificate, or an\" other docunH·nt. or lH'rlllit for burial; I;('cause applicants mu\t ~o to tltl' pastors who af(' lllifavor· ahl:, <1i~\'tlSl'(1 to\\ard ... tht"nl. I~I olle cas(' a dt'(','a~t"d hrother was 1101 Iwrmitt('rl hurial ill Ihe village Cl'mctery. tIlt' pa'tor havil1l! "tali(lllul guard~ at the l'utralll-(, For 1\\0 da\":; the coffin stood ('II11 .. i(],' the ('n\r:IIIC(' of Ihe CtUlctl'r\', until at 1:1 .. 1, the polin' gan' an order for b\lria1. It lIleall~ much for these Polish Pt'('I'il' to stand up and liv(' for Christ.

Revival in Lod:t and Vicinity ~rallY (""of th(' chnrch('s in Polan'l who

are SUI'110<;(,(] to stand upOn an e\"an~(+ Ical platform oi IH'W hirth ami holine~s, arc so worldly and dead that there i" lit tic rlifT('rrnce hetween them and the \\"orld" In the cit\" of Lod7 are a IIlUll

ber of stich t"hl1~ch('s which conlain ;. remnant of t nll~' reg"t't1('rated hdie\-er~ who an' uot in sympath" with til(' dOWJl

~radt movement and are under a hurd ell of prarc:r for rni\'al. ~lal1\' ill th('s" luk('\\'arm ehurch('s ar(' si_~hillg: to-da\'" but have 11(It ... ufficienl energy to hr('ak loose from tilt.' hondage of sectariani~m. The \(,;.ders of these churche~ art' 7ealou .. fo r a m:tll+marlc unit\, and t])('\' stig-ma­ti7.c as rl.'helliou ... and ~isorrkrl\" th(",' who h{'li('\"(' in the present-da~' out-po\lrin~ of the Spirit \\"ith ~igm fo!1owillf.,:'.

In the cit\" of Lad? W('fe tl1o<.(' who" ('a rnest h' 100kNI for th(' light til break Their ('_\"('~ w\.'re focu~sed upon tilt' ~rorn in g- Star, and thc\' sohbed al1(1 cried in the nij.:"ht of their grief. Tlow gla(ll\" God anS\\"l'r~ such pra\"('rc;" TIl(' pa~lor~

ellde;l\"nr~'d to Sll\lpre,.;s the Spirit indited 10l1gin~s in tilt' hcarts of the people, but h(' (""uld 1101 (lueneh the longing de~if('s of tl1(\s(' ht'arts As the fight gfl'\\" hot tcr. 49 llIcmlters were expelled at ol1e timr from th(' memhership of nile church alHl gathen"1\ ill a p ri\"at e home to fast ami pray" 11 was to this ('ird(' that the Lord ~l.'llt liS, allrl \\"t' ministcred \Into them the 'Nord of l,ih," "\ wave of r('pcntance W;l~ follcl\\('(\ b\" a("t~ of aPl\ropriation of the cil'a1lsing hioO(I. and then the HoI\" Spirit of God fdl 11\1011 them. Kevcr ~hal1 wC f"r~l"\ thosc mCl·tings in the upp('r rool11 ~[an\ \n"n' ... I;,in 1)\" thl' powt'r of the Spirit \l'\tr on \\"l' iMget those shouts

TIlE PF:\TECO~T:\L E\'AXGEL

01 )'\ t rom tho" \\ho~c hl".trb iormnly liar! Ol'C1l so cold,-- .. \11 things are possible \\ith (;od. Brill/{ Ibn ,"our cold and in dith'rl'l:t hl:;,rt ilnd 11(."' \\ill melt it , and put :, ~l\{ll1t ill ~'ol1r innt'fl11ost beill~.­III' \" 11k ,,;JhllS "t"rt' Iward III these r:."ltin~s, and S(,IIlC were praisiJlI{ the I.ord in Ilt'\\ t,mgUI:S Tltll~(" \\t'r(' j.:lor "U'" da~ ..

The I..:ml ha .. giH'1l U~ a lit til" :l.IU thIS i~ a gn'at i:"tnlr in I'nl'lT1d. \t one lilllr, I,ur ('Ill"tllin ha\-ing deIl0\1nC(·.1 Iii,

the :lall \\.H 'I:all'd hy the authorities, ,l1Id ,'\er~ ~.\tl"crjng was forbidden ,\ita {"fllltinuiUR" t\\"o \H'eks in importunate prayt'r. the liall \1;\ a~ain Ojll'lIetl. hut W'I,' arc \-('r~ Illllch hinder."t\; for the "\\!Hr of Ih. hall Thr~:at('ll~ \IS \\ilh thl' p"lin' \\'h,"n('H'r pur jll'Ol,I,' hq,:in to ~hnllL \1thllu;..:h :t ~t";Hs ollly RIl people, WI' have 'IKCl'ednl ill tT()wciinq il't("l thii hall :ah ~t t\\O hUl\(ln'tl people

Th("n" i~ a huil(lin/.: in l.lul ... , fonnnl\" llH·d In' a l.t1thn;'\n ('!turch for !oef\"jn>~. 'l:n"i1lf: ;, hall allli ;ldj.1ining rooll\, !;cal 1Ilg" aho).:nh('r aholl1 j, "ur IlIlIulr('ci P(,OI'it-

Tilt" II;dl i~ !or' ~a"', ,In,1 Wt' lwlie\'t' th," 1.ord i, IH.hling it inr Ih" It has now hn"n ()!I th(' market jnr all entin' y('ar \t tir~t Ih(' O\\1It"r a~kl'(1 fiih'('11 thousand

,!(li lars, bul til'\\" he has brollqht the prin' ,10\\ n to fn"l' thousand (Ioll:tn, \\'(, a,k the \·hihlrcn (If \",d to till itt' \\ilh us in I'r:t~-('f to till' t'lHI that we m;'\~' aCl"Juire thj~ l'r{>pt"fl~" ~(> wd! adapt("d to th(' r(' 'l\lirl"11I("ut~ ni th(' work. 1t wou"l \\"('11

I". suitt'cl tn hotlst, a Rihle sch('l(ll.

A REMARKABLE ANSWER TO PRAYER

TIlt' following incid('nt in the lift, of the late ~{r. J;'\v Gouhl. of a remarkahle an ~\\"('r to prayer, i~ worthy of f('coni. 1 \\"ish to rela\(' it as it .ame tn Ill(" for tht' Rl(lry of Gnd, and the .. lIr 'Ir:tg"ellwnt of all Christians to h'cp 011 praving, F0r G(lll \\ ill op('n the \\'illdo\\" "f Ill"ann, and (','Cll I1ll'n'.~ pockl'thook" ~OITlC of which ~C('1ll to he almnst burglar pn!of. ill ;\l1s\\"('r to tIl(' prayer of faith"

~rr" Gt\uld olll'e kit his ea!'tt"fll h"llIt" for a trip acro's thl' continent" .\ftu vi"iting" the Pacific state~ he returned h\' the ~nltthern rout(' throtlgh Texa~" In the wt:"tern part nf 111,lt Hate th(' tr:lin he was tra\'eling (,n was h;tlted for .1 few h0urs at a littl(" town to make SOI1l(, 11('('(1-cd n'pairs Oil tl1(' (,Il~dne" \Vhik Ibi~ \\"as being done, Mr" (;ould. 10 pas'l the tiUll', w"lk('d up Ihe \'ill<lg(' street to vit'\\ the plal't' and ~('e what was going Oil among Ihl.' l!l'lIl'lc,

On OIlC COffIC'r a large crowd had ~;Ith ered as though something 11Iore than liS·

ual was laking place" ?'IlL Gould walked up. ;I'~II fol11lci a sale going on and the <lllcti,'nl:l'r caning Ollt, "Fnurteen hundn'(\ and ~c\"Cnty- five dollars:' He inquired of a Illall what \\'a~ beinR sold, allli was told that it was a nlW church house, that the contrncling buil{Jcr had a claim on it for the work. It aPP('i\ red that the lilllit had been f('ached, as 1111 one wi~hed to raise thc last bid for the chu rch house" Mr, Gould, to help on the salc, offered fifteeil hun ­dred dolla r ~" which tho: auctioneer called a few tilll(,s without a raise, and it was sold to Jay Gould at his bid"

"\ hill .. i Sdh' \\ s u~lde ol1t to him. and t;:nug' liS hl',k I ; lhe am"unt to the .,uetiollc r he hec ~me 1e owner oi the dlllr~" '1 prop('rty

l'hr'"t- ,,1.1, I-:"ra~ hailed !llln ~t"ndin~ '1ear, \\ Idled tht' l)r<Jeeedll1gs of the :r .. ; :;f(l", ",nd ,wmg OJ!, to :\fr, (~"uld, lIot knu\\ illg \\ Ito Ill' Wa!' a~kt'd him wh:\t he IIIlr:Hled to do \\ ith the church he had ;u~t b,u~ht •. \\ r. ,t i~ it 10 YOli. what t do \\Ith 11 11 i~ millt." Ill)\\.', to keep or I" ~i\l" :m<lY"" ~aid tltt, million.tire. One oi tht' Ull;n said. "This IS \\ hat it i~ to ll~ \\'" three II1t"11 ;:,re trustN"S of that ,'hurt hand w{'n' ~"ltt hne to sec ;tnd tlwl! f('purt what <hsp('~,,1 Wil' made of it, allJI il1 tilt> dltlrdl at Ihis preSt Of mo' 11I('lIt, the l'ntirt' cOllgrcg;lllon wllh the I'rl"si(llr~ ,"I'kr ami l)rt'a..-hl'r~. are dO\\1\ on tlwir klll't" blf.,rt' the (;"tl of 11(':1\"(-11, 8,j.,illl: llim II) di\int'iv inll'rfl'rt' in S("lfltt'

\\, y to ~.l\" ollr ..-hurch, ~t) that it lIl,l\"

!lut lit, 1,,,t tll tho rlt,lt I~ what it is tp our re(.plt""

Ou illquin' thi .. \\,\~ k;lrllltl to he the .Id, wht'n ~Ir. (; .. ulti said. "I hl'lieH' that ~"ou good 1'(""l'k htlv(' Illore IH"l"ti (If Ihe­"ruJlt'rlf th'lll I ha\'('. and will make b~,t tl'f ""(" of it." Ilt' \\'I'ot(' otll a hill oi .. ;t!r, si~n,'d his iull name tn it, ami h,lIl(l ('(I it to till" trthtet"S, \\110 \\\"rC surpri'nl "Il knuw tlt;i\ tlt(')" \\('r(' tit' ling: with l'llt"

oi tht' wealthiest lIlel\ in the w(,rld" Th('\ 1II0st Iwanily thankl'll him, barIc him ;. W;lrlll, ]'f(>th("rly R(I(,d-hy~ ;Jlld il SOl it· jllllrnt"\' hplll(" and with a kind, "God hle~ .. yutl," the ri.-h man wa~ J.:{I{\l'

Till' tbn'l' IllI:Il hastt"!I('d 10 the {"hlLr~"h

.mll found tIl{" ("ollgrq;atioll ~illl..:illg I'rai~ l'~ tu {.iod iur victory"

Tht,y r('\I(lrtl'd Iht' !-(rt" I, iltlil ;tPJlarl'llI ly lIIir~lelllou~ ~lIcees~, and dec-i<lC'd to writt: ;r ft>rll1al kiter oi th;lIIks to) ,Ii('ir /{l'tl trollS millit'llaire hl'lI('factor" ~Ir" (jould St'11Il"tiIlW'" ~hnwed this letter tn his rrit"nd~ ;lIId Hry hig:hly 11r'li'ed it, for he ;Ji(\ it warmcd hi~ h("art more than any mil Iioll-dollar h(Jud hl' had"

IIt)W di\-inl"iy Mr" G(>tlld's trip w: ... p];J1lt1eJ ;<l1d arranged hefore l\t' had st.rt nl it, that he l11igbt hecomc Ihl' hUllI,lll in~trn1l\cnt in thc working out ,,, lIis will lor (;o<l's glory and ;J blc"siug" to other!!:, thai he "h"ul'] start al a ((·rtail! h(.ur, -;t"p 1-0 lotlg at 1:~lth placc, hring hil1\ tn a littk unklloWIl tOWll Oil tilt" prairi(" (,i 1'1:);;'5 at :r \Tr)" particul;!r I,ollr, stol' Ihl' Irain i(,r tlcn"'''ary r('p"lif'l, lead hin: 10 the (Jill' and onl~' ~p(lt, whtre he nmld hl"lp :llls\\t'r the praycr~ of <I ft"w faithful ".Id .. '

:\0 wlllHkr that his heart r,rew \\ijrlll ;Ji Ill' read ()vcr and ov('r that lettl'r, and rd!t-,·tl"d Oil how tht' Lord led him aboUl. tll hdp him fulrlll Ilis divillt llurptJH" ill st'r\ing othcrs in tillle of l1('ed"·E\'un gdical \·i~it(lr.

---SMALLPOX RELIGlON

It i .. ;'\ pitifu l f:1l"t thaI \Hany Ileople \\:l1It just enough rt']jgion to insure them irom etl'rllal los~" They wallt religion ab()ut as IllUdl as tla'y \\"ant smallpox" If the)" must have it, IIIl'Y want il very lighl+ Iy. but not ('lIoll~h to mark lhem,-FrOIll Bihle ~[cssagcs.

1',,;:, I, )ur Till, PI, :\TFC()ST.\I E\ A:\GEL

Where the Maggots Breed ! A Letter from a Miuionary

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II! \1 I II \V Ii }~ \\' rr rl, T!,ell said Jt'll unt" .1 ,11, pk Ii 11\ m,n will cI,m aitt Ill", It t him d, 11\' I:imscli, mil I kl 111' hi t r "lIul (,,11,',\\ nll'," \\'ill you I, "k t th, dl,mg'e (If the 1H'r5ollal prnll"IIl' "I tt hilll I;,k(' up his cross HId foll,,\\ 11 :-';,,1, th,' d;~liJlrlion Iwtw{'{'Jl Iii .. (fO Iii rllp, ;,IHI yr'llr cro~s, III {Jlhn \\'Ird, yl'!! \\111 nOI Ill' ahle to UU,

,kr!t"r: I ,h{' r".11 (,Ih Ir)' \ict, fY, work,',l flU! II ~'1I1r.v ly ,I..), lift" ulltil )llll haH: !litd n ~" IIr ""I' l'ross, III cause yon know 'f' I 1\ ,'U II tn die nn, and ,IS } >It \\( h,l\,' dit'd on the cros!., it

" ,k"d, t:rlJ~

I 1" "", 11l'(':HI~t' \'ou ,lfl'

, 1,,\\ <I." ,t work) \\'h;t i~ Illy n .Ii t;mt"'11 til IIi" Cro~s? \Yell,

UPI" \\ h"d a h' timony 1l1{'("tin~ or iI

lH'r 1111 I Ilk, ,tII.1 ~"\1 ""tild Sil)', "\[y no!.s i~ 1,,,,,lin, I flTI that 1 ;"1111 alone

III th~ ""rid" Tht'r.' i~ " real for<akell­n("s~, I ],,,).,: • f i.,lIo\\ ship ;lIId human "I>II1,"'1Ii,,1] hi\" hlll1lan "ITt,rtion ilntl 1,,\"(', I" that ~"llr Ire",', I,l't lHt' tell YOII, ii it i" ,I I ross tu )"11, you h~ln' got to keq) it until you h.Hl' (lit',1 tin it, alld \!1{'U it will ht' a nil"" 110 Iflll~ro.:r!

\\'!WII I \\t'ut 10 \fril':! I went from a nr\' <lI'IIVI' ITnll'r of work in the lumher rani p " \lIll'rt, I 1I1ul :-.uch " husy lif(~, and I did n"t !,,1I.,\1 Ilhat londilll'Ss was, and the Ill',fl' I I'nurnl flllt 111)' lih' for oth­n~ and ior),:".,t Illy df, th(' more lo\'e and ,tlfn tion I got I I weill away to the l'ongu, thillkilll-;' that Jc~u~ ('hri~t satjsfie~ with"UI ,in)' nile d~t', r Ihl'll to think it IIlU~t 111' ,I f,:"rand thillJt to h(' all invalid, , II \\"llld IM\"\' <) llIuch lime to pray and I" III' ,.hll' t(1 IIt.1l1iint til(' joy of th(' I.ord~ II h.'PPt'lltd th.tt I \\a~ tilt to the Swed-

h .\Ii" lilli, Illtl Ihe S\\l'dl'S did not know FII~Ii~h, ,tIl,1 I Ilid Iwt know S\\'ecli~h, and the fl'~1I1t \\,1', I \~." \'oll1pktdy rut ofT, J \\.,\11,[ J.:"II IIut I" tht' l1ati\I'~, and [ conld 11"1 llnd\ I'~talld tl1l'111 Thfn t found (lut th,11 Jt 11 W,I not ~alhiy i llg l1\e l

1.,'1 'h t.lk.' .1 ~illlJlk illustration, Ii 1 ,,,,,1, ,\ pit'rt' (II nwat, and cut il into h\\' pin:t'~. and \1I1t (llle pit'cC in a re­iri~', f,ltor, and tht, odll'r pi(.'ce out in the ~HIl with a tt1lll'natllH' of 105 in a few hours tht' pin',' Ihat was out in the heat \Ioultl hrn'd Illaggob, \\'hile tht' picce in till' rd"ig'('I'atllr \Itltdd Ill' !>\\,eet for day:;

an.1 ),l'\ it is tht' ~;lmt' piece of meat! \Vily ht,t',IIl~t' thl' maggOls arc lalent in Iha t 1t1t',lt, and it (mly nced~ to bc put intn ditTert'nt rirculI1"talll'e" inr them to hrct'd, You ma\' 'hink \"011 \\Ot1id not do \;11,,1 sn!Ht' I,n; l'ise d~,t·s ill their cir­nllll~talll'l'''. hnt \\ilit until you arc ill the diffindt p lacl', and H'C whether the "mag­j.{Oh" do I\ot breed theil , H anything hrt'Cd~ the magg'ots it i~ the tropics, \\'Iu~re ou .In' shut lip ttl hotH a dOlen mis·

"ion,lril's, \\ itl! ,\II killlb of tenllle.-raments, ;n a hut 15 hy 30 (el'!. That is w hen Ihe pit'r,' oj nleat i~ put in the ~un-\I' hell :'0'011 ar,' tn'adin/-:, on l'ach olher's lOt'S a ll

11 h fmc }I' has to live \\ II II II I 1,,\ I d vy, Tlu'rc

,1\ I, r III til, () b lov'd, let me tcll you what that cros, of loneliness can II tl I It if rI",\.' rlw illt" Ihe pn~('nce of (;"d, 01111\ I kanH'd lu han' communion

lid itlt.'n"ur \Iith Jt'SU5 ('hri~t such as I I"lfl lit \t r h.1I1 ilt'fl,rl' '1'1 ... first year ill th" ~I i I ,n I \\,1 .1 ig'III'11 tilt, dutil'S "i hl'll d" I r, an,1 I had Ill'\[ r Iionc any h II ,k '1'1I1t-: I" foft But liy the time I h I .lrt" 11 11 .It t'r. ,I t'all1t' onl on the n' rft' ·ti," tI" Ind I II. ('" tlt\Tr kll,WIl

\r I't liTH illl'!

I N THE DAYS OF T H E LAT TER RAI N

Fl'll, h II n'nal· tlli(' t The apo~tle I,lm ay I" II' "Ii W{' walk in the light. 1 lie is in the light, \\t' have fel-1,,\\ luI' "lit "h allotlu'r, and the blood of Jesus Chri ... t hii SOil cleameth us from all iii: (I ),,1111 I :7), and in that light, in th;\I ftllfl\\~hil', "ji \\(' SlY that we ha\'e 110 sin, \Ie lit-n';H' oursdves, and the trulh is nnt in liS," (n, 8), Intimacy with Ihe grt'nlt'r I'l'\'l'al~ Ihe infirmity of the 1I'~s.'r, \\'<llking in Ih(' light wilh Ilim re­\'(';ds lIlt' ,Idl'rt~, the 1mperfection'i, the "ill$, and imllll'cliattiy the consciousness "f stich ca""l'S the ~aint to pkad, to claim and til ;\\'ail hilll~df oj Ihe blood of Jl'''II'O Chri"t, (;",I's ~"ll, for cJI'ansing,

"If we 5a~' that \\e han' no sin, we de­ceive lHlrsd\'e~, <lnd the trulh is not in II~ I John I :R. The vitality of ollr \luion to tlh' truth m,Hle Illaniiest IhrnuJ..:'h our enn~. iou"lH' " of that which \\tJultl cauw a hn'ak i" Ihe \lnioll , nalllclv, ~1ll, Truth within hrirtg~ to the ,~uriace til(' hidckn Sill, the illfirmity, Ihe weak­III "Iht' lailurl' Tht' c,'n,eiolh walk wilh

It - --- ---The Pentecostal Evangel

'\.'1 EvaTlI1r!;cat ,,,,I ~ I i~$;o"ary Paper, advo-(:,HII'''' Sah·:.t; '11, . lIoly Llvin~, Divine Ileal. inu, ,J't' S<~'11 ('",,.."11/ "r "ur J~'rd Jt'Ml~ Christ, I:>'! Ih(" Ikccl'l1<JII ,,,r Ihe 11 01,. '1IInl as lie ,,-:., nrill'i',ally r("et'IHd 0" the Oay {lr !'t'nte-c"ot (,\<1. 2,4),

S lnnlllY H. Frod.iIham Editor Chas. E. Robin$On AllIoC\ate Editor

0' The Pt'lItt'c')~ta t Evangd i. Ihe Offit'iai Organ the (ien("rai Cou'l(:11 of the Ancmhhu of

(i<>d, I W. T. G","O Chairman P II, Mdl<lwell A~~i~taut Chairman J, R E\'all$4 _ Secretary Tn'a~urer

I'rinlell anti l'"hJi~hc,1 wt'ekl,. (SO is~ucs cat:h YC3r) 'It tht' G ,~pcl Publishing liouse, Spring-lield, \I,)" U, S, f;.,

Suh~,-r;l'ti'>n Pril'e, $1.00 per yt'ar, Canadian frlt'nd~ p't'n~~ alit! !oO eents to J .... y for extra I'''~';\'it', Uritis1- ~uh~cript;on, 61 ~r year, In qua',ulle~, 12 t'nplU for ~. UnI,; .!5 eopiu, .; t'entl; 100 c,'pies !-1.80, I "'~" ._ ....... ,,-, .. " "" at tile pnst {lmce :11 Spnngfidd, Mo" under tht' :.el _ "r March J, 11'79, Aect' llted ror mailing :H '1'~I:.J rate .,f pn~tage pro"ldt'd for in Set:, 1100, A"I "r Octobt:r J, 1917, a,"horiled OIl Juty J, 1918-

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II IInrll'hteoll~IIl'''~'' I

\\('e i "pr'n up "qllickl~, (' peeially ill Ih t rain 11111\' and Ihl' alt,rt gar<il'ntr is Ix'r', actin' in J!'l inl-!' aitl'r the wt'ed~ aher Ihl' ... llOwer { hri t i~ the (;'lflkner and Ile i~ l'xlra bu,,\' in tht, pl'fiod of tile Lat­(t'r Rain, IIl'eding, I'rtming', culti\'ating, ,lid Ilcalin!{ \\ lth tilt' cmp {,f undesirable thiTl~~ hrou~ht aholl! hy the ripening rilln, .\hlllldant rain, ahundant wecds­hut it ripl'lIt'ti h"nt'~t! Do not be dis­n,ur;'/.:'I'" ii VOt' "~'t' \\l'l'd~ in lite garden I f tht, Lord,' S, S, 4: 12.

h~l'1' y"ur t'YlS on the ripl'ning: Irll1t in your I1l if.,:hl",r' .. patch, and not on Ihe \\n'd~ \\llkll tht' I;afllt'ner will deal with YClur (mil \\t,tds will grow just as fast ,S YOllr Ill'ighhr,r'~, till' conditions be· 111!.:' 1'1I1.d. The hl',lm" III )'Ollr own eye n(' Ii to I,~' Ik .. h \1 illl hdorc the mote in y(lur nci~hhor'~. Ii the \It'l'lh arc all W'lle in your own patch, you can ofier 10 help the (,;tflk1H'r rlean the other man's patch, hut Ii(ln't ll1ak(' a mislake and at­Iilck his iruit alld \t-a\c his wl't'cis, If (;0<1 11:1" ('alkd you to be a weeder, don't Iry tn I)l' a I't'apl'r, Thilt i~ Ihe preroga­tin' \)f Ihe \Ia~t('r I limseli, to gather Ifis n\\t\ fruit. lIe is \juite capable of (!t'aling with Ilw \\'l,t'd~ as SO(l1l as they ap­pt':lr and bdofl' tht,), seed, Trust lIun to (kal with your own palch,

CERTAIN )'lathieson gin's tlH' followinl{ interest

iug Iranslation oi 1l05ea 6:3 ("I l is going ivrth i~ pH'pared as the tllorning")­"lIis coming is as certain as the dawn," Tho~e who lo\'~' the trulh of His appear­ing \\-ill in"lincti\'e ly say: "Even so, come I "tlfli J l',~lh_"

TOOTHACHE H EALE D )'fy hah)' girl had toothache nry badly

She sutTered iutl'mdy for two days and night-, On Salurday, wht'n Ihe Evange l camo.:. \11; prayed for ber and put the p"per under IH'r hl',HI. 1 \c.:r pain stopped and ',be bils I1l'\'cr had lilt' t~lothar.:he since, This happe1H'd two ycars :lgO, ,\fler I ha\'c finished rt"Hlil1l{ Illy papcr~, 1 send lhull to tht !"al\"alion ,\1'111)" :IS I icc I that some one there may he hksSl'd by reading, them,- -F(lith B, Owen, 820 \\'est 78th St., Lo~ "\l1!.{l'ies, Calif.

---A TEST OF ABILITY

,\rl' you all t'XIH' r l workman? If so, do not :I~k you to make :t watch, or

:t ra7'or, or a gUll, or a ~hjp: these ar e being made right aklllg, But I ask you to make :111 l' ye I ;\l1d before beginning to make it, iorget all yOIl know about Olle. You cannot plan onc in your mind , much Ic"s can you make one, T h en why 110t h("lie\'e Ihe Cod \\"110 doe~ make an eye, and worship l lillll "He thal formed the ('yt, ~hall he 1101 loee ?" P~a lm 9~ :9,­J, \1. Ilo\'ee,

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.\I,lrch Iy, 1427

ABUNDANCE FOR ALL

It would fail to ~atisfy a vigorous, phys' ical appetite to look through III{' windows oi a locked bakery, .Ju~t ~o it is un!;at­i ... fyin" to a healthy ~pirituaJ :tppctite to :-oee what Pcnt('co~t IIll',ltlt in th(' Year~ that are past, and yet not partake -oi it now ill this pre:-Ol'I!\ day, Locked up .,upplie:o an' a malll'r Ilf unconcern when appctitc is lacking. Tlwrdore Jl'~IJS ~aid. "Blessed ;tre they thitt do hunger and thirst." ,\her what? ",\f\('r righteous­ness." \Yhl' arc they hlessed? Because thne i~ a supply hume. and this appetite tJlakc>s theltl eligible 10 tht, superabundant ~tlpplics laid up for thclll, waiting for thelll,

"L-uto you it t~ gtH'u. \\'\.: do nOt huy it. \\·c do 1101 cant it. It is given. "l;nto you it is givcn to know tlte m)'s­tnics" (Luke 8:1O)-lwt to reitd about "Wilt, 110t to hl'ar about them, but to personally know them, ;'Ye have com­pa~~ed thi ... 11I0untain IOllg enough." "Go up :111(1 pos ... ess the latH!." In Pentecost \\e find n~'w land and tH'\\" fruits; inex­ha\l~tihlc sU]l]llie~ and hungry hearts meet at i\ trysting p];!('" It is not the won­d~rs of the people; it is the wonderful (jQd reaching 0111 and ('oming into the clltptiue~s and faiJurn of th(' \lU'IIIe.

The uld Jewi~h Penteco~t c'(lne afh'r the passon-r. ;11t('r the l:tmh was slain, af­ter lite sprinkling oi its blood. The Christian Pentecost callie (and still cOl11es) the ~altlc W;ty. The oil \\:ts pour­cd upon the blood-never lilt' hlood upon the viI. The blond ~peaks of Jcsus, the o il spl'itb of til(' lJok Ghost. The blood oj JC~lls. God's Litl11b:has becn shed, \Ve tan receive it upon our souls or reject It just as the Israclitt,s dill. Physical li fc accompanied T(:ccption, phv~ical ~Ieath folltmcd rl'jcctiolt. Spiritual liie or death is now re",ultant fr01ll OUf attitulle to­ward tlte 13lood. The oil abo is optional with us; we can take it or refuse it, Re­sults follow ill acconlallce with aUf ch{)ic~'. The preciuus Blood fir~t, then the oil. (;od give~ both, applit'~ both, tcstifies to both. (;od iCircrs nothing upon us_ lIe gives nothing unless ou r appetite c:.lls for it, Pentecost llIeans appetite and a free table loaded with solid food and with daintic~ hitherto unk1101\ It_ Don't depend UpOI! Tom or Jack or :.\Iary, They didn't blty il nor promise it, and they can't givc it. Depend upon God, Ask Hitt1,

Do n't seck 101lgltl'~, :.\I:tny do, and afC hincll'red by it. There are mallY signs_ The city puts up a s ign 10 indicate the nam e of a street, but we don't li\-e on that sign or walk Olt that sign. .\ hotel or re~taur.lnt puts up a sign, but \1 e don't cat or !;IC('!) o r regi~tcr 011 that ~ig'n. ,\ bake r or grocer puts Ollt a sign, but we don't buy goods irom that sign, or pay bills to that sign, The s ign is not the street lIor the hOlel nor the s tore-it is ol1ly a sign tltat the street, the build­ing, lhe business is thcre, So (;od has chosen a s ign for the Bapti<;m with the Il oly Ghost_ FIe puts that ~iKn in \'OUf mouth when Jesus the Baptizer baptizes you, When the H oly Ghost comes into your body He takes that little member of it that the flesh wants and the devil

THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL

1\;IIlU, and Ill- d'li!:I" it i. fli~ (IWIt. and IIl' u~{'~ it in Iii, m\1l djll'(liulnl "a~',

Jl'~US till' H.1pti, .. r ;, "tltt, ~al1w \"e~­u'rday, lo·d;ty, and il,r('nr." Iii" ~ign n-lIl .. iIlS tht, ~:tllll', lit· is "IlO n"'p('(-tl'r of Pl'T"o':~." 1 k make_ "II mouths alikc. Jlht a~ you must It,ln- a "kI1(ow-so" COlt­

n'rsiotl, "'0 abo \"()U IIlU~t ha\"e a "know ... ,," Baptism ';'ilh a -'know-sv" ~ign. Tlli, ~i/.!"n n>l1lt·, 'hrondl 110 dTort of yuur (0\1 II, It i, ju,t :t ,i!-:t1, tltc si~n (If the il1l'(lmiIlR vi till' 111>1" Gho~t, lIe COIll('~ to abidl', (0 Sl,.ti, . to (each, to guillC', til r{'\·t'al. lit' is to In'ar fruit, to ~iI'l' j..:"ifts, tIl .,h(>\\ \"{lU "mOT(' about Jl'~US." II,lving- I·utert·,l, Ill' ;'\llllotttlC('"

Ilis ,-ntr;tllCt' jtht (,n(T, ,.ntl th(1I takt-s tip Iii ... w,'rk \\ithill '""1I. Ii \"('11 want n'r!;,in ;!rtirk:. that ';;\\"e a tr;(h' mark, Y(lt! dl>n't ;u-n'pt anything d'l'. Ii you an' .1 H-t'h'r (11 the Baptism nf tlw f 101\ GllO ... t, M'l' to it that you r('ceiv(.' with th~ (;ol!-appointed sign, promisl'd bv Chri~t Hinh('lf (.\Iark 16:17), that the'disripll's reet'in'd l\h('1\ th{'y were fir~t filkd with th" Spirit. \Ch!.:4 \. E fll'lIedirt

AN EXPLANATION

SOl1ll' of {lur n·;trkr ... I\ill I:"lt' in thl' riRht h,wl! f"fn('r oi thi.,; E\'an";:t,1 titc wI>nh "Fi\'l' (""('Ilh ]It"r copy." This tlOl" It,.t 1t!1:11I w,' <trl' iltcrl'<t,inJ.r tlH' suhscription I'l'In' of th(' p;lper_ \\'t' arc pka'(-II tIl kt nur T('aders contillll(' to rl'rd"" tht, pap('r at the actual (-0"1 oi $1.00 for till' tift.',: n'pi,'~ III' ~l1pply you ill tli(' year (\\'l' haH' to rh:trge $1.50 It, (:l11;1(1a to pay for l',.,trit po~taRd.

TIll' l·,.,planatipll of th(' words "Fi\l' ('l'tth pt'r eIlPY" is thi~ Quitl' a ntillth('r Hi irit'nd~ ;'1'(' wanting- to ~l'lI tlw E,'anR'el. ;tIlil alrl'ad~' III;tlty are di ... po,itlg: of till' p;,pcr_ at till' ,u-tu;t! amoullt thc\" pav for tlll'llI -lin) C~'l1h pl'r copy. \';t' n'~tlize, JUI\\"l'\n. that it is a ";{'riptllral principk tha t "Iht, h~hor('r i~ worthy of his h irt"," ;tnl! \1 I' dl'~tr~' to (:!lCOllfag"e uthl'rs to sell tlt l, pap('r.

S(lItI~' ar~' ;tlrc;tdy finding 110 dinlculty Itt ~dllll.1.[ ;.0 and 100 "opics w('eklv and \\e hdi,,\"(· that in llIany ("{)ltIll1u-nitin mally lI1orl' 'hall thi~ nUlttbl-r could he ~old_ \\'l' I:harw' -I5c for 25 copics or ~1.80 for 100 .lItd Pity po;,t ;lgl'. TllO~e ,\1\(1 \\ ti l ~ell 100 p;tjwr<; at 5c pcr copy will make a pr,lfit oi $3,20 rllr themst!v('s

It i~ real Illi~siollar}' wurk to st'll 't lH' FI.,ttJl':W I, and ii SOllH' (k~i!"c 10 .c;i\·e part or all Ihey make into tlt e work of lhe Lord ;utll thlls lay lip treasure ill 1ll':n'('IJ, ~~I' an' ~lIre the Lord will hks!> tltl'm, I hos~' \1 ho have bel'n se/lillg thl' papcr at 2c pl'r (."p}" ill onkr to get the Pl'ntco c'~~lill 1lI('s~agc out to nl'eely soul:;, Illay ,1111 ~t-li thel1l at thi .. pricl' ii thl'Y wi~h to (10 so.

\'"t· shall hl' k!"d ii C\'(:ry as ... t·lIlh ly wi ll p.fl/I ifll' lIS .with a worker to sell Evangels. (,ad ~IOtS ~n"l"n ns a worthwhile Illl'ssage, and tt would he :t go(){l thiltg to :-oow down the whole C(lulttry \Iith Ihis Pentc ('llQal !{(I~pCI.

DEFIANCE OF COD Thl· tillll'S in which we live arc "pcril­

~)lts." The world has earmarks to-day which rcvea l that it is even 1l0W ill the last clays, It seems as if the whole pro-

('l'~~i"tl 01 \11 IIIClltIOIl('(1 ill 2 Tim, J 1·0 .Ir,' \\ith th, 1'\'rkqJi tlt(' IUl>:'>t ultt lilild iug' ~itt iTt this \I ltc,lt ,atq.:;ory ii bias pl1l'iUY, ;i1ld h('n' t i~ ill our 0\\11 d,I},. \\'{' «,\lIl' i;(c~' II~ 13\"(' "illt it_ It is tlagrant, n'~'n ;1I:gn"~I\l' I"wl"Itty Yl·ars .. go tlte Itame I.j (,,)(\ w.u p, ·kl'll witlt ·,)me de :.:r~'~- "f ,t\\t' l'\ l'l by un:,>:n·c,1 ,1('r50Ib xu\\" Hi~ Hry ('xistt'lIn- i~ bl'iug <ienil'd, UP! by it il'" hut by 111;;11), 11(,: hy the i!-:nt>r;lI1t Ollt Ii)' tlw ('ducated, tit(' tr;,ill('"d ;tnd Ihl' ut!turl'll. They tidy Hilll. tlll'Y rl".'i~t 1 lilli, Ilu'y dlaJlul!{e tilt' _\lllIi~ht~· Tit(' [(';lr of (;,,1\ that ;t1tWllllt~ to rC\crellce I~ ;t r;trl' qu;tli'~

lit Ilw t1a~~ "f th,1I ~rt'at dt;,11tpioTl (II

th\· I >1"!'l'I, \Jr . .rt'~l"l'h Parkl'r or the l."t)(II'1I City {"{'lItple, ill1 infilld drclOirul !.I,!t.>l!tly, "I d"n't hcline thl'n' is a {;0I.1 Ii tllnl' j,,, liod, kt Jlim ... trike lilt' dead in thn-,- mill:Hl's," l \\ (' tremble Itl pen tht' ... hod,ill).:' "lInk) Thn.'c IIIt11utC!I !>;;~~\"d, the "juo]" ll':-oa. 53:1) li\'ed all. In 1"H1tt1l,·t1tin~ till tltl' ilKi(knt IJr_ I>arker .,;,i<1 "I I\omlt-r if ht, Il1lluJ.:ht he rOil I/! \-xhatt~t 'h,' patietH·t· I,j .\Imig-hty Gild in Ihrl'l' \1Iilll1t,·S."

Oi llIuTt' rnTnt '].ttl' i~ the f{.IJ.,wing lIt'id~' II. In:to I'l'rtaiu eit\" it mini,ttr of 111\- "I tltl' br){l' dO\\II-lo\\:" dltlrdlC5 ha~ 't:nl\',j ht~ plati(lrttl int" a iorultl, :\c>w, '!I(' 1~"Itt,1tl 1'\'rltlU w;t" .... publit.: I\l,,\"till~ "I;n-t' l\hflT ,'Il'ry ~t>rt oj ql!l'~ti'lIl of th\" h"ur Il;li ,li.,ru ..... nL This lItiltisln hOt ('P(' Jl t'li hi, rhurdl llkdiriltcd It) (,,«I im holy, il1r dilillt' pUrp(hl''i, all\l liul'purt('il h~' pt'(ll'k that b(-.tr Ihe nalllC of Cltri~t) ,I, ;t pial'" whl'rl' anyhody who thinks Itt h;. ..... t!l\'li~,.:':" ii I'l'ril'ctly wdloll\(' tt, ir hi ... \ in\s, nTH thou).,;h they hl' ,il

tog-dht'T ,1th,'i~lic It is re!lortl'd (,i thi~ ~<I ' l'alkd lIIini~tt'r that he stllUtl (>11 his ""I: pl;lIillrm Ill-forl- :t laTE::-c \, :1I]>,lIt)" ;lIl1t. \11I1t \I.ltrh in hand, !;aid, "If Iltnc hl' ;t (;.,,1. kt f l im strike lIle dead in une lItinuh' lltt, ll1inutl' I'.!ssl'd. God'to 11\("1 cy !<parl'd him

\rthur Bri~halh' oi tlCWSp;tpl'T fatlH' <ot!l11t('nll'd WI the incident by rciatinj..:" tit(" ioUo\\ ill).!:. "J)nwlI in 'I\'xas the oth("T da\ two anh \\t-r\' I'rawling-,along a r;!illif tltt. ~reat ~alltl' Ft· rllutt' One !<:tid to tit(, uthl'r, -It i, said that thtrl"s a gn-;!t l)t' til" 11t;.1 0\\11' this r;!il I'll whidl Wt'-r\ rr;mling ;trtd that hl' t~ I- lied till' \lre~i ,Il'nt of tilt' rOil,l.'

-, '11m,' Sllt-l'rl'd tlt l' !>thl'r ant. 'I !l01\', "dinc any ~l1dl ~'ufT as Ihat,' and h, I\axql hOlllha~tk alll] dal'ing, \\l ith grt';tt (,lIt-rgy ht, ~hollled ~tI that 11ll' world might hea r, 'If thtrc he a pre ... ilkl1t, kt him come duwn Itt'r(' and kill IIII.'.'

"Xuw w(' :11] kno\\" that the p resident of the gn'''t S:mte Fl' Railway ~ystem could have sellt a '~pcci:tr down there and rllil OH'r that httk ant, hut it is not at all hkelr that ht, \\"ollid takl' the trouhle tl' do so."

\\'e rejnil'c th;1I Cod is, and that Il c i~ th~ f('wardl'r of litl'l1t that diligently see!. II till. IIcb, " _12, -C, n. c.

HAVE WE? Some 11ti~~ioll ari('s who "cre going II,

;1 d:lllJ(erous field \ \'ere told that, if tht,\ \ICl1t, they llluSt be ready to di e al am timc. Thcv Olll)\\"ered, "\Ve died befo r .. we s ta rted,"-The Su nday School Tilile'

I' I~t' Six

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1 ... 10B. .. Pallor Erneat William I, Philadelphia, Pa.

Job .... ,1 .1 ro':11 111,111 illlld flot a nt) tli a

~Ulllt' w(luill Ira\,' IIi "UPP""" Iliil rt'~1 d"tll(' \\.IS ill Ih,· Lurd IIf C" not f;lr tront l;r of tht.' {halth·t, wh{'IICt· .\bra ha1l1 was t;irlll'll Ilh namt' ha, been gin'lI :1" nlt'alling, "~,)rrCI\\ illl, 1Il't'piug, jJl'rst.' full;'d, .1IH\ rl'jll uling."' all ni Ilhidl, ;h

Wt' Ir.ok illto hii lih, h'\'111 I" han' IlI't'l! Irlll;'. Ill' \Iii 1t'''I\'11 oi (;0,), t('IUtHI'e\ of Satan, di~("()lJr;!gl'd by hi, wife, wrollgly ,1\'01-1'" hy his ]linlls fril'nfl" awl ht.' knell \,Ilal it was to repent.

Bllt j,)b, although the Ilallern of !.\If Ininl{, i, not kft withoul honor .. of the hil{h('~t ordt"f 1ft' is COll1mended of God in the hook whi,h hrars his namt:', am\ .1"mill, celltllriC.i later, through the in~ "pirer! prophet En'kid (E7'ek 14 :I,n, while the f\ew Trstamenl aposlle of cx act ri"hteO\ISIH'''~ lauds him \\"ith the words, "\'1.' have heard of Ihe palit'llce of Job." James 5:11. Thi~ is our pattern ~uffcrer imnmrlali7ed hy ... acrrll litcratun'

joh wa ... also a w.·althy lIlall Ili~ pos~

~eSSi()llS were ('X\('II1;;V(, and vcry valuahle, Think of them: "S<'VCI1 thousand 1;h('ep, three thousand c;,ulleis, (i1'C hundrell yoke of OX ell, fi\'e hundred ... h(· ass('s, and a ,"crv gr('at household; so thai this Illan wa' the J;:Teatest of all the I1IC11 of thl' ("a<'{," Hul why all these ("Old figures? I.e! t!l('111 speak 10 u~. Hi" ... heep tell us thai he wa~ a j.!reat m~ .... tel' (If Aock~; his camcb inform u ... Ih;11 he II1mt hav(' ht'\'1l al~o a hit .... \" lIIerchant \,hm'(· cara~

vans trav('nt'd desert and plain bringing to him a steaely stream of w('alth; hi~ 11:\.('n point us \0 I'xtl'n ... i\'(' farm ... \l'dl un ~ flt'r cultivation: ami his she ,,~ses (not cd 111 Ih(' Ea~1 for tlll·ir excclknt milk) invitc u~ to \'i~jt a hu/{(' :U1(1 thrift)' dairy. To c:lr(' for all of thnt' ,an 011(' douht Ihat it required a ven ~n'at Il(Iu~dmld of ~hl'p, henl~. tradlT~. 1'10\1111<.'11. (l;rir.l"lIll'll, al1(1 olh('r st'f\'ant... \1111 In look after all Ihe~e lI'alle loh 11<1 iell('r hut a man of thrift and of great rt'5pol1sihi lity,

Hut with all hi, 1\'(':l1th Joh· ... heart lIas not ~l'l UpOII il I inw difTl'rt'l11 wa~ 11(' front the ",.ich fnnl" \\ho Ill·afll th..: st.'11 telle!' of (;otl UP('l1 hilll in the night of his pro~peritl. "Thi~ night .. hall thy soul he rCCluirl'd of thee. thclI whosc shall ,lw"C' lhinj.!s be?" Joh suddellly lost all :lS might be the lot ('If 'l.II~' other who t'njo~"s such poss('s~ioll" for, "Riches take 10 t\Jell1"ch'es II·inJ,:" ami fh· awa\·." hilt in hi~ lo ... s he did II0t l o~e his equilibrium for he wa~ still the rieh po~~e~~or of thl' )learl of gn'at priet'. Beautiful arc hi ... ~aintlv \\"ords, ''The LOf(1 gave, and the Lord hath takcu a\\"al': blessed be the naml' of the l.ord," From Ihi~ WI' learn that. no! on I\' wa~ his wea11h, but his l'Very possession in life, cnnscerated on thc altar of God. \Ie did not have to wait ulltil it wa ... "-wept away to gt't it there. it \\"a" alrea(1\- therc, Oh, that men would trust. not in the ullcertainty of riches.

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hili II tht, 1.i\·iu,L!" t,,}d Ilho J.:in:11r U~ ric d~ all thil1~~ It) en),,} ,

/lilt ·111 ullmu,d thil1~ a!J(,ut joll, 'Iuite litH of kl't'l'il1,1.!" \\ith th.1I \,hit'll Z nl~tr!Zll' af), i" that, ;lithough P(h~t's~('d \\ith such ab"lIfldin~ \\cahh, he \\,U al.o an crni~ "('Ilt "int. {"xct.'llil1M' all \dlO )j\'cd about hilll, ()f him it could not bl' ~aid "How h;lrdl.\' 1o.1,all thcy th.1t hal'{' rich{"~ enter inlo tht, kin~dom of h('a\·el1." .\lthough many h;I\'c ht'cn sl',>ill',1 hy prll'lll:rily and 1I"t ,I 11'\\ han: h~ il lIel'l1 ,Iallllled, not "'0 loh. Ili~ rightcoll~II(,~' \\;1' wi1ilOUt '1'''1. ;'Inri that nOI ill tht' ~hal1ow standard (If tl1(' world hut in 111(' jll~t balance of a hol.l· (jnd. ,,!to IIO\\" t e,lh '" ahout it.

Joh IS !lcdect. lIi ~ inward life i ~ lliln', hi~ Il1nti\'('~ ... ill("('rl.'. and tran~parellt. l."okU1j{ ililO the pla,ill rleJlth~ of his Iwart the .. \ll11ightl ,ollid ",;(\'. "Thi5 is l11y H (\';1111" Iri~ afT("lioll~ art· \lur(', and in him tllf"rt, i~ no mixture." There was no\\(' of that h~·pocri ... ~ al\c\ duplicity ,0 Ili,;lJlPuil1ting, yet ~11 pre\"alent in men, in Job. Hl're I\·a ... 0 11(' "ill wiJnlll wa~ no ;.:uiit· ...

Joh i ... al~o upright. Thi, 1I1l'all~ straight. \\jth<lut deviation ill (Jut\'. llis word is a, 10:'00«1 a~ hi~ he,nd If Ill' 'e1] ... good~ ht, "'('II~ 011 liJt:' ~'luare: what he tells yOll i~ the truth; hi~ prollli~I" he f"lfil... He \Iiil 11111, cannnt, ~toop to the ,rnok("rt or (I ul,~ti(\l1ahll'.

joh ft·ar ... (jod and escht"l\~ ('I·il, Ill­r,m \l1t~ thl" Lord r{"\"('rcntl~', seeking 10 kafll 11i ... II ill that he milo:'ht ~erve 1 lim arig!.t ('arelc~<; bras~ 11(' \I ill 1I0t tr\' tn Pllt ofT ;IS pUft' j.!01(1. 11(' wl11 1101 pla~' ;1 tillidillll cunhal. hut IlH"t ha\'e a harp of holin,·,,, He hat('~ sin and will not (iefill' hill1s\·!i with it, either hi~ nWII. or al\(ltht:r·~. '·1\:e('p thy~elf lHlre," is hi~

1110110. l ~ 1I0t such a Ol1e worthy a place ill Iht' .... ilcrcd re('ont..., a1\l1 th(' hif.:h com~ 1l\{"Z1(lation of our right("om (;od?

Rut tll\l~ far \\"t' h,l.\·c onll' thought of J"h'~ ('haractl'r a-; it ha~ tondlt'd an out~ ,ide world. It is at home that one'~ q u al~ ilil'~ an' ht,.<.1 computed \\hether thel' Ill' for j.!110I1. or \\i1cther th\·\" he f(lr' evil JIliJ i ... a bther, a gocll~ fathl'r. and hi~ 1'('ligitlll ren';ils itself at home 110\1

man) hOllle, ~o lIe~le,tl'd \I hill· parents l'xha\l~t their tillie and strcn~th (>11 tho~c 011 the out~id('. And what rej.!rels come lall'r, both 10 parel1t~ and posterit)" be· caUSl' time ha~ been han fnr {'I'('n" ol1e l'h(', and c\"c"fythill,l.!" el'l', wllil(' fh~ n'n flesh of their flcsh and hOlle of thcir hon~ haH' hC('11 robbed of that godl~' care so IIlll,h cle~(:f\'ed and needed, and which \'oel intended. But Joh wa1; a fatiler-a r.·al filtlwr-and -"uch fathers call not for­J,{e\. BII~illCss was nCl'er so pressing nor re~ponsibilitie~ el'er ~o gn'at as to cause him to neglect h is duty toward tho~e who \\ I'r(' his 0\\ 11 bowek

Iii ... \\a~ an admirable and large family, -sel'cn ~OI1S and three da\lghter'~-\\"hose

~f ardl IQ, lQ2i

ap!'lIu' ". all(1 dl,\"{,tion to carh other ('Cln('d quite complete. Tlll'ir \"Olce~

mingkd in joyful ft-I!rnnhip. and '1'111'11

tht:y fea It'd in t!leir l'adOlL:; honH'~, it \ IS t1wir l'it.'a'un' to han' the other 1111'11\-

, i the f:unily with tllt·m. This not )~ ak oi j"r and dCl"otion, it speaks

flf 5!-n1'it: purity, In their pl('3<;ure ... • r(' \\a III OCI'a"IPII oi shame, nothing

t, I,tlh' frOIll (Jtht'r lllemhtTs flf the' mill-But ;lltll(lul{h ~o hlc.\sed \\itll ~uch a

\" rttrr)lt, Llillily, they \\"ere, nC'l'crthcle5~, ~(j\lrce <"If con~tant concern to their

rig!ztt'(lt!\ f.ltht·r SOIllC would say, "\Vha t fnll~', ,mile( he Il(>t commit their welfar~ 10 (;r>ll?" Bllt job was a real father allli fdt his r('.~ponsibjlit\" to God and th(ls~' II hrml (;011 had entrusted to him, He knt·w <tho only too we-II th(' subt ilty ,j what arc frequently terliled "innocent ]llt'a\nrc~" which arc such a mean~ of dil'('rting the heart from God, Th('re is no clollht that more yotlng (J('opl(' can (Iatc their hackslidillj.!s to the hours spen t at parties ancl other "innocent plea ~nres" than to ahno~1 any other cause, Y<:t with \Ihat carele~slless do Christian parents (ncoura,(.!c their youth ill adopting ways of the "orld. It is trlle that God has prollli~ed to hless our hotlseholct~, but I re ha~ 1I(','er promiscd to b less sloth and illdifTNcnCt'.

I(,h's ,l.!"oelly ('xa11lplc was ever before his hou~ehold. and his fervent prayers ('\'l'f a<"ccl1(kd to God. "joh rose up t'arly," "job ofTered lip burnt ofTcrinRs accorciil1l{ to thc numher of tht'm a ll." job, while not pick ing at his chi ldren, and ~pread ing a spirit a~ of distrust, wa s not t(lO <;lIre. Seeing their youth he said. "It mal' he my SOliS have sinl1ed." "Thus did Joh ('olltinually," He was 1I0t spas~ 1lI0clic hut habitual in his devoliolls, \Vith him it wa~ not opt ional as if his family was nf little worth. But he gathered them ahOllt him in earl1{"~t diligence-a diligence (,i faith-and ~anctjfied thelll, Placillj:t them nll th(' altar he prayed for them and theil, having done whal he could, he could in faith faithfully commit their lives to the I"i\'ing God,

;\lIel thu s hrethren, it behooves us to walk in the fear of the Lord, to yie ld to Ili~ lIill. and gi\'inj{ all diligence to COl11-mit ollr~elvcs to him when we have done I\hat we rould.

GEORGE SMITH'S "FAILURE" \~tofa\'iall missionary named G('or~e

Smidl w('nt to Africa, He had been therl' hut a short time and had onh' one ron vert. a poor woman, when h~ was (Iriven from the countn", The\' found this man dead one day~ He had d ied praying for the Dark Continent. Fail­ure? Alld yet when they celebrated the onc hUII(lredth anni\'ersary of th~ f0l11ld­ing of thaI 1I1i~siol1, they learnC't! that a company. accidentally stumhling upon a plact': where he had prayed, had foulld the COPI" of the Scripturcs he had left. They a l~o found one a~ed woman who \\"a~ hi~ convert. The), so~u~ht to sum up his brief life. and reckoned more than thirteen thou~and living conv('rts that had sprung from that life which seemed such a L~ill1re,-nr. A. l. Gonion

\1, rdl 19, 1927

THREE COMMUN ITIES IN AMER ICA

(,O.\I~H:\JT\" :-'C.\IIlEI{ 0:\"1':: A cO!llll1unity of 45,000 pe"p\..:- ·l'iJ,.:ht

l'\':Jllf.!\'lical C!lllrchc~ apl)roximatl'I~' 0,000 tlillrch membl'rs On a ren'nl SlIndav fH'llint:' the total att{'ndance at the cida rhurrlll>S was ahout 600: that i~, 0:\1· nut (,f ('\'ery TF.\" oj Ilw lll{"lllher~hip. ;lI1d (J:\E out even· SE\'F:\TY-FI\-E of 111\, Jl"pulatinll' \\'Ill'n' 'nrt' tht, other XI\"E? and tIlt' otilt'r SFY!·:::\TY·FOLR \Vlwre are the\' in OTII E R eommun it ies ~ ill YOl·R cOlllnHlni t \ St't'in~ Ihe mul tittl(I('~ IllS h('arl ~:a~ movcd \\ith com passion t IS YOURS? rO.\''\'l'NITY NU\lHLR TWO:

~1'11le\\'hat .. imilar to tlao l)lJ(' abcH"e, hUI

, nHlch more wicked." The churcht'~ .. eefllcd d('ad. ,\ more h()llele~ ..... ituation ('ould hard Iv he imaJ;:'inecl. Thcn GClCI'~ Spirit MOVED upon the heart of a cer tain pastor. He re!:pon<ied in mi,:::hty, IIrevailin~ prayer Other .. w('re l·llli;;ted Praver band~ \\"ert' formed, .\nd out of prn;'er came action, A great work h(' g-an, out of which ~re\\. among other thi!lg~ a Fishermen's Club: and in one renl1t' vear this C luh conclllcted, without compeosation, "o,·cr 3,000 mcetings, Ji,>­tributed over 300,000 tracts , dealt persOIl' :l.lIv with over 24JK)() "(lUis, and led 2,079 to · a definite accelHann' of Chri~t!" See Ill)::' the multitude~ "a" ~hct'li without a r.hepherd" that pa .. tor's heart, like H i~ Master's' was MOVED with c(1l11pas~ion I IS YOURS? rO M MU N ITY :Nt'\IHER THREE:

Largely rural. consi ~t inlZ of two COUll

tics. A dearth (If the \Ymd preYaile(l. \ bll~v bread-eartling hou .. c-wife's heart was to·~ched. She prar('(1. Theil provided her~clf with a ~uP\lI~· of S1. 10hn's Gos­pel, and began care fu l di!>trihution, get ting each recipient to promise to read. Shc also enlistcf\ {'o-op('ralion, and at the cnd of 192fi found ,hat 8,000 GOSPFLS Al\D TESTA)1ENTS HAD BEEN DIS­TRIBUTED 1 Abo that SOTllC hundred~ of ~chool child ren hac\ memorized A TO: TAL O F OVEH 50,000 SCRIPTU~I', VERSES! This year ~hc is elHleavonng to cover two Illon' counties· -doing it all without mat<'" .. ial r(,!1luueration-because her heart \\"as, and i"" "MOVED \VITH CO~I PASSIO\' 1" IS YOURS ? , ,

011 that EVERY pa"tor, and EV ER\ laym;n, \\"ould do what he c(luld, and ALL h~ could, whc,ther liltk or Illuch-first BY PRAYER. and tlwn nY PRACTICE

for then how quickly would the mul ­titude .. , "fainting all(\ ~catt('red abroa,d, a~ shct'p having no sht'pherd," he pomted to Christ ! WiLl , YOl' PRAY-AND ACT? BEGIN TO-DAY- KO\V! PRAY FOR THE ("HeRCH'S REVI ·

VAL, AND FOR A~lF.RICA'S AND THE WORLD'S F.VANC,ELT­

ZATIO;':!

OPPORTUNITIES \{'eordin!:! to \\'al\('r S. Athearn there

arc 36,878,950 chi lclr('11 and yOl~llg people under 25 y('ars of agc in t1~IS, count ry who recei \'(' absolu\('lr no rchglous edu­cation and arc not touched by any Sun day school.

\Ve believe there is a )!treat fie ld fo r our \'oung people'~ societie~ and for our as·

THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL

It h till' childrt'll <l1l!1 Y"UIl':- \)f"('plt- ill n,unnumtir" "hen' ,Ia're art' no ~utHI<lr sc\tr .. )ls, The )OUIl!:! p{'opll'!\ ~oci~,ty of Springli('ld, ~fc>., h<l" I.u:alt'd ntH' ronnnullitv "!n're Ihl'rl' j ..

no Sunrlay .. <:ho(ll. an;\ having ohlainl'd lilt· U,(' "f ,I ("O.tt,1 >;t· ill thi~ \'(HIlI!lllllily.

l('~ haH' ~tartt"ll a m'I\· ~lInda~' s{'houl I1f\ it I'r"tniq'" to h l , a ",ucce ~ from the

\ l'rr 1it;lrt. The .\ .... uuhl)' ~('I\(.I,1 i .. ·lTlflthl"ring'· the \!t'\\ "c!l001 and d"natinR ~ul'plit's of '1llartcrlin, c;Jrcl~ and papt'r~.

\\'t' Ill'lil,\t' that ill a \.:n"L! many p1.I('t' ... ,here are l.umuerless ojl\lllrtunitil's of do· in!:! g-I>t,d ii you will unly ].l{)k fur tlWlll, ;mr! tltl' ht:.~t field Wt' knnw llf i" amnllJ,! thl· cbiltlrt'll St'l' IHlw 1I1:111y f'I'II(lrtuni trl'~ you {'an lind in )"\lUr CIlnH11Unlty

GENERAL COUNCIL FE LLOWS H i P

Till' iollo\\ing: name" \\fre addl'd to our mini"tL'rial liq in til(" momh of Fehru:.ry, 1427 '

\ndl'r~\ln, l iltha r illC H" Dai'ctla, Texa~ IIrown, Charles 0., Amtin, Tcxa~ (r<l~in, Il oward \Y., I (uara .. , Pl'ru F;I'>OI1, Juhnathan II .• Thicket, T('xas Frl'cll1an, R. U" Pratt, Kall~as ~1;lc("Il11()ugh. \\'Ill, 1)., Lu~ ,\ngeles. Calif Tl'lHtant, ).Iaric \1iCt', :--an Francisco,

("alii. Work. Roht,rt .\., Camph(' II , )'1i~souri.

Thl' iollowing' name was removed from our ministerial li~t in thl' month of Feb­ruary, 1\)27

(ar~ill. Flora, Ilutlig,'\rkansas.

ORD E R YOUR S UNDAY SCHOOL SUPPLI E S NOW

The lIew (Juarter will ~oon he lwrc'. \\ I.' .Ire at your !:t!rvicc with ... upplil'~, \\'e "upply .\dull. Intermediate and Junior Quartcrlie~ at 5 cents per copy, adult and inte rmediate Lcs~oll Lea\'e~ at 4 cents per ~d: Litlle Picture Lesson Cards at -1 ("('nt~ po,;r set. and Large Pictur\' Rolb at $1.00 each.

])0 110! forget the new Tt'ach('f~' Quar­It'rly. The teachiug ill it i~ very rich and fully Pentecosta l. and ha., bl't'll prepared hy four Pentecostal worker~, It costs 10 cent~ o r if 5 or more arc SCllt to one ;lIldre~s they cost only 15 cents per copy

Then wc have three papers: "Our Pentecosta l Little Folks" i~ a 'H'l1-illu­~tratcd papet" for the small children. It cos ts 7 cents per quarter, "Our Pcnte­l'o~tal Boys and Girls" is full of gospel ~wries that the childr(,l1 can unders tand and apprec iatc. Thi .. C()~t<; 13 cetllS per tptarter, "Christ's Ambassadors," our paper for young peo ple, is uecoming pop ular in many Sunday Schools. The prict' i, 1J cents I)er quarter.

To those schools that have 1101 yet ';Impled our Sunday School literature, we make a special alTer ior their first quar­l\' r's supply, \Ve offer to supply Adult . !Ilteflllcdia te or Junior Qua rt erlies, Les­S(ll) Leaves, or Sunday Sc hool papers at half price. This special offer docs not ;qJply 10 Lesson Cards, Picture Rolls or Teachers' Quarterlies.

·'S('ek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righleoulless."

Page St\'el1

NEW TRACTS \\'\, ,r 11\" H INNl lpie the tr.att

"\ \i,i,'n, 11"1\('1 lillllh-l h~ Pilul im (ox 11rt·C' \\{('ks ;'~l' •• 1I:d \\t' ha\t hatl lIlI. II I ,lI-mand fur it that our tuc\..

cPlllpil-t. h ('xhall~t(.'d antI ,r,lt-r i(.r !. J(1(l In ,r(' ·h' waiting to he tillc.!' \\.t' ,rt' ,"P"'cttng 10> prlllt another 10,000 in a ;.'\\ d.\~'s. Thii is ;..n t'xcdlcnt tract fo r d"'lributi'lll in these d;I~'s \\hen so 11\:111)0: Ire dtsnl'ditill~ Ch.'rn;l! i'uni~hlll~ I1t Thi~ I, a tl·II;lge tr rt.

\l1t.tlH"r trart thaI we ;IH' I)rilllill~ " TIll' Fi\ e Card Sharpers" by \\'ll1i;1I11

LulT It ha~ a rut (If th(" fl\"{' ~l':tdcs I'll tilt' in.nt pa~t'. Thi~ i~ a trtll' st"ry pi ~I liMn who \\'a~ a('co~t\'d by li\{' c,lrd ,I· lrp\'r~ ilnd rt'iu'I'cI to play with IlwlIl, hilt \\ho told them hl, would hI' 1'1 ..... 1,(·11 to. tt'll tllt'lIl their iuturc by Ihl' cil rd .. lie trl(.k a lin' I,f ~1);l.Ile" and tuld uf lin ~padt,,, that w(.uld di~ their fi\e J.;"ra\'c!o. ,11111 lit('n ht· \\l·nt c.n hI talk to th('111 of l'tl·rnal Ihing-... Thrte oi these men did ~fI to Chri,tk .. , g-r;i\·e .. hut the ntllt'r two \\l'1"l' ~:ned, Thi" i~ a tract that mt:n will rt'ad and it has an ('xcclll'nl pr('~l'ntation .. f the (;o~rcl. Thi" aho is a 6·pagt' tract

\\'c h",'c jusl publi~hl'd four 4·page dlil!\ren\ tracts "Scarred H ands," ":\oth iug but thl' B11l{l(1 (If Jt'~us:' "The Swry (If the Faithful Dog," and "Bi lly th(' Tt'<I!I." Tltl'"c will make ~pkmlid trart;; i(lr di~lributioll among ~c1H1ol thildrt'n. Fadl mil' hil~ ,In attractin' pirtllrc 011 the fr(lnt j1ag(',

\\'c haH al~o reprinted Iwo 0 1 1l1tr old 4 ·pa~e tracts which were discOl1tinu('d by miqake, One i" "Salvation in Chri~t for \11" hy Pastor Durham, and tht: o ther is "~eH'n Ytars (~f Pl'nlccol>tai Bltssing" I" Sistl'r FlOwer.

"1111\\ C;(Id got hold oi ;1 Jew," the tes· linlOny of ~Ieyer Tan Ditter, which re ­{'cntly appeared in the E\·angel. h"", <lis(1

het'n r('p rilll ed as an 8-page traCL

\11 our tracts arc free al> the Lord en­ab le s us to ~l.' l1d them out, Some friend~ rll',in' to know about the co~t of 11ro­,Iu(tiun and mailing, and we might ~a, that lOc pl'r 100 covers the cost of 4 , pagl' trach: JOe per 100 for 6-page tracts; 401.' pn 100 f(lr !i-page tracts; ZSc for a ~alllpk packagl'. \Ye kilO" that some {";lIIl1ot afford to pay for t racts and so we gladly ... end them free, Others of the Lorrl\ l>teward s feel it is a grcat pn"t It'~(' to hl'lp in this ministry and we ap predate th('ir offerings, It costs abollt ::;500 ('ach 1l10llth to send out our frec 1I"aCh III writing for tracts please ~tate ju~t thc qUillltity you can u~e to best ad ­\·anta~t'. \\·C arc glad to send a sam· pk pilCkagc of tracts on request.

TRACT REPORT F e bruary, 19Z7

:\'ul1lhl'r of trart!; sent out 2 17.326 Co~t of trac ts sent out .. .., ,.$525,0 1 COlot oi other lite ra t ure se ll t out

frt'c 1228

Tnt;i\ ('o"t '\mOllltt receivt'd

I )cficil'ucy . .$108.06

TilE PJ-".'TECOSTAL F\',·\X(~EL

I ~

Children's Corner II i-' --~!'!. MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE FROM

A LEOPARD A. related by Brother Arthur F, Berg

\1 ~va ~Llgira, il mh ion ~latiol1 in the Iklgian Congo, tht, kopanh; \\ere kill, inJ.!' till' Iwoplc'lI gOilts and chickens as \\('ll a'l killing tilt, 11<1li\('" Brother L. J, .\~Jll'l1lind, it Swt-di .. h 1't'l1teco~tal mis­.. illllary, r(";l1i7ing that '1l1I1cthin'C' mUlot h(' cloTH', took;a mall kid and put it in • 1 hox ahmll !\H'llly fn't from the door, IIH'n waite,1 f'Jr till' !t'opOirds, lie ex \I~"\'tt'd 10 wait quitl' a lung lime, but with­in fiftt'('n or tW{'llty minutt's Ihe rn'ature rall1(' along, In.,tead of w,L1king up very cautiously, as thc tliis~ionilry had expect l'lI it would do, the Il'(lpard l'ame boldly .tlnn~ awl ~tartecl to tear the box to Ilil'{,t"" Theil Brother A"pt'nlind, who throuKhout that t'ntire community wa~ l"'lhi!il-n:rl il .. tire "hot, rln d at the ani­mal. It kapl'll intI) till' air, r,11lH' down, and lay l1lotionle .... for a ft,w minutes, 'I hinku'lg il \\,.~ aln';lIly Iii-ad the mis, ~ionar)' did n(,l fin' ;Igaill, Imagine his ~urpri,t, wla:n lit' ~;IW tlu,' leopard .. mlclcll' Iy ri~l' and dart {I/f into till' rnr('~t.

Ilurrj('dly eallin,l( tWlI hn}'~ and Rather inK more ammunitioll, they set out to tr.l\" (' the h-ol'ard Ihruugh the forest. It wa~ a lllo!lIIlight l1ight and tiley could fol­IlIw the blc'l,d traCKS of till' leopard \-ery ('a~i!)t, Ilrotlar ,\"Ill"nlind did 1I0t notice thai hi .. lillie Pt't fDx tt'rrit'r was follow­iug ullti! tht:)' had gOlle too far inlo the fon"t It) 't'ml the dog hack. Several timn dunng- the night tla'y calllC within .. il-:ht (If the kopard but he wa ... out of rangc so they ('ould not fire. I {owever, t(lllanh lIlornin", tlw)' suddenly cam(' within I.:Ir)sc r;lIIgt' of the animal. The kopard scella'd till' dog, turned, and chargt'11 toward it, TIll' dug and the na­tll'('~ ran,

The natil'es ran bat:k to Ihe 1Ili:, .. ion sta­tilll\ to tdl the mi,,,ionary's wife that tll('ir Illa~tl'r had hel'!l killed, and they \\.lIltt'd her \(1 scnd somc kind of a ham­IIl1wk on which to carry him back.

Brolhtr Aspenlind kit an impulse nol tt) fire IIntil the leopard was within a few y.lrd .. of him, but lIot hec(ling that ill1-pube he fil'l'd too quickly .Ltld llli"sed the animal. The leop<tnl Ie,tlled at him: and with onc paw l>ll hi~ ch\,~t and thc otill'r on his back, fclled him to thc ground, As he lay there he thought of thl' m.utyrs of old and of olher!> who had bee II cruelly tortured who had not felt the pain of their torture. And as the leopard 1.>it through his arm there was not the slighteH pain, Suddenly he re­uWlll!J<:rt'd hc had onc frel' arlll and 11(' raised it to strike the leopard Oil the head. Rcali .. ing ho\\' futi le that was, he reached for his knifc which he always carried at his hdt, but it 1101<; not there. He de­("ide!l it I\-as he~t to lie perfect I)' still,

As Iht leopard bit through his arm the

tfOlll1 lime thcn \\3 still 1\0 1'.lin, bUI ,I it hit throug-h the third timt' tlll're wa5

twinj.!(' I,; pain. TIll' thought cum', "You tl'aeh tht,~t· natilT" that our riod j .. grcat­t'r th;lll Ihcir ~Plflt .. : 1l(1\\', pro\'c it to ,11('111," So as thl' lenr)ard bit through the fourth ;l1ld la~t tillle (;Ind it p<linl'd ter­rihly th;H lim!') lit' IHtnl'l1 ,nl in<llHlihle l'r:tyt'r, "0 Lord, drivc him away, now." Tilt k"P:1HI imllll"rliatdy aro,e and walked "If, It·al illl.:' the mi"siollilry lying on the gn,ullii. Tin flali\'('s came with a ham­mOl'k illHI carri!.''] him hOlllt', lIis wife did not kill'\\' I\ht'tll('r he W,h coming hrJ!lle (lead (,r alin... lIe was in bed Il1rt'l' \It,t·k., from lo .. s of blood hut every \\ound Itl'alCI! perfectly, hoth all his arm and (HI his dll,.,t and back where the dall' had tllfi1 the fle~h, :\ot a honc was hroktll, lIot a Il1u"t:ic was hurt ill his arm,

That illciill'nt was a grl'ater \('<;(illlony to thl' n;ui\"t,s cflnccrning thc mj~hty pow­l"r 01 (,lIr C;oc\ than any St'rmOTl they had ht'ard: fur thl' nat in' .. claimed that 110

Ill.m Cl'tr sur\'in'd an attack of a kopard. \ i~'\\' (Ian lall'r tlli" same knpard cn­

{j'n'" a \i'lI"g~' in broad (la)'liJ.(ht, killing a \\tllll;ll1, \nd this again made a deep illlprl's~i()n (III Ih('I11, for if it killed the \\Olllan why did it not kill the missiOIl­ary? Shortly alttr this the leopard was f"uml in th l' fon,.,t, dc;,,1 from its wound,

HOLY CROUND lContinucd from Page Dnl')

callle ttl SaUlud a~ he mini .. tered ill the daily round of the tCnllllc; it came to David in thl' ~hcl')lfold: it came to ).[o$es after inrt\" H'ar: .. in tltl' ha("k of the dcs­('rt; it ca'm~' to sOll1e of the disciples as tilt,\, \Iere mending and castillg their nct~, In 'all the~c c:t-cs the call fame to them a" the~" stood upon lhe h{)l~: ground of their daily duties,

Therc Ct~llIt'S back to me an expt'rience of 111\' early manhood days, ).!y health was ntt.'riv hrokcn, 1\ 11 111\' own plans \I('re cru"h~d .\s YCt I 11:;d found 1I0]1e of (;01\\, One da'\- I was "ittinA' :l\ my table 'tml\in,l{ the \\:nrd of (~od" :\ ~fl'at bless­ing 'came into my heart. I was glowing with jo~' an!! with the desire to givc t he ~a!l1e nH's~aRe to others, I lean{'d haek ill 111\' chair al!!1 prayed, "0 God, if You would onh' ~i\e me a dlancc t() f{i\'c thi" to other .. ' ole:, YOII ha\'e ginn it to Illl',"

1 aro<,e from lUI' chair and walk"" down ~tair .. , ).h' l'Oi .. te'r handed me Illy 1lI0rninq mail. Th~ first i<-tt('r I opened wa~ from the secretary of a Young ).Il'!l's Christian " .. sodation aero"" tile river front the lit­tle home tOWII in e,,"tern Penn~~h':anb where I li\'('(1. It ran like this: "D('ar Brother--Last niJrht we d{'c idecl to ~tart a Rihle cla~ .. , \Ve arose from ollr knees, after a half hour's prayer, impresseri that '"0\1 were the man we neerled, \\'iII you cOllle o,'cr and teach thi~ clas .. for U~? .. It seemed hut a .. mall thing, hut it looked

lr lilt lik{, 11IId's h<JI~ ground of ~cfl'icc That night J liHlKht a Bible class oi rl\'e biK,!tc;lrtt'd railroad men, God gave gf{'.t IJk~~in", to lilY o\\n ~oul, and seemed to hdp the .. e dear mcn, I taught that Bible cia, ;h laithiul'" :a .. I knew ior a period 01 thrce ~Tars. Thell came another cia",. alld ouwlha, .\t thc end of three 'l' r~ I \\ a~ tl'<lt:hing tUI Bible cla~st~, ;WII Ii.HI iuund Ill\ liie \\ork. The place oi d ... ih l'flin' \\ 1;('ftUIl 1 had heen stand ing pron-rl 10 he holy Rround, and I had lound thl' jo~ oi {;od's \\ill for my life,

Ld It-. th~'11 heed this great truth that (;od'~ call :llllay, !la, COIllC, and always will comc, to men who afC standing on Ihe hoi\' ground of ('very day, faithful service. If lie wants us elsewhere, lIe \\-ill mak l' it plaill, Out ulltil lie docs so, "La\' \\hcre \OU arc and COUllt it holy l!n;111111 1\ hl'r~"11 tllOll "Iandest .

The place whereon thou .tanded i. the holy ground of patience,

The literal meaning of the verb "to be patient" is, "to stay under." It is a strik, ing word picture. \Ve sing-

"llavc IliilH' o\\n way, Lord, have thilH' own way;

Thou art the potta, I am thc <.:lay,"

Bul wl1\'l1 tilt' pntlt:r put.. Hi~ hand on tht, cI:ay. Ilu' day proceeds to g~t out irmn w'lIer the potter's wheel in,tcad of ~ta\ing 1H1IIt'r the ~:It11e, To stay 1I11der all that (;od permits to come upon you, wh!.'ther of ~ufTl.:ring, tribulation, or af fhelio!} while lit, works out His purpo .. e of Christ-likt'lll's<; in VOlI, that makes the placI' \\ h('r('ol! thou stanllc .. t to be the holy Rrollud of patience,

Ilo\\" Irue this wa<; of )'Iose~, Th('re in that harren, 10llciy spot, under the fierv ral"S of :t (k~t-rt ~Ull , clav .:liter day, ,"car after war. (;od !-;t'pt liis Rreat .. er\'ant il\ th'; placl: of paticllce, That i" he "~ta\"Cd under" the hand of (;od amid all the 'monotony, desolation, and isolatioll of that fort\' \'cars of tremcndous test :\1Id trial. F(~rt~ \'(':lrS of training ami pa tiellce, for fnriy years of service, :\ war of pati(,llI'~' for {'V('ry year of leadership I :\ud Ol1t oi it the hot-headed, hasty yOU!lK Fgyptiall killer came forth an iron-w illed, ~tcar!faq, tenderhearted, l1Iarvelou~ lead­er \\ith Ihe I'cr .. patience of God llim­"elL For none other would ha\'e sufficed to lead Ihi, raw, ulldi~("iplin e(I, rebellious, llniJcli(:\'ing", idolatrous host of hraelites throuR'iI all those wean' ~('ars of \\'amler ing which their own ~illfulne .. s had brollght UpOIl them, yet which he .. har('(1 \\ith them a~ thou,l.dl he himself were r('­~pon~ihle with them for the tragedy of it all"

~[llch of our prayer life consi .. t .. in be seeching God to surround liS with a 11('\\

~ct of circmmtances, Instead of that we should pray for .c:-racc to stay nurler the pre~ent circumstance .. while He \\'ork~ out in us 1 [is purpose of Christ-likeness, God does 1I0t Tleed a new set of cireumstanec~ to make ,'ou Christlike, All Hc !Iced ... is for \'011 t~ "~tav under" the old "et \\ith whi~h He ha~ e;wirnneel your life, I (1IIe~ tion if there i" anv Christian reading thest' lines whn nel',b a' chan)Ze of circum~lance" a<; Illuch as he needs that Christlike ehanlZc in hilll~elf which Gael i" .. eekin)Z

~bn:h 19, 1927

10 wurk (lut as hI; slavs t1l1dl'r hi~ pre~ {'tit conditions.

.\ yOUllg man came JlltO 111\ roum one day for 3 conference, I Ie ~aid he had been pra~'ing t'artle~ll~ 10 GOII to makc all important challg:e in hi~ cnvironment, but Cod had failed to do ~n. So his faith had ht'en much shakl'l1, I ~u~l{c~tcd that God might ha\'e a Ilurpo:.C in kecping him \\IH.:re he was, and Illat it lJli~11I be well 10 ~ubmit it all to llim and .'Ita\' undcr I li~ h;uul \\hile I k \'orked Ollt I ii .. great purposc, \\'c gOl down U\'OI1 {lur knees togt,thcr and I praycd that hl' might make such a committal r \\;tikl! a mona'nt to 'war it, but whl'n [ looked liP be \\'a~ 5talldin~ with hi~ hand upon lilt.' door klWb rcady to .~o oul. Ill' hall no in­t{'nlion nor tle..,ire 10 ~Ia\" umler God's h;tnd, hut was ~l'Itil1K readr to get out \\'e pra\" to (;od to dlan/H' our environ­nll'nt, but wll(:11 Cod pul, Ili~ hand upon u.., to change U" imll"atl oi sla~ing under thaI hand \H" reach fnr thc door to gCI out. Of course ii eml llim~{'lf changes our circ\II!I'tanc('s il is IlilTnl'nt Bul \l1\til IIc doc, ~O, it i~ \\cll for 11'. to sla\ !llllll'r 0ur prt.'s('nt ell\"irol1l1lt'nt, ft'alizin~ t hat the "lace whcrCOI1 \\l' q;uul i~ till' h01y ,({mUlld of patil'ut'l' ior lb.

The place wh e r eon t h o u . ta ndest 11 the holy g round o f . uffe ring,

"For hl' that halh sulTl'red III tltl' lIe~h hath cl'as(·r! frt>lll ~in: that ht, no l<.lIIg-l'r ,hould !iH the n'~t oj hi~ limt.' in !!w IIl'~h to the Imh of !lI('II, hut to the will of (;od,"-I Petn -LI. 2.

Tid.., is a strikillj.{ tnt. It clc;irh" Icach e<, that Ihe r.:hildn'lI of (;ud, throui,dl their l'xpcriencl's of ~ulTcring', pa~s from doing the lusls of the flnh into Ihe hk .. ..,ed IIlacc of h \'inK in the \\ill "i (;od, Tim, til(' placl' of suffering wlwre we stanrl be­('onH.'S the holy g-round oj suhmission to 111(' wil! of (;od, Thi~ l11a\ not ~l'cm trut.' to us \\ hile Wt.' arc pa~;il1g through it. Bu t a~ t hc yrars go by, ami we see how our lives ha\·t.' bt'ell t\ecpclIt.'11 and enrich cd Ihro ugh ."uffcr ing, wc begin to rt'a!i/c \lh :' 1 holy grrmlul thi, I' I,\{'(' 01 sufferinl,( is 1\'l1erc01l we stand.

Back to me COll1t'S the recollection 01 yea r s of sulfl'ring in 11\\' own life, I was called home from college by the death of my fat her, T he re fdl IIpon lUe the can' of a para lyzed mother, ~cvel1 children, and thou sand~ of dollar~ of (Icht, It \\"a s til(' p lace of lov ing dllt,I' , ami l unhesitatingly !.tepP(·d in to i t. Bu t \\hat yea rs of suf­fl'rill,l.{ Ihcy we re! I I\ a~ only a boy and the bu rden was great. Ycar after year pa~scd b\', and ho" da r k t he,· were as I look u~ck o\"Cr them IlO\\", ,\1 la~t the a\1 fu! dehl~ \ITrC 11:1.id: Ill\' hro l hcr \\"a~ a successful young hu~inc~~' man: my sis­te r .., were' happi ly ma r ried: and my be­lovcd mothcr was "absent from the bod\' a nd presen t with the Lord," 1 m\'~elf \\"a." physically crushed. The palh of suffer­ing h;1(1 been a thol'll \' onc. and the way secll1cd hard and long: t\ow Iha t the \"(!ars ha\'c fl ed, and "I sec t he rainbow th~ol1gh t he rain," t hose year, of suffe r ing ha ve prO\'l'(1 to hc the holies t g round upon which Ill\' fee l have ever Irodde n, For ill t hem,' and becau~c o f them , T passed alit fro m th e will of Ih(' lIesh concer n ing

TIIF PF:\'TECOST \1. F\".\:\'GEL

nl~ ,,\\11 liil into th~' l'ft' Wlh 1'!;\I:e (,I Ih l, "ill <>f I,,,d I Il·,1rtll·d ulu'dielH"c t],r<>ul-:h tht· thing~ which 1 had ~uffrrt.'fl \11 th.11 I pa'~l'd thrl,ugh 1 nrt'(lcll, \for

\\fluh\ I n'c:d[ OIlC da.v oi it no\\', ;h I lliiuk (,f the un>-peakahk hlt'~~ing It h':h hrongbl 10 my life,

\\";;\' ,1" "'Olllhil1k \\a~ the 11I,1i('~1 ~roulld \II" • ~'l' h tlot, ie,·t of (lur hlt'~st'd Lord Irod after 1 ris re~urrecti(Jn gl(.n' came tll Him? r am sure il was under th(· J.::llarlrd ,Ii\'" trn~ oi (,t·th,emall(' \\Ilt"rt' Ill' ~\\"cat.

blood in coming inlo Ihe pl'rin·t \\ill oi (;od. and till' hill (Ii Cal\":tr.I·. \\ Ill'n' lie pourl,d (lut tht' cri111~0I1 tilh- pi Iii, life ipr ~'OU and llIl' when "lie lo\'c£\ us ,md ~an' IliJlJ~,·1i for lJ~.·· \1H1 whell \"(111 and I r. IIlC \J;lck in our ~")ritil'd h(ldil'~ It

rn'j,it th"~l' t'artllh 'Cl'1\I'~, I .. 111 "UI"I' til\' holie_t g-round up,;n \\hidl l1ur it,(" .. hall tread "ill be the place>- \Ihl'r(, \\\' ,ufo il'rcd.

The pla ce whereon thou Ilande.t i. th e h oly g r ound o r servi ce,

[n 111~' ('olk~l' tl<I~'~ tilt'rt' \\;1' ;\ hoI' ill lin' ria" ahn\"(' 1IH' \\"h011l \\(' ('alkll T"m lit- \I'as (pliel. and ."01l1c\\'hal n-""r\'I'd, but \\"a~ ahll'. sciwlarh', anll \1 ilh:1I 11"1'11 tar alllnl1~ thl' ho.I ~ '\\"c all Iho\l~h! 11\' ',\ould 1l1:1kl' g(lod out in thc \\orl,\' h1l1 lont· I,i II" n'alized he \\oulrl I·\"t·r III th,

11\ ',d .1 ,lit, nalion I ;ratiuati(.n ('.\Ill(' a1 (1

ilh il thl' hn'akil1,1.{ Iii ("(,Ilcel' li,~. al1d !11\' \l;lnim: oi ('(llll'g(' fril'ntk Thirt\" tin' 1'l';lr~ rolll'll hy Thl'n (\)1(' da~ I Ill'arll thaI our !lId ('olk~e'll1all'. whn"l' full \1a111I' \\"a~ Tllo111a~ \\'oo<lrow \\'il,,011. lIas I" 'lll';lk in Ihi, l·it\·. 1 \\('nt 110\\"n 10 Ihr ~rl'al hall 10 Ilt'ar him. Thl're r found ,i

'l'kndid a:H\il'11C\' oi f011r th"u .. ant! ("hri" lian n1l'1\ j:[athered to hear his llIe s,aln' up >1\ 1 j.!n'al Illoral :lnd rdi!o:iou~ Ihl'lIll', It wa~ a 1ll;H.!IIifici('n: addrt' .. ~ and cal' li\al<',1 hi~ a1HliellCt' I>\' ih ,'Ioqlll'nn' ami hh'rO\r\' fini .. h, \t il" dO~l' 1 \\"(,111 111' and RTceted hint. and \\"1.'0 had a plea,allt ('hat ahnl1t Ihl' cld c()II~'g"l' dan, I h' look \h,' tfaiu for thl' capital, al1l1 I \\'l'I\(it-(1 1\1\' \\;1~' <10\\ n to ml' ofril'~' I 'at tlu'r(' Ihinkil1~ of 1111' 0[<1 c()lIcg"l' fri,·llfl. lit- W;h :11 till' I('nith'tlf hi~ falllt', Th~' cyt·, not "nl\' oi the countn-, hul ('Ii all lilt' world \\l'rc \'t'nil'rt'll I1POII him. \h n\\u lik wa, quid. ob~curc. hithlt·u a\\"a" tn a littk office whence T \\as q'IH\in~ 0111 O\'er Ihe world simple dc\"oti(lIIal llH'~..,a~,' .. ir(l1l1 Ih(' Lord. Yet do .IOU knnw. th;11 a' 1 IO(lkcI\ into my 0\\11 hrart. I (,01~:11 nnt liud oue atolll of ('!In I<,ward 111\' til" lill\.!ui,he l\ fellow, collegian, nor of (,(l\"t't· onst1c,~ for hi~ 11il.'"l1 po~itiot1, no \011 ,,'k \Ih\" , Si111ph' hl'C:\U'l' [ had inu!I<I Ihe h\1l~\hh' plan' in which 11\\' lot \'.'l~ caq to he CO(j'~ hoi\" ).!H'\1I\l1 oi "l'rI'ir('. and Ihat \\a" 111l' jor oi all liie to llI,e Ch('ri~h in YOl1r thou\.!hb and incarnal(' 11\

\"()l1r life thi~ ,,"onlil'rllli ~t'nl{'lIl-e of 1111el ,Oil T;I\·lor-

, "ne (;od'~ man: 111 C;orl's place. Doing" Cod's ,,·ork. Tn r.od'~ W,I\· ...

The place whe r e on tho u Itllnde. t i. the

holy ground of . oul_winning, \\'(' <;a,· thefe arc \('t four mOl1lh~ \0

tllc 11nr\·~~t. \\'l' poQpol1e our ~ou l-win­llingo 10 some iuddil1i!\' luture, or some time of specia l ~en'ic(' ill our chl1rche~

Ih:t l hrist .1.' til( lid,h art' "hit, \, thl' han<!>!. III' 1"lI1is us 10 Ihe jnUlH'di ;tIe prl"~111 right .\1 {'\lr h;wd, lie ca11~

11111'11 11~ 10 !tIlJ UJI Iltl' Ol'portullit,·. ttl rl'(k-e1l\ Iht' I I 111 l' \\hilh is c\'('r" d;;\ at Hllr (\,).·r~. "Tu-d;!\"" i.) II1\' t'\'t"r I'r~~l'nl 'n(',I\' \,1 "'IlI-\linnill/o;' and i~ the onh hol~' J.::fOuntiullolI \\hirh our ict! do taml

f)ne llil.:1:1 il\ I {;Jll;lflian 10\ln .1 )(lUlIJo.:

m,\11 ,ir ... " ill , ('il~ minion and ga\l' Ihi H'mark.lhlt' h'~timoll~' Hc ~;!,id he \\,. a 1';I'~~'II~t'r on 1111' ill·iatcd Titani(' \ll1tll Ih .• 1 t-:rt'nt ~hiJl \It'nl lIol\n, lie was thn'I\1I inlo till' \I;ltt'r in 111(' d,lrkl1{'~" anti mal! :t1.:e<1 III snamlll" tn a pil'cc 01 \\rl'(ka~f where he hdel f3~t By and hy a mill I clriilnl 11t':U tIl him \\ho "ao; hohlin~ tn a ... in,jt,il hit oi \Irrcka~{'. .\~ he C;11I11

near ht, edll'd .II"H'''S the \\;£\t'r 10 till' llla·r !:1an. "Young !llall, are }(lU ~aH'd)" Th,' .1' '"l1g 1ll.1ll n'l'lied, "':-';0. ~ir," Back

11Ilt.' tilt' I\onls, "ndil'\"(' 01\ Ih(' Lord It'~II" Chri~\' ;HIlI thou ~halt be 53\'1'(\." Th·u tIlt' ~!,t',I].,t'r (Iriilt'd ;I\\a\' into Iht' darkn('" By.and·bv throu~h ~ 0 11\ f

~lr;II!~I' happt'nin~, l1"t a Ch;11h'l·. 1111 .. tran!-:tr drilh'd within hailing di'\.ll1fl' of Ihl' Y(>\IIlt:" 111.111, and ('allt-d (llll o\"t'r IIII' \\atcr a~;lil1. "Young man, arc 1'011 s,IH',1

n"\I:" \~,Iin th,' }I>tlllg man rl'l',lied. ';\0, "Ir \a<:ain th~' \"oin r,lInc h:'l'k. "Bdit'\l' '''I Ih' Lord It''u,, Chri~I, 011\11 tll()H hod: I'l' ':t\('tI." Th('11 a \\:t\'t' ~w('pt (,'\'('r Ihl' ~p('ak,'r: hrok" hi~ ),!r,I,\,; al1ll hl' \\\'111

dl'\\I\ to tI,'ath in a \\,Itl'n' ,l.!"r;!\"l' .. \lld thtu."' -:tid tilt' .\011111{ man, ""ilh Iw,' mile" oi ~t'a 1I1Hkrut':I111 1111:, L helil'\"nl all

thl' I."rd .h'~lh Chri~t ,Hul was san'd," Th~n, \',ilh illtt'll~l' t'anl('~I1I~'S", th~' \IIUlIl>:

1l1an ar\(ll'd Ihi~ ,1",iuJ..: '('IlIt'Ill't'. 'I III J\lhn i1;lqwr\ I.hl "OIIH'rt:'

Trul\" th;lt \Ias Jtl.lki1\l.! tht· la'i \110

I1h'llh of life the huh- J..:rollnd of soul \\11I11in~ For this momentous work of ""'JI \1 illllil1g th"rl' I II" olhc'r time- hUI no\\": tla·ft' is no (.tllt'r hoi\' ground hilI Ihl' prt'WIlI, UI'C'n \\ hich our fn't can ~Iand.

"Put orc th y . hoc i (ro m 0 (( th y ree l." \\"hat dOl'" that J1h'an? Simply this \'a~t' ItT tinl{ tht' Ibill- r"1II1I1 nf ~'our lift

;,,, a ('0111111on thing It i-; hoi\" I.!rOll11l. F\'cn' Il.1\" i", a 11;'111 ". \\illt tht" Prt'~('I1c\' I!i (;C>II, t'n'11 Ilwul'h H'ur hlindl,tJ e\'{'~ fail to rl'Ct>l!nil'" it F\\'rv golcien hour i§ a lin\" '(IIFtrt' in tlH' Il\u,.,;tic of God's o('alt tiiul path'rn f('r \"our liil', E\"en- ol'l'tlr' lunill' i~ a hoh' rhant'i' 10 \Iin a ~0111 from IIH' kinJ.::liom ~Ii cl:lrk!H'~~ into tIll' kin,... ,10111 of Ih(' ~I)n of I i i, love. F\'('rv di~ tr('~>- and 1It'l'l'~sit\' i~ hut a n('w I(";~nn in tin' lTlalfhlt·~~ ~dl0ol of pati('ncr, tt'acbil1l" \"0\1 how 10 "~Iay uI11h'r" 111(' hand oi thl' ~kil1(;'d Potter who i~ rash ioning- \"0\1 a'l a Y('~~('I of honor and ilIon' ior all ('INnitl F\"en' pan!;! of sufTHinp-' j~ a golll(,lI n~ikMolle which mark'! ~'our pro).!"re~s frnm Ih(' !loin\.! of tlH' desir(', oi Iht.' 1It'~h, into the hroad and hOl1ntlle~~ plilcl' of Ihe will of C;od. \\ho~e It'nglh. h reaclth, ht·igbt. and dellth it will t;\ke­all t i1lll' to rt'\·('al. and all etrrnil\' to iulfil1 to it~ I1tt('rtlH)SI.· From a fr('(' tract puhli_h'c\ h\' the Sih-n Pl1hli~hinl! SoddY, IOU lk ,e11lt'r Rldp-, Pitt~bt1 rgh, Pa

H ave yo" a Comfort 80", 1 K eep on!! of lhn~ bo",u on YOl'" d lntn. ta~ and "'P~ yo" ... 1f with a prom l8f! Of' two fit each ~al . Thoe price I, 35c oe"ch_ ,.,.. l for SI ."""""COSpoel Publi.tun. HCM.l"' .

Sprin.field, Mo,

I' n:t· T~ n

CHUC HOW FU, NORTH CHI NA George C. S lager

"~OI1l(' rc'mark,thk dlilll.c:'n have taken pla,t' in thi~ Dj,trict lIince our last letter w,,~ wntten til YOll. On J)ccember 10th the h:nowint<lnj{\rmy (Suuth China 'Hcd' Ar1l1Y), 1Il.1rrhcd in 11I:rc anll took P()~­~('s~i{)ll, Thert· was no fighting. The I{ed propaganilj"u had 1)('('11 IU're hefore­h;uul so til(' populac(' rcrei\'('d their sup­pf>~ed tlelivtrer~ with 011('11 arms. The detadllnent of thc Xortll{'rn Army which wa" thell statiolleti here '" defend the city abo ,, "1I(\tllly turned 'H,·d.' Nearly all the 501llie r5 left the city after a f('w day!. to proceed toward Ilangchow, the capital of thi.t province, hut they were re rml~ed and driv('n back lIy the Northern Army before they rea ched their destin:! tion. So the hl'ginning of the year we hat! thclll all back again bl'~ides Knowin­tang reinforcemeuts who keep pouring in h('f(' from Kiallgsi and Fukil'J\ \lrovince~. It was lold u~ last week that there were 50.000 Knowintang !-oldien in this city. \Vt' have heen overrun "ilh them for nearly 3 wel' k~ . They come and go COil·

qantiy a5 they are preparing to make an· other drive 011 I I,mgchow. Our chape l. ~chn(llroU1~, our p:lrtial1y completed new foreign house, in fact, almost every available space, ('xcept Ihe !"oma l1 hou~c Wt' live in, ha~ heen n'peatedly requisi­tioned an<l filled with soldier'!. The China Inland l\lis~io'n and the Homa n Catholic pn'lI1ises have ~hared a like fate. No fOf("igner~ are at present resident in these {\\ n lIIi ... sio l1;', \Ollle haviug ned and oth­('n <Ire stay ing away on account of the prc~ent Irouhk, The first place~ requilli lioned by the Kuowintang Army arc the IIlissi(J1I statioll'> all along their route. TheY' ,IH' under military in;,truct;ot1!"o to do this. ~n we had o\"tr lllH' hundred of these sold icr~ in our new house for tl'n day.~ re­u ' nt ly. During the tillle they were here tlH'Y damaged and .... tole at lea~t $150.00 \\Orth of our property hcsiclcs the inde ... crihilblc filth and disorder thl'y leit be hint! them. Kow this week we ha\'c an ­flther 101 of them in our new hou~e, also III our cl1:'lI)e\. The Knowintang Army i~ intensely alii i-Christian and anti-fore­ign , c5pec ially anti-British at present. Many poste rs of this nature are pasted up all around the city. They abo print a vernacular dail\' which sometimcs is sim­ply blil~ph(,lllou'!. Si nce the occ upation here by the III, gOYCrtlmcnt school st t1dellt~ have passed our doors in procession , .!ihollting amongst the usual ca lls taught by Kllo\\inlang propagandists 'Down with the C':lIholics,' '00\\ II with the P rotestants,' ' ])(}W!l with the Asse mbly of God M is­~ioll.' You wi ll read ily understand that

TlIF PFXTFCOST.\1. EV1\:\GEL

\\l1t·n·\·\'f thi SOllllll'rn (lr Knowilltang rule i ~ tho~(' (·nRa~::t·d in missionary work art· much hindered. I II fact. it is a Cllles­lion wll('thtr thtre i~ anv ... afcty for fore ignt'rs ,II all. \'evcrthclc~". the Lnrd is OH'r all. lIe i~ illJle 10 hring ord('r out oj the prO\'llI chao~_ It i5 surely Hi~ llIercy alltl protection through which wc ha\·c iartd as wl'll as we h"vc thus far. Xaturally, it i:., a terrible strain, but it is relllark'lhie Ihe rtSl and peace of mind w(· are experiencing in Ilim these days. \Ve haH' nil pl;Icc or real !oafcty to flee to. The IJht Psalm is vcry precious to us. Hl'celltly, Ihemail rOllte was almost comple tely closed fur about three weeks rm a('count of the moycment of troops, l\()W \\c arc recei\' ing" mail again thi s week though very much delayed. Plca~e pray for us and o ther lllis~iOllaries in like stra it s ;1I1d for the peace of China. Su((' ly our Lord i ... toming SOOIl . '\' e shall hear of wars and rumors of wan; sec that ye be 1101 lrouhled: ... '\\lh(,11 these Ihings hegin to come to Jlas~, Ihen look up and Hit up your heads, for your redemplion draweth nigh.'''

----REPORT S HOWING AMOUNT EACH

STATE HAS SENT IN FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE FOR E-

IGN MISS IONARY WORK DURING THE MONTH

OF FEBRUARY Ca lifornia Pennsy lvania Ohio ~ew York .\1 js~ouri Texas \Vasbingto!l Illinois Ok lahoma Delaware ~I aryland . Kall ~a~

New J eney \\'isconsin Orc~on ~I ichig:an

Florida .'\rkall~as

J Ildialla ~r inllesota Canada Connecticut Iowa Colorado :>.Iassachusttts .... Alahama Xeoraska ~IOlltillia

"irginia .... Kentucky ). \ ississippi .. , ........... _ .... _ .......... ..

$3,735.16 1,868.55 1,769. 50 1,483. 16 1,386.67 1,Q93.19 1,039.86

940.93 722.08 691.76 516.0-1 505.17 443.75 428.05 355.45 311.43 276.48 270,65 252.98 224,66 205.75 203.00 182.55 178.55 169.02 136.19 121.93 92.00 78.45 67.70 65.49

\1 Irdl 19, 1927

\ril(JIla \\. \'ir~inia

1.{llli ... i;lna Idah" ~\luth Dakola Cl'l,rgia Xcw ~h'xito Xorth Dakota South Ca rolina Hh{,til' 1~land

Distrin of Columhia Xcvacla Tenllc~s('e

Xew Hampshirc \\'yoming \'crmont ~rain e Xorth Carolina Engtwd and other countri es

51,54 47.75 37. 19 37.03 36,67 33.30 31.78 21.00 20.00 18.15 10.00 10.00 10.00 9.50 8.75 5.00 2.00 2.00

2,519.45

Tutal amount reported minus $1,060.61 amount given direct and designated for cxpen~('s $21.666.65-Total for P'ebruary.

BASTI, INDIA J o,eph Sugar

··The work in the villages goes on nice· Iy and lIlany gospels arc distriouted. We ;He Irn~ting God to speak to the hear ts of Ihose who have heard and br ing thelll to a knowledge o f the things of God. The workers go out claily and we trust the \, 'onl of God will sink into some hearts and bring forth fruit. As we look upon 11\1.' things that arc happelling in the \\'(!rld these days we realize that Jesus II1U~t he comillg soon and o ur daily cry is that we might be ready for Him at allY lillle."

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST The followillg' table has just been re·

ceived from itl(ha : "Jennic Mueller sc r­iomly ill with heart trouble." Let us all unite fervently in prayer for our sis­h: r's need Al so that the necessary funds lIlar be provided for return fares for Prother and Sister 1\ ueller, who are ur­j.!cntly in need oi a furlough.

S ISTER RADLEY RETURNING

On February 28 the fonowing l1l{'ssage \\a 5 recei\'ed by telegraph from Mala ­galpa. Xicaragua: '-\Var all around us, no mail coming through. Cable 1{rs Radley's fare."

\\'1.' ha\'e forwarded the money for this \lufj)(lse, but it will be necessary for us to ha\'e this lIlade up in some way so that we sh:1I1 not come short whe n o ur next disbursements arc made. \VilI you pray with liS to this cnd?

~L,r(l, 19, 1<J.!7

LATEST NEWS FROM SOUTH CHINA

Tht: fact that \\~' havt: ,ent ;L cablegram 1II wiljrh \\~' :,Iillt,r! Ihat all l!1is .. iollarjl,'~ had ht:en <.nit-red to thj~ llllrt, nlullkd with the iacl that p r t'~'; rl'!lOrts of China'" p.,litical upht:a\;L! ;Irt' very al'lrllling, nc­ce~sltat('s thi~ \\{lrti (li t'''planation and rt'a~on j(.r the lOovinJ.: (1j all missionariu. ttl areas of ~aiety

"Fur more th,1U It'll y\'<!r, Chilla bas hnll cngulied in political striie and party wars, But a little more than one year .Igo the Cantoll pa r ty took 011 a diffe rcnt hue than any other ill thi" wholc coun­t ry, when it became openly affi liated with Soviet Russia, The first di~turhal1ce irom this (Iuarter wa~ \\ hell (according to the Briti!>h interp re tation) thl' Cadet~ nf the Mili tarv 5ehool in (';lIItun fired on the British - Conce!>~iOI1 in Call1nn and the Bflti ~h and French who arc jointly in charge of the concessil)l\ replied with their artilh: ry killing se\"eral hundred Chinese

"The immedilte COIl~('qu('llce of this act wa s the supplying of data and material for the propaganda departllll.'llt of the ruling party in the South, the head of ..... hich was a man frolll Hus ~ia, This wa s followed by a tra in of consequences, the 1I10:..t serious, poss ibly, being the Canton and Hongkong s trike and boycott 01 all fon,ign firm~, especially British, The tenacity with which thi s ~ trike was car· ried 011 for more Ihan a year is inde ­scribable, re sulting" in the closing of llIany hig finm in Canto n and Hongkong, But the re was connected 'with this political a~pect of the boycott a strong anti·Chris­tian propaganda and after Illany months thi.~ seemed to be olle of the outstanding characteristics oi tl!e campaign, It ha s IIOW assumed the foremost place in many <Iu arters till it can be ~afcly said that a well organized and efficiclll ly governed ho<ly of anti-Christian workers arc de · liberatc1y employed at lhe task of anni­hilating Christianity,

"]n order to thoroll~hly lay the ground work for their pernicious work ther have charged the Chri~tjall ll1i s~ ionaries \\ith beiug agents of their respective govern­ments; thereby, arousing suspicion amongst the unlearned aud it:"norant or in other word~, the mas scs, Thlls they have created a sentimc nt of the worst sort against the heralds of the cross, and ha\'e been able to stir up Ihc people creat­in~ mobs which in llIany places have ell ­dangered the li\'es of the missionaries,

"There is 1I0W a campaign going 011

in the Yangt sz valley aga ill st the foreign 'agRn:ssors,' 'capi t ali~ts,' and 'imperial­ists.' and everywhere these campaigns are carril:cl on the llJis~iOllilries have had their share of suffering, Some, howe\'er, have esc,lped the presenl distress by being 100 far away from the scellc of action, .\s the headquarters arc ill the South, at Call­tall, this part has suiTered greatly frOIll the radicals, The first news of the crisis in the Yangt sz valley reached LIS through the Briti sh consu l in a document dated Jan. 7, 1927, and it was stat ed in this let­ter that 'in \"iew of Ihe gra\'e situation that has developed at Hankow,' etc" all British subjects are advised to repair to places of safety, January 8-9, 450 fore-

Til F' P[ ~TECOST.\ E\'.\XGEL

i, H'rs ...u of ",IH'lII \\t'n' \nlt'ric,ln~) ar· ri\l'11 in Sh,lIl~hai a~ rt"iu~(l'!I if(lIt\ tht, li~ht'ng ront. \t Kiu Ki:mR'. Oil Jan, l1;<lY PI, l'ur"Jhlll pl'''plc w~'r(' drivcn (r'lll t lC n.nt:t' .. ~il'n and Ilwlt hOI1H':"

1"0111 I>y tht' ~oldin ... "nl! (,n the 20th .. t F." t lHow, 11 tht' I'n'Y:uc, ;Hljoinillg ours, Int prl'han:l~e IIi the .\Il1('rican t :1, lie ~I i,~ion was 1,lkl'n ;,nj 20U of Ih(,11 c IIldrel\ were lal\l'Il, mally (If whom \\Trl' ,,(.Id into :-bn'ry. \\ rwn'lll><,n, tht" ~unl,,'ah ,11 all Ihe I'OWt'rs t(lgt"tht'r \\ith a dt't;ld1l1\t'nt oi 100(\ marint's bt'!.:an to pn'C'l't,tl tn ~ha\lJ!hai. So 011 Januar~' 21 .. "l'((11111 it-ttl'r ir\lIl1 till' Briti~h ('(In:-1I1 a:..kt'd how Ulany of thc Briti~h "ubjects had \\ llhdrawl\ a-; pt'f hi~ letter 01 Jan liMy 7, c;d!in~ lor ;111 immediate reply. On till' 14th \\e rCCl'jn:d a IOIl,-! Itlter IrOIll tIll' .\ll1ericall consul a~king that wt,' \.Ikl' rl"iU1-:l' in a pla~e of :..afet~' other Ihan China. \\'c tlll.'rl'lOre <ieridel1 to COIll­ply with hi~ \\ i~hl's and let the mi~~iolla­rit·s in tht, ditTt,'rcnt slati(lll~ know of tht, l"Illhul\ (k ~i rt' to ha\" e tlll'lII C"t~l1ll' away for a \dlik Consequently, all oi till' lIlis· ... ionilrie~ with the t'xct'ption oi ~I r, and .\ Ir ~, Jarksnn, ~Ir. and ~Irs, Pt'nlul' and ~ I i~s H:a"'lIlus~l'n have ('OIl1t,' tu II oll,-!kong . Tht'\e ha\e ~ent ahead fur ~()I\leone ttl ren t thcm flats aud Ihey arc packing, get tiuf.: ready to come, :\01 ouly art' all of <,lIr ~nuth Ch ina lIIi~~iollaries here or com· inf.:, hut missionaries of the otlH'r chu rch­('\ at(' abo here. \\"e came down on the hoat with three, :\01 IOIlK ~i nCt.' 28 ar­r;n'd hl' rt' on one hoat The gt'Ill'ral n i the ~()u1hefl\ armies i~ reported 10 h,\\e turner! two of the churches in his dis­trict into stables for hi:.. hOr!.e ~, Some of the l1liss iol1a ril'~ ill one illland station "a rely J..:'ot away with their live:.., with some oi thelll clad oll ly in their under clothing. One ~tory of the l'SC31'C of some r1li~siollaries rl'ads like Iht' ~torv of Ihe Hoxrr clays of 1900, -

"\\"h;lt arc our ('hllrcht,~ doing, Yl)1l wou ld naturally ask. Thcy arc carrYIng on in our ilbs{'nCl'. Tht, churrh il l Sai nam a~ \\"ell as those ('lsewbere was ne,"e r bet­ter attended, \\'e have jtr~t cOlllpl<:tcd a Iilrj..:l' hidellllY in the church to <lcrom nrod.ilt,' the crowd, that 'I ttenc1 the ~en' i Cl'~ and (,Ill' oi the bc~t I:\'an.t:'cli~ts of tlrt' I'rln'incl' is commencing a week of IIH'l.'tm.~~. \\'e ha\'e beell preparing for this cOlldi lion a nd the churches ilrc able to carl' lor their own affairs in the evellt of our forccd absence. They arc not ab le financially to ht,' indept' ndcllt, hut tht,·rc art' t lrf('t' churches ill the district that will Jltl~sibly bl' able tn be sc li '~ l1pport­ing, \\'e ha\"e hcen o rgan izing' the work and laying a fou ndation for the dil)' whe n lIIi~~ionarie~ will ha\e to be "h:..t'nl. Let us prar for the infant church in China

PR .. \ \' as \Ie have Ile\'er prayed before,

"The night before we le ft the Christians " till a representative over to our house, They ~aid, that if we had to leave they \I '(,uld take ca re of our things so 10llg as they li,'ed It was very consoling indeed to ha\'e Ihl:11I nrake such a promise. \Ve hoped then to be back with them in a fe\\' weeks' time but now e"cry indica ­timt i.!o to the contrary, Therefore, we the lIIore earnestly solicit the prayers of the friends at hOllle,"-Gcorge M, Kelley,

PENTECOSTAL CONFERENCE IN PORTO RI CO

!rl' I 1l,1, COlli. r('rrt:~' jll~t rt'cl"1t l~ 11111011 1', I (""dltd th(\~1 "f ]In'l'inu", H'an. 1'llIl' (',inlllt'rrt h:1<1 '11,"(" :lroyidcd )y Ih loc IlIlhh' i( r tb," p stolS lind

,11 Il,!.:, \('01\ r)nt thl' ::_ a'is('llIblil' of lin i~ial1ll.

\\ \. h'lt \ ~) 111111 II Ihe absC' 14 ~ 0.1 our ,·h;w. ,<111 I:rothn FJllk~ nbinder, !.ut (; .. <1 II.Ii I.,'Till;,':.lS 111 "('nnittin~ Ui 0 hint" Ihl,tlll'r lOIl1.,s .\halt tIlt' usi~l;a nt

dlainll.tIl, ;md'Bnlthl'r 1,\I~ll, so thOit 1.'\

I'rythill),t \\('Ilt \\(·11,

!-:\'l'f\" \ e.lr tlll'n' i~ ;( lllMk('d ,'tlh,l\lcr ill tht, ·lh:\t'].'PIIH'nt ,11 (l\lr n;lti\"(' prt'al'il' t'r~ ... nd brcthn'n. :Iud \\(' thank (;011 (.r IIH' IM!.:l' Ilulllht:r th'lt l1e IM~ Rin'lI U~ \\'t .41'\' J{lad 10 rqlOri at!\",I11<'\'" in (,\·t,'r\· part III tht' \It.rk. includilllo( .. II increase i;\ numbt'rs ;1I1d i11~o in tht" amC'llIlt Clf 111(' ntft'rill":, it.r tht, support 01 the work. Threc Ilj our \\(lrkl'r~ who bad been on I'~(lh,ltil'n In're gin'1\ a larger mini:ttry, two 01 Ihrlll hl'lllj..: (lrd,U1ll'd :I~ prt:ar!It,'rs and olle :-i'-\l'r ~l'I il]Ja rt a!o .1 l11i~~i(lllary. One of till hrt'llrfl'H \1 IrI1 was (lrclaillt'd had f<,rUlt"tly IH't,'1\ Illini,tering H'ry etlicit'IlIly ilS ,I pa~tor, 'l1ld till' uther brntllt'r was a I'a!!.t{,r in the :-.rt'tlH>di~t Epi~coi'al Church, \\ h(l IIreauH' oi the fact that he rc('('i\'('d the Ihllti~lll fmuHI it Ilcccssary to le('k a (lith'n'lIt tield of l1Iini~try, Besides tlH'~., tht:re aft· thn'(' or fou r othe r workc l·r:.. who <lrl' (alUlidatl'~ iur thl.' full gos pl'! nri!1l~tr~'

Thl' aim of ('111" l11i~~i(l11 is to heeom(' ,t·li·~UI)I)()rlil1/{. Im l owing to the pO\'erty and uIH'nrpluvlllent, logethc r with the high e(l"t (li li\"inJ..:', wc are not yet ill a p(.~ili(ln tn tah· full rnponsii>ility, \\'e Iflht that thl)'I, who ha\'c th is world's r;:-(l()d~ \\ ill ht' di~\l('"icd to h('lp the work IWH' jllr a time yct. Many oi our workers ~u tT("f fllr lilck of I'r(lper suppOrt, and much 11\(\IH'y is SPCIU in paYlIIg relit for halls In I1r"'I('1I ill, owinJ..:' to our lack of rn ea l1 ~ 10 l'H'r t .tIl)' bllildinH~ for suc h w(lrk.

Brutlwr F, n . ,\1;11110 from Dallas, Tcxas, hilS rn·en ll.\' ll'joillQI li S in the work hrrl' and .,lin';,dy has hecl! a grl',\1 hle ~~ il\g ill \'isit1l1),[ Ilw dillen'nt ~tatiol\s. lh' ha s an ~'\·;I/1J.[di,tic millio;lry and is jUH the kind th.ll \ll' m'etl Oil the island, Hi s \\iie is an .\meriran <lnd at present still in Texas \\'ilh lill'ir Iwo children, so pray that her iarl: 1I1i1)' hl' fonhl:ol1l ing Ihat the family rnay ~pl'edily be reunited,

\\"1' 110\1 haH' 1\\'0 111,'\\ milli~\('r~ and flU'ir bnrilies to carl' f{lr ill addition to those \\(' had hl'fore. \\'e believl' the I.ord want s tlwlII (-an'd lor IJo Y(1l1 not think ~o \1,,,-

J u~1 yott-nl"y \\(. \\l'fl' rejoiced to rc n'ln' th l' Roml nl:w~ that the Lord i:.. nriln·d()u~I.\· pouring uut of lJi ~ Spi r it ill thl' rnourrtaiu town of .\Ibonilo that has IICI'I1 :..11\'11 a hard '\«tillli in the pa~t, :\11111-hc r~ an' Ill'ing [OI\\"l:rted aull hajltiz {'d in the SI)iril. Praise the Lord ! Brethren, pray for Ir ~, I.ena S, Lowe.

I fumilit)" i~ ~o fra il and del icate a thing thai it b gone if it but look~ upon itself, a nd tht')' who \"enture to believe it theirs prove by th olt si ngle thought that they hal'C it not, D. L, Moody,

'I Ill, PI XTECQST \1. EVAXGEL

,~~~~r

In the Whitened Harve§l Fields I BL ESS ING IN PHILAD ELPHIA

\\ I' ha,1 ,I hilt' rt'vival ('amll;\ign \\ith Br"lhl'r Shrc \( (Jilt' oi the vcry be~t

mnlinjo{s \\(' Inr ]';111. ,\url ,incc It i (,\'I'r Ihl' L"rd is IIll'elinK U$ and bap li/inJ.:' ~I!uh wilh the I july Spirit For .tli ('O(r~ III udlh \\l' art' Illal1kfuJ. Frne~t S \\'illialtls

T E N S AV ED IN BOTHWELL .\',IH~di'l \tnT l'a'!T and wife of ,\n,

~nilla, ~11'" uritl' '\\'e have jll<;1 closed ,I 2 \\I"'k 1Il('I'\Hl,L!' ;It Bothwell, )'1i<;, Tl'U I>ul \\t'r(' ",I\'l'lI aJHi I receiv('d the Bapli 11\ of 1111" IIllly Siliril \\'c arc now ill .\n,L!'uilia in anotll(.'r hattl(' ior God Pra, f)r II "

ST, CHARLES R EFRES HED Brnthn 'I \ "111111', wrih'<; from St.

('h,lrI., ,\11>, ''(In ).'I'bru,lry 10. nur pas tur IIro\h,'r Roy \laH'jk,! larH'd a re \i\.ll ilt th,' hili" Illi sioll h,dl. The Lord 1111'1 II' ,lIld III t\\11 \\I'ek 1,1 "I'n' ~a\'erl, S n'd,liulI',1 ,HI.I J fitkd \\ilh the Iloly ( ;h,,,t."

PR OS P E ROUS OKLAHOMA CHURCH Si Il'r ( itHb J{Jhll~()1l writes from Ilca\'·

IlIlr, Ilkla, "t ;o,1 is hll'~sing, Thc f(' \';val ~piri l is sli1\ in pur mi<bt. Our rt~:lIbr IT\ilC'~ art' un Tue~day, Thur~ d,l\, S,lluTilay 0111(1 Sunday, Souls arc I{l·nillJ.!' 10 (,Of I; 2 \\tre an'd and fil1ed "ilb till' Spi r it I,ht Tuc..day and I last night. :\11 arc h('ads of families; among tlll'lIl ,,;h ;t llIoth('r about 80 ycars old. \11\ I '''UlH'il m;nisttr has a heart~' wei,

I'lIllW

EX CE LLENT COLORADO MEETING Till' \lj(I-,\in\rr Convcn tion of the

Ro\''''' ~llHlllt:1in Di!>trict Council oi thc \.,,,etuh lies of (;od , held in Colo rado Sprin)..'~ at till' \ .. ~etuhlr oi (;011 chu rch, \\a .. HlIlh a \\OIHkrful Illl'e l inJ,r, :\lallv who h,I\'e hl'en living in this state for \'l'ar', q id it \\ ;1 .. the hl, .. t \'(l1l\('lllioll Ihc\' haH' 1' \ '\'1' attl'lldcd .

Thirly-,' i~ht t1\lnl, tl' r s and dclcgates \\l'!"l' pr('~('n t , abo ll1i1n~ saillt~ from other as"cmhl il", A blcs,,('11 ~l)ir i t of Ion.' and uni ly wa'l Illanifc,t('d through the en­tif(' 1II('I'I;n,L!' and till' joy of thc Lord s('('m· I'd In lil1 C\'l'ry heart.

At t ill' hCRilllling, Brother Stuart, our chairman, spoke 10 tiS eonceTJling the 11("I'd ;'11)(1 1)O\\er of prayer, and we were Illad~ III fn' 1 H:rv forcib h the t ruth of t~i .. subject, SeT!;lOn" by 'other breth ren were v('ry hl'lp ful, as w('rc also SOIllC mes­sages \\ hic-h ,,('r(' ~i\,(,11 ill longue .. and interpreted,

Althongh \\(' wcre togclh('r onlv three dan, \\'l' han' l1:u1 a feao;.t of good th ings, alt~1 \\(" C:lll ~ay, the Rocky 'fountain D is· Irict ('ounci l i~ J,::oing (l \'(' r th(' top for the I UTII ~, EIIll(' r Baker, '

McG RAW S AINTS RE VI VE D Si~tl r F\ a II. Flo\\l'r, oi Baprd, Xebr"

\\Tltn Pa~I,)r'I'\'all/o{('li I :\liltoll Smith oi Bayard ju,t dosl'd a Ihn'c w{'('ks' re­\'i\';d at :\Ic{,ra\l', ~C'hr About S3 werc ;rl Ill{' ahar for sakati(,n, many rc('civ­;1I1! ,1{loriou~ (')(\,('Til'IH'('~, Surely God's )lo\\'('r \,a manifl'Sil'd, ,mel Illally were:: drunk Oil til(' Spirit, Sncral rece;vcd the Hapli Ill, f(,r \\ hieh \H' llrais(' God,"

REVIVAL IN TERR E HAUTE S; \l r Ila7{'1 K Br\,;111, of T('rre l'ante,

Ind, rq,(,rh a fiTl'I1\' n''';\-al Il1l'rc, Broth­('r Jam(''Il (r, \\'il1i:1I11"'111 pa~lor, "\Ve re­fllIll\ (10 cd a:; \H'ck,,' rn'i\'al in charge of Si~1l r I Ltltil' H;11ll1l1fJlUi, 19,\'ear-old n n/.:( Ii t of \\'illia111 I,nrt, ),1(\ God '''lrkl'l\ ill Ilur mi,j~t ill a man'clou wav ,11111 Ifi, Jl('\I\'r \\as lllanifc~t('(1 in e\'er)' l'n'in '1\" nt\' \\{'H' ~a\'ed an,1 16 re~

('I in'd thl' B,IIJ1i 111 in th(' IIc,ly Spirit: 15 aflilialul "ith Ill(' ('hurdl la,t Sunda~ and tlWfl' an' IWlre to follow, ), Ianv were lirr('rl In a dl'l'PI r c()ns('cralion, 'and a

I-!TI'at (Il'~irl' \\'a~ ('r('atl'el in the hearto;. of :111 10 II\' drawn rio ('r to (;0(1."

N E W TABERNACLE BT\lth~'r B, F, ,1t'\\ell \\'Til('s from :\ratl'~

I\oli;,. '1'(',:1' ' "\\-t' Iwlr] a t('1l d,I\',,' 111("('1' in\! :II Pint' Ilur'I, T('xa~, ('onducted hY Si,t('r r.. l1ayc~, \\ ilh Ihe a~~io;.tance oi Si'h'r~ (; 11<1\c<; and r. Ral,ll'riclg'(', all of HOIl~tnl1, T('xa' ).[uch int"rc~t \\'a~

sho\\ 11, 1'11('11 thC' lumh('r company of \ra~tlnlia dOllal('11 Il~ Illtl1h('r for a tahC'r, nacl(', and wc ha\'e been holdinl! ~eT\'i('("~ Il('T(' Iwo al'd a h;-,If \\'('l'k~ \ f.'\\ \';1\-"

ht'('l1 s;I\'l'd alld (lilt' n'l\'!\,(i 11", IInl\' (;l1o<;t, All\' otle in full i.,I' ,\\~hi .. wi'l! th(' A"<;('lllhli(''> of (;(1(1 I \\I'k"lIll' 10 qOP

o \'('r "ilh 11<;, ,\\ ha\'l' ('alll'll Hr"th,'r I ra F, Baillrillt.:l' ;1' p",t(,r."

FIN E OK J AHOMA M E ETING S i ~tl'!' (h",'r l"l't~ •• f (-hir"a~ha, Okla,

wril('s: "\\'1' r,ll1f1wd II! ('hirka .. ha Ihl' firo;.t of I), ,'('mh· r ,111'1 ,U'\TPI",I Ih(' pa~

torate of tl\(' .,"\'mhly, I ;od ha .. bl'I'11 blcs~intl' in our 1IIid,t" \\'1' ralkd ~i~\('r Huth ("ox of Y uk"n, ()kb .. lor a n'\';val with Siq"r Fidler •• f Sha\\lll't' ,I~ iH'lpef, The o;.aints be~a n II, I'r.IY, an.1 (;0(1 al1-~wered and ~a\'('d 36 ~oub, :1nd hapli7l'd 12 with the 110ly GhNt. Our \1\:\\ly or, gani;>('(i yOllng 11('ople ' ~ h;lnd i .. 1ll0\'inR 011

for God, \Ve a l~o 11:(\" ;I ~'OI1I1I.! tJ\ell'~ prayer 11ll'('ting on \\-, d1lt:~d"I\'~, \\'(, han' "Ollle bright young 1111'1\ \\ h ) l1Han hl1~i­

ll('ss for Go(i (lllr Sunll,I\' ~('hool has grown to 100 and i ... 01,,\ clopi,~~ :t Tt'al mis, .,ionary spirit,"

\ ).1;llod hook for mini~ll'r ,LIlli ~tudel1l:>

I" "The ).[(''''l'ng-er and IIis ).[e<;~agc" by \I;s~ ,\Ii('(' F, LII(,(, Send ~O ('cnb for a

cnp~'

\I,m;h 19, 192i

TH IRTY·E IG HT SAVE D P,\ ... I"r I' I, Baklr ,i nall II ill, Okla.,

\Uill' "\\'c want to l'und" 11 Itl' of praiS(' IlIr the way the Lord h.ls ltcen hle~~ing in (,ur midst. In our Ihre\; weeks' mectil!g: 32 "ere sa\'ed and 12 rCl:ei\'ed thc Huly (;I\O~t. BrothN l' \' Scrogjn~ and Brut her X"lin Rayburn were tht t\;IIlj.;di~t~,"

NUTLE Y, NEW JERSEY, VI S ITED Bn.thl'T ()lof OI~{'Tl wrile!> of a meeting

in :\utk~', i\, J.; "JUSt clo~l.'d a series of ~perial 111(,t,tillJ.,:'s which wert' h1c~sed of the Lord, TIll' 1Il('~saJ,::('s wtre given b) E\,<lngl'1i ... 1 \, D, Cuth, Elernity alom \\ ill I{'ll Ihl' r("ult~ of those meetings ""e (');1)('("1 to hold another campaign April 3-li inclu,i\'e, E\,ilng:('list C, S Cooke \\ ill bt, wilh lh at that time,"

GOOD M E ETING IN VICI E\<llIJ,relist I), H, O\\'t'n~, \,iel, Okl,,_.

\\ rite" "!'\,hr\1ar\' I wc sl;trted a llIeel· ill/.(' in the ).reth~d;,t Church of \Vest Lnioll, Okla, TIlln' \\as murh IInlll'lief to overcome but IIH' ]>t)\\l'r oi praycr and Ih(' \\'OH\ ~non c<l\1"I"1I II('I'J' ('/ltlviCliun to brood onr the PCOIJlc, and the Lord work ('<I in a mi_l{hty way, \\-e praise thc I.ord itlr tlH' 51 soul" who called upon (;od l111til tht')' n'ceiHd a ~atisfying ex Pt'ril'nn' of ~ahat;()n, I fallelujah I It wa~ ~aicl by many that Ihi~ mecting was mark t'rI hy bell(T alll'ndance, intcrest and re ~u[b than ally PH'\'illI1S 1llecting ht'ld <II \\"('~t L'ni()ll,"

S PLENDID MICHIGAN MEETING Pa~tor ).1 r~, Lavinia 1 "'att writes from

Slurgi .. , \lieh, , "\\'1" W,;111 to rcport a might~, re\;\al goirlJ,:: 011 at this place, Th(' "'/lUlc 10Wll i~ b('g:illll;uJ.,:' to talk and the Ilt·('P1e ;lre ~lraiJ.!'htl'ning up their crooked li\-e'>, making puhlic alld pri\'ale confes­~ion of their sin" al. tilti!" hearts are pr;ck('<! hy the \\·oHI heill~ preached in Ihl' l)(l\\t'r of the 1I0h Lho.,t bv the l'\'an· -:-l'i;,t in charge, \\'c' had a 5 \~eeh' Bihle ,('1.001 "ilh man)' qll(lcliis attend;!lI{, It was a real preparation and a wonderful lplift to th()~e attending, Over and ovcr

,tgain IIt(' power of Cod wou ld fall and the IInly Spi r it would s('t His sea l upon :he \\'orrl ;t1\cl \lith uplifted hands Ihl" :udcnts \\(lul,1 prai~e God for 11is \\'or(i.

In the e\'l'nitlg' e\'allgt'li~tic sen-ices Illany I ;(ck"lic\efs ba\'~' heell rN:iailllcd,

"The sainI'> were wOlld('rful1~' rcfre~hl'd "nd ('slah/i.,h('d in lilt' truth of the \\'onl "f God, Every one ~ay~ that Sturgis ha~ 'CH'r ~('t.'l1 ~ueh a deep, heart-~earchillg

\ l('atl~ilHt power of Ihe Holy Ghost Ihrough thc \\-oni's hcing manifeqed as has b('en hcre, :\fanr were baptized in the Holy Spirit speakin,l:t in tOtlRues a!> in .-\cts 2 :4, Thc la~t two wceks of the llll'etin,l:t ~(mtc I:a\'e been saved and bap­tizcd cvery night, a~ many as threc or iour in a night, and the heatings wer e ju~t wonderful. \\'c cannot count Ihem hut can safdv sa\' thai o\'cr 100 have been .\elin're(1 fro~1 divers diseascs,"

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,utrl'ril~ .l1ld "'(',IIT\1e<l thl' :-;crilltures io'r II,Ctf(' ligl~! "II I hoi\" life. L kncw tht: Lord hl 11<\ .\1 I Ilh,' l' 1111' to Ilim. whik 1[1' I\,IS h rc "Ll lartll. The Itoly Spirit 1\<1 ,:r.l\\ ing- 111,' I, ;, pLICI' of cnmplete Iruq III Ilill1

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··:\(Jw.' I Ihou){ht. "I Ilill he quickly heakd," ,Hill praYI'd ;lb,,1lt it. Then it OCC<lIll\' pl. ill III It I h.ld thillg-~ to makc right, and Ihat II h\'n I had illet ('\"l"fI

cundilion, I woul,1 he paitctiy heall'd . I l'anll'<.tl\" ".\ about ''If'lightening up

1IIV life. I had ,,:,ill Ihill~" to peaph: and "I;out Ihull that II ('n' \lrOllg. I went to ,II! Ihe;.;e anI! ,,~k('d tht'ir lorg-i\l'llns. JI1 olle (";I~t· ! j')Ul"llo,:yt'd 10 a town 75 miles ,lIvay and ,hkl'd a lady to forgive me for the \1;lY I had tre,llo.:d hel·. Thc gift of Ihe 11{,I)' Spiril l1Iillle it e:lsy for me to do lhl'~l' humhle thinL(~ and til rdllie\' lEI

" Cntler the illul11inatiml (>\ Illc Holy :-jpirit, I l';,lI1l' III Wt' Illy unkilld and dis·· ,1,-,fI'('able tfl'atll\l'lIt of my lIn~al cd hus­l·and. I h:ld fus,ed and nag-gl'd at him hl'l~;HI'l' he would \lilt go to church Wilh me. I lIib cI"t'pl)" pl'nitcnt, confessed it <til \() my hu,hand and told him I would not n,11-!' him 'III} more.

I 'Pt'lit hour, and huur" alolll' wilh (;od, wcnt to Ih'lhd Talll'rnacle ,,~ often ,I~ p{ls~ihl,' ior in'lnn'lion in the \\·ord. ;utd for l'r;,y( r. ~"l11ctillll'" my ~ufferings \\'c1ulrJ ho: '0 ~rl'at I would iorgct to call "n tht· Lord iur ~In'ngth \0 make the t r ip, .\t othu tillll'" I l\'{lIIld linti 111)' way thero.:, II illl (,IlO: haml holding- Illy dothing ,l"ay. a" f;lr as p()~~ibll', irom that dread­lui, son: s\\'dling' in illY side.

Thl' dl'eply 'pirilual pcople, \1 ilh the p;ls lor ;1Il<1 hi~ wife, held on in prayer f0r n1l', I would always I-!'{"I rehef when pray~'d ior at the tallernacle hut complete dc1i\'crancc was (ll·layed.

But finally the migh ly power of God Wall

displllyo!d in my behalf. On I)l,;c. 21, 1926, ice ling 100 .. id. to ){II to the tabl'rnacle, I ~Ult lilY n:que~t for prayer. The Lord, \\'11(1 knew my Iwart. ~aw that I was fully yielded 10 Iii ... dblr \\ ill, and my light of iaith \\a .. W(lII. \t Ihe \"Cry time of the prayer inr IIll' at thl' tahernacle, I felt 1\ distinct tearin g loose of the cancer from its position in my s ide. I threw up Ill)' hando; and ('ficII (lnl 10 my hu~band, "r :I\n IIl'aled, I am hl'"kd. I f\'e! Iha l aw­ful canccr tl'aring- loose." Before day. light the great hideous thing with ten roots fell out. It hloked somc lhing like

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, I til ~,I Il f ui tile t'ft:,bt ant! couhl not L(ll I'lfm mill I·' lid. The doctC!T::. !Old 1110.: I had to be ('l'eratui (11. One 1,),Wr .1 I!lmit·. '1', "a~, said he \Iouhl han to haye :'31)0,00 1>0: fore he would do all\'ll:il\j: .\lIotlhr at tilt' ';111'1' 1,Iacl' did ~il:c SOll.l:· relit'l hut not a cure. Thn'l: \1(JIl1{n \\l"I' h"ldin~ ;a IIIl'etlllg' hnl I \\(I\lilllHlt I.:il·l' up fllr a time- III havc them pray ior 1Il~', hut (,n\' lllurning- I w..:l\t to \1'lll'n' Ihc~' "nt' ~t.lling- and they asked lilt' ii I didn't 1\<1111 hi be l'ra~ed for J said il l\ouldll'l d,) ;t11\ good. hill sOllle thing ,In:\\" IIIC anI! I ~tlh!llittl:d and (;011 s; nd Illl' and hapti/ld 1111' ill the Spirit "lId (wah',1 me all ilt "nn'. l'raiq I ii, lIalll('! lie i ... till' :llIle ~l"tenlat", lo·day ;UlII f"r{'I'l'f. '1 Ill' e.LI1ccr tir~t calliI' as hll'ljl and _lIll'erl.'d lor ahout lIille lIl(llllh~. I alnll)! 10 ... 1 1lI~ minll it hurt IlW "0 dre;lIliull~' Bill. pr.Li~c (;011. ]nu, l.II1I\' to n1l' help. \lr \tliIiC Hail1t:~ '1'('1 r;llI. flkl.l,

HEALED OF CALLSTONES lu Julv 1'12i) till' I ,rei IH',tltd Illy hody

'11111 ~;I\o:d Ill.\" ~f>lIl at Ihl" ,1111\' linl(' Blc~s IIi ... :\";11111. 1

Fur (lIa" 111011111 I had ill'l'll ~ick in bed II ith g'all ~lOnn, unahh- 10 \·"t anything bUI ekar ~oup, aud "OIl1l'1ill1t,S that would cause ntl' Hn'at I':UII. The doctor~ said thaI pus had forlllccl anrl that I would h;tl'{' to go to the Iw'pital ,111d have a Ilraina){e tllbl' PUI in my sid('. But I \)raisc Ill(' I.ord, that on Ihe day I was 10 ka\"{' for Ih{' hll'pital ~llIlIl' of Ihe siJints CUll,' O\('r 10 Illy honte irol1\ Gay J lill church ,md IlraYl'l! for 11\\'. .\s they pra}'l'd (,I)(I mo:rl"iiuJly loudlCti illY body. I [;dldujah! I ):::ot up flut (i illY bed and IIcnt 10 church. I IH'm 10 cilting any­thing I wanted ;mel havc ne\"er tasted anotht:f dn,p of IIIt'1lirinl' "im'e, Hlcss Hi., h(,ly n;lIlil'! lie It.ls bl:l'n my Healer and Kecpcr cl't'r "incc. ha\"e nen'r bt'l'n sirk <lny morc and am gain ing in \\"l'ij:!'ill and am ~lrong{'T Ihan I have b(,en in i{)ur years. lean I!o.:\'l'r prai~(' ll im ('IHlugh. lilorr to (;od, ) l i"s Irene Ca l 1\I\\'a)" Rockclalc, Tl'xas. Haute U.

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Forthcoming Meetings

WASIIINCTON. .\ ,~"t I h rm

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"I {; wi '" \\·111 .... "prlnKO, ""'" A(lril 5-10. 19?7. '1'1 ,I, i""1f I.h~' ,. "r Ord" "'''10, rka~e .t'­rure '\1'11".\11011 III.l"k," h 'm ,h~ (11:",.,nan ami I,,,,,,,, I I( m hll.,1 III 11111 ,."h ",,,prr n,n,m· nu-"dll'''n TIr", r I ~,r)'III" h"t'TI<e with Ihe ni._ 'rirl I,~ '''It " !r~"r Y"lIr "ell"wd,ip ("rtlific~tt' rN'r"",1 .• 1 Ihlll '''''''' OJ vnur licenae heCllme~ of IInnr drf', I allt'r AI'rll 1~I, IInleu )'ou rf'''~'''. 1',1',,,, 11"<1, T;tl, "11 will II:lallly furni~h informa' I."" ".', ",'\lnl( I,t( ~nt~r'.Linm~"I, whi',," .... ill be ' .... ",o<lrl1 I.,r Ihr rn;"'~'rf' ilnd delr""II". Come rXl'r. I., I( " I,,"r rol rrfrr hi"lI: Irom the I.ord.­. \ ,\. W,I , (·h~irm,,,,.

TO TilE ORETIt REN IN E AST T EXAS I ... t 1: ""'I"'r:\lr ~Iv ~Ii"" i~ Ihe north-

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OPEN FOR CALI..S. F, allll<· ... tic '" I.a.loral \I d ". are! , ! III' Ih~ 1,.'~I"r.'lr .'It Grare-111 ,.,1. 0' a' ,I .u(' , rn , ,.111 "'c art hnlh Pfl' ., FI<1... a, ,I ~h~. F. t ("J"ra<1. (;f ,to Okl,

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OPEN FOR CALLS. I "m. a I1r."l".l'~ 01. tht' IhLlf' I, .1II1I!(, ;,t F""U.,,·, Oh.". and ],1I ... C g""l'n «", ... ,,1 )'('.ITII f" 1','.1 ,It'di<li,' w,rk, :..',,". 1 ftel Jr,1 l<l t k .. ull 1'11<,,,,;,1 work. al1<l 'un ol'('n hr ".,11. anywhn... I :\111 " 1,,11 f"'!"w~h;p wilh the .\ "I'n'''hf'~ "f (;,,,1. ",I hel"nl(' 10 Ih~ Xorth­.. ~'ttr,\ Hio'ri'" (""II(il I am 2.1 years oi ""~ a"<\ ~i" ,I.. ~Ir '" rthrrn ad Itc~" i .'06 ,\~h A\~ F""II:.y. Ohi... I (lin I~mp.-'r.'ril)· al fI H ~. n, \ rl~. ('off('t' Sl'r;nt~. AI.1. WrilC In rid'l't .«1<1, \I::Ini" 1. Smith.

NOTI CE. IIrnthn .,,·,1 ~i trr I n. \I;n"r ~~ 1~ ~ _., l' ,lr'H 1"""1 1·,,"rOT'\. Cahf.. to Ih(' , ; ,uy ,I P "II:'n,l. Orr. 1"11(,)' "")111<1 be II:h<l I I hr .... ",n i""lat<-.! l'enl''lI:<»lal (l'r"'pk. ~ilheT .11)' ur (. ',,"ry. on ',. nur the hiil:hwIIY, who ... ·.,ul,1 like " I('\\' ,',r('ti"i( 1'1-l'y ar~ 'n ill1l 11'11" ... , hil' wilh Ihl' (;r' ('r~1 (Onncil.

OPEN FOR CALLS. I am no"" in tlennallent ela"lr~h'I" ",'".k. ;., fnll Idl,)w5hip wilh Gta­t'.a! (""""dl, ,111,1 l'n:l'arc,1 I" f,ll ral1~ an)'wh,~ry tl-(' 1. .• .! I('ad~. ~.\a 'IH~h~1 n. II. Ow~n!l. \ Ie'. Okla.

TilE PF~TEC()STAL EVAXGEL

A WONDERFUL VISITATION A Sound .. or a Ru.hing Mighty Wind

Filled the Hou.e

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of Christ at Pithburgh. in 19()C), ]. Campbell \Vhit(', srcn·t;u)" of lh(' 1.<tYllwn's 1[o\·e· mcnt. :\ew York. told of a Chin('se theo· log-ieal ,g-raduat(' who askcd his hh.hop if he could mak(' a fl'CJl1e~t ah<1\1t th(' field. The hi~hol) wa" surprised. hut said: "Usl1ally no request is a1\o\\"e(l, hut \\"~' \\"ill lei you make rot1r~. \"hat is it?" The f!racluate replied: ":\fy fath('r and molh<:r wcrc \\'urkin~ in that rartkular district where the Boxers ar(': th('\' threatcned that. t1nl('~s he wnuld de­nr Ihe f,ord. they \HlUld eut him up: they did so. ami cast the body intn Ill{' "lre'UTI. To the mother thcI· said Ihe ~al1\e. ~hc answered: 'Yoll may ~ut (lut my tonJ;:lIe. but 1 win not dellv nJ\' Lord.' The,· did ~n. The same Ihreat ami tr~atl11ent wt'rc mt't('d out to the little sister:' The graduale s<tid his requesl was Ihat he !O>hould he sent to (hat very district, "just to show those people there is no hatred in Ill\" heart for them." "I am J;:.'lad," said ~I r. \"hite, "to haye a Gospel that wi ll do that for a 0IinaI11311."

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I ",th dellc:ltc, refined de~,gll~. J' rint­cd III iull colors on gOod gude t lmstol papcr. Each lied with silk

• ~J' nbbon. E.,"\ster·tide Scriplure-text! i au<l greetings. Edges beveled and painTcd with gold. Siuo 3%x4%

I inches. Four designs

20 cents a dozen, $1.25 a hundred

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