Pentecost Trumpet from Clay Center, Kansas • 1

UNITED WE STAND, OUR COUNTRY FOR GOD. DIVIDED WE i VOLUME 3, NUMBER 4. CLAY CEN i'ER. KANSAS, MARCH 3, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 54.

'AOLO MY HAND. but he calls them "Our light afTTic-Hons which is but for a moment," it I has been assailed under the Bloody States every year than for bread- dear brother in the blessed kir.g-l Banner and multiplied thousands! 8. The habit" often lowers the dom of Christ, where we will have been massacreed for i self-respect of those who practice it. 'dwell in the light of God forever the proveib was' used, "The blood of "I loye my pipe," says a clergy-; and evefj praise his namc Look-the Aints, was the seed of the church" man, "but despise myself for using 0h( Loo'k arQund wofk But the devil has changed his tactics 1 it." 1 t. er and see the many dear souls 9.

The habit disturbs the regular Hold Thou my hand, Father, Hold Thou my hand, I pray, When shadows fall about me And bide the beaten way. When clouds hang low and heavy, And storms of doubt assail, I blindly grope and falter, My strength of none avail. I ran not tread unguided Twe upward-leading road; I can ct hear unaided Thc luixlen of the load, i 1 I efk 10 journey onward, I think to- bravely stanJ, But unawares I stumble Father, hold my hand Hold Thou my hand securely When sorrows dim my sight And hide from me the beauty vw n(j sweetness of the light. My heart will make no murmur Whate'er may come, I know, If Thou wilt lead me, Father, Wherever I may go. Anna W.

Simmons, in N. W. Christian Advocate. BE OF GOOD COURAGE. "Dare to be a Daniel Dure to stand alone Dare to have a purpose firm Dare to make it known." Arabs have'a saying, "No religion without courage." The Christian need courage because he Is called to be a soldier of Christ, and every soldier must have courage; you want it to battle with the world, the flesh add the devil; your greatest enemies are ror.r own sins.

We need no courage to give up sins which we do not practice. But we want it to fight with selfishness in every form, pride of the kind thai we are tempted of and tempers that are natu ral ivj us. Be of good courage to look into your heart and life to see what your besetting sins are, and fight against them, as soldier oi Christ. No religion without courage again, because if you are real Christian you are one of a few. You need courage to be singular; as Christians we must be ready to stand alone in this matter.

A man's enemies are sometimes those ot his own house: We shall sometimes have to bear being laughed at and ridiculed in the service of our Master, and sometimes," which is still harder to bear, to be intreated by those who are dear to us for love of them, to give up our peculiar notions and our ways, and be as they are, courage is needed to stand ones ground at such times. "Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;" says aged Paul to young Timothy; and it is a word needed by every Christian. No religion without courage again; because you meet with many difficulties and discouragements in living the life of a Christian, fightings and fears within, without, the sense of your weakness is discouraging, frequent tailing to do what you should do is discouraging, so are disappointments which comes from those whom you expected something better; but all these discouragments are the fires which purity us, and makes us vessels fit tor the Master's use, which you would not be without them. Be strong then and of good courage, and turn not to the right hand or the that God is on you- side and that His grace is all sufficient. "Wait on the lx)rd.

be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart; Wait I say on the Lord." And beware that you do not make more of your troubles than they are. Bewars of speaking to much about your troubles, it is better to make light oi them than to magnify them. Paul Jad great trials of different kinds, I helps us to rise above our trials, to remember that they are not singular ncr greater than Christ bore; think of those who have gone before, who have set an example of courage; some in suffering, others in active service and others in privations and toil, their courage was the fruit ot faith, 'they overcame by faith. What gave David courage? it was his faith in God. "The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fea, the Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid." What made Paul a hero in the strife, the sarr.e spirit of faith in God, "If God be for us who can be against us." What made those Worthies of Old Testament history strong to subdue kingdoms, work righteousness, obtain promises, stop the mouths of lions, escape the edge of the sword and out ol weakness become strong, it was faith.

Have faith in God and you to will overcome. Believe the promises of God. Take God at his word and be of good courage. It takes courage to take a bold stand for Christ. Let us wrap our souls with humility and love, let not our, lives be a blank: On.

young mm young women give yourself and all you have to God, and say as the publican did "Lord have mecy on faesa-flkttreTt-a- r. It takes courage if a' man offers you a glass of cider or other strong drink to say no; but let us be firm in God's work. When we think how Christ suffered and died that we might live; are we not willing tc own him as our Saviour and King. "Must Jesus bear the cross alone And all the world go free, No there is a cross for every one And there is a cross for mc." As I was listening to the words of our pastor, about the doubting ones when God's Word is made so plain for us, why should we doubt. The more I study the Bible the stronger my faith grows, the more determined I am to keep his precepts.

Let us all have courage in the service of Christ. F. S. Daubar, Peru, N. Y.

FROM BRO. FOHL Dear Bro: In all ages of the world God has hid his people on the earth who are the very pillows upon which the whole fabrication rests. (Gen. And so long as they trusted on the arm cf Omnipotence there was "no weapon found that piospeied Isa. 54:27 Samson was the strongest of the strong as as he retained his fidelity to God, but when he was decoyed by the fascinating, but false and treacherous Delilah; he was shorn ot his streEgth and btcame weak as other men.

The church and the world have always been antagonistic to each other. The one being, light and the other darkness; as the'r representees, the one is Christ, and the other the devil. And just as soon as the church forms an allegiance with the world, she is divested of her strength, an influence. Hence we are commanded to "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness," and also "To come out from among them and be saith the Cor. 6:17) For many centuries tbrckuack in these latter days of compromise.

By proposing to the church "Let us be friends, and let there be no strife between us, just quit fighting us, and we will quit fighting you." And at this junction the devil assuming the innocency of a Lamb, links aans with clergy, and the officiary of the church and as the "Crave of money is the root of all evil," "Let us have a fair, or festival by sending out cards this will bring in quite a revenue, and we shall gain the friendship of the community and be more popular among the higher class. And though that same church had but recently passed through a so called revival and the few that had found Christ in the pardon of their sins. But after their banquiting ana" jollification have became more engulfed in sin than be-foie. Hence such so called revivals engender infidelity, and prove a curse instead of a blessing. And in proportion to the decline of true piety in the churches, the tendency is toward Catholicism and the lodge.

An aged and prominent resident of our city died recently, and a copy of his last will and Testament was pblisitcdin of our daily papers a few days ago, and our community was rather startled by one item in which the Testator directed his executor to pay thp Priest $100 to say mass for him, or in other words, to pray for his soul which he tearedwould enter purgatory such heresy we supposed had passed with the dark ages, surely there is nothing we so much need all along the line as holiness, and yet how few both in the ministry and laity aspire aiter that higher state, and yet the Bible teaches plainly that God is Holy, Heaven and its society is Holy, and without "Holiness no man shall see the Lord." Yours ror a consecrated life. John Fohl. Chanibersburg Pa. TOBACCO. Give twelve reasons why no rational being should use tobacco? A r.

The habit is at war with temperance. Tobacco is an intoxicant, it is a part of the merchandise of dram shops, and an incentive to drunkenness. 2 It hinders moral reform and impedes progress. 3. The habit is essentially filthy.

No Cnristian gentleman should fill the air with poisoned smoke or deluge the floor with liquid filthiness. 4. The lips of the tobacco chewer or habitual smoker are saturated with a disgusting poison. The gums are spongy and lender, and the whole mouth and throat affected by its use. 5.

The habit impairs digestion, brings on consumption and wtakens the constitution. 6. The habit injures the voice. The smoker generally articulates huskily. The chewer often croaks.

The snuffer speaks indistinctly, as he cannot breathe through his nose. 17. 1 he habit is costly. Oihcial statistics show that more money is spent lor tobacco in the United 1 around you going down to ruin, then look up to Father and say, "I wiil, I will God helping me 111 lead them to thee." What we need when the dear ones are falL-ing on the right and left is to step in at once and fill the broken ranks. Oh! May God help us to be like the dear brother, firm, true and aggressive for God and souls, so that when the Master calls for us, we'll have won many precious souls and hear the sweet voice of Jesus say, "WelJ- done, thou good and laithful servants, enter thou into the joys ot thy Lord." GOD IS LOVE.

For Hod so lovetl the world that he gave His only begotten Son Why As we look out upon the generality of mankind we find man almost universally forsaking the great benefac-ter of himself. We do not find one person in ten thousand who do not intend to obtain that great gift But are they taking the right course? We can only judge of what it is worth by what it cost, do we over consider what this great sal va: ion cost? Wilton says, "That heaven was searched "for a being who would die (for without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin') for a lost and ruined world, and such a being could not be found until "God so loved that ruined world that He gave His only begot- ten Sou that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life." That. Sen so loved us though He occupied even so high a position as the son otKing of Kings caid r.e so low as, sinners against a just and righteous law, deserving naught but death, He so loved us that He condescended to come down here become incarnate a righteous God taking upon himself the form of sinful, polutted flesh and even die at the hands of those He came to save and why? We merit no such lovfc it can only be explained one way He suffered incarnation, poverty, and DEATH that we beings of aggravated polution "might become partakers of His holiness" Oh, such overwhelming lovt One has well said that man is the most unnatural thing in existence, we see even a dog express a degree of effeciion for man, and he will return it, but the Son of God can erea i)i fc for man, and man remains as unconcerned as though there were God. Oh, what mighty unlimited love for man from God and Oh, what unlimited crimnal indifference on the part of man. K.

L. Poor, Weir City, Kan. In a True Light. If we had microscopic evonight wt should loath ourselves, and turn away revolting from the sight oj our owi face whenever a mirror confronted us. It is when we (tec our hearts as (5 oil sect the in tha we see the uvrf ulnesa of sin.

iim'i Lloro- pulsation of the heart; tobacco users are thus in constant danger; may fall dead suddenly. 10. The habit weakens the mind. It "nfeebles the memory, paralyzes the will, produces morbid irritability, diseases the imagination and deadens the moral sensibilities. ri.

The habit is at rebellion against conscience. The user knows that it wastes time, money, strength and life, and tramples upon the laws of nature, which are the laws of God. 12. It is as cont-tgious as the cholera. Bondsmen of tobacco, break your chains.

After a few weeks ot abstinence you will not care for the poison, and within a year after your self-emancipation you will loathe it and bless the day that freed you from its despotic power. American War Cry. A MIGHTY WARRIOR FALLEN. It is with sadness that we chronicle the death of a mighty and valiant worker, Vivian A. Dake, originator and Leader of the Pentecost Hands.

Only a few years ago he star tec" the work with a few new and undisciplined workers, and the work has so enlarged and increased under his lead that there are bands in many of the different states of the Union Canada, EnglancJ, Norway, Germany, India and Africa. He left this country in October to open the work in England, and from there he went to Norway to visit his workers and help them along, from thence to Monrovia, Africa, where he preached and labored tvice each day, to get the work firmly established. He had just started home and was two days out at sea, when he fell asleep in Jesus. He was taken ashore and buried at Seiro Lone Africa. It seems hard to sec such men falling out of the ranks when there are s-- few to work anyway, but Goc' in his wisdom viid imder- standi.

ii knows 1 best. lie was only 37 ears of age, but had accomplished more in his short life than many who Jive to more mature years. It can be truly said of him, "That he has fought a good fight and has finished bis course." Cur prayer is that God may wonderfully bless the companion and children left behind, and ever be ahout them as a mighty wall of fire. Wc would here say to each and evf-ry worker, whether connected with Bro. Dake's work or not, press on, press on; wc are all one in Christ, and the day is not far distant.

when wc shall meet the.