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THE CHURCH HERALD and HOLINESS BANNER, Fort Scott, Kans. Page 3 September 28, 1922 i i TESTIMONY 1 sanctified, say Amen to the sermon, as the Gospel is given out under anointing, even if it should not suit your views altogether. Pray for me, saved and sanctified and satisfied. LIZZIE CRAIG Dear Saints of God everywhere: Greeting in Jesus' name. Well, bless the Lord, I want to say this beautiful Sabbath morning finds me with victory in my soul, over sin, the world, the flesh, and the devil.

I never had a stronger determination to go all the way with God, than I have this morning. By His help I am going to enter in through the pearly gates into the City, and there with all the redeemed, walk the gold-paved streets of the New Jerusalem, for ages to come. Thank God, there will be no more separations, but one great reunion the camp meeting that never breaks up. I just feel like traveling on. Well, I want to say that Fort Scott will always have a warm spot in my tieart.

I can't tell you when I ever drank from the fountain of life so richly as I did on Wed li EMMA HUNT I am still pressing on the upward way, caved, sanctified and satisfied with this blessed holy way. God's grace is sufficient to carry me through, if I love Him and keep His commandments. Yours in Jesus. Salina, Okla. KATIE LUSE Dear Bro.

Kimb rough: May the blessings of God rest on you, that through your efforts many precious souls be won for our dear Lord, for the harvest truly is great and the laborers are few. Pray for me and my dear husband, who has been afflicted for so long. My prospects for heaven are bright, and I know all things will work for our good, for we love the Lord. I love the Banner and all of God's Christ; and I do know if Christ lives and dwells in us as His children, the true light will surely shine, and some poor, way-worn traveler will see the light along the shores of time and return home to God. I am so glad that God had some bright lights out on the rough sea of time.

When I was lost in darkness and could not comprehend the lights that had been lighted by the Spirit at old Providence church, Randolph county and set there to shine had grown dim, I don't know but what I might have been lost now in the awful darkness of these perilous times of false doctrines and traditions of man. I never will forget in 1880 and '81, when God's holy ministers came to our church and preached a second definite work of grace and called the true saints out. How those songs did ring in my ears and stirred my heart to get fully right with God, as they sang "Whiter than the snow He has made me." I am so glad that I was one among those that heard that blessed call and knew my Master's voice. Yes, He saves from every sin. I am leaning hard on His mighty arm.

I know He will guide me all the way, when poor and needy and all alone, in love He said to me, "Come unto Me, I'll lead you home to live with Me eternally." This is that light I am come to bear witness to that we might all be saved, bless the Lord. Vinita, Okla. should ever bring reproach on His cause I am so glad that I am dead to the world. It is a shame the way people are doing these days people that claim to be Christians at that they need not tell me they are Christians. Jesus tells us to dress in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety.

Where is the shamefacedness of to-day? Not much of it here, I am sorry to say, and the apparel is very immodest. Oh, God, keep the Holiness people true; help them to dress as becometh women, professing godliness, and help them to shine for Jesus. I am glad that I am satisfied with Jesus. I love to be alone with God, glory to His precious name. Trust in Him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before Him.

God is a refuge for us, praise His name. I know that He will perfect that which concerneth me. Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. There are times that I don't know what to do for the best (since the whole responsibility has fallen upon me), so I just trust in God and wait upon Him. He is a God of judgment.

Blessed are they that wait for Him; He will open the way where there is no way and he will bring things to pass, glory to our Lord. I would be so helpless without Him; He is my strength from day to day; without Him I would fall. I am so homesick to see the saints. Did hope so much to be at camp meeting this year, but Jesus said and I said "Amen." Praise the Lord. I earnestly beg you to pray for me.

Middletown, Mo. dear saints. May bod bless you ail, is my sincere prayer. Valeda, Kansas. RUTH CHENAULT Dear Editors and Banner Family; It has been some time since I wrote to the nesday morning after arriving there Tuesday evening.

Bro. Fred Spohn preached, from the 8th chapter of Deuteronomy, beginning at the first. It was rich, and every prayer and song and testimony was all under the anointing. I was made to think of the Scripture where it says we are made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Sister Padgett's sweet voice seems to ring in my ears yet and the rich prayers and testimonies of all the sains, and Bro.

Ray Kimbrough's special song on Sunday MRS. SARAH J. HISEROTE Dear Brothers and Editors: We have no meetings to go to, and I sure love the paper. It is next to my dear Bible. I have been praying God to send some real man of God to come and hold a meeting here, and to awaken the people in this community.

We used to have such good meetings here, but some of God's true children have been called home and some have moved away, and it is dead, spiritually speaking. Oh, it grieves me to see it this way. As for myself, I am living true to God and I love His dear Word and expect to be faithful and true. It will not be long till I will go home. I truly ask you, one and all to pray for my husband and children and grandchildren, that they may give their hearts to God, and be saved before it is too late.

May the blessings of God be with the children of God everywhere, and may the unsaved see where they are going, is the prayer of your sister in Jesus. Milo, Kansas. paper, but I feel impressed to write tonight and let you hear from me. I love the Lord and want Him to have His way with me. He has been so merciful and kind to me.

Just a few days past I was afflicted and it seemed was almost in the jaws of death, but we called upon the Lord and He heard us. He did abundantly bless; and praise His holy name, I am now able to be up all day and am gaining in strength rapidly, to God be afl the praise. He never leaves nor forsakes us. Saints, pi'ay much for me that I will be all the dear Lord wants me to 1 May God's blessings yest upon all who read this, is my prayer. Yours, through Jesus' Okla.

LUCY A. HUNTER Dear Brother Editors: We love the dear old Herald and Banner next to our Bible. Don't want to miss a copy, but I am grieved to see that so many of our dear brothers and sisters that used to write such good, encouraging testimonies, have dropped out. Write a few lines and let us know whether you are still under the precious blood, or whether you are growing cold or lukewarm. 1 know to-day that I am traveling the way of the cross, and "it is sweet to know as I onward go that the way of the cross leads home." I am now growing old, but the nearer the crossing of the river, the brighter my pathway grows, and the blessed Savior seems nearer and dearer than ever before, praise His holy name.

Dear saints, pray much for my unsaved children and also for me, that my faith fail not. May 3od bless you all in the office, both spiritually and physically, Amen. Your humble Sister. Blairstown, Mo. CORA KARR Denuey Margarie E.

Denney was born August 20, 1921 and died September 9, 1922, aged 1 year and 20 days. Little Margarie was taken sick about August first, suffered intensly the last week or ten days, with water on the brain. Several of the saints were called in to pray for her healing, but Jesus said, "Suffer little children to come unto Me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The writer was asked to pray for little Margarie on Wednesday morning before she died Saturday, but the glory of God so filled the room we could only ask the Lord to have His sweet way, and relieve little Margarie of her suffering. The funeral was preached by Bro. J.

Robertson, of Elida. On account of threatening weather, the services were closed by the writer in the beautiful Roswell cemetery, where we left the little new-made mound covered with beautiful flowers. Tom Nichols. morning. 1 never shall forget, it just brought heaven down to my soul.

Well, I can say that I came home better prepared for the enemy than ever before. Sometimes I feel as though I could run through a troop and jump over a wall. I pray God that He will so shake" folks up that they will get their eyes open to what salvation means. God help us to see that if He had intended for us to be always tongue lashing one another, that He would' have done some of it Himself while He was here among us, for His life while here is our example to go by. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter and dumb before His shearers; he opened not His mouth.

Well, I am glad that sanc-tification will make you keep your mouth shut or speak the thing that besometh holiness. Yes, it will keep you sweet in your soul, when the devil is hollowing around you, yes, even in your face. Thank God, you can keep the victory, bless God. Yes, it will take all the "spit back" out of you, make you suffer wrong rather than do wrong, glory be to God. Well, I'm glad that my salvation cost me all I had or ever expect to have.

I am persuaded that He is able to keep that we entrust to Him, in spite of all the opposing powers. If God be for us, who can be against us. Your sister in the One Body, saved from all sin, and sanctified wholly, a deep sweet settled peace in my soul, and a faith in God that sarah Mcdonald Dear Banner Readers: I know that some of you are wondering what has become of Sarah McDonald. Well, I am so glad that I can tell you that I am still running up the shining way, and I still have the glory in my soul, praise the Lord. The past four months I have been passing through deep waters, but God, true to His promises, has been with me every step of the way to comfort and encourage me, praise His name forever.

By His grace I will be true to Him, for I could not get along in this world the devil can't shake, hallelujah. Salina, Oklahoma. without Him, saying nothing about the next. My husband has been sorely afflicted all summer, and is still almost helpless at times. I have had a good chance to test God's promises, and really I did not know Grant Lewis Delvin Grant died September 14, by accident from blast.

He was fifty-one years of age. He was born and reared in Harrison county, in 1871. He united in marriage to Miss Rosa Roach in 1897. To them were born a boy and a girl, the boy dying at the age of 1 year and 1 month, and in 1904 death claimed the mother. In 1906 Mr.

Grant was married to Cora Ellen Gibson. To this union were born, four children, two of whom died in infancy and two now living at Before coming to Fort Scott, the family resided at Milo, Mo. Since he has been living in Fort Scott, Mr. Grant has been employed on city work, and has been a good and faithful worker of strong Christian character, and has made many friends. In early life he joined the United Baptist church and later went with the Holiness people.

He is survived by his wife, Cora E. Grant, Do we ever get deep enough in grace to search out for God His plans. I am bound to say no. But oftimes, when Jesus calls you to do a thing, at first you are very willing and courageous, and think you know the very way Jesus wants this plan to work out. The same thing that tiied King-Saul is going" to try us discouragement.

We see, just as long as King Saul kept his heart in God's plan, he won the victories; but when he left off part of God's plan, he fell. Now a few-words to encourage us we are working for God to carry out God's plans. Do you think God would want us to do something to His glory, and the way be impossible for us? No, never. We should say "Get thee behind me Satan; I am working for Jesus." If I should fail, God's work would suffer. I am not doing the work, Jesus is working through me.

Do just as Jesus would have you do. When a person calls in a doctor for one of his friends, the doctor prescribes the medicine to be given. The patient does not sit down and tell the doctor what kind of medicine to give. How much more ought a Holy Ghost man or woman be able to preach the Gospel. When we send for a God-sent preacher, when he comes, we should say Amen to God's truth.

We don't know just what He will have for them to say, but we should receive the Word as they bring It to us. If we want Zion to travail, souls to be born into the kingdom, and believers and three children: Maribelle. Alva, and MRS. L. E.

BRIDGEMAN Dear Saints scattered abroad: I feel impressed of the Spirit to write a few lines to the Herald and Banner. I am alone and have no one to talk to, and I don't want to be found idle in the vineyard of the Lord. He has set before us the parable of the servant that did not improve the talent that his lord gave him, and I do believe He meant for His children to take warning and not idle away precious time that He has given us to try to bring souls to Christ, for whom He suffered and died. John says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." So we see that God sent a man whose name was John to witness to that light that all men, through Him might believe. John was not that light, but bare witness of that light. His example and holy life and perfect obedience to the commands of God that light the world.

We are lights to the world only when we live so clean before God that the world can see the Christ-like spirit in our walk of life. The apostle said for us to follow him just as he followed the Mrs. Ona Davis of Superior, his there were so many for me until I needed them, and Jesus would show them to me or bring them to my mind just as I needed them. Oh, how it. makes my heart rejoice when I realize that Jesus cares, and is thinking of me, and supplies every need, and I praise the Lord every day for such kind and thoughtful neighbors and friends.

They think of everything and are so kind and good, but so few really are saved. It makes my heart sad to think how nice they are, but if they should die, they sure would be lost. We must be saved through the blood. We cannot climb up any other way. My daily prayer is, "Lord, keep me true and make me a bright and shining light in this neighborhood and everywhere I go.

Sometimes I think I have more than I can bear, but Jesus tells me to be not afraid, only believe. When He speaks, everything seems calm and I go on singing, "Oh, it is wonderful," yes it is. I never could have gone through what I have this summer if Jesus had not been such a wonderful Savior. I want my garments to always be white, and I want my head to lack no ointment. I want my life to tell for Jesus, wherever I go, for He is everything to me, and I want to be something for Him, glory to His precious name.

God forbid that I father, S. T. Grant, and one brother, W. Grant, of Hiattville, Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Jossie Soward, of Nevada, and Nellie Grant, of Deerfield, Mo.

The funeral was held in the Holiness chapel at Deerfield, Sept. 16, at 2 P. by the pastor, after which all that was mortal of this one, was laid away to rest in the cemetery at Deerfield, there to await the summons that shall bid the dead arise. May God bless each of you, bereaved ones, comfort your hearts and guide yuor steps till the last conflict is past, and the final victory won. Amen.

J. W. Hibbs..