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Vol. XIV. Los Angeles,_ December 9, 1909 No. 24

messages to tbe Saints.
Bu R. PIERCE,
Sin came from the skies; and Sin's Cure also came
from there.
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Laboring Fervently in Prayer.
Here is a ministry that is calling for more candidates to
enter: that of "always laboring fervently in prayer for
others. This was the gracious characteristic of one Epa-
phras, a fellow-worker Paul, by whom no do_ubt he
had been taught ''how t0 pray.'' He "labored" in prayer;
labored "fervently," and "always" labored fervetftly for the
Colossian Christians. It" is the "effectual fervent prayer"
which is the prevailing prayer, and "availeth much.'' This
man that prayed "thus had no small thing to ask for, but
for the very highest and greate!lt blessing which the atone-
ment of the has provided for man; that they might
perfect and complete in all the will of God." Get
men of this this fervency, praying along the lines
of God's will and providing and things ,\:ill surely come to
pass. Oh, how any individual or church ought to prize
being the subjects of such a praying man or woman for
such a purpose. Vve have the "Brotherhood of St. Ste-
phen," and other brotherhoods; why not form the "Brother-
hood of Epaphroditus," who shall give themselves to "al-
ways labor fencntly in prayer," t"hat their fellow-Christians
"may ::;tand perfect and complete in all the will of
\\'ho'll join?
Salted Speech.
vVe suppose that there is no greater hindrance to the
saving of "them that are without" than the graceless con-
versation of professing Christians. How many souls who
were just on the verge of the Kingdom have been turned
aside by a thoughtless, frivolous remark from one or other
of those from whom they were looking for words of grace
"season'ed with salt." Though our speech be not always
of grace it should "always be with grace"; and even in the
common, every-day husiness and social life our manner
and words should shine with Christian courtesy. Salt
makes things savory and palatable: and if our speech be
"seasoned with salt,'' it will have that attractiveness about
it that will win men to Jesus. If our speech be "seasoned
with salt," it will have no corrupting influence with it; it
will not pollute others. but will have a preserving power
with it. There arc fc,.:r of us hut what have been
influenced at some time in our lives by some saint
of God, whose manner not only; hut whose wonh; have
hccn "with grace, seasoned with salt" : and we ha,e gone
from their presence the genial, balmy breath Of
heaven, leaving -its impress upon us. for life. This salt in
<?;ttr-.7peech will teach us "how we ought_ to answer every
man," and we s hall be wise to win "them who are with-
out ."
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The Response of the Heart.
-: David was a man of prayer and praise, an<l some one has
called the Psalms the "Prayer Book of David:.. In Ps.
27: 8, when the Lord had said ''Seek ye my face; David
instantly answers, "l\Iy said unto thee, Thy face,
Lord, will I seek." Here is the heart represented as speak-
ing to God . . No greater blessing .can be thought of t han
a heart that quickly responds to God, and no greater joy
can be experienced than for such a heart to seck the face
of God. Such a heart is always ready to act in obedience .
to. the Lord's command," enquiring not as to why or what
are to be done, or at what cost, being satisfied with
th.e fact that God has spoken. This is not a heart moved
so much by ecstatic emotions as by a holy faith based upot
the immutable character of God Himself: stich a heart a:
David had when he said. ":\-Iy heart is fixed, 0 God, trus1
irig in. thee." In such a heart there is no wavering. n
do_ubts, no fear, no forebodings oi the future, no seekin
fof earthly things, but with a listening ior any command o
the :\laster there is a quick, glad, obedient response, "Th:
face. Lor.d, will I seek ...
"Lord, give us such a heart as this.
And t h en. wliatcer may come,
\Ve'll taste e'en here the hallowed bliss
Of our eternal home."
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Prilying and Watching.
One of the perpetual occupations oi the spiritual man is
prayer. He would sooner think of going without the phys-
meal than to neglect the spiritual refreshing o(his soul
thr6ugh prayer; not as a duty, but as a gracious privilege
and: joy. There would be many more Christians rejoicing
in answered prayer, if they would learn the true principles
of prayer. \Ve think this will be found in Paul's
adn-ionition to the Colossians ( 4: 2), "Continue in prayer,
a:nd watch in the same with thanksgiving.'' There is an
assurance in this that God answers prayer, and that prayer
must be mingled with an expectant faith that keeps the
soul watching for that answer; sq definitely so. that a real
"thanksgiving'' fills the heart and says. ''I'm glad I'm going
to get an answer." 2\lany times the answer comes when
- the _soul is praying. touching it with new love. fire and
glory. when the requcs't is for spiritual blessings: but as
the praying is to be continuous ::;o the "watching" and
" thanksgiving" must keep .::ompany with the
Lor4, hreathe on us a spirit of constant, watching, thankful
Amen.
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6ontributed Articles
THE WONDERS OF SALVATION.
}Iow sweet to know tlie grace of God,
And feel within your soul,
That He has pardoned every siri,
And made you free and whole.
How sweet to read His precious Word,
I n the good book He has given;
And know that Christ our Savior died
. 'l'l}at we might rest in heaven.
And oh what wondrous peace to know
That a heart, though steeped in sin,
If brought to God in earnest prayer,
Will be made whole and clean.
For though we wander for from Him,
And into Satan's t hrong,
The Lord is always willing
'l'o forgive our every wrong.
'Tis dangerous to pass Him by
And mingle with vain strife;
For only !n the Savior's blood,
Is everlasting life.
So turn ye sinners from the path
That ye have daily trod,
And cast on Him your load of sin,
And live in _peace with God.
-'-'-T. J. K.
ONE YEAR A NAZARENE:
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EVANGELI ST FRED. ST.
Sunday, October 3d, was the firs.t an-
niversary of my casting in my lot with
the Pcntecostal-Nazarenes. n has been
the most plessed year of my life. How
I praise my Heavenly Fat her for so
plainly and lovingly leading me where
I can preach, pray, shout and write
about holiness, and then know that all
the leaders of my denomination arc in
hear ty accord with me. I was as clcat-
ly led to become a Nazarene, as I was
called to preach, and I feel as much at
home among them as if I had been with
them from the You sec I
could not maintain even my common,
evcry-da: self-respect and r emain a
Methodist preacher.
I had, for several years, t ried to se-
cure subscribers for their periodicals,
and was very indifferent about getting
''joiners.'' Did I not promise to ''sup-
port its institution," and I was not do-
ing it.
'fhcn that financial question: I was
constantly in a. turmoil with "Ladies'
Aid ( n Sassi ties," and short horn stew-
ards. AT)d I have seen the labor of
mont hs-the tears, the travail, the re-
vival efforts-scattered to the four
.winds by my successors, who were holi-
ness fighters.
I thank God for the victories of the
Naz aren e Messenger [ December 9, 1909
age, only a few are through.
Jesus is not talking about the notorious
year, and the most delightful fellow-
ship of the finest men with whom I
ever labored iu my life. Have seen be-
tween seven and eight hundred lnteel
at altars for pardon, reclamation and
sanctification, secured several subscl'ib-
ers for our paper, sold scores of good
books, etc. God gets all the glory.
Amen! I love and believe in all my
ministerial brethren. and our church.
"Foi her my tears shall fall,
To her my toils _and cares be given."
Ten thousand blessings . upon om
schools, General and District Superin-
tendents, pastors, 'evangelists, editors,
:md faithfu.l laymen and loyal devoted
women! Ever yours in the blessed war,
saved and sanctified and kept. Hall<'-
lujah ! .
... sinner but is speaking about those
call upon Him, who say, ''Lord, Lord,"
who pay the pr eacher; who believe in
God, who believe Christ is divjne,
read the Bible, who pray, who testify,
who sometimes .shout, who sometimes
preach, who sometimes profess holiness
and yet He says not every one shall get
through. "Many will say in that (lay,
did we not in. Thy name,'' yet
He. will say, "I don't know yon, de-
part." "Many will say, did we not
.cast out devils in Thy name?" Think
of it! Such power, nnd in C.:hrist's
,r. .
"NOT EVERY ONE." Matt. 7:21-23.
. 0. F. GOETTEL.
\Ye ai
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e li vi ng in perilous times.
There is something. c.oi)t1oually con-
cocted in the way of religion to attract
and draw away from the old paths.
This world is full of religion.s,. yet there
is only one true kind. which will stand
the scriptural t est. A great many prQ-
fessors of religion are: deceived. Ou
th.e . . o.Qe hand, we the. cold,
pt;ofessor who only ' Jlnows it intcllec-
trially, who guesses it i's so, or hopes it
is so, and on the other hand we have
the extremist, who has been led off and
gqt over the line into fanaticism. ".hilc
people are so and loose. God
draws a close test andsnys; every
one that saith, Lord . .JJord, shall <'ntc>r
into the kingdom of heaven." If cwr
there was a time when we needed to ex-
amine ourselves, it is today. \ Yc ought
to be glad to know t he worst now. Oh,
ho\y many are taking the way that
secmeth right the end is death. We
see another class who are satl victims
of self-deception. Tli cy once knew God
bnt ha\re diecl spiritually and are secin-
ingly unconscious on i_heir great loss.
'l'hey pray and iestify and say amen; as
of yore, but like Samson who rose up
and shook himself, no longer put the
shake on other::;, but' go ou the same
old rounds, with6ut God, and without
life and power. How many are asleep,
lulled to sle<'p by the devil. People
can do lots of things while asleep. 1'hey
can talk and walk and go throngh all
kinds of action, and look as if they were
awake, but sad to say, arc asleep and
going down to ruin. May God awaken
such and help them to see that "not
every one who says Lord, IJord, " shall
get t hrough. Accqrding to this pass-
name, also; yet when placed in the
scales, w.ill be weighed out and found
wanting, and hear the awful words
from Christ, from me, ye that
work iniquity.'' Oh, the thousands
who arc deceived who will come up the
last clay and-se<'k to enter and shall not
be able.
. . -w el.l then, if there is such a close test,
who will get thr ough 1 Christ answers
it. He does not say he that stands for
holi.riess, or he that shouts, or he that
works miracles, or he that preachl:!s:
No! but "he that doeth ihe will of
Father.'' Lord search us out. Are you
doing His willJ Ar.e. ' yQ,u obeying Him 1
Are you walking in the light He gives 1
Summed up in one verse the Father's
wili is 1 Thess. 4 :3; even your sanctifi-
cation. Have you let Him sanctify you
wholly? Don' t draw back, but go
through and be an:!.ong the class who
shall go sweeping through the gates.
:Marshalltown, Iowa.

.,ON TBEWRONG SIDE OF PEI\TECOST."
A selection from a sermon, recently
delivered by a prominent minister, and.
published in Tongues of Fire, is well
worth repeating and meditating upon.
The preacher said : ''People not be-
ing brought into the of Christ
as they once were. 'l'hc reason why so
much of the prayer and service .of the
Christian church counts for little or
nothing is because so many of us are
living on the wrong side of Pentecost.
Many OI us know Christ, and many of
us are following Christ, but how few
of us have claimed our own Pentecost,
or have sought at Christ's hands that
equipment for $ervice without whieh
all oth.er eql.1ipment counts for nothing
-that Holy Spirit of God in the heart
-that vital, living power which is to
the Christian what genius is to the ar-
tist! Our greatest crying. need is the
fullness of the Spirit. For what harder
work can there be in the world than to
get spiritual work out of an unspiritual
Christian 1' '-Selected.
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December 9, 1009] Nazar:ene, .Messenger
.CHILD WIVES OF INDIA.
1- Man (qo 60) and c:hlld wife 8). He a c:arpen
ter shop on thla atnet In Calcutta. India. Photo taken
June 26, 1909 . by Canle A. Tennant.
8- Man (aae 35) and c:hlld wife 7). He keeps a wuh-
houso juet ac:roee the etreet. Photo taken July 6, ' 09'
by Carrie A, Tennant.
2- Kan and wife. Bueb&nd aa-ed 40, wehrha 200 lbe.: wifo
aa'Od 9, welaba 78 lbe, Photo taken April 28; 'ot, by
Carrie A. 'Tennant.
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4- Thla. pleturo ahowa the reoult of child Tbla
poor woman Ia old before her time and Ia blind. Photo
taken .June 80, '09, by Carrie A. Teunant.
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(/Qrrespondence
SAN DIEGO, CAL.
Bro. Bowes' .. firl;!t Sabbath with us
was one of blessing arid victory, with
good congregations ;md increas"ing in-
terest. We had three bless'ed sermons
. during the day. Bro. Bowes preached
an unusually interesting sermon at 11
a. m. at the close of which three per-
sons were received intO Church member- I
ship. In the Bro .. Glass? of
Wichita, Kan., who .waS' received mto
the church on last Sabbath, brought a
blessed message to us from Rom. 8 :34-
39. In the evening Bro. Bowes brought
the message, with much blessing and
conviction. At the close, five or six
we hope soon to be in a better and more Highly esteemed. for their piety and
commodious church. At the afternoon faithful perfBripa)?ce of all their duties.
holiness_meeting Bro. G. L. Shepardson We are gl&cl to . have them with ns.
gave a short exposition of the second Wednesday . . evening; November 24th,
chapter of. Acts, and two knelt at the we. had our missionary prayer meet ing
altar who .had not received the second and it proved a blessing to all who
benefit. In the evening Dr. M. C.John- were there. Special prayer was made
son led the Yourig People's meeting and . for the Hope School in Calcutta, India;
at .the close of the preaching service one .the work in Mexico; and gun-
wayfaring man cried and we believe. erally. Vife ask . the prayers of the
the Lord heafd him. C. W. Welts. saints for the work here. We are look-
ing forward to .greater victories than
ever before. Mrs. Wines went to en-
in an evangelistic campaign in 'l'o-
ledo, Ohio, on Friday, November 26th.
We are expecting to-hear of her having
many precious victories in that pla1c.
. hands were raised for prayers, and one
precious soul foutid his way to th.e al-
tai;. We had the plea!!)ure of having
Mrs. Harris of the Bible School of Los
Angeles with us our
services; also on Sabbath mornmg.
Bless God, we 'r.e going on. M. E. A.
: RESOLUTION.
Inasmuch as Rev. H: J. Elliott, who
has served the church at San Diego for
the past ten month, feels incumbe:qt
upon him to return for a tlme to evan-
gelistic work, we desire to express o'ur.
appreciation and gratitude for his . de-
voted and efficient labors among us. J He
has won the hearts of the people
bears with him our love and earnest
prayers for his greatest success in this
his new field of labor.
Mrs. D. Armstrong.
OCEAN PARK,
In the absence of Bro. Rogers, the
pastor, the pulpit was filled last Sunday
by Rev. J. D. Cart. Notwithstanding
the heavy rains all day, a few of the
saints gathered together at the house of
God, and truly He gave us a feast of
good things.
NORDHOFF, . CAL.
I am glad to be in Southern Califor-
nia again. I have accepted a call from
the church here to become their .pastor,
and arrived on the field of battle Fri-
day noon, November 26th, from Elk
City, Kansas. We found the saints
prayed up ani} expecting victory, and
the Lord answered prayers Sunday and .
gave us a good day in the Lord. One'
precious soul was gloriously sanctified
and deep conviction on others. Praise
the Lord ! We are expecting real vic-
tory here. Thos. J. O'Neal.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
The Lord continues to bless work
and a few .1\ungry souls are seeking af-
ter God. Sabbath was a good day. At
the morning . service the pastor
preached. and took an offerin'g of $370
for a church building fund. We have
now a prospect of securing a church
and lot at . a very reasonable figure, and
BAKERSFIELD. CAL.
Sister McReynolds arid littre .Yalen-
. tine have beeri in Bakersfield now
.twelve days, and the Lord is calling the
Mexicans. Home home has been
opened, and heart and life surrendered
to the gospel- claims. Some scholars for
the Mexican schoob \vill be obtained;
and missionaries dug up and
wholly .. Praise the name of our precious
Lord. An organization was effected of
now ahout thirty and others to come
later. We are claiming fifty. as a good
. commencement. The Lord has : gra-
ciously owned every effort put forth to
make holy a people for His name from
among the neglected Mexicans. We
must have some one who has prepared,
and is a real apd ready now
to give to the Mexican work,
in this ripe field and perhaps only sec-
ond in importance outside of Old Mex-
ico. Plans of men ought easily to
way to the plain_leadings of the Holy
Ghost. Amen. .
One month of work now among these
needy ones is better than a whole year
later on. Pray for this new child in
our holy family. .
Will C. 'Villiams, Pastor.
PORTLAND, ORE.
. Sunday was a good day, souls seek-
ing and finding the Lord. Last night
(pray er meeting) several were at the
altar and some prayed through. More
than. a score of our good people (some
of our old standbys) have gone. and are
going away, which makes us feel a lit-
tle sad; yet we trust the Lord will
in others to fill up the ranks, to push
the battle on to victory.
A. 0. Henricks.
INDIANAPOLIS,' IND.
Sunday evening, November
closed a profitable and in many ways
a successful revival in. the Pentecostal
Church of the Nazarene, in Indianapo-
lis, Ind. Rev. and Mrs. M. T. Brandy-
berry of Bonaparte, Iowa, were the
. evangelists who assisted in the meeting.
God was with us and precious souls
were saved and sanctified. The church
itself . has taken a new hold and new
life to push the battle for God in this
place. The devil, of course, is out in
strong opposition; that is his line of
business, but our God is able and we
are having many victories, for which
we. praise the Lord exceedingly. Rev.
and Mrs. J. M. Wines, our pastors, are
Our prayers go with her. J . M. H.
DISTRICT.
Just closed a. 'good meeting wilh
our church near Bradford, Pa. Sal va.
tion and victory all through the meet-
ing. God was manifestly present. 'fhe
little band of faithful ones are mU<h en-
cQuraged and built up. Some splendid
examples of God's saving and sancti fy-
ing grace in the meeting. A class of
ten joined the church.
Lewis W. Miller, a young man fill ed
of faith and the Holy Ghost, and an ex-
cellent preacher, takes up the work
now as pastor. His akldress is
ford, Pa.; R. D. No. 1.
. From here we go to our churches on
the Mahaffey Circuit. Still have the
victory and blessing of God in my soul
and in the work.
C. A. Imhoff, Dist. Supt.
ST. FRANCIS. KANSAS.
Just closed a meeting on this circuit
and begin another tomorrow night. The
weatherwas much against the meeting,
apparently, but the Lord was with ns
and from-perhaps-seventy-five scck-
ers there were fifteen definite profes-
sions, five for pardon and ten of sane:- .
tification. These Methodists hav.e n Qt
yet been made-to feel the oppositio-n, as
they have a presiding .elder who is true
to holiness to the extent of suffering
much for it. Bro. Carlton is pure gold
of the kingdom, a royal Nazarene in
spirit, and is a splendid success for
God. C. W. Raymond.
LOWELL, MASS.
We have just a splendid seri<>s
of revival meetings with : Rev, Will
Harney of Kentucky our. evangelist.
Sister Harney was with her husband
and added to the meeting with her
ing. Our church did much knee work,
and tlJC results were very marked in
the salvation of precious souls. The
crowds_ were splendid and conviction
was on many. The church will receive
a good number of accessions with some
good strong material added to om
splendid membership. Bro. Harney ' s
strong messages were productive of
much conviction, and we feel safe in
saying that th_is special. campaign fot
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souls was. one of the best we have ever
waged as- a church in this city. 'ro God
be all .the praise.
.c. P. Lanpher, Asst. Pastor.
LYNN (MASS.) RESCUE HOME.
Thinking there would be readers of
the Nazarene Messenger who would en-
joy reading account of the work. of
the Lynn Rescue I feel led to
write these lines: The home is situated
between the cities of Lynn and Salem
in t he . town of Swampscott.
About eighty girls and fifty helpleas
infants have been cared for in the two
years and three months of the work of
this home; niany have been converted;
some of our girls are showing by their
li ves that they are r eally new creatures
in Christ Jesus, old things have passed
away, and all things become new.
Sunday, November 14th, was a day of
special blessing from the presence of
the Lord. In our aft ernoon meeting,
'a's led by Ensig,n and Mrs. Par-
k<>ris of th-e Lynn Salvation Army, seven
of our girls bowed at the foot of the
cross and found the precious blood of
. J esus was efficacious to cover the dark
past. What a time of rejoicing we had
together; surely the . angels joined with
us in giving glory to Goq..
We have three rooms fitted for hos-
pital work. Some twenty-five of the
babies wer e born her e. In this way our
girls are kept under the influence of the
home, which we find much more satis-
factory than to have them go. to the city
hospital, as they did the first year of
the work.
Our tender, loving heaYenly Father
touched many hearts for the needs of
t he home on Thanksgiving Day, and
our large family enjoyed n bountiful
supply of good things.
In answer to prayer, thirty dollars
has been given for the shingling of the
house, and trusting Him for the re-
mainder of needed sum, the men have
begun the work today. Let all the peo-
ple praise Him. The matron, assistant,
and the nurse, all are members of the
Nazarene church of Lynn. Christ is the
head of the Home and we as workers
together with Him r ealize our labor is
not in vain in the Lord. Sanctified and
kept, seeking the lost , E. Hunt.
PILOT POINT, TEXAS.
We ar e just enteri ng on our pastoral .
at this place and the outlook is in-
deed encouraging. We find clustered
here around t he church, the Nazarene
Rible Institute, Rest Cottage for erring
gi rls, and Rest Cottage Orphanage,
which gives us quite a wide scope of
tcrrito'ry for pastoral work. The school
is fine and is a safe place for young men
and women who desire a Christian cdu-
<>ation.
Rest Cottage and Orphanage is a
stately monument to God's unswerving
faithfulness to all His promises. When
n few years ago the present superin-
lVa.za.re'ne
tendent came to this place seeki.ng the
will of the Lord as to his life's work,
and God showed him to purchase and
open a rescue home, he sold all that he
had and invested for that purpose, but
that was insufficient. He told God be
would follow Him at any cost, and that
the Lord must see after the financial .
From that day to this, God's special
blessing has been upon the work here.
Hundreds of girls have been sheltered
and redeemed under the roof of Rest
Cottage, and little homeless waifs have
found a father and. mother in the cbil-
dren's home. The workers are deeply
consecrated and solicitous of the wel-
fare of those whom ' they care for and
we feel it a great honor to have the
church's institutions located on our
work. Remember this is your property
as well as ours, over here, for it is the
property of the Nazarenes. Well, we
need your prayers. Our church here
bas about 200 members, and you all
know that's lots of holiness people for.. _
one .man to try to look after. Besides,
in addition to this, we have a small
church out in the country to look after.
So please r emember the church and the
institutions and the pastor.
B. M. Kilgore and wife.
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THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Boyle Heights Presbyterian
church gave a S\uiday evening to the
discussion of the subject of the Bible
in. the public schools. Addresses were
made by a business man, a lawyer and
a public school teacher. The pastor,
Rev. C. H. Kershaw, presenting the
closing argument as follows:
''This a Christian nation.'' So
Justice Brewer said in a decision of Su-
preme Court. Witness our declaration,
constitution, and articles of federation ;
our coins, Thanksgiving, Christmas; the
opening of legislatures and congress
with prayer . The body of our laws
enshrine the decalogue and sermon on
the mount.
This fact is recognized at large. In
thirty-seven states the Bible is read in
the public schools, and in some prayer
ia offered. In five states, either courts,
attorney-generals, or superintendents
have ruled against the Bible. In three
states the Bible has dropped out with-
out legislation.
The history of the public school
shows that it exists because of the Bible.
The people who settled the country
erected churches and schools. Where-
ever the church goes schools spring up.
A legend has come down to us that says
wherever Christ walked, flowers sprang
up. The public school has come to pass
because the Christ l1as walked through
our land. Missionary history: points to
the school. It is said that not half a
dozen colleges exist in the United
States which were not founded through
the influence of the Bible. Luther and
Knox founded the public school systems
of Germany and England.
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The Bible is out of some state schools
because of sectarianism. . Soiiie forty
years ago dEmominational j ealousy did
the' business. It is the absurdest folly
to say the Bible is Methodist or Bap-
t ist. The Bible 'Is Chr istian. No sect
has a "corner" on the Bible.
We need to force the problem of the
Bible in the public schools as Christi&ns
and citizens, bearing in mind the nation
is Christian. What is the purpose of
the school T Every state answers the
question ! The object of the school is
to impart information and make good
citizens. In short, the aim of education
is character. Judge Wilbur of Los An-
geles, in an address to normal school
graduates, said: "It. is true that one
of the functions of a school is the im-
parting of information; but it is more
true that the most important function
of the school and of the school teacher,
is the imparting and development of
character in its highest and best sense.'.'
Now the law of California expressly de-
clares that moral instruction shall be
given throughout the entire school
course, and declares its purpose is to
make good citizens through its schools.
Then the state forbids the Bible in the
schools.
The problem is to make Christian
character without the Bible. Making
bricks without straw is easy in compar-
ison ; making rope with sand is more
to -the point::' People who oppose the
Bible' in the school say: the Bible is in-
decent; the Bible is sectarian; moral
training can be given without the Bible
so it can, after the French fashio,n. It
is axiomatic that it is as impossible to
explain the difference between right
and wrong without reference to God as
to explain the difference between light
and darkness without reference to the
sun. What is "right"! According tQ
Webster it is that which is according
to the will of God. If the nation is
Christian by virtue of the Bible and its
teachings, how can the school be Chris-
tian without the Bible and its teach-
ingsT At present our schools are un-
der the necessity of teaching Christian
morals without Christian authority.-
California Independent.
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EDJTORIAL
SUPERINTENDENCY.
Churches are finding it necessary to
proyide . some naD)e and by some
arrangement; some superintendency of
their general work. No matter how in-
dependent and congregational they
may be in their and attempted
they find it necessary to
. adjust regularly or irregularly some
general 'vatchcare, help and impulse.
This is now done by various congrega-
tional bodies who 'are trying to further,
.enlarge and carry on their work. Any
denomination or progressive boqy of
churches finds that a constant helping
hand, to organize new churches, to help
to secure pastor s, to supply vacancies,
to hold special meetings, especially in
weaker churches, gives impulse all
the line and watchcare over the
welfare of all. .Without this there can
be but little and slow progress. and
almost sure disaster and defeat
come to many new enterprises, and but
few w.ill be entered upon. All intelli-
gent desire for work finds
that provision for capable leadership is
a necessity. Churches w.hich started out
with only arrangements ' for congrega-
tionalism, and associations of individual
churches, have found tha:t though the
providing for this necessity is some-
what of a fifth wheel arrangement, yet
that it has to be in some toggled
on.
The Pentecostal Church of the Naza-
rene provides in its constitution for
this essential: necessity:
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its super intendency. Men, eagled-eyed
as watchmen. look out for the providen-
tial opellings for it, enter. the opeu
doors, organize, and foster the infant
churches, help to secure pastors, help
to protect them from the attacks of
fanaticism,. settle questions and difficul-
ties which arise, instruct in the special
9f the work, help look af-
ter finances and benevolences.
for assemblies, press and shout ou the
soul saving, and help to give
and movement to the whole work. This
work early saw the necessity o{ super-
intendency. and like any other great
business, continues to need it more and
more, in skill and the power of the Holy
Ghost.
The church as a whole has uot been
thus far in condition to properly. pro-
vide for this arm. of. its
str ength; and the work has been consid-
erably done, or partially done, by men
who have at the same time done other
work as well. Of course not thus as
efficiebtly done as if the Superintend-
ents could have given their entire time
and strength it.
The for the time being, that
. it be largely an elemosinary wor:k, has,
. we fear, led the church to undervalue
it. It h?s . come, .like.' the sunshine
the rain, and done its work, the
churches have accept ed it as a matter
of course. That which costs us little
or nothing is not usually highly prized.
Paul begged the pardon of the church
at Corinth for what he termed the
wrong he had done them in being little
or no expense to them. It looks as if
the Superintendents in the Pentecostal
Church of the Nazar ene may have to be
apostolic in t his respect . we speak .now
more especially of the District Superin-
tendents. The Districts very much
need a ..man in the fi eld all of the time,
and some of the District Assemblies
have recognized this necessity and
tried to arrange for it. But there seems
to be some lack of appreciation by many
of the chnrches of t his imperative need,
and while there seems to be apprecia-
tion as they themselves need his ser-
vices. yet the appreciation of doing
what they can that he may live and be
in the field itt t he command of them-
selves and others to push the work
in the interests and for all; does not
seem to have taken. deep hold upon
them. Let all the churches adj ust
thetnsel ves to this necessity, and do
what they can to give it freedom of ac-
tion and the greatest efficiency. Let no
church delay to d.evise do what it
J:;>ecemb'er 1909
'can for thi_s purpose. At once let the
need be laid before the church and an
offering be made, and let the Church
Board carefully consider how to help
in t he matter.
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DEFINITENESS.
What is .our speci'fic work? In what
do we differ frOJTl other . churches? For
what purpose are we rl,lised up? These
questions . must be ever before us:
"Lest we forget." The necessity that
t hey be .properly answered and emp!Ht-
sized is increased, as so many people
are 'coming to us, especially prenchcrs,
to fi nd a home and n place to work.
The one reason (not excuse) but the
great sufficient reasou for our chuN:h
life is that holine.ss may be preached
and conserved in the earth. Anygreat
religious mov.ement
quite largely upon its preachers. Ordi-
nary preachers can not do this work.
They must be men burning wfth 'holy
fire, men.' who ha:ve come to their pen-
who liye under the anointing
glory of the Holy Ghost, whose vision
is so clear
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looking through pure
hearts- that God in Christ redeeming
the world, means salvation from all sin,
and the revelation of Christ in the soul.
Men who have.an realiza-
t1on of the fullness of tlie blessing of
Christ. and who overflow with its love
and glory, men who are so inspired by
t he di vine revelations and manifcsta-
ti6'ns in redemption, that they can not
conceive of anything less than the per-
fect love of God filling a cleanRed
1\Jen who when they preach, whatcvct
thei r subject and whntcvc.r they say,
the people r ealize that they are l eading
men to the bosom of God, into the
abundance of Ris life and the fullness
of His love. Expressed and unex-
pressed, the Holy Ghost shines in the
glory of full t hrough the
preacher who himself is the embodi
mcnt of this divine experience. Friends
an(l foes will always r ecognize, no mnt-
ter what_ his theme, thut he is preach-
ing holiness. .
There is no place in the Pentecostal
Church of the Nazarene for ordinary
preaching. Preaching with us must be
a constant revelation of divine person-
ality manifest through atoning blood
by the Holy Ghost. It is not learning.
nor eloquence; nor education; it is not
lofty 'thought with climaxes of intel-
lectual power, but . . God speaking
through His servant beseeching men to
be reconciled to God and to go with
J esus Christ without the gate, bearing
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His reproach. The preacher with us
must be God's ambassa<for..;.God.'s pos-
sibility to men. Where there is a
bilit.y. of question among those who heai
him, in holi-
n<'ss through the blood of Jesus by the
Holy Ghos_t, he will not do.
'!'his is not narrow, it . embraces all
it is not hobbyism, it is as broad
as all revelations of God. Not a truth
nnywhcre but centers in and fills its
end in this gospei' of holi!less. It may
seem small to a . man has not .
climbed its heights, or narrow to a man
who has seen the vision. But the
man who has ascended to Pisgah's top,
before whom the land of divine
sion and promise is r evealed, knows its
boundless, measureless 'glory. For him
to prcac:h anything less than the trans-
forming fullness of God, is to quit the
heights, and shnt his ' eyes to the vision
of God.
We are raised np to preach the gos-
pel; not merely its first principles, nor
its lower skirts of material blessing and
glory, but the lengths and depths and
breadths of this immense. salva'tion.
IJet the bells ring clearly, let the
trumpets blow 'loudly, let the banners
be displa:yed from the mountain tops:
"Holiness unto the Lord." For this we
arc 1ip: For this God is sending
to us the l10sts of men, opening the
. doors, giv.ing us the great opportunity.
Up \vith the standard ; on with the ban-
ners. Christ alive from the dead, He
marshals and leads the host.
Forward, onward to greater Yictor-
ics.
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who heAp most according to ability, will
be most inierested, love most, and be
most 'blest. P. F.' Bresee.
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CHRISTMAS LOVE-FEAST.
For more than two decades of years
a great Christmas love-feast has been
held in Southern California. The first
was held in the Methodist Church
in Pasadena in 1888, and was such a
season of . marvelous power and glory
that it has been continued every year
since. For several years it was held in
various places as it was pos!;!ible for the
writer. to arrange, as I have had the
great privilege of holding and
each one through the For the
last fourteen years it has been held in
the Church of 'the Nazarene, at First
Church, Los Angeles. Each one bas
been a new joy, a milestone set up on
the way to the upper glory. Every
year some have ascended to the many
mansions and the fellowship of heaven
has been closer about us . . Others
have been raised up to .shout the victory
on. Many of the voices -we hear no
more, but 'we are assured they are not
"hushed," . '!>ut mingle with the trium-
phant shout whose sound is as mighty
thunders and many Among
those we shall miss this year is Brother
Marsh,. who has at most, probably
all of them. He has recently ascended
in mighty triumph. The, meeting this
year will be held at First at
9 :30 a. m., Christmas . day. w e are
nearer hoti1e, may it be the greatest
love-feast of all.
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THANKS. FIVE DAYS' CONVENTION
HaYin.g asked the churches \vhich felt FOR OUR CHURCHES.
that they could do so, and any persons There has been so nmeh seeming de-
who desired to help, to make a Thanks- sire on the part of some of the churches
. giving offering towards the taxes on . of the district .for short meetings or
our College property, I desi re to r eport .conventions lasting for a few days, em-
that I have received in response, .the bracing, if possible, a Sabbath, held
following amounts: largely by our own prear hers and peo-
2 0 ple, that the Advisory Board of the Dis-
Alameda ............................................................... $ '
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trict advised that I as District Superin-
Berkeley ........ ....................................................... 1?.25
Bursen Family, Pasadena..................... <.>.00 tendent should arrange wherever it
Compton A venue .......................................... 25.00 should be fOl'md providential to hold a
Elysian Heights ............................................. 5.00 five days convention. This I have al-
First Church, Los Angeles .................. 71.93 ready held in two of our. churches with
Milton, Cal. ........ : ................................................ "' 8.00 gratifying results, and I am now ar-
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. some farther of
Portland ............................................................... 5.00 Any church desiring such a eonven-
. San Diego ............................................................ 7.1
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tion if they will communicate with me
I desire to express my special thanks at an early date I shall be pleased to
as well as the thanks of the College to undertake to arrange for them as soon
as practicable. These meetings unify
these churches and fri en(!s fQr this help our work and give opportunity to
towards the taxes. gather the people to us.
We greatly rejoice in the prosperity J. W. Goodwin, District Supt.
of the school in every way, and those 730 San St., Los Angeles, Cal.

NoJes and Per8Qnau
Dr1 waiker preach at the First
Church, Los Angeles, next Sunday
morning and Dr. Bresee at night . .
A good Cllristmasgift to your
would be the Nazarene Messenger for a
year.
Get your holiness books for Christ-
mas presents at the Publishing House,
730 San Pedro street, and get them
early. I.
Brother. St. Clair is vic-
tory with . the chureh at Cucamonga,.
many. souls ha\'ing been saved and
sanctified. . '
Anyone needing a deaconess bonnet
or frame can obtain them from Mrs. N.
C . . Radford, 946 Maple avenue, Los An-
geles, Cal.
The meetings at Latin Station being
conducted by Evangelist Elliott will
continue every night this we.ek, clos-
ing on Sunday night. -Good results
. have been obtained.
Rev. J. W. Goodwin; District Super-
intendent, expects to visit Santa Bar-
bara county and other places in the
north, to look ove:r the field and seek
out favorable locations for new work.
No doubt be will'find many.
We were pleased to see the cheery
face of Rev. J. H. Mcintyre once more
at tlie Publishing House. He and his
wife are in Los Angeles for. a stay of a
few weeks. and we are sure their
will be delighted to see them.
victorv has crowned the. spe-
cial meetings just closed-conducted
by Re,. I. F. Hodge-at the First
Church. C'hieago. Fully 200 bowed at
the altar of prayer as seekers of par-
don or sanctification .
The Commission
on )la.rriage and. Divorce request that
pastors preach on Sunday night, Janu-
ary 2d, on the home, its sacredness and
pnrit.' We ha\' e f elt assured that the
pastors of our churches as far as prac-
tieable, would be glad to eoniply with
this request. .
\Ye wer e pleased to receive. a copy of
tl1e Ponea Citv Democrat, of December
In it found a very complete
r eport of the Oklahoma District Assem-
bly, illustrated with portraits of Gen-
eral Superintendents Rev. P. F. Bresee
and Re,. E. P. Ellyson, District Super-
intendent Rev. C. B. J ernignn, and Rev.
J. H. Mcintyre, pastor of our church in
that city. It has nothing but praise for
our work in Poncn >City, and is not
to boosting it. The Lord bless
the Ponca City Democrat.
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lAs Angeles and Vicinity
AT THE TABERNACLE
Tlie lecture room was filled with "re-
liables'' last Wednesday night, for
prayer meeting, and indeed it was a
time of prayer. Our meetings we aim
to have of varied sorts, and n one is
more important than the mid-week
meeting for prayer. We thank God and
take . courage because of apparent in-
creased interest in this service.
The congregations !list Sabbath were
not so large. as usual; but considering
the very inclement ' f eather-the cold-
est and clammiest for many a day-the
attendance was good . . Naza_renes are
note.d for not being mere ''fair weath-''
er'' church-goers. Praise the Lord !
Pastor Walker preached morning and
night, and conducted the afternoon
people's meeting.
The morning text was : ''And t hou
shalt love: th.e Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and .
with all I thy mind, and with all thy
strength 1 this is the first command-
ment" (Mark 12:30). The general
theme perfect .love ; the particular
. emphasis being Pt!t upon individual ca-
pacity for loving God. The demand is
for the devotion of our entire being,
whether it be gr eat or small : all THY
heart, THY soul, THY . mind, THY
strength. This necessitates the utter
illimination from our personal being of
that carnality which is enmity against
God. And this is God's proposition,
provision and promise: ''And the Lord
they God will circumcise thine heart,
and the heart of thy seed, tl> love the
Lord thy God with all thine heart, and
with .all thy soul" (Dent. 30 :6). Cir-
cumcision of the heart means the r e-
moval of carnality, and this is essen-
tial to perfect love.
At night again the t ext was: '' Oh
let the wickedness of the wicked come
to an end" (Ps. 7 :9). The preacher
.presented the particular significance of
the word sin, as a part of that wicked-
ness against which every earnest and
intelligent soul protests and prays. The
word means literally "a missing of ,the
mark." Sin is failure of character and
destiny, in this life and the life to come.
To live in sin is to be dead while we
live; and to continue in sin throughout
life brings tl}e second death-endless
failure. And. this sin not only belongs
to the outrageously, openly wicked;
but to all those who regard not God.
''A high look, and a proud h eart, and
the plowing of the wicked, is sin"
(Prov. 21 :4). The loftiness of aristoc-
racy that exalts and esteems self as
superior, the pride of heart that may .
not go so far as t o lift the eyes in arrQ-
gance. the innocent and lowly pursuits
of life that contribute directly to the
weal of if it ignores God, is
sin. As the magin r eads, even the lamp
or light of the wicked-that which may
give direction in the right way_.:.marks
the moral instructor and illuminator
himself as a failure. The most luminous
p.reacher is a failure as a man, if be does
not walk in the light that he gives to
others.
At night two men gave good evide'nce
of having ."gotten through" at the
altar. ..
Bro . . Arthur Jordan was received
into membership from our church at
Alameda. . ..
. A number of people stayed in 'church,
"out of the rain," all day.
[December 9, 1909
She was blessedly thus unit-
ing in the Lord another family.
: . . C. D. C.
SPANISH MISSION.
We spent ten days of very precious
service in the very promising and im-
portant for Mexican work in
Bakersfield, and Kern City. Here are
.. between two and three thousand well-
to-do Mexicans who seemed eager to
hear the gospel, and yet we found
E. F. W. among them, as with so many Ameri-
In spite of the disagreeable weather, cans who seek to get ahead in the
the Young People's missionary meeting world, little time for anything else. We
was well attended. Bro. Chenault, who .. held services every' day, crowds
soon sails for Japan, spoke to us on mis- gathered in the streets to hear Valen-
sionary work in general. He made it tine preach. It is a ne\v thing in Bilk-
very clear that it is God's .will, call and ersfield, that anyone should care for the
command that we carry the gospel to salvation of '' t.h.e Mexican''; but Bto.
the heathen. The needs of the field and Williams and a few others began to
wide open doors <'all for more laborers. pray, with the r esult of the work done
The I.Jord is blessing in our meetings. , by Bro. Athans in August, and these
: G. E. T. few days' meetings we have . another
STREE'I;' MEETING.
"Who can estimate its value? God
alone. Many faces are seen who come
there most every The interest
manifested is . something wonderful.
Great results may be expected from the
Spirit's power working through them.
It is casting bread upon the waters.
Not a meeting is held but soine t"ollow
us to the church. One of them was
caught in the Savior's net and. prayed
through. Another promised to live a.
better life ana would continue seeking
until he had the witness of being par-
doned. Every street worker is bur-
dened for souls. Every word spoken
seemed to strike home to the sinners'
hearts. It is only close communion
with Jesus that can bring. results. Pray
for Fifth and San Pedro street meet-
ings. To God be the glory.
T. B. Q _
COMPTON AVENUE CHURCH.
It was with great pleasure that we
greeted our General Superintendent in
the storm Sabbath morning. Our one
regret was that more of the dear ohes
who expected to welcome him could not
be present. Nevertheless a goodly
number were present both at
school and preaching. Dr. Bresee
preached with his usual anointing from
Acts 2:20, "That great and notable
day of the Lord." Three souls were
gloriously reclaimed at the close of the
service and each heart that had been
cleansed by the blood and filled with
Holy Ghost fire had a chance to become
a
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' pillar of smoke" in testimony.
Mexican Nazarene mission of about
thirty inembers. Among these is one
who we .. believe will be efficient-like
our "Santos" in El Paso-to lead on
with. the help of Bro. Williams, .to real
success. Bro. Peterson, who has been
so faithful in this work, comes to better
prepare himself in our College for his
life work among this people. It is very
significant and precious to see how God,
during these years of darkness and
bondage, 'has been preparil!g this nation
for the great awilkening that has now '
come to them everywhere. we foun d
them saying "we do not believe in con-
fessing to the priest," or "we have
learned that the saints .. c.nnnot help us
to. pray.'' One little girl had turned
the faces of her saints dowmvard to the
wall because they had failed her in
of great :qeed. One dear woman bound
by the habit of drink and tobacco, in
agony of soul, showed us where she
knelt before her .'idols, weeping until
her tears fell to the floor before them,
asking deliverance, only to find lwr
tears and prayers a mockery; but she
learned that Jesus would hear and an-
swer, and her idols lost their charm. A
young woman seeking God, who seemed
so far away, gathered, a sack of stones
on which to kneel and pray-found that
God is near to them that are of a broken
and contrite' heart. Oh, how the en-
trance 'of His word bringeth light, and
how they need the messenger to carry
the WOJid to them. The mother of a
larger family sent her ten-year-old gitl
to hear and teach the others at home
who could not go to the meeting, and
so God has blessed us with this added
responsibility and privilege in pray1r
for our new possessions in Bakersfield.
May the dear Lord bless Bro. Williams
and his faithful ones who know how to
pray missions out of the skies. Amer1.
Our p eople looked good to us as we
came home again, and we rejoiced t o-
gether and thanked God for His merci<'s
and blessings of this month. We wish
also to thank our friends who remem-
In the evening our pa'stor gave us a
most instructive Bible reading from
Colossians on five "Lets."
A brother who was saved in the
morning at once. became a missionary
and brought his sister in the evening.
t
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December 9, 19091
bercd us at "Thanksgiving." Remem-
ber, please, that we have a "Home for
Mexican Girls,'' and that Sister Stock-
ton needs your prayers and help abd
sylllpathy; seven girls in .the home, to
be fed and clothed and loved, and a
daughter ill for several weeks. Surely
ire will be remembered in these
"Home" needs. We are still in need ..
of a. stove in -.the mission. . ' .
Mrs. M. McReynolds.
PASADENA, CAL.
"'fhe Lord .hath done gteat t hings
fot us, whereof we are glad." Glory!
He has been giving us r egular feasts
Jaf ely. How we praise Him for them.
Sunday, November 28th, was a day of
great victory. The SAbbath school of
the morning was especially well attend-
ed and the lesson on self-denial was a
bl r.ssing to all. The preaching ser:vice,
too, had a good attendance, and the
Lord was present, and that to bless.
The subject of the sermon was "Per-
.fection. '' The Young People's meeting
at 6 :30 was led by Miss Wilson,
and m.ost of time was given to tes
timonies. Bro. Wilson preached the
sc1mon for the evening on "My son,
give me thy heart." This message
proved to be very effectual and at the
close two yourig people knelt at the
tar of prayer, one for the
other for reclamation.
Edna Murray.
SOUTHiRN' CALIFORNIA DISTRICT.
Some will remember \vith joy the
triumph and victory which accom-
panied the organization of our African
church in Pasadena, Cal., last spring,
and all will rejoice that this young
church is forging ahead with such
blessed prospects. It was my privilege
to attend their worship on Tuesday
eYcning, November 30th. which was to
me a great blessing. They are truly
Nazarenes, with the step and tread of
the "Conqueror from Bozrah." Just
now t hey are making a strenuous effort
. to obtain a church pr9_perty, that they
may better carry on the. wo.rk of God.
While they are few in number, and
working people, yet they have already
given several hundred dollars and
pledge to give more. They do this by
giving all they }!ave and plannil)g to
save and sacrifice. Sister"Palmer, their
pastor, is a strong and effective preach-
er of the Word, and if she could have
a neat little chapel in which to gather
the people, she would be able to accom-
plish much for holiness among her
people.
It was a delightful opportunity to be
able to st ep into the Wednesday even-
ing prayer meeting at First Church on
December 1st, and breathe in the heav-
enly atmosphere of this holy place. Dr.
Walker, the present pastor, is leading
the people on in victory, and the time
largely taken up with earnest pray-
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ing. We are learning that . prayer is
the secret of success. Who.can tell the
results which will flow from the prayer
room of this great church thus given to
intercessory prayer.
Thursday_ evening I dropped into the
prayer meeting in Pasadena, where
Bro .. Wilson, the pastor, ' iR truly lead-
ing "the people to higher ground. The
very atmosphere seemed filled \vith r e-
vival fervor, arid the church seems to
be taking on a new .passion for soul
winning. There were a number of new
faces in the meeting, and there seemed
to be great expectancy that this fall
and winter should be the best in the
history of the church. Many blessings
upon: this pastor and his
Evangelist. Harry J. Elliott is doing
good work at Latin, where he is still
pushing the battle. In my judgment,
Latin presents . a good opportunity for
our work. And a ehflrch building is a
necessary element to success. T.his band
is made up of poor people, and they
are struggling to raise the necessary
cash to purchase a lot; the money is
almost raised, and they hope to con-
summate matters this week. IJow I wish
we had. a little more money to help
these infant churches get their feet
down. But with prayer and
we will build this great work, trusting
God for the necessary means to push
the battle into new fields.
With Evangelist Elliott we hope to
enter several new fields this winter, and
we would ask all friends to bold us up
to the throne in prayer. These are
mighty days in. God. Every one should
be at their best for their work. God
calls, we must arise and be luminous . .
J". W. Goodwin.
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Chapel Service EachMornlng at 8:80. . .
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10 A. M.-New Test Studies ............ Rev. E. F. Walker, D. D.
11 A. M.-Hollncss .......... . ......... Rev. E. F. Walker, D. D.
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COLLEGE NOTES.
We are glad to hear that iVIiss 1\f.
of. the. sainted and now glorified
Sister Green of Jeffersonville, Ind ... For
some years Sister Green had been a
great sufferer froin cancer of the
stomach, but her nurse told me that she
never heard a murmur nor a word of
complaint. When in t he hospital to be
treated for her ailments which were as
severe as any in the institution, she
traveled up and down the wards, speak-
ing words of consolation a.nd comfort
to others. Her life has been spent for
t he comfort and snlvation of those
about her. She was converted and
sanctified early in life and has ever
been a constant and clear witness
bear er to t he cleansing and
power of Jesus' blood. While visiting
her in her sick room, which were sea-
sons of great blessing to my own soul,
I often talked with her about that Naz-
arene meeting at the Eastern Gate. Her
face would light up with a heavenly
glow, and smilingly, with hand uplift-
ed, would say: - "Look for me, for I'll
be t here." Brother and Sister Green
were among t he charter members of
our Nazarene church at Louisville, Ky.
King, . who has been seriously ill for
som_P. timP., is at slowly improving.
More than a little enthusiasm was
created among us last Wednesday by
the a'ddress on missions in Japan by a
ret\.trned missionary, Rev. C. E. Cow'-
man.
Rev. L. Hadley, pastor of the Friends
in East Whittier, and who was
our tcnchcrs last year, was with
us in chapel service last Friday morn-
ing and gave n s n very helpful tnlk.
Since last week's.;Messenger went ont
the number of turkeys t hat came
to us for Thanksgiving, we have re-
ceived a note from a little girl in our
Spanish mission in which she says: '' I
have never tasted turkey." Bless her
heart, she must have some turkey be-
fore long.
On last Wednesday one of Bro.
[December 9, 1909
Lzlt Sunday, just two weeks afte1 the
translation of -his precious wife, I3ro.
Green join.ed ini singing waving
handkerchief.. and amidst t he joyous
shouts of t he saints of God, ''I Am
Happy With J esus Alone." It is true
of us, as Wesl ey sai(t of t he early Meth.
. odists: ''Om people die well. '' The
husband, son, and two daughters
snrvive, and alJ on their way to the
meeting above the tree tops in the sides.
Glory to God.
. Howard Eckel,
. .... ..
Mrs. Ella F. Allen was born in Shelby
county, Ohio, February 12, 1844. Died
in Upland, California, November 10,
1909. In the year 1866 at Lima, Ohio,
she was united in marriage with JJ. S.
Allen and soon t hereafter they moved
to Illinois, wh ere they lived for tweu-
ty-oi).C y-ears. They removed to Eureka
Springs, Ark., and made it their home
for !?Ome fourteen years. Her health
was somewhat improved by the chauge,
but she remained an invalid until the
time of her death. In t he all of 1902
they came to California. The change
proved to be beneficial, and t hey de-
cided to build a home -on the corner of
F street and Euclid avenue, Upland,
where they have since resided.
Some two years ago Mrs. Allen re-
ceived a slight injury which gradually
developed and finally terminated in
death. Duri ng most of h er late afflic-
tion she was a great sufferer but was
never. heard to mur mur or complain.
Her constant prayer was, ''Come and
me, Lord."
Mrs. Allen's parents were noted for
their deep piet y and r eligious zeal and
it was in this wholesome atmosphere
that she received impressions which led
her to accept Christ as her Savior early
in life. She soon found the Bible to he
t he Book of books and was ever a' de-
voted student o'f its sacred pages, en-
deavoring to f ashion her life according
to its truth. By diligence in all the
means of grace and a close walk wi th
God she led a consistent, devoted Chris-
tian life full of f ruitage. The funeral
sermon was preached by Rev. C. C.
Burkholder, and a large congregation
of sympathizing friends was present
and many followed the remains to the
last resting- place. She has gon._e from
the church militant to' join t he church
triumphant. Athans' classes in t he Spanish mission
w-as turned into a prayer and consecra-
tion service, in which some of the stu-
d ents gave t hemselves to go whenever
God calls to carry the gospel to their
own people. 'God is l(}ading on in the
work of the mission.
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v.ent this, or that he does to .it, is
Our ._Young People . a wrong to a boy. . .
. Second, a boy has a right to a clear,
strong brain. This meatis that he has
a right to study.
Jacob the Iieelgrasper,
BOBBY'S EXCHANGES.
' I wish I owned a motor car-a slash-
ing big red-dragon. ..
I'd swap it ip. a 'minute for a handsome
horse a:nd wagon.
And 'then I'd take that horse. and cart,
delay.iq_g not a mimite, .
And swap 'em for a new canoe with .
nice soft cti.siiions in it . .
And then I'd take that new canoe'-!
wouldn't wait a jif(y-
And swap it for a puppy. dog with man-
ners fine and sniffy.
And then I'd iake that sniffy dog for
fear that I'd be -bitten,
And swap it off with someone who pre-
ferred it to a kitten.
And then I'd taltc tl1at kitty-cat and
sell it for a quarter.
The which 'I'd swap for one big pail
of fizzy soda water.
-John Kendrick Bang.
CHILDREN'S PRAYERS.
Children's .. prayers are sometimes in-
tensely quaint and amusing, and, at the
same ti me, sublimely real to them, and
no doubt acceptable to Him who inter-
prets with fatherly tenderness their
strangely .expressed yearnings. One
little one in Britain -prayed to the Lord
Jesus, "Do try to make me a good girl;
.and, _if at first you don't -succeed, try,
try again ! '' Another besought the
Lord to make her "absolutely pure"-
"like Cadbury 's Cocoa"! Out of the
mouths of babes and sucklings prayer,
like praise, is perfected. It is not the
consistency of well-ordered speech, but
the of desires that
accord w1th His will that assures- an-
swer. Mr. Spurgeon, after the stnmb-.
ling fi rst prayer of a young convert,
quietly added, "Tuke the meaning,
Lord!" Ancl as He r eads tl1e meaning,
many an unlettet:cd. ungrammatical,
and even unwarranted petition un-
doubtedly gets a gracious heari ng and
an equally gracious respo_nse.-Sel
.'
CHEERING THE AGED.
A young girl was passing her great
aunt one day, when she suddenly
stopped, laid her hand gent ly on the
white head and said, "How pretty and . .
curly your hair is, Aunt Mary! I wish
I had such pretty hair!''
The simple .words brought a q1iick
flush of pleasure to the wrinkled face
and there was a joyous quiver in the
brief aclmowledgement of the sponta-
neous little courtesy.
BOY'S RIGHTS.
A g'ooct many boys don't get their
rights. They do not get what belongs
to them. I believe in standing up for
a boy's ' rights. Let me tell you what
some of them are :
First, a boy, has a right to a strong
_body. Anything t hat others do pre-
: i
Third, a boy has a right to tools. He
deserves to have his fingers educated.
He has. a right to work. -
Fourth, a boy has a right to friends
-frieftds that will rn!l-ke him more
ly. Because it helps friendships as well
as bodily strength, he has a right to
play. .
Fifth, a boy has a right to character.
He has a right to be measured, not by
what he can do, but what he can be.
Be sure you get your . rights-Ep-
worth Era.
HE LOST HIS FATHER.
A little child was lost, and was cri-
ing in the road, when a rough looking
wagoner came along.
"Hullo, little stranger! What's the
matter 1"
"I'm lost! r. can't
sobbed the little .fellow. -
" I s he a big man, with a long, white
beard Y''
"Yes, that 's. my father."
"It's all right, then, because he is
looking for you.' Keep right along, and
if you don't find him, he '11 find you."
Andthe child dried his tears and ran
along the road; for as his father was
looking for him, he must soon be in his
arms again.
Oh, boys and girls, that if just like
Jesus. He is looking for you. If yo1.1
will just let your heart go out to Rim
now, you will be sure to meet Him. He
is for you. He wants to be
He wants to help you.
strengthen you, bless you, and thus
make you worthy to be called, as was
Abraham, the friends of God.-Ex.
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GIPSY SMITH AND THE DRUNKEN
MAN.
Gipsy in Chicago; preached on the
"Pool of Bethesda.'' He asked why
tht> .religions people had not gone and
helped the poor paralytic or helpless
man into the pooL ''How many reli-
gious fashionable people . in Chicago
<ate for these unfortunates?"
l ,af.er while inarehing at the head of
the 1 0.000 through the ''tenderloin''
clistrict. leading in the song "Nearer.
.my God, to Thee,'' a drunken man
staggered out and made for the Gipsy ;
the poliee t.tied to stop him; in the
struggle Gipsy Ntme to them and asked
t.he poor fellow what he wanted. He
rcpliNl. "Your nnd mine were
lH<tnnintances." and told him his
name. Gipsy remembering him, put
his <lrm through his and carried the
drunken man at t he head of t he
pro,rssion, urging him with kind
words to surrender to Christ. A prnc-
tieal illustration of his O\vn 1weaching.
God bless t he Gipsy enu1gelist.
CARNAL SINGING.
It is said thnt nt the great Ocenn
Grove camp meeting worldliness is rap-
idly incrensing. On the evening of the
last day of t.l}.c camp this summer l\.[me.
Nordicn, who has bt>en twice diYorced,
sang for a nmltitude of people. The
tendency of some holiness eamps at
times is to show off the talent of song
hy to an audience a good
si nget who is not in the experienee of
holiness. Every such exhibit is a detri-
ment to the work of holiness. In holi-
ness camps nnd other holiness meetings
no one ought to be permitted to talH! a
pnblir. pnrt those who are living
clenn and holy lives before the world.
Any holiness meeting that permits in-
dividuals. however talented, hut not
fl-ee from the carnal mind, to take a
public part in such )ne.eting has no right
to the name of holiness. Let our holi-
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betraying their Lord and bringing re-
pronch upon the cause of holiness, first
pure.
TOMORROW.
\Vhat shall I make of tomorrow? Let
it. he a better day than this day, a truer
day.' a deeper day, wherein I mny learn
mor<> wisely. think more nobly, and see
more elearly. Let me know n little
mote of chatity, and a little more of
Jove; he a little more mindful of the
feelings of children. n little thoughtful
of the feebleness of age. Let me he n
littlE' quieter under . vexation, n little
f>tronget under temptation, nnd n little
more sensible of the part I am here to
play. Let me he frank and true, thnt
I 111a.' look into my friends' eyes with-
ont shrinking and into the eyes of him
who thinks he is 111)' enemy without
fear. Let me under stand a little more
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the radiance of the sunshine and the
deep blue of the sky. Let me peiceive
the sweetness of service, the satisfac-
tion of effort, and the glory of honest
work Let. me mast er the lessons of the
day, and so become more master of my-
self . . And so may it pass, quickly bnt
helpfully, quietly but happily, full of .
compensation for every trial , and com-
fort for every hurt; until the shadows
again out <>f the dusk, I shall
lie clown to thiqk of still another day
wherein I mnst"go forward.-Selcct ed.
.. THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL.
One may cross the channel which
separntes the British Isles from France
in a little more than an hour's time,
but .measured by moral nnd rcligi6ns
conditions one has traveled fifty years
if not a century. It is the wide differ-
ence of civilization with a Bibl<' and a
civilization without a Bible, of a
ple worshiping the I,ord nncl a peopli\
worshiping a Yirgin. Protestantism
has made the English the grrnt civiliz-
cts and eYangelizers of the w01;d, while
Catholicism has made the French a nn-
tion of unbelievers, incapnble of help-
in.g themselves or any one <'lsc
moral and spiritual light. Could n John
\Vesley have appeared among the
French one hundred . and fifty ycnrs
ago,vhnt a different France we would
ha,e today. But Rome lockcd the d'oor
against the light of truth and stumbles
on . \\ith het: degraded people in' dmk-
uess.
. Vnwt Franee needs is the gospel.
\Yonld God some might.'' Frenchman
would arise. some Napoleon of grace ..
or some Gambetta. of spiritual prwer,
sweep the beautiful lnnd of France
with a tornado of gospel trut h. A grcnt
fDecember 9, HJ09
field preacher would attract multitudes
of hearers in that land of moral night
and I doubt not tur1i thousands to
Lord. Some very aggressive move-
ment ought to be set on foot to give the
gospel and the Bible to the French pco.
C. Morrison.
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