B E 00 E E GE Entered:as second-class:matter,iFeb. 26, 1908,~at=the Postoffice at Atlanta, Ga.,under the actof congress of March 3, 1879.

While the Bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry m~de: Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; flo ye out to meet him

Vol. I. ATLANTA, GA., APRIL 15. 1908. No. 12 .

. .1 ...!. __ -E_D_I_T_D_R_I_A_L_S ........ -!..I. TO OUR ~O~E~G:R~l~~~~ IN THE L::~:a,F::~, :H::::~::H,::: I ~~T:~d~:::R::~:g~~ ANDLEY :~~ :,:w:~:,:Hn:T~~uo~,:::g II To Our Dear Brethren in the Foreign THE PENTECOSTAL :mssIOX, Dear Friends':---,.The work is very in the work of God is a consolidation

Fields: Atlanta, Ga. encouraging. Souls have been saved. of prayer until there- is a perfect one-. Keep praying and going to our Fa-IDearlY Beloved in the Lord: lOne family converted, and the wife and' ness among, the people of God. Jesus

HAVE FAITH IN GOD.

In John 15:7 we read, "If ve abIde Ither for the E:ifts of His blessed Spirit • • .' - • 1 May th-e joy, peace, -comfort and' mother sanctified and seeking her bap- instructed the disciples and got them In me, and my words abIde In YOlL ye I V\'e :have perfect fellowship with you' . h 11 k h t - ,'11 d' h 11 I the power of the Holy Glrost abIde t1·sm. 0 "" he am n1'ne- of 0 a ord a d sent them to Jeru s a as w a ) e "1 ,an It s a when we pray. 0, praise God, we sing- ne youno preac r c e n-e cc n -

be don: unto you." RO~. 10:17, "s-oland pray with you in the blessed fel_IWith you forever. _. ,teen mil-es, got laid out for two hours, I salem to tarry for the Holy Ghost,

~h.en faIth cometh by he~,rlDg, and h-ear-jlOWShiP of the Spirit. . The March number or 'Bndegroom went home and in a few days received I and they all continued in one accord

lng by th.e "',ord Of, God. . .' ,Yhen I read dear Breiher Mcln- I :\fessenger came to me last week full his baptism, speaking and singing in' until the Holy Ghost carne, and they Our f81th In God s w. ord IS Vihat God II· tosh's letter, I wept and pra .... ed \Ultill'of good nems, of what God l'S dOl'nE: '" df tl "h tl'

" "n _ tongues. A dear holiness evangelist contrnued stea as y III t e apos es honors. Paul told Timothy to preach: I fp I" as if I could almost see him face: . - . - ~ ." i for HIS servants and for a lost world. carne in and tarried nine days and doctrine and fellowship and' breaking the word. I find manJ In these da:l s ; to face. I am expecting the gift of. .

preachin" about the Father Son and!. Itt 'Glory be to HIS holy name forever! TeceiYed her balJtism with a clear Bi- of bread and in prayers. b ': tongUES Just as much as expec 0

v'ole all feel and know that there is Holy Ghost. The articles of faith in isee .Tesus. I have never felt such pow- I am so glad I am liYing i!1 the days of ble evidence and with a wonder!yl ex-

nearly all disci.Plines start off, ",Ve be- -:r.s of the enemy in all my life as 1· the Holy Ghost, and that He is living I perience. God is using her to start an not a perfect fellowship in this Pen-lieve in the Father Son and Holy, -1 ~ T 'f th - cr'ft- f <b I. . H' f . I .

" .' ao ,LIe.,. " pra) or ,,- ",1 '" 0 L e 1m me. Pralse 1m orever! t IS ApostOliC Faith ),fission in her own tecostal movement and it does not Ghost, etc. . But I find that many of S . -t d I k 0-- 't =ill take crain'"

" ! ;.JlrJ, an n .v 1 '" b 'through the Holv Ghost we can receive t . 10 '1 f'o h P' God' measure up to the former in the days :those who 'av thp\" belIeve III Father I • own ml es 1 m er-e. raISe . • "" -. , deeper yet to ever receive. H Gh b h the promises of God, and it is only She came and labored with us 8 days of the apostles. Now this lack is not Son and oly ost, do not elieYe t e Let us be united in prayer all over

word, and they are without the bless- the ,orld for them. 0 may God help through the Holy Ghost that we ean recently, and ten sO:1ls were brought 'on account of God's having changed,

lngs of God. V\'e hav-e many preach- us to be in perfect unity for the work enter into the full gospel of our Lord to Jesus in that time. ,Ve are praying I' or that the Bibl-e is not true, but for . t t' 1 t "t k 't God to send us help later on.

·ers lllS rue lllg see ;:ers a a -e 1 on I everywhere, that the seal may be put Jesus Christ, and it is through the H' . d t . .. lack of united spirit of prayer on tha .., f 'th" d th h tt I ' aYe Just reCelve wo Insplrmg " -ury al an ey ave go en many on tn~ people of God and that the gifts HIGh h 1 I f b d

o yost we ca~ see t .e rea power I letters, one from Bomblj.y, India, from. part a the Q y • .to take it on dry faith and that is all may come to the Body of Christ. Re- of the gospel mamfested 1ll these last our dear brother, Max Wood l.forellead.! God is looking down from heaven they have. Surely thIS is a dry faith member brethren we are at our Fa- I

f I h 'd th .. " days. Bless God, beloved, don't we H. e says a great w.ork is opening up in I upon us, and we are all more or less age, or ave no I ea ere IS one In Ither's throne day and night for these . " One hundred who has salvation by the· . . I need the HaIr Ghost III all HIS full- tne 'Bombay PreSIdency, and they ex- looking at -each other and eatching

I thlllgS. ' ." d B 1·· b t G d d Ch' t . ? '~d d 't d t h' pect to have Pastor Barrett in India· d h . wor. e 1evm .. g a au a an ns May God especially bless dear Broth- ness . .<Ul on we nee 0 see t e. . . . I what the other has to say, an aVlllg

d th HIGh t do ot b' th I so·on. HIS letter was full of lllsplratlOn. an e 0 y as es n rmg e er and Sister Mclntvsh Brother and i power of th-e gospel manifested in _ I t fe" th rt ~ evidenCe and substance of faith. God . 'I Number two was from dear Brother more coun er It an rea 1 y amon ..

Sister Garr, Sisters Kirby a~d Evans, 'I· these last days as much so as in the I Bernstein, one of Brother Horace A'I us, and having to contend with OAr will n-ever recognize faith that is not and all the dear ones in foreign fields. ' '" " .. . . 'backed up by the word. God's word I begmnmg? PraIse God! It IS bemg Houlding's m1SS10nanes, who got so sympathizers who would stuff the I remember dear Brother Berg and i _ • is His money and the Holy Gh'Ost is . C l"f . h I manifested in man'- places as it was in hungry fOr the full Holy Gnost baptIsm whole work with unbelief, if we were h h · d '11 . 'd ff many others I met lU a 1 orma w en i th b . i r:!l', G d '11 lact fall, t.h"t he left. China and went' 11. to listen at them. . " I ., I'" 11"' t e cas ler an you WI De pal a ac- I was so earnestly seeking my Pente- I e egmn ng. U' ory. ill W1._ move u_ - • _

cording to your faith in His word, God costal baptism. How I love you all. I! this v{orld from center to drcumfer- to Seatile and then on to the old Azuza i Th~ bapti.zed :eoPI~ a:€ ha:ing ,~ has no discount business connected I . _. I . _ . _. street mission, Los • ~geles. There' awfuL Dull JUSt <loT thiS urn>!, and ~'" - - - I want dear Brother Post, wnn is in At- Leuce If HIS pp.ollle "illl !.w WllUn~ and - . - - ..; ._. _. d ~_ ,. 0";'

wi-'1 His,hank neither can YOU'"," lI,_ ••. -- .,. ,~,.:,., il'1' ,-~; ", • , .• '- ". . !he receiyed hIS r-entecostal eqrupmsnt,;Oillj 'l>aJ to eJ."at the c.e'i.l 1S for a - -' <-,,-. <m~·· ~JI--" ._- "R· ·0' ': {""<' 0 t H·· ! .ka., to T/rlte u", anll ::;._t~r J).aZLer lIlt! humble themsehes Defore God and, 'h<>n star"ea' fo" ChicaE:o to Bro'he-II united bod"- to come +o""ethar and Drav ;"'-'",,,<> en€'ct\. 0 on tile .y ""n s. a I d'a Please all of you write U" per- t L - . L - _ C l " " '" - _'.

i~ perfectly familial' with the Father I n 1 . '_ ~ llet Him work through them. I am so Durham's mission to lead out a !ittIIl! out we fraud and all like Job's corn. ~ . . I sonally and for the DaDeI' anG. remem-I . . " and Son's business and God has give'll h- - . 11 ,glad that our Lord is we same today band of saints tv go back wim him to II to:;:ters, and reCe1ye the ~.Jtsof the ber "'hatever we aye IS eoua y as i .. orders to pay in according to our faith. - as when He brouO"ht' I~rael ou' of China. Sailing from Seattle in Novem-I Sp1nt and go un as our Father may much your:; as ours.. p - L • •

in His word. If you have your check Y b 'h d . f God E t 0 S . . th ber, arriving in Shanghai December 30, lead. These gIfts -taught us III His . . our rot e1' an servant.o , gyp. ur anor IS e same as . . .. I _ drawn for Justification you can have G B C _ _ . now III thiS field of work at Chang Tllli ,word are for us, and Vie all feel the it cashed no,,", "'Being justified by faith, ' . when He sa, ed the saman.tan woman I Fu, North China, a very wicked -city I Holy Ghost urgin~ us to get in order

We have peace with God." Rom. 5: 1. I Him, and comes to the cleansed tem-, at the well, as when He raIsed up the I without a protestant missionary in it I that we may receIve them. I am sure

"Jesus, . that He might sanctify the I pIe for His abiding Place: and whe~ I afflicted man at the pool that had been' :xcept the~selves. Brother 'Ber~stein I~hat God ~O.Uld have Us to ?~ganize I>eople With His own blood, suffered He comes, "He shall tesnfy of me,' afflicted for thirty-eight years. And the lIS full of JOY and full of God. HIS two m that spmt for the perfectmg of without the gate," Heb. 13:12, that you said Jesus. John 15:26. This we can-IHoly Ghost is just the same as Hell boys, Ivan and Henry, have received the body and let it be well known we may be "sanctified by faith," Acts 26: not doubt u~less We bankrupt all our !was on the day of Pentecost and in the. their baptism and speak in tongues, organize ourselves and!Wt to elect our. 18. No one has the witness of the Holy experience; but I flnd many doin~ that days of Cornelius: W-ny should we for which l1eprais-es God. They had a selves bishops and rulers, etc.,· fOr if Ghost to the w.ork of justificaUon or very thing in these days. Some blessed doubt, why should we fear? When He flne passage and have been divinely led. we will get in a perfect unity of spir­sanctification until they present to God I· men who had faith in the word for has said, "La, 1 am with you always, in choice of their field. Pray for them. it, the Holy Ghost will put each of us their f~ith, ~nd God neye~ has n~r sanctification an~ God .won~erf~llY even unto the end of the world?" Be-' Pray for Watertown. in our place, and wifl keep the d-ead ever Will fall to honor faIth in Hls. used them accordmg to theIr faIth; out loved, let us take courage, and "con. Yours' in His mighty love, branches pruned out and Pentecost word. Heaven and earth may pass now they have stood up in the face tend earnestly for the faith which was W. H. STANDLEY. will come from :(lne end of the world away but my word, says God, shall nev- of God's word and denied these words once delivered unto the saints." to the uther and the gifts will come er pass away. You need never present of Jesus and have become powerless Bless God, it has been my privilege MISSION OF THE FULL GOSPEL,/and prove. thems:el:ves .. TO organize your check to God as long as you have I in God's service and sou. r in their sours sin:e my return to the field to see the I NO. 946 TEXAS ST. .th~ wor~ III . anythmg different from one dot of a doubt on it. It would and manners and rough in their deal- savIng power of God manifested, and thIS spirIt WIll ,be a !failure. bankrupt all heaven and dethrone God ings with those who have received th.e His healing power also in answer to Mobile, Ala., April 3, 1908. Now, brethren, organize from one and Christ to payoff a claim on Hie Holy Comforter, since they were prayer. Glory be to His holy name for- The Bridegroom's· Messenger and side of the world to the 'Other into grace signed by a doubt. cleansed, and all because thep spoke ever and ever! Saints: a church of prayer. Let us call UI!{)1l

The devil is running a counterfeit in tongues when they received the r Beloved, pray for me that I may IWe have much to praise God 1'or God with honest hearts, having; no oth. shop and takes all such papers. "He baptism ot the· Holy Ghost, just as ever live so close to Him. tha.t I may here. We opened our tent meeting er desire .but that His will shall be that deubteth is damned, already." the word says. We believe no one who keep so humble that He may always sixty days ago, and we are not able done in Us as ,in heaven. ,We have .Just think of coming to God for His receIves the Holy Ghost in HiS tulness have His way with me. Pray also to keep in count of the dear ones as 'seen enough of ClocaIled Holl.noess blessings, doubting His word. 0, how of the baptism who disbelieves It. This [or the work in Guatemala, and espe- they come through. Some gamblers, churches that have a.t this hour risen awful to stand up in the face or an hon- promise :of John 15:26 was !uln1led on chilly in Zacapa, that God wilf1n some sOme harlots, some drunkards. We had up to fight the Holy Ghost in His work est .man who i-s well known, and doubt the day of Pente«ost, at the house of I way in His time send forth His Spirit one sister who fell Sunday night last of preparing for Jesus to come . .him who has never deceived his- fel-, Cornelius. Acts 2nd chap. Acts 10th I in great power up'On this people, and and i~ ten minutes. she was justified, If We will unite Ourselves to bring lowman; but to doubt God, who gave· chap. Acts 8th chap. and Acts 19th I that He wilI send fortl:! more men and I sanctIfied and baptized with the Holy to pass the prayer of our Lord in the His O~lY begotten Son to die for your I chap. and -oD down to this day in I women, full of faith and filled with the Ghost aJad spoke in tongue~. We have Hth of John, every child of God will ~alyatlOn, who freely shed His blood which we are now living and seeing, Holy Ghost, to help speed the good not been able to keep up wlth the num- jOin Us and our efforts to defeat the

for your redemption! I and hearing for ourselves the mighty! news Over this dark land. The har- bel', about thirty this week, in all devil and we will go into the rieher and "Having therefore these pl'Omises, . works of Gad. I vest is great and the laborers are few. clOse to fifty since we started. deeper things of Gad.

dearly belov~d, let ~s cleanse ourselv:s I Jesu~ told His disciples He. would· May some one hear the voice of the God is sav:ng, sanctifying and bapt!z-/_ Everything tha: the d~':.~l can do ~o ~rom all fil.thmess .or the_ flesh and sPIr- 1 send Him, the Holy Ghost-I Wlll pray I Lord as did Israel in Isa_ 6: 8-9. ing them W1t~ the HO.ly Gh~st a~d keep the. people OL God dIVIded, he WIll It, perfectmg holIlless m the fear of my Father and He shall send Him. It I My neart's desire for you is that fire, and healmg the Sick. PraIse HIS I do and If he can get us to want the God." 2 Cor. 5:1. "'hat! Know yenot I is the promise of the Father. Tarry ye ,i God will continue to do good things holy name! The devil is fighting us on I glory ours-elves and run us out on the that your body is the temple for the: in Jerusalem till He comes and ye! for and through each One of you, and e.ery hand, but God is sending souls. public to -show off he has that person Holy Ghost to live in and ye are not shall be endowed with power after: keep you low at His feet. We have a long board, about sixteen where he will never succeed in God's your own? For ye are bought With: the Holy Ghost comes upon you. Thank I "Therefore, my beroved brethren, be I feet long, and other short ones and I service. a price; therefore glorify God in your God for the blessed Holy Ghost. Je-I ye steadfast, unmovable, always l'theY are full every night. Some times I All we ·need is ,to love one another body, and in your spirit, which are I sus said He would teach us all things. I abounding in the, worl{ of the Lord, we have as many as thirty around the I and God with all our hearts and have

God's. 1 Cor. 6:19·20. . IIf we :Vill s:ay indoors with Him and forasmuch as ye know that your labor me~cy seat .. God'sl::rs :nany right in linD fe.llowship with the ~orld, nor try H'Ow can any one belIeve that God I studr III HIS school, we shall soon I is not in vain in the Lord." "'Watch ye, i their seats m our meeting. to Wlll the world by YIelding to its

would put Hi~ Spirit in an unclean I have wisdom ~n~Ugh to .. recei~e the I stand fast in the faith, quit you like I Dear sajnt~, if ~e ~eep humble G~d I sug~estions. temple and WIll some contend that gifts of the Splnt. He IS to give to imen, be strong." Mucil Christian love can use us m HIS vllleyard. Jesus IS I "We want Jesus to come and He told cleans:ng is filling? "Sure:y you c:w: every Dne of us severally as He wills. I to each 'One ~y name. I soon coming back to the work to gather! us Matt. 24: 14. when He would co~e, see thiS. For~eare sanctified by t.ao 1st COr. 12. 0, may God help us nev-," Yours, seekmg the lost in dark Gua-I us up. , sa let Us work to .that end and look !Or Holy Ghost." Rom. 15:16. He con-Ier to doubt Him. . temaJa, Yours in Christ. His appearance.

firms the work of the blood. Praise. . G. B. C'C~~ta1rj I COXWAY G. A:-mERSON. F. W. WILLIAMS. G. B. CASHWELL.

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BftIDEGROOJII'S mESSElfGEQ 5Oe- A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.

G. B. CASHWELL .................... Editor MRS. E. A. SEXTON, .... ABsociate Edit<>r

Corresponding Editors A. J~ Tomlinson, N. :1. RolInes, R. R. Goff,

M. M. Phtson.

G. F. Taylor,

f: 11: :.t:r:;: T. J. McInto.oh, Macao, China.

Address all communications to The Bridegroom's Messenger, 78 C\. Broad St Atlanta, Ga.

OPIUM IN CHINA.

We learn that proclamations have

HISTORY OF TONGUES---ADDITION­Al TESTIMONY

In writing up testimony concerning

HALIFAX, N. S. NOTES FROM WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA.

Dear Brother Cashwell:

Greetings tc} all the del1r saints who FOr Bridegroom's Messenger: been made, commanding the opium prominent persons in the Church in dens ,to be closed from the first day the earlier times of Christianity, fol- love the Lord and His appearing. We do praise God for the teac'a.ing

of the tenth moon,and that an office lowing the death of the apostles, it Praise our blessed Redeemer! This of His word as given us by Brother

has been opened for the distribution of behooves one to be very careful whom is the way to glory. The cross has G. B. Cashwell, who has just closed a

anti-opium medicine. The following he indorses or condemns; for promi· wondrous glory. I find I cannot say two-weeks' meeting here, services be­

article shows that these people are nent writers of those times were eith- any mOre "The cross and its shame" ing held in a mission hall. the rent 'Of er bitter in condemnation, or wors::tip-

not grieving over their loss but are and we find such neavenly glory bath- which was kindly donated {or the ful in praises of leaders among them.

rejOicing together that the 'Opium curse is bei'ng lifted from their country. Public Destruction of Opium Pipes.

Taking Arius, for example, some writ­ers denounce him as a bitter, obnoxI­ous heretic, while others hold him up

of The great autumn festival which fell

celebrated m· as the most saintly church leader on Sunday last was

ing the path of those who choose to

walk 'neath the shadow of the cross,

for the blood makes us all one in our

blessed Redeemer.

meeting and several weeks longer. I only wish more, of God's children would~ear Brother Cashwell, as he

THE BRIDEGROOM'S MESSENGER Hangchow by two interesting gather-ings in addition t{) the usual 1lvents. 1. The 2.fonatists, the followers of

his time.

opens the word through the power of the Spirit. The truth and teaching of

We are having gloriOUS times in our the Pentecostal baptism by the illu-

souls and many are seeking for the mination ,of the blessed Holy Spirit Office, 78 North Broad Street, Atlanta, One was a united service, held at M,ol!tanus, who, A. D., 156, appeare~ bI d R deS II

the church of the China Inland Mission as a new pI"Ophet of Ardaban, in Phry- esse e eem f. orne ca us was so plain. "When He, the Spirit GeorgIa. <Tia, on the frontier of Mysla. Both "tongues people." Well, we are shout- of Truth is come, He will guide you

and attended by Christians of the va- 0-

Address all mail to the above num- Montanus and his disciples were sub. ing glory all the time. The test lOS into all truth." 'Tis real joy to 'See r~ous denominations, for thanksgiving,

ber. Send money orders, etc., to Bnide- and in memory 'of this day seven years jects of severe criticism of ecclesias- on us and will continue until the catch- this in the word and have the experi-, 'lU" If h k . tics, and by others praised for their ence in your heart. Glory to His name! -groom S"'.lessenger. c ec IS sent ago, when the command which had Ing away in the clo<lds.

Chrl's- fervent piety, their self-denial, their May God continue to use Brother-plea;se add ten cents for collection. been given to exterminate all I I th f th P ttl

thel'r ave e way 0 e en ecos a Cashwell. He opened up a plan in our tians and foreigners railed in execu. courage in facing martyrdom,

long continuance in prayer, their ar- blessing; it is' the captivating climax city which, by ,God's help, we hope If any subscriber fails to get the tion. dent belief in the supernatural. Like of our liberty in Christ Jesus. Praise to formulate soon. Steps are being

Messenger, please let us know, and

we will look after it.

The other was a civic function, the the Pentecostal people of todav., they UUr God'. \\"'en the dav of Pentec-~st taken to rent a house and $16 is al-public destruction of all the opium 'U ., v

pipes and trays collected from the had bitter assailahts and zealous de- ready pledged fOr the rent. Pray ror-was come they all spoke in unknown

us as We push this work, for we real-various dens which were closed some fend1lrs; and also like the Pentecostal

We have ,been sending samples to believers of our times thev., talked in weeks ago by the authorities. tongues, and when this was noised ize that the "eleventh hour" time is abroad, the whOle multitude Canle to· upon us; let us follow the word and. ge-ther. Then God spoke in langu~ges I "compel them to come in." those We thought would be interested, The pipes and wooden trays, which tongues.

and we want to hear from them. Shall were piled in two pyramids, were plac- Montanus, called "the prophet" and we continue to, send to you? ed on a spur 'Of the city hill, in front two very active Christian women, nam­

ed Priscilla and Maximilla, called "the

~o all heard the word, and the mlgh- 'lour number in this place is small, t~ po:ver of testimony that accompa- but God is blessing us low dol'nl at

nled It. His feet, looking for His appearing.

More than twenty dollars has been received so far this month for our mis-sionaries, and nine dollars for India. lYfay God bless abundantly the givers

and multiply the gift.

of the treasurer's yam en, from which the greater part of the ~ity could be prophetesses," ;saintly in their lives,

seen. Here gorgeous red banners fioat-ed in the breeze.

ardent in gospel labor, laying great stress upon the arrointing of the Holy

If we would all keep in the unity of I Your sister in Christ, the Spirit the power would be much MRS. R. :1f. P. more manifest than it is. \\'ell, glory

Each side of the pyramid of pipes Spirit, and inward illumination, proph- to Jesus! Praise His name!

was about six feet at the base and ethSJI.'ni'::'lesdPeOafk:nhge' sinpI'rI.tton:I'reesn' to in faa sIt 1 C. E. KEXT. I THE RESCUE WORK about seven feet in height. They were ",,, l , '" ' - I wnl:pped in bundles of thirty or forty ing, prayer and self-denial, they were TO BRIDEGROOM'S MESSENGER, lYe praise God for sending us to,

Brother M. )1. Pinson has perma- "er" separ'at'e from the n'orld a d l'n Winston·Salem to preach His word, for each, and the total number must have ; .f " ,n.-nently located in North Birmingllam, been eight or ten thousand. sisting that an ecclesiastical organiza- Dear Bridegroom's }Iessenger: i we believe that the seed was sown in

No. 3310 Twenty-sixth street. The Before 9 o'clock a considerable num- tion was, not the Church, but Ban in- Greeting-s in Jesus' name. :1Ia, peace good ground in the hearts of many, and Lo d . tl . h' . th t 't . d '11 " f th H I - S . 't - , we o-ot all of one accord to open a ~s r IS grea y USIng 1m m a CI y ber of people had gathered, some on I" ar 1 ~mlllatJo.n 0 ~ 0 j pIn joY, and loye and all the graces and "', ~ ., . ,. 0- ": -

and other places. the roofs of the houses and other points I upon belIevers dId constItute them the gifts of the Spirit be poured out up- cue hou~e III that CIt), ",at enouoh of vantage, whilst a few hundreds were I: true Church." See History of univer-Ion yOU all. : money, and more, to pay the rent for a

I I -n .' do- HollO 0- 1601 . I buildino- untI'l the propert'- can be as close to the pipes as the police and: sa '>. 0" le ",e, v. ,pa"e -. Since my last writing- Brother F. I '" .i

\Ve are living in the "Last days," I soldiers would permit. As time passed IAlsO Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, page 1561-2, I :\1. Britton: a blessed ma~ of God. and i paid for. The place in which we pre­_~_.,, __ ~ and ?ur~faith must be equal _ to the i.;~rious squads q,f uniformed students I third editiOn. For full four hundred myself held a week's meeting at Sil-: ferred to .~~.en the home is a nice two­

great things in these momentous times! with the banners 'of their schools drew I') car" ca-2 l\lona':i£ts ·c0nhinp0 ':\- sP_p- Yer, -..g. C. IVf.ile the devil, "",;_.~ _.,,,J s~~.r:!.~;P_n!!dlll~,s-:rrrounded a~". so, m~ I • t .' t ff ,. t' Ilal ~e oal-s in- a-&oou'IocatlUJ!., 1];"

and belief for what God is going to do i up at different spots to witness the R1 a e eXlS ence, su elmg persecu lOn, his combined forces came against us I '" _" • lo " '. "'-.

" II proceedings. At 9: 30 dry straw was even to martyrdom, from the heathen, in every way, God was witfi us. Glory I own, ed ny a ChIld of God who IS III fUll, for us and through u~'. and bl'tter exclusI'on from the Catholl'C i sympathy with the work and helping: plIed up round the stacks and the to our God! I • -'

MESSAGES SPOKEN IN NEW

TONGUES INTE~PRETE~

whole plentifully deluged with paraffin party. Rigid in morals, laying great Ten received Pe_nte(:ost, and eyery I to suppor.t it. Pray that ,-the money

oil. Now mandarin chairs began to stress upon divine leadings, they eyer one of the ten spoke in tongues, just' may be gIven to pay for the home. arri,e, and large numbers of people affirmed that the ,ery substance of the! as the Bible said they did at Pente- .W~ expect to. open these homes poured up the various pathways lead- Church was the Holy Spirit. cost. Praise Him! Glory, glory, glory everywhere pOSSIble. If we could only

The interpretation of messages given ing to the hill. Dr. Philip Schaff, former profeSSOr in to our God. One sister was delivered reach the hearts of the readers of'

At the hour appointed, with some the ,Union Theological Seminary, New from opium eating, and went clear the Messenger, and all that read these

lines would send us 50 cenrs apiece, we could pay the cash for these places and dedicate them to 'Our Father till Jesus comes. Brother, 'Sister, not less' than ten thousand people will read! this issue of the paper. Now, how much will you send us to pay for a home to place a puor girl who has been

slaughtered, perhaps while only a mi­nor, and now friendless, turned out from home and society and given ove!"'

below, are some 'of, the many spoken Y k "~r' ceremony the tOrch was applied, and or -, says: 1Y ontamsm was simply through to Pentecost. Our God can in tongues at Brother Durham's meet- quickly the tw'o piles of doomed instr:r- a reaction of the old, the primitive work and none can hinder. Bless His

ing in Chicago. ments disappeared forever. Of the Church, against the obvious tendency holy name!

"The place 'Of power is low at my i brass lamps, etc., collected at the same of the Church today to strike a bargain It was a great blessing to my soul to

feet, and the place of blessing is under time las the pipes, it is -proposed to the blood. I wait to reveal myself, cast one or more fire balls, to be hung

in the new outlook box building in the and mighty things, that you have not city,-North China Herald, September attained to and beyond all that you, 27, 1907.

FROM HONGKONG, CHINA.

with the world, and arrange herself I~e with Brother Britton and hear him comf,8rtably in it.", _preach Pentecost. God is using hin::.

2. TertuUian, born A.' D..,: 145 (some Pray for me. affirm A. D., 150 as date of his birth), 'r am your humble servant, under the was perhaps the finest scholar, the blood and Pentecost,

R. B. HAYES. know. I am seeking the hearts of men

and am using every means to bring

most extensive writer, the most bril­

liant leader of the Church of his gen­eration. Born and educated at Carth- PENTECOSTAL CAMP MEETING. to the lust of brutish men?

them," Dear Bridegroom Messenger: age, at that time a seat of learning,

I "You 'are going; to have hard tests Since God led Brother McIntosh here he was a man of radical temperament,

but all heaven is back of you." last August, He has brought Brother strong convictions, born leader. He

"All my children ,can do. or need d{) Garr and wife from Ceylon here in early espoused the teaching of Monta-

Lamont, Okla., April 24-May 1908.

I want to ask you please, when I am

to receive anything is to yield and October, also J?lyself and Sister Pitt- nus, prophesying, talking in tongues, Leaders: man from America, and God has work· spiritual visions, practicing self-denial, Ghost."

"Father, Son and

18, gone, and if by the deceitfulness and: lust ,of men my child is caught in such

a scheme of the Devil, please save her, Holy if poSSible, and when we all meet in

His kingdom, you will have one star trust and praise. The praises beat back ed marvelously. About twenty-five of the powers of darkness." the precious Chinese have received

"This is a battle and you must be their Pentecost here. They have the

watchful and pray without ceasing." headquarters of the paper here, which

ardent in labors, opposing the growing

ecclesiasticism of tbe Church. On all social questions he ever drew a dis­tinct line between the Church and the

Preachers in Charge: Harry P. Lott, more in your crown, and,' if it were Oklahoma, ~qty, Okla.; A. S. Coply, ,possible, for the' ,sake of my child, I Kansas City, Mo.;, J. A. Jacks'on, Pond would give you twtO of mine. Creek, Olfla. May God help you all to get inter-

"All power is given ~e in heaven I God laid ·o~ Brot~er M~Intosh's heart world, he filled out a long life, being and on earth. Lo, I am with you al- to have prmted m Chma. God also an active disputant to the last, and is be present. divide our means, as the Lord has

brought Sister Kirby and Sister Evans ever mentioned by Christian writers Let those who are unsaved come and prospered us, for this, cause. ways, even to the end of the age. Re- 'nere l'n Januarv.

A number of workers are expected to ested in this important work. Let us

, as a father of the Church. seek the Lord for pardon and cleans- Send all money orders, checks, regis-member Lot's wife, never look back. There are a company of baptized mis- 3. Cyprian, also born at Carthage, ing; thOSe who are hungry for right- tered letters, etc., to Mrs. G. B. Cash-Set your faces like a fiint and don't sionaries at Wuchow and Guyping, about the beginning of the third cen- eousness come and be lilled with the well, Dunn, N. C. G. B. C. look back, but look ahead to the cross, where the power of God feU in October. tury, was but a young man when Ter- Holy Ghost and fire; those who are for you will get victory 'Only through Dear Brother Bertsen's company in tullian died. He early became a disci- sick, come and be healed 'of the Lord. AMOUNT RECEIVED FOR RESCUE

north China, and 'our loved Brother pIe of his illustrious townsman, -adopt- Come prepared to camp on the HOM E. Ryan's company in Yokahoma, Japan, ing all of Tertullian's views. He too, ground. The following is the amount that nas

"Rest in me and I will g_ ive you with W. A. Collier, we feel the neces- was a finished scholar, even in early CHARLES KITOHEN, been sent in fOr the Rescue Home in

the cross."

victory." sity and call of God upon us to wait manhood venerated for his piety. In J. F. WARD, Wilmington, N. C., up to the 6th: "I, the Spirit of liberty and of truth, upon Him for greater thingS, and we him, so-called Monatism had an able L. H, WENTZ, Mattie Austin, Clinton, S. C ... $50.00

will speak, if you will let me have ask prayer of all for us and this needy defendant. The inner life ,of the Holy A. VANSANT, Anna Kelly, Lakeview, N. C. ... 3.0(}

field. In His name, Spirit's leadings, prophesying, tongues, Committee. Mattie E. Moore, Chappels, S. C. 5. O() E. :r.rAY L.~W. visions, the actual necessity .of a posi- Fannie Dorsett, Siler City, N. C. 1.0()

my way."

"The great lesson of humility is to tive Holy Spirit given -experience. He times; all of them men of no mean Mrs. J. M. Jenkins, Spartanburg know and remember we are earthen The colporter of the National Bible was wont to call Tertullian his master. ability, learning, or piety, to wit: Ire- Pa. . .... . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . .• 1. 50

vessels. Pure humility is the SUbject-, Society of Scotland who visited the

ing of the human to the divine." LoocMo Islands ;some time age, met

"While you have great and strong- with remarkable success, having sold . . h' th 11 12•517 Scriptures. A miSSionary who

foes to reslst, I am mIg tIer an a

your foes and wlll give you more than

victory if you keep very low at my

feet." ,'! !

followed him says be had the most wonderful week in his life, baptizing 150 people, the result of the colpor­ter's Iabors.-Life of Faith.

Probably more biographies have been naeus, ,of Lyons, Montanus, of Phrygia; W. H. Cannon, Durant, Fla.... 1.00 written 'Of Cyprian than of any other Tertullian and Cyprian, of Carthage; V. P. Simmons, Frost Proof, Fla. 1.00 of the early fathers of the Church. He together with the two illustrious Chris- Talmage H. Rousseau, Durant, went to martyrdom A. D., 258. tian women mentioned in this article. Fla. . ....... _.............. 1.00

Tbus we have in a period of one Each and all of these had a large fol,­hundred years, not less than four great lowing, while all 'Of them battled the 12aders of the early Church chanlpion- then growing spirit of Roman Catholic-ing Pentecostal teachin;:> of our own ism. V. P. SIMMONS,

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Total .................... $63.50 MRS. G. B. CASHI'.TELL,

Secretary and Treasurer.

: n ~ ri ! 10 v- ' ... t+

ORLANDO, FLA., MARCH, 27, 190B DE SOTO~ MISS. SILVER, S. C. Dear ~Iessenger and Brothers and Sis-

ters in Christ: Dear Brother: March 23, 19Q8. A CLOUD OF WITNESSES. Greetings in Jesus' name: I feel led of the Spirit to give my To ,):h-e Readers of the Bride;;room's

I have thought for some time ot testimony. Jdfj£l:ienger: Gteetings in Jesus' uame:

I thank God for salvation throt1&ilt "And we are His witnesses of these things, and as is also the sending in my testimony, for it is thus When I saw t11at Christ could save,

Holy Ghost whom God hath given to them that obey Him:' our privilege to encourage one anilther and would save all that came to Him, in the Lord. I turned from sin and God, for Christ's the redeeming blood of Jesus. Hallelu-

PENTECOST FOR MF' GLORY! PASLEY, N. C., MARCH 19, 190B. He is gracious and merciful and will sake, blotted out my transgressio¥_ jah to the Lamb forever and .ever! He

Dear Readers of the Bridegroom's Mes- Dear Editor: be found of all those who seek Him Oh, the joy, and how I praised God saved me from sin, and sauctified me day and night.

senger; I want to tell the saints what the with all their heart to serve Him with wholly about four years ago, and I

I was saved about five years ag,o. I' dear Lord has done for me. Eleven a perfect heart and with a willing But one day something happened had joy and peace in my soul, and

tn·ed t 1· f G d b t h' I· d which startled and astonished me, and I thought that I had all that God had o Ive or' 0, ute devil, years ago I was a back-slider, but God, mIll . laid hold of me and began to show me through Hi'S mercy, reclaimed me and I felt a lack in my Christian exper- it happened in this wise: I was groom- for me. But I began to hear about

the pleasures of this world. sanctified me wholly; then I thougO.t ience and ,prayed to be filled with the ing the horses when one stepped on people being baptized with the Holy my foot, and before I knew it I said G' d I' It wa.s but a few weeks before I I was at the top of the ladder, and that Spirit and all the fulness ·of God fur nost an ta, kmg in other tongues, that which I ought not to have said, d h b

was back chewing tobacco and smoking I I would have smooth sailing ,from then several milnths. I believed I had been an my eart· egan to hunger for that. and it brought me 'on my knees before

and drinkIng whiskey. I had a Chris-' on. baptized by the Spirit, for I had had God. Oh, what a time I had. The dev- So on the 8th of February, 1907, I

tian mother and she would pray for me I I soon found iliat I was mistaken, wonderful uplifts and blessings and il said, "You are not a child of God," welit to a meeting where the people

and would talk tu me. lcould not see· that I had just got to the place where help In service, but felt a deficiency I lived this sort of a life for a number had the Holy Ghost and spoke in other

any peace at home, so I would leave the devil was going to try me. So I in 'Overcoming power. When Brother of years, when, by God's hand, I was tongues, and I began to seek for Him,

home some times and would be gone went through some severe tests, but and Sister Britton and Sister Kirby led to Mississippi, where I heard for but did not get the blessing there. So -'. the first time holiness preached, and

·:tor months. I would begin to think of came DUt victorious. I soon began to came to our town, I moved very cau- I went on and sought for the Holy

I

as it was something new I was slow to mother and how she was praying. ,for realize that there were still hl"'.her tiously, trying the spirits and judging Ghvst in a way, but the devil kept I .. embrace it, 'or accept it, and like many her boy; I could not see any peace a:ny I heights yet for me to attain, so 1 the experiences of those who received. others, said it was all right, but only me seeking for thirteen long months,

where, so I would say to myself, "1: went on asking the Lord to lead me I attended very few of their meetings, preachers and those in the work coule and I would fast and pray, but it seem­

wish I was a Christian again." on, SO He did. Praise His dear name but the Spirit held me under the power live such a life. WeH, Praise the Lord, ed that He said the day that ye seek Praise God, last July one year ago, forever! of God a number of times at home, when I saw that I must have more me with your whole heart I shall be

God showed me I would have to cut DUring this time I realized the Lord and once at a neighbor's house, while than I had, I let God have His way, found of you." And I praise God that lOOse from this old world and sin. I and was sanctified, cleansed from in-

was calling me to go in His vinevard two baptized sisters and·1 were pray- bred ,sl··n. Glory- be to God for the I went to seeking with my whole h~rt. could not ,sleep at night. I got down in .. my room at home and began to pray, to lead poor lost men and women to ing, I saw they did not believe that cleanSing. Oh, the joy! The very win- And on the 20th of March, 1908, Jesus

I c'ould not .pray, I called mother an,d Him, but I felt so weak, it seemed I had been baptized in the Holy Ghost, dows Df heaven were opened, and baptized me with the "Holy Ghost, and

asked her to pray for me, and she did. like I could not, but kept praying and so I prayed for the evidence according Christ was shown to me as coming when He came in He took my tongue 'Prayi'ng and crying to God, the sin t lr H. to the Scriptures that th€\y might back to earth again. Glory! Glory! and spoke in a language that I knew Cloud rolled away. Praise His name e mg 1m if He would open the way know. A few days aiterward two of Well, it is wonderful, the plan of salva- nothing about, and testified for Hbn-forever! and give me strength and power, such the sisters came to call upon me, and tion. self. Hallelujah to His name!

I 1· d d as He saw I ·needed, I would. But'- no.w come~ the mo~t I·nterestl·ng: I praiSe God!l!that the Comforter still Ive a converte life until the proposed having prayer, which I was ~ ~ ~ :first of last August. Brother G. B. Cash- In the fall of 1906 I began to read indeed glad of, as I had been stretch- part. I was taught that when sanc- abides in my soul, and I see tile lost well came to our little town of Clin- how the power was falling in Califor- ed out flat on the floor that morning tified I was baptized with the Holy world as never before, and it seems ton, S. C., and began to ll reach Peute. nia and people were speaking in under the power of the Mighty One. Spirit and I was not the only one. as if I can hear the cries and groans cost, and I began to go down before tongues, and the sick were being heal- They saw that the vessel was emptied I Well, praise the Lord for His precious 'of them for mercy and I praise God God. I saw that I was not sanctified. and ready, and asl;:ed the promise of word. But soon I heard of some who for giving me the Holy Ghost so I can

ed and the lame were being made I began to ask God for a clean heart. the Father that it might be filled. were sanctified and were receiving the go and tell it to the lost world. Oh, After a few days God sanctified me. whole. ~Iy heart began to leap within Praise His holy name! He graciously Holy Ghost and I went to reading the I praise GOd that He has baptized my Glory to His name! me; I realized that this was what I answered and poured into my inner- Scriptures to see if it was taught, and wife with the Holy GilDst also, and we

c\Iy wife and myself were down at needed; so I began to see how clear most being a glorious flood of living I found that at the day of Pentecost are both out in the field working for

the altar; the Lord gave my wife her the word of God taught it; I began to water which gushed up and overfiow- they were aJl filled that tarried, and the salvation of lost souls. We are .c, -md1:she'lJe,>;all to :5Vt1dh. wIti!' ask- the dear r.ord to give l me this ed in-mighty -hallelujahs and praises to jthe number was a hundrec md twenty, trusting God for everything, He is our.

otDer tongues. Praise His name for- God in the Spirit's own tongue. I felt and they spoke with tongues andproph- healer. HalIelujah to His name! Oh. ever! ; wonderful blessing. As I prayed, the it was the song of victory and love and. esied. Praise the Lord! Acts 1: 2 And beloved, let Us keep true till Jes<ls

T b . Lord showed me how I must give up p. . d'· comes for I know that thO . .- I ~ _ was a out five weeks getting adoration to Him who sitteth upon the eter, stan lUg up, saId it was for them' IS IS tile ac-through, but on the twenty-sixth day everything and be willing ·for Him to throne and who shall soon reign over and their children, and as many as the ter rain and we are living in the last of last August, the Lord baptized me I have His way; so, as He showed me, all the earth. Lard their God shall call. But the day. Read Tim.'3; 1. wi:h the Holy Ghost. Praise His name! I turned loose, and on the second Sun- The Spirit now gives continual ov- Scripture which brought me to see the Praise God that I am ready to meet forevermore! The Glory is in my soul, ! day in February, 1907, He came in and ercoming power. He is showing me need of it, and that I must have it, was Him when He comes the second tIme. Praise His name for the old time re- took possession of my soul and body the things of Christ more abundantly the parable of the ten virgins. The Hallelujah to Jesus! Oh, beloved, let ligion. The Holy Ghost is still speak- and spoke for Himself in a tongue each day, and often takes me around virgin means pure and if tbey were all us get Him aud we will have heaven's jng through me in an unknown tongue. that I knew nothing about. the whole world on a tour of inter- ];JiI.re they must have been sanctified. "trade mark," speaking in tongues.

\Ve are still having good meetings Since that time He has been both cession, often in tongues, showing me Now we are the temple Of God 1 Cor. Grace be with you all, Amen. here in Clinton, the Lord is at work., with me and in me. Praise His dear the needs of the different nations and 3; 16, and the temple must be cleansed Yours in Christ, under the blood and People are still getting saved and sanc-I name fore,erl And since that time tribes that inhabit the earth and that before it can be filled. I saw tbat I P-etnecost.

D. BEAUFORT CAUSEY. tified and filled with the Holy Ghost I I have been teIIing the Wjonderful it is His will to pour out his Spirit up- would be like the foolish virgins if I Praise the Lord forever! story. As I knew what the Lord want- on all flesh. Oh, glory to His advrable refused the oil. on spoken of in the

I want all of God's saints to pray for lied me to do I started. name! "My soul doth magnify the wmd is a type of the Holy Spirit, and TESTIMONY. m? and Wi~.~ that the Lord may have Since ~en I ~ave seen a goodly num- Lord and my spirit doth rejoice in Gael to refuse the Holy Spirit meant to me Praise God that He has' allowed me HIS way WIth us. ber recen'e theIr Pentecost, and every my Savior!" to be shut out from the marriage sup· to live in these last days! In the

We will never say goad bye up there. one speaks in tongues. I have seen MRS. W. F. E. STORY. ver. year 187{} God convicted me of sin. Saints, pray for the meetings here. God's power wonderfully displayed in There was a time When I would In August of that year I gave my heart

H. D. WIGGINS. dil'l'erent ways, but I must say I believe BIRMINGHAM, ALA. meditate on His coming, and would say to God; I followed Him <in all the light on last Sunday night at a little school to myself, "Are you really ready?" and I had until the year 190<1, I attended Clinton, S. C. house where there is a little band The Bridegroom 1\fessenger: the Spirit would say, "No; you are a holiness tent meeting in Watertown,

COLUMBIA, S. C. worshipping that has been turned out of "God so loved the world that He gave' not ready," but I did not know what N. Y. I went to the altar lor sanc-April 6, 1908. the Missionary Baptist church on the His only begotten Son, that whosoever was lacking, till I heard ,M. M. Pinson tification, and felt the electric shock

Praise the Lord! I am rejoicing in account of their having received their believeth in Him should not peris:J., preach the baptism of the Spirit, sepa- go all through my being, praise His . the love of Jesus. I am glad I ever Pentecost, I saw and felt it the stron- but have everlasting life." No man, no rate from sanctification. I am so glad name! It was so much easier to live found Him, and last December, twelve gest. As we gathered and began to matter what occupation, can get so far I let the Lord have His way, and an- the Christian life; but stilI I was hun­months ago, I found the blessed Com- sing and pray, the power began to from God that he can't be changed. It noint my eyes sO that I saw the truth gry for more of God. forter t'D.at still abides in my so~I. fall and the saints began to shout has been often said that a railroad and let the Holy Spirit come in. Praise In February CBrother W. H. Standley ,Praise God for this happy way that and speak in tongues. ConvictiOn be- man could not live rig:at . I am glad the Lord forever and ever! of the Rescue Mission here, gave .me makes me shout His praises. gan to get hold of the peopl( '3.nd they I to say this is a mistake. I am a loco- May some hungry soul who reads some Pentecostal papers, and when

I had a blessed little girl but the be~an to ·fall down and cry for mercy. motive engineer. I was cOnverted about these few li'nes see the truth and walk I read of the ·wonderful work God Lord saw fit to call her home the ThIS went on in this way until about five months ago and am living for the in the light, and plead the ·blood and was doing, I became more hungry and 4th of -April, and praise the Lord, it midnight without a break. There are a! Lord. On the first day of :March, 1908, believe the word and receive all God a few of us went to seeking for the is all well, now she is an angel in good many who will never forget thaI! I was baptized with the Hoily Ghost. has for His children. baptism. God had some lessons to heaven. I am going to meet her some night. II Praise the Lord! And I know I am on From a brother, teach me, praise Him. day when we can be together forever. May God bless the Messenger and its the right road. Glory to God for full E. A. VAN NESS. I was so much in earnest, I was wiII-

May God bless the Messenger. Glo- readers. I am in the work to stay, I salvation! I never heard the gospel ing He should make a spectacle of me ry to God for this happy way! Pray haven't anything else to do till Jesus I preached until I heard 1\1. M. Pinson. FROM BIRMINGHAM. to men and angels, and He did; I for us. comes. Anyone desiring our help in and when a man preaches the word of was laid out in the ~1ission for an hour

Yours till Jesus comes, meetings can write me at Pasley, N. C'I! God it is going to reach some poor The Lord is ·stiIl bleSSing the Bir- one night, and He filled me with holy J. O. AVERY. All for Pentecost until He comes. soul. mingham people. laughter. Again He met me in my

--------- . M. H. ALEX-A..NDER. The Lord is doing wonderful work in Five saved in a prayer meeting Mon- home, and used my jaws in a strange COWARD, S. C. . i and around Birmingham. Praise His day night. One got the baptism with way, and such a mighty power came

COWARD, S. C. I name for it. I am praJ~ing for a the Holy. Ghost Monday at her home over me. On Tuesday night He met me mighty outpouring of His Spirit, that and spoke in tongues, the same at in my room, and again used my jaws

I thank yo~ and God for the paper. Dear Saints of the Bridegroom's Mes-I there will be a mighty work done in home as if she had been at the hall. for ab'out ten minutes. He still had I love to read it. senger: the Pentecostal field. She said that she prayed nearly all more lessons for me to learn. On

I am saved and' sanctified and seek- I thank God for the abiding Comfort- I would to God all men could realize' night Sunday night. She was on the June 27th, I was laid out again in the

To the Bridegroom's Messenger:

ing Pentecost. I want you all to prayer. Glory to God forever! I thank that God has not gone out of bUSiness.' right road, for when people get that Mission, and worked my jaws and for me that I may keep humble, keep Gad that I am saved. I am trusting Trusting this will reach some raiI- hungry they will eat. She was saved tongue in power. I praise God that I self out of the way, and let God have I Jesus for soul and body. Hallelujah~ I road man, I remain, and sanctified a few .sundays ago. have recently spoken in tongues ,and His full way with me. I God heals my body when I am sick. Your brother in Christ, Keep pra'_'I'ng for us. t· f t B' , sa IS ac ory Ible evidence given me

Your sister under the blood, Yours in His service. W. J. HEATON, Yours- in His service, {)f my Pentecost.

MARTHA CAROW":"Y'_ FANl\TIE CAROWAY. l Engineer L. & N. out of Birmingham. M. M. PINSON. MRS. J. M. EBBLIE.

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A PORTION OF A TRACT BY A. S., "Having a desire to depart and to GARR.

KINSTONn~. C. CAllED UP HIGHER LETTER FROM BROTHER GOFF THE CHURCH IN CHINA.

Dear Messenger: I A I bI . th be with Christ, which is far better." Dear Messenger: • I want to add.my testi:nony again as .' ~amar;:a ~ ~rtlCle. o~ e. pre~~nt I am stilI on the Rock. I am enJoy, A dear young missionary, Miss Alima It has been some time since I wrote !Orceful as possIble for tne sake of the, pOSItion of ChristIan mISSIOns m Cnma.

ing the delicious grapes and honey of ' I I C Gl' .' . I Seabloom, whom many of us know anything for your columns. I have ~~ngry ones who may read this. POS-'j appears in the current number of the

Gh

anaan.. ory! The blessed Ifly'land love, has been called home. been at home most of the past winter, ItlYely, I haye not had any doubt; no, I Contemporary Review. It consists of \lst abIdes and there are no f~t·g not a shadow of a doubt as to whether I th t f th f h f

d b '1'it:%,c,t She was a student from Nyack Mis· tryLng to prepare me a place at Fal- I received the baptl·sm of the Holy e repor 0 ree 0 t e our members

nor au ts, but peace and joy tull and . 'sionary Training Institute, and for con Holiness School for my children Ghost and fire On the 16th of Juue,' of the China MiSSions Emergency runnmg oyer. Hallelujah! I

The greatest surprise to me is that mon.ths before her illness was helping to be taught about Jesus while in 1906. If this experience had not been Committee, apPOinted, it will be ra-

everybody in the world is not gOing 'Miss Laura Hays in her work at Ce- school and where the religion of their the satisfying one, indeed, I would I mem bered, some time ago to study the dow,n and receiving Him, the ComfDrt. dartown, Ga. parents is not ridiculed by teachers tell you frankly and candidly. I long I actual situation in China, and to report

I h d '1 . ld b . believ'Bd that there was more for me! as to the best means of meeting it. er.. ave always been blessed with As we prayed for her during her pro- an pUPl s as It wou e ill most "Of I . sense mixed with i~orance enough tracted illness, the life of Jesus was, the schools of tOdaJ.·.

I but did not know how to get it; I would The facts adduced by the Commissi'on

th t h I seek and seek; and gOOd men would I are cause for great thankful!1ess. They

a w en was hungry and had the But I am out aO"al in the field for in a very real way, imparted to her b n tell me that I was sanctified and must report open doors everywhere, and chance (If something to eat tv accept Jesus and I want to insist that our t I k f nth' f th th h 'd' f' d' it. Praise Him! over against disease, and strength re- n~ 00 - or a y l~g ur er' anisuc. a r~Pl passmg away ~ preJu . Ice

I am happy in Jesus, growing up as turned. Many times pain was entirely evangelists move to Falcon with their thIS; but the. hung:=r or my heart d~ove iagamst ,he west as w~l1-111gh to Stag· a stall-fed calf My appetite has bee j l' . families so their children can go to me on to desperatIOn, and the precIOUS i ger those who have not closely follow-

. ". n 're leved m answer to the prayer of' ' . , I . in a healthy condition ever since I! . I school where Jesus, the Bible, and the Christ saw my hunger and came to me I ed tbe course of affairs. The Boxer

• faIth. Those who knew her and watch. . . . I d t· fi d - '. fi .~ ., b k b - . received the Holy Ghost. The way to . , . Holy Ghost IS lllsisted upon. Then we an sa IS e , ~atiS ed, satI"fied, satis- 'lout rea. has een followed bJ mcreas-ed her durmg the months of sufferm~ " fi d All erj • t H' f' ed :,' • I 'th keep full is to eat before you get hun- 1- , . ' -, ,can preach to others the neceSSIty of! e me. b ory 0 IS name or- j mls"JOnarJ zea, WI correspond-

gry ",now more perfect}) the meamng of i sending' their children to such a school I eyer, that He did not allow me to go I ing success. In thirty years the num·

Don't wai.t to feel like pravinO' or, ' . ' . . I conSIstently, but not until then. A on Impmg an au mg an hunger- er a mlSSlOnanes has lllcreased from . the words "Christ our life" and we t . . I 1'" d d bt' d 'I b f .... '

visitinO" the sick or speaking to sinners . . I preacher can lIve at Falcon cheaper nb: ,,' 0,' D ,an t e num er or c urc • P I are confident that because of HIS ilfe; . . i a "~3 t 3 ~-O d 'h b - h h '" m her. several months were added to . . .,. b f 0 9-or doing mission work but do it be-, . '. I than he can In any town I Know of, I Some may IDlsunderstand me and i mem ers rom h,O"" to more than

, ,'her lIfe for HIS glory, and no doubt, .. I ~-O roo S 1 'd cause it's "our duty and while vou are' ! I mean of course, those that live ne·ar- thmk that whIle I am perfectly satis- II- D

,U .- e ecre . J • , - I for the eternal good of loved ones and I.. ' _ . • ' '

carrvin2" the mill, graDe" and honey • . ! er thIS school than they do to some I ned In my soul as neyer before In all' 1 ' ~. -, . - . I rnends. 1 I to others, now and then take a bit I. other such a one. Imr life that I do not have fights from, SIN AMONG THE HINDUS yourself. The oil in the cruse and the! HE IS COMING. [ I commenced a meeting near Dunn, I the enemy; but in this the~ are mis-I "In the last three months," says meal never failed while the widow I 'I~' C.: on the 24th, will continue here II tali:en. The De,'i1 fights hard, but the I Re"\". Albert Norton of Dhond, India, diyided "dth Elija,h, though she and r Just one look at the Savior . tIll nctory comes. Please all pray ~or Holy Ghost has brought such light: "I haye learned more about the her son ate all they wanted. Glory to vnll the tolis of life repay; I me and mine. Anyone desiring my 1 with Him that the Devil is easily seen I prevalence of infamous and horrible God! 'services on full Pentecostal lines onI.Y I" and defeated through the .Drecious I' sins amongst the Hindus and others

And He very soon ,is coming I ' \Ve praise God ror the work He has To catch His bride away. can write me at Dunn, N. C., R. 4. iblOOd. Jesus had His ,,;orst temptation inf India than I have hllown the en·

cons:gll,ed to ou~ hands. He is very I I The work still moves on at Falcon.: after He was baptized with the HOlY! tire thirty-fiye years since my mission· graCIOusly blessmg our work. Souls' Yes, He is soon coming, Brother G. F. Taylor, prinCipal of the I Ghost. I ary life in India began, and I now un-

are ~eing sanc~:~ed, and ~lled W,i.th tile I _~nd the ~eeting in. t.he. air, schO_OI, nas b:eu .doing some real Holy I x~w, dear hungry soul, do no: be, derstand that there is power in the Holy Ghost, wILh the BIble endence WIll be a tIme of reJOIcmg, G~o~t preachmg ror us the past fall and: deCeIyed any longer by false teachmgs i Holy Ghost both to search out 'and of speaking in tongues. i For my Savior will be there. IWlllter and up till the 22nd of ::IIarchiand false doctrines; but go to JesusJunco\'er these hidden. plague spots in

We had a Pentecostal union Friday 1 he completed a series of sermons on the I and ask Him to satisfy your poor heart [the Hves that bear the name of Chris-

and Saturday before fifth Sunday, i~-! I shall see His nail-pierced hands, I book of Re,'elations. The school is i a.nd He Wil~ most certainly do just! tian-power in the blood of Jesus tl) eluding Sunday. The b:essed Holy I The one Who died for me, also dOlllg well and we are looking: tnat ,ery thmg. I purge and cleanse, power in Pente-Ghost had control and qUlte a number 'And I'll be with Him evermore. I~orward to the close .Of the schOOl. tD! :'\ow, o~ t~e things which we have ic.ost to est~bli.s~ and transform the of saints came from a distance, and And praise Him through eternity. 0: . one ~f the. best .tImes of our .11fe, I spoken t~IS IS the :um and su~sta~ce: I hfe of the IndiVIdual." how we did feast around our Fath- M. W. willch WIll begm Apnl 1-1, and contmue I-There IS a blessmg caned Justlfica-er's table. There was great good ac- 'till the Ii. Thank GGd, the Holy Ghost I tion that one receives by repentance, SATANIC DEVlCES.

complisned for which we praise the Culberson, N. C., :March 25, 1908. abides with the Bible evIdence. Glory, I :eal Bible repentance, and fa:th in the I An infamous plot for the ruin of Lord. The saints were very graciously Dear Bridegroom Readers: glory, glory! and amen! olood of Jesus to w~sh all Sl~S O"away.! young girls is just now being un. built up and more closely united in I :May God bless .yOU everyone. I Your Brother all for Pentecost and its And secondly, there IS a bles~illb call-, earthed in this citv a d w h th t . . . . [ ., n e ope a Christ. And sinners convicted and praise God for this paper, it is surely' fulness. ed sanctIficatIOn, that one recerves 1 the publishers of the State, who have many of them blessed in various ways. welcome to my home, and I like to H .R. GOFF. by c.onsec~ation and faith in the blood, I ta.ken this matter in hand, wiII lea.ve The altar crowded with seekers at read its pages o'er and o'er. Home address, Dunn, N. C., R. F. D. apphe~ by th~ Holy Ghost to cleanse Ina stone unturned to bring the guiltY' .every service. One sister, since the I praise Him for this blessed Pente- No; 4. from Inbred, sm, or the ciuTIa:l nature, iparty Dr parties to justice. 'Veunder-

'meeting closed, has received ber Pen- costal .baptisJPthat makes us all {lne, I or old man.' Then OIle is made hul!; ~Stai~d that'one oftne partIes ~~ag'ell tecost at home, and the power is on land when I read so many testimonies. THE VALUE OF SPEAKING IN as were the Old Testament saints, and lin this fiendisI:t work has been arrest.

TONGLJES . d t ", "f th . f I several others. They shake and trem· I feel almost like I was in a meeting . . IS rea y a tarry or e promISe 0 I'ed, and the e,<idence against him is ble under the power. again.. It does not seem to be in enabling i the Father, or the baptism of the Holy abundant, clear and conclusive.

The meetings are just glorious all I am praying for a Pentecostal reviy· ,mis~i.onaries and cnri~ti. an wor~ers in I' Ghost, and ~f they will ~ar.ry long i FOr nearly ten years we have been the time. Some sing, some talk, some I al here, and I believe it is. coming. I f~relgn lands to .:cqUlre a cont~~uous e~OUgh He ~Il1 come; He WIlT not tar-I giving much of our time and means shake, and about all ,shout as the bless. Glory to Jesus! We are havwg good u"e of the forel",n langnage "\IIthout ry. Heb. 10.37. to"l>--ard tI:te rescue of the, victims of ed Holy Ghost moves upon them. meetings here. Some are so hungry I practice or study. And this seems to Briefly then the order is this. Ra- deyiIish lust. In many cases, these

The crowds are larger every ,sunday, for all the fallness of God, and I be· f have> been the case with the apostles. pent, and be converted. Acts 3: 19. Con- victims have come from beautiful coun. and Sunday night especially and beha- lieve God !s going to do a mighty work At the same time the speaking with secrate, and be sanctified. Rom. 12: 1. try homes, where one would suppose, vior and interest very good. God in these mountains. I am asking for tongnes at Dhond and eIsewhere has Tarry, and be baptized with the Holy that these consummate scoundrels stretches forth His hand and heals great things and He says "Ask and ye eviEliently been of the Holy Spirit, and Ghost. Luke 24:49. . could not possibly gain an entrance. marvellously. We are asking Him to shall receive," and I believe it is com- of the greate;:;t value in quickening "Be p~tient, therefore, brethren, unto i But their Satanic schemes are robed prepare and impart the spiritual gifts. ing. spiritual life, and in increasing faith the commg of the Lord. Behold the in such a garb of benevolence and re-

Everybody keep close to Jesus. Pray The blessed Holy Ghost still abides in Christ and the Ward of God. husbandman waiteth for the' precious ligion, that the brightest and best are much that God may continue to get the in my soul and talks and sings and The outpouring of tile Holy Ghost fruit of the earth * * *, until He sometimes deceived. And numbers or, victory in Kinston, N. C. interprets sometimes. The more the in many different countries during the receive the early and latter rain." their victims are more sinned against

A .H. BUTLER. devil tries to press me down the more past eighteen months attended with James 5:7. than sinning. In our judgment there is _________ the Lord sends the joy and peace and the speaking in tongues and other gifts "Be ~l~d t~en, ye cbildre~ of Zion:-l nO' crime so utterIY. devUish, as that of

LEON COUNTY. FLORIDA. glory, and I just rise higher. God has of the Spirit, such as interpretation and reJOIce III the Lord 1,our God. the fiend WhD worms himself into the ~iven me something that keeps me of tongues, healing the' siek, discerning for He hath given you the former confidence of a .b-eautifuI, innocent

Dear Readers of the Bridegroom's through every trial and test with vic- of s.pirits, prophesying amd casting out rain moderately, and He will cause tao young woman, roos her of that which Messenger: tory. Glory, glory! demons, we regard as a part of the come down for you the rain, the form- is dearer to her than life, leaves her It is to the glory of God that I write Brothers and sisters, pray for us, that pr(!)mised "Latter Rain," preceding er rain, and the latter rain in the first in her helpIessness, gam and shame,

my testimony. the Lord will send just the one He "the day of the Lord, that great and month." Joel 2:23. wIth a broken heart and ruined life, Six years ago I was saved, and servo wa:nts to come and hold a meeting terrible day." (See' .)1oel 2:28-31 and Dear friendS, We are in the "even- destroyS for all time the unity and joy

ed the Lord the best I could, but hun. fo,r us. Acts 2:16-20.) ing time," and the promised light Is of a happy horne, and then goes out to gered and thirsted after more. I pray- 'May God bless the Messenger and This "great and terrible day" we be- being given, and also the promised lat· seek other victims for his fiendish ed tilat the blessed Lord wO:lld send all its readers and use them everyone, Heve to be "the great tribuIation," ter rain. work. No punishment Is too severe & revival, and He answered prayer and tor the salvation of many souls. mentioned in Rev. 7:14; Matt. 24:21; In the first centuJ'y they had the for Buch a crimInal, and we hop€ that sent a brother who held a two weeks' Your sister, all' for Jesus and others, Mark 13:19; and Dml. 12:1. Already "early rain," and now the "latter rain" the case now under investigation will meeting, and preacheli that men and LAURA MASSEY. its shadow is hanging ·over the earth. is falling, and if yOll' will get out from be probed to the bottom, and the fullest women could be saved and sanctified And how thankful we ought to be to under your umbrella of pride and false fpenalty will be inflicted. upon the g,uIlty and filled with the Holy Ghost. I TESTIMONY. our heavenly Father, for answering doctrine and opinions of people, the party. Meantime, it would be wen for began seeking and, praise the Lord, the many prayers put up to him in precious outpouring will fall on your. parents to exerciSe the utmost vigi. I found. Glory to His name! January I praise the dear Lord this after- Christ's name, for the gift of the Holy thirsty soul, and y.on too W~lI be riPen-llanee in the matter of their young! 22, 19G5, the blessed HOly Ghost came noon for salvation. I praise Him for Spirit and the enduement of power ed for the gathermg that IS to be at I' people's companions. Human hounds in and testified for Himself. saving and sanctifying me through the from on high. Through this endue- His coming. from the pit are abrDad, and they leave

Pray for me that I may ever be blood. ment of the S pi r it's power Brethren, there is no use trying to devastation and ruin in their track. fOund abounding .in the love of God. On the 25th day of last May, He many are being brought into the ark stand by the old theory any more, as We are ready, at any sacrifice, to give

Your sister in Christ, looking for came in and filled me with tne blessed of safety, who would otherwise have I the Scripture is against it; so the what aid we can, to track these de-

HI'S coml'ng, Holy Ghost, and He spoke for Him-! perished'. Some have obJ'ected to the only thing to do is to fall in line with mOns to their den.-From "The Way of LIZZIE HOPKINS. self. Praise His holy name! I am j speaking in tongues, because when the the Holy Ghost; and if you are sancU- Faith."

looking ror Jesus to comeback to earth message was Imown, or interpreted, fied, "Tarry for the promise," and re-FALCON HOLINESS SCHOOL COM- again. Glory, glory! it has so frequently been concerning ceive your Pentecost. Begin nnw. We have just received another letter

MENCEMENT. I praise the Lord that my mother "the near com!ng of our Lord." But to from dear Brother MclntQsh. He is

The commencement of Falcon Holi­ness School will include April 14-17, 19G5. Rev. J .. H. King will preach the annual sermon. Free entertainment will be provided for all who come. If you wish to be met at GodWin, N, C., or a home provided for you, notify I at once G. F. Taylor, Dunn, N. C.

and father are both filled witil the my mind this is the key to the present tions about this whole matter in I Cor- I holding meetings in Canton, and the Holy Ghost. On Saturday evenings reVival, with its "speaking in tongues" inthians 12:13-14. Lord is blessing. The house is filled we have children's prayer meeting an. d I and other signs and wonders, that the I The greatest need in connection with at both day and night ser+ices; and the Lord is bleSSing us in His work comiug of ,our blessed Lord is very' aU the gifts of the Spirit, is that we while the work has bee)l hindered be­and. I want to win many souls for ~ear,. and the '~OIY Spirit is here work-I have such childlike humility and trust cause of the opposition of other mis-Chnst. rug III apostolIc fashion to get the in the blood of Jesus, that we may be sionaries to Pentecostal work, he is

Your sister under the blood, bride ready 'for meeting the bride- filled constantly with the love and, expecting great things. Let us cantin-KAT1E JAlVIES. groom, lowliness as described in I Cor. 13 and I' ue to pray for the little band of bap.

Woodlawn, Ala., March 23, 1908. God has graciously given full direc- Phil. 2.-Selected. tized ones in China.

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