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- NUMBERS 482-483 SPRINGFIELD, MO, FEBRUARY 3, 1923 8ub.Ulptior Ma . QIOI .nd F0raU-a. u (r * Expecting Great Things from God; Attempting Great Things for God v . , "The editors ran out of space this month before they ran out of copy," we read in a certaln paper. That is a chronic state of things wlth us. W e h~ve anout thirty good articles before us now, some of which have been with us six months and longer, that we want to share with our readers, but we will not have space for most of them. until the Evangel is published as a weekly paper again. Every time the paper is made up we find that we have about three times as much copy set as we have room for in our sixteen pages. W e are in a growing revival. Brother A. A. Blakeney told us at the 1920 Coun- cil meeting that the Lord gave him a vision of the Pentecostal movement-a church on wheels, ever going forward. Yes, praise the Lord, we believe v.e are In the most wonderful and most scrip- tural revival since the days of the early church, and that the best of it is yet to come. God will yet give us "Pentecost plus Pentecost." W e have a living mes- sage from a living. God, a message that glorifies the Father, magnifies the Son, honors the Holy Ghost, extols the all- blotting-out blood of Christ, vindicates the inspired and seven-times-purified Word-a message that God is confirming with signs following in every part of the world. Where can you find a missionary movement equal to that we are now see- ing? Where do you find a church where one preacher out of every five is a foreign missionary, as it is in the case of the General Council-with a hundred or more volunteers waiting for an opportunity to be sent to the foreign field? We can surely say with good old John Wesley, ".L\nd best of all, God is with us." The Pentecostal work in New York City outgrew its accommodations long since, and Brother Brown, the pastor, had to find larger quarters. H e succeeded in landing a big Baptist Church that was for sale for $110,000.00. A certain sum was paid down, and an agreement made that $500.00 with interest was to be paid ev- ery six months. When the time of the first semi-annual payment was to be made. Brother Brown brought a!or.g 9.- 000.00 instead of $500.00. The treasurer of the Baptist board was amazed and said, "Why, does it rain money down there? W e could never make expenses when we were in that church." Ah, there is a difference in Pentecost. This revival comes from heaven, it is no dead, lifeless, worm-eaten thing that has to go to the world and the devil and import moving pictures to show on Sun- days in order to get a crowd. The sim- ple gospel, preached in the power of the Spirit, is still sufficient to draw a crowd of people who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, and it is rare to find a Pentecostal assembly where they cannot report every month the salvation of many souls. T o God be all the glory, for H e is the One who has sent this revival, and some of us can never cease to praise Him for having been brought into it. And it is because He is in this thing that there is a constant necessity of lengthening our cords and strengthening our stakes. What is true of this revival as a whole . is true of our publishing interests. \Ve believe that this is the time to attempt larger things for our God. Practically all the Pentecostal work has been built on a basis of sacrifice. As of old, it is the poor that have heard the gospel glad- ly. The ,Lord wanted His message to go forth, and it has been a joy to all the workers to do their bit in sacrificing. Men of ability like Bell and Welch, whose qualifications would ma& them well worth $10,000.00 per year to worldly cor- porations, put in their best efforts and drew a bare $5.00 per week for their ex- penses. It will mean sacrifice to get out a paper of 16 pages weekly for the sum of a dollar a year, as we intend to do. but it should mean at least a million extra Pentecostal papers going forth from the Gospel Publishing House every year, and there is no knowing what the Lord can do with those million papers, filled with the Word of God that H e has promised should nevcr return unto Him void. As we mentioned in the last Evangel. our first step must be the securing of some better equipment. The Evangel Family have kindly subscribed over $5,000.00 for a new press, and $6,000.00 \+ill pay for this A new linotype machine is also a necessity. W e have had a new folding machine put in on trial that is so good that we purpose to keep it. Our policy is never to buy a thing until we have the funds to pay for it, and we cannot very well go to a weekly paper until the new equipment is installed. One party sliggests that every reader of the Evangel send a dollar. They will get their dollar back in a year in value in receiving an issue every week instead of every other week. If every reader will send us a dollar within the next two weeks, we will be able to hare all this new eqnipment erected and paid for in the month of March. If the Lord tells you to send more than a dollar, we will trust you to obey Him. Another way to help is to secure new suhxiptions for us. You cannot tell how glad we are when we get a bunch of new subscriptions. W e are as pleased as the preacher when he has a fresh crowd come into his church. Our mailing department will have double the work when the Evan- gel is pd~lished weekly, and you can greatly help them in their work !y rcnew- . ing your subscription a year ahead, bet- ter still by renewing it two or five years ahead. This will be a great help to us. The Lord bless you all. Pray for us. ENABLED I have read of herrings, that' they will swim through the occan a week without weariness. Did you ever see how beauti- fully a fish swims? And when God cre- ates a thing for a purpose, depend upon it, H e never makes a bungle of it. Is God going to make a bungle of you or of me, and yet equip a fish to fulfil its function in life? You cannot think so. God is going to qualify us by His grace that we shall he enabled to live and serve Him in our environment, whatever that may be, to His glory.-Dr. H. Mont- gomery.

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N U M B E R S 482-483 S P R I N G F I E L D , MO, F E B R U A R Y 3, 1923 8ub.Ulptior Ma . QIOI .nd F0raU-a. u

(r * Expecting Great Things from God; Attempting Great Things for God

v ., "The editors ran out of space this

month before they ran out of copy," we read in a certaln paper. That is a chronic state of things wlth us. W e h ~ v e anout thirty good articles before us now, some of which have been with us six months and longer, that we want t o share with our readers, but we will not have space for most of them. until the Evangel is published as a weekly paper again. Every time the paper is made up we find that w e have about three times a s much copy set a s we have room for i n our sixteen pages.

W e are in a growing revival. Brother A. A. Blakeney told us at the 1920 Coun- cil meeting that the Lord gave him a vision of the Pentecostal movement-a church on wheels, ever going forward. Yes, praise the Lord, we believe v.e are In the most wonderful and most scrip- tural revival since the days of the early church, and that the best of it is yet to come. God will yet give us "Pentecost plus Pentecost." W e have a living mes- sage from a living. God, a message that glorifies the Father, magnifies the Son, honors the Holy Ghost, extols the all- blotting-out blood of Christ, vindicates the inspired and seven-times-purified Word-a message that God is confirming with signs following in every part of the world. Where can you find a missionary movement equal t o that we are now see- ing? Where do you find a church where one preacher out of every five is a foreign missionary, a s it is in the case of the General Council-with a hundred or more volunteers waiting for an opportunity to be sent to the foreign field? W e can surely say with good old John Wesley, ".L\nd best of all, God is with us."

T h e Pentecostal work in New York City outgrew its accommodations long since, and Brother Brown, the pastor, had to find larger quarters. H e succeeded in landing a big Baptist Church that was for sale for $110,000.00. A certain sum was paid down, and an agreement made that $500.00 with interest was t o b e paid ev- ery six months. When the time of the first semi-annual payment was t o be

made. Brother Brown brought a!or.g 9.- 000.00 instead of $500.00. T h e treasurer of the Baptist board was amazed and said, "Why, does it rain money down there? W e could never make expenses when we were in that church."

Ah, there is a difference in Pentecost. This revival comes from heaven, it is no dead, lifeless, worm-eaten thing that has t o g o to the world and the devil and import moving pictures to show on Sun- days in order t o get a crowd. T h e sim- ple gospel, preached in the power of the Spirit, is still sufficient t o draw a crowd of people who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, and it is rare t o find a Pentecostal assembly where they cannot report every month the salvation of many souls. T o God be all the glory, for H e is the One who has sent this revival, and some of us can never cease t o praise Him for having been brought into it. And it is because H e is in this thing that there is a constant necessity of lengthening our cords and strengthening our stakes.

W h a t is true of this revival a s a whole . is true of our publishing interests. \Ve believe that this is the time to attempt larger things for our God. Practically all the Pentecostal work has been built on a basis of sacrifice. A s of old, it is the poor that have heard the gospel glad- ly. T h e ,Lord wanted His message t o g o forth, and it has been a joy t o all the workers to d o their bit in sacrificing. Men of ability like Bell and Welch, whose qualifications would ma& them well worth $10,000.00 per year to worldly cor- porations, put in their best efforts and drew a bare $5.00 per week for their ex- penses. I t will mean sacrifice t o get out a paper of 16 pages weekly for the sum of a dollar a year, a s we intend t o do. but it should mean at least a million extra Pentecostal papers going forth from the Gospel Publishing House every year, and there is no knowing what the Lord can d o with those million papers, filled with the Word of God that H e has promised should nevcr return unto Him void.

A s we mentioned in the last Evangel. our first step must be the securing of some

better equipment. T h e Evangel Family have kindly subscribed over $5,000.00 for a new press, and $6,000.00 \+ill pay for this A new linotype machine is also a necessity. W e have had a new folding machine put in on trial that is s o good that we purpose to keep it. O u r policy is never t o buy a thing until we have the funds to pay for it, and we cannot very well g o t o a weekly paper until the new equipment is installed.

One party sliggests that every reader of the Evangel send a dollar. They will get their dollar back in a year in value in receiving an issue every week instead of every other week. If every reader will send us a dollar within the next two weeks, we will be able to hare all this new eqnipment erected and paid for in the month of March. If the Lord tells you t o send more than a dollar, we will trust you to obey Him.

Another way t o help is to secure new suhx ip t ions for us. You cannot tell how glad we are when we get a bunch of new subscriptions. W e are as pleased a s the preacher when he has a fresh crowd come into his church. Our mailing department will have double the work when the Evan- gel is pd~l ished weekly, and you can greatly help them in their work !y rcnew- . ing your subscription a year ahead, bet- ter still by renewing it two or five years ahead. This will be a great help t o us. The Lord bless you all. Pray for us.

E N A B L E D I have read of herrings, that' they will

swim through the occan a week without weariness. Did you ever see how beauti- fully a fish swims? And when God cre- ates a thing for a purpose, depend upon it, H e never makes a bungle of it. Is God going to make a bungle of you o r of me, and yet equip a fish to fulfil i ts function in life? You cannot think so. God is going t o qualify us by His grace that we shall he enabled to live and serve Him in our environment, whatever that may be, to His glory.-Dr. H . Mont- gomery.

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Bible Reading, Matthew 16 The Pharisees and Sadducees had been

tempting Jesus to show them a sign from heaven. H e showed them that they could discern the signs that appeared on the face of the zky, and yet hfj could not discern the signs of the times. H e would give them no sign to satisfy their unbe- lieving curiosity, remarking that a wicked and adulterous generation sought after a sign and that n o sign g o u l d be given to tbem,but the sign of the prophet Jonah. A wicked and adulterous generation stum- bles over the story of Jonah, but faith can see in that story a wonderful picture of the heath, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

After Jesus had departed from the Pharisees, and had come to the other side of the lake, H e said to H i s disciples, "Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." The disciples began to reason among themselves: and all they could think of was that they had taken no bread. W h a t were they to do? Then Jesus uttered these words, "0 ye of little faithl" H e had been s o long with them, and yet they were still a great disappointment t o H i m because of their lack of comprehension and of faith.. They could not grasp the profound spiritual truth H e was bringing to them and could only think about having brought no bread. "0 ye of little faithl D o ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thou- sand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven' loaves of. the four thou- sand, and how many baskets ye took up?"

D o you keep in memory how God has been gracious in the past? God has done wonderful things for all of us. If we keep these things in memory we shall become strong in faith. W e should be able to defy Satan in everything. Re- member all the way the Lord has led. When Joshua passed over Jordan on dry land he told the people to pick up twelve stones and pitch them in Gilgal, and these were t o keep the children of Israel

that they came over . H o w many times

had Jesus shown to His disciples the mightiness of His power, and yet they failed in faith right here.

A t one time Jesus said to Peter, "What thinkest thou, ~ i m k ? of whom d o the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?" Peter said, "Of strangers." Then Jesus said. "Then are the children free. Never- theless, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money; that take, and give unto them, for me and thee." Peter had been at the fishing bus- iness all his lif but he never had caught 4 a fish with any silver in its mouth. Rut the Master does not want us to reason things out-for carnal reasoning will al-

ways land us in a bog of unbelief-but ust t o obey. "This is a hard job," Peter

have said, a s he put the bait on his 9 "but since You told me to do it, I'll try," and he cast his line into the sea. There were millions of fish in the sea, but every fish had to stand aside and leave that bait alone,' and let that fish

Jesus says. All His words are spirit and life. If you will only have faith in H i m you will find that every word that God gives is life. You cannot be in close touch with Him, and you cannot receive His Word in simple faith, without feeling the effect of it in your body as wel: a s in >our spirit and soul.

A woman came to me in Cardiff, Wales, who was filled with ulceration. She had fallen in the streets twice through this trouble. She came to the meeting and it seemed a s if the evil power within her purposed to kill her right there, for she fe1l)and the power of the devil was rend- ing her sore. She was helpless and it seemed as if she had expired. ? cried, "0 God, help this woman." Then I re- buked the evil power in the name of Jesus, and instantly the Lord healed her. She rose up and made a great twdo. She felt the power of God in her body and wanted to testify all the time. After three days she went to another place and began to testify about the Lord's power t o heal. She came t o me and said, "I want t o tell everyone about the Lord's healing power. Havc you no tracts on this subject?" I handed her my Bible and said, "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John-they are the best tracts on healing. They are full of inci- dents about the working and power of Jesus. They will never fail t o accomplish

' the work of God if people will but read and believe them."

Tha t is where men lack. All lack of faith is due to not feeding on God's Word. You need it every day. How can you enter into a life of faith? Feed on the living Christ of whom this Word is full. A s you get taken up with the glorious fact and the wondrous presence of the living Christ, the faith of God will spring up within you.((Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of ~od,!~&,,,~~,

H e gives life, not leaven. God has separated us from the leaven of denomi- nationalism, and we dare not go back t o it again Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Reware of the unbelief and worldliness that has go twq into and is corrupting all the denomina- tions. God has made us a separated peo- ple, and we must keep separated if we are to retain our power. You cannot g o back without being corrupted. If we g o back, we will lose our power. If we go on, satisfied with being without the camp, cvcn as H e was, wc will see more

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of the power and glory of God in o u r midst.

Jesus asked His disciples what men were saying about Him. They told Him, "Some nay that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or o n e of the prophets." Then H e put the ques- tion, t o see what they thought about it, "But whom say ye that I am?" Peter answered, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God!' And Jesus daid t o him. "Blessed ar t thou, Simon Bar-Jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven." I t is so simple. Who# do you say H e is? W h o is H e ? D o you say with Peter, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God"? How can you know this. H e is t o be revealed. Flesh and blood does not reveal this. I t is an inward revelation. God wants to reveal Hi s Son within us and make us conscious of a n inward presence. Then you can cry, "I know He's mine. H e is mine1 H e i s

,minel" "Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whom- soever the Son will reveal Him." Seek God until you get from Him a mighty revela- tion of the Son, until-that inward revela- tion moves you on to the place where you are always stedfast, unmoveable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.

There is a wonderful power in this revelation. "Upon thiq rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail' against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." W a s Peter the rock? No. A few minutes later he was so full of the devil that Christ had t o say to him, "Get thee behind me, Satan; thou a r t an offense unto me." This rock was Christ. H e is the Rock and there are many scriptures to confirm this. And t o every one that knows that H e is the Christ H e gives the key of faith, the power t o bind and the power to loose. Stablish your hearts with this fact. God wants you to have the inward revelation of this truth and of all the power contained in it.

I had been preaching on this line in Toronto, endeavoring to show that the moment a man believes with all his heart God puts into him a reality, a substance. a life; yea, God dwells in him, and with the new birth there comes into us a mighty force that is mightier than all the power of the enemy. A man ran out of the meeting, and when I got home that night he mas there with a big, fine, tall man. This man said to me, "Three years ago my nerves became shattered. I can't sleep. I have lost my business. I have lost everything. I am not able to sleep at all and my life is one of misery." I said to him, "Go home, and sleep, in the name of Jcsus." H e turned round and seemed reluctant to go: but I said to him, "Gol" and shoved him out of the door.

T h e next morning he rang up on the telephone. H e said t o my host, "Tell him I slept all night. I want t o see him at once." H e came and said, "I'm a

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new man. I feel I have a new life. And now can you get me my money back?" I said, "Everything!" H e said, "Tell me how." I said, "come t o the mecting tonight and I'll tell you." The power of God was n~ightily present in that evening meeting, and he was greatly under conviction H e made for the altar, but fell before he got there. The Lord changed him and changed everything in him. I Ie is now a succ ul business man. All his past f a i lu re$ '$ne through a lack of the knowledge of God. No matter what troubles you, God can shake the devil out, and completely transform you. There is none like Him.

"Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." God is pleased when we stand upon this Rock and believe that H e is unchangeable. If you will dare to believe God, you can defy all the powers of evil. There have been times in my experience when I have dared to believe Him and I have had the most remark- able experiences.

One day I was traveling in a railway train, and there were two people in the car that were very sick, a mother and her daughter. I said to them, "Look, I've something in this bag that will cure every case in the world. I t has never been known to fail." They became very much interested, and I went on telling them more and more about this remedy that never failed t o remove disease and sick- ness. A t last thev summoned up courage t o ask for a dose. S o I opened my bag, took out m y Bible, and read them that verse, "I am the Lord that healeth thee." I t never fails. H e will always heal you if you dare believe Him. Men are search- ing everywhere today for things with which they can heal themselves, and they ignore the fact that the Balm of Gilead is within easy reach. A s I talked about this wonderful Physician, the faith of both mother and daughter, went out toward Him and H e healed them both, right in the {rain.

God has made His Word s o precious .that, if I could not get another copy, I would not part with my Bible for all the world. There is life in the Word. There is virtue in it. I find Christ in i t ; and H e is the One I need for spirit, soul, and body. I t tells me of the power of His name and of the power of Hi s blood for cleansing. T h e lions may lack and suffer hitnger, but they that seek the Lord shall not wgnt any good thing.

A man came to me a t one time, brought by a little woman. I said, "What's up with him?" She said. "He gets situa- tions, but he fails every time. H e is a slave to alcohol and nicotine poison. H e is a bright, intelligent man in most things, but he goes under to th&e two things." I was reminded of the words of the Mas- ter, giving us power t o bind and loose, and I told him t o put out his tongue. I n the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I cast out the evil powers that gave him the taste for these t h i n ~ s . I said t o him, "Man, you are free today!' H e was un- saved, but when he realized the power of the Lord in delivering him, he came t o the services, publicly acknowledged that he was a sinner-, and the Lord saved and

baptized him. A few days later I asked, the Holy Spirit into unity with Him, wh@ "How are things with you?" H e said, through the eternal Spirit, offered Him- "I'm delivered!' God has given us the self unto God. T h e Holy Spirit quickem, power t o bind and the power to loose. b r ~ n g s into force, and applies the shcd ,

I n another place a woman came to me blood of the Lamb of God. and said, "I have not been able to smell for twenty years; can you do anything for me?" I said, "You shall smell to- night." Could I give anybody that which had been lost for twenty years? Not of myself, but I remembered the Rock on which God's church is built, the Rock Christ Jesus, and His promise to give power to His own to bind and loose. W e can dare to do anything if we know we have the Word of God b'ehind us. I n the name of the Lord Jesus I loosed this

John the Baptist saw the Lamb oi God, but he never saw the blood. Proph- e ts of old prophesied of the Lamb that was to be slain. Isaiah saw H i m as a sheep led to the slaughter, but he never saw the blood. But he was saved by virtue of it. H e is singing and praising in Paradise today by virtue of the blood They looked forward to the antitype, we look backward to Calvary. W e and they are united around the Lamb that war .I.:"

woman. She ran all the way home. The table was full of good things, but she T h e blood is discounted by many today, would not tollrh a thinp. She ~. ;a "T by many professing Christians. Why? . - - - - . . . . . - . - - - - . - , - am having a feast of smelling!" praise ~ e c a u s e - they have not a personaZ vital the Lord for the fact that IJP h;mCP~f interest in it. W h o magnify the blood ~ - - ~ - ~ . ~ . . ~ - - - . . . . . . - - - - backs up His own Word and proves the most today? Those who see its valut. truth of it in these days of unbelief and The hosts of the redeemed in heaven sing a~os ta sv . about the blood, because its virtue and

Another person came and said, "What can you do for me? I have had sixteen operations and have had my ear drums taken out!' I said, "God has not forgot- ten how t o make ear drums." I anointed her and prayed, asking the Lord that the ear drums should be replaced. She was so deaf that I do not think she would have heard if a cannon had gone off. She was a s d e a f ~ s it was ~ o s s i b l e to be-

But 'she saw other people getting and rejoicing. Had God forgot-

ten to be gracious? W a s His power just the same? She came the next ni h t and s a i d g have come to- nigh Take care you d o not come any 0th way. I prayed for her again and commanded her ears to be loosed in t h e name of Jesus. She believed, and the moment she believed she heard. She ran and jumped upon a chair and began to preach. Later I let a pin drop and she heard it fall. God can give drums tm ears. All things are possible with God. God can save the worst.

Discouraged one, cast your burden on the Lord. H e will sustain you. Look unto Him and be lightened. Look un to Him now.

THE B L O O D O F JESUS C H R I S T T h e Antidote t o All Tha t I s of t h e

Devil The Word is full of the power, of the

purpose, and of the potency of the blood of the Son of God. T h e power of the blood is exhaustless, and the theme of the blood is endless. For we are redeemed by the blood, and kept eternally redeemed by that blood.

T h e theme of the blood is endless, for it is the theme of the song of heaven, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing" (Rev. 5 :12).

W e are saved through the power of an endless life, brought about by the lay- ing down of the life of the Son of God. Life laid down gave life to the lifeless, and the quickened ones who have lived are saved eternally through the power of an endless life, and are brought by

power brought them there. H e who ham little forgiven loves little, those who are forgiven much love much.

God will have the blood honored, mag- nified, extolled, not only in the remote future, but now in timc' Why? B e c a w it was in time that the blood was s h e d Note the prominence given t o the b h & . in the Word of God. Peter, John an& Paul set forth the value of the blood h their writings, because they were Spirit- inspired, and because they had persoo- ally been redeemed by it. .

N o blood-no redemption. N o blood-no song. N o blood-no life. T h e masterstroke of Satan was CJ-

vary. H e saw his mistake after the ru- urrection, and for nineteen hundred yeam h e has tried to undo his mistake. How? By explaining away, minimizing, nullify- ing, and expunging the power, the effi- cacy, the potency of the blood that flowed o n Calvary.

T h e children of I s r a d were commanded to cover the blood spilt in hunting with dust. Satan has been using dust ever since Calvary t o throw into the eyes of those who would be saved. Praise God, there is enough eyesalve t o destroy dl the devil's dust, and enable men to a c t what God sees in the blood of the only begotten Son of God.

You need not have a chemical examina- tion to understand the nature of the com- ponent parts of the blood of the Lamb of God in order to be saved, any mom than a drowning man needs to k n m where the hemp of the rope was growa that i s thrown to save him from drown- ing. God says that the blood is preciour -more precious than silver or gold. Rut on God's estimate of the blood, and then you will have the rest of God for the rest of your life.

A life of misery is usually the lot of those who are united in marriage, or in any other way of their own chooring, with the men of the world. 0 for mcb love to Jesus that like H i m we may be holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from s inne r s l -4 . H . Spurgeon.

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The Pentecostal Evangel Pnbl1mh.d Bvcy Other Waek Stanley H. Frodsham. Edltor.

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T H E S P O T L E S S LAMB By Amy Yeomans

If the Lamb had a blemish I falter, If the Lamb had a blemish I fall,

But look, where H e comes to the altar! H e is Jesus, and Jesus is All.

I shout and I sing in my gladness, Not a spot, not a blemish I see;

And that Lamb without blemish is Jesus, \Vho died without blemish for me.

.SO the Lamb without blemish died meekly. Sank to death 'neath the weight of

my sin, Z o n g foreknown in love, of the Father,

TO the Fold I a m safe gathered in. 50 H e died, but behold H e is risen1

See Him now a t the Father's right hand l

L o o k H e stands without spot, without blemish,

And in Him, without blemish, I stand.

THE M O S T U R G E N T N E E D O F I N D I A

By M. Marguerite Flint gighf in India, a night that is dark in-

deed, filled with the beating of drums, the cry of the jackal, the ringing of tem- ple bells, the monotonous chanting of the names of heathen gods, the wail of a child widow. There is light and singing within the Mission, and some saved from that darkness outside are seeking His face and the fullness of the Spirit. W e a re shut in with God, the world about us forgotten and the very room filled with His presence and glory. And then, a face appears a t a broken window, a face on which settled hopelessness has become apathy. I t is only a woman, a Hindu woman who has been attracted by the music, a woman who wonders that anyone could be happy. Just a moment, a fleet- ing glance, and she is gone without a word or sound, but she brought t o us again the suffering, perishing heathen world and our song has gone with her; we are at H i s feet, with the "groanings that cannot be uttered!'

A s that face came to me, from out the night of India, so w e missionaries would come to you, t o remind you that there is yet much to do, many to reach, and we cannot reach them without you. And in a special way at this time we desire to lay upon your hearts the urgent need of Pen-

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tecostal schools ill North India-Pente- costal schools in which our Indian boys and girls will be taught the Word a s we believe it; schools where our young con- verts wiIl be trained to carry the FULL G O S P E L back to their brothers and sis- ters in darkness; schools from which we will secure the help that we as mission- aries must have.

N o sooner is the new missionary in India than he meets this need for native helpers-someone to teach him the new language of the new people to whom he has been sent. Later, as he begms to give out the Word, he is unable to speak fluently; there are many questions he can- not understand, cannot answer, and there must be the native evangelist t o g o with him. Months pass into years, the work oi the Lord grows, and the missionary realizes that the demand for native help- ers is ever increasing. There are villages everywhere, villages along every foot- path and road, through every field, be- yond every mango grove. T h e days are never long enough to enter open doors, so more Indian helpers are called t o cover the district in cooperation with the mis- sionary-in-charge. You could better un- derstand the situation were you to stand in the place of your missionary with a territory of half a million souls t o reach for the Master.

Then, too, there are the forty million zenana women of India, living their se- cluded lives behind closed doors, a chal- lenge to a Christian nation in very truth. Take the little of North India; let her speak for the millions who cannot. Born into a Hindu family, "only a girl;" married into a Hindu home, "only a wom- an;" living year after year within the four dreary mud walls with no peace and none t o tell her of the Prince of peace. T h e years brought sorrow and suffering in measure pressed down and running over, until she wondered often why she had been born, and longed for death, but she bore it alone-until that day when she heard the new song sung on the street by the missidnaries (Not the vile songs to vile gods to which she had listened in the past)-these were words of hope and peace which came softly to her from the street outside, and a new name, "Jesus." Peace1 She had longed for it; but her husband had told her that there was no peace. Again that night she asked him, telling of the new song, but he cried with scorn, "What, peace for you? F o r a woman, a creature without brain or soul? You are mad. I am a MAN. I have bathed in our holy rivers, knelt a t sacred shrines, sat with proud Brahmins, bowed in temples and worshiped many gods in far cities, and I H A V E N E V E R F O U N D P E A C E . There is no peace. You will do well to foreet those words!' But she

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- , could not forget, and the singers came again. And the missionary and Bible woman found their way into that home and told of One who died for the lost. Then came the battle of light against darkness, for the years had cast their shadow over mind and soul, and though the woman listened often, the sad heart could not understand, could not grasp the message. "How can I know this Je- sns? I have heard of many gods, none

of them have brought me peace, how r a n I understand this One?" were the oft- repeated questions, until the weary work- ers cried to the Lord to cause her to know, Then she saw HIM. H e stood outside her door one night, knocking, a Man won- drous fair to look upon, His garments spotless, face tender, and said, "I am Je- sus, let Me come in," and when the little woman shook her head and said,. "No, you cannot come in, I am only a woman and this i s . a zenana home, how can I know you are Jesus?" The Christ held out two bleeding hands and answered her, "By the print of the nails." I t was Jesus, and she found peace. Today, outside the closed doors of those millions of zenana women in dark India, He stands with the nail-pierced hands, but the prisoners within cannot open those doors, and if you and I fail, the doors will remain closed. The missionary cannot enter many alone, she must have Spirit-filled, called and prepared Bible aomen, 'hence the need of our Bible women's training school.

When we missionaries first went to In- dia, it was with the cry, "Jesus is coming soon." W e felt there was no time for school or orphanage work, no time for educational or industrial work, we must evangelize India. But our Lord has not come, and in neglecting the work among the children we have made a serious mis- take in years past. I feel at times we have been like the fishermen of old, forced t o the confession, "We have toiled all night and have caught nothing," and have needed to hear, "Cast thy net. on the right sight of the ship!' As a result of this, our first attitude, we Pentecostal mission- aries are still dependent upon Board Schools and Board Missions t o t ra in 'our boys and girls, to supply our workers, and wc do not get their best. Now, a s a body of Pentecostal missionaries, we have determined, a t any cost, by His grace and with your help, to have our own Pentecostal schooi; for our Indian chil- dren, and Pentecostal Bible Training schools for the young converts. W e be- lieve this work will result in a stren@h- ening of every mission station and the' salvation of many precious souls through- out North India, also in the preparation of some for His coming from the land so dear to us and to Him. .We have en- deavored for the past two years t o lay this burden on hearts in the homeland, but we feel that the home friends have not yet caught the vision as have we in India, so we come to you again. T h e school for boys in Bahraich and the school for girls in Bettiah, need your earn- est prayers, your hearty support, your co- operation in every way. "Brethren, pray for us."

( T o Be Continued)

G E N E R A L C O U N C I L I N V I T E D TO ST. L O U I S

An invitation has been received from the pastor of the St. Louis assembly, Brother Fred Lohmann, for the General Council t o hold its next session in St. Louis. I t has been suggested that the next meeting shall. start September 13 and continue until September 20. Definite announcements will appear later.

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have a "tarrying meeting," and a service of prayer for the sick each week. T w o young men came t o the first tarrying meeting and about fifteen persons at- tended the "healing service." Somehow the program did not work right and I did not attempt to carry it on further.

I n December, 1921, I was a delegate to the National Anti-Saloon League Con- vention, held in Washington, D. C. This trip afforded me the opportunity of meet- i n g Rev. Chas. A. Shreve, pastor of "Old McKendrce" M. E. Church of that city, a n d with whom I had been in corre- spondence as to the result of the Mc- Pherson revival held in his church, and the carrying on of the Pentecostal pro- gram by him. The way opened in May, 1922, for him to come to us at Scrugg's Memorial in St. Louis. The McPherson meeting had convinced me that there was more in the Pentecostal experience than /

I had believed. My conferences with Shreve confirmed my opinion in the mat- ter. TJp to this time St. Louis Pente- costal work was not attractive to me, and it had the appearance of wild emotional: ism and sensationalism. Mrs. McPher- son's meeting was not of that character, and I heartily supported her in every way

-'that I could lend my influence. - I had heard that she believed in the evidence of "other tongues" witnessing to the gift of the Holy Spirit, and I was fearful of i t a s an earmark of fanaticism. After getting Shreve's experience I began to weigh out the doctrine and experience in

>he light of the Word of God and came to the conclusion. that "this is that."

From the first of January until the opening. of our *meeting, my daily prayer was for a revival in the church and the hiling of the Holy Spirit for myself.

For seven years prior to my coming to St. Louis, I had a blessed and fruitful ministry in the Lead Mining District of St . Francois County, Missouri. I came to St. Louis after a keen struggle with m y feelings, but with the determination t o be. true to a spiritual program and, especially. revival effort. Many told me that I could not expect to see a Holy Spirit revival in a St. Louis church. I did see it, though, and had two success- ful revivals, with sinners saved at the "mourners' bench" in the good old way, weeping and repenting, believing on - the Lord. I assisted in three other revivals in St. Louis chuicliei and saw the fire fall and victory taken through His name and power.

I was a s s ~ ~ r e d in my heart that the Shrcve meeting n o l ~ l d be a meeting of unusual result. A small firoup of women '.lad been prayina ior six years that the Lord Jrsus would keep Scrugg's C h r c h spiritual and a witness t o His Gospel in the city. After the hicPherson meeting I kept in touch with the Assemhly of God conaregation and had preached for them twice. I believed that they xere sane and true. Six weeks hefore our meet- i n g I prcaclied the second sermon to them and iirpxl them to pray for us, and in- vited thrm to attend the coming revival. Their pastor, Erotlirr Fred Lohmann. was brotherly and sympathetic and joined his forces with ours in prayer and at- tendance upon the mecting. Slireve saw

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that the Lord wanted the* Pentecostal Gospel preached, and he certainly p r e claimed it. I went on record as being a candidate for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. I was led into a three-day fast and the spirit of earnest prayer was upon me. Brother Lohmann counseled his peo- ple to be careful and t o give no offense. W e threw the meeting wide open and all varieties of "bugs" came to the glorious light. I received all kinds of advice, good, bad, and worse; but none of those things moved me in my going on with the Lord. On U'ednesday night, May the third, about tcn-forty-five o'clock I fell under the power of God. A hrother step- ped forward to see me, and as he looked at mc. down he went as if hit by a bolt of lightning. His wife, who had been converted but who opposed seeking fur- ther, fell also. Somebody back of me went down with a crash, laughing joy- ously, and I could hear others falling under the power of the Lord all over the room. W e had two nights when the pres- ence of the Lord was overwhelming, and one after another would he baptized in the Holy Spirit. I t was two o'clock in the morning when the evidence of "tongues" burst forth from my lips. I t was a gushing forth of my soul in a tor- rent of uttcrance unknown to me. I was the first person in my congregadon to receive the Baptism. After this many more swept into the experience. I was anxious t o let my light shine in Method- ism; but it was not acceptable to the pow- ers that be. Notwithstanding that the prayer meeting doubled in attendance,. and ?he Sunday school reached high tide, and the fire fell continuously on the altar, op- position developed and the new wine burst the old wine-skin, and brought about a situation that forced my resignation a month before my conference year closed.

My heart mas burdened for my people 'who mere the most spiritual members of the congregation. and I did not want t o see them scattered. Thr re had been a glorious tra~isinrmation wrought in them and they n-cre filled with peace, joy and lore. SCI-L' n ' o~~ ld have supported me in an indepcndetit mission work, but I discouraged the thought of it:

J3rotltcr Lohmann and his people of- fered us the use of the Assembly Church and we g~mtcfully accepted it. I rcad the fundamental statement of the Assemblies of God, and told my congregation that I was g.oing.to offer rnyseli to its ministry and urged 'them t o considcr the Assembly of God as the church they would find edifying to them. Fifty-three of my mem- bers united with the Assembly. Brother Lohmann rero~nnicnded me for Associ- ate Pastor, to whirh place I was elected hy the congregation, and four months of our united ministry have passed. W e are one family. Others have come in from my former congregation, and, almost without exception. every Sunday sees conversions, Baptisms, and additions. The hand of the Lord in healing the sick is also seen. Brother Lohmann's expe- rience and counsel have been worth more to me than I can say. I t is largely due to him that, for the first time. St. Louis has a Pentecostal church on solid founda- tion, with spiritual power resting upon it ,

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free from fanaticism and foolishness. T h e churches of the city are beginning t o recognize us a s a spiritual force not to be denied, and a s the bush burns glori- ously, shoes are being put off and the voice of the Lord is heard.

Morse H. Markley. St. Louis, Mo.,

January 15, 1923.

C O N S O L A T I O N F O R T,HE L A S T DAYS

God dealt with the people in Egypt. Judgment after judgment, plague after plague1 All the firstborn in the land were smitten and all the firstborn of cat- tle. Only those who sheltered under the blood were exempted. And then God made a wholesale destruction of the cream of the country; its chosen captains, va- liant men, and finest horses went into the Red Sea after the children of God and were drowned. The enemy said, "I will pursue, I will mvertake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them: I will draw my sword, my hand shall de- stroy them." God overwhelmed them with a wholesale destruction. And the children of Israel sang this song, "I will sing unto the Lord, for H e hath tri- umphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea!'

When the children of Israel were fear- ful, Moses said, "Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show t o you today." Tight places bring God o n the scene.

The inspirer of Pharaoh is still active. H i s hatred of God's people is none the less. But God is working. The enemy may say, "I will pursue, I will follow after," but his chariot wheels will be tak- en off.

T h e pillar of fire is still with God's people T h e time .is soon coming when the rod of our Moses will stretch forth. and there will be a destruction of God's enemies. God's people set free1 Free t o serve Him! Free t o sing His praises1 "The Egyptians whom ye have seen to- day, ye shall see them again no more forever."

God is living. God is watching His people. The pillar of the cloud stands between the camp of the enemy and the camp of His people. I t is,a cloud of dark- ness hovering over the enemy, and they cannot see through the black cloud.

God is watching and working and has- tening the consummation a s quickly a s circumstances will permit. T h e prayers of God's people coming up t o Him have to be completed. T h e golden vials full of odors, "which are the prayers of saints," have t o be filled (Rcv. S:8), and the angel with the golden censer, t o whom is given much incense that he should offer j t with the prayers of all saints, must take it and fill it with the fire of the altar and cast it into the earth (Rev. 8:5).

Pray! Praise! They are linked to- gether. You cannot tell the difference in the destructive work of cach. They arc both destructive to the enemy. Each is important in its own sphere. I n the meantime it is sufficient t o know that God wants more of each.

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QUESTIONS ~ N D PNSWERS Corgucted by E. N. BELL

3006. Please explain Acts 15:2C!- "But that we write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood!'

People became pollut;d through idols by eat ing things offered in sacrifice t o idols and by believing the demons that the idols represented really sat around the table and shared with thc partakers the meats that had been offcrcd in sacri- fice t o them. T o do this was to par- take a t "the table of devils" ( I Cor. 10:23)( Read I Cor. chapters 8 and 10. W e must not do this. But if we have "faith" and own only Jesus Christ a s Lord, we can eat whatever is set before us and say nothing. If our host says nothing w e can so eat, and yet refuse fellowship with demons. Read also Rom. chapter 14. Of course God still wants and de- mands that all His children flee forni- cation, uncleanness. or adultery. Things "strangled" are animals that are killed by shutting off the wind. "From blood" means to abstain from eating animals that ha re not been bled in killing, a s is customary; from those drowned with all their blood in them, o r from the pure blood caught when animals are stuck, such as blood pudding, and s o on. Now some say they have faith t o eat all things, and they d o not believe these commands are now binding upon Chris- tians. I t is certain Paul shows under certain circumstances we may eat things offered to idols whcn such is set before us, and nothing said. Unless this "eat- ing-what-is-set-before-us" modifies this as t o things strangled and to blood, then I know of no scripture that modifies o r annuls this injunction. I think I should cat, if I neeilcd to, these if set before mc in silcnce by my hostess; but I don't think I would evcr buy voluntarily things strangled, or pure blood to eat. I'll take thc safr sidc, and yet not fuss with Gen- eral Joflrc when he calls for blood sau- sage or hlood pudding.

3007. D o you consider the practice among wcrldly people of destroying ba- bies before they are born a s a sin?

Yr4, i t is a n a\vf111 sin to d o such things. Evrn thc Ian. of our land makcs such a practirc a crinic with a penalty of going to tlic pcnilcniiary. H o w much niorc docs the \\or11 01 God condemn such unclrnn nnrl niurdcrous practices1 Onlv trur rcpcntancc, a Iorsaki~ig of the practice, and an Iiunil~lc acceptance of the hlooil of Christ for salvation can sa1.c from Ixll tliosc nl io do sticli t l i i n~s .

3008. Does I Cor. 12:13 mean the Baptism in the Holy Ghost where i t says, "By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body?"

Yrs , of coursc, it does, Torrey, Sco- ficld, and nearly all Bil~lc Scholars admit it rcicrs t o thc Baptism in thc Spirit. Thcrc arc srvcn passages (Mt. 3 : l l ; Mk. 1 : s ; Lii. 3:IG; John 1:33; Acts 1:5, Acts

11:16 and I Cor. 12:13) in the New Testa- ment which speak of a "Baptism" in the Spirit. All alike say in the original that me are baptized "in" the Spirit, not "with" nor "by." This one in Corin- thians says, "Baptized in the one Spirit." Now all agree the "one Spirit" is the Holy Ghost. So, t o take this passage away f rom its six fellows, and try to make it mean something else is t o violate one of the fundamental rules of scriptu- ral interpretation.

There a re two reasons why some do this. One is they are misled by the English preposition "by" the Spirit in I Cor. 12:13, and assume this "by" must be something different from "with" or "in" the Spirit.

This comes from ignorance of the fact that in t he original I Cor. 12:13 has "in" exactly like all the others on the sub- ject. Th i s passage should be translated as it is translated by the American Stand- ard version, namely: "For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body!' This translation is not a "one man" no- tion, bu t is made by the greatest company of American Scholars on the continent, and should settle for all who cannot read the Greek what the original has in I Cor. 12:13. Surely i t is a mistake t o build up the theory of a third baptism on ignorance of the original.

T h e other reason for hunting some meaning for this passage different from others is that this one adds the puzzling phrase "into one body." Many have a notion that the regular Baptism in the Spirit i s "into the Spirit," and that this' passage, if taken to refer t o the same experience, really C O N T R A D I C T S all the others by saying "into the body." This is built on ignorance and careless reading of t he word, just like the other wrong interpretation. Not one passage in the New Testament speaks of any bap- tism "into" the Spirit. They all alike have always and everywhere "in" the Spirit. There is n o C O N T R A D I C T I O N herc, a s supposed; bu t rather a perfect agrcemcnt. All seven passages agree that it is a Baptism "in" the Spirit and ncver "into," as supposed. T h e fact is, the first six passages, while agreeing on "in," a r e silent a s t c what we are bap- tized "into." They don't say into what. S o I Cor. 12:13 ~r.ercly gives us A D D I - T I O N A L information, something not found in the others ; but this extra light in no wise contradicts anything found in the other six. S o there can be, with real scholars, no serious doubt but that this passage rcfers to thc samc Bap- tism in the Holy Ghost, a s do all the others. But we need not jump out of the frying pan into the fire by ronclud- i ~ i g wrongly that a man is in n o sense in tlic body of Christ until he gets the Baptism in the Spirit, though he must be in it in a fuller, deeper sense than beforc.

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3009. Does Christ in the New Testa- ' ! ,' ment teach i t i s a duty t o pay tithes? , .

Yes. In Matt. 23:23 Christ condemns the laying of more weight on paying tithes than on faith, mercy and righteous judgment, but clearly teaches we ought ,

t o do both by saying, "These ought ye- t o have done, and not leave the other undone." Jesus here says we "ought" t o pay tithes.

In the law there were three tithes, one tenth t o support of religion, another t e be spent on ourselves together with the servants of the Lord a t the annual re- ligious gatherings, and another every third year for charity. Only the latter two originated with the law and died with the law. The one for the support of religion began long before the law. I t existed and was paid by Abraham under the promise (see Gen. 14:17-20; Heb. 7:6,7).

Paul says of the covenant of pron)ise t o Abraham, "the law, which was 43D years after, cannot disannul" (Gal. 3:17). So then the tithes for religion which was in force before the law, is not chang- ed hy being later incorporated into the law, nor killed when the law died. I t lives outside of and independent of the law of Moses.

Moreover, the blessings God promises outside of land (Mal. 3:10, 11) for obey- ing are so great no Christian can afford to miss them.

C E N T R A L B I B L E I N S T I T U T E W h y t h e Difference?. W h a t the Remedy?

D. W. Kerr Objections have been raised against

the cost t o students entesing the Central Bible Institute as compared with other schools. In the first place, i t should b e understood that the estimates of costs and the chargcs per student as they ap- pear in the Catalog of the Institute were carefully gone over by the Executive Committee and agreed upon as being the best that could be done under the existing conditions.

A charge of $4.50 per week for board per student as compared with the cost of single meals a t restaurants is most rea- sonable. However, there was an element of risk to be assumed in opening the Institute with practically no assurances of outside support by way of donations. This lack of assurance was not because of any feeling on our part that our people would not stand back of the Bible In- stitute, but because of the fact that we did not have sufficient time before the opening of the school to give it the needed publicity in order that the confidence of our Pentecostal people in the undertaking would have a firm foundation to rest on. The undertaking was more or less of a n experiment. Praise the Lord, the Cen- tral Bible Institute has passed the ex- perimcntal stage and is n'ow an assured department of the Gcneral Council bus- iness for God and souls.

I t was decided that there should be a registration fee of $10.00 per term for each student, and that this amount should be applied toward the teachers' fund. But we found that the cost of gctting ready for the opening of the school would re- quire all the available cash from all sourc-

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e s in order: t o "pay a s we go." I t was therefore agreed b y t h e faculty and teach- e r s t o trust the Lo rd wholly fbr the sup- ply of thcir needs, and thus .allow all monies f rom all sobrces t o flow in to T h e Centrat Bible Insti tute Fund, excepting such monies a s were sent a n d designated a s donations for specific purposes by t he Pentecostal people "whose heai t s the Lord had touched."

By adopting this conservative policy of procedure w e were enabled t o open T h e Central Bible Insti tute o n schedule t ime; provide ample, wholesome, and well-cooked food for all our boarding stu- dents ; pay all our bills, and, from a spc- cia1 fund donated for t he purpose, give each of the teachers something for their services, the amount of which, however, a s compared mith the excellent services rendered, and a s a fitting compensation, has been exceedingly meager. Some of the more needy s tudents have been helped out of a fund given by the students them- selves for tha t purpose. You s e e , we rcckon that we a r e all "members of the Insti tute family," and that, "when one suffers, all suffer." I n this manner we have squeezed through the last four months, and by the grace of the Lord

' Jesus Chr is t we expect t o press victori- onsly through t o the end of the school year.

,Now a s to the housing of the students and faculty. W e have no dormitories in which t o care for the Insti tute fam- ily. Accom~nodat ions must therefore .be sought among the residents of Spring- field within walking distance of the church. T h e cost of rooms would vary according t o the manner of furbishing, some more, some less. T h e a%-erage cost per student for rooming accommodation is about $6.50 per month. - T o this should be added for registration fee per te rm $10.00, plus class supplies and incidentals. Some of the students conltl cut down expenses a little by doing light house- keeping.

I t is easy t o see a t a glance that when we have our own dormitories and neces- sary buildings erected on the beautiful grounds donated t o us, tha t we can house ou r s tudents under one roof and thus re- duce the cost against the students enter- i ng the Central Bible Ins t i tu te t o a point which will make it possible for us t o re- ceivc the large number of applicants who have been turned away fo r lack of means.

Now, dear readcrs of the Evangel and of this article in particular, do you not see a rare opportunity t o make an invest- ment for the Lord in helping your bit t o provide a school bnilding mith ample ac.. comodations t o receive these earnest young men and women who s o eagerly desire a practical working knowledge of the Bible? May it not be possible t l ~ a t you have placed some of your money "where mo th and rust doth corrupt and where thieves hreak through and steal?" H a v e you been thinking of "making your will" and leaving something for the work of t he Lord after you a r e "fallen asleep in Jesus"? H a s it ever occurred t o you that t he old adace, "There's many a slip twixt cup and lip," is all too t r ue? Have you such unbounded confidence in human na- ture still, after a demonstration of near-

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Ly 6,000 years, a s to imagine "your will" will be done better by o ther folks after you are dead than you can d o it while you are living? And has i t ever occurred t o you that you could put that s u m of money that you expect t o "will away," t o real good, substantial use while you live, by purchasing an Annuity Bond a t a fair rate of intetest, p a y d l e t o you annually while you live? D o you know that you can have the joy of heaven in your soul right down here on ear th b y helping some of our promising young men and womcn students and prospec- tives to a working knowledge of the Bi- ble by sending in a request for an An- nuity Bond for any amount of money you have +\.ailable, t o be used in the erection of the Central Bible Ins t i tu te building, where our Pentecostal young mcn and women can be housed and fed a t a rca- sonable cost t o them?

W e think it is worth your while t o ponder some of these pointers prayerfully, and write t o the General Council office, 336 Mr. Pacific St.. Springfield, Mo.. for a copy of "Annuity Bond" pamphlet.

A BOTE FROM SAB FBANCISCO At the "Grand Maroh Around" following

the drlivery hy SIstpr Amy Yeomans. Evan- gelist on PentPcostal Giving and Tithing, of a messnce on "Giving to God." a t Glad Tidings Tabernacle. San Fmncisro. Calif., on last New Year's Eve, when thr saints sang, and shouted, and gladly laid their love offerings on the altar, a boy of about ten s ea r s of age was secn to empty his molley box. spparcntly containing several dollars. mostly in small coins. on the open Rible, looking llp into 113s Saviour's face a s be did it. Those who noticed hls act . whlch was done in a most unostentatious manner, were deeply touched by it.

I saw him pour his money box 7Tpon the opcn X\:ord.

I saw him shake the utmost coin To glorify h l s Lord.

I saw him pour his money box, A boy of eight or ten,

I sax., bim stand a shining light For many grown up men.

H i s money box was almost full. R e etood with Upward look.

The nlckles and the dlrnes rained down. Upon the open Book.

H e shonk the utmost coln and smiled A smile of great content,

God's giver he, though but a ohlld. He'd glven his every cent.

Oh full and hoardcd money box. 1,ean In the P l ~ h t of God!

For what i s money useful Rut to shed the Ilght abroad?

"Open to Ble." the Savlour cries. A child shall lead the way.

That open hOx, that ylelded hcart. T,ends up to rcalms of day.

Then pour that hoarded money box Into your Patlrev's 11.xnd;

W a Is the silver. TIis the cold, And R i s each foot of land.

Givc a s He snys, and when He snss, Oh be not poor towards God!

But pour ynnr hoarded money box. To shed Tlis Lare abroad.

One Sunday I was suffering severely In ,my head. My baby, two yeara and nine months old put her l l t t le hands on the hack of my heRd where the pnln was and said. ".Tesus. hlesa mamma." All the oaln stnpbei lmmedlately and It has not r e t t r n - ed. Pralse Jesus. 1 believe t ha t He heara a hahv's nmver n s oulrklv a8 that of a ." .. - ~ - . krownup. ~ r u i + . exce cent^ i e be orlnverted and becomc a s llttle children (full of t rus t ) . ye cannot enter the klncdom of heaven." S o m e one In Long Beach. Calif.

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THE WOBX VdBCOUVEE, 8. Q. We had the blessed grlvllege of spending

five weeks with the Assembly a t Vancouver, B. C . on our return from Alaska.

Brother C. Orvllle Benham Is .the em- d e n t young Pastor and he Is on the job from morning till night.

Brother Benham is an aster" man but he has caught the vision of thc great needs in this splendid country, and especially the fine city of Vancouver, which is a cos- nloPolltan city, and, like most of the c a s t tou?ns, has many objectionable features. I t i s just such a town a s would challenge a Young man whose soul i s on fire for God and who sees Jesus Christ t h e only hope for poor, lost, weary, sinsick humanity. ',

They call their place "The Revival Mls- sion," and it is rightly named, for there is a revixal going on all the time.

Brother Denham bcliel-es tha t thls soul winning program I s the only one God has for these List days. and that every ounce of our s t r c l~%th and energy should be thrown into the glorious n.oYk of bringing men and vomcn to Ciirlst.

One of thc great features of tn1i8 work is the splcndid orchcstra, conducted by Brother Benham, of over 30 pieces. Many precious souls have been won to Chriat here through the Spirit-filled music. These young people play for the glory Of God. not only in the mission, but on the s t ree t from night to n igh t Many are attracted by the music and are led to seek the Lord Je- sus. Satan uses music to allure people down- ward and hellward, in the picture shows. <.obarets and theaters; why should not God's people use their mnslcal talents to 'His glory i n the salvation of souls? During our campaign there the I ~ r d ' s day meet- ings werc held In the Columbla Theater. wherc t!;e pwtlle thronged to hear the gos- pel message. And precious souls were saved and baptized in the S~l i r i t as on the day of Pentecost. Brother Benhain Seem3 to be a born organizcr; not tha t the work is burdened by machinery, but every de- partment i s blessedly lubricated by the oil of the Spirit and a l l work together In harmony. Vancouver, through the mlss~on. is gett ing the full gospel of SalvatlOn, healing fo r the body, and the Baptism Of believers in the Holy Splrit. Situated a-s i t i s in the hkart of the city: i t I s easy of occesj; and many are drawn inside, Pos- siblv to hcar tho .music, and find Christ & f i r e they loave.

h'ew work on the coast i s belng odened up 1,). the Revival Misrrlon workers, a n d young people .a re wilnessing for Jesus. scattering the "good seed" everywhere.-- Mae Eleanor Frey.

(Sister Frey is expected to hold a re- vival campalgn in Springfield. Mo. during the latter par t of Februaiy.)

~ O X V ~ L E , IOWA, convention-The convention a t th is plarc closed las t nlght a f t e r a twelve days session; and we all feel that u x were much built up by the BIble lessons that Brother Jamieaon gave us. 7% expected to have a revival With the convention but the brethren thought It would he good t o devote the whole t lme to Bible Icssons: Brother Jamleson gave two lessons every day and they were cn- joyed hy all ; and the preachers eSPeclailY enjoyed tilcm. TVe arc now to have a re- vival Brothcr Dccry doing the preaching. The field scems to be very ripe just now. -Roy E. Srott .

HOUSTOB, TEXAS, Gospel Taberpscle, Aasemblles of God.-Xcw Ycar's eve was onc of the most blessed and holy nlghts In the hfstory of the tahernaclc. There BmS a song and praise serrlco, then 3 part of the Chrisbmas program was repeated by request. The power fell and strong men and tiomen floclccd to thc altar, and there. just before the dawn of the new day. 1 7 souls wrre born into the k l n ~ d o m : and In t he ssmc Iloor 3 2 pledged themselves as home and foreign mia ionn r l~ s . Whlle the world outside was all In a bustle. Bring guns and rinring bells, the tabernacle pre- sented a different scene; Inslde every knee was bowed while happy heart.q were l lf ted in praycr and prilise to God. Pray t ha t we may contlnllc In the same spiri t throughout the year.-Mrs. bI. Le Strange.

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PAR-, &TO.--Nlfe and I have jus t clos- ed a three-weeks meetlng here. 7 saved a n d reclaimed; 2 recelved the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Have also been elected a s pastor. P r a y f o r t h i s assembly tha t God Will bulld i t up.-P. T. Hoffman and wife.

TEOUP, '#%%Just closed a Christ- m a s mcetlng here. , Good attendance and behaviour. One backslider hunr:y f o r God. H e asked prayers f o r hinn&!f and IlorrtB. And pray f o r me. I nead your prayers. --Jimmle Glass, Tyler. Tess4, It. 7.

CANTON, TY3XALHave j , ~ s t r1nse.l our holiday meeting. wlth bles-e<l vesults- sa in t s on fire for God, 'several backsliders r e c l a h e d , deep impression and convlc:ion upon sinners.-C. C. Powell, par;:or Slaugh- te r Branch Assembly.

SOOTHPOET, =.--I have just closed a ten-days meetlng a t Llt t le Rock, a church located about 6 miles above Bonlfay, Fla.. a t which a few were Baved and numbers were blessed. I am now locatlng a t South- port , and we a r e havlng a good meeting here. I request prayer for my lungs. They a r e overstra1ned.-J. F. Curry.

EEOTA, OXSk-This IS a new field, no one in the town with the Baptism but wife a n d I. One man, a Jew, has let me have a block rent f ree to hold meetlngs on, and I praise God f o r it. I a m the pastor of the assembly a t Garland, Okla. and xve a r e ,planning for a summer campalgn In K e o t a Brethren, p ray f o r us.-W. C. Aytes.

CEOCgEB, MO-We jus t clurtd a reviv- a l December 23, ou t from town, a t Sweet Home School house. A goodly number were saved: 8 recelved the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:4): and 8 were bnptlzed in water. T e a r e now in a revival here in Crocker, in the Old 0 & r a bullding. Please pray f o r th l s place.-Selthy Bray. w i t l ~ B. F. Spur- geon and wife.

HUXBLE, T E X A S - G l a d to report a real Revival a t Goose-Creek. Teyzr rvhrrc I jus t closed a meeting wlth 1Vsror F. I). Davis and Aasen~bly. There were 1 4 s a w d . 17 who received the Pentecostal Baptism, 6 buried wlth Chrlst in baptism an4 l i who unlled u.ith the Socal Asseml.!y. Th,a meet- i n g closed wlth grea t interest and a n In- vitation to come back Lor z~loth,:~' meet- Ing a t a later date.-Frel (:arOinrr.

SAVbXWA, 0BZA.-I want to sound a note of pralse to o u r blessed Lord. W e a r e here a t Savanna, as the church has call- ed me n s pastor f o r the present year. A blesscd Il t t lc assembly. A chorc11 i s helnfi built now. Tton' t he long until we will he ablc to hold services In It. n'e covet the Draycrs of the chlldren of God cverywlwrc. All Councll brethren a re w l c o m r to s t o r off with us.-Deacon N. S. Jordon. P.1stor J. W. Hudson.

ACME, W, VA-A convention was cnlled a t t h i s place Dec. 28-31, 19?2. 11y tllc pas- tor. A. J. Berry. Invitat ions were ex- tended to the ministers in this section of the dlstr lct . T h e ,meetinc was called for the pnrpose of discussing plans and SUE- gestlons relat lng to a closrr aflili:ltion a - mona our local assemhlics such a s union meetlngs, exchange of pulpits 11s pnators. a n d a n y o ther leglt lmate means for re- mcnting t h e t l e of fellowship a h l c h ex- j s t s between them a s bodles of hellevers. (See page 1 4 of Western W. Va. a n d Eas t - c,rn Ky. Distr ict Councll Minutes.)

I t was therefore decided by those pres- en t tba t we b e e n havlng qnar t r r ly Con- ferences, ask lng a 8 many a s can l o be yresent. The second quarterly meeting wlil .lrepln on o r about Aprll 1 a t a plncc to be named later.-H. L. Shumway. Ser. 'J'rcas.

MIAMI, W. V A c J u s t closetl a 3-weeks mcet ins a t Tn-in Branch, V i . \-a. Great in- terest ; good order. 2 receiwd tha li:lutism. I a m thlnking of going there I s take up the work. ' P r a y f o r me r!nt I may be kept in thc wlll o f ' God. 1 also !>ad a wceks meetings a t Mate Creek. 2 were re- claimed. Praise the Lord.-Mrl. Ali,:e Ad. kins. '

HbBVEY, W. VA.-Unlu Chamh--wc held a nine-days m e c t i n ~ !~er.?, in which nlne People were saved, awl nla91y asked for the prayers of the saints.

Many Chrlst lans of ot!lcr rlcnc.rli:latiarns were blcssed, and differcut onrs pahli.cly s ta ted tha t we a r e the only ( Jnes who ever l ~ r ~ a c h e c : the full Rible a t thx: place. I'rny for this community.-W. 11. Sloan. and 13. 1.. Shumwny, evangelists.

gLI.SYTB, W. VA.-As a result of the recent two-weeks meeting held here by Brother Y. S. Harvey of Williamson, W. Va., f o u t have applied f o r ilcense to preach --rothers Geo. Marsha l . Vince Donerer and Albert King, and, Sister Sarah Kin- cade. God i s wonderfully blessing and the assembly i s growing stronger. S ix minis- te rs have been added to the assembly since July, 1922. The place i s a lways open to any good Assemblies of God minister who wishes to come In to hold a meeting. Please ,pray for the increasing of the assembly. -4. W. Watkins, pastor.

GEAIVITE CITY, ILL-Jiisangelist A. H. Argue a n d daughter Zelma. of Winnipeg. Ifenitobn, Canada, h a r e jus t closed a most wonderful 'meeting here with 115 baptlzed In the Spirit. I f m y were saved and there were numerous healings, visions and in- terpretat ions etc.. accompaning t h e revival.

Miss Zelma led the singing with a sllde trombone in a way aBpreciatcd by all. This i s tbeir second campolgn in our city in the last ,-car. Considerably over one hundred received the Rnptism in thcir meeting here n year ago. Already the sa in t s have made a s t rong appeal for them to again visit u s next year, bringing Brother Argue's son Watson who i s now completing his flnal year in Bible School a t Newark. N. J .

The assemblies a t St . m u i s and E a s t St. Louis. pastored by Brothers Fred Loh- .mann and hl. H. Markley. were greatly beneflted by the meetlng, a s many of their pcople were baptized In the Spirit. Vlsi tors who came many miles to a t tend the meet- ings were blessed in different ways. W e praise God for this grarious outpouring of H i s blessed S p i r i t . 4 . M. O'Guin, pastor.

CAWADIAB PENTECOSTAL TESTTMORY T h e Canadian Penterostal Testimony, the

official oryan of the Pcntccostal Assemblies of Canadn, i s now rlll:~Y'yed to S Inges. nnd tach !lnml,c1. cont;lins m:lny ~ o o r l :~rt ir . les. Encour ;~ae our ('.llla(lian l ' i ~ ~ l ( ~ ~ r u s t n l I,lrtl7- ren 1,s subscri l~ing for t!lcir pnpcr. I t in published monthly and m s t s only GO ren ts per year. The rditor i s I3rother R. li. McAlister, i 4 0 Queen's , \ve. I.ol~don. Ont . can ad;^.

February 3, 1923

WESTBY, &Torn.-Our hear t s a r e full of grati tude to the Lord f o r the way He h a s ,

been working in our m'ldst of l a te A revival spiri t has been prevailing for

bhe last four weeks. Bro ther Fred Franlr of Flaxton, li. D. has been with us :he last two weeks. The Lord used hlln man- derMlly in giving out the Word. Some mere reclaimed and some receive? the TIoly Spirit according to Acts 2:1. Brother J o h n Law was especially used In music and singing. There i s a great nw.1 of Ixbor- ers in this par t of the doontry. Please Pray for us.-Moses Pro.;tchnusky, Pastor. Westby. Mont.

WESSETT'S 6 0 N Q BOOKS. Bong. of t h e COnrLng SLng, each . . . 3 1

per doz. 42.76: cloth each . ... .... .4 gong. of XievIv'al Power kC+lotg. each .$ 36

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~ . - V O I W ~n 8ong, each -. .. . . .. . ... 3 6 per doz. $3.76: 100 coples .... .. 17.60

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if P0l.nnir1 M O ~ . ' each . . . . . 3 5 per doz. $3.76; 100 %plea ...... 17.60

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Or4er P r o m Ooapel Pnbllahing B o n n , Springfield. MO. - -

ELYILIb, OHZO-The Lord was very ma- cious to us around Christmas t i m e H e gave us some souls; and throughout the entire company there is a hunger f o r God. W e had a wonderful meting last nlght, In which thc Lord blessedly poured o u t H i s Hplrlt upon the waiting ones. Our watch-night sc-rvice l a s t 4 till three in the morning. We observed the communlon a t midnight. Peoplc were Present from 6 0 miles around. The Lord has wonderfully btessed u s dur- ing t h e p a s t year; b u t we a r e looking f o r greater thlngs t o be accompllshed f o r t h e Master t h l s year. Many sick, Lo the nat- ural hard cases, have had demonstrated in them the mlghty ,power of our God. Pralse be unto Him.-J. B. Gorden.

P-ADESPEIA, PA.-The m i n t s o f the '

German Assembly of God, Phdladelphla. Pa. recently found It necessary to vacate the m k 4 o n hall where they had been worship- ing, due to the f a c t t h a t the place was sold. However, the Lord was fa i th fu l and pro- vided a much larger hall, a t 518 W e s t Allegheney Are. This place i s convenient- ly reached by cars from all par t s of t h e city. Soon a f te r movlng Into our new place of worshlp we held a series of five days' special mcetlngs, wlth Bro. A Wat- son Argue. young Canadian Evangelist, i n our mldst. Brother Argue was blessedly used in hrlnging the Word to us, also in music a n d song. The Lord was present In power and blesslng in the converslon of souls, whlle a number of cold and IndlKer- ent were rec1almed.-F. J. Simokat, SeCY.

SOUTH CUblEEELblPD, BEAEYLAXD The growth of the Dlstr ict during the

put year, and present prospects a re such tha t the Councll of Maryland and W e s t Virginia feel the need of the Chalrman being on the field all the tlme. F o r t h l s reason a f te r about three years of service I am resigning my Pas tora te of the South Cumberland Assembly. a n d a m ask ing t o be fully released by April 1. 1923. I t Is Lhe desire of ms'self and Rnard of Stewards of the Assembly, thnt al l a.ppllcants f o r the pastorate plrnse make applications by letler. and thcn If a n interrlew i s desired hy thc 'Stewards we will write the appll- rant. A pastor wanted who has had ex- pr ience . and who u'ill coopcrate wlth the n i s l r i r t Council, and nnc in good stand- ing wlth the General Council.-J. E. Kls- tier, District Chalrman.

B B O n N AFLEOW. OKLA -Brother John Gol~en. Lucas. Iowa, hega'n a two- weeks r r r i r a l a t Thc Assembly of God. Ilroken Arrow. Xov. ? S a n d never in the history of the work h a s so .much good Wen done in so short a time. The 3lission mas rroadcd the Rrst n l a l ~ t . The sccond night tbe Mlssion wns racked until It w a s Im- po<sihle to make a n a l ta r call a n d 4 0 0 OI. more were turned away. I\-? had a n overflow every night except two sevureiy cold nigllts. I t was possible to make a n al tar rnll these tn-o n iah ls and 9 wcre won- derfully navrd thc two niphts. Hands went 11p tilick al i over fhc Ronsc f o r prayer. Some came GO miles to get saved. We nppealed to other churches for more room hut wcre denied. One woman on c r u t c l ~ c s \\-ax 1r:iyed for, and she walkril n n w ' with- out tile crutches. She testiRrd In tile meet- in% several niphts Lhercaftcr

nrother Goljen i s comlnc hack this sum- mer for a slx-weekn campaign and we know tha t God 1s going to give us a won- derful rrvlval. Great Interest i s manl- festrd nll over tile country.-James FoutZ.

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C-TON TAKES 1,500 EVAXGELS EACH MONTE

The Pentecostal saints of Canton, Ohio are putting on a campaign or spreading the PeneCoStnL message, and the means they are usins is that of distributing the Pen- tecostal Evangel. There are two assemblies there a”d one of them 1s distributing 2000 ~copies, and the other-500. Brother 0. P. Bran” is ,rastor of the former assembly, and Brother N. F. Eby of the latter.

nrother W1gglesw”rtws meseages are prol-ing such a Stimulus to faith ttat the Houston assembly (Brother E. N. Rlch- ey’s) is taking a,hundred copies each issue. Could YOU arrange to take a. large number of copies of the Evangel for your ussem- blS? Brother Pastor, try and make your assembly one hundred per cent strang in eulwl’iiltions, and then order a 1,011 of enrh issue for distribution.

=-IbI!5XGTOlV, DEL-The Pentecostal Clinw:~ of this place re.ports a year of much blessing and fruit gathering.

ITit the death of its pastor and founder, Pastor John Coxe. on October 31, 1921, the work was stirred to its “cry depths. The Saints of God spread the matter before the Lord In prevailing prayer, asking Him to guide the work and provide a shepherd for the flock. After deflnltely waiting upon God, ?Ie made known His choice and set apart William A. Coxe, who was the” la- boring In Brooklyn, New York, for the work here, which fact was attested to by God in a great deal of Latter Rain blessing.

Brother Ridenbach. now of Cumberland, Maryland, gave efficient and blessed serv- ice among us during the year. and Brother John Wharton of New Castle was used of God greatly in our midst. Brother D. H. McDowell of Scranton was made a bless- lng In the Lord, and others were mightily used of God in our recent convention.

During the year 23 souls have professed salvation, Glory be to God. Forty-six hun- gry hearts have also been baptized in the Holy Spirit, as they were at the beglnnlng. speaking in other tongues as the Spirit glveth utterance. Thirty-four people have followed the Lord 1” water baptism, to dle with Him, be raised and live with Him. We have had God’s healing power mani- fested in a remarkable way.

One sister dying of tuberculosis. who was given up by physicians, was prayed for and healed instantly. Another slate=. operated on twice for gall stones, and told that %er condition was hopeless, x-as pray- ed for and was healed instantly.

: A young man, a railroader. dying of i n” infected throaf who had bee” treated

by his physlclans and operated on by 8pe- cialisls, who lanced the throat three times to no avail. was prayed for, and healed by God. A sister suffering with a cancer oi tumor, under the care of two doctors, who told her not to get out of bed, came to be prayed for and our Lord healed her. Many other sicknesses, aches, pains. and fevers, too “umeronS to mentlo”. have been take” &way by our God 1” answer to prayer. ln- cludlng the healing of the pastor from a? attack of pneumonia in both lungs, while those around about who consulted earthly physicians died

Our missionary offerlngs increased more than doul,le and every other expense has been met.

The Lord has guided us over many ro”gh phces arid given us victory over the work of the enemy. and kept us, pastor a”d p,cople, overcoming for Him.

We praise the Lord for the year 1932. and its hlraslngs, souls. testin!? places llld vlctorics, and look forward to a much more blessed year 1” 1923.

“Pmix ye the Lord.”

A&TON, ILL.-The assembly at Alto” has just g,,“e through a reor,zanlzatl”n and readjustmrnt which, Praisethe Lord, means x great forward movement for PenteCOSt In this city. At a recent meetlng presided over by llrother O ’Guln, the assembly by a rcs0111tion unanimously adopted, decided to :chnlisl, the old constltutlo” and incor- poratio” under which It hnd heen workinK for wx.era, yeare nnd to reincorporate as “Ti,r .Altn,i Assem,bly of God.” T”lS I”-

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cornoration provides for the consolidatlo” of the Edwards Street Assembly with the new Spring Street Assembly now “earing completion, under the folloting Board of Directors who have been elected to serve until the next regular election in Januaru, 1924: Pastor A. W. Kortkamp, chaIrma”; Oscar NSchols. trezmurer; W. A. Cannon, Secretary; Thos. Hawkins, James Ross, James Clark. G. F. Smith, Edward Glanzel and Thos. Rowan. working under

An assistant pastor, the direction of Pastor

Kortkamn will have charge of the Edwards Street Church, which will be conducted along missionary lines, while Brother Kort- kamp will have charge of and give most of ;;ht~me to the large Spring Street taber-

This more was made necessary by the constantly inoreasing attelldance at ali the servlccs. The Sunday school with its enrollment of over 500 and the church en- rollment of about 800 bas entirely outgrow” the Edwards Street Assembly. It 1s hop- ed that, under the new arrangement and with the Master’s blessing still resting up- on us, it will be possible for the present, at least, to feed the hungry who crowd every service. God has wonderfully set His seal upon our people 1” the past and we are giving Him all the glory for the great upbullding and uplifting of so many precious 80~1s and the great determina- tion of the snlnts to press on to greater +hi”CS.

The building is of concrete, 45 feet wide by 100 feet in depth. The main audi- torium has a seating capicity of about 1000. The platform and choir loft has n” ad- ditional seating capacity of from 75 to 100. The basement is provided with a large room with a seating capacity of nearly 200. and in addition there are a “umber bf class rooms and’two rest roon,s. When completed, the new tabernacle will have the largest auditorium of any church ln the city, but eve” the”, we fear, it will. 1” a short time, be far too small for our needs.

The new tnhernacle will he ready for oc- cunancy early 1” the spring. and, God will- ing, will start off with a soul-saving re- vival of several weeks duration. under a number of able evangelists.-‘Thos. Rowan.

DISTRXCT FRAIOWORT, m-1 wish to praise

the dear Lord for permitting Sister P. Har- rell and Brother Otto Lansford of Indiana to be with us from Dec. 20 to Jan. 7. Trul, the Lord came forth In our midst as “ever before. We have had a hard battle this past summer In this place and at times we have almost decided that the pron!e would not hear the message. But in the very first service Sister Harrell was in. she stated that if they were there three services and saw no one saved, healed, or baptized ln the Holy Spirit, she would go down on her face and cry out to God. And sure enough, she was put to the test. But she kept her word and went on ,,cr fxce before God. and the dear Lord poured out I” <a real a’ay. and 1” the last 3 srrvices 13 were saved and 5 received the Baotism. All the glory be to Jesus. Any one df- siring real Pentecostal workers will make no mlstnke 1” having Sister Hnrrell and party. They don’t nod them in. or havr them to sign cards. But she says. “Pm> until God from heave” will annacr bv fire.” Oh. hallelujah, for such worlirrn. A blind “la” was made to see people ilR t,,cy vxlu1a ,xtss by him I” the room. an<, a deaf nnd dumb ma” spakp so clearly t’nt the whole house rose t4 their feet RS he said “Sia- ter Harre,,,” “Amen.” and “l’rnis~ the T>ord” and other such thlrws. X.e frcl t17es left too soon: but we billed Lrxinct”“. K?. and ixd to leave for it. 77-c hnve the City Auditorium, which seats :~hol,t 2200. I’lease pray that the Lord will ~lnrlrrtnke. AP chairman of this district I nm trying to have R ~%a,,, of mecti,,Fs t’.ro,,,-hor,t the district with these Spirit-tilled peonle Of God. I hare no backing whatevrr--I mea” from the Pentecostal neonle of this dls- trlct; but these consccrntcd saints nre rtght on the hottom with me henrlnc half of the expenses nnd snlittlnr the offcrinqa. Oh. how God.% people nerd to wake up. They don’t do this. just to get n place to

Preach: but God mcade my call appeal to them, 80 they are golng through with Je- =“a Oh, do pray for thls band OP work- ers.-Chalrman k F. Miller.

MATTOON, niL.-Surely God is good to 4s here, for which we praise Him. Last Sunday night we’ been” our service at the regular hour (7:30). and it lasted until one o’clock New Year’s morning. It was a continuous outpourin& of the Spirit of God from herinninrr to end. W, had the regular song-servi& with se\-eral spe- clal selections. After that we gave a mes- sage on New Year’s resolutions; the” called to the altar, which resulted in 12 praying through to a real experience in the Lord, and in 2 receiving the Baptism in the Spirit. One of these was an old lady about 80 years old who had never bee” saved.

Then we gave a” opportunity for people who wanted to enter into fellowship with us as a” assembly, and 8 came forward and united with us. T!ren we had the Lard’s supper. It was gcocl to see the people melt down and wee,> nnd praise God as they partook of the cmble~s of His broken body nnd shed blood.

And the”, as Jesus saved the best wine for the last of the feast at the mar=lage in Cana of Galilee, so the Lord saved the greatest blessing for us here until the last, whe,, ,vve began to wnsh dne another’s feet according to His saying .I” John 13. where He said. “If I. your Lord and Mas- ter, have wa.nhed your feet, ye ought to wash oneanotl-er’s feet,” and. “If ye know these things, happy are ye of ye do them.” We proved Him in this, and many were the voices tl-at cried out and sold. “We never saw it on this wise;” and, “This is the happiest day of ,my life;” “I never had such hlesslng before.” S”ch expressl”“~ as these came from all over the audience.

Many manifestations of the Spirit were seen and heard, and many persons were convinced that this is God’s way of dealing with His people 1” these last days. So we are praising God that He is leading us on, to real victory In Him.TJohn T. Wilson, gastor.

SHE&BVRH, MIBH.- The Lord seems to be doing exceeding abundantly for us here. Meetings hnve been going five weeks last night. People who have lived here all their lives declare that we have the great- est religious awakenin- o” t’at has ever bee” in the community. %‘e have our house almost filled t” capacity every nixllt. %(:lnY w”nderful conversions already, and t’:r end is not in sight yet, praise the Lord! The peaple are very nice to us. I have never gone into a new Reid where we have had more hearty cooperation, and it more aP- ptxciative people to minister to. One of the most extraordinary features is the co”vCr- sio” of our editor. He has been wonderful- ly converted. It happened 1” Zion City. just a few days before our meetings bega”. He is a very bright young ma”. and he is standing with US on full gospel 11”~s. IIe has not misred one meeting since the first. and pyrites up all the articles himself. He has put out approximately fifty dollxrs worth of adrertisinp. outside of the pub- licjtr in the paper, nnd hns done It Sb- solutely free.-%‘iilard 11. Pope.

CONPVEXTIOH POE SAGmAW, IMC=. The calwry AssrmblY-Pentecostl-

205 Tnscoln St.. Sarinna. Mich.. “nn”u*lres its first anniversary convention, Febru- ary 2-11. ,.:v*,,g. ,vm. 1;,m,,ert nmnt of Chirago. Miss 51. Marg-urite Flint. mission- ary from India, and. RF hope. Rev. D. G. srott. Iate uf Cannda. will he the special

All Michian” pilEtore nre especiall? *rg- rd to COUP ““d Get “cr,uni”ted. *s our assembly is small we can on’ly give free pntertninmcnt to the speclnl workers. but we will assist visiting pnstors as far “3 goscil~lc. Those coming from a distance may secure rooms nearby at reasonable rates and mralq can be hnd nt restaUrn”ts.

The Ifal, 1s located down town. nt the comer of Fmr,klln & Tuscola Sts.. two hloe.kn north of Interorha” Stilti”“. For further 1”form”tlo” write. Pastor Rollin Al. Severance. I’. 0. I3ox No. 246.

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P a g e T w e l v e THE PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL February 3, 1923

WE. Flora L. Eomn wrltes f rom Caraz. 1 - Missionary Department: Peru a s ~ O I I O W S : "We have just recelved a Christmas package from a fr lend In Ore- gon. I t came by mall and one of the th ree art icles i t contained was a glass ja r of

All offerings f o r Forelgn Mlsslons a n d f i r the expense of conductlng the Missionary ' ~ ~ l ~ $ ~ a ~ f ~ ~ ~ ~ s b , ~ ~ ~ t : l ~ , & ~ h , a : o f a ~ ~ Department, should be s e n t by Check. Draft , Express or Postnl Money Order. made pay- Orleans a n d then by ship to ~ i ~ ~ , by a'ble to J. Roswell Flower, Treasurer. 336 W e s t Paclflc Street. Springfield. Mo.. U. S. A. ship to Samanco, and then jolted over

mountain tl.ailS r i a the Pcruvian au to- ,mobile-the burro; and then ooened. 111-

AN URGENT N E E D

T h e r e has been s o m e response t o t h e need for funds t o b r i n g h o m e several mis- sionaries w h o a r e enti t led t o their fur- lough a n d w h o a r e m u c h broken in body' a n d need a change if the i r lives a r e t o b e preserved for the work . B u t the response, so far, h a s been entirely inadequate to mcct t h c nced a n d so w e must again re- f e r to this mat te r .

Since first m a k i n g t h e call fo r help t o b r i n g h o m e s o m e missionaries, several o thers have been called to o u r at tention, w h o m u s t b e brought h o m e at once. T h e y have been on the field f o r years, have suffered grea t privations, have been sick a n d afflicted a n d persecuted, unti l the on ly remedy is a rest i n t h e homeland.'

Be s u r e t o m a k e y o u r offering for the R e t u r n F u n d a special o n e in addit ion to a n y o t h e r offering y o u might m a k e for t h e s u p p o r t o f t h e missionaries v;ho a r e remain ing on t h e field.

J. Roswel l F lower , Treasurer.

A WOITDEBPUL WOEX I l Z B8AZIL There i s a very wontierful Pentecostal

work In Brazll. South America. Thls work w a s s ta r ted before the formation of the Geneial Council by t w o ?ou?fi Sc;~ridinav. f a n brethren who went to South Amerlca f rom the North Ave. Mission Chicago. Most of the missionaries engaging In the Brazll work a r e Scandinavians, Identified wlth the Scandinavian Assemblies of God, 2nd we have not eneouraged our misslonaries to en te r Into tha t fleld, feellng tha t It i s bet- t e r tha t al l the .qissionarles In a certain fleld have the same relat ionship to the homeland than f o r two o r more relatlon- ships to exlst. But wc have a very frlendly toward al l and a r e glad to hear tha t God Is blessing. --

MISS Rha C. Englnnd, a former student of the Mld-West Bible School a t Auburn, Neb. has writ ten us recently from Maceio. .4lagoas, Brazil a s follows: " I a m writ lng something about the work here which I should like to have puhllshcd In the Evan- gel. On October 22 we h a d the dedication servlce f o r our chapel here in Macrio. The building ,holds about 300 people and i t was filled long beforc t h e service commenced t h a t evening. The p o a e r of God filled t h e house. Eleven happy souls were baptlzed In water tha t night and the following Sat- urday nigh: six morc were baptized In water. The Lord Is also baptizing His peo- ple in the Holy Splri t , pralse H i s name.

"Three of our dear missionaries from the S t a t e of Pernamlluco were with u s during tha t week, also two native evangelists, one of whom was nscd in a wonderful way in the preaching of HIS holy X o r d . Truly Lhe Lord Is visi t ing this dark country with H i s power, and a grea t harvest i s h e l m gathered in. All over t h i s land, where the Gospel i s being preached, s o ~ t l s a r e being saved and baptized In t h e IIoly Spirlt In great numbers. B u t It I s not without p ~ r - secutions.

"We have also commenced Snnday School a n d the flrst Sunday more than flfty were present. There i s a great work to be done here amongst the children. What we need I s a srhool. H e r e in th l s country only 10 per ccnt of the people can rcnd.

"The Lord Is also blesslnp. In tltc lntcr- lor. At EL place called Ponta de hfanre. where one of our natlvr. brothers Is U-o-li-

Ing, Several souls have been saved and there a re now about 15 y h o a r e wait lng to be baptlzed in water. So dear frlends. pray for thls dark Land of Cathollcism. There a r e thousands here yet who h a r e no t . heard the blessed gospel story."

Brother Danlel Berg, one of the original missionaries to Brazil, also wrltes a few words. "We came to this ci ty (Victoria) a few weeks ago from Para, and a c expect to s tay and work for some years a s H e leads. We have a blessed opportunity to preach the Gospel and the people a re humble to recelve the Word of God. Soon there will be a great ingathering of souls In thls clty. P r a y that God will open many doors before us. Believing a s we do In the soon comlng of Jesus, we ought to put forth every effort and make all sacrifice to enable those u,ho a re without hope and Gad in this world to find the Lord.

WD'S BLES-O OX A XEW FIELD

Poreat Q. Bsrker writes from Huancayo. Peru a s f o ~ l o w s : "The Lord h a s given u s a great deal of encouragement since wc have started the services. Some nlne young men have prayed and promised to follow Jesus. Three of these a re bright prospects. and s a y they want to work for the Lord. One, a Young fellow from another depar:- ment, has offered himself f o r the work. H e i s a bright young fellow, about twenty- flve and we belleve he will be a great help to us, al though i t means a n ex t ra slrr lf ice for u s to bear h l s support. Our meetlngs a r e 'better, and we h a r e had more real results here and have more encouragement than we have had before in Pero. We a r e t rus t lng God for real results. P r a y tha t God will provide u s with a good bi- cycle, o r better still a motorcycle, by the t h e the ralny season i s over. to enable US to Teach the towns and vlllages.

"Slnce I las t wrote you, n e ha\-e hod a baptismal service and Mr. and Mrs. Pot- t e r (Methodist misslonaries) and the f a t h - e r of one of the candidates u'ere present. Three young men were baptlzed and they all want to be mlsaionarics. They a re brlght and growlng nonderfully ill the grace of God. Then on Wednesday night. a week ago, we had a precious servlce when a young man. who is learning t'lc jeweler's trade, was converted. H e i s going on with the Lord and we hope to bapl.iae him soon. The opportunltles a r e wnndcrful In th l s village. There a r e many, many towns and vlllages tha t have.ncuer liad thc Gospel and we a re anxious to ge t it to them."

Wm. I. P. Burton has no\\' r ~ t u r r ed to the Congo. While I l ro t l~er I3urton Is not oK~clally connected with tllc Aasrmhlies elf God ye t many In thls country h a r e heard hlm speak and a rc intcrcslrd in hi: work. Recently Rrothcr Rurton a'rotc us a s fol- lows: "It may lntercst you to knolr tha t se\.en of our f if ty native e r a n ~ c l i s t s a rc now helng supported I,? Indi\-idu;~ls in America, and many of thcse black prelchers a r e dolng fine work for God. Nalurally some distr icts a r r more renponslve lo the Gospel than others, hut line upon line grecept upon prcccpt, here a l i t t le and there

Ilttle, thc TI-ord Is going forth. 4t no Sunday servlre recently hnvc a-e hecr. adtll- ou t souls saved, and a t onc meeting eighr boys and flve young womcn professed to accept salvatlori In Cl!rlst While a t a prayer meetlng last week the p o a e r of God fe l l and tn.0 wcre tllled with the Hcly spf r l t , moreover all onlooker was SJ con- vlcted t h a t he cried to Cllrlst fo r mercy. please g l r e our lovlng Christian grectinga to aljl tho s d n t s . "

spectcd for du ty and asa ln on i t s jo"rney of two days, r l n burro to Caraz. Nothing around i t hu t corrugated paper, tled t lght- ly. Such fa i th a s tha t ought to enable us to travel like Philln.

"Re sure and tell a l l out-going rnlssion- a r ics about PauPs bedsprings. My son-ln- law, Paul Cragin, i s a handy man and when he saw my steel springs I brought wlth me. he sen t to the States for spiral spr lngs (called Welical sprlngs) f o r the ends, and t o the coast f o r rolls of wire. With two s t r ips of sheet iron f o r sides and two s t r i p s of wood for the ends, and a pair of plyers a n d such other tools a s hc neeq:d, he lllade a splendid bed spring. The pieces of wire a re V shaped. To places like the lnterlor Africa, It would be much slmpler than car- rylng sprlngs. Yours t rus t ing in Mark 11:24."

A LAND OF SLAVES

Many u-ill be surprised to learn tha t there a r e st i l l many slaves In Bolivia, South America, according to a recent l e t te r from Brother Tommy F. Anderson, who writes, "Do you know tha t every fzarmer has from six to a score of slnves on h ls ranch who never g e t wages. They were sold wlth the ranch and the res t of the stock. P r a y f o r the slaves o f Bolivia, also the slave ohildren which a r e bought and sold. A f e w weeks ago a woman ollered to sell m e her own daughter of tlilrteen years old f o r $10.00. U. S. A. coln."

Xis6 Jemie W. ParPmTth wri tes f rom the French Sudan. "Could yon enter for a l i t t le season into our midst , you would find i t a t t imes quite a busy place. F o r Instance, while Brother V r l g h t w a s look. ing a f t e r the general a f fa i r s a s usual, o u r boys in the house gett ing their morning duties accomplished, Miss Peoples and JIrs. Wrlght gathered t h e children from one nearby village, brought them here and bad thelr children's service, I was a t my mornlng task of ba th ing sore eyes and handaging ulcer sores, etc. F l l th breeds disease o n every hand, and you can im. aglne how vain to tell Ihem tar hc Itto1.e cleanly when I tell you t h a t already many a r e golng x distance of three or four klla- meters a n d return with their pots to car ry thelr water on thelr heads to thcir home% The order has just been Issued b y the Government to thc Chlefs to order their people to wash all their c lo t l~ ing and rid Ulemselves of their lice, a s a \.eritable ,plagnc h a s been swceplng some parts of the country. spread, the doctors say, by these insccts; n i t h a very heavy death rate. ?.fultitl~dcs passing Into eternity i n this land which the enemy Is trying to deprive of the Gospel. Rnt H i s mercy endurcth fol.erer. May i t hc fully extcnd- e d to these Oconle. We 1,elIcve t h a t H e who h a s bexnn a good work here will finish i t un to the day of Jesus Cl~r i s t . u'lric11 &in- not bc f a r distant . Even so, rome Lord Jcsus!"

RUSSIAN WOBX C O ~ ~ U E S T O GEOW

Pastor J. E. VaroMeff writes f rom Oclrsha. Rurrsix, "The provisions which you scllt 11s in October have bcen received. \\-e thank Cad and you for them. One week :LEO T visited the ri1la.q~ of I:olnahcrlty of thc S to tc of Podolia whew Hrother I. S. En- kovsky works. There wc had a goo1 re r iv- a l moetlng and thc Lord God s:tvcd salnc

and Jesus Chrlst hdptlsed 2 7 In Lhc ~ o l ? Splrit. Glory Lb God! IVe alno 11:trc soma ~ o o d new workers fnr Jcans , Please pray for us."

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February 3, 1923

T R E PEBI lECUTIOX COHTfIPUEB Brother Tommy F. Andemon writes from

Bolivia. South America. "Stlll the persecu- tion goes on. L a s t Sunday night during the mea aching, two fanatlcs hammered on the doors with cobble stones OR and on fQr half a n hour, and the pollce did not do anything. Besides this they entered the mlssion and insulted us several tlmes. The other day a man told me they would hang m e and today a fanatic told me tha t he was well arnied and tha t he would kill me. This Is tile Hfe of a misslonary in interior Bb- livia I have bten Insulted nearly every day in two and ; half years. But God's grare is sufficient, and through prayer and J e s u s me can do the things which seem In,- possible to man. The Gospel i s wlnnlng In Rolivia. You mav be Interested to know tha t I have preached three tlmes in the Indian tongue. Two 'languages a r e used hcre-Spanish and Techua. Glad to report t h a t we are a l l in good health."

C O H C E E R I R G J O E U D. J A M E S A question concerning Brother John D.

J a m e s was received recently as follows; "I a m wrlt ing you In regard to a paper t h a t was sent me from China called 'South China Pentecostal Testimony.' The edltor's name i s John D. James. H e i s a mlsslonary a n d is asklng aid through his paper. I s he one of our mlsslonaries or i s h e of the New Issue? We cannot tell by the paper. I do not want to send an offerlng to the New Issue people, so please le t m e hear f rom ,wu."

W e might say t o a l l inquirers, tha t we do not know Brother James' r e l a t i o n s h i ~ t o the New Issue people. H e was formerly connected wlth the Assernblles of God but while home on furlough he vlslted the New Issue assemblies on several occasions. We wrote t o hlm for a n explanation, and he replied by sending In his papers and re- slgnlng from t h e Assemblles of God. As to how f a r hls sympathies a r e wlth t h e New Issue people we do not know, but we note tha t the name of Miss Kugler appears In hls paper, and s h e 1s known to be assa- elated wlth the New Issue people.

E V A R G E L I S T I C C-bTGX IR B U C P - B U S , OHIO

We just closed a tu.0-weeks special re- vival meeting. The Lord mightlly poured Out H l s Splri t upon all of us, and 21 %.ere saved. Brother Earle Clark, the Evangel- 1st. Insisted on prayer meetings; so, every afternoon, a s many a s could gathered to- gether for prayer.

On Fridays we fasted and waited upon God and Friday night Brother and Slster Clark prayed for the sick. Grea t numbers came for healing of many diseases, and most every one was definitely healed. T h e Power of God was felt al l over the house on divinc healing night and the house was packed.

One sister, deaf since she was eight years old. now a t 35 can hear. Pralse the Lord! She ;lleo had suffered with severe palns In her abdomen for three years, caused by a n operation for tumor: when she was prayed for, pains left Instantly. An old brother had fallen from his back porch. Chrlstmas morning. when i t was icy. They thought he w a s dylng: couldn't move or speak. They sent for Brother Clark early in the mornlng. After Brother Clark anolnted and prayed for hlm he opened hls eyes and sald. "Hal- lelujah;" and thc next thing, he was walk- ing, went out for Christmas dinner, and 16 nnrk ing a s usual now.

There were many more very wonderful healinps In our meeting. One slnter had been conflned to her bed four weeks ~ 4 t h l u n g trouble, welghed 95 pounds, got u p out of the bed, a f te r fas t ing all day, and I took her to the meeting In my car. S h e commenced to amend from the tlme she entrred the hall and when they laid hands on her and praycd the prayer of falth, she fe l t the Wwer of God go through her body. and s i ld , "Oh I'm healed. I'm healed." T h e next day she worked all day and came to CWTV f i ~ r d c e afterwards.

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our hIaster's business. We glve God all the glory. I can recommend these Spirlt- fllled workers. Mrs. Clark has charge of the muisc and preaches, too; and they s ing beautifully in the Spirit together.

Their home address 1s 1435 So. Belmont, Indianapolis, 1nd.-L. M. Lelby. 1427 Woodlawn Ave.. Associate gastor:

DIS-UTIOH OF DECEMBEE, 1982 I M S S I O R A E Y COHTBIBUTIOHS

- w e 'ant the prayers of the praylng peo- ple for Brother and Slfiter Clark. tha t they may a o o n In thelr good work; and for our l l t t l e assembly here. W e m u s t be about

An asterisk ( * ) indicates en~tlre amou?t h a s been designated. A dagger ( t ) lndl- cates par t of the amount has been desig- nated and the balance made up by the Treasurer from undesignated funds.

d P s I C A t E . E. Alger & udte Liberia. . ... .$ 60.00 t Jesse A. Barney and family ...... 76.00 *Ruth Bender .................... 50.00 'Mrs. Jennie L. Bendiksen Congo 101.00 *A. F . Berg & wlfe, a n g o ' ........... 15.00 'Ethel Bingeman, Liberla ........ 10.00 tJoseph Blakeney & fam'ily Congo 75.00 *Florence Brisbin. Llberla ......... 50.00 *Jennie W. Carlson. Sierra Leone . . 50.00 tC. W. Doney 6: wife. Egypt

(*$55 School) ................... 115.00 Egy\ptlan native workers .......... 75.00

'Jennie E. Farnsworth, Sudan ..... 50.00 Hannah James Transvaal ........ 30.00

*Wm. H. ~ohns 'on ................ 5.00 Katherine Kirsch, Liberla ........ 30.00 *J. H. L a w for South Africa .... 167.42 'Margaret Peoples, Sudan .......... 75.00 tJ. M. Perkins L wlfe. Liberia ..... 40.00 *A. H. Pos t & m f e , Egypt ........ 100.00 *Julia Rlchardson & co-workers,

Congo .......................... 65.00 Hat t le A. &IS-er. Egypt .......... 25 00

*J. Wllbur Taylor (*$7.15 Bldg. fund) .................................. 57.15 *Lillian Trasher, Orphanage. Egypt 114.75 t ldrs. A. E. Turney & famllyi Trans- vaal ............................... 60.00 *Harry M. Wrlght, Sudan ...... 110.00

C m A *Carrie Anderson ..............

(*$5 Bldg fund) ................. 'L. M. Angin for Orphanage ...... tBlanche R. Appleby .............. tMyrtle Bidley .................... *Fred Baltau & famlly ............. tDavld Bar th ...................... 'Ada R. Buchwalter .............. Harvey Chenoweth & family ...... Mrs. Ruth D. Cook ................

*Lloyd G. Creamer ('native work- e r $30) ......................... ................. t E m m a E. Daab

t E . N. Davis & wlfe (*$I0 Xmas) *Alice E. Evans and work .......... Clinton E. Finch & wlfe ......... El la Finch ....................... .................... ?Edna Francisco ............... tEs ther M. Hanson

t H . E. Hknsen & -%.lie ($25 work) 'Hansen for Abraham F e n g ...... , Thos. Hindle & famlly. Mongolla ............ tR . S. Jamieson & wife tGm. M. Kelley & famlly (*$25 re-

turn fare--*$27.30 work.) .......- ........... *Kelley for natfve workers tGrace Kennlng .................. ........... $Martin Kvamme 6: wife F. Harland Lawler & family .....

*M3ttie Ledhetter & work ($27.50 Bldg. fund) ..................... ........ *Lavada R. Leonard's work

tWil la B. Lowther 's work (Eviulg. $ 6 5 ) ............................ ....... Werman J. Mader & famlly ........ Mrs. I A l l l ~ n B. Marston

*Mae F. May0 .................... .................. *Rella Milltscher ... *Huldah Needham Motor Boat

t"( rs. Nett le D. Nichols & workers *$5.10 for children.) ............. ....... Frank 0. Schroder for Chdna ........... *V. G. Plymirc & family

t W . w . Simpson & son ('$60 natlve workers) ....................... ............ Geo. C. Slager & wlfe ...... ..... tJ . R. Spence & family :. . tMnrlr Stephany ($13 workers. .

Ethel V. Webb ................. ... W . R. Wllllamson f o r Chlna ....... *Mrs. Clara Jaycock W y n s ..................... Anna Ziese

.......... t P ~ u l Andreasen & wlfe *Almyra Aston ................... *Olga Jean Anton ................ *J. Edgar Rarrack & family ..... 1 U Rovre & family ........... %a;? w.. chapman .............. ... *Mary W. Chapman's workers .............. Susan R. Chester

t W . Fl. Cllfford & famlly ........ tRoht. 'F. Cook & famlly ($30 glrls . 915 Chnne.) .................... tRerher t H. Cox & famlly (*Work

& workers $310) ................

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Indies ............................ ..... Nlels C. Sorensen. Argentine ........ Allce C. U-ood. Argentine ChicagoMlsslonary Res t Home ... ... *Matron Mlsslonary Res t .Hame ........ *Specla1 Return F a r e s Fund ... *nllsslon Station Bulldlng Fund ........... *lTome Mlsslonary Fund

*A. S. Booth-CHbborn f o r German p m r ............................ .............. Emeraency Fund I

R. F. Raker & famlly Dallas ...... 75.00 H. C. Ball & famlly.' San Antonlo 65 00 IB LUZ Apostollca (Spanlsh news-

pnpcr) ........................... 25.00 Mellcan workers on border ...... 100.00 .............. Alice E. Luce. Callf. 30.00 Dr. Florence Murcutt. Callt. ........ 30.00 Francisco Olnaabal & workers ..... 80.00 Mexican Bulldlng ................. 43.00

All oRerlnk-s dealmated for mts- slonaries who a r e not members of the Co~lncll have been placed In one fund and dlstrlbuted a s deslpnnted. These offerings were for the fol- lowing:

Eva Reltsch. $10: G. F. Bender. $45. E. A. Bernauer. $ 5 . Macey ~ o d d y , $50: Frank I,. ~ o o ' t i ~ b v . $10: Mattie Brann $40. Leonard W. Coote $5. ~ e o : ~ . ~ o y a l $7.50. TeS- sie Fishe;. $11; Henry ~ h l c k , ' $ 4 2 . - 78. Ada Gdlnn. $60: Wm. ,H;r~an . $4:50: Gro. Hansan. $24: Ernes t Hooper $25. John D. James $37.- 40: ~ m ' i l ~ Lynn. L16: ~ l h e r i Nor- ton $5: John Norton $5' B. A. sch'oenelch $10. Floren'ce ~ i o c k . $ 6 . W. T. w&rone'r. $2: E.mma ~ l e k : $10: Ada Wlnger. $40. t h e total a - u n t ~ n ~ to ..................... .469.18

December funds pald o u t With November funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00

nrcrmber funds ............. .13,672.16

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P O E T WOE= ~ V ~ A L ' Y C E Z . l l l o O Wlth hopes f o r g rea t thlngs to be ac-

complished through the power of God, d l b the fr lends of fu l l gospel t r u t h s look for - ward to the openjng of the Rlchey revlval. November 19th.. In the blg Collseum st. F o r t Worth. Texas.

Nor were they dfsappolnted; f o r m a n y were converted, a n d many healed th rough the atonement made on Calvary (Isa 63: 6 ) . Not only were there testlmonles of heallng In thJa rneetlng, but many returned to glve thanks fon blessings recelved In both soul and body In theFebruary meetlng.

People who had hungered for a real e r - perlence, one In n-hlch they could know if they were really saved. came rejolclng t o sound a note of pralse for t h e reality , they had found In thls g rea t salvatlon.

%%any Come Pmm Other SWtes. Not only F o r t Worth. o r North Texas.

was interested in thls meeting, but many peonle came f r o m ather s t a t e s and f r o m other Texas ci t ies and towns.

The large Coliseum was fltted up wlth sea t s In the arena, where stock shows a r e often held, and plenty of room w a s made for between six a n d seven thousand peo- ple. Every dlass was represented, the rlch In good clothlng, the poor In overalls and Old clothfng: slck, well, old. young, Chrls- t l ans and Lnfldels. How often we heard the expression: "Surely, ' the poor h a r e the gos- pel preached to them' in thls meetlng." m n y who had not heen inslde of a church for years, came to be healed, and, hearing the gospel preached, became convicted of their sln, fell a t the a l ta r and were con- verted.

Old YIan Seek God A pecullaP phenomenon of the meetlng

was the number of old men pas t seventy years of age, who gave thelr hear t s t o Jesus and humbled themselves before God. many for the flrat time in their Ilves. Oth- e r s had jolned the church In thelr youth bu t the Joys of salvatlon had long a g o leaked out, and they came to renew thelr vows to God. Often the s h o u t s r a n g through the large Coliseum, a n d touched the hear t s of those who had never f e l t t h o joys of slns forgiven.

Desi .Pa Dumb Elljoy Mmuq. Mrs. Peters, a For t Worth woman w h o

preaches to the deaf a n d dumb by ualng the sign language, Lnterpreted the gospel message to them a t two different services t o whlch they were espeda l ly Invlted. Thelr faces beamed with pleasure, a n d w e belleve thelr fa l th w a s bullt up One young m a n who w a s deaf and dumb was prayed for In the February meetlng. H l s m o t h e r testlfled t h a t he now owns one oP the beet radlo se t s In the clty and spends much of h l s time evenlnas l lstenlng to radlo pro- g m s .

Judge F r a n k Morris, l l e thodls t Evangel- 1st of Greenvilie. Texas. a n d h ls wlfe at- tended t h e rneetlng f o r a f e w days; h i s message t o the ~ e o p l e at one n lght servlce was enjoyed by all. ...'

Old Ladles ams Oospel Evangcllst Rlchey and evangellstlc par ty

were lnvlted to hold a meetlng f o r t h e old ladies a t the Cumberland Res t Home. s o m e o f t h e ladies a re no t ab le to a t tend meet- lngs outslde t h e home. and the Superln- tendent. Mrs. Bar?, sald the rneetlng wad anlendid. W e know they enjoyed It fo r some of them came out to the Collseum the next day, and good reports of the Lord's work among them have come t o our ears slnce

The Chamber of Commerce Audltorlum waa engaged for three more services and God blessed a t each of these. Many were t h e testlmonles of pralse f o r heallng and salvatlon wrought through the power of God. Personal workers, cholr and ushers were all splrl tually blessed of the Lord f o r thelr faithfulness In helplng others flnd neace n l t h God.-Mrs. J. C. Wllder. F o r t w o r t h . Texas.

am. 0-1 want to report vlc- a t Cement: hav lng a good revival:

several prayed through: one go t saved laat r l ~ g h t A Sunday a c h m l s o l n s and s ta r ted a mlsslonary f u n d yesterday. F'm9 that we ~ l l l go on In t h e real PentecosUll Way.-Roy BtsEnr.

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.Evangel to be Printed Weekly. Nao Equipment Needed. i]

This is a cut of the new Miehle press to be installed shortly new press. As soon, a s you make a t the Gospel Publishing House. W e expect to be able to equipment, you may expect a we print the Evangel in just half the time it now takes, with this Pentecostal EvangeL

m-Ew PEE- PUaD From Nov. 25. 1922 to

J an 18. 1923 incluslve. Prevloualy reported $5.085.68

Mrs. J. F. 8.. Cham- ,hmbur.q .......... 1.00

T. G. N., Chinnville 1.00 I. L. S . Booneville 2.00 MTa. E.' D.. Kiowa .50 F. C. W., Camden .70 H D. G. San Dlego 1.00 adrs. D. 'E. D.. Duncan

Falla ......... .... 1.00 k J. R. New Castle 1.00 J. M. H.: New Pork

Clty ............ 10.00 D. R. Reynolds . . .. . 1.60 Mrs. 'G. W. B., Tulsa 1.00 A. H.. Elba ........ 1.50 F. D. H.. Benson . . . 2.00 R. L. N.. Norwood.. 2.00 J. P. M. Unlonvllle . . .50 Mrs. W. 'J. W.. ~ i r 4 1 n 1.00 E. 0.. Fresno . . ... 1.00 J . H. S. . Turlock . . 1.51 W. J. C., D a d s Clty.. 1.0~7 H. M.. Loa Angeles . . .45 I. F. C.. Los Angeles .66 R. W. K., Neosho . . 4.00 Miss D. D., San Fran-

cisco ............ 1.00 M. R., Brooklyn .. .. 2.00 Mrs. D. S . Montreal 5.00 Mrs. J. B.: I~lncoln. 1.00 A , A N., Chicago 3.00 L. R., Larson . . .... 1.00 G. 0. F.. Lafayette 2.24 W. E. C.. Cloud Chief .TO M. E. T.. Plymouth.. 3.30 H. A. U., Mllaaukee 1.00 H. J. R. I,os Angeles 2.00 C. E. M.: E. St. Louis 1.00 Mrs. C. A. D.. Rlo

Vlsta ............ 2.00 Mrs. E. S., Spokane 10.DO J. F. A.. Parkland 1.00 Mrs. S. D.. Rert!?a .. 1.00 W. B. R., Culpeper.. 3.00 J. W, K., Vancouver .90 D. L.. Portis . . ... . 1.00 M. B., San Francisco 1.00 Mrs. T. R. M.. Valley

Statlon . . . . . . . . . . 1.70 W. T. M.. Guthrle .. 1.00 R. M. I<., Portland.. . 5 G M. B. C. El Dorado.. 1.00 Mrs. C. R. 6.. Joplln ,513

it possible t o get this new ,ekly visit from your own

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This is a cut of the NO. 8 Lintotype Typese t~ inp machine of thc Lord is worthy of the best kind of equipment. And we - . that we expect to install shortly a t - t h e - ~ o s p e l Publishing are sure that all of the Evangel family say w ~ m e n f l to this. House in order t o print t he Evangel weekly. This machine, One of most practica' ways of saying is to slip when slight changes are made, w i l l s e t five different styles of type, from the small type, in printing prayer re- a donation into an cnvclopc and mail it in t o t he Gospel Pub- quests, t o the large 18-point headings. W e believe the work lishing: House f& the new equipment.

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COBTBIBVTIOBS P O B HO- bW P O B E I Q B YII88IOBS

Prom Jan. 1 to Jm. 18 lnclwiva

T H E PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL February 3, 1923

A. E . O m IN THE mOURTAIHS O P C&I- POEXI.4

For some Splrlt-filled farnlly of whlch some could teach older boys and glrls In a Pentecostal Sunday school A place Is offered rent free to such a famlly. They could keep chickens. Cllmate Is wonderful. I t I s an opportunity for some one whose health needs such a Ilfe. Address Mrs. H. Fahden Callstoga. Napa Co.. Callf. R. 1. P r a y f o r our S. ,S.

A E.0- IN 0-om I would llke t o ge t i n touch wlth a good

preacher who Is sound In the falth, o r wlth a strong layman and famlly who m u l d llke to make a home here. 40 to 80 acres of land can be bought here for from $1,000 to $3 000-small payment down. Sand land 'pood water f ru l t vepetables. A$ dresk 0. J. ~ n l g h t DIII. ' ~ a s h i t a Co.. Okla.

WhBTED Someone t o buy my double-barreled ham-

rnrrlrss hird run. Will sell to the high- est hldder. Thls gun Is practically new. and I a-nnt to glvc all the ~ m c e e d s to the dear Lord for forelgn mlssl0ns.-J. W. Braxton, P. 0. Box 293. Grscevllle, F l a

V m BDEEX, AEK.-Just a word for the Acsembly a t Van Ruren. W e have call- ed Brother C. A. Lasater of P o r t Smlth to be our pastor for th l s year. H e was voted In unanimously. The Assemhlv h a s grown wonderfully slnce Brother Lasa ter came here about slxteen month8 ago. A t tha t tlme we had but three classes In our Sunday School: now we have slx 'large classes, and It Is st l l l growlng. W e a r e contemglatlng a revlval soon, and belleve God f o r many soul% P r a y t h a t God Will contlnue to bless In Van Buren.-Wggle Hill. Box 355