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Tho teHtiinoiiieH in tluH Wook liuvr l»fru i()iin.il<w l»oM- woiiderful ami ^,'l<>ii.)ii« in MiiM -irfut ualvutijih : WW it oleftpB out all ijiinatnial app«!titoM, hiuIi uh «im)kiiig, BnuUiiig, chewing and drinking : how it efrcetuully takon awiiy tho love of the World- love for church sprees, fairH, cvo«iuet, v.nvi\», lUMidloSH iwlornmont, and secret societies : how it deliveia from tli« nsmaiuH of aiigor, malice, lust, impatience^jealousy, pricle, HollishueBH, uud all carnality : how it tills tiie soul with the sanctifying power »»f the Holy (Jho8t, aird nets him gn tire for the salvation of A ( nuistless w.^rhl. It will uIho l»e «howu that there we uiviko witnesses of this lileHBiiU oxp«jri«nu;o. Nife 2. To point «»ut tiie utter UHeleHMiieHH iti rtovkiu^lioliiiessJjftRre an entire consecration has hoen made. „ / - " , ■ ■ ■ ■■-■■■ ■ ■)»■ . ' ' ■ • 3. To prove that sanctificatioii is H separate Hlessytg from justifica- tion, and always subsequent to pardpn. . ^rfli* 4. To help bring about a general revival of tho old-fashioned doctrine of Bible holiness, and to atford light ami encouragwnent to earnest seekers after the blessing, i Hay God graciously BleSs the reading ot .this little book tcr thousands in our various churchel, and make it abundantly conducive to His own glory, is th$ prayer of - fn ■t- m Ei* V 'XW' *ffm. > / ■?■• i I- f u I t "tmi CORNFUJUS GRACK. -1 ■ ^ I was \mru in Englaiul, of Christian jMirtMitH, and mU\i to thin country aliout thirty yearH ago. 1 liftd UtHJome wfon? this a lovor of coni|)any and a conHruMHl moderate drhiiktr. Tlwii" often dn'w um into aooirty not of the iKJst. I wio how »unily hut ahnoHt ini|M'n;<»ptil»ly thr enemy was coiling his chainM of habit around nie. I, like many to-day who are going headlong to ruili through the aucurHed cup, thought 1 had manhood enough to rifHist an excoHs of its use, and used to pride myn^lf (when any word of warning was given to me), that 1 could um it or leave it alone ; but this did not last long. I began to love drink for drink's sake, a|gb|.' found my appetite increased yearly. 1 have sometimes^pn aroused out of my security by conscience and conviction from above, and would resolve (in uiy own strength), never to taste it again, but of course, failed, after an abstinence of some months, and always "the last state wa» worse than the tirst," When in Boston many years ago, I tried (after looking through delirium and hell), temperance societies —joined one^ paid my initiation fee, but found it come so far short of what I expected that I did not go near them any more. This was not the way 1 was to be saved, and although many may be temporarily saved by them, my experience tells me there is nothing, short of sal- vation that will effect a complete and radical cure, to this inost terrible of all scourges— intemperance. I went on ujitir re- straint ceased and I was & confirmed tippler, never eating a meal, early or late, without first taking a dram, and for years n » v e r going to b e d e ntirely sober. — I w as a nui sa nce to every •••^' 7 /' .-V^' / j WnSI>HKi* '»►' UltACK. ,HHly «,.! a,. uLhorron.-. to .,>y«.lf. 1" thi. .>..»,-.~l^ «".«• ' ^r a r.'viv«l of ■..l.«ion «t Mi-l-IHowu S|.r...K", Vu., "■ tl"' ►«» rf 1H«». I w,- ll..n «(ty y-ur- old, ami .iml. thnm^ > 1.- Spirit. Hhow... tl..T.. wa» a fountain i.. J-k..», an,! tl.al thoro wiiH "fi •A balm in(JiI«tt»> To iuak« th« wouinlctox.cat.n« drink Hut wh.,n .(.0.1 an-..Kt..d n>. by HIk Hpir.t, th-n I »aw ty si™ and my dango,., a» 1 ha.1 nov«r4,.for., «.«n th.m, and r? I at on.. «.*rt«lfor h.-avn hy the way of th- cro»». glory "'no.*'"! long hut v.,ry d«.pwU;my conviction. The J,^ JvLgaLr r .t«4.d,Goe,etment. I was at once exhorted to go and tTkl^. Jesus, aud in oWience I found exceeding gr..at peace 31* Willing I-''«y«<>"'eHpiri'. """»"»» "^«" "*""? Jt^fi deeper w'"' of grace. God required of m. « W^^ Irt and a Wic« servi«,. and I went atone. »lK>ut t , by the hrof L Holy Ghost, to cleans, myself "from all mth,ne«> .Ti, flLh and .uirit " I ha*r,mlcl. by Hin luOp, give up tolMicco chewing, aii«l U^m miahlml hy llin gm;^ to do m on th« rtmt o! January. 1 870. Thin do.us I ntiU found tomi,. thing in th« way of my full oonH.H;rttti..n, for I wan Hr..king a ch^an \\mfi, and wImmi pl.uding th« pronii»ic«. and h.>ing alnumt a».U' to.granp tlnnn ».y faitli, I found a waknoHH at that ponit, Utth^ thinking it wan th.^ />i> that Rtood in thn way. Tho ••n.-niy ,waH alwayn mying, '• Ft in ho Htnall a thing, th.- l^ad wdl not notico that," hut th.< nion- I Htruggh-d anout U^ii o'clock A.M., alone 'with God, on the Hd February, 1870,* while reading a sermon on "Pn'cious Faith."' by the now saiutec^Law venue, 1 was enabled to step out on the ° promises and say — * •"Tis done ;, Thou dost thi» moment Bave— With fuH salvation bleB« ; Redemption through thy blood I have, And spotless love and peace." And I was washed in the blood of the Lamb "whiter than snow." Glorious experience ! Precious faith ! How it saved,^ and still saves me, none but God and eternity can tell. A few months ifter this, while employed at a doctor's house, who had warned me against leaving off all at. once, saying it would make me sick, lie invited me to take some old chler, saying it would do me good— just what I needed. I was per- B U ft d*^ Oneglass did not suffice ; I took thtisecond, and was. Uy hand upon the glasa, hen the Spirit of God arresti'd me, land tol^l \w not to touch ' . .■ , . v ,v , t ^ • i/i„,i i%. Thanks Ik< to God, I wiis again sftVed /and I promised God •from tiliat hour, by His h#lp, ncvsus (;hrist. I know there /« i)ovver enough in Jesus to saw XMi/oom. our sins, i^ they ever so deep dyed." P.ut this is not itil ll<- has sitvei me from. I was a great 1o,v«r of billiards, th.-atres, gambling in all its forms, cards, dancing, 'and all kinds of riotous living— lo*ved the good opinibn* of men, and the apprqrval of self. Now 1 can say, to the glory of Jesus, •*I ani crucified A^ith Christ ; nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ live|th in luo, ^nd ^he life which 1 now live in th^ flesh, I live by tjie faith of the 8^n of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me/'. ^ haie th^ things 1 once loved, and love the things I once hated."^ '^It i^ inore than my meat and drink to do my^Mast0i''8 will." I m^ve \ no room for the worid*or woridliness, God retiuired me to re- nounce the world and afl its follies, making a full and perfect surrender of all to Jesus, before He would accept me and give me the desire of my heart. 1 could not get saved aily other Way/ I have no desire to go to pic-nics, excursions, church fes- tivals, Jbhristmas trees, donations, etc., orf£o go into any secret .society, to seek the friendsjiip of the woHd, for I am told that, such is enmity against God, and His cQjuse of course. / have an aU-mJici^nt Savioiir, and this uttermost salvation alone sat- isfies my longings. . ^•The ci-osB how covera-iny sinii ; - The past is under the blood, I'm trusting iH Jesus for all, My will is the will of ray God." -* • ' \- \ WONDKKH OF UHACK. 9 it into I touch (I God, m » -.. ■', PATRiCK FAY. HEN the Ijord oonvf'it4>fl \\\v, 1 Hvod iii Kane County, Illiuois. I am now in Iowh. Thr HrHt thing that pro- vokwf nUlyin n^garrl to my r«^Hf?ioM was, when I would be in a' ProteBtant house' on Kriditv, I woulcl foiM^M^t niyself and eat jjiieat. The youngsters wonhl 1imi;4Q^''* nie for eating it. I would m-gnc the ertt«>ought lit and hegaii to read it. The most that \ read it for was to tjjid Friday, for I thought it \^h..h conmiund froni God to al>- staiii from meat on Friday. J In'gan at Matthew, and read ^ along till 1 nime to where Paul sp«'jiks of meat ofl'ered to idols. , But Friday was not then* ; so J read along till I came to Rev- elations. 1 fame to that enigma, as 1 cadled it, that beast, "that was, and is not, and yet is." That put nie to a stop. I said to niy wife that the priest says the truth— ^it is not a fit book to read — so I gave it up. . J heard that a great preacher was going to preach at 8yca- more. I went to hear Itim. No one knew me there except two persons. I went early in- the ntorning, although my wife forbid me to go, and said that J would have a jgood deal of pen- ance to do when I would go, to confession. 1 said to her, that the priest and myself were good friends, and I only wanted to know what they would say : so 1 went. I saw these two men* that knew me speaking to the preacher. 1 went into the church, and sat near the door.' I really thouglit that if they knew who 1 was they would turn me out. Jt was what they call a quar^ terly meeting. 1 was not Johg^in when a man canie to me and wanted me to take a small piece of bread ; and I would not take any, for I really thought it was their sacrament, and I did ! not like to touch it. So he smiled and kept ofTering it. I took 10 / W0NDKR8 OF ORACE. a very .mall crumb and put U in my P«'"''. f«' » ^.^l;^;', wa. wicked to throw it away. Next o»M.e » mail with a bowl rwW^^^y, a. I thougl,t. urn. he «fl«r«l it to mc I shook my tJ:: I. w..t alou«.^. .n^. .w .mute. . hea^^^em^ zTlt:rth:iK-r[nii.y thought «.»«„ a„a ttJ'we^ druuk. I m«le up.uy mmd if he would come ~againl would take a good horu, a» - """f" "» ;*- Z he did uV,t come «»y more. The preacher took h.B t.^ fl. the second letter^ Paul ^ *« Cori„th.a„», v.. 2 Ho IXlL out «K,n, and he laid it on to me heavy. He toM me eCtWng I had ever done. So I made up .ny mu.d that tw7who knew mo had told him who I wa». He gav. . to me ^ h^tlX. I made up my mind that if *«-, -"J"^j ^^ J hor«, and were t» send for me, I would kill him.. I really ■ tZuL would call out my name. I thought he kept abus- thought ne wou j through I started for home, X^rp^her f^W^^n^n aow- ^Lrjr^nts' T^ldZ; I nev^er got su. a^se in .. v« T +nM her that those two men told him who I was, :V*hat] ^bb^Ib!::^ker I was. n told my wife to look at *^«lif waII I was so ignoraxit 01 ine rnuitj wt"" . ^ete" look for the iSt the pr^achertook in Sycamore, «.d .t •^^rofread e»«*ly in the Douay.a. h««ad it mrt ^^^^ Well I felt tormentod and ugly for a long Ume. There was BW. '■ ■h : r ■;■■ , WqiipjCRB OP GRACE. VI lught it a bowl ook my d them t take a ' lien and Id come call it— his text .2. Ho (told me that th(5 ^it to me ad a sick I really :ept abus- for home, no ill-will ^ks while me how I buse in all vho [ was, to look at L Sheor- a curse on uld giveit the chicken f her good id threw it thinking it jhicken was id not know more, and it of his Bible. There was something the matter with me ; I could not think what it was. I began to read the Bible for a good while, and I was growing worse all the time. ' , ^ I had often heardof a prayer-iiu^etnig, and 1 did not know What to think of.it. There wan one within two miles of where T lived and 1 mu\ to Mary I would go to see what way they: do pray, She" told me not to go, tor the priest would be mad. and he would put six nionihs' penance upon me. 1 told her I only wanted to see what way they prayed, and I told her 1 would not b*. a heretic for the world. The priest would feel worHe about my going to a Protestantnieeting, or reading a Protestant book, than he would if I got drunk, although he would not like, any one to get drunk. He wmild give gohc^ advice : he did tome always when 1 went to confession. So i told Mary I would go to the prayer-meeting-and 1 did. When T went into the house it put me in mind of a wake- ^ house in Ireland. They had a tabl«, with a white sheet on it, . and two lauips, and three or four prayer-books, as I thought theiu A ^-ood woman came to me, and made me sit on a seat near the table with the cloth on. They sang some hymns, or songs as I called them : then they all kneeled down^only me. ' I felt'ashanjed to be sitting there while the rest were kneeling. In a little while there came to where I was a very good woman, and she knelt down by my seat, and she prayed there till she brought the tears from my eyes.- I wondered wh^t was the matter: I really thought my heart would burst. I cou^d P^t stand it any Ibnger. I had to go out, for I did not like the folks to see me shed tears in a heretic's house. , I went home, and Mary asked me about the prayer-meeting. I told her that every one had their prayers by heart, wid^l told her what effect Mrs. Kendall's prayer had on me ; and she said I must be chicken^iearted. I felt very singular. /The night was very cold, so I warmed and went to bed. I felt aw- ful—got out of bed, went out to the cow-yard, and kn^lt down bgr the hay-stack to majce a bargain with God. I promised if . \ , I- ■ ■:*: \n WONDRKB OF OKACK. „>™, « H.. w„„,a u., .w. t,. ..^^^^ would novor curHe, nor t.lU He . "o. ^^^ ,in Mary, aurt 1 M ''^l^'^^^;\J -^ ,,„, U,i„« h«rh..f. ^I ;'»;:X'- t'«.J.i not stay th.,rc, bo 1 : I ca)i.e in anfl went to Wditgain. eanicvback again went out again to .aU. ^^-^^^X;., ^Went toLl. the third tinw no l«tt*r , «> I ^>'»™«^ %,„«;{„ ^aW I muHt .« Hick, and r Km.»t l^'W^ - ^„,a ,,„, ^ ^ i„ W, r:\:::!::hrTiJnrne.rt^^ - - While I was making the W'" "" . j ,h„„ted,ana est thing that I ever '^''"'"^^^Z^^J^I^ ^^ jumped, and ea„« .runnmg -^^*;>;^„i ^y it was going the children ;. and my poor Mary cneci ^ ^ to the cursed ^'-^'^^^^j^'^f jl^-^^^^r . T.^"^ we dling with their "^rtTcalleT^n S^e neighbors, and how . gavetothechicken.^^shecaMm^K^.^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 did love them! 1 lov^ "7"^^, Jthat\they all made me gladif itwas di-unkenness. ' ™' "" *""„! 4„^„g i went ■ .;\- •. ■' ''"•,.■ '■• -^~ c\' _.. . u s^'vy I lu^^rtbui anit.l «li Ui«. II and how for tlu' 1 that the did win UMXt IIK make ih was liai- ho"»*; ^ disease li(;miU t< see lit«^ tiue,thi that r ( aut Jue reading the Oat I ised p(H tion. J Protest accord i A fa 'they be the ine« tall the >hat sei 'ree ^! my flea here I^^?^-,"'-, -^-.'i^; . r*- - f'v 1' ' '1 -r-^.:,,^ WUNUKHS or OHACK. 13 I had, I h_forl lance, oi» ike away tneeting cold. I lid Maty he cattUs ut again, ) the Vii - Lonitta ; r.ing hard, horc, 8o I , »ack nfS,MU (lit to Wl. lid 1 iiiust ', and 8h0 ;ay in hed, t ashamed he bargain any nieet- the strang- liouted,and )gan to kiss b was going ne for med- )ad that we ,rs, and how . Id have felt ,11 made me ming 1 went [id told him iked me how y^\but I had u ^H,ry great hmt iu my breast. He asked me if I had th« heartburn. I said not. Kh told me to put out my tongue, ' and I «Ud HO.' lie said there wuh not much the matter with ,ne. ll«M>"^"P '^ preHcriptiou for me. I got my u.edicine, and how awful l»itter it wuh. I eame home from «t. Charles f„r the lirst time Nvitlmut drinking whiskey. I nnvlly thought that the medicine did cure me, for 1 did not feel ho goo'"f •"!';•;":, "titwpth. of ".y ''.-art 1 -.... „,^tting "r'"; ■ ' „ :.l.r th.. Il«ath.i«ug. "f -l-aUo. .Lord, 1 will. , A» ' . ^ i„ „ ,„, a» long ox T at different pomts, lrcalu< Bhalllive. -y , .;, . „,,i.4, ,„„,,„Vtl.e. tri,..mi..g (or u.y ' When the yardot velve , wl u. . j ^„ y, it wa» net, came l«tween u.y houI and Ood .» VJ^ F ^^^_ ,^y not the rimple P-" « V^tntatV M««t I oaiy out that a^ide, itw»t..ep„no.p.e. eo,^^^^^^^^^^^ ,. , principle ^"'"j'^: "^J^I,. an eye wholly -ingle to the Must I make all my dress _ epistle wherever 1 ami glory of God, so that 1 shall "• a l'^"^* ^^^ . _ ^„ „„t look 1 vain 1 urged, Uod does not -^^^^ ^ „„t„ard i. al .»,h thing., hut at the h»rt "^J^,,^, ,„, Uack to g6verned Uy the heart. But ^'<^^^2Tr death, heaven or ^y vow ot separation, saymg, « is ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^j^^^, h'u: separate and 't'- ."^tS" 1 1 -^ed ««> '" the world, and pensh '"*^" „. h«,rt, and 1 would take the love ««*«"= *"'^""' a mThu™"' '-*"■•«*''* ' obey. Blesshis nan.e, he so «d -ny^ ^^^ ^^^ I have no sickly longings ^;^«'^;"„7p,ai„„^ company or an. in, ^^'^^'^^'l^Xl^J^or be proudof-but ^^^ ■• / ■=-''■■4^*''** Btioii was rate your- you wViat grror fi'0»» u) «lviil the vines. Yet our enemies themselvt s, l>eing judges, allow that I wear all that is necessary for con.fort or decency. Again, the Lord has shown me what my church vows of "reading only those lK)ok8 that I can read to the glory of «od," means It not only embraces the silly newspaper stories and magazhies, but eVen the high class, of novels, looked upon by so many professed Christians as "harmless, and so recreative to the mind." These jire not the food for a soul on tW) march for ett^rnal lifei Oh! how many times I feH here. At ono time, after having the victory for months, I accidentally read a sent- ence in a story. Oh ! that I had obeyed the promptings of the Spirit, and stopped there. But I read another, and another, until thQ victory was lost. Although I only read part of the story, there followed months that I could not keep the victory tts I had before. It was useless to tell the Lord that others read them. If the whole church read them I could npt and l>e justified. As soon as I read I.fell, and had to seek forgiveness of sin and justification by faith ; therefore it seems strange to me to hear persons claiming to U justified, say they are seeking for holiness, or a deeper work of grace, to help them give up things that the Spirit has clearly shown them must be given up ; for in justification I have the victory over such things, and if I do not have the victory I am not justified : while httliness takes the love or root out, so there is no desire remaining for them, but rather loathing toward them. Along the line of my experience the question often came, whether it was right for me to do sewing for others that I could not conscientiously do for myself. I would look at it,, and run it through lAy mind, and conclude if that was followed ^? a,. )-j- ■' '^ -', '\'.^ - \ 16 WONDRRl* 01' UHAOR. out in all Wrau.lu.s of lM.Mi,..HH, yrv .l.ouM all Hturv. t<. a,.. I. . then^fon, it could n.t l.c 0roH.nU...a .....uths o iutcMiH. uumUl HuM-,.,iMK, .wl.il'- tl- l-i"* ^' ' '"•^^ •""; '"" '; ' a doHuit. .xpni..u^. in the M,.K.inx of l.uli.H.H. Aluu.st .outu. ually waH i asking mys..|f. "In it riKl.t <»r is vt wrong I «« what riKht ,».. w.oM« (" " DoiuK thin w.^k,' would In; nnHW.n.a hack. So nm.h .li.ljt om.py u.y uttoution that u.y wukn.,^ thouKhtH wouia IH. ..Hkiu;^ th.. MU.*Kti( lLt.th;" that I ...i^ht .just..s W..II I..... l.u..d.-.MS ,. y.m-v^ -ruffliug US an iu.h ; just an w.ll p..t iu all the t...kH that w^ul look pretty « any, wh... U-a: -Why. I.ml, such assist,.- says, Ikiug on your tuckH and ruHh^H ; I will ntake all you want, only 1 will t.]l you what I thi..k ahout it. A...I HiHt.r-— — - in a fa,^hional.le d...H inak.r, and sh. ..rtai..ly m good, ai.d prof.ss..s holiness. How ca.. his 1.1'^ "What is that to the. { Follow thou nu.." - Lord I ca.n.ot b.w for half ot our Methodist people; for sou..- want just a Uttle put on, atul ' others who dress v,.,y plainly then.seav.s, ad.>r.v their cluldrens clothing ; and p.rhaps I shouUl war.t to if I w.r. a mo her. It 1 make this covena..t, what could I ch> T " Dedicate thy chil- dren to me ; teach, early and late, day hy day, year uiter y.^r, tHkt the reason why they cannot have these things is not Ijcv ^useyou cannot afford it, or don't Uke to se. them or mak them, or would not like to please them, hut because it would : '■:■■' ■ " . V . . ■ :'■-;' .^ ' . ■ -'M'. ■". : '.'■: .■.'■-• ■•: WONUKHd or UHM'tt. 17 I) r!«n a iiu'ir low {\\\W\i- • that (Jod f yunlK of liat w<:)ul(l I8t us Wt^ll . 'Vh.Mi I isUn; Huyn, you want, itt^r— — — - j;;ooU, aiid H that to half of our Lit ou, and r children's mother. If ,te thy chil- ■ after year, K is not hb" jni or make ise it would Migrate you froJu U«hI : hell wmdd Im- your |H.i'tion ^or m. do intf. Then leave the .onHei^uelHfH with me. " Ht»w nludl I live, U)V<\T "Hifek ye Hint th.* kin^dtwu of lu'Hvtii «nid it^ righteouMneHX, and all neeeHHUiy tiawKi hIiuU ••«• uddiwl unto you." " Hut |M'0|»h' wiir think me mi unaeiommodafinK. 'I'lnn he i)ointe«l me iHiek to i.'»' Vow of Ke|Mii'utit.n, and said, '(.iMu.He lif,. or death;" an«l as I'lhose, h.- naid, '•Lift u\> h«»lv hands without wrath or dout.tinK ;' a.ldinK, "'Hiy Inviid shall l.e wui.-. and thy water nhall not fail. The Muuition of Ku,vks shall U* thy hiding phu«'/" while wavei* of ^lory lilletl my soul. <»h. how patiently tiod lisleiud to all m^v .jueHtioningM an«l reason ingH until he made the way plain. Then It wuk, "(Jo on to higher heightH of JeHUs' love, or fall to woeH «'t«rnal.'" I eouhl tell how the Lord han ean-d f.ir me sinee tlien not that all my wants have heen niet just aeeonlin^ to riiy pMeon ceived notion of thinxs yet, ov«-r and over aa^i'iu, and many timeH over again, \ have lie«-n led to aeknowU'd^'e tin* neeeHsary thingH ai-e given ; alwaVw more than hread ane equally as worthless without one as the other, while I fear that the outside would not be right a great while when the love that drompted it was gone. May the Lord help us to be true to the light he hafj given us. b ' . 18 WONUKHM or OHAfl*. -.^J I > KURN A.MATHEWS. ..Ul Ih. «orW th.lr vlrt..~ l«J«t Jlkeir wofk. «t riilhl"!"""*"' IL„l,.i„. all riKl.t.««..."» «' te^.„„..„,;cti«.aU.m,»ml ^.t in 0.m.t a, „.y -~;;"^ «*•, r„„„lity, ..f U-i' "-^ Zu ..uOalvalry. rugg.Hl .uount ; l.«t tl". X^ "•ii.li »ii ">y t^'r/'og •"; „ That Chrirt !• »»«:••'>»""'' "' ■""■ tor <»o,l an,l Hm «"^ '*- " '^ "3' ,„/,»,,,.■ through, auO , ^ thirUH.n yea,-, of ag. l.a^ J« ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ _^ ,„,_,, iloth.V» coun-cl «. young, I ""^ ''^ '^ »,, ^.d i„ „.a,^ ■ Ood ; and I often -""^^^ "";;:* :1:3. BuC . ha., no waya He convinced me my P^y" , ,.ft,.™th year, e Jr «n«, of my -f ''^t-;^^'':; clln^, U.geM.e,. wilh when a «>nw of guiH P"*^ °" f i„a«nent. I kne* <"" a .eeling Ou. I -^^-^t^f J" fj.^ for »ome ,ne,to «■ cro to look. I *'!''"",''"', „™.H in the way "t P"" Ulk -*"''^-'*r.'VlTvCTd'M interested for -y S:^';tXr:!o:::id ,.«., asfr^^ made ««. and disappointed. ^- - , ... „ \he' Sal.tath, a eamp- ^^ time af^r h^I Tl — the .ood. the «,n.« . meeting held in darken, a ^^ ^^^ j^„ ^„„,, „nt^be air ahd pierced my heart. Then 1 . VOMDiM Of ORAITK. 10 „v«r h.Hrd th,. voii* of fiw.loiu. I liml "U.*). U-»k.^l «|«m r..Uinon *•» » K'^'^'^'.V •»»■*" ' »'"* ""^ '* •P|-H..rU v-ry .lirt.'n.iH. CouM I kn*>*^ »»v *i»«^ lorgivm! tVmW I In- in tl..- I.kH of Ood'H 0<>uiit4Mmiu.- Hi. MMiU ibt^Hiig uif i«iitiii«i.ll.v f That WH« ....WH k'hhI •••'w. to •.»•. I w,uit^«l u titU. IH l..-H*.'ii. a„a I would i...'k ,.a. u».Htly fcf It. I •<«.,. Inmi.... .i.M.mM.oii^ t„ all aruu.ul ...<.. .i.mI rlH. rtit^t I kiu'W I wu. .tl ttn. hU.m of pmyor. O, how th« trtitl. mh^hmI i.i^ ' Tin «l..|.lli« of lur h««rt w,Mt^ »»rok«ii U|.. I nituriM'a Uoiu thv i.M-ting to iity home, mul routKl th«- lu ^v« h.ihurih. The Spirit |K)int«.«l out to no- ihr miiitiiiUm' an.l it w«' Murr^tui^r: not, an in taught iu th.H,. tlayn giv up. hut liv iuKt aii foinu'ily : im rhaiigt' in up|N'aiaiH!.-. uo noMH, fxri-pt uniting with th». vi.ihl. .hnr.h. A ,«th of H.lf.hM.ial o,k.|h. up iK^fon. ui... Th^On^H. .ovcnxl all th. way. 'IV npint of theOo^taU t.» luf wan Knuiatioii M.|»Hm(ioi. f.oin all Kin, t m' world aud all itH vanity and nhow ; and I n.uHt c;>nH«.nt to Ik- ,niHU„def«to<.d, ,vp.-oaclu."P"'"';^ ''"'„„ ■, rt«.lr«.ti.,... A n.w -.1 ." — '»" •." "''"::"'?;" ijS..-«oiu.....-nt,".-...M...tiy ..,u...\.«i i.. ">y ••»"• ^" ,Z,» ....• ii...< >"■'■' ""■ ^' "'" 1,„U. with....t .. taU...-. ■' J "'H, ;,,..,, „., .V M.t ....y .u..t.y r v..a..v,..i ' 7" "•" " •l^^f ;.,,u ..f 4ij- :' V,u»U;!a only l.y ll..' ,,r.-v,ou. dopffl o|«'y , ,,., l-Ul »•..,> HO long tK,for.. m... I "."»' - ,..»=- ■»- \^«„ w,.k i..U. th.. «<..l' ■• o. .■1..K.IM' by th« Hpirit of <•■"'<. ••^.'•y "',",„,,, i„.t.,«••*»»'"" ^'"'fr,, „,,„„ 1 muHl«...k to thoy k„«« my .V«ty. better than God - n ,^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ J.r.y Ufe hyyioMinB t« the. '— ^^^ ^^ ^„, ,^,, :r! « H always ..ocs^cn our oy.. ..-«'«. ■ . Ich In^ lort of 4ftii on \ i»«'w HUntly . to th«> 1(1 tlHTO Unt (lay Ivrmnw w«na hII 1 iRtfncp. I. ! nuiRt 01 choow O IH'UOUIH"- UM arc lc*«l l,ut I <»VlKt i»,y thought UBt WX*^ ^^ ftiul go out i, and light '•4 S' r woNUiMM or unhvu, ^ fl t^'liMif^'"''^ lilr»iiii»g «»f holliM'«i» M » work iM<|jttmt.« nuH ^ Y,J|^^) juMtillmtiou ; hut { mw thin wun junl whfti t RiuUI ■••! Mana without It. 1 ««uUI not ortHtUftlly ln^K.r In (Joel*!* finryanl. It wan for im* Jimui had liought it for mw on thi* liiM.. Aipiln, I mw tliut prl%lli««i». «lt«rly p«'rt#lvi " iMtmuu^ duty, l wtti only juiitirt«d iim I wiilkid in all tl»i^'»4^ It,* I hiul. Wy ^»hol»t lN)ing (h-Kind purity. I had givwi^ll tloil for it.uiiuK tirtw. Thitro wnii no ri'wrvo. Ai I look<-myi'd ; I mid, «• I am thinp thou vnuni iU'ixuHf thou mit rlf^iimt^—Jmn' ih»ht clkanmk!" And I h.'urd that hlwiwd voit;«« inly wiyinn, " lU: Tiioir ctLKANl" and O, how cU-an I f«'lt ! O, how, i'niptiod gavo m*» latherM, ami mothoi-a, and hoUHOH, and liindn, whurtn'or I w.nt. 1 lotit uotiiing, hut I gained all. (ilory U' to Ood for t^vi^r ! "^ ~ ^ ^ v ^^ A war hatl bwni going on in our Ooufurnnce for Mome timc», hetwt^on fonualiHW) ajkI a living Christianity. Honn^ of (iod't dt«r JuiniHtors aiwl j^xeople contended for a salvation that saved from all HiN ; othow thought the world nocesHary to ttatinfy tlu' Boul, and court*;d its favor, and were governed by it. In tho conflict, some were thrust out of the pale of the church. From this sprang the necenwty of a new organization. I was not- long in deciding my duty, for I was wcnlded to the church- save the church of the tirst-liom, whose names were written in heaven. So t went with tlm despised hut honored people who believe in, and may enjoy, a full balvation. . These are my people— their God is the Lord. Eight yearH havt; passed, dur- '"V V, ( 4-, / I .^; WONUKBS "•^ UBACK. »'*^- "Where'er I K«. wheiVer r*Hj, ^ Hy^His «wu hand He leaAeth me. MRS: M. A- SHINN. » :■ r .»;i *a. convicted o{ .is. »•«• """Sl't"^ AT a very eaiiv age I *»» «" ^j Christ. For a t,m., . .o««d ^rdon '^;7';,^''C:^„„, ,„t anally fe.V i« 1 walked in the '^^"' ''la be««nel«kewamVand forn..l_ ,Hh the customs onhed^,»«^ ^ _^_^^ ^^^^^ to reach I tried to l-'rfo^y f ^^ t„e„ty.five year,. Then the U^aven at last. Thus u _ ^ ^,ae»t daugh- ,„4..ueu^f «^-j;X^'-V^^^ t,cr-my.dol. ^f '*.. „fay the Lord's Prayer. How ..bellio.. the.e. Ic-ould '^Pr^„j„„^„ea.ritVforIknew .ould 1 say. "Thy .-" "^ "^f "j,,:;^ ^^ Oh, the anguish t,U.t«o«W thiuk I had «. -;.,.o., aud 1 did I WONDERS OF GKACK. 23 ought and i*©! a tim«, aiy fell in ind formal, d to reach Then the iest daugh- t. I found fcyer. How for I knew the anguish Dne, and i^y »ra.y, hut t^ ist." This I ) go to Jesus, had attained " Some said id reach it, hy to take Board- did so, t)Ut no ng hand, and f all night, for ly pastor, lest wish to lessen ' his confidence in me. I read Mr. W.sUy's sernuMi on Perfec- tion, and the opinion of others on the subject. '^ It pleased the Lord, in his wise Providence, to send Dr. Redtield to this place. I went to hear him preach, and he made the doctrine of Christian perfection so clear and plain, that the wayfaring man, though a fool, need not have erred therein. I began to see that it meant something, to^ve up all for Christ's sake. Dr. R. gave an invitation to all who felt the need of this alUleansing blood on their hearts, to kneel at the altar. Ig with a number of others, went forward. I tried to make the consecration, but> to my surprise, I found tliat I wus not justr tied T saw there were duties to perform, before J even dare deem myself justified. I left the altar with a sad heart, and went home to my closet, and there begged and plead with the Lord for the ble^ing. My prayer was, - OK ! give me a clean heart, and then'l will do &y,dutor.» This answer was given ■me- "Go and be justified;" and then I began to yield, and cried from the depths of my soul, " Oh ! Lord, whut wilt Thou haveme to dot" Then came the struggle, and tlie answer, "Will you pray with your boardersr' for I had excluded my ^ boarders from family worship, through a man-feanng spirit. I mentionedmy trouble to my, husband; but he thoight it was not necessary to be so particular about so small a matter. But it was no small matter to me. My soul was, at stake, and 1 knew that I must go through then, or loae all the religion I had. I felt that I must make a clean work of it. I had to make acknowledgements to my boarders for my omission of duty to them in regard to family prayers; and tl^n, I solemnly prom- ised God, that I would do my duty^ The next morning the young men joined us in worship ; and as I opened the Bible and read, the light of Heaven shone into my heart, and on the Word, as it hev^r had done before. As I knelt in prayer, I received such a blessing; ^at I knew the Lord had lifted His reconciled countenance upon me, and I was I f ally justified in his sight. L then went to my room, expecting ^ WONPBRB OF QBACB. „tt„.o to ...e, " Areyou 8» »?£ S „ "L>y ^.«1 daughter, ,|„.I*«lh<«llMdH.»affl.ctt;^handu^^y^ that it was „,.a I k...w that *«•"-'•'>:■ ""It I iluld not «>y. .,,U , T knelt the --<^„7 ^.'.^f ^l^ and walked the •;'"'^ta^*n:":ed t^r/ariin. cLd, I thought of Ah^^ tloov, and as I iookcu nv ^ ^ £^^ ,.„, .Ue„ he^ffered^^^^^^^ and ened, ' I^'^' *""*". L here I am; and if I l«>omea \.a„d here -"^"'^"^tX^"^: salvation." Then j^rfect V.eg«ar on •'"'-'^^jX'^j,",, ^,ed fron. everything «'- P!>«"r"Vt*^l^n wing in'this glorious way for ten Pvaiaethe Lord forever: . ; . EUNICE COBB. rx.OON vft«r 1 «a» conv..rt«U felt conytetion for a deeper §1 t „ lie and a fervent d.Mre for full redempfon .n ^ work of i!.«.e "' " * .,„^ ,.. Fillmore catoe to our ,„e i.loo.1 Of the I-" - ^^ ;;, • ' „t Holiness so plWly and '•"^""r uv :,r::y w '^^^^^^^^ ■.» »'"••' *- *>*' »-*"' '"^ 77^1- t »■»* t^'Pf''' fe,-ling so ignomnt and • '■' ''Ittf ue "^ in..stin.a..U Uessing. I thought all n^. ^:;Z? 'witn n,e, »^ •"''■-T^ltSr.o.^ .as willing to .,eeon.e -^*'";«,:^;;^^'"^y l„tterable lo,>g, |,> th»tne.nu.nt n>y p.»yer, "'y,'"'"''^"-' "'-^ _ ^V full soul »;km1 • iiraise took the place ot prayer, my iui> »" was gl'atitied , praise wiu ■■■- f ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ . S:::.fi:K^-e;a.>dp™ise seemed as wax MP. 1 ) WONPRRH OP a RACE. 25 ^ vrords V* For iughter, tt it was not say, llcecl the of Abm- wy faco Id I have Ixpcome a ." Then irery thing ay for ten ny heart. it a deept-r emption in aine to our plkinly and [wrfectlove norant and - ight all my B nie. The Id no longer ngth of the rize; n\ow I hrist's sake, terable long- iriy fuUaoui ore the fire ; then was that "new name" written upon my hear* which "no man knoweth, save he that receivoth it." ' In a moment T saw / that this was sanctification. My peace was like a river. On one occasion, having been in great distr^SR for about an hour, and all access at th^ throne of Grace appeared to be cut off, I retired, opiened my Bible, knelt and read, 'Ye are tliey who have continued with me in my temptation : and I appoint unttf j |U a kingdom as my Father hath appointed unto me:"' The . id Woke. Oh what light shone around me ! Then I felt I y%)uld convince the world of the divine i-eality of religion. Glory ^ ^to the grea't Deliverer who se^it nie in a large place ! I now felt it my duty to be decidedly plain in my dress. Going one day to church I met. a lady dressed in the height of fashion; I was tempted, and it was .suggested to my mind, Why should [ be so plain and singular when I can have these fashionable articles just as well as others ? and my friends feel moi'titied to observe my old dress I AH as in a moment I seemed to see a rOW displayed before me which outshone the sun in brightness, I cried out, Farewell all earthly grandeur, while a voice seemed to say, 'Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life.' My heart is grieved when [ see lightness and trifling among those professing godliness. Surely we must have the Spirit of Christ or we are none of His. We read that 'Jesus wept,' but' where that he laughed and trifled i I have found Viy blessed exptirience that labor is rest and pain is sweet when w© see God in everything. My Bible teaches me ' to visit the widow and fatherless in their affliction, and keep myself unspotted from the world. ' All this by the grace of God, I^ am striving to do. It is now twenty-three years since I fe3«|jeriencedjbhis blessing, and my way grows brighter and brighter stili; Oh what green pastures, what still waters. Oh how delightful to cast every care upon Jesus." The above was written, and published in 1<837. Forty-two [years after this she closed her eyes in death, having lived and enjoy e d th e fullness of sixty - four years." I had the privileg« of v, ■ ■.-. -"^ . •26 W0NDKK8 OF WRACK. \, V ^^ V .^'WiTdreKfthaa always* voting hev thn3, '-" >S.itlM.tl.oai.t .«,««•. I «id W her, Mother Cobb, y"" ''""'^^^.'...JJi.y I " No, brother, are.,, do,Vt you *'»^-- r*:;' were. .' Victory, ' victory , eternal victory" CHARLES G. FIN NEV. - iiiu COM version, att" wt WILL commence this a few ^^y^M^^ ^^^ consecration 5^ve his idea of ^f^^T^^ ^ ^"^"^ l^e^his ti-t baptism, he^^B^.^^^^^ All my office: "My heart -.eme4 ^2^^ the utterance, ot my feelings seemed to nse and flow ou^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^,, The heart was, 'I want t. P^^I "^ J, i ..Bhed into the backroom ^^ of my soul was -|^ ^^^.^ fi^e andno light jt^^ of my office to pray. There w _ .^ ^^^ perfectly tJ, nevertheless it 7-^^,^ r^ter me, it seemed as ^' Aslwentinandsh^^^^^^^ It did not _ occur ^l ^ the Lord J^- ^^„.e ait^rward, that .t w^ to me then, nor did it for Bom ^^ ^ .^ ^^^^ ,^ ^, tha . wholly a menial Htate. ^'''^^^^^ He said nothing, but I^him as 1 <^ould Bee a^oth^ ^^ t iobkedatmeinB^%-«--^ ,,,^ost remarkahU' hte feet. I y^v^ ^^^y'* TTI a teaUty, that he stood be- ^eof mimi; «orHseem^^^^ ?;;„^^^ ^y .oul teme, andlfell ^^^vf ili "Ind inade such confessicms •ohim, 1^«P* ^^^f *;„ It seemed to me tiia 1 ^I could -it^>f^^ ^^^ayetlh^ ^ed his feet with my^teai.^^ As soon a. 1 1- p^es s ion tha. T touched bun. ^i ^^^^ ,,, ,, view. T return^ ^^ • to the front office, and tounax nearly b' rtre, I re any «i^|M tliat the thttt I hi world, t seemed 1 sion, Hk Indeed i for I coi ' very br« to fan n and I d u nutter one aft( these wi more ; * "Du very tl This w on the of the to a gr spent i days w vScripti a gteo^ seemec seeme( .X X WaNDKKB or GRACK. 27 nearly »>uk«a out. But as 1 was about to take a scat by tl»« Hre I recf ivea a mighty >»ai>ti8iii of th« Holy (ihoat. Without . anv w^Kiation of it ; without having the thought in my mind tlmt there was any such thing for n.e ; wi^iout any recollection thftt I have heard the thingH mentioned by any person in the. world, taie Holy Uhost descended upon me in a manner that seemed to > through me, l>ody and soul. 1 could feel impres- sion, like a wave of electricity, going through and through me. Indeed it seemed to iJouie in waves and waves of Kquid love; - for I could not express it ih any other way. It seemedhkethe very breath of Gbd. I can recollect distinctly that it seemed to fan me like immense wings. I wept ftloud with joy and love, and I doubt not but I should say I litemlly belbwed out the unutteraMe gushings of my heart. These waves ^me ^ Wl|_ one after an^er, until I recollect I dried out, '1 shall die if these waves continue to pa^sover me. Lord, Icfttinot bear any more ; ' yet I had no fear of death. --- ''During this winter (1843), the Lord gave my own soul a very thorough overhauUni and Iresh baptism of HiaSpint This winter in pariiicular, my mind was exceedingly' exercised on the question of personal holiness ; and in respect to the state of the church, tlieir want of power with God. I gave nyrself to a greitdeal of prayer. I arose at four o'clock and generaHy spent the time in prayer until breakfast at eight o'clock. My Idays were spent, as far as I cbuld find time, in searching the Scriptures. 1 read nothing else all winter but my Bible, and a great deal of it seemed new to me. The whole Scripture^ seemed to me all ablaze with light, and not only light, but it seemed as if God's-^^Word was instinct with the very life of God. 1 '^ After pr.*ying in this way for weeks and months, the thought [that I might be deceiving mys^ilf, when it tii-st occurred to me, stung me almost like an adder. It created a pang that I can^„ ^lot describe. The passages of Scripture that occun-ed to me, fen that direction, for a few months greatly increased my dis. tress But directly I was enabled to fall back upon the will of v.x \ ■t 28 WONDRRft OP GRVUjR. God. I said to tho Lord, that if ho saw thftt it wlis wise and Iwst, and that his liouor demanded that T shobid Iw left to he deludeod ; the interest of thechiirch, thejprogress of religion, the conversion of tiie world, and the salvation or damnation of my own soul, as the will of God might decide. I went so far as to say to the Jjord, with all my heart, that He might do anything with me ormiu*, to which His blessed will could con- 7-. \ ,\ Wonders op orackJ 29 tent; that I HrH bucH perfect confidence in His goodness and [love as to }»elieve He covld consent to nothing, tO which I could lohject. I felt a kind of holy boldness, telling Hin^'todo with [nie just as seemed to Him good. So deep and perfect a resting [in the will of (tod I had never before knowiiXjtfy niind set- tled into perfect stillness. I seemed to he in a st^-t* of perfect irst, hody and soul. The question frequently arose during the day, ' Do you still adhere to your consecration and abide in the vwill of (rod V 1 said yes, I take nothing back. Nothing trou- hriRd me. r was neither elated nor depressed ; I was neither JoyftvTnor sorrowful. My confidence in God was perfect ; m^ acoept^ce of His will was perj|^t, and my mind was calm as lieaven, \Holines8 unto the Lord seemed to be inscribed on all the exercises of my mind. My prayers were swallowed up in the will of God. Of course my mind was too full of the subject to preach anything except a full and present Salvation in the Lord Jesus Christx My soul was wedded to Christ in a sense which I had ^neverlmd any thought or conception of before. That passage, ' My gi^ is sutficient for thee,' meant so much, iconld understand the prophet when he said, 'His name shall »»ecariecl Wonderful, Couridllor, the Mighty God, the Everlast- ing Father, Ihe I*rine«t of Peace."" In another place he sj^aks^us : '; I was satisHVid that the doctrine of sanctification, in th^^«ense that it wfts the privilege of Christians to live wtihout sin ^s a doctrine taughtiu the Bible." r JOSEPH McCLELLAN. P WAH what is called a ''periodical spreerX t would go oij --.i, a spree j-ust as the appetil*^ came on me ; so^jietimes once a, month— sometimes it would be three and even sk inonths ho- tween my sprees. Ji was seldom that 1 ever es^tped yhen once the appetite for intoxicating drink got hold \f me. J ■ »■ .1 .■■ Y^ 1 7- I' / r i 36 W0NDKR8 OF (IKACK. would go on the spree for a week or ten k my head, No, 1 have tne♦ those who I thought ought to know, if they dul not think U was iKJssible to be so close toGod that we could escape tln>s,. dark, dismal days u ml weeks . The answer was invan»U>ly, No. ^ - — Spirit all tliis time was teaching me l^et^er. l»od Imd, W0NPKR8 OF ORAOR. SI tlit'ougli faith mid pray^^r again r<*Ktorn going on in thiK way for ahout throe uionthH, praying ank. Hhe was astonished at the way I spoke, Hhe said a preachtir by the name of Cheshrough had heen pnsaching at the Nicklin school house, and distrihuted some around. I took the directions and sent right ort" for the V)6ok. 1 had never heard of the Free Methodists up to this iuvo. I had the privil(;ge of attending the first Oil City Camp Meeting. \ have, for a long time, been in this narrow way. The Iwst of all is, God has sanctified my Koul,aiid for nearly fiVe years theni has. been no desire in me to (frink any intoxicating drink. That is what Kanctification has done for me. God has completely —bless His name !— - taken from me all appetite for liquor and tobacco, t^am saved in the blood of the Laml) ! Is it any wonder I love this nar- row way ! Surely I should l>e willing to take this way. O! it is such a delightful- way, this way of holiness.v What scenes of horror I could describe that I have witnesstHl in years that have gone by I None but those who have visited and partaken in the misery, mixed with what Ijhey call plea,sures, in the low houses of New Orl<;anK, Vicksburg, 8t. Louis, Louisville, and otlier cities of the Houth and Noifth, can even imagine the acts of sin aiid misery that are indulged in in those places. 1 pity them away down in my heart ; as niany would quit these haunts of vice, but the wonn has coiled himself around them. There is only om^ safe remedy, and thsit is, fiHl and free salva- tion, and that continually^ I had about forty years' experi- ence in drinking, on andvbn. I could -All sheet nitw sheet of ^ ^ : — L ::__ i^^«fc».' ■■ ■■ ■■ . '■ ■■ ■■ '■ .r. God liad, scenes I have passed througli. For nearly Jive ymrs / have i y. 82 WONDRRR or fJRArl. luul ijlory In m.y nonl ^vrnf dan! It Ih r.'HUy aHtoni«hinj( to ih« to think of what I Imv*- goiu- throuKli. Thm* y««rK «ikI four monthh I wuh in tin- aiiny, in thf front all th«^ timf. 1 would slip out of^nuni. and k<' t<. plai«'H U) obtain liquor, that I would liot hav.^ (U.n.- for a liundivd didlaiK in koI«I, on atrount ^ of the dangoi- that was to Ih' rncountnvd fioni thr ««n«'niy. N "^1 really afttouisheil nu' to think that after H|M-ndin;< tluniHandK o^^ dollarK in degradation, an}(> th«' on** tiih-nt ^o vfam I lived in that •hiirtli witha form <»M5«>« being a ChriHtian ; \n\i I out from my own church. I wan not then Hixttwui yoara of Hg(% and it mm^hukI lik«* dcttth to fontakt^ th« world, hut Jmuu aMkctI m«? to Iflkvo nothing hut hIu. It wti* hard to give up my profetwion and acknowNdg** my true condition, hut God huhl m»' to thiK jioint, prain*' His name, and gave mo rtwt. Many unid, '• You aro go«Kl tuiough ; tluiv \h no uae of Unng «o straight ;" hut j had my light from (lod and felt it'g now or ntmer with w»«. What caum'd Im* to f«««»| ho T cannot tell, hut I have thought that my call wuh ho plain that ][)ad I not yielded then, y«»ars might have itaHHtnl away hcfor*- the Spirit would have awakened me in like manner, or 1 might never have Iwen hrought U^ God. I «hall never Ik* ahic to praiwe (}o tliat was done the blood was applied, the victory cann', and for the first time in my life I re;oi(?ed in God the rock of niy siil vation. t went home. All was pi^aceful and «pilm. • When I arose in the morning, the enemy of all good dirlwiot forget me. He said, " You do not feel as happy as you did last night; that was only excitement and a great noise for nothing." I knew my heart was changed, but darkness covered the great deep of my soul all day. At ni^ht I attendid service again,- and the Lord gave me complete victory over temptation. I had made my vows. The next thing was to pay them. Salvation is conditional every time, T have seen many precious souls ■,ai i WONDKRM or <1HA0K. an my Ht)ul WM not [> fontakt^ Hill. It my tniM (line, uixl MTI' in IKt (io r ^hiHi iliat rl for th(^ iiil vation. I (lirlwiot II did last nothing." the great ce again i I. I had Salvation )ms souls mv(h1 who aftnrwardN ftiilMl to walk in tlir light. An H vouii iit^qu«nc(« th*'y withered and died. ♦ Imiiifdiately after my ooiivei'Kiou I felt the iieeil of holiiieHu ; and how many timen wiue have I praiMKJ now praine Him) that He hax iiiiM«'d up a jwople who preach the unHearchalile rieheH of ChriMt in all purity. I had a eontinual fear of falling from a juVtitled ntate. Not only thin, hut I iva- li/ed th** roolH of WtU'rneKH rJHing' up {h my Iw-art. Ai Ood- led me, I eonsecrated. At lant H«' UHked me if I wan willing to write a lett*^ to one of my louHinn, with whom I had had trouble, and make that right. 1 replied, Yen, Lord. On»i uiorning, not long after that (Keh. *J5th), at the family alUr, (lod did the work HaiutiHed my kouL I eould apply that |»aK- Hage of Horijiturt' to my experience ; " If the ,Son .... A\a\\ make you free, ye Hliall Iw frw, lude^'d" (John viii. :i(]). Satan did not aHHail me with temptation in regartl to thiH work wrought in my heart. Tt wan tio clear that 1 couhl not doiiht;. it. r had perfect trUHt in my Haviour. '^ [, | Immediately after receiving the IdeHHing of hollilenH I was' taken sick, and had not fully recovered whon ditierent inemlM'rH of our family weni proKtrated on heds of affliction. The lett('r mentioned above had not heen writt<'n. Day after day pas^sed and no opportu-nity presented itself. \ longed for the tiuie to come when 1 could make this wrong right, hi*t my way wan- continually hedged up. At letigth the timecame^ T wrote the letter, and my soul was blesKed, and my mind wan much n'- lieved. But Satan came in and said, t' You did not write it. soon enough ;" and qn account of various temptations like"lthis, being young in experience, I cast away my confidence and walked in darkness many days. At a camp meeting held at St. Johns, in June, 1873, my soul was again set free in Christ ; and for six years, my Hca\i en ly Fa ther has been leading me. __^ - God has led me through deep waters, and in ways of which J, knew nothing. Being very u*■' ff . 38 WONDBRS OF ORAOK. pleading to Hira for help and, reading the Word, I found these words: "Lead m9,,p Lord, in Thy righteousness, because of mine eneniies ; make Thy way straight beforeniy face^"— Psa. V. 8. This was my prayer four days, an4 He did continually aid His helpless child. ' The 1 7th of April J bid farewell to those that I dearly ioyed, and, Jesus leading the way^ I started for Bracebridge, and ar- rirved here the next day. On the 19th Bro. 8age organized a class of 3ii. Next day he left to work for the Master else- where. 1 Was left among strangers, in a land of rocks and hills, to feetl the flock and Wiork for my Saviour. But I had a blesst)d rf st in the One; that had led me all the way.' He raii^ed up help and those that stand by the truth. ' One week agp Sister Hagle cani^ We now have three ap- poiiitments. God is with us and is giving us encouragement by saving souls and building up the believing children in the faith. Opposition is giving way, and although we have 6ur per- secution, victory is on Israel's side, I ^m consecrated to the will of my Redeemer, and can say of a truth — "I am drinking at the fountain, Where I ever would abide." , ' * . •Bracebridge, Muskoka, Onti - • % .1 ■v SIDNEY BOWERS. SN youth X was always a wjiyward boy. "At affearly age 1$ ^ broke away from home restraint, and sought the jsociety of kindred spirits. At the age of eighteen I found myself, on board Of an American wh)||)r, bound for the Okhotsk Seas. There is hardly one of God's holy commandments but what I had .broken. Infidel doctrines were deeply seated in mv mind. WONDBto OF ORAGE. eth forever was over me. On the , Pacific coast the vessel was destroyed by fire, and after a short ' * stay in that region, 1 started for home. „ A six months', cruise. •• through dangers seen and unseeB^ brought nvB. to my native ; ' land.^ Spared by a kind Providlence, I once more saw my .\. friends. The days and months of sorrow that J had-given my mother had begun to tell on her, wrinkled brow.ind silvery ^ locks ; and with cjiildlike sini^icily did she welcome the prodi-* ; gal's return. ' ' ^ ' ■- ~ ■ ■'*■..■■' • Now I was at home, with ^ices fastened, upon me, and deep stains that sin had made, bound with- fetors whose chains did clank, as.from the bar-room to the. gambling hell I would pasi^^^ most of my tipie. Wilder wid more giddy I became. Again I went away from home, stilL utisaved. Ohc(B more at home mixetl up with associates »of6i»t.vn,an.lyet I wa»uot^> ^ ^^_, ,„y country, .,ni.l Men taiUn-l »>-W y"\^, .^„ i ,,,„„ed to «.y «* .Jo-l that I WOV.M serve Hnn. , ,_ thy,vow».-. But •• P.*y l»ve ■-'-"'i'^.';:i':,o death. Then did 1 cry ,„,« wo. stricl^en ,d«.wnJ.d-««' ^^,i „.e by, and I ivloud, untU «od '"'»*<'rr "„ t„ winTme to the foot ot tue* that «>«d-s '-"';'':r;, "'^Vha^ taken „o decided ,,,.« cross. A ''^;~fl'^^l;^io do so. _A feV p.l- »««din pUt^nu^hadnotnunal- ^^^^^j^^^^^^^ I . srin.sf.eld .neetmg ac^o^ "^^ .7[„ ^he Spirit. After being ;.asdra«nover '^e"' »'« ! '«*^^y , Jto run. for fear I ^thereasKort time the f<=^'VS as the people were pleased :.«ht.»oveouta.«o„g*-^^^^ - ,« call tVem. ^2Z^''^^ P***""' FOPIO. »"» f"^. the flesh, T asked the p.aye^r ^^ ^^ way rejbioing. As I HA hear and answer. '_^''"' " ' , New duties were '■talked in the light God ''V^^-^Jf X^ v« cost off. th* ,:j^se..ted, new crosses '?,'';^ ^^Uowed,/ until the conviction ■ U.ht, as far as I received .t, ^*^^^^ flesh.-. Then ^^^ y""'^"-'" V\w34 "^ot that which r^iered; *e--'*^Cl^mehouse that h^^ ■ entewth into ^-^ •»^*' V^en si^ts more\fotil.th^ • ,^„ ,wept was J^X '^he dog is Wmed to Ins ■ • «„t,andaccordj..g ^*^Xw^^ to her wallowing in tV • ■ vonift, and the «>w ^'^J^^^^ atond a hack, slidden soul. ^ ''f * *?*„' ^X>o„, {» hell, and that J was — ,h day, and seaTmg my J^^«> j^^^^^^^ «kmt.Un"0&ligW*»* would/riseup g, ,. I' AtlA<»«»«^^^^^*"^^^ ihtheforin^Ottt^'-^'^- of a F. M. camprmefttipg, . WOSDEBfl OF nRACB. 41 which ro»«.tUhed with be.ng m a d. Irive attitude, but soon took the o».n».ve and carried the wL VtOtheHu;..y'» country. There I was ound and lierce *" lo„. w*. the coumct, uutil «ee«rlngly the las call wa» . :l7^n.r to yield, lest -y ""'"'-^f •■»v.' Td'iwr ' altar. I gladly took uj. the cross where I had la.d .t down,. :S the «' caL down toc„nsun,e the sacrifice., A;new song 11 .ijen ioe to sing, and u.y heart was made glad _ .7^hl d ..eforml 1 havel^en red I an. H.s. He saves me from the sins of the world.from base .ipi.etites, from tolmcce and ,um, from the love of gambling, secret societies (I haVe belonged . to three), and aU that m^keth a lie. Bless ll«..,mrae! And amid the s«min4d,-ought my soul is -watered from the fountaan- . .head, »nd ,f>y «od leadeth me out into green pastrfres and be-, 'side still ^W None but the hand of God could have_res- . cued me froln the slums of hell and the road Of .death, and hxed my feet on Christ, the solia rock. And. still there is more to • fcdlow. My wife has been given n.e to go this way. . Her ■ brother and sisters aro all Roman CathoIi<*, but she go^ this way.with me. Our God is honored, arid Jesus of^Nazareth has the best «»m in the house,, and the most hotoorable position at the head ofthe table.' And when we go -»» *« rtr«eU^e^ notlockhim up athome,buthe Wksby pur^side. Therefore, what n«ed we fear v*at man can 4o anto\s ? God « on our side. Nearly two yea^J^ve I had my hand W P'°»f . JJ."" - not going to look Wk on th6 Besh-pote-of Wpt, but ahead t« the bright and inoi-ning star, which has arWn to 7 »^^ J am willing to be *ed in any way that shall honor God. WhiUi-. army Master l ■•\ WQNDBR8 OF ORAbE. •■ •' ■'.'.- . • / ■" ' ; ■, > W. R; BENKERt. ^ .TX vearsa^ro last August God forgave my sins. I soon y^^JZZ 1 could Lt stand alone, and needed ^nc.^ •W leai^*-" "". , .u^ M V nUurch and took an actve part agement , so I joined the M.-E. Clmrch Wia ^ of fom,aUty and coldne,» lu the ch»rch_ »^ on .ne. a.«l only enooumRed n.e to '°«^_^"f;^"\'",„^k:.„ About thh time God reveaM »»„ 7, ^^^ ll^^an who.n topj^ipn, ^; '»'P;7„ .^;', "1« ' a ,he mor. it was revealed doubt H» will. Jh« ,1 ,i His work we «.»y know it as to „e that when «od -'^^ «« woric we y ^^^^^ 11 „« /1;a Ppf,pr James and jonn, a""^"""' ^^ •T d^ha^llras w^U as did Paul when on his waytoDamas- '^ tlTenGol-nade this n,atteyplai« to me asked ^^ :::omm:2'o:tthattin,.rRretended^b„the^P^«r^<^^ - flock t» which I bolmnsed. I went to H« house. "^"-^-J '^'^ - expecting *mfort»nd advi.*,and «- «3",teth^^^ ^^in his study, in a separate room 'P *« ^"2i^aed>by a .uUding., On entering ^^-:':^^J^ oloud of tobacco smok^Aft- -J- -^^ ^„vers.tio„. AU \:^' ti^eThci^ ^t m^ht d'rop the subj^t-and ask me \thw time 1 hcyea inai . » after an hour's conyer- ■^"^ ""'""tl^irSi^rSvited me *«» a ganie^ ^ ham,y6^areiooKi B . ;. ; „,^ ,., ^i #»^ t wa s voung an d ^ withVyo^" This was whdi I wa n ted, for I wa s young '■■-:--f: 4* WONDEhS OF QRACK. 43 timid Though I could scarcely plead my case for teirs, yet 1 • won- gave him to understand what the matter was. After listening to me for about ftve minutes, he began to sympathize with me, and said. " I see •. bu^cpme, my boy. you are letting this matter worry you too much ; there^,a better way of get. ting at it than this." After pausing to%ht another cigar, he said- "Come, cheer up ;" and passing the box, said, "Have a smoke" T hesitated . for a moment, for si nc^ my conversion 1 ^ {cit condemn.^ in using tobacco, and put it away. Howevei', I I yielded to the' ten»pttttion, and finally concluded that if the 'minister was allowed the use of tobacco, why could not I; and 1 together we tilled the room with smoke; he 1|ien told me that , he believed God had a work for nve to do, and 1 should prepare > for it He advised me to take a theological course at' college, and then to join Uie Freemasons, for, Without this, he Said, 1 Nvould stand no show of getting a good position at conference. I left; promising to follow his advices yet feeling worse than Iwhen 1 wentto seehim ; for t had broken my vow,.and sinned ill smoking. However, i soon made preparations to go to some [preaeher's shop, and )et them sliape and mould me in the doc- trine after their Way. After spending three years and the Ureatfer part of my earnings at school, I decidt;^ to leave and. hivesi the rpst of my money in Freemasonry, that 1 migjit be- Lome, as the minister said, of some influence in the conference. But, blessed^ ^od; in due season, when I cried unto Him for iHght- fie let it shine, and delivered me from this abominahle Iswindle, and showed me that I had the inark of the beast on [my forehead— the mark of that ijeast that is controlKiig our [Government, and has crept into the . churdh, and like a canker Iworm, is eating out the very heart and destroying the light and llife. I had spent nearly all my money, and thought it most Itii^ togo toTork. I w^s willing to be led by Him whocalled line, andwa^ed inthe light as it shone on ray pathway. 'Jt saw khowrOngin the ch^rch, anch^hereihl was indulging in it; Iso I reildunced^l^cy and begaij^to oppose freemasonry. I. 'V- •'* M 44 WONDERS OP URACB. soon saw that 1 hivjl lost influence and incurrod oppoaition, ami was, from time to time, wanled to beware. But, pruiso (lit Lord, whom the Son makes free is free indt«.d. Afrer heii.gj in tfiis state of things six years, 1 began to think I was not a Methodist. God, in due season, showed me tlie need of ant" ormation in the church, and that the true Methodist livH?snnf| in Egyptian bondage, but has already crossed the lied Sea^^iul is -being led by a pillar o^ tire and fed on the niannu of heavei,. When, a year ago, 1 heard W. 0. Thompson preach on hoM,'■ ■ Si)irit IVegaii at (Wicl toUhow nit^ that T hi|d !>e^n brought tfl 111*; light so that luy pwfi Ktatt^ might h#* inadv niai»i(«i8t. I saw that th<'H«' (h'ar sailitiH poHs^Hsed a power with God, and a living, inward KHlvatioii of wliich T kiu-w vory little, and til at I weuH'd to have a dead Hort'of faith, more in. ujy head than in niy h«'art,' I lUuterBtood a great deal about it as a tlieory , hut thiH vc^»*y fact hud in a manner helj^MH] to deceive me iiito having a foiin of UodlineHR without the power thereof.. " O, how the light 'kIi^io u|ion my heart undtiV the faithful sermons, exhortations and cxfMMienceK. I have be»in enahl«d to t-ead my experience Uacfci^ ward, and see , from whence J had fallen. I had been clearly juHtified samewhat near four years ago, and shortly after that, (learly samtitied ; but 1 was not willing to let the Holy Spirit have his way in ifty heart, and I began to shrink from the (josses which he laid upon ine. J v^ry well remenHber the first one. It w^8 very simple— only' to praise the lord aloud before^ my family. There were only two others present, my husbaiid and a niece, both unconverted, A cloud of glpry seeniecTto ln« above niy head, coi^rcsponding to that which was in iji|y heart, and 0, how T . wanted to .shout aloud. There was ab i^iuch of the lioly Spirit upon me that had I obeyed, I believe coriviction or salvation would have fallen upon those in the room, but I shrunk ; the timidity of my nature made nje;iriiwilling to\jnake a .sjwctacle of niyself l»eforethem ; yet, w^iJfe I hesitated, | felt the glory departing, and, Ids if conscious^f the danger of rfefus- ing, T cried inwardly, "Yes, Lord, I^Will ;" it remained 4ith me, but again I drew back. 1 w^ not willing to l)e uiadd a fool of for Christ's sake. Gradually, yet quickly, th(^ light di\?d away, and where there had been brightness all was gloom, iiow my heart sank it was quiet, cold and heavy ;-8ncli aloss such a withdrawing of the Spirit ! C), how much I suffered foi that first, resolute act of disol»edience, I repented deeply, and prayed that it might be giveiV again, so that I could prove niy obedience. Pleading in the/ name of Jesus, my Father pitied me, and after a few day* I Was restored, and felt a glorious in- /• .«i-; 46 WONUKKfl .OP UKACK. '4. » flUHiice within. Other crftRw^H of ii like iiatun' w«'ii' prewmtwl, simple croHWH given l>y the Spirit, aud <;ul(ulate(l to make me app«5ar aH a fool in the eyen of wise profeKKoiu I could not bring my Htul)lM)rn heart to ohey, and now [ plainly difuwvered an unwillingnesa to yield myself fully, to the Lord. .My conse oration had Ummi tested, and the awful pride and Helf-will refus ed to be crucified. If at a meeting, praise the Lord arose to my heart and to my lips, I suppre.HHed it, or saifl it would answer an well to say it-to myself ; and perhaps afterwards, feeling ^cwi- denined, would knerl and otter a dry prayer to make anwnds ; but it did me no good, for it was done in my own strength an«l manm^r. I had not learned that the Lord can do more with one Holy'tJhost shout than when we Hx things all up .our own way, for tjifu it is ours4.«lves and not art;hing Hpirit, and uulliiig to (iml for li>ttlf>ing willing to Ix* in- wardly ci*ucifi«'d so iiM to Im* filh'd with th(^ JoyH of th»« Holy (MioHt, r went in for» and triod to h«' fontfnted with thr idea of walking in tluH ho called " nalml faith." huhtnl, tlu; prcvailiitf^ idea BeeniefV to l>e that it indicated a higher state of gratH^ to - walk in dark neKH than iii the light. We are then Iwtter ahle to test onr powers of fnmliit^ on, and I do not know hut what in thin case we are apt unconsciouHly to give the glory t<» our, selveK for holding on, rather than to the grace of (lod which hringeth salvation. For n»yself, I fomul thin way dangerous ; i H l>egtits a prid«* of prof+'Hsion rather than an in ward crucifixion by-walking in the cross-hearing- way pointeH out l>y the Spirit, and " naked faith" is used as a covering for loss of power, barri^n- ness and the departure of th** Holy >ipirit, which has betin-grieved away in some manner. . . " - In this state of mind, the Tiord ojwneil the way for me to at- tend the Su8(iuehanna (vunip-meeting. He blessed me in pre- piiring to go, and I felt as if r should gettlie light I needed ; for during the past winter, I had oftcm been' under conviction of my inward lack. I felt willing to conftiis to a loss of power, but' had no idea of the confession and hufjjiliation refjuired. After holding on my profession for so long a tinier it was hum- bling to confess that I had lost the blessing of holiness ; but I had bi^en brought to the light> for whatsoever doth' make mani- fest is light, and the Spirit clearly convinced me that I. must get down— I must acknowledge that L was not ttaved. There were but two ways for me : one was to hol^ on to the form and . return home a formalist, de&titute pf lif^nd power, or to get a thorough work done in my heart-^an 'inward salvation by the \ b a ptism of th e Holy Ghost. — Oh, I bless th e Lord for the plain truth preached in plainness and faithfulness, not covered up and ^; V ■■■/. ■ t': h<* ,1 48 WONUF.IIH "!•■ tIKAOIi. «. th,, lx,r.l i.,l.md. it Hl„Ul 1... u«Hl ,« tl... Hwonl o ll - «!"• t cutting .low, UH u tw,.-.l«...i .....a I .«•«««".» >1-»J P™^-" om an w«ll iwt <.iil"'li-B« •ililii'iT. I w«. v..,y «w Iv ia..«-.1 at ..„.• i.f ti,.. t«nt ,.roy-r-..."H"'t(«. hut t..«» .I..1 a, .-1 y /r^ir- ^rrmv^nv " :; t. 1 ti„.'l...l .l,at 1 w.,.,M ,at...r ..i,. t...u. not K-jt t «■ I uiUHt liav« it, 1 can,...t liw Milh.mt it. 1 wa« a... k ,.,„„,ution that . waK .loiuK ..otl.i,., .o.. ..th.-.- tha ... -^ m u lii.i..« -1 -"-.«"■ '' «'" «'"*•■ "" "" T tt" ■ 1 uTa?! .....Htl.t !"• .liv.MUHl f...... th- on.. ,«...t, and that I twt , wLia Lliow its ,..,ul,n«.. n -» «ho« n .. ..... «!.-■ .?:„«ia hav.. t., ,..ak.. ..,..f..».io.. w...... . .v.t«",..a i.on.e-- taion of having l"* i.. a l«..k«li.l.lH, hU... <.f h.'*.*, of M^^.^' „, m mni»«l i.- a g.«l a-g... with tJ.e *...ia, «K hay...g 1» ;Zg that I .....St ,«..f-, ... ...y h«Kl.a...l that 1 .a,l ..ot tarn ana tell hi«.th«.va«.„.: I haj ,.ot always '^'^^ Having gra..^ hadtl»*.. withamw... 1 gav,. n., s..lf up t . do li^. •' r Ion, uyi..g ...... ».y ....<■ -v.-.y «'".«»'"' -"y 't^y "^" rl >. v . ,i^i.^ . g ' o 1 - H wit^, th.-.. all for .n^n, ^k. Th Iv"I*.n he .m-ting Lrokc up, at th.' sacramct service, . l.Z^ pe-. ahle^sea «,nsciou«««. that n.y^««ratu,n A. w y 1% •^r woNQr.M OP iiuArr.. ta hud iH-en iicct'ptcd, ami .I«M»m HWH'tly rc'vi«al«'«l UlinHflf t(» iiii» iM my living Saviour who n»c«nv«'«l iv«^ I wuh ulad to jji'Klown ut HiH f«wt in Iwith hunuliution and rojoicin«, And yi't I fi^lt that tho work wan not dono. * I Jwlit-vf H«» th«»n clcanm-d my h«ftrt, »»ut \ continujHl to cry to Him, for I \w«»d me ihat Ifo had a bh'HHinK for mr. 1 fi>lt contiing • tho la«t, then? waH to he prayer-meeting till moriung, and I went with a confident expectation that I Hhonld returned with greater force than ever (tried to suppress my feelings, hut feared that I woufd grievf!^ the Spirit. I had always Iweti afraid of making much noise, and tried to do everything up\in « g^ntei'l, nice 8f)rt of a way, hut my pride was all taken dowh : 1 was glad enough to cry to the l^rd for what 1 needed, not\that I now thought there was uii^ "ijirtue in^ a great noisti, but i would not quench the .Spirit I)y suppressing the cries forced from me in my agony of soul, and which I now believe whs the Spirit making intercession for me with groanings which could not l i e utte re il A f e w dear\ saints gathered around to have d season of pray«il_wa«qu distinctly realize th. «*"'"« ^-^/^'irtt^l^ato me' at ofthe indwelling of -he Holy ^P- ^ J ^t^P^ii n« w» contained u. the first four x erses oi ^^ „„ Now 1 km>w I ,„d when I arose, how confidently 1 .ouW ™y, rve refer ed l". ' "av. te wlnf of PQver with God andwilh the ,».ople And now I « ^ tlTrVh^'-'J U.is "::Uu.o„y th , . . nu- Uood of Je.us x; ,1 WONDKRS OF URACK. m (BUS, He He w4is quid I'd ork." I •iousness bo me" at ence wftR >IaIaohi, [ know 1 o,w Rweel [J to arise ; Saviour. it! bW me till it and lio'ly. ?eting, Iftst 3 the UgHt iiing knife ! aW my re- n my heart, s f ronv Ooe^-t^«;^^^ track as brother J^ ' '"^ T^ Ji„ ,Uar, at mommg, ««on in such aWful l»««''*'*'»"^!^,^'nlyoud description. 1 waK and night; Oh! it -- :""^?^;'i ^er saw it on this wis.v cbmppBed to ci-y out, , O, t^-"' •> ^ ^ ^„ manifested that the efttire house was nt »P «'^» ^ ^^^^ wafted fcfom the , — phe^ I breathed wf/^j^^^,,, ^ brother J-- , x^ther shore. Oh, Glory I rcferreu .^ ._^ ^ ^^^^ j^^ '.• .tod taken, which IVdl evplan can g ,^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^, ; Vords. viz. dealing ^-^^'^j'^^^Vsome ar« getting ^ved^ ■ the devil to mge fearfully, ''"'' » « ^ j^^, „{ «,.„ descended .:' It is the only way to he.«n J •;,;":*^ ,,„,„, altar, and f6r upoV« -'-^ *""J'::, ,::^tr.>e.». a pool of trouhW -. the I«st two weeks tins house '* j^,.j .^ ^^„,,ing some her.. - t^rs to temp.«t-tossed souls, in ^^^ „„t whole. .verydayWs..piu.^«^X-^,,J,eforeit. T^^ O, the &"•»;? >«'; \ uT I see th(v track, and an. g«".g Jear.and^y. H*^:'.,^^ it is glorious, through th..wa^--^.^^^^^^,_,^^„,,,^ -After • One thing . .Of« I ^S"" to i ^ j^ ^.^^,.„ ,„« : I received thi. light th?I^'efor«, '■.■■»;■ W0NDRR8 OP (iRAnK. / 63 _:— 'g »» they ! but But One ! dowii 5, noon 1 wan is wise bed that the at- •om the rJ— revy few s caused ig isaved. escended •, and for ibled wa.- iome here ,ut whole, it. They am going kI; :Aiitev restore nie 1 promised I my V>ody, od,and the Bible glory, before. I I. He leads souls Ijefore, and such faith to pray for them, such power to UuIel thein. Oh, such 7ove for them ! Language fails me to doscrihe what this baptism qfjire is. I can truly say, " T t is more tlian meat and drink to do iJy Master's will." The bread u pen which I am living, seenvir to be sutHcient for soul and body. My work lies before me. I see it a.nd am going forward. ^ I M. A. B0RDEN. r NEVER ijAl^Ugious paljnits tp teach itie the way of sal-^ vation. I a||| BB td the Presbyterian Sabbath school until I was thirteen TJi^^ld. At that time the Methodists were, not as popular as they are noVT, — and^niy father, being a proud- spirited man, would not allow his children to attend their ' meetings. When I was thirtefni years of age, Bro. Clark was holding a protracted meeting in the village of Camillus, and while there, the Holy Spirit touched my heart. I trembled exceedingly, and wished some one would ask me to go to the altar ; but no one took notice of a little girl like me. I went home, feeling sad ; btft with a strong desire to go again. If my father had a favorite among his children, I was that one. 1 persuaded my father to let me go to meeting the next night. I went, and as soon as an opportunity was given, I went for- ward, and that ni^ht the Lord converted my soul so powerfully that, during the tWenty-ninc years that have elapsed since, I have never doubted it for one moment.* That day I had scalded my hand yery bad, and wKile praising God, I rubbed my hand, until it was perfectly raw; but the power of God healed my hand so that the -r,;:: :;:;, rS^tably as i wouldHi ^^- "^ T . „^/i the Lord kept n»e from bemg cold, as he did the Hebrew en ^ ^^ ^„ ^^^ ' *""- '^f J^tbut *elr^ had given me a home among bytefian chureb > but tn^ ^^ God rather than man. I the Methodists, ond T chose to se . ^^ ^ l_^_^j_ „as,ioVongera,petw.thmytathe,,>«t_l^^^ ^_^ ^ i„ the fold of Christ, and I had to sufler , ^ ^ ^ _j^^j^ s«flVr,^«npesa.idii..pi^.™-<-/^ ^^ "T'wi iS^Wnis I washappy.andgrew^rong in Uie ^^^thaJ^ have done sinee, when the.eax.fh^ „.*- jT- . ; ._ & ■ V j ' 4^ ' Lord wriied oust', V (eined 5s. ' l^ father nearly iVd me I, a«d, se, and ed the 'house 1 went I shut I aly as 1 lad the m being the fire . y all the iie Pres- amoug man. I B a lamb [did. I in a dark ^ Many 5 friends, ng in the jea of life 'A- u t myhus- ■■■■..■■.■■A v.,-' v--'^ . •■■>/ WONDKWB or (JIIAOp. 56^ 4ml knew uothiug of the Hftving power of the gmcji» of Ood. ' 1*' h^l Jield tomy proft'S.4i soon theJiOrd gave me nty hus- band ^o 1(0 with ine.; Oh, Iio^nv ehanj(ed was our^ home then ! Our, house then luKianie a hous»» of ^»myer. In the year 1847; • at a camp meeting, Ui«i^Ijordgfi»ve nie-the blessing of holiness.^ I felt that( I was cleiin, through the'lilood of the Lamb, j wa« a li^w creature |n Ohrist. *^ ^ ., * ■..;■ "v.-v> ■■-,:: ■.■'.■ -■ ,_^- '.;■■ ''■''■■■-■ ■'■.: ^^J' JeBiifi an tile tlay, long. - .~^ ' ^^^2^ -^ J^ ' Wa8 my joy and my song." . :; - •' _ .^ ■ ; ■ - " . * ■" - ■" ' . . -4-- ■■/.--, \ -■ ' „ '-^ " '■ ' -'■■•'.-' ; '■ " ' V H *•■•'■*. ^wanted te protjlaim it to the world ; but af^r" X got hoinevV , let\^f some of the' older ones in thg churicl^j that didliotbe; V, lieve .such ablessing attainable, crept into my heart, dnd I failed lo acknowte done 'for me, nesa, and Oh ! how j^j^t ' Lbrd forgave me, and restor^ untt© methd joy* of a fuil salva-* tion. For three years! VfalkieJ^^in the^igHfc of Ogd^ It plea»ed , ' the I^ ^t times to let $t^h a.weight of jgl«ry rest upon $)©, . / that thft b6dy woiikld sink, a^id I w:oiild be lo^ to ^11 biit God. ^ This stirred spme ojf ,my f rifen^ds to be tried yi^^^^ gan to wish for a si3|ioother way ;■ foiR I loy^d my friends, an((l I resisted the powei- ^Gdd, an^ agdm . 1 lost .the blessing- I thought ; then. I was ^st^L I was wretched^ bey oild expression^ , Oh, I would have givfen tjfe^ ^pr^d, were it at my disposal, ilH would have giv«ii me back ^y ^pace ;. btit I d;id not give up , wrestling with God ; and after^me yeaw, the Lord ♦would , bless me alt times; biit I did not eiyoy the lullness^' J^y^ like the sea, which'sometiA)*^ gets angrj^i^ foams, aad some-,' times is qiliet. I wa& a f ormal prof essor. * I]oved fa^ion^ and^ the applause of men. T was anxious to get thi^^wjprld's goods ; but when we had collected some of earth's / treas^ves together, . the Lord permitted them to be taken from us. I |ound the ' / 'I "■ ' ^ iW'. ^ ™- - 4- - i ■ . Ji ^— . » _*,-4 35C! z , kj -r*" *«« >. ■ 'X • ■ . . \ ■ ■ * . ''^.V ■' ■'. K WQNDK** O^ Ql<^<'*' /. b„t tto time *e 1««1 ^"^^^ ^y^ „orld »nd the l«ve of „vev before. I had to ^^^^^ ^^dfied in m «»y. "^ . j: v>;^« 1 had to be wilUng to uc yiu I hiid to be wilUngto bepec«^-r orChr..tB.ak ^^^^.^ , ai»e«« i„g ; Vat the Ix.rd ''"'f^ .f ^jj,. «k„ „„e de«l. My friends /ihe heart. I ^o"'* «»" ''7"" The dqctor advi^ n«^ . tu^ed it un^e ^J^^^TJ,^ gt excited about . i keep away from^ively -^^'-^ ' j^^ ^i„ cleansed my .uything-. hut in^ ^, 'j^eitl healing power Ml through heart. Glory 1« V'i;«''/ifi\,„« transparent. I *» •^R;. ■„.y entire ^»« J ^l^hf .Ld de-re, ^d I w» fflled^^^^ tied of every unho^ ICetimes He gives me that joy tl^t li „lory and with God. *'7^'"»^ ^<„^ this disease of my iJterablw^ndfuUotglory.^He-mo ^^ _^^^.^ ^ ^^^ , • hc^rt, and Il'ave'.ev^r feltjt^mp^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ eight ehildren, the I*"^,'" t„t I beUive the Lord wdl ■ ■ h^ve gone after the world again ,_ ^ ^ ^^ ,,„k con- : J,.^ allou. *""'"'VL^:^i^iaS sor^wsvbut the Lninghis pro»»«»- .^^''^uWe^fand into green pastures; Lorf is h^li-S "'"'t^ uorand s^rms howl, and direaten- and when adverse «'»f ? ^ Jj^ju^^, rfse and da»h against my i„g thunders roar, and huge "J" ^ ^^ father is at the , Ul bark, I can «^""ly]l""'^StGod! my allto Christ hehu-my -^^^"^^ ^ Glory to God- .11^ I've given, and He "»* *; j,^^ ^treUgioninmy souL Ifear ^ J \ * • -V v\ ' \ WONDEKS OP" GRACE. 57 mercy, •e thaii love of ay, and' witobe^ fthrink- i diaeaae r friends vimd me ed about used my through \nra8 ein|>- lled with* >y that is - ftse of ™y Of our • J of thero Ix)rd will 6lack con- i J but the I pastures; d threaten- ]kgainst my 5r is at the ,11 to Christ a ! I press oul. I^ea' Day home. •^■•r-. -R. OLIVER, -^ ^ bout! two years before luy conversion, my ^yes w©W» )9Si openeif to the painfU\ and unwelcome fact that I had be- . ; come an hJibitual drunkard, and was at that time but Htile short of thei gutter. I had contracted thehabit from selling and tistingliquors kept jii the drug stoiw for sale ^the terrible monster hadlfastentfd ids sUmy coil? irodnd me ere I was aware of it • arid 4»aiiy ^^^^^ "^^^ resolve never ^p toucli it again, but just so Often did f faik I couW see my danj?fcr, but could notavert il; and so cjet^rmined was I tt) -hide my disgrace, that my mo^t intimate friends 6r my wife were not^aiware of the fearful"^asp in which I was held by the inbn^r demon. Many times have I compounded medicines for the s^ck when ; the greatest iaccura<;y was reqtrir(^> while refling under tl^ influence of strong drink. /<^- ", . ^* Many tim^hav^^ggered l^pme af a ktehoUr, purposely waitingnntii my ^'meliad retired, for my heart would 4cken and sink within: 4ue when I woUld think of the /pbss^ility of her knowing th^ depths of" my degradation. Resolution after re^lution would, fail. I discoritinued^the sale pf -Hnuor in th^ - ^ dfug store e veh '|or medical purpos^ T tlu8, ; too, failed. ^ I would go to the.si|oon» and drink, and buy it by the bottl^. With grief ane once more filled my breast. Anxious to J hreak the demon chains that bound me, and save my family" I ? f rom the dregs of a bitter cup, I joined the Order as a chmter member ; but, oh ! how of ten are wo disappointed when trusiing in human weakness ; for in this I not only failed, but perjt^red myself by breakiug.my pledge ; thus taking one .more step in ui«rcv found m<^ >uk1 sot my soul at innny. » u , rhfw.«»«J fact, that Ood, in i«vnl....mg ...y »,.», l.a.M«kn. Itay tr ap,.-tit.. *«■• »t™.«dri..U P.^n. U.at .urn.- U, I. », lu 1 y 1« U, Uod ! not on. drink l.av.. 1 tak..„ ^and, U.«..l<» -t!tl His holy na„.«.Jl. k,ep» .ncj^»..th.. t..u,,,Wu,„. ^ ; : ■ Dear r«Kh,r, are you int..,v.7»t«, h.* f'" j"^ ^^^ . :;! ' deadly coils around you I It fe go to •(.■««»- .t .s yom "i > ho» He will save you wl.™ you cannot sav..youv«at. Ko ..Xt^;rtrustiutL,,.mn«.lodK^,U.ey will not «^^^^ you will only breakyouv. pledge and sink deep,- "»".-•• L thousand, of goo.l,V'ond »'<"" have done l-W jon. *n« I^ y„,.\.«.l u vi,«v ; the fruits of their pas lalK«ha>e <- 1. to disappoint men and.,*ise up a nation of Wj"-^ . J^ * can coftrit thorn By Aousands, who have degraded ten s. 1 e^ ^breakingtheir^ledge; yet you wUinnd «>- »« '^ ^ oLred and attended by those .who .re professed Ohnshan^ iLr to accept and initiate the n,o»t a1»nd„.«,d c««es, while ttev are aware ihat the gWat prol-aWlities arg that the cand.- S,Cr;::^»reh«i..se.f^befo..Ue light .^.^ther nvo^ ■ ' Ban W«id8,'.-e{raiu from . sin so .-evotong. The past %^ e^perielice shows beyond ^doub^lha* »•- „.^ ^ n'inrtitute, the n.ore liqu<,r there ., drank ; and the. UIWteTSnldidates you toitiate, the more V^fjurei-s .we have ,n ourmidst. You ca„,.ot successfully .de!;. •'Christian friehds, it ^u want W save the "^-«^^^ drunkaM's grav^ lead him to ChrjJt, who alone can t»ke away drink ; iVis his, only hope ; it is all he hi< appetite f o r strong 9Md».' '^' y _■ 4i, :M: ii'i ■■ ' ■■ : r :%-^ ■..■•:-^- \ JVOMDKilii or UKACR. fltt th«' al \ tall tt iuliiiU** k I'lWi' [1 tttkeu to tlUM, , tiiaukH a. .viml his our only v\t Do avi'you; tin- ii»iv»% I. vSlultt liorshave ».rs. You esp loilgps Jhristiaris, ,868, while the candv ■ morning. The past- the more ; and the kve have in ok around •the lodge obligation is life long, ate from a take away it is all he A short time after my uonversioul became satisHed that the use of lobauco was a dirty, irrf^ligious habit ^, that i^ would , IttVto (he glory of God to stop the use of it altogether ; for we are taught that all things iiiu»t be done to the glory of liod. Now, I believe all f!<[^s^'tab|<; people do adi^iit that the use of tul>al'uo is a tilthy haj^nt; aiid i positively Assert that no out* can. glorify C'od by being liithy. Do not squirm, jDhristiau . brother,, the load is upon you — you^cannot shake it ott"; you lumt carry the guilt or quit the tobacco, ' ' At the tim« referred to above, 1 was terty-three years of agw, and had used tobacco thirty-three years, having commenced its - use when about ten years 41d ; and during all these years ,had used it to excei^s. To quit its us« llexpeclEed a hard struggle, and perhaps a long spell of sickness, ior it had liecome almost a second nature. But riaiid aside my tolmcco/and^sked God to help me, and He did,' and most graciously top ; for Ho not only preserved ray health, but He took away my appetite alto- gether for.tobacco,' so tljat lexperiencedlittle or no Inconveni- ence in quitting. a liabit that- 1 jhad' often tried hard to quit Ijefore, but failed every tiine.-/It has noy been about two years since 1 quit its use, aii^d I have nbt the slightest taste or desire for it. God bo praised' fdr His power^ to ket^p us fro;n oiir carnal appetites ! .?^ Haon after I quit th^ use of tobacco I becaipe mubh imjprsssed with the fact that God required me to sever my '•"^"•''r,t:;,;^:. «„4«r.i«nt if thtnv was v.oiH' «>tl>e««. viz.: that huiuire«8 ai. pS Ihit-st i„ Od,if..ilow*ip instead of putting the,,- lZ"l God. For . an, fully ,«r»ua»1. do ■ ° t ^ deeeived. Again 1 s..y the., never wa.agr«a.. n..»m Z.l a thief and -a robber." Thi. i» what Je»u« -ay«. Tins r i, the way, andthe only way, to eternal life. _ ^ When 1 left Pldmas County, ten year- ago, 1 left debts b. hind which I really could not conveniently i*y at the time 1 tfTId told my creditor- -o, and agreed to pay them at «>me fat^time, But these dete, I, for some time, tned to make ^^f tXve that, for some reasons, Thad '^^^ vLr after year rolled by, and each year I found that I was les. S^^ti'pay. ^-"y ^'^"''*^"^"If Tth^7x:r U ainoe outUw^ ; ^the partly w^ f^^'^]^ ^ ' I ^Tg^:; deal of bad luck, and »a. y e t unabb t " . W ih» it 4, that. I was reasoning with myself when Almighty }:^' '\ WOMnfcRR OF OKArCi. 61 hv chaiiK' ficodeiniiH, ; will Haw it wftH my th of July, ^wiug from tf Htaitnl is iidretlH »»'•' tting tlu'ir 'V. are vei'y iiigH of tlu' •af Houl, do ter luiHtakv. ottiiuity of ifiwer, nptU M5 of «>teruHl nu are loKt. kingddin of man coim^tli I not by tin- lier way, tln' ftays. Tliis uft debts Im< At the time i hem at sonu! | iried to makf than I was. nable to p a y. tien Almighty I UoU convinced nu- that I wan a wretch undont*. Then it was that these debt«, like mountains of guilt, anme before me ; and act until f had pronm«.d Almighty Owl that I would pay off these debts, according as by His will Ho ndght prosper me and «nable me to do so, that He l.-t i\xv light of His love shine n» unon my soul! I huv.. in my lK>sHeHsion, at the preMMit moment nHjeipts covering the whole of th.m.> debts, excep^ one small account owing to a ^virty whose whereabouts ut pi*^sent is un^ known to ine, aUhoiiKh I have made inquiry for him. Dollar for dollar was not paid in tho payment of some of these debts, hut enough to satisfy the demand. Home of the parties being Kurprised. and seemingly awe-struck, Wthe idea of a man pay- ing old debts that hatiti>. I. was born with the appetitx, in n.y body, and Moved tl.e saloon so well that the sight of wi^ie n.ade n.e glml. At or near tjie age of fourteen, niy*>elf and several others of my associaU^ (I being the youngest) were engaged in a gu|j| of cards, and drinking in a saloon, where 1 would freqmWh^ be found, while my mother was hunting her lost boy, and it ^as suggested by my m\t that we go to meeting/and see the ilethodwta act fools K. J. GOI^pRN. ll l|: i # .* -4 m Wc #nT.*. fnalhiR a larg.. cLignc of hrlliKh JnHu^ni^ wilhin ...^ I iHumin.. .nudi i«ieri«t.Hl. and thou«bt .v«l tin. pri'kt^lM^r ijiid w,iH uM'ant for ...... i*..d that I did ..ot lik... Whm. th.i |.l*ach.r »H,«a.. to «xhort, my «oul Hoo...od loMt. C In^gan to wnk lowor a.ul low^r. until'T Huw that thor.. wan ..o gotting away and! fl,^ to J««U8, hawUy knowing what I whh doing, I hoo.i found ^yM »t iK« iniPe^»«*t, K,..king roliijf. Wh«t. in th« i..o....^ni I n.«id.id help, it MHM...«I I wa« gone ; lan«uagr mnnot de8cr.i»t tho dark.umH and agony of n.y Ronl, but in n.y darkcnt .no...i>nt. » hrother c*n.o t/> nuA, and naid, " Th.^ da.ko»t hour, ...y Jmy. in juHt hoforo daybreak." ThoRe wordn (Mw.ned to Ht..ke th. Wow, a..d the cloud bu.Ht«,d ; and O, what light ca..i*- to ...y \k)uII And th«n joy and halleluiahs camH bursting forth at will. Olory be to «od for ev9r and «verj my sini. were all gone. Thus I lived for four or Hve years, when I was ten.pted • >»y a dwire to see if T had lost all taste for tolxwco, and in thai mon.ent I willed to tempt God. T fell, and the old desire ran.e in as strong as ever, and from tha« time on, I went into nm seven-fold wo.se than before. In the fall of 1876, at a pro tracted meeting, I was again found of God, and, after « severe^ struggle, n^claimed ^rom n.y backslidden state. Glory to God ' Soon after this" my wife artd I went to Illinois, and on ar riving thur«, we soon mot some people called liohj People, and 1 heard them say that God could save a man from the appetite t for rum and to>»acco ; and they also said the canial mind could not only *be subdued, but entirely removed. This seemed to tue A l«d. doctriue^to take that away would destroy if e, 1 ' thought. I concluded they were honest but deluded. T began tosiiow them how they could ^rou, int« the experience they ^ talked about j Imt they said they liad it, and that 1 w^s l.ehind * time So I got hold of the Zinzendorfian doctrine, but found t hai it did n ot t ake away these appetites, which T wished >o^l^ delivered from. aenverea iru.n. I saw that 1 was losii^g ground, and concluded (« let them alone. I then went to Uie1>est authors to get ight on the subject. 1 read Wesley; Fletcher, Watson and others, 1 ilhin H«. lirr MHUi nk lowT B Bovort' •y to Cod ! and on ar- 'eopte, and he appf titt» mind could H<>enicd to troy Hfu, I [, T t^ogan ficnw. tlwy waK In^liind , Imt found vijjlied to l»p d concludrd to get light and others/ 1 ") #" woMi»r,iiH or riKACi. i* And found that tluii* vinwM nulmUntially Mgr«'ful»h'd with « arnal apjM'tilHR and d«-8irPK. \ havr Ikmii won«h«rfully savinl from drinking, rnrd playing, rum- srlling, running l.illiani halU, attomling hIiowr, playing in (IwatniH, horsr raring, and othiT such liko «inH. O, Glory \m to Qod for ovor and d, T would rage and cuniu like a iiuCdman. Thv ohh^ I grew, tlni worse I iM-canii'. and th«^ di-vil. st'Minrd to he winding his chayv tighter and tighti^r around me; I would not for a momtmt entertain serious tlroughts of th« future, Imt would pl«ng(! deeper and deeper into sin. NighU .^_. after nighi^^md Sal •Ijath after Sahhath, would lind nm around llu' ganddii^j; ♦ftl>le, drinking, carouising, and at times^ tightin|^v^ Finally, (lod, in His inrmit<; mercy, inti^rpa'ied and airested \ ^ liie hif ilis Spirit, in the silent watches of the night, l dreamt V ;!^ ,-' ■-■•' ■/ ..--. f. ' ■' ;■ . ■ •'■ •:': ■ .-v .. ■ • ,;;..■■• ■/ ■ :^4^ i^'^if- ^^ I i*«itt mv«elf dviiut wi*o«t hope; and I ctM I w«i shot, and I fo-a »y»«'' 3'« _. ^„d 1 «4il seek Thee." But. to my VPPy ""'P™"' f T^rvHr The first opportunity .„til I yielded to Ghns^and go B -.^^ T^^--^^^^ ^^^^^^^ I had! went forward to ""-""tTwre I fell down on «,y ^eW. af^r, an ^;;;'';-':j|rt^:r matt." -* ."'«*' Knees "»"> '='?'^ ""'• l^-iuVft me, and sueh peace t^k pos- asaflash my '»f ;' «f ^^^^^^^^^^^ to move, and all T eould sessson ol my »oul that I was »«•""-' ^^ j fc„„„ «.y was, "Oh. p.«i«"» -t*""" ' i;''7r;„,^"G0d '" I retired .LtXamliyingto. «'->_^^'t^^:^s:" .nd sud- to, rest, all the whil» exclaumng, 1^>^«» j «y Jesus ap^r-a *7^Pn: Ts^^ «h^^^ creature m Christ Jesus. ^ j ^ ^ Individuals 1 ^ „.d appetite for tol^cco •"^, XusC^f^. -rongs made ■once hated, I loved now. *^ ''•''";'" J.^^A^ .o^te^^^ and • ■^'"r^ V Alfw™twellforWiths;n.«^ pisguh'sMoun . ^";^^fT;^j i,. ,„,„ stirred, and I wa« Wovocation. thv roots of inbica^m _ ^ • I J ti.„t tlicre was somethmg tliPie tnat »a» reminded that tw le "» :,;„„ tn (lod Once m a „».» » nrineinle that was m opposition to uoo. v/ v nght,aprine.pe 11 _ ^ „l,at pain it gave me. I ; while t would ^.0 It .i^.^^lnfc.^J•_^,^^^^^^^ The more .would weep, gi-oan and cry fo. =^ f"" ™'V ^ ^, jj ^„ the : I struggled, tin, worse It --;'-,^^^ "S^terwhelm me, «,rr«Rjion and depravity o^^ my liear _^ ^ ,„^^„^,, ,„. . ./andl began to alJ.or '"y^'" '"'f *"•'„_,£ ,i„kb^ down, ^ ^rthiest creature «-'•*,»"'' *''•■''''f^'"^\^„l^eelth<^ liquid fire of God s, lov e o jg ^ ^^^^ cleansing, and makin^nie c^n^J^^^gJ^^ heart ! — " I^^Q^"^ " ^^ ^"^- ;■ .'^: y^- W0NDBR8 OF GRACE. U n on my i\d quick cook pos- it I could kv I know , 1 retirecl And sud- ^raon, a^d , shouted, aiul glory - irh— a new. All taste Uviduals 1 Dngs made Session and I was on lally, under and I was ,t was not Once in a ;ave me. I The moi'e ,s if all the srwhdm me, meanest, v^n- nking down,^ ould feel the^ purging, and )d for a clean an my soul. %G precious hlood of Jesus Christ cleanses my heart frpui all sin, and from the least desire to commit |in. Temptfttions come thick and heavy, strong suggestions from the enemy come, but, thank God, there is no disfwaition to yield. The devil comes and finds nothing in me, none of his old furniture is left. Jesus Christ sits on the throne of my heart and sways His< scepti-e of divine love, and there is "righteousness, p»-ace and joy in the Holy Uhost." And unto Him who has loved i.u- and- washed me from mv sins in Jiis own hlood, »>e all tli.v glory both now and forever. Amen. r > . Mils. POLLY E. HEISRY. c - AT the age |kf twelve years tlic liord forgave niy sins, arid, I ^ was made t« rejoice in His love. From an infant, my pray ^ ers were said on going'to rest ; but now prayer was prayirijs in earnest, which was kept up for six months with close cmn' umnion with God. The reumhider i)art of the year secret de- votion was neglected, consequently the,.blessed i^pirit'was not with me to own and bless, but to chide and convict, and from that time I made no profession/ nor was blessed in my soul. But the Spirit of the Lord was continually following af^er me, and when doing or saying any wrong, my conscience woukl . smite me terribly. At seventeen, i was seriously wrought up- on, but did not yield. " From that time, my attention was giy«n to the world, attending places of amusement. I was a great sinner. For years my mind was riiore on tlie vain thingi'of ihis life than death aii^he judgment. All this tim^ I seldom retired to rest without^e voice of God saying, " repent !" O, praise His nanve for His mercy that endureth forever ! When a married woman, settled in life witK two boys large enough to go to school and Sunday school, the Lord in His mercy and lo\ing kindness, began working on my heart, and ^^,^'me i* all my rebellion and procrastination, a yielding, melting spirit, 06 W0NDEB8 OP GRACE. and a«ain I gave myself up to my dear Sdviour, ^kd, yet ^ wi^h Srs, m I embrace Him who had died for me,^d borne with me,and wfts now so precious to me. Bless His Holy name! The Baptists kindly took me up. 1 was baptized>nd united with the church; and took my letter the day that 1 joined, and myself and. family moved from t)iat place ttie next Lrning (Clymer, ChiinrCd., N. Y.) We went to Southern. Mich, alid stayed in Sherwood, Branch Co., seven years. ^ We were there two years #ithout having the society of Christians, we being among strangers. The people were all Sunday visitors, and no church near ; but the Spirit did not leave me comfort- less My Father in heaven had watched over me too long to lejive me now, and I was enabled to keep up the family altar alone, my aff^tionate husband being an unprofessor. I «iyen look back now and say, to the glory of God, that *^*"^^*H8« two years, deprived of the company of them thaf'kgjirHo Day, that I grew in grace and knowledge of heavenly and^ivine things, and' could sing, w * "Oh, 'happx^ day that fixed my choice ^;. : On Thee, rny Saviour and ray God." ^ Aliout this time the Master led out a few of His followers to teach thp doctrine of hoUness. I went to hear them. Theaxe - was laid at the root of W* tree : every eyil, both private and popular"* ^^*^''^' ^*^^* out as •soul-damning: and a religion that saves fromsin was hel^ up before the people-^the real salva- tion—glory to our God ! rfoUnen^ ofhsa/rt; the doctrine was ; new to me, but I drank it in._ Bro. John Ellison was the first that I heard pi-each a holiness sermon. Bro. E. P. Hart had passed thrwigh and preached, and there was a revival, and souls >vere freed from sin. v The first sern^ftn spoken of I went forward to the altar for t^e blessing of a ptirehea;!^ ; but I had not the light yet r seemed that it was for ilu; minister and his wife. I did not • doubt they enjoyed it, but for one, so unworthy as myself, it seemed too great a bodn. Accordingly I went away without th e * W v^ ^ V WQNDERS OF GRACE. . (57- hlesBing. 'At the time o^ this mviv^l.tUope peculiar n.<,pU, thv Free Methodists, coin.neuml Imilcljnga chur«rh fi» our nei«hix r. hood. TJie Messed Spirit k.^,th^u^in.nu^ and luVclnV*.^^^ labor with my hands and Iieart toward th.. l.uildi^iK-,„.y huH hand alsa working. The church was finished in Sept. At the dedication there were a good n.anyn.inist«^rs and their wives- pl-esent, and tlie conference was held at the same tin.e This was the iirst Free MeUmdist ehu,-ch Iniiit and conference held mthe State of Michigan, just fifteen yeaiV ago, which tin.e will long be remeyibered. - *^ ^-^- ^ r .^ ^- ^ -r- Bro. Joseph Tr^is preaclied on Sunday evenini. from Isaiah xxxy.8: "And an high way shall be there," etc ; taking tl,^ whole verse. Spoken in great earnestness, yet with heavenly sweetness, and conducted l,y the Holy Uhost, it found its way to the hearts of the people-^tlie way of holiness was made plain. ^ At the finishing up of the «ermon, heaven was deacribetl l^was then so anxious to gain that happy and delightfur home of the blest, and the longing and t>uming' desire of iny soul for the blessing of a pun. and holy heart wassuch that I was nearly ^reft of my seiisea; 1 looked around me to see whei-e and what *^8 congregation ^as, whether it was the judgment : the house ^8 packed to the Aitmost capacity. * When the invitation 'was ^ given to such as desired the blessing to come to the altar and • they arose^ to sing, I tremblingly arose, my soul was pantmg .|or the fullness to sudi an extent that I lost my stiength, m^^^ inuoh that it seemed almost impossibH to reach the altar • ftCll- lug rather than klieelihg,the cry was, " O, Lord, let me be earned away from this place a corpsf, but.give ,ne the blessing, but^never let me leave alive without it :" for M.,. I believed th^ God willed even my sanctification. Holy ministers of the gos^ pel were inside the ^Itar ;holy wpmen gathered arouml meand prayed, instructed and Jal>oied faithfully withnie and others -^ niy^faith soon began to take hold ; how my mind was centered '''*^'^' The moment was intense, I held on ; I said I will ^iHim the prize by faith, yea, my Savioiir, I take it, and lo^Z ■ ■'■ I -^v" •..■■;■..: '•/,/- : ■■■■■-■ •» ,■ 'v .-* i ^ "> r/; \'-;'- '^ ■ ■■..,■ ■.:■..■■ •■^ WONpBRB 'OF. .aBA'CB.. ■•.,'• ■ "'W. '■ (i8 . -v ■'■• ■■■■'^ .•■■-■ ■ ■ • it.'-' *'ii'-'' "^ ., X •* ivVvir«'lpaninff over the altay ^W. it, Ana -'"-«'-^J-^ jS^U*h«. preaohea that - ami openiiig i«y <'y««' T V xT^-ver had my eyes rested upoft sud, beautiful f«*- *'" ^ . a,,.,:^ was such » swMt i^t ey.«.thcn,lf0kWgupt«^0^^^^^^^ ■ • took posBoss-on of ," y '"*'^,Xd ■ rtbV,ly ^vith «»,<«#" -""'S- withMy ^M^ »™^J:!r^;thif hand laid %.n my "I can, 1 *ill.I •*" 'fT; ia, .„d ioy were impart,«l ^nto -shoulder at intervals, how ^'^^^^^^ HolyGi^t ,„y soul. Whe,^« a^o»« lllair O that I had to/ guagc to descubc V^ ^^^^^^i^ toward men 1 O, :„,others,isoeW this great savlation^ ^^^ ^^ ^^, ^^ ^^^^ ^„, . That night but little .leep_ea„«^u,yl.ouep^^^^^ . «„c, were continually -nd^ng fo* 0„e^^_^^^^ ^ ,_ ^^^ ^ me ;» f^rriceepS^iViafew u,o„.^.ts, the words ^ prrtRe the Lord. _ On k..ep > _ , j ,.^ ^jt^ such an unc- few weeks, lie ^ »'^,'; ,^.^i„<,,j.„„ ... then, " HoKne«s to the : that, the word w.,.s_,^a. „ „.essions of praise/ was : . ,. I>ord." '^-" "- »' ;',-S^tters burnished in ^dd, and - seen with the spnn u«l -_y ■''•;, ^<^^ .^j,, ,„^ t,.„g„e. ; , ; ia, sens».ly felt as though .n>^ hn^V . „,> ..^.f^toin^-th c : ::%,b„lilyst..ngthw.^^ of ''-""•-;■-:,, ruHLi-'Bavionr to l.t n. sleep-to : ., withhold t|.« I'"* .,..;,. his, Name in the morning. .1 " -^ • ■■"; -r 'wiut =^i- W , tiiu., hut would be in a Sweet ..„ever fail«l wl..^-*;^ eiided. My dear c-ompanion was : sleep before^o^P^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^ , : „„ference-gloiy to m^- ;fc ■w ':%.■ '■■m ■•*■■ si- '{^ ish type could cleanse lue bo; iiiy '>ioul was suti>in«'(l with an uttermost sanation— a Avhole. Cliiist- ''a lieail with eveiv tHou«ht Tended, ami flill qf lov<> divp\" liouiidliW love- pVrfect love-rsaint and sinnefs^ere loved, aii». ■^^^lititKii* whole was ■■^nioM^^- -^f •» : ■ ..;: .^^^ SlSk^dW People; US Tf^^'^hi^^ltan^ «. ^ . ^^ ^: ...«ploy kU your *™f' jH^;^ ^liy «,vvi^HPyo» n 1 - 4.1,0 f vmi raov Oe- ^..^ li^ 1.V the most attrfich efl y, ^ "* J^^ J " , ^rlll'^Zr Cr»d your hoWthat you may be- lew possessions — your 1 ■r ai eii»v^.: cur. >0 me ou ra«^y ^©- ■y* .#■■■ W0NDER8 OF OKA< i/ ^istitute and shelterless I All, a//, all, will you now aiut '/^orey^j^ore, without condition, without reservation, without 'ajti^;^||^etatiqn of iearthly good, without any return but my lie, cohsecr^^ thus yourself and your all to me f ^h^ how those que8tii)hs came with searching, sifting power! burnt into my bones ; they eat my flesh ; they flayed my hoftH. 1 plead with Qod, and reasoned with him at every step, to let me ke^p but one gift. No t all or none ! I yielded all,%nd he.tookall., O, in that hour I felt like an outcast sea- man, left in a desert island in mid-ocean I Inwardly I suflrererf the loss olF all things m^re keenly than if outwardly they had lifeen in reality taken away ; for then I had still retaiiurd the affection and anticipation of' thoui. But now all 'ties of life were broken, all interests of tinie lost, all joys of earth (fuencli- -ed. God's great hand seemed driven -into my, breast; his fin- gers grappled my "hearty and twined with its inmost fibres. Thlan I felt as if he had torn it out, aud held it up, bleeding at every pore, jind quivering" to its centre, to scathe >and |)eel it, to cut it into shreds, to blow it all away. . 1 had no heart of nature left. When this waSrHone, the voipe said, "Go now and preach my Gospel, baptizing^inen witl? Truth, and Love, in pow'er.'* In that hour ray future spread )bei^ore me ; my path of duty My plain, and my mission beiiceforth was definite to ray view. In that hour I saw befor^ie in the world only 'tri- ,^ bulations,' gneers,' 'oeijM|iH^y&(^ in Christ I b^ield 'inwardly ti2^th,loyj^^ Thiat wai the " sealing of the TOiriti" \ ^nd^r that j^aroces^^^a fiery Otil^al iii-^ deed, I cried like^a ba.be to^nvfroni its nji)i^l|{pr's H^^rt.' (Jl^b- , bed idee ail orphan at the* grave of both -liarents.. .^ snriekt^a like a wicmiided fname under the surgeon's' jbla^e. l'lla| wds tlio^r ''deathof natuMf," beg&n at Jeast, if .not completed ;;tt^esW-J,^^ pent's h^d 'Crus))L6d, hiff^tng bruised^ and l^*iife sni&thet^y * > (f . though his form mi{ -df lifo. AU hopes, every thing of life-^th( ,nd Ills tail rattl#til|i^_ siji| Ons, all interests, alt alB^tic ,i>ped^o£f, passed: 6ofenpletely into f ■;^-'»-' ^\: ;' ..^.^tl*. wU^ c.u 1 tCl. an., to commend. _ Only ot^ ^ ^ Ue.ierd city, ovnome that imiHMfeit,y. .^t <»»»";'' ^ „» if „ .Itoetnl t.an.e ,.„d prostmte, lay in n,y 1*, an'«l •""_■•."" ,.,,.,,. i„„,.,, 'of -«". "very word oieno,^^ Me. ^^^,^^^ ^f,„ u.,t cursed, and 1 warnea. One tlmg^ „„tl.e tl.e ,,„rnin«, t,.e anointing »« l"™' ** " ° u." dark sepulelnv .eared hun.anity. It can.e slowly ■ »"'jf * ,;^,., ^f ,,.,^,„ to luoathe. troni t^*^ »^ „Uliiii more glorious tlian the Ki-st, PliysK^Hy. th. exirei ^ ^...^..rth, yet at St.., endowed with w,,.t. seamed suf"''^^^'^^^^^^ a,e cntre, in the heartVplace aU^as a^ncy < ^^„^, _ . «»it^«ordl.adthered.v.ded^m*m twain thought was ..nick and '"^^'f ''*^;?»'t ^jy the old halk- eleaiMmd «*««'«. «P<«*''T't^e Th^ fomer ,«tie ai!d t„de. of mind hampered the utterance. ^ TMfom 1^^^^ ■ ornate sentences, «hich gave pleasure to *«^«»'»^ J^ J^. :,„st enough truth in them to ^';r^tX^t:i^A'' toashevb«n.eaupashay^wood,ands^b^^^^^ TTZ :::^;.wS *rs aei«„a upon ,.ca«ty and not ^lanty and success wiMi i j „,vw ia ftttractiYj?, srlonous. ' ^^pon truth. Preaching became and »»- ' ^*^^ ^ ^'^y, and tC Sahb a t , .. eo.n. not "«?'.''"'' ^°^Uc.>se delight unceaaaA'- The interests of earth excite d^v ft"': -.V ■■. . • ^ WUMUKUH UF UKAOK. 7^ will of /ine nft- i|)ettk ok" jr in oV uU, ami vfireoJut* rtU'iaiiif Lpuvh of ^pt; liv>^ iter that otho tltr iff lu^gttii old, OcJjJ^ glorious anie w<^»'* th.yetat weakness, llectually, futh wcve eold haltt- ]t()etic aftd Hte, with were I'o^ie iheir plac that pOii^ ity arid not C4?, gloiipus. Study, and iUBe delight little; it is •W- hild*B play to ti^lk of or attend to them. Time is a .Hhorteued (jluration, in Mueh all the enerjfies must he enli»tedto thfe ut- liiost. O, it ig a glory th UK to live! I never knew l»ef ore v^hat that term ** ijlorff^* lireant. It Ims heen like the flnnhings oi a rocket-wheel, expiring in the moment that it shines. Now .itl is thf| pathway of suns, the sweep of eomets tliroiigh ijiiy soul's firmament. Night and day Uod rm/izen Himself to my sdul. spiritually, this lifeis indeed beyond descrijition ; tfuly, iti peace pas8(^8 understanrling ; /its joy .is unspt^alcable. Ai|Kd trkls, tests of faith aiid siiuvrety, which JJod has brought to im over and ovorjigain, by seeuung d«!ath agonies of my be- lovii>d, by insults toniy 'face, M.nd slanders at my back, by de- sertions and distresses muHtplied and severe, I a. Only by |||||&' deKduite wiU of God I jjjive t; ■■:-: ; :a. ■: ■ ■.:/.■: ^^I* ^m ^- .Wt tlH, «,...'ll »«*», «ven, .hall not, 1* found u,k,» n,e, U t.oa tl »**-»'- again.t „.e ! H Christ b« n,y «/^ how . . >.'-L'i Mn t the woria may take from me all lU Z twithi of ti... v.ito "<«yr"p« '»«' i-r''"'"'' 'j::?i1i SJ:!;f,uiin.. ofi J».th uf.. »^;« !"r>^; • 7, ,»;t"X « 1^ cVan»e.l U.-T.-fl'.... l.y th.. ev..r-.l«tnMng l.l.Kxl "f H. i who ■ Li's g.-.'al city. -ri'^J^*'"' '''7'f X ;. „i Cl>,*t i« sprin. f ri„,l* O »oul« on;rfl.o«e lii.t.^1 tl.o l.ftoa ot Cl.i*t i« uprn. F«;t ,L froZhe wUd«h!L, !».««» the land of «»Bt^.n th. , Egypt, l>a'«"yn , . .J,, j^„u o Lord, with Maze olWpirsshekinah, and BMM, ^'. ^^ , ^ ^^.#^^^^^^- IwJ^>orn\n the Town of :Nw llnon, OaU, Co., N. Y^, m was brought up imder the mflueuce oi u ^ fll Never do I-remember the time when the Spintot meeting. I sought the l^ra, ^ advice of friends, I L^ \ ■^ r>* ■ '4 to th«* I th in e coni^ •«, d in all tho faahionu of the age, and counUnl im one of the pillara of the church, my heart would cry out Ih anguinh at tiiiifs, O, what a life of wretohi'di^'HK iu mine! But \ knew no Iwtter way. I would compare myself with those of my own church, i^nd' could see no difference between them and myself, auV^would conclude that such was tl^ life of a ChrJHtian, - that the present tim^ was different frolK the days of the inspired writers — and that it was impossible to live as re<|uircd of us in God's Word, 1 would thus force myself t(» contentment for a while, but the Spirit isl^i^*' Lotd Iwd got hold of my conscience, and did not leave iflyhuK to 4ll«bop and die. » '|n Angu^dH78, tkf- Free Methodists cume into our neigh- borhood, ami Ad a Camp-iueeting. ^ I knew vHothing about them, save w)iat I l^d gleaned from remarks made respecting them. 1 lived on .t|ul^>aii» road to the Oamp-'meeting, and my curiosity was wonderfully airoused by seeing them i)ass by our house in their p^laifi clothing and peculiar app<^arance, for this was so much different^' frofn whajt I had been accustomed to see. I was. tilled with ridicule and laughter, and expressed my opin- ion that they needed missionaries among them. I did not attend the meetings on the Camp (iSround for a while; for 1 thought it would be a disgrace for one like me to be caught in Hucli company; but ''alftt'r tlk* 8abbath was pass^^d, while con- vei-sing Mftli 86me of tke most popular memV)ers of my church who had been to the meetings, and who advised me tof go if 1 wanted amusement, 1 concluded to go. 1 clothed myself in gorgeous apparel and liastened to the grove; but I had not been there long Iwfore I was in awful trouble ; such preaching, and such manifestations of jpower I ivever saw l>efore. Oh I how the truth did search me : it seemed that every sentence said, "Thou art the one." Oh, I how the shining faces of the saints a nd th e ir s houts of pr ais e pierced n i e through . — I sa w my awful condition, how I was deceived and dark in my mind ; but to /'■*' -0 WONDKRII or UKAOK. .very invi.ati.m to «., forward 1 wouW ..ot yi-ld. r r„tun,.,I .ouia not Htay away fro... tl.r ...m,t...KH. IV^ i"lV ;i'v'or'::;a, .,•...... . ao..y .or. ^ ,a« . ^IST how .■a^.Htly I ,ray.a God to for«l.« nn- ".y ""-» L„v„n,..u« llis-hild; ..«l-,.,y tin.-, wh.u on n.y ku™» M. ... t..o». .'"Kri..." with th..ir »hi,.inK f».e» and „U..n .. Will you d.-..Ks lik,- Ih-H- r Hut 1 would cry out, Oh . n,y Clod I ...•".■ c«.. dp it ;" and the., tl... Lo.'d would »«.., to \.^v, "° ,1 . y •'u.vi.'io... would H„..„ towo.rawaru..t.l I would " ',1 .„.d at n,y .....ditic, H..d i.. »g«..y of -ul would cry ■ < .. , 1„. S„i.if« retur.. ; 1 .ut with the Hpirif. return woul.l c.o....vtl,.. „a.,../qu.-»tion, »..d again I would n'ply, My«od^ I .ever .a,, do i ." Then .«y wetch-dnesH would ,ncr.«8.., an. G^ ol,.ed up hell tofore me. I «tw the »pirit» of the da..,.u.d writlTgr-ful agony, a. the fta,....» of hell seethed ...d h.B. rrterri..leco...n.otion. The shrieks of the damned came up from the pit beneath and «een.ed lik.,«o ...any daggers p.ercmg Te through. It scmed to be my last chance o dec.»io„. , 1 cried outf " My God, 1 will," and oh, how .(uickly Jesu, c-ne S relief . I felt the load of »i« a^.d p"<'jlH;;,»<' arose . ■V. .'. ■ '• My Ood IB recOiicwd, ^^ • /\! His pardoning voice! hear.'' l^oUS i^ o obtained hy an entire conwcration, and fuitli in the all tleaoHing blood of JenuH. For thrm ^)veekn I Rouj^ht with eai luRtneKH for a clean heart, and aH quickly hk the li^ht nhoue on nie, and item l>y item came up, \ conH4Mr)vt«'d it to the Lord, and yet without any MJitisfactionj for thejiior« ] ^raywl anair, T cried out in the'ag>)ny of my bouI for (Jod to show me my condition, an, what a change canie over me I I felt my consecration was eompletc. Such a. rest/ came into my soul. I felt «o clean, and T Ipl oidy to waH for the filling ; but I wns "not long before I had li coii«cio«sn<>«s of thn presence of (Jod as litsVer before. The AInnghty overshadowed me. 1 felt the Holy Ghost desctind into my heart, and pervade nvy^ entire being. l' was » lost to. my surroundings, ami for three hours 1 knew not where I was, and behe^d^hings that language cannot i -f. -■: ^ » \ • >^ W0NDBR8 OP GRACE. «xpre* Whm. I cam- tK, n.yw-K I found ihe -work wa. ««.■• ;r Jesus ha His name.", -:;;;. ■. >,- .^ ■;■-■;'._, ;--:«■--','*••_■- ■;; acres * have this \ /■N ■© rev: J, T. JAMES. ««*» tl WAS- bom m Louden County, Va., of irreljsious parents. 1 rone ever spoke to me about my soul. My n»ofl.«r p™- tosed religion when I wa, about t»^lve years old , and though '^evidently enjoyed it, y.t sfie had not strength to talk to £hnslLd>ndchildm.alK,utit. When fifteen years old,.l \*n a^y torn home, and started for the West with myriHo aSdl^^to spend my life as a hunter. This was the -^"It ^^ V^W 'hov«^a«VK!i'.. k,** ^ I, was a card-pltifjn; i\un\ixh itever ,|or money; and often have spent much of the iii*;ht, and portions of the Sabbath in .this way, with n»y father's sei'vai'it men, V 1 wiin infeuipeTiitc: at times i»eitinji( too niuch und(^rt)»e in- fluence of ardent (Spirits to know" prt'cisely what I^^was about, ' though I never got into the giittt^r. My father was one of the most n'loral men, yet he kept some ardent spirits in his house for ocQfi,sional use. Upon one Occasion be" was reproving me for having, as he heard, purchased tt bottle of liquor at a store, when I replied, that I saw no more harn^ in ha\ing a pint in the pocket, than « k<%' in the house. Often had I gone to that keg, " I was a fohacco Kxer : having acquired tliat maidy habit', as f thought, at the age of fourteen. « . '* I w&sO: swearer, and of the mos|i^awful type. ' ^- , • I was an (tLlej)t9,rxd rhtglecidei' in MnorU of wicked'tiess. At the age of Meventeenj while working iii the field, t felt tiiat hell was not far otl' if I continued my course. Pimagined that I already heard the roar of the cataract. T promised'' the Holy Spirit who had followed nie all my life, that I would seek religion.. At that time, 1 was impressecj tliat if 1 became a Christian 1 would have to preach the Gospel. I connnenjced immediMely to seek God with all my iuight, and in a few days • went 'to a Mothodist Canip-meeting, and was converted August 29, 1859, Glory to God ! I soon doubted, however, and got in darkness. But a week atter, th^ witness caiije, .like a flash •of lightnings it made quitt'j a stir in the Camp when it Was known tlm^ I was at the altar. A young man of my^ago, had promised his, family to .seek Go ^"^''P' *■"»■» '',?"°«!tt My religion at that time not only kept me from readmg novel. d also newspap..,.. I carried n,y Bible in my breast pocket durinff the day, and sleptwith it under my head at night. . Snls, as L,i as t^c* a week, I '«'<' '"S"^— ^^ ;'lhe colored people, mostly in a house Yn «.y t»the, s Ian Wf.at previous seasons we son.etimes M ! How my own soul was hlesied in vea-ling ClodV*ord: to, am} exhortmg these poor , people! Ou one occasion the Lord bless'ed us so thatwe pro- .Sed the .meeting until two o-dock A. M., and then conkt hardtv semi the people- home. •■ Tn 18^^ VirgUua sccedpl.. r got excited at the call upon . Virginia to coe^. South 0^""". .u.d enlistedin the So«tl>«-n army upon tl^e ..nA of State Eights, uoi .eemg hen, as 1 X^ds cksSdden S,.tei,r.Uly^ln.eye«rs,. The n.o^ ^ •liii«, *** ""-"^ v*'iSra».i->*,4r'^^>^«^"^ ■.'ill' ,.,.«■ WONDER$ OF aRACU. 81 •ft little faijfl, marry, and speiia iny life in quietneKh. Bat F "^ hadproniised God to give my lif*, to Him, ii \w spaiivd my 1 iff through the war. And the vow that 1 made whijr awaiting the order for the geiieml charge uttlm secoud battle of Manas ' sas, r savredly kept. I was licensed as a locar pi-eucher in l^A. I was expecting to go to College wliou the war commenced. .\t^ its close, my father was, not incircuiristances to s.nul me, hav / iiig lost all his property save land and houses. Vl Avas takejion my circuit ^ junior preacher in 8eptem%, and joi ned Ihr Bal- timore .Conference, oil^ trial, at Alexandra, iii March, 1866, when the Conference connected itself witl^\^h«« 1. E. Chiirch, South. My light and convietiojiK led nie on my lifi^tciicllittrt organ- ize Sunday 8eh^6lK for the colonnl people, and i»i-«'ach the '^Gospel to them, notwith>stanoKition and reprmch niy course hmiiglit upon me. Hut I M-ent through, Jiotwitl^^tMnrhn^r tlu;.ift.,,res of reproach and threat* of tar and feathers. an(l (}(>dlfiiostw()n- deiiully blessetl me. Praise H;is name '..' ^ JJ ; Ih the spring o^ lJ^fiH,%waK'sent t<) a nuHsion in Ai , ' ., I Ayas soon led to the National C}^mp-i^ieetii*g, atManheim. Thet^ in thei woods, on thenij^|f|^ei1^th of July^ aU alorifeJ ■with God^^t^iee^. I died to hpn»e*4hd lektiv^s, and cbuntty, i-"' tM !* * ^ «« ^.■ ■■;■■ i';>'- ■ V* ''4'-'d i«i •jp ■'•^ l ■': I » \f ,'1 ^2 W0NDBR8 OK GRACE. ami.'churc!., tuul everything else but the mil of God, !^ !^lv a. if had j^oue out of the world. . ^h.n commenced a ^ of ^1^ andlreedom, an^ fullness and i^wer, such as^l , hfe cJ^puTii^ of I went back to my charge, preached ,1*^^ After being in the iu^aee tor ^ took me' „«-6*«l let n« cool offa .ttle. fy pres.d««eW removea. and ^vl.ile he was looking for another place, God gave , ,^ ,M Work at .n, oia ^y^^^Z^r^^l -ttthrLr.! fixed „,e up for a while. Soon after entenng S/my^w circuit, „.y UhtalledeMirety^ 7«^ i feeble I could s,areely got alK,ut. I ^uld „^^ Ld at tin,.« could not talk. - -«* -- ,">? '7^. ^^ Ledicii.e» hid. only afforded temporary rehet Igotahtte «h.' went to Conference : wa. kept in perfect pe^ wh.k m7««e w»» '«<=«™« especSlconsideraton m ^^ o^^^, "o^rin the past year, and while "looking for comforters ZZ Tbody Of one hundred aivd sixty ministers found only ■r°Xj2^ to know anything of the joys and symp^^ rfJlstlvation. After it was shown wh»t a sold,er I tod •been, m'j' character was pRSsed. , , ': . I we«tba.>k to my circuit as junior j-^her ; '-^'T^ and Ln broke down. . I saw I had the consumption and was Z,^ that I must die soon unless something was, done. My ■ Z^re diseased and closing up; my nervous system wte tXn down,,.d mj. bones and muscles -« "»« f/^ ,vith rhoumatisn., partly the ..sult^f exposure and sleeping m the water duriii^ the wftr. . , . ,- U , A short "tiT„e\*fore this X had 5„>,s«ribed (or the^«n^« ,),^thr,ughwhiphllea5.edof«..Fr^Met^ ■■the April No. J feaa ^ at^y Orph^Pel^n-'' HowJesus - M»Je liW Wl.ole"-Mn v?)&h Uie, toldhsw she was heaied. I - «■■ ■ ■■.. .^ -■ "■ *~ .■,.-' ■ ■ V^' .,''■■ ., -• , ;. '^v :.-'r ..(}*' .J ,, •■ ' '. ■ ". J- ■.'■■;. ^ ■ ' .■■'"■; .;. ■■,..*■■- :;„■ ;" ;■■>-■■> ■ •■" • -; '.i:-.:.--: ••:!>■ ■ "f/r-* "■'■.„ - „-<;;;". ■;■■ ;-.■' • ■■ ,,■. '■■ ■■:■ \i "»-. -.V" %. ■\..\ \ • WON0ERS Of GRACE. 8$ ■k ■ .'- one oif His children in the 1 9th century, He woxild do for ano' ther. The next day I sought Him alone iij my room. And on the 17th of April, 1869, I was as whole and free from pain as when I came into th<3 world. Glory to tlod! This was striking another vein of salvation, I wondered what was to come next. This work of Ood upon my hodv made me still more like a fanatic to thoSe people whoso eyes were 1>linJed by the god of this world. But 1 went over the country' i)reaching salvation for soul and hody and showing niyself for u tH.stimony of these things. My clear, strong voice, was klone Kufficient evidence of^^e miracle. But many were otfended. ^N. About thistime I was seriously exercised as^to^ie propriety^ ' '^W- of my remaining in a chuich whose past record was l»lack with sin and red with blood, and wlieiv I was opjipsod and prosecut- ed in my own experience, and hindere^l autl pulled dii^n in my own work. After much prayer and fasting I foil J mustleavi^ . the church. South. I als6 ^as impreped that [ uujst join th^- Free Methodist Churcli, wKich I rfe<;ognized us Uh ralli/hi^pomt (/a cfe»>i()r«//«er/c/mr(7«.,ltol(t^tluv people of my dcitermination, preached my last sermon to my\!P. Jl, as he sat before me, at § ' Quarterly meeting, he having t^kenjssue with me in hit sel- ,mon the day before in regj^rd to the trutlj J preached, packed my truuk, wrote a farewell letterlioiue, itnH started on my noWe horse for New yoi'feit with live dollar^ in uiy pocket and jb^^ glory of God in iiiy ibul. / ^V •' / -: *v But on the way I^^pt tempted, was turned aside, Ignited, ut> Philadelphia, heard some things ftb'but Free AI,^hodi»ts that * prejudiced mi^, and concluded I had made a mistake in starting t > I, :m. ! t».\ J) El WONbEHS OF O RACK? V I ■ ,\ ■ - 'I the c^lojl closed u' t^ughtW much in twelve monkhs. On my ^X down^Hud- 1^1 met with W. Gould, a minister of the Fj^e Churck WlU he#yimt.80ou cSnViuc^d nvc that my prejydi^es against . ere uufojinded. 1 saw the hand of the Lord in I jL^ent on" South, intending, if the Lord A^d, .■th, to thtr Free Methodist Camp-meeting ^t ^^ 8l)^nt three weeks in Virginia, laboring mostly fdi- sople.' I found the way to work among the white«^ viu«- "t- -'h« ^^*^ hadbeim taking away i(uy influen|^ for sx)mc time. New prejudice ha^ doneits work. . v , liearly: every day I went up into Oie niountam to pray over luy future <^rse. I felt tfte|I^r4w^^^^^ to leave W hume and go among strangerJ, that my turning aside befo^ was a mistake, whidi He, hox^ever, would o^evruh. for good- He « permiUed me ^ to cornel bac^ and die out fully among thSfeopie ^o that L^^ould see tliei-e was no dqor open for me thei^ v^iJt^iS so lbath m Vir^uia, t went in the morning to church. I fat, 1 .wanted to endure a httle i'aore rei^roa^lff^rMe^us before/ X^^^ug. T sat m the congrega- tion in n»y cUd chun'h/iluring tlHw<'nti^<' services without U'lng noticed by thr minister. • 'W.i> Av^lti the church xvherel had^ ioinodaiul Nxenttocl:is«; and .ommrnced preaching, and where " a large majority of 'the person, then in the hous^had prpfessed jvlirdmi under my nrtnisiry. liut mai'iy facvb looked coldly on ' ; nie thalday.- This wa. a po nt wl^re 1 had hel^ my grouiid when the desil had drstrpye Harp- itly fSf A- '..if' for Biy over * ive ^ny ! bef oi'|i ir good' among for me juntairi. t was to ' iraw my ;8 to me, And He' lalt be a , 1,4 went K a little jpugrega- Tixi imiig •re 1 had, lid wher^ : professed coldly ou ' y grouiid here else. • here were they were WONnKHN OF -iiRMK, . \ i%5 looking down upon a fallen one, vvhoK«* only rrinu- wU Heijahi . tion from a, time-serviiig (^hiireh, and vVorkiii;,' foi- a poor, n«'- glected people, it was Svith Jesus;, looking down upon Ithrni and pitying Jbheni in my soul. That afternoon I pr«'»i(rln>uid forever, lam saved from wine and cider and all a,uph things. Inyn saved frpm all that; excites the nerves and giVes a false stimulus to the system, such as Coffee ani^ Tea, though in these T do not judge otheirsYj J iam saved from eating anS d thinking to excosf^ arid from th*ji| general neglect of fasting. i\ am saved . fr<^ worldly conformity in dress, maiiners and conventionatities^ , I am saved from a worldly spirit, and therefore hav(> no troi(ble .wth the "old/man's »8 ■■ y V ; , "Thy holy will be done, not mine, Be suffered aU Thy hol^wiU. ^^^ I dare not. Lord, the cross decline ; J will not lose the slightest ill, Or lay the h^est burden down, The richest jewel of my crown. Sorroy i» Bohd Joy, and p^» ^^T I» pure delight, "endured for Thee ; ■ Reproach and loss «re glorious gam, And death is immortality : ~ -I- Lorjclv lands JcsuB ftarm- ileBsed II, and ipathy ^. \ Eor it is he Lord ; will go WONDtCRH Olf ORACK. And who for Thee their all have.^ivcn, Have nobly bartered earth for heaven. Saved in the life for Joans lost,- Hidden from earth, but found in (iod. To suffer is to triumph most : • <>' The highest gift on man bestowed ,: ^ Seal of my Hure election this — ^ S^al of my everlasting blhis."- , 87 ■( ■■ V WILLIAM CAKVOSSO, ' '.-■-■ ' • f » ■ . ■ -"V . - -V IN the year 1771, the Lord was pleased, in his mercy, to ^convert my sister; and having tasted that the Lord was gracious, she came a distance of twelve miles, to teU us of tne happy npws, and to wanv us to flee from the wratittto come. On entering" my mother's house on Sabbath mornn%, I was not a little surprised .to find my sister on her knJ^s, praying with my mother and brothers. After she had concluded, she gfton began to enijuire what prepar9,tion I was mJEiking for eter- nity. I was «[uito at a loss foi- nii aimwer. Sh«>then asked me if I atteiulcd the preut-hiug of the JMcthodists. ^jl toUl her I did not. Upon this slie piirticularly nuiucisted u»(fto go that night. " And b^^ sure," said she, " you hear for yourself." As the evening drew on, I felt a very strong desire t(||go. tp the preaching. As soon as I entered the place, I steadfastly fixed my etes on the preacher. His text was, *' We are ambassadofi for Ghrist, as though God did beseech you by us : we pray yo\;i in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God." ^^vord quickly reached my heart; the scalei? fell off my^HRand 1 saw and felt I was ." Ia the ^all of bitterness, ui^^yi^ bond of iniquity." I had such a sightof the damning^ii| and what I had done against God, that 1 was «ra^P would have opened and swallowed me up. Fth»i solemn promise to the Lord that if He would spare n ot sin, B earth nade « ' would ■r- ■^'': -■■■ ■ '^»' '^mf"' ■ '* ' ■ • A.. ► .'. ■'i.. 8H WONpRRB or OUAOt. «,v. Khn all ...y .. -"1 •" "'V ■ toul at lilM'rty. ~ *" ■i lu the s»n.e happy frame of n.ind which Oog any more conflict. ; hut, O. how greatly waal. lt.rn ! 1 wa« «K,n tgU| tl«t I had not only to e«nU.nd with Hatan and the wo^B without, but with "'-'■'^"'^■ ,„i« al«. , which r^«P' ""'"• "" ""•" ""■• ^ Uible Ohriatiau. The Bil.le gave me a veryMear map of th. way to heaven, and told .ne that " wiU.out l,olm™» no n«». ■ d.all »« the Lord." U i, in.,H«»il.le for me to d.mr.lK. wlm r ,«««r..l from •• an e.vin«»a^5lu..lK.lie!.'--JllJ.eavt appeared to ».e as a Kmall garden with a large .turn,, ef a tn^^" "i which had l.een .vcently --"^ -'">"' '"•'iMi"' t'"' «•"»'«>■»'«> -a little lo.«K. earth strewcl over it. SeeiSg son,etl,mg »hootn.p up I did not like, on atten>pting to pluck it up, 1 discovered the dt«dly'ren,ain. of the carnal n.ind, and what u work u.«»t |,c done before I could be m,el M the inherilan,-. oj tU mmt> mUglU. My inward nature appeared so black and s.,.ful,tha UeH it impossible to rest in that state. Some, per rnps, w.l huagine that this ...ay have arisen from the want of t|.e knowl- edge of torgivcess. That covild not be the case, f6r 1 ...:ve.- ■|,^ „,.e do,.bt of .ny acceptance ; the witness was so clea, h« • ,Sata.. hin.self knew ft was i.. vain to attack ...e fro,., tha ouarter. What I now want4 was vnmml /»./...«.,• and for , am I pray.«l a.^d scorched the Scriptures. Amo,.g the^nu,,.- lK.r of promise, which Hound in the Bible, that gave me to ,..„ it was .ny privUege. to be saved from »U sin, my m.nd was ^LlarlydiLu,dU . E»Aielxxxvi.2 a -! ^ 7 , . T h e move I ex- J ■\- ■ " *is iS'4, ,11 i»»jr tould e v<«ry fjiirist let my ht uw toiithK, wan I oiiteiul rd ene- oiu my to l>e a of the* 10 mail «• what [)peare(l ;« in it, ucl, and hooting icovert^d rjc must 4 mintu ful, that tps, will • knowl- 1 nvxtn' lear that om that and for JieAium- /e hie to lind was owl ex- W J .. .< ^ , •■ ™ ' 'Hfe' wi>ifnitRK oir miAGK. mi; Hii^incd the SU'ssiiig ; not having then ch>arly ilist^overed that the Witness of the Spirit is (Jod's gift, not man's act, but given to all who exercise faith in Jesus and the promise made through him. At length, one evening, while engaged in a prayer-) neeting, the great deliverance came. 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"".- ■; ' MICROCOPY RESOlMTIOfi TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) ,•-.■.-■■-*'-. 4 1.0 If "T" 1.25 in Itt US U ■luu 1^ ■ 4.0 l^ 2.0 1.8 1.6 "J* A /APPLIED iM/!GE he S^ ' 1653 East Main Street S'.iS Rochester. New York 14609 USA (716) 482 ^ 0300 - Phone ;, (716) 28a -5989 -Fax. y' ■\ DO WONDKRS OF GRACK. nothing, and Christ ^as all in all. Soon after this, Mr. Wes- ley's pamphlet on Christian Perfection wasput into Jny hand. On reading this little work, I was filled w^hama/ement, to think that a man 1 liad never seen could read my heart in such a manner. This tended greatly to strengthen me in the truth ofthcGospel. • " \i U ! W Mrs. E . W I L L l A M SV f HEN I was fifteen years old T -joined the M . E. Church,' ,^ but I knew nothing about 'the Spirit of God. kk -the ageof seventeen wafe married At twenty-one I heard Brother L preach, and God was with him. the word reached my heart I stayed for class-meeting, ft seemed to me I must tell how I felt; but I did not, for it seemed to me the wrath of God was upon me. I lived 4.his way for six months. By this time the minister left the circuit and anotlier minister came who was afraid of excitement, or, rather opposed to the^%irit of God. There was a rffvival^and T went to th*. altar for prayer, but could get no help. There were many said to be converted, but such ah experience would not do me. I wanted a change of heart. God still kept striving with me until one evening when we came from meeting we had family prayers, and after prayer the still small voice said, '' Pray again and you will get tke blessing." I told my husband ; we knelt, he prayed, and then I began to plead for mercy. It seemed to me I was hang- ing over helf, just ready to drop in the flames. For three hotirs I Ilead «0' n^^'^^y 5 ^"^^^ ^""^ ^P°^^ ^^""^ *"* my soul. O, what sweet peace I enjoyed for one week ; then doubta^dfear came for I knew not the way of faith. I lost the power in pra yer that God had given me. Hived in this way about f our When X \ ^#. L*- WONDERS OP GRACE. 91 [r. Wes- ly hand, nent, to in such he truth Church/ A* -the 1 Brother ched my e I must lie wrath ths. By ster came the -Sp.irit or prayer, * on verted, a change e evening and after ►u will get ayed, and was hang- liree hotirs soul. 0, 3t and f ^r pow^er in about four ae. When I would see on(; that wvvoyed holiness I would get under deep convictions for that bles^ng. 1 felt as if self was in the way. Brother L, held a revival meeting in our church. He pr<;Ached on holiness, although lujiad jjreat opposition from the church. I placed all on the altar, and felt that God owned me as His • child. 1 felt just like working for God. Then God showed me that 1 must give upa)ride,^nd that 1 must take off all un- necessary adornments. Jt was a great cross tW me to come out plain in a fttshionaUe jchurch. God blessed me all the while. I then began praying for holiness. One eyeing: just as the meeting commenced, the slaying power came in out * midst. The minister wp,s slain with its power. God sanctified my soul, all glory to His name. The carnal mind was all gone and Christ lived in ine, Jtut there must be a donati6n for our minister. That is wliat always follows a revival ii) a fashion- able church. ' The still small voi^ce said, " Stay away and it will »ot hurt you."> Self waiited to go ; I yrefded, and went, and'O, what darkness came. I l**^ grieved the Spirit, an.d it left me. Oh, how 1 felt. There where Goc\ had sanctified my soul, and to see the pi'ople who professod to love God mixing up with tlie world, and some of them acting Worse than those that did not profess ijeligion. 1 thtnk that a donation after a revival do^es more harm than the nnival does good. I still kept praying to God; T felt at times lie owned and blessed me. Bro. B., of the Fre^o Methodist Church, hejd a meeting in end ^nd understand that evidence. . ,- < From this tinieto .S«'))i('nibei' 7, 18iiH, I nmintained a general purpose to obey God, and received many {spiritual refreshings from the presence of the Lord, siirtering but few doubts in regard to my justification and menilwrship in the family of (iod. During this period J was often convicted of remaining cor- ruptioji in my heart, and of my need of punty. I desired to be a,decided Christian and a useful uiember of the church ; but 1 M'as often couscious of deep-rooted iiiward esiis, and tt^nden- cies in my heart wifriendly to godliness, .i^ found niy Hokoiii. foes troubled me more than all my foes fi'om witliout. Tluy ^truggled'for the ascendancy. They marred my peace. They obscOred -my spiritual vision. They were the instruments of sore teinptation. They interrupted my connnunton with God. They crippled my efforts to db good. They invariably sided with Satan. They occupied a place in niy heart which I knew should be possessed by the Holy Spirit. They were the great- est obstacles to my growth in grace j and rendered niy service to God but paii/ial. \ / I wflte often more strongly convicted of my need of inward purity than I ever had been of my- need of pardon. God often Sihowed me the importance and necessity of holiness as cJear as a sunbeam. I .seldbiin studied the Bible without con- viction of my fault in not oou)ing up to the Scripture standard of Jjalvatioft. T often, coiumenced seeking holiness, but at no time made any great progress: for as I read and pmyed some duty was seen to present itself which I was unvyilling to perform, and so I relapsed into inditferenoe. I never read Mr. Welsey's " Plan i Account;" nor any of the standards of Methodism on the subject of holiness, nor the ^K:r 94- W0XDBR8 OP OKACE. memoirs of Fletcher, Bramwell, CarvoBso, StonSr, nor Mrs. Heater Ann Rogers, or Lady Maxwell, without deep convK- tion on the 8ul)ject, and nvon^ or U^ss VttoFt for its attainment; [now see I was often on the very point of grasHi»« the- prize, and then Would sink Wack, HuiU'r (U-frat, a.id another season of comparative indifference upon the subject. I was often led to see my need of purity while studying for the nn.ustry with Rev. William Hill, of Oaiiihridgeport, N't. Brother Hill was 4in able Presbytenan udnister, and, for a number of years, was pastor of a Presbyterian church in New- burg, N.Y. He'l)ecame convicted of his iwx'a\ of entire saiicti- tication, and obtained the, l»lessing at a meeting for thi> in-omo- tion of holiness at Mrs. Palmer's, in New York city. He aived it, prof^^ssed it, and preached it, and for so doing was " jelled fror^ the Hudson Ri-^er Presbytery m April, 1844. ReVS^enry Belden was expelled a^ the same time for the same caisi. They both united with the Congregational church. Brother B^cteir is now pastor of a church in Brooklyn, N. Y. Brother Hill died^n holy triumph at Bristol, Conn., July 31, 1851, in the thirty-s^v^th ye»r of his age. The society and intluehlessing subsequent to reg>n^ eration. I had no clear or definite ide^s in regard to the blessing of perfect idve, but came to think olitrawd teach it as only a deeper work of grace, or a little more religion. I taught, as many do, a gradual growth into holiness, or mo(km g radudlimn.. T t h rew the whole matter into the world of in- r Mrs. convit- lUiumt.* 'i. prize, season s ot'tfii liiiistry tl, for a ill N«iw- y saucti- proiuo- y. He iiig was I, 18't4. for the church. 1, N. Y. July 31, a great j8 have I '^eet coui- ill linger my early iove, and L I fear), cti'H^e of to reg^ d to the sach it as igioji. I >r modern rid of iii- W0NDKR8 op (JIIACIK. 1)5 detiniteueMS aud vague generalities. I expected to grow into hofittei^ s64ii!&Htlw> somewhere, and at sometime, but kn«3^ not liow, nor where, nor w.hen. I urged believers to seek a deeper, work of grace, and to get more religion, Imt seldom said to them, " Be ye Ay///," " This is the will of G(;^l, even your nanc- tijicatioit," or seek " pmfeet hett." • I became somewhat prejudiced against even the Bible terms sunctijication, holitMttn, per/ecCioUf and disliked very much to hear persons use them in speaking of their experience. Jl[ was opposed to the profession of holiness as a distijict blessing froin regeneratioii. , 1 became prejudiced against the special advocates of holiitess ; and at canip-meetings and iii other places^if felt dis|20S«d to .discourage and oppose dirept ettbrts for the promotion of holr- ne^s. [f a pious brother exhorted the presachers to seek sanc^ tihcation, or the membei's to put away worldiiiiBss, tobiocco, and gaudy attire, ajid seek holiness, [ was distressed iji spirit, and disposed to find fault. | During a number of years this wa$ about my state o^ mind , upon this subject. And let me herip record that, while hun- dreds of sinners were converted to God in connection with my feeble ministry, I do not recollect a single case of a believer being entirely sanctified under my labors during the first nine years of my ministry up to September 7, 1858. Let me fur- ther add, during this time I was grieved from year to year/by seeing what might astonish heM,andi fill heaven with lam^nta- tioli^company after company of young converts walkiiig ihto backsliddeuj^unsanctified churches, first to wonder, then for a while to be grieved, but finally to add anotheir laVer to the backslidden stratification. 1 / In May, 1858, I was appointed to the Courttst)f4et Church, ^inghamton. I went there much prejudiced dgainst the pro- feissprs of holiness in that church, and they were, doubtless, somewh{it prejudiced against me, as they hacMjause tqibelieve I would oppose them on the subject of holi^iess. I soon found. or. WONDKHW OF (JHACfi. ili-Tny paHtoral VisitationK, that wWn- thrme poi-BOUs livodwho professed the blessi.ig of holiness, then- I felt the, most o^ divine influent., and pow.r. I .eaU/.ed a lUM-rty in prayer, and an access todotl i.. tUonr families which I did not elsewhere. And let n»e renuirk, while F .was prnjudioed against holiness asa.//.//a<7 hlesHin-, and a-ainst its s,.nch,f advocates I did 'dcRiiv and hclicvc ina dnp, thoiouKh, vital piety, and was ready to syini.athi/.c with it wherever \ found it. T had at- tended prayer and class n.cctinKS hut few times before F saw clearly that ther.- w.mv those in that society whose ejcpenence and piety possf^sscd a nrhnr,M><, y^mmr, and d^ptf>, A^ieli I liad The niore 1 becai)ie acMuainted with them the more T was convinced of that fact, and the more deeply T became coi.victed of my remaining rlepravity and lu^cd of being cleansed in tlie blood of Christ. F also became rouvi need thatthose profesHors of holiness were Wesley.tn in their f«,ith, ex].erien(r. and prac- tice, while 1 had drifted away somewhat from the Foible ami W^sleyan theory of Christian perfection. ^ Throucdi the entire sutnmer of 1S:^8 F wg^s seeking holiness, Imt kept'the wlole matter to inyself. During this time none ^^^ of the professors of holFiiess said anything to me on the subject, but, as T have learned since, were praying for me night and day. Ood only knows the severe struggles F had that long summeiN during many Jix)urs of which 1 ky on my face iii my study, begging for Jesus to «-leanse uiv poor, unsanctitied heart ; but yet I felt un willijig to make a public avowal of my feelings, or to ask the pi-ayers of Uod's people for iny sanctiticatimi. The BinghampLon FMstrict Camp-meeting connnenced that year the first day of Sepleml .er^ M .out eighty of the members of my charge w.mt witli me to that meeting. During six days of the meeting the sanctiti cation of my sOUl was before my mmd constantly, and v^ T neither ui'ged othels to seek it, nor niti- mated to any one my convictions and struggles on th^ sub}^t. The i-esult was, six days of such deep humiliation, sev^^e dis- W0NUKK8 OF OltACK. 97 rod who most o^ y^er, anti whore. holiiioHs '«, I (H<1 mrl WHS had at- (' r saw poriohi;c •}» I Imd re 1 wan oiivicted d in thr t'ofesHors md prac- ^ible and lioUiu^ss, inie none "^ light and that long tee in my ed heart ; J feelings, fition. need that members ^»ix days ^ my mind 1, nor inti- k^; subject, severe, dis- tress, and hard struggles us I never had endured before. A number of the memlM-is prrsmt fronk my charge had onee enjoyed the blessing, imd had lost it. Home who profcsstnl to enjoy it were Ix'coming silent up.tii the subject. With but very few exc»'ptions, we, as u church, were 'pnictically sUi\iMg oH' and ignoring tlie doctrine and duty of entire sniictidcation. Th(; Lord was evidently disphfjised with us, x\.\\i\ so shut us up that our pmyer-meetings in oui- large society tent liteially ran out. The lirethren ami sisters became tri<'d with tliemselves and tried with eacli other. Some of them were even teiitpted to strike their tents and go home, On the last <^vening of the meeting a faithful meml)er of the church canm to me a few minutes before, jircntching, weeping, and said," iJrotbu' Wood, there is no uise'^in trying to dodge this question. You know your duty aiuPi^ay v^ well t!omnienee seeking, holiness first as^ last. If you wi]I leae and K'lory as can never be uttered. 2Vi« /*a^/ can navtir be tiM! . - ^ ^ \ ' It wan likn nmnhing through tho gates 6! the city to the boiion. of JesuH, and taking afull draught from the river of hfe. Hallelujah ! ( i lory ! ( J lory ! I have cause to shout over the work of that precious hour. It was a memorable era in the history of my probation, a glorious epoch in my religious experience— >i«i;«r, nkver to be forgotten. Jesus there and then— all glory to His bleswid name !— Kw.u^tly, comph^tt^y.and most powerfully sanctified^y^ soul and body to Himself. He melted, cko/ij^d, filled, and thtl- led my feeble, unworthy soul with holy, ,pin-ci)nsuming power. Glory be to God ! Perfect love is the Hcfiest, t\w trweeteat, Andihejmred lovethis side of Paradise. Angelshave nothing better. Well may the poet sing, . ° "O, for this loye let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break, And all harmonioilB human tongues Their Saviour's praises speak !" r had always been much prejudiced against persons losing their strength ; consequently, as might be expected, when the Holy Ghost came upon me in the stand, surrounded by some .thirty preachers, it was God's order to take control of both body and soul, and swallow me up in the great deep of His presence and power. After about three hours 1 regained sufficient strength to walk to the tent, and we commenced a meeting for the promo- tion of holiness. I told the brethren a nd sis ters my purpose to 'V,.„ Hta to an; an( in nee the Afi 8ci( my awi ( /exi; pre #^ tim the som froii wee nev( V onl} plea com of Ic seek their prayers as a seeker of holiness, and that Jesus had fore- vho hav«« I coinpnv t had me treaniing ind over- TJi« JuUf %y to th(v ef of life, ; over the obation, a VKR to be is blesstid ictified'^ij , and thHl- ing power, e nweefest, ve nothing 'V '■ ions losing , when the d by some •ol of both ieep oif His strength to the promo- r purpose to -. » ■/ WONDKRS or nRAOI. 00 'V,.,. BtalUid my fh'gign by at^copting my soul thr iiiiit I cohschtji'd to Htand up for holiucHM, iind wum willing to In- rmytliing or do anything to obUiiii it. , " ' And \vt uw h»'»t' say that h willingufKH t«t luiinblc iiiyi4«*lf, and tak«' a docidt'd Mtaiul for lioliii«iH«» and t'luf o|>|Mmitioa toil in the t.huivh, ami takf tht^ odiiiiii of bring a ^HofrsMor of lioli-, UUS8 in binghamptou, whori' that do«hin»* had ht-m trailing in the du8t for yt'ai'M, touHtitutrd tin- turning poijil with uu\ Aft»ir I r«'a<^h«'d that point I Hrenuid to liaw no sprciill i-«ni- 8cioU8u«'8H of l»eiif«ving, or Kubniitting, or of making any eflort ; my whole lieing seeuu'd nimply and erh 4- present commenced 8t«jking holin«'ss ; and al)uut t'very half %Qur during that whple night tin.' glorioUH power uf C»od came ^Own from the u[»per ocean in HtiHiamn a.s .nweet as lutaven. At times it was un»p«!akal>le and almost unenduraltle. It Whk Every time the po\v»'r of liod came oiie or more sou Is^ntereil the land of Beulali, the Canaan of perfe^-t love. Some Hhouttnl ; some laughed ; some Wept ; and a large nnml»er lay prostrate from three to tiv(; liours^ beyond the power of shouting or weeping. Hallelujah to the gretj,t (lod ! those present will never forget that night of refining and sanctifying power, What 1 i-eceived at Ihe time Jesus sanctified niy soul was only a drop in the- bucket compared with what it has since pleased Him to impart. Hince that hour the deep and solid communion my soul has had with God and the rich baptismsi of lovo and power have been "unspeakable and full of glory," '*0, matchless bliss of perfect love, It lifts me up to things above, ^ _ * K bears on eagles' wings } V V It gives my ravished soul a feast, ' And makes me here a constant guest AVith Jesus' priests and kings." US had fore^ .100 WONOMR* or QRAOI. At tinu'H I hav,. Imcl »n ov.Twh.ainiOg u^Me of tho dlvino pn.KCnce, am! u Hmroa unction haM iMTvad.-d n.y mitiw b«mg. Espcially has tl.iH hem n.y .xfM>rirn<.o wh.n call,^ io prof.«« or !l..f..n(l thiH KlcHouH salvation. O. how (Jo< haH stood V.y H,uUH.lp.d m.v ill N indicating th. doctrino and profcHslpn of holiue«8! I have often fdt if thcr. waH but ono n.un m tho world to Htun.'\ woNnr.us or niiArK. lot 0. that [ could (l«*' <"><' '" """■ ffemn is our love mflde pm/eel, that we may have boldn.« m the day of judgment; becaute as He is. spare we ,n thw woM. There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth out fear, he- cause fear hath torment. lU tlml femHh U n«t vwdepmM "T'k complete satisfaction and resting in Ohriit. .Since . H,en there has been no favorable response from within -to ■*mU«o".i«>™ without. Before, I often found elements .n ■ • mv heart siding with the tempter, and felt that all was not ^ right within. .There appeared to be an aching yo.d, or a place ^." my soul which grace had never reached. T..^ s.nce Jesus "^«nt the refining firethrough and through my heart, I have l«en sweetly assu.-ed that grace has permeated every faculty and fibr* of ™y l«>ing, and scattered light, love and saving power through every p.rt. Hallelujah to God! I have found satUfaction. rest, and exaltation in Christ. , 6. A great increase in spiritual power. This 1 have rea .zed i„ n,y clU devotions; in m^ pastoral duties, and espec^Uy. m 1 ministration of the blessed truth. Blessed be the Ix>rd I have lear..ed .1^ experience that men may receive the Ho^y Uhost in m«.«<« limited only by their copaoUy to «m«, and, eeWe *7,72, to ««J«re. God could earily We» me» beyond t f ^wer 0^ the body to endure and live, if He were disposed »." ,^^- W0NDBR8 or QRi^CR. 103 to ta](6 them to heaven in that way. This iiitrwise oif p^#er has delivered me from all slavish fear of man, or of future evil. It has given me such a love to the Saviipur and to His glorious Gospel, as to make all my di^tieH sweet ^nd delij^rhtfui. Truly, "Her, ways are ways of pleasantness, knd all lu'r paths are peace," * 7. A clear and 4i8tinct witness of purity through the blood of Jesus. The testitnony of the Holy Spirit and of. my own spirit, to the entire sanctification of my soul, hat^^en more clear and convincing than any I ever had of my regeneration, although I had no doubts of that for years before tjie Lord extirpated inbred sin from my soul. "Meridian evidence puts doubt to light." gi; "^s^ Dear reader, how I wish I could tell you how cleail^ and sweet the light of pUrity has shone through the very depths of my soul ! How I wish I could tell you the complete satisfac- tion I have realized since I obtained this pearl of great price! lil could only tell you all about the full and perfect love of Christ! But, O, it can never be told! Its fullness, its rich- ness, and its sweetness, can never l>e expressed! You can know it only by experience, and this is your solemn duty and exalted privilege. Will you not seek it? Will you not begin now] A holy life is the happiest life, the easiest life, and the safest life you can live. O, be persuaded to settle the matter at once, and U^n now to seek for purity, and never yield the struggle until you olbtain the glorious victory ! It may cost you a severe struggle, but victory will be yours if you only persevere. When you 'have once become /««% de- cided that -^ou will never cease dtmsecrating, praying, B,nd believing y until you have obtained the btessing, you will have surmounted your greatest difficulty, and it will not be long before the streams of pure love will flow through the depths of your soul. ' . * Tl)4 WONDERS OF GRACE. - Miss JERUSHA HAGLE. - / ¥i WAH converted to God a little over thirteen years ago. I J^ was young, and my heart received the Word of Life through ^ the preaching of Rev. Chas. Roffe, a Primitive Methodist min- ' ister, who I believe was a 8anct|H«d man. I was undt5r con- viction about three weeks. Wheft the Word first came home to my heart, I began in earnest to seek salvation; but I thought I would get saved and tell no one about it. Oh, what a mistaken idea I had of the way ! But I sought earn- estly in secret. 1 had a brother 1 loved dearly, the idol of my heart, and 1 did not want to incur his displeasure. He was not serious, and watched every professing Christian to see if they lived according to the Bible. He knew what a child of God ought to be, and I knew if I m^de any mistakes he would see them and be displeased. Oh , how I wished he would get saved too ; for then I thought i« would be easier for me. Still J kept seeking in secret ; I wept and prayed ; but no relief came, and my Heavenly Father showed me I had another route to take before 1 would get through, which was to come out before the world and show^iy intentions. I kept feeling worse, 1 could not sleep much, and ate but little ; until at last I felt that I could go any where. Or do anything if I could only get this salvation. The revival was going on; I attended the meetings every night,^and when I was willing to come out and give up all for Christ, deliverance came. Oh, how I praised God with a loud voice ! The house seemed filled with glory. Oh, what a translationj what happiness ! I had heaven in my soul, I kne>^ a^^ ^^^^ **»^^ pardoning love. There was no doubt. I went home justified. My sister, younger than myself, started when I did, and there were but two of us who were following the Lord i^.oi^r home. My father was a backslider, and my mother was in a -. ■••> ■* WONDERS OF GRACE. 100 low state of grace ; so the responsibility rested on my young shoulders. Oh, what trials ^d temptations since ; but I have been able to overcome through the blood of the Lamb. With us it has been a warfare indeed ever since we were saved. The ministej* who was the means of leading us in the narrow way left the circuit ; another came who did not believe in the doc- trine of holiness, and the class ran down. It then seemed that there was no life nor power in the preached Word ; and sister and T would go in secret and pray for the " old times" again. Oh, how we would pray for real godliness. From the time t was justified, my soul )iungered after per- fection. The Bible was the book- of my study, and I saw there that I had not reached all there was for me. When I would read, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" (Matt. v. 48), and, " The fruit of the Spirit is meekness, long-suffering," etc., I would see that I did. not always come up to that standard ; and wheri the war would begin within, then I would seek for the blessing of perfect love. But though I did not receive it then, the grace ali-eady received gave me victory over my inbred foes and took away all taste for worldly society. I attended no fairs^ shows, or holiday ^th- erings ; but all the other church members did, and wo thought - it was very strange their religion would let them 4o^ what we could not and love our Saviour.* We attended a tea-meeting (donation) shortly after our conversion, but it was so irreligious that WH went out of the church and sat on a4)ench and wondered if it were possible that allOhristians were like those, and resolved never to attend another. There was no one to endorse our opinion. We stood alone ; and when God would bless me, and I would tell it in class, some of the members would liot like it. They would not speak very kindly to me, and it would make me feel badly ; and then I would not say any more how I fel€, but would just tell my Heavenly Father all about it, and get grace to help, me for what I had to pass through. If our church, at that time, had lived up to her privileges, I would _*wf^' ■yi ;.. 106 WONDIRB OF ORAOV. have received the ble«.ing of ».nctific»t,on year. "8^ •"^''T . Z mo«, ^UV than I have W„. O, how we would pra tj the perfection and the old tin,e, back again ^^'f^, Z member would tell u» wl.»t religion wa» like when they were otg -d I wondered why it «.«ld Ih- ^ diilerent now^ wTJ I would read the Word of Me, and «>e how God wld the di«=ipi™ I -"->«-''•»*''.*»' ^ '"; 'nil find why the promise wa. not to us the same. Then I would pi for light; God would bless me, and still 1 -» >"" f ^ S Bui amid all this, how 1 have l«en led | When I look Wk n»w. and see how mercy lias attended all n>y steps, .t « aTof gra^nothin^ b* grace. Now I touch a "-hi-'--'" ^itHo direction; and perhaps it may fall into^ the h«^ -Kme whom it may,benc«t. The suV^ect of r"^'^'"^^ presented to me by ^.jToung man who d,d 5^";^°?^^ ^^""j in that case, of cour» my Bible said, " Be n^Rffl^lty, y^ed i^'rwih unbeliever," and I could notTS-obey. Then S^le a candidate for salvation, and «K.u after professed t jTed. Then his plea was. now where is the objectioni S^lme was comfortable enough only I had to work ve^r ^ • and not having a very rugged constitution, he result wM Xt 'hard, work and exposure would bring me to a s^-Wd every little while. Then human nature would say, marry the m^and you will have it better. ,B«t grace would say, you :^„TglIrify Godin that position. I felt hi, e«.ver«on^» , It real! ind. my Heavenly Father led me m a different wav. I wr,0«ng,and had it not been for^he gr«» I sought daify, 1 Si wWd have been shipwreckk on the sands of a^ uS marriage with a man with only a profes«on, «« it ■ ^nlmed^t to be. Had I done like many others, pre«mt ed some eold, formal prayer to He(.ven, a..d then gone on «.d Stored the state of matrimony, and when I found ^-^^^- then have tried to lay the charge^W, my H™-*?'^/'*^' whe«. might I have been to day) ifo, it w«i»senon. matter "t, •» •■ ^< N 1 >>efin o! oiir I they t now. N God Id not would t; satis- I look s, it is 3Ct-'tO I have \ hands ny was ivation. ^ yoked Then rofessed ' jection I rk very suit was sick-Ved ury the Bay, you sion was ent -WAV. [ht daily, ds of an >n| as it , present- B on and mistake, r Father, IB matter X. WONDERS or QRACK 107 with nie, and I could not go blindly into it, and I received wisdom. Then others presented themselves, and urged me to lay aside my views, and get married, and not to make so lerious a matter, but grace enabltKl me to set them all aside, and my Saviour smiled, and that whh better than all the smiles and flatteries of mankind. I could not disobe.y rny Master, and as long as I pleased Him, it was all right, lie knew How. to di- rect in all things. Blrs8 His name ! Sometimes we would be invited to a neighbor's to a quilting or to assist them in some labor. Then f would pray for the Spirit to keep me from sin, that I might live the religion I professed. I was so afraid of bringing a blot on the "cause of Christ, r loved to labor in my Master's vineyard, and so sister and I began a Sabbath-school. We also kept up a prayer-meeting, and while engaged in these things God blessed us, and >ye grew in grace. Bless his holy name ! |Ie fed us when we co^ld not get food from the pulpit How truly was the hand of God over us for good during all this time. And now comes a dark p&'ge in my experience. It pleased God to enter our home, ancl remove by death a brother—rthe idol— in the V)loom of manhood. He was taken ^ck away from home. 0, how we prayed for his salvation! If the body had' to be killed to save the' soul, I was willing for that. He got well enough to come home, and we thought he would recover, but our hopes soon perished. Though we prayed for his salvation, itnd he seemed penitent for some time before he died^ yet he left us without a testimony as assurance that it was well. Only those who have had like experience can sym- pathize. Such heart-rending sorrow, such prostration of soul and body before the King of heaven. 1 felt like the prophet, . "Was there sorrow like unto my sorrow." For months I lay thus crushed in spirit. It told upon my bodily health, and my friends expected I would soon follow into the world unknown. I dould not see my Father's hlEtiid in this chastisement. I knew the word had gone forth, " Ye must be bom again." O, what ^: ■:i x- ^■xv •t 108 WOWDKRfl OF 4KACB. feeling, only my Maatec knew. Then the enemy cam^ doubts and fears took poBsesBion of my soul. He_would say Where is your trust in your heavenly Father for all thingsl Why did he not give you the desire of your heart, even the ^Ivation of your friendsl I did not dy^truat n.y Father's power, but I wondered why I had to be led through such a . furnace. I did not enjiy as much as I hai. but I did not give up my hope. Time passed-I feel now th^t^t is ril right. We never wore jewelry, feathers or flowers, but strayed a little in dressing : but still we did not fe,l right whert we were not plain. And when ReV. C. H. Sage bame in \"g"«^' J^JT, and preached the "pattern sermon," lye felt the hand of God was in it, and stripped for the race, ilis preaching endorsed the sentiments of our minds from the time of our conversion. O I know the Lord has scmt the Free Methodists into Canada Before our first quarterly n.eeting, Nov. 9-10, 1877. - P^rs;-» conversation with Mr. Sage, wo received light on sanctihcatwn. which we had been seeking so long. At the quarterly meeting. Kov. 9, 1 came out to seek the blessing. I thought I could _do Wthing my Father wished me to do, but when I had to^give u/my wUi to do anything he would call upon me to do, then, was the test. But when I could comply with all the require- ments the blessing came, and ever since I have been drinking M the fountain. The hymn " The Land of Beulah" tells my feelings best. ^ I mean to do just what my Father wants me to do Only let my Saviour lead me, and there I am prepared, by His grace, to lie as clay in the hands of the potter, a vessel meet for the Master's use. ncss. »* . I WONDIRfl OF OBAOB. 100 cajiue — uld say, things) jven the Father's 1 such a , not give ight. itmyed a we were ist,1877, d of God endorsed , aversion. > Canada, personal tification, meeting, could do id to give do, there e recju ire- drinking ' tells my Jo. Only 1, by His ;ssel meet Mrs. C. D. HAYES. tAVING, by the help of God, consecrated all l am to His ^ service, I consequently wait upon Him, desiring to do His bidding. 'As I listen I seem to hear a 8till mtutU voice saying unto me, ' " Write," and my acquiescencie in the divine will .. forbids the interrogation, Why] but I sincerely desire to follow the leadings of the Spirit, lest "my light become dark- ness." I implore His assistance ' while I present some of my experience to the readers of this work, hoping an^ praying it may benefit some earnest seeking soul. There was no revival or excitement at the time.* I had been . powerfully convicted during many revival, seasons previously, but refused to accept proffered mercy. Now I became con- vinced of its necessity by hearing a sermon preached by a Rev. Mr. Gibb, at the " Webster school-house." I fearcjd it was the Spirit's last call, and for one week my case (to myself) seemed hopeless, but after gteai agony of spirit I was " by dying lovb" compelled to yield atep'^l^y step my all to Jesus, and the evidence of my pardon was as clear as the noonday sun. ■ o \ ' ( i. •■■■■ " Jesus all the day long, •' Was iriy joy and my song," for a while ; but, being ignorant of the devices of our arch- enemy, and shrinking from bWrin^ the cross, (the necessa/ry means provided for a growth in^grafee), I soon lost th§ witness, .which caused great suffering of li^ind. Occasionally my yai//t would seem to bring me into the sunshine of God's countenance for a short time, but works were Wanting, and I could not stand, and would as often relapse into darkness,Hill I ventured to believe 1 .had no religion, and the\ consequence was, I in- dulged deeper in the vanities and aii^usements of the world than before, and for two years was toskd and driv&n without God and without hope, for I felt that I had grieved the Spirit. ■1 c 110 WONDBRI Of ORAOB. % I h«l no rest, but an unMotiiny war was carrind on in my heart, for the " itrong man aniit^l" had returned with r«liew«l forc«H, dett^rmined to nuuntain hin ^riiuM' pOHition a» ho\v uiou arch, while the Holy Hpirit, true t«. hii» tiunt, and faithful in his office work, ceaned n(.t day or night to warn nn^ of my dan tfor till, by his Bww^t inHuenwm and earntmt pleadingH, I was again driven to the feet of Him whom I had wounded afresh, bflgging for mercy. Again the Lord saw tit to lead me out almui by the way ot the oro88— the ver,/ wtiy A had nhunned, and, setting my feet down where IJirstlkt the track, I commenced my pilgrimage once more. I wss enabled (trusting,' wholly in His strength) t<. confess my backslidings, and express \ny desires and determi nations l>efore my young companions. _ Conie (rut, mid be ye H^^inwale, etc., was continually sounding in my ears and to my heart, and I resolved to exemplify tin- 7rM« Christian- remembering that 1 had, befons the congrega- tion and all heavf)!!, solemnly promised iorfmanceH^ ihixilmui. all his w(yrks—tfie vain poinp aiulgliyry of the worlU,6ic.,so that / wotUJ not/ollov) M' heled bi/ them. -^ lyfM educated to believe the blessing of holiness attainable; in this life, by the teachings of the Bible and the testimony of Christians, and was acquainted with a few who enjoyed it ; but I heard «o little &o.id about it, that for some years I supposed it wasan ««:on I craved. My faith was directed to the promise, and 1 was WOITDKRS or UHACK. Ill \ in my r«n«wwl )U) luoii ihful ill my dun », I WOK i ufrtwii. « way ot" n»y twl lgriiuu.g<' ;ugth) to (leteriui- uuuumng iplilfy tin- cougrega- ifeml aiul Ic, »o that ittainn11»l(; iiuony of bJ it ; Uut ipposed it ^ a^B Hi» Id ever re- 8 before 1 8t time, to Muily that hing whis- at ye will, th in (jrod, & the^ljoon and 1 was nnaMod to li«liev« my h«Hirt wan eUan f I aftorwardi h'amod it wu our annual ^t day. For a while I WM filli'd with Ao/^ joy — a nolid fmacA — an unHliukcit faith - and wan impnwMHl that it was my duty to lixm to glorify (»od. ' It N«wmud to me that it would he a pUtiHuiU work to leave my frit^ncU and home and go to the heathen lands, and teach thoHe )MRRi or ORAOB. wfti mow* cimr aiul con«Unt, •' r«fmnhliig iihow«ni" w^re gen •rally dUtill«d upon my willing hrart. I Um^ upon hettv«aay *in»nna, and drank of th« wat«r of iilv h«> "divinely pur«." Etoniity alon«! can dinctbn? th«' joyn I f«'lt in Uu< full aMHur unco of tifu wttHhed uway. Oh, the unfuthoniahl* dtiptlw of ^ lov« folt in th« 8oul undii i\w «xorciiM» of u faith ohtaininl l.y "^ cor»#*^my approUtion with God oncTi more, anil could say, as did ^ - Wesley.fl felt " my heart strangely warmed." I felt 'as though all n»y powers of usefulness were taken from "^ me till I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Friday evening, January 13th, ISGp, I attended a weekly ■/■^ prayer-meeting, where assembled a few who professed to enjoy .-.f rp^rfect love. 1 felt that the time was come for me to venture out. I took all I was, vUl I had. and all / had done, and brought them to the Lord, /mi^tgr / caM but im'hsh 1/ 1 go ; find also' «//' things are now ready ; what more can / dv. Oh, how sensi- UfX feltjthe un worthiness and meanness of my offering ! My heart, cires, and burdens, io put upon my Saviour ! 'My life and all were laid at his feet, and I waiting in almost breatliJess anxiety for an answer, but what Ux awful stillness reigned! ~N.*:. •■ WONDMM or UtAOI. 118 * Still I oHikI, T ran |pii work for the Spirit to perform. At thin awful moment denjMiir, with itit dinnial form, preM-ntecl itself to rlaim a night, but "(Wm grace wan Mutticieiit" then, for ••! kn'eM iji whom I. believed," and 1 wum enabled to hurl it imp oblt\ ion. I wax HenHible that thin waH the eiHie{fyi,it/ proi;eH«, and felt this was ihejire that conwumed the drouit.' rnU'lict' )ieemet\awt« inn. I reiiirnijd hotue feeling cmuecrated, but nO' evidence was given. ti^Ure^^Ho reiit but little. The following morning iliy In'urt <»f utone set^med to be • broken into pieces, and in a few liourH tr// darkneHs was eradi- cated, and my h«art swmed a heart of HeMh, cleaniied and new! Though this account may 8e<'m Mtrangely exprettsed, it was real, and appeared to me a far more painful exerciue than J can state. Moushold cares and temptations^ were so intermixed \ with these ex'ercises that 1 wanted greater light. I entered my closet, and told my heavenly t'ather all «l)OUt my fears, for I wanted to honor Him. 1 could not pray for a clean heart, for I felt it was clean. There was a.perfect inward calmness—no agony of soul, but something was wanting; arid jUist tlien, slow- ,.»«■■• 114 WOWDIM Of ORACnU \- ly, noiMtliMMly, aiul lovingly, Wor« my iplrituftl vUion, iiiovikI down thii Thrtni in Ona. 0, what aprtwioui •ighll I hi^nl no audihlt* voiiw. luit tha Bavioar MH>iii«tl to impriMHi » UngtiAgn on my himrt, nignifying that Im^ had ronia with tho Fathnr and tho Hpirit to tnko up hiM uIkkIi* in .my In^iirt. O, wlmt u holy »wi'«am'mi flllfd my «oul! Not only did I U^\ jmugh I liu n- th ■', • ini re- )W in as ■■■.;■., - 1 ' ,'." - MuH. T. V. CURklKR, 1WAH l.|,.HHM,l with pi«.uH panmtH. wh... f.o.u' luy .-urlitrnt ohildhcuKJ, UiUKht im, to |>r«iy; and I cun nhMunU-r how ' Hpirit of /iod UK,.,! to Htriv, with nn,, and nrnke nu. feel I ? M tcxtlip^UlrfiXan. Hut I dh\ not yield unU> (i„d until ttH th,. aK«^ of Hixttu.u, altho««h I uw^l to pray in secret and ask th., Jx)rd to t,ike uai> of «,, One evening at nun^tinJ the preacher uh.kI the text: " I will p.iy n.y vowh unto th« Lord now, in th,. pr«,«ence of all hi« p,,(»pl,.." I felt I u.uHt !««« to pay the n.any vowh I Wl „i|ul«. | tWt Uiy iin. were a heavy load, and cried for n.ercy.and the Lord Kiaoiou.ly heard and answered. My Binn. which were many, w.re all forgiven for Je»UH «ake.and there wan a sweet peace and joy in ,«v «oul. 1 felt that Indeed old thinK« h.^ ,Mu«.ed away, and all thingH hud l.econ.e new. i went aloug^for a while, and then began to feel the upri-ingB of anger and other diapositionB of" the carnal nnnd. Hometi„.e« 1 would cry to God for help and k^p the victory, and tlien again would yield to temptition. But how sorry 1 would feel, and ask Uod to forgive ine and help me to do l>etWr. * ^ ,.-/.r. ' • '^^ o- ^ i *:' M# f ^ ;';;a ; .. -if? i) 1^ 116 woKdkiub of oracb. I lived this M'ay for years, not knowing or seeking to know much about holiness, About ten years ago I commenced to . believe the Zinzendorf doctrine, which I heard strongly preached and advocated ; but during all the time I beiieved it would pray to the Lord to cleanse my hnart from all sin— not realizing how inconsistant such a prayer was if the work had already been done. ^ On the 23rd of May, 1877, Brother H. Bearea and wife came to our house. He said he had come to^perform a painful duty. The lK)rd had sent him to tell me I had a devil! A terrible feeHng of conviction that I was in an unsaved condition seized hold upon me; that I was unfit for heaven; tha* th/pre was that about me that was unlike God. The light of eternity, as it were, commenced to shine into my soul. I saw the devil-^ the carnal nature that was within me— that had not been removectat couversion. God had Wonderful mercy upon un- wcM-^y me, in letting me know and understand the worst of my cJOTiditiOn. A grett many cannot understand about seeing tho4evil, but God let me see with spiritual eyesight just how th^ evil of my fallen nature appeared in his sight. I saw hell yawning to receive me, and legions of devils seeking to destroy my soul for ever. I commenced to cry mightily for deliverance. I understand perfectly well what the dying groans of old na- ture are. The struggle with me was a long and severe one.. Wefafited and prayed for nearly two days, Ifeltit was a case of life or death with my soul. It seemed that body and soul would aMost part in the contest. I consecrated myself, with ail the powers of my entire being, for time and 5t6Inity to be the Lord's, without reserve. I had taken a great deal of pride in my good name— not so much in dress, for, as a pro- fessed Oiiristian, I did not care much for the a^ornings of the ^ world— but I laid my good name, my reputation, my ^ery thing, on the altair, and it meant more than I can express |br me to do this ; and I promifled the Lord I would obey him just as I6ng as life should last; and then I felt I was on promised ■ T. -•- ■■- . • •-■■- ■- ■- - I WONDBUS OF ORAOB. 117 ground— rthat the precious promises in Oq4's Word were al] mine, and I commenced to present them. "He tliat comejkh unto me I will in no m«>« .cast out;" "He is able to save unto the uttermoat all that come unto him»" and others, and by faith laid hold of them ; and the Lord Jesus OhristrJby, the . power of the Holy Ghost, did the work in my soul. The cleansing blood was applied ! Glory be to God ! The carnal nature, root and branch, was taken out, and my heart seemed as clean and white as.snbw. There was such a sweet, quiet, restful feeling settled upon my soul It seemed there. was a holy calm i'esting upon the face of Nature every where. My heart was emptied, swept and garnished, with the incoming of the Holy Ghost. The doctrine of holiness, as being a separate and distinct work from jui^tification, is perfectly clear to rao now. I understand it, bedtuse the expi^rience is in my own soul. For weeks 1 was a wonder to myself — such a radical • change had been wrought-r-and I found I was in good.growing soil, where I could grow in grace and in the knowledge of God from day to day ; and the unspeakable glory has rested upon me many, many times. This morning the very God of peace sanctifies me wholly. Bless his holy name forever! My motto in all things is. Holiness unto the Lord ! P I've reached the land of com and wine, And all its riches freely mine : There shines ufidimmed one blissful day, For all my night has passed away^ ■ . ■ '-^ ' , " ■ OBORUS.' .' ■■^.-■- •■ Oh! Beulah Land, sweet Beulah Land! As on thy highest mount I stand, I look away across the sea, Where mansions are prepared for me, And view the- shining glory shore, My heaven,'^my home, foreVer imore I "^ 118 WONDERS ^F GRAOR. m S. McAR.THUR. Y parents were inembers of the Presbyterian Church. I was the subject of deep, religious impressions, when a child, but had no encouragement. After reading some Calvin istic mi^zines, I became a strong l^eliever in the doctrine of Unconditional Election and Reprobation— damnation of in- fants iai non-elect parents, etc. Being looked upon, as T inmyiv- fid, as a ha/rd cme,! gravely concluded that I was a reprobate, which at times caused me great distress. At one time, when deeply concerned* about my soul, I was pointed to by a minister of the Gospel as "the boy that never prays." By another min- ister I was spoken of as "that rebellious youth, who is in the gall of bitterness and the bonds of iniquity." I was helping to support him, and walked eight miles each Sabbath to hear him preach ; but he seemed to have little liope in my case. All of these things helped to confirm me in my belief, that there was no mercy for me. When twenty-eight years of age, I wa* called to stand by the open grave of a dear little infant. Imagine my woe, be- lieving as I did that it was among the lost. My sister C— — N. :^ fell down by the grave. I thought she was dead. Bro. H— -said, "Let her alone." In a vision she saw thejittle one safe in heaven. A ray of hope then crossed my path. I reasoned thus : "If my child is saved, there is mercy in store for rne — I am one of the etectj ■-■ I invited a minister* to preach at my house. I attended upon the means of grace, was strict in the observance of relig- ious duties, but knew nothing of the '-love of God." In 1867 I moved to Galesburg, Iowa. , I there met with a Christian Iwly who professed and enjoyed " perfect love." I attended and took a part in class and prayer meetings, hoping to obtain what oth«^r« ppj nyfid. Aunt Nancy — so she was called — gave VONOEKB OF iiSLACE, H9 me much eiujouragement. One evening, after meeting, she took me by the hand and said, "Go onj brother M ." Her words were spoken in love, and they went to my heart ; and from that moment I took new courage. "/^ Two years from that time I attended a protracted meeting, which was conducted by Rev, Saipuel Hestwood, pastor of the M. E. ChurcMn that place. One liight, while kneeling at the altar as a f^H as *hat beloved saint was interceding with God, ait^^0ma struggle, I got a new heart f I then "heard a voice %te,JReaven as -the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings," "Hallelujah, the Lord God om-/ nipotentreigneth!" SataU was vanquished. / My heart was then drawn out for the salvation of othe/s^ andlprayed, Lord, if lam truly thine, "give me souls."/ I . took the Bible for my guide-^opened to these words: ";^ure religKjn. . . .is to visit the fatherless and widow in their/kifflic- tion," etc. • I went to a house where lived a very poor \ndow with two daughters, who had not attended the meeting. | asked the eldest one if she 'would like to be a Christian? She swooned, and I think was converted. I addressed her sister in a similar manner; she was converted in a f^w minutes. Her mother and another widow then came in-4he, too, was one whom the Lord had given me— and we had li little prayer- meeting. "^ . ^, ,'> I next found myself in the shop of a vey^ wicked black- smith, and preached Christ to him. He shed tears. When I came to myself, I wg-s astonished at finding the sun so low in the west. I started home. Oathe way, a bright light sud- denly shone around me, far Move th ifi^ttneaa of the mn, which was also shining. It gave ifie suck a shock that I nearly fell *to the gi'ound ! 7* ^ I then began to pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit-, the anointing of the Chutch> received the evidence that the Lord would work mightily upon the hearts of the people, but that the Church would revolt when caUed upon to go forward 120^ WONDKKS OP OUAOK. That night, at comniencemerit of service, the minister called on rue to pray. I made the attempt, but could not utter a word. He commenced preaching ; I remained on my knees during the sermon, praying -the Lord to revive His work. Sermon )>eing over, the minister said emphatically, " Now, brethren, go forward and do your duty !•' The house was crdwded—sirvnerswere awakened, and many, • doubtless, would hays been coirverted, had the Church gone forward and done her duty. In the strength of God, I was enabled to go forth into the congregation, and invite sinners to come to Jesus. One, at least, was converted — a Jittle girl , about fourteen years old. When I asked her if she wanted to be a Christian, her eyes filled with tears, and such tears. Her countenance was radiant; her very garments shone like glitter- ing pearls ; she seemed transfigured ! • When I had spoke to about half of the congregation, one of the influential members of the church came to me, and reproved me for the course I was taking. Unkind remarks were made by others ; even the mother of the little girl that was convert- ed joined with others in censuring me. The church stood still —the Spirit was grievt*!. I afterwards asked a young man why he did not go forward for prayers that eveniijg. He re- pli^, "Mr. M — — -, when you spoke to me, I felt as though a iword pierced through my heart, and I cannot tell why I did not go forward." Sfttan took sfid advantage of me at that time^told me I was out of my place.^^ Tempted and tried, I said some things which were wrong. * *. ^ The next evening I found I had lost the wonderful pow^of the Holy Ghost. Late at night, I started home with/ft sad heai-t The night was cold, and as I made my wa^ home through the deep snow, it seemed like Calvary. I turned aside * to pray. Being nearly exhausted, I fell prostrate upon the ground, or snow— got up and went as far as the fence, and th e r e , oold a nd chill, I knelt down t.o pr a y . Wh il e I was praying, Christ came to me! He pressed a warm, thick robe ■■'■'t- . Vr^V.. WONDERS OF MKAOH. 121 about uu*. 1 felt His arms enibracing me! He then reproved me for iny unbelief— revealed to me the scenes of Gethsemane and Calvary, when his friends l>etrayed and forsook HiM-^ asked me if I, would follow the Man of Sorrows. And there, for two hours, the Man. of feJorrows was really peraonalli/ with me I He taught nie to walk by faith. He established my goings. On Sabbath evening 1 started late to church. As I passed a house where lived a thoughtless young couple who had not attended the meeting, my feelings were indescribable. When I had gone^a little farther, the burdeii of souls came over me, which brought me to my knees. 1 prayed. Lord, whether shall I go ? The answer was, "Go to the sanctuary." I arose, and after walking a few rods, was raised up into the air, and really thought I was going to be taken up alive! And for several' rods 1 walked partly at least in the air! Passing a desperately wicked mail, I gave him the "Gospel invitation." He said, in a broken voice, "I ovigbt to repent." After sermon, several went forward to the altar for |Mrayers. A young lady, who had been a seeker fof- severs,! eve^gs, was in great darkness. I spoke a few words to her; hercounten. ^nce brightened; from that moment she became a'MiVing wit- ness. Our oldest <;hild, a girl of fourteen, wa^ kneeling as a seeker. I took her by the right hand, said not a word— she swooned, and received the remission of her sins. , " On our way home, I called at the house of that thoughtless young couple— tried to persuade them to become Christians. : It was late when I got home. I retired to rest. The room was totally dark.. In a few minutes I felt the Bloodr—the precious Blood/ My heart seemed perfectly filled with the Blood of Christ— the Blood which clainsethj Immediately a,fter this, there came from the west a beautiful bright red cloud. It passed slowly by me, until it filled the room! Then a little p as t wh e r e I lay th e cloud parted, and a Form appear- ed, which St. John describeis in Rev. i. 13-15. Yes, with my 122 WONDERS OF GRACE. own eyes I saw the First and Last! Sueh beauty, glory, MAJESTY and loye! His countenance shone as the sun! He smiled, and the li^ht of his reconciled countenance slione upon me! Standing behind Him in the air, or cloud, was a beautiful bright angel, with a%ilver-colored trunift^t in his hand, which he held to his mouth. And as I looked, wondering if the end of the world had really come, the Prince of Glory waved His purple robes, and showed me his wounds f Tfien in a moment the cloud passed on in majesty, and the "King of k i ngs" "w ent forth conquering and .to conquer!" The next morning,' while engaged in prayer, 1 was directed to pray for the whole world. Some of the niost desperately wick§|l ptjrsons of whom I had any knowledge, were presented tame as subjects for prayer. Then I saw and believed tliat ihe Atonement wag unddefor all, and made my escape from the soul-destroying dogma, "Unconditional Election and Reproba- tion," which for many years hold me in chains of hopeless darkness. N. B. BALDWIN: ■ . < ■ . ' ■ . . . ' Tj WAS bom in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. , From my ^ earliest recollection I was deeply wrought upon by the Holy Ghost. . Just before I was twelve years old, one of my schoolmates, V;hom I loved dearly, was taken away by accident. This made pie consider my lOst condition without Christ. While out doing Ohores, th€ night after returning from the house pf mourning, and. with his Jast words— "meet me in heAven"— rin^g in my. ears, I knelt, and there gave up all to ^5<)d, and received the witness of the Spirit that all my sins Were pardoned. Then 1 saidj "Lord, what wilt thou hiave me to do 1" and it seemed as fhough an unseen hand touched my timid na sickness to ol>ey I -love ; an and (Jod heard inj Hut God . ■ » lost the \ At th( Michigan returned tears, aiic Christ, I Praise \m One d« and doih^ 'related n quarterly hort. T^ of darkne while I w prosperity still ring i God's han free to fa( the returr chills), I g Lord— as safe on t railroad a< letter telli find her n anguish oj kota. A^ off", and I shoulder, and a voice said, " Preach my Gospel." But how my -^••it-.. , W0NDKH8 OP (IRACK. timid nature shrank from it ; and how many bitter hour* At sickness and anguish [ passed through before I tinally yieldel to o)>ey God. 4 sought and received the blessing of perfecl -love: and many of my schoolmates were brought to Christ 1 and(Jod poured his Spirit upon me, until all wondered who] heard my prayers and exhortations, because I was so young. FJut Uod brought me to the test, and I shrank from duty, and lost the blessing of holiness. At the age of seventeen,.. we removed to Berrien County, Michigan. Soon revivals Iwgan, and the Spirit and power returned; and many with whom I spoke would melt with tears, and go with me to the altar ; and while pJbting them to Christ, I would haye the joy of seeing them saved in Jesus. Praise his holy name alone for such victories! One day the preacher said to me, "Are you obeying God, and doing tlie work he has for you to do?" I said, "No," and /related my experience to him. He told me to come to the quarterly meeting, and he woMld see that I had license to ex- hort. Two, weeks of temptation followed,* in which the ppitver of darkness seemed to be let loose, and I did not go. Af^er a while I was married, and two little ones were given us— and prosperity seemed granted for a time; but these words would still ring in my ears, ^'Preach my Gospel." Still J refused, and God's hand was laid upon my ftrst-l)orn son, and I was brought free to face with death. Then 1 promised to obey ; but with the return of health (having passed through two congestive chills), I sold every thing, and fled "from the presence of the Lord— as did Jonah, f went to Dakota, thinking I would be safe on the frontier: Once I narrowly escaped death by a railroad accident ; and in the February following I received a letter telling me of the illness of my child ; ^d I returned to find her mortal remains under the sod. God only knows the anguish of my soul on,that occasion : but we returned to Da- kota. Again I received another call, which I could not shak^ ' il \ ». IT ".»v^.^». X voii, wniyn X youig not snajce off, and I promised Gojl if he would give me a good crop, 1 '■i'\ 124 WOKDERS Olr QRAOft. would preach His Word. But the graashopperB came down and swept away every thing, and the enemy came in like a iiood, and I doubted my call, and the Holy Spirit left me in total darkness. I returned to Michigan on a visit, and Bn.. Sharpecameto our place and preached the plain tryth with power. I wa» one of the first at the altar, and after a struggh of three days, I once more, obtained the blessing of holinehs Praise God 1 • - - Soon after! received a license to exhort, and went to work While at Bro. Sharp«'8,at Three Rivers, I was taken with tli.'^ third congestive chill. After suffering forhours, and being given up to die by the physicians, I beckdned to one of Bro Sharpe's family, and whispered to H^em to pr&y for my recov ery, if it was God's will for ihe to preach. There were severa Fr^ Methodist sisters present, and while one prayed, "Deai Jesus, we believe thou hast the same power to heal that Ahoi hadstwhUeon earth. Touch Brother Baldwin and heal hm iust now,"^like a shock of electricity, the HoJ^ Ghost fillet! my whole being, and I shouted aloud, Praise God! 1 begai recovering immediately. The folljjjmg day I attended a pray er-meeting, and God blessed me s^werfuUy that I could onlj lie on the floor and wonder at his mighty power, while wav( after wave of glory swept over my soul. f _ In the spring of 1877, 1 received license to preach, and mad( a^angements with Brother Sharp to come West in the fall and raise the banner of holiness. Praiise God, we are here, am have about thirty who have been aroused ttom formalism am death! 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