To Mr. L. W. C. – Canada.

Your letter is received with the printed "Account of Visions, Healings, and Supernatural Signs," and an article which you " wish to have printed to send out broadcast." This we cannot do, as it neither accords with God's word, nor even with sober judgment.

You mention three things by which to prove if a person is saved or not:1st, Repent; 2d, Be baptized; 3d, Show by the signs that follow them that believe (Mark 16:17) that you have received the Holy Spirit.

Well, I do not profess to speak with tongues, nor to work miracles, and I would not dare to drink poison. According to your theory, then, I am not saved ; but I am bold to add, Neither are you, on that ground, I would challenge you to give sight to one really blind; or raise a dead person, or cause one lame from his mother's womb to walk, as Peter did (Acts 3:6-8; 9:40), or as Paul in Acts 19:12 and 28:6. Ah, friend, I would rather see a poor sinner cry in bitterness of soul :" Lord, have mercy upon me a sinner " than take up with the pretentious, yet foolish, "Signs and Visions " of your printed paper.

I will go further, and say that by these things you deceive yourself, and others who take up with the so-called Pentecostal powers-gift of tongues, etc., instead of the precious gospel; and this is grievous sin. For more than 50 years I have rejoiced in the knowledge of sins forgiven, in the peace of acceptance with God, but not in your way:

"I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary, and worn, and sad ;
I found in Him a resting-place,
And He has made me glad."

It is to Him I would point you-not to anything of yourself, nor anything in yourself; but to Him who is the Way to God-the Truth and the Life ; for " he that hath the Son hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" (1 John 5:12). Satan may indeed occupy poor souls with "signs and wonders" that he may turn them away from Christ the Saviour of poor sinners.

For many years I have read with pleasure Mark 16:16-18, to which you refer, and its fulfilment mentioned in the 20th verse, together with some details of them recorded in the Acts. There we can see how, at the opening of the present dispensation, the truth as to the person and work of Christ, His resurrection and the doctrine of salvation through faith in Him, was confirmed to the world by accompanying signs of power from God-thus "confirming the word with signs following." So also in the previous dispensation, when God sent Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt, wondrous signs of power accompanied, that Israel and the world might see it was God who was leading them out. That being established, and Israel settled in the promised land, what need of miracles any more? God had brought them there and 'given them His laws-let them obey God now.

In like manner, when Christianity became established and the word of God completed there is no need of miracles anymore. "They have Moses and the Prophets, let them hear them," answered Abraham, instead of one going to them from the dead (Luke 16:27-31). In like manner we say, " They have the Gospels, and the Epistles, let them hear them," instead of looking for signs. Looking for signs now, shows unbelief in God's written word, as if that were not sufficient.

To the Corinthian lovers of display, the apostle, even in those early days, forbad speaking in a tongue not understood by the hearers (1 Cor. 14 :27, 28). How much more it applies to the incoherent, or grotesque noises made in the so-called "gift of tongues" in the present day! It ill becomes us to look for power in a fallen Church; nor should we expect the Lord to decorate with showy gifts, as tongues and miracles, that which He soon shall "spew out of His mouth."

But more. In 2 Thess. 2 we read that the Antichrist, " that Wicked one . , .will come after the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved';" and in righteous retribution, "God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie."

There usually are forerunners to great happenings, as also partial fulfillments of prophecy prior to the great consummation. Beware, then, lest these pretentious "Pentecostal powers " of the present day, be preparatory to the awful counterfeit of the Antichrist.

Dear Brother:Dampremy, Belgium.

It will be a cheer to you to know, as it has been an encouragement to me, that marked blessing has accompanied my labors since my last to you. True, I have also met sharp opposition, but our precious Lord had to bear all the evil will and evil works of His creatures, and the servant is not above his Lord.

With a supply of tracts and Gospels I set out for Bois Sir. Isaac, where a multitude were going on a special pilgrimage, which would give me great opportunities for addressing groups and give my tracts and Gospels to the interested ones that would receive them. A lady and her husband kept following me with apparent interest. She finally made bold to address me and said :" Sir, the priest of our village warned his people that Gospels and other prints, not authorized by our Bishop, were distributed in these parts, and that they should be burned." "But they are the holy Gospels of our Lord Jesus Christ," I answered, "and they show us the way of salvation," and I spoke then of the " lost sheep," and of the Saviour that came to seek and to save that which was lost. And as I was discoursing, tears were filling her eyes as the glad tidings of the grace of God and the love of Christ were made plain to her.

I found they lived in a distant village where I had been before, and promised to go again, as they pressed me to visit them.

After several encounters, and distributions of tracts and Gospels, two angry priests came upon me, and threatened to have me arrested as troubling their pilgrims on this great day. Thus I was compelled to leave, yet thanking God that His salvation had been presented to many that never heard it before.
Some days after this, accompanied by a young brother, we went to the village where I had been so cordially invited. After an early start, we arrived at this village, and began to distribute some tracts and speak to those that assembled. But the priest had strongly warned his parishioners, and Satan seemed to block our way. Hostile groups formed to excite everyone against us. " We have no need of your Gospels and tracts," exclaimed a woman, "and we'll throw every one of them in the fire." "It will be a testimony against you in the day of the Lord," I answered ; but finding opposition growing intense, we took back all we could of what we had given and went on.

My young companion was much discouraged, and I was sad. We had made inquiries, at first, but had not found the house I especially sought. Then we looked to God in prayer to direct us to it. He heard our request, and soon we arrived before the humble cottage where the lady recognized me, and brought us in with joy. "How happy I am to see you again!" she said; "how much we have thought of what you spoke as we were going on the pilgrimage." "And have you been reading the New Testament? " I interrupted. " Oh yes, sir. For long there had been a need in my heart; I was so unhappy at times that I cared not to live. But since we heard you, and read the Gospels, it is all changed; peace and joy have banished my fears. Oh, how precious is the gospel! It explains so many things I had never understood."

We then had many questions to answer, and things to explain, while joy filled all our hearts. They told us it was the first time they had been to the pilgrimage where they met us, as it was also the first time I had been there-no doubt all by our Lord's direction. She had asked her husband how it could be that a man dared to speak as I did among all those groups at such a time, and to give out Gospels and other prints without charge. It had been a mystery to them, and they thought I must be from some "noble" family. " Yes," I answer, "from a heavenly family to which you also now belong."

After this refreshing time with them, encouraged and rested, we took up our packs; and journeyed to another village. How strange ! – we were as agreeably received there as we had been angrily repulsed in the other. The message of salvation through our Lord Jesus was as eagerly listened to here as it was violently resisted in the other. Several seem to have truly received the grace of God, gladly accepting the testimony rendered ; and God willing, we shall return there. Since my last letter to you, I have visited the following villages (13 names are given-all in Belgium). Awaiting our Lord's return, before whom we shall meet, I remain, Affectionately in the Lord, your brother, Octave Dandoy.

P. S.-A new letter, just at hand, speaks of the lady and her husband having come to the assembly, some ten miles distant from their village, and very happy.-[Ed.