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Nazarene Messenger - July 8, 1909
Nazarene Messenger - July 8, 1909
Nazarene Messenger - July 8, 1909
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Vol. XIV. Los Angel'-. . California, July 8, 1909 No.- 2
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The Perst)nalitll: and. of the. Holy . Ghost.
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HILE the baptism and po'wer 9f Holy Gh9iit 2. As the Agent o.f Sanctijication. While the
has always since Pentecost been .necessary blood of Jesus in its atoning merits will always be the
and available, yet in these days, because of 'basis of every blessing yet it is being seen more clearly
the added light and teaching on His person- that the Holy. Ghost is the agent of applying the :blood of
ality . and office-work, He has . been more cleansing, and by His fiery baptism the soul ismade white .
widely honored and more earnestly and anointed with power. Jesus in his atoninst love is the
for and more graciously and fully bestowed bbject of the soul in conversion and the Holy Ghost is
than in any other age of the world's history. the efficient agent in sanctification. There must be more
The Church is awakening to the fact that it stress placed on the fact that this is the dispensation of
is only as the Holy Ghost reveals HimthatJesus is known the Holy Ghost and just as definitely a8 the law bad its
in His gracious fulness. While the Holy Ghost in His dispensation; and the Son in His gracious miracle-work-
sovereignty sometimes visits individuals and people with ing, teaching and atoning power. had ilis, so now we
rich anointings, yet the great outpourings of the believe the world is having its last chance in this the dis-
Spirit have generally been in answer to the outwuring of p(msation of the Spirit, and He is here to sanctify and
human hearts toward God. Prayer that brings answers preserve His church. .
has three intercessors: .The interceding Spirit within, : 3. As the Empoioerer for a Holy Service. We believe
where ''intercession with groaningsthatcannot that the first thing that the Spirit does in His baptism is
be uttered;" the' interceding suppliant, who pours out his to displace the weak elements of the soul, as hinderers tO
soul to God under tne indicting of the Holy Ghost, anq a successful service and then to energize every proper
the interceding Christ before the Throne, where never a so as to make them aggressive, and elements of
request was denied Him when . . 'success. He imparts a stronger anq clearer faith;' makes
''Five bleeding wounds He shows the individuality fearless and. courageous, .fills the
Received on Calvary. " . aoul with. confidence and holy love, rltightily "helpeth our
The very for the Holy Ghost is begotten in the soul inltirmities," and so sends forth the weaklings of the past
by the Spirit Himself, proving his intense longing to be at as strong giants to do his will. The old idea that God
f!is office-work in the hearts of men. :r'?e why _gives men a kind of bottled-up power-the fruit of the
there been .so forms of IS the for service" theory-to use at his discretion, is
deeper and hoher of the soul .have not being seen to have no scriptural authority, bU:t that a pure
rightly guided in their first an,d mstead of bemg -heart, in which the Holy Ghost, working through
carried o!l' the lines. of Divme tr?-th have been left to eyery avenue and faculty of the IJ?.an, is His method of
fanciful Ideas of unmstructed mmds. If. the Church flowing out like "riverS of living water'" to a dying
:were fully !ielded to the of . the H?lY thirsty world to awaken, sanctify and
Ghost It would be m a better to properly guide . .fill' with holy delight. - -"
any new and gracious manifestations Of His power;. and ' ,4. _As the Spirit of Communion'.; The Holy Ghost is
f those who believe and profess to be baptized by the .tne source of all real communion with the Father and the
Spirit will not believe God when he "Remember The more the church awakens to this fact the sooner
re not the things, neithe; consider. the things. of _;:the dry, barren and powerless praying will come to an end.
Behold, I will do a ne.w thmg; now It shall sprmg . _,When a soul finds a keener delight in its communion with
forth: shall ye not know It?" (Isa. 43;18, 19). then we its Lord than with even a pleasant conversation with its
may expect fanaticism and other hindrances to God's ':dearest earthly friend, it is living in the " secret place of
true work to continue. most High." But liow little desire there is for this
. We and expect that the Holy Ghost ;1praying in the Holy Ghost, ." and as a consequence how
Wtll reveal himself m greater power l ittle time is given to it. Negati ve holiness is a priceless
1. As the Spirit of Revivals. There will have to be but if we do not give ourselves more to the positive
more dependence than ever before on the. Holy Ghost to .life of the Holy Ghost, the gem will lose its lustre and
do his, office-work on the hearts of men and women, not :become a valueless pebble.
only during special.services, but previous to them and at . :o Pentecostal Church of the to your knees
regular services, in answer to the o.utpouring of . With outreachings toward God for fresh anointing8 arid
hearts already under the glow and power of the divme the revelation of "new things'' from Heaven, until like
unction. The easy-going indifference to multitudes of host refreshed with new wine we shall inake
-souls going straight to hell, shou}d find no place in the more rapid advance in bringing -thilf'lost world:to thefeet
. 'ranks of those professing to be filled with the Holy Ghost. of:-the Lamb. Amen. R. PIERCE.
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Contributed Articles
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ANSWERED PRAYER.
I know not by what methods rare,
But this I know-God answers prayer.
I know not when He sends the word
That tells . us fervent prayer is heard.
I know it cometh soon or late ;
Therefore we need to pray. and wait.
I know not if the blessing sought
Will come in just. the guise I thought.
I leave my prayers with Him alone,
Whose will is wiser than my own.
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HOLINESS AND ERROR.
;s. ;s. GALLAHER.
Will the baptism with the Holy Ghost, -
with its (at least) attendant blessing
of holiness, deprive a person of all gross
errors? To me, this: appears to be a
very important question just now, as
there is getting to be quite a number
of holiness people who seem to think it
will; indeed, I have almost heard it so
asserted from .the pulpit, and that it is
the only sure remedy to the many popu-
lar _ Christian errors of our day, and
that to preach against these errors was
a mistake, as it only tended offend
the unsanctified ear and drive people
away from giving you a hearing; but
that the proper way to get rid of these
errors was to get people to enjoying
the eiperi(mce of holiness, and that
would take them all out of them.
Now, if this be true, how is it that
the church at Jerusalem, notwithstand-
ing the baptism of Pentecost
and results, still held
to the very fallacious notion that the
gospel was intended for the Jews only,
so that ''they that were scattered
abroad upon the tribulation that arose
about Stephen traveled . . speaking
the word to save only to Jews?"
And even the Apostle Peter, though
by the laying on of bis hands, ''The
Holy G-host was given'' to the Samari-
tans, and-he could pray life back into
the dead Tabitha, yet was carrying
around all these five or six years the
very erronious notion that the gentiles
were'' common and unclean,'' and that
''it was an unlawful thing for a man
that is a Jew to join himself or come
unto _ one of another nation''; then
_when; by a special Divine effort, he
was so far relieved of theae errors that
he went down to the house of Cornelius
and prellched-the Wbrd there, he was
called to an account for it by the
at Jerusalem, and had to correct
their mistaken notioiis, using the same
by which he had been cor-
Messenger (J lily 8, 1909
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rected. Now tliis a veey damentalrerror.: We should set
. gross error) so . ni)lch . so. that a .church ... a_bout . ''in . .. correct . him,
in our day holding to such a View woUld and it he -really enjoys the blessing of
not be regarded as Christian. Yei.these holiness (or, indeed, is a real child of
people had undoubtedly - received the God), he will "receive with meekness
baptism with the Holy Ghost and were -- the emplanted word. " James 2:18, 19,
enjoying the blesSing of holiness, and 20, 21. . But if he refuses to have hia
if they, noti excepting the very Apos- notions even severely tested by the
ties, could be th'os in error; so as to Word of God, ' we may justly suspicion
require an additional effort to relieve that he'"is not of us." 1 John 2:18, 19.
them of it, must I conclQ.de _that it is See also -Wesley's Plain Account, pp.
different in our 'day? And if there be
spirituai experience or attainment Walla Walla, Wash. -
.that will relieve the preacher of .,a .111 .-
pleasant task of trying to expose the _ DANCING.
different errors that men are liable to, L. B. KENT.
then why did the 80 sol-
We are surprised that dancing is
emnly charge Timothy to "preach the constantly referred to, by preachers
word, be instant m season, out of sea-
and writers, as an amusement. N oth-
son ; to reprove,- rebuke, exhort, with all ing can better please those who are
long-suffering and teaching," and given to this indulgence, especially as
though knowing that "the time would this characterization of dancing helps
come when they would not endure the _ to furnish additional u:nsuspectin.g vic-
sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, tims for the excitement and indulg-
they would heap unto themselves teach- en_ces involved. If simply an amuse-
era after !their own lusts, and would ment it would be most attractive to
turil away their ears from the truth, children, would not need the associa-
and turn aside unto fables,'' just as tion of the sexes, nor the objectionable
is being done. today; yet did he not in- attitudes now its chief attractions. And
timate that _the blessing of holiness or as the young advance from the child-
any other blessing would so far correct
hood state, in which they need amuse-
matters as tQ_ relieve the preacher from ments, to the early manhood in which
his stern duty he had just enjoined up- various entertainments will be called
on him, but said, ''Be thou sober in all for, they would cease to care for the
things, do the work of an evangelist, dance. But its attractions increase
fulfill thy ministry.'' with increasing development of animal
So also in 2 Tim. 3:16, 17, he tells life, and that whether there be equal
this same Timothy that ''all scripture development of mind or not. If we
. . . is profitable for doctrine, for re- concede that the innocent and virtuous
proof, for correction, for instruction in -may dance, in igD.orance of the source
righteousness, that the man God may of its peculiar excitements and fascina-
be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto tiona, we must also declare that the
every good work." While it is doubt- vicious and lustful must dance, because
less true the blessing of holiness is they know, and purpose to enjoy, the
quite calculated to cleanse away .those sensuous _ and lustful excitement in-
carnal obstructions that prevent the volved ; and the further and fuller in
"natural man fr9m receiving the things dulgence that may and in thousands
of the Spirit of God,'' and renders a of cases will follow. Sentimental sim- _
person teachable iD. all things, and quite pletons may talk of the '' poety of roo-
ready to perceive and abandon anj/' er- . tion," as seen in the movements of
ror clung on to, however fascinating it graceful and ungraceful dancers, but -
may have become, when sufficient evi- thoughtful and virtuous persons will '
dence is produced to show a reasonable not fail to see that not "the poetry of
person that it is an error, yet my Bible motion," but the significance of the roo-
nowhere teaches me-- that the preacher tions is what excites the admiration of
is in any way from trying to red-faced men and evil-knowing wo-
expose error of every desc:dption, or men. The hours, the dress, the partial
that there is any religious experience ,. undress, the muSic, and all the external
that _will make it that a man may not circumstances chosen to make dances
need many doctrinal and even practical successful, arid worthy of the patron
Nor do I find any inspired age of _the thoroughly ' versed and ac
authority for questioning a _person's complished of dancing fraternity,
sanctification, even though we discover .. and o the aspiratiops of the yet un
in him some even very serious (not fun- enlightened and are sug
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ge.sted, p:i:ompted, .and demanded.by the
same sensuous sex. influence that is so
controlling with libertine and havlot
dancers. A single fact ought open
the eyes of all who with dove-like sim-
pl!city, spe.ak of dancing as an amuse-
merit, namely, that no progress in sin;
vice, or crime lessens the love for danc-
ing, !Jut rather creates the greater de-
mand for its helpful excitements. The
dance houses are fitly connected with
the .harlot's houses, aU:d to the
habitations of thieves, robbers and cut-
throat villains.
The liberties guaranteed and granteJ
to men in the dances, are suppo;ed., to
be endured by blushing and .purely
virtuous women ; as they really are by
chaste and ignorant maidens. But the
real truth is, these liberties could not
be taken were not the women dancers
pleased to have them taken. And the
.sensual excitements of the danc.e are
.by no means confined to the men who
are favored with the privileges of the
occasion, but are by the fair ladies who
would bhsh to tell (if indeed they real-
ly ,knP.w) the secret of the. pleasures
and subsequent exhaustions experi-
e-nced in and ilfter the dance. If any
doubt the evilness and lustfulness of
the dance of .modern civilization, let
them any candid man or womall
that has to a considerable extent known
and enjoyed it, to give a brief state-
ment of experience ; and they will be
satisfied that dancing is not among the
"mnusmnents," but chief of the un-
chaste and corrupting indulgences.
_Nor is its character change.d by the
patronage and . participation of sena-
tors, lodges, or even of professors of
's r eligion. Its appeals are to
sensual lusts, and its victims are num-
bered by the thousands. Let all under-
stand the essential spirit of the dance
and wUl to defend it, . while
the pure and virtuous will condemn
nnd shun it as they would their
daughters shun the well-dressed and
polished libertine. It is full time that
dancing be considered intelligently,
and its essential character and attrac-
tions exposed fearlessly, so that the un-
wary may not be enticed to its ruinous
excitements under the idea that it is
one of the many ''amusements,'' its
votaries the meanwhile laughing at 'the
soft impeachment, so helpful to its pop-
ularity, and its lustful work-Chris-
tian Witness.
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Naz.ar.ene .... Messenger
OUR- MISSIONARY. WORK.
_FROM DARK AFRICA. , .
.Cape Colo1,1y, South Africa.
Dear readers of th'e Messenger. Greet-
ings in Jesus name.
Sqme ti111e ago the superintendent of
the work here infor.med me that he was
contemplating a change in the workers
and that I with .two other missionaries
were to go open 'up an 'upcountry
station. Shortly after I left Port Eli-
zabeth for East where I met
my co-workers . . We traveled by trairi
to the end of the railway line. It
landed us at Butterworth, a .small up-
country town. We made inquiry and
found we :were yet eighty-five miles
from our destination; so we decided to
make the rest of our journey in an ox-
wagon. The trip was filled with new
experiences from the beginning to the
end. There was .another wagon besides
our own making the trip. .There were
five natives in it. One of them under-
stood English well and interpreted for
us, th.us enabling us to preach the gos-
pel al1 along the way. On out-panning
for the .first night we took 'down the
little folding organ and began to sing
their songs in their. own language. They
enjoyed it greatly and we found two
or three among them who knew God.
we had prayer together and retired
for the first time in an ox-wagon out
on the plains of Africa, surrounded by
Kaffir huts. The farther we traveled
the darker'the scene gre\v. The third
day of our journey we met heathendom
in all its blackness and degeneracy.
When we outspanned for dinner we
found ourselves surrounded by round
huts with thatched roofs and emerging
from these beings y'ou could hardly rec-
ognize as human. The children up to
twelve or: fifteen wear no clothing at all.
The women wear a short skirt and some
of them in addition to this have a piece
.of cloth pinned around under their
arms. The men have nothing but
blankets thrown around them. These
they take off at their pleasure, throw
across their walking stick and hang
over their shoulder and march on
through the country. It was 'this day
we met our first real heathens. While
we were singing a crowd of .half nude
. young women gathered around us. We
asked them if they knew anything
about Jesus. They told us they had
never heard his name before. How in-
tently they listened as we told theni
the story of the Cross and of the man
J esus who had died to them
from sin. They believe in an evil spirit,
and the power that this belief wields
over them is appalling. They are filled
with coustant . fear of enraging him,
and the O.l)lY way they know to appease
his wrath when stirred up against them
is . through the power of
s .
and witchcraft. The .witch doctor is an
adored person among them imd one
that has great influence over them.
They could ha;rtUy _grasp .the fact that
there had one died who could com-
pletely deliver them from the' evil one.
When we outspanned for the night we
noticed several huts near us. We sent
one of the drivers to invite them over
to th.e wagon the evening
service. It proved to be the home of
one man who had as many wives as
he had huts. He and fourteen of his
family came over to the meetina
dressep in their heathenish costume:.
They enjoyed the meeting and begged
us to remain \v.itfi them for a while, but
this we could not do. The next day
was a repedtion of the third. The aw-
ful condition of the heathen was dawn-
ing upon us, and our hearts were aching
for the salvation of Africa as never be-
fore. You can listen intently as the
missioqary gives his lecture, but the
awful cooditjon of a nation void of. the
-knowledge of God. must be seen to be
realized. We reached Umtata, the lit-
tle town where we are located, the
morning of the fifth day. Thus ended
orie of the most thrilling trips I ever
took up to this \V e look upon
nature, behold her flowing rivers, her
magnificent falls, her towering moun-
tains, and numerous. other scenes of
grandeur and and while doing
so look a skeptical world in the face,
crying triumphantly, "Behold what
God has wrought. " But when ,you look
upon a nation robbed of every vestige
of manhood. fallen-oh the of
that word_:_mentally, physically, in
fact there is not a phase of life known
to a civilized world that these people
are not fallen from. \Vhat a change
comes over you. You feel like falling
upon your face crying out, ''Behold the
awfulness of sin and the power of the
wicked one." Thank God, the blood of
J esus avails for J.his dear sin-bound
people. The needs of Africa a r e great
but they are all counted in in the death
and suffering of Jesus. Through Him
this nation can arise from her slumber
and throw off her shackles of siri. I
have seen some. since coming here, weep
their way to the cross, arise from tb.eir
knees and with shining faces go forth
to serve the living God. Readers, what
w.ill you. do to help her. Can yon meet
Africa's teeming millions at the judg-
ment and tell them yon did your best
for her redemption? Whatsoever you
do, do quickly. They are reaching out
their hands for help .
Pray much for us; there are many
difficulties to meet and hardships to
brave but they all fade away into in-
significance when yon- consider the
great privilege God has given you of
d eclaring the gospel to this fallt>n race.
I praise God H e ever allowed me to
come to this. field. Jesus snves.
blood cleanses. The Holy: Ghost.
This great salvation meets every
of the foreign fi eld. Glory; I f\lll 89jng
all'the way. .Your J\frica.
Etta Innis.
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FROM THE FIELD.
On arriving at Spokane, June 19th,
we found our pastor, Rev. c. Jioward
Da\ris, and f amily 'in usual health :not-:
withs tanding a 'portion of the family
had beEin ' quarantined for sjx weeks ow-
ing to the illness of one of the boys with
scarlet fever.
The inany fri ends of Brother and:Sis-
ter 'Davis in tHe East will be glad to
know that as God greatly used our
brother in the East to spread . and coli-
serve hblihess so he is being U:sed of the
Lord in this large a nd rapidly growing
city in this great inland . empire.
All of the departments of the church
and Sup.day school have had a healthful
developmerlt during the Assembly year
which has just closed, and the statisti-
cal report will show an incr ease in the
financ'es, the offerings for missiona,ry
plirpose's ruririiilg over $400, but church
and pastt>r :ire 'planning to inake this
yedr exceed the past on alllines. 'Aib.oiig .
. the 'special underhikings of ' the year
will be the er'ection of a church build-
ing which is greatly needed for the' b()st
interests of ' holiness in and about 'this
important poirit in the great Northwest
District.
. We had four good services with this
people, several se'ekers'were at' the albi.r
for pardon or purity and a splendid
offering was ' lifted for the speCial fund.
North Yakima, . .
This is 'also an important arid ' grow-
i:Dg"city, in the ' noted Yakima Valley,
237 .miles west of .Spoka'rie 'on the North-
ern ' Pacific' railroad, which 'already has
a population of 12,bOO, and every train
is brin'ging in s'oine' new homeseeker or
investor. .
Our' pe<;>ple are well located ii;J. what is
to be the r esidential part of the city,
wlth a church and parsonage 'on a good
corner lot. 'Tfiis dty as well as niost all
of . this i fertile valley is un'der 'a good
irrigation system, ' 'Where a ; fruit rarich
of from two to;:five ailres will!fuake a
family 'a ' goo'd 'iiicome. -
'Rev. 'J. B. 0reighton has just closed
his fa'ithful labors 'With o.rir' church atid
siicceeded by R.cv: :J b'hn T.; Ilittle. ' The
ilnd his dhur<?h: and Sunday
schCiol are' looking forward' to a year' 'of
har d labor for. the the>up-
' building 'of the"work of lioline8s. ' We
had a good service on . Tuesday night,
Jillie :22,.'with -a 'good ahendimce. :The
- will : b'e pushed. ' The
congregation kindly ' remembered \ the
special fu,rid' with an offering.
; Seattle, wash.
. The writer' was favored with the. COin- .
paily': of Rev: DeLance Wallace; the new
District Supel-intetident of the N orth- --
'\fest' Dis'tri.ct, from Spokane to Seattle.
Brother wallace a
come. amori_g-' his 'mall.y' friends llt' Spo-
kane and his good wife opened
.MeBaeRVfir .
up the '\\lork :of ''tb.e Fitst .'Cliiirch 'thh:t
was organizeq on the District. It was a
real inspiration. to the to have.
the assistance . of the . District Superin-
Spokane a,nd North
Yakiriia. 'Were :)il:et 'at Seattle by
our . pastor, a:na 'were
.soon conducted to their lidllie, where we
were aha !for \ihe even-
ing where we 'were ' :Pr:ivileged
with the presence of our dear brother,
H. D. Bx:own, who r ecently !\if' etJi-
cient 'wife 'have organized ,1;he '''Pacific
Redemption Society." .
We had t"tvo good services with 'bur
church, which already is working the .
envelope system with good satisfaction.
Notwithstanding that our folks were
weary from 'the recent Assembly, whicp.
was a 'time . of . gr'eat 'power aild blessed
results, w e 'had' a !fairly gooaattendance
and:they 'kindlyremembered the special
fund with an offering. The writer was
lt.elped onhis wayby a good conference
with Brother and S ister Brown in their
home, 'which :they have remodeled and
are . usirig :for :their new work. The
writer andthe' chaitmanof our General
Missionary 'Board went ov'er the pro-
spective work the coming meeting
of the board which has been inviteq by
Brother ' Cornell, . pastor Of our First
Church in . Chicago, to hold its annual
meeting with his church beginning Oc-
tober 5th.
'Everett, wash.
We were met at the dock at Everett
by our new pastor, Rev . .A. R Culbert-
son' and conducted to our new church
building, which is well located in the
residential . part of this growing city.
The ch'urch will! seat about 250 to 300
people at;td it is a modest and comfort-
able, bui,lding to carry on the work of
our Lord. The writer -could but say
"what hath God . . :wrought," for
year when ! :with Dr. Bresee visited this
people they in a tent
in the bqshes._ We had two good ser-
vices in this church assisted by Sister
Wallace, and the pastor. The envelope
system_js being worked with -good re-
sults.. The .pastor and people are _plan-
ning for a great work this year. They
also kiudly remembered the . special
fund with an offering, .
H. F. ' Reynolds.
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FIRsT cHliRcH. cB:icAGo, ltL.
:The Pentll costal' Church of the
Nazarene, Chicago, can ti;ll report vic-
tory. ;The &hrirch has been nicely
-a bei:u1tiful new carpet . put
down and. five hundred new song books
purchased.
In spite 'of . the hot weather the con-
gregations are . -large imd ' attentive.
Sunday (JU:tle 27)was glifriolis. Twen-
persons bowed tat -the = altilr ;of
pl-ayer day,"most of whom
prayed through to victory. ; There were
some most''wuhderful ' of salvation.
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and
JulY' 11 'in theintere'st of the great West
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Pullma!u ca:IDJ> 'meeting, begitis
July 2d.
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EfEC.OND cauilcii, CHICAGO.
Since_we reported the OWen and Kell:
meeting we have had another great:
meeting. To say -it was a hot meeting, '
would be no mistake for it truly wa8, i
hot bqth il1J ;weather and religious fer
vor, Rev. I. G: had charge of
the and of course to those who
krH:lw him it iS"hot necessary'to say any-
thing more