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tuWIIf uuu Oklahoma City's skyline from the arch atop the Federal Building. The eighteen­ story Petroleum Building, the Apco Tower, and the First National Bank and Trust Company are visible left to right. . SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

• I Oklahoma City ~ May 18 -.22

VALUES OF A BIG CONVENTION - Page 3 PAGE TWO ARKANSAS BAPTI 194-9 Session of Christian.Boys and Girls ~cut~el'h 8aptiJt Cchllentich A Devotion by the Editor "Suffer little children . . . to come un me." Jesus was once a boy and trusted God. 0 of the most revealing statements we ha concerning the religious development of t boy Jesus is that He grew in grace with Go His life unfolded to God as the flower unfol to the sun. All His moral and spiritual powe flourished in the atmosphere of this intimat and vital relationship with the father c spirits. · You cannot read the story of Jesus in tb gospels without the very definite impressio that his consciousness of the presence of H: Father was the dominent, all powerful, influ ence in His life. Jesus never forgot His childhood, nor di He lose the viewpoint of the child. He cal all men back to the child attitude as the coil dition upon which they may enter the king Municipal Auditorium of Oklahoma City where the day sessions of dom of God. the Convention will be held. Mothers brought their children to Him, an how it gladdened His heart! He saw in th: act the hope of the world and the promio The ninety-second session of the Southern Southern Baptists had co-operated in carry­ of the kingdom of God on earth. This is tb Baptist Convention will be held in Oklahoma ing on their missionary work with that· body. most glorious privilege of parenthood, to brin City, May 18-22. Dr. Robert G. Lee, pastor of During these 104 years the Convention has one's own children to Jesus. Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennes­ extended its territory to include twenty-one Jesus loved boys and girls and welcome see, and president of the Convention, will states. It has grown in number of churches to them and blessed them. And blessed fact! tb preside. 26,823 with a membership of 6,491,981. These children came to Jesus unafraid, with gla Attendance at the 1948 session at Memphis churches have a property value· of $450,385,- expectant confidence. Don't you love to se broke an all-time record by registering a total 517, and their total contributions to their lo­ a child run to its father or mother unafrai' of 9,843 messengers. In addition, several thou­ cal work in 1948 amounted to $124,855,222 and with gladness and confidence. sand visitors were also in attendance. It is to missions, benevolences, and education $31,- Jesus wants the children to be so instruc1 expected that registration alone this year will 750,299. ed that they will come to Him just as free!: reach 10,000, and there will be several thou­ The total poulation of the territory includ­ confident, and hopeful. It is a g.rave mistall sand visitors. ed in the Southern Baptist Convention is ap­ to threaten a child that Jesus won't love it The Convention will hear reports of the proximately 66,361,000, according to Porter it is not good, or if it does not obey the pa many agencies it supports in carrying out its Routh, statistical secretary of the Sunday rent. That will cast a shadow over the child world-wide mission program a 1 on g with a School Board. Of this number some 34,832,- conc~ption of Jesus. The child may be taugl: number of inspirational features. 000 are affiliated with some religious group, that its disobedience and waywardness wi approximately 10,4'00,000 being Bapt).sts, white The current evangelism program of South­ grieve Jesus, but these do not destroy His lo> and colored. It is conservatively estimated for the child. ern Baptists includes the effort to leave a that there are at least 31,528,100 of all ages solid impact for Christ upon all the people of What can children do to become Christiam and races in the Southern Baptist Convention They can do what every child is able to d the city where the Convention is entertained. territory who are unchurched. Approximately Following the pattern set at the Memphis -trust Jesus. Older people must do the sam 25,537,700 of these are white. convention, a unique program of visitation and they can do no more. When properly ir. and personal work in co-operation with Ok­ ----000 structed, children reach a stage of undei lahoma City churches will precede a city­ standing, which leads to trust, at an earl wide evangelistic service. Telegram age. The Southern Baptist Convention is one of "Then were there brought unto him litt: the most uniquely organized groups in the Editor, Arkansas Baptist: children, that he should put his hands o world. The Convention is made up of "mes­ Information from China states that our them, and pray; and the disciples rebuke sengers," not "delegates," from the churches, missionaries are safe and that they do not them. in that no one carries authority to bind his anticipate personal harm. We have not yet "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, an congregation back home to the decisions of had notice of any plan to leave Shanghai. forbid them not, to come unto me: for of sue the Convention. The denominational program Dr. Baker James Cauthen, secretary for the _ is the kingdom of heaven. is purely one of co-operation, with its evan­ Orient, who is in Shanghai and in close touch "And h~ laid his hands on them, and de gelistic, educational, and benevolent activities with developing conditions, has been author­ parted thence" (Matthew 19 :13-15). planned in accordance with New Testament ized to take any action that he and our mis­ sionaries may think necessary. ARKANSAS BAPTIST teaching, and the churches left free to co­ 206 BAPTIST BUILDING, LITTL11 ROClt operate or not co-operate as they choose. M. Theron Rankin, Secretary Of!lclal Publication of the Arkansas Baptist B. H. DUNCAN EDITO Marvelous Growth of the Convention Foreign Mission Board MRS. LESLIE W. BUCHANAN _____ ED, ASS' Publlcatlon Co=lttee: W H. Hicks, Little Roc The Southern Baptist Convention was or­ ----000---- Chairman; 0 . C. Harvey, Arkadelphia; Wyley Elllot Paris; 0. L. Bayless, Hot Springs; R. ~- Abell, Jaspe: ganized in Augusta, Georgia, May 8, 1845, CHAPLAINS TO MEET Leroy Tedford, Corning. with 325 messengers from eight states-Mary­ Entered Post Office, Little Rock, Arkansas, as ae' land, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro­ ond class mall matter. Acce.ptance for mailing 1 Your attention is called to the anual meet­ special rate of postage provided In Section 119 lina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisian,a, Kentucky, ing of the Southern Baptist Chaplains Asso­ October 1, 1913. and the District of Columbia-for the avowed ciation on May 21, 8:00 a. m., fourteenth floor Individual subscription .2.00 per year. Church Buc gets 11 cents per month or .1.32 per year per churc purpose of formulating plans for eliciting, of the Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, Okla­ family; •Family Groups (10 or more paid annually I combining, and directing the energies of the homa. advance) $1.50 per year. Subscription to foreign ac denomination for the propagation of the Gos­ dress $2.50 per year. Advertising Rates on Reque1 All Chaplains are invited and urged to be The cost of cuts cannot be borne by the pap1 pel. present at this breakfast. The price of break­ except those It has made for Its Individual uae. Resolutions and obituaries published at five cen1 At that time there were 350,00'0 members fast will be $1.50. Obtain your tickets from per word. One dollar minimum. of Southern Baptist churches, including 100,- Jack Manning, First Baptist Church, Britton, Articles carrying the author's by-line do not nece1 000 slaves. Since 1814, when the old. Triennial Oklahoma, or from the Chaplains Booth, ·con­ sarlly reflect the editorial policy of the paper . Convention was organized -in Philadelphia, vention Hall...... (!) AY 5, 1949 PAGE THREE;

It Must Not Pass From the Editor's Desk Paraphrasing t h e famous declatation of General Fosch in the first World War, all A..rnericans who cherish the historic principle of Separation of Church and State should say with absolute determination and finality con­ cerning the aid-to-education bill S246, "It Is t h e Southern Baptist Convention too Southern Baptists have sometimes been ac­ must not pass." )ig? If so, what can be done about it? If any­ cused of being narrow and provincial. Just It is going to require the exertion of every hing can be done about it, by whom should the reverse is true. The man from the humb­ power and influence at our command to pre­ t be done? lest pastorate in the land may attend the vent this bill from passing-a bill which, if Should t h e geographical territory of the meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention. enacted into law, w o u 1 d open the federal ::onvention be limited? Should the basis of There he meets many of his friends and ac­ treasury to unprecedented raids by more than ·epresentation be changed so as to reduce the quaintances whom he would never meet any­ 25'0 religious denominations. mmber of messengers? Should the Conven­ where else in the world. By meeting these Addressing a group of 8,000 Catholic educa­ ion be divided into two conventions? friends and making new friends, he is saved tors attending the meeting of the National All these questions have been raised and from provincialism; his acquaintance is ex­ Catholic Education Association in Philadel­ liscussed pro and con. Some brethren seem tended, his vision is broadened, his horizons phia, Reverend Allen P. Farrell, S. J., a Rom­ listurbed because the Conventic<>n has grown are pushed back, his interests deepened. an Catholic priest, urged the defeat of the .o be a "mass meetiAg" rather than a "delib­ The typical Southern Baptist pastor today Thomas aid-to-education bill, now pending in :rative body." The fact that the facilities of knows personally and by name literally hun­ the Senate. This bill provides that no federal 1ur largest cities are taxed to the limit to dreds of his fellow pastors, not merely in his money can be paid to parochial schools. How­ >rovide accommodations for the Convention own state, but throughout the Convention ever, it does provide that federal money can .eems to be of deep concern to others, and a territory. This wide acquaintance is built up be spent for text books and transportation for ust cause for adopting some sort of remedial and maintained by attending the meetings of parochial school pupils, where this is not in neasures which will reduce attendance to the the Convention, it could not have been achiev­ conflict with state laws. Catholics want the :omfortable limits of hotel rooms available, ed by any other method. use of federal funds for parochial schools and md to the further limits which will assure Would it be too bold to suggest that the their pupils to be mandatory. leliberative efficiency. pastor who has not attended a session of the It seems that Southern Baptists have done Convention in the last five years has, in all On the other hand, the committee on Chris­ ·ight well, and we see no signs of retrogres­ probability, lost his vision and is in danger tian Liberty of the National Association of :ion. On the contrary, there is every indica­ of becoming disgruntled and out of step with Evangelicals, meeting in Chicag,o, urged that ;ion that Southern Baptists are launching, the Southern Baptist progress? "Federal aid to education should not include ~reatest and most inspiring programs in their It is our conviction that unfortunate, and parochial schools operated by the Roman nore than 100 years history. perhaps tragic, results would follow, if we Catholic Church." Local Baptist churches were never more ac­ should undertake to divide the Convention or According to Religious News Service, the ;ive than they are just now. The State Con­ reduce the attendance. The advantages of an committee said that the granting of federal Tentions throughout the Convention territory attendance of 10,000 to 12,000 people more funds for t h e benefit of parochial school tre expanding their work as never before. than compensate for any loss of efficiency in children would mean "another breach in the rhe South-wide and World-wide programs of the conduct of the program of the Conven­ wall of separation of Church and State." mr Convention are the greatest ever. tion sessions. To undertake to reduce this at­ Then it added: It is our judgment that the large Conven­ tendance and hold it within certain prede­ "The Roman Catholic Church is an out­ ;ion attendance has a distinct value which termined limits would create more problems right enemy of our form of government. Is our mtweighs any disadvantages which may be than it would solve. And the problems en­ money now used to tear down the very thing tttributed to such mass meetings as the Con­ countered in an effort to divide the Conven­ for which we stand? Tention sessions have become, though these tion would undoubtedly prove to be insoluble. "If the Roman Catholic Church cannot any ;essions are more than mere mass meetings. ------000~------longer pay their own way in their own paro­ However, there is untold value in the mass chial schooling, then let them confess it open­ neeting feature of the Convention sessions. A Conservation Program ly and honestly and cease to attempt to get I'here is an inspiration in the gathering of Dr. Ralph A. Herring, pastor of the First support from those who disagree with a po­ LO,OOO like-minded people which cannot be Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, North Caro­ litical philosophy so subversive to true Ameri­ ~xperienced in a small and more deliberative lina, has developed a program for integrating canism. We want no public funds to be used :>Ody. More genuine spiritual enthusiasm has the new members into the life and program to support a sectarian education where un­ :>een generated among Southern Baptists at of the church. American conceptions of liberty are taught." Ghese great mass meetings of the Convention This orientation program consists of a se­ That is plain talk, but it is not too plain. &han anywhere else. The inspiration and en­ ries of twelve study periods on Sunday eve-; The Roman Catholic Church is an absolute &husiasm have been widely diffused because nings for new members. The series is repeat­ dictatorship. It is seeking to replace our own Jf the 10,'000 Baptists who have come from ed every three months and is a continuous public school system with its own parochial :!Very nook and corner of the Convention ter­ feature of the church program of activities. school system, and it would do this by aid of ritory. It would be impossible to so diffuse Pastor Herring presides over the sessions, di­ public tax funds. The Catholic Church is that inspiration, interest, and enthusiasm ex­ rects the program and leads the discussions. making its boldest effort to get hold of the cept by the indivic;tuals who were present. A ·leaflet, "An Adventure in Christian ~el­ schools and the school children in America. The Convention program per se does not lowship," is given to every person uniting with The ultimate aim of the Roman Church is to represent the sole value of the Convention the church; also a folder is provided each become dominant in American schools, Ameri­ session. There is a feature of the Convention new member in which he may keep for fu­ can government, and American life. And this quite aside from the program which has en­ ture reference copies of the twelve discussions same church wants the American tax payers riched the life of Southern Baptists quite as led b:v the pastor. We reproduce the contents to finance it while it is achieving this aim. much perhaps as the program itself. We refer of this leaflet and folder on page six. Bill S246, noW' pending in the Senate, would .. o the visiting among the brethren. But in Some such program would seem to com­ give the Catholic Church its first real claim SPite of all that may be said against it, the mend itself as a necessity for all new church upon federal tax funds for the promotion of visiting of the brethren at the Convention has members. It provides the opportunity for the its plan. made a tremendous contibution to Southern pastor and the new members to become bet­ Every non-Catholic church in the nation Baptist life, growth, and expansion. ter acouainted: it !!'ives the new members a s h o u 1 d follow the example of the Baptist Both experience and observation come to sense of responsibility, and instructs them in Church at Bald Knob and register their pro­ the defense of this feature of our meetings. Baptist doctrine and polity. test with their congressmen and senators. PAGE FOUR ARKANSAS 64\PTIS

J. Wesley Hoover Jr. Ordained Kingclom Progress

Religious Emphasis Week Pastor Carl P. Nelson and the First Church, Gentry, had the services of J!lvangelist John Held At Central College H. Osteen, Amarillo, Texas, and Singer D. D. ByOTHARSMITH Murray, Rogers, in a twelve-day evangelistic 1 I spent four days on the Central College campaign which closed April 10. There were campus recently. What I saw and felt there 59 additions to the church, 48 coming on pro­ was more than a confirming of the good re­ fession of faith, ten by letter, and one by ports that come to our ears. It was a revela­ statement. A large number of persons re­ tion of a part of Central College that can only dedicated their lives to the Lord's service. be experienced. It is the kind of thing that needs to be shared with Arkansas Baptists The Mount Ida Church. D. B. Bledsoe, pas­ and that needs to be known. tor, experienced a revival April 3-10 under the I knew of the spirit of consecration that leadership of W. E. Speed, First Church, Rus­ existed on the Central campus at Conway, sellville. Pastor Bledsoe says the greatest con­ and my heart rejoices to find that spirit still tributing factor was the all-night prayer alive and intensified. That group of minister­ meeting Saturday night preceding the begin­ ial students whose hearts are fired with the ning of the revival services Sunday. The pray­ spirit of evangelism; the members of the B. er meeting lasted from 8:00 p. m. Saturday s. u. who are keeping alive the spirit of wor­ evening until Sunday School .time the next ]. Wesley Hoover ]r. ship and devotion on the campus; the conse­ morning and sixty-six people attended during The Rescue Baptist Church, White County crated members of the faculty; the spirit of the night and morning. Association, ordained its pastor, J. Wesley unity and Christian love that exists in the The results of the revival were twelve ad­ Hoover Jr., to the full gospel ministry Sunday dormitories and that makes the problem of ditions to the church by baptism, four by let­ afternoon, April 10. Mr. Hoover is a minis­ discipline practically non-existent-all these ter and statement. An all-time record was terial student at Southern Baptist College, assured me that Central College is here to made in Training Union attendance the last Walnut Ridge. stay. It made me want to see it grow and night of the meeting, with 204 present. The ordination council was composed of help it gain its rightful place among Arkansas George Norman, Griffithville, moderator; Baptists. The First Church, Van Buren, T. H. Jordan, Amos Greer, Kensett, preached the ordination The location of Central College should make pastor, reports a revival meeting April 3-17, sermon; L. C. Langley, Kensett, gave the us proud to call it our own. The cool refresh­ in which the pastor did the preaching and charge to the candidate and to the church; ing breeze and the lovely scenes of distant Norman Ferguson, First Church, Fort Smith, L. McBride, Griffithville, offered the ordina­ hills and valleys cannot but make one feel the led the singing. There were eleven additions tion prayer. J. W. Ray and Harley Harris, wonders of the glory of God. The conscious­ by baptism, five by letter, and two by state­ Searcy, were also members of the council. ness of what this site once was-a hospital ment. A record-breaking attendance in Sun­ Mr. Hoover has been serving as pastor of area- is felt only by those on the outside. To day School April17, with 500 present and the the Rescue Church s in c e the first of this the students and faculty it is Central College, auditorium and annex filled to capacity for year. ·There have been nineteen professions of and they are in love with it. They see, as no the morning worship, was reported. There faith and three additions to the church by one else, the glorious possibilities of even a were 25~ in Training Union on that day. letter since that time. All departments of the greater college. Pioneering with limited re­ Sunday School have showed considerable sources, but with the unlimited power of God, The First Church, ~rinkley, H. L. Lipford, progress. they are writing another page in the glorious pastor, had the services of Dr. B. L. Bridges history of Arkansas Baptists in the field of in a revival meeting April 3-17. Glenn Wood Pastor Roger A. B u t 1 e r and the First Christian education. Let us rise up to help and James Pleitz, Ouachita College students, them. \ Church, Bauxite, had the services of Dr. Al­ led the singing. and directed the young peo­ fred Carpenter, Secretary of Chaplain's Com­ ple's work. There were 34 additions to the The members of the Woman's Missionary mission of the Home Mission Board, Atlanta, church, including 19 who came for baptism. Georgia, in a revival meeting April 17-24. Soeiety of Number Nine Church, Mississippi One young man surrendered to preach and County, met on April 25 at the colored church Arthur Nels~>n, Dallas, Texas, directed the 15 young people dedicated their lives to the singing. I and presented their Royal Service Program, service of the Lord. and assisted in the organization of a W. M. S. There were 52 additions to the church by for the colored women. Mrs. W. E. Rhoads is baptism, five by letter, and one by statement. president of the Number Nine W. M. U., Mrs. Missionary E. A. Ingram did the preaching Pastor Butler says, "A far reaching spirit Raymond Whittle, young people's director, in a revival at First Church, Benton, April of re-dedication p r e v a i 1 s throughout the and Mrs. Bob Stovall, secretary and treasurer., 17-24. Henry Kelley conducted t h e music. church membership. A promising movement The officers elected for the colored W. M.S. There were 39 additions to the church mem­ among the young people resulted in 28 dedi· are as follows: Metria Sloan, president; Myr­ bership, 29 of that number coming for bap­ cations to full time Christian service, and one tle Dowd, first vice president; Julia Benson, tism. There were ten other professions of young woman definitely committed herself second vice president; Ethel Rogers, secre­ faith who did not unite with the church. to the Foreign Mission call. Those who have tary; Estell Smith, treasurer; Rosa Wroten, Virgil A. Rose is the pastor of First Church. labored long in this good church mark this mission study chairman; Greta Wilburn, com­ as one of the most constructive and far reach­ munity missions chairman; and Rena Nixon, Evangelist W. J. Morris, Pine Bluff, preach­ ing revivals in the history of the church." social committee chairman. ed in revival services at the Reyno Baptist Church, Current River Association, April 17- The First Church, Strong, R. 0. Ekrut, pas­ Pastor John T. HoIst on and the First 24. There were ten additions to the church by tor, had the services of Glendon Grober and Church, Clarendon, engaged in revival services baptism and two by letter. The Reyno Church Kay Mansell, ouachita College students in a April 3-10 with Dr. Roy Beaman, New Or­ is without a pastor at present. week end Easter youth revival. Results were: leans Baptist Theological Seminary, doing the eight professions of faith, two additions to the preaching and D. Wayne Zimmer, music stu­ The Immanuel Church, Pine Bluff, closed church by letter, and 31 re-dedications. All dent at the seminary and pastor's assistant a two weeks' revival April 1, with Dr. A. C. previous attendance records were broken on at Rio Vista Baptist Church, New Orleans, Baker, evangelist, doing the preaching, and Easter Sunday with 180 in Sunday School leading the singing. There were 25 received S. W. Welch, minister of music and ·edll'ta­ and 67 in Training Union. Hugh Nelson, of into the church membership by baptism and tion, Boulevard Church, West Memphis, Ar­ Strong, assisted in the revival services. eight by letter. In addition to the re-dedica­ kansas, leading the singing. There were 48 tion of m&ny of the people to the service of professions of faith, eleven additions by let­ Reaching one person at a time is the best th~ Lord, one young man dedicated himself to ter, and many re-dedications. Paul Fox is pas­ way of reaching the whole world in time. tiie ' g~spel ministry. tor of Immanuel Church. -The Baptist Student. MAY 5. 1949 PAGE FIVE A. B. Pierce Resigns Alton B. Pierce has resigned the pastorate Recent News About of the First Church, Pine ~luff, to accept the call to the First Church, Kosciusko, Mississip­ pi. Foreign Missions Mr. Pierce is a native Mississippian, grad­ Costa Rica Under Foreign Board and New York for North Brazil; Cecil John­ uate of Mississippi Colleg,e and the Southern Baptist mission work in Costa Rica, an out­ son of Oklahoma, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mat­ Seminary, Louisville. He has held pastorates growth of the w o r k of the Home Mission thews of Alabama and Florida, and Mr. and in Mississippi at West Laurel, Crystal Springs, Board in Panama, will be transferred to the Mrs. Grayson Tenison of T e x a s for Latin and New Albany. He was also the first secre­ Foreign Mission Board on May 1, 1949. Mr. American countries not designated; Mr. and tary of the Mississippi Baptist Foundation. and Mrs. Van Earl Hughes, missionaries serv­ Mrs. Van Earl Hughes of Texas for Costa Mr. Pierce was active in denominational ing in Costa Rica u n d e r the Home Board, Rica. work, a member of the Executive Board of were appointed in absentia by t h e Foreign the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, the Mission Board at its April 19 meeting when Foreign Board Elects Treasurer Baptist Memorial Hospital Board, and chair­ the transfer was approved. man of the Steering and Planning Commis­ This bring.s three of the Central American Everett Deane, assistant treasurer of the sion of the State Convention. republics under the supervision of the Foreign Foreign Mission Board, was elected treasurer During his three-year pastorate at First Mission Board, the other two being Guate­ at the April meeting, his election to become Church, 654 new members have been added mala and Honduras. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. effective when E. P. Buxton, treasurer since to the church membership, 431 of these com­ Webb, living in Guatemala City, are directing 1927, retires at the end of this year. ing by baptism; $250,313 was raised for church the work of these two republics. Mr. Deane, a native of Virginia, has served purposes; $63,366 designated for mission Secretaries M. Theron Rankin and Everett as assistant to Mr. Buxton since 19~4. except causes; $96,000 added to the new auditorium Gill Jr. inspected the Costa Rican work while for two years when he was in NavY service fund; $16,000 purchase of new church prop­ in Latin America early this year for the or­ during the war. He came to the Board in 1930 erty; the Dew Drop Mission was .pegun, re­ ganization of the Colombian-Venezuelan Bap­ as an assistant in the book department. sulting in the organization of a new church; tist Convention. The Home Mission Board and three young. men were licensed to preach. suggested the transfer late last year after the Seminary Project For Latin America w o r k became t o o extensive to administer The Foreign Mission Board is reconsidering from the Panama mission. the whole question of theological education Joe Shaver, native of Arkansas, student in in Latin America with a view to establishing Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth, led the Missionary Airplane In Brazil only four major institutions in that area, two Fourth Baptist Church, St. Louis, in a re­ A small "Piper super-cruiser" plane w as in the Spanish-speaking part of the conti­ vival meeting recently. Pastor Oliver 0. Shank purchased with Christmas offerings for the nent and two in Portuguese-speaking Brazil. reports over ·100 professions of faith, and use of the Corrente mission station in North Smaller institutions in other centers, support­ eighteen received by letter or statement. Brazil. Although other mission groups have ed mainly by the national constituency, will been using planes for some time for work in serve as Bible schools for students with less Brazil as well as elsewhere, this is a first for preparation. c. C. Ussery, pastor of Calvary Church, Southern Baptists. Brazil already has two good seminaries with Texarkana, was the visiting preacher in a re­ Interior Brazil has few highways and rail­ women's training schools, one at Recife in vival at t h e First Church, Bradley. Mark roads. The plane will enable missionaries in the north and the other at Rio de Janeiro in Short Sr., Arkadelphia, led the singing. Thir­ thiS station to get supplies and mail in only the south. Both are fairly well equipped now, teen persons made professions of faith and a few hours where heretofore it has taken six except for the need of a new seminary build­ seven joined the church by letter. Orlin M. days to make the trip out and six days back. ing at Rio. Logical locations for the other two Allen is pastor of the Bradley Church. When Mr. and Mrs. Elton Johnson trans­ would be Buenos Aires, Argentina, where a ferred from Victoria to Corrente early in 1948 seminary is already established, a n d Cali, they went part way by slow river boat and Colombia, where property ·has been acquired Lexa Church was one of twelve churches in then by jeep and horseback over trails they for a seminary and other mission buildings. Arkansas V a 11 e y Association to conduct a hacked out of the jungle. Read Mrs. John­ simultaneous revival beginning April 3. Jim son's story of the trip in the May issue of March Receipts For Foreign Missions High, pastor, states that the entire program The Commission, page 23. March receipts of the Board totaled $572,- of the church was strengthened, with record Robert R. Standley, appointed at the April 618, as compared with $355,086 March last attendance of 160 in Sunday School and 180 meeting of the Foreign Mission Board for year. Receipts for the first three months this in Training Union on the Sunday of the ten­ work in North Brazil, is a licensed pilot. An­ year are $2,765,765; receipts for the first three day meeting. There were 31 additions to the other pilot, Lonnie Doyle, formerly in t h e months last year were $2,3·71,055. church, and a n u m b e r of re-dedications. armed forces with twenty-nine missions over Treasurer E. P. Buxton reports a total of Wesley A. Lindsey, Second Church, Monti­ Europe to his credit, was also appointed for $1,666,332 received through the Lottie Moon cello, conducted.the meeting, with Mrs. J. W. Brazil. He will probably serve in the Amazon Christmas offering up to April 22. Smith, Lexa, directing the music. region. Relief Offerings Are Down New Foreign Missionaries The Foreign Mission Board voted to trans­ Dr. C. Y. Dossey, Dallas, Texas, Associate Twenty-eight new missionaries were ap­ Superintendent of Evangelism of the Home fer $100,000 from rehabilitation to relief funds pointed by the Foreign Mission Board at its in order to continue work with refugees and Mission Board, was the director of a simul­ April meeting: taneous revival campaign in Montgomery displaced persons in Europe. This action was To Africa--Miss Stella Austin of North Car­ taken following a report from Dr. George W. Baptist Association, Montgomery, Alabama, olina and Dr. and Mrs. William Gaventa of March 27-April 10. Sadler, chairman of the Relief' Committee, Georgia and Tennessee, for Nigeria. that only about $16,000 remained in the treas­ Twenty-four churches participated in the To Europe-Miss Virginia Wingo of Ala­ ury of the committee and that receipts were simultaneous effort w hi c h resulted in 518 bama for Italy. falling too low to maintain the work. baptisms, 349 additions to the churches by To the Orient-M i s s Hi 1 d a Bledsoe of letter, and thirteen by other methods of re­ Georgia, and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Tatum of Emeritus Missionary Dead ceiving members; there were fifteen decisions Georgia and Tennessee for Hawaii; Mr. and . for special Christian service. Mrs. E. L. Hollaway of Arkansas and Illinois, Mrs. John W. Lowe, emeritus missionary to Miss Annie Hoover of Arkansas and Miss Le­ China, died April 9 in Richmond. She and Dr. nora Hudson of Texas for Japan; Mr. and Lowe were in North China at the time of the Plans are being made by the Melbourne Mrs. William Walker of Kentucky and China, Boxer Rebellion and through three famines. Church to extend the n a t i v e rock church for China. Mrs. Walker is the daughter of Dr. Lowe died May 6 last year. building, making room for additional Sunday Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Culpepper, missionaries to School class rooms, a fellowship hall, and a Chin'a. Missionary Album baptistry. Construction of the addition is To Latin America--Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Do you have a Missionary Family Album? scheduled to begin immediately, Crocker of Tennessee for Colombia; Mr: and You may order it from the Foreign Mission Hugh Cooper is the pastor of Melbourne Mrs. Lonnie Doyle of Mississippi and Texas Board, Box 5148, Richmond 20, Virginia. The Church. and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Standley of Ohio price is $2.00 a copy, or $5.00 for three copies. PAGE SIX ARKANSAS BAPTIS An Adventure In Christian Fellowship VISIT YOUR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH The way to get started in thE Winston-Salem, North Carolina joys of active church membership BAPTIST HOSPITAL "That ye also may have fellow­ Where? ship with us ... with the Father, The Ladies Parlor ••• and with his son Jesus Christ ... Just across the hall to the reat ON MAY 8 that our joy may be made full." of the auditorium, Room 205. -1 John 1:3-4. Who? Whe~? Every Sun~y Evening ••• You and All New Members! One h o u r before our regular A Hearty Welcome worship service. We are so glad you have joined our church. You have begun a new How? association with God's people. Let Our Plan of Procedure ••• us covenant together to make it a Always informal in the free and mutual blessing. happy atmosphere of a glad wel­ Knowing the importance of A come. All ages together-the new GOOD BEGINNING we take members just as they come. Songs, pleasure in introducing ... prayers, discussions, talks, ques­ ·What? tions on things that puzzle you Our New Member Fellowship most, stories and pictures, testi- A series of gatherings designed ' monies, w i t h never a dull mo­ to get you off to a good start in ment. this new relationship. Your participation in this New Member Fellowship may easily de­ Why? termine whether you will be just To Acquaint You With •.• "another member" or a fruit­ T h e precious truths of God's bearing, Christian. Word which make for growth. The church and denomination Topics For Discussion of which you are now a member. 1. The Church, Christ's Chosen The pastor and the people with Band. There will be an Open House at the Arkansas whom you will be.working. 2. This Church I Have Joined. 3. The Growing Christian. Baptist Hospital, Sunday, May 8, 2 :00 to 4:00 4. The Holy Spirit Our Helper. 5. Our One Great Business. p. m., and the public is cordially invited. 6. Meeting Our Leaders. 7. Our Larger Fellowship. Balloons a n d hats will be provided for the 8. Handling God's Money. * c It's So • 9. The People Called Baptists. children, and a play party h e l d on the lawn. 10. The Two Ordinances- Sacraments or Symbols. Adults will be shown through parts of the hos­ ,.- Easy 11. Our Blessed Hope. 12. Where and How to Begin pital and allowed to participate in a program in a Life of Service . • . . to travel Please Note: the chapel. by CROWN COACH New members may enroll at the first of each quarter or (prefer­ No driving or parking worries. ably) the first opportunity after NEW MATERNITY DEPARTMENT Crown's frequent, fast sched­ · joining. While this fellowship is ules take you where you wa11t primarily for them, visitors are al­ to go when you want to go ways. welcome. Notebooks will be Visitors will be conducted through the ~ew . o" long trips or short trips. supplied because there will be Maternity Department, which has recently been ..... '/ some facts you will want to pre­ ••• and SO EASY - ~ serve. Those who attend The Fel­ remodeled, air-conditioned, a n d redecorated. on the PoclcetiJoolc -- lowship will be presented on ~ "graduation" with a beautiful cer­ The latest equipment has been purchased and OKLAHOMA CITY $ 7.40 tificate signed by the pastor and FORT SMITH $ 3.50 the chairman of the deacons. But Placed in operation and the institution will be KANSAS CITY $ 9.20 greater than any other recognition One Way Fares - Plus Tax will be the inner satisfaction that glad to present these facts to the public on that you have taken the privilege of 7 Dally Buses to Oklahoma City church membership seriously and day. opened your heart to the r i c h A CROWN COACH BUS WILL spiritual blessings that lie deeper KEEP YOUR GROUP TOGETHER than any nominal affiliation. AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY KNOW YOUR- CONVENTION. New Member Fellowship Sixth and First Baptist Church Broadway Winston-Salem, North Phone 22226 Carolina Arkansas Baptist Hospital MY CHURCH AND I Name______13th and Wolfe Little Rock,. Arkans~s "Christ also loved t h e church and r,ave himself for it."-Ephes­ ians 5:25. 'AY 5, 1949 PAGE SEVEN The Clash With Religious Authority

By MRS. ROLAND LEATH An ancient law held that if a Jesus Asks a Question Sunday School Lesson man died, leaving no male des­ After Jesus had faced a battery We are studying events and in­ cendents, his brother would mar­ idents of the last appearances of for May 8, 1949 of questioners, He asked His in­ ry his widow. These enemies asked terrogators a vital question con­ esus in His public ministry. In ~ark 11:27-33; 12:28-34 Jesus a far-fetched question: If :1e lesson of May 1 Jesus declared cerning the person of Christ: seven brothers married one worn­ "How say the scribes that Christ [is authority as the Son of God cept the fact of the Sonship of an, each dying and leaving, a y means of the triumphal entry is the Son of David? For David Jesus. Discussing this question brother to marry the widow until himself said by the Holy Ghost, 1to Jerusalem, the cleansing of among themselves, the Sanhedrin all had married her and t h e n he Temple, and His subsequent the Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou Committee refused to acknowledge died, whose wife would she be in on my right hand, till I make thine ~aching. any opinion about the matter. the resurrection? enemies thy footstool. David In these last days hatred and They did not want to admit the They did not believe in the res­ therefore himself calleth him rejudice toward Jesus was deep possibility of this baptism being urrection and did not fully know Lord; and whence is he then his nd intense in the h e a r t s and from God, and, .because the peo­ Scripture or the power of God. son?"

NELSON F. TULL, State Secretary Auxiliary to _Arkansas Baptist State Convention 219 Baptist Building 209 Baptist Building, Little Rock Little Rock, Arkansas MRS. F. E. GoODBAR MISs NANCY CooPER Pr~ Executive Secretary and Treasurer

We Are,Planning fo,r a Great Task! Miss Doris DeVault Elected The Baptist Brotherhood of the President, Program Vice Presi­ State Young People's Secretary South has been asked by Dr. C. E. dent, Attendance Vice President, .., Matthews, superintendent of the Promotion Vice President, Choris­ Upon recommendation of the Department of Evangelism of the ter, and ·secretary-Treasurer. There are still a few vacancies special Nominating, Committee, in Arkansas' delegation. If two Home Mission Board, to assume Besides these officers an Advis­ the responsibility of arranging a Miss Elma Cobb, chairman, charg­ from your church have not as yet ory Committee of three pastors ed with/ the responsibility of find­ been elected to represent your Mis­ rally of Baptist men in every asso­ should be chosen. ciation w e s t of the Mississippi ing a State Young People's Secre­ sionary Society, send your name In addition to the above, three tary, the Executive Board has to Miss Nancy Cooper, 209 Baptist River, in the early part of 1950, church Brotherhood officers, pres­ before the great Simultaneous Re­ elected Miss Doris DeVault to that Building, Little Rock. In the event idents are suggested, should be position. She has accepted and vival campaign is beguzi. the list of delegates is full, your elected to membership on the as­ will be on the field July 1. name will be placed on the list of Remember that next year, be­ sociational Brotherhood Executive Miss DeVault's preparation for ginning on April 9 and continuing alternates to receive consideration Committee, which will include all this work is superior. Her father in the event delegates cannot at­ through April 23, revivals will be Associational Brotherhood officers was a Baptist minister, and from tend. held simultaneously in all church­ and the Advisory Council. early childhood she realized that Go to the W. M. U. Meeting in es west of the river! In 1951, the The Associational Brotherhood God had a special plan for her churches east of the river will go Oklahoma City for renewing and should meet regularly once each life, and she made every prepara­ enlarging your missionary zeal. through a similar campaign. quarter in a great rally of Baptist tion possible through practical Dr. Matthews is also asking that men. Efforts should be made by service and through school. After Behold the Sunbeams! •the State Brotherhood Depart­ the Attendance Vice President to graduating from Meredith College ments work with church Brother­ get a good representation of men and thew. M. U. Training School, May 8-14 is Focus Week for hoods to plan series of cottage from each church in the associa­ she did Associational W. M .U. Sunbeam Bands, and throughout prayer-meetings in every church tion, whether all churches have field work in Tennessee and later the Southland attention of our field, immediately preceding. the church Brotherhoods or not. The went to Alabama to serve as churches will be turned on this Simultaneous Revival campaign. Executive C om m i t t e e should Young People's Secretary. very important group of pre­ The State Brotherhood Secre­ schedule its meeting one hour be­ To some the waiting has been school and primary age children taries have been asked by Lawson fore the rally begins, to look care­ long and difficult, but how won­ into whose hearts Woman's Mis­ Cooke, secretary of t he Baptist fully into every phase of the work, derfully repaid we are as we antic­ sionary Union is striving to plant Brotherhood of the South, to plan and to guide the whole course of ipate the coming of this choice love and interest in missionary ac­ the promotion of the above-named the Brotherhood. person to lead the young people tivity. Use this week to enlist, en­ projects. Other departments of our The Program Vice President will of our state. Miss DeVault will be courage, enliven zeal in and for work have also been asked to car­ plan carefully to make the pro­ at home in Fall Branch, Tennes­ this very important organization. ry out particular tasks in prepar­ grams both informational and in­ see, until she comes to take up A very complete week of activi­ ation for what will be the greatest spirational. her duties with us. In the mean­ ties has b e e n planned by Miss Margaret Bruce, and you will find effort since Pentecost to win peo­ The Promotion Vice Presidents time, she is already making many ple to Christ. valuable suggestions and submit­ her suggestions on pages 8-10 in will endeavor to promote an activ­ the May issue of World Comrades. ities prog;ram consisting mainly of ting plans for the summer camps, and other phases of the work. Follow them, or adapt them, or Organize Your Associational the following continuing activi­ make your own p 1 a n s to' make ties: Brotherhood Now! Significant Opportunities at your church Sunbeam conscious 1. Stimulating the organization during the week May 8-14. In carrying out successfully the of a Brotherhood in every church W. M. U. Annual Meeting above projects, a functioning as­ of the association; In Oklahoma City sociational Brotherhood in every Sunday afternoon, 3:00 o'clock 2~ Lifting the level of efficiency IMPORTANT DATES association is a prime necessity. of Brotherhood work throughout -speaker: Miss Margaret Apple­ FOR THE SUMMER In many of our associations the association; garth. Check Them Brotherhood presidents have been Sunday night , 8 :'00 o'clock­ 3. Enlisting men and churches June 16-22-Y. W. A. Camp, elected; but associational Brother­ speaker: Dr. Walter Judd. Ridgecrest, N. C. hood organizations have not al­ in denomi~ational projects; ·,There will be other impressive 4. Getting t h e Baptist man­ *June 27-July 2-G. A. Camp, ways been completed. And with­ speakers, including, missionaries Ravenden Springs. out c om p 1 e t e organization a power of the association thorough­ and denominational 1 e a d e r s ly into the work of the Kingdom, July 5-13-Assembly, Siloam Brotherhood is never in position throughout the program. Sessions Springs. to undertake a program of work. the churches, and the denomina­ will begin at 9:30a.m., 2:00p.m., tion. July 5-13-Assembly, Raven­ An associational Brotherhood and 7:30 p. m. on Monday and den Springs. should have the following officers: Organize y o.u r associational TUesday. Prayer services are being "July 18-23- R. A. Camp, Rav­ Brotherhood now! The Executive planned for 8:15 a. m. and 1:15 enden Springs. Board of the association should p. m. these two days. July 18-23- Jr. G. A. Camp, elect a president; a rally of Bap­ All delegates must register, of Ferncliff. res •1!/A ~ ,._ tist men should be held and the course, and all visitors are cordial­ July 23-24-Y. W. A. House­ CHOIR • BAPTISMAL organization completed. The Ex­ ly invited to register. Registration party, Ferncliff. ecutive Brotherhood Committee will open on Saturday, May 14, in July 25-30- Int. G. A. Camp, then come together and schedule Hotel Biltmore lobby from 1:00 p. ORDER FROM THE Femcliff. regular associational Brotherhood m. to 10:00 p. m.; then the place BAPTIST BOOK STORE Aug. 1-6-Jr. R. A. Camp , meetings, and also set up a pro­ to register will be changed to the Ferncliff. SERVING YOUR STATE gram of activities designed to Municipal Auditorium for Sunday OR ASSOCIATION Aug. 4-10-W. M. U. Week, make the associational Brother­ afternoon, 1:00 p. m. to 10:00 p. Ridgecrest, N. C. hood function as an effective in­ m.; Monday, 8:00a.m. to 1'0:00 p. Aug. 8-13-Int. R. A. Camp, strument in all the work of the m.; TUesday 8:00 a. m. to 2:00 p. Ferncliff. churches and of the association m. There will be no registration *New dates. and denomination. during program hours. MAY 5. 1949 PAGE NINE

Mil """mmcmcmm"""m'llll"nnnmmm•wwnmnmuunnmmmmmtmlnnnnromnunn" .. ""liiiiiii""'"""""miiiimiii!"""" hiiiiiilllliiiiii!Uiiiillliliiiid Start a Sunday School Workers' Study Club In Your Church Every day people r e a d some­ ~eli,icuJ ~tluctLtith thing. Why not help our workers EDGAR WILLIAMSON, DIRECTOR to read something which will be EDGAR WILLIAMSON T. D. McCULLOCH of particular help spiritually and Sunday School Superintemknt Student Union Secretary practically in the field of Sunday School work. In other words, why RALPH w. DAVIS MRS. B. w. NININGER Training Union Director Church Music Director not add a feature to your regular Baptist Building, Little Rock program of training your. workers which will mean spiritual growth IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIJJIIIJIIJIIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIJIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUUUIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIhmtnnmnnmnltlllliillllllllll and more effective service for more workers! Figures To Inspire Here is an easy way for any worker to follow a regular plan of Increased Enrolment for Increased Attendance Stmday, April 24, 1949 study and self-improvement in ad­ All pastors have been asked to the year when the church letters s. s. m. u. Add. Ft. Smith, First ___ 1244 478 10 dition to other Training Course fill out a card that was sent to are filled out for the P,nnual meet­ Little Rock, Immanuel 1206 391 1 opportunities his church provides. them giving a report of the in­ ing of your association, every pas­ Including Missions .. 1688 630 4 He can study right at home! An E1 Dorado, First ...... 957 252 12 crease in Training Union enrol­ tor and director should see that Hot Springs, Second .... 903 217 50 average of 15 minutes each day ment during the month of April the complete Training Union in­ N. Litt le Rock, Baring would guarantee se~en and a half Cross ...... ______836 364 3 and the first Sunday in May. If formation is given in the church Including Mission __ 889 406 4 hours each month--enough to you have not filled out the card letter. Little Rock, Second - · 822 203 8 complete one of t h e S u n d a y Pine Bluff, First -·- --·- 799 218 and mailed it, please do so at Benton. First ----- 715 133 12 School Training Course books once. Russell vme, First ...... 632 226 2 every month. Wall Chart Standards For the Including Mission .... 681 249 An increase in enrolment is ab­ Sunday School Now Available Pine Bluff, South Side 607 208 3 The chief idea of the club is to solutely necessary before we can Including Mission .... 687 285 Little Rock, Tabernacle 576 191 5 enlist as m a n y Sunday School expect an average increase in at­ A copy of t h e new, attractive Fayet teville, First ____ 563 227 1 workers and prospective workers tendance. The following sugges­ wall chart Standard of Excellence Including Mission .... 615 262 Magnolia , Central ...... 545 143 as possible in a systematic plan of tions are· given to increase Train­ for the Sunday School has been Including Missions __ 607 individual study to supplement the ing Union enrolment in Arkansas: mailed to every Sunday School Ca mden, First ...... 542 142 Including Missions .. 731 256 regular training schools provided First, Training ·Unions organiz­ Superintendent in A r k a n s ~ s, Bauxite, First ...... 517 189 17 py the church. Some existing clubs whose name appears on our mail­ McGehee, First ...... _ 513 162 ed in churches that do not have Includin g Missions .. 612 212 arrange to study the same book Training Union work. This can be ing list. Please post this Standard Hope, First ...... 509 101 individually and then before writ­ done by local Training Unions, of Excellence in a conspicuous Malvern First ...... ~ ..... 501 114 20 ing it up meet for fellowship and place, c h e c k up on all of the Including Mission _ 534 missionaries and by associational Arkadelphia, First ...... 491 175 general discussion, thus receiving Training Union organizations, and points right away to see if you are Pine Bluff, Immanuel 485 210 some benefits of group study. Cer­ not ready now to make request for Warren, First ...... 485 106 2 by any member of any church that Crossett, First ·------481 176 tainly such a plap has tremendous will get the matter on his heart the standard recognition for your El Dorado, Second __ 480 162 possibilities. school. We believe a large number Hot Springs, Central __ 479 148 18 and get a Training Union started. Including Mission _ 580 192 20 Start a club in y o u r church Free literature w i 11 be provided of schools are now standard, but Paragould, First -·---·-- 474 206 now! Attractive folders with all have not yet applied for the recog­ Including Missions __ 655 271 for the first quarter for a new Paris, First .... -.--...... 469 170 17 necessary instructions, together Training Union. nition; others should be able to Hot Sprin gs, Park with an enrolment blank for each attain the Standard at an early Place ...... 463 104 6 Second, additional unions in Fordyce, First .. - ---·-- 461 197 4 member may be had free of charge date. Lake City, First ...... 457 246 14 by writing Dr. Edgar Williamson, churches with Training Unions. N. Little Rock. First .... 457 120 In many instances, a new Junior, If, for some reason you failed Including Mission _ 497 212 Baptist Building, Little Rock. to receive your copy of the new West Helena .. ----...... 456 168 2 We feel that every church may or Intermediate Union should be El Dorado, Immanuel 453 258 5 formed. Perhaps the one Junior Standard of Excellence, or if an Including Mission .... 498 300 greatly strengthen its Sunday extra copy is needed, you may Little Rock, Pulaski School program by enlisting more Union has only a dozen in atten­ Heights ...... 441 7 dance, by forming two unions, one have it by writing your State Sun­ Springdale, F irst ...... 423 266 4 workers in regular study. day School Superintendent, Dr. Including Missions .. 601 for the 9 and 10 year Juniors and Little Rock, Ga ines one for the 11 and 12 year Jun­ Edgar Williamson, 212 Baptist Street ...., ____ ...... 418 220 4 Mt. Ida, Plrst ...... 156 80 3 Building, Little Rock. Includin g Mission .... 509 261 N. Little Rock, iors, the attendance can soon be Conway, First ...- ...... 413 62 3 Pike Avenue ...... 155 59 doubled. Leadership should be se­ Ft. Smith, Immanuel __ 412 137 7 Levy, First L ...... 150 71 5 lected before any new unions are Ft. Smith, Grand Including Mission .... 191 Avenue .. ·--·--...... 408 121 21 Little Rock, Capitol formed. In m a n y churches the CMLS Ft. Smith, Calvary ...... 390 88 H111 ...... ------147 48 Story Hour needs to be completely Stuttgart, First ...... 376 201 4 N. Little Rock, Sylvan Includin g Mission '·- 429 233 Hills, First ------.... - 141 59 1 re-organized and departmentized. What? Siloam Springs, First 376 184 5 Kensett, ... -...... 139 111 2 A large number of our Training Smackover, First ·---- 371 150 1 Sweet Home, Pine Hot Springs, First ...... 364 99 15 Grove ----...... 135 95 4 Unions need an older young peo­ Church Music Leadership Little Rock, South Hot Springs, Lake ple's union, and a younger adult Highland ...... _ 355 142 1 Hamilton _ ...... 135 41 School Gentry, First ...... 333 127 5 Pine Bluff, Matthews union. Norphlet, First ...... -. 329 258 8 Memorial ...... 130 82 J acksonv1lle, F irst ...... 329 215 67 Strong, First ...... 124 55 Third, a definite program of Hamburg, First ...... 327 127 Ft. Smith, Temple 121 58 1 visitation. Every union should CMLS Rogers, First ...... 316 77 10 Dardanelle, First ...... 120 27 2 P ine Bluff, Second -~-- 314 114 2 Fountain H111, First 117 87 have a list of church members El Dorado, West Side.... 295 102 Melbourne ...... 109 77 who should be enlisted for the un­ When? Greenwood, First ___ 280 115 7 Mena, Dallas Avenue .. 102 42 Dumas, First ...... - .... 278 95 1 Hot Springs, Walnut ion. Members of the union should Including Missions .. 352 Valley ...... 101 93 8 g,o after these people in a definite June 13-17 Ft. Smith, Trinity --- 275 115 14 Crossett, North Crossett 101 69 Mena, First -----~- 260 111 E1 Dorado, Parkview .... 92 43 way, enroll them in the union, as­ Harrison, First ...... 251 87 Grannis, ---...... ______91 68 sign them to a group and a com­ Including Mission _ 372 117 Texarkana, Eastview __ 91 61 1 CMLS Stamp, First ...... ~-- 242 106 Wilmar ...... 87 63 mittee, give them a quarter}y and Ft. Smith, Bailey H1l1 229 90 Ft. Smith, North Side .. 82 35 let them know that they are ex­ DeQueen, First __ .. _ _ 227 65 1 Little Rock, west Who? Gurdon, Beech Street 218 49 3 Side - ...... , . ~ 81 50 pected to, attend regularly, read T exarkana, Calvary _ 215 92 Little Rock, Bethel .... 74 their Bible readings, take part on Bentonv111e .. -~--- 215 56 1 Rogers, Pleasant H111 71 49 Pastors Little Rock, Reynolds Little Rock, Bellevue.... 64 the program, and make 100 per Directors Memorial ·------201 60 Desha, First - --.... 59 52 cent every Sunday on the eight Trumann, First _ _ _ 188 G4 4 Monte Ne --.... ·------58 42 2 · Organists Little Rock, Hebron _ 185 79 1 Little Rock, Tyler peint record system. Judsonia, First _ ____ 171 Pianists 91 4 Street --~-- - -- 58 24 A gain of 8,577 in Training Un­ Hoxie, First ...... 170 86 Douglassv1lle, Second __ 55 43 1 Singers Douglassv1lle, First __ _ 188 81 8 Conway, Brumley's ion enrolment this year will bring Malvern, Shorewood Chapel ------53 54 Arkansas' enrolment to 60,000 by Listeners H1lls - ·--.. --...... 168 58 N. Little Rock, Dyess, Central ...... _ ___ 166 67 3 Independent 47 the close of 1949. In the fall of Warren, Immanuel _ 165 113 7 Litt le Rock, Liberty _ 37 PAGE TEN ARKANSAS BAPTIST

of the finest rural churches in the been given to six churches in their state. building programs. The five asso­ Department of Another interesting visit was at ciations listed below show the or­ Floral. We found Pastor Lee with der in which they stand in receiv­ several men and women on the ing aid on the missionary and pas­ church grounds with rakes, hoes, tors' salaries for the past three and a x e s , in a big "clean up." months: M ~ ISSIONS Their new building is now com­ Rocky Bayou Association. . $1,057.50 plete, furnished w i t h beautiful Newton County ______1,020.00 C. W. CaMwell, Superintendent pews. The Department of Missions Washington-Madison ______610.00 gave some financial help on the Dardanelle-Russellville ___ 487.00 building. Boone-Carroll ------480.00 The past Sunday brought unique Other associations receive smal­ Superintendent's Visits now are consuming the $12,000 al­ experiences. Sunday morning I ler amounts. Eleven associations With Harold Presley as my com­ located for pastoral aid. What can supplied the pulpit of High Street have not received any financial panion, I made a trip into North be done? Perhaps some of the Church, Little Rock. The house aid from mission funds. The rea­ Central Arkansas last -week. Gor­ churches which have been receiv­ was filled and during the invita­ son Rocky Bayou and Newton don Napier, pastor at Hardy, had ing aid for several months will tion fifteen people came forward, County Associations are above all asked that I spend a few hours resolve to become self-supporting re-dedicating their lives to the others is because the entire salar­ with him in discussing the build­ and release t h e funds going to Lord. Then Sunday evening I was ies of the missionaries are paid by ing n e e d s of his church. Two them for such churches as Hardy. in the Carthage Church which is the Department of Missions. In years ago I visited that church After leaving Hardy we visited affiliated with the missionary as­ addition, supplementary a i d i s when they were pastorless and Evening Shade where the Baptist sociation. The mission film was given to a number of churches. were averagjng nineteen in Sun­ work has folded up. Then we stop­ .shown to a larg,e and appreciative day School. I rejoiced in the prog­ ped in Sidney for a brief visit with congregation. They made an offer­ ress the church had made. They Pastor Hal Gallop. His salary has ing of $25.83 for our mission work. Mission Film Kept Busy have built a parsonage, greatly in­ been supplemented by mission They are a fine people and Broth­ T h e f i I m , "Pioneering f o r creased the attendance in all ser­ funds. One of his churches is al­ er Garland Murray is their beloved Christ," has certainly been busy vices, and plan to complete their ready self-supporting and the Sid­ pastor. during the past few weeks. It has church building this summer. Pas­ ney Church has built a beautiful been shown in Morrilton, England, tor Napier's doctor h as advised native stone building. He is doing Conway, Harmony Association, him to rest for several months, so a great work. Finances of Mission Dept. Mississippi County Association, he plans to g i v e up the Hardy Friday morning we went to Con­ During the first three months and three Little Rock churches. Church soon. He has been serving cord, about half way between of 1949 the Department of Mis­ If you want it in your church you full time on a salary of one hun­ Batesville and Heber Springs. A sions received from all sources, should write soon for a date. dred dollars per month. There are year ago I visited t h e Concord $17,324.52. The total expenditures We also have a splendid color only about 40 ·resident members Church and talked with them during those months was $17,993.- film with sound on the local mis­ in the town of 1,000 population. about their building program. I 49. Twenty-five associations have sion stations of the churches in "The church will need help if was thrilled last Friday to see the received aid in paying their mis­ Greater Little Rock. Any church they secure a pastor to live on the building of tile brick going up. It sionaries' salaries, and forty..:five planning to sponsor a mission field," Pastor Napier said. But the is going to be a beautiful build­ churches in paying their pastors' would receive great inspiration by forty-five churches being helped ing. In a few years it will be one salaries. Financial aid has also seeing this film.

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Your church will be making an offering to the Arkansas Baptist Hospital I MOTHER'S DAY OFFERING FUND

LET'S ERECT A MONUMENT OF KINDNESS TO MOTHER ~AY 5, 1949 PAGE ELEVEN QUARTERLY REPORT Total Cash Contributions Received in Office of General Secretary of Executive Board, Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Little Rock- ;DURING THE FIRST QUARTER ·OF 1949 (This Statement Does Not Include Receipts for Ministers Retirement Fund) We are making.the usual request that B. L. Bridges, secretary, 103 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, be notified of any errors that may be found in this report, iD order that proper corrections may be made.

Lowell- Forrest Maddox ------­ 20.40 Mason Valley- C. C. Roberts ------­ QUARTERLY REPORT Monte Ne-W. E. Bland ------­ 70.72 32.38 Pea Ridge-Glenn W. Kauffman------­ 33.45 Ouachita Pleasant ID!l- Tom Richards 32.40 13.76 Undesignated Campaign Other Rogers, F!rst-Rel Gray ------' 488.33 112.20 68.59 Co- operative Designed Designed S!loam Springs- B . N. Simmons ------­ 405.00 125.00 11.00 Program Con­ Contribu­ Contri­ Sulphur Springs-A. F . Batterton ------­ tributions tions tions Twelve Corners-W. R. Reeves ------Church and Pastor TOTALS ------$ 2,009.38 $ 289.20 $ 332.76 ARKANSAS VALLEY ASSOCIATION BIG CREEK ASSOCIATION Barton-J. B. Measel ------$ 22-°° Enterprise-C. W . Tapley ------10.00 5.00 Beck's Memorial-J. B . Measel ------29.6 2 FlQ,ra-C. W. Tapley Brickeys-B. F. McDonald ------20.00 Gum Springs-J. W . Shields ------1.00 Brinkley- H. L. Lipford ------435.00 Hardy-John R . Hornells _ Clarendon- John Holston ------132.06 119.00 Mammoth Spring-Alphus Capps ------66.00 Corders Chapel- E. M . Bragdon ------Mt. Calm-J. W. Shields ------Elaine-Bennie Pearson ------730.20 3.00 Mt . Zion-J. W. Shields------Friendship-E. G. Waddell ------Salem- Tom Poole ------90.00 Helena, First-Ralph Douglas ------600.00 255.00 3.00 Shady Grove ------mckory Ridge-E. G . Waddell------'------Spring River- Ben Meeks ------­ Hughes- W. D. Wallace ------300.00 100.00 Viola-J. M. Langston ------Lexa-James High ------120.00 125.00 Marianna-Burton A. M!ley ------1,814.00 130.00 TOTALS ------$ 167.00 $ 5.00 Monroe-G. F. Smothers ------17.02 BLACK RIVER ASSOCIATION Moro- G . F . Smothers ------Airport Chapel-H. L. Waters ------80.00 New Hope Mission- C. S. Ramseyer------Alicia-Leonard Kaffka ------North Helena-J. F. W!lkerson ------Black Rock-Chas. D. Tlbbels ------25.00 Oneida-J. B. Measel ------10.00 Clear Springs ------Petty's Chapel-R. S . W!lson ------­ Clover Bend-Chas. Gray ------2.00 Rehobeth-J. B. Mea sel ------College City- H . L . Waters ------50.00 Turner- E. G. Waddell ------16.00 Diaz-L. B. Edwards -~------59.05 Twin Bridges-B. F. McDonald ------66.21 12.50 Grubbs- Walter L. PhU!ips ------­ West Helen a-Lehman F. Webb ------975.00 250.00 274.20 Horseshoe-W. A. Mink ------Miscellaneous ------50.00 Hoxle-J. V. Chandler ------30.00 Imboden- J. C. Wickes ------22.50 65.00 TOTALS ------$ 5337.11 $ 630.00 $ 641.70 Jacksonport ------5.00 New Hope No. 1- W. L. Pepper ------24.84 BARTHOLOMEW ASSOCIATION New Hope No. 2 ------Antioch- Orville McGuire ------Newport, F lrst-chas. F. W!lk!ns ------150.00 3.50 Beech Creek ------­ 1 - Old Walnut Ridge-John McCollum ------­ Bethel-G. C. Corker ------R avenden-Geo. McGehey ------Beulah ------Sa nders- Thomas Ray ------3.00 Cominto-Ed Cloud ------6.00 Sedgw!ck-J. T. Tippit ------10.00 Community ------Smithvllle-L. W. McReynolds ------28.40 13.19 Corinth ''A" ------9 .00 Sw!fton-J. C. Wickes ------­ Corinth "B"-G. C. Corker ------5.00 275.00 18.00 Tuckerman- R ay B . Rhyne ------182.00 91.75 Crossett, F irst-J. W . Buckner ------1,400.00 Walnut Ridge-Seibert Haley ------200.00 13.00 Eagle Lake, Cross Roa ds-Edward Persons ------4.83 100.00 Ebenezer- Orville McGuire ------18.00 TOTALS ------. $ 871.79 $ 186.44 Eden- Rolla Nixon ------6.00 BOONE-CARROLL ASSOCIATION 27.01 E non- Ed Cloud ------24.78 6.41 Alpena Pass- D. M. Kreis ------60.00 Fellowship-Q. M . Powell ------Batavia-G. E. Lafferty ______------15.00 11.16 Florence ------9.00 :Reor Creek Springs-Perry Fitchue ------62.52 Fountain IDll-Rolla Nixon ------100.00 25.00 500.00 Bellefonte--:Guy A. Hopper ------15.00 Hamburg ------1,400.00 :Rerryvllle-Gray E vans ------67.50 6.00 Holly Springs- W . L . Leach ------~ -- - -- 45.00 46.67 Blu e Eye ------:·------15.00 Warren, Immanuel- Keith Babb ------132.00 30.00 Burlington-Loy Moody ------17.91 Jarvis Chapel- J. R . Pratt ------15.00 Denver- Perry Fltchue ------15.00 Judson-Rolla Nixon ------2.50 F.u rek'\ Snrim:s-Gienn Womack ------60.26 Ladelle-T. H. Berry ------13.84 G aither-Truman Logan ------Macedonia- Orv!lle McGuire ------62.00 43.00 Grandview ------·------25.00 Magnol!a- T. H . Berry ------15.00 Green Forrest-Art Jones ------Marsden-F. E . Canady ------­ Grubb Springs-Guy A. Hopper ------18.00 Meridian- Dewey Brockwell ------Harrison, First-E. E. Griever ------629.74 1,300.00 9.00 Monticello, First-R. D. Washington ------426.00 187.50 142.28 7.00 4.00 Hopewell- Loy Moody ------:·------Monticello, Second- W . A. Lindsey ------205.39 Lea d H!ll-E. C. K!ng ------Mt. Ollve No. 1- M. P . Timberlake ------Mt. Zion-G. E. Lafferty ------Mt. Ollve No. 2-S . E . Powell ------75.00 New Hope-E. F . Cox ------45.50 Mt. Zion- Edward H a rris ------17.50 Oak Grove ------_ ------New Liberty-Keith Babb ------6.00 Omaha.--Floyd K;olb __ ------North Crossett-Harold White ------100.60 Oregon Flat-Kenneth Threet ------4.00 Monticello, Northside-J. T. Warbington ------R.pck Snrings-Dan Chamnl!n ------21.75 Old Union- W. A. Lindsey------8.50 Rna.dy Grove- A. J. Duncan ------5.00 Pattsville-T. T. Walker ------12.50 Union _____ ------7.50 Pleasant Grove-Keith Babb ,------10.00 Volley Snrin.,.s-Guv A. Hopper ------20.00 Prairie Grove-G. C . Corker ------5.00 White Oa k-Troy Eoff ------20.00 50.00 Sallne-Richard Johnson ------6.00 Sardis- M. P . T!m.berlake ------9.00 TOTALS ------. .. . ------$ 1.124.68 1,350.00 26.16 Selma ------41.17 BUCKNER ASSOCIATION Shiloh ------Abbott-0. N . Wehunt _ ------Union IDll- T. T . Walker------15.00 31.00 R at .,s-Eugene M. GrP.enf!eld ------'3 .00 Unity-J. R . Pratt ------22.02 Warren, First-D. Blake Westmoreland ____ 1,000.00 250.00 38.39 cauthron- Harmon Allen ------10.00 r.e da r Creek-B!ll Smith ------10.00 Wilmar- Earl Ferrell ------100.00 Cla rk's Chapel ------7.00 $ 383.85 Dayton ------'------10.50 TOTALS ------$ 5,257.19 $ 1,417.91 Denton- W. R. Martin ------4.68 BENTON COUNTY ASSOCIATION Fellowship-James Pleitz ------8.00 3.72 Bentonville-James Overton ------195.00 52.00 26.00 Forester-J. E. Evans ------30.00 Centerton- Melvin Coffelt ------61.12 3.00 Friendship-John Staggs ------14.00 Decatur- John V. Terry ------210.76 Ffa rtfo~d-L. P. Thom'\s ____ .. ------15.00 Garfield ------5.00 25.15 'P'ow c~eek-Eu"eue Greenfield ------15.96 23.53 Gentry- Carl P. Nelson ------213.43 139.30 Ffon- FfRrmon Allen ------­ G ravette-Edgar Harvey ------83.50 Ffuntineton-Larry O'Kelley ------Gum Springs ------40.00 12.00 !one-Lewis McClendon ------9.00 Highf!ll ------50.25 1.58 Rogers, Immanuel- C . Frank Pitts------100.02 (CONTINED ON PAGE 12) PAGE TWELVE ARKANSA£ BAPTIS

CAROLINE ASSOCIATION Austin Station- Van Griffin ------­ 9.00 24.70 QUARTERLY REPORT Baugh Chapel- Troy Carroll · 25.00 Biscoe-T. w. Dove------­ 30.00 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ELEVEN) Brownsvllle -··- ·······------· Cabot ...... 225.00 259.88 Ouachita Caney Creek- E. Rawlings ------­ 33.00 Undesignated Campaign Other 300.00 75.00 83.04 Designated Carlisle-Guy Ma gee --- Co-operative Designa ted Ch ambers ------­ 3.00 Program Con- Contdlm- Contribu­ Coy- H. H. Coble ----·····------·-·······--- ·-­ 4.80 Church and Pastor tributions t ibns tions Des Arc-Ernest Baker ------­ 70.00 20.90 DeValls Bluff-L. P. Kimmell ······------­ 20.00 James Fork- Eugene M. Green field ----- ·········-­ England-Luther Dorsey ------­ 300.00 150.00 142.75 Lucas-W. w. Kersh ------············· 5.00 50.00 20.00 285.38 Hazen- C. R . McCollum---············------­ Mansfield-Karl McClendon -········--····-······-··-···· Lonoke-W. M. Pratt ------706.08 Midland- Harold Plunkett ------·-······------­ 13.48 26.96 Mt. Carmel-Van Griffin 18.00 Mt. G llead-John Staggs ------·-···· New Hope-C. H . Dunaway ------­ 10.00 Mt. View ------·-····-·····················:- ········ - ·- Oak Grove-E. J. Tankersley - - --- 25.00 New Home-John Staggs ------· 2.00 Old Austln- W. D. Kllpalklck ------­ New Providence- B111 Smith ------­ 2.57 Pleasant Hlll --'·····-· 30.00 Parks- W. w. Kersh ------··········-·····-·­ 19.57 Pleasant Valley- Paul Pearson ------6.00 Pllot View ------Steel Bridge-Arthur Howard _____ 6.00 Piney --···········-····-·-···-·····- ·····-··-····························· Toltec-J. T . Cravens _____ 18.00 Pleasant Grove No. 2-Harmon Allen --- -·­ W ard- J. 0. Mlller ------­ 25.00 Pleasant Grove No. 3-Harmon Allen ··············­ Wattensaw- H . B . Todd ------20.00 P oteau- Harmon Allen -·········------11.17 38 .68 Rock Creek ------··············- ······· TOTALS ------·-·······- ····------$ 1,933.88 225 .00 551.27 S alem No.2·····------­ CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION Shiloh-John Staggs ------­ 412.50 114.00 Union Hope-T. M. Finney ------··················· 6.00 Almyra- D. 0. Stuckey -···- ·····------375.00 Unity-John Staggs ------··········­ 2.00 Bethel ------'- W aldron- Vernon E. Yarborough - -·····-·····­ 419.09 15.00 DeWitt .: .•...... - ---······------·- ---- 325.00 323.00 West Harmony- Wlll Stone ------­ 4.00 DeWitt, ·East Slde-L. E . Ross ------20.00 12.50 West Hartford-J. E . Evan s ------50 .04 Ha gler- C. R. Cooper ------······----····--·-····- 57.11 700.00 Humphrey- R . D. Harris - -·-·········-·····------25.00 TOTALS ------$ 988.87 76.46 Reydell ·-···········-·············-·- ·-···········------·-····- BUCKVILLE ASSOCIATION Stuttgart-Walter N. H111 ·-········------999.27 166.90 Buckvllle-Joe Anderson ------20.00 T ichnor ------15.00 12.68 Cedar Glades--Laborn Sharp ------Little Country Church ------····· TOTALS --······-···-·····················------$ 1,816.38 1,112.50 629.08 Mt. Tabor- Laborn Sharp ------CENTRAL ASSOCIATION Mt. Valley-Louis Dodd ------­ Antioch ------··············------30.00 Onyx- Bert Bashaw ------···· Bauxlte-R. A. Butler ·-···-·············------512.93 100.00 4.64 P rairie Grove ·········- -·-·················- - ---····· Benton- Virgll A. Rose ------···········------1,510.00 375.00 Rock Springs--T. L. Dozier ------12.50 Bet h el ·······-·-·····------Sweet Home ------­ Hot Springs, Cent ral- Clyde Hart ······-·····-·····­ 1,200.00 Steve-Bert Bashaw ------.--- - G ravel Hlll-J. C. Hughes ------­ 15.00 3.50 Gum Sprin gs-John Byrd ······················- - ·-··-···­ 6.00 TOTALS - ----····-··········-·- ···-········-···················------,-$ -:c32::-:.5:-::-0 Ha rvey's Chapel-Raymond Cr otts ------·­ 30.00 CADDO R IVER ASSOCIATION Hot Springs, First-John Dodge ··------­ 600.00 325.00 227.25 Amity- W . B . Essman ·······-······------­ Hot Springs, Second- O. L. Bayless ··················- 450.00 375.00 Black Springs ---- -·················------·-···· 15.00 J esslevllle ······- ···········--·······------·····- 15.00 Caddo Gap ------~--- - · -· · ··· · ·· · ·· · ·· · ------15.00 Lake Hamllton-Delbert G arrett ------­ 109.65 Concord- J. P. Emery ·······-···-·······················-----­ 5.40 Lonsdale ------Glenwood- Chas. Hampton ------75.00 4.00 Malvern, Flrst-T. K. Rucker ------1,000.00 213.00 Liberty ...... Malvern, Thlrd-W1lllam Kersh ------137.00 8.00 Little Hope- Carlos Jones ------­ Memorial-Joe Melton ------19.50 Lower Big Fork- J ames H. Mlller ····-····- ·------­ 4.00 MUI Creek-s. A. Wlles ········------­ Mt. Gllead-C. P . Cowart ---···-········------­ Mountain Pine ------· 20.00 2.00 Mt. Home ------'--- - -­ Mt. Vernon-F. W . Ca te ------­ 10.00 Mt. Ida-D. B . Bledsoe ···········------···- ··­ 50.00 15.00 Moun t a ln View -·····-···- ··-· 25.00 Norman- C. P . Cowart ------84.50 North Fork-J. C. Hughes ------2.00 Oak Grove ······- ·····------Owensville ······-··················-··········-······- ····------18.00 Oden-Paul Shipma n ------·-·····­ 15.00 Hot Springs, Park Place-D. C. Bandy ···-····- 1,050.00 75.00 37.25 Pine Rid ge-James Benham ------·-······------1.00 Perla ···························-······- ·-···················--·················- Pleasant Valley ·················-··········-················------Piney- Edward Anderson - ·····-······------30.00 21.50 Refuge-J. P . Emery------­ 12.00 Pleasant H111 ····-·····-······-···-··-·········------120.00 50.00 Sulphur Springs--Chas. Bowen ···- ·-··········-····--- 6.00 3.00 Sh orewood Hills-Joe Mefford ------···· 87.43 Washita ------3.00 Union- Reeves Wright ·-·······------····- ···· Walnut Valley- Ed Vallowe ···········--··········-····· 30.00 TOTA!LS ··········- - ·- ·········-·········------$ 285.90 15.00 7.00 Miscellaneous ---·······------7.50 CAREY ASSOCI ATION Bearden - Edgar Griffin ·········································- 137.98 TOTALS -·-·······-············-···········-·-······-···---$ 7.02'1.51 896.50 928.14 Dalark ·· ·· ··- ··· -·- · ···· -·- ··· ··------~ ------8.00 CLEAR CREEK ASSOCIATION 37.00 Fordyce-J. T. Elliff ··············································- 3,951.70 466.66 Allx -- ···············--······--·-··-······------Hampton-Raymond Marks - ··············--···········- 85.42 1.00 Aima--L. E. Cunningham ·······-----·········-·-········-- 398.55 17.86 Harmony- Russell Hu nt ···········-···········-········--- 3.00 ,__ Altus ··············--·····························-················-·····-·····- Holly Springs- A. P. Elliff ·························-·········-·· , Cedarvllle-0. Corhan ··············- ·············- ···- ·········- Manning- A. L. Puckett ·-·········-···-·-·-······-··- ··­ 39.00 Cla rksv1lle- W . L. Yeldell ···-···················-········- - 150.00 New Hope-Roy H llton ·····································-·······­ 7.00 Coal H lll-Johnle Alred ···················- ·····················- 24.00 21.50 Ouachita- Sammy Pace ················------­ 30.00 Concord-H. G . McNutt ······- ································ 15.00 22.85 P rosperity- Wallace Denton ·- ··-··············------­ 6.00 Dyer-G. L. Lonsbury ····------·------Shady Grove-A. L. Puckett ····················----­ 10.00 30 .00 Forrest Misslon- Claud Smith -----······--·- - 11.98 Sparkman, First-C. H . Seaton ······--- -­ 275.00 Hagar vllle-E. H. M1ller ·-·····················- ············­ Thornton- Russell Hunt ··············--·------­ 39.06 Mountain Top -----·-·------Tinsman- Wallace Dent on ------Mulberry-Carl Wlllls ························- - - - ······- · 88 .26 26.93 Tullp--A. P. Elliff ----······················- ·····-··················· Oak Grove-A. D. Kent ··············----- 12.50 68.00 Oakland ------·-······-·············-···--·------TOTALS ------·······-········································-$ 4,592.16 466.66 Ozark- J. B . Maxwell ·················- ···------·-·· 492.35 3.00 Ozone-F. D. P ainton ---·-······-······-························· 20.00 Rudy- H . J . Morris ...... 4.05 Shady Gr ove ·-·-···-········-·············································· Shibley- W . T. Rogers ...... 3.00 Spadra-H. K . Wllll am~ ...... Sweet Home, Kibler-H. G. Milam ··-···················· 53.49 Trinity (Crawford Co.)-H. J . Morris ...... 9.93 Broadway Church Trinity (Johnson Co.)-Pat Shields ...... Union Grove-H. K. W1lliams ...... 12.00 17.00 Uniontown-Jimmy Kent -····-······-·········-·-········· 2.00 Plan Finance Van Buren , First-T . H . Jordan ...... 550.00 315.00 12;00 Webb City- Irving Crossland ...... 15.00 8.11 Whit e Oak- E. H. McAlll ~ter ...... 4.00 Zoar-L. H . Harvell ··················-··························-···· 5.38 B uild Churches with Broadway P lan Bonds. TOTALS ·····················-··········-·-········- ········-··- --$ 1,871.49 315.00 129.25 U se you'r own invested money for building. CONCORD ASSOCIATION Bailey Hlll- A. G . Escott ·································-····· 200.00 Y ield 5% interest, payable semiannually. Barber- Frank Cleveland ...... (Five Arkansas Baptist Churches Using Them) Bloomer ...... ···--··-··················-·······-·· 40.51 Boonevllle-W. W . Graft on ...... 780.00 5.00 16.81 B acked by Interest and Sinking Fund Account. Branch-B. C. Simpson ··········-··- ·-········-···-·­ 25.00 0 ver 15,000 issued during a period of 13 years. Calvary- L. H. Davis ·······················-······················· 1,251.51 83.33 22.00 Charleston- C. H. Jones ···················- ·-····-····----- 150.00 N ever __?. default or any delay in payment. Excelsior --··································-···--····--·····- -·· 9.00 7.00 Fort Smith, First-B. V. Ferguson - ··········-·-·· 3,000 .00 750.00 2,138.00 D on't buy unless bonds bear above symbol. Glendale-Houston Grayson ·········-······--- -·- ·····- afe, profitable investment for savings accounts. Grand Avenue-J. Earl Bryant ··············-············ 300.00 69.67 s Greenwood-Geo. H1nk ···- ······-···-·····-······----- 339.13 31.89 Address Inquiries to: BROADW AY PLAN, 1408 Sterling Building, Hackett-E. H . McAlister ---······-- - ·····-·······-······· 10.00 Houston, Texas, for information on churches having bonds Ft. Smit h , Immanuel- B . B. Sawyer ...... 1,264.74 33.00 Lavaca-0. M . Stalllngs ·············--·-····-·····-··-··· 150.00 31 .62 available. Magazlne-L. A. Thompson ...... 41.00 6.00 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 13) "ttAY 5, 1949 PAGE THIRTEEN

Kels<>--Lawrence Ferrell ------­ Lake V1llage-H. 0. Malone ------­ 775.00 75.00 63.20 QUARTERLY REPORT McArthur ------­ McGehee-Thea. T. James - ·------­ 1,320.40 200.00 92.00 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWELVE) Midway-G. 0. Douglas ------·-----­ Montrose-Clyde E. Parrish ------·------­ 28.30 Ouachita Mt. Pleasant-D1llard M1ller --·-···------·······-·········· 50.00 30.00 Undesiguated Campaign Other New Hope-L. J. Ready------·------­ 30.00 6.18 Co-operative Desiguated Desiguated New Liberty-C. E. Matthews ------·-···········-­ Program Con- Contribu­ Contribu­ oak Grove. Church and Pastor trib11tions tions tions Omega- H. C. Rash --····------·- --·------·---·------Parkdale-Claud Hughes ------36.00 Mill Creek- H ." E. Marsh ···-·····-·-·-·-·----­ 10.62 11.00 Portland -- ·------·------·--··------·----·--··--·- 179.66 Mixon- Houston Grayson -··--·-··-··-··-- Richland-J. C. Higgenbotham --·------­ Mt. Zion - ·-·······-·--·-··-·- ·--·------Ryecraft-Jtm Matthews ------·------·----­ North Side-Ben worley ------­ 18.30 100.00 200.00 40.00 187.50 Tillar-Dale Taylor· ------·- P arts--Don Hook ------­ 800.65 75.00 Watson ------·------52.41 Ratcliff- E. C. Egbert ------­ W!lmot-D1llard S. M1ller ------·------·---­ 212.07 Rye H1ll- L. L. G1lliam ------­ 30.00 Bayou Mason ------­ Ft. Smith, South Side-Victor H. Coffman --­ 431.77 25.00 Temple-W. A. Crow 189.08 4.00 Macon Lake -----·------Trinity- P. J. Crowder 227.97 TOTALS , - ---=-::== =:-:::=;·----$ 5,183.44 $ 830.00 $ 28'1'.38 Union Hall- Frank Cleveland -----­ FAULKNER COUNTY ASSOCIATION Vesta Bee Branch- E. F . Simmons - - ---·------15.00 $ 2,521.50 Beryl- P. E. Turner ------60.00 T OTALS ------·-···------·-----·------$ 9,193.77 $ 1,050.83 Bon<>--Dantel Taulbee ·-········------·---·--- 5.00 CONWAY-PERRY ASSOCIATION Brumley's Chapel-James D. Reed ------12.00 Bigelow- Marion S. Boyd 15.00 Cadron Ridge-Daniel Taulbee ------12.00 Casa-B.· L. Dorman 17.20 Conway, Flrst-Othar Smith 1,421.00 150.00 34.00 Harmony- H . D. Palmer ------­ Conway, Second-Chester Ware ------222.00 150.00 75.65 Houston- Perry Corder ------­ 1.00 842.32 E=anuel-Glen Wright ------MorrUton-0. D. Sallee Formosa -·------·-··-----·------·------Perry-C. E . Bull ------­ 15.00 Friendship-Roy Maddox ------­ Perryv11le-E. S. Ray 60.00 Happy Hollow-T. W. Hayes ------­ 7.50 Pleasant Grove-C. E. Bull 9.00 Holland-Don Jones -·---·- -s--- 6.00 Thornburg- Perry Corder 15.00 Lone St ar ------·-·-- - ___ 9.00 Union Valley- Perry Corder 15.00 Mayflower- F. D. Hubbs ------·------15.00 Mt. Vernon ------·------­ 45.00 TOTALS - -·------·------$ 989.52 Naylor ------·-···--·---·------·------·-····---- CURRENT RIVER ASSOCIATION New Bethel-Chas. W. Mason -·------Bethany- Earnest Brown Oak Bowery ------17.91 Biggers--Howard King -..,-,....--- 25.00 Pickles Gap-T. W. Hayes ------­ 30.00 Columbia-Jarrett-Carl Huddleston - -- 6.00 6.00 Pleasant Grove-P. E. Turner ------·······------­ 36.00 Corning- L. C. Tedford ------180.00 South Side-T. W. Hayes ------30.00 Dell- J. R . Oglesby ------·--- -- Union H111 ·····--·---·------················-·······------·------·-­ 20.00 Hopewell-0. F . Gwinup 37.50 Wooster ------·-----·-----·---- 35.00 25 .00 Moark- D. c. Applegate _ _ \lt. Pleasant-A. W . Whidby ------3.48 TOTALS ------· ------$ 1,998.41 $ 300.00 $ 134.65 -~ew Home _ __ 10.00 \ GAINESVILLE ASSOCIATION Oak Grove-L. E. Steely ------12.00 Austin- Tom Arnold --····------12.50 Pocahontas--W. H. Hunt ------120.00 Brown's Chapel-A. W. Whidby - -·------··------­ Ravenden Springs-T. E. Holmes ------Greenway-S. R . P1llow ------­ 7.00 Reyno ___ 6.00 22.00 Harmony-Fred Lewis ------­ Shlloh (Clay County)-Geo. Monroe Leonard-VlrgU T arvin ------·------·------­ 15.00 Shlloh (Randolph Co.)-C. L. Davis---- New Hope-Howard King ------­ 11.00 50.00 Success---J. F. Bow 20.00 Nt=ons- E. W . Gray -·------­ 33.00 Witts Chapel 9.00 Nutt's Chapel- Tom Arnold --·------­ 25.00 Peach Orchard-W. D. Palmer ------­ 10.00 TOTALS ------$ 425.50 $ 31.48 Piggott-J. 0. Young ------354.42 I?ARDANELLE-RUSSELLVILLE ASSOCIATION Pollard-Fred Lewis ------­ Atkins--Nelson Greenleaf . 182.13 145.94 Rector- E. C. Polk ------·------180.00 Bakers Chapel- VirgU Logan ------St. Francls- Chas. Holland ----·-- ·------40.00 Bluffton- Ralph WUson ------45.47 Tippera ry-Fred Lewis ------··--·---·------3.00 Centervllle -----=----- Danv11le-John A. Freeman ------TOTALS ---·-····--·-----······--·------·------······------$ 680.92 60.00 Dardanelle-Sidney Oxendine 348.62 52.00 12.25 GREENE COUNTY ASSOCIATION Dover- Virgil Logan 32.00 90.91 Alexander ------60.00 East Point ----·-:::=--:-::------5.00 Beech Grove-Donald Campbell ------Flat Rock- Don Roy Hankins ------Bethel Statton ------·------·---·------·------Have na-Grorge Findley ------3.00 Big Creek ------··------·--·--·--·-·------6.00 Hopewell ------·------Brighton-Jay Garland --·-············------·----·-····------­ John Grace Memorial-George Findley __ 5.00 Brown's Chapel-Tommie Henson ------­ 75.00 Knoxv1lle-D. W. Alderson 23.91 11.95 Cache Valley- A. C. Rudloff ------­ 30.00 'London Center Hlll-J. H. Hughes ------­ 8.00 Moreland ------·------Childress Chapel- J. 0 . Miles - ··-----·------·-··- 75.00 50.00 Mountain Springs _ ___ _ Delaplaine ------··------12.50 _Mt . Vernon- Ralph Wilson ------(CONTINUED ON PAGE 14) New Hope-W. N. Simms 21.75 Ola __ - 9.00 Piney-Bid Gotcher Pittsburg- Don Roy Hankins ------14.00 4.00 Plainview ___ ------20.00 LET WELL PEOPLE, NOT THE SICK, DO OUR Pleasant IDll ------·-···----- Plumerv1lle-Meredtth Wilfong ------········------49.95 9.23 Pottsvme ------5.00 10.00 CHARITY WORK AT Russellv111e-W. E. Speed ------·····------915.00 307.59 10.00 Whitley TO'I!ALS ------$ 1,674.83 $ 531.48 $ 127.39 THE BAPTIST STATE HOSPITAL DELTA ASSOCIATION Arkansas City-H. J. Adkins ------91.00 6.00 I Aulds--Jtm Matthews ------·------­ Bellaire-J. 8. Wright ------··--·------­ 60.00 62.00 Remember "Mother's Day" Is the Day Arkansas Baptists Bethel-J. M. Divine --···················--·-----·--··------·-···· Boydell- T. J. Barnes ------··------···············----·-········ Are Asked to Take a Special Offering for Charity Work Central-Claud Hughes ...... 10.00 Chtcot - - --·------·------·-·····--·------­ Collins--J. L. Stone ---·---·---··------­ To Be Done At Our Hospital. Crooked Bayou --·----··-----·-··--·--·--·---·------········-- Daniels Chapel-J. Fred Wesner --······----·--·-······--­ 9.00 325.00 Dermott-E. F . McDonald -··········-----·-··--·----··----·--· 573.00 18.00 Eudora-Clarence Cutrell ------·----·-·········------·--­ 1,628.94 LET THE WELL PEOPLE SPEAK AND GIVE Gaine~. 0. Douglas - ---··········----·------·---­ Halley ------­ Jennte-R . L. Blackwell ------·------·--·------27.66 We need your help at the Orphanage all through the year, and many have responded beautifully, but at this time let us join CHURCH FURNITURE hands and helJ? our Hospital do the charity work we want them to do. Pews, Opera Chairs, Folding Chairs, Pulpit Furniture / Sunday School Furniture This advertisement paid for by Bottoms Baptist Orphanage as ~ an expression of good will and an example of Arkansas ·Baptists I Quotations Without ObHp.tfon working together. I L. L. SAMS & SONS I HAROLD C. SEEFELDT, Superintendent 905 So1lth 5th Street, Waco, Tens PAGE FOURTEEN ARKANSAS BAPTIS

Pleasant Plains _ Rehobeth- W . E. Davis QUARTERLY REPORT Rosie-G. M. Roberts ------­ Ruddell Hill- Doyle Creech 96.85 16.25 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE THIRTEEN) Salado ·------13.00 Salem ------OUachita Sulphur Rock- G. M. Roberts -----­ 16.38 Undesignated Campatrn Other Union Grove-E. I . Sneed ------­ 25.00 Co-operative Designated Dmgnated West Batesvllle-L. H . Roseman ------­ 360.00 187.50 Pro~amcon- Colltribu­ Contribu­ White River 12.00 Church and Pastor trtb.uttou tlons tions TOTALS ------$1,728.23 $ 187.50 $ 1,466.18 Paragould, East . Side-Jeff Rousseau 207.91 6.00 LIDERTY ASSOCIATION Eight M!Ie ------Caledonlar--W. H. Jameson ------16.50 Epsaba ------··· Calion-Jesse Kldd -- 50.00 Fairview ------·------Camden-T. L. Harris ------1,914.48 195.00 Lafe ------Chldest er- Rawls Pierce ------100.00 Liberty-John E. Hooker ------­ 40.00 Cross Roads- J . E. Poindexter ------15.00 Marmaduke-C. E .' Robertson ------142.24 71.12 15.60 CuJiendale-J. Elmer Morgan ------1,338.00 154.00 Mounds ------11.50 Ebenezer- Bruce Murphy ------50.00 Mt. Hebron ------­ 25.00 El Dorado, First-Sam Reeves ------4,500.00 1,785.99 462.00 New Friendship-Charles Watkins ------60.00 10.00 El Dorado, Second-Jesse Reed ------1,249.98 600.00 15.00 New Hope ------Elliott-Tom Lindley ------·------250.00 12.50 New Liberty ------­ Felsenthal-C. M. M!Jler ------3.73 P aragoutd, First-D. C. Applegate Jr. ------2,008.73 150.00 285.44 Ga111ee-L. W. Williams ------87.51 33.00 Pleasant Grove-R. P . Wooldridge ------­ Huttig-0. Bemard ------242.50 40.00 Pleasant HUI ------­ 15.00 El Dorado, Immanuel-J. D. Tolleson ------2,293:17 150.00 Pleasant Valley ------­ Joyce City- Charles W. Nash ------345 .43 50 .00 36.41 Robb's Chapel-A. B . Jordan ------­ 25.00 Junction City-C. E. Archer ------461.83 30.00 Rock Hill ------­ 6.00 Knowles Chapel- L. R. Mitcham _ _ 17.78 Spring Grove-Neal May ------­ 3.75 Laplle-R. 0. Ekrut 6.65 Stanford-J. 0 . M!les ------­ 60.00 Lawson-0. W . MUler ------25.00 Unity- D. C. Applegate ------­ 17.50 Llberty- L. W . Rhoades ------VIllage-L. w. McReynolds ------­ 16.80 6.00 Lisbon ------3.39 VInes Chapel ------Louann-G. Paul Stames ------­ 446.62 Walcott ------77.48 18.00 Midway-C. M. M!Jler ------­ 14.61 Wall's Chapel- Arnon Woods ------5.00 New London-F. E. Canady ------­ Norphlet-Glen Crotts ------1,362.71 468.50 173.47 TOTALS ------·------·------$ 2,972.16 $ 221.12 - $ 407.29 Norris ------· HARMONY ASSOCIATION P arkvlew-J. A. 0 . Russell ------­ 98.21 Altheimer-Ralph Glover ------30.00 14.60 Ph!la.delphiar--L. R . Mitcham ------­ 16.50 Anderson Chapel- J . F . Brown ------12.00 14.37 Salem- Hugh Cantrell ------­ Bogy Chapel ------·------·------Shuler-J. B. Ritchie ------30.00 10.00 Calvary-E. W. Johnson ------150-_00 12.62 Smackover-Ralph Reasor ------1,018.46 17.00 Central-T. L . Graves ------57 30 Snow ffill- W . E . Jackson ------­ Crigler ------Stephens-Hugh CantreJI ------­ 606.15 24.00 Dumas, F!rst-T. N. Shaddox ····------·------600.00 Strong- R. 0. Ekrut ------­ 199.32 27.00 . Gideon ------3.75 Three Creeks-J. B . Ritchie ------­ 10.00 Gould- C. S . Womack ------·------­ 60.00 45.00 Union-R. C. Brinkley ------­ 180.00 25.00 57.65 Greenlee Memorial- Ph!! J . Beach ------54.70 Urbanar--Marsh Whit lngton ------­ 150.00 30.00 Hardin ------·------VUia ge-J. E. Hargett ------­ 125.00 Harmony-Clyde M. Cutrell ------Wesson-James Luck ------­ 5.00 Hickory Grove ------·------9.00 West Side-Lonnie Lassater ------514.46 133.00 Pine Bluff, Immanuel~Paul Fox ------960.00 9.06 Kingsland ------TOTALS ------$17,747.99 $ 3,145.99 $ 1,383.53 Lee Memorial- Hugh Owen ------225.00 LITTLE RED RIVER ASSOCIATION Mattlilews Memorlal- L. G . Whltehom ------178.71 Brownsville ------6.00 7.50 New Bethei-J. F. Brown ------­ Concord ------Oak Grove-T. S . Cowden ------­ 15.00 3.00 Edgemont ------Pine Bluff, First-A. B . Pierce ------­ 3,250.43 890.00 154.20 Heber Spr!ngs- W . F. Montgomery ------375.00 60.00 Pine Bluff, Second-D. C. McAtee ------­ 812.50 170.00 3.00 Lone Star- 0. D. Yount ------P lainview- G. E. Nethercutt ------­ 60 .00 McJester-Aubrey Staggs ------Plum Bayou- A. W . Upchurch ------~ ------­ 40.00 Mt. OI!ve-W. B. O'Neal ------10.00 Rankin's Chapei-J. F. Brown ------­ Mt. Zion ------15.00 Rison- T . T. Newton ----,------173.00 1.00 Palestine ------Pine Bluff, South Slde-L. A. Sparkman______1,275.00 114.99 79.38 Pleasant HIIJ-R. E. Leigh ------24.00 Star City ------­ 904.99 181.01 87.00 Pleasant Ridge-Leonard Bunch ------15.00 Tyro ------Pleasant Valley ------Wabbaseka- R. E. Branum ------·­ 5.00 Post Oak-Thomas Reeves ------9.00 Pine Bluff, West Side-A. H. Mullins ------­ Quitman-Harold Trevolt ------30.00 White Sulphur Springs ------51.00 Sh!loh-Robert I. Walters ------5.00 Yorktown ------40.00 Stony Polnt-o. D . Yount ------Valley H!ll- A. V. Moody ------24.00 T OTALS ------$ 8.967.38 $ 1,356.00 423.23 HOPE ASSOCIATION TOTALS ------$ 508 :oo $ 60.00 $ 12.50 An derson Union- Dexter Blevins ------6.00 1.00 LITTLE RIVER ASSOCIATION Arabella Heights- Kenneth W!Ik!nson ------15.00 10.25 Ashdown-Dale McCoy ------241.98 102.50 34.00 Texarkana, Beech Street--James G . Harris ---- 2,500.00 101.50 46.25 Ben Lomond-Otis Mills ------­ Boyd ------Bingen-Paul Hatton ------­ 130.00 Bradley ------,------130.00 Brownstown-James Hampton ------­ 10.00 Texarkana, Calvary-C. C. Ussery ------112.00 50.00 9.00 Mineral Springs, Central-Claude Stewart ------­ 30.00 Canal ------8.26 Columbus-Floyd Taylor ------­ 49.88 12.00 Canfield ------25.54 DeQueen-Lawson Hatfield ------­ 293.27 50 .00 Magnolia. Central-L. L. Hunnicutt ------1,000.00 100.00 Dierks-Carroll Gibson ------­ 18.88 CoJiege H!ll- C. G . Davis ------300.00 30.00 F oreman-Roy Fowler ------·------­ 38.50 Doddridge-A. L. Taylor ------60.00 Hicks-John McClanahan ------·------· Eastview-Charles A. Ma1.1le ------24.50 Horatio--Russell Armer ------­ 50.00 Evergreen ------Liberty-J. A. Calloway ------·------· Fouke-Howard W!lson ------159.92 Lockesburg- W . T . Bynum ------­ 120.00 45 .00 Garland-A. W . Wagnon ------Lone Oak-Wendall Poole ------·------­ 24.53 Genoa- Leo Hughes ------40.00 25 .00 Mt. Mor!ah-Ga!l Zimmerman -----·------­ 15.00 Guernsey-Bid A. White ------Murfreesboro-B. E. Baucum ------=---- · 120.00 6.00 Haley Lake ------Nashvllle-W. E. P erry ------­ 1,099.08 195.50 112.00 Harmony Grove ------+------15.00 10.00 New Home-0. L. Gardner ------·------­ 14.90 25.00 Hooe- S. A. Whitlow ------1,875.00 356.25 2.00 Or.;den-Roy Stogst!ll ------11 .33 Lew!sv!Jle- J . W. Royal ------395.33 Ozan -- ·------Macedonia No. 1 ------­ Parotloma-Darrell Jones ------­ Macedonia No. 2-J. W. Hall ------,------­ Rock Hill-A. Q . Zachry ------Mandev!Jle-Claude S. Carlton ------1.50 Mt. Zion ------18.00 ~~~~~sLi~'e-9Jt!~ a~mTs :::::::::::=::::::::::::!..::::::::::::::::::::: Piney Grove-Chas. C. Bowen ------29.45 Washington- Floyd Taylor ------­ 40.00 5.30 Pisgah-Stewart Kersey ------23.93 Wllton-J. E. Anderson ------­ 45 .00 Red River- A. W. Wagnon ------18.00 Winthrop-H. V. W!lson ------7.50 Rockv Mound- Frank R . Eaton ------6.00 Shlloh- Geo. DeLaughter ------60.00 TOTALS ------···------___ ------...... __ .... $ 2.296.82 $ 418.00 $ 233.83 Son th T exarkana- Horace Grlgson ------­ . MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ASSOCIATION Suring Hill-Preston Taylor ------16.50 Armorel-0. W. Aut en ------45 .00 18.00 Stamos- Walf Ham!lton ------375.00 300.00 533.00 Blackwater-T. J. Richardson ------8.00 6.40 Sv!verlno--Horace Grle;son ------16.54 Blythev!lle. First-E. C. Brown -----·------·------2,700.00 72 .60 Tennessee- J . C. Crabb ------41.59 Boynton- Hugh McGehee ·------·------12.50 Trinity- Warren Nutt ------65.21 3.00 Brinkley Chapel- Emmltt Cross ------Trov-Fr ank R. Eaton ------Browns Chauel-J. M. W!lkinson ------­ 62.05 Fulton-8. A. Whitlow ______------186.49 Calvary-P. H. Jernigan ------·------­ 100.00 Mexican Mission - Henry L. Keahey ------, 10.00 Dvess, Central- L. L. Jordan ------­ 82 .68 10.25 Clear Lake-J. Ernest Cox ------­ 144.00 T OTALS ------·------·------$- 7.-49-8-.5-0 $ 842.75 $ 769.26 Cole Ridge-A. B. Jordan ------­ 30.52 INDEPENDENCE ASSOCIATION Cross Roads-Amold Clayton ------­ 7.92 Flatesvllle. First-E. P. J. Garrott ------1,000.00 1,446.93 Dell- M. F . Griffin ------­ 60.00 (')qJvary- H. W. Wooten ------180.00 3.00 J'mmanuel- Erick C. Hecksher ------­ 55 .62 Cord -- ·------­ Etowah-Roy Johnson ------Cushman ------Fairview- Elmer McCall ------20.00 Desha-Clay P. Roach ------15.00 Gosnell- Carl Castleman ------25.00 21.00 P!lgrlm's Rest-W. J. Smith ------10.00 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 15) AY 5, 1949 PAGE FIFTEEN

Little Rock, Flrst--R. C. Campbell ------·-----­ 7,500.00 40,005.00 Little Rock, Second-M. Ray McKay ------­ 3,885.55 4,130.25 535.71 QUARTERLY REPORT Martindale-James Johnson ------­ Mountain View- W. L. Wadley ------­ 61.25 12.08 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOURTEEN) Mountain View No. 2 _ __ Nalls Memorial-E. H . Elmore ------­ 13.00 6.53 Ouachita N. Little Rock, First-0. W. Moran ------·------· 1,153.99 6.00 Undesl.gnated Ca.mpa.Jgn Other North Point--Alex Davenport ------­ 10.00 Co-operative Desiplated Designated Oak Forrest ------­ 10.00 Program Con- Contrtbu­ Contribu­ N. Little Rock, Park H!ll-Taylor Stanfill ---­ 192.57 5.00 ~hurch and Pastor tributions Uons tions N. Little Rock, Pike Avenue-Byron King -----­ 160.00 P11grlms Rest-Jack Martin Brewer ------­ 67.28 roiner-James Staples 130.00 Pine Grove-Harold Presley ------­ 45.00 7.72 ~eiser-F. 0. Anders 39.00 Plainview- C. 0. Abbott ------­ 128.60 :.eachv1lle-B. W . Pierce 100.00 20.00 Pleasant Grove-E. W. Goodson ------·----·-- 30.00 3.00 !Juxora---A. B. H111 ·------­ 45.00 166.66 Little Rock, Pulaski Helghts-W. H. Hicks ______2,795.33 301.00 25.37 Manlla-J. L. Ford ------­ 80.00 Reynolds Memorial-Guy S. W11son ------·------­ 215.86 21.01 Mary's Chapel-David McPeak _ _ Roland- R. C. Otey ------­ 8.00 New Bethel-Roy Johnson ------­ 40.00 11.09 Shady Grove-Ralph Boyet te ------··--­ 15.10 New Harmony-R. L. W111iams ------­ 5.00 Little Rock, South H ighland- Ray Branscum 522.80 10.29 New Liberty-Russell Duffer ------­ 218.26 19.99 Stanf!ll-George Fox ------­ New Providence--R. F. Liddell ------­ 208.00 20.19 Sylvan H1lls, First--E. S. Ridgway ------­ 40 .00 Nodena-M. D. Davis ------·----- · 31.20 Tyler Street--Fellx Wlll!ams ------­ Number Nine-Eugene Schultz ·-·------22.50 4.00 Osceola--Russell J. Clubb ______j_ Vlmy Ridge ------·· 1,249.98 300.00 12.00 West Slde--T. P. Gladden ------­ 73.10 Rocky ------75.00 Rosa-A. M. Houston _ __ _ Woodlawn-W. E. Parker ------­ Woodson- Lee Lewis ------­ Wardell-Doyle Creech ------­ 17.65 Worrell's Memorial- H. R. Boyd ------­ Wells Chapel-J. S. Clark ------­ 7.00 Zion H111-B111 Craton ------­ 42.00 4.41 Whitton-0. c. Hicks __ 308.80 Natural Steps-0. M. Adams ------­ 860.74 Trinity-P. C. Church ------16.93 :~~~f~~- Jo·mX:r~XlviD.--arub!:ls ___• __ __ _ 14.81 TOTALS ------···$27,412.44 $ 6,199.95 $ 41 ,660.64 $ 484.66 $ 266.57 TOTALS ------$6,662.18 RED RIVER ASSOCIATION MT. ZION ASSOCIATION .A,ntolne ------·------12.00 Bay-R. E. Jones ------30.00 Arkadelphia, First-J. G. Cothran ------·------­ 2,505.00 270.00 212 .00 Bethabara ------Arkadelphia, Second-B. M. Cooper ------­ 228.90 30.00 Black Oak-Roy Bunch ------­ 30.00 Beech Street, Gurdon-Alfred Grigsby ------­ 225.00 150.00 Brookland-B. J. Meador------­ 45 .00 Beirne-Howard Carr ------­ 49.70 24.99 Buffalo Chapel-Carl Bunch · ------­ 10.00 Bethel-A. D. Corder ------­ 5.00 Caraway ------31.03 Bethlehem-Roy Barnett ------·------·------­ 4.50 Cash ------30.00 Boughton-Dexter Blevins ------·--··------­ Jonesboro, Central- Reese S. Howard ___ _ _ 330.00 Caddo Valley ------· -'------·· 6.00 Deason Lake-VIrgil Tarvin ------­ 12.50 Curtis-D. E. Castleberry ----·------­ 30.00 Egypt--George Monroe ---·------·------·------­ 12.50 DeGray-Guy Branscum ------·------··--·----· 25.61 50.00 Fisher Street--Frank Waite ------­ 339.54 Emmett--Elzle Boone ------·------6.00 15.00 Friendly Hope--0. S. Conley ------­ Fairview ______: ______Jonesboro, First-C. Z. Holland ------­ 1,950.00 19.00 Harmony H111 ------·------­ 43 .07 9.60 Lake City- A. M. Norton ------­ 1,235.00 309.50 Hollywood-Tommie Roberts ------­ Lunsford-Jack E . Lafner ------­ 50.01 Mt. Bethel-L. T . Wallace ------·------Monette-G. W. Smith ------­ Mt. Ollve ------· Mt. Pisgah- Clark Secoy ------Mt. Zion-Ira Mallory ------·------­ 15.00 Mt. Zion-David A. King ------100.00 Okolona-Orville McGuire ------­ 18.00 21.18 Nettleton-G. W. Boyd ------60.00 3.00 Prescott--Earl R . Humble ------­ 315.99 100.00 New Antioch- A. s. Smith ------Richwoods-B111 G. Hickem ------20.00 New Hope, Black Oak ------Sayre-Ernest Moseley _:______New Hope, Jonesboro-Daniel Hughes -----­ Shady Grove ------·------6.00 Ph11adelphia-Bas11 Goff ------­ 20.00 Smithton ------·----­ 6.00 \ Rowes Chapel-Carl Bunch ------­ 81.70 Shiloh ------··------·--- 15.27 Jonesboro, Walnut Street-James Fitzgerald 480.00 8.50 Social Hill-Tommie Roberts ------­ Sout!L Fork-Frank Van Landingham ------­ 6.00 TOTALS ------$ 4.765.58 $ 421.70 Sycamore Grove-R. L. Whitten ------­ NEWTON COUNTY ASSOCIATION Unity-E. C. Patterson ------­ 18.00 Ben Hur-John R . Stratton ------·--- 9.00 Whelen Springs ------·------­ 6.25 Boxley ------199.50 Lake Vlew-Burwood Walls ------·------12.00 Deer-John R. Stratton ------30.00 Jasper-Carl Bird ------30.00 TOTALS ----·------·------··--··--··$ 3,567.29 $ 636.99 $ 257.78 Parthenon ------30.00 ROCKY BAYOU ASSOCIATION Wayton-G. W . Snow ------Belleview-J. R. Hamilton ------10.57 Miscellaneous ------13.85 Callco Rock- W. C. Steward ------27.72 Evening Shade ------.-----·------··---- TOTALS ------·----- $ 312.35 Finley Creek-Hal Gallop ------·------30.00 2.92 OUACIDTA ASSOCIATION Franklin ------'------15.00 30.00 Acorn-Mark Fite ------16.59 14.85 Guion- G. M. Roberts ------·--··--·------13.24 2.00 Bethel-J. B . Lyles _____ :______Lafferty Mission ------5.00 Board Camp-C. H. Moore ------­ 10.00 10.00 Lone Star-Troy F. Melton ------Cherry H111-J. M . Holman ------­ 39.30 Melboume--Hugh Cooper ------·------·---- 40 .00 Concord-Charles M. Burgess ------··- ---···­ 10.00 Oxford-W. c. Steward ------·------13.58 Cove-Norman Tilbury ------··--··--·----·------·-··-·-·-·­ Rocky Bayou, Lunenburg-Hugh Cooper ______6.00 Mena, Dallas Avenue-Dean Newberry ------15.00 Sage-Hal Gallop ------··------·----·------·------·----- 5.00 25.00 Eureka ------Saints Rest ------·------8.10 Gillham- C. H. Moore ------­ Sidney...:.Hal Gallop ------·--- 82 .60 17.67 Grannis-Curtis Pennington ------·----·---·----­ 25.00 Zion H111-Hal Gallop ------··------··------15.00 Hatfield-Curtis Pennington ------· ------­ 29.89 Miscellaneous ------·------25.82 Hatton-Mark Roberts ------·-----­ 15.00 7.70 Mena, Flrst--Arlle McDaniel ------·--·------­ 285.00 55.70 TOTALS ------·------·------$ 260.81 $ 25 .00 $ 89.41 New Hope-John Liles ------·--·---·----·------­ STONE-VAN BUREN-SEARCY ASSOCIATION Salem-R. Gilliland ------·------·-·------· 8.25 Cllnton-Claud Jenkins ------­ .43.77 10.08 Two Mile-C. S. Anderson ------··----- Corinth-Thomas Simmons ------···------·----·----· 4.86 Vandervoort ------·------15.98 19.33 Evening Shade ------·------··------­ Wickes-Darell Ross ------·------·----·------­ 22.00 Happy Hollow ------Yocana- J. M. Holman ------·------·-·--·---··----· 30.00 10.00 Hamess ------Leslie-Chester Roten ------­ 20.00 TOTALS ------$ 522.01 $ 117.58 Lexington-Thomas Simmons ------·---- 16.05 PULASKI COUNTY ASSOCIATION Marshall ------59 .62 8.41 Little Rock, Baptist Tabernacle-Ralph D. Dodd 738.59 140.90 28.13 Morning Star-Homer Crabtree ------·--­ N. Little Rock, Baring Cross-H. A. Elledge 638.00 125.00 229.86 Mount ain View-Gus Poole ------­ 27 .77 20.00 Bellevue--W. T. King ------·------· Mt. Zion-Lester Passmore ------·------­ Bethany-L. G. M1ller ------·------·------·------­ 118.80 8.90 New Hopewell-Gene Smith ------·--­ 9.21 Biddle-Pat Mehaffey ------­ 42.00 Pee Dee-J. D. Reeves ------·------­ 5.00 Little Rock, Calvary-W1lbur Herring ------­ 787.78 3.77 Plant--J D. Reeves ------­ Capitol H111-W. C. Rowe ------·--··------·------­ 120.00 3.00 Pleasant Valley ------N. Little Rock, Central-Earl Herrington 323.31 20.00 Red Hill ------·------·-'--·· Crystal HUI-C. D. Johnson ------­ 30.00 Shady Grove-J. D . Reeves ------·------Douglassv1lle, First--R. E. Week ------­ 30.00 Shirley ------~ ------­ 16.60 45.00 2.00 Douglassv1lle, Second-Robert Parr ------­ 16.50 Zion ------·---·---·--·------3.00 East End-Jack Hogue --·------­ 61.00 2.66 Zion Light ------,------Forty-Seventh Street--R. D . Harrington ------­ 182.82 Friendship-Dan Berry ------­ 25.58 TOTALS ------·------·------__ .$:--:-:19-:-6.-:::65 $ 65.00 $ 29.70 Little Rock, Gaines Street--C. E. Lawrence 1,302.58 240.61 TRI-C'OUNTY ASSOCIATION Geyer Springs-M. E. Faulkner ------·------­ 75.60 Antioch ------·------Grace-R. W. Bishop ------·------­ 71.01 Barton's Chapel-Louis M. Ader --··--·------­ Graves Memorial-L. P. Guthrey ------­ 49.07 Beck Spur-Glen Giles ------··------·------­ 55.00 14.10 Harmony-Jack Whitfield ------·--·--·------­ Cherry Valley-Jeff Davis ------­ 48 .00 Hebron-W. Dawson King ------·------­ 306.65 44.34 Crawfordsv1lle--W. R . Woodell ------·------­ 100.00 Holly Springs-L. A. Tribble ------·----·------­ 52.97 Earle-Joe B . Sull1van ------··------·----­ 999 .82 39.71 Little Rock, Immanuel-W. 0. Vaught Jr. 5,000.Q1 1,332.50 297.75 Fair Oak-Herman Young ------···--··----·------­ Ironton- Vernon Bellue ------­ 72.65 17.07 Fitzgerald Crosslng-Norvin T. Jones ------·--··----- Jacksonville-H. W . Ryan ·------­ 279.16 170.30 108.84 Forrest City- Minor E. Cole ------520.00 150.00 20.00 Levy-0. A. Greenleaf --··------Gladden ------·------·------Liberty ------·------Grace-W. A. McKay ----·------·--··----··-·--·--··------9.06 Ll.fe Line-Lawrence Kendrick ------10.00 13-..59 (CONT.INUED ON PAGE 16) PAGE SIXTEEN ARKANSAS BAPTIST

WHITE COUNTY ASSOCIATION Beebe-William M . Burnett ··-···-··--·-·-············· 75 00 QUARTERLY REPORT Bethany-Sidney W . Holcomb ------· Central, Bald Knob-C. S. Maynard 76.17 16.39 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIFTEEN) Crosby ------··-:_ 21.00 Ouachita El Paso-Emest Anderson ------·-···-··- 45.00 Undeslgnated Campaign Other Griffithville ······················--·-··-···-- --······················ 15.00 12.00 Co-operative Designated Designated Harris Chapel ·················-·············-········-·-················ Higginson-John Q . Eason -····-··-···················· 10.00 Program Con- Contribu­ Contribu­ 100.00 tributions tions tions Judsonia-Robert McMillan --···-··-···················­ Church and Pastor Kensett--Amos Greer ··············-··-·-··-··-················ 102.70 6.00 Liberty-H. M. Dugger ·················-·········-······-······· 10.00 Harris Chapel-J. T. Midkiff ·········-··················-· 105 .00 McRae-E. F. Simmons ...... : ...... 15.00 Hydrick- W. T . Tiner ······································-········ 9.00 6.94 Jericho-G. C. Anderson ········································- t:f_rr::i:broil=ii···M":··DUggiii-··-~::::::::::::::':::::::::::~:::::::. 30.00 Madison- J . M. Hitt ·································-················· 12.00 24.00 Mt. S idon-Ernest Anderson ...... 15.00 30.00 Marion-N. E. Lerch ··-········-············-·······-···---- 159.52 New Bethel ······················--···-·················-·················· Mays Chapel ···-···--·-····--·---·-··-·······--···-··-- ···· Pangburn -W. B. O'Neal ·····························-············· 10.00 Mt. Pisgah · · ··· --J· -·· ·· ··· · ·-·· - -·-·· ·· ·····-~---···-·····-···· ····· Pleasant Valley-E. A. Blanton ...... 9.00 Palestine-J. M. Hitt -··································------·-· 6.00 Rescue-Sidney W. Holcomb ...... 7.50 Parkin- Ray Langley ················-·····--··-····- - ······ 350.00 Rocky Point-0. B. Smythe --···························· 6.00 Pine Tree-R. E. Fowler ··········-··-·-··-·-·- -······ Rosebud-Floyd Ward -·-··········-········--······-·····­ Riverside-W. M. Thompson - ········-··----··-· 3.00 Royal H!ll-John Q. Eason ······-·····--·········-··­ 25.00 Shell Lake-W. T . Tiner --·-········-·---··--···· 12.00 Searcy-W. R. Vestal ··············-··-············-···----- 861.00 260.00 12.00 Togo- W. H. Efferson ··············----·-·--·--··­ 15.00 22.00 Vanndale-Freeman McMenis - --····-····-···---·-·· 10.00 Smyrna ················-·-············-······-··········-··············---- 3.00 Union Valley ··························································---- 6.00 West Memphis-V. E. Boston ...... 780.00 West Point-Bill Lewis ...... Wheatley ·-·················-·····-········-············-··········-··-·· Wynne-Boyd Baker ·-··--·········-·--··········-············- 829.86 150.00 15.00 TOTALS ·················-······-··-----···--··········-··---$ 1,463.37 $ 260.00 $ 99.33 Turrell --·-····---·-·----··-·-·---··-- 30.00 WHITE RIVER ASSOCIATION 15 00 TOTALS ····-···············-·-······-···--·-·--·-·········--$ 4,020.20 $ 300.00 $ 130.87 TRINITY ASSOCIATION ~o~:t;g ·-ai.:;;;;-·::::::::::=::::=::=:=-~:::::~~:::===== " Cotter-T. E. Funderburk ...... 169.48 58.41 Bethel ·················-·········--····································-·------East Cotter-J. F . Richardson ...... 10.53 Comers Chapel- A. S. Smith...... ·-···-···-···· 15.00 30.00 Flat Rock-J. F. Duncan ··············-·-···············-········· Fisher- Coy D. S ims ·-···························----············­ 15.00 Freer-Carl Hathcoat - ······----···-······-··-·····---···· Gassv1Ile-C. W . T apley ····-······-······························ Greenfield-0. L. Justice ·········-·······-········-·--­ 9.00 13.00 Hopewell-Troy F . Melton ·············-·-······················ Harrisburg-John Coll!er ·····················-·············- 90.00 Mountain Home-D. W. Stark ······-···················· 200.00 New Hope ··································································-··- Hurds Chapel ·······-········································------·· Norfork-Claude Crigler ...... 10.00 Lebannon ···· ·· ·-···--·-········-·---·---·---~-----·-··----· Lepanto-Leslle R!herd ·············-·····--·-·-··-···-··­ 250.05 81.30 Oak Grove-J. F. Duncan ·····················-·-············­ Maple Grove-Carl Hathcoat ······-··-··-····-··-······ 3.00 Oakland-George W. Johnson ··············-··-········-·· 285.40 Pllgr!ms Rest--D. W. Stark ·····-····························· 19.36 5.00 Marked Tree-W. F. Carlton ------····-·-········ 10.00 Neiswander- W. A. Applegate ··························-···· Pleasant Hill- S . W. Wilkerson ·····-····················· Pleasant Grove- L. C. Edwards ...... 15.00 Rehobeth ····-········-·······-······-··-··································· 45 .00 2.00 37.50 8.00 Whiteville ...... 15.00 Pleasant H111- Harold Barton ······················----­ Yellville-Oakley Long ...... Pleasant Valley-R. P . Kennedy ············-··-······-· 2.50 16.23 Red Oak- L. M . R!herd ------·····-··-··--- $ 65.41 Ridgeview ······---·······---·-········---···············--··:·- TOTALS -·-··················-·······················-·············-······$ 509.37 Shlloh- Clarence Edmonson ...... WOODRUFF COUNTY ASSOCIATION South McCormick- Homer Cantrell ...... Augusta.-Dell Hames ···································-··········· 300.00 243.89 30.00 Trumann- J . M. Basinger ...... 200.00 Cotton Plant-Rivos H. Dorris ...... 106.44 Tyronza-Boyd Elldridge ...... 819.46 34.00 Good Hope-C. S. Ramseyer ---······························· 10.18 Valley View-Clarence Edmonson ·············-----­ *~~t~7-=r,~·l · L~:~~::.~~-:::::::~:::::::::::.~~::::::::::::~~ ~?:~~ 23.39 Waldenburg- L. C. Edwards -············-·····-···--·· McCrory-Chester P arker ...... :...... ___ 144.00 Weiner- C. F. Barnett ·····-·············- ··········--·-···- 66.69 3.00 Weona Junction ...... Pleasant Grove-Ell1s Green ...... 4o:oo 5.50 West Ridge-R. D. McEwen ...... Raynors Grove ...... 6.00 12.75 Miscellaneous ····-·-······················································· ~:~f~de=~~---~~---~~~~=~--::::::.:·:~~:::::.~:::~::::::::::::::::::: 27.20 TOTAU:! ·-·-··-····-·························-·······-·····-···· $ 1,839.83 $ 145.30 WASHINGTON-MADISON ASSOCIATION 720.87 $ 243.89 $ 58.89 Black Oak-J. E. Reed -·························----·······-····· 9.60 Brush Creek ...... 7.50 49.11 Farmington- Jesse Coleman ...... 60 .00 10.00 11,050.00 17.55 Fayettev1lle, First--W. L. Johnson ... ·············-·· 1,804.00 287.22 Fayettev1lle, Second-Norman V. Drake ...... 6.66 GRAND TOTALS ·····················-············-··-··--$150,702.96 $34,926.93 $55,552.62 Friendship --···········-···················································- 5.50 Hindsv1lle-S. D. Etris ...... 25.60 Huntsv1lle-R. W . Jones ...... 30.00 Johnson- Ewe! Logue ...... 15.00 Liberty- Glen Steele ...... 22.64 Lincoln-A. J. Scott ...... 114.05 New Hope-S. D. Etris ...... 5.00 Prairie Grove-John B . Stephen ...... 9.00 8.98 The Arkansa'S Baptist Springdale-Stanley Jorda n ...... 999.99 6.00 Spring Valley ...... 15.00 51.66 Sulphur City-Marshall Therneau ...... 37.83 9.20 35.00 in ;f~~lt':~T.RJ~Y~~cf~r~e~-~- - - :::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ::::::::: 12.72 TOTALS ·············································-···················$ 3,209.59 $ 368.56 Every Home "A LEGAL EDUCATION Every Week INA Do you read your denomina­ CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY" tional paper? Arkansas WALTER F. 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