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Herald of Holiness Volume 58, Number 43

W. T. Purkiser (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House

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POWER NOW (See page 3.) CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

"One small step for a man . . .

. . . one giant leap for mankind." REFORMATION SUNDAY October 26 (See nace 4.) General Superintendent Stowe

Autumn Splendor

“LORD, is “. . . with us in all . . . |His | splendor.” CATCH US OFF GUARD TODAY. SURPRISE As surely as the heavens declare His glory, US WITH SOME MOMENT OF BEAUTY . . . so does the earth. No call to worship is more eloquent than that which sounds forth in SO THAT FOR AT LEAST A MOMENT WE MAY the reverent contemplation of the Creator’s BE STARTLED INTO SEEING THAT YOU ARE artistry. WITH US HERE IN ALL YOUR SPLENDOR, Autumn splendor also reminds us that there ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE, BARELY HID­ is a beauty that comes only with approaching DEN BENEATH, BEYOND, WITHIN THIS LIFE death. All too soon these colorful leaves will fade and die. Trees will stand like gaunt WE BREATHE.” skeletons through the long, cold winter, await­ So prayed Frederick Bueckner in his recent ing the new life that will come in the spring. book, The Hungering Dark. Paul Tournier, the eminent Christian psy­ October provides a picturesque answer to chiatrist, comments that nature accepts being that petition in many world areas. The stripped in autumn far more easily than men. verdant green pi summer is suddenly and Rather than becoming more beautiful as they dramatically transformed into a myriad of move toward the sunset of life, too many brilliant hues as nature pulls on a veritable individuals wear the drab, unlovely fabrics Jacob’s coat-of-many-colors. Almost every woven of fear and frustration. tree has been touched with breathtaking tones But the Christian is different. Clothed in from an ethereal palette . . . the lovely hues of serenity and maturity, the . . . the aspen and the elm in shimmering child of God radiates the beauty of holiness. gold Faith in the risen Christ has conquered the . . . the maple in flaming scarlet and crim­ trauma of death. The assurance of personal son resurrection makes the prospect of a “spiritual . . . the oak in more sedate shades of ma­ spring” both certain and sweet. Small wonder roon and rust that John Wesley could boldly assert, “God’s Around any corner there may be an autum­ people die well.” nal scene which will “surprise us with some LORD, moment of beauty.” In the autumn of life Confronted with such a display of magnifi­ Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me. cence, one cannot escape the truth that God Amen. • By C. William Fisher

POWER NOW

equipment for victorious and effective living to some future date. We may postpone accepting what He offers, but His provision and program for meaningful living can be realized now—right now—in this present world. For Jesus said, “Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses ... in Jerusalem, in all Judaea, and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Is this power of the Holy Spirit promised to everyone, indiscriminately? No. The power of God’s Spirit is promised only to those who have Oneof the most popular words in today’s come to know Jesus Christ in personal salvation. vocabulary is the word “power.” Sinners are promised pardon. But the promise Statesmen speak often these days of the of the power of the Holy Spirit is to those who are already following Christ. And this promise is realignment of the political power. And surely one of the more intelligent interpretations of the definite and it is for present realization, so that vast, crucial events of our times—whether in we may—as He says—be His “witnesses” every­ Europe or the mideast or in Vietnam—is this crit­ where we go. It takes no spiritual power, of course, to be ical movement of fresh, vigorous political power respectable, or to attend church, or to support into those areas of power-vacuums. Scientists speak of the power of their space worthy causes, or to speak intelligently, or even vehicles. Military men speak of the power of eloquently, of doctrines and techniques and their guns or planes or missiles. Psychologists church programs. speak of the power released in human personality But to witness effectively for Christ, to bring when the individual is no longer in the grip of a glory to His name, to really advance His cause— deep conflict or neurosis. all of that takes a power above and beyond the The reason we are bombarded by this word human, above and beyond the energy of the “power” today is because we live in a power-ob­ flesh. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit. sessed age, a power-conscious day, a power-crazed And that is exactly what Christ offers now— hour. the gift of the Holy Spirit in power—power to How refreshing, then, in a world so fascinated live cleanly in this present world; power to live with power, to hear Jesus say, “Ye shall receive victoriously now—whatever our environmental power”! But when is this power to be received and realized? At some future date? At death? After Radio Sermon of the Month death? No. Jesus never postpones the essential OCTOBER 22, 1969 • 3 pressures or problems; power to be effective wit­ understandings, little antagonisms—that can clog nesses for Christ where we are, right now. and choke until only a little spiritual power can But how do we get more spiritual power? Beg trickle through. Enough to be decent, but not God for it? enough to be dynamic. No one has to beg God to do what He wants to You want more power to meet today’s chal­ do. No one has to get God in the mood to give lenges? You need more power to see you through the power of His Spirit. It is never a question of the crisis that is upon you just now? You will Will God?—it is a question of Will we let God? fail in your living and in your service unless you God is not only able and willing; He is anxious get more power? to give us spiritual power. Our search, then, is Well, be thankful you realize that. Be grateful not so much for ways to get more power; our your heart hungers for that. But the wait, the search must be for the things, the attitudes, the delay, the postponement of power is not God’s partial surrenders, the unbelief that hold back fault. If you are willing to pay the price of sur­ His power. render and obedience and faith, you will have Men like Dr. Eisen, and Oswald Chambers, and more power—right now, for today’s needs. John Wesley, and others, have emphasized, in Don’t look back to some crisis experience—and one way or another, that we are not buckets; we don’t look ahead into some faraway future to are pipes. We are not containers; we are chan­ realize this power of the Spirit. God says, “Be nels. And God never sends His power to us un­ filled with the Spirit”—He is willing to fill you less He sends His power through us. now. But a pipe can become clogged. A channel can Let Him, then. Let Him fill you just now. And become choked. And it doesn’t take big things to as His power surges through you in fresh forces block God’s power. It is the accumulation of and unction, you will say, “Thank God for little things—little hurts, little slights, little mis­ power now!”

ments. The cover photo was As Wayne M. Warner describes About the Cover . . . snapped by Neil Armstrong, already it, “The Spirit that moves through on the moon’s surface, as his team­ the churches refuses to be stifled. mate, Buzz Aldrin, descended the The fire that flares up periodical­ ladder of Apollo 11 while a world ly will not be quenched. A small watched in awe. sign of the undying fire of the But mankind's greatest leap was Reformation appears in the re­ when God made himself available newed interest in the concept of through Christ on Calvary. One of a believer's church, a church the greatest single forward leaps where Christian experience makes for mankind since that redemptive one a member.” moment is known as the Protestant May the giant leaps of Calvary Reformation, set off by Martin Lu­ and the Reformation be perpetu­ ther on October 31, 1517, when he ated by a burning fire within our tacked the 95 theses (propositions) own breasts today to declare Christ on the cathedral door at Witten­ as the all-sufficient Saviour. May berg. Martin Luther's own words restore This was a giant leap that re­ to us the martyr’s touch, “I cannot stored the Early Church’s empha­ but declare what Christ has done Man's “one small step" onto ses on the authority of the Scrip­ for my soul though every shingle the surface of the moon, July 21, tures and the evangelistic witness on every roof in Wittenberg were was indeed a “giant leap" in terms of salvation by faith in Jesus a devil!” of man's all-time great achieve­ Christ. —George L. Smith

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4 • HERALD OF HOLINESS • By J. D. Cook Midland, Mich.

New Wine Requires New Wineskins

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.—Matthew 9:17.

HE Church is a living or­ stay attuned to the needs and today’s society. Others see some of ganism! It is indeed the problems of a very swiftly chang­ the changes as abortive and de­ body of Christ, the exten­ ing world.” structive and they have deep ap­ sion of His incarnation. This conStanford­ Research Institute em­ prehensions about the Church it­ Tcept of the Church can be particuploys­ some 3,000 economists, en­ self. larly helpful in times of change gineers, biologists, chemists, math­ In the last five to 10 years there and transition. ematicians, sociologists, botanists, have been scores of books written There is no doubt that the world oceanographers, physicists, agron­ about the changes that have tak­ is changing at a rapid pace. Arnold omists—all working on some prob­ en place, or that need to take J. Toynbee, the renowned histori­ lem that almost surely will result place. Many have written about an, said, “We will live or die ac­ in change. the changeless Church in a chang­ cording to our ability to meet the Mr. Anderson concluded his ad­ ing society. One of the most re­ challenge of our changing times.” dress with these words: cent books which is highly critical The only alternative to change “The major fact is that the of the Church and perhaps very is death. As long as there is life world is changing faster than it controversial is entitled The Big in a plant, a tree, an organism, or ever changed before and this Change, by Rex R. Dolan. He anything that possesses that brings with it a geometric growth states in his book that the “big unique quality called life, there in the interactions of (or among) change” in the Church has been will be constant change. these changes. This is a very ex­ coming about over the past 50 citing thought and at the same years. The changes in life all around us time a disturbing thought. What are so vast and constant that many Renewal is happening in the will change make? Change offers feel they are on a worldwide mer­ Church. The new wine of the new opportunities, but as surely it ry-go-round where each time the Spirit is beginning to show spon­ brings problems and perils. Aside taneity as it bursts out and ex­ circle is completed there is a from marveling at technological change of vista that is hardly be­ pands. It cannot be contained in innovation we must also be wor­ lievable. the old skins. rying about the impact of all this Dr. Charles A. Anderson, of the on our society, on our political There is a real need for new Stanford Research Institute at systems, our customs and ethics, or wineskins that are not brittle and Menlo Park, Calif., delivered an religion. . . . that are capable of adjusting to address before the Harvard Busi­ “The massive changes taking the new wine that it contains. The ness School Club of Chicago some place today, however, do present new wineskins must have enough time ago on the theme “The us with massive problems. Our elasticity to give rather than to Changes of Change.” He said, “At success will depend directly on our crack and thereby lose the new Stanford Research Institute, ability to find, to evaluate, and to wine. Christ said, “Neither do men change is at once our raw ma­ take advantage of massive amounts put new wine into old skins: else terial and our product. For our of information, to anticipate and the skins break, and the wine run­ clients in business, industry and plan for change.” neth out, and the skins perish: but government, we are seeking to in­ The Church in the midst of all they put new wine into new skins, terpret change, to forecast change, this has not escaped the winds of and both are preserved” (Matthew and to create change.” change. Some see the change as 9:17). Then he added, “One of our ma­ evidence of the Spirit of God I am convinced that the “easy jor jobs right now is to change brooding upon His Church, to Christianity” that characterizes so ourselves so that we continue to make it more relevant and vital in much of the life of the Church to­ OCTOBER 22, 1969 • 5 day is totally inadequate for the kind of world we are facing. How­ ever, new wineskins without the vital new wine of the Spirit will be just as useless as the old skins. The Church today can be the new wineskins that are needed if it is willing to pay the price and make the necessary adjustments. In order for renewal to become a reality we must start where we Our Church in Troubled Times are. We need not fear bold ex­ he Church that Jesus founded has always been a citadel of periments if we can become re- truth and safety. The Early Church met in small groups. The demptively involved in the lives of services were simple and plain. The people prayed, sang, and others. The Church and its lead­ T preached the Word. Their anxieties were unlike those of the ership must have the courage and churches today. hope to allow experimentation Some 2 million church members have gone from the estab­ within the conventional structures, lished groups to free themselves from the conventional formal, experimentation which may seem ritualistic, lifeless, rigid, and cold forms of worship. They became at times like deviation. “The mav­ disenchanted with a service without warmth and meaning and erick should be counseled and un­ reality. A religion without reality is the most frustrating thing in derstood, not crudely disciplined,” the world, but with reality it is the most thrilling and meaningful states Robert A. Raines in his book experience man can know. Reshaping the Christian Life. There is little unrest in our church. Why? There is a definite We never know—we who follow reason. We meet to sing, pray, and preach the Word of God. We in the train of Amos, John the have religious liberty. We can express our feelings and emotions Baptist, Jesus, Paul, Luther, Wes­ in praise and testimony. Our worship services are not so bound ley, William Booth, and a host of with tradition and ritual but that the order of service can be others called rebels and noncon­ changed in a moment by the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Our formists—when another prophet, people young and old can give vent to their emotions in the Lord major or minor, may be concealed while the saints rejoice in the beautiful and harmonious order of within the most unlikely man with the hour. In a church with religious warmth and sensible spiritual a vision or a dream. In fact, we liberty, there are rest and safety and blessing for today’s needs. are told that in the last days If we lose our spiritual contagion and freedom of worship, the “young men shall see visions, and fears and losses of the old-line churches will be upon us. Let us . . . old men shall dream dreams” keep our services free and fervent in the Lord with an open altar (Acts 2:17). for saints and sinners to converse with our God. With this atmos­ May the Church and its leader­ phere and climate alone will we find the real meaning and value ship have the faith to experiment to life.—Nicholas A. Hull, Orange, Calif. and the courage to adjust as new wineskins when it is necessary and expedient to do so! As we follow the leadings of the Spirit and become vitally alive un­ to God, we should keep in mind what Russell Bow 'Has shared in his book, The Integrity of Church thing more demanding than nomi­ be equipped to serve its Lord at Membership: nal membership. On the other this time. For the living Christ is “A pastor, or a lay leader, who hand, in almost every congregation always calling for new wineskins issues a serious challenge for re­ there is a readiness on the part of which contain but do not stop the ality of membership may shock some for a serious call to disciple­ working of the wine. Each wine­ many indifferent members. If he ship.” skin has its limit of stretching; makes much progress he may It thus becomes imperative that the ever new wine does not. make some angry. When a church every part of the Church be The Ephesian church was ad­ begins to proclaim the kind of dis­ brought into contact with the new monished, “But speaking the truth cipleship to which we are called by wine of the Spirit and, in turn, in love, may [we] grow up into Christ in the Gospels, the opposi­ so structure that Church that it is him in all things, which is the tion does not come from totally in­ capable of being or becoming the head, even Christ: from whom the active members. It comes from new wineskin that is necessary to whole body, fitly joined together those who have some shallow com­ contain the new wine. From time and compacted by that which mitment to the church, and may to time, however, there must be every joint supplieth, according to even be quite active in the pro­ found new skins to hold the new the effectual working in the meas­ gram, but who do not want to be wine. ure of every part, maketh increase called to deeper commitment. With God’s help let us explore of the body unto the edifying of There is always resistance to any­ how the body of Christ can best itself in love” (4:15-16).

6 • HERALD OF HOLINESS Present Your Bodies...

• By Wil M. Spaite Chandler, Ariz.

t’s hard to keep pure at the boards, newspapers, and maga­ to our bodies such as alcohol, to­ electronics plant where I work,” zines. bacco, and narcotics. I a young married man shared The Bible is not silent concern­ Above all, we need to keep our with his pastor. ing the physical body and sex. bodies morally pure. The Bible Several of the great holiness texts says that our bodies really belong “Oh,” replied the minister, “do speak of the necessity of a clean to God. “Glorify God in your body, the fellows use immoral lan­ moral life. I Thessalonians 4:3 and in your spirit, which are guage?” reads, “For this is the will of God, God’s” (I Corinthians 6:20). “No,” the young man explained, even your sanctification, that ye Sex was God’s idea in the first “it’s not the guys so much as the should abstain from fornication.” place. He created it! He has put suggestive behavior of some of the The Apostle Paul urged the Ro­ the physical desire within us. It is women. And married women are man Christians to “. . . present normal and God-given. But it must the worst of all!” your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, be controlled. It is meant to be acceptable unto God . . .” the fulfillment of God’s design for What this man faced may not be What does it mean to present a man and a woman—within the as unusual a situation as we might one’s body to God? What is in­ marriage relationship. think. We live in a day of moral volved in the Christian’s use of his Second, DON’T ALLOW YOUR­ revolution. Pearl S. Buck, Nobel body? SELF TO GET INTO SITUA­ prizewinner and world traveler First, consciously acknowledge TIONS OF STRONG TEMPTA­ has stated, “No people in the world THAT WHAT YOU DO WITH TION. Paul pleaded with the have changed so much in the last YOUR BODY IS IMPORTANT Corinthians to “flee immorality 20 years as we Americans. No­ TO GOD. A true Christian believes like a disease.” where is that change more appar­ that his body belongs to God just Recently a man who had been ent than in the ethics of sex.” as much as does his mind. We unfaithful to his wife was defend­ Christians are no longer isolated should seek to keep our bodies in ing himself by saying to a friend, from this moral revolution. Chris­ good physical condition through “What would you have done had tians are increasingly facing it. proper diet and exercise. We must you been in my situation?” Today sex is displayed on TV, bill­ not indulge in those things harmful His friend replied, “I wouldn’t

OCTOBER 22, 1969 • 7 have allowed myself to get into your situation!” Sometimes, however, the temp­ tations cannot be avoided, such as at the place where one is em­ ployed. When this is the case, a consistent “no” to temptation is necessary. The young man at the electronics plant declared, “The Faith at Home women haven’t pestered me since I took a definite stand.” The Fear Chaser Third, THINK ABOUT THAT T was about 5:30 a.m. when the phone rang—and rang—and WHICH IS PURE. You cannot al­ rang! Befogged with sleep, I grabbed at the receiver blindly, mur­ ways avoid temptation by control­ muring under my breath, “Please don’t wake the baby. Please . . .” ling your environment. Strength (Nothing short of dynamite blasts would disturb the other chil­ must come from an inner control— Idren.) a thought life that is surrendered A hesitant voice sounded in my ear. “Mrs. Lee, is your boy to God. doing the paper route this morning?” God has so made our minds that “Why, yes—” we can only think of one thing “I just couldn’t believe it was Bill,” she went on. “I heard singing first. Then the paper plopped on the porch, so I looked out at a time. We cannot think of the the window. These two boys—” impure and the clean at the same “Two boys?” I interrupted. My husband, brows forming twin moment. Philippians 4:8 contains exclamation points, was at my side now. the secret to maintaining a heal­ “Yes,” she continued, “they were trudging along singing at thy moral attitude: “Whatsoever the top of their lungs. Later I heard them going up the street things are true, whatsoever things behind ours, so you know it was loud.” are honest, whatsoever things are I apologized for Bill and hung up, baffled. just, whatsoever things are pure When our son came in, he was startled to see us already up . . . think on these things.” drinking coffee. My husband explained the complaint to him. “We’d better Inner control and discipline will talk, Son.” enable a person to turn the TV to Groaning, Bill began, “Maybe it’s because of Halloween, but another station when shady or I think I see things moving behind the trees in the shadows. The downright immoral scenes appear. branches make creepy noises. Even the leaves on the ground What gets our minds will finally rattle in the wind behind me, like someone’s sneaking up. And get us. We can determine to feed did you know skreaky old bats zoom around here at night? One our minds on the pure and whole­ almost got me!” He took a much-needed breath. “Then yester­ some. day, when I stepped on this cat’s tail in the dark—” About this morning, Bill,” I reminded him. “Don’t tell me a Finally, YIELD YOUR WHOLE witch split you into a roving duet.” SELF TO BE CLEANSED BY “Oh. Well, Mom, I asked Jim to help ’cause nothing scares THE HOLY SPIRIT. Discipline is him. Only he did get scared and he said the best thing to do important. But no amount of dis­ was sing. I tried to make him stop, but he wouldn’t.” cipline can bring peace to a di­ Bill’s head bent; his eyes avoided ours. “So I finally sang vided heart where the carnal na­ with him. And I guess the scareder we got, the louder we sang. ture has not been cleansed. It did help . . .” A long silence followed, with each of us lost in his own sleepy, Everett Cattell, the Spirit-filled disordered thoughts. Quaker, has put it clearly in his Hearing, our Lord knew they were really soul-yearnings and helpful book, The Spirit of Holi­ prayers for guidance and answered. ness. He declares, “To try to dis­ My husband said, “From now on, Bill, pray with your cipline one’s life without first mouth—” having the pattern of life which re­ “And sing in your heart.” I finished. volved around self as a center The next morning there were again two news carriers—Bill eradicated by a surrender which and his dad. brings cleansing ... is futile and It never hurts to give faith a practical helping hand. doomed to defeat. . . . Sanctifica­ By Rosemary Lee tion is both crisis and process. . . . Worthington, Ohio There is no way to victory except a walk of carefulness under the Sanctification involves the sur­ to God? Does your body belong constant guidance and instant obe­ render of one’s whole self: spirit, to Him? dience to the Holy Spirit. Whether mind, and body. One teen-ager May the truth of the oft-quoted this seems hard or not, depends exclaimed, “I’ve committed my life verse, Romans 12:1, take on new largely on whether we have made to God before, but it never oc­ meaning in this day of decaying the great committal or not. ... To curred to me that this means pre­ morals, as you “. . . present your the unsurrendered it will seem senting my body to Him too!” bodies . . . holy, acceptable unto irksome and dreary indeed.” Have you ever yielded your body God ...” □

8 • HERALD OF HOLINESS uestionnaire was recently • By Morris Chalfant sent to several hundred col­ Evansville, Ind. A lege students asking them to state briefly their basic thoughts on life and its meaning. Of the many replies received, 60 percent answered with one word, “Fear.” The stress and tension under which our generation lives may spring from different causes, but the condition itself is not new. Centuries ago David, the Psalm­ ist, wrote, “My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearful­ ness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had Keeping Eyes on the wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and Sunrise remain in the wilderness. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest” (Psalms 55: whatsoever a man soweth, that Francisco east to Kansas City, it 4-8). shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). had been an extremely rough trip, David’s soul cry could have And man instinctively knows that and nearly every passenger on the come from the hearts of millions of he will reap for his sowing, re­ plane had been sick. twentieth-century moderns who gardless of the psychological tricks At Kansas City, very early in the morning a fine-looking, ma­ are despondent, deeply troubled, he tries to play on himself. and fearful. Fear can perform a good func­ ture, gray-haired lady got on the tion. God put it within us to check plane. She heard the passengers Nearly a million Americans are us on the path that is taking us tell about how sick they had been confined in mental institutions. to destruction. So the antidote to for hours, and what a rough trip Our hospitals are full and doc­ fear is not boldness or courage, it was. But she only smiled kindly tors’ waiting rooms crowded. It but love—love for God. The Bible and confidently, as if to say, “But has been estimated that mental, says, “There is no fear in love; but I don’t expect to be sick.” emotional, and spiritual problems perfect love casteth out fear: be­ Soon the plane took off again, rather than organic disorders ac­ cause fear hath torment. He that just as the sun was coming up. No count for the illness of more than feareth is not made perect in love” sooner had the plane reached fly­ 85 percent of those seeking medi­ (I John 4:18). ing level than the roughness of the cal help. Fear of the wrong kind is faith flight was resumed. The plane be­ In our lifetime the manufacture in reverse. It is faith in evil. Fear gan dropping and regaining alti­ of sleeping pills and tranquilizers is evil because it destroys faith. It tude just like an elevator in a sky­ has become a multimillion-dollar is destructive to the body, mind, scraper. And almost immediately business. One-sixth of all Ameri­ and spirit of man. A person filled all the passengers were sick all cans now use these pills in vain with fear loses his peace and his over again. However, the gray­ efforts to produce instant oblivion joy and has no strength to do the haired lady sat calmly and undis­ or instant happiness. will of God. Moreover, if fear real­ turbed. The reason then why many peo­ ly gains possession of a person, it Dr. Stidger’s friend, sitting be­ ple become prisoners of fear and enables Satan to bring upon him side the calm lady, finally said to are living miserable lives is be­ the very thing he fears. her: “I’m surprised that you don’t cause they fear man and not God. A man who is fearful brings con­ get airsick.” To conquer the kind of fear that demnation on his soul, for fear sig­ She turned to him, smiled gra­ haunts you and makes you des­ nifies he does not trust or believe ciously, and said: “I have a pre­ perately unhappy, you must fear the Word of God. In Revelation ventative for airsickness this God and not man. 21:8 we read that the fearful and morning.” Psychiatrists and psychologists unbelieving shall have their part in “For goodness’ sake, what is it?” are doing a booming business, and the lake of fire along with the asked the gentleman beside her. they have a function to perform. worst criminals. If we will recog­ “Tell me, so that I can try it.” But they can never permanently nize our fears as sin, we may ac­ She replied confidently: “I keep help the person who is trying to cept God’s remedy and so be de­ my eyes on the sunrise.” bypass his conscience. They can livered from them. If we would get the best of fear never give peace and joy to the The late Dr. William Stidger we must keep our eyes on Jesus person who practices sin. once told the story of a transconti­ Christ—our spiritual Sunrise—“the The Bible says, “Be not de­ nental plane ride taken by one of Sun of righteousness,” who arises ceived; God is not mocked; for his business friends. From San “with healing in his wings.” □ OCTOBER 22, 1969 • 9 Editorially Speaking

This sounds simple, but it isn’t easy. Unfor­ No Substitute for Honesty tunately, most of us are masters of the dubious More and more, students of human nature are art of deceiving ourselves. coming to see that failure to be completely hon­ We find it much easier to excuse ourselves than est is a regular mare’s nest of emotional and to excuse others. Our tendency is to rationalize spiritual disorders. Great numbers of people live in our own attitudes and actions what we con­ in the lurking fear of exposure—that someone demn in those around us. will get behind the mask or the front and find Our first steps toward transparency come when out what kind of people they really are. we determine to be honest with ourselves at any This is a devastating way to live. It keeps its cost. Sometimes the cost is high—bitter tears of victims constantly on the defensive. They become humiliation, a chastened and subdued spirit, the belligerent, hard to get along with, eager for end of the last vestige of self-dependence. But credit when things go right but unwilling to ac­ the reward is great. cept responsibility when things go wrong. After honesty with ourselves is honesty before No man was made to live on a pedestal, wheth­ God. Reason tells us that God knows us alto­ er it be one of his own erecting or one on which gether. But reason must become realization, and he thinks others have placed him. we tell on ourselves before the Lord what we It is really hard to know how much bogus piety recognize that He knows already. is the result of greater concern for what people This is what “confession” is. The very word think of us than for what God knows us to be. means “to speak the same thing,” “to assent, ac­ We should rightly be jealous for our reputations, cord, agree with.” since influence rests on reputation as much as on anything else. But even more important than in­ We have reacted strongly against the glib con­ fluence with men is character before God. fession of “sin” that is part of some forms of re­ This is not a plea for what Tom Howard has ligious worship. Made with no sincere purpose called “spiritual nudism.” It is not necessary to of amendment of life, it is little less than flaunt­ shout one’s secret failings from the housetops. But ing one’s sins in the face of God. no one is either psychologically or spiritually safe But there is another kind of confession that is until he reaches the place where he is not afraid always in order in worship both public and pri­ of having anyone know the truth about him. vate. It is the sincere confession of dependence, Whatever else is^nvolved, this is at least part of helplessness, of self-abnegation, of utter reli­ of the meaning of the Psalmist’s prayer, “Cleanse ance on the goodness and grace of God. thou me from secret faults” (Psalms 19:12). Careful readers will note that the word “faults” WHEN WE ARE HONEST with ourselves and is in italic print in the King James Version. This with God, we can be honest with others. We can means that there is no word in the original Scrip­ admit mistakes and accept responsibility for fail­ ture text corresponding to “faults.” ure. We need no longer contend for the myth of The Hebrew text of this psalm quite literally our own infallibility. We can say without stutter­ reads, “Cleanse thou me from hidden—.” Hidden ing, “I’m sorry; I was wrong.” what? Hidden anything. Only the grace of God can enable us to “be­ This is what we mean by “transparent hon­ come as little children.” Otherwise we keep wear­ esty.” There really isn’t any other kind. ing “the king’s new clothes.” Such radical honesty has three directions: in­ Most of us have probably chuckled at the Hans ward, with ourselves; upward, with God; and Christian Andersen tale of the two rascals who outward, toward others. offered to weave for the king a fabric invisible to all except those who were honest and loyal men. ALL HONESTY BEGINS with oneself. We can Nobody could see the “new clothes” but nobody be honest with neither God nor man until we dared admit that he couldn’t see them. The king are honest with ourselves. himself dared not admit that the robes were in­

to • HERALD OF HOLINESS visible to him. The charade of pretense and de­ living out of the manufacture of suspicion. Be­ ceit went on until a small child said in a voice cause they come in the name of Christ, we are loud enough to be heard by all, “Look, Ma, he apt to give greater credence to their suspicions doesn’t have anything on.” than the facts warrant. But our laughter at the gullible king and his Innuendo, misrepresentation, distortion, and hypocritical courtiers takes on a hollow ring outright deceit are the stock-in-trade of these when we look in the mirror. There are too many brethren. They do not often lie in so many words. uncomfortable applications of this story to life as They lie by use of the half-truth, the statement we know it. taken out of context, words twisted just enough The Psalmist who prayed the prayer, “Cleanse to give a false impression. thou me from hidden—,” also said to the Lord, Almost without exception, suspicion-mongers “Thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in are busybodies “in other men’s matters” (I Peter the hidden part thou shalt make me to know 4:15). They are self-appointed keepers of other wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be men’s vineyards; but like the maiden in the Song clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” of Solomon, their own vineyards they have not (Psalms 51:6-7). kept. This is what God wants and what people want: The effects of suspicion are difficult to correct. “truth in the inward parts.” The reason is that When confidence is destroyed and faith in lead­ there is just no substitute for honesty. O ership eroded, it is almost impossible to restore it completely. As Dr. Tozer suggests, w£ may be watchful without becoming suspicious. We may stand against the enemies of the Cross without seeing The Shadow of Suspicion enemies where none exist. We must not only keep our system of theology The dark shadow of suspicion is easy to cast but straight; we must keep our spirits sweet. Truly, hard to dispel. Satan cares little whether we stray away after a We have all seen its evil work in destroy­ false doctrine or just turn sour. Either way he ing confidence, undermining trust, and bringing wins. □ alienation between brethren. There is a kind of suspicion which is purely carnal. It is part and parcel of the defective love of an unsanctified heart. Paul makes this point in his great “Hymn to Love” as the “more excellent way” in I Corinthi­ Fixed in God ans 13:5-6 when he says that love “thinketh no evil” and “rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth Our faith is fixed in God above, in the truth.” Whatever may betide. Perfect love does not ponder or peddle the He is our Saviour, Lord, our All; record of the wrongs of others. It draws the veil In Him we do abide! of charity over what it does not understand. But there is also a kind of suspicion to which Our feet are fixed upon the Rock; even the pure in heart are susceptible. It lies in His promises are sure. the very tendency to be “unsuspicious of suspi­ Our never failing Friend is He; cion,” to accept at face value what it hears be­ In Him we are secure! cause the word originates with those who operate under the banner of the God of truth. Our eyes are fixed upon His face, The late A. W. Tozer gave us a warning we Most wondrous to behold; need very much to hear. We go wrong, he said, The joys we know while kneeling there “when in our effort to be watchful we become Have never half been told! suspicious. Because there are many adversaries the temptation is to see enemies where none exist. Our hearts are fixed upon the Truth, Because we are in conflict with error we tend The Life, the Light, the Way; to develop a spirit of hostility to everyone who He'll guide us through this life, and then disagrees with us on anything. Satan cares little Into eternal day! whether we go astray after a false doctrine or Pearl Reeves merely turn sour. Either way he wins.” Oregon City, Ore. WE JUST HAVE TO FACE the hard fact that there are those in our day who make a very fat

OCTOBER 22, 1969 • 11 MINNEAPOLIS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM. Over 5,000 assemble to study nitty-gritty problems of reaching others.

FIRST US. CONGRESS ON EVANGELISM UNITES 5,000 IN TASK OF SOUL WINNING

• By George L. Smith Office editor

t never happened before. tral fact that the gospel of Jesus the gospel of Jesus Christ as Lord It was the largest interdenomi­ Christ has power to save people in and Saviour” (Joe T. Odle). nationalI evangelical conference in this age, and that faith in Jesus Top leaders and writers in the our nation’s history. Christ is the way of salvation for evangelical field occupied speak­ Five thousand delegates, repre­ all,” and, “To teach believers how ers’ places—Dr. Paul S. Rees, Dr. senting 93 denominations from 50 to do evangelism in the power of Leighton Ford, Evangelist Tom states, converged upon Minneapolis the Holy Spirit.” Skinner, Dr. Harold Lindsell, Dr. the week of September 8-13, not Richard Halvorson, Dr. Nelson Trout, to discuss church unification, nor True to the Word Dr. Ford Philpot, Dr. Stephen Olford, Dr. Myron Augsburger, Senator Mark doctrine, nor legislation, nor pro­ The Congress maintained a Hatfield, Dr. Walter Judd, Dr. Ira motion, nor business, but to find conservative, evangelical tone throughout, and “never for a sin­ Galloway, Archbishop Marcus Loane, out better ways to reach the na­ Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, Dr. Harold tion for Jesus Christ. gle moment was there the slightest Ockenga, Dr. W. A. Criswell, Mr. Not overlooked at the Congress, question of the authority of the in fact the one aspect of soul win­ Bible as the inspired Word of ning most often mentioned as an God, or of Jesus Christ as the di­ absolute prerequisite for effective vine Son of God. Neither was there evangelism, was the need for deep­ ever a doubt that speakers be­ ening of the spiritual life of the lieved that all men are lost with­ churches and the fullness of the out Christ, and that the major task Holy Spirit. of the church is to carry to them Indeed the Congress saw the be­ ginning of fulfillment of its 10- point statement of purpose issued KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Oswald C. J. prior to the assembly (see August Hoffmann didn't pull punches, and won 5,000 hearts with his warm, 27 Herald), especially of points one evangelical spirit as he presided and four: “To witness to the cen- throughout the Congress.

12 • HERALD OF HOLINESS PRESS CONFERENCE with Dr. Hoffmann and Dr. Graham. U.S. CONGRESS PLATFORM. Honorary Chairman Billy Herald reporter observed them as men of humility and Graham extends official welcome. compassion.

Keith Miller, Mrs. Billy Graham, Mrs. odology,” noting that the disciples er role to play in the solving of the [ William Bright, and such outstanding and the Early Church accomplished racial and other social issues of our musicians as Cliff Barrows, Jimmie a superior task with no help from day, and that the liberals would not [McDonald, Edward Berryman, George technology. be making such political “hay” of Beverly Shea, and John Peterson. Graham added that he was pleased these issues if the evangelicals were I Honorary chairman and one of the with the acceptance by the delegates more involved in the problem. Per­ I principal speakers was Dr. Billy of the idea that such a congress as haps the social aspect of the gospel Graham. Platform chairman and this should never be “organized” nor was overemphasized at times, but in [chairman of the National Committee speak “officially” for evangelical the main, speakers zeroed in on the [was Dr. Oswald C. J. Hoffmann; Protestantism, and predicted that an­ transforming power of the gospel of [chairman of the executive and pro­ other World Congress on Evange­ Christ as the remedy for even our so­ gram committee was Rev. Paul P. lism—larger than either the Berlin cial ills. Fryhling. Congress in 1966 or the U.S. Congress An eloquent, young, black evange­ here in 1969—would be held in per­ list, 27-year-old Tom Skinner, of New Keynoter Hits Hard haps two years, York, challenged white Christians to In his keynote address, Dr. Hoff­ be ready to die for the cause of mann, internationally known “Lu­ racial equality. Skinner expressed the theran Hour” speaker—a true evan­ hope that “this U.S. Congress on gelical, warm, witty, and winsome— Evangelism can give the momentum said, “This is no time to fool around. and direction for evangelism in this I.. . The church will make little or no country.” He urged a special demon­ contribution to our world if it does stration of concern toward blacks. not . . . take the Good News of Jesus “There are 25 million people out to heart, and then to tell people by there waiting to see what we will do,” every means of Jesus Christ, the he said. Saviour of all men, and to bring “Evangelism is the love of God in them by the power of the Spirit of action,” said Dr. Myron Augsburger, God to the obedience of faith in president of Eastern Mennonite Col­ Christ.” lege, in his public message. He cited It was a vibrant message, described a personal confrontation with a young as one that “sounded strangely like Marxist who had told him, “The

Martin Luther speaking his salty BLACK EVANGELIST TOM SKINNER only Christian I take seriously is the prose to the twentieth century.” Con­ received a one-minute standing ova­ one that tries to convert me. All tinued Hoffmann, “Christ is every­ tion during his message. others have nothing to offer.” thing to us, and He can be—He will be—everything to you. ... We are 190 Nazarene Delegates not here to fumigate the church, Dr. John L. Knight, general secre­ but to invigorate it.” Afternoon workshops—over 40— tary of the Department of Evange­ In a press conference, Dr. Hoff­ covering every conceivable aspect of lism of the Church of the Nazarene, mann said that the purpose of the evangelism and conducted by out­ headed a delegation of 190 Nazarenes Congress, an outgrowth of the 1966 standing leaders, greatly strength­ at the Congress, the fifth largest dele­ World Congress in Berlin, was also ened the practical effect of the Con­ gation of any denominational group, to help dispel the “bad odor” that gress. There were also noon meet­ evangelism has in many places. “We ings each day on the First National are not self-righteous snobs,” he said. Bank plaza, when church and lay “We don’t want everyone to become leaders from across the nation spoke, sang, and gave testimonies. 161 NAZARENES gathered Friday eve­ like us; we want them to become ning at Minneapolis First Church for like Him. We are not saying that A Friday evening youth rally at the Minneapolis Armory attracted a a fellowship supper. Speaker was there is no hope. What we are say­ Dr. Russell V. DeLong (left). Seated ing is that the world’s only hope is crowd of 17,000, nearly twice as many next is Dr. John L. Knight, chairman, Christ.” as the armory would hold. and secretary of the Department of A two-day program for women in­ Evangelism. Graham Speaks to Press cluded a luncheon, lectures, and sem­ At the press conference Evangelist inars. Billy Graham noted that churches Face the Social Issue are doing poorly in evangelism “be­ Black and white speakers alike cause we are dependent upon meth­ agreed that evangelicals have a great­ and the highest of any denomination week, when he said, “I want to go in percent of quota registered. out of this Congress to do something Knight, a member of the 55- for Jesus Christ. But I am keenly A CHRISTMAS member national committee, stated aware that, before I can do some­ BONUS* ttfia^- that he came away from this great thing, I must be something. I cannot Congress “thanking God for the peo­ be something until I am filled with Waiti ng ple called Nazarenes, but keenly the Holy Spirit.” R^J aware that as a church we must And all the people (including the for YOU g| broaden and lengthen our outreach Nazarenes) said, “Amen.” □ in the and accelerate our speed in doing so. This we can do without changing our NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICT message. Indeed, it is clear to us PLANS "INVASION" Christmas Gift Selector that our message meets the need of The twenty-ninth annual assembly Mailed to all this age. Only we must move for­ of the North Carolina District, held Herald of Holiness subscribers October 20. ward with faith and courage, know­ in Hendersonville First Church, was An enjoyable, relaxing way to Christmas-shop! ing God is with us. I believe we will, challenged by District Superintendent Gifts for pastor...missionary and HYPS presi­ by God’s help!” Terrell C. Sanders, Jr., as he present­ dent... SS superintendent... teachers and One of the Nazarene delegates, ed plans to invade a number of North pupils... many relatives... special friends. Bennett Dudney, director of Chris­ Carolina cities with the gospel and tian Service Training, observed, “It begin Nazarene works in these areas. * Free books with orders over $5.00. was a heartwarming experience. The highlight of the assembly came Leaders in various denominations on Wednesday night, according to the tendent, presented at the twelfth an­ proclaimed the need of repentance, assembly reporter, Ira E. Fowler: nual assembly of the Joplin District being converted, and being filled “The glory of the Lord filled the held at Carthage (Mo.) First Church. with the Holy Spirit. This has been place. A score were on their feet Thirty-two churches reached the 10 our reason for existence. I came shouting and praising God. It seemed percent level in giving for missions, away feeling that, although we Naza­ that God had honored the call to and the district itself was a 10 per­ renes have learned how to make the holy living and soul winning that had cent district. ‘inward journey’ of Christian experi­ been presented by General Superin­ Highlights of the assembly includ­ ence, we have much to learn in the tendent Eugene L. Stowe and Dis­ ed a 22-voice district youth choir on ‘outward journey’ of confrontation of trict Superintendent Sanders. ... It home missions night and the message the world with Jesus Christ. We looks as if it will be a very hard of Dr. Raymond Hum, executive sec­ have been raised up for such a day year on the devil in North Carolina!” retary of the Department of Home as this.” Dr. Stowe ordained three ministers Missions. into the eldership—L. K. Fannin, Carl Dr. V. H. Lewis was presiding gen­ What Shall We Do About It? Sherman, and William T. Sessoms. eral superintendent—“Truly a great The final commitment service on Election: Advisory Board—Revs. Wil­ leader in every respect,” said the re­ Saturday morning conducted by Billy liam H. Benson and Wyatt Gentry, and porter. Dr. Lewis ordained James L. Graham ended with a prayer service lay members Landin Barlow and Odie Page: NWMS president, Mrs. Terrell C. Sanders, J. Maston Emmert, and Bev­ as the entire assemblage in the vast Sanders, Jr.: NYPS president, Rev. Larry erly Joe Meade. municipal auditorium went to its D. Smith; Church Schools chairman, Rev. Dr. Lewis challenged the assembly Asa Sparks. knees in response to Graham’s appeal to witness and work with courage for consecration to Christ and the and confidence. “The urgency of the task of reaching the lost for Christ. JOPLIN DISTRICT INCREASES GIVING hour is greater than ever before,” he This moving climax had been pre­ said. “The kingdoms of this world ceded by a stirring message by Dr. A total of $740,000 was raised for all are in jeopardy; but the Kingdom we Harold Lindsell, editor of Christianity purposes—an increase of $40,000 over serve shall never fail.” Today, which succinctly epitomized last year—according to the report of Reelected as NWMS president was Mrs. the pulse and spirit of that wonderful Dr. Dean Baldwin, district superin­ Dean Baldwin. Rev. Doug Mills was

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Let God tell you what He wants YOU to do in the Thanksgiving Offering for WORLD EVANGELISM elected to head the NYPS, and Rev. Bob The district superintendent noted in Jndley is Church Schools chairman. El­ his report that the number of mem­ lers elected to the advisory board were lev. J. R. Smith and Rev. Wendell Paris; bers received by profession of faith— aymen, Don Van Dyne and A. R. Mot- 317—was 60 above a year ago. A gain ey. □ was also revealed in total giving figures, a total of $669,245 being raised OUTH ADVANCE IN —up over $30,000. The district was OUTHEAST OKLAHOMA 10.4 percent in missionary giving and Excerpts from the report of District paid 90 percent of its NMBF budget. A program was launched to raise $10,000 for home missions pastors’ salaries. Presiding General Superintendent George Coulter ordained Jesse LeRoy Spradling and William Cole. The advisory board consists of Rev. Ger­ ald Green, Rev. Wayne Gash, I. L. Stivers, and C. R. Sawrie. Mrs. Thomas Hermon was unanimously reelected president of the NWMS, and Rev. Jay Ahleman was elected to head up the NYPS. Church schools chairman is Rev. Charles Kir­ by. □

FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR WHITE IN NEW YORK ENTERING THE KINGDOM By G. Frederick Owen The sixty-second assembly of the Man is a questing creature. New York District was held in Pater­ Deep down in his heart is a yearn­ son, N.J. Dr. Edward Lawlor pre­ ing for God. Seeking fulfillment sided over the assembly with warmth of that longing men have tor­ and blessing. tured the flesh, sought solitude, The unity of the district was seen bowed down to idols of wood, in the unanimous one-year vote given stone, and metal, worshipped the to Rev. Jack H. White, and in the sun, sought refuge in intellectual near-unanimous four-year term he pursuits, engaged in good deeds was given as district superintendent. —all to no avail as the soul hun­ The district is a 10.3 percent dis­ gers on. trict for world evangelism. For the "What shall I do to be saved?” sixth consecutive year the educational is still the big question of every budget was paid in full. unregenerate heart. For the va­ Elected to elder’s orders and or­ SOUTH ARKANSAS REELECTS grant, the moral man, the intel­ dained by Dr. Lawlor was Ronald M. HERMON FOR FOUR YEARS lectual-all are lost without the Adams. The credentials of Rev. Ed­ right answer to this momentous With only three negative votes na M. West were recognized. query. And the solution to the Clarence Jacobs and Arthur Hughes were elected to the advisory board as elders, problem is so simple, the remedy and Raymond Reed and Lee Shevel were so unfailing, the results so glori­ elected lay members of the board. Depart­ ous! ment leaders elected were Mrs. Mary White, NWMS president; Rev. David Way- There are many answers given man, NYPS president; and Rev. Neale O. but the only one ever found ef­ McLain, church schools chairman—Arthur fective is recorded in God's Word. Hughes, reporter. □ Based on this authoritative Source and backed by years of experience in the ministry, Dr. Owen discusses this inherent and universal longing for peace with God. He tells in simple, non- Oh, For a Thousand Tongues theological terms how to enter the Kingdom. And as a sort of A meaningful way to become better acquainted with clincher he records examples of one of the great hymns of Christendom.* Feature individuals who have been trans­ it during NOVEMBER in your music program with formed by power divine. the arrangements found in these publications. A worthwhile book for the per­ ♦For Hymn Story, see November Nazarene Preacher. sonal worker, and as a guide to a seeking soul you’ll riALBUM—Includes 22 outstanding arrangements by Paul Mickelson for mixed voices...... $1.25 For MALE VOICES Order from your MALE QUARTET—Includes 73 quartet favorites compiled by David L. Ives.. $1.00 For PIANO NAZARENE THE CHAPEL PIANIST, Book 1—Includes 13 simplified hymn transcriptions ar­ ranged by Eleanor Pankow...... $1.75 Publishing House Prices slightly higher outside the continental United States

NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE Pasadena 91104 KANSAS CITY 64141 Toronto 9 MOVING MINISTERS Howard Sayes from Portales, N.M., to Peabody College. NEWS OF RELIGION J. William Selvidge from Greenfield (Ind.) Grace to Brownsburg, Ind. Aubrey D. Smith from Donalsonville, You Should Know About ... | Ga., to Macon (Ga.) Shurlington. Asa Sparks from Greensboro, N.C., to Gastonia, N.C. James Staggs from Cookeville, Tenn., to Allardt (Tenn.) Pleasant. “DON’T BE OVERAWED BY MEN IN PUBLIC OFFICE,” HATFIELD TELLS PREACHERS. Senator Mark Hatfield (R.-Ore.), during his address to the VITAL STATISTICS U.S. Congress on Evangelism in Minneapolis, expressed mixed feelings DEATHS about worship services conducted in the White House. JAMES M. HOFFPAUIR, 24, was killed Aug. 5 in a motorcycle accident in Kansas City, Kans. “It’s great to have this kind of focus in the White House," he said. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Everette "Other activities have been held there which haven’t always been up­ Baker and Rev. C. C. Fulton. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; two daughters, Cindy and Mieshell; building to the spirit of our nation. I only hope that those who speak and his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Adam E. there have no reservations about the President sitting on the front row. MRS. MILDRED TOOLEY, 58, died Aug. 16 in Independence, Kans. Funeral services were conducted "It is interesting that in every service which I’ve attended the by Rev. Glenn Slater. Interment was in Elk City, preacher changed his text or went out of his way to pay a compliment Kans. Surviving are her husband, B. J.; and one daughter, Mrs. Joyce Baumgartner. to Mr. Nixon. People tend to be overawed with men in public office, MRS. ELLA L. YATES, 87, died May 3 in and if this hinders men from bringing a spiritual message, we shouldn’t Chrisman, III. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Cecil H. Carroll. She is survived by four sons, have such services. I feel that people called upon to preach are to Harmon Lee, Charles Elmer, Wilbur W., and John speak from the Word of God and minister to spiritual needs." Russell; a daughter, Mrs. Imogene Starr; 12 grand­ children; and 17 great-grandchildren. Hatfield, answering questions on church evangelism and/or social HARRY E. YATES, 81, died May 5 in Danville, action, said, interestingly, that it is not a matter of priority, but that III. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Lena May Peters and Rev. William Wells in Chrisman, III. personal involvement in the combination of evangelism and social ac­ He is survived by his wife, Orlia; five sons, Fred, tion was the answer. Harry E., Rev. Roy, Jim, and Dennis Wallace; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Ijams and Ruth Sanders. “Christ is our Example,” he said. "He made the blind to see, the MRS. DORCAS EDITH (DAISY) LESTER, 91, died lame to walk; He fed the starving, but He also told Nicodemus that July 4 in Oskaloosa, la. Funeral services were con­ ducted by Rev. James Qiehl. She is survived by a he must be born again or he would never see the kingdom of God. son, Evangelist Fred R.; a daughter, Margarite H. “The Church must proclaim the spiritual news of salvation; no other Howarth; and four grandchildren. institution or organization will. But,” he added, “we won’t make headway ORA D. POWERS, 69, died Aug. 7 in Louisville, Ky. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Oren with a person who has an empty stomach and a great social deprivation D. Thrasher and J. C. Roberts. Survivors are his by saying to him, ‘Don’t be concerned about your stomach; I want to wife; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Shown and Mrs. Richard Mottilla; 12 grandchildren; and three great­ tell you about eternal life.’” □ grandchildren. REV. WESLEY MARTIN, 87, died Sept. 10 in PENTECOST BEFORE CALVARY? During the past three years more than Anderson, Ind. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. Leo C. Davis. Surviving are three sons, Frank, 10,000 Roman Catholics in the U.S. have had Pentecostal-type experi­ Rev. Jesse, and Clifford; one daughter, Mrs. Grace ences, according to Dr. David duPlessis, unrelenting promoter and ob­ Kindred; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grand­ children. server of this type of renewal. DEWEY LOCKE, 71, died Aug. 11 in Winter Park, He said these experiences include baptism in the Holy Spirit and Ind. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. David Warren and Dr. C. Philips. He is survived by his “speaking in tongues.” wife, Chloe; two sons, Robert and Kenneth; one Attending the U.S. Congress on Evangelism, Dr. duPlessis was heard daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Cooper; 16 grandchildren; five great-chiIdre'n; and one brother. to say the charismatic renewal movement has reached dimensions no BIRTHS one could have predicted 10 years ago. He credited the Second Vatican —to Rev. and Mrs. David N. Good, Larimore, N.D., Council with producing openness to the movement among Catholics. a boy, Dwight Neal, Sept. 15. —to Rev. and Mrs. LaVerne D. and LaVelle According to his figures, more than 2,000 Protestant clergymen in (Bickford) Wilson, Englewood, Colo., a boy, Brian denominations affiliated with the National Council of Churches also Kurt, Aug. 12. —to Stuart and Julia Ann (Speck) Kaney, Jack­ have had Pentecostal experiences. sonville, Fla., a boy, Benjamin Mark, July 17. This to many raises the question of whether it is possible for men —to George and Betty Swinehart, Jacksonville, to receive a “Pentecostal" experience before they accept and experience Fla., a girl, Janet Danise, Ji^ 27. —to Gene and Connie (Go^on) Glenn, Jackson­ the biblical prerequisite of the new birth. □ ville, Fla., a girl, Lori Gaye, Sept. 3. ADOPTED LUTHERANS INTRODUCE BIBLE-BASED SEX EDUCATION COURSE. —by Kenneth and Phyllis (Pannecouk) Schall, Hundreds of congregations of the American Lutheran church will offer a Kankakee, III., a boy, Scott Alan, June 27. new senior high school sex-education course that draws heavily on the MARRIAGES Miss Sheryl Houser, Lombard, III., and Daniel Bible. Slater, Independence, Kans., in Independence, Kans., The course emphasizes sexuality as a "gift of God” and stresses the Aug. 15. Miss Sharon Kay Townsend and William Kuhl non-biological aspects of sex, according to the Rev. Norman Wegmeyer, Turner in Jacksonville, Fla., July 26. ALC parish education leadership development director. Miss Janice Rae Wickens, Carmichael, Calif., and Daryl Lynn Goodwin, Arcata, Calif., at North High­ Materials for the 13-session course include a 95-page instructor's lands, Calif., July 25. guide, student texts, pamphlets and folders, a series of pictures, wall Miss Linda Peterman, Walla Walla, Wash., and charts, and suggestions for supplementing these with magazine articles, Jeffrey M. Dunlap, Sitka, Alaska, in Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 30. works of art, and literature. Miss Sherry Storey, Kannapolis, N.C., to James Response, according to Mr. Wegmeyer, has been "most positive." Ballard, at Kannapolis, N.C., Aug. 9. Miss Dorothy Dixon, Kannapolis, N.C., to David He said teacher training for the course is the most comprehensive of Beaver, at Kannapolis, N.C., Sept. 21. any undertaken by the ALC. □ IT SAYS HERE—"When anybody says, ‘Needless to say you know DIRECTORIES he is going to tell you.”—“Quote.” □ BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS—Office: 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City 64131. V. H. Lewis, Chairman; George Coulter, Vice-chairman; Edward Lawlor, Secretary; Orville W. Jenkins; Eugene L. Stowe; Samuel Young.

16 • HERALD OF HOLINESS and Rev. David E. Sparks is song evangelist. For further information, write to Rev. Clifton T. Matthews, Church of the Nazarene, 2650 W. Wil­ son Ave., Bellmore, N.Y. 11710. □ NORTHWESTERN OHIO district young adults sponsored a retreat on TAIWAN COUNCIL MEETS the campus of MVNC recently. The The beautiful Taiwan Nazarene Bi­ weekend accomplished two purposes: ble College on the hill of Kuan Tu getting to know the college better, DR. V. H. LEWIS, general superin­ was the scene of our 1969 annual and being spiritually fed. The in­ tendent, with Rev. and Mrs. Ignatius Taiwan field mission council meeting. structive and Spirit-filled messages of Chavunduka. Mr. Chavunduka is the Field Superintendent Rev. George Rev. Ed Hundley, of Columbus, Ohio, first national worker to be ordained to the ministry in the Church of the Rench officiated with ease and excel­ added much to the success of the Nazarene in Rhodesia, where he pas­ lence. theme, “The Old-time Religion.” C tors the Kumbuzuma Church in Salis­ Challenging devotionals were bury. Dr. Lewis ordained Mr. Cha­ brought by Revs. John Holstead, John DR. AND MRS. L. T. CORLETT, vunduka when he visited Rhodesia in Clayton, Phillip Kellerman, and of Altadena, Calif., celebrated their September in connection with his su­ George Rench. golden wedding anniversary Septem­ pervision of mission fields in central Reports and statistics showed gains ber 12. Dr. Corlett was president of and southern Africa. in every department. Most impor­ Nazarene Theological Seminary for 16 tant, a spiritual growth was felt years. C throughout the year.—Mrs. Darlene MRS. KATHERINE NEASE, of Pla­ NEWS OF REVIVAL Kellerman, council secretary. □ centia, Calif., widow of former Gen­ REV. CHARLES IDE and the Col­ eral Superintendent Orval J. Nease, legians from Olivet Nazarene College, ENROLLMENTS UP 1.5% was honored September 27 on the Kankakee, Ill., recently conducted The latest incomplete enrollment occasion of her eightieth birthday. profitable revival services in Lansing figures from the Nazarene colleges Her many friends will be happy to (Mich.) church. A Saturday night know that Mrs. Nease is enjoying a teen emphasis saw 115 teen-age young remarkable recovery from her severe people in the service with many find­ stroke encountered over a year and ing Christ as a personal Saviour. Rev. a half ago. She is now actively heal­ David K. Ehrlin is the pastor □ thy in every way except for the re­ stricted use of her right hand. C DR. HAROLD W. REED, president of Olivet Nazarene College, reports REV. J. MELTON an unusually fruitful college revival with General Superintendent Eugene L. Stowe and Singer Gene Braun as workers. Dr. Reed’s telegram states, “On Thursday evening there was no preaching as students sought God and found Him and another group re­ placed those who had found victory. The prayers of God’s people are being answered.” O

OF PEOPLE AND PLACES MR. RICHARD SNOW, member of THE METROPOLITAN HOLINESS the Clovis, N.M., church, has been ASSOCIATION will hold its annual elected national treasurer of the convention at the Richmond Hill American College of Nursing Home Church of the Nazarene, 95th Avenue Administrators. He is scheduled to and 108th Street, Richmond Hill, N.Y., become the administrator of Bresee November 4-9. Towers in Pasadena, Calif., early next Dr. Russell V. DeLong is evangelist year. □

REV. AND MRS. G. M. AKIN, of Min­ Others Need den, La., on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Mrs. Akin is also an ordained minister, and was 91 in September. Mr. Akin is 88. Open house sponsored by the Minden church brought many friends REV. AND MRS. DAVID HEAPS and and relatives to the home. family have postered the Hazelwood, N.C., church while Mr. Heaps studies in preparation for medical missionary LIFE service. Mrs. Heaps is a trained THANKSGIVING OFFERING nurse. The church, which had been for World Evangelism without a pastor, has made substan­ tial gains. Mr. Heaps is a native of Birkenhead, England.

OCTOBER 22, 1969 • 17 Next Sunday's Lesson The Answer Corner

By W. E. McCumber

REFORMS AMONG GOD'S PEOPLE Conducted by W. T. Purkiser, Editor (October 26) Matthew 12:8 states, “For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.’ Scripture: II Kings 18:1-8; 22—23; Which day of the week is he referring to? Jeremiah 25:1-7 (Printed: II Kings 18: 1-6; 23:21-25) The next day after six days of work, day after six days of work and literally Golden Text: Isaiah 55:7 as far as the weekly Sabbath is con­ fulfilled the fourth commandment, cerned. which does not specify Saturday or the Israel’s doom shook up Judah. The The Son of Man is Lord of all Sab­ seventh day of a weekly cycle but simply southern kingdom had brief reforms baths. Sabbath means "cessation, rest.” the seventh day after six days of work. under good kings, but finally suc­ There were many Sabbaths in New The Greek of Matthew 28:1 literally cumbed to evil and went into exile. Testament times, as throughout the speaks of the “first day sabbath.” 1. The instrument of reform history of Judaism whenever the Mo­ So the Son of Man is Lord of the The reforms under Hezekiah (II saic law was followed (Romans 14:5-6; Saturday Sabbath of the Jews, and the Kings 18:1-8) and Josiah (II Kings Colossians 2:16-17). For example, Le­ Sunday Sabbath of the Christians. He 22—23) resulted from a rediscovery viticus 23:39 says, “On the first day is also Lord of the Sabbath of those of God’s written Word—“the book of shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth present-day Christians who try to keep the law”—and a humble acceptance day shall be a sabbath.” part of what they imagine is the Sab­ of the living voice of God—the proph­ The early Christians regarded the bath law of the Old Testament (that is, ets. Every genuine reformation of first day of the weekly cycle as the as far as the day of the week is con­ God’s people results from a renewed "Lord’s day” (Revelation 1:10). For cerned) while ignoring the rest of it obedience to His Word. Gentile Christians, it was the seventh (e.g., Exodus 35:3) . 2. The method of reform Would I be committing fornication if I had sex relations with a young lady In both reforms there was, first of that I loved if she was a Christian? Was not Paul only referring to a rela­ all, a destruction of idols and their tionship between a Christian and a harlot in I Corinthians 6:13-20? shrines and a restoration of the wor­ You would be committing fornication confused with lust. ship of Jehovah. Here is a lesson our if you had sex relations with anyone Paul s point in I Corinthians is that current reforms need! Until man’s re­ outside the marriage bonds, regardless union with a professional prostitute lationship to God is put right, his re­ of religious profession. compounds the sin. It does not consti­ lationship to others will not be rec­ There would also be some question tute it. Fornication is any sex act apart tified. Reform of spiritual life must about the "love” involved in such a from the divinely ordained place of sex give motive and direction for reform situation. Love implies consideration in marriage. of social and political life. and self-control, and should never be 3. The leader of reform Hezekiah and Josiah each set before I have always tithed my social security check. I was talking to a lady last their people a personal example of night. She says it is wrong to tithe the social security, as it is not earnings, obedience to the Lord. Of each it is and income tax is not taken out of it. She says to put the amount in the offering plate instead of in an envelope. That way the government does not said, “He did that which was right in pay back so much when you make out your income tax report. Please ex­ the sight of the Lord.” If national plain if it’s wrong to call the money tithe or is it an offering. To me it’s leaders seek reform, they must begin important to know. at home! They must do as a holy I would recommend that you continue ligious and charitable organizations. God demands, not as an apostate peo­ to tithe your social security check. There is a sense in which a portion ple expect. “Tithe” simply means “tenth,” and of the social security check is not "in­ 4. The sequel to reform whether or not the money is earned or crease,” but the return of money paid Unfortunately, the reforms under counted as income for tax purposes is in through social security taxes and Hezekiah and Josiah were neither not the question. saved for you by the treasury. If you complete nor lasting. Too little and The base on which the tithe is to be want to split the hair real fine, a tenth too late! The downward trend of figured is simply described in the Olfl of this portion would not be a “tithe of events was checked temporarily but Testament as the "increase.” increase” but an offering. not reversed permanently. I can see no objection whatsoever in But I wouldn’t worry about it. I’d The passage from Jeremiah shows claiming as deductions from income for just go on putting the tithe into my again the moral decay that eventu­ tax purposes all money given to the offering envelope with thanksgiving and ated in destruction. Once again we church, whether it be tithes or offerings. in the joy of Christian stewardship. have a bad king, a stubborn people, The fact that the government allows What you call it is less important than and a heartbroken prophet calling such deductions is simply a token recog­ the spirit in which you give it. unsuccessfully for repentance. And nition of the public-service value of re­ finally judgment comes and the na­ tion is captured and exiled. What do you think of a young Christian man who believes that a man’s Can we learn this lesson? 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OO many revivals are just “potluck revivals.” we are trying to accomplish in the revival? Is We enter into the revival with a vague hope the purpose to reach new people? To motivate Tthat something will happen. We have to makethe church? To win the unsaved? All of these something happen. Occasionally something does are worthy purposes, but we ought to know which happen in a potluck revival, but all too often one is our objective and plan accordingly instead we just drag through an uneventful week. of aiming vaguely for “a little of all of this.” The We have potluck attendance. The announce­ results are usually “very little of any of this.” ments are sent out with the hope that someone Better to concentrate on a single purpose, and will come. There is no definite plan to assure plan and work for results at this point, than to attendance. Perhaps this is a carry-over from the scatter the shot all over the field. days when people did come just because there We usually get potluck results. Sometimes we was a revival going on. Needless to say, people succeed in spite of our methods rather than be­ today find other things to do. But there are ways cause of them. Empty pews and near-vacant build­ of stimulating attendance. ings are not inspiring to the evangelist, pastor, or The Sunday school is a great source from which people. Such revivals can do more harm than to draw. It is a ready-made mission field with good. We often hear, “But they won’t come.” Then a select population right under our noses. They let us find others who will come. One of the are friendly to the church and have at least some problems of church outreach is that the nucleus identification with it. But they will not come just of prospects with which we are working is far because the church is sponsoring a revival. It is too small. We find a few and visit them to death. up to the Sunday school to bring its members in. When they fail to respond the whole program col­ There are mitiy other groups that are ready­ lapses, we get discouraged, and are ready to quit. made for evangelizing. What about the Caravan? Sociologists say we are facing a world overrun Scouts? Civic groups like Kiwanis and Civitans? with people within a generation or two. Why These may be invited as a unit and given proper should we give all our time to a little handful of recognition. Other groups like the local firemen, people who aren't interested? Move on! Stay in railroad workers, police should be extended special contact with as many people as you can but con­ invitations. Some of these will come in a group— tinue to add new names to the prayer and visita­ perhaps sitting together—whereas they might not tion list. come individually. They enjoy going places with Let’s stop serving potluck and prepare a banquet their own group. And be sure these groups are “fit for a king.” courteously recognized when they do come. —R. E. MANER We often have potluck responses. What is it Nashville SAVE SOME”