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Herald of Holiness Volume 51 Number 23 (1962) W Olivet Nazarene University Digital Commons @ Olivet Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today Church of the Nazarene 8-1-1962 Herald of Holiness Volume 51 Number 23 (1962) W. T. Purkiser (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Purkiser, W. T. (Editor), "Herald of Holiness Volume 51 Number 23 (1962)" (1962). Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today. 590. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_hoh/590 This Journal Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Church of the Nazarene at Digital Commons @ Olivet. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Olivet. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Chinatown San Francisco lOPSl'FV1 By W. T. PURKISER no longer binding upon those who live under The Sabbath Question grace. Such persons say that to the Christian every EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, some sincere Chris­ day is alike, and the term “Sabbath” ought not to tian becomes troubled about the question of the be used of the Lord’s day or Sunday. Biblical Sabbath. Which day is the “proper” day It is true, “Christ is the end of the law for right­ to worship the Lord? Is it Saturday, the seventh eousness to every one that believeth” (Romans day of the week as our calendars are now arranged? 10:4). Our righteousness does not depend on the Or is it Sunday, “the Lord’s day,” the first day of works of the ceremonial law, but we are redeemed the week? and entirely sanctified by grace through faith, “not Of course this question would bother only those of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians who are thoroughly conscientious. Those who 2:9). want to please the Lord more than they want any­ Yet Christ came not to destroy the law or the thing else in the world are concerned to keep the prophets, but to fulfill that which they foretold whole of life in harmony with the Word of God. (Matthew 5:17). The Old Testament scriptures To those who just don’t care, it makes no differ­ are “given by inspiration of God,” and all are ence at all. “profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, Although much has been said and written on for instruction in righteousness: that the man of this theme, it is still very much alive. There are God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all those who make the sweeping claim that the only good works” (II Timothy 3:16-17). day of worship God recognizes is the seventh day The most basic statement of the New Testa­ of the week, that the Biblical Sabbath was ment regarding the Sabbath is given in the words “changed” by Constantine in a .d. 321, and that to of Jesus: “The sabbath was made for man, and worship on Sunday is the “mark of the beast." not man for the sabbath: therefore the Son of man These are big claims, and since they come so is Lord also of the sabbath” (Mark 2:27-28). This close to the very heart of the program and work means that the Sabbath belongs not only to Moses, of the Church, may not lightly be waved aside. Isaiah, and Nehemiah, but it belongs to every First off, let it be said that the Sabbath belongs person who acknowledges Jesus Christ as Lord to the New Testament as well as to the Old Testa­ and Saviour. ment. There are those who would argue that the Most of the confusion here seems to come from whole of the Old Testament was made void when those who suppose that “Sabbath” means Satur­ Christ came, that the law has been fulfilled and is day, or seventh day of the week, and that the day of worship was named after the particular day of the week on which it was observed. This is simply not true. “Sabbath” means “to rest,” “to cease, desist, interrupt, or break off.” The Sabbath in the Bible was not a day of inactivity, but a day of worship when public services were held in the Tabernacle, the Temple, and later the synagogue The Cover . anti the church. This view of a street Sometimes it is said that Sunday was a day dedi­ corner in San Francis­ cated to the worship of the sun god, and therefore co’s famous Chinatown a pagan festival. What these friends do not seem is typical of the work of the Church of the Nazarene among the Chinese to see is that Saturday gets its name from “Saturn’s people living on the western coast of the Day,” called this after the pagan Roman god Sat­ United States. In recent years four Chinese churches have been organized in California urn, and that “saturnine” means, “heavy, grave, with a total membership of 111 and an average gloomy, dull.” attendance of 320 in Sunday school. These churches are assisted financially by the De­ But what of the particular day so far as the partment of Home Missions of the General Bible is concerned? Does the Word of God direct Board, but are part of the districts on which that His holy day be on Saturday, day number they are located. seven of the weekly cycle? First, let’s notice that, if it does so direct, it doesn’t say so. The fundamental word of the Old (Please turn to page 11 Jib d DANIEL KNEW that the king’s decree be devout may learn the timeless lesson had been signed. It was the lion’s den that from regular habits of devotion for that man who for thirty days asked comes strength for the monotonous daily a petition of any God or man save of routine and an unfailing supply for the the king! unexpected yet inescapable emergencies But when he went into his house, of life. Private devotions, family prayers, kneeled upon his knees and prayed to and attendance upon the means of grace his God, he was not rashly refusing to in the house of God should never become “take a dare.” He was not accepting a intermittent. challenge from hate-filled foes. Neither The widely known advice of William was the captive prophet-statesman call­ James on the acquirement of good habits ing “help, help” in an emergency nor could well be applied to our practice of seeking to dramatize his faith in a sen­ regular devotions. Here they are in sational demonstration. He was simply brief: One, “Take care to launch our­ and humbly performing his habitual de­ selves with as strong and decided initia­ votions. tive as possible.” Two, “Never suffer an The “windows being open in his cham­ exception to occur until the new habit is ber toward Jerusalem” was not an idola­ securely rooted in your life.” Three, trous concession to the idea that God’s “Seize the very first possible opportunity dwelling was in the Holy City. He had to act on every resolution you make, and proved God was present and faithful in on every emotional prompting you may the king’s court in Babylon. His win­ dows open toward Jerusalem was the usual testimony that his faith was in (ieiic nil the only true God, personal, spiritual, S iijicri ii lentil’" I eternal, all-wise, all-powerful, and omni­ \\ ill in hi siiii present, the God of Abraham and Moses. God did not fail Daniel in this new crisis. To his loyal heart came confi­ experience in the direction of the habits dence, courage, and self-control. Calmly you aspire to gain.” Four, “Keep the he spent the night in the den of lions. faculty of effort alive in you by a little Respectfully he replied to the king’s gratuitous exercise every day. That is trembling call the next morning and he be systematically ascetic or heroic in showed no sign of vindictiveness when little, unnecessary points.” he heard the lions crunching the bones Such regular habits of religious devo­ of his enemies. tion will bring meaning, direction, and From this ancient story all who would elevation to all of life. AUGUST 1, 1962 • (443) 3 *••••••••••••••••••••• Contents. General Articles After pasturing llic church in West­ 2-3 Editorials lake, Louisiana, for the past two and I “Lead I s Not into Temptation," llriun /.. Farmer one-half years. Kev. J. I). Pressley has :> Hidden Goldl Frank Ilou'ie resigned to accept a special home mis­ (i Temptation to the Sanctified, J. V. Wilbanks sion project in Statesville, North Caro­ 7 "Have Not 1 Commanded Thee?" Chester (>. Mulder lina. If any readers have friends in <S “These Things,” R. F. Matter Statesville, write Brother l’rcsslcy at !) Attitudes in Evangelistic Campaigns, D. C. Fan Slykt 349 Euclid Avenue. 10 “We're Marching to Zion." Ovethi Satre Shafer Wilma Speakes Kdwards, wife of Rev. P o etry K. H. Kdwards, pastor of first Church, r> Success, ll m. //. Tibbetts Bakersfield, California, died Sunday July 1. HERALD OF HOLINESS: W. T. Purkiser, Editor in Chief; Velma I. Knight, Office Editor; Dave Lawlor, Art Director. After six years as pastor of Central Contributing Editors: Hardy C. Powers, G. B. Williamson, Church. Seattle, Washington. Rev. Mor­ Herald of Samuel Young, D. I. Vanderpool, Hugh C. Benner, V. H. Lewis, General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene. tis Chalfant has resigned to enter the Unsolicited manuscripts w ill not be returned unless postage lull-time field of evangelism.
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