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8-1-1962 Herald of Holiness Volume 51 Number 23 (1962) W. T. Purkiser (Editor) Nazarene Publishing House

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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 is typical of the work of a pagan festival. What these friends do not seem 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 United States. In recent years four Chinese Day,” called this after the pagan Roman god Sat­ 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.

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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

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. accompanies the material. Published every Wednesday, by the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, M. A. Lunn, Man­ ager, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Missouri. Subscrip­ hvangelist John M. McKinney writes H01INE88 tion price, $2.50 per year, in advance. Second-class postage paid at Kansas City, Missouri. Address all correspondence that he has left the field to accept the AUGUST 1, 1962 concerning subscriptions to: Nazarene Publishing House, pastorate of the church at Herington, Vol. 51, No. 23 Whole No. 2623 P.O. Box 527, Kansas City 41, Mo. Printed in U.S.A. Kansas.

Rev. W. Dale Martin writes, “After serving pastorates in Florida for three of Spokane, Washington: Mrs. Sam true, sincere, effective petition to God years, we accepted a call to our church House of Youngstown, Ohio; and Mrs. has its human counterpart. There is in Delta, Ohio, where we have found a Johnson of FI Paso—were present with always something we must do towards wonderful and kind group of people.” their families. The day concluded with the answering of our own prayer. Now this petition not to be led into tempta­ an inspiring message by Brother Gaines Rev. James H. Peters, pastor of the tion activates the praying man or woman in the evening service at First Church, Church of the Nazarene in Nocona, to the same end. And if we sincerely where Ret. I. A. Burton is pastor. I exas. luts been unanimously elected do not want to be templed—and it must president of the Nocona Ministerial Al­ be remembered that temptation is always liance. a pleasant thought at the time—there are Pattern Petitions: many things we can do to escape a great deal of it. Rev. J. I.. Longncckcr writes that lie "Lead Us Not Not a great deal of Christian experi­ has accepted a unanimous call to pastor ence is required before one becomes South Side Church in Frankfort, In­ Into Temptation" aw are of situations which engender temp­ diana, and will he moving there at tations. It is perfectly possible bv an assembly time, in August. Sixth article in a series of seven effort of will to side-step mam of these By BRIAN L. FARMER situations. This petition, if prayed sin­ Rev. Charles C. McMinn writes that Pastor, Bristol, England cerely. will give us a needed impetus in this direction. after pasturing the church in Hender­ ROBERT I.OU1S STEVENSON had a formula for summoning the devil. Nor- Also, though God does not cause men son, I exas. since 1957, he has resigned niallv we do not need one. The devil and women to be tempted, sometimes to accept the call to the Spring Branch comes unbidden, and his temptation is He allows them to be. This must be Church in Houston, Texas. no joke. so or else there would be no temptation There is a plate in the Lord's Prayer at all. The first few chapters of Job Rev. and Mrs. I.. Lee Gaines were for a petition to be spared temptation, earn dear evidence of this truth. honored on July 1, with a reception or the place of trial or testing. Tempta­ Why this should be is a very big given by some 125 of their friends and tion. therefore, cannot be regarded as question. It is bound up with the whole problem of ceil and probable no human relatives commemorating their liftietli desirable even though it might prove to be a means of strengthening a Chris­ being has a complete answer. Since, wedding anniversary. Brother Gaines tian as the lien trial of smelling is a however, for some reason best known has been preaching in the Church of means of strengthening iron. We are to himself, God does allow temptation the Nazarene for 55 years, and for 50 assured that all things in life, including in this universe, and since we cannot years of that period Mrs. Gaines has temptation, can work together for good be expected to regard it as personally stooil loyally by his side. Their home to them that love God. Nevertheless, desirable, it is cpiite legitimate and is in Corpus Christi, where within the temptation is an experience to which necessaty that we should pray that it last two years they have pastored and we are not expected to look forward be not allowed to come to us. This is pioneered the new Arlington Heights and from which we might rightly ask always prayed, of course, with the pro­ Church. The reception was held in to be spared. viso expressed earlier in the prayer that But why should Jesus instruct us to God's will should be done. Fellowship Hall of the new First Church ask our Heavenly Father not to lead This much can be said confidently: in Corpus Christi, where Brother Gaines us into temptation? Is He likely to do We must not be afraid to face and re­ pastored previously for four years. so? sist inevitable temptations, hut it is Their three daughters—Mrs. Don Dale. It must he temembrred that even foolhardy to seek them out

4 (444) • HERALD OF HOLINESS By F R A N K H O W IE, I'astor, Blautyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland

There is no beauty that ice should desire him (Isaiah 53:2). TO THE EYE THAT SEES, there is beauty lurk­ ing in every nook and cranny of the world. To Jesus, the universe was the garment of God, the window of heaven. Nature spoke to Him and whispered its secrets to His heart. In the lilies of noyed by a visitor who commented adversely, and the field, the ripening corn, and the wheeling in a haughty manner, on almost all the paintings birds He heard the voice of His Father. The Cre­ in the gallery. Unable to endure it any longer, ator had clothed himself in the beauty of His the curator approached the visitor and said, “Sir, creation. it is not the pictures that are on trial; it is the Dr. W. M. Macgregor learned this secret from visitors!” Jesus and said: “Miracle lies close to every one of When the Divine Artist paints His pictures, He us; and beyond all gifts is the gift of open eyes sometimes incorporates a hidden beauty that to sec how near it is.” W hat a wonderful gift is “Christless eyes have never seen.” And if there is this gift of open eyes! failure to see the beauty, then it is the unseeing But the real test of sound spiritual eyesight is eye that is on trial. It is when we point to the not found in the contemplation of inanimate na­ mote in our brother’s eye that we prove there is a ture; it is found, rather, in the observation of that beam in our own eye; our criticism reacts on our­ complex creature called man. How much of God selves. and goodness do we see in people? Or, to put it in Do you remember the old prospector who said, a more scriptural context, how much do we love “There’s gold in them thar’ hills!” He did not our neighbor? see the bare, uninviting hillside; he saw the gold Love always secs the best in others, irrespective underneath. And when we care to look for it, we of how degraded they might he. But one of the can always see the best in others—we too can dis­ greatest tragedies in life is the tragedy of the unsee­ cover the gold beneath the surface. Behind the ing eye. This is the teaching of our text: “When rough exterior that seems so forbidding, we might we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should find a sincere heart of hidden gold. Start digging desire him.” for gold; Christian, start digging for gold! It was the unseeing eye that nailed Christ to the What does our text say? “There is no beauty cross. To those who stood around mocking, sneer­ that we should desire him”— there is no gold in ing, and contemptuous, Jesus was just a heretic, a Jesus! But someone did see the beauty, someone blasphemer, a despicable nonentity. They could did detect the hidden gold. That “someone” was see only the offense of the Cross; but what they the dying thief. Conscious of the Figure beside did not sec was that the cross of the Man of him, he suddenly becomes aware that this Man is Nazareth was the very crowning moment of all no pitiful fanatic fighting for a lost cause, dying time, when the very heart of God was made bare for a delusion. “Lord,” he cried, “remember me to the world. But they could not see! It was the when thou comest into thy kingdom” (Luke 23: tragedy of the unseeing eye. 42). We can share that tragedy; we can fail to see the The dying thief felt that Jesus of Nazareth was goodness in others, the gold beneath the surface. not preparing for a tomb—He was marching to a And in sharing the tragedy of the unseeing eye, throne! A crucifixion, you say? “No! You’re we share the condemnation of it. wrong!” comes the eager response. “Not a cruci­ The curator of an art gallery was extremely an­ fixion—but a coronation! The crown of thorns

AUGUST 1, 19G2 • (445) 5 is soon to be exchanged for the scepter of a King!” But what had happened? The malefactor had dis­ covered the hidden gold! We must see through the eyes of the dying thief; we must learn to love the seemingly unlovely. Christ teaches us by His own example. He called TTemptation Judas, for He saw the potential goodness in the man. And did not Peter deny Him three times? Yet to Peter came the threefold commission to feed the flock of God. Judas ultimately failed, Peter u to the ultimately succeeded; but in the first instance Christ gave them their chance! Maybe that person did fail; but did you give him the chance to make SANCTIFIED good? Did you look for the hidden gold? Did you forgive seventy-times-seven—and still look for the beauty of Christ? B y J. V. WILBANKS Take care that in throwing away the dross you Nazarene Layman, Colorado Springs, Colorado do not dispose of the gold. For in plucking the “BLIT, UNCLE V , how can a person that tares you may also hinder the growth of the is sanctified be tempted?” queried my teen-age wheat. W. E. Sangster tells of the legend of niece on one occasion. This question is an enigma the angel who came one evening to the brink of a to many, and a moral impossibility to some—both river and asked the boatman to ferry him across. young and old alike. But that holy people are When they reached the farther side, the angel tempted is a scriptural fact corroborated by count­ rewarded the boatman with what appeared to be a less personal experiences of the sanctified them­ handful of shavings. The boatman threw them selves. into the river in disgust. Next morning he found Thomas Cook, in his Xew Testament Holiness, one or two of the shavings left in the bottom of observes that since angels 011 probation, Adam in the boat, and on examining them closely he saw Eden, and our Lord Jesus Christ were tempted, that they were not shavings at all, but gold par­ temptation is possible to the holy in heart. The ings! Gold—and he had thrown them away! It is avenues of temptation are so numerous that it so easy to magnify the failings of others to such an would be virtually impossible to deal with them extent that any real goodness is obscured. But exhaustively in one single article. Let us note the eye that sees can get behind the failings and only one in particular. find the hidden gold. How did Emerson put it? It is significant that Adam and Eve were temp­ But in the mud and scum of things ted through a physical appetite, and fell. Jesus There alway, ahcay something sings. met the tempter 011 precisely the same ground, and T hat’s the secret. In even the most stunted char­ though tried more severely, walked away victori­ acter there is potential, if not actual heroism and ously (Matthew 4:1-1). goodness. So let's look for the glitter of gold in The appetite for food and a concern for his the midst of the most unpromising mud. physical well-being is part of man’s constitutional makeup. It is inherent in his nature and was put there by the Creator himself. Yet it became an avenue of temptation to our foreparents in their primeval and holy estate. “But,” one may ask, “if these natural and nor­ mal desires are divinely implanted in m an’s na­ ture, why is it a sin to satisfy them?” It is not a sin to satisfy them properly; it is the manner in which man seeks to appease these physical urges that may result in sin. Let it be noted that the Ii 1 st pair in Eden’s fair bowers had available every kind of delicious fruit lo satisfy their hunger. “And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good lor food” (Genesis 2:9). It was the forbidden tree that caused the trouble. The environment was quite different when the Son of God was tempted. Instead of the beautiful garden of Eden there was a waste and barren wil­ derness. Instead of trees loaded with delicious

6 (446) • HERALD OF HOLINESS fruit, shading the ground with their verdant leaves, to pervert the proper means of procuring bread, the sun beat down upon the bare stones. The how much more may the sanctified sons of men circumstances surrounding and involved in our “whose foundation is in the dust” be solicited to Saviour’s trial were different, but the point in­ do itl volved was exactly the same. If sometimes the righteous are enticed to un­ "Make these stones bread,” urged the evil one ethical practices to secure the barest necessities, to the Man who had never known sin. But Jesus more often the able and industrious are prompted reminded Satan that “Man shall not live by bread to “get ahead in the world” and put secular things alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of first. I am reminded of an incident in the life of the mouth of God.” Jesus’ words were not irrele­ John T. Hatfield, a great holiness preacher of two vant to the occasion, but a sharp Sword of the generations past. A traveling evangelist, his custom Spirit that pierced the very heart of the temptation was to go out into the woods or fields at his vari­ and left it lifeless as the stones themselves. There ous places of labor, and spend much time in prayer. are the providences and means with which our His revivals were attended with much fervor and Creator has endowed man to satisfy his physical success. requirements. Turning stones into bread is not One day, while on his knees in prayer, he caught one of them. sight of the tall and symmetrical timber that Similar situations prevail today in our world towered above him. No lumbermen were in the society. T he demands of a secular world are as vicinity, and the preacher began to calculate a unrelenting as ever—perhaps more so. Though business venture that would net him no little Christians are not plagued too much with that profit. He knew that he could buy the beautiful ever-augmented vicious circle of “keeping up with timber for a small sum, and resell at a goodly the Joneses,” yet the standard of American living price. Without realizing it, the Reverend made has so risen in the last few decades as to require his daily peregrinations to the beautiful forest, not some of us to maintain two jobs to keep abreast to pray, but to ponder his newly developed finan­ of the current trend of social conveniences. cial scheme. One day, while thus entertaining him­ To make a decent living is a moral obligation. self with such lucrative visions (while upon his Still, out of this very duty may arise a temptation knees, too!) the Lord spoke to him in this manner: to covetousness or to give an overemphasis to “Hatfield, did I call you to preach or sell timber?” worldly cares. Sanctification cleanses the heart John Hatfield was not the only preacher, or from the defilement of sin. It does not abrogate layman either, who has been vulnerable to this in­ the law of labor (Genesis 3:17-19; I Thessalonians sidious contriving of Satan to lead a sanctified 4:llh-12; II Thessalonians 3:10). This is God’s child of God astray into forbidden paths. Often ordained way of providing for man’s physical well­ such lyric strains of secularism have come to our being. If the holy Son of God himself were tempted ears even while at the holy business of prayer. "Have Not I Commanded Thee?" (Joshua 1:9)

llij CHESTER O. MULDER Assistant to the President, Canadian Na/arene College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

THE FIRST nine verses of Joshua are dramatical­ of the people. With this part of the assignment ly exciting. You may reread them frequently with­ the Lord gave Joshua some reassurances: The out tiring of them. promised land belongs to his people; it can be Scene 1: A grief-stricken, leaderless people are possessed at once; it can change ownership only as milling about on the east side of the Jordan river. the soles of their feet tread upon it. Immediate The venerable Moses had recently been taken action is desired. from them. However, light is soon focused upon (By the way: Do you sense in these instructions a man who seems to have the respect of all the something strangely familiar? Do you recall the people. He is portrayed as a prepared man, one idea that God has a “promised” land for His who has been tested by many and varied assign­ people today? that it is a place where there is a ments. Every examination given him has revealed “highway and a way”? that it is called “the way sterling character. The Lord is speaking to him of holiness”? that it is ready to be possessed? that concerning a twofold task. we become possessors as we begin to get the soles Task 1-a: Joshua is to pass over Jordan into of our feet out of the desert side of Jordan?) the land of promise. He will thus serve as a leader This first part of the assignment is followed with

A U G U ST 1, 1962 • (447) 7 tlie words, “Be strong and oL a good courage.'’ The second part of the assignment is preceded with the words, “Only he thou strong and very courageous.’’ These words imply that this assignment is not for a weakling or crybaby. God needs someone with "THISB good courage. The grumbling, faultfinding, fear­ ful creature leads back to bondage. Task 1-b: Joshua is to “observe to do according to all the law.” This part of the twofold assign ment is fully as important as the first part. The THINBS" simple instructions for this part of the job are summed up in the words: “Meditate therein day B y R. E. MANER Pd tor, Decatur, Georgia and night.” Joshua is to saturate his mind with God's Word. The guarantee is that “then thou All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou down and worship me (Matthew 4:9). shalt have good success." NEW THINGS develop almost daily. Our news­ (By the way, No. 2: Could the will of God for papers are laden with new achievements in science, His people be made any clearer? First, Fie wants new explorations in space, new developments in His people to live in the promised land. It is al­ politics, and new therapy in medicine. ready theirs; all that is missing is the soles of their Religion is no exception in this rapidly chang­ feet. Second, their success is assured when they ing world. Neo-paganism has been added to such keep their minds saturated with the Word of the list of names as Neo-orthodoxy and Neo-Calvinism. Lord. Majoring on fears it not allowed!) "Neo" speaks of something new. Neo-paganism is Scene 2: Joshua is cpiite dazed by the magnitude a word for a form of idolatry which we refer to as of the assignment. Then, suddenly, he is chal- materialism—worshiping at the shrine of things, of gadgets, of modern conveniences. Satan made Jesus Christ an offer long ago on a “Have you felt the bitter spirit of censorious­ lonely mountain top. Showing Him all the things ness? Have you spoken words devoid of love of the world, he offered them to the Saviour for a and charity? Have you spoken unnecessarily of price. It was a simple matter. It would take only the faults of others, and that behind their backs? a moment of His time; no one would know. Just Have you in an unchristlike spirit criticized fall down and worship Satan—that’s all it would their best endeavors? Have you observed con­ cost. duct, adjudged it, and imputed a wrong motive, This new form of paganism is a very subtle when, perhaps—yes, quite probably—it was the thing. It can be incorporated right into your re­ miscarriage in action (due to human frailty to ligion and no one will notice it. You can go right which even you too are heir) of an inten­ tion while the motive was the very purest?”— on with your church services; keep right on read­ Charles G. Finney. ing the same Bible; still dress with modesty and simplicity as always. “But Satan, what is that little white tag hanging lenged by God’s question, “Have not I commanded on the side of this new wonder you tell us about? thee?” That banished Joshua’s hesitation. God It has the word devotion written on it. Is this the had spoken. His program had been fully revealed. price tag?” No time is to be lost. “Well, yes,” Satan whispers. “But not your Then, as a sweet refrain, come the invigorating whole devotional life, just some portion thereof.” words, “Be strong and of a good courage; be not “Of course,” Satan continues, “There might not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy be as much time to pray and read the Bible as God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” you used to have. And, of course, you will have (By the way, No. 3: Have you crossed your Jor­ to miss the midweek prayer meeting part of the dan? Have you entered this holy land of prom­ time. The family altar will be hard to maintain ise? Has He not commanded thee? The land has since husband and wife both have to work; but the an abundance of “milk and honey,” and you may children are teen-agers now and can read the Bible have all you want. There is plenty of everything and pray for themselves. Oh, yes, sacrificial giving for all your family and friends. How many of them is another thing the church cannot expect of you are waiting for you to show the way across the any more. This business of the Easter and Thanks­ Jordan? “Be strong and of a good courage.”) giving offerings will have to be just another offer­ The curtain drops on this interview between ing for a while.” God and Joshua. Then a voice out of eternity re­ “But,” Satan smiles, “think of the lovely home echoes the challenge: Have not I commanded you have always wanted, that boat on the lake, the thee? cabin you can slip away to when you are too tired

8 (448) • HERALD OF HOLINESS to go to church Sundays, and two cars in the smoke more cigarettes, and spend more for gam­ garage! Many of your neighbors and friends have bling, and join more churches than ever before. all these things, and more. All I ask for in return Double talk? I only wish it were. It’s true! If is a place in your devotional life.” American Protestantism has lost her punch in Satan made this offer to the Son of God and evangelism (power to change the lives of people), heard the blunt answer, “Get thee behind me, I fear that she lost it through the door of devotion. Satan.” What then can we do? Quit trying to live a He made this same offer to the world at the limousine life on a bicycle income. Try living on close of World War 11. This time he found a the husband's income. Quit buying the things you customer. The Church world turned its devotional don’t really need. You can rebuild the family altar, life over to Satan and grabbed his things. What reopen the closet of prayer, retrace your steps to happened? No one noticed for a while. prayer meeting, renew your covenant with God, Then one day godly men began to point out remember your vows to the church and, in some the fact that the Christian religion in America cases, repent of your sins. lias not affected the lives of our people as it is It’s seldom pleasant to turn around and go back. expected to do. We had a religious boom but no But when you find that you are on the wrong road real revival. We spend more for churches and it’s usually the best solution. We must renounce more for crime than ever before. More people slavish devotion to things in preference to fervent commit more crimes, and drink more liquor, and devotion to God.

in Evangelistic Campaigns By Evangelist D. C. VAN SLYKE

HOW EASILY the finite mind can get a twisted driven from the church, and by this attitude can view of things; hear a little, presume a lot, and defeat the very means God is trying to use to bring then rashly jump to conclusions. It ever has been the 'revival and reach the lost. thus since the fall of man. Dr. A. W. Tozer, in his introduction to the Especially is this true in evangelistic campaigns book, IVl/y Revival Tarries, written by Leonard when the pressure of Satanic power is weighing Ravenhill, gives a graphic picture of a God-called heavily upon those “of the household of faith.” evangelist which should be of great value to all In this hour of stress it is a simple matter to form who are prone to become prejudiced and criticize an opinion, become prejudiced, and display a the means and men God may be using to bring wrong attitude. This is especially true when we revival: realize opinions are largely formed because of per­ “Great industrial concerns have in their employ sonal likes and dislikes. men who are needed only when there is a break­ Someone has stated that, “Prejudice is a cataract down somewhere. When something goes wrong on the eye of justice.” This being true, the one with the machinery, these men spring into action so afflicted cannot see the case clearly, and he will to locate and remove the trouble and get the ma­ invariably judge without knowing the facts. At chinery rolling again. this point many err woefully! Our hearts may be “For these men, a smoothly operating system pure, and the intent perfect before God, but there has no interest. They are specialists concerned is still the human element involved, and it is in with trouble and how to find and correct it. this realm that the “powers of darkness” have de­ “In the Kingdom of God things are not too feated many a revival. different. God has always had His specialists Well-meaning people, whether in the ministry whose chief concern has been the moral break­ or laity, may have a preconceived idea as to how down, the decline in the spiritual health of the the evangelist ought to preach. This notion may nation or the church. Such men were Elijah, Jere­ include the preacher's delivery, the length of the miah, Malachi, and others of their kind who ap­ sermon, the manner of conducting the altar call, peared at critical moments in history to reprove, or whatnot. rebuke, and exhort in the name of God and right­ These folks can also retain the fear that someone eousness. may be offended by the rugged preaching and be “Such a man was likely to be drastic, radical,

A U GU ST 1, 1962 • (449) 9 possibly at times violent, and the curious crowd The professional evangelist who leaves the that gathered to watch him work soon branded wrought-up meeting as soon as it is over to hie him as extreme, fanatical, negative. And in a sense him to the most expensive restaurant to feast and they were right. He was singleminded, severe, crack jokes with his retainers will find this man fearless, and these were the qualities the circum­ something of an embarrassment, for he cannot stance demanded. He shocked some, frightened turn off the burden of the Holy Ghost as one others, and alienated not a few, but he knew who would turn off a faucet. He insists upon being a had called him and what he was sent to do. His Christian all the time, everywhere; and again, that ministry was geared to the emergency, and that marks him as different.” fact marked him out as different, a man apart. Toward such an evangelist as this it is impossi­ “To such a man as this the church owes a debt ble to be neutral. “His acquaintances are divided too heavy to pay. The curious thing is that she pretty nearly into two classes, those who love and seldom tries to pay him while he lives, but the admire him out of all proportion, and those who next generation builds his sepulcher and writes his hate him with a perfect hatred.” biography, as if instinctively and awkwardly to dis­ Therefore, in the next evangelistic campaign charge an obligation the previous generation to a when the “heat is on,” it would be well that after large extent ignored. heart-searching prayer, we ask ourselves the per­ “Such a man as this is not an easy companion. sonal question, “Where do you stand, Sir?”

MUSIC MEMOETTE: lish Christians we re still using the metrical versions By Ovella Satre Shafer of the Psalms in their worship services. Hymns as we know them today were introduced in the churches by Isaac Watts in 1707. That is why he has been called the “Father of English Hyntno- dy,” for he published a collection of Hymns and “Were Marching Spiritual Songs that became the first real hymn book in the English language. “We’re Marching to Zion” was considered one to Zion” of the best in this new collection. Isaac Watts was severely criticized by a few churchmen of his day Come, we that love the Lord, and they called his compositions “uninspired And let our joys he known. hymns” and “Watt’s Whims.” However, that most Join in a song with sweet accord, . . . of the general public conceded his hymns and songs And thus surround the throne. of a high order is evident in that they produced a Let those refuse to sing new epoch in church hymnody. Who never knew our God; One verse that we include below is found in the But children of the heav’nly King, . . . author’s original manuscript, but is seldom printed May speak their joys abroad. in modern hymnals. The following true story is Then let our songs abound, told concerning this stanza. A Methodist class lead­ And ev’ry tear be dry, er in 1831, James Martin, was one of a group of We’re marching thro’ Immanuel’s ground, . . . passengers aboard the ship “Rothesay Castle” when To fairer worlds on high. she was wrecked between Livermore and Beauma- CHORUS: ria. Mr. Martin was one of the twenty-one saved We’re marching to Zion, and while floating on a plank, he was heard sing­ Beautiful, beautiful Zion. ing above the roar of the sea: We’re marching upward to Zion, The God that rules on high, The beautiful city of God. That all the earth surveys, WHEN new Nazarenes join our ranks, it is often That rides upon the stormy sky, the practice of the congregation to sing this song, And calms the roaring waves. “We’re Marching to Zion,” as members and friends Perhaps the masterpiece of Dr. Watts is, “When of the congregation shake hands and welcome the I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” based on Galatians new ones into the sacred fellowship of the church. 6:14. This preacher will also be remembered for It is a blessed marital hymn that binds hopes and his hymn, “O God, Our Help in Ages Past,” in hearts in unison much like that of “Blest Be the which he paraphrases the beautiful ninetieth Tie That Binds.” psalm. A Christmas favorite of this composer is It would be difficult for us to think of a church “Joy to the World,” and no missionary hymn has service without our oft-used songs and hymns, but been written to surpass his “Jesus Shall Reign at the beginning of the eighteenth century, Eng­ Where’er the Sun.”

10 (450) • HERALD OF HOLINESS the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost trans­ formed the whole altitude of the disciples toward Continued from page 2 the first day of the week. In fact, Jesus had said, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye Testament on the Sabbath is twice repeated: “Re­ cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the member the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but truth” (John 10:12-13). This was fulfilled as the the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy new wine of the gospel was poured into new wine­ God” (Exodus 20:8-10; Deuteronomy 5:13-11). skins. This means what it says, but it does not mean For after the resurrection of Christ, we never more than it says. It does not say “day number again find mention of a group of Christians meet­ seven," nor does it say “the seventh day of the ing specially on Saturday for worship and fellow­ week.” It says precisely anil exactly, “Six days ship. They went into the synagogues and down shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the by the riverbank to preach to Jewish congregations seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God.” gathered there on Saturday. This was the only The key words are, of course, “the seventh day.” time the Jews and their proselytes would be found Now “seventh” is a number that takes its whole there. Many times, when they met as a Christian meaning from what precedes it. It means only group, the day of their meeting is not mentioned. and always the next after six. If you work six But whenever it is, it is always “the first day of the days, from Monday through Saturday, then the week.” This was true at Jerusalem, at Troas, and next day is the seventh day. Calendars are of man's in Corinth. No amount of explaining away can contriving, but the Sabbath principle is appointed conceal the fact that after the resurrection of our lw God. That principle is always and simply. EVERY SEVENTH DAY BELONGS T O GOD! Though my head and my hand be at labor, yet Let it be clearly seen that the Christian Lord's doth my heart dwell in God.—Jacob Boehme. day exactly and completely fulfils the literal re­ quirements of the fourth commandment. “The seventh day” does not mean Saturday, as anyone Lord there is nowhere in the New Testament any with a concordance can quickly discover from the record of a group of Christian believers meeting Old Testament itself. The facts of the case are for worship on Saturday. that more than half the references in the Old Tes­ Of course, in New Testament times even as now tament to “the seventh day” have no relation at there were those who would have imposed on the all to Saturday or “day number seven” in the new Church the old details of the law. We know weekly cycle. this included the rite of circumcision, and there In addition, let it be seen that there were Old is evidence that it also included the keeping of Testament Sabbaths which were not on the sev­ the Saturday Sabbath either instead of or in addi­ enth day. Eor example, in Leviticus 23:39, we tion to the first-day Sabbath. read, “Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh When we put Romans H:4-f> alongside Colos- month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the sians 2:10-17, we see that some in those days were land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven bitterly critical of others who did not keep Satur­ days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on day as the Sabbath. But Paul says, “Let no man the eighth day shall be a sabbath.” therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in Often it is argued that the seventh day of the respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of week was particularly chosen because the Sabbath the sabbath days” (Colossians 2:16). The Sabbath commemorates God’s creative rest (Exodus 20: days here mentioned could not be the special, oc­ II). Again, one very simple fact is overlooked. casional sabbaths, for those are included in “holy Adam and Eve were created on the sixth day of days" and the festivals of the new moon. They the creative cycle. Therefore God’s seventh day can only be the Saturday Sabbaths, which along was man’s first full day. with food restrictions of the ceremonial law were But Sunday, the Lord’s day, has much more being imposed on Christians as Paul believed to meaning than the simple fact that it is the seventh their spiritual detriment. day after six days of labor. It is the perpetual These lines are not written with any real hope memorial of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus of changing those who have cast their lot with the Christ from the dead. Because “Sabbath” and modern movement which seeks to make Saturday “week” are the same word in the Greek New Testa­ the Christian Sabbath. It is rather that some who ment, Mark 10:2 literally reads, “And very early have been puzzled or confused may remain with the first of the sabbaths" the women came to the the New Testament saints who worshiped their empty tomb. risen Lord and who received the Holy Spirit at The New Testament makes it crystal-clear that Pentecost on the first day of the week.

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Anaheim W est C. Elam 60 10 some enemy of the gospel. This has Whittier South H. London, Jr. 61 11 EVANGELISM Oceanside C. Williams 64 9 happened several times in the past in La Habra P. Hagemeier 67 13 this country. We arc happy to sec EDWARD LAWLOR. See rein ry Costa Mesa F. Coble 69 9 Fontana B. Knight 72 12 them starling out on the right basis of Orange L. Stam per 74 28 doing all they can to provide for their The Secret to Spiritual Power Pomona Towne Ave. C. Rather 76 20 "The Church of God needs some­ Barstow P. Urschel 77 12 own place of worship. Sarteneja is Bell Gardens M. Peters 84 20 accessible from Corozal only by boat, so thing: the Church of God must have Corona P. Brandyberry 85 20 something more than she has today, Placentia B. Strauser 85 13 our visits there are necessarily infre­ W ilm ington D. Presson 88 12 quent. We feel this amount of progress with all her prestige and energy. She Long Beach West J. McIntosh 100 22 needs the upper chamber, the tarrying Chula Vista W. Jenkins 117 24 in so short a time is indeed a miracle. Maywood H. Wolf 119 16 During the past year we have dis­ at Jerusalem, the power of the Holy Buena Park W. Stone 122 20 Ghost, a continued Pentecost! . . San Bernardino East 0. King 129 19 tributed over 300 New Testaments and Long Beach North E. Murphey 142 13 30 Bibles in this area, besides giving These words, from an evangelist, and Garden Grove R. Canfield 144 21 quoted by A. M. Hills give us the Midway City M. McCandless 166 41 several hundred Testaments to other Cypress G. Abersold 224 52 workers for distribution. We greatly secret to spiritual power. "Have ye Hollydale G. Vandervort 226 23 received the Holy Ghost since ye be­ Riverside Arlington B. Burch 227 22 appreciate the generosity of the Bible Pomona First A. Hayes 240 23 Societies who have made this possible. lieved?” (Acts 19:2) Santa Ana First E. Johnson 262 27 San Diego First J. Morgan 360 26 San Diego Univ. W . Burton 458 60 Evangelistic Honor Roll Long Beach First M. S m ith 554 31 To God Be the Glory! I he districts shown report the fol­ “Hare ye received the Holy Ghost By HARRY RICH, Haiti lowing churches as having received the since ye believed?’’ I his year Haiti moved into first place Evangelistic Honor Roll Certificate, in membership among our fields. To l his is presented on the basis of mem­ God be all the glory! Our Christian bers received by profession of faith dur­ FOREIGN MISSIONS people do not leave the task of winning ing the assembly year. The groups and GEORGE COn.TER, Secretary souls to the preachers. T hey are active qualification standards shown are as all the time in personal soul winning. follows: Moving Missionaries Thcv cannot read, they cannot write, Rev. and Mrs. Dale Sievers, home on G r o u p M e m b e r s h i p G a i n R e q u i r e d they are poverty-stricken, but they can I 1-24 4 furlough from Nicaragua, are living at tell others that Jesus saves, delivers from II 25-74 8 2920 Kentucky Avenue, Port Wayne, fear, and gives power over the devil. III 75-149 12 Indiana. It is because of this glowing, enthusi­ IV 150-299 18 Dr. and Mrs. John Sutherland have astic, personal witness of our Christians V 300 and above 25 returned to the Republic of South that we have such a marvelous growth Membership Africa after a year's furlough at home. here. at Last Their address is: P.O. Box 2. Acorn- Church Pastor Assembly Gain Just recently we entered the town of ARIZONA lioek, E. Transvaal, Republic of South Conaivcs with one of our ordained Flag staff J . G atlin 14 9 Africa. Phoenix Deer Valley W. Spaite 15 4 preachers. Massillon I’ierre. We rented Sierra Vista T . Goble 17 9 Rev. and Mrs. Dean Galloway are a piece of properly and built a small Tolleson D. Harvey 21 11 home on furlough from Nicaragua and W illco x P. Hippie 21 5 chapel there. The final night of the Phx. Orangewood C. Henderson 43 10 are now living at 508 Juniper. Nampa. opening revival, there were nearly four Phx. Central D. Horton 51 14 Idaho. Prescott A. Tosti 57 1 5 hundred people trying to get into the Tempe L. Kirley 62 10 building. We will soon have a group Casa Grande N. Franklin 79 17 Phx. Maryvale E. Green 113 14 Progress at Corozal of happy Christians to organize into a Phx. Alzona B. S ti 11 ion 128 16 EDWARD WYMAN church. Glendale H. Russell 131 21 By Phx. F irs t J. Downey 4 03 25 British Honduras Our printing press is nearing comple­ Phx. Eastside C. Elkins 442 35 Recently we dedicated two very sim­ tion. Pray that it will be a means of Be a Christian Homemaker— ple and humble places of worship in real enlightenment to all of Haiti and Not a Home Breaker tlie villages of I.ouisville and San to the entire French-speaking world. NEW MEXICO Pecos B. Cummings 7 4 Roman. I.ike most buildings in the E. P. Northgate J. Abney 10 12 villages of this area, they were made Open Doors for the Gospel Ft. Sumner C. Lucas 15 4 Tatum R. W hite 19 5 of poles with a thatch roof. Our dis­ By CLYDE GOLLIHER, Peru Alb. Los Altos R. Rodes 28 9 trict superintendent. Rev. Prescott I have been in Lima for the evangelis­ Aztec D. Johnston 36 8 Farmington W. Ritter 36 8 Beals. Rev. and Mrs. Edward Cairns, tic campaign. Each morning we go out Carlsbad Church J. Sams 62 10 and the Bible school students were and invite and distribute Christian lit­ Albuquerque Montgomery Hts. C. McKinney 81 21 present. The students were especially erature. Today was a real experience. Lovington B. Lindley 102 16 happy to be there because it was prin­ We worked in a heavily congested apart­ Clovis First P. Tucker 210 18 A lb . F irs t A. Maule 218 32 cipally their contributions that had ment area. In less than a block we El Paso First H. Morris 240 21 made the chapels possible. visited hundreds of families. Housing f Evangelism Is Faith in Action Our new believers in Sarteneja have is at such a premium that in some SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Torrence West N. Kamp - 25 already begun their building fund. places entire families live in one small Braw ley J . Payton 21 5 They have agreed to give the lumber room. Here they must eat. sleep, and Brea P. Benefiel 149 13 Clairem ont R. Cooney 39 8 and labor for a chapel if we can pro­ cook. Children have no place to play Bell L. Johnston 45 8 vide zinc roofing. They fear that a but the streets; families have no privacy Pacific Beach H. Davis 53 14 R ialto W. McKinney 58 20 thatch roof might be set on fire bv —it is a ripe situation for crime and

12 (452) • HERALD O F HOLINESS immorality: but wliat an opportunity (liaplains and prayerful that God’s rich man; and Rev. l'Tank (’.. Watkins of tor th e church to reach hundreds with blessing shall continue to be upon their southern California as the guest speaker. the message o f salvation! lives and ministry. On 'Wednesday, the N.E.M.S. convention, Within an area of six or eight blocks with Mrs. Doris Mann as district presi­ dent, and Miss Mary Scott, general each way from our church there are GENERAL INTERESTS N.E.M.S. secretary, as guest speaker, was between eighty and one hundred thou­ a time of great spiritual inspiration. sand people living. We could have half Reports showed Arizona to be a “star” a dozen or more churches in this great Miami Is a Little Cuba district, and Mrs. Mann was re-elected city of Lima, and not begin to reach all “Showers of Blessing” in the Spanish by a unanimous vote. the people. language now is being broadcast each Dr. Hugh G. Benner, presiding gen­ Sunday morning over Station WMET in eral superintendent, in his own in­ Miami, Florida, for the benefit especial­ imitable way, conducted the business of ly of Cuban refugees who continue to the assembly with grace and dignity, SERVICEMENS arrive at the rate of about 1.800 a week. endearing himself to minister ancl lay­ Nearly 120.000 Cubans have sought men alike with his Spirit-anointed min­ COMMISSION asylum in the Miami area since seizure istry. of their island nation by Fidel Castro. Dr. M. L. Mann, much beloved dis I*AIT SKILLS. Dire,tor The Church of the Nazarene operates trict superintendent, showed by his one of twelve church centers endeavor­ report that the district moves on Nazarene Chaplain Honored ing to aid 11 ic* refugees. Two Nazarene progressively as reflected by the fol­ churches, in Miami and Palm Beach, The Church of the Nazarene was repre­ lowing: are made up chiefly of refugees. Central Six hundred and six members re­ sented in the graduating class of the Church of the Nazarene in Miami has ceived: 314 received by profession of United States Army Command and a large Sunday school class of Cubans. faith; 2,519 seekers; 15 churches quali­ General Staff College in 1962, for the I he vast majority of the refugees arc fied for Evangelistic Honor Roll; first time in history. able and hard-working people. Many 5612.477.00 raised for all purposes, The selection of Chaplain Clifford E. of them are professional people. The which represents a per capita giving of crime rate in Miami has not increased Keys to attend the college was, in itself, 5162.5-1; one new church organized at all since their arrival. In the last a very significant breakthrough. Chap­ (Mountain View Tucson) with 30 char­ \car. onlv two cases involving Cuban ter members; property purchased at lain Kcvs further distinguished himself teen-agers have been handled by the Apache Junction to begin services im­ juvenile authorities there.—NTS. mediately, and 545,774.00 raised for General Budget. A spirit of h a r mony prevailed DISTRICT ACTIVITIES throughout the assembly, ancl pastors and laymen accepted the challenge of Nevada-Utah District Assembly increased budgets along all lines in Dr. V. IT. Lewis chaired a very order that pace might be kept with smooth-running assembly for the Nc- the population explosion in this pro­ vacla-Utah District, June 13 and 14, at gressive area.—IV. I.kf. G ann, Reporter. Las Vegas, Nevada. His deep sense of devotion mingled with a keen sense of humor set the gracious atmosphere for THE LOCAL CHURCHES the sessions. His firm, uncompromising messages will not soon be forgotten by Chaplain Clifford E. Keys those privileged to hear him. The Leverett Brothers, evangelists, Rev. Raymond B. Sherwood, who write: “Because of a change in our and caused increased appreciation for continues as the able, respected leader slate we have an open date for August the church among military leaders by of our district, reported substantial gains 17 to 26. We will slate ten-day meet­ achieving an unusually high academic in most departments. Three churches ings, Sundav-lhrough-Sunday, or week­ standing, in that he graduated in the received 10 per cent certificates, and end revivals. Write us, Route 4, top 7 per cent of a class of 750 carefully three received Kvangclistic Honor Roll I.ainar, Missouri.” selected officers. This was accom­ certificates. One new group was organ­ plished in competition with the ized at A Vest wood, California, with a Evangelist Stewart P. Fox writes: “I good charter membership. A spon­ have open time for September and No­ "cream-of-the-crop” among army com­ taneous love offering was taken for vember, also an open date in October. manders and potential commanders, Brother and Sister Sherwood. Will be glad to go as the Lord may and in a field (military tactics) un­ Northwest Nazarene College was well lead. Write me, Route 2. Leesburg, Vir­ related to the minister’s normal back­ represented by Dr. Wesley Johnson, who ginia.” ground and experience. The church is introduced the new science building justly proud of such performance. project. Huntington, West Virginia—The Wal The Command and General Staff Rev. Dean Wessels did an outstand­ nut Hills Church recently closed a re­ College is the world’s foremost military ing job of representing our Publishing vival with the Thomas Fowler Evan­ House, llis presentation of the colored tactical postgraduate school, and is re­ gelistic Party. The singing ancl musical film on the publishing house setup program of this group is “tops.” and the sponsible for both instruction and doc­ made its impress on everyone present. strong evangelistic ministry of Brother trine (tactical) development at the T he officers, pastors, and people of Fowler resulted in a total of fifty-two division, corps, and field army level. the Nevada-Utah District look forward seekers at the altar during the maeting. The ultimate goal is the preparation of in faith to a year of progress in the We give God praise.—I r a E. F o w l f . r , selected officers for duty as commanders Kingdom by God’s grace and with His Pastor. and general staff officers. help.—I . \V. D i c k e y , Reporter. The entire chaplains corps is repre­ Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland—T h c sented by two army chaplains each Arizona District Assembly prayers which preceded the recent cam­ paign in Sharpe Memorial Church were year. Chaplain Keys’ selection was The forty-first annual assembly of the Arizona District was held May 24 and wonderfully answered when God blessed made from the 815 protestant chap­ 25. at Tucson First Church, with Rev. tlie ministry of Evangelist Doris Mc­ lains among approximately 1,160 active Mvron Morford as host pastor. Dowell to our hearts. The presence of duty army chaplains. T he assembly was preceded on Tues­ the Holy Spirit was evident in the serv­ The church is grateful for the in­ day by a district church schools con- ices, ancl many souls had their needs met fluence and record of all of our military uMition, with Rev. G. W. Elkins, chair­ at the altar of prayer, with a total of

A U G U ST 1, 1962 • (453) 13 seven!\ blessed of Cod in ;i definite ill wickedness? Is evil invincible'? Is the music as well as the preaching In revivals wher­ way. We give Cod all the praise.—L. ever such services are needed. Write him, 516 S. course of history predetermined in some Crawford, Norman, Oklahoma.— W. T. Johnson, su­ T h o m s o n , Iteporlcr. si lietne ot recurring catastrophe? Even perintendent of Southwest Oklahoma District. some good people have surrendered to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma—The past It gives me pleasure to recommend Rev. Ernest R. such a view. Bradley, 247 Beacon St., Lowell, Massachusetts, as three years have been history-making We should learn first that there arc an evangelist. For the past ten years he has been ones for the Grand Boulevard Church no moral accidents in either the lives of pastor of our Lowell congregation, and has de­ in a concerted effort to conserve and clined this place of service that he may devote his nations or individuals. The moral full time to the work of evangelism. He is an ex­ solidify the work of God here. The com­ wreckage upon history’s highway is the cellent preacher with a passion for souls, and any ing of Evangelists A. C,. and Elveda result of choices made for wrong in church would profit by his ministry.— Fletcher Johnson as our pastors was of God we the face of a known right. Because Spruce, superintendent of New England District. feel, and for the victories, the successes, we live in a moral universe under the Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Johnson are re-entering the and the achievements we give God government of moral law. results of field of evangelism, after serving the Grand Boule­ vard Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the praise. We greatly appreciated the lead­ choices both national and individual past three years. They have had a number of years ership of the Johnsons, and their tireless are predictable upon a moral basis of experience as pastors and evangelists, and are efforts for the Kingdom. The Johnsons (see Leviticus 26) . willing to go anywhere and do their best for the church and souls. Write them % our publishing tire now returning to the evangelistic Neither ought we to conceive of his­ house, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City 41, Mo.— W. T. field, and we ask the prayers of God's torical judgments as some kind of Johnson, superintendent of Southwest Oklahoma Dis­ people for us at this time.—Mrs. Gt'Nr. tr ic t. WEDDING BELLS M a r i is, Secretary. Miss Phyllis Ruth Shumake and Mr. Joseph Hughes Burns, both of Nashville, Tennessee, were united in Rev. C. E. Lykins writes: “It has been marriage on June 30, at Grace Church in Nashville, "SHOWERS of BLESSING" with Dr. C. E. Shumake, father of the bride, officia­ my privilege to pastor our church in ting, assisted by Rev. Van Burman of Texas City, Decatur, Indiana, for the past eight Texas. years. On this past April 8, District Program Schedule Evelyn Smith and Bill Schaunaman were united In Superintendent llpdike was with us for August 5—“The Call and Claim of marriage on June 22, at First Church, Aberdeen, the dedication of our new sanctuary, Christ,” South Dakota, with Rev. David A. Belzer, local educational unit, and parsonage. Song by Dallas Baggett pastor, officiating. August 12—“Midnight Dreams—Mid­ BORN Evangelist Curtis Brown sang with his day Visions,” by Dallas Baggett — to Carl and Joyce Leth of Bradley, Illinois, a usual wonderful spirit, and a former (featuring music from Olivet Naza- daughter, Linda Joy, on June 21. pastor. Rev. J. T. Trucax, was the rene College) — to John and Marie Carter of Taylor, Michigan, morning and evening speaker. This was August 19—“How Can I Be Sure?” a son, Timothy John, on June 16. a great victory for our people after wor­ by Dallas Baggett — to Randall W. and Doris (Frasier) Meesey of shiping in a little wood tabernacle for University City, Missouri, a son, Joseph Randall, on twenty-five years. Our property is now June 14. worth in excess of one hundred thou­ — to Richard and Marlene (Hill) Wright, of Aber­ sand dollars, with a debt of less than personal vengeance visited upon men deen, South Dakota, a daughter, Wendy Lyn, on forty-five thousand. Our people have in God. Nothing is clearer than that June 6. given us a fine recall, but I have re­ in the upholding of His moral gov­ — to Roy and Everine (Smith) Shelton of Kansas signed as of September 2. to enter the ernment God is personally involved City, Missouri, a daughter, Pamela Joy, on May 20. field of full-time evangelism. I am now with men, and suffers in compassion SPECIAL PRAYER IS REQUESTED slating meetings; write me, 603 Stratton — by an eighty-year-old Nazarene in Arizona, for and patience to save the wavward. In "my body is a great trial and keeps me from work­ Wav, Decatur, Indiana, until September; the person of His Son, God has en­ ing for the Master"; after that c/o our publishing house in — by a Christian in Arkansas for her husband who tered into the stream of history in in­ has a bad back, for the healing of her daughter, Kansas City, Missouri.” finite love and infinite sorrow. for the salvation of her unsaved children, and for The Biblical view of national judg­ the healing of her body that God will spare her to help her children into the Kingdom; ments makes it clear that God is present — by a very lonely Christian lady in Michigan that and at work in current events, and men God will answer an urgent request for her. THE BIBLE LESSON may co-operate with Him. Men are not /;,/ A UNDID E. AIR11 ART dominated wholly by evil. They are Directories free to choose. There is a power for BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS Topic for August 5: Office, 6401 The Paseo gootl available. Salvation for the nation Kansas City 31, Missouri Judah Conquered and Exiled is not. as some seem to think, an ir­ G. B. W ILLIAMSON— Chairman Sckii'TURi : II Kings 24—25 (Printed: resistible art from outside us. leaving SAM U EL YOUNG— Vice-Chairman V. H. LEW IS— Secretary II Kings 24:12-14. 20: 25:1-2, 8-11). us without responsibility. This is the HARDY C. POWERS Goi.df.n Text: They have sown the day of the Holy Spirit. Ib is is the D. I. VANDERP00L wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind dav of spiritual revival. HUGH C. BENNER (Hosea 8:7) . '■ Finally, we note the invincibility of Nazarene Camp Meetings God’s purpose. Even national catastro­ Passenger aircraft flying great dis­ August 2 to 12, Arkansas Nazarene Camp, Vilonia, tances over water have a “point of no phe. which preaches the folly of man's Arkansas. Workers: Rev. L. S. Oliver, evangelist; return” somewhere midway between selfishness, has a place in working out Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Casteel, singers. Rev. Boyd C. Hancock, district superintendent. Write take-off and destination. Having passed the divine plan. The overthrow of the Morgan Carroll, president, Route 1, Box 149, Con­ this point they will go on even though worldly political entity paved the way way, Arkansas. trouble should develop. So there is a for a nation with new spiritual con­ August 3 to 12, Akron District Camp, at the "point of no return” in the moral and cepts, and the coming of Christ. As Nazarene District Center, Routes 44 and 62, Louis­ spiritual flight of nations and people Arnold J. Toynbee suggests in Civiliza­ ville, Ohio. Workers: Dr. Otto Stucki, Dr. Wm. away from God! tion on Trial: “If religion is a chariot, Greathouse, Paul Qualls, and Leland Davis. Rev. C. D. Taylor, district superintendent. For informa­ The writer of II Chronicles virtually it looks as if the wheels on which it tion write the District Center Office, 8063 Colum­ indicates it: “But they mocked the mounts toward Heaven may he periodic bus Road, N.E., Louisville, Ohio. downfalls of civilizations on Earth.” messengers of God, and despised his August 3 to 12, Eighteenth Annual Arizona Dis­ words, and misused his prophets, until Lesson material is based on International Sunday trict Camp, at the Nazarene District Center, Pres­ the wrath of the Lord arose against his School Lessons, the International Bible Lessons for cott, Arizona (IV 2 m iles west of town o ff Copper people, till there was no remedy" (36: Christian Teaching, copyrighted by the International Basin Road). Workers: Rev. Ponder W. Gilliland, Council of Religious Education, and is used by its Rev. George A . Gaines, Professor Ronald Lush. Dr. 10) . And history would seem to prove permission. M. L. Mann, district superintendent. Write Rev. that a spiritual blindness, a moral in­ James F. Cullumber, 71 W. Smoot, Tucson, Arizona. sensitivity may lay hold of a nation Announcements August 3 to 12, Tenth annual camp, Southwest until doom is inevitable. RECOMMENDATIONS Oklahoma District, at the district campground, 3Va What docs this mean? Are we to give Rev. L. Wayne Sears, pastor of First Church, Nor­ miles west of Anadarko, Oklahoma, on Hi-way 9. man, Oklahoma, is entering the evangelistic field Workers: Rev. Bert Daniels, Rev. Paul McGrady, way to a philosophy of pessimism and September 1. Having served as a pastor success­ evangelists; and Professor Warnie Tippitt, singer. despair as regards world or national af­ fully for the past twenty-two years, he is well quali­ For information write the district superintendent, fairs? Is humanity helplessly enmeshed fied to render experienced service in the field of Rev. W. T. Johnson, 7313 S. Douglas, Oklahoma evangelism. He is able also to carry the special City, Oklahoma. 14 (454) • HERALD OF HOLINESS August 3 to 12, Washington and Ph ilad e lp h ia Brand, Willis H., and Wife. Evangelist and Musi­ Drayer, Fred E. 32 Fenner Ave., Newport, R.I. Districts Camp Meeting, at North East, Maryland cians, P.O. Box 332, Fort Wayne, Ind. Drye, J. T. % Publishing House* (V z mile north of Route 40). Workers: Dr. T. W. Pennviile, Ind...... July 22 to Aug 5 Duncan, W. Ray. Waverly, Ohio Willingham, Rev. Sammy Sparks, Professor Paul Brannon, George. 4105 N. Wheeler, Bethany, Okla. Dunham, L. J. 1135 Highland Ave., Coraopoiis, Pa. McNutt, Mrs. W m . Snyder, Rev. Everette Howard, Oakland City, Ind. (Camp) .... Aug. 16 to 26 Dunn, T. P. 318 East 7th St., Hastings, Neb. Mrs. Grace Bertolet, Marilyn Bickel. Dr. E. E. Bridgwater, R. E. and Dorothy. 116 Wolfe Ave., Peoria (First), III...... September 5 to 16 Grosse and Rev. Wm. C. Allshouse, district su­ Colorado Springs, Colo. Easley, Gordon W. % Nazarene Camp, Anadarko, perintendents. W rite Rev. Boyd M . Long, 445 Dalhart, Texas ...... Sept. 12 to 23 Okla. Washington Ave., Royersford, Pennsylvania. Brockmueller, C. W. and Esther. 908 15th Ave. Eason, H. J. 5001 Jasmine Ave., Savannah, Ga. South, Nampa, Idaho Eastman, H. T. and Verla May. Preacher and Sing­ August 5 to 12, Northeastern Indiana Nazarene Open dates for August ers, 2005 East 11th, Pueblo, Colo. District Camp, East 38th Street Extension, Marion, Brown, Charles. 212 Clay St., Dayton, Ky. Edwards, L. T., and Wife. 1132 Ash St., Cottage Indiana. W orkers: Dr. W . T. Purkiser, Rev. George Brown, J. Russell. % Publishing House* Grove, Ore. Hayse, Rev. Morris Wilson, Rev. Robert Condon. For Brown, Marvin L. 810 Pleasant St., Kewanee, III. Elsea, Cloyce. Box 18, Vanburen, Ohio information write the district superintendent, Dr. Brown, W. Lawson. Box 785, Bethany, Okla. Enirick, C. Ross and Dorothy. Evangelist and Musi­ Paul Updike, Box 9 87 , M arion, Indiana. St. Joseph (N. Side), Mo. . . Aug. 31 to Sept. 9 cians, 600 N. Trumbull St., Bay City, Mich. Burkhart, Munroe. Rt. 1, Box 169-A, Elm Mott, E ms ley, Robert. Bible Expositor, 200 East & West August 6 to 12, Iowa District Camp, District Texas Road, Buffalo 24, N.Y. Center, W est Des M oines, Iowa. W orkers: Rev. Burnem, Eddie and Ann. Box 1007, Ashland, Ky. Aztec, N. Mex...... August 8 to 19 James Crabtree, evangelist, and the Speer Fa m ily , Leavenworth, Kans...... Aug. 8 to 19 Kittanning, Pa. (Breth.) . . Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 singers. Dr. Gene E. P h illip s , d is tric t superintend­ Little Rock (Broadmoor), Ark. Ensey, Lee H. 2094 "F" St., San Bernardino, ent...... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 C a lif. Burton, C. C. 412 Monticello St., Somerset, Ky. Pomona (Town Ave.), Calif. . . August 12 to 19 August 6 to 12, Wisconsin District Camp Meet­ Knoxville (First), Tenn...... Sept. 12 to 23 Vista, Calif August 20 to 26 ing. Camp location, forty-five miles north of M il­ Cargill, A. L. and Myrta. 838 W. Kiowa, Colorado Erickson, A. William ("Billy"). 521 Lemont Drive, waukee, two miles west of Hi-way 41 on County F. Springs, Colo. Nashville 7, Tenn. Workers: Dr. Edw ard Law lor, Dr. Hugh C. Benner Worland, Wyo...... Sept. 6 to 16 Columbus (First), Miss August 13 to 19 (presiding at assem bly), M r. J im Bohi, Charles and Cargill, Porter T. 6905 N.W. 41st, Bethany, Okla. Meridian, Miss August 20 to 26 Jeannie M i 11 huff. W rite , D. J . Gibson, d is tric t su­ Carleton, J. D., and Wife. Preacher and Singers, Estep, Alva 6. and Gladys. Preacher and Singers, perintendent, 5 709 Pleasant H ill Rd., Madison 14, r/ r Publishing House* Box 238, Losantvilie, Ind. Wisconsin. Carlsen, Harry and Esther. Evangelist and Musi­ Eudaley, 0. W. 603 S. Second, Marlow, Okla. cians, Post Restante, Oslo, Norway Fe I ter, Harry J., and Wife. Box 87, Leesburg, N.J. August 10 to 19, Mt. Hope Nazarene Camp (on Europe June through December Watertown, N.Y ...... August 17 to 26 State Road 156, between Route Nos. 11 and 3 2 in Carroll, Morgan. Box 42, Vilonia, Ark. Fightmaster, Wm. F. 2663 Blackhawk Rd., Dayton Fleming County, about 7 miles south of Flemings- Carter, Jack and Ruby. Preacher and Singers, Box 20, Ohio burg); sponsored by Eastern Kentucky Nazarene D is­ 222, Bethany, Okla. Science Hill, Ky ...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 trict. Workers: Dr. George Coulter, Rev. Wilbur Casey, H. A. and Helen. Preachers and Singers, c/ r Files, Gloria; and Adams, Dorothy. Evangelist and Brannon, and Song Evangelist C u rtis R. Brown. For Publishing House* Singer, Wiley Ford, W.Va. information write the district superintendent, Dr. Centralia, III...... August 6 to 13 Eureka, III. (V .B .S .) ____ July 30 to Aug. 12 D. S. Somerville, 2717 Iroquois Ave., Ashland, Ken­ Milwaukee (Hampton), Wis. . . August 15 to 26 New Matamoras, Ohio .... September 2 to 9 tucky. Caudill, Virgil R. Route 3, Troy Rd., Springfield, Finger, Joseph. Box 623, Route 1, Orlando, Fla. Ohio Finger, Maurice and Naomi. Route 3, Lincolnton, Open dates for August N.C. Vandalia, Ohio ...... Septem ber 6 to 16 Finkbeiner, A. J. % Publishing House* Chapman, C. L. 601 W . M ain , Oblong, III. Firestone, Orville. 736 E. 43rd North, Tulsa 6, Chatfield, C. C. and Flora N. Evangelists and Sing­ Okla. ers, c/ f Publishing House* Chelsea, Okla...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 EVANGELISTS' Clark, Eddie. Route 1, Colona, III. Tuttle, Okla...... September 6 to 16 Clark, Gene. 2501 Fenwood, Terre Haute, Ind. Fisher, C. Wm . r-r Publishing House* Rutland, Ohio ...... August 1 to 12 Kirkland, Wash...... August 8 to 12 SLATES Washington, Ind August 15 to 26 Oklahoma City (Meridian), Okla. Clark, Hugh S. 602 S. Broadway, Georgetown, Ky...... Aug. 26 to Sept. 2 Cochran, Richard H. 102 Cora St., Dexter, Mo. Fitch, George L. 124 Elder St., Nampa, Idaho Cole, George 0. 413 E. Ohio Ave., Sebring, Ohio Fitch, James S. 3825 Hazel Ave., Norwood 12, Cook, Charles T. 433 Plum St., Albany, Ind. Ohio Cooke, J. Mervin. Route 5, Lynn St., Abbotsford, Fitz, R. G. 215 Chestnut, Nampa, Idaho PREACHERS: B.C., Canada Fieshman, C. E. 336 Country Club Dr., Cape Girar­ Cooper, Marvin S. 1514 N. Wakefield St., Arling­ deau, Mo. A to C ton, Va. Florence, Ernest E. 1000 S. Cross St., Robinson, Rochester, M ich ...... Septem ber 5 to 15 Abla, Glen W. % Publishing House* III. Corbett, C. T. P.O. Box 215, Kankakee, III. Sessor, III...... September 2 to 16 Albright, J. C. 592 Lincoln Ave., % Rev. H. E. Cox, C. B. 1322 N. First Ave., Upland, Calif. Fowler Family Evangelistic Party, The Thomas. Albright, Saugus, Mass. London, Ohio ...... August 2 to 12 Preacher and Musicians, % Trevecca Nazarene Aldridge, James W. Box 4893, Station B, Colum­ Circleville, Ohio (camp) .... August 17 to 26 College, Nashville 10, Tenn. bus 2, Ohio Crabtree, J. C. 1506 Amherst Rd., Springfield, Sartinville, Miss, (camp) .... August 3 to 12 Allen, Arthur L. 51 E. Main St., Yarmouth, Maine Ohio Sudlersville, Md. (camp) . . Aug. 24 to Sept. 3 E.N.C. Zone Tour ...... August 6 to 26 Cravens, Rupert. 823 N. Kramer Ave., Lawrence- Fox, Stewart P. Route 2, Leesburg, Va. Allen, J. A . (Jim m ie). % Publishing House* burg, Tenn. Fraley, Hazel M. 458 Moore Ave., New Castle, Pa. Anderson, G ilb e rt and S ylvia . Preacher and Singers, Bristol, Tenn. (Music School) Butler, Pa. (Y.P. Inst.) ____ August 13 to 17 % Publishing House* ...... July 23 to Aug. 10 Erie, Pa. (V.B.S.) ...... August 20 to 29 Applegate, N ellie T. 742 E lysian Ave., Toledo 7, Crews, H. F. and Mrs. Evangelist and Singers, r/< Freeman, Mary Ann. 721 W. Broadway, Monmouth, Ohio Publishing House* III. Austrew, E. F. 2 1 2 4 Covert Ave., Evansville 14, Dallas, Texas ...... August 6 to 14 Manville, III. (camp) .... July 16 to Aug. 19 Ind. Levelland, Texas ...... August 15 to 26 Smithfield, III. (V.B.S.) .. Aug. 20 to Sept. Aycock, Jarre tte and D ell. Preacher and Singer, 2 Crider, Marcellus and Mary. Evangelist and Sing­ Frodge, Harold C. 201 N. S ixth, M arsh all, III. % Publishing House* ers, Route 3, Shelbyville, Ind. East Peoria, III...... August 1 to 12 Ava (Highway), Mo ...... Sept. 2 to 9 Wapello, Iowa Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Edgewood, III...... August 15 to 26 Bailey, E. W. 3589 55th Ave. North, St. Peters­ Cruse, C. E. and Barbara. Preacher and Singers, Fugett, C. B. 4311 Blackburn, Ashland, Ky. burg, Fla. 1403 Monroe, Charleston, III. Pleasantville, N.J. (camp) .. August 17 to 26 Battin, Buford. 3015 47th St., Lubbock, Texas Crutcher, Estelle. 9301 Jamaica Drive, Miami 57, Moultrie (First), Ga Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 Farmington, N. Mex...... August 8 to 19 Florida Terrell, Texas ...... Aug. 26 to Sept. 2 Providence (First), R.I...... Sept. 9 to 16 Beaty, B. K. Route 4, T a y lo rv ille , III. G and H Bebout, R. E. 187 3 Channel Drive, Ventura, C a lif. Gaines, George A. 564 Wellington Rd., Orange, Bender Evangelistic Party, Jam es. P.O. Box 8 63 5, C a lif. Sulphur Springs, Fla. D to F Garvin, H. B. 5920 S.W. 14th St., Plantation Monterey, Tenn August 12 to 31 Dale, Bennie I. 339 Northeast E St., Linton, Ind. Isles, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Bennett, Ross Lee. 339 N. Second St., Scottsburg, Danner, Joel. P.O. Box 404, Bethany, Okla. Auburn, III...... September 5 to 16 Ind. Darnell, H. E. P.O. Box 929, Vivian, La. Gawthorp, Loy A. Box 37, Mansfield, III. Bertolets, The Musical (Fred and Grace). 1349 Indianapolis, Ind. (camp) .... August 3 to 12 Geeding, W. W. and Wilma. Preachers and Chalk Perkiomen, Reading, Pa. Greensburg, Ind...... August 16 to 26 Artist, 360 E. Wells St., Bushneli, III. Northeast, Md. (Camp) .... August 3 to 12 Davis, C. W. and Florence. 930 N. Institute, Colo Bartonvilie (El Bethel), III. Fulton, N.Y ...... Aug. 24 to Sept. 2 rado Springs, Colo...... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Bettcher, Roy A . 3 212 Fourth Ave., Chattanooga, Frost Bridge, Miss, (camp) Gibson, Charles A. 192 Olivet St., Bourbonnais, Tenn...... July 27 to Aug. 5 III. Sweetwater, Tenn...... August 8 to 19 Dayhoff, I. E. Missionary-Evangelist, Box 233, Gilmour, A. Alan. 309 Spring St., Jamestown, N.Y. Bierce, Joseph. 913 Indiana St., Route 1, Bick- University Park, Iowa Glaze, Harold. 332 Woodlawn Ave., Hot Springs, nell, Ind. DeLong, Russell V. 19236 Guff Blvd., Indian Rocks A rk. Oil City, Pa...... Sept. 12 to 23 (South Shore), Fla. McCrory (First), Ark ...... August 1 to 12 Bishop, G. Preston. 154 2 Pica rdy C ircle , Cle ar­ Mt. Vernon, Ohio (camp) .... August 9 to 19 Prescott (Caney), Ark ...... August 15 to 26 water, Florida Dennis, Laston and Ruth. Evangelist and Singer, Gleason, J. M., and Wife. Preacher and Singers, Home August 1 to 15 Box 387, Oliver Springs, Tenn. 931 N. Mueller, Bethany, Okla. Markle, Ind August 19 to 29 Irvine (Ravenna), Ky Sept. 12 to 23 Goodall, Haven and Gladys. 22330 Lanark St., Bishop, Joe. 151 5 S. Jensen, E l Reno, Okla. Dickerson, H. N. 5220 N.E. 20th Ave., Ft. Lauder­ Canoga Park, Calif. Blythe, Ellis G. 225 Ludlow Ave., Springfield, dale, Fla. Gordon, Maurice F. 2417 "C" St., Selma, Calif. Ohio DIshon, Melvin. 525 Lansdale Ave., Bowling Green, Griffin, Clarence A. 5829 North 64th Drive, Glen­ Sanford, Fla ...... August 1 to 5 Ky. dale, Ariz. Live Oak, Fla ...... August 9 to 19 Dobbins, C. H. Yoder, Ind. Griffith, R. E. Misslonary-Evengelist, % Publish­ Boggs, W. E. c/ c Publishing House* Donaldson, W. R. 118 West 4th, Ja Junta, Colo. ing House* Tulsa, Okla Aug. 26 to Sept. 2 Fayetteville (First), Ark ...... Aug. 1 to 5 Open dates for Europe .... July 15 to Aug. 15 3ouse, Fred. 420 East 12th St., Indianapolis, Ind. Goldsboro (First), N.C...... Aug. 12 to 19 Lisburn, N. Ireland .... Aug. 26 to Sept. 3 ♦Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City 41, Mo. AU GU ST 1, 1962 • (455) 15 Grimm, George J. 136 East St., Sistersville, W.Va. Odessa, Texas ...... August 8 to 19 Binghamton, N.Y. (camp) .... August 2 to 12 Mishawaka (S. Side), Ind August 1 to 26 McKinney, Texas ...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Nevada, Ohio (camp) August 15 to 17 Knight, George M. 118 Hughes Ave., Oildale, Calif. Morgan, J. Herbert and Pansy S. Evangelists and Grubbs, R. D. 1714 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky. Kruse, Cari H., and Wife. Evangelist and Singer, Singers, 334 N. Randolph St., Indianapolis 1, Guy, Marion 0. Route 5, Muskogee, Okla. 4503 N. Redmond, Bethany, Okla. Ind. Haden, Charles E. P.O. Box 245, Sacramento, Ky. Enid, O kla...... September 5 to 9 Moulton, M. Kimber. % Publishing House* Henderson (Corydon), Ky August 15 to 26 Langford, J. V. 701 N. First, Henryetta, Okla. Felicity, Ohio August 15 to 26 Cowan, Tenn...... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Lexington, O kla...... Aug. 9 to 19 Troy, Ohio ...... Septem ber 5 to 16 Hall, Carl N. 2125 E. Cedar St., Allentown, Pa. Browniow, Okla...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Mounts, Dewey and Wavolene. Evangelists and Sing­ Lehighton, Pa ...... August 13 to 19 Lanier, John H. Poplar St., Junction City, Ohio ers, 123rd St. and Ridgeland Ave., Worth, III. Open dates ...... Aug. 24 to Sept. 2 Dunkirk, Ind...... August 1 to 12 Mounts, Paul E. 6708 N.W. 29th St., Bethany, Hamilton, Jack and Wilma, 532 W. Cherokee, New Straitsville, 0. (E.U.B.) Okla. Springfield, Mo. Aug. 19 to Sept. 2 Murphy, B. W. 2952 Fourth Ave., Huntington 2, Rocky Ford, Colo...... August 5 to 15 Lanterman, R. S. % Publishing House* W .Va. McCook, Neb. (camp) August 16 to 26 Latham, E. L. Nazarene Acres, Mechanicsburg, III. Open dates for August Hampton, Pleais and Dorothy. Evangelist and Sing­ Law, Dick and Lucille. Preachers and Singers, % Myers, J. T. 502 Lafayette St., Danville, III. ers, % Publishing House* Publishing House* Harding, Mrs. Marldel. 803 N. Briggs, Hastings, Lockwood (Greene), Ohio .... August 8 to 19 Neb. Lexington (Lafayette), Ky. New Mexico Dist. Camp . . July 30 to Aug. 5 ...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 N to R Leichty Family, The (Elvin, Marge, Dianne, Donald). Harley, C. H. Burbank, Ohio Nelson, Charles Ed. and Normadene. Evangelist and Evangelist and Singers, Route 1, Earl Park, Ind. SciotovIIle (Highland Bend, Portsmouth), Ohio Singers, P.O. Box 241, Rogers, Ark. Henryetta (First), Okla...... Aug. 12 to 19 ...... August 8 to 19 Blossom, Texas August 17 to 26 D anville (Douglas Pk .), III. Fredericktown, Ohio .... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Conway, Ark ...... Aug. 31 to Sept. 11 Harrington, Wm. N. 1251 N.W. 44th Ave., Gaines­ ...... Aug. 26 to Sept. 2 Norris, Roy and Lilly Anne. Evangelist and Sing­ Lcih, Martin. 124 W. Palm Dr., Arcadia, Calif. ville, Fia. ers, r/ ( Publishing House* Concord, Calif...... September 5 to 16 Harrison, Raymond W. 8821 North 29th Ave., Home (777 LeBlanc, Lincoln Park, Mich.) to Leonard, James C. 223 Jefferson St., Marion, Ohio Phoenix, Ariz. Aug. 21 Open date ...... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Harrold, John W. Box 291, Red Key, Ind. Tippicanoe (Canaan Hills), Ohio Leaverett Brothers. Preacher and Singers, Route 4, Farmland, Ind August 15 to 26 ...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Lam ar, Mo. Hawkins, Alton. 6802 N.W. 45th, Bethany, Okia. N orsworthy, A rch ie N. 113 Asbury, Bethany, Okla. Lewis, Ellis. 6706 N.W. 31st, Bethany, Okla. Hayes, Thomas. % Publishing House* Norton, Joe. Box 143, Hamlin, Texas Lewis, Ralph L. r/ ( Asbury Theological Seminary, Superior, Neb. (camp) August 1 to 12 San Antonio (South), Texas .. Aug. 12 to 19 Wilmore, Ky. Fairview, Okla. (camp) .... August 15 to 26 Arlington (E. Park), Texas . . Sept. 6 to 16 Hegstrom, H. E. P.O. Box 8, University Park, Iowa Liddell, T. T. 8819 S. Fairfield, Evergreen Park 42, III. Nutter, C. S. P.O. Box 48, Parkersburg, W.Va. Centerville, Iowa ...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Osborne, 0. L. 619 E. Tenn. St., Evansville, Ind. Fayetteville (First), N.C. ... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Hertford, Russell W. Box 82, Big Bear City, Calif. Palmer, "Bob." 1320 Grandview Ave., Ports­ Lipker, Charles H. Route 1, Alvada, Ohio Hess, Weaver W. 329 E. Ave. R-7, Palmdale, Calif. mouth, Ohio Salem (First), Ohio September 6 to 16 Higgins, Charles A. 1402 Boutz Rd., Las Cruces, Fostoria (Rising Sun), Ohio .... Sept. 5 to 16 Lykins, C. E. 603 Stratton Way, Decatur, Ind. New Mexico Parrott, A. L. P.O. Box 68, Bourbonnais, III. Fort Wayne (First)., Ind Sept. 12 to 23 Moriarty, N.M ...... September 5 to 16 Durant (First), Okla...... August 1 to 12 Lyons, James H. P.O. Box 336, Harvey, III. Hodgson, Robert E. Box 555, Bethany, Okla. Ann Arbor, Mich ...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Open dates for August Passmore Evangelistic Party, The A. A. Evangelist Camas, Wash September 5 to 16 and Singers, r/r Publishing House* Hoeckle, Wesley W. P.O. Box 3338, Corpus Christi, M Nu Mine, Pa. (camp) ...... August 2 to 12 Texas MacAllen, L. J. and Mary. 119 W. Rambler Ave., Great Falls (First), Mont. Aug. 24 to Sept. 2 Austin (South), Texas .... September 12 to 23 E ly ria , Ohio Pattan, Martin L. Route 11, Box 54, Fort Worth, Hoffman, Daniel C. 8255 Plains Road, Mentor, Ohio Elkhart (Bresee), Ind Aug. 16 to 19 Texas Hokada, James T. Route 1, Parkview. Grafton, Sharpsville, Pa Sept. 13 to 16 Patterson, A. B. Box 568, Abbotsford, B.C., W .Va. Markham, Walter. 408 S. Cottage Ave., Porter­ Canada Holstein, C. V. 623 Village St., Kalamazoo, Mich. ville, Calif. Patterson, Walter. 1642 Wilson St., Wichita Hoot, G. W. and Pearl. Evangelist and Musicians, Martin, Paul. c/ r Publishing House* Falls, Texas Box 745, Winona Lake, Ind. Central Ohio Y.P. Inst...... August 6 to 11 Wizard Wells, Texas .... September 14 to 23 Reed City, Mich ...... Aug. 30 to Sept. 9 N.W. Dist. Inst August 20 to 25 Pease, Denver. 14 N. Dayton St., Rockford, Mich. Hoot, W. W. Rt. 5, Box 207, Morgantown, W.Va. Martin, Vern. Route 1, Fruitland, Idaho Pershing, Vincent B. P.O. Box 76, Sewell, N.J. Proctorville, Ohio (Holiday Drive) Mayo, Clifford. 516 E. Marlboro, Lubbock, Texas Pestana, George C. 3 Swan Court, W a lnu t Creek, ...... August 1 to 19 Ft. Worth, Texas (F.M.) .. July 25 to Aug. 5 C a lif. Hoots, Bob. Box 1, Albany, Kentucky Commerce, Texas ...... Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Peters, Joseph W. P.O. Box 22, Virden, III. Columbia, Ky. (E.U.B.) .... August 2 to 12 McCullough, Forrest. % Publishing House* Phillips, Miss Lottie. % Trevecca Nazarene Col­ Dover, Tenn August 16 to 26 Jayess, Miss, (camp)...... August 3 to 12 lege, Nashville 10, Tenn. Hoover, Amos. 1451 Ravine Rd., Vista, Calif. Chattanooga (First), Tenn. . . August 15 to 26 Pickering Musicalalres, The. Evangelist and Mus- Hopkins, L. C. (Lee). Mounted Route, Nampa, Idaho McDonald, Ray. 5958 Southwind, Houston 21, sicians, 4042 Linden St., Allentown, Pa. House, John W. 1719 West 19th St., North Little T exas Vacation (Home) ...... August 1 to 12 Rock, A rk. Merigold (Sunflower), Miss ...... Sept. 5 to 16 Westminster, Md August 13 to 26 Hubartt, Leonard G. Route 4, Huntington, Ind. McDowell, Doris M. 948 Fifth St., Apt. H, Santa Pierce, Boyce and Catherine. Evangelist and Sing­ Areola, III...... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Monica, Calif. ers, 505 W. Columbia Ave., Danville, III. Humble, Don. Piketon, Ohio McFarland, C. L. Michigantown, Ind. Hallsville, Texas (camp) .... August 8 to 19 Humble, James W. c/ ( . Publishing House* McMahon, Louis 0. 10139 Collett, Sepulveda, Calif. Villa Grove, III...... Aug. 23 to Sept. 2 Perth, Scotland ...... September 8 to 20 McWhirter, G. Stuart. Cordova, Alabama Pittenger, Twyla. Shelby, Ohio Hutchinson, C. Neal. r/ r Publishing House* Meadows, Naomi; and Reasoner, Eleanor. Preacher Plummer, Chester D. 515 N. Chester Ave., Indian­ and Singers, 2510 Hudson, Norwood, Ohio apolis 1, Ind. Archbold, Ohio ... August 15 to 26 Dunkirk, Ohio (camp) ...... August 9 to 19 Meighen, J. M., and Family. Preacher and Musi­ Orwell, Ohio ...... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 I to L cians, 2122 Goshen Pike, Milford, Ohio Potter, Lyle and Lois. Sunday School Evangelists, Ice. Charles and Betty. 8404 Asher Ave., Little Meyer, Virgil G. 3112 Willow Oak Dr., Fort Wayne, Publishing House* Rock, Ark. Ind. Santa Maria, Calif. (S.S. Crusade) Aug. 15 to 19 Berryville, Ark August 15 to 26 Mickey, Bob and Ida Mae. Evangelist and Singer, Nevada-Utah Dist. S.S. Tour . . Sept. 9 to 16 Ide, Charles D. 4875 Aleda, S.E., Grand Rapids, 309 Cimarron Ave., La Junta, Coio. Prentice, Carl, Sr., and Wife. 6900 N.W. 43rd St., M ich. Chandler, Okla.. August 1 to 12 Bethany, Okia. Vicksburg, Mich. (Y.P. Inst.) . . August 13 to 17 Mountainair, N.M ...... August 15 to 26 Purkhiser, H. G. r/r Publishing House* Buchanan, Mich . September 6 to 16 Miller, A. E. and Pauline. Preachers and Chalk Raker, W . C., and W ife . Evangelists and Singers, Ingland, Wilma Jean. 322 Meadow Ave., Charleroi, Artist, 307 S. Delaware St., Mt. Gilead, Ohio Box 106, Lewistown, III. Pa. Ruston, La. (camp) ...... August 15 to 26 Danville (N. Side), III...Aug. 15 to 26 Camp and assemblies ...... August Barnsdali, Okla...... Aug. 30 to Sept. 9 Esther, M o...... Sept. 13 to 23 New Castle (First), Pa. . . September 6 to 16 Miller, Harold F., Sr. 307 Townsend Ave., Lake Richards, Alvin D. and Annabelle. Preacher and Irick, Mrs. Emma. P.O. Box 917, Lufkin, Texas Wales, Fla. Singers, 5103 Thompson Rd., Linden, Mich. Floydada, Texas August 5 to 12 Bartow (First), Fla September 16 to 23 Adrian, Mich, (camp) August 2 to 12 Fredonia, Kansas August 15 to 22 Miller, Leila Dell. r 'f Trevecca Nazarene College, Open d a t e ...... September 6 to 16 Isenberg, Don. Chalk Artist-Evangelist, 437 Bresee, Nashville 10, Tenn. Riden, Kenneth R. 121 E. Main, Cambridge City, Bourbonnais, III. Prichard, Ala August 9 to 19 Ind. Buffalo, N.Y .... September 5 to 16 Alva, Okla ...... Aug. 30 to Sept. 9 Sioux City, Iowa (canip) .... Aug. 16 to 26 Jackson, R. W. 704 kern St., Nampa, Idaho Miller, Nettie A. r '< Trcvecca Nazarene College, Greencastie (First), Ind Sept. 5 to 16 Hanapepe, Hawaii August 1 to 5 Nashville 10, Tenn. Robbins, James. 1817 "F" St., Bedford, Ind. Tacoma (Westgate), Wash. . . August 19 to 26 Las Vegas (First), Nev August 8 to 19 West Union, III...... August 1 to 12 Jam es, M elvin R. r/ Publishing House* Santa Ana, Calif...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Jerseyvilie, III August 15 to 26 Jaymes, Richard W. 622 E. Ash St., Piqua, Ohio Miller. W. F. 521 Victoria Ave.;Williamstown, Roberts, Robert C. 639 Hill Top Drive, Cumber­ Open dates for August W .Va. land, Md. West Carrol ton, 0. (W.M.) .... Sept. 5 to 16 Shadyside, Ohio September 19 to 30 Robinson, Paul E. P.O. Box 981, Dayton, Ohio Jerrett, Howard W. 630 W. Hazelhurst, Ferndale, Mitchell, H. Dale. 251 Kathryn Drive, Elkhart, Rodgers, Clyde B. 505 Lester Ave., Nashville 10, M ich. Ind. Tenn. Johnson, Everett A. 316 Edwards St., Bossier City, Pine Lake, WK August 17 to 19 Kampsville, III. (camp)...... Aug. 9 to 19 La. Aurora, III September 14 to 16 Wauchula, Fla ...... Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Johnston, Lester. 11510 S. Union, Chicago 28, III. Moore, Ernest, Jr. 718 Saipan Place, San Antonio, Rodgers, J. A. (Jimmy). 695 N. Market St., East Jones, A. K. 315 Harmon Ave., Danville, III. Texas Palestine, Ohio Jones, Claude W. R.F.D. 3, Bel Air, Md. Moore, Franklin M. Box 302, Castle Rock, Colo. Cumberland (Bethel), Md. . Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Warren (Champion), Ohio .... Sept. 5 to 16 Barnesvitle (First), Ga...... August 1 to 12 Cambridge, Ohio ...... Sept. 19 to 30 Jones, M. J. 2624 Hawthorne Ave., Orlando, Fia. Decatur, Ind. (camp) August 15 to 26 Roedel, Bernice L. 423 E. Maple St., Boonvllle, Keith, Donald R. % Publishing House* Moore, Sartell. 7 Ferro-Monte Ave., Kenvll, N.J. Ind. Gibsonburg, Ohio ...... September 5 to 16 Mooshian, C- Helen. 18 Bellevue St., Lawrence,. Ramsey, Ind. (camp) ...... August 3 to 12 Keiiy, Arthur E. 511 Dogwood St., Columbia, S.C. Mass. Spencer, Ind. (camp) August 13 to 17 ^Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. B ox 527, Kansas If. (456) • HERALD OF HOLINESS C ity 4 1, Mo. Rothwell, Mei-Thomas. 4701 N. Donald Ave., Tu: pel, John W. Route 2, Minesing, Ontario, East. Ky. Dist. Camp ...... Aug. 10 to 19 Bethany, Okla. Canada Rio Grande, N.J. (camp) .. Aug. 23 to Sept. 3 New Bedford, Mass. (camp) . . August 18 to 27 Trenton, N.S., Canada ...... Sept. 2 to 16 Callihan, Jim and Evelyn* Singers and Musicians, Rushing, Charles and Emma Jean. Preacher and Box 3123 O.B., Dayton 31, Ohio Singers, c/o Publishing House* U to Z Rust. Everette F . 420 Sherm an, A lv a, O kla. Carmickle, James and Juanita. Singers and Musi­ Underwood, G. F., and Wife. Preachers and Singers, cians, 4023 Mesa Ave., Sarasota, Fla. 1834 Westlawn, S.W., Warren, Ohio Reserved for camps ...... August Coulter, Miss Phyllis. Song Evangelist, 1430 Open Date...... Sept. 12 to 23 Fletcher Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Van Slyke, D. C. 508 16th Ave. South, Nampa, Crider, Jim and Janet. Singers and Musicians, Idaho Box 157, Shirley, Ind. S and T Vaughn, Roy M. 530 74th Ave. North, St. Peters­ Wren, Ohio (camp) ...... Aug. 16 to 26 burg, Fla. Darm, Jean and Jane. Song Evangelists, 338 Scarlett, Don. P.O. Box 48, North Vernon, Ind. Wachtel, David K. 1025 Berwick Trail, Madison, Michigan Ave., Adrian, Mich. Southgate, Calif, (camp) ...... Aug. 2 to 12 Tenn. Vassar, Kans. (camp) ...... Sep t. 6 to 16 Charleston, W.Va ...... September 7 to 16 Davis, Leland R. Song Evangelist, Nazarene District Schriber, George. 5949 N. Forestdale, Glendora, Wagner, Betty. 'U Publishing House* Center, R.D. 1, Louisville, Ohio Calif. Walker, W. B. r/ t Publishing House* Akron District Camp (R.D. 1, Louisville, 0.) Scott, Carmen A. I ll E. Curtis St., P.O. Box 455, Uhrichsville, O h io ...... September 5 to 16 ...... to August 12 Stryker, Ohio Wallin, Henry B. 1414 N. Hill Ave., Pasadena, Dennis, Darrell and Betty. Song Evangelists and Sellick, R. T. Box 22, Oxford, Nova Scotia, C a lif. Musicians, % Publishing House* Canada San Bernardino (First), Calif. . . Aug. 22 to 26 Dunmire, Ralph and Joann. Singers and Musicians, Langley, B.C., Canada .... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Ward, Lloyd and Gertrude. Preacher and Chalk 202 Garwood Dr., Nashville 11, Tenn. Selz, Joseph W. 627 Juniper St., Walla Walla, Artist, 2710-C Fowler St., Ft. My.ers, Fla. Kingston Springs, Tenn...... Aug. 8 to 19 Wash. Reserved ...... To August 27 Corinth, N.Y. (camp) .... Aug. 26 to Sept. 3 Shackelford, H. W. 614 W. Market St., Washing­ El Reno, O kla...... Aug. 28 to Sept. 9 ton C.H., Ohio Wctson, C. R. Sealy, Texas Everleth, Lee and Judy. Song Evangelists, 618 8th Tallmadge, Ohio (Evang.) .... August 3 to 11 Watson, Paul. 311 N.W. Seventh St., Bentonvilie. S t., M a rie tta, Ohio Wabash, Ind...... Aug. 2 6 to Sep t. 2 A rk. Fagan, Harry, and Wife. Singers and Musicians, Sharp, L. D. 1324 N. Topeka, W ich ita , Kansas Jonesboro (Rogers Chapel), Ark. Aug. 15 to 26 R.D. 1, Box 93, Carmichaels, Pa. Sharpies, J. J., and Wife. Evangelist and Singers, Midway City (First), Calif Sept. 12 to 23 Ford, A. E. and Mrs. Song Evangelists, 647 W. 41 James Ave., Yorkton, Sask., Canada Weatherby, T. 0. 1102 South 30th Ave., Yakima, Lincoln St., Caro, Mich. Shea, Albert J. 4245 Forest Ave., Cincinnati 12, Wash. Gillespie, Sherman and Elsie. Song Evangelists, Ohio Parkdale, Oregon ...... August 21 to 26 1614 N. Rector St., Muncie, Ind. Open date August 15 to 26 Areata (North Samoa), Calif. . . Sept. 5 to 16 Godfrey, Laura M. Singer, 797 N. Wilson, Pasa­ Open date Septem ber 5 to 16 Weathers, C. G., and Florence. 811 N. Sinclair, dena 6, Calif. Sheets, Lloyd Dean. Box 165, W averly, Ohio Tavares, Fla. Granger, Miss Marjorie. Song Evangelist, 3634 Shelton, S. Trueman and Ruthellen. Evangelist and Weaver Evangelistic Party, The. Evangelist and Blaine Ave., St. Louis 10, Mo. Singer, Box 926, Riverbank, Calif. Singers, 149 E. Randall, Coopersville, Mich. Green, James and Rosemary. Singers and Musicians, Shomo, P h ilip and M iria m . Preachers and Singers, Wells, Kenneth and Lily. Evangelists and Singers, 1201 Bower Ct., New Castle, Ind. r/ t Trevecca Nazarene College, Nashville 10, Tenn. Box 1043, Whitefish, Mont. Sioux City, Iowa (camp) .... Aug. 16 to 26 Short, J. W . and Frances. % Publishing House* Open date, ...... September 5 to 16 Haas, Wayne and June. Singers and Musicians, Sisk, Ivan. 4 327 M oraga Ave., San Diego, C a lif. Toronto, Ont., Canada Sept. 19 to 30 Route 1, Cory, Ind. Slater, Glenn. 320 South 22nd St., Independence, White, W. T. 116 E. Keith, Norman, Okla. Scottsburg, Ind. (camp) .. Aug. 21 to Sept. 2 Kansas St. Marys, Ohio (camp) .. July 27 to Aug. 5 Hodge, Ralph, and Mrs. Song Evangelists and Mu­ Slater, Hugh. c/< Publishing House* Anderson, Mo...... Aug. 30 to Sept. 9 sicians, 417 Lawrence St., Benton, III. Bishopville, S.C ...... August 5 to 12 Whitley, C. M., and Wife. Preacher and Singer, Hostetler, Robert L. Song Evangelists, 1017 E. Macon (First), Ga...... August 16 to 26 r/< Publishing House* Firmin, Kokomo, Ind. Slayton, Hubert W. 237 N. Fifth St., Elwood, Ind. Texarkana (N. Side), Texas .... Sept. 5 to 16 Jantz, Calvin and Marjorie. Singers and Musicians, Smiley, Thos. R., and W ife . % Gen. D el., Odon, Williams, Earl C. % Publishing House* Publishing House* Ind. Open dates ...... August N.W. Ind. Dist. Camp .... July 30 to Aug. 5 Smith, Billy and Helen. Evangelist and Singers, Salt Lake City (First), Utah . . Sept. 5 to 16 Fremont, Ohio ...... Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 816 McKinley Ave., Cambridge, Ohio Williams, Lillian. 327 W. Broadway, Sparta, Tenn. Keller-York Party, The. Singers and Musicians, Smith, Charles Hastings. P.O. Box 778, Bartles­ Williams, L. W. 1026 South 17th St., New Box 444, Nampa, Idaho ville, Okla. Castle, Ind. Kelly, Don and Helen (Greenlee). Singers and Musi­ Smith, C. B. Box 505, Vernon, Ind. W illis, Harold J. and Mae. Preachers and Singers, cians, Route 2, Humeston, Iowa Smith, Ottis E. 716 S. Main St., North Canton, r f Publishing House* Reserved ...... August Ohio Willison, Otto R. 2910 N. College, Bethany, Okla. Kennedy, Roger D. Song Evangelist, 3437 E. Lisbon, N.Y. (camp) .... July 31 to Aug. 12 Rock Hill, S.C ...... August 8 to 19 Carpenter Rd., Flint, Mich. Atlasburg, Pa ...... August 19 to 26 Eldorado, Okla...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 McCoy, Norman E. Song Evangelist, 1318 East Smith, Paul R. c/c Publishing House* Wilson, Matthew V. Route 2, Vicksburg, Mich. 28th St., Anderson, Ind. Open dates ...... August Winegarden, Robert. r/« , Publishing House* McNutt, Paul W. Song Evangelist, % Publishing Belleville (Lee's Creek), W.Va. Sept. 6 to 16 Farmer City, III. August 15 to 26 House* Snow, Loy. 5 415 S . H eights Ave., Indianapolis 27, Danville (Gray's Siding), III. Northeast, Md. (camp) ...... Aug. 3 to 12 Ind...... August 27 to Sept. 2 Lubbock, Texas (camp) ...... Aug. 20 to 26 South, J. W., and Wife. Evangelist and Singers, Wolfe, E. D. 722 Edina Ave. N.E., Salem, Oregon Meredith, Dwight and Norma Jean. Song Evangelists 1331 Field St., Hammond, Ind. Wood, Eugene. 2527 Niles, Apt. 4, Bakersfield, and Musicians, r/ c Publishing House* Sparks, Asa. 68 LesterAve., Nashville 10, Tenn. C a lif. Kampsville, III. (camp) ...... Aug. 9 to 19 Sumter, S.C ...... August 7 to 12 Woodward, Daniel E. P.O. Box 853, Portsmouth, Salina (First), Kans...... Sept. 5 to 16 Bowling Green (First), Ky. . . August 14 to 19 Ohio Miller, Mrs. Ruth E. Song Evangelist, 111 W. Sprowls, Earl L. 1317 Lakeview Ave., Battle Quincy, Ohio (tent) ...... August 12 to 26 46th St., Green Tree Acres, Reading, Pa. Creek, M ich. Reynoldsburg, Ohio ...... Sept. 9 to 16 Mitchells, The Musical (Lloyd and Addie). Song Stabler, R. C.( and Wife. Box 34, Montoursville, Woodward, George P. Artist-Evangeiist, 326 Dry Evangelists and Musicians, R.D. 1, Summerville, Pa. Run Rd., Monongahela, Pa. Pa. Springboro, Pa ...... Sept. 5 to 16 Cape May, N.J. (camp) . . Aug. 24 to Sept. 3 Mund, Fred A. Song Evangelist, 10101 Coburg Stafford, Daniel. Box 11, Bethany, Okla. Sturgis (First), Mich ...... Sept. 7 to 16 Lands Drive, St. Louis 37, Mo. Port Matilda, Pa. (camp) .... Aug. 1 to 12 Woolman, J. L. <)<■ Publishing House* Osburn, Brian. Bbind Song Evangelist, 2206 Oregon Wichita, Kans. (camp) ...... Aug. 16 to 26 Blevins, Ark ...... July 25 to Aug. 5 Ave., Orlando, Fla. Stallings, Oscar. 2708 Stallings Lane, Jonesboro, Mt. Pleasant, Texas ...... Sept. 5 to 16 Paul, Charles L. Song Evangelist, Route 5, Cooke­ Ark. Worcester, Gerald. 11629 E.164th St., Norwalk, ville, Tenn. Steele, J. J. P.O. Box 1, Coffeyvllle, Kansas C a lif. Qualls, Paul M. Song Evangelist, 5441 Lake Jes­ Open dates ...... August Wordsworth, E. E. 107 E. Sammamish Road, samine Dr., Orlando, Fla. Joplin (Calvary), Mo ...... Sept. 10 to 16 North, Redmond, Wash. Louisville, Ohio (camp) ...... Aug. 3 to 13 Stewart, Paul J. P.O. Box 850, Jasper, Ala. Wright, Fred D. Route 1, Huntertown, Ind. Camden, N.J. (camp) Aug. 16 to 26 N'west Ind. Dist. Camp .... July 31 to Aug. 5 Orland, Ind...... Aug. 26 to Sept. 2 Richards, Larry. Song Evangelist, P.O. Box 6, Valdosta (First), Ga...... Aug. 7 to 17 Zimmerlee, Don and June. Preacher and Singer, Martinsville, Ind. Stouffer, Clayton and Florence. Preacher and Sing­ 2060 S. Florissant Rd., Florissant, Mo. Rushing, Dee and Bemadene. Singers and Musicians, ers, 115 Garden S t., Bedford, Ohio Morehouse, Mo August 1 to 12 King City, Mo. Jerome, P a ...... Sept. 5 to 16 Sumner (Sumner Center), Mich. Barnesville (First), Ga August 1 to 12 Strack, W. J. Box 112, Jefferson, Ohio August 15 to 26 No. Dartmouth, Mass. (camp) . . Aug. 17 to 26 Swisher, Ralph and Connie. Preachers and Musi­ Sanford, Mrs. Ruth. Song Evangelist, 9553 Hiway cians, 722 Heyward St., Columbia, S.C. 67, St. Louis 36, Mo. Chester, S.C ...... Sept. 5 to 16 Sigler, Ray. Song Evangelist, 4001 Kings Highway, Tarvin, E. C. C a liforn ia , Ky. SINGERS: Dayton 6, Ohio Carthage, Ky. (camp) ...... Aug. 17 to 26 Ashby, Kenneth and Geneva. Singers and Musicians, Slack, D. F. Song Evangelist, Route 2, Vevay, Ind. Taylor, Em m ett E. (/ c Publishing House* 1254 E. Thompson Rd., Indianapolis 27, Ind. Farmland, Ind...... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Caddo, O kla...... August 3 to 12 Bailey, Clarence and Thelma. Song Evangelists, Tippitt, Warnie. Song Evangelist, % Publishing Calamine, Ark (camp) August 17 to 26 Route 4, Portland, Ind. House* Taylor, Robert W. 2700 Farnleigh Ave., Dayton Baldridge, Willis and Velma (DeBoard). Song S.W. Okla. Dist. Camp August 2 to 12 20, Ohio Fvangelists, 24 Sharilane Drive, East St. Louis, Idaho-Oregon Dist. Gamp .... Aug. 19 to 26 Thomas, Fred. 177 M a rsh all B lvd., Elkh art, Ind. III. Waterman, George R. Song Evangelist, 85 Wen­ Norfolk (Central), Va Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Bierce, Jatk. Song Evangelist, Co Publishing House* dell St., Cambridge, Mass. Rock Island (First), III...... Sept. 6 to 16 Indianapolis, Ind. (camp) Aug. 2 to 12 Open dates ...... August Thomas, James W . Rt. 2, Box 1 7 3 -A , G ravette, Olivet, III. (camp) ...... Aug. 16 to 26 Providence, R.I...... Sept. 10 to 16 Ark. Bohi, James. Singer, Box 114, O.N.C. Kankakee, Whlsler, John F. Blind Singer, 404 N. Francis, Sprlnghill, La August 5 to 12 III. Carthage, Mo. Thompson, W m ., and W ife . Evangelist and Singers, Oklahoma City, Okla. (District Tour) Wilkinson Trio (Lloyd M., Wife, and Daughter 3223 Foltz St., Indianapolis, Ind...... Aug. 21 to Sept. 9 Margaret). 1104 Penn St., Columbus, Ind. Trissel, Paul D., and Family. Evangelist and Brown, Curtis R. Song Evangelist, 449 Bresee Ave., Yoakum, Mrs. Beatrice. Song Evangelist, 309 W. Singers, 341 Emmett St., Battle Creek, Mich. Bourbonnais, Ili, Jackson Blvd., Medford, Oregon *Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City 41, Mo. A U G U ST 1, 1962 • (457) 17 oj me Religious World

Record U.S. Crowd of 116,000 nswer comer at Final Rally of Greater Chicago Billy Graham Crusade C h ic a g o (Special) —111 the words of Billy Graham, the Greater Chicago Conducted by W. T. PURKISER, Editor Crusade has just begun. I had always supposed that Joseph was one of the Bible characters about At the closing rally in Soldier Field whom there has been recorded no fault. But I read a statement by a theo­ 011 Sunday, June 17. a record U.S. logian that he committed a sin when he swore “by the life of Pharaoh” crowd for a Graham Crusade of 116.000 (Genesis 42:15-16). Would you accept this explanation? No, I don’t think so. It would be that Joseph at the time was acting in turned out in record 95-degree heat to quite unfair to judge Joseph by the his character as prime minister of hear (he North Carolina evangelist's light given by Jesus in Matthew 5:31- Egypt, and was hiding his identity from final message in the 19-day campaign. 37, sixteen centuries or more after his brothers in order to help them re­ But Graham emphasized to the atten­ Joseph's death. As to reference to the pent for their betrayal many years tive audience that the toughest part of life of Pharaoh, it must be remembered before. the Crusade actually lay ahead. Counting the 18 days at McCormick The law was not designed to and could not save the people from their sins, Place, the Crusade attracted an average so in the absence of Christ and grace and the New Testament, how were the attendance of close to 40.000, with some people, during that era, enabled to be saved from their sins? 800 inquirers per meeting. At the I disagree with the statement that the ward look to the religion of the Old Soldier Field climax, more than 1,700 law was not designed to and could not Testament. Every lamb that died was persons responded to the evangelist’s save the people who lived under it from a mute prophecy of the coming of the simple invitation. Some 700,000 per­ their sins. The failure was not in the Lamb of God, who was to take away the sons attended the Crusade, with close law of the Lord, which Psalms 19:7-11 sin of the world. But there was a real to 17,000 decisions for Christ resulting. describes as perfect, sure, right, pure, forgiveness in the faith and trust that (EP) —by David R. Enlow. dean, true, and righteous, and which looked to God for His loving-kindness Bible Reading Needed in Schools, Paul said was holy, and just, and good and tender mercy. Evangelical Magazine Contends (Romans 7:12). The failure was with It is a great mistake to judge the piety W h e a t o n , III. (CNS)—The tradi­ (hose who attempted to substitute an of the Old Testament by what we know tional practice of having daily Bible outward conformity and a mechanical of the Pharisees of New’ Testament limes. reading and prayer in American pub­ following of the ritual for a vital trust If you want to know the character of lic schools must be maintained to pre­ and true obedience of heart. This point true religion in the Old Testament, read serve the moral fiber of this nation. is clearly made in Romans 4. the Psalms and Isaiah; and in the New To remove it can only lead to national The law was a gift of God’s grace, and Testament, the description of Elisabeth failure, the official magazine of the brought the people into a covenant re­ and Zacharias as “righteous” and "blame­ National Association of Evangelicals lationship to God wherein He was their less” (Luke 1:6), and Simeon, who was warns in its July issue. Saviour: "I am the Lord thy God, the “just and devout,” and upon whom was In a lead article by James E. Adams, Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour” (Isaiah the Holy Spirit (Luke 2:25). The posi­ United Evangelical Action charges that 43:3) . “Let the wicked forsake his way, tion of Paul and the author of Hebrews the schools are being hindered in their and the unrighteous man his thoughts: in the New Testament is simply that we efforts to mold youthful character and let him return unto the Lord, and who live in the day of Christ cannot properly because of numerous recent he will have mercy upon him; and to now go back and be saved under the court decisions which have ruled Bible our God, for he will abundantly pardon” provisions of an earlier age. reading and prayer unconstitutional. (Isaiah 55:7) . It is true, there is a for­ The article, "Keep the Bible in Our Schools,’’ cites original correspondence I have heard a young man say several times, “One should not pray for from George Washington as evidence patience. You will be sorry if you do.” He seems to be proud of his Irish that the writers of the American Con­ temper, as he calls it. I have always thought that when one was sanctified his temper would be taken care of, or calmed down—not be so impatient, stitution only intended to avoid the quick to fly off the handle, so to speak. Am I right or wrong? establishment of a state religion and I would say that you arc substan- is angry with his brother without a not to keep the Bible out of the tially correct. I'm not sure what your cause shall be in danger of the judg­ schools. young friend meant by saying that one ment” (Matthew 5:22) . The other is Best Seller in Japan would be sorry if he prayed for pa­ Paul’s statement in Ephesians 4:26, “Be The Christian Scriptures have been tience. Fie may have been referring to ye angry, anil sin not: let not the sun best sellers in Japan for the third con­ Romans 5:3, which says that "tribula­ go down upon your wrath.” He asks. secutive year, according to the American tions worketh patience," meaning that “Wherein lies the antiseptic which turns Bible Society. 'I he total distribution of if sou prav for patience you arc apt to the strong poison of anger into a useful Bibles, Testaments, and Portions in hate trouble, for trouble is the wav medicine?” The broad answer is this- Japan in 1961 was 2,505,305 copies. God helps us to grow in patience. anger which is selfish, and which comes This compares with a distribution of There is a carnal irritability which from pride, and undue sensitiveness to 1.100.000 copies for the single book that is selfish, unfeeling of others, and one's own feelings is always and invari­ led the Japanese nonfiction list, and utterly devoid of divine love and kind­ ably wrong; anger for the sake of others, 250.000 copies of the leading fiction ness. It is this with which entire sane anger which is cleansed of self, can best seller. Over 476,000 New Testa­ tification deals. often be a weapon to be used by God. ments were distributed, which means One writer points out that there are Such was the anger of Christ at the that, book for book, sales of the New two verses in the New Testament that cruelty of those who objected to His Testament were almost twice the sales deal with anger. One is the word of Sabbath healings (Mark 3:5) . of Japan’s most popular novel. Jesus, “I say unto you, That whosoever

18 (458) • HERALD OF HOLINESS sore spot of your spiritual life. Make no explana­ tion or defense for anything that He tells you is wrong. Just be determined to be honest with Him and walk in the light of His Word. Third, another thing that would help immense­ ly is to permit the Word of God to perform its functions. We must allow it to be a sharp, two- edged Sword to our hearts; and we dare not dull its edge or blunt its point. We must allow the Word of God to cut and pierce; it wants to be a hammer, and we must not ward off its blows. We must allow it to be fire to our souls, and we dare not quench its flame. We must allow it to be a light to our pathway; we dare not refuse its path. Ashamed of Jesus! W e must let it be our mirror, for w e dare not Whosoever therefore shall be neglect its true reflection. ashamed of me and of my words As rain and snow, we must allow the Word's in this adulterous and sinful gen­ full absorption into our hearts and lives. God eration; of him also shall the Son of wants to help us through His Word. We must man be ashamed, when he cometh credit God with saying what He means. We dare of his Father with the holy angels not twist His truth; He still m eans the sam e today. (Mark 8:38). He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Think of being ashamed of the great Ruler Let's reverence His Word to our hearts.—Evange­ of the universe! The rulers of this world, even list Robert W. Taylor. the local officials of our cities, receive more honor than that. Don't Count Your Calories! Think of being ashamed of the One who suf­ fered shame and died in our behalf! We would DIETS! What a frustrating sug­ honor anyone else who did something for us, gestion! It’s difficult to understand yes, much less than Jesus did. how some people can get by on so little food. Trying to cut down is Being ashamed of Jesus is caused by a fear 110 problem; they say they never get hungry. This of man, or by a desire to please men, greater is a claim absolutely foreign to many of 11s. And than the desire to please God. anyone like myself who loves food knows how irri­ But there is a consequence that goes along tating such persons can be. The temptation comes with being ashamed of Jesus; for Jesus said to envy them. Perhaps they need sympathy more. that if we are ashamed of Him, He will be It takes a great deal of self-discipline to sit down ashamed of us. at a table loaded with calories, refuse the pies, The challenge, then, is to humbly, but boldly, cakes, gravy, and dressing, and nibble 011 celery confess the name of Jesus, and trust the Lord sticks and carrot curls instead. who hears our prayers to give us courage to Yet, strange as it may seem, countless people live for Him.— Arthur M. Long, Pastor, Webster are deliberately passing up the rich things the City, Iowa. Lord has provided for them spiritually, and are living on “rabbit food.” Tips to Remember Like the prodigal son, many are eating corn- husks when they could be feasting at the Father’s for Bible Reading: table. The promise of full salvation has been WHEN you sit down and get ready to given to those who meet the conditions. “Whoso­ read your Bible, let me suggest some ever will” may come and receive forgiveness for his tips that I believe will help you: sins and a heart purified by faith. First, listen for a voice! While you are reading For the Christian, God’s table is spread with have the attitude. Lord, speak to my heart today. blessings galore. His Word is filled with many While you read, listen as though the Author's promises—rest for the weary, strength for the eyes were trained on you. Be willing to let the weak, solace in sorrow, protection in danger, re­ words be personal to your heart. God will speak lease from care, comfort in loneliness, and courage penetratingly and personally to you when you for the difficult tasks. read, if you are willing to let Him. The table is spread. It is loaded with good Second, after you have listened carefully for things. We can take what we will. Or we can a voice, you must be absolutely honest about the refrain. condition of your own heart if God is able really But who likes diets, anyway? So . . . to help you. When He talks to you, be humble; “Don’t count your calories!”—P ai link. E. S pr a y , make no excuse when He puts His finger on a Benton Harbor, Michigan. Firsf 1 9 62 NAZARENE CHURCH MUSICIANS' INSTITUTE at Eastern Nazarene College| well attended

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