October 12, 1966

Lay Conference Is Far-reaching

Church of the Nazarene

Saturday luncheon attracts laymen en masse in beauti­ Statesman Walter Judd speaks to 1£00 Nazarenes ful banquet hall. Friday night, among which is General Superin­ tendent G. B. Williamson in the background.

Hundreds seek spiritual guidance following Dr. Lawlor’s Saturday night message General Superintendent Coulter

Christian or Pagan?

One of the basic truths Jesus gave us in God, our Heavenly Father. They believe that the Sermon on the Mount is that Christians nothing can happen to us apart from Him. are to be different from pagans. Christians believe that a man’s life is not The Beatitudes describe people who are controlled by blind necessity but that we are different— different in attitude, different in in the hands of a living, personal God. spirit, different in reactions to circumstances, Do we live like Christians or pagans? What different in faith. Christians, Jesus says, are dominates us? What monopolizes our time to be as different as light is from darkness, and attention? To what do we give first place as different as salt is from putrefaction. in our thoughts, our actions, and our love? In view of this fact, the logic of Jesus’ Jesus gives us two specific answers by words is inescapable when He says, “There­ which life can be lived on the Christian level fore take no thought, saying, What shall we rather than on the pagan. First: Implicit eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Where­ faith and absolute reliance upon God. “Your withal shall we be clothed? (for after all these heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need things do the Gentiles seek).”— Matthew 6: of all these things” (Matthew 6:32). What 31-32. blessed words! “Your heavenly Father know­ Very pointedly Jesus makes this applica­ eth.” How can I allow m yself to be dominated, tion to His followers: If you are guilty of harassed, and defeated by things and circum­ being worried and anxious about food and stances when my Heavenly Father knoweth! clothing, about the things you lack, then you How can I live like a pagan, seeking and are living like a pagan and not like a Chris­ striving after mere material enjoyments, in tian! Phillips puts it like this: “This is what the light of this truth! pagans are looking for.” Pagans do not believe that there is a pur­ Second: Concentration of effort upon the pose and a design in life. For them there is interests of God’s kingdom. “ Seek ye first no order, no arrangement and everything that the kingdom of God, and his righteousness” happens is accidental. Pagans are fatalistic. (Matthew 6:33). Jesus simply says, “The Powers over which a man has no control pagans seek after material satisfactions, but direct and determine his life. Pagans have you, as Christians, should seek after righ­ no knowledge of a personal, loving God who teousness!” This involves a diligent search has revealed himself in Jesus Christ and for a deeper knowledge of God and His will who has given unto us “exceeding great and and a more active pursuit of the interests of precious promises.” God among men. Christians have a different view of life. How do we live? Christians should be They have implicit faith and reliance upon different! HUMILITY • B y John M. Drescher

he other day I overheard my four-year-old Humility does not come from asceticism, a cer­ speaking to her baby sister while they tain robe, or pious speech. It is not realized by played on the lawn. She was talking seclusion, starving oneself by fasting, or sleeping f about family devotions. “ Come, Rosie,” she said.on boards. These may and usually do pamper “We are going to have our demotions.” pride. True devotion is just that, a demotion of every True humility is an unconscious grace which unholy imagination and thought. Many times we results from a proper estimate of our own un­ need to bow before our living Lord to see our­ worthiness of God’s exceeding great grace. selves better. I read of a man who wrote a book entitled A father and his small son strolled down a Humility and How I Attained It. But humility street in Chicago, past the place where a sky­ is the kind of grace that, when you think you scraper was being constructed. Glancing up, they have it, you have already lost it. The preacher saw men at work on a high story of the building. who said he had a wonderful sermon on humility “Father,” said the little boy, “what are those and was just waiting for a large enough audience little boys doing up there?” to preach it was hardly the person to preach it. “Those are not little boys; those are grown men, There is the statement attributed to a Car­ Son.” thusian monk. “The Dominicans,” he said, “are “But why do they look so small?” famous for their learning, and the Franciscans for “Because they are so high,” his father an­ their piety, but when it comes to humility, we’re swered. tops.” A proud person is conscious primarily of what After a short pause the lad asked, “Then, Fa­ he is doing and exaggerates this far beyond its ther, when they get to heaven, there won’t be proper proportions. This is pictured humorously anything left of them, will there?” by Aesop, who tells of a fly sitting upon an axle- It is true. The nearer we come to Christ, the tree of a chariot wheel. The fly exclaimed, “What less others see of us and the more they see of a dust do I raise!” Christ.

OCTOBER 12, 1966 • (667) 3 ■ ' •

50 Years Ago

(From the October 4, 1916, Herald of Holiness)

The Best Yet . . . This has been the only GIANTS time we have not had to bor­ row several hundreds of dol­ lars, and sometimes thou­ sands, at the middle of the • By Ethel Granger Bemis year, in order to send support to our devoted and loyal mis­ sionaries, in advance, thus losing quite a sum for inter­ est. The regularity and in­ crease of receipts are not And there we saw the giants, thought of themselves, unnerved only sufficient reasons for the sons of Anak, which come of ten of the twelve spies. rejoicing, but are evidences the giants: and we were in our own Their people belonged to God. that our church and its many sight as grasshoppers, and so we He had wrought miracles in their friends are becoming ac­ were in their sight (Numbers 13: behalf. He had promised them the quainted with our foreign 33). land of Canaan for an inheritance. missionary work, and are Not what the sons of Anak The time had come for them to adopting our methods, which thought of them, but what they move boldly forward. And they have greatly helped to make were terrified, because they con­ the missionary year the best sidered the size of the foe instead yet.— H. F. Reynolds, general of the might of their God. superintendent. About the Cover ... In their own sight they had The amount of good which shrunk to the size of grasshoppers, could result from 1,300 Nazarene and assumed that they were so re­ laymen gathering in a resort On Responsibility hotel in a Miami suburb was garded by the foe. But were they? anyone’s guess. Some, frankly, It is quite possible that the giants There can be no shifting of had reservations about letting knew of the mighty works of God judgment and penalty be­ that many laymen get together in behalf of His people and had cause of collective participa­ without a corresponding num­ ber of ministers. Others thought more respect for them than they tion in sin. That which would it would be an elongated play- had for themselves. Yet it was not be a crime when committed day, with anything but a spirit­ how they looked to the foe, but by an individual, God will ual emphasis. how the foe looked to God, that not allow to go unquestioned The cover photos, by Publish­ in a nation. A man who kills ing House artist, Dave Lawlor, mattered. give somewhat of an idea as to his neighbor is no more of a what transpired. There were Are there giants in the land? murderer than the nation gala eating events, inspiring Draw your sword! which makes war upon its speakers, highlighted by States­ Forward, at the L or d’s neighbor. . . . The nation that man Walter Judd, but there was command, also honest spiritual searching enacts laws allowing progres­ in the form of altar services. Fear ignored. sive adultery through so- Read about the first Interna­ Do not look upon their height; called divorce, will meet the tional Lay Conference on pages Do not tremble at their might; same God as the adulterers. 12-15. They are pigmies in God’s —Managing Editor —Editor B. F. Haynes. sight— Obey your Lord!

Volume 55, Number 34, OCTOBER 12, 1966; Whole Number 2842. HERALD OF HOLINESS; W . T. Purkiser, Editor in Chief; Elden Rawlings, Managing Editor; Bill Lakey, Staff Artist. Contributing Editors: Hardy C. Powers, G. B. Williamson, Samuel Young, Hugh C. Benner, V. H. Lewis, George Coulter, General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned unless postage accompanies the material. Opinions expressed in signed articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Church of the Nazarene. Published every Wednesday, by the NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE, M. A. Lunn, Manager, 2923 Troost Ave., Kansas City, Missouri. Subscription price, $3.00 per year, in advance. Second- class postage paid at Kansas City, Missouri. Address all correspondence concerning subscriptions to: Nazarene Publishing House, P.O. Box 527, Kansas City, Mo. 64141. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Send us your new address, including "Z IP " code, as well as the old address, and enclose a label from a recent copy. Printed in U .S.A. PHOTO CREDITS: Cover and page 3, Dave Lawlor; page 7, A Devaney, Inc., New York, N.Y.; page 8, Luoma Photos, Weirton, W.Va.; pages 12-15, Elden Rawlings and Dave Lawlor; page 16, Elden Rawlings.

4 (668) • HERALD OF HOLINESS The Blessing of Evangelical Reading

• By Carl F. H. Henry Editor, C h ristia n ity T o d a y

he great influence of the in love. Only this kind of press Christian public to read what the press is undeniable. Even will offset the formidable criticism press publishes. Readers need not those who have suffered of Thomas Jefferson, who wielded agree with the opinions of the edi­ T under its exposures or criticismsa mighty pen himself and who ex­ tors. They can write letters of ap­ will not quarrel with Henry Ward claimed in exasperation: “The proval or protest, and they do. Beecher’s remark, “Newspapers man who never looks into a news­ They are free to begin their own are the schoolmasters of the com­ paper is better informed than he magazines, too. mon people. That endless book, who reads them, inasmuch as he Evangelicals forego many ad­ the newspaper, is our national who knows nothing is nearer the vantages when they fail to read glory.” truth than he whose mind is filled and support evangelical publica­ The press is liable to err because with falsehoods and errors.” Let tions. Such periodicals bring re­ news-gathering is full of uncer­ it never be said that the Christian ligious information not available tainties. Sometimes the unknown public is faced with the unhappy elsewhere. They broaden the facts are more significant than the choice of an empty mind or one minds of those who read, introduce known ones. Sometimes the facts filled with misinformation. them to a variety of opinions, and get twisted. From the jumbled Once the evangelical press has sharpen their awareness of current mass of material it collects the fulfilled its task responsibly, it issues. A magazine of general in­ press must sort out the facts as then becomes the duty of the terest to the evangelical public will best it can and present them hon­ consist of more than pietistic homi­ estly and accurately, so that read­ lies; it will print news, essays, ers can form their own opinions. poetry, theological studies, and edi­ The press must also separate news torially render its considered judg­ from editorial judgments. Every ments based upon constant study worthwhile publication has the of contemporary events and move­ right, indeed the duty, to express ments. editorially its own judgments on The evangelical Christian needs important issues and to strive to to keep abreast of current religious win its readers to its viewpoint. It thought. The best way to do this is obligated to inform its readers is to read a good evangelical mag­ and shape opinions about current azine that will bring to him many issues. But it has an equal obli­ authors, diverse viewpoints, and gation to distinguish fact from new insights. For the price one apinion. pays for a single book he can ob­ Because of its Christian commit- tain a year’s subscription to a good nent, the evangelical press must magazine. Evangelicals must keep reflect the highest candor as well informed because the price of ig­ is the best journalistic standards norance is always high, and as as it faces the responsibility of Robert Browning said, “Ignorance ipeaking even the harshest truth is not innocence, but sin.”

OCTOBER 12, 1966 • (669) 5 ANSWER EXPECTED

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• B y Laura Forinash

eter thought he was dream­ they said to the messenger, “Thou I wonder how many Christians ing. He knew he was in a art mad.” today would be surprised if God dreary prison, bound with But Rhoda refused to be were to answer prayer. If some­ Pclanking, iron chains, and guarded one were to come to a group of squelched. She insisted that Peter by hard-disciplined Roman sol­ was at the door. God’s people and say, “Your diers. He knew that it would be So the people decided resignedly prayers have been answered,” only a matter of hours before that it must be his angel; Herod would the response be, “You are Herod would order him brought had already murdered him. and out of your mind” ? out to be executed. his spirit had come back to them. I wonder how many, when the He was not worried about the When they finally got around to answer came, could say joyfully, whole thing. He was able to lie opening the door and saw that Pe­ “That is just what I expected.” down and calmly go to sleep, ter was actually there, they were knowing that he was safe in his astonished. t is necessary, of course, to Lord’s keeping. He was not afraid They had reason to be aston­ know that we are praying in to die for the Lord, but at the mo­ ished. Persecution against God’s God’s will before we can pray Iwith expectant faith. God has not ment he apparently had given up people was rampant. James had hope of being allowed to live for died by Herod’s orders a few days promised to answer any idle re­ Him any longer in this world. He before. During his last days on quest we may think up, whether thought the end had come. When earth he had probably been held He likes it or not. There is a dif­ an angel came with light into the in the same prison as was Peter, ference between faith and pre­ darkened cell, broke the chains and guarded by the same soldiers. sumption, and it is not always from his hands, and led him out The torture and murder of Chris­ God’s will to deliver. into the street, he “wist not that it tians was an everyday occurrence, But when we know that we are was true which was done by the so why should they expect that one praying in God’s will, do we pray angel; but thought he saw a vision” man would be delivered? One expecting? Do we take it for (Acts 12:9). wonders, though, how God could granted that in His own time and answer prayer for a people who in His own way He will answer? Nor was he the only one who so obviously did not expect an an­ When we pray for the salvation was surprised when prayer for his swer. After all, didn’t Christ say, of the lost, we know that God has deliverance was answered. When “What things soever ye desire, given to every man the power of he realized that he was wide­ when ye pray, believe that ye re­ choice, that He will not force sal­ awake and free, he went to Mary’s ceive them, and ye shall have vation on one who stubbornly re­ home, where a crowd of people them” (Mark 11:24)? fuses to have it. But, even then, were praying for his release. Rho- We might wonder about it until do we pray expecting that God will da answered his knock on the we realize that there was one per­ do everything that can be done to door, recognized his voice, and ran son present who expected an an­ bring that person to want salva­ to tell the people that Peter was swer to her prayers. When Rhoda tion? Do we believe when we pray there. heard Peter’s voice, she knew at that the Holy Spirit is even then They said, “Y ou’re crazy!” once that he was free. Even when talking to the one for whom we are They had been praying fervently fellow Christians told her that she praying, saying everything that can that Peter would be freed from had lost her mind or had heard a be said to him to bring him to prison and spared from martyr­ ghost, she still insisted that prayer God? dom; yet when they were told that had been answered, that Peter was I wonder. Do we really expect their prayers had been answered, free. an answer when we pray?

6 (670) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Tithing Teaches

• B y E. E. Wordsworth

ithing one’s personal income is the right and serious way to give. It is not primarily a money-raising scheme. Neither is it a tax T imposed or a substitute for other ways of getting money to run the church and meet its obligations. Rather, tithing is a returning to God of a small but definite part of the many gifts we have received from His hands, as a token payment of our heartfelt gratitude. The purpose of tithing is to secure, not the tithe, but the tither; not the gift, but the giver: not the possession, but the possessor; not the money, but y o u for God and His kingdom. Tithing can actually make one a brand-new person. It is a way of teaching divine principles, a means of bringing us close to God. It is a logical result of serious Christian faith. A Prayer Tithing teaches us what is really important in life. With many professed Christians, personal comfort, success, pleasure, and material From Vietnam possessions are the first and most important things of life, though the Bible says, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God.” Time, energy, and money have priority. Lord, as I sit here in my But tithing reverses this order and places God first, as the central foxhole, I pray that Thou wilt Fact around which all life revolves. Tithing teaches us an awareness watch over me and the other men fighting here today. of His presence. This is G od’s world: He owns the land, our property, We are here for a cause our income, our life, our all. Ye are not your own. seemingly unknown to many Tithing also teaches us the blessedness of gratitude. We tend to of our loved ones so many think of ourselves as “self-made.” Tithing is an acknowledgment that miles away. “it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves.” Thou knowest the cause, The man who consistently tithes is saying, “Thank You,” to God dear Lord; Thou hast given us for health, strength, food, family, love, and life. God is recognized as a reason. the creative Factor in life, evervman’s life. We are here this day to pre­ We forget that all we have we have received. We are self-centered serve for these peoples the unless we have learned the blessedness of honoring God with our conse­ right of free worship, among other things. crated money. Tithing gives us a right attitude toward God, the church, Our task includes showing and the spread of the gospel of Christ. these citizens of Vietnam the Tithing, furthermore, is true worship of God. Money is a real part love and care our Savior gives; of us. It represents our efforts, intelligence, and time. When we give and instilling within them the our money seriously, responsibly, graciously, we are giving ourselves. fear of our God, who is always True worship is defined “as the giving of oneself.” This concept watching over us and who pro­ will save us from pride and hypocrisy. It is now deeply spiritual. We tects us from evil. sense our own unworthiness as we offer ourselves and our gifts to our Lord, we are here to give to Heavenly Father. Unless the motive is pure, we do not truly worship these people the support of the United States of America; a God. nation under God—the only God—our God, who careth ithing has transforming power. The tither knows the central fact ahout all things. of life, feels the nearness of God, sees the constant evidence of Amen. T God’s love and care, trusts his Heavenly Father day by day, and offers himself in gratitude unto Him. B y James Clayton Therefore the purpose of tithing is to bring you into right relation­ ship with God and to make you a new person.

OCTOBER 12, 1966 • (671) 7 Enfolded In Protecting Arms

• B y Edwin Zimbelman

ur family was enjoying a securely. This is the feeling Jeru­ come to those who trust in the restful vacation amidst the salem conveyed. shadow of the Almighty. Chris­ towering, scenic mountains The same Lord in whom the tians across the years have proved of Yreka, California. A verse spok­ Psalmist trusted ages ago still the truth of this in daily living, and en by the Psalmist many years ago wishes to enfold and surround His our modern generation is no ex­ kept repeating itself in our minds people who trust in Him complete­ ception. and hearts as we gazed upon the ly. The Christian can relax in the unmarred beauty that came from As we see the handiwork of God confidence that God knows every the Creator’s hand: “As the moun­ in nature, may it speak to us of need and is fully equal to any sit­ tains are round about Jerusalem, His greater power to keep His uation. so the Lord is round about his own. Let renewed faith in Christ, people” (Psalms 125:2). To the God’s promises, tested and prov­ full acceptance of the Spirit’s in­ Israelite there was nothing quite as en true across the years, stand as filling and guidance in our lives, precious and as secure as the city a bulwark much stronger and and unshakable confidence in the of David and its spiritual signifi­ higher than mere mountains sur­ promises of God cause us to rejoice cance in his life. rounding a city in the setting of a securely in the protecting arms Thus we captured something of historic gold-mining tradition, up­ that would enfold us in His loving their feeling as we had the privi­ on which God had lavished much care. lege of viewing those beautiful, physical beauty. Remember, the Psalmist said, massive, tree-covered mountain While the world all about us has “The angel of the Lord encampeth ranges. Yreka is nestled securely problems and pressures with which round about them that fear him” in a scenic valley, giving one the it cannot cope, it is so comforting (Psalms 34: 7). Since nothing last­ sense that he is shut in with the to know that the Lord will keep ingly harmful can penetrate that great Creator who created all this His people safely as long as they protective barrier, we can serve beauty! The mountains that stand trust in Him with full confidence. Him with reassurance that our as silent sentinels seem to guard In Romans 8:35, the Apostle Paul lives and our souls are safely shel­ this little city well, so it can rest indicates that no real harm can tered within His arms.

8 (672) • HERALD OF HOLINESS A Bible Study on... Deliverance from the Inward Foe

• B y Leo C. Davis

he carnal mind is enmity High Priest, and in exhorting the ing His earthly life were termed against G od” (Romans 8: 7). people to leave “the principles of followers, disciples, believers, T the doctrine of Christ . . . the doc­ friends, Nazarenes, and apostles Its hindering power is seen (twelve of them). Their names among the churches to which the trine of baptisms, and of laying on were written in heaven (Luke 10: Apostle Paul ministered. In read­ of hands” and to “go on unto per­ 20); they were not of this world ing his Epistles we also note his fection.” He would have them find (John 17:16); they had known declarations of deliverance from deliverance from an unsanctified surely that Christ had come from this inward foe. Let us consider: heart, so their development would no longer be arrested. God (John 17:8-9); they knew the The Babes at Corinth The Defection of the Galatians Holy Spirit and He dwelt with “And I, brethren, could not “Ye did run well; who did hin­ them (John 14:17); they were speak unto you as unto spiritual, der you?” (Galatians 5:7) blessed (Luke 24:50); they wor­ but as unto . . . babes in Christ” Many of the Galatians had “gone shiped Christ (Luke 24:52); and (I Corinthians 3 :1 ). over to the other side” because of they continued in the Temple The conduct of these “ babies” the Trojan-horse traitor within praising and blessing God (Luke was most disappointing. They were their camp. The inward foe con­ 24:53). constantly hindered by an inward tinually solicited their loyalties. With all this the old nature was “colic.” Paul, greatly burdened “The flesh lusteth against the Spir­ continually manifesting itself in that they might be delivered there­ it, and the Spirit against the flesh: doubts, in indignation, by strife, by from, points them to a way more and these are contrary the one to jealousy, in ecclesiastical ambi­ excellent than babyhood (I Corin­ the other” (Galatians 5:17). The tions, and in unbelief. The record thians 13). only remedy was to “cast out the affirms such double-mindedness. bondwoman and her son” (Gala­ The Dual Personality of the Romans For the remedy, Christ sent (Romans 7) tians 4:30), and to learn to “walk them to the Upper Room. It was No matter how we may interpret in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25). here (not before or after) they re­ this chapter, it remains a master­ “They that are Christ’s have cru­ ceived a cure for their instability ful treatise on the workings of the cified the flesh with the affections and their unbelief. Pentecost is still carnal mind, whether in the Jew and lusts” (Galatians 5:24), Paul the only remedy. under law or in the regenerated concludes. believer in Christ. This enmity The Lack of Fullness Among the had produced a dual personality: Ephesians (A cts 19:1-7) abes in Christ need not con­ "I delight in the law of God . . . This scripture relates the be­ tinue as babies. Those with but I see another law in my mem­ ginnings of the Ephesian church. B “dual personalities,” those bers” (Romans 7:22-23). These believers found salvation by experiencing arrested develop­ Paul teaches the unification of steps and stages, through crisis ex­ ment, and those whose inner na­ the heart when he emphasizes the periences. They first received ture causes defection can know work of the Holy Spirit effecting John’s baptism; then Christian cleansing from the carnal mind. deliverance from indwelling sin: baptism in the name of the Lord; Pentecostal holiness is the answer “The law of the Spirit of life in and subsequently, the baptism with for those who lack fullness and for Christ Jesus hath made me free the Holy Ghost. all disciples stricken with insta­ from the law of sin and death” Dr. Paul Rees writes and speaks bility. (Romans 8:2). of: (1) Existence without life (the unregenerated); (2) Life without We cannot deny the three facts The Arrested Development concerning the above-mentioned of the Hebrews fullness (the born-again convert) ; “For when for the time ye ought and (3) Fullness without lack (the groups: (1) They had a measure to be teachers, ye have need that Spirit-filled). The Ephesians cer­ of grace; (2) They knew an in­ one teach you again . . . of the tainly knew of such distinctions. ward conflict with the flesh; and oracles of God” (Hebrews 5:12). They had passed from “life with­ (3) They were taught a positive The Hebrew Christians were not out fullness” to “fullness without deliverance therefrom. developing. They were constantly lack.” A sense of need is often the The song writer spoke and sang looking back to former Temple ground for seeking sanctification, scripturally: worship with its outward glitter. full, entire, and complete. As I went on to sing and shout, Faith was being replaced by sight. We shall add: I found an inward foe; Paul (or was it Apollos?) spends The Instability of the The Holy Spirit burnt him out, much labor extolling the merits of Church of the Gospels Praise the Lord! It’s so! the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, our Those whom Christ called dur­ OCTOBER 12, 1966 • (673) 9 Editorially Speaking By W. T. PURKISER

of God, any more than the author of a book seeks A Question of Identity first to prove his existence. It simply opens with Someone remarked that the only person who the words, “In the beginning God created . . . ,” can properly identify a corpse is one who has and closes with the benediction, “The grace of known the deceased during his lifetime. “This,” our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” said he, “would disqualify most of the ‘God-is- What the Bible does is to make us acquainted dead’ theologians from making their pronounce­ with the nature and purposes of “him with whom ments and identifying that which they have found we have to do.” Not that God is, but w hat He as the God which once lived.” is— this is the message of the Book of Books. The point is well made. It is a sort of common- sense approach to a current controversy which It is true, we cannot penetrate the inner really has more weight than many intricate argu­ mystery of the divine. For all the paradox, the ments. After all, the most certain grounds for older theologians were essentially right when belief in the living God are not theoretical but they said that a God fully understood would not practical. be God. W e do not mean of course, that faith is un­ Yet our Creator has given us insight into His reasonable. We mean that what are sometimes nature in the record of what He has done for our called “proofs” of God’s existence are not proofs salvation, and in the person of His Son, our at all. They are reasons for holding a faith that Saviour. The most important truth ever told is deeper and better than all the reasons which about God is that He is “the Father of our Lord may be given for it. Jesus Christ.” When everything has been said that can be This insight destroys all soft sentiment about said, the basis of belief in “the God and father a “Man Upstairs.” As one has said, “Let us make of our Lord Jesus Christ” is not theological but sure that we understand that God is not a celes­ experiential. It begins with an experience of re­ tial politician seeking our votes. He does not de­ sponse to the gospel conveyed through the Holy pend upon us and upon our approval. He does Scriptures. It is confirmed by the results of that not exist to run our errands. He is not to be response in a sense of God’s redemptive presence used by us at all, but we are to remember first, in all of life. last, and always that we are His children only This just says that we can never find certainty when we find His will and do it.” in merely “knowing about” God. We find our deepest confidence in knowing Him, “acquaint­ ON THE OTHER HAND, God is not unapproach­ ance with God.” Knowledge about another is able severity. He who is the Father of our Saviour important in its own way. But it is never as sure by nature becomes our Father by grace. “Like nor as satisfactory as acquaintance with Him. as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord When Paul stated his faith in God’s purpose for pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our the future, he said, “I know whom I have be­ frame; he remembereth that we are dust” lieved, and am persuaded that he is able to keep (Psalms 103:13-14). that which I have committed unto him against The “God of all grace” is more ready to give that day.” It was not, “I know what I have be­ than we are to receive. Our faithlessness is seen lieved,” although that for some would be quite in the fact that we lean so heavily on the arm of an achievement. Nor was it, “I know abou t whom flesh, and so little on “the everlasting arms.” I have believed.” It was, “I know whom”— “I Those who come to know Him in His saving know Him.” This makes all the difference. grace and sanctifying power are sent forth to wit­ Knowledge by acquaintance settles forever the ness to the living God. The witness of one might question of existence. I do not question the ex­ be discounted. The testimony of many carries istence of those I have met and come to know great weight. personally. My concern is rather to know what The individual Christian who has found the kind of persons they are. Source of life does not stand alone. A s Dr. Dale of Birmingham once wrote: “ If I were the only THIS IS E X A C T L Y the biblical stance with re­ person who saw the sun rise this morning, then gard to God. Scripture never argues the existence I might doubt my experience and call myself the

10 (674) • HERALD OF HOLINESS victim of an illusion. B u t if I hear that m any factor is becoming more urgent with the passing people in different countries and of varied in­ years: “And let us consider one another to pro­ tellectual powers have seen the same thing; and voke unto love and to good works: not forsaking if I am told that men and women have laid down the assembling of ourselves together, as the man­ their lives rather than deny its reality, then my ner of some is; but exhorting one another: and doubt vanishes and I become sure of myself.” so much the more, as ye see the day approaching” God is not dead. As has been said, He hasn’t (Hebrews 10:24-25). even been sick. So let’s not get excited about the But a second basic reason for church attend­ identification of a corpse by some who do not ance is to give. When sincere Christians gather even profess to have known the decedent while to sing, and pray, and hear in faith the preach­ He lived. ing of the Word, there is a release of spiritual power into the lives of the needy that can come "Holy Roller Religion" in no other way. Dr. Kenneth Grider of the Nazarene Theologi­ Every member of the fellowship has something cal Seminary was calling door-to-door in the “in­ to contribute. The Church is vividly compared ner city” recently. When he told the purpose of with a body in the New Testament. A body with his visit, one woman replied: “Oh, I have ‘holy missing members is a cripple, whether it be a roller religion.’ On Sunday, the holy day, I just physical body or a spiritual body. roll over and go back to sleep!” What’s your attendance record? Has there been Many people have that kind of religion who a tendency to wake up on the “holy day,” and would never dream of using such a name for it. “roll over” and go back to sleep? Why not make They can roll out at the crack of dawn any other a new resolve? Come out of the reserves and day. But on Sunday morning, with the prospect join the ranks of the regular army of the Lord. of Sunday school and church, they just “roll over and go back to sleep.” A Strong Plea for Prayer Putting the matter in another frame of refer­ ence, someone noted the strange sickness that The back cover of last week’s Herald of Holi­ attacks so many once a week. In fact, it is so ness carried the proclamation of the Board of prevalent that it reaches epidemic proportions at General Superintendents calling for a week of times. prayer throughout the Church of the Nazarene The symptoms are rarely seen Monday through beginning next Sunday. Saturday. They begin to be felt with the first The particular point of need is the call for in­ moment of consciousness on Sunday morning. tercession in behalf of the fall evangelistic empha­ Weakness, lassitude, perhaps a headache or a sis of the church. Directed in particular toward pain in the big toe, unusual sensitivity to heat the unsaved loved ones of our own families, the or cold, dryness or humidity—the list is almost general heart cry is for the power of the Spirit endless. in meeting the spiritual crisis of our times. One never ceases to marvel at what some folks It is not at all difficult to identify the most can let keep them from the house of God. Indis­ critical need in the church world today. It is not positions that would never get a second thought necessarily for newer methods or more money. at any other time become major illnesses when It is for men and women who have learned and it’s time to get ready for church. are using the power of prevailing prayer. How serious this is for us in America is seen As Arthur Adams has reminded us, “Lives are in the fact that, while church membership is grad­ changed and mountains are moved as a result of ually edging up, the latest polls show that church prayer. Neglect of prayer brings pettiness and attendance is gradually falling off. It is reported stagnation.” that 38 percent of Protestant church members We can stand before men effectively only to attend church on Sunday morning (as compared the degree that we have knelt before God. Prayer with 67 percent of the Catholics). The figure for brings us into a real partnership with the Lord. Sunday night is approximately 12 percent, with Through the prayer of faith we have a vital share less than 5 percen t in m id w eek service. in advancing the most important cause in the This gives point to the rather wry comment of world—the kingdom of Christ in the hearts of one man that membership in his denomination girls and boys, women and men. just means identifying the church the people don’t Should we not always pray? Indeed, we should. attend when they don’t go to church. But we still need special times and seasons of There are still two basic reasons for church at­ prayer. It is only really possible to say as did tendance. One is to get. No amount or quality Brother Lawrence, “The time of business does of personal devotion can ever take the place of not with me differ from the time of prayer,” “the fellowship of saints.” when we faithfully observe the special time of In fact, the Bible seems to indicate that this prayer.

OCTOBER 12, 1966 • (675) 11 »«n 111111^ '' H "’" ;i...... pIPLOMAT COHVLNTLON HALL

The tropical setting ichere laymen gathered

Effect of Lay Conference Appears to Be Far-reaching

• By Elden Rawlings Managing Editor

he international Lay Conference on Evan­ that only seven of seventy-six domestic districts gelism, held August 23-28 in Hollwood, Fla., failed to be represented. was the first of its kind in the Church of the It attracted a variety of people, among which TNazarene. If the sentiment of the 1.274 registrantswere newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Swift, Jr., who carries any weight, it won’t be the last. honeymooned in Hollywood. -X- * * The comfortable Hotel Diplomat, a striking com­ THE CONFERENCE W AS, among other things, plex of three spacious motor lodges, the bright Flori­ a unique spiritual experience. da sun, and delightful food made an appropriate set­ Symbolic of this was a rooftop chapel enclosed ting for the first gathering. by glass which overlooked the Atlantic. It was par­ License plates from a wide variety of states were ticularly active during early morning hours. evidence that the conference was attended by a cross The conference had its genesis daily with an 8:00 section of Nazarenes. Registration statistics revealed a.m. Bible study. The speaker, Mrs. Audrey William-

12 ((>76) • HERALD OF HOLINESS son, wite of General Superintendent said, “ is to meet people’s needs—all the devil and his crowd to run as G. B. Williamson, and authoress of their needs. . . . they please. . . . two books, concentrated her devo­ “Communism is not a national “It is well and good to wring your tional addresses on Romans 12. She movement. It is a world religion that hands and complain about bad gov­ discovered that “the measure of faith denies God. We belong to a world ernment, but I must insist that you determines our gifts, and the measure movement that intends to win, not and your neighbors have permitted of our faith is the measure of our by force, but by love, as in the ex­ by default and inaction the type of capacity. All gifts are God’s summons ample of Jesus Christ.” bad government you deserve.” to service. Every gift is a call to Judd pointed out that the reason for * * * work.” U.S. involvement in Viet Nam was Leonard Whipple, a layman devoted The conference received propulsion Communist expansion in Asia, and to personal evangelism, said in a sem­ from the general superintendents’ not because of a local dispute be­ inar address, “The church must be morning chapel talks. They would tween two countries. A billion Asians more than a ‘society of saints.’ It must also be seen frequently in casual con­ are at stake, he said. versation in groups of laymen. His conclusion held hope. “The The conference experienced, at least world is too sick to be held together twice, a stirring and visible spiritual with artificial plaster. The hope is climax. One came when seventy-four only in Jesus Christ . . . and optimism persons knelt around a makeshift al­ comes when man falls broken before tar following Conference Chairman God.” Gordon Olsen’s message, which was delivered without apparent design to­ * * * ward an altar service. ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE The other occurred Saturday night, WERE people who did not want the following Dr. Edward Lawlor’s mes­ implications of the spiritual “high sage. Two-thirds of the more than tide” to ebb as new events and de­ 1,200 people in attendance sought a mands dimmed the memory of the place to pray around the front. The week. At least a dozen times this re­ rest of the congregation was on its porter heard, in effect: “Let’s not knees. let this spirit die.” * * * To do this, lay speakers challenged ADDING FLAVOR to the confer­ those attending to inquire into their ence was Statesman Walter Judd, a place in the church. Here were peo­ former congressman, and four repre­ ple not afraid to look at themselves, sentatives from the Nazarene Evan­ and recognize, along with their hand­ gelistic Ambassadors, whose team­ some profiles, an occasional blemish. mates were still on Latin assignments. They were concerned about our lack Paul Skiles, N.Y.P.S. secretary, ac­ of political involvement, our poor rec­ companied the Ambassadors, and ord in evangelism, and breaking down spoke to the convention regarding the artificial barriers to church growth. Latin crusades. Among these were men like George Dr. Judd, in espousing the demo­ Reed, director of parole for the state cratic ideal and explaining the mas­ of Nevada, and formerly chairman of ter plan of Communism, at times the U.S. Board of Parole, who spoke sounded much like a camp' meeting in a general session. He said: evangelist. “When a church layman says poli­ “The practical task of any religion,” tics is too dirty for a true Christian, Dr. Judd, who was a Presbyterian he is automatically turning over his missionary doctor in China, 1930-38, nation, state, and home community to

AMONG SIGNIFICANT LAY SPEAKERS are men pictured above. At left, Grant Swank, Richton Park, III., answers questions from laymen following his address. At loiver right, following his address, George Reed (left), Carson City, Nev., talks with Dr. Ed Mann, president of Eastern Nazarene College, and Gordon Olsen, Eugene, Ore., businessman. Upper right, Air Force Col. Thane Minor speaks.

OCTOBER 12, 1966 • (677) 13 be a ‘soul-saving institution.’ The tive image for good. He illustrated present-day demands of our time for by suggesting that, instead of a hand­ legitimate responsibilities and activi­ Conference Registration bill announcing a revival, some se­ ties in the business world, along with by District rious consideration be given to a new our responsibilities and activities in approach. (According to the Department of Evangelism) the church, have altered our classifi­ “A program of evangelism that only cation of values to the extent that in­ Abilene— 24 M issouri—16 invites people to church is not evan­ Akron—32 Nebraska—6 volvement in personal evangelism has Alabam a— 38 Nevada-Utah— 6 gelistic,” he said. Then he pointed out become secondary.” Alaska— 0 New England— 21 a brochure. Parental Crime, which * * * Albany— 9 New Mexico— 10 Arizona— 21 New York— 18 deals with problems on college cam­ THE EFFECT OF technological Br. Isles N.— 0 N. Arkansas— 8 puses and in society, which “brings Br. Isles S.— 1 N. Carolina— 22 change on the church was the object Can. Atlantic-— 0 N. Dakota— 0 the individual face-to-face with re­ of an address given by Grant Swank, Can. Central— 10 N.E. Oklahoma— 14 ligious reality on the first contact” as Can. Pacific— 2 N.E. Indiana— 22 an employee of the United States De­ Can. West— 16 N. California— 12 the type of promotion a church partment of Agriculture, and a lec­ Cen. California— 8 Northwest— 4 should employ. Cen. Ohio— 42 N.W. Indiana— 15 turer at the University of Chicago. He Chicago Cen.— 28 N.W. Oklahoma— 23 * * * said: Colorado— 17 N.W. Illinois— 14 Dallas— 10 N.W. Ohio— 30 AIR FORCE Col. Thane Minor, at­ “Every week something happens in Ore. Pacific— 14 E. Tennessee— 2 tached to the Pentagon, and as of the my church, and my church is no ex­ E. Kentucky— 16 Philadelphia— 25 E. M ichigan— 36 Pittsburgh— 24 first of this month assigned to Har­ ception. Those fine people are learn­ Puerto Rican— 1 Florida— 65 vard University for a one-year teach­ ing to live rather successfully in this Georgia— 10 Rocky Mountain— 6 Gulf Central— 0 Sacramento— 14 ing stint, addressed himself to prob­ new age in their business and private San Antonio— 8 Hawaii— 0 lems of the layman and the world. world. Houston— 9 S. Arkansas— 5 Idaho-Oregon— 12 S. Carolina— 9 He stressed the importance of Naza- “They have learned the latest meth­ Illinois— 20 S. Dakota— 0 ods of management; they travel in Indianapolis— 12 S.E. Oklahoma— 9 renes being unafraid of continuously Iowa— 24 S. California— 18 reviewing their church’s attitude to­ 350-horsepower automobiles; they S.W. Indiana— 2 Joplin— 20 ward the world. “We need not fear have every convenience in their home; Kansas— 19 S.W. Oklahoma— 10 Kansas City— 18 S.W. Ohio— 34 the ‘scientific’ approach to problem they travel by jet plane from place to Kentucky— 10 Spanish East-— 2 place. Los Angeles— 37 Tennessee— 20 solution,” Minor said, “for after all, Louisiana— 8 Virginia— 18 it is merely commonsense organization “They are thinking modern, they M aine— 3 Washington— 40 are living modem. But when they Michigan— 24 Wash. Pacific— 9 of factors which relate to a question. M innesota— 5 W. Virginia— 21 We should never fear the analysis of step across the threshold of that Mississippi— 1 Wisconsin— 8 church on Sunday morning, in the any problem with which we are con­ matter of an instant, they regress fronted.” thirty to fifty years in both their He raised specific questions which thinking and their actions. “We almost become untouchables he felt needed answers, not only for “And the stranger in church that at times. I'm not advocating in any this generation, but for the next. morning, whom the members have manner allying ourselves with any “What are the problems of the Naza­ every sincere desire to evangelize, sinful thing, but everyone of us works rene layman and the world? They are looks about him and wonders what in and around sin every day. Let’s ‘multiplistic,’ that is for sure. The decade he stepped back into. get some of the mud on us—not in church, around the turn of the cen­ “Tradition must be cherished; some us—if by so doing we can help some­ tury, was the social center for most must not be changed; but if the action one.” communities. . . . This provided mar­ of tradition is not necessary to a right * * * velous potential opportunity and we had great revivals. relationship with God and is ineffec­ SWANK STRESSED THAT the tive to evangelism, should it not be church and pastor must become “NOW, THE DAY of great revivals brought up to date? . . . known in the community by a posi­ does not have to be past, but we may

THE CONFERENCE OFFERED a variety of opportunities: speaking, spending an extra amount of time in the rooftop prayer chapel, singing, and not insignificantly, praying.

14 (678) • HERALD OF HOLINESS \ Religion Writer Takes a Look At a Layman

By Adon Taft SINGING WAS NO SM ALL PART of the conference. The vocalists above, Religion Editor, "Miami Herald" left to right, are: Bob Hale, Eastern Nazarene College; Gary Moore, minister of music at Kansas City First Church; Jim Bohi, song evangelist; and

Dean Wilder, Northwest Nazarene College. Called the “Half Ton Quartet,” (The following is reprinted from a column the four weigh just over 900 pounds. on religion appearing in the "Miami Herald/' August 27.) have to eliminate our rigidity of am proud I am a part of the Nazarene thought and look for additional ways church.” It’s easy to be discouraged these to reach the large masses who need Others offered suggestions which are days about the war in Viet Nam, redemption.” being channelled to general church government in general, business As to involvement in politics, Mi­ administrators. Among them were: ethics, and the attitude of teen­ nor asked: “Is it a matter of de­ “Use laymen to the fullest extent to agers. How refreshing and en­ gree? Can one participate at the lo­ do the administrative tasks of the couraging, then, to see a man like cal level, or the state level, and/or church and the district.” Col. William T. Minor at the in­ the national level? Should we remain “In your busy moments you may ternational Nazarene laymen’s out of politics because there is so have missed a definite ‘undertone’: conference on evangelism at the much dishonesty? Can a Nazarene the feeling that the laymen need a Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood! run for and hold political office and more direct line of communication be a Christian? Here’s a key man in military with the clergy. Several had hoped and diplomatic affairs in his role “My opinion is yes. . . . I don’t see it would come through this conference as chief of the cold war division us ever exerting much pressure for but the means of communication were of the joint war games agency of good, clean politics by default. What not definitely slated. To let laymen the joint chiefs of staff in Wash­ we really need is more honest Chris­ ‘speak’ will not open a ‘pandora’s tian men competing for the leadership box.’ ” ington. His job is to anticipate positions in our government . . . any military or diplomatic de­ “. . . What will be the outgrowth “Could we use more effort in the of this conference . . . I feel there velopment in the world and to media of radio? As good as ‘Show­ must be closer relations between the have trained military and diplo­ ers of Blessing’ is, could it be com ­ laity, the clergy, and the higher lead­ matic men to know the alterna­ plemented with a completely differ­ ership of our denomination. . . . I tives. ent type of program to appeal, for would like to see this emerge from Months before the Cuban mis­ example, to teen-agers? . . . I don’t our present organizational leadership, sile crisis, for example, Col. like the beat of some of today’s music rather than from the laity. . . . If such Minor’s staff had anticipated such either—but I know lots of teen-agers leadership does not come from the a possibility and had run strategic who do. Are we trying to reach ‘us’ top, I’m afraid it will come from a war games on how to meet the or ‘them’? dissatisfied laity. . . . Although, in one situation. “How about motion pictures? . . . sense of the word, one felt a spiritual Many people will rest more Do we have an obligation to society ‘oneness’ in the conference, was there I peacefully knowing that a man to exert an influence on the freedom not a significant evidence of dissatis­ (without responsibility) of the movie faction with the status quo? Dr. who acknowledges Christ as his industry? Benner, of course, ignited this in his Savior, who prays for His guid­ “Did you read Life magazine’s re­ keynote address.” ance, and lives and works with a view of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia * * * brain clear of alcohol and tobacco Woolf?’ Even if religion were not is in such a strategic place in the issue, this type of moral decadence The conference, which was, accord­ these perilous times. will destroy our culture as surely as ing to one attender, “well planned Government officials—both state it did the Romans. and executed,” was sponsored by the and federal—and businessmen of Department of Evangelism. Dr. Ed­ “Do all movies have to be bad? all kinds at the convention are a ward Lawlor and the coordinating Will they get better if no pressure is stimulating testimony that many committee, headed by Gordon Olsen, brought to clean them up? Can we are to be highly commended. men in all vocations are happily have an influence on that industry by living clean, ethical lives for total abstinence? Do we have total FOLLOWING A LARGE COM­ Christ. abstinence?” MUNION service at noon on Sunday, It’s nice to know that they are * * * they began to retrace their steps home. successful, from the worldly view­ HOW DID THE laymen attending For the representative from the British point. But more satisfying to the conference react? They coupled Isles South District, it would mean know that they have lived and their compliments with requests for nearly a 6,000-mile trip. And for the would live for Him whether or another one. newlyweds from New England it not they were successful. “I am very happy with this conven­ would be shorter. For all of them, it tion,” said one attender, “and am would be an experience they wouldn’t looking forward to the next one. I soon forget. V ___ ✓

OCTOBER 12, 1966 • (679) 15 Laymen's Evangelism Conference Tapes Due to the many tapes that have to be edited, it has not been possible to have complete infor­ mation available for this issue as previously announced. Watch your Herald of Holiness and, as soon as ready, a list of available tapes will be printed with special form for ordering. Devotional Talks To Be Published By popular request, Mrs. G. B. Williamson has agreed to submit the material from her morning devotional talks. Publication of this material in book form is expected to be released in the CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES on the new library wing at Nazarene spring of 1967. Theological Seminary. Dan Elliott, one of seventy-seven new students this fall, watches the progress on the $350,000 building, which is scheduled to be completed in time for second semester. Reunion at Camp Meeting More than thirty former students of Missionary Bible School at Tabor, Johnson Outlines Missionary Recovering Iowa, were reunited during the annual Miss Della Boggs, missionary to Nazarene camp meeting there late in Plans for Growth Africa, is convalescing from an Au­ August. Among the group were min­ Southwest Oklahoma District Su­ gust operation, and prayer for her isters, missionaries, and teachers. perintendent W. T. Johnson reviewed recovery is requested. She has a seri­ Camp meeting special workers were growth statistics in his annual report ous heart condition which contributes Rev. Roy A. Bettcher, Rev. Daniel to the eighteenth annual district to the hazards of the surgery, accord­ Stafford, Dr. Roy Adams, and Wamie assembly, as well as projecting ambi­ ing to Helen Temple, office editor of Tippitt. Dr. Gene Phillips is Iowa tious plans for the twentieth anniver­ Other Sheep. District superintendent. sary year. General Superintendent V. H. Lewis Celebrate Sixty-fifth Honored for Fiftieth presided over the sessions held Sep­ Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sechrest, Dan­ Rev. and Mrs. Sydney Fry, Necedah, tember 8-9 at Oklahoma City First ville, 111., celebrate tomorrow (October Wis., celebrate October 24 their fiftieth Church. 13) their sixty-fifth wedding anni­ wedding anniversary. They were Johnson told delegates that South­ versary. They have been church feted August 27 with a reception. west Oklahoma Nazarenes contributed members for more than fifty years. The couple was married in 1916 in a record 11 percent of their total Their address is 1202 Perrysville Road. Mauston, Wis. giving to world evangelism—nearly $85,000. They also welcomed 256 new members by profession of faith. One ' new church, Oklahoma City Western How You Can Remember Oaks, was organized. The twentieth anniversary goals, to The Church in Your V be stretched across two years, hope­ fully will result in 2 new churches, Specific Bequest: A certain sum— a 1,500 new Sunday school enrollees, 40 tract of land— a farm— stocks and honor schools, 500 new church mem­ MAKE NO bonds. bers, and $100,000 for world evange­ small plans Percentage of Net Estate: A minimum lism in 1967-68. of 10 percent after you and your Newly elected to the district ad­ WITH spouse are deceased, and debts, visory board are Rev. R. L. Sumner YOUR BEQUESTS funeral expenses, and death taxes are and W. K. Garrett, a layman. paid. If no children, some give 50 percent or 100 percent. More than $2,100 was pledged to­ Residuary Bequest: After specific or ward a world tour for the Johnsons. percentage of net estate to heirs, all the rest to the church.

Dedicate Virginia Sanctuary These are only a few of the ways you can remember the church in your General Superintendent G. B. W il­ vill. Write for the interesting new booklet "Why You Should Have a Will." liamson and Virginia District Super­ intendent V. W. Littrell participated Clip and mail to: Name August 14 in the dedication of a Jonathan T. Gassett, Executive Secretary Address $35,000 sanctuary at Highland Springs, Office of Wills and Annuities Church of the Nazarene Va. Rev. Leonard A. Ketcherside is 6401 The Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri 64131 City State pastor.

16 (680) • HERALD OF HOLINESS (La.) First into evangelistic field. Rev. Henry B. Wallin from evangelistic Showers of Blessing" field to associate pastor at Pasadena (Calif.) First. On Divine and Human Love Rev. Joe Walton from Canoga Park, Program Schedule Calif., to Pasadena (Calif.) Bresee Church True love, both divine and hu­ as associate minister. Rev. Dale Bailey from Pasadena (Calif.) man, holds to poles of truth. It First Church to Wichita (Kan.) First is both affection and attachment. Church as director of youth. October 16— “God’s Call to Y ou,” Rev. Grant Swank, Jr., from Manchester, We are not only affected by the hy Edward Lawlor Conn., to Indianapolis (Ind.) Broad Ripple presence of those we love and Church. October 23—“Woe—Lo—Go,” by Rev. Ron Freeborn from Springfield the sense of loneliness in their Edward Lawlor (Mo.) First Church to Denver (Colo.) absence, but we are affected by October 30—“Called unto Holi­ University Hills Church as minister of youth and education. their condition and welfare. We ness,” by Edward Lawlor Rev. L. Eugene Plemons from North also become attached to them in Little Rock (Ark.) First Church to St. NEW "SHOWERS OF BLESSING" STATION: Louis (Mo.) Webster Groves Church. a real sense. We desire to be KDAK Carrington, North Dakota Rev. E. Wendell Williams from Greens­ with them. Heaven is peace and 1 6 0 0 kc. 8:3 0 a.m. Sunday boro (N.C.) First to Glasgow (Ky.) Trini­ NEW "LA HORA NAZARENA" STATIONS: ty Church. plenty of all that makes for life HJAU Medellin, Colombia Rev. William C. Emberton from Ama­ and happiness. I want my loved 1410 kc. 9:00 a.m. Sunday rillo (Tex.) North Beacon Church to HJTA Medellin, Colombia Dallas (Tex.) Buckner Boulevard Church. ones there and, praise God, they 1 3 20 kc. 7 :3 0 a.m. Sunday Rev. John Lambert from Caney, Kan., are now in the fold. to De Queen, Ark. Rev. George Galloway from Kankakee Dr. Updike \ / (111.) Central to Chicago (111.) Oak Lawn. District Superintendent of N.E. Indiana Rev. James E. Everett from Chicago Member of the Department of Evangelism (111.) Oak Lawn to Kankakee (111.) Cen­ tral. General Board Moving Ministers Rev. Wesley Burns from Monroe, Wis., Rev. Richard E. Timmer from Canon to Milwaukee (Wis.) South 60th Church. Meldora Surbrook, a missionary in the West Indies; City (Colo.) Lincoln Park Church to El Rev. Roy E. Carnahan from Rochester and twelve grandchildren. Paso (Tex.) Grace Church. (N.Y.) Calvary Church to Baltimore (Md.) Rev. Kenneth D. Hamrick, seminary First Church. ELMER SYLVESTER HECK, Sr., sixty-four, died graduate, to Campbellsville, Ky. June 25 in an auto mishap in Cedar City, Utah. Rev. W. W. Rose from evangelistic field Rev. James M . Goss, Dr. C. Paul Gray, and Rev. to Monroe, N.C. D eaths Norman Culbertson conducted funeral services. Sur­ Rev. Glenn Boyce from Saltcoats, Sas­ vivors include his wife, Connie; four sons, Elmer, Jr., katchewan, to Lethbridge, Alberta. GROVER HOWELL, seventy-two, died July 8 at William, David, and Richard; three daughters, Doro­ Rev. D. J. Derksen from Lethbridge, Al­ Downing, Calif., where he was attending the wedding thy, Louise, and Martha; four sisters; three brothers; berta, to Edmonton (Alberta) South. of a granddaughter. He was a resident of Montrose, and twenty-three grandchildren. Rev. W. Warren Boyd from Edmonton Colo., for more than fifty years. Funeral services (Alberta) South to Vancouver (B.C.) were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Willis J. Lam­ D. J. HOLLOWAY, fifty-nine, died August 15 at First. bert. He is survived by his wife, Maude; a son, Baytown, Tex. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Merton H. Wilson from Clearwater G. Lee; two daughters, Mrs. Otto Felger and Mrs. Rev. Guy M. Glendenning and Van Turman. He is (Fla.) First to Orlando (Fla.) First. Wendell Wilcox; two brothers; a sister; and nine survived by his wife, Elsie; two sons, Thomas M. Rev. Paul Wolstenholm from Jerome, grandchildren. and Harold J.; two daughters, Mrs. Fred M. Minix Idaho, to Sitka, Alaska. and Janice Holloway; one brother; and three sisters. Rev. Dave Hall from Wellington, Kans., ROBERT SIDNEY RUSHING, seventy-eight, died to Holdenville, Okla. Announcements Rev. Edward W. Levin from Freeport, September 6 in Bethany, Okla. Rev. F. R. Donaldson N.Y., to Malden, Mass. and Dr. M. Harold Daniels officiated at the funeral EVANGELISTS' OPEN DATES service. He is survived by his wife, Maude; three George H. Talbert, 409 N.E. 13th, Abilene, Kans. Rev. E. E. Crawford, Sr., from Ashland, daughters, Mrs. Quay Weaver, Mrs. Nell Lee, and Open time from Oct. 23-30. Ore., to Lodi, Calif. Mrs. Dot DePietro; one brother; two sisters; and Rev. Russell E. Lewis from Oil City, Pa., to Rochester (N.Y.) Calvary. six grandchildren. R. A. Isbell, P.O. Box 957, Crowley, La. Open Rev. C. H. Porter from Tishomingo, time in Jan. and Feb. of 1967. Okla., to Blytheville, Ark. GEORGE W. CAREY, eighty-seven, died August 24 BORN Rev. Ronald Pelton from Joelton, Tenn., at Modoc, Ind. Services were conducted by Rev. — to Layton and Sharon (Bennett) Lee of Corpus to Elkins, W.Va. Raymond L. Cain and Rev. Kenneth Swan. He is Christi, Tex., a daughter, Lori Lyn, on July 9. Rev. Donald L. Henderson from Lee’s survived by his wife, Bertha; one son, Leroy; three — to John and Judith (Nelson) Feezell of Mont­ Chapel, Tenn., to Elmore, Tenn. daughters, Mrs. Mary Jordan, Mrs. Margaret Ed­ clair, Calif., a son, John Richard, on Sept. 3, Rev. G eorge Porter from Hyndman, wards, and Mrs. Ada Sears. SPECIAL PRAYER IS REQUESTED Wash., to Watkins Glen, N.Y. — by a Christian lady in Iowa for healing. Rev. George Hazlett from Barrett, W.Va., MRS. BERTHA MAE HUMBLE, seventy-seven, died Directories to Newell (W.Va.) Glendale. September 1 at Kankakee, III., after a four-month BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS Rev. Paul La Chance from Madison, illness. She served for sixteen years on the general Office: 6401 The Paseo W.Va., to Charleston (W.Va.) Campbell’s N.W.M.S. council. Rev. Jack H. Lee and Dr. Forrest Kansas City, Missouri 64131 Creek. Nash conducted funeral services. Survivors include HUGH C. B E N N E R , Chairman Rev. Eugene W. M oore from Bossier City two sons, Harvey N. and David R.; a daughter, V. H. LEWIS, Vice-Chairman GEORGE COULTER, Secretary H A R D Y C. P O W E R S G. B. W IL L IA M S O N SAMUEL YOUNG

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General Superintendent V. H. Lewis (center, back **"*9 OUT worship row), with Taiwanese pastors. OUT Service—OUT Thanksgiving offering! All are a part of our denomination-wide expression to God, and our way of saying to all, "The good work must go on and on!" V. H. Lewis General Superintendent WORLD EVANGELISM

OCTOBER 12, 1966 • (681) 17 ADMINISTRATORS CATCH THEIR BREATH . . . College Growth Rate Slows • B y Dr. Willis Snowbarger Department of Education secretary In spite of losses in graduate and specialized sub-college enroll­ ments, Nazarene colleges and Nazarene Theological Seminary showed an early net gain of 143 students, an increase of 1.9 percent, above the enrollments on October 1 last year. The reports were as of September 23 when a trend, rather than final to­ tals, had been established. After the huge 14.1 percent increase of last year, Nazarene colleges, like late News others across the country this fall, seemed to be showing only moderate increases. This came as a welcomed oppor­ • A women’s dormitory, a men’s tunity for harassed college adminis­ dormitory, and a remodelled ad­ trators, trying to provide adequate ministration building at Trevecca housing and classroom facilities for burgeoning freshman classes, to catch their breath. George T. Speer Succumbs The figures are incomplete and the George T. (Dad) Speer, seventy- grand total, which now stands at 7,702, five, the congenial founder and father could well increase by 150 with late of the Speer family singing group, registrations and extension center en­ died September 7 in a Nashville, REQUESTS TUMBLE IN—Kansas rollments. Tenn., hospital following a heart at­ City District superintendent, Rev. The major loss of 169 students ap­ tack. Wilson Lanpher, drops more requests pears in the graduate enrollment at Speer was well-known for song into the prayer chest which holds Pasadena, where a planned curtail­ writing and teaching, as well as a the names of more than 2,000 persons, ment of admissions to graduate work gospel singer, and launched his fam­ as of September 26, sent to the De­ went into effect. ily in a gospel singing career. He re­ partment of Evangelism. The denom­ The largest percentage increase tired three years ago because of a ination-wide program sought names was at the seminary, where a new chronic heart condition, but had sung and addresses of unchurched rela­ president, Dr. Eugene Stowe, wel­ publicly as recently as a year ago. tives of Nazarenes. Lanpher has or­ comed 211 students, 27 more than He had been in the gospel music ganized a prayer vigil from October enrolled last year. Percentage in­ business for 58 years, and had pub­ 16-22, during which time persons crease at the seminary is 11.6. lished more than 600 songs. from Kansas City churches will be Largest numerical gains were at His pastor, Dr. T. E. Martin, of­ praying continuously in the Head­ Olivet, 111; Bethany, 75; and North­ ficiated at the funeral conducted at quarters prayer chapel. west, 58. The number of undergrad­ Nashville First Church. He was as­ uate students at the college level grew sisted by Rev. L. B. Mathews and Dr. European School Opens Term 179, or 2.5 percent, slightly ahead of William Greathouse, Trevecca Naza­ Sixteen students have enrolled for the overall growth rate. rene College president. the fall term in the European Bible Among survivors are Speer’s two College at Busingen, Germany, ac­ sons, Brock and Ben. The early reports on fall enrollment cording to Principal John B. Nielson. with percentage of increase or de­ Bible College Offering Set The enrollment as to countries breaks crease follows: With hopes of raising $75,000, the down as follows: Finland, three; PERCENTAGE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT INCREASE new Nazarene Bible College, with its Sweden, one; Denmark, one; Holland, Bethany Nazarene College 1,753 4 . 5 % site at Colorado Springs, Colo., will re­ one; Germany, two; Switzerland, one; British Isles Nazarene College 23 1 0 . 0 % ceive a church-wide offering through Italy, seven. “Every space in the Canadian Nazarene College 128 1 . 6 % the Sunday school on Sunday, Octo­ house is occupied,” Principal Nielson Eastern Nazarene College 86 4 2 . 3 % Nazarene Theological ber 23. says. Expansion may be necessary, as Seminary 211 1 1 . 6 % Dr. Charles H. Strickland, president, he anticipates the enrollment of at Northwest Nazarene College 1,108 5 . 5 % Olivet Nazarene College 1,691 7.4% will preside at a pivotal trustees’ least four and possibly eight in Jan­ Pasadena College 1,236 — 10.2% meeting, October 24-25, in Colorado uary. Trevecca Nazarene College 688 — 1 . 0 % Springs when architect’s plans for the T O T A L 7 ,7 0 2 + 1 . 9 % initial buildings and a curriculum will NEWS OF THE RELIGIOUS WORLD be approved. Purpose to Debate? New facilities in use this fall for the So far Dr. Strickland has reported “Are you frightened or disgusted at first time include: that about 50 persons have shown an the theological debate which goes on • Gray Hall, dormitory for 240 interest in enrolling for the start of around the catch-phrase, ‘God is women, at Bethany classes in the fall of 1967. He hopes dead’?” asked Rev. William Davidson, • A new $400,000 library and a re­ to have an initial enrollment of 100 an Episcopal bishop of the western modelled R. T. Williams Hall of to 150 students. district of Kansas. “Well, don’t be Philosophy and Religion at A total of $132,047 was raised in the too offended by the theologians until Northwest first church-wide offering for the you examine their motives. They’re • A new dormitory for women at Bible College starting last September not trying to destroy the church; Olivet 12 (1965).—N.I.S. they’re trying to wake it up.”

18 (682) • HERALD OF HOLINESS Key Words in Next Sunday's Lesson The Answer Corner

By Ralph Earle

Conducted by W. T. Purkiser, Editor Isaiah 7:3-7, 9c-16; 31-1-3 (October 16) Some of our Nazarene folk have been saying that the Virgin Birth was not essential to our being born again of the Spirit. What do you think about this? • Virgin (7:14)—In recent years the I think it is a dangerous and mis­ denying the essential truth of the Word translation of this word has caused leading wav of expressing a minor of God. more controversy than in the case of speculative idea. Presumably the thief Whether or not God could have any other word in the Old Testament. on the Cross was sa\ed without ever chosen some other method to introduce For this reason we are departing from learning of the Virgin Hirth. I was con­ His Son into the world is quite beside the usual practice and discussing only certed long before I understood the the point. The issue is not what could one term this time. teaching of the New Testament concern­ hace been, but what actually happened. The Hebrew word is almah. De- ing the manner of the Incarnation. To me, it is far easier to believe the litzsch writes: “ Whilst bethulah . . . Hut this should certainly not be New Testament account explicitly than signifies a maiden living in seclusion thought to mean that the testimony of it is to believe that God would send His in her parents’ house and still a long the Bible at this point can safely be set Son for our salvation by means of an way from matrimony, almah . . . is aside. If I deny what M atthew (1:18-25) immoral act. lor if the Gospels make applied to one fully mature, and ap­ and I.uke (1:26-38) plainly teach, what anything clear at all, it is that Joseph proaching the time of her marriage. John intimates in his repealed use of was not the father of Jesus anil that The two terms could both be applied “only begotten Son” (1:18: 3:16; I John His mother, Mary, was not married at to persons who were betrothed, and 4:9) , and what Paul assumes in his the time of His conception. I personally even to such as were married (Joel otherwise inexplicable phrase in Gala­ find the alternative to the Virgin Birth ii. 16; Prov. xxx. 19) . . . the idea of tians 4:4 ("m ade of a woman") . I am utterly incredible. spotless virginity was not necessarily connected with almah . . . and a per­ son who had a very young-looking Matthew 5:19 states, “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least wife might be said to have an almah commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the for his wife.” kingdom of heaven.” How can a man break any of God’s commandments and be admitted into the kingdom of Heaven? It should be noted that Delitzsch. a conservative scholar, accepts fully the Dr. Ralph Earle, in the Ilearou llihlc The validity of these interpretations Messianic meaning of this passage. Commrntarx, Vol. Ii, sacs: “T h e solu- lies in the fact that the Greek form is There is no question about its cor­ tion lies in translating the phrase: 'in one describing a superlative degree, rect application to Christ in Matthew relation to the kingdom of heaven*; That is. the moral value of anyone 1:22. But how should it be translated that is, in relation to the Kingdom he breaking (.oil's commandments and in Isaiah? would be least, left outside." John teaching men so, in relation to the The difficulty lies in a failure to Weslev qualifies the phrase "to be the kingdom of God, has diminished to the recognize the so-called “telescopic” least” with the explanation, "That is. vanishing point, principle of prophecy. This means shall have no part therein." simply that most Old Testament prophecies have a nearer, partial ful­ fillment in the time of the prophet In the light of the scripture that says, "From him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away," how often shall I lend to a man considering and a later, complete fulfillment in that he never pays it back? The scripture also says, “As much as lieth in Christ (at His first or second coming). you. live peaceably with all men." I know if I should ask this man for my A good example of this is Deuter­ money, it would make him mad, and he is one who holds grudges forever. onomy 18:15. There can be no doubt It sounds to me as if someone has passage that deals with non-retaliation, that the first application of this pre­ been taking advantage of you. and that it means when a wrong is diction was to Joshua, who would In the first place, borrowing is not purely personal it is better to submit to succeed Moses as leader. But Peter borrowing unless what is borrowed is it than to retaliate. He also warned in Acts 3:22 and Stephen in Acts 7:37 repaid. Nor can the circumstances of against attempting to apply the passage applied this prophecy to Christ. He the loan or the character of the bor- too literally (Explanatory Xoles upon was the final and complete Fulfill­ rower be ignored. You could not right- the Xnt' Testament) . ment of the promise made back there. fully loan a man money knowing he If you make a courteous request for It would seem, then, that the first wonlil take that money and go out and the repayment of a loan and the debtor application of Isaiah 7:14 was to the get drunk, or use it immorally or il- becomes angry. I should sac that you birth of a child in that Assyrian legally. are living peaceably vvith all, "as much period. Only thus could it be a “sign” Second, so spiritually sensitive an in- as lieth in you," or insofar as it depends to Ahaz. If this be true, it may be terpreter its John Weslev pointed out on von. that "young woman” is the correct that the verse first quoted is part of a translation in Isaiah 7:14, for there has been no virgin birth except that of Christ. But Matthew correctly quotes the Septuagint of Isaiah 7:14 “I’ve never seen anyone happy who makes some­ and applies it to Christ, who was in body else miserable.” the fullest sense Immanuel, “God with us.” Exclusively Nazarene! Catch the eye of the passer-by... s ^ ^ w ith this excitiny new serh

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